Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 March 1816 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SUM. FINCEXXiiS, March 16, 1316. On Monday hfh in attempting to crofs th- Little Wa4w was drowned miior IOUS5AINI UUBUIS.-.1I1 him, the poor nave ion a oenenctor, His country a II iruvj m. r m Mliu iru JU 1IIVJ, Mil IMUUlgent father, and an honefl man. From the Baltimore Patriot. It will be obferved by thofe who have read the recent Correfpondence between the American secretary of Rate and the minifter of Spain, that both governments fecm difpofed to difcuss in an amicable manner the right to that portion of Welt Morula, or Louiiana bounded welWdiy by the Perdido, which during the late troubles in Spain, was taken pofleffion by the U. States. The point on which Ihc fecretary and the minifter difagree, is as to tthofe hands it lhall remain in until me controverted Claim & boundary are decided, The chevalier de Onis thinks, as the U. States entered on the occupancy without the confent of Spain that the difputed territory ought to be reftored before difcuffion ; whilflcol. Monroe confiders that the queHion may as well be difeulTcd without any change of actual pofleffion of the country, if indeed discuffion be, Cncerely the object of Spain. In reflecting upon thisfubjeel, it is clear to us, that according to the law of nations, the American fecretary is entirely in the right ; for let it be remembered in addition to what is urged col. Monroe, that the Spanilh government gave its formal & folemn a (Tent to the sale and transfer of Louihana by France. II then Louifiana thus transfered did not extend to the Perdido, it behoved Spain in an amicable manner, to fhew that facl. The U. States ga e her ample time to (hew it ; for the fale of Louifiana took place in 1803 and the American government did not occupy the difputed ground until the year 1810. Here then were 7 years 4 or 5 of which were anterior to the invalion of the peniniula by Bonaparte, and a Horded a fair opportunity for the Spanilh government to produce a title. As that government would not do it and as every document and circumftancc that arc known corroborated the ( pinion that Louifiana as purchafed did extend to the Perdido ; the 7 years forbearan.ee to enter upon the pofleffion ttias a fuffering of wrong on the part of the U. Slates' especially as Spain, by written afTent, agreed to the transfer of France in the extent fpecified in the convention of l 803. This written afTent on the part of the catholic kin we now annex, and lhall be glad if any friend of the chevalier de Onis will underlake to inform us upon what plea Spain can now reclaim any portion of the territory, the laie ol which Ihe officially recoanized when Ihe dots not pretend to exhibit the fhadow of evidence ot title : Was it not indeed treachery and bad faith In the Spanilh king, to retain for 7 years what he had abfofutely relinquifhed by the fubjoincd de claration 1 Extract of a letter from Mr. Cevallos, fecn tary of Hate to his cath-

olic majefty to Mr. Pickney, niiniiler of the U. States, at Madrid His majefty has thought proper . , a a .1 to renounce his protett againtt the alienation of Louihana by trance, notwithftanding the solid motives

on which that protetl was founded nfTnrdmtr in fhU wav ft new nrnnf of his bencvoience and fric :ndlhip or the U. States. Signed. J PEDRO CEVALLOS El Par do, XQtb Feb. 1814." FRENCH PROSCRIPTION. Our letters Irom Paris (fays the London M. Chronicle) grow every day more and more gloomy. In tne chamber of deputies a ferret committee was formed, in which it was aflually propofed : 1 o condemn to death all the pcrfons who had voted for the death of Louis XVI. 2. To tranfport all thofe who had accepted places under the usurpation ; and 3. To banifh from France all n uu nau um-ii uil uam iomc conftitution of May laft. Thefe meafures if carried into execution, would have made Moo,ooo victims! This though propofed by Tome o( the molt exalted heads, was thought a little too extenfive : and by amendments the propolitions have been toftened down fo as to take in only about a 1,000,000 of human victims ! A gentleman recently arrived from Parts, aflerts confidently and relates circumftantially that a confpiracy was formed for dethroning Louis XVlIIth, in which the principal officers in the fcrvice of England and Pruffia together with a ftrong party in Paris were concerned. As the Pruflians and Lr.ghfh fought the deftruclion of Trance, and the French her falvation a difference naturally arofe about the fucceflbr ; and finally Wellington, who fancied the plot was difclofed by others renewed his long fusDenped intercourfe with Louis a few weeks before the execution of Marfhal Ney. This imperious affair was probably carried on with a knowledge of the Knglnh goveminent for purpofes ealily conceivable as the complete coercion of Louis who to fave himfelf would paffively comply with A their orders, &c. &c. Several of the French engaged in the projt i had retired to Pruflia. The French themfelves could not agree some being in favor of the duke of Orleans ; others infilling on a regency and young Napoleon. N . . Columbian. VOLCANO, Extracl of a letter horn a merchant at Batavia, dated May 29. 44 We hae lacl one el the moil tr(vncndous eruptions ot ihe mountain Tomboro, that ever perhaps took place in any part ol the world ; this mountain is lituaUd on the I (land of Sumbafra, which isdiftant from Bata ia not lefb than 550 miles. We heard the exploHon here uaunciiy, and hatl lome of the alius. It was totally dark at Macaffar, long after the fun was up ; and at Sourabava, the fun lucceed in enlightening the good folk so far to allow them to see some yatda around; the afhes lav at iMaaiu,! , iiicii is ju nines irom SunhaWa I 1 -2 inches deep. Capt. l," r rn 1 " 1 i- 1 r tenn, ot the DUpatch, and Capt. g-r- k ft m ... Eallwell of the Banares, who have vilitcd the Ifland lince the .crup-

tions. both declare that the anchorage is much changed anil that they found the Tea for many miles round he JOand jo completely covered with tru ks of trees, pumice nones &c. as tQ impcde tlerayy the pr0grefs the 2 (hips. Capt. "Kaftwell favs that lie was told that a

village of rice was ind Undated and had 3 fathoms of water over it. Great numbers of the miferablc inhabitants perifhed and otliers die daily. The crops of rice have been utterly rlellroyed over a great part of the Jflmd. fo that the (ituation of the unfortunate furvivors will be really pitiable ' eao: O o England has concluded the war in India, there being no power capable of offering her serious resistance- she has concluded the war on France . Uh equal success : has obtamed several ports m Italy ; protects the Ionian Islands ; has acquired access to Africa. gained an influence over all the states of Eurone and seizcd the principal colonies in every sea on every continent and had she the power, she seems possessed of the will to extend herdomtnion from the rising to the setting sun, and stretch her arms to both the poles. In this expanse she beholds other atates as well as the Goorkhas, ' becoming every day more powerful and if she remains consistent with herself, she will strike at them before they attain the meredian of their power. Is it wise is it safe. then, for these L. States to disregard the warning of the times ? to neglect our surest means of salvation seasonable preparation ? England with mere fairplay, cannot conquer us ; we harbor no fear of that : but with the aid of dupiness an folly in our councils, (which heaven avert !) we venture not to predict what she may not do. Had Bonaparte acted as judiciously in the cabinet as bravely in the field, he should vet be on the throne of France. A public body may err like an individual, quite as egregiously too, by running to one extreme in avoiding another. We ropeat it as the voice of the people, which in a republic is as the voice of God, this is not a time to pull down but to build up our mounds of defence, nnancial and physicial. Columbian. PHILADELPHIA, Eeb. 9. We understand that Capt. Charles Stewart is appointed to the command of the Frankjja 4 in this nort 4 ' XOTICE. E fuulcnbtr takrs this method of fpedlully informing thofe who are to him, that he is in want of cafh, xpedU in all cafes where it is due by note or account, that they will, agreeably "wiu, oe punctual in making in me,lilte Pavmcnt otherw.le he is determined to bring lutt, elpecially on thofe debts of . nitntr v 7 CI as. Smith March 7, 1816. 14-3

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Land for Sale, THE underfigned is authorifed to Ml feveral tra&s of land fituated in the donation furvey, between the Wabafh and White river ; tlf0 frveral tracts located within the limits of the rtfeve made by the government for old clarrtta. He believes the prefent time favorable to the feller and thofe difpofed to purcbafe. and will receive Bi'ls of the Bank of Vm, cennes, and other good paper in payment, from any perfon applying at his dwelling in Vincennes. IVill. Mcintosh.

In the Circuit Court, Perry County, November Term, 1815. Randall Wilfoq vs. Folly VV-Ifm. Petition for a Divorce. ON the motion of the petitioner, and it app'nrin Zo the fitist.(ftion of the court by prop-r affidavit, that the defendant Polly WHfon, is not an inhabitant of this territory it is ordered, that unlcfs flie be and appear before the Jugf-s of our faid Circuit court, on the fecond day of next April term, and then and there anfwer the faid petition, otherwife the court will proteed to hear and determine the fame in her bfence A Gopo Trft. Solomon Lamb, clerk. GEXl. W. JOHNSTON HAS juft received from Pittfburgh, and opened at his flore at the N. E. end of Mjih ilrcet, in Vincennes, where he intrnds keeping an elegant and cxterifive ffortment of Books and Stationery, of the firft quality, which he will difpofe ol upon moderate terms His collection is judicious, for home life ; and he would willingly engage to furniO) Merchants and others, upon huh terms as will make it ad vifeabl' tor them to purchafe of him, in Read of importing. 3-tf Vincennes, Dec. 20, 1815. Administrator's Sale. rI I'.KE will be fold at public vendue, JL as the property of, and at the d welling houfe of Antoine Marrhal, Ute of Vi-i crimes, deeeafed, on Fiiday the 22d day of March, inftant, nd in continuation il necefTiry) a quantity of House-Hold Furniture, Tools, Cattle, Horses, Plate. Leather, various Merchandize, and a Mulattoe Man, all purchafcrs of three dolhrs and under, cam muft be paid down, thofe above that fum, a credit of twelve months will be given upon executing a note of hand, with approved fecurity before the article or articles are removed. Per Cms indebted to the deceafed, will pl'-afe to recollect that adminiftration is regularly taken out upon his eflate and thofe having demands againft hira would no well to place tliem in a proper train for ad juft m-nt, and particularly no.ify the fubftnber thereof. H. LASSELLE, Administrator Viucennes, March 1, 18 16. l3-3t TAKE NOTICE. ALL perfons in, a d dj-nent to ht county ofCiaik, Indiana Territory) are direcrd to uflivrr over to MrfT.s BcrthouJ t Sob, Cctrtmiffion Merc ban ti ia Slnppingport, ill A'ns and Accoutrementi the prtpcrty ol the TJ. Statet, which they may h .vc in their polTefllon . And all rther prrs -ns in fid Terr i to y, having in their oolTeinon U. States' Arms and Accoutre mnts vrhii h can be more conveniently depcfited at Vincennes than at Shrpptngport) are dirtcrd to deliver thr fmr to the com minding U. S. officer of Fort Knox, who is authorifed to pay all reafonahle charrs of transportation. Thoke vhof.'il to avail tbemfdtei of this opportuniy f,f re ftor rnf to the TJ. Stares foch public property, will be dealt with as the lw directs. By order of the D-p't. of War. R. D. RICHARDSON. Cpt. U. S. Ordinance. Louisville. (Ky.) Jan. 27, 1816. 10-7 w Blank Note Books. For sale at this office, also Blank Check Book-, and Checks in sheet.