Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 April 1808 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THEIR OWN TIME.—HUME.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1808.

No. 25

From the Wasington Federalist of Feb. 20. THE NEGOClATION. We hear, and we believe the information to be correct, that the suspension of the negotiation between our government and that of Great Britain, took place on thursday. It is said that our government require Mr. Rose to specify the reparation his government is "willing to make for her attack on the Chesapeake ; while mr Rose has required that our government should previously rescind the proclamation issued on that occasiion. It is presumed, however, that the present aspect of affairs in Europe will induce one of the parties to yield. We sincerly hope that an amicable termination may take placee, and it is our opinion

that such will be thefial issue. Some late accounts from Lisbon, state' that the French General commanding in that city, had seized all the flour in that port and was to pay the owners of it at the rate of 12 dollars per barrel. (New-York Spectator) PORTSMOUTH, Dec, 30. General mirandy arrived in England latter end of December ; he went passengrer in the Alexandria frigate, with dispatches from Admiral Cochrane. A letter from Halifax of the 3d instant, to a gentlemen in this city adverting to the severa! addresses presented to Admiral

Berkeley, on his departure for Bermuda,

approbatory of his conduct on the American station, observes, " the address presented by the citizens of Halifax, was signtd nei-

ther by the governor, the chief justice of

the province, or the judge of the court of

Admiralty. That from the house of As-

sembly, was equalIy wanting in the governor's signature and a resoltion subsequently passed to present the Admiral with a sword or pice of plate, of the value of one hundred guineas, has been negatived by his excellency."

inviting them from all quarters to war

against America." Persuent to an act of congress, which took place on the first inst. no slave can be imported into any state or territory in the Union : And agreeable to an act of the imperial parliment of G. Britain, the same prohibition, and at the same time, is extended to all her possessions and dominions. Thus has terminated, on the same day. in two countries of the civilized world, a traffic which has hitherto atained the history of all countries, who have made it a practice to deal in the barter of human flesh. Virg. Arg. New. York, Feb. 13.—

A mercantille friend has obligingly fa-

voured us with the following extraft oi

a letter Irom the houfe of Daniel Crom

meiiu and Sons, of Amftidnm. Amsterdam, D?c. 30, IC07. " We have to inform you that this mor

ning we received cHicial intelligence of a

proclamatiori.iflued by . the French Eir.pe-

ror from Milan, refpeftmg the navigation of neutralsthe following are the chief heads of this important Rate paper : u Ewry veiTrl which has been vifited by an Enghili Shi:, or which has fubniited tc make a voyage to England or has pait4 any duty to the EngHHi government, is by this alone declared to have become fdena-

tionalife, to have forfeited the rights of

her flag, and fliall be conhdercd as Englifh property. " All vefleh which tftns through the Arbitrary meafutcs of tlic Er-lifli govetnment hive forfeited the rights cf their flag and mirrht come into our harbours or in

gave rife to it has been poflponed until

Wcdnelday next. London. Dec. 5. Sir Robert Wilfon, it is faid, has brought intelligence to government, which he. heard on high authority at Peterlburgh, tliat Bonaparte has determined to make immediate preparations for the invafioh of this country. Ireland or Scotland, it is fuppo fed will be the firft objeft of his attempt. It is reported in letters from Peterfburgh, that General Savary makes it hisboalt in

that capital, that Bonepvte will, invade

this country with 3CO,000 men.

A spirited article in a late London print on the recent Britifh orders, concludes

in the foh'oing terms :

mod flatering manner. A grand dinner for ten thou land guefls was provided in

the camp d'EIyfees, at which they all fat

down.

Two hundred theufand French troops were marching for Spain probably to carry on the 'liege of Gibraltar. Talleyrand and Berthier, the late'; French minifters of Foreign affairs hnd War, had arrived at Madrid, errand unknown. . The troops wWch defiled through bor-' deaux and re adjacent country, were only between 70 and 80,0CO, their ddllination was equally intended to aft againfl Portugal and Spin. The latter beinjf to undergo a total change of government, and to be included

in the Dynaftyof the Bonapartcs. The fpoufe of Lucien (whom he had married without confent of napoleon) late

a Tht fe orders we take it, are as good.Iydied ot a very fliort lllneis. It wasgen-

those of rvjr allies, or might fdl into t'le hands of our ships of war or privateer are dec bred good and lawful prize. 11 Everv vefTcl cf whatever nation fhe may be, ur wliatevtr dtscritr.ion her cargo may he, which is cleared cut in ti e barber'? of England, nr in Englilh colonirr,

or i.i places it) pcJirjon of EnrfliHi troop-;

t of a letter from an Amrricnjr)r (tecrinj her course to England, Enplifh n in Lrgr.orn, to merchants i: Sa-u olonies, or to places i i r:ffciTicn of the

Englifh tronpr, fhall be ccuhdered goo'J an 1 liv.fu! piizr. Tl:e Biiti'.h ifl.nd are derlsred in a (late of blotis'tde both by fea and iar.d 1 ! 44 The above decree is dated at Milan the 17:h December 1S07.

Extract

rentltm

lem, d.ted D-r.. 2 J, 130r.

u This morning vc had a repor t of bon rpm's inning a decree, forbidding all prri'ns from writing to cr correfuonuing with Enl:td, under p;in of death. Advices have been received from M". Armllronjr at Pris, that he apprelxendcd a general feizure of all American properly in France" Thelsir cf Great Britain has ordered a p-nfion of 20001. per znninn, from pri

vate mule, to the orrfonote known by tae

Dr. al, Dtr. 11. I lofe not a in vnsnt to i n f ?? m you, that an Auibian mcutiiger, with dii'pati !.Ji foi government, is juft arrived, in thr

r.ame

oftheCou-Hf D Albany widow of.Downs in the Lynx iloop

of

war.

the unfortunate Charles' Stuert, graudfon

of King J dtnes 1 1.

A pi:)r of yeilerday morning f-ys, that

forne days ago prrpofuls wve iuued by the viftualling oftice for Applying our

fleet etc. on the Weft India lLtion witl

Extract of c. h ttcr f rem a person re-1 frc provifions. A number cf pcrfons. Siding Cfl the borders of Lake J-!frnt in terms, ar.d th:.y waited cr. friday chlgaHy on I'J'JGSe information 0 the viftualiug bord for tj,e putpafe oi confidence mau be llaceiL datedlcloCwz their ccRtrafts but they were

confidence mar be placed, dated

Dec. 15, isor. " 1 hold it my d jty to pr-f-nt ynu my t pinion respecting ti e Ir.dian, called the prophet, br affured tht hr is immediately under Britifli inBuence, and exerr'.fir. his arts to induce a W3r ag?.inrt the U. States How fir he will be ::'n!e to effft the cbjeft I a'n not prepar-d to determine. 1 he B'itifh aent no lo::ger covers his interCninfr with the Indians with exaggerated accounts of the arrival cf iiz U:uih forcer

thrir ccRtrafts. but they .were

furprifcd by a very fuipriHrg ruieftio: from the cnmm-lTbners, to tl:c following ctTjft From whence do you prcpnfc tt draw fupplies for the execution ot yr-u contrafts in the event of an Americar War ? The contraftors b-:in;; whoily unprepared for fuch a queO.ion, ar.d ftruik k its tendency rerjuired time to anlwrr, anf. reconfidrr their propoful?. Ir. cr nfc quer.ti ef this very pregnant i Uerrr;.;atr : y, a:n forth? c?r.r?eration ca the futjeft. v. hicl

s a declaration of war ?gajnft America ;

nd their afTcft will be, iullead of reducing the tone, and crippling the means of one enemy, to give us another. We flitll then hVe to fiht with all the world for commerce, without a foul to buy an article from us ; and whilfi we rule the fea, there will not be an inch of coaft free to receive a bale of our commodities " LATE Foreign Intelligence. The intelligence from Eorope by late arrivals is of fo important a nature, that a confiderfcble part of our paper of this day is occupied by the moft interefting parts of it. The Ruffian government, so long the

dupe and the tule of Britain, has at laft

broke offall connection with that perfidious nation. Its manifcho is in efTircl

though not. in name, a Declaration cf War.

Britain hi3 received as fuch, and ordered

'the feizure of all Uullitn veflVIs, fliips of

fr and merchantmen, Thus is Britain not only fhutcut from an exttnfive mark-t for !ier mrrthuidifr, and cut off from the main fcurce of her n u'al ftrj-plies, hur is rro3Se nl Whr w''l uothcr powerful eneifiy. Sweden, as well as AuTUis, was expefted to jjinthe confederacy gainll Britain. Tlie Algeiines have, it feems, comnienred a predatory warfare againft the United States. This is no doubt the rffVft ci Britifh gold and intrigue, and explains a threat in the hte proclamation, that th.ofc of their feamen who did not return to their ferv ice would not be chimed as Britifh fubjefts in cafe tiny were tAen prifoners by

the Barbary powers. 1 he Algcnne: vvfie slwajs corfidred as the Bull-D'igs of Britain, which (lie -cculd fet on whom

fit rhr.fe and while fhe is muOenng'and mrfhaliug the Savage to lay wafte our fiontier fettlements and maffacre their inhabitants, it i3 perfectly confident in her to let loofe the Bubari:ns to cut up our commerce and captivate our citizen:. The Alrir;cs fiave alfo, it is faid commenced hoiiilities ininfl France, as Britain regained her afcendsncy over the Dey, this as; to be expefted.

The reason alfined for the detention of

Ametican ships at Cherburh, is tliwt two fri;T-tes vere :bcut to f iii from tha ;jort with trrcps for the Ea ft-Indics, and :his Hep vras taken to keep their preps, rations frcret. The Vrere!i irrpfrial guards arrived at

Pari? 25th November, and were relieved

?y lUz rJunitipaltty and ciiizers in the

erally believed that ihh widowed Prince

ould fhortly be married to fame princefs," and be inftalled as king of Spain and Portugal, which kingdom will alTume fomc new and more appropriate name. It.was whifpered myfterioufly in fafhion aile circles, that the Emperor Napoleon at ' Milan, was engaged in eflfefting his fanciful changes in the political flate of Europe. The kingdom of Italy is to be increafed, and afligned lor the maintainance of his beloved Emprefs, from whom his matrimo -nial tiei are to be cancelled by devorce, from the hands of his holinefs the Pope. The Empref3 will then reign over Italy, and the crnwn to become hereditary in the family of Beauharnois, through her fon the prefent Vice-Roy of the fame. The Emperor Napoleon inverted with thr title of Emperor of the weft, .will ally himfelf to the Houfe of Ruffia, by nwryi ing the Prircefs Catharine, filler to the Emperor Alexander, who is to aflume the title

f Emperor of the Eaft, and place his brother ConfUntine or. the throne Constantinople, width city is to be the metropolis of a kingdom principally from the dominions of Tu 1 key in Europr. The fiege of Gibralter was fpoken of, but not as a matter of primary importance Ciiinbaceres the Arch Chancellor of the Empire, was at Bordeaux, where tlie mob; fplendid entcrtdinments vcre given on the occnlicn. The Embargo at Bordeaux was laid perfuent to the equipment and failing of the fecret expedition of which 2 frigates have arrived at Martinique. The Kinbargo was taken ofTpn the 4th December.

The prevailing opinions in Bordcsux at

the departure of the Lorenzo, Capt. Dill

were, that war would be declared by

France againft the U. States, on the e-

vent of their adjufirnrnt with England.

Mr. Lee, Americ t!i Coufu! at Bordeaux,

has Jiddrcfin d hi difpatches to the frcretary of ftte : fupp 'frd to contain an ciilcial ac- - . . . fin .

ccur.t ot the Algenne dec Iantien 01 v -r arainft the U. States, ai d f the aftual com-

. . . w fiT-ncement of hoftilities. The Fmperor Napoleon ?rrived at the foot of Mount Cenis on the 20th November, Turin in the evening of the fame day, and on the day after at noon be was at Milan hi3 arrival at thrfe places was conveyed to her Imperial Majefty by Telegraphic 'Jifpstchcs. It is not true, as has been dated, that Sir John Borlafe Warren has arrived at Bermuda. A letter from a gentlcmm in Lgndoa

I s