Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 February 1822 — Page 1
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A. .v WESTEHN SUN & GENERAL ABTETTTIS J)Y KLlllU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) sXtUKIJAY, FEBRUARY S3, 18 Vol. 13. No. 4. - r i tii n r ir t-m -
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THE 1 1 E STE . V set V jsd ,EXERJE ADVERTISER, published every SAtUKDAr, Lit TWO Uv)i, EAitb per annum, if pai'' a advance, or TWO U)EEAKS 11. TV CENTS at the end of the year, fo. which a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages are paid. Ad v b it t"i $e me sts conspicuously inserted on the usual teitns. Advertising customers 'ill note on their advertisements the nnmbei oi umcs iht:y wish them inserted those suit v.'ithout such directions, will :)e continued tii : '!, k must he aid for accordingly " i,.i.sij.()Mn:t; Mu.seK' .: ' rll VABEE AT TERRi: HAUTE. Specie, jlauk of the U. Stales and branches, Incorporated Banks of Boston, (Mass.) Iat e w Vo r k B an k , i n NT e w - Y o i !; ,
Manhattan Comiiunv. do.
" 4 Mechanic's Bank, Merchants' Union, Bank of America,
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Do ol North Amc'.iea, do. Do. of Philadelphia. do. Far. iter's Sc Mechanic'i Bank,
Mcchacic's Bank of city Sc county,
SUGAR KETTLES. &c. THE subscribers offer lor sale, at their 0 Iron Store, On MAKKKT STRKh.T. VINCENNES, 15 tons Sugar Kettles, V 15 tons Bar Iron .K And a general assortment of CjH?1 AVG.V, by whole saie and retail, at reduced prices JAMES Mc.AR I HUM November, U821. 44-tl
Shakt-r Garden Seeds FOR SALF BY A PA t PERSON.
January, 1822 52-tf
Frm the Washington City Gazette. shall
THE INDIANS.
soon imitate the exaainle of ,,nr
j white, neighbors, and inter. . an-e our pioducts. instead ot ! i-i r ,i. ... o,r.
Speech of an Indian Chief to his breth- dependant up.u them tor present., Tk
rcn. whcii uicy nan returned to asn- lovs to pacuy children. Chief u
mgiou, aucr visaing me principal ci- maac uti? Hearts giud with hope, una tits in the United States. bosoms swell wiih gratitude. ' ti ... . i i .
now iiuircrou are tnc wnites, who
we,
our
came here only yesterday as i weie I and
I how comparatively it w are wt ; the iwi;i-
do. do do. do.
tnu
tin bv Daniel Uirk, in
tutf Rivrr Township Gibson
(i un'V Ind. the 24 Dec. 1821. a Chrsnut
Sorrel n are, ybout nine yrars oic I5i bunds l.igii, a stai in her foiehcad aiem- . ish in her riht eye. some saildle marks. ! no brands petceivabie uppratd to g5t
btlore iti s, JOIINGULLH K,. P G C Janu trv 1, 1822. 2-3t
up by John hynnn ii, in
Hivrr Township, Gibson
i' on me 4 u c. a
jrrrl Mate, about fourteen
2 our
Commercial bank of Peun. i! o -JlrHf fn luce years old past, with a Schuylkill bank, do. star ami snip, the hoof of the near frjic- . .... . ti -1 Jr ..... ..' ' t
Bank ol Nortucrn L.ioeruts, uu, Union bank of Baltimore, Baltimore Mechanic's bank, do. Merchants' do-
Franklin do. of Baltimore, do.
w . . white, an'' the inside of the near f"0
so'mi- saddle ma ks no brands ner-
Co.umerc'l k fanners hank do. Farmers k lechanic s do. Bank of Maryland, do. Do of Baltimore, do. liAnk of Co lumbia, Dis. of Columbia. Union bank of Georgetown do. Farmers' & Mechanic's bank, do. Pairioticbank of ..Vahin;toii, do. Bank of Washington, do. Do. of Metropolis, do. Union bank of Alexandria, do. Bank of Alexandria, do Do. of Potomac, do. Fanner's bank of Washington- do. Farmer's & Mechanic's bank of Indiana, (Madison Ind ) Except Notes of a less denomination than Five Dollars WHl PLOCK. r. iv m. (COUUKC l i '.O WKF.KLY.) Tcrrc-Hautc, 8th Sept. 1820. Z9-t Land (ttjice Money. ? nfnce at I'iiicrnncs
9th S fitnnbrr, 1 3 2D. HE Secretary of the i rcasury has directed that in addition to specie
& Bills of the Bankot the Umteu states 8nil Branches, the notes of the followbanks be received in payment fof Public Landssold in this District, viz: All the incorporated banks in the tovn uf Boten, .... In the cities of Philadelphia. NcwYo'k and Richmond, (Va ) In tkv city of Baltimore (except the Citv bank of Baltimote.) In District of 'Columbia (except the the Merchants and Franklin Banks ol Alex ui-lnO k lhc f"owini specie pav -in" banks in the state of Indiana, mz : The Fanner's and Mechanic's bank at Lladison, Indiana. fl.fAV, J. C. S. 11AHIUSOW
ceivable, appraised to g26 ''t lore me. JO' N GULLlCK,y. P.GC January 1. 1822 2 3t
5 I,VV XOTICK JMHAEKS H. BHOWN, & AMt)U
is absence of Mr. Brown tin citi-rr' i.i . of ! vs county uill call on Mr a d by the pnjp, tetors . l the C cv, who will in all casrs atter.dto In, A J
Kl NEY. arc in conjunction in - lie jr, of I.--.V -they hold their offices
in Washington in Davics county and in IUudostan, in Martin county. Phi y uid ct'etul to piofcssional hviMncss m the htsi and fourth Judicial Circuity of the Mate, inthn simremc and Federal corn's
h the absence of Mr. Browr,
r.t'is
X i nit1
aio ss in behalf of the state in M Un apnlic aion will be made to Mr. Brown in all states' busings CHUEV.SK IIH'UVX, AMilUY NEV Vashinu;t.)n, Dec. :7, 1821 52-tf .--jr. U comtuuni at-o'. on buiniss bv mail, must cntue eh a of po-t .: BUOW s k 1 INNF.Y
1 l N T 1 N J. r.catlv executed at the UN Wwv A fv copies of the f'fi?;v;.
() tf liulianu, tur ule at,
this ollice.
State of Indiana. KNO . CiUCUi c URT. cf b r Vr;i, A. D. 1821.
James B. McKowen,
against it i
ms let mors -.
Pt tition for the hciwfiGfyJhc Insolvenjuct. 7FTIIS dav came the applicant, James jL Mc.Kwen, by Jacob Call, his uitorne, anti filed his petition, together with anst of debts due him, and by him to 'lis creditors piaying that the court would grant to him the benefit of an act, entitled 44 n Act for the relief of insolvent dcbiois" It is therefore considered by the cuiiit, that the Clerk give notice i'Mhe Western Sun, a paper piloted,, in Vnicenne-, at least three weeks succis sivelv, and that the court will act upbn
said petition on tin; first day of next term
Copy l est, 2-3vv R BUNTIN, Clk. yLOSl
S N tviufluty of Vinccnncs, or be m tw e w u-V m yrXue s Sc Cattrinttt, -ome "nay "s a e, o 1 1 e pa pe i s td fieedotnof a man of cohp named .Vrfitutie Cutvin, who once belonged to, and was set free by 'ranees White. I he tcdentials are engrosscti on a Roll of Paichmcnt. Any person fi. di y- tlicni will confer a particular favour o pnorA2'wnf by leaving 1 ihem with Mr Framr Ji'omty at Law.
incennes Feb 7, '8:2. 2 2t $ hcrifVN Sale. JIBTrvjrtue ot a wiit of Venditioni cxto me directed, 1 shall expose io sale at public auction, on the 2nd daof Match next at the house of Robctt Haiiisun.in Terre Haute, one lot of land and its appurtenances, numbered on the plat of said town as 137 sale to be held at 10 o'clock, A. M E II Sv O FT, Shff. v c. Fcbruatv 7 1822. 3 2 w
oil i. 1 1 ?' i n 'V
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$f 1 E is heithv given, that the
Tiu the town of ALItN.
oun-
public
V. ndut at the house ol John tuul in
Al.BlUN on ti e 12!h day nf Marcli next. aMO o'clock A M. Tenns-f-wiP he made known at the lime and place of sajc a tin s .mo 'i'ne and place will be let to the lowest bidder, the contract fofr bn i a e;o'.l for said County at Albion Tii' huihlmg w ill be of stone, sixteen feet stpta e ui side, tun stories high.; The valise1 the wcr story Mtrcc 1 ct thick, a dh:se ol the upper story . two feet thick. flu nrd r of the County C m'Tiitsion? rs C urt JOMN B BROWN, Clk. A'bion J n 29 1322. 2-3t
Diank DEEDS fur tulc.
CHEROKEE & OSAGES. In addition to what we h
j died aborigines of this vast continent published, respecting tie late batt.e beWhat superb habitations ! what a variety tween these two nations of Indians, we
ol propei ty these whites enjoy 1 whilst aie enabled, by some particulars icceivrd we have only huts, a i ifle and a b anket I from maj. Gray! am, the atnt for the wnat well cultivated field viidt quam t Osaes, to present a more succinct lctities of cattle thev possess, whilst we ( count of that transaction, it appeals ih it obtain a scanty substance by hunting ! I the Osages had h it t..eir villages,(oM toe have considered whei'o.vr the Father of waters f the VeiditUe) for their i. unthe human race, has partiilly oiade us in- ting ground.-, on the upper branches of feriorto the whites in corporeal strengih, the Arkansas, a migration w hich they gein intellect or dexterity. Wc cannot ac- nerally uK,ke in fai:, as the season most cusc the all powerful, all wise and all propitious for the same he . herok c, good of this injustice. Whence then, aware ot thi. intention, and of the inoot esaid I, this dificicnce in our numbers & j men's, whicii off. red to plundei -he in on i condition ? We arc diininishm-, j camps and u d the horse of the Osaand shall soon be extinct as a people. At ges, in consequence of their beinr deength me thought an internal genius a'fi- j l ached in hu. ing parties, imme lia-riy tated my whole frame and whispered o- j followed in pursuit Efforts were mad'o lenmly You- hive hitherto neglected! to arrest their piogiCs, atfoit Smith but to lay the foundation to civilize youiselvcs j without fl ct it was a go'td o)portuniif each family had a few hundred acres ; ty to giatdy ti eir h.r. cherist e ; animoallotted to them as their estate, in perpe si y and ;hc v.c; e rc?.flvrd to pro i d. tui y, the father of that family would la llav'mg icil upon the trail of h Osas bor to cultivate it, by degrees l.e would who by this timi had arrived at the fi-st
stock it; he would enclose it, and plant Red fort cf t e Aikan-v.is. thc dirw h-
eu panie m arious lines, ant1 te i u-tn their hunting ramp, in the absence o' . wa rior, knhd 29 women and chilchcn, an I took ninety odd prism r-, rhit flv old m ,n. women an , c'dldu n, thive of wli'-m (a woman and her child, b a vMii.g - i 5) thev subsequent I n u de ed After enmo.itting these d. preda ions, the n ain ttly of the Cherokt s vva dicovcid by a patv ol the Ogo watrios who im. mediately made vig irous att ,rk upon thctu, which maj. IF ndfoiri states clucked the further profit ss of the invadeo A remarkable instance of -ndian courage was exhibited on this occasion w i drf; should jtistly tajik the hero with the Horatii of antiquity. A rallant young war tior of the O age naion. (e'injr i-.flir-oant at the outrag' s committed on his a ged parents, went boldly before the Che'okces, and challenged the paty ont of w'io'ii advance-' to give him ha' tie. At the same instant two other Indians (a Cherokee aid D-laware) stauedoffin ''ifT tent dircci-.ns for the purpost of flatktng him, or pe'ting in his rear. !Jy an instinctive kintl of stratagem peruhar to the Indians, he conttii rtl to d: aw them to the lie id of a swamp which srp oatcci the main parties; then sttd lenlv wheeling up n his foremost pursuer ( io from some impulse or other instantly squatted down) he shot him derd upon the spot. The Osage then dismounted, and n his turn gave chare to the second Indian, whom he was in the act of shooting, when l e himself w s killed by he Delaware, who lay duiing this time secreted in the bushes We cannot but admire the virtue and hctoism of this gallant warrior, and believe that those noble qualities are possessed by many of our aborigines, to a tie-
trees, and his wile and children would all aid him, cheered with the idea that it was their own. This is the fits' step to promute impioveim nt, to have domestic comforts, and to promote multiplication. Without this, the annihilation of the red men is inevitable." The admonition ceased I cannot binish from my mind this aw-ful warning : when in solitude, it seems to mc like the voice of a supernatural power in the wilderness it is the " oice of the great spi rit. Eel us commune together let the chiefs assemble their clans, & determineto bestow an estate on each fa mil y lei us make a few laws about property, and establish tribunals ; and let us apply to our parent, the president, for a person to wtiteoutthc grants or patents, and to keep a book of record Pause my brethren and reflect on t'ds : a cheering and glorious anticipation ovc pow ers me. VENATOR.
Answer of the Indiana to their Chief Wc have deliberated upon your address : whether your isin be feigned or real, it has conveyed insliuction salutary and conso'ing It is a gleam of light, through a cloud tremendously black : it is a sprek of blue sky amidst a lowering storm The spot from whence wc behold the migir.y capitol of a vas' empire ; and whither wc have come to supplicate the gtcat father for iclief was two centuries ago our territory. The river k its branch which flow through this rising city, tuai the names of Poiowmac and Anacostia, given by our ances'ets. Alas! these names td' rivers anil of a few towns, will
soon be the only remembrances of our ex
istence. We shall nass awav like a dnvim
that is told, and our race will be no more Krcc ti,at l,,lvc ad(lcd ,l,s',c .tn thn
seen lilstorv inav nn hans n-enrtl n i w
cff)rts to retain our I .nds, when we chose rather to leave out bot es amongst those of our parents, than to fly to distant wilds even thete to be soon overtaken.
Curiosity ami bencvoicnec l ave indue
the heroic age.
St. Louis Enq.
L.iWSOF THE b G VP P 1.4. VS. As tin b it batons custom ot impivu
ing a debtor still couth ue uneer tin na-
ed some Americans to give a few cf our tional and state govc;nm nis. to the gr at
young men education ; but when they re- dhonor tit bet'., an has etently c 'titturned to u, they became thereby only ed much animadversion, I end yau !e acquainted with shame i.nd regret, and following extract from the 28th ait. 2d felt the poignancy of despair, they dis-ar- sectio-., and 1st book of Diodorr.a Sicu.us ded the Europe, n cxt inals, which e:l i in .Mich he gives an account of some of bitcd ti cm tt) us like towns ir. peacocks the civil laws of antic. nt Egypt leathers and adopud out :jges ; pet- A cieditor can take tl.e 'property of haps they exhibited t. - rn in war. & his debtoi s, to pay hinell ; bnt In can more ft rociy in rcvei:;-; ar.d ht -i.ee a never wi est their bodies tn account of a conclusion has been drawn. t!r.t v.c a c debt It is be. ieved that the pioperty heuntamable savages. But let us not dwe.ll longs to the i .divitlu vis who have iimwion past eirors and past m'mmdt rstand- ted or aLquii td it, but that men b io;i ii,gs voti have unfolded tn i us out want. to the nati n, which should alone lave of the first principles of civ iliza'it n t the disposition of them fo the pmp.-e We have exhibited knowledge and indus- ol war or peace Iitlocsn-'' appear just try in hunting and fishing, and stil wcare that a soldier, foi example. whocpes making baskets and imitations of 1 uio his body to the blows of the et.eo.y, pcati atts; but our pi odtictions, hardly should besides be subjected to the -r-ear cd w 1 1 c exchanged for powder shot suit of acieditot, and that the avaiteof in I whiskey. The machine which can a singU citizen khou d prevail over tho raise a ship, must have a spot to Ktand public good " upon ; an edifice must have its fnuntlati- Eet us i itatcthc wise and humnm? on on the earth ; an individual to cteate law givers of Fgvpt: give the cuditor vWolth, must have a peunancnt estate; the pioperty. but hrctect tie pcior. of wisdom dictates that we should adopt his ih'!v or from hii writh A-hat has aggrandiz tl the American pen- I his wi'l b done in a few years. Thn de. Eet us go to the ptesidt nt, he if hu- signs 1 ln tinrjs r.i jgnoticatt s thi? mane a d enlightened ; e vvill further gloiious rn. our iens, and accomplish them. r .M i-t-ia Pttir.