Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 May 1809 — Page 3

and paffige, by one of Bonapart's privttecrs, mii J ordered to St Domingo The deaths in the rity and liberties of Philadelphia from the 15th, co the 22nd of April, 1809, amounted to 29, hereof 17 were adults and 12 children ; one of thefe died ot the Small fox in the natural way, and one from having been inoculated for the fame difeafe The 44 Wa filing ton Federalift' printed at Georgetown, in the diliricl of Columbia, is offered for Hie. Thedeaths at Baltimore, for the week ending Sunday morning at fun-rise, were 15, eight being adults and feven children By the lateft returns of the votes at the el-c"Uon in RhodeIfl md, which took place on the 19th inft. for governor, lieutenant governor and ftate representatives, it appears the federalifts have in general prevailed : His excellency James Fenner, Esq. the governor elected,

-was lupported by both parties ; the hon. Simeon Martin, Efq has been chofen lieut. governor. 1 he Philadelphia Gazette fays it is contemplated to celebrate the adjulU ment of differences between this country and England on the 10th of June next. The fame paper fays the money in OlmJlead's cafe was paid by the (late ofpennfylvania on the rooming: of Wednefdav laft. 7 The Monitor. FOR THE WESTERN SUN. STATEMENT OF FACTS. The piece in the Weftern Sun, of the 6th of this month, figned "A Citizen of Vincennes," contains fuch a mixture of

truth and falfehood, as was heft calculated to anfwer the fteflgns of its author. A ftate jnent of the facls which realty attended the fale of the tract of land called MFaddens, is the objel of this paper. Upon this fraction containing; acres, were fettled for a confiderable time previous to the fale Jabez Tones, Warner Cladc, and the faid M'Fadden. At the commencement of the fales, the two firft made their appearance at Vincennes ; and as they difcovered that the fale of the tract upon which they lived would not come on for upwards of two

. "weeks, and bein both poor men, they endeavoured to procure fome work in the interval to fave the cxpences which would neceflarily be incurred by living at a tavern. Clark applied to governor Hairifon, by whom he was employed ; and a communication with regard to the particular object of his vifit to Vincennes was made to him. The governor iuformrd hm that it had been his intention to bid for that tract himfelf, as he had been informed that a certain M4Fadden who lived upon it, had repeatedly threatened to (hoot any perfon who (hould bid againft him. Clark exprelTed his forrow at this information ; obferved that he bad made a comfortable improvement on the fpot where he lived ; that he was a cripple, unfit for hard work ; and that his greatobject in fettling where he did, was for the market which the river afforded to fome fmall articles in the cooper's E turner's line, by which his family were fupported. From this flatement, the governor did not helitate to promifethat far from oppofing any impediment to his purcrujing the land he lived on, he would to the utmoft of his

power aflift both himfelf and yabez jones.

upon the condition that ivrr adden was ex eluded. Clark ohfrrved that it had been a

greed upon by M,Faddcn, Jones 8c himfelf, to divide the fraction between them into

two prti, thr uppermoft of which was to be poffefled h M'Fadden, and the lower prt aain equ Ily divided between onei and himfelf; thrfi Jones and himfelf were prepared to py the firft inltalment ; but tint it wis doubtful wb-ther MFadden would beahle to rsfe the money for his fliare or rot. Shortly after t hia M'Fadd-n arrived in Vinrennes, and demanded of ll:e governor thr author of the information be h id received rrfp-fin his drfijrn of fhooting the perfon who (hould oppofe him ; thr governor replied tint he was too well ennvinefd of its truth, Sc that he would Invr no communication with hitr. It m y he proper to ohferve, that this inf ormation was firft given to the governor a year or 18 months before by Ifaac White, Esq. the agent of the U. S. at the Saline, who heard it in palling through the f-ttlement ; and afterwards by mr. Jomun Hnd. lu informed him that a per fan who had com on to buy lands at the public f-tlrs. and who then boarded in hi bnuf had declared, tint he would not due to hid for the land on whic h M'Fadden li. ved, hr, M'Fadden, had fworn to Ihoot any man whc did. Before the die of the above mentioned tratt came on, an arrange

raent wa j made by the governor Judge Tay. lor, P. Jones, and E. Redor, to join the above mentioned Clark and 7ones, in the purcbafe of the faid fraction, by which it was agreed, that the laid Jones and Clark, being actual fcttlers, fliould have the full Inare of the land which they had allotted to thenifelvcs, viz. 80 or 90 acres, and that the other four fhould d iviHr th hallanri" h.

tween them, being about 46 acres each. It Was further orrr,l U. ..U

iimi, nicy wouiu g'" high as thiye dollars per acre for the tracl, and Clark who was defired to bid for it, was mftrufted to bid to that fum and no further. He was oppofed in the fale by J. J linings,

auu uaving run me land up to thre? dollars, he was upon the point of giving up the conteft, when a refpectable merchant of Vincennes, who was not connected with cither party, whifpered in his ear, and advifed him to continue to bid ; this he did, and the land was finally ftruck off to Jennings at 9 dollars 1 cent per acre, by whom it w3 forfeited ; and the next day again fet up & purchafed by Clark, at feven dorlars, by whom alfo it was forfeited. In both thefe

inftances Clark afcd indireacontradiainn ) to the wiflies of thofc who were aflbciated j with him, by whom he was exprefsly en- j

joined not to go higher than 3 dollars.After having thus fruitlefsly endeavoured to buy the land at the fair price of 3 dollars, the propofition was made t the contending party as Hated by the 44 Citizen of Vin

cennes," viz. 150 dollars was given to them to withdraw their claim. This fum was paid in equal proportions by fix partners, that is, Jones and Clark piid the fa nit: fum of 25 dollars, that was paid by the others, altho they got double the quantity of land This was done in confideration of their being aftual fettlert on the land. Indeed it was propofed by governor Harrifon, that as the land was purchafed at a cieaper rste than they had intended or even defired, that thefe poor men, theaaual fettlers, (hould derive the fole benefit from it, and that the four other gentlemen (hould pay the whole fum which was to be given to Jennings and his company ; but to this propofition fome of the members of the company would not agree. If it (hould be afked. whether in this tranfiaion, the governor aaed with (Iria propriety, I (hould certainly anfwer, that I fliould have- been better pie a fed with I im, had he declined having any thing to do with it, when he difcovered the courfe it was about to take. There is however, no man of candour who will attend to the circunv fiances above dated, but who would scquit him of any mercenary or felfifh motir. His fo!e defign feemi to have been to befriend two poor and worthy men; thrs he often declared to Clak and Ones ; snd it was this which prompted him to prooofe to

his triends to throw the whole advantage which they were to derive from the low price at which they got the lard, when compared to that which tby had been wil. ling to give, into the hands of Clark and ones. JUSTICE.

THE WESTERN SUN.

VINCENNES, Mat 27, 1809.

I he following is a corrcfl ftate. ment of the votes given at the election for a Delegate to Congrefr,, 2 cgiflutivc Council, and a member to the Houfc of Reprdentatives in the county of

rwnox, on Monday the 22cl inlt. For Congress. llfellvll !! If -11 3

ji i ill 11.1! ? 11 II 'II If

Totvnshipi

Vincennej, IMmyra fii(Teron Harrifon Wnhafh White river Ohio

l!45 6R40 P0j27 3 II37 5 IM2I1 9 I124H j Ill734i 1 II 6H

Total 4.2314.814.44 For the Council in the Diftria compofed of the townfliips of Hufieron, Palmyra and Vincennes.

B il 111 1 11 11 1 11 ii-

Townfliips.

Vincennes Palmyra BufTeron

50 41

II 470 5

133 7il 1

Total 877747

For Councellor from the cliflri6t compofed of the townfliips of Harrifon, White river, Wabafh and Ohio.

Townfliips.

5&-'

3

ON'fc'. CENT HKWAIU).

HT EFT me in April laft an apprentice to 1 tlie wherlwritrht bufinefs, named

Venire Davis, about eighteen years ola, ve. ry fm II of his age, whoever will brin the faid ipprenticc to me rtiall receive hc above reward. Isaac JH 9 Cot. Knox C. May 53, 1809. 25 - 3w JTN O T I C E. intend to apply to th- next November . term of thr court of Common Pleas lor the county of Knox, and Indiana Territory, to e(Ubli(h a frrry on White rivt r below

the mouth of Prides creek, at a place known by the name of the llotk ford. William Oilman, May 4th, 1809. 22 3w A 1)1 'E R TIS EME N T. T WSLL rent, to fuch as wifh to plant

corn tfjis feafon, about forty acres of

land in the prairie above this villa;r. . PARKE. Vincennes, March 30, 1809.

Harrifon White river Wabafli Ohio

II 69 00

2625

24!i00

II G00

Total illd;l25

For Rcprefentative.

Townships.

11X1

0&!l I! 8

Vincennes Palmyra BuflVnm Harrifon Wabalh White river Ohio

ll4yil-;2 II 75! 5 lki 1 IUc'1 5

l2400

! 4

Cj0O

II . - .

II

Total 2J85 7

Tn fliort it is (as enriTtd in the patent) 4 j iubuituts for shl::!cs sfrtcs and tiUstf Hut may be ufed for many other purpofes. The preparation for this competition in y be made throughout the year in any town, and onrvery f irm and plantation, Sc therewith cover any building, at tlie cafy coft of one tent the fonre foot ; but its applicali on can only propeily have efleft when put on in ferenc wratherfrom the fpring to the fall. The patentee Inoured under great difadvantaes in the experiments he had the honor to nuke in the prefence of the Ho

nort'jle the Justices ef the Supreme court, as the ftiKco was applied to the fliingle in a very teniprfiuou and flormy feafon, yet it di-i not fail. Thefe gentlemen who may be defirous of obtaining the privilege from the patentee for making and ufing the impenetrable stucco for any town, count!) , diflridV, ftate,

plantation or tann, will be pleafrdto make application to the inventor, P. P. Baltic more, or to Ins agent . Jliort, Esq. attorney at law, in the city of Wafhington i Letters pott paid will be attended to. n o t I c E. I INTNl) to apply to the next Novem ber term of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Knox, and Indiana territory, to eftablilh a ferry on the river Wabafh, from my (hore to thr oppofite bnk. Thomas Levcns.

riay IS, 1809 24 3 50 Dollars Reward RAN.AVVAY from the fub.

fcriber in the month of November lait, a negro man named MATHER about 35 years of age, a thick fliort well made fellow, flow motioned, flat nofe, thick lips and white eyes. I am informed that he is gone to the Ohio Saline or the Red Bank fettlement. The above reward fliall be giv. en to any perfon who fliall deliver the faid negro to me or fecure him in any jail lb that I may get him a. gain. ! L. Labcaumc. 16 Jan. 1809. 19 9V PROPOSALS BY GENERAL W. JOHNSTON L. D. C f Vincennes, . T.J For publifhing by Jubfcription A v)ork to be entitled s THE INDIANA JUSTICE

AND CONSTABLES GUIDE. This work fliall embrace a legal defrrtation on the life and progrefs (ii ider the laws of England) and prrfent refpdivc powers and duty of Jufliics of the Peace ar.d Corfhibles under the ft.itute laws of Iniirtn . it Hull likeWife contain all the

ie(rfliry fornn for their refpeftive offices and be prefaced with the Conflitution oi l,r. U.n,tc1 States and the ordinance of the Terriory, The utility and eflentiality of fuch an undertaking and publication, efpecially in Indi ma, cannot indeed it ought not, for 1 moment, to he doubtedit is therefore hoprd that 44 w hat is grnerally good, will be liberally encouraged." CONDITIONS.

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eximple, 44 the Lombard Poplar," which cannot when worked up w it hit and thr r runge of weather, and Jikewife the (lum, (which mult always be conlined to otie element) the 4 U'tllou;' Sec. 5cc, All thefe miht. hv thr aid ot this flucco. be a fub. fiitutr fir budding, where the oak, the pinC the cyprcls, the juniper, ficc. arc ufed.

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