Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 15, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 January 1825 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN SUN.

ri.YCEXXE AJANUARY8, 1325. The oration delivered at the celebration of St. John's day, by John Law, Hsqr. is unavoidably omitted in this day's piper next week it shall appear. The Thespian Society have the commedy or OURSELVES" with the hu morons farce, the "RAISING OF ITIE WIND," in rehearsal, and expect to perform on Saturday next. The legislature of this state meet at Indianapolis, on Monday nextand in two weeks wc may expect the governor's message it shall be immediately given, and the journals regularly and correctly published. William Wilson has been elected chief Justice, Thos. C. Brown, T. W. Smith, and S. 1). Lockwood, Associate Judges of the Supreme court of Illinois. John Y. Sawyer, Circuit Judge for the first circuit Samuel Mc. Roberts, for the second Richard M. Younp, for the 3d James Jlall, for the fourth and J. O Wattles, for the fith Judicial Circuit in the state of Illinois. From the Louisville Jdvcriizcr. TO THE EDITOR. WASHINGTON. DF.C. 24. Dear Sir Upon this day Congress has, by an overt acf, manifested to the world the gratitude of the Ametican people, for the services and sacrifices of Gen. L Fayette, by the pisage of a bill which gives to him S200,000 and a township of land. The losses of this amiable man were ascertained to be anout 700,000 francs (cqu d to g 40,0 0,) expended in the American cause, 10 say nothing of his signal anil glorious se vi ccs in the field, and on the continent of Europe, in the negotiation of treaties acknowledging our independence by Spain, &c. 1 reasure and scrwecs generously i and magnanimously expended and ren- ; dcied, to assist an infant people in their I struggle for liberty and the principles of! self-government. Owing to the vicissi- j tudes of the French government, the remnant of that fortune, once splendid, is rnrlnrrrl to lfx thrn n rnm rv.-tf lirv i:st"lL and he involved in debt, beymd its value ! and his means of payment. To tender to I him a return of what he voluntarily ex pended, for us, seemed, at this time, to be demanded by the dignity and character of the nation. It is but justice to that illustrious person to say, that, upon this occasion, not a whisper or hint has been heard to fall from him in reference to his vast expenditures, in the cause of the revolution; a;ul doubts arc entertained by some, whether he will accept even this act of justice at our hands to him so unexpected. It will have one effect forever to silence the slander upon our system of government 'that republics are ungrateful." I hope this measure will meet with the cordial ipprobation of the patriotic ci'izens of Keniuckv, who ' have by an unanimous vote of their members of the Legislature, invited him among'them, which invitation I am assured he will accept A bill also passed the House of Representatives to day, to its 3d reading, to occupy by a mi'itary post, the mouth of the Colt.mhia or Oregon River. The Presidential election, as it approaches, begins to exciTe more interest I find considerable anxiety maniftcd to knowhow certain States will vote. The election will be a very close one. Respectfully, yours. C. A WICKL1FFE. PUBLIC LANDS An imnnrtant bill has been introduced into the Senate of the United States, by Mr. ILnton of Missouri, entitled . dill to graduate the firice offiuhlic lands. The first section piovides, that the public lands heretofore offered at public sale, and remaining unsold on the fourth day of March next, shall be offered at private sale, until the sale thereof shall he effected, at the following graduation of prices: For one year next ensuing the ,4th of March next, at one dollar per acre, and for twenty -five cents per acre less for every ensuing year, until the 4th of March. IS28, and then and thereafter for an indefinite period, for twenty-five cents per acre. The second section provides, that the public lands that shall hereafter be offercd at public sale, and shall remain unsold at the close of the sale, shall be offered at private sale at the following graduation of price-: For one year next ensuing the close of the public sale, at which they 'nd been offered, at one dollar and twent -five cents per acre, and at twentyfive cents less per acre for every succec-

dbig year, until tncy shall be offered at fifty cents, at which price they shall continue until sold The third section authorizes any head

of a family, young man over 21 ytarsof age, or widow, not being the owner ol any land, to demand of and receive from the Registers of the Land Oflices, a written permission to settle on sny half quarter section oi land which shall remain unsold lor the space of one year after it shall have been offered at fifty cents per acre, and if such person shall settle and cultivate the same, for five successive years, and shall be a citizen of the United States at the end of that time, upon making proof before the Register or Receiver of the district of such settle ment, cultivation and citizenship, the pcr son shall receive a patent for the same, as a donation from the United States. The fourth section establishes the fol lowing rate of fees o be leceived by the R gisti is or Receivers: For a vviiiten permission to Mttle on land, filtv cents, each, and lor taking the proo! of settle ment, cultivation, and g anting patent, hlty cents. WAR DEPARTMENT. The documents which accompanied the President's Message, relating to tht War Depattment. afford a veiy gratifying view oft- e ccncinsof that Department of the government. The acts ol Congiess for enforcing the accountability of public officers, seem to have had a radical effect, as beneficial as decisive which has been aided, no doubt, bv the efficiency with which their provisions have bcui carried into execution by the Secretary of War. I'heie arc some paiticulars disclosed, in the documents, which e have not published at large, which may be inter est it g to our readers such as the following; The whole number of men enlisted to rcci uit the army, for t he year ending 30th September, 1823, was 2.558. The aggregate strength of our little army, by the last return, was 5,779. The aggregate permitted hv law, it the ranks vveic full, is bin 7-183. The Q uirtei master Cimeial and the Commissary General's I h partments appear to have been admuahly managed, and as the Paymaster's Department, ihe hea l of it says, m his repoit, that he is confident that the vv hole of the t oops arc thc of September, and a considerable jH.iinii iej uic ii ' m ui iuvcmber, and that the Paymasters, will render vouchers before t tie r.h sc of the year, which will fully account for ail sums advanced to them witoin the three firs' quarters. The annual expense of medical stores frlhe a,m' K PPrs by the Surgeon Gcneral,s ri pott, has not been more than g2 50 per man. The deaths in the armv in the two first quarters of the year were hut 5'1, and 13 ot them were irom consumption The expense of the National Armory, in Sprinfieid, Mass for the year 1823, was 186,824 dollats; that ol the Aimoty at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, was 194,36S dollars. In the year 1823, fifteen thousand stand of arms were ditiibued "amongst the militia of the several s ates and territo ries, under the act of IHe-8, "lor arming and cquiping the whole body ot the mi litia." 'J he number of Revolutionary Pensioncrs is 13,034, that ol Invalid Pensioners, is 3 736, and that of halt pay, in lieu of bountv land, 202. Of the first class. thete died in the three first quarters of 18 24, 441; of the second class, 73; of the thud ciass, none. The annual amount of pensions to the first ciass is 1,337,316 dollars; to the second, 298,000 dollars; to the third, S 876 dollars. The number of Military Bounty Land Warrents issued, up to the 22 ofNoyjnv her, 1824. is 26 761, covering 4,475,632 acres ol land jA'af . Journal. CAPTURE OF PIRATES. U. Sfatcs Schoonet Povioise. Matanz vs, Oct. 24. 1824. Sir I have the honor to inform you, that after leaving the convoy fiom Havatv na, I stretched in for this port, where I anchored on the evening of the llth. On inquiry, I wat informed no piracies had recently committed in this vicinity. I howerever, determined to despatch the boats secretly from the harbor, and examine the adjacent bays and n.iets. On the night of the 19lh, I placed them under command of Lieut. Hunter, and acting Lieut. Johnson, with orders to examine about Point Yeacos, Sewappa Ray, and Camnioca, places long notorious as a retreat for pirates On the evening of the 22d, Lieut Hunter iclurned with a piratical I carriage gun, one new American and two other boats; one, having three men on beard; he captured them in Sa

wappa Bay every appearance justified

the suspicion ot pitacy. 1 he per ns informed Lieut. Hunter, that their vessels had been "taken by armed men, the boat they were in given in exchange, with a promise of returning in a lew days, and restoring their vesst I. The next day, off Camhioca, Lieut. Hunter discovered a suspicious schooner standing to sea, in chase of a vessel in shrht. On his an proach, the schooner tacked and made lor the shore, closely pin sued by the boats. The crew abandoned the vessel and tied to the Woods, where they were sought for in vain. She proved to be a pirate mount ing one gun and small arms. Ftom the number of nautical instruments, trunks of clothing, rigging and sails, with 3 sets of Amencan colors, found onboard, she must have robbed several vessels; from stains of blood on the clothes and otlur articles on board, 1 fear the unfoitunatc persons to whom they belonged must have been murdered No papers were discovered which could lead to the name o the vessel or vessels captured; several articles clothing were niaiknl "Captain Shaw" a number with the initals "A. S. A hag on board v ns ti ttered Uni Mjmtug Siar'tt V.etrr bag one waistcoat cohtaintd in pocket a printed caul. Mrs. M. Eons' Hoarding-House. Charleston, S. C. and appcatcd to have been newly printed. A memcmc chest on boatd was put up in New ork. I have deliveied the pi is oners to the Governor of Matanzas, a? d shall furnish him all the testimony in my power which can throw at y light on their character The schooner i sent out last night under command of acting Lieut. iSrownc, m hopes ol decoying some of the former comrades. I sail with convoy to i r. ... . morrow, ano aiter joining the prize at sea, shall proceed to Thomson's Island for supplies, and return to the protection of commerce on this coast. I tiust. Sir. should the prize be sufficiently toitunate to meet with pirates, I shall have the pleasure to give a satisfactory account of them. I do myself the honor to enclose the corresponde nce relative to the capture of the vessels and ptisoners I have the honor to be, respectfully Sir, your obedient scrvrnt. CHAS. V. SKINNER. To the Hon. Saml. L. Southard, Secretary ot the Navy. Creek Ind'ans. An Alabama paper, contains tvv highly interesting communications from the chiefs and warrioisof the Cieek nation of Indians, who say they hsvc 'on a deep :md solemn reflection, determined with one voice, not to sell one foot of their land, neithci by exchange nor otherwise." They say they arc fast piogresMng in the arts and civilization ; and state, as a proof of it, that upwaids of 30,000 yards of cloth have been mannfac turcd by those, only, inhabiting the waters of the Coosa and Tallapoosa, during the past year. Slave Trade. By an arrival from St. Thomas, wc learn, that there vvcie about 22 sail of vessels at that place preparing to engage in this nefaiious tiaffic a great number of them American vessels, under Dutch colours Our informant states, that this is e (TV c ted by vessels going from the United States to St. Thomas and proceeding from t hence to St. Eustatius where they obtain Dutch papers, and sail for the slave coast. He adds, that there were two Unitsd Stales vessels at St. Thomas, the officers of which, stated to him, they were well aware, this profess was carried on by vessels fiom the United States but they had no authority to interfere with any vessels sailing under Dutch colors R. I. American. IIAYTI. The followinp extracts arc from a letter dated St. Domingo, August Li written by an Rnir. lish jrcntleman residing at Portau Prince: "It is necessary for me to state something with respect to his E cellency (the President,) "and this government. I must confess 1 have scarcely language to express sufficiently my feeling with regard to the order and tranquility that pervade all ranks of people who are citizens of this republic, and mv admiration and astonishment that a people, who have been held up to the world as just erne ro-inc: from barbarism, should have become in so short a period so admirably .skilled in the mechanism of government, and so ably to conduct ail its mecbincs,

as to place it in such a financial pre eminence as not to owe a shilling in the first place, and to hue a surplus in its treasury of 12 (X().000 dollars in the second The people implicitly confiding in tU

talents of the President, and hi ofin-ers of state, yield cheer fuliv to the public calls in all raes nf emergency, and willingly riv lound the s'andard of tl e g vernment. with the most liberal o ntributions. whenever iis indepen dencc or liher tit aie assailed. In speaking of ti e President B'yer I cannot do it without assurinir you that I felt a most pleasing disappointment: for. instead of an ignoiant. uninformed, ard unlettered man. placed on the pinnacle of power, and kept there bv the wielding of his swoid 1 found a man modest and unassuming in his manner, and most courteous to strangers, possessing neimer the frow n of the tyrant, nor the malignance or effen eseense of a republican a man of education, improved by application ami study a man of busine-s. at all hours ready to heai claims ami ieceive petitions, and who seldi in sends applicants from hi door unattended to or disregarded a man of a nice sense of honour in all l is transactions with the merchants here. The government are making arrangements for working the gold mines of Ciboa and othersand it is said that more tuati 4,000 free blacks and mm of colour are expected as emigrants from the United Stales" London Chronicle. Call! Trv! Jud Judge ! i is Ihloil Cheap Wholesale Hat Stoi V 1 t I P. PRICE, on MARKET STUPf.T, & . VINCKNNES, ha COIisiaJ: V . il hand, a handsome assorimei.t cd ii.it . every description, which he is enabled to sell? low as any in the place. HE NOW MANUFACTUllf 8 THE Curies, & Oval Water Prwf HATS, Which arc ascertained to be the tott st fashions. T'Oidcrrs tiom a cli"..i-ic thankfully received, and spcedi.v fii id. 43-ly oicmh'i m? . A LIST oflcttei tcn jnii tr ?n t he f Ros? Office at Vashi-frioii, Dvs county. Ia the quaiter n ii.i; the Vvt day ol" December, 1824, which, il not. i-j-hen out within In c inoi.ihs, w ill I e s nt to the (itneral Post OlVico a dead hiu-s. A H C lvlward Adams, J h.i Aden. Andrew Hotter, Philip B-rtoii, Ot:vI:us Kv kshire, Henry Bantu, F.lij ih C'upn.a, Jose Chapmrm, Aaron Cuter. D F. V H Win. D;mt, 2 ; N-ithn-i I) nis Isaac Klmore. Wm, Filzpatrick, m. H. ukins, Jose ph Hays. R Iv L M (i. II. Rout, Wm. II. Rm (

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T. Roach, Moses Knight, Jacob Keiu.k , ( )i-v iver Lindsev, H. B. Marrick, Mephen M.iKr m. Mc.Crackcn, Samml Mm ph , William Morris, Alexander Muton. N V S T John N( 1 tnd. l)a:d. Perder, Abigail Smith, Chrisiiana lcott W' .nia Smith, John Staley, Jesse Scvbolcl, John S j p George Stephenson, Ch as. M. Siknro, W j. Staffard, Henry Thruston, .Bi-rcdu k Tnrnv. SETil RODDICK, P. M. January 1, 1H25. 47

Adtniuistratnr'.s Notice A LL those iiultb e.l t the '.-slate of A JohnS Vutihn, tlecd late I'.'.c county, are rcque-ted to c n-e foiv. ad and make payu.cnt -those lavi , deniand- aainst s.-.id e-t.ite will pn-tnt them for settlement toe said estate is thought to be solvent CATH ARINE VAUGX, A'Wtx. Dtceniber 27, 1824. 46-JK'p L DANIKLS (atohney at law ) MAS removed fiom Princeton to Vincenr.es Ia and will practice !nv in the first U fourth judicial circuits. lie keeps his office on water street, where he may at all times be found. April 24, 1824. 1 l-tf Printins neatly executed at this office.