Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 June 1811 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN SUN1.

YIXCE XXES, June 15,1811

We are informed by a gentleman from St. Louis, that about 10 days ago, a party of Indians (Tup. poled to be the Putawatamies) attacked an American family living about 3U miles tothe fouth ead ot Cahokia, when the father and mother being from home, the Indians killed one of the fons, and took a daughter prilbner. When the parents returned, an alarm was raiftd, and capt. Whitefides with a party of volunteer Americans purlued after the favages ; on the 3d day they came up to a camp but jnft deferred by the Indians, where they found the daughter, tomkawked in fundry places, but dill podefimg life in returning home with the girl, they met a party of Indians, of whom they killed two. Captain Whitefides and his patriotic party, in redlining their icouting, came up with a party of forty warriors ! We fay warriors, becaufe they were unprovided with either horfes or women but captain Whitefides finding this num. l)er of favages too firong for his finall band of citizens, found it prudent and advifable to return to

the fettlements, in order to re-in-

frj, fic vi? fiv 7i C oprnlngen in Steel's liil is rrvtca" a 20 gun llocp, but carries

1 thirty two pound carrontCics.

j The PrciVJrnt received iomc trifling da.

mage in her ngii), 8c had one boy flightly wounded in the arm. ANOTHF.K ACCOUNT. From the Mercantile Advertiser, May 24. At length ws are enabled to faiisfy the public mind refpecYmtr the rumors lately circulated of an engagement otT our coaft. On Thurfday morning, the U. States frigate Prcfident, commodore Rogers, law a flrane fail at a great diftance, refembling a fhip of war, and immediately Itood lor her. About 9 o'clock P. M. came up with the fiiip and hailed h?r. On enquiring who fi)e was, the commodore received no anfwer. He again enquired who and what (lie was, and received two cannon balls by way of anfwer, one of which wounded one of tits feamen. Commodore Rogers upon this, returned a finglr fiiot, which was anfwered by a full broadfide. The commodore, not to be behind hand with his antagoniQ, returned a broadfidc from the Prcfident which loon terminated the centeft. Commodore Rogers remained by the veffel until morning, when he lent his boat on lift M . . .

ooaru, and was informed that (lie was his

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on a cruife that during the engagement, he loft 30 men killed, & fcveral wounded ; and that his fliip was very much fhattered. The capt. of the Little Belt, further ftated that he had fuppofed the Prefident to hare been a French frigate, and regretted very much that he had fired into her. Commo. dore Rogers offered the capt. of the Little Beit, every afatUnce in his power, which was not accepted, a3 the captain ftated he could go to Halifax and repair. 1 lie Prefidrnt has reoived no injury, U had only one boy wounded (lightly. The Prefident anchored off Sandy Hook yelicrd.iy about 1 o'clock, and commodore Rogers difpatched two officers to this city,

tfzir. norave receive a in fubftance. the

Q v oros a l s FOR CARRVINC" MAILS OF THE U. STATES ON" THE FOLLOWING POST-ROADS, WILL DE RECEIVED AT TIIK GENERAL POST-OFFICE, IN WASHINGTON.

Until the sixth day of July next, inclusive. j

IN INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND LOUISIANA. 212. From Cincinnati, O. by Northbencl, Vevais, Laurenceburg, Port William, K. and Newcafllc, to Frankfort, K. once a week. 'Lt-ave Cincinnati every Tuefday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Frankfort on Fridav, bv 10 a. m. Leave Frankfort ever' Friday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Cincinnati the next

Monday by 6 p. m.

aiu, ana was nuormta tnat Ine was us 01, Vn T V t l itsm.nr ma;.n.re n e t D , 1213. ironi LouiiviIIc, K. by ltanmc majrlty's (loop ot war Little Belt, T r ... , J ?t. Bingham, of 28 thirty two pounders.1 Jcnerionville, Berry's on Blue

iorCC hiS volunteers who. We are rsWe account. O.e of th-m procteds to

informed, are determined, to extirpate the favages who mfeit the Illinois country. Our informant adds, that the citizens are moving into forts in every direction. From the N. T. Gazette, Hey 24; NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. Yellerday, about 12 o'clock, the U.S. fiigate Prcfident, commodore Rodgers, arrived off Sandy Hjofc, from the Chjfaprake. In the afternoon, two ollicers came up from ier on ooaird the pilot boc Thome, from whom we have tbr pnrtirubrs of the firing off cape Henry, which, has, for the Lfl two lirfys, iven rife to fo nuny reports anJ con-jtclure-. The Uit as flared below, will, we have no doubt, prove fubttanthlly corizt. The iniitake will be rrrettcu ty all, and none wdl iic found to cenlure commodore Rogers for the courfc he puifucd. Particular': of the engagement between the U. St-i'.es frigjtet IJres:Jc?:t comr.tsJorc Jioyers ami the British stozp of vmr, Li'. tic L:ll c.:f;t. Bin?-utit. On tii- m:' :'. ! the I6rh inll. about 0

oMock, t tie innate i-!! in with the Hoop of 1JU Vvill fell unufually low var 5'ioiit 2J miles N. li. of c tne Henry, j Vincennr? 1 tx. when witin. , ihol ihot of her commoduic , yt- JLz.

Wafhington this mornincr with the official

account of this affair. Extract of a Iettrr from merchant In Stockholm, to another in this city, dated March 7. "All the American vsfols now in Swedifl) port3 are s: liberty to proceed with their cargoes, whenever the feafon permit it. Ordrrs were given a few days ago, to return the p-iprrs which had been taken from them in November. Aurora. V are happy to learn that there are at prefrnt in operation on th" fea coall, near Wihr.intufi, in North Carolina, five Salt mamifacWi-?, which will in future make about 20,000 bulhcls of fait annually. RaL Reg. $ NEW GOODS. J O II N D. H A Y, INFORMS his friends and the public in general, that he has juft received, and now opening a general alTortment of DRV GOODS U. GROCERIES,

From Philadelphia and Baltimore, which

for call). une 'M, 1311.

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lvris haiiea l:er s;o anlwer was given co:n ii')'!orr H hided Vx fecend time

tj:i in ti-e ft of tnilin. a flint was hrrd

iVv.m t!;e ll;on f war into t!ir te, wi iT

4 J llr u'.: her in i?. m;!. 1 lir fii;'4tc immciir

nteiv firrd ;. fl.( into the ll ..p tji' war ; ', tl.trn nnuir t . broadfidc i;it;hr iii ?:-. i

ahi.it 15 n.irmt-, vhrn the lbnp of war ' PP-Tty, lV diargCS, and ta';C ce-K-vi t. .' The frigate rriu-iinrd near til w 111 aay.

li- ! ni. u -xi tnoriiirii coir n: .d.-ne ! l(;;'f: i-:ut hi ( iiucr boanl, toofilr nay alii t .in c ti.-v uiih: rr i.iiii , and ;orvtj:ei!

up by the fuhfenber

I2tli day of June, mil. two

mures, one about 8 years okh

ie otner lour, neither of them

biaudrd the owner or owners is dt lired to come forward, prove

Mark Harnett. YiiK-cnnes, June 13, lsil.

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enmsna'.'-iv oe

Ridge and Mudhole to Vincennes,

once a week. Leave Louifville every Sunday at 6 a. rn. and arrive at Vincennes on Tuefday by 6 p. m. Leave Vincennes every Thurfday at 6a. m. and arrive at Louifville on Saturday by 6 p. m. 214. From Berry's to Corrydon, once a week. Leave Berry's every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Corrydon by 1 1 a. m, Leave Corrydon at l p. ni. cc arrive at Berry's by G p. m. 215. From Vincennes to the U. S. Saline, once in two weeks. Leave Vincennes every other Thurfday at 6 a. m. and arrive at U. S. Saline on Friday by noon. Leave U. S. Saline every Friday at l p. m. and arrive on Saturday

by 6 p. m. y A

216. I'rom Kafkafkias, by Prairie du Roche, St. Philip, Harrifonville, Cahokja and St. Louis, to St. Charles, once a week. Leave Kafkafkias eyery Wednefday at 6. a. m. and arrive at St. Charles on Thurfday tby 6 p. m. Leave St. Charles every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Kafkafkia on Tuefday by 6 p. m. 217. From Kddyville K. by Livinsfhm c. h. Smithland, Fort Mall'ac and Tywappcty, to Cape Girardot L. T. once in two weeks. Leave Eddyville every other Friday at G a. m. & arrive at Cape Giraidot the next Monday by 10 a. m. Leave Cape Girardot on Monday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Eddyville on Thurfday by 6 p. m. 2ltt. From Kalkafkiaby St. Geneva, Mine an Burton and Herculaneum to St. Louis, once in two weeks. Leave Kafkafkia every other Wednefday at 6 a. m. and arrive at St. Louis the next Friday by 6 p. m. Leave St. Louis every other Saturday at G a. m. and arrive at Kafkafkia on Monday by G p. m. This contract to commence. Janua-

yC5i9. From Kafkafkia, Ly St.

Geneva, Little Shawanee, . Vv Shawam e and Cape Girardot, to New Madrid, once in two weeks. Leave: K a-!;a kia every oilier 'edm.-fday at a. m. and arrive at New Madrid oa Saturday by 10 a.

m. Leave New Madrid every other Saturday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Kaskaskia the next Tuefday by 6 p. m. 220. From Henderfonton, K. by U. S. Seline, to Kaskaskia, once a week. Leave Henderfonton every Saturday at 2 p. m. 5c arrive at Kaskaskia on Tuefday by 6 p. m. Leave Kaskaskia every Wednefday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Henderfonton on Saturday by 10a. m. iVOTES. 1. The Pod-mailer General may. expedite the mails, and alter the times for arrival and departure, at any time during the continuance of the contract, he previoufly llipulating an adequate compenfation for any extra expeufc that may be ocealioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes flial! be allowed for opening and clofing the mail at all ofHces where no particular time is fpecified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay 'unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prefcribed in any contract, the contractor fhall foi feit one dollar; & if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail,' whereby the mails dedined for fnch depending mail lofe atrip, a forfeiture of double the amount allowed for carrying the mail one trip fhall be incurred unlcfs it fhall be made

to appear that the delay was ocealioned bv unavoidable accident : in

which cafe, the amount of the pay for a trip, will, in all cafes be forfeited and retained. '; .

4. Pei fons making propofals are defircd to date their prices by the year. Thofe who contract wil receive their pay quarterly in the1 months of February, May, Augud and November, one month after the expiration of the quarter. 5. No other than a free white perfon fhall be employed to convey the mail. 6. When the prop ofer intends to convey the mail. in the body of a dage carriage, he is dellred to date it in his propofals r- The Pod-mader General referves to himfelf the right of declaring any contract, at an end, whenever one failure happens, which amounts to the lofs of atrip. 8. The contracts arc to be in operation on the fi day of October next, and continue until December thirty. one, eighteen hundred and fourteen. GIDEON GRANGER, Post-master General, General Pod-OHice : IFashinPton Cityy April 10, 1811. Society for the encouragement of Agriculture & the Useful Arts.

A STATED meeting of the fociety will occur on the firft Saturday in next month, at P. Jones' inn. at 12 o'clock a full meeting of the member is defired, as, at r hat time premiums outfit to be arranged. By order of the Prefident, 1L Parke, Secy. June 7th, lbi i.