Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 44, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 September 1808 — Page 2

f i!ul eUrht huirlred nd eiht to the fniirtl

of Marc h one tlunLnd tight hundred an r.ine, riitif ty.ciht thoufand dollars. For thr maintainance and iupnert o

"it-!., i t-. i .. iinnvs. and nublic

a. i f channels, bars and

fliciil. and certain contingent expences

including repairs and railing Newport light l,m,fr ri.Witv five thoufand dollars.

Forerrrtfiii Iight-houfes at the mouth -r.t.. i;rTlfTiioi river, and at or near the

pitch of cape Look-out m North Carolina, rmifr anoroprution of twenty thoufand

dollars for thole object, having been car

Tied to the furplus fund, "twenty thoufand

dollar. For creeling a light-houfe on the font!

point of Cumberland ill-nd, in the ftate ot Georgia, a former appropriation of four

thoufand dollar! for that objett having

been carried to the iurplus fund, tour thou fand dollars. For crecVinar a lieht-houfe on capi

Hatteras, and beacon on Shell-caftle illand.

lauttion to nc turns ncmuiuic ulmuuii

in

ated for thofe objects, one thoufand one

Dundred and forty-five dollars and forty four cents.

For erecting the followingjight-houfes,

in addition to the fums beretufore aporo

priated for them refpettively, that is to fay, lor erecYmg a light-houfe on New-point

Comfort in Virginia, one hundred and ic venty-feven dollars and twenty cents, For erecting light-hoyfes on Long ill and founds, one thoufand dollars.

For erecYmg a light-hsufe on Wood

' ifland or Fletcher's neck, one hundred Uol lars.

For erecting a double light-houfe at or

near Chatham harbor, on the back ol cape

Cod, two thoufand dollars.

For placing buoys and beacons, in or

nrth rArlt anJ ihoa s m tne cuannci

4U mv m w v mm leading into the harbor of Salem in Mafia

chufetts, in addition to the fum heretofore

appropriated for that object, live thouUnd dollars. For the expences of the boards formed in the territories of Orleans and LouiGana. for inrrfligating and adjufting titles and claims to land, in addition to the fum heretofore appropriated for that object, thirtythree thoufand, three hundred dollars. For carrying on the furveys of the public lands in the frveral territories, twenty-one thsufand, oac hundred and feventy-four

dollars. For the contingent expences fjjovernme nt, the balance of former appropriations for that objeft having been carried f the furplus fund, twenty thoufand dollars. For expences of intercourfe with foreign nations, thirty-three thoufand and fifty dollars. For contingent expences of intercourfe -with foreign nations, twenty -thoufand dollars. For expences of intercourfe with the Barbary powers, fifty thoufand dollars. For contingent expences of Tntercourfc with Barbary powers, fifty thoufand dol1 -rs. For the relief ani protection of diftrefT-d American feamen, five thoufand dollare. For exp-ncrs of profecuting claims in relation to captures, twelve thouland, five hundred dollars For the difchargeof fuch miscellaneous claims againft the United States, not otherwife provided for, as (ball have been admitted in due courfeof fettleraent at the treasury, four thoufand dollars. sec 2. And be it further enacted, That thf fcvcral appropriations herein before mide,Qnll pe paid and dii'charged ou: of the fund of fix hundred thouland dollars, fefervei by an a& making provifion for the debt of the Unite! States, and out ot any monies in the treafury not otherwife appropriated. J. B. VAKNUM, Speaker cf the Heuse of representatives. GEQ: CLINTON.

Vice President ef the United States, and

President f the Senate February 10, 1801. Approvkd, TH : JEFFERSON.

diflrcflVs of the kft night. I bad lain down about 10, and was in a" found flcep, when, about 1 1 the captain called me, and laid the town was on fire, (lie had not been in bed.) I jumped up and beheld a horrid fight. Then about fix or eight hnufrs were burning ; there was no wind and I was inhopes it would erd there. I drefled myfelf an 1 went alhorc : there we met whites, uiulattoes, and negroes, all crying and making the mofl awful lementations, without attempting to put out the fire. The woikhoufe necrors were there,

who brought wateroti their heads in pillminutes, the whites were compelled to re

treat, having one man wounded,. I he Indians are funnofed to rnvr loft or f kil-

GREAT FIRE AT JAMACIA.

Extract ef a Letter from' Fjlmcuthy dated

2uav 24.

You who know io well how to pitty the unfortunate fr.fTrrrr hv hre. von who

l ave experienced the dlrr is entailed upon

thoO who have h-U fire fr their mlkr. an lend a tsar, while I picture to ycu the

and buckets, but no line was formed,, and no regularity ufed ; every white inhabitant was a foldier, and had a mufket or a fword, to make the negroes work, for work themft Ives they will not, they think they were not made to woik, but to have negroes to work for them even on the greateft emergency. They had there three engines, one was uselefs one very bad, and one tolerably good ; no attention having been paid to keep them ih order. When I came to the fcene of action, thrre were about twelve houfes burning, in each of which there was either rum, brandy, or gin in cafks, and in fome there was powder, the explofion of which, together with the fmell of the liquor, thelalhofthe whip on the negroes, the noife of all ordering, the fcreaming of the half Baked women and children, the heat of the fire, added to that of an intent-

ely hot night, formed a fcene which can be

imagined but not delcnbed. J wilhed to

aflift, but found that impoffible. The

uwn, at the commencement of the fire,

covered in length about half a mile, and about a quarter of a mile in bredth, and

containing from 200 to 250 houfes, large

and fmall ; conceive that you fee thole

houfes mod of which are of two ftories.

ind built of wood in reguhr order, and ol

thefe at leaft 150 on fire, at one time, and

at the fame time not lefs than 100 pun

cheons of liquors burning ; in no direction could the eye be turned, but diftrefs prefented. The fhrieks "and cries were furfi

cient to pierce the heart of any one not

callous to au kind ot teeiino:. ii nan

)a(l 5 o'clock I returned on board then

its fury wns nearly fpent, as in the direction of the wind there were no more houfes , to

which it could communicate. The apathy

jf the people was fuch, that brands of fire

odgeu upon many houfes and tor wa.nt of

.

proper exertion in trie owners tney were entirely deiboyed. The inhabitants (the principal characters) had been on board 3 (loop of war in the harbor to second breakfast and dinner , after which there was a hall. There were only fix ladies and a number of gentlemen ; the former went on fhorc early in the evening ; the latter remained, arl fome who were on board

dancing and finging in a few hours were

deprived of all their earihly prcperty. Several informed me they were totally ruined. T fiis little place, which prior to the

conflagration, bore an agreeable appearance, now prefents nothing but sm heapol rubbifli. The inhabitants generally, have no fhelrer, and many of them have taken

shelter on board th Jiips in the harbor un

til temporary buildings are erected for their accommodation. There is no timber here, and I do not know from whence they

can derive fupplies. A fubfeription is about to be propofed for the benefit of the fufFerers ; as I have formerly fufiered by a

fimilar calamity my might is ready.

PHILADELPHIA, Auguft 33.

HISTORY OF MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION. Olivfr Sc M un ii ok, intend putting immediately to prrfs, the History f Miranda's late attempt to revolutionize South America. In a icries of letters Ly a gentleman who was an officer in the cnterprize, to Ins frier.d in the U. States. The manufcript has been infpedlfd by fcveral gentlemen of tulle and literary eminence who pronounce it a highly valuable and intcreftii 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, waking preparations for going again to South AtKor fi. trr tintv on hit

led. Whether this is a lawlcts act ot the r -i rft,vr;,,nlrti.

favages or an oiTerin?ot protection, by our.f J tt,nt:nn ;t thu3 poticed by a

member of the Leefiflature ot Matlachu-

FROM NATCHEZ, 10th Auj, 1608. Indian Hostilities. We are concerned to fluie, that there has been a ferious oiflurbance on the Amite, by a party of Chactaw Ii dians. The entire particulars are too letr.hy and unimportant for our piper. The Indians came into the fettlemeut, plundeied and burnt a houfe, and fired feveral guns at the propriety. A party of men cr Hedged, purfued and overtook, and engaged the Indians, but after an action of about fifteen

magnanimous ally Napoleon the Great,

we cannot undertake to lay. The governor we learn has taken the ioft prompt and erficati us meafures to protect our frontiers, and we hope the offenders may be brought to julVicc without involving us in favage warfare. " Magnanamous ally," this is merely editorial witticifm. We know of no fuch ally as 4 Nupohon." ( Hugust 17. A company of United States troops under the cpmmand of captain Swan, h3ve marched to the Amite, to protect the frontier from any hollile attack the Indians my feel difpoftd to make. We learn that in the late action between the Indians and whites, on the Amite, thr Indians loft one killed, and one badly wounded. They fwear they will have revenge for their muidered brother but we hope the march of mir troops will prevent any further bloodlhed. 1 'New Orleans, Auguft 10. The report mentioned yefterduy of an American deferter having been taken by

one of our officers within the Spanilh terri

tory, is confirmed by an official communica tion to governor Grand Pre, dating that ;

man by the name of Armflrong had been taken away from the houfe of mr. Guidey

in Weft Florida, by force, by the comman

ding officer of one of our Gun Boats aided

by a detachment of marines. 1 wo Spin

iOi officers (Hie key and Fulton) demanded

the releafe of Armftrong, but the comman-

i r i. f 1 .

urr ot the gun ooat reiuiea to give up

without orders from his commodore.

The Louifiana. Gazette of yefterday fays

We are informed from a fourfe that

deferves credit, thr.t a fergent and a ccai-

mander.of United States' troops, afcending

the nver from this ciry fome Ihorftime a

go, went on fhore in the Spinifh territory.

captured two American delerters, and car

ried them up to Fort Adams."

ietts. to the Editor of the North Star.

44 A vountr jrentlemam whom 1 knew

five years ago as an officer in the navy of

the U. States, and which he IcK honorably, has lately returned from Miranda's expedition, into which he had becriTeduced by falfehood and has fliown me a history of that enterprize in detail from the dy of leaving New-Yoik until its difolution.. The unrfudied fimplicity of the narative carries conviction of its truth. I have adifed its publication : fo have other gentlemen of more deferving weight of character tri;;n mvfelf. It has fo much of incident that it will engage the curious reader ; fo much of extravagance as to fcize on the adventurous ; fo much of difafleras to fix on fenfihility, and carries proof of. fuch depraved hypocrify in tl c leader astointereft every lover of truth. Eecaufr I wifli every tub to stand en its ovjn bottom, I wifh this expofure fhould go to to the public. u Render unto Caesar, the things ivhich ore Caesar's tCT Printers through the union are desired to insert the above in their respective

papers

IMPORT Aim Extract of a letter dated Pest-office New -York Aug 20. I am enabled to ftate to you the tollow-

int very important news, received by the

arrival ot the finp UihelIa,trom Liverpool, it Bofton, London dates to the eighth ot July ; they ftate that Ruflia has declared war againll France, that Sweden and Denmark, lave made a joint treaty with Ei--

.rlsr.d. Rrw -nnrte had written to th-

king of rruUi i, adviling him to abuicatthis tlirone, in confequence of w Lie b he immrd'ntely let out for Sr. Pcterfojrg!.. Indeed thre is llrong gtcunds to believe tht a coalition is funning in the North o! Kuronr, toatten.pt to throw oil the Irow Yoke of defpotifm there hid been an al urri!jr infurredtion in Fiance, lorne acmints fvhi,'i rre receiv. -d bylhi arrival. The B'.ftcm papers received by this diy's

-nail Joes news is

r.rt mrntvon bt arrival tl;e tkea from papers received by a

iccrcar.tuc i.ouie in this city,

WASHINGTON CITY, July 25-

Our city has been honored for a fi-w days paft with theprefence of a Chimkse Man darin and Merchant, with his fecretary. His object in vifiting this place is to obtain mi exemption from the reftridYions of thr embargo, fofar as to be permitted to char, ter a veffcl for China, to carry back his

property, collected in this country to the

amount of forty or fifty thoufand dollais. There are we hear, various circumftances of a very peculiar nature connected with this recjueft. One of thefe, as characterift. ic of national modes cf thinking, is worth Hating. 'The Mandarin's father being ninety years old, his death may be daily looked for. According to the uf-grs of :he difciples of Confucius, of which he is

one, his remains in cafe of his death, cannot beenterrrd in the abfence of his fan, inlrfs than feven years. This necefiaiily renders his fan very anxious to return. Their phyfiognomy, drefs ndv manners ire very peculiar and interfiling. Their dreft and external characters correfpond exactly with the reprefentations of the ftatusryanci painter; the leading characteriftc of their conntenance and manners are gravity, benevolence and mildnefj.

NOTICEm HpHAT at the rext court of Common X Pleas, to be holden for the county of Clark, in the Indiana Territory, on the firft Monday in November next. 1 fball apply to faid court for a ferry tp be eftablifhciy(

acrofs the river Ohio, from my land in faid

county, (being fractional fections No. 4, c 5, in Town No. 6 S. of Range No. 3 E. Frederick Guiger September 1ft, 1808. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, INDIANA TERRITORY.

Huzb Gilbrcath

Sally Nigh ion his iv ijc.

Un petition for a Divorce Notice is hereby divert to the

faid Sally Nighton that an application will be made to the Circuit Court on the laft Monday of 0loher next at Cahokia in the faid

Territory by the faid Huch

Gilbrcath for a divorce agreeably to a libel filed in mv office, and a

law in fuch cafe made & provided.

rl. HURST C. G. C.

J .TAKE NOTICE, PHAT I will apP1 t0 the n

1

next crurt

of Common Pl-as, for the county of

Knox, on the laft Monday in November next, for a ferry on the "W-bafh, whr re the road running fiotn Harleton's to Shawney town crclTcs the fame. JOHN ItAYBQRN. Sept. t:b, 1SC8.

NOTICE.

The following Horse ivas brought

in oy the Delaware Indians, and delivered up to the G over norm A white horftv fnntterl with

low fpots, about 15 hands high, ftippofed to be 14 vears old. not

branded, niarkcrl with the colIarVthe owner is defired to come forward, prove property, pay charges rnd take him away. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. Auguil 22d, 1808. JUST PUBLISHED And for sale at this Office. A complete revifton of the Laws of the INDIAN 4 TERRITORY. And alfo, the A6s passed at the tr.

Price I Dollars and 50 Centj.

BLANKS OF ALL KINDS Seadj and accurately Printed at Ojfau

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