Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 February 1812 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THEIR OWN TIME.— HUME.

VOL. IV.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1812.

NO. 19.

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Extract rf a tetter from His Excellency William IK Harrison to t:u Secretary at VlNLtMMIS, Dec. 10. 1311. tc In my 1 1 1 v i I account of the late action 1 did (10 mention thai Gpt in Pref cott and Ins company Wis in thchft charge that wit made on tin? lett flank I had placed htm on that flank early in the it tion, ana recoUeifiiug thit l had returned him to bli ori I pofition, I had fuppofed it to imr been b I re the Charge ; but I now and that it v a ,nis. Lieu I A. Hawkins with tin? few u.-.i rf the Riflr Company that i 'roiineu air ntfihVd in the thatgf an ' riie late Welfbs company ol the U gt. uttdet toe iom Si a ml Of I GOOI llg I o hi , n pi v i ouilv to tl i . ' n unttetj with Cap . Mu ton's, which - the reafonol theirnol b. ing particularly mentioned in mj Ict;.-r. Mf Gx ived with great gattiot ry aivl s wounded n the n-.-k. I alfe oaiitted to menti n from the h.tflc with which ivy 1 et wai written, n ohlg tion to Capto r Ombois ot tl e Spiel and guides, i his genth nan rendered us the ttoH elYrnti l Per vices in the capacit) in I whteh he w i empl . ". I mtift rttief (if, tbr the shove para graph be con (id err d a fuppl ment t, niy letter oV the I 3 i uU 1 have ne honoi to he, with the greateft refpec:, r, Jf hj Numbl l i sant, W-.. HENRY HARRUON, Tki Hon Set nr, KASHvn.Lt. January 3' $i2, E K rHQP IKE, i'rom Mr. Tames Fletcher, in wh fe Uatement vw- plate ttW ttttnofl i mrtt) ve '.in re4 ved till MiWowing1 nan w.v N t the link Pi on lite 16 D vcm hi I a ft, ah oi 2 c'(fock A M It f v re contuulon ef :he e.rth. it h we fuppi led to be ocatoited bv i di mi e rt'v ike, and did anpreii-'-u n.u h n ir tgt Between that time and day we Felt eial

Itghtet BmcltA aKii iiuui'.V I iv Lcie one can: j. at n

perpendicular bouncing that canted the eith 10 Opeti In many places - iotne eiyht and len teet while numberi of It Is width) and of CO tifitler able length fume jnrts have funk much lower than oih- ts ; where one of thole l-crge openings are, one Gde re mains Si high as before the flioclc atul the other Is funk ; fome morei fome lefi ; but thdeepefl I faw ws about twelve tier.rhee.irth w.is, in the tourfeof 15 minutei titer tlie (hock in the moefiing nearly pn tirety inundated with water. The prelHng ot thf prth, t" the txpreflton be all wa ble Caufed the water to Fp( ill out of the pores the earth, to the hei; th ol eight or ten t t ! We tV'polt d the whole cotintiy h ki g ! audi knew not what to da for the l-tl. The a'tAtion of the e irth was 10 great that it ws with dlffiti Ity an) cuuld (land on theit feet, fome could noa The ur Atrs very Arongly impregnated with a furphWrwOIII fniella As if by inltii ( we fl w as foott we Could fim the river, drCnding i..v)(l danger there but after rambling about tw;. or tloee hour?, about two hundred gathered at (apt. Francis I.e. CI r s . where, we encamped until we h I thi t tne upper country was not damag when I left the camp gutter ft tying there twelve days) to look for fume other place, ml " e thr days getting about t! 1 " f' m being ohliged to travel rou d tm . chkfmSi M Previous to my leaving- the country I heard that many parts of tiie Miffitlij pi river hid caved in ; in fome places leveri aires It the f.tme inttant. But the mod exInordinary t fie 61 produced that I faw was i fmall lke below the River S. Francis The bottom oi which i:; blown up higher than any of the adjoining countiy and in (tead of wAtei, it i nljtd with a beautiful white (and. The fame effect is produced on many other lakes ss 1 m informed by thole who faw them, and it is fuppoled they are generalrv fillet! up. A little river c.sllev! PemilcOf that empties into the St. Fran c i&, and run i parallel with the Miujfnppi, at the liftance of about twelve miles from i i filled alto With land. I only faw it near its Ik ad, and found it to be fo and w i informed by refpe&abte gentletn tn who had leen it rowr down, that it po(?tively u - fit! ! with land. On the find that Was thrown out ol the Lks and tivts, lie numerous quantith I of ti:l of all kinds cotnmon tt the country The damaaje to ftock was unknown 1 In -ud of only two dweltiug houfes, i gran try mu fmoke houfe being funk twelve feet w 'lie fiiifoi f the e.ith j the other tl - top w ,s about veo with the furface The pf .inrrv ind the fmoke hoofe wereew ttrely -mi of (if hi ; we fupp led funk a i the ear tit cloied ovei tiiem. The bttildin th ough the country ate much damaged We heard of no lives brio.: loft, eN. van Indians who were 11 ken into the Mi HflippU This wele.iined Item one w'.:o eh aped Previous to the fl. iks coming or, we h-ird a rumbling noife, like that of thunder I hi v continued u- til I left the coun li fotnC wnr erv htie. I LUllO. t tell how m-ny tin re were.

we trufl dlfconifitted forever. T!; great Metrolitan county of Ireland had its meeting yetterdiy, and certainly a more gratify ing one or heart cheering Ipectaile c never wttneiTed Upwards 61 SOgOOO Proteft ants and Catliohc irtfhmen atTembled for a great nation.! objeV formed coup d'eil'ir--ifillibly imprellivc and i.firifin'0 never wis unanimity more complete ; never was d corum liioie llricly obferved never did a public body exhibit more firm, moie conIVitutional conduct. '1 In fpeechea of the diffrrent gentlemen that indretTtd the meeting were exit '.lent, Both the members for the county of Duo 'in delivered their lent. incuts in a very bandfome ftvlr. Col. Q'Cbesu an cfRcer of 4 iugh rani; in the Auflri in f; -viie, and who fought jm the memorable bi'.tlrs oi Aipurn md Wag ram, fpokc with the bappitit cf f 0.. Sir N. O'Donnell and Mr. Barnes were alio very sloottent md snimateu Coun fell or Ftnlay, oil this occaiion, exceeded all his tenner powers of eloquence, in advocating the rights of his CtthoWc countrymen ; this. learned and enlighted lawyer will, we trull experience the gratitude and marked fupnori of the Catholic body in his profeflioual career no man h.is been more able, more zealous, or more diiintercfted in their bchall, few perhaps, hate (jivo dm bt ghtei profieti of preferment, than h has n . by attaching himfi If ko tic ciufc of catholics and oi Ireland. Dud Lv. Herald The following extrac't r f letter to a

member of congrefs from os'.c of his conP.i

tuents, (hows the langu c ufed towards Ul by our enemies, at.d how erroncou ly and ridtcojloufly they ret ! on upon ailih

; ance Iron a party in this countiy. It

fhyDuli as a mowitory lelfon to tht paity to rctl-ain the intemperance of theii opr (ttion to tlieir rulcra. as it L foreign ers to fuppofe they have only to open theii arm-, and the w!;cle party will ha ft en to thv :r embrace . Nat. Intel. M I mi'fl intrude a little or. ymn patiruce by informing you tliat 1 w as htely in Canada, and can afTure ) ou, fir, 1 1, d to bite d v tongue in filer.: indignation e hear

tne coitee hi'ule and common b..t room converfation of the f) tlifts. They siTeit roundly that the Pt ince of Walci h.:s made an open declaration that whi r, he afctndi the tlu onr he wif fpeedily retrieve his fath er'a lotTes that it may e.;IV brfruceu as rrlpvdts the ft at el that the democrats are damnably in the fuds then miftrefsof

the feas v-ill regulate our commerce in

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DruMin Cat . tit M rt Another ii cover.hlr blow tins leer Ittsj u in the Hydra of defpotifm, that had :''' irTued from the portals of certain public fhuCure in our i.v. I !ie horiible faiy of Ireland, that w uM peip.tu.te 1'. 1 I i n . -i.v.1 ii tiw u. u .i-:. anivtigii lur Ions, is,

Ipite of arl that we do, becauf-

our bauds in the lion's mouth and cannot chdraw tliem without fubmittiog to her li .r.idates. " The faA is, they calculate largely on our diviiiont, and all praife Ttmoth) Pick, eiing and his adherent? to the higbefl pitch and fay. if his majefty mould fend a fqu d roaofhalf a doen fl.,, of the line, it would blow our navy and feaportj tj per dition ; and that by their landing a few reg. meats of regular trowps, together with their OTXmiftrii friends, particularly in the eastern ft-ites, we fltutild becou.c an catV prty to them I" tmgg Le Iters from the City ot WlOltirgtPR dated the loth inft. ftat thU the bill for

raifing an Additional Regular Foree of 25, J 000 men had pafiVci the Houfe of RepreJ fenutivetwTeis 94, Nsyi J4.

(P.y Authority.) AN ACT Authoriiing tlie Prefideat of the United StaWo to r.n!c certain companies ot Rao grs lor the protection of thefroOvier of the Unit d States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re; resenfi .: vt of the United States f America m Congress assembled That the Prciident of t!,r United States. wbe,n he wall h.ive fatisfaCtory evidence ot t'e actual or threatened invauon ol any Rate or territory of tlie United States, t ny (ndtan tribe oi tribes, be and he is I e by authorihd :o raife either by tr.e accet: CO of volunteers or enliltment for on yai utile t s foooer diKharged, many rompanieii as he may det m nrceifary, no exceeding fix, who lb 1! ferve on foot or be mount d, as the Lrviie it his opinion m y reouire9 (hall act on the fr cm tier as rangers, he armed; equipped and organts 4 in fuch manner md be unoc r Inch regulations and rrfbictions as the nature of the ft rvice in his opinion may n 4ke necclia.y. Sec, 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the t aid companies ot Rng is fli .11 coLiiff of one captain, one fir (1 Lieutenant, one Entign four fergeanu, four corporals, and (ixty privates. Sac. 3. And be it further enacted. That when the faid Rangers arm and ( (pup tl cmfelves, and provide their own horfef, they (lull be allowed each one iiollai per day, iz witlu ut a horfr feventy five cents per dayf i8 full Compenfation tor their fervjcts, ra tions or forage, as the cafe m..y he. '1 IC CommiUtoned officers Oi a 1 1 receive th- fn-re pay as of" the fame grade in the army of th. United States. Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That

iwc onicers, non ronimiuionea ( mi ers aid

privates raifed purfuantto this ail, fhaH be en'ith & tc the like c mpenf- ;if,ri in cafe of dtfabtlity, by wounds and otherwife, iricurred in th fervice, as ofliters, non Sommiffioned officers a d privates in the prefent military eflahliiliment, i.i d with them (hill br fubjed to the rules and articles of wnr, which have been etYablidted or may hereafter bv la w be eft iblifh d ; and the provifion of the ac3, entitled " An acl fixing the military peace eftablifiioient of the United

I States," fo far as they may be applicable.

lb I! be extended to a'i perions, matters and things within ibe intent and meaning of this ac?t. in tlie f .me minner a1? if they were infer ted at large in the fame. This act fhall takr eWeCt and be in force from and after the p iflae thereof, and continue in force for one year, and ffoSB thence to thp end of the next fefli n of Congrcfsk Sir. . AnJ br it further enacted. That i:i the recefs of the Senate the IrVefioVnt of the United States is hereby sothorifed to appoint all the officers pr. per to be appointed under this hC ; which appointments (hall he lubmitted to the Senate at their next fe0ioa for their advice and onfrnt. H.GLAY, Spea&et f the Berate of Representatives GEO CLINTON, Via President cf the United States, and President of the Senate. J.nuary 2 1813. APl'll' I I), I AM J S MADISON SUMMARY. 1 he Gibraltar pape re Contain an cfTiria account ol tie Nl of Sagorttntn to th French General Sutfl fi7 urchfti's BJonSj he onrj BKBtiona tk:ig W ftan-