Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 October 1808 — Page 2
Ati ng a f;mt mi-y n iVabie pifhn prrs th t have arm e.; ia tlii velu-1, w have rhr ftifrcticM u.t.)i)Ou'icc the ;'i!v v d of M.1J.1 .;- Mor,r.i! ; nml r.f Mfi.s. KichirJ Sullivan Jofep ' JWf T. Weih, Doilor Birtfctt, &c. Sec. xc. Tli; opinion of n intelligent pafienger h that tiir m JoKitcnts in Spiin will no h; long able to withlhnJ the p:Vrrs and cMcrilrnce of the nrw eonMitution accompanied with the rfU'.hle and energetic cha rafter of the new monarch.
The following traifiations are. mnc!f from Sptnifii p'.pers, received by the Arc turus, from St. & batliins.
Extract from the Gzzelte Extranrdlnvrj of Sarcgos:ai of the 2$thyunc On the 17th a Sptni.'h foMiev, who had heen aprifoner to the French, dehvrred a
Utter dire&ed to the admuiilUtors ol Saragoffj, which had brm given him b the French general Lefevre to be placed
lii the vdi ut Ins excellency ocn. PUfox.
'Hie fam? Fol Iter brought with him lVd- .
tioui proclamations printed in iiayonne m
the aoanin I.tnguiare which were deliverec
to him by the French general. The let-
tcr whs lent without breaking the fed, t
his excellency, who has given the following
amwerwtuch was lent tins day to the ene my s camp Sarragosa, at ::iy lit ad dxtrrtr s June IGth.
If his mijffty the emperor, fends vou.
wiiCMi to ciuoiun the tranquility of tin
country, which u his n-ver- loir, the care
you take are v ry ufeles. If I oncht tn
anlwer the confidence placed in me by tin ralian: people of Arragon, who drew nu from my retirement to place their intmehS in my hands, I certainly IhnulJ not fulfil my fluty by abandoning the ;n at thr appear, ance of a frienrifhip fo -deceitful. My fword (juuds th-gites of its capital ana ray honor is anfwrruhfe for its IVcurUy. This labor ftirjl J not he the lot of thofc troops who are yet f itignrd from their exertions on the 15 th Md I6:h, they wii? be found, however, adive in their tanks, I ih-dl he fo in my exertions. The fpirit of SpiniJh nations rnufed by their numerous wrongs, is far from bring gppeafed ; it continu?s to rife. The fpie.piidby yonr excellency arc faithh Is. A great prt of Cttalonra trs rlaced itfelf under r.iy command. The fnne has bcti:
rtne hy not a 1-fs oirt of C. ft:'-. Th4 capitains funeral of this ;md of Vilcucu arc united vtth me. G .likh, E treuiadjrat Aftums, and xhc inn kingdoms :1 Arnon, are refytved ro rv.:nge their fjftVrinc. Ths Frmtli troops commr ntrocities unworthy of men ; they rob, irf iir, arfd nrirdrr worthy p-ople viho havr done them no wronr. Tiv y oj:rn.-re reli io", burning the fv;rr? i:i3;rrS in Ul Ui, heard oi' m. inner. N itlirr this, r.or tl tone your excelleiuy ad kt:s even aftn the days of the 15th and IGth, are propei toJtisfy a vzLant kettle Your exct!IrrcV may 'do w!ut you pleafe, I (hiii dc
vlnt I ouht. Y. IJ. S., Jose Pallajosv Mklki.
General of the tr,rft of Arragtn.
PamiLONa, June 20. The Gazette of the 20:h announces th French army Ind loft 4000 nrrit kilirc' fince its entrance into th: kind rai inucpend.Tit of wou;' id, prif.uiL-rs, Jiiid the
ti-tcrterj. i he ( -2' l!c of the 3 i'h '.iuic;
th
marc
en
there on!v -m-iii?e : ) sAij tuufd rirc
ThU of the 2 r-'i.tr ni,.ih.rr fainoi.s ain:i in 5rarju, thM'r rrlu: U.ti brvu fr fivorat'. th i: vr are atT.rrd t!i t ;:e:r rl Lefevrer.n t' li e U ,uv '2 :,f iB?n tf tve 12jJ0 wb j m m bed lor tb:
I
?nd becam? mafters of 27 pieces
) cannon uith their bngive. On th- 2Hth 29th and 30tb, there was violent cannonadir.?, but- the rrfult is nrt ktiwn, a perfon howeterj who came ycOjrday from P. iifures us ihat gen. Lefevre, with the few men left him furren If red, and that the efcort witli provifions md ammunition, drihned for his camp, had been tnkcYi by the Arragonuns with 15 baggage wggdn 44 Gazette Extraordinary' Saragossti July 3 The day before veflerdiiv rthe l(t) at
jiniduight, the Wench camp in the neigh-
nornoodot his opital began the bombardnieut of the city, this w.s idiitiuued till the evening of the following day, in which they expended more than 1400 balls and Hulls. They attacked fome of the gates, nut the valor of the troi.nsaud inhabitant
Uio guarded them refitting a tri llintr fV,
uillioyed all who prtltuted thtuiicives Shewing the field with Freuth budies : in the evening of the fme day they continued the attack with their infantry and artillery, and were again repnlfed with confiderabKiofs. At day break yelterd&y they reneWrd their attack on all fides, -and after iufleriinr rcnt loTs and convinced of the obftinacy and valor of our troops, they retired, having fuITcred from a continual fire of 12 hours.
The (hot and (hells of the enemy have not
only done little damage, but have fervcu ti Xvite a greater hured to them and im pre Is us with the fecred duties of rrligion and our country, or cur honor and our kiiig. Here follows a lor lut of hromo-
tions,
A Kica many arms have fallen into our
bands, and among the flaiu have been found fome of the ornaments ftolen from
the churches and individuals : We h'avc
n-de many prifoners. In all parts the French arrrv lias been
s routed, and intri.u ind deceit are the on-
ly refource remairumg to lave them from the total extermination with which thev
re menaced in Spain.
By an exuieti which left Valencia on
the 30th of June, we receive officially the agreeable njws, that the French armv
commanded by general Mowcey, having
ntacked that city on the 28th of the lame month, were received by fuch a dreadful
fire from the batteries, for the fpace of feven honrs, that after having been routed and their bodies covering the ground in the
neignivulioou, tl.ey pmipimely abauconen the field, and in the utmoft coufufiou, without provifions and without force, took the rond to Madrid'in which the main bo!y of the Valetician army is waiting to cut olf their retrear, fo that not one ot ihofc who iem:in tan eTt jpc. We have alfo received, bv tlie cornier
f to-day. information, that the rer:ain? of Jieanny of 16,000 men, who entered An-
tiahtlja un.it rtl e cemmand of Gen. Ounont.
has'ictreateJ to Andojar, and that it wjC".'1 VC?.1 reduct'd to nlf 6000; thit on the 22d efjfiD,trd Vicna
June tnry were within the diftanc.e of two Icagtic from the full divifion of the vanguard of the Sp-nifl army of that king.
loui, comma i(l a by Ucu. Ga;nport,i, and
ained C3nridrr?b!e bfs, an& the French Co have fncceecied in their objdt of getting near Valencia fo as to be able to make an
attack upon it on tiie 28th. The VaWnci aits, aware r.f Moncey's intentions weir potted under the wills' lie begn his attack in the afternoon of the 28th, but the town was fo vigoroufly defended that he ws obliged to retire to his poiition b?twcen Qiurte and M illunta, where he had thrown up a bnttrry There he was attacked by the patriots on the 29th, and a me'd fanquinary conilicl enfued ; but thanks to piovidence i 1 the gootlcaufe, as the Oviedo Gnzette informs us, wss ultimately triutnphant, and of 18,000 men of whom Moncfy's army confined ody one tlioufiub made their efcape. Such is the fate thnt has attended the French arm in Va. lenti-i. A funilar fate has befallen them
in Mure l.
Extract from a private letter from Ham-
burgh, July ID. " The amb t(T;dnr was at laft obliged to ommunicate his difpatchrs to count Sta-
dion. The f imedf v a cabinet crunril af.
fembhd, at which the. emperor and all the archdukes - who are in Vienna aifembled.
His conference lafled from ten o'clock tiii 'ight in theeveninir, and upon breaking uu
of the council, couriers were immediately
difpatehed into all the province?, to Paris, and likewife one to Petcrsburgh. Hie Ruffi'in ambafTdor, having had the fnme evening an interview with count Str.dion, f-nt -alfo one to his court. Narhing lind tranfpired which conld fatisfy the cr.riotity of public relative to this extraordinary
liiptch of ccuri'.'rs, atd what inrreafed the
anxiety, was a rt port that was ipread the following day, that they wert packing up1 at th? Frerh ambtfTauor's hotel. 'I'br inhabitants here in Hamburrrh.
difnlay the moll extrv;i.vant inv Inn trC
accounts have been leeeivrd. Ir- m Vienna.
.9-yeral merchants received laii evening
letters on this lubject, all containing vcith
tne RTcatrlt ex-.tlnel3. the tame liuelli-
gence In every ct fTee houfe, in every
public place, the citizens already ex'nrefs
j heir hopes of a new continental war," with
as much frerrim as if ther? was not a Frenchman in ifa'mburgh. Whr.t confirms
this important information, is the conduct obferved by thr French minifbr andcrover-
nor : you know thf fr gentlemen arc neither dilatory nor cncietidis in their meafufes ; but now they ape.ir to be abfolutely panic Ornck' Scmr of the letters rro fo fr
to atTert, that AndreofTy, after the conference with cmint Stadion, hsd demanded patfpnrts for himfrlf, and all the person ntrarhed to the embafTy and rcceivec them the fame evening I ! ' I break open the letter to inform yon that Beinadofte and the Frrnrh minilter have rereireei eilafe tes about two hour? arro. It "n faid thev have !rv.irriif ;....ir.
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f:nm the H diimorc American of yertercfy; The prilldrnt and heads f departments aie to be at WMf jrtKton on Mors, day next, and it is Confidently exprcted ihtthe executive will fce enabled t take' olf the Embargo before the meetii.tr of Gcoigrtfs The above article, originating in a pipe r leputeuly under the national nfthn,l.
timore Smith family, rrt'ucrs a belief that
it mty be derived from their -authority ; unlefs, indeed, we are to view it s a trick to
operate on the approaching editions. Wc have heard of a letter recently aiidrffiYd to gentleman in office, from another irt high authority, whi, b ft.ife thr t the laft rivals both frrm France and Krgland wereot fo favourable a nature as to warrant a btlicf that the late injurious ai d violent orders and decrees of thrfe p6wefs would be fpeedily annolled. Although we do implicitly rely on tni? information, we moU tervrntly hope it may be correct, nd that the country may thereby be relrivrd frcm the opprtHion and roin of the embargo. N, B. Jt oaght to be remarked hew--ver, on thenbove artule, that.the eldiou ill Maryland commences next Monday. It is not improbable, therefore, thajti.is nan artifice principally invented to operate on this occzfion.' Miia. Caiiac.
gencc that AndreofTy, with all his Am. have
From the GibrmHcr' Chronicle Eztro,
Jutv 25, 1Z08.
It is with the moH heaitfc It fatisfacVon,
...1, wiimiii u Kjy vtu. a;wj;'g!i, anu j , " --' un, that the d.-.y following it would he joined j 11 Wr flnnilll,ce the furrender of the by thefe.ond diviHcui under the command' FrCfiC,, jmy "der I):?pont. tithe army of
ol Uen. lt.:nos, lor the purple of at- ""oer general iitanos. The tacking and entirely d flroying Dupou:. rra(?cr wil! fini the following trnflatioM t wr whatever official account hs hitherto been
T nSiUOSl A,.fV trccived ofthistytunate and-.-Ur.oos e-
i . ,r ! h rent, rvMrn, to lpeak the Wnarr nf os. Intellen.e ot thr greater, nnportancelv, rnrt1( , i$, in ff , t.-.
Jelerter?. i he (, ,2rtte of the 3 i :h -ifu. c; oeen rece.vtu trom p5m, sod we re-btained by Spain and Great-ritMin ever :htt a detaehmeut -f 20CX) mm who Ci c br,!JrT ble to Hate that it is mofi;t,r common ene.nv and it r ill prove no TjarcUrvr townvs hp.l.i, h rid who indr.-d .h'--ui- Guvcinnnnt have received dil.jfliht additional canle of -ratitlcMion to tlu mtrrcd, werrlvcomil-trly de.imyrd th t ! --icnrn horn Lord Coiling wood ot the 1 7th jinhabltants of ' this parrifori, that th,- two here oi!v -n Af. ul. i I t l.ill jnonih. Seville eZrttL-i have- . ii . i i . . . .
j.'are anJ 1: ;n?
fince t
c!!r curie
in',racs revrr kn-n.n '". n
c'r ir '!'-(. A C u r: -r f" -m (-'. l.ei
h-s b-en .err epfd, in w!nrh hs tU!ari-v
to 'he e.r:i"r(r hi? wjTit ot mm, but ?r
'. Ir.dred Go I -y'ects
tl - y .
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f Iall inonih. Seville L'z-ttci have ilo Vn mrr; il...u i,:.i.. t. i . . . i
- '''"ni.nr"v or muenreo lor it.
,v,.. ... ,,u v.uuu "(t.-ne milir-ry ,;!! and irdefati "4Ue -x tft- SO'.h otlilt mouth, that is to bit Sat. rations nf an nr(,r i. ' . I . . r , r, .. r 1,01,5 OI an oh.cer, w.iofe known partialitx nicy. Ibr d.lfntchrs of Lhu U.lt tl,r Brit.ili nat, n. grounded , -on an ac voodhr.v.brount acorfirm-No,, cttmfMi,!e knowcJ:?c o( thc ,rLr iiUcM 0s nf , . ,. ', v. , ;('". "i Inch i lol..; )imi u, Tccurrd Ar,j:.o:, .i o ?.it!r:,u. ..r.- 1) n cl...M,t!l t;,rm ,r :, ,lc b'-ifiri -j i (pCAtj tf'"' :'":r"'h f 'ft""7i w"?..n.;lt l! I.crrc.f w,,",..d ".u, -nt.tl.
..:r.. ,rre ,o :..e ..n:. . .V tr.na.,.a tl,r highflt rrgd nd moil ,f. "ii'Ic ;.. the xOtti i:i the f )irdf. p iik i jtVfiionate Rra:i unit. Alttr defilm :l,e drfrat of Dtipont. jcv. s ,nt Muntp. .,.r. ron.n?,,c, t! Gi.., tl,e t.hor of the UbrhMlt'K'T ot fUtfr thf l.it.hnun n.itn.7'1 I- o-. ... .
9h??y reduced to rbrdj-.-ce. M'wit .,.'-.? rr.Mvento Korrr it their fo', vr- J hor.or of the ?torious victr-ycommu iVfinr t!,'rs n-v.-s, fcrrvS 1. i-.:i:i off Je-t. betwrm fix and ftven :!-.pnMful,,icl!pll ,hovc ihre'e royal falutes were ir" 'tdT ai lt; hi- t Ir .ve this cr; . des- i hti: ttiry f,ccrncd ui mkinir tbein.jrd. in fuccrifmn, yeilrrday mcnin? at tr n third r : -i a,; mi. vv-ll Kc. -3 maflrrs nf ,t. and xdulel put'o'clo k, from the blntin, battr ry - anJ c A -he r I July, iUtru t!,,t in the v,ho.r gauifon to the fworl. right in the eveni, three moires ,U .ri-.- . ,n tii- Cf.th ult. Hiril from tiie "or.irv h'und a rjrave tor bis arciv in lures, each ficrerded hv a' f. .. : r
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a!r-M,. A l-.irs of aio.is lock placcjthc tro ps of thr garn Jon, v. hich Werr ' - ar t h v. ill if tl.r rm. nn tl.. "btl 0 7rl.'tr . i i. . . . .
outcd the cticmy, purfuipj ihe:r fckcnjmS the panwidt tre faki to have fult-j The fwtlof.-'ng fufriciout article is
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HISTORY OF MraNDA'S ixPE ' DIT10N.
Oliver Sc Mukrok, intend putting immediately to prefs, the History ef 'JIi. randa'sUtc attempt ttr revolutionize Scvtk America. Ih a fertes of letters by a gen. tleman who was an " officer in the enterprize, to his friend in the U. States.
The manufcrint h been. infrWrl
feveral gentlemen of taftc and lite rarv 'em
inence who pronounce it a highly vJuanle aud intereOir.g work. The
lone, would entitle it to the patronage of the public ; but. when it is rememhencr, that Miranda U now in England, racking preparations forgoing again to. South America, and that col. Burr isnow'ojfil.it pafTage there, it cannot fil to excite parti, cnlar attention it is 'tibs noticed by a member f the Leeiflature' of 1u(Turht.
fetts, to the Editor of the North Star.
" A younrr jrentlernam ihnm t -i'.
frye years ago a, an officer in the n'aV; cf theU. States, and which he lrft
bly has lately returned from Mira'i expedition, into .which he hVd been' frduced by iarfehood'ana has fliown' me a history of that cnterorizt? in aVVa',1
, . . I villi IIV any of leaving New. Tor untjl its difolu-
cum. j ne nnflud.ed nmplicity of the par.t.vecarries conviction of7i, "::;. i, r
have advifed itj publication :'?o hate .thcr ccentlemeli of more defer v
cbaradler than myfelf. It .as foVirfucb of
rnciaent that ,t w,Il, engage tVe4 curious reader ; fo much of eztrivrZ,nm .L
feie on the adventurous --fo mnrh of ;f.
iflerM to x on fertility, ancJ Carrie pr.nf of fuch dfpraved hypocrify in the leader astointerefl every 0vCr of "truth Eecaufe 1 wilh ever tuh in ts,J
cm-n bottom, I wilh this expire fiiould.go to to the public, u Reruier UT1,0 rf
the things which arc Caesar's.
tO" Printers throvrhthe union Ar t?t
sired to insert the ciave in their resbettive
mpers.
JUST PUBLISHED
. , And for sale at tbh Office. Accmplete revifion of the Laws of tj?c INDIAN l TERRITORY- '
And alio, the Acb passed at -the Srfiifn of lfior.
ST? P.ire ' Dollars and 50 ' Cent-.
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FOMlc at this Office, on moderaie ternif, wholefile or rtaih - '
KOTICE,
nrHATat the . txt cciirt of Ccmmon JL Plea. to be holJrn for the ecuntv of
CUk. in the IncMaru Territoiy. on the fhft Monday'iu November next. I fhalf ?? J? to faid court frr a ferry to be tflabliinri crofs the river Ol io, frem my lard in fid
4 cruny, being fr;ctinr! f"6ioi:s No. 4, Sc
5, in lown rso. 6 ri apce No. 3 h.
rdcilck Ginger September 1ft, 1500.
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