Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 December 1819 — Page 2

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In consequence of numerous disappointments we have not been able to procure paper of (he usual size, and u t ! ave been compelled to let our paper appear on a sheet much smaller than we could have wished. We shall, hrvvever, after our next publication, rccicve a supply which is now ascending the Wabash, after which we. shall use every exertion to make n proper remuneration to our patrons for their past Indulgence. Wc have received the Governor's Message to our state Legislature, but it is not possible for us to publish n tnis week it snail appear next week, in an extra, accompanied with the Inaugural speech of his excellency. Slander, disemanated bv f tlse insinuation, is the common resort of those who wish to deceive. It is often practised in order to effect the basest designs it pjerterites in the bosoms of i ions men, an 1 is the offspring of avaricious an 1 grovelling minds. Insinuation is a weapon used seldom by any but those who wish to assassinate in the dark a rermt ttion which they cannot injure by fair anil open investigation. When we see tV editor of a paper constantly dealing oat to community such invectives and such unfounded insinuations, as those which have lately disgraced the Centinel, Wecanb it think he is diseased in his head and heart for if his bram was not disordered he never could believe that rational and virtuous people would relish his low, fulsome and vulgar scurrility, or consider as facts his silly, unreasonable and unsubstantiated assertions. And if his heart was not corrupt, her conld never wish to destroy the reputation of any one. merely to gratify personal feeling or subserve political purposes. The clamors relative to the commons were once promptly silenced but in order to divert the public attention from the investigation of a subject, upon which this comic editor found himself unable to deceive the people, they are renewed and are again openly refuted bv the report of the committee appointed by the hoard of Trustees. Thus foiled in th it attempt and finding himself a fit object for ridicule, he catches at another subject and would fain cause the public to believe him endowed v.ith superior powers in prognosticating events. Lo! the Post Office has been removed ! ! ind that too by " Mr. Sullivan the right.'ul Post M ister," who has taken it 'Mo h s own house" This event the editor the Centinel observes proves the flTOf:ri 7v of his former remarks. And what were those remarks? they were mere shuffling insinuations, only calculated to excite in the minds of Credulous men, ami persons who were unacquainted with the facts, suspicions unfavorable tow ird the acting Post Master. But the f tcts are, the Post Office has been a burthen for some time past from which tin deputy Post M ister was to have been relieved some months ago, but in r . consequence or me necessary aosenee or Mr. Culluin (who was engaged to attend o m l had entered into the duties of the Post Office) and the indisposition of Mr. Sullivan, the deputy Post Master continued to act until business abroad rendered it impossible Cor him to attend to the duties otHhe office any longer. This av ah the r ;ison of the removal of the Pot O lice Upon which the editor of the Centinel has displayed so much ingenuity. W hen am person holding an office acts eorurptly, it is the duty of an editor to point out certain facts against him to the public and use fair and honorable means to effect a removal but a resort to msidUOUS insinuations discloses a depravity of principle, which no resort to scurrility, effrontery or derision should ever screen from public detestation. communicatee ""The author of Q. is pleased to learn from Mr. Dufour, the president of the Rink at Vevay, that neither he or any of the directors, knew any thing of the Shameful publication made bv a self Mtuled " corrector" until they had appear od in print, The intimation of Q. to the contrary, was tounded solely upon the erroneous import ot the statements made bv " corrector" himst If. Q. has now come t the knowledge of a fact of which he was not aware, and it on iy ud refflecting minds to unravel the mystery ofc urcctoe's' firetie knowledge ; as well as probably, account for some other la.'' fi-iblii'ur. ns t; r igh the same channel. The author ot"Q. s informed an I think?, u import mt to be generally known, that the editor o the Vi ray M Rmamintr is cuJ:ier of the brunch JianK at that place,

Messrs. Stout a Osboroi Please republish the extract of a letter from a gentleman of Indiana," in page 185 of Nilcs, Register. Although the three headed Centinel has perverted Mr. Nilcs' language, and attempted to evade the remarks in this extract, yet it is within the knowledge of every citizen that it contains nothing but fact unquestionblc and notorious. The respectable editor of the Register would disdain to notice the ridiculous bombast and falsehood published in such a paper

as the Ceminel 'tis there the44 galled jade w inces" but insidious pretence will be of no avail. The description upon which the Centi icl animadverts so prettily, is not made applicable to this place by Mr. Nilcs, it is given Under the general head of banks and banking," and has as litt.c connection with what precedes as v hat follows after, intact it is a distinct paragraph, and the name of no place is given; although I do not doubt it is applicable to many places where shaving machines called banks, arc established. That a paper notorious for blackguardism shouldattCir.pt to misrepresent Mr. Niles, and defend virtue, beauty and fashion," whose possessors cannot even glance at ils columns without digust, is not to be wondered at when as many of the strange doings is apparent. The three headed chiefs of that establishment thought it might delude and divert, and probably cover the misdeeds by which they appear to exist. Be the writer of the letter who he may, he has my thanks for exposing to the world the chief and first cause, of our present distress. A. SUBSCRIBER. EXTRACT. From another letter from a gentleman oj Indiana- 4The .very commendable stand that you were the first to take against our village anstocra cies, the paper bound ana paper isstimg scourges of our otherwise happy country, merits and will receive the gratitude of every disintt rested citizen. " It you will take the troub.e to refer to the 10th article of our constitution, it will shew you that, although we have five or six unlicensed individual banking establishments in this state, yet they were positively prohibiteted by the framers of that instrument. But u hat is most extraordinary, some w ho w ere members of the convetion are among the parties concerned in ma itifaetutlng money " lie then gives the name of a person, lining a public office of the highest respectability, who is signing some sort of mill 6i7-from 6$ cents to g5, payable ' ten days after date, in current paper" the consequence of wich he justly deprecates; but he says the grand jury has refused to bring in a bill as dnst the active agent, because it s supposed many great folks were interested in the havingeS A lies. There was a report in circulation yesterday, after the arrival of the Eastern Mail, that the King of Spain had ratified the Treaty with the United, States, about the 20th September last. The report appears to gain credit among intelligent people here. A day or two will confirm or contradict the report. For onr selvesj we are inclined to believe it. Nat i n n al. Inte ttigc ncer. From the Ohio Monitor The bank of the United States has obtained a writ of injunction against Ralph Osborn, Auditor, and Hiram M. Carrey, Treasurer; the President and Directors of the Franklin Bank of Columbus; John Hammond and John C Wright, Sec. kc. for different spcciful purposes but the main object appears to be the recovery of their money. Extract of a letter to the rdi'or of the Orleans (iazr:try frm an officer in th" armv. dated camp ripley. ( on the Sabine) q OCTOBER o Since 1 left you in Orleans, I lave seen the papers filled with false reports of a grand expedition under general Long, in Texas The impropriety of such publications I suspect is se erely felt bv those poor deluded nu n who have been induced to leave a comfortable living in quest of cnterprixe and conquest ; but none feels its effects so severely as the inhabitants of Texas, whose crops have been

taken to supply the annyj and the only recompense, they now have is general Long's due bills, which are in no very great credit. I have been encamped here for some time past, and have watched the fall of this grand army : it has met the late I anticipated. can authorize you to ay, that the whott are disperse d or broken up. (icneral Long has gone to (ialvestown to Lafiet : his wife is bending her course tou at ds the Sabine. The officers and men are everyday pas

sing in, many without money or tood. Nacogdoches is evacuated by them; only lour or live sick men are left there. A party of twenty men some time ago went towards the Brasus they are in a stale of staivation and w ill soon be in. Thus has ended an expedition. which was cried up by some persons as being of much importance but ncver exceeded To men, officers and all. It has ended as 1 wish all schemes may end, w hich are in violation of the laws of our country, und the laws of nations. 'I h Legislature of Vermont convened at Montpelicr on the 14th uit. Gov. (ialusha was elected by nearly a majority of 10000. In his speech at the opening of the assembly, he announced his intention of rctiiine; fiom public life, on the expiration of the year for which he is now elected. Jat. Adv. Extract of a letter from one of the acting Canal Commissioners, to the President of the Hoard, dated "Lknox 31f Oct. Blossom's Tavern. u Last night we arrived here, having passed irom Home westerly, on the canal, in the Chief Engineer of Rome all the way from that place to a point in the canal, opposite to this tavern. We had no dfficulty in our passage, and were not only highly gratified ourselves, but our proves was exceedingly grauiying to a great number of men, women and children, wl1o thronged on the banks ol the ca nal, at all those points where it is crossed by public highways, and w bo welcomed our approach by loud and long huzzas. The distance from Utica here is about thirty-three miles, and the canal through the Verona swamps, and indeed all the way to this place, looks well and safe. Tomonowwe intend to continue our passage westward, in the boat, and v. e hope to i each the lock, by which this level terminates at Salina, in the boat in the course of two or three days. Uetween here and there two or three jobs are not quite finished ; but the contractors are laboring at them with great diligence, and such is the inhuence produced on the public, by our progress, that citizens turn out in as larc numbers as can be employed, to aid theii completion. The spirit whic h manifested itself on our first attempt in navigating the canal, bctwecn Ltica St Rome, seems to spread without losing any thing fits animation or joy, and it is certain that every body, even the most favorable dispos ed, are agreeably disappointed ' PENSACOLA. Therse is a rumour in circulation Sc which we think entitled to credit, that the Spanish Commander at Tensacola had issued a Proclamation; ordeiing all Americans at the place, to depait with their effects in eic;ht hours. There is said to be a person m town wno nea wun sucn precipitancy that he was obliged to swim the Perdido river. a i State Legislature. House of Representatives. The Legislature of this state convened on Monday the 6th mst. The members present took their seats, and Williamson Dunn was chosen speaker Wm. W ick, principal clerk Henry P. Thornton assist. tut clerk, and A. P. Holland door-keeper. i he standing committees were then aPPmieai ana mc lu,lsc' acijournea. 1 aesday, Dec. 7. House met pursuant to adjournment! and on motion. Rt . solved, that a committee ?e uppointed on the part of this V t- set in conjunction with a simUai DQC to be appointed on the part of the senate, vith instructions to draft a memorial to the Congress of the l'nited States praying that an additional L.md Office be established at some suitable place in this State. And thereupon Messrs. Graham, Mer rill md Lindley were appointed t'.. . committee.

A committe of enrolled hiU- appointed. On motion Kesolv d,h a n a arte be appointed ea the p.iit of the h to act with a similar i a.c o he appohv. . d on the part of the Rate, to memofalizc Congrtsson the subje I t nth g further relief to persons who hac illW.Hi Im e purchased hinds ot the l'nited stuu whereupon Thompson, MerUI .r.. Johr. ere ppointedfhatci n mitte. The penate and House of Rcpn ser.ttives h.i hnj met m the U pieentathc 1 hambi r nr the purpose ( i counting the i otes fer gov. ami licut. hen upon xamitutfion f the state t the pole it it ared that Jonathan Jennings had Sic-o' votes fsr governor, and that Christopher Harmon had lto7 votes for the suae office, and that Ratlifi Bootat had 7 1H0 otes for licut. governor, a;.d thar John DePauw had 3420 - n.

E. O. iiillDLY. COPPER PLATE KXGRjtVMLM ( rftOM I HTLADEI.I HI 4.) Sycamore between 'Ihiidaml Fourth streets. "WJ AN K NOTES engraving, in a Jl Jstvic extremely difficult ol indtation, ar.U cuualU sccuie from being counterfeited as thobc done at Thnadclpia. MAP engraving with accuracy a no n ItfH . COPPER-PLATE engraving! altered or re pared. Copperplate printing neatly executed. Cincinnati, November 16 15-3wj Notice A 11 persons indebted to me by note .UlOi- otbei wise are respectfully rt. quested to make payment. 1 hare lor sale a good half v oro WAGGON L HARNESS, covered fee complete. I will sell low for cash two or three HORSES, wcll broke to the Harness 1 wish to purchase lor a three or four rood fi iend; Saddle Horses, for which I will give specie or current bill B. v. BECKES. V incenses, December 14 1819. 51 tfi DOCTORS ALLKSON $ M NAIEE. Have just received from i'hiladcf.Aw and are now opening at their APOTHEi UY STORE) on marfcct strcrt. opposite the dwellhome f Dr. Robert Alleson. gcncral and extensive assoitmentt con6isitnir of DRUGS, MEDICINES prepared, Patent MEDICINES, MedU al Shop furniture. Surgeon and Irntist's Pocket IN ST RUM ENTS, PAINTS. DYE-STUFFS, With many other articles, all ol which are warranted sound, and of excellent quality. They tmet their long experimental acquaintance ith he diseases, incident to this count i y. wrl I enable them to put up for family use, the most appropriate medicines, accompsged with the necessary plain and safe directions Physicians and Otheis who ded largely will be supplye on the most advantageous terms. Deceniher 1 5th 51 fv State of Indiana, Knox County. The heirs and leal representative of William Welton deceased, will please take ootict that on the eighth day of the February terra of the circuit couit in the year I82 J, for the county aforesaid, 1 shall apply to said court, to appoint commissioners to make partition of the estate of said deceased We It on living within the county aforesaid according to law. JOHN WELTON. one of 'he heir and legal refitesentative of William Wrtton deceased. Dcc tuber I7ih VAl!). 51 4W Tc f. -nartners'aii ol S' i.i ivan ot . isthisda dissolved by mut t J a ns ut, i Tiur aoited atu-ntion will lxs ied ee ail businesi heretofore ? uslctl tv their ctuv. ti R ( SULLIVAN, J. CAUL C .10. 1319. MtS