Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 52, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 June 1811 — Page 3
THK WESTERN SUN. VIXCENXES, June 29, 1811.
has not been acceded to, his known candor and honor precluding any doubt of the corrcdnefs of his flatement of the circumttances of the affair.
x tract of a letter from a gentle- And we aflcrt, that it may
man in Kaskaskia. to another in confidently be expedied by this place, dated, June 15, 1311. our naval commanders, that, "A todays mice a party of tlx in lupporting the dignity of Z our A?g. they .will be reward.
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tlement and rmde attack upon a family, and killed one man and took off a young woman prifoner, and Hole feveral horfes ; they were im
mediately purfueel by a party of
American government and
nation. Nat. Int.
State of Commerce in Britain.
We are precluded from the
white men fix or feven in number neceflity or animadverfion, by and overtaken near the edire of a -i ' , n .. .
. . , , 7 , u,c nature or tne following prairie, and were fired on by the n m , c . . 9 white men, each party three in fts made from the onginumber, the fire was returned by nals r pofieffion . the Indians, when a general com- Aurora. bat enllud, and feveral fires were 77 t r , : ' nr exchanged, when one of the white vtract of a letter from Aeurtj, men.capt. Pruett, was wounded jram'J D"' "AI8I u - .u i u hm t Liverpool is molt wi etch mthethigh. 1 he pnfoner -in en- . ! M,. ... :.
deavourlng to cfcape was wounded 7 iy . . l m,& "
in the back bv an arrow, and torn, out ailtrels and banki utcy
hawked on the head, but fortunate- 1 he lIade is gone, and the belt ly efcaped, and is thought not to be of people a year ago, are now dangerous. The three men think- in the calendar. London is ing themfelves overpowered, re- equally bad. Indeed the treated, and were purfued by the whole empire feems convuifIndians, until they, came back to a ed to its centre, in the way of part of the parry of white men lrafje. Nothing but diftrefs coming on whole horfes were laid infolvency with every man
uv jfk. v, u tat. vu , 11 uiu any
as much as will ktep
them in victuals. The mer chants are breaking daily, and the banks will not difcouut any bills, fo that trade is at a perfect Hand."
ving got loft from his companions the ftme day, found that he was purfued by two Indians, he refolved to out run them at firft, but finding it impracticable, determin-
thing with the north of Eu rope. Bonaparte's decrees that we were' laughing at fome time ago, art How ru-
ea to rim a ngnc, naiteu in a guny, ming tms country. io exand at the approach of the Indians port from thefe countries to
fhot down one, and the other milling on him, he fortunately difpatch. cd him alfo. . k The governor has ordered out fome fcouting parties in that quarter,' what the refult will be I cannot pretf ncl to fay, but I hope the mif. chief is at an end.' .We have the difagrecable task to inform our readers of an unfortu-
Kate aiiair wluch toolc nlacc on
the Baltic or the continent. Our cotton goods and coloni al produce, now mut remain here a dead burden, and fure ddlru&ion to thofe who hold
largely
From another letter, February 15. it u with concern i in
form you of the ftill very de-
preffed flate of trade in this
Monday laft at the garrifon of fort country, which appears to
?et woile and woiie. All kinds of American and coloni al produce are a complete drug, and no profpedt of getting better. Our manufactories are literally idle, and con fidence completely deftrox ed, and the feeling heart fickens ro fee our induitrious operatives, almoft in a Hate of Ifarrnation. God knows how it will end ; but even in tlm lituation, our government is, to all appearance, pufhing on to deflrudion, by making every power in tiie woild tficir
Extracfl: of a letter from a a gentleman in Liverpool, to his friend in Jefferfcnville in this county, dated April ill. 181 1. , Mncc my flay here ! have travelled through almolt all parts of the country, during which time, I, having an op poriunity, have colleded a much information refptfling the prelent Hate of England as poffible. If I am not mif taken in my ideas, without a
change of miniftry Fngland i now on the vetge of ruin.
Mr. Pinkney our minifler
will have arrived before you
(receive this, and Poller, the
minuter plenipotentiary tor the United States, I believe has left here ; but I fear that inltead of a Hole, he will be a f horn, which will inflidl a wound in the breall ot A me ricans that will take ages to heal.
44 I am doubtful his inflruc tions are not conciliatory, and if fo, and a non intercom le fliould be carried into effect, a war wilLin my opinion enfue which will be the rock that England mufl fpht on. You no doubt have heard of the arrival into cxillcnce ol an heir to the French crow n (a young Napoleon and alio of the iuccefles of the Britilh
arms in Spain and Poitug.il;
but I think as loon a bou
has done rocking the cradle.
he wilktkea peep into Spain
to teach the Britilh heroes noi
to bodlt too much of then
advantacres. 1 think
that
the Britifh had retaliated our non intercourse law, and detained all Ameiican veflels and property.
NEW GOODS.
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JOHN D H A V, INFORMS his frirmU and thr punlic t genera!, ihat he hs jull rrcriwd, and now oprning a ge rifral -ITortmcnr of
DAT GOODS Sc GROCERIES, From Phil-dc-lpliia nd B-ltimore, which he will fell unufu ,lly low U r au Xu enncs, Junf 10. 181 1. NOTICE. I INTEND to apply to the next September coirt of Common Pleas lor the cam y of Knox, in thr Indiana territory to eltuhlsfh a ferry acrofs the Oh o, fiom my land to the oppofitt Ihrre. James Marrs. June 4th, 1811. Society for the encouragement of Agriculture & the Ifscjul Arts. A STATED meeting of the fociety will occur on the fird Saturday in next month, it P. Jones Inn. at 12 (clock a full meeting of tlte members is dffir'ed, as at that time premiums ought to be arranged. ' . : By order of the Prefident, B. Pakc Secy. June 7th, 1811.
NOTICE, COMMISSIONER OFFICE, Vinc-xxes June 19, 1811. ALL thol prd'on vvhn have rnt-rfdi noticfS of thtir rlun s to ''DONATION rights in the Rrgilln's Offi r, are hrrcbv iuformrd tht thr Cornnoflionrri will fit to receive evidence in fupport of
luch claims every Saturday and Wed tie (V
d y, from thr hour of thrrr, to that of fe
ven in the afternoon.
JON RADOLLET. ? Commissi
NATHl. EWING, S
oners.
Knox, captain Thorton Pofey Ihot lieutenant Jcffc Jennings dead on the fpot ; of t!ie caufrs or circum llances which led to this fatal cataftrope w e forbear to comment, as 'it is probable a judicial invelhgatioii wiil be had, and to give the circum ftatu.cb we have had them detailed to us, might prevent that fair invedigatinn and impartial decuion fo di iirahic in all cafes, and
particulars in one of this defcription. We unJerltjnd that the coiAucl of commodore Kog ersni repelling and chaflifing the ac k lo caufelefsly and r,ifldy niidc on the U. State frigate pcfidcnt by the 13i it ifh hipf war Little Belt, has the approbation of the preli dent ot the United Mates ; ck that the rcquell of the com
9
nemies.
Extract cf a later from a Parish in Scotland, Feb. 112. ' c 1 rade ot all kinds is very bad in this counrrv. A great many of the weavers can get
INDIANA TFR TUTOR Y
H4KKIM3N COUNTY. J THIS tiny came William Ui wn, before me thr fuHfi riber, a JuOice i r l e Peace, nd mde o-uh, that th ertifi't he obtained in the Ld Ofifire at Vincennes, the 18chof Aii.ud. 1807, for the north eft q .rtrr of f-dtimi No. 8, in townlhip No. 2 f uth, of rip No 5 'fl, contain
there ,nS u,c', 22 luindjeutlis, was bur-
m. . . uiiiii'aoi'Ui "in ill linn I II 11 kllik be a great change in the his houf, t,.nt,ined, fifi-ribed thr 25dday
north ot hlurope 111 the courle of April, mi.
of this lumincr.
91
A young lad, 15 years old.
fon of mr Jonas pock; ot
hzdbcthtown, (N. J.J has
been preffed on board the
iSntilh brig frolic. The word
face we wilh thofe who alien
mat - oruain uas none us no
eiiential injury is tli.it the'v
may full into theJ'hands ot hi
uiajehy's pi els gang-
Capt- Day, of the fldp Gan
ges, arrived velterday trur
Lifbon, which place he left on
the 27U1 A pnl, informs that
Lifbon was illuminated the
day before he failed on ac
count of peace between Kul
(ia and Great Britain.
IVilliam Hroivn.
Wm. EttWIN, Juftkc of thc-Te-cc for Hirrifji) county. ALLprrfons concerned are hereby re
quired to take notice th t in three tninthi
lrom the dte hereof, I fl II ifTue to Willt-
4m Brown, a duplicate certificate No 189,
dated Auuft 18. 1807, (r the N. E.
quarter of frdlinn No. 8, in townfhip No.
2 fouth, f rane No. 5 e(lf unlHs prvi-
u to f hu time, lorn Irg-I and fuffit ieht
ot)jr5lion$ are m-c th-rro.
JOHN R DOf I, E I , Register of the Lani OJJlce at Vwcennes June 19, tgll. 3t LAST NOTICE. THK fubferiher fur the laft time
informs all thofe irdc bttd to htm,
that he mufi !)e paid by the tft (fay
ot Auguft next, or fuits u :1I indifcriminately he comn.enced thole having demandi ag.itult him v. ill
plcafe call and receive their dues.
Thomas Jones, June 12, 8111.