Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 August 1810 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THEIR OWN TIME.— HUME.

VOL. III.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1810.

NO. 53.

THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at TWO DOLLARS per

annum, paid in advance or an attested NOTE, payable at the end of the year

for TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS. NO Subscription will be received for a less term then one year—and will not he discontinued until all arrearages are paid. WHERE papers are sent by Post, the person subscribing must pay the postage. ADVERTISEMENTS of no more length than breadth will be inserted three times for ONE DOLAR, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, for every after insertion. TO avoid unpleasant disputes, it is requested of Advertising customers, that they partscularly specify the number of times their Advertisement's are to be continued.—Those sent without such directions will be continued until forbid and must ee paid for accordingly. ALL Letters addressed to the Editor must be Post paid, or they net be taken out of the office. FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, THE LAWS OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, Comprising these Acts formerly in force, and as Revised BY MESSRS. JOHN PICE JONES, AND JOHN JOHNSON, And passed (after amendments) by the Legislature ; and the Original Acts pi;5cd 31 the First Session of the Second General Assembly of the said Territory. Price Three Dollars & Fifty Cents. ALSO A FEW COPIES OF THE LAWS PASSED At the Second Session of the Second General Assembly of the Indiana Territory. Price Fifty Cents.

FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, THE REAL PRINCIPLES ROMAN CATHOLICS, BY A FRENCH CLERGYMAN. Carefully revised & Elucdited with Notes

(BY AUTHORITY.) LAWS OF THE U. STATES. Session 1809 & 1810. AN ACT Regulating the Post-Office establishiment. ( Continued from our last. ) Sec. 18 And be it further enacied, That if any person, employed in any of the departments of the general post office, shall unlawfully detain, delay, or open any letter,

packet, bag, or mail of letters, with which

he shall be entrustcd, or which shall have come to his possession, and which are intended to be conveyed by post, or if any such person shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any letter or packet entrusted to him as aforesaid & which shall not contain any fsecurity for, or assurance relating to money, as hereinafter described, every such offender, being thereof duly convicted, (shall for every such offence be fined, not exceeding 300 dollars, or imprisoned, not exceeding six months, or both, according to the circumstances & aggravations of the offence. And if any perrson employed as aforefaid, shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or which shall have come to his possession, and are intended to be conveyed by post, containing any bank note or bank posl bill, bill of exchange, warrant of the treasury of the U. States, note of afssignment of stock in the funds, letters of attorney for receiving annuities or dividends, or for selling stock in the funds, or for receiving the intcerest thereof, or any letter of credit, or note for or relating to payment of monies, or any bond or warrant, drafts bill, or promisiory note, covenant, contract or agreement whatsoever, for or relating to the payment of money, or the delivery of any article of value, or the performance of any act, matter or thing, or any receipt, release, acquittance, or discharge of or from any debt, covenant or demand, or any part thereof, or any copy of any record of any judgment, or decree, in any court of law or chancery, or any execution which may have issued thereon, or any copy of any other record, or any other article of value, or any vwriting representing the same ; or if any such person employed as aforefsaid,shall stea1 or take any of the same out of any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters, that shall come to his possession, he shall, on convicti-

on, for any such offence be imprisoned not

exceeding ten years. And if any who shall have taken charge of the mail of the

U. States, shall quit or desert the same, be-

fore he delivers it into the post officde kept at the termination of his route, or to some

PRINTING. Hannbills, Circular Letters, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS NEATLY AND ACCURATELY PRINTED AT THIS OFFICE.

known mail carrier, or agent of the general

WANTED, A BOY between 14 & 16 years of age as an apprentice to the printing business at this office.

BLANK DEEDS Fr Sale at this Office,

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ei erv a oilence, a ium not cr.cecc.i .1:ty del! r. S -c . 19. A:il'-r : fj r t . f r : njr : T h a t if nr.v ;er n tiMtl rcj ary corner i.t ti-C nnil of tJ'e U. St'", cr otfrr perfenent r r i ft e J t!irre r. rf fuch nail, or i part tktrcof, fa;ii effenier or cihudcri, liull, on

ronv!clion be imprifoncct not exceeding ten years, and if convicted a fecond time for a like offence, he or they flnll fuffer death : or if in effecting fuch robbery of the mail, the firtt time, the offender (hall wound the perfon hating cuftody thereoff or put his life in jeopardy, by th- ufc of dangerous weapons, fuch offender or offenders ftiall fuffer death. And if any perfon lhall ati tempt to rob the mail of the U. States, by affaulting the perfon having cuftody thereof (hooting at him, or his horfc or mule, or threatening him with dangerous Weapons, and the robbery is not effected, every fuch offender, on conviction thereof fiiall be punlfhed by impnfonment not exceeding three years. And if any perfon (hall fleal the mail, or fliall fleal or take from or out of any mail, or from or out of any poft office, any letter or packet, or if any pcifon fhall take the mail, or any letter or packet therefrom or from any poft office, whether with or without theconfentof the perfon having cuftody thereof, 5c fliall open, embezzle, or deftroy any fuch mail, letter or packet, the fame containing any article of value, or evidence of any debt, due, demand, right or claim, or any releafej receipt, rcquittance or difcharge, or any other article, paper cr thing mentioned and defcribed in the 18th feclion of this acl, or if any perfon lhal!, by fraud or deception, obtain from any perfon having cuftody thereof, any mail, letter or packet, containing any article of value, or evidence thereof, cr either of the writings refrrred to, or next above mentionsd, fuch offi-ndcr or offenders, on conviction thereof, lhall be imprifoned ret exceeding feven years. And if any perfon fliall take any letter or packet not containing any article of value, or evidence thereof, out of a poft ofiice, or fliall open any letter or packet which fliall have bren in a poll office, or in the cuftody of a mail carrier, before it ftnll have been delivered to the perfon to whom it is directed, with a defin to obftruct the correfpondence, or pry into another's bufinefs or fecrets, or flnll frcrete, embezzle or dellroy any fuch mail, letter or packet, fuch. offender, upon conviction, fliall pay for every fuch offence a fum not ex ceeding JQO dollars. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That if any p rf.m lhall lip, cut, te-ir, bum, or ot! erw;fe injure any pcrtimrmia, vkIHc, or other big uied, or deflgned to be ufed by any perfon acting under the authority of thr pott rorfter general, or any perfon in hon his powers are vefled in the conveyance of ar.y mail, letter, packet, newfpaperor pan phi t, or (hdl draw or brek any ftple, or

b fent any part of any Icik, clmin or (trap attached or briongirg to ar.y fuch valife, ! jvirt'.mr.tua cr b4g, with an intent to rob or (k-al Ji v nil, letter, packet, urwfpaper cr ' p.T'p!;lct, it to render either of the fu?" ii frt i:ie, every fu h iTerider upon con vid i : n, Hull f)r every fuchtfTrntc piy a fu.n rot rxcrcin;' 5'Jjdc!lar, or be irr rr if-nitd i n 't r r.( eedir j v ears ai the dilcreinar i the

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judgment of court under and by virtue of the 18th, 19th 20th and2lft fections of this act, Hull be kept at hard labor during the period of furh unprifonmen?. Sec. 23. And be tt further enacted. That the poftmafters fl-.li refoectively, publifli, at the expiration ot every three months, softener, when the poftmafter general fln.ll fa direct, in one of the newfppers publiflied at or neareftthe place of his refidence, for 3 fucceffive weeks, a lift of all the letter remaining in their refpective offices, or in ftead thereof, fhall make out a number of fuch lifts, Sc caufe them to bt pofted at ftuh public places in their vicinity as ftnll appear to them belt adapted for the information of the parties concerned ; and t the expiration of the next three months, fliall fend fuch of the faid letters as then remain on lund, as dead letters, to the geueral poft office, where the fame fliall be opened Sc infpected ; and if any valuable papers or matters of confe quence AmII be found therein, it fhallbe the duty ot the noflmafter general to return fuch letter to thr writer thereof, cr caufe a defciiptive lift thereof to be inferted in one cf the newfpapers publifhed at the place moft: convenient to the fuppofed refidence of the owner, if within tfe U. States; and futrs letter, ard th.e contents, fliall he preferved to be delivered to the perfon to whom the fame fiull be addrefTed. upon payment of the pnftge, and the expenre of publication. And if fuch letter with its contents, be not demanded by th perfon to whom it is addrefird, or the owner thereof, or his lawful agent, within two years after ti e fcdvertifement thereof as aforedid, the f,id rontentj fliall be applied to the uf- of thr U. States until the fame fh?!l he reclaimed by the proprirtor thereof. The manner of fuch application to be fpeciah'y fl.ted by thepeft m-fler general to the fecretary of the trcafury. Sec. 24. And be i: further anactcd Thafi letters and pxrkts to and frrm the follrw iug efficer: -f the U. States fliall be receiv ed ar d conveyed by pfl, free of prflage ; each poll m-Or r, prov idrt! ear h r.f hi iettrrS or pc kets fli-Il not exceed hlf an ounce a weight; e-th membrr cf the fer.ef ard each member and delg-te of tJ:e h'-uf' of reprrfeiitalivrs of the OT.grtf of the U Stales ; t!ie fecretary of the fmate, and clerk of jhe hnufe of reprefentatives, prr,vi ch-d each letter or pat ket fit-ill net exceed two ounces in w-il.:, and during their actual attend .pre in ary f iTion of rorgrffs 3nd 20 d-ys after f.ith f ffi n. nr.d in cfe of excrfs of v.eight f : rxrfs h-nr flall be p,id for ; tl e j r- HJ- r.t r ! the U. Stat-s ; vice prrf,Jc;t. the iVrretaii-s of ftte, of the trr .fury, of war, of the navy ; the attorney yneral ; tiie comptroller ; trrafj. rrr ; ;Uvli:fr; regifl-r ; lup-r vifr-r of hz

j dnrct tax for the d Orict r f South Carcli-

na ; fi!pern;t-j unt f IndiiU tr?de ; pur vevr.r; thr h.fvcV-r r.d paymsllcr 1 f ths rry ; accountai.r; rf the war ard r.tvy d-r-rr-.-i.t ; p f'.-ri Per general ; -rd the r: ir.ti y .-ft-iifier I; Jo!n Ad-r.it for rir p-fde.t of LT. vt'ef : Tho ia Jrff;iiV,. Jte p'f,j'Tt rf ti " United St-ttrs ; u.d th-v "!l r-:-ive their n-w5i.per by p.,.t f"r rf T ' Pre '. did, Th.t tr. :n tr. fr; f : r f-n-tp tz uf- of rrprr f-T.t'i". l""'f,"V r f the i ",re ard-l-ik ot r' . !- rt f;;r-f?v

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