Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 September 1816 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

From the Press of ELIHU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. Vol. 7.j VINCENNES, (Ind. Ty.) SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 7, 1816 No. 40.

mmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lieved came within the laft year from Cat). THE WESTERN SUN, 1 Vhe faid jTmes Essex, alias James 75 printed weekly at Two Dollars per Essex Crosbt Sterling, was commitannumt paid in advance or an attested ted to jail laft January, on a charge of rohNote, payable at the end of the year bing the mail of the United States. His for Two Dollars & Fifty Cents, partnerwhocalls himself Thomas Noble, , .... . , alias Thomas W. Noblk, is now in pnlon, o Subscription v,,ll be received for a on R chrgc of robbipg t less term than one year and will not fam(. timc Xhc abovc rcward wiM be gven be discontinued until all arrearages are for his apprehenfion and delivery, or confinement in any jait of the United States, " , , fo that he can be broueht to trial. Whbrb papers are sent by Post, the per- JOHN HAMM, son subscribing must pay the postage. Marshal of Ohio District, jto verYisemexTs of no more length than Zanefville, Ohio, July 25, 18 16. 38-6t

breadth will be inserted three times for One Dollar, and Twenty-Five Cents, for every after insertion To avoid unpleasant disputes, it is re

quested of Advertising customers, that

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS

REWARD.

TILL pay five hundred dollars for

difcovering and convicting the white

they particularly specify the number cf fkin'd, but vile and black hearted inern

times their Advertisement's are to be aTY or '"cendiaries, who placed the fire , rr. ., , in my new houfe on Wednefday night. continued. 1 hose sent without such 7 , - .. , . , - r ... ... i he reward (hall be paid without expohng directions will be continued until forbid the informcr if conviaion can otherwife and must be paid for accordingly. be effected.

All Letters addressed to the Editor

must be Post paid, or they will not be taken out of the office

Auguft

4 a ,

JOHN EWING. 1816. 38-tf

roop Orders.

top will parade at the ufual

on Saturday the 7th next

INDIANA TERRITORY,

Clark C ty, April 7Vrm,1816. montjrf at 10 o'clock, A. M. properly acWilliam Williams, Complainant coufed and in complete uniform. verbis JL R- PARKE, Captain. Salmon Full, r, Drfendant. JD A,ttgtiftS, 1816. 33-3c

In Chancery-. tti ""ii

in i rj r .

fubferibrr will give three dollars

per uunureci tor good merchantable,

BEEF CATTLE.

Jn Chancer if. This d?.y came the complainant by Hen. Ji ry Hurft, tfq his attorney, ami it TTrfzi appearing to the fatisfaction of the court, J p-r

that the defendant is not an inhabitant of

this territory therefore at the motion of

the cotnphinant by his hid attorney, it is THE citizens of Vincennes can be furordered, that the defendant do enter his nifhrd by callintr ai his (hop, with good fat appearance, herein irreeavly to the laws cf and whole fo rue Beef, the faid territory, and anfarr the faid com- . . HULLS pl'inants bill on or before the firft day of Jrme 6th, 1816. 27 tf o'ir Clark circuit court, next to be nolden M : ' at the court houfcin Charlefton, onthe 4th ISAAC BLACKFORD,

and things therein decreed, accordingly. It is further ordered, that a cpy of this order be infer ted in the Weftern Sun for eight wff Is force (lively. A copy Teft. 38 8w 1 SHE LB Y, Clk. c. c c.

r : t t r. r . i

iu,u.y m ju.y nj, , oinerwiic me jJSJlnseUor at Law and Conveyancer.

in uc vru voiikucu, me matters - lVT,- . r ,a .v : .i i j j- i.. AINi bufinel!

AiN bufinefs m his pofeiuon will he . thankfully received and punctually

attended to he re (idea in Vincennes, and may be found always at home. 15-tf March 12, 1816.

E HARMONIC

Grist, and Futttng Mill,

JFool Carding Machine

now in operation and will do bufi.

)r the country. Cloths or flan-

20 Dollars Reward.

I ""HE ftibferiber loft between Shawnee

J. town and V mcennes a large red mor. w f 1 6cco pocket book, which had in it 5 twen- jl

ty dollar note? on the bank of Chillicothe, nels to be fulled anddrefTed will he received

4 ten dollar notes on the bank of Nafliville, with pmper directions at the frore. One Tennellee, and to the amount of twenty- pound of fat mufr be brouerht or fend with

five dollars in fmaller notes on different every ten pounds of ciean nicked wool fiee

anks ; a id there was alio two notes of of bufa to the cardincr machine.

hnd in it, on Daniel Black, to the amount

of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, living in the ftatr of Ohio. Anv perfon that will deliver faid book and its contents at the office of 'he Weflern Sun in Vincennes, fnall be entitled to the above reward.

n.h. Davis.

Augi.fr. 20

George Rapps s? Assoc.

Timely

Is . rl. DAY 15. 0, 1816. 0yMl&r31 Warnifis: to t)el)tors.

BANK OF VINCENNES,

August 2. 1816. iHB Stockholders of this Hank are hereby informed,

that an election for a Director, will be held at the house of Peter

.TonP in V itU'Pnnoc f fli fiftt

Avvr.i ( iwuilivi VII lilt HUM LI th.le who are indebted to us by day of October next, at 2 O'clock note or book account, will lave cort ,u f.

111 111c lUimiuuii. I. BLACKFORD, Cashier.

and do well, by calling and fettlincr with

my clerks and particularly thofe who have

accounts, on or btfore the 1 5th of

teniber next, 'l hofp whn C fnmnUr

lawim uus notice, may expect to have JS gOOd nature forever to be 11111)0 N.RREADlNGScCo. A tifl

Vincennes, Adpuft 24, 1816. 38-3t X. VflLOjIAJM JUAJtiO,

I: t Thofe, who can t py the whole fcjO U the last t ime request all of their accounts or notes, will mew a wilXJlosr indebted to him. to Imgncts to pay-by paybgi comtnvard and ay off their " tl zr- notes and Accounts, before the 1st 300 Dollars Reward ! day of September next, those fail-

171 SCAPF.D from prifon in Chillicothe, mor to CO m ply With this notice, ' a A. i" r 1. " .V. :.U. i" i.L. 111 1 . 1

d j uir 01 wiikf, uii me 111 in. 11 uir ui rt June Ul, JAMES KS3EX. alias J A M KS ESSEX CROSBT STERLING. He is about 30 years of age, five feet fevttl inchei high, cf a fair complexion, thin vifT.ge, lurht hair, large eyes, Roman nofe, lrge whilkrs ; by trade a clothier,

can work at Carding, or any employment la ror gtoraee. inanufsctoiics, and is alio expert at the ' '

will be sued after that day

36tf August 9, 1816.

A u a he-if or si:. WW K snbseriber h.as a j;oo( JL JTure-House well caleula

iword exercile and boxing. He was born in Wtrwickfture, in England, and it is be-

Tousaiut Dubois.

May, 17, 116. gltf

(BY AUTHORITY). LAWS of the UNION. iith Congress, ist Session. AN ACT fupplementary to the a to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenditures of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direft tax upon the United States, and to provide for a (Telling and collecting the fame. ( Concluded. J Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That on every transfer of the valuation of real eftate or ilves, by which any perfon who is chargeable with a tax fliall be releafed from fuch tax, the principal affc (Tor mall be entitled to demand and receive from fui h perfon, the fum of 50 cents ; Provided, That the transfer for which fuch fee is paid lhall be confidercd as embracing the whole valuation of any perfon, whether of real ettatc or flaves fo transferred. Sec. iO. And be it further enacted, That fo much of the 39th frc. of the aforcfaid a, palied the 9th of J anuary, 18 I 5, as re. fpedls the time within which transfers and changes of property fhall be afcertamed, 8c the making out aftd delivery of thr lifts thereof, be, and the fame is hereby rept ded. Sec. 1 i. And be it further enacted, That in cafe any circumftnnce rtiall prevent a com pliance, in point of time, with the foregoing provifiotis, the fteps required (lull neerthelefs be taken thereafter, in which event the fame notices fhall be given and the fame terms of time be allotted to the performance of the feveral duties, that would have been requilite, had no fuch failure exited. Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That the duties aiorefaid, required of the principal aflfeflors, and the (fcrnpenfaticn ijr the performance thereof, fliali.be confined to thofe Rates which flitill not have affumed the payment of the direct tax laid in any year, or having aiTumcd, fliali not have duly paid the fame. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That in default of the perfoimance of the duties enjoined by thtl aft on any principal alTesfor, he hSall forfeit and pay, for the ufe of the United States, a ftlil) not exceeding 500 dollars, to be fued for and recovered in the name of the United States, in any court having competent jurisdiction. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That all letters to and from the principal afSVfforti relative to their ofh ial duties, IImII be tran imitted free of p ftage. And any principal a fie (Tor who firail put his frank on any other letter flull foifeit and py the fum often dollar?, the whole of which fhnil be for the ufe of the perfon who lhall information thereof. Sec 15. And be it further enatted. That in lieu of the compenfations heretofore allowed to the principal aflfcifors, they fhall refpeclively receive for every year in which a direct tax fliall be laid, a falaiy of 200 dollar) and 3 dols. for every ICO taxable perfuns contained in the tax li.'ls delivered to the collectors, together with an allowance for the neceitiry and reafonable charg. cs for books and fUtionary ufed in the execution of their duties, which faid duties fliall be confidered as embracing the correction of errors, as authorifed by law. And the Prefident of the United States mail be, and he is hereby authorifed to augment, in cafes where he tliall deem it nccefTary, the foregoing compenfation : Provided. That there fhall not be allowed to any one principal afTefior in any fuch year, more than 200 dollars in addition to his fixed compenfation : And provided, That the whole extra amount thus allowed (hall not exceed in fuch year 10,000 dollars. And fr the purpofe of carrying this act into effect, there is hereby appropriated in each year in which a direct tax fliall be laid, a fum of 100,000 dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treafury not otherwife appropriated : Provided, That any other exifling appropriation for the faid purpoles be, and the fame is herebv repealed. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the time now fixed by law for the cornmencem''nt of the collection of the direct tax, it fliall be in each diflriit immediately fubfequent to the day on which the tax lifts (hall be delivered to the collector thereof. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That in all cafes in which a tax (hall be charged for Oaves, the real eftate of the perfon charged therewith, may be fold therefore, in the

fame manner as for a tax due thereon : but no flave fold for ttxes fliall be purchafed on behalf of the United States. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That it mall be lawful for the Secretary of tha Treafury to aflign to the commiffioiier of the revenue, the duty of fuperintending the; alfcflors, valuations and afieflments under the laws impofing a direct tax, as well as the collection of the tax, fubject to his directions and control according to powera vefted in him by law. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted That the foregoing provifions (hall apply to any direct tax impnfed or to be impolicd upon the Diftridl of Columbia, and fhall be and remain in force, any thing in any former ac or acts to the contrary nothwithfUnding. Sec. 20. Provided always, and be it fur ther enacted, That the equalization Sc apportionment of the direct tax made in the year 1815 by the board of principal aflYt fois for the Hate of Delaware in virtue of the before recited acl, entitled M An act to provide additional revenues for defraying theexpenfes of government and maintaining the public credit by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for aflfeding and collecting the fame," fhall not be in force or have any effect as it relate! to that Rate's quota of the direct tax iro pofed by the aft of Congrefi, ps(Ted the 5th day of March, 1816, or that (hall be impofed by any fubfequent act of Gongrefs ; and it fhall be the duty of the faid board of principal afiefTorj again to convene in general meeting on the Ift Monday in June next at Dover, in the faid ftate, and then 8c there diligently and carefully re-confider 8c re-examine tht feveral lifts of valuation for the direct tax for the faid ftate, for the year 1814, and they fliall have power to revife, alter, readjuft Sc equalize the feveral lifts of valuation afore faid for the counties of the faid ftate refpettively, by adding thereto, or reducting therefrom, fuch a rates per centum as (hall render the valuation of the faid cou es relatively equal according to the prefent actual ready money vnlue of the property aflclTed and contained in the faid lifts of valuation ; and (hall thereupon apportion to each county in the faid ftate a quota of the tax bearing the fame proportion to the whole direct tax impofed on this ftate, as the aggregate valuation of each county bears to the aggregate valuation of the ftate ; and the valuation, equalisation and apportionment fo made by the board of principal alfefTors aforcfaid (hall be in full force and opperation, and remain unchang cd, fubjc onlv to the exceptions contained in the firft fection of this act ; and the faid hoard of principal allrflors fliall, within 20 d;ys after their meeting as herein before directed, complete the faid revifion, equalization and apportionment, and fliall record thr fame, and in all refpeils not herein otherwife directed ; (hall conform to the provifions contained in the act in this fectica firft above recited. H. CLAY, Speaker cf the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore, April 26, I 8 1 6. apph oved, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT to allow drawback of duties on fpirits diftilled 8t fugar refined within the United States, and for other purpofes. BE if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of inter tea, in Congress assembled. That a drawback of 6 cents for every gallon of fpirits, not below firft proof, diftiilcd within the United States, or the territories thereof, fliall be allowed on all fuch fpirits as (hall be exported to any foreign port or place, other than the dominions of any foreign ftate immediately adjoint. g to the United States, adding to the allowance upon every gallon of fuch fpirits fo diftilled from molafles, four cents, which allowance fhall be made withoyt deduction : Provided That the quantity fo exported fliall amount to 150 gallons at the leaft, to entitle an exporter thereof to drawbatk, and that no drawback fhall be allowed whenever any of the faid fpirits fliall be exported o'herwife than in veficls not lef than 30 tons burthen. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in order to entitle the exporter or exportera to the benefit of drawback allowed by this aft, on fuch fpi.its fo diftilled, the veficlg or cafks containing the fame (hall be branded or otherwife marked, in durable characters with progrcflive numbers, with the name of the owner, the quantity thereof, to be