Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 August 1817 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

From the Press of ELlllU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. VINCEXNES, (Ind.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1817. Vol-. 8. No. 36.

THE WESTERS sex. IS printed on every Saturday, at Two Dollars per annum, if paid in advance, r Two Dollars and Kitty Cents, at the end of the year, tor Which a note will be required. No subscription ennbe w ithdrawn until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements eonspieuously insert-

id on the usual terms.

a .1. KMLMuf ftfttttmnfemft will note on

j ' I V I V 1 ' I V- V. v - - their advertisements the number of times they wish them inserted Those sent Without sueh directions will be continued until forbid, and mut be paid for accordingly.

War Dfiwrtmvvi June 9, 1817.

give notice,

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TMi is to

rlHAl separate proposa.s win oe X received At the office of the secretary for t ie depart ment of war until the 31 m d .iv of October next, inclusive, for the Minnlv of til rations that may be ra-

nuired for the use of lh troops of the Sjhcd States, from the 1st day olJunc,

in the state of Georgia, including that part of the C reek's tatd lying within the territorial limits of said state. A ration to consist ot one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters ol a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill 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 and one half of crndles to every hundred 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 price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the propoted pric of the whole ration The rations are to DC 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. Tt is also to be permitted to all and every one of the Commandants of fortified placed or posts to call for at seasons, when the same can be transported, or at anemic, in case of urgency such supplies ottike provisions in advance as in the disore-

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. , . tttirifei mil i tion of the commander shall be deemvtl la ' . within tnc states, tcr. ltoi les, anu

districts, following, viz. IsU At Detroit, Mic' i.imckinaac, Green bay, Fort Wayne Chicago, and their immediate vicinities and at any other place or piaees whete troops are or maybe stationed marched or recruited, wiih it the territory of Michigan, the vicinity ot the upper lakes and the state

ot Ohio, anion or adjacent to the waters , ticies

oi Lake Michigan. 2d. At any plate or places where troops-arc or may be stationed, Wit m Che states of Kenuu ky an 1 Lentu ss av 3d At St. Louis, Fort Harrison, f ort Ciark Fort Armstrong, Fort Crawford, Fort Osage or i ort Clark, on the Missouri river; and at any other place or pi sees where troops are or nvy be ssaj tinned, within the state of Indiana, and' the territories of Illinois and Missouri. 4th. At Fort Montgomery, Fort Craw lord! Mobile Fort St, Phillip, New-Orleans Baton Rogue and Fort Claiborne ; and at a;w other place or piaees where troops are or may be staHunH march cd, or recruited within the Mississippi territory, the State of Louisiana and. their Aieinities north oi the C.u fof M xico. 5th, At any place or places where troops are or maj be stationed, marched or recruited w ithin the District of Maine and state of New -Hampshire.

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6th. At any pla e or places v aere i

l proper.

It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing tee supplies to the troops, and that ail losses sustained by the depredations ot the era my. ot by means of the troops of the I ntte Stat s, shall be paid by the United States, at the price of the ar-

s t. Dturi u or destroy ii as aloi esauc

di positions of two or more per

sons ot credible characters, and the cer tlnCate of a commissioned officer, Stating tne circumstances of the toss, and the amou.it of the articles for Which cumpensation Shall be claimed.

requiring

reserved to that none

be furnished under

The pn ilege

States ot

sunn i( s Which nutv

any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until the supplies which have b en or may be furnished under the con

tract now hi force. I ave been consumed.

GEO, ( H M Acting sv i r tin of war. 31 : OcWl,

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DOC TO IIVA.. AY O L 1 O TT.

Late Suvgr&mmn the I . irf,

PFERS his professional services to

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v be station d, marched

uae of lassa

w here

troops are or m

or recruited within the

eli u setts. 7th. At anv place or places

troops arc or may stationed, marched or recruited w ithin the states ot Connect cut and Rhode Island. 8tl. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed mat ched o recruited within the state of NewYork, north of the Highlands, and within the state of Vermont 9th. At a .v place OT places where troops are or may be stationed, marched en recruited within the state of NewYork, south of the Highlands including West Point, and within the suae of New Jersev. lOth, At any piece or places where trends arc or maybe stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania. 1 1th. At any place or places where troops are ormav be stationed, m in I cd or recruited within the states ol De avare Maryland and the District of Columbia. 12th. At any place or nbces Where troop are or may be statu .a d. man I yd Or recruited within the state of iryjUiia. Ifeh, At sny place or places wl.ee troops are or mat be stationed maroked or recruited within the state of North Can Una. 14th. At anv place or places where

rips are ormav be stationed, marched recruited within the state of South

C arolina.

I5tli. At Tvbec Blfhcks, tort Haw kins and Fort Scott ; and at sny the place or places w n ic troops are ot t s be stationed, marched or rci ruileu, ilh-

the citiaens ol vincennes and its

VlCimt) . and informs them that he has I l ken p rt of the building .occupied by T. H Blake, Esq. opposite tlie Receiver's Office. Vincennes, ug. 1, loir S5-6w

new Daily and Thrice a Week paper at the Seal of Government.

The people of the United States are respectfully informed, that, in October next, there will be issued, at the City of Washington, A newsv vrF.R, ENTITLE!) The ( it tf of Washington Gazette to be published every afternoon at two o'clock. T,trjs. Price Daily, Trr: Dollar fu r rnnnmm ; Thrice a Week, (namely Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,) five Dollars fur annum. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. St c7" Important public documents and state papers will jpe printed at full length ; and .i competent reporter for Congress is intended tf) be employed to repot for the Gasette. Ail interesting articles of mtelliKenee will be carefully elseoted and published.

W MU-ITIA ORDERS. Incennes, Juh 28t&, is IT. THE Commissioned officers attached to the first Brigi le of the first Division, w ill meet at the CoUlt-1 ouse in N'incennt s,on Monday the 1 8th of Aug! next. and electa Bngadier General for the oMtmatul el said Brigade H o.dcr of Jonathan Jennings, Governor and Commander in chief. rilOS. H BLAKE, jtid de Camp. 35 IW

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PROPOSALS,

For carrying Mails of the United States

'e following f'jast'i'vads will be re

Wed at the (i tu ral Post-Office un-

m Saturday the iSth day of Septem

ber nexty inclusive.

From Cincinnati by Clevil's or Northbend, mouth of Miami, Lawrenceburg, Laughery Creek, Vevsy, Madison, Bethlem, Province, Lexington, C harleston, and Jettersonville to Louisville once a week, 2Z miles. Leave Louisville every Monday at 6 a. tn. arrive at Charleston by 10 a. m. and arrive at Cincinnati the next Thursday by lo a. m. Leave Cincinnati every Thursday at 4 p m. and arrive at charleston on Sunday by 1 p. m Leave 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 Faoli on Monday Leave Paoli From Newcastle, K. by Madison ot Vernon once a week. Leae Newcastle every Friday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Vernon Leave ernon and return to Newcastle, Prom Louisville by t orydon, Shoc"maker's, Troy, Mount Heasant, Darlington and Evansville to Harmony once a week, 80 miles Leave 1 ouisvillc every Monday at 6 a. m and arrive at Harmony ort 'I hursday by 10 a. m. Leave Harmony every Thursday at 1 p. m. and arrive at Louisvii e oh Sunday by 7 p. m. From Condon by i redericksburg, Sa.em. Maser, and 1 alona to Brownst wn on e a week 20 miles. Leave ( Orydon every v onday at 3 p. m. and arrive at ftt'ownstown on "liesdaj by r p. ni. Leac Brownstown on

Wednesday at 6 a. m and arrive at Corydon on rhursdaf neon From Charleston by Salem Beck's mil s, Lindiey's mills, ' erry's ferry and i law kin's fcrrv to Vincennes once a week, 1 1 7 miles. Leave Charleston BVferj Monday at ll a. m. arrive at Salem by 7 p. m. and a' rive jy 10 a. ni. Leave incennes every Thursday st 3 j m. and arrive at ( harleston on Suri lai by l p. m.

From X'itt c: -Coiuinbia rim

ry to bhav aro

miles

.v aaleton s ferry, . or Gibsoh c. h. h. and Bebus's h i .a e a w eek. 96

Incennes every Thursday at

1 p. m. and arrive at Shawanoetown on Saturday by ll a. m. Leave ShaWanoetown every Saturday at 2 p.-m and arrive at Vincennes on Tuesday by ll a. m. From Shawanoetown by Carmi and Pelmyra to incennes. So miles, once a w eek. Leave Shawanoetown every Saturday at 3 p. m. and arrive at Vincennes on Thursday by 2 p. m. Leave incennet even Thursday at noon and arrive a6 Shawanoetown on Saturday by 10. a. m. From rinceton to Iiendersonton, K. once a week. Leave Iiendersonton every Saturday at 4 p. m. anil arrive at Princeton the next day by 6 p. m. Leave I rinceton every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at tiendersoton the next day by noon. From Laurencebourgh by Georgetown and Brookville to Salisbury once a week, 66 miles. Le;Mc Laurencebourg every Friday at 9 a. in. and arrive at lalisbury on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Salisbury on Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Laurencebourg on monday by l p- ea. From Laurencebourg by Decatur to W ilmington once a w eek. Leave' Laurencebourg every Friday at 8 a. m. and arrive at Wilmington same day by 6 p. m. Leave llmington every Saturday at a. m. and arrive at LaurenCebough same day by 8 p. m. 1 rom Hamilton, Ohio, by Brookville, Prow nsvilk , Waterloo, ( enterville I )un-L-.ps iile and Fairfield to Crookvillc once a week. Leave Hamilton every Wednesday at 8 a. ni. and arrive at Crookville same day by 8 p.m. Leave Crookville next day at 8 am. and arrive at Hamilton same dav by 8 p. ttV N - TPS. 1. The Post-master General may cx-

any er

pediate the mails and alter the times foi arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contract, he previously stipu.oting an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2 1 ifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail, at all offices where no particular time is specified. v 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arrv-i ing 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, w hereby tin mails destined for such depending mail loses a trip, a forfeiture of double the amount allowed for carrying the mail one trip shall be incurred, unless it shall be made to appear that the delay was occasioned by unavoidable accident ; in which case the amount of pay for the trip, w ill in all cases, be forfeited and retained. 4. iPcrsons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of ebruary May August, and November, one month after the expiration of each quarter. 5. Xo 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 he is desired to state it in his proposals. 7. The 1 ost-master General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end w henever one failure happens, which amounts to the loss of a trip. 8. The distances stated are such as have been communicated to this oflB e, and some of them are doubtless incorrect ; on this subject the contractor must inform hnuself; no alteration will be

made in the pay on account of ror in this respect.

9. I In' contracts arc to be in operation on the fust day of January next; those numbered 1 to 1S98 arc to end December 5 1 1819 'File rescdue are to end December 31, 1818. Contracts for the routes numbered 2, h 1 !' l$ 16, 18 48, 52, 53, 57, 65, 81 93, 103, 104, 1 19; 137, 148, 149, 151 165, 166, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180,81, 183, 184, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 20 1, 20, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 2 8 and 209, are to be in operation on tiie sixteenth day of November next. RETURN J. ME OS, Jr. Post-waster General, Gt nerai Post Office Washington City, May 26, 1817.

Trom the Baltimore American. " THE RED BOOK" By order of congress, a book has been latciv published, (with a red cover,) w hich gives a list of all the officers belonging to the government of the United States, from the president dow n to the lowest messenger with their salaries 8c different employments. It is a very useful book, as it is right the pC pie should know now their money is expendeii, to Whom given and for what given. Thee are 2 i different departments in Washington, in which arc 257 persons, all employed in carrying on business of the nation; and whose salaries amount to 35 1,887 per annum. Besides these officers, there is another expense for ministers, secretaries, and consuls, employed in foreign countries, whose salaries and out-fits amount to & 1 56 000. 1 hese together, amount to the sum of g5o7,887 making, in round numbers about 128,5' 0 sterling per annum. But it should be observed that the latter expense is of a flu mating nature .Some years it will be less by from $9 000 to 36,000, as the ministers. Sec. happen to remain or be removed at foreign courts or places of commercial importance. Never was the government of so vast a territory so cheaply administered indeed, every candid and intelligent trentleman of either party must a know edge that the chief officers of our government instead of beui paid too mut h, arc paid