Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 July 1810 — Page 2

adequate t their fcvr ral Ce rviccs in that re-J with more than 'quadruple portage, unlets fprA : Provided That the f.uiie 1,01 the fume Hull actually contain more than

Wit i tour ililhnet letters. No nn ma rr lliall

cent on

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i i . ? ,-rs on etters anu vlndr amount ot poiia . r ,--;...l tor tiillnbution : l ro T. j Tlut if the number ot mails, leee.veVtandd.fpatched from any fuch office, U.oi actually increase by thedilt.ibutin.s' iyltem, then no additional allowance fliall be made to the port mailer. Sec. 6. And hi it further enacted That wJv-never it Hull be made to appear to the f.tiifaction of the pod matter general, that anv road r fl iblillied, or which may hereafter be cftablilhrd as a poll road, is obftrucV ed hy fences, gates or bars, or other than thole lawfully ufed on turnpike roads to colled their to'.!, and not kept in good repair, with proper bridges and ferries where the fame may be neceiTary, it Hull be the duty of the pott matter general to report the fame to Congrefs with fuch information as can be obtained, to enable Cong rc Is to eitaMitti fome other road inftcad of it in the fame main direction. Sec. 7. And hit further enacted, That

if any perfon Hull knowingly and wilfully

be obliged to receive, to be conveyed by the

mail, any packet which (hall weigh moic tlun three pounds; And the pottage marked on any letter or package and charged on the poftbill which may accompany the fame, Hull, in favor of the pottnutter who delivers out faid letter be conclufive evidence of the lawful pottage thereon, unlefs faid letter Hull be opened in the piefcncc of the faid pottmafter er his clerk. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That every letter or packet brought into the U. States, or carried from one port therein to another, in any private (hip or vefiel, (hall be charged with fix cents, if delivered at the pott ottice where the fame lluli arrive, and if deftined to be conveyed by pott to any place, with two cents, added to the ordinary rates of pottage. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted. That if any pottmaller, or other perfon authorifed by the polhnatter general, to receive the pofhge of letters, (lull fraudulently demand

or receive any rate of pottage, or gratuity,

obftruct or retard the pafTage of the mail, or reward, ether than is provided by this act

or of any driver or carrier, or of any horfe or carriage carrying the fame, he Hull upon

Conviction, for every fuch offence, pay a fine rot exceeding 100 dollars ; and if any ferr -xyman lull by wilful negligence or rcfufal totranfport the mail acrofs any ferry, delay the fun-, he Hull forfeit and pay fur every ten minute that, the fime (lull be fo delayed, a fum not exceeding ten dollars. St. 3. And be it further enacted, That, it fhall he the duty of the po m after general to give public notice in one or mote of

the ne w (papers publittied at the leat ot go

vernment of the United States, and in onelperfons within the United Stat-s, or the

or more of the newfp.pcrs publiflied in theM

Hate or ttates or territory, where the contract is to be perfoimed, for at leaft fi Weeks before entering into any contract fpt; carrying the mils, that fuch contract is i sf -tended to be made, and the day on which it is to be concluded, defcribing the places from and to which fuch mail is to be conveyed, the time at which it is to be made up and the day and hour at which it is to. be delivered. He (hall moreover within 90 davs after the making of any contract, jodge a duplicate- thereof, together with the prop lYs -rV.ch hr (hall have received refpecling it, in the office of the comptroller of trV treafiny of the U. States : Provided, Tlut no contract Hull be entered into for a Joner term tlun four years. Sec. 9. Andbeit ftrthrr enacted, That every pttm tter Hull keep an office in which one or more p-rfons (hill attend on every day on which a mil, or bag, or other packet or parcel of letters Hull arrive by land or vatr as well as on other days, at fuch hours as the prttrnattrr general Hull diiect, far the purpofe f prrforniing the duties

thereof; audit U. ill be the duty ot the pott matter at all rcafonahle hours, on evr. ry dy of the week, o d liver on demand anv letter, per or picket, to the perfon entitled to or authorifed to receive the fame ; and all letteyj brought to any pott otHca n!f an hotir before the time of making up th- mail at fuch oiVe (hall be forwarded therein ; except a,t fuch pott offices, where, in thr ooiniou of the pott mailer general, it requires morc time for making up the mail, Bui which he Hull accordingly p re fen be : but this Hull in no cafe exceed one hour. S-r. 10. Andre it further enacted, That no fees or p-rquilitrs .lull be received by 3"V perfon emp'eyrd in the ganeral pott otf r on account of th- duties to be performrd v virtue of l is app i tmm:. Src. 1 I And be it further anaited, That th- t'oT.win.; rr.tcs or poli-ge Hull be char-

re'nuf: r exrmpteci) convryeu

for the pottage of letters or packets ; on

conviction thereof he Hull forfeit for every fuch offence, 100 dollars, and Hull be rendered tncapible of holding any office or appointment under the government of the United States., . Sec. 14. Andbeit further enacted, That no Ihip or vefiel aniving at any port within the U States, where a pott office is eftabMhed, fhall be permitted to report, make entry, or break bulk, until the matter r commander Hull have delivcred to the pofl-

matter all letters directed to any perfon or

territories thereof, which, under his care, or

within his power, (hall be brought in iuch. ihip or vefiel, except fuch as are directed to the owner or conlignee of the Hiip or, vefiel, and except fuch alfo as ar- directed to be delivered at the port of delivery to which fuch (hip or vefiel may be bound. And it (hall be the duty of tne collector, or other officer of the port, empowered to receive entries of (hips or vefiels, to require, from every matter or commander of fuch (hip or vefiel, an oith or affirmation, purporting that he Ivas delivered!! fuch letters except as aforciaid. ' And,i any commander or matter of any fuch Hup or vefiel (hall break bulk before he Hull have complied with the requirements Vf this act, every fuch offender (lull oa conviction thereof, forfeit for every fuci-offence a fum not ex-

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fhall come to their hands ; and for this purpofe the pott riders and other 'carriers ol the mail, receiving any way letter or letters rand it (hall be their duty to receive them, if prefer! ted more tlun two miles from a pott office) Hi dl deliver the fame, together with the pottage, if p d, at the full pott office to which they (lull afterwards arrive, where the pottmtter (hall du'y enter the fame, and fpecify the number and rate or rates in the pott bill, adding to the rate of each way letter, one cent, which (lull be paid by the mottmatter to the mail carrier

from whom fuch way letters Hull he received. And that letters uirectrd to pnfons living between pott offices m y be delivered, and tfie pollage thereof duly, collected, it (lull be the duty of the carriers of the mail, to take charge of, and deliver all fuch letters as Hull for that purpofe be committed to them hy any pottin tter, and collect the poftagc thereof, which (hall be paid over to fuch pottnutter on demand. And for every letter lb delivered, the mail earner delivering the fame (hall be allowed to demand and reieive two cents to his own ufe, befi'.Jes.the ordinary pott;g And if any pottmatteror other agent of the pottmafter general Hull neglect fo to account, he or they fo offending, (lull, on conviction tlu reof, forfeit for every f iu h offence a fum not exceeding 50 dollars : Provided. That no mail carriers trull make fuch deliveries at any place not on the pott road : Provided also, That the receipt and chliveiy id letters on the way, between pofl offices, Hull not be required of the miil carrieisin cafe wherein the opinion f the pottmafter general, the time or manner of carrying the mail, or the fprrd c,f conveyance, is incoinpatible with fuch receipts and deliveries. ( Po be continued, )

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( Continued from last page. J Extract of a letter from gen. Armttrnng to mr. S.nith, dated Paris, 7th April, 1810.

The rmperor left Paris two days ago

for St. Cloud, whence he goes to Compeigne where he will remain till Eafter It is not probable that I Hull have an ahfwer to my

propofitions till he returns to Paris. The day before he fet out he gave me a Hiip to

carry myfclf and family to the U. States The miiiifter recommended that I (liould not

pin myfclf down to a day as to departure.

as circumftances might make it" proper for

me to ftay fomewhat longer thn I now in

tended. The treaty between France and

Holland was ratified the 30th March, arid

will be pubiifhed this day in Holland. 1

am afiured that it contains the following

article :

All the merchandife conveyed into the

ports of Holland on board American vffels, fince the firft day of January, 1809. Hull b- put under fequeftration, fubj'-dt to the difpolition of France, according to cir cumttances, and the political relations with the. United States." You will fee by a cpy enclefed of a decree of the king of Naples, that he has put his gains beyond the reach of negociation. The ports of Pruffia arc npencd to our commerce. Avoid both Pruffia and Denmark till you have other afiurances" Naples, 2th March, 1810. Joachim Napoleon, king of the two Sicilies has decreed and does decree that which follows : Art. 1. In conformity to the orders which we have given from Paris the 21tt of December 1 809, we declare confilcated the American vefTels whofc names are fubjoined ; that is to fay : . Here followed a lilt of thirty two vtf fels. Ar;. 2. Such of the cargoes of the faid vefiVh as have not yet been fold, as well as the Hiip?, are hereby directed to be difj ofeu of at public file, by the minifter adminittra-

tor general ol the indirect duties, and under the infpection of our minitter of finances, or may he othrrwife fold, at private (die, by the did minitter, as he Hull judge moft conducive to our interetts. Art. 3. The proceeds of thrfe fal-s fhall he depofitrd in a particular bat k, to be here..fter employed as we Hull judge coiivcnient. Art. 4. If any of the captors of the afireUiu veiTrls have claims upon them which they inn think proper to advance, th-y are authorifed to prefcut arid explain th-ir pretentions iti relation to the lame, and we Hull decide thrrerpnn in purfuancr of the report which w- fiull cuifr to be made to ui by our minitter of the finances

and the minitter of the msrin and of war

after having taken the opinion of of a cominiffion compolcd of one of the adminittrator; generals of indirect duties, of one member4 of the council of maritime prizes, and of one officer of the marine.

Our minitters of the finances, of war,

and of the marine, are charged, as far as it

concerns them refpedtively, with the execution of the prefent decree.

(Signed) JOACHIM NAPOLEQn, Paris, 6th April, 1810. Sin. The lohn Adams being yet de-

taincd, 1 am able to inform you, that on the

I Ithinii. the emperor directed the iale oi all the American veffels trken in the porta

of Spain, and tint the money arifing there-

from, ihoulci be placed in his catsse prtver. He lus alfo refufed to give up the Hro, and lus ordered that the cafe be brought before the council of nrizes. where con-

demnation neceiT.rily awaits it. 1 fend a

ropy ot a note upon which this 1 a It order

was taken, and another rr uting to our cuiiuefs iu Naples, and am, fir, with very high

confnleration, your mott obedient, and very

iiumute lcrvant. JOHN ARMSTRONG. Hon. R. Smith, Sec.Paris, 0th Jfarch, I S 10. Sir The United States wifhing to ful fil their engagements to the holders of their public dcrbt in Holland but uiuble from the pre lent ttatr of commerce to do IV by trie ordinary mode of .f emit ting .bills of exchange, found it necffiiiv to enter into contracts with -certain merchants of the faid Hates, to make remittance in tobacco A cargo of this article Was accordingly put on board of the American Hiip Hero, and difpatched for the port of Tonningen,. in Denmark, with orders, that the net proceeds fliould be placid. iu the hands of the American bankers in Amtterdam, for the purpofe above mentioned. The pafiage having been uncommonly ft or my, the fliip much dnnuged, and the crevv quite exhausted, the captdin brlieved it to be' his duty, on the principle of felf prcfervation, to enter the firft port he toidd make He ac cordingly entered that of the TexeJ, and, after having taken on board two pilots, c being within the fdotth luoy'j was captured by rf boat btfotiginr to a Freficb privateer Belides the ulloruary fiaper s, all of which are in fule, the Heio failed under a certificate granted by the government, that the voyage was undertaken for the purpofe of enVcting a national remittance. 1 have tftought, fir, that the peculiarity of thele ciicmnHances made it proper for me to afk a fpecial decifiun of his majetty on this e(V, and with this view I have the honor of offering to your excellency the pTefent rep efeutation.- Accept, fir, &c. (Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG.His excellency the duke of Cadorc. Pais, 21ft Mnrrh, 1810 Sir I had yefterday the honor cf fta ting toyoui exeelleruy the cafe of the Amciitan (hip Hero, and requ fling thereon his ma jelly's derilion. I hnve now thit of inloriTiingyon that a number cf American Ihips coming directfy from tle U. States to the port of Naples, under a promife of pro tection from his majefiv the kit.g, hac notwithftanding been feized and their cargoes fold for the benefit of the fife. Nor darx the injury lnp here. Tho' thus deprived of all means of fublifting ihemfclvcs, the captains have been obliged to fuhiift thecrewa amounting to near 3C0 men) ai d are novr :n"naced with a farther exaction for port charges. This, in the ftrong language of one of the fuiierers, is lireraHy to fuip them tuk'd and then to demand from thtm tha exp-ucr of doing fo. As the confular pgent i the U. States at Naples has made fevrral unavailing' rrpref. nfuiors on th;s fub:rft to the kin:, and as he has reafon to believe tbrt thrivftem, of which this treatment is a -riuch, emanates from hi? nujePy the em-p-ror, it becrr.Ks my duty l0 fubmit the fcts to your excellency, and to feel: through your intervention, fuch corrclicn of the evil, as humanity and juttice may confpire to dictate. A remark which equally applies to the crews cf the fhip captured in Spain and Naples, is, that Ihonld the vefTels to which they belong be ronfifcated, means nrght to be afforded them of returning to their country. In this event therefore, I have to pr.-pofe to your excellency, that two or more fiiips be put at the difpolition of the nearr tt Amcrican conful, and permitted to fail far