Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1832 — Page 1

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?olirited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will b? considered anew en-fv-gemcni; k no subscriber at liberty to discontinue, imVil all an cerates are aidSubscribers, must pay tbc postage on their papers when sent by JT.' ail. Let tcrs by mail to the Editor on business imi&i be paid, oi they will not be attended to. Pmsttce will be received at :bc Ccth M.irkft Price, for subscriptions, if delivered w.thin the year. Auvr.RTfsrvr.s rs nr.i exceeding thir teen lines, v. ill be inserted three times for cv.c dollar, and t-xeniy hv c cents for each after insertion longer ones in the r,imn proportion. &J- Persons sending ,Uei lisements, must specify the number of times tbey wish them insetted, or they will be continued until ordered out, :nd must be paid for accordingly. LAWS OF TH33 UKION. TASSRU AT THK Lot :tmwn 220 centres No. 29. AN AC T to alter the time of hchlin the District Court ct the United States for the western distiict of Louir'nna. IE if rriictnl by the Srna:r c:c House .1- of Representatives of the United States of Jmerka in Covre.f.? assembled. That the District Court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana, shall be hereafter hoid-n on the second Mondav in bnie, in each year, interd of the third Monday of August, as is now re'jired by law. ec. 2. J ml be it further enacted. That alf proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, now pending m or returnable to s:it Court, hall be proceeded in by the said Court, in t'ac sitne manner as if no alteration of the Mine for holding sVul Court hd taken place, ANDREW STEAENnON. S.'u''er ftn' House of Representatives, JOrK C. CALHOUN, Vice President of the United States, and I'residevf.of tk Senate. nr-FKOVF.D May "2. 1332. ANDREW JACKSON. 'No. 30 AN AC T to authorize the removal of the Land Office from Mount Sahis in the State of Mississippi, and to remove the Land Office from Franklin to F.ivette in the State of Missouri. " V. it enacted bu the Sena:e and House A) of Representatives of the United States n' Jmerka, in congress assembled, i ht the Land Office at" Mount Sahis, in the Choctaw District in the State of Mississippi, shall be removed to, and located at. such place in the said Land District as the President cf the United State', may direct, if in his opinion viy n nc vai be necessary; and that the Lf .d Office at Franklm, in the caunty of lovard. State, of Missouri, shall be reitiovcd t(. and located in, the town of Envrttt i?i sab! coynty; and it sliall he the dutv '.if the R listers and the Keceivf rs of publu". Ui .iey fur s dd Land Oibt es, w ithin sixty ; s )m and after the passage of this net. t'i re;nove the books, records, and whatever ', belongs to said offices, to their respectnc places cf location as herein provided r. Ar?aov ed, May 22, lr32. IZo. 31. AN ACT to exempt the vessel of Portugal fioni the p lyinent of dutifs on tonnage. f E it enacted b-i th Senate and Hiuc 9 or Representatives of the United States :f1nrrica, vi Con prey's assembled. That .o duties upon tonnage hall be heieatter leied or collected of the vessels of the kingiom of Portugal: V 'Uf't ras. whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the vessels rf the U. "States are subjected, in the ports of the Vingdsn rf Portugal, to payment et any dnMes of tonnage, he shall, by proclamation, declare the fact, and the du'it-s now ravaV.e by the vessels of that kingdom, -hall 1) levied and paid, as if this act had n t been p ised. a;-iWvV to May 25, 1S3. ;Nn. T N ACT to ex'end the limits rf C,e itrctuwn, in the Distiict cf Cof I i , er:-etei rv t :e Senate ard .t.'c I rf Kif.rcstn'aUves if the UnUed S'a 'r.v )f . .'?' i in Con'rem asen:!-!( d. That 'hv bmitsi'f Oeorgetown, in the District of 1" h; n'.ia, be, and thev are herebv, extend-

rd. sm as to include the part of a tract of;arlivc se, vice, lav! c il'- d "Pretty Prospect, recently . j , , , , . . ; ,, ., was ordered to

tov.ii, : a suef r their Poor's-h .v.;s'-, begin - ni:n- i.-r the said piece cf irrcund, at a -tone in '.vkvl t:umoer h-ur, ex'eini'n i t t Kir hundred and seen'v at the end IX JIO tl.v : i r -1 line f a tract ot land, called the Ki ck ot 1 )anb irton;" s lid stone also standi vr, on ttie wt-i- t n tn.uiK.ary in c ei .,t nuii'l'cre I two hundred :m,l sixty, if Bv tttv at.'', llawkin's a Id.mon to vul town; ami r nn:i.i ;; them e, n rl'i, -o wn;v - t ilit h- -jie,v,st thil tv -i iidit plev; s-uth ei 'u i t i i i tl.U

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line to tht heginning 1 kc. '- forth? r marted. Thati u-ioie nnnii u i.w io tnt- saw ( nt-nnm-t.on, and which ate at tins time claimed and exercised by them, m.y and shall beexprcisid and enjoyed hy then, within the boup.ds and limits sct forth and described in the tirM section rit this act. APFPOVI Mav IS 3 2. No- 33. A.n ACT for improving Penn sylvania Avenue, supplying t!ie Public BuildnJgs with water, and for paving the walk from the western gate to the Capitol with flawing. E it enacted bij the Senate end House -H 5 of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the Public Buildings be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract, after giving due notice by 'public advertisement, fcr improving the , Avenue in the city of Washington, leading from the Capitol to the Executive offices, by paving the centre way thereof forty-five feet in width, with cobble or pebble stone, or with pounded stone, upon the McAdam plan, or in any other permanent manner, as the President of the United States may direct; and rdso, for the graduation, and covering with the best gravel to be obtained, the sideways cf said avenue, and for proper gutters and drains to carry clT the water, for which purpose, the sum of sixty-two thoua'id dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid cut cf any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. jind be it further enacted. That under the same direction as prescribed in the first section, the follow ing sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, to be paid out cf any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes, that is to say: For conducting water in pipes from th fountain, on square number two hundred and forty-nine, to the President's house and public oiTiccs, and the construction of reservoirs and hydrants, five thousand seven hundred dollars. For bringing water in pipes to the Capi tol, and the construction of reservoirs and hydrants, and the purchase of the rights of j individuals to the water, forty thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Public Buildings is hereby authorized and directed to contract for the purchase, delivery, and bing of Seneca flagging on the walk from the western gate to the Capitol; and for this purpose the sum of seven thousand one hundred and two dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appioprialed. Api'BOvkd Ilay 25, 1.32. No. 34. AN AC T to amend an net, entitled "An art to cnlaige the powers of the several corporations in the District of Columbia. E it enacted byihe Senate and Hon?? of RepTcscmaihC8 of the United States of Arnertcain Congress assembled. That the corporation of Washington he, And it is hereby empowered to collect, annually, the tax at the rate of one per centum, and thirteen hundredths of one per centum, on the assessed values cf the real and personal estates within the city of Washington, assessed and laid out by the fifth section of said act, or any part thereof, for the purposes and objects designated in said act, by the same officers, process, and mer.ns by which said corporation is now, or mny hereafter he, empowered to collect any other taxes; and to pav over said money, when so collected as aforesaid, to the Treasury cf the United States, in the manner, and within the times, prescribed by the acts to w hich this act is a supplement; and that, in default made by the said corporation, either in collecting; or paying over as aforesaid, that then, and in mch case, the President of the United States may proceed toexercise the powers reposed j i-i, and conferied on, him, in and by the said tilth section. shc. ,tna re i' jurtner enacted, mat the Common Council of Alexandria shall have the power to appoint one or more In spectors of Tobacco for the town of Alexandria; and the said Inspectors shall takean oath before a Justice of the Peace cf the' ; comity of Alexandria, or the Mayor cf thej ! corporation, tor t )c taUntuI discharge ot tne duties cf oflice of Inspector, a certificate of

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Common Council. And the said Common Council shall have power to pass ail necdfiU laws f ir the due and proper inspection of tobacco, ard for regulating the conduct rf the said Inspectors; and the said Com mon Ccunrd shall have the power to re move, for just cause, any Inspector, and appoint another m rn place.

Sf.c 3. And be it jurther enacted, That, Minpose ,he Intlians were generally mo-J tinned, t Gt condemned, thioughlhe pnb-1 cretary of the Treasury, under an admith.s act shall commence and be m iorce ! -n dirrctiop; bul h scerr.s no(l ,ic prc. Rec(.m developments upon nistraUon of which Mr. Clay was a protrTlnlV! V to be so, from late inttlliger.ee wc have ! the part of the Indians, show the policy minent, and as his friends boasted, a

AppRovf n Mav 25, 1832. . . From the .':: (ialtnian c f June 6. "Seat cf Jl jr " The Editor of this paper btirg Surgeon in 'be 27th rey;i. j ment of Illinois Militia, and called into by Colonel J. M Strode, procced, w it Ii a mounted - ' "'"'" ' .uu..3 uu ! command ol J. W. Stephenson, to ur iJixon s tcrty; across Hock river, in or wilder to guard despatches to Genl. Atkinson's armv. and to iecor noitre the ditfei cut groves whence Indians had. so often issued and killed many of our u.ost a luable citizctu. BeiniT present, we are a'de to state f.cts s they actually presen led themselvr On l!.' r. c st av

fort on apple r'ner, where we found

soc-iaee, in which were about one hnn rcd men. women di.c! children, defend Cil hv nnt Slonc' rnmn-..., . r i We soon reached KeHniM,' nt r,i, rear which had perished, hv ih l.i.-..r! rf- w vj ' i u v v y 4 ... ! stained hand of the ruthless bind of our avaiic foe, four of our Itllow citizens Felix St. Vrain, ?p;cni for the same tube who shed his blood, Messrs. Hale, Fowler and Uawlry. We searched for their bodies, where we had been directed by their surviving companions, but did not succeed in find iri them. We saw near the spot vety many tracks of Indian horses in the midst of those of the white; and a litt m I i o i n r o fut-ka 1 i vjiaiqiitv. i ii ii ii tif ic uiscovcrcu 2 trace where about 100 Indians had cros sed over from the Mississippi towards the main army of the enemy; about two days before which, was the time that St. Vrcin nnd his companions were kil led. We proceeded onwatd about two or three miles, when night began to ap-j proacn, ana we to iook. lor an advantageous situation to make our encampment. It being desirable to get into some p&U or small grove of limber, which wlAild lend off arrows ?r'd rifle balls, we turned off the Httfb Kidgc prairie road towards a point of timber projecting frm a large grove or. cur right When about a quarter of a mile from the road, Capt Stephenson called a halt till our spies went to examine the grove, and report w hether it would be suitable lor our en camping giound. Wbih: our boif.es were grazing about the prairie. ?n Indian on a tine horse, rode up on the rivb:e in; full view, and stood for some time count ing our numbers. Upon which several of our horsemen gave him chase for about three miles towards the woods of the Pick a-ton e ka, but could not come up wih him. By this time it began to grow dark. and the persons returned VTe all presumed he belonged to the same parly which had made the above mentioned' tr3te, and had been sent to spy and report to the main band, wno, bad thev tho't themselves strong enough, would no doubt have attacked us. Finding ;o water at the grnvc, we marched on a lew miles, came to a small creek, and there remained two hours to let our horses feed and rest. At the sound of the bugle we mounted and moved on in the midst of night, to a house owned by Mr. Chambers, where we cpuartcred through the remainder of the nigfvf'. Early the next morning we commenced cur march, passed thro' Buffalo Grove, where had recently fallen our lamented fellow citizen, Wro. Duriey, by a band of Indians, and alter viewing his rude j tomb, we hurried our march till we reached Dixon's ferry. We visited General Atkinson's head quarters, learned that on ihz evening belore he had received per express, a letter from Gov. Reynolds, stating that the whole army under Gen Whiteside, had turned iheir course down to the mouth of Fox river of the Illinois, and were thereto bt disbanded; that Gctd. A. on learning this, had spared no time, but had prucceded to the spot vih his stall offi cers, and a few other men, amounting to about 15 in all. About 12 o'clock, M. of the same day, 4 men came thro' from Gen. Whiteside's army, and stated that they had been chased by about 30" Indians on horseback, a distance of several miles. To the superiority of their horses may be attributed their escape from their merciless pursuers. They had not more than got out of sight of the Indians, when they saw at some considerable distance in the praiiie, General Atl;:IlS0I1 and ,ctinue, going in the direction of tl.'u band of Indians, but being so far off. they did not think it prudent to delay long enough to ride to inform them of their danger. Circumstances render it very certain, that den. A must have fallen in with those Indians; hence his fate is extremely doubtful. We understand that it was the intention of Gen. A. to change his head quarters to the mcuth of Fox river. This change we suppose was thought advisable on account of the late massacre among some families in that quarter. (ieneral had reason, no doubt, fo received from the north and east. The I main army of the enmv is now moving j towards the l our lmes, ami causes tficat alarm among all the inhabitants j throughout the mining part 0f the territorv as well as at this place. Tns War. W e have nothing of imj portancc, (says tlie Vandalis Whig ol June 13,) relative to the Indian ;nva?ion, to add to the statements made in our last cut. her. Since the disbsnding of the armv, the liscotitented tribes, so far as we have heaid, l.ave reniained compara tively quiet very little is known of their ir.ovf mcr.t. It is reported, however, rue iL-v no? know unou what autV.oritv Al . that a f.:mi!y of nine persons living upon . . - - - r - ---JIM: t'c KaUieakee, a brain n ot the lilmou w e tu'itdtred since Ibe return of the'

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: ... ....iMLynprouu io ueionp io tnc j adjusted, would pne rise to unpleasant Kickapoo tribe. Another rcpott says, ond dangerous collisions between the sethat two your men, passing with a ; vetal States snd the percra! coTcrr.ment.

...u.i. ... Lame :tom me icmuis on iowants Indiana, w ere waylaid and killed but a short time since, by a party, pro bau.y ot the same Indian. Vc should be glad to have it in our povcr to say that these repotts were untiuc; perhaps they ate so. but yet they are too similar io what is ttuc of Indian vva.faie f,ere - raby to be very doubtful. Parties of the

fvicKapoos. we are very correctl; inform-j lands, fcr a moderate compensation, o ed, have been strobing i-bout lor some ! the several States. The subject bating lime past, with apparent unconcern, in I been referred to the commitite tn rrar.uthe country around the head waters ol factures, cf which Mr Clay is a rvli-.g the Illinois, professing friendship, and! member, he has reported that it is ir.txpretendxng to be retreating from tbc ' pedicnt cbher to reduce the price c! the scene of the war. Too bitle reliance ; public lands, or to cede tl. em to the r.cw cannot be placed upen such pretentions! Stale?: and has returned with rh re-crf.

at this time Indians never forget their! cunninj; our citi.co3 should be cautious of tius'ing ! their professions in whate ver hape they come. Since the above was in type, we haver been favoured w it h a letter, which Ve give below, from a gentleman of this place now ergDged in the expedition The initb'g'iice is several das Uler than that leccived from any other soui ce: Rock Isiaxd. June 4. "I hasten to inform you, that theVwo young ladies who were taken by the Indians at the mouth cf Indian Creek, have bten purchased by Generals Dodge and Gratiot, who hae paid 32.('0'J for them. The negotiation W3S made with the Sauksby the Winn? bagocs, by whom the goods were paid and the young women brought in. Those released persons stale that the bands with which they were, amounted to about 500, and that they were forted in a large swamp ' The Volunteers The call of the Governor (stivs the same paper) for 3000 j more men, as far as we can loam, has j been very promptly obeyed, in every county upon vTiich a requisitionwus J made, lirtoie this time tre lust compliment, it is presumed, and even mure (for several companies increased in number upon almost every day's tn ;rch) have assembled at the points of rendezvous Some li'tle time must be spent in organization; yet we may soon expect to hear that effective operations arc com menccd The troops which passed this place, if an opportunity be given them to act according to their will and ability, will haidty remain long in the field without effecting something towards bring ing this troublesome business to a close. Wc are informed by Gov. Reynolds that he has received an exprcss-from 1 -V l ft . - - - Col. Strode, of Galena, in which it is stated that the young ladies captured hy the Indians on Fox river had been ran somed by the Winnebages. The Governor does not place the strictest reliance on the report, for there is no othei than Indian auihoiity for the rumor. His Excellency has also received intelligence that the Sac Indinns on the west Ride of the Mississippi arc making canoes above Cassvil'e, no doubt to enable them to cross the river to aid the disaffected of their tribe. ,

The Governor is now on the war tolbcatin? back the sweJlinir tide ct tmi

Ottawa, to see the situation of the fron fgration which has been rushing frcra tier, and ta report the militia in the field j every quarter ol the Urion. T cheapon the requisition of tiie United Stales,' on ab;r to reduce the poorer ard r. ore

to Gen. Atkinson. Col. Strode reports the mining country os in a safe condition, and states it t be fortified in such a manner as to bid defiance to the Indians. j,iUon Spectator of June 3. A canoe containing four Indians pas-j sed this place last evening on their wav to Saint Louis. They state that Bhck Hawk has effected a union with five tribs, and that he feels confident of be-; ing able to withstand the utmost efforts of the whiles, 76. m , . The War Department, seme time since, foreseeing the danger to which the frontiers would be exposed in the event of a hostile movement upon the part ol the Sacs and Fox Indians, ordered the troops vaiicntd at Sacketts Harbour, to Fort Niagara, and those at the latter place to Chiccgo. The expediencyof this meaiure, at the time, was r ot only quesI of the measure, and a perfect know lecge i cf the Indian character, by the able head of the War Department. I U'aihir.gton Ghbe. THE PUBLIC LANDS. The disposition which should be m?de of the national domain, alter the extin- ' guishment ol the public debt, has been! lor ron.e years a perplexing subject ol controversy. Several of the new States bvvt in various way, eimess'd a conthat the waste, unsettled buds, .KfM.t.i noon rea on&ble terms, be ced'd to the respective1, -.i-.. i i i in -i States w uniu tv nose iitnns inev ted. A atror,: wh, almost a fixed - dc - - ' ttrminat'u'Ut mar.ifettcd by them, to.-tax or otherwise assert their sovereignty over these lands, awakened apprchen-

VOL. 2XI2I. 210. 0 ions that the miroir-n .. . ' , Li.. -'v.v l ne necessity oi ctin promptly end ii ! the spirit of conciliation upon the claim j thus agitated, did not escape the anxicus vigilance cf the j resent arirr ir istra'ton. Accordirply, a luminous end powciful report u-s presented by the Secretary of the Treasurv. at ihr ermine rl il,i - session of Congress, reccn mending, in j the strongest terms, a cession of those a bill providing for the distribution cf the sales of these lards, among the se veral States, for purposes oi internal irn provemcnt, education, Etc. T!-is course is chaiactcristic of Mr. Clay. It was a measure of Gen. Jackst n's administration to oppose it rigorously and heedlessly was, therefore, with Mr. Clay, a matter ot inttinct. It was calculated to quell the rising discontcn: of the western people; its defeat was therefore essential to the advancement of the schemes of agitation and dismemberment, which he is prosecuting in concert with the southern nrjllifiers. f Hut there were other considerations equally powerful, which operated upon Mr Clay, and no doubt exerted a controlling influence ever hi cend'jet in relation to the public lands. '1 here has been for many years and is at this moment, a class of ambitious politicians in the North and East, who have ever betrayed a jealousy cf the growing prosperity and power of the West Their votes will tfs'ify that thej have never ceased to regard her as a rival, whose grow th was to be crippled ard retarded by every means ad'bin the reach of fedcral legislation. At this moment, when the sceptre o empire, in dopr.e o; all their exertions, is :apidly crossing the mountains, this sentiment ol jt alousy is probably fell with moe birterress 2nd intensity thrn at sny foimcr periodThe favourite expedient for the prr moj tion of their designs, has been to embar rass the sates of the public lar:s, end thus discourage and check as far us possible, the tide of emigration, by which the valley of the Mississippi has been populated. This scheme, as shown by the report before us, has not been abandoned as impracticable, but is in cctive prosecution under the auspices of Mr. Clay. Though a son ol the Wts', like the prophets of old, he has r.o popularity in his own country -it has cast I im off as ''a bustaid and unlineal son." His ambition, therefore, dictates to him to combine with its enemies in stintir g its growth, arel shearing it of its political power. His brethien by adoption, his down east" allies of blue light and Hartford Convention n en.ory, to whom he looks for future elevation, require the sacrifice a! his hands, and he appears to have gloried in making it To lessen the political strength of the West is not the only object aimed at, in dependant classes to a state of Vill age, has long been a cheiishtd project with the manufaciurers of the North In u success they saw the accomplishment of all their speculations the realization of all the gtlden dreams of avarice But while the vast domain of the nation was spread before the re era while its fertility invited and repaid their toils, arid the gnvernn.cn; cheated them on to build up hon.es acd fortunes for themsehes ?nd tneir fami.ie, in this j happy region, it was well known io thrse j monopolists, that they could not retain i them cabined and cribbed in their manu- ' factories, where nothing but rags and slavery awaited their labours, however constant or well directed Hnee, to maintain a dense, impoverished, spirit less population, in the manufacturing Stages, by raising every obstacle to emij gration, has been ingrafted upon tho American System, as cne of its best setlieu prinupies. Jir. jtusn, wnne oc leadir tr member, recommended to Con gress, as a measure essential to the promotion of the manufacturing interests, that no additional facilities for emigration should be afforded, but that cvtry expedient within the scope of legislation should be resorted to, in ordei to retain around the factories the dense popula tion of the northern States. These were unqucauouau-v mc scmimtrus oi ur. Clay in opposing a reduction ot ih price of the public lands, he is openly acting upon them; sacrificing, as he is ; ever nrepartd to do, the honest, h:gnhearted yeomanry of the niticn wim ti.f ir ! i r thi rrm"trr rii turi-.--...v-t . . Uity of a few pampertd n.oncpolista ct the North. That debasing ir-Guenreof this kind gevems him, is discotcred with fcbun-