Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 February 1812 — Page 2

lion for fuck extra expenfr aAuslly incur r o excreditg 1 Mlit a4 twt J Iti cents per day to office's who rr n entit I J -o forage, and not exctrdmg one dolla pjrday to fiich s (Hill be entitled to fot -gc. S-c. ll. .n l L t further enact-, J, That no non COWOiifltonrd otli er mulRsatl oi private, Coring the term ot !ms 1 rvtce. thall be ar-r'' d on m fn- procels, or t ken 0 charged u fXfCu ien tor ai y d.lt or debts contracted brt rc enYiflmeotj ..huh vr-re feVe rally on Icr twenty dollars Bt th. time of contracting the fame, nor Vr an debt whatever, contracted after enitli.neni. See. 22 Atii h it father enatteal, i'h.it whtncvT an rfr rr oi loldier fh II be dil chrjre'd from the Gertie , except by wav ot pon'tfti'nt f of rov oft. nee, he Ihatl oe at lwed his p y iod rations, ol mi ruitalent in money ftfT futh term I I nc as lh.ll be fulTicent for him o t:i tel From the place ot d'feharge to th pi ce ot Ml rr tide nee, con pucig .t th iate f twenty milr-s to i dav. S-. V 4nd be it farther enacted, That the fu' tiftence of thr office fa ot the .trnn. when not received in ki id, fttall be clri itiited a: twenty cents pet ration. Sec. 2 i. 5c' U further t acted. That there f ha : I be appointed to each brigade, one ch pi tin who th 1! entitled to tin fame pay and emoluments as a m jor in the infantry Src. 25. .J be it further enacted. That no general, field, or it tr iH -i who ma) be appointed by virtue of thil afl, fh ill k entitled to rpceiv- any p v or rtno'u itents umi! h fli'"1 f" r ille 1 i tn clul frrvice, ro f r ny longer tone thiu he Ih 'II con tinne th rem. FT. rj. AY. Spt zker of the HoUte of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Tfi President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Janoart 11. 18 1 2. APPR' VFD James madison. The following MelVge from the Prefi dent of the Usit-d States was read and order d to be printed. To the Senate end Ffnuse of Represcnta fives of the United St.stes, I 1 ly before co.ref a letter from the Knvny Extraordinary, and Mint ler Pleni potcituary of Great Britain to the Secreta ty of State, With the anfwer to the letter. J S. MADISON. Wafhington, Jan. IT, 1812. Mr. Foster to Mr. MUttr$id I li-we been informed by Mr. Morier, thai to long o as the 3d oi ld(t J tuytry in confequenct of Written coromnntcitioti trom Sir Jamvs Gr.itg. his m .jrtt) 's governor general, and com i uider tn chief in Ci iada, dated the jtii Nvemorr, 18 lO cquatnting him with his fufpietoni of iti being the intention ot lame ot ti.e ludtati tribe S from iiie great fermentation amon them, tvi make a, i attack :u the U lie States, and ittthnrinng him to impart this i .pi io to t h Am rtCMti let fetirj ot (la teg he bad .J . 1 1 y done lo vrrhdly to Mr. Smith, yom predei !T r in fpc, and or fc- rct ic.tr among ti'r- arthieei of tltis mil (ion. ! haei t und th Utter alluded to, ft Sir I m s Ct ot:. by whieh he did autho n- Mr. M )r""r to make th- toffliniltiiia ti"n in queition, w 11 m morattcom of iS having fo been m.d- a? alto an cx vjrrH di-c'armi of Rf .ms C'1'. that ilthosffh he dou'itfd the.e Would u. be wanting nerfoni wHn w mid be ready to at trnte the movements ol t he Indiana to the ir.fi. t n e lI the Utttilh goVeiuuitnt, yet that hia department were annally rvv nig rterv xrttion i their power to "llill in p--v-:;prr thir tttempta I his -via u e, fir, oi a ti e. bU' di.pofi tiott to pa: the united States invrrnmem on their guard gmf fhe maehinatin s of the lavgrs, .md even to . d in pretfei 'tni the talamit) which h s taken place, ia 1 htior.ihl- to the uov."rnor general ol Cans da. and (o . Ir iv in coiitt .idrion to th. 1 te Unfounded rrpl(Its which have bcec fpre.'d, of tonti v natnrr, that I iorin.) r Rfl 'h- imnulfe 1 h v? to driw your at tentiori towards it, n t that I conceit e, however, thtl it is dec Bar) t pro ur Inii pro of t the united Stata eoti i nffl nt of tl e filfity of lnrH reports, whitll the ch ai t r off the Britilh nation, ano 0r ntl iif n i itilit of nttnff the Indian! t. th it d .i i n, thoolc h r it ideted tn.j"0; ik'-, b It 10 Otdct Uitt y ou mrv be e.

iM;d, in afe it hall fcem fitting to yon, by giving punlUtty to thia letter, to correct the m'.fken notions on the fuhjc, which have ujitortunatr ly found thtir way even a (Song petfone of the higheft refpecitability, only, a I tn convinced from their having Srrn mis'nformrd. 1 hve the tionor to he, fctc. AUG. J. FOSTER. The Hon. James Monroe, kc. 8cc. Mr. Monroe to Mr. Foster, Department of State, lan. 9, 1812.

Sir. I have had the honor to receive your lette ol the 28th ult. disavowing any agency ot your government in the hostile measures of the Indian tribes towards the United States. It the Indians derived any encourgement from anv persons in those measures of hostilities, it is very satisfactory to the President to receive from you an assurance that no authority or countenance was given to them by the British government, I have the honor to be, &r. JAS. MONROE. His Excellency, Aug. J. Foster, &c o EARTHQUAKES, Between the hours of 3 and 5 on the in morning of Friday last, a shock of the Earthquake felt in this place, much more violent and alarming than any which have hitherto been experienced. It was also of greater duration, and accompanied with a rumbling noise and flashes of light from the N. W. The bricks on the houses were in some places, removed from their positions. The buildings were violently agitated and the walls are known in some instances to have been cracked. At Louisville the gable ends of houses have tumbled down, and at Frankfort we hear that the penitentiary has partially suffered. Except the last, all the other flocks which have occured seem to have been very generally and sensibly felt throughout North America. Orleans has entirely escaped, and a few other places have been visited with but flight flocks and experienced very little alarm or injury. From New Madrid, we learn that several men deserted their families during the late shocks, and have never been heard of since-- several persons were wounded in their houses that about Little Prairie, where the earth burst open mud, sand, water and ttone coal were thrown up to - conj titierablr diftance ; and that iarne trees were fplit open I j or 20 fret up, At Maf lac on the Ohio, the earth on both hanks of the river, h s been tent by a hiVure 1G or 1 8 inches wide. A Nitih z pap t, ftates, that fevi-rl gentlemen had a iveJ at that place trom tht Chick fa W bluffs on the ltiiilippi. who ititorm, that the d image fuftain d at that . tae, trom the earthquake, was immenfe. Frevious to theii having it, feven Indiana Came in. nho hid been out as far as the H.il;' mountain, ir the northweti in pur. luit ut g.iine. I hole Indians who are kr ivvii and i an be relied on are f.ud to have Hated, that when they left their camps, the m tOtuaitia appeared to be tumbling to piecb laic ttvts were fn;ipped oti at thnr roots, and dafhed toi-ether in the greuetl diforder roct-s as iare as houles were thiown into toe volhrs from the tops of lorunt ins in many places the earth teemed to be much heated, and every direifion were to be teen evident tigns of volcdtuck eruptions, i tic Indians rode day and night, believing from the convullive fhocks winch they h it, that a general dcltruction v;sto tniut, ana determined to perilh with their relatives amidlt the material wreck. Accounts f'om Alhville, liuncombr county, North Carolina, ltatc the Lrt!i qjke on tin 15th and 16th December, to htve fi!lrd the inhabitant! with unnfual horror. The late appearance of the Cotflt I the brilliant illuminations nf the aur bor-a!is tor !-vrral nights previous, togeth er with the bloodlike colour of the fun tor lome l ays, grciUy alarmed the timid and i up' r Hiti. t-lhe inh bttants f the wlacc were rou'ed by a dreadfol rumbling nolle, which Was repi rfe.otcJ as louJer than the J to i d v t a huu lred waggons droen pie tipitatr'y d(wi the adj .ent mountain Several Hum ka fucceeded each oiher durinthe d v. when the undulations of the eaun laid to have relVmbled thole of the Wi e it the tea. l i e w nnen and chi!o thn kd with al'rm, f vrral prors was thrown ofi tuvir lect as alia were cosv .

indicating thcif fesrsypaii ful bellowir igs, It W more violent m vallsta than on tlic m utita n. in .i vlfey near Atnville, the vats in a tan y?id weie difplaiSfd, their tCgeS in f me tales railed tliree feet -above their former h vrl. u in others turned partly roui d, anu hffi in a EiZag contiitMM). So many lei kef) t pray eta iiave never been put np in that place brfofr. The m a no e ta of the peoplr hve f. mtl h f hat-ged as to ielVir'le vev n u h a revival in religion. Irtrllior nc. from tie .rmfpiings in N. Carolina, 11 tes the ef ct of the Eai thouake to have bt en itili nioie ttiufic. The mutt tremenduous noile was heard from ttie iifrighboririg monntatni for ieverl honrs before thefi-lt fho k. The-f fhocks lueceeded eacn other wirh incrcaied vioicnic, and excired apprel-ei lions .hat nature w.o about to -xpire. A few hi:ts at the fpringa tor the accommodation ot ibvaltoa icceivtu the only damage that w s fuflained. Flafh-? of fcrr w.-re ir en lltuing from the tides of the mountains, attended wi;h fnapa or cracks like thofe rtfuim g from inc oil charge ot an ekcnc hattrry ; but ( re thoui'-nd tunes louder. In the morning ol the 16th larq-e Itrr-a.m of v '4ter, heat-d as high aa 142 dereahy Farh. wa., obicived to :fftK- from thf fifTure of a ro k iri the fide of a mountain which r..d been opened th preceding night. During the Jalt Ihock. the tops of the rres were greaty 9gr u d the earth fhnnlt With Violence, and th water of the w.nm prings, (which w s at that time overflowed by the French broad river w i thrown up feters! times to tht heightfi of 30 or 4'j feet. Mattes of Hone wrrr loofenru ai d precipitated from the t ps antl fides of the mountains The Painted R t k. Well known to travellers w r corn from iti '"jl'-f f : rros the road lead, ing from the fprings to Km xvtlit-, and coin pfetrlv fhut it up acainll the n.-jr of waggons. ihofe who ;-re n' .ving to the weftward are unable to proceed until a iicw rod is made round the rock. Washington January 28th. Gn. Henry Dearborn, late fecretnry at War, now Collector of the port of ItoftOO, has been appointed by the Preladent of the (J; iter! States and fen:;te, a Major Gener al in the army of the United States. This apprmtment places that gentleman at the head of the army of the U. States. January 20 In the fenate, the Vol unteei billot the HoulV of Rrprefentatives has been rr ported with amendments, reducing the number from 50 to 25,000. The bill waa yeterd ay debated in the fenate, Out no quethon taken. Many other amend menta are exp cVd to be pmpofed. In the Honl'e of Reprelrntatives, the bill appropriating money for the fupport of tin Navy has paffed the third reading As pelted the htH propfea to appropriate 480,C30 oollais for trpaiis of the veffi Is in

ordinary, and 200 000 am ually, i.r ttnec j years for the purchale of Ihio timber for i Ihip builumg . The H ule is now engaged on the bill for claSriying ma arinift tt;e militia of the U. Statei. Extract of B letter iron. His Excellency tin- Governor oi Lou liana, to gentleman in tiiis place, duud St. Ls. uts Jan. I 1 S i 2. H I have jn(t ret. ivcu dcitaubca f.oiu Fort Mad ifon, ititormilig mc tha; tiie Win ehdgo Indians bete done .nOch milcttlel jbove the garrifon Tholt Indiana are fup pofed to ! avtr been ,n th lite ation I -xpect hoi work it the fpring, and Ibaii ') lo a. 1 Is Vhiji to fuppofe uUl difficulties are ovei , the belief tha: Ihe) have juPi commenced, is mock n oic r tionaU" From the Aurora, Mt Dn me Set mg a number of puhticetiolis, tn which t.ieit .p .-ats a dv.-not bout the iffillance off thi bniifb towios I the Indians fufiVl me to Hate, that in tht I ve r I79i. when K.i v. Wtyoe'a araD) wa at G ret u v life, a paiiy oi Aanerican troup untier th; i nomai u f liajof M. Mabofi etc or red pro hoi s t i rmt Kccovt ,-y, wh il was 25 i ilea from Greenville, and on Lin ground v.Uie Get ral br. Clair was de reared the t it Kt nn mr after depofttltiij the pr ) 'hoi s, a large body of lndi .ns tl at came km tht puipofc ot takmg the toit. aod headed I y B iti tl c tiiccrs, made an attack !1 oH the t-oop , an I ,ftrr a fetetf en Bfa i ment delected then . The Amencat s i treated to the lor'., whffl a C pt. Mm -

horn, who was feverely wounded, was crawling upon his hai.Js and knees to gain the tort, a Capt. M Keeoi the Britilh 64th Regiment, and h s negro, who were Doth' u.'flrd and painted like the Indian warriorbut who were much more lavage than Ihe Indians UicsBJelvea, feeing capt Hartshorn m this Ctuation, and his brother iol dn s retreating to the fott, raa w.th loehawk in hand, ani when near the Captaii they fcuffled who mould have the firlt ftroke w he n they both w.fh their tomahawks agJed the captain in a mod (hocking man. ncr. Someiimi after the American troomj had peffrffionof Detroit, the American and the Bnt.fh efficers became on iVicudlv rti intimate terrna, wh-n Cint i . . r ' Pr Maine, arbu commanded toe Britilh garrifen at tort Mak en, and othej Br iti ill officers interceded with the American officers to forgive thofe ot their brother nfficeri who had ta ken port With tl e Indians, and more pari tit nlaily this Capt. M'Kee, who had been informed that the American officers fwrre veiigcdi.ee agaiiiil him ; bbt the war was over and the hatchet bitrVed. Nothing that hate ever experienced Peeked and dif. pihvd me t , murh as to fee the m joriry ol Anicrican olliiri ?, a frwdajs afcer, aflociau win; thefe fvage Britifi, and more particularly thai fatege M'Kee, who bad the audacity to Hi nt the Hreets of Detroit. Thef. faa3 a be teamed by fcveral perfons at this time in this city. sin enemy to Treachery. The Hottfe of Reptefentatives yefterday concurred, by a majority of three votes, in the report of the committee of the whole for ftnkvng out 1" much of the bill now before ihtm as au'horifes the building of an tudivi u J)rtl number nf frigates The hill authoriung. the acceptance by h- Fxetutive of the lervicesot a corps of volunteers, was yefterd iy prtITed its third reading in the fenate; having received only one material amendment, viz : a reduction of the appropiiation it contains from three millions to one In the Houfe of Reprefentatives the two pah days have been occupied in the difcuffion of the bill for the clafhfication and am ,nr of the militia of the United States. A motion to (hike out the firft feci ion of the bill, with a view to defeat it, has berci negatived by a confiderable majority, a to place the arms, to br provided in purfuance of the bill, at thedifpof.il of the dates i' Oead of at once placing them in the hantis of the militia. Nat. Intel. Extraft of a letter from Wafhington, Ja: 7, 1812. Difpatrhrs reached I ere faft evening t'-om our minifW in France. The accounts are hid to wear a favor -hie appearance. In addition to this, I am i"formed that letters have been received from Eng- ! nd of very lce date by a fenator of the United States; the letters place our affirs in ffraat Ot- of uncertainty ; tlvofe from Loroirn fcure inulpe a hopr of the rep I ot the wins in muocit Thofr from Livt-rpool, whi. h we und ft .nd h ive nreti rrceifd Baltitm re, declared offitivrly that tbeii md-r viilbe refcinded in the Courle oi 1 0 ot i5 d iys.

Alexandria Herald. SOU rH AMERICA. We lern thar deputies or amhaffadorv : om C.rracas, Santa Fee, La Plata, and Mexico, are on thrir way to out govern ,ne r.t, P. It, VVhig. THE INDIAN POPHRT. rVpplii ation hi hfen male to governor " h. ot Ohio, for men to' jr.ocd the inh ibitants cf D rk crnnt-. I he Prophet with about 40 or 50 warriors who arc hunting about 30 mites from fvrenn M (the place where gn. Wayne i lefatv w tr concluded) hate u-remptorily r reatened to k !l etery wl itemin that h . mi i jory cn c tC i. 'Ihe unpVOteAed litu 'on nt thr whiua, at Grenntille, i ei. -Jcrg them an eafy prey to the t-vngrs. Pt-an. R porter FKOM THE PPKSS OF E. STOUT. PR ' NT R TO THK TKKRITORT AMD OF TBII L.w 01 I UK UMlTftB ITATKS.

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