Western Eagle, Volume 1, Number 37, Madison, Jefferson County, 25 February 1814 — Page 4

1 : u' :r JJiJ - : commanded by eCcrrs, frot Centt: . t,S9.a,JfHB..ATiaxAI. lxtRLl.icr.scra down to boatswains mates, the pride am . V ; bulwark of their cotintry, the ad mi ra ion Thl vtantt cf Lawrence Allen end f tne worid, Durroxsjotke American People. Howimnv hands ere there jnpublic THC LAKES I THE XAIUSSI THE employment on the 74' frh-alea loots.

t LAKES! &c. at Portsmouth, Boston. N. Yerk,

TWO DOLLARS iEWARD. OTRAYfcD or STOLEN from the snbscriber on the 16th January 1814. at Lawrenceburgh; m skift made of white oak plank, wooden row loeks fastened on

the inside cart of the seatfn the hind end

i a a ncrim w we r vv airrBvnf iwi t fi w r?m u :i. ar5 : " a tt . t t

L.kea. a place of refuge, a solace forthc ton ? What is the grand aimof their la- , ZXZn reb lir " Anr taiad disgusted end sickened at the de- bor? Slims of war-Destined for what? V&E&F&Z?

lav,, and disasterswhich .have attended, To suodue the enemv ? Then take eve l.JR "t.T"Z?.Z ,

the operations of the armies on

borders v Hut we neren for oar pert, ran find this consolation in their survey. - We re-rd them on the contrary with tmxaneholv. a mortified, a morbid sensibility. Notwithstanding all that baa been achieved on their waters, we con fader them as the most afflicting scene of . ' ' . a

American impruaence, incapacity ana liHonir.

lirie -perhaps is American. At ail events, an un parallelled victory was obtained on that Lake ; tho' ahamefnl to acknowledge, even this, triumph ia ascribable to the courage, conduct and fortune of the American commanders and their men. Perry went to battle with aa infe rior force.' Ontario certainly is not American. Will it ever be? iWrcr unless secured before the first day of June. Chaancev clsonith an inferior force.

phased Teo from the ;ea. If he did not

ry man ot them from the ship yards ; ausv Creek, ahall have one dollar. If at Peter

perm u.zir performance, on umi.anuc line's 50centa, if at James Bridge's at the lltTtl 1: mouth.f Hog,n. .hall have two dollar.

.,. wu.cu irom the aubscriber on Tougherr.

them return. But till then neither a car

penter, a mariner, nor an officer can be elsewhere so pro fii ably employed. Channcey must not be auperseded. Decatur therefore cannof go. Let him superintend the building of a 71 or a fri

gate Let him repose on his laurels

Diddle. With all their Lieutenants and

erews, together with Decatur's Lieutenants and crew, to Lakes Ontario and Champlain. Make an effort worthy of the cause, and .erush the enemy there at once. Can any of these frigates or sloops get out to sea? The chances are one hun

dred to one against it Thev have been

A LL kind cf furra are wactir ' la rub wool; caab and Sala will be given i& exchange, flat likrwiae will be (.rvcb for good Corn or poecl teveu bundled iin en. Hour, (!, and tallow by the ubsc ber. OA WSON LlACSSlCC. Bladiien, Jan. 21f 1314,

v NOTICE. 1 . ... " L0T8 to be 'exposed at' ruble fab i

the town of SALEC1. th era, appointed by law to fix ijpen thecf.manent seat of ; voice for the county, tf Washington, IncTiana Territory, bare chased for the ewinty a quarter taction of land, happily adapted in every respect for. the site of one 6f the mcst pleasant, lial"

tn j auu uountaing levins 3 IL0 VCSteir country, This town will be: sitoated in the bosoo of perhapathe most beautiful and fertile, body of land to be found togetUr in the Territory, every where inters peraed with never failing springe and ttreams-cf wat err and as healthy as any part of the yvovld. It Will al0 be in theniohtwtrhotl ,fA

C. ve Vf , me into my hands as an etray, on celebrated Sail Lick, wlrere my quantity Salt fork of Tanners r,rl- n..M of salt water ma v h nrnrtird tv di'nrM

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Madison Feb 18th 18T4-

FOR SALE One hundred and sixty .acres of Tsnd lying one mile from the town of Madison

Instantly send jonca, Gordon, .Morris, on the Ohio Bluff, on which there is he-

tween 20 and 30 acres of cleared land. For terms apply to JESSE GRAY. r W t. HKNRY RISTINE. Madison, Feb 18th 1814.

E STRAY

for many, wsstcd month's.

gtippoMibthey should get to sea- whnt

- - - 'r f ruuuiu ti ra-cture-or distroy the hostile squadron, no , then ?: The utmost they can do is

sauit can ne imputed to Mm on the score

of bravery or ekiTl. He did all that was .

potsioie lie noniy rusned into action Mnder eireiimstances even mwt honorable than those under which his Lieutenant engaged on Erie When Perry bore down on.Birclay, be fit least expected to be immediately sup txrte.d by his squadron. When Channcey danhed alone into Yeo's fleet, he knew

that his own could not keep up with him. But on the score of unfounded confidence, Chauncey's responsibility is awXul. It teem to be perfectly understood, that government have all along acted on tne principle, that economy would be prodigality in their equipments oiithe Lakes; end- that Channcey had unlimited discretion as to the force to be created on Ontario. Why then is the American squadron -aiill inferior? Why, after two years ".ompetii ion with the mHet and the chisel,, are you now in more jeopardy than eter -fbein;r left behind? Why is the American force on Lake Ontario inferior' to that of the English ? Why is the - American force on Lake Champlain inferior to that of the English ? Why is there not a naval force in construction on Lake Francis, with nearly the whole Awe".an army in that imnaidiate neighborhood for 'ts protection. Ntto superceda 0? interrupt We nivs prejwt-ations on L-kes Ontario and Cimplain, but to espediteand facilitnte thrm. Ul By diverting, distracting and nnftet-t1in-the attention, the operation and trie anoyance of the eneray. ' 21 Bv making ready such an armnJneat a would secure the conquf t of Montreal and nearly all the St. Lwfymce. Have yon not workmen eno'ugh ? UctJutionably. Should you not even traVe empfotmirnt for your ehipcarpenler6? During war, tj;q .estianab'y. "rhe Bilih Keep three thousand tn? . ttedilv emnloved in naval construction.

Whv? iiccaue they stand in need of the ships they elaborate ? Not at all, but in orderto keep thrit employed. Tiiey can send ten ships of t'e lire and . ihniaand workman to Quebec v'!ionever they please: dismantle the hp- nd tet theworkmen to rork with their materials in the equipment of ten shi of the line on "Jhtario. This can he done cheaper, and in all respects with more Advantage to the British natieu thnn ei. th. the vei-?s or the workmen coutd be occupied at home or elsewhere h is net extravagant then fr predict.

s we do m all the confidence of ditre-

ein prophecy; that unlets the rXr.f

A Arttn wrf summer, there i no man

no-o alive teko aill five to eee them Jm

Great

ef their inentimahle- importance. She will-nut forth the matchless m:ght of

6at Britain in aCrming and perpetu-

tting her supremacy upon tnem.

Shouldahe do so, an American

Itbereafter must prove- vain.

Whereas now Tti but to- will

her must he yours immediately.

How? Thus:

riding at anchor in abortive blockade now ounty, nine miles from Lawrencehumh. onty ew ft below the surface of tbej

vV uorBoaooul id Years old, 15 1-2 bands high.no marks perceivable, which .hore I Geneve is my own propertv, and was stolen from me ten years ago, but I doubt not-some honestperton might own him now, and said Wn i -

come forward with such proof as maveive PTOX ,t,w h fseility tbe buildirra

ma ic rrruictt iwo principal oraecrcT

a lit

tle mischief- . Frigates will not fight them.

They cannot tight 74V They may be unlucky. Remember the Chesapeake and the Argus. . The nival glory of thU cour.tiy is a precious national amulet, to be worn close to the patriotic heart. But do not trifle with it. Do not chpen the charm. Do not expose the gallant magicians who composed it; wfco have given you a diadem of water ; more beautiful; more imperishable and harder than a crown of diamonds- do not expose this to the vicissitudes of fortune. " Cherish the American naval faine undiminished, for posterity. " As it standi, it is lfeets and armies for' future -security from insult and wrong. The. despised bit tf hunting is fiorcmote terible than an army with banners Take it to the Lakes. There Tet it wave. There let-it triumph. The prize is a nob!e one there ; and jet the conquest is certain Not so on the ocean. There the priie la hardly worthy such immortalized competitors ; to whose renow n what can it edd, if won ? " ' The Secretary oflhe Navy deserved well of his country. These observations are not published with any view to dicta tion or detraction,. regards that meritc jioos and capable cfScer. Quite the contrary They have hen supprcsred long since conceived. They are submitted now with a respectful deference to his better jucljrment. ; and not till they have become, as far as te have been able to collect It, the voice of the nation. The Secretary knows, much better than we do. the difficulty of enlisting seamen for the Lake's He knows that they will scarce! v cr-lrst at all fcr that sickly and unprofitable service, here disease abounds and prize money is almost out of the catalogue of inducements. The Secretary is fond of th sen errice; is per'ial to it. It ia natural he should he so He understands it. He shines in that depart ment. The eccnom', method, sub-, ordinaticn and regularity, he has introdn.

ced

ent

But on the mere footing of belligerent

annoyance- ooes he suppojts, or can he.

ground; and at which a great deal of saU has already been msde. The fine quarrlea of stone, clay for brick and abundance of thnber which the said quarter section and adjacent lauda afford, together with a good saw-mill within half a mile of the town.

tne good satisfaction hbw he came by ear

..N,A..WniK 1 Hm retei mined to bold ntnv as my own property till the reverse

LI t V . - . - -

v vi uts nTcr rupnmg on each siceofthtf town and uniting at the southern part of it will add very tnnch to its beauty and cW Tenience. Travellers will of course ritx through this town on their wav from the Eastward to Yincennea, 6t. Louis, fcc. and vtre versa. It is aho to be recollected

To the mhah.tant. of ayne PranWin 'claims to the seat of tovemment for fil

can be proved

ik ,eCPPc"ACKSO. February 18th 181 1

KOTICE

-vi.sUC,M,nH,0 viaik.coi.nnes is hereby given, that I carry the mail from Salisbury to Jeflersonville. Any erscn having-any business to do on said post rout. consisting of entries of land to be niade at JeffersonvilK iuch person may lodge their money and writing with any postmaster ot aaid route and directions how to proceed, and their hsitea shall he attended to with punctuality and returned to said pottofiicet the following rates? via f or carrying a payment of any size ' tll?r . ft Of) Payment m notes 75 Any other article per Th 05 JOHNIACKSON car. mail. Madison, Feb. I8fh I8H. THREE FOLLARS RI W'ARD 6tiaed or stolen from the subscriber living in Jefferson county, six miles below Madison one half mile abovf Ramey millcn the Wme Creek a bay mare, .bout H I 2 hands high, both hind fret white, a bald face and gW eyee.nobraud recollec ted had on when she went awav a small bell: any peroA bringing said mare to the subscriber or confining 1 er nd givirc the subscriber word so that he may get her. hall have the above reward. t - L ,Wm M cASLAKD. Mamson, Feb. lhth 1814 St. .,

JVotice h hereby Given WHEREAS from the hat of land sold

I into the chaos committed to his handi, n Otark county, for tax in the year 1812, itler him toevery consideratiom for the tax due for the year, Ibl 1. It ap

pears irom ttte Mulecter'e list of aaid lai.d

which ia teturred end

that the conquest of Lake Ontario is cot 1rka officer! said county. Tl

than the destruction cf Uln Jo,,n Ancersdn at the sale of

nore momentous

all the Bntih commerce afloat on tle hi jh seas ? He docs not: he cannot. We

now cn tie. in the

iat a cef-

said land

became the purchaser of evT)ty acres in edbv.ftre Tld t'1 ,,e ',a 1vr trankfr

40 acres 01 land in the o. 137, lifted and - uarirr

will not impnte'to-hun so deplorable an er- ?od in the name of Robert Geonre font

rorof judgment sum of $2.40 cents the amount of the tax Consider the moral inlnenee; consider and expence then due thereon fjr the said' the physical effect consider the peenni-- year of 1811. And I wishing to secure the sry cost and consequences , consider the said land under an act of the Terripty of great national revolts in every tct ; Indiana entitled an "act for levying and consider the honor, safety and all the collecting a tax on land and for other purbest interests of the U. States they pores' ahall therefore aerceablv t tl-

x" point to the earliest acquisition of the provision in said act attend at the Clerks T Lakes. office aforesaid on the 1 7th day of January . Convdcr the ne.t campaign : R abides next and then and there teWer to the said

whatcfer.

to a;iy icrtcj

bis

RICHARD XFCLS OIL mark, Sc?n and subicTild before tr.o th:322d day of October T813. - JOHKBIAIIARPjJ.P.

the fite of the Lakes ; and does not' the

importance She " ., J.v .

and with credit ; or war much longer and without accomplishing its jnat enda. It is resolved into the earliest acquisition of the Lakesv Consider the charecter, tranquility,onion and prosperity of tltee states, ftrr

the rjvesent war: Uiey mainly depend

efforts ' it tnd

There; ar5yw..oMoO rhetor U is soberen onboard thrnnite C. 6ste; 400 ng; proceeding from tl e 1 board the Ileedoniawt 150 on board i!.r t2 v disrJ Sth.-

1 irhrr.-; 400W boardne- ConsteU P7ncTiueiK.ea-

Anderson aethe purchaser of the siHd land

VI- m. A. If ! ... .

ur- in 11 rurvrr ttui auena. !!

amount of the said purchase money, with

the interest thereon, as pn said act, for the redempti aforesaid!

, DANIEL FETTEn, - ' Far STALE YI Dec. ?5, 181.1. RAGS.. 1 Clean Linen, Cotton i-Bag'wantcd at this offiocr

I.V.,, " Vv otDIay last, a sorrel liny, cna 1 LToschS past withe V.te flee, ad a 5 nearly inclosed by the blaze in hi lemplion cf the land d, some whiti feet. street t

Territory on accennt of its central titnatiAa.

It being about half way between tbe Eaa tern and Western boundaries of the Trr ritory and wkbin Cfleen milta of Whita tiver. These circumstances, w ith many ethers that might he mentioned, point out tbf. town of SALEM, highly dererving tbe tU tention of the public. As the property cf Uptown is vested in the ecmnty, the lotf will he sold upon very liberal terms, sr-$ every encouragement given to t remote iprosr.erity. ' The sale to commence at tbe preroisc3 en the second Tuesday in April next whea the condiliona willheoiade known, and attendance given b JOHN DEPALW Febmnry it h 1814. ' ' 1 SeBBIBSteBSBSJjS NOTICE. A LI thofe indebted to the scbecriberv. aie requested to erme forward by theSCvh day of April next, and settle off their re.. pecri ocretnt Further inciulgeic need not he expected Persons hiving ten v j,;, of me will please to return thexn. DAVID II.1UXWFLL February 11, 181.THE STATE OF OHIO.? tt HA MI LTON COl'NTy, $ ' Before ne Jbhn Mahard, a just!ce of thy. peace in nrd for said county, jeraonaly, a nf cared Richard Fnlsom, who beipgdu ly sworn according to law, depceth an saith that a certificate in hia name froCv

the renter of the LandOOce in Cincia nati, for the S. W . quarter of iccticc.C

Town 1 Range 2 West, has beendektrcy

Tlirce Dollars Keworci. . ST A y ED frotri.tbe subscriber 6 roiko from Ltwrenceturgh, about the firat day

of fijay last, a sorrel Cliy, cm year olj

torrtl tpc-

fctr. fcra-;

of whiiy

rum np the insitte or rat rigM :iore ler nearly totheree, branded on tfcethctildrT. . TJf. otheT marks rccol!2cttd,tI abotO ewvrd will be tiven if delivered, or a gct erous compensation for informal ien to t! Editors of the Western Esab, cr Jcd:o Cotton on Indian creek, or Capt Cu'wV Kicholson LoughVr. - EZEKir.LJACncg

Dec. 17, 1C1

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