Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 March 1813 — Page 2

council to th? bill entitled an a to amend an td author King cou.-ts of common picas to iffttl writs ot habeas corpus 8c0a in certai cifes, anJ have appointed ir.r. Johnfon on tLcir prt. Mr. Dill J 3 id bfforc t're houfe th? p-titi-on of a number of inhabitants ot Dsaihorn county on the fubjedl of Wolf fcilpSj and On motion, Ordrre th the petition be rtferrcd to a felell committee with leave to report thereon by bill or other ife, and mtfttu Dill aod Brown were appointed that com tnitcee Mr. Robb prefettted s petition from ft dry inhabitant! of Knox county, referred to the committee to whom wn referred the auditor in I uetforer! report Ordered that the boufe adjourn till tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, fend the houfe adjourned accordingly Wednesday. February Ir). The houfe met ptirfuint to adjournment. Mr. Noble from the committee of ton fet rence on he bill entitled an a-'t to authorite the courts ot common picas to iffue writs of habeas carpus i'.z. reported, that the committee had confidered the b il re ferrsd 10 them and fegreed that both hotifes adiisre to thru- imendmenti the houfe concurred in the laid repot t. The fpeaker laid be Tore the houfe a written communication from Win. Prince, refpefting the funis due from the fereral Cnlieclors in the territory, which was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of mr. Pennington The houfe according to order refolf d

itfelf into a committee oi the whole on thr

bill for the re

the n;ifoncrs marched off for Niagara from Maiden. lie faithj that he law taken by his houfe, by capt. Elliott antl nine Wyandot indians, two men whom he u'ndcrftood had been ferit by gen. Harrifon with a flag to the BritihV One of the men, mr. Teffier, he knew ; the other he did no: know, but undcrftocd he was a doclor. He had not an nnnnrt unitv of converfinrr

J IK. I -

WE have heard with pleafore the I with them but unuerirood

communication you have been pleated to make fo the legifiattve council the houfe

;ng proprietor, conformably to an to authorise the IVcretary at war to alcettin and fettle, by the appointment of eommiihoners, the exterior line of the public land at Weftpoint, with the adjoining proprietor, be and tbefrme is hereby approved. H. CLAl , Speaker of the Houfe ot Rrprcfcntatives. War H. CRAWFORD, Pre fid en t of the Senate, pro tempore. January 5) 18 13. Approved,

JAMES MADISON.

Answer of the House if Representatives of the Indiana 1 erritorj-, to the Governor's iommunication at the opening of the pre ient session.

oi repr fnt ft tllCD h the on liberal

Are hA!

re-

notwithitandin

t.vcs at the opfl

ind rem ark j that your patrto ; drawn down the attention ot

0 f nation upon earth, e; joying the exerctfe ct rational liberty We

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preffed by poverty and tyran ny in their native land, they Pied to that 1 where freedom reigns,' glowing with gratitude for the generous aflylatn experienced 1 where juliice rules the helm,' they could not beheld their adopted country wronged, plundered, infulted and deipifed with indifference. As men meritting to be citizens of a free republic, confidermg thai alliance i in practice, not in

i from an inhabitant to whom ; profeffion, they promptly en-

mr. Teffier communicated itf ao;ed 1 c- e?

in Congratulating you, that g the many yea; 3 x.ha c the

critical eye ot envy has Iimi an opportunity oi oDirvmn ytfo in the difchergC oi your duties of a rational concern, nd important truftg confided in you by your nation, that yet, tor tiie nioli cogent reafona national pitronlge is extended to you in the evening of your hfr. eur Communication, iir, whilft it evinces ftrong intellectual endowmeats, convinces us that you have marked the defects ci cur legiiiativc proviGons, we regret, fir. With you, th ;t our country has

in her caufe, they

that they flopped for the night j fought and died in her de-

and let c tne nag homed on the carricle ; that the flao

was taken awav unknown to him, and then the indians fired on them ; that he Teffier told them they were French

men, and fur rendered, upon which the indians ceafed tiring and took them. They then mentioned that they verc lent with a flag The indians laid they were liars, and took them off. Mr. Teffier was fet at liberty at the river Jaifin, and remained two days expecting the doctor to return, at the end of which time he was fens for by the Britiffa and taken to Maiden, tic, Labbadie, underdood that the doclor was to be lent off immediately to iSiagara. 1 he doctor was wounded in the ancle. He unden'iood that the Britifh charged the doclor and Teffier with being fpici and further he faith not, his Mcdard H Labbadic. mark. Witnefs, C. Gratiot, capt. of engineers and interpreter Sworn to before me the i III) day of I cb. I 8 I 3. C 6, Tudd divt judge adv. (A true copy 1 J 7. HukUti aid dc camp. From the National tttteltigettUfi Imp t ess id Seamen , The nght as well as pro

perty, and lometimes the ncccliity of rataiiiation is unqueftionble The prefent moment inipcrioully demands

the exercife ot' this national delencc, this public law. Ma ny miferable Ghofts have lately appeal ed in t he ihades, mangled by the tomhawk and ffeilping knife I fome broken hearted by Ihvery, in fliips, and fome by chains in the iubutbs of Algiers! calling a loud for vengeance. Sum: relate the Hones ol their lives though not born in the U. Stiteij they, like myfelf, fdUgtlt and bled in her caufe, lor it was iighteous. Up-

liefof thofe who leefed ftbool been foreed to appeal to trrns in vindication

comequences ut

fedlions, and aftrr fome time fpent tlierein nr. f czltr rcfumetl tht cluir, nnd mr. E-

vans reported, ih it the torn mi t tee h--d f'd Kill nnrjrr ror.hvi. i ,rti IP. Im'J mai" fome

, rtrhrd htm t

aiu

projj.eii tnercn

leivc to ht again A melTsgc from the legiflatiwe) toontil by mr. Snlhvan iheir clerk. mr. fpw aker, the legifhttve eounti! have jv.tTcrd a bill fo the relief of the hrirs of Henry Va t t Burgh de tea fed, and requeft the concurrence ot this haute thtrcm. A meffige from tle legiftatitre eonntil bv mr. Sullitan their clrh. Mr. Fpeaker, the legiflttive countil have palled t bill entiti"l an ;ift tur improving the OavigatioO of White water with an amendment, and defirethe toncorrence ot this houfe to the

of cur nati nal rights tb

which probably are equally fatal to this feetion of the union as a;.y other, and which, without energetic meulurcs, will foon be in

Bu: we rejoice, fir, that there are reafous

tor kelicvjng that ample proviuon will oe

Orcicrrd thnt the hnufe adionrn, sna the

:mue ror o are willing and difFlcu! the prt G jr our govern eilablithmc

vr h we ba ' e tier. We h?y 01 our military

it tending a

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houfe ad j

ui nra accoraingijr

LAWS of the U. STATES, StCONi 5! SStoN ftltl rn C0ROR1S3. (By Au ll M?ty.) AN ACT iuthorifi thr prefidrnt of the United Stairs to eitabiilh poft rouics, in C-rtii- cafes. BE it enacted by the Senate end Hottst of Representatives cf the United States of Atitericas in L.otiress assetnviedj That lb prefident of the U States, dining thz ex.Urnce ol the war in which the U. States are engaged, or of any wai in which th-v inay be engaged, flrallbe, and is hereby lull rd to dired tbl pofl nner genera! to feud a Brad hrtwr-n the hrad quarters c! tnv army -f the vJ. States, aiti fuch poll office a- he may think proper ; ?nd the rou'. or road on wl ich the fame lha ! 1 be Conveyed. fru:!, to a!! intr nts nd purpofll be an tftabtifhea pofl road, fo long as t!ie maii Ihall br f-"t an the feiie, conformably to the authority hereby given 11. be i Sp ak- of the House :' RepresentuUteSi Wm H. CM IWFOH 1). President of thr Senate, pre tempttti Janeary, 14, isis appro to,

J IMtS M A L) I SON.

Jefenee, and that our citizens

o ail tho!e privations

country u::uer

Indian warUre -and that

lOt flop Bluff Of the principle? wi nglit, of g fullered the violaWttneffed the defects , and to co operate

with you in rendering tb militia more efficient Will be one Of the firtt objects of oui attention. We alfo regret the defects that rxid in our revenue laws, and as far as is

1 expedient ivnl endeivor tc remeuy thole de-

fee's. We believe, lir, that ) cur eommunication en thofe points is the relult ot a judicious dviibcrat: en, and it is our intention to treit With proper feg od every fuggtftion that your excellency through our ardent dclite promite the public weal has berii prompted to niske. Andj fir, Wo6fi through you, we exprefi thi highefl approbation oi the conftituted authorities of our country,

cfiulr a

medi

t the reprefen

inn i.ii):

the refpecl

an independent

people intend to Confer plesfe to accept

iir, our Warmell sviflies for your wcltare. 1 as. sco rr,

Speaker of 1 Fcui uary To mkieh h

A ep restntatives.

1 0 1 o.

isteitleftej mad: the follovoing repfyt IT affords n; trrent fatif.

fftion to hear that my Conducl Im

s met

the houfe cf rep'C'

fentatives of the Indiana territory. It Ihpi!

is be my care to merit a continuance

of th;

lame.

JN. GII3SON.

l)--OVl

commi'li tarrv i 2t war, tO at r I

r thi report bf the mted by till facietar and fettle thr exten

r "n ' ' ;ir lands at VVeftpertj in the (la N-w To-!;.

U K 11 ena ted t f is esthtat 1 5 , cf America, in Cohgi tl" report Of the t in

nate and House

he United Stah s i ' c asst Kii.td, That !:i era appointed r. t fettle tht rxtr

fi ir fine ot the public tai J io. tl - lUttof Nctt tftrk

bv thr iecrrtai of

Wettpe the adi

( Concluded fteth tost page.) thty brought whiikfy with tlicn) they Jriik ionic, and g&f fome to the indians there ami between nine and ten o'clock, commenced ki 1 lino the wounded, then fet fire to the notifffl the wounded were in and cenfumed them. He was at nil father's, on rnli (ldi of Detroit river, aboiit ieven clays alter the action, and faw iSfefs tlic nvcr

tence iome cf them cruel

deaths, by the hands of favages fet on by an infiduous en, emy, or more cruelly facrificcd by the Confuming hrc of compulibry fcrrice in a caufe abhorred i or in conftnesseat in peflilential prifons. They reprefent hx ihoufand two hundred and fifty feven of our bed men to be confined in the floating dungeons of Britain. Every American in her lervice is now a llave of power and fights by compulfion ; every one of her aflerted ftibje&s in ours is a volunteer ; lience different obligations refult to the gnvernnient. It is afned by her agents and (pies 1 if the United States fhou.'d or Ought to defend, or claim thole men born Britifh fubjcfii V Wc w ho were declared rebels, but becoming victorious were acknowledged free and independent citizens, with onvoice reply, yes every man who fights our battles, who defends our fljg, is a piece of our (hip, who carries a mufket, h our citizen ; to betray them is an act my country never can be guilty of. Ghc-ct. of Montgomery ' On ycftcti ay govr. Mc5gS lef t this place for jVankhnton for the purpofs of maktxiff tlie neceiTary arrangements for equipping the militia who have been lately drafted to

fill up the Ohio line. He expects to have a complete regiment on the march for the ixapids in the courfe of next week. Scioto Gaz. We are informed that f.vc companies of troops from gen Gino's dif ifion of Ohio militia, have marched from Cincinnati, for the purpofe of joining the Ni W. army.

FROM T It 8 rn F. S 9 OF B STOUT. PRIVTFR TO T11K T 1 1 K I T 0 Y A N D OJ THE LAWS OF THK I'MTKD i TATK j.