Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 November 1812 — Page 2

attendance in concur f, and for going to h returning from the laoie, a15 heretofore have h-rn granted toanJ provided tor dcieg ite ti ni jnv territory ot the U. States. St. u. totf o i urtkit enacted, Tlstl the people ol the la. I territory (hail always he i i titled to proportionate representation in thr goners! effembly ; to judicial pro. teedingt according to the common law and tht la W I and u'.ages in toice m the Cud territory ; to th benefit of lire Writ ot babe It eorpui In all criminal Cafei t e trial IImII be by a ja y ot good anu lawful men of the vicinage ; all per tons Oiatl be hailablr uritefs for casual ofFences h re the jinrf (hail he evident or the preemption fc.cat. All finei Qiall be moderate, and no i rurl or unofual punifltmtnt (hall be inflicted. Ho mm (lull Ot deprived of his life, libertv or propel y, bur by judgment of bis piers shd Iht law of the latidt It tht public exigencies make it inceu iry tor the common pi ef" vation to t-ke the property ot any pertoti, ot to d- tnatici hts particular Service, full COtnpenf ittofl Oj.l! be made tor t it fame. No rxnofl fatlo law impairing the obligation f lontraiti (hall be nude. yio law Oi 11 be nnvie whith 111. 11 lay any p rfi n under reftraint, burthen or dlfability, i n tjCtotint of Ins religious opinions, proi ffions or mode of woi(hip)in all winch he fhatt be fret lo maintain his own, and not burthened foi thofeof another Religion, morality end knowledge being neceCfary to oi government and tht happintfe of mill k nd Ichools, and iht means of education Hi ili bt encouraged ond provided for from t ir pubiic fundi of the U. Stairs Q the f.iid territory, in futli manner as tongrffl 01 i deem txoedient. Set l 3. And be tt further enacted, I hat the general aflembly Ihall n-rver interfere with the primary difpofal ot the foil by the ! Statea in congreia auembled, nor with tony regulation cmrels ma) find neccfTary to matte for fecoring the title i" tht bona fide pu'chai.-rs. N ttX Ihall be inipofed cu the property 01 ths U, States. The 4 1 1 d s of no i rtudtnl propria to s (hall never Ire txe 1 higher than thole of rrlklents The Mifltliippi and Miuouri iivru, una tht bivigtbte watcta flawing into them. 8c the tarrying placet he ween the ram , thall be Common highway! and torevei free to the beopleof t'ij faid territory and to the citizens &f the U. States without any tax, duty or impofl therefor Sec. l. And he tt further enacted. That the laws and regulation In for e in tht tritMv f Louinanatt tht commencement of this etX, nd bot inionfiltttot with the brovtlioni thereof, fhall continue hi iorcc until altered, modified of re pea ltd b the gf-ueral .IT rnbly And u is ntreby drtla red that this act Ihall llOt be COitUrued to vacate the tommiflion oi am otficerin the fai I trrrrtoy, actmg unOer ttw authority of the 17. :t.itcc, but that cver fuctt Ctmmif Hon Ih .U be and cont inue in full force at if ths ad hnl not been m de. And io much of an a , cnt. led M An av.t further ptUVt d"i t for the governmept of tht territory of JLotttliantV approved on the third day of Jklatih, 1805. ail I io much of an ac, cutit'rd " An ac for tte&mg L Bant into two territories and providing for the temporal v government thereofi1 approved on the &6th of Nltrthi laoi. hi ii repugnant to t .is ct. toall iVom and after the h-d htam clav i i December next be repealed. On Jhirli fiill Monday in LX-cemoer next this i fhall commence and bie full foTCC : Pt ViJcd f mUth of it as requires the govtrnor of iid tttritory to perform certain dutirs prevmus to the laid tii It Monday in 13 e mber next, ihall be in fu'te fiom the paliac thereof. II. CL V. Speaker of thr Houfe of Re iv. tVntatives. Wat H. CRAWFORD, 1 efident oi tht Senate pro tttuport June 4, lblj trrtovtOj JAMES MADISON. uiX ACT to carry intneffe. in a cf the L-glAatUrt ol tht lbf of Maryland. BR 't rmarted fy iht Struiie and House f Rtpres. Rtot . ti M of the United StaM of Am nca, in Congress assnNid, That the ad ot the legifUtuft ot the itate of Mart I md, entitle An ic to authonfe two Htteriet in the city cf Walhington' pufrd at the feffion of the I ;d lrgiilture, 11 November. ITt5 for the pnrpofc of ratfiog 5 2. 00 Jnl'j.s. be 8c tie fame is hereby oVhreci to be i ftfll forrr m the dill ic tf Columbia aid it Ihall and n he lawful io carry tbc lame into eti'.a, fubjecl to

the alterations, rc fti i . on$ ar.d provtfiwm htreinaftcr mentioned. S c. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the rights, power and authority, nivtn in and by the before renud aft, to DaOiel Carrol ot Puddington, Lewii Debloit, George Walker, William M. Duocapfon, Thomas Lw and Jamtj Barry, Un.il hereatter be veiled in, and exeiciftd by the preiident and onefiois ot the ',Wt flung ta0 Canal Company ." FrcVided, That laid prefident and uircclora (hall, before the fale o. difpofal of any ticket or tickets in ini lotterie: . gtvt bond to the treafurcr of the U. Statf!?, inr the time being, in the penally of IUO U?,'J dollars, conditioned that '.hey Will truly and impartially exercife the powtr and authmity veiled in them by this adl ; and well and truly apply the monies trtnng noin rhc fale mi the tickets, within two months alter tht drawing thereof, to tht paytntntof he pr-zr-s drawn by the fortunate adventurers in lnl lotteries, 5t the necelYary txpemes incurred in the manage merit thereof) and tht refidue to the com pitting the tonal in the city of Walhtngton and rendering tne fame navigable 8c drain in the mailhei and low grounds contiguous thereto : And provided alsr That it fhall be lawlul f orcongrcls hereafter to creatl by law additional lhares in the Hock OI faid Wafbingt4) Canal company, for the lole ule and beneiit ci the corporation of the city of WaflungtoO which fliates fo to he created, Ihall bear the fame proportion to the whn'.t lharc:, held by faid company, as the monies railed by the a fort fa id k-tte-riea and actuary applied to the Completing of the t anal in the city of WaAiingtofr) and reitiiring the fa ma ntvigablt, (hail in r to the monitl and inttreli thereon, u lich !ia$ heen or may hereafter btexnen d d by the W a (l)ing ton (nai company for tne j urpofes aforefaid. H. CLAV, Speaker of the Houfe of Keprefent itives. v tj H. CRAWFORD, Prefiaent o tht Strtate, pro tempore. May 6, 1812. Arrnovi d, JAMES MADISON.

BALTIMORE, 06btt IS. French intrtgU tn Mu&siaVh9 emperor i f Huhti rce:it!y actedcci an exteniivc Gonfpiracy, hetded by his fecrctary of liae, it ho had torrefponded with Bonaparte, informing him of the plan of the campaign; and h.td began to Corrupt the army. Bonaparte had tent him two millions and an half ol dollari tor this ptnpoi. . I lie conipir icy was dtfcovtrtd by gcOi the piiucc Bagrttt on, who was fo ConfkJtnt of it, that be flopt a courier from St. rfcierfburg for Pa rit, oroke open the diipatchcs, tiiat bore the em pcror Alexander's own leal, and thus cbtatned t!u evidence of the miniAer Sperm kl'i guilt, iie with Others have been banidled to Siberia to tool, 'Ihtir phn was to have fc -d and tarried to France the emperor o Ruffia and I i biolher, ta they did the i family of Spain, Matfrtd capitulated to the alins on the 14th of Auguft, by which 5j00 prifbnert, i . :c monthi provthona, and eauipmeuta lot K men, 189 pieces of brad oiunance, 23,UOO mi'flsets With bayoottt, 3,440 barrels oi gunpowder , 3,4)0,000 cartridges, with great quantities of munitions of war fell into thru hands, Arauiuei and Toledo have alio been taJ ken poueluon of by the allies, CHILL ICO THE, Ooier Cf. To the politenefi ml his excellency gfn. flarrifon, we Hand indebtt I for tht follow mg communication. Frtdi nta$t Ukbana, October 12. 1812. sir, On receiving tour auocrs ot the 4th m!'. to proceed to the Rapids with the Wholt lorce of mounted men unciei my command, whole Ik ies were in a condition to perform thtlervict; 1 caulrdan examinatioti to be immedi iteh ao. 2c tound that there dill remained 960 men int hiding officers in a couoit, on to march, including alio cap:. Baton, and one othei company which lefc us the mon ig fo lowing I he beeves expected at grn. Wincheller's camp, did not arrive fo as tn en .ble us to draw till the mot nini,' ot the 5th ; a good number of the nif n were dejlitute of provifion the day von left Defiance : there being no iiour to be itVuea to the mounted men, i oruereu S days rations i t bret Hi Mil l be diawn k immediately j rked, I as to lighter, and prepare it tor the expedition, intendtog to move off on the eve'.ii"j of the 5tb Do txtmining oar

HBmMfiitiofl it had been found that during the excelhvc rains w Inch fell w. in it you were marching oa from St. Mary's to Defiance, it lud become fo damaged as to Oe entirety ofelefi ; not two rounds ot found cacnuges were left to a man i ordered returns n.adr io that each man liiouiu be iurmltu-u v i h 12 rounds i hit return amounted to 4300 caii to.jca loi tiic moikct men, tXclufivC of m ij. Koper's battaiiou , the ammunition of the riflemen having received very little damage, (Quarter mafter Bafey called on the quaitcr mailer in eu. V iuc heller's Ciinp. rtiitl returned without a fopj ly . A Oou t 1 o'clock tins ciay a man belonging to Mcfit ry's Company ot rangeis waskihed k icalp eel acrob the Miami, Wlthifl 200 yards. t our camp i gave immediate orders to srSOJ and in inc minutes to boiir, but owing to ur being compelled '.o confine our boifcs ciuring the night, &c grzc them by doy foi want ot forage, the greater part at thii mo mtnt were undtr Keepers nearly one mile Iron, our Camp up the Augl- ifoj conceiving from the boiii manner in which the Indians had approached our camp, that it was pclli blc a confiderablt body ws not far diftant, 1 Wifiied to form the men and proceed over

! the river, by which we Ihould be in a fi ua

tion to contend wnh a conlicei able foice,or purine to effect a fmall one ; in the mean time I permitted maj. Brufh to pafa over with about 30 foot, to examine the bank, and fee in what direction the Indians had retired but before lie reached the oppoiite shore eveiy horieman wwofe hoile was in the camp was mounted to follow over. It w-,s in vain that I made an attempt to keep them nack till they were formed ; they broke off in numbers from 2 to 30, moftly without iiirrr officers, and eroded the wo; us in cve:y direction ; a party of 15 fell on the trail of Indians, and at 7 or 8 miles diftante overtook them, but as the Indians were fuperior to them Sc termed, our men without waiting for a difctltrgt from the enemy, retur ned to camp Log SH and the other Indians in our tamp were of the opinion that there .as a coniiderable lorce of the enemy lying down the liver, and offered to fpy down Karly en the following morning they left our camp, with initruct ions to proceed tour miles below the littc Rapids a diitance of 14 miles ; they returned in the evening, havmg found no trail of any lize excepting the party which had been purfued, Sc thole they computed at about 4U ; that they had proceeded on towards the waters of lake Michigan and not on a direction to the lipids. That the Britifh and Indians winch had lied before gen. Wincbefter, had retreated with appirent precipitancy, drawing their carriages over large logs, and tearing down every fapling that lloud in ther way. Scaiceiy had this fcout left our camp, when I received the following order irom gen. Winchtfttr : Lamp ?;cr Dtfiuncc, Oct. 6, 1812. H sik Believing it to be eflcntial that the Indians wh committed the murder yeIferday near your camp ihould be purfued and routrd, or their Urength and fnuation afcertaincd ; and ..s that duty can be belt, and n.cn.i expeditioufly done with mounted men. j -u will this morning puriue their trinl with a part or the whole oi )our torce, fcc didodge, kill and dwllioy them if in ) :un powers this duty performed v.-u can t;ke the tourfe direfteu by gen. Harrifon The attitude ot the enemy reouWci this change inout deftinttion, and as commanding officer of the N. W. at my, 1 have deemed it my to;y to do it. li you do not return to report you will fend an olficci for that purpole. (Signed) J. iNCMfcSTER, Brig, gen, com. left vMny N. VV. army. Gen. 1 upptr 1 waited on gen. Winchefter immediately on the receipt ol the foregoing order, infoi mu g him of my having pieviocfl) lent oui a Icout and ti e oljef oi it ; that the inoii ans had the evening belore been overtaken 7 or f miles iiom our camp ; tnd theii number computed at from 2u to 40. That in all probability they had then advanced too far to be overtaken without a lon; pu' fttit ; that oui hories were feeble, and thu-. I wuhel o prrfrrve as iMit h rd ' heir ihergtj, a; 1 ffi le for thr general nbjeit of the ex pedition ; and that it it was agrreaulr to him we Would w lit the return of the Kou. to tcke foi h mealures. s wrre drcmed pro per on their return. Gen Wiocheiler mad no o j-'dtions to this arrangement ; at the fame time I in tor mad him that we had not three rounds oi ammunition to a m.in, ami requtftedi 1 him to oruei me a fupply. He

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munition examined, and wc.ild endeavor to furnifli me a part ol what ws eqjired to complete the 12 rounds. My brigade qurtennallrr attended this dy iiid returr ed a: evening with information, hat DO ammunition Could be had raiiy thr following morning I oiocied ihc boric i laddled ior a march ana repaired to gen. vV incheftc r's quarters Sx. again retjwefled - fupply oi 2000 catndg. es, being aoout one third of the quantity required ; without which I could not feel myirll jultiiiable in p-reeding on the expetition ; in anfwpr he flated tome, that he had but 6000 catndges not ifTued ; that h s men had very lew u. their boXrS ; that he nad a good fupply of powder and ball, but no paper ; the latter was in wtggoot exprdtcd to anive tuif t ;r the dy following, and then directed me to return to n,y camp and make report of the k&Ual quantity on hand, ;md he would then inform me whether he would deliver the 2000 catridgrs. J hsftened back to my camp and gave thenecelLiry orders tor furnilhmg the return, hut in a tew minutes alur received from gen. Winchefter the following order : 44 (rcn. ''upper Longer delay, confiftert with Uriel military principles cannot be indulgcd ; you will therefore proceed immediately on the reconnoiiermg duty ordered ycflcrday with the troops under y our commas , except col. SimralPs corp, who mail return without delay to the fettlement, to recruit their hoilVa, agreeably to gen. Harrifon s o-ders. (Signrd) J. VViNCHhsi y r. Brig. ger. $cr." When col, SimraU'a regt. moved ( ff, a large proportion of two companies of maj. Kopet battalion from Kentucky followed, which reduced that battalion, (be'mg the whole force now remaining frcm X.) .) to lefs than 80 men. I was indebted to col. Simrall for all the catridges he had, excepting 2 rounds ; but a: the moit of them had been damaged and d-ied, they did not add one found round to each p.an. I was cn tht point of taking up the line of march to execute gen. Wiinln ller's oiders, when Col, Allen commanding a regt. of Ky. troops in gen. Winchefter'i camp, came up, and informed me he had o oa ned leave to a ( t mpany me to the rapidb in any Ration I thot proper to place him, froni a foldier upwards. I thankfully accepted hii, lervices & caufed him to be announced as an aid col. Allen piopofed that as it was gen. WiflchefteY's Willi that the troops fliould move rn the diredt route to the Rapids, that none flionld be taken, hut fuch as would go freely. The experiment was made, vben abo'-t aon volunteeird for thtferv'tce; (carcery had the troops moved iorward fiom ti.e larks when coi. Allen beckened me elide, and fhe wed me an order which gen. Winchefter had vh.it moment totwarded to him, giving col. Allen the command of the men ordered to the Rapids 1 requeued of col. Allen aco. py ot this order, which he declined giving. It wouid be difficult, fir, for me to riefcribe the Oate ot my feelings at tins moment : I turned to the troops whidi had refufed to volunteer, and ordered them BCrofl the Ailglaife on the route you directed me to take, as tht belt calculated to carrv your oiders into effect : when it wns found that gen. Winchefter had fupcrceded me in the command, the whole iorcc frcm U.iir, crolIYd the Augtaife anJ refufed to march as di reded by gen. Winchefter. Col. Alien ca niaj. Bruih returned to ge'-. WinchrHer, wlio affurcd htm he had miftnok the objrc oi col, Allen's requeft. Geii. Wiochcflef then propofed to div.t the force and hve a part move on the dired route to the lipids the other to proceed by Tawa town-, to nnite at a Certain time 12 miles -bov? tiro Rapkii I was unwilling tocoi f-nt tor: .3 meafure ; the force united was not half l.c number you thot' neceiTary to ord-r on tht moll fecret route: a diviiion of left than 500 men to meet in an enemy's country, wh-re many circumllances might prevent their junction, was to me a meaiure I could ly confent to by compolfion tie malure was in the end abandoned. Tt ;s a dj. ty I wf col. All"n to fay, hat I havent iie Imallrlt reafon to believe, he wa. privy to the order of gen. Winchefter, giving to him tl e command ; his cnaradtect & rverw part of his conduct on that occalion, cninces me he ii above it. The whole force proceed,-J to Tawa towi s where we readied the d y following j early H the moeoing of the h. I ordered the march for the Rapids, when at the diirt0 1 f half a n.ilc it wast und our whole force was reduced to 200 men, exdufive of ofTicer: ; the rce had refufed fC.nc.'.J.d tn Ua pof,J