Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 June 1810 — Page 3

csfion to pafs by faid rosds, upon the ordi. nary buifinefs relating to their farms fo f as tlic limits of the fame may extend 01 the roads refpe&ively who (hall not havr iny other convenient road or way by whict they may pafs from one part to anothepart thereof, any toll for palling on or b) cither of the laid turnpikes, J. B. VARNUM; Sf Taker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAiLLARD, President oj the Senate, pro rem. April 20. 1810. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT Providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territtry, and for other purposes. BE it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all that tract of land, to which the Indian title was extingushed by the treaty made at fort Wayne, on the thirtieth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, lying west and adjoining to -the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville, shall be attached to, and made a put of the districtr of Cincinnati ; and the residue of the lands to which the Indian title was extinguished by the said treaty, and other treaties made at Vincennes in the same year, shall be attached to, and made a part of the district of Vincennes; and the said lands, with the exception of section number sixteen, which shall be reserved in each township for the use of schools within the same, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and of the receiver of public monies, at the places respectively where the land offices are kept, and on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the president of the U. S. be designated for that purpose ; the sales shall remain open at Cincinnati one week, and at Vincennes three weeks, and no longer ; the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same terms and conditions as have been or may be provided for lands sold in the same districts; all the lands in the said tracts, with the exception above mentioned remaining unsold at the close of the said sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the respective land offices in the same manner, under the same regulations for the same price and on the same terms and conditions, as are or maybe provided by law for the sale of lands in the same districrs, and patents shall be obtained in the same manner and on the same terms as for other public lands sold in the same districts. Sec. 2. And hit further anaeted That the fevrral fupennteitdrnts, ot public fales diretted by tins aft Hull receive four dollars a dy, for ca-.b dny's attendance on the faid faeis. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That from and after the full day of June next, the fecond principal mrrrdian efhhlilhed by the furvryor general in the Indiana Territory, (lull he the boundary between the dillnas ot Vincennes and Jrfferfnnville ; and thr lands in tin Jed in the fiid diftria rrfjyaivelv, according to thr boundarirs above mentioned, 'hall become a part of the dillria in which th-y are included, and fhall be fold at the fame place in the fam- manner and on the frme terms and conditions a? the other public lands, lying in the fm.c difWia. Sec. 4. And be it further avaeted, That fcny prlm or perfms entitled to donation 1,J,- ... Hifrn f.f V mrrnnes. hv anv

form-r r,Uution or .u. of conerffi, andf1di-M tenito.y, humbly complaining an;l

uh.i wrrr minors, or did not rrfide within Urwr

fame recorded, (lull become void, Sc forevtr e barred Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That .he regiUer of the Und office and the receiver of public monies at Vincennes, lhall jcrfonn the fame duties, and excercile the fame powers in relation to the claims filed vith the regiflrr under this aa, which by die latt recited act were enjoined on, or vef-t ted in the commiflioners deligrtatcd by the faid aa ; and it Hull alfo be the duty of the faid rrgiiter and receiver, to make to the fecrctaiy of the treafury a report of all the claims thus filed with the regider of the land office, together with the fubltance of the evidence adduced in fupport thereof, with fuch remarks thereon at they may think proper; which report, together with a lilt of the claims, which in the opinion of the regdter and receiver ought to be confirmed, Hull be laid by the fecrctary of the treafury before congrefs at their next feffion, for their determination thereon ; and the faid regifter and receiver (hall each be allowed an additional compenfation of one hundred dollars, in full for their fervices in relation to fuch claims, and one hundred dollars far clerk hire. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That a traa of land in the Illinois territory, at, and including Shawnee town, on the Ohio river, (hall, under the direction of the furveyo'r general, be laid off into town lots, flreets and avenues, and into out lots, in fuch manner and of fuch dimenfions as litmay judge proper : Provided, The traa fo to be laid off fhall not exceed the quantity of land contained in two entire it ciions nor the town lots one quarter of an aere each ; when the furvey of the lots OhII be completed, a plat thereof fhall br returned to the furveyor general, on which the town lots and out lots fhall refpeaively he defignated by progreflive numbers, who fh ill caufe two copies to be made, one to be tranfmitted to the fecretary of the treafury, and the other to the regidrr of the land office ; and the lots (hall be offered to the higheft bidder at public fale, at the- fame time and place, on the -fame terms and con ditions, (except as to thr quantity of land) as have or may be provided for the file ot the other public lands in faid territory: Provided, Tliatno town lot fhall be - fold for a lcf3 price than eight dollars, nor any out lot for lefs than at the rate of five dollars an acre. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Represtntatives, JOHN GAILLAKD, President of the Senate pro-tempore. April 30, 1810, JAMES MADISON.

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j LOOK HERE! lL thofe indebted to the fubferiber

by bok account, are requelted to

coue torvara anu p;iy oil tneir relpective balances or give their notes, as my prefent bar-keeper defigns leaving this place in a few weeks thofe who do not avail themfelves of this notice may expra to find their accounts in the hands of an officer for colkaion. . Rcbt. M. Evans. May 28, 1810.

Indiana Tkrritort, Dearborn countv, 5 s WUEKF.AS Kli?.abfth Miller of faid county and territory, has this d filed in my ffice, her petition to the Honorable, the Circuit court, holden i it and for the f id county, praying a divorce from hrr hulhand, Joln'i A. Miller, in the woids and fijures follow inrr, to v,it : 4k To the Ho

orahll otikTe ot the (rruit court, noinm

A fur thr rimTV n f narhorn. in the

that either In one or other of the years laft 1 aforefaid, the fiid John A. Miller, left your petitioner in the county aforef4id, without either food or cloathing, and has lince that time filled to contribute in any way or manner towards your petitioners lupport your petitioner further ftates, dut when the faid John A. Miller left your petitioner, he did it without any caufe arifing on the prt of your petitioner, and that all property of confequence the fid John A. Miller took with him, and has ever lince his drpartureas far as your petitioner believes and is informed (a non relident.) Your petitioner therefore prays a divorce from the banns of matrimony, with her faid hufbind, Joho A. Miller, and your petitioner as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. ELIZABETH MILLER. April 10th, 1810. Jamks Noble,? Atty. tor complt. J NOW therefore, notice is hereby given to the faid John A. Miller, to appear at Laurencebuigh. on the third Monday in June next, ai d then and there, before our laid Circuit court, fliew caufe, if any caufe he can fliew, why the prayer of the faid petitioner fhotild not tr granted SAMt. C. VANCE, Clk C. Court D. C. To Messrs. Joseph Abel, Robert Elliott, Khumas Ktlsey, John Simpson, Squire Btooks, Joseph Oatman William Smith, John Smith, Chryjtopher Forts9 and Davis Flijd J GENTLEMAN, ( Tptice that on the firft MiWiJjy'u Julbeing the fetond day of faid mouth, 1 Uftll (agreeable to an oider of the court of Common Pleas of Clatk county, in the prifon bounds of which I now -m) t;ke the benefit of 44 An aa for the relief petfons imprifonrd for debt" Jacob Richardson. May 19th, 1810.

Foreign Attachment.

THTirr; i,--i

Ml

Ml

At

of attachment ilTued out of the court

Common Pleas of Dearborn county, In-

una territory, at tht fuit of Jacob Hor

ner, againllthe goods, chatties, rights, crelits, !nds and tenements of Samuel Elliott, a non relident debtor, in a plea of trefpafs on the cafe, damage one hundred dollars and upwards, returnable to the term of April, 1310, on which the fheriff of faid county hath made reaurn that 4k he has attchedIot N. 171, in the town of Laurcnteburgh, and a number of building (lone fuppof d to be five perch, together with one grind Hone, as the property of faid Elliott alfo 44 that he Ims fummoned Ja-

bez Pcrcival, and Samuel C. Vance, as garnilheesof faid El!io'.M Therefore notice

is hereby given to the faid Samuel Elliott,

that unltls he do appear by tnmlelt or at

torney, put in fpecial bail to the aforefaid

fuit, and receive a declaration, judgment

will be entered againft him by cetault, and

the property fo attached will be fold for the benefit of all creditors who may appear en

titled tn receive a (bare thereof, and who

will Irgally claim the fame. Sam I C. Vanc c. d. c. p. Jamks Dill. Atrny. ?

r for plaintiff. 5

May 10th, 1810. pr

. fee 200c.

the Indians Tenitorv during the time allowed bv law f r rrVTifrring claims to land within the fid clilbia, arci hofc cUints bave I'.ot herrtotorr hern pelented to rither of the bonub; of commiffionrrs for adjufbng claims to land at Vuurnnrs &c Kartcilkia. p13V until the firlt day of Nov. next, give notice, in writing to the r e ifrr of the lnd office of the dilbia of their claims and )iave the evidence t)f the f-un- rrcordrd in the fame manner atid onpvmentof the fees provided by an aa entitled An aa making provifion for the difpnfal rf the public lands in the Indiina territory and for other purpfes and the riht of any fuch perfons neleaing to give fuch notice of his claimi and to have the evidence of the

th mto ou honor That vcur petin

oner, Id zihet! Miller, a citiz-n and rtfb

dent of laid county, was married in the ceuntv of and late of on the day of H the vcar one thoufind and to a certain John A. Miller, with whom Ihe lived as his wife from the period alorelYul, until the year of our Lord, one thoufand rh-ht hundred and five, or the year one thoufand eiht hundred and fix ncJ vour petitioner further Qatrs, that from the time of her nnriu,;', until thr year, either one thoufand ei.ht hundred and five, or fomtime in the year one thoufand eijlit hundred ann fix, the aforefaid John A. Miller, her hufbind, treated vour petitioner

with the utuioft rior, and cruelty, and j

THK WESTEKN SUN.

yiXCENXFS, Jvse 2, 1810. PREMIUMS, Ojfered by the Vincennes Society for the encouragement rf Agriculture and the Useful Arts." Resolred, Tfnt for the enrcungement of Dmeflic Manutaaures the following premiums be, and they are herehy ctlcied ny the fociety for the prefent year, viz. Ml. For the finefl and b'fl piece of C-t ton cloth, of the kir.d commonly called

!uirr!titn5, fit either for fiiirting or fheet. in, fpun and wove in the county rf Ki:ox, to be not lefs thn fifteen yards in length, ind of the width rf one yard, fome article of plate of the value of fevco dollari.

2d. For the fecond belt fpecimen of tho above, an article of plate of the value ot five dollars. 3d. For the fined and befl piece of woo!, len doth calculated for mans apparel, fpun and wove in the Territory, and not lefa than ten yards in length, and of the width of three quarters of a yard, an article of plate of the value ol (even dollars. 4th. For the befl and fined piece of lin nen fiiirting, to be woven in a reed of not lefs than 900, manufaured within tha county of Knox, and of materials of the growth of the fame, to be not lefs than fifteen yards in length, and not lefs than one yard wide, an article of plate of tho value of feven dollars. 5th. For the fecond bert fpecimen of the above, an article of plate of the value o five dollars Resolved, That the pieces of cloth pro.

j pofed to be exhibited for the above premi

ums bedepofited with the Treafurer, one day at leall previous to that on which the premiums are to be diftributed ; that he preferve defcriptions of each, fo that they may be defignated after the decifion of the fociety is made ; but that nor label or other mark be attached to the pieces which may enaole the members to defignate the refpeaive owners. Resolved, That the above premiums will be awarded on the fiid Tucfd .y of April next. Resolved, That an agricultural book of the value of five dollars be given for the largeft quantity of Hemp Seed which may be raifed the prefent IVafon on a given quantity of ground, not to be lefs than one quarter of an acre. W. H. HARRISON", President Atteft. B. Parke, Clerk A citizen of Vincennes calls the atten tion of his fellows of BuflVron, Pdmyr and Harrifon townfliips to the faa of no inconfiderable moment, cf their being novr in circulation on the South fide of White river, petitions to the Legifl.ture for the formation of a new county out of the prefent county of Knox, and to be comprifed in the following bounds ; beginning at tho mouth of White river, and running with its meanders until it arrives at the townthip line dividing the 8th and 9th ranges, thence with the faid townfhip line untii ic arrives at the Ohio, thence down the Ohio with the meanders thereof until it arrives at the mouth of the Wabalh, and thence with tho Wabafii to the place of beginning. :o: The United States (hip John Adams, has arrived in the Chcfpeke ; file It ft H,vre the 7th ot April. We have rnt learned any particulars of f:ews. Grnnal A r mOrong 1ms not returned home as was expected, from whence it it to be inferred tht he has not terminated the negotiations in which he was eng'ged. Aurora

Mr Bfhears in the O.naav nation rontradias the account of thr travelers pub lilhed a few vve ks ago of thr Ij.iliir's robbing anil infulting them he explains the report tho-, two men, one on toot thr cither on hor f b i k, cin- to w here fome Indians weir drinking, ard the one on foot began to ukr fome freedom with thr fquawg which they rrf-ntrd, and labored him fo fcvrrly. tint he f..uht ffeiy in his hee?, aiid Irf: behind his knapfack. he. and the Indian frllowt did not touch or meddle with him at all. Rc?:cu.

Alcxar.drij May 1. Thr D'nna from Ltft n bMu?ht over

a few of the real Spanith Merino fiieep. . .

We underilaml that there are a ram and

ew-tirthr late paetu.ent ot the U.S.

rimrnas T-fferfin I lq- a ram and ewe

for the -jrefi-nt nr-Gjnt, and the balance

t the care rf joies II. Hooe, efq. bc'w$t

twelve iu niucr.