Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 September 1816 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

From the Press of ELIHU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. VINCKNNES, (Ind. Ty.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1816. Vol. 7. No. 43.

THE WKSTKRN SUN,

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? Treasury Department.

.W ... , 5 . f . . - fjottcc is hereby given that funds have Signed for the parent of fuch 7Vej. Jury vtes and tie intrreft thereon, as became due at the Loan Office in the city of New Yohk, in the ftate of New Yok, at v,,uc ""cinafter Specified ; that is to j . , .- no I U I 1. The Treafury Notes, which became due as aforefaid at anyltime during the year 1814; to be paid ou the lit day of October next. 2 I he Treafuiv Notes, which became due as forefid, in the month of January, February, March, April, M ay, and June. i8l5, to be paid on the lit day of November next. A"d the faid Trelfury Hotes refpecYive. 1v will accorJinly be paid upon the apbli r ... Uld Lo,u Qffite m lht c,:y of NcW York, on the day refpettively above fpeci-fi.-d ; after which days reflectively, inter ( will ceafe to he payable on the f- id Treafury Notes re fpeft ivtly. And Nutice i hereby further given and repeated that funds hive been afiignrtl tor the payment of futh I'rr.ifury Notes, and the intereft thereon, s have become due, or fha'l become due. at the Loan OfhVe in the city of Philadelphia, in the of Peon fylvania as follows that is to fiy, J. The Treasury Notes Which have here, tofore become due, as I if) aforefaid, to be paid forthwith ; inters IV on tiie f,id Notfs having ce:frd to he jjyare 2. T!ie Treafury Noti s, which fhall Iierrafter herome t'ue v hfl aforef-tid, to be paid on t!ie d y and d.y?, when they Hi ! I rr Tpf 't'lively hrrnmc clur : after Which da ft re fpe i vely , interefl will ceie r0 be payable on the f a id TrtaTory Not-s refpeclUely. Add t!ie fiJ 'Iea!iry Notes due and HtCommg due ftt Philadelphia as afore faid, wdl accordingly he pid. Upon the application of the hojrleri thereof refpr 6lvely, t the faid Loan Office, in the city of Philadet ph'n, at the tins a fore fa id 1 he Commiuioneri of Loans in the feveral States, are aoefleJ to make this Notice generally known by !i ti e means in their power : and the printers authorifVd tr. pubItfh thr laws nf tlie Ji ited Stste-, Will he plenfccl to infert it in their refpeclive papers. A. J. DALLAS. Secretary of the T reasury. jj AdnUnistrators Nvtict. l LL perfons indebted to the ehate of John M'C'ure, dcr.eaff d, are lequef counts, on or before the i$th day of No vcmher mxt, and all perfoni having claims againft faid 'Hate, are de fired to preftnt them properly authenticated for letllcmeut, by that time alfo. SAMUEL EMMI50N, Atttnr. Sent. 19, 18 16. 42-5t "INVALID PENSIONERS Notice is hereby given FJTO all whom it may concern, that the fecretary of war, has appointed the fuhfetiber, agent for the payment of invalid perHoners, within Indiana ; with a notice that the proper funds will be placed in my bandl with hll of pefifioners names, he. by tbr fj'lt of this inflint. My ofnee is at Vernon, j-ficrlon county, Indiana. JOHN VAWl ER. o-ptemher 10. 18 16. 42-3t i WEAVING m of Single Double Coverlcads. THE fubfcriSer informs his friends and the public in general, that he now rcfides on La Motte creek, about two miles from Fort La Matte ; where he is reay Sc prrpared to receive any romm inds in the above line of bulior fs, which he will cany c i there in all its varmis branches, and hopes to give ger,c--d fatitfaction, GEORGE BE iTH. September 21, 1816. 42-3t. notice. LL perf -ns indebted to the efMe of Tf Pierre St. Mary, are r quefted to mfite immediately payment, and all who have any demands are rrquOed to prefent them prop-rly authenticated fir adjnOment. , J ACOU E AN DU E, Aim s. Vmccncci, icpt. 12,18 16. 41--8u

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From SOUTH AMERICA. Boston, Avgust 2 1. Arrived, via quarantine, fchr. Mermaid, Handy, 40 d-ys from Cumana. Sailed June 28th. Left no American vtfjcls. Captain Handy was embargned at Cumana 69 days, on account of an expedition ficting out a-g-inft the Patr-o. '1 be expedition, confilling of 15 fails, brigs, fthooners Sc gunboats, averaging about 10 guns each, failed the 25 h, in qoHl of the Patriot fleet, fuppofid to be . AT Guira ; and cspt. Handy obtained permiirion to fail the 28th about 50 pei funs of the firft refpeif ability applied to capt Handy for a pafae to Port Rico, hut the governor would not grant pafiports to them. The Americans at Cumana were treated in a contemptible nd infill ting manner, & capt. Handy would advile all Americans trading that way to go well armed. I f o rri d Barbari t v. Execution! took place altnofl dai'y at Cuvnana, ad it ws fliocking to humanity, lays capt. Handy, to witnefi the barbaiity and horrid treatment thr Pitiots experienced, wher.-ver they ft 11 into the powtrof the Ri yaliDs. Tc-rfons were dady appre bended as fpies, 2nd for bring favorable to the eauTe of the patriot:, they received a mork tri !. were frntenced to death, taken out to the pi uns, v.ithcait the city) where thy were Ihot, and their bodies left on the ground for tin trows to feed Upon. An infiance of inhunfanity and cruelty took place at Cumana, while captain Hardy Was thTe, which dif(T.i-d a great many perfoni With the government, and on account of which, it was though: thy would not bppoie the Approach of the Patriots, hut on the contrary, would join them. It is as foUowtj a copy from c.pt. Handy'i journal : CUM AM A, June it. VitnefT-d a tnofl !arbarro? a C: . A fe male of the moll refpeftable family in Cumina, for utteriog Come invrcivrs againft the government, and IpeakiUtf in favor of the Patriotic party, Wl tird on a jack afs, attended by a gfUrd of ton f Idiert, led through the free', and at every coiner, & OppOUte the houf, s of her drartf) connections received a ccrtaiii number ofLfheaon her bare back, p-oportiona tr to 200 lac w-s to receive. Vvhat re ndered the punilhmnt (lill more difgraCcful, the perfon who ii fiiAed i: va a large uegro, who, when hr Irthw beautiful h air, in fome decree de frO.J d her o ate fkm, the inhuman wretch, vith one hand removed it, "bat the lafhea infliAed with the other tntgrht caufe more arnie p in. The poor tuiferer wss blindfolded, afld bore the inhuman treat nnnt With as touch fortitude, as p?r!apa exhibited on 0 furiLr OCCafion her cries were feeh!e, but I faW, Uotwithftanding the handkerchief that Concealed her face, te.-ut trickling down and lulling on her breads I Law but one dozen l-hY-3 ii fiiced ; but fome of my crew who were on fhore, had the cunoiity to lee the whole frntcrce rut in execution. My fet lings were too muh hurt to let rfiriofity overcome thr m. I made particular r 1 cjuiries rrfp?ing the unfortunate girl two d-ys after, and was informed that (he r fiifcd all medical aid ai d food ; and a few diys afterwards, I was informed that flie wss dead, bioe, from her rxhuifitt feelings, unable to furvive tht difrace and ptiil ihe had fuffc red. Ke York, Auc. 25. Captain Haker, ten days from St. Thornas5, confirnis he account of the defeat of the patriot general Bjlivar, on hi3 march to Carraccas. A few days before he failrj, a velTel arrived at that place from the Spaniln Main, with a number of t filters who belong'-d to gm, Bolivar's aimy, who with the general, made their efc?p' and faved their lives by flight. They Dated, that when the armv Imded at Ocumare, and took up i's line of marth through the pro. vince rf Carraccas. it confufed c f 800 c ffeftive men ; and that out of this number only about 200 c fcaped death. The populace throughout the country were highly engaged at a p'oclamatioo which the general ifTued, fetrin the Haves of the plantations free, and inftead of meeting Patriots, as he advanced into the interior, willing to join the caufe, he found himfelf in the midQ of a mod ferocious and fanguinare peaf.ntry, who, with thr royal army, fell upon htm, and almoft annihilated lit wbclc force.

Dreadful War in Attica. London, July I. In our lft piper we in' uttorted .n i count which had appeared in the Dutch J umals, of a war that was rav-gin the fllerii coaft of Africa. It was tr sfmitted by thf Dutch S nretary to govrnnnent, at t lie Calle ot St George, Delmina, dated the ISthof March, and exprefed thr opinion, that our cflablilbment rf Cape Coaft CalUr, would not be able to hold out agamfi the furious banditti, who wcie Coming down againil it. We received on Saturday a letter from a gentlrman rrfident at that fettiment, from which we h ve extrvictrd the following par. t'Culars of the oiigin and profffs rf the war. The letter is dated thr 22;i of Maichi fev'en days later than tlie Dutch fecretary'f account, and is the or.ly communication on the fubjeft that has yet bten rceivcd in Eltghndt Since my lafT (fys thr writer we have been foil of tt'jh!-, al..im and contnli n at this place, and all along the F-wiue r. it. It appears that three or fuur of the Ifland P inces, having given fume off nee to the king of AflirOtee, he made war upon them wi'h a vafl army, and chafed them fiom place t pLce, with dreadful il tighter, till they came Up to the Fantee ie"itoyf whetC th-y received protrrTVion for a time, P'jt beit g again Stacked by a; v aO 20 000 men, ;t was impoiTii le to IHnd againft them, Sod rfwer a fangu'mare battle thr fugitives could net make a ftanJ, ai d thry were routed and difprrfrd in all dirfciona The A ui an tees having after warda heard that they hd found n af, !um near this place, (Cipe Co,a( CalUe) they dlfpatched a pirt ot their army hither, with an intention of dtftroing the town, and I am forry to fay, there has mtieh kirmi Dti'g, and feveral heads tasen rff by the victor?, (for (ince the abolit on of the fl.vf trdr, it is thr uniform cuftom of thrfr favges to put r!l th'-ir prffonen to death.; Mr. White ir.terierred as foon as he heard rl what was going on, and defpt'.hed nS ffengera to the AOfantee general, who hat rrturted a paci. fic atifwer, flatin that lie has no intention to niohfl Cape CoaH. You m y be Cure, however, that we are not without alarm, as their a my is fo rlole to us, th-Tt while it remains, we feel as uneafy us if we were about 10 receive thr rmbiace a la Fan cais ! Thr f is, that we place no confidence in their pacific proft fliona. AH the Englifo, for many mibs round, have hur rif-d into thr Caflle with the mm of! prrri pi:ation, whrre we are th Ut up with hr t wren four and fire th ufand Women h rhihlrrn. On toe other fide, thr War Ufa w frihr have brought an army down againfl C mmrdia, fo that there is nothing but wr 5 fl tighter fiil around us. The Annumboes m d ail the tribes s far as Berrarne, are either tnttrtlerrd or difoerffd, and fuch is our rrita 9 ical fituation, that we know not what will become of Us as it feems impoifihl-- for any of us to leave the cosf!, as we have no fhips at hsnd, and the Lord Mufgrave is not expedtid in U-fs than a fortnight. insurrection at Tunis. Tunis, May 3, On the 30th of April la ft, at 9 o'clot k in Ihe evening all the gates in the town heir g clofed, ai d the peaceable 11 habitants retired to their houffS. thr Turkifl: foldiery, to he number of 3000, ifTued firm their quarter, and ha ing divided thernft Ive in In; alt parties, proceeded by difFrrtnt r ue$ to the palace of the governor of the town, 8c the houfes of the chief lords cf the court. They had tken care in the mean time, to fnze on the gat-s of the town. In lefs than half an hour, thry became mafiers of Tunis, and of the citadel of Gafpa. The Divan were immeiiiately afiembled, ai d were comptl'ed to pronounce the depofition of Ma ha mud Bat ha and of the D-y Sid i A firn. Si'i MvJrapba brother of Mahamud, and Semain bey, bis uncle, were procLiinrd in t' eir places. Thr Barde was apprized of this event by a tnVt gr, which required 4 furrrndrr to thr Divan on the f llowinj morring. The Turks fetil d in the town, and the principal inhabitant? conceivrd that Sidi Mojpha and S-main Pey, had pJn nrd this rrvoFvtion with thr foldjen. We pafTed thr nig -St in the mcO painful anxiety, drrading every inflant the e ct fs rf the foldicry, who ran thr ugh the ftrets in diforder, and withot any determined object. At 6 in the morning cf the If! of May the Divan endr a voring to conciliate the favor of the in habitants irTued orders that pcrfpcs and p'.cperty (houU be ftfpetttd ;