Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 31 March 1810 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SUN. TINCEXNES, MakcbSI, 1810. Monday next is the day appointed by the governor's proclamation for the election of members to the Lcgillative Council and Houfc of Hcprefentatives lix perfons offer themfclves as candidates for your favor for the Houfe of Rrpreientatives, three ol which can only be elected, and the people, in oppofition to any party, have the election in their own hands if they do not pleafe themfclves, they have only themfelves to cenfure. For the Council in the upper Diftridl two perfons oiler themfclves as candidates for your iavor come forward to the polls, and each man vote his fentiments with

out refpeel to party or to men. For the Council in the Lower Diftricl, four perfons offer themFelves as candidates for your favor act with firmnefs and independence, and fear no party. The following very interesting news ivsts issued, on the evening of its reception in a hand-bill: hut as many of our subscribers had not the oppriuiutyf re ading it thai) it is t noiv re-pub lished : Extract of a letter from the hon.'" Alexander Campbell dated Washington March 10th 1810. "Letters have been received by the fecretaryof ft ate, from Mr. Piukncy, which ' Hate that the Britifh government totally difapprove the conduct of Jackfon ; and that he will be recalled, and another minifter, a man of fair character, and of high Aanding, will be fent to fuprrCrde him who will beauthorifed to negotiate with our government on all the points of differance exiting between the two natiaus. How the advocates for J ackfon's conduct will retreat from the ground which they fo warmly efpoufed, is yet to be learnt." FROM AMELIA., Jan. 25. There is a rrport in the NautTau papers, by a veficl in 24 days from Madeira, that Talleyrand was to proceed from Paris to London, to negotiate a general peace ; and that by the fame coveyance, the Spaniards had been defeated wich a lofs of 60,000 men. Madame Bonaparte clivorc-

ed. Capt. Turner; of the Amazon, informs us that his Imperial majeffy Napoleon, the tit, has at length devorced his wife. He adds that the official ftatement or letter addrclfed to the public, announcing the fact, had been publifhed a: Tonningen before he failed. 7. Gaz.

PROPOSAS Br WILLIAM DROMGOOIE, Fcr publilhing by fubfeription in Bairdftown, (Ky ) a Periodical Work, to be entitled THE GARDEN. ErCHRISTGPHER CRABTREE, Lsr. AND OTHERS. mmmKb So aU arreed through fweet diver f:ie, i hi GrUc:i to adorn, with qret varietie. I). Sl'SSSEX. TO THE PUBLIC.

A ccr.ndrr.ible part t.f t! - propofrd rk, will co:.:iit in ahufe oi the tmhl c in

genera!, or, what is the f4nie tr ir , in U:ni.jini.g their ire; and feich-s ; :.d wr cirub: iu; but every man will L: bi.iui

to heir whit ig faid igtinft himfclf thit he will without helitation purchafe and carefully pcrufc our paper. The chief object however, of the prefent addrefs to the pub. lie, is, like all Authors, to puff ourfelves into notice ; fet forth our literary prctcntioni, and eftabhlh incontrovertably, that we are as well acquainted with the Ciaffics, the Sc iences, Trades and Profeffions, as the mother that bore us. By this method likewife, we expedl to command the attention and patronage of our countrymen. We warn all perfons net to condemn our works thro prejudice, witheut having read thrm ; nor precipitately and ungeneroutly to feoff at them, becaufc they have the misfortune of being an offspring of the wild woodt of Kentucky ; but we tntreat them to join with us to fofter the native genius of our ftate ; trim the untried pinions of the VVeftern Mufe ; awake the minds of our Freeborn Youths from their lethargy ; and open before their eyes, in delightful profpecl, intellectual fields which they may be inticed to explore. We are proud to inform the public, that the gates of our Garden are now thrown open ; and we invite them to enter in ; ex emine its productions, and contemplate its beauties. Within it, Apollo reigns, who, to

charm our courteous vilitors, ftull fing original verfes to divine. airs ; and enrich its fcenery with all the decorations which can delight a refined imagination ; and the Mifcellaueous Mufe, ihall fcaticr in the pathway of our fpeclators, " flowers of all hue and without thorn, the rose, In the mean while jolly faced Wit, lliall hang an Epigram, Pun or Anecdote, on every Tree, to entertain our vilitors. Wc have endlefs variety in our Garden, and know how to join bitter and fweet, and charm by novelty even the Thiftle and Nettle are not wanting there; by. which the rude critic, who endeavours to defpoil our flowers, will be ftung nor are wc without Crab Apples, and green Pcriimons, with which we will undertake at any time to ftificn, and make rough, the fmooth and nimble tongues of flaoderers. In Ihort r.H kinds of jerhs.lhzt ever entered into tit Medical Vocabulary erf an old dam-, we hive, and mean to have in our Garden ; whether efficacious iu eafing the he ;rt-ach ; in fvothing the troublous pallions ; in

cleanhng the corrupt fouls of mew ; or

ftimuUting and enlivening the ftupid fenfes

Leaft fome conceited you-th may take it into his brains (head we mean) to queftion

our literary anilities, we here eive fuch

fpecimrn of our acquirements, that we are

confident no one will have the boldnefs interrupt us hereafter. We, therefore, i

form the Do&ors, that we know Eftulapius was deified, and that the beft methods of curing the tooth-ach are u are to boil your head well, and then fluke all vour teeth

out, or to fill your mouth with water and hold it ever the fire until it boils "The Military man and Duelitt, we inform, that rf nn? m'l (run rnu.il.r 1 r invntpri h.XT

Swarts, a Monk of Cjlogn. The Belles' and Beux, we inform, that Queen Elizabeth was the fir ft woman who wore fllk flockings in England ; and that the French King, v: s the nrft pcrfon who ever wore them. But to the Lawyers, we honeftiy confefs 41 Igr oramus.M It may not be improper, notwithftanding, to ftte, that we Inve ieen the outside of Blackltone, Coke, Dallas, and ethers, which is nearly as much as many a sjuib cracker of the day can ly. But at)ove all, we are great Linguills, for we know that the Greek name of water is laer. the La: in n ame. Aqua tbe French namr, E-u, the Dutch Vasser ; but as to the Hebrew, we decUte to our readers, that our infuperahle detefUtion ot tlie whulc Jcwifh prcicffion, ha bren the cufc of our not having itudied the ir Janguage. After the above moJeft difpl iy of rrudition, we hop? no or.e will due to fc.eer at our productions, but lrt us flt in feacCy with the vices of the Lnd. To the Liidir?, we make our beft bow ; put our bell toot forenicft, and afTure them, ve (hall always be on our P's and CVs-Good-r.aturcd wiiUlcfo;re advice will he adtnitKltcrcd to them, reipecling the mansgemen: of their be mix ; niatrimonv will be cor.u'.rrcrd .ir.u preacher, up for thr;r lakes. :,d v.-e ui.to Bachelors 1 for ve

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In onJfr that our Garden miy riot wound the eye of any one, we have determined to exclude all religious difputations and as to politics, although we have no doubt but wc could prove, that Thomas J etlVrfon i a great, and good man, and that the Democratic, 'u the beft form of government, yet we will carefully avoid touching on that fubjec. In the department ol Criticifm, we will fomettmes appear ; and fuch is ur boldnefs, that we mall not hefitate to attack the hugeft Folio's, "the Golumbi id not excepted. But we more particularly declare ourfelves the Guardians of Morality, and the fwom foes to all manner of Vice. We earneflly invite the correfpondence of the Youths of the Weft, and ail men of Letters; and wilh their communications to coniift in Moral, Scientific, Diverting, Litrrary fubje&s, or fuch as relate to the fifhionable world. To conclude, we have, as in the words of Our motto, " All agreed through fweet diverfitie, This Garden to aciorne with great varietie." CONDITIONS or THE GARDEN. I. The Garden Mia 1 1 be printed on a New Typf and on paper of a fuperior quality, and executed in a ftyle, not inferior to any work hitherto printed in the futr. II. It fhall ifiue every Two Weeks, and be delivered to fubferibers neatly Hitched in Blue paper ; each number (hall contain twelve large Duodicimo pages. III. The price to fubferibers will be Two Dollars per annum, paid in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty cents, payable at the expiration cf dixrrionths. We earneftlybefeeich thofe gentlemen who may hold: fubfeription papers for the Garden, to fchirri' them to the Poft Matter at Bairdftowjurby the firft day of, March next, as weaVe anxious to commence the work immediately. ' Bairdftown, Dec. 30th, 1809. JCjwubfciiptions received at this office. BY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,

Governor and Commander in Chief of the

Indiana Territory A PROCLAMATION, Ell E AS by a law of Congrefs

the 15th December, 1809, the

of the Indiana Territory was em

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Rcprefcntatives of -the faid Ter-

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or membcis of the Leuncil, in cafe of vacancy. And

cas, the late Inrinllature of the Terri-

tory wus at the requcll of the two houles diflolved by the Governor on the 2lft day of Odlober laft Now therefore, I, W1L. LI AM HENRY HARRISON, Governor of faid Territory, do declare and make known, that the houfc of ReprcfenUtivcs of the faid Territory fliall coniift of nine members, of which the county of Dearborn, fhall furnilh three ; the county of Clark, two ; the county of Harrifon,one ; and the county ot Knox, three. And 1 do moreover appoint Monday the fecond day of April next, for an election to be held in each of the counties aforefaid for the Reprefentatives herein afHgned, and alfo for five members to the Legiflativc Council, agreeably to the apportionment made by my proclamation of the 4th cf April laft, viz: one from each of the counties of Dearborn, Clark, and Harrifon, and one from each of the diftrias of the county of Knox. And the- Sheriffs of the faid counties reflectively are hereby directed to caufe the faid election to be held on the faid fecond day of April i.ext, at fuch places in each Townfnip s miy have been affigned by the courts of Common Pleas refpectivc. Iy, And the proceedings at faid election, the moJe of ur king the returns, to be

fuch as the laws in f rce directs.

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the Territory, at Vmcennes, thu twenty fiift dy of Fcbiu-iy, out L.3. tlioufand eight hundrrd ami ten. and of the Independence of the UV.itrd Statrs, th- thirty f Ufth. WILLIAM 11EXRT HARRISON. By the Governor, JN : GIBSON, Scjrctzy.

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A PROPOSAL BY ZADOK CRAMER, Bnokfcller, Pit:;burg!i, (P-t;:..) fGK P'w'3LISKi:.'G SY kU SLIUFTIOXj

NOTES OF A TOUH TO THK WESTERN COUNTRY, THUtUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, A VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, AND A TRIP THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY AND PART OF WEST FLORIDA. Commence J in the winter of 1807, and concluded in 1809. BY F. CUMING. :o: Sketching the ftate of the vaft tral of country through which he travelled, a diltanceof between three and four thou fand miles. Early hiftory progrefs in settlement population manners cus toms natural and artificial (Uriofities rivers creeks towns villages, manufactures religion politicks Irdian wars and maffacres peculiaiics of backwoodfmen and hunters Indian mounts or ancient burying places fortifications oh the Ohio Chickafaw and Choctaw Indians on the Mifliflippi their manners and cuftoms fettlcments on the Miffiffippi river foil, products, climata and diieafes, cr. f thefe regions. Propofls for this work were iffaed fome time ago, but its publication was neceflariiy delayed in conft quence of the author ex tending his route, further than he at fit It intended, down the Miffiffippi riyer, thro' the Miffiffippi Territory and part of Welt Florida. The Tour is now completed, and the manufcript in the hands of the publifher, and will be put to prefs immediately, Sc iffued with as little delay as poffible. There were a'number of fubferibers to the firft propofals, and more are now refpectfjlly folicited thofe cfpecially fond of encouraging literature and fcicnte of learning the ftate of their own country, geographically and phyfically of reading man as he is, with all his burdens on his back of ftoring theirminds with ufefu! information, rational and beneficial mufe ments. Such will fubferibe and read with a confidcrable degree of pleafure for our author takes uj as we are, with all oar foibles, and fouhs our vices and viitu::perfections and imperfections. CONDITIONS. ' ' This work fliall be piinted iu one volume duodecimo fize, of between 3 c 400 pages, with a new type, and on a fine paper. The price to fuhferibers fhall not exceed one dollar and twenty Jive cents neatly, bound .and lettered, and ihofe who fubferibe for nine copies fliall have one gratis provided the money be pid on delivery iS the books, which in all cafes will be requirrd. A further difcount of fve per cent, will be made to merchants who buy to fell a gain. .SubfcNptions received at the office o the Weftern Sua '

A PROCLAMATION 13 T THK President of the United Sfafi. "VVy H ERE AS information has been rer ccived that a number of individuals, who hive deferred from the army of the United States, feme of whom have fought (heller without the jurifdiction thereof, have become fcnfible of their offence, and are drfirous of returning to their viuty. A full pardon is hereby ijrsntfd and proclaimed to each and all of fuch individuals as Hull within four men' hs from the date hereof, furreuder themfelves to e commanding officer of any Militaiy P ft within the United States, or th- territoiirs thereof. In teftimony whereof I hive caufed tic fral of the United States to be affixed to thefe prelen::, a:.d Ggned the fame with my hand. Dr.e at the city of Wafhington, the S5:h day cf January, in the year cf i ur Lord, one thoufaud eih: hundred ar.d ten, and cf the Independence r.t 'Ur Uni:ed States of America the thirrv h 'th. (Signed) J A M ES M A D I SON. liy the Prefidrnt, R. Sunn, Secretly cf State. Fcbrusry 5 Zn