Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 January 1812 — Page 3

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THE WESTERN SUN. - - - riXCEXXr St J wuary, 18, 1812.

Wc tin jeftand that Col. John P. Boyd has obtain d a Furlough) arul will leave this for 'lie Eaftward next week we think it highly proprr thit the Oiticrra under hi.command Ih mid prrf-ot him a comphmen. tary addreli for his greet att-ntion to the Regiment) and the JkiU he difcovered in bringing thrni to th : high (late of difcipline which they po(T It, to-ther with the unity and harmony lie Iks piclcrved in bis Regiment but fhoutd they fefufe, we think it wouM wrll eomport with militaty etiquette that a KmtUt addrefs fh mid bepre fented by the Sergeants of the Regiment The thing" might dene in this w iy et the Colonel prcp-ire a Farewell order, vi'hout date or lignature, tOCjOthet n!Ji a i an. fwer to fait till own pa1 tte ; give th m B fupper in feme public houfe, and rntrull the Sergeant-major with the execution of the plan after fupper when thry hive be came warm, and their fpirits elevated with the Colonels hofpitallty, ilie Farewell or der can be product u ind read in whirjh they Will he highly praifed after which the anlwer may be produced fof their Ggn attires we cannot fuppofe bul the t! m would take but mould it fail) and tome prove rcftato ry, they can prt pare another, better to fait their own ideas tiom the one prttioofl; read. We cannot withhold f'nm the Colonel our fei.fe of his vurii and the great tnss our country will full tin by !-ing deprived of lis fei vices. Should there be a fecortd expedition againlt the Indi ns, the Man, who by his persona! k a id bravery decided the action of the 7th November, and took With his own hands the War dub of theii jgreat warrior, tlie magic cup of the Prophet) land the scah of a Chief, together with a

lumber ot other ails 01 bravery not necef-

aryhere to mention, but which Will fort4

ir inimorfalite the lit- ro.

PATRIOTIC uesoluhows.

f?v the Senate of Maryland Xov, 16.

SEN ATE Dec. 19, The bill author i (rug the Prcfident of the United States to raile Certain companies ot Spies or Ranger! for the protection ot the frontier of the (J. States, was read a lecond tune. This bill provider. 11 That the Piefident of th United States, whenever he (hall j v( fatisfa&ory evidence of the aftn.d or U reatentd invafl n of any (lute or lerrito ry of the United States, by any Indian trio or tribe , or and he is hereby author ifed to r,:iiY, cither by the acceptance of volunteer! or entailment for one year, unlefs fa ner difcharged, as many companies it he may deem m cciTary, w ho Dull ferve on foot, or mounted, as tlu fervic in hi, pinidri may reonire, (hall lei on the frontier as fpietor rangers, be armed, equipped and organized in luth manner, and be under Inch regulation! and relUicliors as the nature of the fervice in h'u opinion may m Ice iieeeffary. L.ich of the laid companies oi fpieS or rangers to Con (it) of one captain, one firft, one fecond lieutenant, one en- , four fergeantt) four ccnpoials and fix.y privates.'' Bxtracl of a let ter from Capt. Robert Tt- . oi , , erHbn county, to Mai, S. G. Hopkins, dated Dec. 19, 1811. " 1 extract the f llowing trom a note ndi :o me this morning by Col. Barbout : 1 have j ill receives) information thai a number o! Indians have fflembled between t lie Ohio and Wabaih, about twelve miles from Jeffrie's rerry it is iuppolfd about 100 in numbef i hava fent fjjies out to watch their movements, and to bive me notice from time to tunc. lie you ictore ready to march at a moments' warning. In addition to the above letter, Colonel Birdlong writes to General Kamiy, wlio reprelents the adj.itci.t country, that very lately a party of Indians) came into tne neighborhood of Cidwcll and Livinetn counties, kilitu chcr itotk ot the inhabitants ind menaced (heBl with war. Col. Hug long ordered out lotne IpKa to aiceriain,

iiU reo.trt their movements. 1 hv Itate

imped

on the

Whrreas it is higiily important ..t tt

(fentful crifis in our foreign relattonsi .no

the opinion and feelings of every Icili )!' 0( the Union (bould oe iirly and fully cprrl

fed Phetefore, wr. the teaiUiturr hi M

'rvUnd, do tefolve, that in the oi .mn oi t i Jthrs legiutture, th meaiuresoi the admin filtration, with n i. ,d to : Britain, have been honorabJet impartial and j :it , (that in their negotiations they !ive evi l

',ed rvry d ip v.ition to terminate Tut uiiler- I

cn'N on ternii not incomp itible With oUi foational honor ; and they dn the con ttdenee snd fupportof the nation , Relolvedi that toe mealures oi Great Britain, have been, and (till . u delLuCtivt t - . ...

tour beH aid deatrU rigiits ; and being

nconfiftent with iufticr, with realon, SnU

pith law, :md cm br fupported only by

force : thrrrf. ire if psiintrd int by fo ce

iboold be reum d. KeiV'.vcd, that thf mfafures of the ad BsiniuratioU with M-ip-o to Fi meet we ' !v approve. They have been fully auIhorifed by the law and the feci. Refolved, m the act of iuiuAice and Violence, committed on cur neutral rights, bv Franrr, have excited 11 that mdrgna. blikh a lawlcfs ex-naf ot poWCI . m Id not fail to do ; but hairing now . tfrd to iolate our neutral lights, we IrWfl the period ii not ii diftai :. Nien bv i ample jufUce, all caulo uf complaint ill oe removed HelMved, t!iat t'.c lat(ident's meffage, moderate impartial and deciffe, dtferves ail our praife It points out the belt ccuite to in hon i ,1 le independence. RrClved, "Phut the independtnee eflab1 f. o by the aid and valor of our tathert) a !! r t tamely b yielded by their i ni Tl r i -me 'pint which led the Maryland regulars t i battle Hill exdh in the itate and w v for it j countr) 's call By order. Tj. ROGERS, Cik.

tney to una tne Indians tnu

lettnetiee river; thn on their ioIicitturT tney wetted to remove , but bftore .hey nd fo, they took by violence a boat IujJ or torn trom a held beioi.gmg to one ot oui citisens j they appcrej mad and w ere very ioColeat The inhabitant! have applied for protection trom tne military ; and (loi. Birdlong i) is ordered captain's con; pany to hold themfeivel in reaOir.els to re ilrain any iur;ii depredations that may be on r d. i v not thefe alarms on the river be occal :-d by the progrefs oi return oi Tc cumieh's auxiliaries from the nortfrrn tr;ocs. J:iijJui)!i.

THE CANADAS No. 2.

The utnaU rr. Od, r.ot content with a

knowledge of the prt)f ii and of tne pal)

loiiifS t) oei etr.te the out wi.icn lit i onus futurity , out in the ardent purtuit, olten in is s the Icebte rays reflected from pertence and "i t tit- vifionary chale ot onjeets far beyond powers in hci at tempts to fuze ou forms whlih n.ull tor-v elude ber gralp, the MnmbleS ver the un it ulsrful knowledge, ar.d looLs tne pofiemon of the mod aaloable objects. A little time thews ier the folly ot th-it prfriku! purfuit, but thr ft.il goes on to repeat the laincr piocefs, though with oil: objccls. Thil reflecnon h.. been fortr.; c :ne by the ideal fpecutations of French d. inati n over thefe (latcs aftci the full oi Britain and the tontemptuoua attention with which too many turn tiom a treafuK ol i: f.uitc importance, ar:d lying at our doors Hut to return to my object the (Tn ad as have as' great extent i coait waUied bv navigable waters. -biij whole (bote of the liait.c, with a be:ter climate anu more productive '.oil, furrouods that tea i here is a tine flup navigation fiom the ortvi: to Mootreal, a tiltance of more than five hundred n.i;s from thence to Qfneratchnee, above "o hundred miles the uver is tfcended by large bOatSj ai d dcfc ended by vaft rati, sin bnat of any fixe From Ofnegatchnee ito Ontario, to Niai, a: d r-veiv part ot the lake i a fine de ep nav igstioo. At the falls of the Niara ti.tre is a (hOTt portage, and t.,L-n commences an uninterrupted navigation thro' Like Erie, lake Huron, ami 1 ike Michigan, extendin to mote than o 000 mile! coal:. Prom Lke Huron to lake Superior navigation is isittriutcu by a ui'., wl.uh

may fatlly be lockec?, and two thousand five bun. red miles more of coali be aueeu to the iloop navigation There are many cunals in Hurope which huve coll twicers much money as would be nectfiary to open a complete navigation torlar?e Vcffcls f:om the remotef) part of iakc buptrior to the ocean. Tne ptcfrnt piice of trnnfportation is, 1 1 r a bnricl ct tloui trom any part of hike Lrie to Morftxeal, about ore u-I!ar feventy five tents, from any part oi lake Uatano to Montreal, one doll i r, and other articles in like prcpo.tion. So enly is the defcent from Ontario, that inimei.lt. rafta of (lav.

I fhip timber, and fpar are annually fent down to Montreal. The inhabitants of the

county ot J. fiVribn alone have received for thofe atucles one hundred thoufani uoilaii in a year. The pric of tine oak timber has foMtftimes been i. high atQjrbec as would fully juiiity the bringing ol it trom the ho res of lake Erie, wncre that tp-cies oi timber abounds- much more than in any of the Atlantic pirts ot the U. States. From the valt extent ot the C'nad-s. thry rnufi be expected to embrace a reat diVfrfity of foil as wrll as of climates I he northeafterfy part, as 1ms already been remarked, is cold and unprodudtivr. Be-

tween Qnebec and Montreal the hnd m

proves as you at; end the rivrr, becoming v;-ry fine in the neighborhood of the latter place Pr m Montreal co King ft on (u t.'r outlet of lake Ontario,) the hind is general ly good, producing all the crops and veget ables whi h ate common to Ni wyork and rennfylvama, in sbnnnance The country 'round iakr Ontario is alniofi every when extremely fertd.-, particularly that purt which lies rt the Weflfrtl end, atiu in the Niagara rivf r. Perhaps this is rxceedec by no part of the w trid. Fo be fides all the more important productions of the nar den and of the fi !d, the pratn, cherry atid nectarine, and many other delicate fruits thrive in perfecl'on 'J'he foil along hike Erie is excellent and that of Huron anu Superior is under Hood to be in general good. Perhaps no country on the globe could ;u'!;.ih fnch incxhauftibhs! ftorcaof the fined (hip tii iber as that tVhich iurrounds hkc IL'ie s: d Or.tario. From the view i Imve orefented c.i the

j fc ru il l

UcllCIKU W.rti.

inhabitants alone 3rr wsntint; to raife this i

country to the tirit importance. Bv natural inrreaf by rmigrationsj and bj the rapid rxteolion of the American fettlements fnat drficiency will nof Icon be fupplled,

I Ihoofd Great Britain be allowed ;o ,; :in

polTeflkm pi the Csnadas, the may laugJ at soy attempts to oitlrefs her Weft Indies, or to cxtiu le her rom t!.e Baltic ; tor the will have a moic than Baltic of her own. A. B.

His Excellency Wi!-

liam Henry Haniibu. Governor

1 r- . ...

ana i -omin. inner in 1. .iei rt rn. nf lui

- - - --- ' - - - - v v i w Aiiwiuiin 1 erritory. hath ordered that t!ie citisens qualified to vote tor members to the 0nerI Affembly of faid Territory in the feveral town (hips of the county of Kno:;, thill hold an election in their refpeclive townships on Saturday, th y..h uy of February next, lor the pur pofe of electing one fit pcrfon to ferve a;- Sheriff for the County of Knox. 't herefore Public Notice is hereby givena m pursuance of the order aforefaid, 'here will he held ?n election on the faid

Igthday of February next, in the feveratl

townflups, where pe-fonswill be appointed tor holding the Irtine, 'greeable to ti e laws regulating the rlei ns of faid Territory. JAMES CROW, Shff. K. C. January l a, 1812.

NOTICE.

hefe indebted to the eftate of

Samuel MurpHy deceafed, are def.rcd

. o come foiward and pay up their refpeU

i , ve balances, and an perfons havingony demand! sgainfl faid rite, are de fired-to

bring them forward properly authenticated lor fettlemr ijt. Grcre Humph ey s Exec. December Zj, 1 8 I I .

Take Notic. I GAVE Di' icl ilai. econ nty obligation bearipg date on the 10th of Aogufl for one lundred dolljrs, yaDle on the 111 day of Januoiy 1311, Other wifil one t.undredaud fix dollars, payable on the lit oi January 1812, in Pork or Beef. Jtow having fully d.kr.arged and pid the rc qui ted contents thereof aree.itle to my n.frac vvitl f. id Ii z'eton. I do hereby towaIn all and every per Ion or perfoi.s from bumg or purchadcg laid o(;i4tien, as 1 am determined not topty it, nor atiy part ot ic further thun 1 have already pod. JNO. F. lROMPSON. January 2d. 1812. Tidi ice. 1KLL f" fcribcr has a fmall quantity of , the heft Tt nnciT:e ccutui for laic at

20 cents per pound JOHN BRUNER. Jniitiary 17, 1812.

land Birr ens' LOO A 70 IQURbEL VRStt t 1 F any perfotl wifhtii to porch. U -nd nnX prove on a iure found a ... . ami to bo in poflefiioii of a h:gh, beartfomc ai.ti healthy fitsiation, iuvh maf bcobtainec. in Bcffwion tow i thip, on the new public road leading from V incennes up to, and throogk the new pure ha fc, contauiiUB 200 trco of as good l nv; .:s any ni thr towi (bt , lor corn, wheat, tobacco anu meadow, two thirds ol laid Lnds are as heavy i mbered as any in he county, confining of w..nut, locuf;, oak, bi keiy ai d a(h, the otbei thiid bandfome jiriiue. On tht- p mifes, tbem ib a oud c mmodiUs cabbin, 57 b) 17, no looms below, with a larr entry between, tit for the con fortable reception ol gen teel family, 3 an excellent fmoke houfe, ftables, fribbSj and other ne tl ry houfes. . i here is a field of 5 oi 6 aoes of belli youud, alio a gord pftu;.", nd a fmall excellent meadow, all under good fence, juft before the door in a I ihdlome virw, in the prairie, tl t r; a 2 m tt!. a unOir good fence ; rherr is not one , fnOtl, upon premifes but hat i: ail wc ii tUktd and rU dered (as is generally called.) The t.nd ds are bounded on the fouth .-i d t i ,y Heavy timbered puhlic iai r ; nd on whe north rd wefl by pu lie pruiiir. The titles and bou ins are indisputable. 1 am dt wrens ai d determined to t'f !i. as I am no fa mr, and rhe country not uiiting my cCcupatiop. 'i'o the purchafer, the tcmn h'. il be m fie as eaf) as poffihle, and a bargai 1 n v be had. A further dt fcnption is deemed unrectflfaiy, as ii is prefurocd that no i i ! n would w;fli to purcbafe without viewing the premifes any peifon with ing he well fettled, and to follow the occupatior.s of Farmer, Mechanic, Me rchant &c, ; Doctors ciuy i -d) aie requcihd, a- J will do well, to come, fee i-.nd vit w tlic premi(ff, and judge for themfelves neitiicr taking iT.y dtfeription for tl;c excellency thereof, nor that of other? to the reverfe, as it generally is to be found that perfons inclinable to (ell lands, are too apt to vilify their neighbours, and extol the fuperexcellence of their own, or their connecions thedefign of luth is obvious j therefore liften to, but regard not fuc' come t e and view, ai;d jet your own es and judgments determine tor yooifclves 1 he premifes will be (hown, on spplirattoa to, (.nd tiie eatllr the better) thr intentional and determined VMicior and propiictornow living on the premifes William F. Thompson. Knox county, ( J. T., July 22d, 1811. 5 tf

torv Jbr le

NOTICE,

D to apply t. the rex: March

i the Court of Comoi m ricas.

county oi Knox and Indiana Terrt-

ve to

it ib! in

errv on thr

W aoafli, ib rut five miles above Vincennei, fi m my land on the North tide of the laid river io the ppo(itc f).3-e. A, F. Snapp Jaouary C;d. 1811.

NOTICE. WHEREAS my wife Mary Harden has abfented herfrlf from my bed nJ board, and deferted her infant cl lid reek Jiis is therefore to forewarn .1! p rfong j'.w harboring he r, cr stealing with her, :n any wile, -'.s they are asured ; is not my intention todifi bare any dr-bts of her contracting until ft.c returns to h.-r duty, Thomas Hard n. Qtober 9. 181 I. " NOTICE. THE Sobfcriber informs his friends and the publfc, that be Will ive cam or hats in tJ :hange for I.,,nbv Wool, or fe-

pv their accounts, and nrir lomplncc will much ui.lige their humble fer WILSON LAOUVY. Dc(.eu;br 4iu, li U

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