Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 March 1820 — Page 3
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Seventy Five Packages, CONSISTING OF DRV GOODS HMWWARE & GROCERIES. Received and opening this day at R. M. PAntons, next
door to C Greater Esq's Hotel. March 20, 1820.
PROPOSALS FOli PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION THE SECOXD EDITIOX OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY
i3 tr Being the result of the travels, extensive researches
Dissolution!.
The Copartnership heretofore existing under the firm of N SMtTi &
Co. is dissolved by mutual consent N SMITH. S. P. STRIKER. Those who are indebted to the above fiirm, are. requested to make immediate payment to N Smith, who is authorised to receive and receipt the same. Vinccnnes March t5th, 1820.
rnxKEN up by
il James D. Du;
fTi kin, of Hadden town
xnd state of Indiana, one black MARE, eight ot nine years old, all four of her feet white with a star and snip no brands perceivable thirteen a half hands high, appraised to S35 by Thomas Hamilton and John Johnon, before me, a justice of the Peace for said county, this 6th day of February 1820. I do hereby certify this a true copy from my estray book. J. BLACK. J. P. S. C. fRAKEN UP bv Tuoina .Andcrson of Hadden township. SulliTan county ami state of Indiana, one dark brown Horse, near fifteen hands high his right hind foot white no
marks or brands perceivable, sup-
and remarks of
EDMUND RilAM
BY THE PRESIDENT Ur 1 nr.
UNITED STATES.
Whereas, bv several acts of Con
gress, the President of the United
States is authorised to cause to be ot-
vred for sale the public lands m lib- wh0 was commissioned as agent, lo explore and select from the Public Lands, the most cliI-
nois: ul f.. 4 iniriTTPTTn w r niTMr.ttr.P m-WIi n
Therefore. L James Monroe, Pres- "lc 5lluai,un3 i"1 uiv y w -. - w.v-.t "'
WW nf thf United states, do hereby and purchases.
v.,..v w. ' I . L .a mm . a a . .
l-ciare and make known, that there The curious and interesting facts collected by the author, in surveying these rude scenes ot
Nature, so lately the haunt of the untutored lavage, have accumulated to the size of two
volumes.
This work is intended as a guide to emigrants, who are seeking how to better their condi
tion by traversing sea and land thousands of miles, to gain anew home, where a more tempe-
will be offered at public sale, at
Shawneetown in the Illinois Tcrrito-
v. the folio rving townships and frac
tional townships, north of the base
line, viz :
On the firrt Monday of December ratc ci,mate and fertile soil, confers health and plenty Also, for schools.
of
next,
Townships 1 to 4, in range l E. the 3d principal meridian. Townships I to 6 in range 2, do. I to 7, do. 3, do. I to 7, do. 4, do.
On the first Monday of February next, Townships I to 7, in ranges 5, and 6 E. of the 3d principal meridian. Townships 2 to 7, in range 7, E.
3 to 5. do 8, do
The intention of the author, in the first volume, is to give a general view of the whole west
ern country, from the Alleghany Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Also, the boundaries and latitudes of the British" and Spanish dominions in the preliminary remarks Alter the former, will be given a mo c compendous geographical description of the western country, as delrneated and parcelled otTinto sepcrate states and territories, by the arts of Congress. And also, a description of the respective parts of the unsettled and unsold public lands ami late surveys, in the ?tates of Ohio. Indiana. lii'iimis, Tennessee Louisiana, ?Tlisisippi. Alahama, and the Arkensaw, "Missouri, and Michigan territories including lands designated by the Spanish and French for donations, hut not called for, and a brief account of Ihe Canals
n ti,n G..t Mnn.ijiv of nVii next, now onenino and in contemplation to connect tiie waters of the great Western Lake:,, witu
Townships i to 5, in ranges 9, lo, and the Mississippi and Hudson rivers. Also will be added the Census for lb20 of the United i f, E. of the 3d principal meii- gtates and territories and the latitudes of each state. (Uan- ia w r -v The attention of the author in the first volume has been chiefly confined to objects which 1 0thcnS2d principal Suan. would be most likely to determine the choice of a prudent man in a place of residence where Townships 2 to 7. in range 13, do he purposed to fix himself down for life. Such as the temperature of climate, healthiness of it5 to 7, in range 12, do. uation, face of the country, quality of the soil and the water, rivers and permanent strcdm Except such lands as have been, naturai mjl -seats, rrrowth of timber, distances and bearings from places designed by nature for or shall be reserved by law for the . , tt j r i . o.i 1 r, nfimr nnmrwM. ihr a market mines and tossils.
posed to be nine years old last spring lands shall be offered in regular nu- Indeed, the author has endeavoured in his re earehes and remarks, to truly present, princiappraised to s$M) before me, a jus- merical order, commencing with the p'ay from his own personal and critical observations, the peculiar privileges and advantages
rice ot tne peace lorsam coumy, uu owest nuirocr ox secuoM, lo.nsnip, natllranv attached to the respective parts ot the Western Country. (VrLf nSSi K X rtrc;kTloS,1,COn- The second volume will contain .complete a.,d correct description of the Military Bounty
Given under my hand, at the city Lands in Illinois X M issoun, collected irom personal innervations ann aitiiai survey, ami a of Washington, the 24th day niap taken from the same, designating sections the author having lived on and explored tisosc ofxV1Se l8fl?v-tjnT lands one year Also, a particular description of the fractional sections which lie on the 3lis-
' ' sissippi and Illinois rivers they beine: the most important part of the lands in the tract, and
I t hill! Ml . I II - ' .
John Williams. I do hereby certify this a true copy taken from my estrav book. J BLACK, J. P. S. C.
Tobacco Wanted. $C The subscribers will give the highest market price in cash or merchan . disc for good merchantable Tobacco, delivered by the 15th of April. Wm. MILLS Jr. b Co. Evansville, 17th March, 1820. 13 3w
DISSOLVED PART-
JONES & STOCKWELL inches high, stoutly made 22 or 23
years old, and very black and ugly. He has a small scar on his forehead, cut with a knife, and one on his left breast. His feet singularly shaped.
UV lUVi I UBIUHii . I .... " . 1 l l , "J . I a.' . I -I 1
Josiah Meigs, Commissioner Will lie SUlU llK otner uuuitM .auus. uii mwi. ihm.uuiwi aanuna die uil jniiuij-ai mho of the General Land Omce. for t0 wns jills and Ferries within the military tract Also, those sections which have on
08 t 1st pni. th,.m mmrrnU and silt snnners. wi 11 oc narticular v designated.
ZJ I u There will be added to this work, a liitof the principal roads and routs by kind and M ater, extending, from the provinces of Ncw-Urunswick, and Nova Scotia, through the United Stater, and its Territories, to the Pacific Ocean embracing the main interior cross roads, between the towns and p!aces of most note. Also, will be added, the numerous tribes ot Indians, and their manners and worship, west of the Allegheny Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and numbers of souls, as far as can be obtained from every authentic source.
100 Dollars Reward.
Xffi ANAWAY from the U. S. SaP. I"c, III. on the 14th inst. a netrro man named DICK, 5 feet 8 or 9
TTTTAVE D
nership Those indebted t thhm will please call and pay ; or if
unable to pay, give then notes for the amount. One or the other is indispensably necessar). Mr. Stockwell is fully authorised to close the unsettled business of the Firm. Princeton, March 15th 1S20. I shall continue business at the island formerly occupied by Jones & IStockwcll. ROBERT STO::KWELL. Princeton, March 15th 18: 13 2 w 50 Dollars Reward. "!T2 ANAWAY from the Subscri-
h "2b bers, some time about the hrst cT January last, from the Ui-ited States Saline, hired to Timothy Gard, Eso. a Negro Man. named JACOH; very black ; about thirty eight years c-f age , five feet four or five inches high ; chunky for his height ; somewhat inclined to be bow-legged ; bias a fierce leck when snokrn to As he
had been at work at the Lick, it is difricutt to describe his clothing. He has been accustomed to a vaiicty of work such as on a farm, on the river, at the Lick, Sec. Meing an artful cunning fellow, he may procure for tcd papers, and attempt to pass as a tree man perhaps may call his name Jacob Hcrral. The above Reward r. ili be given for the delivering him to the Subscribers, Morgantown, Kentucky ; or to Timothy f lard. Esq United States Saline ; or for securing him in any Jail, so that I get him ajain. JAMES A. PORTER $ CO. Shawneetown Match 2, 1820. 11 4w
being very narrow at the heel and broad at the toes bis eyes arc generally red. He is fond of spirits, and will steal any thing upon which lie can lav his hands. He is the same
fe'low that absconded from Mr Da- Indians
CONDITIONS. The work will be printed with a handsome type on good paper, and delivered to subscribers neatly bound, and gold lettered for 1 75 bound in boards, l 37 The lt volume will contain 400 pages the second volume will contain about 200 pages at one dollar without the map, and with it ,5 I 75. There will be Maps of each of the western states and territories!- iVotu
actual survey, as soon as possible after the surveys are received, of the late purchases from the
vid Garnsey, of Missouri, last July, discount of 30 percent will be made to those wiio take 25 or more copies, for Jt Tllc antSlor tendtls his acknowledgements to those who have patronized him :y their very a hue woman. From somecircum- liberal purchase and recommendations ot the first addition ot his work, and asuies the. public
stances I am disposed to think he will generally that he will, if his life and health arc spared, be indefatigable in his researches, and
go down the river, but whether he .lat tle most particular care will be taken, in the revision and corrnetionof the second edition.
Descriptions of new villages, recently established, shall be inserted if forwarded to Cincinnati, postpaid. Subscription papers for the second, and books of the first edition, will he left with the fdlowina gentlemen : viz. The Post-M ister at Vincenues docobs Lerov, me. chants do. Ivilgour Taylor & Webb, do. do. Uoct. Whittlesey, Carlisle, Iud. and Philips 5c Sneer IJook sellers Cincinnatti. EDMUND DANA. Vinccnnes, March 25th, 1820.
will endeavour to get into Texas, or
stop n any of the states or territories hoi dering on the Mississippi, is doubtful. Any person taking up said negro within this state shall receive a reward of $50, a!Kl if taken any where out of the state, and notice given me thereof, so that I obtain possession of him again, sa reward of S'00. and all reasonable charges for bringing him to me. J()HNr FORESTER. Shawneetown, III. Feb. 20. 1320. 10 3 1
100 ii oil
Hew ard
u rs
U LANK NOTE UOOK For sale :t this of)k.
in
-m AX A WAY from my Orm
2 Logan county, Ky in July last, a negro mm, by the name of JACOB. He is a low, chunky made fellow ; not 5 feet high, coal black, a large scar on the side of his face in the edge of his hair, occasioned by a burn, 2T years old. Any person delivering said negro to me shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges mid. ELISHA PRINCE.
Feb. IS, I82t. 10 4t
Tobacco. 2i Kegs best chewing Tobacco. 3 Barrels common Scgars. at very reduced prices b wholesale. DICKSON & WILSON. March 10, 1820. 11 t3w
Notice. The subscribers wish to hire a JourncT-man
I
Fine Glottis and Cassimt
DICKSON & WILSON Have just received a Case containing a handsome assortment of fin Cloths and Cassimercs, Rlue, Grcv vnd Black, which they ofler for sale low Vinccnnes, ICth March 1120.
Tanner Currier l'r rin r r n 1 r tr-nr1 t pnl n 1 e t r i
who can produce good credentials, to whom they will give liberal wages and constant employ Also two 13oys
from 14 to lGveats id as
to the above business, will receive
liberal encouragement by applying to
Wm. II ART f Co
Vincenr.es FcS. CStb ! )2'..
Jii'giiuctiiat Urtwrs. The odiicers. non-commissioned
officers, musiciairs, and ptivales of the 1st Regiment cf Indiana Miiilia, are here by notiticd, that an clct t.tn
will be held at the Court House m Vinccnnes, on Satutda. the 1st day of April ensuing, for one Co'onel,one LifUt. Colonel, and C)ne Major, to command the said regiment. H LASSELLE, Lieut. Col U Comdt. 1st Regt. Ia. Ma. BOROUGH NOTICU. "JTn conformity with an Ordinance passed she 6th November, 18 i8. entitled -an Ordinance designating the time, and mode of pf eentinF; claim to lots in the townn ol Vinccn
nes,
r.nd
the manner cl
!0;f
deciding
there on; Public notice i lie.eb
given that the following claims have been led I before the Hoard of Trustees for the borough of Vinccnnes, for eontirmauon under the act of congress entitled "an act to adjust the claims to lots in the town cf Vinccnnes. and for the sale of the land ap-
JpropnifC. r1? mruti icr tr.c u ol
! .c inn -Li tan's id ai4 tuwn appictd
iSs. of I C " : i nmr's namc.Thv l-ts T:t'p. Richuul 1. fr.ee. j cl u::ii ;) .rt h t li Dctd. Vill;..i:i M'L-.U si j claims h-t - Ho. Same, claims r-OTtii rmuion. Same, I''- j D'td. San.c, !)' 1 Ho. Same, Do. K Ccnf rm.ttion. S.tn;e, D iC- Deed. Sane, D). 1 A D-. Same, I)(5. 13t Do. Sime, Do. D.. Sr.ir.'.. Do. 14 D. M.i;y Lane, b Supported bv V:n. MIntoh a- w ritun i?c end i :t:. t, claims h.t ' riJ.titimc-j;v.
Val. J. HUADLEV, c Ft-b. M, is:o.
u. r. a.
iv. lixdsa v, (.VTTOP.NKY COUNSKM iK AT Lxrr,) Has removed to EVANSVILLE. (INI) ) where z business entiustcdlo him will be promptly attended to. I'.vr.r svillc July 17, 811 31-tf