Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 May 1808 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THIR OWN TIME.—HUME.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1808.

NO. 27.

( BY AUTHORITY.)

AN ACT To continue in force for a limited time an act, intituled " An act contin-

uing for a limited time the falaries of the officers of government therein mentioned." E i enacted by the Senate and House

5 J of Representatives of the United

States of America tn Congress assembled,

7'hatan al paflVd on the twentieth day of

February, one thoufand eight hundred and four, intituled 44 An a6t continuing for a limited time the falaries of the officers of

government therein mentioned," shall be and continue in force for the. term of three years. and to the end of the next feffion cf

Congress thereafter and no longer.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House cf Representatives

GbQ: U LINTON.

Vtce President cf the United Stales and

President of tae Senate January 27, 1808. . Approved, TH : JEFFERSON. AN ACT Suplimentoiy to an al entitled An aft regulating the grants of land and providing for the difpnfal of the lands of the United States, South cf the State of Tenneflee" BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States of America, in congress affembled, That every perfen and the leg Reprefentatives of evty perfon, v?ho being cither the head of a family or above the age of 2t years, and who did on the third day of Match, one thoufand eight hundred and feven, actually inhabit and cultivate a track of land not claimed by vittuc of a certificate granted by the board of commiflioners eaft and v eil of Pearl river, in the MalTiflippi teritory, and who has obtained permilfion to remain on fuch tral or traU of land agreeably to an ac intituled An aft to prevent fsttlements being made cn lands ce-

dec! to the United States, until authorised

by law," (lial! be entitled to a preferance in

becoming the purchttfer from the United

Sates of fuch tracl of land, at the price at which the other lands of the United Slates in the faid teritory are directed to be fold,

and payment may b made therefor in the

fame manner and under the fame conditions

as direfted by law for fuch other lands;

Provided, that fuch traft of land fli ll not exceed one fecYion : And prcvided also,

that the fame Hull be furveyed agreeably

to the fectbnal lines alredy eitablilhed,

or which may hereafter be rttahlh'hed by

the furvevor of the lands of the United

States fouth of the ftate of TcnnefiVr.

ec.2; And be it further encctcd.'Vim every nerfon claiming a traft offend by vir

tue of this aft, (hall, before the firft day of

October next, deliver to the regifler ol the

jnd office within whofe diflrict the land

may be, a notice of his claim, in writing, together with a plat of the tract of land claimed ; and if any perfon Oiall fail to diliver fuch notice and plat, the peifoti or per fons fo failing, flnll fotfeit all claim, or pre

tenl'mi of claim to filth traft rf land, and

t'le lam? Hiall be foU with the other lai cf the United States in laid territory. Stc. 3. And be it further enacted That prions entitled to a sight of pre-emption ur.der the fir It frction of this aft flj?ll be al low-d until the full day of January, one tlvnifawl eight hundred and nine, to make the fit 11 payment cf the purduic money c!

such traft or trails of land as may be claimed by virtue of faid fection, and the re fid we of the faid purchafe money (hall be paid in the fame manner and under the fame conditions as direfted for the other lands in laid territory. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this aft mail siot extend to any perfon or perfons claiming other lands in faid territory in his or their own right, by virtue of BritI fli or fpanilh grants, or to any perfon or perfons to whom a donation has (een granted, by either of tke faid boards of commiflion

ers

J. B. VARNUL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO : CLNTON; Vice-President of the United States, and President ef the Senate, January 19, 1808. Aprovfd, TH : J EFFERSON.

AN ACT Remtting the duties payable on the importation of a monument to be ercfted in memory of the officers of the United States Navy, who fell during the "attack made on the city of Tripoli, in the year one thcufand eight hundred and four. BE it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representativis of the United States of

America, tn Congress assembled, l hat the

duties payable according to law, on the im

portation of a monument imported m the

fncrate Conftitution from Italv. on acennt

of the officers 01 the United States' Navv.

be," and they arc hereby remitted.

J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives, GEO: CLINTON,

Pice President of the United States and

President of the Stnate. March 13, 180S. A proved, TH: JEFFERoWT.

VINGENNES, Aptil 25:ht 1308. Mn. Srour CONTRARY to the ufmd

mode of introductions, I find myfclf prefen led to the public without any pievious intimation of the honor int i;Jcd me by the falyrkrtl " MrMY's. Sand U Uofm" how it became neceflary to place my name in that 1 bidirttit1 peifonnaiicr, or what could have been the dtli;;n of the 3ut!ior in doing it, I know not of tins however, I beg

leave through the medium of 4 your Sun,

to allure that gentleman, whoever he may ' . I I 1-1 1

be, that ins utliciouinels nas laid me utioer

no obligations to him and tiut 1 will tkt it as a p! tii idar favour, if in future, hr

will permit ne to remain in that fedufion

and oufcurity which is molt agreeable to

me, and w hii h pofiihly might be more fuitable to himleif. In making this rtquell, I hope it will be underftood hy MelTrs. Sand k Rolin, as by Mr. Dedicator, that I am not aftnated "hy any fear of a fquibbing, or perfoual con't it with either hut that 1 confiJer fuch pieces, difgraceful to a newfpiper, infuhing to the public k, and by nr. ine.n a compliment to the talents or fenfihilitv of any man. Fi t m the contlnding paragraph of 4 Sand kRrlin, it would appear that the author tiues.oed to father hii premature bantling upon Mr. Jennings and myfclf. What aijency in, or knowledge cf, that publication Mr. Jennings may have had, I know not, ueitl.tr h it n.atri'ial A Pcnnfylvaiiian

I owe to my parent flate to aflure her that I, at lead, had nothing to do with it and if a conjefture may he hazarded, neither do I think ever Pcnnfylvauia gave birth to its author. Thus far I have thought it neceffary to intrude upon your attention, and that of the public 'tis the firfl and I hope it will be the lait publication that I (hall be obliged to prefent to the public, at leaft on futh a trevial lubjeft. Give this a place in your paper and oblige Yours &c. . THOMAS If'GIFFl N. LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

Capt. Tucker, of the North Americn,

arrived on Monday in. a fliort paffage from

Uartmouth, England, brought no late papers. He informs that the king's fpeech, delivered at the opening of parliament, -on the 2 I ft Jan. which he had feen containl nntfiinnr nl' nrf irlillr i mrnr f y nr. trm

this country It is declared a determination rigoroufly to profecute the war againft F. $r.c. negociatior.s for peace were much talk

ed of, however, in England at the time captain T. failed. The following official note

waspolitely handed to the editor by captain

Tucker.

The Lady Arabella packet, is arrived at Falmouth, from New-York, 24 days, and

brings an account of an embargo having been laid on American veflels within the ports of the United States, advice of which has been received here by me this day, 4 . A. HUNT. Vicc-Conful for the U. States. LONDON, January 14. The intelligence which is faid to haVe been recently brought to this country by col. M Carr, in the fervice rf the Earn India company, tends to toufirin the rcjWl :hat Bonaparte has been tiying his utntoQ r (Torts to influence the king of Perfia in his favor, in order to .facilitate his defins on our Afiatic poflefiions. 'J'he colonel was, it feems, charged with a mi (Hon to the Pcrliau monarch, but was (lopped in his journer. Hearing that the Peffian camp was

in the neighborhood, and that the king was with it, he contrived that he had a good opportunity of fulfilling the purpofe of his million but he found that lie could not be received till he had fiift vifited the Per Han

capital. He therefore writ to the latter place, and having given fuch explanations

of the trull with which he was charged as

enabled himtoptocuie proper pyflportt, he

returned to the camp, but foon found a r

emhafly had wsited on the king of Perfia,

and had fucceeded in efTcfting an alliance of

the OricteQ kind between that monarch anu

France; the colontl therefore eould not

obtain an interview with the king, and of

courfe the purpMe of his miffion was whul

ly ft unrated. The gentleman was then ohliqtd to take a circuitous route, the ufual

chaunrls being Hepped, and came thro Ruf lia and iwtden to ihis country, G LUCES TER, March 6.

Yefterday arrived here the brig Aftive, Fofler, 88 days from Guaualoupe, 2c Eveli na Twycrob, 0day from St. Croutx VV. Kud Capt. T. reports that the planters were much alaruud at the news of our embargo ; that nnrkcts rofe very much and that velVels blown otf the coall (in the modern way probably) from Philadelphia, arrived there with 1000 hbh. of ftour which was fold for 20 dollars per barrel ; that he

did not bdieve there W4S oi, e liibnih'i pro-

vifioninthe ifland ; that the French take all American veflels they meet with front

Brit ifh ports, and condemn them, tnd hava

carried a number into Porto Rico ; and

that the captains of Englifli frigates at St. ' Croix offered to convoy all American vefTeli

as far as lat. 25, but in general they come

out fingly and took their chance

C$mmunieation from Washingtonton to the Editor of the United States Gazette. sukday evening, March 27. Defpatches have been lately received bythe government from mr. Pinckney.'our minillerat London, whch are reprelented to be of a very conciliatory nature The prefident has faid they would be laid before congrefs, .as foon as the reading of thofe now in their poffeffiori is concluded. A War with England feems to be expected by no boddy ; and it has even been rumour

ed that the armey bill before Congefs wiil

rbc withdrawn The apprehenfion that

corgrels will adjourn in two or three weeks, feems to be gaining ground t fAmong other iutucements to adjourn, our executive

men are fearful of being too much troubled

by petitions to repeal the embargo; The

people of Maffachucetti are l-olding town

meetings for the purpofe of addrefhng con-

grefs on this lubjecl. This bufinefs was egun by Northampton, a confiderable and

refpectable town in Hamplbire county' and. the example is likeey, it is faid, to be cren

erally followed m that part of the country

COPENHAGEN, Jan. U. An extraordinary levy of recruits is this4

year to take place in Norway, on the fame principles which have been obfr rved in the

kingdom of Denmark and the Duchies. It is not yet fetled whether .the prince royal

returns from hence to Kcil. otockhalm

Gazette cfjan. 2C.)

General Buxhoven, after the bat!e d Friendland, took tho command of the grand

Ruffian and Pruffian army, inflead of gen

eral Benntngfen, and after the peace .received ordeas to collect and bring into or-

aer, botn tne rmy oi uenningien, ana :ne

referve which had arrived, asalfothe niihta,

amounting to 100 000 men. . From Lithuatria we learn that the army there conlills of 1 90 regiments perfectly well armed, and difciplined. The emperor himfclf made a journey to Vctoya(k, where

general Buxhovdens head quarters are,

inlpected evry thing, and prelented general Buxhovdeu with the order of St. Andrew, in token of his fatisfactionr They waite from Mofcow of thedatO 30th. November, that the negociations wltrv Persia are in a confiderable ftate of forwardr2 nefs, and that it is expected an cxpidition will be undertaken againll ihe Englifli fettlcmeutsin the Eatl Indies. Copenhagen Gaz Jan. 29.) GOTTENBURGH, Jan. 15.; The Englilh men of war the Stately and N-lTau, of 64 gum each, which arrived here laft week, have brought the fum of 100,0001, for the King of Sweden, which is now landing. Tbefe (hips are to remain ,. in tbefe fcas throug the winter, if the wether will permit. Jt is faid that one of thir firft operations will be to relieve the twthe i'.ol cf E. liuh merchant veffds now lying in Charlfliam, which cannot come out for fear of the Diniflimen of war gunboit.x, l;c. which arc in that quarter

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