Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 29, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 June 1808 — Page 2

ing an imbargo on all fliip and veflels in the ports and harbors of the united States, and the feveral ah fupple xnentary thereto, under fuch exceptions and reftrictions as the public interett and circumftances of the cafe may appear to require ; provided fuch fufpenfion lhall not ex tend bevond davs af-

terthe commencement of the

next feflion of congrers. PARIS, Ky. April 19. On Thurfday laft, we re

ceived intelligence by fome gentlemen on their way from

Natchez, that a party of the

Creek nation of I ndians, ten

in number, on Sunday the 3d

inft. attacked a crew of men

trading up the Tenneffee ri

ver in a perogue, fifteen miles

above the mouth ot Duck.

The crew confifted of feven

ment moftly Kentuckians,

commanded by capt. Morti

mier, of which two were kil

led and three badly wound

ed : one of the men killed, we

are forry to fay is Mr. Ed

ward Porter, brother to capt.

Tohn Porter of this place ;

the other was Mr. Hervy of

Mafon county. Capt. Mor

timier was wounded in four

places, one of which was through the wrift. from the information it appears there were no circumflances which could juftify the attack. Some of the In dians went in a canoe to the perogue to buy powder and whilkey, and uponiheir being told there was none, they went off muttering, and were

overheard to fay in Enghlh"

damn them they had fome,

for they fmelt it-" A young

man which capt. Mortimiei had hit ed on the Tenneffee ri

ver, to affifl in navigating the

boat, told him, he knew lome

of the Indians, and that they

had a fpite againft him, and if the captain did not put him on fliore, they would probably kill the whole crew :

he was accordingly landed,

bur. the 1 ndians ran down

and fired on them, and con tinued he fire for feveral hun-. dred yards down the river ; Mr. Hervy returned the on

ly fire, after receiving his

mortal wound- I he crew retreated to the mouth ot Richland creek, where the buried our two unfortunately

murdered countrvmen in as

. - decent a manner as their cir cumftances would admit. A company of men was raifed, and went in purfuit ot the I ndians, but had not overtaken them when thefe gentlemen left there. An

DronninK the dialogue and its

difmcabte author. 1 lhall here take

. .

the liberty, as 1 donr know when the opportunity will again offer, of

atldreihng a lew words to my condiments. Examine for yourfelves, fellow citizens, and determine whether

ho broughr the intelligence, tthe fees ot the General court arc

and received hi information ru r

trom Mr. IN alters, one

?xprefs was likewife fent to

their naion. One of the

wounded it was thought

would not recover.

Mr. Helm, of Mafon coun

ty, was one of the gentlemen

w

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crew ana orotner-in iaw iu

Mr. Hervy who was killed. Mr. Helm further ftates. that as he paflfed through the Chickefaw nation, he was told that the creek nation had determined to go to war with the whites, and that the fixth town of the Chocktaws had joined them. A party of the Creeks had been in the

Qld Town for fome time ber-

fuading the Chickefaws to go to war ; and he was cautioned to take care of the Cherokees, as it was believed they would

join the Creeks. When he

arrived at the Cherokee nation, he found them holding their war dance . their wariors wore red beads, carried knife, tomahawk and fcalps, but offered no violence to any of his party, the Chickefaws

appeared friendly, and faid if

the whites would fend an ar

my, they would alfift to drive

oft the Creeks and Choc, taws.

in the habit of paying fees, exa

mine, and it furely cant' be thot time mis-fpent, the fee bill law pre-

vious to, with that Iince the Jalt

feflion of the legillature. Inilance

the article of a continuance

formerly 40 cents now 20 befides 1 n a 1 m m.

aimou every oiner uem in me fame proportion, which I could

r . t ' I I 1 I i

eaiuy anu wouiu wun pieaiure

point out, did the manner ot com-

municationjumiy it.

Had fellow citizens the indirect

charges againft my moral charac-

tor proceeded from any other

lource than that wnicn 1 nupeci

thev have, I fhould deem it necel-

fary to refute them by a ftatement of facts, notwithftanding you have

mM - mm

a fufneient acquaintance with me to believe, as I do declare them

abfolutelv false and nevertheiefs

. n

the fonhillrv and suttie cunning ot

a has blazen torth and decorated

the appearance of charges againft

me, 1 ihall trear them and tneir

author, as your honefty will lay,

they moll certainly merit, with

contempt. It's faid and I beleive it " Let

envy alone and it will punilh it

felfV ,

A Representative of Knox. May 18th. 1808.

tiff on account of a report that an Kmbargo had been laid upon all American veflcls in Ihe Britilh do-

minions. Flax-feed from 1 1 to 1 5 guineas perhoglhead. The linen

bufinefs very much itagnateil,

and, on account of our non inipor-

tation act, the lale was very dull.

The Hochcfort fleet, relative to

which there have been fo many

furmifes, has joined the fleet at Toulon prior to a number of Spanifli lhips of war had at difTeitnt periods alfo been added, and has failed for Sicily. The whole

force confided of thirty lau.

The marquis of Welleuey, has

been appointed by the king of

Great Britain, Secretary for For-

eign Affairs, in the room of Mr,

Canning, religned. " ' ' ' .

Uracle. Congrefs adjourned on the 25th

April to meet again the iirft Mon

day in November Previous to their adjournment, they authori-

fed the Pnhdent to Impend the operation of the Embargo laws,

whenever in his-opinion the con

duct of the European powers

would juftify the ' meafure. The

officers for the new armay of 6O00

men have not been appointed.

FOR THE WESTERN SUN. ,

Ma. Stout, I had determined fome time fince to drop my pen and refign a competition with characters which 1 conceived, as every thinking man mull alfo have conceived, efpecially thofe who had the flighteil acquaintance with them, it fuperemintly unworthey and beneath me to have any Intercourse from or acquaintance with.

But a knapfack full ( filched or

lent by fome pretender or fon of

efculapeus no doubt) of lo w billingsgate abufe, which I fee retailed, as it were by whole fail, in your laft Weftern Sun, under the title of Dialogue between an Auther and the Devil" has induced me to think with a great poet, that,

4i A fteady purpofe much aflifts

the honeit, But makes the villian worse"

which I have fully difcovercd to be the cafe of the auther 'be him whoever he may) of th dialogue.

The whole peice is replete with

(uch a tiflue of fauhoods, and

known bare faced lies, that it cer

tainly does not deserve (nor lhall

it meet with) a lurhciencyot my

attention to inquire of you the au-

hors name. I lhall therefore (as I think the auther fome defperado

unworthy pararrete or parihte)

not notice his malicious and

groundlefs queries. The auther

of the dialogue mlt have read remembered and believed n this notable couplee of Goldfmith " What no way left to fhun the ignomenious ftage, And lave from infamy my finking age : Lab."

for we fee him " like fome norten-

cious ferpent from a tomb, glittering and bloated with venom from

its loathfome banquet,".

The fait failing lhip Protection,

Capt Beanes, aarrived at this port laft evening in 29 days

from Belfaft, and furnilheS to

the office of the Mercantile Ad-

vertifer, Belfalt papers to the 19th of March, inclulive, con

taining London dates to the

14th being nineteen days later

than our laft advices rom that

quarter.

Capt. Beans informed us it

was the general opinion in En

glandthatMr. Role would adjuft

the dirlerences between that coun-

try and this, in which cafe it was expected, the imbargo would not

continue longer than the 22d o

March. Petitions for peace with

America were fending into Parliment from all parts of the king, dom. No profpel prefented itfelf of an accommodation between France and England. Markets for American produce very high.

It is! reported that the Britilh

50vernrnent have fignified a determination to concede evry thing

we alk indemnity -ceiTauon ot

impreflments to hang Berkley

-torellore the three citizens ta

ken from on board the Chesa

peaketo deliver up Love to be

tarred and feathered- to -deliver up the murderer of the American captain at Macoa to pay for the

NEX: YORK, April ajyi6h boarflto have their colonial

trade open to us during the war

on condition, that we follow the

path of the king of Naples and rruffia, and the emperors of Auftria and Ruffiia and if werefufe

Copenhagen !

Aurora. PHILADELPHIA April 28. From our latefi knglifh accounts Petitions for peace were in circulation for figna tures in all the great manu fafturing towns in the king' dom. in. Manchefler and its vicinity the fignatures a-

mounted to upwards ot 37000, and in other places to a much greater number. PHILADELPHIA April 25.

The Senate have paffed a

A numerous meeting had becnlf)i,, fixing lhc firft MoY held of the Merchants and Manu- ,n November, for the next factures of Liverpool, who had pe- meeting of congrefs. They titioned Parliment againft the or- h oir (ta u:n ...j.

tuvw aiiw puiJCU a Ulll 111 dU" dition to the fupplement to

-I r f n rr

uers 01 council, in a (iiicumon in die Houle of Commons on the orders on the 17th of March, it was ftated that there was not in the country a fupply ol filk for more than fix weeks, and that probably 60,000 Manufactures would be turned out of employ in a Ihort time ; that the uliial importation ot flaxfeed amounted tn rn nnn

hogsheads, of which but 10,000! England would declare war

naci been received, a mimhpr hrm nf

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the embargo law. This bill retrains the coafling trade within the capes. Mr. Adams in fpeaking in support of this bill, aid he thought it probable either France or

of merchants of London prefented

a petition to Parliment requefting to be heard by Council againft the Britilh orders, which reaueft had

been rejedled Ayes 66 Nays 99.

A gentleman arrived in the Pro-

tcction, confirms the intelligence of the failure of corps throughout Ireland. Provifions of every tiescription are extravagantly dear. The Protection literallv hnrrl

mf w va

country before

the firft of November next. The senate have pafled a bill 0 empowering the Prefi. dent to equip all the frigates and other velTels of war oi fhe United states. "

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