Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 July 1825 — Page 1
WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISER
VINCENNES, (IND.) CTUKDAY, JULY 10, 1885. BY ELIHU STOUT. Vol. 16. No. 22.
77 WESTERN SUV,
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SECRETARY SOUTHARD AND COM. PORTER. From the National Journal. Meridian Hill, June 1 5th, 18251 Sir: In consequence of an anonymous publication which appeared in your paper of the Uth,and dated the 13th, re
specting my pamphlet cotaining the pro
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Cheap Wholesale & Retail, &a Hat Store. RP. PRICE, on market strezt, 9 vincennes, has constantly on hand, a handsome assortment of hays of every description, which he is enabled to sell as low as any in the place. HE NOW MANUFACTURES THE Cortes, & Oval Water Proof HATS, Which are ascertained to be the latest fashions. jOrderrs from a distance thankfully received, and speedily filled. 11-1 V November, 1823.
(Taken up by Hen
ry Edwards living in Da
j3&JLyit county, v eai Town
ship, a bright bay horse, fifteen hands 2 high, ten years old, lately cured of the
big-head, a natural trotter, snuu ucnmu a saddle mark on the left of his back hone, a collar mark on the left side of hi? neck, nWk ivr marts nn his T yt thlth
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and a small star in his forehead mixed tvith red appraised to 35 dollars before jme. AMOS ROGERS, J. P. April 26, 1825. 20-3', State ?$ County Revenue. t? THvUPLICATE lists of the state and
jLr county Revenue are now in my hands, for collection, where all persons, , j . i : :. .1 . n 1
cnargcu mcrcon, uic mviivu iu un aim discharge the same, on or before the 15th of July ensuing. (Vy Wm. L. WITHERS, r c. Vincennes, June 4th, 1825 16-tf.
ceedings in the case was deemed neces-1 of the governor of Georgia, to the legissary; an intimation which occasioned to I Iature of the state, in relation to the late me great surprise; audit was only with " treaty with tht Creeks and the subsethe hope of removing from the mind of : quent disturbances among tlicm, ir4ciuthe Executive an idea ot this necessity, ding the death of Mc Imosb, are so very which induced me to circulate it after voluminous that wc cannot find room for being sonotificd, a3 you will perceive by the whole, and do not like to venture up.
I the note accompanying the pamphlet sent on a selection, lest injustice might be
ceedings m the Foxardo affair, Sec. I have j you a few days after your notification, clone to some party or pci sons concerned
to request you to publish the accompany- - which, pardon me, sir, I did believe was in those things. And besides, it veins ing correspondence. I intended for the sole purpose of stopping thai the local politics ol Georgia have
my publication, as I could find no other somehow got mtei mingled with these afmotivc for it nor have I vet been able to fan s, and we do not wish to be even susfind any other, as I am to this day not ar- peeled of intcrfeiing with them. Wo rested, as I was informed by cu I should shall, therefore, at teast for the present, be. sutpend a publication of any of the docuIf, by an intimation nf the deficiencies mtnts or papers, until we hear the reand inaccuracies whkh my pamphlet con- poit ot the U.S. commissioners, major tains, it is intended to convey the idea of gen. (Vains and major Andrews, who have a wilful misrepresentation m my part, I been appointed to investigate the subject, beg you to point out in wi.i-.i it mntisls. In consequence of various lumors, the The record of the proccciir i.-s as pub- people on the Georgia fionticr had belishcd, are crpicd from the ret r.rd of t lie come much alarmed, fearing an attack by Judge Advocate; and the (a cumen's, l.e Indians; but ve hepe and believe that whether rejected or othei whefor ore- thcii fears were gun.: dkss yet there gainst wr, so fir as I ccuid possess my- lb lco inuch reason to rpprchend that pcrself of them, accompanying the publica- viil net bt wai.lim, to uige them on
NOTICE.
FTTHE subscriber hereby
informs all
II rTE SUUStlUitl nti luj UHUHN3 an . J concerned, that he will attend at the JL, office of the Judge of Probate for Craw-
ford county, state of Illinois, on the first Monday in August next, W the final settlement of the estate of Thomas London, deed. REUBEN NORTON. June 25th 1824. 19-4t.
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Very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, D. PORTER. Mr. Petri Fouce. J'avy Department May 28rA, 1825. Sin: The Court of Inquiry, lately as
sembled at the Navy Yard, Washington, has closed its examination in'n the matters submitted to it and made report to the Department. 1 am instructed by the executive to inform you, that it has been found ntfes-
sary that further proceedings shoui
nacs, m relation to the transactions Tat
Foxardo, and that, in the course of a fev
days, charges will be preferred, you will be arrested, and a Court Martial summoncd for your trial. I am, very respectfully, Sir, your obe
dient servant, SAME L. SOUTHARD. Capt. David Portrii, U. S. Navy. Washington, May 3(Vz, 1825. Sir: Lata on Saturday night (the 23th) I received from your messenger, your communication of that date, informing me that the Court of Inquiry had closed its examination into the. matters submitted to it. and made report to the Department; also, apprizing me of the intentions cf the Executive with rcgaid to me. Ignorant, as I am of the Heport of the Court, I can form no idea of the nature of the charges intended to be preferred against me, the motives of the Executive, or the object of the notification I have the honor, therefore, to ask you the necessary information to enable me to prepare for mv defence.
With gieat respect, your very obccHgnl servant,
SCHOOL NOTICE. THE citizens of Vincennes and its vicinity are informed that a school will be opened in the Seminary in Vincennes, on Monday the 9th day of Zfay next, where the undersigned will teach
Beading, Writing, Jrirkmetic, English Grammar, Geography, Mathematicks, Algebra, Latin crd Greek lanmiages. GEORGE CALHOCND. April 23, 1825. 10 tf NOTICE. WHEREAS my wife Susan has left my bed and house, without anv just cause and absented herself from
Vkfei years. The public are hereby informed, that I shall not pay any of her debts contracted or any that she may hereafter contract, all persons are forewarned from harboring her in anv wav. DOMENICK LEG ARD. June 25, 1825. 19-3t.
R. DANIEL. (atorney at law.)
AS removed from Princeton to
Vincennes la and will practice law
m the first & fourth judicial circuits. He keeps his office on water street, where he nsay at all times be found. April 24, IR;a. lMf
Hon. S. Sou
D. PORTER. i H i. Scc'v of the Xav'v
Jl'a h i vg ten, Ju .. . 2 , 1 S 2 5 . Sin: The aceotnpanin p mphlct, which was put to press shoitly rr'xv the termination of the occcdings of the Court of Inquiry on the Fox ude afT'ir, contains all the explanations I shall ever be able to make in justification ot my conduct. I never had, at env time, r.ny doubts of
the propriety of the cousse I pursued nor have 1 now; and it v iil be a source of great regret to me, 5T, after a perusal of the pamphlet, futthcr proceedings in the case should be thought nccossary. If it be thoupht that I have erreuViT judgment, the purity T my intcntir-ns, I presume, cannot be doubted. I have the honor to be, with gin., respect, your obedient servant. D. PORTER. Hon. Saml. L Southard. Xaru DrffvrtiKrnti rtJi June. Sir: Your letter, transmitting the pamphlet respecting the proceeding of the Court of Inquiry, and the transactions at Foxardo, tic. was received, and the copy, endorsed for the President, immediately delivered to him. It is cause of surprise, that you should have considered it prrpcr. while your case and the report of the Court of Enquiry were still under the consideration of the Executive, to make a publication relating thereto, and especially a publication in so many respects deficient and inaccurate. I remain, vcrv rrsncctfullv. Sec. SAME L SOUTHARD. Com. David Porter. U. S Navy. Meridian I fill, June I 4, 1815.
! Sir: I have received your letter of yesterday's date, acknowledging the receipt of a pamphlet published by me, respecting the proceedings of the Court of Enquiry, and transactions at Foxardo, Sec. and expressing your surprise that I should consider it proper, while my case and the report of the Court of Enquiry were still under consideration of the j Executive, to make a publication relating thereto, and especially a publication in so many respects "deficient and inaccurate." I beg leave to state to you that the publication alluded to, was put to press, and nearly ready for distribution, before I received any intimation from ycu on the part cf the. E:ccuivr that further pro-
tion, and I rci'ahdy have not on.it.tr il arv
again!,' trr tint were admi'iii by the Court as testimony; to the mo;: at v, I hae inserted one of tlutt character which was rcicc:d bv the oort as unauthentic to
wit, t tion.
i Potto Rico goveinmirt publiia-
Th
are one or two triiiirg typo-
ln-oi t;,nt
r
to ! csimiiLs, that an excuse may be fur-
niMicci to nu.kc war upen tlu m. It would i '. jKai to i:s, the Ui-itcd States cann i ir.'c i b c, (escepi as pence makers,) viiii t: c :ffu:'s vi thu Cru. ks, growing '.f j'i t' e la'c ticaty. Their own laws ai.d us.-ges ccttainly n.ut have effect among themselves. Ti.ey lave a right to put up and put th v.n whom they p!easct a- ci.iels. It is sufficient that they do not -uii mit violence on the cr-(;ps and property cl ihc citiz.i ol the United States. Stfam. A v. , rcr in tl e Federal Gazette" who appirentiv understands tic subjvct, expresses a vcivdecK.ed opinion
self, ana the other, it it really exists, is ot 4ia every, (e r almest cvejy,) explosion no imporiar.ee There is also an unim- f steam boilers has bcn caused by a vant portant letter from you to the Court, 6 'r' to kecfi them fiiu d with ivaicr. transii.itti? g the rejected docr.iucnts, Tliat, let them be made cf what they mayt which by a note in page 31, and the re and .ts strong as is possible, they must port of the Court, which b) a vcmaik in give way that the steam, when in a parpage 32,1 acknowledge not to be in my ticular state of expansion, will explode possession. The first was refused tome 011 coming into contact with red hot iron by th-3 Judge Advocate; the latter, I am or other metal and that the iron, or still ignorant of; but the publication of other metal will become red hot, when both T now respectfully invite. , acted upen by fire on one side, and s to am The anonymous publication in yestcr- the otici He has little or no cor.fi-
graphical errors, t!ic ivst
whirl; is tl:C word cforf;?c insu rd ol c-Y-curs, in the testimony rt I!r. PI. at. pae,e 15, and I think an omission t . it 'Iuisc the. words 'fearful odds." v pr.ge 57, which surely can nt be the inaceu! acies and deficiencies alluded to, a the fnst er
ror i5: v dculaied to ipera' against toy
day's Journal, of the same date of our let
rcr, and t?;keu in cornexion with the lauguage of it, U-.tvc i nodcu!)t of the louicc whence it oiigi.ated. I. consequently,
dence in safety valves: and, speaking of his theory, says "Should these opinions povc well founded, the fear that aimost
every one feels of tiusting himself, or one-
pv.u mew, teet rcstraincu irom miisi: g suitable cnmmcr.t? tiierecn. It is. therefore, only left for m? to txpie-s the. hn;.e that the momi-ed peiie! !cr tcctifvirr the error';, and stipp'yir.i; the ;idr.:iencic5, which a: e s id to exiit in pumt:d!et, f)i?v so'u arrive; and until it does, 1 hc:e-
that I hav
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isvilcat-'d, so fir as I cou'd. bv ev-
eiTv.t -i tv. mv part, obtain a knov ledii-e
considetinc: mv relationship to the He- ot his family, on boaid of a steamboat.
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win give p:acc immediately to luh contidtnee in their safety, because the remedy is simple, and obtained without additional expense or tn ublc. 'I he danger is just the same whether propelled at nine miles per hour, or twthc whe;her her b iler be made of iion or copper and strci gth immaterial., and excellence of workmanship have proved ros entity Aiy piar is t fix, in the b( iier, a simple water register, with a conspicuous index, to which
the proceedings ot the Court, -md I the engineer or captain must pay pat tic-
have n. douh-t obtained tium correctly. mar attention, which cery hand ai d pasIf it is iiitended to intimate that the senger onboard viil urdet stand, and all reasor.il. gs contained in my defence are mut be instructetl. that, below a certain fallacious, and present an inmrojtr view poin', the water in th: boiler must never of the subject, I ran only say, they are the he suffered to fall: but let the point be as expressions cf my honest, unaided opin- har ahovc the apexol the flue as may be ions and convictions and that I should deemed periectly sr.fc, not less than ten have dclivctcd them before the Court, , or twelve inches, so that the fire
and steam can never act in concert upon the matciial of which the boilers is composed." The Greeks. Accounts have been re
ceived at Boston direct from Snnrna,
hr.d I been allowed the opportunity of doing so. They are before the public; the public will judge of their value; and I now more than ever ff.el the necessity of appealing to it ; decision. I am not impatient of it, and wait the convenience of
the Department, in whatever measures fully confii n.ii.g the defeat of t he l v vp
it inav think piopcr to adopt townid me. I tians in two rctions with the Greeks at
I take the liberty to remind von that I ' M"don, and of the sailing of the p;iiot
am still nrnnrant ot the opmicn ot the Court of l(n(i:iry, nn the charges of Messrs. Handall and Mountain, and to request it may he laid befoie ti e public, that it may he ab'e lo judge whether I am innocent or guilty of them If the Court ban pronounced me innocent, I am "n'i'led to all the benefits of their opinion; if I am guilty. I am tinworthv of holding my commission, and should wish no Inncr to disgrace it. I have the honor to be, vnur vcrv obedient servant. D.'POK IKR. Hon. S. L Sor tiiard.
Tnc rRF.F.Rs. We learn from tlTris
vannah Georgian, that maj. Andrews, vUirT
nas arrived Miuedgeville, Irom Washington, charged by the nresident, with investigating the late affjirs in the Creek nation, and the agency of Crowcl in them, has called a meeting of the Cteek Indians, to be held on the Uth inst. Affairs of the Creeks. The documents accempsryhg several messages
fb ct in pursuit of that ot the ina.!:rs. '1 he Greek vessels, 40 in number, were so near the enemy when the last accounts came away, that their advance had captured a brig of war and some other vessels belonging to the latter, and the news of a general engagement having taken place was hourly expected Patiashad not surrendered, but it was closely besieged by land and sea. The operations were under the immediate direction of President C'ondui iotti, who had oidcrcd that a French ship of war, which attempted the hatbor of Patras, should no; be allowed to cr.ter Gen Colocotroni and his party, suspected of treason, veie closely confined at Hydta to await their tti.il. The amiots had cnt a deputation to Hydra, for some ship', as tht y expected an attack from the Oi omar fleet, which was granted roihcni. The Turkish fleet had partly come out from Constantinople. A squadron of AJgerines were daily expected in the Archipelago, against the Greeks, and great effort? were making by the Turk to enter the More at aM poir.ts. The Greeks rcrcrcies?