Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 May 1809 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM, THE MANSION OF REST. Thefollowing lines were written by aBritifh Statefman of celebrity, fuppofed to be the late hon. Charles J. Fox. I TALK'D to my flattering heart, And chid its wild wandering ways, I charg'd it from folly to part, And to hufband the reft of its days; I bade it no longer admire, The meteors that fancy bad dreft I whifper'd 'twas time to retire, Andfeek fer a Manfion of Reft. A Charmer was lifte'ning the while, Who caught up the tone of my lay, ; " O come, then," (he cri'd with a fmile, And I'll fhew you the place and the way,

I follow'd the witch to her home, And vowed to be alwys her gueft iC Never more,1' I exclaim'd will I roiro. In fearch of the Manfion of Reft." But the fweeteft of moments will fly, Not long was my fancy beguiPd, For too foon I confefs'd with a figh, That the Syren deceiv'd while (he finil'd, Deep, deep, did fhe ftab the repofe, Of my trufting and unwary breaft, And the door of each avenue clofc, That led to the Manfion of Reft. Then Friendfhip intie'd me to ftray, Through the long magic wilds of romance, But I found that fhe meant to betray, And fhrunk from the Sorcerer's glance, For exp-rience has taught me to know, Tint the foul that rrdin'don her breaft, Might tofson the billows of wor, And ne'er find the Manfion of Reft. Pleafure's path I determin'd to try, But prudence I mrt in the way, Conviction fl fti'd lihr from her eye, And appear'd to illumine the day, She cry'd as fhe fhew'd me the grave, With nettles and wild flowers drefs'd, O'er which the dark Cyprefs did wave, " Behold there the Manfion of Reft." .She fpoke and half vanifh'd in air, For (he faw mild K-ligion ?ppear, With a fmilc that would bani.h Defpair, And dry up the penitent tear ; Doubts and fears from my bofom were driven, And preflinr the crofs to her breaft, And pointing ftrerI) to Heaven, She fliew'd the true Manfion of Heft.

cur authority An Act fupplem-i.try to the aft, etitled, 41 An act to amend the charter f Georgetown. (Continued from our last,) Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That tneUui corpo,.,t,on i,U havr povvrrto ay out, open, rxviul j rt 1 I t x.rlla aJ rryuatc ()rrft. I-i.es ana ys, ithi of thc' own, as before defc Uip folow.,, regulation,, H.,t U to f thp Ri-i nr of the town fluU rllmmon ir- .oM.rs, inhabits Df thr ten, not dircttlynucfcftcd in the preruiics, who be

ing firft fwern to a(Tefs and value what damages would be fuftained by any perfon or perlbns by reafon of the opening or extending any ftrect, lane or alley, (taking all benefits and inconveniencies into confidera, tion) fhall proceed to aflefs what damages would be fuftained by any perfon or perfons whomfoevcr, by reafon of fuch opening or exter.fion of thc ftreet, and (hall alfo declare to what amount in money each individual benefited thereby fhall contribute and pay towards compenfating the perfon or perfons injured by reafon of fuch opening and cxtenfion ; and the names of the perfon or perfons fo benefited, and the sums which they fhall refpectively be obliged to pay, fhall be returned under their hands and feals to the clerk of the corporation to be filed and kept in his office ; and the perfon or perfons benefited by opening or extending any ftreet, and aiTeffed as sforefaid, fhall refpectively pay the funis of money fo charged and affeffed to them, with kitereft thereon at the rate of fix ber cent, per annum, from the time limited for the payment thereof until paid ; and the fums of money afleffed and charged in manner aforefaid to each individual benefited in manner aforfaid, (hall be a lien upon and bind all the property fo benefited to the full amount thereof ; Provided always, that no ftr-et, lane or alley, flnll be laid out, opened or extended, until the damages afleffed to individuals in confequeuce thereof mail have been paid, or fee u red to be piid : And provided also, That nothing in this act contained fhall be fo conftrued or underftood as to authorife the corporation of Georgetown to locate, lay out, or open any ftreet, lane, alley or other way, through any of the fquares or lots fi mated in that part of Thomas Bell's fecond addition to Georgetown which lines north of Back ftreet, without the conftnt and permiflion of the owner or proprietor of fuch fquare or lot firft had and obtained in writing, which confent and permiflion fhall be acknowledged in the prefence of, and fuch acknowledgment fh.ll be certified by the mayor of the town aforefaid, or fome jufticc of the peace for the county of Wafhington. sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the recorder of the corporation fhall be and he is hereby declared to be a member of the board of aldermen to all intents and purposes whatfoevej. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JN: MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3. 1809, Approvd, TH : JEFFERSON. AN ACT to icorporate a conjpany for o. pening the Canal in the City of Wafli ington BE if enacted by the Senate and Tin,,

of Representatives of the United States ofl

simtnca, m congress assembled, hat Ro- 1 bert Brent, Samuel N. Smallwood, Duiiel Carroll of Duddington, John Law, Wil-j llun Brent, Frederick May, Elias B. Caldwell, Jmies D. Bany, Griffith Coombe, and George BUgden, or -ii.y five of them be, j and they are hereby appointed commilfion- j crs to open, cr caufe to he op-ned, a nook for receiving ai d entering fubferiptions for ' raifing a capital ftock not exceeding one hundred thoufand dollars, in fliares of one ' hundred dollars each, for the pnrpofe of !

"pening the canal to communicate from the Potomac river to the Extern branch thereof, through apart of the City of Wafhington. and ihat one month's notice be given in one of the news papers printed in Wafh. ington, Georgetown, and Alexandria of the time and place of opening the faid fnbfcripcion book, and that the fame be Lmt

open until the fum of forty thoufand do!-

lars be fubscribed

Provided, That no

and during the term of one year from the time of their appointment, sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the faid ftock holders and their fucceflors, from the time of thc faid fit ft meeting, Hull be, and they are hereby declared to be, in corporated by thr name of the 44 Wellington Canal Company," and by that name may fue and be fued, implead and be im pleaded, anfwer and be anfwered, and may make all neceflary bye laws and regulations for the proper management of the buli nefs of the company : Provided, That the fame be not contrary to the laws of the United States, or the laws in force in the diftricl of Collumbia. sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the faid prefident and directors fhall continue in office one year from the time of their election, and the directors may fill any vacancy which may happen in their own body during the term for which they were circled, and in cafe of the death, refignation or difqualification of the prefident, they may elect a prefident to fcrve for the residue of the term ; and the fid ftockholders, in one year after the day on which the election of Prefident and directors fliall be firft made, and on th fame day in every year thereafter, (except the fame fliall happen on Sunday, in that cafe on the day fucceeding) fhall elect by ballot from among the ftockholders, one perfon as prefident, and fix perfons as directors ; and the prefident and directors for the time being, fhall give public notice, in one of the newspapers printed in Wafhington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, for a new election, at leaft ten days previous to the expiration of the time for which they were elected, St each ftockholder fliall be allowed one vote for every fliare by him or her held at the time in faid company ; and any ftockholder, by a written authority under his or her hand, and executed in the prefenre of two witnrfles, may depute any other ftockholder to vote and act as proxy for him or her at any general meeting, sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the faid prefident und directors fo elected, and their fucceflors, fliall be, and they are hereby authorifed and empowered to aprer

with any perfon or perfons, on behalf of

laid company, to cut the canal as laid down on the plan of thc city of W ellington, erect fuch locks, and perform fuch other works as they ftVIl judge neceflary for openingthe canal aforefaid, and the forks thereof; and out of the monies arifing from fubferiptions, wharfage and tolls; to pay for the fame, and to repair and improve the faid canal, locks, and other works ne ceflary thereto, and to defray all incidental charges, and alfo to appoint a treafurer, clerk, and fuch other officers, toll.gather. ers, managers and fervants, as they fhall judge requifite, and to fettle their refpective wage.c.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That!

v..v uvmuiu ui me iaia company mail, before he acts as fuch, give bond to tlie com pany in fuih penalty, and with fuch fecu rity as the C id prefident and directors flnll direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties .f his office. S"c. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Wid prefident and direaois fo elected, and their fucceflors, fliall have full power and authority to demand and receive of thr ftockholders, in rqu! proportions, the remaining nine-tentl.s of the (hares, from time to time, as they Hi U jnclr- neceflary and if any of the IWkhoWrs flnll neglect or refufe to pay their prnpoi tions, wi'thin one month after the f.ine (hall h.ve been ordered, the (lure ot th ,rrs ol fuc h defaulter fli.ll be forfeited ; Provided, That notii e fhall be given, by advert. f mrnt in on of the ncwf.paprrs printed in Wafhington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, of the tiim when the fame flnll be ord-red to be paid. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Tnat the i,d company flll ot b tQ whartace or tolls, until 1 1,- 1 ,

navigable for oo.ts r.nd fCows rawil three feet water to p.f, throu h tlr from the Porom.c nver to the EanVrn

fubftription fh. ll be received unlefs the fum of ten dollars de paid into the hands of the perfons authorifed to receive the fame, on each fli are fubfenbed for. Sec- 2. And be it further enacted, That

- . u . -i ine aioreu.d turn of forty thou- branch thereof Ami V A"urrn Und do.l.r. be fubfribed, ,.,e cLmif. f,id c,:! ,1 Zn it'J ,U hr fioners, or any five of them. f, Jl , u j r. , olructed, lo that

meetingof the flock holders at the city of Wa fronton, by advertifement in one of the newspapers printed in Wafhington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, appointing a fit and convenient time and place of meetmc; and th- faid flockholders fhall procrd in perfon, or by pr x , to thr election, ' by b..t of a pre'-dent and fix directors 1 for conducting th- faid undertaking, and managing thc bufinefs of thc company, for

boats and frnw ilruu.; i

- "--"..- uiree leet Water ol, .t flull notbrlWf., ,1,,. r4id f1" Uc.;oM,,,aT,l.,hvJ:;J':,,l fu-h. flnll an o" h lfts . wi.. wrl. ad trr"

directors, with the prefident, fliall cenfti-

tute a quorum for tranlacting any buiincls

of the company.

Sec. 10 And be it further enacted, That

the fhares in the faid company fhall be

deemed perfon.d and not real property, and

transferable in luch manner as me company fliall direct, and that the fliares held by any individual fliall be liable to be attached or taken bv fieri faciss, to fatisfy the

dents due from any fuch individual, in like manner as other perfonal property may

be.

Sec. 1 1 . And be it further enacted, That there fliall be a genera! meeting of thc ftock holders on the firft Monday in June, and the firft Monday in December, in every year, in the city of Wafhinrrton, to

0 0 w which meeting the prefident and directors

fhall make a report, and vender diftinct and juft accounts of all their proceedings ; and on finding them juftly and faiily ftated, thc ftockholders then prefent, or a majority of them, flnll give a certificate thereof; and at fuch half yearly general meetings, after leaving in the hands of the treafurer fuch fum as fliall be judged neceflary for repairs, improvements or contingent charges, an equl dividend of all the nett profits arifing from the wharfage and tolls hereby granted, flnll be ordered, and made to and among all the ftoikholders of the faid company, in propotrion to their feveral fliares ; provided, that if the nett profits fliall, in any year exretd fifteen per centum on the fum actually expended by the faid company, in opening the faid canal, and completcing tlie fame, the fifteen percentum only of the nett profitsfliall de divided among the ftockholders, and the excefs fhall be paid to the mayor and city council of the city of Wafhington, for the ufe of the faid city. .: . 6Yc. 12. And be it further enacted, That for and in confutation of the cxpences, the faid ftockholders fhall incur in cutting the canal, erecting locks, and in maintaining and keeping the fame in repair, and in the enlargement and . improvement of the fame, the faid company is hereby authorifed to collect on all articles and materials landed on each fide of the canal, from on board any boat or fcow,or placed on either fide of the faid canal, for the purpofe of being taken therefrom by any beat or fcow, according to fuch rates as the prefident and directors may, from time to time, by their bye-laws,. order and dire& : Provided, That the faid rates fhall, at no time hereafter, nnd in no particular, exceed the rates which are, or may be eftahlifhed by the owners of wharves in the city of Wafhington. And it fhall and may be lawful for the faid company to demand and receive, at the moll convenient place, for all articles carried through the faid canal, tolls not exceeding the following rates, that is to fay ; tor each unloaded boat or fcow twenty-five cents ; for each barrel of fl nnr tut --n .

for each barrel of beef or pork two cents ; for each barrel of whifkey or brandy three cents ; for each hogftiead or pipe fix cents ; and upon all other articles, packages and commodities, one fixth part of the amount of tolls allowed by law to be received by the Potomac company at the great falls of TuZ' fotomac' And th faid company fh ill alfo have the ex lufive right to eftabhfli packet bo.t or boats upon the faid canal for carrying paflngers, and no other packet boat or boats, hut fuch as are eft a b-hfli-d or permitted by them, fliall be allowed to carry paflcngers through the fame tor hire. sre. 13. Provided always, and it it fur. thcr er.acnd lut all puoIlr ffc P rst j,ugi, u.r r,id M fre 0pf J, and - fo that , fe thr f.id ca.nl ad 'ne of thr fnrk, thrrrof fl,,,, M, be completed fff. h,,7a' infu'" toad! m.t tony,nl fcow, drawing tllrrr fPrt wa. " P'K1I,hreuh ' f.n that th- (M o th, (ud conlpiIly u eafe and' dettr nine, (To be continued.)

TltOM THE PRESS OF f STOUT. P"W T T'"' 'tK.k,TOHT AKD OF TWK LAWS or THR UNITED STATKS.