Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 29, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1812 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

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VOL. IV.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1812.

NO. 29.

THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at TWO DOLLARS per annum, paid in advance or an attested NOTE, payable at the end of the year for Two Dollars & FtFTl Cents. NO Subscript ion will be received for a less term than one year and will Hot be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. WHERE papers are stnt by Post, the person Subscribing must pay the postage. AvvEnri:;f MENfs of no wore length than breadth will be inserted three times for One Dollar, and Twenty-Five CENTS, for every after insertion. To avoid unpleasant disputes, it is requested of Advertising customers, that

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ulV and benefit of the laid Hate of Loudla ua forever : Provided however, That tliis ac.1 (lull not afFett ihe claim or claims of any individual or individuals, if any fuch there be. H CLA Y, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm. H. CRAWFORD,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

o i u i o

Approve d. J MES MADISON. t

'hey pa

:ularly specify the number ef

times their Advertisement' s are to be continued. , Those sent without such directions will be continued until forbid and trust be paid for accordingly. All Letters addressed to the Editor must be Post paid, or they iviti r.ct be aken out of the office LAWS of the L. STATES. (By Authority.) A V ACT to tut hoi ife the ti ar.fportation of ceitam documents free ot portage BI it enacted by the Senate and House

cf Representatives, of the United States cf America, in Congress assembled, t h r he members of congrefs, the Secretary ot 'he fenate, and the cleik ot the houfe of representatives be, and they are hereby ref pi lively authorifed to tranfmit free ot pof. t ie. the- iVvrr 1 nirwairj of the proficient of the United States of the 5th and 7ih d ys of November, in the year 1811, and the documents accompanying the lame, printed by order oi the Senate nd by oid;'r of the hoofe of reorefentati es,oany poll otlice within ti e United Stales and territoriea thereof, to which thry may direct, any law to the contrary notwithstanding II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, GEO. CLIN 1 ON, Vice President of the United States', end . resident the Senate,

A N ACT for the relief of Charles Mini fie.

BE it enacted b

Senate end House

elm idate the fohjeft, and explain the caufes which led to the o il ke which the colonel lias declared cxifted towards him on the p i t ot the militia, and which he has molt impropeily after ted to he owing to the tx.nilnets of his dif ipline; As it appeais that the vindication of the conduct of the militia, again ft the afperSi ons of col. Eo "J and capr. Prefcott, which was publifhed in the WefteTO Sun, was only republished in one or mo other papers, when the calumnious piece of the faid colonel was publifhed p. rhapS in every p per on the continent Resolved, That the faid committee ufe their exrr'vions to caufe hrir

Statement, tind the whole, or fuch parts of

refpeflful

nittee to conert

and fold

of Representatives of the United States tne commander in chiefs' vindication, and of America in Congress aseembled, That ! tire document: attending it, as they may the comptroller of the treafury be, J think proper, in at leaft ten of the public

and he is hereby authorifed and r quired to papers, and il the i me will be admitted on

lettle the account of Charles Minifie, tor a cargo of malls, yards, bowfprits, fpars and other flop building materials delivered by him at the navy yard in WaShiugton, for the public fervice in the month ot April, 1803; and if in his judgment the I -id Charles Minifie, 1;jj not heretofore received a jufi and adequate compenfation therefor, he allow the faid Charles Minifie, fuch additional turn a he may deem iuft and equi table H. CLAY, Speaker of tlu House of Representatives, Wm. H. CRAWFORD,

President cf the Senate pro tempore

, 18 12.

Approved, JAMES MADISON.

other t'-inis, that the publication he

lor. 3rd the expences thereof paid by z fubfeription anionglt thcic who ferved up on the 1 - te camoaiern

Besotted, That drawn up by ti c f on behalf of the in that the 1 : rfs wa s unavoidably l

or action, in conh bir !or?d bv an o

rtiid other property wi i h fl din ing the ( anp ig n juence oi their being frier whicli thev could not

o vet

APPROV r D.

AX St ite ol

his iUCC; 11 and thr budd "New C ) ' 1 1 n s B E en cu c

JAMES MADISON, g tii the trvernor of t!ie fi ma fni the ur.c being, an 1 in cfhi'e, a lot t ground ings tliereon, in the city of

At a numerous meeting of the militia off! cei5. and Soldiers who ferved on the late campaign under governor Harrifon, public no ice tor that purpofe having been previoufly given, at Vincennes, mi the 30th May, 1812 ; col. Luke Dedcer bcin- alled t( the chair, Sc Peter Jones appointed fecretary, th.e following refolu tions were moved and adopted WHEREAS it appears from the law which has been Iat ly paffed by i ngrrfs foi the relief ot the otiicers ind Soldiers r. no lerved upon the Wabafh campa n, that not only the bounty of an additional month's pay, which they, the faid otter- and Soldi eta lua ueen taught to expect, has been with-beki, but that payment iv.r the horfes whn h wcie Bnavoidably lolt in the .ictsor; ot (be 7:h November i (thole only excepted which were killed) is alio dennd : Aid

iviereas it appears from the

a member of congrcf in his

dec tar a ti i lace ( the

n ot bon mif.

difobey, at leait be pud fot by tl-,e government. Resolved, That the-fecret meeting which was held in November laft, at which fix or 'dirht perfons undertook rn repreftnt the inhabitants of the town of Vincennes ;-nd its neighborhood was the founds ion of all the mifreprefeotations, tlie calumny andinjuiy to which the militia who ferved on the late carr-p;iif u have i;crn expofed. Resolved, That the Support and countenance which was given to that meeting by John Badolett 8t Nathl. Ewirtg, (the Regi Her aiid Receiver of tbr Land Office) was highly criminal and improper but is of a pi c- with ,-.!! their conduct, whi h. for years

P'u n -s am cfJ at tne injury

nor ot the trr, iu

injury to ti e people thereof. J? solved, That ti e committee appointed upon the feveral refolutions be inftrucecl to petition the prefident of the V '. St.itrs to remove the 1 :d Badolett St Ewing from their offices. Resolved, That we will nt-ver give our votes to any per (on that was corcerned in the lrl fecret mretinrr tor ariy office in our ijitt, and we recommend a fimil ir refolution to all thofe who ferved upon ttie late cam

: . . ovei -

v, at the rxpenfe of any

aicrna

y the Senate on

iti ' s of the Unil .

in Congress assembled, That

all the ti. bt m d latin ot the United Matts Co the Bv . o-Ti liion and eCcuptnry ot a fpace of 536 by 2-i fret ofa it ol . - d in the city of N O lean., b . by Chartres t i Levee SVe rs, and v T ife Street, and by the lot ol the r Oi tihi 00, together with the houle on tne above de Scribed lot, known i . the name ol He government boufe, and the ot! r bu Idii s thereon, be, d the fame are Kerel i ed in, and cotiveyed to thr govern I oftltf irate oi Louifitni for the u.c bci j, ai '

orablc mr. S'.ew rt that the luooofed

c, ndud ot the mi!;:ia in tiic lid acioi; wa the cauie of the rei Aion of thofc favorable claufes which the odi ti contained : And

whereas it is but too evident that all the

unjutl odium which his been call upon the conduct of the militia in relation to faid ac lion, is to be placed to the falfe and calum rtioos it it tr.rnt which vvas published by col. B . j ai ipt Piefcntt, and to tlie mifre

prelrni A met r.f o:j all from t theme

uh were made by thr for&rers in very pi c, and up is throughout his j urn lo VV athr pton, and lion. I prel re.

Res ;t ... i ; at c mn.itt'-e be appointed to prrpate ... jdJreis to ihr American

pie, in v j iication : t!:e reDut.tio'i l

tl j". t' . give therein a cone iir

m i ! i t i a

- i ..'rrnurs on tne c .m

Resolved Thatcol. Decker, majortTaylor & Purer 11. captains P'i-ice, Scolt, Smith, Dubi i-, Hargrove &c Vilkins,snd adjutant Sullivan, or a m ijority cf them, be a committee tor the purpofes afore fa id. Resolved, That the for-goii g refolutions be published in the Weftern Sun, and alfo that ti.r committee forward a opy of the fame to the prcfident of th.e U. States.

To THR PROPLR OF

U. States.

Fellow citiz-rs A v. :li mn G Ives ol tlie 1 crtd privilege which is guarateewto every inhabitant of our fiee Sc hiypv c ry. we appe r before the hr ct thepoblic to re!t,u- the fnie of the Indiana R diti. from that weitr'nr of odium and reproach wl ich ha- Itph fo induftrtoujly heaped upon them, and which, iniiefptte f dm i 1 flate mentl from the higrtrfl any moft refpcAl ble authorities, have made their way, and

tig ; i btcl , ia ...ti. opiRioa va. tend to J gained belief intbc pubUc councils oi our j

country. That one or two individuals mould have been at le to ft a nip a character upon the events of the late campaign upon ttie Wabafh. which thry did not merit, and that ;Co m oppofitlon to the ttltimoi y ot a whole army, and in a Country where the freedom of the prefs and of difcaffion are enjoyed in their greateft latitodi n ull be trt,,y aitoniflnng to thofe who are no acquainted with the conning malignity of the per ion who has been the principal Source of ihc'c Um.ir; of which we complain. There is however another caufe, buT one which is lo lull of humiliation to us that we fh uld torhear to me I t'nn it ii wr were not tully convinced of its ' rdher.re. We mean, tl apathy und inc'ih renfe with wliich everv thing that concerns the honor aid reputation of the peetple ol ti e tear i tor isviewe4 by many of oui fellow c; ns of the (1,?

i A fingle circumltance Will he fufficient to j I IheW that our opinior on tl i- Subject is iuc

t tound'rttron. i he le'trr :ton Coi to the Secretary ol war. containing i"iis alpei !ion3 a hi. h nr cat! up-

; on tbr Indiana militia was publifhed per j baps in cveiy public prim upon the conti- ! pent, w tut ft the vindication el heir cm di ct

wnnn .iit appeared in the p per i t: is town, wis rr publifhed bv no otl er than the Louifville Cornier. By this ungenerous coiciiKl tht r )i)?r opinion lias been Sore Stalled, and the t Sk v. huh has been aflign rd os by our fellow fuffr nvs under calumny aiid detraction is rendered more difficult V e have hill, however, confidence in the candour and geieroiiiy ot the American people. ::nd it wr i afi pt ,ccf to th ii iar, we have no doubt if I . i i g- - hie to remove tl e nift in which mifrepn f ntatioR le malice has enveloped out condocli R crimination is not generally a iuflifiahtr rrr de d -t iice, and we rigret th' neeffity of uCng it en the prefenl occ Gon from tie refpecl we feel for the Commiffion which

w it:. Kn . d Or I

our , conn

farv I

i r

he 1 r i . e of our ( tne ( ur dutv to

(hew the origin i t that deep rooted malice and hatred wftich re!. B vd fe-ls towards the ir. 1 1 1 : i a vslt f iv d with Kim unon tlie late campaign, and tiom which has originated thofe calumnies ag ainfl them with which evny paper has been filled, and Which he has pertunaSry reiterated vhnetr be could pet an Buditoi of any age. fix rr condition througln Ot l is mute from Looifville to Bof ton. in doing this, it will i)e necefiary to tive a briet account rf fome rirc umftanres s hit h ( i nrrtci upon the campaign both before and after the action. I. Boyd ha-? aiTerted that the militia were prejudiced R painft him on account r his tip id attf-ntio to difciplioe, and hic exacting from tl em punctual performance ol thei doty 1 hj facts which we (ball exhi' it v- !1 nol o(hew the incorrect ne fa ol this fi u met t . i of will, if vv a'e vc.X much deceived, ft rip ft colonel nt t'm fe borrowed plotoe? with which he h .s brdrcked h mfe'if. In ihetattei part of Seotrmbei i il, the troops which were to rn on the epedi n up tli- W-baSi be- . n in atTettihlr A ir.cr r-s. and a f. w dav s befre 'he c mnirnn- m-nt cf tbrtl Cot I' vd w s appointed bv p y& r. Fi n ll Ml to the ronasRand df all ti r i; furv RStlitia .s .-11 as regulars The co!oorl h d t'uev! 'm-rr j, uerk b-forr his retfimrnt, and the fame of Ins exploits in locua were in rvr y ( rws mouth. The in: lit' a were r lenf'-.! -at heii r ol -icd pnlrrtrr o r,:mand of To i iftii t. iirj an rarer, U tl ey f-r:nrd the nn R fl ;terirr pvefagei ot their improve meat ia difciolinc. A acid viy -,ws