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Vm'ssvczNNEs, Yune 13.
The editor thinking that he could not pre
1eht am thing more acceptable to his read
ss-irs than a particular account of the causes
{of alarm nhizcth have exiStcd here for some
days past. waited on Governor Harrison
si for the-purpc-ge of procuring information,
sisict'anf! was saw-red with the following:
Since ear 'y in him-, the governor has been
pnss- ssed nt information communicated by
lndian tradcrs and by friendly lndians,
'that th Shnwanee Prophet was again excit
ing the tribes of the 'Wabash to war against
the (Unitcd Statts, and indeed that it was
actually agreed upon by all the tribes wsigst
of that river; this information was commu
nicated to The government-& was the cause
of the detachment of troops bring sent here
which we mentioned in our last. Larly in
May also, the interpreter maintained by
the gowrnment amongst the Delawares ar
rived hc re, to inform the governor that that
sistribe had heard of the hostile movements
ossl flhc prophet, and that they had determin
z-scd to se n'clsi a'solemn embassy to the-tribes
, west of Wahash, to warn them of the dan
ger of listening to the advice of the prophet.
'The governor did tvery thing in his power
.10 "Strength-anthem in this resolution, and
composed a speech for them to deliver to
the other tribes. Thissifiit appears was faith
. fully delivered, and it is mqre than proba
_ ble, that to the inﬂuence of the "Delawares,
and the impression made by them on the
_mimls of the'siother lndians, that the-war
has been averted. .
-_ From the IOth to the l-tth instant, the
ss_ governor was informed thro' various chan
si nels, that the lndians were collecting in ve
* ry great numbers alsout the prophet; that
ss 'th-c Miamies had been so intimidated as to
agree to attend his council—that the Wy
enclnts had come into his schemes, & they
had agreed with him, that way thing had
bren done between white people and ln
" dians, since the treaty of 'siGrenville, was
[Void' and good for nothing, and that they :
siwcre determintd to stop the progress ol'
sisi the White settlemcnts.
About the 'ch and .10th inst. an lndian ;
came toMr. siDuboiasi(a siFrenrh gentleman ss
- who lives about a mile above this town) in \
the dead of night, and told him that his
_ iriendshipsor him had indumssd him to come ss
to him lor the purpose of advising him by
all means to remme-ctover the Mississippi ;
" with lris'ksiamily, as he might shortly expect I
trouble is he remained where he was. The ss
._ old Piankashaw chief, Groble, came also ss
to the governor, and asked his'permissinn 3
to retire over the Mississippi,-siobserving, '
that he heard nothing from the lndians a- ss
bove, but the cry of war ; that he was old
and did not wish any-share in it; that he
wanted to retire to a place of safe-t}; the
nest day he informed the governor that a
particular plan had been laid by the prophet
forsithect surprise of this town,;and toldsihim
what the plan was; about this time also, a
si-boat which had been sent —up the 'ssWabash
with the annuity salt for the lndians, re
- turned; the master informed the govern
or that theProssphet and the Kickapoo tribe
had refused to receive theceight barrels of
salt destined for them-; that the phrophet's
brother'sihad insulted him in—the grossest
manner-— (the prophet being present) sha—king
him violently by the hair, as well as some
others of his crew, and asking them whe- ss
ther Americans (they were all "young 7
Trenuhmen.) Mr. Brouillett, a 'trader, !
who was suspected of—being in- the =employ- ]
intent-of the government, was also finsulted,
'.made to deny that he was an .American,and
his house immediately plundered of his pro
"visions and other ssarticles. The prophet
" "bent word to the governor—"That his pco. ss
' ple should not come any nearer to -him,that
they should not settle on the Vermillion ri
si'cr ; "he smelt them too-strong already."
. _ The governor being lath to create an a- ss
sihrm until there should appear an abso'lute
' necessity for it, from shCgreat injury fthat
if Might produce by stopping the emigration j
!? the country, and perhaps driving oﬂ' the T
xfﬂmﬂer settlers, had not hitherto made pub- ct
BQ. my part of the informationþe had re- 7
ceived ; but as the danger apppeared to him ]
. :!!5' sex-ed! them:-na- os she not:
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ln addition to what ] have stated tn'mys}
preceding dispatch of this date, [think it t
i right to assure you, that the intention ol
sending a-m'inister to America, as therein
announced, ior the purpose of concludingla
treaty-with the United States, has noc arisr n
from any doubt ossiyour eXecttting the rom
mission, if—it'had been entrusted to you,
with zeal and Ability ; 'but it is .p-resumed,
that after the long suspension of friendly i-nsi
tercourse with the siUnited State-s, a minis
ter sent for this single and special-purpose,. si
and'fully apprisecl of all the sentinwnts on
this subject, of the government by which he -
is employed, would have a better prospect ,
iof removing any difficulties which might
ioccur, than if thesi-negociatiun Were to be
ctconducted b; the resident minister.
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am, &c.
5 siGEO. CANNLNG.
i 'No- 6. ",
Desþatch from Illr. Secretary Canm'ng, to , !
the Hon. David Ere-kine, dared Farez'gn ]
Qffice, 23d May, 1809. -ss
Sm, ,
i )] proceed in this despatch to point out to : 1
'-you those deviations from the instructions ;
conveyed to you "to uiy despateh No. 2, {.
which you" have unfortunately thought yousir- 1
sell rit-liberty, to adopt, and of which I have 1
to express to you his majeny's entire disap- .
probation. " --
] do not dwell upon-the singusilar and of
.fgpgivg atep taken by the Amcrican govctn- -:
;.
L sephs on lake Michigan.
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sissfor putting the country in a state of delence
si—si-ctthissi was unanimously advised, as well as
'ingctsentsisibythe representatives of 46 villa
appear to haVe 'been heretolore published
* Continuatian from the National Intelligmeer
'Brouillette, to inform the governor, that
January, aﬂd )ss'Our separate of the 2d ('t Fe
siNotwithstanding the above savorable ap
inst. he assembled 17 or 18 of the leading
citizen's, viz. the sesicretary of the territory,
a judge of the stipreme court, the represen
tatives of the county of Knox, the register
of the land office, county officers, mer
chants, &c. and having laidss before them the
information he had received, requested their
advice Upon the subject of taking measures
sidefection of his followﬀs.
than 400 warriors at the village where the
bruary with its several enclsrsures. \\hl(.ll
were delivered to me on the 7th (April) by
Mr. Oakely." The four firSt letters only
are published in the papets printed by order
of parliament; and No. 5, of.]aouary 23.
and that of Febrnary 2nd, with its enclo
sures, altogether emitted. When it is re
collected that these were the original in
structions, on'whith Mr. Erskine made his
arrangement with this country, there sr-USt
have existed very important reasons in the
suppressions; and is it not esssstremely pro
bable that their publiration would give an
entire new color to the whole assair?
The following are the letters, in the col
lection laid before parliament, that dosinm
ct\Vayne last nig
"of ﬂlr. Erskine's letters to Ill:- C'mmmg,
as published/fy order oft/te Bl itz's/z House ss
afC'ommons. !
Mr. Erskine, in his letter to Mr. Can
nihg, ol the 18th of April, 1809, says
" ] had the honor ol receiving ye ur des
patches-No. 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 ol the 23d of
in this country :
.No. 8.
Dispatelt from Ilﬀri Secretary Canning' to
the Han. David L'rskz'ne, (lated Iss'oz-eign
Office, 23d junuary, 1809.
SIR,
the immediate ordering two companies of
militia into actual senice.
sissWhilst these measures were progress-ing.
aprincipal Putawatamite chief arrived, be
every thing appeared to be quiet abe-Ve the
"Prophet's town, but that another council
was shortly to be held—there are not more
pearances, we understand that the governor
will- not countermand the order for turning
out the militia, until he discover-t what mea
sures will be taken by the prophet upon 'be
Prophet resides, and the gsiovernor thinks
that the whole number which "still adhere to
him does not exceed twice that another.
ges west-of the Wabash. to inform the go
vernor-that they had abandoned the Pro
þhet,ssand hadsithrown away the tomahawk
which he'h'ad'p'ut' into their hands. This
revoluti'on in their minds was ps'OdUced by
the forcible representation of the'ssDelaware
deputies'above mentioned, to a council
which was convencd the latter'ssend os'May,
somewhere'in the neighborl'rood of St. ]o
ssThe governor assure-s the 'editor, that the
chiefwho brought the above information is
entirely to be depended 'tipon, his fidelity
to the'si'United States, and persssonal friend
ship for him, having been -maniiested in
every'transaction with the lndians since the
treaty of'Grenvil'le.
Two young Rochmen arrived from
it -, s they passed the man
of the Prophet, they were desired bv Mr.
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—--m-:®:_-—
ment in publlsblng the whole of the. corres
pondcnce which had taken place between
)ou and the Amer'uan sette-tary of state ;
because his majesty is villiug to believe
that yosiu cannot have been a party to this
publication: his nsizjrsey unwius it im
possible that you should have given yczug
crnsmt to such a proceeding, especially in
respect to a nsiansauic-n which )c 0 ]ss-mless
yourself to u-nsidc r as mcr- ]) ** condition
aL" But as (he l-uhlirmit n apsealcts to have
taken place s-n the. 19zh nl April, the day
of the date ol you: cI-spauhcs, it seems
difficult to unders'alssd he w it l-ctaspens that
your dispatrhcs slvc uIsI-nm (unwil- any no
tificatic-n of )(nr imcmic-n no nnmnslnme
against a pwceu'mg an extraordinary asct
* that as 'the [Flsiﬄlsdllt n us she sscmrespond
encc oi'a min Of! a ushc m lsissis (( ncuncncr,
and prnic-usly to his uansmissicn oi it to
his (( urt.
law. in she first plz-ce_-to- observe-to you
'that ll'sir insuuuusiss— uhch-I nam—mitud to
)s'U— by his. majc 513'5 cc n n :sizrcl ". my (lis
palch si Nc . ]. cxptsslct} slzthctd zhm, " she
manner in uhich llss-r ["]C-SM lus-the ad
juzm-cm nl that disicuncc nsia) be re-rc-iud,
Would hr lhc ! LSl lest of the g. neral dispu
sitinn of the Amrticausi 8(-\t-ll'ﬂ1inl, end
Ws uld news;-la) indicaw li ( n l-TSt no be
pursussl in rcslct'u w lhfct-sl'xﬂ-h't instruc
tions," vl ich I p-nn : 0- (I to 1: 0 11 unicate
'10)<-u in :.rwsshu (] s; an h : AHH am to
feXpn-ss Isisils nvajcslctx's suqosiize and legrtt,
:that Sln h a row as that which 34 (} rru-iud
lsmm Mr. Smilh, in ;rnswu to your (siﬀrr of
sirqxnmicn [or (he aﬂmr l-s th'/(] esap\ : kr, \
!czm have lmn !: (( in (] I.) )c-u as a pwos of
: the acceptancv I!) the gon inn vi.! 01 (hr- U
FS. of the hcmnrebie separatic-n undc ted by (
This lT'thSl)", ** m the wme spim (;! u-ucilin
ssl tion in uh'u h it was prusi-nbed." ss'l'har note
issds being un (fix ncc agusimsl his majcsxz's
ss'dignizy. such as nu minister of his mayst)"
sscught to have passed by unresmt. d,
sss lam atalt>551(>c-n\,c1\rc.n u hat ground
you thnght ye mu H :mlhuns- d to opcn ;
your cmress-(zmlc sue-, on IN: Sl hit-(I Of lsslV
ssmdersin nuncil, Will"! the :n-isia alicm of
his maje8\y,d clrtcm-inalion to scnd to the:
U. S. an mu y cxzwc ndirav) " siluchd
with sun pcsi-Wcr to uctm h de :] trra'y (1) all
the points of the relations berc-m the two
and'apreed between the two powers, that
(ire-at Britain should he at liberty to capture
all Americnn vessels that should 1be found
attempting to made with France', or any
pow: rs which adopted or actcd under her
decrees. \
I was commanded to state to you, that
upon receiving, on the part of the Anteri
can government, : distinct and official re
cognition of these three conditions, his ma
sesly would ?ose no time in sending a msii
nister to America lully empowered to (08
sign them (these three conditions) to a for
mal and rc gular treaty, his rrajet-ty, on his
part withdraw-ing his orders in council of
]anuary and Now-mber, 1807, or, if the
delay were thought to be inconvenient. you
Were authorised to engage for his majesty,
"that upon the receipt here of an cfficial
note, containing an engage-ment for the a
doption by the American government of
these three conditions," his majesty would
be prepared on the faith of such engage-i
ment, to recal the orders in council, thh
out waiting for the conclusion of a tree
ly
of the orders in council, was to depend en.
tirely and excl'usively on the acceptance, by
the American government, of the three] ss
condition! so precisely prescribcd, and so
repeatedly referred to.
in this respect the instructions were pe
rcmptory, and admitted of no discretion:
Your instt uctions do not aurhorise you to
hold out the tXPtU'dllOlt of an} such'mis
sion, until his nwajcSty sht uid have rec m d,
on the part ol the got-t rr-ssttu nr of the -U. S.
an anthe ntic and tfficittl rttOgttition ol the
condition which )-(.-U Were directed to-l'c
quire.
The instructions which l was command
-d by his majtSty to trattsntit to )'('U, on the
subject of the orders in council, Were fram
ed on the lzasis ol three ct t-dtttot'sis: The
agree ment to which,< n the part ol'the Ame
rican government, was stated to be indis
pensable to his majestctxss's consenting to with
draw his orders in ct-until. The first-of
tltese' conditions was, that the intudictiun
of the harbors ol America to the ships-of
was of GrBritain, and all non intercourse
or non-importatirn acts sl-ould he with
drawn. so far as respects G l-Britain, " lene-.
ing them in force with resp- ct-to-ctFrance,-&
the powers which adopt oract under-her
decrees."
The 2d, That America should renounce
during the present war, the pretensitn of
carrying on. in time of war, all trade with
the enemies, colonits from which she was
excluded during peace.
countrk s."
The recal thereof. on his majesty'z pﬂt, .
'lsihe If], That it should he understood -
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; agreement. As the. matter at prescntsxsi
ss repcal the nen-interccurse act altogxsii
have thought propc r to enter into un iit.
3 of his majesty, and is such a (]RUS-Cl
ly, 1810.
- !
Alexander Perry, Ex 7
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part osa superior quality. th'
One package of Dome'stic Linen: Of
best quailty.
JLSO .OA HJJVD,
A general assortment ﬂat. and Shoes' ct
July {L. si "" 'Btaﬂss,
'mgagcmrnt taken in his-majrsty'snamn'
ctan accreditcdsiministur of his majesty. ssi
siacquitscc in a measure which hasbtfsi
ctdopte'd not only in non-conformtty Wlss
majesty'ssiviews, but in contradicuon tol
sipositivc directions.
Thts is to give NOthC, Thsiss
the eubscriber of Alexandria county- in {ct'sict
district of Columbia, has obtained sl'Omtsict
Orphanssi' Court of said county, letters fctct'si
mentary on the estate of Mary Arm Zs/ssssss'ssss
late of the county asoresaid, deccnbfssi'sisi
persons having claims against the 58] ssct
ceased are hereby \\ arned to exhibit the stjﬄf'
with the vouchers thereof, to the subsﬄ if
on or before the 28th day of Decembef He):
01" they may by law be excluded from 3 bss
ncfit to. said estate ; and those indebted them
to are required to make immediate Psiffi .
Given under my hand this Slst du) UU
-oughttosshavc prtVt-ntt'd you from (on:
The nnty discreticn test to "sin—w _
sse vent of the American g'ct'ss'ffi'ctut
prcgsing a wish to that eﬀeu, in:
the operatirm osthe treat) by (hgzsizctf
his majesty's ne. .e, that his majcuss'
withdraw the orders in (cunril
ceipt here of an cfficiel nOte ((
tormsial engagement of the Amensst
ventment to adopt the se three condjsif
Nothing can be more clear than L....
sinne of these . three conditions his if
drss-pted by the American gcsiss'ussctmepsisisi
any engagement taken {or ct-"irado sits
The second and third conditibnztssss
pear to have. given up altszgcther. ss
No me mit ] whatever 1_s msidtss'w)
your t'. rtttcn cummumcauons (0 In}
and in scapect to them therefore Zbu
asttd in direct contradiction toyousssi
tions.
But even of the first condition, of
ale-ne tou appear to have attempssd {si
tain the iuIfiLmer-t, the most material
lsias either been overlcoked or cenctc'sssi
)ou. *
rjct his condition did not rfquire solyssct,
rr peal of the rsifisicnsive acts with N's 'ct
G. Britain, but that repeal (Olzsctssled ,sisisisi
continuance of those acts in force "it?
eprctito "* France and the powussshsi
'd- pt and act under her decrees-:"
halsquurstionahly adopted anclactcc.
placed his majesty in the painful alterfia'sil
" part (it the condition you do lwt am?
mitcdrime. ij must also have: lum.
-which the conCt-ssion of his majrsty Wss'
Ordered, that the executor of Marlss'si
Zf/Pt'snfsky descased, do insert the folk-"si
advcrtisement three times in each uctkisi
two weeks. in the Alexandria Daily (}zZCsi'ct'
Teste; '
to any agreement \\ hatevct.
'Withuut therefore obtaining even one
ths-se conditions, on the obtaining nl el
dfl—"sind. you-have pledged his majesty:-si
the full extcnt of that concessicn, andlzz
of having either to refuse or to abide l>}"
tlt-rthult-ctccs of France, from them
tion of tht nen-intercowse act ; an chsi
tion in direct contravcntion tctsi-fthc cond-:
prtscriht—d to you, and uhich, cs l'si!
wate- at the timr ot making the agrunss;
that the Amrrican government had in t.
fmmally exempttd Hs-llancl, a ps-Wcrtsl.
thtzught nccessaty to this condition atss
time uhc n my instructitns wctc miner.
was ( btsiiously licccmc much more so, n
the non-intercourse: act was passed l'urz
belorc thr wnrld in your c-fficial corresp
c-nce with Mr. Smith, the Amcricatsi
vemmtnt would he at liberty to-mumss
have insistcc] in any part, not only ol l'
corn spnn'de me but of your Vfﬂﬄiton';
nit'atit-ns—with the Amet'ican got-msict
ctctThis clause, above all others, it my
cessary to cc-nsign to a formal and twe
without insrir-ging the agreement wlncl
Hdvcjuet received and far Salt,
A quantity Of (ship and Straw Bonnet
Orphans' Court,
Alexandria County, ju/y Term, 1810
.Lllon this clause, the most imss.
A-lexander Moore, Reg
] am, &c.
(Signcd)
S. and D. REED,
'GEO. CANNING
( To be continued.)
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