Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 April 1817 — Page 2

Gorgef&wiu HPtrch 3. It will be seen by the reat popular meetings ana rioti which have recenl I y taken place in Jibuti m. thai the ditcententi of the B iglish people arc assuming a more serious character. There nothing, we admit, which shews any evidence of any thing li ke a concerted plan to oppose or overthrow the government, I5.it ve oluti v)-; do not grow out of 9itch concert. They are pro d iced by pressure on the people. rr is pressure is i Imitted, on all si Irs. to cxii in England at the present m ment toa great degree a id the people art begnning to show their unwilling less to submil to it. Tie power ot the British governments i-. unquafl tionahly great and firmly fixed : but extensive a id solid as it is, in nnr humble opinion it cannot, under the existing circumstances of the world, stand one year of $cat c itp Messenger. T ilh uvan I. who was lately dis mise I frnm the French court, h said to have gone to Vienna, T r e is a peculiarity in (his mao's fortunes, wliich make his m ivements worthy of noti e c appears to live but in the elements of revolution and not withstanding the wreck these produce, he ha-; survived thetn all. Does not the young Napoleon live within the atmosphere of Vienna ? Tiie latest dates from la Plain are to the 3d December, The Buenos Avres arovernoient was to declare war against the (B,4asillian) P rtuguese government on the 6th Dee, Tie government I in I issued a long decree to encourage privateenng against the commerce fs -vii 1 Particular rewards arc promised to cru isers that shall intercept ties matches or take transports with troofis or monitions of war. Tlifcpapers displayed in an increased degree tlie spirit of independence and of host, T v to Spain.

A rausc of want a 1 mhmu. meeting has hen held in Nfwv-York to enquire into the State of want and misery a n ng the poor in that city, and to devise s me plan to prevent a recurren e and increase these e1 lis A committee Appointed t take the subject into more ;a rti ' a consideration, am m i otiier t'ni; fS, observe M If we reurtothe state of tlie p or. from year to year, for tlie years past, we find t ev have yearly increased greatly beyond the regular increase of population At the present period there is reason to believe, from information received a id from thevisiti tg committee in the lev eral wards, thai fifteen thousand men. women and children equal t- one seventh of the whole popn i ion of our citv, have been supported by public or private boonty and m unifier nee ! 1 viewing thi deplorable state of human miserv, the committee have diiiijently attended loan examination of the causes which have produced such dire e'.Ti s. And after the most mat i e and deli ate reflection, t n i e satisfu i ' a i . v in st proiniueul a.iu iLariuug cause,

is the free and in ordinate u-c of spirituous liquors To this cause alone may fairly be attri buted seven eiarhts of the misery and distress among the p or the present winter: one sixteenth to the want of employment, owing to the present distressed state of trade and commerce ; and the remaining portion to circumstances difficult to enumerate, and which possibly could not be avoided. 4 In order to exhibit the immense wants occasioned to the community by t he practice which is the iubjee of our present research, a calculation ! as been made of the sum yearly squandered in this city by tlie ha ful use of ardent spirits. The number of houses licensed tor the purpose is computed to be eighteen hundred, Suppose that each of these retail to the am Mini of two dollar and lifty cents a day, which will evidentlv aooear to be a very moderate assumption,) the sales in t is article will amount to 1,642.500 dollars per annum, worse c an squandered in the course of the year. Iff is sum were laid out in flour, it would, at tlie rate often dollars per bai . el, pure ase i u I &50 barrels a quantity sufficient to sup ply the wuole popu atioa uf New York with bread for the same space of time, tf the sum ot one dollar be added thereto, (which vet must be deemed moderate,; the sum would tnen be suffi lent to purchase 300.000 l a is of wood ; a quantity suflicient to supply the whole city and county lor that period. Tuus it would appear that te money, which i u y thrown away in drams, would be sufficient to furnish, not only tue poor, but (tie whole population of ttiis city, lot:i Wth oiead and fuel throng iou( tlie year.w MEXICAiN NEWS. Extract ofa letter from Colonel 0 , in (wen. M maV a my, dated GulvestoWn, Jannar 31 lSi to nis friend in NewYor;v, translated a d e. mmunieated for tiie Columbian Since my ias. dated fr m Port an Prince, we have sailed For t p vi e. situated in St. Bernard's liav, woei'e we have lornied a junction witii tiie spirited (' nmtn icto r Aury, i Kir supplies arc aaundaut, our at tiller excellenl our cavalry well mounted On Indian hordes, and a I our rnen deter nj cd to conquer or use for (he iuoependence of their adopted Country. We have !-.ad to strule against difncuUics ol ail sotis biekufess, treason, and desertion. We had amooif us eeret agents and assassiits, wnom I liae detacted. O r i;a e General is safe, and ira.iy to punisn with his good bruad sword the tyrants ot the new World. Vou cannot imagine with w at ra, idity t: i p a e has grown On our landing there w as only t secii a lew scattered huts -and now. 150 houses, raised as it by mkgie, offer all sorts o I acconim nda ion. Taverns, colfce houaesi billiard tables, 9 lopsand trades of ali sorts, ate in opeitrtion, encircled by strut,; fortifications and more than !J0 lucu ui wai woo alternately go

out to render the slaves o the tyrant tnbutarirs tt the wants of the friends of liberty, Aury i governor of this place, which he has created by his genius and enterprise n Renuttks We lament to learn, thai these flattering hopes are blasted. Trie degenerate natives manifested no wish for independence ; a- men long enslaved, become reconciled to chains. Letters received m town to day from New-Orleans, announee the failure of general Mina expedition It i- said he has put intvi the Mississippi. iV. Y. Columbian

New YTorfc, Mbrch 28. Captain he! by, who arrived at thi port yesterday afternoon, in tlie trv tat sailing schooner Gaiette, in 12 days from St. Jago dc (nt a. informs tha on the lOtiiinsta it, the day he sailed, he was h. a de I by the Pat not brig of war Fourthe of July. Commodore Taylor, who was biock ling thai port, and treated verv politely, lommo Sore f!Tivior informed Captain selby thai on the 15th, 1 e day previous, hdypoarded a Britisu packet, direct from England, t captain of which inI rmed liim thai u all the south ot France had revolted, and 1 1 mt t e king and royal family ha I il tiie kingdom for safety." We give the above news as we re 'eived it. :o: New-York March 31. Further of the Rumors from Europe. passenger in the brig Hippomenese, wtiich arrived at t! is port yestetxlay, in L; days from Curracoa. states, that letters :a I been received there from St. Barfs, which mentioned that the Barbadoes Packet had touched at t e la ter place in 26 days from K igland, and brought an arc nnl that a new revrolution i a I broken out in France ; and t a. a British fleet, which included sad of the line, was preparing for an expedition from Eng and. From (he Southern Patriots, March 29 Important A Gentleman df veraci y, who amved this morning in the southern Stage, from St. Augustine informs us that a new Governoris daily expected t he e w ho has power and antliority from tne Government of Did Spain, to eti the Fiuridas to tiie Amci i "a- s. Tlie Gentleman alluded to, derived this information from the highest authority at St. Augustine. Extract of a letter from Mafiu ordo Mexico) dated 2th 1817, toa gentleman in New Orleans, received from a gentleman, passenger in the ship Andrew, arrived at Philadelphia. If the United States will receive an ambassador from this republic, tlie limits of their territory of Louisana as claimed in the negotiation with Spain, extending to t e Rio del Norte, will be acknowledged, coidii med, and guaranteed." Cause of Darkness. On the btii day oi January it wa so

dark in the city d London tl at ea di s were lighted at mid-day. Every American knows f : at the Htli of January is tlie anniversary of tue glorious batt'e of NewOrleans t! e result of which iittera'ly i i t the eity t.f London in mourning It was indeed a dark day fur England. Son. Iat. N$w Orleans. March 0. Riot Yesterday attetnoon a crowd a mh'ed on tl e cvc in front of the E glish ship Hamillon, in consetfuencc o( her l aving at each mast bea 1 a vane t; at bore seme resemb anee to the tricolpured Hag. Tihe crowd was composed entirely of Frenchmen after threatening a long time, ht ii g kept af bay hv the crew, who were aimed with bludgeons and perl aps one pistol and a sword, the Frenchmen hoarded with pistols & swords; a short strung c ensued, the consequence of ic!i w a. t at f1 e crew were over nue ed, one of them was killed, a id anhttdse verely won ded, Tha5 F enctimen puded d wn the obnoxioiis vanes and otherwise iniured t vessel. Further violence was prevented tw the arrival if rietachment of Uirited Sta estroi ps with gen. Ripley at tl eir head. Great credit is due to the general for tne promptitude with which he wider, d out the troops, a id for his de isioq in suppre bing' the riot. Baltimore March 31. Capt. T no mas of the schooner, Traverse the (). ''a i im" i ?eg us, that he was on board t'.e Fourth '-.'only, com Taylor, on the irh f I he prese i motif ii. and wa-i informed t at tlie patriots had ra :en and wrere in posspssion of Pensacola. Th.e Comniadure furt! ev stated hn i ttrt nfi atiort of tlie above m ntimed u-tf t at he ha i ordere I seve al prizes to that port, inst ad ol p ' ding them t. Cape Fi ancoi as .e lia.- usual! done. Extract ofa fetter from a house in New-Orleans to t eir cor respondent in ( is place, dted 23th March, 1817. u The steam-boat Washii tori would have left this vesteidav for your place bt t for tl e rec urn e of an act whicii everv citizen d' Kentucky, as well as . w Orleans, cannot bt it deprieate, iz. the seizure d' tJie ! at hv Mr. Livingston. T us. we hoje, ill not. however, detain her longer tlian to-morrow. 31a. e Eadel

Tra nsl ated 1). r the 'ash i -1 rr . n ( itjf Guzi tte. FROM EVE SOS AYREs. The new kingdi m of I? azila seems to he in 1 1 e gi a:i op - muwii it r ( s.a '.i- mi i i M i - eitv in this aieat section of America. A soon a royalty as li'micnls! twl Oi 1. riu it iiMnt we bean to see wars lot plunder and aggrandiz ment. V e hi pe. on this ace i ot t at tlie I oun .,f Btaganza may again return to her native si'il, turope. r i.c they can And more o p- if unities of sisfying th ir ambitioit v e hope again t, at in case i i a,.y intention on her pail t. u her peimanent residence in America tnat the paUioU oi Bueaos A-