Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 December 1812 — Page 2

of the cleric of the county of W-fhington, Upon the Judgment of niu titrate, the plaintiff upon Inch hri facias lhall be entitled to have dttextoi ion againlithc goods and rh Ii lai di and tenements, rights & crcJii of -..: d fend ant S.-c. Jo. .-.nd r tt further enacted. That this ail di ill commence and be in force trotn and after the tit it dav of SepteniOCf next. H, CLAY, Speaker of th Hoofe of Re mef -ntatives. Wm. ii. CRAWFORD, Prefi lent cf the Sen-te pro tempore. June 24, lb 12. ArPBOYED, j AMES MADISON. AN ACT conferrin g ccrt.iin powers on the levy court far thr county of YValbington in the diftiiot of Columbia. BE II enacted ky xh.e Senate and House

of Represent at hoes cf the Unittd States cf America, in Congress assembled) That J

the board of commissioners or levy couri for the county of YV. (hiugton, in the uiitrict of Colombia he, and hereby aV- en". powered to erect and mai itlin a penitentiary, to be e-revK-d in fuch place as the mayor, aldermen tod common council of the city of YVafhs.'gton fh til delijjnate. Src. 2. And oe it 'urther enacted. That theho?id ofcomtoisfi 0 rs or levy court tor the fstd COOnty be veO'-d with full power to lay out, liraightrn and repair public roads w.thin thr Dud county, except within the corporate ! m; I of ti v city f Walmngton and George iwn,u:id-r the conditions hero toafter prefer ibetl S c. 3. An t be it further enacted. That

the taid boar-' or levy court be

to lay out 4:1c maik loids through any luc'i pirt of tbe faid county: Provided, They lhall Rot exceed 100 feet in width, St thail

Tot pal thro' any budding, garden 0 yard, J

fo laid out and r-turnecl, ns bforefairl, fi.all be thereafter Uken, held and adjudgtd a public road and common highway. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That in all ctfei where ftone, gravel or other ma terials, (hall he necedary for making or repairing a road, the levy court may agree with th owner for the purrhafe there; f, or with the owner of the laud on which the fame may be, for the purrhafe of the faid land ; and in cafe of difagrecment, or in cafe the owner fliould be a feme covert, under age or non Com put, or out of the county cn application to a ju'Vice of the county, may proceed, in all rctpects, in the (ami manner for condemning the faid mateiials lor the ufe of faid road, as in like cafes w here lands are directed to be taken & condemned as afarefaidt for making the faid road ; and the tuid parties refpe&ivery (hail have the fame benefit and advantage ol the fid procredu ga as they have under and in virtue ot the laid proviGon ror condemning land hereinbefore mentioned Sec. a. nd be it further enacted, That

it a

era! exp?ncrs, and applicable to the whole but brave tVOOpi Witt) that rrfjdrrce iri

county, agreeably to the provitinns ot this Sc other ads relating to the fubjec, it fliali be the duty of the circuit court for the Rid county, upon joint application, or upon the application of either party, and due notice to the ether party, to enquire determine and f-ttle in a fummary way, the matter in difference.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That

the two bridges over Rock

creek

l m m

edi.

atelv between the city of WaQungton and Georgetown, thali be k pt in repair and rebuilt, in like manner as at prefent, at the joint expenfe and coft of the faid city and Georgetown ; and the fums required for fuch repairs or rebuilding lhall from time to time be afcertained by the faid board ot ccmmifiiouers or levy couit tor the county, and the? amount lequn cd irom each corporation thall be p;;.d over, atter 60 days notice to the treafurer of the county. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That

it thai' St. m-y be lawful at any time here-

for the Corporation of thr city of

sfter.

road (hall br carried through any fields W -Onngton and the cot poration ot George-

ot giound in actual cultivation fuch ru- ..a , town, jointly or separately, cc at their joint lhall not be laid open, or ufed as a public j or feparate expence, as the cafe may be, to road, until after the ufusl time of taking off j erect a permanent bridge acrofs Rock rreek crops then growing thereon and between the two places, at luth kites Sec. 7. And be tt further enacted, That j asjthe corporation firit choofing to build if anv oerfon thall alter or chancre or in any I lhall determine 8; fix upon ; lc if it fliould

be nccelTary to obtain pi ivate property on which to : either or both the abutments cf the faid permanent br.dge or bridges, or for ether purpofes connected with the work

id, Hall

or ow-

manner obttrud or encroach on any public

road, or cut, deftroy, dv face or remove any mile ftones, fet up on faid road, cf put or place any robbiQl, dire, Iots. or cicke any

pit or hole tncieiii. fuch dided in the circuit cour

perfon njay be in- the faid corporation fochuung to bui t far the diftriH of : have power to agree with the owner

empowered . Columbia, and bein convidtrd thereol hi 11 i tiers for the purchai'e of fuch pronertv ;

, in the discretion ot i in cate ot" ditagreement, or in caie tne ow

.e nature

'ith.mt the co

lie owner

ai.O

re ( uab!c compeufation. if rtnuired by the owner, fluil b; made for he land thus m.ir-Jf-d and laid out, which ftiall be fixed in the

lollowinff manner : on tavinft out 8c mark

be fined or unpi iloned

:he couit, according to

cfieiice. Sec. 8. And be it further ena. tne board ot coiuniiltione; s or ic may, tot the aforelaid and all othc county porpoies, .i 11 u ally a the real and perional property u

county, except within the limits of t

ic .

ner fhall oe a feme covert, under age or non con !( or out of the county, the mayor of the laid corporation fiiall thereupon fummon a jury to be compofed ot 12 freeholders, . 1 ibitants of the faid county, not related io the faid owner, nor in any manner inter-

. d ; elt: d, who hall meet on the ground to be

ity j valued, at a dy to be exprt fled hy the may

. i ii

ing any roid, fix weeks' notice thereof (hall I of Wafhiiigten, any exiliir.g law to the or in the fiid iunnuons, of which ten days

he given in

me pm printpuQitifieo in In Cif" any owner of land, e fiu ro u pafles, lhall require

ball, within two

"weeki thereafter, apply t" th.e levy conrt, who may ajyrer with h;m for the purchafe thereof, and in cafe of dtfagreemtot. or in cale t!ie owner l!a!l be a feme covert, und-

thr coonty. thro' which

compenlatton !heietr, h

or out ol

ntv

:cn'

propi rtj

ry notwi .hR mdir o . not exceeding 25 notice (hall be given by the mayor to the

owner or owners of the laiu giound, or left at his, her or their place of abode, or given

the bundled cellars v

ot UiU

collection, iaie keeping

! th

. and tltt tarn" are he

Sec. 9. And c t a further t : bo.t:d of ComrniluonerS o

rc uv renenird.

fholl be, an.d hereby are ieleafca

provide i

JUCI

the fup if '.he

WltilOUt

Wafhincton, other than that p.

the limits ot the city ot Wafhington, to provide itii whom they are ncrcby author!.

1 ;d to lay and Colli

i lhid pa

lu. And be

t x, to be

im ofed

Sc, the b.

thr

ter compol

id part ot tne COOnty nd be tt further enacted, That CommilllonerS or levy court ot f Wafhington, lhail be hereafot 7 membersj to be defigna-

alter the pathnt? ot this

e$ ot tne coun -

t-. Sc annually thereafter on

u-- in Aiav, tiiat is to l v

the hr it Mon-

; there (hall be

er are, or non romp

on application to any jultice of C co;. i1 . to be tn ide within two weeki, after the ex ptrttion of the afore faid two weeks, the t';J joftice lhall .u ie his warrint, und'-r ii i s band to Htetnarlhal of thr diftrid of Columbia, com mi Hi tning him to fu union 12 frrc! . I ers, inhabiymts of thr county, u.t related to the laid owner, nor in any m iner iiuertfted, to meet on the lard tn be valued .t a d .y to be exprelT.-d in the warrant, of which t-;i days' notice (hall be given by the marfltal to ttorTcvy court, and to the owner of the laid 'and, or left at Ins or her place of auo e. or :ivcn to his or her guardian, il an i tant, or .t out ot the county, by pobliQimg notice thereof foi fix weeks in tome public piint ot the County ; snd t'oe mar-

Mi I . . t C i . n i i I . J . .

auai, on receiving tne iai.i warrant snail vru imiucuuictji ucr uic HDng oi i Ittrnmotl the faidiory, and when met, mail j by to' p-eiVient cf the U- States fr

idaaiavifter an oa-r. or affirmation to every i among the exifting mi

juryman, who (hall Lwear Or amrm, as thr cafe my be, tint he v ;1 juftly, faithfully and impartially value the 1 n d, and a'u dam ages the owner thereof will fu lain by thr road palling through thr fame, bavil g re 'TirJ to all Ctrcumftencei of convenience, beiiefit or difadvantagr, lecording to the befl of his kill and judgment ; and the in sjttifition thereupon taken lha!; beilgnedby the marflaal and 7t)r mire of the faid jury, and mall be conclusive ; and thr i'amr lhall be r turned to tl.e clerk of the county to oe by him recorded at the expenfe of rhr htvy court ; and the esluati in expreff d in fneb in(u:fition (hall br p. id by the faid lew court to the owner of the land, or hii I -gal rrprrientativr , before thr levy court procred to open the tid rDd. in cate no fuch applicati tn fb;!l be made wi bin the a fore faid person!, the lard t! ua app opriated mail br Srdodgrd to be Conclufivrly unid'mnrri, & tio c Hnpenfatton be hereaticr rru lire d there 1 r. Sec. 4. And be it further exacted. T! I! the board of COmmitu inert oi levy .nurt a? fo m as they I.. ... hve Uid out. ma rated & Opened a road, and COmpl td Vr o the f ire cin provifions Hi all return tl - courfcf, bnund and p?at thereof to the ilerk of th untr, to br bv him recorded at the ex

an,; difburfemcnt of which, they are hereby to his, her or ther guardian, if an infant,

empowered to a p intthi neceSTary ofTicers. ! or if out of the county bypublifhing noticr

and to ufe all' the means now in force and j thereof for f;x weeks in tome newfpaper

printed in the county : and when the jury lhall have met purfuant to the aforrfaid fummons, each juryman hail fwear or affirm

neceflary for the aiTesTment and Collection

of taxes in the faid county ; and to enfurc a due ik regular accountability for the famei

snd the

11 ' . '11111 . i f i i r- I

ill exiiting iis, lo tar s tney vcit in (that he will juitiy, iaitniuny cc impartially lid levy com t a pawei I i ly taxes lhall : v!ue all the giound held as private property

That

and intended and required to be ufrd or oc

' cupied by reaton of the contemplated erec-

eourt i ticn of the permanent bridge & the amount B any j of damages the proprietor or proprietors of

faid ground will Luuain (taking into view at the fame tim the benefits which the fid proprietor or proprietors wili derive from the erection of the faid bridge) according to the belt of his fk !I and judgment. And the

inquifltion and valuation thereupon tArn,

their own proweis, which will lead them cn

to actions worthy of themselves and their country. The deaths of general Brock and of col. M1 Donald, are ot themselves a victory. In this light they will be viewed by the enemy. In tbefc events hr will fer, that the victory has been too dcaily purchfrd, by the lofs of their nolft and br it commander The account does not Rate precHery the lots on either fide. Tl at of the enemy mult have btcn uncommonly frverr. Kepulled in two engagements and obftinately withftood ia the 1 all, cur brave troops mutt have given a good account off themfelves. Befides, a recueft of an armiflice, by the enemy, in order to bury the dead, indicates as well their lols as their fearftthtefs of a fecond viiit from cur brarc country men. The conduit of the New Rork militi.riti refuting to crofs the lines to th.e relief of their companions, and that tao at a time when victory was within their gtafp, is a circumlt'ince of which no lapgoage can ptunt

tne attrocity. Jt iXi.rda a loicmn eviue:ne of the impropriety of thofe nice conltitutional qaeflions which heve been ib warmly canvailed ameng the disaffected in the eaftern ttates ; and of the deleterious influence thefe difcuflions are likely to hve on the power of our arms. Mercury f BUFFALOE. Oa-b-r 20. BATTLES OF 9UFENST01VN. On Tuefday morning lal, juft before dry light, in conformity to pre ions arrangement, cc). Solomon Van RentTelaer, aid t'e camp to gen. Van RenfTelarr, at the head of 300 volunteer militia, from tbe 18th regt. and col. ChriiT-, with 300 rguhr troops, the vvhrle under thr immediate comcomrnand of col. Van RcnlTrlaer, crclTed the nver at Lewiftown, in 17 boats, with the intention to ftorm the enemy's works, on the heights or mountain above Queenftown. The mditia and regulars moved forward with the greatrft intrepidity and gallantfv, and carried the enemy's works with but a fmall lofs & poiTrlTed thrmfelvea of the enemy's btttery. In this aff.ir cc'. Van RenlTclaer, was feverely wounded in the leg, thigh and fide, U was carried back to the American fide of the rivt-r. Gen. Brock, and his aid, col. McDonald of th.o Britifh forces, were killed in this engagement. Gen. Wadfworth then eroded over with the refidue of his brigade, con fr (ting of detachments from coicncls Allen's, Iioom'a Ftranahn's and Mead's reg's. and colonel Fenwick with the light artillery, amounting in all to about 700 men. The command was transferred to gen. Wadfworth, who commanded in the fbbfcCjuent operations c f the day. After a line hd been formed on the heights, our troops were attacked in rear by the Indians and Militia, in the direction from Chippewa, and were repulsed Sc driven

back With great daughter, and our r.f-n re

two members designated from among the magidraCci residing in that part o ti e county lying ta ft ward of Rock cieekat without the limitaof the city cf Wafhington ; two from among the mag id rates redding in that put ot the county 'x'-.g weftwardof Ro-.k

creek fic without .nd 3 from arnei

within the unnts t Georgetown A nnj or ity it the members fo designated flial! constitute a quon m to dobufinefs Sec. I I. And be tt further ettaeted That

iiir limits Oi Kjt rgetown ; g t'.ir magistrate reilddtng

'i u c":u!ity B tor tiir

exp;

ides

d ch

exi

n ies

and

bridge? out of thr limits of Washington k Georgetown, refpectively, (hll he home N defrayed by the faid city ot Wafhington, Sc the other parts of the c unty ecu ally, that

is to fay; one moiety of 1 !d eXpenf-s aid

charg-s Dial I e boine by

over to whom fee ter the boarlof com mi 66

ueij or i "v v couet may appoint as treasurer of t!i? court ; a- d the other mliety, by the other narta of l e couUty; whidh faid general expenfes ra!l be afcertaine annually v the fa.d r aid of commilTioUtTI or levy ourt, apd tht Corporation of the (aid city. And io cafe of toy d iT-rence of opinion as

fhail be tignrd by the mayor a:.d 7 or more ruained a fecond time in ru:et posTefuon of of the faid jury, and lhail be binding and ' the field. At this period gen. Van RenfleCOnclulive u; n all partirs concrrned ; and laer ordered over col. Scctt, cf the artillery, the f-ine (hall be tranfmtted to theclerk of j and lseut Tottou of the engmeers, to Uy the counsy to ne by him recorded ; Sc the i out the plan of a fortified camp and irrvaluation epreiled in the aforefaid ircp.nfiti- ! mediately after, the gen. with m- j. MulKny on (hall be paid or tendered to the owner or j eroded the river. From the heights, the owners of the ground fo condemned, or his general ohf-rved afhong reinforcement rf or their legal reprelrncatives, by the corpb the enemy fram fort George, marching rp ration intending to build fuch bridge, within under the command of gen. 5heaffe, who

SO day after ludt valuation Inail have i luccredeti gcuerU Brock in Comma

brcn made, and before any wo;k is commenced on the grounds fo valued. H. CLAY, Speaker of thr House oi Repirfrntatives Wm- H. CRAWFORD, Pi Rdrnt ot the Senate, pro tempore. Julp I, 16 12. - Approved. JAMES MADISON.

11 - )

Highly Important.

i mounting to abut 6 or 700 men. Ar this

force, in co operation with the force ci the enemy yet hanging near our flanks, would inevitably overpower our brave troops, row

I fatigued witbfeveral hours hard fighting,

the general was prevailed on to recrofs the ; river, in the hope of inducing the militia to crofs to the relief of our brave country men ; I not a man f whom could be pretailed rr to ; crofs over. The Britifh miluia& Indians

Being rrmiorced by the troops frcm f

ijCm.. w. ,h- saiu CtNsYl , UM tbe CimI roidj j to athlt arc o. m-y be orderly cailcd gen- j

this dayantscipate our ufual hour of t George, made a vigoious attack, and a' '

publication for the pnrpofe of laying brfoie j oppofed by freth trefti troops, fupericr iour readers the following account of the late difciplrnc and numbers, yet our men natnbrrlliant battles of Qjrc gown, c ex tained the unequal confiia, with a deterroitr.ct it from the Buffalo Gazette, a very vi- nation bordering on defperation, fot a eonfi loablr p. per publilned at Burial e about 27 derablr timr, when all hopes of relief beiuy

i i aa ejrpenirs ana , mi.es aoovc uewmawn. hoik wr un. j cut oil, they capitulated to fopertor force v Lhrkity, and paid cere- deplore the lofs of fo many gallant Qd vert conducted prifoneri of war to fotrt U . . . 1 I- rTT I l A I 1 1 . I - t r

i (jreorge. Our lefs in prifoncrs and woundi ed wi as follows . IVounded--Qi tbe regulars 62, two fine drad, 6 duoods of the militia 2 J, end 9 dan-rrous. Prisoners Regulars 386. nilitia 578t b-fides officers, number! not rliimated. Of the k.!L- thr:e uic no returns, . ; oplnloni are fo varieu: cr. this point, that ic

men who lril anu were captured on this nie-

morable oc cation, we Cotfidef this event upon thr vviiole as aufpicious to the Amencan rms. It will forever wipe off tbedif. graceful Rain which the trtschery and cowardice of Hull had calt upon them. It will thow the enemy what he Ins to rxpect from the Intrepidity and daring Ipirit of our countrymca, U Hill infpire our inexperienced