Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 February 1816 — Page 2

permanent lite cric of the Navy. I do th n i re nith confidence recommend -n uii increafc of cnr n y, of it ihip t the rate lI 7 1 g i)s ; twn I; i$a.es of the flrft Cl fs talCt) tt 44 RtluS ; hikI two fl !-p of war. hiCft ran be built w i'.i furpiufT'ge of f n ilier timber and with a ;;.cat laving ja that material.'

Paris (Kj.) Jivrwr, 3. SALT WATER lias lateb !n foun t by ihgintrg, on iltr watt rs of Sla?c, 3 mi't s from Mountfterlihg the Hrongrft ever known iti the Weftern Countrs. it sU that Salt put into it will not thlbtve, & lhat between 40 and 50 gallons of the water will make a bulhel of Salt. We have obtained this information from resoeclable authority, and believe it robe Correal I ? this water Ihoukl crmtimic as ftronss as at pr fent, hi la e a hull drtce, it will be f ttrr t impr tame to this pirt ol the country. Western Citiat n IKI.AVO NA IGATION. A rwble effort It is with a

esra l k 'line. I ird ri ng on

S the Norio k Sea-

rd ttie

tnrhuhafm, (I Con. I) : 1 6 f cl that i ell b ok for op nirt the w 1 ht fi ' li Ki

1 j

1 ly f wer

7- 000 HtVl 1

D re mtrnt n a 11 ; Sti ha pit F e; wiuv i rf to e t , I t i's (,.,!, iVtlll Mi IV i

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t luotcrtptton c mat to uUoanoke with w 1 re r)pened at

2 o'clock, fitofi rioetl ; ' to 100,000 prise alone ke orf Ik men friends n f f R t un

til tht Ktt at w ik is COtilDlctcd. 7? .n of 1 fi rclat 1 ns o it V kin. 1 fotir Mr. !.; , and a Kir, Do.hr K ho a few y tr aqo, were mn:h f n in the U St.urs, and are fttppnfefl to he naive AtnertCrthS Will rive information Where they may he found t'ic informer lhail be handfomefv rewarded on application t the treafti ry department at VVallihntron, or to the fottV new hanks in IVnnfylvania : and a proporti Miohle reward will hegivt i! for Mr. K.agle's fn. Flair K de, and Mr. Dollar's fonHalffl liar, anv of his Pfrand children Quarter OoltafS or any of his relations P ipers innumerable have ifTued llnce their dtfap peafanoe, hut all in vain, as thev ?re believed by many to have l ft the U. Stans ; bur from their known attachment .0 indu'ly and fteady habits, others fhrcwdh inspeel t' u th y lie hid Pome where indie Neiy Killed i ites waiting lor more tavrirnble times before In K dare m ife their apoearance, 2" ,?v v have re ifou tofn p fr ' v rWi! ' he nvft nfv taken. 11 ! our

d: ipne irai ff !Tr O-

VUe fn

den

v r part

in trea fi nil p ilittcal

rT S Gnette. For ttie WB PEAN SI X. lr:ncr & Patriots Righte IT v si Hy :tit'itinn in I nil Wcttc! rpr In N v r r.X'M Hi d ' 1 . 1 ,vv i" C"ivUs. i-- impolicy of th lt wii in iti on. nd :r. th ppv-r of thr k M;tui to h ve brr?c'rd rtto th ttolt ti'1 J tt ' finifl d my re'nrtrt. B.)t kft tht 0ttioi of a nirce in vour hit hnrd 1 6 r.' 0 fi n Mi latetftrf ihci think 1 ttnlld hot fc.vr dne the fahj& -.mpl- juOicr, ft) u1 mn( f nm thf i r rnrin hr givrs. Ittl mucli m re t'ti 1 pr s. it i-ccne-s mt How, kite r a f-w genera) reaikl to l?itf th- funj-ft in his hind to do with .s rr y be IP .ft pletHng to himt. !r. Woutd not ho tvr kf himimigtne J tn tittter chttttiltl or Hirptrrrc'. lor I rrv-.Mrj (Upfrint knovtL"t I r to my n iV ttimetiH n frriirt to e.L,r- r,y drciJ-;'. ilii,r. prclktnn wi h;i conjcauiei. lid a wouU

be a fourcc ot Uli feigned regret if my writing tud in any manner procucrd thfin. If I have, afting on the crrd anJ independent fpirit of my firfl drtUration, that M m the cauie cf the people, individual fre!i(.gs l"hiuld ilways be huord, " either flattered power, palliated wrong, or lcierr.td error, I am truly fotry tor it but if I have not, if I have endcavoied not to lote thr glo y of the race for the apple of fc'0'!i' 1 cannot c !ovrr how this Settier v. ill reconcile Ins fjlngium upon my opinion a, with thole which he has expitiTcd. i will not however, be ihiuht fo faftidi ui us to rir. the compli.nent he h s bcflnvvd upon me, though I muO fay 'tis rthr lavifh ; nor will I difpute the good difpoGtion towards me whkh it maniiclls but I will des i rr, si I do bflrve, lhat thepeifons mentioned and alluded to ill that piece, are m my npinion, entifly undeiervii g the cenfurt which it contins. Mr. Jennings is t the pre fent moment difi harging his duiesas tile peoples rrpreft ntttivr, and fuch of his particoUi frieoda hrre aa I intimate with are pure, i;iepbl of fu h condaft, and (h uld be uufufpfted. My fellow citisens will, I hopi-, A unt none but (ut h as defe ive i1. neither our rep rft nttive nor his friends With whom I am intimately acquainted, can be brot' in for even a panicle the fr.urce from whence the proclamation fprung I hve heretofore pointed to, the law do;3 not attthorife the president to ifiue a proc ! troation fo unqualified, and 'lis at his door the blame Otould refl. When I commenced thrfe erquiries and remarkSf 1 aware that I ccuid neither controul the winds nor impede tie torrent I"u h infatuation was rt lerved for the inordinate ambition of Perli-n e xtravag5ner ; but I vmJ Relieve, and yet do, that I might tttlsfy all rational men of the ii jnjbre, ingratltue and impoluy ot this prulimrion And -s our lot con erns, particularly at the prefeut junftme n erit attention, I did believe, md yt do that with a rondemnation of fuch atfs of mr own legifla ture as aic un w holefome , 1 muUi demoniVte the t,u I unworthintls o the rricn wiio now gnid the deltini! cl ttie United St trs 1 did think, nd frt do, that it is poflible ta do this without giving any man jult caul' of offrnte, or injuriHg in the d rhtrft degree, ay publit ch,rwder amoneft us. o indrrd uy haraclr wlio can f-.l n difintereftcd TrHrd tor tb happtnt fa of this tottntry 1 did think, and yet do, tint 1 could picture Vtrttte fo that every good mm might fre his merit was ohfrrved, and eKpofe and condemn folly and injiillice, fo that their impropriety and iniquity would be by ack nj If dged, I did intend to make 'thf galled j-de wince," hut I was not aware my iVmiments and intention! couKt be pervettedi 1 never hvr, not ever did I intend, to blame or Lenfure without

caufe, but ( hid rrfotved to do, and hive

done both, where 1 thought the) vv jultly

merited. Were it not lor 'A Sr would in tl lis p p r (hw. th

b-fr a id totti n a diet

with fur.h deadly oU Umnia lion would infii t il canted into f u 'trnr Thefe wefe tny tntentijns, md 1 imdury that i tattfe t m m'up rabie, lliould lv w di rt me to 0 p fboft o my object, i i tJ RitU, if n become necriT, y. f rl myfetf hound to Ippeaf un in fuppO't tt 11 I hve heretofoff f.i, or for the wu p ic ot vax own kuUt&iattoo lu lhe cottrie 1 haVf

prmitiug, hiwevfr, . onceive uru if i v

m now glad, however, ulc ol d ulty or i r - the dilpoli lion tnattifi f ttion. will I inn veutfh C re.d the law ot 1807,

D thai theie are tavittps and

which he l.s no', the oowci to re

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pe 1, y i in thi procMtnttioo no provihou !i' 'e for tin m. He has made it apt ta all unlic ianda, whereat the tetritoii ot i L1 u h un ( oow M il ; u i:- t ; 1 application i ih.j-t laKHWi t c th. dectfioo ot cotigreU on th.e import of t!i" c im tni fit oner 4 appointed to ;n.;jWl the c' . us in that territory this deciiionon grrls have nol vet n.-ue, jyjj hil the rep ft of the enmmiflionert been hcled on, al

Ugh

tn.

k fion n th

fir li

Ihed fume vears. lie mutt ha vt

p 'wtr could not lulUm htm

in strog ittng loch lUthority, and m ny o

ri nonto le it by pro. lam .udfcfc. t n

pu land held by Indian tr.;J, j''

i nun nor. I .- prt nt&i

K IWI as he did not apply to, or tOUM f t

tain I a li-ai Wu 1:Uk

i i i .

4W, givi g mm p'oi i .iii.u ton p .vwvo

u I public Lnd, lhat there is only one Col" x t mode to proceed afjfaintt ttefp ft, wheat p (T Hon hs open h hi without any previous qoe'iion, that is, i y "j ftOJlenti Tkefi tntttideratieni are Mroot condnGve to u'y iAtnd( t!;at the proclamation w not inten-d-d t i rpr i a;p hee, hut to fcarr f. t'.lers into i preflaature purchtle ol the lnd now on falc belitving as 1 fupao he nuy that

there will be more purchasers for the land now surveying, than can be supplied. This has the more weight, as his marshals' by driving settlers off under this groundless proclamation, mull be sudjected to numerous suits for the value of the improvements illegally taken, and in my opinion, eventually.to heavy damages However, whither this be possible or probable, is not to the point I think the power assumed by the president intolerable and unjustlifiable; and as 1 will never sanction what 1 know to be wrong, even it good might come from it, I hope and believe that congress will grant a remedy, so far as it immediately effects us. Farmers & Patriots Rights. -ti o . el : omrn From the New-York Commercial Advertiser. AWFUL OCCURENCE. The following letter from a gentleman in Danbury Con to his friend in this city, details one of the most awful scenes our country has ever witnessed. It gives a melancholy exhibition of man either when deprived of reason, or when left without the influence of restraining grace : Danbury, Jan. 2, 1816 Dear Sir--I have just returned from a journey ; and in passing through New Far field, I as called to witness one of the most shocking and horrid fights that the mind can conceive. Abel H. Platt murdered his wife and two children, and then put an end to his own life. The circumstances of this horid deed are as follows. Piatt had exhibited symtoms of insanity for 3 months pass; during which time, he was once absent 3 days, and was found secreted in his barn without food or drink. Of late, he appeared to have recovered his health and reason Yesterday lie made prepararation for butchering hogs. This morning he rose at an early hour ; made a fire tor heating the water ; and at the dawn of day, cornmenced the awful deed by striking his wife on the head with his axe, as she lay on her bed. Her outcry awoke his mother an elder lady, who slept in an adjoining room, & who immediately sprang to her assistance. The blow his wife had received, not proving fatal, she extricated herself from him, and made an effort to eacape from the room but another blow brot' her to the floor, lie then seized his daughter, a child of only 3 years old and his onlv son a lad of 6 years and destroyed them both with the same minstrument. His mother in her efforts to wrest from him the axe, and stop his murderous career, received a cut in her arm. She asked her son whether he meant to murder her also ; he replied that he would not hurt her. Finding all her effort is to stop him in vain, she ran to a near neighbor for aid ; and on her return with her neighbors, she found that he had cut his own throat and lay across, his wel tering family with the knife

lying by his side. The light was indeed shocking to behold ! Look at his situation but last night--see him in the prime of life, (for he was but 32 years old) in early circumstances with a spotless character, with a beloved wife, (just ready to be the mother or another offspring) and 2 children enjoying all the comforts of life--fee them all before .he light of this morning's fun, weltering in their blood, shed by him who was given to be their protector! The scene is too horrible I can add no more ! The jury of inquest have returned a verdict of insanity. THE AETNA. Yesterday this large and elegant Steam Boat, commanded by capt. Roberson DeHart whose deparure had been tor sorne time retarded by an unfavorable stage of watery left her moorings at Shippingport, bound to New Orleans with freight and passengers. She got underway at half past 12 o'clock, in a very handsome manner fired

several salutes from 2 moun-

ted swivels on board,

. i 1 1

source of specatators who had

assemble on the occasion

which was returned by the

passengers and crew, and in 15 minutes was out of fight. The an arrival and departure of this boat has excited a lively interest here, and has opened prospects of unparalleled trade and prosperity of the tow n of Louisville and the western country in general. Just as the AETNA was getting under way, the salute which she fired was returned by a discharge from on board the steam boat Enterprize, which at that moment made the landing at this place, from Pittsburgh bound to NewOrleans. Lou Correspondent. Mr. Maurice Margarot, who was chair'n of the London Corresponding Society e? J United for a reform in parliamentary representation, died on Saturday, the 11th instant at the advanced age of 70 years He was sent as a delegate from that society to the British convention which met at Edinburgh for the same object in the year 1793 where he was accused of sedition, with the whole of the convention. He was tried before the court of justiciary, and sentenced to 14 ears transportation to Botany Bay with four others. He was the only one of the four who survved the tenor of f his banishment to return bottle. He has left a faithful but poor widow, who voluntarily went