Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 January 1808 — Page 2

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ipe.irs that the Uritilh lofs in v?;, jkilled and wounded amount

euioimeen nunurea men l in prifoncrs to an equal mini

THE WESTERN SUN. iber. I he Spaniards lufierec : : : neai lv the latne proportion. r ?i!J 1 is Aipulatcd in the tre; Tmr !r::"" i ty that all the prifoners oi lhe hditorhas to regret either fid .jj. lh( the neceffity ot again noticing! of &resford fliall Common . benfe. the letter onjb(. . anJ t, arti the fubjeft of that produflion. fortifications of MonCe dropped in the oflice. has no Viedo to be ,e, &. ,

the fame ftate as the ISritifli found them. And thus terminates this difathous expe dirion which after involving

orher f ffecft than to make the

duplicity and cunning of the author more confpicuous and whatever the editor may think of that production, he will never by threats be indu ced to give it a place, or to

waver from his courfe nor

will fear of punilhmcnt, nor . hope of reward, be the adtu. ating principle in the admit, tane of any piece. DlKD On S3turday night lait mr. John tiibfon, jr. after a long and lingering indif pofition hehaslett a wife & two farad childrea to deplore his lofs.

Extracts of letters from an American gentleman at Monte Viedo, to a com me; cial houfe in Philadel. phia. Auguft 3, 1807. On the 8th ult. I had the plcalure ot writing to 5'ou per the Iiafhaw. We were then anxioully waiting the result of the battle of Buenos Ay res, though with v ery In tie doubt of its being in f.ivor of the Englilh arm:, but on the morning ot the. lath to our infinite furpril t advices were received of ;

Yfc complete vtf lory having beci ikoMaincd by the Spaniards, &

ot gen. V hitelocke's having

agreed to a capitulation, h which he i bound to delivei

up Monte Viedo, and evacuate

the whole province withii lhe fpace of tw o months. A

revolution fo complete, fo

fudden and fo unexpected i

perhaps without example.

The whole of the Englifli po. pulation were aghalt with wonder and dutnay, while the Spaniards eyed each oth er with nunc anonilhmcnr. fcarcely believing it polTibl that thev fhould thus in a mo nii'iu be relieved trom a yoke

vhich in spite of the conciii. atiim lenitv of the Bririft,

;x3Mlcrsl them moll h ireful

i will nor attempt to give

jfjoua dekription ot the bat tie 1 he oppofite party ot courfe dider materially it tneir arcounis of ir, but tron the belt intormaMon L havr been able to colled it ap

the province for fo long a pe riod in all the miferies of wai has infii&ed the fevereH wound on the commercial in-

terells and military glory of

Britain, that the has for man) years experienced. September 6. Since my iafl I have paid a vifit to Buenos Ayres. Tin government is lb teeble an the popular indignation againft llrangcrs fo violent that it is in vain to attempt tofpeak with certainty of the refult of any future commercial transitions here. The municipality are decidedlv oppofed to the admUfion ol foreign (hips on any pretex whatfoever, and they art fuported by almoft the whole body of the merchants, uij the other hand Leniers tin regent and ill the officers ot government feem determinec, to pay every relpett to ilu orders of the king. Regifler.

NFJF-VORK, Nov. 14. Capt. Bryan who ai lived this forenoon from St. Croix, informs that ten days befor e

le filled, two Bfitiih trigates

came indole under the point of Well End, and cut out hve or fix fail of American veffels and rook them to Tar

tola, among the number was

the brig St. Croix racket ot Philadelphia, who ha 1 been

relealed, nad returned and

Aas to lail for Philadeldhia

next day. Capt. Brian was

ooarded (hot lv after he came out by a Biitilh frigate but

permitted to proceed.

LONDON, October 2. Dilpjtches were ycHerday

cccived trom admiral Berke

iey at Halifax, but their con

tents have not tranlpued.

any rumours at e in areola

tion ref petting the pi ogrel of

he ncgocUtion at protein

tiendinjr between this country

nid Ameiica, but they art ounded either from conjee-

nres or upon intereOel fpe

ulatiou ; when it takes a

decifive turn, we fliall take the earlielt opportunity to acquaint our readers there, with. October 8. At the levee yeflcrday Mr. VJumoe, the American am baffador was prelenied to his uiajefly, by the matter of the ceicmonies. His excellency

took leave of his majelty pre

viousto his departure tor America. Mr. JVlunroe is lue

ceeded in hisembally by mr.

Pinckney Previous to the levee mr. Mnnroe had an in cerview with mr. Canning. (The above ceremony is generally dilpenfed with, vvhenminillers leave the Brit uh court dillatisiied. Extradl of a letter from the hon. ohn Kowan, to the editor dated, VVfhington city, December 5, 1807. Mr. Munroe who las left England has not arrived ; lor has any difpatches fiom .dm. Mr. ,ifl;ine has re. reived a packet from his go vernment, the contents of which are not . certainly known ; it is believed that :hey pirport, that owing to the narrowneli of mr. Muti roe's inflruftions, nothing fi ual could be done at the court of t. James ; that it vas determined that England hould lend an envoy extra

ordinary to this place with

ucr ultimatum. 1 hat envov has not arrived, nor has con jedfure fixed upon any tune ror his arrival. Munroe left cuighnd early in October-

Congrels are endeavoring

o take war ruealuie; but here is fuch a divcrfity of o pinion, as to wiiat ihose mea lures (hall be, that no one wourfe can at this tiaie bepreviidfed with certainty. The arming of the whole militia, ihe eredtion of a great majy more gun boats, the bull Jing of llrong fortifications at till our vulnerable points, the lining of our Ihorcs with

heavy moving artillery as it .ubftitute for fortifications

.lie eredlion of an additional lumber of frigates and lome nips of the line (j'sjavc all n thsearpet and have their idvocates. War 1 think in -vitable, though many think

it may Le avoided.

Kxtraft of a letter from a rcf petfable citizen of the U. S'atcs caprain of a trading vcHcl on lake Kiie, datec. Fort Erie roads, Od. -22 1 807. I he found of war reach

es us in this remote place

from all quarters. What the refult may be we can only conjedure. VVq nowever rcpoie full faith and confidence in the wifdom and patriotifm in thole who adminiller our" happy government, to devifa wavs and means belt calculated to proted the lives add property of the inhabitants on the borders of the United States, adjoining Canada.I he Britilh have armed all their veffels on the lakes, viz.

the Campden snow of twelve

guns, the gen. Hunter, a brig

of ten guns, and all their mer

chant vefels. On lake Onta

ria as I am informed, the

dukepf Kent, a fnow of 13 guns and the governors

yatch ; the latter a tew days

lince exercifed her tnen and guns along fide the brig

Adams. ' Should honilities adu take place between the United

states and Great Britain, the

polls of Michilimackin'ac and Chicago, it is moft probable would be the fir ff places the Britifh would llrike, to expofe a more fextenfive frontier to he Indians, whom they are fiimpering with to obtain an alliance. Thofe however ac Buffaloe appear difpofed- to ue peaceable, and remain neu tral, as their chief fays, to fee how bad white people can be have to each other :

! Ags - - -

Fifty Dollars Reward."

RAN A WAY- frojjv the fuhfeuber, living in Wjfhingtoti, Kentucky, on the eleventh inllant, a negro rnn named BROOKS, (who calls himlVlf Broo-

kins) about twenty feyen or twenty f'g'it years of age, five t'ert nine or trn inches igh, flout and wl) road-, vrry blick, his lips of the ordinary fizc of nrgrors, rathrf awkward iti his rrunntrs and appearance, lond of liquor, and cartlrf as to his drefs, ihcrefore appears generally dirty; he had on when hr went away, a round about unci vrrhills of new and fine brown coating, 3 ood wool hat, two hemp linen fhirts, white woolen focks, and tolerable good fliers - it is belivrd that he bus procured a pafs fiom. fomc perfon, and thai he will ainke for Detroit. 'J'herefore the above reward will he paid to any perfon who will pppreherd and deliver the faid negro to me,orto Mr.&nford barrel, at LimHone, and thirty d.Uar: Ur iepofiting him in any jail, and fciv.c g itiformalion To that I get bun. D. VLIITNKR. Drc. 18, 1807. Hllif

NO TICK. I DO hereby forward all porf ms from t2king Mtigmi rut on ;i boii of nnveyarie fwr forty actrs f l;i d. fiin n)frlf to Divid Wtfon. jr ;is I am d'-tnin-ined not to make a title uli 1 m paid lr the fame. RT.NJAM1N D. PRICE. 22d Dec. U07.

Handbills Circular Letters and a l r. j: i N 1) s or BLANKS, SEATir Asi accvra m.r phjstsi Ai THIS OI-TICL.