Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 45, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 December 1825 — Page 3

am impressed with a belief, that you may safely diminish the assessment on the head one fourth. I have chosen this object, because a poll tax seems to be the most odious to the people : being often viewed in no better light than as a remaining badge of llritish vassalage. For the harmony and good of society, it is equally as necessary that the revenue should be raised to public satisfac

tion, as that it should be demanded witii certainty, .and upon principles of equal justice. Knowing from experience, that it is more difficult to get rid of an evil, than to introduce one, it might not be good policy to reduce this tax more than a fourth at present, and soon each year for four years, when it will be dismissed from our statutes. It will be found also, that the principal cause that originally induced it, is ceasing to exist. Many articles of pleasure and luxury might be selected with more propriety, than the heads of freemen. The additional certificates of several clerks of persona unassessed, is an evidence of negligence on the part of assessors, which ought to be remedied. Before I conclude this subject, I must express my regret, that the Auditor has not yet been able to procure all the registers and maps required by the act of the last sescK-n It may be well for the Legislature not to lose sight of such an important addition to the revenue

system. You have recently had occasion to le;

-there is an alarming defalcation some w here,

in the discharge ot a most important con-fi

stitutional, legal and moral duty. It seems

that there are eleven counties in th;s state from which no returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor have been received. It is of no avail to impose heavy penalties on Clerks, to induce them to put a single return into a post office, whilst post masters, through whose hands these returns pass, are subject to no penalty whatsoever. It will be vanity to labour to preserve the freedom and purity of elections too, if such scenes as we have just witnessed arc suffered to pass unnoticed. A law requiring the clerk in each county to transmit to the speaker of the house of representatives, & president of the senate, duplicate returns by some special messenger, for whose integrity he should be responsible, (but not for unavoidable accidents,) and also one by mail, might prove more effective m always securing to the people the person of their choice. Having detained you long enough, suffer me to conclude by reserving to myself the privilege of communicating to you in separate messages, the situation of the Penitentiary affairs, and some other matters of interest. If my assistance and cordial co-operation, in any good measiire will have the effect of facilitating your deliberations in the discharge of your high prerogative, and of bringing the session to a close as soon as practicable, I beg you, at all times, to command k my eerv ices. JAMES B. HAY. December 8, 1S25.

T11E WESTERN SUN.

n.YCEAWES, December 24, 18'25. The great length of the governor's message, precludes almost every other article in our last, wc called him Jas. M. Ray, by mistake, it should have been James IJ. Jtay. It is owing alone to the attention of Messrs. Ileckes &c MofFc.it, that I am now enabled to give any thing from the legislature I shall endeavor to give hereafter an abstt act of tluir proceedings.

I hope'to give the Picsident's message '

at the opening of congress, next w ek.

quantity of type, or other articles above fall, deceased, be exposed (o public sale, enumerated, and pledges himself to turnJ to the highest bidder, for cash, and con-

ish them as punctually, and upon as good, veyed to the purchaser thereof, in fee - i i. i r "4 . -. . f r ...

t 1 1 e subset i-

bers will pay the highest piice in cash for any quantity. of good B,s-Vax. J M1EURE St UENEY. Scjftcmbcr 16, 1825. 3 -tf

terms as they can be procured from any

Type Foundry in America. The subscriber takes the libcity to mention that he is the first native American Aerar Cutter in the United States, and that nearly all the letters furnished from the different foundries have been cut by him. He has lor many years labored in the service of proprietois of otlier foundries. He now ask the patronage of Pi inters for himself. He has also every d( sciiption of Brass &ulrs. Space Rules, Quotations, Jus' fists, Leaders, i?c. RICHARD STAR II. Philadelphia, March 26, 1825.

War;on for Sale.

Just Received,

20 bags II.uai.ah COFFEE,

'2(Lkrgs B sion TAJES, assorted,

K) kens COPPERyV

1 i

75 barrels Hirks isiamlJALT, 40 do Salihe do. 2 tons waggon tire assented.

And an assortment of Shirtings and Sheetings, Plaids and. Stripes, Which are offered al a sm 11 advance. Wm. BUR J CH. Vincennes. Aug. 1825. 28-tf ICpThe highest pi ice in C.iSH or GOODS, will be given lor clean BEES JV.iX and merchantable PORK thi lall. W. B.

I fctatc of Indiana, j?IBSON CO UN i Y, set Gibson Circuit court, Aligns. Term 1825 Sarah Cuti igut, "j vs. K Petition for Divorce. John Cutright J

' OYV at this time came the com-

M HOOD new two horse U'JGG'J.X

u lor Mile, on accommodating; teims for cash. enquire of the 4:-3t LulTiiil: Dollars fie ward. p AN A WAY on the 19 th of Scptem

Armstrong f-

T . t - n

I'lil VMieil Oil

Kentucky a rxri

z Theatre.

Wju be performed by the Vincennes f Thespian Society, Monday evenings the 26 inst. Kotzebue's celebrated Play, called the STRANGER. Between the Play and Farce, Mathew's celebrated song of EPSOM RACES cr PRIME, Together with several others all to be sung in character. The whole to conclude vuh Knights humorous after piece, called THE HQS EST Till EVES. Pickets, price 50 cents, to be had at Mieure Ec Oincy's gioccry. jSC'lJor open at hall pjst five, and curtain raise 6 o'clock. 4l-2t December 16, 1825. MASONIC NOTICE. THE celebration of the a pproaching anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, will be held al Vincent.es by lodge No. 1. All transient Brethren in good

aojaccni nine ionges are mvneu to ai-

tend. 'I he members ol V mctnncs Lodge Ko. 1, will be punctual in their attend ance at t he Lodge Room, at 10 o'clock, A. m An oration will be delivered at the court house, at 12 o'clock, m. by a Brother.

peariog to the t. tislcuon of the court that the defei-d;MU i oot an in'-ahitai.t of this state On motion it is ordered by ilia courts That uuies tne deledant ap;var on or before the firs' d y of our t exi Fe

bruary term, ansci the coinpiainanl's j

bill, the same vvid be taken h.r I'-'.ile-s-ed, and the matters and things thciciu contained deci eed accou!in,ly and !ur ther ordei ei, liut a copy ol this ouii r he published in the Western Sun, ( i v paper publidud in Viacftine.) hmr weeks successively, previous to the next term. A copy Teste, JOHN I NEELY. GT, ggc Dcceil r 1 3, 1825 4 1- 1 Nancy Gtllam.xvhhnv of Ed wain I

Gil I urn, deceased, Thomas Gil

him. Charles Gill am, Monroe

Gillam Sarah Gillam, Joln

be i l.c.t, at M

em, neat Vinccmuway fi om Missouri man, launed

about 2S years ol .gc, mar six feet high, Jaie u ;;iskci s, small eyea, a down look, slow in l.i speech, a piece ,' the top pat to! one ear, bin not recolie -lecl which, about the usiiid color o! ntijtos. II. d m when he tafiaway, daik mix(jd j ne t lothing. Tl'.e a' oveieward w;h be iven for the deiiveiy oi srdd n r. o liie suoscriber in Scolt coun'y, Ky. or for' seen ring him in any jail, so that 1 get him again. KOP.EKT ADKINS. December gf, '325 41-31 Rebecca h J. Palicrstm. Squire M f)P(dliron MnicritiiJn--f.it ttml

iat cissa his "rt e, formerly JSarclssa Patterson,

TAKfc NO CicE. THAT I shall apply on the third or f;urlh day .ol" the next term of the Circuit couito Kn.ix county, Indiana l.y myself or attDrney. for the tppo'mt-

simple, free fiom all incumbrances wliateverin favour ol the said Abel VrcstfalI,

deceased, Andiew Hoimcs, deceased, Fiancis Vigo, or of the said heirs and dviiee.s of the said Abel, deceased. '1 herefore XOTICt. is heuby given, that the undersigned, the Commissioner appointed by said decree in pursuance ot said decree, will expose to Jiublic. ur, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the court house door in Vincu nes on Saturday the fourteenth day of January mxt, between the hours of tvde o'emck, m arid four o'ch ek, r m. of that day, the fee timfile ot the dd lots of land, in ti c Oid Donation in Knox county, numbers foityeight, seventy four, and ninety five, of four hundied acres each, free itoni all incumbrance, as aforesaid S. ALMY. Commissioner. saml. JUdam, Comrs. ,-Jtfy Dtcvmhei lo, 185. 43-51 SS 8C?The above tract, lo' No. 48, is the Westfall faim, ab t!t f(ur n.iks liom Vincenn s, has aboi't 75 aces under lence, a g-iod brick dwtli'mg house, orchaul. Fee. and well merits attention the title from the Commissioner wiil be unquestionable. Should the purch?scr require it, an at i mgc nent can be made with the subscriber for a citdit of bix, twelve, eijrfiti.cn Sc iwctity-four montiis, for three louiths ol the purchase mousy of the above tiacts of l.nd. AMl JUDAIL

O Y

nicnt nl Commissioners to divide tlfrrc?K l,.ul,ltcr hundred and sxiy ; aiso estate of Squiu f'.ttei-on, .IccraseVyX SIXlV ac,cso! ,and l" be takt,i r'fi ,if lhe tinted in the county of Knox, and state of ' r'm,h 'M,X of Lorotion miinbcr mo.anIndiana, aii.ot.irs the several hens and urcd ani! thter, the same being

Colli) I

I

S. HILL, I - II HECKFIL Committee. J. 11. MA1UTX.J

December I 6, 58 25.

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UNION HALL

rnNlIhKb will De a IJAl,L,at licncial

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statu. Tickets to be had at the bat, rnjt S2. 'l4-H December 16. 1S25. (hie Cent. Sf no Thanhs. Reward. ft & ANA WAY from the subscriber on E the 18lh of this inst a hound boy, bv the name of JE FEE R 5 0 X WILL V, this is the second lime he lias left me all persons are cautioned against harboring or employing him, undet the penalty imposed by law lor so doinr. Wm. V. BI-XKKS. December 1825. 4o-3t

Gillam. heirs and fZTrAJ

seiaiatves oj saui LAlmonayt i

lam. at ceasea, TAKB NOTICE, THAT I shall apply on the second day of the next u im of the Green Circuit court, by mys. it or a'.toiney, for the appointment of I ommissioo crs to divide in, :eal estaie oi baiit L Imond Gii'am, deceased, Ivini; in the c'.-unty ol Greco, a d btatc of lnuiana a-ni.uii;-st tneseve'ai In i s and l;e;al repie sentativos oi Mid Edii)-) d Gilla it, de d. agreebiv to ihe statute in such case made and pi v itU-d TliO MA VR n(H1,!-i ri:(ht o f h s tc ife L v d.a 11 ar : ( f; J o r m 1 1 i u I.yd.a i ileum, otv if i.'ie trir& irgal

o,i l.dmond Cil

ty. Ia. one 7 l0 ll'.Y ALiRE six ytrs oid last pi i. , 15 iianda high, leii'lhy

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'i-sj oiuuc, u noun sun m r.cr loicneaii, a

; i vvhitu spot on hei hark, sup: ov.d to have

ri hr: ssn'atix'cs tf him, drccas d.

December

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kgal reprcen atives of the said Sqolie I'attert'Ti, agreeably to an act to provide for the pa li.irri of rral estate, when and where, any, or all of you may attend, if v ou thir.k proper. WILLIAM PRICE, In right of I is wile Eliza nn. December 'J, 1825. 43-4t

Taken un hy John

i.v.KiV- . Piinccton, (ib-.oi' conn

hrriiT's Sale. viuu ol a wiit of xtnd.tior.i ex-

joiius. to un directed, liom the

l l-ik's fliie of lhe Sullivan Circuit court, V will espo e to public sale, at the curt house dooi in Vn crimes, on NiomLiy, the -ccr-.-d .)ay of January nest, be-w ten thi h ur.i oftcnoV rck, A. M and hvc c:ock. p m. i:eucab:y to ti'.e ihird s ct'"ti of t f it law subjecting re.ul an-: pc. s nal estate to execution, the following laud, to wit ; stx:yfour acres, and si ven y live hu chd n- of an acre to betaken of5 of the south end of asuivry of one hundied and sixty acres, locaicd by John Duley. in right of Michel Clci iiioi t. being pat t of Location

number tiv-j hundred and

oeen m.iOi- bv the i.im

s'" sliomclcr, and

n her near

swine v.

on

nie her

flmk, off

au s ou ner nt

b, ' , a k spiit

hind not w.iiu, shod all rooiaS vvith ridi. g shoes, no brand.-, perceivable, appraised to &53 hfoic na,

J A ME-EVANS December 7. 8 25

3 c 'in c

y p g c. 4 l-3t

.Yotice to Printers.

tcts ol this city, and thiou ilioiit te

HlIE undeiigmd acijnaints the lb in-

United States, that alter very hea

pendituies, and much exertion, he rAiabled to execute at the shorn st not ire, all orders lo- type of the following sizes:

Great Primer,

English, & VJ

11 UTgols, Rr, x-;, r, Minion, Xzvfuirt il.

Small Pica,

Lmg Primer,

Tne type which is futnUhrd from his fouTidiy, will, it is confidently believed, be pronounced equal, if ivt M'pcrior, in beauty and dut bili'y, to any naw in use in tl.is count rv. As it f.a- been tlic w isli of the subscriber to hac his p'ain type cccl in i legance.be has no? vctprepa'cd himself to itsuc a Spec mm lltok of ornamental type he viil, however, in a short time, fin nish Printers v.itii samples of cvciy rcqniite tvpe fn a iimut or book t.fiice. He

omnii-i-ioners Nale,-

; 1 1 A N C 1 -i Y -Uct ween, 5J

Wiiliiiu Meiioeth, complainant, against Jo'm vSiaky, rdmstr Sec. Francis Vigo, Newton Edwatd Westlali, and otheis, (h h nc'ants. TrULREAS by a decree of the CirV f cuit conn of Knox county, in Chat .cct , in the above caue, made at ;he L'stteim. it was ani' tig other matteis, ordend adjudg d an! d creed, that certain tracts of hind, being lots No. 48 74, cc 0,5, in the Old Dc nation, in Km x county, containing f-ur hundred acres tach, and all the light, title ai.-il in'trest which Ahel Wesila'l, now deceased, f t the time ol his dtath had theiein a' d all the lien, c'aim oi dc na') J w'lich Andiew Holmes at the time of Lis (hath lead tluieon. by virtue of a ctrtain jtiv g cm of theTj. neral C' Utt ol the No-i:. Wes'em Tejjtory, in his favor gaiit the s;dd Abel Wcstfali, now ccc ased, and al! the tight, title a d intcrot. Hen. claim or demand whatsoever which Fiancis Vigo at am time had in or to said tracts of land ; aal all the light, title, interest, claim t.r ce man 1 w hatsoev i r of the -aid N-vv trn Ed waul Wcstfall. Julit t Wcstf II, now deceased, John r.dthnrst, yi d S;-ilv Ed-

; wards Wcstlall his wile. Viu-inia West. ' fall. Indiana Wes'fall. John Wtslv West-

fail, Milton Gi es, and Mdvin.i (Tiles,

paitoi lour nuiiarcd aces, located hv

John Duley, in t ight of Michel Clumont, Iving and beii g m Bu&cion township, a Ijoinini; the couiity iine between K ox aid Sullivan, as the proper tv of Johti Duley, at the suit of Janifsl. nxui S ALMY, Shjf kc. Decomhrr 9, 1R25 4 -Ss'J hoctur J. 1). ll colTtrton, ESiEES iji the i" use lately oecu- ?; pied by E M:mee, and will devote his v ho'e alien ion 10 the bu.ne;-s

ot his profession He is iullv ai thori

t v a fti. iji i i i un m

Namee. and win iecive in payment

if ------ J gtn.,ai'g ben-icujc or lumber, i! delivered in mc;;.neMbv the fn-t (I Deecinber n xt.abci which adi i.s.itlcd acTout ts, wi!i be lodged with a. ITicrr for collection. He vvill also iciii-c any of the above aitides ofptodutc, on account of his own practice, if ticlivcrcd in their piopci s asoi s, and witl in six n:onths alter the sei vices pic lenrh ltd. Vincc tint s. Jtny 13, i 825. 22-tf liifoi niation to Pei hioncrs. STAT I OF INDIANA , C'JUN'l V OK SS Or.toh.cr 12, IR2J. Conformably to the rcuhvdt i- t t the war dep. 'lament, of the 19th of Jm e, 3h.4, I. JP, a :n :gstrate in the county above mured, do herch.- certify, tint 1 hae the n.evt s. tivf.(ctory evid nee (here state what the cvitki.ee i whether person .1 knowh C.v or the affidavits of vt spect.dde persons, giving tin ir tuinies) that CD, who has this day j.pj.caitd before me, to take iln- oath f identity, is hc idv ntiral person in the pension Ct rtif.catc whicl: he lias exhibited lieloie me, ia;n Ju rec! , aiiil -bearing dutc at tlu- wir (fV.cc,

tlie-

dav ol-

1 , th .t tin- s. id ceui-

will tlumkfu : ic cive oidcrs f:r any heirs and dcitccs of the said Abel Wes-

ticate was origin. dly issued f' him ; that he now holds the same in his p ssesion, and chi'ins all t'ne hetn-iUs arising therefrom. (iiven nnder mv hand it , on the day and year ub-ive wri ten. A H, . I. EE clerk c f the cr urt of ctMiyJjv, certify th t is a m.ig strate, as:.lr J and that the f.iv going sia itnre, purpln'. U !,e h;s, is ennine. V.. In trtniu nv w i rt f I have Ik rem to af!'., td my seal '.f ttf.ee, and s!ibci '.betl my name. th: dav t.f in tlieveat . EE Cl-rk 'J the court J entity . '1 he .ihine afV.davit is rcpiired in all Cases where the Peiiener has not I ec.civ el I is tipeml f.if one vear ; pi nsione's j j l m; w out procuring the above certii cate vvill fail in getting the pcrnioo money due The fore':i a; tVrm mest h- 'nutd l urallv. 1) LAN jOJFE D sToFsiie: