Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 20, Madison, Jefferson County, 10 May 1817 — Page 3

itcfrom the South Ses Captain Fanning, of the shirt Junteer, who arrived at this ft yesterday, informs, that Jlcon his voyage in the.PacN Pecan, 'having her crew much feted with the scurvy, was oed to put into the port of Copba for refreshments. On . Fanning landing, he and 'boat's crew were made prisonCaptain F. was immediatemarched to prison, and conli in a place 10 by 51-2 feet lire, with a hole 8 by 10 hes, called a window, to adthe air, and this nearly choakhin with massy bars of iron, I infested with three kinds of most obnoxious vermin. The was taken possession of by rmed force, his sails, powder arms taken on shore, and afS a month' detention, during ch time the crew were robbed h of their wearing apparel, I treated in the most unfeeling cruel manner, the ship was ased by v an order from the rain general of Chili to thegoor of Coquimbo, and direct-. ;o put to sea, and forbidden approach again within ten Vies of the coast. )n regaining his liberty capt. ping entered into acorresponce with the governor, rem on -ting, -in a spirited manner, (nst the treatment he had reed, 2nd demanded to know Jcause why a citizen of iheU. ies, who had put into his port succor, should have been thus sed. Hie goyernor finally' invited i to a conference, and apoloM for his acts by -saying that V had strong suspicions tint I Americans were disposed to jt the present oppesers of the Sent government of Chili. )? (and the other false subterfuthe governor stated, obligm to treat us in this man-

!apt. F. saw at Conqulmbo Je boats, and drv works, ch he was informed by one of guard belonged to an Amerif whaling vessel which had condemned there. lr. Havel' the consul general jhe United States at St. Jago, jcapitol, was arrested by the Jrnor of Chili, and sent as a ! prisoner to the island of Ju?ernandez. Capt. F. afterJs saw and conversed with 1 Smith, of the Albatross, Sc. f Guvslcr, of the schooner i, both of whom had been 12 prisoners on the coast of ko, and the latter after three ths detention, being robbed is provisions, was ordered i Captain Smith left his ship 'off and at the mouth cf the Vr, and entered it with his

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1 v,v rumeuiatcly made prisoners, "aiv Jirected to write to the o3Icer en board the ship to bring her

in. captain b. suspecting there wai no one present who could rc;:d English, wrote the note in ; ch he informed the mate of jtuation, directed him to send ift of clothes in a small trunk, ; put to sea and remain with Ship at a certain island. The

niaie . acted accordingly. r Capt. Smith remained a prisoner several weeks, and was on his way to join his ship when Captain F. saw him. new-York, April 11. Trm Havana, A gentleman passenger in the Braganza, 10 days from Havana, informs us that a few days before he sailed the crew of a dutch ship arrived there in an open boat, who stated they, had been captured off the Moro, by a carthagenian , privateer, plundered of about 10,000 dollars in specie" and 60,000 dollars worth of dry goods. The crew were then set adrift in the long boat, and the ship set on' fire. The Dutch captain was robbed of his wearing apparel, and otherwise treated with great cruelty. The privateer afterwards shaped her course for the Isle of Pines.' Our informant adds that the waters in the vicinity of Havana swarm with picaroons, composed of motley crews of all nations, professing and calling themselves Spanish Patriots. The privateer brig, commanded by capt. Jewett, (formerly the

True Blooded Yankee) had recently been off Havana, and it was understood had proceeded on a cruise off Cadiz. Early in March the squadron under com. Taylor captured, off Havana, 3 Spanish Guineamen, one of which had on board a large quantity of gold dust. Kingston Jam. ) March 17. Recent advices from Cumana state, that gen. Marino, with an independent force, had taken that town on the sixth ult. after a loss of between four and five hundred men. Before the attack, Marino sent in a flag of truce to the royal, garrison, stating that if

they would surrender, they should be treated as prisoners of war, and allowed four hours for an answer. Gen. Prado said the answer did not require four minutes consideration, and that they would not surrender. The attack, upon receiving this reply, immediately commenced: when, after a severe contest, the independents became victorious, and gained possession of the town. From 700 to 1000 European troops then retired into the fort, which was assaulted, and the whole of them were put to the sword ! The royal force, in shipping, consisting of nine brigs and schooners, had put into Laguira. The brig Correo, from St. Jago de Cuba to Laguira, was still detained by the royalists, and rerefused to be given up . to the Brazen sloop of war, capt.. Sterling, which had been at Laguira from Barbadoes. Courant.

and taken possession by the government. The Privateer True Blooded Yankee, Jewett, . had sent into Port-au-Prince the schooner Mary of New York, owned by a Mr. Strong, on board. Captain Jewett had relinquished his claim to the Mary, but the government had seized and taken possession of her. A large privateer schooner commanded by champlin, had touched at Port-au-Prince Jfor supplies where she remained four days. The government were about to seize the schooner, when capt. Champlin ordered his men to quarters, and threatened to sink the first vessel, great or small, that attempted to come along side with an officer from the govern-

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MADISON,

Saturday, May 10, 1817.

We are happy to learn from a source, that may be relied on, that the Hon. William Hendricks is a candidate to represent this state in the congress of the United States, at the ensuing election. From a multitude of correspondents in the different counties, we have no doubt of his being elected, should he have an opponent ; but we have not, as yet, heard of any. ; Indiana, Gazette. CONNECTICUT ELECTION. From the returns that are published from 97 towns, ,Mr. WoU xott has 12,180 votes and Mr. Smith 1 1,248 : majority for Wolcott 882, who will probably be elected. There are only 25 towns to be heard from. Mr. Wolcott is one of those politicians, who were dissatisfied with the violence of the opposition during the war. He, at that time left the ranks of the Federal party; or, it may perhaps with more propriety be said, he was driven from them by the rancorous aubuse of some of the leading federal prints. To thi3 circumstance may be attributed the present revolution in the politics of the land of steady habits. Cin.Gaz.

the shipments and transportation of merchandize up the river. The exer.tions now making at Philadelphia and Baltimore to facilitate the .transportation of : goods, and to lessen the expense, arise from the idea of New, Orleans becoming the successful rival of those places in the benefits of the trade of the western country, and we may reasonably expect that New Orleans will not be disposed to yield " the palm for want of corresponding exertions. ;' : :;: : ' W. Spy. ; A NEW TERRITORY. By an act of congress passed March 3d, the residue of the Mississippi territory (now a state has been cut off) is established as a territorial government, by the name of Alabama, and the town of St. Stephens declared the metropolis, until altered by the territorial legislature. The bounds of the new teiritory are asfolr lows viz: Beginning at a point where the line of the 31st degree of north latitude intersects the Perdido river; thence cast to the western boundary line of the state of Georgia ; thence along said line to the southern boundaryline of the state of Tennessee; thence west along said boundary line to theTennesee river; thence up the same to the mouth of Bear creek; thence by a direct line to the N. W. corner of Washington county ; thence due south to the .Gulf of Mexico; thence eastwardly, including all the island? within six leagues of the shore to the Perdido river, and thence

up the same to the beginning.

COMMUNICATED. HYMENEAL.

"Oh happy state when souls each other draw, "When love is liberty, and nature law." MARRIED—On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Woodfield, Mr. William Minion, of this town, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Mary O'Loughly, of Madison township.

Last Notice. ALL persons indebted to thesubscriber, by note or book account, due on the first of May, will do well to avail themselves of this notice. THOS. BOICOURT. May 7, 1817. 20—3W

New Vork, April 5. By the arrival yesterday morning of the ship Sachem, in 1 1 days from Port-au-Prince, we learn that the '; privateer Cicei, Ford, formerly the Ant, of Baltimore, had been seized together with her three prizes, by Pet ion, and it. , is expected they would all be condemned. A large amount of specie was found on board the privateer,

We learn from Pittsburgh that the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Transporting Company is formed. It is expected the passage of goods from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh will not, after the r company is completely formed and organized require more than seven days arid that the price cf carriage will be much reduced- We per-, ceive from the papers, that Baltimore has also taken the subject into consideration, it is probable that a similar company will be formed at that place to expedite the transportation of goods to the westward. Competition is the very life of business ; we may now expect greater attention and more exertions at N. Orleans in

JOSEPH WILSON, TAILOR, . RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Madison, anil its vicinity, that he has commenced the above business in the house formerly occupied by Mr.. Lawrence Toole, nearly opposite Wm. Robinson's Carding Ma-' chine ; where he hopes by his attention ' to business, to merit a share of public patronage.. All orders in bis line of business will be thankfully received, and punctually attended to ; his work shall.be done in the neatest and mose permanent manner.. May, 5th, 1817. so -r-.,'