Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 42, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 April 1814 — Page 2
d-r? of tfet U. States, for the territory. It Urn under his authority we were called cut, lerved, and at length elile hargett. As com reander in Chi i, 1 fhould pfefynf that he wis Imp iWered to furtottgh a private, or r troop, inr a day, ek, oi I month. WN ther wuhavir to the pu die let vLe, the nnfurc Nh idtileable, 13 a OUrfttOO With who h we have no concern ; ol that be III made the judge i end tint II tor bitO and ln novermoeni to tdjttll In the- reuhr army, racers and IMdiers it frequently fur loUghed, and tor months. Their miration, and indeed whether thtr e rjrint'-d at ..i!, it at di'.cretior, and determined from the e XtgeatW s ol the tervite ; but whiltt on furlough, they are paid as tfcoOgtl they were avrtully employed in the fi Id. Whitft in the feivice of the U. S. the RlHitll are upon the t une footing with the reg-jlar stiny i the fame law u.c fam yf wt governs both. The caf, ai regards mv command, is peCul'ir. i hO troop il COUipofed ol volunteers, and fcatten ! over a trad oi toontry tf 35 ni 40 rtnles. Mmli time W II there foT neteftatity coafumtd in travelling to and from the reudcevoos that were to ireOtieOtly ordered. EfcOfting th- trad tfOtO h'ir nvrr excepted, it is true we did no acIn 1 f-rvitr from the 80th Sept. till the 30th of Oelnb r, liable t. he lulled upon every rn Hfieut, arra the r.t'la hrituj often repeated ; t'l bolinefs, however, was a; a Hand ; no tit Could engage in ttty thing but that, Which ronlJ be difpatthfd at the moment ; fomt loft thf ir crop ; ai d probably al', extept myfrlf, arete injured in fome degree The manner in which wr were held was Irk fome and exceptionable t ill There Hat no one but would have prelefftd a ref.drr employment in the fi Id. lam runfulent, there is neither jnftice or polity, in retrenching nor pay a tingle fous 1 bate the honor to be, very rctpeclluily , hr, your obedient i.rvan:, B. PAR RE. Governor Pefey. ExtnA of a letter from captain Afflhfofe Whit locky diltrtel pay matter) to Robert Utent, paymafter ot the army of jhe U. States, dated "vincfnn! s, Sept, H, 1 8 1 3 ( The nui'lcr lolls of t'ne militia ot Indi ana territory, that you but to me trom y ur ctlice A rpringi h ive been by me carefully camiried and torrtd pay mils made therefirom, snd whuh re thii day end led to you in two ptckets, No.. I Sc 2, by mail. 1 h. Ie, fir, aie the nuill r ti 111 that I hid Tff-reiM e to in a letter that 1 wrote you lad "Winter, ai d 1 believe it Was nu obfervatl on?, which I made in tap'. 1' rite's pre tente, thai tattled him to write the letter lie did on the fubjc to the tecretary at v ir, which lettei yoo was i i el el to refer ft to in making OUt the accounts of (aid c 4np loy M From the explanatory exhibit I that capt P. hat made to his letter, unce it has lt en io m po(T (Bon, I find that the time f,-r which Vis rompauy was muttered on the 19th Nov. Itll Ur rxuuo the time that they uere iQually employed in the (ewice of the V States ; 10 far, that tin d a tence of pay anci allowancrsot the v irp.ny a in umt? to li$4 dollari lod fl etnti : this dill" rrn- is alnuill double the fuffl that is vtm'lv ue the company I alto find Irom gipt r rkei ixht its, that his compan)
came into lervice on rne 14m t fug atui wen: out on the 20th of Sept. following ; j it w igain called into IVriice or i p rt I thereof) u the 8'.h of Ortoher following S Ws difmitfrd on the 14th oi tlie fine J Inonth another t-.i w s mat;c, and the I
t Rpai "ft1" Came into urvoe on tor I ot October, and continued until the 10th of N'-vcnhrr folhiwing, when it Wit Ogain diiiniiTv J, r.d ferved no mort 1 hi fi pt rids are collected and linked together on the p iv roll Ind tin lrrea ( '. ! . th of ier vice perf aimed by n one ioditi u 1 in thr ccmpai y is 49 daj i, and it does not apOe if that more than two individu li bole totnpany fervedthat long The tiuII r roil of the 19th rt N. vembrr fyif the compaoy was in h rviee From two to tSer ri ontti c upwards. It n? pre fumed that I ie mulleri of other C'Mnpanies that was mule on the 9th of November needed tor reOioA equal Jv aimweh as Captain Parkei ; and to do
tual fervlce of the U. States ; they have done ioj and the packets Nos. 3 5c 4 wl.ich are alio tins day addrctlcci to you, contain the d iComenti with a carrel) fet of p rolls made therrfrom. You will pteiic to examine the c ontents of the packets No. I k 8 with the abllracTt No. 1, which is herewith entlofed. This Will (how you the amount ot the pn- rolls made from the lon mul'.tr of the I 9th ot November The abllracA No. 2, contau s the correct a mount due the mditia, which you will pleah to tompre With the papas enveloped in picketi Nos. 3 r.ud 4. 44 In thefe two flltementl there is a dif fertnee of 10)463 dollars 75 cents, wlmh fnm, in my op.nion, was intended to have bttn df iwo from ttu U States merely to flrengtheo the ciair.i of two officers on the ijriifr.il ftlff roll It would not look well to meftet I brigadier genet al and his aid de camp in the fervice oi the U. States without muttering men alio. The officeri when giving in the mufter rolls and certificates of the time that tlie)
atuall) ferved, informed me that the firfl mutter, whuh is called the long mutter oi the 19th November, was made agreeab!) to the older of g n. Giofou, and that (Jt ner?l V. I ohnnon. who w.a the genercl" aiJ d( amp, made the mutter. You will obfertt that a great many rttrioua remorkl art madi on the mutter rolls f the 19th November) one particular one 1 will h ie mention, adstni ri ttfi tkt th Jrootmoer How mr. Jo'iTilton could ttll that th f m n weie abtent only from the I8vh to the 9ih, t am at a lots to know, when I rjieat in ijortty of the whole number w. re permitted to go home on the 50th, 34th, 28th 8 SOtli Sr pt nd were never c a lit d nuo lei vie t any morCiOOrdtd they appe;.i any more on the parade groood until the 19th Nov. and alliuchth t did not appeal on that day, or all luch as he Wlttied to faVOf with the U States motley, he nut down on the mutter rolls, absent ukc the IQtii Ncvcmdcr Hemull have been an active man indeed, to have V tl) ted upward of TOO men at theii refuecive homei on the 18th day of Nov. 1312, perttC ulatly in a country that s fo thinl) fettled .s the Indiana territory Tin. fotft ll that G W. Johnfton made the muller, and C certain Charles Smith who wa not in the Country at thl tunc it was made, certified to the torre&nefi of the mils. 1 am well acquainted with, and can fweif to the hand Witting of both men. "Capti Spencer8 Kennedy's &; Marri companies might pofltbly hive ferved i 2d too I : they live at to reat a dittanCC that 1 have not had an opportunity o feeing them,
ttivcii, tho fo numerous, ie Whether they did or not ;
it it would hereafter appear that they diu fetvi they can be fettled with accordingly 4 I he pay roll t the general ttttflT 18 left blank ; it any pay is to be aliowed on it you Will be- pirated to fill it up, or to have it dose at ) ur office 1 have been toio tl at the b; later received his fabttttencc io ki d trom t: e contractor 1 am of opinion that Daniel SuUivaO (lltho1 he has btui irullered under to many titles that he is a
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who ought to receive pay tod him 1 fhoulci really be glad to have paid ns liberally as the nature of the c.ife will admit of ; he has been of much lervite to mr m ifceftaining
the time that the Indianiins were
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vice ot the U. States, into tri vice by mm, ami
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mu Iter, in onf quence ifi d to reh n ins nu-
bferve rn the general ftaff governor G ; ;!on has multered a L.i..,. geo from tlc 15th July, s not a; peat from any ol the muf lint any part ot the militia were i fervice earh.i th.i:i the I3tb of
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jtticr to the U Statet, 1 hne taken upon
my fell to call upon the field office r a as well its ti r- who bad command ol d - 10 tcme fotWied Sc give me a corredt ttate. Lieut ci kLi luM ilia tbey v..c it
k4 I have taken mucli ; j to nfecrtain . .!. 1 , .
mr eiuc Buiuuiii e;i:e inc n 'intia v
the actual fervice of the U States from the bet information that 1 can o from the ditl rent t ffici is bo were io
vice, I find the amount to be i4.!73 del bus IS tense, as per abttraa No. :. 11 Thr amour.:, sgreeable to the mufter made noon the order of governor Gibfon, s 3.1 OJO di!lais and 90 cents, er abltrad
N n I Thefe accounts tre : nth i ntitted to your otiicc tor infpecton
whuh of the :voou c?y liiiak mcltj
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correct you VfUl pleafe to order to payment of. 4 One great inconfiftrncy took place in the arrangrmrnts of thele accounts be tween the general and his othcers, which I had like to have petTed over w r.hout nu ntiouitig ; thut is, the othcers urrc weie dirented to exhibit their fobfmence accounts tor fettlement for the whole time thry were muttered for on the 19th of November, Sc the nun were only peunitted to draw r.ttions While they were in a&u-l tervice." Washington C-tv, jth March 1814. Kouie of reprefentatives of the U. S. 1 he Paymaster General of tu U. S. Arm sir The committee appointed ty this houlc 00 the militia laWI, to whom was re tcrred the memorial of the legiflature of the Indiana territory, praying compenfation for the militia who iiive been called into the lerviie of the U States, for the protection
01 the frontiers ot fa id territory, hive reported ' that the CJtitting I tvs authoriie payment to be mule in every calV, where the fervice W .11 have been recocrnioed and O fanAi 'Ocd t thr prefident of the U. States. 1 hat no evidence is lubmitted of the per lornteoce oi any ier ue which has not been Io recognised and f auctioned ; and that Iegiflstive p ovili m is not fteceffary on the fubjedt of the fa id meiuottaK1 This being the Cafe, I i r leave to sd drefs you on thr fubjec, in behalf of thole citizen ot Indiana, who, 1 am confident, have not as yet received anv comp- nl .tion, tor f- rvice s long itnee rendered, Wha'ever maybe the difference of ipinioA with regard
to the tune tor whuh th v ase entitlrci to compenfation, I conceive that one leading prim iple (houtd govern, v z. that they are entitled to receive pay from the time when the-y were called into fervice by '.lie acting governor, to the tiir.r when th y Were by trim difcharged The militia, when called into actuil tervice, are fubied to the fame uiles and dilcipline with th.e regular army It would be therefore, an extreme hard c tfe t decide, that the militia mad, when called into actual fervice, entirely fubjeel to mili trry iaw, lhall not be pud when abfent on furlough, merely becaufe he is a militiaman allho' the foldief in the regular army, invariably receives his pay, without regard to the circumftance of Ins havios been fur loughed tor one day or 30 d ys. If thr acting governor ot Indiana, or any peifon under him, has negligently or ntherwife, ex. ercitrd their power with regard to the late calls upon the militia, furely th.e citizens of the territory fliould not become the fnff r ers. If wf.c citizens ot Indiana have at any time, been unnecenarily called into actual tervice or unnecellarily detained after beii'g thus called into tervice, in either cafe, it was the acfl of the immediate agent of the general government, and of courw the government mould be refponfible. The citi zens were bound to attend the call of the territorial exc otive, and in t'oeir behalf I no moft earnetly folicit, that they may be fully compenfated, nd that you will not permit to many innocent men to fuffer, hy refuting to pay them, or. accouot of the mifconducl or incapacity of thofc individuals who exercileel tlie pov.er. The memorial of he legislature which has been before you. will fufficiantly alTure you, of the lofs they h ivc verv generally futtain ed,"by being prevented, by the calls toper torm militia duty, from attending to their gricultural purfuits, atthofc leafons of the year, when tlie attention of the farmer is indifpenttble i feel Confident of the juttice of their tlaim, and while I am their repreirntative, I cannot Ceafe my exertions, until it (hall be fully fatisfied B lie ving, however, th it you iredtfpofed to dojuttrce to individuals as well as the government, I cannot but expeft, that you vill illur an order for their payment, as fpeedlly as the pretlure of your ftiiial duties will permit. With Very great rcfpel, I am, tC JONATHAN JENNINGS. Sy 'rhe paymatter general, not f-eling himfelf at liberty to atft finally on this tub-j-Ct without Confttlting the lecretaiy at war, laid the whole fol jeti before him, together with the foregoing letter. Upon which letter, the frcretary of war, made the following order. vi P-y this rniliti on the pay ablUnct of captain Wnulock, mgiktd No. 2 ." JOHN AHMiTUQNO.
PROCLAMATION. WHRAS congrrfs havr patTcd an acft to ettabliOi the mode of laying otT the territory of Indiana into CiftricVt tor th.e elecAion of itj men; he is of the leiliitive count d. Now be it known to all concerned, that I, Thomas Poley, governor oodcoromanda er in chie f in and over the Indiana teriitory, by vuiue 01 the above recited at?., do ifTue tins my proci-nution, requiring that ti e members of the boufe of irprefeoto tives ot lid territory, do convene at Corydon, the teat ol government, ui V'v'ed oefday the fi'll day ol June cnluir.j', then and thrre to t ike up tlie fcibjeCt of the aforefaid tcr, agreeable to the intent ai.d meaning tnereof Given ondei mv hand and feal at the town of ! fferfonville, this 4th dy of April, m tiie year of our Loid, 1814. TH : POSEY.
"The at1! hi re alluded to, can be f-en hy referrence to the WttlcrS Sun of the week. Editor.
NOTICE,
WILL hr f,!J on Saturday the 7:h day
' e ot holdino the LI
Gibfon. for I hr nnn
1 Q ' 9
ot ii v nex , a x hr p
COUrl f)r the count
following tract; ot I id in fa id county, or fo much thereat as will pi y the and colh, due thereon, iflefled and raeci in the names ol the persons onciern imt (i ialc to commence tf. iOo'ciock,A. Vi.
Persons Nantes.
William Franfley, j -t in st, Samuel Lindley, S;in:uel 1 uckeit, same, Samuel MConnelj John A. M i'er, same, John M Ouiddyj J -in)-; Patti n, Exium Snirl,
Ilrnry She r ley
Shirleyi
same
Valen
April 15th, 13 14
1 rt 655 5 12 320 f)0 S20 "in
318 320 320 160 160 1G0 30 TAs. CROW,
Slierijf tf Gil'Son county.
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us 22d
INDIANA TERR1 rORY, H All N I SON COO i v , C
PERSONALLY .ppeared before the under fig ned a juftke of the p. .tci in and for (aid coonty, John Iluilt, fei ii r, who being duly fvri rn, depofi th and f.yrth, that be loll or miflatd a certificate obtained from the Regitler of thr L nd Office at Vincennrs, dated in May, 8(7, t,. the fouth eafl quarter of fed ion i umbn fix, in range foui eaft, town thirr fouth. This
neponenc rurinri ! ;y e n , that he has neither directly nor indirectly difvofed of the fme. JOHN HURST, senr.
Sv;ornand fubferibed before me tl day ut February, 1 8 14.
DAVID CRAIG, j. p. h. c. Land-Office ;it Vine nnes, April 8. 1814. ALL pertoos concerned, arr hereby re fjinrfd to take notice, thdt in three months trom the date hereof, 1 lhall liTue to John Hu'ft, feur. a duplicate certificate No. 92, drtird May 30, 1807, for the ft nth call quarter of lection No. 6, in towofhip No. 3 touth, of r mge No. 4 e;t, U,! s pr-viuu$ to that time, fotuc legul ai.d fufficient ot)ieStioiis are Baade thereto. JOHN BADOLLET, Regifter of the L. (). V.
NOIICK, VV !5thof April, at the late dwelling boote of Squire Pi rrfon, dee. of Knoae county, all bia perfoi l rfiate, confiftttig of a number oi borf s be cattle, fu h as milcls cows and calves, young (ice rs and one yoke Ol nVrtl. a RMmtu.1 ... 1 e
har.ni. mf 1 -t A.iu . A C
, w l 11 11111 U' I 'III VT J
gon and geers, a qoaoilty rt whet m (lacks, rye and barley, firiiiinfr utenlils, houle hold & kitchen furniture two vr.irs credit will be ivcn hy giving boi.d and ap. proved fecortty. Sally PattersPitt admix March SOtbj 1814,