Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 January 1812 — Page 2

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b-ard la Veflgetncf, an d carrying off with- Mier-, a major of tie militia, and by on Out the lean refithir.fe, the whole crew, j named R gs, and the otl er one nsrffftd Sey- . .11 1 1 . rl. 1 !. I mmi M.. .si ...... ...... .... .... ....

) Wt:i" t' m loiJrj in h '-- iiiuui , mi. uiim wnui iocii, wtu weic inn

gro Uavts,

captain ol the curl . If, on the next morning

information ui uc .hum ,

judicial antic

pa. y .i

y o u

inuucrra, were given up to li

lobe conducted to prtton, iio treated

foUffht rdreis in the judicial authority, , them moll brutally, under the vciy vcs u

Which, havi g taken the neteffaiy me a lute, ( the thieft of the police, cod in . uiam.tr io to d.l rtWtt t her tut hoi I the mprdef corn- 4. toltiug, that a naturalised French mertnitted in tlnte diforderlflj Ij uiei, itf I enaht, Of the name ot Afttoint Ctrdy, teein;ih I the new of the coriair ot Venge youth ol thirteen or fourteen years ot ac, aocr, who were acknowledged innocent, J t er whelmed Wifh blowa whilll conductt

vitii the fX' e, t.oii t hve or hx men Wl 0 I to pul.-m, tone the liberty Of ifting thi (it)

ruarihal, Glenn, why ims youny, man was

r r .. .1 f I . . .1 mi

frere lUipeOWI 01 uei!; riikcmcwj ruu -rc accordingly detained rn cultody, to be dealt with to the t'-v -n y ol the laws. Spitt .of the partiality which this lame? tu t!. irity had Ihewn h la affair b) only aireftiog the French aud letting at liberty the American end Englilh iramen, wi.oatlcall were equally tulpable, the French new lutmrted without murmuring, to the deciuou of that authority 1 I r, therefore! ffum fuppoting, that at the moment in which they faw thcmfelve declared innocttit and it liberty, a mo(t deteftible combination was f-rT-in -. to 1 ft (filiate them unarmed and derencelefs. 'J he lame day at 4 in the ifternoon, a tro opof American aud Luglilfi failo ? armed with (ticks, firelocks and pif toh, raifed themfeltel under the orders of on- W. Fountain, Capt. of the brig Hetty, of Philadelphia, and one M Her, capt. of the brig Champlain, ot NewYotk StimUiet ed by the pretence and encouragement ol feveral tsf the principal traders ol Savannah, Who, likewifc armed With bHtdgtOItt and piUolt, viz. Andrew Low, and his brother, Taylol M heod, the two brotheri Carothei . 1. Millef, Benjamin Maurict ail

not treatro more humanely, but rewetftu

r,u other infwer horn tne 1 hict pi the polic , than a cuil'c agair.lt the Frenchf aud the pre tenting a pUtol at mm. which happily orired fire. Whilft this ice hi: of bartMirity ws tranlacTling every I'rem iim n, though not ot titier news, but (Wfpittcdof beng attached to his government, was given u to the power of the aiT.iiliKs ; one among 'therr purfued by them, w.is murdered dt tenteleli, by a Scotch merchant, named M L-o j. During the nirht which followed this dy of crimes, the nnard-rous v',a &s betook tbemfelvei to the houies oi naturalised rrtochrnen, peaceable citizens, who having evf:y thin to tear, from thcie CUftirtOala, found faicty in flight, luch as the Mellis. Dupon'l, mei chants, reputabli for their probity and attachment to their country one ot whom has lor. exnciltii the tunc tidnsof channellorof the vice coufulati in tins ci'y ; they wtre obliged to abandon their houfes ai d affairs, to avoid a Certain death : we ourfeivei have not been aok

ff)oner to make you our report, as we wore

we fiilini? to yon prtfent report, ?Tr. .) lul, with an mt.euty to tranfmit luur Moni'rg eur le miniftVe plerippicfitiarie, in rSpedttfon 'f the piocela t rbl which will occupy otirfclvca in preparing, with ou afficera, as loon as we eaa meet with leiUrity, in oi.er to por t.cularite ali the I fts r lative to tins event, as well as the ler ra we have irit.ined. We a;e, witti relped yours, S?c. J M. Lt Consul

INDIANA TERRITORY. Si'KCIAL COURT 0 CHANCLKT, fjjr September 18 1! J hn HolkerW

Jiancerj,

T l i-l

lonn ncar.

ALT5T of letters rer.-saining in tne Poft Office at Vinceooea, the laft quarter, which, it not tiken out within three months, will be forwarded to the General Pofl Cilice as dead letters. A

Wm. D. Aufanent, J u.es Andciibn,

K. T. Andrews, Jni-ph Alhn, V illiam C. Bain,

.1 igl (li and Sotchmen ; Oliv. SturgH B. I obliged to conceal ourfeltei.

Howard, Seymour, uaruner, and luits,

Amerkansj feeing tht unguarded llatt ol

rVt this moment being the 16th, at 4 in tht morning, the VenffCance burnt, ti e

t!ie veiTel, rtifhed impetboufly with horn.l detachment of the militia, who hab taken

yelh on boird la Franchile, and there at polfeflion ol htr thi evening before at 5

her up at 2 in tiie morning to the affailins and incendiaries ; condudted Qiil by the fame leaders, particularly by Samuel tloward the merchant. According to the moil authentic reports this fame m.htia permitted the mod grofa infulta to the French flag as well as injurious treatment to the 25 teamen who were found on board, and were afterwards Conducted to the jail. Which at this moment is crowded with our manners, arretted lolitary and unarmed but

who had the good fortune to fuivive the inbuman blows which they received on their Way to the n'ifon. The author of this criminal ar.d infamous

Otttrage, Will in vain ure in rkeir juthfi-

f flirt a ted feven or tight unfortunate leatoeni whom they found on deck occupied in unmooring the veflel, arnl menaced the deftru&ion of five or fix nfficen or faitora, who Wert vcupied in the magaaint, who feeing theif liei wer in danger, and their (omradeaValurdered, endeavored naturally to defend themfelvl I, and firrd five or lix

its

thi

Id'.ts. on? of whom W a s

morUk.y woi ihiel a&ors

d, capt. Milter, one ot th9 t theft atti icitiet.

Thefe unfortuniti neeplc, fur founded on all fides, i ow fought tnrir fafety in fn;ht, la Franchife remaining in tht power Of tiie ri.).e-; ; his maj lly'a llat was torn c'own and trampled lllldci !o)t, and rcplsced by tiie American : the fhip thrown into the utmoft difordef, is drawn nut from

the Whai l to be let on ti

to ti m the mil i ua ment brought u in

t ic'er j --aftei-s ol leayi them in u UlUi

repair to fhe Vengtafi ie, viteie B party the afTiflittS were already engaged Wit

twenty five or thirty tailors, who had unit

a llembl thi Wl

i uni nr. us

.i detach ! eveiy d

and finds lit ; they

u.'llion, an

Cation, a ciuarrel which arofe between our teamen and the Anglo Amer icana among

the or ilhtutes ; hmilar fcenei take place

all porta where loreiun failors

meet together ) but the city in which a li' miiar event occurs dots not .COOudef itlclf anthorifed to organize a fylitni of infulta gainll the ft y ot a fovereign, or the atrailination of hta fubjccAs, and the deitroCtion

thr.r property flic conduct of our ma

ed in a body on b aid, hat wit!,, not aran rintra in this little pait ol Savvarah, is io

t.ir from having furnifhed the lealt pretext

or ammunition, roi ait niat wjj lnd been flowed tv,-ay In the

tkey thought, howtetfi Cannon e inft the ti

on board,

magaiint ;

pointing t!ien would detei

the mi md this could only have

es it Wat notorious that they lu i flttton, and t!at not a piece was

T t dets hmf nt ol fe'.li n of th I H ig and i ailed I ducSed the fhip i with the nroielfed

teen a feint no tmmu

ch 1 1 gt d

ciiiitM l lien t-'-.k p i lUCt, llrui k tht i i em h imeriean flag, and cona more difl int wharf, intention ol removing

ht-r from the tury of the populace ; out in fait to . e tht m tht plr. I a. e ot feeing her llfa let on fire, a the Franc bite I: ad teen. But a more Iturrtd fcene was pih, , at the 1 it : m it ai in iacc ; oint we date to

I, n drr tr.e p Ottttion ot I public at at fi, fomt metlNftrs of w hate it after, and rven deeped tl . . hands

i j

to tne authors ot this horrible outage, that we intokt out tellimony M. the conlul, and that ot all the honed inhabitants, to provt that for moic than 3 or 4 months, during winch time nur failors have been Unemployed in this City, the police has never p; el erird agiiinlt them the imalielt complaint. The rio'ous attention We have paid during our laft Cruiitj tj the orders oi our government, relative to the neutrality ol tite American flag fhouiu have muueru us to h ipe that we fliould meet in the ports ot the United States, tnat feCttrity ano tection which two hicniiiy gottmmti tl

Owe each other but we have ult been

need in a mocking manner, that the hlh have Succeeded in rendering foma

foe in

failors, resigning thtmff t j-nr.i rraiety at a rtmot o .... I

iruui urn ; i arn . , ti.r.r refpe titt Hi pi j rv f tth of n . irn can. Wf i tj red lit ta

; t he Freti c b w ra I

I tt th lace, h

1 v-

hll I Ctc it t tU' p O

acct I - 1 1 1 C lie to

t evehow

meicani the inilrumenti ct tne hat they otai to the French, as well as t j'. ii i' i n c! t : i .

rin oi ornruction v men tney cart

lie tornearance ot the one i

onEu A-

tioo, th' picture ot

thi ft unfa mitt tti toufcioui of what ! d evl (Ml a'i , ' -v.' ' .. lothtttlnnif 1 I t. la U r irt of wh .n rt mai this li-ne of honor, j , I : i a t ht a Hi 1 1 u it ft nen, tht rapt in ill r of lief''1

V v ir

Is, w e i

. i j tg n a aft Iii nation tiding ue n, un rd, wei - 4 llai epeated i lowsit tht mi lit it, Id ! Pets or s ot -non r r part i HI 4 rtim--r havt r been

d W l.-or.h

i v v. tl 1 V in

ioi r tic

all tro

lerevr r tne i c fanatic i fm i fupport . I ti l itv rl - mr mmitted, we formation w

IN Chancery on hills original and amendatory, on motion ot me Complainant by his couniel. It is oidcied that William Prince be appointed and he is hereby ap pemted a commiboner in laid cauie, and is oidered that the laid comiuillionei , having given notice to the parties, by advertisement pretioufly publtihed tlnee weeks ucctllively m the VVeftern bun, cf the

time when he will attend a proceed at tiie clerks otiice ot this court, to tranflatc into pglt(h, all papers filrd as cx!ibits in tins caufe, and that he annex a column to tiie tra nil t ion ot every account, invoice, kc expreffed in livres or other torcigu com, for the infertion of the amount in Current

money of the United States, and that the faid Commiwoner as fet down in huh column, the amount in cm rent money of the United States, of every i'um fUrrd in io reign com, and that he make Itaten cnts ot the amount due to the Complainant at the clole of the three yeat3, in the articles ot the copartnery mentioned on each of the following print iples. FirH, by calculating tht profit made on tht goods from fuch data as arc lurnifhed by .Edgar himlelf Secondly, by calculating the profit at lix hundred per cent, without deducting thcrcirom the fahuy of Tournier. In both eftimateS, intereft mud be calculated en the balance one calculation at the rate of five per cent, and another catculation at the rate of fix per cent, per annum, from ihe period of one year after the expiration of the three years in the aiticles of copartnery mentioned, until thr time ot filing the original bill. And it is fttftner ordered that the faid Commiiiioners after he Ivs commenced the bu fm eft, con tinue the lame by rrguiar adjournment until it (hall he gone through, and that he i,ive notice to the parties or their agent attorney, at the time of each adjournment, When he Will attend again, and it is oidered that he report fpecially, any matttl of tact which either prty may recru it to have reported not embraced in this order, which can be collected from or fupported by any document in the caufe, ami that lie rep-rt to the Court at their next term bit wl ole proceed. i.'.s under this order accompanied with a regular journal of times ot meeting and adjournments, and that when he Hull report any fact fpecially as above, he futc at whole requeft it w- fo reported A ti ue Copyy 7d j, li. HURST, c. c. c.

NOW NOTICE 15 hereby given, that in conf rmity to the above order, I will attend at the clciks rli e oi fa icl court, at Vincennes, on the 16th lay of January next, at ten o'clock, A. M. to perform thr articles by the faid rder required, and that my fittings (hall

ie iroui tune to tima by regular ad-ienf-, until the bufinefs i ccni.-

pltated, ol which place, cy and time the parties will pleafc v.x'f otice V. PRINCE, .i, in Chant t ry

1 P. M 1 l f

coin I .III

. .! VC u t y

ell

i . o i ) e e ' i g t v e ii

m a pei fons, . int h ttearh

KNNES LODGE,

that one of the ctufeaoijme deh

ot our

c we

i val of lev e r

tl Amelia, a ! i :re-)ort to the ted, contraba

i ti ice i s

to be f ond in al El Erlifli Olios

1 1

! St Ites, and W i 'i

d o

ind bayoutUMatbe hi ft, by a man i.-uatd I the

pti mttting us the time to acquaint in

at al - irts 4 k

i thii difailroui fcene, I

9 f T cm I lot i ri f jj , I, loll. . u .

, i tt the Mem

bers ol this Lodge weal Crape on their left ami tor die I pace oi cue month, as a telh. momal ol the refpect ii which this lodge lour late y.. W. Grand Mailer, Jofeph H. Daviefs. And the lince'e regret I ie Lod e feel at tl untimely and unfortunate A of the U.o Jofeph H. Dtvtifs, I ;ethtf with broil..:, fbomas Randolph and Ifaac Wl ite : who were killed in the oaihc with toe Savagaj on the morning ot the 7th ult. fl rder of tht Lodge ROBT BUN J4N, jr. Sn ' L L

Thomas Banks, lXivid Bolaiid, Peter Barger, Pierre BonnttQ, W ark B-ii net, J boanas ilurln idge, John Brand ford, John C Balthus. Margaret Cook, J ofeph Clark, Adlai Campbell, Uavid Caldwell,

John F. Dufour, f ohn I Irsmini ns, i iaac Decker-, 2 ;

I) rxter Earll, 2 ;

Lieut. d wards, Davis Floyd. John Gray, John Haddeo, J cob lian, Jofiah L, Holmes, irV illiam Hewitt,

James Hodgina,

lluben BefTah, Reafoti Benfon, J .roeb Baird, Robert Buntin, Niti.uhs Beauueau, l)auirl Baldwin, Jbicmy Bcifkid,

Jamr; Clay, J' ? ! Combs, John Collins. Leonard Ciufby. D

r: l i : "r,

Y 111 iIIl X 'llMS

Chapman Dufrda, Thomas Downs, 2 ; L David EJie, 2 j James Elliott. F

Nathan Gunnel. H John Hunter, James Halenes, Wm. W. Holms, Simion HitchinfoH) Elilha H-ll,

Jartih K J of: i Houx, Samuel Hackley,

A illiam l i ggatt John Harbin,

1 liom.is Higden,

Leaven JooeSj 2 ; James Jones. John King.

G. W. Juhnfton, 2 3

MefiYs. J. 8c R. Long, Ifrael Lamb, William Lamb, Solomon Lamb M John M'Clure, fen, Daniel MlClure, Peter M'lntofb, Ifaac M Coy, John M'Coy, James Mead, Samuel M hlelland Il'aac Miner, John Mills, John Mark, John Milburn, J'fcph Michel, bamuel Marflial!, j.ss. M'CampbtUj

John M'.Kav,

John JMarllial,

N Elizabeth Ncah O Gen. OboufT:cr3

Ltwis p. obit, William Perry,

JJennii. lJenuintonn

Jonathan Marney, Peter M?Hnry, Antomc Maiechall.

John I. Neely, Antoine OneiHr, James Owens. Daniel B. Potter, W illiam Pi ice, Thornton Foley,

Sanuiel Roquet, Henry Keece, 2 ; Thoa. Ranoolpb, $ 1 Leonard Ralpbinidtfj John Heed, William Roberts, I imothy Kay ment, 2.

S Jofiah Shields, 1 beni aar St. John; Smith Story, W m.' B. Smith, Monar. Semo. T

Samuel Tbompfon, JameaTeflao, John Fern pie ton, 9 ; Jonathan Tuor9 Samuel Thorn, Cafandra Thorn, i Tipton, Bui t Town. V W. C. Vanccventer, Mr. Pbenorfdall,

W Adam Waller, Edward WiMbn, Sml. Woodu tt", J Im Wilkinfi u, Kirs. Wincbef, VV ilhitn: Watfon, John Whiteley, John Vv'hreler, Francis Wbiteler.

Y 8c L Lavcna Yeamcnj, J -b Z-nor. War. PRINCE, P. M. January iff, 1812. 1 57

John Smith, Ezekial Solomon Sp; ir Spenc i,2; Joleph Sevier, Mrs. Jelic Siawfon,

Wright,

W uod,

N. E. Wcftfall, 3 SamU r. VViuie,

Jofcj

Spencer

J ames Whipple, Silas Wells, Jeffe WBlia, Ebenezer Welron, l5aul W int worth,

i'KOM H E P RESS OF E. STOUT. PftijVTEB TO THK TXBETOtT and OF lulu LA ft i jF Tiifc UNITED ITATSS'