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evwMtcan t "WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY." M VOL. IV. MADISON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1820.. No. 17

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CONDITIONS. l- RL;PU:iUCA.V, will iivvrcd :t th ;c u hie 1 1 r u o jt 1. n lidn tw months vre e ?. " " r.. it if -,v..I li'd. :, rncriM.r:, it will h-: co;i'-i-1 i 1 ;;.iv n.::c ; two d.V.l ir and 0. u r.ua vain::: iw thro? d.dai's it not !; v.ir v.. it 1 1 t HMr V!:i be 'diicouin'-' :(! til n N"-c rib- r nv.? ii i ii n V; t.if '1 T 1 v ( ;-s-tht.'r 1 .1. 'li'V j- u i.l he i:isv-:t i tV. c ti :s -'r.s ft'- "'reel, art ;;-.t v. :a ';' ( " .; vt .: at 1 1 Laud-OiTice, JefFersoovilie, August i 5'j, 1 8 1 3. PERSONS wishing to make transfers of land entered in thiiothec are requested not to nuke them o.i tiu: back of the Register's certificate but on a separate piece of paper. It freje uly happen?, tliat by transfe ine; asid assigning on the back of certificates, they become : ) iuuti!;ted and ilct '"iced es to trov the contents. The folJoAung tornl may be used. "I'orvilue received I, A. B. "X county, do assign & Tin--.r to C I), of county all my light eV title to the iTi.irtfr section No. in tr.v.'nshio No. (North of i ----- --- South as the ca:,e may be) r.r range rc. l.ast ot the Jcf:rsonvilIe District, Witness Civ nimi ana bcai tr.:. c3' ot 181 3. a ti q-i iJ ffiis assignment beinr icItnowle dged before any justice of tin: peace, and certified by the clerk t f the county of its being such, will procure a patent. In all ca es where the rn i e"it rate's or clerk's certiliCJte fiappens to (e on a d'Alerct: piece ot pir r irom me asS'gnment it will be proper for fheni to set forth the particular tract -old. fe; .Toine: as their 'zuidc. 1 iiou wlio send to the oiKcc In -"t t?eir business ilone, will rh'-ne to b pirticuSar in describing in plain !cgii)le hand, the frict they wi-h to enter, and to ute their given names at full length. SAMl. GV ATHMEY. LAxn offici: m )Xi:r. Jfj ;ffrink.t the r.:ia dtr- r cci :?.e .is cjsbcr t.'je ' c J v I - Bmk of the United States and branch, Ba;dv of Virginia 5c branelies, o :u?rN bin!: ditto, iiiuk of P enn. (Philadelphia,) 3mk ot North America, ditto. Bmk nr Phil 1 hlphil Fa-mrr- :c Mechanics do. ., Blechud V)inl- iri City 'and U!ltL . Pen. do. t nt ;a :rthern Liberties do. ':iidi;i:;crc in Baltimore,

.-.f the a.l.-citiscr until o.kr- " irmers and .Aiccharacs bank tnat ttie late capt. Lewis of the dice agnnst me, not otherwise until after the peace, .conse ,,nt. B ink of C'hillicotfie, navy, -u.be. bad it from a Mr. to. be accounted for, except your qucntly the report which vot VII h tt rs t the F.'lhors, St.tte lunk of h. Vinccnnes, Goodwin, who. heard it from acquaintance v ith him. He is noticed of my having sailed un

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It win be well for magis- ou do not deny?" Why the I did not live uith Mr. Lyon, causes of your abtiining the first deny, si: , tnat I ever W2s up rates and others who are in many frequent ' and free con- nor did I ever hold a convert- commard th?t ytu were ever ed' by rny friends as you ui the hibit of writing assign. vcrations respectijig me and ticn. with hi:n s indelieitc as honored with, 2nd as you may uc:fIcry term them, to' rctura ments to preserve a cop; entire Inv conduct wliich you have the one sutcd in capt- Lewies have forgotten it, I will remind Lome durinp the late war nor

Bank of Maryland ditto, Union bank of Baltimore Mechanics bank " Merchants bank of Baltimore, Franklin bank of Commercial & Farmers do. Farmers & Mechanics do.

Bank cf Colum. Dist. of Col. union bani: of Georgetown do. Farmers & Mechanics bank Patriotic do. of Washington Binkcf Washington Bank of the Metropolis Union Bank ct Alexandria Bmkof Alexandria, L'.v-.k of Pot -mack, Farmers bank of Sew York, New York bank - N Manliatt-n Company ditto Mechanics Bank Merch'nt Bank ?, Union Bank of jmuk u; auiiui tc.vn, Bank of Missouri St. Louis, Bmk t)f Mississippi Natchez, Bank f Orleans, Orleans, Bmk of Louisiana, Except nctcs or a Iess dcrcmination thru five dollars, (CCRRtCTID WEEKLY.) CORRESPONDENCE V t ween ci;nnudi.i e Stephen Decatur, and com. je . Barron (CONTINUED ) You sav, betueeu vol and mse!f, there never has been a personal diflcrence, 'and oi disclaim all pcion.d rnmi ; y' toNVardsme." If every step you havc uken every word you i. i i t- . uuciuu. ana every line vou iiavc written in relation to Jnc; jt Y our own admission of the very frequent and free convenations ou have had respectini? me and mv conduct 'Sinr- . " .r- . tr.eaitur ot .the ones

the alfur of .the Chesapeake," tiiat d ?e not ieel a dis.,'u-,a perhaps lying on the same shelf done so, had not the circumbear not the plainest ,tamp of to impress on tfie o();n. r; of fro n whence -you to k tho.e stances of the case, in t'.icir- es. ft rssnal r;;sti!du I know not the the public that I am an edi t. that you appe r s ani us to timation, justified it Tint

meaning cf such ter;ns: were vou not under the i.ili :encc of f comes of this soit, why nor, in your oliicid capacity, call me, or 'havc me brought ' before z rrooer tribu.al. to answer the charges vou have preferred ataken sc much pains to underscr.re? Why use the insulting cprcn;n, 'tint ou entutaincd and still do entertain, the opinion thn mv crnduct, is an ollivcr, since the aifair, hi: been :uch as ouglit b-rever to bar mv readumoiou into the spectabiiity?' Why thc4r.7.', that if I continued the c (forts Y:usx) I have been making, to be rc-cmpinyeu, you c.;. tainlv s:iouid be constrained to c oMtinu: theexrre::ion cfthu:. , cnin;o;i: I) es net all this, together vith the whole tenor and tenwitnthc wnoie icnu'- a:M tendencv of your kttcr, manifest i ' . 7 : you profess to 'have been h;thcrto sctuatcd," wcuU dkdain

gainst me, andthereiv; giving receive credit from any one, wmcn you receded t:om my congress to huny prove lnw j mcachanceot defending my! but th):- tint are dlsp scd to hand, of .Mty, 1833, address- stand with thoc hiVh chaiacsclt? Why speak irjurioulv of cotoiJer :ie scch a character as cd to the secretary of the navy, ters, your ,pinion, notwith" me to iunizr otTuers. 'which you woali represent mc to be, which was one of the principal standing, tn the rnntmrv t

service, an 1 that, in tnjeav- .-u. j-juu u-iii , ot tiie seco.id ot enough Uod knows, toexcitea. cring to prevent it "'you con- in Pernunibuzo; he produce. 1 the C'sapeke but all tab desire on my part to returnceive you were perfv)rming a to me a letter ot -r. h:d, tae an 1 .nueh rn ore ii no vv forgot and I should have returned, sir, duty you owe to the service, American consul in that cour. fcr by you, yet there are oth- but for circumstances beyond and were contributing to its re- try, recomtner.ding hr.n ? ; cn,- cri thit recallcct those circu-.n- my control, which is not in.

th; most trarlwa fn:njt mi- (JooJivm 1 Know nacuin,;. i njt, a you . uus mwiiiuimonoi)urci..-rci.at;r musity sir.st in;, whidi aa luve never him in ali tny aJmits, one- of the priucipal Xhcy wtrc .!, ,11,I.ori.,u.. I,.m..ra!,le mm. acting unJcr a life, nor do Icuncsive th his caua of the Uts f. That. ZZrw? ,n---nf n,.!,H,-.ltvAv which hearsay evidence cm be of any dij not take place, ,r, until iul " ' ; 1 '". r"''1.

even to shew, much more to j' . I shall now, sir take up the specific charges you have aliegcd against me, and shall notice them in the order in which they

stand. 1 uc first is one of a vcry heinous character. It is, that rchant brisr "I proceeded in a me to Pernambuco.' Could I, sir, during the period of my suspension, have gone anywhere in a national vessel? Could L ... ' -- I k. 1 wn it was Clue to mv fm. . uy, have remained idle? Th sentence of. the cor: t 'deprived them ot the principal means of subsistence. I was, therefore, compelled to resort to that de, scription of employment with which I was best acquainted: and on thi- subject you should .uvt u.cu bunu. ouc yua aac Pernainbuco, with whom you undertake to say I lived, reprc sentcd me as stating, "that, it the Chesapeake had been prcptrcd tor action, I would not hiv resisted the attack of the Leo Faid aliening, as a reason, t hat knev .s also did our vernraent, that there were e'eserrrrs on beard tr Chesapejke and uutivtati) mr. Lyon, turtucr, thr.t the president of the United States knew there were deserters on board, and the inten li-m ol the British ship to take them, and that the dap va crdot cd out, under tUcc -wi-wuu: ; tanccs, u iih i view tc b: inf a--t a contest which tnigi:: en:. i.-.n .. . :.. ... - , - u.i iu u.un) v u. "I he whole of thi., ;r, I pronounce to be a falsehood,.! ridiculous, tnaiicions, absud, improoab'.e falsehood, wliicfi can - never be crcditevl bv a'tvmm ... ' ' . , I nit I should, iam vear atser the afTiir of th Ja-)j d make sudi a declarati m, wnen every proof thit could be re qu:re.d of a contrary di-p.isition an the part of the c!ii:f :nae trate, had been given, cannot letter would have beer.. And with what object could I have imde sucii a communication? ... . , ... Mr. Lyon would naturally nave felt a contempt for a rnjri that would lutye suffered himself to have been made atool or m io disgraceful an affair. I found titled to ti e conuue;-;c -;t ldi countrymen, ever v ouc.;f whom, in thit port-, put ;heir bu.ine.s .aiu . 1 uiu me viuic, and tau cotnmeaced our acouitntatice he wa kind and ri.vid!v tn m.- but never in .mv respect indelicate, as would have been in a high degree, such conoeen m a :u.;a u;0i-, j-.iu-vcrsition between us. Or olr. . . . . . kind ot consequence a-ainsi mc I wis the r5t that informed

the president and the secretary of the navy, that such a letter was in the department, even before I had seen it and, again, if the mere oral testimony of a British agent was to be conoid-

ered as evidence sufficient to arraign an American otlicer, I think the navv -would uuicklv be in such a state, as it might be desirable for their nation to place it in. As to the impressions made upon the mind of

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CMt. Lewis, trmn fh' lnfnr- ----- ... . mifion. andthe Siro:i remarks' he made uron the subict, which you have thought proper to quote, thev bv no iheans establish the c;rr'tcin:s: of that information but only go to shew the eilect it produced upon the mind of rn individual, who seems i nave lnvjiDea a prejucrave, ana l am perfectly disposed ihtrt to le: him rest you must, however, have been !urd pressed, indce I, to be compelled to reaort to such OS5 v.. gree weaker than even second handed tcf:imony, to support your durgef u -?ins: me. 1 hese commuaicatioiis you cbcerve, are now in the srthiv-r of the n ivy department. Ui ilustscf, ?ir, I had long been apprised nr.d had you, when searching the records of that department

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for documents to injure my character, locked a little further t vk, y uu would pcrhap have found others i alculitcd to p,roducc a dltfei ciit ettect, G rny desire to return to the Uni'cd ' States, during the late war, there are certiiicatcs in the navy At-

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partment cfthe first reepectabi!ity, ve deh, if you hati been disposed to -ad and qv?,ce, are ... .t . t ,i bung to public vie-v; 1 mean my kvtcr applying lor service, e.i s on as a;i opportunity oftercd, alter the term cf m suspensior. expiretli and one letter, atove an, you snouid no: have 1 .. pa5,c-i o.ii uunoiiceo, inir you, cn this occasion, . that, bv.t little mere than cue month rtT vious to the date of that fcr . j .. j I, by my aavicc ana ar-vu-.n..:us saved you from re-.r'imr the service cf your cc' jtry jri A occi- ou wre. removed from the first hr.'.r-nincv of the New stances, and ike history of your canduet to ir.c will outlive you, let m fate be what it may. 1 ne -.a r 01 u;z winjjxiiu: uu cirtainly 'excite, and ought to have excited, the indignant "eelkit of the nation tovvard; G. Britain; bat, have justified may a declaration of hi.-- jumu.u v.....k.vl4 ,J4 war aguust that power, it waj J " y r i. ...i .jr.:jtvs year, x9 'ui u.n aum. ftatl been amicably and ot coarse

honorably adjusted between the two nations. I mention this fact, not on account of its importance, but because you laid so much stress upon that 'affair as a reason why I ouqht to have

returned lioine during th lttwar, and to shew that, altho' it did hjDocn to be vnur frsrtnnate lot to hzve an opportunity of being in the foremost rank, on that occasion, of which you seem indined to vaunt, v.nre imnnt evpn nf r? ,1 - ' - - -. V. ' which led to it. Having ia vour leuers of the cth intt. a bandoned the charge of inv havl sailed under British licensed alter the commencement of. thtt late war, in consequence of in. formation received by you frora a gentleman entitled' to the fulr lest crexlit, mat l was not aiioat aer ontisn license, must be un founed. I have only to remark on this head, that, in advancing a ciiargc against me of so seri ou. a. nature, and -designed , and so well calculated as it wrj to effect materially my rrpus ition not only as an ofiker of t ici navy, but aa a citircn of the ) Jm States, you should Hi st have aa, certaiticd that it was founded on rf, and not cn rumor, wb icht you so much harp upon ' nd that, upon a proper inverti iga tion. vou would have ili-ro-cd your ether. accusations f be equally groundless. - For ni5f not returning home durir - tlic late war i rio not hold r.i yself, to use your own expressions in any way accountable to. you,' sir. . It would be for th government, 1 should su rmrwto take notice ot my rabsencc if they deem it reprehensible and they no doubt vor ibl k, . ' , . . they are perfectly sat is:Qefj u,K)n this point, I have yrood reason to believe, and tr ust I shall l able to satisfy my country also, The president's personal conl . -'4duct tome, and the memorial or inc .virguu. delegation could it have been requisite for me to have been urged to do so by any one. Laying patriotism out of t he question, as you observe, aj well as the reasons why you think it behoovc3 me to adopt that course, there were other incentives . strong cuxnbent cn me to explain to ysu. lhe miny opportunities rcalW prcisauaihc-nselvcs whirh vm si.' Were cvcry dy occirrmV of which I might have availed myself to return to my country, in p.Svu.. vessel, irom France and oiher plrc-, but of which yoa rnviuce no other prof than ran Jon assertion, - - y . ncwsui ihc w.r aniv, -a jtl i)MlmitW it vai r.w. bc.Vi.-cd that t xvoU!j

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