Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 April 1820 — Page 2

ough the cartilage of the Gth rib, oft

K it snlc, near its junction with 5 Senium, wounding in its passage l d iph-agm and stomach. and by rj vV'.uds inllictcd by a ill! k, or rks or some other sharp instrument irstutnicnts, parsing through the h or y ribs, at their junction, with icir respective, cartilages. From ie great extras action of blood, no mbt either thc lieatt or one of the r r jr, . J vessels was wrunded. We are gratified to add, that Mr. 'orle, one nt U i pirv, submitted to i'M'1 the f)lh)wi:i;; resolution, which vas unanimously adop'cd Where is it appears to this inquest hat Jdm i I i pps was murdered on or war the public, highway, while he nl i:i r'larjro this great eastern mail ?f the. Uniitcd states, that the decease was a man of good character, and i ha, left a distressed famiiv, who will. bv his death, hs deprived of their usttd mci-.ns of support Resolved uni ihuouhlv, that Cieorre ileath, tli( foreman of this jury, be requested to m pure into and repve?ent the suu:i tion of the widow and orphan childtc: of the deceased, to the Post-mastei g-mrral, ami to commend them to tin humane consideration of ihe govern meat. On Saturday aft v noon, our citizen' and p-ace officers were on the aler of the peace officers Messrs. Ho Mivdwtll. and Norri, proceeded tij llridr c-street between 8 and (J o'eloeV : in search of a suspicious charaet' -an I on their return to Gay street bridge, that vigilant officer, Mr U ss. passed two .men, one lie recognised to be Peregrine llutton, he immediately desired his rmtp miosis to tali back an I follow him slowiv. He joined Mutton and accosted him. i lotion knew him, they shook hands an I Mutton received him friendly, though he appeared uneasy and tiesir mis of getting clear of him, when thev- arrived some distance up Gaytr et. Koss tas joined bv Mr. John Wns-m. Mr Hnss then told Mutton thu ho was a man of bad character, a nl he would ta1 c him before Judge Bi ice. Me also asked his companion who he was the other refused to r,io any satisfaction, and Mr. Uoss promptly informed him that he was in bad company, and that he should t .ke him dso. They were taken hefore Judge Hricc, who committed them for further examination. On arriving at the goal the officers proceeded to search them, on Mutton vws found 131 dollars, on Mull, scented in his pantaloons, upward of fi'UO dollars. they had each a key found on them, which unlocked a trunk held in common, and with these kevj Mr. Ross and the other officer! m proceeded to the hai ding-house whetc thev lodged and on scare tun-: the trunk, on top id their clothes wete f and a small pocket pistol and 11 iA of powder, whh several paiccb; ol bank notes, amounting to upwards of hi. 00 dollars. Yosterdav morning judges IVand, Hricc, an I vI'Mechen were engaged in the examination ot the prisoners and the witnesses It appears that Peregrine Mutton one of the prisoners, was born m 'leia. i' but has lived most of his time in M in land. that he h s been sovc:ai vears a s'r;o driver, and lor nuc time b i.vded in the same house v i t h the deceased. Me is. we utkIcistind, well known in Richmond, Yii guui. Morris N. H. Hull, the ollic pi ' iO iC New. V is a native ot tue state ci u k, aid with Mutton arrived front NV w-Vork on last TucNday wt -k Me has a father in Utica T!;e prisoners are both youm? men, probably neither f them 2j years of a.re. "l'hev will b tried befoie the ciietjit court of tiie United States, uhk-h will sit on the first of Mav. Unon a review of those fact", it would appear t'wt the discovery of the murderers was. it mav be sank providential thc act of the all-seeing iiod 1 Mr. tt.ss went into Kri le Kivet, not in search of Mutton, cn icturniug p.ec'ulent dly he joined him. and it pleased the Abnuhty that ?.o sluniid be his instrument to detect an 1 apprehend the authors of the most bloody deed ever committed in our counti v. Am unt cf Vote found in the trunk. Five Post note, of !OtK) ach.--tl ditto ot Pv) dollars each U bank notes of IGv) dollars each, lo ditto, of ) i Mch, ditto o! v) eacli t t7 of S each. -fit ot , and 7 small tntes. Kound on ? N II. Mull, S''s5vX) of variovicharacters and atnounts. fed. Rr;. The richt t f rating th? Distri: z C. ! i"ihid w ,.s d cided. by the Su-preni.-Cuuu, k exist in the congress .f the Unitetl Staler, in the c ise ol J wf-.r-iutrh n-,d;.st lUa K r, wh'n h Wt, institutnl I, ir the put pose ot ttvif. - the coriMumioiuliiv of t' e direct tax imposed upon th.e people of this diitriit duiin tlic Ulc ar.

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MAROARETTA, FEB. 20. ent. The naval expedition has not sailed -the delay is owin to some mis-1 management ot Admiral Urion. Com. Stafford, a distinguished and I brave oflicer lormci ly of the Dolphin privateer of Haltimorc, has been ap-1 hmntml in r.nnniand the fleet, and 1 everv thin will no doubt Ko on well. . nt I (,cn. Devcrcux lias not arrived. msle?;ion, witn tne tnglisli troops eccntlv arrived here, ate to embark on hoard the squadron in about two weeks Com. Staflord is to have the whole command and plan of attack. and from his experience and braver vC anticipate a Miccc.sful issue. pi i rio inesquauion consists oi la sau in number, amongst w hich arc some asl fine vessels a cvef swam the ocean Porto Cabello and Laguira will, no dotibt.be in nosession of the Patri- l ots by thc middle of March WESTERN V1NCKNNLS APHIE 1, 18.0. The hJ.owin doinune.nts, tngcthei vk'i some, we shall omit until next week, ' r want ef room, gives us the latest and a.-.st authentic intelligence of our affairs nth Spain. It vill be percievtd that on ;h pat ef the Spanish ministry, mea-u-es are rcst.rled to, which arc, in thc pinions of ether nations, dishonorable iiid of coarse h'irhly prejudicial to her vn interest while the frank, though anient proceedings of our government e inccs a 'lisp s tion to pity rather than persecute that miserable nation ; ami to hear with, rather than hastily to punish her crimes. From the Nat. Intelligencer. s. Our Relations with S'irjm. The following important Message was yesterday transmitted to both Mouses of Congress, by thc President of the United States : T j the House o Representatives cf the United States. I transmit to Congress an extract of a letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of th.e Uunited states at St. Petersburg!!, of thc 1st of November last, on the subject of our relations with Spain, indicating the sentiments of thc Emperor of Russia respecting the non-ratification, by his Catholic Majesty, of the treaty lately concluded between the United States and Spain, and the strong interest which his Imperial Majesty takes in promoting the. ratification of that treaty. Of this friendly disposition, the most satisfactory assurance has been since ghento this government, by thc Minister of Russia residing here. I transmit also to Congress an extract of a letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States t Madrid, of a later date than those '.cretofore communicated, by w hich it appears, that, at thc instance of the o e;e des Aflaries of the Kmperoi o Russia, a new pledge had been fix en by the Spanish government tnat the Mi ister w ho had been lateIv appointed to thc United State; should set out on his mission, without dvday, with lull power to settle all differences in a manner satisfactory to thc parties. I have further to state, that the governments of France and (,rta Britain continue to m nifost the sentiments heretofore communicated respecting thc non-ratiheadon of the treaty bv Spain and to interpose their .;ood officer: to promote its ratification. It is proper to add, that the governments of France and Russia have expressed an earnest desire that the I nited States would take no step, fro the present, on the principle of rcpri sal. which might possibly tend to disturb the peace bitvveen thc United States ami Spain There is good cause to presume, from the delicate manner in u hich this sentiment has been conveyed, that it is founded in a belief, as w ell as a desire, that our just objects may be accomplished w ithout the hazard of such an extremity On full consideration of all these circumstances, I Luc thought it my duty to vubmit to Congress, w ether it will not be desirable to postpone decision, on the questions now c!c pendi ig with Spain, until the next session. Th.e distress of that nation at tins juncture atTords a motive for this for carance, which cannot fait to be duly appreciated. Under such circumstances the attention of th.e Spanish gov ernment mav he di cried from its foreign concerns, and the arrival ol a minuter here be longer delayed. I am the more induced to surest this couiie ol proceeding:, from a' , . . . ' , .. , i know led-e that, while we shall there. 'v makr a iust return to thc powers' whose m d o7 es hae been ac - konwlrdere, an l inert asr, by a ne w and signal pi oof of moderation, our

claims on Spain, our attitude in tc- i gard to her will not be less favorable J at the next session than it is at pres. I

prcsJAMES MONROE. Washington, March 27, 1820. Documents referred to above. Extract of a I'tt'.rfrom Mr. Camihrti to the Secretary 'State, dated St. f'rtfr'b!:V!h ,f'?'?ber ' 'nn bcr. ) IKVJ contJiruiir detail (J a ton V(rtinnh Courit Xedrodr. u your despatch, No. r, of Jane 3d, 1 (iaj tlC honor to receive a few davs ago. I " After some general conversation I ie inquired (as I presumed he woul. I !o, and waited for him to introduce the l hacl v ccrtajn account o iSdv cone S .acting tne 1 rcHU lately concliidca in minister at Was! dnxtMn with our i:o sCrnment. 1 had short! v before rccci-, L.1, from Mr. (iallatin, a letter, confirm in the account, which had already rea- - ncd me through the newspaper, that tin ving had lefusedto ratify the Trc-.t until he should obtain some previous i x-i-ianations, relating, as stated by MGallatin, to two points . lsi, The declaration Mr. Forsytii was instructed, n exchanging the vatincati-U'.s, to p vt in. that the grant to the Duke u'Alagon, lands in the ceded territi rv, whict. tnough intended to be, w as not, by th. terms of the Treaty, made null, shoalbe considered as null: and, Jd An enspacemen t required bv Snnin, on the. pai of our government, not to recognise th.e independence of any of the Spanish colo nics ; ann that, to demand these explanations, a iiiimster extraordinary was the sent to Washington, though Mr. Forsyth had Offered, as instructed, togiw full explanations on any ;oiat connected with the Treaty : I therefore infonneu the Count, 1 had rec.e ved authentic information, though not from my government, that the king had refused his assent to the Treaty, until he should obtain ex planations on certain points, for which

purpose he proposed sending a miuistv r,.vas sincerelv disposed to settle all the extraordinary to Wash ngion. 1 i o .k differences with the United States, this occasion to remark mrtiier, that, 1 a hopccl in a sK)rt .ilnc to have official information from mv jrovcrniuent, . , . ' t ,r . , , i I felt mvsclf authorised to state, that Mr. Pr to ellect it; had at: honzed Onis, the Spanish minister, was fully em- count Hulgary to saytothc Russian powered to conclude the Treaty, and government, that general Vives was night have yielded more than he die, going immediately to thc United without exceeding his authority ; and States, and would have competent that the points on which it was now pro- powers ; and that every thing would nosed to ask explanations had been fully amicably arranged I made the -Iiscussecl lcfore tlic '1 rcty Wi s,iKnrl Russian char cl.aiTairci sensible ind their intent and meanirnr expheitlv ., . . r understood bv both parties, if which the ,nc Part of thls mcr.t cra" Spanish court was fullv informed, md 0,clL,( llie other. General V tves our minister there was instructed to give could not receive pow ers competent ample explanations, which he offered to to the purpose ot amicable settlement, do, on any points, relating to thc Treaty, if thc Secretary of State's despatc h

that might be supposed to require. them. I auucu; that the I reaty was, undoubtedly, uiuk r all circumstances, highly favorable to Spain, and that 1 was satLsucd a strong desire on the part of my government to preserve peace alone induced them to agree to its provisions I that I presumed he had been informed respecting the terms of the TVeaty by Mr. Poletica, with whom I understood on had freely communicated en the subject. Me said Air. Poletica had advised him that, from the explan itious received from you respecting it, the Treaty was iy him considered favorable to Spain. I then referred to the grant to the JLh.kc TAlagon, briefly stated the nature of it, is made known to me, and observed, that, should thc views of the King, as now ivowed in relation to it, supposed thc principal point on winch explanation was equired, lie acquiesced in, thc chief object of entering into the Treaty would e thereby frustrated ; that, by one of its urovisiens, the United States' I'overnner.t agreed to pay, on account of Spam, to their oath citizen's, for spoliationscommitted by her subjects, or in her ports, contrary to Treaty, live millions f dollars, out of the proceeds of thc sales f lands in the ceded territory ; but, hould this grant, said to include a ver ,rge pertiuu of thoe lands, be confirmed, the sum assigned tor that purpose woulu .ail. and, of course, this pro ibion of the Treat could not be complied with. Me appeared to feel the full force f . lie remark, giving hi consent to the ceniusien drawn, and proceeded to eb- .. re. it was to be regrettctl that Spam ivl not understand her own interest bettor than she seemed to do; that it was 'tf cuit to ee:;rcie, in her present situation, what could induce her to t.ike the course ihe had done, and refuse to ratify a treatv favrrable to herself, and concluded by her minister vested w ith full power fr the purpose. Me then rcniarktil on the great importance of preserving peace, as far as practicable, among th.e ciili-td nations ef the world, inquired Avhat Spain could now i!o, in rtganl to the busiiicss, by sending a minister to Washington, and what course our government w culd be likely to adept on the occasion. I replied, that, as to Spain, I could form no opinion of the moiiis by which she was governed; i elul not perceive what she could do, unless she receded from her objections to the Treaty ; and, as to my own government, though 1 was satist-.ed of its strong desire to pre.-crvc peace, 1 could not pivter.el to say what course it aiight conceive itselt caikd en to take en the present occas;u though 1 presumed no decisive measures w onhl he adooted, to change, essential!;. , the relations between the two countries, until ! Congress stiouui convene, tuny m uc"f 1 cour men pursueu , , . ,:, i , should, m the mean time, do. ... thtn innuil.ta how wwa I expecttrt i,.-r fn , mv rowM-miu-nt. iur it Jhadbctn advised'ef the refusal i n the ' part of Spain to ratify the Treaty ; anil, J bc;n teld thut I cculd net state the pre-

else time with any decree of certainty, but that it would undoubtedly be as soon " despatches could reach this from

Washington, he expressed, with s.mc arnestness, his vili that I should make nown to him, at as eurly a day as micht he convenient, such information a. 1 ni.ht receive from my gu eminent ou iiis subject." Count Ncsselrodc Extract of a letter rom Jfr Forsyth to the Secretary of State, dated Madrid, January 3c, 1320. A few days after the date of mv 'tVSt numbered 10, 1 had a visit fiom tne count miliary, liic Kussian cliarge d'affaires. Mc came to sec me in con sequence of a conversation he had just had wilh thc dukc ofSan Fcrnando, respecting my ollicial letter of thc ... nj fv.tn,pr. mvl tKo cnl.crrmrnt 18th ot October, and thc subsequent correspondence in relation to it. He tated to mc, that thc dukc regretted the necessity offending back the lcter, but that it was so harsh in its icrms he could not place it before the king ; to this was added a great many assurances of personal kindness ami good w ill, not necessary to be repeated. I replied, that it was very mor tifying to me, to be obliged to send the letter in the first instance, and not iss so to insist on its being receiv ed ; that tho duke had put it'out of n,y owcr t(, act otherwise than I had done ; but that there was no di-'culty in avoiding the unpleasant consequences likely to ensue. Thc duke had nothing to do but to give mc uicli assurances in regard to thc grants as tvould render it superfluous forme to say any thing about them. Mis answer was at once curious and dissatisfactory; he said that thc dukc could not give mc any assurances, such was the predominating influence ( thc grantees with thc king. Me - ' , 7 was unable, from thc influence of tho grantees, to say any thing about the larc donations This was a subject upon which thc American government would listen to terms, and friendly arrangement was out of the (justion ; generaVives's visit to thc United States useless unless the Spanish government M as prepared to abandon their pretensions in favor of thc grantees. On the subject of the mission of general Vives. I desired thc count to remind the dukc, that I knev nothing of it. The general and loose declarations made months before, that the king would authorize some perspn to ask explanations at Washington, vras all that the Spanish government had chosen to communicate to me. Thc count assured mc of tlic personal anxiety ef the minister to arrange every thing satisfactorily between the two cotiutries; that his hopes were strongof being able to effect it; that this business of the icturned note was cmbairassing, and if I went away in consequence of its not being rccived, that what he bclivcd to be the wish of the U States and of his government, and almos all other powers, might be frustrated. Matters were in a bad state at present, and this would make them worse. To this I answered, in general terms, that matters must become worse before they became bcter ; that thc government of thc United States had every disposition to be friendly with Spain, and had evinced it in a variety of modes; for myself. I had personally every w ish to bo the instrument of promoting y;ocd will between thc two nations. Me said this government had a different impression. I was very sorry for it ; unfortunately thc conduct of the Spanish government had compelled me to speak with a plainness and openness which was disagreeable, as they were nbt accustomed to it. In thc course of a long conversation, it occurred to me that this dispute about the note ( might be made useful, as I found the 'Spanish Government anxious to avnul receiving it ; and, contrary to my ex pectations, desirous that I should re main here. I believed it practicable to accelerate their movements incur affairs, without yielding the point in dispute. With this belief I statedto comu Hulgary, that, if thc dukc of San Teinando would officially say to me at once, that general Vives was Koing immediately to the United States, wiih ample authority to arrange the business of the convention, ai d that it was the particular wish of his majesty's government that the letter of thc ISth should be withheld ;

and that all matters relatine to thc

v convention should be discujscd in Washington, notwithstanding I hail positive instructions to rcmonstaate on thc subject of thc grants, and thc conauct ot apain in relation ro uitm, I would take the responsibility of retaining the obnoxious paper in my hands, until compelled by everts to deliver it. or until I should receive fmthcr advices from thc President. Th.e duke must understand that this was done with a pcrlcct understanding that I insisted upon thc right of returning thc paper, and should exercise that right, whenever I deemed it necessary. The count lelt mc with thc expectation of making this arrangement. A few days afterwards wc had another interview ; he told mc that the dukc would write to tell me of the appointment of general Vives, and ot the intention of sending him immediately to .Washington ; that he would have full powers, Jxc. but that thc duke thought he ccuM not advert particularly to the remonstrance, or the correspondence in relation to it, without commenting upon it. and this he desired to avoid. I answered, that I could not tell how 1 M:ouid act until I saw thc duke's note. If I found in it a sufficient jus titration for detaining the remonstrance. I would do so, aid would look at it with a view to find that justification. Thc duke knew, from me, th:;t I was instructed to remonstrate earnestly cn the subject of thc grant?, and might judjre, from my manner of performing that duty, of the sentiments of thc American government. A week elapsed after this last conversation, without my hearing from thc Secretary cf State. I called on the Russian charee d'aff ires to saw that I was surprised at this delay, and lhat I should rrrtainly return the temonstrance, if I did not hear from thc dukc in a few days. Mc saw thc Secretary of State in consequence of this visit, who assured him that his personal indisposition had prevented him from sending me thc intended note. On thc lath December, I received the duke's note ; a copy of which is inclosed, marked No. 1 ; you will sec that it is not what I had reason to expect. Mc does not request a suspension of any correspondence, or say that it is the wish of tho Spanish government that every thing should bo left to the negotiation of general Vives. He merely states, that, in his view, to continue discussion here, would be supeifluou, and likely to embarrass the direct negotiation Perhaps, considering their peculiar mode of doingbusiness, I had no right to calculate upen any thing mere. Nevertheless, I am not at all satisfied with it ; and had I consulted rry own inclinations only, I should immediately have sent b '.rk the note of liic 1 6th October, wkh thc transiationWhat has occasion d mc to delay and deliberate, and still keeps me uncertain how to act, is the apprehension, that my judgment of what is proper, might bo involuntarily influenced by my own wishes. I need not conceal from you, that my situation here U unpleasant, and that I find no sufficient consolation for my personal mortification, in the consciousness of being useful to thc United States; feeling as I do, that I am almost, if not altogether, useless. The verv awkward s'ate of my private afiVns in Georgia, inconsequence of mv unbooked for detention here, increases my anxiety to leave Spain. What I fear, and I hope it is not an unworthy apprehension, is, that these circumstances may unconsciously induce mc to believe that the more energetic course is thc best. What I have at iast resolved upon is, to delay my answer until I see the President's message. It will then be sent before genual Vives leaves Europe. Mc is still in Madrid, goes in & coach and collcras to Payonne, a journey of 12 or 15 davs ; thence to Palis ; fiom Paris to Kngland, and from England to the United States. Hi raf Ad journey to Washington, will probably be finished in May. My answer will be regulated by the advices I hope scon to receive from Washington. I shall certainly not go lurthcr, in any event, than to say, that I shall retain the letter of the ISth October, for a short time, under the hope that his majesty will render it unnecessary to make anv remonstrance on the subject ot it' Remainder in cur next. REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. NEW-YOHK, MARSH 25. Hy the arrival this fuienoon of the? ship Menry, captain Dcvoll in 45 davs from (iibralter, we learn that the Unitcd States' figatc Gurricre, capt. C. 1J. Thompson, and Peacock, capt. Thomas Urown, had arrived in fee bay from (laeta, and the Franklin 74, and the remainder of the squadron, was expected dailv. The 1 a ------ Iship, it waa sjuJ, would soon sail fcr