Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 April 1809 — Page 2
pole. 1 fay nrfa'i::t ? brca n fr however frrn. Pleas for tliis county, praying that the tin that tpiellicn m.y he to icme, it i. . punty court houfc and jiil, be ere&eil as
correA ar.il true.
Af:er wiu: Has been written by the- firl
near the centre of faid town as circumfUn- preventatives.
dings in the faid election fhall be the fame
as prefenht d by law for the election of He-
li i .i' o him nviumi I1IU IIUV MI UK LIUUIJU IIV
ihtrtni.in ot our country ana tus nern re.u ..... ... ' r J,., r.u
aNive, it would of preiumption to adJ am r r mAmrnmiK niirOinn. llofittiops be Drenareu and reported at the
therefore will terminate here the t.ifc which next mertit.g of the fiid citiz-ns, hereby ls- eight hundred and nine, and ot the
Given under my hand, and the feal of
the Territoiy, at Vincennes, this tenth day of April, one thoufind
I had impnfrd upon niyfelf, in the perform Appointed to be held at Charles Villeneuves
ance of which, 1 Have not, 1 trult, vioiatec on Monj3y next nnv rule of decorum. I have as frr as it . . n , , n , an. 1 , , . , Resolvtd unanimoufly by the Catholic lav m my power, endeavoured to recal tin J taMe for chafte and temperate diftuffion, to tlt,zrns of Vincennes, that A. Richarville, which we have been fo long ftrangers- A. Valle, L. Delaurier, J. B. Dclaurier, My abilities were not, I feel, equal to the L. Bazadone, Fr. Boye, des Biens, C. Vilimportance of the undertaking, and much leneuve, Fr. Langeudo, A. Marchal, Fr. remains to be faid upon fo prolific a fubjed, udCicot and Thomas Jones, be, and hereby
a " n.vccoiuriuuu o .nun.cu.oic i . tcd on behalf the lV,d citizens to
crated to a few eminent men their Dr;vii prefent their petition to the general affem
ed?e of thinking, if I have a wakened them My, praying that body to incoporate the
to a fenfe of their independence, if I have Catholic church, of the parifli of St, Fran fucceeded in perfuading that in matters of cis Xavier of Vincennes.
opinion, but efpecially on queflions which Resolved, That the foregoing refolutions
involve me napp.neis oiouueives ana po . n ubli(hedin thc Wcdcrn Sun.
mined to, than "that of eternal reafon and truth, then my feeble efforts fliall not have been exerted in vain. Truth having been
my guide and the public veal my aim, I feel
a confeious pride that I have contributed rny mite towards the public good, and now refign the pen to thofe who actuated by the fame honeft motives, are more able to
ufe it. A FARMER.
(Signed) ANTOIN MARCHAL, President A Copy, Mm. M'INTOSH, SVc. t
BY
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
Governor and Commander in Chief of the
J Indiana Territory, x
At a meetimr of a refpedlable number of U A raULiLjAMA I IUN.
hrsWm thr WHEREAS from the late divifion of
Wlklk I'd W & W 111 IIIIV W MB mm m houfe of Charts Villeneuve, on Monday the Territory it has become neceffary to
the 3d April, 1809, previous to the elec na a new apportionment of the Repre
tion of reprefentatives. - Antoin Marchal, was elected prefident, and William Jl4Intorh, appointed fecretary. The following refolutions were unanimoufly agreed to and pafTed. Resolved, That the a entitled 4 an ac"t t to incorporate the Borough of Vincennes,' appears to this meeting, to be a violation
of the rights of the faid citizens, recogni fed and fecured by the ordinance made foi the government of the territory, inafmuch as it eretts the faid town into a Borough ; creates a board of TrufWs, veftcd with power toel-cl their fuiceff irs, who neithe are elrdUd by, nor refpjnfible to the frerliohlrrs ; and enipowrrs thofe Truflees to take awy and oth'-rwiO e jcroach upon the frrrh- P.s. ughts and liberty of the faid citizens vv itlit.ut tii-ir confent. Resolved. Tlut the laid acl, and the provifions thereof in violating and othcrwifr enrroaihing on The rights, liberty and pro perty of the f lid citizens, has a tendency tdimiwm th"ir confidence in the legifljtun . and to alienate their minds from republican inflitutinns. Resolved, That the f id citizens will by every lawful means refill the enforcement of the faid atfl, fnould any attempts in violation of thtir riiits or prrperty be madt to carry it intoeifeft, befie the firft mte ting of the general alfembly. Racked, That the fiid citiz-ns will not fupport the eh lion of ary Cdtidic'te ah tlieir repre Tentative in thr eneril afTrtrihly, who will not p! dgc liis limnr to thrni tlu: lie will, felef't"d, life !iis hell endeavors to efFuflu'tea repeal of the- 1 d n, at the firll h lli-ni of t!ie rmTal a!" mhlv. 4 Rcso'vcrf, TImi Kit !mi dh , l'h s. Jonts and Wil'i -m M'hcfl , 'r, and herrby arr ap;;int'd lir-t"' a p-tition in the nanif ot tli- iitiz-.-.'s, firr bo'-irrs of Vincennes. to Mi - urw r 1 rtlh't"hi :!-( Irative of tl ohj'-iitont wbub t!f m l to th" fa i J a (ft, & ti e- xr-' ..-is ul i. li h.nr deteimined them to prv M'.T . fh' to lryu it. lli:!vtd. ,a thr fnne r"rf ns diafta prm . i i:i ." tutor of thr fiid citizens to t! - n't- i .1 -(Trmhly. pr iviiii; that thr tnun ci iiiiiKM ni.y br im orpot;!rd. pr-f-r Vi' g to thr f'rr!,f,MrS tj,,.rf.(.f tiC f)j elrdilK,' th Tf m'i. rs ; ami efhng : r , ,,r. portion v.i:'i p.rr to rM-lhlh a nmkut liouf" and irrul.-tin tl.r -lnr - -t law to regulate thr common ,l Vi-k rimr. And th u th"y dr ift a j -tition in the name of thc faid citizens to thc court ui Common
fentatives to the general aflembly ; I have
thought proper to iflue this, my proclarna
tion, hereby directing and declaring that the houfe of reprefentatives fliall, at the
next general afiembly be compofed of eight
hjiembers, of which, the county of Knox
Ijliall furnifli three ; the county of Clark
nwo ; the county of Dearborn, two ; and
the county of Harrifon, one. And I do
further diredl that the election for the ad
Independence of the United States,
the thirty third. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. By the Governor, JN: GIBSON, Secretary.
I
NOTICE.
I FOR WARN all perfons from
Durchafing a bond of two hundred
pounds given to Jcnmiah Llaypolc
bv mc for what they call the wMti
au Jih hana I erntorv : alio
bonds civen to Beniamin Saball-
ain for the fame kind of land, and
a power of attorney given to him to
fell land in Kentucky on blate tor the payment of the lame; which
power I difannul, with the, bonds
alio not to trade tor, as the land 1
fliall not get ; and am determined
not to pay them.
April 8, 1809. 19 3w
ditional reprefentative from the counties of xeCUted On tWO thirds of a tradt
Knox, Clark and Dearborn, and for the member herehy affigned to the county of Harrifon, hall be held on Monday the twenty fecond day of May next enfuing, U the places in the fevcral townhYips of the laid counties refpeftively, which have, or nay be afiignfd by the courts of Common Pleas of faid counties for that purpofe. Done at Vincennes, in the faid Territory, on the fourth of April, one thoufand eight hundred and nine. L.S. In teflimony whereof I have hereunto f t m, hand, and have caufed the feal of the Territory to be affixed. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. By the Governor, JN GIBSOoVrrejry.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS Of Knox County.
Genl. IV. Johnston vs William Lientz.
Foreign attachment in debt.
Whereas a writ of foreign at
tachment has been nnieil from the
clerks office of the faid court of
Common Pleas, oi the county o
Knox, returnable to the Novem
ber term now lull pa ft of the faid court, in favor of the faid Genl. VV. Johnfton againft the faid William Lientz, which has been returned
by the (herifF of the faid county
of land of two hundred acres on the N. W. fide of the Wabaih river Now public notice is herebygiven that unlefs the faid William Lientz does appear by himfelfor his attorney and enter fpecial bail to the faid aion, within the tinv prescribed by law, judgment by default will be entered againft the faid defendant,, and the propertv
att iched will be fold to fatibfy the
laid plaintiff. R. Buntin C. C. C. P. K. C. March 21, 1809. 19 3w
w m Jn
50 Dollars Reward KAN-AWAY from the fub
fcriber in the month of Novembei
lalt, a negro man named MATIIEl
BY .about 35 years of ape. a thiclf flmrt
WILLIAM HENKY HAIUUSON"ell made fellow, flow motioned, Governor and Comma dcr in Chief of theii no' ,m l?P and white eyes.
Indiana Territory, y" . ,. UM '-' IS gone to
tne wnio Daune or the iiccl Uank ll ttU inent. 'i'lie above reward fhall be triv-
cn to any perfon who fhall deliter
4 A PKOCLAMA1 ION WHEREAS by an ad of Congrefs, p.flVd at" their 1.0 trdiou, thr Governor t
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.r muMua icr.m'ij, rnip'.w,-rro ani:irht. uvv;n to ine Or feCUre hill) dirked to divide the faid 'iVrrit..ry intoj,, ;,!)' jail lb tllUt 1 IliaV get hilll afive diftiifts, eav.h of which to he entitled to rain.
Labcditmc.
Irnd one meti brr to thc Leill.itivc (IvjU'n
ril of the Territory. Now therefore he it( 10 Jail. 1809.
kn vn, that the five ddhicli as afore Taid
i fhaSI he lormeJ as follow f, vi?.. The toun ty of Dearhorp, Hull f, rm one diitrid ; the county ot (Wzi i;, (:ie dulricl ; thr tomi. ty of H rrilon, nr.e diltrict ; the towidhips ..f ruITrron, IMmyra, and Vincennes, in the county oi Knox, ohe difhUt ; and thc tw n(lii!S ot i 1 itiilon, Wliite river, VaSilh ad Ohio, in thr fid county of Kr.ox, .notlirr ddtrict. Ar.d I do lu. her direct rd oidt r thhat the elrftion f i the fid nienibers of tLr lrfli.tive council. Hull he held at thr fane time, and thc tame pi cr?, as are fixrd by my j r o c 1 mutton of the fourth of this inltnt, t jr the elrction o au additional Representative t and thc proccc
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WRITING PAKR For talc at thc Qflitc cf thr Wtfiern Sun. At 2 5 Cents per uire. A I so THE PERPETUAL ALMANAC,
Tncc 12 L'J Ccr.t
INDIANA TKKR1TOUY, Auditors (Jijice. NOTICE is hereby gi en that by u it of AlVenibly, palled at the leflion ol the Legiil.iture of the laid territory, at their lltVion of
one thnufdnd eight huncUea and
even, it anv non-rehdent claiming ands in this territory, either by
entry, patent, deed for convey
ance, bond lor conveyance, or ci
ther evidence of claim, his or her
agent, or attorney, ihall ncgleil or
reluie to hit his or her lands wita the alFeilor of the county where fuch land may have been entered
and located, before the tenth day
of March, then next, and now in-
Rant, and the tenth day of March,
quadrennially, thereafter, the aflef-
lor ihall-immediately proceed to lift and make a valuation of the
lands of fuch non-relklents, that
may be in his county, per hundred acres according to the quality of
the foil, and its lelative htuation ;
but in making fuch alfellment and valuation, houfes, barns, and o-, ther improvements ihall not be included. And further notice is given, that the Sheriff of every county, ihall, by the fifteenth day of July, annually, demand payment of the taxes, or fum a fie fled, or. each inhabitant in his county, in perfon, or by notice in w riting, left at his or her ufual place of reiidence. In cafe oi ncn payment of taxes, by the time appointed, it fhall be the duty of the Sheriff", to levy
and collect the tax fo in arrear, by
a iale at the court houfe door ot his county, of r he tract of land for which the faid tax fliall be in arrear, or fomu'eh thereof as will bring the tax due thereon, to be laid off in form of a fquare, or parralk logram, in fome corner of the tia6, dehgnated by the Sheriff it the time of fale ; Provided, That if the owner of any tract, or v rafts of land, for which the faid rax Ihall be in arrear, or any perfon for him, fhall, on the day of fale, tender, and deliver to the Sheriff, at the place of fale, goods and chatieb fuflieient to make the faid tax fo in arrear, then the faid Sheriff fhall not fell the faid land,, or any part thereof, but fhall make and levy the faid tax in arrear, by a public fale of fuch goods, rendering fuch overplus (if any to the owner of fuch land, or fuch perfon for him. PETER JONES. Auditor of Public Accounts. Vincennes, ill March, i-soy. PUBLIC NOTICET' . TIIK fublcriberh, a committee ppoinied by the board of JVuftees of the Vincennes Univerfity, are authoiiied to leafe the 1 inds heloning to that inllitution upon the following tei nis, viz. hiid; ieifee fhall clear on quarter fedion, twenty five acres ; to clear all the timber oil the fame eighteen inches, and under ; and to put live acres of faid cleared iand in meadow or grafs ; and to make a good and law fid fence ound the fume. Kaeh.. leafe to continue five years, and no longer. I .at h lefice mull build a good cabin at lealt eighteen by teut feet to be hewed inlide and out ; and to leave the cabin and fences in good repair." . Parkc vj no.' Johnson R. Hunt in V incenncs, "March 'Ji.' ifloy.
HLANKVOF ALL K.NDS Neatly and accurately Vnuttd -at this Ojjue.