Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 August 1810 — Page 2

reyedhypoft, free cf poftit unlets he flnlltrank the fimr, by writing hit name and office o.ithrru'HJr of huh l.-ttrr o, picket. anJ until h- Ms prrrioufly forml ied the pottmatter of the office where he flill d-poli: the fame, with a Ipecimen ot Sec. 53- fwiJ' it further enacted, Thit if any'prrfjn lis . 1 1 frnk letters other than tlnfe w ritten by himfrlf. or by his order on the bufinefa of his office, he (lull, on conviftion thereof, pay a fine of ten dollars : Provided, That the fecretaty of the treafury, iVcretary of Hate, fecretary of war. f-cretary of the navy, c pottm ttter general may frank letters or packets on official bufitiefs, prepared in any other public office, in the abfence of the principal thereof. And if any p-rfon having the riht to receive his letters free of pottage, fhall receive cnclofed to him any letter or packet addrefTed to Ap-rfon not having that right, it fliall be his duty to return the fame to the pott office 'narking thereon the place from whence it came, that it may be charged with pottage. And if any perfon lha!l coun. terf-it the hand writing or frank of any perfim, or caufe the fame to be done, in order to avoid the payment of pottage, each perron fo offending hall pay for etery fucb offence fifty dollar?. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That every printer of newfpapers may fend one

paper to each and every other printer of

newfpipers within the United States, free of paltagc, under fuch regulations at the pottmatter general (hall provide. Sec. 2JT. And be it further enacted, That tdl newfpip-rs conveyed in the maill (ball be under cover, open at onend, and charged with a pottage of one cent each, for any

dittance not exceeding more than 100 miles,

and one and an half cents for any greater dittance: Provided, That the pottage of a fngle newfpaper from any one place to another in the fame ttate, fhall not exceed one cent ; and that the poRmaUer general fhall require thofe who receive newfpapers by pill, to pay always the amount of one quar. ter's portage in advance. If any perfon employed in any department of the pott office, flnll improperly deuin, delay, embez-

sle or dtflroy any newfpaper, or (ball permit

my other perfon to do the uke, or flill open

or permit any other to open any mail or packet of newfpapers not directed to the

office where he is employed, lie fhall, on

conviction thereof, forfeit a fum not excee

ding fifty dollars for every fuch offence.

And if any othrr petfon (ball open any mail

or picket of newfpapers, or (lull embezzle

or dettroy the fame, not being directed to

bimfcrlf, or not being autborifeu to receive or open the fame, be ibal!, up3n conviction

thereof, piy a fum not exceeding 20 dollars for every fuch offence. And if any perfon

ball take or Ileal any puket, bag or mail of newfpapers from or out of any pott office or from any perfon having cuttody tbertof fucb perfon fhall, on conviction, be imprifoned, not exceeding three months for every fuch offence, to be kept at hard labor during the period of fucb imprifonrnent. Jf any perfon flul! enclofe or conceal a letter or other thing, or any memorandum in writing in a newfpaper, or among any package of newfpapers, ?hich he ftnll have deliver, cd into a;:y pntt office, or to any perfon for that p'irpr.u, in order that the f me may be carried by poll, free of letter pottige, he fbll forfeit the fum of five dollars for every fuch offence ; and the letter, newfpaper, package, memorandum, or other thing, (hall not be delivered to the perfon to whom it i; directed until the amount of fincle letter pottage is p 4 id for each article rf which the packe fiVll le cornpohrd. No newfpapers trull he received hy the pottmatters to be conveyed hy pntt, unl Is they are fufiicient3v drh-d and enclofrd in p-oper wrappers, n which. rVfiJe the direction, fhall be roted the number o! c iners which are enduted fcr luhfctihrrs. od the number tit punters. The pottmatter general in any contract he rnav enter it. to t r the conveyance 0f the mail, may authonf the p-tlon uit'i whom fuch contract is to he m -d tr carry rwf-T-iU-rs, magazines : pamphlets, othrr thn tf , Or conveyed in the tuil. When the in vie of conveyance 3rd the fizr of the rriiils will 3riT.1t of it. rp..zines, k warnph'et? mav h- tranfpert'd in the mail at one cent a ttltrt fir any diftance not rxieedin f'y r.n!r. at one cent and a ImH' for jmiv 6i nce ti, v & not exceeding I Or; miles, an 1 two i e:?s ' ,r miv greater diftii.ee. Sec. 8. .Vu ; ie ,t fur;,er exited, Ti st th- p-n,n -!!e, s .nrr,fbr .uthnnjVd t( allow W the p&foiiuurcf;:wr;ivci fuchcemwif-

fion cm the tunnies trifinj: frem th? poftigM I reign Country, for the reciprocal receipt and

of letters and packets as (lull be adequate to

their refpecYive fervices and expenfes : ro

vided. That the faid commiffion (ball not

exceed 30 per cent, on the fiift hundred dolUrs collected in one quarter, and 25 per cent, on fum over 100 and not more than 300 ; and 20 per cent, on any fum over 400 and not exceeding 2000 dollars ; and

8 per cent, on any fum collected, being over 2400 dollan ; except to the poQmallers who may be employed in receiving and dif pitching foreign mails, whofe compenfatio; may be augmented not exceeding 25 dollars in one quarter, and exceptirg to the pod waders at offices where the mail is regularly t arrive between the hours of 9 o'clock at night and 5 o'clock in the morning ; whofe commiffion on the firb hundred dollars, collected in one quarter, may be xncreafed to a fum not exceeding 50 per cent. The poft matter general may allow to the poftmafters refpedlively, a commiffion of 50 per cent on the monies arifing from the pottage of newfpapers, magazines and pamphlets ; k to the pottmatters, whofe compensation ball not exceed 500 dollars, in one quarter, two teuts for every free letter delivered out of the office, excepting fucb as are for the pott mailer himfelf ; and each pottmatter who fhall be required to keep a regifler of the arrival and departure of the mails, fliall be allowed ten cents for each monthly return which he makes thereof to the general pott office. Sec. 29. Andbe it farther enacted, That if any pottmafter or other perfon autborifed to receive the pottage of latters and packets fliall neglect or refufe to render his accounts and pay over to the pottmatter general the balance by him due at the end of every 3 months, it fliall be the duty of the pottmaf ter general to caufe a fuit to be commenced againtt the perfon or perfons fo neglecting or refufing : and if the pottmatter general fliall not caufe fucb fuit to be com

menced within fix months, from the end of

every fuch three months, the balances due from every fucb delinquent fliall be charged to and recoverable from the pottmatter general. That all fuits which fhall be hereafter commenced for the recovery of debts l jyl or balances due to the general pott office, whether they appear by bond or obligations made in the name of the emitting or any preceding pottmatter general, or ntherwife, fliall be-inflituted in the name of the 11 Pott matter General of the U. States." That certified copies under the feal of the general pott ofHce, of the accounts current of the feveral pott matters, after the fame fhall have heen examined and adjutted at that office, fliall be admitted a evidence in all fuits brought by the pottmatter general for the reovery of balances or debt due from pottmatters, and in like manner copies of fuch accounts current as are lodged in the office of the regitter of the treafury, certified by the regitter under the feal of his office, fliall be admitted as evidence. Sec. 30. And be it farther tnected, That if any pottmatter or other perfon, who fliall receive, and open, or difpatcb mails, fliall neglect to render accounts thereof for one month after the time, and in the form and manner prefcrihed by law, and by the pottmatter general's infirucYions conformable therewith, he fliall forfeit double the value of the pottages which have arifen at the fame office in any equal portion of time previous or fubfequent thereto ; or in cafe no account (lull have been rendered at the time of triil of fuch cafe, then fuch fum as the court and jury fliall ettimate equivalent thereto, to be recovered by the pottmatter general in an action on the cafe. Sec. 31. Andbe it further enacted, That all pecuniary penalties and foricitures in. cuired under this act, fliall he one half for the ufe of the petfon or perfons informirg -nd pmferuting for the fime, and theothei hall to the u!r of the U. States. Sec. f2. .Indie it further e.-ijftei, That it Hull be lawful tor the pottmatter general to make provifion, where it truy be necelTa. ry, for the receipt of all letters and packets intended to be conveyed by any fliip or vcffel beyond fra. or from any port in the U. States to -rr th.er port therein ; and the letters fo rec-ived !hl! b? formed into a mail, fealed up nd directed to the pottmafter of the po,: to which fuch fliip or veflel ihU he hound. And tor every letter cr put ket fo received, there finll he- paid at

' .1.1! . -.f l.tf.rl ,nJ Lmf tlirmirrll

tlCIIVCiy Ut "liu l4lbV.VI till VUi ii'v

pott ofhees,

'he time of its reception, a pottage of one cent, which fliall he lor the ufe of the peft ';afteri reflectively receiving the fame. And the poflmarter (enerl my u-.ake ar-

Sec. 53. Andbe it further enacted, That

the pottmatters and the perfons employed in the tranfportation of the mail fliall he exempt from militia duties, and ferving on juries, or any fine or penalty for neglect

thereof. (To be continued.)

70R THE Wf.STKRK SuH TAKE NOTICE, The fubferibers to the VVettern Sun are refpectfully folicited to file their papers, by which means it isprefumed they will obtain

a new edition of Pane's political writings

gratis. From an attentive pertifal of the

different pieces which mr. J. Johnfon has publifhd in this paper I have bren for fome

time under an imprcflion that he was in

debted to the labors and talents of others

for the reputation (if any) be my have

acquired for his proficiency in this arcom

plifhmcnt, the corredtnefs of this belief is

juttified by contrafting bis reply to Phocion, with the luminous writings of the celebra.

ted Thomas Paine. If the reader will ex

amine the following quotations from Paine's

addrefs to general fir William Howe, dur ing the revolutionary war, he will find ma

nv detached carts of lohnloirs reply to

Phocion, almott verbatim fimilar tettimo ny might no doubt be given of his plr.gia

rifm 111 other pieces.

raine's address to Howe. lit. They (the king and minittry) have refined upon villany 'till it cants a name. 23. To the fiercer ices of former ages they have added the dregs 8c fcummings of the mod finiflied rafcality. and are fo completely funk in furpentine deceit, that there is not left among them one generous enemy

3d. There is not in the compafs of language a fufEciency of words to exprefs the bafenefs of your king. 4th. And famething in cruelty which Airs up the heart to the highett agony of human hatied. 5th. Britain hath filled up both thefe characters 'till no addition can be made 6th. If there is a fin fuperior to every other, is is that of wilful and offenfive war mott other fin? are circumfcribed within narrow limits, that is, the power of one man can. not give them a very general cxtenfion, and many kind of fins have only a men tnl exittence, from which no infection ariles, but hr who is the author of a war lets loofe the whole contagion of hell, Sc opens a vein tli4t

bleeds a nation to death, &c. kc.

Johnson's reply to

Phocion. . Itt. You (M'Do

nald and VVcflfdl)

have refined upon

fibbing 'till it wants

a name.

Ud. To the fiercer

yices of European

conuption you have added the dregs and

fcummintrs of the

mott finiflied impu

dence, and are fo

completely funk in

ferprntine deceit, that their is not left

one trenerous or

manly fentiment in

your minds.

3d. There is not

in tht compafs o language a fufficien cy of words to ex

prefs the impropriety

of your conduct. 4th. There is fomething in political lying which ttiis up the heart to the highett pitch of human hatred. 5th. You firs have filled up both thefe characters 'till no ad dition can be made. 6th. If there is a fin fuperior to every other, it is that of wilful (hinder or lying through the medium of the prefs, mott others are circumfcribed within narrow limits, and many kinds of fin have only a mental exittence from which no infection arifrs, but he who is the author aider or abettor or newfpaper lying, lets loofe the whole contagion of bell, 5c opens a vein that bleeds the Inrmony and repofe of focietv to death.

4 J " '

POST-OFFICE, Vinckknks, July lUi 1810.

A LIST of letters remaining in tint otlice during the latt quarter, which

if not taken out before the expiration ot

three months, will be returned to the gen

eral pott cilice as dead letters, t'i.

Nathaniel Anderson, Isaac Anderson, Philip Almv. Seneca Almj

Samnel Burrovs, Pi tit in Dames. Charles Burnis,

William Brucet IV til i am Barney) 2 ; Joseph BatlesSf Jhn Batless.

Charles Carrico9 David Collins, James Coikrcm, Benjamin Corp, 2 ; John Durham, Enoch Davie, Poussaint Dubois. Benjamin Kvaus, Rocert Elliott. Sumuel Vmley, Jedtah F lemming Joab Garrett, John Grant, Pleasant Glasse Gervis Heazleton, Daniel Mtazclton, John Hogg, John Handlcj) John Johnson, 2 j Joseph Johnson. Peter Kuykcndally Polly Lowry9 Antoine LasseUe,

M J Wm- M'Intosh, 2 ; Daniel M'Clure, 2-f Isaac Montgomery, Benjamin 31'Donald, Luke Mat son, William M'Cerd John M-Junkln. O John Ockeltree, Antoine Oneelle. P Thornton Posey, 3 ; Benjamin Parke James Patterson, George Phillips,

William Purcell, 2 ; Sarah Purcell, Benjamin Price, R Thomas Randolph, John Retd, Sally Robins. S Samuel Shields, 3 ; Thamas Scott, Josiah shields, 'I horn as SedgwicAj James Stewart, James Sparks, A. P. Snapp. T Sarah Tebin, Matthew Thomtsoo V Simon Vannorsdell, 7.ep, Yangordon W Rachel JVestfall, Lewis Weodry, Fdward Wilson. 2 .- Jacob Wsods.

I Jahn Widener, tf. E. WestfalL

h illiam Winens, David Watson. 104 G EHl. W. 'JOHNSTON, pi m.

Nathaniel ClaypcU, Peggy Crosby, William CarrutherS) John Crunk 1) Joseph Dunlap, W. H. Dunnica. E Elisha Eduards, 2

James Fltmming G Gabriel GreenhaVj Mary Gill, H John Hadden, 3 j J. L. Holms, John Hey, Steppen Healoni J Caty Jenkins, K " " Henry KuykcndalL L Samuel Lane, John Lenten,

Sec.

It is certainly a defiratum that when mr. Johnfon aiTumes the title of author, he would produce fomething original, and net difturb the repofe of old Almanacs and pamphlets written fome thirty or forty years fince There is no neceffity for application to the Editor for my nam it is N. E. WESTFALL. ' P. S. It will appear from an examination of mr. Johnfon's oration delivered at the crl-bration of American Independence on the 4th ult. that he is equally guilty cf plag.anfm in that prcduiion. 2 in the

NEW and CHEAP GOODS. WILLIAM JONES i TOUSSANT DUBOIS, jun. under the firm of JONES U DUBOn, HAVE jntt received from Philadelphia and aie now opening in the Red Houfe formerly 00 upird hy Peter Jones, 2c Co. an elegant afToitment of XEIV GOODS.

i which they rfiVr for fale at very reduced 'prices for CASH only. N. IL Credit ii entirely out of the cjucf-tion.

Vincennes, 6th July, 1810. N07 ICE WHEREAS my wife Mary, his left my lied and board without any jutt c?ufr, this is therefore to forewarn all

, prrfor.s from rrtditing her on'my arrounC

as I wjll pay nod'bts of hr contracting, all perfons are cautioned againll harboring her at their peril. Francis Amis. June 29, 1810.

rar.fcCuifiiti with tu: pgflr.uttcu ia any fo

jbovefprciaea. N. 1;. V.