Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 February 1816 — Page 2

tho ( difcovrred an cv i lent change in hrir countenances which led UK" to fuppnfe there wt rr fomething wrong n cig'ta'ion, and under that itnpre flrn had all the mufkett, ammunition and fmall arms of every dffcription, taken to the Orcetlrtvich, (the fliip 1 lived on board rf from the other !hins,as a n ''f.ity precaution, againfl a furpnze from mji own men. On the rth May, while on board the Stringapatam, on fluty which required my being prefent, a mil tiny took place, in which I was tfrotindeti, and the mutineers fucceeded in getting the Sertngapa tam out ol bay two days alter, while miking the necelfary preparations to depart lor Valpuraifo, we were attacked by the favages, and I have, w ith the deept i regret to inform you, sir, tnirffhipman Wdliam I Liters. John I'homas, Thomas Gtbtis. & William Brud. Jnel ere malVic.red, and Peter C j I hugton M irineJ tlageroufly W(.ui(iv d. After bending the jib air! fpanker, we cut our m orings bud fottuitatelj had a light h eesse thatcarrittl the Hop clear off the bay, tilth 6 catridges remaining, out of the Otilj banc! left ua by the mutineers! After getting out nf the bay, we found our fit nation moll d ftreffmg. In attempting to run the boat up, it broke in two parts, and we were compelled to cut away h orn the bow s the Only ;-nchr not bt ing able to cut It. We mulh red alto rjf fher a fouls, out of which there Was one cripple, one dangeroufly tvounded, one lick, one j till recov ering from the fctirty, and niyfclf Confined to the bed with a high lever, product c! by my wound. In that (l ite, deflitute ol charts, and almoft of evrr means of navigi'ing the lliip I reached the Sand Ivich Ifland, after a paffage of ir das, and Rlffered much ironi fatigue and hardlhips. I was there Unfortunately captured by the Kti ghih fhip Cherub remained a prifoner on board of her 7 months ; during which time my men were treated in a moll lharneful manner "We were then put on Ihore at Km df Janeiro, without the puflibility of getting away until after hearing of peace I then by the advice of the phyftctan who attended me, embarked on board a Swedifh fhip bound to Havre de Grace v til -re bi ing no other means f m y getting iu ay at that timej leading be hi lid aMivr midihipman CLi n and five men, having It .11 onefoon after my ariival in that pL.ce, with ftuall P x. On the l(l iml l it. 47 N long. 18 W. weRII in with the American fhtp Oil her i ilsworth from H me bonnd to this port. I took a pillage on board ot In r. and arrived here I ilays 1'mce, after being upwards ol i 00 da s at lea, 1 am itprefent unable to travel, and 111 ,1 therefore await either your ordc rs, or the orders of the comtn and ant of the marine corps at this place I have the honor to remain, with the highett respeel and tRetni, sir, your obedient U r jm JOHN M. GAMBLE,

pofits fmce the fulpeniiou of fpecte payments. We hope this is the daybreak of another golden ae. The houfe of the Virginia Bank at Richmond, was lately diftratned bv the IhtnfF of Henrico county at the fuit of a Mr. Fifher, for 1,000 dollars in fpecte : The key Was turned by the Iheriff, and the B :ik locked up for one day ; but it was opened the fucceedingone by Tome unknown inanouvre. The officer returned the dillraint upon the houfe, and there the matter relied. Volcano at Java. A letter from the Ifland of Java, dated the 20th of May laft fays A lew da s fince a dreadful volcanic eruption took place in the 11! md ol Saunbatoa to the eaftwarcl which has been attended with the mqft deftruclive conkquenc.es. At Socrabaya the atmosphere was in entire darknefs for 2 days, fo as tgive the appearance of midnight At this place, which is at a eonliderable diftance, the allies discharged from the crater, fell In heaps, 'I he noile produced from this awful vifitation is beyond clefcription, and caufed a fenfation among the inhabitants peculiarly affl cU ng. The fea role 6 feet above its ordinary level, almoft instantaneously! caufmg the tkftructiou of many lives and vefiels. In Ihort the damage fustained has been excejseingiy great, and many who were in affluence before this dreadful catastrophe took place, are reduced to the greateil diiUeiT. An Extraordinary Gazette of Mexico, of the 9th November, gives an official (latement of the dt feat and c;pmre of the Patriot chieftain, Morelas, on the 4th of that month Two pieces ol cannon many mufkets and fabres, and all h?s bootj and equipage, fell into the hands ol the royal ills, together with a con fide r able number of prilbiu rs.

The Java, Com. Perry, has failed from New-York. She is tqJ)e joined by the Macedonian, jsii will proceed to the Mediterranean to relieve Com. Shaw. The u. States and Conllellation w ill return home. Com Chuuncy has received orders to have his fhip, Walhingtnn 74 in readinefs for immediate fervice.

Tor the WESTERN SUN. farmers Sr Patriots Rights AO. IV. Mr. Stout, IF ur.f Tt-inatrtv I .ic fo tike fome folks ?$ to be unable to mfiojft. yet ii afltne nV t- !l.w attifeens I h.ye too rrU(-lt prtf, a;)d am too ittUth Uftltke luch Folk? fitii-r Id vritr or lorik or tiic lu tfl of lius prod on o ion lot ttlV oton purpOR. li there be s lilly knttt, or n honeltWnta who ill t v thu irv wtiting on thje; ifj can hte bo good tfT-vt, th .t jt wrifT roufe fettters on thr puttie land to oppoOtioti, t!t !t m y tatiff thm rc illy to imagtfit tl.ty h vr a r:yht to continue on it fo lonff as they ptefi I will rrply to f'uch Muff, that hither 1 lnvr ability to Pftpofc tttOt fo it to product I nifutary rf ct. it docs hot hnoinr wt to 1 y hut tl is I wll tfrrt. th4t fin h mrn s IVfl- tt qtury i:itor!'r jotticc or polic y of public mp-lurrs. hv itl ttnWOtthy infinoationi aairft the ni.it. v f rt quirt r . ,lh-uld b u wed hf

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prd I i blind s to nay implicit ob editor t ) an illral m"dtc, or that they 3t fo unrcaf o a' !v 1l j' h.un, as to virw nu ton drttHMtton t rt an a r;.fon for claiming t! it a? a right which is o l n tolerated pwivikgti I hop, a lihrl spoti their good fi it trft mi!v t BpOH ny ohrioo1 in. tcnuoui The riier of 11 Fartuets U Fa.

triois Hight),, fcorns thr nin who entcrtunj frtuiments which he tears to exprrfs, and none luch will he evrr imitate. He aims at neither tmr nor office, he is a (Iranj;rr to knavifli luiilr rviency, and kil fola Sc only ohj'-c! is the public jjood he fttwaVI hiS ind always fli.ll inruleatc oppn(ition in a legil way, to inch Bieafurtt as he views to be unjoO or improper, and the man who v.iU not do f, is tna fuend to our goyerrmer.t thr man v ho will not do fo, Ihnuld be lom: Cringing, pliable mendicant, l-'k-in.r the tvor of men who may help him to office. I will contend, that the durability ff our government n.uft il-prntl u;on its purity, and tlir man who does not irck to preferve It p jre, the man vvt o wtiuld (lifle enquiry into the correclttefa of eXecutiTC ac.s, is, and always mud uc an enemy to liberty and truth. Tbefe (T y s hve been written for no other purpofe than the pro pagation of truth, and ii I have errrd, I will willingly kifs the rod of crrrrion--but while 1 can confine myfelf within fuv li bounds a will enable me to rxprrfs what I think, I will nrtrr give Op the rijr'tt. So much fortht now for the hnpoltcy of this proclamation 1 have already fhewr J that the law of I 807, cannot be fairly conftrorJ but to ap-p-v tofuihtmds of !nnd in this terrttnrv, as were po(T flVd by the state of Virginia, and by her ceded to the U. btates that inafmuch as that law has 1 id inactive for nine years, and been knowingly violatrd, (if it can by any fatted contt-u&ion apply to the land purchfed of Indians) with the tacit fanAion f the prefident, and the vowrd fancSlion of both huies of ccngreff, intntly with his, it is ui jo't to bring it now to 11 the Hi king p int," and th-t too, with out Irgal nooce. I would keep thefe pointi in viv-w, and u,)ti'e the u.hority thr preflclrot couveys to his m-r(h Is, to call on fo h part of the army of thr U. States as tiny m-'y deem reqnifite to carry this protlama tion info etfVct t the point of thr bayonet, and I apprehend it will be no difficult t .fk afterwards, to fatisfy all ood titiiirns that it is, w!nt I have declared it to be. I rnuft however rkonwlr-de there was a time, when the prefident might in purity Sc good faith, invited rnnpr- fs to encl a law giving him power by proclamation over all public land !u-h power as I contend he new af-fumes-And if he had done fo before any pre empfton tightr were allowed, he inibt have exerciirdh.i.i authority I Will rfdmitia fome cnl' s, benefit ially. At thai pn iod it V.'oulJ have produced little injury to the public, and no mif-ry to individuals but Unfortunately at that time the M popular favor of thr Wcfl" had to be rourtrd a'ul fecurrd, and he would not hve rxrrr.frd fuch arMhooty had he been invrnrd with it he now thinks thr popular f-vor of the Wdl my bedifpenfed with, and 1 truft the people in the cJrar exercf- of their judgment, will torred the delufion If thry do not of what avail is the pud- and pie, fure with which every genuine American boafts ol the noh-r deeds and achirvrmrnts of our eotfntrymen of wht avail is the heartfelt joy w dilVovr at the immediate mfliirnce o a Divinr mterpnfition guiding thole nuble dreds and achievements to the haver; of prjee and independence t u.;h I am willing to bov.- to h'nn who can renounce what he has publicly taught, whrn eonviclrd of his error although I a-n wdiinn to applafid to admiration, ti e oagnanim;ty of him who embraces troth, though with the facrifice of favorite opinions vet of what avail is all this, when there is nothing hoi veerine and changing when under the we a line ft ard human frailties of men in office, a proclar" ation is ifiued, that muft i it3 execvition, enibito-r tiie happtftafs of a gret number f our ct tizns ? A wife prehYrnt of t? e V Stttea fhould b :-en -lv carrfol to adept his policy to tlreTWfitut if-n and laws, and in acting von H.Iat'jl'i y 10 uritr or lp- k s become! hit ftatiib If Mr, Madifon does fo in this proclamation, what is hil intention ? Mr calis upon thr regular troops tan he berreae that Welldifpofed citizens hn hie on the public land, not bee uir ihrf have fty exclufive riubt, but beraufe tf ey think themfelvei legally privileged, until there be in eitpreft l.w giving the ptrfident power by prnt tarnation to the con t f ao c ill he be tie at I I v. that Inch fettteri will rrquira a fo Idiers fword t be drawn againfl the m--a lwvsid whirh was only intended to he drawn ac;aiuft the enemies of cur country a foldiera fword which hen drenched to the hill in iht blood i. t an errp y returns t'- us fcabbard in trtmfon glora hot if drawn againfl a triend who n: v h-e heretofore faught the fame bat'r?. (h .red in the fame dantr, would it not be p.lOed y f.rrow aud rep-ret for the Unfortunate, who are made into rnrn ies, but rev.-, intentionfelly hcame fo Can Mr. Mdif.n wifl to a now that be o rz in powrr. on the pcrr.icicua principle wlutL he avowed bclwxe

be or hit party acquired it. He fpke agan ft landing atmirs, be created a jeaioufy ot them in the mind of the people, and as he is cornmandrr in chif-t, and has authored them to ory whit 1 contend, an illegal mandate into execution, well know m. they mull obey if ordered, can he dc fire to perpetuate that jeah uf)' ? Can he d really to fhew cuf tor it. whenevery mi'ti knows tht our brvr and intrepid regnfaf troop? hjve even under bis own admir.dtr. lion rff fed the f lira tion of our country It is a qucltmn fufceptible of proof h.-w far the publu land has been benefitted by 1 c 1 1 1 e r s and how fr thofe fe tilers have treip-ifTrd any known Uw by thus enrfchiftJf the public 1 wilt not p-etn d to decide, if what I have aire ad) faid, aid vsht 1 ma be tempted hereafter to fry, will nbt be viewed as a dectfion. But 1 will contend it is ii juring the territory, uid counter adV ing the public gocd to f'liS-rh thofr men at the prefent time. It is injuring the trriry by weakening our frontier, and bani(li probably out of it, a great prt of is m ai.ive and ready drfrnie. it is Counteracting public good, bv producing prjvafe n jf. ery, and cuttinn- off half the men3 of our future greatnefs I would hail it : a bJtA ling if it had 194 othr tjfett than to prevent our going into a ffte gorernment for at leall two yeas :o come. I might if tht proclamation were in be put into f ff tt here, and our citizens who are unablr ret purchafe at this moment, be driven off. tbmlc that the prefident, oware of the ambitiolll views of our bttfy and hlunderirg legislature in deliring a ftatr government, has - f. funv d a power he doe? hot legally po(T fs, to counteract this I ut of two evils we muO choof- the lef H, wr'll keep our citizens lead they n iht not ag'm return to B, U. ourselves correal the folly of our own lr. gifiarurc. This legiflatu-e in every ai either of their own or the general cjovein mrnt, tht eff r5s us, muU not be foigoU ten. The prefident' conduct by this proclamtion, brmus th-ir remembrance ) r'5 to every nartnber ci this Comninnity. Tbey wefe at w-r with all authoriiv but thrir own, and feldom omitted an op or'ui vjjfe abufe that they got into a ivr-urdv p-'fjioxi with rur fuprr mr Judges hecaufe theytl cUrrd as they ought, and as thr-ir duty dire, d them, th-t a certain a of the feg i 'ure Was unconHitution. I infoHerant of this t'bntffttft, they then f.-ddird yh- territory with the exprnfe of a hatch of locket of thfir own making, and afterwards, ?s if determined tn delude the people, or to ruin them, they chartered two hanks, either of which may iiT;i- more paper than all ihe active rapa. 1 n w in the territory will amount to ! rns our prrfident ch-als in Cauung prorltn ation FsW, & our legiilatarft in cauung paper monej. 'f'hey're ra;T,j . fhere rap? and if fhr proclamation of the one, r the paper of the otl-rr can obtain credit, xh- fiill will raufr jnftice, as rertsrtn as 'he other will caufe fih r. f o be a; Ccxrcti a what is not I might f y fnow in fummer, or fw allows tn wintrr, or fiffr orher thtnei tht Cannot he reeon.iled The lart legiflatore hat petitioned congreft to admit ti is territory lis n Oate into the Union, contrary to the ilmofl unnimoftt will, h Opinion ol the p-ople in this neiph. burhood. In jufVification rt tl is me-i"oe "hry have blinded the peopbs eyes by picturing advantages they wi!! have, as I) trt whirh as a territory they cannot enjoy. 1 But if thefr men realty know, they forgr to tell the p' "td-, that for fome years 'to come they will not be in a Hate to benefit by theft advantages, and whatever fprrul f.vprS be grantee, they will not ItfiVn tftfft burthen of the peoples taxe?, but by ft relation, be applicable ot ify 'tis believer! tr certain oh yt ii thi legiflature ifiilead ctf fending forward such prtitin, h A drawn irp one drhring corprel's to pior ioit by law, all ignoratlt ard evil dizposrd pe C ns from the i ftnndenrt r f the prefent, or r y Ftlttle prefidtftt of the U. States, and coor ludf c! by beo-pipr Qf (he m to rar. permption rights, or rights (f occuparcy. to our intelligent aid well difpofrd fttln?, thy WOO Id have Ol ne their duty, and rr"ri. ten the pra fe, at they now do the cenfure of, Farmers Patriots Righ s. FOR '1 HE WfcS'l I KN SUN. MR. STOUT. ITS an old f ylnflf, ihfef Touch a palled borfr. and he vs. 1 1 1 w ince,' cr.fOften tty try trine "e ol the fcttWrs upon the public laid, it 0U ht pot to be tbot' preft ti n in me 10 1 y a fr w Woids ref peeling the pteiktent'i protlamatifta of the IStti af Den mher lafl. In even mac hint here is a moving canfe, and in evrry public me a fure there f),. uM be a penpelling reaftwi-. u hal then I ,fk. could be the cause or reason ex-fting in th- nind or hr-aft i t ti e pn fident, (fr.r it can't be collcrShd irtm Lc protlaBiation, unlcfs wt