Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1810 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN SUN. VIXCEXXFS, Jus e 23, 1310.

The editor thinking tint he could not prefent any thing more acceptable tcr his readers than a particular account 01 the caufes of alarm which has exilted here tor fome days part, waited on governor Hamfon for the purpofe of procuring informa. tion,and was favored with the following: Since early in May, the governor has been pofieffedof information communicated by Indian traders, and by friendly Indians, that the Shawanoe Prophet was again exciting the tribes of the Wabafli to war ogainft the United States, and indeed, that it was aftually agreed upon by all the tribes weft of that river ; thisinformation was communicated to the goVJrnment, and was thecaufeof the detachment of troops being fent here which we mentioned in our hit. Early in May alfo, the interpreter maintained by the government amongft the Delawares arrived here, to inform the-governor that that tribe had heard of the hoftile movements of the Prophet, and that they had detrrmined to fend a folemn embafly to the tribes weft of the Wabalh, to warn them cf the danger of liltening'to the advice of The Propfiet. The governor did every thing in his power to Urcngthen them in this refolution, and rompofrd a fpeech for them to deliver to the other tribes. This it appears was faithfully delivered, and it is more than probable, that to the influence of the Delawares, and the imprcfiion made by them on the minds of the other Indians, that the war has been averted. From the 10th to the 18th inftant, the governor was informed through various channels, that the Indians were collcawg in very great numbers about the Prophet ; that the Miamies had been fo intimidated as to agree to attend his council that the Wyandots had come into his fchemes, and they had agreed with him that every thing that had been done between-the white people and Indians, fince the .treaty of Grenville, was void and good for nothing, and that they were determined to ftop the progress of the white fettlements; About the 5th or 10th inftant, -an Indian came to mr. Dubois (a French gentleman wh.- lives about a mile above this town) in the dead of night, and told him that his friendlhip for him, had induced him to come to him for the purpofe of sdviling him by all means to remove over the Miffillippi with his family, as he might fliortly cxprd trouble if lie. remained where he was, The old Punkafhaw chief, Groble, came alio to the governor, and rfk-d his permiffiorrto retire over th; Miifidippi, oblerving, that he heard nothing from the Indians above, but the cry of wr that he was old and did not wifli to have any fharc in it that he wanted to retire to 3 place of fafety the next dny he informed the governor that a particular plan had been laid by the Prophet for the fdrprife of this town, and told him what the plan was about this time alfo, a boat which had been fent up the Wabafh with the annuity fait for the Juditns returned the matter informed the governor that the Prophet and the Kickapoo tribe rud refuted to receive the eight barrels of flf defiined for them that the Prophet's brothei had infulted him in the groilHt nnnnrr (the Piophet being prelent) ilnking him violently by the luir, as well 35 fome others of h;s crew, and afking them whether they were Americans (they were &11 young Frenchmen.) Mr. Brouillet, a trader, who was fufpected of bcirg in the employment of the government w is alfo infulted, mde to deny that he asan American, and his houfe immediately plundered of his provifims and ether articles. The p:o:hct fent wora to the governor u Tint hi, people (hould not come anv nearer to I;im, that thrv llmuld not fettle on the Vcrmiiiicn river he finelt them too Itron, alrevJv." The-overrmr bein,; l;:h to create an a)arm until their iluulu appear an abfoiute r.ecrliUy for it, from the gret injury that it might produce by Hopping the emigration to the country, a:;d perhaps driving nil tome of the frontier fettlers, had not hitherto made public any part of the information he had received hut as the danger appeared n him to he extremely thretnir.g, on the

Ifit i in It. he aiiembleu 17 or id ot the lecitizcr.s, viz. the Secretary of th;

Territory, a Judge of the Supreme foi?rt, the Heprefcntatives of t!:e county of Knox, the Rcgifter of the Land Office, county officers, merchants, SccVJc having laid before them the information he had 'received, requeued their advice upon the fubjeft of ta. king meafures for putting the country in a ftate of defencethis was tinanimoufly ndvifed, as well asihe hr mediate ordering two companies of militia into actual fervice. Whilft thefc meafures were progtefling, a principal Putawatimie chief arrived, being fent by the representatives; of 16 villages well of the Wabafli to Inform the governor that they had abandoned the Prophet, and had thrown away the tomhiwk which he had put into their bands Tis revolution in their minds was produced by the forcible reprefentation of the "Delaware deputies above mentioned, to a council which was convened the letter end of May, fomewhere in the neighborhood of St. Jofephs of lake Michigan, The governor alTures the Editor, that the chief who brought the above information is entirely to be depended upon, his fidelity to the United States, and perfonal friendship for him, having been manifefted in every trahfacYion with the Indians fince the treaty of Greenville. Two young Frenchmen arrived from Fort Wayne laft night, as they pafiVd the townpf the Prophet, they were defired by mr. Brouillette, to inform the governor, that every thing appeared to be quiet above the Prophet's town, but that another council was fhortly to be held there are not more than 400 warriors at the v IT ige where the Prophet refides, and the governor thinks that the whole number which (Kill sfdhrre to him dees not exceed twice that number NotwithQanding the above favorable appearances, we underftand that the governor

f will not countermand the order for turning

out the militia, until he difcovers what meafures will be taken by the Prophet upon the defection of his followers The citizens of Knex County, are requeued to attend, at the court houfe in Vincennes, on Wednefday, next to confuit upon-the bed plan of avoiding the threatened war with the Indians, 8c of fecuring their feveral families. JOHN JOHNSON. Frsm Dublin paptr April 9. London April 6 netfast 7. p. rr. Some egregious errors appear in the papers of this evening regarding Sir Francis

i Bnrdett. He is neither m the lower nor intends to be there. He dTTputes the au

thority of the fpeaker's wairant for his commitment, and means to rcfift its execution by every legal expedient. . A confiderble crowd is before Sir Francis's bonfe in Piccadilly, but he is himftlf at his country refidence at Wimbledon. During the whole of the morning a numerous concourfe have attended at the lower Hill, and the fireets adjacent, with the expectation of feeing Sir Francis Lord Moira, in his official fituation, has been at the Tower to receive the member for Weflminfter. As a meafure of precaution for which I truft there will be no cccafion, the runs at the principal gate and baftion towards Tower ilreet have been loaded, and artiiliry Ins been planted along the interior ftreets of the fortiefs leading to the portc ullis The garrilon is greatly reinforced. Such are the particulars I have received from a fpeciai meiTcngcr whehas u left the pl ce. In Wcftminfter meetings hive teen held by the friends of their Reprefentative, to cenfider v!at expedient they fliould adopt to be reftored to the benefit of the chcTive franchife, of which by the vote of this morni;- they are deprived and many thoufand finatures are hy this time obtintd to a requifition to the high bailiff for meeting in the palace yard, which it i- fa id will be immediately appointed. On the fame rpportunity a vote of thanks is to he pc; r.u ci to Sir Francis Buruett, for wiiat is Calird his confidential letter to his condiments Durir. tiic whole of the day a crowd ha been afiembled in the vicinity of the Tower at times vociferating 44 Buidrtt forever a much greater LiT-mblaqe of perfons fill the Itreet of Piccadilly and the- avenues Irsdinr to it at preietit thev indicate no

mifchirf, hut taunot f-y.

prevfntion of all riot snd didurbsnce in ihe neighborhood of Sir F. Burdctt's in Piccadilly wcrr fuccefful. All carts carripges, Jcc. coming into the Welt end of the Ilreet by Hyde. Park corner were obliged to go round, and all coming into the Kail eod of Piccadilly were obliged to go round alio. In the rourfe ot this morning not even a foot pafiVngef was fuffiercd in the fpare oppofite the Baronet's houfe which was thus left entirely to the military and the civil power In this flate of things Sir Franris Burdett remained at home all night and the Sergeant at Arms, Mr. Colman, the drpuiy.fergrant, mr. Clementfon, with the meifengrrs Wright Jones Skelton, Blake, Sec. continued in Piccadilly during the whole night, in order to execute the Speaker's warrant. About eleven this morning was judged a favorable opportunity to make the attempt and" with that view they proceeded to his houfe from the Olau-cefter.CofFee-houfe. The doors and win. dows on the ground floor being fecured, and theie being no chance of admiffion in that quarter, a ladder was brought ami placed againfr a window 'in .the front-dining-room, on the firlt tiocjr. One of the Mef fengcrs of tbe houle of commons immedi

ately alcended, but we arehiformed he wasj

pulhed. His pmy however, being llrong

'and well fupported1 they foon forced their way throUk;h the window and took Sir Francis intd trullody. The Barsnett was overpowered by numbers. It. would have been idle to h-ive made any farther refinance. i and h- v 4 s obliged 'to fubmit to torce.' A very low fhauby looking carriage I was in waiting at the door. Sir Francis

! was brought ut and put into it, and the

Serjeant at arms, mr. Golman Hept in after him.'l be military force , was now very strong and became concentrated around the carriage, which drove up Albemarle street, Bond-street into the New-Road Mary labone, and along Finsbury to the TowerTwo troops of- the house guards preceded the carriage and several of them rode alongside. A regiment of light horse imm-

j diately followed fhe carriage ; and the rear

was brought up ty a very strong body of the Life Guards. The cavalcade, as it I proceeds, excited wonderful interest, and

the crowd attending it increased to such an extent that, by the time Sir Francis reached the Tower, the crowd had blocked up the Minories, and all the streets in its vicinity, and it became impossible for a cart or carriage to pass. All the shops were shut, and all business was at a stand. On the whole line to the Tower the immense concourse of people in the rear continued shouting and hollooing, and the troops were hooted and insulted with abusive language by the populace as they passed, while prayers and praises were bestowed upon Sir Francis. The military bore the abuse very patiently, although some of them appeared to have been maltreated their clothes being bespattered with mud : one of the guards suffered much, his clothes were covered with mud, and he was cut in the face. Besides the force that accompanied Sir Franris Burdett, a regiment of the Foot

j Guards proceeded lip the stand, about half

pall eleven for the Tower and every pomble precaution was J ken to prevent riot and prrferve the pi'Mic tranquility. The number of trorps which arrived in the metropolis and its immediate vicinity in the courfc cf yeftcrdy is eftimated at 10,000.

by an intimation that though t!-e Amepcar f.Hg will not be fufTered to enter the ports of Denmirk, it aufes not out of any holiilo difpoiitions on the prtof Denmark, which would cheerfully counrenance the fair trails of America; but that the double conviction of multiplied frauds and impofitions carried

ion under American colours coold not be

defeated by any affbrt of difcrimination; 1 he other, ad more imperious principle of excluding the eppreiTor of the fcas from the, European continent, which'it was determined to enforce inflexibly would not admit of exhibiting a parti-lity, where the abufe of it had been lb enormous and fo destructive of confidence and good faith. ' The principles of the duke of Cadore''? IeU ter, is declared to be adopted by all the powers of the" Baltic, and American veflela would not be permitted to enter any port in that fea. The erTorts of mr. Adrwiis, at St. Petersburg, to avert this confequene'e, by a (rriddifcrimination between Britilh cover, ed, arid real American property, had not the effect hoped for, as the difficulties and innu. mcrable varieties of frauds rendered tlw detection, jiot always practicable; Ruffian ports as well as Danifli and Swedifli Pniflian, and the whole of the coaft, will be cloi fed againQ our flag ' The Britifli government has ilTued an ori der in council in March, declaring 'the whole coaft of Spain in a ite of bloi kade, and that any.vttfcl whatever found on the coifl. rttemping to enter any port of Spain or Portugal, would he made aprize of. The regency at Cdz, the I.,ft remnant of the Spo.nilh power in Spain- had ifTued a nianifrllo, which indicates their fdly and' their difpair. The taking of the. perfon of the emperor Nepoleon, dead or alive or of his brother king Jofeph was made a principal object and vail edates and titulary. diC tinction are held forth as the reward for afiaffiniting' one or tbe other , "

what n'u'ii: will mcduccl

I.cr.dcr. Aj r:i 9. Sir Francis Bur Jeff tzken end sin: U th:

JjTiir, 1 The, meafurei adopted laft nih: for the

PHILADELPHIA, May 28. The (hip F. ir Helen arrived at NewYork on Satur-v nt in Liverpool, buinging London paprrs to the i'3a of April, and Prib news to the 16th. Bv thu t r i v 1 we have advices cf great intrrlt from Woth G. B. and France. It lits hecn iliciallv notified to general Arm-itrr.n,;,-tht no v -iTrl hearing the American

! fin' vvii! be -iimtted in to arv port cf th.e

cni.tiNci.t of Kumpe at.d that iuch s ui-y be fuur-d will be c on fife a ted. A treaty had been concluded at Paris,

;b:ween the rmp-ror and'hii b;t)ti:er, Viu?

of I i Hnd, which among olcr nipalaticn; contained that of the frqueftrat ion ot ail the American property found in Holland, and the transfer of all proceeds ot Ules ol iuc!) property to the h'rt nc !i treafuiy, to await tuture determination-:. An American vmTc! about to enter the Text I, d. limed for Ainlterd-m forbidJen to eriter and ail ir.trrc v.-nrle with Hcl- ! 1 decUred to be interdicted tu the Arnein an tlg, of v.t,ich a poStive r.ctihcation wi: m e n . The Danifli gcverr.mert has made a f:irdar communicatiGU, cjuahfitd in the cede

Indiana TKniUTOitY, Dearborn county, J set.. WHEREAS-ElUabeth Miller cf f-i4 rounty and territory, h3s this day filed in my ofiice, her petition to the Honorable, the Circuit court, holden in and for the faid county, praying a divorce from her hufband, John A. Miller, in the words and figures following, to wit "To the He, norablc Judge of the Circuit court, holder! in and for the county of Dearborn in the Indiana ten itory, humbly complaining and fhewetb unto you honor That your petitioner, Khzbeth Miller, a citizen and refident of faid county, was marrhd in the ceunty of and ftate of on the day of in the year one thoufand and to a certain John A. MilW, with whom (he lived as his wife from the period .iforefid, until, the year of our Lord, one thoufand eight hundred and five, or the year one thoufand eight hundred and fix nd your petitioner further Hates, that from the time of her marringe, until the year, either one thoufand eight hundred and five, or fomctime in the year one tbonfmd eight hundred and fix, the aforefaid John A. Miller, her hufband, ' treated your petitioner with the utmofl rigor, and cruelty, and that either in one or other of the years laft aforefaid, the faid John A.' Miller, left your petitioner in the county aforefaid, without either food or cloathing, and has

imce that time failed to contribute in

wiy or manner towards your petitioner! fuppcrt your petitioner further Hates, that when the faid John A. Miller left, your petitioner, he did it without any caufe arifing on the part of your petitioner, and that all property of conftqnence the faid John A. Miller took with him, and lias ever finer his departure ai far as ycur petitioner believes and is ir.formrrf (j rmn relident.) 44 Your petitioner therefore prays a tiivorce from the hanrs of matrimony, with her faid hrlhand, John A. Miller, and your petitioner as in duty bound, will ever pray, ice. ELIZABETH MILLER. April IQt!, 13 10. J::ks Ncblk,P Atty. for ccmplt. NOW therefore, notice is hereby given to the f.i 1 John A. MHer, to appear a: Lu:erccbugh. on t.'.e third Monday in June next, at d then 'and there, before or.r iid (Circuit court, I! -w caufe, if any caule he can lhew, vhy tie prayer of the la'.d petitioner ihruld i '. ie granted. AMt. C. VANCE, Ck.

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