Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 October 1812 — Page 2

tV.cif rarch to attack lit &tthmM Bfct

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Harrifon bavn g i.adiigc nee cr tnor ap

proach, h-d by a t.rw route got in their rcr and had Hot oren difcOered by tiicni. 1 bat he tu only 4 milt I -ff, and cNpeiled to attack them Cy fwtpfife, uh.'ilt their ittn.tuMi tJicn uu with Wiuch Iter id f. li.-i . Y ' lay tlu retort bootly expect to her of battle Ach. GtS. We learn by tate arrivall hwTi tseftl Ilarrifon't am y, ;hu he had received information of 1200 Britifh and Indian! bting on tbetr march toward fort Ddianee,

ind that he h id def atched general W in- ,

cy cbafas to within 10 or 1 2 Heps of the ptikcti ?v,d block houfe s, fri m whentt the India ill thtevv iijw ard3 of 5C0 pieces cfburnii g tjniber on lire roots of the I ouies & when the attack commenced there wai no Ipot about the fort that die not emit a continued fheet ot fire from guns, firty arrows and brands, and not afford the brave fellows within an opportunity of doii g much execution, except now and t! en knock': oer inch reo fk.i s as had the itrpuaer.ee to peep above the brrk. Attack on Belle ,Vue. On the 5'.h inft. at half pafl 5 o'clock, P. M thi garrifoQ waa attukcu by a porty

ot Wincbagoes, the number net precitely

h (rer with 1500 n.ca to daett them, and j known, but luppoic-d to be up ward I ot 200

gn. Topper wi b tae fame Dumber to cut

oft tht-jr rerreat. West,

Fortunately there waa but one toldier out ot

the garrtfon (John Cox) who tell a ctim to th- fcalptng knife. A conftant firing on

We under ft and that gen. Harmon hat re J both fidea wai kept up until dark ; caily

Ctived orders from the it-cretary at wjr to ! next morning they commenced agin, and

mauli immediately to D-trott, and that he

Intended leaving the river Su Mary's on

bout 7 o'clock they ittfire to a mr. Gra

ham's boat and loading this man arrived

Wednefday hit. The Mounted volunteers on the 4th they alio buit 2 boats belong

h id determined tn ireompany him, which ing to the public toon after, they began to ?v : i I m.ike his pre tent force about 8000. He j throw fire on the b!cckhou(ea that ftood near e.vpr&s to be met at the rapids of the Mia- ? the bank of the nver, but not fufficiently mi by the troops from PcnnfylvofltOi who , near to command the fpte betr. .n them ere to take on the neceflary cannon, &c. and tWe river, fyringes bcir.g made if gun Mnjo: Kinkead, who imvcd here from barrel, the roofs were wtt (b as to prevent Urban on Thorfday laft, informs that io(l fire taking ; doting this time, part of them before he left there trV governor h d recciv- billed the live (for k, plunderrd Sc burnt mr. cd by exprefs, a Irtter fiom gn. J. Ketfo, Julian's hcufes, deflroyed ihe Corn, and on dated head quarters, Erie, (Pa ) to general the 7th they continued throwing fire on the Wadfwor h, which (I a tea, that on the lith block houfes ll (hot arrowa in the roofs with tilt, about 300Q Indiana, 100 Britifh rtgu- ! matches tied to them. The morning being lart, and a;.our 100 militia, with 2 p eces ' tlm all their fiie attempts on the block of cannon n?.d left Maiden for the purpole : bottles proved ufelefa In the morning thev of taki ig fort Wayne. The letter further j burnt mr. Ml N abb's houfe, nd attempted adds, th t not a li dlc -iece of artillery, be : thr fmith (hop, and it w as generally btlievonly 10 of ihe enemy a.cr left it Detroit ; : ed they were only waiting for a favonhie and not more tlun a fumcient gnard at j wind to burn the ftftory, fo that it might Maiden The above letter waa immediate- J catch to the garrtfon which would have been Jy tranfmitted hy the gore mot to general th certain means of deHroymg us ail to

Harrilon Su;'tcr::r. prevent that, as t!-.e eveninc vv- rvcalm,

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the comrnandine rlTuer liu' Thvs. H imih

LONDON, Augofl 4. Great Vifeory over Marmont. We communicate to the public the tru f

ij:i of a fupplcment to the Courtet ot J

Corunna on the 2d:!i of laft month, anjiOL icing a i lendtd victory gained by tire rail ot Wellington, over Marmont, on ;hc

ton, difpatched ? fold ter v iti fire to the factory, and in h i than S hours the burldii Wis confumeJ without any danger to the garrifon. Dining this day feverai Indians trot into an old fUble 8c commencd Oiooc ing out of it. hut a fhot from the cannon by Iieut. B. Vafques, icon made their yellow

X3d of I. !t month - fo completely docs the jackets fly

Corttnna Gtette reprefent t!ie defeat to On thr 8th we heard but little from them, have been, that the enemy loft from 10 to ' frvral canoes were fcen err. lung tire river, 1200CJ men in kill d, w tunded and prifooeri :. and on the 9th OOt an Indian ws fren or a

nearly .1 their armory, feveral eagles, and J pun fired. I am happy to fay no lives were

a threat quantity ct a-nis, ammunition and loll m the tort, 1 man ws 11 ghtly Wounded

in the noh--the Indiana mu.'i have had many kdltd as feveral of them were teen tali.

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b g,age. We bafteu to lay before

r raJrrs the G .zrtte. (Supplement to the Courier Ot Tu iday, Jii'y 28, 1812, received a: half pall 7, P.M. of the preceding day. The general chief of the ItatT of the 5th and 6:h am ies, by !t;trr ol tins day, com Mannicatea :o mc the following agreeable Intelligent e. l i e c 'jjt ,in general in chief has jul receivea the agreeable news that on the i2d oil. the enemyi tVmy uirdcr marllul MarMoon t, wat eon ptetly detcatrdi ttie neigh horhood of Salamanca oy the allied amy under the com oi a i d ot the maruial generl tiuke ofCundad Rodrigo, with which is tmi-t-d the 3d divifion of the 5:U Sp id . 11 Vhot emy h is lofl feveral eagles, nearly ftU hit sr tiller), and a conitderahle quantity of arms, begg Sc amrnsmtttoti. 1 s Idfs in kilt rd and Wounded is from 10 to T2000 men of whom about 4000 -re taken including gen. Bonnet, oho is Wounded. The enemy -s retreating by Alu do Tjrmrs, fct the v.ctorious army io porfuit. M I comm.i. i -te t to yu for . ur la It faclioei and that if the troopt Y. u will obferte that it to hit excellency! pleafure that in the firt inftance, thankfgivi g fl. dl be i fT-red to the Aim gh' P otcder of cur caulV tot fo irat a fucccft, and that after

wards pu lie demonftrattoni of joy (hail take place, i ' il t'y with fo fortunate

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TiiRSrrORY Ol INDIANA.

BECRB I AtV S Cff ICE, Ftr&enntSi Aug 2 8, ioi2.

For the information of thofe concerned, I publifh, fubjoined

:iereto, in obedit

:o orders re

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t e f mr k o to t!ie commander ot a Britim n.,i force t Ferrol or Corontta. 1 Ci mmunicate it tc ou th rt ou may immedtately announce th.e intelligence to the I wiic :n an cx' I Ci zettr. trURO DL'V kl Sr. I OUI U Sej temoer 25. The Ml kwmg accost t of the attack on fort Belle Vue, ws h . icd to we ht i friend ajrho at that place doting the (lege. i"hr p lition is n.e of the mo:l ineligible on the M ill tli ipi fee deh nee, aa f m an emi rin eV their pradr r und c u!d be fwept by imail a;n.i, aud it H ilnotl l'uruuuJcd

ceived from tht- department ol Rate two avis t;t Congreih, . i c one cnntiect k' An aC refx c i i g alien enemits,' approved iixth July, one thoulknd let en hundred anci ninety eight the other "An act (tipplementar) to iIr- acl entitled an act, rcipc6itig alien enemies1 approved lixth July, t -jint en iiUn.ireci am i tweit c it is moreover required by tlvefe orders that all Britith fuhjetts v. ithin this territory1 make , forthwith, lo lite unuertigued, their u fpt ctivc reports in writing, in which lhali i truly Rated , the ii age, the tunc tic v, tiaxeocen in the United States or ii tins territory ; the perfons con h iii:g iiit ii families ; the pla cth ci their re lid t nee, and their occupations and putfuiis, and at what time, .t ever, tney applied 10

ilit c rnt tb pre pai aloi y to tneir naturalization. hot Use county of Knox, thefe reports mull be made rlonally to the undc i n iu d : lvut tor the accom modal ion ot thole who refide

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at a dillattce, I hac appointed tiic ioUowiug perfous 10 receive Uitm.

For the county of Harrifon, John Hurft. For the county of Clark, James Lemon. For the county of Jefierfon, John Paul. For the county of Dearlorn, Jantes Dill. For the county of Franklin, Jas. Nobte. For the county of Wayne, Geo. Hunt. Thefe gentlemen will pleafe tranftnit to this office, every week by mail, the reports which they may receive, carefully retaining copies thereof.

JOHN GIBSUN. ANACT

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cinccti' K .iicn enemies.

BK it enacted by the Senate and House cj Representatives oj the brutal States of America in Congress asse mbleely That whenever there lhali be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or an invaiion or predatory incurfion (hall be perpetrated, attempted or threatened againft the territory of the United States, by any foreign, nation or government, and the prefident of the United States lhali make public proclamation oi the event, ail natives, citizens, denizens, or lubjecAs to the hoililc nation or government, being males ut the age of fourteen years and upwards, who lhali be within the United States, and not actually natural. zed, lhali be liable to be ap

prehended, retrained, fecured and

removed, as alien enemies. And

the prelide nt of the United States

ihall be, and he is hereby authorifed, in any event, as aforeiaid, by his proclamation thereof, or oth

er public ael, to direct the eonduel to be observed, n the part ot the United htates, towards the aliens who Ihall become liable, as aforefaid ; the manner and el- gree ct the reftraint to which they man be fubjeCt, and in what cafes, and upon what lecurity , tlieir re tide nee (hall b. permitted, and to provide lor the removal ot thole, who, not being permitted to re tide within the Liuicd States, lhali refufe or neglect to depart therefrom; anei to eiLtblilh any other regulations w r.ieii fh ai be found next llary , in the premifes, ai.ei lor the puulic laiei) : Provided i hat aliens, re talent within tiie United States, who thuil become liable as cnemies, in the manner aforefaid, anei M'he lliail not ue chargeable with . ctua hotlility, orothei (lime a ban n the public ialety, Ihall be aitr.eii foi die difcovery, difpofal and removal oi tlieir goodb aiKi

e tii cis, and for their departure, the h n time w hich is, or Ihall be itipuiatu by any treaty, where any (hall have been between tlu Linteei btatCS, an'J the hoRiIe nation or government, i winch they Ihall be natives, citizens, denizens or

lubjecls ; aiui where no fuch trea

ty Ihall have e Killed, the pre fide n: of the United States may alee nam and declare iuch reaibuable time as may be conlilU ut w ith the public laiety, and according to the dictates ot humaaity and national hof-piuhty.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That after any proclamation lhali be made as aforefaid, it lhali be the duty of the feveral courts of the United States, and of each Hate, having criminal jurifdiclion, and of the feveral judges and juftices of the courts of the United States, and they lhali be, and are hereby refpeciively authorifed upon complaint, againft any alien, or alien enemies, as aforefaid, who Ihall be refident and at large within fuch junction or diftrict, to the danger of the public peace or fafety, and contrary to the tenor or intent of fuch proclamation, or other regular ' s which the prefident ol the United States Ihall and may eftabltfh in the premifes, to caufe fuch alien or aliens to be removed out of the territory of the United Sta-es, or to give fureties for their good behaviour, cr to be otherwife rem tined, conformably to the proclamation, or regulations which lhali and may be cihbliihed as aforefaid, and may imprifon or oth. erwife fecure fuchtdten or aliens, until the order which Ihall and may be made, as aforefaid, Ihall be performed, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it Ihall be the duty of the marfhai of the diftricl in which any alien enemy fhall be apprehended, who, by the prefident of theUnited States, or by order of any court, judge or juftice, as afore faid, fhall be required to depart, and to be removed, as aforefaid, to provide therefor, and to execute

lucn order, by hunk If or his deputy, or other difcreet perfon or perfons, to be employed by him, by canting a removal of fuch alien out ot the territory of the Unit, ed States ; and for fuch removal, die marfhai fhall have the warrant of the prefident of the U. States, or of the court, judge or juftice ordering the lame, as the cafe my be. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Represent at i ues TH K O D O K K SEDG V I C K, Preside nt of the Senate pro tempore. July 6th, 1T93. Approved, JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.

Supplementary to the acl, entitled " An act refpecting alien enemies " BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A mud State of Anurua inConvr

assembled, 1'hat nothinjr in the

provifo contained in the atSl entitled " An a -t rcfpecliilg alien ene

mies, approved on the hxth day t July, one thoufand feven hunhd and ninety eight, fhall be ex'ended or confirued to extend ta any treaty, or to any article of any treaty, which fhall have expired, or which fhall not be in force, at the time w hen the proclamation of the prefident lhail blue. H. CLAY, Srak r of the Houfe of Rrn'-'frntat vc Wai. H. CRAWFORD, Prrfidrnt of the Senate pro tempo-r J .'t Sj ISIS. PROTKB. JAMES MADISQK.