Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 March 1821 — Page 3
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r at . v. e . , m a no 1 1 17, i s 1 . We do not discover by our latest paper trom Washington City that any decision !"ud been had upon the relic! law, ? Iiss ouri appe us to occupy ihc greatrsl portion o! their attention neither of the subjects h )-vv vor had been disposed al oik latest dttcs. Our treaty with Spain has ben rttiiicd by the Cortes, and by the president laid before Congress.
Mr. Forsyth, our minister to the court
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To a correspondent Citizen' hat hern received, and shall have a place in our next. HANK ELECTION. At a meeting of the Stockholders of tho Hank of Vinrennes, the following gentleman were elected Directors for the present year :
JJ.ivid Brown, Nathaniel ; p
Samuel Tomlmon, Robert Jinn tin, s"n. Wm. 11. Hreadin r.
Wilson Lutfoiv, Frederick Hai h .
At the choice of President, the elec
tion resulted in the almost unanimous selection cf DAVID BUOWX. Ccntincl.
l)r K. M-.Vomce,
J.hn I). ljy Willi a vi Ihtrtch,
Arthur Patterson,
George Kwrig,
DIED Tn this town, on Sundnv nrirninslast, CHARLES SMITH, Esq aged 43 years, of a potractcd illness of moro than six months, which he endured with the fortitude of a man, and the resignation of a Christian. ib. DIED. On Saturday the 10th inst. at the house of Judge Harnett, Mr. William E. Dreading, merchant of this place. PUBLIC LAND DEBT. The house then, on motion of Mr. Crjvjel!, again resolved its e i f into a com. miltsc of the whole, Mr. Allen of New York, in the chair, on the bid for the ielicf of purchasers of the public lands prior to the 1st July, 18 20 Mr. IT'Ccy had moved to strike out so much of the bill as permits a conditional surrender to the U. States of the land purchased ; so much as dispenses with interest on tiie money due for lnris ; and sj much as makes a deduction, in certain cases, of twentv-five and thirtyseven an 1 a half per cent from the amount of the debt. This motion gave rise to a wide debate on the merits of the bill, in the course of which the principle of the bill was supported by the following gentlemen : POK THK KIPL AOAINST THE BILL. Messrs. Anderson Mcssr. Hardin lrush Culpepper Hendricks Allen, of Tenn. Jones McCoy. Clay. The question being taken on Mr. JT-Cvy's motion, it was negatived by a large majority. Mr Anderson moved to strike out that clause of the bid which proposes to allow an absolute reduction of ihirtv-thrcc per cent, on the amount dun by the debtors, and so to amend the bili as to confine tht discount to those who should make prompt payment of the whole sum ' due This proposition brought on a lont debate, in which Mcisrs. Pccc.her, Junes
Cook' Hardin, Strgcatit Andenon, and Clay joined. i he amendment was finall negatived ayes 55, noes 62. Mr. Tucker of Va. mved to add tho following proviso to the first section of the bill Provided alto, That where any purchaser has purchased at the same time two or more quaiter sections, he shall not be permitted to relinquish less than a quarter section. This amendment was also negatived. Mr. Hurdin then, for reasons which he stated moved the following additional proviso to the 3d section of the bill : And provided furhr, That the dis count allowed in this bili shall not be made where the debtor shall fail to pay any of the .said several instalments, as the same shall become due and payable. This amendment, on debate, was also rejected. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House without amendment. xn unsccessful motion was made to lay the bill on the table, with the view, (it being late) of receiving the report ot the letter relative to the appointment of the committee on the subject of Missouri, (in examining the ballots for which the tellers had been employed nearly four hours.) Mi. Hardin then renewed the motion he made in committee to amend the bill ; when, amo'iwn to that effect prevailing 1 he bill and pioposed amendment were laid on ti e table.
Mr. Secretary Adams's lobnrious and lonu: expected report on weights and mcaMires, and standards of value, was yesterday transmitted to Congress. It will uiuke a large octavo volume. An interesting question, of general importance, was decided vstcrdav by the Supreme Court, in Young vs. Iirvan. The pi an tiffs below were citizens of Pennsylvania, the defendant a citizen of Tennessee. The action wjs brought upon a promissory note indorsed by the dfondant. The note was drawn bv a citizen of Tennessee, in favor of the defendant : and the question ua, whether the drawer and endorser b.-er cilk-.ens of the home stne. the holder could ue th endorser in a court of the United Stetes. The question turned upon the th section of the Judic'ry Act. The Court decided in favor of the jurisdiction. Nat. Int. Congress have had under consideration a subject of considerable iirpn-tnnce of which our readers are not informed. On motion of Mr. Floyd, of Virginia, a committee was appointed to enquire into the expediency of extivpmishmc"; the Indian title to the btuh on the const of the I'acific Ocean, at the mouth of Columbia river, and taking pnession of the same bv planning a colony there. T'- e commit-ee hae made nn rule report, (oceomptdncd by a bill) in which the particular ad antages of the place arc displayed. The Columbi? rive is the onlv outlet on a rM'cat extent of coavt, ?.nd runs theomrh a beautiful ar.d fertile ceunlrv, which p'-odurcs fur ?hurdancc. It is ?sid abo, t'-t the s iv very valurblt for the purpose of fihir.tr and its peculiar '.initi-n for .an y'mg on a tiade with India, n nders it doubly important.
Branch Bank of the state of Illinois located at the county seat ol Edwards county for the accommodation of tht citizens of the counties of Wayne, Edwards, Lawrence, Crow ford, and Clark, Joseph iitchcll was unanimously elected President of said Bank, and WicklifY Kitchcll was elected Cashier. Napolcan Bonaparte was born on the 5th of Feb; navy 1768 consequently he was 53 ye;:;. of age on the 5th ot this month. Scioto Gaz The Gazette dc France of Nov. 24th, says, that Gicat Britain will take decisive measures against Portugal. Private letters state, that an English army will be sent to that country, and that nothing is wanting for carrying this object into effect, but the consent of the king of Portugal, which has been demar.dtd by the British minister at Rio Janeiro" ib On the 22d of November, an attempt was made to murder the duke Decres, French ex-minister of Marine. ib. MlLLKDGEYlLLE, Iatl. 9. A treaty has just been concluded with the Creek Indians ; by which the state of Georgia becomes possessed of all that tract of country bounded as follows: by Jackson's upper line of Hint river to its western hi ..;:el:, thence bv a west line to
. :ehie, i:p the Chatahouchie i tower path, along that path s the old li.di.tn boundary line. L not -x dow n in the maps ; .res, ii;;v.j ;vr, at the place Indian homiwarv line from the
high shoals of the App-idachcc, crosses the Ulc.ofauhdchee, and tcnnin&tes about a miie below the mouth of the Chcstatec. This cession is about miles in length, and 40 in breadth ; tor which the sum of S450,00'J is to be paid. .out of which sum 250,000 is to be reserved, that being tiie amount of the claims of the citizens of Georgia against the Indians. Wc congratulate ti e citizens of Georgia on the extensive rcqubuion of terrilor) , obtained. t so moderate a pi ice. It is estimated lobe wotth at least one million of dol.r.i s
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Grand Lodge of Indiana. IN obec ienee to a resolution of the Grand l.oi;.;e of Indiana, I forward you for publication, a lit of persons expelled or suspended by the lodges subordinate to the Giand Lodge of Indiana, and icquLst the editors of newspapers, friendly to the masonic family, to republish the same. EXPULSIONS. Tinman Gin t.s, for ungentlemanly and umt -.s'.iiic conduct, expelled by Vinccnnes Lodge, No. 1 December 6, 5S.9. -Samuel C. Tafc for unmasonic conduct, expelled by Blazingstar Lodge, No. 3. November 6,5819. Jacob Ze .or, for gross unmasonic conduct, expelled by Piagah Lodge No. 5. Daniel Wt Warns, a member of Lodge No. 11, Troy, N Y for gross unmasonic conduct, expelled by Vevay Lodge, No. 7, on the 20th of July ; 5820. Alexander JhUcn Hrzrkiah II. lull,
David C'.-waa, c::pelledby Vevay Lodge No. 7, for non p. n of Lodge dues.
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Sheriff Fale virtue ot no execution issued from, Jfr the cierk oiln.e o; ihe Vaicrbuigh circuit court and now in my hands, t I nave taken a nun.ber of alujblt !aT books, also alt the right and title of Jasyy A. Boies to lots No 11 and 12, in CT lower enlargement ot the toun ot Evansville, which 1 will expose to sate at the house of Daniel Chute in said town on the 24th day of March, for which nothing but specie or its equivalent can be taken in pavmct. A. WARNER, s. v c. March 3d, 1821. NOTICE The public are intoimeci that the Sunday school will commci.ee at the Siminary on the 1st Sunday in April r.cxt, at tho usual hour; v. hen premiums will be distributcd to the deserving. The Board of managers present their thanks to the (faithful few) yourg Ladies and GentlcJ men for their Zealand unremitted attention to the duties of the school and as an evidence of their since ity and good intentions towards the lising geneiation will require no further imitation to in sure their attendance as heretofore. By order RICHARD M'lANSON Secretary. March, 10 1821. AVING noticed an advertisement U in the Western Sun, signed by Zavier Lafosse, stating that I had 44 left his bed and'board without any provocation," (which is as base as it is unfounded) I have thought it my duty, as I regard my reputation to reply m my own vindicati
on thereto my reasons for our separation is well known to many of my friends, and which 1 do not hesitate to let the
world know. Well aware of the conjugal fJ duties of a wife towards a husband, and also that the one party was as much in duty bound as the other, towards promoting that union and harmony which is so essential to demesne happiness I did to the best of my abilities discharge my duties as a good and faithful wife, which he cannot deny. Our situation wag far firm being independent. Lnd it was necessary for us to use our utmost joint exeitions to enable us to live yet he never made the least exertion to discharge any part of that duty, in consequence of which it devolved entirely upon me, and whenever an opportunity offered, I wa always willing to devote my time in the service of others, whereby to earn a ?canty pittance, barely sufficient to purchase sustenance for us, and w hen I was not fortunate enough to receive my l ard earned fifty cents a day, I was often cruelly and unfeelingly upbraided for my misfortune. He has now resorted to a despicable 5c pitiful mode of gratifying his infernal disposition, but I have this consolation left me. unfortunate as I am. that I still inherit independence enough to prevent me from railing upon him for anv favors. This from our injured, HANNAH. February 15, 182 L 6 3w TAKEN UP, by James Gregory, of Owen county Washington township, mc bay mare, 3 years old next spring 13 hands and a haif high, a !ar and snip a little white on the near hind foot, a bUc'.J and white tail, slim legs, eppraif ed to g2i by John Greeory andMosesHickB.be fore me, thU 29h dav of Jaruary, 1S2I, DANIEL JOHNSON j. y. o. c. 7 .3-w.
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