Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 March 1821 — Page 2

IOR TITS Wm&TlIUT SUK. TO JONVTHAM JENNINGS, GOVERNOR, fccc. &c. By reforrcnce to itie files in the office of the secreuiy of state, it will be found that Jesic )L nmerson, one of the associate jnde of llibs:m coumy, resigned his o'Tice some ni w months since, unco tiui time repeated vipplic?nona have been made for a writ of ciectln to fill the vacancy thu occasioned iy the resignation of Jude Emmcrson, bu: none ever could beWitained. The deletion from Gibiirfap;aed ast winter without effect, having received for answer that the writ had been .nade out and forwarded. I he injury to many persons in this county especially, caiued bv this neglect, can never be repaired, the last season, it will be reme-nbered, was tery sickly, many deaths took place, esta'es have gone to distraction for the want of some ver to grant administrations, there being no associate Judges to wnom bond could be given. This Sir, U not the only difficulty the people of Gibson labour under, upon examination of the Gibson court docket will also be found suits pending against the President Judge to the amount of nearly two thousand dollars, (upon specialties,) to which no legal or equitable defence is pretended, and yet, because hi Mono- the Jade, feels a delicacy in rendering judgment against himself, for a just demand, his creditors are denied the benfitof law to collect their just debts. It will also be recollected, as your Excellency said on a former occasion, "it i the duty of the governor to see that the laws arc executed " The people of Gibson county therefore wish to know the reason why the place of Judge F-mmerton has not been tilled ?. Should the writ of election have been made out. as has been so repeatedly eaid when application has been made for it, may it not have got into" the Breeches pocket," with the seal of state ? or into " the green bag which hung in the bad houseor your excellency merely have vished' to favour the President Judge. A Citizen of Gibson County.

From the Dedham Register, female Pensioner. We are much gratified to learn that during the sitting: of the Court in this town the past week, Mrs. Gannett, of Sharon in this county, presented for renewal, her claims tor services rendered her aountry as a s'Adier in the Revolutionary army. The following brief kkeich, it is presumed, will not be uninteresting. This extraordinary -woman is now in the 6 2d year of her age; she possesses a clear understanding, and a general knowledge of passing events ; fluent in speech, and, delivers her sentiments in correct language, with deliberate and measured accent; easy in her deportment, affable in her manners, robust and masculine in her appearance. She was about eighteen years of age when our revolutionary struggle commenced. The patriotic sentiments which inspired the heroes of those days and urged them to battle, found their way to a female bosom. The news of the carnage which had taken place on the plains of Lexington had reached her dwelling the sound of the cannon at the battle of Ranker hill, had vibrated on her cars, yet, instead of diminishing her ardour it onlv served to increase her enthusiasm in the sacred cause of liber

ty, in which cause the beheld htfr country engaged. She privately quitted her peaceful home and the habiliments of her sex, and appeared at the head quarters ot the American army as a young man, anxious to join his efforts to those of liia countrymen, in their endeavour to oppose the inroads and encroachments of the common enemy. She was received and enrolled in the army bytvenamc of Robert Shurthffe. Tor the s,pce of three years, she performed trievduties and endured the hardships and faftigues of a soldier : during which time she gained the confidence of her officers by her expertness and precision in the manuel exercise, and by her exemplary conduct. She was a volunteer in several hazardous enterprises, and was twice wounded by musket balls. So well did ?hc cantrive to conceal her sex, that her companions inarms had not the least suspicion that the 4 blooming soldier" fighting by their side was a female, till, at length, a severe wound, which she received in battle, and which had well night closed her earthly campaign, occasioned the discovery. On her recovery she quitted the army and became intimate in the families of Gen. Washington and other distinguished officers of the revolution. A few years-aftejviv. ds she was married to her prescwjn.uul, and is now the mother of eveKVnOf these facts there can be mrr.ouw--There arc man? living witnesses, in this country, who recognized her on h' r appearance at the Court, and were ready to attest to her services. Wc u-.c hear of such heroines in other countries, but this is in our own country, and within the circle of our acquaintance.

Illinois Legislature. Mr. PMij last week introduced the following preamble and resolution, which were lost, 14 to 12. Whereas it is provided by Art 7, of , . 1 VII

the constitution ol the state ot JJunois,

CANAL AT THE FALLS. It is with much pleasuio "e are enabled to sta:e that a bill has passed the house of representatives of this state, and we trust it will pass the senate, which authonzes the governor to employ a skilful and practical engineer to examine the situation of the ground cm the line of the proposed canals on each su'e of the Ohio river at the Falls, and to make an accurate survey and estimate of the cost of making a permanent canal on tach side ol said Falls, with a detailed statement of the advantages and disadvantages of each side, with ieicnr.ee to the comparative permanency, uliiity and safety of the proposed canals.' If liiis'course had been pursicd fjec years ago, when the subject exfyt&fso much interest in this and the adjbjTiWHr states, the canal would have been already completed. At our latest dates the " bill respecting a navigable communication between Lake Erie and the Ohio River," which has for its object the appointment of an engineer, to survey and lot ate the route, anil estimate the expense of a canai irom the Lake to tke Ohio, had not been brought up for Slscussion. These arc both important measures, and well worth the attention of a public, spirited, and V shouhKbe

glad to see them receive the unantm

sanction of both houses. I he latter . rnnwHpratinilS of future ilitifCS

whitch defy the powers of sober calculation. The day that the Erie cnT-al U completed, will be a proud era in t 1 c im.tory of Ohio, and we cannot dismiss the subject without earnestly entreating .'.r legislators to put forth the energies of the state in its behalf. Cincinnati Gazette.

that whenever two thirds of the qncyll assembly shall think it necessary lC2 or amend said constitution, they shall rv commend to the electors, at the next clecMon of members of the general assembly, to vote for cr against acenvention, in order, that if it should appear, that a majority of all the citizens of the state, voting for representatives, had voted for a convention ; the general assembly, at their next session, should call one. And it seeming necessary, to this general assembly, that the said constitution requires alteration and amendment. 1. In that part thereof w hich limits the right of the people to choose senators and reptcsentatives, the latter to periods of two years and the former to periods of four years, apart from each other : 2 In that part thereof which establishes biennial sessions of the general assembly : 3. In that part thereof which makes the governor elective every fo&only, and to be eligible only once to ne office in any period of eight years :V 4 In th'r.t part thereof which blends the executive and judicial departments into one body, for the purpose passing

upon bills before they become laws, thus eliciting the opinion of the supreme court, ai to the constitutionality ol laws, r. hen by every principle of reason and propriety, it should only be called forth on points as they aiisc after solemn argument : 5. In that part thereof which makes the justices of the supreme court, judges also of the different circuit courts : whereby greater inconveniences anc Ukclv to ensue, t'. an fortunately herepifbre have happened : -, 6. In that thereof which proh!ftt Ue hiring to labor in this state of persona bound to labor in any other stated Thei eforc, Ret'jlvrd by the Senate and House of J-tc fire tentative a if the General A sarinldi the Hate of Illinois, That it be u commended to the electors at the next general election for members of the general assembly, to vote for a convention, in order that if it should appear from the returns of the next trencrr ! election that

a majority of all the citizens of the state, voting lor representatives, had voted for a convention, the general assembly, at their session to be begun and held onfhc first Monday of December, A. D 184, mav call a Convention for the purpos6f altering and amending the said C'onntiftO lion in the above particulars, if to them it should stem meet. it Jut. The Senate have passed a bill authorizing the erection of a Turnpike road from the Missisippi river, at the town of Illinois, to the bluffs opposite said town. 'Washington. "Dec. 6. Anions tiie strangers within the

( fine House of fUT'rrsrnta-

lYcsident and Vice President, being between 70 and 0 years of age, and having performed a journey of more than GOO miles in le?s than five days. This gentleman was in the naval service of the Uniled htates during the whole of the Revolutionary War. and carried the late President Adams to Europe in the Boston Frigate, on his first embassy thither. In point of bravery and patriotism. Captain Tucker is said to have been rccond to none in the nation; for he took from the enemy. 62 tail of v--?cK having on hoard upward: of GOO pieces of cannon and more than oOOO men.

stcrday, was Commodore

: ;;r:vui Tucker, from the state of ;v,aine. who was one of the Electors for that state and wa sent on to this City with the Votes for

The Southern Armistice, which we have with so much pleasure presented to our readers

was followed by a Treaty lor the . regulation of war, a copy of j which has reached this country in v the Caraceas Gazette of !)e from which it is translated intouhV National Gazette. The first in tide is as follows : " l?t. The war between Spain and Colombia shall be prosecuted V henceforward as war is eanied on by civilized nations, in all eases in which the practices of the latter do not clash with anv of the arti-

eles of the present treat v. which is to serve as the primary ami inviolable ru!e for both government;. The whole Treaty is in the sphit of the first article, and announces the progress of civilization and in- ' teliience.

A doubt is expressd by the Tational Gazette, whether the naval force of the llepublic will concur in the armistice. We hope there can be no doubt of it. Certain it is, that, if it hesitates, it becomes by that act outlawed r.o longer chir.ens of any country, but pirates, enemies to all.

LXFOUMATIOX WANTED Some time in the year Hi 17 a man by the name of Henry Lebo left Helfont in Center county Pennsylvania, and relinked to Vinccnncs, uir.ee which time he ii'-ibnned his relations by letter of ld arrival at that place, ai,d that he had took

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the bxiiUiiuir of a houic therf f he being a V V honse opentcrby trctic ) since that time his friends has received r.o information

irom him. Any information of him v. hcther he be - -dcO r olive v.iIbe thankfully reccivcT jby Mr Foul Lebo, in Stow, PortatV rnini-y, Ohio, or at the Western Sun Office, Vincenncs. It is said that 20,00 lcnt trees will (trnw nn 100 acres of land, in 15 veari.

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