Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 May 1816 — Page 2

more Importance to thr l u.nan rr -nd to tunc, whenever formed, fliall be republican the civilized wmld than any event that has and not repugnant to thofe articles of the occurred fwice thr 4th ti -y of July. 1776. ordinance ot the 13thcfJoly, 178 , .which y&9 A'verst de Toledo, arc deiLred to be irrevocable between the amm original ftatet and the people and llatea of

ruv aJlTHORITY.1 inr rr,toriea nortnwen ot the river uino ;

LU a -w 4 a ae 4 . r Kkl V r- I V Tn

yi.-v r r-- . h i f , n.. thrn m

w - - . j . i t V. 1 V I I V

LAND OFFICE AT VINCBNNES, April 23d, 1816.

"WHTHEREAS it is provided hy the sixth section of the act o

Congress, passed on the tenth day of May, one thousand

tptmg fo i.nucii ot laid guiles as iriate eight hundred a:ici ten, entitled - An act to amend the act entitled,

diana territory, to f um a conftitu?nn -iiid

irate government, and for the admi&OQ of fuch Rate into the Union, on an tqua.1 footing with the original Hates. DF. U tttOtted by tht Senate and House of Representatives f the United States of America, in Congress assemolcd. 1 hat the inhabitants of the territory of Indiana be, and they ire hereby authorifed to torm for themfetvei t COnftitUtion and" ftate gov. ernment, and to aflame fuch name as they lh ll derm proper ; and the faid 0 te, when fo-rw-rt. (hill he admitted into the Union upon the feme footing with the original ft.trs, in ulirefprtfs whatever Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the faid ftate III 'II eonflll of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit . h nrnded on the eft hy the meridian line which forms the veflern boundary of the ftate of Ohio ; on the fouth, hy ti.e rivrt Qhi i, from the Bloath of th- Great Miami river, to the roou'h of the river Waba'h j on the weft i V line drawn along the middle of the W fli from iti mouth,

north line orown

;m Aft mvu'if mo- t.f r ip :,c in r w ni'ik nt trip nurri

be lor men. . ., , , , , Set. 5. And it ranker enacted. That khe remtorv North W est oi the O hi o, and above the ntouih of ntii tn &t general ccniua ibaii oe taken Kentucky river.' that u if any tract shall not be completely paid the faid ifate ib ail be entitled to one rep.c for within one year after the date of the last payment, the traci s-iall

kntatite, to the boofe of reprcfcntatcsol K ArtvApforl fv saV hv tS RfHrir rf th f.ort M-iV.,...

to a psif. where a

from the town nf Vineennei would lft

il ire of thr laid ribv i du north line,

tout h the northw

r...

l rrom

nenci

until the fai

Ji.ie, d avn -iir.iu; h a point tro m

It let fi fl an -rt 8t wc it

ilrS nvth

cf the fouthern extreme of lake Mu 1 in ; on the north 'y the fid eft and -veil lin , unnl thi fime Oinli inter 0-6 thr firft mentioned merin lice Whlfh forma th Weftru bourdarv of the 0 te i f OX- : P ov-dtd

That tiie convent inn

ri i it f : r r prv n I r

f;r. when

formed, lhH ratify the hound -

ries aforefaid ; otherwif they Ik-all be and

remain as now prefinoi-d hy tht ordinance for the government of the cou try north weft of tli- rreer Ohm : Provided ahoh That thr faid Ibte lb ill haae eoheurrent ju

rifdiAion on the river Wabafh, with th

( I V

t - re

fl t to be formed weft thereof, fo fr as the faid river (ball form a tommoO boundary to both. Se . 3. And b: it further enacted. That a7! male citiz-ns ot thr U Statea who fh ll have arrived at thr e of '2 1 yrs, and reliJ-d Within the f id territory at Irjft one ye previous to the day of eletAinn, rd flu 1 1 h vr p-il County or t'-rritoridl tax ; and prrfona bating in other refpefts the Irtf.J cpilifu itiona to vote for reprrfrntatirs in thr iTfnftdl aflVmbly of the ft id territory, be. St they are hereby authorited to c!i ufe r nrefentativea to form a convention who lb ll he aps utioned amongO the fever .1 counties within this territory, according to thr apportionment m-de by thr lrg tl ifjrr thereof at their lad I fli "t to wit : from the County of aye, four rrprefrntativr; ; from the eountf f ri nkii . five r-rJ. pr fetitatieet ; from the county ol Dear born, three rrpeefentatieea frum the coun tv of Switz rl md, ote rrpr -l-Mtt uiv- : from

thf county 01 Jrnerion, inrrr rr tieei ; from tin county of Clark, prcfent itives ; from tar Count, ol five reprefent tivea ; imm the W t (h ingtoti, fiee reprefe ntatier a j county of Knox, five reprefeiitativ th- r vntv nf (vihfon. f.ni1 reutrle

from thr county of P I y one rrprell lite from the County vi ni r L. oi p- tentative ; and from the com ty ol otr rrpret -ntiti ve ; and the el eti n feprefentattvea aforefaid, (hall ' t ' '- thr 2d Monday of M v. 1816. ih i ig the fevrral COUUtiea in thr I id ten nd lli ll be conducted in the 1 e mi an.l under ';ie fame peOaltii s, I pi I bv thr laWaof the faid territory, rrul

tIeliona tlirrein for memb rs oi

of rrprefentatieet Sec. 4. And be itJUrtktf enacted, That thr mrn'hrrs of t!r coueeuti n iliua uuiy tteded, b? and they are hcrO) au:lonzed to m-rt at the frat of ihe government ot the faid territory, o : the Sd MotKt) .1' Ju e nest, whn h convention! when met, fhll Itfl detertnuae ny a nt-tjor ty ol he whole number elriUd, whetbei it he oi o Hit ex;)-dient at that tune to t rm a ton ftttu'ion and Qte government lot she p- ope within the faid territory, ai d it it ue determined to be expedient, the coneentioti fl dl he, and hrrr-v are uthoril u to form conrtitution and il te government ; . r, it it he deemed more rXprdtent, tlir faid ctn a)ntion (hall provide refinance for elec ling1 reprefentattvea t I irm a i lli'u nii . . .i . f i

tav trame or irovemmrni i wnici iiatrprc

in.m r r, at lo h

time and pi a ce tf a (ha I rp fcrt4rai by the f-iid ordinance, and Ih II then t i, I r the pe f lr of ftd efnt - nil a it d iUta gOVtf AmeJIt I Vft'afaj inat tl c

i ft rtbrd i ul iting he houfe

the U. States.

Sec. 6. And be it further ettOCteof, That the tullowmg proportionate, nu tnc fame are hereby oil ic J to the convention ot ; i .c faid territory of Indiana, when formed, for their tree acceptance or re iedtloii, w tilth, if accepted by the convention, (ball Uc o liatory upon the U.btatci.

within

tentative ihall be ch fen in fuel b I tn pr portion, n I lit l n et

whose Distji t i1. may lie, in at !it five nf the most public

in thesai I Distinct, for ;it least thirty days before the time of sa!e :

And he shaM sell the amr at p:i!)'ic vendue, during (the sitting of thecouri of Quarter Session of the county in which the land office i- kept, for a price not less than the whole arrears due thereon, witM the expences of sale, the surplus, it' any, shall be returned to the o

i-trst. mat the lection numbered i6,m nominal purciiaser, or to his uai representative; nut it the sum due tvtry townOiip, andt when fuch lection naa with interest be not hidden and patd, the land shall revert to the been lo!J, granted or tlilpolcd ol, other c- . i . . . j . n . . i j . . n , mted States. Ad monies paid therefor sua' be forfeited and Hip Janus equivalent thereto, id molt loutigu i i vi.vni, nu t.it ous to the l imc, (hall be granted to the m lister of the land office may proceed to dispose of the same to

habitant! of fucfa townJup for the uie ot any purchaser, a m the eae ot other lands, at private sales." khools. And whereas by lour subsequent arts, passed respectively, Ann! Second that all Ult formes within the . rw 4 .) i ' , t , , i , . I r i. , i .u i a i . twenty-t!urd. one thousand eicirht hundred and twe ve Febrrarv t iJ territoi v , ant the l.iud rclci cu tvr the . . . i i , '' i , aciii.a!

ifiiiieentn, one tnousana eigni nunarea ey thirteen ; February nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen ; and February fourth, cne thousand eight hundred and fifteen, a further credit s

granted to purchasers oi public lands on certain conditions therein

expressed. hi pursuance thereof Public Notice is hereby given, T - if fria nmv' nence -vl fl C. .1 1 ,-vsi-I .-..- t ! -i i

nut u,piiuniia M l:h luiiuwius uouis i a iai !ed in com

vij-- u mi iii tunuiuuin i k v 1 1 til trv i:w ;i.)it-f ninntun, o.fo

uie of the fame, together with luxboti&er lands as may, by tlir PrefldeQt ot the United States, he deemrd necrffary and piopcr for working the fait lptings, not ex'wteUiu in the whole the quantity contntned in w6 entire feCtiont (hall oe rainrd to the l!d flat., for the uie of the people of the faid (l-te, the fame to be uivd under fuch trrms Conditions )d regulations as the lrgiil-tue

of the i'id (Ute (b.H dire lnl leiriAature Ihall never

lame, tor a longer period thn ten yearn at any nne time. Thtrti I hat five per cent, of the net proceeds ot the lands l'"g witnin the I id territory, and winch lhali be I v :i by Con g rets, from and after tlu firltdy ol Decern her next -iter deducing all expenh s inci. dr ic to the fame, lltall be refer ved Kr malting public roads and canals, oi which hrre fifths lh 'II oe applied to thole obj :U within the ft id lt-te, under the direction of the legiU'Miie thereof, and two fifths to the making of a road or roads leading to the iYid Is-itr under the direction oi Congreitw Fourth. I hat one entire townlbtp which fhall ne drfignated by the PrelMirnt of the U States, in addition to thr one heretofore rtlerved for that pnrpole, Ihall be relrrvrd for the ule of a 1' miliary ( learning, nd vrlUd in the Irmllature of faiJ Rate, to be appropriated folrly to the ule ot fuv.b (cm-in-rv hy the faid 'egilliture. Fifth. That tou tetAlona of land be, & the fame are hereby granted t the faid ll te for the purpole of fixing t h-ir f nt of jtov ernment thereon, v. hu h i m feCtions lh-11 u drr thr dirrclion ot the Irill ue i t hi id 11-tr, be Inc-ited t any time, in luth townfhip and r 4igr. xhr gflature aim - i iU in -y f--lrC, m furh Innds is may hereaitei br a-q tired hy the U, States, trom thr in lan tribrs, within the lai i territory ; Provided tbai fu h kr ationa (hall n-- made urior to the pmlic f ir r the landa of the U .Srat. s

vidtd ul

ct : provided the ' .... , . fell nor leafe the thc Samewll be exposed f

arcs.

or sale at public vendue during the sitiin

of the court at Vmcennes, on Monday the twenty-seveptb day of

ivjay next. The sale will begin al ten o'clock, and if any tract be purchased the amount must be paid on th.c same day to the Receiver of Public monies and the receipt deposited with the Register.

Purchasers Sdir.es.

A nraham .and er s, James Maitin, Philemon I. Waters,

Thomas Thornton, Charles Carson, Samuel Main,

Wm. Purvear & Wm, S. Vernon, same,

s s

Section.

v i van

s V s s

Prac.

e. 27 w. 21

S Frac. 20 v s. e. 23 s s section G s. e. 31

s s s s S 7

7'.

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S. S.

i 2 s. I s.

s s s t, s s s s

s V s s s s s s s

11 6 o ( 11 .1 1 1

). I C.

w w. w. w. w. w. w, w.

v 973 v 5r

s 980 70 S 240 S 240 ? ? 686 s 26 t 240 v 903 I 2Q s240 v

If tiie owner or owners of any of the above tracts, or any person! in his her or their behalf shall pay the balance due. interest & costal prior to the sale thereof, no sale of such tracl shall take place.

JOHN BADOLLET,

IN LH N TERRITORY, BAHRISON C 31 NTV,

ding i h. t 'Me I

rd -r r

tor til th.r d

y of fale.

I itc tin

loregon! pfoputitiona no Uir- conditions int thr

t faid Hate Hnil provide I y rrevoiahtt without tl r con I ted Sta'es, ch-t -vrry -nd md fold y thr U. States, the fi it ) iy i t 1) i r mber nd rri;iii) ejtrmpt from a ordn, nr Dndrr ny authoiiwhether lor II r.r, county or y other pti') Sr whatever, five yrars Irotn and after

Harrison Circuit. April J erm 1216. Perry, n,-n ol color) complaiAajfti

iinfl Wiiliam Stith, drf inl.ru,

In Ch nicer

HIS d y rnir thr complainant by Willi. ni Hmdritks efouire, his at

tomry, and on mot ton ant! it aj)pi:aring to the latialaclion nf the crurt, that thr d ten t nt, Willi m Stnh, i not an inhbilatttol this trrruory rurrrd that thl faid defendant do niakt hi3 appearance before .iff i r , m

tnr n .nuoii Lini;U cou't, at their next

J uly te no, on thr fi. U day

H. CLAY, Speaker of the House nj Keprcsenir.tives. JOHN (i il L hl). Pr est dent f tht Senate, pro tempore April 9, 16 16 Fi:t vhd.

I A MLS MADISON.

of the trrm,

and thru a;;.! tl err aniwer thr complainants mil afire faid, or other wi(e the fme will betaken for conftfied, and the prayer thereof awarded accordingly and' it is further order d t I his order ba puhlifhed t 1 all ei,c: t xveek in the Weftern Sun, a public n wf. p-r ot this territory. A G .py reft, H. M. HETH. c. h.c,

10 f

111

lection Notic

1 1 ; if NOTICE, OtlCe, rrHT- rubfcnneri to the Wrftt

elcfion

a Monda) titc I3ih mlt. an

will -r held in the uiffrent town

ips in this i u: ty, t the loilowinff pi te

l c e lot hve pni us to reprefent dus county in the ionv ntl n to ijrm a c onltitution- in Vinrennei townAiip, at thr court houfe ; in D krr to wit (hip, at the houfe of AUm Haii eis ; in Havrifon tnwi Hii0 at the houl of Grorg- Leih ; in Palmyra town-linj-, at the houfe oi William Fuuell ; in bulf'eVn townlhip, at the houlr ot Jofrph Ltfhaw ; in W idner townOiip, at the houfe of J hn VViOnei ; in Hawfctna tom pf at Liverpool ; ind in Perry lownfllip, at the h ule of S muel P rr. B V. BECKBS, s a: c. May 2, 18 i 6. MACKS I RATES BLANKS Fcr sale at Un ciLcc

rn Earle,

pa per a at tiie Pi-ft

rfr i ' ( t e i v e d their r V it" t

t;mce in V iiKrinifi, Hiid are in -rrr rs, are informed tint their 'ccounta .re IcJt it) the hiidol Stout, for collection, and unplealnt as it my or lo w to reiort to cotnive meafuril f r i died ion, I nn in w.nt of ni mey and mull have i' 1 hve therefore given poflittve oirrtflions toi luits to oe co iimenccd on -ll unfettled b a j a i cts by tie 27th day oi M -v next, JACOB R HO A OS. Apnl S3, 1816. 21-5C

Eight Dollars Reward. tl A . .

KAN AWAY frrm the fubferiber on the 2 2d day ol March, a nevro mn

' a -- named art nun, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches

high, 50 years old, yellovr completion, hrgr nofe, and hs a b d rountMincr, he was 0-rn on the 2d inf. on the Wei Gc?e cf the VV b-.f,, three miles from Vmce!nes, at wnrk with a free nn of col .,who calla himfelf JACK BUTLER, and who 1-125 bern in the fr-ibit of harHoring" f id negro mm for fom- months p-f the abovr reward Wftl br given to any prrTon who wifl r.'eliver fid r.rgro to mr, or lodge him in ji! fo tht I can ert hiti again. John Mc Clure. jr. Apr:! 5, 18 16. 13-'f 0AJ! prrfons are hereby forewarned from harboring f.id nrcrro. I am deterrriined to profecutr ftt b rvil difpofed oppo ftrs of thr laws of th.-ir country. rj M, Administrator's Notice. ALL perfona indebted tr the r ftate of William Franris d- cr?. are rqorfled to come ' irward nd fettle ff thr Wr i j thr 30th d;y of My iexr.a..d all pr rrofM bavinc; cfaitni agaii R faid eHte sre drfired to prrf-nt them by that time alfo. properly adjulltd for fettlemeni to THO. EMMISOH, ore of the Administrator April 17. 18 16. 70 Si

WC BLACKFOIM).

itJ.'f; eh r at I

.7:' una i.unvi

junc

Prepaito Pay ! ALL thofe indebted to me hy n-.te, bo k accou l or o'l)erwifr, miU favaj trcunleand toft, hy making pevanenl ore-

A- 1 ,umn li 111 m p ore in on v,iii he eioua to cne jfutn iidV- I rn ia want of thankfully received ana put ctu My money and mud have if fo leob to your. attended to he rrfid s m Vmcenr.es, ai.d fives. djm' r found ilaraya at horn-. '' Jonc, 5-tf Markh 12, 181G. April 19, 131$, " 2(j-4;