Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 April 1820 — Page 2

the Caatlc of St. Sebastian, made their escape hist night ; and it is said they hac joined the National troops r.t I'cito St. Maria. Thin night I inado my escape, out of the bay. The following is from a letter to a rcntlcman in this city, dated, Cadiz, 5th January, 1320. We are besieged hy fi()(K) men nf the army that was destined for Iiucnos-Ayrcs, who arc determined not to embark. Thty have possession of the arsenal and nil the country round ; and I am informed they hive taken the city of Scvilla, and have proclaimed the constitution in every place they go. They permit the boats with provisions and passengers, to pass rrom all the places r.iMtid and have proclaimed in death

to any soldier that takes any thine from an inhabitant without paying forit. I think if they proceed it this manner, they will be here in i or 3 (lavs, without any blood shed. The inhabitants scm to he satisfied with th-jir proceedings. There is not 700 men in this garrison, and they are not in coniidcncc with their picscnt gov crnment. FURTHER FROM CADIZ. Extract of a letttr dated " Cadiz, Jan. 6. i It would appear that a strong divici' ii of the Grand Army, origin a'dv destined against Uucnos Ayrcs, had orders to march lor Cadiz, where a detachment to consist of 6000 men were to be sent to succour Mmillo The dav before vestenhr; 2000 men entered "the Ishi, and at the bridge the Marine Guards attempted to oppose their cr.:iar?ce. The result was. that the commander of the guards end the ccv.tinel were shot by the approaching troops. On their enteri g the town tiny disarmed the Marine Guards, too'; t!;e captain general of rnvm s prisoner, and proceeded for this place ; but the ships of war in the bav having IcarM what had taken nlacc at Ishi, sent about 1 00 Marior soldiers Sc officers to the 1 Corto Dura " who on the approach of the Insurgents. Firr d on then from the Fort and killed about 1.1 on the spot. The troonsthen reared totoTsla. and then the commander f a colonel iso d a proclamation Ptvlinir themselves he advance p-uard of the l.4 Cont'tut'onal nrmv ' Other commanders, it is said, have eonc with their respective division . which consist of the vho!e nf tc armv of the expeditlon to different departments of the kii'do n, and that the n'of o? marni"de there is no doubt 1 will write von oon and more fully, vis G'rahar ' s'rnnir fort on the Narrow Pass. pHMWimvt'.t r mi m w mi mrrmm GOXGUBSST" HOUSE OF 7tZ n VESEX'MTirES march 9. Air. 7');;"2 Jr.v, from the committee on frre';ro relations made the following report ; T:e committee to whom has been rcf i red s much of th.c president's Mc-sa,;c, at the co vnniencement ot tl e so? moo, as relates to foreivn affairs, respectfully report. That their an en' ion was directed, innr.edi itely upon their appointment, to thr state of the lelations of the V?,;.cd States wit i Spain, and that tluir dclax in making a report upon trn m must Iv attributed to their wish to afford an opportunity for such fihnjly communication, during the present session of congress," as the oernnent of Spain had authorised ih to expect. They thought it better that congress should postpone it ih-'c-miiution until events might ennh." it to make that determination tletV'.i iv-, than that it should pass a co i!(;i:u':!t act for authorising inca--c s 'rh it was not proposed inin iiiateiv to exeru'e : that it should found its determination upon relations aicert'hicd to exist, than upon a calculation of ev?nts vv'fiico Tuilit he expected to occur dining it sitting But more ,nn a vear ha passed sine the sigjiatr.ro of the treaty which it as proposed to terminalthe 'one: differences between the United States and Spain, "ore than six m Myh since, tbe appmnfnent ( i anew Ministrr fotn Spain, who was 4i Mrthwith' to make known to the Un ited t itcs tliL iatentio'-.s of Ins fto crnment. and we have advanced o far Iti he stion as to make it necessny to propose wit. out furl he dv.'av. anv measnre on which itisvx-pecu-d that conrevs shall act beforits adjournment. 'I'he committee will not attempt to add anv thini; to the exposition of the ri t'nts of the lY'rvd States and tlu oMi.ra'ions' of SpVin, which is contained in the covrespofelence bttce' the tvM) governments. We can hardly expert, from cor.tinuetl negotiation, the telres which has been claimed for twenty yeai s, and potnied fo? eighteen which has been a second

lime promised, and a second time

withheld. In such a negotiation, the .W signature of a treaty seems to be a mere incident, and not its term. For the spoliations which hate been committed upon the property of our citizens, for the invasion of our soil, for the weakness or partiality which has made a Spanish tei ritor the place of rendezvous and encamp nicnt of an enemy, and which has atill more lately permitted the Indian inhabitants of that territory, (whom Spain was bound by treaty to restrain,) to engage in savage hostilities against us ; for all these acts of war, a people less attached to peace would seek redress only by war. To capture and confiscate the ships and property of the wrong doer, would be admitted to be a policy of mildneis and forbearance. But, bv such reprisals, the government that does the wrong suffers less than the unoffending subject It seems a more jus' reprisal to occupy the province whicl lias been made an instrument of in jury, which has been designated by Spam herself as the fund for our in I demnity, and whose occupation by the United States will stop the accumulation of those claims for compensation and redress, which the misgoy crnment of that neglected colony continually ptoduces. The committee submit to the house a bill to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporar) government therein. There appears too much reason to believe, from the mistake of the Spanish negociator, as to the dates of the Spanish grants, which it was intended to annul, if the projected treatyhad been ratified, that the crown lands in Florida may be insufficient to provide the expected indemnity for our losses. But these may be applied, as far as they will go to the compensa :io o of our citizens, and for the excesses of our claim, pain. by whose act the domain of Florida hat been rendered inadequate, must expect us to look westward. Perhaps, when our attention is thus forced to a direction more interesting to Spain, her government may at last adm that it is as much her interest as ours, that nie. just claims of the United States should be provided for by friendly convention, and we may hope that the next tieaty between the two nations may be executed as well as signed. The following bill accompanied the report : Re it enacted. &c. That the president of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorised and required to take possession of, and occupy, the territories of East and West Florida and the appendages and appurtenances thereof; and he is hereby authorized, for that purpose, to employ anv part of the army and navy of the U nited Mates, and the militia of anv state, which he mav deem necessary Sec. 2. ind he it fur her enacted That, until the end of the next Cong ess. unless provision for the. temporary government of the said territory be sooner made by Congress, all the military, civil, and judicial powers exercised by the ofiice of the existing government of the same territories shall be vested in such person and persons, and shall be exercjfd in such manner, as the President of the United Mates shall direct, for maintaining the inhabitants of said territories in the free enjoyment of their liberty, pioperty, and religion: and the laws of the United Hates rcla tive to the collection of the revenue, and the importation of persons of color, shall be extended to the said territories; and the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized, within the term aforesaid, to establish such districts for the collection of the revenue, and during the recess of Congress" to appoint such officers, whose commissions shall expire at the end of the next session of Congress, to enforce the said laws, as to him shall seem expedient. Sec 3 Jr:d he it exacted That the sum of dollars is hereby appropriated, fr t is purpose of carrying the act into e fleet, to be paid out of mv money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States. The bill was twice read, and re fened to a committic of tho whole on the state of the Union P:i motion of M r. Hurler of Leu. he Secretary of the Treasury w as di- . rected to report to this House any; information he may possess, relative, thr progress that has been made in ' .-uilding the light-house al th.c mouth f bc Mississippi river. On motion of Mr. 'ccf, the com initlce on the judiciary was instructed ; o examine and report to the House ; vhethcr, in their opinion, cents or! opptr coin arc by law made a tender ; nd whether the cxistine; laws icgulinj the coins of th United States require amendment.

Mr. Strong of Vt. submitted for

consideration the following resolution: ltechedj i hat tho President of the United States be requested to lay before this House such information as he may think proper, relating to the progress, proccdings, and final accomplishment of the commissioners appointed agreeably to the 4th. 5th, 6th, Tth and 8th, articles of the treaty of Ghent, in ascertaining and settling the boundary line between the United States and Great Britian, in conformi ty to the second article of the treaty of 1783 : and whether it is ascertain ed, that the fortification at Rouse's Point ( so called ) on Lake Champlain, near the 45th degree of north latitude, is within the boundary limits of the government of the United States or of Great Britain ; and what nas been the amount of the expenditure in erecting said fortification ; .nd also to give such further inform tion as he mav think proper as to the

bole amount of the expenditure al- the 4th instant, is therefore compliready accrued to the United States in ) ed with ; and Maine may be consid carrying into effect said treaties, sub-1 ered a seperate member of the on sequent to the appointment of said ; federacy. Id.

ommissioners, includine their annu A salaries and perquisites. And the resolve was ordered to lie on the table. WESTERN SUN. VlN 'vvs APH1L 1, 1820. T.,v w - n iA .it iast seuiedi

n a maimer that will no doubt he sitis-1 f making a good voyage than to have rictory lo many, and we feel u degree I the possession of money, made bv def pleasure in observing that an under- j priving my fellow -mortals of'tht ir tandmg now exists, which we hope will liberty. Upwards of 1500 slaves arr.ot oe fonrottcn, that the nrht of ex- a'' c . - v . ' i ending slavery north of 36 degrees and ; f1.1" T knight .incc 1 have ihirtv minutes of north latitude, is erc i.ot, hereafter, to be contended for. This may, if adhered to, ia a degree. From the National Intelligencer. prevent the evils which might result! Our affaii x with 3iam. '1 he foltrom throwing a slave population on a j lowing extract of a private letter, frontier, bordering upon an enemy's ; from a highly - respectable source, country. ! which wc have had an opportunity of It now rests with the people of Mis-: . , r r i perusintr gives us more Sitistactorv soun, to form their constitution to please ' r . b . , themselves; and we sincerely hope, that J11 on the subject of our retheir feelings will prompt them to pro- latioKs with Spam than is disclosed vide against the illicit introduction of tn' official documents on the subtlaves into their stateT as well as for a ject : gradual emancipation of those who are Mxtract cfa letter dated already there, and who may be intro- Cadiz Dec. 17, 1819. duced from other states. Such a course - u v u..- ,.Su: .1... Vt.

would release posterity from a curse, which hat been so warmly contended for. If our accounts from Snain are true. the indolent muchinc of duplicity and despotism, who rules that nation, must toon find he has something mere to do, than embroider petticoats and tho-c nefarious unposters who have so long dictated the religious and pohti-'nl tenets of that unhappy e.ountrv, ntst now Jradtheimpending punishment of their crimes. And, if-itietr suusiiim i nt present precarious, they can only have the cold consolation of reflecting that it is not so desperate now. -as it wnl be at no very distant period, for cur government cannot, nor will not long hesitate. Spam has been pcrnr.ttcd to trifle with our rights too long-and we believe she will snon ho tuupht thnthcr arVficr will

no longer afford a protecting shield a- had, or, if possible, cn worse terms gainst the chasetisemcnt which is so with Spin, than ourselves. Besides, justly her due. . England cannot, and feels no disposi- ' tion to quarrel with us. She wishes The report of the Secretary of the :t is true, to get us into a war with Treasury of the United States, giving Spain, but that is merely to get a cova statement, as near as could be ascer- ' . n r i j .i i r !i . . . i e r or plea lor acknowledging the interned, of the situation ot the banks . r e , ,),- within the Union, has recently bt en pub- dependence of. South America, or lislud. We shall hereafter, eiiher pub- forcing Spain to .admit her mediation, tish it entire, or so much of it as wo securing to hcrhdf the commerce cxshali consider interesting to our readers, clusivcly for 20 years.

A bill has passed to a third reading the house of representatives of the U. in ?S?: riSfe. .C!"r'lIJlic to be paid down. Shui.t this bill become a law it will take effect from and after the 1st dav of Julv next. A very important bill has passed the senate cf the Uriitt d Stssr changes hc mode of disposing of the public lands from credit to cash sales a measure which, we are very well satisfied, will be highly advantageous to us in every rcspcrt. Especially t cneficially to the go crnment as t6 the receipt of its dues and prnfW.blt to the new states and territories, by preventing the excessive speculations and severe drains" of money to which they now are liable .Vil? s. Washisgtov. March 3. THE QUES TION SEET 1 LED. We most heartily congratulate our readeres wc felicitate our feilow-cit-izens generally, that the Missouri ; question is SETTLED in what ' manner the reader w ill sec bv what follows A reference to the proceedings of the Senate, will shew the course I which the business took there. The House of Representatives sat till a late hour last night ; and wc have only time to state, that tithe question to agree to the amendment of the Senate to strike the cstriction from the Missouri bill, the vote wab Against the restriction 90 For it 86 Being a majority of four votes a gainst the Restriction.

Other proceedings took place, which will be reported hereafter ; the result of which is, that the bill for the admission of Missouri without restriction, and with the inhibition ot Slavery in certain territories, want only the tignature of the President lo

become a Law. The few past days have been a trying time in Congress ; but the trial has passed, and wt lock now only for harmony and conciliation on ail sides. .Yrtf. Int. j Washington', March 4. The bill for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union, from and after the 15th day of the present month, without restriction or incumbrance, having passed both Houses of (. ongress, and received the signature of the Piesidtnt. has become a law. The requisition of the act of Massachusetts, that the consent of Con gress should be giv en on or befon extract of a iettct, to a Gentleman in Aetv York, dated at I ay ann a. Feb, 2. (' The Slave trade is carried on ! very briskly from this, and is the only business that is at present profitable lint, for my own part, 1 had rathei lose money on Jerk 15cH hard as it 15 a'l?r arriving here w ith prospects Forsyth has been pressing thii govcrnment very hard about Gen. Vivas, and it -as at last (in order to quiet iir r.j been determined that he shall go ; but I know positively, from a person w ho has it from Vivas himself that he gees to Paris, from thence tc London, and that he has no idea of ,cavin until h h , , . 1 nown xJhat our government Acs done a7ld ran I him, you if l" yAv -fair lor cxplanations from this couit, they may wait and the business will be protracted bv pretended new negotiations for 20 years longer. If out government wjU act with' j,, . . Ti , ; 7 , ; ,6 , lx Is .ul to talk of England assisting tins country ; they arc on as Our country has but one line cf conduct to pui sue themselves, and not to do justice t mrftrUf -lirrttt ' or indirectly, eiihc. with Kmlaml o. France. We have nothing to do with Euiopcan politics, and ought never to ah low tin in to meddle with our affairs All things here continue to remain Itiinti - C sr.iv.e State of ennfusirm ? rvtio. though Lozano Torres is not in tlu ministry, he has as much, cr more in fluence than ever." A most furious insurrection is stated have broken out at Smyrna. Much blood has been shed on the oc easier. The palace of the Pacha was stormed and he himself escaped with great difliculty The President's Message had been published in most of the London pa pers, and wai regarded as an ab; state paper. In remarking upon n the editor of the Courier says : It satisfactory to learn from this document, that the United State' government is actively and sincerely "co-operating in putting down the slave trada." The Prince Regent has appointee Anthony Barclay. Esq. to be H I Majesty's commissioner for carrviny into effect the 6th and 7th articles f . the '! rcaty of Ghent, vice John Ogilyy, Esq deceased. A destructive fire broke out at Ox fcrd on the 9th of January, which destroyed Magdalen Hall, 'it destroyed the whole range of buildings, consisting of sets of rooms. The Theatre at Rirmingham, was burnt to the ground on the night of the Olh January.

On the 12th of January, Prince Talleyrand was confined by indisposition. The ex-director Barras was at the point of death. Marshal Soult was introduced to Louis XVIII, who restored to him

his baton as a Marshal of France. The King of France has grunted a pardon to General Lavslettc. CHARLESTON', Feb. 25. Robbery of the Southern Jfail The Southern post came in yesterdav morning without the mail. A letter from one cf the contractors, toT. V. Bacot, Esq. Postmaster of this city, dated i4 Bee's Creek, near Coosa whatchic, 21st inst" savs I have! most lamentable occurrence to state which is, that the mail was stolen from th suikey this morning about 4 o'clock, while the driver was changing his horses, 13 miles below this place. It was cut off, as the mark of the knife is visible on the fastnings. I shall use all my endeavors for its recovery. My stage, containing three passengeners, upset in a creek the wight previous to the robbery, which coused the suikey to be used on the route last night." Mr. Bacot immediately issued a hand-bill, offering a reward of 2C0 dollars for the detection of the perpetrators of the robbery. Unfortunate Occurrence. -Inform ation from Howard county states that Mr. Henry Carroll, acting Register ot the Land oiiice, lost his life on the 29th ult by a pistol shot, from Mr. Richard Gentry. Immediately upon the happening of the event, Mr. Gentry) delivered himself up to Judge Totld, by w hom, after an examination of many witnesses, he was recognized to appear at the Superior court in Montgomery on the 4th Monday in May next. As this unfortunate affair is in a course of judicial examination it is not proper to state porticulars in a newspaper. St. Louis Enquirer. Natchiz, Feb. 23. The transactions of Saturday night last at thelanding of our city, were so shameful, so disgraceful and horrible, that we can hardly bring ourselves to the contemplation of them. One man has been fouad most deliberately and foully murdered, and several others are missing, some of whom arc supposed to have shared the same fate. "XV ASHINGTOK, MARCH 2. It becomes our painful duty to announce the Death of the Hon. David Walker, a Representative in Conrc"s fiuin the Stotc of Kentucky. He departed this life yesterday morning, after a lingering illness of some weeks. He was a worthy patriot, and enjoyed, whilst living, universal res. pect. In conformity to his death-bed request, the usual ceremonials, on the decease of a Member of Congress, were dispensed with. But " both Houses cf ( ongress determined to meet at 12 o'clock to day instead of 1 1, to give an opportunity to the numerous friends of the decased to attend his funeral, which takes place at 10 o'clock .Vat. Int. from England by an arrival at New-York, London papers, to the J 8th of January, have been received. They contain nothing of much interest, and in the extracts presented to us, not a word is said about reform or the reformers, except that tir Francis Burdctt was to be tried uyon the ex-tffico infomation filed against him for his letter to the electors of Westminster, on the murders at Manchester, and tli3t sir Charles Wolesly, major Cartwright, Mr. Wooler', and others, were also to be tried for alleged illegal proceedings at Birmingham and Lancaster. The winter has been very severe t! c ice at Woolwhich five feet thick the mail coaches were interupted by the depth of the snow in -cotland, which was from six to fifteen feet deep! The provincical papers are said to be chief Jv filled with . crounts of the distresses ofthc.poor. France is quiet Soult has reccivvd his marshal's baton of the king, md, Vandammc is permitted to reurn. The bank has a great deal of money unemployed, in consequence of the limitted applications for discount. Ireland is much disturbed and martial law prevails in several districts. In Germany great injury has been done b an inundation of the Rhine, i'he territory of Carhruhc was almost wholly under water. The ninth book of the memoirs cf Kapoleo-i, written by himself, hare been published at Paris 2C0o copies were sold in one day, andon the next, the remainder of the edition wav seitedbjthe poI:er JWet: