Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 September 1807 — Page 3

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f-en ordered on to this city for the dc f ence of our haibor. Six camion, 13 and 24 pounders, with traveling can "nges, Prd ten eighteen pouudeis, are diiettd hy the ferreury of war to h" d.-poflfd in this city, under the charge cf the cfr.cer commanding the militia. ALTONIA, June 22. f You afc me what hnprefiiou the change t f atiminiih ation hud made on the eontin-

-- - -: zr cut. w,is a: Vi una v. hen this news arF.vn the anxietv opnfftd hy fame of vtd, thc-ie even mr. Adair cc uld not rur readers m f e thr piece which was rc-ibr n:orc difplesfcd with it, than Bonaparte's j-a-d lull week, and the anxiety cxpirfTrdJiinifitr AndreofTi. I have feen letter? by its author, we nave conferred to give itijni W.ufaw, lUting th.it Bonaparte wae ? place onthe terma of an ad vei tif;ment informed of it while at his military levee, liut t e mr.R at the f-me tine alTur ctir!a,,tl immediately Hew into one of his violent rr.H--; that our frnihr-r: :r; s to its rnerits'nts cf. pafHon. lie feut for Talleyrand T.rr rj )t clunked, nor CmII any piece of a jwhom he publicly rrproae bed, with not ha. lun'-hr fiytc be admitted on any terms vinS prevented or lor feen an event, which hereafter. muH poHpone for a long time,- the pLn o! m ti e grand nction with rerrrd to Great BriSuspofe that A. nevrr faw K 'fc"fl;ia crt ii!, KvCFy where clfe I have hearer the it? neighborhood until the yer.r 1784 ; andjench agents, or perfons known to bff inthat B. cut down a few trees, near thrjmical to tghmdt Liment this change of m nnh ofKafkkia river about 1731 ; andjbis Biitanic maje fty,s councilors zs a cantfiTned his chini for this sazi inprove-j,ani,tr ; andum thereforejed to cot.fider it menttoC. and fuppoCi fartlit-r, that A.I011G of tholl: uncxp-ced occurrences, which! Virstafvar before the commitrionrrs th2tSl,rovitientc in !'is erc7 refervd to B. in -vie an imarov-mcnt and cultivad jprefcrve in fac, the laft barrier againfl uni-. rrcund at tiii f.id nl.ce in 1783 wouldi1 tyranny, namely, Britifii loyalty and

u uuii MUt'penonce.

i The following circular letter from Genl VV,Jolin:toa& Luke Dicker, efqs. to their condiments, is we think dettrving attention, at containing the raofl; prominent and in poi tant proceedings of the 1c?illature r.t thrr U(i feflion, and which wt think will be neiufcd with plcafurc by fome wf our leaders,

or v.'ovsld not A. cnmaiit

perjury i let

th? rop!r of X iik.ijkia fiv, whethc: fuch a cfrdoes or dos not exifl ?

IlUSSF.LViLL'j:, Aujuft' 29. From c Cjrrcsjndc;itt A Cui:n';i to the Wszttm Pefitie.

A gent!e:m:i I-ttelv hripnr in company with a prty of Shawnfe Sc D-h vare triueu cf Indians, on the S I;r.c-cvck, near the IMin- fik-works, 8c as the Indians had been n: the flt-vro.-ks drini.ing and qunrcling wit i th whir? people, tr.cre was one wh a (fume d t!ie title of caocain To'n"v, and another capt. Sam Lewis, who appari :g very much irrit.ttf d at the ufage they receivfd.u tlie lick, caufed them to fpeak f reel v. and i.iid as foon as the leaves fell the Indians intended to remove their wives and children over the big river MilTif II ppr, and the warriors wre to join cprt Frenchnnn, (.who was the name cf Gol .nrf. as this rentlem an iinderlloid) what tlvre were feven tribes nd mark'd a Icig aper which the captain "Frenchman had, to go - to war with the Xentuckhns, to nit. the Shawncfr, DeleTvraes, Minot-s, pi-nkeflnws Mufcogas, Ivikapofs and t!ie White Itiver tribr' ; trut n r-r.-.t Ciptaiu was coming to join G 'ptin Prenclimui v.lo weald ?ive the Indians every thing to liht with, ard make thi.jm rich; that tiie Big I mi and Cngrefs hid tak-n av? u- tl-rirlard, and aitrr a littir .vhile would kdl th?m ; and that this Bi C;ptiin and c-:pt du Ficnchman would kil! :dl whit" prouie. and give the Indians rdl thrir couPtrv avid f!i?tri;jt:;iii Frenchnun was going m nrke hig houfesto light jn, ."i'd to put tii- women and children in, :4tvi would rj"t all the v.Mrriors orer the ;: rivei t.)m 'k his gndpper, i ndthat l)-ferx lravs T.t'i. big arja.m, tiiy would ki!i all the Kntur kian?, and live in their hoult-3 and eat tb-ir cattle.

Hxtracl of a h-tt-r fom Furlir.zton Ver

mont, datfd lulv IG:h.

4 J nry to K v.iu-ad, oil the borders of Lvvcr C'j'i !'Ja. In my t"iir I w;i5 wichui a tew rules of the piefent reildence of Stepl'.en Ji!'r:u'r;ls r ?tt "otorir js countetVi ter. He 3 s ru'.irii'tg at larjr ami as I was infrred ii c a.? ymg on a mar'' -.iter ftroke ot bu-

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HE General AfiVmbly of the Territory h'.ve at lenght aiuil, afier a feuion ofthiry ju' vi.sys. During their fcfTior. a number of general and fome local laws have been prifcd. Of ti e general, the mocie of lryii;g ain co!irfiiug a tax on lauds,- for territorial purpofes, has been materially changed, horn an annual to a quadrennial a (IV full en t ; an affciTor to be appointed by the court for that time the fheiifF madt coi!tdtor,the tax to he twenty cents per hundred dollars of the amount iilTrfl'ed. Fo.ur different acls concerning the collectin of the land tax in the counties ol Sr. Glair, Randolph and Knox An act for the incorporation cf Wabaih Br.ptih church An act conacerningvagrants An acl to encourai-e tlie kiliiu'1- rf wolves And an ac reducing the fees of the general Gurt, and. placing tiieni upon h level with the fees of the Gommoi Pleas, ?nd likev.-ife reducing the attorney'0, fees Bcfides a number- of a general anil locad na tuic too ttdioui to ci.umerate. The laws of the territory heretofore in force, have been rev i fed, and brought eacl fubj'cl, under its proper head. This was a work of r.o inconliderahle t;-fk to the revifors, ai d UKjt.edan adequate lenumeraticn. It wai alio the fi;hjt c"t cfa I -ngthy and arduous examination and deliberation

in the lecrifl Uure. The members vnereol.

,ue liut too xguuv in leiilation to fullv I f

come up to your want? and ceures, no

doubt but it is fondly i:cnd, that the

9 Ittv'iuon of our nws, if it does not complete ly referve your t-momiumr, 'and meet

yaar moft fmgtiine cx'jrclation-, v. ill yet ae.fa er tbe prefent exi ;enc:es, and nu re than rcunterhdllance the tjipences which tiie territnrv rr.v h?.ve incurred l-v it. Frrrn the renins rft!;e ruditor U. ter-

ed 'o corducl oinfelves, while in the uufiuefs of Icgifltion, with decency, order more than difclurged the duty which devolved upon us as your repuTrntativcs whatever little spleen, animosity at.d

party notive. might luggdt to the con-

traiy, nctw itl. Handing. In tiie choice and election of our own and rropriety, and had fnmnefs, and the

ood i f our countiy ccnHantly in view ;filhppi, ppt.l.iw- the tow

We tr cre!ore hepe, fir, as we have dtv.c for the besty you will look with a favorable eye and pardon our faults and at

tach blame alone to our vices

lieg'tlrtt 0jf.ee Vir.ce:ineS: Propoi.ds siil he ir tir(l u v rising ?.t tl is clticc until the L(f d y ot October next, for opening the h Hnw ing ro;dviz. iH. A lOad from Vinci-nnca totl r Indian honnduty rfUhhll.fd by tie trr y 5f Grtrnville, in a direction to the North bend. 2d. A road fom VincrnnT. to the Mif.

n of St. I.oui-. ii; i be rnf rr.d wide y

Upper Lonifian.':.

Tl e f.dd roads sre to

and fit fur led n w.ggons to travel. Security will be r quired for the' chic

The General Aflembly was on Saturday ;P-rto,nilnce of th-contr.-.fl, and fur h yn.

laH prorogued, ly his excellency the gover-i,ons as uirlinrd to undertake either ot nor, to meet acain onthe thiid Monday !1;,ici r"!Si sre rrqut ihd to infert in th ir

ot November, in the year eighteen bandied .Tr"1 Jl3 UT ,1',I!:fSot U ulc l'kt7 mtei .a to

and eit'ht. We arc fir, As heretofore, Your Humble Servants, GKNl. W. JOHNSTON. LUKE DECKLU.

TAKE NOTICE.

The,-Co;iector of the Tax, for the Coun

ty of Knox, h bound hy Law to demand

the Tax, either hy application in writing, or Advcrtifcment Andpay the fame ovt r to the Treafurer, on or before thr foft day of February next Therefore he earnelHy

rcqucits all thole who know themfclvrs taxable, to meet him and pay the t;,xes at the following places, in the different Townihips viz. In the Bufrow fettlement, on the 17th bay of Odtober at the house of B. D. Price. In Palmyra Townfliip, at Capt Noah Purccli's, cn Monday the l9:h ot Odober. In Hnrrifnu, on Saturday thr - 24th ol Oaoher, at tiie houfe of captain Walter Wilfon. In White Piver TowDflup on Saturday che 31ft of Odobtr, at Captain .David

ttobbs. ! In V i'cennes Townfldp the firH Satuf-

day in November at the court hnnf-.

'i he ColitCior hopes the citizens will be punctual in iheir attendance. Thofe who may not be able to attend at the above mentioned places, will find him ready tc eceive their taxes at his houfe in Vincennes, at any time before tlie fifteenth of November next Taxes net paid by that time lands will be ?clvertircd M,d fi Id. PAR MEN AS BECKES. Collector Knox Ccunty-

effer for their ftcuiitie?.

All letters directed to this cfilre on the fubject cf the. laid loads, mult be oil paid. - TOHN BADOLLET, R. L. 0.

September 12(, 1 87.

Take Notice T HAVE put my Notts and arrnurtsm i the hands of Gctil, H Jchr.stoti fsf

f-.r'frtth meut ai d roll.-cVmi '1 h lr in

debtee! to me, will plrafr to remember thit

he is a practicing sUtcrvry.

i ottissiiint Dubois. Vinccnnes, 4tf July 24, 1&07.5

BY LAST LVENING'S MAIL.

NEW-YORK, Augufl 25. Captain Buwcl of the brig Achilles, in niuettendays from St. Johns, Porto Rico, infoiius us that foui days before he failed, a

Spanifh ithooner came in from Porto C i-

vello with information that an exprefs had

arrived ,fcm Buenos Ayres, announcing

the re-capture of Montevido by the Span-

ards.'und the malTacre cf the Britiih gar-

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ritorial tre.tfurcr, it rppeai thr,t we were n debt ?t the c nn.n:tncer er.t tf t!i'.' pre

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it itr.e. than nc nas neretoiorr itnt leuion. one mn.i iru nine nuu..ieu

and Jixtv fevrn cVlh is :.r.d nine ty eiht

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" in t! i! quarter ;i R -indolph snd l)-ar!)rn hive rot p-id ir.tn

unite. i : v f.-e! iv.uch alarmed thr .-atiry th: ir c;uot cf the taxes for the , -r,d' Ct - ir. A gentleman years 1 S 06 k 7 a-d Knox is yet in arreai .. itv 'v t- : iV-ir.i O iehec to 1 . i s to r 1C06 and the whole of the vear 1807.

hr"d at- I: is bevond a do

ii it'.riv.'Ua toinot t more uei.ncucrcies it. an -we

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hi; ar' e-;traf.: v t!::.:i will be fulncient to difcliart;e til

bub- Jail of our c!-ht.

m NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ill O all thofe w ho are owing their tax for the year lo6 that P-unmcts Becker

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and will he ready to receive tlie fame, a' .he times aud'pcrs that he his notified the citizens by adve rtllVment to wit ;

In the Bui row fettlemrnt on the 17th

Oclobrr, at the houfe of B. D. Price.

In Palmyra tnwnftnp at capt. Noah Puicells on Mcr.day the 1 9th of Oc'io-

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In ILtrrifcn townfhip cn Satuidcy tin

21th of Oilober at the huufe of c .ptain

Walter Wuion. In White river Townfhip cn Saturday th

tue olii ot UctGuer at Laptain Lavu

RobhsIn Yincennrs townfiiip the fiiH Satur day in November at the ccurt her. ft.

Thcfe who may nt?;t he able to attend a

the above places will find him ref-dy to re

ceive their t. Xfs C ji houe in Viiicent e1

at atar.y time b fere tbe 1 5 1 h of Novem

her next. Thofe who c!o not rv tlir t-o

on land before thr filteen'.h of Novcmbei ue: t, mult expect to f e their h.r..!s advr r tifrdfor f. le, for the paynuntVif the taxr due thereon, rr.d of caurfe the additional

coH of fale lie. adu'rd to the tax.

DANL. SULL I V N , ('. K. C. For th.e year 1 LOG. September 2jth, 1807.

To ail persons concerned.

FICE i:. herebv riven that I (hall

in ake pppliration to ti e next court

iirmcn Pic.--, of the county of (hirk.

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Accounts from Detroit Hate the fi-H efVcts of a war with Great Britain w ill be ,i -avage warefare on the whole extent of rur

frontier, hy the Indians, who notv. ithfiana!l our govemn.en hve done for them. h'ive

fettled antipathy to the Ung knives as

they call the Americans

A gentleman from Montreal, fay the

government there was moving all the fpare

cannon don n to St. Laurence, for the de-

Icnce of Qlu bee .Some people too, were

ending dl thnr valuabh s to that city, in

- pectation of an immediate war with the

United States. Extract cfa letter fim Baltimore dated Augufl 26. u Accounts have be-n i ec eived that the

!hip Qthello, c ptain Glover, from I.iv

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not I to t;us port, coiiUeHrei to oiMirs. vVilfim, ai d f.u s, was t.-.ken wliile at an. hor in the Pftuxnt, by a fmall fi hooner under French colors h-r nation however not aiirrtaiird. A pilot hoat imnned with vt lu: tcers, has gone down to the hay, to retke thr Coin. Rrpnt alfo Hates, that orders -have iirrr. givrn hy the frcrUryof the navytoinercfjit tlie flop at Norfolk and as the wind Iroin the fiuthward, hopM are nltitdiiied tiiat file will be reer erd." RegiHtr.

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CF1 A RLSESTON. Jn'y .11. r ar.- !i p,v to i r;i iii it ' '.; r.r. ?. ;I-

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vi can lo.i a:.d ir. hurv ilorcs have

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cfourl Irrnt to Cn-

L'r'f;. v.e ( vh cive we hat- chne rct!irg

f::er-:, v.e' frhct"d thnfe w!;o

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in Octber r.? .t, to v'?'iin!

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' -si mn- have !..r-:cl)rc lugeHee1, or ir.r.y r -i . . i . t ;

:-reat:rr i::rrei;. to t.e tor..irv auo,

1 trgr jnofAitha ti,diiMr.

U mi th; v. i.j'r, fr, w: h.avc endeavor

three rr.iT'.iiiiiirr.er-, lor the ; Mrpr.fr of di-vidirr-a trait cf h.i.d in thr lili' cis Giant, n.ntaifir.g ii 0 ?crr, krown l y No. 07, h?d by tl;' I -ir cf Jacr'h Rr.drc. one third p rt cf laid trait of land I an entitled to, n? aihTH-- ri Henry I. Rcgar, onr

of th:i:s

ci fid J acr ij Reac:;-.r. Abraham Epplcr.

Extract of a lrtter from a respectable rrentlemsn at Richniond, Jo Ids rorrrfpordrnt at Marietta, dated AuuftC7. I am this moment informed that gen. Wilkiufon f.) an attempt was uvde to ;cifon h:;i:fr!f jnd f. mils', rot.ffiirg of

V.ltncUrS tu.til :C V-v h ir;n I U n'"

irn-nd on it a? f.sft that tie grnrr-l hs

is to uc an

maeJe th.e ?llerioii, ar.c: ti rre

examination cf the fuhject to cay

Ilandbilki Circular Letters, AM) ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, M'Li . .'ft-UH. rzi.r rnisTCD AT TUiS OFFICE.

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