Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 October 1825 — Page 1

WESTERN !tJT ., org-o MICA SO BY KLIilU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1835. Vol. 16. No. 35.

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V ' RICHARD STARR.

Plnla(',c!nua, Ma-rli 26. 185.

nut iwuars licicaru. r I AN WAY from the subscriber li-J-i ving now at Columbus, in Mississippi, a negro man named J o E, and was taken up sometime in June las, in Pope county, Illinois, and hioke jail, an I made his escape hum iheteon the 2ota of July He has a scar from a slab just ..hoe or e of his hip bones, lie is ah in 27 or 30 veais old, five feet mx or cniht i' ehes high ; black, bar- rather a down took when spoken to, his eves have rather a red cast, spare built, but neatly funned and no particular marks other than as above desciibed. Bcfote leaving the jail, he told another negro that he would not tell his right name, nor acknowledge the name of his inastet again, as it was from his having d icso, in this instance, that he came to be taken up, and news of it sent to me hit o iiMcnn I o Kl,. l.n4 I .

for the state of Ohio. I will give the above reward to any pe'son who will apprehend said negro, and put him in jai , so that I can get him, or one bundled dollars to haw I im deli vetedto me, where I now live, and will pa all expenses lor the transpoi tat inn. JAMES B A ILLY.

Sawncctown, Am

22, 182.3.-

JO-'Jt

0 N uTdamel.

CL? ( ATO UN r. Y AT Ij AW.) jp 1 removed from Princeton to :U J incenues I:, and will practice law in M e flrs, k f nirth judicial circuits. He Kei p s is(iVi r water street, where he

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PROPOSALS.

frnr the Mails of the United

on the following Pcast-Roads, received at the General Pcstin Vie City of Washington, un

til the 5th day of Octoberneztyinctu sive: In Indiana. 161. From Rushville by Connersvillc, Brownsville, Liberty and Oxford, to Hamilton, Ohio, once a week, 55 mileo. Leave RushvilU every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Hamilton on Thursday by noon. Leave Harnmon every ether Monday

at 3 p m and arrac at Rushville on Tues

day by 7 p m

165. Ftom Winchester by Noblcsvillc

to Indianapolis, once in two weeks. Leave Winchester every Tuesday at Gam and arrive at Indianapolis the same day by 7 p m. Leave Indianapolis everv other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Vinchc3tcr the same day by 6 pm. 166. From Princeton by Petersburg, Washington, Hloomiicld, IJIoomington and Martinsville, to Indianapolis once in two weeks. Leave Princeton every other Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Indianapolis on Sa turday by 8 pm. Leave Indianapolis every other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Princeton on Wednesday by noon. 167. From Rcckport by Potcrsville, to Washington, once in two weeks, 55 miles. Le?.vc Rockport every other Wednesday at I p m and arrive at Washington on Thursday by 6 p m Leave Washington every other Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Rockport on Wednesday by 1 1 a m. NOTES. I. The Postmaster General may expe

dite the mail end alter the times lor arrivals and departure, at any time during the continuance of the contract, he paying cm adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. And lie reserves the right to abridge any contract nude under this advertise tnent when he minks it proper, and to deduct from the compensatien at ti e ratio paid under thc'crmti act, lor lcs.et.rg the duties of the contractor. 2. Ten minute; shals be alkn.ed f r opening end closing the n'iail, at all nices where no particular time is specified- . 3 For every thirty minutes delay, (un

avoidable accidents excepted,) in arriving alter the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit five dollars, and, if the delay continue until the departuic of any depending mail, v hereby a trip is lost, a forfeiture of double the av.ount allowed for carrying the mail one trip, shall be inclin ed, unless it shall be made to appear that the delay was occauoned by unavoidable accident; in which case the amount of pay for a ttip will be forfeited. 4 Persons making proposals are required to state tin ir prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of May, August, November, and February, one mouth after the expiration of each quat ter. No ether than a free white person shuli he employed to cany the mail. 6. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the b;,dy of a stage carriage, he is desired to state, it in his piopuvtis; and the stage must be of sufficient size, unLss otherwise expressed, to conveniently convey seven passengers. 7. Every proposer may olVei in his bid, to make improvement in the transportation of the mail, from the terms invited,

i either as to the mode of transporting it.

the speed required, cr the frequency of the trips pt r week which shall receive due consideration I he number of the post rutc shall be stated in every bid, and the pioposal must be scaled and directed to the General Fost-Ofhce, aud endorsed "Frrf: sals. Strict attention must be given to the endorsement, as it h not intended to break the seal of any proposal, until the time for receiving bids shall have expire d. The Postmaster General reserves to himself the light cf declaring any coptract at an er.d. whenever eric failure happens, which amounts to the los of a nip. 9 The distances ctctcd ;trc such as have been commmunicatcd to this t fiicc, and tome of them may be inconect: On tliis eubject the contractor must inform h 1 1 ! 1 1 1' 1 rt I- i ilti n lni. tit t, .11 nr..

IZT zv.y mistake.

10. No bid shall be withdrawn after the time for receiving bids shall have

expired; and should any peison refuse to ! take the contract at his bid, he shall be j held responsible to the Department for ; the difference between his bid, and that at which the contract shall be made. No decisions on bids shall be made known before the 17th of October. The assignment of any contract without the consent of the Postmaster General, shall forfeit it and in all cases where application to make a transfer is made, the terms must be fully s'atcd. 1 1. The contracts are to be in operation on the first day of January next. The contracts for routes N. 1 to 65 inclusive, are to continue three years, No. 65 to93, and frftn 135 to 167 inclusive, are to continue vo years, and all the others one ycai, exVrpt 17, 174 and 175,

which will ccntiiiucAtwo v ars.

JOHN M'LEAN.

ost -master General.

Gfnf.ral Post-Office, 1 1 'a ah i?ig 'en City June Ath, 1825.

0 Sale fur luxes. yLL be (IT-ivd for sale bet .re the C(

Ccurt

house door in Petersbunrh, Pike coun

ty, la. on the 2d Monday in November next, tire following tracts and lots of land, or so much thereof as will pay the tax and costs due thereon, for the years and 1825, unlcsi sooner paid. NOX HKSIDKNTS. Isaac White, '250, acs. in. ch. set cl::im,T. 1, ranee (J. Mary Akem an, 80, acs. S. 19, N. E. T. 1 N. 6 west. Leonards heirs, 500 acs. W. river, Pat. Robert Millburn, 160 acs.ton. 1.11. 9, for the year 1821. Heirs of Johnson, 100 acres. Heir of J I:. l bin, 200 acres, town. 1, R. 9. S.une for the year 1M24. Johnson's heirs for the- year 1824. lieynal as heirs, 400 acs. town. 1, north 7 v. Win. May's heirs, 50 acs. 1 north, 9 west. Alexander Isaac, 10') acivs, section 26, S, west, town. 1, range 8 we t. JOHN Si'ADK.c.p.c. ' Sept. 29th, 1825. -14 Jt i LIST of letters rem umng in the Post2TL Omoe at Washington Inu. the quarter ending tile JOih September, and which if not taken out within three mourns, will be sent to the Cieni. Post Oi'.icc as dead letters. Pir-uns editing for letters in this list,

iit u be to ity they an uUctrtised.

A. Arthur James AUis u John, Vu;y John, Arthur John, Ashe rot t Jaincs, Alien J as. or J no. B iiaker William, lJoyd James L, Latchclor John, riar'.oji Philip, idaekbuni M. IL iui Le Jk Jviiin G. '2. Bruce Aiex. C Chapinan Hannah, t.'c'lhns J. ones,

(Joi!ert

Clcnieiits

i'.sie.

iktzzil,

Jndah Sand.

Jones Lewis, Jackson iiezl. E Kinney A . Keys i)anl. Kyle Mathew Wt Klen F. Kid well Nicholas, Lloyd Saml. M. Moore John A. Murphy Nichail, Masteii Stephen, and John Wingate, Melton Alexander, . OP Osman Tabe3 2, l'oi ter Jno. H.

(Jarnes Midi, 7 Pciflcr Henry H.2, Crabbs Jacob, Sjf Perkins KeuOen,

Vhatinon Ki jdh,

Cowan Joseph,

I) Davis John, l)a is Abner, E Elniane Isanc, F Fry J a i. ob, Faith 'ihoc. (i Godwin Ai en I. II Hawkins M'Esq. Huhien Ed. Hehesan Peter, lLdhun Thos. J I'Anson R. M.

Oct. 1st 1825.

Rogers Thos. or Wm

itlen,

Russell Chas. Robinson Elijah N. fccotl Rawly 2. biorni Jacob, Smith Nicholas, 1 W Thornton W in. Tuning Thos. Taier Lhas Thomas Rennet, Thomas Win. Viii.trecse John, Ward in. W (.seinan Jacob, allaee in.

;E TH RODDICK, P. M.

34 -ot

4 LIST of lettei s remaiume in the Post

i a.Othce at hicennes, lod. the quarter eu-din-the 30th September, lti.5, and which if

not taken out within three months will be sent to the Gcnl. Post-Ollice as dead letters A. R. C. James Armstrong. Jas. Alexander, NoahAsliiy, QJ Peter Andrew',' Danl. Armsby, Zg V. J. Rnullev, S. L. lkrky, Ns lU-nj. Rlenkiiiship, Rtbecta lirazelton 2, l)aid Hrown, Jr.o. Ik ir diet, Jo!m Brooks, Alex. " iw. I) .iiy, Mr. H. Clavp(.f,!c, Ntlsen C niter, Win. t'nunpton, JacobC dl4, Peirrc Car, ( Jeorge Calhoun, Michal Catt, An lie ('. Crawford, Saml. Carruthcr And'r. Clayco ub, Thos. Case, 1). E. F. c;. Henry Darrah, Caas. Dewey, Rich. Dani l J. Anioir.e Dabicn Jenmiah Do.iavan, Luii Denovon, Wr.i. Davis Ja;&b Dtaaris,

Vm. Denison, G. W. Ewintr, Israel Ferrce, Peter Frederic's Sewell Goodridge, John Graham, Edw. Goin, Mary Gould, H. J. K. L. Jno. Heashy, Wm. Highsmith, Elizabeth Hamilton, James Harben,

Eliza Hitrdon,

Edward Hatchce David Hopkins, Wm Jones, Wm. Junkins, John Long, Gen. Lasiseile,

Dominique Le Croi

M O P R

Man- Hale.

Saml. Harris, Jno. Help hen st in?, Leonard Jones i N

K,lly. V

Henrv

John Law. " rVv-. Rhodolphus R. LanfefSw-' "is. Epp M'CEflin,

Wm. Miller,

Jas. Oliver 2, Jefferson O'Hara 2, Richd. Price, Wm. Purcell. Jacob Pea, Wm. S. Ritcnour,

Joseph Roseman,

Jas. Stewart,

Hannah Sodcn, Jas. Seel, Jno. F. Si.app, Chas. i hompso:;, Danl. Tra is 2, Sol. Thomas Austin Tann, Wm. Var.gordon, N. iisoo, Jonathan Widtner, Jno. Wise,

Madame O'Neil, Horace Olcutt, Jas. Powell, Wm. N. Perrv, Zi.rh .r.h Pul'len, Is uic Roti.crrorU, Rf bt. Kpcrt Lewis Reeves.

S T V W Chas. Smith, Josiah St(.ut. Hose t Shaw,

Jas J-poul, Saml. Thorn, Ira. Thompson, Wm. Twigg, Toussumt (mii ( fe'v :r)

Jt ss-

xv Lit ;oni j.

J. B. Wiuth r.

J ! 1 0 Tit..

Oils,

Pers

G. R.C.MJEE1 AN. i1. m .

'L 1H. t..T. . . 1 . . lt l

a th y are -.idititi.-ttl, or they may r.c get them " Oct. 1st, 182 J. 34-V:. MJKKIKK'S SALE. i

1 vii tu- fit ; v, :i fi';iifcias to me directed bom the ' lei office of

the Circuit couit of Knox counv I expose to public ah , to he hi-he , , nd best b-.ddci, at thrCoUit hou -e dof.r i:i Vin enr.es, on Monday the 24 h day of October, inst between ihe In urs cf .0 o'clock a. in. and 5 p. m. agreeably to the third section of the law subject:' real and personal estate to extn.v ,1 certain house and lot in the totv. r - cenncs, now occupied by Nichola S third stieet and'St. P tes s xl and designated on Messrs Jotn.sr... i Emerson's survey of the S3k! tou by e number 131, as the pioperty t-f jln.es Andre to satisfy the nfoioaid exr cmiori. ' S. ALMY. Si.tr k. c. ()ctfber 3d. K25. S2-34-3t

fiwtnl nf Trusfess of the Prt'.shfjtvriun Church. &jptvmbvr 2ih 1 825.

'IV

en, that the boaid win nxc.i w the

house of Abini. Sn.ith, on the ;a : oC.

longine: to t

Palmyra township

in .Movcmoer next, lor t'.r nn, .ose

leasing the place lor a teim of wars u

ltuprovcincnt. A true copv. B V. HKCKES Sec N B. Persons vishiru to lr..

p'ease come prepared to enter b- r--tor the perfri -nance of the contract, which o ay be agreed upon between 1 hem and the board R V B. Sept 25th, 1825. T3-tf

)ini. r ti.itti, on the -a oC. fgk the Church in Knox c uufy, 1 -'nship, on the fust -ytti duv

e of rs'()

son

S 100 He ward.

J LOPED from my ia.ni m Wits 4 county, l cnnse. 0 n.T.es f-c

Galatin, and twenty five mi from Nashville, on the 4th of thi- instant, a nc gro man named II O BERT, about 25 years of ae; six feet hih.of a yellowish complexion; has a scar owr one of his eyes, some ?cars on his lcc;s. He took with him a fur hat, a drab rreat

coat, with a larc cape covered uitn huT

tons, he is a house carpenter by trade, and will, there is no doubt, endeavor to pass as a freeman. The above tnen'inned reward will be given to any person, who will apprehend said negro, and secure him in some jail, so that I can get him again. JAMES II DAVIS. July 9th, U25 23-3m

Sale for Taxes.

3" SHALL on the cd M onday of Soember next, ofler for sale at the Court house door in the town of Evansville, Vanderburgh county, Ind. all and singular the landi and town lots on which the taxes are due thereon, for the xear 1825, and which I am authorized to ry. bet, the sale will be continued fiom day t day, between ths hours ol 9 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'c. p m. of ach day, until all arc offered for sale. JAv NEWMAN, "oh Sept. 29th, 1825 3i-4;

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