Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 April 1820 — Page 2

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PARIS, Fcbuary U. nt.tJtiTafion Dtikc J) ' Herri. I he inhabitants of this metropolis rve been horror struck by an atromus assassination, perpetrated last j,;iu, at tea o'clock, on the person " Uis roval highness the dakr de l?rri. The prince attended the .utehesstr. her carriage ; in quitting K opera houre, ?!ic was already catcd, when a person pissing quicky by his royal Inclines?, encircled lim'with his left arm, and t hurst a )ob;nard four inches and a half long, n lus rigiu urcast up u i:ie um ) ) feeling the wound he uttered a i v and fell senseless into toe arms jf ' ii'm servants. The Dutchess herself sprang out of the carriage and drew the dagger from the duke's -enst. w hn-ii; uW exclamation was ; je ir.e mcurct" The duke was conveyed into oua of the saloons of the opera, and the nearest surgeon sent for. The dutchess never quitted the :oueh of her husband. Duke of Orleans, who was at the opera arrived immediately, accompanied by the dutches and Mademoiselle. M. PasquLr came shortly afterwards, bringing with htm iki bis carriage, M. Du puytreu. The surgeon bled the prince three times, and washed the wound with warm lotions. The mass;n is about thirty years of age ; his iiam-2 is Louvcl. It appears be was one of those who went and returned with Donapate from r.tba and has r.incc been employed, tip to the vesy time of the fatal deed, in his nvijestyc's bunting establish in nt. The pilnee having expressed a desire to see his infant daughter, when she was brought to him in her cradle, at four o'clock in the morn-iii"-, he kissed the babe, and giving it bis benediction, pronounced these rcina.kablc words: "Poor infant, I wish you may be less unforunate than the rest of my family." The Dutchess de Derri fell senseless when her august parnter expired. She waGtorn from the side of her departed husband. When she recovered, she threw herself on her knees before the King, and implored him to grant her leave to return to Naples The assassin's name is Ticrrc Joseph Louvcl. He 'as been examined before the ministers, when his rep 'cs were as fdlows; ' Q. What induced ou to commit this crime? A. My opinions, my sentiments. Q What are they ? A. I think the Bourbons are tyrants and the most cruel enemies of Fiance. Q- In that supposition, why did you attack the. Duke de Berri in preference to the rest ? A. Because he is the youngest Prince of the Horal Tamily, and seemed to be destined to perpetuate the race hostile to France. Q Do vou repent vour act ? A No. Q. Had vou any instigator, any accomplice ? A None. ST THOMAS, Febuary C5. I have o:iy time to inform you that it is credibly teported here that th' ind pendants have gained a dcc'w; battle over the aoyalists in Vcn t : arid are by this time in pos s;s-don Caraca. M.riil had been t) much reduced as to order up the trifling reinforcement of 45 men from the arnson of Purrto Cuvrllo A Danish brig of war is c.vpcctcd cvrv moment from La 'iuvra. We have iccirtd this morning the Paris papers of Tuesday. They are, of course painfully interesting, for they communicate a variety of facts cmnTted with the assassination of bis Royal Highness the Duke de Herri Among the mot important of th:se is the undeniable one. that the a'rorious crime was committed from political motives This alarming truth was distictlv ad omitted, not onlr bv the members of the two

Chamber, who met to address his cumstantial account of the mclanMaiestv . upon the mournful occasion, choiy loss of the schooner Quaker, but it i recognized by the Kinp him-; Captain Leona'd Journcfran, on her elf, in the concluding sentenec of his i passage from Boston for th Chesaanswer to the address of the Depu- ; peake, in lat. "7 35, long. 73 40 ti s 14 The Chamber cannot doubt," i The Quaker sailed from Poston. r..id his Majesty, that feeling as a Feb 28, with cables and cordage for mri and actimr at a Kin, I shall the Columbus 74. fitting for sea in a ! ;'t everv neccssarr mrasuro to the Chesapeake waters. She had on p evrnt the State from dingers rf board Si) men, which hatl been revwh I cm but too firciblu forewarn cmited for the Columbus, three naval n. hy thr r ;! of ff dnv " officers, and six mariners, including Qi:'wo.a. Chief of the Insurgents rsmtain Joumcgan ts persons in all. a the Isl" of Leon, in a proclama-; On the morning of the 6th of March, tio'i to his soldiers, savs. " In the the schooner was struck bv a squall, ranks of these whom the government and in spite of everv exertion to pre-

nvav assemble, vou ill find brcthcrn who are united wih v u. The London pauer contain adirf from Cadiz nn to the 35th January ; at which time the citv npnears to hac ben in possession of the r-

inhabitants, and some soldiers, having j

two field pieces, dismounted; bad made an attack, on the evening ot the 24th, upon the soldiers of the barrack of bt. Helena. The King's troops opened upon them a brisk fire, which was returned for a moment : the constitutionalists soon retired, leaving 14 killed, and a great number wounded, on the ground. The captain general of the Spanish navy K" s given notice to the English con sul, that the mouth of the river Santi Petri, ( Isle of Leon, ) is in a state of blockade, and that the entrance of any foreign vessel is prohibited. Parliament. Agreeably to ad purnment, the two houses of Parlia ment met on the 17th, when the fol .owing message from the King was received and read : 'GEORGE R. The King is persuaded that the House of Lords deeply participates m the grief and affliction of his Ma jesty for a loss which his Majesty and the. ration have sustained by the la mcnted death of the late King, his lather. This melancholy event imposing upon his ATajcsty the necessity ot .-ummoning, within a limited period, a new Pailiament, the King has taken into consideration the present state o public business, and is of opinion that it will be, in all respects, most conducive to the public interest and convenience, to call the Parliament without delay. The King therefore, recommends to the House of Lords to adopt such measures as may be found indispens ably necessary to provide for the exigencies of the public service during the interval which must elapse between the termination of the present session and the opening of a new Parliament. G. R.M LOKDOX, FEB- 17. The Spanish insurrection, according to the most recent and best authenticated accounts, still continues to languish. Gen. Freyre, who commands the royal troops, has removed from Seville, and taken up his position close to the head quarters of the insurgents, of which, it is said, they are expected to obtain possession in the course of the present month. The leader of the mutinious soldiers has addressed a proclamation to the army and the people, in which he complains, very justly, of the tyranny and ignorance of the royal councils, and the absurdity of sacrificing more armies in useless crusades against tho South American colonies ; but unfortunately, he proposes no specific object in his insurrectionary movements, and holds out no prospect of any reform which he proposes to accomplish. This singula' procedure, which gives to the whole rebellion the appearance of a mere military mutiny, is said to have disgusted the country, and detached many of his partisans from the revoluiionarv banncrr. NORTOLK, M ATI CH 17. Insurrection in St. Jagy-de-Cuba. Captain Doanc, of the sloop Roana fitvu llavanna, states that an insurrection among the black popula tion had taken place at St Jago-de-Cuba. the account of which reached Hrvanna about 10 days before he sailed. The. Governor of Havanna had fitted out an expedition consisting of two transport ships, under convoy of a sloop of-war, which sailed for St. .Tago on the 3d, and ('apt. I) fell in with them on the 5th off Cape Florida. Tapt. D did not understand, the strength of the force which hat! emba-ked in the expedition, nor did he understand whether the insurrection was considered very alarming ; but thinks it was not from the tardiness with which the expedition was fitted out. : Fn the Rhode- Island 1mrriean Fuovidencf, Mauch 1 7. A Tc la n c h y shipwreck. Captain TTarnden, of the Janus, has politely i furnished us with the following cirvent it, capsized and the pasencr and crew were washed overboard bv the surge. William Miller, the mate, succeeded in hauling himself into the main crossfires, where he found lour others the tonmast and crosstrees being for tbo most part out of water.

was holding on to the main chains, and Lieut. Samuel P. Macomber, of the

United States' Navv, was clinging to the weather quarter. The mate and las four companionsi remained in their perilous situation till Tuesday, the 7th, when three of them perished of cold and fatieguc, and were washed away by the surge, which was contin ually breaking over the mate and his surviving companion, who expected momentarily to share the fate of those who were lost. They remained without a prospect of escape from death, until the torenoon of Wednesday, March 3, when they discovered a vessel standing towards them ; they contrived to hoist a signal of distress the vessel approached within hailing distance, sent bet boat, and took from the wreck the two sufferers, who, after the lapse of 56 hours, were nearly exhausted b hunger and fatigue. This vi el proved to be the brig Janus, capt Haradcn, from Turks Island, of and for this port, where she arrived yes terday. The feelings of the mate and his companion, on the prospect of their deliverance, may be more easi ly conceived than described. Fhcv had previously been passed by four vessels, who did not observe their sig nals The proceeding particulars of thb melancholy shipwreck, by which forty-six huniin beings unfortunately perished, arc driven from a very minute statement, drawn up by the mate and communicated to Capt. Haradcn The name of the mate's companion, who was saved, is Saml. S. Pievse,of vew-Jersey, a seaman of the Colum bus. WESTERN SUN. VINCENNES APRIL 15,1820. The following letter from Mr. Tar' or discloses the duplicity of some, and vk or ignorance cf others of our late Legislators. Justice demands, that the edited who published the resolution ccnsurir; Mr. Taylor, should also publish his letter, however unpleasant it may be to expose the weakness, or corruption of our representathes or the folly and guilt of some of our schemcmg and sycophantic " brethren of the tyne' who have been so noiscy on tin - subject. To the Editors of the Western Sun. Gentlemen. In the Kl Indiana Centincl of th 26th of February, I observe, that mv conduct for political consistencv is ar raigned m acrimonious terms, either by the Editor of that paper, or bv some person who has written this stricture for him. I never have, nor do I ever intend, to defend mr political course in a news-paper ; to the people of the state I am accountable for my public acts as their Itcprcsen tative, and if called upon bv them, or a respectable portion of them, I will always take pleasure in giving un reasons upon any subject on which they wish explanations, but to none else. If the writer bed stated facts. I should have taken no further notice of what he has said, in regard to mv consistency ; but having omitted to do this, whether wilfullv or not, he can best tell, it is a duty I owe to mv own character, to correct his misrepresentations He savs that during the last session of Congress, J voted in concert with the Delegate from Missouri against any restrictions as to Staves in the proposed constitution ; and that during the prrse ft session. . 1 . a'. ,1 , vvnen mat question nan assumed a frightful magnitude and when parties breasted each other with as much de termination as ever parties manifested, I still voted to the same effect : but at last when the ouestion wns to be decided in the senate ; when each looked to the other for a firm expres sion of ms sentiments. suddenly wheeled about, forsook mu forme ground, and oted far h? rratriction upon the people of Missouri. Here is rcallv a serious charge, highlv coloured, and strongly urged, and if it were onlv true, it ought justlv co stamp mv conduct with imfiroftrietv, degradation U inconsistency, words applied to me bv the writer in the next paragraph of his impartial and teynfterate stricture. Rut bow stands the fact ? llv referring to the Journal ol the senate last session, in page .12 I and 2'2 the following proi cedings will be found On motion rf Mr. Talbot to strike out the latter clause of the Restriction as follows ; 44 And that all children of slaves born within the said state, after the admission thereof into the Cnion. shall be free, but mav be held to service until the age of twenty five vears.M It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas 31, Kays 7. The yeas and navs being demanded by oue fifth of the senators present. Those who voted in the affirmative, arc Messrs. Harbour, rtitfcndcn, Dag-

Fromcntin, Guillard, Goldsborough,

Horsey, Johnson, King, Lacuck, i.eake, Macon, Morrow, Otis, Pal mer, Roberts, bandford, Stokes, Storer, i air, i aiDct, Jay lor. I nomas, Tichenor, Van Dyke, Williams ol Miss. William ot Ten. 31, Those who voted in the negative, are Messrs. Burrill, Dickerson, MelIcn, Morril, Noble, Ruggles, Wil son. 7, On the o.ucstion to agree to the to agree to tne aid proposed aformer clause ot s mendment, to strike out. 44 And pro vided also, that the further introduction of slavery, or involuntary servitude be prohibited, except for the 9 punishment cf crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.' It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas 22, Nays 1 6 On motion cf Mr. Talbot, the yeas and nays being de manded by one hfth of the senators present. Those who voted in the affirmative are Messrs. Barbour, Crittenden, Ea, ton Edwards, Lppes, Fiomentin, Gaillard, Goldsborough, Iiorscv, Johnson, Lacork. Leake, Macon, Otis, Palmer, Stokes, Tait, Talbot, Thomas, Van byke, Williams of :.iiss. Williams of Ten. 22. Those who voted in the negative, are Messrs. Burrill, Daggct, Dana, Oic. crson, King, Mellen, Muriel, Morrow, Noble, Robeits, Ruggles, Sandford, Storcr, Zaytr, Tichcr.or, Wilson. 10, Thus it appears from the very best evidence, the records of the. senate, that I voted against the proposition 10 free the oftbprincr of the slaves al ready in Missouri, when they should Arrive at the age of twenty five years, and for, to my mind, the best of all reasons, because I do not think thr.t the constitution gives any such pow er to Congress; and I voted against striking out of the bill for the admission of Missouri into the Union, the restriction which had been ingrafted in it by the House of Representatives, to prohibit the further introduction of slavery into the state of Missouri af ter her admission into the Union- In what way then have I "wheeled" about, "and forsook my former ground ? " My vote this year is precisely as it was the last, upon this ouestion ; in . oth instances I voted in favor of the restriction and I know of no inconsistency in this business, except that the writer's assertions, charging mc with it, are inconsistent with tiuth. If those who arc inimi cal to me, either politically or personally, will with the candor of honora ble and liberal minds, state my conduct fairly to the world, if they wish it, I can assure them thnc they have my hearty consent to do so ; if I am guilty of what I am charged with, 1 never will deny it, and if by explanations I cannot justify myself, I am willing to receive the censure of the public. Rut I do most solemnly protest agamut false representations and assertions, which I can view in no other light than foul slander, the object of which is to destroy the confidence which the people of the state have reposed in me. The official conduct of public men, I acknowledge is, and ought to be open to the scrutiny and investigation cither of editors of news-papers, or any one else; but one thing should never be lost sight of in these investigations, and that is truth, for whenever this essential to common justice is disregarded, the charges made arc no longer of the character of deserved censure for improper conduct, but slander and defamation. It has been my misfortune to have been the victim of wilful misrepresentation in more than one instance during the last four months, and some of the very members who voted for the resolution to crnture mc, did it upon the principle that I had voted against the restriction upon Missouri at the last session of Congress, when in fact mv vote was directly the reverse. The gentleman who introduced this owc".? resolution in the state senate, has since informed me, that he had taken it for granted that my vote wa acrains' the restriction upon Missouri, and that he did not discover his mistake until thr resolution had passed both houses, and then it was too late, as the subject was out of his reach. I will make hu a single comment on this fact, and that h. that ftublie men above all others, should understand thoroughly, if possible, the kubjects upon which they act ; for not only individuals may be affi ced by them, but often, the whole community. I do not believe that the gentleman to whom I allude, wilfully intended to do me an injury, but it s eident that he suffered himself to be led astray by others whose mctivr - - - were less pure than his own, or he

subject more minutely, before he yen tutcd to act upen it. What good purpose docs thisspir-? it of Wilful misrepresentation answer f It may for a moment gratify, the sest feelings of the human heart, envy, malice, hatred and uncharitablencss, but when it is confront cd witli, truth, which is sometimes slow in its opeiaiions, tut sure in its effects, it recoils upon the head of the slanderer, whose conscience if not tec cal-: lous from a repetition of crimes, will.

je b)iodc(1 al bcinK dctectedLn tho b;:se titcmpt to destroy, eiihcr rr.oial or political reputation. As to my opinions upen the policy of rcstiicting Missouii, or any inject touching the abstract pr'ifiplc of slavery, I certainly shall cntc? irito no discussion upon them, a: this tne, because they.hae nothing to do with' my prcscr.t puipcae, which v. as ir correct by evidence of an undeniable character, a palpable rr.ircprcsei:ir lien of my conduct. I know crj well the use which designing men have made of the word slavery : and I know that others tliii.hii,g it has lost no particle of its ivtll tritd i ;rtur arc using it with the same view, to fr.it dazvn those who are in the ijaij to make room for thcTristlves.But I beg the gentlemen vkccfi ccclt atid wait their turn lest if they display too much anxiety and precipitancy, the good people of the ta;e will begin to suspect their motives lot U be quite so fitire and di&inicre&ti rf, they would fain make them believe. The people may be deluded awhile by empty and noisy professions of patriotism, and their prejudices may be worked upcr. by designing n.tn. bran ding others whh the t phluLts, of slave holder, and being in faor of slavery and such stuit, but their good scr.se and penetration will soon enable thcip to judge correctly for themselves, and that judgment is nvcr very favorable to these v. ho endeavor torceive them. Let mc conclude, by repeating my advice to certain individuals about Vincenncs, and elsewhere in the state, who appear to take all oppoitun'uies to excite the public indignation r gainst mc, not to be too violent ; they may over-shoot the mark ; the good people may begin to suspect them, and if that should happei some of them may 44 fall like Lucifer, never to rise again." I was at first a little sensitive at some at tempts made to injuro mc, but a few moments reflection has brought my mind to a temperature, not to be disturbed by any thing w hich is said, provided i: i3 true; and I can assure them that if they will . confine themselves to this, I shall not notice any thing w hich they may speak or publish against mc, I am gentlemen, vour obedient sevt WALLER TAYLOR. Washington March 19th, 1820. From the Metropolitan rf March 23 The Duel Yesterday morning a duel was fought between Commodores !)? catur and llarron, which has terminated we fear in the mori-1 wound of the former, while the latter nas severely but not dangerously injured, the ball having struck his hip and glanced, was all that saved him how ever from the like unhappy fate of his antagonist. Commodore Decatur was supported by Com. Rogers, :n whose arms he was sustained from the battle ground to hi residence. Immense crowds of persons were around the house of Com. I). during the day, inquiring after the state of his wound, and the probability of hi rcccvery. An event of this kind-was so unexpected, and its unhappy termination hurst upon U9 so suddenly, that it has occasioned no inconsiderable degree of agitation in our metropolis It certainly was managed with a secrecy which would have bidden defiance to the most igilant police. Of all the particulars relating to this melancholy a.Tair, v.e have not bee:i informed ; the distance is state at eight paces, and that both wounded at the first fire. As to tluceruintxj of the oiigin of this dispute, we are not fully acquainted : it said, that Com. Barron had demanded to be restored to his rank and emoluments ; it appeared however th.! sonic representation had been made to the Department relative to his absence from this country during the war, or in other w ords that his absence was voluntary i which representations he supposed to have comr tereugh Com. I). This, together with some remarks indulged in by that gentleman, was the occasion cf this mournful catastrophe. We should feel deep regret at the loss of Commodore Decatur; it wi he who gave that additional lustre to the starstangled banner which ha made it shine so gloriously. It was under his command the second naval i ..... v Muiin in, 3tv,wiiii uavai victory over England was achieve.