Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 March 1817 — Page 2

act to meet, 0:1 the 2d Saturday in May next, ft the place where the election for field officers shall have been held in each regiment, for the purpose of electing one brigadier gent ral and one major general, to command their respective brigades and & visions ; which election shall be held and conducted in the manner directed in the act to which this is un amendment, for the holding and conductin elections for field officers. And after the votes shall have been received k counted, the offi tt highest in rank present shall mak out in presence of the judges and cl rk. of said election, two sepaiatc lists ot the votes given for brigadier general and two separate lists of the votes given for major general) and shall transmit one of each lists to the adjutant general's office, and the other Shall be pics Pved for the inspection of those concerned in vases of contested elections : and when the adjutant general shall have received the returns from the regiments in the different brigades and divisions, he shall make out a statement OI the votes given for the several candidates, in t he diff rent brigades and divisions, and lay the same before the govemor, Who shall commission those who have the highest number of voles accoraingly. See. 5. All contested elections shall be determined, and all vacancies occasi ned by resignations or Otherwise shall be tilled in the manner directed in the act to which this is an amendment ; P ivi U l however That it shall be the duty of the governor to order ( lections to fill vacancies in the office of brigadier or major general) and if the election of any brigadier or major general be contested, the governor shall direct 5 field officers to assemble as a court of enquiry to try such contest and their decision shall be final. Sec. 6. If the officer of any brigade established by this act, or a majority of them shall not meet at the time and place specified 1 tills act for laying off company, battalions, and regimental districts, then and in that case the districts now established in such brigade shall be and the same is hereby established until altered according to law. Sec. 7. Ail persons who arc conscious!,scrupulous of bearing arms, who are subject to do mi.itia duty, are, and the) are hereby exempted from muster in r either in companies, battalions or regim nts : Provided however That the r iptaina or commandants of each militia company i,i this state shall make out a list ui all such persons in their respective companies and deliver the same to the c m n.mdant of the regiment on or before the first day of June annually) Who shall make or cause to he made out under his inspection, two entire lists of all such persons so returned in the regiment Under his command 8l deliver one to the she: iff of the county Ln which they respectively reside, on or before the loth day of June annually) and the other he shall transmit to the auditor of public at counts, who shai! preserve the same And the Sheriff after he shall have given such security as the commandant may deem sufficient for the faithful performance of the duty a. herein required shall 1 proceed to collect the sum of S3 from each and every person on the list so delivered to him In the collection of which he shall j roceed in the same man

ner and be lations tl . same n erupro r co .1 tm- taxcs m outer cases and he money so a.i-nng into tl I at the same time the sta shall pay the state Treasury Le taxes are difailure thereof rected to be paid ai shall be subject to 11 pena'ue! and forfeitures, that he is for failing to collect or pay over the state taxes. Sec. 8. Any per on thinking himself aggrieved In any case arising under the fore oing - action ol 'his act, either by the commandant of a company, or the collector i m ty appeal to the regimental court of enquiry, which court shall hear and determine the case, and order right and justice to be done to those who may be Injured or aggrieved See 9, N tR contained in this act shall ' 10 construed, as to exempt persona conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms from h, Uif? subject to pay the like fines and p naities tor the nonperfbrmnancc oftourt of duty when called Otl as Other miiitia men and who refuse or ne ct to perform tours when legally called into the service of the L States or of this State. SeC l - It shall be the duty of the Adjut .nt tl-. 1 e si, to keep Ids office at the seat of goncrnment) and if any perso,i appointvd A ljutant General shall refuse or neglect to keep his office at the

scat of iroverement as herein directed such refusal or neglect shall be deemed equivalent to a resignation of his office and the vacancy shuil be filled accordingly. The Adjutant General shall be allowed the sum of 50 annually to be paid out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sic. 11. S.) mu'-'i ot 'the ac t tonch this i. an amendment, s requirest-Spm-pany and battalion courts of cnqiSyrjabe and the same is hereby repealed, andj it shall be the duty of commandants of companies and battalions to make their returns of delinquents to the regimental courts of enquiry which court is hereby directed and empowered, to hear and determine such cases according to law. Sec. 12. So much of the act to which this is an amendment) as comes within the purview of this act, be and is hereby repealed. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Januarv 3, 1817.

em Sun. REFLECTOR. No. II. SINCE Writing the first number of the Reflector, facts have come to the writer's knowledge, almost resolving suspicion into a certainty. These facts which ought to be represented to the public) shall close his observations for the present respecting the news-paper which is about 10 make its grand entre in this place. It is kjact that some months atj;o, a proposition was made to the editor of the Western Sun, by a warm friend of Mr. Jennings, a citizen of this place, offering to purchase the a hole, or the half of his establishment; this friend) at the same time intimating he was instructed by Mr. Jennings to make the proposition and upon being asked What person would become joint editor and proprietor with, Mr. Stout, should he agree to accepts partner, answered, that it was a relative of Jonathan Jennings Mr. S. of course declined the offer. It is stated as a fact on good authority (Which authority can and shall be brought forward should it be required for the satisfaction of the community) that during the sitting of the Legislature Mr. J informed a member of that body, (Ul confidence forsooth'!) that he was about establishing a news-paper at Yincennes, and that editor fire and , would be ready to go into operational a short time. It is a fact that Mr. Jennings was aware of Mr. DilwortliB approalh to the country that several days previous to Mr. D a arrival at , Mr. J. v. as there, and remained Until Mr. D. did arrive that he evinced to Mr. D. a friendly and paternal care advised and induced him to change 1 is lodgings, and lastly as once before observed, presented him with s letter of rccomm ndation to his redoubted 1 i thy friends of this Borough. The comments upon ihe above arc to be made by the people. They will enquire9 why Mr. Jennings was so anxious to procure for any relation a situation so lit', worth as to pecuniary emolument, as a partner in a country news-paper) where the subscription is short of five hundred : Why, Upon a failure of that he should exult i n the anticipation of having shortly a press fixed here, under hU guidance ? And what views the jrcwcrnat of a state em have In the establishment of a news-paper over which his authoratatfoe influence shall be exerted? And whether the moi natural inference is. or is not, that a govern r object in such a Case is to lead & blindly lead the people Into his views, and for his aggrandisement Tn v will next naturally enquire, wl v Mr Dilworth receiv d such strange gu bernatorial attention r aethe thing to be expected that a l IS a i en: or should abandon his home) hasten to me t any strange primer coming into the country, greet him with loving kindtn ss, heap favor on favor, and usher him into nonce, with every advantage which the authority of his redoubted name could afford bi n and do all these from disinterested motives ? They will reflect and decide whether the Centincl will be the irusrdisnof frcedm. truth, and justice or whether they are to suspect it placed as a watch) lest they discover the intrigues of faction, and the cunning management of persona now in place who wish to remain there, to give t'ne alarm when tie people cvince si.ns of a disposition to enquire into truth, and to be the organ through

which the deceitful and false cry of

k all s well ' will be uttered, and thus to lull them into destructive security ? Reflector now takes leave of Mr. Jennings and Mr. Dilworth, until the Centinel shall make its appearance. He si! I conceives all remarks upon this subject to have been premature, but as it was brought on the tapis by the editor of the Sun, the whole he thought might as well be promulged. It would have been better to have permitted the plot to have gone further, to have left the parties hugging themselves in approbation of their cunning deceit, and when at the pinnacle of ideal success and m -curky, hurled them v ith doubmstruetive effect into appropriattmdomemptable insignificance. For the Western Sun. JUSTICE k TRUTH. A'o. 77. IT has generally happened, Mr. Stout, that men who have imposed on their fellow citizens by cunning, or undue influence, and whom experience could not unmask for a time, are unmasked at length ; and the honest and the correct who are often defamed, stand justified and esteemed. Or if this does not happen if im poster 9 and calumniators descend with their mask on, in the midst of Wealth and applause, and the honest and correct descend under a load of, calumny and disgrace, yet time will cause justice to be executed ; it will always in a few revolving years shew the names of the first branded with infamy, when that of the last will be remembered with penegyrie and honor. I remember once to have read of a tribunal that was erected I think by the Egyptians) where all men were tried) aiul condemned or acquitted, after their retirement from active employment and such as ha 1 not been punished for their crimes, or esteemed lor their virtues, received a just retribution. In many cases sentence mny have been pronounced too late to correct, or recompence, but it always afforded examples of general instruction. It appears very clear to me thai such a tribunal or establishment, might be serviceable to Indiana; for although the present generadon were born too late to sec the b canning and may die too soon to see th; end of many things yet the policy ofttne day would be corrected, and our sureessors taught what description of men are most worthy of their confidence, best qualified to represent them, and least likely to be altogether led and affected by either avarice or self-interest. Possessed of that knowledge, public happiness might be ensured, and a selection of public servants would he made very different indeed from J mathan Jennings, Mr. Noble, or Hendricks. But these Considerations can be applied more c EFcctually hereafter We shah now proceed to notice the correspondence mentioned in the extract from the Herald, publish ed m our first communication. We promised to bring to light some facts, explain the whole, and enquire into the motives that could operate or, the usual cunning of Hendricks and Noble', to commence it, together with the causes that alone influenced its publication Now we shall set out straight forward, with this remark, ' good alone, is good ; Without a name, vm .. ss i so." 13 fore we proceed, however, we must notice a circumstance that was understood but indistinctly, whan in our last an apparent want of concert in the departments at Washington was noticed. The circumstances as related, so far as regard mat. Dougla: , the district paymaster of Missouri, are correct; but if what we have since learnt be true, and there is authority that satisfies us, the milhia Sc rangers of ma;. Douglass's district may justly charge Nathaniel Ewing, receiver ot public m nics here, with partial or unfair tn tmcnt. 1 1 the drafts offered by maj. Douglass was somewhat surprising and we are told that since that refusal, he has, under cir cumstances as regards himself, not in the least dissimilar, negotiated a draft for maj. Whltlock. II this be so, we must we art- bound to stfribute his refusal of maj. Douglass m p .;,ial or un fair conduct in his office, fie pays out money without any suthorit) that the paymaster is aware ol u ore perhaps because a part of it may return into 1 is awn store for goods or debts and he refuses it to snother whom the govern merit suthoriset to t all on him. Without SUthoi it , a receiver of public monirs sccommodstei one paymaster and n fuses another no doubt as Trim aid, on

his own responsibility forsooth !

This is a fair subject for the people to consider, and the government to act upon. Jiut here and at this moment, we should not hare meddled with the transaction, had it not been noticed by us before and every thing we notice, 'tis our intention to do justice to. This transaction shall have it hcreaftei the letter now claims it. 7 nis letter, dated December 2 signed by Noble and Ilench icks. and addressed to the acting secretary of war, begins with a Bequest that an u or Jr be issued to the paymaster of the Indiana district for the more prompt pay of the Indiana militia." An ord r for prompt payment on an officer who can hold no funds ii his possession one who does and must distribute, as they are placed in his hands. 'Tis effecting much indeed, to get such an order and if the honorable secretary of war Could order and iay it would effect stilj more but 'tis only effecting a clear knowledge of their own ignorance. The government of the U." States have a paymaster general, thro whom the district paymasters receive their funds and their instrui 'A ions, ane if that request had been friatie to him miffht :it lonst spgtti V.' !-'r St Hnli l n - .,vi reauy lntenueo to co someinmg not be !1 1 j If. 1 . : .1 a 1 i t r. i it -ss , 111:11 lrimi i mm rm through whom information and instrocl tions miirht be orocured it demonstrates j 1 ' that to deceive the people was a primary object. But tins is not all Noble and Hendricks receive orders and instructions long since published, as a request. These orders and instructions were framed after services were rendered by a Large proportion of the militia and rangers and they require oaths and forms that would not have been necessary had the government made punctual payments. They may prevent the payment of many ch tins and 'tis a clear principle that ail military services should be paid according to the laws and regulations existing- at the time the service was rendered. Do we find them nrotesting against, and endeavoring to av ay such oaths and forms ? Do not know that the paymaster of t . : ' tl a. 1 i f iiiuiaua uisiriet nas always nertorm his tnduty promptly ? Did they not k?:( it was an order lor monev thev s hould leave "pplicd t r f If they did not know these tilings, yet needlessly and officiously intermeddled, i would pity their ignorance, and pardon, if tl" militia and rangers can. the motives that could alone cause them thus to display it. But Mr. Jennings had, often requested orders to be issued for the same purpose, and although lie never got a payment effected sooner, or in any other way than it would have been without his interference, but on the contrary created some needless trouble that produced delayyet he made such" things suit his oavu views, lie would occasionally take credit for such applications yes. and sometimes receive it too,from the deluded people, when he really merited just tlie reverse. Me ol Die ont 1 H dncks knew that purposes it woul mswer the 1 necessary to iir.e follow in the same way. Tin y war.t the people to believe they can do something, and they attem most of the p Thev want to resn. ctinar 1 o hich can least judge te it c: s and they nings, that the subirates powei tutly on 1 w; Je think i ah ?! ject matti their own mi :ds, is a happy occasion to avail of to influence the minds of their constituents. Another paragraph shai ! taken up in our next, the facts it maj call for to d nonstrate Uie ignorance &M sinister des'gn by uhich thay we e prompted u w rite or publish such a letter will exhibit Sc prove nit i. Whltlock's faithful and prompt attention to the disClli 1 e BANK VINCENNES, " ' 1' , MIL fll' ! V e,., 1. . -. -j Vl .. M hereb) in med thai the lection for Directors on the first day of March next, will be held at the bouse of Peter Jones, in Vincennes, at By order of the Board, ISA iC BL 1CKFORD, Caxhr NEW GOODS. BR H tat 4 11 1 )fj;v B.moujsT. WE issil oprred in the hnUfr recrnt ly occer -'d by N. Brcadiar 5 Co. MERCHAXD1ZE. sv-!l adptrj to the p efent fcjicrt, which thry will fell lor CiHi. :-tt Vincc.mca, Dec. 10, IS 16,

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