Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 45, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 October 1816 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

From the Press of EIJHU S TO UT. publisher of tlic Laws of the United States. Vol. 7. VINCENNES, (Ixd. Ty.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS, 18 16. No. 45.

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From the Nashville JVhut. NOTICE. Brethren of the Whites It is with the Inott unfeigned pie dure that we contemplate tie lon and iteady friend (hip fubfiftiag between our nation and our American white brethren ; and the late hofpitablc &. grnerous magnanimity manifelied towards curfelves and our nation, as well by the government as by the citizens oi the United States, gives us an addi:ion-l proof, that when we renounced the friend (hip cf ill ether nations for yours, on that day we obtained the furcll guarantee for our hsppiDefs and our intcreft the friencUhip of a Vj ration too crenerous to do wronjr. and too

w i brave to opprefs. We avail ourfelvcs of the pre lent opportunity to declare on the part

efour nation, that every friendly and hofpitable attention fo ftrotigjv manifested on the part of the whites, is as ftrongly reciprocated on the part of ourft Ivr s and our nation. Feeling ourlV Ives perfectly fecure in the enjoyment of all our right?, lo far as they depend on the friend ill ip &. the iuOice of the American people, we confidcrtt our greatt ft intrrefl (:is we know it to be our great? ft pic Jure) to cement by the moft fincere interchange of fi rent! Jy ar.d hofpitable attention that friendfhip that fo happily fab fids between our rcfpe&ive nations, as well by promoting thr intcreft as by ailminifWring to the wants of thole whole chance and defttoy may afford us the opportunity of mnifefting by our t raft'icc what we flow declare to be our pr oft (Hon. Itrpreffed with thefe fentimentt, we feel it a duty incumbent on us to make known, that a l.te council held by the Chickafaw ration, it has been QBMiimoofljf decided, that ihe horde of Pu argling pedlan that have fo long infefled our nation, (and who, We prefume, are unknown to any regulation f their own government and unauthorifed by hw) is dangerous to the good underhanding that now fubfifta between our nation and the citizens of the l1. Slates. Was any argument uectlTary to enforce this idea, it will be found in the hiftory of tlie lite transnflion that h.r taken riace in the Cherokee nation. The ignorant and unwary i f our natiou are Continu il! impofed on by thofe peculators, who bear no more resemblance to merchants than "Jew t brokers" do to bankers. And this is too ofteo followed by violence on the pirt cf VtfOjr people! whole minds have :int as yet .truVrgonr fo radical a change, nor the eaily habits of their education fufficiently eradicated, as to feel themfelves content with tint redrefl which is drawn fiom the tardy (though certain) procels of v. We therefore caution, in t!ie itrongrft terms, all fuch perlons from enering our nation, for the purpole of carrying on their (heretofore) courfe of traffic, as the nation will not feel thetnfelvei refponfible for he chiocei fptinging from their trai (actions. Hing now about to enter the limits of our own nation, we av il curtclvrs of this opportuni'v to acknowledge our fincere gratitude for the many kind and hofpitable attentions that we have experienced from the people of NaftmUe, and all other puts of the Union that we have vilucd ; 6c wc

would be happy of the opportunity of retaming thofe friendly civilities at any time in our nation. WILLIAM COLBERT, Brig. Gen. of th ChickasQivs. J A M ESCOLBERT, U. S. Interpreter to the Chickasaws. Aug. 7, 18 16. We have accounts from Vera Cruz to the beginning of July. The death of Morellos had not depressed the spirits of the patriots. Actions happen in rapid succession. One army of the patriots had advanced towards the capita of Mexico, and a part had even entered a suburb of that, city whilst another had approached Vera Cruz, and laid waste the country round it. The congress had again assembled. General Morellos was a priest, & before he was hung, he had been confined in the inquisition, and formally divested of his clerical character. The account adds, that it is singular that the two most active officers of the Mexican revolution should be priests. Kentucky Gazette. Reports have readied Georgia that Fensacola has been captured by the South American patriots. A fleet from (Carthagena supposed to be destined for that quarter) was some time since anchored off the mouth of the Mississippi.

State of France. The minds of the people seem to be continually engaged at the sight of public executions taking place in almost all the cities ; 6c the executioners are the only men busily employed towards the public reformation. fol " A second massacre of the Protestant? has taken place in France more than a thousand had been massacred in the department of Gard several woman had been whipped to death and none of the murderers brought to justice. Gen. Monton Duvernot was executed at Lyons on the 25th J 111 V. It is calculated that the natives of Britain now in France, who have gone abroad, either from motives of curiosity, or for cheap living will expend not less than It) millions sterling, or near 43 millions of dollars per year. The king of Denmark hasacceded to what i called the Holy Alliance a treaty made between the principal powers of Europe, under the pretext of securing the peace of that continent, but in reality to enslave the human intellect and forge new fetters for their subject. Like every other scheme of villanv formed by these monsters, this alliance is made in the name oftftenppst holy and undivided trinity. The king of Wirtcmberg has created his son-in-law, Jerome Bonaparte, late king of Westphalia, duke of Mont fort, who with his wife, is about to settle in the Austrian dominions. NAS&TFLLR Sept. 2tr From Col. Cannon, who has just returned from the Chicka

saw nation, we learn that there

are strong grounds to suppose that our commissioners will be able to proeurevyjf objects of their meeting. New- Orleans, Sept. 13. The Spaniards have at last committed an outrage upon the U. States which leaves us no alternative between immediate and ample redress and disgrace. The United States schr. Firebrand, of 6 guns and 35 men, commanded by Lieut. Cunningham, has been fired upon without provocation, by 3 Spanish corvettes, Whereby an American seaman as killed. We have not bem able to learn in what part of the guif of Mexico; the Dons found an opportunity of thus signal izing their valor ; but it is certain that though the Firebrand had the American colors flyiner, she escaped total destruction only by superior sailing - Orleans Gaz. The intelligence received by the Balize boat states that the Firebrand was forced to surrender to those 3 vessels which kept her for 24 hours in their possession. We shall know positively how the case stands by the report made by lieutenant Cunningham to the Commodore. We hope that as soon as the news of that unheard of aggression will have reached the Bay of St. Louis, some of our men of war in that quarter, will have put to sea, & that ere long we shall learn those people scHarave when they are 3 against one, have been chastised as they deserve to be. Important if true. The Aurora of the 12th inst. announces, that the commanding officer in the Mediterranean fleet lias been authorised to notify to the Dey of Algiers, that he must acknowledge the late treaty with tnis country, or expect an immediate war. His refusal, the Aurora adds, will amount to a declaration of hostilities. If this information be correct, tlere my be much stronger ground than we had appi ehended, for the intimation of t lie London paper that Lord Exmouth would, on his arrival in the Mediterranean, be joined by the American squad ron. Pittsburgh Gazette. LONDON, July 30. We have received news from Africa ; it appears the Dey .of Algiers has engaged in his wluiel ail the Barbary Powers, & that the Emperor of Morocco follows the same system of attacking the Christians. Larache has been the theatre of new misfortunes to humanity ; the crews of all the vessels in the harbor were made prisoners, and the ships burned ; several persons were assassinated and the remainder thrown into, slavery lb. It has rained incessantly for several days and nights past. The Juniata is now higher by nearly 2 feet' than it was at the time of the great Hood in the fall of 1810, it is a most pitiable sight

to see cows, sheep, fowls, bridges

lences, oats, corn, pumpkins grass, &c. $x floating down in one common mass. Persons owing lands contigious to streams of water, & contractors employed in building new turnpike bridges, have, we much fear, suffered severely. Bedford Gazette. Ancona. JuhjVZ. An American spuadron composed of 4 frigates and a ship of the line, has appeared in our seas: but we are ignorant of its destination. We are informed that it carries Mr. Pmkney who goes to fulfil a mission to that Court, relative, it is said to a restitution of property belonging to some Americans, that had been confiscated and sold under the late o-0v-ernment. G Itnteresting.-From Mexico. Extract of a letter from an American officer, to his father New York, dated bay St. Louis, near New-Orleans. Aug 4. k; Since I wrote you from this place wc have been down to Mexico, a voyage from which I have derived much information respecting that delightful country Vv e were at Bonquille, the principal port belonging to the patriots, where I had an opportunity of learning the present state of the two parties, and the result that may be expected from their political disputes. u Civil war, in its most terrific form rages over fertile regions of Mexico. The royalists instantly put to death all prisoners taken from the other party ; and all royalist taken by the patriots are sent tothe interior, whence they never return, as the principal of retaliation is rigidly observed. A Spanish ship, with 80 000 dollars in specie, and a valuable cargo, was driven ashore by a Carthagehian privateer, just before our arrival at Bonquille. The crew innocent traders, were immediatly seized by the commandant of the place, and marched into the interior, to meet their fate. From the conversation of some American gentlemen, engaged in the cause of the country, 1 am induced to believe that the patriots are making great advances towards their independence. A congress is about being established ; the army is well supplied wit harms, and there is now a fleet underway, of thirteen privateers The great evil at present existing, is the want unanimity among the leaders. Each general commands a separate province, where he rules with despotic sway. The establishment of a general congress will, it is supposed, remedy this evil. M From the description given me, I cannot say too much of the Mexican country. On accountol -its high lands and vallies,it enjoys the advantages of every clime, and produces every thing in great abundance. We are all enraptured with what we have seea and heard relating to it." BLANKS, for Magistrate sale at this Office. for