Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 44, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 October 1812 — Page 2

Sec. .1' ik it further tnmudt That all returns reUtite to KtiC ilblic lanes, heretofore dire&ed to be n, .uc to the lccreWry . the Ire i fury, O.a'l hereaftet be made to the fmd comm'iiiiancr, who fhall hove power I , audit and fettle ill pa rc accovmts relatite m tbe pubtii lands: Pnrided Tlitt it ffnli be the doty ot the laid CofBtntffiooer, i'D.i!j tlte fettlciYient ot any fu CD account, to c i i.i v ' t - ' ' t the at-cou-it urith the v.- icheri am! Certificate to : C comptroll r ct tht ire ilury, toi Utt exgminatioti aiMi dedliotl t! :e ; . S-c. 10. j4fiJ be tt further erected, That n pecfoo app tinted to an th-e knliitutefJ by this d, jr employed in J"y lucii office, i iall direltly or i direi jr be concerned in the purcfa fe of my right, title or mtertlt, ID nv publ v land, cither in right, t Ul trilft foa ay Other pcrioOi or in the name or right of sny other perfon in trnft tjr bioifelf, nor Gialt take or receive tee or emolument for neg listing or t ran fading the bur.oel's oi the fBee. And any perfon r Sending ;n the retnifca again ft the prohibit loot of this acj, J. .a I forfeit aod pay h0 dollars ; snd, upon eoavictton (hall be reju td from office. Sec. ! l. Andie ft further enactt -', That the tomttiiflionei il .ic Uid Undomec Hull he appointed by the prefident c the United States, by and with the n-ivice and ton lent of the senate ; in I II all rec We an annual iry. cv i to the iVl.wy of the awditor of t

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turn ot 8,350 dollarais hereby appropriated for tbe faid cornpeitfati ti, during ti.e yrar 18 1 , to be pM-l out of any mantel in the tftafury not oiherwife appropriated. And the U;d Commifiiooer (hall have the fame Ikivitege with ti ie c tmptroller ot the treasure, of tending and receiving letters and j wv s i nd alio ' ' certificate & t- items r land i i -c i t pottage Sec. 13. 4 bt it fx tt .r enacted, That the torn rtiiflioner of the i.-;-'. oiticc (hall be uthorifed to employ a ufficicnt number of tlrrk: PrtfHtedt That their annual com fen fa ti on (hall not eXcefcd in the whole fOOO collar?, an ! the faid compeufation fiiaN b piid in thtr folio i manner duun the ytaf 1812 i t! at it to fay ; 3 80Q doHara (hafl be paid out of the moniea p-tcpriat-ci fot the c fation ot leiki, dur'ng t.. fid year, in t.. ofHce of the fecretary of the i eai..,"'.r ; l.4Jju itiars (nail be paid o jt of the rroniet appropriated for the Ct nt r tt to j of ciciks, -: inns iaiJ yeai, in t Tie c . : :r of tfe Iccrctirv of R c ; ind 300 CrMi hi' he paid o it of the mors ip jropriated tjr the compeniatioh ot tierka, during faid year, iuthc oiiice ot the fecrc

I meet! to com. PvoJgm. of the U. States I f.igate Prr iident, na will be very happy to mat btm, or any other American filiate j off tidtl force to the Prefidenti c ff h-r.dy

II , f r the purpofe ot hating lew n)inutci tftc-a teti ." THE BLACKS. T.y a Raleigh (N. Carolina) prer it tp pcirs mat it bat become oeceffar) to aid the police with armed troops negiocs are for Old from appearing in the tireciii atitr an early Imur in the evening hy nf counts tro-.n Bf.mnrc, there i cauie of hirm la that city and lieighuourhood on account ot the negroes an aimed iorco nightly patroie the ftrccU WATERTOWN, (Jeff, co.) Aurj. II. Col. b;one, while on his v. y trcm Sckrt'. irber to cape Vn cei.r, in a boat with abont SO men, Was attacked lad week by the launch from the Royal George, with nearly the fame numbei of men. 1 ne ButiOi commenced tht ir h.e fometime beiore tiie wfje within reach. The col. directed J hia nun to kneel clofe down in the bca'. until thry tame within 12 rods cf her. This ordei wac obeyed till they tame w ithin about ItJ rt)ds when the balls cure to fail from the Bntiuh and fome of tbeffl through the clothes, & one thro' the hat of cur men the co'. ordered tliem to rife, take g '-od aim and fire, which they did, all ns one. No fooner ws this ftre made th.n the launch put about, and m.-'de her efcape, by double manning their oara, under a difcharge fif feveral rounds from cur bc-t. No lives were Lit on our p-irt. BUIJFALOE, Aogufl 1J. This afternoon the Britifh began to nnild

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r,6a Two thoufand Pennfylvanif militia weie to reodeaooua at Fittftiurg on the 2d of October, and I .soo Virginia militia at Point Pleidntj deftioed t jt ti irrifona army. Ij. Nbw Yottf l! pt. 7. Cpt, Da ( hi tt e. The brig Adams, capt. Fa(b. arrirrd at this port I -i ! e roc! on Friday evening. She w I .' red t . the Gcerrcre frigate 2 or 8 daj pretiou! to her meeting tbe Ccmftitiation. and cir:. Uacres wrote tie t rifle ing c! alien ,e an i e regitl , ct tie lol n Adshma :nCaa)t. ljret comroait der ot h.s Britraomc majel'y'i i gate the Qsierrtre ol w guni; ftti hi tomplt

TEKRITORY Or INDIANA. J S I C E l A R V " S O I T 1 C B , U Vintcnncs Aug. cs, 112. For the information of thofe concerned, I publifh, fubjoined ii'-ivto, in obedience to orders received from tne dep. rtmcntoi ihic two acts of Congreis, the one entitled k An it rei'pe&ing alien enemit approved lixth July, one Lhouiand (even hundred and ninety eiiu the other " An ac lupplementar) to the acl entitled an a 61, relpetting alien enemies,'1 approved fixth July, eighteen hundred uj;.: tw eive. It is moreover required by thefe ordei s that all britiih Iubje6ts within una territory make, torthwith, to Hie underiigned, their relpetive reports in writing, in which Ihali be truly fluted, their age, the tune they have been in the United btates or in tnis territory ; the periona composing tiieir families ; tne places t f tlicir relidence, and their occupations and purfuits, and at v hut tune, it ever, they applied to the courts preparatory to their naturalization. toi the county o( Knox, thefe reports inufl uc made perfonally to the underligned : lm tor tiie accommodation oi thole who reiide at a di lance, I have appointed the following periona to receive them. For the county oi Hari ifon, J ohn Hunt. Foi the county oi Clark, James Lemon. 1 or the county ofJeflerfon, John Paul. For the county of Dearborn, lames Diih 1 v r the couftty of Franklin, Jas. Noble.

For tlx county of Waj ne, Geo. Hunt. Thefe gentlemen will pleafe tranfmit to this oflice, every w eek by mail, the reports winch tluy may receive, carefully retaining copies thereof. J JOHN GIBSON. 3 ANAC T TtefpeQing Alien Enemies. BE it enacted by tbe Senate arid House of Representatives of the United States cj America in Congress assembled, That whenever there (hall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invafion or predatory incur lion ihail be perpetrated, attempted or threatened again ft the territory ot the United States, by any foreign nation or government, and the prefident of the United States fhail make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or fubjects to the hoilile nation or government, being males of the rge of fourteen years and upwards, who lhall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, fhaii be liable to be noprehended, retrained, fecured and removed, as alien enemies. And the prchdent of the United States (hall be, and he is hereby authority d, in any event, asaforefaid, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to dueet the ecuduel to be o! nerved, on the part ot tiie United States, towards the aliens who lhall become liable, as atoreiaid ; the manner and degree t the reltraint to which they lhall be lubjet, and in what cafes, and upon what fecunty, tiieir relidence fhall be permittee;, and to provide tor the removal of thole, who, not being permitted to reiide within the United States, (hall refufe or neglect, to depart therefrom ; and ,to eilablifh any other regulations which lhall be found ncceflary,in the premifes, and for the puoh lately : Provided hat aliens, tclidcnt within tne United States, who ihail become liable a- cuemies, in the manner aforefaid, an 1 who lhall not be chargeable with actual hoiiilify, or o.her crime againll the public iaicty, (hall be allowed for the difcovcry, chip- . and removal ot then go Is and effecls, and icr their departure, the iuii time which is, or ihail be ibpulated oy any treaty, where any ihail nave been between the United Slates, and the hoftile nation or government, of winch they Ihail !jc nair.es, citizens, denizens or fubjects ; and where no fuch treaty lhall have extfied, the preiident oi tne United States may afecrcain aiui declare fuch reaiouable time as may be confident u ith the public lalety, and according to the dieta,: ol humanity and national hofpitality. Sec. '2. And be it further enact ed. That after any proclamation (hall be adc as aiorefaid, it flial) be the duty ol the feveral courts of the U nited S: .tes, and ol each (late, hairing criminal jurifdiclion, and of die feveral judges and jufticcs of the courts of the United States, and they (hall be, and are

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on complaint, againft any alien, cr alien enemies, as aforefaid, who fhall he rcfident and at large within fuch juriclion or ditlrica to the danger of the public: peace orfafety, anil contrary to the tenor or intent of fuch proclamation, or otiicr regulations which tiie prefident ol the United States fhall and may eilablifh in the premifes, to caufe fuch alien or aliens to be removed out ol the territory of the United States, or to give fureties lor their good behaviour, or to be orherwile retrained, conformably to the pro- lamation, or regulations which (hall and may be cftabliihed as aforeaid, and may imprilon or oth. erwife fecure foch alien or aliens, until the order which (hall and may be maele, as aforefaid, ihail be performed. Sec. 5, And be it further enacts ed That it fhall be the duty of the marfhal of the didrlcl in w hich any alien enemy fnali be apprehended, who, by the preiident of the United States, or by order of any court, judge or juftice, as aforefaid, fhall be reauued to depart. av and to be removed, as aforefaid, to provide therefor, and to execute fuch cider, by himfelf or Ins deputy, or other difcreet perfon-or perfons, to be employed by him, by caufing a removal of fuch alien out of the territory of the United States ; and for fuch removal, the marfhal (hail have the warrant of the prefident of the U. States, or cf the court, judge or juftice ordering the fame, a-i the cafe nny be. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of tbe House of Representatives. THKODO R K S K D G IV ICK, President of tbe Senate pro temper cn July 6th, 1798. Auprov ed, JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. AN ACT Stmnlemnf nrw w- A .au

An :'.6t re ipe cling alien enemies." BE u enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of tbe niud States of America in Congress assembled '1 hat nothing hi tha pro v do contained in the ret entitled " An act refpectinx alicnene.

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ot July, one thouiaud (even hu -died and ninety eight, ihali be cj -tended or con it rued to extend to any treaty, or 'to any article of any treaty, which (hall have expired, or which ihail not be in force, at the time when the proclamation of the prefident thai! itluc. H. CLAi, Speak;rcf the Hoilic o. Rrprrf-ntrrlvrs, Wm. It. CRAWFORD, Prefident of the Senate pro tempore. Jul a, a 1 2 AP PI OT KB. James madison. ATTENTION ! 7 f I.L prifons indebted to the luLfcriter f-irhrr bv bond . note or book acfniu if

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