Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 March 1816 — Page 2

cannot be ignorant of the tafls. If nor, their agents abroad have bren rcnuis tn rot fjrpilinng the Decefftry information. The emperor rt KutTia made a flmJ againft thr pretention ot England. He vi i fc.vered the intentions of the cabinet of Through h'?s mini lie r a note was prefentrd to lord uafUefeagh, containing in utth Marum, drith an a(T. nance, that his troop! ill old not acl any longer, if the prete nil ot Gicat I 1 1 ai i in the negotiation v. ith Sp.i:u were pt i lifted in taOld GaAlrreagh yieUed to the prryofillOft hut p ft pone d hc definitive raiifica tions of thr general treaties, until an opportunity was afforded to have '.hat with

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and iinin diately afterwards fai authorised by trie prince regent to dole the bargain to Borope, b) Ggning tbern. To no potentate in Kurcp are the U. Stttfl morr indebted than to the emprror cf n iffi. The magnanimity otfplayed by trim throughout the arduous (trugle in Which he h s bren engaged, has, in many it li mcrs dr featrd the machinations nf the Britilh rabii et r d htl evinced a rifpoCi ttOll to Cultivate the mo(l friendly inter tourfe wi h the U. Stairs Hit imbaHadof line has ton firmed this ailurante to our government Let us etnbrate it fend lrt Rv (fit and America heteaftef he corfrlertd as twin fitters. Tlirrr is nn p offi! ! CStlfe of ja ioufy or rivalfhip. Their interetls aie tlie lame, whether confilered in a commercial or political point of view. That the U. Statei ha? ferious dim utttel In ' xpedt, eir.not he doubted. Uncnntro-ve-taMr proofs rf the fac), will, in a Ihort lime h ft nifhed for publication Our late ft) (lifters Rt GhtQtf hVt been apprized of rvany but G ce t! ir drputu'e from that place, more hivt b-en developed. T!ie exp ia i of a long peace it viflon. ary however d 'voutly to he dr tired. On our part nodifpoflti n to war has been m nit"el-d at anv tim & it is hoped that the fptfit whi h wis difplayed in '76, and the naval and military va'or of 1813 and I & 1 4 will n t He relaxed in 18 16, through feeble Of temporary councils, into the hit miti 'ting condition in whirh they were in IS l 1 and 18 "2. Conquett fMfnts no part nf Anq-rican ambin n but a furrn ler of rights will alWtysbe rHiiVd by freemen. Rmbrai ttr prefent moments prepare fur the u'tima rati. The tirn is at hau l and thai we Atay not be fo enfeebled as Mfr were at the beginning l rhe late war, is tm ring the care md obligation! which CungreCs has to fiulfil to thet (nuVrv. A VV A IT. II MAN. CH ULES I OM. Tn. 20. Cession of the Flovidas. We have tonvcrfed with an intelligent pentl man who airie i here from New Orleani yefterd y, which pi ce he left on the 5 th tnft. He fjtes, that juft before he 1-t' thtctty a ftnall fchooner had arrived from Prttlacoiai in il r t pair re. bringing AfWS thai the Plofid aa h d udn i'y been tided by the Span! rds to thr Brit Ui got ernment ; and tfiat a body ol Britilh troopt hid landed at Penfacol- a ;d St. AuguOine, nn 1 i tkn form 1 pi (T m n of the counttw Tins news w s b. !i-ved in New Ot leant, an 1 cotton had fallen in confluence in one d v.ti.-m 2 . to 2 J cents. How this i'telligente i uUl afled the cotton market, we are at a toft to determine. FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN, Extract of a letter, dated M arfr illes. Nov. 1, 18 15, from an office! of th- United States Iq i dron( to a gentleman in Piovidente, H. L) I r is imp (fible for me to convey an ad q late idea of the elegance and fplendof ct Uiii tharoing City. 1 Will defer del'vribi ig or endeavor i ng koflefcrihe it until lOfM fiiture leifurt hour But of hal benefil ire foe h cities to Frenthmn VV uld vu believe it) There are 10.000 Engleft tr. s here, garrifoning all the forts ; and a Mtiadron under the command of dm.r l f.x-n uth, nf !ix (hipl ot the line and a Utimbef of frigate!, with forty tranfportl rrt.K to tUahaik the tfoopi in c ife if a difturbanee at Tool in, which is hourly er.pe.Ud to raife ;he imperial I g of Nspolcr::. 'It is nedlef to tell you. that our war Ins rendered u toi iff ico ufly prrat in the tyetof this nati n, k indeed of every othe AVe have m evident proof nfthc exneme p liter.efs of the M a- teilli s citizr ns, who to obfialC an Am :can, Would mke aiy sact ficea A report hi! jnQ read ed us, by the Am'ncin ronful. Ilting the murder of the d t r , Mid a new war with the U Dtilft bo jnuJi iaith is put ia thu report

that the iioop Erie will be nude ready for fighting any A'gerine fnzite.'' 11 P. S. The Britifh Cauadron yefterday was Banding in i he harbojr of Toulon So fon as thi headmofi filiate came witiiin gun (hot, the batteries opened on hef and neai'y dtOroyed her. Admiral Exrrnutn is ri0w here without obtainirg the fqu-dron of the French flitpf, which the pUiilaniinou? L.cuis offered to his accept; ce. The governor of Toulon lent the Brilifli wrd, that no Englifh fquadron iVjuld er.tcr tiiat poit. Comments are uftlefs. NATIVK EPfSOM SALT. It gives us much plealtire to inform our readers of the (lifcovery of no extenfivc rave of native Kpfom Salt, orlolphntc of magnefia, itbout 30 miles from this place, near the town ofCorydon In. Ty) 'I hr cave is .i)parently incxhausliblc salt of every variety of cryft al, i arranged in all that fanciful fpli ndor u Inch decorates the grotto of Ant i par os. This cav e is the only fpecimen known, of the )ure Tilt in a folid form exceptmg in Monroe county (Vir.) wheie it is found under the furface of the earth hi Kit rope?, and particularly in England, at the Kpfom fprings, which give name to the fait, it is obtained from water impregnated With it. -We cordially hope that this nati vc treafure will richly reward the chemical knowledge and enterprize of Doctors Burreil and Adams, of this town, who have the merit of anaylvzmg and ascertaining this gentle and delighftil cathartic. We have been promifvd fome further particulars, of the Puliation dimensions, ckc. of the cave, which will fhortly be prefented to the public. Correspondent. From the Nat, Intelligencer 7 an 3t TH K TOPICS OF ill Li DAY. The public have feen the documents rtfpeclmg our affurs with Spain, and have no doubt formed thir opn ion of the merits ot tlie demandb fo modefll) urged by her Keprtfentativc in this c-mntry. hat turn this conrrovt rlv may ultimately take wc know not. but the general impreflioii is in p ivate circles, that it ill end as i; beg m infmoke. If othervvife, no upprehenfion is lell lor the ri hilt. Meanwhile, wr have rumors of every hue tn refpeel to the move metttson that part ol our Irontier which is conterminous M ith tue Span Provinces ol Florida and Texas. It has been fome days flrongly rumored that Florida is ceded to Great Britain, and that (he has actuailv taken poiftflion of St. Augultine, or Pensacola, or both. Of the iatn r part ol t!i!s ru mor v. c have no confirmation nor of the firfl part of it excepting that rjliich ariles Irom concntrent reports of the fame tenor lrom various (ources. Te hear again from the Spanifh Mini lb r's letter and rumors proba!)ly gout ing nut of it, that the Knvoy nt e Orleans from the Spanilh revolted provinces, atd Toledo, 'a ith conlklerabk means St their difpofal, were engaged in exertions to gather together a force ol Ameri tin on the Weftern ftc;itier. toaid die revolutionary party. Ol this, nothing i certain but the fad of the two perfi ns referred to 1 e i'i thai country. II they are engaged in levj in ; troops in our territory their enterprise is conducled with fo much privacy, that it does not appear to have been known at New Orleans, where they then were, at the lafl accounts

Letters have rcachefl this city as bite as the 1 fl inft. w hich make no mcntLon of fuch movements. There was yet another rumor abroad yeftcrday, how well founded we know not, ol fome enterprise having been let on foot by the Republican agents in Louifiana or orY Our borders, againlt fcUft Florida, with a view to wretting it from bSp.inilb King. Thole are the rumors of the day and we have embodied them, without intending to vouch for their fubftariUatton, or even to trace their orgin. Something good at last out of Nazareth, The continental powers of Europe have by treaty agreed to aboldb the African trade in both black and white flaves. For the purpofe of putting an end to the lattrr they agree to keep in the field 45.000 men to operate again ft the Barbary powers, until that object is accomplilhed, and to fupport it with a competent naval force. It is fiid to be their intention to model the forms of government of Nomcco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, in fuch way astotf: ford a guarantee againft the return of their piratical depredations oi the civilized powers ? and that the Grand Turk renmins neuter in the war, and is to receive guarantees of his Kuropcao p tTv ffions. Decatur's late triumph over Algiers, has probably contributed much to lliame the allies into thofe measures. Extracl of a letter from H. S. G. Tucker, eftj. to the editor of the W ineheflrr G z. dated. IVasbingt m, F b. 2, 'Th' proportion to reduce the dirt ct rx to one hall its pre'ent a" mount hasjufl p(l in committee, f hi prop ifal to t ike olT the whole tax I inVd (v a vote of 69 t 8-s. Mr-uld t he meafure patted in tlje e immittee be finally a lop ed, the tax on land in Virginia will be outlv about 14 r nts n every IOO dollars worth 7 hofe who voted for n tatning this amount were led todofob) various reafons. Ym will fee them tu the debate is publifhed will futfice at pre'ent to hint the following. 1 'I he fmailnefs of tax which ona r,) of land worth s,ooodolls. would only be 7 dollars, and lorn proportion. I'i e great defire ro pay off the national debt more iapii!ly than heretofore, at the fame time that we avoid reducing the army fo mr.ch as to leave OUT forts without garrifons and provide for a gradual increafc of the navv. If the prefent f(lem luceeeds we fhail p iy off about thirte en millions ot dolls e v ry year. 3. As the law r.ow flanks the dire ct tax is permanent. It was made fo by the I a II congre's and it has been luppofed that the fenale would nof confenl to the total rc-peal-It was thereiore thought better to get off one half and make the tax annual, which the fenatc it is expe ct d w iU agree to : and it is thouf ht mon v t r that it is an advantageous arrangement because it will put the tax always hrrcftfter in the power ol the houfe of repicfentatives where it ought to be 8c from which it was taken by the law of the lafi IV Bon.1 V. S. The bill repealing the law ffjnmJn mechanics and

manufactures, will pafs this houfe. Jt will take effect, if finally paired in its prefent fbape, immediately. The vote was 93 to 42 for taking it off immediately, inftead of the lath April. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Or the 22(1 ult. the houfe of Mr. N. Hutchins, of Love!, Oxford county, took fire in the day time, and was entirely confumed with dreadful to relate, his wile and an infant child. Mrs. H. was subject to fits in one of which fbe is fuppofed to have fallen into the fire and thus communicated it to the houfe. m n New Ftar's presents, "We learn tht thr wife of a respe&able farmer in Smithficld, prefented him with 3 fine daughters on the 2d inft. Thry all promife to'1 do well." Prov, pap.

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'i'HE fubferibers have entered into past

nerfliip under the firm of HALE h WOOD,

for the purpofe of carrying on the

Apothecary Business.

in co nrclion with the practice of

Physic Surgery, They have jufl opened a Urge and general alTortment of DRUG GS V MEDICIXES, al their Apothecary flore, wtrr fir-etr Vincennes, (in the room htrly occupird by Will urn Mc.Intofh, rfq. as a (tore,) which thry will fell, who-le ftle or retuit, at as rctfonable trrmsas ary in the Wrftern count y. They intend to kerp foch a fupply as Will mfet the demands of the placr, and make it an obja for Phyficians and ret -iters t:i proeore their fuppfirs of thrm. Tbe practice of Phytic and Surgrry in all their various branches, will br attended by Dortor HALE; and all c 41 in either line of bufnirf,-, will he gratiully received and promptly eXCCVti d. DAVID M. HALE, JEREMIAH WOOD. Fc brotry 29, 18 16. 13-tf

Administrators' Notice. ALL. p rions indebted to thr 1 1 te of J 'hn H-itton, drc. are rrcjurlled to C'll on Mr. Hfnry I. Mil!?, who is avHirw rilVd to frtle thrm, on or before thr firft dy of Apd nxt and all th fr Nvj..

to prlmt thrm to him by the fame umfj pioperly tdjCtl A f ir rrlemrnt. PATS BY H V TTOM, Admtnittratriftm February 29, 1816. 13-3t

Administrator's Sale. r I "HbRE will be f io at pu die vendue Jl as the pr prrty of, and at thr dwell ng boufr of Aiitoine Mtrrbal, lue of Vipceones, drrenfrd, on Friday the 22d day of Mrch, ir.fl.int, and in continuation it e

clT ry) qiiantrfy of

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nuuse-iiwa t urmture, l oots,

Cattle, Horses, Plate, Lea, ther, various Merchandize, and a Midattoe Man, all purchafrrs of three d- liars and gneJer cafli mull be pid down, thofe above that fum, a credit of twrlvr montl s will be given upon executing a note ol hnd with approved fecurity btiore the article or articles are removed. Perfona indebted to the dWea&d, will ph afeto recollea th adniin.llrat.on is reguhrly taken out upon his eflateand thof having demands ag,.nfl hita woulo v well to plate them in a pr pcr train for djuftment, and particularly notify ihc febferiber thereof. H. L A FT. EE, Administrhiorm Vinceanei, March I, isi6. 13-3t Land for Sale. MI E und-: rlincd is au I orifed to fell X fevera tradU of End fituated in the doiiition furvcy, between the WabaJ ard White river; Ho feveral tracls located within thr hmits ot the refrrve nwde by tlie government fjr old claims. He believrs :be prtiefM time farabk to the frilrr and :hr Te diipeafvd to purch fe, and will receive Hills of tlie Bank of Vincenes , and other good p .per in payment, frtnn -ny pctfon apply mg at his dwelling in VinccDDCia Will, Mcintosh.