Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 December 1811 — Page 1

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THE WESTERN SUN

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VOL. IV. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1811.

NO. 13.

THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at Two DOLLARS per annum, paid in advance or an attested NOTE, payable at the end of the year for Two Dollars & Fifty Cents, NO Subscription will be received for less term than one year—and will not be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. WHERE papers are sent by Post, the person subscribing must pay the postage. arf d VKRTlsMENTS of no more length than breadth will be inserttd three times for One Dollar, and TwEnty-Five CENTS, for every after insertion. TO avoid unpleasant disputes, it is requested of Advertising customers that they particularly specify the number of times their Advei tisemtnfs are to be continued.— Those sent without such

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and must be paid for accordingly. ALL Letters addressed to the Editor must be Post paid or they will not be taken out of the office. To the Citizens of Indiana. FELLOW CITIZENS, THE Legislature of theTerritory having terminated their present year's session, by prorogation of His Excellency the Govcritor, I-avail myi-lf oi t!ic cirfr c-.rly otcafionof giving you the general outlines of thtjr proceedings. From' the Reports of the Territorial Auditor ard'Treauu rr, ir jpeais that . thc commencement of ti .c efmt irtWou, ;! re Was upwards of three c:'.; lars n the FreafUry And the Auwitor iiat-s, tout if unexpected defalcations do not happen in thr revenur due the tenitory from the icmn ties cf Randolph "ud Sr. Clair, Illinois 'Itritoiy, that r fi,!i he m a litkstion, at the comnJcnCwiurr t ia ih? c -Tuii.g y'', ti meet all our demi. df. IMying upon this Report as fad ; and hr-irvn tlMt mvernmrnt fliould in all if.-s, .if with a irtnch juOifr towards its (itizms is dticud prucliffd between indiuJu'-ls ; 1. 3 Iivr been p.HYd lnnuirr: ti$e ces cf dr. Pi 'ad. agVu.fl tlc territory, orry inifrcft. T hr ptr'-pn.itiMi vhuh was i; tde fnmc years (iiMr, of lwo hnmirrtl (lollis, tor the purpclr of pur h fin a Cli.-ft ; and the ore m-jdc at Nit lilhon, of one hundred ard fifty dollar1, to ni; !r thr prtir;it All c2itr tc place the h.ok? rf the onice i4. proper order, have hern tiantfrirrd to thc rjeneial fund. From the preptir'v r f the Iva hich Vrre paffed at the I !; f n upon the U:bjrtl of the prmtcMt hat t ;rrivn ini' nt, it wr.s hoped tint tl fulj-c'. uM.hi ir(l until it Wis rfcrrtair.' : ulr .r,.r 1 ,,fcould he carrifd intotfTrrt or i f t. a.rl n ,t t!ut each fncfflTtvr Oilier IU t;)u .c mtltd aw9y in debates that one tXti're of tin territory was enliihd to precept j iy f an ether I But calculation? r,f tl . k rd rmuils v rf ctu nature, ?n'i ih t r ir prenr to in H'dinefs ; tr tltir'iu: tl'!s f- ! fbn : " a fhuie vvs nt lrft iinfurn- t III ery i ir,ht in ul it!, thc lnl rtt coi'h' -f ' '

)v br vi'Wr l by two M oilrr w ? ed. Hut thr n.?nv -J : m'".i? at!ri;tp!it

xctnrvr it to ?.i u k -i . - . a hi t- ri ... cr thc ether oi ;he liov.f-.:, or before thr

r II. if'

Executive ; for faid he u remove it to a more ccntrick fcite, and 4t ihall rneet my molt hcAity appiobation." However, 1 am thus fraiik, and it does me pleafure to declare, -hat the Member from Jefferfon, by his ingenuity and addreis upon this fobjrei difciiargrd every obligation orduty he couhi pciitb!y owe his immediate Conilituents, thu although he failed, that failure is not to be afcribed to the want of Uiduilry on his p'irt.To avaid as much as pralicable the txinj of i;:uu(tiy,it was deemed advifci-

olc to adopt the mode ot rating iu plate t vilumg Uiids, and a law was palled toclA etiVct. v

Complaints txiiYing agintl the Sheriff acting as ' County Treasurers, laws have been piifed directing the courts of comnion pleas to appoint Treafurers. And 'nut withilanding the odioufnei's of capitation taxs, yet, m ord-r to extend, under the Aci of Congrefs, ihu invaluable privilege the right uf luffrdgt" to s many oTour citiiiens as polliole, a tax oi fifty tents is h id on finale ntu who do not poffcfs taxatiit nront-rtv.

It being confidfred as a correct princip-

pie in rtpuo ics, that 'every, citizen who contributes to th- fupport of government llioulvl be fafToi ded the opportunity of fervu) his country in that way which his talnts quihfKjs him for, a law was passed

m -kn;j a voter eligible to oHice. I vas luppofed tlut benefits would fu't from a change of the eUdioiTluCj

yr.'J nuoer tut coiUHJeration mat if altrr:tini -fii.Miul nnt roiiiride with the wilsh-

es of a majority of our citizens, that an a-

mendment nnght ne made at tl.e nfM session ; acts have been piit.d direlit)g that -1Cioiid HiuU be ccnuuc'.td i;y b4ht in plae of ;rj vore And that the "Delegate to Conrcfs 11 1 1 he elected in Aug. next, the t;r.c of elrfting reprefentatives. 'i'o avoid rmliicy, 1 v lit not trouble you with iny rer,fo:.s tcr the hiliowing isolations. '1 he ioveral Courts of Common iJicsarc au;hcrifed to grant writs of Habeas Corpus and Certiorari. Tluy may rxtru.i the Tirifjn i our .ds f then federal

fninitirs. "1 "tr- Qiall hwid but there in

place i t fix Icliio: a year. Public roads

which in iy hre-ftrr be cpened, Ihall not fVertd thirty thre feet in width And asUf ts iVrm 6 to 5. yrrs of age are to wo. therein. T.w ry F-r. ) man is bound to dig ai. d m.'ke good the hanks of the rivrr.hef he keep hi ferry. l'he benefits of the Replevy lw is not to extend to the CollledloTS of the puh'ic reenue. A neifoti indictrd my plead juitification grnt-r.-liy. or he m y plraj !p rvdiy. '1 he ex-mr'ion of th fntirty of Frier!s cs!!ed rk ; C.,., r- t !mv rfi?' hv Ac

ti7U( f fhon, w-is a: this rep-..led. And thry as aifo tMe Shakers ir. y rjai-.t their tnnfcirr.ces time or'prare ly v,n payment of a certain fum r l ihor. Thr 1 :w for the tiial of Itnall caulVs if io hr altered as to au-

Jsorii- the nvagiHrate o hate iummrMirf! a jry of fi:ir.en. The Arbitration law is also

altered fo tc ?u:!onie the ct.-urt to which -he award may he returned, to let it aside iio-'i almtit any gr.und 1 Tl e lav.-s of the 'Vnrn arr to hr printrd under t!ie inspec--f, ar: i dihnl -.utrd y the Auditor. I hac uere yZ !vr, A as dissolving rr.rr j-i;:e 5 itul a! in a nunhrr f acts and !m t i fftf Jjtions -:frdini iriirt to individt; ! iTicrrs ff thr ternary, (T services l eered : which arc too complicated and Mr. M Farland.

lengthy to be noting by me at this time, nor is it neceffary as they will ere long appar in the code. . . The two Houfes petitioned Congrefs, by Memorial, make a donation ot Unit to the officers and privates of the late army under the commaudof Governor Harriion ; efpecially to the widows and chiloren ol thofc who'ftll in the battle near the Tip picauoe on the 7th ult What eftedt petitions of this kind, notv ithltanflTng they arc of the moll phiUnthiopic call, vill have with Congrefs, is yet in the womb of time. ' Another memorial wat entered into ly the two Houfes, praying , Congrefs to admit the Territory as a Fiee arid independent State into the TJnion. The economical adntagcs which the general government will derive from this raeafuic, induces me to hazard the belief that it will be acceded to. A third memorial, on the part of thetwo Houfes, was forwarded to Congieis, pr-iying.for the page of a law authorilin; our citizens to eic& Sheriffs. This rrruelt will be a thing of fuch minor confiutratibn with Congrefs, that 1 have no dorsbt it will be granted? u rf Corfidering the t dents, valor, ?ndeqmnimity of Gcver.ir r Hrrid n, the Hoilfc

of Representatives petitioned the President

and the Senate of the United States, to

continue him in office. In thus acting, I

feel not the Ieast hesitation in believing and declaring, that our conduct will meet your most hearty and entire approbation; for 'al-t hough he has enemy's they are ft-w, vtiy few in ccrparifon to car w!:ole population. In my addrefs to you Fellow Citizens, of May laft, I obferved that a fpet ial fef Hon cf your legiflature would, for lome urgent purpofe be convened in July, it was however deemed by our Executive, that a fcfiion at that time would interfere with the Military arrangements then on foat, for; thc defence of our country ; and that the pnrpofe for which it hd been contemplated to -afiYmble your Repp. fentatief, could better be pofiponed to the fll IVthon than that our fafely Ihould be neglected. Fellow Citizens ! upwards of fifteen years have I preirded among you ; and for live years have I toiled as your Reprefent c-ive during which time, in thc humble walk of private life, ar.d in the honorable ttation of your Representative, I have been a confunt fuppoiter of my own and thr rights of my fellow citizens "ind have pi j due refneft to our cotiQituted a-ith-.rity.

If 1 have at any time erred, (as friability

is il.z lot of our nature) I hope you w

impute tlut error to the heed a

the hrart. I ihll always bear in

cmful.ivip'j refielion t zt if I have done

all the gor.H in my power, and as little hum as pOlhle." Although 1 now retire from thr Hj2-e of rr.hlir aCl;on, 1 Hull al wa)- hald my fr I fin rrdinefs to attend my country's call in the difthmre "f ariy duty v hirh my fellow citizrns of Ii.Liana may thirk proper to honor mr with. Fellow Citizens of the county cf Krr, Fhc-d, as you are, at thc thrtfhold cf the feat of lepiC itinn, it becomes unnereiTarvi for me to drftrihe minutely the lacal ar rani'ements made with regard to vour roun. tv, for fi as (Iirecit.p' vour ccur! of Cov.nnm ri-a to ilhnv certain clain.s, Sec. Hut as ti e for tV? divifion of th- cnirnty, e -ri.ru a Co hdrri!,!- dfree of warmth io hrth I !"tifc;, and ws repu.bited i y thr

the divifion line ; myfrlf with your coun fellors and one other ot' your rrp:t f-utativs -concrived it our duty, nd dd protelt to the Governor againfl the a"l. in tot'lequetice whereof, and other cacfes, the Governor rejected it. Yu, F how4 citizens, being my immediue ronllituents, I inform in particular, it is with no fmall regret, but conscious rcctjiude that I have refigned my feat as jour Rprrfmttive ; and have been honoied by bis .Excellent y Governor H-rriioti with the ctHie of Attorney General of the territory, and prole cuting attortity fryour iourt. It thence becomes nrctfiary for you to make choice rf fomr other perfm. . In taking my leave of you, for the pjcfrnt, 1 Ihall remark, barely that rs you i. jvc ever xreii'-',c d the litmoft exertions of ray feeble talent, yutl ftill have my good wilhes. I ihlltry with me to the grave; the ple-Tir.ir enniid eration of having deserved so well of yi as to have been continued upwards cf Five ypars in the honcrablr Oation of your Reprefentative. Seufibilicy, and every fr linij

u jiamuu initios nvriy n ny rril.rm brance y-ur cpnfiit-hce on the one haiid and my acknowledgments on the ntrr. GENl W.JOHNSTON , Esperance, Dec. 20, 1811.

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irj-oiu:y e you w O ird not x utind th

FOREIGN ' Boston, Nor. 22. From forturra!,- A L ib ;n ppr has been received m Sii m, contain I g iilp a lies from Lord V i llingtefi as late 5 the 2Pth of Sept. an aLftract of which follows: By the Irtterof Lord Wellington dated at his head quarters at Oo .Nzi $, onhe 29th September, we learn that the'Kighili liad an acYion with the Frt mh or the 2Alll -ind 27th of September His I.oic'lhrp orciVuts that the huglilk behaved with frreat bravery, and he is part Culr in the piaifc of many of his ofTi ersi He fys thatithe enemy having united tfirir forces to relieve Rodrige,and ha i:g becn.Angly frinhirced by troops f in Sp-rin, which hd tf-mc from the army of Naples,, i-d their wli.Je army amounting to 50.000 rrm. r f whom 6000 were of ti e cavalry with 125 pieces of carmen, he cnu!d riot prrt'md tv lira rdrfk drof Rodrigo. and tliTrft rr not being juHifird in the rifrpje for fu h an obj. !fe he had adopted the plan of his greatn fccurity. He then exhibits an account of the event of the two actions of iiodon and Aldea da Ponte, Lord Wellington. fays, in thr action of the 25th September or thr heights rf Bj. don, beHdes the Portwguefe, total lofs, 1 Lt. Col. 5 captain;, 1 li-uteuant 1 quarter imftrr ofhorfe, 12 ferpeants ; 3 drummers, 239 f.blier3, 87 horfrmrn kilhd, wounded and milling, in thc neighborhood of Rod-

rigo.

Alda da 1'nte

In the nclion of thr 37th September, totil of EngliOijTofs, 1 mtjor, 5 rpt ,i-.- 1 liu t. 2 fergenrs, I drummer, 86 l Idiers, 25 horfenien. killed and wounded. On thr 2'Jth, the Ertglifb w-rr at Scuto, abut a lea.ru from the place they cccupi ed on thc 27th towards Lifbon. Later,: from Li hn. YrfWday arrivrd herr :hr ihin Tartar Capt. St ott. irr 2l J jf'Tj f !". GpU Sott favpi'd u with ? fi ''r f tbc L'Pjca Druy, to the Uith of OMaher. Cnt. .Sect: ffi tliit the Frcrch in

river, becaufc cf Wh.tc ;.-.cr bcirt; r.aJc. Hcdriro were ict:: forced nude a for tie

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