Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 December 1811 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

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VOL. IV.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1811.

NO. 10.

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lu'llion of mechanics. Let us fuppqfe that i ..- foileringof tnanUfa&ures (houU cliahgr vbis propoition into three millions of 'the tMni-r, and two million of the l.;ttcr. The inunrdi.itc cfTcvA would be an incrcafe of the pruc of agrituUuril productions, and a decrrafe of the price of inanu! iclured articles ; inafmutti as the demand for the forniTr woald he iucreafed, and the quantity dimimfiud; while the quantity of the Utterv.ould he incicifedv Wo have infciifihly been drawn into the merits of a fubjc& whivh it Wis only our purpoiV to rcCoin m'?nd is precuMntlv worthy of the powers .cf an active and intelligent mind. Itspro-p-r " treatment would rjnbrce -a" wide wil f 'rttle fuld cf the moft .ufeful political fudU nd difquifjiivins. It would not be unworthy the p.u of great political'' economic. Willi the hepe tint it will be ere long t lutuiatcd i v futh a wniter wC' diiVuifs l lor the Ditfsin:. Sat, Intel An extraordinary Preservation, . Th;' W'ar.deri'ul 4larazine ittclf mong all its re.-l or fiftitious tales, contains nothing to furpafs the fafi before us,. All the newfp peis have contained an account of the'. trisfji tune that betel theuNo.valk packet, the Slow and lvily in tlir gle oh SiKidciy luft. S!e was upfrt in the found,' and4 the crew with 13 pafiengcrs, or ly ft:ved , thc-nifdves by t bnrjuig to the'vefiVl and riginjf, untill tlky weri taken .ofTti' lie generous exritioits of Ctpt.arl, of the 'Packet Fame, belonging to Newport (R.. I.)' .who went to their', relief, and ifjrded it at the hazird of bis own life One p ilTenger, bow ever, a Mr. Samuel VVrii)g, was not to be f mod among thofe who had fuf t-iiaed themfrlves on the wreck, and the lopp iivi-n was that he had been drowned i.i i'jc bin. 'The packt drifted on the L'.rn hluid Oiore, oppofite Fairfield, and ihc next day a number of people went down to the bearh to fecure her- whrn fl;e v is ibtri, ceb ld ! There was Samuel War- '; oiid we 11, inrrediMe as it my f a "d highly rejoii cd, you my be fure tolind himr-lf oticc moie in the l.ud of the 1 ' v 1 1 ; h h'ppmrd that he was lyinp in a birth to toe wioJw-ird when the packet ovnfrt. If- brld on is well as he could, and find"i'i ?! t though the cabin wis neaily full ol w it did not qiiite reath his h?ad, lie it iu k ftl, kicked a way the boards from ttir t!i .t his feet, tor air to breathe, and In-! nothing to do but kep away the rats fto-r, eating him ahve, until he was taken tile II c X V A grcatci efcpc is prb'p ret on record. -Ar. y Lv. Psst. Discovery in Italy. Tije ancient citvof Vrii, wb'uh und-r-went the ever memorable iirr by the Konans i:i the ycarot Rome 360, and which h is s-.in eietd and emoelliflied by the Ivnprr us, Ociug ruined in a turiou: eruption of the baibariant, it w s permitir-.: oa he dctliii' of the Kmpire, tu remain m i: .tr of diflMution, and its rthqoes tovrw i'.h rubbiOi arid f..i!, a't i-,a. yirhiinj .drnt'.fol crops. M. Georf", cn.i;.e: : itn aKurilifl, and ov.;.ei oi thr ! b- curi.'ilitv to di i:to the 1.1 :r. ( . the I i u it-, no difcoveri a p.r.tf a ' t " f C"!'ur.ni at tv. e! ve let I Ocl w ti e u-fc-, tie employed thirty men to f)!lj.' ut hi-, difrovrry. Thr rf-rrch lis '.I to;;j;n s ; th'V foupd a ij. u ;r,'u:dul Hitetc ol FiJtiias : i- it t!.c I- --w

and ina fitting attitude. The head bears a (hiking lefrmblante to the Emperoi' me-' daU, andis fuclime, both in executi n and exprcflion ; the arms, the-k tiers, the bir., and the drapery are excellent. It is of Greek marble, and the evident work of a Grecian artift ; along with the (latute they found a ne butt, fuppoftd to' be the head ofLer.id.s, the Conful. a Phrygian (lave, a Caryatides, a beautiful-he ad of Flora, "ihcr lower put of the finvrs of a Piir (tefs w itii a drapery, in the fiyle of the matfrrs, a Doliuili, of an immcjifc ftze. with many" capitals of variuus orders in a good ftute'ot .rci'-rvation. m.i.y greater difcoveries are expedled to be made by Mr. Georgi, in tins lutercHing" branch, of anticuatuiiilnu , THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. ,A Before any commt ntsf which avc . can make ihall be circ ulatcdj.the awJia of the nation wdl have been pronounced on this importarft docuuitnt ; important -viio Uls from its matter tLoii its cent Wc doubt whether nny paper hns be c emutcu", Jnc the cltabhUiment of our independence that has kindled a holier or brighter :fi me than will be created by tins trnipcra.te;irinu man ly appeal tc the julf principle. s aiid honoi able ieeliiigs of our tounuytucn, ihiough' their repjVlentatives. Thc times and iIkfpirit oi tlf people called for .lomcihii-g (ubftdsntialj "f r fomething palpable and uuequivocat ; for fomething whu h would not vary w ith every , varying gloffaiy confulted. This expectation !. hs been met by the Chief 'M agiitratc, as in try inr times it always fliould be mer,, with an honttt and magnaiiin:ous rcibltition toMuihi the high refponfioility attached by the conltitutiou to tiis ofllce. If, in any chcumftancts any man can be called upon, my look ed to, for the fuggt ttion of a fyttcm of meafurts calculated molt deeply to ctFtci the intcrtft of the community ; if there be any man whufe recommendation could carry weight with it ; it is be, who ha6 been fcLtied by the unuiaffed fuffrage of a free people to preiVJe over its councils. If firmnels vvhen rtouired, is not maniteft ed by him, who tan be expecrd in a crifis of danger, to fhew intrepidity i Btfldes being f?L-cV-d f.om the whole community as the tr.tett perfan to lead in the aF.ir3 of government, he is from the conflitution ot his cftice, the fountain head of correel information ; of information, a very valuable portion of which, however clraily it may indicate the views of foreign powers, can not poiu'dy be communicated to others ; but on which information as well as all other, his judgment miili be farmed. To the Chief MagiP.rate then, we fy, a free natijn 1ns a right t hok ; in periods of embroilment with fjrein powers, for the exprcCun of dcilivr cJ ir.ions, and the iecommmdation of uneq'jivocal meafures.l He. of all i: m livinr, is moll bound to rej -ft ull p-rl.mul or temporifiug contideratif i :, 3. d to c.i iult his own gloiy ty ex c'u.o.t'v rr trj.apr the rublie intcrelU. Vl:t, t'.. vj.'h in dejvr.etate times lie mv ; nr.rt:;r.cb want fupr:i: and loir the pom

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r.cco:Ji to v. i.sch th- n?tiona! judgment i, pronouiitinc on this honeft and pithy p-rfwrmance. Mdliors are joiuiur in fol zih'a cli-jics in ;Uc hwlv frcuic:;i:; ;ha:

the period is arrived which claims frc.m the lrgillativr .uardiaiiS t f the'iiatu dal tights, a system f moie ample prov. lions for tiraiinauung thf m,M .not b few treble paU Iiativrs, or tcn poiiling e xp-diei tv but'a systtm tor niaiutaiiiii-g national rights ; or in other Woids. for n eafurts which we can and will, adhere to tor maintamg cut rigl-ta not to dy or.tontoi towi but permanently - mea lures, one olw hofe tfiential featutc will be ' ftability. ' Nott vg cn be ni ic worthy, of nation whefe dcftinie aie fo ctmnu-ding as thofe xf tlie TJ. States, whicti mult, in a very nioderate compels of time elevate hrrto'au equality in point cf power and numben, with -iy natiori that exifts nothing we f.y can be mote wor thy cf fuch a r.ation,tban to ly the foundations ot her grrati.t fs nd ln-j piiufs fyfienialically agrrrdble to thr piiniples cf juftice, ii ticad'ef act omnod,itii f f I em to the often iniruiteUs or m.fia! t n d fire or policy ot j tivernn ni, ' v. h'l ci.i f rn pli yii. tn; ci tills in trn-pJifg in liVti they Wfie c or.liitutr u to n.U i-?', Alleyts will now re fitd or. thf TLr-pp-jflu;i'e body. The Prt fuient h;-Hct it cu his uty. Me has recommei c ci p litive teps to be takepj and ph dged hrs l)'rty co operation in therrfi:!' cf tl eir uclihrritior.s. Thefr.ftrps tap otdy he coi.lluu;u)i.?.l!y tkrn t y congrrfs Tly require pu rapti el's, kor and wifd n Underi circun ft-ru rs like thefe, all piy auiniofny, peil. iiMl prejudice, or petty am biiion llu uld.be fpurrtd f om mi Cun cils. Not n!y the rights of the ration, but the character of the goven.mriu are involved in thr ifiue. 'J l.c delif erat:on5 ot C' ngiefs ' at this momeMous era' will, pei lups do more to ftamp the character cf genuine rt uhlican ovrrr ir e i tsf than lias betn tW itd 'in ibh r-fpecl fi ce the creation of the world. EittPn-tirp directly fionthe people., ei j-. ing thrii confidence andfiv clibn, tt ey minn tly pttT-ts tlie means of k vindicating h ir rights and advancing their welfare.' Lrt tl.f-m procetd undifmayrd to tlr difcbaige of thofe facrrd duttcST ffured that thr blr flings pf Hraven, and the ?ppl'ufe cf a grateful country willbe their fure reward. Nat, Intel.

From the ( St. Franc isvi lie J Time Peace 1 h. ve been intnrntcU frmn a f une which is ' fcrfpeclable, that 200 Americans have croiTtd the Sabine near Natr htoc ties, and are marching againft Nacagdir hes, a garrifon town of the province of Taxas, noy occupied by Sp.nith troops. It will be remembertd by my readers, that about twelve months ago, th re was fome fevere fighting between the Creoles ot Txas and the op anifh troops "when the latter .fucceeded in crutJiing whu they were pleafe d to call the rebellion. As fr aj I ran now learn a crc Ie otlicer' named M-nfiiac. in th- patriotic c-uf-, car.:t to N tchitottis latrly, lo recruit for x he republican ' fn vice, ci,d fuc-c-t di d in getting 2DO of thr fined rifl-men of cur counts)-, w!io have msrehed in high fpirits. fiodird with the ltve of liberty aud nii.tmg lor glory. Bostov, Nov. 4. TrHerdsy we received l.ifh m p p-s to the 2B'h Sfpt. by the brig Corom-ndcl, tapt. MrtTrrry. ' , We drvnot find in them any letters from the grand armies, nor any intotniution cf any movements therein. 'ihc vcilal acticuts lUte, that ootbir

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