Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 September 1807 — Page 2

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The rapitul i:ion of the fortrefs of Ne-

ifs 3 announced us often!.

or'j';, J,,!y 18. TOME RE PALLIATION

foreign a Tors datect Siftcm, itav 6, an-ltennant commandant, ndfifuiff hinuhat lie

nouncingthe retreat of thr Ruflmit from coppied tlxMame for his informition, in cafe Giiudtow Towards Rucharrft on the 22d of he Ihould think proper t lay the aniwer beApril, and tint on the filth of May they fore hit government. wrc evacuating Burhareft Wallacbia to repair to Moldavia. On the fide of lfmail Humours of peace in F.urop:, the Tuiks followed, and attacked the Kuf- Extract of a letter from Capt. Stcvenfon, liassl llOOoftlieni were killed, 9oo tikei, of the Ihip Erin, d ited at pouliac, May with n part of their baggage and artillery. A few days fince I fpoke a Ihip from Two Ruffian generals are prifoneu- Thr Lifoon, who told me that a gcncial peace Ruffians were retteatings towards Bender, was daily expected' The Turks Ail pur firing. y R LTIMOKE, July 21 AUGSEU AG, Mry 2 1. YeReidiy arrived the bri; American, Toulon fleet, capt. Ifotilion, 46 days fiom Malta. Cap Letter which lute ueen received here t?in 1 1. informed that the Biitilh cruisers

frm Leghorn, confirm the intelligence rt in the Mediterranean enpture.d every Amethe French H-rt having failed from Toulon, ritan vrffol they fell in with. It is now cruizing. in the Mediterranean, A number of American vcfleli were to and wiil it is thought, let fail for the A :- fail from Smyrna and Gallipoli during tluriatick gulph n order to dn'vc th month of June, whioh wcrt eapecttd to he Eighth and Ruffians from thence, and taken nd carried into Malta, as it was ,rifo the Rforkade of Venice. It basal iir.pollihle to efoape the privatccu in that ready captured the Englilh frigate and bri poottfthe Mediterranean, which were cruizng oft" Toulon in oider to Cpt H. informs that about a fortnigbt obfervc its motions Other intelligence before he left Malta, accounts were received dates, that the Spurifli Squadron of Car- of the Enghlh having been defeated at thagenahad fet fail, for the purpofe of join- iome village in the neighboi -bond of Alex ing the Toulon fleet; fliould this Uc the andr'u in Egypt, with the Ms of 1 5oo killed cafe, the allies will have very rcfpeftable and wounded. That while at maha two forces in the mediterranean. 0f the bodies of their generals killed in the - aion were brought there. It was leportcd Ma' 1o. that the Britifh admiral Louis was dead. All our late letters are calculated ttpre- Captain Rufo, a pilot, who arrived here parein forrewsof a general battle, which laft niht, informs that after piloting tk.is expend to take place between the tenth drip Marv, on Monday laft, ou i fide cf thand htteenth of June. Renninfen is faid capes, and letuining from the Ihip, he fow to be !!. H e Pruftnn major general Britifh folate give chafe to the faid ihip

ji-auren was killed at llntzic. General M ary and a lirip ut of Norfolk, bill knows lEflen has quitted the Ruffian army on ac- hot whether eiiher of than wire taken.

On the fame day captain Uufo fell in with the brig Leo, Hobinfon ; fc.hr. Fly. .Thomas Fnzier ; fohr, Model, R utter. & r IV hr. name unknown, at New point Com

fort ; when he was inf rmtd by Mr. Wil.

fun, fupercarge on board of the Leo, that

after the brig bad got to the capes, bound out. file was dialed hv thf Rrittifli Cnttrr

Lift Lvcnmgar Exprcls arrived at Head as far up at New Point Comfort, ardor. Quarters to the Commander General Ma. makiug'a fecond attempt to gut cut was th-ws irrn Cyt. Snepherri, of the troop J-fod again up the bay.

ot Gavaliy Uauon-d vr9r the Cape. The Ciptain Uufe ftates, that be was infor-inttlb-oncc i.'ie rxprefs brought is of pjreat me& at the fame time, that the other vef iiip. rt i c--.it anr.-nnr.es the rirrt ad oi lVls, outward bound aboy inmfd,.ww n -tali nun for the outrages of the Biitilh alfo chafed from the ir.pes into New point 'rv. comfort. The tubfrince of the intelligence, as far

ss we are mtormcU, and our information, Pr9m Paris Papers of the second June.

may oe reiiea on, is tnat a boat with hve It is auerted that the court of Vienna men, via. two midflripmen and three failors has invited in the mofl prrffing manner was feen to land onThurfday Evming, on that of London to fend plenipotentiaries to theeall fiJe of the inlet, the people came the congrefs which it is pretended will loon on Hiorr, an 1 were fired at by a detachment be held to treat of the alFairs of Europe & cf Millitia under the command of a lieute. to eftablifli a geners! peace it is believed nant from Kempfville. They retreated that the Barren cf St Vincent (Lord St, and took refuje in the woods information Vincent weprefume) will not remain long bein- fxiren to Capt. Sepherd of the place at the Court of Vienna, and that after ha' to vfhirfe they had retired, it was immedi- eing received frefh inHruaions from his goatdy r.irrounded, i:i the morning they were vernment he will proceed to Berlin where dilcovcred and forrendertd themfclves it is fuppofed he does to ckabliQi the peace prifoncrswithcutreliiiar.ee. Tl-e boat and of negotiation, tf.eart 's on board of her have been taken Augfburgh, May 2 J.

poiieliitj-.i ot ; and the men are now prif- The letters from this and Munich conerers at Mr. Le-ru-l Comicks's, waiting 'inm- to encourage hopes of a peace, wlricb the ordeis of the General. has been generated in AuO.ria and of a

About an hour before the above ac

count arried, another detachment of Cr

airy, under the command of Capt, Taylor,

let oil lor Gape Henry. Extract cf a U tter, dated Fott Stoddat t, June So. The Dons of the town of Mobile are as troublefcme as ever, A fliort time fmce there were take frem New.Oileans for

Fott Stoddart a confiderable quantity of millitary Oores confining of two hundred inufketi, bayonets catridge boxes, a quantity of mufket balls, catridges, cannon and mufket powder, bad, &c. which the commandant at Mobile would not permit to pafs ; but ordrred th?m landed and Aared until he mauld receive inftrutf ions from the governor Gencrel of the Fl oridas. The day after the commandant font oil an officer witb difpatchestathe governor gen. who was at New. Orleans ; in reply to which tbe governor wrote to him as follows; " By your official letters of the 27th of May laft, I am informed of the mode a. dopted by you to depofit the rnillitarv Gores tfoftined for Fort StjdJert, in the fchooner Ani: in conformity with the note accompanyingwhich to.i will accordinplvcaufe

MMiiiMii iDur-irta, unt,i tnc bulincls fiiall be arranged nith the American gavernment, which it what occurs to me in anfwerto vouroffifial 1-tter ' Th? romnnn-

dant at Mobil- immrdhtely mmmunicated

Tou I.ive no doubt Door, placed your encomium of my production as coming frm ancllrgant pen" to my debit, I have laid up your compliments for future contemplation, but I am heartily fory Doctor thatlcau't now return the compliment, for I really cam. ot bring my fr If to think t hat your puce ilfferves it, there is 1 acknowledge seme yi'..fallies of low wit in it, but nothing inoie. Surpriting to fay that " there is not one fenftaiicr" in your fnft production which " ought to t.teml the moll fueiiiiOi squeamish, you woubi l.y, 1 foppole) ear" If lb, why all your fo;t.d raciociiwtion and piolixity upon your aj p.omt favorite fobjec't

ji ii'C v o u 1 1 i ii t ' i i j c.r 1 frcl rh.otrr'iut u Mr. I)oor, that I have eutertd t!ie champ de Batnille when onlj "pp. fetl by a gentlemen who'd be thought to be cf a p'lbte and clailacal education, when in foci he's fo totally ignorant cf thr t ininent writers who hae pit ceded us, What Mr. M'ICee, not everbrforeto have read or hear'd of Lord Bacon 1 1 unpardonable. I did once fuppr fo fir. that your fnfl production againit the44 CommilTioners See";

was the tffed cfthe moment and might

probahlj) have proceeded from pure mo

lives but from your laft phibppie, again ft them Sc myfclf I am forced to believe other vifo, for you obferve that you had u determined to do as you did" Scyou sny you wiftj 1 every tub to Hand on its own bottom," vhy tlien do you not throw eft' the clouk and fhevr what you really are in name and ;!ecd ? that in place of imputing the name of u friend," you appear and al what your language indicates, an enemy to the commissioners Sec. You b.ve Doctor, attempted to " fecure harmony" in a very circuitous way, and are

I'll venture to lay, underltood alcne by

Havirg brought iv.y tceount of tales It anfwer th.e Inventory v. hie ii I wai nenlfarily obliged to tak'- of vour inimitable pit ducion, I conclude for the pre 'cut. Alon cherc amie GEN. VV. JOHNSTON. . Avguit 3 III. 1307. WASHINGTON Cffl July 21. ; THE PRESIDENT Of the Umttd l.tatcs of America, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas prc.'it and vwighty matters cl iirnin;; tlje coiitidei ation ot thr Congit 1's of the Uritrd States firm an r.xtraouiir.viy oc(afnm for (onvdiing them, I (fo by thefe pr lents appoint Moraii.y the t v er.ty-lixth day of October next, for their meeting at the rit? of Wafliington ; hereby requiring

the rtfpcctive Senatois ar-d Reprc fciitjits then and thereto alfnuMr in Cr ngrefs, in' rdrr t receive fucb omiminications at may then be made to thrm, and to coi ft;tc ami determine on fucb me a fores as in their wiluom may be deemtd mcct for the wcL fore of the Unite States. In ttftimony whereof, I have caufed the foal of the Uninhcd States to (Seal) be hereunto affixed, and ftgncd the fame with my bant!. Done at the city of Waftrington, the thirtieth day of July in tht year of our Lord one thcufand eight hundred S&frven am) in the thirty fecond year of the Independence of the United States. Til : JEFFERSON. l)y the President JAMES MADISON Secretary cf Sate,

genei

Cortgrefs which it is faid will aflVmble in

Bohemia. Letters from other parts of Ger

many are, however, for fomc days paft Icfs

pacihe

A number of Englifh officers from Canada, are foid to be now in different parts of the United States, and on what bufinrfi

yourfelf and your Very intimate infti uc"lors ! j we have net heard ; but we certainly fufIn the name of common fenfe my friend, ; ect ; and we fee none of them in their

why do you meddle in ivzret before you J Uniforms, we cannot but aik, Why and

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know their qnallities, you ought in my opinion Djdtor, to have had Iome fucb foundation as is made mention of in holy writ, for your satires upon the Commisfioners &t. before yui bf gan to belch them 3ut the difpofuion whieb gave rife to tli?n. ycul ttclcuowlrujc;- is tliukolical' and

yet you are the onh man to cii

Itrange inccnfiftancy !

wherefore are they here ?

Anrera

Cineinnati Auguft 10. On Saturday laft, Captains, Stanley and Carpenter's Militia companies paraded in

ical'and front cfthe Curt Houfe, when the ofiicert culatt 1 !. informed their companies, that thry had met for tbe purpofe of vlnntriiifr thefr

louoerve, 1 tlur.k UoCtor, that 1 mayervices to their country, which had lately makeniyfelf'-prrfo&lyrafy," and that you been infulted by Britifti ftiipsof v;ar in a do not conceive yourfoif bound 44 to meet manner which the mod favare of nations

my redoubtable challenge" I foe fir, that I

have surprised you in your covert, and mcie fo in affixing my name 1 (lull therefore, not expect to meet you ! ! 1 I do not know, nor do I think Doctor, tnat the uCominiffioners Sec" have 23 much need for a 4voIunteer champion" as fome

others h?ve ; nor do I believe that I have

hitherto acted in that capacity, if I bad, I

have unfortunately met with only the "fha

T

iow or

would fcorn to bear with impunity

when the number required from each company, immediately ftcped out cfthe rsnkf.

FOR THE VFSTERN SUN. Messrs, Stout & Smoot9 I take the liberty of once

more addrrffing the M Fritr.d to the Com miffioncrs &c. thro' the medium cf you; Weftern Sun, and by his real name. My Worthy friend Doctor M'Kee. As you have meafureably and as appears by your Salute of the 22d. inft. you intend bidding me a lasting farewrl, one word more if you pleafo at parting, as I don't like to part with a frieHd without fully underftanding him. Tour knevtn charity ought to have excufed my agitation, if I have discovered any, for vou know that when tbe Sh is lowerinv and neteors dying thro' the air, we generally feel a little agitated whether this cenfore of " unnecefiary agitation" alludes to myfolf or the gentlemen before whom yon werer'V; the day after the appearance of

y'ir firft productions unilfr the finaturr

of 4t a Ftirnd to the Coiomillioners !cc," and that of u an Uterefted Obforver'' 1 am

at a fofs to know, as you deal more in fir

urec thr.des and alluxinru than d'xrefk allnrL

a copy of this letter to the American lieu- dation.

To all persons concerned. NOTICE is hereby given that I foal! make application to the net' cturt-

fiiade of an enemv" and therefore ,f Common Pleas, of the county of Clark,

Joubtful that I ftiall expend ail my Pccn Jrn the Indiana Territory, to be held on the l

in a contelt with shadows cr si..aes ; ... u .jTu.,n, .-w:

inftead of substances, I ftiall, as you econ-i;t,.,rfc comm.ffioners, for the purpofe of di- j

omicallvadvifeme ca!l offimv forces ad vicJtng a tract ot land in the Illinois Grant, r .

direct a retreat" for the conteft too much containing 500 ncres, known I y No. C7t !

refombles a man burninw his house down to Md hY thc heirs of Jacob Ileaqer, tiec. one

roast an er? in the ashes, third part oi iaiu tract otiana l am entitled

I mult here acknowledge Doctor, that lo as amgnrr oi nfii.y n. neagar, one vou are entitled to something for your in..f theirs offald Ja(ob Rgar. Jefaticablc induftry in not only ranfacking' Abraham Eppler. the Enlifti vocabulary, but in taking fo ex- Jcnerfonville, I. T. 9 4t act an inventory as you appear to have done j Aug. 26, 1807. 3 i of all the cramp words in not only the Gmeek but Latin languages c'outis ncmo.j

no body" 111 NOTICE

I am not the guardian of the commis-; j 5 hereb ?ven that j fllJ1, . Q hc '.ontrs Doctor, 1 therefore can't tell why I r nfrn,, i

. . . I'S VHUI t. Kit VIVill III Kilt A II IU UC HOI" 5 Ley doh'i4come forward," except it be, dr;i for lhc county cf Clark ; xhc Jndjahat they treat you and your piece Ttrritory on the focond Monday in Qc K singly, and until you come forward witii toljcr ne?c, to . -.lt three commiflion. V '

Ipecific charges under your real fignatur e, frs for the rnmnfo nf dividinfr tW tr.A.

the, will regard you as a Bavaro. loflalld in the llinois Jn lhc I leave ,t the world to fay Doitor, CPllnt lo wjt . Lq. No 0f of 50Q a ;

wno.e nngers nave p-uea molt ot the 300 acres in No. 9 ; and GOO acres in No. A iimout of tne pie ; lor being a party, -owned by tbe heirs and reprefentativc

m 110 aecme-nut tn.s 1 uo kno.- that I 0f William Sullivan dec. ,nd myfolf. eont charge with Eau de vie and pad-! TOI4M w a 1l?l Q vr

wi;n r.au ue vie anu p

die in Eau trouble ! ! ! thr.fo, w ith you, are confidrred as polite acquirements, I fop

pole, it fo, you may retain them for i.u;;ht I care, in preference to my '-whole ftuck" :r.t ....... - i 1

11 eiiey ATr enjoyments, 1 would not ry any

mean- be undciltood to cr.xj you in their T HAVE put my Notes &id ?ecountIn

JOHN HA It HI SON.

Auguft 2Gth, 1807. 9 4vr

Tahc Notice,

poht-ffion ! ! 1 the hnds of GenU Jott stsn, Es

Ifyou ftionld aain take up your eoneiie for fettlement ind collection Thofe in and inttlligent pen, I pray you would con- debted tome, will pleafe to remember that

denle yr-ur Mnrative" fo as that you may he is a practicing Attorney.

Touissain: Dubois.

be undeiftoad not only by men of Wfo tn-

dcrstandtngs r-;i jturself but by the Vincennes. ? 4 vf

public generally. jjuiy 24, iSQ7.$

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