Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 April 1812 — Page 2

N. TT. Qeneral instructions from Sir J. Ff. Crai to Mr. Henry respecting his secret mis

sion.

Hi BxreHeney the Govrrnnr in Chief's jnftrtt&iottl to Mr. Henry, February Moft fecrrt and confidential fuebee, 6 h F-b. 1809. Sir As yon hve fo rradily undertaker the frrviir whi h I h-vr fugefted to you, s brinr Jjkely to he attended with livjfh bmefi: to the punlic inteirlts, I am o r nrft tint with your ear I tell CMtCR itnry you would proe-ed to B 'Ron. The principal obj- d that I rrcornflnerd to your attention is the endeavor to obtain the mort accurate information of thr true Rate of rfflfairs in that part of the union. Which from ic wraith, thr number of its tnh-ibitants, and thr known iutrllifrence 8c ability of fevefal of irs leading m"n, mud narui -lly p ;(T fs a tonfiderable influence o. er, and wdl indeed pr b hly lead the other If, icm States of Amrrica in the part they fmy t'ke at this important crilis. I lliall nor prrtend to point to you the fn de nv whcb you will br moll lik ly t obtain this important information; yonr own tudflient and thr connecliona whuh ynu m iy have in the town mutt be your guide. I think it liowevrr nrrTiry to put you On your ffajafd ami the fangoinrtefa of in afpiring pry ; the fedrrifts as I am Ititmmrd, havr at all tunes diC overrd a lemmg to this dilpfi ion, and t h-ir bring under its particular influr nee at this momrnt is the mite to be rxp cd fiorn thrir hav inr n ill founded ground tV.r their hops rf hri'ur nearer the attainment of thru ob j than they have been for Pome years pad. (il the general terms which I h ive rmde uf of in defi inin the o j c.1 whi h I re. C mm nd to your attHtioi it is f archly tVreiToy th t I mould obferve, I ncUide the ft.tr of thr public opinion, ooth with regard to thir internal politic! and to the probability of a war with England ; the Comp.rative flirnti' of thr two great pr-ti-s into which thr count-) is divided, and the vie wa and deligns of that which my Hitim itriy prrV td. It has brrn fuppof d th.it the FedrraoHs cf the Rrtern States lh ulJ he fucccfstul in obtaining that decided influence, which m y enable them to direct thi public opm. In t, it is not improbable, that rather than fusion t to continuance of the ditttefa to whuh thrv are mw fubje&, tly Will exfrt that 1 iHurnce to bring aoout h tep ra . lion of thr General Union. "he earliefl Inform tion on tUti fu jcA m y oc ot ;'eat conf q it nee to onr government, s it m ly !fo b. that it ih m a be infoimed how fr in fu h tn event thry woutd loofc up to t&ngUttd for aflSitame, or oe dilj.olcd to enter into a con i Kiofl with of. Although would be highly inexpedient that you motlM in ny manner rfpprar m avowed agent, yet it y n could ion. trivr to obtain n intinacy with any of thr lrdmg prry, it may not be improper th .t yon Ih tuld infinut e, though ith grrat caution, that it they Ihould wifli to enter into vy communicatioii With our govrrnmmt through me, you arr author-if-d tO rrcrivr aiy filth, nd Will t-.tVly Ifnofrntt tome, and as it may not br nnp lfi drthat they fiiml l r-qmn (owe docU m nt bv wlvch tluy may Or noted, that ou are reHv m thr Q uatim in w ill h you Itprcfent yoorfe If, 1 fitclofe a iredential to oe produced m that virw ; but ! moll par tii ul o ly ni in and direct, that you do li i uke itty ule of tins pipr, uol Is a defi e to th it pu'pff- lh mid he exprt IT d, Si i unlefs ou lee ground tor expecting th T thr d ting fa ot y lead to a nto-e to fidcnti I communication than you can othcrw.lV look tor. In pairing through thr Hate of Vermont yu wdl ot tourff exert yiur endrtrori to p nurr ll the ml ttmation thlt the (liort ft -y you wdl mke t h'-rr wdl admit of. Y u will ufe your own d f iction -s to delayiftg yMir jm-n y, With ibis i: w more or lefa, in proportion to y-.r profpeU of ipbtainiug 'iy intorm ati i i of confrquence.

I i - q i - ft to he t ti om you $ frequently

Mr. RyTanrJ, hot never with the addition

ot his ofh ul defcription. I am fir, your moil obedient humble fer. vant. (Signed) J. H. CRAIG. John Henrj Fsy. NO III. Credentials from Sir James Craig ftt Mr Henry, 6th Feb 1809. (Copy) Seal, The bearer M-. John Henry it employed by me, and full confidence m y be placed in him for any communication which jni' f.rfin mm- k. twi (I. . . I. . mmm 1 rll.

c i r . c amendment. An rmbaicjo, theretore, nulintis committed to him. In tith ot r , e , a , . , , . , . , V i i tor 90 a ys fmm thu day does exm ; which

who ii i ur iJivni mm tnifc unarr my ohiiu

xtrocf of a tetter rem the hon. R. M. I Johnson, tt the Editor of this paper, I

doted, Washington, April 4. Thii day the prrfident figned a bill which paflVd both lioulcs of congrefs, laying an embargo for the period of ninety dys. I hep-rfident recommended 60 days which was alfo the favorite term with the bnule of reprrfentatives ; but the fenate amended the bill for fixty days, which paffed the houe by a great majority, by altering it to 90 davs, and for fear the fenate might not

retract, a m jority thot' proper to coin ur in

and fral at Quebec the 6;h day of Februa

ry 1809. (Signed) J. H.CRAIG No. IV.

Mr. Hmry's Tetter to Sir Jimes Crnig,

y s from tnn Uay

mralure was reCommemlrd by the prrfident and adopted by Congrefs as the preliminary, the preittrforof w-r a precautionary mra fjre in tft, a military, a war meafure ; not expecVd to produrr peace 8c frirndflnp but to enable us to prepare for war, v hich will be dei lareu bctore the expiration ot

wncten whilit employed on a million to ' ninety days. B (ton. Thr princr regent hf affumrd all thr Answer to the letter of mr. secretary Ry. ! powers ot the king, hut liis miniftry have land proposing the mission. C5V. i not brrn fo hnrd toempecH any altrr (N.. 1 ) Montreal, Jan. 31, l09. Rtion in thr hoftile tondud oi Great Britain 1 fvtve to acknowledge the favor of your , towaids our citizens, whom they daily iraletter of the 2-th iiait. written by the dr- pr-fs, and our vHTehj whuh th-y arc now (ire of hit esc ellrncy the governor in chief ; capurmg.flf ihc cod! of Virginia, at wr and hdlen to expiei's through you, to Ins ejrn frm thr I It mail Tiie die is Caft, "xcrlleicy my readttieft to co -nply with : nd no reafV)iuble man c m rxp-c prat e, his wifhet. I unlefs Great Britun mould .ibindon her I need not now add how very t itterin it j cotirfe of aggrr ffion upon our perfontl is to .ereivr trom his excellency the altur- I rights andrur rights ol property. She hs ancr of thr approbation of Ins maj-ityt j worked up the fury of the Indian tomhuk fecretary of ft itr for thr very humble Icr- j againft us ; Ih- la attempted tooilmembri vices that 1 may have renderrd. I the ftates and ddtroy our gneernmeiit ; (he If the nature ot the frrvite in which I continues impr iTnents and cptuies ; the am to be encaged will require no other dif. h ak atoned tio outraiir but that on thburfrments than tor my individual rxpent' g Chrfpcke ; flir refufet to change hrr con 1 do not apprehend that tbcfc can exceed duct towards us; and we are driven to my private r fourtes. vindication f our lights. If we could,

I Ihall be ready to take my departure be- ( undrr fuch r ircumft tin rs, abandon the con

fore my inftructtioni can be made out. I have the honor to br, Sci . J. H'y. . W. Jjlamd, esq. sec Ifc tfc. N . 3

trlt, we fliould deleive the execration oi thr whole world, and more efprcilly the refentment ot our own count?y, If our righrs nre not worth fihtin for, we (hould not thank our anteftors tor their atthirve

To hit rxc"llrnry the govrrnor general, menu in the revoluti m but we know that

. in anfwer to his letter ot ndtiucti- ; without frredom. without liheriv. anv thin

ons.

Montreal, Fcbruary 10 1809.

elie is hitter -Mr is not worth pofTrirmg.

All I regrrt is, th .t the term is longer pro

SIR I navr the honor to acknowledge cr-aflinated thm fixty days, lndreo, within the receipt of y our excellent y 's letter ot in- that time i: is fujjpofrd wr (h, tke th li udi on, the letter of credence, and the i ftol ft, p. It U luppofed Great Bitin will typlin for Carrying on my c rrr Ipondc ncr. , out hr fl-ets to invade our fe-b a(d, I havr beltoweU mu h pains upon the cypher j ard an rmy to maintain C-nada. 7"heii

and am notwithltanding this deficient in efforts will be unavailing.

fome points whuh uiii.t ntaOle me to un

lie i it .nd it clearly 1 have Compared the ex onple with my own exrmphfn ation of the cypher, and fi id a difference in tberefults; and as the prefent moment lee ms favorahle to thr intertcrenrr of his m -jelly's go ernment in thr meafures puilucU by thr tv-cie-rd p'fty in the northern ftates, and more efpeci tlly as the aflembly ot M flTchulVitl it now in fc 111 n, I think it better to let for w ud immrdiately than to wait for any tur-

thrr explanation nf the meatus of canying

Palladium.

Extract of a letter from the hon. G. M. 2iVV, to his excctitncy goV, Satt. datcdt ahin& tok, April 5. The prefi.lent in a iottfijeitti! mcff.ge recom mended an embargo fur fixty d,tVi the toitgrrfs p .fl" d an dC.t laying n rmb.irgo tor 90 d ys, which was ycfterday appro ved hy the peliicnt. i he Hidu-ement8s as well for thr embargo, as tor extending

the duration tvyond the prri d rec uimen-

on a fee ret corretpondence which the fie- ded by them li .gc, are intimately con net

r that

.1- and . Irt'rr do-rfUj tll nm

fofmeion, it nf ke r-t

w O thr ..Ji rt't ,r trrs ilWVI o the fame p-rfjn tnhtat -ur, I r-c iid r ur hNSie times td I lit , y u c krt to thr (y'n-f Juf tttctierff jr aXtafisman'y aliiioujth Usldom to

qtiMuy of f fe privatr convr yances to in

a lt, will render almoft wholly unneiell ory. Should it however be nece(fry at any time, I tke leave to fngelt that the index lone furnifllel a very lfr mi fimle mode. In it there is a number tor evey letter in the alphabet, nd particular numnrrs for parti cular phrales, fo that whrn I do not fioj in thr indrX thr partii'ular woid 1 want, (an fp I! it with the fiurra which ftand oppoiiti to thr letters. For example, if I wain to fay that ttops are at Albany, ' I fiod un drr the 1-tter T' that nu nb-f 16 (lands for 'troops. It a numtrr 123 foe 4 Albany.' Thr intervening words of ,t I fopply ry fmir-s correfpondmg with the K iters in tin f- wot ds. It will be nerr(Try to provide againft accident hv addnfli-'g thr letters to mr. of M mtrCal, with f nail mark on the cornr of the env lope whit h he will underf uid. When he receives it he will then ad Irefs the inch tare g to your excellency !c tend it from Montreal by md. I wdl be c ire fa I "ot to add rr Is your ex r llrncv in thr h dv of the letter, nor fin my namr to any of th A. They will br merely defignated hy thr initials A. R If this mod- Ihould in oy refpec appear e xcrptionahlr, your n rllrnry will have the goodnefs to ord-r " i-r particular explanation of the card. l -uld reach mr in f frty r ni lof'-d to-, Q Uj.i. i me the honor to be, Sec. J- Hy. f Tj he 4$ntmucd. )

ted. I will (late them as Dinfty 1 tun. We have hut to long lingered unuer Uie outrages upon our rihtb, and the infulis upon dui Hog, committed by ihr B:iti(h government with a tond In pr, that ptti dice, torhehiance, irilionitrance and lieo tiation wuulJ at quire reparation lor the p.ill, and le r unty againit tuture injuries. rhat uclutivc hope is now bainOud. Out plicncc h.is leeu tkrn ty ourrnrmiestor i owardice, ami the miniftiy of Great Bri lain have f omed a contemptuous opinion of our firmnefs. Forbearance and remon Itrance h ive produced only repetition of infulss and n juries. The laft accounts from Kngland leave us nothing to hope or expedt from that nation, but what we can extort hy thofe phyfic I m-ans of forcible refiflar.ee Ur fence and offence, winch nature has given us. The embargo is confidered at a prelude to opei hoftilitirs rmt as a meafure which is to pinch Great Britain until Ihe comphrs with our jnft demands. Havingptaken fuch a view of our relations and their ultimate confequences, it was due to the commercial men, and to the nation, that the proprrty fent on the ocean and abroad, in time of peace fliould not be h .ft ly fubj'dted to the accumulated dangers confrq irnt to a flare of war. To detain our framen and proprrty at home until our citiseni could he appritrd fulh of the h-sarJi which they wonlJ have to encounrrr abroad uid-r the new attitude tl is g vrnnient lutcuds to tlTuOie to draw home that

which is alreidy abroad, thereby adding to our ftock of individual wealth snd Conlequently to our national refources and to ive time tor in.reafmg and maturing our means of cfFcidive anddefcnfive operationi were the primary inducements to this embargo. Ninety dsys therefore, were preferred to fixty, as affording the better opportunities for bringing home the wealth ,f our citizens, and giving greater llrength energy to our military preparations. Tins meatare may be followed perhaps hy a temporary fufpenfion of the non-importation ad, for the purpofe of permitting American citizens to withdraw their funda from Great Britain. It is moft devoutly to be wiihed that all pofiible zeal (hall be excited (during thefc 90 days cfpecially) to give the ntmofl alaciity to the enlillments of rrgulars and volunteers. The people fliould know the courfe which muft be purfued by the government of their own c ho.ee -tgainfl a government which entrrtaii s deadly hatred to ours, becaufe it dared to he free .the people ought to be called upon to rife in the maj-fty of their strength and rally around the ftandard of their govern ment. ' CHII.LICOI HE, April II. The prrfident of the United States hat called on the governor of this ftate, for 1200 meu to mrcli immediately for Detroit. The governor has accordingly iffued his orders to the command ntB of divifions w ho are each to fui nifh 500 men, ro br divided into five companies. A draft will be immediately made on the militia, unlefs a fuficiei t number fliould volunteer their fervices. We ui dei 0 and tbat fevrral gentle m-n in this county are at prefent engaged in railing volunteer companies.

NEW-YORK, March 30. Very late and important from England lie fait f iling (hip Oi t it, captain Boo!, arrived at this port ycfterday, in the (hort paffige of 29 d ys from Liverpool. She left that port on the 28th Feb. and has puf the editois of the Mercantile Advertifer i prlfdfinn ot London papers to the rveniojf of the 26;h, and Lloyd s Lifts of the fame date. The reOriclions on the prince regent were removed on Che expiration of thr acl of parliament by which thty were laid on nd hifj roy d highnrfs ha retained the whole of the old miniftiy, having previoufly made overtures to loids Grey and Grenville to join lh adminiftration, whn h were rej eled. Lord Cl.Olere-gh has fucceeded to lord Wcllrfl-y's licuation in the miniftry. Loid Sidmouth is exp- cld to tke a feat in the cabinet ; and mr. Bragge Brthruft to j tin thr prefent adminiftrati n. I iie duke ot Richmond is fpoLen of as defirous ot returning home. Earl Pows is reported to be likrly to fucceed him. Pc.,ce between Ei land nd Swtden. 8c nar with thr U Sutr, were evmts dily exp, dted. Heavy imprrfTments were making for manning the BitifV. navy fuppofrj to be preparatory to a ftdte of lufidit) with tins country. The kin of the tw0 Sicilies has abdicated the throne. The emp-ror of the French has fcized on "wedifli Pomerania, as apart of a plan to appropriate to himftlf the whole foutheio coait of the Baltic. The United States floop of war Hornef f.ihd fiom Cowes for Cherbourg on the I3h February. February 30. Lord Liverpool received the feals of the foreign office ycfterday, to hold in truft till a fuciefTor is appointed. The marquis Wrllrfley yefterday rrfiened the fe.il ffice, loids Sidmouth,' C4nresph and Buckingham ftiire, will, we un. derftand.hae feats in the cabinet. It ia lfo faid that lord Powia is to fucceed the duke of Richmond in Ireland, his grace havinef expreflVd a wifh to return home. Yeflerday about half part two o'clock tho marquis Wellrflry had an audience of the prince rogent, and refigned the fe?ls of office, as frcretary of (tate for foreign affairs. February 21. At a very early hour yefterday morning a hot prefs took place on the river Thames. The river fenr i' les were called out to affift thr imprefs fervu e. About 200 men were taken on board the tendrr in conf quence

J)uV!S Floyd WILL punctually attend the Court of Indiana Territory as a Counfellor ai d Attorney at Law, and as fuch tcuders hu icrvucs to the ubiis.