Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 April 1812 — Page 4

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count of the high ground we .the Gleaner. At the Kornct

WETICAL ASYLUM.

1 rom the iXaiijnal J eg is. a rrixTLivs souLCTjrr. 'Tis (IrtflfC I 'tis ptWigioirt ftr.irge ! That ofr Stlbfctibers are fo tarftefl glOWO, 'ikuit p v i :ig their arreai s. Tin y cannot thin'; That k alorr, who pubHfll to the world N from ail bttlottti ar.d delight to forced .!fcl Itlfttti&totl through cur iVatioos land, Cm mean-while l.ve on air. 'Tis flclh and blood That works the Pre Is ind tutns the black cud Ihert, V. ell ftjred ani ready for tb.ll llgtreytl This flrfti and blood muil he recruited A j Well is theirs or focn the work muft ft. p ; 1 his cal's lor CASH and then how ma by resins tffplpet arc ftruck .find Iklttet'd :d-. To; which no length of credit will bt gieetl, It gtvefi It a'.l befiJcs the typei id mt Atld miOf thing required by thole who mint, Tor fchtth Otlf money muft bt ItlfwtttWt Oh thet ur retdeta would roi ftdet Init And white tbty Uoghing look the piper And g tlur tttfotttllti.n frOIW ill ptgt WouM Oluf. r,d this oncum. !c .i til ion i At i Di not I owe for ouo, tWO khttt n tier. Y'ars pU, the PllOttr who fnpplies nc with ; fotKtrt f And oh 1 that :he WOUld cr. ly add, M I d go even new aud piy there ; fo fiiould we W W pleiN revive, Ihd with lift! t bt&ttl I mi lye DMt u ft I toil) while lonftience would lp pUuJ Thelreauduft, Hid wive rtlilh to the treat We nr.v p.vvic. C.Vr.r I tH dfritmi and mn.

have taken

M Why (half wc wait an) longer ? U is believed that G. Britain will make a blow if foon as pofiible. I had a 1 rj cb.-it With Mr. Gallatin I he other day. He is for war. He rather thinks it would be i ivetl to lay an Embargo tor a limited time, ami then

failed from England before the Gleaner we cannot expedt to receive by her any information of a more fatbF . lory nature than that brot' by the G leaner ; and the papert by the latter veflei give no intimation of the repeal oi the Orders in council.'

41 Hope deferred maketh the

declare war. 1 would de- heart lick. We are weary

clare war to morrow if I had of hoping or cpefting from my w ay i would Hart prl Gieat Britain any refpeft for vatccrs and our navy to work our rights except Inch as is 4 WOutd pa fit he laws re extorted from the cannon's Ppeditlg captures, eke. 1 mouth. Let US then QO Ionwould lend volunteers to De ger deceive ourfelves ; the

rroic, (fay 2000) until reliev- period is arrived when our-

d by Kegulars I would au

thorite the Govrrnor of N.

York to call out the militia,

lelvei ; the period is arrived when t lie rirht:, and honor

of or count r) muft be a(

and Vermont alfo, to art on (erted by an appeal to arms,

the defenfiveil neccffaryf un- jor ignominioufly to furrender

to a foreign power. T lie

qnetiion of war is no longer a queftion of expediency

vVar or irretrievable difgrace appears to m now to be the only alternative in the choice of the American government

IIhad VARTKKS. Vtnccnnes 27ri Jan. 1812.

ril Regulars coukt make of

fenfive war upon Canada Nothing ought to flop the arm vi vengeance Declare . ar, and the a. my will aug ment like s fnow-ball. 11 In addition to the men ,it Detroit, I would fend our the fix companies of Rangers

.... I GENERAL OHDERS. latin lays he IS ready with tne The Commander in Chief of the troops Ways and means. Hamilton Nhkh were employed in the late expedi. r l:x :.i ' tion on the Wabilh. his received from the : i anxious For the conflift with Honor,bl( til, Sctrtt5ry of War . ieer the little naw. and Monroe direftio,? him to communtcite to the oficers

wants no further ncgocia Uwtnof the carpi which fereed upon 0 ? tint ocraucn, 11 1 :3 tninki iof tne perlc-

tion.

FrDHt f At :t tonal ttUtttigttft The Uritifli ketch Gleaner srtived ar Annapolis lafl thurfday evening, bringing

lifpatehes for Mr, Fuller

Extract ktttrfrom a Mtmbei m Cmtgnsi to bis Ji tend in ti u Wlfbitigton Cityi March. I3a UI4 11 ToOer, the Bi itiHi minister received dilpatches the other day. One of the feds faid I and yoii know they are in the lecrets ot G. Britlin) that Fofter was innruQ ed to demand categorically, hat the U States intended by their preparations for war, S.c. And alfo thai ihe Orders in Council are not ievokrd ; and will not he : And moreover it iVdd th..: W hitbi ead & his p m ty, w ho have been oppofed to the pal ilflryt wilt tu port them aai.iil tht l!. bia t. I ae-

the BritHh minifteri from his lovernment. bhe left a 13 ri dh port the 4rli u!t- and brings London papers to the

In fl of lafl month, Wc have not of COUtfc learnt the nature of Mr. Fof , terfs difpatches ; but we have every reafen to believe they are not of (i characler

favorable to oa; rights or in tereftia

The London papers 4 re

venng leil tnd hraveiy difplayed in the

acAion of the 7th November." The Mcfatre of the Pre tide nt to Conffreft commu-

nicittng the Commtnder in Chief's ofiiciil t ICCOunt of the itu!i a another evidence

01 tin.' high kiile entt,rtaired by the chits MlgitUfetC of our countrv, of the gallint ry Mid good COnducl f ail :Le tioos en

gaged in the eapeditioti i The Commander in Chiif conerttulitei the galiint companies in arms upon thete flattering tefiimonills in their favor. arJ he I

has no dollbt that it will prove in idol- ! tional Umultll to cvny cops and to u'.liviviuah, to perfecl theitifelvet in military icquirementa t; nt thfy may etyam land i forth in defenci of their country's tight!) , and fot themfelves icqnire new liureli. i;. HURST, a. i). c

GENERAL ORDERS ror. MILITIA Vincennet ISth Apn!, isr. Al the late muiJers upon the frontiers

it , . n , r . of this ana tne Neighbouring territories . 1 1 ... I ...... t . r.i.t v. .

edveu i-vui, 111 l4,,u httVei us liule hope of our being abla to! to be deflttUte 01 intereft to j jvct(1 ( war Wlth VUYi of tlic neighbouring : .m American reader, except tribes of Indian-, the Commmiodet in that the Courier eXprefles an Chief dircfts that the Coloaeli end ether ronton that Great Hrirain Commsndtnti of corps (hould take imme-l r , i g diate meifores to nut thcr c u n an-15 11 i ouoht not to Ivde a tnoment , r . wuelM . . the be (t pofllblc lUte Tor lAive fervice J I in iiollilc preparations agatnlt r r,cU 0fKCtrsWt0 command batuiioni ! (his Country Thll opinion ti&t end critictlly Infptil the reVent Fnunded UDOn the reDOrt Of compmiei wh h compefe them, end make

the committee of ForeigoMe- aet.ii .t their ata.uan.psm. , .v- ' taUrlf aott5g the de&cicnciei in .rma, in lationst the adoption ot Mon ind Prcalj:!Ctncilts. ina rucb

tvhich is noticed in tiie i on don prints of anuary a3j ll giVtn in Uie Courier ot the 1 he Hornet is underftood

to have laded trom Kngland

the exanple to their men. If there ar amongft them any who have accepted appointsnents for the mere motive of gratifying: their vanity by the pclTefilon of a comnaiflion to which a title is annexed, without luring the ability or the inclination to encounter arduous lervice, in juftitt to their country and to their own fame they Htould no-.t ret;re tc not ftind in the way of thole who are more able or more willing to encounter the fat:g:s and dangers incident to actual fervice in in Indian war From the fpecimen which the Commander in Chief has had cf their conduct in the field he has e?erj re.fofl to be proud of tleoj, nor does he believe that there are better militia officer to be found ar y where thin thofeof Indiana, but in a crifis like the prefent they fhould be all cood. The field ofticers re to fee that proper places 3re appointed for the rendezvous of the companies anon an alarm or the ap, pearance of danger, and wiii give ordcr9 relatively to the mode of their procef.din in fuch exigencies as the fituatic.i of the com. ponies rcfpecTively call for. When mifchief is done by the Indians in any of the fettlements, they muft be puilued, ?nd the o&Ver nearcQ to the fpot, if the number of men nnder his cninmsnd is not inferior to the iuppofed number of the eoemy, is to commence it as toon as he can collect hij men. If hh force 'hould be to. fmall l)e is to fend for aid to the next ofiicer to him, and in the mean time take a petition capable of beirjo defended, cr watch the molion3 of the enemy as CtrCUmftancei require, The pttrfoit muft be conduced with vigor, ani the off.ref commanding will be held refoon!lble for r.akinf; every exertion in his power to overtake the enemy. Upon hii return, whether fuccefsful or not, apar ticular account of his proceedings muft be trinfmitted to the Commander in Chief, 8c 1 copy of it to the Co1, oi the Regiment. The Commander in Chief recommends it to the citizens in the frontiers of Knox County, from the Wabash eastwardly across the two branches of White river, Those on the North West side of the Wabash and those in the Driftwood settlement in Harrison to erect Blockhouses or picketted forts. It will depend upon the disposition of the Delewares whether measures of this kind will be necessary or not upon

the frontier: of Clerk, Jtfferfon, Dearbornr Franklin, or Wayne. Means will betaken to ifcertlia M is J5 foon as poftible, tnd the refu'.t communicated. The Indians whoprofefl to be friendly have been warned to keep c ie?r of the fettlements, and the Comm.ndei in Chief is tar fiom wiiiiing that the eitiiem (botttd run any rifle by admitting any Indians to come ?.mouft them, whofe deflgns a-e ;n the lcaft er.nivccal.He recon mends however to thole fettlements which the Dth vares have firtjuented, ns mch forbearance as poflible towaras that tribe, becaufe they have ever perforined with punctuality and cood faith their engegements with the Unltel States, and 2$ vet th-re is nottheleaft reafon to doubt their fidelity. It is alio certain that if they (hould be forced to join the other tubes in the war, fro-i their intimate knowledge o? the fettlements upon the frontier!, they would be eo.bled todv more mlfchici th.a

an)- other tribe. tht Cofnmatuter in Chief H. HUHST, Aid d'--Cavf .

meet. res as the l.wi luthorili mat be immedi.tely taken to remedy thofe deficiencies. The Commander in chiet intorm the officers that 'h.c moft prompt obedience and the moft unrcmi'Aed attention to th.il doty will be required ct them the tituiti m of H i eoontry ..a'-, for exertion on the

previous 10 the

departu

ot -. t of the militia, and t!i

n - r -4 . C

rauA fet

d fb Muskrat Sitas. Ttsr; -.mv. iil tfive cofli

f foi Mufki it kini it Ins 11-1 FiA-

or , V.:- son itFebmiry l is l . PtCriCQ Up F1.W days G iee,a man's Saddle, and a canteen, kha owner ciu beee theje by ; -(iinjy; property and peyiog tortiiis adtcftifemoot, on application to Samuel Forrz. Ftbru.ry :T. If13.

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