Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-10-16
WHOLE NUMBER, LX1VIH

lawyer; and DO tn weak and insufficient
5 men, the tools Of Samuel Adams, he good
J confederate and correspondent of that
'9hoary traitor Franklin.
:, In another letter dated the DIV after.
addressed to COL. Warren, of Hmoutb.
then at Watertown, Presiden of the
Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. he
displayed the barbafity of bis OPPOSITION
by asking him, will your new leislature
and executive feel bold and irreolute?-
viii your Judicial, hang and Nip, and
ilne and imprison, without scruEe? It's
TO this advice that he alludes, Then he
mentions the Refugees, in theenclosed
letter from Amsterdam; he was,or stop
ping their career, by hanging tim upon
the spot, without favor or affection. If
this man should live till the clio, of the
rebellion, and be found in An,rica, no
good subject will lament, if e should
ouslv prescribed for others. The public
will not be surprised, that with respect to-
the Refugees from America, there should
be such coincidence of opinion between
certain speechiiers, and rebel Ambas-
sador. Neither will they be surprised
that this man should regret his confeder.
ate Laurens; prognosticate the ruin of
his country: promise his friends the as
Islstance of Russia, and money from the
Dutch; abuse the British ministry: talk
of sumptuary laws to restrain superhuity
in dress where there is not even a suf-
hciency of the most ordinary clothing
and of paying the whole of the army ex.
penses in manner that would not be
felt, by few duties and excuses, in a
country where paper money has gone to
wreck, and where solid coin is not to be
seen.
Heartwill is evidently a fictitious name;.
it behooves government to look after him,
if the fate Of Col. De La Motto has not
already frightened him away.-Adams
using the word stipend when writing Of
the salary they intend for another of our
traitors here, would almost incline one to
think, that the person on whom their mo-
ney is to be 50 zuel laid oH, is a clergvman.,
The letter of DR.. Witherspoon, il
from Hampton Falls, in the province of
New Hampshire, and alludes to the de-
lection of twenty townships which have
Joined the Hampshire Grants, now cal
led the State Of Vermont. Ethan Allen,
who commands in the new erected state,
has thrown off the yoke of the rebel con-
gress, has extended its boundary line to
within four miles of Albany, has invited
all oppressed Americans to Vermont, de-
clared they shall be exempt from taxes,
and shall not he called on TO take up arms
against the King Of Britain for three
years. In consequence Of this declara-
zion, thousands are hocking TO him from
all the New England States. Allen is
frequently at Albany, where he has great
interest; lie is forming magazines at
okenesborough, and buys up all the pro-
visions in the country around HIM for
which he pays in good English guincas.
The congress either dare not, or cannot
oppose their measures, which are evident.
! y directed in favor Of Government. If
General Robertson at New York, choose
to be communicative, he could give the
best account of Aliens designs. Allen
was long prisoner at New York.
Samuel Huntingdon, the new Presi.
dent OF the rebel congress, is the son of a
farmer. He was bred TO the law, and was
poor at the breaking out of the rebellion,
but being gifted with smoother tongue,
and being insinuating and deceitful, he
became popular, and probably rich, by
Fleeing his deluded constituents.
| William Cooper was formerly town
clerk of Boston, and is one of the great>
est knaves and most nveterate rebels in
New England. He is "a very hot headed
man, and constantly urged the most VIC.
lent measures. He was promoted secre.
tary by his brother, the Rev. Samuel
Cooper, who, though minister of peace
aud TO ali outward appearance, meek
and heavenly man, yet was one Of the
chief instruments in stirring up the peo-
pie to take arms. Hancock and many Of
the ring.leaders in the rebellion were his
! parishoners.-When the Boston rioters
made their attack on the Custom House.
to plumber the money chest, in March.
ITO, the bell Of this reverend rogue's
church was the signal which summoned
them to the assault.
Oliver Wolcott is Connecticut man.
aud son Of a late governor, was sheriff Of
the county of Litchfeld, but now gen.
eral. He is moderate and evil man, Of
republican principles, attached to con-
gress, and enemy to kings.
@ A REFUGEE.
Magnificent MS.-A gigantic copy Of
the Koran has been exhibited at Calcutta.
10 regard to the volume it is unparalleled
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