Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 April 1820 — Page 4

PROPOSALS FOU TTBLISIHNG BY SUBSCRIPTION Tllh S'COAD EDITIOX OF THE

the result of the travels, extensive researches and remarks of

NEW JGOOBSo "Seventy Five Packages, CONSISTING OF DRV GOODS HARDWARE g? GROCERIES. Received and opening this datj at R. M. Mnsons, next

door to C Greater Esq's not el. March 26, 1820.

Dissolution.

EDMUND DJjYA,

13 tf

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Copartnership heictofore cr Whereas, by several acts of Conisting under the firm of N Smith & grcss, the President of the United Co. i3 dissolved by mutual consent. States is authorised to cause to be ofN SMITH. fered for sale the public lands in IliiS. P. STRIKER. nois: Those who are indebted to the a- Therefore, T, James Monroe, Presbove fiirin. are rcoucsted to make im- ident of the United States, !o herein

ami ;v.UV tascs. ....... ..t ? : t ..j ' r mediate oavment to N Smith, who is, I declare and make known, that there

The curious ami interesting lacts collected Dy tucaiinur, m Milling uicbe muc u MauthorUcd to receive and receipt the, will be offered at public sale, at

Nature, so lately t'u; haunt oHhe u.i tutored savage, nave aixuinuiuieu lu iuc size ui lu samc.

vohimes. f . . . . , . r r!':)ivork U in!enoV1 aa s'.iirfe to emigrants, who are seeking how to hetter their condi-ti-n hy traversing sea and laiicl thousands of miles, to gain anew home, where a more temperate .-lime and fertile soil, confers health and plenty Also, for schools. The intcotimi of the author, in the first volume, is to give a general view of the whole westTmiiitnhis to the Pacific Ocean. Also, the boundaries

and latitudes of the British and Spanish dominions in the preliminary remarks Alter the . 1 1 f . f il. . 1 A.

who wa commissioned a aent, !o explore and select from the Public Lands, the most eligible sit. la'iniK f ir A ( HI C U LT U 11 K COMMEltOE, with a view to make locations

ami v,uvhases.

Vinccnnes March 15tli, 1320.

riu miAKEN UF

fU$3?Srr g James D. Duir Ttr kin, of Iladden town" sn-ipj Sulivan county?

and state of Indiana, one black.

MARE.

nrm,.r tv'ill rrnvn i mi v c co mnendous eooranhieal descnpl ion of the western country, as ciilt 0l niie vears old, all four of

ileleneated ind parcelled off into operate states and territories, by the acts of Congress. And her feet white with a star and snip

ai a description off he respective parts of the unsettled and unsold public lands and e

Shawncctown in the Illinois Territo

ry, the following townships and fractional townships, north of the base line, viz : On the firrt Monday of December next, Townships 1 to 4, in ranee 1 E. of the 3d principal meridian. Townships 1 to 6 in range 2, do. 1 to 7, do. 3, do. 1 to 7, do. 4, do. On the first Monday of February

next.

now onenuif ,ir.!l in roiuempiiiuuii ujlwuikvi mv, v.. . , ,v, v. , the Mississinni and Hudson rivers. Also will be added the Census for 1820 of the United

States and territories and the latitudes ot each state. The attention of the author in the first volume has been chiefly confined to objects which would be most likely to determine the choice of a prudent man in a place of residence where he purposed to fix himself down for life. Such as the temperature of climate, healthiness of sit nation, face of the country, quality of the soil and the water, rivers and permanent streams naturai mill-seats, growth "of timber, distances and bearings from places designed by nature for

a market mines ana lossus.

ary lozu. l un me nrsi monuay oi ipxn nix;, I do hereby certify this a true copy 1 Townships 1 to 54 in ranges 9, 10, and

from mv estrav book.

J. BLACK, J. P. S. C.

tAAKEN UP by Thomas Anderson of Hadden township, Sullivan county and state of Indiana, one dark brown Horse, near fifteen hands high his right hind foot whiteno

marks or orauus pcrccivuoii, ui - f -1 l.A- ..rnim

T,l,l 4- nnfhrvn hoc Million ni1PPf1 1H his re-earelies ana remarks, to trulv present, pnnci- nosed to be nine years old last spring

HlUmi. Mir lliiUIWI IKU viiu - rrnUr, m iliapally from his own personal and critical observationshe oe.oliar privileges and advantages -a naturallv attached to the respective parts of toe Vestern Country. 7th day of February, i82o, by Edinurl rJump tv-m oofitai n a eomnlcte ar d novvrct descnetion of the Military Bounty ward Purcei Daniel Williams and

Lands in' Illinois & Missouri, collected from personal observations and actual survey, and a John Williams.

map taken from the amc. desirnatmir sections t.ne aumor navir.jr ,nCu un anu rximncu uiuac hinds one year Uc a particular description of the fractional sections which he on the Misfciipni and Illinois rivers they hcinc the most important part of the lands in the tract, and will he sold liVe other Confess lands. On these fractional sections are the principal scites for towns. MWh and Ferries within the military tract Ao. those sections which have on

them minerals and saU spring, will be particularly designated. l- ri- mill l-r orlrlo1 i f i c wnrlr n list, of the orincipal roads and routs by land

extendino from the provinces ol ew-IrunswicK,anu rova eijua. uuuuu mc uimiu nwiw and its Territories to the Pacific Ocean embracing the main interior cross roads, between the towns and places of most note. Also, will be added, the numerous tribes of 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 autlxentic source. CONDITIONS.

The work will be printed with a handsome type on good paper and delivered to subscribers j i i,i i.ft.mri fn, c i 7 ri h a 1 1 n f 1 i ii boards. s 1 87 h The 1st volume will

contain 400 pases-tbc seron.l volome v. i'! contain about 200 pages at one dollar without the d..p.sab fu, v,n nA ;.!, U 41 TJS. Their w,'! he lai)s of each of the western states and territories. Iron. .JZ Jlx I

Princeton, March 15th 1820.

aulhori

netnnl Qiirvrv as soon as nc'siWe alter the sitrvevs are received, ot the late purcnase irom uie . Fi

Indians A discount of "percent will he made to those who take 25 or more copies. rri,rt .,..,i..c mc .l:M.v!.M!ovniils to those who have patronized him by their very

liberal puivlvdse- and iveomm'MidaMons of the WvM adtition of his work, and assures the public tT.Mie-allv that lie will, if his life and health wv snared.be indefatigable in his researches, and that the tnot narti-inar care will be taken, in ie revision and correction of the second edition. n-s.ripti(;is of new villages, recently established, shall be inserted if forwarded to Cincinnati, postpaid. , ... ... . . . r , ubciin:ionrapers for the second, and books of the lust edition, will be left with the tol InwiniroTPtlemen -vix - The Post-Masie-a Viucennes Jacobs $ Leroy. merchants do Kil-vouirTavlor & Webb. do. do. Doer Wttlcscy. Carlisle. Vul and Philips & Speer 3$ k sellers Cincinnatti James Pea-s)ns. Pao!i Robert Branbam, Madron Thomas Vrm-trofv Vevav .Stephen Vood. Wi!minton-John M Prentiss, Hindostan Bjothe

and Newel, Salem J. H. Cohurn. Laurcncelnuzti-Uapi. arei . i io us

1 1, E. of the 3d principal meri

dian. Townships 1 to 4, in range 14, W. of the 2d principal Meridian. Townships 2 to 7, in ranpc IS, do 5 to 7, in range 12, do. Except such lands as have been, or shall he reserved by law for the schools or for other purposes, the lands shall he offered in regular numerical order, commencing with the owest number cf section, township, and range ; and each sale shall continue three weeks and no longer. Given under my hand, at t-he city of Washington, the 24th day of August, 1819. JAMES MONROE. By the President :

Josiaii M?:igs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. 38 t 1st April. 100 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the U. S. Sa. line, III. on the 14th int. a negro man, named DICK, 5 feet 8 or (j inches high, stoutly made, 22 or 23 vcars o!d, and very black and ugiy. He has a small scar on his forehead, cut with a knife, and one on his left breast. H's feet singularly shaped, bcinjr verv narrow at the heel an;l broad at the toes his eyes are generally red. He is fond of spirits, and will steal any thing upon which ho can lay his hands. He is the same, fctlow that absconded from Mr. David Garnscv, of Missouri, last July,

cVill ronlinnr hlliinf.si at the . J

i a - - - - I do hereby certify this a true copy

taken from my esti ay book. J BLACK, J. P. S. C. Tobacco Wanted. The subscribers will e:ivc the high-

and water LSt market lmcc ln casn or merchan

uise for good merchantable Tobacco,

delivered by the 15th ol April. Ym. MILLS Jr. St Co. Evansville, 17th March, 1820. 13 3 w JONES & STOCK WELL

AVE DISSOLVED PART-

nershin These indebted to

Uihm will please call and pay ; or if

unable to pay, give their notes tor

the amount. One or the other is in-

I ball continue cusmess at for attemtin coin,nit a Iapc 0p0 stand formerly occupied by Jones h aMi)itc woman. From some circumO... I. ...x-.ll I . .... ...I

stances I am disposed to think he will .

ifo down the river, but whether r.c

will endeavour to get into Texas, or I r .t: t

Slop n any ox inc sia;es or Ttriuries bordering on the Mississippi, is doubtful. Any person taking up said negro within this state shall receive i

rcwam ui ot :nu it iuauii any nci j -mt r.f ctof." nnrl nnllr rrivpn mi I

tlereof, so that I obtain possession of c

bers, konii; time about the first i tfim aain, a reward of S100. and all J

ROBERT STOCK WELL.

Princeton, March 15th 1820 13 2w

50 Dollars Reward.

ANWWAY from the

ol January lat, from the United J

tates Saline, lured to 1 imothy liard,

.. . ! ..1. i V" 1

Pfi -iters thtonirhoiit the Union anil m C;juiaM. arc ivquesieu ingnc uie aii e one or iw u psq. a egro .uan, namcu

iiiM-ilions. and likewise procure subscribers. All communications must be lonvardeU to Om- . ZU.,

cmnati.

Yincrnnev. Tatr.b 2TA. 1??0.

KDIUND I) AX A.

r3 kh un by A:

b-t'CT S ron Pecker, Ma-

fX: diM.n township, n.

county state of Indiana, on the 1st dav oi" January, a white MARE supposed to be 19 years old, ! 3 and a halt hands high, branded on the near shoulder with a swivel stirrup iron, trots natural appraised to ten dollar? by Wm. Wright jr. George Wright John SulivanI do hercbv certify the above to be a true copv fiom mv cstray book given under my hand and seal tl 17th dav of Januarv 1B20. ' VM. WHICH IT, J. PCONVEYANCING. Deeds, Mortgages, and nil other in-

J. MciiifVm Co. F4 $ ESPECTFULLY in' ms hU U n , friend anl the niblic in general

that he has hist received in addition to

his former slock, a large quantity oi CASTINGS, comprising a general assortment of Hollow-Warc, also, a few sets of DULL IROS, Ml of which he offers low for CASH

Tnlv "1. 1818. 3-4tl

very black ; about thirty-eight years

f age , five feet four or five inches high ; chunky for his height ; some what inclined to be bow-legged ; has a fierce look when spoken to. Ashe . . , .

Mad necn at worK ai tne l.ick, u is difficuit to describe his clothinz. He

at very reduced prices by

wiiolcsale. DICKSON Sv WILSON.

March 10, 1820. 11 0v Fine Cloths arid Cassimercs. DICKSON & WILSON Have just received a Case containing a handsome assortment of fin

XnrPTCR Cloth and Cassimercs IMue, Gre

-TF STEPffEA COLLIXS, an in- nd Black, which they olTer for sale

Tobacco. 21 Kegs best chewing To-haeeo

w KJ 'X ntMfU rnmmnn $rrar I cunning fellow, he may procure for-

gcu papers, anu anempi to pass as a

reasonable charges for bringing l.ini

to me. JOHN FORESTER. Shawncctown, 111. Feb. CO. 1820, 10 5t 100 Dollars Reward

i AVAWAY from mv firm in

" rt t U ' us been accustomed to a variety of j JJj, Logan county, Ky. in July htsr, work such as on a farm, on the riv- j a negro men, by the name of JACOB, er, at the Lick, Sec. Being an artful j He is a low, chunky made fellow ; rti .. f I r . i . . .

free man perhaps may call his name

Jacob llcnal. I he above Reward will be given for the delivering him o the Subscribers, Morgamown, Kentucky ; or to Timothy Card, ISsq. United States Saline ; or for securing

him in anv Jail, so that I set him again. JAMES A. PORTER k CO.

Shawncctown .March ib20. 11 4w

JOR PRINTING

not 5 feet high, coal black, a large

tear on the side of his face in thu edge of his hair, occasioned by a burn, 23 years old. Any person delivering t said negro to me shall have the above reward, and all reasonable chnn;t& paid. EL1SIIA PRINCE. Feb. 16, 1820. 10 4t

G. W. LLXDSAY, (ATTORNEY & COUNStLI.Ol AT L.W.)

Has removetl to EVANSVILLK. (INT) ) ' I where all btssiness entrusted to him f