Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 1, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 September 1815 — Page 2

I lying duties no licenfes to retailers of lhnel, fpitityoui IkjUON and foreign merchafrdtfe,' tor a period extending beyond the full day of February nrxt ; the perfon to Whom the fame may have hern fruited, or trantfen ed, ih .11 previoot to the K ft day of My the rlftet make the like application required therein, whit h fhU further fpecify fir1, period, and fh ill py to the proper c ' l ier a luin equal to fuch proportion of fifty per Centum on the Original duties im bofed on filth luenfe, nz fuel period brars to a year the payment of which futn ftiall be i.uorred on tin luenfe pievionlly grar.t d. And if ny perfon fhall after the lad mentioned d iy, deal in the felling ol wines, difUUed fpirituous liouora, or merchandtic by retail, 11 Je fiar-d in ahr fl .1 act, without having mde Inch p virtent fuch per(bit Ihdl, in addition to the paym-nt cfthe idditionat duty hereby impofed fotfeitand pay the fum of 150 dollars, to be recovereJ with toftl of fuit : Provided) That if any perfon to whom a licenfe fhall hve been granted according to the provitinnt of tlie ac, entitled An aft laying dutiel on i ice n frs to re tailers of wines, fpirituous I to nor i and foreign merthandife' and who fhall have pid for the fame, or fiiaii haVe piven f ond fof the payment of the fame, flnll, on or before the commencement of the operation of this acl, dtfeontinue the ufe nf the privileges by faid licenfe granted, and (hall vf due notice thereof to the coll'dlni s of she internal revenue! of the diflricl in which fochltcenfe Ihall have been granted, fttCh licenfe fhdl cefe to be of force, and fuch perfm (lull be holden to to v a fum proportionate to the time which (hall have run from the time of granting fa id licenlV to the Iftd iy of February ne::t. And in cafe ot t&U! payment fof a term funf oueni to the lafl mentioned day, fh II b entitled to rereive bark ftom the trealury of the U.Stat $. fuch fum fnpaid for fuch fuhfequent time from the d iy lafl mentioned Sec. 4 And be it further enacted That the f of congreft, entitled An aft mak ing itifther provifion for the collection of intern l duties ind fof the app iintment 5k Compfofation i f au tlrs ' p fY d on the Sd v of An u!t. in the vear 18 13, fh ill he and remain in force, and fl; dl in all its proVifinns be ar"Ji' rot thepurpnfe of laying Collecting and curing the duties by this aft ad.l d or impnfi a rJtcept as regards the rat s 1 pofl ge, as w II with refpec to the petfnnt refpeUvy !ih!e to the payment thereof, aa with rr fpr ft to the ofhVers employ !d in Collecting a:;d accounting for tbi i .me. Sec. 5i And be it further enacted, That toward rftablilhing an idr-ouatt (revenue to provide for the payment ot the expenfetof government, for the punctual payment ot t lie public debt principal and interefl, conttafted and to he Contracted, according to t'ir terms of t lie Contracts refpeCtively and for creating an adeauate finking fund gra dudiy to rrdm e It eventually to extinguifh the public debt, contracted and to be contract, d ; the internal rates & duties added, laid and impeded by the faid feveral afti of Conrels, entitled refpefti vr ly , 1 An l laying duties on fales at unction ot merchindlfe, and (hips and vefT 1;' 1 An act rcgut'ting the poft office r ii iblifhment and An act laying duties on Itcenfes to retailers cf winei, ipi'i't' his liquor:, and foreign merchandife Hi. II continue to be laid !evied and collected during the preh nt war between thr U. States and G. l :tain, and until the nurp f s iforefaid Rial) be cempletely atCOmpliftled, zry thing in the laid acts of conrTrrf. to the contrary thereof in iny wife notwithdanding Andfortheef fectual application of the rtvenUe, to be railrd by and from thr faid interna? dutier,

in due

to the jaurpnh5 afofelai

law, the faith of the I1, States is hereby j 1 dgeo : fVoO iaed always hat whene vei to ng re fa (li 11 derm it expt lient to alter, re, u e of ch u.Te the f i4 mte rnal duties, or auv or cith-r of them, it (lull he lawful fo t.t la, upon pioviking and fubtiituting by law. at the fame time, nod t r thr fame pur --. otlirr (urif-s which 'II be equally pi luctive w ith the duirs fo li'errd. revuced or changed I And provided fkrthery that nothing in tins act contained (hall be deem ed or i ,1 in any wife to refcind or impair auv fpecific tDoroDtiatmn of the faid r 1 r r i duties, or any or either of t hens lieretofnre nnJi- 1 y I w ; but fuch appropriation (ball

remain and h- irrird into rtV-ct accord

ltrr

t-a the trn intent and oiraniofr of the law and laws making the fne, any thing in this act to the contrary thereof in any mfe notwithftanding 1. VNODQN CHEV I S, S taker of the li ust of Rebrtsentatt$ JOHN r, v 1 1 L H 1 ), President of the Senate, pro trmf crc. December 3, 18 11 ahi'h VKD J M ES MADISOMt AX ACT further to provide for the collecItOO of duties on iinotuaad loiwugc.

BE if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States cf America in Congress asse;ri'Ied That it (hall he lawful tor any colecctor, naval officer, furvryor or infpector of the cuftoms, as well in an adjoining dddrict as that to which he belongs to enter on boaid, learch and examine any (hip, Veflel, boat or raft, and if he (hall find on board the fame any c;oods, wares or merchandife, which he (hail have probable caufe to believe aie fubjeCt to duty, the payment of which is intended to be evadtd, or have been imported into the U. States in any manner Contrary to law, it (h.llbe hi, duty to faze and fecure the fame fof trial. Sec. 2. Andbtit further enacted, That it fliall be lawlul for any collector, nava! ctficer, furveyop Of infprctor of the cuRoms, as well in any adjoining ddd.net, as that ta which he belongs, to (lop, fearch and examine any carriage or Vehicle, of any kind whatfoever, and to Hop any perfun travelling on font or be alt of burden, on which he (hall fufpect there are goods, wares or merchandife which are fuhject to duty, or Which fh dl hrfve been introduced in o the U. Statel in any manner contrary to law ; and if fuch rfHter (hall find any goods, wares or merchandife oil any fuch Carriage, Vehicle, perlou travelling on foot, or bcaQ fl burden, Which he fh II have probable Caufe to believe are fubject to duty, or hve been unl iwfully introduced into the United S'ates, he (hall f ize and fVcure the f ime for tr-i!. And if any of the faid offitrrfi of the cnfKims (hall fufpect that any goods wares or mrrchagdife, Which are fuhject to duty, or dial! have been introduced into the U. States Contrary to law, are concealed in any particular dwelling houfe ffnre or oth er budding, lie flial! upon proper application on oath, to any judge or iuftiee of the prate be entitled to a wairant, directed to fuch officer who is hereby SUthorifed to ferve ihf fame, to enter fuch houfe, flore or other building, in the day time only, and there to fearch and examine whether there are any pood?, wares or merchandife Which are fubject to duty, or have hren unlawfully imported ; and if on fuch fearch or examination, any fuch good:, wares or merchandife (ball be found, which there fh dl be probable caufe for the officer making fu h fearch er examination, to believe are iubj-ct to duty, or have been Unlawfully introduced into the U. States, fie fli dl f ize and fn urc the t ime for trial : Provided alrxiys That the neCrfiity of a fearch warrant, Hrifiur i:;idrr thil act, (hall in no cafe beconfidered applicable to any carriage. Waggon cart Oih, vrflVl, boat nr other hehide, of what eVei form or conflruction, employed v3 a medium of tranfriortatinn, or to packaged on any animal or snimals, or car jed by man on loot. Stc. 3. And be it further incited, That

every collector ot the. tudoms fh dl authority, vj)x the approbation of th Ml e . i i i

cm ! omcei ot tr.c creaiury Uepartm-nt to

employ within his diftrict fu h number r . . : . r - . i n

proper perioais, as irnprciortoi ine CUIIOJPI

as he fi' ill judrT r;' et I ,uy, .vio arc herrby declared to beoQiceis ot the COftoffil ; and the laid infpectors before tiiey enter cn the duties off their offices (hall take and fubferibe before the wcllectors appointing them, or before fme magiHrate within their ffpective diffricts BUtboriftd bylaw o adminifler oaths, the following oath or amrmtton, to wit : 1 !, , having been appointed an infpector of thecultoms within and fof the diftrict of , do folemnly fii'.cerelv ai d trulj- fwear (t afiirm) tS the Cafe may be) that 1 will diligently Sc faith folly rx-cute the duties of the faid cffiie ot infpeclor, and will ufe my b (t endeavors to prevent and detect fraud I and violations againlt tie 1 iws of the U. Statei ; I further fwrar (or affirm) that I will fupport the conftitotion of th.e LT. States.' Sec. 4. And be :t further Uacttd That any collector, naval otii e, furvryor or in fpeitor, when proceeding to mke any fearch or feizure, authorised by this act, 11' dl be, a: d he is lierebv empowered to command any per ton who fhall be within ten mile I of the pUci where fuch fearch cr fetturr (hall be made, to .ud and alfift fuch officer in making fjc'n fearch of lV.ru re, theperfon fo n glee ting or re full ng fhall fori-it and pay a fnm n t excetdi. a COO n-dl 3 and not lr! than 50 dollars. And fuch c tner may dlo demand, in cafes of rhjlnxe, the affiftaOCC of the mat (hi I of the diftrict, or any of hit deputies who (hall call upon the poflV of the diftrict if oeceffary in fus or their judgments, to render rff-ctu-u the execution of this act ; and all citizens or inhabitant! of the diftrict above the t-r of 18 years, and able to travel, who refufe Of neglect upon p'rper notice f om the m i'fii !. or any of his deputies, to join furh pofTrr, fh a !1 be o?fidered pttilty of a mifdrmeanor, 8c be liable to be fined in any fum not exceeding 300 dollars, and be imp ifmed for aiy term UQt exceeding three months

Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That the forfeitures and penalties mentioned in this act, (ball be fued for, prolVcuted and received, or inbictrd, by action of debt, or by information or indcctment, in any court competent to take cognizance thereof and try the fame J and that all foiteitures and penaleies fo recovered by virtue ot this act '.hall, after deducting all proper colts and charge:, be difpolcd ot as follows ; one moiety (hall be for the ufe cf the L1 States and be paid into the treafury thereot by the Colldctof receiving the fame ; the other moiety (hall be divided between and paid in com! proportions to the collector Sc naval all officer of the diftrict and furveyor of the port wherein the fame fh-dl have been ii, currrd, or to fuch of the IMd officers as there may be in the faid diftrict ; and in diftricts where only one of the aforefid offiies fhall have been tfUblifhed, the laid moiety fhall be ;;iven to fuch ofhrer : Protided t 1 hat wiiere the feizure (hall have been made by any infpector or infpectors out of the prefence of the collector, naval ; lher or furveyor, tut h infpector or infpectors (hall be entitled, in addition to fui h o ther compenfation as may be allowed them to 25 pel centum on the moiety herein given to th.e collector, naval ( finer and furveyor as afoitf id, Or to either of them And provided also) Th-t in -1! cafes whrre fuch forfeitUtei and penalties fhall be received in purfuahce of information given ta fuch Collector, nav il officer or furvryor, by any private informer, the one hlf ot fuch moiety fliall be n'vrn to fuc h in fof met, aid the remainder thereof ftnll be Uifpofed of bet we' n the collector, irvd c flicer and fui veyor in manner afortfaid, and the fan e allowance of 25 prr centum to infpectors, when the feizure mde by th m as forefa id 2 And provided likewise, That whenever the value of the pr perty t iz d, con demned and fold under this art (hall belrfs than 250 dollars, that part of the forfeiture which, accrues to t!u U State 3, or fo mm h thereof as nvy be nece'Jary, fhal! be applied to the payment of the enfh; of profrcu tion : And it is further provided, That if any officer, or other perfon entitled to a part or fiiare of any of the penalties or forfeitures incurred in virtue of this act, (hall be uecefT-ry as a Wttnefs on the trial for fuch penalty or forfeiture fuch officer or other perfon may be a witrnf:. upon the faid trial, but in fuch cafe he fiiall not receive or be entitled to any part or Jnare of the faid penalty or forfeiture ; and the part or fiiare to which he otherwife would have been entitled, flu 11 revert to th- U. States. (To he concluded in our next J

Wat Department, July 5. 181,

Notice herebv Given. sV

1 leperate propottls will be received

he office of the fecretary foi thedepart-

nt ot w a r, until 12 o'clock at noon 00 Sa

y fche lafl d y f December next, for the

lUpply of ail rations that may be rtquid iVi the ufV of the United States from the H dav of June, 18 16, inclufive, to the iff ddy of June, 18 17, within the Uate3, terri toriesand diffricts following, viz : 1ft. At 1) troit, Michilnn Ainac, Tort Wayne Chicago and tlieir immediate vi tinit.es, and at any place or places where troops are or may be ft itioned, marrhedor recruited, within the territory of Michigan, the vicinity of the Upprr L'kes, ;md the ffate of Oiuo, and on or adj .cent to the waters of Like Michigan To. At any place or places where troops are or may be ft itioned, man hf-o or recrut ted, witlnn the Hates of Kentucky or Ten ne. see. 3d. At any place or places where troops are r m y be Rationed marched 01 recruited within the Illinois, Iid.ana ar.d Misiouii tei ritories. 4th. At any place cr places whr-re tree- : are or may be Rationed, marched or reoui-

ted, M i t h i 0

he Mifllffippi

itui

ir vicinities nortn

ftatr of Louiuan, 1 J

of the Guild) ot Mexico. 1 5t!t. At any pi ce or pi ices where trr.o1 z are or may be Rationed, marched Of recruited within the difttid of Mame and Rate ct N-w I ? a n. pfhire. . At any plce cr places where troops aie or may be Rationed marchtd or recruit' d wit! in the Rateof Vermont. T'-h. At any place o places where trcop, are or r. ay he Rationed, marched or reciuited. within the flate of Kf SlSacbufettS. Stfi. At any place or places s I ere troops are or may be ffationed, mar. bed or recruited, within the dates of Conncctcut and Rhode-Ifland. yth. At any p -ce or places where troops are or may b ftatiot.ed, rmn hed or recruited, within the- fUt? of Mew Y."k. 10th. At any place or plac I wh re troops are or niay be tt itiooed, m r or te uited. within the Rate of New Ymk footh of the Highlands and inc ludmg We ff Point. 1 lib. At any place cr plains where troops

are or may be ftationed, marched or recruited, within the ftate of New Jerfey. I2th At any place or places where troops .are or may be ftationed, marched or recrui'-ed, within the ftate of Pent fylvania. 13th. At any plate or places wlcrc troops are or may be ftationed, marched or recruited, within the fttates cf Delaware, Maryland, and the Jiff 1 i of Columbia. 14th. At any plce or places where troops are or may be Uationed, marched cr recruited, within th1 Rate of Virginia. 15 At any pl,ce or places where troops are or my he ftationed, marched cr recruited, within the ftate of North Carolina. 16th. At any place or places where troops are or may ne ftationed, marchrd or recruited, within the ftate of South Caiolioa. 17th. At any place or places where troops are or m.y be ftationed, marched cf recruited, within the ftatr of Georgia. A ration toconfift of one pound and one epiarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound

ot lilted pork, eighteen ounces ot bre.nl oc XI L- "II 1 I . 1 . ,

ir'ur, one gin 01 rum, wniSKey or branny, nd at the rate of two qu.irts, of falttiur

f C ' 1 n n

uu-iiiam viuriMr, i;ui pour-OS 01 loan, an

J J iii- r I, d

one pouno ana a 11-11 o c.inJies to evafv

hundred rations. The pri(es of the fever i component parts of the ration fhall be faeciled, but th- United States referve the right ot miking fmh alterations r.n t.he price of the component parts of the ration afore faid as fhal! imkt- thr price of each oart thereof near a jult proportion to the propofed pr'ce of the whole ration. The rations are to be furmfhed in fuch quantities, that there Riall, at all times during thr term of the propofed contract, be fufficient for the coi lumption of the troops for 6 months in advance, of pood and wholefome provifiona if the f me fli!l be required. It is al(7lO be permitted to all and every of the commandant? of fortified places or polls, to call tor, at frufons, when the fme can be transported, or at any time, in cafe of urgency, fuch fupplies of like provifions in advance as in the discretion of the commander hail b deemed proper It is under Rood that the rontraclor is to be at the expenft and risk of iffuing the fupplies to the troops, and that all loflfrs fustained by the depredations of theenrmy,or by means of the troops of the United States fhall be p id by the United States at the price of the article captured or deftroyed as atorefiid on tiV drpoRtiona of two or more perfons of creditfde charMclr., :1nd the Certificate rf a rommiftionrd officer, ftatinp' the circumft in re of t fit- h-fs( ind the amount of the articles for which compenfithm fhall b claimed. The p'ivel-ge ii refer ed to the United S'fes, of requiring that none of the fup. pliec;, which rw y be forniflird under any of the prop-Td contracts, fltal be iETud, until the fupptiea which l)av been, or may he forriifrVd under rhe contracts new in force, hav? been con fumed. . j-'DM.I.AS. Acting Secretary of War .

INDIANA TERRITORY Perry count, Circuit Court, funs 1 Uriah Lamar, Complainant

vs.

Polly Lamar, defendant. Petition for a Divorc

N motion of the petitioner

appearing to the Ittisfa&ion t k O

scl. m. 1815.

, arkf it

i the

Cinirt by pr per otTi.iavit fihd, t!at the faid Polly is not rtfident within tins territory . It is ordered that unlefs Oie be and appear before the judges of our f- id Circuit court cr. the frcond d ) of the nrxt November term, and then and there anfwer to the 1 id petition, that it will be taken as confeflrd, and the prayer tliereof decreed accordi trW and that a opy of this order be pub!ifhd at leafl eight weeks in fume public newfpaper printed in tins territory. A Copy Teftr. SOLOMON LAMB, Clerk P. C

NOTICE,

a nc

HAVE the J

now in

for coin Aion tor the pretetit yer

s the ftnrteft punftulny is expected,

my friends w ill ple.ti'e be ready w h n t ailed

upon wirn money to py tneir r-ipeCtive

. l'L I 1 1 . U . 1 IV It. '

u ) c u 1 i 1 -, w mn 11 win v 1 1 u . 1 u 1 1 y 1 e c c iq

for.

P. . IS LI. fv Lb. C. K. C.

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MERCHANDIZE

Just received and i'(

the store of

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September 6, 1815.

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