Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 July 1812 — Page 1

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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1812.

NO. 31.

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and must be paid for accordingly. J ILL Letters addressed to the Editor nust be Post paid, cr thej null not Ac ahi n out of the cjfee. LAWS of the U. STATUS. (13y Authority) Jltf AC 1 rtttktng appropriations for the fupport of the military e(labli(hment of the United Sta es, i r the ye.it one thousand eight bund red and twelve BE it eUacteU by the Senate and Ptoust mf H etores ntaive& Of the Untied States if America in Congress aseembled, That for defraying the expencet ot the military etlablithment of t he United States' lor the vc.11 lbi, foi the Indian department, and ivfor the expence ot totihc itions, magnifies, fen a Is and armories, the following mms, Including the fum of 1,500,000 dollars it Steady appropriated by tuefirtt fe&tonofthe acl entitled 41 An act lUthorifing the purt hale of otdnancC and ordnance (lores, camp c n Itpa e and other quartet mafters It ores : . I fmall arms.11 b , 8c the fame hereby are

lefpe lively appropriated, that it the nay -t ti e armv ot

States, 669,968 dollar?. For forage, 104,624 tfollart F it fubftftt nee, 685,53? dollars 5 cents Pot Clothing, 893,804 dollars. V Mr bounties premiums, 70.000 dollars For the medical and hofpitsl departments fifty thou fa nd eollm For ordnance and ordnance lores, one million I 85 OfcQ dollars For fortifications, arlenals, magazines Sc armories, including 2000 dollars for fuchi i jnsber of additional military (tore -keepers may he required, 'JTo.0,9 dollars and ST3 cent--. a nil For the quarter matter generals depart in it including camp equipage, luel, tools, h rratka tjuAttera Waggons and trinfpor I t ktioa, fSfOOO dollars For the purthafe ot horfes tpt the Jragftoi and light art;.! ry, l500tX) dolhrtt F t vntingenties, 50,000 uoiia;. For purchafmg maps, plans, beck., and i dm" ntS, 2,500 dollar?. For I falary of the clerks employed in t!" iry agents offia . anal in the m' t

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For the Indian department, I 4,500 dollars. For IStpences of calling into a&Ual fervice, In the years 1809, te IP. 10, k 1811, the militia of the LouiHana and Indiana territories and date of Kentucky, 3,800 dollars. See. 2. And be it further cnacitdy That the feyeral Turns fpecificalJy appropriated hy this ail, lhall be paid out of any monies in the treafury not other wife appropriated H.CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice President of the. United States, and

February 2

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JAMES MADISON,

AN ACT making appropriations for t'ue fupport of an additional military Ton e. BE If c:i-eied by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States oj America in Congress assembled That lor defraying the heceffary expenc e, to the nrft dayoi fanuary irx?, ot the trcops to b tailVdhv virtue of an afc, entitled 4 An act to raifl an additional military force,' pafTed on the I 1th day of January, 1812, the following fums be, and the lame hereby are relpeCiively appropriated, fhat is to lay ; For pay. 1,406 851 dollars and 95 ecu's.

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to be appointed for that purpofe, who lhall refute at the plare, give fccuiity in the lame manner, in the lama fums, and whole compen fatten, emoluments and duties and authority, fkall, in every refpeA, be the fame, in relation to the lands which III all be difpoled ofj at their office, as are or may be by law provided in relation to the repiflcrs and receivers oi public monies ir the iVveral of fices eftnbliflied tor thedifpofal of th.e lands of the United States north welt of the river Ohio. Sec. 2. Ane it further enacted, That the faid lands (hall be difpofed of in the fame manner, and on the fame terms and conditions 2Z ire or may be provided by l3v for the iriie ot public land in the difli of Kafkaikia : Provided, That no trads of lan'i, excepted from the Files by viitue of any former aCl, lhall be fold by virtue of this ad : And promised also, That a tradt of not It Is than fix miles lonarr fliall be rej ferved by the prefident of the United States tor the ufe and fupport of the public iak works on S.dir.e creek. ov C. 3 And be it further ena- ted That fo much of the lands aetached to the diftriA ot Vincennet, by virtue of the firfl fecion of an ad, entitled An acl: providing for the irde of ceitain lands in th.e Indiana tertorj;. and other purpofes," pafTrd on the 30th day of April, 1810, as lies raft of the lecoi principal meridian eftablifhcd by the

fdrveyoi genera), fltall be attached to and

cent?. For clothing, 863,244 dollars. For botintica k premiums, 442,200 dol lars. For the pure hafe of horfes for the dragoons, and for the ptirchafe ot horfes fi;r the tranlportatton ot heavy artillery, ammunition and baggage, 282.0CO dollars. For th.e quarter maOer general's department, including harnefsand other equipage, quarters, tuel, tools and transportation, 408,760 collars. For the medical and hofpttal department, 115,000 dollar . For contingencies, 355.911 dollars and 17 cents. S-c. 3. And be it further enacted) That the feveral fums fpecifically appi spriated by this adU ff . a 1 1 be paid cot of any monies in the treafury not Otherwifl appropriated. II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives GEO. CLINTON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. February 2 lt 13 1 2. A P I1! Q ' ED,

J MES MADISON.

For fubfiAencc, 1.704,97 dollars and 67 I become a part of the diftrt& of Jeffvrfon.

v. lie, and fhall he offered at public lale at the F.iid ofiice for the faid dtftri&t under the fuper intend ance of ihe regifter' and receiver ot public monies for the laid land office, 8c lhall bf fold in every other refpe L in tlie lame n.annerandon the fame terms k condttions as are provided by the above menti-

V ACT to eflal lifli a land diQria in tl

Illinois territory-, eaft ot the diftrict of Kafkaskia, and to attach certain public lauds to the diftrict of Jefferfonville. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Pvfresentativcs, of the United Su:lt of America, in Convrcss dksembled, Thai lb much of tb public lard of the United tates, heretolore included in the land diltric.t of k.Tkiiikia, as lies eait of the third principal meridian, ettablifhed hv the fur veyor general, lhall, together with the pub lie lands lying between the Vincennea and &afka4kia 4ftriCl3, and not heretofore attached tolnv diltiicl, iorm t new land dif tiie'L For the difpofal of the fatd land . a hind olFice (lull be tlablilhed at Shawnetown, under the direction of a rOgifler of the lead office Ik rttciter of public monk

oned act, except rb.t the public f.des for the flid linda -'hall retmin open crdy for Fx d:V5. H CLAY, Sjpeaki of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice President of the United Stoics and President of the Senate February 21, 18 12. Ap.provkd. JAMES MADISQN. Ar ACT for the relief of Ninian Pinknry. FjE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. hat the fecretary of war, be, and lie is hereby directed to allow to Ninian Pinkney, a C3p tain in the army of the United States, in th.e fettlement of Ins account, the fum ot 74.) dollars and GO cents, for fervices rendered as brigade infpedor, from the 20th ot Auguft, 1808, to the 31fl of May, 18 i0. H. (LAY,

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Ym. H. CRAWFORD, President of tlie Senate, pro tempore. May 28, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. To the Editor of the Western Sun. Ei.yirap: T.) June 3d, 1812. sik 1 have this day feen your paperof the 19th tilt in which I difcover the pub!i cation of an extract from a letter that I add re (fed in April !aft, to tome frieoci ot mine i-i Ruflelfville : written o a hurry, and not intended for publicat! - o -vi- j co

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mifappreher fion that feems to be indicated by the remaik you have fubioined to it. Having been perfectly convinced ever fince the early part of lilt winter of the inficiious polity, and Confirmed hoOihty ot the Indians towards us, and forcibly inaprefl d with the perilous fituation ot this territory in particular from its thin and di (per fed population, its eXtcnGve frontier, both on tlie ealt Sc Oil the north, the facility with which it could be invaded by land or by watet, Sc taking warning from the murders and depredations that were committed hcte laft year, my utmoft viilanc- has been exerttd, and every tft. rt o my power employed, not only to organife the moil i ii cive force in the territory, but to obtain the co-opt rati. :n and affidameof the patnotir governor and equally patriotic ciuens of Kentucky From wrmh ftate a number of volunteer companies, as well as fome trm Te-nneffec, have tendered ne their fervices whenever an occafion may prefent itfelf th.at m y icqoire then?. From boi: can ft s I have been led into a very extenfiv coftrfpondence doring tlie prt lent year, and not having wi it ten any letters which I either wifiied or rXprcled t.- be pubiifhed, it would not be rrm.;rk3ble if among fome that I have addrrffed to my particular friends and intimate acquaintances, there fhould he a freedom of remark, oi a carelefsnefa in phrafeology, that might appear fome what often tatious, or improper in publication. Altho' I cannot now recoiled to whom I Ote the letr-i alluded t, I 1 1 i e no doubt I wrote it to fome one of my fiirnds Sc the circumdances under which it wis written, fully juflffied all that it contained. Soon alter the battle of Tippecanoe, the Wine bagoes on their way home jv !Vr d tlirr.' Picria, where they openly declared the molt hod le intentions gainfl the white paopfe. In January laft, Gomo, the principal chief of the Illinois binds, wrote to mr that thole Indians were determined to att-c! our fron tiers. This int rmation was confirmed by

i jflici.ll communication a f om agents .t Chi

cago, Pioiia, Fra.rie du Chien, fc fort M,i. diF u,and by the actual Comro.ffion ot ti e molt barbarous and inhuman muidrrs upon tome ot our fellow citizens, and the mcfl Wanton depredations upon their property. In a communication from mr. Blo rai?, the fab-agent tor the tr ibes of Sar's f Fo -ea, dated Jan 4th, he Hated "That the whole Winebago nation were cdledl'n,g- together to att.uk tort Modifon, the lVttlemcnts on Salt river, and thole below ; F r which purpofe tl ey would leave their winre ring ground by the 1 5th or 20th of the month ; that hr had fent a Fox Indian with wampum to them, to learn their intention and that their reply was, they wrre dt tei ruined to peri ft) or revenge themfrlves on th' Americans, for what governor Harrifon ha,i done to their nation, at the time they we: t to fee the Pi o; het." Mr. Johnfon the agent of the public f.lftory at tor: Madifon, trnnftnitted the nio't deplorable accounts of the fituation oi t!3t place, Hating it to be conftanttj befet bv the Indians, & in rent danger of being tikrr. J':ie Sac's hd lent in a talk, in whfOh they irated 44 That the W inebaToes wer

Jo tmrily tcr American Mood, that nothin hut death could ioo them."

Other information of a ftrrtifar nature ha 1 been received from various fiatfrces by geri (Uar!:, governor Howard and ntyielf, whk i nrc.i-.r.ed the far-'- impfeiiRon t;-on ail , . ; d iuvl;u wn the Fafl -ovr' How

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