Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 October 1817 — Page 3

THE WESTERN SltN,

11 nee it nes. October 25, la 1 7

Executive Appointment.

avis Floyd, r.sq presiding Ji ft he Middle Circuit net the i.on. D -vid Raymond resigned. Herald We are requested to state that John L. MCullougli has declined being considered a cafldi ae at the next election. We are am prised to announe the following persons as candidates tor the Legislature, R BERT BUM IN. Jun. Ofn'i. IV. JOH STOM. SAMUEL EMERSON.

Candidates for County Commissioner, w i . n .. i 11 l

uonn naaotu it.

Saml O I! worth.

L Avdrk w Armstrong, will serve as County i . m ted. Latest from Amelia. V We have just time to state, that We nave cO i versed with a gentleman direct from Amelia, who informs us that the Patriots completely deh tied the Spaniards on the lot . be compelled them to retreat 9 ni.es. Several officers be Ion ?ing to the pani ir Is were kille I, On the part ofi ie patriots no loss w .s tusi dned w - itever, Ccl rwin was daily receiving rel iforcements. and it is confidently thought that he will be able to bold possession of the town of Fernandim r ! i 1. . .

na. I ae ums'i tone imomus to 5 J

ion, negroes, Spaniards and renetrado

Americana T ie patriots had on the day of battle no more than 50 men Gen M icGre-mr and suite have saiied

for -asn. P)inthebrir St. Jo

soph Two la- ;e ships prizes arrived at Amelia last week supposed to he Worth 250,000 dollar's. Com. Aury had also arrived at nelia with 2 large privateers and a prize captured by him of Considerable value. T c force which Went against Fernandina was not cornman led by gov Coppinger ; but by a Spanish col name not recollects d 1 oppingeris still in Augustine Sav. R fi.

Chitlicofhe. Oct. 9 117. Treatv with the Indians Wo arc gratified in being enabled to inform our readers that G ;n M rthttr an 1 ov. ass have succeeded in purchasing from the Tn ha s. all their claims to territory within the boundary of this

St it with the exception ol a smai! tract

f eountrv. Iving east of the Countv of

ke, and west of the river t. Marv's

ot excee liner f5 1 i

e miles in ex

tent I 'us purchase been m -de on

or ns verv inlvin- mis to the-. IT St te

i ie amount nai tor r omiur vrrv in

considerable t consists of an annuitv of 94,000 to the Wyandotts one of 2 000 to the S' awanoes and one of 5 K) to the Senecas ; to ether w ith the sum of $3 3 K3 annually tor 1 5 years, to be divided between the Pott mattomies the Chippewas and the Ottowas, as a

consideration tor the tract ot eountrv,

ithin the boundarv of I is state, lying

north of the 'iami of the Lake The lands reserved by the Indians, within the purchase, are as follows, viz :

r t'-.e Wvandotts. 12 miles souare at

Upper Sandusky : by the Shawanoese

10 miles square at W ippakonata 7 smiles snuare at T ewistown and 5 miles

souare at Ho creek : bv the enecis

i o rrrft square on the east side of the S dusky river, opposite Fort Seneca ; and a few individual reserves The commissioners deserve great credit for the abilitv with wide! they have performed their mission, and for the suc

cess with which thev counteracted the

influence of the British, which was

renously exerted to prevent the pur-

ase.

EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY

Inconsequence of the premium offer rzl bv the BerktJMre Agricultural & ci t rr the best crops. sc produced the rreatesl rivalship Ins been exerted i -manir the farmers in that county. W state on the most Unquestionable a lit! 01 -it -, that a farmer, this season from fw nicasurcd acres, has harvested Ninety-

Three shocks of Sprintr Wheat, win

when threshed, yielded him eighty i - i i . . .

e,s v nen we conM..rr, thut but a or

time since, the cultivation of wheat almost wholly abanded, on account of the unprwehctivenesa of the soil, for that hind of irain, we can form something cf in idea of the valuation of the institution.

wl ich has thus induced he Piinrsto

regenerate their lands by orooexVul

ture Hartf rd 1 imca.

SALE M HOTEL, "

KFTT RY

J Jenkins fc? P. Call an.

THE ubscribers be; leave to ii form their friends and the public, tha they ha e received possession of the .S' lem Hotel, lately kept by WILLIAM KELSO, 9 they hope by their united exertio0 to give general satisfaction to all t! e Md.fl may please to favor them with their pat ronage to the comfort and convenience of the traveller, every exertion shall be used within the power of good waiters, and a careful and experienced Ostler, The B R shall be constant!) supplied with good Wine and liquors of uli kinus.

C?The uin ss of will be continued as usual Their store is next door to tlie Hotel, where they have at present and will constantly keep on hand a general assortment of Mntt: CB4NDI2B, which thev will dispose of on moderate terms forCash, or the usual ere nt to those customers, who have been 1 cretofore punctual in their payments, Josrph Jenkins $r eo. Salem. ( Tnd.) Oc, 14, j j 5c co 47 3m

JOSEPH JEVKINB,

W f AV G taken into Partnership mr.

P r LL V. t e busjjiesstffuture will b cai ri id on under the firipf

J 1 if : w J

VJct. 14. 47 3 nil

FEVER AND AGUE AVD f Intermittent Fever, Cured.

T!IF. subscribers have just received of Dr. (i imth, from New-Jersey, an in- - fo lib! c remedy for tne above mentioned ! diseases. When this" medicine was first : announced to the citizens of V-v- Vk, I Mr. John Murray one of the moires- j

! pectah merchants then certified ti iW;

Known it

to cUre tn i

tmrty instances where he h used, a single box never fail

three days, severs' other gentlemen there and of Cineirmatti attested to its superior efficacy, it is safely taken In pi is. or mixed with any drink, and lias no sensible operation printed directions accompany each box. HALF, k WO hi) October 25. 47-tf

FlTY dollars reward

IhOR sppre bending and Becunng in am Goai i,. the United States so

that he may be amenable to justice a full blooded inkee, bv the name of

BENJAMIN Mt

I A 11 ?

wno sometimes cms M'DnWltirO'

DustaUi who on the 2 1st i iwmjroke oWm my desk, and took t herefrom in a fe.anious manner, g49 cts. in Silver ana Bank Bills ; he also bore off a Bav Mare

about 14 1 hands I ir 9 vears Old, h

e off buttock) and oy.

Ider ah'i. one -Silver

i s i Lir mi Hoots, " e recn coat,

7 liluikeWl Bridle, Powder orn & wl

The said Moore is a remarkable sea

by tlie cut of a sword on his head which

extends to his forcn.ad. J S T DU TT. Vincennes, ( nd ) Oct. 24. 18 17. tf-47 j' or.s throughout the fafe$ xci co 'fern favor o i the subscri-

I drii fin net of Justice to the

c)vnu itii by giving the above

one or 2 insertions. J .. D.

inmpeen

iiSu ai

ties for the military services, hav i i -1

sureeu ana tne suivevs icce

this othce, the distribution of th

lands, by lot aerceabu to law, witl

mence at this office on the first Monday

in October next.

he surveys of military bountv lands

w f - in Missouri Territory are expected in a

tew months, when a similar tiistribution will take place, of which timely notice will'be given in the newspapers Those ho wish to locate their warrants in M;s-

souri Territory may send them afttr the

- icat ion ot that notice.

Ev i v soldier of t!e late armv who has

received from the Department of War a land warrant, or a notification that it is deposited in this office, may obtain a patent by sending to this office the wai rant or notification, first writing on it, u To be located in the Illinois Territory andtl tent to be sent to the J?Q&mH at Signer!, . The patents of soldiers who have notified, or shall hereafter notify the General Land office not to deliver them to their agents heretofore appointed, will be retamed, subject to their further order. Members of ongress who have deposited (in this office) soldiers warrants or notifications, may obtain patents for them by sending rtceipts which were given by

orhce, and instructions relative flo-

cating the v ari ants.

Printers who publish the laws of theXj United States will give the above so ma-1

nv insertions as will amount to ten dollars, send a copv of the papers to this office, and a bill, receipted ; the money will be sent by mail. JOSI H MEIGS, C-mmi.ioner of the General Land office. September 26. 47-tf A LIST of letters Remaining in the Post Office at Princeton the Quar

ter ending the last day of Sept

Wl VH not taken out within 3 w'.htent to the General Pos,

as dejRi i .etters :

iVjrs Jviza

Jesse Barnes

Joseph Arnold

V. m. Ri ch John Brady

8t7.

SLe

C & D

Henry rlark William nty James Doi i iss F John Fletcher

ArthcrX.G

Robert Harp

Jennet Caldwell D id as her Adam Dugiass E

Thomas E :en Jas. Fitz Jerrald G & Hanitd G'-ass 2 Joseph G tiffin TiiOmas Higgins K cc Robert Cerr Minor Luwright Stephen Lewis M & William Morrow

Jas S. Potty 3 Amos Richardson

8 & Ja. K. lone Robl O Te vault Isaac Thomas vv & Wm Wakefield Thomos 'v hite

amue Zimmerman JOHN' J. NEELY

ri inccton, ."sept. 30, 18 1 7 I 4

Stephen Hya IT

George Lane David Lorance N John Neal R Charles Polke

T Jas. Sportsmen Jam s Thomas ( eorge ' obine z Joseph Wasson 2 Limon Wilkins

J-St

e. 2

a m

Military Bounty Land. General J and Office, JSth Sept is 17. C

TOTICE -T e l mds in the Illinois

rerritorV) appropiiaicd for boun-

ALL those indebted to the nost Office, in Princeton, will please call and pay P0T 1 f 4L TJjfi. The time ol Drawing nxetf - ! THE G ?AND MASONIC HA..L

-OTTERY.

20 ( h h ) iiG he s 7 p ii ;z ;

WILL commence drawing in Lexingr"

ton, on TUESDAY MORJYIJW, 18 h November ncjc when the first drawn number will be entitled to a prize of

Five Thousand Dotjjir After the drawing commencfttffle ets will rise. Those persons, W?r who are disposed to adventure, Jj wish for a chance obtaimn tTie 3

capital prize of g5,t 'Ou will du wellhead and purchase without delay. Tickets at g 10, for sale by E. Si out, at the W. Sum office, Vincenaes. By direction of the Managers, W. G. HUNT, Avent

Lexington, Sept. 5tii, U 17. 47-tf j

ON the 22d November next will be sold for the taxes t..e todowing lots in the town of Carlisle SuUivan county.

MTarland Wilikm,

Lots.

Lcdgcrwood Samuel,

V 1 A

Brum field John Co' eion Jeremiah Col ens James S. Dunbar ohn Eiiiott John same Goodman William Giil Robert Harsbarg e Ben j amin

s .me same

Huffman Jeseph

same

same same Holder Abraham same Howell Benjamin Caldwell William same Mc ey William ot Known same

Patrick Smith Elias Dean

26 6 3 43 43 53 62 70 2 86 97 103 105 lor 133 146 152 155 156 165 175 181 184 189 196 99 24 5 2 42 47 60 73 81 84 93 101 106 119 145 168 ISO 133 185 191 195 19S 200 94 71 45 119 33 144 141 61 193 74 52 57 75 128 1 DJ 174 155 153 177 131 132 136 142 14

7 4

170

17kl r4

124 28 123 154 10 16 10 160

N. E, ::34 7

S E :u 7

J . s o SIXTY AC R ICS OF LAND, belonging to Wm. McFai land, or so

much as wm na ti.e ta ot .a d

Oc 2'V 1

OHNSTON,

ract, s s c.

ii-e ioJ bo

hi ec tu i cCi iox JYy'ntue of a :t oi Election to me 1$ directed fi m i is Excellency Jonathan Jennings Governor and commander in c.uei ot the state of Indiana the quai$ Bed electors of Kwox, are notified to meet at ti.e places of hoidioff E ("ions

in tne severa, townships in said lounty, on the second Monday in November and then and there proceed to elect one re-

piVOVflUIUVC ivl I L pi t St I ' I LUC 3' MUl'.Jl a district composed of the counties of nox, Sui.ivan and aviesa, to fill the place of .. Blackford, i esi med, at whieli time and places the mapectors f e!eo tions of each 1 Owns hip will be punctual in their attendance. Atwhicl time and piuce.-. . am directed by Saml Enmison to 'pen a Po' for oie C'onntv Commis sinei', he - aiil Emmi-on having resigned that po B V PE( v i s S ft K C. Knox county, Oct. 14, 1817. 4-5-tf