Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 March 1817 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SUX.

f yy J f r j- r s- r r s r J- r VINCENNES, B A i IHDAV, M iRCH Z )0 1817 A9 there appears to have been some mil , in the list published ia our last of fit'' persons elected a Magistrates in the d fTcrcot townships in this county, i ir having received Information at that time from all -he townshim. we v. 1 1 noM give a co rect list of the persons elected in i ac i. in Decker Tows J. purccil, wl issac Decker. . r

Harrison Townsl William Gamble covered with brass, and fere adand Ethelared l Bass. i , ;

Palmyra township, John McDonald. Washington 1 . ..-.hip, T. Mc.ClUre. Widner Township, Saml. Chambers. Vi icennes T iwnsl ip Frederick Graetcr. and F. Stout. Busscron Totfn ship, David L'-llie. ER T . j Be ird Vinccnn

ing a resolution of ed in London by tire Doctors rthe Borough Grand son Wm. Temple Frankred, that the i:n i?rni:r Tor ,ftn;;it fw

v. e o: citizens were invited to attend, and permittcd to debate" by their resolution, the Citizen! are only invited to attend, but not permitted to debate. We have again to beg the indulgence of Justice fit Truth,'1 his tth number unavoidably crouded out tlis week, he shall be attended to in our next. Congress have at length decided a S dnst renuV;T!'.r at this time the internal taxes. rfne proposition on that subject was on Hie 20th ult. put to sleep for tiic present session, by a majority of 9 voles. Dutch Redcmptioners. A bpM t fjftr Dutch redcmptioners passed through here on Wednesday last on their way towards Kentucky, to certain individuals of which state they are said to have indentured themselves for three years, ft . . c v. A vneir irauspoi tin ion it tun Amsterdam to the United States. Three hundred are said to have arrived at Annapolis in one vessel, for which the captain $cts one hundred dollars a head ; he must of course make a handsome sum by his freight, of about thirty thousand dollars IV.C Gazette. An agent from our government to the provinces on the La Plata is about to take his dep. . tare to reside amongst our republican brethren there. Ib. C O M M O T ORE B R N E Y . About the year 1 19 1 or '06 he recaptured his ship from t;- V clish prize crew, with a tli;-:i of personal heroism never surpassed. Some of them were killed and wounded by him & he sue ceeded in bringing his ship, with ten or twelve prisoners, to Haiti-

tore : his own force being only proved not to be a ieise one :o:imself and tw) men in the hold ii a few moments alter, the ex-

n him when he began the engagement, In a future voy age be was again taken and earned to Jamaica, where he was ut on his trial for murder and piracy. Great exerttons had been made to collect evidence against him ; but he, in the bar a stranger, told the attor ncv-ireneral to his teeth, that he himself would furnish all the proof wanted. He said le had killed and fired at with an mten tion to kill, certain of his majestv's subiects that he did retake h ship and carry the prize crew tv Baltimore, &c, which it wasso plainly his right to do, that he disdained to offer a remark to defend it. The judge sided with the commodore force might al-

ways h- resisted by force. No civil process had been had against the vessel, and the right of the British to it existed only in their power to keep the po session. They entered and held her by force and Barney W9S guilty neither of murder or piracy. Bartffis Gaz.

t " r r ncri.. on" - Curassieurs, which was ta1- c... j. r iv.... , . 1 , 4 . A, '00 at the Boston Arithenaeum It consists of a steel helmet, a breast and back plate, which are K i) UU allCt I'le. DdlllC Ol 1 ciU'lanted u resist tne lmnression oi a musket ball. N. Y. Pot The Franklin Manuscripts is stated are about to be publish . . . . . . ... oi nisj me. wnuen ov nimseo 10 a a late period, and continued to the time of his death, by his grandson ; the hole of his correspondence private and political and numerous literary and philosophical papers. Much should be expected from the correspond ence, when it is considered that among the friends of this rrreat man were Doct's Priestly and Price, Burke, Fox, Sir Joseph Banks, Buffon, Hartley, &c. Portsmouth ( X. H.) paper EW YORK. Feb. 17. The brig Iespatch, Babson of Boston, arrived at New London on Thursday morning in 35 days fioni Cadiz, with a cargo & fruit bound to few-Yon Passen gers, Lieut. Vv m. tlindman and Lieut. Taylor, of the Navy. Mr. Mead, who has been a long time imprisoned in Spain, was to be releasd on the 22d of December. Mr. Brvingthe Ameriran tiiiibiei', remained at Madrid. There had been no late news from our squadron. It is understood that the frigate IJ. States, and sloop of war Ontario, were at Malaga, and the rest of the squadron at Port Mahon, cce. on theit way op to Algiers. The Spanish expedition for South America, so long talked of. had not yet sailed, nor was it known when it probably would depart. BOSTON, Feb. 13. Ysterday morning between the hours of four and 5, the ahu m of fire was spread in this town. It tensive buildings on tne necz, occupied by Mr. Gorge Jackson, and others, as a soap and candle manufactory, v. ere found to he enveloped in flames ; and to have gained such an ascendancy before the engines could n ach the spot, a to battle every exertion to ex tinguish the same. The loss i is estimated at $ 10,000 and Mr. Jackson, one ol our most acta and enterprising citizens, we ace sorry to learn is the principal -offerer. Two oi th worivrn.slept in the third su-r ; and w re not awakened, until the bulding was so far in flames, thai their only escape was from the top of the building one we understand was much hurl from hi fail.

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Tallow to the amount of 20,000 weight was consumed. From a Newport, ( R lj paper of Jan. 8. We have it in our power to state, on the most undoubted authority that very liberal measures have been taken to brinocom from the Western into the Atlantic states by the way of New-Orleans, in such quantities as to leave us under no kind of apprehensions for the scarcity of that article by the mindle of Feb-

ruai v next. been very abundant, and heavv throughout all the vast country except on the extreme upper borders. Letters to the writer of this article state that com at Chilicothe is 2,i cents, at Cincinnati twenty five, and the large plantations on the Odio but twenty cents a bushel on the ear. A brig sailed several weeks ago from Rochester to New Orleans, which, although her true destination was studiously concealed, was to receiveat the latter place 10000 bushels of corn, for which a person was timely sent out to make the purchase and seasonable delivery of it. Seven thousand dollars in specie bills was, a few weeks ago, sent from a neighboring town into the modvn Egypt, to effect, purchases for the same purpose. Three ;h;i s also -ailed a tew weeks ago from New-York to New-Or. leans, destined to return laden with that valuable bread stuff. And we are happy to state that letters have been received from the agents who have gone out to purchase, which bring word that they are rapidly accomplishing the object of their mis-ions. This is literally good neves trin a far countrv. Domestic woiien cloths are advertised in New-York in the following i-iv!e : u Superfine Orleans Mixtures and Brie Browns and Greens, equal tb Bourbons, Bluchers or Wellingtons." A resolution is before the 1cgisiature of Pennsylvania for abolishing the punishment of death in all eases. A petition to the legslature of Maryland affirms that there are five hundred tippling houses constantly open in Baltimore. The municipal government of Norfolk have ordained the erection of a monument, near fort Harbour, to be consecrated to the memory of the defenders of their country. The Stephen Decatur packet, which plyed between Baltimore and. Norfolk, was lost at Tangier Island on the ult. having ot clogged with ice. 9 DO Tere was a servere frost in W. Florida the 11th Nov. which, it was feared, would destroy the sugar cane crops in that country. NOTICE. T a mccthio: of the Board of Trus tees for the Boroutrh of Vincennes v 1 1 Monday the 17th instant Ordered, That the Clerk cfive notice through the medium of a public news-paper the ado rnment of the Board until Monday the 24th Ut. at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the court-house, and also announce the authority given by the Board to list and value the iot, k improvements thereon, within tins Borough with the names of

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their present occupant ; or owners, as also a tin of all mates of 2 1 year old and over, who may not be subject to a Borough tax for real piopcrty, and that a retOrtl ol the said list will be maue at the meeting- on Monday next and a tax

levied thereon and that the Clerk fin ther announce to all citizens who feci interested that they should attend the said meeting;. A Conv Test. C. U. T J LLIN6 H AST, ttfc March 20,' IS 17. -r j j j i JONATHAN JENNINGS, Qobem&r end Commander in Ciirf of the State of Indiana, to all and singular, to whom rinse firccnt hall come Greeting ; ""WJLTHEREAS in pursuance of a rcV solution of the President and Directors of the Bank of incegnes, of the 4th instant, the assent in writing of the Corporation aforesaid, has been officially receive accepting the modification proposed to the Charter of said Rank, by an act of the General AssemKit An1 I t 1 1 r C An o o r Anf I . . f I "I 7 " - - . i ft-x. uv.vMV.Uj v Li IL LJ i ol incennes, as the State Bank oi Indiana, and for other purposes' Sc which, r V ' together wth otlier official document connected tiiei-ewith, have been recorded in the office of State, in conformity to the provisions of the act aforesaid. Nov thi reore be it kntvmm that I, joxatk.vn jkwings. Governor of the Stat -i c.i Indiana, having seen and inspected the said documents, have declared, and do by these presents declare, the said Bank of V incennes, to he adopted as the State Bank of Indiana. In testimony tohereof baye hereunto act my Land and private seal, this 8th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eiht hundred and seventeen, the first year of the State, and of the Independence of the United States the Forty-first JONATHAN JENNINGS. By the Governor, R. A. New, Secty. WANT EE TO HIRE, rnpWO good BRICK LjfYERS, and J two COMMON LABOURERS to whom constant employment and liberal wages will he given, apply to, BENJAMIN HANE& Vincennes, March 20, 1817. 16-tf v y y x x r ' S ' ' s r j- s j ri octor L. S. SliULEU, x. ACCOUCHEUR few-York, ;PEG FFL L ms the in habitants ot i fPnnoe and its vieiuir , that he las commenced practice in this pi?tce, and now occupies a room in the house of .1. Bond, where he will at all times cheerfully attend to those who may call on him. He hones bv imre- . 1 j mittcd attention his knowledge and experience in the different branches of his profession, to merit a share of the public patronage. Those residing at a considerable distance, wishing to employ him, arc assured that tite best assistance will be afforded, on the most liberal terms. Advice in all cases i ien gratis. 15- tf March 14, 18 17. REMOVAL. Mr. Bennett, Attorney cc Counsellor at haw, OFFERS his professional services to the public. His office will he opened on or before the first day of April next in a room adjoining the office of the Indiana Sentinel, where he may he found at all reasonable hours His present residence is in Mr. Jones's house aj heretofore. 16- tf Vincennes, March 19, 1S17. Mm. Tripleti, Feitcr & Hughes Henry Duncan, and Uaniil i'. Hcivell C2 Co. Take Notice, THAT the Circuit court for Gihson county will sit on the first Mondav in May next, at the courthouse in Princeton, to-hear what may he al! edged for or against my enlargement from prison under an execution for debt, at the suit of John Wethrow, when and where yon may attend if vou think proper. JAMES RUSSEL. March 18, 1817. 41-16 WHITING PAPER, For Sale at the Otiiee of the Western Sin JUSTICE S BLANKS For Sale at this Omcju