Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 March 1817 — Page 3

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SATURDAY, MAIU II 8, 1S1T.

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To czrre $fi'ndent With our respected friend Z, WC feci equally interested in tht Hank of Vinceniu s, but at this moment cannot content ?o publish his rtmai ks. The subject is realty fe delicate one, and involves considerations as he very justly observes, " personal, moral, political and pecuniary," and we are award of no practicable and salutary effect that COUtll be produced bv its agitation; indeed) under present c ircumstances, it is only fitted for adjudication in a legal way, and we feel bound to dec line. He must not by this refusal suppose there exists any variance in our individual opinions but he must recollect we have a distinct dutv to perform and although We may believe his statement St inferences to be correct and just, vet that duty is paramount when nothing but dis satisfaction, and injury to the institution could possibly result. With Z, we think should a majority of the stock change hands, and become the property of another man, the case as regards the institution, or the people, would be nothing bettered We also think as he does, as regards a Siate Bank rtis a political machine and may

be wielded to purposes foreign to its o-

ngir.ai design beside we believe Fur

tber, that the State of Indiana is not in circumstances to become a stock-holder, nor do we believe there is active capital in the State to afford stamina for its intended branches. With Z, we voted against the resolutions and bye -Jaws on which lie animadverts so strongly but as agitating tnat question now, could only tend to injure,

the present board will act tb' the best, we must be permitted, without blame, to return the piece. If. however, as Z suffests under any circumstances s majority of the whole stock should fa I into the bands of artyone here, the stock-holders must be now aware of the proper steps to restrain him. 1 Justice St Truth 3 is unavoidably omitted I .is week, he shall be attended to in our next.

On Man I y last the following persons were elected Directors of t he Bank of Vincennes for the ensuing 19 months. Nathaniel Ewin, Charles Smith,

Wilson Li ffWj Robert Buntin, John D. Hay, John Johnson, Benjamin IV rke,

S imuel T &cott, William Jones. James B. Mc Call, Eiias Mc Namee, Jeremiah Woe-.!.

Nathani el Ewings has been elected by the Directors, 1 resident, h laac Black frd. Cashier. The following persons offer them selves as candidates for the otfi e of Justice of the Peace for the Town .ip of Vincenne s . J I ii Ua m I i n da ev, se i . l&tkmtd P. Prcr Frederick Greet, : and E. StQUt Edward N. CuHum has been elected to the house of representatives in the Illinois territory from the county of Crawfoi d. The name of the intended settlement of the French emigrants, is said to be Demopolis they are applying to government for a grant of hind b tweeti trie 33d and 35th degree of X. latitude, on the Tombigbce and to rnr. Jefferson for the form of a Social Compact. The amount of duties paid and secured in the port of Boston in the ear I s 1 6, was 9 353 94 cents. The coasters and foreign arrivals in the port of Boston in 1816, were 3 120, exclusive of numerous unregistered State coasters, which were not obliged to enter at tin- custom house. The foreign clearances were 572 coasters 2,1 37. The near approximation of navigation of this port to that of New-York is highly honorable to Boston, c raaidering the difference in the number of inhabitants, r . The numbc f arrivals at wcwYorK Ifrom foteign ports, in 1816, wai 1 2, In Boston, B 4. The arrivals at New-York were 779 Americans, and 1 1 3 foregn vesselsHfnmber of p: iser jcrs 7,132. David ilson of Port William, Ky.

is 78 years of age he has had four wives was taken into Galveston as and bv them forty-two c hildren His --. mm a ii , i ;ki i . ' r i soon a& ffoeinor Aunt was in eldest chtlu is but 1 6 years younger than r . ? " n as himself, liis second wife had five chil- formed by an American, who dren at two birth, in 1 1 months. Mr. happened to be there at the time, Wilson is a native of Pennsylvaniar-con- thai the brig had been captured "I v llu unl5 fhr d SUP- in the waters of the V Siates he ports Ins fam;!ybv labor. r . . iic m put a crew of Ins own men i?Ho The encouragement r.f Manufactures. nCT and Ordered her tO NeW-Or-A joint committee of the two houses loans, to be given up to the proper the New-York legislature to whom 4i', i,o.f JLa tlw ,,. , ri . r i er authorities. Sue has not vet tiie suoj4 ct of the encouragement ot do- . . . . , mestic manufactures was referred, have cam in, but is hourly expected.

reported a bill exempting all manufacturers actually employed in any cotton or Woolen, manufactory from militia du

tv, and from working on public high

ways, or serving as jurors in all suits of

ft-j or under, except in cases of insur-

According to the provisions of the constitution, the votes given by the Electors for President and Vice President were vesterdav

rection or invasion ; exempting all the COtMted OUt, in the presence of

nuimings and machinery ofevery cotton the Senators and Representatives or wo,, factory witiun the state ;n Congress ; and it was officially i!on taxation, rhev nnther recom- i , . . . .

proclaimed by the President of

the Senate ; that. JAMES MONROE. I- elected President of the United States ; and that DANIEID. TOMPKINS Is elected l ire President thereof,

Loss of the V. S. Brig Chippewa for four years from and after the

mend a resolve to recommend to the members of the legislature, and their senators and representatives in congress and ill officers of government Within the state, to cloathc themselves when acting in their public capacity, in the manufactured goods of our own country.

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ZVetr York, Jan. 1 7. We are

sorry to announce the loss of the above vessel, which was cast away on the 12th of December,

at half past 7 P. M. on the north-

4th of March next.

Nat. Intel.

Virginia Convention. T h e

Virginia house of delegates have

west point of the Grand Caicos decided by a vote of 79 to 73. on

Island. The Chinnewa waq tne call oi a convention for the

bound from Boston to the Gulph l'"T ' amcnuir.q; certain sec-

nise and her

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dest ribed in t

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icy land

of Mexico, on loss Was occasi upon a reef no charts. The t were all sav I

on the island, fr m wl

proceeded to Turks Island

North Carolina, to bring

home, arid arrived at this port

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passage.

lions ot the constitution ot that -tat The paits of the constitution to be amended are specified in the resolutions ; and each member ol the convention, is to take an oath not ti meddle with any oilier part of it. BA LTIMORE, Feb- 6. A ship with upwards of 309

Germans, mci

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A Kitsh ship from Porttand, for Jamaica, laden with lumber.

was cast 'va ay at t

lost-

dren, S:a s arri

;ame ptac

women and cmid oft' Annapolis,

he is detained bv the ice.

These people h:;,ve been fifteen weeks on board, and short of

ions, i pon

Ail metii an schr. was also driven ashore at the same time, bin had been got olL From the Lexington Reporter. Balize, Mouth Mississippi. December 29, 1816. S u c;reat number of vessels continue to arrive at tins port. Many inquiries are made about flour and corn and all soi is of

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u Lieut Cunningham in the

Firebrand, came in here a few days ago from a cruise ; was boarded by a Spaniard who informed him, that the Royal Spanlards had taken the port of Bonquelle and put to death all the patriots they got hold of. This, mind vou, being Spanish news is 1 1 i I 1 A t

a motiui. titu sometn'jiaks

ea;es, tnei come vcr) overboard.

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bedding having be filthy, was thrown Thev are now a :t-

uatty peri hir.gfrom tliecold and for want of provisions, The VLev. yie. Booge, e!;anin in th army of the United States, has voluntarily opened a school at Plattsburgh, N. Y. for the gratuitous education of soldier's cliildren at tliat station. His school now contains 42 pupils, w .to have made considerable progress, but most of whom when he commenced did not know their letters ; and but for him might have grown up in extreme ignorance He proposes to congress that the keeping of such schools should be made a part of the duty of chaplains.

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been

u Inch sailed from the poi

time ago. The patriots are fo;

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Liverpool, Nov. 22. " The distress, of the laboring and middling classes of people in Sundi i land, we understand is great bevond anv former nrece-

tifying Glaveston Bay strongly dent. By inquiries instituted bv

governor Jury has the command, the magistrates, it appears that

one pawnbroker only, and there are many in Sunderland) 1 as. besides some thousands of pounds worth of other articles, no fewer than 1200 watches, and 150 wedding rings, pledges with him. Durham Adv.

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" I ne t . states arrncu vessels havre positive orders not to cruise eat nv west of the U. States boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico. These orders came by the ( on press frigate which arrived hei some time ago,

" Latest news from S. A met

ica. state that the Patriots are i

' ing all before them

Piloted ion o f A tec ban ics . The legislature of South Car-

The Spanish brig Captured olina have passed a law, provia time ".n c at the mouth ding that every master mechanic, of the Mississippi by the Vene- handcraftman and artificer, who zuela armed schooner Jupitert shall erect, improve or repair any

building, whatsoever, shall have a legal lien upon the building for the amount of his just claims on the same. (An equitable law, and worthy to be copied in every tate. ) PRINTING When a Jew, who was a famous Dutch printer, brought to Constantinople printing presses, 6cc.to introduce the art of printing in that city, the Grand Vizier caused him to be hanged: declaring, that it would be a cruelty that one man should enrich himself by taking the bread of 1 1000 scribes, who gained their living by their pen.

Salt of Lots in the Town of PETERSBURG P3IIE scite of this town las been sejf Ijcttii by t!.e commissioners appointed by the state Legislature for fixin.!: tne seat of Justice for Pike county, a:iJ laid off by the county Commission

ers on the most liberal p. an ; the streets

tram 60 to loo feet wide, and alleys o

10 tcet each inn lot containing one quarter of an acre, and out lots one acre, the public square, containing one acre, in the centre of tlve town. PETERSBURG is situated one Sc a haif miles from White river, surrounded by an extensive country of rich and fertile land, and in the centre of a large settlement of good farmers ; it lies 20 miles from Vincennes & 22 i:om Princeton, from each of wl ich places a public road passes through Petersburg!!, to Louisville, and is on a direct line from Troy the county seat of Perry county to Vincennes. Terms of eate T ots in Petersburg will be sold at public sale on the second Monday in April next, on a credit of six:, twelve and eighteen mont'.s, the purchasers giving bond and security for the punctuil payment at the times they become due. JOHN JOHNSOV, Agent fr Fix? county. March 3, 1817. U-5t

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Keep your Cash at Home. T E HE subscriber has now on hand,

and intends constantly keeping, of

his o'vn nn

of

vvisji to purchase will, he hopes gi t preference to home manufacture. JOHN B STROPES.

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J C. REILEY, & Co. WATCH V CLOCK MAKERS, SIL VI. RSMITHS & JE WELLERS J ESPEC 1 FULLY informs their Sl friends, and the public in general, that they have commenced the above business in all its various branc hes, in the house lately occupied by Messrs Hale Sc Wood, and nearly opposite Harlow Sc Trimble's store where they hope by their unremitted attention to business, to merit the approbation of the public. Y'nrcnr.cs, January 1, 1817. X. R. Ware! es Sc Clocks, of every description carefully repaired, and warranted to perform The highest price given for old Cold and Silver $r7An apprentice, will be taken of good moral habits, to learn the above. NEW GOODS. BRADLEY & DAD0LLET,

T T AVE juil op-nrd in the houfr

JL.i ly occupied hy N. Breadu.g k Cg fmsll affortment - f MERCHANDIZE,

well adprrcl to the prrnmt fcfon, which thf-v will fell lw for dfh. 2-tf Vintcnnts, Dec 10, 18 16. WRITING PAPER, For Sale at the Offiee of the Western Sun. 'blank 7,i:i:i)S"J FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. The Cons i u'ion of Indiana. FOR SALE at this OFFICE