Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 April 1818 — Page 1

TR v BYE. STOUT. VINCBNNES, (Ixd ) SATURDAY, APRIL it, isis. Vot.. U. No. 19.

THE WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISE

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LAWS OF THE UNION

AN ACT Incorporating the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Columbi in Insurance Company of Aicxandria, Which Was formed and established in th town Of Alexandria on the 96th day of April in the var 18 13, In4, and they are hereby created a body politic, and by that name shall have success ion, shall sue a A be sued, Implead and be impleaded in covenant debt e r e, by bill or by Warrant before any judg6 or Justice and in a4l Courts of law and equitv. Sec. 2. And .V itfurt ' r enacted. That the capkal of the said Company, which now consists of two hundred and seventy seven thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, m ry be increased whenever tbe business of the said company, in the opinion of the President and Directors for the time bt itt, may re mirtfit, to an extent Hot exceeding one million of dollars in like shares. Sec 3. And b it f tttbet enacted that the (existing bard of lresident and directors of said company may seme i;i those capacities until next election of Directors nit the first Monday of November, in the year isis ; fourteen davs before which period public notice shall be iyen by the said President and Directors to the Stockholders that an election will be held on that day : and they shall appoint two or more other Stockh dders as commissioners, to superintend the same; at which election every Stock holder shall be entitled to give one vr.tc for each share which lias stood in his name 20 d ays last preceding for eleven persons, bein stockholders citizens of the United States, and residents of the District of Columbia or of the county of Fairfax, in Virginia as Directors of sai 1 corporation, The persons thus elected shall, at their first mce'imr, proceed forthwith to fix the salary of the ''resident, a-vl afterwards to biselection from their own body, and shall continue in office until the succeeding election of Directors, an I no longer Under the same regulations shall an i lection be repeated annually. But u one happens not to be made on the dav hereby limited, tl ;s charter4 shall not therefore be void, provided an electioisbe completed, within .3 " davs thereafter. No person shall continue President or Director after ceasing to be a stockholder. See. 4. .i':u V ' ' V-r ec" .'.That lb President and Directors shall have power to make regulations for il e government of the corporation; Prnv they be not repugnant to the lav. s oi the United States or this, act : to appoint a secretary, all other officers and servants. n I to f tht y com ens(Att n s ; to supply tfacancl sin their own body ; to hold such real estate as maybe necessar) for tlie transactiofi of thi ir husini ss, not exaeedinf in amouni 40d o dollars, or that m - he c aveyed to them s seem it for debt : to vest the c nporate fmd in itock of the UnUed Stales, or of ant of the invidnal stales or In s-,k of any incoN orated conpanvt! is corporation being inhibited from isstdnf any promissory ote in the way of banking) to lend moaev on h ittomry anil reapondi nti i ; to endi h i ; alto, property i dnst all Wiannr of risks: rrviddy even insurance be expresseil in writing, v -.' by the Pi c ! lent, and at "r ; ''e i . -

holder who shall fail to crive satisfactory S :Urity for any part thereof that may be unpaid ; also to sell if the security which may have b sen ariven be manifestly impaire I and d tu i. -r, and such stockholder shall foil to make it satisfactory when thereunto required ; ana1 further to sell if such stoc (.holder shall fail to pay instalments when demanded : nor snail any such sale preclude the liability of any such stockholder, his executors and administrators, the endorser or endorsers, or any security lie may have given from making good any further injury which may be sustained Sec. And be it furl he? enacted That the said President and Directors, shall conduct business in the town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia ; that they shall keep proper books and record their proceedings therein ; that on the first day of May and the first dav of Novemher in every year, they shall declare a dividend of so much of the clear profits as they may d vm advisable and within ten dayi there tftcr shall pay the same to the Stockholders t butitsiiail not be lawfoj for the said President and Directors to i ifilude in such dividend the premium of any risk which has not actually terminated, : or to d;;ide more, than twothirds of the clear profits, until, by the half yearly appropriation of the other third thereof, a contingent fund of 20,000 dollars shall be formed ; and so often as the fund shall be impaired by losses, the said President and Directors shall continue the half yearly appropriation aforesaid, until it be restored to the amount before mentioned. Sec 6. And b i: further enaetrd, That every drector Who shad be present at the declaration of every dividend, in violation of the Sth section of this act, shall Ik indivi lually answerable to the stock holders for the injury r Suiting therefrom, unless his protc it be recorded on the books of the corporation; Sc. ZAnd it fut 'her enact ed)M every stockholder in. y sell and transfer his stock, provided iransferree iivo satisfactory security ' regular payor nt of such part of such stock as may then be uncalled for a. unji dd ; but all debts actually due an I payable to the corporation by the transferer, must be o itisfied before such transfer shall be r.ia le ; and until such debts be recoy red Si p dd all dividends due, k which may h ie due, shall be applied to t e cn !ii kereof unless the President and Directors Shall direct to the CO " i V. Sec. 8. And b itjfnti h r, idcted That this coTpor itiou shall co ttnu i undl tho 3lst day of December, in tite year 1837 and on t'ne dissolution or e , -' ni of this charter, the Vresidont and iiec ors for the time being shall take prompt and effectual measures for closi all its concerns ; but no such dissolution or expirationehall operate so as to prevent any sttUs being brought or Continued by or agai at the said corpor Ltitlh for any debt or claim due bv orto the same & which arose previously to the said dissolution or expiration ; but for the purpose of closing its concerns, its corporate powers shall remain unimpaired. Sec 9. And be it further entleted. That Congress may, at am time during the period for which tlvis charter is granted repeal and annul the same. II CLAY. Speaker of the htMie tf Representative JOHN (; AILLAkD, Preri .; ! cf he Senate pro tetniore. February 16, is IS Approved. JAMES MONROE.

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4$. y authorised to se ll 40 A; pens of 1 . nd in the Lower Pi airie, adjoining the Church Lands on tht.- South, Sc the Ian Is of the heirs of Rurtch, deed. on the east the Land will be shown, Jc t - terms of sale made known on application to

April 1st 1S1B,

" ATTO R ATE V AT LAW '. Id. i future practice in the couo i v ties of Clark Washington Jackson, Or tnrc and H irrison ; and at Yint e nies. M the, Flovd bavin ; been appointed jud -c of the middle circuit : tin ir p irtnershlp is of c urse dis io red. ) He will alsopracBce in the Fed ralandBupreme counts of this at te Those wish-In.-ti consult him will call ot hit Office. ;n on don. Oct 13, 1817.

ALMAS tCs

CHAS. SMITH. is tf

A LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the Post-office at Vincennes, the quarter ending the 3 1st day of March, which if not taken out within three months, will he sent to the General Post-Offiee as dead letters : IC? Pi rsons afifilyingf r letters in thn list, wit flieasi say they arc advertiai .

William Austin Elijah Artherton or

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Francis Amblin. Wm. Bruce Fisher R. Bennett Thos. H. Blake 2 Isc.or NT. 11 Bailey Lewis Brock Mm ris Birbeck 2 Menassa Brown Lambert Botieau lohn trigman2 Mr Brown Benj. Bcekes, sen. John Ben field 1 11 j. ; rittain iifoo r, Brown Ann Banks Tsaac Chambers S oul. T. Cross Wm. Chapman Berry i antweU Wm. Cooper Wm, A Clark 3

Doct. Wm. Clark 3 Jos, Caring Hhiss Cochran Richard ox 2 S. '.). A Carter 2 A. Cunningham E. A. ullum Wm. Campbell Danl. Catlin James Curry David Chandler Patrick Callan Justus Clark John Camstock George Clem Gerome C riles J) David Durham Abm, Decker B. Dulaney Barnet Dubois Jos. Dougherty Francis Detiet JohnDurellS N. B Derrow 3 Jer. Donovan G t iconic Dare 3 las. D, Dunkhl fJ Tenj. Dais Isaac T. Decker Win. Dixaoa Danl. Davidson Zebalan Durell Arch. Davidson Wm. Douglass

David Ellis Richard Edori Jas. Elsworth Cj nidua Lvans Ellas P. Ford' i ::. S K. Fletcher Wm rurncsf Hichd Fiier 1 hn Fenimore Martin Golmaa Robert ( let Adam ( ilazc James Gilleland John II. Graham Wm. Hicks John llo;e Ashel ! laskint .lames H dl S. H mbi our. Michael Holt John IIca;uc Thos. Holeton Sall Hany John Jencks 3 Henry Irish Jas. V. J -ni s Ester Jones John Johnson J..s. Johnson sen. N. Kuvkendall 2 John KnaweJ i enj. rviiyr Daniel Keith David Lewis Wm. 1 ockard 2 Jos. T. ts! w Benj De Lone; Eli Lenderman 2 Moses Lock hart An. P. Lalimtre Wm. Milapin Rev. in M'Coy J.is. A Miller John Martin hn Moseley Levi Madden Hex. Mann 2 Wm. M'Guire 2 Saod.. Mi kUeton R, Melven Reuben Matins

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John Ashbrook hn Alien ITm. Allender ,mos Ashmore D J Black James Bart q Lewis Bone 2 John Bailey 2 Wm. Burtch Henry Bat s Wm. P. Bennett James Bennett J. B. Boutin Andrew Berry 2 James Brock A. S. Badollett Sally Brandy S Butterfield John Britton Saml ChambersS Js Culberson S. as Chaes Abm, Coon rod Wm V ooper Pv. ter Cariss Jol in Ewii b Seth Evans Robt M. Evans John Evans Charles Fisher ! Hugh Forbush George French Joel Fence D. W . Forman ('co. Gardinot Jon. E. Ciai rison D. Gwathmey Wm Grant 2 Archibald Dill Dd. Hai d-'i ick John Hunt Thos S. Hioric Jacob Harper s nii. Huffman Hugh Hamill John Harknesa John C. lieam V ilon Inerraham R'h d Johnston Jr 3 Smith Jones Ephraim Joi d m Sand. fohnsOQ Joim Joi.es K John elso Dot. ukendall l Mr. Fleams J hn Lee Da id A Leonard Wm. Carr Lane 2 Fi ancis I .et ch Joseph T iaton Joseph Lester M Josiah Marcum Robert M l)ovel Hoht.S. MCabe3 Is..ac Moore Danl. Moore 2 Geoi u;e Maldrun Henry I. Mills W.n.'R. M-Call Sand. M'Clure Thos. Moaee Am. Mallet

John M'Kee Joho MCleavo James M4 Daniel James Mk El vain Jona. Marney . Cornelius Merry Hugh Mulholkm' Saml. M QuUkln lercy M4Quilkin James eC.uikin Ed. R. Maxwell James .M-C.urc Fred. Morkley John Mauzee Alex. M'Cou&el Arch: -Iichaiu James Mag rs James M'Cahan Stop. M Phan a Pet r M lntosh J.is. MCutchan Jos ph Morgan -V Jon. Nichols Levi Norman Reuben Norton Charles Norman 0 Willis C. Osbottrn Jabtts Osman

J M. Pc. Ides Joseph Peek Rufus Parsons 2 Jesse Pi tts Wm. Patton William P.,ce 1 ml. Pocock Sain!. Patterson Arnold Potter Menassa Reeves David Robb 2 n m. Richards John Ro ra ice G r. Sc Gab. Richards Vi''- Rosa U. Roberts Owen Ri ey Crarret Rollins James Sproul John Schn ; ly Robert Swan Rout. Stock well ...w.w huui Isaac Stim Andrew Starnater John Shrader John Stilwi II Win Sp. ik er 1 haul. Sullivan Wm. L. Snowden Ebern B. Stone James Thomas John Tralock David rod Thos W Taylor Robert Taylor 3 Nancy Thomas S dly Tarelu t Bent. Taylor

M si iur VI rtsn Lcxi Vancamsj fc C ornelius anosdall John Vau I r 2 Joi in Vaj. Xest XV Jas Walton C. West&ll James Wilson Jos. Wi bb 2 Sylvis Winter John Wu ner Saml. Wall ins Chaa F W .itc Stephen Webb Hum. W hater E un Willey George Wintx Cap-. Luke Wood Saml. Wulin Henry Woodland James Whito Geo. A. Wassons Sally Warner r Jarral Voong. (i. R. C. SULLIVAN, P. M 3r: L April 1st i k 1 8 i8-3w

DLssotiiti n of Copartnerships raiiH-; Co-Partnership heretofore ex 1 isting between Roll St Smith in the Manul (tu:m;; of Tin- aie btc. was dissolved by mute d consent oo the 38th of March last. If three are any m ho have demands ageing theuS, they will please call on N. Smith f r settlementi d ail those indebted to Roll U Smith, ai requested to make payment or rive their notes without delay to N.Smith, who is authorised to settle all accounts between them at this p:ace. I won C ROLL, Nicn's. SMITH. rmcenme; JprU 3, 1 8 18. 18 Jt. sm m The Manufacturing (f Tin-Ware. Sheet Iron &c. tfi will be continued by A. SMITH & CO. at the old stand, opposite h. 6resters ravern where Merchants and others c m be supplied at Wholesale or Retail, as licretoforc on liberal Terms. All kinds of.O? WO .Win the above buss ness, will be promptly attended to. a..d faithfully executed, H Y N SMITH k CO. It' A XT ED TO PURCHASE, A Qt am n Oi CHARCOAL.

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Robert Pa'tersor. Manoah Pustey Jad b Pea J s ph Parsons Wm. PursJey 3 S mii. Putman

Thomas Posey 2 Joaenh f.o,r Geo G. Porter Mrs P. Riley Joseph Ridgewsn) Da liel R nkin Wiilia n U nkin Saml. S. LA.:,m Mathias Riley John s. R. ;j(;..ts Leonard R. Snider John Shi Imore Capt ohn Smith j . .u.s Srot W. or . g slbl stocky Jo!in u. Steeu Si cen Jolin Scott Solomon Smith H.di Siois vt sssons fic Sayre 3 Bsnkh s a w Abel Stewart las Townsend Wm. lhlvi ekial TsMHBC Joiin Thompson s. ii 'forapaon Saml. Thorn Peter Tcel