Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 December 1822 — Page 1
WESTERN SUN k GENERAL ABYEHTJSEIL
BY ELUIU STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, DECEMBKIl si, 1823. Vol. 13. No. 47
77 WESTERN SUN JND GE.YERAL ADVERTISER, IS published every Saturday at TWO UOLLAUS per annum, if paid in advance, or TWO DOLLARS Sc FltTY CENTS at the end of the year, for vhich a note will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements conspicuously inserted on the usual terms. Advertising customers will note on their advertisements the number of ames they wish them inserted those sent without such directions, will be continued til forbid, & must be paid for accordingly
300 Dollars iteward. 1JB ANA.WAF from the plantation of Jl, Pulaski Cage, fifteen miles east of Woodville, in Wilkinson county, state of JS Mississippi, a negro man, named ") SPENCEU, Vtntif- OR nr 10 vfsri tt. atimit five fpft
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nine incnes nign ; ins complexion a nine fellow, very broad across his cheek bones,
tapering to his chin. He is tolerably stout wade, remarkably broad across the shoulders ; inclines to be silent, and seldom laughs. He went away in company with - four others, on the 23d of June last; the others have been brought home, and state that they all intended going to the Mississippi, and getting on board of some Bteam boat, and going up the river, but separated near Greenville. Spencer is a ery artful fellow, and no doubt ha3 changed his name, and may have brought with him, or obtained free papers, lie was brought from near Winchester, in Virginia, in May last, and it is expected he will either attempt to go through to Nashville, or get on board of some steam fcoat and go up to Kentucky, or into some af the states north of the Ohio river. If
Spencer is taken up within two hundred
miles of Natchez, and brought to Polaski
Cage's, where he went from. I will give m reward of one hundred dollars ; should he be taken more than two hundred and fifty miles from Natchez, and returned to me, as aforesaid, I will give two hundred dollars ; if in any of the states north of the Ohio river, I will give two hundred ind fifty dollars. Should the ab-ive described slave Spender, have been taken or permitted to go n board of any steam boat, I will give three hundred dollars for the delivery of said slave in Wilkinson or lodged in any jail in this place so that I get him, with such proof as will enable me to prosecute to conviction the captain or owner of such Steam boat. As I never saw Spencer but once, I may not have described him correctly in
the Port Gibson Correspondent, Sc some,
tinted advertisements.
JAMES CAGE.
Nachez Oct. 30, 1822. 45-3d Sheriff's Sale. 1J Y virtue of sundry executions issued J) out of thtTomce of the Dwicss Circuit court against William Kelly, Isaac Ileaton Sc James G. Read, at the suit of
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rc auminisiraiors wi jonn .u. rifimss,
cd. will expose to sale at the house
f William Chadd, in Washington on Monday the 23d inst. at 12 o'clock, all the right, title, interest and claim of the aforesaid, Kelly, Heaton ?nd Read, to the south east quarter of section No 31, in townxhip No 3 north, of rane No. 5 west, in the Vincennes district. Also lots No. 81, 94, 47. 28, 29, Sc 8, in the town of Washington, as the property of James G. Read, all of which has been given up by the said James G. Read, as the security for said Kelly Sc Heaton, to satisfy said executions. E. II. McJUXKIN, d. Shf d.c. December 9, 1822. 46-2-2w
State of Indiana. SULLIVAX CIRCUIT COURTt SEPTEMBER TERM) 1822. James Trimole, s
against ff
His Creditors.
A T this daycarrie tbesaid Jas. Trim-
jHlL ble, by S. Whittelsey, his attorney, and having filed his petition for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled " An act for the benefit of Insolvent Debtors," It is ordered by the court that a copy of this order be published in the Western Sun, a paper printed in Vincennes, sixty days previous to the first day of the next March term of this court, and that it be published for four weeks in succession. Attest, S.COLMAN, Clk. s.o. November 17, 1822. 44-4t State of Indiana. SULLIVAN CIRCUIT COURT, SEPTEMBER TERM, 1822.
William Mattingly, against
His Creditors.
A T this day came thcyiaid William
l Mattingly, by S. Whittelsey, his attorney, and having filed his petition for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled 14 An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors" It is ordered by the court that a copy of this order be pub lished sixty days previous to the first day of the next March term of this court, Cc that it be published for four weeks in succession in the Western Sun, a paper printed in Vincennes. Attest, S. COLMAN. Clk. s . November 17, 1822. 44-4t
Sheriff's Sale.
Tivvrtue of two writs of venditioni
MASONIC FESTIVAL,
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Charts Savage Sc Charles U. Brown, admijnstrators, and Sarah M. Prentiss, administratrix of the estate of John M. Prentiss, deed, against John Meriam and Daniel Hewes, I shall expose to sale at the house of Fr. Shoitz, in the town of Hindustan, on Saturday the 4th day of January next, the following lots in the town of Ilindostan, to wit : Lots No. 133, 133. 130. 271, 126. 29i, 272, 1 U 181. & 302, given up by said Meriam Hewes. to satisfy said executions. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, a. m. JULIUS JOHNSON, S!,r m.c. December 9, 1822. 46-2w
uc ojdi writ of venditioni cx-
uirecren, in lavor m
ire St Charles 11. l'ro vn. ad-
nunTsi razors, an.i arall M. rientiss, administjjtiix of John M. Prentiss, deed. aginst Martin Stuckey Sc James Crooks, I shall expose to sale in Mount Pleasant, on the 3d day of January nexlthe following lots in Mount Pleasantjtt wit lots No. 71, Sc 72, together with a potters shop and kiln, and othet J?ft prove -mcnts on the premises, given up bv aid Stuckey, to satisfy said execution. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, a. m JULIUS JOHNSON, Shjf. m c. December 9, 1822. 4fi-2w
NOTICE. ns arc forewarned from ti a-
a note of hand given bv me
f m
in tavm ot John Kobljins, oi Sullivan
conTy, for forty five dollars, one third in cash, and two thirds in si Jlery Sc blacksmiths work, as I am determined not to pay it unless compelled bv law. H. D. WIILELF.R. December 3, 1822. 45-3t
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Indiana Legislature. MESSAGE Of his excellency William Hendricks,
trovernor of the state of Indiana, com-
municatcd to the senate and house of!
Representatives on thursday the Sth of December 1822. Gentleman of the Senate, And of ihe House nf Representatives, Meeting you for the first time, at the period and in the manner pointed out by the constitution, I am happy in being relieved from the details of a communication, which under different circumstances it might be my duty to make, and which usage and custom would authorize you to expect. From my predecessor you have those events in the administration of the government which have transpired since the last meeting ct the general assembly, and your attention has been directed to those defects in our code of law which it has been deemed important to remedy. Coming from every district in the state, you will better know the wants and the wishes of the people on all subjects of local and municipal regulation, subjects on which you have already entered, and on which it would be imprudent in me to interrupt your delibeiations. Though the embarrassed state of the public finances, and the pecuniary affairs ot many of our fellow citizens be matter of much regret; I am happy in being able to congratulate you on the agricultural and social happiness of the state. At no period of our history have the productions of our soil been more abundant of the necessaries and comforts of life, than during the present year, and at few periods has emigration afforded to us greater accessions ot population than the present. The subject of the revenue is already before you. The great defects of the present system arc ably and minutely pointed en in the communication you have receiw.d. On this subject, however, periitu me further to remark, that the assessments of the le venue applicable to the enjuing year, aie estimated to exceed the expenditures of the prcs yent ear, seven thousand doilat s. In this view of the subject, should entire collections be made, and the expenditures of the next year r.oi exceed those of this, there would he iound in the trea
sury at the close ot that year a sum suf- !
hcicnt to meet the ordinary demands of ; that veari tnd a co.-iidcruhle surplus to be J applied to the principal and interest of the i state debt Hut sufficient Information is '
not yet obtained to determine with any kind of certainty, the effects of the system adopted bv the preceding legislature.
Delay are uncertainty and prominent i defects in our system. Greater expedi- j
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HE anniversary of St John the Evangelist, will be celebrated at Car
lisle, on the 27th inst by Hiram Lodge The procession will move at 1 1 o'clock, from the Lodge room. An oration will be delivered, and refreshments provided. Transient worthy Brothers arc solicited tp attend. Dy order of the W. M. J. H WASSOX, Secty. 'Bjec. ISA. L. 822, 4-2w
Sheriffs Sale.
vLrtuc ot a writ ot ti. la. to me
bfceted from the Clerk's office of;
pisi'jUan Circuit court, I shall expose
to pjp'ic sale on the 25th inst. eleven a-' crejpof land, having thereon a gVst mill, wKh two pair of stones now runninV;, one pair for wheat, and one pair for corn, also a bolting chest and cloth the sale to be on the premises between the hours of twelve and four o'clock on said day. Al- i so all the right, title and interest of Mor- ' gan Eaton, of, in and to the east half of the north cast quarter of section No. 33, in township No. 7 north, of range No. 9 west the sale to be on the premises between the hours of ten and eleven on said day the whole taken as the property of Morgan Eaton, at the suit of William T.
Hays. GEORGE BOON, Shff. sc. Dec. 12, 1822 46-gQ-2TT
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v.wti uiki ui.v.llllil, AtllllllUV ill 111V I . r iioiis would enable us to lessen the buid- j ens imposed on our fellow citizens, and J retain a revenue competent to the main- S tenance of the public credit, the current ! expenses of the government, and the dis- ;
burscment ot the public debt m a short
period ot time. It would give me great pleasure to cooperate at this time in a work so desirable. But it is not to be expected that the legislature would materially change a system of revenue, before they can be informed of the sufficiency or insufficiency of that system. By so doing, the responsility of the system adopted would be borne by those who adopted it, w hile they would legislate in the dark, both in doing away the old system, and in enacting the new. Twenty thousand dollars of the revenue applicable to the ensuing year are pledged and appropriated for the redemption of a like sum of treasury notes, authorized to be put in circulation by a law of last session. This v i!l cicate a deficit of that amount, f r ' .: v e of tha year, to be supplied :.s y. . v direct, by a loan, or the i.-sue i v. y :.,tjs In the !vc:'--:c oi the present year, we shall reap the fj.s: units fiom lands sold by the general government, within the limits of the state, since the first day of December, 1816. This source of revenue will be continually growing, ?.nd is that to which we may look with ccrtuinty, for the extinction of the state debt, and for the diminution of our taxes in support of the government. To this source of revenue we may look with the most agreeable prospect. But in doing this we ought not to lean too much upon it. Its proceeds at present must be very small, and it would not be good policy to increase the public debt, with this prospect of payment By so doing, we would take upon u a responsibility which would outlive the motives inducing it. Wo wtuU pursue a
policy exhausting to ourselves in the payment of heavy sums of interest, and creating a burden for those who come after us, which under oidrrar. ircumstances we have no right to impose. The amount of revenue advisable to be sustained at this period of the state j;..vernment, would seem to be that, which will defray the current expenses of tJ'e government, and commence the gradual payment of the state debt. This amount from the source just named, will be increasing every year, and give us prospects of release from fiscal embriassments at no distant day. The payment for our lads, the extensive consumption of European goods amongst us, and the want of a maiket foi our surplus produce, has put the balance of tide largely against the western country, and produced general and individual dUtie&s. But the improvement ot the in :tu,s wittiin our power; the industrious put suits of agriculture, a resort to domestic fabrics to the greater exclusion of tMrcigi n-. rchandize, is relieving, and will continue to relieve us from the i un:ou cm i . . , s of former times. The fe-til'nv r , , t . ur extensive soil, and the tide of emigration from almost every state, guaiai.tc.es tc us at no distant day, a rank among the first states in the Union. Tne gre-t intttests of the state, are agriculture and donvnic manufactures. With them and f,rthem but little at this time seems nccessarv to. be done ; and that legislation is the b ;st, which imposes the lightest burdens on the one, and most encourages the n.her. If asked on this, or any other occasion, for the principles which should direct us in the administration of the goierri:.M, my answer would be this. Our imercouse with the general and state governments, should be of the moit hannoniot'S kind. The government ought to . -administered in the exercise ol titat frugality & economy, which every prudent m n employs in his own affairs. Thi v.ili include the maintenance of the pubiic ci edit, and the payment as speedily as we can of the state debt. Expenditures nf the public money should be vigilai.tlt guarded, and all needless expenses, avoided. The revenue tiais reduced by every possible economy, should be a sound ore ; that being paid by the honest hand ol industry, it might not be exposed to a process of brokerage, exchange and depu ciation. from which the present svswm of treasury notes cannot be protected. We ought to leave free & unshackd, as far as we can, our resources lei improvement, and purposes which the interest of the state iua hereafter icquirr, if not of our hands at the hands of those who succeed us. In this way wc shall best discharge our own duties, and best consult the interests of the community. Let us not loose sight of those great objet ts, to which the means of the state should at some future day be devoted the navigation of the falls of Ohio the imptovemeentof the Wabash, the White rivers, and other streams, and the constiuction of the national Sc other roads through the state. But to these object, great as they are, the fostering hand of the government cannot be extended, while its finances aie embarrassed by a state debt. You have already before you the unrepresented situation of severe! new counties of the state. To this subj. ct per mit me to ask your favorable atter tion For defraying the expenses of tran sferring convicts to the Penitentiary, it is believed that no provision is yet made by law. Fiom the contiguity of some counties, and the remoteness of other?, equal justice would seem to require, that this should be a stale and not a county charge. A further appropriation is also requisite for that institution This ? terns necessary, not only for its prosperity , but for its existence. At the last session of congress a law passed authorizing the selection of school lands for Clark's Grant, and ihat part of the Vincennes Donation Tract for which no selections had previously been made. The propriety of legislative provision for the protection and improvement cf the property thus ?cquired, is respectfully submitted. That our fellow citizens may participate in the choice cf a chief executive magistrate of the Union; it is necessary that provision be made by law This ught to be done at the present or the enduing session In your deliberations on these, nr.d all ither subjects which your wisdom m;y suggest, permit me to assure you of all the co-operation and aid, which it may be Viithin my power to afford. WILLIAM IIKNDKICK3.