Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 April 1822 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENE1SAL ADYEHTJSEH

iiY ELMU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1322. Vol 13 No. 11.

7V2 UESTELY SU.Y jsn EXERAL ADVERTISER, IS published ccry SArunnAr, at TWO UOLLARSpcr annum, if par ' advance, or TWO DOLLARS c TY CENTS at the end of the ycar,fo. "cJiich a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all a it ec rages are paid. JnrERrisEMExrs conspicuously insetted on the usual terms. Advertising customers "ill note on their advertisements the number of limes they wish them inserted those sent without such directions, will be continued til forbid, Sc must be paid for accordingly LJLYlhOFFlCE itfaVJElT II CKIVAbLL AT TXllRE IUUTE. Specie, Bank of the U. States and branches, Incorporated Hanks of Boston, (Mass.) New York Hank, in New-York, Manhattan Company, do. yilechanics Bank, do. U Merchants do. Union, do. Hank of America, do. Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Do. of North America, do. Do. of Philadelphia, do. Fanner's St Mechanic's Bank, Mcchacic's Bank of city k county, Commercial bank of Penn. do. Schuylkill bank, do. Bank of Northern Liberties, do Union bank of Baltimore, Baltimore, Mechanic's bank, do. Merchants' do. Franklin do. of Baltimore, do. Commerc'l 2c farmers bank do. Farmers' Sc Mechanic s do. Bank of Maryland, do. Do of Baltimore, do. Bank of Columbia, Dis. of Columbia. Union bank of Georgetown do. Farmers & Mechanic's bank, do. Patriotic bank of Washington, do. Bank of Washington, do. Do. of Metropolis, do. Union bank of Alexandria, do. Bank of Alexandria, do Do. of Potomac, do. Farmer's bank of Washington, do. f Farmer's & Mechanic's bank of Indiana, (Madison. Ind.) Except Notes of a less denomination than Five Dollars A Will FLOCK, R. P m. (corrected weekly.) Terrc-Haute, 8th Sept. 1820. 39-tf

.Land Office Money. Receiver's Office at Vincennes, 9th September, 1820. THE Secretary of the Treasury has directed that in addition to specie sTnills of the Bank of the United States und Branches, the noUs of the following banks be received in payment for Public Landssold in this District, viz : All the incorporated banks in the town of Boston, In tho cities of Philadelphia. NewYork and Richmond, (Va ) In the city of Baltimore (except the City bank of Baltimore,) In District of Columbia (except the the Merchants and Franklin Banks of Alexandria,) the following specie paying banks in the state of Indiana, viz : The Farmer's and Mechanic's bank at Madison, Indiana. J. C. S. HARRISON, LAW NOTICE ti v t re i? nnnwv. Sr AMOHY ! r ivvr.Y. run in coni unction in the Practice of Lavs they hold their offices WncMntTtnn. in Davies countv. and in All Hindustan, in Martin county. They will attend to professional business in the first and fourth Judicial Circuits of the state, and in the Supreme and Federal courts In the absence of Mr. Brown the citi reus of Davies county will call on Mr Kinney, who will in all cases attend to business 'in behalf of the state in Martin, implication will be made to Mr. Brown i:i all states' business. T,,X,V. CHXRLESR BROWN, AMORY KINNEY. Washington, Dec. 27, 1821 5'2-tf WrX'All communications on business, bv mail, must come clear of postigr. BROWV k 1 IWEY NOTICE. r THE subscriber will receive at his store, notes of the Steam Mill com pany in payment of Debts, or for goods at a discount of 50 pr cent RICH. 1 F ANSON Yinccnnes, Feb. 261822. 5-8 w

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First Rest. Indiana Militia. nriiiR I? . rimpnf:il nnil Bdttallion na-

?TIHE Rtirimental and Battallion pa : L rades iorthc year 1622, will be as follows: y B atallionptirae. ! R e gi m cRdril 1 on Friday and Satur day the Ja and 3d August. .wi3r-, w .. Regimental mukter on Saturday the 5th of October The roll willbe called on each of those days, precisely at nine o'clock, A. M and r , T i .u . o-.a His uuniiuemiy exjJCLitu inai iui.uun.vtg and soldiers will appear equipped according to law. The court of assessment will be held at the quarters of Maj. Christian Greater, on the first Monday in September, at ten o'clock, A. M. and the coutt of appeals at the same place, and hour, on the first Monday in December. By order of John Myers, Col. 1st Reirt. Ind. Militia. JOHN McGIFFIN, Adjt. J? EAGLE TAVEKN. JrK THE subscriber has taken the j tavern stana, sign oi me 1 SViiEM) EJIULE, ! otr ihe main road from Louisville to Lex ington, about nineteen miles from the former place ; where his exertions will be used to render comfoi table, all those who may honor him with their company.Travellers may depend on being accom1 modated as well as the country will af ford. His STABLE is large, close and convenient, and will, at all times, be well furnished with forage, and attentive and careful ostlers. THOMPSON TAYLOR. March 16, 1822 9-3 w COTTON GLY. ubscriber has started his Qotin in Allison township, Law rencecounty Illinois, where Cotton will be vanned on the shot test notice. As the mtlchinc is inferior to none in the western country, he will he responsible lor a cotton damaged by the machine. j II HELPHINSTINE. March 18, 1822. 9 3v any Sheriff's Sale ot a writ of Fi Fa. to me d from the Clerk's ofiice of f lrcuit court, 1 will expose to ! on Saturday the 20th inst. at , ourt house m vincenncs, the toilow- ; ing tracts of land, to wit : All that certain tract of land, situated, lying and be- j ing in the Upper Prairie, above Vin-. cennes, on the river Wabash, four arpents in front, running back to the Elm road, i and from thence the same width 40 ar- !

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pents, adjoining on one side to the lands been adopted; und it is accordingly inof Hcnty Vander Burgh's heirs, and on tended to give, this year, a greater actiwthe other s'de by lands owned by Iirouil- ty to the funds, of which a much larger let containing about 190 acre, be the j portion may be applied to tuition, the ne same more or less also five and a half ccssary buildings at so many points havarpents in front on the river, by 40 ar- j ing already been erected pents in depth, adjoining lands now own- j xYhethcr the system which has been ed by William H ILin bon in the prai- adopted by government, if persevered in rie below Vinccnne also 4(0 acres of will, ultimately bring the Indians within hind lot No. 73 in 'he old donationalso the pale of civilization, can only be de

400 acres of land. No. 93 in the oul dona- j tion also 400 acres 'nf land, No. 103 in the old donation also loo acres of land, No. 92 in the old donation also 100 acresof land, part of No. 19 2 in the addi- j tional donation also location No. 86, containing oo ftiin uiau luauuu iu. 85. containing 2 4 acres also location No 1 1 5, containing I3G acres also location No 143, containing 75 acres also location No 142, containing 75 acres also location No i containing 136 acvrs, as the ptopetty of William Mc Intos . at the suit of Samuel A Chew and En Beatv, administrators dc bonis jinncf mnucl i.ovd hew. drrt used JOHN DECKER, ShtT ; c. April 6. 1822 lO-d-V-lAhsf Certificates nf Land purcha sed from the l-nited Nates. LlypUHLIC notice is hereby given, that three weeks after date, amplication ------ , -ii will be made to the Register of the Land Office at Yi'icenues, for the renewal of three Certificates in the name of Daniel D Walters Stephen Walters and James Scamon, for the noith west quarter of Section vo 2 , in Township No. three sou'.h, of R-.inge No. ten west ; the north eot (juaiier of - icti on No. 19, in Township 'o. three south, of Range No. ten wrs ; and f rFi action No. 13, in Township No. two sorr'', of Range No. thirteen u st, in the District of Vincenncs, the ori in U h w ing been lost bv mail. STE HEN WALfFRS. March 26, 18i2. 9-9t

Icivilizytion of ihe Indians.

To the House of Representatives : In compliance wnn a resolution ot the House of Represintatives; requesting the President of the United states to cause to be laid before this House any information which he may have ot the condition ot the several Indian tribes condition ot the several Indian ....... . f, , ... luulJ1 mil""l"c UI,,ltu amies, anu he mca- ' ?"r." J1"?6"? d"hed aild Pued . " i now transmit a report : from the Secretary ot v ar. nary JAMES MONROE. Washington Feb. 15. 1822. Defartmentof War, tith Etb. 1622 The Secretary of War, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives 44 requesting tue President of the United States to cause to , be laid before this House any mfoi mation ' which lie may have ot the condition ot tnc seTcrul Indian tribes within the United j States, and the nmnipss A tim in;-, siirr I . -- - i 1 Imherto devised and pursued tor their civilization," has tho honor to transmit the enclosed tabic, marked A, containing the number of schools established uniler j the patronage of the government, within ' the Indian country ; the number ot scholars at each; the time of theit commencement, where fixed, and by whom established, with remarks on their progress, pieseni condition. &c By reference to the table it will appear, that there arc eleven principal schools, with three subordinate ones, in actual operation, and that there arc in a state of preparation; and that the number of sholars, at the last return, at the principal and subordinate schools, amounted to five hundred and eight. On these schools there has been expended 8 15,027 56 of which 7,447 56 have been on account of buildings, and the bal ance, S rS0, on account of the expense of tuition. It is made a condition of the subscription on the part of the government, that the schools should be established within the Indian country, and that the system of education, in addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic should for the boys, instruction in agriculture and the ordinary mechanic arts, and for the girls the common domestic industry of the sex. It was thought advisable, at the commencement of the system, to proceed with caution, and to enlarge the sphere or operation as experience should indicate the proper measures to be adopted, by which an useless expenditure of publie money would be avoided, and the svstern sdoptcd for the civilization of the In dians have the fairest trial. Experience has thus far justified those which have tcrmincd bv time. It has been in oneration too short a period to pronounce with certainty on the result. The present generation, which cannot be greatly affected by it, must pass away, and those who have been reared under the present system oi education must succeed them, uelore its efiects can be fully attested. Ad .... As tar however, as civilization may de- J pend on education only without takinginto consideration the force of citcum-' stances, it would seem that there is no insuperable difficulty in effecting the benevolent intention of the government. It may be alTirmed, almost v. i'l.ot qualification that all of thcui'- .i iiin Mir settlements, and near our h-n-hrs, arc even sslicitous for the cdi:c;.ti: n of their children. With the exception of the Creeks, they have every where freely and cheerfully assented to the establishment of schools, to which, in some instances, they have contributed The Choctaws, in this respect, have evinced the most liberal spirit, having set aside six thousand dollars of their annuity in aid of the schools established among them. The reports of the teachers are almost uniformly favorable, both as to the capacity and docility of their youths. Their pi ogress appears to be quite equal to that of white children of the same age; and they appear to be equally susceptible of acquii ing habits of industry At sonic of the establishments a considerable portion of of supplies arc raised by the labor of the scholars and teachers With these indicaticns, it would seem

that there is little haz ,ul in pronouncing, that with proper and ii;o o.,s ,Tu.t they may receive an educa io-, tqtial to that ot the laboring portion o. on. community Mill, honcves the ii.urei ienquiry remain, to be skived, whether such an education would h-ad them to that state of morality, civilization, and h-ppmess, to which it is the desire of tho Government to bring them, or w!,.tur there is not something in their situation which presents insuperable obstaensto such a state? To answer this enquity, we have but littls expeiience. i heie is certainly much encoui agemcnt to hope for the best, from the fact that the heio. kec nation, which has made the greatest progress in education, has aUo made the greatest toward ihU den able state, but the experience which it uffoids is yet imperfect. They have adopted some written provisions for their government, to a copy of which, with an extract of a letter fomthe Rev. Mr Steinci, a respectable Moravian, who has visited the nation at the interval of twenty years, ami ita'.rs

the progress which they have made in that time, and which accompany this tcnort, marked U, I would rcspcctmily icier the House, as furnishing ihe best tes timony of the actual progress which tl at nation has made towards civilization. The zeal of the Cherokees for improvement, and tho progress which they have made, are further evinced fr m the liberal provision for a school lund for which the last treaty with them, ratified on the 10th of March, 18 ?9, stipulate, and the fact that there are now established in the nation six schools, (two of which arc upon the Lancasterian system) comainin. in the aggregate about 230 scholars Notwithstanding these favorable appeal nces, many obstacles, difficult to be surmounted, will impede the progress of the Indians to a stale of complete civilization. Without adverting to others, the po itical rcUtion which they bear to us is of sufficient magnitude, if not removed, to prevent so desirable a state from bcin attained. We have always treated t .em as an independent people; and however insignificant a tribe may become, and however surrounded by a dense white population, so long as there are any remains, it continues independent of our avvs and authority. To tribes thu- surrounded, nothing can be conceived mro opposed to their happines and civi;iza. tion than this state of nominal independence. It has not one of tne advantages of real independence, while it has neat 17 all the disadvantages of a state of complete subjugation. The consequence is inevitable. They lose the lofty -pirit :mcl heroic courage of the savage slate, w ithout acquiring the virtues which belong 10 the civilized. Depressed in spirits and debauched in morals, they dwindle avvjy through a wretched existence, a nuisanco to the surrounding coutitty. Unless s-imo system can be devised gradually to ch ange thi. relation, and with the progress of education, to extend over them our laws and authority, is is feaied ti-at all efforts to civilize them, whan v 1 fluteiing appeal ances they may for a time exhibit must ultimately fail. I nbe .fter tribe will sink, with the progress of our settlements and the pressure ol our population into wretchedness ;nd o!iivion. .uch has been thcii past his ory, and such, without this change of political relation, it must probab.y continue to be. To ellcct it many diflicu ties present themselves. It will icquiic the co-operation of the gi ncral governn ent a d the states within which the in 'muii nay reside ith a zeaious and enlightened co-oppcration, i' is, however, hcuved that all difficulties may be surmounted, and this wretched, but in many icp tts noble race be ultimately biought wit!. in the pale of civilization. Frcparatoi y to so radical a change in our rela'.i' - towards them, the svstcm of criuc.i i'-n which ha bt en adopted ought to b put into extensive and active operation Tins is the foundation of all other in-ptove-mcnls. It ought gradually o be followed v-ith a plane and simple system of laws and government, such as has h(n adopted by the Cherokee, a pioper compression of their settlements and a division of landed property In ii.t'odurin graddually and judiciously these inqivemcnts, they witl ultimately attain such a state of intelligence, industry, and civilization, as to prepare the way for a complete extension of our law sand authoiit over them Ilrfore I conclude T would repectHiilv refer tJ U UC 1 Rt p s ? t. tives, for mute full and dtlailcJ information in