Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 February 1820 — Page 2

COPY OF A rORUESrON. ; hence, Hctwccn his Excellency Jmathan

J::i.i-if, Governor of tnis Stile, and hi. Excellency Gibncl S!jug.Urr acting Governor of Kentucky, on the subject ol ' iititivs from justice. The Sp-'ak-r bid before the House t' f dhvviog co i'uu.i'o ti n fr.'.n hi? E ;cebv,mv the Governor, and corresp rrlenr j be: -veen hirn and the acting ( oven '-of the tc of Kentucky. Tj t.'if Hjkt f P., ire( -natives of th f I" l: v:a I i...v auhr.iit for the information of the G". t riil A sscmbiy copies of two letters, one of which vas received froMi, :vd ih ot her ?,ddi csscd (o the C, .,cn: r of the commonwealth of L ciiturky, on the suhjee t of fugitives f.o u the justice of this State. Unriug the yvar 181, Col. John Wt athci s v b appointed the agent in !)'!, ' .if of the Mate, to demand of th i Executive authority of K- ntucky, certain prso s re-.ident there of, who h I been in Wed, by the Grand Jurots of the on uy i Clarke, lor kidnapping. Che a ;e i hi thi t isiancr has info;n;d .no, that he forward -d the documents necessary in this cre. hut lias not pjftived any answer thereto. At an ai er periol, 'he (I rami Jurors n: thi c inty of L n Won indicted c c-ilai-.i persons, iv udent of the bin :i S ate, f r kiduu.ping a certain p-Tsoii of e, il h na-el Susan. This act ua iir;e ut i ng theisc hours wiioh are r.quhbe to constitute burglary ; entering an house that an orcu;.;ed as a mansion, and forcing her off. v. bhout aiT.irdiug tioe to b: invested with her usual apo-uel. The G,m ! Jurors, however have indictee' those p.v.rvs for kidnapnmg only though it i, b dieved, that s mc of them at leist weie: equally -u . ject to he i lvcted, of the crime of burglary. S the latter indictments, seme tine v ..is su fcred to elaose, vith the that one or more of the persons h.d'fcd might be ag'iin found bhin the badiwick .f t le Sherift", n 'vhose 1 1 a -Is pr. cess was resting for their apprelsension. Ti:is exor.tntion b l disTipobitcd, (ieneral John ripton. m as dnlv authorised as ?gcnt in behalf ot the St.xre in this instance. up n whoe luu.lonce and pro nnii'ud - everv re-Jia-ce va pVct-d. Upon hi aoooiotment he prrecN'd tn il e Slate (vnrr;'!n;'-t of fv" ''i.:kv a .d made a fr. m m h:rnvn !. wl-d-v. nas answned hv the lonnrr .if the le"- rs, copies of ivnirh are he! e v ita nH-'V.od. 'lie i:i '.cfi-ite terms f i his IM-". wit'.i ic-i-.id t) Hie a' " !d defects in the in lic'-n-Tts, up i w' !,e (ieur.i'd va mi'e, render b OilVi '.'.'t to ascc t-d.! thus- h ferts it ..v-r.isi n Ct h;'ct. until fit t her c th ! "k'Athni s'.iali h.' rt e ived t1'.'- vJovrrnjr of K i: nek'-, v.i hopi: fj:- otior to this i ; ite. Si -irj' m- icttc t- m th.is subierf-. I have c.vi"ed the o:i.;iu.l ts f in li ' :n , nt to on f which there sCeii. to li an iM'M;",h inasmuch asi' cc:k :u ' ,l 'ain-t the peai e and dig l i e of the U i'ed Sla'cs,' ' instead oi cveir.hidin -against th.i peace an (h.'.nhv ol t' e v'ate ot Indiana," and if nnv he p is-ihhthat a aiiar.ce m;". i'i:t l)v vt in the copies v.eriiticd to rne. d the o;h-bais. Su: h vi daiirius d" our penal laws v.-bh impnnitv, w!:i!e they are qualii'r ,- !rtrct f'v.in the dignity, anC';u i'v c; icu'a'cd tt) i-up iir the rieh' ( f t e j-ovreig'.iiv ot tee State, a:., so gas a pntion ofotn citiz r. sha". coutiten mce nr eneourarc s'nv i : .retions un v- e:ains t pr.jtee a, t!e ct)nsti!,,.in,n Li s cd t e so long :v: y we expert t ire r:i!-, f i nt t'neir iidbsenc'.' vie'To dischar.-e our dul v with p'-onrn-t'.'v,'-r.)wa-di evorv m nub. r of the un'oe, sh mid !e an ' i ;h ohjet t, as u r )v Jt iiinvnt cone . dt witii is brim ! b,- the ties w'.i-h. rive foieet'tii. lU'siou ; au'.las p- run'.'.v to rcjnivc lihi' :;im n r. ei et.; v from other v ih'vcv nvMi''i'i.M'v v. e a e pe: iri'ted, and. our -Xs auth(rise sue. d.c n" and . 1 ncncs l;ae aeriai.-d rnd nm accrue on t' i uh'e, t. eich o. ib b re.,i i- 1 for hv tv- (i -rerai A-ei -olv, as fv as ;v r ;n, hvh- r. "ui-c J()N'TfI.X JUNMNCiS. Januaiv 15th. lQ: h STATK OV KI'XlTrKV. .: r -..';- 0:r II, vV? 1 la : iiad the honovto rerriwvoor V. U tter ofth.e 3 nh u' dee.nea'ip h"it tep',.ens, h-nv r 'J'ho'n'r ri and" J s" Youn.r 'es tugit" '-,,.,, pi th- (.f vtnir S'-ite : an ! c rir.i th (''.cureennts on wideli I ei ne-.i ; nU d- -n e d. W -h w).-- .-ed o v, I deroh !?;;m t e e d te n t- of caes veuuir- ;. . !,,. r v r. c; . c td t ids branch l uir rnu'u d Uu--. St rene-s b b; o:ee i'.-ti'e s . Jii.iVrr of di'b'Mih ar.d hd;cie iU i rc!' ;ted dLun.-.d in all cases u

compliincc villi the requests of law, befoica citizen of one State should be deprived, of his liberity, and unheard sent to another for trial. The demand w hich your Excellency has mde, not being brought within U'c provisions of the constitution aiul laws wide h point out my duty in such applications, I must decline interfering. Had the case been one within the provisions of the law, I should without hesitation have complied with your request. I have the honor to be, With great respect, Your most obedient, C.AIVL. SLAUGHTER.

Hi Excellency J-nathan Jennings, Governor f In'diana. CORYDON, Dec. 24th. 18 19. SIR I have had the honur to receive vcur Excellency' letter, of the 1 1th instant, acknowledging the demand, on my part, of Robert Ste phens, James Thompson and Jesse Young, as fugitives ftom the justice of this State. It is ror me to repeat the regret, that such instances, should occur to render such demands unavoidable on mv part. It has been the policy of this State and certainly has been mine, to piovide as far as the principles of the Constitution of our State would permit, in addition to the Constbution and laws of the 17. States, to facilitate the rc clamation of fugitives from labor, who mav have fieri to this State, to avoid the service which may hp due from them to persons claiming their labor. Our statutes prescribe punishment for those who shall harhoor or prevent any person from reclai rung, tinder the authority of law, fugitives from labor, escaping for rcuiT within the limits of the State.

Ile'ieveingthat it has been an object i Constitution and laws of the country, with this State to discharge its duty! great confidence ought to be p'aced, o other and older members of the land upon a review of that opinion, I Union, with more confidence there- j have no cause to doubt its corrcctforc sha'l we expect their constituted ness. authorities to interpose nnd assist in- I will take this occasion to remark, bringing to public trial those char- i that the decision which I formed arose ged with having violated our penal not from any alledged circumstance laws, and who may have fled after in- of the case, but would have governsulting the sovreign'ty of our S'ate. ed on a similar application from any Unfortunately this is not the firt other State, and for any other alleged instance, and my expectations were crime. that a similar demmd would have. I therefore forbear making any rebeen prcvious'v made. marks on the particular case, or upIt can oi.lv be a secondary object on the particular time chosen for mawbh the people ofthisStite. to bring king this application, considering the opmishemnt citizens of auv other, period which l as elapsed since the but it has become, necessary to mn a transaction is alleged to have taken stun t0 those o4tagc. by infibuing place. punishment a an example to others, It would be gratifying to me in the orbv living impulse to public onin- discharge of my official duty, to meet ion, that sm:'n attempts are no only ; the approbation nf any section of our criminal but hiejdv derogatory f om common count j-v, I. t mav be effectthe duties mutually due f om the cb- ed by ary of my official acts A tr"-s of the U States, tothesov- careful regard to what the best dic-f-dgnUy and laws of every State in tates ofmv judgment point cut as my the Un:on. 1 duty to all concerned, must howWhother the documents uoon ever, be the means used to attain that

win. h the late demand his been

mabc were suflici'-nt or otherwise,- I have been thus explicit with they wc-c ccitificd to me by the order your Excellency, as from the tenor of th- Ci; cub Court for the County of of your letter, it wou'd seem you had Harrison under whose ju isdiction taken up the idea, th-'t in the course he i dictnicnts were found, with ihe ! I had taken on tin's subject there was expectation that in i elation thereto, not a proper respect pod toihemnT sVu'd discharge mv duty. If stbutcd nutborhrs of you.v State

however there snail l ave been cleric- than wl :cb. t ot! ir. could have been a- or other misakes upot this this sub- further ft cm r.y hvtntions. p?ct they would have been grounds of 1 inclose in pursuance of vmp- redefenre. when t! r individuals char- crest, the documents scr.t wbh vcur ged sh, uld hac been sut on tin ir tri- f rmcr letter. You wili discover aal The act of Congress, in sih h n o get of! r.r thi irs in relaticn to

cases made aT,d pro ided. renders rn e v nar'e affidavit made charging the pcrson or persons so demanded, ith i. i mg co mm '. VI V ' U . 1 I, I . . . 1 M'i't ah V r ' or.v or

o'hern ime. f.ufieient to snppor such applied to, to jedge of' the efficiency demand and it is difficolt to con- of the documents on winch he is calcludc, that the doe.umcn's accompany- led upep to cause a citizen to be ar-

d mr.nu .n u :ed to. a"? ;ot more ' i.hsttmtial in good faith, than of an Jf. 'avb. Th.e first obh ct of tlds Government I will he toioure the execution of its laws with irh its sovreir;r.:ty is ins pa-d-ix- eomuTtcd, aTMl it ill be for ,!,e Government "f Ken'ucakv to exp'abi to the ci'iz ns of this State, the principles and reasons upon which our Excellency declines an interference

Permit me to solicit an early reply, ' West Indies to St. Johns, was wreckireompanied with th? indictments ' ed on Cartridge Island. The vessel brwarded In Grn. 'I' jp'on, btc the a-; and cargo was entirely lost, ar.d the m iv f r the Sta'e ; and accept the as-1 captain and crew all perished. The w -c" of mv hi gh resn-ct. as well to , pilot and two men, who had boarded

vourself as sou nr -ide o the State over which! ( Signed ) JOVATHAV JEVNTNGS. Hi ;.rr--vr?; G(lVl Slaughter, Governor r f K rjy.cku. t.': S:'f of w.'jtvc?. S'n-'c mymesv.ig-? of t'v 15th inVatv.I have icceive 1 a (fhrv comnunication relative to the fugitive V Mil the justice of this State, mm the Governor of the State of Menturkv. accompanied hv copies of he indictments certified to me from e Harrison Circuit Coin, upon hich the demand w u made. Copies of the letter, together with j

copies or the indictments, rvre herewith laid before the General Assembly. JONATHAN, JENNINGS. January T 7th, 1820. ' . STATE OF KENTUCKY, ' Executive Cjicc. Januarxj 8, 1820. His Excellency Jonathan 'Jennings. Sir I have. had the honor of receiving your Excellency's letter o the 24th ult. in answ er to mine of the 1 1th of said month, in which I informed your Excellency, that as the demand made on me, by your letter o. the 30th November- and the documents forwarded therewith of ccitrii persons, as fugitives from justice ; I must decline interfering, as the cast was not brought within the constitution and laws in such caves provided. It has always been the object of the Government of this Stale to promptly discharge its duty as a member of the Federal L uion, as well to the national Government, as to tliat of the co-ordinate States. Our Federal Constitution has wisely entius.cd to the General government, the en eti g of laws which si ail

point out the mode and manner of making applications for fugitives bom justice ; and the consequent daties of the Executive of the Slate applied to in such cases. Looking tl c n to the provisions of the laws of Congeess, on this sub pet, pud to the letter of your Excellency, and the documents arcompa nying the same, I could entertain no doubt hut that they did not meet the requisitions of the 'aw. In this opinion I was fortified b. the opinion of several gentlemen of the first respectability, who were consulted by me: and in whose knowledge of the end. tl cm, that there is ro evidence that tl tv wcr found by the grand Jury. And it must always be a matter of duty in the Executive of the State rested. I "vc the horcr to he, Your Excel'rncv's most ob't. GAIVL. SLAGHT ER. To be Concluded in cur next. NF.W-YOHK, JAN- 25. Shif-.-vr-ckfi. !v the arrival this morning of the schr. Charlotte, Corday, in 7 days from St. Johns, we learn thac. on the r:st of Dec. the brig j Mary, Capt. Rell. bound from the her. were saved. The schr, Thomas. Capt. Rickey, of Dibv, was lost about the same time, and near the same place all on board perished, excepting the captain 'I he brig S:dly, Capt. Delisle, of Wilmington. N. C. was wrecked cn the bcacb near New Topail Inlet, on the ' Otb inst on return from St Thomas, with a cargo of sugar. The vessel and cargo were lost ; the captain and crew saved. The schr Orbit, Capt. Hatfield, ! nrp up this mornintr from the French ship Four-istei s. with apait of her cargo : the remainder is on shor ; about one -third of her sugar is wet. Capt. Hatfield informs us, that the

meek of an armed brig, was driven i ashore at Ilarnegat Bar in the gale ol the 1 7th inst. Two seamen were found lashed to some part of the wreck, and both dead. The name ol ti e vessel could not be ascertained, but the word 4 Bridgetown ' was disceneable on the stern. It was believed to be the wreck of an armed ves sel, as there were several guns on board. Sea Serfient We understand that

apt. Allyn, of the ship Frances Henrietta, on Sunday last, the 23d ult. off Long Island, in 8 fathoms water, and within less than half a mile's distance, saw a large Sea Serpent, who appeared to be fiom SO to loo feet in length : m o his head looked like a gray rock, covered with moss ; his back like an alligator's; the tip of his tail was white, and he spouted water apparently from three openings back ot his head Capt. Allyn was in sight of him for three quarters of an hour, and he was distinctly seen by the whole ship's crew, and, when Iat observed, was steering westward towards Sand) Hook. We hope our eastern friends will henceforth consider their monopoly of this species of monster as at an end. Indeed, we think a Winter dragon neccssatiiy a much more consequential personage than a Summer one. Certainly he mu?.t be bold and adventitious, as well as hardy, to risk our coast this terrible season. Inhuvian Conduct. Capt. Winslow, of the schr. Sisters, from Havuna. states that, on Saturday night, while on soundings, standing in for the land, in company with the brig Trader, from St. Salvador, he discoertl a light at 1 1 o'clock, which he supposed to be Sandy Hook light, ar.d shortly after he saw two more lights, which corresponded with the beacon lights which are made in coming into S?ndv Hook. At 2, when close in, he saw the brcakeis, and was onlv enabled to tack ship and stand off. At 4 o'clock the lights disappeared entiiely ; and it day-light men were seen on the beach Capt. Winslow is confident that they were arranged for the purpose of decoying vessels on shore. The lights were seen 18 miles south of Sandy Hook. This is not the first instance tliat has come to our knowledge of this most infamous conduct in some desperate and abandoned wretches who inhabit the Jersey coast, and expect by these deceptions to enrich themselves by plundering vessels decoyed on shore, even at the expense of the lives of passengers and crews. X. Y. Gaz. A letter from Zanesviile, received in this City, states that silvrr mine company's stock is selling at 100 dol lars lor 10 paid. Cincinnati pap. Another daring robbery has disgraced our City. On Saturday evenim , the 5th. inst. between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, the sto-e of N. Hackey, No. 68, Main street, was entered through a back window, and watches and jewellery to the amount of t8.n00 dolls, stolen out. Mr. ILckcy, Sc Mi. J. Gould who was rcbt;ed ci watches and jewellery to an almost equal amount but a few days bcfoie, have unitedly eft ere d 1000 dollars for the apprehension of the villains ar.d recovery of the goods. Several individuals were taken up on mi pcion ; but it appeared, on their trial before justice Mahard, without any reasonable cause. No trace of the property or thieves has vet been discovered. id. Extract of a letter ficm a member of congress dated Washington, Jan. 72, 1S20. "The proceedings ofth.e legislature of Delaware, have been as unexpected, as they were agreeable to the opponents of extended slavery, in our country. It was a noble act, and speaks more for the cauc, than the voice of any state where slavery is prohibited." " Yesterday, Pinkney, of Maryland, made a most boistcious speech in senate, in favor of slavery, which highly gratified a part of his audience; but I think made no impression on a single person, w ho did not already hold his doctrine. It merely crnxin - ccd us, that a great lawyer can make a Ki'cat speech in a bad cause ; but it convinced us at the same time, that a great orator cannot prove injustice to be either rightful or expedient. J ':';.: ir.gton 11 'a : c h ?r.an. New York. Jan. 21. ARRIVAL OF THE ERIE. We have the pleasure toar.nour.ee, that the U. S. ship :, Lieutenant j S'ockton, commander, entered the ; Hook this morning, and anchored in j

in- . .i.- iv 11 ii'iaiiu mv j u 1 1 .113 lauiwi, uv xue increase oi 2Uh of November, touched, the t steam-boats, will it sute the agricultuWest rp.d of St. Croix, and sailed j raliit cf of a. speedy, safe and cheap thence on the first instant conveyance of his procure" ?r tbnsCaptains Macdoneugh, Rallard, and : maikets where Rag tre rot known Nicholson, and Lieutenants Gallagher j nhcrc Raj; makers and Rig sha-

and Page, th officen who composed

the late Court Maitial cn boa id the Mediterranean Squadron, and who were put under arrest by Commodetc Stewart, have come out in the Erie. Lieut. Crop, Is also a passenger on IJcaifl. Lieut. M'Calla, of the Eiie, came up this morning, . and immediately proceeded to Washington, with despatches for government. The Plague,- late in October, vvss subsiding' in the Raibnry States. '1 he Squadron w as in genera healthy, when the Eiie took her departure, and her own crew still remains hi a I.ealthv condition. Cc.v:..cV. R STERN SUN. YINCENNES FEIJRUALY Co, 1PC0. Wc aic happy to sec that the legislature of Kentucky is likely to put down the many headed mor.stei ;reulatisn. We hope it may Lticcccd in snhiiating those city moniedaiistocracics, which are so pernicious, and so destructive to the interest of her citizens. If our legislators, while at Corydon, had turned the ir attention to putting down the Rug shops cf Indiana, instei.d of passing long-winded resolutions, calculated only to promote party purposes, they v tuld hm c saved many a poor man having one fourth shaved from his Jat t dollar. What country can tlouiish, while her only par curi ercy is moi.opciizd by ai istocratic clubs, ar.d inundating sluices opened from their Rag rnanufacloiieb I and, while scores of ofl'.cers ai c maintained in luxuiy, dissipation and indolence, to keep tho2e machines of public injury in operation No w onder wc hear the cry cf want from every quarter-when at ieast one fourth of the income of the industiious is w rested from them by the intriguing and cold hearted speculator, who can gloiy in his own infamy, laugh at the distresses of his fellow mn, and felicitate himself for having bun able to biing cn those arcund him such embarrassments, as to enable him to rule over them. How can we expect an increase of wealth, when every few weeks a Rag shop is closed, lcaing upon the hands of community some hundreds of tousands of dollars, either to be bought up by bank swindlers, or not to be redeemed at all when wc sec branches established by a stale bank, issuing paper purporting to be payable at a distant period, but in fact never redeemed, unless by an exchange of Rag for Rag and this same paper, by artful maneuviing, lendercd uncurrer.t even at the door of the mother bank. It is not only the agriculturalist, the mechanic ay.d Iatoier that have to suffer from the evils emanating from the lhra!d m irto which cur country is plunged the mcichar.tile ir.tcsi Fts have to Mtffer with the rest, by th" delays, difficulty in exchange ar.d frequent depreciation in the currency. I low incalculable aie the ei!s resulting from such a state of things ! . How grc.icus are t lie suffeiings heaped uron the people by such swindling and how justly do the projectors, abbcttors ai d sticklers of the Hag-ir.akirg ssUm deceive the highest inei-r.ation cf those from whose pockets they so often filch the Ijvt i srd earned si idim;. hut, nay we rot anticipate a. chi rge ? Yes. The people begin to rouse from that stupor in which they have ir.ng been crtranefd, and cry down wi:h Rag shops, rr.romge 4 our mai.uf'ctei ie? cherish agricu!tutc improve irernal navigation and , le t rtticr.chir.er. ar.d economy be the order of the day. In a!mo: cery paper wc have accounts of tie formation of Agricultural and economical associations. In New-Ycik Agricultural societies v have been formed in fortv-two ccunjt'.es and a corresponding sentiment ( j appears to prevail, in many other Estates. Already has New-York completed nir.ctv miles cf the Caral hv which the waters of the western lakes are j to be connected w ith the Hudson : the watcis cf that liver and lake 'Champlain are already connected. ; In Ohio a spirit of emulation prevails j which will rode ubt eventuate in the j opening of a Caral firm lake Eiie to ithc Ohio r'ner. And. Illinois having ing less difficulty to ercoi nttr, will, with- -out dcubt, correct the waters of the l ... . wesiern lakes vita the ir.mcis rircr. Thus will a'pmst every sertion of our country! e furnished with water-. communications to the best murkerts. whether to the south, cast, or nortlfand the daily depreciation in prices