Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 September 1817 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

From the Press of FJJffU STOUT. Publisher of the Laws of the United States, VOL. 8.j VINCENNE8, (Ind ) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1817. .NO.

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D liars per annum, if paid in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the nd of the year for which a note will he required. No subscription can be withdrawn uniii all arrearages are paid. Advertisements conspicuously inserted on the usual terms. Advertising customers will note on their advertisements the number of times th y wish thorn inserted- Those sent without such directions will be continued until forbid, and must be paid ibr accordingly. I !) AN AFFAIRS. Extract of a n official letter. Ghkrokek Agency, th July, 18 17. 5 Governor Clark. SIR We have the pleasure to inform you, thai we succee led in getting a treaty signed witb the duels of the Cherokee nation yesterday, some of the provisions of which, we conceive it important lor you to know It is stipulated, that a ce nsus of the Cherokees east and West of the Mississippi) shall be taken in the mont 1 of JnSSatSlB, and l?ot h parts of the nation bind themselves to cede to the U. Stntes bo much land on the cast side of the Mississppi including a small cession now ma c on the east side of the Chatahoochy and north of Tennessee, as shall amount to the proportion to which t le Arkansas Cherokees are entitled, in proportion to the numbers now there, & hose who may emigrate to that country cvious to tne takins the census. I no Hherokees on the Arkansas, are also to receive so much of the annuities as they are entitled to in proportion to their numbers. The U. States engage in return, tocede to the Cherokees west of the Mississippi as much land on the Arkansas and White Rivers, as they receive east of the ' ississippi, which is to commence on the north side of the ArV i v, cm at the mouth of Point Remove or Bud well s old place, thence by a strait tine northwardly to strike ChataM mi - a Mountain, or the hill first above Shields' Ferry, on W hite River, running Up and between said rivers for complement; the banks of which rive rs to be t h j line." The U. States also bind themselves, to remove all white persons now settled within or above said line, to prevent future encroachments in this Way: Mrs. P Lovely, excepted It will be well therefore to notify rdl persons by proclamation, of this provision in the tn fcty. Ve are, sir, With sentiments of esteem, Your obd't. humble serv'ts, ANDREW J iCKSON, JOS. II 'MIX D. MERIWETHER. Extract of a letter from Return J Metg Indian Agent, f Governoi Clark, dated ClIFROKKF AOEKCT, 2 u y, 1 S 1 7. Emigration is commencing, and may be ex c ted to be considerable, betwe n tins and the winter Coming. Several b K.ts are now on the point ot descending this river. Upwards ot 7 0 have unregistered themselves already for removal. it is probable, thai it in a few years the principal part of the herokees witl be within vour superintendance. Toe tide is setting strong that way, and as all is peace and quietness in our national concern.-,, there is no danger of a counter current to emigration White and red arc pressing towards the Pacific Oean, and that alone can set bounds to it. 1 have the honor to be, With great respect: Vour obedient servant, ML RE L'URN J. MEIGS. T"r rn r If Clai Cuf.roki. i V ULLAGE, k ith Ju , 18 17 Th Govern r V mn n SIR It is our duty to inform )ou of

our conduct, towards the Osages. We nude peace with tnem several times, knowing it to be the wish of the 1 resident ot toe U. Siates, oui Great Father ; but they wiii no, be at peace with us. For 9 years aim more, we nave been trying to inaKe friends, ail to no purpose ; it appcais the more friendly We talk to tnem, u.e more the) impose on us; now we are prepared we Wiii meet our enemies ; we iy down with our arms at our siues. We w ish you to pity us, for toe Usages are deaf to ail we can sfift oi uo. To raise our crops for the support ol our taurines, has been our wish, :u i' has not been in our power ; it is not wr tnat arc in the wrong, it is tiie OsugvS ; they nave stolen ail our best horses, and have reduced us to work with our naked nanus. With the few horses we have left, We intend to go to the O sages and iiuot for those horses taken ; we are going to do mischief. We are but a lew Coeiokees ; our father knows us w .i, and w e therefore beg that he will hot scout us ; the Os ages have also insuited the whites ; we arc vexed, and

have become deaf to their talks Pieasc j rorceoffrom 2 to 300 men, for the purto inform tne resident of ail this ; tell I pose of dislodging the Patriots.

him that we promised not to spill blood i if we could heip it, but that at this time ti e rivers are red with the blood of the Cherokees. We hope, that the I resident our Father, will take our case into consideration, lor he well knows We are not the aggressors. Since our last talk to you we have lost 2 ot our young men j killed by tiie 0.-agcs ; we have never attempted to take any revenge whatever, until now. This is all we have to say for the present, intending to inform you of all occurrenccs hereafter. our hildren, tollk vt'e v a." , i e ke to k a . 7 'he Bo id, Sba na vy.i v, Humming Bird, KA71K0 1. Jo H S M L A ?l 0 i! E , ITmans l. A TE, Jons Bogs. Natchez, Aug. 16. THE CONVENTION Finished their labors, and signed the constitution ot the SlSSlPPI vesterday TE M Se ent it noon. T was immediately mnounced by salute from a six po Under, the hall of the Convention. T.ie final que tlon on the adoption of the Constitutio n taken on Tuesday last, and determined with but one dissenting vote Col. West, from Jefferson county. An eiection Nvhl be held in the different counties composing the state, on the first Monday and Tuesday in next month to choose a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Representative to Congress. Members to the Senate and ouse of Representatives of the State, Sheriffs, k Coroners. The first session of the General ssemblv will be held in this city in October next. Among those already spoken oT for the suffrages of the peopie, are David Holmes, for Governor, Cowi rs Mkd. Lieutenant-Governor. George PoindextR, Representative to Congress. Extract rf a letter dated H v . A 1. The day before yesterday an English ship arrived here in .2 days trom Pernambuco bringing accounts that the loyalists had quiet possession ot that place, and had executed a number of the principal revolutionists, and that their heads were on poles in different parts of the country. SALES OF ALA .AM A LANDS Toe public lands now selling here have brought so tut good price-. Prime river lower grounds average from 40 to 50 donars. A fraction ot 170 acres, part of the Big Bend of the Alabama. soi i a high as sevntu d !lar.y tiie acre Other parcels adjoining were bid off above $1 I and S '. A large fraction, containing several hundred hundred acres of high land, on the Ten Mile Bluff, which lies opposite the Big Bend, and is saivl to be on excellent scite for a Town

sold for $50 an acre. In that Township, ( No. 16 in Range 17) purchasers were found for every section Those best acquainted with the choice Alabama low grounds, assert, that its fertility is inexhaustible, and that it will produce for almost an indefinite term of years, in constant cultivation, 100 bushels of corn to the acre ! This assertion is repealdp by so many respectable persons who know the land, that great as the product may

appear, we cannot suppose there is any exaggeration. Georgia JournalCharleston Aug 16, Latest from Amelia. A gentleman who arrived last cveningin a few days from the above place, has politely handed to us the following information : A Spanish officer fron St. Augustine, as was ascertained, had found his way into General M,Gregor's camp discovered the number of his men and the amount of his resources ; he then departed for St. John's, where he raised a On General M'Gregor's discovery of this plot, he assembled his men, laid before them, in a candid manner, the hopes of victory and the disasters attending defeat, and left it to their option to follow his fortunes or depart. Tiie consequence was the greater part of his little band had left him. The general, seeing his hazardous situation, having but 20 men left had his baggage and that of all his officers conveyed on board a brig, and in case his reiniorcements can not arrive in time to repel an attack, he intended to depart from his newly acquired possession. MILLEDGEVILLE Aug. 5, The Indians have agreed to cede to the U. States for the use of Georgia (if the compensation offered be acceptable) the tract of land lying between the Orkmulgee river and the line run under Jackson's Treaty, and east of a creek emptying into the said river called by the wdi an s Al -c as ac-al ike mouth of said creek ; it the ! running up the same bv tne mam Southern branch to the head thereof, i nd thence by a line due south to the line of Jackson's Treaty This creek it is understood falls into the Ocmulgee between Hartford and Blackshear's road, leading to Trader's Hill on St. Mary's. The tract of country that will be acquired by this cession is about 60 miles in length, and from 12 to 15 wide bordering on the Oakmulgee and Altamaha rivers. A CURIOUS FACT. West-Chester, (Penn.) is handsomely situated on a hill dividing two streams of water ; and so nicely is the courthouse fixed upon the highest point, that the rain failing upon the south roof runs into Chester Creek that which falls upon the north roof passes into Prandywine : the creeks empty into Delaware many miles apart. This is a little like different denominations of christians, They start together, but owing to some bias they, are borne different ways get far asunder an I seem from their courses to expect never to meet. Yet they finally unite in the stream of death, when they lose their names, and mingle in the great ocean of eternity. So too of political parties. They set out from the same spot but as they happen to fall upon the right or the wrong side of the temple of justice, inclinecto federalism or democracy. Off the v. 8tX sometimes running rapidly and roariugy with all the rage of the Brandy wine in a freshet. At such, times they arc always muddy. At other times when no election is approaching, they glide clearly and placidly along ; but finally ali the good unite in the great stream of their country's prosperity. Del. Be Ches. Fed Philadelphia Aug. 15. A report has reached us that the Java frigate, since her return into port has n en examined, for the purpose of being repaired, and has been, by competent judges, pronounced irreparable-

THE WEST. The last accounts from the French colonists says the Cattskill Recorder, represent them as ascending the Alabama with a Aiewto the selection of a situation on the waters of the Biack Warrior, a branch of the Alabama An account of their shipwreck in Mobile baywas given in our last This ainiost first essay at regular colonization deserves particular mention : and we follow with solicitude the route of these interesting emigrants Letters from gentlemen of the colony represent that part of our western country watered by the Tombigbee and Albania, as teeming with all the luxuries of nature Winter scarcely known, frost being seen but five or six times during the season. In the summer the temperature below that of Philadelphia. The soil is admirably calculated for the production of cotton, tobacco ri- c, sugar, maize fruits and vegetables. The vine and olive, indigo, madder, peccoon tit for dying red the ycilovv tree k the lemon all grow Without care or culture. The mountains contain nitre, allUirt, sa t vitriol, lead, copper, iron, snver, limestone, mill-stone quarries, feller's earth, crystal good clay for delf v are, and sand for glas.s ware. Yet even hi this grand nursery, of the riches of nature, industry is indispensable, Those who emigrate there under the expectation of living without labour will find themselves wofully disappoint ed,

KIDNAPPING Thompson, who was convicted at the last sessions of kidnapping several negroes, was brought up on Saturday last to receive his sentence. In consequence of the negroes being set free by his conviction, which has cost him several thousand doilars, the court did not exercise the privilege that the law allows of exacting a fine but committed him to Penitentiary for three years at hard labor. He is a native of Georgia, and has a large family. N. Y. Gaz. GREAT EMIGRATION. The Philadelphia papers state, that upwards of one thousand passengers arrived at that city in one day ; more than nine hundred were from Germany, and the remainder were from Halifax. ROAD TO NEW ORLEANS. We understand that three companies of United States' troops are employed in opening a road laid off from Maury county line to Madisonville, opposite to NewOrleans, which road, it is said will save one fourth of the distance travelled in the old road from Nashville to New-Orleans and it passes over much better ground. It crosses the Tennessee river at the mouth of Cypress creek, a little below the foot of the Muscle Shoals. This road passing through considerable part of the United States land will increase the value of it very much Nashville Clarion. THE BONAPARTES. Napoleon remains at St. Helena suley,' as the English say because he will not kiss the hand that smites him. Lucien, has put the allied powers into a trepidation by asking leave to embark to America ; which they have refused in violation of every principle of right and justice, Joseph, is settled down in New Jersey and is becoming a very good farmer. Jerome, has just purchased a large estate two leagues from Vienna. Eugene has obtained the principality of Eichstadt and will reside there, It appears fiom official documents contained in the London papers we received by the Tea Plant, that out of 8,405 486 pounds sterling worth of woollen goods exported from Great Britain in one year, ending on the 5th of January, 1817 three millions seventy nine thousand six hundred and sevent seven pounds sterling were imported into the United States of America. E. Post. PRINTING. Neatly executed at the office of the WESTERN SUN.