Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 January 1817 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN.

From the Press of ELIHU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. [Vol. 8.] VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1817. [No. 5.]

THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at TWO DOLLARS per annum, paid in advance, or an attested NOTE, payable at the end of the year, for TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS. No Subscription will be received for a less term than one year--and will not be discontinued until all arreararges are paid. WHERE papers are sent by Post, the person subscribing, must pay the postage. ADVERTISEMENTS of no more length than breath, will be inserted three times for ONE DOLLAR, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, for every after insertion. To avoid unpleasant disputes, it is requested of Advertising customers, that they particularly specify the number of times their Advertisement's arc to be continued.-- Those send without such directions will be continued until forbid, and must be paid for accordingly. All letters, addressed to the Editor, must be Post paid, or they will not be taken out of the office. From the New York National Advocate. Reflections on English, and on American Policy. The situation of the people of England is at this day, really appalling, and claims the compassion of surrounding nations. The unhappy subject, in that devoted land, stands like another Atlas, with a world of woes upon his back. This is the inheritance to which he is saddled by the improvidence of his ancestors ; and this, according to a recent writer, is the natural result of borrowing and funding, which leaves posterity to pay for the fiddler and the feast, while the generation resorting to it revels in luxury and dances through life gaily. What is now the condition of the Englishmen? The debts of ages; the crimes of administrations on administrations, each improving on the finesses of the other; the extravagance of each party in power, all left unaccounted for, and unprovided for, and unpaid for, now rising up in dreadful array to the affrighted victims of their nation. former extravagance. This enormous mound of debt, which exceeds, by many millions, the very rents of the kingdom, is not all; the repose of Englishmen is also disturbed by the recollection of those bloodsuckers, who, like leeches, hang upon them--such as pensioners, sinecurists, and overfed clergy who show no mercy. These, and the appalling spectre of an ever ambitious government, writhing in the throes of dissolution, are sufficient to render even sleep and enemy, by the vision with which it is haunted. Englishmen, at this awful hour, are petitioning parliament and their prince for relief; but who, that is not mad, can suppose that they are petitioning with any prospect of success, or alleviation of their suffering —No— The people of England petition in vain—their rulers have not the power of granting relief in the manner they ask. Bankruptcy and pauperism have made too great strides to be checked by any parliamentary panacea—the day is too late—the evil of too long a duration for the skill of the political surgeon to be now effective. Like a cancerous ulcer unattended to, it has ramified itself into the whole body, is affected in every limb ; and if you attempt to cut one, you must cut up the trunk itself. Let America take warning by the lessons which other nations impart—let us look to our strengh, the the means that we have within ourselves to supply our own wants. Let us carefully avoid the national extravagance, and cultivate national economy— avoiding debts, which we must entail on posterity to pay. Domestic manufactures, carefully protected, encouraged and increased, would create more internal wealth, more real property and national independence and strength, in 20 years, than 20 chartered institutions each with a capital of 20 million. Let us recollect, even while we lament, the sufferings of our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic, that the present mis eries had a beginning, and that it may be traced ... .... when they commenced that mammoth system of funding debt, in order to display the interest and to hide the capital; and which by its ...., led their statesmen to believe its system infinite,

until they had, in order to gratify ambition, or ftlpport extravagant fy feme and indtfen fitIc tyrannies, inereafVd even the ir.tercli to m-"re than the rcverutsof the kingdom One effort mutt yet be inr.de by tht gov ernmrnt to avert revolution ar.J put down that fpirit of difcootcnt which mutt rages throughout The manufacturer muft be gain fct to Work, at whatever left, and at every hazard. The fyitem of the rich fubferibing for the port of thl poor w:ll not anfwer the pjor mull go to work Sc earn a fubfiftance, or they will go to work, and work ruin and defolation; and we forewarn our readers on a fubjtlt which we ftated months ago, that the energies of the government of Engl ind will be directed to one important point and that will he to overthrow and deilrcy the mtnufa&urct of America. uCoute t iil coute," cof: what it may, fhould Hie lucceed, the price would he nothing comparative to th. gain ; and ".s ma nuta&urers and merchants cannot be fuppo

fv-.l to expert at a ct rt government we aai i ; the merch mt itfIf a d I (a, the British j t, wjll become or t 1 3 a r, rtain lofs. The futn fhe (h. 11 thus annually lofe will he bothint in c. mioarifon to th e penfe of fix months hoflilitiri g snd if !h'; citi thus prevent the rebellion i h.-r fubiecsat hrm.-, end cruth i"r ever the fpirit of man ufalure in America, i:d in every nnon that ;dmit her goods, fite will dilply -t dicy even greater than that whichielcafed Naj rleon from Eli b, in order t lNm. another general revolution in France. overnment lock at this, tnd in ou.fe how i ;r it is utct-li'. rv to guard fo-m-portai t .1 branch of economy js domeitic inanut'tciures, now all but hnkir.j tlire uteiit J with increafing d:t(i. an. Prom the Missouri Gazette, We ae I"ppy in being able to inform ovv readers that mr. Brown, the gentleSan employed to run the Ofge bcundary lir;e, ai d who was resorted to have b.en naaffftcred by the Indi arrived r i with n pai ty. dime nt frc Mr. Brown met with no impe i hrs denartura fr m f rt Ofaffc on ka 4 Miflouri, until h- reached the Atand this ;l-iLi'. C)a his return he politely favored us w.ih t! foil own:: 1 ter : A I r . t i - a it L E s s Agreeably to you I lurfb" furnilh you with an cxtr cur notv-: , c:i the coontiy ti : t. t u . U A or: OTeJ. .5 will, I trull cive W formation you c-Mire. On our way tf :. Ofe, from whence tht laieaasaalhn incf the Mi!T( uri at St. Clutles, we wrre i;T on :hie north fide of the riter to the r pari of Boon's Lick fettlement, Where we Croffed to the fouth (:de, and kejt ip the river at no grent diftance from it, until we pot the fort If you have no: feefl it your no uount :r uao oeen repji'Laai an rally poor, until yon m jt :o B . a a t I 1 ?! ink tlut by comparator! it m r y 5 ally be io r-ttrd, thouch much ol it wkt hlH do farming The Boon's Lick country no doubt is ihe richeft confiderable body ti' .v-.i land in the territory T thiuk it very fimiiar to the ood lands of Reotucky, and , i: hii no bed of reek n- 1- in Kentucky it ii pj.iup" foperior, Between Boon's Lick and the fort, the land fouth of the river, is o:.e n:. nded prairie, except perhaps p. hundred ft Ctions or fo of tolerably r;cd wood land, eS' ending more or lefs, u 20 miles d m. . the river from the fort. Ti!- two creeks pafs through this timber ffca the prairie fuffitient tor fmall inachiretyV grift mi'ls. The prairie lies well, and iu genrral is fctrcety inferior in point of foil to the river bottom The fo. t is in lattitude 39 de-f-rtes j minutes north, and Hands cn t!:e brc-w cf :i hill w uh a rocky bale, and within 100 yardl of tne river. It commands a full fiew ci dve milei cafl down the river, sr.d two miles north up it. The fquare of two leagues refirrved for the fort was fo Utd ctT as to havi the fort near the northeaft cor-n-r ; 'i'0ut hlf this fquare h timb.-red land c.t c od quality Proceeding on the boundary line, t 78 piile: from the fort, we crolTrd the Ofagc river, fome 3 or 4 miles bclcw the Of.be village thus far the lard is prairie Mtcgether, except fme little fpots and firirs cn the creaks (not any where fufficient for a fettle merit.) A fjreat proportion cf the hr.d to fir is of good quality and lies well. . There i; a very extenfivo bottom cn the liorth fide of the OTae river, of the fineft quality, tfid on the iouth f.Jc of the (ccoil

d-ry bottom, There t i " -i on this plain, fottth ci th river, (oro.c high mounds cr no foisted hills, near the Indian village and about two miles weft of the line ; 1 afcended them, and am perfuaded, that turning round 7 a C f I could furvey 500 fquare tr.ilcs and nearly all of the firfl quality ; timber and fpringa only are wnt'ii g to make this the fined p rt of the world I have yet fren. About 130 miles took us to the timbered land ; weob lei ved the Lnd to be poorer as we approached it. About t.vs we found the firft funning fireams, except the Qfage river; th;y ran weft, and were waters of Grand river of the Arkaofas Haviig entered the timbered land, we fw but little more praipie. At 200 miles we eroded the head water of the DufFaloe fork of White river, it wa3 inconliderable and hardly ran 254- miles took us to the Arksnfas river, a: a point iome 20 mile below a ftream on the other fide, called the PcrtO, and near the mouth of a cree k Called F;og Bayou. It is a piece below the fettlemettt which is above the Cherokee village The wood land we paired through w,s oak timbered, poor, ftony, and perhaps nculd be Colled mountaneout There is but little exception to this remark. This high ijr.l fe para tes the headwatcraof White river from thofe of Grand river A to game, wc found pl nty for ufc, though rot fo much as I expectled. 1 faw no Buff i?oe until near the watei ; of White river H:ii. corri! -:ed ? !:e ooundry line which i is about a hundred and forty miles cue weir from the meridian t j:i from the month of t!ie Arkenfas, we fiarted down the river it lome little diflonce ofT. The lain it. p'or deny, and broken, oak and pine timber,, down to the Cherokee village, 1 y 60 milci eall of the litie. About 20 miles lurrhrr to th mouth of theOu idrant.the land is lefs broken and ftony, tho Hill rather poor, 'i ne rWer bottom is generally rich, I believe,!- . h r.jt very extenGve where I was and fomewhat !r'j - A to ihundation From the Quadrant we trm the uful way to this place. On our return we found the land generally por, broken and ftony ; yet there i fome very good b ttom iar.d on tha tributary ftreams of White river rrd

r nets and mi nv loots misrnt he ': 4-. ':io ii tor cultivation, tuo not enougn to give a character to the country N ;ar tu.c tre oi St. Mil hael. is fame and fiirni littl further on the way toward the Mines is a Imall fettle ment rf ccrv fine land. We examined . si?, hut discover irti i rlv for min- ! of ny kind, !ior 11 y thing I belie v, worthy of further reno r r 1 am, dear He, resf 'Cfolly yours JOS. C, BROW M. Fromthe N. York Evening post We rive the following interestv. a inff extract of a letter just received from an old friend am! correspondent, and a gentleman ff the first respectability, who last year, quitted with some disatisfaction the U. Stairs, where he had resided in a public and private capacity, nearly ,5 and 20 l v years, to return and pass the remainder of his life in the land of his forefathers. But instead of the lively pleasures that he had anticipated at revisiting his native home, unwelcome feelings of disappointment and regret awaited him : it might almost he said, the place that once knew him. knew him no more. At length after a weary pilgrimage finding naught but vanity and vexation of spirit he has returned, with his little family to enjoy, with tranquility, their futuredays in the bosom of their adopted home. In whatever spot they may fix their residence, it will be envied by all who formerly had the happiness of their acquaintance. The opinions of this gentlemen, on the present state of Europe, though only sketched in a letter not designed for the pnbhc, are entitled to great respect.

" On boar ! the ship Harmon

4 Last evening we entered the Chesapeake bay, after a passage of 40 day s from the Texel, and we are now sailing towards Baltimore, with a contrary wind & a light breeze. Wc feel happy in finding ourselves again in v-' meriea, and the more so after our late residence and travels in Europe. It is so far from bpinjr true that the internal tranquility of Europe is (irmly established by the late peace of Paris, that a general feeling of apprehension prevails every where, that new changes or new wai s are to take ) ears The French feel deeply t; e humiliating conation to w'.i -:; they are reduced, and nothing hnt t:te presence of the allied armies in Franceon the northern rVontiers, keeps them from new con, vulsions, or attempts at a revoiation. " Thmiighout Europe a qm cv?A spirit of uneasiness arid disai'siactlo:: prevails. The resources of every nation have Iwn . v1 ' of the incir) vpars. anrl 1 j 1 tAi 1 J l Li CJ IZ fJ t ,p 1 r f ! 'ire nf present, to alleviate the hurdeiK3 I - t T lorn y laid on the peopk, as they are all loaded with enormous debts, & an ( 1 I eep themselves prepared. . new wars. Even inthe kingdom oftheNethec 1 ; the conscription is in fui! force, & by it an army of IOOjQOO men is kept up. Troops are still quartered on t:'-e inhabitants ; in a word, the French system re liiains necessarily in full ferre (I . '. wniie t lie taxes continue to 'ear as heavily on the impoverir-hed nations as before. Add t this the leas-sand forebodings for the future, sharpened by the remembrance of pa t long sufferings, toOff wr n tne various unnlea. 4 : 1 3,1.2a tt.., .... uiiiy SSlOnS on every individual occasioned by it, and yen will be able to conrt h r that Vnt nations of Europe feel themselves restless, 3isatisfied and unhappy ; not so much however, for what they actually feel as for what they tear France i :il! continues to be an object of detestation and apprehension, and the cause of the present unhappy state of the nations of Europe' NEW-ORLEANS, Nee 29. I renezuela Privateer. The annexed statement wa received in town yesterday from theBahze. li'itb correct this vessel has certainly infrin u d the neutrality of the U. S ates and should be sent after and brought back to answer for it. if possible. We sincerely wish the patriots of Both America success but if their own interest, the laws of nations and every other human consideration do noi induce thefh to respect our rights, they should he taught the danger of insulting their natural alJy. k 'The Venezuela, armed schr. Jupiter (which sailed without paying pilotage, or giving an order for it) captured withe: musk -et shot of die liar, die Sponi-l

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