Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 December 1812 — Page 2

Brig. gen. tfuttfltJ charged with this provifion.il fervice ; having under bit command a body of tro ps computed of regulars and f volunteers from the bVite of Ohio. Having reached Nil deftmatiam. alter his know ledge of the war, and pofTr iTing difcretion ary authority tt) aft ofienfi elv, he patted into th- neighboring tentory of the enemy with a prufper't of ify and vctmious fafOgftffi '1 he cxprhtir:i, neverthelels, terminal.' d untof tiMi itr-iy. fftt only in a retreat to the toWn ::d fori of D troit, but in the furrendrr of both, and of the gallant corps rominnded by IhltOfBlffi The caufe nl this punful revnfc will be mVlRcat hy a military tribunal. A (lifting U IhlUg feature In the pemtiors which preied-d and foil wed this adverte event, is the life made by the enemy oftlie tnffiUeil fav?gcs under their intiuenre. Whitrt the benevolent policy of the U. S. invariably reomiiuendrd peace 8c promoted liViiilltlOti among that w;rtchcd portion of the human rce, and was nuking exertions to diffu 'de th- m from taking either fide in the war ; the mo my has not le ropled to ca!! to his ai I their mthlets ler city, armeJ with th I10T03 Of thofe itlHtttmentl of carnage and Virtu e, which are known to fpare neither age nor Kefti In tins outrage again'! t!ir la vs of he orah'e war. an J igirll the If tUngS faffed to hum nv.ty ' he Btittln coinrnaiuiers n not rtfoft to a plea of re tali a tiOii ; foi it It committed in the face of rur

example. Tbty canr.ot mitigate it hy calling it a I II defence agi'lt men in arms ; 0f it tHlfeflttl the molt lho itig butcheries of d ftlltttift tatttiUtlt .Nor cn it he pietend'd that tti ne not infweflbtf fl the atrocities pci ; c :rit d ; hUCf t i c flVtgtl ae emplod th a knowledge, and even with nictui.es, Ihll their fuiy "tild not be tOtttfottfi Snch ir, the fpelfcftCll whit h t!ic deputed lUthotttttt i a Hitlott) boiltiltg it? religion & mnltv, have OOt bee A retrained f on pr If tt ting to an tOiightttttd aqe. iht mi-hartune at DettOH Wfinott however, without a confuting ff-Ct. It was lOilOWfd hy ug al proofs that the MtlOllai fpirit fiftl in 01 prl lion to the prrtTnre on it. The lofi tf an important p''f, and 01 th briVtf m n fu I ren bred with it, intpirrd evrrv wh rt om. fefdof and determination. In th Itatei It dtfttiftl If lit rtotott- it wag m lo ner known thin every cittten wei rta tl v If Hy to his o in-. atoore t protect his brethren ag ,inl thl bloodtlurlU fav g let loofe by the enrroy on an tttttftllVt frontier Jk to cm vert a ; Itttal f al unity into a tOttfCf of invigorated ti nts, i hit patriotic eal, which it was netcnary rithfi to limit than fXC;tf, lug ftTthOtiiftJ Atl :npi- fo-ce from ti e (it'S l Kentucky and U i. , a; ! from prts of rf ouiylvanu f nd Virgiult It is phed, with th- addition tit a Itw regular! under the command ot brig gtn Karrifon who po(T (T s the entire tonti leuce of his fallow folditrti in mg whom are cittwnif fome of thfrU VfloQ eeis in thl rfnkl- not It f- didingtllftltd by then political flations. thfll hy then ) ri mal in- I its. The greater portion of ttlii force is pro. Cffdiing on is definition towardi the Mi chip to tf rritofyi having locctfdfd to rfltft in an important p. U. an I in II v lal inndent -I ope ations ugainlt hoftile trioea Ot f Vfgfi rendered Indifpeftfal li by tltt fuofervieucy into whith they hid been ledti fd iiy the enemy ; a feduAion the more inul, n it could not foil to inpofe a neceutty of prfcttttionafy vermes, Igiiuft thofl who yielded to it. At a retrnt date, an attar k was made 01 f poll of the eneu.v near Nugari)by detachment of tht regular and oiler tones, lin !er the command ot maj. gen Van lit 01' lei er, of the militia of the iate of N. York. Tht lltttk it appeiri, was ordered in com phat ce wrh the ardor tl thf trot I- woo executetl it with diltmguilhfd oalla;try and Wtft for a timl vicon,u? i lo.;. ot trceivine th- tXttelUd fopportt they were compelled to yitld to reinfoectmenti of BrtttRi ttgttlari and f.tvaes. Om loll hns bettl ttoddttablt a"d is tletp! tv bt lamented 'l'hat of t'e enemy, itfl ifctettiotdi Will be the more felt as it includes among the kil'etl the COmmH dtOg gfHffA Who ws ( the governor of the peoinct and vol foftaiotd by veteran troopt, Prom ooexperteoced foi dif'S, who mut daily improve in the duties of the Hrhl. O ft espe ttion of ga T the eommand if thr lakes by th- inv , m v Canada Crtm 1) trohi hating htif difapp tinted meaftMti frfft inlUntlv taken t vi1U. qo them, a rvl lone fa pet tor to toat nt hf enemy from the talsnti and i&tvity of the oaltcti

charged with this oljcft every thing that can be done may be expected. Should the pre lent leaton not admit ot complete iuccets the progrels made will enluie tor the next a navdl atcendency, wheie it is tlVentul to cur permiiient peace with, aud contiol ov er the lavages. Among the incidents to the meafures ot the war, 1 am conltiaincd to advert to the refufal of the goveriiois ot M ahachufrtts U. Gonnetlicut, to fornith the required detach inents of militia, towards the cltftntc of the maritime frontier. The refufal was founden on a novel &t untortunate expotition of the peOViiloni ol the conmtuuon, relating to the mililiig The correlpotidencei which wdi he bctort you, contain tbc requilue intormatiun on thf fuhjeA. It is obvious, t'nat if the authoiity ot the U. b. to call into fervite & command the militia, from the public dtfence, lift hi thus tiuttrated, even in a rtate of dei! ued war, and of courie under apprehaniloni ot invanon petftding war, they are not one nation .or the puipclcs mort ot alt

i 'puring it ; k that the public iatety may have no other reluuice than m thofe large Sc perm.ment military ettabluhments WbUt) are foi hidden by the pnncples ot our tree gOternmint, and aan !t the nectflity of winch liie militia Wfffl inttL.dcd to be a conftitytionil bulwarki Ofl the cont and on the oc2at; thf war has bttn u fucctfalut ai clrcumftincti infi' pi ai)'e frim its eaily fllgtl could promife. Our put lie Ihips and pnate triir.er.., b their acivity, and where there was OCfitiiOII hv thtir intrepidity, have made the enemy LtRdoll cf thl difference between I reciprocity of f apturtii and a long conflntmfnt ol tliem t' then tide. Our tiade, with littl exieption, has i'afely MIC hid our poi ts, hl vitig been moch favored tii it by the crude pyrfutd by a rmdron of our frigatei, under rhr eommtnd of aom Rodgirii And in the inflame in whuh fit ill and biavery were m"e partitulirly tried with thole of the en emv, the AmerUin flag bad an aulpicicus triumphi The frigate Conftitution, committded bv Cfpt Hull, after a doff &c fhort engagement, complitely dtiabJtd 6c captur Cv' a Brittlh frigate, gaining for that othcer Ind all OH Iroaid, a praile whuh cannot be tOO liberally brrtowed not merely tor the victory i&uilly itchitved, bnt for that prompt r.v1 coo! eitertttn Ol commanding talentt, which, giving to courage iti highefl character, and to toe loice applied It I full r f r v. , proved that more could have been done In a cotttcft reooiring more Anxious ti) abridge ti c tvtli fiom which a Rata of Wlf cannot he exen j t, I toll no time, ifttl it w.io declared in c nveying to the 1 r t Ol government the terms on which its progreii might bs arreted , without aWlitilig the del ay I Ol a foiii.al and trial pa tilit avion. ,Vnu oil charge del iftairi at Londou was .it the Umc time lothoriled to ar.ree tt- in anniihcc founded UkpOt) them.--rhefe t ei n i requirtd that the ciders in council Ihould be repealed as tbey affected the LT. S. without a rtvivt! of blockades vi Mating acknowledged rubs ; that there (ttfuid bf an immediate di charge of Amer ican teamen Irom Britlftl fttipi ; and a Hop to inn reflmenti from American Qitpa, with in unde. Handing that an cxcluhon rf the i imttl ol e ich n ition from the fhips of the Other Arnold be (ipuUtfd, and that the ar tniuite UtOUld bt improved into a definitive and comprehenuvt idtuttmciit of depending controvertiei Altho1 a rtptal of the ord er;, fufceptlblf ot explanations meeting the viewi of this goternmtnt had taktn placi before tliispainc advance v.s commu.nca. tod tO that ol ti. Britaitii the advance was derluicd. t'ron an avowed repn. n me to a Unpen!) n of the prtticc ot impreflnitnt du ring the irmiftictf and without am.- mumatton that the irringement propofedf with refpecA to ramtn woold4ie accepted Wht thei the fubli ment eommuntcattoni from thia govtrnroent iffordiog .u occafion for reconfidering the fubjec on th.e part of (. Britain Will he viewed in a more favoraPlr t, or rectivtd in a more accommodating I'pmt remains to be known. It would be on wife to telax our me a f arte, in any refptd on a prelumption ot tuch a retult l tie cioi on entt from the department ot ttate. which irlaf to thll tuhjt'l, will givt a view allii ot the proprlition , fo; an ai mi diet which hve bttn received here, one of them irom tht itithonttti at Halifax fc in Gonad f tht Othtl from the B. government itt'elf, through adm v irrtn ; ai d of the rroundi upon which ntttbtr of them coula be accepted. Qur alTair With Fiance rttgtl tlicpotlure

which t!-.ey heH at my laft communications to you. Notwithftanding thl authonted expectation of an early as weii as favorable illue to the dilculTions on toot: tht if have been procraltmated to the latet date. I'he only intervening occurrence meriting attenticn, is thl promulgation ct a French decree purporting to be a definitive repeal of tht Berlin and Milan decrees. Tins profffdiOgf I ho1 made the ground of the repeal of the British oideis in council, is tendered

by the time and manner ot it, liable to many obte&ionii Thl final communications from our fpecbd miniftti to Denmirlti iffofd turtber proOllOt the gocd efleiTts ot nil million, fc of the amicable difpolitlOfl of the Danifli government. Frum Kufiia, we have the fa-tistac-tioti to riCIIVI .diiu ances of continued friindiiitp, and that it Will not be affiled by the rujture between thr U. S. and G. lintain. Sweden alto proft at s It n tinients favoiablc to the fubliltlm; harmony. With the liarbaiy pow eis, exct pting that of Alg ers, our affairs remain on the ordi naiy tooting. The contul general reficiing wiih that regency has fuddenly, c without ClUllfbttn b.ir.ilhed, together with all the American citizens found there. Whether this was the tranfitory ettec of capricious defpotiltni or the fit It acl of premeditated hoitility, is not afecrtained. Precautions were taken by the contul on the latter fup petition. The Indian tribes not under foreign in (ligation! remain at j eace, and receive the CiVitifing attentions, wtnch have proved fo beneficial to them. With a VtaW to that Vtgoroui profecution of the war tti which our national fatuities are adequate, the attention of CO tig reft will bt particularly drawn to the inlufftiiency of the exittmg- provifioni tor fi ling up the mi litary eltablid.nient. Such tl thl happy con dltion of our country, anting from the facil ity of fubhllence and the high wag s for every fpecies ot occupation, that notwith (lauding the augmented inducements provi ded at the lalt b flion, a partial fuccefs only has attended the recruiting lervice. The deficiency has been necttTarily fuj.ipliecl, du ring the campaign, by other than regular troops, with all the inconveniences and ex pences incident to them. The remedy lies, in elt ihlifliing, mne favorably for the private foldier, the proportion between his re COmpenu and the term of his enldlment. And it is a fubjeCt which cannot too toon or too Perioutly be taken into conliajeration The fame infuthciency has been experienced in thf proviuoni for voluntet rs made hy an At of the lift feffion Ttie re com penfe for the fcivice required, in tins cafe, is (till iefs atti acive than in the other. And although patriotifm alone has font into the (if Id fonr valuable Corp of that defcription, thofe alone, who can ..flntd the facrifice, can re.tfonably be expected to yiJd to that impulfta It will merit confide ration llfo, whether, ll auxiliary to tht fecurity of our frontitr, COrpa may not be idvantogtoufly organized with a irltt ictUcn ot their fervtCel to p-i ticu lardtftri&l convenient to them. And whether the lot al and occalional ferVICt! of marim is and othfri in the tea port towns, under a fimilir organization, would not be a provident addition to the means of the ir defence. I recommend a provifion for an increaf ot thf general offictri ot the aimy ; the deficiency of winch f.as been illuttrated by the number and dilUnce of ft pa rate commands which the couite of tiie war and the advantage ot the fervicc have required And I cannot prtfi too ftrongty, on the eirliefl attention of th.e legiflature, tht imirtaOCtof tiie reorganization of the tail eftablifhmtnt ; with a view to render more diAind and definitivt the rtlationiand ref ponflbilitiei of its ftVtrtl departments 1 hat there is room tir improvements which will materially promote both etonomy and iuccets in what appei tains to the army ano thf War, M etpully inculcated Ly the exam pies of other t ountriei, and ty the expen ence of our own. A rttifion of the militia laws for the pur pole of rendering them more fy Hematic, &t better adapting them to emeigencies of the w ar, is at this tune particularly defirable. Of the additional Hops iOthorifrd to bt fitted for fertice, two will he ilionly read) to fill, I Sd is under rep or, and delay wih be avoideu in the rep3n of the refidue Oi the Impropriation for tie j nrchafe ol mate ii d, f r fhip building, the greater part has beef ip lied to that object, and the purchase tv ill be continued with tht btlaoct

The enterprifing fpirit which h" CnracTterifed our naval force, and its fu eels n retraining intuits and depredations 'ii our coath, and in repiilals on our enemy will not fail to recommend an enlargement ot it There being reafon to believe that the ac" prohibiting the acceptance of Brinfh ItCtnfei is not a tutficient guard flgaintl the ute ot them, for pttrpoftl favorable to the interefll and vie ws of the ener,y, further provifioni on thf t fubjek are highly impor tant. Nor is it lets lo, that pena! enad. ments (hould be provided, for Cafei i f corrupt and perfidious intercourfe with the enemy, not amounting to treafon, DOT y ct embraced by any ftatuary provibons A confiderable number of American veffels which weie in 1 ngland when the revocation ot the orders in council took p'r.ce, were laden with Britifh manufacture s, under an erroneous Iflipreffiofl that the non-importation aft would immediately c-afe to operate, and have arrived in the U. l. Iz did not appear proper toexrrcifecn unforel'een cafes of fuel) magnitude, the ordinary powers vetted in the treafury department to mitigate forfeitures, without previenfly aftordingto congrefs an opportunity of rnak ing on the fuhjedt luch provifion aa they may think proper. In their deofion, they will doubtlefs equally coniult what is due to equitable conlider tioni and to the public interefl Tht rtcetpti into the treafury, during the ytai ending on the 30th Sept, laft, bave exceeded lb millions and a half of dollars ; which have been fufficient to defray all the demands on the treafury to that day including a uecr fl'iry reimhurfrment ot near 3 millions of the principal of the public debt. In thefe receipts is included a firnvof near 5.850,000 dolUi ?, received on accounr of the loans luthufifrd by the acls of the lalt fefiion ; tht W hole fum actually ob

tained on loan amounts to 1 1 millior s of dollars, the refidue of which being receivable fubfequent to the 30th Sept. laf), will, together with the current revenue enable us to drfray all the exptnfcl of this year. The duties on the late unexpected importations of Kntifh manufactures, will render the revenue of the peefent year niorc pro. duftivc than could liave been anticipated. The fituation of cur ccuotry, fellow citiz ns,is not without its ditTnuIties, though it abounds in animating confiderations, of which the view here prefented of our pecuniaiy refources is an exar,p!e. Withmoio thdiione nation we have ierious and ttt fettled controverfies, and with one, powerful in the mrain and habits of var, we are at war. Tht fpirit ind ilrength of thii nation are, ntvcrtbtlefif eqoal to the fupport of all its rights, and to cany it thro' all its trials. They can be met in that confidence Above all, we have the inettimabic confolation of knowing, that the war in which ve are ac tually engaged L a war, neitlier of ambition nor of vain glory ; that it is waged net in violation ot the rights of others, but in ihe maintenance of our own ; that it was preceded by a patience without example, under wrong! accumulating without end ; 8c that it was'fiiully not det lured, until every hope of averting it wai extinguimed, by thai transfer of the Britiffa ceptre into new hands clinging to former councils, and unlii declaratifni were reiterated to the lafl hur, through the Bntilii envoy here, that the boltilt edidU igainfl our con rnercial ricrht and our maritime independence woo Id not be revoked ; nay, that they co'j'd not be revoked, without violating the obligation of G. liritain to other powers, as well as to her own interetts. To have fhrunk, under fuch circumtlanccs, from manly re fill ante, would have been a degradation blading cur belt and proudeft hopes ; it would have (tiuck us from the high rank, where thr virtuous ftruggles of our fathers had placed us, and have betrayed ti e magnificent legacy which we hold in truft for futnrt generatiooi It would have acknowledged, thai on the element which forms three fourths ot the globe we inhabi', and where a;! independent nations hav- equal nd common rights, the American people were not an independent people, hut ColoniAl and v.ffala. It was at this moment, and with fych an "1 ternative, that w was chofen. 'I ! e na'ion felt the nectflity of it, and called for it The appeal was according!;, made, ir a j uft caufe, to the juft and ali powerfnl Heng, who holds in hit hand the chair: ct events, and the dtOiny of nations. It remains only, that, faithfol toouifeives, ca. tangled in no connexions with the virwj' other powei, and ever ready to a:cjrpt