Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 May 1817 — Page 1
THE WESTERN SUN.
r r r From tiie Press of EMffU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. Vol. 8. VINCENNKS, (Ind.) SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1817. No. 24.
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BY AUTHORITY.
Laws of the Union. 4lh Congress, 2nd Session
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For the relief of Mary Wells, executrix of '' mi uu Welis. Be it enacted by th Senate and House of R( fltesentati Ives of the Unit d States of America, in Congr ss assembled That
AN ACT For the relict of certain officers.
BE it enacted by the St mate and Houst qf Representatives Xfflhc Untied Stutei bf America in Congfe assembled', hat the Paymaster Genera be authorised Sc is here!)) required to pay the gene raj staff (the Volunteer aids excepted) of the Governor of the tUinois territory while in service in the year 1812, and that to each one be allowed the pay and emoluments of a Major of Infantry. H. ( LAY, Sfieakt r of the House of Representatives, JOHN GAILLAFi ), President of the Senate, pro t em flare March 3, 18 17 a pproy f,d, JAJV1ES ADISON. A ACT For the relief of William Oliver. Be it enacted by the Si nate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anv rica, in Congress ass- mbled, i hat tiie additional accountant of the Mwa1epartment be, and he is hereby autiwiied and directed to audit and settle licWL.iiii of William O.iver, on account ofmrtirstruction of his houses by order of the officer who commrnclcd at Fort V ayne, in the year 1812, and he allow him in the settlement thereof, the value of the said Ileuses at that time. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof when ascertained es
the accountant of the war department be, j aforesaid, shall be paid to the said Wiiand he is hereby authorised and directed j flam Oliver, out of and money in the
to audit ar.ci settle- the c;ar.n of Mary Weils, executrix of William Wei's, for a quantity of corn taken by order of General William II Harrison for tn.c use t)f the army of the U. tates, and that he sJlow her, in the settlement thereof, the value of the corn at tiie time it Iras taken as aforesaid. See 2 Andbeitfurth r enacted That the amount thereof, when so ascertained s ail be paid to the sai 1 Mary Wells executrix as aforesai ', out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. H CI AY Speak, r of the 7l. u-, e of R. firz wen 'a fives. JO i S OA L R K Presidem f 'h- Senate ftrot mpore. March 8d, 1 8 I 1 - v rra o ved JA ES M Dl ON.
treasure, not otherwise appropriated. H. CI AY, Speaker of the House - f Representatives. JOHN GA LLARD, President of the Senate pr tempkre.
March 3. 1817 pprovo, JAMES MADISON
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nactt ft by the Senate and House entativts of the Unif "d States
nf America in Congres assembled, That fie accountant oft ,c Navy Department be and 1 e 16 ereby authorised and directed to audit and s.'tt,c the ciaim of c Buckmaster, on account of whale bo its fun is .ed the U 8 .tes at N. York bv order of General George Izard Sc to allow hirn in the settlement thereof, the value of s nd boats. ' ec 2 . In i h- it further enacted That the amount t lereof. when so ascertained
aid to t,ie said leorcre Buck
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appropnatea. EI. CL Yft .. ' r of firesentatrves, JOHN G ULLARD f h ' Sena " , hro tempore.
1817 ri"!OVF.D JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT Making an appropriation for opening Sc cutting out a road therein described. BE f enacted by the Senate and House of M prsenfatrues of the United Stat f Am rica in Congress tembtt d, T-tat the sum of 4000 dollars be and the same is hereby approptiated and papabie out oi on moneys in the treasury t otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of opening and cutting out a road from Renyoldsburgh on fewies-Sv"-river, i i t c state ot Tennessee thro the Chickasaw nation, to intersect the Natchez road near the south end of the V. tickasaw ol I to m agreeable to the survey and maj ked lines ben tofore made !v M ssrs. Joh son and Dickson, commissioners appoint 'd bv the President erf the United States ; and t .at t e opening of
said road shali be under the direction of
the Se retary of War II CLAY iS.' alter f the fi ust f R firesetnativev JOHN (i VRD President of 'A Senate 'r- temfiore. March 54, 1 8ir. ippaovRn JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT For the relief of the legal representatives of Ignace Chalmet Deiino deceased, and of Anthony Cruzat and L. P. De vei gcs. Rr2 '.' enacted by the St nate end House of Representatives of . the United States of Am rica in Congress itsst mbled, That the accounting officers of the Department of War be, and they are hereby auti oriated and directed to audit and settle the claim of the legal representatives of Ignace C ha: met Deiino, deceased, on account of the destruction of tiie property of the said Deiino, and of Anthony Cru7 it- atu"; I, P. Deverges int;-e vicinity of New-Orleans, by order of Major i . enera 1 Andrew Jackson. See 2 And be it further enacted That the said accounting officers are hereby authorized to appoint 3 good Sc discreet citizens, who shali repair to the plantation of the said Deiino, where the property is alleged to have been destroyed Sc there diligently enquire what property may have been destroyed in the manner aforesaid, and to make a just appraisement of the value thereof, and transmit a true return of such appraisement, under oath or affirmation, to the accountant of the War Department, who shall award thereupon such sum, to be paid to the claimants, as may appear reasonable and just : which sum so awarded shall be paid to the legal representatives of the s.nd Deiino and to Anthony Cruzat and L P. reverges out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representative, JOHN G VILLARDJ President of the Senate, firo tenxfigfP. March I, 1817 approved, lJ J iMES MADISON. AN ACT Authorizing a subscription for the printing of the tenth volume of the public documents. BE it nacted by the Sence and house
paid out of any money in the treasury not Otfaei v ise appropi iated. March 3, 1817 approved, JAMES M DiSON. RESOLUTION Respecting the contracts tor the printing for Congress. BE it enact i d by the Senate and hou e of Representatives cf the Uni id States of America in Congress a.sstmbtd That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives be directed in making any future contract lor the punting of org; ess, to stipulate and require that tiie same, excepting only the biiis, or when otherwise specially directed!)) cither house si all be done in royal oi tavo form, the size of the pages to be the same us those of the late edition ot the 1: ws of the U. States ; and that when ai.y tables will not admit, with the use. of a small type of compression into that size, they shall he so printed as to fold Conveniently into the volume m March 3, i 8 1 7 . approved, JAME MADISON. A ACT To continue in torce the second section ol the act entitled ' an act supplemental) to an act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage." BE it ' nacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States
of America in Coegress assembled, That I press coming here, in the unusual anxon a.; foreign ships or vessels which j iety they manifested respecting it, in the shall be entered in the U States after 1 letter written to mr J. by one of thee the 30th day of rune next from any for- i fritnds to prevent its coming in case eign port or place to ard with which ! mr. Hall staid, in the understanding that vessels of the U. States are not (ordin- ! was attempted, with mr Hall to answer arily) permittidto enter and trade there j the same pui poses, hi the very manner it shall be paid a duty at the rate of 2 Col- has been established and conducted Sc ha s per ton, to be levied and collected ! hi ail the other attendant circumstances, in ti e same manner and under the same j which it is needless to repeat I say, regulations as are prescribed by law in j does it require an u: matured feeling in rdation to the dudes upon tonnage, now j those who know these things, and leave
a tuii knowledge 1 tnc characters concerned, to suspect that theobjeel & aim of this press is to subse rve mr J's. an bilious views or to blind fold the people respecting his errors ? if it does, reui c this feeling tims to ti.irk then should I hate myse f, for I am guilty I confess i can discover no other object in the schema, nor c in I de nee anv ot;:.r resuit from the well known circumstances. But it requires no such feeling we all know that if the press, the medium of pubiic information, be tainted with the
He commences his essay with a wu rlan d sentence from the vun, by ctoi ;r which he lessens and essentially injures its original appdeation and meaning. This may in his opinion be u Fair Plav " but in mine it is toul it is shameful, Sc it caused me to scrutinize his essay more attentively that the title and the sober garb he assumes, might otherwise have done This Amicus attempts, with a f tiering hand indeed, to prove that mr. . ilworth did not come here to subserve the views of mr Jennings and his party ! for why ? Because and it is the sum. of all he says) mr. J hib friends shewed him, (mr. D.) common politeness a a stranger ; and mr. J. gave him only a few introductory letters! !! This to be sure is miserable logic it cannot humbug oi deceive the people, for the people veil know the liberality of mr J and his friends. Yet it requires exposure, for a string of surmises and queries follow it, intended to cover the shameful intent. Before I notice them howevei f must be permitted to take a little more notice ofmr. J. and i is friends liberality. I will ank ail cai did meti, if it requires " party spirit, that blear eyed monsiei " or if it requires nnm to " renounce every principle of generous he. pttality and treat the stranger as a su.pici. us foe " to discover in the previous know edge mr J and his friends possessed oft) is
in force.
March 3, 1817 approved, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT In addition to an act entitled c an act fcr the more convenient taking of affidavits and bail in civil causes depending ir the courts f the Unite; States " BE it enacted by the S na and house of Representatives of he United &'a'es of America in Congress assembled That the Commissioners who ow are or here
after may be app intfrd by virtue of the j influence andcontroul of men in power,
the people may, so lar as tne aggrandisement of those men require, certaii Iv be deceived and imposed upon correct information will be obstructed, and imposture and deception will in many ea 's succeed The cases Amicus puts, i in the extremes either pary spirit or a total renunciation of hospitality yie his alternatives I am sorry it did not suit this Amicus to know that between ill extremes, there is a middle course, to which men of honor adhere, in private and in public nfe To ask questions that have been answered in a manner not to be refuted long since, is a singular mode to pro gross in argument, but it appears to answer tie aim of Amicus He asks what data was it that furnished grounds for suspecting the Centinel is a hireling sent bv governor j. t.o subserve Ids views I And then he answers the question himself simply" he says, ft because gov. J. gave mr D an introduction to some of our citizens," could simp icity have dictated such an answer to such a question, when so many ether hu ts must be to him known -? No simplicity is tiutli and tnis answer heir. g only one b;r.less link in the chain of circumstances, must have been selected by sheer cunning such cunhmg however, only -feats itself. I will Kim ply ask Amicu if
act entitled M An act for the more con
venient taking of affidavits and bail in civil causes depending in the courts of the U. States " arc hereby authorized to take affidavits and baii in civil causes, to be used in the several District Courts of the U tates, and shall and may exercise all the powers that a Justice or Judge of any of the Courts of the U S. may exercise by virtue of the 30th see . ion ( f the act entitled " ' n act to establish the Judicial Ccu tsof the United States " March 1, 1817. approved, JAMES M DTSOW : : : : O : o - : :o: : a For the Western Sun,
This mail, audi hat, ihe impatient captives tend. And pressing for release, the mountuins bend Virgil. We may begin to seriously dread the influence of the press, when by wiiyu--tihee and forced construction, it tortifcej into party purposes, the impartial expression of Individual sentiments. Ind. Centinel.
Our citizens have too long known how ambition avarice, self-interest and party
rage, do on manv occasions hurrv sonic ' he was not apprised of gov J's. intention
f Representatives of Ae United States j men into acts of absurdity, and cause j to send a press here, some months before-
of America in Congress assembled. That
the Secreta y of State be, and he is hereby authorized to subscribe for, and receive tor t: e use and disposal of Congress 5 0 copies of the 10th volume of public documents, proposed to be printed by 'I homas 15 V..;t Sc Sons The afore
said vo ome to be delivered in stro1
leather binding at the Department
St ite at the rate of 2 25 for each 50
pages contan ed in the same. See 2,Andbi if further exacted. That the Slim of I 50O dollars is hereby appropriate I &r the pi rposc aforeand, ta bt
even honest mem to act on the most u'u- it arrived I Did be not know .ow j
juaumimv, i iucipius ei iiu priiii ip.i m auiavu im ac.ui i ici ncrc upon I u
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prevailing passion presents to them, directs. Which of those actuated a writer in last week's Centinel under the signature of Amicus, is of little consequence Sc I will not pretend to say, his own essay must speak for him The information, sucii as it is, which he has chosen to give to the public, is all I will claim a right to and for the present I believe when properly understood, 'twill be sufficient.
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oin7 j n i urn e.e not Know ot an attempt to entrap a young man of talents who ;,ad come here to establish an indcS pendent press, so as to keeptJ e enti .- el away, and yet secure the object t ey had in view ? Is I e ignorant bfthe coriversaiion of mr J's friend with that young man, and of a l tter navii b- n written to Corydon upon t!e subject -I know a gentleman wi-(. i ;;m stt i d copy of the substance of the coi v- ra -tion above aiiuucu tOj and 1 wan u.uautej