Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 July 1817 — Page 2

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PROPOSALS,

per carrying Mads f the L'ri(d States on thr fAlwvinir ita -r ads will be received at the dene rat PtOffie until Saturday thr 3 h day l Seftttmb' r n- rr inclusive. From Cincinnati bvClevii's or Northbend, mouth of Miami, Lawrcfcceburg, Law rhery Creek, Vcvay, Madison, Bethlmf Province, Laingoni harleatoti, and JcPTcrsonviiic to I .ouisviile once a Week, 122 miles. Leave Louisville every Monday at 6 a. in. arrive at Charleston by 10 a. m. and ai rive at Cincinnati the next I hill sclav by 10 a. m. Leave t incinnati every Thursday at 4 p. m. and arrive at Charleston on unday by 1 p in Lew v- Charleston at 2 p. m. and arrive at Louisville by 6 p. m ' From Lexington by Salem to Paoli once a week. Leave Lexington every Sunday at 1 p. m. and arrived at Taoli on Monday Leave Paoli From Newcastle. K. by Madison t Vernon once a week. Leave Newcastle every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at ernon Leave ernon and return to Newcastle, From Louisville by orydon, Shoemaker's, roy, Mount I leasant, Darlington and Evansville to Harmony once a Wi ok, BO miies Leave i ouisvllle every Monday at 6 a. m an ! arrive at Harmony on Thursday by lo a. m Leave Harmony every Thursday at I p. m. and arrive at Louisvilte on Sunda) by 7 p. m From Corydoti by Fredericksburg, Sicm Maser, and alona to Brownstown once a week 20 miles. Leave orydon every Monday at 3 p. m. and arrive at I ownstown on Tuesday by 7 p. m. Ijeave Brownstown on Wednesday at 6 a. m and arrive ut Corydon on Thursday noon. From Charleston by Salem. Beck's mid s. Lindley's mills, Kerry's ferry and Hawkin's ferry to Vincennes once a Week, 1 17 miles. Leave Charleston every Monday at 1 1 . i irrivr at Snlem bv 7 n. m. and Wrr i I vl III" A I v. " ' j 1 rrive bv lo a. m. Leave incenncs 1 rv Thursday 1 p m. ami arrive harleston on Su ul.iy by 1 p. m. From incenncs by iiazleton's ferry, Columbia. rinceton, or Gibson c. h. Harmony, Warwick c h. and Rebus's ferry to Shaw anoctown once a w eek. 96 mm s Leave Vincennes every Thursday at m. and arrive at Shawanoetown on Saturday by II a. m. Leave snawaboetown every Saturday at 2 p. m and arrive at Vincennes on Tuesday by 1 1 a. m. . From Shawanoetown by Carmi and Petmyra to V incenncs 8J miles, once a Week Leave Shawanoetown every Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Vincennes on T uraday by 2 p m. Leave incenncs every Thursday at noon and arrive at Shawanoetown on Saturday by 10. a. m. From Princeton to Hendersonton, K. once a week. .cwc Hendersonton every Saturday at V p. m. and arrive at Princeton the J next day by 6 p. m. Leave Princeton j evcrv Monday at 6 a. n. and arrive at Hendersoton the next day by noon. From Laurencebourgh by George torn and Brookville to Salisbury once a WC k, 65 miies. Leave t-aurencebourg every Friday at 9 a. m. and arrive at Salisbury on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Salisbury on Saturday at 6 a m. and arrive at Laurencebourg n monday by l p. m. From Laurcncebourg by Decatur to Wnminvrton once a week. Leave L lUrencebou every Friday at 8 a. ib and arrive at Wilmington same day by 6 p. m. Leave v Umington every Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at L LUrenccbough same day by 8 p. m. 1 ro-n Hamilton, O ie, by Brookvillei Brown sviUe, Waterloo, entei vtlie Dun Upi ville and Fairfield to CrookviUe once a w -ek. Lecve Hamilton every Wednesday at $ m. and arrive at CrookviUe same d v bv I p. n. L ave rookville next dav it s a m and arrive at Hamilton la ne da) by 8 p. m. N TES. 1 The Postmastcr (leneral mayctx. ntfl the mails and a ter the tim- s for a-rival and departure at any time during the continuance ot tee conu w-m previously stipuloting sn adequate compen sation for any extra expense that may be ore isioned thereby. ! .11 K., llnVMl for opemnvjd cleauithc maal, at ail ofillri I1 til IM' -N !J

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flees where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed and contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar ; and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mailwhereby the mails destine.; for such dependingmail loses a trip, a forfeiture ot double the amount allowed for earning the mail one trip shall be incurred, unless it shall be made to appear that the delay was occasioned by unavoidable accident ; in w hich case the amount of pay for the trip, w ill in all cases, be forfeited and retained. 4. Persons making proposals arc desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pav quarterly in the months of , 'ebruarv. May August, and v ovember, one month alter the expiration of each quar-

r. 5. No Other than a free w hite person shall be employed to convey the mail. 6. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage lie is desired to state it in his j proposals. 7. The ' ost-master ( leneral resen es to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end w henever one failure happens, which amounts to the loss of a U ip. 8. The distances stated are such as have been communicated to this office and some of them are doubtless incorrect ; on this subject the contractor must inform himself; no alteration wiil be made in the pay on account of any error ii t ' is respect. 9. The contracts arc to be in operation on the fiist 'lay of January next; those numbered 1 to 18(.'8 are to end December 31 18 19 The rcsedue arc to end V eccrnber 31. 1 8 1 S. "V t 1 V.J .P1V L ' 7 1 (.1 I I V ! V V4 3, 11, 15 1, 18 48, 81 93, 103, 104, 1 19; 15 1 165, 166, 174, 175. 180, 181 183. 184, 195 5 2, 5 3. 5 7, 65, 137, 1 48, l : 176, 1 7 7. 178, 196, 197, 198 199, J '), 201, 202, 20S, 20207 2 8 and 209, are to 1 ios, 206. c in opera110,1 un Ulc sixteenth day of November next. RETURN .T. MEiGS, Tr. P . '-waster General. General Poi Office, U'a ihington City, May 26, 1817. 15 Dollars Reward. STRAYED i rom the subscriber, some time in May last ' tlx. . ' . Llack 7o?s, with white face and feet, switch tail, 5 or 6 years old, paces and trots, shod all round) One smail Dark Chesnut Sorrel Horse. his main and tail a little curled, 5 or 6 years o d, paces and trots, unshod and one small BAY MARE, her tail bobbed, 6 or 7 ye irs old, unshod, trots and pices her pace is very fast Fifteen dollars reward or 5 For either) with all reasonable expences will be given, upon the delivery of the above horses to E. Stout at Vincennes, or to the subscriber at his residence at the Crossing of Honey Creckj 8 miles south of F. Han ison. J. 1j. l V LLiWV Mil"reek, Sullivan C'y ? 7th July, 1817. S 326 J. L. M'C ULLOUCill Honev C L War Department, June 9, IS 17. J ThH is to give notice, THAT sen rate proposals vill be X receive I at t.ie office of the secretary for the dep irt ment of war until the 31st day of October next, inclusive, for the supply of ail rations that may be required tor the use of the troops of the United States, from the 1st day of June, 18 13, inclusive, until the 1st day of June, 1819, within the states, territories, and districts, following, viz. 1st. At Detroit, MichiUmackinac, Green bay, Fort Wayne Chicago, and their immediate vicinities, and at any other place or places where troops are or mav be stationed marched or recruited, within the tei.itory of Michigan, the vicinitv of the upper lakes, and the state of Ohio, and on or adjacent to the waters of lake Michigan. 2d. At any place or places where troops are or mav be stationed, w ithin the slates of Kentucky and Tennessee. A At st T niU. Fort Harrisc n. ort Clark, Fort Amatrong, Iqjx Crawferd,

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Fort Osaee or I ort Clark, on the Mis-

u souri river ; and at any other piace oi places where troops are or may be stationed, within the state of Indiana, ami the territories of Illinois and Aiissouri. 4th. At Tort Montgomery, Fort Crawford, Mobile Fort 5 t. 1 hiiiip, New-Orleans, Baton Rogue and Fort Claiborne ; and at any other place or places where tioops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the Mississippi ten itory, the state of Louisiana ana their vicinities, north of the Gulf of Mexico. 5th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the District of Maine and state of New -Hampshire. 6th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts. 7th. At any place or places where troops arc or may stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. 8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of NewYork, north of the Highlands, and within the state of Vermont. 9th. At any place or places w here tioops a;-e or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of NewYork, south of the Highlands including West Point, and within the state of .NewJersey. 10th. At any place or places where troops e re or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania. 1 1th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states ot Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. 12th At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed marched or recruited within the state ol Virginia. 1 3th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of North Carolina. 14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state ot boutn Carolina. 15th. At Tybee Barracks, Fort Hawkins and Fort Scott ; and at any other place or places v here troops are or maybe stationed, marched or recruited w ithin the state of Georgia, including that part of the ( reek's land lying within the tei ritorial limits oi said state. A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters ol imd of salted pork, eighteen ounces ead or flour, one &-ill of rum, w 1nsor brandy, and at the rate of two ts of salt, lour quarts of vinegar, I ounds of soap and one pound and half of candies to every hundred " r of I k t!U i fou ont rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration must be particularly mentioned in the proposals, but the United Slates reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof hear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities that there shall at all times, during the terrm of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops for six months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every one of the commandants of fortified places or pos:s to call for. at seasons, when the same can betransp rted, or at any time, in case of urgency, such supplies of like proi us, in advance as in the discretion of the commander shall be deemed proper. It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of iuiiv the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy, oi by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States, at the pi ice of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the depositions of two or more persons of credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is reserved to the U. States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be Furnished under anv of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under the contract now in force, have been consumed. f) GEO GRAHAM, Acting secretary ol war. 31 ; Oc:. I.

Keep your Casti at Home.

T HE subscriber has now on hand, I nnrl intends constantly kecmW, of his ow n manulacture, a supply ot ii SCREW AUGERS, of all sizes, and of a superior quality tanners, carpenters, and others, that may wish to purchase, will, he hopes give a preference to home manufacture JOHN B. STROPES. Vincennes, March 4, 18 17. 14-tf BRADLEY BADOLLE ! Have just received a qUANTiTY of 1 ut 6 FIRST QUALITY MUSCOVADO SUGAR, PRIME GREEN COFFEE, AND COUNTRY LINNEN, &c. Vincennes, June 6, 18 17, 27 tf INDIANA ScTT Knox Circuit Court, i o WIT : May term IS 17. t Christianna Wither vs. Ill Hi a 7n L. Withers. 1 On lib y tition J verce. libel and oe for DiIt aDDearing; to the satisfaction of the Saw b court that the 1 ibel has beer, fiied and a Subpoena regularly issued from the C lerk's office and returned "noncst" and it further appearing ihat the said William L. Withers is not an inhabitant of this state Therefore on motion of petitioner's counsel it is considered that unless the said William L. Withers appeal' here at the next September term of this couit, and answer the petition aforesaid, the same "will be taken as confessed and decreed accordingly and that this order be inserted in the W estern Sun for eight weeks successively. Teste, R. BUNTIN, Clerk c. c k. r. 28 8v Juii.N McGIFFIJN, & Co. Have just received, (in addition to their former stock) A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Dry Good & Groceries ; CONSISTING IX PART, OF Superfine Cloths, y Domestic Cottons, Yellow and Blue Muslins, Silks, Nankeens S Raw Jr. Spun cotton, Ginghams, s Coffee, Silk Umbrellas 5c S Loaf, Lump 3c OrParasols, C leans Sugar Young Hyson, tz Whiskey Mackerel Imnerial Teas w Window (ihs, 7 Madeira Port Sc S Cut and Wrought 'A Claret Wuies $ Nails, Coo-niac Prandv S Salt, Tar, Tomoia T?nrr. . TKxv T mn & matinees. Draft Porter. C Soap. ALSO, A few doz. dressed Calf & Morocco 8KI'S UPPER LEATHER, &c. All of which, they will dispose of Wholesale or Retail, (at a very moderate advance; 1UK CAbii. June 13, 29 tf THETUBSCRIBERj 15 EGS to inform the inhabitants of p Vincennes and its Vicinity, that he has taken a Store in Second Street, Nearly opposite Mr. H. Lasse lie's tacm where he will open in a few days an as sortment ot DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, MTD HARDWARE. i a winch lie intends selling? low t-r GEO. HUSS Mav 6. 1817. 27 tf GOOD BARGALN S, I WISH to dispose of Lot No. 40 in the old donation containing 400 acres there is on this tract a handsome prairie, and the greatest part of the tract first rate and all gtxxi farming land. ALSO 2 )4 acres adjoining; the C ommons of Vincennes, winch f will sell entire, or in small tructs to suit purchasers, presuming no person will wish to purchasewithout first seeing the land, it will he shown, and the terms made known on application to F. VIGO. Mav 15, 1817. 34-tfv : FOR S a.i:. A KEEL BOAT OF about 14 tons burthen. She is well built completely roofed, and will be sold low. Apply to SAMUEL HILX St Co. July 2. : lw.