Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 April 1810 — Page 3

THE WK STERN SUN. 17 NCE NNES, AritiL 21, 1810.

The Members of the Agricultural Society arc requeued to be punclual in their attendance at a mcctimj on Saturday the 28th inft. at 13 o'clock, at the houfc of Peter Jones.

TO THE CITIZENS Of INDIANA. MY abfence from the territoiy has prev?nted my foonrr anfwering J. Johnfon's ilanderoiu attack fufpend your opinions tar one week on his publication, on Ewing's and on Badollet's certificate and I will jwovc to you, and to the world, their blackell flandcr is the higheft praife. JOHN MCDONALD. To tee CITIZENS of Indiana. HAVING beeneleaed by my Fellow Citizens of Knox to reprefent the county in the Hotifr f Rcprcfcntatives, my right ta? Oat therein has been contefted by mr. John Johnfon and as something to oppei ate as i Cathartic to the polls, would afford my individual county, and the Territory generally, no inconfiderahle degree of experience, I have totellcd the election of rwr. John Caldwell In doing of this, my v.'ifh was not to accumulate expence upon the Territory, but my object to clcar.se the polls of a number of illegal votes, and, as the faying is, that " every tub might ftand upon its own bottom." I regret much, Fellow Citizens, that (thofe contefts will probably coft the Territory a number of Dsllars. teeing (lie's fo illy able to pay Cents f ! but the fault does not lie at my door ; and I do now ferioufly declare, that had mr. Jonfon have-been eleled in preference to myfelf I mould not have contefted bat from the turn up card, I think iny conduct fully warranted not only by the hx talionis, but alfo by the lex dei. G. W. JOHNSTON. April 18th, 1810.

xtrc"l of a letter from London, dated Jan. 9, received at N. York. " I am informed by mr. Preble of Paris, Dec. 23, (who has opportunities of obtaining the moft correct information that there is almoft a certainty of the iutercourfe between France and the United States being renewed. Even vefiels boarded wasadrnitcd fo much reliance was placed on the truth of this change at Paris, that they Tvere fending exprefs to Naples to prevent any compromife with the captors cf fome vefiels and cargoes fequeftered there ! a good omen for the admiflion of yours. Si The Britifh order in council of the. 1 1 th November, muft however be repealed before the trade can be permitted with fafety," AWFUL surmises: LETTER rilOJI WASINSTOK HASTY HINTS of MUCH MISCHIEF O we are ruined, undone nation up to the ears in blnod and iniquity deauly doings here, fuch terrible fellows at our head t fie re's Madifon ft? rogue hand and glnvr, head and heart with Bonaparte he'll ruin u depend upon it he'll ruin us all in fpitc of England found him writing t'other day peeped over his fhoultier faw a greit B muft have been to Bonipartr nobody elfe they fay he.writis to Turkev not th lrft doubt of it m;ms to kick over cbriftianitv and turn us all pgns vile wretch, and there's mr. Gallatin not a bit better -faw him. this rnorriirg qrea: fccundrel c hating nfcal vdr doq tn inficLd 'iifbcliever foreignet p'.unt'.er the treafury Ucle fifteen Titihcn of dr'; :s put them in his pocket wears i.vm-.IU. i;s lare pockets fpends rnouey hl: a king bnys every thinr; don't mind expence f-rced in the national land s'ci;;rj to raife vegetables bought liimfelt a new pair of breeches 'tother day people's monry no drub grieved mr iriferably to ice them ;-avf him a hint to pull them otT won't take Ml nob him J'rn fiionltroully worried for the nation we f crtainly be ruined got a machine

here to blow up all the English fleet Lord preserve us they mean to destroy Mafiachusetts proper-- sink it entirely-- wonderful you don't open your eyes-- be too late presently-- got a standing army here alrea-dy--Smith is going to build a Volcano got a great plan for an Earthquake-- he looks desperatcly fat and saucy miscreant dare say he's a cannibel-- they talk of burning the capitol dreadful to think how they go on here can't write more at present-- I'll write again soon. N. B. There is a huge parcel of timber at the navy yard they mean to a have a national gallows-- nice calculations-- hang three men a minute, Stopped the letter to tell you what dreadful news thot some plan was brewing exactly so smoked it--TREATY WITH BONAPARTE-- signed, sealed and delivered-- shocking to think of it-- just fend you a sketch "going to have martial law

raise 800,000 man-- get them over Beering's Straights-- march them through Russia drive into China-- take Pekin by storm then make a settlement ; form a grand coalition drive off all the British." Good Lord deliver us was there ever such tyrannical government sanguinary rascals they'll depopulate the country ; I must abscond run for Nova Scotia or Canadaterrible terrible O ! most terrible ! 1 I If this don't prove we are a fold, ruined and undone people, I don't know what the devil will. Yours, in distress, JEMMY JUMPS. DISTRESSING FIRES. The Chester and Delaware Federalift of Wednesday the 28th ult. fays ; We are sorry to state; that on Monday last, Mr. Thomas Davis's valuable paper mill, in Uwchlan township, Chester county, with a great stock of rags, was consumed by fire. Mr. John Dovlin's grift mill, shared the same fate, with a large quantity of grain. The former loss is computed at' 15000 Dollars ; the latter, it is supposed will not fall short 5'000. Was burnt on Monday the 12th ult the house of Col. Charles Williams, at the forks of the Muskingum the particulars are as follows ; About 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, the son of Col. Williams and a hired man sleeping with two children in the loft were awakened by smoke from the lower rooms which were already in flames, they immediately went down flairs and found one of the rooms all on fire, they opened the door and the flames built forth so that

it could not be shut they then went to another door next to the well, and endeavoured to pump water into the room but it was too late they hollowed and awakened Mr. Jas. Williams (the Col. brother) and a stranger who were both in the loft, they both got up and were nearly smothered by smoke, which filled the room so that they could not see but at last they got to the window and the stranger jumped out, but Mr. Williams still in hope to stop the fire, threw down the beds to smother it but the people down stairs carried them out of doors as all hopes vanished of haveing the house by this time the children were screaming for assistance, & were called by Mr. Williams to come to the window, but the flames were forcing into the chamber door so furious that they could not get by it, and Mr. Williams, who was almost stifled, was obliged to quit the room, or perish with them he escaped with only his shirt, Col. Williams and his wife escaped without having time to dress, and the two children one was the Col's son about ten years of age, and the other his brother's son about eight years old were both consumed, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of their parents to save them. They screamed for help but could not be relieved ! We hope this will be a sufficient warning for people to secure their fires when going to bed, as no account can be given of this horrid accident, or how the house took fire, but every thing was destroyed except two beds and the clothes they had on. The dwelling house of Mr. Gideon Dimic jun. of Huntsburgh, was consumed by fire on the 5th inft about noon, with a child of Mr. Dimic, about two years old. Mrs. Dimic had slept cut to a neighbour's house about eighty rods distant, on an errand, and when returning home, beheld the house in fume. The eldest child had left the house whilst tbc youngest was left to perish in the

flames.

Vermont pap.

America has mide haste to arrange her differences with France, and a convention between the two powers is said to have been signed on the 5th or 6th of this month.--

Not a syllable of its contents has transpired ; but one great point, which the American government has always endeavored to gain has been the abandonment of the right of

iearch by the naval powers of Europe. ECONOMY OF ROYALTY ! The Washington ; (Ken.) "Dove furnishes some curious calculations on theecnomy of the British Government among others, the following. 4 The salary of the King is one million sterling, per annum which is four millions

four hundred and forty four thousand four hundred and forty four dollars !! 177 times as much as the president's and 19'444 dollars over. The present gracious sovcreign

long life to him : has reigned 50 years. His income during that time has only amounted to 222.222,200 dollars !! Exclusive of frequent grants of parliament to enable him to pay his debts ; as his salary was not sufficient. This salary of 50 years would be sufficient to pay the presdent's from the creation of the world, (allowing it to be 5814 years,) to the present time--and 3072 years to come !" MARINO SHEEP-- A few days ago two men from Connecticut passed through this place with fifteen Merino Sheep they had purchased from Doctor Bass, of Butler county, which they were taking home for the purpose of increasing the stock of those valuable animals. Although Col. Humphries, of that state, has more merino's than are in the (U. S.) besides, yet those men inform that it is impossible to purchase one from him having such an extensive Woolen Manufactory to supply with their valuable fleeces. They paid Doc. Bass upwards of four thousand dollars for fifteen and say they could readily get one thousand Dollars a piece for them in Connecticut, so great a value do the people of that state put upon them. This shews clearly the spirit of enterprize which stimulates the people of Connecticut for domestic manufactures, particularly of fine woolens ; and whilst the babbling democrats of Pennsylvania are constantly prating about resistance to Britain in preventing her manufactured goods from being used amongst us, those who have been uniform federalifts, and whom our fovereigns have branded with the epithets of tories and friends to Britain have been doing much more in establishing domestic manufactures and effectually resisting the

British ascendency in the (U. S) than the whole united host of democracy, with all their Jeffersonian systems of embargo and non-intercourse Tree of Liberty

Extract of a letter received by ship Savannah arrived mt Amelia, to a gentleman in Charleston, dated, Liverpool, Jan. 20th, 1810. " It does not appear that the refusal to negociate with Mr. Jackson, is considered by our government as a sufficient cause or war, nor do we apprehend that his dismissal from the country would be thought so ; but it seems to be gaining pretty general belief that the American and French government have made up their differences , and if so we do not see how this middle state of things between peace and war, can be kept up between this country and America. A greater latitude is said to be given by Bonaparte, both in Imports and Exports, which was at first represented as a relinquishment of the Berlin and Milan Decree;, but we apprehend what is done, it is more with the view to embroil us with America, than any thing else, and therefore not likely to tend to the removal of our Orders in Council, which are the great obstacle to our being friends with America. The first impression however was that the repeal of the Order in council, was a certain consequence and had not the first accounts received here been upon a Sunday, we have no doubt the effect upon the market, in American articles would have been very great as it was, a considerable sensation was experienced, which has hardly yet subsided. The quantity of American produce known to be coming forward is so great,

that nothing but the expectation of war or an embargo, will enable the markets to support the prefent prices, which, in most of the leading articles, yeald a very hansome profit upon what they can be imported for

In a circuitous chanel and the consequence is, that seldom a day passes without some fluctuations. Extract of a letter, dated Mountsterling, (Ky.) March 31, 1810. " That scourge of mankind, SMALL POX, has made its appearance in the neighbourhood of Mountsterling. There are seven persons in one house who have it. a number have have been exposed to the contagion, and I fear without an industrious

- T ! interposition of the Kine Pock, the Small Pox will prevail very much to the annoyance of our citizens. My own knowledge of the convulsed state which Lexington was thrown into formerly by this baneful malady, and the regard which I have for its

prosperity, induces me thus publicly to give

this information "JOHN YOUNG. " P. S. One of the above mentioned family was innoculated some years ago

with the Kine Pock, and that person has not taken the Small Pox, although he has nursed them for about a month." Extract of a letter from Lisbon dated Jan. 20th " Some late accounts from Spain states the fixation of the French in that country as being reduced to the last extremity for the want of provisions. The Spaniards seem still determined to drive the French out of Spain and struggle hard for the last

spark of their liberty. "If some of your war politicians could

look into Europe and see whole countries deluged in blood, they would be willing to endure privations and make all possible exertions to avert from their country such a calamity."

POST-OFFICE, Vincennes, April 2d, 1810. LIST of letters remaining in this

A office during the last quarter, which if not taken out before the expiration of three months, will be returned to the general post office as dead letters, viz. A Samuel Adams, 2 ; John Alton, William Archer, James Adams, John Appelgate. B Robert Bruce, Samuel Baker, Wm. Deny, Wm. Barney, Peter Baryer, Isaac Baker, P. Barnes, John Bowman, Cornelius Blew, W. P. Beckes, D Luke Decker, Joseph Dunlap, W H. Dunnica, Jacob Defenbaugh, F Samuel Foster G Mr. Granttear, A. Greffen, J. GrotehorV-

Moses Hoggat, Elizbth. Hornback, Handcock, Alexander Hays, Chs. Humphreys, Sally Hollingsworth. J John R. Jones, 2 ; Samuel Johnson, Agnes Jenkins. K Thomas Kerr, Peter Kuykendoll. L Wilson Lagow, 3 ; Louis Le Conteux, Dominique Lecroix. M John M'Donald, Jean Momesnil, Cornelius Merrv, John M'Candless, John M'Clure. 4 N Laden Nolan. O Antoine Oncille. P Benjamin Parke, 3 ; Daniel Pea, William Polke, Samuel Parker, William Porter, 2 ; David Price, William Price. H Sarah Robins, Abraham Rhodarmel, Martin Rose. S Nancy Shaw, Pheby Stewart, Madame Sondriet. W Charles Wilkins, Sally Watson, 2 ; James Watson, Edward Wilson Walter Wilson, Abraham Westfall, A. Whitlock, 5 ; Abel Westfall, David Watson. 78 GENL. W. JOHNSTON, p. m.

Take Notice I INTEND to apply to the next July court of Common Pleas, for the county of Knox. and Indiana Territory, to establish

a ferry across the river Wabash from my

land to the opposite bank Samuel EIlison April 4th, 1810.