Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 October 1807 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

NO. 14.

VOL. l.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1807.

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(BY AUTHORITY.) AN ACT to extend the power of granting writs of injuction to the judges of the district courts of the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passing of this act, the judges of the district court of the United States shall have as full power to grant writs of injunctions to operate within their respective districts, in all cases which may come before the circuit courts within their respective difstricts, as is now exercised by

any of the judges of the supreme court of

the United States, under the same rules regulations and refstrictions as are prescri-

bed by the several acts of congress, establishing the judiciary of the United States

any law to the contraty notwithslanding :

provided, That the same shall not, unlefs so ordered by the circuit court, continue logger than to the circuit court next ensuing, nor shall any injunction be issued by a district judge, in any case where a party has had a reasonable time to apply to the circuit court for the writ. NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH : JEEFERSON.

and lodge the fame with the regiftcr of hundred dollars,Jo be paid out of any mo-

the treasury/

NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives S. SMITH, President of the Senate Pro-tempore March 3, 1807. APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.

AN ACT allowing an additional eompen-

lation to the judges of the Mifiiuippi,

Indiana, Michigan, and Louifiana terito-

ries.

BE it enacted by the Senate end House

of Representatives of the United States of

America, in Congress assembled, lhat each of the judges of the Mifiiflippi, Indiana, Michigan, and Louifiana territories, appointed under the authority of the Uni

ted States, be entitled to the annual fum of

nies in the trcafury not otherwife appro

priated

NATHL.

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

S. SMITH, President of the Senate protempore, March 3, 1807. APPROVED. TH : JEFFERSON. An ACT authorifingjhe difcharge of Gil bert Drake from his imprifonment.

BE. if enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives of the United States of

America, tn Congress assembled, lhat the

marflial of the diflrict of New-Yorh, be

authorifed and directed to difcharge Gil

bert Drake, late collector of the direct tax.

in faid diftrict from his imprifoiimentvupbi

a warrant of diftrefs mued againit him hy

tW(.lv,. h.mrlr llr Jn i;, rtf Ms r. the fupervifor of the faid diftria : Poided

fent compenfation, to commence on thc That he take before any judge of the U-

nuea oiaics, or any juoge 01 uic supreme

court ot the liate ot New- lork, or cour

of common pleas of the county in which

he is imprisoned, fo much of an oath impo

fed epon perfons imprifoned for debt, by thi

President of the Senatepro tempore. recond fcio,n "f th.c a? cn.l;tulc.d an ac1

ior iiic rcuci vi pciiuus inijiruoucu loraeui,

as relates to his net having transferred his

property with intent to defraud the United

States : provided also, that he ihali aflign

all the eflate real and perfonal, which hr

may own of be entitled to, to fome perfon, for the ufe and benefit of the United States

aft in addition to an aft, intituled an uuu" '"""'"'"7 'ut "ll

aft Tupplenrntoiy to an aft providing """"V forth! - naval p.ee eablinmeBt and or Phonal, that the faid Gilbert for other purpofet . Drf ke ''fr W"! n,d ,be ,,ab1'

BE it enacted by the Senate and House" -,V aa

of Representatives of the United States , of , , - . , r

America, tn Congress assembled I hat tw , m a TWr xiArnxT the prefident of the United States be, and . , . A 1 L. Al AUON, he u hereby authorifed, in addition to the Speaker of the House cf 'Pentatives

President of the Senate protcmporc, March 3, 1807.

firft day of January laft

NATHl. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

S, SMITH,

March 3, 1807. - ; APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.

AN ACTin addition toan adt,entituled 'an

to an ory tc peace

required by the regiflcring act, except that

he fliall not be obliged to give any new bend

to the faid collector.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That

o much ot any act or acls as erects any ot

thc fliores or waters, annexed by this adl to the Miflifiippi diftridt, into ftperate dif-

tricts, be, and the fame is hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, lhat

the fecretary of the treafury be, and he here

by is authorifed and directed to caufc to be

built upon fome convenient fite, belonging to the United States, in the city f New Or

leans, a good and fumcient hrufe, to fcrvc

s an oflice and place of depofit for the col

lector of the euftcms at that place. And

the fum of twenty thoufand dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expenfe of erecting the fame, to be pid out of any

money in the treafury not otherwile appropriated.

NATHl. MACON. Speaker cf the Hcuse of Representatives, GEO ; CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate, j February 13, 1807. . APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.

AV ACT For the relief of Olivrr Pollock.

RE it ertiicttd by the Senate and House

hereby

prefent naval peace eftabliniment, to em

ploy a number of able feamen, ordinary

framen and boys, not exceeding live hun

dred, fhouldthe exigency of the public fcr-

vice require the fame.

NATHl. MACON,

Speaker cf the House af Representatives.

S-SMITH. President of The Senate pro tempore, March 3. 1807.

APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.

AN ACT to annex certain fhores and

waters to the diftrict of Mifliffippi ; and to authorife the building a cuftom houfe at New-Orleans.

BE it enacted by the Senate end House

pa:-

THE FROR1DAS. It has been reported for loine iUyn

led, and we think with great probability ot corredlnefs, that booh the Fiends, ivive beencedd to the United Sure?. We fincerely hope thc information may he tiue as great advantages mult rtfuh to us fiom the celfion. The colonial depredations cemmiting by England, may have h?ftened an event, ths.t muH have ultimatelv tnken place, though otherwife it might have been

retaided to our difadvantzxe.

(Aurora.

approved, TH: JEFFERSON.

America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, all

the fhores ?nd waters of the nver Ohio, and

of the feveral rivers and creeks emptying in

An ACTmaking appropriation for Carving to the fame, and alfo, all the fliores and wa

into tnea certam tieaiirs wmi me L,ner ters ol the rivers wmrii empty into the river

okee and PianVefaw tribes ot Indians. I Mimffippi, or ;iny of its branches, be, and

HE it enacted by the Sena'e and Househhr fame are hereby annexed to. and mall

of Representatives ef ti e United States of mike part of the diftrict of Miflfiflippi.

imerica tn Congress assembled, lhat forj Sec. 2. And be tt further enacted, J hat

orryintf into effect a convention betweenla furveyor fliall be appointed for eachofthe

tf" Representatives of the United States'ihe United States and the Cherokee na-lfollowing towns or places, that is to fy ;

of America, in C tigress assembled. That

THE CANADAS. Should a war refult, from the prefent differences with England, we ouhc to hfe no time to poflefs ourfclves of her American polTv-ffions we care little about the territory, or the advantages of its firuation, for a valuable trade, though both are of cm.fjderatinv; we value the Canadas. from the ufe that might be made of them hy zn

of Representatives of the United States of European power, in a conteft with m. If

r.ngianu were ar. peace in unrcpe, nr might engage fomr other nuticus with her in the

bull licis ot warfare arrainfl us. from tha

hopes of plunder : having a difpofible foice

fhe might do us much rmfihief on our fron

the proprr accouMtiu oflicers of the trea-

fufy, be and they arc hereby authorif d to liquidate and frttlr the account of Oliver

lion of Indions, the following Turns to be Pittfburgh, Charleflon, Marietta, Cincinna

pid out of any monies in thc treafury not ti, Limellone, Louifville, Mafic, and Natothcrwife approptiated, be aid the fame chez, whi fliall be authorized to grant tern hereby are appropriated ; that is to fay porary Iregiflets to veiTels of thc Unitod

Pollock, fornieily co'iimercial agent fir the 'to the faiJ Cherokee nation, two thoufand States, in the fame manner and on thc frmr United Sutes at New. Oilcans, and that'eollars, and the further annual fum of two terms and conditions as may he done by tht

tiers, by exciting the Indian. We ought alfo to calculate the confluences of a cefHon of Canada to France, is ancient poffrffor, and a nation the rhofl beloved f any by the Indians. ibid

BRl'mn OUTRAGE,

they allow hini for his rxpeii'.rs of deten

turn at the H-tvamu; for the fum p2i J Tho mi Pttrrfon. :s his hnfle . lor pui

r v powder furnilhrd ; for cominilftoit on

liim paid for ui powder, aud for commiffion on the fum of feventy four thoufand eighty fe ven dollars, at the rate of two and one half percent with intereft until paid, out of any monies in the trrafuty not otjirrwifc appropriated : Provided, the faid Pnllotk, Jhall upon t!:e receipt of the fums ilirrftrd tobepAid hy this lt extiutc in rcnfiJerition thrreo", difclnrge to the Utiitsd Sutes of all demands wlutfuevcr,

thoufand dollars for four years fucceifively: rollectori of the feveral diflrict $ tf the Uni-

and to the Cherokee chief called the Black ted States ; and each of the faid lurveyors,

Fox, the annual fum of one hundred dollars befides the fees paid in relation to the ad

the during: his natural life. Imeafurement, ar.d regiflering of vefiYls, fliall

Sed. 2. And be it farther enrfcr, I receive an annual falary of one hundred and

That for carrying into ffl-ct a treaty be-hfty dollars.

tween the United States and the Pianke-I Sec. .1. And be it further enacted, That

law tribe ot Indians, conciuueu at v ihcen-iuie collector oi uie amni oi iviiuniipni,

ne5. on the thirtieth day of Dcember,Uiall, on the furrender ot any temporal y re

one thoufand eiirht hundred five, there flollL'ifler, granted to a veitel of the Unitec'

be. and hereby are appropriated, in additionjStntes a aforrfaid, iffue a permanent rrif.

to appropriations for carrying into cftectter tor fuch veiirl : 1 mtded, i hat tl.c

fc t.er treaties, a fum of one thoufand dol-lmafler of fuch vefiVl fltall take thc ufua

lar and a furihcr annual fum of tlircc' oath, and perform ill thc other condition

Nkw-YoRK, Augufl 22. Captain Reedinrr, arrived at Portfmouth,

from Point IV tre. Guadeloupe, inferms, that on the 29tb Junr, ofT DH'erada, he w??

wrought too hy the hrghfli armed ungf

lJonnnioue, from Dominiqne ' and orderefi

m board with ins papers, c'-C that curing

his way to, and while on hr.ard, as well as on his return, (tifter rt detention of two

hours) they ccntiiiiird firing fmai! arms at his fc homier ; frvrral fhet t nt through ber fails, er teied liT-fpars ard ether parts of he rflVL Upon crmplair.il t, captain 11. as told he roilt t!iink hiir.fdf Well cfT they did ret f;nk hi vclftl.

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