Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 March 1810 — Page 2

or courts, the jufWccs cf the peace neither fit on the bench, nor vc- pigment in civil or c rimuul cafes ; theirforc from that period rl.r rc.ion of the I iw ceafed, and you lh-)uiJ iciollra the maxim (which lervrsis a jrr.er ai;aiull defpotifm and opprMli.in) ttut " ccllantc ratioiicui lege, CciT.it lex." Let mr in the next place, fir, draw yonr

att-ntion to what my fituation would be, fell's.

did the rrjjjn of ihc law (till exilr, the I l Bulferon Townfhi

whh h I deny in the lection ot the law Jen's,

firll quoted, there is no Ipeohc penalty at- Jn

tice is hereby given that polls will lie open cd on the day aforcfaid, for the porpotVs abovc mentioned, at the following places to wit : In Vincennes Townfliip, at the court houfe. In Karrifon Townfliip, at Walter Wil-fon's.

In Palmyra Townfhip, at Noah Pur-

fived fit is ot a kind wuh the 40th fee

- - V tion of the practice ac", and the latter part of the lt fecYion of the ac rcgularing frs in the general court and for other purpofes I) and I have fuppofed that where There is no penalty, the law is nugatory ! let me afk you, fir, whether the court of Common Pleas hive the power of interdicting an attorn-y, by linking his name off the rolls ? Is it not the rather confined to the general court alone, and for malcoiduct in his office only ? What power then, you my wilh to know, have the comm-in pleas over an attorney ? Why, fir, by law th-v my punifli in a summary way for contempts and 1 Ihould be mortified in fuppofing that I bad off-red a contempt to you, or either of the other jndges, individually or collectively, in accepting of the appointment, or exclt ifing the office of a jullicc of the peace ! With due refpecl, I am Ynirs obediently, OKNl. W. JOHNSTON. Februuy 26ti:, 1810.

BY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Governor and Commander in Chief if the Indiana Territory A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS by a law of Congrefs palTcd on the 15th December, 1809, the Governor of the Indiana Territory was em powered to apportion the members to the H ufe of R-prefcntatives of the faid Territory, and to cuufe.an election to be held for the fame alfo to caufe an e lection far members of the Leg'tl aive Council, in cafe of vacancy. And vhereas, the late Legifl-iturc of the Tcrritory wis at the reepjeft of the two houfes di iffil ve J by the Governor on the 2 lit day of Oilober l .ft Now the refore, 1, W1L. LI AM HENRY HARRISON, Governor of faid Territory, do declare and make known, thu the houfe of Reprefentatives of the Paid Territory uall ronfift of nine members of which the county of Dearborn, fiinll furnilh three ; the county of CU'k, two; the county of Harrifon, one ; and thr o.u uy ot Knox, three. Ai.d 1 do iroreover appoint Monday the fecond day tf April nrxt, for ati election to he held in each of tt.e c unt:cs afore fa id for the Re-pr-f nt stives herein fiigned, and alio for rive ni-iv.b-rj to the LgiuNtive Council, 2greea!,'y to the apportionment made by my pro? 1 ma:ion of the 4ih of April lad, viz; one foni eaih of the counties of Deaihorn, Chi k, and Hrrifn, ind one from e-4ih of the di'rLts of the county of X'i x. nd the ShenfFsof the faid counties refpecYively tir hereby directed to caufe

thr frtid election To be brlJ on the faid le-

i i I- t .ft i

C Mi J nav oi .April next, at lucu places in

eh To vr.fb p as may have been alTine

Jy. An J tbr proceedings at faid eletViu.., a d thr mode i. f making the returns, to be fuch as tie las in f ur tit'-cts. Given in d-i my hand and the fral of t'e Trtri"My, at Vincennes, this t "frv fi(0 day oi F-bujary, one l.s. ti:otifnd eifit huicir'd and ten, atid ol the Indep-ncence of the United St' s, th- thiity fourth, WILLIAM IILXRT IIARRLIOX. By the (i, JN : GIBSON, Secretary. 1 1 .

dp, at John Had-

White river Townfliip, at James

ttODO S In Wabafli Townfliip, at Jacob Warrick's. In Ohio Townflnp, at Daniel Grafs's. Given under my hand and fcal this 23d day of February, 1810. P. BECKER fl.tT. K. C.

To nil ivjo?ji it may concern. HAVE appointed Genl. W. Johuflon my deputy, as Recorder of Kncx coun

ty. I have put my notes Sc open accounts in !iis hands for fettlement and collection ; and it is fcrioufly expected that thole indebted to me, will call upon him and difcharge their arrearages by the 15th of March, now eniuing, other wife, that duty which I owe myfelf and family, may be the caufe of rigorous Aeps being perfued. J, D. Hay. Vintennes, Feb. 18th, IS 10.

Fifty Dollars Reward.

RAN A WAY" from the fubferiber livinrr on Piney fork, in Chriflian county, and fUte of

!' X. 't'SZfZ Kentucky, on the twen. ife&l Y fond day of No-

vemaer, lauy, a dark

man named

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liahitant in his county, in pcrfon, or by notice in writing, K It at U or her uiual place of rdidence. In cafe of non-payment of taxes, by the timc'appointetl, it (hall be the (lutv of the Sheriff, to levv and collect the tax i'o in arrear, bv a (ale at the court houfe door of his county, of the tracl of land for which the (aid tax (hall be in arrear, or fo much thereof as will bring the tax due thereon, to Inlaid off in form of a fquare, or parrallelogram, in fume corner ol

tle tract, defignaied by the SheriH

the time of fale ; Provided,

That il the owner of any tract, or

tracts of land, for which the laid tax (hall be in arrear, or any perfon for him, (hall. On the day ol fale tender, and deliver to the Sheriff, at the place of fale, goods and chattels, fufficient to make the faid tax fo in arrear, then the furi Sheriff (hall not fell the faid la d, or any part thereof, Inn (hall make and levy the faid tax in arrear, b a public fale of fuch goods, rendering fuch overplus 'if any) to the owner of fuch land, or fuch perfou

1 for him.

PETER JONES, Auditor of Public Accounts. Vincci nes, iff March, 1810. S

in the Territory, by ether Gentlemen to whom fubfription p. peis miy be foi warded .tnd ny others who in iy frrl favorably dilpoled towards the undertaking-. EDlTOIt.

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years old, 5 feet ten inches high,

heavy buils, plain eafy fpoken fellow faid fellow took with him, and h-d on the following articles of clothing, a colored hunting fiiirt, a pair of buckikin overalls, a fuit of black mixed, wool and cotton, a fur and wool hat, he alfo took with him a dark bay horfe, fourteen and a half hands high, fever yirs old this fpring, a large ftor, and a white Oreak coming down over one nof tril, a ftrong, fpirited, good riding horfe, he -dfo took with him a rifle pun and a piflol. Twenty five dollars reward will be given to any perfon who will feenre laid fellow in any jail and fend mc word fo that I can get Inm again, or if brought home the abov reward with all reaionable rxpc nces. Jeremiah Ehbtrry. INDIANA TERRITORY. Auditors Office.

NO TICE is herebv given that by an a6l of Affembly, palled at the fcflion of the Legillature of the faid territory, at their feffion of one thonfand eight himdred and

feven, if any non rehdent claiming

lands in this territory, either by

:itent, deed (or convev-

(or conveyance, or o-

tlier evidence of claim, his or her agent or attorney, (hall neglccl or rt-fufe to lill his or her lands with the alfelTor of the county where Inch lands may have been entered a;id located, before the tenth day of March, then next, and now in(lant, and the tenth day of March, quadrennially, thereafter, theaillffor fliall immediately proceed to lifl, and m;.ke a valuation of the lands of fiich non-i efidents, that may be in his county, per hundred lores, according to ;hc quality o t .c foil, and Its relative littiation ; but in making fuch aireiiment and valuation, houfes, barns, and ot!u r improvements (hall not be inclu led. And iurtlier notice is given, that the She: ill of every county, ihaii, by tlic fifteenth day ol JuVn ;m. finally, demand payment of the taxes, er iuin ulIULd, c;i each in-

lands in thi fntry, Jpatei nice, bond

Dissolution of Partnership. THE co-partnerffiip of Pfr J cs Sc Co. was this day dilTolved by u utnal confent all thofe indebted to faid firm will pteafe make payment on or hrforc the full day of March next, to William or Petrr Jonrs, who is authorliVd to fettle all oui bufinefs ; thofe failing to comply with this notice may conlider fuch failure as an invitation to be fued. if Peter Jones JVitliam Jones, J SatnL N. Luckett. 29th January. 1810. PROPOSALS BY GENERAL W. JOHNSTON L. D. C of Vincennes I. 7J For publifiiin by fubfeription A ivork to be entitled .THE INDIANA JUSTICE AND CONSTABLES GUIDE. This work fliall embrace a legal de. fertation on the life and progrrfs (u.idtr theUws of England) and prefent refprc'tivc powers and duty of JuQices of the Peace and Confhbles under the Uatute laws ol

Indiana it (lull like wife contain all tbr neceilary forms for their refpettivc offices and be prefaced with the Conllitution

ot the United butes and the ordinance ol the Terriory. The utility and edcntulity of fuch an undertaking, and publication, efpeciallv in Indiana, cannot in. iced it oub'ht not, for a moment, to hp doubted it is therefore

h:)prd that what is generally gocd, will

oc nucrally encourael.,, CONDITIONS. 1. It will he comprifed of one volume

oayo, of nctwren (,r hundred and one iiuncired und fitly p.'rs. 2. It lhal! be printed on good common paper and Hitched. 3. h will be put to prefsas fon as four hundred copies are fubfertbed fir (which amount, it ,s fuppofrd w,H b-icly defray the exp-nlrs which mult ncfffTanly be in'. Currrd for tnatrnaU, a t()pia(l aj,d 4. I: will be oelivrrrd to fubferibrrs, in naennrs at one dollar pf r cn- y. 5. Ti e number of copies fubuVibrd for. mult be p.,d np- tjlr fublcribprs bpif,r publicly notified tlut the work is reaav tor a e ! i ; c r ) . 4 IZr u'Tirip'inn, fnr a,vc wori

wiii Iz received by thti-v-r IP n y u. vl toll v4.- . .lCi J

INDIANA TERRITORY, Knox ajuritjy set. John Small, complainant, vs. Abraham 1 France, defendant, On Foreign Attachment. JfVHEKEASa wiitof foreign attach: W mcnt hath ilTucd out of the court ct Common Pleas of faid county againft th; lands and tenements, goods, chattels and cif-cts, ri;Hits and credits of Abraham D France, dt the fuit of John Small, m an action of ticfjufs on the dfe, w hich attachment the liicnlf of faid county hath returned " executed on fundry monies in the hands of Genl. VV. lohnlton," Notice ii

herehy Ljiven, that unlets the fiid defendant, ("lull, by himfelf or attorney, appear anJ give fpcrial bail to anfwer laid fuit," judgment will be entered againft him by vJet-tult, and thr property fo attached difpo frd ot for the benefit of all creditors who

III ill appear t j be entitled to a demand thereon, and fliall upply for that purpofc.

R. Buntin, C. C. P. John Johnson, Attorney for pit fl- ) Fcoruary -7th. lb 10.

O TRAY ED from the fubferiber in VinO cennes, in September I a ft, a brown cow tnd with her a red calf, the cow is marked wi.b a crop and flit in the left ear and an upper bit out of the right, whoever will re

turn frid cow and calf, or give fuch info

matiou that 1 can get them fhall be gene rouily rewarded by

Mark Barnett. February 5tb, 1810. jdfrN BRUNKR, REth MAKER, and BLUE DYER, TAKFS this method to inform the public he has returned to this place, and will conltantly have on hand an aflort men: of the beft Reeds, and all perfous favoring him with yarn" to dye, may depend on having it expeditioufly and welldon- . he will continue to give a generous price for good artics. Vincennes, 1 5th Jan. 1810. NOTICE, AS the fubferiber intends leaving thii place for Pliladrlphia, on the l5tli of February next, for the purpofc of purdialing goods, he earnefily lolicits thofe perfons indebted to him, to call and pay their accounts before that time. George JFallace, jr. Vincennes, 6tb, Jan. 1810. TAKE NOTICE, 1 INTEND to apply to the next March . court of Common Pleas, for the county of Knox, and Indiana Territory, to ef. t ddifli a ferry acrefs the river Wabafli from my lai.d to the oppofite bank. Samuel Ellison. January 4th, 1810.

PUHLIC NOTICE.

ALL prions irJcbtcd to the cfiate of r

X ilenry 1'ea, dec. arc hereby requeft. -d to come forward on or before th- lfVTi

day ot March next, and fettle otT their

ciprcuvc accounts all perlons havirrr cl.ums againfi f.id eltate arc alfo requrfrcd to bring them forward by that day properly authenticated for fef.lement. JOHN PEA, I DANIEL PEA, Executors, January 20th, 1810.

Notice to 'vlom'it may concern. iIlE notrs lvab!e to the elLte oi J mrs M'C:irlland,deceafed, will come clue on the U:b inft. amJ if not p:iid aganat tlut tune, fuits will becommen'ce j. dl. jM Namee, Adminillraior. January 6th, 1810.

TENMXSUi COT1 OX, F the full cju.Iity, for f,cat l!)e hrn. V- of Robert M. Kva.,., , Vb cei.r.rs, at 25 cents per lb. by the lingl- pfun'd, or it -O cents, by a perfon t;-.kii.'i- 20 lb. h. i;ogi;ks. loth February, IS !0.