Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 March 1810 — Page 3

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Extract ofalrttcr from a member in congress to his ft icmi in this piece dated the 9 th Jany. 1 a 10. 44 1 have had the pleafure of an intimate acquaintance with Mr. Thomas Ran'dolph, who docs me the honor to be Mie I bearer of this letter, fince his a r r l v t 1 in the City of Walhington. And from a tiew of his public conduct here, 1 am iiv.pielTcd with an opinion, that he would difcharge ttoe office of delegate from your territory, with credit to himfclf advantage to his country. We are all much pleafcd with him. I make the fuggeiliou to you for the pnrpofecf promoting the pretentions of Mr. Randolph to that otTice, if there ex. ills no impediment to prevent your fuffrage in his behalf." Copy of a letter from the hon. H. Clay, Senator ot the U. S. to the Editor. Senate Chamber, 23rd Feb. 1810Sir -The bill from the Houfe of Rcprtfentatives, uilirlly llyled Macon's, paired the Senate, as amended in this body, on yclterday ; and It is confidently believed the Houfe of Representatives will concur m the amendment. In this event, the non-intercourfe act, and all Taws intended to operate on the belligerents, lb as to produce an abrogation of their ofTenlive edics, will be removed. Argus.

Lisbon, December 22. Extracts from London papers to 29th No vember.. The troops which failed from Sicily on the 23d September, under the command of general Ofwald, took potTeflion of the iflands of Zante, Cephalonia and St. Mark, which formed a part of the Ionian Republic ; they made no refinance whatever. According to the lad news from Algiers, the Dey demanded an annual tribute from France, and the Conful refufing it was imprifoned We learn by the French papers, that the lall Conful Dubois Thainville has returned to Paris. Yc learn that the government has received difpatches from Mr. Adair, dated in the beginning of

lall month, which do not agree with the accounts in the French papers

that the Bntnh influence in Conilantinople has diminilhed. Thee-

vents which took place on the JLamibe, andtiic liicccfiebof the Ruffians have occalioned confiderable couilernation and embarraffment in the Divan, but have not caufed any change in their communication with our minidcr, whole lad difpatches continued to rcqtieit, aSreeable to the defire of the Ports, 'the prefence ofaUntilh fquadron in the Turkifh feas. The Rufhans have advanced along the coad as far as Monkala; their flotilla extends from the bay of Raba to Parna, and has exceflively embarrair. ed the fale of pro villous, &x. to the merchants of Condantiuopie. Nczv York Ecb. 19.

J. I J l l it.ii'l V-4V - m . the linn Moiiticcilo, who arrived this morning, in 40 days from Lilbon, dates that jud before he failed, Rrirnli n,ir I f f nrnvrrl in fi i: daws

from Falmouth, bringing London papers to the tu of january. He informs us that they contained nothing of importance, excepting, that Mr. Canning was appointed firfl Lord of the Admiralty. Capt. K. alio lla!-s that the. Britiih troops had retired from Spain that explanatory letters had palled between Sir A. Wcllcny klnd the

Spamfii Junta, on this fubjcctWl that the Urtilh head quarters were at Coenbry in Portugal. The Pur. tuguelc were railing a new army Of 40,000. From the Kcv-Tork Gazette Feb io. The news of Mr. Jackfon.s difmiflul by our government,

did not reach Madeira tiilabout the 27th of Deccmbok Tlie knowledge of the tact at that place, caufed an immediate advance on -American productions. L t was fuppofed at Madara that a war between the U. S. and G. 15ri tain would be the confequence of Mr. Jackfon's difmiftal ; and feveral of the merchants there had declined the fhipment of wine to thiscounrry. 1 t is dated by the captain of the Spanifh brig Fly, from Porto Cavello, that on the

15th of January, off Porto Rico, he fpoke a Rritifn br ig from St. Barts for Jamaica, the captain of which informed him that the Blitifh had effected a landing and taken poffelfion of a parrf the hland ot Gaudaloupe. On Monday laft, between 2 and 3 o'clock, in the afternoon, a Sre broke out in the Paper mill belonging to Mr. Richard Kirk, of Hempftead" Harbour, Long idand, and notwithftanding the exertions of the neighbors, the whole building was entirely contunned. A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. During the RcvoIationaryAVar, a number of high bucks, took a jaunt of plealure from Philadelphia to Trenton The Britifli army was then at New-York, andGen. VVaihingtoH, 7ith the American forces, encamped oil the Highlands. While the young jrpntlemen were waiting for dinner, they obiVrved an American offictr, who appeared to be a firanger, walking per. lively beneath the hVuV of font e elms that grew before the door of the inn. They immediately fcrnt him an invitation to j in them at dinner but lie morleftly declined. They however renewed their rrqiieH, and the officer politely yelded to their folicitation. Dinner was ferved up in fuitable llvle ; a flow of ood humour cheered the table, and the wine began to circui tte, when a young gentleman who ft at the left f the ofiuer, in attempting toafcertain the 1. inr, difcovered that his watch was milling. It wasot gold, and re!:d;.rcd thrice valuable and ter to him as it was a prcfent from an elleenx-d friend. 4 My watch is prone iVid be ar.xiouf-

!y I am fnrc I had it when we entered the

dining-room. A look of diftruft glanced at the (trange officer. Search whs made around the room, but the watch not found.

oufp'.cion hKvd every moment lull Usurper j

Uj on the lieutenant, but they liriitatcdl Tp , ch.r,;r l.iin dirrctly with the theft. I: jsa m ileiious afT.ur, ti Irnjjth obfervt d one ol j the voung men we will all to fitiiy our

compnion, cenrent to be ieirc.:rJ, it can do no harm, a;H miy remove fu.Vuion beiu with me. No one objected, a;:d all the rompAny were fe.rc hrd, rxcrpt the rfiuer. 'We have all fubmiieJ to be rxan ined, f.id or e of the Path' Jelphiar.s to the orncer ; it is now y-Mr turn. 1 he lieutenant per-rr-.ptonly rtufed. Sufpicion rip-ned ir.to .TSTurance. No one doubted, but he had :r. trroullv takc,n the watch from the fib cf his

you perHfl in refufin to be frarched

mult fight me. ' Very cheerfully replied the lieutenant. Swords were immrdiauly produced, aud they placed thcinfclves in an attitude, for combat. Henry (for that was the name of the gentleman from Philadelphia) indignant at the treatment he had received trom the officer, exeited him IV If to make a psii at hi adverfary when lo he fell Li watch fl.ding down brttvrcu ios u'mt floors and Ins thigh. Me had in returning it to his fob tnifbken the entrance, and thus was decciv. ed into the opinion that i; was Itolen. Henry immediately threw his fword upon the floor and in the moft handfome manner apologized to the lieutenant, for the injurous fulpicious he had entrruiucd ot" him drew forth his watch and made luitable acknowlrdg nient3 ta the company for his conduct. The officer very freely gve him his hand, and forgave him with a gentle admonition, for the future, not to be too Inity in entertaining fufpicionRut the c.mducA of the otfirer vas inexpliable. Why IhoM he riik his life rather than coucrnt to be fearched, when it wnJUlhr no difhonor,as all the company hj d fuhVit. ted to it and particularly when lie knewjh was innocent, and would prove fo ? Henry entreat'-d 1im to explain to him the myllery. The officer he fit ated for a moment ; but at length, though with ibme embarrafTmcnt, proceeded to comply. v ' , t I am laid he, a lieutenant in the American army, and hold a comiifion in a Virginia regiment. By permiffion of my loperior officers I have been home upon a furlough, and am now returning to join my company. I have an amiable wife and five children. We are poor and the py of a lieutenant, you know gentlemen, is pootly competent to our fupport. I had left, continued he with emotion, all the money the refult of my pay, for the fupport of my family ; and

my wife had put up this chicken, (drawing a fowl from his pocket) to help me on , my way to the army.Indeed, added he,' I chofe to fight rather than to difclofc to you my poverty, and to fubjret you who had treated me fo politely, 5c myfelf to the lidiculc that would follow the difcovery. The goodnefs of the lieutenant's heart, his nice fenfe of feeling, and his bravery, Hrongly recommended him to the younggentlemen. His family, was immediately rendered .comfortable, and loon after he promoted through the influence of his new. acquaintance, to a more elevated 2c lucrative fituation .

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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,

or and Commander in Chief of the

Indiana Territory " V ; . A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a law of Congress

passed on the 15th December, 1809, the Governor of the Indiana Territory was em powered to apportion the members to the House of Representatives of the Territory, and to cause an election to be held for the same-also to cause an election for members of the Legislative Council, in case of vacancy And whereas, the late Legislature of the Territory was at the request of the two houses dissolvcd by the Governor on the 21st day of October last-- Now therefore, I, WIL; LIAM HENRY HARRISON, Governor of said Territory, do declare and make known, that the house of Representatives of the said Territory shall consist of nine members, of which the county of Dearborn, shall furnish three ; the county of Clark, two; the county of Harrison.one ; and the county of Knox, three. And I do moreover appoint Monday the second day of April next, for an election to be held in each of the counties aforesaid for the Representatives herein assigned, and also for five members to the Legislative Council, agreeably to the apportionment made by my proclamation f the 4th of April last. viz: one from each of the counties cl Dearborn, Clark, Harrison, and one from each of the districts of the county of

Knox.--And the Sheriffs of the said coun-

tie respectively are hereby directed to

the said election to he held on

cond day of April next, at such

each Township as may have been assigned by the courts of Common Pleas respective-

ly. And the proceedings at said election, and the mode of making the returns, to be such as the laws in force directs. Given under my hand and the seal of the Territory, at Vincennes, this

fted to caiife the irVff!i plJ in

twenty firrt day of February, one L.S. thoufand eight hundred and ten, ' and of the independence of the United States, the thirty fomth. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. By the Governor, JN: GiBSON Secretary.

MEMORY OF WASHINGTON. To the Citizens cf the United States, Y7HLN your beloted WASHING XV 'I ON, the Father of his4 countiy, died ! You law with increafed feiifibility, the univcrlc in tears 1 Amkr.ICANS ! HW did your bofoms dilate and glow, when, at the fir It meeting of your political Fathers tolljvving the melancholy event, you faw the call for a MONUMENT worthy. of the fuhlime virtues you hoped to pcrpetu ate, univerfally appl auded. .. How then, fellow Countrymen, haveyo permitted two whole years to pafs fince the noble and natural refolution was evey where, individually formed; and the trm veiler ftill to ait in vain, Where is the National Monument, facred to public and private v'utue ; to the manes of the illui tibus WASHINGTON I Columbians! you owe to the world, as well a to yourleives, an apology, . o au explanation, for the n) tteriou delay of ycur acknowledged duty ;iiucc nothing can be more true, than that a mere difference ot opinion, rcfpccAing the form of the Monument, or the mode of its elevation) u the folc caufe. To prove this let us agree at once to obviate all difficulty, by uniting in a limple plan ta accord with the annexed now in operation ; . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, To a ''-Monument facred to Public and Pri - VatctVntuc, dedicated to GEORGK WASHINGTON, to be eredlcd in the City bearing his name, by the voluntary, contribution of Citizens of the. United States only. The fofm and inferiptions.' to be under the entire direction of three '. Tiu flees. " ' 1. Thcfc articles of Yubfcnption for a Monument to WASHINGTON inay be opened in any clllrid or put of.ihe 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 ONE DOLLAR, to this fubUription fund. - r . 2. The name of each fuhferiber flial! be written in a book, and tranfimtted with the fubfeription monies, to either bramhof.thc Bank of the United States. 3. To render the whole defign as Ample as may be, three, trufty and well beloved friends, narpcly,Bulhrod VValhington, and John, ;Marlhl, Judges of the Sttpirme court of the U. Siates, c Benjamin Stoddart, (ate Secretary of the Navy of the U. States, or any two of them, are hereby empowered apd requellcd to carry the whole delign into effect, in fuch manner as in their wifdom mav be deemed mbfl honorable 4 to the memory of -WASHINGTON. 4. .Should, the fum hereby collected' more than fufficient for a Monument, or Maufoleum, (whatever the pbjetfi of our ped may be called) the TruOees are herel y requrfted to appropriate the furplus, to in-crc-fe the fund which WASHINGTON bean when in his lall will and teftament he vitrually laid the corner (lone of & Nation al Univeifity. - N i. The Truflees arc hereby empowered and rrqucfted to draw he fubfeription monies from the Bank in hich they aredepolittd at difkietion, and alfo to depofit the oiiinal fiibfc riptioR bor k, either with the remain of WASHINGTON, or in the Library of the Nation! Univerfity, founded ty 'WASHINGTON. They are alfo rrquefled to pubhili whenever thry may thud: fit, latements of their piogrefs ia the important work, hereby coiXincd to their care.

This is the price of one flone cf tht kind to be ufcJ. trT A Book is opened at the houfe cf Governor Hartifon, where all wi n f el a veneration for the Immortal Hkbo, will voluntarily repiir. and add ouc Hone to the pile. '1 hoff t-ntlcnicn who havetak fn hiil)cripon pnvrrs for the Indiana Judice v Conihiblcs Guide" will plcafe return them to this office.