Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 November 1812 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SUN. ftNCSL If Hi lSt Nov. m j r 10, 1312. Wc have Tir painful t afk of recording the murder oi Four more of oar citizens n Saturday ev. tiling Oic 3tl ult. neai the fort on the i)i iftn r ork oi A tiiu river, the Indians I l I two men ; a cxpref; was imipelntely dilptched to Cory don, trom whence col. Paddock, and a part) went in purauit ol the Indi ins, ami an exprefs arrh i;: at this place, the 6th inft. so n. Gibfon, he has ordered upwards of lOo men to be Rationed Oil the Driltwood, and to Icon! through the frontiers. On Sunday, the ill day of this inlt the Indians killed two men in the forks nf White liver, and at thf fame time wounded a man. and a boy- capt. Parke, with 1 5 of his dragoons, who was (laiioned in the neighborhoc I, p irfued them early on the following morning, but retui nad without having been able t j Ltei take i m. The greateft anxie y is kit for c L. Kuffrl and his party on the isih uk. ne marched from fort ttuflcl on the Illinois with between .5 and 6oo men fince which, no accounts have been received irom him. Mtmhitity Ocn ber 14. SPLENDID AC HON. Mr, Buckland, a foldier in col. M Arthur rrgt. furrendeied at Detroit, arrived here ye fterday irom BuffaloCi which place he it ii cn Ihc io;h inlt. and dates that on the 9th in the afternoon, a number of (allots arrived there from New York. On the fame evening the brig Adams and Calladonia, came down to fort Krn. and anchored. jThe tailors were already tired o. being on fhore, and determined to get on board as foon a pofliblet On the lame night, lOO of thefe brave tars, with capt. Chepins of Btlfiaioe, went on board boats and boarded both the vefk-is b ..Jtv they were difcovered St took complete pofleflion of them. Captain Chepin cut off the ear of the capt. of the Calladonia, betore he fur rendered. They cut the cables of the veil Is. At Black Rock, mr.j. Schuyler, aid of gen. Hall, Rood on the lliore with lights, and oo men with him to catch the cables of the veflels & secure them. The Calledonia was secured, but at the time the brig Adams was going d iwn, the major vis unfortunately killed by a cannon ball from the Britifh Port. The Veffel fwung round i!iiited down to the Iquare ifland. The elfrls were boarded at a o'clock at night, Jk the cannonade on both fides commenced aixnit o o'clock, and lulled until about hall after 9 next morning There were o of the iailors killed by a cannon ball. As foon as the bri , dms grounded, our men abanded her, taking With them the prifoners, which a-

mounted in both vetTels ui 51. In he morning the Britifh fenf over boats an'l feu tt led her. A colonel, whbfe name our informant dors not recollect, was ordered on the ifland with too men to repullc the Britifh forces, w inch confided ol 43. 'I he colonel fhamefuHy remated sgainft the to iil of his own men. Capt. Chepins then volunteered with 25 picked rifle voluntecs, landed on the ifland, attacked the Britifh, and without looting a mcn, killed 40 of the enemy. hreeonly efcaped. They fet fire to the brig in purfnancc of orders to do fo, Of the appearance of more hoats. 1 lie boats, however, which appeared were American boats corn m up the riser to their afiittancr one burned down to the waters edge the was loaded .with the flores, fuch as cannon ball Jk powder fur rendered at Detroit, and carried 18 guns. All the ltores will be faved, and vrc e ft i mated at 100,000 dollars. The Calladonia withfura belonging to the northwi ftern company) and the cargo is efti mated at 1 6 o,ooo dollars. The prize money to each of the brave sjnors wi 'u about 5000 dollars, I ise American forces are about 20,000 on thdwole hue, and wit) crofs in a fcwjas. Craw. M s Hig). ly Important Extracl oi a setter, dated Tiie, October 1(3, I3i2. "Yeflerday the exprefs mail came in from Black Rock. lie (latcd that the American troops had croiTed into Canada at Queenftown in number 5000, & at Black Hock, lacy intend to crofs tiiib week." From the Boflon Exchange Coffee Houfe, of Saturday evening Octo ber 3. 1 have received this day a leit-.r from my correfpondent, date cl ba ici, Friday evening ten o'clock, which menu ms the arrival of rne privateer brig Montgomery, horn a cruize ; oi her taking 4 prizes; and the hup Lady Gallatin, irom Liverpool for New York, with a heenfc, which ihe put a prize mafter on board oi, and ordered for N. ork From the Lady Gallatin, tne Montgomery obtained a London papei oi the '--lit of Aug, and one of the 171" , which were enclosed to me. From them I have made the foil wing extracts. Lux don,, Aug. 2 1. Defeat of the French by the Russ:a;is. We can now account for the delay oi the tranfmiffion ol French buiictins to this country. The fail received was dated on the 25th of alt month. The French have had no favourable intelligence to announce. Since the date of the tail bulletin, they have been worfled in every encounter with the Ruffians. Or. the 25ln they attacked Bagration's van-guard, but were repulfv d with the iois of 8000 men. On tne lame day they attacked t he main Ruflian army, but were defeated with the Iois of 0000 men. On the 30th I jilt, Oudinot attacked the RufHans, but was beaten back with geat Uaughter, having 5000 killed and wounded, jowj taken prifoners, be fides bag-

gage and ammunition. This is a moll favourable out fet. An article from Koningfburg talks of fome fuccefs gained by the Pruflians at Liebau, near Miitau on the 2 n't ult. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Philadelphia to hi friend in Frankfort, dated Oct. 1 r. M Letters have been juft received in this place from England, announcing a victor) by the French over the Ruffians and that Alexan ler had left his army for St Peterfburg, Alfo that a flag of truce ftarteu from England ill September for New-York report fays, mr. Canning is coming over as minifler." Extract from Albany, Oft. 11, received by the Steam boat.

It is reported and believed, that all the troops at Greenbulh will move for the frontiers to morrow morning ; whether they go welt or north I know not. A regt. confifting or about 800 men, It ft Green bu(h for Plattiburg yeflerday. Something is to be done, and thai fhortfy. C7 id grant that our arms may be ftaccefstul. Lieut, col. Miller, late commandcr of the 4th regt. U. S. infantry, I furrendered at Detroit, has, we are I informed, bee n exchanged for cap tain Dacres, of the late Britifh frigate Guerrier, and lias been appointed to the command of the 6th regt, of infantry in the room of COi. Simonds, refigned. Cbtllicotbe October 2 8. Juft as this paper w as going to prels, the Virginia volunteers arrived in tow n. They arc a fet of fine hardy fellows, and we have no doubt but they wiii do honor to the caufc in which they are engaged. Yeflerday evening, capt. LUiott, with a company of U. S. regulars (35 ftrong,, left this place to join gen. liarrifon at Mansfield. The United Slates fi igates, Pre(ident, United States, Congtcfs, & the brig Argus, failed frcm Boflon on the yth inlt. on a cruife. 1 hey are to be joined at fea by the fngate Eflex, ik the ill ip VVafp, from the Delaware. Nat. Ant. Twenty Lt liars Reward. LA AESEHTED liom bead quarters at X-J DCS, -'li the ioili Lit Uav ot Nuveiiijcr, 18 12. JOHN Mc.NABB. upwards of twenty yean ot age. about fix tec t high, dark compeniwii, aatk eves ua har, a reudent ol Caldwell county, Ken l . I . I" t .IT,. ' THOMAS GREGORY on the i'.iuic day oi' the aforet'tiu month, about 2 1 oi 22 years ot ac, live feet ten or eleven inches high) lair complexion and hair, blue eyes, (lout made, a rclident ot thr county and l.c aoove njentjoncd the above reward and all rtafonafek exences will be paid tor their delivery to me, or at any poit or place where trooj s arr Itatioutro now in the ler vice of t'ie United States. fames Cook, Capt. &tb regt. K. detebmt. Nnvembrr 6th, 1812. WANTED A GOOD MILCH COW itfa a young call, Ijr which a 90 I price will be ivcii in CASH. hnqu.rc oi ;uc Prmtcr.

THE fubferiber has opened a houfe of IUB LIC EMERTAiNMENT in the tow n of Vincenoat, at the upper end

of Water flreet, near the honorable Bei j. pjrke'? where he tenders his fervices ta the public in quality of an INN.KEEPER, and h- hoprs from his being well provided with all tiiofe things which generally aff rd r:st to the vjcary his houte commodioul his bidding neat his frrvaots attentive his liquors excellent, and juit from Baltimore and his (tabling and forage good j to receive a Iharc public patronage. Jo Jjua Bond, Auguft, 181. 39 tf Ten Dollars Keward. DESERTED from the camp near Via Cennel, Ii duua territory, ISAAC WRIGHT, a private in my company of infantry in the fixth regiment of the detachment of Kentucky militia iid Wright is about five feet ten inches high, dark eyes and drk hair, and dark fk.w, round (hooMers, ab, ut twenty years eld his former place of r-fi-dem e was Levingfion county, Kentm ky, but I expeel he will mke for H,pkirs county, Kentucky the above reward will be given to ai y person who wiil de-liver him to mr, orennfine him in any pi! fo that I can get him again, and all reafonable expences paid. James Love, Capt. orb regt. K. D. M. Q&obrr 24th, 1812. Ten Dollars Reward. DESERTED f. om (tinp near Vincenaes Ii"iina ternrory. DANIEL IV AD KINS a private in my company of Infantry in the fixth regiment of the detachment of Ken t'uky militia, 1 id Wadkina is aboot five feet ten inchci 'gh, dark eyrs, ar.d ddik i...ir and flcin, little round (boaldered, about thirty yearj -f apr", his former place of r fidence ws Hopkins county, flate of Kentucky, I exptCt he will m.ike fir Hopkns county, Kentucky, the abovr rewaid '.vill be given to any perfon who will deliver him to me, or confine him in any j il fo tint I can get him gain, and all icalbnabie rxpencei will br p.id. Tbos. Stokes Capt 6tb regt. K. D. M. October 25th. 18 12. INDIANA TERRITORY. Kn x County, Divid Snyder, cumpliiinant, agait.it Robert Adam;, defendant. Foreign Attachment. II 7 HERE AS a wiit ot foregti attachV V ment has been itfjed from the clerks office of the f id court ot C inmon PiCs, in fuvor of Divid Snyder, gauit thr goods and thattl-s, liids and tenements ot Robert Adams, and return .bh to the iViar.h tern; ot tne fnid court in the yrar 1811, winch was returned oy the (he riff of 1 id county, to oe l-vicd upon certain prrtonal prrprrty : Now notice is hereby gi ven that unlcfs the laid Robert Adms, does wpp-ar )iy himfelf or attorney and enter bul to the Unl attachment, that judgment will be e itered ftgainf) him, an tl;e proper.y attached be told for the benefit of the laid Div , Snyder, Sec. Bum in, C.C.P.K.C. Ht. Huh r.. Qct. 26, 18 ta. 5 ALEXANDER BifCKNLR HAS etldblifhed his rrlidrnc- in Clmlcfton, in the County ol Cark 4ud t erritory of Indiana, and will practice fan in the Courts ot (Jaik County, Harrifon ud Jrffc-rf?n Alfo in the G-nr-r-il Court at Vimennes. A'l bufinefa with which he m-ty br tntiufted with, wi!! be attended te with punctuality Ail letters directed ta him on bofincfa, muft be po paid, otherViie they will not be taken out f the oftiv e. NOTICE. I INTEND to apply to the.rrxt November term of the court wl Common Pleas f.r the couuty ol KncTX, ar.d Indiana territory, for leave to rfhu'.fh a Ferry on White rircr, frcta my land to the opu. Qtc liijre.