Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1814 — Page 3

Oiir fleet prrvioufly captured it St. Jofephs, two veflVIs, one loaded with 250 basrels of flo'jr, which was hrot' to Detroit, the ether containing piovifions, was del", tryed. C mi. Sinclair, and col. Cioghan, yvrrr Hill on Lkr Huron, in Mr fa it of the Nanqr, MIntolh's Veffeli Such is the general outline of the refult of an expedition wl ich has occupied a Urge portion of ti e public attention for I'ome. months. We have fucceeded in taking from the enemy nearly all their (hipping on like Huron, together with a 1 irge and timely fnpply ol protifioni j and .hho' the main ohje was not fF fted, neither the reputation ol the accompli Hied commander, o. thr f haraftcr of the N. V. arny, has fullered hv the refill I That in the Lee of an tile my, f() decidedly his furerinr as to attack him in the lie Id , without the aid ot their ftrong works, col. Cfogbtfl was ale to efTcfl hit retreat, even to thr H-et, W ith the lofs ol only 60 killed and wounded, fa deliberately and in good order ar to bring c If his devl, is mattrr of jtffl Congratulate on ; whilft the army and our Coil o try inuft be convinced from the ciftutoftatictt detailed, that the Horn of Sandoflty has not tar riifhed a name fo faithfully earned.

to demonflrato thil generally, I wonld beg I eft every man mould feel for its fafcty anJ leave without degrading the hiftory of the I honor at the prefent moment. Divided by times, of agriculture, trade and Ittcrature opinions as it untortunately has been, our by fupplicating. pleaufible promifei ; to call national meafures cannot always be confidpartituUrly on certain dafles, ail of whom j ered under the fame afpedt, by cifFe rent parmufl feel a more particular interett. ties. Juftice, liberty and truth, being deI would fy to the politician, (and who is ! glared the baf:s of each enquiry and txa not a politician t ) the public journals that j initiation fhould teft thofs who deceive will he leleCted lor the News Room, ftiall themfelves or try to deceive others. Tis by be the moft re fpe enable of both parties no the prefs we arc guided in many of cur moff DOify faction ill ol either, fliall be admitted, j important concerns its liberty can become for fuch prints can be ot no fcrvice to you ; dangerous only when abufed, & it has long like a UttHng goifip they deal out nothing , been, and ever may be a fubjcdl of regret, but flander hut, tne enlightened, liberal that abufes are the congruences of human aiid moderate of both (no matter what their we.knefs and frailty which blends with the pretenfions to party) ae, and ever will be i belt, lnftitutions. Through our free prefs ferviceablc as a politician you may glean , the nation can at one time enjoy the con foirom each, without judging by party diHinc- : lation of complaint at another be convintions lor as well might the tl uvers of a I ced that its murmurings are unfounded. -riagated nofegav be indeed by the band The la ft fix months have produced fuch a

NliWS ROOM, The defign of the proprietor, as fnted belflW, will render this room an infinitive and greeble r-fort for all clahYcs of his fel low rir.z'tis. Although a l irge portion of them are c ng rolled with the cares fcc huft'e of life, yet thfir leilure for ami'fement is not fo Cireomfc ribed as to prevent a few hours each Week gliding pail during a vifit indeed, with all the variety of material that Will he collected for profit, v t, k a slkk and DK.LF.HT, i few hours in the week can be no detrimental encmur li rftent on bufinefs and were k fo, are thev not devoted mure advantage cufly ? There is per b apt no town in the IT. States of equal profp-cTive importance, that has not eitabliflied and encouraged fuch inflitutions. In Yincennes the attempt ha3 been made heretofore without fuccefs under thefe cite umftanees, if I be unabie to proceed in the eftablifhtnent fot want of liberal patronage ind rapport, I fliali certainly regret the mile alt uUting fymptotn but, feel no inclination to repintf for 'tis not the final! pecuniary benefit I anticipate, 'tis the defire to benefit and enlighten the public, diffafe general and corredl information point pew channels for trade, new markets fot produce, ami to aftSrd the necelTary knowledge to add to the loirit, wealth and enterprise ot the tow n and countiv. Numerous paperi from oinerent preuei, are it is true, received in town through the poft tlic-, l)nt when it he eonfidered that

lefs than thr fum each one ot thofe pipers coft, Would, 'f applied to fuppoit this eila bliflitnent, ah rd the perufal of more than twenty, that give a clear and correct view of rv iy flatr 8c territory belonging to the U St ts. their local meafurefl Mid their p l (V, 5k this too in various afpe&l with f t. h variety of otbet pubtii ations, diner nt In their nature, hut equally interefting in h r tontentSi will it hot entiie all for X.)- - r IWn got-d. and the i;ood ot tne public, to ' o n forward and fubferibe the Imall pittance of Tbrt rs ' rly ? ( o xvi rioxs, Xwa of tli- b ft conducted papers printed in each of the p incintl let pvrts through OUt tllf U. tate?, and tWofrom the intetlOf . f each ft-tte and territoi) ihall be regularly on ht with The ntdfl authentic price currents from evpiv ntv in the anion beudea interefting pamphlets puhbAied in the country. Jn addition to thtf, th. proprietor will regnlarly receive for the uie ol the rom, all the Literary Pkiiical Philosophical Heligi0US Leg,.:! and C. :tu;i periodical puMtcatiot'S fuch as the Port Folio, Medical Journal ) Quarterly Repo$itorp Auelectic tHagaine Halts I aw your r. .7, Archiees of Useful Knowledge Sec. if the fubfeription will enable him. lv- pap r or pamphlet Can be permitted to h ave th- room. Th- room Will be al ways nova to Subscribers Strangers ami thr Frieds of Subscribers who do not rettde in Mir t wn or neighborhood For th privilryre cf the room one year, '1 h re )ollai Vftei thus ftitiog the conditions on which th- room will be opened its nume roti idvntatpes muit be apparent to every leader of reflection but bcturc 1 attempt

age With wliich it is tied, and all w ill admit whither this be called ribbon, tape, or thread, the qualities of the UOWCrs icnii'.n the fame. To the Lawyer, I would fry, periodical

reports of new cafes, which are quoted on authority that may be cited on the tiial of

not to be found in your own library, may be feen if you fubferibe to my News Room To the Phyficiaft, the late dilcovrries 8 experiments that oblain amrngft the nod enlightened of the faculty, artd that tend to prolong life, ad rive logivity tc your patient?, you fhall find in my News Room. To thr Mechanic, 1 could Hy much, but a little muit fulnre, as, in infeif, it will be

Is not a particular

luccellion of important events, interefting to every individual in the community, that

our own, or indeed any other weekly, or I onal lalute was fired from Grtenbulh ci

daily paper, can give but a tardy or feint ; Satuiday ever.ii g, and that it was under.

informed a gentleman that he bad fent word to GreenhuOi to have a falute fired, which mr. Mann heard. No doubt was entertained at Albany as to the truth ci the intelligence, and that the firirg wis not eti account of the victory at fort Erie, as a previous Llute had been fired on that occasion. The above intelligence is corroborated by mr. Hnllctt, a pfienger in the Hardware, and by the captain. Aogofl 23. We were in hopes we fliouid hvc been able to lay before cur readers this morning a full and corroborative account of the victory i.id to be obtained by gen. Izud, and publifhed in a pofllcript to our paner yefferday. The only additional information that we have been able to co'ieft is, that the floop Fox, left Albany at 9 o'clock cn Saturday evening, and arrived here yeflerdoy morni' g, from which we learn that a nati

account of them. It is fometimes difficult

to realife every thing that takes place, even what aff i fts our immediate interefls this has been the cafe in the afTiirs of nations,

and even now it more than difficult to

calculate if thefe are not the harbingers of other events of tqual moment. At this cri. fis it therefore brhoves every patriot, every breaft which delights to chenfh the liberal

Hood to be in coof-quenrr of news receiv

ed by exprtfs from Plattlburgb. The Fulton fteaniboat this mcmirg will furnijQi u3 with more certainty on the fubjed.

CH1LLICOTHE, September !. Grn. M'Arthur arrived here yeiierdjy from D-troit, which placr- lie left on the 25th ult. Cid. Croghan had returned to T) troit having fucceeded in deflrovina the

and generous fentiments of liberty and na

tional profperity, to roufe to irs energy, Sc . Nancy of 1 guns, ru.d a blockhoufe which learn how to benefit by, and duly appret i '. was built for her protection. C.-pt. Dcllta ate the nff-iirs of the day. With all the ' who was ftted to he mortally wounded in emphafis and earnellnefs which I can com- j the engagement on the i&and of Mackinaw

and Correct knowledge of the price of the niand, I now call to aid this contemplated , hs fo far rerovrred s o he able to wa!lc materials you work with, and of your work j News Uoom, not only every man who be- . without much dui bhy. r.ol. Croghan ia when finifhedi throughout the U. S. with ,oni' t0 tne tlalTes I have noticed, but every now on his way to 'he wefiern country.

acknowledged enough.

man Who has any Puke in the country ev

ery man I lay, all have tneir liberty, all are

interefled then I call upon all to cherifh j 'woods have Mien into our hand-

late improvements and hints for more, an

ohjrcTt that will ftcure your fupport ? Will you not g ive three dollars per annum, for information fo eflential and fo beneficial ? To the L ' inner, fo many forcible argu

ment.; might be offered that I know not ,et every mind, whither ferious or gay, look

which to prefent. Tc recruit the human ! forward to nothing but to ht themfelvrs for

trame, fatigued with th

Buff alo, Auguft IS.

u Eighty of ti f wounded that lay in the:

this eftablifhment, in order to inform and

qualify themfelves at this trying moment

i ubours

of life,

recreation is eflential, how can this time pal-, ior a few tiourl each week, fo advaMtageoufly as in learning the ftate of our own and foreign markets, on which to predicate the enfuing crop whether it be be ft to phut tor home nfr or for exportation ? Whatmarket will afford the bert price, and in what quantities certain articles will readily fell, and by what profpeds certain mar kets are r.flV&ed ? Let them, one and all, fubferibe to the News Room, and this ini rmation, with all other that can interefl them will be comcatable. To the Merchant it cannot be neceiTary to prefent arguments in favor of this etta bliflimrnt they muft, or fiiould, (as intelligent men) be aware of the numerous be

nefits in the way of bufinefs that it will prefent correct and various political and mercantiie information to Calculate and iuf tify fpeculations, to regulate prices, to nuke -adventures, to know the bell market and the caufes that i; tioence them, with a variety nf other information w ithout which no merchant can a with fafety, will cer tainlv feeure the undivided fupport of this utefui and nece (Tiy clais. ! would now c;:ll the attention of my readers generally, witliout any dillincion whatever, to the importance of the (ludy of History and of Politics I know its in portante is generally admitted, fo is the

importance of reading and attending to the Scriptures ; but in both cafes 'tis a lamen table truth, that but few take the trouble to examine for themfelves the ground oi which they fpeak they heard fo in their youth br fore they dare qu-ftion the opinion, and now when they have fufficient acquirements aud confidence to examine the correfine fs of it, to Id'; eve admit but ad contrary to both the belief and admission I would remarkto recommend thole (todies they give a pnfecA vi-w of what was the interefl of thole who lived before us, and what is the interefl of thofe who live witb Hi we fee al! the facts detailed, all the cir cumfi.mces difpiayed, and we may judge of them without that partiality which invariablv infinuates itfelf when we merely know rbe effect, and are left to conjrclure the cuf-. Tiie news of the day will he em braced hiftory, the policy of the ay will he the ground work ; thefe our New Room Will difptay ss prcfented in every oirt of the union, and by every parry It may not now be ItnHato fay a few words ifl the critical and very interrftir Hate in which cur country M placed, and the inter-

have got JoOO hSnd of arm t'oeir

mull exceed that number, while our: islcfs than T P-ted, Goh Campbell T am fearful will not re

to the alter ox Cover ; tli- dci'Uir h-s very little bopes.

tne lervice ol tb";r country ;

public patriotifm 1 would adir.oniili thm ' Enfign CifTna is badly wounded, and I fear

to advance with well informed and enmpo

fed minds -fummoning to their recollection all thofe magnanimous feelings Which an; mated the bofoms of our anceitorS ; thus may we be enabled to convince the world that the fame blood ftill flows in. the veins of freemen, and can Hill throb at the impulle of opprelu-m. I would place before them fuch info'mation as would teach that between nations there is ho bar of reafon, no alternative but arms tint the people who fubmit to one encroachment, mult cxpr-cl another that if the vefiibule be tacitly poluted by profane It ps, the innermoft recedes mult fooii he rent. Too long lulled into negledl by the dan gerous pei fu afion of fecunty with which our difluice from Europe had infpired us, our rulers had imagined (and very reafonably) that this difiance alone would preferve us trom the baneful influence of their commotions but now that the eyes of the union are open to the confequences that attended fo great an error, I feel it a duty to fliew to my fellow citizens fome of the advanta ges this News Room will afford. In it will be found beneficial and important information and authentic details, from all parts of the U. States, calculated to throw light upon thofe interefting events which at prefent engage the attention of our country and of the world, and fiiould not henceforth remain mdifF-rent to us. All who are defirous to promote their own belt interrfli and the welfare of this country, will call at my office and fubferibe for this News Room. Let our induflry in creafe, fo will owr means let our know hdge increafe, fo will our induhSy. The fum of Three Dollars a year is trifling, it will be repaid in knowledge that will fit us

to earn one hundred for one. E. STOUT. -mm : : : & : mm Another Great Victory. Nh w-York, Aug. 22. On Sunday even.ng, the iloop Hardware, capt. Lockwood, arrived heie from Albany, from which place Ihc failed on Saturday afternoon. Mr. jofiah Mann of thil city was h paflenger, who informs that juft previous to bis failing an exprefs arrived trom Plattf

burgh, bringing intelligence that a great

mortally. Patterfon and Bofhuell are aJfu badly Wounded that detachment fuffered more than all the infantry in the fort. Bat avi a, Aitguft 13. A confide rable reinforcement from up the 1 kc, joined our army at Eiie a few days fince ; eight or ten hundred more are daily exprfled from that quarter. Gen. Brown's family arrived in this village a few d.iys fince, St on Thu'fday were vifitee by the general, who l-ft here tins morning for Canandaigua, The general .3 f ft recovering from his wounds, and in a few days calculates to conduct in perfon, the operations of his army. Gen!. Scotcontinues in this village his wounds are daino- a8 w !! as can nt. expected. Two drf-rters from fort Niagara, came in h-rc yrfh-rday they ft3t- the force to confift of 120 that provifions are very fcarce, and the army on fnort allowance that there was not five rounds of catricg: ; per man that the vcfiVl which Ch aunce y run on fhore was faid to contain tiie ammunition intended for the fort. Five Hundred Dollars Reward.

t Offic e AvP. 29. 13 14.

General P

htnd

WILL give Five Hundred Dollars to

any pcrfon or perfons who will ap

1 1"

DANIEL S. McNEAL, and deliver him to the cuflody of the fheriff of the county of Warren, in the ftate of Kentucky. '1 lie faid McNeal has been mi. plryrd by the poflm after, in the ofl t fiice at Bowling Green, Ky. in which fituation he is charged with having robbed frvetal mails of an enormous amount of moni's Sc bills ot rxchange. He is about i 6 years of age cf fir complexion, fenfible and ingenious. Of bis apprehenfion and delivery to cuftndy notice is de fired to be immediatelygiven to me. RETURN J. MEIGS, JmPost Master General U. S.

Cash Wanted. A EL thofe indebted to us either bynote or account, will confer a favor

battle had been fought by the army under by calling and p'i:g the amount cf their ken. Izadand the Bntifh, which had tcr- j refpecive dues, as one cf us intend Hart-

minatac hig hi v favorable to the American j iv. id fliortiy 0 arms that the enemy had I i 600 killed, JoltrQH Es? Harrison.

and 1000 pnfeners. That maj. Bcrx.fjid ( September Cd, 1 8 1 4.

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