Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 28, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 May 1808 — Page 2
Harry Heath, to Peter Jones, a part of! -which letter it wasnectlTary lor m- to fee, an J got J. Jennings to enter the quarter fection of land for me which Hcath had directed Jones in iYid letter to enter for him. Devi!. It will not do. your plans and fchemes arc too mean and Ilullow not to h- Art-torA. lfidrs I will not hive my
Kingdom fuoported by fuch low groveling
artifice, although I am tne rrcai vice and intrigue, yet I will not allow my IVrvantc to nractife any but a dignified and
manly vite nd if yoti perfiil in your low dirty proceedings I will turn you out of Kiy fervice. Anther. By the powers of the pump and all the arts of legerdemain I will hereafter follow your directions my Lord.
Devil. 1 have been juft informed of
more ot your blunders ; you itt like a curd purblind puj;pv .d'.l you not, on hearing the news of juJ.jo Divifc's death write a piece dated at (hhokn recommending your felf to the Prefident to be appointed judge and publifh it in the Weftern Sun ; Did you not publifh an illnatured philippic againft the ladies who dined with Mrs Bazadone in the year 1806 ? Did you not purchafe a traft cf land of Mr. Howel, when you knew Howel had fold it to J. 11. Jones and received the pay ? Did you not make this purchafe becaufe you found that Jones had not recorded his deed within the time the law directs ? Gome fir, by all the powers of my Kingdom you mull publifli to the world exnlicit anf vers, to all the
foregoing queftinns, oiherwife I will be charged as your prompter, and ycu muft know that mv character and Kingdom are
not to be injured by your filly conduct. Anther. My lord you are not acquainted with the extent of my themes ; 1 mean to ruin the characters of J. R. Jones, Henry urft, John Johnfon, the committee who drafted the refolutions difapproving
of the election of Floyd, Lnd the rabble of
th'rty.five, who voted for the relolutions In purfuance of this plan I perfuaded J. Jennings tr bring forward the profecution ngainll J. R. Jones, not withftanding there v.'ere no grounds for a criminal profecution; and it is evident J. Jennings could know nothing of the fuhject, for he was in Penfylvania at the time the fuppefed grounds of profecution took place ; but that is no thing, he was brave anough to mortgage his foul to your highnefs when he went before the grand jury to tftr.blifli facts which took place four years ago, when he w'.s at that time five or fix hundred miles diftint, probably under the foftering and parentiel care of his father ; again 1 want to turn Jones out of the Irgiflarive council, in order that I m.iy Inve a ihince tr be appointed in his nl ice, if I hVuld fail in being appointed judge, for this 1 have got a petition in circulation which when figned I mean to fsnd to the prTident to turn Jones out of the council. If this ftep fu!s I have commenced an inf-dious u d malicious attack upon Hurft in tlv: Wcft.rn world, where 1 havf profmed the fd ipturts I: v ad opting its ftyl", and mixing with it ail th venom I poiT.f?, and entiiled the ft r fl ard fcrcoud chapters of the chronicles Likewill I have redoubled my attack upon J. Johnfon, in a piece figurd fnd and rolin where I charged him with forging horfe (hot;?, and beating plow flirares, and this is not id! ; I might h.'.ve charged him with the low and ungentl-manly occupation of plowing the Earth, llkewife with being piece of a mac.hanic, and you know my lotd that forgers of iron, tillers of the earth, asd hew. ers of wood oujht not to prtfume, to fjek to your h anud frrvints; neither ought they to murmur 'about the conduct of their reprefent itives, bt fides I attempted to blacken his rharai'trr by attitking his father. This is the way my Lnrd it is no matter what means 1 mikr ufc of, if I obtain my ends, a!! my invective gnft Jl.nfon 13 to put him ut ot mv roai t j fme and prtrjUrif ; as to t! r committee and r ibble of thirty-nv y.a know it was right to rub thr" d ,.vn as I unit ahing, to fi;:vrt voiif p-; .e minilter A. H ifr, ami I is genr Floyd, and we who voted for 1 to clerk, blood and thund-r I will light up tor( h of treafon and Jin or ) isi tlir ') - . ? it o rv, and in the heigh: rf p li'.ir ! c-fufinn 1 wdl -ink- mv enrmie , fe mv mi;rh: wrath ; mv blood hoiles ; rry vendue c burn I mean to be ademi l)vi!. J !iie in my imagimtioti new 1 hemes of rtdition and torturr, for Ins, Hiit, Johtii in, )- committee w! draffd the rrsobjlions - nd tbe rabble of thirty. five who voted lor them ; I mean tiut my furnace ot
torture, fliall be feventy feven times hottefto confront me and fiiy I did This fou? than Ntkuchadnsizzer's, for a novelty ; I attempt of yours at my fame I think not mean to bake them into obediance to my gentlemanly you might have at kalt fent will, I can reguhte their toiture by a'me a paper and give me an opportunity to thermomiter think of this my Lord did e- defend n.yftlf, but to puhlitlY me to tht ver. Nero or Ctligula perform any thing e-jworld a ropagatcr of a fa!fehofd without qual to this. (giving me an opportunity to vindicate myDevil, you defcrve fome merit for your' felf is not only disgraceful in a printer but attempts to fuppSrt me ; but yon eternally jdifhonarable in a man and claims that fefail to fucceed ; as for inilance your faun-ivere animadveificn, from which the con ic but filly attempt to injure Mr. Benja.jtempt I hold ycu in, alore forcers yon. min Park's character foon after he arrived jHad it not have been thfct 1 deemed it a
in Vincennes, by a falfe and malicious jduty 1 owe the public, 1 lhould have treattharge which every body believed to be ed your piece with that contempt, which
I fiiaU 1 hope always (how to you
ti r
vrniitirilPlC-
Anther. My Lord ; Ir. Park and my-
I lhall conclude this letter to you by advi
felf have buried our quaritl in the tomb of (w you to live quiet, and enjoy in pef-ct
oblivion fincc I voted for him to pro to con-ltbat portion of the public confidence which
gref, thus you fee my Lord I will foon he a uevelopement of your character might
able to decoy nun into my net ; tnen oyjueprivr yon ot.
all the vipers in the woods I will attack
hitn with renewed vigor and probably h fliall then want your Lord mips advice. Devil, you onght to change your mode of attack on private character, your flyle,
your compofition, your language and your
conduct lor they arc all as well known
notwithstanding your attempt to flirond
yourfclf behind the curtain of fiction, a
your perfon and yonr phiz.
Authir I fwear by. your, magefly's
furnace of refcrv, that it was your lord
1 am
GEORGE. C. SMOOT.
BY PARMENAS fiELKES
SherifTcf the county of Knox in the In
diana Territory. A PROCLAMATION'.
virtue of the United States writ of
vejnre facias figned by the Honorable Henry Vandei Burgh, , Enquire, one of the
judgt s in and over faid territory, and to mt
fliiptauzhtme how to write and how to deaed, for holding on Moiuh.y the twenty
act while invour fervice, and I declare by
all the faints in the calhu dar that if yoa fcold and murmur any more at my conduct I will leave your fervice yon old (footy faced cloven footed, Judcs hearted fon of a alide.
Devil. Curl? ycu cant you learn to fwear like a gentleman and not mutter out your vipers, your pumps and your furnace like thoufands who aught to have their throats rut for the difgrace they bring upon th fin. Anther Will your royal highnefs please to give me a rule by which I may fwear in a flyle becoming a gentleman. Devil. Obferve the following rule
nrft begin with faith this is the A B C in C . . . . . 1 I ll
iwenring, wnen you can make mis run vu your tongue glib, then proceed to curse it and damn it and soon until you can roll ofiffifteen double damn's in a fecond and make all Vincennes ring with your fwearing ; and if you fupport your news-
paper attacks upon private character by a
reftrve of decent oathes, you will always fucceed ; but mind what 1 fay Auther, be fure you never fwear in company until you ran damn with an are of grandeur, the beft place for you to learn is in an horfe liable ; fliut out all 'company but a few of your un derflrappers ; and exercife your lungs in the following manner, take a horfe by the tail and count the hairs. Damn each hair as you count it, thus proceed until you have gone through a flable of forty-nine horfes, and if you cant then fwear fit for company, you mnft fwear through the fiahle again, Sc Com hide by damning each horfe, his fire and grand dam and trace his genealogy to bis athm, damn eviy generation up hill and down, ai d then if you cant fwear fit for ccmpnv and fupport my Kingdom by it.
fit your fi If down for a booby, and lave'nff
your filthy ftribling in news papers for you will alienate all the hearts of my royal fnbj"cts Auther. I bow with reverance to your fublimity and will obferve your directions. VlKCRNNES, ?ay 1 6th, 1808. Mr. Jostfu Chahlkss, TRUTH, that tinering guide to man in every clafs of the civilized world fliould be adored as an oracle and followed with undeviatiug firmnrf when a man without it attempts to de fame, infimy recoil?, and in his attempt 'n injure, finds himfelf his own victim, and like a toothlefs viper he may firetch him. 0 .If in the highway to cnfnre unwary trave Urrs he may rare himfelf ard make his rafp hut without injury lor when the tooth is gone, the poiicn will not contam-itiate.
I am induced to make the ibove ohfervation by olfrring in your piper cf the 2fth April lal, a piragnph, in which you obfeve that a certain character" had reported that it was your intention to remove :o St Louis in order to injure your ellab'ifliment 41 here and raife another on its ruins" 1 know of no other perfm who intends to rl.dilh a pap-r in Louifville but mylell nor do 1 believe there is any, ai.d therefore, take it (or gtanted as aimed at me. This report if there is inch a one" fir 1 never 'irtuUted, and defy ycu or any other trua
third day of May, 18o8 at ths court houft
in Vincennes, at ten of the clock in the fore
noon of the fame day, a fpi cial court, court
of Oyer and Terminer, General Jail Deli
very, and court of Nifi Pries; all juflices
ot the peace, clerks, coroners,- prothonata-
ries, with their rolls, reCordj, iquidtious,
rcognrzances, and all recognizees, and re cognizors, fuitefs and profecutor, are here
by notfied to give their attendance, and
make retnrns of their feveral remem brances at the time and place a fore faid, that the United States judges may proceed thereon ; and generally all civil officers within the faid Territory, who have taken recognezance whereby they have let ary perfon to bail, will alfo make return thereof, that our faid judges may proceed thereon as of right, and according to law ought to be donf In teflimony whereof I have hereunto fet my hand, and affixed my fcal at Vin cennep, in the county of Knox, the twelfth day of May one thoufand eight hundred and eight. LS. PA RM EN AS BECKES, ShfC. K. C. I. T.
GOLD MEDAL PRIZE Ths Mrdici.I Lyceum of Phil.idelr.hi
dtfirousof nromotir.' ti e inveltit'atiou of 4 v t
Phiholopy, oiler a gold medal to the value
uf50didlars, to the author of the beft tflay on the following cjur (lion.
u Does the human boddy pohtfs the 14 power of abforl iog fubftanccs applied u to its furface V9 The tiny mutl be written in the Erqlifh language, and delivered tp the correfpon
ding lVcretary of the Lyceum, on cr before
the firflday of Jan. 1808, with a fealed paper containing the name of the anthorf which fliall not be cpened, unlefs the medal is adjudged to ti e efly it actompmirs. PZT Editors of news-papcrsmedical, or other periodical woik?; ire rt:uefled to promote the publicity of this, ihrcugh the
medium of their feveral publications, by a
tew infertions.
J. Li. KUUMIiAUtMyD,
Correfponding aec'ry
Philadelphia, Feb. 6th, 1SC8. i i r i - " - 1 POST-OFFICE,
Vinccnnes April s 1808.
A lilt o letters remaining in tMs cirre
during the laft quarter, which if not takl
out betore the expiration ot tnree montiu
will be returned to the General Poft Offici
as dead letters, viz. A . Amble Arpan James Adams Thomas Anderfon. B
James Brooks,
PUOSPEGTUS
Of aiiews-paper to be printed in Louifville,
(K.) under title of the KENTUCKY JOURNAL, By GEORGE C. SMOOT, HAVING been for fome time fince folici ted by my fiiends to eflabliih a paper in Louifville, have at length come to a deter initiation to publilh a weekly News-Paper in that town under the above title. The Editor deems it of no importance to im pofe upon the publick, a long lift of fervice; which printers often promife and feldom perform He will, however, obferve that the JOURNAL (hall he piinted on an impartial principle, uninfluenced by any regard to party, and inveftig tion into the conduct of public officers fliall always claim his firrious attention. Eflays original, or fcle&ed, on fubjec"s bublic, or local, and all others which may have a tendenry to amufe or edify, (lull ah ways have a place in this paper. On the above principle it is fubmitted to the public for patrogage, and he only hopes to be fupported, as they fliall think him worthy of it. CONDITIONS. The KENTUCKY JOURNAL fliall be printed weekly, on the day that may appear mo ft fuitable at tS: commencmrnt, on i good Tyie and Paper, and fliall contain as much matter as any paper printed in Kentucky. Price of fubfeription will be Two Dollars in advance, or Three Dollars at the end
of the year, per annum. Advertifrmmts of no more length tlnn breadth, infrrtcd three weeks for One Dolhr, and Twenty-Five cents for every continuance. Longer ones in proportion. C7The fir ft number wdl probkHy appear on or before the firft of Augufl next. Subfcriptions to the abeve paper received at this office.
BLANK DEEDS For falc at this Quice.
John Braden, John Black, Thomas F. Blairjf William Bruce, Robert Buntin, Thomas Carlin, Adam Clement,
Thomas Bradfliawy
Ruben Bigprer ft afT, -t John I. B iiley, George Balthis, -: Alexander Chambers,-
James Cutrighu ?
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Mad. f.. Deneyawt Luke Decker, John Doolin, Denifon Darling,
Jacob Defanbcuch. Rickfom Eliis James Goodlet,John.Grant. Henry Hurft, 2 Robert Houfton, Phillip Haroks. John R. Jones, 2. Thomas Jones, Ephraim Jordan. Robert Knox. Thomas Levens, D ivid Lillie, jr. 2. Luke Matfon,' John MlJunkin, Henry Mace, Lewis Nolin, Jofcph Oneille Howard Puttrhan, J. B. Pittman, Gilbert C. Rufiell, Mathias Rofe, jr. Mary Reeves. John Springer, WiMiam Shepherd, Daniel Sullivan, 2. Jacob Self, John Small,
Waller Taylor
E Sc F Jacob Fiflier, G ' Robert Gilmore,
H John Hatton, William Harmanf.
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William Johnfon, 3v Samuel Johnfon, ;
Thomas Lamby M .. Henry Mills, Villiam Mntofn,' r "Win. V. Moreman; N & O Antoine Oncille.
JcfTe Purrell, Thomas Palmer.1
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James Robb, Peter Romine,
Samuel Scott, George C. Smooty R. Sc A. Shaw, John Scott,
John dtork.
Jefle Thomas,
John F. Thortipfon, Jofiah Trucblood W Tab. Wa fliburn, Elr, Wclton. Gail. IV. yoonston, p. mIF TEEN DOLLARS REWARD. r) ANA WAY from the fubferiber on V the 13ih day of laftMarch, on llacoon creek, on the trace to St. Louis, a dark bay ftud horfe, near fixteen banc's high, no brand, blind in the right eye whoever takes up fiiid horfe, and fecures him in the neighborhord of Vincennes, ft that I can grt him again, fliall have ten . dollars reward, or if delivered in Middletown, Kentucky, fliall have the above reward, and all reafonaUle cxpences paid in either cafe.
HUGH 5COTT. April 12th, 1808. 3w