Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 September 1808 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN SUN. VISCENNLS, September 3, 1808.

We have obftrrved that perfons are in the habit of fhooting at marks &c. in this town, to the em. ininent danger of the perfonal fafetyofthofe who are palling the ftreets as well as thofe who are

in their houfes. An inftance of

the kind occurred but a few days fince. It is a pernicious and dan- . gerous practice, and ought to be prohibited. it is alfo not uncommon, to fee carcafs's of horfes, dogs, hogs &c. lying in the ftreets and on the common near the village. This is not only highly offVnfive, but it is very injurious to the health of the inhabitants. But a fhort time iince, the dead pody of an horfe was drawn from a ftable into the principal ftreet of the town and

there left to be devoured by hoqs

ing, to prevent the imputation of; liable article they contain) as to a paucity ol ideas ; and ol a mill--leave nothing to add but what has tiphcity of unmeaning words to'been communicated to us verbalimpofe on the ignorant the idea of lv.

immenfe u ifdoiti But of this: Capt. S. informs that a few davs

hereafter.

The fecond number of CivU.

(1)811 appear in our next.

ERRATA.

In the firft column of Civis, in in our laft, 15 lines from the bot

tom of the column, for " fubjecSl,

read iubjects.

FOR THE WESTEERN SUN. Mr. Stouts I sin but juft arrived, but the piece figned by 'anus Dunlap, the meddling little Kaika&ia doctor, fhwll be noticed in voir next. - .

. R. JONES. Vincehnes, September 3, 1808.

The laft advices from Europe furnifh a

deplorable view of that diftrafted, diftrelf-

ed, and unhappy portion of the world.

Uurallet .don not contain color fuffitient fombre to pourtray its fituation in

lhades as crloomv as the truth will iuftifv

"icic itii iu uc ucvuurci uv nous ...... ' . . . .: 7

and (ln. It U n fli.m to th a"d dec ,mnS thc ercile of pencil un

. r -i iriiupply w,th the requifite hues, wc mud

people of the place. What

would be thought by a Granger

who obferved thefe things ? Would he not naturally believe the people to be lazy, indolent and filthy in the extreme ? That as to cleanlinefs, the village was no bet

ter than an Indian camp ! It is not recollected that the trtif-

fees of the totyn have taken any tneafures to remedy the above abufes. If they have, they have not been carried into effecSK A correction of them is however, fully within the powers of the truftees ; and as they are of moment, the fubjecSl ought to be enquired into. It is to be lamented that an almoft incurable lassitude has feized all ranks and defcriptions of people in this country. Laws are paffed ; but how are they executed ? officers are appointed ; and do they not doe and nod at their pods ? People complain of ill health ; and yet they will fufler horfes, dogs, ck

Lawyers and doctors complain for want of clients and patients ; and God grant they always may. Farmers complain of the hardness of the times ; and few of them make any thing to fell ; & for what they have to difpofe of, they afk two or three times its value, and if they cannot get it, they will leave it to walle on their farm?. Merchants complain of the small profits they make, when thev fell their Roods

at an advance of from 50, to 150 per cent, on the Lexington prices ; and y e they will not take an article of our surplus produce for exportation, or do any thing to promote the agricultural interests of the country. Men have not fifty or an hundred cents to pay their taxes ; the times are terrible the oppression of the governvient ruinous; & yet who are they who consume the im-

menfe quantities of whifkey that

lUtf 1

before he failed, about 10,000 of the inhabitants of Yorkfhire, principally weavers, had allcmbled In a tumultuous manner on account of the hijrh price of nrovilions. and

Ito demand an increafe of wages.

I he troops in the barracks and in town were employed to auell the

riot, and the people at lencth dif-

perfed, but not until ieveral of

them had been killed by the military. It was faid, alfo, that 60,000 looms in Mancheftcr and its neighbourhood were without employment; London, May 27. We are fori v to learn that the

cotton weavers in Mancheder and other towns where that manufacture is carried on, are in'a date of ferious commotion. We hope that thofe mifguided people will not perfid in a conduct, which

cannot remove the evils of which thev comrlain. but which will ren

der it neceTary to refort to fevere

tucctiui czh turrets tueir riotous

extracts fronj letters which have

been received in town on this fub-

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Manchester May 24. 4 The mifehipf ivp Iimvp fnrfnmp

--------" w w a m w time been dpprehenfivc of, I am

lorry to lay, is fad aDDroachmc:.

We have this dav appearances' of

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lerious rioting ana commotions a-

mong our workimr weavers, in

confequence of their prefent cala-

mitous iituattou, manv hundreds

rjbeing out of employment, and the

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V c view with painful lcnfation lhc fruitlr fs exertions of Sw.rden and the fdtilc efforts of the (Spaniards againft BonapTrte. Refinance is phrenzy, where the

conteft is hopelefs. It would be better

lor both thole powers to fubnnt and wait

tor more favourable timet, than bv the

exhibition of an unavailing courage, pro-

tulely lacrahcr human life in vain. At this period of drfohtion, oucrht we

not to oner up our prayers to Providence for having gnided our rulrs to the prefent line of conduft ? The emburoo has pre-

ferved us ! It is the anchor of our fafety

the (hicld of the nation ; which at the fame

moment enabh s us to ride in peace amidft

the tempeft of ferocious wars, and protects the refources of the rrpuMic from deore-

dtion : We roll in abundance of eveiy necr (T.ry of life ; we breath a it r political

Htnu fphere ' The oor, unhappy fubjels of European monarchirs wotild thiik Hea ven for the enjoyment of half our llr(Uns. But, alas ! thry are doomed to fuffer ftill greater calamities, through their own weak-ntfT-s and vices, and from the" horrible crimes of their governments. Monitor.

iwavv talk iui kill JJiClCllk. W I UC 1 IJ d I IT . ginationof the reader. The commerce of Proceedings '5-' I he following are

cngiana is pained, her revenues begin to

tail, her looms are defcrted, her manufrc-

turer&.are in a ftare of infurrecYion, call

ing aloud for employment and for bread :

and they are anfwered with the ball and the bayonet. Whatever may be the de

grees of mifery endured by the fuliec"ls of -

tne continental powers, we are Hot permitted to learn them. Human wnes are there

awed into fiilence by thc femiale and

irehltablt influence of an abfolute

military chief ; who in exterminating effemirtacy and corruptions of kingn

marches like Jfahomit with bis vol

imperial Uws in one hand, and with tSeVvages of thofe en .ployed being vefcymitar in the other, commanding Oe n njj low, while at the lame" time.

Philadelphia, July 19. Capt. J. H. Horton. who arrived at Sag harbour on Friday from Machias, informs tint he law there a hand. bili, iilued from St. John's which cave an account of a crreat

jnaval engagement in the Mediter

are brotsgnr at.nually to this place rjranean, in whicli the French were Is theiv tot funit tiling rotten at thejdefeated. 'J'he Fngliili aekhowbottom (if all 'his ? It is true, the ledge to have loft live thoufand men times are l.:d and the cotintryjand three Ibips w hich blew up du-

poor inoteti : and lo tnev will lore-1 ring tne engagement.

ver remain, until our fanners, me-

ehanieks and int relujntk, change the whlf 1 lli-ni n their conduct :

until tlie m n farmer become more

New York, July 29 LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The ship Thalia, capt. Silliman

vigilent and indullrious, and the arrived at this port yeUerday from l itter more publick fpirited, and Falmouth, from whence Ihe failed as delimits ol throwing in theirion the Bth of June. Capt. S. has mile for the common benefit, as very politely favoured tie editor they are of actiuiring fortunes by ol the Mercantile Ad verier with a Pence and Jartiinps. Something regular file of London papers to might be faid of the life "f pom- t he full of that month, our prefent p'Uifnefs, in place of a modell dig- felt cVions from v. hir.h are fo comlufieddeineanoi ; oi inccfranttalk-jprehenlivc (cumpriling every val-

oatmeal and other provifions have

lately advanced in bnee. At Bolton and Stockport, there is (till greater caufe of alarm ; the riottng there having been already fo fori ous, that application has been made for afliflance from the military quartered here, which, however has been refufed, as in all likelihood we fliall to-morrow or next day, have occafion for every man ourfelves.' Another letter of the fame date

fc On Monday laft, there being

a report of the rioters having held

a meeting at Stockport, about fix

miles trom ivianchelter, two

troops of horfe were defpatched from that town todifperfe them." NFAV.Y04K, July p. Extract of a letter from one of the firlt American mercantile houfes in London, dated May 7, 1S0, received bv theofagc.

' We are verv clad to be able

to fay, that there nov feems to be no doubt of the irien dly r lations between our countries being re ftorcd, and ut hope luou. Your mtffengers with dilpatches for vour nunilter. whole arrival has

been for fonie time looked for, is

arrived, and we trult nothing will arife to retard the negociatinn.

and prevent the reftoratiou of oin

commerce with the U. States to its accu Homed level." From the Virginia Argus. JLnric j'ufj 6, U(38. Mr. Pleasants ;

I have heard of the patriotic display of

home-spun dresses, in which the Republican

citizens of Richmond appeared, when they

celebrated the glorious bith day of their

country. Sre, and roniider the n, if a fini pie rcfolution that thole citizens would

wear on n..u ay, Virginia cloth, and not any imported cloth, could ive fuch a fpri.i and activity to the l'pinners and weavers, as we have fecn, and fo as to fill the mar

ket aliiult every day with cxvcllcut and

beautiful cloths; what maybe expected, if

it be once generally known, that every patriot, nay every prudent man and woman, will forever wear them in piefference to the heft produeVtions of any other part of the world ? I fy every prudent perfon who calls himfelf a citizen of thefe United States, will wear them ; for all fuch who will dare to ftrut in foreign drefses, will foon be lookedon not only as foreigners, but as enemies to the h. ppinefs and independence Lof the United States. lam told that Virginia fpirits, porter and cyder, and American fugar, were ufed at the Hay Market, and no imported articles ; and that a quarter calk of wine made by Mr Hill of King & Quren County, ftrongly refemblrd Maderia Wine in color, tafte, &c. and which was perfectly clear, luvingbeen well refinrd, and was hoc to be dillinguilhed from Mederh Wines, w'hich are fold in Richmond at 2ls6 per gallon, was on that day.. The prefent ipirit of our countrymen is of more value to us tb-m twenty (hips of the line and twenty thoufand of the heft regular troops would he for we fliall now eftahlilh our indrpr ndence Britain and France ' may grumble, hut they have no more right to complain that we will ufe our manufactures and not theirs, th;m we have that they will ufe their own and Hot ours. HISTORY OF MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION. Ox.tv. r Sc Munroej intend putting immediately tn prefs, the History f Miranda's late attempt to revolutionize South America. In a feries of letters by a gentleman who was an offirer in the enterprize, to his friend in the U. Stales. The manufcript has been infpedied by

l,ev-hil gentlemen ot tafte andhteraiy eminence who pronounce it a highly valuable and intereftir.g work. The merit of it alone, would entitle it to the patronage of the public ; but when it is.. remembered, that Miranda is now in England, makinor

preparations for going Pgaiu to South A-

menca, and that col. nurr is now on hit

paflVe there, it cannot fail to excite parti

cular attention. it is thus noticed by 1 member of the Legiflature of MalTachufet:i, to the Editor of ihe North Star.

44 A young fffntlemam whom I knew

five years ago as an officer in the navy of

the U. States, and which he left honorably, rm lately returned from Miranda's expedition, into whii h he had been Induced by falfehcod and has fliown tne a history of that enterprize in dt tail from the dy of leaving New. York until its difolution. The unftudied fimplicity of thr narative carries conviction . of its truth. b ive advifed its publication : fo have other gentlemen of more defervjn weight of ch-aracler thnn myfelf. It bat fo much of incident that it will engage the curious reader ; fo much of extravagance, as to feize on the adventurous ; fo much of difl afler as to fix on fenfinility, and carries proof of fuch depraved hypocrify in the leader astointereft every lovrr of truth.-. Becaufe I wiDi every tub to stand on its ozun bottom, I wilh this eynofur' Hioufd go to to the public Rendtr- unto Caesar

the things ivhich are C.asa' S. try Printers tin cuvh the union are de

sired to insert thc clove in their respective

papers.

new Orleans Awruft u Gun l'at N". 16, heuf. .,1-igg, arrived hereon Friday I ft from a c 1 1 'Zf ; alfo No. 19. cpt. Williamfon, from !..kr Brataria,

off which capt V. Ius been ru'izlng for

lotne time p ft. We uuderftnd he has

qondson board to the amount of 120,000 dollars, taken out of a number of boats

which he made priZr ofTthe lake for 2 vio

lation of the embargo ads.

NOTICE. The following Horse was brought in by the Delaware Indians, and delivered up to the Governor, A white horse spotted with yellow spots, about 15 hands high, fu ppo fed to he 14 vears old, not branded, mark-;! with the collar, die owner is dtfirrd to come forwinl. prove pnpcrtv, pay charges nul take him away. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. Auguil 2.1, laos.