Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 July 1814 — Page 2

He nd rick, Jsmes Noble, Join Douthltt, and J inrs Brawn, membett of the boufe of rcBrefentatives from the eaftem part ot the territory, certifying that Itaac Mont gomery, a member of the fame, from the weftern part of the territory did at the la'.t fefltoo of the legitlature, when acting in a ! giCUtive capacity, at all times, and on al! OCClfioflTB, warmly befriend and advocate the claims of cap'ains Peyton oc Hargrove, and thr-;r Companies of rangers that lie feconded their intereft on all occafions, in every met fore which he thought calculated to HM lifter to their relief, both with his vote and influence that he was equally folici ton with every other member to have their grievances redrrfTed that he made ufe of every exertion in his power to forward a true tUtement of the fails concerning thofe companies to congrefs in order to obtain p.y tor f id companies, fee. But, fellow citizens, my knowledge of t'loL circ umfUnces irrelili b ly compel me to entertain an opinion fomewhat different from that which is certified by thofe hon

orabte gentlemen -and it tl- r certificates

lire co

that

Warmth with which mr. Montgomery ad

vocated their claims, a Ad of thole exertions Which he made in fupport of their intereft,

i thr Journals of that houfe

e was a member, and 33 thr

and of effacing, altering and changing the II th inft. giving a fhort detail of our action journals, which was frequently prattifed by ' with the enemy on the 10:h. By inform-

r a 1 1

thole gentlemen, was adopted, witn a view of con eying to the public a correct knowledge of the traniacV.ons of the houfe, or of creating an apparent neccfTity for, and giving place to caftern certificates, is for thofe gentlemen who fupported thofe mewfurcs, and not for me who oppofed them, to explain, and for the public to determine. The circumftance of all thofe certificates

tion. thev fuffered much. The larnc tthr.

was nearly defhoyed, having fcvcral Ihot thro' her at water's edge, her deck torn up, gun difmocnted, and main maft nearly cut off about halfway up, and rendered unfer viceaole. She was otherwife much cut ; they ran her atliore to prevent her finking. The commodore's boat was cut in two ; a foot went thro' the rocket boat, one of the

being procured frcrn the eaftrrn, and none fmall fchrs. carrying two 32 pounders had a from the weftern members (in my tftimati- , ihot which raked her from aft forward ;

on) at once begets lutpicion, and circumftantially proves, that more, or fomething elfe :s defigned than merely to convey to

the public a true representation cf tacts

the boats generally fuffcred, but 1 have not afcertained what lots they fuftained in men. Yefterday a gentleman of this county by

the name of Parrow, who live at the mouth I

Jmes Sprowl, Jofeph Stoker, Charles Sinks, fames Smith.

anu it you careijlly examine the journals, j ot tne creek came up, and iiid that himteli jofeph Shaw, and take into view the approaching elecli- , and brother bad been taken and carried on ohn Smith,

on, you will, without any diraculty, be able i board. I uat he had betn landed horn the

Thomas Martin, Louis M'Cary, Canehus Merry, lfofel Madden, Jofeph Mitchcl. Thomas Moore, Richard M sxwell, John Murphy, Archabald Meacham. N Sc O

Thornas Neele,

James Porter, 2 John Page,

to dilcover what that defiern

commodore, to inform the inhabitants that

cl w

irmtl appear up

urnafawere transcribed p.rul forwarded to e editor of the Weftern Etrle at the ex ncc of the Territory, and infer ted in thr.t

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p per for the information of the Citizens of the territory, to enab!: them to judge of the qualification! nd integrity of their representatives, I conceive thcte gentlemen would have acted more prudently 3nd lefs pirtia!, bad they remained Client on this ccc(ioQ, nod tuff-red the citizens ot the wef tern part cf t',. temtnrv to examine for i J themfelves, and form their own opinions of th-,- conduct, abilities and integrity of their reprefentatWes, and that they have been tinpardonably prtfumptiou- in endeavoring t impofe on yon their certificates and opinion! ot the qualmcations and integrity of nny weftern member particularly, as the journals furnifh you with f many inftances in which their opinions have been ,'at the exprnce and in the face of jufiicc) better calculated to promote their own intejeft than yours and I tTufl, that however con temptable an opinion thofe gentlemen may entertain of your capacity, yet you are nei thrr fn deftitute of a knowledge of leiila tive proceedings, fo illiterate or fo ignorant, hiit you can, by examining the journals, St the inform itioa cf your own reprefentatWes ier.dily dilcover who has, and who lias not exerted therr.lVIves to promote the interefl ot thofe two companies of ranger? who fat filent fpectators whilft their belt interefts v 're under difeoffion, voted on the occafi n When they conceived it convenient, and ex

is, lor 1 pre

fume that if all thofe facts certified actually if they remained at hone quietly, they exifted, there would b' no need of eaitern fnould not be molefted, but it on lanomg certif.cates to prove their exiftance, as they he found their houles rieferted, he woulu would appear futfi iently plain on the jour- I burn them all, as he had done the houfe ot

na!s, and if not, the certif.cates of the wef- mr. Patterfon, and the barn cf fnr. Skmnei

V and yefterdrfy the

on the P-fuxent riv

rr, in landing on the banks to plunder (to. I:, ccc.it was on Saturday evening they burnt the property of mr. Patterfon and Skin1 er. Mr. Parrcw informs me that com. Bairie of the Drigon always commanded, and is much difappointed at his drte.its, for that he had wrote to admiral Cockburn, that it the admiral would fend him a frigate and

brig he Would mcft afluredly dettroy the

Monfieur Olivia, P Thos. K. Plummer, Thomas Plummer, R

Abraham Rhcdarmal, John Robertfon, S

James Shaw, Abiaham Searman, W. R.Stringfield, 2 Samutl Shaw, Trice Stafford.

ohn tcne,

Samuel Sparks or James Lemon.

Elifln Trader, 3 Tohu ThompfoOa V

Hugh Turner, J . F. Thompfon,

orreft, I pre fume that fome traces of tcrn members (if they could be obtained) (our purfer.) Saturd-) folicirude, of that friciu!!Lip, of that I Would be more fatisfaacry, as their veract- enemy were employed c

iy, creuioiuty ar.u nanauig is at lean equal

to, and much better known in this part

the territory than that of the eaftern member?, and I prefume, if other drfigns had nc 'oHuence, certificates would be obtained with much more difficulty from the eaftern than from the weftern mfinbers, feeing they live at a much greater diftanceo Mr. Dunn in his certificate alfo ftates,

that any other opinion than that certified by him, moft be groundlefs however, I

flotilla, The frigate is the Acafta, tt

brig the Jaffeur. They left only 200 men,

have here ventured to hazzard an opinion j & one fmall boat cn board the Dragon, at

CO it

i n thr

them

fel

ves from voting on the

fttbjt

trivi 1 1 reaioi s ihCi in Qiir, tfl Cl . ' a .

j uv citizens, I prelume that you are neirhei

. :it-rat:

tia

orant, but by rxamin

von will be ao!e to difcover

Which ol your rrnrefrniat:ves voted with th fe honorable g-ntlemen in lupport of tl ir f .voiite fchemes fuch a? reducing th- tax on negroes, town !of3 and mere ban due md any mealure which might then or hereafter have a tendency to facilitate tl e i moval of the feat of government far ther o the eaftward. And if the yeas and nays arr not infer ted or. the journals fufficiently to expl in how mr. Montjrnmerv voted on tlie crj. tlion for tranfmitting to congri fs (with the memorial ot the legiuatore) all the information relative to thofe two companies o( rangers, he may thank bimfelf and his eaiirrn friends

he yeas and nays was me demanded, and

ior it. t -r th ; in the bi i inftance

by the clrr! prop riv in! ited on this quef tion ; and it th ie ir.e certifying gentlemen Si mr. Montgomery, had not on tins, end freqocvly om other occafions, caufed them 'oiv.4 .'1 ore of every thing I could fay g .I! It th ! meafures) to be erafed, and the joiirnali to be defaced, altered Sc chan peu, t:i-t thy in many inftances by no means convey to the public a correct ftaterh Rl of thr trftnfcTions of tlie hoofe, the joorn Is would ',r certified foi them felvef Sc hve errtified too, thtt thele fame err,-! jring gentlemen all voted tgainll tranfmitting to con; ' I. all thr psp.-rs relative to thole two comp ntra of ranirert

fomewliat diTerent from that which is cer

tified by him and thofe other eaftern gentlemen who have thus fent their electioneering certificates a circuit riding through this part of the territory, to gain profelytes in fupport of eaftern in te r eft and I hope it is for you (and not for them or me) to determine which is the moft correct and for fuch information as will enable you correctly to decide, I mufl refer you to fuch of your representatives as are not interefted in ycur dccilion, and to the journals. DAVID ROBB.

NEW YORK. June 1 1. A letter from an American gentleman in London, dated April 13, fays This imnenfe city has been illuminated for three luecetlivc nights, in confequence of the afton t flung events which have taken place in France. The cmpeior Alexander is about to vi(:t England, and to come over in the l trne royal yacht which conveys Louis the 18th to France. A Krong family connection between tlie imperial 8c royal families of Uu?ua and England is 00 tlie tapis. LONDON. April 3. It is reported that tranfports have been ordered to Bordeaux to can y 25,000 of lord Wellington's army to Ameiica. It is iaid government contemplate offering to the Spaniards from 20 to 25,000 troops to recover Louifuna. Letters from thence fay the inhabitants are d:fcontented. 1 hirt) thoufand ftand of arms, we underftand arc ordered to be fent to America. Extract of a letter from com. Barney to the tecretarv of the navy. St. Leonards creek, June 1 1 "siRMyl.lt was on the 9th inft. on the evening of ti e 9th the enemy moved up with 20 barges, having received more force trom the 7 i, at the mouth of tlie Patxent. I met them, and after a fhort action drove them until dark, 8c returned to my anchorage. Yefterday they made a bold attempt ; about 2 p. m. they moved up with Z fiarges, one rocket barge Sc two fchrs. in tow. On making their appeaiance we went down on them they kept up a fmart fire for tome time Sc teemed determined for fomething deciGve. But they foon gave way Sc retreated we purfued thrm down the creek at the mouth lay the 13 gonfehr. (lie attempted to beat out, but our fire was fo fevere fhe ran aihore at the entrance and was ibandoned we it ill purfued until the Razee and brig opened upon us a bnfk fire, which completely covr red thr fchr and the Qyog barges, Sec We inult have done t icm confid, rble damage."

the mouth of the Patxent, fo that there muff have been in the affair on Friday up wards of 800 men 1 they came with a band of mufic playing.

A LIST of letters remaining in the port office, V incennes, the quarter ending the laft day of June, which if not taken out within 3 months, will be forwarded to the General Pott oificc as dead betters, via A

Andrew Armftronjr

Thomas Aikman William Agnew,

Robert Andeifon,

John Aydelott

James Adams,

James Anderferjj

Hez. k T. Batch, Henry Brinton, Henry barnhdrt, John Biuner, Saml. Brimberry, Tohu Bumfs, Margaret Carrico, Robert Caldwell, Elijah Chapman, Surinda Chadfcyj JelTe Chin, N. Claypoolc,

J a me , DixGn, Wiiliarnfon Dunn, Abiaham Decker, Therefa W. D apron.

Robert M. Evans, William Flowers, John Gambell, 2

Andrew BurnfidCj

Jmes Brnnet, Taylor Berry, David Bigger, J acnes Bafs, 2 John Boyd, William Barker, C W m. Campbell, Amos Cummins, Jfrufiia Chad fey, bmufl Currey, Margaret Crcfop, Wm. Chrift. D Aaron Decker, J rtiius Duncan,

Green Depricft,

James Edenkins. F Peter Fait.

Ifaac Voorliees, Cornelius Wrftfall, fohn Weaver. 2 David Wilfon, Miry Wilfon, ohn Webb, Rebecka Wilkini, N. E. Weftfatt,

Brice W. Witcher,

July Ift, 1814.

Edward Wilfon, Thos- N. White, Daul. or J. Wright, Catharine White, W. B. Willums, James Weftfall, Leonard White, Benjamin Yaunt, , D. HAY, p. m. 152

fcVANSVILLE.

HE fair of lots in the town of Evanf.

Villr, the feat of iuflice for Warriclc

county, Indiana territory, will commence oil

A 1. ! whither tor yeas and na rcfuCno: to 1c; 1

ht met' od ; on Com

king

out 1

c.urUions. and

na be entered un others,

Extract of a letter from com. Barney tc the fecretary of tbc navy, dated St, Leonards creek, June 13.

1 1 had the honoi of addreflioar vou on ;!:c

Stephen Handy, Arthur Harbilon, Lolly Holms, JetTe HolloweU, W ilfon Holleman, George Hedeback, Saml. Hornback, John Haibtn. Thomas Jones, F.")enezer Jones, Ephraim Jordan, William Jonei. David Kinman.

Jonathan Graham, H Wm. Hargiovc, Mofes Ha r re 11, Edmond Holleman, James Horrtil, David Hadrick, Edmutid Hogan, William Howard,

Ezekial Jones, James Junkin, James lliff, K L

A. Little. 2 George Let ch, 2 Datiicl Lane, 2 James L;kcr,

Jacob Lrmon, Nimrod Lindfey, 2 Wm. Lioniey, Jacob. Long.

M Henry L. Miner, John Tvl'Junkin, Arcable M'Clure, Wm. M Don aid, Vutuftus M Henrv, Rev. mr. MerricK, Joliii Martliall, John Mix well, Wm. M'Cormickj John M Carter,

Thuifday the 2 1ft 01 July, 18 14.

T his place has been f 1-cted by commifHone St, appointed by fptcial act of the legiflature for the permanent fst of juftice for Warrick county it fr.inds on the bank: cf the Ohio river, juft above the moutli of Big Pig'eon creek, an excellent harbor for boats, and 33 to (ituation, it is perhaps ftirpajOfrd by none in the wefterd country. Evanfville is in the midft of a fl iurihin fettlement, and furrounded by mucta habitable ?ano Which, together with thea advantage of the Ohio river, will riv?,l ary town in the territory. It is fituate fifty mi"es from Shawnee toVvn, and feven from Red Bnk", fifty two from Vincennes, and twenty five from Princeton, the feat o jufticc for Gibfon county, and directly on 3 line with the three latter places. An excellent road may be had trom Evanfville to Vincennes, and the period is not diRant when merchants and traders will from economy, tranfpo't their goods acrofs from Evanfville to Princeton and Vincennes, ii preference to the circuitous rout of the Ohio and the Wabafh rivers, and indeed hi fome feafons of the year it is impoffible to navigate the Wabafh for weeks, and I could fay months, in the Ml low waters obftrurt its navigation in the winter ice. In fad the advantages vvhi h this place 'njoys are fo many and fo obvious, it is vanity to attempt to defcribe them indeed an attempt would h prefumptious. Merchants and mechanics will find great advantages from fettling at this place, the latter are particularly invited, and great encouragements will be held out to them. Purchafrrs will have a crniit of fix months tor one half of the purchaie money, and twelve months from the d-ty of fale for the b lance, by giving bond with approved fecurity for the payments as they become due, Purchafers of lots will receive conveyances by paying theexperces of thofe conveyances, and giving bond as aforefiid. Propofals will be received from perfons wifhing to contract for the erection of the public buildings in the faid town on the 23d July. N. CLAYPOOLE, s-nt for Warrick county, June 27, 18U.

Ten Cents Reward. RAN A WAY from the fubferiber a bound girl, named Caty Barges, between 17 and 18 years of age, all perfons re hereby cautionrd apainft harboring her, as they may reft afTured they will be desic with to the utmoft rigor of the law the ibove rrward will be given to any perfon who will deliver her to me, but no thanks tor their trouble nor expences paid. Daniel Doloban. June 30, 1814.