Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 April 1818 — Page 1

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VIXCENNKS, (Ind SA TURDAY, APRIL 4, 1818. ul U. No. 18.

CON 1)1 PtONS. tit iv est tin v stf.v o.v- . T.RTISKR is printed on s urd iy, at - nvo Dollars p er ; n, if p ii I in ad-, nice or Two Dolt is ;, i-'ivi-v f.sts at tVic end of tne v ir for w.ho 1 a note wi fwa required. "o subscription can he withdrawn utitii an arreaia ;es arc paid. Ac ertiscments conspicuously inserted m the usua; terms. Advertising custom era will note on Ifroir advertisements the number oftiiu.es ie -vish lh- n inserted hose sent without sulfa directions will be commuted rmtil forbid, ai must be paid for ac-

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AT ACT &1 Lki lg appropriations for the military Service of the United Stages for the y ar, one thousand eight hundred and Jvei g ".teem if enacted by the Senate and IT mac Gr R yr-aenni'ivrtf, of the United 5 at en f-Am. rha in Chngreis asMembled, That the following sum , be and the same are hereby respectively appropri ited, viz : For the pay of tne army of the United States one minion three hundred and t.-. e thousand dollars: For subsistence, one million twentyfive tnousmu nine hundred and twentyseven dollars : For foragre for officers, three thousand v: lundfed and sis.ty-ci ; it dollars : F r bounties an premiums, torty lour thous md :loh irs : For clothing six hundred and eighteen thousa.1 one hundred and fifty dollars : or the medical and hospital department, fifteen thousand dollars : . Forthe ordnance department, one hundred and fifty-four tnoUsand two hundred do ers : For feilfilling contracts already entered frit for cannon and s lot seventy thousand three hundred dollars : For completing the arsenals, and other works, at Watertowu near Boston thir-y-nine thousand dollar : ' For an arsenal, near ugusta, in G corgi i, forty thousand dollars : For an arsenal at Baton Rouge, fifteen thousand dollars : For an arsenal at Detroit, ten thousand dollars : For completing the arsenal, and other works at Watervaiet, near Albany, ten thousand dollars : For completing the arsenal an 1 other m irks at Pittsburg, five thousand dollars: For armories, three hundred thousand .ars : V it the quartermaster's department, four hundred and sixty thousand dollars : For contingencies of the army, sixty tiious tnd dollars : For the Indian department, two hundred thousand dollars: For the purchase of maps, plans, books and instruments, forthe War O dice one t tousand dollars : Tor gratuities and travelling expenses, to soldiers discharged, seventy thousand Fnrlu h transportation, class boks, repjiof barracks, and other buildings, ami forcontingeni expenses, for the tnuitary academy at West-Point, twelve trl usand and seventy-live dollars: For the expence oi meda s for the officers ot the army, ten thousand dollars : For niakingand running the lines of the several cessions of land, made bvhe Ii ti -us in the Illinois territory, five tnoUsand dollars :

For defrayingthe expense, which mat

b en incurred, lor running and

marking the boundary linesofthe several

cessions of land male by the men ins, in the Missouri Territory, five thousand dollars : To defray Vac expense of employing a brigade of militia, thn c hundred and six thousand seven hundred and forty-three dollars. n CL v. Sfi -aker rfth h-v if R fir 'a'iv $ JOHN GAILLARD, PrssiJ-'"!! ''he S na'i r- r, - iiorr. February 16, 181 8. Approved. J AMES MON ;vOE. AN AC r faklttg protisifH for the esl iblishmcht of advi'uhuial laid offices in the territory of Missouri. 7? i: martri by the Senate & Hon -e f hti 'ien'ativ& of the Uni' d Stat ' of rica, in Congress tt rmbl (, T lat the disposal 4l'' j lands of the United

States, west of the Fississipj)i river, and in the territory of Missouri, in addition to t ie land oiiicc now established by law, there shall be established vvitlihl the said territory ta.c following olbccs, to wit : One at the seat oi justice, in the county of Howard, for ail the lands lying within thr following boundaries ; beginning at a point where the western ii- of range ten west from the fifth principal m ridian intersects tne north line of township thirtyfour, t'lence west w ith said township line to where the same intersect -, the Osage boundary line ; thence north with the Osage boundary line to the Missouri river ; tiicnee up and with the Missouri rive: to the western Indian noun I ay tine at the mouth of K. msas river ; thence north with the sai a western Indian bounds y li a- to where the same shall h.u rscct the northern ndian boundary line ; I nc ist with the said northern Indi; n bo:;;, lary to where the same s"';all intersect the aforesaid west line of range ten thence south with the said range line to tht place of beginning. And a land office shall be established in the county of Arkansas, at such place as the President shall deem most convenient for all the lands in the district bounded as follows : beginningon the river Mississippi, at the thirty -third degree of north latitude ; thence up and with the Mississippi river to the mouth of St. Franc is liver, where the base line jntei sects the same ; thence west with the said base line to where the same shall intersect the meridian on which the Osage boundary line is run ; thence due south to the thirty-third parallel of latitude ; thence east with the said parallel to the place of beginning And a land office shall be cstab ished at the seat of justice in the county of Lawrence, for all the lands in the district bounded as follows : Beginning on the base line, at the mouth of St. Francis ; thence up and with the Mississippi river to the intersection oft1 e same by the north line of township fifteen north ; thence west with the said north line of township fifteen, to where the sa ne shall intersect the Osage boundary line; thence east with the said base line to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be established at tae town of Jackson in the county of t ape ' irardeau, for all the lands in the district bounded as follows : beginning on the Mississippi river where the north line of towns lip fifteen north Intersects the same ; thence up and with the Mississippi to its intersection by the north line of township thirty four north ; tie nee west with the said, north line of township thirty-four to the ' )i age boundary line ; thence south with the said boundary to the north line of township fifteen: thence east with the said township line to the piace of beginning. A i all the lands within the following Txnwd -ries shall form a district for the land office established b law at St. Louis, in the count v of t. Louis, viz : beginning on the Mississippi liver where the north line of township thirty-four north intersects the same : thence up and with the Mississippi liver to the mouth of Desmoiri river ; thence up and with the Desmoin to t e north Indian boundary line; thence west with the said boundary to the west line of range ten west ; thence south with said range line to the north line of township thirty-four north ; thence east with the said townsip line to the place of beginning. Sec. 2. And it further enaetedTht So soon as, in the opinion of the President of the nited States, there shall be a sufficient quantity of the public lands sui veyed, within all or either of the land districts hereby established, to authorise the opening of all, or either of the land offices af . said, he shall cause the same to be opened, k shall proceed from time to time to appoint, with the advice and coi ent of the Senate for each of the said offices, a register, and a receiver of pubbe monies who shall give security in the same sums, and in the same manner. Be i u sc compensation emolmuments and duties and authority shall, in every resp ct, be the sa ne, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices as are, or may be, provided by law, in rei to the registers and receivers of of public monies in the veral land offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States, north w est of the river 'hio, and above the mouth of tfie Kentucky river S e. 3 An I b- U farther mcrfrrf, That wh icver a land office shall have been esl iblished in am of the districts albresai !, and a re jister and receiver of publie m rtiies appointed for the same, the Presi lent of the United States shall be, and ne is hereby mtborised to direct so much of the public lands lying in such district M shall nave been surveyed ac

cording to law, to be offered for sale, w ith the same reservations and exceptions. Sc on the same terms and condition in c ery respect, as was provided for the sale of the public lands in the territory of Louisiana, by the tenth section o! an t. . itled kkan act providing for final tin a . 3tment of claims to lands, and for the sale of public holds in the territories Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the . :t passed for the same purpose, 8c appr nl February sixteenth, one tl end eignt hundred and and eleven," except that the register and receiver of public monies alone may be competent to superintend the public saiesi and that instead of one township for the support of a seminary of learning, there shall be two townships located for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasure, and reserved for sale : J r Provide&XThvXone of the said tow nships shall be located on the w aters of the Missouri, and the other on the waters of the Arkansas. II CLAY, Sfieaker of the houn f p. flrrwen 'atives. JOi N 'i AIL A D, Pr-f-ident of the Senate, firh tempore. February 17, is 18 Approved, J A .FS MONROE.

FOU SALE O.Y QUARTER SECTION OF L.V 1). fn township No. 8 North of Range No 10 West with 6 acres cleared and under fence a comfortable Double Cabbin, Sc never failing spring wit in 3 and a half miles of ME HO XT, For terms apply to the subscriber living on the Land GEO. KIR BY, January 9th, IS 18 7 tf v. sV.7'; ' a rroRSEr tor rifis sr.tr e. j) -Svs resumed his fodgings at tne t e i ViXf-KN nfs Hotel " All persons who si ill have business with him iii that capacity, will please apply at said

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Vincennes, Teh. 12. 1818

JFOR SALE. A tractXo L md laying in Btisseroi Prairie, containing ts 473 Acres, about eighteen miles above Vincennes, and 2 miles from Carlisle on the road leading from Louisville to Fort Irrrison on which is an Apple orchard of i20 b a h t ss, and 70 acres uiuier cultivation ; nd 4 good Sugar camps on the a 'j e ti aet. ALSO TRACT C "OX i r. JJ.YI.YG, 300 ACRES, adjoining the above on which is a good hou e and out houses, 35 acres under cultivation all lirst rate land with .Sutar ( amps those who may wish to purchase will apply to Win. Douglass living at West Union, or otherwise ShakerTown, who will shew the premises and make known the terms of sale. 1 FN J PR CE. Wm. DOUGLAS. February 13 11 f

20,000 DOLliAitg jiIaTl)c l :iitl for 10 Dollars. WE are authorised to say the drawing I of the Masonic Hail Lottery will positively commence on the tenth day of April next. E STOUT. K. B A few TICK' TS mav be had at the store; of Charles Smith. BY THE SUBSCRIBER, t Iadt'ira Wine. Cogniac Brandy, Holland Gin, i Window Gliuss, ('ut Nails, Havannah Sogar?; Rappee and Scotch snuir. WHO has on hand a genera assortment of D R K- G 0 0 1) S, G R 0 C K R ! R .V, HJR D-IVARE, i-"r. He will tike any kmd of Country Produce, Peltry and Furs, in exchange for ioods F01 Sale WOO WEIGHT DEERS TALLOW C.LO. HLbSLV. Feb. 21. U-U'

HAT MANUFACTORY. Til F subscriber resjectfully inf rms his friends and tlic pubiick in rnoral that b,e continues to carrv on th.c HATTING BUSINES . in all its aiius branches at his shop on Maiv Stbket. in Vincennes where he bm on hand a id will at all times kci-pw an extensive asst rtment of

which he will waiTHlt shall not kkfMK oft le-ance and dm ability, be execbed by any in the United States. His pi ice shall also be as low as Hats of the s me quality can be procured elsewhere. He returns his thanks to his old customrrs for former favors, and pledges himsflif that no efforts on his part shall be wanting to merit a continuance of their patronage. RlCH'n. P. PRICE. irOrdcrs from a distance thankfully received and promptly attended to J "man- 3' ti , 1 P 1 8 9 tf Jr'UU Tin, i.i.n Lin VI I E (' n Departmext, j Pension Olhee Uec. &r HE following evidence will be re J ouired in ail mi.itia cases and in cases of the regular army, where the discharge and surgeon's certificate laebeen lost or destroyed or where1 t.'.ey have never been originally granted, to enable the Secretary of War, to grant pensions, viz. In cases where the regular discharge and the surgeon's certificate for disunity cannot be had, the applicant for pension, whether he has been a soiuicr of the regular army, or a militiaman iu ti.e service of the United States, must pro. ducethe sworn certificate of l.i- captain or other officer uhder whom be served, statu!- distinctly the time and place of his having been wounded, or otherwise disabled, and that the same wounds and disabilities arose w hile in the Bervkeof the United States, and in the line of his doty, with the affidavit of one or more surgeons or phy h ans. whether ot the army or citizens accurately describing the wound and stating the degree oi 1 isabiiity to which the SOldiermay be entitled under it; these documents to t;e sworn to before a ndge of the United State's Court, or some state .'ndge or Justice i ofthe Peace ; S: if a state udge or Justice of tne peace then under the seal of the Clerk ofthe county in whi h such Judge or Justice may reside, and the name of the paymastei w ho last p:ud the soldier as belonging to the service of the United Mates to be in every instance furnished by the applicant, in order to determine the date of the commencement of his pension. December 29. 10 2m ICT Printei s ofthe Laws of the United States arc requested to in ert the above two months, and forward their accounts for payment to the War department. S 7 I TE O F IX f) I ANA. KNOX COUNTY. WHEREAS, Seneca Almy, under sheriff and ( oa.er ofthe said county hath 4 b it- y 1 " 1 -. ih .... T

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w 1 iiiv i v V- 111' 3 CI III V.UI1I.1 ) ma. Joseph White, and S Tho. C. Siiitdtl, C who were committee to the goal of the said county the said U hite under sentence and judgment of the Circuit court of the said county of Knox and said Shields for w ant of security upon two indictments ; did on the night of the 27th ii.st unknown to the deponent, forcibly break the said goal and make their escape. These are therefore, in the name of the state to w ill and require you, to aid and assist the said Seneca Aim in teaiching for the said Joseph White & Tho's. C. Shields, and if the occasion be, to break, in the day time, any house, ware house or store house, to search fcr? s i.e and take the said Joseph White Sc Thomas ( Shields and commit their bodies to prison without bail or mainprize, theic to remain until from thence discharged by due course of law ; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and cal, at Vincennes, this Z day of ; ebruary, A D. 1813 E STOUT, j. p

j Call. '. 1 Attorney at Law. KEEPS his Office on second streetpposi c the POST-OffIC. Vincennes. vih January lBl,-6 tf