Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 May 1809 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM,

AN ODE.

Awake 1 awake ! the bugles found ! The drum and trump repeat th alarms ; The hills and vallies echo round, To arms! Columbia's Sons to arms And fhall we (hrink at Britain's frown, Or bend to haughty France the knee ? Their Lordly mandates meekly own, Which drive our flag from every fea ? Forbid it pride forbid it Heaven I Forbid it every patriot tie i Our countrie's rights by God were given; With them we'll live for them we'll die. Where are our fathers, once fo brave, Who botdly fac'd war's dread alarms ; Impetuous rufh'd' our land to fave, And check'd the tyrant's bridling arms ? Alas, they 're gone ! the green grafs plays Above the manfions of the dead ; Waves when the morn expands her rays, And (hakes the dew-drop on their head. Bat WE fu rvive, their valiant race' To meet the invador's proud aray ; With foreign blood our path to trace, When conquering flandards point the way. And let them come ! our eagles dire, Which fac'd ere now a valiant foe ; With fury frnll our troops infpire, To lay the bold aftailant low. Then blow the war note, join the ring, Let fear and care be abfent here ; Let banners float on curling wing, And al! our ranks in amies appear. And raife the helmet, point the lance, Let ftern vindictive valor glow ; Circle our ftripes in myfVic dance, And breathe this patriotic vow Cl No foreign lord fhall rule our land, No foreign yoke fhall load our clime ; WE fwcar it by the fainted band, Who died, dclcnding freedom's fhrine !" Awake ! awake ! the bugles founds ; The drum and trump repeat th' alarms ; The hills and vallies echo round, To arms Columbia, s Sons, to arms !

. (lit AU1 IIORITT.J AN" ACT furth-r to amend the feveral acl

for the eftablilhmcnt and r. julation of

the Treafury, War and Navy Depart ments.

He it enacted by the Senate and House

cf Representatives cf the United States of

simtnca in tonrress assembled, 1 hat all i. rants drawn by the Srcretry of the 1 rrfuy t or Qf War, or of the Navy, upon the trealurer of the United Statrs.Oi-.il

fpcctfy the particular apoiopriatidn or an

propnations, in the bonis Lrnt in t r

cf the Comptroller of thc Treafury, in the

V4ic oi warrants drawn hy the Secretary oi

i rcaiui), ami in u,c books of the Ac countants of thc War and Naw D-nirt

ments refpeively, in tlic cafe of warrants drawn hy the Secretary of War, or hy the

secretary ol tlie Navy : an'J thc ofticcrs, a gents or other pcifoni, who may be receiv

ers of public monies, fhall render diftinft accounts of the application of fuch monies according to the appropriation or appropriations under which the fame fhall have

been drawn, and the Secretary of War and of the Navy, fhall on the firfl day of January, in each and every year, feverally re

port to Congrefs, a diftintt account of the expenditure and application of all fuch fums of money, as may prior to the thirteenth day of September preceding, have been by

them refpecYivcly drawn from the Treafury

m virtue of the appropriation law of the pre

ceding year, and the fums appropriated by

law for each branch of expenditure in the feveral departments fhall be folely applied to the obieel or obiedts for which they are

refpecYively appropriated, and to no other.' Provided nevertheless, Thzt during there

cefs of Congrefs, the Prefident of the Uni

ted States may, and he is hereby authonfed,

on the application of the Secretary of the proper Department, and not othcrwife, to

direct, if in his opinion, necefiary for the

public fervice, that a portion of the monies

appropriated for a particular branch of ex

penditure in that Department, be applied to

another branch of expenditure in the fame

.Department, in which cafe, a fpecial ac

count of the monies thus transferred, and of their application, fhall be laid before Congrefs during the firfl week of their next enfuing feflion.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That

it fhall be the duty of the Comptroller of

the 1 reafury, in every cafe where in his o-

pinion further delays would be injurious to the United States, and he is hereby authorifed to direct the Auditor of the Treafnry and Accountants of the War andNavy Departments, at any time, forthwith to au

dit and fettle any praticular account which

the faid officers may be refpettively autho

rised to audit and fettle, and to report fuch fettlement for his revifion and final decifion.

And the faid Comptroller fhall alfo lay an

annual ftatement before Congrefs, during the firfl week of their feflion, of the accounts in the Treafury, War or Navy De.

partments, which may have remained more than three years un fettled, or on which bal

ances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of Sep

tember then lafl pafl, together with aftate-

ment of the caufes wnich have prevented the fettlement of the accounts or the reco

very of the balances due to the United

States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That

exclufively of the purveyor of public fup-

plies, paymaftcrs of the army, purfers of

the navy, military agents, and other ofheers already authorifed hy law, no other permanent agents fhall be appointed either for thc purpofe of making contracts, or for the purchale of fupplies, or for the diUiursenient, in any other manner, of mrwes for the ufe of the military eftalifhmeut, or of the navy.r the United States, but fuch as (hall be uted by the Prefident of the United uii.jes, with the advice and confent of the Si tie : Provided that the Prefident my, an L is hereby authorifed, in the re cefs of ti. " Senate, to appoint one or any of fuch agents, which appointments fhall be fubmitted to the Senate at their next fetfion, for their advice and confent, and the Prefident of the United States is hereby authorifed, until orsrwife provided by law, to fix the number and compenfations of fuch agents : Provided, That the compenfatiun allowed to either fhall not exceed one per centum on the public monies difburfed by him, nor in any inftnnce the compensation allowed by law to the purveyor of public fupplies. 6'ec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every fuch agent as may be appointed hy virtue of the next preceding feion, and every purfcr of the navy, fhall ive bond with one or more fufficient fureties, in fuch fums as thc Prefident of the United States

may direel, for the faithful difchargc of the trull rcpofrd in him, and thc payniafler of the array, the military nge:its, the purveyor of public fupplies, the purfers of the navy, and the agents oppointed by virtue of thc preceding fecYion, Hull, whenever practicable, krep the public monies in thrir band?, iu fomc incorporated bank, to be drfignated for the purpofe by the Prefidrnt of thc United Statei, and fiull tnke monthly returns in futh form as may be prefcribed by the Treafury Department, of the monies received and exj ended during the preceding month, and of thc unexpended balance iti their hand'. sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That all purchnfes and contracts for fupplies or fervice which are or nay, according to law,

be made by or under the direction of either the secretary of thc Treafury, the sccietaiy of War, or thc secretary of the Navy, lhall be made either by open purchafe, or by previoufly advertifing for propofals refpedling the fame : And an annual flatement of all fuch contracts and purchafes, and alfo of the expenditures of the monies appropriated for the contingent expenccs of the military eflablifhment, for the contingent expences of thc Navy of the United states, and for the difcharge of mifcellaneous claims not otherwife provided for, and paid at the Treafury, fhall be laid before Congrefs at the beginning of each year, by the secretary of the proper DepartmentJ. B. VARnUM, Speaker of the House cf Representatives JNo: MILLEDGE. President of the Senate pro-tcmpore March 3, 1809. Approvd,

TH: JEFFERSON. AN ACTMMnp; appropriations for the

fupport of the military eftablifhment, and of the Nvy of the United states, for the year one thoufand eight hundred and nine. BE it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives cf the United States of

America, in Congress assembled, 1 hat for defraying the expends of the military

cfiablifhment of the United states far the

year one thoufand eight hundred and nine,

for the Indian department, and for the expences of fortifications, arfenals, magazines and armouries, the following fums be, and thc fame hereby are refpecYively appropriated, that is to fay ; For the pay of the army of the United states, eight hundred and fixty-cight thoufand two hundred and forty dollars. For forage, fixty-four thoufand fix hundred and twenty-four dollars. For fubfiflance, fix hundred and fortyone thoufand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirtyfive cents For clothing, two hundred and ninetythree thoufand two hundred and fixty-four dollars. For bounties and premiums, fifteen thoufand dollars. For thc medical and hofpital departments, forty-five thoufand dollars. For camp equipage, fuel, tools and tranfportation, two hundred and feventy thoufand dollars. For ordinance, feventy-five thoufand dollars. For purchafing horfes, fiddles and bridles for thcx light dragoons, and for thc light artillery, fifty-one thoufand feven hundred and twenty dollars. For forage for the horfes for the regi ment of light artillery, ten thoufand eight hundred dollars. For fortifications, arfenals, magazines and armouries, two hundred and nineteen thoufand and thirty four dollars and feven-ty-five cents. For purchafing maps, plans, books and inflruments, two thoufand five hundred dolUrs. For contingencies fifty thoufand dollais. For the falary of clerks employed in the military agent's offices, and in the office of infpeclor of the anny, three thoufand five hundred dollars. For thc Indian dpirtment, one hundred and twenty-five thoufand Qx hundred dollars. For the purpofe of paying James Powell, I.Ue toll -dtor of savannah, thc amount of monies advunc r J by him to Solomon Ellis, contractor for fupplying rations to the

troops of the United states, in the Hate of

(Jeorg'u, including a commilfion of twoprr centum to the collector, twenty. feveti

t thoufand fix hundred nd twenty. one dol-

I :rs and fight cents. Fjr thc purpofe of paying Ferdinand Phinizy, late contractor for fui plvini' the

troop5, in Grorria. a balance due rf, him a.

admitted by the comptroller of the treafury, on thr twenty-fourth of July, one thoufand fevrn hundred and ninety .nine, one thoufand thrrr hundred and ninety-three dolJars and thirty-nine cents. Sec 2. And 6c it further enacted, That far defraying the exprncrs of the navy of the United states, during the year one thoufand riiit hundred ai d nine, thc fol. losing funis, including thrrr'm the furn of four hundrrd thoufand dollars, already ap. prnpriated bv an art, centitled 44 An authonfing the employment of an additional naval force," the following funis be, and

the fame are hereby refpertivcly approprh ted, that is to fay. For the pny nd fubfifhnce of the ofi: cers, and pay of the leamen, one million three hundred and twenty. three thoufunJ and feventy dollais For provilions, five hundred and fi::tyfeven thoufand feven hundred and fixtyfive dollars For medicines, inflruments aud hofpiul flores, thirty-five thoufand dollars. For repairs of veifels, four hundred and forty-five thoufand dollars For freight, flore rent commiffions to agents, and other contingent expences, one hundred and fifty thoufand dollars. For pay and fubfiflance of thc marine corps, including provilions for thofe on fhorc and forage for the flafF, one hundred and thirty-five thoufand fix hundred and fortyfeven dollars, and feventy cents. For clothing for the fame, thirty-twa thoufand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and eight cents For military fiores for the fame, one

thoufant three hundred and fifty dollars.

For medicines, medical fervices, hofpital flores, and all other expences on account of the fick belonging to the marine corps, two thoufand dollars' For quarter-matter and barrack matter's ttores, officer's travelling expences, armorers and carpenter's bills, fuel, premiums for enlitting, mufical inflruments, bounty to mufic, and other contingent expences of the marine corps, fourteen thoufand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For the expence of navy yard, comprifing dock and other improvements, pay of fuperintendants, ftore keepers, clerks and laborers, fixty thoufand dollars. For ordinance and fmall arms, one hundred and fifty thoufand dollars. sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the feveral fums fptcifically appropriated by this art, fhall be paid out of any monies in thc treafury, not otherwife appropriated. J. B. VAHNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives JN: MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro-tcroporc. March S, 1809. . APPfOVD, 1 7 "I: JEFFERSON.

A PROCLAMATION. TVTHEREAS the Governor by his proc lamation has direrted that an election be held on the 22nd of May for ail additional reprefentativc for the county of Knox, and has by a like proclamation divided the faid county into two diftrirts, and diierted that at the fame time and place, a member beclerted from eachdittrirt fo reprefent the faid dittrirts in the legiflative council And whereas alfo by an art of Congrefs palled at their latt feffion it is di

rected that thc people ol the laid tcrritor

at the lame time they elect their count

reprelcntatives doelert a delegate torcpre fent them in Congrefs Now notice i hereby given that polls will be opened on the day aforcfaid, for thc purpofes above mentioned at thc following places to wit. In V incennes townfhip, at thc Court houfe. Harrifon townfhip, at Walter Wilfons'a efqr. Palmyra townfhip, at capt Noah Pur-, cells. Bufiercn townfhip, at John Hadden's. White river townfhip, at James Robb's. Wabafli townfhip, at Jacob Warrick's. Ohio townfhip, at Daniel Grafs efqr. Given under my hand aud feai this fifth day of May, 1809. P. Beckcs Shff. K. C.

N O T I C . I INTND to apply to the next November term of the court of Common Picas for the county cf Knox, and Indiana territory, to ciUbhln a ferry on the river Wabalii, from my fhorc to thr oppofite bank. Thomas JLcvcns. May 13, 1809- 2 1 3

rilOM TH E !'K ESS 01' P. STOUT. I'HJ.VTnu TO TIIK TKItRITORY AKT) 0 T11K LAWS OI" TIIK UNITED STATICS.