Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 47, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 2 December 1826 — Page 1

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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume II. LAWRENCEBtJRGIl, INDIANA; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1826. Number 47.

PRLXTED J1XD PUBLISHED BY J S PRATER. D V i ULLFr,Uf co. On every Saturday Morning.

JWTES O.Y KENTUCKY Section 6. It has been noticed (Sec. 4) that Gen. Clark had procured a supply of ammuni tion from Virginia, and that some arrangements with the Executive of that state had been made for an expedition against the enemy on the waters of the Mississippi, the ensuing Spring. To effect this object, a regiment of State troops were, at the succeeding session, ordered to be raised, and the command ijiven to Gen. Clark, who descended the O iio River in the Spring of the year 1773,. with about 150 men, all that he had been abla to enlis; and early in Juno sent expresses to Harrodsburg, requesting his friends and acquaintances in Kentucky to raise as many as possible and immediately join him at the Falls. The whole number from Kentucky did not exceed eighty ; so that the force mustered on the island at the Falls on the 21th day of June did not exceed 230 men. About 10 oVIoc!: on the 21th day of June, 1773, whilst the sun was totally eclipsed, Clark and hi little army passed thr ugh the fall of the Ohio, and. on the evening of the 23th landed at a creek about three leagues below Tennessee lliver, and a little above Massac, and by sun rise on the morning of the 2i)th took up the line of March for Kaskaskia. They had with them no horse or other four footed animal; each man both officers ami soldiers, carried his own baggag1, arms, and ammunition, on his back their clothing consisted in a shirt, breech cloth, leggins, and mocasins; and their arms a rifle, tomahawk, and large knife. The pretended guides who undertook to pilot the army through the woods, proved to be entirely unacquainted with the country, until they approached the town; the calculation was that, from the place of landing, they couM reach the town of Kaskaskia in four days, hut it took them six; having provisions for only four, most of the men were entin-ly without for nenrly the two I:it days. About darky on the fourth of July, this little arm crossed Kaskaskia creek half a mile above the town, and without the inha i'ais havb g any intimation that any such enterprize was on foot or ever contemplated. Tney lay by, and entered the town about midnight, undiscovered, took the Governor (llchblave) in his bed, got from him the keys of the magazine, and took also the entire possession of. the Artillery, before the least alarm was given, and before a single inhabitant knew they were there, except about half a d Z'Ti whom they took up in the streets, and nut immediately under guard, and thereby prevented the alarm being given. The inhabitants were all disarmed before day, and their arms secured in the fort: and to oblige ever' one to deliver up his arms, an order was issued, that anv inhabitant on whom be found after a few hou " n n.ed.H of . e n & il rni J i . J i .

previous to the delivering thpm bnly about one hundred soldiers. "the inhabitants look the oath of allegi-j . 4Gen;J FlaI ua a sfe ,lhor" m ,thre t h. Qit nf Virmnin. anH tvrJslde ot G,)V- Hamilton; he therefore left

enrolled as militia of that Siate undcr suitable officers appointed for that pur pose. Ten or twelve ofthe citizens who were consiueieu .w... mi, "u.r, u,m-u i l i . ; j the next m rrni g. When brought for that 0'irpose, they asked to see the commander when G n. Clark was pointm it to them., thev appeared to be much confuted; and although they were v ' v 7 . II i i .,fF..,rl t in lmna rlio not remaitii Hift nnt rpmrnn iai .v. ........ lnnT mi' hffore the General ordered them off again. The. inhabitants furnished the. troops plentifully with provisions, together with horses to carry a detachment to Coho, on the credit of the State of Virginia, and declared themselves well satisfied with the change that had taken place. It was estimated that there were in the town at least fourhundred men who were - furnished with arms. Kaskaskia was a handsome village, and contained a considerable number ofj very decent respectable inhabitants, both male and female, extremely polite and agreeable; they were principally French. On the morning of the 5th of July, , 1773, Capt. Joseph Bowman, an active isrilaut officer, was detached with . party of men on horseback to take Coho, ;avillage,said to be about twenty leagues from Kaskaskia; they arrived at the vil

.age the same evening, and before infoHand conceal themselves, and when

mation had reached it of the fate of Kaskaskia, or of there being an enem) in the country; Coho was, therefore taken in the very same manner that Kaskaskia had been the night before, without tin knowledge of a single individual that an enem) approached them, until they were in possession of their town. The inhabitants of Coho, like those of Kaskaskia, immediately took the oath of allegiance to the State of Virginia, and claimed the protection of the Government. As soon as it was known to the tribes of Indians in the vicinit) of Kaskaskia, that Gen. Clark was in quiet possession

of that place, several ot their Chiet paid him a visit, and tendered him the right hand of friendship, which he recip rocated; so that, in a verv short time, there was peace and submission through out that entire section ot country. Matters being arranged at Kaskaskia, Gen. Clark paid a visit to Coho, where he met Battisse, who, it seems, was an I.idian Chief, (but it does not appear of what nation) also some of the Chiels of the Socks; their object appears to have been to settle some diilerence between their respective nations. Gen. Clark attended the conferences of tiie Chiels Battisse first rose, and made a speech, giving the history ot his fathers and ot the Socks, for many hundreds of years back, showing how their wars had wasted away both nations, &c. Tne Smk Chief lose, and in his speech, confirmed all that Battisse had said, took the Blue Belt and confirmed a treaty of peace to continue as long as trees grow or waters run. At Post St. Vincennes, sometimes called O Post, and sometiesSt. Vincennes, and which was situated on the bank of the Wabash, when Clark took Kaskaskia, there was a British Lieutenant with a few troops, who immediately on hearing of Clark's success and movements, abandoned the place and went to Detroit; of which foci Clark was shortly after apprised by one of the Indian spies. To influence the people of St. Vincennes in favor ot the Government of Virginia, Father Gibenux, a popular priest, and Doctor Lefong were engaged to visit that place to prepare them for a quiet, peaceable submission, which the) in a very short time effected. As soon as Gen. Clark was informed of this fact, he sent Capt. Leonard Helm to that place as a civil Governor and commandant of the militia. Capt. Helm had noi long the honor of his appointment, before Go. Hamilton, of Detroit, with five hundred British, Canadians and Indians, descended the Wabash to St. Vincennes, and disrobed Capt. Helm of all his new made honors, and held him a prisoner of war. 1 his lorce, under Gov. Hamilton, set cut from Detroit with the purpose ofattacking Clark at Kaskaskia, but on their way, hearing that St. Vincennes was in possession of Helm, together with the lateness of the season and difficulty of marching, by land, and taking with

them the necessary baggage, he changed; acquainted with the town, to endeavor the determination to 'St. Vincemu sJto get admittance as a friend, under the

- fV lock hnni-jGonsidering himself entirely safe for the! pretence of giving information of Clark's ir lfihoiiMfrrwintcr Gov Hamilton discharged all hisjaPPronch 5 n succeeded, and informed ,ns'. (;ilnjn ? ; Indians, and sent his white forces backthe Governor before whom he was im-

Detroit, to remain until wanted, keepno means unessayed to get him under his no means unessayed to irei mm unaer nisi control. Among the inducements held out to the civilized part ofthe inhabitants, was a reward of $30,000 to anyi'1.1 uciisuuui iiui&uus wiuj wouiu piaco vi.iriv! tr. ... ' , f in ma uuncii lie usL i:ii".iiii:u war-; riors to way lay and take Gen. Clark on his wav between Kaskaskia and Coho. The plan was laid by Hamilton himself,; land vvas as follows. Eight ofthe party I nropfi f r r-iriffifil t r nricol f tie nr)'i p f lin rni 11 i .ii .i . .t a sm:i11 ml1, w hilst the re mainder were to lie a little bevonu the

top of the hill, and to join them immedi-j certainly give the information agreed on. ately on the approach of the general, soiNothing having been heard from the

as to enclose him, and any small partvjCanadian, early the next morning Clark

that might accompany him. This party A nf tlr ?"-iv tli flu r !- I ii'nc a T A A 4 L . I . I I 4 I . ' io pass, out noi wie nour, auu iron, loe promptitude of his movements, he arriv ed at the place of ambuscade earlier than was expected, with twelve men who dis covered the eight Indians, and routed them before they had time to give the ignal to those beyond the hill, who were also unprepared for the attack. Another project to entrap the General was attempted by a party Vafsavan Indians. They came to Coho under the pretence ofa friendly visit to the general, and laid a plot to take him and his escort prisoners in the fort; to effect which thirty or forty were to go in the fort after dark, and before tb gnte was closed,

certain signal was given by those withoufj

the fort they were to open the gate and let in the. whole party, who were en a . t rwcamped near tne town. 1 he project was defeated by the vigilance of the guard, who, when they attempted to en ter the fort gate, challenged them, and

they for fear of being identified, ran giljand military stores, for Vincennes. Im

io the camp. After the General returned to Kaskas kia, fron Coho, whilst standing by the side ofa garden fence, conversing with an officer, an arrow shot from a how with great force passed between them, a party of men were ordered to surround thf square, and examine every house or other suspected place for the per?on who shot the arrow ; diligent search was madcbut without elfect. As soon as Gen. Clark understood that Gov. Hamilton had taken St. Vincennes and discharged all his men except about i i ii 1.1 i. i-i one nunureu, ne neiorminec to dislodge him before he obtained a reinforcement, which he knew was intended as soon as the winter was so far gone as to make it practicable for them to come from De troit. Although it was in the middle of the winter the waters were not frozen, and the season was very wet; he, there fore manned a boat with upwards of 40 men, with a piece of cannon, with directions to descend the Mississippi, and as cend the Ohio and Wabash rivers and meet him at a point a little below Vincennes. i ne uenerai men, with about one hundred, marched acro:s bv land from Kaskaskia to St. Vincennes; a great part of the way was covered with wale-, and many places more than knee deep. They arrived on the Wabash at the time appointed, late in the evening, hut there was no appearance of the boat. Knowing that he was undiscovered, and that delay would jeopardise success, he determined to attack the town that right ind not attempt to wait for the arrival of ins artillery. He therefore marched his men up, and so placed thorn as to be able to shoot into the bastions and port runes, and so near as to kill or wound owrrv sentinel if he attempted to show himself above the works or at a port hole. As soon as he got his men placed, a tremendous fire commenced, and so ef ficient was the attack, and so many ofj the sentinels wounded, tlat they cculd not be kept at their posts. When the first tire was given, Governor Hamilton, Capt. Helm, and several other gentlemen, were seated at a came of Whist, (of which Helm was remarkably fond;) the instant he heard the fire he jumped to his feet and exclaimed aloud. "Bv G d that's Clark." Finding that there was no probability of getting possession of the town that night, ho drew off his men to where they could encamp comfortably, leaving as many as would keep the town on the watch during the night. In the course of the night, Clark procured a trusty Canadian, who was well mediately taken, that it was not the intention of Clark to have made the attack .i II I a !il - ! I nun smau arms, mn mm cannon, wmcit wa. on hc way nP the river, and was

have met him there that evening, and;that t!le fenders may he brought to

"" 1 nu.. had not arrived, but was confidently ex-

Pcted the next day, witn an addition o."'J -. -J - ms : r.iaiiy

or sixf more men- 1 hl3 "formaUntnn on the snirit r ....v. of the whole town r i the Canadian was immediately ordered into the guard house, to be carefully watcnea. It was an understanding between the io nil not obtain admittance, that he was to re turn; but if he could, then he would as soon as it was light, paraded his men on the side of a small eminence, within cannon shot of the fort, and so marched and countermarched them as to expose them to the view ofthe people ofthe fort, only as thev marched one way, in order that their number should appear to be double what they really were; he also exhibited the appearance ofa can non, and of planting it on the top ofthe rise from whence the fort could be bat tered. About 10 o'clock nil motion tensed and Clark sent a flag demanding the surren derofthe fort forthwith. Three flag passed before the terms were agreed on, when Hamilton surrendered to Clark a garrison well furnished with every thing anecc?:ary for its defence, including a

greater number of efficient men than

were opposed to him. In a very few days after the surrender of Vincennes, Clark received notice that a Mr. De Jean was descending the Wabash from Detroit, with eight or ten boats, in which were clothing, money, mediatelv on receiving this information, Clark despatched Helm with a party to intercept. the flotilla. Helm so managed as to rorno on De Jean and his party in the night, encamped on the bank of the river surprised and took the whole consisting of eighty-five me, and everv thing in their possession, and returned to Vincennes without the fire ofa gun. The principal oilier rs taken prisoners on this expedition were sent to Williams burgh in Virginia, by the wav of Har rodsburg, especiall governor Hamilton Mr. De Jean and Major Koihblav c i" in- i governor oi r.asiern Illinois, under British authority, and who had in his possession when taken 13,000 worth o British goods, to" trade with the Indians Kentucky Gazette. In obedience to the Governor's Proc lamations several men have at last beei apprehended as acc essaries to the carrying off of Capt. Morgan. The lodge at Canandaigua have also suspended them from their communion. This is well. Let thv people keep an eye on thisaffaii no one should be screened stem jus tice must be done. Geneva (J. i.) Gaz. MORU ABOUT CATTAIN MORG VN. Frcm the Canandaigua Repository. After our paper was made up, we rc reived a second Proclamation, by the Governor, relative to the case of .Morgan A( c mpaining it, is the following letter addressed to the committee in behalf of the citizens of Genesee county. A LB AN V, 2Gth October 1S2G. Gentlemen: Understanding that Wm. Morgan is still missing, I have thought it advisable to issue the enclosed proclamation olferii g further rewards w hich yon vi please to see puhllsliod in the newspapers ot your and the neighboring counties, and in handbills if you conceive it advisable, the expense of which I will defray. I will thank you for further advice as in your opinion may lead to a full dcvelopement of these outrageous proceedings which have occurred in your countyI am very respectfully, your most obedient servant. DE WITT CLINTON. Theodore L Talbot, and others. PROCLAMATION, Bv DE WITT CLLVTOJW Governor OF TIIE STATE OF NEW YORK. JVhn ens It has been represented to me, that William Morgan, who was unlawfully conveyed from the jail ofthe county of Ontario sometime in the month of September last has not been found, and that it might have a beneficial effect in restoring him to his family, and in promoting the detection and punishment ofthe perpetrators of this violent outrage if, in addition to the proceedings hereto fore adopted by me, a proclamation wa li:siiril rtlKrinnr i crvni(i nk ir -i rl lfPic-k "s -r - " Purposes: Now, I herelore, m order; o - condign punishment, and the violated vindicated,! do hereby offer, in addition to the assurancesof compensation hcretoforeciven, a reward of S300 for the cover v of the offender?, and a reward of $100 iorthediscoveryofanvfccverr one

of them, to be paid on conviction: anditneone weighing a potird and the other

also a further reward of s200 for au thentic information ot the nlace where the said William Morgan has been con-' veyed; and I do enjoiu it upon all

iff, Magistrates and other ofticers nndUs lavor when Io! and behold! all of a ministers of iustice to be vigilant and sudden' the bi& b:l11 shot ahead of ,ho

ictive in th discbarge of their duties on this occasion. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name and the privy seal, at the city of Albany, this twenty-sixth day of October, A. D. 1G2G. DE WITT CLINTON. Our Trade rcith Jkxice. We were correct on Thursday, says the Philadel phia Gazette, when we stated that the brig Delight had been "confiscated by some ofthe Mexican authorities, it thus appears by the following extract from the letter of the Supercargo, the original of which has been politely leaned to us. "Sisal, Oct. llth, 1C2C Before you rcceivethis, I presumeyou will have seen my letter of the 27th ult. communicating the scizvrs ofthe brij Uehght, mconse

quenceof the want of the Mexican Corp sul's certificates to the invoices. After the seizure of the Desdemona,! heard the decree of the Jucz dc la primera imtancia, which stated "That the cargo of the brig Delight from Philadelphia', was confiscated for not having the invoices certified by the Me xican Consul' I immediately appealed to the Juez de la scgunda instancia, but as yet he has not given his decree, it will take nine days before he will. Should he coincide with the first decres-, I will appeal to the Jucz de la terccra instancing and if he also coincide?, 1 will send the papers to Mt x

ico. It will, wc presume, not be necessary to prosecute the subject anv further at present, as we understand the gentleman who visited Washington to lay the facts before the Cabinet, has returned with a packet directed to Mi . Puinx lU Minister to Mexico, and which is- understood to contain positive iitructior.s per cmptorily to demand the immediate restoration ofthe cargo. A'at. In!, Lewistow?;, Pa. Nov. 4 Serious A (Tair. 0 Tuesda evening" last, (it beii g Hallow Lve,; six or eight young men had assembled in their neigh horhood, to enjoj the customs of the ancient olnfTvanrp ofthe evening. The went to the house of Hugh M Donald, on Licking creek, in Tuscarora valley in this county; and it is said amoved him' in some degree. 10 intimidate, and drive them off his premises, it is under' stood he fired his gan in the air. They not feeling apprehensive of danger, spoke regardless ot his threats to shoot them' and at the distance of about sixty yards he discharged his gun, and shot a young man by the name of Phillips, the bullet entering his back near one shoulder, and it is supposed lodging in the other. Tnesurgeons have been unable to extract' the ball, or discover certaii ly where it les. e have not heard the particulars of this unfortunate affair, nor have we been informed whether the wound is considered dangerous or not. Ea?lco Reaping, Pa. Nov. 7. ; Something Slrayige. On the 2Gth o' ast September, an atrocious murder was committed in Richmond township in thU county, by thomas Dum, on the body of John Fry. A coroners inquest was ldd over the body ofthe latter, and the verdict was wilful murder. Dum tied from justice, and was repeatedly seer? Kuiking anout the neighborhood, wel? armed, and determined not to be takeralive. We have been informed, that some time since, some persons having seen him go to his house in the evening a posse of about a dozn, met with a view of apprehending him; that on proceedingto his house and looking in at the. window, they discovered him in a room di scoursing with another person, armed with a double barrelled gun, a pair of pistols, and a large knife; that on consulting together, they deemed it a very hazardous undertaking, and that inasmuch as there had been no reward offered for his apprehension, it would bo folly for them to risk their lives for nothing in an attempt to take him, and accordingly gave over the design. Dum has sinca '."-;i,.rt il, nP;lhnrl,n.l H , sing through Mount Carbon, with bag and baggage, in company with another' person . Ch ron iclc. . ,?, Mount fcarhnn. with k. Falling Bodies. A new leaf is turner

dis-'over in tne philosophy of falling bodies

e are informed in a late paper th-,t lwo baI,s tne same shape and density an ounce, being dropped, ?imultaneouslv. trom the belfry ot a meeting house the little hall went ahead of the big one for

Sher-!some tlme ancI letting three to one m

little one, and came to the ground first It is not a little puzzling to philosophers how the little ball came to get the advantage in the first part ofthe distance, ing once got the advantage it did not maintain it throughout. But alas! for the short-sightedness of philosophers! A member of a jockey club could solve the difficulty in the snapping ofa whip. He would tell you at once. in jockey phrase, that the big ball overtook the little one, and finally won tbti race, solely by its superior bottom. Birkshire Am. Mr. William Le Barron has contracted to build the Aqueduct for the PennV svlvania Canal, over the Allegheny river above the mouth of the Kishkemmita, about 40 mile? from Pittsburgh, for thf sum of 70,000w