Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1808 — Page 3
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THE WESTERN SUN. FIXGEXXES, September 17, lifSs.
Mr, Stout,
Patoka, Sept. 13th, 1808,
fufpicion, is necellary for the pre-
ici uiiun or nueriy. The Romans boafted of a Camil-
lus, and proudly faitl Where Camillus was, there was Rome.' A-
menca gave birth to a Walhington, the child of the revolution, the vie1 i i .
I HEREIN fend vou an luu.lcaur.01 ncr mies and
count of a horrid murder, which was latclr l,ie P"ac Ot HlS country. . He Was
committed in this neighborhood ; the cir- worty Ot the high trtllt which had cumftances are as follows : ' Pcen confided to him, and follow. A certain Mofcs Hopper, whofe fecond niS lhe illtlllrious example, which irife wai filter to a certain John Tweedle, Rome had firfl given, proved to US, about a year ago the faid Hopper grew fuf- that great power might ibmetimes picious that an intimacy exilted between be depofited, with fafety, in the the faid .Tweedle and Hopper's daughter hands of an individual, invefted by a former wife. He Hgnified his difplea. with the fupreme command of our fure on the occafion to hi, daughter, who armies, no iboner was the purpoie STth! w asCInrtheI Tc to ' ' accompliUied, for which the comall this w as in the Rate of Georma. Hon. iif.ii . L- .. i
p.r came to this neighborhood about nme " . ?.XFn n' C ".Sneato Hi Months ago, Tweed), and hi, conneftion. 's leen vlrtuo"fly furrendering his the people. - n,.,i.. ,r-- j. . .. Dower, to that ntithnritv frnm
: derhed it. &: retiring t.
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fence of Hopper, and the company of the a Private nation tOCIlJOy the ImitS
oaugmer, until on Sunday the 1 1th inlt.he Ul llIS 'auours, lweeicneu oy a lei went for the firft tim. tn T, c i mnnrnvinp rnnfripnrf nnH fl-imf
brother TamfsTwpIo tvlir : cn.lrirpH nrinl a nfV fr liic pnnnrr'r-on
cf Hopper, Mifs. Hopper was there, when Again called into the feryice'of his fh- heard that John Tweedle was coming, Country, as Prefident of the UniIhe immediately went home without feeing ted States, he was IlOt forgetful of
i u F true Siory, duc gave a leconu ex rnotner tnat lonn l wpenip wa thr m-I i r i n .
patno
That
animated
. v f V, been an independent nation, to the prelenttime, and mohahlv hnc ir.
red as little as the limit of human forefmht would bermit. In hi
itru6ioiis to our mmilters abroad, and upon ; his correipondencc with foreign iniiiilters. he mav be left tn
a comDeririon with nnv nf nr fn
ges, to whom America has given birth. So far as conjecture can be formed from what has palled, it is believed his character will defcend to poilerity with applaufe, and will not be invidiouily compared with rhe moll illullrious patriots who
have preceded him. In the tem.
pie of gratitude there is referverl
for him a niche, fo neenlinrlv hi5
own, as to have been loner finrenf.
(ignedto him in the judgment of
great quantity of brains came out when he
fell! much more after he was taken in the lioufe ! M Gary who was on horfeback
about fifty paces difhnt aktd Hopper if
ne naa kiu u tne man, on which Hopper went deliberately up, flood over him and
jookea at Him lor lome time ! oblervcd I am a ruined man, ! oh that I could bring back." He then went home mounted his horse, took leave of his family, and rode off. Ifaac Tweedle came to me about funfct ; I raifed Tome men and went in purfuit of him, but t.'i.-darknefsof the night fa. voured his cfcapf. I am yours Sec. ROBt. M. EVANS.
FOR Tim WESTERN SUN. TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA. KG. IT. Hiftory affords many and melancholy inllancesof the lofs of the liLerties of nations, from an unlimited confidence in the virtue and patriotifm of individuals. Under the bewitching lemblanee of thefe no!)!e and fublnnc attributes, the finoothly and too furely creep into the ufiecVions of their credulous countrymen. Black ambition alas! moll frequently lurks und( r tiu fe enfiiaritigafpccls. Much ealicr is it to prevent, than remedy v amifchief. Political lyftems ihould VSfcr be gtrarr ed with precaution. Therefore it is contidcrcd, fiich an . amendment to th T (icral Confti. tution as would render the Preiident ineligible after a rivcn numIkt of years, miyht tend to render it's dellruOion more difficult. Co. gent reafoits cou! ! be adduced in fup;'-rt of thi opinion ; a minute d i ufion of t!i; qucilion. though hi;hiy intcrellihs, would be a di. grcih-jii from the original objefl of
per ftarted with him, on which hi, wife MUc.no?,in8 principle wnicn animatei
led him fidef aud told him (he did not wifh "? .9I5a"S i "le .lleiOeS, bA-
him to go, as her brother lohn was there, V V 1 U1' ls the mother on which he turned fuddeuly round, ran in- ofpatriOtlfm, and the iupport of
ins gun, ana nariea oii,r t -vhen he overtook MGaxv he afked him A ft n x,Wtm v:r r
7Z ZnM?T' H?PPer.8,wJ h,m, an er, how much lultre does it add to ti"i cfvt0r7tion w, but, 'ntrodu"d - the character of that man. whofc mer con venation. When thev came to ... n . , itvrv Tames Tweedles fence e,rtSnr W magniminity (hall induce him to
John and lfaac Tweedle was fitting on the PrOUrate t the Jcet Ot thole who fence. Hopper ordered John Tweedle to had transferred it ! By repeated exclear himfrlf calling hira a damn'd raf. aniples, becoming a Cullom, and cal,at the fame time cock'd and raifed his by that CUmftom having the force
gun to his face, Tweedle run, on which of law, the amendment propofed to Hopper took aim and fired when Tweedle the COnftitUtion would then be UUwasat about twenty paces from him, the necellary. The illullrious inftanball truck him in the back part of his head ces of amor fwtritf above quoted
wi.w i, .u w umier nis ikuii, a occur tOO rarelV. to he re her nn
WW though one more inftance may be added to the number. Thomas Jellerfon's determination to retire
from office, has been long known ; he is not conlidered among thofe of whom a choice is to be made for the next prefident. Long will he be remembered as the (kilful pi lot who conducted our political courle at a molt trying crilis, when our rights are violated by foreign enemies, and our liberties threatened by domellic traitors. Lontf
will lus name be conlecrated by a grateful poilerity. To fucceed him, Clinton, Monroe and Madifon. are comnetitorc.
it is believed the publick welfare
would be conlulted, and might be fecure Ibould cither of them be called to thenrefidential chair. Thev
all Hand high in the public cflima-
tion, nave all rendered eminent fervices to their country, either in
the cabinet, or the field. It is at this time underflood that mr. M:i.
dilon will be fupportcd by a large
majority ol the ltates ; an lnvefbga tion ol their comparative preten
tions- then would be unnccefiary ; more plealing would it have been had this choice been made without
implying cenfure, or alledging an
interior iitnels, in the lupport ol pofitive title. Admiring generally the meafurcs of the preicnt adminiUratjon, than which hiilory will not record one more economical, virtuous and patriotjek, and believing that mr. Madifon will purfuc the fame fylrem of policy which has been obferved by his illullrious predeocfiors, the very argument which has been ufed by the protcllants in oppolition, is not the Icafl powerful in favor of his election. He
CIVIS.
CHAR LESTON,Auguft 11. The following is a poflcript to a letter received by a gentleman at New-York, from his correspondent in London, dated May 29 ; The times are very had here. Th? tifafleclin among the machanicsand man.
utacturers has rifen to an alarmincr heicrht.
parucula.jy in xerklhire, Manchefter, and
birmingham. Jn thete phces, the government has been oblicred to call out the mil
itary, to difperfe the different tumultuous
-uemblages. Numbers of the half ftarved inhabitants have been killed ; but the tu-
mult (till continues And the FeoNe are
r- ... -
J or vengeance II"
Gapf Logan from Trinadad, CCuba'i
iuforms that when the news of the revolu
tion in Spain reached that place, the Span iards difplayrd the created aclivitv in ar
rcOing the" Frenchmen who were there ; the crews of two privateers, which were in
the port, were immediately feized and im.
prifoned, and the vefTels taken pofleffion of
m tnc name ot the bpanilh government ;
cue reit ot the trenchmtn in the Dlace
iiuugiii, irticiy in nigur, many ot them hav
nig "cu o uuierenc plantations tor iecuri
ty The Britilh fricrate Dxdalus. had
come into that port, and taken away all
he EngliQi prifouers, and it was the pen
eral opinion, that the ifland of Cuba would
oc immediately declared independent. August 13 The (hip 'Caroline, can
tain Tufts, arrived at quarentine this morn.
ing from Havanna, in 8 days; by her vr
icarn, that the Uovernor ot Havanna had
lRued a proclamation, orderine all French
men in the place, who had not taken the oath of allegiance to pain previous to the
late revolution, to quit the ifland immediately ;and that vaft numbers had already r:t i c i ty . i . '
iiicu ior me united states. I he Uaroine has 30 on board. Five fail of Britifh
men of war were lyiner in Havanna when
captain T. failed, befides a number of Enghfli privateers. The frigate La Franchife, and brig Fire Fly, which had been at Ha.
vanna, had failed for Jamaica, with difJ
paicnes. The Britidi Officers treated with the molt marked and cnthufiaflic refpecl. It appears to be the firm determination of Cuba to declare itfelf independent, in ihe event of Bonaparte's fuccefs againft iheprcfent government of Spain.
bly, has lately returned from Miranda' expedition, into which he h?d been icduced by falfehood and lias fliown me a history of that enterprise in detail frnm f,
day of leavinc: New-York until its difni.,-
tion. The unftudied fimplicity of the narative carries conviction of its truth. I have adrifed its publication : fo have other gentlemen of more deferving weight of character than myfclf. It has fo niuch of incident that it will engage the curious reader ; fo much of extravagance as to feize on the adventurous ; fo much of differ as to fix on ffihility, and carries proof of fUch depraved hypoci Xy in the leader as to intereO every lover of truth Becaufe I will, every tub to stand on its own bottom, I wifli thisexpofure fhould go to to the public. " Render unto Caesar, the thinqs which are Caesar's. feCT Printers through the union are dc sired to tnscrt the ayuve in their resbectivt papers r
HISTORY OF MIRANDA'S LXPEDITION. Olivrm Jc Munhok, intend putting immediately to prrfs, the History of Miranda's late attempt to revolutionize Scuth America. In 4 ferics nfletters by a gen tleman who was an nflicer in the enterprize, to his friend in the U. Statei. The mantifcript has been infpefted by feveral gentlemen of tafle and literary eminence who pronounce it a highly valuable and intercftii.g work. The merit of it alone, would entitle it to the patronage ot the public ; but when it is remembered, that Miranda is now in England, making preparations for going ain to South America, and that col. Burr is now on hit pelage there, it fannot fail to excite parti, cular attention. it is thus noticed by member of the Igiflature of MalTachufetti, to the Editor of the North Star. A young gentlemim whom I knew uvr years ago as an officer in the navy ot the U. Sutcs, and which he left bonora-
WILLIMA HENRY HARRISON, Governor and commander in chief of the Indimna Territory.
A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the circumftances of the Territory require, that the Legiilature (Iioulct be convened at an earlier period than that to which it ftands prorogued 1 have there-" fore thought proper to appoint and do by thefe prelents appoint Monday the twenty, fix th day of September next, for the meetng of the fame, and the members of the Legiflttive Council and of the Houfe of Reprefentatives, and each and every of them are required to give their attendance on that day, accordingly. Given under my hand and the feal of the Territory; At Vincenhes this feventeentb day of Auguft, in the year of our Lord one thoufand eight hundred and eight ; and cf the Independance of the United states the thirty-third.
WILLIAM H. HARRISON. By the Governor, Jn. GIBSON Secretary.
NOTICE,
THAT at the rext court of Common Pleas, to, be holden for the county of Clark, in the-Indiana Territory, on the firft
Monoay in November next. I (hall apply to faid court for a ferry to be eftabliflied acrofs the river Ohio, from my land in faid county, being fractional fedtions No. 4, & 5, in Town No. 6 S. of Range No. 3 E.
Frederick buigcr. September 1ft, 1808.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT INDIANA TERRITORY. Hugh Gilb re at b
Sally Nigh ton bis wife, v
Un petition for a Divorce. -Notice is hcrehv crlven tn the
faid Sallv Nichton that nn nnnlirsi-
tion will be made to the Circuit Court on the laft Mondav of 0o.
ber next at Cahokia in the faid Territory bv the faid Hnrrh
Gilbreath for a divorce acrrecablv
10 a iiuci nieti in my oince, and a
awinluchcale made & provided.
tt. JriUUbT C. G. C.
NOTICE.
The following Horse was brought
'7 trJC. ""aware inaians, ana delivered up to the Governor, A white horfe. fnntfrl wUU vr-fJ
low fpots, about 15 hands high.
uijijoicu 10 nc 14 vears o cL not
I . . . . - - . . z
- - w -mm m m u m L.K A W. mH K. K I.J I III 1
the owner is dtfircd to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges md take him away. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. Augult 22d, 1808. JUST PUBLISHED And for sale at this Office. A complete revifion of the Laws of the INDIAN 4 TERRITORY. And alfo, the Ats passed at the Seflion of 1807. VZT Price 1 Dollars and 50 Ccnu.