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

(Continued torn 2d page. J to march! fic remained in the encampment ; Icaicely a man iuarched from the (ecood bat laltofl of fiol Fiftdley's regt. commanded by H13J. Taylor Mnnry's company of United Crater; range; ,, both officer! & fbtdiers refuted to march. V hen it was ifcei luincd that c irwhofe Force For the Kapidi iv at reduced to zc j men, 1 called a council of the officers to determine whether With that force it was advifable to proceed to the Rapids The council conftdi red that our Force was not lufRcient 1 1 j c irry the tit it objeQ of your order into fl t . ; that wc Were too nutnerout to acl as : fpy party, and too weak to f irry off i five operations into t ic en itiya1 i outitrj ; c that i: wjvjld be improper a tid tinidvifable under thole circuor fiances to comic us the twpediri'?n. With the then remaining farce I proceeded to this place where L directed col. Finley and maj. Ropef to dtfeharge fucll nun only as had continued to do their duty J hu:, hr, !us c. i;? :rcd an expedition, atone time capa I fe ot teain the Ijiiiitti flair from the walls at Detroit, ivhercin our troops might have returned with the pleafing reflection of having renil' icd their country an efien lial fervice. icisa duty, fir, owe re the officers of the Kentucky forces, to col. Finley & the officers oi hts Grfl battalion to Jay, that they were sealotis iti preffing forward the expe dition i while the officers ot the fee on d b ittali n, com i anded by maj, i a j lor with lew exceptions! were (brink ing From t cir duty, ik (hame fully defer ting the cufe ot their country The detaching of col. Simrallfs regt from our force, t. aids prominent among tin1 caulesof our failure ; : heads vr as there a panic in fame pairs of onf camp ; the enemy thar bad retired gen, Winchcflcr's approach had hern great!' magnified. The day lucceedinc the alarm fen. Winchefler drew in one wing ot his lines and (I renj? theneel Ids camp with a breall u oi k

ev n this t iicumilance wai

noticed, and urged as an e . i dence, that he apprehended a force fterior to his own r IttN wncn im iginary cbilaclcs, unite witji thofe that are real, to oppofc the movement

of a force, fo infubordinate, is thpl every man's will is his law, Utile can be expected to

the officers, but a plentiful harveft of mortification and oifgi ace. It cannot be denied that at the timet thofc nu n refuted to march, that there was a featcity of provisions in the camp,

not three days rations ot meat I to each otticer and ioldicr rej mained, and no bread or flour I

but we iiad found at thofe towns, an abundant fupply ot good found corn, together with nearly 30 bumcls cured when green, f toflamanona. I

! Our iuilerincs w ith this fun

ply could not have been great in going, and returning u om the Rapids, The man whole courage & patriotiim expires, when Ins rations are reduced, ought never to place himfelf between Ins country and its enemies When you (hall have examined and confidered the whole caules of our failure.

1 j ihould doubts reU on our

j mind whether tome part oi ii

(Joes not attach to my conduel, may 1 nor hope, fir, that you will order a court oi enquiry, that I to ay have an opportunity of meeting an invefticgation, I have the honor tobcc.c. ED. W. 1 UPPER, Brig. (Jul. Gen. Wm. IT. Harrifon, com. in chief N W. A. NEVV-YOKK, Oct. 5. 1 he rumors i?t the furren der of gen. Van Renflelaer. ani the total evacuation ot Fort Niagara, are circulating in the papers. They are both untrue, & almort unfounded, rhere I not the leaft apprehenfion of the furrendfer, and the evacuation of the fort, we prefume is only the removal ot its Ii t e about a mile ; the old w orks being commanded by the Britifh fcrt oppofite ; the new pofitton being itiil within cannon Oiot. At the (urrender of Detroit on the 16th day ofAugutt, t8i2, gen Brock took potfeffion u( fever al pieces of ar tiliery, which were captured from gen. Burgoyne, at the battle of Bennington, on the ( a n e d a v y e ars b e Fo r e !

JNOllCE.

I HE fobferibef having chirge of the

X ui ! a is oi Gr'i!;e WtlUcCf durinn his abfeuct, rrqweit-; tliulr iodebted to hini,

J to nay tl.rtr iccoiints befee the 1 January

ne:;t, It whicti time lie will make a reirittAiice tv 1 biladclphii, Irwin Wallace Kovetnbei rib, itu. 6:

A LAND. OFFICE AT VINCENNS, Oc roBER lft, lt2. WHT.REAS it is provided by t!ie fifth fcion of an aft of congrefs pfi"d on the tenth day of M. piiitern hundred, entitled MAn ad to aaoettd the entitled An t providing for the filr of the Lands of the United States, in the Terri tc ry Ncult Well of f.i;e Oiiio, aim above the mouth of Kentucky nver," as Inflows, viz : If any tra. fflall neH be completely paid for, within one year afrer the date of the laA payment, (he trad (hall be adverted for fait by the Rrgifler of i!ie bind OfH e, v. 1 1 hi ii whofe v;:(lric it Bity lie, in at ci five of the nioft public placca in tbr fa id diltrirt for at Iraft tti ir ty dys before the fate ; u i . ci he Oiall fell the fme at public veiu'ue, during the fitting of t!:r court of Quai tcr feiions of the county in which tbt Lanci OfSre is kept, tot price not lels than the whole arreais due thereon, with the expenics of ii!e ; the furplut, if any, fliull be letuned to the original purthalcr, cr to t'ne leg.il re nrefentattve ; but if the fum dud with intercft, be rot biddrn andpaidf then the land Ih.ill revert to the United States: AH monies paid therefor fliali be forfeited, and the Regifler of the Land Office may proceed to difpofc of the fane to any purchafcr, in cale of other land at nrivite fulc." In pursuance xv hereof public notice h hereby given, rHAT the following traces not being completely p-jid for, ar. J o:-.c year having elapfrd fince the 1 a i ittflaluient bee. a e uu- ; the? f id tracts will be expofed for file, at public vendue during tiv fitting of the court at Vincent.es, on the 30th November and the lit, 2d and 3d of December, 1812. The lIc wi!! open a. ten o'clock on Monday, and ch fe at two o'clock on Tburfdayi

I rn which laft mentioned day, if any tracl be purrrulYd, the amount mult be paid to the

KtLCiYcr oi ruulic Monies, and the receipt depoutcd With the Reg liter

Original Purchasers Name:.

H rv v Heath, same, lame, same, same, same, same, tame, smip,

same, same, tame, nm ta tn , same, same, Vv uliam Henry Harrifon, same, tame, Jofeph Brownley, Tohn Hurftt o Jacob Funkj

o .2 . I e: 5 f ef I S 3"3 P 0 3 " w cf a tr . " ' . ft 'S O a 3 0 . - j . S. K. 36l 3 S 3 E 330 j 44 Frac. 3. 10 6 S 3 r,,!7 5 5j S. E. 24 5 S j 3 E 320 36 W. 3 5 S 3 E j S. W. 21 5 S 4 E 1319 15 S. E. 2 1 3 S 4 1. 3 19 i S. E. 22 5 S 4 E 319 :o N. E. 7 2 S 5 E 319 20 S. E. in 1 S IE 319 16 N. E. 10 1 S 1 E 3 19 Q S. E. 23 5 S 4 E 31H bO N. E. 26 5 S 4 1 318 80 N. E. 25 3 S 3 E 318 84 N. E. 18 5 S 3 E 318 84 S. W. 24 5 S 3 E 38 84 N. W. 25 5 S 3 E 313 84 Frac. 25 8 S 14 w 779 5 3 N. E. 30 3 S 3 E 318 S N. E. 36 3 S 3 E SI6 92 N. E- 6 2 S 10 W 3 IS 92 N. W. 8 3 S 4 E 106 44 N. V. 1 j 5 S 2 El 320 I 49

a;:v peri

n in his or JeGsrr.atcd

IF the owner or owners of any of the above traces of land, their behaif, mall pay the purchafe money, interefi and coH, p i

for f;de, no idle of luui a tiaft mall take place. AlTintes in oidfr to come within the benefit of the net of Congrefj entitled 4 An fupplementary to the arf entitled 1 rn d giving further tiir.e i th- purchafen of public lauds North Weft of the river Ohio to complete their payments," muft previous to the day ot fle, produce to the Regifler of the Land Office, regular alignments, with fuffici ent evidence that the land or fome tract thereof W inhabited and cultivated by or fur tho ufe of fuch alliance or ailinees, agreeably 'to the above mentioned act. JOHN' BADOLLET, Register oj the Land Office

Twenty Dollars Reward, I AESERTED on ti'.o m.trch, between JLJr Louifville and Head Quarters, at Viae !.iiei,-on the 24th day of Aug. 1812,

Tj AMI'S DUNA '

Ten Dollars Reward. I AESERTED from fort Knox, on the -nty fixth day of the laft month, JOHN GILLASPT,

mrards of

nitea

State

i irroy,

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or ren menrs hififn, lancy Hair, nas in

pofTemon a muflcet and catridge box, the property of th-v United States atfo one DANIEL SANDS, (probably a fi&icioni name) on the 27th day of the laid mouth, fhoit made, fair comcotnplecVieti he. Bole from (he encampment

age, five feet

h, trow 11 hair, d.rk

eic in be

! L'iri (pritate property) and twenty

t or thirty dollars in fpecie, a fur hat ai'd oilier clothing' The above reward, with reasonable charges, will be paid for

1 1

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ry at

pj.i

cr p!ve wnere

tn ns -re ftationf d now in the frrvice of the United States. Joseph HP Clarke?, Cr.pt. nth regt. A v. detcmU October 4th. 1812.

M. B. Tl Editor of the Bard ft own

a private foldier of th 1

twenty five years of a quarter inches bij

complexion, blue eye?, and by trade a hat lei had on when he went away a l.nnen roundabout and tfowfers, w.Ufa uniform buttons on them, a citizr s hat, and a linneq (hirt, roffled with courfe muilm, and a waifU coat fpotted vith red any pe:io;i takincr up the faiddeferter, and d liveri. g him to me at the recruiting rendezvous in Vincennes, or any other officer of Ve Uoit"i States army, ihall receive theabeve reward and all rrafcnable charges. John T Cbuntt Catt. zth re tit. L S. Infty. 3d October, 18 12 N. B. The Editor of the L-mfvioe Courier will plelV infest the above three tines in frit paper I. 'W C.

Rep

Utory will plesfe i.ilert the ibt e three

t nies in his paper. J. MC.

Tout Dollars Reward. tAYED from this place the 1 Ith rf

ulv lad, a bltt k mare, fix years clu pair, 11 iwardsot 14 hands hinh, bri,r-d on the near fboulder with AW my perfon hat

OF M A T I Y A N F

BLANKS A LL KINDS A CCU I? AT B LT

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A 1 THIS O F b' I C E m 1 iu 1 im 1 1 1 1 11 m mtmm m.mm IROM 1 HF PPESS OF E. STOUT.

Will lilt 11

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a JL AIM A iJ&tLZJjj, tor silc at cicc :..c V. t?u?,

iehver lata marc to meat th receive UlC above reward.

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