Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 August 1808 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

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VOL. I.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1808. NO. 39.

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THE WESTERN SUN, the publication was brought to her ears,

IS printed weeklvat Two Dollars, paid the was filled with aflonifliment and wrath

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ne core tne laiiy with lortituoe anu uue

fubmiuion, obfervmg that if flie did not

auuicnpuoi. wm uc rcc vcu lor - thfi Cleryman ajjd fofbid the banes. Af

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iria Lei in iiictii uuc vcii dim win uuv

be difcontinued until all arrearages are

paid

Advertisements of no more length than Uhrown a way.

breadth will be published at Fifty

Crnts for the first insertion, and

Twenty-Five Cents for every after

insertion.

lo avoid unpleasant annates, it is re.

qucfted of advertifing cuftomers, that

they , particularly fpecify the time their

advertifements are to be continued.

That from and after the thirty-firfl. day oflbe allowed to depart from any port of tha

ter a moment's paufe, Hie took wit in her

anger and faid, As it had been done it is fiity that the shilling should be

(BY AUTHORITY.)

March next, no duty fliall be demanded er

colit-died on the importation of old copper, which term fliall apply only tofdeh copper manufacture as have been worn out or

therwife fo damaged as to be unfit for a-

ny other purpofe than that of fupplyincr a

raw material, to b manufactured anew.

And it (hall be lawful for the colledor of

the port ordiftrict fn which fuch old copper

(hali arrive, mould any doubt arile whether fnch importation cemes within the intent

and meaning of this act, to appoint one

perfon, and'the owner, importer or config

nte, to appoint another, who fliall aftertain

whether the copper iniported comes under

the denomination of old copper,, as above

AN" ACT Making appropriations for

the iupport of the "Military ettablilh-

ment of the United States, for the year Idefcrihed ; and the proceedings in this in

one thoufand eight hundred and, eight. tftarce fhallbe conducted in the like man

ner and lorm as the proceedings uxc. direct

ed to be had by the fifty-fecund fedtion of

BE it enacted bv the Senate and House

Thofe fent without fuch directions willlo representatives of the United States of

be continued till forbid, and mud bt America in Congress assembled That! the act palled the fecond of March, one

paid for accordingly. or defraying the expences of the military

All letters addressed to the Editors must eftablifhment of the United States, for the

be poll paid or they will not be taken F"011; clSht hundred ana eignt,

out of the office.

POETICAL ASYLUM,

ORIGINAL.

Written at the Junction of the Ohio and

Kentucy. By a Native of Kentucky Thofe waters join in one, As nature's hand dr fign'd ; Yet 1 muH bear my fate alone, With no fair partner joiivd. To foft embrace, each filvery Hrcam, Unfolds its limpid arms ; I of fuch foothing pleafure dream, But never tafle their charms.

They on each other's bofoms lay,, And fmoothly roll their course ;

While 1 through life mn race my way. inflruments, fittrrn hui.difd dollars :

for the Indian Department, and for the ex-

pence of fortifications,arfenals, magazines

and armories, the following films - he, and the fame hereby are refprClively appropriated, that is to fay :

For the pay of the army of the United

States, three hundred and two thouiand

nine hundred and fifty tvo dollats:

For forage, four thoufand iix hundred

and eirht dollars :

Fnr rhr fnhnitancp cf the armv and

corps of engineers, two bundled and forty-

two thoufand five hundred and lorty-eight

dollars and thirty-five cents :

For clothing, tighty-five thcufand dol

lars :

For bounties and premiums, fifteen tlmufand dollars ;

For the medical and hofpitul depart

ments, fifteen thoufand dolkrs : For camp equipage, fuel, tools and tran fportation, nii4cty thoufand dollars :

for fortifications, aricnais, magaztnes and armories, two hundred and eighteen

thoufand fix hundred and forty-two dollars

and five cents

For purchafing maps, plans, books and

thouftud feven hundred and ninety-ninr, regulating the collections of duties on im-

potts and tonnage, in cafes of complete entry, or of damage fufUined by goods, warts and merchandize during the voyage. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That from and after the faid thirty. full d.yof March next, no duty fliall be de

manded or collected on the importation of

Saltpetre or Sulphur. I. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives

CKO: CLINTON,

Hce President of the United States and

President of the Senate. March 4, 1808. Approved, ' TH : JEFFERSON

Without one fond cfource.

They all their lov' and jny's unite, To never ne" part ; I in fuch unifon Might, Though join with none in heart. Calmly thou gentle currents fiow, With emblematic blifs ; "While I am hurrie'd to and fro, Ufiknowing happinefs.

O coulJ I meet fome cherub miwd, Life's way-ward fcenes to grace ; And like thofe flreams to he cntwin'd, In Hymens lov'd embrace.

ANECDOTE.

A young man having entritained a tender palfion for a young woman, felt fuch unfurmountable difiidrnce as to prevent his everdifclofing the fame, ta the fair, empiefs of his heart, reiolved on an expedirnt which would brinj the buhnefs to a fnrrdv ilTue. He went to the Clergyman

and requelted the banct of marriage might l.- r..ili1if!i.iL arcordintr to Uw. Whci

contingencies, eignteen tnoui :ici

For

dollars :

For ordinance, fcrty-five thoufand dol

lars :

For tents, twenty thoufand dollars : For extra tranfprt itina of military

floret, twenty-five thrtufaud dollars:

For the Indian Department, one hun

dred and forty thnulaua ..nd l;x Lunuud dollars

Sec. 2. And bf it father erjr!.- i. That the f-veis! lum hrrtiu fprcilc.i'.i appropriated Oidl hr p-ic! out rf ai y m

niesin the trealury inat othtrwii.: ipp.-opi'i-ated. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker cf the Home rf Rett ese:i:itives lil.O: CLINTON, Vice Fresiitrt cf the United States and President ef the Str.jte. March 3, 1303. Apt povkd, TH : JEFFERSON. .LV ACT To nllorr the importation of old

Coimrr. Skltrrtre. and Suluhcr free ri

i i i t Duty. BE if enacted h the Senate end lhuse f rcprcicr.tat.vi s cf the United States cj America in Ccrvresi cssenb.'cd Tlut

RESOLUTION To authorise the uipofi tion of certain charts of the coalt o North-Carolina.

RESOLVED by the Senate bnd House

cf representatives of ths United Stales of

America' in Congress ass tilled That the fecretary of the Treafuiy be, and he is hereby directed to tauTe to be fold, as many of the charts of ths coalt of North Carolina, publilhed in conformity to the refolutiiiii uhiiii pafled the fecond of March, cue thoufand eight hundred and levtn, as fliall remain or. hands, after receiving the number rr qui lite for the ufe of the go.

vernmeutoi the United States. J. B. VARNUM, Sleeker f the Hmscof RepresentativesGEO : CLINTON, Vice Pt eftdent ef the United States, and Presiu'itit of the Ssnuic. T.Urdi 4th, 180. ArrnovLD, TH : JEFFERSON

United States with a cargo defined for another port of the United States, or fliall receive a clearance for that purpofe until the owner or owners, confignee or factors of fuch American or foreign veffel, fhall

with the mailer, give bond, with one or more fureties, to the United States, in caftf of a veiTcl owned by citizens of the United States, in a fum double the value of the veffel and cargo, and in that of a foreign vcflcl four times the value of the veffel and cargo, that the veffel (hall not proceed to any fortign pert or place, and that the cargo fliall be relandedin fome port of the United States ; Provided that it fliall be lawful and fuflicient, in the cafe of any fuch American veffel, whose employment has uniformly been confined to rivers, bays founds and lakes within the jurifdictiwn of the United States, to give bond in an

iciount equal to two hundred dullar3 for

each ton of faid veffel, with condition,

that iuch veiiel fhall not be employed in a-

ny foreign trade during the time limited in the condition of the bond.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.

That no .bonds fhall be required of hoatg

not malted, or if malted, not being decked,

whole employment has been, and fliall con

tinue to be confined to rivers, bavs and

founds, within the jurifdlction of the United states, and laying within difttidU

which are not adjacent to the territories, 1 . r r-

luiuihci or provinces oi a iorcign nation,

whether Iuch boats be licenfcd or not. and

unlef3, in the opinion of the Secretary of

the trealury, Iuch bond be necrfury, and

in cale the lecretary fliall deem fuch bond

nectliary, it fliall be lawful and fufficicnt for the owner of the boat, to give bord in an amount equal to thirty dollars for each ton of faid boat, with condition that fuch boat fliall not be employed in any foreign trade during the continuance of the act entitled " an act laying an embargo on all fhips and vcffcls in the ports and harbors of the United States." Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That in every cafe where a bonJ hath been, or flullbe given to the United States, un

der this act, or under the ail entitled,

an act hying an embargo on all Ihipg

and vcffcls in the ports and luibors of the

u nittd S:atcs," or under the act fupplemcntary to the laft mentioned act, with

condition that certain goods, wares and

merchandize, or the corgo of a veffel flull

he relanded in fonae port of the United

otates : the party or parties t fuch bond fhall, within four monthes after the date of the fame, produce to the collector of the port, from which the veffel had teen cleaicd with fuch gcctls, wares, mcrchanuiie, or cargo, a ccrtificate-of the rclanainj;

ot the hme, lrom the collector cf the pro-

A2T ACT In addition to the act, fupple-.

niMU.ifv to the ict, eni

laj tng an embargo on

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n i..e .oris aiui iuiuou c mc united JtfcmUuu. ulrf. p.oof Jl.ai be produced

of fucli tcUnUip, or of Iw'Ij by lea or o-

.V rl - F" P't. on fuilme wl.treof the bond (hall "mm T fflV-er" ""'". nd in every fuch fult.judg. 1,11 F and veflth' elt lu,; be ;v.., t,iedtftntlitlt or

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tltC.

HI, it enacted ij the Senate and House

r Representatives cf the United States oj

Anienc a in Congress assembled. Tint duiing the continuance of the att entitled u an act hying an embargo on all fhips and veffrls in the ports and harbors of the Uuiltd State," no fliip, veffel, cr boat cf ar.y frfcr iptinri whether owned by (i:iz:::a ol" :hr United States, and which h neit!cr ridcrrd, licer.frd, cr pofcfTed of a fea letter ; flnll hr allowed todoirt lronvauv port of the United Stat:s, cr fliall reieivc a clearance ; nor flull fc;,v forcijn ciU

ther unavoidable accident

Sec. 4. i-nd ee it farther enacted That it flull not be lawful to export from the Urited Statei in any manner whatever, any goods, wares, or merchandize, of foreign or domeftic growth or manufacture, lri if any goods, wares, or merchandize Hull, during the continuance cf the act entitled, 44 an act hying an embargo on all fldp; and vcffcls in the ports and hrabors of ti c United States' and of the act fupplcmenury to the lafl mentioned act, contrary to the prohibitions 0f thU aft, bo