Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 December 1807 — Page 2

I George C. Ham, of the DifUlft of

New Madrid, in the 1 erntory ot Loutha. na, in order to undeceive th government and the world, vrith refyeft to the char ter of Tofcph M'Ferron, which has been

unjuftly, falfely and malicioufly traduced by the accufations of Solomon Elli?, Tho.

Ballew, Kobert Hall, and Joliah $.

by

mas

Ellii. which accufationi have keen detail

cd to rwe, by George G. C. Harbifon, do certify that 1 became firft acquainted perfonaJiy with the faid Jofeph M'Ferron, in the month of November. 1805. on a Ihort

yifit to this country, from Kentucky, wh re

I then retided, and found him to be in

very low (late ef health, indeed, what I

confidered to be the mod dangerous ftate,

as a phyfician and friend, being much pleafed with his chara&t r at that time froo the report of my friends, and my flight acquaintance, I adrifed M'Ferron to m.ke

life of all kinds of warm (Vim ul ant J, particu

larly diflillcd liquors and fpices M'Ferron

feemed at that time to have an averfion to

fpirits, which I had been tcjd he aim oft totally -ah ftained from yeton my return to Cape Girardeau in the month of March, with my family, 1 found he had complied with my advice, and his compliance has, 1 believe, been of lingular benefit to him, and I did not difeofer that he made ufe of fpirits any otherwife, than, at the times, and in the nnnrer prefcrihed by me, from the month of April till Ju!yy 1806, he lived with me in my family, and I have perhap? never feen a man during that time, endure more excruciating pain with the cholic, than h? did, and I can fafcly fay, that 1 believe he made ufe of fpirits no otherwife than as medicine during his ftay in my family. In the month of July, 1106, M'Fetron betook himfelf tm a little houfe he was under the neceffity of building for an office roam, from that time until the month January 1807, at which time 1 went to live in the diftri& of New Madrid, our friend fliip, acquaintance and intimacy continued uninterrupted, and I can fafely aver, that I have never feen him intoxicated in or out cf court, In a manner to difqualify him for official confidential duties of any kind, and that he is by no means entitled to tht name ef a habitual drunkard (Signed) G. CHARTT. District cf Cape Girardeau, ss. Bz it remembered that on the eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thoufand eight hundred and frven, perfon-

allycame before me, the fubferiber, one of

the Tuft ices tor the place atorelaid, the a

bove fubferiber George C. Hartt, and made

oath that the above and foregoiug certificate is iuft and true, and fubferibed the Tame

feven hundred Indians within pinol fliot ! mr. Prior contin ucd this unequal conteft with the Indians; from four o'clock P. M. until fun fet, with the mod obltinate bravery, when after holding a council with M. A. Chouteau, it was determined to return to St. Louis. M.Chouteau had four men killed and five wounded. Mr. prior had three wounded

and none killed. It was estimated that upwards of twen ty ot the Jndiana were killed and among them wastbeSoux Chief. Every exertion was made by the party to Conciliate the indians,, previous to the adtion, but without effedh The expedition had arrived within 160 miles of ks place

of delHnation. The nation of

( ndians which oppofed then) are called the ricaras, with a party of Sav.x among them That part of the Mitlouii on which they refide approximates veiy near fome, foil estabhflicd by the 15: ilifii tra-

ftters from the N. V ell and

Hudlcn Bay companies, and we have no doubt hut thehos ci!e difpohtion of thefs I ndi ans may fairly be imputed to the machinations and infiu

ence of Qritith traders.

agents and

MORE UNWELCOME JfEQS Extract of a letter from a houfe of the firt relpeftability in Antwerp to anoth erin Bordeaux, dated Sept 26 and received at Bordeaux, by express, juft before the Sally-BarkerWind

for left the latter place.

000 -trench troops

Wi nnrfH?5jnH nn cm Apr

in mv nre fence. .Given under mv hand andiU u- 1 . I

mm w w . . VBWWVW H ST" I w mm mm m m m -mW m mm m W mW W

CSignrf) . Fcror, co capture every vcnci Cooenhacrin ro tho hririlh

lOHNRENTHWr.. tt. nl Kn.m f .., 1 r. t '

To be tonTi0. J i LTr i out k was currently reported

conuuerea as goou prize, This is a mortal blow to the

American comaerce ; anc? t-

Anlivn Ut4iAn'r nliininl rr- pi I I

or tue unnappy aereat or me pran)

cxDcaition unaer nis com

m

LOUISVILLE Nov. 24.

We find on an examination

ice.

Jg m c I ii ia i kuui ivua laiiib

iivui vu ic&a iv.li kj v i j u u i j t uui

Mr.

not on account of the exis

Lifhon

Mandan Chief and family,

. c i t,nS deferences between the . it -tiaccount of that event was not a m. u r orought inteihgenc u t o n two countries; but by reafon . J?- r ul altogether correft : Particu- r. . , . D. J , . intention of the pc , . fo . f . , of ill health M.Pincknevis . ...

KkTST "r-r .1 b. charged wuh Ihc

fc r . public bufinefs. barge was not fired on by the r flII t-. cn . itnc iMnnMr .u. M t The firfl paragraph of

trary that nis boat fufrer- , , , . , i t ti . rated at bordeaux, by letter norc than ri tors ; that he r . ' lc i .

wool, tvaK, and 700 faiiag ncs wheat annually ; and ce ded the coral fifhery on thd coaft. Fiench troops were marching from Upper Italy to the kingdom of. Naples, from which it is calculated that an attack on the ifland of scicily was not far diftant. French troops have taken polfeflion Cattaro. Theportuguefe government, it is faid, refufed to comply with the demand made by the French, to be paid the fum of 500,0001. and has expreifed a determination to embark for the brafills, if the 1 .1

demand is prefilled in. Lord Cojlingwood failed malta the latter end of July, with a fquadron for the Dar. dennelles. . . .; ..' The bi'UiOi parliament had been further prorogued on the icth of November. ; Gen tox bnd his HafF thad arrixed in ehgland from Si cily ; and the command of the army inthemediterranean devolved on general : Myore ' he Dutch f government have ihterdidled all intei ccurfe w ith enc lahd. . The regulations are- drawn up wih that ievcrity which charaSer. ife. every procecdirg of Na poleon in fnttcrs relative to BritUh commerce his defign is to exclude England entire ly from the continent of lurope ; and no choice appears to be left her, but to fight him with his ovyn weapons, and deflroy at once ..every veftige of a (yftem of neutral, ity, and this, it is underftddd

is the determination of the J3ritiJh government. . n , Copenhagen w furrehdered on the 7th of sept. The ar. tides of capitulation Turren.

m . mm", mt .. mm ' mm m . mm

gone to porttigal, and that oer the whole or the Uamlh bonaparte himfclt had procc- jlhips and ve (Tel of war, and Jed to Holftein with 120,000 potfeffionof dock yardsftpV troops, to endeavor to get.houfes, &c, to the Britilh, pufleflion ot Zealand. Thejwithin fix weeks from the

captain says there are nesrly date of the capitulation,-or

two hundred fail cf Danes at fooner, the citadel of Copen

Ibordcaux,

1 iiw iau

Oftobcr, the day of his depar ture, alarm guns were fired from the PauiDi batteries, & i'ie captains and fcamen of all the Danifli veifcls ordered into the fort, as an attack from theBritifh wasmomcntly expefted The Btitilh fquad ron off st. Thomas confified only ot one frigate and an armed brig, but there had been

occafionally five veflels cruif-

ing near the ifland. Previous to captain lohnfens failing a fl.igof truce had been fenr by

the governor of st. Thomas to the commander of the Bi tifh squadron to enquire whe ther war had been , declared between the two nations, but

returned without an anfwer. Captain Filk, arrived at bos ton on Wcdnelday, in 36 days Fayal, informs that an ex pre Is had juft arrived at 7 er ceira, from lisbon, in 5 days, with orders from the Portu guefe government to fliut all ihe ports of the Wertern ifi.inds againfi the Englilh. November 1 1. t On the points refpefling the right of fearch, Mr- Jon roe was informed, that this country will maintain its 1 iglu not only rcfpedling goods, but feamen not even except, ing American (hips of war. ft appears, by the oc. cupation of Zealand, the Bri tifh have anticipated the meafures of Bonaparte, with refpeil to that ifland. The Kniphaufen (hip Minerva, has arrived at sherness, from bordeax, which (he left 13 days mm .

nnce. j ne captain report that the inhabitants there had

lugen, and the ifland of Zea,

mail land, were to be evacuated,

e of the;and the prifoncr taken on

portugucse,both fides, to be uncondition.

government to emigraie toialiy reltorcd.

the brafills. It is faid an ap-

iept. 24r Before the clofe

plication has been made to of the market yeflerday, a ru.

our governmenr to aflift themjmour was circulated at the

con

in executing this plan.

stock Exchanged that Lord

Malfbury is about to proceed to paris, 'in confequence of a

ed more than Priors ; that he " UU4 ".9 1 3 Accounts from algiers mentook a confpicuous part in the , 1 trom PariSi 0t a latC tion, that a treaty has been

a&ion, and behaved with j- concluded with regency of pacific overture from the much intrepidity and courage NEJVTORK Nov. 9 fhat country and Great brit-jFrench government. How. I n making their retreat from I fland of .St. Thomas, Cap ain by which the exclufi ve ever probable it may be, that fliore, his barge unfortunately tain Johnson, of the Amity, right of the trade of the portsrecent events may tend to got on a land bar, and lay for who arrived at this port ytf- of bona, lacela, and all col. produce pacific difpofuions, more than ten minutes expo- terday from st. Thomas, in has been ceded to the latter, we believe the rumour to be fed to a galiing fire of fix or forms, that on the 10th of for the exportation of hides, refted on no authority, It

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