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BROOKY1LLE, FRAXKLIK COUHTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1841.
TEaHsoFTHE AMERICAN J provisions of this act, be, and the same are
will be die-
L' ,,;ntion of the vear. ISo paper
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L tinned unti I all irrearaffes are pam , uniera ai
. iii'in will be cha gad on all subscription, )r . . . . . -1 - i i
(in the 'iratim 01 me year.unm paiaj ino mr
ffi beyona six fnonme. Xdce'Itissmbnts. Twelve lines, or less, will ;.wri; I ome or tree times, for one dollar.
L.I 2" cents will ba charged for sack additional
Ocprtion. LAWS OF INDIANA.
hereby repealed.
,in Ad ft amnd an act relr.lne locrime and pun. ishment, approved Ftbmary 10,1831. Approved Feb. 8, 1841. Sec I. Be it enacted by ihf. General Asscm h!v of the Slate of Indiana, That in all cases
whenever, any minor may he found guilty o( my offence, llto punishment of which W con
finement in the state prison, it shall and may beliwful, and it is hereby left to the sound
discretion of the jury trying the case, to sub
stitute, instead of such confinement, imprison
ment in the jail of the proper county, for any
terminate period, according to the circum stances of the case.
Sec 2. That no judgement of disfranchise
ment shall be entered against any person, not
entitled to exercise the elective tranchise.un
Act the constitution and laws of this state.
unless '.he entry of such judgement nm- be
deemed proper by the court.
Sec 3. that in all cases whenever any person mav be found guilty of malicious tres
pass, it shall and may be Uwfui,nnd it is herein-left tj the sounJ discretion of the court or
jury Irving the case, to assess the fine either
with or wunoui imprisonment, accoruing to the circumstances of the case. Sec 4. That in all case whenever any person ma) be found guilt) of perjury, it shall and nmy be lawful, and it is hereby left to the sound discretion of the court or jury trying the case, to substitute, instead if confinement
in the state prison, confinement in the jail of
the proper county for any determinate period according to the circumstances of the ens; anJ in case of perjury it shall only be necessary to set forth in the indictment the names afthe pirlies to the suit in which the perjury is alleged to have been committed; in hat court the party charged was sworn, and l) when, averring such court or i fiiccrto have competent authority, the statements sworn to. Inhibit with the proper averments to falsify
the matters whereof the perjury or perjuries
charged therein may be assigned, without set
ting forth the bill, answer, informalioii.inJict-
tGCiA, or any part of the rerord cr proceed-
ib either in law or equity, nnd without et
tir.g forth the commission cr authrrity of the
court or ohiccr before whom the perjury may
be ahe.dged to have been committed. Sec 5. That whenever any officer known to the constitution or law of this state, from whom an oath and bond of 'office are required, may be knowingly guilty cf any act cr omUsioa which shaii amount to nlneth of liis mucial bond, he sinui ie deemed guilty ot malfeasance in office, and upon conviction thereof, he shall be fined any sum not less thin ten,' nor "more than fifty dtHr; and whenever anv such officer ma v be guiltv as
- - j - afurevud. with latent to defraud or injure any person or pei sons, body corporate or politic,
An Actio amend an act approved February 6,
1SJ7, entitled on act to provide fur ditlribnting so much of the surplus revenue of the U. States as the state of Indiana may be entitled to and receive by virtue o f an act oj Congress, . vp proved June '23, 1836. Approved, Feb. 15, 1841. Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly oj the Slatf pf Indiana, That in addition to the sinking fund, the surplus revenue fund rece ived by the state, the college fund, the saline fund, and the state bank school fund, shall be drawn in and vested in hank stock, in the name of, and for. the state, in the manner hereinafter prescribed: Protirfrtf.That so soon as the surplus revenue is converted into bank
9-tork, each branch shall,in granting discounts.
give a prelerence to each county to the amount of the surplus revenue Called ii from such county, in all cases where the paper offered for discmint may be unexceptionable.
5ec a. It shall be the duty of all the loaning agents of said funds, except the sinking fund, to pay over to the branch of said bank that may be deemed the most convenient, all moneys now in the hands or any such agent or agents, or that may hereafter come into his .or their hands, wilhvut any unnecessary delay. Sc 3. It shall he the duty of each branch
of said bank into which ary or any portion of
said lunus may be paid as aforesaid, to -nter all such payments in the books of such branch to the credit of the slate, and subject to the order of the sinking fund C0mmioner, keeping a separate ncrount of each fund. Sec 4. So fast as said funds may accumulate in any of such branches, it shall be the duty of said commissioners to invest the same in bank strt k, either by increasing the slock of the branches already organized, r by the subscription ef the same on the part of the state for the purpose of organizing the new
branches auihoiized to be organized, as to
s:id ommis;ii!rrs may tem most conductive
to the interest of the state.
Sec 5. It is hereby made the duty of said
loaning agents to proceed immediately and
olh'rt all sue li sums belonging to any f said
funds, including the sinking fund, that are now due nd payable, cr that may hereafter
become due: t'ravidcd, hovrtver, 1 hat should any borrower of the surplus revenue dej'rfurther lime lo payoff the indebtedness that nvy hereafter become payable, it shall, e given surh borrower, at bank interest, upon the conditions and in the manner following.
to wit: Said borrower shall procure from the proper loaning nger.t or ngents a certificate
of the aggregate amount of his indebtedness
to thUpsrlicnlar fund, nd shall then execute his note for such amcunt, payable on or before the nxl aucecediiig firt day of January to the proper branch; which note the borrower shall procure to be endorsed to'lhe acceptance o such branch; an upon the delivery of said rr.fr, pcrrrrpTMrd ith'id ccit:Gsite cflh?t fact, and open fitting said last named ceitifi
rate with the Joining ' agent cr agents, such agent or agents shall give him a receipt in fu'.l for said amount of his indebtedness. Ai d itshall be the duty f said, branch to require said note fo be renewed on each succeeding first dav of January until the same is paid off.
and at the time of any such renewal the eon
proper branch upon leal demand mad. n I
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me same is nereKy pledged to the purposes
r-qu.reu oy law. And it shall be the
now
From the Louisville Journal. THE M1SSOURIUH.
..-y . ... .,u iiiKinK tuna commissioners
to keep a book in which the amount of said
lunu received from each countv shall be reg
istered, and from what funds the same is received; and it shall be the duty of sa:d proper Wanrh to pay over lo the several rmimica
upon legal demand of the school commission-
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K'K""": wonoer oi ine animal rr
t on has at length arrived in our citv. md will
be exhibited at the Washington flail a? oon
at me bones, which are now contained in four teen large boxes, can be put together. This,
ine proprietor informs us will be near the r it .
" me weea. in ine mean time, we
J..i.. . . . I Will rnopiivAr Irnm J.I. r.. J ...
, nnusE uuiy it ajaii ne lo apply lor the V iuhmmivu i in
same) the several amount. nt Su.a j;;j prmiru acscripuan oi ine skeleton, to e ve
properly due lo said county in proportion o rcnder 8ome id of this mighty wonder the amount of said fund derived from mid "'"""on; s such it may be well regarded.
county; and also to pay over to the person au- , comP"n with it, Mammoths, Masta
ik j a . ins n ni an a t J z . w .
iiiunzeo io receive ine lame the amount due . ':" msroverea monsiers
the state university of said dividends now re- are 1 8 ' we have already given quired h Uw. some account of '.big animal, and of the cir-
Sec 7. That the privilege of istuine notes rum8,ante.8 which it was exhumed; we
oec 4. i nat the privileee of issuing notes . V ""urr'cii n was exiiumcd; we of a less denomination than five dollars, erant- BOW bfre. U8 Mn accurate measurement ed ihe bank by this general assembly, be,and . e Pr,nf'P konet of the skeleton, which the same arc herebv enhreed so as to run serve to give a better idea of its immense from the first day of January, 1841, through a Z Pro,or,,on!, , , reriod of five veara. nH ih. M..ku -.. Thkeleton measures 32 feet in leneth
Entire number of Diatilllries in the U. States. We are indebted to the Hon. W. Slade, of Vermont, for n copy from the records of the Slate Department, of the number of Dis-
tilhries in each wf the Slates, and gallons distilled, as exhibited in the returns of the lst census:
sponsibility of the state bank in munaintr ,,d "n" l" g I e head measures, from
collecting the funds '.erein nrovided fer.bein llP 'Jhe n?se o he spine of the neck,
rnmiirliiil I. n t j . I O leel.
. iillu imiin oiutK. Euan qc oeemeu
he shall he deemed euiltv as aforesaid, nr.d
upon conviction thcrecfsball be fined in any j ditions of the renewal !,al! he tli.-.t the bcrMRi'.tol ext tredingune thoui:tiid dullais, and I rower pay one fifth of the principal originally
imprisoned in the jail of the proper rounty
for any determinate perio;or lined as last aforesaid, and imprisoned at hard labor in the state prison, for any term of time not less than one, nor more than fourteen )ears. according to the circumstances of the cas and the sound discretion of the court or jury Irjiug the same. Sec 6. That every person who shall live in open and notorious adultery or foi ni cation ,sh II
upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum
not exceeding three ' hundred dollars. So
much of the fifty ninth section of an act enti tied, "an act relative to crime and puniih
ment, approved Februarv 10. 183I,"as comes
within the purview of this section of this act, be, and the sane is hereby repealed: Provided,
lhat thtssecUon of this act shall not have any
efftct upon crimes committed and punishable
by said fifty ninth section of said act of Feb.
10. 1831, unless the defendant be n female, and sUe should elect to be punished under this
act. Sec 7. That anv person who shall know
'ngly suffer his hone, mare, cr gelding to run t . - i ii i uk....
w nai is co'omoniy caiieu a -huitc mvt, long any uublic highway in this state; and
ny person who shall act asriier for any such
face ao as aforesaid run, on being duly con-
icted thereof on presentment or indictment
hal be fined in ai.y sum not less than five
n-r more than fifty dollars.
Sec 8. That the thir'y sixth section of the
act fo which this is an amendment, be and
me is hereby amended, hy inserting after
me words "corpse ot tucn aeceseu n these additional words,'or any part thereof.1
Sec 9. That whenever noy process to any
criminal case, shall be sent by mail to nny foreign county, Itshall be the duty of the clerk issuinsr such process, to pay ihe postage
on the same, taxing such postage M a part of li costs; and in cae the costs cannot be col'cted,iald clerk shall be allowed the amount cfsiiid postage by his county. Sec 10. That all acts and parts of arts now Arte, whicb lo any wist caatraTen the
transferred as nfoiesaid, with the interest on
the residue in advance, so that the whole
principal sum shall he pid up within five yrar from the time of such transfer: Provided,
further. That the proper branch bank may in
her discretion, and at her own risk, grant the same indulgence to the borrowers of her own
money: Provided, further, That should any such agent or agents deem it unsafe to delay
suit until any such borrower mar return with
the certificate showing that his indebtedness is duly transferred as aforesaid, it shall be his
or their duty to commence suit immediately against such borrower but the borrower shall
still have the privilege of making the transfer - . . . . ... .
of his indebtedness as aloresaid at any time
before judgment rendered, upon paying all
costs that may have accrued: Provided, futAer, That if the board of directors ef any
such branch may deem that the security upon
any note so as aforesaid given shall have become unsafe, it shall be the doty ot such hranch ta immediately cive notice of that fact
to some one of the drawers or endorsers of
such note, and if the same be not made secure within reasonable time, such note shall he taken as due, he protested and sued upon without any unnecessary delay: Provided. That instead of? sivine personal seeutiiy on
the notes, thus transferring all fof said fjnd to the bank, it shall be the 'duty of the rroper branch to receive the existing mortgages whers there are any for the security cf the lame when the same is deemed sufficient; and if not, then the borrower hall give mortgage
security, if preferred to the personal, or unincumbered real estate of double' the value of the amount lobe secured.
Sec 6. The dividends arising from the state
atnek herebv created, together with the inter
est that may be received on the loaning of
anv of the said rands he lore the same is ves
ted in bank steck shall be set apart and duly
appropriated tothe purpose prescribed for tha interest arising from aaid funds agreeably
toihenrnvliionsofthe laws now in force in
this hahalf, and shall ba duly paid over by tha
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tun mikrii ns 111 iuii consideration ot the one
per centum required lo be paid by the bank to the state on the amount of small notes
which the hank his been by the general as
semiiir Humonzea i.i issue, and nothing in
act authorizing ihe taxation of nnr bank to
issue small notes shall be so canstrued as lo authorize the taxation of any hank stork
which has not been heretofore subject to tax ation.
Sec 8. The existing agents for loaning the
surplus revenue in the several counties shall
oe conunuea in omce so long as their servi
ces shall be needed; and wherever there may be now, or may hereafter be. a vacancy in
said office in any county, it shall be the duly
of the bjird doing county business to ti l h vacancy; and all agents so appointed shall be
q tanned to discharge their duties agreeably
to tr.e Jaws now in force before taking upon
themsehes to act as such agent: and such
ooard my at an) time, when they may deem
tntthe interests of the state demand it. require anv of said agents to give additional
security, ordumiss any such agent from effice,
ns may be deemed most expedient
Sec y. 1 hat it shall be the duty of Ihe com
missioners of the sinking fund, on ihe applica
lion of nny borrower, whose loan is now due,
or may fall due in Ihe year 184 1, to extend
the lime ol payment of such loan, so that the
same shall be paid in five annual pit) ment, at
the rate ol interest now charged for Ihe state
by said commissioners, and on the present
mortgaged security, if deemed by such com missioner sufficient, or otherwise on sati.farlo
ry additional security; t!ie interest to be paid annuallf in advance, on what remains ol the
loan as heretofore.
Sec 10. That th state officer having charge
of eurh leans. shll in like manner on appli
ration of any such borrower of ihe saline college fund, pxtend the loans of sal J fund, as
ttbove provided as lo the sinking luiul. and the treas ;rer of stale shall from time to lime, on the receipt of the principal and interest of said loans, foithwith deposit the same In the nearest branch of the state bank of Indiana,
subject to ihe order of Ihe sinking fund cornmWsioners. to b vested in bar.k stock, as in
this ac) proviJed.
Sac 11. That itshall be and is liereoy mnae
the duty of the boird of county commissioners
of every county in this state, to decide at a special sessiou of said board, lo be called for that purpose, on ihe second Monday in Au
gust nex,(or hi case no sum session ne caucu. then K shall betaken as acquiesced in by said
board) whether or not, the surplus revenue
mnd of their county shall be investeu in oanit
stock. 'as provided for in this act; and upon such decision being in the affirmative, the same shall be so vested as herein provided.
and if in the negative the said county commissioners shall forthwith at their said session settle with the surplus revenue agent of their county, and shall thereupon re-appoint such agent or appoint another agent of said fund, in them thall seem expedient.
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Sec 12. That nothing in this act shall be
no construed as to subject the said bank, or
any of its branches to any liability in regara . ... . m t 4 L
10 any ol said lunds, until me monej uicicfrom is received by such hank. See 13. This act shall he in force, so soon
as the state bank shall file with the secretary
of state, official notice ot her acceptance in
ti,. nmn.r manner, of the provisions tnereoi,
1 a a a t. I: ll SH ilia TrntlAtlA
nd it shal I iiirn oe pumiaiwu ih iu "---
Journal and Democrat.
From the edge of the unnerlin. mea
suring along the roof of (he mouth to Ihe sock
et of the eye is 3 feet: from the lower edge of
me upper lip to the first edge of the front
tooth, inches. Eirh jaw has four teeth, and the upper jaw has besi les two enormous
lusks. 1 he teeth are each four inches broad
Ihe nose projects 15 inches over the lower
jaw. Thetuksare ten feet long, exclusive
ol 1 toot ,i inches which forms the root, nnd
is buried in ihe skull. The right tusk was
found firm in the head, nnd remained fixed
nits socket during its excavation, and its
transportation to St. Louis, which fortunate circumstance enables us to know Ihe exact
position and situation which the tusks ocru
pied in Ihe head of Ihe animal during its life.
they were carried by him almost horizontally, bending somewhat down, and then com
ing with their points up again, making a
sweep, from extremity to ex'remily. in
straight line across the head of fifteen feet.
The longest rib measures 5 feet 7 inches in
length, the shortest 2 feet 3 inches. The
scapula, or shoulder bNde. is th ree feet one
inrh in length, and 2 feet 7 ioches in breadth
The length of the humbrut, or fereaim. is
fret 51 inches, and its greatest circumference
3 feet 3 inches. The femur, or thigh bone. is
4 feet and a half inch long, nnd 8 inches in
diimeter. The feet of Ihe animal appear t
have been webhed. The fore foot has four
toes nnd a thumb. The longest toe mea W rf . a .
nrel loot inches, (he shortest I foot; nnd
the thumb 7 inches. All the bones of the an
imil are firm, and contain no marrow. The
cavity of the brain is quite large.
I ho proprietor, Mr. Knoek, in his pnn
led description ol the animal, makes Ihe l
lowing remarks on its supposed habits and
nature:
The animal been, without doubt, an in
habitant ef water courses, such a 1 rge river
ard lakes, which is proven by the form.t:er
in ine nonr: ur. ins leet were wenoeu: ai. all his bones were solid and without marrow, a? the aquatic animals of the piesenl day; 3.1. his ribs were too small nnd slender to resist
the many pressures and bruises theywouldbe subjeit toon land; 4ih. his legs nre short and thiik; 5th. his tail is flat and broad; Clh. and last, his tusks are so situated in tha head lliat it would be utterly impossible for him to exist in a timbered country. II i food consis
ted ns much of vegetables as flesh, although
he undoubtedly consumed a great abundance rtf the latter, and was capable of feeding himself with his forefoot, after the manner of the heaver or otter, and possessed also, like the
hypopotamus, the faculty of walking on the
bottom of water, and rose ocrmonally to take
air.
The singular position cf Ihe lusks has been
very wisely adopted by the Creator for the
protection ollhe body irom Ihe many injuries
to which it would be exposed while swimming or walking under the water; and, in addition to this, it appears that the animal has been covered with the same armour as the alligator or perhaps the migatherium.
States. No. Distilleries. Galls. Dist'd. Maine 3 N. Hampshire 5 31.-244 Vermont 2 3 500 Massachusetts. 37 3,177.910 Connecticut 71 215 892 R- llnd 4 855.000 New York 38 4,008.016 New Jersey 219 356.417 Pensjlvania 707 8,784.138 Delaware 3 39 500 Mar) land 73 342 813 Virginia 1450 832.510 N.Carolina 2798 1.038.741 S. Carolina 251 102.288 Georgia 350 528.393 Alabama 185 127.261 Mississippi . 15 3.150 Louisiana 5 29l.5'J0 Tennessee 1381 1.0J-0 ( 93 Arkansas 47 17.215 Kentucky 890 1.7(M).7t5 Missouri 215 328898 ll'inois 150 1.429.119 Indiana 323 1,786.964 Ohio 373 466.357 Michigan 59 544.0C6 Ijw 2 4.310 District of Columbia 1 6,000 9617 36,213,236
If the population of the United Stales be
correctly estimated at seventeen millions.
the above quantity of distilled spirits, will furnish each man, woman, and child, with
11-00 gallons yearly. Journal of the A-
mcricon Union,
USEFUL KEU1PES. To cureScbatcue in Houses. Wash ihe feet, or parts effected, with soap suds, wipe them clean nnd dry, and then npply white lend ground iu oil, as thick as ran be smoothly and evenly laid on. Exercise moderately, keep ihe animal dry, and in most case ,the first application will cure effectually. Should a second be necessary, wah off the old lead, and appl) with a brush as at first. Six or eight d 4) 3 should intervene between the applications.
Staggers in Swine. To cuie this disease, De Grauchy reromtrend cutting a knot in Ihe roof of (be month till the animals bleeds libei ally, and then rubbing it with i owdered loam and salt, and giving i. a little urine to drink. Pigs have openings on the inside cf tha fore legs below the knee, from which, when in health, a small oi.-cl.-rgo is kept tip. A stoppage of these o.ifi es. i sup i d lobe one cause of the tagger; and rubbing the m open with n cob or other rough material, will usually effect a cure.
will not be represented in ihe ex
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f f,iirfi. A bill passed me
lift Wtxupiwaa w-bw- -
House of Reprerentatives in ine ataienumor . . . 4-. ...1.. n,.t.!m in.rtil Pipe
e . i ... 1. 1. J.rc.aI Ik m
linn, if ntcessarvaiui "' wn.w..- -
Loco Senate, because it wa, improper to legislate upon ewtifigmaet! &o the State is
without a KepreseuiHwwc ihwhi is injured by this policy t The people or lllinois may be and if they are. ihe injury reultsfrom the folly of the ir own Locofow rulers. Should an appropriation or the Cumberland Road fall farwantofhervoles,they'll feel it. GnGti. All the statutes now in force, In Connecticut aftr two hundred years of Logistatton, are comprised in one volume. The same maybe said of Massachusetts.-Cot. ElUaaertA's yeeeA.
How TO crtoosE Wifk. The Patnareh, a Magazine just published, offers Ihe following receipt for the selection of a wife: 'A place for every thing, and every thing in it place," said the patriarrh to his daughter. "Select a wife, my son. who will never step over a broomstick." The son was obedient to the lesson. Now, said he, pleasantly on a gay May lay, to one of his companions, I appoint this broomstick to choose me a wife. The youne ladv who will not step over it shall have the offer of my hand. They pas sad from the grove; some stumbled over Ihe broomstick, and others jumped it. At length a young ladv stooped and put it in its place. Thn nromis'e was 'fulfilled. She became the
wife of an educated and wealthy young man.
and he the huband or a prudeni, inansinous j wife. He brought a fortune to
k.. ,'k Itnuw how to save one. It is not
easy to decide which was under the greatest obligations. Both were rich, and each enriched the other.
What x bxtT A man in Potlsville, Mast.,
.d reniaes "aslate nenci! lost." Another one
forfirteen girls with active jaws tochswrag .v. m;it n v Vhaw a eirl io Ibis
city who would make an escelleot band at
cbewiof rags. Che to a.
Sobe Throat Swine. Turn animal so effected, into an open paa-
tere where there is fresh feed, and ground o roof. It isn disease resulting generally from confinement. Pounded charcoal mixed with
food, where pasture cannot be had, or roc to
for exercivse, is one of the best preventives oi disease in swine.
Horn Distemper. A "Practical Farmer" in the Eos'oh CM
vatoi, while he admits that the npj hcalicn of spirits of turpentine is good, asserts Ihe rise
of hot brimstone is still better, lor ine cure of the horn nil. He turns one spoonful belling hot into the cavity just between the horns.
Scours in Animals. A writer in the Maine Farmer,recommends for this disease, finely pulverized bone. We
have never seen it tried, but from the nature
of the substances that constitute bone, such
nslime toeorreci too great aridity, and g'la. line to smooth the irritated surfaces, it is pro
bable it employment would be useful Croup, oe Hives in Children. Cut unions into thin slices, between and over them, put brown sugar. When Ihe sugar is dissolved, a teaspoonful of the sirup will produce almost immediate relief. Tha Editor of the Farmer's Advocate says he has known the onion used for this formidable disease, but prepared differently. "Wrap ihe onion in a wet cloth, or cabbage leaf, cover ii with hot embers, and roast it slightly which may be done in a few minutes; the juice then pressed out and sweetened wilh sugar. Prepared l either way, it is pronounced ffectual. . - Scours in Calves. When the calf is attacked, it should be put in a warm, dry stable, and not be pnnie4 to suck more than half the quantity of milk it it wont to do; but should be put to the cow regularly three times a day. Make a tea of equal portions of white oak, beech, wood and slippery elm bark, and give small dose twice a day, ad the calf will ssoo recover. JLgricuUuralist.