Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 January 1820 — Page 1

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alvmce, or TWO DOLLAR r ! Y UK N'T a at the end of the ii Tor which a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn til all airearagcs are paid. .) i: a Ti v :t .v rs c onspicuously idled on the usual tcuns. Advertising1; customers ill note cn zh advertisements the number of n s they wish them inserted . c sent without such directions will continued until forbid, and must be It for accordingly. f..iXl) OFFICE MOXEY. fne Receiver of Public Monies had l imttucted to receive m payment 1 iiiih okl in the district of Vincen- . fiotos on tiie lollowing mniis, viz: l1; of the U. States a:id branches, k of Virginia and "us Branches, Tier's Hank of Virg. and brunches, l!; ot I'enn. (Philadelphia) of North America do. Tiers and Mechanics P.auk do. c mics lank ot City k county d. mtncrcial Bank of Penn. do riikill bank do n'c of Northern Liberties tlo of Mary. and of iialtimoro of Loni nbi-i (Dist.cf Colum.) t n"on lU k of (orgtown no nu iotic il.mk ot VashingUin do ink of Washington do of Metropolis do. of Aicxdria do le Yoik Bank, New York :i ihattan "a I echanie's Bank ilo l haul's Dank, do do nion Bank, do u: k of A mertra do ink of Chilicotht, Ohio, ate Bank of Indinia at Vinccnne vnk of Illinois , at Shawvtec-Town. aikof Misaouri, at St Louis, of Mtssinpi and branches, do of Ncw-Orleani. io of Louisiana, lr.'ers bank do. N notes of less than five dollars, 15 :c" vable. 'C'rrci:td wcely or the Sunl. CASTINGS. .McCiinhi; CoESPECTFULLY informs bis j friciuN and the public in general : be has just received in addition to fo. mcr stock, a large quantity ot CASTLVCmS, tpi ising a general assortment of 11 o 1 1 o w - W a r e, also, a few sets of MILL ino.s, tf which he offers low for CASH oce-incs, July 23, 1 3 1 a. 3-Uf A .iCSO R IMF, XT OF (ikies Of'nt!cmen and Chlliirns oots c Shoes, LIKEWISE A EUAL ASSORTMENT OE lg-t which i a quantity of le for Hatters, all sclecttil Irorn KV't approved manufactures ot sc v Yotk market : all whic! e ;,old at a small advance from w York prices, Wholesale & IletaiL 'at. r street, three doors from et street and nearly opposite La jow's store. ALSO, .1 few Boxes of Wool Halts, th'! Lexington manufactoritfi, ah told Ioa- for N V 1 A O 1 L KJf M.JL Q pW as above. ' ELISH A WUITAKF.R. inues, Nov. 6. 1819. 3vtf JOHN i). HAY, ESrECTl ULLY retiuests all persons indebted to him to ind make payment, as hit is about

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J. C. llcilej 4fCo. Watch and Clock Makers, Silversmith'' $ and Jewellers flfc ESl'ECTFULLY inform theit 3 friends and the public in gene

ral that they have removed their shop to the house lately occupied by Mr Patterson as a store where every desciiption of W.iTCHES JXD CLOCKS, will be repaired and warranted to perform twelve months. They also continue to manufacture all kinds of Silver-Ware and Jtncels. The highest price given for old GOLD JXD SILVER. April 18. tf rr'HE subscribers earnestly edicts X those indebted to them, by note or book account to discharge the same immediately. REYNOLDS Sc BONNER. Vincenncs Decen.bcr 10th 1819. 50 For sale A NUMBER OF Building Lois, eligibly situated for business, on MAllKKT 8TUEF.T. .j k.' m. i ; application to be made to the subscri-: her before the 20th inst. and in.ase of i his abicence afterwards, to Dr. Ja cob Kuykendall. JOHN EWING. Dec. 10th 1819. G E O RG S M'D 0 N ALD ( a rvo n x e ri!f Co v s xf.i.l o ;? jp-L a n Has opened an oihee i.; tn". nou . General V. Johnston, W'i-.L- r S-.-ect, Vincenncs: He will ruv.cticc in the Su , premc Court of the Sia0, the Unite l Slates District Court, rut the Circuk j Courts ci Kaox, Davis, Sullivan and Vi- t go counties. Ail b usiness committed to his care, will be punctually atlendtd iok '),". t. iiy. MONEY.

REYNOLD cc B0NNEn,;:fti;c;" Yill mve the highest PRE-j cording

M1UM for EASTERN U. jJ?. BaiikNotcs. They have on hand a GENERAL AS'-OUTMENT OF GOODS. Vincenncs, Nov. 4, 1319 45lf. Saddling. "id !1HE SunsfiuHUR will con3 tinue to ivuu ufacturc S.A 1) DLLS, BRIDLES, CAPS k HAR NESS, at his stand in Market street, ! f the best quality. His prices shall be as low as they can be purchased j ebewherc. He returns his unsigned thanks for the liberal encouragement he has met with, and solicits a continuance of a gcneious public's patronage. JOIIX C. HOLLAND. rinctti;us, .S?:t. 29, 1819 40tf. HATTJNG. SAMUEL BRUXEIl ESl'ECTFULLY informs his 3 old customers and the public in grneral, that be continues to carry on the above business at his old stand in this lloiough. He has now on hand and intends keeping a good assortment of Hats Bonnets of a superior quality, for which he will receive STE.iSl.MILL or anyother current paper so long as it retains credit with any of the merchants of this place. He will also exchange articles of his manufacture for Pork. Wheat. Corn, Beef Cattle, or any otlitr Produce that may suit. He solicits a continuance of public Tvittnnare. and :?cdircs himself to i - - use every exertion to meet all orders distance, as well as those within this vicinity. Vincennen.Xtv. 13, 1319. 46 1y G. W. UXDSAY, (ATTORNKV & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,) Has removed to EVANSVILLE. (IND.) where all business entrusted to him will hr. nramntlv attended to. Exajuville July 17, 1119 31 -if

HOUSE OF KEPRESENTAT1VES.;

DECEMBER, 13. Many petitions were presented ;

this morning ; amonc which several j Washington, it had no analogy to the for the. further encouragement of nu-; prcbenl case. That was adapted to nufastare, and for the establishment , extreme cases, such as that of alarmof an uniform system of bankruptcy, j n. desertion, when political exkt The Speaker laid before the House j ence was at statc : this was an uccurthe Annual Report of the Secretary j rcuCC in tUyje of profound peace, of the Treasury, which was ordered j when desertion, by thinning the ranks to be printed. 0f lne aimy, would, but for its morOn motion of Mr. Hendricks, the 1 aj cftcct, have been perhaps beneikiai committee on Public I.afid we-e in- rathcr than otherwise by employing sti ucted to enquire into ihe expedien- s at i,ome the labor which was othercy of continuing the act oi the last scs- , U,:3C jcst lo lnC country. Had Vv ashsion, further to suspend for a lirni-: ingt0n been in command t I'ensacoted time the sale or forfeiture ofj i, he would have revolted with ab

lands for failure in completing the payment thereon Tuesday, December 14.

MILITARY EXECU TIONS, Sec, Col King was at this moment unMr. IWliam of North Carolina, j. lrjaj by a court muvtiaK on cuai-off-red for consideration the follow- connecLed with the reports which ing resolution: j i,aj j)Cen spoken of; and there would Resolved, That the President of; CCilamiy be great propriety in waitiuj the United States be requested toilUe result ot that trial, befoie tLicause to be laid hcfre this house ; j,oUse took up tue subject, any information he may possess, res-1 jr c.bb. ot Georgia, expressed pec ting certain executions or ether; hl3 opinion, that the resolution, it ob-

pnniiinncnis wnicn may nave ocen . . , ri it , j ",u ,i'w "1 . Sutcs; snce tl.c year 8 15, contra- ! y io tne raws ami uuuimin rlu' ded for the irovernrncnt ol the same. In offering this resolution, Mr. j Williams took occasion to refer to the reports in general cii dilation, on which' his motion was founded, a. I particularly to cue case reported v be the mcst aggravated. The rc: ,;t of it. he said, was to this et- j feri : Col. Kiuir. who was leit bv Gen. Jucl-oii in command of Pensacola, is.-r d a:, order, that if any .soldier dcseiiec!, and was overtaken oi apprel.cniit;,;, he should be put to i"stan; iv.tli. One soldier, who . i . . . i h.i f fscrrw . was oertaK.en ana so , duo so ; put to ucati:. wnen appi ttn-rauu, he eKCiwimcd tiiat, as an Amei.can i-c v as entitled to a trial acinr to the la-As of his country, and claimed his rights us such. Hut with crucity and precipitance, ins renuest was refused, and he was put to iustcint death. Congress, Mr. V S as guaidians of the iiim.ii, b-- ; ngrts ot the people. ut 11 , weak, mote than the strong, whose ru' its were tnc peculiar wii; oiu.io, , ir r . i l . i ho'r c. If the facts ie had stated on 1 , . P , the liUihontv ol common report, were I . . 1 ' lt com; mvd, a Uist nmnshmeiit ougr.t u , ' J , 1 a .i ; i , . . to 'vrit tne otlendr rs. Aie the nfus . . . , f .. of r,n officer invaded, said, he, the :ii.?rm is mounded from cr.e e:.d of t':ir cc'intry to the other : every feeling is lou .ed in his defence ! And, when the cae of the private soldier, weak l;k1 defenceless in his own .ir i ) .1 . L f( u;d lQ s,and u !op Wim ? Mr cause. T;esenis uscii, soou.o no one bo 2 thorough examination into tle case, that, if the officer in question had ucted as reported, he might be ex'Mnplauiy punisneu ; anu a tiiC re).rt was not true, it wa duo to col King that the statement should be dipro rdw Mr. Sn'iftj of Maryland, said, he hoped the gentleman item North Carolina wold, lor the present, let the lcsoiuiiun lie on the table. Me he had heard, he said, that a court martial hail been ordered on col. King, on this very point. If so, he would be tried for the alledgcd misconduct bv the proper test the rules and articles of war. Should he not Lc punished for misconduct, if any had been committed, it was then time enough for this house to take it up. So long as there were laws, Mr. b. said, officers and soldiers were alike amenable, to theni for misconduct, and to the laws he would leave them. With respect to the prompt execu- , 1 C . 1 A. - tun ol o deserter, nc reierreu io a case which occurred during the revolutionary war, as-related at the last session of Congress by one ot his colleagues, (col. Reed,) in which a similar order had been issued under the authority of Gen. Washington, and which order had been carried inm effect in at least one case. So tnat the order now spoken of, if given by col. Kin?, was not without example Mr. Willitinii said, he would be willing that the resolution should lit on the table if any good purpose could be answered by its taking that course It had been said, that a court martial had been rdered in this case That was part of the very information, Mr. W, said, which he wish ed to obtain from an authentic source . . . . . u j If asaurtU officially that such vras

: the fact, Mr. V. saw U would be willing to stay all further proceed-

inrrvi nn lhi racp. Itnt th. rpnnri ; --: ui liui uli i) A3 minimi miit;ij, dur surmise, and, for aught he knew, unfounded con iecture. As to the ortier sa-.a to have been issued bv Gen horrence from such a transaction. Mr. Smytht oi Virginia, expiebscd his hope that this resolution wcuiu ! be permitted to lie on the tabic. jcctional at all, wa. so on the gn J - - - j )itlHl lhat 11 U1U nul lur c,,ouS- 11 I1C not growly deccivcd in the iniurtmatlon he liaJ received, tnc case i - i i mentioned bv the trentlemati from Xorth Carolina as not the only one. of the infliction of punishment contrary to law. If a very strict enqui ry was made into this subject, he be jcvet it wouJd be discovered that, daily lhc rulcs and articies for the o.ovcrnmcnt of the army are violated. government oi me army He had understood, from a gentleman formerly an officer of the army, of high respectability, that it was now the daily practice in the army, dirprtlv in tlie face of the law. to nun jsh suhiiers corporally for offences. ii hnrififl the residutinn would nass. and that the houso would obtain infor malion on the subject. Mr. Strother of Virginia, said he, too, hoped the resolution would pass ; not that he apprehended that the facts j would be obtained on which gentle men seemed to calculate but because, when a statement is made to this house, involving the conduct of any cepartment of the goveinment.it r.,u,. Lit LOl lltS ILU UUir IU lAUUUil'- i lllilf . . . . , and impartially. On principle, ne . . . . . j t said, he should have obiected to tne ' . ... . f . adoption ot the resolution: tor he ' , .. . , c . was a decided advocate of the sepsrac , r . r, ;:. : ' " " 7.: " volve w ithin its own sphere. For the purpose, however, of wiping off an imputed stain from the character oi a depattment of this government, over which presided a man whose reputation, great as it now was, he believed would brighten with its length of years,) he would assent to this resolve. But, after all, on what foundation did it rest ? On mere newspa per publications fabrications, perhr.ps, arid utterly unworthy of beiny marie the ground of any proceedings in this house. He did not apprehend to this enquiry a result which he should deprecate as much as his friend from Georgia. If, indeed, ?ny flcni -tment. or anv officer, of this government, trespassed on the lights of any citizen, Mr. S. said he should be ;mwic the first to urge an cn - qniry and indict exemplary punishment where due. He was desirous that the name of citizen should be to an American citizen what it had one hecn to the Horn an a ueieier ana protector ol his ngMs. tie w as noi under all tne circumsiantcs, uu in laying the enquiry a moment. As tne statement by being mauu ii una liouse, had received wings, and would fly abroad through the nation, he wished to have lull ngni mrovwi on

the transaction in question. j :rUv;ccdiag.. it mi-!;t think proper to Mr. Sizrrj, of Nc Yo'k, ro-. j j irti'utc rt!'ivc io this '.hatter, principally to state a fuc, i. ccrro bo- j Mr. Trir: ? of llcn'.:y ift ration of what had Lllen from other. spoke. Why, he a-k-d. m :s this resile had himself seen, in tlie ci.u.: . o'a'.ion to lie oa the table ? Did g' mPTit rt Sfir.kctt's Harbor, !t;nsli-i tit me . wis'a to riak: an iroru'tl v. i-

ment inflicted on soldiers by )i:--xnd, wh:n it had been a siib-cci cor.versatjon among the ofi"ici, :.ad been jusiificd on the ground the absolute necesity of resorting

It. There were, he doubted not, it-j now propus-r ? iftheructF, were ,,cattd inSLiices like tht in which,) stated, wa, it m;1 (lut tn l-e countsunder the eyes of the officers, the ar-that an enuub v f.' culd e nude h; ticics of war were openly viol&tsd. this huucand a law passed for t! : The soldier, so far from preferring prevention of such abuses in futur charges against those who violated ; The fact, as tutel, appeared to or, these rules to his injury, dared nut j that a citizen of the United Stuc even murmur. It was very proper I had been put to death without a trial, novr, Mr. S. Rid,U ascertain, hcth-J itixr civil ox miiitary. A rjaion

er any orders from the war depart" ment authored these proceeeinps and, if net. it was desirable to knowwhy proper measures had not been taken to prevent their recurrence. "Mr. Lob ules said, that although enough had been said to convince him that an enquiry into tins matter by the executive was already on fact ; yet he considered it sufficient to justify this house, in making a call cn tle executive for information, that any member of the house declared that he desired that information. He was therefore in favor of the rcsolu lion. Mr. L. made seme other remarks. With regard to the incident referred to ?s having oecurred in the revolutionary war, Mr. L. said, it had no connection with that which is reported lately to have occurred, (and of which he heard for the first time today.) but depended on other principles, if any gentleman believed that nabitual violations of the law took place, in regard to the infliction of punishments, it was certainly a fit subject of enquiry so much a matter of course, on being a-ked for, that he hoped no one would ;-bject to it. Mr. Smith, Md. said it struck him, at first view, that the resolu'ion might be taken to Imply a censure oi the executive, by imputing to it a knowledge of violations of the w, without taking measures to redrest them. After what had been said, however, he should not further object to the enquiry. Mr. Cob'i rose only to say, that, as far as his information went, the punishments lie had referred to had been inflicted not only without the knowledge of the executive and war department, but contrary to their known wishes and injunctions. Mr. William said, with regard to censure of the executive, it was no part of the object of his motion, nor of the motives which led him to mako it. Hs supposed, on such abiues being known, the most prompt and effectual means would be taken by the executive to correct them ; and the information to tint effect, which the resomtion mic:ht elicit, would redound to the credit of the executive. Confiding in the integrity arid goo I

disposition of the ger tlcmnn who n,w presides over the rftVn of the nation, he believed he had caused the matSieved he had c ter to be enquired wiihcd offir.iallw tn into. Hut he ow the h"i : c- ,d I - he felt persuaded, that, if the PrcsH dent himself foul been conat:!tct! i regard to tins resolution, he womd have wished it to pass. Mr. 7b ?.-'.; r, of New York, wihed the resolution to lie on the table He had no ohjection to the enquiry, but to the generality of the terms of the motion. I, opened too wide a rarge in calling for information of every military execution within five years, in stead of pointing to the one rcfcricd to as being a proper subject for enquiry. With regard to what ri;e lar'ful punishments, said Mr. T. the 'resident may entertain one opinion, and we another. We know, hub. cd, this house was, at the last session, ntarly divided in opinion r?sjr,ctiig certain punishments inflicted by the commander of our army in thccnuro (if the Semino'c war. To avoid complication in the enquiry by making it too extensive, Mr. T. said j he was desirous t?:at the object of ? he ! enquiry should be more particularly : defined. ?,ir. Fhyd of Virginia, wished tlie I resolution to lie on the tibic ; not that jtC VOuld refrain from enquiry into . tiyis i ec t , but because he had it j hom Yery gOG;j authority, tnat a com I . martial had been inituted on the case : tiiat its i rtx,cuo:i;gs wrre no.r before the President of th United States, and that the result of them wa vYin expected to be promulgated. Until that wi 'l.rw, he should j h0l,s. lsAiu d U a: V should d ;', qniry on ihsubj'.ct trrmthc .i .uvc, or v.iiiu hrau of a ' ;' :i ; and bring it into the hv;,c ! ot j enquiry wa to be made ;d lo'nf-t Utter :ake !.e re-ubr n.

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