Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 August 1820 — Page 2

" As soon as Miller had made a commencement, the work of deatlp went on without interruption. The sig:??.l being given, these murderous villains rushed, like the hungry lion, upon their defenceless prey. There v .14 no arm of mercy to intervene. The innocent victims of their avaricious cruelty were compelled to sub-

ir.it without even the appearance of opposition. As Miller, a second time, presented his pistol, Capt. Sunlcy, who, -s we hue stated, was already wounded, crawled on his knees, and supplicated, in the name cf God, to save his life. " I will give ( said the unforviaatcand suffering man) my vessel a. ul cargo, if you will but spare my life, and also forgive the injuries you have done me " But even this appeal, that would under any circums anccs have been powerful, was lost up mi the brutal Miller. Wrapt up in the nrmttc of hellish cruclt), nothing could divert him from the finishing of wnat he had begun. u I spare your life !" replied he, (in answer to the application of the wounded SunIcy,) l yes, I will spare your life a. i.l ended the sentence by plunging a dagger through his body. As this did i t completely effect its purpose, he deliberately aimed his pistol at the iking man, and totally dispatched him! The sick man who was standing at the helm now invited their attention. There were three pistols discharged at him, at one Jc the same tii.e, which hut slightly wounded him. He exclaimed, u Oh ! for God's sake, shoot at mc no more, and grant me the privilege of jumping overbjud.M I shall not grant you even that privilege," replied Miller. The pout wounded invalid dragged his Kwlv as fas as the lumber irons ; thev fired at him again, when Miller perceived he was not yet dead, after firing st him six times, he ordered his associates to get some spun yarn, and bind him hand and foot, whicli being done thev' put a musket to his head and discharged it. but did not quite kill him. They then took him up an I threw him overboard. Miller then walked forward to where the cap vin laid, and took his watch out of hii pocket ; and Furlo ig also took from his pockets two doubloons and some dollars. John Read took the hat off his head and put it on his own. Johnson then observed to Miller, " it is a pity wc should let him go to hell vitli that fine coat on ;' to which Miller gave him no satisfactory answer, but ordered him to be thrown overboard immediately They then proceeded to the cook and cast him overboard, and with him the carpente r. " Bv this time the mate (David May) had crawled forward to the hawser hob's, and was endeavoring to get overboard ; but, being badly wounded, was not able to accomplish it When he perceived them ?pproar.hing him, he, with the tone of distress and the most supplicating vo'oc, implored them to save his life, f r the sake of his wife and familv Rut this was not onlv denied, but treated with derision ; for Furlong had s arcrly mi Acred him to articulate this pathetic anpe.d, ere, with the :vixictv of a daemon, he lodged the ccnVnts of a pistol in his heart 4 The work was now done ; after thrrvi'v him overboard, there was r.o v;ctim left. Thev had all been in'ir lerd for bnng men, and followin r th lot of life which Providencef In 1 assi gned to thvm Murdered for conducting their business and watch-j !t wth anxious sohntnde over thc( i v of their employers. Murdered for ploughing the ocean, the eoviwi highway of nations. " fer the Moodv work was finished Miller hailed the sloop, and rdormrd Cipt Neil! that hi orders n-ere executed. Will asked who ad-d'-esrd him ; the other renlied, 4 Tt is !, neter Miller," and then discharred a pistol, this being the sitrn that h ans to give when the busbies was concluded, Vill then ordered Miller o have the b'ic's flecks washed ; which he made his associates do i nmediatelv. Af'er thev had finished this, he sent Head and Johnson on board the sloop. don ws executed at Savan na n the 28h A mil, 1820. He h I vvf(l to the. I.v.vrence, and was o'v of he men who cut wood or. the F-otida shore. A Mist remarkable circumstance occurred at Morant Bay, Jam. on the lh f April. The bo it of the ship Water! o, va lying alongside, with thre hoys in it, when a shark, sun l).srd to have been compelled hv hum:r spring at the boys into th" b'it. with such violence as to stav mi one of the nhnks He wss taken tin hoard the ship, when the voracious S sh measured seven feet. IVsv. Jour.

WESTERN SUN. V1NCKNNES, AUGUST 5, 1820.

On Monday next, the people will hav. an opportunity of doing justice to themselves. It is to be hoped that they wilt not let business of a private- nature, prevent them from doing their duty, and saving posterity from laboring under the oppression of the worst of aristocracies, and having reason to lavish the heavier curses upon the present generation, for a remisness in their duty ; and for trifling with those sacred rights which have been secured to them by the unequalled exertions and best blood of the noblest of freemen. For a time past, wc have devoted our paper to the investigation of the official conduct of our delegates, who were sent to represent us in our last legislature. Daring this time, we have had a torrent of abuse showered upon us, through the medium of a paper in this Borough. The guardians and supporters of our banking institutions, have done all in their power to divert us from laying before the people, a statement of facts, and to draw the public attention from an investigation of those truths which we have pointed out to them. But we have done our duty, and we confidently hope the people will do theirs, hv giving a generous vote to ROBERT STUKGUS GEORGE R. C. SULLIVAN, and JOHN Mc DONALD, and thereby let the intriguing factionists who infest this land, and are continually preying upon the labors of the people," sec that there is yet " a redeeming spirit" in the breasts ot those who scorn to be slaves." Accompanying this day's paper is a production signed by Mr, Ewing, and notwithstanding the editor of the Centinel has accused us of having been subservient to the views of this gentleman Notwithstanding he has said that our paper was edited by him, still wc cannot admit productions of a personal nature, let them be ever so just, into our columns. But this we will remark, (and he who contradicts it " is a liar, and the truth is not in him,") that there has not a paragraph appeared uadcr our editorial head, written by any one but the editorsAnd notwithstanding the nominal editor of the Centinel accused us of being as subservient as he knows himself to l?e,we positively declare that the production which drew forth his billingsgate abuse of Mr. Ewing, was never committed to writing, but thrown in type in a hurry, by the junior editor ot this paper and as the editor of the Centinel pleads bodily inability, we would advise him also to gaard against mental inability, and not let the bewildered state of his brain generate jealousies, and cause him to abuse persons without a cause, merely to gratify the malice of his designing directors. Ohio Bavks The specie paying banks of Ohio are, Chillicothi, Lancaster, Marietta, Belmont, Mount Pleasant, Western Reserve, and two banks at Stcubenville. -HamiltonGa. zette. o NEW-YORK, JULY 3. second vwage of steam shift Robert Fuiton This elegant ship left t,ie quarantine ground yesterday mor iilllJ? at tl 0'cocfc ami reached Sandy Hook at I. A number of gen,cmen. by invitation, accompained lier to the Hook, and after partaking J.a handsome dinner, they took leave l the ship at 4, P. M. highly gratinc.u with her performance. CapLanone, ot the Revenue Cutter, had politely accompained the ship, for the purpose of returning them in safety to their homes. This ship has but a few passengers to fana and New Orleans, but bids fair to lultil all the advantages that could be anticipated from an intercourse of this nature, and the exnerimpm rmv be considered as fairly tested. We have received, by the Arethusa, New Orleans papers of the 7th ult. Mr. Saul, the cashier of the Branch Bank of the United States in that city, has resigned his office, m consequence of the reduction of his salary, made by the directors of the mother bank, in their general svstem of retrenchment. Hwa shirt ton Ci.'v, Jnhi 8. Wc are informed that the ficrure of Hercules was placed on the head of the ship now bearing the name of Ohio, before the Commissioners of the navy were apprized of the means which would be resorted to in orde to ascertain what name she should bear, and the figure of an Indian Warrior substituted, as one more ap propriate. We also understand that, in future t' e figure heads of ships building wif be emblematical of the different states after which thev shall he called ; am to tins end it is desirable that thr arms of the new states should be bet tcr known. Xcrfolk, Jv.nr 21. The U. S. Frigate Constellation Capt. Ridgeh , got under way vesterdav afternoon about three o'clock, horn her anchorage between the forts wd dropped down to Hampton Roads

She proceeds to New-York, to take

on board Mr. Forbes, Commercial

Agent from the U. States to the Buenos Ayrcan Government. TO THE PUCL1C. Six months have elapsed since Eihu Stout, then Treasurer of the commons, was turned out of office and the vacancy occasioned by his removal supolied, by putting an honest man in his place. The causes which led to his removal, were not of a political or personal nature ; they arose entirely from transactions connected with his official situation, and from a thorough conviction in the minds of those who voted for his removal, of his utter incapacity, neglect of duty, and a total want of ability, to fill the office which a former board of trustees had created. It is not a matter of astonishment to any man acquainted with the treasurer, that his defence, (if such it may be styled,) has been delayed untill this late period That now when the circumstances are forgotten, and the " matter and the man" have undergone the ordeal of public opinion, and received sentence of condemnation, that he should again appear before them, and endeavor to excuse his official conduct, censured as it is, by the records of the board, and the opinion of every man in society, who has ever taken the trouble to investigate the subject. As for myself I have ever disliked controversies of every kind, and most of all, a newspaper warfare. I ap pear before the public unwillingly, and had I not been dragged into this mode of defending my conduct by the publication of Stout, the affair of the reasurer should have received from me all he could have reasonably demanded, the " charity of my silence." I was elected a member of the board of trustees in the year 1819. 1 ne office was unasked for and unso licited by mc. My " grasping and gigantic ambition1 had never soared so high, in the modest laguage ot the Esquire. Without seeking, I re ceived the appointment, and like him, as my constituents did not think proper to again elect me, as a mat er of necessity, " I resigned it with out a murmur. On entering upon the duties of my office, I found Elihu Stout " treasur er of the Commons." How he came here ir not now a matter of consider ation. Suffice it to say, however, that he office was created in direct oppo sition to the ordinances directing the sale of the Commons, and that upon the fourth ballot, as I am credibly informed by a member of the old board, the Esquire was elected by a majority of one vote, in opposition to the other candidate, Charles Smith, Esq. a gentleman whom every man in so ciety, will acknowledge, was equally capable of discharging the duties oi the office as the former incumbent. The board of trustees at that peri od, had an arduous duty to perform. Their responsibilities were great. 1 he right of common vested in the ancient inhabitants of the Borough for near a century, and again and again recognizee as sucn oy tnc ianonai Legislature, had been taken away by an act as I then thought, and still think unjust in its bearings, and as the consequences have already shewn, extremely impolitic. The Commons had been sold The board of trustees so far as it regarded this subject, had become the guardian of the people's rights, and of the people's money. The fuiid thus acquired, it became necessary that the board should ceconomisc. i ax alter tax naa neen lev ied, and the inhabitants were complaining, and justly too of the enormous expenses of the Borough, while no apparent benefit was accruing Placed in a situation of this kind, it became the imperious duty of the board to watch the expenditure of the money with a jealous eye, to guard against any misapplication of it ; and as far as circumstances would permit, to see that it was applied for the purposes contemplated by the law creating the fund. The amount received was g3198, 2 1 J cents. This sum was then in the treasurer s hands. What disposition was to be made of it, was then a question for the consideration of the board. On the 6th of August 1319. a resolution was introduced bv Mr. Patterson, and amended by Mr. Sullivan, authorising " the loan of all the money in the hands of the treasurer, arising from the sale of the Commons, which could not be redeemed in gold or silver " This resolution was carried although as will appear from the records of the board, I voted against it, and for reasons which I then tho't and still think, were good ones. In pursuance of the above resolution, a committee consisting of three, viz. Messrs Coleman. Patterson & Price. were appointed, who were authorised or a majority of them, to loan the money, and to approve the security. Accordingly, tht sum of 81750 rvas

loaned,Sc to the following individuals, viz : To J.&W.L.Colcman,S350 approved by Price, Patterson H. P. Price, gtf 0, WX. Coleman, Patterson. V. J. Bradley, 250 Price, Stout. G. B.C. Sullivan, &500 Price, Stout. K. Stout, Treus'r. &50Q Coleman, Price Sir50 Thus the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars had been loaned from the fund of the Commons, to three members of the board of trustees, to the clerk of the board, and to the treasurer of the Commons who it appears took the full share allowed by the resolution. On the 29th October 1819, tHe board were informed that the money had been illegally loaned, by the treasurer, whereupon the following resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved by the board of trustees, that a committee of two be appainted to wait on the treasurer of the Commons, and enquire 1st. What amount of monies received from the sale of the commont has been loaned to individuals. 2dly. To whom, and upon what security. 3dly. If loaned, whether under the direction of the committee appointed on the Gth of August 18 19, to loan the same and approve the security, and that they report at the next meeting of the board. In pursuance of the above resolution, Capt. Buntin, and myself, were appointed that committee, and received from Stout the statement noticed above. On the 26th November Stout appeared and we reported to the board, that the sum of S750 had been by him improperly and illegally loaned, and in dirtct violation of the resolution authorising

the loaning ot the same. 1 he matter was then taken into consideration by the board. The majority of them were for dismissing him. I felt a pity for the man I thought it was possible he had mistaken the tenor of the "resolution. He might possibly have misunderstood it. 1 hat having read it, that having perfectly understood the mode and manner of loaning the money, he should in direct violation of it, loan the. sum of 8750 appeared to me impossible. These considerations I suggested to the board, and the consequence was, that the following resolution was adopted. Resolved that although said sum has been improperly loaned, and in violation of the resolution authorising the loan of the same, yet that the board will approve of the security" and the treasurer was continued in his office yet he accuses me of persecuting him of having done all in my power, to injure his reputation and his character of being a man possessed of the most 44 grasping and gigantic ammiion, and governed " by the spirit of party." Yes, upon this occasion, I was possessed of" a gras- ... .. . was the ambition of doing him a service. I was governed by the " spirit not of party," but of forgiveness. Had I have been influenced by the feelings which he says actuated mc, I could on that occasion have hurled him from his office by a unanimous vote of the whole board For the truth of this statement, I appeal to the members who composed it. From the period last mentioned untill the 29th of January following the board seldom or ever met. Complaints were frequently made with regard to the appropriation of the commons fund. The subject had become a matter for newspaper discussion, and the inhabitants of the Borough to wnose beneht the money had been appropriated by the act of Congress. were frequently enquiring what disposition had been made of it, yet no satisfactory answer could be given to the question. At the meeting of the board on that day, two of the members, viz. Mess. Price and Coleman, remarked, that they had a complaint to make relative to the official con duct of the treasurer, which would claim the attention of the members. I knew nothing of the charges untill they were presented by those gemlemcn. I was perfectly ignorant of any complaint against the treasurer untill the statement was made by them. I went to the meeting without any feelings of ill will or resentment against him. My conduct on a former occasion, must have convinced him, if he had any feeling, that I was more dis posed to pity than to condemn him, although the board on that occasion had given him to understand that he must be more particular in the dis charge of his dntv hereafter." When the statement made by these gentlemen, was submitted to the board, I must confess that my feelings were a little excited, that the man who but a short time before had been arraigned by those who gave him the office which he held, and who had been continued in that office, not from any belief in a single member but w hat he deserved to forfeit it, but from a mere

pity of tho board I say that he should again so far forget the duties and re sponsibility of his situation, as to act in the manner stated by those gentle men, did indeed produce a singular sensation in my Blind. Added to all this, even the public had hinted that there was something rotten in the state of the treasury, and the editor of the Centinel had publicly made the charge in the columns of his paper. Price and Coleman I knew were friendly to Stout, and when thus publicly charged by his friends, surely the matter was deserving of some consideration. Mr. Bradley the clerk of the board was absent, and I was requested by those gentlemen to draw up the resolution dismissing him, which I did with the following preamble omitted by him, and which by a subsequent meeting was erased not as he states on account of its incorrectness, but because the gentlemen who preferred the charge, were willing at the request of one of themembers, that it shpuld be erased. Preamble to tTi Resolution. " Whereas complaints having been made to the board by several members of the same, of highly improper conduct on the part 6f E. Stout, the treasurer of the ComniWns, which said complaints arc well substantiate ci and beiieved by the board ; Thcj-eiore Resolved, &c. This resolution was carried, four voting in the affirmative, and one in the negative. At a subsequent meeting by the request of Stout, this resolution was reconsidered, and the charges were drawn up by mc at the request cf the gentlemen w ho preferred them, and here I would . have it distinctly understood, that t never while a member of the board of trustees, charged Stout with im

proper conduct, tor I knew nothing of it untill the meeting of the board. .- Yet he says, 14 1 thought I discover? ed the motives which actuated the mover" of the resolution. If he has still any doubt, I think I can remove it. I voted for his removal because L thought him unqualified for the situation incapable of exercising the duties of his office for having loaned the public money upon his own responsibility, and in direct violation of the resolution of the board. These were the motives which actuated my conduct ; that they were honest and correct, I never have doubted. A man holding a public office the guardian of the public money, filling an honorable and responsible station, should not only avoid a direct charge of improper conduct, but like the wife of Cesar, " should be freed even from suspicion." Was this the case with the former treasurer of the Commons ? Let the public give the answer. Barnett was removed from his office by a former board, though no one dared to hint a suspicion of his integrit), yet he never complained to the public. The board exercised a right which belonged to them, and in the modest language of the Es. OUire, Which I a-nin hnv nrratinn tr use, without murmuring he gave it up" yet although directlycharged with mis-fcasante if not mal-feasancc, by two members of tha board, who were his friends f Ie appeals to the public his delicate feelings are wounded his honor and his honesty arc impeached, and because at the request of the gentlerrtrrt . T I i " jjicicircu mc cnartj;es, i drew up the resolution for dismissing him, I am charged with persecution. In conclusion, permit me to suggesta few observations for the consideration of the inhabitants of the Borough, I am sensible that I have trespassed upon their patienoe, but when charged by an individual with having made the office with which I was honored by the people, subservient to personal and party prejudices, to be silent would be criminal. The act authorising the sale of the Commons was passed 20th ApriL 18 18. On the 21st September, 1818, the ordinance of the Borough was made, and the land sold from the statement of Stout, 83198 21$ was recei.w. mis :uiu z4iz cents has been paid to surveyors, the clerk constable and the treasurer, g 1750, loaned to individuals, which by a resolution of the board passed on the 2d February 1320, was to be called in, one fourth in eery thirty days, vet not a cent of which has been paid, although the money loaned would now command a premium of from 20 to 25 per cent. The pond is left undrained, and must continue so for years. The cash on hand is g 165 68. which will be soon expended. " What benefits then are derived to the Borough from the generous munificence of Congress ?" JO II NT LAW. v FEATHERS. 4 NT) most other kinds of COUNTRY iV PHOI)UCKwiil be received in payment of subscription to the WrsTFRN Svk, for the prcscut year.