Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 June 1815 — Page 2

dilln, than that wl idi the courts of Common I 'ras i thefe lud no cognizance of 1 ' . vn hcril the punidtintnt cx'.fr ' to 1.1 . !.mb, or HBpriiunmtr.t f.;i ; but the p. t ; i.t C r cuit r- ,vr j i r iidlton over a !! Crimes ' j!' t i whatevir aturr ui 1. , ... peace and government ci the ten - itted within the refpeetive co jui! s lor which tlic courts are Ik id. "nil authority fr great over the i ves and liberties of our fellow men, it becomes us to at with g'eat CtlTumfpe&iofl with no other or-ci, but the riiftrmtftion of impartial juftrce with no other zefcl, but fof the promotion of nue, by tne punilnmtnt c. vice. In the revifed code, page 19. we have ' A i I refpeing criir.es Si pur.tihmeats,' yon will hete h:.d the various crimes and miidemeanofs, moll prevalent in our country enufi erated at 1 droned ; and they de fcvt ur tareful examination. I mult call

ycur p:-rti

: t an to tin; t pi 1 1 ol t mn , A ,,.!,,, f.,

law w t '. h prohi its riots and u

fe nblies, br-Laul's it is fid there Ins been in ' - town lately the :noft Ragra it Violations ot this part rt the criminal cod?. To cor IVrtnte a rictj there mad be leaft three bed ; r ". ! ; and you may pur. in

en scrment tne names

nr.d T now batten from fo unpleasant a fubject. In the revifed code, pflge 99t we have ' An act for the prevention of vice and immorality,' the 7Ji fectacn prohibiting gambling tables, and the llth lection on the !ubjef of duelling, contain indictable offences ; but the oilier iec'tions of this fta tute, prohibiting fuch offences as Souath brf:i k in proline fwearing, &c. point cut a fuinmary m ?de cf proceeding I carr ot tl re Fore advife vou to find bills of rndidiment fof the ccmmiffion of fuch offences, for although fome of thr m may be indictable :if c minon law. vet it hTS always be?n confidered oppreifive to profecute by the more expend te way of indictment, i :re a Mammary !."wie of proceeding is riven bv ttatute irwrver, gentlemen) ;s the h gitlature Intve made it the duty of the court to give you the whole of this act fpee illy in charge, it will he vour doty to examine it, and if there is fa lis factory proof before you. or if you know from your own obtVrvatimr, ot atty perfons who have committed auv of the fa offences within the times lim -

. ci , vou oufnu to m

r nti thereof to the court, and let us Ifnow the names of the witnefiet, that the perfons

fo off nding maybe panifhed at the (tatute

directs. This hw for the prevention ol

vice and immorality, is one that deferves ferrous Sttentiom l'o be lure the greater part of thr offences it contains are gr-iei all- Conudered of an inleiior nature, and I readwv agree they are not of fo black a dye as treafofi or murder ; but we arr dw lys to remember that tery fertotis effects flow I m very ircoi.nciv.i ih!? caufc:. A unglt fpafk oi fire has confun:ed ih'z nrefl ai d moll elgantfy omit cities, and deflroyed in a few moments, the pride and magnificence cf aes. Man is not capable of commit

v y i! car .icei tain tc r v j to the l.me riotoil V henever tl-.-ce or .-:e t - jethet either with a lav intentiotii and make "y prep ir jtion. or ?n.y attr.); lawful ict, with fi rc? r.ud tl 6 pce, and Lo the ter: they are guilty under this of pu itutmefit If it fn n fron tc "v'derce ir three or more perrons la

lawful i . S 4 I 1 J n un inarnfk

atrsfied th

ious cnmes, rj

cai: i: toe indictment char-rs t!:e one or tire tS?o hv name, together with others to '.' 1 rora uftkno r, it wlr be good. It ii of tiie firf) im ortance to the pfofpertty of irty coil itiy, and jMititu' ; 'y to a village tius, and to the welfare and happrnefs of the citizens, that profligate 8c ditordeily rit'iirgs fhouM be prevented as much as p 1 . 1 hey always tend to tht dt(tarb an fthepuhlU tranquilttyi Sc hate fometin i reen productive of very ferrous confer ences t n Its intoxication too a excites nr inflamea the worll ol n 1 it tos, ind riotous theatres fiequently difplay

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b. a nanefs of the confer i tort of t! thr fe officers do their duty, and

t".' d and fupported by the people feldomhear ofrio'i Sc unlawful You, gentlemen ought to exan their conduit If magiltretei litrMi to compl iit; for breaches of you cn brin forward pi ru fttmel them, and thereby let the public government know, with wiiat h"' drfi barge their trulls. If the (her of the conftahles refufe or nee! c

c v uti

fu umoned, refufe or treg.ecl officer in the arrQ ot crimin cr i.; v - fuppreffion of ri;: ,t th m liable to indictment and l ii it evev perton in the cour t impelled to aiil peace oiiicti usf marge of tbetf dutri w queOroned by any one. I idvantstres i i the m. It refiulai

ganited governments ii the peace and grod

der of foctety cannot be prelerved !

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lecomf corrupted in I flow and atmoft imperceptible manner, by indulging in the common and -Ids aggravated icenes of dif

a and depravity the landfman who feels aorcsd mroirir.t; the Wabalh,

y foOO become habituated to the . ter, i! fearlefs of dinger, he havigates the in ind the Mitfiftrppi, and merrily tings i!r h'1 fails ovt-r the boiflerous cc bound ocran ; fo the man w!)o at fi ll flmiiders the ideact intoxication or profane fwear , by frequent indulgence grows familiar h vice, and loon becomes ConfpiCUOUS by

oi his manners and the dt-

Di stressing Int lltgencc ! ! Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Natchez to hi friend in this town, dated May 10th, 1 8 1 5. tk Both banks ol the river from Ohio to this place, and in tact Ironi Louisville, with the exception ol a ft w bluffs, was entirely inunda ted I he great valley ol Tne Miffiftippi from the high lands at this place tothe highlands on Red river(We(l 40 miles vide is now one entire flieet of water. The inhabitants of the low grounds have been driven from th ir plantations they are now encamped on the hills, and many will never return agun. The fu fieri ngs and .the i rffes of the houfeltfs inhabitants will f)e very great many will loole their whole (lock of horle , cattie and hogs, They are able to carry with them in their flight r.r.thiho, but their cloathesand m ilerable furniture ofltheir cabins. 4t The waters of the Miffiffippi are already as high as in the great frefllofl8l3, and V hill riling. Should it continue to rife for 10 or 12 days more, immenfe damages will be done to the fugar eltablifhmcnt below New Orleans itfell is not fafe from the flood great appn henfions are enaertained for its iafet. Should the levee un 1 rtunately give way near to the city above, it muft inevitably be inundated. n

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praviry of his heart. Therefore t!-c only effrdunl wiy to prevent the commiCRon ol enormous crimes, is to check the prog re fs oi vice in the Commencement ot its career. The offences enumerated in this ct for the prevention of vice and immorht, may be conudered the re brands of fociety, and if they are not extirm u i ihed. you mull exoed the raging fumes of difcord and depravity will fpread through t!n country faf and wide. T!ie ineftrmable bleffings of a free and regru!ir government can only be enj n -

narmony anuo.-u oroer are pre-

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sd promoted, fhefe mportance to the r

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o i t very famrlii .

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iu!d be

!y ch'i-s happmefs ny,

pear-ince of dtUention ; polrttied fuavity cf difpafition, r.gilar rn'r? of conduct, give grce and

and profpetttV to the f. enes of dtrmefti

life. In rourts of iuftice the

manners, id moral eleean e

El o;

Whrrt- are the benefits of the moil excel

lent and p-rl-cl laws, il obtdtence to them , p- forced ? In vai:i will peace c ficeti uft thr:r exertiona in prote&i t!ie r rgr hta of thr community) if that4tnmiintry will not afltfl in their protection Thr? lives ami liberties of the people often depend up-n thr power Ol peace t l.icers, in lup-

H " III I' r ! ' 1 1 'US lictliuii . in fix: lit tig trimtnal offrnderta They have a difficult and inpi fital 1-, a dangerous 5c unthankful I - p rl rm. Ti c law ha WtuVly con :tted to r control the p.-'se ComttatUSy the power i f the c unity ilente it is the bound I duty of every perfoa to fly to the alhdancr ot a peice officer when required, : it is the bounden duty of a grand jary to rndtd thofewber refufe or m-glect rhe fummons 1 Goterelf regret the latr occurrences in Vincennea, which have drawn from nae then r left ion i I have touched upon them ia lightl as my Gtuattoa will permit,

jnd necr iTi v c f

to every reneCtins crrd and intricate

cer.ee ar urn

Here the hve-j, h r drvidu Is ate at llal gar and boiflerous infoience, or d cgr td

gati

importance

mtiil be obvious

nd ; here the m fl fi inctpleS ol iunfpiu

nri propei t) ot in

r'.a-n.'v tl ore. brow

g rudene fs, ooe-l t i:tre

never to be indulged. Qu the contrary4, a dignified and atcomplifhed ecu tie of conduct, a p rite and gei tlemanJy d i ortmentt a mode ft and relpeftful attention to the n n i oflcgal proceedings di r fy jnd a dorn every jodicial rOblitliment, and render the drfcharge of i;..,l difttes pleafint and refpecltble So, gentlemen, in the en laiged ai.vl extenhve formation of govern merits the !iap;:inef- aid profperity ot thr F" c "l nevet be fecured, but by a Ihict ad'-ret cr- to the uniform rules t f propriety, to tiie fared principles of jufttee, and to the regular atd Ready habiti of re tig inn ind morality With thefe fentimenrs the court arr anxious that vou mould feel deep

ly imprtfT-d, and we hope tl wPl not be

frashington fKt nj Jum 1 8 1 $. Extract of a Letter dated Chillicot be May 2 1, 1815. 1 arrived .here yefterday, in ten davs from Maiden, niy trip being much prolonged by adverfe w in Is. V hiiR on the Lake, we were overtaken by a ilorm fo violent as to dalh in pieces 2 fchooners and Open boats (one of the fchooners was loll on the B;tls I (lands, the other on .the Sandufky Peninfula) onr boat w as providentially driven into the Maume LJ.iy, and w as immediately got (afe to harbour Whilft in the bay, a fch oner wab drifietl in by the gale I went on board her and learned that fhe was only 4 days from Mackinaw ((he muft h ive left tli it place about the 16th, i dt.) The perfons on board ftate, that die Bntifti iire in readinefstogive tip the port to the Americans ivhen demanded I3ut that Dixon with about soo Indians o as within 4 days March of the ill ind, coming on with adeterminiti m not to furrenderthc Fort uneis compelled by force of arms !

wc owe no debt ofgraitudc to Napoleon. The commercial edicts of the latter had injuriously affected our maritime rights though they ceafed to do Co before his late exile and were not renewed by his fuccetTor. It is alike the interefl and the wilh ol Irce America to enjoy peace and friendly intercourfe with all the world, and to avoid entanglement in the politics of Europe. Nothing but flagrant invation of our rights, fuch as we have heretofore experieced, can drive ; from that pofition. We dell re, from the European powers, only an obfervance rt that re I peel to our rights which is due to the rights

every independent nation. Thi ; respect, let us hope, will be fcru-

puloufly paid by the ruler d France, who has fcen, and in common with the reft of the world, cannot but have duly appn ciated, the virtuous ftruggle of this young nation in deft nee ot its violated rights, which hasjuft fo honorbly terminated. We have then nothing to apprehend from this extraordinay event, ufllefs it be that in the even: of w ar between Britain and France u Inch is probable, our neutral right may be again aflailed, and require the arm ol the nation to bei again firetched out to vindicate them. T'hii is a remote contingency, to which we refer only to deprt cate it. l Upon the whole, it appears to us, that this is one thofe occurences on which our feelings may well be neutral. Had if occured before the termination of the war, every American w ould have rejoiced at it, as weakening the pow er of the nation with w hom we were at war. But, as things arc, we fee noreafou in a national point of view, whatever be cur individual prejudices or partialities, to rejoice, any more th in we do to grieve, at the restoration of Napoleon."

If thi

which 1 dou t

forgotten in your rttiremri .

e c u : i r s

adined to voU are of the tuft importance, St vou bive fworn to perUrra them wi:i..-ut fttoi cr affwaion, or the hope o: reward.

not, we fhall have fome warm work on the upper lakes ere long. There were many Indians on the ul ind when the ve (Tel failed, all oi whom inclined to hostilities. No doubt appears to be eu ertainedin Detroit oi an Indian war this funamer. '1 he National Intelligencer, re. marking on jhe late counter-revolution in France, obferves, We have nothing to hope, nothing to ask, from the favor of any foreign power. France is the fame to us whether ruled by Napoleon or Louis by a ki;i; or an Zimperor. c owed no enmity to Louis;

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WAR DEPARTMENT. Adjutant and Inspector General's Office 2St'n April, ia'i5. GENERAL ORDER. INFORM A riON liaving been r;iven t(l the war department, that many perfoi I bve purthafed from foldters their claims tor L mnty !snda, it is therefore dn mcd proper to ptlblrlh, 3 general caution, .t

toll

0 'A

xtiact 01 :he act of conureisei

tabd "An aJl for defrgrrating, Curve) ing and granting the military bounty land," patTrd M.y 6 th, 13 12, hy which all fairs of military i;u:d brountr s, before ptt-nts from :i:e w ir department have been granted, declared, v;z. "Sc. 2. The fecrettry for J . r r -i

llir uc jii l;;;"! , ( ; var, It)f tne tllTlf .ir-lli r.

man i.om time to time, ihue warrants

the miliary 1 i-id bounties, to per fool enti. ited thereto : Provided altoqp, Thit fuch warrants (hall be ii;u-d only in the names of the perTjiii tl us entitled, ard be by them n their reprr Tentative! applied for within five years att-r the TaiJ perfoni (hall have become entitled thereto; and the Paid war

! rants (ball not be affignahle cr transferable

in any manner whatevef," This provifioD ot this a will he ri.-iJ! adhereo tc, ind the molt carrfnl fcrottrrw h d in every cfe before a warrant will be i (Tried By order of the fecretsry of war, I). PARKER, Ad'u & ins. GcrJ.

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