Indiana Republican, Volume 4, Number 177, Madison, Jefferson County, 11 May 1820 — Page 1

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Thursday, May n 20. rrri.Tsv.FD bt LODGE ARION, ::vrr.Y Thursday. CONDITIONS. e iiKPLTHMCArr ri!I be !' tred at the ofike for two tK , :-i p" ?.r.r.u:n, paid m adviuoe ; if pV;d will:::! tiro months after subscribing. It will be comieVrt;d in ai ante ; tvro dollars and fftv rents if p-.M within t'.vclv? th, i and th !-: dollars if not r .'"t tntil the er ex pi ret . 7o p.'.p r will be discontinued . u : i V. arteajrc are ijanl. In :tll cMfs a suh-criher mu t civtr notice punctually at the r.d of the vt r of his intention to discftnt;:u ' or lie will he held responsible f r mother yvt. S sub-:cri;.to A iv cr tj r,o n it e xceetLn a -rc v. ill he invited three times or r ; io:.bf-r on:.; in pro portion, unJ if the number cf In,titi -r- tie; '.red. :.r r.!"t specified, hey v. :H ho on tinned at the ex-yi-e of tlit uUvcrthcr until 'cirde;'1 r-it. p AH Ictt-r ; t the Fditors rV hf pot paitl. Land-Office, Jefferson vi He, August 15J, 1818. PERSONS wishing to make transfers of lands entered in this office are requested not to in ike th:m on the back of the Register's certificate but on a separate piece of p?per. It frcquently happen, that by transJerinj an 1 as-ining nr. the back td certificates, they become jo mutij ' f and defaced as to ue-troy t ne .... , lowing form 1n.1v He used. For value received 1, A. B. of county, di asigu & transfer to C. D. of county all my right cc t'te to the quarter section No. in township No. (North of South as the case may be) or range No. East of the Jcffersonville District. Witness inv fund and seal this . day of 18 1 3. A. 13. (Seal.) Tet," This assignment being acknowledged before any justice of the peace, and certified by the clerk of the county of its being such, will procure a patent. In all cases where the magistrate's or clerk's certificate happens to be on a different piece of piper from the assignment it will be proper for them to set forth the particular tract sold. It will be well for magi;, trates and others who arc in the habit cf writing assignments, to preserve a copy ot the foregoing as their guide. I hoc who send to the office to get their business done, will please to be particular in describing in plain legible hand, the tract they wish to enter, and to write their given names at full length. I) AM:.. GWATIIMEY. DECATUR AND B ARRON. CcmsjrJi'i:? tctuccn the ten. Slip fin Decatur, andecx. y.:-:.r Ihirro-:, which led l.'v uifrrtuuatc tr.ccti ? cf the 22 J if larc(. The tiicnds ot the late com. jfX-catur have learned, with vey great regret, that miscencep. v.ount v

tions injurious to him prevail, and arc extending relative to the difference between him and com. Birron. To, place the subject in its true light, they have thought it necessary to submit to the public without comment, the whole correspondence which preceded the meet-

mg. Harr.ptcn, Fa. June 12, 1 3 19. Sir I have been informed, in Norfolk, that you have said that you could insult me with impunity, or words to that effect. If you have said so, you will, no doubr, avow it, and I shall expect to hear from you. I am, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES BARRON. To com. S. Decatur, Washington. No. 2. t Washingtcn, xythjune, tSir). Sir I have received your communication of the 13th inst. fcefore you could have been entitled to the information you have asked of me, you should have given up the name of your informer. That frankness which ought to characterise our profession required it. I shalt, however, refuse to answer you on that account, but shall b-as candid in my communication to you, as your letter or the ci so will warrant. . Whatever I may have thought, cr said, in the i try frequent and free conzcrsjtisKs I have had re : Pectin- ysu and year cGnduct.-i tLeLlfl!6mi have been guilty of so much egotism as to say that "I could insult you" (or anv other man) "with impunity." I am, sir, vour obedient scrvmt, S. DECATUR. To com. Jamlj Barrow, No. 3. lUrvpttn Va. June 25, 1019. Sir Your communication of the 17th inst. in answer to mine ot the 13th, I have received. The circumstances that urged me to call on you for the information requested in my letter, would, 1 presume, have instigated you, or any other person to the same conduct that I pursued. Several gentlemen in Norfolk, not your enemies, nor actuated by any malicious motive, told me that such a report was in circulation, but could not now be traced to its origin. ! therefore, concluded to appeal to you, supposing, under such circumstances, that I could not outrage any rule cf decorum or candor. This, 1 trust, will be considered as a just motive for the Course I have pursued. Your declaration, if 1 understand it correctly, relieves my mind from the apprehension that you had so degraded my character, as I had been induced to allege. I am, sir, your obedient ecu vant, JAMES BARRON. To com. S. Decatur, No. 4. rrjs?j:n;t;t june 29, 1S19. Sin i have received your communication cf th: :jth, in tut at ci natnnuvO, ., .. i:..-.r fl,if 5 tht

answer to mine of the i;th, and as you have expressed your, self doubtfully, as to your correct understanding of mv letter of the aforesaid date, I have now to state, and I request you to Understand distinctly, that I meant 715 more than to disclaim th? specific and f articular expression to which your enquiry was directed, to wit: that 1 had said that t could insult you with impunity. As to the motives ot the "several getleinen in Norfolk," your informants, or the rumors which "cannot be traced to theirorigin," on which their information was founded, or who they are, is a matter ot perfect indifference to me, as is I aIso your motives in making such an enqiry upon such information, Your obedient servant, S. DECATUR. To com. J. Barron, Hampton I 'a. No. 5. Hampton, Oct. 23, 1S19. St I had supposed that the measure of your ambition was nearly completed, and that your good fortune hajl rendered your reputation for acts of magna nimity too dear to be risked wantonly on occasions that can never redound to the honor of him th.it would be great. 1 had also concluded that your rancor toward 3 me was fully satisficd, by the cruel and unmerited sentence passed upon me by the court ot which you was a member; and, after an exile friends, or ucut) ocvci I had concluded that I should now be allowed, at least, to enjoy that solace, with this society, thil lacerated feelings like mine required, and that you would have suffered me to remain in quiet poisesion of those enjoyments; but scarcely hid Iset my toot on my native scil, ere I learned that the same malignant spirit which had before influenced you to endeavor to ruin my reputation was still at work, and that you were ungenerously traducing my character whenever an occasion occurred which suited your views, and, in many instances, not much to your credit as an otlicer, through the medium of our juniors; such conduct cannot fail to produce an injurious effect on the discipline and subordination of the navy. A report of this sort, sir, coming from the respectable and creditable sources it did, could not fail to arrest my attention, and to excite those feelings which might naturally be expected to arie in the heart of every man whj professes to entertain principles of honor, and intends to act in conformity with them. With such feelings I addressed a letter to you under date of the 13th June last, which produced a correspondence between us, which I have since been informed you have endeavored to use to my farther injury, by sending it to Norfolk by a respectable officer of the navy, to be shewn to some of my particular friends, with a view of alienating from me their attachment. I am also informed that you hive tauntingly and botingly

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observed that rou would cheerfully meet me in tht field, and hoped I would yet xct like a man, or that you had used words to that effect: such conduct, sir, on the part of any one, but especially one occupying the influential station under the government which you hoJd towards, an individual, situated as I am, and oppressed as I have been, and that chiefly by your means, is unbecoming you as an officer and, a gentleman; and shews a want of magninimity which, hostile as I have found you to be towards me, I had hobed for your own reputation you possessed. It calls loudly for redress at your hands: I consider you as having given the invitation, which I accept, and will prepare to meet you at such time and place as our respective friends, hereafter to be named, shall designate. I also, under all the circumstances of the case, consider myself entitled to the choice of weapons, place, and , distance but, should a diff?rence of opinion be entertained by our friends, 1 flatter myself, from your known personal courage, thai you would disd.ii'i any unhii advantage, which your superiority in the use. of the pistol, and the natural defect in my vision, increased .by age, would give you. I will thank you not to put your r.ame on the cover of your answer, as, I presume, you can have no disposition to give unnecessary pain to the females vant, J. BARRON. Com. S. Decatur, Washington No. 6. Washington 3uf, Oct. 18 19. Sir: Your letter of the 23d inst. has been duly reccived.Prior to giving it that reply which I intend, its contents sug gest the necessity of referring to our June correspondence. On the 12th June last, you. addressed to me a note, enquiring whether 1 had said that "I could insult you withimpunity.'" On the 17th of June, I wrote to you, in reply, as follows: "Whatever I may have thought or said in the very frequent and free ionI'crsations I had respecting yyj and your conduct t feci a thorough conviction that I ivwcr could have been guilty of so much, egotism, as to say that I could insult you, or any other man with impunity." On the 25th of June, you again wrote to me, and stated that the report on which you had grounded your query of the isth June "could not now be traced to its origin," and your letter is concluded in the following words: your declaration, if i understand it correctly, relieves my mind from the apprehension that you had so degraded my character, a I had been induced to alledge." Immediately on receiving your letr terjf the 25th June, I vvroter to you, on the 29th June, as. follows: A3 you have expressed yourself doubtfully as to your correct understanding of my letter of the 17th June, J have cow tg tfcttc, 1 rcauest you

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