Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 April 1817 — Page 1

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From the Press of ELIHU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the I'nited States. Vol. VUfCENNES, (Ind.) SATURDAY; APRIL 5, is 17. No. 1 8.3

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IS printed on-v ry Saturday, t Vv. ) 1, if id in aclvmce, Cents, it the a a note will or Two end of ! D. be required. N'o subscription c?.n f-' nil arre ai ay; an- p .A dveftt if r,tr. ( ed on trie usual terms. W kh drawn unaid. ;icuoiislv insert Advertising custom ;rs will note on - their ndvi ', nmpntHllip number of times they wish tbsm insertedThose sent without su h directions will be continue rd until forbid and must be paid for acftordiogly. SCHEME OF . i LOTTERY, re:; BtTILDIfffl A MASONIC LODGE.

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THE TOWN OF Sr. LOU'S. 1 1 RtZK of 2 a ooo is go 000 i do t,0oo t,ooo 10 do 600 6uou 0 do SOO 4,000 5 do 100 2 500 : do jtJ 5) 10,000 "I :.) 6,200 900 do 10 "; I 2,5 50 6 15,300

!2 E lJ0 Anil) ( ' twn hlrnt In n nnp .w.w. ........... Part of the prizes to be determined as foilo'.vs. vis. 'i he first drawn 2 0O0 blanks to be entitled to 6 dollars each. First drawn number on the 1st 2d, 3d, illil JLIJ, U'.ii, I k.l vJi.il -v.il iiu., t J . ri. Cti. U. U : -. ilth r one drawing, each to be entitled to one ottue above dolt.tr prizes, payable in pat' hv LQ ; tickets bee-inine1 with No. 7001 y .-, o to No. 8000 Inclusive. The hrst 100 tickets for the first drawn o. on the first d ty and so on in regular succession for the est 11 other prizes floating. Prizes subject to a deduction of 13 per ee t, payable m 60 days after the draw ing is To mpiet e n three mes a week, tav . K PILCH ER 1 JOS THO T. : OUGL S Contra D. V ' AC ER, 'I HO MA i H VNLY, Si Louis, Keb 1 S 1 7 . !5-7t iCIf ' tckets may be had in the above tterv either at the Store of John Sw i, ing, or of Bradley and Badollet, i.. Yineennes, ' r rr r v .r rr s- s j f-s S y ' of jots in th c i nrn ni P Vi PER8BURGH. ilC scite of this town 'issbeeh sclected b; the commissioners appointed b) the state Legislature forfixm the seat of Justice for Pike county, and laid offby the county Commission cts (v,, the most libera plan ; the streets from 60 to lo feet wide, and alleys of 10 feet c ach bin lot containing one quarter! I an acre, and out lots one are, the public square, containing one acre, tfl the centre i" the town PE ERSBURGH is situated one k a hall miles fixm White river, surroun ded by an sctensive countr fe? tilt land, and in the CI r.t settlement of Brood farmer i rich and larcre miles From Yi v nnes 22 from Prii ton, frotti each of which p aces a pul foad passes through Petersburgh, Louisvitll . and is on a dire- t line r Tmy thi county seat of Petty cou to Vrincennes. Term rcr-! 0t v at pu ,j;v r . v - i . April next, o?i a i - edit of s i icrhtec n months, the pure I nvci PU H CO II and secur the t JOHN' lOHN OV, -1 nt Jbr Pil , ret i y. M c IS ; 7. 14 - Tt BLANK CHBC KS. For -tic at this office.

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BY A I THOR1TY.1 Laws of the Union. i!h Congress 2nd Session, AX ACT to a i .id an Act entitled Act authori sine IKl V a sum of money to Joseph Stewart and - ? J .. i Co, ?rr..a,.emii-d, BE U i na oeatt v or Sim erica in Loner j Cj That the monev authorized to hi- n:tifl to A i . V J t t L" t V li H I i I ; . . f (1. Joseph Stewart and his associates, of Oorc tester County, in the State of M i ; landj (r to their legal representatives, by an Act of Congress approi ed on t.ie 29th day pf April, 1816, shall be paid to the following persons,lheir legal representatives or agents : viz the said Joseph S . I W ! ft I-CW V..r- LtKn M.

Geoghegan, Mathias T ravers Samuel e Cllie! executive office, it has Travers Henry K. Travers Hicks North been the practice of the distinT'.omas Tolly Joseph Cator, John Wil- oniiAhi-H mMi nthn i

leby James Hooper Hugh Roberts John Toily, Moses Simmons, R-bert Travels John Simmons, Edward Simmons, William Powers, William Geoghegan, (of , - o o--v Jeremiah Spicer T ravers Spicer Jeremiah Travers, William Dove, Thomas Woolen. Samuel EdmnnfWm. Henrv Corder, Roger Tretfal, Thomas Arnold, l Citon, Jer.mkh iCreighton, SZS-CTtS35 EKjah Hall, Charles Woodland, William Barnes, WilUam M. Robinson, Joseph . . aa.un(ier8 uamej Wilson. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the money authoriied to be paid to Samuel Jennison of St. VIarys County, hi the State of Maryland, or to his les-al . . . i . i. i . co'-. t itl''P t " . P Vet, shall le naid to O 7 1 I r; representatl or a ry s Count v, in the S Sieakef of the h jo.--v.ate of land. AY, JOHN GAILL. Presiden of th e Sr He t rc February 8, pphovkd, JAMES MAD1 4 JSC ACT for the reli f of Jaci BE it enacted dt the S. nate u nzr tentative of th- Unit. fifJm tttft es a ? tf, i hat the Bethe proper account! OR, partmcnt of War Be, and they are hcrrby authorised to audit and settle the account of Jacint Lavcl, late of the army of t!se United States, in such manner and upon such terms as may and just. i v ai.ujuuiv H. CLAY, HoutroJ Retretentathes JOHN GAtLLARD f the Senate ftra tt mfiore Presi ten i o Febt u r j 22 1 3 1 7 i ? t r o v e d JAVMS MADISON. Iron V t it i National . I ( I i of March !. s day, at twelve c Tin eloe K, in the pie ( nee most of (ii' ren t he tives in ncourse lie Precongress, and a larsrc of citizens and s ran 2 siaem oi tue i niiea o lies too the oath of office, ad mini by the chief iusticeoft el States, and i 1 1 1 ing. SPEECH Sftou W be destitute of feeling, the strong woof which my fellow citizens have given me of their confidence, in calling me to the high office, wfiose fuw ti ns am about to assume. A the expreson of their good opinion ofmv conduct in the public service, I derive from it a gratification, which those who are conscious ' !l ' 'Pg.donc all tK-u they could to merit .t. can alone Url. M) nsimltty is increased by a lust estimate of the unportaiKe of the

trust and of the nature and ex-

tent of its duties : with the prop er discharge of which the hinrlv est interest of a great and free people are intimately connected Conscious of my deneienev. I cannot enter on these duties ; a . ..... 4. Without great anxiety For the re 1. n ' Milt. Prom a just responsibility I will never shrink : calculating w'th confidence, that in my best ' . ' mi filorts tO Promote t'e OUbllC WCitare, my motives will always be appreciated, my conduct viewed with that candor and indulgence which I have experienced in other station?. In commencing the duties of ? t V" VV 7 S lo; l. iV ' to fJP the principles lvnJcn Would govern them in their respective administrations ample, my attention is naturally drawn to the great causes which have contributed in a great de gree, to produce the presenl hp-I-condition of the r,,it,d 8tJs I ney will best explain the nature of our duties, & shed much hVht on the policy which ought to be pursued in future. Prom the commencement of our revolution to the present day almost forty years have elapsed, and from the establishment of this constitution, 28. Through this tvhoJe term the government has been what may emphatically be called, self-jrovernmpnt art A what has been the effect? To t 7 .-..v v a er o iject we turn tention, whether it relates i" C1 IT to our . i 'ii or iicbin oncerns. ve I abundant cause to itl ! Ol' i i - . fa 1 1 the selves in the excellence of our itutions. Dunng i period 0 iin uiincinues ci ma v very extraordinary evei rL.1-. United States have flourisht 'J I vond examnie Pheircitizens, individually, bavebeen hany. ana rue nation prosperous. 1 A 1

Under this constitution, our Other considerations of the commerce has been wisely regu- highest importance admonish us la e . with foreign nations and he- to cherish our union and to cling Uveen the suite- ; new states to the government which suphave been admitted into our U- ports it. Fortunate as we are in mon : our territory has heen en- our political institutions, we have larged, by fair and honorable not been less so in other circumtrcaty, and withgreat advantage stances, on which our prosperity totheonginal states ; the states and happiness essentially depend respectively protected by the na- Situated within the template nalg nment, under a mild zone, and extending thro' ma y parental system, against Wmn degrees of latitude aldng the XU igei s and enjoying within their lantic,the lT. States enjoys all the arate spheres, by a wise parti- varieties ofciima e & every proofp wer, a just proportion duction incident to that portion of the sovereignty, have im pro v- oi the globe. Penetrating, interI teir j dice extended their set- nally.to the great lakes, and he-

mq axiaineq a strength and rnatunt which are the best proofs id' Wholesome taws well stered, And if we look to the condition of individuals, what a proud spectacle does it exhibit? On whom has oppression fallen i any quarter of our Union ? VV ho has been deprived of any nght of person or property? VI ho restrained from offcrii g his VOWS, in ihe mnAp orhtr.li ht ih-p fers, to the Divine Author of his being? t is well knomi, that all these blessings have been enjoyed in their folk t.vttnt ; and I add,

with peculiar satisfaction that

mere has heen no example of a capital punishment being inflicted on any one for the crime of high treason. A I I Some who might admit the mrw.. r n vv or our ffovernmr'ifc to these beneficient dirties, mio-ht 'v.-v wun mieni antics mi ifdoubt it in trial ul u ' , U it, t 1 P'ltt0,'e a member of the ffreat comm.;.' . ....w... mvi vi too, ex DCrienee fias afforded us the most satisfactory proof in its favor . Just as this contsitmion was put into action, several of the principal states of Eun in.'11 lirl much agitated, and some of them seriously convulsed Destructive wars ensued, which have, of late only, heen terminated. In the V r f,mmaMa- W the COU of these conflicts, the ted States, received reat injury from several of the nartJc It was their interest to s a H .-.lnf from tl c contest ; lo di mand iustice from tlie oartv rnmmift;n. the in jury ; and to cultivate by a fair and honorable conduct the friendship of all War at length inevitable, and the reSuit has shewn that our anvpm mentis equal to that, the great oi trials, under the most unfavorMe circumstances. Of the virtue of the people, and of the heroic exploits of the army, the nav v, 6& the militia, I need not speak Such, then, is the happy goyeminent under which we (he a government adequate to every mimAsp f ,r.,!;. .u i I I I I V 1 I UH S( ( ,1! I I : in pactisformed; agoVernment elective in all its branches under which every citizen may, by his merit; obtain li e higliest trust recognized by the constitution ; which contains w ithin it no cause ni !?. cord ; none to put at variance one portion ol tiie community with another : a nrrnunp.w' protects every citizen in the full enjoyment of his right, and is able to protect the nation against injustice from foreign Dowers yond the sources of ti e r.reat rivers which communicate thr ousli nor whole interior nn was ever happier with respect to its domain. Kessed too with a fertile soil, our produce has always been very abundant leaving even m years the iea t favourable a surplus for the wa ts of our fellow men in other countries Such is our peculiar felicity, that rKono o .. that is not particularly interes t in preserving it. The ere a -r - cultural interest of tbVnaSi proven under its protection