Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 October 1808 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN" SUN: riXCEXNES, GcranEK 29, iot.

On Saturday lail agreeable to a previous refolutlon, came on the election for a delegate to represent

this Territory v in the Connrefs of!Vment wV h lhey havc once adopted ; n

you are convinced is erroneous, riier-ty becaufe you have once been To untortu nate as to receive it for a truth, argurs a great degree of felf conceit and weaknefs of mind, ami cannot fail of being attend l with vtiy pcrnicns confluences, by fm h a conduct you wilfully Ihut out the tight of truth from your mind, and yirld yourfrlf the voluntary fhve of ignorance and error. There cannot be a more cfleclual b.r to any ones improvement than an .oh.

ftinate refnlution of adhering to every feii

the United States, by the Lrcifla-

ture both houfes accordingly met in the reprefentattves chamber For that purport? and on counting the votes on the firlt lallot, Jclfe B. Thomas appeared to have fix, Michael Jones three, and S. Bend one, Jefie B. Thomas way thereupon declared duly, elected. Mr. Bond was not conQdered ns

a candidate.

iuch perlons the mod convincing1 ariru

ments lofe their force ; to what pitiful refources do they often find themfelves

driven in order to iupport the filly vaimt

ot kl never haying, changed their opinion." The imaginary difgrace of retracing a milUken fentiment operates mdre powerfully upon your mind than the love of truth ; every attempt to emancipate you from the (ruckles of prejudice and erroris looked noon as an infult to votir under-

S ed or

ing ; and the perfon who has ventur

ed on fo kind an undtruking will probably

Died, on .Wednesdav laft. Fan. be conlercd your greatcft enemy.

Amcn the various ertors incident to hu

man nature, that of thinking ourfelves inf.illib!epers to be one of the mort pernicious ; and the reafon is obvious, becawfr of its manifVft tendency to flile Id and prated u from all others. Wherever thh odiou3 principle gains the afcendency it raUes a- mitt about the mindj through which the brighteft rays of truth can nevei penetrate. It is to this fuppofitiou infal

libility that fome of the nipft . unamiible difpotitions of our nature owe their exigence ; to this unhappy fource may be traced that baughty domineering arrogance, and that fupercilious contempt for the opinions of others, which throw an odi'im on the characters of thofe who cherilh difpofitions fo inimical to the happinefsof foci-ty : to the fame caufe may be afrrihed that fpirit of intolerance and pcrlecution which has been the fruitful parent of crimes and mitcrics too horriblr to relate. When you reflect on the uncertainty and i;iipefeion to which you are fnbjffter: by tiie inevitable hw of nature the long aW lib orious eifoi ts which are in riunv cafes neceffary for the difcovery of important truth, together with the incelfant tiuo tuatiohs which are taking place in the opinions of mankind upon almoin every iubjeel, ca you vainly ft-nttr youriVlf that you alone are exempted from the general lot ? that you alone enjoy the peculiar felicity of forming correct fentimenta upon every fuhject which has fallen within th" fp acre f y.mr obfrrvation. -The fuppofition mull furely confound you with its obicurity, fuch conuJcrations Iho'jld tend.

yiu to reprefs a fpirit of harllinef and -Krimony towards the fentiments fathers, and difpofc you to lilteu with moor ration a: id candor to whatever arguments can be urd in beholf of fyQems or opinions tht

v-y rvcrTe of thofe you have adopted, franty and inprifrdt will he your infarniation on many interefliii points, evn aft r the utmo.t d:!igei:re ol which you re capab e ; your limited capacity ad:tits tint tluf- lupeiior orgres of kuowledr which are rrcjjifite fnr th- entire cxclulicn ol rr0r, you can fnruj but a Vfry fupeifirial acqu int uicr even with v ;ny of thole fub-jci-ts which occupied your chief attention ; fter your mofl laborioui refearches (fr forty. eiht hours) many doubts ft ill re. niin to perplex your mind, -ud the miits of obfeurity will fillsdini tl a intelleclua! Jihr; rijrk fir! imprrtVa cm.jcclure muli U-n fopply the pUce of more fattsfaclory inform i Cioii Amidft fo much imperfecion Mcertainty it nmft fii.Iy b-rotne vou tr be more fparinq- of your cenfure on t!io(c who ditr-r frofn y-ni even in points which you mi ccrm 0f rPlcf ;m.

Ipntsiue, it does hrhowe vou to be car-did

iftid ZUt ill miint iinmrr Vnfir outi

o 0

py Smith, infant daughter oi

Charles Smith, merchant of this town. A batement ol the affair of henor between Mr. S Bond, and Mr. K. Jones bv Mr. Morrifon was handed for publication, buf

too late for this dnj's paper, :t lhall appear in our next. Veritas is a!fo received, and fliall be attended io in clue time. ERRATA. ! In the letter frOui R. Jones" to one of the Kafkafkia Champions. line io for kt entitles'1 read " entitle." Line 40, for. lfc turpetude" read " turpitude." On Wednesday last toe fc'lo:vin Message wAs received Jrom tjt Governor by the Home of r Representatives , of tbis Territory. Gentlemen of thj Leisl-?the Conn. cil ami House of Representatives I have received the bUJ which: yon have palled entitled VAn xc to alter and repeal certain p . i ts of An act F-ntitied An a t to regu late county !eviesM and i inn cap proved and ligned it with grea-. pleafure. The abolifhing the tax ..... M. ..1 1

on neai cauie anu on younrjuien will afford fomc relief to the poor, and to the farming intceil. Bu J niufl again moft ilrongly recommend to the two Hotiits, to taki off or at lead to ielfen the tax up h work horfes. If die other o:ijeft -of county levy arc not fuulcien: to meet the county cxpences, fomv of thole expences, 'the yompen falion to the Judges . of t!)e Cummoii Pleas, for i:illanee,) might ith propriety he tuMisfcred to the 'JVrriiorinl Ttvjfury. 'J lie average price of all the hoifcs which are to he found in any county will not I am confident, exceed forty dollars, and for this 4o dollars of capital, fifty cents per an imm is exacb d, whiilla "capital of lOOcJoiiar s in lands oivs breK 20 cents to the Territory, to cents to the counties ; th tax on Imries in fhe (1 ate of KeMuckv, is fix, (t i -

us i am unci, at nme cents. Lie

us imitate thi wife example ofi d

poorer cl ales ol our h-llrnv citi- th.m n .a;.n ., e A.....

coritroverfif 3 are too frfqnnt!y cnnduclcdipeopta, who .c ntinucd tber; the greater

plainly piove that the love ot tri'th is not part of the Right, until the tiientf und oalways the predominant motive, each re-jthcr cfficcis pf the peace, cltrd a prty 0f lulvtd at all events to niituuain his own militja to thlr afliQar.ce, and rfifpr riVH th.e opinion, determined not to remit? one tittle 1 1 ioteri. A fpecial court, compcitd of five lrom what he h . 3 oiue advanced, it is nojmjiiirates, has been held en the occalion 7order thavreviling and ojpiobricu3 Ln- IVkic of the aggrefiors have made their yuagc is often fuhftituled in the room ofVfc pej and othrrs are bouod over to (land folid arguments this is particularly 'their fnal trial ,jit Decembef court. The ohfervable s here the intereH of either of attack was r'jadc on mr. Gardiner, in couthe difputants is cunnedrd with the lVnti-ff qnehcc cf feme publications in his newsnients he endeavors to defend ; to what a'paprr. variety of expedients will perfons tbusj The above event, When minutely detailtircumOsnted have rcourfe in order to ed, will found tq furpafs any thing of obfeure the lultre of truth, and weaken the kind ever known In the U. States, but the force of the molt conchifivc arc--Ua a full c correct narration r,f th tnn.

rnents; unable to confute their opponents action is now prepiring for the Marietta

by the lair method ot reaUmmg, tkeir on- prefs, .and will beficnid by the Hates attor-

ney and the judef i of the court, the writer

of this article will, for the prefent,' decline

TAKE NOTICE.

That I will apply to the next Court of Common Pleas for the county of Knox ojl the Ml Monday in March next, m !ftl!

lifh a Ferry on the Ohio river, on my!an4 in faid rriinty; bring fraaional fraioh No. 26 in Town No. 7 a. of range No. .' v DANi.. Grafs October 15, lfio.

sens from the intolerable burden

Xh'M oppreltes them. U'ILLm. UEXRVJlARRnox. Indiana Territory, 2Ctb October , t rOB. ON ths folly of bein adiamed of retract, in otir millakrt. Jcize up?ti truth where'er 'tis found, A'uen yur fti-;id, imnn,; o:ir foes ihriHijn or on he!:en rcuiid, Tlic tJfnvfr ', divir where'er it g'ows, Tc pcifih in 4c.fcadh! 1 1". ntiment which

iience to the voice of truth

anil integrity.

Truth is a jrtvel of in-Qimble vlu-,

not to lie attained hv the Uzy rfforts of

ir-j. bnce4 or hy the T If-roncrited biot.

wtio, prelmjn cn the lun-r.oritr of his d.lcernment, err. (.-??. ns ai itnrfper, o ;rf,nnncrs as lidiculntfs, every fcutimrn: whirh dors not rxaclly Coint idr with hi, own ; by p-rfrn of this difpcfitiotl the voire of tiuth is frldoifl l:-ai4 j Oir drlights to fiy' from fuch ch4r.,crrs, uvt reve ?s He'frlf to the candid mcurfi enquirer, svho lerl s her with ddiq-nce ar.d imprtiaiity. The harlhncfi and afcrity with which

ly refuge is in the arts of fophiOry and eva

lion ; or when thefc fail them in furious language ; and the molt (hameful (turrility. In alj your refearches after truth, if you hope for any drgree of fuccefs, you muft Jay Tifide thofe two great perverters of humsn uudei 'landing, interest and prejudice ; while you are under tile influence of either of thofe principles, your judgrhent will be biflVd, and every objeel will be viewed through fuch an unhappy medium ' that it will be diliortedj thu3 the human mind is leprivfd of it? native energy, and voluntarily fettered in chains of its own forging ; irs. rtoblcil powers are weakened and deo;ftd, and the hfcuritywhich is unavoidibly attached to the prefent fcene of things is rendered 0 i 1 1 more impenetrable byyour own folly and pervrrfenefs,. A Fill END TO TRUTH. LONDON rEngJ July 11, ipos Lord Mulgrave tranfmjtted this day a Note tp the Lord Mayor, unnouncing difpatehes from Lord Colli nv wood anji Admiral Cotton; die former giving the particulars of the nrnender of the French fqundron, in Cadiz, to the Spuniards ; that the ihips were noi much injured.. noriad many lives been iotl. He adds,, the Snanifh Admiriil is one of the Cpmmiliioners. about ty proceed in the lievuie. of 7i guns, C.pt. Gore ibr England Ad. Cottons dil'putches are dated off Lisbon and are to 4th June. They confirm the recftabiifhment of the government of the Prince Regent, and of the deadly inveteracy borne asai'ift all die French in Portugal. The, .accounts from Otibrte are to the 20?h

of June.: 'I hrough the treachery of Don Oliver a. the French rt'.

cilahliibed themfelves in OMrto,

until the 16th June f Corpus ChtistiiyJ when an attempt was made to carry the French flair in

proceflion'; w hich fo incenfed the

p -pulace, thitt they role enmasse,

oroke. open the magazines, fup. plied tliemfclves with arms, and iflidtd b' the Regular Troops mho ;n every imtance have been the ftrst to rully under the Patriot Standards overthrew the French authority, arretted every Frenchmju that could he found, elected the Bilhop for Governor, and fnitj an army of 20,000 men to meet a! French detachment which had advanced within fix leagues of Oporto. Tracos Meatesy Mi two and he northern part of Btcra were inarms. Ft am a ChiUicothe r :per Communication SPIRIT OF THI-; TIM KS. ON The niht of the 13th inft- ltiot f moft fenotis and jl.rnur.g nature, ivoV place in the town of Marietta, in this

Hc- i.e. jiAiUor in me mn'.entitor.i .N the h- I Mi nJ-v 10 Marei' r ?vt

C O R Y D O Nf tHfe SEAT OF YUSTICE OB HARRISON COUNT!' nr . KlE Leg.n. ture of the Indiana Tetntory having hid eff a new County takeri Mn thofe of Knox 3rd Clark, .nd elab. iflied the ft of Juftke theieof at tht low of CdRYDO ; the proprietor, will expofc to falc on the premiirs to the Inghdt bidder; the lots in the faid Town on Friday the Ilth of November next-w tins lown is handfomely fituated,flt tlic' Junction of little and. big Indian Creeks, -nu unites in itf.lf as many advantei at any other inland f.te in the TrrnW. ,aud n thc centre of a fWinin Settle.

ment , and j Urge ."body of go9d Und wh.cn ,1 better fupplied. ith cor.fhnt flreanis for Milk tluu perhaps any other m the W efteni Couftrry i it prongs to be a pirof confirferjhhi conimcrce, Mee.lunics of every, dtferiptioti will find it JuvHtuageous to fettle there. The terms of S,Ic will be made known due attnidaiMe given cn the dkf' above mentioned hy . . t THE PROPRIETORS . IN THE IVRCUW--COURT 'INDIANA TERRITORY. Hugh Gil breath' 4 '

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Sally Nigh ten 'his On pct'tttvrrfvr tr Divorcer. Notice is hereby given to the Hud Salfy Nighton that ah anplica-r tion will be made to the Circuit Court on the lad Monday of October net at Cchokia in the faid Ferritory by the faid Hugh Cjilbreath for a divorce agreeably f a libel Filed in my office, and a I nv m fuch cafe made ck provided. II. UURSTX.G. C.

TAKE iVOTlCE. :

THAT I will apply to'thc next court .4 I . it f

v. u -mmcn rirqSl tor the CouilTV of Knoxt on tlje.Un Monday in November n-xt, fr a ferry on the V,ib(?j, where x t road running f.oin Hizletcn-s to Shawncy town crofira the fm.. JOHK RAYBORNV Sept. 8th, Ig'Oi. r

NQTICE.

ofchatpNce, attacked in the pferina j V Oiall apply to. ;he,rrKut cf Coir.rprxl of the town, by a mob of 20 or GO rudians, jKe?s of Clark cr.11r.tv Ii 'i.r-i TrrritO'tu

"'ulu "ii.ii "iuuuii jxt. .rif3 armsito c llaLfliui a terry ?crois wer;hnund behind him vith a large rcp-jmv Und to the cpr-pHie

ard ht: i. vrrclv Uie ieueA ' TT- .. 'frrf.

t Ci!

the 0!;io, frnra

:e iiiore. at Lint

i!e. ured to eNpjftuhte, hut finding that ue-fi too feeble for hij extrication, -faifrd ;hr cry of murder I uhiiby afirr a rorfidrrble time, brought fame rentle men

to l.M$ fttTiH-incr, and after a long ftrugglr,

Me y-s rnaraculoutJr refctied horn the fe rocious banditti, and mide his efrane into

i neiijhborinj; houfe, after flight!) Orbbing ne of the party with a uenknife; The

haufc f 21 then furroaiiJ;d Ly 49 cr io

September Crnl, 1 03

Gary NorrU

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