Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 August 1819 — Page 1

Western Sun & General Advertiser.

BY KUH STOUT. V1NCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY AUGUST 7, 1819. Vol 10 No. 32

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in. i i i oui A ) lEA'EK 11. ADVERTISER, U published every SArunmr. at I advance, or V WO DOLL RS & 'IFTY CEJT3 at the end of the ear tor which a note will be required. I No subscriolion can be withdrawn 4u, ;l all an earsges are pai JnrERrtsxMBNYs conspicuously im ed on the usual temis. ' l . . . . . ... Advertising customers -111 note on Iheir advertisements toe number ot times they wish them inserted those sent without such directions will 1 be continued until forbid, and must be 'aid for accordingly BY UTTHORITY. , livs of the uxi rc 15th Con RKSS . t si o &ESOL FTION directing the m inner ! Ln u lich the Printing of Congress shall be executed, fixing the prices thereof, ! and providing for the appointment of a printer or printers. R i bu the Senate and House of R fit 'sentalives of the Unitrdl Stmt es of Am tica in Congress assem 6.'- ;Ti ti the printing of Concrress, un- i

less when otherwise specially ordered, I arts of civilization, the President of the Shall be done in the following form and ; United States shall be, and he is hereby, m mm r, viz, j authorised, in every case where he shall R'.ils, as heretofore, with english type, ! judge improvement in the habits and conOn foolscap paper. Rule or table work, j dition of such Indians practicable, and in royal octavo size, where it can be that the means ofinstimction canbeintrob'vimr'it imo that size, by any type not S duced with their own consent, to employ

s n dler th m brevier ; and where ii can not, in such form as to fold conveniently Inl o the volume. All otht r printing with a small pica type, on rov d papf r, in pa- J g s of the same size as those ol the last iition ofl le laws ofthe United States, including the m irgin&I notes. And the following prices shall be Edtowed and paid for the ibove described work: For the compposition of every e of bills, one doll ir ; of every page mil pica, plain work, one dollar; of f rv p tge of - nail pic i rale work, two a uWs ; oS every page ot brevier, rulewore, three doll irs and fifty cents ; and for a I irger form of brevier rule-work in pr rtion For tie press-work of bills, including aper, folding and stitching for fifty I pai er, touting ana stitching copies, twenty five cents per page; for four hundred copies, one dollar and twentv-!i e rents per page ; for the press work of tables other than those in the regular octavo form fbrstx hundred copies, including as ibove, five dollars and fifty cents per form ; for the press-work ofthe journals, of a;ne hundred copies, including as ibove, one dollai per page ; ; for all other printi ig in the octas'o form, of six hundred copies, including as above, i ighty -seven and a h df cents per page ; and for a large or smaller number, in proportion. That, as soon as this resolution shall have been approved by the president of tht United S; ttes.each !i wise shall pro ceed to ballot for a printer, to execute its work during the next congress : and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be considered duly elected; and shall give bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction ofthe secretary of vhe senate and clerk of the house of representatives, respectively, for the prompt, accurate, and neat executi tn ofthe work ; and in Oiis.- any inc mvenient delay, should be any time, experienced by either ho ist in t'ne delivery of its w "rk, the secretary clerk, respectively, m iybe authorised to employ another printer to execute any portion of the work of the senate or house, and charge the excess, in the ai count of such printer, for executing such work, above what is herein allowed, to the printer guilty of SUCh negligence and ih lav : Providi d That nothing herein contained shall preclude the choice of thv same printer, bv the senate and i v the house of represent .t;.es. H. CLAY, Speaker ofthe I loose of Representatives. J A B VRBOUK, President of the Senate, iro tempore. March 3, 1819. approved : 1AM ES MONROE. N ACT explanatory ofthe entitied M An .an for the t n d b ljustment of land tales in the st te o Louisiana and territory of Mi s(u"i." Be it enacted bu t'te Senate and Hous cf Re fur tentative ofthe United States J America m Congress assembled Tha the proviaioni ofthe fith section of th Set of congress, entitled "An act for th il adjustment of land titles in the stat, . ana and terruor of Missouri,' P 1 ie twelfth day of April, one thow s t hundred and fourteen, tha) be so i , ied as to extend to the cit vs, oJ county of Howard, in th Missouri I i iton , as established bv th act of the I aure of the terntor passed the iV M -third day of Januar . one thousand . hundred and sixteei any cOhttrnctk contrary ncl v hhstandinp bee. 2. And be U fu the right of pre -em i foresaid pro isious, nucttd, Th by the . pld .ed and i so constr teniievl nv tins :ri , si u nt cd as to affect any ng derived from tl Lhnted States, b pan base, aiblic o private sale of the lari , un um i the at' a i i tid act.

lanv ocrson or persons who have settler:

Iron, and improved any of the lands in the said territory, reserved tor the use ot 1 1 i terntorr, schools, before the survey of such lands were actually made, and who would to bv the existme laws had not the S tme be en so reserved, shall have the right of pre-emption thereto, under the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same restrictions provided for other c ises of a right of pre-emption in said - territory ; ami me regiwer 01 uKiiuiu J: !? receiver of public moneys tor the district, shall have power to select other vacaQt and unappropriated lands, In the same township, and as near a J ice:it aslands of equalfauantity & like . . i i quality can he obtained, in lieu ot the section, or parts of a section, which shall have been entered in right of pre-emption, according to the provision of this section. March 3, 1819 Approved, JAMES MONROE. AX CT making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements. ?' it enacted bu the Senate and Mouse of Representative of the United States of America i in Congress assembled, I hat, for the purpose of providing against the further decline and final extinction of the Indian tribes, adjoining to the frontier settlements of the United States, and for introducing among them the habits and capable persons of good moral character, to instruct them in the mode ot agneultureal suited to their situation : and for teaching their children, in reading, writing and arithmetic, and for performing j sr. eh other duties as may be enjoined, according to such instructions and rules ' as the president may give and prescribe j

for the regulation of their conduct, in the J eight hundred and thirteen, as contains discharge of their duties. j shese words, being the concluding words Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, of the clause, namely: Mand that such the annual sum often thausand dollars j Contracts shall secure the regular translie, and the same, is hereby, appropria- I portation of the m ill throughout the ted, for the purpose of carrying into ef- j year be, and the same is hereby, anfect the provisions of this act ; and an . nulled and repealed.

account ot the expenditure ot the money, and, proceedings in execution of the foregoing provisions, sliall be laid annually before engross. March 3, 1819. Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Robert Kid, Seth Webber, and Thomas Page. BE it enacted bv the Senate and House of Reftresentatrves of the United States of America in Congress assemblt n, That there be refunded and paid to Robert K, 1, ot Philadelphia, the sum of six hundred and fifty-three dollars and twenty -nine cents, and to Seth Webber and to Thomas Page, of Boston, the sum of three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixtv-s;x cents ; the said sums of money having been paid by the persons above mentioned, to the collectors of Philadelphia and Boston, on the importation into the United States of sundry copper bottoms, and bolts or bars, the same tot being by law subject to the payment of duties. March 3, 1819 pproved. JAMES MOXROE. VN ACT respecting the location of certain sections of lands to be granted for the seat of government in the state of Indiana. He tt enacted by the Senate end Hous f Representatives of the United States of 1m rica, in Congress assembled, That nstead of four sections, provided to be loc ted under the direction of the legislature of the State of Indiana, and to he granted for the purpose of fixing thereon the seat of government for that state, it h dl be lawful to locate, for that purpose, under the direction of the legislature aforesaid, any contiguous quarter sections, fractions, or parts of sections, aot to exceed, in the whole, the quantity mtained in 4 entire Sections Isuch locaions shall be made before the comenceaent of the public sales of the adjoining md surrounding lands, belonging to the I Jnited States. March 3, 1319. Approved, JAMLLS MONROE. N ACT for the relief of John M'Caus land. Resolved, by the Senate and House of f'ftresentatives of the United State of fmerica in Congress assembled. That the secretary of the treasure cause to be iid unto John M'C nisi tnd, 1 r his legal representative, the sum of uinetv-six d dirs : beine the amount of a Militia fine inronerlv assessed on him m tne year ne inousana eignt aunarea ana tourn ; and that the same be paid out of iV m mey in the treasury, not otherwise onropriated. March 3, 1819. Approved. J MKS MONROE W ACT for the relief of James Orr. it enact d bu the Senate and House r ,. t ttntatrvt - f the United Stat' s of , ... , r egress assent hi , Th it ie Secretary of trarta an ' he is hereby, n ted to pay to James Orr, out of an) iey the tre surv t otherwise spp prialtdi two hundred and hfty dollars,

the value of a certain schooner called the Telegraph taken & sunk for the defence of the harbor of Baltimore, in the yes eighteen hundred and fourteen. ''March 3, 1819 Aproved, JAMES MONROE.

AN ACT for the relief of Nathan G Birdseye and Daniel Booth. Be it enacted bu the Senate end Hons of Representatives of the Ui ited Stat a ; ' America in Congress astern bled Thai the marshal of the district of Connecticu be, 8the hereby is, authorized 8c empowered to release, by deed or deeds, uut Nathan G. Birdseye and Daniel Booti. all the right, title, and interest, acqiured by the United States in and to certain lands and buildings, situated in Derby, in the State of Connecticut, by the levy oi an execution, on the fourteenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, against Nicholas Moss, on a judgment of the district court of the district of Connecticut, in August 1809 ; the president ofthe United States having, on the fourth day of June, ontj thousand eight hundred and fourteen, pardoned and remitted to the aforesaid M ss the judgment aforesaid; and the aforesaid Moss having by deeds duly authenticated for a good & sufficient consideration, on the twenty-ninth December, on thousand eight hundred and fifteen, co -veyed the r raises to the aforesaid Birds eye tnd Bo ah. March 3, 1819. Approved : JAMES MONROE. AN ACT to repeal part of an art passed the twenty-seventh day of Febru ary, one thousand eight hund l and thirteen, entitled an "An act in addition to 'An act regulating the Post Office establishmet. He if enacted bij the Senate and House of Representative of the United States oj America in Congress assembled, That so much of the last clause of the " act in addition to " an act regulating the Post Office establishment," passed the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand March 3, 1819 Approved, JAMES MONROE. RESOLUTION declaring the manner in which the Vessels composing the Navy of the United States shall be named. Resolved by the Senate and louse of Representative of the United States of America in Congress asseni' bledy That all the ships of the navy ofthe United States, now building, or hereafter tobe built, shall be named by the Secretary of the navy, under the direction or the President of the United States, according t ; the following rule, to wit : Those ot the first cl states of the

ass shall be called after the ted, in addition to the sums hereto fore apUnion ; those of the second J uriated, to pay the salaries to the several

class atter the rivers; and those of the third class after the principal cities and towns ; taking care that no two vessels in the Navy shill bear the same name. March 3, 1819. Approved, JAMES MONROE. AX ACT to authorise the building, erecting, and placing Lighthouses, Beacons, and Buoys, on places designated in Boston, Buzzard, and Chesapeake, Bays, Lakes Ontario and Erie, and for other purposes. Be it enacted bu the derate and House rf Representathres ofthe United State of America, in Congress assembled That shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide, by contract, wjjich shall be approved by the President of the United States, for buildintr l'nrhthouses, erecting beacons or land marks, r I i i . . i V rJ uni rt ; iigut - . - i t no e. , :. tne C 11 , , following sit(s or shoals, to wit : A lighthouse on Long-Island Head, oc , l.n.nH 1 .. ,1 TI If X Rock, in Rostnn bnv nd in , house on Bird's Island, in Buzzard's bav, in the state of Massachusetts. ' - - .-.-.. , . . . . . . ' - ii A lighthouse on Galloo Island, near, the outlet of Lake Ontario, in the t.ite of New -York. A lighthouse, at a proper place, at or between the mouth of Grand river, in the state of Ohio, and the mouth of Detroit river, in the territory nf Michigan. Three lighthouses on the following sites; one on the Bodkin one on North Point, and one on Sparrow's Point, in the state of Maryland. A lighthouse on Windmill Point, at the mouth of Rappahannock river, or a light vessel or bo it on the Wolf Trap Shoals, if the latter shall be deemed prefi rable to a lighthouse on Windmill Point ; a lighthouse oh Craney Island, at the mouth of Elizabeth river, and a light Vessel OT boat, on Wnionghbv's Snit, between kvnnhaven bay and Hampton Roads, in the state of Virginia: And a beacon or 1 I m .rk on Wolf Island, near the port of Darien, in the stat- of Oeoreia. Sec. 2. And A it further enacted Th it it shall be the dutv ofthe seen iT i f the treasury to cause three buoys to be plq - red in such manner as to mark out the ..1 11.. ...... .1... . C T ton, and one buoy to be placed on W st Island Ledge, in Buzsards bay j s spin - die orhnov on the outer rock ofthe reef running from C o hney'sls! F.asern Nom dk lsl md ilk Island: anotov ;.inclle

buov on the reef runn'u

south

tern NorwraUt Island ; and a spindle on ae rock off the point of Fair -. Z ither Islnd, in the state of Connecticut : And 20 uoysin the Chesapeake bay and Patapco river, for designating the shoali and 'hannel, in the state erf Maryland. Sec. 3. And b H farther enact' d, Tiiat t shall be the duty ofthe secretary o: the treasury to cause a pier to be carried out io nine feet water, at the lighth aise heretofore authorised to be erected at the mouth cf the Mississippi ; and, dso, that he cause the present wood lower, at the Seguin lighthouse, in the state of Massachusetts, to be replaced with one of stone. Sec 4. And be it further enact rf, That there be appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, to accomplish the purposes heretofore enumerated in this act, to wit: For the erection and establishment af lighthouses on Long-Island Head, on

bird s Island, and a beacon or 1 md ! nark on Half-Way Rock, 11.500 dollars: For a lighthouse on Oalloo Island, near j the outlet of Lake Ontario, 12,500 dollars: ! For a lighthouse, at a proper place, ;.t or between the mouth of Grand River and Detroit river, 5,000 dollars: For three lighthouses, one on the Bodkin, one on Sovlh Point, one on Sparrow's Point, in .lie Chesapeake bay, and on the Patapsco

ake bay, and on the Patapsco form the public, that thev have comdoUars : For a lighthouse on menced the

river, y,ooo Windmill Point, or light vessel i r boat on Willoughbv's Spit, between Lynnhaven hay and Hampton Roads, and a lighthouse on Craney's Island, at the mouth of Elizabeth river, 12,000 dollars : For 3 I buoys to mark out the channel leading in to Boston harbor, and for one to be pi iced on West Island Ledge, in Buzzard's bay, 1,600 dollars: For the spindles or buoy son the reef, running from Cochney's Island, for that on the reef running about southwest from the Western Norwalk's Island, and for that on the rock off the point of Fairweather Island, 1,200 dollars : For 20 buoys, to be placed in the Chesapeak bay and Patapsco river, 8,000 dollars : For the pier to be earned out ft 'oni the lighthouse at the mouth of Mississippi, 4,000 dollars: And for replacing the tower at the Seguin lighthouse, 2,500 dollars : and for a beacon or land mark on Wolf-Island, near the port Darien, in the state of Georgia, SLG00. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That to make up the deficiencies of the appropriations heretofore made, for the purposes following, the several sums. respectively named, be, and the ire hereby, appropriated, payable out of an) moneys m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to wit: To pay for the land, and erecting the lighthouse at Holmes' Hole, 63 dollars: For erecting a lighthouse on the south point of Cumberland Island, 7,000 dollars : Forerecting a lighthouse on the south point of Sapelo Inland, 2,50.5 dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the sum of 3,027 dollars be, and they arc hereby, appropriated, out of any money m tne treasury not otherwise appronriakeepers of the lighthouses within the LT. States ; to be applied, under the direction of the Secretary ofthe treasury, so as to fix the salary of each keeper aforesaid, at the rate of 350 dollars per annum. Sec. 7. Andbeit further enacted That the secretary of the treasury, in case he shall deem it expedient and proper, ma) cause the lighthouse heretofore authorised to be erected on the soath of S.tptdo Island, to be changed to, and placed on, Wolfe's Island March 3, 1819. Approved: JAMES MONROE. Charles Smith, O NKEymriore takes this method of 1 resfpiqur soliciting all those vrhu . ! i i . i . . . j are inoeo lo ihukc puynient linr - 1 J mediately, as he intends Koing to Philadelphia Vor GOODS. The very lib- . cpal indulgence always given to those ' ...u i Jt l5 .. . V1".' "a'c UC5U wiuimrn encourages a belief that they will now (in time ot need; pay attention to this notice. January 1 BANK OF VINCENNBS,! The state Bunk of Indiana f C May 30, 1819. A DWIDEND has this day beer, declared by the Directors, a the rate of 8 per rent, per annum for the las! months, on the j mhn of stock paid s;,.e niil u paid st the Bank on and after the is' day of June next, to the stockholder! or their lcial representatives. crder of the Boar '. E. BOUDIXOT, I the Citizens of )X COUNTY. 5 subscriber having returned V'incennes and settled hin - ' self perroanently, offers hit tervicek j n lhr pi.acticc cf I ' riiffitC OKU bltrger'f. 1 Those who wish to consult him ma fintj him generally at his shop next ttwxr ut.nw i ,. iu p or, dm a rictM

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Mess. Calvin Sampson, (Jfco. 'CO. ) g. . ' f nati. Hay den 1$ Aubin, Hath -n I? Hemes. Oa-rave C5 J.crjis, J I.otns;l.ou villc. HVm.jF Peter sou, ts0 co. ?7;r.s CT Fis N. Orleans IT E. Breading. Vincenncs.. the r ha i f. os h.is d, lid intend keeping j large and general tissOTtMeMt rf DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, QUEENS and mrd,wAre. All of which u ill be sold very low for r ASH Fv-nsvillr Miv n ,8' 22 tf STORAGE Asn COMMISSION nusi.YESS. THE subscribers respectfully innienccd the

STORAGE A SH COMMISSION BUSINESS EM V 1 N C n ?. r. s. where GO 1)S, WARES Sc Merchandize, of every description, both Foreign and Domestic, i will be received and sold as the ow ncr's may direct. All Goons directed to Hugh McGary or E. Harrison at E v a ss y mouth of Big Pidgeort, or to J hn Marshall, Sua w nee-Town lor Jeremiah and William L. Colman, Vincennes, will be attended to and forwarded without delai . All favors in their line will he tbank fully received and promptly ntim' i I to. J. 8c W L COLMAN. JVe have )usf t cceh'ed A Fl'.ESH SUPPLY OF Merchandise, COSSIST'ISC OF DRY-GOODS, HARD WAKE GLASS WARE, GROCERIES which added to their former stocka makes their asortm.it complete J. S: W I P ROPOS A L & Uu M 'omsley J? Smith Tar publishing by subscription, A NEW WORK to be entitled THE GENERAL WSTRUCTER, OR Tue office, duty and authority of justices ofthe peace, sheriffs, COfOiters, constables anu jailors, in the Mate ot Indiana. Compiled bv JOHN BRADFORD Ksq.

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