Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 September 1817 — Page 2

1 might hereafter have to correct your statements, I hope it Will refresh your tnemonr, improve your mind, ana convince the public whither you are accustomed to complaints or not Here it is. Kask kski , Aco. 8, 1816. Df.au Sir. White at Washington city, I communicated from time to time to my constituents the Information I received from Mr Brent paymaster General, respecting t ic pay t the rangers and militia oi Illinois, he told me that early in the winter he had sent on draft, for a part, and on the 30th of April he communicated to rnc from a letter he had received from you, that vou had then drafts soficicnt to p.iy of all the troops of every discription except about fc8 000 on my return I found rrat dissatisfaction from some parts of the Territory against me for not fretting then their money. 1 am extreamy anxious to new how the business Is, as Some ctames me and some 1 presume that you have not been ahlc to change the drafts, or otherwise Mr. li:e;it have made sonic mistake, as have been told that you have not yet got the mom- pleas rite me, Yours Respectfully, B STfcPMENSON. N, B. Cfcpt, Bottinghous's company's muster roll was sent to me amounting to upwards of fcB.ooo which sum ree'd of Mr. Brent and have paid to the men since my return. Yrs Sec. B. STEPHEVSOK. 1 should he glad to bear from you, Which would enable me to satisfy the men of the will be satisfied. The flat and curious manner in w hich it appears you wrote epistolary letters Would Cause no man to believe that you Wrote the 1st and 2d numbers before mentioned. This circumstance may be some apology for your inconsistency and M.f condemnation but win n 1 revert to the excuse for vour signing false muster foils, it Will be of no avail either to you, or to the writer. Your reasoning (il 1 may be excused for so calling it,) betrays a total ignorance, or a total want of sinceritv. Upon both the faise musters, and your own responsibility it betrays sheer gnoranee If vou believe what you saySheer hypnx'ricy, if you do not, what duties dtd the Government commission k Pay you as Inspector to see performed ? Were you to receive pay and hold run); 0 inspect forms or ubtntt ? I onus of Which the Government furnished moods to satisfy and please themselves, or tut stance of which thev knew nothing, until they be presented. 'Twas to examine and Inspect the 6tance air, not to look at the size of the paper, or the number of strait lines on it You really think you were only responsible for torm jio vou do not. vou or your u ritA must 1 should think know better. By saying so however, you endeavour to throw the Whole weight of the substantial matter oi the Rolls upon v ur subordinate officers -estrange Indeed ? What sir, do you believe those officer! must think ol you I when they disCONt? a pretence to praise them in one semen c, and in the next an endeavour o brand them With false muster:, in order to acquit yourself! ou tell me to read your circulars, I have seen enough of them to suspect when you were electioneering you promised to use vour best exertions to gratify the wishes of those men, you gained their BUtfregetj and as your present snuation proves, used them with your best exertions no doubt, for yourown advantage. If vour writer had not motives and feelings of his own. he WOUld not make y ou appear as he has would it not ha e Dten more creditable yes honorable Under present circumstances lor a man to have even sunk under the calamities of ins friends, than to have plunged himself into ruin, under the false ix pretended hope of draging his adversary alter him, unhappy man. dependent upon one who will lead vou Into the thoiney path of error and inconsistency one v no rather v sen l i vo unte r than a oldier regu srlj enlisted one who says v ! at he chooses otM who will deem it prudent to desert u. When his own Safety ret?utret it and one too, w ho will If I mistake not, show you in the end, that it is Only for that he now cares Unhappy man, your w riter nuke - VOU peek protection and safety in even s anderlng the dead. Col Whiteside is now in Ins grave else 1 should appeal to him f-r a contradiction of your tale respecting the servant. Was a 'run and Would not SWervi from what he believed

to be ritrht. I had nrocceded so far in

reply to your two first numbers when your third come to hand, a few hours since. It appears to be composed of tht very same materials as the preceeding. St my observations on them w ill without change or alteration, apply to it without any regard to your own character your accomplished Writer makes you aim altogether at conjuring up something to criminate me all this were it even so will not shield either of you, But sir you well know 'tis not so, and w hen the whole matter be sifted, whether you know it or not, the false rolU will be far to establish its total incorrectness. As you really appear to be much at a loss for some plausible expedients that may for a moment be perverted to suit your honest purpose, and as you have again brought forward the unfounded charge of a tranfer of duties, Sec. &cc. I Will without he i ation, furnish you with my own certificate of the facts read it sir, and make it appear any thing that can cover your shame or your guilt. 1, Ambrose Whitlock, 1 is. paymastei do hereby certify that I did permit Bena nin Stephenson then called Majef Benjamin Stephenson, since the Honbie, Benjamin Stephenson delegate in congress, now Benjamin Stephenson Escp Recc'r of public monies, district ot Edwards ville, (I am thus particular least the public mistake the man) to become personally accountable and responsible for requiring of his ow n voluntary f;ee will, the names cf sundry individual claiments for pay, on account of services rendered in the years 1812 k 1 8 1 .3 and that I paid to the said benjamin the amount due said absent claiments which he promised faithfully to deliver to them and eacii of them. A WHITLOCK. Now sir, if you can find any other man under similar circumstances, who arranged matters as you did, and at this time entertains the "same compunctions oi honesty that appears in you, with regard to delivering the money to its lawful owners, I will if he appears as you have, eive him also a certificate of the fact. You say i have trusted to some w ho are unworthy, omitting your own name, defy you to point out another, however if there beany, give the name, and it w ill afford me pleasure to mark it w ith ) ours. What must vour friends think of you when thev read these letters and revert . . t ... 1 ML I to the manner Sc circumstance in wnicn you must have made them believe you got hold of their money ? Did you not tell them sir that it was for their accommodation and convenience you hr.d taken it upon yourself to sign their names and what is it natural to suppose they should think of you now, when tin y see your pitiful attempts to brand me (four years afterwards,) with a crime for suffering vou to convey this money to then? Can you believe those men or the public will ever view a man worthy of their confidence in any respect w ho permits himself to be made guilty of sue n inconsistant h disgraceful conduct by his ow n w riter too. w ho to serve himself may savanv thing and all shall be of no avail Truly sir, this writer of yours has made you stand before the pub ic in a singular situation. Mangnanimity w ould h eve acknow ledged error w hen proven to be so w idle futile attempts to cover it can only add to the original guiit Vour dastardly notice of my remarks upon the barefaced attempt to displace me at a moment when if you had succeeded, it must have delayed the payment of the militia and rangers probably 13 months longer, it is unworthy of any n tiee from me To shew the people however one of vour contemptible perversions of obvious facts, I will refer them to my former letter where M your conduct, situation and circumstances," are alluded to the remark can only be applied to vour conduct as a pub ic oflicer and your situation as a merchant With regard to my own pecuniary matters I said nothing nor could 1 with vou, bear anv comparison, for quite unlike vou. 1 have served without profit 1 have Sowed without reaping. After ahu-sin:-me in the most unjustnahic manner you tell me near the close of the 3rd number, not to abuse you quite superfluous. You first insidiously attempted to destroy my reputation, 1 openly Charge vou with the fact and reply w ith calmness and moderation You then attempt throughout 3 long epistles, to mist.tte facts, falsely criminate me k cloak your own infamy -fc modestly close the w hole by telling me not to abuse you 1 I cannot abuse you sir. your writer has dei aded 0U and situated a he leai C3

vou, it would require a disposition that do not possess, to abuse. The man who betrays his own trust & confidence and who employs a writer whom he serves and who resembles him, to stick up his feigned character ana conduct to the w orld, tinseled over with the most unjust and unmanly abuse of a man who has now become grey in the scrice ot his countrv, shail never be abused by me in return No 1 w ill merely show him as he is, & thus palsy the disgraceful undermining machinations of him sell and the great men w ho now compose his host of counsellors They only require to be properly knojarij a&d I ask nothing more foi myself. . Weak and silly mortal, your writer would make you pass-mTon the nation for that which I am well known not to be, in order that himself and you may appear different from that which you are 'tis a base and a fruitless task. Whatever opinion, or clamor, you may be aide to produce around you, the voice of truth cannot be effectually drowned all our endeavours to injure me, or show yourself different from what you are, must therefore prove unavailing. 1 have been attacked one way or another by every reptile ef corruption within my (iist: ict. They have all assailed me from the craw ling worm of infamy, up to the poisonous adder that has w riggled into loathsome elevation. To this I have sometimes become almost reconciled They have thought it necessary for their salvation and 1 have individually experienced but little harm or inconvenience from all such endeavours but labouring in the service, of my country, 1 have unfortunately felt its effects. With none but you have I ever contended, because none but yourseif i as dared fiubliclu to assail me. Whether you and your friends have now any just cauKe to rejoice at, oi t eal cause to regret, the unprincipled attempt, the pubic are left to judge. :t only rer. ains for me to declare, that until 1 can avail of your testimony under oath, w ith those w ho aie know ing to some facts present to hear w hat you may say, nothing that hereafter comes from you can merit or receive any public notice from me. A. WHIT1 O K. N. B. The editor ot the Missouri Gazette" will please insert the abeVe in ids paper.

One Tfofwcd Dollars Hew aid. AN JAVA"'- from the subscriber on t of the 31st August last a negro man nameu SAM CARR, 6 feet high, weight 2oo k upwards when in health, left leg smaller than the other i f. m a white swelling, which occasions him tv limp smartly hands k feet large broad flat nose, very black he is one of the greatest hypocrites and liars perhaps in the world Cf his color very smart shrewd cuning fellow professes to be a methodist, prays regularly night an 1 morning in his family. I purchased him out of Jail, at g56o at this place, of Elisha Green, of 1 ennessee, from whom he runaway, lie has with him a Rifle gun. brass mounted, Tomahawk and Butcher knife wearing apparel of-all kinds, bed cloati ing to a considerable amount. ALSO, ALICE, the wife of SAM, very black, small woman large mouth eyes, handsomely shaped small hollow feet smail toes short, she has considerable cloathing also. 1 wish them to be well searched when taken, as I believe they :ave upwards of S 2oo with them, a I have lost money lately out of my desk they have with them a yellow girl 12 or J years chi, the daughter of Alice a servant to John Harbin I'vill give the above reward for Sam k Alice, or 5o for cither of them, with all reasonable expenses if secured in any jail so that I get then or delivered to me in Vincennes. fy B. V. RF.CKF.S. Vincennes, Sept. 3d. 1 8 1 7 to-tf WANTED, v5ERSON w ho can come well reXJL commended as a Brewer and Distiller, or who understands the Brewing only will find employment and liberal wages bv applying to the undersigned, j. tc w l. colm:n. A GOOD COO PUR. will also be found in steady emplovment J. h W. L- C. Vincennes, August 37, U)7

RBNHAWA SALT Of the first qualitv. for sale by JOHN DLL Y WV Tl 1 1 q; r rrn nrnirir. nnr milp frrtr

Carlisle which will be sold low for Cash, Furs and skins, or for produce, such as Corn and Wheat. 8-tf January 23 18 IT, NOTICE, LOOK THIS WAY, And Pay your Debts. THE subscriber w ishing to set out for Philadelphia about the first day of October next, wishes all those who are indebted to him, by note or book account, to call and pay the same on or before the above ti-mehe also wishes to in form his friends and customers in gener al that he has on hand a quantity of the BEST Ut'ALITY KEN HAW A SALT. which he will sell low for cash ALSO a quantity of MERCHANDIZE, which he is determined to sell as lowr for cash in hand as ever was sold in the place fither by WHOLESALE or RETAIL Your complyance with the above will confer a singular favor on your humble ser'vt. W ILSON LAGOVV. Vincennes Aug. 27; 1817- 39-tf 7 law notice. J. DOTY, will practice Law in the thi first circuit, l e resifk;s at the Vincennes Hotel, where heffiay generally be found ready to attend rtoythc business of his pacfession. July 3. WANTED, Two Good Bricklayers, z TO WHOM g2 PER DAY W ILL BE GIVEN, and Boarding found. Enquire of tne Printer. 40 tf Vincennes, Sept. 4, 1817. George Washington White, Har riet G White & Juliet G. Waifl heirs of Isaac White deceased. Take Notice. ON the nest Saturday in October next I shall, make application to the cir cuit court of Knox county at the Courthouse in Vincennes, foi t.ie appointment of Commissioners to make an equal division of Lot No. I, in the 3rd donation, or by the whole No. 201, containing 4oo Acres. One half of said lot is owned by the said heirs of Isaac White deceased, and the other half owned by me, G. R C. SULLIVAN. Vincennes 2d Sept. 1817 40-4 Jean Baptistc Duchane, jr. & Alexis Duchane heirs ot" Jean Baptiste Duehane, deed, or those who may have purchased of the said Jean Baptiste, jr. Alexis Duchane. TAKE NOTICE. ON the 1st Saturday in OctolW next ' I shall make application' ta th circuit court of Knox couutv at the court house in Vincennes, for the appoiniment of Commissioners to make partition of the Real estate of Jean Baptiste Duchane deed, lying in Knox county. G, R. C, SULLIVAN, Atty for Alexis Duchane, Gurdian for Toussaint Duchane, an infant heir of J. liaptiste Duchane, deed. Vincennes. 2d Sept: 1317 40 itSTATE of INDIANA. KNOX COUNTY, SCT. VJOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all persons having settlements to make of intestate Estates in the coun tv aforesaid, that thev have their ac- . i i i . counts property arrangcu anu present the same to the Associate Judges of the Circuit court in and for said county sitting as a court of Probate, on the 4th Monday of September Inst, or file the same in the Clerks office previous thereto, that they may be inspected and settied according to Lasv. By Order R. BUNT IN, Clk. Sept. 5, 1817 40 4tg Neatly executed at this office For ale at the Office of the WESTERN SUN.