Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 July 1811 — Page 2

la traa of htm Ihall tc ta';d at ihe public iV.es, tor a lets price than th it wl.uh is v may or preferred by hw, lor the hie ot puolu lands in the Miiliifippi territory. Ana f.om and after the 111 day of Febtuarv, 1812, a y trad which has been thus ofiered for tale at public hie, and remains unfold, as well as any trad of land cmbrac e l by tin pavilions of the 2 J taction of this act, ihe. tale of which is author ifrd by this taction, may be difp drd of at private Idle bv the regi'Ser of the hod otfue, for the tame price which is or may br prefcribed by h, tor the tale of public lands in the Miffilfippi territory. All the lands fold by virtuof this taction, Ihdl in every other ref prct be fold on the tame, terms of payment and conditions, in the tame manner and under the fame rrguhtions as are or may be prefcribed by hw for the fale of public lands in the Milfiffippi territory : Provided hztvever. That in cafe of an application being made at the fame time, for the pur. chafe at private tale of the faije tract of land by two or more perfons,one of whom did actually inhabit and cultiate fuch tracl of land at the time of puffing the act, and ftill continues to inhabit and cultivate the

fame at the time of fuch application; the preference (liII br given to the peifon thus inhabiting St cultivating fuch tract of land. And provided also. That till after the final decifin of congrefs thereon, no tract of land fhall be offered for tale, the claim to which has been indue time, and according to law, prelVnted to the regificr of the hnd office, and filed in his office, for the purpofe of being inveftigatrd by the c ommiffionera appointed for the purpofe of afcertainmg the rights of perfons chiming lands in the territory of Orleans ; or which (lull have been located by or for m-jor general La Fayette, according to law. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the tnwnfhip already refcrved lor tint purpofe by law in the wettein dif trict of the territory of Oi leans, which (lull be located fouth of Red river, another entire townfhip llnll be located by the fecretary ot the treafury north of Red river, for the ufe of a taminary of learning, and alio an entire towr. ih p in the territory of Louifi naf for the tapport of a taminary cf learning within the laid tenitory. Sec. 8. And L it further enacted, That the furvryor general fliall caulV luch of the public lands in the territory of Louifiana as theprrfident of the United States Ihall direct, to be furveyed and divided in the fan c manner and under the tame regulations and limitation as to expnfes, as is provided by law in relation to the lauds of the United States, north welt of the river Ohio, and above the month of Kentucky river. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That for the difpofal of the lands of the United States lyithf in the territory of Louifiana, a land office llnll be eflablilhed, which Ihall be kept at fuch place as the prelidcnt cf the United Statn may direct ; and a regdUr and receiver of public monies Ihall be appointed for taid office, who Shall give fecurity in the tame manner, in the tame funis, is. whole competition, emoluments, duties and authority, Ihall in every rtfpecl be the

fame, in relation to the lands w hich Ihall be difp tad of at th-ir offire, as are o$ may be, provided for by law in relation to tiic regifter and r-cciver of public monies in the fevral oflivs efhhhlhrd tan tl x dilpohl uf the lands of the U dted Sttes, north writ of the river Ohio, and above tin: mouth of Krntuiky river. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, Tint the p'clid-ntot tin- Uuiud btates br, ani he is h trbv ul o .1. d, w he neve r he ll. all think p-opf, o dn i ct foii.u'.Iiol the public l!ids lyi i in the trrtitoiy of h ui ii m.i, as (hoi Invr b -ro lurveyed in i;."urmty with tin 8 i taction of tl is ct, to I.t i. (tared tor tad . All lu h tan;s lh.il, with the erp tiou t no n! -r IGw.'.i'h llnll be rrlrrvrvi in eacn t.v; ij.ip tor the lupport of fchooh within thr fun-, with e.venticn alio ot a t r C t rrlrrveu f.;r th- lunport of a tamm rv of I lining, as nrmiJi-d tor bv the 7th ire -tion -d thr acta ami w ith tl." exception alio of :h- hit fp-mgs anuh-ad mines, and land C"Oti;u js thereto, wl.ul, oy diiecticn of th - pTiid-i.t ot the U -v.te.l States, may b-rrf-rvr.l tor the futu'r d. .,'t',t c tl.e fad ft. s llnll be rlT -rd U-rhirto tjiC PuhrU

I t. umi'-r the dirrclnm c t tS:e r?;i!ir he taua oliicc ai d t!.e rrtnv t t f .ui)liv.

hi ct

monies -tiid ot ti.e priiicip.d citpu:v lurvcy cr, A d on hi h d-y r v..y$ as l!,tJl j,v pu-.'or. ;,c- mat;::n ti.v j reii;.ci.t , t the

U it' 1 SLatri, pu: ulc 1 he

be del! ,' v,

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three wrck: and no Ijnf r. Th; land fiiall be fold for a price not lcii than that which has been o my be fxrd bylaw for the public laii'js norm wtfl oi' the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentiukv riyer. And llnll in every other refpect tc fold in tracts ot the fame fize, on the fame terms and conditions as h vc been or may be by law piovided for the lands fold in the Itatr of Ohio. The fupeiintendants of th taid public tales llnll each receive fix dollars for each d tys attendance on the taid fales. All the liiids which have been thus offered tor lale, at public tale, reYnaining unfold at the chding of the public tales, may be dif pofrd ot" at private tale by the regilicr of the hnd effice, for the tame price which is or may be prefcribed by hw for the tale of public lands in the Oate cf Ohio : Provided hszvever, That till after the decifion of congrefs thereon, no tract cf land (ll all be offered for tale the claim to which has bee

indue time and according to law p:efented to the recorder of land titles in the diftrict of Louifiana and filed in his office, for the purpofe of being invefligated by the commiffionerg appointed for afiertaining the

rights ot perlons chiming lands in the territory of Louifiana. And patents fliall be obtained for ail lands fold in the territory of Louifiana, in the fame manner, and on the fame terms as is or m?y be provided by hw for hnd fold in the (late of Ohio Sec. 1 1. And be it farther enacted, That the chim of the corporation of the city oi New Orleans to the common adjacent thereto and within 600 yards from the fortifications of the fame, as confirmed by the act, entitled u An act respecting claims to lands in the territories of Orleans and Louifiana fliall be deemed valid, although the relinquishment of the taid corporation to any chim beyond the taid dilhnce of 600 yards was not made till after the expiration of the period cf fix months, prefcribed by the act hfl mentioned. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the navigable nveis and waters in the territories of Orleans and Louifiana ihall be and forever remain public highways. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That a fum wot exceeding 40.000 dollars be and the tame is hereby appropriated, for the purpofe of carrying this act into effect, which fum fliall be paid cut of unappropriated monies in the treafury. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled An act providing for

the final aaiuftmcntof claims to land?, an

for the tale of the public lands in the territories of O' leans and Louifiana," approved, February 16th, 1811, be, and the fame is hereby repealed. J. 13. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN POPE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 3, 1811 Approved. JAMES MADISON.

HEAD-QU ARTIiUS, VINCENNES 2 July 3J, 1811. General Orders for the Militia. THE murders and depiedations which have lately been committed by the Indians in the Illinois tenitory, and the general af!ect o f 1 ndian iiflYirs throughout our north wtttctn frontier, makes i: imperioully needtaiy that meafures Ihotild be immediately taken to put the militia of the territory on the mull refpccable footing. With this object, the taveral Culoiuls and Commandants of corps are p irticulirly charged. i'h y aie to tee that their nun are all proj.erly cl .ffed, armed and equipped, a- tie Itwi direct ; and that the captuns enrol all the men that are iubjec to militia duty. I he regime;. ti of lntantry arc in future to he d liquated bv the tallowing numbers, viz. - Ti e regiment in Knox county, comum.drd by Lieutenant Colcnrl Commanumt. Jordan, will be called the lit Indiana tc;: Miu ut. Tint m C!'k cuntv, commandrd by Lieutenant Coh.r.el C j i:smar.dant, Barthol emew--, thr 2-. lodnna regiment. tin: in 1) arborn. htt !y commanded by ((donri ();.4iinicti, thr 3.. LtJiaua regt. Ttnri Knox, cornm -.-uied by Lieutenant C ,ii,e! C. o;.;:i.i; dant, Lcker, the -ith in diuin icr ::n-nt.

tenant Colonel Commandant, Noble, the Tth Indiana regiment. And that to be formed in Wayne, the 8th Indiana regiment. The following detachments from the militia will be immediately made, and hold thenitalves in readinefs to march at a. moment's warning, viz. The whole of the Ifl regiment. The whole of the lfl battalion. One Majnr, Sc three complete companies from the 2d bat. nlioncf the 4th regiment, thefe, together with captain Puke's troop of Viiuennes Light Dragoons, to report to, and receive their orders from Liet. Col. Decker.

One maior. Sc three complete companies j

(two of them to be the light companies of j captains Spencer and Beny)fr6m the 5th j

regiment one major, and two complete companie s (the light company to be one) from the 2d regiment and two complete

companies from the 6th regiment ; thele, together with captain Deggs dragoons, to report to, and form the command of Lieut. Col. Commandant, Ihrtholemews. The light company of the 3d th" light company (if any) if not another of the 7'h, and the two light companies ot his own bat: talion of the 8th, to form the command of major George Hunt. Tht Commandants of each regiment will attend to the forming thefe detachments of their refpective regiments ; and as foon as they are completed, they will be placed under the command of the fenior officer detached, who will immediately report hinifnf and command, to the officer appointed to command the whole detachment that is to fay : the fever d det?chments from Knox county, to report themfelves to Col. Decker ; thofr from Harrifon, Clark and Jeffer fon, to Col. B irtholemews ; and thota from Dearborn, Wayne and Franklin, to Major Hunt. The Colonels refpectively will be held refponfible for a prompt and decifive execution of this order Colonels Decker and Bartholemew, and Mj ,r Hunt, will receive their orders from the Commander in Chief. Captains Brggs and Parke, will exert themfelves to fill up their troop to the

elUuiilhment, as loon as polhole. By the Commander in Chief. H. HU11ST, aid de camp

A LISl of letters remaining in the ZjL Office at Vincenncs, the hft quarter, which, if not taken out withitt three months, will be forwarded to the Gc neral Poll. Office as dead letters A

John Alton William 0. Allen 7 ham as Akeman, John Allen B John Pozvker James Black, Thomas Blackvicllj

Jonathan Ayres, John, Adams, 2 ; Sally Allen, IVilliam Ashhy,

Robert Balcniinc John Black, John Baar, James Baird,

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si.cl (- 'n;;n:,u.m, Paddocks, the

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j-hv-rlon, conmr.ndfd bv Lieu- : ei Conn.ar.cant, McFaihnd, ii tn r-i:::e:it.

INDIANA TERRITORY,

earborn county, set

Foreign Attachment

T1CE is hereby pfiven, that a writ

of attachment iffued out of the court

of Common Pleas of Dearborn county, In.

diana territory, at the fuit of Ifaac Mills and Ifaac Dunn, againft the goods, chatties, rights, credits, lands and tenements of Breut Hulick, a non-refident debtor, in a plea of debt, 133 dollars and 31 cent!?, with intereft from the 7th day of March, 1809, returnable to the term of Auguft, 1810, on which the ihrrifTof taid county hath made return, that he has attached one black mare as the property of hid Hulick, alfo, that he has fjiumonrd mr. Samuel C. Vance as a garnilhce of hid Hulick th-refore rotii e is hereby given to the ta.d Bareut Hulick, that unlrfs he do appear by himtalf or attorney, put in fpecral bail to ;he 'afnretaid fuit, and receive a declaration judgment will be entered againit him by default, and the property fo attached will he taid for the benefit ot Ml creditors who m y appear entitied to receive a llnre thereof, and who will leeallv chim the tamr. SAVl. C. VANCE, c.-e.p d, c. James N o p, l k , ? tty. for pltli;. NOTICE COMMISSIONER.? OFFICE, Vjxcenses June 19, 18 11. LL thole peifous who h.ave entrred notitts of thrdr chin a to DONA FIQN rights in the Rrgiller's Office, are hereby informed that the Comniiificr.c r$ will fit to receive tviimce in ftij :Kr t of hit h claims evriy S.itniuay ar.d Weiinefd .y, from the I. cur cf three, to that cf fcv en in the afternoon. JON B A DO LI. FT, Commissi. NATHl. EWINC;, i encn.

LAST KOI ICE

THK i'ubleriurr ior the Lfl time

ii. forms all :!jfe ir.ck tu ti o him, that lie miiii be p.jjd by the ill ckiy til Aur;nil next, nr luits will indif. criminate ly i;c ( oinmeneed ihofe haitrg dt mands nr. .mil him v. ill plcaTe Cnli and receive the ir ducb.

Sarah Crosby, 2 ; Lewis Callame 2 ; Alexander Catbert, Daniel Dolohcn, William Vaugherty,

John Case, Dcvid Conrcd.

Josiah Culbcrtsotii

Josiah Drury

Geo R. C. Floyd, 3 ; James FarrtSy William Flint, Jchn Flore. G Robert G7, 2 ; H Joseph Ilobbs Annah Hull Joseph Ilollmgsworth 1 Ilonble' mr. Jenning, Joseph Johnson, Abraham Juhnson, Peter Jones K Samuel Kennedy James Kearns

George Mormeckf George Masterson Isaac ft 1 Coy J-hn M CIure,junr Fredtrick Jfeht N , James Neale. O Richard Oldham. John Ockeltreey William Price,

R 7 hos. Randolph, 4 ; Henry Reese

John or Lewis Reel, Nieholas Reagan,'

James M Cutchen, William MClurey Charles MShaney Isaac Morgan, Joseph Milburn Robert Nixon Antoine Oneille, Phillip Ostrand:ry Archibald Pratten W tlli am Pure el.

Nancy Rose,

William Rags dale Joseph Shaw, John Savary, William Spurgen, Jfsse Spurgin, Thomas Suihven David Shojk. Waller Taylor, 3 ; Samuel 'J horn John Todd

U U V William Underhill, Simon VanorsdalU

Leonard Ralph ined

'Joseyh Smith Isaac Sellers, John Sprague Ann Sturgus, William Simpson

Benjamin Turman9 Michael Thorn

F.divard Wilson Isaac Willits, William Waiscn

Samuel Wodrnjf, Jacub Wtdner,

Ift July, 18J 1

Wm. PRINCE, P. M.

INDIANA Ti R RITORY, HARRISON COUNTY, $ THIS day came William Brown, before me the fubft liber, a juftice of ti c Peace, and nnde oath, that the certificate he obtained in the Land Office at Vincennes, the 18thof Auud, 1807, for the north eafl epiarter of feet ion No. 3, in townfhip, No. 2 fouth, of range No. 5 e, contain ing 171 acres and 22 hundredth, was buriud in hii houta with all other effects that his houfe contained, fuhfciibcd the 23d day of April, 1811. William Urown. Wm. ERWIN; Julticc of the Peace for

liairilju cc

tnty.

A LL perfons concerned are hereby requirrd to tkr notice that i:i three months trom the ihte hereof, 1 finJI idut to WMliam Brown, a duplicate rertincate No. 189, dated Angtnt 18, 1807, tor the N. E. q urter cf fedm!) o. S, in townfhip No. 2 fcuth, of range No. 5 eatl, unlefs previous to that time, feme legal and fuffiticnt objections arc made thereto. JOHN BADOLLET, Rei.ttr rf the Land Ojue at Vmcennes. June 19, 18 1 h j BLANKS OF ALL KINDS SEATI.T AND ACCUPATM.y 7l 'X'TEl AT TiilS OFFICE.

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June 12, sill.