Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 8, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 August 1814 — Page 2

fi1 on the flup. The enemy f clcfc in vith the point forming the weft fide of the b y ; but on opening them, I law a prof pt( of p ffiog to windward, when 1 took in my toualU'it fHs, Which were let over finale reefed toOfails, nd braced up for this p:rj rrfe ; bot on rounding the point a heavy Icpiall truck the (hip and carried away lirr main'topmaft, precipitating the men who wi- aloft into the fea, who Were drowned. B ith Ihipi now gave chafe to me, and 1 entlr jvnred in my ditabled fUte to regain that port ; bet finding I could not recover the common anchol ge, I ran r lofe in to a fmall bay fboot three otiarteis of a mile to leewad of th- b4ttrry, on the eaft fjde cf the b arbor, i ll ft go my anchor within piflol fhot of thr Ihorr, where I intended to repair mv d m oe foon as poflrde- The enemy continued to approach, and ftiewed an evident intention of attacking, regardless of thr n'-utralitv of th- place where 1 was anchored ; and the caution chfcrveu in tiieir approach to attack the crippled EfiVx was truly ridiculous, ar. w is their difplaV ol their motto t)'rr-, and tiie number of i-icks at their mift heads. I, with as much expedition as eirrumffcinces would admit ol. got Buy (hip ready fr atYmn,and endeavored to get a fpiing on my cable, but hud not fuccreded when tbe enemy, at 54 m. alter 3 p. m. made his attack, the Pbotbe olacinv berfell under my ftern, and the Cherub cn tny (larboard how : but the Cherub foon fending her fi rust ion a hot one, bore up 8c ran under my (tern iffo, where both fhips kept up I hot rakir.g fire. I had got three long 12 pounders out of the Hem ports, V hi h were Worked with fo much bravery and (kill, that irvhalf an hour we fo difabled bo'h as to compel them to haul offto repair damagei. In the courfe of this firing, I 1 id by the great exertions of mr. Brnev II, the adting failing maUer, ainttVd bv ri'. Linfeott, the boatfwain, fuccefded in getting fpritigt on our cable three difi-rent tunes ; but tlie firing of ihe enemy was fo CJtCeflive, that before we could get our bfoad fide to brir. they were Oiot lWy anil thus rendered uf-lefs to u. My (hip had received many injuries, & fevefal had bn Killed and wntthded ; but my brave officer s id men, notwithstanding the unfavorable cifctimftances unde r which we Were biot to ftUon, r.nJ the powerful force opposed t" trs. were no Ways difcoiiragt d a!! appeared determined to defend their fi.ip to the Idft fxtremity, and to die in preference to a (hatneful furtendef. Our tan, with Iheebfign and the motto fi at themir.cn, hid been fhot aw, . but 4 Vrre trade and fnilora' rightt' continued to hY at tlie fore. Our enfign was replaced by another; and to guard ag inft a fimilar event, an enfign v.s m ide fa ft in the roiaen figging, and fever! jnl:s were hoifled in different parttof the (hip. The enemy foon repaired his d3 tnagt-s fof a frelh attack ; he now placed felmielf, v;h both Ids hhips on my ftiihoird cinrter, out of the rea h of my c -uronadr,, and where my hS rn gUnt could not be brot' to br at J he tlirre kept Up s mod galling

fire, whn h it wis out ol my power to return, when I (w no ptolurfl of injuring him without getting under w y and becotn Ing the alftilant My top fil meets and liltrds were ill (hoc owny, as wfll as the jib and fore top mm ft ft y fail ha Hard Sa The only ropr not cut ws the flying jib haliardi and that being the onlv fail I could let, I taufed it to be hoifted. my cable to be rut, and ran down on both Oi;ps, with ?n int ntion of I yiog the Pi je ie on board. The fi tng on hot!) fides was now tremendous ; 1 had let (Ml my fore top ful ard i',rc fii, but th- wot of tacks and fhrr!s re d red them ilmofl ufelefs to us yet we vrre enabled for a Ihort time to clofe with the enemy ; aod attho' our decks were now llrewtd with dead, our cock pit felled With wmnded Itho1 oui Hup had been IV veral tim-s on fire, and wis rendered a

pel feil wrec

difabled, and on gun in particular wa: 3 ' ceit anJ abufe in carrying on the election.

. A a.

times manned l o men were iia in at it in the courl'e of tlie action ! but, Rrange as it may appear, the captain af it efcaprd with

only il.ght wound, finding that the en

If he can fwallow this oath, gentlemen, c I have no doubt he will without a wry face, it will incontrftably prove that his throat is as elaftic as his confeience. But fi s, 1

rmy had it in his power to choofe hi dlf- leave him and bis God fr it, and refer you tance, I now Rave up all hopes of ilofing to the certificate of the court of Warrick with him, ant, as the wind for the moment county, and thofe of medrs. Shelron and

feemed to favor the drlign, I determined Miller thefe certificates, gentlemen, will

to endeavor to run her on ftiore, aA my men and deftroy her every thing feemed to favor my wilhes. C lo be concluded in our next. J mm : To the Ctiizeiis cf Black river Township

1 hope convince you which of the three,

Tom Robb, Torn Nce'y, or Aiyfelt, aie entitled to truth. Cannot political qui Ihons, gentlemen, bedifcuflkd without deli ending to falsehood and pn Tonalities -was it ne Ceffary to fecure his brothers' elf dion, that

; he Oiould thua wantonly impofe upon you j or was it fume noble fentimcnt that ftimu hited hnn to furh mean revenge or die he immagine his own bdfe arts would infcdl a

FfeLLOW Citizens, FINDING that rapt. Prinrcr, ard fome of the fupporters of his

rledlion, have taken confiderable pains to whole people imprcis upon your minds a belief that 1 Thefe epithett, gentlemen, are harfh, I have wrecked my vile immagintion, fpent j am fony to hr compelled to ufe them againft much time, takn much pains, fcc rxhauited I an mtil i bllt' mf Rcbb br$ the war, a!! my ingenuity, in fetrch of, fabricating ! k j ice to my own character required that and propagating wifehoods the mt;ft bafe & 1 1 expofe his meannefs, as well as the Calumniating, in order to injure him in ' ",ea"5 which he reforted to. It will be your eft. nution. That I am little lefs than I olleaed that mr. Robn, juft at the eve a midnight ffalTin.and that ns I was not j ' thc eeclion, ptopagatea thefe falfe ca deterred from this vil-nefs by the oath j lumni" agtinft me, when hers certain I which 1 had tak-n, to wit : That I will j cannot have an opportunity of giving them prevent ali fraud, deceit and abufe in Cir- j a general expoHtion, and by thus doing, he rying on thc election' and that my throat wiH infure his brothers election. But, p en muft be as elaftic as my confeience that I ! t!fmen' 1 have t0 a" opinion of my am canahle of fwallow'ma fee. and fellow citizens to believe they are to be led

....; i propsgatcu encic ine caiummea a gain ft him juft at the eve of thc election to infuri my brothers election.

I deem it neceft'ary to publifll his ad

by the artful intrigues of mr. Tom Robb, they are capable ol judging fur themfelver, and I am certain they will a corrly. !

Iliall not prefume to impolV upon yur good

diefs to vou, and the following certificate I undei ftanding, nor have I a brother to rare

1 encouraged to

hope td 1 ve her from thr cirrumftance of the Cherub, from her criopled ftte. heio compelled to haul olF. She dii not return to rlofe action -aain, althti' hh- appirentlv had t in her power to do lo. but kept up a dift int irio with her long puns, The . IV mourdifahl d ft te Wat enabled h w rr. hv edgtnfl i ft to choole the dif

v. eh h is foited her hitr p;uns, and

t it p d M bad

trrmendoiii firr o' us. which mowed m v bi jv- coenpnoioot by thr d"Zfn. 1 mv v uri h d Oerff rendered utelefa enemy Ihot, nd many of tbern had b ir whole irvv., deftroyed We J

;i:cd them .-g-.in from thofe which were

vi a number cf the electors of Black river

Townthip, that you, an.d the public generally, may be Capable of determining which, flill Prince cr mvfelf. have aded tlie moil

iT,iiin like, or the moft bafe, and ungeoe- by thr People. In the divifi roufty calumniated each other and if thc . and tn- ereftion of county

'Citv of our coCilciences r.nd throats are to be eftimatrd by our difpofltions and attempts to Calumniate each other, you may probably he able to deteimsne without dit

ficulty whether Bill Prince or myfelf has

a conli lencc and throat the mod elaftic, or which of us in all probability can fwallow oaths With the ieaft remor fe of confeience ; you may likewife reoclily difcover, that cn the 9.7th ult. (the date of mr. princes addrefs) I bad taken no fuch oath as he defcrihes, and Paid I had taken and by the certificate you may determine in what manner I difdiTged tlie duties required by the oath I took (as funerintendant of the election) on the Ift n-ft In making this ?p

j pal to your decifton. I am equally as ccn

nueni as mr. rrtnee, that ycu are capable..

ot deciding correctly, and of judging for yourfelvcs and I am alfo equally certain, that you will Ct correclly, as you have already done at the late ejeclion (where mr. prince's suirefs was read) when you adjudged him unworthy your fufTrae, and by your frr-e and voluntary nTt, bellowed your confidence on his opponent. In looking over thr Hiort addrefs, I find it (as mr piince obferves by his) contains eXprrllions h-jrili and indecent, fuch as Bill in place of mr. &.c. Ijut as I am a piin a;,d illiterate perlon, arid entirely unaC tinted with polite and decent c xprelTions, I thought it prudent to follow the example ot the learned and polite Doclor Prince, St I hope, that if he liks well his own, he will at Ieaft be fatisfied with mine. THOMAS ItOBB. Auguft 1 2 th, 1S14. To the Electors of Black river Township. Gentlemen, I H AD determined to have waited in Hie nee the day which would de teruiine whether you, by your independent tuft" e, would commit to my care yonr moft invlttahle ritrht that of legifUting tor you. But it feems fome mtlitious individual, who are indeed :Ae lefs than midnight iff irms, have wrecked their vile imm aginations in iVarch of falfehoods th.e moft b.ife, to Iprejd smongft you to injure me in your eftimation among the few of toil Itamp, gentlemen is the honor tble period ge who pre fide a at your election (I mean mr. Robb; he. gentlemen, his taken much paitia, fp-nt much time. 5c rx!" uftecl all his ingenuity in fabricating falfehooda and ndrug amonrr yen to give them currenry yet this inm(trus author of the ba-i-ft calumny, has not been deterred from rilenefl hy ;he oath which he 1ns tnken, to wit : 4 Tbit he will prevent all fraud, dc-

me up upon his own perfidy I patiently

await the determination of the people, ttfd if elecltd, I fiall always fee! it my imperl ous duty to be governed in ail local matters

ions of counties

feats the wifli

ot mv conftituenrs fti 11 he mv Will.

have no choice of my own when a public fervant, the will of the people muft be my will. I declare to you, prentlemen, that I have no defign or amhition in impofing my fell upon. It is a wifh to reinftate our courts, which was abnlifhed hy the ignorance of lome, and defign of ether memhers of out I ;ft lgiflture this once dene, I flial! have accompli filed my end. I am gentlemen, with refpedl and efteem, your obt. fervt. W. PRINCE. 27th July, 1814. We the underfigned, electors of Black river townfhip, do certify, that we never heard mr. Thomas Robb, calumniate mr. Wm. Prince in ?ny way whatever, and ne ver heard of his riding or taking any pains whatever amoogft us to fecure his brothers' election, and are of opinion, that he did prevent deceit, fraud or abufe in carrying on the election, and therefore, are of opinion that mr. Prince's addrefs muft be falfe and groundlefs. Given under our hands this 8th day of Auguft, 18 14. Arthur Duiiey, Samuel Saxon, Willi im Gambrel, William Rogers,

Jofeph Newfum, John Miller, Ignatioua Levet, John Phillips, Robert Allen, Martain Martan, Saml. Poi k, Pearfom New fum, Peter Jones,

Ezekiel Kigkt,

Jofeph Price, Ifaac Rogers, John Grayfon, Leander Defeve, John D'tie, Legrow Bennet, William Newfum, Thomas Almon,

Job Calvin,

Washington-City, Auguft 3, SECOND GLORIOUS BATTLE, Fought at Chippewa by gen. Brown and the 2d divifion of tht Northern Aimy The following letter yefterd y reacTed the city about 1 1 o'clock, a. m by the ex prefs mail, there being no official letter re cived hy that mail from the ieat of war. The annals of our country, perhaps the later annals of Kurope, aftord no example, it we may judge from the inciiftmdl lines of the following picture, of a battle more heroical ly fought, of a gronnd more bravely con tefbd. Ihe battles of Chippewa have taught the enemy ? leflofl he had yet to lern. We wait with impatience for more particular and official accounts Copy of a lettrr from J. B Varnum. jr. efq. to Abraham Rradley. jr. elqr. Bl RFALO, July 27. I have juft time to inform you, that a

moft fanquinary battle was fought on the evening ot the 25th inft. near Chippewa. Mai gen. Drummond came up with a large reinforcement from Kingfton, and immcci ate'y moved up gainft our array with a force nearly double our number. The battle commenced about 7 o'clock in the evening, and continued until 1 I at night. Our army behaved moft gallantly fought to defperatior. hut the enemy w ere tco rumen us for them. The whole of the enemy's artillery was twice taken and retaken. The fl uchter on both Odes was dreadful. Our firft brigad- was almoft annihilated ; but one fir Id .Tuer in the whole brigaue efcaped deth cr fevere wounds. GenJ. Brown and gfn. Scott were both ftvere'y Wounded one of gen. Brown's aids w as mortally wounded, and both of gen. Scott's frverrly. M?i. M Farl nd of the 1 tt was kdled. G 1. Bradv, mj. M'Neil, Lvenworth, Brooke, Irffop, ?nd many other worthy officers wounded. It is impoffiblc to fy what is the full extent of our 1 :. . A fmall proportion of our wounded fell into the ha rich of the enemy ; heftdes, I fear, fome puloners. Th?- enmy were fo feverely cut to pieces, that thry did noC purlue our irmy Several nsoft brilliant charges we:- m -de hy gen. Scott's brigade Thr enfmy's iines completely broken, and upwards ol 200 p-ifoners made, amonrj whom are m i. jfen. Riall and fuit, one oi: fren. Drummpn'a ahb, airi I G other i fHcers. The orifonrrs are now hrrr Ri.ll badly wounded. I cannot lay fo certain, I uC prefume the remnaOtof our ainiy will immediately recrofs the Niagara. 1 wdl eivf1 you other particulars next mnih We To II lo fe the frrVh.e of gn. Brown and gtn. Scott the reft of the cam paifrn. j. B. VARNUM, JR. V. S Our jiimy retreated two mile? from the battle ground, and remained in good ordor for the night and vefterday. Oaf

artiilr-rv and baggage are A fafe. r d iv or two previous to the enp-'ige-meit, it ought to be fHtcd.gen. Brown h rl retired fom Qoeenftown to the bottJO ground of the hi ft encampment on lilt) Chippewa. CONFIU M,TTONT. Extract of a letter from an officer in the army, dated Bofftlo, July 27. " Yetterday evening gen. Brown fought a hard fight. Thr- beft accounts l y, the reinforcement of gn. Di innmond m-de it a figlit to be regrettrd terrible indeed the flughter. Gen . Riall and aids, and one of gen. D's aids, are taken prifoners, ?nd will be here to night. Gens. Brown and Scoff, wounded not dangerous ; thry are with the army, on their wy to Erie fort. 71? y br-ve fellow s are laid low, and will h e forever in ftory. The army advancer; a fmall dinSrce to day. looked on the battle eround the enemy were on the heights We could not advance. We burnt t! e bridge at Chippewa and have retired.-m Perverfe have been the winds, fo tfc t M4 Arthur';; nren could not ?ri down, all the trai fpor'.s are hi re, and the wind if W. Two thoofand men would be irvaljable ; it is feared the enerry v. ill be here fconer than we wi(h. I hope 'tis not fo , They never have been haider fought, and I fufpeft feel too fore to moe injmeci Ailf upon us." PlTTSBI'HGH, Allguft 2. From our Correspondent. B'rik, Auguft 1. Since I wrote yon by U(l mail, in forming you of the battle near the falls of Niagara, on the 25th ult. there has been fe rei il arrival from Buffalo, but we cannot yet get correct accounts of that fsngoinary coi fiic. It apyear c , hoWC Vf r, froni eve.y account, that the H ughter I a been dreadful on both fides, the advan'a.e rather on the fide of our troops, from their takirg a mr.jor general. 20 t fTu-rs ai d upwards of 200 men piiior.ers, and from their havii g driven the enemy two miles from w here the battle commenced. The lofs on each hde in killed !c wounded 1 believe to be nearlyequal, as both armies were in fight of eacii other the nrx morning, Sc neither of then lli-wed a difpofltion to renew the crntrir, which Slews, thry h d been bo'.h irjured. Our army had been on the rrtrejt previous to the b-ittle. in corf quence of commodore Chaunrev not having appeared at the head of hke Ontario, and ot the enemy having received preat reinforcements frcm King;' ton and other places ; and fincc the battlthe whole of thc troops have icturned