Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 July 1817 — Page 4

PROPOSALS, or carrying Mails of thr United State

on the following ioa.s(r iadt wilt be r -cdvtd at the General Po9t"Ojfice urn

til Saturday the 3th day of September n rr, inelusix e. From Cincinnati by CleilSor North bend, mouth of Miami, Lawrenceburg, Laughery Creek, V ermjr, Madison, Ucthlem. Province, Lexington, C harleston, and Jeffersonville to Louisville once 1 Week, 22 miles Leave Louisville every Monday at 6 a m. arrive at Charleston by 10 a. m. and arrive at Cincinnati the next Thursilav by lo a. tn Leave Cincinnati every Thursday at 4 p m. and arrive at Charleston on -unday by I p m. Leave Charleston at 2 p. m. and arrive at Louisville bv 6 n. in

From Lexington by Salem to Paoli nee a week.

Leave Lexington every Sunday at l

p. m. and arrived at Paoli on Monday Leave Paoli From Newcastle, K. by Madison to "V ernon Once n week. Ltave Newcastle every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Vemon Leave Vernon and return to Newcastle, From Louisville by t orydon. Shoemaker's, Troy, Mount I leasant, Par llngton and EvansvUte to Harmony once a week, 10 miles Leave Louisville every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Harmony on Ihursdav by lo a. m. Leave Harmony every Thursday at 1 p. m. and arrive at Louisville on Sunday by 7 p. in From Corvdon by . rode tick sburg, Salem Masrr, and a'ona to Brownstown once a week, 20 miles. Leave - orydoti every vonday at 3 p. fci. and arrive at &OWnstOWti on TllSby 7 p. m. L-vixe Brownstown on

WWlnesd iv at 6 a. m and arrive at Co-

rydA on 1 hurs( ay noon. Firim Charleston by Salem Be

mills, Lindteys mills, erry's Ferry and Hawktn'a Ferry to Vincennes once, a Week, 1 1 7 miles. Leave Charleston every Monday at 11 a. m. arrive at Salem by 7 p. m. and irrlve by 10 a.m. Leave Vincennes every Thursday at 2 p m. and arrive at ' harleston on Sunday b i p. m From incennes by Hasleton's ferry, Columbia Princeton, or Gibson c. h. Harmony, Warwick c h. and I ebuss ferry to Shawanoetown once a week y6 mites Leave Vincennes every Thursday at p. m and arrive at Shawanoetown n Saturday by li a. m. Leave Shawanoetown every Saturday at 2 p. m and arrive at Vincennes on Tuesday by 11 a. m. From Shawanoetown by Carmi and Feimvru to incennes, SO miles, once a Week. Leave Shawanoetown every Saturday at 8 p.m. and arrive at Vincennes on Thursday by 9 p. m. Leave V incennes every Thursday at noon and arrive at Shawanoetown on Saturday by 10, a. m. From ! rinceton to Hendersonton, K. cm e a week. Leave Hendersonton every Saturday at 4 p. m. and arrive at Princeton the next day by 6 p. m. L ave rinceton every Vfonday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Hendersoton the next day by noon From Laurencebourgh by Georgetown snd BrookvUle to Salisbury once a eek, 66 mi.es. Leave aurencebourg every 1 i 1 .v at 9 a. m. and arrive St a tsbury on Saturday by ftp m. Leave Salisbury on Saturday at 6 a, m. and arrive at Laurencebourg on monday by l p. m, From Laurencebourg by Decatur to Wilmington once a week. Leave Laurencebourg every Friday at

s a. m and arrive at Wilmington same ! !.iv by 6 p m. Leave vViltni ig o eve- 1 rv Saturd y si 6 a. m. and arrive at Laurencebough same day by 1 p. m. i rom Hamilton Ohio, by Brookville, Brownsville, W terhxv entcrvilte un lap si illc and Fairfield to Cfookville once a eek. Leave Hamilton every Wednesday at 8 a. m. and arrive at Crookville same

day by 8 p.m. lieave' rookvule next day at 8 a m ami arrive at Hamilton same day by 8 p. m. NOTES. I. The Post-master General may ex pe rliate the Mails and alter the ti nes far arrival and departure at ally time during the continuance of the contract, he pre vioHsly &ttpuloting an adequate compen ation for any extra expense that may be occasioi c I thcreb . 2 i Uiecn minutes shall be allowed for

Opening and closing the mail, at all offices where no particular time is specified. J. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed and in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar ; and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails destined for such depending mail loses a trip, a forfeiture of double the amount allowed for carrying the mail one trip shali be Incurred, unless it shall be made to appear that the delay was occasioned by unavoidable accident ; m in which case the amount oi pay tor the ti ip, a 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 i ebruary. May August) and ovember, one month after the expiration of each quarter. 5. No other than a free while person shall be employed to convey the n ail. o. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the bony of a Stage carriage he is desired to state it in his proposals 7. The Post-master General reserves to himself the rii;l.t of declaring an) contract at an end whenever one kali U re happens, which amounts to the loss ol & trip. 8. The distances stated are such as have been communicated to this office an.i some of them are doubtless incor rect ; on this subject the contractor must inform himself no alteration will be m e in the pay on account of any error in ti is respect. 9. The contracts arc to c in operation on the fiist day of January next : those numbered l to 1898 are to end December 31 1819 The reseuue are to end December 31. 18 18. Contracts for the routes numbered 2, 3ll, 15 16, 18 48, 52, 53, 5f, 65, 81 93, 103, 104, 119; 137, 148, 149, 15 1 165, 166, 17 1, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181 183, 184, 195, I 1 6, 197, 198 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205$ 206, 207 208 and 209, are to be in operation on the sixteenth day of r ovember

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RETURN J. ME 'iS, Jr. Po '-mas fi r General

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WHEELER & HARPER,

Respectfully informs their ruir.xns wn THE PUBLIC TH VI in - u rVI COM MENCEO THE MAOH1N E MAKING, In all its various Branches) MILL IRONS, Mo.lc ami turned of in the neatest manner. They also informs the public they will have a double Throsscl fr Spintng Cotton, in operation against the fu st ot January next, at this place. Wheeler & Harper, Have their Carding Ma hine in complete operation and are ready to receive WOOl i. They have cloathed thetr 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. W. &t . BaueftTILLE, Knox County, ) June ibi7. s 27 tf

War Dep rtn ent, )

J urn 9, 1817. 5 jThis is to give notice, rI '!! A 1 sepet'ate proposals will be X received at the office of the se fCts y for the depart ment of war until the 31st day ol October next, inclusive, for t ie supply of ail rations that may be required lor the ue oi the troops of the United States, from the 1st da) ofJune, 1 1 1 8, inclusive, U itii the 1st day of June, S19, within t ie states, territories, and Lustricts following, via 1st. At Detroit, Mtchilimckiuaac, Green bay, Fort Wayne Chicago, and their immediate vicinities, and at any Other , iaee or p a c where troops are or may be stftti .ad marched or recruited, within the territory of Michigan, the v i inity of the upper la i , ind the state o: C) io, and on or adjacent to the waters oi lake Michigan. I At any place or places where troops are or n av be stationed, within the statot of Kemucky and Tennessee

3d. At St. Louis, 1 ort Harrison, Fort Clark Tort Armstrong, Tort C raw ford, Fort Osaie or I Oft Cark, on the Missouri liver; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, within the state of mdiana, and tint territories of Illinois and M issouri. 4th. At Fort it ontgomery, Iort Crawford, Mobile Fort M. hiiiip, New -Orleans Baton Rogue and Fort Claiborne ; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the A issiaaippi territory, the state of Louisiana ana their .icinit ies north of the Gu.f of Mexico. 5th. At any place or places where troops arc or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the District of Maine and slate of New --Hampshire. 6lh. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state ol Massachusetts 7th. At any place or places where troops are or may statior.ee, marched or recfui ed w ithin 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 pi iCe or places w here troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of NewYork, south ol the 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 suae of 1 ennsyivaiua. 11th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marri ed or recruited within the st tes of Delaware, Maryland and the District of Coiumbia. 12th At any place or places where troopsarc or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia. 1 3th. At any place or places where troops iire or may b stationed, marched or recruited vitiiin toe state of North Ca roiina. 14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of South Carolina. . 15th.. At Tybee Barracks, Fort Hawkins and Fort Scott ; and at any other place oi p es w here troops are or may he statu id, marched or recruited within the state of (Georgia, including that part of reek's land lying within the territorial limits of said state. A rati n to consist ot one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or branny, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, tour pounds of soap and one pound and one half of candles to every hundred rations. The prices of the, several component parts of the ration must be p rticularly mentioned in the proposals, but t ie 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 bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration The ration are to be furnished in such quantities, hirt there shall at all times, during t ie f ' Tin of the proposed contr ct, he sufficient for the consumption of the troops for six months, in advance, of good and w holesome 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 posts to call for at seasons, when the same ran he transported, or at any time, in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisious, in a Ivance, as in the discretion t the commander shall be deemed proper. It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the sup li s to the troops, and that all Ibsrc sustained b t e depredations of the enemv, oi bv ire ns of the troons

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------- W WB W th Unit d S-avs, :.t tlu price of the articles captured or destroyed as afoi esaid4 on the depositions of two or more persons of ere lible characters, and the certificate of t commissioned officer, statin t e circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensati n shall be claimed. The privilege is res rved to the V. States, of requiring that none of the supplies wl ieh may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until tie supplies which ba e been or may be furnished under the con-

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tract now in force, have been consumed GEO GRAHAM, . Acting secretary of war. 31 t Oct. V

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FOR BUILDING A MISOMC LODGE. IN THE TOWN OF St LOU S. 1 PRIZE of ft 5 000 is StSOOO

2,000 6 000 4,000 25 00 10,000 6,n20 9 D00 15,300

2 c;o 10 do 20 do 25 do 200 do 3 1 0 do 900 do

2,350

1,000 600 20 10 6

8 Less than two blanks to a prize. Part oft! e prises to be determined as follows viz The first drawn 2000 blanks to be entitled to 6 dollars each. first drawn number on the 1st 2d, 3d, 4th 5th, 6th rth 8th 9th and 10th days drawing, each to he entitled to one of the above 600 dollar prizes, payable in part bv 100 tickets be pining with No. fOOl tto No. 8000 inclusive. The fust 100 i ivi ts for the first drawn o. on t io 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. I o be drawn three times a week, 500 tickets each day JOSHUA BLCHER THO AS BR VDY T I OUGLAS , Comrs. D. V. YV'AL ER, THOMA' J I : NLY, J St Louis, ; eb. I 8 i 7. 1 5-7t ickets may be had m the above lottery either at the Store of Johr- Fwing, or of Bradley and Badollet, in Vincennes. By the President of the U States. 7HEREAS by an act of congress, V f passed on the 3,! f;a ol March, 1815, entitled ' Anactto provide foi , c ascertaining and surveying of tht boundary lines Hed by the treaty with the Creek Indians and for other purposes," the president of the United States is authorized to cause the Lands acquired by the said treaty to be offered foi sale wneo surveyed, and whereas the following towns! ips have be n surveyed, in t."a District of Alabama, in the Mississippi territory, to wit :

Townships 1 1 and 12 10, 11 ai d 12

A 9, 10, 1 1 ,: ; 12 O 9, 10, 12 and 13

13 1 4, 15, 16

13. 14, 15, 1 6 ar. 13 14 15 an(i 16

in range 1 3 14

13 1 L 15 and

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conformity with the said act. do hereby declare and make known t- at public sales for the disposal (agreeably to w ul of the lands above described shali) be held at Miiledgeyi ie, in the state of Georgia, on the first Mondaj i i Augusj next, and shall remain open for tmee weeks and no longer, the sales to commence with the township first above named, and proceed in the order in widen they are named. Given under my hand at the Citv of Washington the 24th day of May, 18 17. By the President, (Signed) J VMES MONROE, Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land () '- ;ee. To the elector of Xidlivun, KnuSid Davis counti If l low-citizens, H t!.c mutual solicitations of mv frien Is, I am induced to offer myself as

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