Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 April 1820 — Page 4

PROPOSALS roji runuriiiixu by subscription THE SCCiKW EDITIOX OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE

T

Dissolution.

isting u

Co. is dissolv

WESTERN COUNTEI

Eciiur the result of the travels, extensive researches

ami remarks of EBMUXI) JLLYA,

who was rommiinnrd a? asent. lo explore and select from the Public Lands, the most eligible Mtuaiion iir AOIUOULTUHE VS COMMERCE, with a view to make locations

and purcint-es. Tin. .-in jo-is ami intcrcstinu farts collected by the author, in surveying these, rude scenes of

Triun e, o lately the haunt of the untutored lavage, have atcumulated to the size of two A.h nus. 'V w n k i intf uiUm1 a- a guide to emigrants, who are seeking how to better their condition hv traerir:r M'a u-xl land thousands of miles, to gain anew home, where a more temperate clinia'e and fertile soil, confers health and plenty- AUo, for schools. T.-.e intenti-n of the author, in the first volume, is to give a general view of the whole west cm countrv, from the. Allegheny Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Also, the boundaries nu.i I .h'li.'l,.; ni" i ii'uh :ind S furnish dominions in the nreiuninarv remarks Alter tie

loinier. will hegiwn a mo e eompendous geographical desci lption ! the western countrv, as . n ' 11 r delineated and parcelled otVinto MTe,ate slates and territories by the acts of Congress. And S,;;; " a abn. a description of the respective parts ol the unsettled and unsnul pti"ir lands and late ,no brand perceivablethirteen s

fcurve vs. hi the tales of Ohio, Indiana Illinois Tennessee. Louisiana. 3.1isis;ppi. Alabama, a hMf luimls high, appraised to S35

NEWJSOOBS, Scvcntj Five Packages, CONSISTING OF BUY GOODS HARDWARE fc? GROCERIES. Received and opening this uij at It. M. F.fcsoiis, next

- door lo C Greater Esq s Hotel. March 26. 120

ership hcietoforc c.-

iirm ot N SjitTii &. v mutual consent

w X SMITH. TNLSTiUKKU.

Those who ard indc'oTfeto the above fi rin, are rcucstcd to wake in-

mediate p.ymcnt fb N mith, who i

authorised to receive and receipt the

same.

Viuccnnes March 15th. 1820.

rAKEN UP by

James D. Dur.

i$ 0""' in' Haddcn- townshi Sulivun count),

and state of Indiana, one black

MAKE

and the Vrke-iw, Missouri, aid Michigin terniones including lands deur..atcd by the UY nmas lianmton and John Joi.nhpaniiand French for donations, but not called tor, and a brief account of the Canals now opening and in contemplation to connect the waters of the eat Western Lake-, with ruarv 1820.

t-'ie li:-tssu)iil anu SiUclscm livers. aih wui it iiiiiu uic uniswb nr iwu oi use utuieu j i uo tjcrcuy ccriuy uus a true ccpy

Slavs and te Stories and the latitudes of each state. The attention of the author in the first volume has been chiefly confined to objects which, would be hke'v to determine the choice of a prudent man in a place of residence where 1v -nro.wd to fix himself down for life. Such as the. temoe.iture o4 climate, healthiness of sit-

ua'ion. face of the country, quality of the soil and the water, rivers and permanent streams ikV oral mill -scats, growth of timber, distances and hearings from places designed by nature fo

a markei inmn umm

from my cstray hook.

J. HLACK, J P. S. C.

flWKEN UT by 1 ..oniai A. ..trson of Iladdcn township. Sulli

van county and state of Indian, one

dark brown Morse, near fifteen hands

high his right hind foot white no

Indeed, the ant or has endeavoured m his researches and remarks, to truly present, pnnei-j posrd t0 be nine years old last sprint-

pally fr uuhisown personal and critical observations, tne peculiar privileges and advantages! appraised to sso before me, a jus-n-i iedlv aUache 1 to the respective parts of the Western Countrv. ticeof the peace for said county, this 1 T ,e second volume will contain a complete and correct description ofthe Military Hounty! Jhx TUiams fnd I oris in Illinois Missouri, collected from personal observat'nnis and actual survey and a jom, wiiliams.

man taken, from the same, designating sections the author havh.g lived on arid explored tbee I i'o hereby certify this a true copy la vis .e vear. Also, a particular description of the fraevional ?'.-tions whieh lie on the "Mi- tukrn from my estrav book ssinm and Illinois rivers they hriiig the most important part of the lands in the tract, and J MLAi K J P S C

,n:;'h, n,' like other Cntu-ress lands On these fractional sections air the principal sciie

for t ons. Mtlls and Ferries within the military tra-"t Also, those sections which have on l OttCCO W(IlltC(l. i"h mi i M' iU and s i!t springs, will be particular! vr designated , , ... . . . . . I ( im nitti: iii. -i i i .i t i , . , . c i ' i i . i t t i The subscribers will qivc the hich-Thr-c will be added to this work, a htof the principal rvads and routs by land and water tst ,narkcl ,ricc i c vsh vmerchan.vt t,P ..r 'Votn tVprovinr.es of rSew-lVUUSU i ami .Vova cotla. tnnnion the Unitetl states Uisc io- good merchantable Tobacco,

13 tf

Y Till- PKEStDKNM OF 'THE

UNITED STATES, bcrcas, by several acts of Con

ressVthe President of the United

States V authorised to cause to be c:

ua ed fo sale the public lands in 1111-

viois :

ThcrcfuVc T, James Monroe, Prrs

dent of theMJnitcd States, do hcrcbr

kc known, that there

will be ofTere at public sale, at

Shawncctown in the Illinois Territory, the folio r.-inpr townships and fractional townships, orth of the base iine, viz : On the firrt Mondayvof December next, x Townships 1 o 4, in range I E. of the 3d principal mcriih'an. Townships 1 to 6 in range 2 do. 1 to 7, do. 3,x do. 1 to 7, do. 4, vlo. On the firt Monday xf February next, Townships.! to 7, inyncs 5, nd"0 E. of t'ne 3d principal meridian. TownsWps 2 to Tn range 7, E. 3toX do 8, do t On the firsvlonday of April next, Townshipsro 5. in ranges 9, 10, and II, E. othe 3d principal meri

dian.

Townshs I to 4, in ranc 14, W. of

thc)tincip:d Meridian. Towlships 2 to 7,4n ranRCJ 13, do 5 to , in raMo 12, do. Except such' lands as have been,

cr shall be reserved by law for the schools or for other purposes, the

lands shaH be oficred m regular numerical trd;r, commencing with th

owest number of section, township,

and range ; and each sale shall con

tinue three weeks and no longer.

Given under my hand. t u e ei'v rWashington, lle 24lh da of August, 1819. JAMES MONROE.

By the President :

Josiaii Meigs, commissioner of the General Land OPicc. 38 t 1st April.

th

t vnsa- ' places of nvst note. Also, will ne adc tne n.;nit r'ns tn' es ot I.ithans. and

4U mi.. MMxim.l worship, west of the A'dcheny Alnnntah s to th.e Pacific Ocean, and

numbers of souls, as far as can be obtained from ev ery authentic bOuice. COXBITSOXS. T'e work will be. printed with a hands nv tye on aood paper aul fhvivered to subsribe

ivn?lvboun:k and sold lettered for I 75-bound m hoards, r V.7 The 1st volume wih cont ut 400 paes the second volume wiU'oniain a'ioul 200 pa;es at one del iv vi:!ii in the map. and with it S 1 There will be Maps f eaeli of the western tate- and ten-iuires frr.n. actual -nrvey, as soon as possible after the surveys are received, ofthe late purchases from the Iii tians V dVount of ,S0 nercent will be made to those who take 23 or more conies.

Tire author tenders his a?knowlediiements to those who have patronized him by tlieir very iberal pnrchiascs and recommendations of the first addition of his work, and assures the pnhhr Mieia':v that he will, if his life and health are spaced, be indefatigable in his researches, and

t Ua tUC tUOSl patlU VUal V llU , ill V'V in rv. i i . i i t iv v w-i ' i I ' 5 ' v ). i v i i i i i i CI "MM .III 111, Descriptions of new villages, recently established, shall be inserted if forwarded to Cincinnati, pitpaul. . inscription papers for the second, and books of the fu st edition, will be left with the fob 1 - wins ccnllemen : viz. The Pst-Master a: Vincennes Jacobs $ Lerov. merchants tin Ktli; our Taylor & Webb, do. do. Ooct. Whittlesey. Carlisle I d. and Philips & Speer Hook sellers Cincinnatti James Pearsons. Paoli Robert I ar.ham. Aladibon Th.omas Armtronix, Vevav Stephen Wood. Wilmington John 1 Prentiss. Uindobtan Bothc ami Xcwek Salem-J. II. Cohurn, Iiaurrnceburh Capt. haltei. St. Louis.

Printers tluouhout the Union and in Canada, are icquested to nive tl e above one or two insertions, and likewise procure subscribers. All communications must he forwarded to Cincinnati. EDMUND DANA.

delivered by the 15th of April.

Wm. MILLS Jr. Sc Co. Evansville, 17th March, 1820. 133w J O N E S & S T OCR W E L L

1 "TAVE DISSOLVED PAR T-

I A. iership Those indebted to

. wn will please call and pav ; or if

oikibie to pay, ive their notes for

tnc amount. One or the other is m

d'spensabiv necessary.

Mu. Stock well is fully authori

ed to ckse the unsettled business of

T'irni.

Princeton, March 15th 1020. I shall continue buvr.e'ss at tlie stand f ra. eriy occupied by Jones Si Stock well. ROBERT STO' KVTELL. Princeton, March 15th 1S20 13Sw

100 Dollrtrs ReAvayU.". JTH AN AW AY fror the U. S. Saline, 111. on the 14th inst. a ncyjro man. named DICK, 5 feet 8 or ') inchcsVhigli, stoitlj ladc. 22 or 2 years od, aru vtry r!.i; and ugly. He hasKsvj.dl sear on his forehead, cut with u knife, alid one on his left brea&t. His feet fcingulariy shaped, beinp: veryvnarrow at the heel and bread at thcV toes --his eyes arc generally red. le ii fond of spirits, and

will steal anyXtmng upon which he

0 Dollars

leward.

can lay his har

fellow that absc

vid Garnsey, of

and who was pu

a unite woman, stances I am dis

He is the same

ded from Mr Da-

Xissouri, last July,

inUcrculancum jail

for attemtim; tofcomnut a Tape upon

ASJ WV AV f. .ni thp iilirrti-

bers,yo:ne time :bout t!;c first

FrcuNeome circum-

oscd toink he will

go down the ritcr, but hether he will endeavour th gtt into exts, or stop n any of i.e states .orNjcriitories bordering h the Mississippi, is doubtful. Any person taking up said negro with.in tins state shall receive a reward of S Wand if taken any where out of the state, and notice given me thereof, so that I obtain possession of mm atriin, a reward of RtOO. and all

! reasonable chaises for bringing hna

1

l. u N

on Decker, Ma

nvmiy state of Iinlir.na. on the is dav of J.uMtarv,a white MARE up-j poi i to he 19 vi ars iid, 13 und a Ik ul in.u's I igb, bv.-.tuU d en the ma. Mou!de ith aHiel stirrit noi . tti.'.i r.atutal appraised t ten v.ol.v.r hv Win. Wi'u;tit jr. Ccore Wiiht Jom Su ixan 1 il l hot i by ceitlfy the above to I c a 'isle (.'iv f-om nv cstiuv !h.iV j ie! t'.nvler v: hn.d r.nti eal 11 17th ikv f J u.uarv iS2h ' WM WiMCiHT, J- V C()Vr.VANClN(k D:r-', Mmv; ;.r.d ether ir.5tr i. its t" ('.ri'ui up. m; ' :.f o-t ;,o::uvi,ii",na-.i price. Apply at .Ust l'ov-C)iriv. Jr. I ctstw.

J. ic(iiihi iSf Co. L ESPECTFULLY informs hit v. friends and tlie public in renew, -'.n he has just n ctived in adiiition Jo !ti former t ek. a kt-,;e quantity of C.iSTlVGS. ;ornpriun a general assortment of H o 1 1 o w. Wa re, also, h few srts of MIL!. IR0$. of whirh he ollVrs low for C ASP Yiiuci.nes July 23, 1818. 3-4t!

NOTICE II' STKPffE COl.Ll.VS, an it. wlid petii-ner, of the U. StMt illr-dl at tl.i- o!Vce, l.e will receive some serviciNible informatien.

acco.

21 Krirs best cliewinfx ToT n u i els common heiiars. at vevy reduced prices iv wholeMile. DlCIvON Sc WILSON. March ID. 1K20 11 (iu

Fine Cloths and Casrimcrcs. I)ICKX & UILSON Have just redved y Case contain ii; a haiulsomc tsjjy tment of fuu uloths and C:issitnics. IMue, Giej

,id lllack, which thcX5tlcr for sah

tow '

Vinscnnes, 10th March 1120.

I-N1TV tVMll.'L'Tl.'D

Aiiuarvi last, irom ttte Ui.itcu m r-'i. icon

tatt S.tUnl, hired to 'Pimothy Card,

Esq. a Negil) Man. na'ned

JACOB;

very black ; b.'ut thirty-eight ears id age , five fVt four r five nclies .lifh ; chunky Vr his heiglit sojr.cwtiat inclined t(c bow-legged; has

. m w

a tierce look vucsp jkeitW. As he j

:. OL-cn at woriCWtit

uilncuit t describe jlcloti

o-en accustomed to a varietv ot

vurk such as oiia Varm, jn the riv

er, at the Lick, cc- Vicing an ariful

cunning feiloy, he may procure forged pap-:rsyCid attempt to pas as a fiee nu.n-Vi.erhaps mat call hit; name J irob Ufrral. The ahove Reward will given for the dciiveimg him lie Sibscribers, organtown, ventucky ; or to TimothY?ard. Esq. United States Saline ; or fr securing aim in any Jail, so that I tA-t him a--am. JAMES A. PORTER & CO. Shawncetown March 2, 1820. 11 4 w MLANK. NCTE I500K.S Foi sale at this oiVio.

10 3t

100 Dollars

Reward

f- TD AN' AWAY fr 9"; "' 3 I-OB. count)-,

J

AX AW AY from rryfarm m

KjXTn July la-t,

nej;ro mn, ay nur.ioc mi .

He is a low, ckuNv made lcllow; not 5 feet 0h coaNblack, a large scar onfe side of hiSsiacc in the edgeTni hair, occasioney))' a burn, 23 fears old. Any person delivering said negro to me shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. EL1SH PRINCE. Feb. 16, 182o. 10 4t 0. IF. LIXDSAV, (aTTOHNFY & COUNStLLOR AT LAW,) Has removed to EVANSVILLE. (IND ) here all business entrusted to him, .rill be promptly attended to. EvtrnYillc July 17, 1819 31 tf