Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 October 1810 — Page 3
THE WESTERN SUN. VIXCENXES, October 20, 1810. The citizens of Vinccnncs, arc particularly requeued to attend at the houfe of Peter Jone's efq. on Saturday the 27 inft. for the purpofe or "making fome arrangements for forming a Fire Company the importance of the ebjeel will, I hope, induce a general attendance. FOR THE WESTERN SUN. Hr. Stout, AS a report has been circulated for fome time pft in this country, that Governor Harrifon was concerned with me in the contract for fupplying proVifions to the United States troops, and Indian Department al this place, and even that this circumftance had influenced him in bringing here, thetroops which have lately arrived ; I have thought it incumbent on me to make the following depofition vhich I will thank you to iulcrt in your next paper. Your ob':. fervt. G. WALLACE, Jr. Belore me the fubferiber, one of the Judges in and over the Indiana Territory, came George, Wallace, jr. who aftr bring fworn, depofeth and fith, that he has for feveral years paft farmed the contract for fupplying the provifions which may be wanted at this place for the public fcrvice, from James Morrifon, Efq. of Kentucky, and that neither Governor Harrifon, nor any other perfon is concerned with him in the laid contract, or in any mercantile bufinrfs nor has any perfon been concerned with hm in any fuch bufinefs in this Territory fince tht diflolution of the firm of George "Wallace, jr. k Co. the books of which, "were finally clofrd upwards of five years ago. And this deponant further fith, that as a considerable part of the buiinrfs of the Indian D-partmrnt at this pUcc has iDaflcd through his hands, hi is enabled to
al declare, that the Governor's method of doing the bufinefs 13 fuch, that it is nearly impnffihls for any fraud whatever to be committed, nd that he p flVfies documents which will prove unequivocally, the firliefs and integrity with whith the aff.irsof that department have been adminifter -d by the Governor. HENRY VANDER BURGH. Vinccnnes, 19th Od. IS 10. DISTRESSING FIRE. ALEXANDRIA, September 25. The evening before I .i ft, about 10 o'clock the inhabitants of this town were alarmed with the cry of fire. It began in a coopcr's ftnpi near the wharves, adjoining Union ftrcet. A workman leaving a candle burning in the fiop, went out fcr a handful of ftaves cn his rrturn he difcovered that the candle had tallen among fome havings. The cty of fire was immediately circulated, but the adjacent nuttrinh were of lo corofculible a i:sturr i: ws found impUU'I- :o
ftop the progrefs of the fire ; which raged till nearly 2 o'clock, before the inhabitants were able to controul it. Every building was burnt in the fquare, Iyit on Union ftrect and extending from Duke to Prince ftreet, bordering on the river. The houfes weft of Union ftreet feveral times caught tire, but by th? great and imminently dngerous exertions of feveral inhabitants, it was extingui (lied, and the deftruction of perhaps an hundred houfes prevented There was no wind till after 12 o'clock, when a breeze fprung upbearing the flames to the river. The lofs is' eftimated at near 200,000 dollars. LONDON. Auguft 16. Frefh disturbances have broke out in the Tyrol. Saturday a cabinet council was held at the Foreign office. The objrdfc of deliberation was fuppofed to relate to Bonapari's late decrees. On the operation of the late French commercial arrangements, we have a few partitulars by two (hips, which arrived from Oftend and Dunkirk. The following is an cxtracl from one of the letters : Paris, Auguft 1 1. We have a hope of obtaining the releafe of a great part if not of all the American property and (hips feized in the ports of Fraiice." Another from Dunkirk notices the practical application of new indigencies of Atnericans, and announces in a poftcript to the letter, that two (hips from the United States had been rcleafcd from fequeftration. The following eXtraft of a letter was polled at Lloy'i on Saturday : Dunkirk, April 10. tlTwo American veflcls which had been taken by two large privateers and carried into Algiers, were charged with difpatches from Constantinople, Malta, and with overlaud difpatches from India."
been received this morning, frenrwhich its have made fome extracts. Among theni is a letter from Paris, which ftates tint the exminifter of police, Fouche, the duke of Orlanto, his fixed his relidcnceat Aix, a province in France. Ic thus appears that Ins appointment to the government of Rome was merely nominal, and he has actually fallen into difgrace. The ex king of Holland is expected to remain in Bohemia for fome time. He calls himfelf De St. Lea. We have received Paris papers to the. 22th laft, and Dutch to the 3d inft. the latter contains an official account of the fll of Cindad Rodrigo. It furrendercd atdifcretion at the moment when the enemy were preparing to ftorm the phcr. So far the report differs from former accounts, which ftate that the French had offered terms of capitulation which were accepted. The governor apprifed that lord Willington would make no attempt to relieve it, would have fur rendered ffoner, but was pievented by the inhabitants. The lofs of the befieged, including the citizens and garrifon, is eftimated at upwards of aOOO killed and wounded; The lofs of the French it not mentioned.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 19Yefterday arrived at this port the fine faft failing fhip Robert Burns, capt. Patfons, in 30 days from Liverpool. Capt. P. left Liverpool on the 17th of Auguft, and has furnilhed the Editors of the Mercantile "Advertifer with London papers to the 13th of Auguft inclufive, and Lloyd's lift to the 7th, from which all the political and commercial intelligence they contain, is given in the following extrad? We do not find in our London papers a. ny account of the appointment of a new miuifter from the court of St. James to the government of the U. S. Captain Patfons has brought difpatches from the American minifter in London to the fecretary of ftate. London Auguft 14. Some more tranfports, with troops, hate failed for Lifbon, to join lord Willington's army. It is faid his lordGSip has requeiled a reinforcement of 20,000 men, before he ventures an engagement with MaflVna. We do not, however, think that much credit is due t this rumor. The report af a general acYion on the 19th and 20th is now extirely exploded.
A London paper of Auguft 20, ftates, that a confpiracy againft the life of Bonaparte was difcovered at Breda, and that two of the principal perfons engaged in it had been arrefted. The Ruffians have obtained a complete victory over the Turks, who loft in killed, wounded and prifoners, 8000 men. The Ruffian troops took, after the battle, Bazmschik byaiTault. The Tuikilh general Pckliwan, furrendered himfelf a prifoner of war, with 1500 men. The Ruffians took 40 Turkilh ftandards. The king of Piuffia has been compelled to (hut all his ports againft the American flag. This was in confluence of Bonaparte's order. m In one month from the 14th January, to 14th February Lft, there wat no lefs than 1000 fhocks of cart! quakes in Hungary Three learned men were frnt to difcover the caufe, who reported the centre of concuffion to be in the vicinity of the mountain of Czoka.
PUBLIC NOTICE, I INTEND to apply to the court of Common Pleas of the county of Knox, at their term of feffions in February enfuing, toeftablifh my ferry, from my land on t. n u n i i. r xxr l. ru
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to the oppofite fiiore, or the town of Vmcennes. Stephen Trombks. Oaober 1ft, 1810. 3t BEEF! BEEF! BEEF! THE fubferiber wifhing to furnifb the citizens (Indians and negroes excepted) with god BEEF, will give Two Dollars nod Seventy Five Crnts per hundred, in CASH, payable in two month?, for good fat wholrfomr Berf Cattle, delivered in Vwcennes he hopes to meet with encouragement from every good American.
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