Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 October 1822 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENERAL AD7EB.TTSEB. BY ELI11U STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1822. Vol. 13 No. SG.

the irESTER.v sav axd JKXKRAL ADVERTISER, IS published every Saturday at TWO DOLLARS per annum, if par r. advance, or TWO DOLLARS k TY CEXTS at the end of the year, fo. Thicli a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages are paid. AnrBRft seme sts conspicuously inserted on the usual terms. Advertising customers ,vill note on

their advertisements the number of times ihcy wish them inserted those sent wi bout such directions, will be continued til forbid, & must be paid for accordingly TjlYD-()FFrCE AMXE lr, TIFXr.lV AHLE AT TKRRR ILWTE.

Receivers Office, June 14'A, 1822. THE following kinds of money will e received in payment for the Public

Lands at this ollice. viz.

Specie, Bills of the Bank of the United States and all its Branches, do. of the incorporated and specie paing Banks in the town of B ton, do. of the incorporated and specie paying B.mks in the Cities of New-York, Philadelphia and Halimorc, (except the City Hank of B dtimote ) do. of the District of Columbia, (except the Merch mts Sc Franklin Banks of Alexandria,) of th' Farmers and Mechanics Bank at Madison, Indiana. A Will FLOCK, n. r. m. (eORllK.CTrtD WKF.KLY.) Tcrre-Haiite June 1822 21 tf

Remark made by oen. w johsston, deprecated by the many however slight-' BONAPARTE. Esq. one of the Ropiesentatives ot R.ux ly laid on in those times ot treasure it is Extracts from a work recent y published county, in presence of i number ol our fell like the correcting rod ot the f;;nd in London, entitled 4 A Voice troni M. moit respectable citizens, at the court parent, although both V; necessaiy, the Helena." house in Vincennes. Sc iurnisned by him one to for.n the morais,nd the ot.ier. to Napoleon showed me the marks of to the committee of general correspond- support the government.' The reflecting two wounds, one a v. ry deep cicatrice aence, at the request of the meeting, up- must say, that the ins itu io.is ol our go- boc the left knee, whi. h, he s.dd be h. d on the following subjects, ie. vernmem .are necessary, as tending to itceitcd in his fi si campaign -l Itaiy Ic protect the weak from ihe strong the it was of so sen ions a i a;ure ihal the sur1st The P jII fax. It has always been goo 1 troni the bad and therefore must geons were in doubt w hcther it mi ht not considered in an odious light in the L'ni- be supp.ntcd. be u ti nately neiessary toanp-.raiL. He ted Mates, and should be resorted to on- Then of two evils we should choose the observed, then when he w;is u.u--dnl. it ly in cases of emergency. The princi- least. Whether therefore the lesser vil was always kept a siaet in ui i not t0 pal reason of its continuance at the last will be to continue the poor house iaw. dis mirage the soldieis Ihe othei vas session, was two fold 1st. to include or ictuin to the old system, is lor you to on the toe, and had been rectiv eii :it Eck-

those persons in the new put chase whose decide. mil hi. 4 At the seige of Acre,' contii u d lands could not be taxed by the aiticles I have nude a few calculations which 1 he a shell thn wn bv Mdi.cy; r mith, U

'JUL

Ten Dollars Howard.

8S SToi.KN frm

l.s

ot compact wit ti the uniteu Mates, oy snail submit to your inspection.

which we became an independent sue, nkw systkm. and 2dly. to reduce the tax on lands pro- 10 acres of gioutui, donation, periy taxable, and augment the revenue. Uuiuling house, This tax is complained ol by the old, Enclosing groun that is, those aboe 50 They contend, On hoitc k one row, that being then in the dee ine of life, Redding . nd fm n'nure, they should be vieweu with a faorable Out houte Siubies, Uc. eye, and receive some little exemption I he young dislike it (and in fact they dis

like all direct taxation) because wealth, Physician, annually, for 5, and not age, sliouid suppoit our govern- A-nt, mcnt in its fisc.il concerns. llepaiis, 2d. I he Rr ad law Is, with a number,

quite objectionable in its present iorm -

ip ritirri r m- rmiri'iiu in-iri. inr nr.i. r .

filially, the land almost alon. , openi; iTk y um lrtil!) IJiCal) lCU) &c repairing the public roads and nighwaysT- l.Kre .nd fi;e! 1.1 '1 11! O '

a.Hi me non-resuients lands Dealing nu un- Attendant at;d cccU, e(jual proportion of the tax to the a Mintages lesulting liom roads, Sec. A man,

lor example, with gl( 00 in his chest, or in active stock, vorks but two days, whilst a citizen of Knox, owning lands in Sullivan pus a tax for rouls ot np.e fourth ol the amount ?ssess d for state purposes and piobabh ihe fust character is more constantly in the habit of usiug. and derives greater ad anuria from the roads than the latter, AuoiIkt obiec.iion is, that a non rvsi-

at my i et Two soldier, wno yeic close by, seizel, and cloel embraced Vi e, one

00 in troni, and the other on tin mu, aiid 00 made a tampan of their bom s l r u e 50 against the i m ct of the sl- II, v I icl. t x65 ploded, and ov erw 'ic'okcI us w'rh and. I5i Wc sunk into the h.c f-niM d by Us l.ur-

45 tlng ; one ot Mtcni w..b wou (h (1 I

125 35

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Uc.

23f) 70 1( U

t'tfVi me soosei iuvr uviug in ?i:XJL. Allion praitie, in Law.

rence county, Illinois,; Dark Rau llrae

fix years old, about 5 hands high, one (cnl ounint: 6000 acres of land i.s oblivr

or both hind feet white, a scar on the ed to work up vards of 37 days in Ihe light side of his withers occasioned by ! year on the coumy roads, which, if cm! othe fistula the above rewaid will be gi- , jtcj al 75 Ct nvs a ,idv WI )lo ncr t,c , r .... I - '

vc;i lor the horse alone, or wenry it a- sun, nf C 27 75 cents or if at one (

(ar for the horse and thief or Ten Dol'Turn for the thief. john smi: Di. September 19, 1822. 34 3t

F h VVKEN up by Joseph and K ijah IIy D.ivisson. of W hite liver township, flibson countv, one light dun horse, iw

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mane and tail, ah ut .) hands high, a star i i his forehead, racks -and trots well, V ft

ht vl foot white, his tore leggs marked method best c airulated to Mdwrvf our With a rope or hobble, no brands p- rem- wishes, and our ptescnt and tuture int-

vable, supposed to be 7 or 8 yeats old, crests.

rju ir-

ter per cent on the stc tax, s?t)) .5iv; an enutl proportion ot 1st, 2d 5 1 rau lanvl will produce a tax of g 6 Jj cents Wht-thcr any change in ntccssatv, or a li able up m this bubject, is for you to say ;d. Th V.erUl-x 'he Scutes Upon this su jce.it sti;-,tne thiicbfumd exiv-t but one opinion; a:ul that is, not wheiher 1 rmision necessa'v, b t the

appraised to h fore me,

Wm. PHILLIPS, J r o c.

June 21, 132 2.

14-V.t

James J.ilmston, deed, laic of Vi i r lawyers arc perplexi (1. delicalely sit

NOTICK.

A T.L nersoTis indebted to the cstntc of

Not ordv tho:,c conversant with our sta

tutes, but any and eveiy imr up n t!ic slig test msj ectton, will, nay they cannot help agreeing, that they are now in a very complicated Sc honibly confused state

so much so, that the most expert of

otmtv, ate requested to come lorward

I settle them immediately ; and tho e

hiving claims against sai l estate arc re-

r;ues;cd to present their accounts ptoper- ' ly authenticated for settlement befo. e the j

20lh of ugust, 1823

THOMAS POUND, Administrators,

2 nsK in loripon llm. it is Ve re is

Auqust 20, IS 22.

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uated, and run a considerable risk in for

ming or giving an op'uuon upon

II this be the case, and that

no doom, how omch more cmbarVassed must be our Justices of the Peace and fanners? Two plans were tuggesUd by the friends of the measure at ihe last session ; the one, a plain " homespun, bark woods" revision of the present s a tutes, under their proper heads, and in

b ! hc sum of 310, will continuean inevii.mie an--u.il expense, supposing tlic old j .-supers to rem. tin, or new ones to Mipp-y thin place, for able bodied peisoos neitln r can or will remain, because the law declaics tiny musi be such as iiir uiiu'ile to inaititain themselves," and their roving mind and inclination will induce llum to'.eave a single and co 'fi.icp sput. T-.i, is viewi-ig the subj'-ct at the In vest, hw ecita'm annual expanse li. suppose five p.iupei s annuailv, who are un ibie to w ot k, ( m ! ibis i t -ink a fair estim i?e, !o- !ie or slu tu at e. too lazv to worU Iroui uotisr u bouse, will be lazv enough to c ii vi biek ii i!io poors b.ou -")t!.c al liiio:,..! cxpcnatf will then be 5573J per at'Outn OLD Suppose five p . up is ;mnurdly, who vith t!e comp:ns it ion to the overseem will average 2 !0:) e ic', j ih) Thil1 producing an actual siving ol 8" 30 per aunujn, and the coimy not so liUe'y to b impos- d upon by ihe lounginir and despicably poor, who will remain as a dead weight, and tievcr contiibute to their o n support for he who can woik has too unic.h rcpublicat ptide, and pi i zes too highly his Ameiican lilx ity, to bear the soeets ol his fellow citizens or be contim d to a small spot, or single house, rontrol'd by a master. V In conclusion of this subject I will remark, that in the old and populous Ktates the inlitution of a poors house is economy, because of a dv use population, and encouragement of manufactures, and is the easy and sure means of relief & protection to the poor; but how far it is so, or will be for a number of years, "m this part of our state. I leave with ou For

I iew the subject as one of the fUst imi c. in-... V.

o:-ile

them both ofliceis One has si ce o t a

Sl,l 10 ; leg at Moscow, and commai deil al Vin

cennes when I lei: Pais hen lu v as summoned bv tt c Kussin s, he icp'icd, that as soon as they sent him back tin .t 5 he had lost at oscow, he would sun - uder the lor 1 ess. May linns in n.y i! continued he - have I hc 11 s '.xed by s 1diers and officers thiow;m- ti cri sees beloie me wl.cn I was in ihe n o' imminent clanger. 44 At Acola, when I was adiar.cirr, colonel Meuron, ny yirl de can p tin w himself befoie me, covered mc with bis body, and received tie wound which vt.s destined for me He ell at my U e. a d his bum! spoutt d up in my face. He t a.e hi life to preserve mine. Never y !, I believe, has there been such dew ia shown by soldiers as mine have imu.ibstd for me. In all y misfoi tunes, ; ever have ihe so'dei s, even whin exp'ni g, Ixen w airing to me never hs man liea served mou fa'uhfulU ly his Hoops With the last dtop ot blood gushing out of their veins, ihev exclaimed Vive

wnperoi

The account of Moreau's death, as coming Irom lio!aparle, is wcil wo'lt.) of piota'ion. In the battle before Dresden I 01 dcred n attack to be made up -r tiic aim t)y b.'ih fl.nkso! myanny. While tlu n.;iuncs (or tl is purpose w-eie exti utn g, t;ie centre lemainnl motit-mess V a distance from this to the oule gati , I bseivnl aguniptd pel sons 1 oliecled toi;etoer on l.oiscbai U. (onclii'ling 1 1 ai i! y were em!eaoi imr to observe my m:m uvrts, I usoivd to riistui b them, aril c.:'ied to a eapir.i i .f ar'illety whocomm;mded a fi.-.ii lu ttc 1 j of :8 or 20 pieces ; (Tlnow a dozt n of tu nts at oin e mo thai group; peihaps there ate some litth genua s i; it.) I: w is h ii.- ii-stai:iy. Ooe ol the balls stun k Mouam tiund fT both lis lej;s and wiit though lis hoise Mat y moie, ' believe, ul. wue nea him u e k'lied and woiuabi!. A moment hi lore Alcx n.eU r bad bv 111 speaking to him Mo e u's legs weit iimputated not lar fii-m the spot u One ol his f et, with ti e boot up n it, which the surge 1 n had thu-wn opoo ti e gnauid, wasbiought by a pe. nt to the

kinr, of Saxoi y. witii ii f nnauon that

alphabetical order. The other, an snnlv

Jj'jst ( cntficdfc nj w?m pwcniLS' f sis

vd from the United Nates. I such

nUHLlC notice is hereby eriven, that ! 11,0,1 ,axv ofKngland

pottancc, and therefote will not acrupon : some nflicei of gtcnt ilistim tn.n h.d hi en

it as our representative , without icceiv- I struck bj a cannon shot. The kmu' eon-

I l-e net s n miirl.t

sent

oned to you, it should be your wish to if. uaiteis,but ail that coiml be asc 1 ami el

laucucai orm r. 1 ne omer, an ma y- , . . . r. .. .1 ..1 c . .

1 1 MS . r ..... ., ... . . .- 1 1 UI'UI II' )UUi It ainiiiii. UL MIUI HHI'

nine uccks alter date, apphc uion us lu P " f( Cf any alteration I. om the existing state was 'hat ti e boot was neither ol Fnish

i. 1 1 . .1 n . . . . r .1 ii'iii ' . f ...

not riencti manutac'ute. I he rex? t.dy vie wile informed hat it was the it g of Moieau Is it ia t a '.iltle extraon n aiy, continued Napolcot , ihai in an aciio.- a shoit tinie Lftcrwntds I on!c ted the same

;md I. as one of rtiller officer, with the same guns, and

' ;"1 nnnd bwthe wish under neaily similar c'u cumstances. to

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w ill be ma le to the Henisterof the Land tcni

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Office at Vincennes, for the renewal of a he first plan is much th.c easiest and

Certificate in my name, for the west half most spcdy the Inter the bv-t, ;nd of the south rast quarter of Sernon No . should in my opinion be j teiemd, be-

tw i, in Township 'o 4 north. f Hange 1 cause with such a prot.m Hon, horn tl c Xo 1 west, in the District of Vincennes : . ham's of a master uoikman. u evelv man

im iinini mi i ..... w, .. ... i IH... y " ... - JmJmli them si 'v fire ' .liven un 'er my hand a? Vincennes c ev) lucomr his own lawyei" tfrtMirst cf n ,,,.,:

4111s Min nay ot Autrosi, i 'an i.m ue euei icu oy almost any

WILLI M (.RAY

of things I rulvise ur having low nslup

meetuu: c o t'at i?c yourselves nguloly d. bate titty St ccme to such conc'uioi s . s you i inteiests Mid good judg

ments m.y ; and then instinct

your icprc-vi-t:H

f el

:t (A ti e com tv by thtV town- thr .w I 8 or 2) bullc ts at once inm a trn-

28-9t

Lost Cvrtifictitc of Ijand j)iiv chitsvd from the United Nates.-

UliLIC notice is hereby given lhat. three weeks after date app icatioo

d be made to the rcster of the land

fficc at Vincennes for the renewal of

"ty? certificates in the name of William

Iloggatt, lor the N E 10, 12 N. 9 W and S. W. 18, 12 N 3 W Also, one certificate in the tn-no of William Hog jyatt and James CoTm, for the S K. 3, 12 N. 9 W. The o ginal having been lost or destroyed. Given under my hard at Vincennes. this 3d dav of Amrmt l22 E1JJ Ml H WVL! Y. Aaitigrae csjjJ JI,i?gatt & Coffin,

n,il ship tneetinirs : otlurise not and I coiltse ot i.tlic is rrllcctci! tog ther. by

oi uuvuievs-tnc lattet, rcipines the Ic- sia adhere loaiul Mippmt the present hichgen Saint Priest, another Frc chpal tab nts and extensive gi no alii lot m- cvistifvir order in the afore mentioned nian a ti aitor Sc nan of lalcnt, who had atton ot a ln kc What luis been, or may subject. a command in the Russian army was killbe done by the texior appointed at the I n conclusion, I mut be permitted to cd. along with many othe.s

last session, I am imi inlormeil, nor can I

anticipate

ininiL-. ihnl tnwtwliin m r-rt iiu ; linv1 rn t lil rrr m ti 'it tirrl tliP fffinrrnr i ta

I shall however, continue the n.lml.ol.ln tpni!.t,r. n.i.L. !..tinr tr.nr,. ,U.tfll,ii,,.1!'.1n.l'i.r!!M(rP,1f, ,u.

comse I put sued last session unless olh-;

erwisc lnstrueted by my eonstiluentS

ipiainicd w ith each other, and vvith each zen or more guns at once amongst a

'tl other's wants, and the common trood gir-up of persons Fioin one or two thev

4th. Th" Poors house The ' fd 1 the most correct to acquire public scnti- may escape ; but ftom a m:n ber dischar maintenance of the poor, is an objvcttlt mcnt to dessiminate useful information ged at aiimc, it is almost impossible the Fr st importance in every eivicd , with harmony and success and to excite After at Esting, when I had caused my country. It has alwavs occupied the most , and cherish that laudible desire to live army to go over to the isle of Lobau t n-re serious thoughts of the law giver, and : and ilo good, so necessary to our own w el- was for some weeks by eommcn aud tashonld the mot tender yearnings of the fare, and an energetic support of govern- cit consent on both sides between the sol. humane and benevolent but tt c great ment. dicrs, not by am sgieen cut bctwe n hc and nice queicis, how may they best Mv feeble talents, though zealous ex- generals, a cessation of filing, which in-J be relieved and proviih d foi ?' ertions, arc at the command of my feltow deed had produced no benefit and only Taxation in every shape and form is citizens. I killed a lew unigitunute cctuinch, I rode