Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 April 1810 — Page 3

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riXCE.VXES, Amu. 7, 1310. The following is a true Oatement of the votes giver, tor the different candidates for the houfc of renrefer.tatives at the elecVmn on Monday lafl, at which Peter Jones, John Cddwell, and G, V. uhnfon, was clewed. t 1 -5it?t ts.t2 t trtH-t?trt

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Total- tlS5t'.67tl64tl62tl59tl52 The following is a true ftatementof the votes taken in the Upper Diftricl at the election on Monday laft for Councillor, at which William Jones was elected. II ii if

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Vincennes, II 2941 Palmyra, II 483S BufTeron, 40 2 Total." Ill rii si The following is a true ftateraent of the votes taken in the Lower Diftrifl at the election on Monday lafl, for Councillor at wjiich Walter Wilfon was elected. HIMIPIIP lllliisiin: llll?l!8-IIS I! !l 511 Sll?lirH II Townships. jj jj If

Hai rifuu Wabalh,

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White river, JJ1 3l62?fl 1

authority of it, it may or tiiay not be true. This place is remarkably dull as to the market, nothing but the pro duce of this country will command a price, and that is high. Lou. Gaz. Extract of a lector from Doctor Barton of Philadelphia, to a gentleman of Frederick, county, Virginia, dated March 15. tSio. The remains or four vail cities have been difcovered in the fpanilh province of Coinpeachy,! and the vicinity. They are of (lone, beautifully couftructed and adorned with admirable lculptures of which I have jutt feen man ufcript engravings. The fi gures plainly Ihew that thefe cities were not conllructed by any nation of Europe: the phificgnorny befpeaks plainly a civilized race of American Indians, certainly more im proved than the Mexicans or Peruvians. This difcovery ftrongly coufirms my idea of the great antiquity of America ; of the ancient (late of improvement, of its inhabitants, &c. But perhaps, I fhall be able, at no very diltant period to give you much more fatil factory information on the

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Total- !6345J23K 1 Appointment by the Governor.

John M'Candltfi fherifT of Knox coun-

ty, vice Permenas Jkckes, reugned. HEAD QUARTERS, Vjsgsssesi 8th March, 1810.'" Francis Vigo. Efcjr. Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 1ft Reg:, of Knox county Militia, having cn account cf his age and infirmities requefted leave to refign his conimiuion ; the Commander in Chief leceives the fame, and rrquefts the Cclcne! to accept of his thanks for his Ion and difintercfted fervices to the United States, from the moment of his beinp enrolled as une of their citizens. He wilhes the CoJone! a fpeedy reftor.uion of his health, and all that happinefs in his retirement which oupht to be the reward of an aftivc and ulelul life. By the Commander in Chief. WALLER TAYLOR, A;d de Camp.

I The province of Cam peachy lies upon the fouthern coafl of the Gulph of Mexico or more properly, upon the Bay of Campeachy, in lati tude about 20 deg. N- and 300 miles E. of La. Vera Cruz.

Extract of a letter from a ocntleman in New-Orleans to his friend in this place 27th Febuary J 8 10. It was reported in this place two days fine c that the Jpanifli goverment had ceded Penfacola and that part of their territory to Great Britain, and that there had 1500 n oons landed fuch is the re

port, I will not vouch for the J

Extracts of letters from an intelligent American gen. tleman at Gijon, to a merchant in Marbelhead. January 5 ' Intelligence has been received here by a launch from Sc. Antonie, which place (he left the ift. init. that France has declared war againft the U. S. and that in conkquence all the American veflels have been embargoed to the eaftward of this.' January 6. ' Since the above, I have feen a letter from a refpectable houfc at St. Scpaftians, dated Dec. 30, and two from Bilboa, of Dec. 31, and an I, all of which mentioned, that France had declared war againft the U. S. and that the Ameiican veflels had been embargoed by order of the Emperor, feveral otiicr cir cumflances tend to corroborate this inteligencc. ftill in my opinion, it wants con-

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format:ion I have been ableVo

collect, there appears

the fleigh the fecond time nrnrvee T.

ed but two or three rds Ijcforc the flcigh was blown over, and torn to pieces, the bed and children

daubt but the American vcf j driven to fomc diitancc, He then felshave been detailed. collected them once more, km! , , M them on the bed and coveret! them

lauua. i.. over; and then called for heip,

An exprefs has ju(t arrived

here from st. Andcro. Jt

but to no purpofe, Knowing that the children mult foon perilli in

left there on the 6t!i inlt. A ! .iit'':'ti.. "hofe drflrcffitie , . r , .0 Hiiit-ks then pierced his heart, he

letter lays, that the Emperor , atiempied to carrv them all on his

has ordered a general embar-1 moulder, wrapped in a coverled ;

go at the ports below here, and iiTued a decree Prohibit

ing the introduction of goods into Bilcay, from this and othjr ports occupied by the patriots. I have ftill fome doubts of a French declarati on of war againll America. MELANCHOLY ! Concord,vN. H. ) Feb. G. A more extraordinary and dif-

trefhng fcenc, than was expencne

hut was foon blown down, and

the children taken from him by the violence of the wind. Finding it impofiible to carry them all he left the youngeft, which happened to be drdled, by the fide of large log and attempted to carry the cither two in the fame maner ; but was foon Hoped as before. lie then took the two, one under each arm, with no other clothing than lhirts. In this manner, tho' he was blown down onee in a few rods he arrived at the houle in about two hours front the time

he left it. The children thousrh

ed in Sanhorntown in the late tre- j frozen fiilF, were aiive but died iu

mentions llorm of wind, is feldom

known. The fufferers are David Brown, Jeremiah Elfworth and his family. On Friday morning the 19lh ult Mr. Elfworth arole about an hour before funrife ; fome part of the houle was foon burlt in by" the violence of the wind. Being apprehenlive that the whole houfe would foon be torn to pieces, and that the lives of the family were in danger, Mrs. E. Went into the celler, taking her youngeft child which flic had drefltd, with her, leaving her two other children in bed. Mr. E. attempted to go to the neareft neighbor, which was to the north for afiiltance ; but the wind was fo llrong againft him that he found it impracticable. He then fet ont for the nearelt the other way, which is one fourth of a.

mile, and arrived about funrife at

Mr. Brown's, when his feet wcrel confiderably frozen, and he fo o-l

vercome by the cold, that he ciidl

not dare, and Mr. Brown thought it not advifable for him to return. But Mr. Krowu took his horfe and flcigh, and went with all poflible fpeed to fave tlie woman and children from impending diflruction. AVhen he arrived he found Mrs. E. and one child in the cellar, and the other two in bed whofe clothes the wind had hiowu awTuy, fo they could not be drefled. Mr. Brown put a pQfl into the flcign, put the children ipon it, and covered them oveV V'ith the bed clothes. Meflrs. E. alio got into the fleigh but they advanctd no more than fix or eight rods, before the fleigh was blown over, and the children and bed fcattered by the wind. Mrs. E. held the horle while Mr. Brown collected the children and the bed, and put them into the fleigh again. Mrs. E. then concluded to make herefcapeon foot but before lhe arrived at the houfe the was fo overcome by the cold, that fhe fonnd it impolhble to walk any fnrtlicr. S!ie made a flop, concluding that fhe mult perilh. She foon made another attempt by crawling on her hands and knees ; in which manner lhe arrived at Mr. BiownS houfe, but was fo al tered in her looks, that her huf band did not know her. lie concluded twice to go to the afiiltance of Mr. Ii. and his children but hib wile perfuaded him not to venture telling him that Mrs. B. and her children would certainly perilh too ; and flic wifhed him to Hay with her, for flic expected to be a

corpse herfelf before niftht. Mr.

a few minutes, Mr. B's hands and feet were badly frozen and he very much chilled, fo that he could not return to fetch the child he had left.

iriiliam Jones

SamU JLxtckctt

B. having pu; the children into S3th Jir.r-, isfo,

Foreign Attachment. NOTICE is hereby given, that a writ of attachment iiTued out of the court of Common Picas of Dearborn county, Indiana territory, at the fuit of James Knight, againft the goods and chattels, rights and credits, lands and tenements of Hicnard Heddy, a non-rcfident, in a plea of trefpafs on the cafe, damage twenty three ' dollars, thirty eight and a quarter ccntf returnable to the term of Auguft, 180S, on which the flicrifF of faid county hath returned, that he has attached one mare as the property of laid Heddy, Notice is therefore hereby given, that uulcfs tne faid Richard Heddy, do appear by him ft If, or attorney, put in fpecul bail, and receive a declaration, judgment will be entered dgainft him by default, and the property fo attached , fold for the benefit of ell creditors who may appear entitled to receive a fliare thereof, and who may duly claim the fume. Sa ml. C. Vance c. c. r. James Dill, attry. for plaintitF. S Laurenccburgh, 50th 'Sept. 1809 Foreign Attachment. NOTICE is hereby given that a writ of attachment ifiued out of the court.of Common Pleas, of Dearborn county, Indiana territory, at the fuit of Robert-Piatt, againft the goods and chattels, rights, credits, lands and tenements, of John Henderfon, a non-refiJcnt, in a plea of debt, twenty feven dollars, feventeen and a hJf cents, returnable to the term of Auguft, 1808, on which the flieriff of faid county, hath returned that he has attached one mare as the property cf faid Hendcrfoii, Notice is therefore hereby given, that unlefs the faid John Henderfon, do appear, by himfelf, or attorney, put in fpecial bail, and receive a declaration, judgment will be entered againft him by default, and the property fo attached, fold for the benefit of all creditors who may appear entitled to receive a fiure thereof, and who will duly claim the fame. Saml. C. Vancc c. c. r

James Dill, attry. 7 for plaiatilT. 5 Laiuci.ceburgh, SOth Sept. 1809.

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Dissolution of Partnership.

THE co-partnerlfiip of Peter Jones Sc do. wi this day diflolved by mutual confen: all thofc indebted to fa'wi firm tvill j 'cafe make payment on or before the firft iby cf March n-xt, to William or Peter Jones, who is authorlfed to fettle all our Lufitiefs; thofe failing tocou ;:' with this notice mav confidcr fuc! failuie as aa iaviuiiou to be fued.

Peter Jones

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