Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 February 1817 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM

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Ma Stout. By giving a place to the following Song you trill oblige. A Subscriber. A NEW SONG. O ! wont vou hear What roaring cheeff Whs spent by Johnny Con-rcss, O I And how so gay They doubled their pay, Arid doubled the people's taxes, O ! There was Clay the scold, And Johnson the bold. Who did not shoot Tccumseh, O ! And Ormsby and l.ownds, All us eager as hounds, An the scent of the loaves and fishes, O ! Arrah I by ray shoul, it would make your heart leap for gt to hear the poor soldiers begging for their pay, the Widows for their pensions the officers for their new loans, while all the members arc drinking and singing merrily, O, Twelve dollars a day, Twelve dollars a day, Twelve dollars a day's the Dandy OI There was Clay in the Chair ; With his flax coloured hair, . A signing the tax bills cheerly, Oh, And smiled at the rabble So loudly did gabble, The audience scarcely could slumber O ! It was aye it was No, Twas too high, 'Twas too low The ayes will rise 1' said the speaker, O I And quickly arose tVo ayes to the noes, And the salary bill was carried, O ! Yes 1 by my shoill, they ail unanimously disagreed upon every question exeept the salary bill Gentleman. Older 1 This bill proposes to give you all a year ly salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and myself three thousand shall it pass ? Aye, Aye, Aye ! The ayes have It, therefore, they all began to sing Twelve dollars a day, Twelve dollars a day, Twelve dollars a day's the Dandy O! But och 1 by my shout) They all stared like an Owl,

When the people all biss d their ditty l I I Said Clay. We're ail broke, They don't relish the joke, The devil has got in the rabble, O !

We've put On their backs A mountai n of tax , v An army, a bank, tt tcttHt O ! Which so tamely they bore. i 1 1 could have

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How shall We Creep out of this scrape b.i s one? S , Clay, I v.i'l persuade the people that twi Ive dollars a dav i.i t(o littU to support ravseif and my Wife. it j Says Hardin, 111 turn the thing off in a joke. Says Onnslry, I'il be.- nardon of

my constituents, and pron do the like a lin. Well

says Johnson and they all began to sing again Twelve dollars a day, 1 w ei e v't y. lars a tla y Twelve dollai a d ivfrtke dandv O !

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LAND OFFICE AT VINOENXKS, January 2.3, 1817. "iTMTHBlttEAS it is provided by the sixth section of the act of V? Congress, passed on the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred, entitled " An act to amend the act entitled an act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory North West of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," That 64 If any tract shall not be completely paid for within " one year after the date of the last payment, the tract shall be ad- " vertised for sale by the Register of the Land Office within whoso u District it may lie in at least five of the most public places in the - said District, for at least thirty days before the time of sale : and " he shall sell the same at public vandue, during the sitting of the " court of Quarter Sessions of the county in which the Land Of- " fice is kept, for a price not less than the whole arrears due thereon, u with the expenses of sale, the surplus if any, shall be returned to the original purchaser, or to his legal representative; but if the " sum due, with interest, be not bidden and paid, the land shall reH vert to the itnitell States. All monies paid therefor shall be forfeited, and the Register of the Land Office may proceed to dispose of the same to any purchaser, as in case of other lands, at " private sale' And Whereas, by four subsequent acts, passed respectively, April twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and twelve ; February thirteen, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen ; February nineteen, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; February eleven, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen ; a further credit is granted to purchasers of public lands on certain conditions therein expressed. tn pursuance thereof Public Notice is hereby grvent That the purchasers of the following tracts having failed in complying with the conditions required by the above mentioned acts, the same will be exposed for sale at public vendue, during the sitting of the court at Vincennes, on Monday the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. The sale will begin at ten o'clock-, and if any tract be purchased the amount must be paid on the same to the Receiver of Public Monies, and the receipt deposited with the Register.

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' Balance due. Section Town, Range. D. C. nc S 4 S. 3 E. 240 30 s,e. 3 8 S. 6 W. 240 s.W. 12 7 8. 14 W. 240 n.e. 27 0 S. 14 W. 240 s.w. 25 1 N. 13 W. 240 s. e. 80 2 X. 1 W. 240 s.w. 23 3 S. 12 W. 240 n.e. 3 I 2 N. 12 W. 160 I n. vv. 6 1 N. 1 W. 100 24 s. e. 26 3 8. 12 W. 1 210 i s. e. 13 5 8. 13 W. 240

Richard Mc.Mahan, John Brunk,

Peter Wilkerson, Adam Allbright, George Barney, Joel Charles,

Josh.ua Nicholas August Tongas, Joel Charles, Pretty man Knoles, Thomas Barton,

If the owner or owners of any of the above tracts, or any person in his or their behalf, shall pay the balance due, interest and costs, prior to the sale thereof, no sale of such tract shall take place. JOHN BADOLLBT,

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ELECTORS OF KNOX.

THE qualified Electors of Knox County, are hereby notified that an Election will beholden on the first Monday

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ior uic purpose oi Electing two Associate Judges, our Clerk of the Circuit Court, one Recorder, and three County Commissionersat the following places viz in Vincennes Tmvnship, at the Court-House, in Decker Township, at the House of Mam Harness, in Harrison Township, at the 1 louse of Wm. Gamble in Paint am Township, at the Iff, use qflFm. Purcell, in Widner Township, at the House of John Widner in Busseron Township at the House of Ky. Samuel Me. Clure. 1 B. V . BECKES, Shff. K. C. January fi, 1817.

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WATCH CJ CLOCK MAKERS, SILVERSMITHS IVn JEWELLERS. RESPECTFULLY informs their friends and the public in general, that they have commenced the above business in all its various branches, in the house lately oc upied by Dr Hale fij Wood, and nearly opposite Harlow & Trimble's Store where they hope by their unremitted attention to bo. siness, to meet the approbation of the public Vincennes. January 1st isr B Watches tf Clocks, of every description carefully repaired and warranted to perform. Highest price riven for old (Jold v Silver. J3An apprentice will be- taken, of good moral habits.