Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 June 1817 — Page 2

SCHEME OF A

LOTTERY, FOR III ILDING A M ISO VIC LODGE,

IN THE TOWN OF St UMJ'S.

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ro Editor of the n r stern own.

iaims for Property iost. fcc. During the late War. LIT AR Y AND Gf.NEUAI. Ar.F.NCY.

AfarrA 18 17

SIR For the information of your reader, should you think propor to publish it. 1 take the 'liberty to apprise you that the aet passed on the 9th day of April, 1816 entitled h an act to authorize the payment lor prop rty lost, captured or

destroyed wnue in uie uunuu

a.nnn

y VlV.JUOVv "- fioon I r,f th. United States and for Other pur

4,oo0 poses," luis been amended by an aet oi 2 500 the late Congress, so as that the 10,000 1st Section limits the provisions of the 6,200 9th section of the former aet, to build9 ()0n ! inirs occupied by or, r,asa place ot dc15,300 posit for mMtary and naval stores or as 1 i r.. miiiturv forces Iaims

!oarracis iw ; ' , under this and the 9th section aforesaid,

Part of the prizes to be determined as to be investigated o mt eo.u,..,-,,

follows, viz ! he nrst drawn 3000 blanks to be entitled to 6 dollars each. First drawn number on the 1st 2d, 3d, 4t!i 5th, 6th 7th 3th 9th and loth days drawing each to be entitled to one of the above 600 dollar prizes, payable in part by 100 tickets hegining with No. fool to No. B000 inclusive. The first 100 tie kits for the first drawn No. on tue fl.-st day and so on in regular succession for the rest. All other prizes floating. tMfen subiectto a deduction of 15 per

ce: t, pavab c in 60 days after the draw- j inr is romp! ted.

. o be drawn three times a wcck, 5uu tickets each day.

JOSHUA PILCHEK THO AS DV, T HOUGL S S 1). V. V ALER, THOMAS HANLY, Ri I oitU. Feb 1817.

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Ir7" iCketS may ne nau in mc a. lottery either at the Store of John Ewimr, or of Bradley and Badollet, in in-cennes.

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PUBLIC NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, to all persons holding claims against the estate of

T rVirid. rler.d that 1 will SCl

o with the Gallatin c untv court at tnc

. i,,,,.. f.M-iM tf sfiirl etiUrt to be hdfl

at Shawnee Town, on the hrst ivtonaay Of June next, at which time al! the creditors of sai I estate are required to bring

in their claims property ;mt etmcatea. GEORGE CODD. Administrator f the entire oj V m. T. CODD. deed. a n i i7 19 8w

rr, s'f , r r r ' , 1 ' ' r ' ' ' ' DEPARTMENT OF WAR, Additional Accountant's Office ( September 27. 1810. $ It having been made the duty of this office by taw, to adjust and settle all accounts in the War Department, which remained unsettled at the conclusion of the late war and are now unsettled It is hereby made known to the officers of the late army, who have public accounts to iettie,and to such non-commissioned officers and privates discharged who have arrearages of pay due them, that by forwarding t. i papers to this office by man, their accounts will be srttled and the balances remitted, wuh ut incurring any expence by the appointment of an airent to transact their busi less lor them. T ie heirs an 1 rep esc nta ives l deceased officers and so d irs of the late army

are a so informed that by forwarding their papers tathisOvI.ee for any arrears of pay due the decetsed, the accounts will be adjusted and the balances be remitted free of expense " The duties heretofore confided to the additional Accountant having been assigned to this office applications relative to the above notification will be addressed accordingly.

Treasury Department ( Third Auditor's Office S" PETER HAGNER, Auditor. 3361 Keep your Cash at Home. THE subsc iber lias now OO hand, and intends constantly keeping, ot his ow n manufacture, a supply ol SCREW AUGERS, of all siaes and f a superior quality

Eirmers, c irpenters, and others thai may v is i to purchase will, he hopes give a Dreference to home manufacture 1

OHN B STROPES Vincennes, March -i, IS 17 U-tf

liluuk Jutc Books, I

t.fl to congress

2d Section provides tor tor appointment of special Commissioners as formerly who are requested to take an oath of office. Commissioners authorised to appoint anagent in behalf of the United States, to join with the special Commissioners, when be may deem it expedient. 3d ,-,cc provides for payment of any we.,, mule. ox. wairffon, cart, sleigh or

harness lost in trrvict except when the risk was to have been incurred by the owner. . . r 4th Section extends the provisions ot this and the former act to cases oi property lost, captured or destmyed in the wars with the the Indian tribes SVlbseouentto the 18th February, and prior to the first day of September, i8l5and the Sth and last section, provides that all claims of 200 dollars or upwards shall be reviewed by the secretary ot W ar, and may be confirmed or rejected by him r I am sir most respectfu v.

JOSEPH W AIuin. r?This agency will undertake to collect Claims of th above description, and all others on government

A CvRB!LEY,& Co.

SMITHS & JEWELLERS

ESPECTFULLY informs their frietuls, and tnc public In gent n I,

at thev have conuneueeu uic auuw

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Slness in all its various nrancc.es, m uim house lately occupied by Messrs- Hale S Wood, and nearly opposite Harlow k Trimble's store where they hope by

their unremitted attention to business, to merit the appiobation of the pub ic Vincennes, January I, 1817. N. R. Watcl es Sc Clocks, of every description carefully repaired, and warranted to perform. The highest price eiven for old Gold and ilver. ICrAn apprentice, will be taken ot good moral habits, to learn the above.

DR. EMERSON

JPIES a room in the house of , . i

Mr Lasselie where ne attenos w who may require assistence or advice on subjects of his profession. Mav 30, 1817, 26 tfdojte

NOTICE

3. The greatest quantity of salt that can be made will U required to be niac4. The highest price at which the sait WUl bvaooweu to be sola, win be 7 3 cts. per bushel, at which price Slight wLl be reserved to the government to purchase the Whole, or any pait tin. 1 cot. 5. One object of aividii.g the premises being toclciive every possible bci.eiit from fair competition, it is intended to

prescribe sniii regUiaaons, as wmj pciuue any one ieasee fiom being either direct,) or indirectly concerned with any ,lti, r lessee. or In anv other manufactory

of salt ; and at the fcame time prevent the

rotnnetition from oe generating mto uh

fair opposition, or a lcsortto any means IntrtMnim to the woiks.

6. A violation oi the stipulations con-

tinerl in ai.v lease proposed tt. be mace

will nroduce a forft Uure thereof ; and the

nossivsion Of the lessee is to be cor sin

-ve,l i i such a Qualified nature, as to ma

tt se no difficulty whatever on the part

rU' the croNen.ment, to prevent its taking

immeaiate possession of the leased pre

mises, and disposing ot them as it shad th'nL n f.ner

7. Tl e highest rent proposed to be riven, will naturally claim the prefer

ence ut it must be distinctly under-

oo .that the ctn racterai d al ihty of the

pe son making proposals to perform roe crtiuaet, not less t! an the proposals

ti.tr.vTs. will be taken mtocoi sidcra

tion, anci no- e i ced make proposals with the hope of obts ining any future alteration of their contracts, m consequence of ahy casualty, to w hich the w orks are 'liable' 8. Persons making proposals must come forward prepared without delay to rive the roost indisputable security, Otherwise their proposals will not be conside rev! Further details will be made known on the 16th June nest -TNI AN EDWARDS. Kkttkia id T. Afav to 1817. 25

KEEPS lis OFFICE m aroomadjomtng the office of the Indiana

Centinel, 6-tf Vincennes, March 187

HO IAS H BLAKE

Attorney at Law. KRS his professional services to

he public those w ho mav w.sii .o

consult or employ l im, w ill please apply

at the VIJVCEJrJVES huth-i 33 tf July 16 1816.

Extract of a letter, dated 10th

March, 1817. Irom a gentlenirii in Ireland, tu Ws mend m this city, "This countrTi and the people in it

have experienced worse times since you left it, fin June last) than ever been

known. 1 rade and manuiaciuica u erv kind, have continued to decline more

rapidlv than they had doi c 6 months lie-

fore you left this country mecmcii oi trai e men, an ! even laborers, are un-

en p.ocd, and their families threatei d with want of sustenance. The oldest

per son living has never experienced

suc h a season as the past, and 1 teal tnc effects will have a serious conset uei ce.

Tlve continual humidity of the weathet through the summer, prevented the

crops ot every kind trom coming to perfection, tl e pre ate l part ot which lay in

the fields m Novt ruber, and many uncui

fields were covered with snow on the 12th Novembe : The country in genera), ennnot estimate at mure than one half of an average crop, and that too of a bad quality. Belfast n arket for oat meal is t per hundred of 112 lbs and ptto s 5. per do. other things in proportion. "As yon wished to knoW l ow linen c'oth o d I mre'e eir uity, and find that white- linen is n Uch in demand at an advanced price, ici I hope r ill afford i.oii.e lc.it to poor tradesmen."

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EINCr authorised to lease th j

ted States' SAL'I WOls an d

SPRIN .S, on the Sail .c creek, in :ms territory which is deemed advisable to divide Into five separate parts, proposals for renting each part for the term ot 3 ye rs, will be received by me at askaskia, till the 17th day of line next In the meantime the agent residing upon the premises, will give every necessary information relative to the manner in w iden the division is proposed to be mrde

Persons making proposals will be pleased to attend to the following outlines : I. It not being intended to rcqmrc any advance of money for improvements that

have been made, nor for any metal now employe I in the manufacture ol Sait at t tose works ; the most effectual St puiations to keep the w o ks constant y in good order, to keep the requisite uantitv of m tal in constant use, a id to return at ti e expiration of the lease, the w orks in t' e best order for communis the manufactory of salt, in a subse iuent le ise, fine uding for that object any chanee of the lines of pipes, which the

operation of the business may render necessary) will be re juired. 2. The usual restrictions to prevent the w aste of timbers, and disorderly behaviour at the w orks, will be inserted in the contracti

Charleston, April id. A gentleman of veracity and respectability, recently from Savannah, informs us that on Sunday last he was on board

the Buenos Ayrean privateer Invincible, capt Jew tt, at an am 1 or off Tybee C pt. J stated to him, that duringa late cruize on the coast oft uba, boats full of peopie frequently came off to him in the night, bringing fresh provisions ; and expressed their wishes for the success of tnc revolutionary cause. They were fearful of commnuicating with vessels under the independent fla openly, as it might excite suspicion in the ru ers. Capt J. gave it as his opinion, that in less than twelve months time, the whole island ot Cuoa would throw oft' the legitimate

AN ACT for the relief of James H. Boiservais. BE it entti ted by tht S t ate and H use of H f:t- sen atives of the United tf Am H a in C jngresi &cmbUd That the additional accountant of the War D- partmentbe and he is hereby authorized and directed u audit and smt:c tiie claim of Jomes H Boisgervais, on account oi the distiU ioi of his s: w mill and property, by order of General David 15 Morgan, and that he Show him, in the settlement thereof the value ot such injury, as he may sati f.ictoriiy shew e has sustained in consequence of smU destruction. Sec. 2. And be it further enatted ''"hat the said accountant be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to settle the

claim f the said Boisgerv is on account of i is w ood and fencing, made u e of by the American troops Cn fuel. lie stationed beiow ew Orleans and to aiiow him in t!se settlement thereof, the value

of t' e fuel used as . fi resaid. Sec. 3. And bt t fur h r en the amount thereof, ws en asi aforesaid, shah be p id to th i ervais, out of anv monev i-

sury, not othe. wi. e ppropriated. M. rch 3, 1817. approved, JAMES MA - I SON.

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SECOND NOTICE! To all those who stand indebted to me BY BOOK ACCOUNT,

nr ntherwavs. thev are re inested to call

and sett.e and nay the same on or beioi

the first day of Ju y n.ext. those n anyi who has not it in tlieir power to pay cash may sea e or cose their accounts bj gi ving tiicir notes as 1 have plenty of b anks. Those who fail to comply with this i oticc, wib fin-: their accoui ts in the

hands of an officer for collection, in the common way. ' WILSON L GOW. Vincennes, Ju:.e 4, lb 17. 27 3w

yoke of Ferdinand.

The Canadians, it appears, are about to form a canal from King stontoLa Chine, by the river ELideau. Another is also in cocontemplation, to extend from La Came to M intreal --which will elfect a communication between lae Ontario and the river St. Lawrence.

THE MAGNET.

Parts. Jan. 27. It is a singular circumstance, that none of the Almanacs notice t e now returning direction of the magnetic needle tow a ds the North, in the year 1657 it pointed due North, but has been 100 years increasing in declination westward ; last year it attained a declension of 25and then becami stationary, and it is now receding buek to the North.

WANTED, A rood Hosier that will attend well to The Stable, Tor which Liberal wages i I be s'lvcn a YOUNG M.l in whom confidence can be placed, who wouid occasionally a tend the Bar would b e prefeiedi MARK BARNETT. Vincennes, June 5, 1S17 27 f fen DOLLARS Re ard

Strayed from (' l H R I NET 0f Thursday the 29 ) ;iv TV O B v Horses, o ie of them lias a white

Spot on the top of his head, well nicked trots and paces s' (d before, 5 or 6 ye . s old about 15 or 16 hands hi the Otl r dout 16 hands high, about 7 or 8 yeaiS old. Ball fare. L VMBERT BONN EAU. June 5. US 17 T tf BLANK DEEDS,