Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 August 1816 — Page 2

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(UK AUTHORITY). LAWS Of tmf UNION. ni Congress, 1st Session. AV AC T c interning invatid P'nfmners. BE ii enacted by the Senate and 1juse n. tsentattves of t ill Corrc: 3'V ol w.r be a' United States tsemHed That t: re on e hereby het the f l iwing named perfons ifiotl I ft f invalid penfiorters ot

the D States Who (hall he entitled to and good, except a few tllilrl in the liver boleCcive penfions iceording to the rates, J: torn. Mr. Hilton keeps pretty good actommenring it the tim s herein mentioned com mod stlons here

tht is to fay ; Johll Ijmk, at r:t; of 20 dollars per IT' Ce . tn DmeftCC o:: the 27th of Dc l c Ereftas DeshroVr, it the rjre of 6 dollars P'r month) commence on the lo h of N !vrmhe r, 1 8 I o. John B. Williams at the rate of 6 d ilari ver month, to tommeote on the 12th rf September, 1 fi 1 5. Pt li ny - .-. I I n it the rate of 3 (h'llars pnr month to commence on the 'Jth uf Jut.e nam;) hi W hfier, a the rate of 17 ooiurSi per montntto cjmrnenceon the m of June, 1815. Af Cil . ei r, m the rare of i dollars per to con encc cr. me ifOto i i ynua ry an th if oh VVi ftcott, cents pet m of f inoarvt st the rite of 6 dollars oth, to commence on Ain n i or : the rate of 3 tloii r pr r.ce on the 1 5'.h of S ,-ptemft) Ml til tor Ler, 1814 i other Gregory, at the rateof 4 dollar per month, to commence on 'Jie 22d of Feb 7'.y w 6 I 6 tie nr V larks, St the fate ot 3 rj . ' a r s :v mih, to commence o?i the 22 J ol FebruI it, at tne rs ne'.;ce Ci) tle 1 y it t te rate or 8 dollars pt eucc ou the 5th of January IS thucl v -,te of nr nee on the !3ih of November, 13 Jo. William Vineyard at the r.itf o f f ttr 4 oV'I it? pet month, to commence ou tlit cl NTov mher Ul 15, 5 o iewart. -t trie r ttr oi t - dol. ls p.-r month, to commence c.i the 4th ol Oc'oV r, 18 !.?. Michael M'Dermott, at the rate of 8 dol tars nr. m ktltH to commence c:i the 2jth tf March, 18 14 Wiltiam Fowver, at the rateof8 dollars r-r month, to commence on the loth of Daober, 115. Samu i Jacawtyi M the rtc of 4 d. ll irs S r mnnl li fn r.nr tncrirp .-.'i flj Oth .-t lift. I'M' w I k V It. ill - Vl - V4I ary, 18' 5 Infcrtftation to thepu lt ar.u ro rl fri idnai trouble has induced me to vr a few remarks, which I have recently nude from sOual experiment, upon ti.e dinerent no ads from iotennes I Louifville And is all travft.lxu iVel an ft TK ft EST m ilie fubet, youll oblige oJM by giving his remarks poblu ity To 1. ia J h fchc Mud-hoU From Vincennes to Aaron Deckers ferry o". White Rivet 13 m ivo?d not very good. Ftom Wh 1 iiver 0 & ire Smith's 5 e n ? r 3 1 . A bill city prirs . Prorn Smith's to Mile ey Good F)ui"h f.ire. Fiom M ley's to the MuJ hotel at MrDonald's 30 About half the road bad Some years ago thi- was a very stood hoole, Dint h d preciated o W ery 1 1 om Alci) maid s to re ! the fork cf the 1C A v;.-v hilly, Q ly nd bid road. It here brinvhfs the It ft hand and much the plainto i--k is 6 mih h vet y i 1 1 I a tic

( 1 4 se continued J t i e w f s t r r s s u

id imj to the French Lick, which foundation md (if i may be allowed the ex this perfect whole" (the conQttution) Phe right hand folk going over preiF.on" the tandmark of all future acv which I fh mid now notice, if time permit -gh country it!i little accom- of the legiflature. It generally is faid and ted In: which I flnll defer, I fee

to Corj n, a d dance of 36 u Coryi ..to Lou; fv ills by Oatman't fe 56 i ' d is pretty interfecting the thet one vV e cal I the .'. Albany road) to the N. V. 1 t enth's OO the K pbs, in ghl v '. a ra . teroad branch es, the 1 f going to N. Albany sue the right to Qatntaa's ferry Oppo&te to which

on the Ky. Pde, is the farm and prefent d 'veiling of captain Fontaine, who, I be

lieve, it is truly ftftf keeps the neatft and beft boats Sec. on the Ohio. The diftance from here op to Louifville is 4 in net, ovr 3 hand feme road well caufry'd, hich I'm inform d the captain opened, and tor which he has my th inks No. Road by Capt. ShollsV. From Vincennes to Win, Srycier's m From Snyder's to Win. Hawkins's fctrv 8 From the ferry to Liverpool 4 The roid from Vincennes here it very From Liverpool to the forks of the read 10 Good road The left hard puffes hv Pcrry s terry on the L. nrancti oi W i;it: river, where the ford i not right convenient ; and travellers, as I'm ii formed, refuted the moll oi in i y accom'Tio dations. The ripht hand it e s to c ? r M-re ther t iiu biiom , t i i -nee ferrt m lush waterand a genteel accom modi ting milv. F om S'mitf's to Lirk creek From Lick Creek to French Lick 10 The road for the above 16 milei U not good far letter than the one hv the Mudhole. Here lives a vmV frien dv ICtbmmodating man by the name oftViMamfon, with in indudriottt f-mi'v. From French Lick to Chambers's 14 The road rathet hilly, bnt t hen by nd nre or as it's fald the conflttution vi I0 dtana (ItoulJ be uaa a perfect whole.' is pi etty qoja. ohh:'i;u. an Chamber ard family re very Ul ovu V."li i the traveller. Fr in Chambers's to the Wd. Moores 9 The above a fcript arJ it's uonCC fiary t on wiis apply any thinj? about tic its cood character (ei ng aady :- i. Wa From thl Wd. lVToorrs to Fi'ue river Good -d. N w Town wants howes From Blue river to capt Mortiri l Road good An obliging family snd whoti fome fare Another Nfff Town Wants houfes The road within half 3 mile of this (land branches. The i rt band being th United Stitej road o.-ins.- by old Davifas, from whence it's f milei to Louifvilleby New Alhmv of f efTerfonville, a particular de fcription Whereof li deemed ufeiefs, it hav inff been fo much travel!, ci. The right hand eada to 0 itmans fen i a diltance of i2 r 1:5 miles, -ind avoids the (rep afcent of the Kn ',s r.d the defcent hai been lately rendered by labour, mucheauei 2nd mors convenient than on the U S. ro:-d. From tins ferry aovl Captain FontaOie t on lie K'. tide, tliei o f !!ent roid . to Louifville, uiilance 4 miles j lie c outi v over w nu 11 t above titfo .nee (being roaos 1 1 s - t ' 1 r J ic oim.-rence ;o o trom 5 to 0 m.w iccommodatioii3 being conndered, I bavefto belitation recommeiiomj inn From i"'r a? travellers e or beyond VII tint ntace, or mole cominc rrom tnere 1 1 f r to travel road No 2. that i; hv Sholtf'?, in preference to No. I. by WV V) naldt A TRAVELLED. lt"X, rtUFUS) o , f 8 I 4. 1 ro western sv:-:, If t!ie COMPILERS of the COIlultU m 01 1 n jran n id ren r t 1 1 1 J O f i ! rot tKNiid n ithing ah ut its r 1 r 1 ACTIONS, 1 lhoUSl not have troubled myfetf by pointing out its tMPKRPECTtOKS. And in doing this, 1 (hAlbasS titer this time tle manner in :h certain o.rts fuch for inftance, aj fixing the feat of government cc) were ef

terabit boufei f ted ; andconitue myfelftoa (hortfitetch ol ihi ,k perfect whole," with a few ge2 net a I obfervatiooa It's principle in mechanics, that 4 the

nuts (h mid be fo conftrucHed s to (Irene ti tlien am f J u whole ; and in rm

tapnylicks, t!ut th.it prt winch is ro'ten, to this p not And fliall the foveTeigfl peo111 mid be r i ted out to inki complete and pie elect? I here and again anfwer no, for the

ted ne Wl Ov the one or the other or both of thofe t uchltones we Vnlfm try this "perfect whole." A conltitution, a-, I underOsnd it in a legal fen fe, is the bafe, the pedeftal, the flioufd be to them their polar(tar, their pion eer or guide, and their r.e plus ultra, that is, 11 thus fat fh tit thou go, but no f irtrfer. 'J'his th.en being its intent and i s,' nothing fhould belett in d u t ot uncertain ifv, f far even as to caufe equivpc ti on ; And I (hall now here date as an :;.cm, 11 that wbat is not relinquiflied by the peo pic thru' their reprefentatives ii ronven-

lion, in manner of a conftitution, ii retained by them." The 8th f-c. of the IV article, I acknow-

Ie, provides for the governor's comnufRoning bv the advice of the fen ate, all offi cers not otherwile dire ited. It contains a further provision, that all officers created by the tfctembly Biall he filled Ml loch manner S3 m.iy he directed by ac.t. Now, if the latter member or paragraph of tins fed ion means any thing, it mull be by allegory i. e. vs here otie thing is fpoken ol and another thing is meant; it't therefore equivocal whether the word 4 officers mould not have written and printed as it mud have been in-ten-led u oficts For taking the word fit erally I w ould enooii e ivith ivhct are thofe 11 officers" to be 4k filled la it with viands tr hzibs procured from the hills and barrens fUrroonding the feat and at the ex pense of government ? or is it with paper P-..- w -- t: lhe f'rn nn-mher or paragraph of this fecti01!' lt 15 Pfd twy d renocred 'nemcwm oy id " u lec. oi me ai an. i i "V .i it it is, w all iorcr; a lid lotvnshtp o ulcers Ina;l K ttt wit. i r i -a ftltd! i r ft (nr !i ntrinf OJ " -v ; - I S a N .u BAT ITS PR e. ON AWT Wltn an Ull m -a ativr, that r.o other or greater powers were 11. i , . . . . I. s mwnoca so lor arc may j given to m gAtur than .9 refpecti town 8c townn'lP c?rp." And it is a principle in the fXPdrion of ftatUtea (ordinances orCOtiftt"nions) that where a tatfet par:, fenta nee or paragraph cohtradias or contraenet tormer, the latter (hall stand and "rjweroc rejeciwu. now, ihro uic firfi member of the 3ch IVr. of the IV art, is in general terms as to all ulcers not provided for by the conflttution ; yrt, I ccntend upon grounds of reafon and all proper rules of con (I ruction, i is unavailing and Stands repealed hy the : 15 fee of the XI article." In as much then, a3 there are o ther and imOoitant offices and oUicers ne c iT ; r y in tiie admtniRration of juflice, be udes "to-n itid town (hip ones," (1 mean County COKSTABIKS and ffcokdkrs), I would rnqutre how are i.'ios? offices to he Riled ? Not iure'y by the governor, for his duties n t " denned -i'::! conlrned, onrl do not embrace this fubjed hie powers remmds me bf this figure ? 1 ! i Not hy 14 joint ballot of 60th houl ," lor even their powers are luckily re ft rifted And not by election, for there'i no general cl a ufe embracing the point All this is ivell enough t but there's y?t (fome thro' infatuation may think, and othr:s thro madhels may say a Salvo The legiflature meets in November, 300 thev mav in thf rdentitude of their -v,.t dehffate, by act, the mode thcie othters Hiall pop io, Unon every principle of 1 ,',id realon I contend the two boufes With all their OMNIPOTENCK, i:dd by the executive in his IMPOTRKCk, canoot r,np ply tuis defect in the con(litutton-for the fenators and reprefentatives are delegated by and from the PKOPLB barely to ttraft or branch out upon vi'jtn ?wts j to odd And 1 etitbellish tht superstructure upon the four:. nation? th-ir powers are elucidary IKCreative In mv opinion there is no way to remedy this and o'her defects in the conftitutmn, tlun by another convention ; anJ as proof of this, I refer to the conftitution of the United States 2nd the imcndatory cr I U les. I fhail now notice another material deffed s a Utte, we fhall Certainly have otwithttanding the perfect state of cjr trntng mu morals .') at tome period or o. : .; the '' lie criminal sccufationi ; and who, re to profecntC them ? Thrre i. ro n in all this prolist inftrumeoi for tiey general or pro feco ting attnrpro no t ne c. the 6 Sh.l the governor appoint one of It detcfiplion, or one or rnr 1 the 1 v :er : Ii o ilOU' t h powei V en 1 1 U) int ballot elect: From whence would they cirri 1 G the r ant nor i Shall the fupreme court I i i k I t : .. . M o, that's merely a court oier roi s i :o sop Shall the circuit court ippoin t No, their duties ancl powers are defined ; and belides two third of the bench, in emh county, are elected by the people, w i t n . i it i dlrgation of the requiutc powers confutation h.5 arpoiuted no time, place or inner r fuch an election, fn r:.s ft "there is dot confuilon hn taken ro). and there exid anarchy! There are other and material defects in whether any of the nostOBABLl members of ti)e convention will contravene mv liricfores, and boulder up their premature ofTfpring. And if I again come before the public, 1 may preadventurc notice the establishment of the feat cf government, Sc v en be obliged to defeend to particulars and individuals, which however, 1 do not wilh. A CITIZEN,

To all whom it mav Concern, l'(kr Notice. THAT John Stilwell will apply to the commilTioners appointed by the bc! entitled " an ad for the relief of fuch prrfons as have futfered, or may hereafter fufler by the diftraAiofi of the records of the County of Knox, w hich was conformed by fire, at Vincernes. in the year 18 U,"establiHied a deed, which was 1 urred or deftroy. evl in faidoffice, given by P.rm-nas Dcck.-s Ih-rifT of Knox ccuntv, for 200 atres o land then fituatC in the laid county of Kiox Indiana territory, (and now in Edwards county, Illinois territory) to John Stilwellf and fold by the fa id flieriff, at fheriiF,' fale as the property of Jeremiah Cla pod. on a judgement and execution thereon, of Samuel Meeker, obtained fgainft the faid Claypool, in the court of common pleas of KnoX county. John Sl'uWtU. Aug Oil 8, 18; 6. 35-3t

Administrators Sale. ON Saturday the 24th inst. will he fold at my door in Vincenne?, one of the moit elegant lioing hofres in the country, ood IVdo'Ie, bridle and halter ; one t. f the moft complete Giver vattlie?, 2 number of good fiiirt3, pantaloons and coats ; a fine brace of piftols, fp'us, boots snd Can's, and a number of other .articles too tedious to mention, belonging to the eitate of Georqe C. Copp, deccafrd, fale to CcmmenCf pre cifcly at 10 o'clock, A. M. AH fiVms rf ti.rce dr.:'drs .iid under to he paid down, nil above three dollars a credit of three months vill be given by entering into a bond or note with good and approved fecurity, MARK B R NT.T T, Administrator m Vincennes, Aug. i3, 181G. 5JrT7-L thofe who have demands a gainfl the rflPe of G-ore C. Copp, deed, will prrfent them fairly made pdt aod proven, and I earnedly requeft ail thofe who msy he indented to him, by note or book account, to come forward and fettle with M. ft. Adm. Now is Uic accepted time ! ! DURING my sbfcnCe, I requeft thofe indebted to ine to r-dii and py the amount of their refpe Aive dues to Mr. W, P, Kino-, thofe who miy have open accounts can at le.ift give their nof-s ; you had better do this, than fettle with an rtT.cer ; which I am determined on fo foon as I return without fail judge for yourfelves. B J. Harrison. A eg u It 16, IS 16. .-1 r , BEEF. nrHE fobferiber will tfive three dollar J. per hundred for ood merchantable, BEEF CATTLE. TFiE citizens nf Vincennes can be fo--. nifhed by callinp- at his fhc-p, w ilh good fat and wholefome Beef. ILL MILLS. jnne 6'.h, 1816. Z I i THE HARMON Steam Grist, and Fulling MUL i Into Carding Machine, RE now in operation and will do bofi--Z jl nefs for the country. Cloths or ian nels to he fulled and dreiTed will hr received with proper directions at the flore. Ooe pouid of fat muft be brought or fend u 'kjj every tn jiounds of cle3n picked 7oo! f.te of bur: to the cardmir machine. George Rapp fc? slsscc. Is good nature forever to uc imposed upon. WILLIAM JONES, IjlOR the lasl time hequest all sc indebted to him, to come forward satid payofTtheii notes and accounts, before the 1-t day of September next, those failing to complv with th.i notice, ill be sued after that day. 36tf August 9,'l8i(5.

Public Notice, WHEREAS my wife Barbery hes left siy bed and bo-rd without an? iuft caufe, theic are therefore to forewarn s!I perfons from crediting cr dealing with her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting after ihtl date. PIERRE ANDRE Augu(ll6j 13 16. C7-3: