Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1814 — Page 2

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THE WESTERN SUN.

I'lXCErSiYES, Ski'temj'Kk 17, 1814.

I been removed from Alexandria

i iincc the 19th inft. is to be includ

ed in the abm c articles. 6. Refrefh merits of every defcription to be fupplied the lliips, and paid for at the market price,

! by bills on the Britilh govern

ment. Mr. fecretary Monroe, has, in purfuance of the united rcauelts

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On Saturday the loth inft. the territorial fcgiflature adjourned after a feffion of ajr days, duriite

which they pa fled a number tfl0' commanders ol the various ads, me morials and refolutions defenption of troops aflembled in

the molt of which were of a local tliIS lftr,i acce pted the c;;m nature. i mand of the military force now ii

An aft has paired eftablifhiftf l1r,c,nlily: Circuit courts there will be held I Gcneral Armttrong having yefone term of laid court in each erday retired from the execution county in the territory, this year, of the f fecretary of war in in the months ol October and No- ! tUs diftria, in confequence probavcmber. of the prejudice which has The General court, compofed I been excited againft him among of the Judges commiflioned by , the troops, the duties of his ofHce the United States, will hold fix nve been temporarily Conterms in each year, two in the jfigned to the fecretary of ftate, who county of Knox, two in the eoun immediately entered on the tltfty of Harrifon, and two in the charge of them. Many meafures

county of Franklin, in the months ! Were forthwith put in train of ex

ecution, which it may not now be proper to announce, and the effeft of which will be feen in due time.

on of the Eaft arid Weft branch ; furrounded by a high and frrtile country - in point of Titration is furpaffed by no town in the territory, there being two ftreams thatemn tics into White Over, one in tlic centre of the town, and the other at the lower edge ; cither calculated to conduct water to thr centre or any other part of the town, or to be applied to m.chienery, fuch as fulling roiirs, carding and roving machines, Sec Ruflellrille will belaid out in fqu3res of two acres, deducting ftreets, which will be 49l2 feet wide, extept on the bank of the river, which ftreet will be 66 feet wide a fm.tll htuation will be given as a donation to the town on the river bank for a market houfe. Each fqiare will be fubuivided in to tour lots. A credit of two years will -be given to purch ifrrs on their giving bond wi.h appro ved fecurity, including in the bond one dol lar per lot for t!)e rxpfnee of drawing the Conveyance, which will be executed by the proprietor upon the giving of bond and fecurity. A few lots my be had at private fale hy per Ions defirous of improving thereon immediately fr JOSEPH DECKER. Au trufl 13th, 18 , 4. ii t if

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of February and September. Washington City, Sept. l. The degrading terms diclattd by the Commander of ihe Briii'h

fquadron below Alexandria, to ihc

N( w 2 or km Aug. 27. Our latcft advices from general

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Civil authority of that town, con- i Iards army is to the 19th inft.

netted with the offer of the towni- ! ll uas 9000 ftrong the enemy's men, before the fqtiadfon had ev. i forcc aa within thre or 4 miles, en reached the fort, to furrender ; antJ "as confitlered of equal or iuwithotlt refdlaiice, and their fm- i perior Rrength that all our m;!igular miinon to adm Cock burn J in lnJt P?irt ' ihc Bate, had Whillthe was in this cit$ hue ev- j been ordered to repair to the camp ery where excited aftonifhment & "sd that a fevere a fangtlinary

melts nation uaill- wia vi-in cawivii

ft is under flood that a difpatch

from adm. Cochrane, now lying in the I'atuxent, was yefterday morning or the pre ceding evening received hy the fquadron lying before Alexandria, apprizing them that, a the objeel of the expedition was anfwered, they fllOuld forthwith return down the river. The lofs ot the enemy, in his excurfion to the Metropolis, before he regained his fhips proba bly exceeded a thoufand men He loll at lead oo killed in the battle end by explofion, and three of four hundred wounded. Many died of fatigue, numbers were taken prifoners by the cavalry hanging on his rear, and not a few have ck lined. Terns of Capitulation of the City of Alexandria Art. 1. All naval and ordnar.ee lores (public or private) muft be immediately delivered up. 2, Pofleflion will be immediate ly taken ol all the (hipping the ir furniture muft be fent on board by the owners without delay. & The veflels that have been funk mull he d hvere 1 up ilieflate they were on the 1 9th of Auguft, the day (it the fquadron palling the Kettle Bottoms. 4. Merchandize of every dtfcription mull be tnflantly delivered up, and to prevent any irregularity that might be committed in (ta embarkation, the merchants have it at the ir option, to load the vclTels generally employed for that pill pofi , when they will be towed ofl by us. 5. All merchandize that has

Sale m Aug. c. Shifting Owner. i he prize schr. to the Gen. Armdrong (lately arrived at an eaftern port. was formerly the Matilda, American privateer She was captured on the Brazil coaft, feme months iiiice by the Lion, Brtttfh privateer ihip of 2S guns, after a fevere action ; re-captured going into Kngland by the late U. States brig Argus, re-re-captured going into France by a Britilh rt, and again

re-rerecaptured by the American

privateer Gen. Armltrong!

The reply of Frederick the

! Great, king f.f Pruflia, to the law

yers, when he was obliged to break forty thoufand of them, would be very appropriate to the noify lawyers of the prefent day. They afked him how th y could find cmployment : to which he replied, that he would find them employment in lighting lor their country they might g) and enlift, and thofe who were not tall enough for grenadiers, would do for light infantry ; and thofe who were too ihort for the infantry, would do for drummers ; fo that the leaft of them would have it in his power to make as much noife as ever.

RUSSl'XLVILLE.

lie Ot lots in the town of Rnf

A fcttmllf, will take place on the laQ Monday in (Jcobfr next. RtiiTcllvilIe, ii fituate on the louth bunk of White uver, in Imoll a dire line from Vincennes to t':e mouth of Bir Pidfrron creek (EvtnmUtJ the prefrnt IV at of iuf rice of Warrick coiintv. RoffellfitU is fitotti on a bold ba-ik of White river, about rnJway betweca itl mju:U anu the iunfti-

-War DEPARTMrBT, July 14, 1814.

Notice is Hereby Given, HAT Vpnrntr propofals will he rccei ved at the calKe of the IVcrctarv for

the department of vrar until 12 o'clock at noon on S?.turrlny, the EaA day of Decembei next, for the fupply of rations that ma be required for thr uie of the fj. States from .1. . ill J. r 1 n 1.

ure in u iv 01 1 uue. irfij, inciuuve, to the t

lft day of June, 1316, within the Hates,

terri'ories and diftri&S follow tne, Ifr. At Detroit, Micliilimackinak, fort Wayne, Chick ago, and their r. fpcive vicinities, and at any phice or places wheie troops re or may be Rationed, marched or recruited, within the territory pf Michigan, the vicinity of the Upper Lkes, and the Rate of Ohio. 2d. At any .lace or places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recroi ted, within the (Utc of Kentucky and Ten nefTVe. 3d. At any place or places whre trooos are or may tie Rationed, m in Ned or recruit ed, within the Illinois, Indiana Sc MifTouri tcrritorii ;. 4h, At any pi ire or p! ices where troops are or iny be (tattooed, marched or recruit ed, within the Mifltffippi territory, the (late of Louhima and their vicinities north of the Golph of Mexico. 5th. At any place or p'.aces where troops are or may be ftationed, marched or recruited, within the chlmcl Maine and R ite o4 New Hampfhire U their northern vicinities. 6tb. At Any place or places where troopare or may he P; itioned, marched or rerrui trd within the fbte of Vermont and its northern vicinity. 7th, At any place or pi&CCS where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recrui ted within the Rite of Maffachufetts. 8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recrui ted within the ftatej oi Connecticut and Rhode Illand. 9tb At any p'ace or places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or reciuit cd within U.e Rate ol New York, and its northern vicinity and weftern 10 th. At any place or place i w he re troopare or mr.y be Rationed, marched or recrui ted within the Rate of New J'rfey. 1 1 th. At any pi ice or ptaces where troops are or may he Rationed, marched or recruited within the ftate of Pennfylvama. 1 2th At any place or places w here troops are or m iy be Rationed, marched or recruit ed within the Rates of Maryland, Delaware and DiRricl of Colombia. 1 3th. At any place or places whfr? troopj are or may he Rationed, marched or recrui ted within the R ite of Virginia. 1 4th. At any pl.tcc or p!ai es where tioops are or m y he Rationed, maa h d or recrui ted within the Rate of North Carolina. 1 5th. At any phce or places where troops are or may be R itioned, marched or renui ted witniu th limits of the fate of Geor gia and its lot! t hern vicinity. A ration to ConBR of one pound and cne ouarter of beef, or three qu irteri ot a pound of falted pork, iSouncei of bread or fi ur, one gill of rum, whiil y or brandy, and at the rate of t o ouarts ol fait, lour quarts .;f vinegar, four pounds of foap, & one pour.d and a kllf of Circles to evey hundred ia-

tiong. i he price: of tke fevenl cnmpon'nt parts of the ration rtiall be fp-ci5-d, but the U. States referve the right of m -iking fuch alterations id the price cf the component parts of the raticn aforefftid, as (hall mike the price of each p,rt thereof bear .1 ioR p-onort:3n to the propofed price of the whole ration. Ti e rations are to he furnifhed in fuch cuintities, that there Riall at all tiir.es, dortng the term of the propofed contrac, be fufteirnt for the confusnptiofl of the troops for fix months in advance, of good and arhoiefome proviGons, if the f..me (hall be r; quired. It is alfo to be permitted to all and every of the Commandant of tort. lied places or pofts, t.) call for, at fealons when the fame cr. be tranfported, or at any time in c.le of urency, (uch fun plies oi like proviuons in advance, as in the discretion ot the cotr.m3nder (lull be decrv.td proper. It is underftood that the contractor is to

be at the expenfe and nfk; of ifforng the; foppliei 10 the troops, tht all loftes fuft3ined by :h,e drprfdatious of the enemy, or by mesns of the troops of the U. S. mall be paid by the V. S. at the price of the article captured or drRroyed &s atorefaid, on the d podttosi ot two or more perfons of credi ble characters, nd the certificate of s com. tniffioned officer, Rating the circumRance of the lofs, and the amount of the articles for which eompenfation (ball becl.imrd. The priviitge is referved to the U. State? 01 requiring that none of the fuppfies which may be furnilhed under any of the propofed contracls, (hall he iiTsird until the fuppliesi rtrhich iiave been, or may be fornifbed under the contracts now in foice, have been

conlumeci. 2 m

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

DANIPL VJOORK, CHAIR MAKER & PA1N7ER Ijj S commenced bnGnefs in the corner A. houfe below C. Graeter's Inn, where nil orders in his line Ra41 be particularly Sc eXpediooOy a't nded to be patters himfelf trra his experience, and attention to buRnefs to be to .vr general fattsfa&ion Vincennes, 15tli June, 18 14. tCJl will glre Clh for Hogs Bnfil.

they havine b::en feaided them.

win not injure 1). M.

NEW GOODS

JUST RKCEIVFD BY 7HK iUBSCRtBII Caliicos assarted, linz 3 Cambric k Mustitu

turiCy Lcno do. Plain d).

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Elegant S:lk Sh

L. fit 03 GO. Ci tt m Stockings, Black and Olive Velvet, I)rab and Oiive Cord Fashionable superfine Cloth, Sewing S:h. With a varirt of other articles, which trill be fold with his Rock of Goods previouli on li.iiid, at the mof! rrdured orire. John ewing. Auguft I9th, 1314. nS tf C7J F.. will bargain for, Pork, Eicon, Lud Tallow, Bees Wix, llcoort

ins, r well cleaned Uinlrnp Root to b; t 1 .

delivered during the enfuinj? winter and

fpring at Iiis fiore in Vincennes.

n rim

LL tljfe h 4 v i : i it accounts with m

. ..re tarneflly requeftd to c;.ll anj

fettle them between this and the tuft dar of ()cl':ber next, tfpecially thofe cf a fmalL

amount, .s I determiord to rid my hooks of tht m thofe v.bn f,il will find thrm in the hands of an officer for collection, Wilson Lapow. S-ptemher lfi, 1814 nio 3t

NOTICE, 'THHE fubferibers earnrftly rqarfl nil A t'nole indebted to tliem hy pn or account to m payment by the firfi day

01 us.;ourr next, Jones &? Dubois. September 1ft, 18 14 nio 3t WILLIAM M. WILONr WILL praaicc Ppsict Surgery, &e lul MM mm L , I - II

w u uc 1. 1.1,0 at Mi till 1 X cept wiirn piofcffioOfr duties tjuy C!I Inm

iiway at the Ihup laulj occupied by Dodcc

Narnee. 12 if Viawcnnea, s.-pt. 16, 1314.

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