Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 June 1811 — Page 4

entitled 44 An act Regulating and

AN ACT su'Ucir.zr.tJi tj a:: act,

Establishing the Militia, Sec. I. BK.it exacted by th: Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Indiana 'Territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority cf the same, That the full Terrains ot each company luii be, and they are he i coy conftituted collectors of the fines a fie (Ted bv courts martial and courts of enquiry, for which they (hall be allowed fever, per centum on their collections ; and it (lull be the duty of the prelidents of the courts of enquiry, and courts martial, to make cut a correct lift cf all delinquencies, and the fame being certified by himfrlf, the judge advocate, and the two next cldefl officers of the court, flnll be delivered by him to the fiifl fergcant cf the company, cn or before the firft day of April, yearly and every year, and the receipt of the faid fereant be depclited with the clerks of the

regiment refpt ctively, and the faid fergeant fhall proceed to collect the faid fires in the fame manner as the county levies, and (hall account with the faid clerk of the regiment in the fame manner, and in the fame time tint county levies are accounted for, and he (hall moreover, be fubject to the ume penalties for negligences and omiffions in relation to this law, as the fiieriff is, or (hail be fubject to, for neglect cr omiffion with regard to the collections of the county levy ; Provided always. That the faid fergeant fliall be credited by his lift of delinquencies and infolvents, to be firft examined by the colonel of the regiment : Provided also. That all fines which are now due to the territory for any neglect of the militia duty, fnall be, and the fame are hereby releafed and given up. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That perfons who are fubject to militia duty, and who (lull emigrate from another ftateor territory, or from the bounds of one regiment into another, hall not be fubject to be enrolled for forty days after fuch removal, and the captains refpectively fliall enrol fuch emigrants as foon after the expiration of the faid forty days, as they may have information of the refidence of the faid emigrant within their bounds, and in all cafes of doubt refpecting the age or ability of any perfon enrolled, or intended to be enrolled, the party qjf IVioned, ftull prove his age or difability, to the fatisfa&ion of the commanding officer of the company within whofe bounds he may rcfide. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. Should circumftances in the opinion of the commander in chief make it necefnry, a regiment may confiftof more than two battalions, and a battalion of more than four companies. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That captains Qiallnot be obliged to rriake their reuhr returns to the majors in ten days -after regimental, battalion and company mutters, but fnall make the fune on or before the day appointe d for holding the next court of enqury, after fuch mutter, on or before which day the majors refpeaively Hull make the return of the delmoucnt officers of his battalion, to the comman

ding officer of the regiment, and within ten days attcr the i-rd couU of enquiry, the nv-jors refpeaively fhall make to the colonel a compleat general return of their battalions. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That a court of enquiry for the aiTeiTmcn: of fines, h ill confift of any number of commiffioned officers, Dot It fi than three, who (hall attend at the time and place appointed ; and in addition to the oath which the members are required to take by the law to which this is a fupplemcnt, they flull be fvvorn to difclolc all delinquencies which may come to their knowledge, which delinquencies fhall be confidered and aded upon by the ccurt, in the fame manner as thefe upon the returns. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the adjutant general fhall caufe blank forms of returns to be printed and diltributed to the officers commanding corps, and his realbnable account for printing and transiting the lame, together with the pottage on letters fent and received, containing oiders, or returns and reports, fhall be admitted by the governor, and paid out of the contingent lund. S-c. 7. And be tt further enacted, The fame penalties fhall be incurred by the officers refpeaively, who flnll neglctt to turn out their commands, and to attend themfelves, and by the non-commifhoncd of. ficer and privates, for not attending properly equipped at any review bv the commander in chief, as aredireaedto be inKidUd for neglect-

y th'f dtitit? u relation to a general multer. k-c. 8. And be it farther enacted, That when the difperfed fitua-

nof regiment may oblige men to marcn more man iweniy mixi rentier of narsde. it fhall be at the difcretiow of the commanding

officer of the regiment to difoenfe with the regimental muftus, and ir.ft-ad thereof; to mutter thenim bmaliai.s or hffer bodies; and each comuurdmg officer of a corps when on duty fiuli have full power and authcri'v to afccitain ?iul fix certain necefury limits and bounds to their rrlpr-aivr p-n-d: s, no road ou which pfcj.le ufually travel to be included! within whith do fx-Clati r Cull have a nhtto enter, withmr... frnm i id t o j i m ! . u i ? ; - tiiirer, and in Calc any one fliall in-

1 grade orcliviuon, cr until ths appointment of gfn;r:l cftcersby tl.e

ifioneel oHicer or private ihail be ooiigea to iervc in iu.

company for more than five years : And provided asc, 1 nat any

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fe eral crmmilTuMT.. at:d w!:;n two of the fu r rade be ot equal date, fortr-r fervice fii.JI decide Lrtwecn tr.cn:, but v. lien there -is no pretei u ;u on either fide from fuimcr rank, then it (lull be decided by lot as h. re" t.rr. Sec. 0. And bf it further enacted, When 3 nnn-commiffioned r.ffi.

colon.1 of the regiment to which inch troop or company may oe utached, wlio are hereby refpeaively authorifed to grant iuch difcharges , r . .i . . n .-.-,?,,.'-.. .-..f TJir fncli noil-

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until the formation of brigades, the troops of cavalry fhall be coniid ercd as attached to the regiments refpeaively within the bounds of which the greateft part of Vaid troops may have been raifed, and they ihall receive their orders from the commanding officer of faid regiment. Sec. 1 I. And be it further enacted, That notice for the ordinary

mutters and trainings fhall be the lame as is exprthed in the law u whiclhis is a fupplement ; but in cafe of invafion, threatened invalion, inSrreaion, cr other emergency, any time fpecified in the orders fhall be confidered legal ; and the perfons refpeaively who fliall neglea or re fufe to obey fuch orders ihall be fubjea to the fame penalties as if the notice hid been given in the manner direaed by the law to which this is a fupplement, and unlcfs when called into aaual fervice, it fhall not be necetfary to read the articles of war, unlets when n fliall appear to the commanding officer that it can be done without inconvenience ; and it fhall not benecciTary, unlefswhen calWl into actual fervice, for the platoon officers to be armed both with f words and efpontoons, either of which fhall be fufficient. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That when the funds derived from the fines fliall in the opinion of the courts of enquiry au'-horifi the meafure, the faid courts Ihall allow to the adjutants, the, judge advocates, and the ttaff officers, fuch compenfation for their trouble in making the. returns, as to them fhall appear reafonable. Sec. 13. And whereas, Thcfocicty of friends, called quakers,havf ever prcfeiTed themfelves from their firft formation, confcientiouGy fcrupulous of bearing arms, and on that account they have in many ot the ttates been entirely exempt from militia duty ; and even if a final! fine would be impofed upon them, in lieu of days that other citizt -us devote to militia improvements, fuch arc the fcruples of the faid focicty, that it would only be paid by fuch part of them as are lefs attententive to the nrincinles which govern them, whilft to the others, it

would prove a fource of much greater injury and vexation, than of

profit to the territory: And whereas, i he univeriai oenevoiencc which govern faid fociety, eftablifhcd by their ample contributions to

all charitable and ufetul inititutions, and particularly their exertions to civilize the Indians, a fund having been aaually raifed to be devo

ted to that obiect in this territory : 'therefore, As well for thoie rea-

funs, as from the circumftance of the faid fociety being always in tne

habit of fupcoi ting their own poor, although they cheerfully pay their ncor tx, forShe funpert of thefe of other denominations: Be it en

acted by the authority aforesaid, That the perfons compoling faid focicty fhall be, and they arc hereby exempted from militia duty : Provided always, That in time of aaual war they will be fubjea to fuch additional tax or contribution, in lieu of militia fervicec, as the legiflature may think proper to impofe. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That fo much of the aa entitled "An aa regulating and ettablilhing the militia," as comes within the purvi-w of this aa, fliall be, and the fame is hereby repealed: Provided always, That nothing in this aa, or in the faid recited aa, fliall befo conttruedas to prevent the commander in chief, and the commander's of divifions, brigades, regiments and battalions to re

quire fpecial returns and reports to te made to them ot the ttate ot their commands, from any or all of their inferior officers, which returns and reports fliall be made accordingly ; nor fliall any thing in this, or the faid recited law, prevent the commander in chiet from calling out the militia, or any part thereof, on any emergency other than that of an invafion: Provided, The fame is not incompatille with the conftitution and laws of the United States, or of this territory . And provided also, That nothing in the aa to which this is a fupplement, fhall prevent a company of infantry from being formed in remote fettlements, although the number of officers, non comntiffioned officers and privates fliall not exceed thirty, and the right oi laying cfi new company dittrias fliall appertain folcly and exciuhvely to the com. mantling officer's of the regiments refpeaively: And provided also, That nothing in this, or thr faid recited aa, null vrecnt the commander in chief from ettablilhing independent battalnr.s when the fame may befo detached as to make the formation of a raiment inconvenient, and the majors command-.nts of inch batuhor.s Audi perform in relation to thole battalions, the fame duties, and be invefttd with the fame powers that the commandants of regiments are. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That no officii of tl.e rr.ilitil fnall be allowed to treat his men with any ardent fpititi or Itrcng waters cn the days of mutter, nor Ihail any nrifou allowed to vn.d liquors of that kind on r.ny day of trail. ing, mutter cr review, within two miles

of the parade ground ; and if tiny ocifon fli.dl bring any fuchliquois within two miles of fucii parade ground, i: thill be the duty ot the co:r.m Hiding officer to feie the lame, ai.d the perfon bringing or felling fucii hqunr within the br.uuds above defcribed, thH, briidt 3 the

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MOST HORRIBLE. Extraa of a letter from an oftlctr in Lord Wellington's army dated Louzoa, March lGthj IS I I received in London. 11 The cruelties of the French

are degtading to human nature. They burn the peafants alive, and draw out their finews to make them confe-fs where money cr provifions are concealed. An order has been iflurd by Mafiena to burn every village, when his rear guard quits it, and the order is unfortunately but too well executed. Fiom Portugal to LeuEao, v;t hxvf hirdiy palled a town vill gc or farm houfc, which was not in flames All the animals ihey leave on the road have their back finews divided. A cony of the ijencral order for burning all the towns through which the F retreat, has fallen into our hands, ar.d in it Coimbra is defignatecl for deflation. That fine city has luppily been faved by the vigour with which lord Willingtbu has purfucd Mafiena, who is a wretch, a ruffian, and a demon.

but an able general,

Late c Important. By the fiiip Orbit, 2T3 d?ys frcrn Liverpool to N. York London dates have been received to the 15th April, and Liverpool to thf 17th. FRENCH DEFEAT. Ina difpatch from lord WiU lington of the 27th cf March, dated Gouves, he ttates-- ' That devattation and flughterj ufelefs havoc and murder, continue to mark MafiVna's retreat. The profpea before cur advanced guard vas always that cf burning village of plur.def ed cottages h murdrrcd pcafants the reads were covered with the dying and the dead, with can. non, baggsgc and ammunition which the enemy could n.ot carry otT; with mutilated cattle, with every thing in fiioi t, tha

could create horro; and dif.'nfl, that could make 'the heart feel feutiments of indignation agiinlt the barbarous enemy, and pity for the lurTcring and ravaged nation." , . ' At Falma, on the tenth of March, Ballattercs furprifed gen. Ramon's corp3, and took. $00 prifoners near Cadis. Tlie imprritl quard'in tl rj north of Soaiu had been ordered to rt nre. Marflial Eresfcrd, previous to his capture of lvy srdhis army, lud taken 6 pleres rf cannon, killed and wcunded CCO men.

A Cruel Fair one. In the rc-gn -of Francis I. n men of c;rc:.t merit pid his ddrettes for a ccufidrrtble time to a young Irdy, by who::i v?re fa vorably it ceived. Tht Hvrri were prefer:: at the i'gh.t of Li. ons, given hi fr.me preat ocr .fio i by the monarch. The l.-dy with, a h decus degree cf lei:y. folly and ci uclty, thrt w her glove into) the ?rena, mu told her irver, if his affcr aion for her was fincerr, h" mutt go and btifg it to her. Witheut a moments htfltation ! undoubtedly defcended pn: iiij cr.p over one hand and took h:3 .word in the other very fn innately the lions made no atte:v,: to !H)lett hi, ii ; Lnd he was er..-.-hlrdto obey the hard hearted fair withr.ut it jury. When he returned, he threw th,- clove at her with a h'gii degree of irfMitnKnr tor the YY-intm tz. unfrt -lin rnan-

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vien lo dif aed. ttrdl h- crrtitu-d by tlie juJ " advocate wi.!ii:i fiitecn j,i- 0 f,.i. i-,nr r I i

days tr.eirtter, undT his iurct ar..' f.rivtr ft.d. to the f?rtt teneant d

vertd by ar.y perfon fuing for the f.me, before any jnfiicc of the peace, cne half to tlie ufe of thr informer, 'and the other lull lor the ufe cf the territory : Provided hozvcVtr, That nothing in this left. on fliall extend to inn-keepcrs, whofe fundi nuy be within ihc aloicLiu dittanccof two miles. Sec. 16. The commander in rhi-f Hull have rnthcriry to intrcduce fuch part of the fyi'tem of difciphnr c.dlid the new tat.ts, amontt the militia of ihr territory as lus judgment nuy appear proper. Sec. 17. And be it futtiicr aiacted, That no order or execution Hull hereafter ilfue from any c tirt of er.quiry r.d "iVeffiueiit of fir.es, until the fecond cour: after cielu q.jency or off-nce f I. .11 Inve been in! tered cr committed, in order that tic de!::;qnr::t iu"y have time to make his exculV before the lud touit of c:qi;;rv, t el ;re te tlUtrnient

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