Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 1, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 December 1809 — Page 2

for a ptn?! rem t Alan of penalties invol- 1

untanly incurred. The recal of the dift vowed minifterhayin$ be-n folio A-intf by the appointment of a fuccdTr, hopes were indulged that the new xnttUou w uld contribute to?lleviate the dilpfjuntment which had been produced, and to rem ve the caufrs w hii h had fo long cmbarnflVd the good underQamling 0f the two nnion6. It could not be doubted, that it would at leaft be charged with conciliatory expUnatiotiiof the ftrp which hud been taken, and with propofals to be fubftituted for'the rejected arrangement. Reafonable and univerf il as this expectation was, it alio has not ben fulfilled. From the firft offici.il dilVHfure of the new minifter, it vs found that he had received no authority to enter into explanations relative to ei thrr branch of the arrangement difa vowed ; nor any authority to fubftitute propofals, as to that branch which concerned the Britifh orders in council ; and finally, that his propofals with refpect to the other branch, the attack on the frigate Chefapeake, were founded on a prefumption repeatedly declared to be inadmilTiolc by the United States, that the firlt ftep towards adjuftment was dur from them ; the propofals at the fame time, omitting even a reference to the officer anfwerable for the murderous aggrefiion and averting a claim not lefs contrary to the Britifh laws, and Britilh practice, than to the principles and obligations of the U nited States. The correfpondence between the department of (late and this minifter, will Ihow how unelTentinlly the features prefented in its commencement have been Varied in its progrrfs. It will (how alfo, that forgetting the refp-l due to all governments, he did not refrain from imputations on this, which required that no further communications lh uld be received from him. The neceflity of this ftep will be irnde known to his Britannic nnjfty through the minifter plenipotentiary of the United States in London. And it would indicate a want of confidence due to a g-vernmnt whit h fo well underfiands and rxcts what becomes foreign minifters near it, not to infer that the mifcondut of its own reprefentative will be viewed in the fme light, in which it has been regardrd h-re. The Britilh government will learn at the fame time, that a ready attention will be iven to communications thro any channel which may be fubftituted. It vrill be hippy, if the change in this refpec"l fhould be accompanied by a favorable revifion of the unfriendly policy, which has fo lon been puifued towards the United States. With France, the other beligerent, whofe trefpaT-s on our commercial rights have loog been the fubjecA of our juft rcmonflrances, the pofture of our relations does not correfpond with the meafurts taken on the ptrt of the Unitrd States, to effect a favorable chn.e. The refult of the feveral communications made to her govern jnrnt, in pnrfuance of the authorities vefted by "congrefs in the executive, is contained in the lorrefpoodence of our minifter at Paris, now laid before you. By fome of the other belligerents, although proffiing jnft and amicable difpofitions, injuries materi.lly afFc&ing our commerce have not ben duly controlled or reprrfiVd. In thefe cafes, the interpoli tions deemed proper on our part have not b-en omitted. But it willdeferve the confederation of the Legiflaturr, how far both the ftfety and thr honor of the American f.4g may be confuhed, by adequate prov iion againft tint collufivr proftitution of it. by individuals, unworthy of the American nam, which hs fomuch favored the real or pretendrd fufpicions undrr which the honrft commeice of their fellow citizens lias fun-red. In relation to the powers on the coaft of Barbary, nothing has occurred which is not ot a nature r ther to infoire confidence tlun diftruft, as to the continuance of thr rxiftr.14 ami'y. With our Indian neighbours, thr y anil benevolent fyil'-m, continued to"v.rds th-m, rus all prcferved peace, and is irjnre and m-rr advancing fmbus favorable to th"ir civil'Zarion and happinefs. From a 1i 4 rmnt which will be made by " 1-crr a y of war, it will be fern thai the f rt.hcati m- on our m iri'imr frontier, av in m-tr.y ot t c prts completed; atfordt: th' d Uif hi,-hW4S contemplated; and that 4 turthn im- uill be rrquired to ren. drr o-npl-te tl-r wn.b in the harbor of N-w York, and u loinr other phces Bv th-r'tht-mr,,; ,,f .,. NVOrks, tnJ the em nloymcnt of a greater Lumber of hand- at

They fsty they will not fuWit to any other crowned' head, than Ferdinand the 7th, him they appear willing fhould be their prince, (hould he once more regain the Spamfh throne, but (hould he fail, then, they are clear for letting up a republican form of

I cjoTcrnmrnt, independent of any any Euro

pean Junto or other power. The province of Quito, it was faid had already fct up an independent government, and thrown off all obedience to the vVpanilh government. To quell the fpirit of infurregion, fo called, troops were marching from the other Spanifl) provinces again! the inhabitants of Quito, who had already cbofen their junto and declared themfelvcs a free and independent people. True Amer.

the public armories, the fupply of fmall arms of an improving quality, appears to be annually increaling, at a rate, that with thofe made on private contract, may be ex peled to go far towards providing for the public exigency. The ad of Congrefs providing for the equipment of our velTels of war, having been fully carried into execution, 1 refer to the ftatemeut of the fecretary of the navy for the information which may be proper on that fuhjrft. To that ltatement is added a view of the transfers of appropriations, suthorifed by the ail of the feflion preceding the laft, and of the grounds on which the transfers were made. Whatever may be the courfe of your deliberations on the fubjedofour military eftabhlhments, 1 (hould fail in my duty in

not recommending to your ferious attenti-1 A very intereft at tide has lately appear-

on, the importance of divine: to our mill- ed in New York. It is a hit ot tbe turn

tia, the great bulwark of our fecuritv, and ! pike roads and bridges in the ftate with the

amount of the feveral Hocks, See. It ap

pears The turpike roads extend three thoufand and feventy one miles in lengthThere are 76 turnpike companies, the capital of which amounts to five millions one hundred and forty one thoufand feven hundred and fifty dollars. The bridge companies are 21 and their capital four hundred and fifty thoufand dollars. Total eighty eight companies value of flock five millions five hundred and fifty

revenue, will probably produce a deficiency j fix thoufand feven hundred and fifty dol-

in the receipts of the enluing year, for lars. which, and for other details, I refer to the , . mmf u , ,.-, ftatements which will be tranfmittcd from thetreafury. PUBLIC NOTICE, In the Itate which has been prefented, ofT SHALL apply to the court of Common our affairs with the great parties to a difaf 1 Pleas of this county (Knox) at their trous and protracted war, carried on in a term in March next, to appoint commifli.

refource of our powers, an organization the bell adapted to eventual fituations for which the United States ought to be prepared. The fums which had bten previously accumulated in the treafury, together with the receipts during the year ending on the 30th of September laft (and amounting to more than nine millions of dollars) have enabled us to fulfil all our engagements, and to defray the current expences of government, without recurring to any loan. But the insecurity of our commerce, and

the confequent diminution of the public

mode equally injurious and uniuft to the U-

mted iStares, as a neutral nation, the wifdom of the national legiflature will b. again iummoned to the important dctifion of the alternatives before them. That thefe will be met in a fpirit, worthy the councils of a nation, conl'cious both of its rectitude and of its rights, and careful as well of its honor, as of its peace, I have entire confidence. And that the refult will be flambed by an unanimity becoming the occafion, and be fupported by every portion of our citizens with a patriotifm enlightened and invigorated by experience, ought as little to be doubted. In the midft of the wrongs and vexations experienced from external c ufes, there is

oners to divide the real eft.ite of William Morrifon, deceafed, agreeably to the aft of AflVmbly, in fuch cafes made and provided, amongft his feveral heirs and reprefentatives, whereof, in right of my wife, .1 am one. Robert Kendall.

December 1 1th, 1809.

LAST NOTICE.

LL thofe indebted to the fubferiber by bond, note or book account, are

informed that unleis they difcharge their refpecVtve balances by the fiilt of January next, fuits will be commenced without dif-

crimination thofe who have any claims

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much room for congratulation on the prof- j

pe lty and happinels flowing from our fituation at home. The blefiirg of health has never been more univerfal. The fruits of the fefons, though in particular articles and diftricts fhort of their ufual redundancy, ere more than futiicicnt for our wants and our comforts. The face or our country every where prefents the evidence of laudable enterprife, of extenfive capital, and of durable improvement. In a cultivation ot the materials, and the extenfion of ufeful manufactures, more cfpccially, in the general application to houlehold fabrics, we behold a rapid diminution of our dependence on foreign fupplies. Nor is it unworthy of reflection, that this revolution in our purfuits and habits, is, in no flight degree a ccnfcquence of thofe impolitic and arbitrary edids by which the contending nations, in endeavoring each of them to obflruct our truuc with the other, have fo tar abridged our means of procuring the productions and manufactures of which our ow n are now taking the place. Recollecting always, that for everv ad vantage which niay contribute to diflinnilh our lot, from that to which others are doomed by the unhappy fpiiit of the times, wc are indebted to that Divine P. evidence whole goodrefs has been fo remarkably extended to this rifiiig nation, it becomes u: to cherilh a devout gr.t;tu e, anJ to implore trom the fame omnipotent fevnee a blrlling on the conlultations and meafures about to

be undertaken for the welfare of ourbelov ed country.

JAMES MADISON.

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leireru.iv arrivcu, 11 nn i' neoe. cantain

Turley. 57 day? troni Carthaena, who informs that m.ufcrts wrrc dull, and tht th--y wrre ov-r t. ckrd with Eoglilh manufactures. '1 hat th.e port cf (lartharena was op-ned tor nine montlis fr neutrals, with thr prohibition ot dry goods and fpiruuous liquors. The Spaniards throughout 5 u:b Amrlica, it was laid was npc for a revolution.

upon me are requcfled to call for payment by that time, as I am about doting my buliuefs. Thomas Jones.

Uecemter 8th, 1809.

INDIANA TERRITORY,

Clark county, set.

Mofes M'Cann, plaintiff,

vs. Abraham Romine, defendant. On foreign Attachment. WHEREAb a writ of foreign attachment hath i (Tued out of the court of Common Picas of laid county againft the lands and tenements, gooes, chattels and eflfects, rignts and creuitsof Abraham Romine, at tbe fuitof Mob s M'Cann in an adtion of trefpafs on the cafe, which attachment the Ihenflfof laid county hath returned executed on a leafe lor 70 acres ot ground' Notice is hereby given, that unlets the faid dctendant, lhail, by himfclf oi attornry, appear and give fprci d bail to anfwer laid luit judgment will be entered againft b in by d. fault, and the property lo attached difp.drd of for the benefit of all creditrrs who flull appeai to be entitled to a den. and thereon, and Hull apply for that purpofe. SamL Gvarhmcr C C. I Gab It I l 1. JuHNSTO.N, ) Atturn-y tor pl:lT. JefTcrionvillr, 6rpt. 20;h, 1809.

MEMORY OF WASHINGTON. To the Citizens of the United Stctes, XyUEU your beloved WASHINGV TON, the Father ol his country, died! You faw with increafed f nbuhiv, the univcrle in tears I A r: khicans ! liu .r did your bofoms dilate and glow, when, ;-.t the full meeting of your political Father j, following the melancholy event, yu fw the call for a MONUMENT worthy of the fublime virtues you hoped to perpetuate, univerfally applmded. How then, Fellow Countrymen, have permitted two whole years to pals fmce the noble and natural refolution was eveiy where, individually formed ; and the traveller Hill to slk in vain, Where is ti c National Monument, facred to public ai d private virtue ; to the manes of the illuftrious WASHINGTON ? . Columbians! you owe.to the world, as well ss to yourfdves, an apology, or n explanation, for the myftrricus delay of your acknowlrdged duty ; fince nothing can he more true, than that a mere difference of opinion, refpecling the form of the Monument, or the mode of its elevation, is the fole caufe. To prove this, let us agree at once to obviate all difficulty, by uniting in a tlinple plan !a accord with the annexed, now in operation : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, To a' Monument ficred to Public and Private Virtue, dedicated to GEORGE WASHINGTON, to be ereatd in the City bearing his name, bythe voluntarycontribution of Citizens of the Unirtd States only. The form, and infeription, to be under the entire direction of three Tru flees. 1. Thefe articles of fubfeription for a Monument to WASHINGTON, may be opened in any diftrift orprrt of the United States, provided that none but citizens be allowed to fubferibe, and that no individual be allowed to contribute in his own name more than ONIi DOLLAR, to this fubfeription fund. 2. The name of each fubferiber fiiall be written in a book, and tranfmitted with the fubfeription monies, to either branch of the Bank of the United States. 3. To render the whole defign as fimplo as may be, three trufly and well beloved friends, namdy, Eulhrod Wafhington, and John Marlhall, Judges of the Supreme court of the U. States, h Benjamin StocJdart,late Secretary of the Navy of the U. States, or any two of them, are hereby empowered and requeued to carry the whole defign into effect, in fuch manner as in their wifdoui may be deemed moft honorable to the memory of WASHINGTON. 4. .Should the fum hereby" collected r more than fuflicient for a Monnment, cf Maufoleum, (whatever the objeft of our refped may be callrd) the Truftees re herei.y requefted to rppropriate the furplus, to in. creafe the futd which WASHINGTON' began when in his laft will and tefNment he virtually laid the corner ftone of a Natiorral Univerfity. 5. The Truftees arc hrrehv empowered and requefted to draw the fabfeription ironies from the B.nkin which they are deto"tedatdifirrtion, and alio to derjofit 'the "iginal lubfrription book, either wih thremains of WASHINGTON, or in tt Lbrary flf thr National Univrifity, frumU cd by WASHINGTON. They're alfo requrftrd to publift, whenever they mar ti.n.k fit, ftatements of thrir pioreG i rhe important woik, hereby confipiied to their care. This is tbr price of one ftonc of the kind to be ufed. f r rrrr mC'K ;J.rf,rnrc! at the hmfs ot Geo. Wallace, l.ln. xvl.rre all who f-rl

w tor Immortal IIkho, h tepair. ax.d add one ftonc to

a vcner?t:m t:

w ill voluntari thr pile.

Five Dollars Itvaru

St )RU LL mire, four or five vears

old, witb a lVitch tad, (the property

ot Jjmes U -k's, e!q.) broke out of my pa!'ure during the Lie f. f.ion of the Lcifhiture, and I have not flncc been able ttrrccovrr her the above reuard will be given upon her dchvriy to JTi Hi am II Harrison. Vmcennes, 23d Nov. lb(;y.

For f.,le at the Qilice of the Wrftern Sun. THE PKKPLTUAL ALMANAC, Price 1 2 L2 Cents.

live Dilhrs iu-mrl

O ANAWAV iroma L-!,Wa Indim JL on the l;,b;.v the 31ft cay ol 0r, tjucr 1-ft, a: ci-,1. J..n Smell's a Hont I Horse, abrut five yea:-r!J, about fourteen hana high, his main cut if.rrr, and his tail tru-. med very dole, hr hu a black Creak a. lor g his bark, he it z ftronfcT r.-J! rr.acehor.c any j-frfon taki-'r up d l.fjrfc 3nd hvrru ;r bin, :o r..r i:i Viucenncs fiiall re. ccic th: above rrv.,id. joscph Barron. Interpreter,