Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 August 1807 — Page 2

la tid a fl

r.irx . li i tisr tunc oi locating .i tltLmo fixth tnrt of the

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of the inhabitants of the trait of

V.-;?.i miiitjr) ,vairnc$, tr leturning ft;jUilC hrretofoie appreciated and veil. l"'i:-vry tlierron to the iVvrM-iry uf the cj uy j .v fcr tri. w;c of fchools within thr

dvpirtnicnt ui wr, j pp? opri- r A r.d if the lrp ilJUture ot tne laui

atiujr hurts Ur the ilr oi ltiiools (lrttc (h?ti not p ;S

in the Virginia nviitary rrfer ation, in rt f tlC p..ffir.e of this' aft, thr

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s a law as afore faid, within

lieu of thde beret dWc propiiarcd. fddeiahuen quarter townlhips and three

BK it enacted by the Sers e and Ihuse fioi'S UYdl not br cor.fidtredkheld as ap. of Representatives of tbe Uutttd States prCpriatctl aid veftetf for the purpofrs America in Congress assembled that the rtorcfaid .but Hi dl br dispofed of in thr othceiSJ -Uirrs of the Vuo i:i hue on ton rtmr nm,ncr 33 js or may he provided, by iir.ctit. I etUbMli uent,th'ir liis or alligrs, cQJ xc difpofal of iWi ther public eui;l-d to hmu;.y I mds, within the tract janj$ jn thc fAme tra. reiVrvrd by Virginia, between the Little NATHl. MACON. M.i:Mrni .mi Stiota rivers, tor fatistying se'aL'r ef the Hulls of Representatives. the l-q; J. hountits to her .iffuns and ful- ' G i0 : CLINTON,

dirrjup-.m c-uinental cftaWliflimcrtt, llull f;Cm.prs J nt of the United States, and

three ycarsf- Prt ndert of the Senate.

March 5, 1807.. APPROVED, Til: JEFFERSON.

his d u-

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wim

to complrtr.

be allowed a further tune 01

from the 23 J ofMirch next,

trrir locations, vid a further tirna cf 6vet vra, from tne iYid twenty-thitd of Mrchj tit to return their furvevs and warrant'

orccriifi.-d conies of warrants, to the o- ftftSOLUTION tppublifh the report ant' fVc of the frrrctm- of the w ir department, fhart of the survey cf the coaft of ar.y thing in the a "Untitled, " An M t- !jrin Carolina. Lf:.ert4in thf baundiry of the lands refer-) ABSOLVED by tht SenaH end House

vrd oy thr flue ot Virginia north writ ot cAretfJitatites if the United States of

of the river Ohio, for the taiitftion ot her America in Congress asstmbledy That the rfficrrs and toldierson continental t(abli(i-' rccrctjry Qc tc trc?iiry Ve, and he hereby inrnt, and to limit the period, for locating' authorifcd and dircded, ,to caufe to be t!ie Ui lands,' to the contrary notwith- pUbli(lird the- report and chart of the furft Hiding ; Provided, no locations as afore. Vfy rftj,. coaj 0f North Carolina, made faid, within the above mentioned trad, ' XJloma3 C0U5 and Johnathan Price, fli dl after the p ifling of this aft, be made undcr the ad of congtefs piffed at the lad on tratts of hnd for which patents had feiHon far that pJirpofe.

ureviouflt been ilTued, or which had been; NATHl. MACON,

previouily furvcyed, and my patent which m-v uevcrthelefs be obtained f5 Und 1-

He I i.n h;en diTr.Ut fully 'diivf n fror.

(Krc. vshde ei dovinir the confidence ot

hi fellow-citizens, and perfoiming

ties without fraud or partiality, to the be ft o his fkdl and abilitfci. ;

Even in a territorial government it livpd mhr unufaul for petitions wi

not more thnn four figniture s, to effeft to much h-rm, contrary to the wiflies ot

whole diftria, & the vortliy ana viie

Han itbn never did the like. JOSEPH M-FERRON.

To his Excellency Joseph Bnotvn, Esq. Gorvirncr for the Territory of LewsThe petition and repfefcntation of thcic whofr names are hereunto iubfciibcd, Greeting : Yourm titionefi well knowing hov very

material it h, to have men of integrity anc

We were fir.l taken" on tosrd Mtlampu! and tkence lent alt board fhip.

We are your humuie lervants,

the tl.ia

John HeldriCge, V'tn. RJcrts, John Bamf, Jeremiah Hclmrf, Jkn Herftman, Stephen Findcll, Conr-d Smith,

John Hei.ry,

Henry Leman,

John JHaytnn.

James Tart!),. Peter White, "mes Craig, George Be-ms3 Etneiy Gnfiin, Chail.cs Wlbingt9u, WillumMtrs."

ExtrnA of a letter from Harapton, Jun'-Se. l We have late news frcm the Britifn men of war by the pilots who "Were difchargtd ytfterdy. They tlrtlaie. that if tkeir water and provlfions d not Crrcc to thrm as ul'uvil, they will hy three ft.bips m cf

war a5iip: kue 01 run;uu:n iicnu -ir.cjr

tcn.prr.te tcndnA in rfficr, br5 leave t. brg fhorf, d taLe then, by force ! reprrfi-nt, that Tofrph MTcroii, p.othor.o 1 ' e Hamtor ions irr cjfi.pg bulls and .n,a-

tary of the court ot (Jape uirrarueau, '

Jr.. ;.fr hirn fiultv oi tlit!

r1 , r: .?-L ' t.t. iiat - Baltimore, tune iq..

. . & k .Aawai i . vi rio i n jii ill jr r. . 14 m j

: , ;nHn,,nfnri, an rjfceli. that he ong Hipcmenej, Gla?ery.U

r.ii. .j i:.. n, r,fo!r.: and ouite day -s treni Oaudaloupe-cofice. Tucrar. -atd

ncelefa upon the floor fo that the omtt - "P f w.rs '"" " fw",d all the papers which are of fo mct ter, bng Atlantic, King, , cf, Baftimore, to

Sbtakcr cf the Huse Representatives. GEO: CLINTON,

ftrd contrary to the provif.ons cf this f'-'C-, cf. President of the United States, and

lion 1i.dl be confiderednull and void.

S-a. 2. yfnc be it further exacted, Tiiat t!c fecretary of the treafury be, and hr is herehv anthnrifed to obtain copies f

a'l thr locations and furveys, which have

President of the Ser.tts, March 2, J 807. APPROVED, TH: JEEFEUSON.

been or may be made within the abtve rif ntioned tracl: and to caufe to be run or fin'veyed. asnny ftrailu lines .scrofs the f.i'ne, at:e may deeul i ne?i i'ury, nnt cx-

teeduicT Uirer. andl.mu tl.ele ana uicn o

DELPH VARE. '

FOR THE WRITE SN SUN.

ittr;r5. Srouri? Sttioor, - AS a friend to the

thrr dr)L r:i,ns as nviy be obtained, to commiuioners ot the land omce, ana lome

caufr one nude i rr.?ncral con?iecVd pht,;othrrs high in otiice in the Indnna lein

of U the lands located and torveyrd with

in th' fun? ; A r.ov of which iliall be de- :) Utcti in th- VVrar -drnjirtment, and ano

tory, I would beg leave through the me.

dium of yonr ttfeful paper, toftate to thofe gentlemen that, ?ame with her hundred

i:rr rtvjv (lull be Uid before congrefs to-ton-ne3.M has reported, (and among many

vkt wiili an eftmate of the furplns; he is believea tod) tnat iome iou piay

V.-Sich tmv rennin, after fattsfvin tl,.;ha hren praaifed by the commiilioneri,

b-jo-ii-s abve uK-ntioneJ. Ard the ex-. tc. kc. either individually, or by precon

r:;Kr; incurred in furvcvinir the lines, andlcert with other fpeculators, during the fix

r;1);ii'iirir tl'.e copi-s afotefid, and in pr-jwe'Us of the Uie, and fince, for the pur ot-i i ' t:ie Keneral nt above nentioneJ,;pofe of fiilirg at any rate their own pock

fii.U b d-fravrd out of the monies appropriate ' f cj'-ti'v the fut vers of th public 1-M'di rorth wrll cf the river Ohi.

Tirt ri.jhtse i quirter tovnfhips ana thrr-f.-tl:! to be frlected ty the lecretary if the t'-.:ifury, by lot in that r.;d of land in the ft.ite of O'na. lardy pM'chafrd f m the Indians, :,d lying between the tral commoidy tyilt'l the Ui:rd States Military t-uH, ai d ths traft com niu!y c.tiled the Conue;irut rcferve, be, and th" i'rne are beiebv appropriated for thr ufe tf fthcis, in tht .r( rr Lnd in thr flit aor.-frtid crr.mmdy c u 1 1 -d , thr Virgini;i Tniliury rrlr rTatior," anJ vftcd be in tne le;illturt f tb4t fut, "ni t- wf for the uf aforefjid ir.dfor n other ufe, int-i: t or pi1rpcdV v hitever ; w!.:ch falJ ei!trcn q isrtei tovvnflin apJ thrr frclij.;s, arc tlius apprvmtJ. and reftrd in lieu f the our thirtv.fixth uart of the trac af-r-ftd cal led t Vsrinu mi'itary tefetvition, vii'uliby a former ad had brrn apprapritted, cnJ vefted as afic f iJ, for the uie of ft i . i t " ; j i .

lencj.s, wiliu!) i i.ne : roviaea mow-

rter,Tiutn quarter towi.lbip including jtions, c' i -aer? ?vd covduvl of fotne eh frAi'in ihitvt fixtren ( I f'ich to u- the ?cr ufc rs, v S :! tht r f :he an ufc d, ard

ets. I .?e rumour alLsafd t lurtner goes

to dethte, that this eonduQ on the part ol the t uminitTioners, &c. rus been produsive

of f-Mius injury t the U. S. to this . ter

litoty and to thr ir own clrriiclers as pub-

lie officer?. Far am I for one, iron) giv i."r implicit credence, to rumcurj fo difad

vant.-irecui to qrn'.lernen, whofe integrity

both rublic and private, I have ever held

in iv veneration yet in juftice to the

nation at Urge, to the people of this ter-

liirory, in particular, and to themiclvfs and

their trienas,they ought to fatrify the public rn'md, bv a fdr and candid ftatement of every fi6 within t!i?r V.ns'vledge, wh'uh may any wiy bear cn thr fubjc in queftinn and I do for myfeltV :mh! in behalf )f many, of iry fellow. citiier , invite and requtltthem in the moll arneft manner to do fo. By tl.ij vr.ci'j a f ir opportunity it T.rcd to them, to d away thele (perhaps) idle, and ral'um: s iting whifperirgs and tales, refpffti ihetrfclvrs, with the like of vhich, we-are of:n, almoft, inundated, thcufjh they often Inve iu f-nTdntiou, it. ruth. This mriue in-r pror'tKc th further benefit of ''.traitiiM; tl iiipo!i

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: ,r,r tr, the ternto- lamc qay. oauea ircm inc-wy

ry, in general, and this diftnet in particu- Mahoti Jeft none tjiere, fpekc nothing ex. lar lief expofed and open to every perfon cept the frigate MeUmpUs, by whom, tbey that may plea fe to enter, delciictlels aiid -WW bouded, and hud three. paffeDgt if ungarded, while the clerk is lying dead that were on beardthe i,V Ame rican, pi:t Ar, u ,nY. vlt!in..t anv knuwlcde ou board f her. The ctptam of the;Mc

of what paffes, or is done in luVcffict ampus inarmed cnc. of 'the paffeteri, that ThU vUh mnnv nther imnrnoneties, make he had frnt twejve TefiVls to Hallifax.in

vour petitioners think it a duty they owe to the lafl eight days, and that he !t xpeflrd ihemfclwes, and the diftria in general, to "thing Ufs Ahan a war would be the con. 11 take ftrch pcqueiice of the Leopard's: attack on vie

meafures, as will for the future rtleafe us i-hei-peake..

fiorri a ve rv difagre eable ana perilous litua-

tion, and your petitioners in duly bound

will ever pray, &c. This day came Thomas BaHew,Efq,

Toftah J. S. Ellis, and Soloman Ellis, Efq.

before me'i Robert Hall, one of rhe Judges Lr , , f - . 4 r r W l of the county court of. common pUas Idrl Mcfchants of the Western

tne outrict or .ape yirraraeau, anu inauei - V-OullTry..

oath that the within are facts truly itatjru. n xi

Ntvn nnr1r trttr lia-n n lift pa iniK IJUI '7 . . "

irrh. ifinr. . WE beg leave to infarjcvyou

e- npri iinai wr nave anainienu keeping lor lJUe,

ROBt. HALL, (L. S.) an ffortmeiit tf Dtlpli WarTuita,i!e;r

This day came Robert 'Hall, before mt J, -e of the judges of the court of commoi. inan 11 C8n;;'

;as, tor tne emmet ot L.ape uirraraeau,! , . "v, y -M .

and made oath that he fay? Tofeph MFer. voUr,l ?nd ,nVlt? X0H ta EIVC a cai 9

ron intoxicated fo far, at feveral times , m'nV"pyn your joUrney: to PhtiRdeU

that he was 'incapable of dung bufinefi ?"14 v,r "more, wne lucii goeos is you with pronrietv. ... . mav PIcaf order (if nttkcu had) fliall b

Given under my hand and feal this-23d u,;uuuu,tu "7 lt,c ll Jo .iurn.

of March, 1807.

Signed,

THOs.BALLEW, (L. S.).