Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 October 1814 — Page 1

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THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at Two Dollars per annum paid in adianec or an attested NoTR payable i?f the end of the feat for Two Don 1 s Fifty Cents. JVo Subscription will e received for a less tern; than cne year ;nrf w7 icol Ac discontinued until all arrearages are paid WstastM papers arc sent by rost the per' Son subscribing trust pay tht postage. Jt'irsitris&iti s ? - of ru rr. .'re tenjtth than breadth rv iii be inserted three times for Ovi Dollar, end Twknty-Five Cents, for every after insertion 'l i avsid unpleasant disputes, it is requested of Advertising customers that they particularly specify the number of times their Advertisement's are to be continued. Those sent without such direction Will be continued until forbid ar.d must be paid f r aeccrdingly. Alt. letters addressed to the Editor mist be Post paid or they will not be taken out of tht eJFce. Copy of a letter from Otr Monroe, to fir Alexander Cochran?) VlCt admiral, Sec. Department of State Sei 6, IS 14. 51 K. I hive had the honor to receive your letter of the 18th of Vugufl, ftatu g, that having bee eallrd on by the governoi ge neral of th Canada, to aid him in carry log into effect mealures of retaliation a. gainfl the inhabitanti of the U States, for the wanton defolation committed by their army in Upper Canada, it Ins become your duty, conformably with the nature of the governor general's application, to i flue to the n A force under your command, an order to deftroy and lay w iflc futh town and diftricta upon the co.ul as may be found a (Tail Vole h is O-rn with the great, it !irp-iie, that K-m ot dv-v X which has been pra Ailed by the BritiQi forces, fo manifeftty t- to the ul.ice ot civiitaed warfare, i i f ! iced ) iu on the ground of retaliate No fooner were tin- L. Stc com led to refort to war againll G. Britain, than they refolded to w;? it in a manner inoft confonant to the principles of human. iv. md to thofe friendly relations which it was defirahte topeefervt between the two nittons, after the relioration of peate. They perceived however with the deeprtt regret, it i foirit alike jull and hnmaoe was neither cherifhed nor aced on b) y OUT gO Verament Such an iftVrtton would not be ha2 irJed, if it ws? nor fupp uteu bv fa&S, the p-onts of which have perhaps ilready carried the fame conviction to other nations that i: hat to the people of thefe Rates Without dwelling on the deplorable cruelties committed by the favagei in the Hntilh ranks, ard in the Britifhpay, on American prifon ers at the river Raifin, which to tins day have never been difavowed or atoned; I 1 1 ft r, as more immediately connected with t! e fohjed of your letter, the wanton del" o! at ion that war committed at Havre de Grace, and it Georgetown, early in the fprtng, II3 Thefe Villages were burnt and ravaged by the naval forces t G. B to the rum of their unarmed inhabitant.

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w ho faw with afionifhmcnt that"they derived no protection to their property from the laws of war. Dunng the .fame feafon, Uenesof invafion and pallage, carrire" on under the Time authority, were wituctfed all along the waters of the Ch 1 peake, to an extent in tilling the molt feriOUl pnv .,te dil trefs, and under circumft nces tht uit;fied the fufpicion, that revenge and cupidity, ra ' t'ner tlun the manly motives that (h ula dilate the hotttlity of a high minded toe, led to their perpeti ation. The latedeil'Ut tiori of the Eioufei of Government in this city, ia another acl w Inch comes neceirarily into view. In the wars of modern Europe, no examples of the kind, even among nati ons t!ie mofl hoftile to each other, can he traced. In theconileot ten years pail, the capitals of the principal powers of the con tinent of Europe have been conquered, and occupied alternately by the victorious arm les of each other, and no inftance oi fuch wanton 5 unjuflifiable deftruciou hs been leen. We mud go back to diftant and bar btroni ar?, to find a parallel for the acts of which I complain AlthV thefe ids of defolation invited, if they did not impofe on the government the necefltty of retaliation, yet in no inftance h s it been luthorifed. The burning of the village of Newark in Upper Canada, pofte rior to the iutragea above enumerated, was not executed on that prim iole. The village i r o ot Newark adjoined fort George, nd its de(tru&ion wai juflified by the effi er who or dered it, on the ground thnt it became a: Ceflsry in the military op-rations there. The act however was difavowed by the gov eminent The burning which took place at Long Point was Uiauthorifed by the go vernment, and the conducl of the officer fubif ted to the inveitigation of a military tribunal. For the burning of St. David's Committed by ftraeltrs, the ofiii er who commanded in that quarter wis difmifled without trial for not preventing if I an ennm inded by the prt Gdent diRinV ly o tl ite, that it as little comports with any orders which have been iiTued to the military and naval commanders of the U. States, as it does with the eftablifhed and known humanity of the American nation, to p irl'n a f lh rn which it appears VOU hive adopted. This government owes it to itfelf, to the principles which it has ever held facred, todifavow, as tuftly chargeable to it, any wanton, cruel and unjuftiSable w arfare Whatever unauthorified irregularity mty have been committed by any f its troops, i wouna nave oeen re any, acting on thelV principles oi 1 acred arui eternal ol :reu arui eternal obligation, 1 I . . to difavow, and, as far as might be p. .. cfli cable, to repair. But in the plan ot deb I a ting warfare which your letter fa txpli citly makes known, and which is attempted to be excufed on a plea fo utterly ground lefs, the prefident perceives a fpirit of deep rooted hol.!ity, v hich, without the evi dence of fuch fict he Could not have be lieved exiftcd, or Would iiave been earn- d to fuch an extremity For the reparation of injuries, of whate vrr nature they m y be, not fanclioned b) ti e law of nations, which the military ot naval force of cither power may have com mitted, againfl the other, this government will always be ready tc enter into reiipro Cal arrangements. It is prefomed that yongovernment will neither expect Oor propofc anv which .re not reciprocal. Should your government achcre to a fyf :c;n of dcfolitun, fo contrary to the view.

OCTOBER 15, 1814.

B W Hi.l Mfa (. and practice of the U States, fo revolting to humanity, & repugnant to the lenttmcnt and ufages of the tivilited world, whilfl it will be ft en w ith the deepefl legret, it mud and will be met with a determination and COIlftancy becoming frre people, contend ing in a juti caul' for their eflential rights, and their dearefl interefts I have the honor to be, with gr(r confide ration, your mod obt. humble fervt. JAs. MONROE. 'ice adm. fir A. Cochrane, vc. 'UJIIIW. B' W'cmiiu Sclavs' Mail. Washingtom Citt, Sept. 24. Gen. Brown's 3d Gnat Kxploit Copy 01 a letter from maj. j;en. Brown to the fecretary of w ar, dated Mead Qu ir ters, fort Kiie, Sept 18. siu, I have the fatisfaclion 3 announce to V flerday ef command. enemy a bat we bk m up ius battering pie ers. The i n ftrimn Tc K.it von a brilliant itcmcven d-d by the forces und r A forties was made upon i trries. Thefe we e carrier principal work, dtftrcyed h ce?, Hhd captured 400 prif emv refitted cut aifault wi: futTered greatly His tot.il lofs cannot b lefs th in 800 n -n. In loch a bufinefs we cculd not but ex peft to lofa many ilu ible lives ; they were ottered as a voluntary facrifice tothefafety and honor of this army ncl the nation. 1 will for .'d on to you 'he particulars of this fplendid ir, with a rerurn of the killed and wounded, in the COUrfe of a few days. Very refpeclful!v, your humble fervt. J. BHQWN. Hon. fecretary of war. Copy of a letter fiom J. B. Varnum, efq. to hio friend in this city, dated Buffalo, Seot. 19, D F. A R SIR, We htve had another battle on this frontier. The greater part ot our forces tallied out from their wotk at fort Erie on the afternoon of the 17:h inft. for the purpoie ofdeftroying the enemies batteries, th -t were nearly ready to open a deadly fire upou our works and am. v. Two out of three of the mofl important batteries wrrf carried, afters feverc co! fl 1 of more than two hours. The guns nr.d carriag-s were dertroyed. befnles a Iargr quantity of am munition -near 400 prifoners were taken ; among them twelve otlicers. T!ir enemv's total lofs mud lnve excee ded 800 men while ours was comparaiivav ly lm.l!, except in office VVr l.ae

lament the h-:i of fever al valuable omcersAColours flying, and a full o i ' rsf mufic Col. Gibfon, It. col. Wood, cant. HJ , 5. , When within a mi!.- ci Plattfbu L', they capt Armftead, of the regular armyi r.'! nt in a g in for n ing of t' rii f-rtion,

Gen. Ripley, col. Afpinwall, maj. Trimble .nd fevrral oth( r ofn ers wounded. Grn. Daais of the mn;r.i. k.Iled, zrv,. Porter and feveral other ofTicers Wounded. The enemy's lofs will probably induce him to rife the Gege. Six p;.ers of battering artillerywere deftroyed ; mnng them was a CS piund c'r made. The fortie was very bf tl liant, and fucrerded much better than could have been anticipated. I am yours, S; c . J. 3. VARNUM. A. Bradley, jun. efq. P. S. I wjs over ?t the fort during the ftion, ad was not able to come over to this phce until late Mr even ng, owing to the roughncis of the lake. Ti.c prifjners

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have not yet ccme over. lfaj. Villette

who was formerly a prifooer, and a major De Winter are among them.

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Hritilli ar.i.y, arc all sfcertained to have been killed. J. B. V.

v ' 1 1 v p.n.ivi. ii j ti ii unr, Fiom O'c Hrrki r.er A Sack k tt ' s Ha 0;:r four flnps an i rd u day afternoon, ao-1 the tvv Jefferfon arrived la II ever. i if' ot the hike in uncomr l ienr ed m on nordai ruefi ay laft in which the Ridg lev , w .is o')n;rd to tl.ro ot her guns, and was, I ui c wh.it injur d in her fpa rs i w oi-i, ,.jr err.: any It 3s. ef the I as the v the v i te ; i o" i a i 1 ih. s

:d l.i.r. I. ...y yet outf and feveiely from !r;-iJ they will tome hirbor.

' I j r i 8 DJOW mg very thii r y. i anl i Ii IS tht y are in i (1 1 ! . have r r : fare 1 tbr. Montgomi ry n I think, as refp ftal le a f.. r as fi en at this place. Report I " troops aje to embark on boa gun bots and tranfp m rr,, as foo ther will admit. Where theii (ignation is I cannot f y ; iur ; iace o, have I ground: for forming, a; d much lefs foi log an opinion. I wVU however prt know s foon as the public general!?

and will give you the earl ief! information The enemy's new fl.ip at Kiiigflon h;d got her m fl: in beforr our Qiipa left that 1Ution. September 19The greater part of grn. Izard's troops

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o be going to their p'.tcc of deAination

by land. Marching Orders Again Et. col. C. P. Bellinger received orders on Mond y, tor tlie regt. of n.".:,:i.i detaci rd fron. tl is county in purfu otc to the preHdent's reoiiutiou of w hich the governor has ailignejJ to him thecommand, to march t!.i. djy fof Sackctt'. Harbor.

ink w- onx. Sept. 24. Mr. EliOi Clark , wln arrived ! err yeC terday morning direct from P!-t fb rgh, informs, that hr Uw previous to his departure, winch was on the lo'h. 3()0 m-n mnft. ly Germans, with tlnir officers, (none of a

tK i higher r u U '.ban c ip'.V irrr that place with

nd tiiat thiy were the rear guard PrrvoiVs army, and were prt rl

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i : e rmy :er defer ters m ny more am- le bat Yankee they could

of Welliogtor iN e a r : v 2UO Otl m !! parti--, Sc h "d com- in would have foil wed 1 1 -i r e: thro' fr i r of b ing i opped rffby mili ia, as t ley I .d, before make their defcrtion ki own. PaftK on Lake Cham niatn. Gopy of a letter i :n

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the fecretary t the inrv. tatjs ship Saratoga Plot Sett. J. r - U

sir I have the honor to oivr you the

particular- cf tie af.i:n vl ich took ')!a: j on the 1 l:h n.ft.on this lake

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