Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 December 1807 — Page 3
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THK VKSTI-KN SUN. VIXCEXXES, DECS Mil Kit, 2. Want of re-Jin his prevented our giving the documents accompanying the le Indent's communication a place in this day's pjptr, they lhall appear in our next.
Atpotntment by ihc Governor, The honorable WALL Ell TAYLOR, .tu'lec of the Hirb court of C.nccry, vice.
luos. 1. Davis, Ueceaiea.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The fecond part of Broken Blunderbufs,
flnll be nttnuh J to in our next. I he con
tinuation of lUs MjraliU lhall alio have a
pi ice. We have alio received Jofeph M'Fer ron's vindication, which Hull be comment cd in our next.
nifli vcficls fallen in with on the high leas be detained. Fl KE; A T FR EDE RICKS III' KG from the Virginia llear'd of Wednesday:
(Ju Monday, at 12 o'clock
the houlc formerly belonging
to Mrs. Carter, in this town,
was difcovered to be on fireThe corple of Mr. William Standard, the more recent proprietor, had not been fern to its earthly home, when a
ikk and mourning family
were driven by a new calam.
ity. with the remains ot apaL
tunity of enjoying that tuxu.
ry which a poor bofom feels m giving charity where merit
and dillreis combine to claim it.
out ;
Extract of a htter from Canada. " The French militia hav? been turned
the fecond brigade on TuelUay lad.
The, commander called on ihofe he chofe; they brng embodied, he called for every fifth man to ftcp out lYoiti the main bedy. His call v.'as not obeyed in the lead. Some faid they wo-:ld not Hep out without the rcll; and fome made bold .to fay, they would not take up arms againd the Americans, but would join them when they chofe. Forty who laid thty would join the Americans were committed for mutiny, and will have their trial to-morrow. Windsor paper.
Extract cf a letter from Frcdcric.ks&xrgi, dated October 2 1 . " I wrote you on Monday lad, informing of the dreadful calamity that has vilited this place. I could not at that moment of alarm, date accurately the extent of the mifchief ; it is now aftertained that at lead two hundred houfes of diflerent defcriptions have beendedroyed many of their former occupants are yet without a dwelling. " The whole lofs is edimated at four hundred thoufand dollars. NEW LONDON Oct. 21 1807. The Duke of1 Manchefter is appointed Governor of Jai. maca. We( underftand that the pofl matter general has refig ned. It is fuppofed colonel Patton oF Philadelphia will bj his lucceffor ( Aurora. DENMARK. Copenhagen Aug. 20. The prince Koyal has given orders rather to burn the fleet, in cafe of extremity, than to fuffer it to fall into the hands of the enemy. When mr. lackfon, it is laid, gave him twelve hours to take his final resolution, he did not employ fo many fe. conds in pofitively rejecting his prcpofitions. LONDON, Sept. i; An order of council was pub -lifhed in Saturday's Gazette, prohibiting all veflels belong.
ing to his majc-dy's fubjecU
from entering or dealing out
for anv of the ports within
the dominions, ot the king ot Denmark until further orders,
that a general embargo be
lai 1 on all Datum vellels in Englilh ports ; and that Da.
all round, and branded on the near (boulder and buttock thus S E E. The marc is about fourteen hands hijh, is in foal, both
rent dud huiband, from the hind feet white, fomc u hite in li-r face, a
Tiro HUNDRED DOLLARS RlX WARD. IJ AN A WAY on the fifteenth of th ."V prclent inllant, from the fubferibrr 4t the Cumberland Furnace, Ditkfun county, llate cf TeilnclTcc, a daik mulatto tel. low, called D I L L E rt but will no doubt change his name, per haps thirty four or thirty five years old,
hve teet ten or eleven inches high, tlronrj and actively formed, his countenance indicative of difconrent, uulefs when he afTrcla a Imile, his features tolerably prominent without much flrdi on his face, his clothing unknown, and will no doubt change them as often as he has an opportunity of pilfering others, he will, 1 ev0fA mfa him.
about fifteen and a half hands high, fluid! felt' for a free man, hns worked fome time
it the coaling-budnefs, his direction is un-
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STOP THE THIEF. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
TOLEN from the fubferiber on the
twelfth ind. a
y A u A iv no I 6 is,
SORREL MARE,
folitude of their lorrows to weep under the next hofpita ble roof, over their complicated misfortunes. Tl;t houfe was on an eminence and a flrong wind from rhe north weft blew the flameb into the body of the town, r n the courfe of a few hours three of the belt improved fquares, with part of two o ihers, were ' ilripped of all their improvements. The rapidity of the fire, in the horrors of its devedaiion through houses highly com-
buftible from the operation of
the late drought, the coulternation that prevailed deflroyed confert ik prefence of mind in the mod of thofewho were laborioudy active, incompe
tency of the engines to per
form their offices with full ef feci, prevented many of the
fufferers from faving a great
proportion of their moveable
property. The upper To
bacco Warehoufes with all the
tobacco dored, were confirm
ed. A flake of burning mat
ter was thrown on the roof of the bankhoufe, which
Itoocl at the diltance ot two
dreets from the general con
ilagration, and (o-furious was
the progrefs of the flame, that
all the books, papers and mo-
ney in the vaults were, of ne.
ceflity, expofed, during the
whole of the fire to itsaclion,
but have fmce been recovered
entire. This awfully afflicTing event
had bereft many families,
fome in difeafe, at the en
trance of winter, of their only (belter and of their all.
The woes of the comiortlefs
and of the fullering, which
prevade a great part of Fred
crickfljurg call aloud for con
tribution from the opulent. The inhabitants of this town
were; lately liberal in their re-
lief to the wretched of Nor 1 I A I I t
loiK A pian nas oeen or-
s ganized to furnifli the benev olent of the filler towns ii
Virginia, and of the neigbor
fni all lump on her hack, and .'hod all round.
flie above rewara wi!! be tivrn for the a-
ove mentioned horfes, delivered to the ubferibers living ir. Bourbon county, ten
miles above Paris, on Stoner, or for fuch
information as will enable us to get them
again,
Jonathafl;& William Scctt. Oft. 13, 1807. . x DBtp 4w 15
ing country, with an oppor
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certain, out it is luppolcdhe will bnul his courfe towards Louifiana, Indiana Terri
tory, date ot Ohio, or Lexington, Krnti:c-
l:v. It is not to be
liipnoicc
4
lie
knowledge who he belongs to,vas guilty of crimes previous to hilX
r.
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INDIANA TERRITORY.
ourt oj Chancery, August Term
1 807.
Nathaniel Wed, Complt. I
apatnst r 'Ty
Robert Evans c Robert J? J
M. Evans, Defend' ts I
r a ' HIS day came the complainant by his
JL counlel, and the defendants not ha
ving entertd their appearances according
to law, and the rules of this court; and it
appearing to the fatisfaclion of the court that Robert Evans, cne of the defendants
is not an inhabitant of the Territory, on
motion of the complainant by his counfel it is ordered, that the Defendant Robert E
vans, appear here cii the twenty fifth day
of "November next, to a rawer the bill ot
the faid complainant, othenvife it will be taken as con fe fled, and that a copy of this
order be forthwith inferted in the Wedern
Sun three times fuccefllvely.
A copy, Atteft H: HURST, G. C. C.
will ache was
pnement,
for which he cxpedUd nuniflmietOU Any
perfon apprehending him, will ironVjim in
the molt fee ure manner, paying no re1
.jaru to any promiies he may make, lodge him in jail, andinfoim me of i :hat I get him, or if thty brim- !iir
m tecured in irons. Mull have the above reward, and reafon.Wile expenrv-s. paid by, MONTGOMERY BELL. Aug. 25th, 1807. iWtp 4w 15
NOTICE. ' TTS hereby given that 1 lhall make appllcation to the court of Common Plea3
of Knox county, in the Indiana tenito
at tne next rcniunrv term, tor a licence to
edabliW) and keen a Fcnv on Wiitr rivr
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at or near the place wheie I nor Xr. JOHN MJt fclN. Oa. 31, 1807. iX V
71? all persons concerned. "VlOTIGE is hereby given that I diall
maKe appucation to tne next caurt of Common Pleas, of the,county of Cla'rlc, in the Indiana Territory, to be held on tlte fecond Monday in October next, to appoint three commidioners. for th nnmnfc nf rli-
, - " w. - viding a trail of land in the Illinois Grant, containing 500 acres, known by No. 67, held by the heirs of Jacob Reager, dec. one third part of faid tra&ofland I am entitled to, as afllgnee of Henry 13. Reagar, one of theirs of faid Jacob Reagar. Abraham Euuler.
INDIANA TERRITORY,
Court of Chancery, August Term
1807.
James LalTellc Sc Francois") f00
Laliclle, Complainants f J against X
James Pcllctier Defends J TJHlSday came the complainants by JL their attorney, and the defendant not having entered his appearance accwrding to 1.1. . 1 r 1 . .1
law, ana tne ruies 01 ims court, ana 11 ap
pearing to the fatisfaction of this court that ZA
habitant of this Territory; on motion ofi11 not iaKC" oul UCIU,C luc -
tho romnhinacts. bv their counfe! ir is or- tliree moiuns, wm ue icturucu iu ic
leied, that the detendant appear here on the
POST OFFICE, Vinccnnes October i d. 1807. LIST of letters remaining in tbil
Oificc during the lad quarter which
twenty-fifth day of November next, to anfwer the bill of the faid complainants, oth-
erwife it will be taken zspro cotifessoyzr
that a copy ol this order be forthwith infer
ted in the Wedern Sun, three times fuc-
ceflively.
A Copy, Atted H. HURST, C. C. C.
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NOTICE
S herebv riven that I dial! anTTv to the
next court of Common PleaS to be hoi-
den for the county of Clark, in the India
na Territory, on the fecond Monday in October next, to appoint three commiflionrrs for the purpofe of dividing three traU of land in the Uinois grant, in the faid county, to wit : Lot Nc. 10, of 500 acres, 300 acres in No. 9 ; and 300 acres in No.
ralPod OtTiiccas dead letters viz.
A Alexander Adams, B Nathaniel Byrtt, Jofeph Baird, Doc. Jofeph Brownley, John I. Bailey, William Black, R. Baird, Shadrach Bond jr. John Beaty, C Daniel Curtan, Joel Collins, David Collins, Adam Clement, David Carfon, D Thomas Deakcn, Thomas Davis, two, Toutflaints Dubois, John Fiuly, G Robert Giil, Anthony GritTin; two, William Gi'dfin, John Grant, II W. H. Hajrifon, John Hatton, two, William Hill, James Hall, Nathaniel Heald, Jcflc Haden, J Michael Jones, L Sam!. & John Leard. George Leech, M George Miner, William Mehoney, Will. V. Mooreman. James Major, Comrlius Merry, Mai tin Miliar, John faartin, Will.' M'Donald two, John
H T .
2 owned by the heirs and rrprelentativei! 1 rn- 11: 1- 1 ' ..iv ir it) 1 bonus Orme.
JI VV llliam CUUivn uci . anu my Jt 11. i
JOHN HARRISON. Augud26th, 1807. 9 4w
Handbills, Circular Letters A N" I) ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, SEATLr ASH ACCURAtRLr PRISl'ED AT THIS OFFICE.
Thorn-
Peter Pcpnno, John Perrey, jr.
Palmer, Eliza Parke, R Rit hd. Ridgleyjr- two, Enoch Ruffed, John Heed jr, Jofrph Robertson, S Jan.cs Shaw, Samuel Sone, H. A. SnnUwod. Jacob Sel; Sally Scott, T Socman iVvirverbo, John Thompfori W AM WcftfaU, two Fdizabrth Whir, lock Edward Wilion, William Weft g-uc, Dcvid Wrlli. Gen. Yf. Jjhnsisn p. m