Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 1, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 December 1818 — Page 2

Isclaration o f Independence. A writer In the B stdn Patriot, speak1 ipj rf Trtttnbuli'a Panting of the Dec I initio ) of Independent e, and of a critir;vn thereon, which had appeared in t tic National Advocate, statvQ. the following f ict respecting that transaction which

lire probably new to many ot our rca-

rtkrs :

tti a fact hoi generally Irvr.. that

Eesiion f r the adoption ftac Dec

r nil m -.1 nce, was su pended

1 v a nil live oiopini n Pr ncatfV a fortt ht. They ro1 id by colonies, of which vei,.r4 were represented. On this ouestion six were f end s;x against U. 1 Thin lrerlon and independence, and ' rnd submission were on an e

fice, G

and all the io buildings nea

removed to pia

Attire,

v r i

rfclfc C

'lid iriiitrt. rennsrl

as ("

tiallv

nifiTf ; ani it required c one vote to tum i'1 scale Tie whole can be hot 1 er und "'.'VoolXy quotings passage fiom the - v ! t ot Mr. Galloway, which

i iHnV.cd in tendon in 1772. This

v l'fri-.-; ! in rndon i.i 1779 'J I laqavasff member I the t 1 n n iha1 co'oTtc, :vnd voted arainst

thc

Dcclai a, m of Independence He after r.i dswent to England, and was exam incd before a Committee of the British parliament on Vmerkan affairs; In this lie says : I Their debates laste d a fortnight, rv.d v i en the ( m stion ws put, six colonics nTdca afeainst i'k The dclej u for rnnsjVaVa bcim rln divided, the iirWironiSs.tindecided However one dLJ mjpjers of thai colony, being wrought upon by Samuel Adam's artSj changed his opinion, and upon the question the next day, it was carried in the i-.Tir native by one vo'e only II What niignty destinies rested on this small point The political birth of a nation, an I the freedom and happiness or millions. But the balance was des troyed, an 1 the lever rose, which elevate to the view of nations the new born Cjnpire."

T-. is said that the exports f-om Mc-w-

gleans. fr the present vear, will amount

?H(rv iilion? of dolla--.

Chose oSavannah for the vear end-

rrst instant, amounted toim-

vrarda ci t mrtecn millions of dollars.

DTtE VttFUL FIR!. Exc 1 ige Coffee Houeat Boston I iesttsjtfcd bif Five ! Merchants' Hall, ov. 1 r.M. Ta consequence of the fire last evenintr, DO papers were issued this day. About 7 o'clock last evening, a fire v as discovered iathe S W.coroerofthe Exchange Coffee House. The alarm was given but few people attended, s it was thought not to be dangerous, ami

t at iri a lew minutes ii wi hid he cxtinjui died ; but it was so:)'1 ascertained that the lirs v as between t!ie upper ceiling

&n . t ie loin, und in a short time spread Li lac N Western comer with great ra ud:i; , and all hopes of stopping its pro grco v. t;-v abandoned. Thealarnftiow became generate and the citizens tvi'h their accusto ncd alacrity ha .tr?icd td the bp .;. The flame-: burst through the roof, Which being compositioni (thdt is, eovc red with tarred Paper, and then v i t h gravel,) v):n Spread over i! c top of the - ,o!e builuitig Ail that could now be

dTTe, was, to save the im wiiure md other P k itv i i the buildine, and prevent the

ing t the extreme height of the building, neater could not he coweved to

that part on tin- by any engine in the place. About half past ei;riit, the whole buildi ig wis an entire body of flame, Sc MTsentea the spectators a scene awfully gra: I and snblimft. A!)oit 9 o'clock t ' Forth, and part of the South wall, tell vh.i .t trerhenduous crash, and beat in itic windows, See. of Mr. Wright's li'o . iart of the roof, windows ltc i f j i s. u, i W. i nd of Suffolk Buildings : lt' urj dows, fe. of the South end of

Koers umldinps, and part ol the root an 1 waH ot the Frien Is' Meeting House,

all situated m Congress street About 0 o'clock, th it noble edifice, the pride fcnd ornament of the town and tire most superior establishment of the kindintlu' I "nited States or in fct in any part f )."' )f- ws nothing but one heap of utn Tin 'din js i.i Congress streeti uptyis'te the Exchange rVfTce House, fynrne I ind inroved bv Messrs Vountf : i -1 Minn?, Editors of Hie Palladium) t t . iv-ht. Tailor, and others, were on . iml in rnnPniipnrp of f'e (,rt Wall

rfCthe C T -M mse standi ne entire, and

fr. Wrfgfttfs linnsc, rrero destroyed. Messrs. Wells and Lilly, printers, i.;.broved th: nvj upper stories in Messrs. Young and Minns' building, in which they h 1 1 a great quantity of paper, books fc. their loss must be considerable. AH

the materials of the Hailv Advertiser Of-

nd Centinel Office,

iture, See. in the

ee -House, were

)rc safely : tins

caused great confusion ; the streets were

much encumbered with various articles promiscuously thrown together. In the r arc! the Coffee House, on Devonshire rT?et 4 brick buildings, 4 stories high, were destroyed, two of them were attach rl to the Coffee House, the upper stories improved for sleeping rooms, and the I wer stories had been fated into '.cry Bns bathing rooms, f jr the use of t he lodgers In the house, rnd the citizens generally. Th" other two were improved by Messrs. (ivv. n and Lincoln, printers, vVhite, tailor several shoemakers, and small families. The Excliange OofTee-IIouse, tinder tne manatrement of Mr. Homum, had very deservedly attained neat rcputilion and was as creditable Ui him a? rails factory to the gentlemen who resorted there. His loss must be arcat, rs tlic house was elegantly fui nished, and what furniture was not consumed in the build ihg, is broken, lost, and the rv ise injured that is, a great part ol it. At this time a great many lodgers were in the house, many (f whom have lost most of their baggage. Tee boh. Mr. Clay lo.-t part of ! is baggage. The fire took place in the 7th store, in a room situated in the south west comer of the building, in which was keptabilliard table, but whether it originated from a lamp, or a tic fag in he chimney cannot .-.see: t;.o That splendide9in contained up wards of . ipkiiTuAKBo t the oiiinal proprietor npwafdk oT 5ApOO dollars. I UndcrstsUid that oim of the present ibpvietors had I o,ooo dollars insuredfWhich is all the insurance that was on the buildin jf; The police of the town have employ cd a number of men, who are now at work, endeavoring to fell the wall on the cast ride into the cellar. As it now

:u:

icr von to one o

bar, in which 1

the ftartie in 1

told von that the

f t its obict tiie r

kvou

The rr' meaninc: cT anslocrarr whether of wealth or birth is distinction and privelcgc derived from accident : here is another claim admitted as more powerful, the claim of merit. Upon this subject. 1 ranee has infinitely the advantage of England : lor there it is a principle, not only acted upon, but openly arowed in speaking and writing, that wealth should be the criterion of esteem and Consideration. Even in the Atlantic states of our own countiy there is, unhappily, more importance attached to the possession of wealth, than, I think-, there is hi re : and I am disposed to beHere 'that if anv thinw can be Worse than an hereditary aristocracy it is one of money. Since I am speaking of French politics, let me irive you an account of some most strange ercnts that hare

lately occurrcdJierc : aud that, von mav

ly, I inns rc-

Ol Uc

sketch oftlic

hai letter I

i-roi ansi p:'.rtv aau

iti'n of lip e pi in-

ciples of government which existed at

the commencement of the rcicrnof Louis the lGtii but that their power was exceedingly limited their principle s universally obnoxious ; and that their efforts would of course be ineffectual. I fear that there is some probability f my having been mistaken in this opinion. All the political calculations of the last year have been made upon the uniformly admitted supposition ofthe removal of the army of occupation the ensuing September The profound tranquility of France left us no room to doubt upon the subject) and the emperor of JUiasia, the great ki i am" of Europe, had already intimated I k intention. This event, so desirable to France, would have taken the last hope from the ultraroyalists : and it is now their business to prevent it, by &ii:;.c; to the country a turbulent and revolutionary appearance t attempt was made to 'produce an inSbrrection at Lyons; but it failed of the expected effee t ; and r.ow as a last resort equally desperate and attrocious, they hac conjured up a strange and unintelligible conspiracy, in tlic midst of the

It was very much talked of, IS well si . Eroffea strong sympathy which tin ! certainly have for us. LaFajFCU itt :sdcil as usual, and excited a degree ol enthusiasm that was admirable. Chit party was of sixty and I have ra:dy seen so mai y perfect gentlemen together. Mr. Gallatin was there ; in.t he seemed somewhat ou, of his latitude The celebrated count Segar was also of tiie paity; perhaps tiie most accomplishedman in Europe. I do doc know that I ever felt piouder and happier than in celebrating; my country's liberty in a foreign land, and at the very foot ol a kind's throne. With respect to the physical itualkM ol Fi ance nothing car. be tiapple 0 crops, both of corn Sc wine, promise 1 : greatest abundance ; especialiy the witc districts, w!)ic!i have, 1 a certain extt nt

failed for the las seven v.- rs. I i c

mtity of inc t veai

be .:

1 1

mcr.se. on. ess so: 1 unfortunate accident happens.' LONDO .September 7. PauK ' Yard mt ting A an early hour tiiis morning three men were parading the street-,, in a cart 1 si il .' banners in large red characters with the1

loliowi!) inscripi'u ,., COME KLL

u Ptiblib Meeting, Patae at 13 0V1 One of the prim ipal resoiuito ded to be submitted to the mc understand is, that of surges

propriety (f callinij: roun!v meeti; s throughout the kingdom at wrdcr . jri ieia; ces of each county s! ill be -cussed, arid such as may bettiou require legislative interference, a1 it forwarded to the itOtropeKs bx ' delegates, and bynhem laid b royal highness the prince 1 ;ri u son: and afterwards th addf the answer of the crown to be fori f announced throughout all public p:av .- iii e United K"! doni.

it-v t! e

Extr

kini

rlnt-'lc

it is very dangrerous to nass, and

should it fall across the street must crush the buildings opposite. About h ilf past 1 1 o'clock another alarm of lire Uras given which proved to be a brewery at Charleston, which was consumed and part of a rope walk. The several printing ofliccs arc in such a deranged state, that I think it doubtful if any papers arc issued to-mor-

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7 '

1 t, I 1 1,

iLBfoll it is trUs

Lj mLltochi K.l..u L L11C

oft-ic C T -M mse standing entire, and . 1 . . t L a

w'a''" v '' v 10 ,,!! 11 was 1 -v.u--a L Vl'i . 'ous tn ))(' ihem, md t ai it

ronlu b imnosM mc n e loose onnn-

r.-it b

he t ' m mrc

of the

t he

tomt and com

tv nf t ') s fn Ine rompaniestthe , ... M. .v r . ni'v the two

0 r

mm?

and

, limiu building, xid the upper stor;, ci

r..r'7'cc? r.fai icfterfrom lifi

Mr De&

(:md 1 bt ;iv

secret el hanpThesil

blessed ; for indeed i Qud my hands tull, And 1 really believe that this last lesidence in Pans is one of the bu iest periods t my life. The principal part of my time and labor is spent ii. studying language, in which I vih to arrive at that degree of knowledge ihai it .i.l be impossible COlbrget In aUet life. My progress has been, perhes unusually rapid and I tfve, that is dint , in a L'ieu h family, as remarkable for i's accompllsuments as misfortunes. If lClixa lias ever obtained, as I recommended to her, Lady Morgan on France slu- iil in i: some very interestinq sketches und just praises of the family of madame Espinarde,in which 1 have the good fortune to be domesticated. Without comparison she is the most accomplished writers af3most sfcnsiAc nten of France frequent her hounebr jjNan honerable airl amiable tr ntn thePrcnch character that they do nor payfcicir homage where fortune smiles, but remember their friends and ffive respect to mci its u uler every accumulation of misfortunes. The icissitudes which the event, f the revolution have produced upon individual fortune ; the frequept and rapid alterations of prosperity and adversity, of succ ss and failure, of . ealth and poverty, have taught them to look noun these accidental circumstances with a truly philosophic indifference, and to consider personal worth a the so m -rommendation. At the richest mA'u Paris, Lafittes, i have met nicnwn were ii,t able to buy a fashionable and 1 have rm f in the ev n;ii.r. at Madame Espinarde's in the tliird storvi a gentleman Who spent the naominf? with the kiiiv at the place of the Thuillities. It is obvious bow amiable and engaging Mich ft llings are in society, but perh s the best result from 'hem is a poltticsJ t:je. The) ure cntirclv aristocratic.-

n family, the c&jcct of which

is said to have been, to Carry off the king; to For.tainblcau. and either to compel mm to abdicate the throne in Gavor of the count D'Artois, or to annul the charter and government of Trance like his ancestors. The conspiracy was to have been executed when the king was hunting, Lut v. as discovered by the police :n time to prevent it. This is the plain fact, as iar 1 have be en able to discover it, through the profound darkneethat i. u'a r the whole bn-,j(cssJl. i..habitaiit . arc afraid to spcaPtfVtJbcach o l . . v. . uod such, ib their tt -if mi po-

licc : always mention it vWuT

ci.s in a v, liisper , so that vcu

magine the difficulty Lf

I k

.ion.

tiung ii.vC preci

i.uv Uol dared i " v iMnt ' . . '..Pf'.lfc . arc fij.

oeen ... oersnns

ivitR at any t 1 ; m ir.ta

rjuu .-t

on the

s not 5000 rd of it, al 0 many to1 1

acre have

arrested, amongst

Win ;.. is a e ionA 01 the Swiss a-uaros;

k many conjecture that the count D'Ar-

tois ij tne uis

i orator of

ihe plot.

Some

indeed accuse the king as being a party tuiio. rrtcd, and d dare that the whole is a lhicssc to retain the foreign troops in Trance. Whatever may have been the object, and whoever the parties, it is calculated to throw the umt clooinv shades over the prospects of this unhappy country. It Will furnish the duke of Wellington, who governs here like a Persian Satrap in a conquered province with a plausible pretext tor retaining bis armies ; and even if Alexander sliotiid prevent tliis. tiie conspiracy will have the effect of souring the minds of the peoplcvaad preparing th in for new convulsions. Three weeks since thought the situ.ition of France most promising ;

but I am now compelled to b

this affair so small at nr

MANCHESTERof a letter from Manchester

dated ! eptt mber 2. 44 The assemblage of spinners, weavers colliers, Sec. oul of work, has tl is week been more numerous that1 eve;, k thing! this evening wore rather a serious as pect several lives ha ing, it is said been a I ft a a

lost to oav.tho we onh et know ol one

man killed ; but a number huve been shot with baiis fired from . enj (i: v Sc C'o's factor, i:i its defence against ijc mob w ho are in con: equence hip :qiv iviv.-iti'.! :mcl t .i ti' 5. 11 cftftw

o clock, p. m.i wore enougn lfivti

nhole of the military stationed 1 t-:t.tor

keep things in order, so as to previ

more mi laef. We learn from other sources, that die weavers had retired, and that tranquility was restored. From the same authority also, we are led to hone, that Tie aflair xasnot quite so serious as our cor respotider.t desciiner.. h.e agents o. se

uiUOn were busily at work Letters from Stockport state that several of iHm leaders of the mob were formerly in iu.il on the suspicion of treason. One of these the letters mention, spoke the? most direct t re a. on in harrancmin.. the mob, who cheered him at every sentence Tiie words used arc stated in thce letters, but we miM forbear to ro : tin

them they are ot the m .st inccndiarp

and diabolical descrinti

Manchester Sept.

mi) SV.

ffirhckslk

0 beAvehat dcp!oblewr

in consequences the most

the country. It n.uv surprise vm but' it

is nevertheless ti ue, that the tinfyqfetans ed intelligence which we can expect to have here of ibis affair is through the ElngUsh papers, whose correspondents here manage to know every thing. We have 1 al a most spirited celebration in' the th of Jury, which has given great deli :tr to the French fivm a curious 'isv utiu.i of feelings. Tiie duke of Wellington, With a cold-blooded anl barbarian cruelty, celebrated the anaversarv of Waterloo in Paris. The annals oi Viberious do uot lurni.l. an inbtane uf norc refine crtielty, Iban a rejoicinnj in the rap'od of a 4atn at tl iiionN connuesf5c'j'avcrV ell a few ti ket- w re iyd for oCrpl ehration, and the French seemed To consider tnemseives as somewhat revenged on the English by it. iZud account

affairs in this town ai d'

borhood daily becomes

The principal part of tliespinl

mam as obstinate as eer n ai!ei:;' :i to the spinners, the weavers have r.ow turned out" and they parade the streets in immense boilies ; four or five thousand were assembled in St George'o lield, at ti.e time o' the attack upon Messrs Gray & Co's factory, bu bad no connexion with the mob. They carried flap;s with inscriptions on them, that they would have 7s. in the pound advance in their wages. The Lancashire weavers generally 'possess a mind fearless of the consequences of any illegal acts th y may be instigated to commit ; and if they unite with the spinners, immense mischief may be committed bv them. Already numbers of petty shop-JkrsV pers, who have dcait entirely with the working classes aie almost ruined. Landlords can ;a;ct no rents, and dare not distrain.

Eight o'clock, p. m. T open my 'ettrr

to sav ihut mr. Nrtis. the police

piti te, accompanied by mr With

ton, the borough-reeve, and am

cavalry, are IttSt pone at full

Messrs. Gray's factory, where v

ported, immense crowds are aeaio ay sembled, threateWDg to tire the mill " NOTHER ACCOUNT. u On Wednesday afternoon the wholi body of refractory cotton spinners in tl at placejoinod by uj a-.. 10; .Cj

11a-

1J O

mw 1 's re-