Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 December 1822 — Page 1
"WESTERN: SUN & GENERAL
BY EI.MU STOUT. VINCBNNE5, (VND.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, S23. Voi. 1.3. No. 48.
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axi uli.YEIML JDVRRTISERt IS published every 5 turdat at T A O DOLLARS per annum, if paid in advance, or TWO DOLLARS & Fit -J'Y .CUNTS at the end of the year, for which a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages arc paid. .invEiiTisEMExrs conspicuously in
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til forbid, k must be paid for accordingly Sheriff's Sale. JrM virtue of several writs of executi j n to ine directed and delivered, I b tv j seized and taken 15 acres in s. vr. s- c 34, ttvt n. 13, range 9 16 ) acres, s w. sec. 23. town. ;3, range 9 4 ) acres in n. k. corner of the s. e. sec. 20, town.
12, range 9 10 acres in the n. e. corner
the. s. k. sec. 23, town, lo, range 9
6v) icres, s. e. sec. 13, town, lo, range 73 acres on the north side of the s. w.
cc 7. tovn t 3. range 8 and 55 acres fro ;i the tuniU si ie of the n. k. sec 28, tniv-i. 12. ran. 8 also lots i' Ferrc
I 'ante, Nos. 93, k 174. Also two yok
of e;i, four h : ses, three cows, one
plough, and one grindstone, which I shall
cx'oseto sate as the law directs, on the
fourtii day ;i January n-rxl at 12 o'clock, at the house of Fiancis Cunningham, in
Tone HLutc. T. H. LARKE, Sff v c. December 12, 1322. 47-S2-2t
" SHERIFF'S ;AUX TQY virtue of a writ o; venditioni Ex jj ,) ),as to me directed from ih& clerks office of the Rook Civcui court, I will expose to p ib.ic sale on Wednesday, tii - first day of January next at the court
lur mcennes, a certain traei or pa'tci ji
And containing foitv acres, lying situate, r . . .... f ........ I ,
ocmg part 01 me iraci loiu-uy tinn
ed by Ch:UiO'her TA s&v d.cd anil join ing .Icivy 11 1 "km m's land on oiw side, and Henry 'vWmt's on an other, the other two sides nor knon taken as the property of John W v ant -at the suit of Reynolds Bonner. JOHN DECKER Sl.fT k.c. December 2 122. 47 2t JLos! Ccvf'tjictit' of J sand purchased from the V iiU'd Nates.
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hrtrn the Jkuttonu IntelUpncer h xtra. 1 . .
President's Message.
'Washington, Dec. 3. 1
nrorps wliich his been in.id in tUe forUiications along th cni.t. a-.d tiie Nati ual Armories and Arsefials. The portion of t;e ;lner, a-:l that at th? Snult of t. Mati-, a-e the only new posts that -l.ae l) en t.-.k. n. These posts, with tho-i alf f.nL- ocuiwird
icallv pursued in the late occurrences ; in trie intrtior. ar. thou -.t t br v with France and Grrat Britain, and in adapted to the protection of our IVoiti ? strict accord with the views of the leis- All thr force, not placed in the gam ns laturf. A corilident hope is entertain- along the co:ist,and in the orwi a ;ce rle-
m I ed that, hy the arrangement thus com- p t, and indispenahl v necessary there,
tions with other pow ers, to meet the pro
I positions of each with a liheral spirit.
' koliovinrr flut tliDrukv tti inttrfk III nil I"
I his day the President ot the Uni- ... a.
M V' " moted This course has been systemat
oi vonress me louowing MESSAGE. Felloio-Citizens of the Senate,
and House of Uepresentatives :
. 1 ..,.- I III lllilll III llll. Ullllll"! IIH III I'lHI ....... w . , t..... lll.llj w -,. r. -l.Vl. J JUI lIltlLl Many causes un.te to make yoar pres. ; I ,r.ir,rcn,vs . U pl,c-.l an the f-onller.. ent meeting peculiarly interesting to . . ' . , . r , x-. r mm i7.. i pecting navigation and commerce, witu i he oganiza ion or the several cm p? our constituents. 1 he operation ot our . . . . . .... ... . . .. . . . , ' . . . i the dominions in question, will l adjust- cunpsnig ihe armv is such as to admit aws on the various subject to which , , ,. , . , , .. . . - .
j eu, alio a soiiu io'jou.iiiimi i". iinu , v w m-i u n u inn runii iti iiic
they apply, with the amendments which
ii
tnev occasionally require, imposes, an
nually, an important duty on the Representatives of a free people Our system has happily advanced to such maturity, that I am not aware that your cares, in that respect, will he augmented. Other causes exist which are very interesting to the whole civilized world, and to no portion of it more so, in certain views, than to the United States. Of these causes and of their bearing, oh the interests of our I'nion, I shall communicate the sentiments which I have formed, with that freedom which a sense of duty dictates. It is proper, however, to invite your attention, in the firit iu--tance, to those concerns respecting which legislative provision is thought to he particularly urgent.
On the, 14th ot June last, a convention of navigation and commerce was
concluded in this city, between the United States and Franro. by ministers du
ly authorised for t! p irp. se. The sanction of the executive Having been .given to tiii'- convention, under a conviction that, taking all its stipulations into view, it rented essentially on a basis of reciprocal and equal advantage, I deemed it mv duty, in complianee- with the authority vested in the executive In the second section id th act of the last session of the Oth of May, concerning navigation, to suspend bv proclamation, until the end of the net season of Congress, the operation of the act entitle. 1 An act t" imn.ise a new tonnage duty on
ve-vxpls a id for oilier
purposes." ami t siistjor,'? likewise all other duties on Fucii ve.-s!!s, or tlie
gooils imported in them, which exceeded
the duties on American vessels, and n similar goods i;np rted in them, ha'l submit this convention forthwith, to the
Sfii!iti fiir ik mlt'irH nml i-ni 5(tit. to
U1LI : nonce is hereby viv.n, that, the ra(ificati()n.
nine wecUs utter uate, application s. tt . . c-t in n n, .
ill be ma.'e to the Register ot ihe Land .. . . , n , , - ,
dice at Vinceoncs. for the renewal ot , . ., ,'T , u . V -r- r . n ? merce between the United Mates and e.tificatu in my name, for the S. L. ... , . xv. r
tiuar'cr ot Section No. 27, in township , . . . , ... , . f i, v.. w tUL and on thm continent, has likewise been
removed. Satisfactory evidence having
an active ami permanent intereui , ' case of emergency, the ofiicers carrviuj which will prove equally advantageous with them all the light which they posto both parties. , sess, to the new corps to which they The decision of his Imperial Majesty might be appointed, the Emperor of Kiissia on the question ; With the o gimizatinn of the staff, submitted to him by the United Mates there is equal cuue to be satisfied. iy and Great Urita'm. concerning the con- the concentration of every branch, with struction of the first article of the treity its chief in this citv. in the procure of ot Ghent has been received. A conven- the department, and with a grade in the tion has since been concluded, between chiet military station, to keep alive ami the parties under the mediation ot his cherish a military spi ff. tj,e .eatest Imperial Majesty, to prescribe the mode promptitude in the execution of oider?, by which that article shall be carried with the greatest economy ami efficiency into effect, in conformity with the deci- are secured. The same view is taken of sioti. I shall submit this t oovention to the Military Academy. Good order i? the Senate for its advice and consent, as preserved in it. and the youth are well to the ratification and, if obtained, shail instructed in every science connected immediately bring the subject before v ith the great objects of the institution. Congress, tor such provisions as may re- They are also w -il trained and ditiplnquire the interposition of the Leisla- ' ed in the piactical parts of their p:o!esture. s s'nm. It has always been found difficult
In compliance with an act of the last to c ontrol the order inseperable fro-o that session, a Territorial Government has early age. in such a manner as to give it been established in Florida, on the priu- : a proper direction. The rights and manciples of our system. Bv this act the j hood are too often claimed, prematurely,
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No. 8, T of Range No. 10, W. m the
District of Vincenncs, the original having been lost by mail. Given under my band this 1st day of November, 1822. 40 -9 1 FREDERICK G1RAUD, Jr.
been adduced, that the ports of these co
Ionics hail been opened to the vessels of
the United States, bv an act of the Brit
ish Parliament, bearing date on the 24th of June last, on the conditions specified
therein, I deemed it proper, in compli
ance with the provisions of the first section of the act above recited to declare,
NO l ICE IS hereby given to all the heirs and le gal Repicseiitatives ot Issabella Had
dan. deed late of Sullivan county, that
application will be made to the Circuit by proclamation, hearingdate on the 24th court of Sullivan county at their next of August last, that the ports of the Uni
ted States should thenceforward, and
until the end ofthenet session of Con.
gress, be open to the vessels of Grat
Britain employed u that trade, under
county
March term, to have commissioners appointed to divide the real estate of said
Issabella Hiddan, deed DAVl ) HA 0 DAN, JESSE J. BENEF EL, in right of hi -vije Helen one of the heirs. JD ecenibcr 13, IS 22. 46 4t To Parents & Masters.
rTHIE tune and labour of boys being
too often required during the clay,
to admit of their acquiring that know
ledge requisite in every situation of life ;
pircnts, guardians and masters, are here
by notified, tlut a subscription paper is
left at the store of Mr John Ewing, for
twelve subscribers to a .':srhr School.
- - v vheie the most useful St nccrss-rv bran
ches of learning will be taught bv J. COOKE. Dec. 13, 1822. 45-3w NOTICK.
TTpHE Books of' Charles Smiths Vin-
3 cennes Meam Mill Company," arc placed in my hands for settlement. It
is xvished exficc'td that thrsc, things
which ore Ccasar's, will be rendered un
to Ccasar " G. W.JOHNSON. Nov. 1 1 1822. 42 tf hCUKW AUG tiUS,
0Fthe very first quality, and warran-
l y ted for one car by the maker, for
talc at the Western Sim office,
inhabitants are secured in the lull en
jovmeot of their rights and lib-rties, and to admission into the Union, with equal participation in the Government, with the origin a! -States, on the. condition heretofore p:T-cnbed to ot'Ci Territories. By a ch.use in the IHh article of the treaty wis-i Spain hy which that territory was ced.'d to the United States, it is stipulated fiat satisfaction shad be in.nl e for the injuries, if any, which, by oroces d" I-iv, shall b established to "iave been su."ered, by the Spanish officers, and individual Spanish ioiiabitauts h' the late operad .u t our troops in Florida. No provision having yet hu'en made to carry that stipulation into effect it is submitted to the consideration
of Congress, whether it will not he
proper to vest the competent power m the District Court at Peusaeola, or in some tribunal, to be specially organized lor the purpose. The fiscal operations for the year have been more successful than had been anticipated at the commencement of the last session of Congress. The receipts into the Treasury during the three first quarters of the year have exceeded the sum of fourteen millions seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. The payments made at the Treasury, duting the s.v.oe period, have exceeded twelve millions two hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollar Leavin in the Treasury on the 3()th
day of September last, (including one million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty -four cents, which were in the Treasury on the first dav of Jan-
the limitation 'specified in that proclaina- j uary last) a Mini exceeding four millions
tion.
A doubt was entertained whether the
act of Congress applied to the British co
lonies on this continent, as well as those in the West Indies, but as the act of
one hundred and twenty -eight thousand
dollat
Besides discharging all demands for
the current service of the vear, includ
in" the interest und reimbursements of
Parliament opened the intercourse equal- the public drhr. the sh per cent stock ot
ly with both, ami it was the manifest 179'i amounting to eighty thousai d dol-
intention of Congress as well as the oh- lars, has been redeemed. It is estimat
vious policy of the United States, that ed that, after defrax ing the current ex
the provisions of the act of Parliament petises of the present quart? r, and re-
sh uld be met in equal extent on the
part of the. Coiled States, and as aLo
the act of Congress was supposed to vest in the ihesident some discretion in the execution of it. I thought it advisa
ble to give it a corresponding consti ac
tion.
)er cent
m in th
deeming the two p:'':.
Mock of 18:u. th.v. v Treasury, on the '.. ! next, nearly three i- ; It is estimated that l e
duties which have bjen seemed from the
first of January to the 30th ol Septem
e
. Januarv
! dollars
amount ol
Should the constitutional sanction of ber last, has exceeded nineteen millions
the Senate be given to the ratification of five hundred thousand do'lars : ami the
the convention with France, legislative amount for the whole year will probably
provision will be necessary to carry it not fall short of twenty three millions of fully into effect, as it likewise will be to dollars. continue in force, on such conditions as Of the actual force in service under maybe deemed just and pi oper, the in- the present military establishment the tercourse which has been opened between ports at which it is stationed, ami toe the United States ahd the British Colo- condition of each pot, a report from the nies. Every ligl t in the possession of Secretary of war, which is now commuthe executive will, in due time, be com- nicated, will give a tl.Minct id a. 5y n.unicated on both subjects. like repoitsthe state of the Academy ai
Keating essentially ua a basis of rc West I'oint will be seeu, a well us tne j
in pressing which too far, the respect which is due to age. ami the obedience which is necessary to a couise of study and instruction, are sometimes lost sight of The great object to be accomplished is the restraint of that ardor bv such wise regulations and government, as bydirecting the energies of the vouthlui mind, to the alt unment of useful knowledge, will keep it within a ju-t subordination, and at the same time t levated it to the highest purposes This object v.-.ems to be essentially obtained in this insitution, and with great advantage to the U num. I he Military r-cademy forms thebasia in regard 'o science, on wnich the Military establishment re.ts. It furnishes anuuanIL, after due examination, and
on the leoort o the 'Atlantic Stail", many
well informed youths to till the tarari-
cies which occur in the several corps of
the armv. while others who ictire to
private life, carrv with them such attainments, as under the rights reserved to the several sta es to appoint the ofiicers and train the militia, will enable
them, bv affording a wider field for se
lection, to promote the c;reat object of the power vested m Congress) of providing for the organizing, arming and decipiining the militia. Thus, by the mutual and harmonious co-operation of the two
overifuent in tlie execution ol a power
divided between them, an object always
to be cherished, for the attainment ot a great result, on which our liberties may depend, cannot fail to be secured.
i.ae to add that in proportion as our regular forces is sinall, should the-instruction and discipline of the millitia, the great resource on widen we reiy. be pushed to the utmost extent tnat circu.nhtauces w ill admit A Report from the Secretary of tlis Navy will communicate the progress which has been made in the constructing of vessels of war, with other ir.frrestine details, respecting the actual state of the atfaiisof that Department. Itluf beori found i.ecessary for the protection of'nur commerce to mainlain the usiialsquadr ms on the Mediterranean, tiie Pac ific, and along tl.c Atlantic Coat, extending the cruiz.es of the latter into the West indies, where piracy, organised into a system, has preyed on the commerce of every country tradn-g thither. A cruize ha also been"maintai;ied on the Coat of Africa, when the season would permit, for the suppression of the Slave Trade, and orders have been given to the com
manders of all our public s.iip. to eiz.e o r own vessel, should they find any, engaged in that trade, and to bring them in for adjudication. In the Wet In Jie piracy is of recent date, which may explain ihe cause why other powers have no! combined agamsfr it. Ii v the document communicated,
it w ill be -een thai tie
el.'
fs ol tlie U-
nitcd Stales to suppress il have had a vc-