Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 July 1808 — Page 2
unfctfulnefs or negligence of tiieperfon orI!omin& to the United States ; and it fliall pcrfons emplovei bv the faiJ company, to be the duty of iVid company, to keep ported boilt r rmove the 'laid draw, any Hup orj up in fome confpit unus place c.n the Uid efiel lliall be uniuUly r unre:ifonabIv-jbridr, where the toll is rolledled, a printed hindered or delayed, or flull be damapedIilt oftli-j rates of toll allowed by this a& , inberhull, fyirs cr rising, in palling ibe.and for every day the f.ime (hall be nefaid draw, the faid company A-11 oc liableleifted they lhall forttit and pay one doU to the m.illfr or the owner or owners of.Iar, to be recovered by warrant, by any fuch (hip or vtlTcls, for damagesat the rue'perfc-n who fiiall fue for the fame : Proviof fix cents per ton of fuch Ibip or veiVel, jueJ tj. That if the number of nineteen for each and every hour fuch ihip or veflelj hundred fliarcs (hall not be fubferibed withfliall be hindered or delayed, ard for allin one year from the time of opening tubHjnacres in her hull fpars and riijinr, asjfcription books, by the comniiflioners, as
aforeiiiJi to ce iicertainea ana recovered nercin teiore uirettea, or n tne urn uuuc in a fpecnl action on the case, in any court and whaifs be not erecbrd and built, and
veflVls fet on fire by the Spaniards before h fland to be open to neutrals 01 an
the crew had left her. They were faved, dcfcnptions, for the JHirpolCO
C ll." 1 I r lit 'ill L-Illftl
in a ipeti! iHiuu vsc, in ny
of competent jurifdicYion ; and the faid company hall continually keep the faid bridge furniflieJ with twenty good lamps, to be well fupplied with oil, and lighted in due feafon, four of which lamps fliall be kept at the faid draw, and be kept burning through the night, and the others llnll be krpt burning till the hour of twelve at night, under the penalty of five dollars foi each offence, to be recovered by warrant before anyjullice of the peace, having jurifdiftion, by fuch perfbn or perfonsas (ball fue for the fame, Aud it (lull be lawful for the faid company, tocaufe each leaf of
the faid draw to be made of tne width of
twenty feet in Head of thirty-fix feet, the width of the faid bridge; aud if at any time hereafter the channel under the faid principle draw of thirty five feet fhall change and (hi ft to and under any other part of faid bridge, then it ilnll be the duty of faid company at all times to remove the former and keep a good and fuffieient draw thirty-five fest in width over the main and principal channel wherever the fame fliall pafs under the faid bridge ; provided that the fame (hall appear necefhry on a furvey to be wade by three commilfioners to be appointed for that purpofe by the prelident of the United States. Sec. 1 I. And be it further enacted. That the faid company (hall, in like manner, catife adraw or pafiage way, at leaft fifteen feet. wide, to be made in the faid bridge, acrof3 the other channel of ths faid river, near the eaftern fhore, commonly called the Maryland channel, fuhjeel to all tht reftrtclions, penalties and provilions con. tained in the lad proceeding fedtion, for keeping and maintaining the draw or paffage way ver the main ch annel of the faid river except fo far as refpec"ls the building of wharfs on rath fide thcrrof : Provided, The fsme fliall appear necefTary on a view and furvey thereof, by three commiflioners to he appointed for that pwrpofe by the Preiidtnt of the United States. Sec. 2$ And be it further enacted. That Tit fao'i as the faid bridge and wharfs fhill he erected and built, and furnifhed
uid completed, as required by this adt, the faid company fball be entitled to demand
ard receive by their proper agents, fervants,
or efneers, tolh at the following rates, viz For e?.ch foot piffengcr Gx cents and ; quarter : for each pcrfon and korfr, eigh
teen cents and three quarters of a cent ; for each chafe, fulkly or riding chair, thirty.feTen cents and a half; for each coach, coach, ee, ft age-waggon, chariot, phaeton or curride, or other ridine carriages, one hundred cent, and the further fum tf twelve cents and a half for each borfe, more than two, by whith fuch coach, Coachee, chsrri-
ot, phaeton or curriclr, Ih be drawn ; for
each lied cr ilein, tmriy-i-ven ana a r.aii rents, and the further fum of twtive and a half cents for each horfe or oilier brail, more than two, by which fuel1 fled or lleigh flirtll be drawn ; for eaeh four wherlrd waggon, crtrt, cr oilier four-wheelfi carriaagr s of hui then, t!irty-'cven cents aiid l half, and thr fm ther fum of twelve centr and a'half, fur each borfe or other be(t, more than two, by which thr fa:re (lull be drawn ; for e.'-ch two wh.etlvd cart, dray, or ether two wheeled caniage of burthen tirhtren rents and three cjuavters, & the further fum of twelve cents aud a half for each horfe or other beafl, more than one, by which the lame (hall be drawn, for earh ... ,-
fWn or fwine. three cents : lor r.onesanc
neat cattl other than thole in team
drawing hd fleigb?, cr carriages, cr thufr
furniflied and completed, as required by
this aft, within five years, from and after the firrt day of October next, or if it fhould remain at any time thereafter, fo oat of repair, for two years, as to be unfafe for tra. veiling ; then and in that case, all the powers, privileges emoluments, and immunities whatfoever, by this aft granted to the faid company, fliall ceafe and determine, and become abfoluteljr forfeited. See. IS. And be it further enacted That it fliall be the duty of faid corporation, as Iongjas they fliall be entitled to receive toll at the faid bridge, to keep the fame in
good repiir ; and if in negledl of their faid duty, the faid corporation fliall at any
time, fuffer the faid bridge to be out ot re-
pair, fo as to be unfafe or inconvenient for
paflengers, the faid corporation mall be ha.
hie to be prefentf d for iuch neglect, betore any court of competent jurifdiflion, and upon conviction tfcereof, to pay to the United States, a penalty not exceeding live hun
dred dollars, at the direction of the court, and fliall alfo be refponfrble f6r all damages
which may be fuftained by any perfon or
perfons, in confequence of fuch want ot re
pair, to be recovered in an action or actions cftrefpafs on the cafe, in any courUcompc.
tent to try the fame
Sec. 14. -And be' it further" enutteds
That the toll to be taken at faid bridge
fliall be receivable by the faid corporation,
for Sc during the term of flxty years years t commence ftom the day when the faid bridge fliall - be opened for paffengers : after which time the fid bridge fliall be the property of the United States, and the faid corporation be diflolved. . T.1 B. VARNUM,
Spemker of the House of - Representatives
however, by a bntifli brig.
By captain Dony, from Falmouth, Jamaica, the editor of the Mercantile advertifer has received a file of papers cf the 30th of March. Captain D. informs, that provifions of all kinds were very high and
fcarce in J. maica. Flour at Kingfloi, was 25 dollars per barrel. An embargo was
momently expected to be laid oti all Ame
rican vcffels.
A gentleman who arrived in
London from Copenhagen about the 17th ult. Hates, that he law 10,
000 French troops in the Me of
tuen, which is a fmall illand in the Great Belt, on their way to
Zealand, aud that 20,000 more v . r t
troops were expected. J ne whole werfc to be conveyed acrofs in boats. The fame gentleman had been at Htlfingburgh and Gottenburghlince the hoitile purpofe of RulJia was univerfally 'under-
ftood ; and he witnclled no degree of preparation on the part of the Swedes, which would warrant the reports we have had relative to their refolutien of reli (lance.
fnrni Ihinc and brinjrinP: in all kinds
of provilions and lumber, and evry material for building, and which1 laid neutral vellels, for the (pace of four months from the date hereof, fliall be at liberty to take nv
barter or exchange, and cxpoiv for fuch fupplies, sugar, rum, niov laires; cocoa and coffee. And I do hereby also proclaim? and declare that all the inhabitants' of the town of Port of Spain, who have been fufferers, bearing arms' in the 'militia of this illand and re--quiring the fame, lhall be furnilhed with rations in the fam proportions as his majefty 's troops. And all perfons whomfoever are' hereby required to govern themfelves accordingly. Given under our hand and Teal of government houfc. in Port ol Spain, this 25t!r day of Marcli, 180s, and in1 the 48th year of his majef-
ty's reign. By his dxcellency's command, (Signed) T.HISLOP.
v i vt v' ' - r
T-t . 13... T y an arrivai a newnurypon irom
j ucuiciciii hjwc iumc umc d- n..rr.,.,.,
go cancel oonaparie; me cause son of govrrnmcnt, wh(, was fent there toexe. of the Church ; and, to prove hi culc thc iaws, was taken into cuftody byclaim to the title, the Englilh wits the' captain of the Wafp, as being concern-
remarK, lie is daily leveying f.rtts in lmuggling. on the ellate. I VJV. Tork Cat
FROGS.
Grenada March SO. rVVr ' rrnvprnnr line renn iirl
r.v UcT, 'iv. Mol The following curious article is copied troin tne governor oi 1 rinidad, c , . TA c -i i i tr i r i from a letter written by Dr. Williams, ox the news o a dreadful misfortune the ftate of Vcrmont a fricnd-' . which has hiippened to the town At Clftieton, in .1779, the.
0I. , i.. V. pP8"" "'y , lnG nJVitant were engaged in buildings
wnoie ot wnicn was contumeci ay fort near the centre of the town. Dig.
lire on I UUrtday tne 24tll UUt It ing into the earth five or fix feet belov
IS calculated that the lols amounts the furface, they found many frogs appa-
lO a million lierung at lean. 1 ne rentiy inactive, ana luppoua toue aeaaunfortunate inhabitants are in the cing expofed to the air, animation foon
Utmolt dittrds, threatened with fa- appeared, and they were found to be alive mine. Provilions and lumber ind ,,ca.hIl'-. 1 ha.vc JIlls Recount from
r.tfn . r.MMTnv thiir wnnf , Thr imvprnnr General Clarke ana Mr. Moulton, wn
Vice Preside. f the Uniud itates, w exhorts the inhabitants of the townrere prefent wlien thofe frogs were due
President of the Senate
February 5, 1808 . I Approved, TH : JEFFEtSON. LATEST FROM SPA11T.
Ey the brig Hope, 'captain Andtews, arri.
ved
from
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twice have they fullered a nmiU
fine even laft year their town was lT83, Samuel Lake, digging a faved by the exertions of the gar- wcll ncar his houfe t thc depth of nihil from the moU imminent dan- twenty. five or thirty feet from the furface ger. A law cxifls againlt Wooden of the earth, the labores threw out with
buildings and roots yet neither their (hovels fomething which 'they fufpeft-
irth. they
on ?Ionday night 1, at Maible head, Calamity experienced nor the fd to be ground roots covered with earth i Giiwn, in Spain, in the bay of Bifcayvforcc of law can prevail. If tllf Upon examing thefe appearance!, the
we have ntws from tliat 'rountryj to theifame misfortune lllOllld again COmewcrc found to be frogs, to which the earth 10th of laft manth. It aipear Biat the'nnon them, it will be their own every where adhered. An examination
citadel of Pampleufe, in the kingdom of fault, they mull not accilfe Provi- was tnen ma(e Jnc cartn n tne wcil Navarre, and thst of Figuerays, inthe prin-IrJcilCC but their 0WI1 nCKledl and wlicrc tncy wcr digging a large number
cipality of Catilonia, had been garnfoned by ana. pi trogs were lound covered with the
l renin iroops, wiin tne tonieiu hiu oyor-i v nuniv.iuu3 vjk icvcmt ui der of the king of Spain, therefcre wi.h- fcoPT Ithem were cut to pieces by the fpade of
out any oppoHtion from the commandant of Orrmd i oqih Mirrli t hor the workmen, being expoied to the air,
the fame ; that the Rochfoit fleet had join.kp ... . ' ' w jthey loon became active but unable to
w.yM , . 1t ri endure the diredt rays ot thc lun, rooft of By his excellency Ihomas theln pcrilhed Foni lhc d h oi thc Jtiillop, L. s. governor cartn wh-ich t10fe flogs wcrc covered, ic and commander in chief of cannot be doubted but that they rnuft have the laid illand, and vice ad been covered up for many ages, miral thereof. 41 Thefe appearances denote, that the
v hcreas It has pleafed the Al- place from whence the frogs were taken
ed that of Cxrthrgena, t onlifting rf lOfliips cf the lint, Sec. and have proceeded hence, jointly, to Toulin ; that the general opinion of the beft informant clafs in .Spain waa, that th prince of Auftiu?, thc heir ippHrcnt cf the throne would be married to Mifs Beauharnois. daughter of the ambaf-
f.dor, a i.iece of
tli Hunt 5l!fl
I
the emprefs of France ; mighty God to vilit this town with waf once the bottom of a channel or lake already arrived at Ma-jthe mod dreadful calamities b fmed by the waters of Onio river. In
id. no doubt, preparatory to the comim jfire, which has dtflroycd the great 3,5S,nS tnc ,amc xvrn at ltic epthot forty
the faid event, together uith other arr,nrr. ;ncctfrarv immediately on fo ferL the body of a tree eighteen or twen. menrs, fuch as allot.njr Portugal as . dow CmtTgcncy to take Heps for l" I"" ,n. 11 T' J rv to his faid niece. T here were in Ferrr l, , r r. m , , 4 1 T , probability is, that both the frogs and the
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:h riders, fc: cents and a quarter eaih.
and one pvf r. only to each team or drove, flu'l b- alhswed to free r.f toll : I'ro rid'J. That no trll fliall he exacted at Oic) Vr, ge, fir the paiTage of any Avaon m c arriage, Uden with thr property ot ti e U nited Stitei, or for the drivers tliereof ; or for tiic plTige of at.y troop of the United States or the militia cf any (late, cr thr diftrict o? Columhhv marchiug in a bod), or any cannon or military cruipnicntt be-
5 Ihips of the line, one new of 12 guns, 1 V 1 J V,J' tree were at the bottom of the channel cf and 3 frigates readv for fea. .therefore, by and With the ail Vice a rlvcr orhk-r; that thc waters of Onion thillicolhe, FredonUn. ,of .1S. "lajc-lly S council, hereby river couflantly bringing down large jproclaim and declare as follows: quantities of earth, gradually raifed the That martial Jaw fliall be imme- bottom; that by the conflant ir.creafe of K F.W.YORK, April 25. ,diately proclaimed and remain in earth, the water was forced over its bounds. Caotain Greene, from the Havanns, in- force Until further Orders ; that farmed for itfelf a new channel or
forms us, that on the 15th inflant, an 1c advice velfcls fliall immcdiatclv ?alTc ,n ts defcent to lake Charnplain."
was coming out of that port, he law a nt- c f1rc( at ie expence of gov. I ow vigorous and permanent muft the
in n;ip and a bng about ten miles to iee- crnment , and difpatched to head wa,d of Ilavanna, who c.mmenfed a heavy fJuarlcrs at Barbadoes, as alfo to
tnc, wucn cnntinueainr io nours, - .a Q 1 iflJn(s, am to the hichhefi,PporriwaSd.refteJaEair , - ift . , , spanlh run brts who were convoying iV n . r n .i i Cno .iJ.r.fr.m Mrir! alidlance in furnillung thc colonv Icrre urrrtCr from iriel. . , n i r n A paffergerin the Cuba Oatei, thata u,l, a11 k of proVlfions and Oinrt time previous to her failing a Britifli lUmocr. fri-at- rrn nop of war re does not reccl- Arid I do hereby further dc!ea which) loA at Cabanas, and thtclarc and proclaim the port of this
principle of life be in this animal ! Fregs placed in a fttuation in which they were perpetually fupplied with moiilure, and all wafte and perfpiration from the body, prevented, preferve the powers of life for an aftnnifbing length of time. Centuries rnuft have paffed fincc they began to live in fuch a fituation ; and they remained undiflurbeJ, they might have cxiftcd far centuries yet to come.