Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 July 1817 — Page 2
surgent colonies, through the medition of that power. It is also said, that negociations are on foot respecting the Floruias, and that we are to cede those countries to the United States, on receiving a suitable indemnity."
1KB I AH A Set. Knox Circuit Court, to wit :- May term, 1817. William M. WiUon, Comfi't. "J j Chan vs. V Solomon S. Story, Deft. J CeTy' This day came the complainant by his counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this State Therefore on motion of the said complainant by his counsel it is ordered that unless the said defendant do appear here on or Lefie tne first day of the next term of this court and answer the said complaint ants Pill the same will be taken and considered as confessed against him, and he is further ordered, that a copy of this Order be forthwith inserted in tne Western Sun for eight weeks successively. A Copy T c:e, R. BL'NTI.V, Clerk c. c. k c. 28 8w
IJSTDtAjVA Set. Knox Circuit ( ourt, to wit :
May term, 1817.
William Vlnth
vs.
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) In Chancery.
Samuel A. Chew & JLli Bea'ty, Admin is i rat or of Su m u ( I JAoyd Ciit -it' deceased Benjamin Parke Henry Hurst.
Tins day came the complainant by his counsel and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Samuel A. Ci.ew and Eli Beatty administrators aforesaid, two ol tne defendants to the complainants Bill, are not inhabitants of this state, and they not having entered their appearance herein agreeably to law and the rules of this court Therefore on motion of the said William M'Intosh the complainant herein it is ordered, that unless the said Samuel A. Chew and Eii Beatty administrators aforesaid appear here on the fi'st day of the next September term of this court and answer the said Bill the sam will b taken and considered as confessed against tliem, d it is further ordered) that a c if this order be forthwith inserted in the Western bun for eight weeks successively.
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JOHN McGIFFIN, & Co. Have just received, (hi addition
to rneir prmtr wcic )
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Dry Goods if Groceries; cbxsis nxG jv par r, of Superfine Cloths, Domestic Cottons, Yellow and Blue Muslins, Silks, Nankeens J Raw k Spun cotton, Gini ams, Coffee, Silk Umbrellas Sc Lo.X Lump Sc Or-
Parasols,
le ins Sugar
Young Hyson, Sc J Whiskey Mackerel Imperial Teas t Window ''lass, M ideira Port Sc S Cut and Wrought Claret Wines Naiis, C LOgniac Krandy Salt, Tar, Jmaica Rnm v Bar Iron Sc castings Draft Porter, w Soap. ALSO. A fewdoz. dressed Calf & Morocco SKINS ITPElt LEATHER, &c. All of which, they will dispose of Wholesale or Retail, fat a very moderate advj nee FOR CASH. June 1 3, 29 tf
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WHEELER Sf HARPER. Kem'ecTfuly informs their iiibwn amd tri public tht ruEi H I vr COMI NCFD THE MAC MINK MAKING, In all its various Branches, MILL, IRONS,
Made and turned of in the neatest manner. They also informs the public they will have a double Throssel for Spining Cotton, in operation against the first ot January next, at this place. Wheeler & Harper, Have their Carding Machine in complete operation, and are readv to receive WOOL, They have cloathed their Machine with new Cards, which will make them able to give satisfaction to their old customers, and those that may favor them with their custom. J W. & H.
r.E, Knox County,
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Brucevill
June 2, 1817.
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War Department,
June 9, 1817
TIih is to give notice,
rTPHAT seperate. proposals will be JL received at the office of the secretarj for the depart 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, 1818, inclusive, until the 1 st day of June, 1819, within the states, territories, and districts., following, viz. 1st. At Detroit, MicMiimckiuaac, Green bay, Fort Wavne Chicago, and their immediate vicinities and at any other place or places where troops are or mar be stationed marched or recruited, within the territory of Michigan, the vicinity of the upper lakes and the state of Ohio, and on oi adjacent to the waters of lake Michigan. 2d. At any pisce or places where troops are or may be stationed, within the states of Kcntuc y :n 1 ' ennessee. 3d At St. Louis, Tort Harrison, ' ort Clark Fort Armstrong, Fort 1 raw ford, Fort Osage or I ort Clark on the Missouri river ; and at a; y other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, within the state of ndiana, and the territories of Illinois and " issouri. 4th At Fori ontgomery, Fort Crawford, Mobile Fort 5 t. Fhiilip, New-Orleans Baton Rogue andFort Claiborne; and at any oher p'ace or places where troops are or may be stationed inarched, or recruited within the ississippi territory, the sta!c of Louisiana and their .icinities north of the Gu if of Mexico. 5th. At any place or places where troops a re or may he stationed, marched or recruited wit in the Dist rict of Maine and state of New-Hampshire. 6th At any place oi peaces where troops . re oi m y be stationed, marched or recruited within the state oi Massachusetts. 7t . t any place or places where troops are oi may stationed, marched or rCitti ed within t.e states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. any place or places where lay be stationed marched or recii i in the state of NewYork, nortii Highlands, and with in the state of Vermont. 9th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, inarched or recruited within the state, of NewYork, south of ti e Highlands including West Point, and within the state of .NewJersey. loth. At any place or places where troops are or maybe stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania. 11th At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. 12th At any place or phces where troops are or may be stationed marched or recruited within the state of Virginia. 1 3th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, march d 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 of South Carolina. 1 5th. At Tybee Barracks, Fort Hawkins and Fort Scott ; and at any other place or places w here troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of (ieorgia, including that part of the Creek's land lying within the territorial limits of said state. A ration to consist ot one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread or Hour, one rUI of rum. whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap and one pound anc. one half of candles to every hundreu
rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration must be particularly mentioned in the proposals, but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the pi ice of the component parts ol the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of
each part thereof bear a just proportion
to the proposed price ot 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 sutiicient for the con sumption of the troops for six months, in acivaiice, 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 foitified places or posts, to cail for. at seasons, when the same can be transported, or at any time, in case of urgency, such supplies f like provisions, 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 ai d risk of issuing 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 price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the depositions of two or more pVrsons of credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, statifcf.
the circumstances of the loss, and the i "i n i 1
amount oi tne articles tor wnicn compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is reserved to the U. States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any 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. GEO. GRAHAM. Acting secretary of war. 31 t Oct.
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10 20 25 200 3i0 900 2.550
Sr iJEME OF A
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FOR BUILDING A
MJtSUMIC LODGE THE TOWN OF r irmV
T ' m. t. y
of R 5,000 is ft 5 00(7
2,000
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1,000 600 200 100 50 20 10 6
j 13 1 4, 15, 16 and 17 if 13, 14, 15, !6 and 17 86 y 13 14 15 and 16 19 13 1 4, 15 and 1 6 20 THEREFORE. L, JAMES MQX RGA, President oi the United States, in coiitormity with the said act, do hereL ueciare and make known that public sales tor the disposal (agreeably to v al of the aiuls above described bh&l ) be held at Milledgeville, in the stau of Georgia, on the first Monday in Augusj next, and shall remain open for three weeks and no longer, the sales to commence with the township first above named, and proceed in the order in which they are named. Given under my hand at the C itv of Washington the 24th day of May, 1817. Bv the President, (Signed) JAMES MONROE. Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. To the electors of Sullivan, Knox, and Davis countietm Fellow-citizens, By the mutual solicitations of my friends, I am induced to offer myself as a candidate for a seat in your next legislature. From urgent considerations I thought it my duty to offer mv services
ne people, as it was the wishes of
. ...
se wiio are acquainted with me. an
lilckwise mv nrincinles a varmanH
voteu tepublican; and my qualifications necessary for the discharge of the duty
incumbent on me as a legislator. Should I meet with your annrobrtio
in tendering my services for such a public charge, and you should consider me competent for the performance of the task and willingly confide to my care such an important trust, it is only necessary for me to say I will be vigilant in
tl.e discharge oi my duty and use my
best endeavors to promote your pohti
cal weltare. I am respectfully yours, WILLIAM PITTS. Carlisle, July 9, 1817.
6 000 4,000 25 00 !0,Gl)o 6,0 30 9 oob 15,300
s, payable in part I lg with No. 7oW The first Ufik Irawn 'o. oiythe
8 Less than two blanks to a prize. Part ofthe prizes to be determined ss follows, viz- 1 he first drawn 2000" blanks to be entitled to 6 dollars each. First drawn number on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4tn, 5th, 6th 7th 8th, 9th, and 10th days
drawing, each to be entitled to one ofee above 6o0 dollar prizes, payable in part
by 100 tickets- begimng
to No. 80o0 inclusive
iicKets ior tne nrst arawn o. on
first day and so on in regular succession for the rest. All other prizes floating. Prizes subject to a deduction of 1 5 per cent, payable in 60 days after the drawing is completed. To be drawn three times a week, 500 tickets each dav. JOSHUA PILCHER "1 THO rAS BRADY, T. DOUGLASS, IComn. D. V WAL ER. THOMAS HAXLY, J St Louis, 1 eb 1817. l5-7t C7" ickets may be had in the above lottery either at the Store of oii flfr-
-TH II 1 1 11 TV'S
liisC, or oi nrauiey anu liaaoiiet, in v,
cennes.
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By the President of the U. States. MTHEREAS by an act of congress, 7 passed on the 3d day of March,
mis, enucieo vn ac c co provide toilie I ascertaining and surveying of t lie bfffci- I dary lines fixeu by the treaty wuTTJ
Creek Indians and tor other purposes," the president of the United States is authorized to cause the lands acquired bv the said treaty to he offered for sale when surveyed, and whereas the following
townships have been surveyed, in
District of Alabama, in the MisVissif
territory , to wit :
Townships 11 and 12 inraogWl3
10, 1 I and 12 4 9, 10, 1 1 and 12 15
9, 10, 12 and 13
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To the Editor of the Weateriyun. Claims for Property lost, tkc. During the late War. Military and General Agency,
Washington City, 0:h March, 1817. sir For the information of your readers, should you think propor to publish it I take the liberty to apprise you that the act passed on the 9th clay of April,
18 16 entitled 4 m act to authorize the
payment tor property iost, captured
destroyed while in the military serv
of the United States, and for other p
poses, has been amended by an act
the late Congress, so as thatt he 1st Section limits the provisions! et of 9th section of the former act, to buildings occupied by order, as a place of deposit for military and naval stores or as barracks for the military forces C laiia under this, and the 9th section aforesa, to be investigated by the Commissioners and reported to congress. 2d Section provides for the appointment of special Commissioners as forhi erly who are requested to take an oath of office. Commissioners authorised to appoint an agent in behalf of the United States, to join with the special Commissioners, when he may deem it expedient. 3d Sec provides for payment of any horse, mule, ox, waggon, cart, sleigh or harness lost in service except when the risk was to have been incurred by thej owner. 4th Section extends the provisions of this and the former act to cases of property lost, captured or destroyed in the wars with the the Indian tribes subsequent to the 18th February, and prior to
the hrst day ot September, 18 la ana
uic 5tn ana iast section, uiumu, mai,
all claims of 200 dollars or upwards, shall be reviewed by the secretary of War, and may be confirmed or rejected by him. I am sir, most respectfully, JOSEPH WATSON. r"rThis agency will undertake to collect claims ofthe above description, and all others on neent rgovm
LETTER PAPER. JUSTICES BLANKS, Blank Note Bonks. Blank Note Books, Executions 8f Supconas, -c For Sale at this office, WRITING PATER,