Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 April 1808 — Page 3

FOR TIIZ vrLSTr.x:s sux. To our right lelpedaole and well beloved prtrons the citizens of Knox county. The dedication of books and pamphlets, is become from cuftom, f necefTary a part of the work, tint a book) or a pamphlet without it, appears like a nnn with his head cut off by the fuulders; without this, one riny fcruUnife the carcafe, but the brains and the clfencc, remain with the head ju ft to with our pamphlet of 16 pges in length, on which we fprnt much time and pains in compiling, and which we beg leave to recommend toyo-i as a work of no contemptible celebrity, for it has circulated already from the prituirtg-ofme, to the po(lcfiice. Yes, fellow citizens, what talents we poffefs, wtre drawn forth to flicw to you, that it ix ufrlefs and idle to blame us for electing Davis Floyd as clerk to the houfe of repr fentatives for we are your political guardians, therefore know heft what ought to be done for your good We have called our. fdves your guardians in our pamphlet, fome copies of which we have fent to the lead

ing men atnongft you, to make fair weather

' for our next election, and we mean to fend a few copies to the Mufcum, as a fpccimcn of the perfection to which we Inve brought

the Englilh language and a fnend of ours

Jm advifed us to lend a few copies to the

Tower in London, to fliew the inhabitants

of that place, that notwithstanding we live

- in the forefts of America, the purity and foul of feience and of liberty, have taken ifp their abode here .We fay we have called ourfelves your guardians in our pamphlet,

and we think we are-right in fo doing, for

, .when a m is elected a reprefentative of the people, he is then the people's guardian, and the people aflame the charactcrof miHors, and have no right to think for them-

frlves befides, we fcorn in the fullnefs of

cur power and popularity, to echo the voice of every idle dirty fellow, who might have voted for us ; and further, we clont care whether the political veflcl of the Territory and of the United States, fink or fwim, if v. can get fffly landed in fome profitable ctiice, worth one thoufand or twelve hun

dred dollars a year, fuch as a judglhip, Sec. Sec. and to which profitable birth your kind patronage, is only the flepping ftone. Some foul mouthed fellows have endeavoured to throw dirt on the brighteft part of our character and conduct as your reprefentatives anl precious guardians, vc allude to the rabble of thirty five, who were prefent and voted for the refqlutions mentioned in our pamphlet, poor filthy creatures who had the irrtpudence to cenfure, or even to murmer at the conduct of their reprefentatives, therefore their fuperiors in point of talents, integrity, and refpectability, for your choice of us as your reprefentatives has therefore

bellowed upon us the collected wifdom of

thecouunty ; this is proved in this way, be

fjrc our election, the? governor, and the reft

of the big people in the county were cold

and dill ant, looking upon us as rather con

tetnptible, but lince we hare beco;ne wife,

prudrnt and virtuous", by being clewed your

reprefentatives and guucians, th

moI humble fjrvants : wc are now admit

ted into the cabinet, and confuited on all

g.eat Territorial qut ftions - is it not then

the height of impudence and vanity to cen

fure us for unlocking the door ot cur wif

dom, whenever we think your pood

requres it? We hue given you fpecimens of our unbound d talents (to fay i o-

thing of the iplendor of our l-gifl uivr wif dom, exhibited at the 141 fefTuin of the af

frmbly, which is placed upon record as a lafting monum.n; of our gredtuef 1ft. In cur circular lettrr to you, where we painted

in glowing colours the bright tide of curie pillative conduct. 2d. In our defence of

ur conduct in electing Divis Floyd a

clerk ; v.'here we defended Floyd, ami Burrs fchrme of treafon, with unriv-led addrefs ; Anil thirdly, in our pampltt, to which this dedication ought to have been prefixed, we have fcirntiftcally, and metapl.y tically icrubbed and fcoiued Floyd's cor.dufi as ennneeted with Hurr, in 1: 13 nr.. d fiheme of treafon, at the exprnfe of the oath, character and integrity of a rcfprctable jury of Clark county, and us to Burr, finding our talents would be walled in defending him any longer, we have in the htight of our indignation and wrath, confined him, totthrr with the Scotch, the Knglifli. the lrifli, and the rabble who voted for the icfolutions to thr Devil. In the hurry cf our bufinefs, and the profundity c( our cogitations we had forgotten to writ? a dedication to cur pr.tnphlct, aiul indeed I believe wc never Huuld havcthof

of it, if a friend of ours had not told us onefperfon defirous of becoming a fubfciiber.j

n7 ,., a idrtaiuc way - inai ne dad leen can nave tne opportunity ot mlpecting them our pamplct which had made its appearance by application to the Librarian, Peter Jiiies in the world like a ftarved kitten on its Efqri The boaid of directors appointed by road to the tomb of oblivion for the want the company totranlatt its bufinefs in 01nf a preface, or a dedication, or a fomething dindry, judge it their duty to offer to the

for an entering wedge; for he faid he was

ceitain that all the beating pummeling and fcolding we could do, we could not net it

. . 1 1 ... .

into me minus ot the people, but what we were attached to Burr, and his party, be-

caufe we elefted Floyd our clerk, who was a few days before his election, tried and convicted of a high mildemeanor aeainft

me united states, and indicted for high

trealon; they lay you admitted a confpira

tor and a traitor in the threfliold of the

councils of the Territory, thev fav vou are

difaffecttd, rotten hearted, and not lhunch

triends of liberty ; they fay your pretended friendlliip is only Ikirt deep ; they fay, and

1 tmnK witn lome truth, that you are mere tools and hobby horfes for the bis: burrs' to

ride upon." Thefe obfervations of' our friend, led us almoft to believe, that the

play would not be worth the candle, with

out we ftrewed the path "over which our

pamplet was to travel with a flowery dedication or preface and as we forgot Jo write one, and affix it to our pamphlet, we therefore after mature deliberation in, our auguft cabinet fgreat and wife men, think it will anfwer every purpofe, to infert this our dedication in the Weftein Sun, where all thofe to whomwe have fent pamphlets mayperufeit; the pamphlet is concluded with the irrefiftable certificate of one Jonathan Jennings, the clerk in the regiflers office at Vincennes, and who, not long finer was dubbed a county court lawyer, at the bar of the county court of Knox. It is the fame, Jennings who certified the proceedings of the board fTrnftees for the Vincennes Univerfity (without the confent o the knowledge of the bo:ird) for one of us as jn additional fiep in our ladder of fame and popularity. True he had not the re

cords of the houfe of reprefentatives in his

keeping, but he is fo famous for giving cer

tificates, that his veracity cannot be doubt

ed. With the true dignity of guardians

and reprefentatives, we fubmit this as the

pioneer to our pamphlet, which wc hope

will fecure our next election, therefore be

ing perfuaded that you, a our minor con-

(Vituents, put implicit confidence in our

wifdom and guardian care of ycur liberty,

we fhall ceafe writing any more co-partner fliip addrefiVs to you, except our mighty in

dignation is drawn forth by the infolence of

the Scotch the hnglifli, the Inlh and the

impudent and difconteuted rabble, who met

at the court houfe on the 4th of January,

and pafied the refolutions which we have

completely refuted in cur pamphlet ; this

dedication and our pamphlet, and our cir

cular letter, and cur defence of Burr, and

his ft heme of treafon, and feveral other va

luable efTays, to which we figned ficticinu

names, as for inQance, the Republican, the

Hybcrnian, Alcxowitz, and a hoftofv&iua

ble productions, too tedious to mention

here, are net written in the common low,

vulgar, fivle of epick or tragic compofirioit,

but they are written in the fublime biogra

phical fiyleof grub Ureet, garwifhed, interlarded, flowered and feftooncd, with the elegance of IJ 1 g t e phidfeology. VINCEXNZS LIBRARY. 1

The public are, we believe, geuerclly ac

quainted that more than a year iince, an attempt was commenced by a number of the citizens of Vincennes and its vicinage, to "Oabliflia public circulating Library, in the

Borough of Vincennes, under the title t-f

the 'Vincennes Library. CanJidering all he circumftances of citHculty in which th; attempt was made, its fuccifs has equalled the rnofi fanguine expectations ot its patrons. Already ha? a company been organized under the name of The Vincennes Library Company,' which has obtained an act of the legifittue incorporating it ui.cier ihatname. As it is a mealu're of public utility, emanating from the moft bcnelent and patriotic motives, it is hoped it will meet with univerfal encouragement from every citizen in its neighborhood. Though its beginning be finall, as that of every cf:abliOiir.cnt, however ufcful, mufi necdTa-

nly be, in a new country, fituated as ours.

it will grow with its countries growth, increafe with its (liength, and become in clue

lime a copious ard permanent fource of in;-

provement and inloinution.ealiiy acceilibie

10 every one. I he charter ol the compiny together with its conUitution, byr laws Sec.

ai e depcfittd in the library rcom. nny

tompany, and their feliow cititens in gere

ral an exhibit of the prefent Hate ot the Library', 39 regards the number of books, their names See now belonging to it, and to folicit every perfon who juftly appreciates the advantages of reading, and who has not yet fbbferibed, to apply as above, to make himfelf acquainted with the nature of the inttitution, its' rules, and every thing appertaining thereto. When he has fo

done, we are confident he will feel a pure

pleafure in becoming a fubferiber, 8c thereby contributing to its infant fuppbrt : for he will reflect that though it i3 now merely in the bud, yet by fullering care it will hereafter bloflbm. and bring forth fruit, the

pleafures and profits of which if he cannot

completely enjoy immediately, will be a molt valuable legacy to his children and country. A List of the Books &c. No. I Leland's Philip of Macedon. 2 3 Kobertlbn's Hiftorv of America. 4 5 Maiinbourgh,s hiilbry of Arianifm. 6 r 8 9 JO Dictonary of Arts and Sciences 11 12 13 Reid's Eflays. (4 At wood on Rectilinear Motion 13 16 Gutherie's Grammar. No. 17 18 Blair's Leaures. 19 Vattels Law of Nations. 20 2 1 Witherfpoon's works. -22 23 Miller's Retrofpeft, 24 25 Moffcs Geography,

26 7 Pinckerton's Geography with

Maps,

' 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 World

Difplaycd. 36 37 38 39 40 41 World Difplay ed. 42 French Revolution 43 44 45 Robcrtfors Charles V.

46 Jcfferfoii's Notes" on Virginia

with Appendix 47 Oflian's Poem 48 Andrews View, . 49 Gatteriu's Sweden, 50 M'Kenzie's Voyages 51 52 Toliticks for the People. 53 54 Julian's works, 55 Mifceilanies 56 Hume's Dialogues, 57 Humphrey's workj 58 Spurrier's practical Farmer 59 Philofophic Effays, 60 Annual Regilter, 61 62 Wafliington's Letters, 63 64 65 Hooper's Univerfal Eru dition.

66 Eflays on the Paflions 8c Affections 67 68 69 70 Goldfmith's Animated

Nature. 71 72 Varlow's Husbandry. - 73 Prieflley's Lectures. 74 Ladies Companion 75 Tucker 0I1 Slavery 74 77 78 79 EloiiV 80 Beauties of Hervey 8 1 Hervev's Meditations.

82 83 Mirabeau's Gallery of Portraits. 84-85 86 87 Thompfon's Works, 88 Thompfon's Seafons 89 90 91 ConfelRon of Faith. 92 93 94 Smith's Wealth of Nation 95 96 97 93 Cheltci field's Letters 99 VattairesPhilofophical Dictionary 100 Dr. Durham's Sermons 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 ShakefpearS Plays 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 U 120 Spectator. 121 122 Haplefs Orphan 123 124 Eff.tysand Letters 125 126 Adams's Travels, 127 Junius's Letters . 128 Gaudcntia de Lueco 129 ISO Wafliington's Letters 131 132 Knox's I Hays 133 134 Kr.oxS EiTays 13i Bregar Boy 136 137 D'Ughter of Adoption 138 133 140 Myfteries of Udolpho 141 142 143 144 Gil Bias 145 146 147 Dramatic MifccllauU 148 Simple Story 149 150 15 1 Beggar Girl 152 153 Beauties of Hiftory 15; Vagabond 155 Goldfmith's Roman Iliilory abiiJged 156 1 57 Mahommcti Travel

UU CillipxJia 1

159 Caryers Travels . . J60 Lecture? on Female Education 161 162 163. Locke's LiLyj 164 Goldfmith's England abridged 165 Scott's U. S. Gazetteer ) 66 167 Arabian Nights cntcrtmt; 168 169 170 Fool of Quality 171 172 Plain Senfe 173 174 175 Abbefs 176 177 Edward 178 Leland on Eloquence 179 Goldfmith's Poems 180 Man of the World 181 Broad Grins 132 Morcau's Life 183 Blair Lectures abridged 184 Modern Chivalry 135 tharlotte Temple 186 Moore's Utopia 187 Joan of Arc 188 Condorcet's life of Voltair 189 Robinfon Crufoe 190 Juvanal's Satyrs 191 Morfe's Geography abridged 192 193 Dryden's Poems 194 195 Dryden's Ijeras 196 Malmoth's ElTaya 197 Military Hiftory 198 199 Horace in French 200 20 1 Literary Mifceilanies 202 203 Introduction to the Hifto ry of Denmark in French204 205 206 207 208 Principles of Literature in French 209 Seneca's Morals 210 Curran's Speeches. In addition to the above the board of Directors agreeable to the power vtfted in them by, the Compnny, have contracted with Mr. Bullitt, to bring on a number of

new books, which are not now in the Li

brary, in proportion to rhe amount of their prefent funds, which are as great as could have been expected.

NOTICE IS hereby given that 1 fhall make apolicatioti to the court of Common

Pleas of Knox county, in the Indiana Ter

ritory, at the next July term, for a licenlc

to cllablilh a terry on the Uhio river, upon my land where I now live.

James Marrs. March 10,1808. INDIANA TERRITORY. Auditors Office. XJOTICE is hereby given that by rn aft iN of Afiemblv, Puffed at the Iaft feffion

of the Legillature of the laid Territory,

if any non-relident cunning lands in tins Territory, efther by entry, petent, deed for

conveyance, bond for conveyance, or other evidence of claim, his or her agent, or attorney, fliall neglect, or refufe to lift, his or her lands with the aflVflor of the county

here luch lands may have been entered and loc?ted, before the tenth day of March then next, and now inflant, and the tenth Jsy of March, quadrennially, thereafter,the aflYflor (hall immediately proceed to lift and make a valuation of the hnds of fuch non rcfidens, that may he in h'13 county, per hundred acres, according to the quality of the foil, and its rehtive fituation ; but in making fuch afleflment and valuation, houfes, barns, and other improvements lhall

;iot be inc luded. And further notice is given, that the OierifFof evt ry county, lhall, by the fiftrrnthdav of Tulv. annu illy demand pay.

mont nf th-t( s. orlum ailcllca, on CC

wa m " - t '

inhabitant in his ccunty, in perfon, or by notice in writing, left at his or her ufual place of refideuce. In cafe of non piymcnt of taxes, by the time appointed, it fliall be the duty cf the ftierifF, to levy and col!et the tax fo in arrear, by a- fale at

the court houfe door of his county, of the tract of land for whith the fiid tax fliall be in arrear, or fo mu. h thereof as will

bring the tax due thereon, to be Ia:d oft in form of a fquarr, or parallelogram, in f tl.- traa. definated by

the fherifT, at the time of fil? i provided. That if the owner of any tr-a, or trncts of land, for which the faid tax fhall be in arfon for him, flull on the

J,y of fale, tender, nd oeliver to the fhe-

ritf, at the place ol iale gooes aru cnancis futucient to make the laid tax fo in arrear, then the fnd iVriiffli ill not fell the faid land, or any p-rt th-reof, but fliall make

and I- V the laid tax m arrear, by a punuc CA Jlucli coo(is, rendeiintf the overplus,

I n 1 v v ' 1 " - (if any) to the owner of fuch land, or fuch perfon for him.

I'M Jilt Auditor of Public Accounts, Vincennes, lit March, 1808.