Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 September 1813 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SUN. V1NCENNES SrpTKMBKu II. 1813.

The lafl mail irom the well ward Eurnifhed us w ith nothing new, not even affording us reports and the mail from the eaJIward fiirmfhed but tew artieics worth attention thofc of any moment will be found in the lucccccling columns. EAS1 ON, Aug ir. itt tck on St. Micjacs. The tt my W ith 1 1 barges made an aitack on the little fort at the mouth f the harbor at St. Michaels, on Tuefdgy morning the 10th jntl. about one quarter before lour o'clock, and under a dark cloud, racl were not let it until they were fending They w ere fired on by 2 i unS and the men from the fort retreated, with the Lofa ot their muiktta the Runs were Ipiked, the enemy embarked, and commenced v. cannonade on the town. There were 15 well directed ihoX irom our guns, which made the cliemy retreat ; 10 of the (hot were fired I y licut. Graham, from his battery, an I 5 from licut. Vickars. There was much blood on the gr:!fs at the water one pair ol

boarding pistols, two boarding cutlaf two cartridge boxes, and a pair of pumps it ft. The barges fell down to the brig, 3 or 4 miles, and remained until 9 or 10 o'clock Go! them went to Kent I Hand, in How order two went down to the admiral's fhip. The militia y generally behaved well, and I have ltd doubt the fame body would meet the ooiifitl with redoubled ardor, Someol the houfes were perforated, but no injury to any human being ; this Ihowcth the hand oi a protecting Providence. T. BKNbON, IL G. Extract of a letter to the editors oi the Alexandria Herald, dated Fort George, Ailguft 1 I. I Some few days ago I wrote you that the fleets were preparing for action linee that they have been manoeutering lor ad v ant ige, and ours ft turned to this place this moment. The evening on which they appeared in fight, which was the date of my laft, a dorm 11 ruck them and we loll two funk and a number of their crews. Laft night an eng tgetfttJtit took p ace in which ve loll two more Thtfc are r u jnor- generally credited, 1 have lint f: ( ii an official aeeoi ; !ut my Hitnd is fatisfied of the I iQ l Our pickets and the enemy's are in light of each other. Washington ( P J Aug 9:,. By the exprefs mail from Buffalo nrrived at Ktttiburg yefterday, w , learn that com. Chaunce) has lofl 1 of his befl . - in a florin . 100 (eaftten went down including boys one of the fchooners cati h1 9 gun, the oth. r 1 0 No other news from that quarter. Plaitsburgt jnj Si. The following waa handed us

for publication as a literal tranflati on of the declaration of war, agamft the Britilh by the Six Nati ons of Indians. DECLARATION or WAR. Bp the Six Nation of Indians. We the Chit fa and Councillors of the Six Nations of Indians, reQding in the Hate of New-York, do hereby proclaim to all the War Chiefs and Warriors ot the Si Nations, that W A R is declared on our part againft the IV.nim.cs of Upper and Lower Canada 1 he re fore w e do hereby com mand &. advife all the War Chiefs to call forth immediately the Warriors under them and put them in motion to pre tecl the ir rights and liberties, which our brethren the Americans are now defending ( Signed,) By the Grand Councillors Pitliburgb, August 26. Extract ol a letter from Erie, An gull 23, to a gentleman in Pittsburgh, ' The port-rider from Cleveland laft evening brot' word that capt. Perry a lew days arjo chafed the Britilh fleet into Detroit riVer,

w hen it took lb Iter under the bat- !

teries the mad has not arrived this morning from Buffalo nothing from there (i e I laft wrote1

IMPORTANT A friend has politely handed the editor oi the Mercury a hand bill containing the following inter c ft i n intelli ger.ee . NiewXotk Evening Post Extra August 17. A pafTengcr in the fhip Latoha, capt. Gale, of this pert, has arrived at Portland (Mass.) from Cadiz, bringing a Cadiz Gazette of the 2d July, containing an account of a fevere battle fought at Victoria, between the French army, a- .

mounting to betw ecu go 70, '.-;, j . . , .1 1 1

men, uiiuci uic commanu 01 jo seph iionapartc, and the allied fclnglifh and Spanilh trrxps under the command of lord Wellington. The French were totally, defeated with the lofs of their mHttary cheft containing filty two millions ol reals ; three millions of cartridges 1 50 pieces of cannon, tw elvc thouland lands of arms, and 3000 pi j. loners tell into the hands of the ah

lied army the number killed rjtil . . .... . I

either h e is not ftated two .

generals fell during the action. Afrttr Tbrk slitgns! IS. Commodore Rtidgers The fhip Sufan, captain Hopkins, '58 days Irom C adiz, arrived in Bolton, vaspoken in Lit . 41. long. 64, by an hlnglifh brig three ddys'from SIrIburne, N. S.; for Martinique) & informed that comm dore Rodg era was cruizing on the Banks ol New foundland.

A War Dkpartmknt, July U, 1813. y Notice Hereb) Given. r jHHAT frparate pfopofals Will be rr X trivcd at the Office of the ferrtary twr ibc DepMttnent oi Wr, until twelve o'clock at noon ot the Lit Monday in No vembcr iic.t, lor t he iupply of til rations Out may be required tor the ufr of ihc Uoitcd btdtcs frona the firftdayof June, ore ;houi.uid eight hundred and fourteen, intlu'ive, to the firu diy ol June, OAC ttiou-

i'and eight hundred ami htucn, wrthtn the I

(Utes, territories and siftficlr, following) viz. J IK At Detroit, Michilimiittc'tnae, fort W ay ne, Chikgo, and in their imtnrcidte vitiniiict) ind at a iy pUce or pUtra, where troop's arc rir inay be lationed, m art bed, of recruited) within the territory of Mi h'gn, tlie vicinity of the L'pptr Lkcs and the lUte of Ohio. 2d, At apy place or pljcrs Where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or re ciuittd within the iltcs ot Kentucky and Ten nc fleei 3d. At anyplace or plies I.ere troor are r m..y be ttationed nl arched or recri'ited

v :iiin the Illinois, Indiana and M

tci Mtorit 4th. At any pK.ce or pliers where troops are or may be Kauoned, marched or recruit ed withm the MitTttTiucn' territory, ttielldte ot Louttiana and the ir vicinitiet north of the Gulph of Mexico. 5th. Af any place or places' where troops ae or may be Rationed marched or re uiteci within the difltit of Mtne, ar.d ftitt

ot New Hanipflurei and their northern i

cinitieta ( h At rnyplrice or places wher

r-p the term of tHe p-opnrd cctnr-3, bo fufilctenttor the coniumption ot the troopa for (iX months in advance, of good and uhohf me provisions, if the fanr (fijll be reqjned. It is alio to be permittrd to rTid every of the commandants at fortified pi a res or poi;, to cll for, at fcafoOt wheO the t ime can be trahfporttd, OT at any ume in cafe of U'gtncy, fuch fopplirs of like

pfOVifioni in advance, as in the dlretion oi

the commandant (hall bedremed proper

It isundefftood that the contractor ii to

he at the eypc-rife and rift of ilTum tt

fupplies to the troop?, and tht all i,.fi"c3

iultained by the depredations of the enemy or hv rr.f miis ot the trorp-s of he United States fii ii be paid by the United State) at the price the armies c.ptutfC1 or dc iioyet s afortl ic!, m the fop fi ion of t;;. o or ;r.o.e peril M of , reditable Chirac ter?, ard the certsfi. r rif d tomniiliionedl I1 . rr, R ri r rhe 1 it omftanres of the h fa and tie . r; i. ' t the arttdel tor Vihich tompe t : ii be 1 ! imed. Ihe J ivitrge reierired to the United Stites, of repairing t' it none of the fnp;hrs, w-ifh m v be K-mmed imdrr any of the propofed tontra&s, p .11 be i tTud, until the fuppltta which ba bee, or may be futi limed nndei the contract now in force have been conlcmcd. J, AilMSlRQNG.

are

I it 1 i

ir may uc liationeU, marched or re'run

ted wttfc the lu- of Vermont, Itt nor thern vicinitya

ai t r

r pirfces !:-re tro ed, marc h'.-d or rr cr

Z NOTICE, Hf H (til fcriber being tuthorifed to a:M. tend to the CoHrAion ot ucb.i due George Wallace, during hit at) fence from this ; lce, he adopt this m ulc i I i form ing thole indebted, that he it 1: iiiucUd to place their aCcoii ti in the baodaol an at torne-y, unlcfi paid in tmec u.ontl s Iroin tins date. trvdn il'ailace. Vmccuncs, Aug. 21, U1J.

th, at any pla:

or may be Rationi

within the ft ate ot Mauachofetts, the am ot Springfield excepted.

tt'h. At any place or places v.-hre troOl -a-t or may be ttationed, marched c : -ri i te.l within the Hate of Connecticut and Rhode Iflanda 9tht At any p ice or place? wher? troops arc or may be (rationed, marched or r e c i c i ted within the ftate of Kew York, ind i. northern vicinity and weftern. 10th. Vl any place or placet where troops are or may be (lationed, marched or recruited within the it ate of NeW J ry. II th. At any place or pi ices uh?ie troops ire ormy be (lationed, marched or rcciwited within the itate of Pen'nfylvaiiia. 12th. At any place or plat t s where t ro ds

are or may be ttationed, marched or recruited within the daus 0f Maryland, DcJa ! ware and tiie diltic ot Columbia f'-h At any plate Or places where tfoops arc 01 may be ttationed, mirchird cr r-"ru-tcd within t'.ie Ujte of Virginia. 14th. At any place or olac"5 wlerc trcoo1' '

or may br (lationed, marched rr recrui

late ot North Carolina. place or places where troops itioned, matched or recrui 1 e ot South (1 ti clina. place or placet where troops I 1 11 I

ui.incu. marencaor rrciui-

mits ol the lldte of Gcor-

and its fouthern ticinity, 7fh. Piopoftls Will alto be rrr e' vra? aforel ild, For the fopply rt all ration! which maybe rer.uned by '.he United Stites, tor the troops whit!) t?re or may be (latiotted, matched or recruited whhtn the UM n ot Springfield to the late of fA iffa httfe :ts ;

3 ivb Hum Ired Si F ft y Do:L 1 r VC )( r IL L he given to any prrfon or prr yj y 1 ''5 that will appieiieod and driver at t-rt K;'oX, Indiana territory, thr follow i ntr l.'iu.ers ot the United Stales army, iic fertets trom faid f. rt, or Fifty Dollars for either of therr, rd ai! region-Lie cence3 paid, T Art ft (1 ' ' tctkjttt j vtti uititddjjcy 1 gecJ tv---ry Sve yrrs, Bee ieet eirrht in ches high, horn In Penpfyfvania,dark hir,

ves. Ort'u? re-

markably Uraightj thin viffiige, oi.o. down Jonathan C.trtot twenty four years, five feet eleven in .S cs high, horn in Pennf) Ivania, light l air 1 . r 1 on j ; x,o'., aiu p 1 1 v ? ye$ 'tis rtippO fed t'o-At tlits fold it t is a: ot about Cmtinnat?, Chio j.icrlJ Ryan, atTvf3 f oft V four years, fix fret Mfffj, Mae

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rai r 1 and ic iei.J.tM l:ocd ct

ted within

are oi m ay b. ttd within tin 16th. At ..:

rye-?, light hair, and dn prou Hi. n a Ka x ; be 1 praio P-rrv '5 c i mDart 1 c very evkh-nt he is in ti

Cincinnati, Ohio 7 botnas Stokes t ed forty one y-r.rs. five feet f. vm inches high, blatk h.tir, and daik Complexion this fellow is eiil rr ahont ShaWweetowna vthere his ife and children ! i v -s, or 01 r. rpherland nv -r, Tenn flee, wlltrc 1 ad told nis brother r f:de:. Jarics Bit lly famous baud it defertion, iormerly be tonea to the Britiln navy, nd defertrd audi '.ZmJ . u j i-i r t ic, .

u e m:cU states, he AV !.(;X V 1 . h A t) 1 II Hfldl

iiiC di I i y ,1 r.. , r 0 1 ,.in i

C ham to ins r

and i; ,b

out twenty

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the

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years ot aire, n v e lice l t o ioc he s hie

and tor t!ie arm

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ployed ill the United Staua Armory : that place, trom tie. 'ii. d,y of June, etx thoulano eirht hundred ind : lurtcen inclu hve, to th.- !. I .' i ol June, one iboufand eight hundred and filteciu A ration to coi fill ot rne prund aci one qmrier of DCef, or th re quarters ot a pound of falted pork eighteen out ces ot !read or fl mr, (ne gtll ot nip, wh fk-y i hratnly. and at the rHte ot two cu .r s t t tor rmrts of vinegar foil 1 pounds o? foapg and one p und und a half ol Candle., to ev-ry hundred ration'. 1 he pncr : the f re rai component parts 01 the rtion fh !l be f peril rJ ; hut ti e United St.ites r-ferve the right t making fttch alter 1 1 ons in the pri e f the component prts ot tlte fatkm af irrl iid, as (liall nkr tiir pro ot each pail thereof bear a toll proportn i to the propotrd j'trire ot th- w h le ration. The ratiorn are to hr lurn-lh-d in fuch aillisk that there tfull at all times, cu

and tcJ. comph xhn, has a fweijrrino uaHe. ano a down ca!t look I am pretty well convinced he is with the aforrfatd :'okcs. T If. II. Fubardton, Lt. 7th regt. U. S. lofta July 5th, I 3 13. I he Loutlville Courier, K-nturky Liberty ill!. Cincinnati, Ohio Frrdnrtiail phillierithe, Ohio the Examiner, N (h oir. renneuee, w.II ph - if-rt the j)ove hx ti p-s in thrir refprcive J'-per1;, nd forward their accounts to the ilc of the VV rh rn Sun, VinCcnoes, Indiana tcr nt v. tor pay fnent, H T. H. R.

Ten Dollars Reward. STRAY hi) trom the fo! loiher in the - t WriJte river. f..metime a' out the? teb of May laft for r el mare ?i:hhroe, C-vr n yrvs old laA fpn; , abrul ' 4 liantls high, no br-nd recoilr Ard. forre f-d-le iprts, nd bt a remirl:,ble -.v.itr ftngp round the root of her il, 4 n-fjr J :r 'tee r p f n iW: & f-n h inf rmation :! i . m y br fjtni ai;)i m J rr-ivf a reIr, or the above reward if delivered t S in t I'lllr S. 7c bn RbodurmU. Auuft 12tb, 1813,