Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 June 1820 — Page 1

A; ' CENTIN

PUBLIC A1WERT3REIL

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; published : EVERY SATURDAY 3IOJINING, BY N. WLACKjMAN,: Tvbliih" : of the Lairs of the .'" States, Opposite the Bank of Vixce.n.nls. TERMS OF PtlJiL ICA Tl OX. Two 1ollhs, in advance, Tminn in G months, or Four Dollars at the end of the year. No Subscription will b discontinued Until nil arrearages vse paid. Aiivprvi isemfxts inserted on the usual adICI HI ? M. H , vertisements. The Receiver of Public Monies has been instructed to receive in pavmeiit fnr Lnmls sold in the Distuct ot uicenncs, notes on the following Hanks, 7, : Bank of the United States Sc branches, Bank of Virginia and its Branhces, Farmer's Hank of Virginia and branches Lank of Pcnn. (Philadelphia) of North America do. Farmers and -Mechanics llank do. Mechanics Bank of City 6c County, do Commercial Bank of Penn. do fcfchuvlfcill Bank do Bank f Northern Liberties do of Maryland f 15a!timore' of Columbia (District of Columbia Union Bank ol Georgetown no Patiiotlc'li ink of WaitUm do Bank Washington do of Metropolis do of Alexandna do New York ilank, ew r Matd-aUah Co. do Mechanics Bank do Mei chants Bank, do dc, Union, Punk, d ). 15 ink of America do. ftank of Chilicothe, Ohio. State Bank of Indiana, at Vincennei. Bank of TitfnoU, at Shavnee-Town, Bank of Missouri, at St. Louis, Bank of Mississippi and branches. do. of New-Oi leans. do. of Louisiana. Planters hank do. No note of less than five dollars is re ceivable. Corroded Jyeeldy.) BY AUTHORITY. Laws of the Union. lGth CONGRESS. .....1st SESSION. JAMES MONROE, PRESIDkNT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA j To all and singular tj whom these presents shall come, (rreetingi Whereas, a Treaty between the Uni ted States of America, and the tribe of Kickapoos of tiie Vermilion, was made and concluded, at Fort Harrison, on the thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight ami nine teen, by a Commissioner cm' the part of the said United State?, and certain Chiefs, Warriors, and head men, of the tribe aforesaid, on the prt and in behalf ef the eaid tribe; which Treaty is in the words following, to wit A treatv made and concluded hv Bin jamin Parke, a commissioner n the part of the United States. of America, of the one part, and the Chiefs, Warriers. and head men, of the Tribe of Rickapoos of the Vermillion, of the other part. Article 1. The Chiefs Warriors, and head men, of .he said tribe, aree to cede and hereby relinquish to the United States, al! the lands which the sai.l tribe, lias heretofore possessed, or which t'tev may rightfully claim, on the W abash river or ar:y-cf its waters. Article 2 And to the end that the United States may he enabled tc Kit with the other Indian tribes a boundary between their respective claims, the Chief ?, Warriors, and head men, of the said tribe, do hereby declare, that their rightful claim is'as follows, viz: beginning at the north west corner oftha Vincennes tract; thence, westwardly, by the boundary established by a treaty , with the Piankeshaws on the thirtieth "day of December, eighteen hundred and five, to the dividing; "ridge between the waters of the Kmbarras and the Li-'tle Wabash; thence, by the said ridge, to the source of the Vermilion rive.-; thence, by the same ridge, to the head of Pine v creek : thence, by the said creek, to the Wabash river ; thence, by the said rier, trtthe mouth of the Vermilion river; and thence, bv the Vermilion and the boun dary heretofore c tablished, to the place t ot beirinninr Article 3 The said Chiefs, and War riors, and head men, of the said tribe, agree to relinquish, and thev do hereoy exonerate and discharge the U. States from the annuity of 1000 dollars, to T-hich they are inny entitled. In consideration whereof, and of the cession hereby made, the United States agive to pay the saM tribe, two thousand doilirs annually, in specie, for ten vhich, together nitti three thousand dui

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i full compensation for the cession herey made,as also of all annuities, or other claims of the said tribe against the Udtod States, by virtue of any treaty with the aaid United states. Article U As the said tribe contem plate rem iving from the country they iow occupv, the annuity herein provi ded tor shall be paid at such place a mivbe hereafter agreed upon between the United Spates and' said .tribe. Article 5. This treaty after the same lall be iltiui'ii by the President and 1 f. I III Senate o: i:w Uiiitea states snail oe binding-the contracting parties In leh sk ; i v whereof, the said Hen-ju-i.in Parke, Comi)iioner as aforesaid. ,nd the Chiels, Warriors, and head men, of the said tribe, hive hereunto set their hands, ar Fort Harrison, -n the thirtieth, day of August, in the vear hundred and nineuen. eighteen b. p vikj:, Vagoh.t , his x mark Teeumcena, his x mark Kaahna, his x mark . Macacanaw, his x -mark La Pei ine, hi. x ma;k Macatewaket, his x mark Peiecheah, his mark Kechemaqu.uv, his x mark Pacakinqu, his x maik In presence of ' John Law, See'rv to the CommissV. William PrinceJ Indian Agent. William Markte, Andrew Brooks, Pirre Lap'ante, James C. Tin ner, Samuel1 L. Richardson, Michel Urouillet, U. S. Interpreter Now therefore, hi it known that L James Monroe, president of the United Mate ot America." having seen and roosidered the aid treatv. have.' by and with the advice and con-ent id' the Senate, .;ccepi-d. ratified, and confirmed, the same, and every cj?.us.e and article !ie:w!!V ; ' I v. testimony whereof, "t ' ave caused the sv:1 d'he United states to hr hereunto u 'lived, haiug firH signed t lie ime with i'iv lutnd; at i''. Citv t V a'ii')-ton. thi t Mit!i d 'V ')l V? IV in t of our Lord r.iie tltVi-.i.d- eig'-t drcd and iwenrv V- :.d'Mice ef the Hf or t!u . hid - ,ted tatl'S t.ie irth. JAMSS' Mf)N'HOK. Br JOHN CY ADAMS. S ef arv of State. AN "ACT for the relief of Hlkanah Fin ney.- and others. - Be it enncied .')' the Senate and ll-mse of J?jr)ientatiues of the Umt,jd Male f America. ' CoSzress' assnnbl'd, That the collector for the district of Pis mouth. in the state of Maachuserts. he. and he is here'iy, directed to pay to F.lLanah Finney and others, o-wners ot a h-h-ioi; vesseTcalled the Jiino, of forv-!ive eentv-three ni net v-fifthV tons, and the leal reiresentaives of the persons comp'osing the late crew ot said vessel, the amount of "the allowance to which snid vessel would hive been entitled had she returned into port after com pletihg the term 'required by law : to he distributed m the manner prescntieo in the fiftii sertioa of the act, entitled An act layirg a d ity on imported salt, granting a liountv on pickled ti-'h exported, and allowances to certain vessels emnloveil ' the fisheries," passed oil the tWenty-ninth of July, one thousand eight hundred a nl thirteen. H. CLAV, Speaker of the House of Representatives ' JOHNGAILLUU). President of the Senate, pro tempore May 7, 1820. Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Bruce He it ewict'd by the Senate end tlni of i!epreeitt dives of the United States of America in fo!gres as?inb!ed. That the proper accounting oncers of Treasury Department be, and ihv are htv, h. aathorized a;d directed to pa r .. T,.rh Rr'ire theum of sixtv-nve dollars, in full for his claim against the United States, n account ot a horse lost in the public service during the late war ; and that the tame he paid out of any m mev in the Treasury not otherwise propnated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLAUD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. Mav S, 1820 Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Converse and Georjje Miller. Re it enncted bj the Semte and llnuse of Representatives of the Umied Slates of America in Cwzress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be paid to Daniel Converse one hundred and forty dollar, the value of two horses taken from him for the use of the United States, and to George Miller thirty-five dollars, for one horse taken from him at the same time, for the use aforesaid ; and that the said sums be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. May S, 1S20" Vpnroved : LYMES MONROE. '

VlNCKNM:s, (IND.) SATURDAY, JUNEIO,

AN ACT fur the relief of the widow of John Heaps, deceased. Be it enacted bi the Senate and Rouse of Representatives f the United Sijtes -jf America in Congrcus aseihblexl, Th it the Post Master General be, and . he hcrebv is, authorized and directed to pay to the widow of John Iltaps, late of the city of Baltimore-; who while employed as a carrier of .the mail of the United States, and having the said mail in hi custody, v.a beset by ruffians, and murdered ; out of the inoner belonging to the. United States arising from die postage of letters and packages, five hundred dollars, in ten ejial semi-an nual payments: the first payment, to be made on the tirst d.iv of June next. . 1LCLAY, . Speaker of the House of Representatives MnS G A ILL A II D, President of (tlie Senate pro-tempore May 8, 18C0. Approvet! : . . JAM!:s MO.NHOS. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas C Wither. He it enacted by th?. Senate and House of Jlefireseututives of the United State of Amfrict in C.wgrvss a.-;nrjled, I liat there he paid t Th mias C. Withers ihe sumot'lhree hundred and seventy dollars ; the same being due for lour ho?es. a wason, and g'r, impressed into the service of the United states during the late war; and hat the af oresaid hum be paid out cf any money iii the lie.iury not otncrwi-e appipiated: Pro id 'd, however, 1 oat there shall ! deducted 'Irom tfic atoreanl sum whatever aoioont the claimant mav have received for the use of his W aggou, team, and gear, as aforesaid. II. CLAV, Speaker of the Ho ie of Representatives. - JOHN GAIL LAUD, President of the Seuate, pi i tempore. - May 8. 18-20. Approved, . ; '.JAMES M9NK0S. AN AC ,r f- thf relief of John H. Piatt. He it enacted b; the Senate and House ;f Ueyresenttit-ies cj the U,iiteit Slate ' America in a:s-'esae.r.nic(ii inat the proper accounting oOictrs of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, aut:o:ris-j.l arid mpiiiedto to st ii'.e the accounts of John 11. Piatt, I ..... . ...

!in-h.nciuditig his acro'ints lor transportation

ion just and eciJitahle pi maples, giving all doe weight and consideration to the :it tleoipnts and allowances already made, and to the assurances and decisions of tiie War Deriart'isent : Provided I'i'al the -iU'-i alriwed under tae aiu assuratir.e-i -h ill not exceed the amount, now dam.ed Sv the Unitil States, and tor which suits have been commenced against the said John H. Piatt. li. CLAY, speaker of the Hons of Representatives. J(.HN GAILLARD, . P.-e: lent f the Senate pro tempore. May 8, Approved, . JAMKS MONROE. AN ACT for th'p relief rf John M'Grew, PJrMid Cravat, Hitdy Perry, and Beley Cheney. Be it enacted b:i the Senate and House ojjieprtivts or vuuu ot America in .nizrrssnssenwieu. i nai John NPGreiv, Richard Oravat, Haidy Pi Try, and Belev Cheney, be, and' they are hereby, confirmed in their respective claims to land lying on the cast side of the Tooi'dheo river, in the state of AlabtMia, founde on Spanish warrants of survey, issued prior to the twenty-seventh day d' October, in the year uno thousand seven hundred and ninrtv-fivet Provided the said claiments s!ia(l prove, to the. satisfaction of th ReisttM and Receiver of the Lantl Oilice vvitliin whoe district the said lands are situated, that thev were residents ol thr Mississippi territory on the dav a(etesaid : and tint, prior to that period, th conditions of said warrants of survey were perfumed bv them. 'C Ir.d be it further ennctedVh&t the Roister and Receiver aforesaid are hereby required to receive and record the evidence which may b- offered To iapport of the claims enumerated in the fir.st section ff this act: and if it shall appear that the said claim ints were res-id-.Mits of the late Mis-d-sippl territory. or had coniphed with the conditions ol their warrants of survey, n the day and year in the fo rejroin section specified, it shall be th' dnty of the said Register and Receiver toisue to the said claimants certificates of confirmation, for the quantity of land mentioned in thesaid warrants of survey; Provided, no certifishall be for a larger quantity than six hundrfd and fsrty acres ; And provided, als'i, tbiit the said lands have not been sold'bv tiie United States; in which case, tiie Register and Receiver shall make a special repoit of the fact, with all the evidence thereto appertaining, to tiie Commissioner of the General Lmd Oftce, who shall present the same to Congress at their,next sessiuii, for their decision thereon. H CIAY, Speaker of the Hruse of Representatives. JIM! tiAIUiaiill, President of the Seu2te pro tempore. Mav 3, 18:0. Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN ACT further to' regulate the Medi cal Department of tha Army. ! it madid by the Senate and Mouse

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,f IL prssentatives of the united States of America in congress assetnbUJTvdi ti, Anothecarv General and Assistant Vpothecaries .General shaU aeve'rall rive bonds to the United States, with -rood and sufficient security, for the faithful performance ot then duties, in such sum's as shall be required by the Surgeon General of the Army, under tne direction of the War Department. ILCLA1, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G 1LL RD, President of the Senate, p? o tempore. May 8, 1S20. Approved : JAMKS MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Beck and Harvey. licit enacted by the Senate and If iusc of L'c'ireaentatiucs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be refunded and paid to Beck and Harvey, of Philadelphia, the sum of three thousand three hundred and seventy-sis dollars and nine cents, the said sum ef money having been paid, by the penons above mentioned, to the Collector of Philadelphia, on the imnoitation into the United States of sundrv copper bottoms, and bolts, or bare, the same not being. by law, subject to the payment ot duties. II. cla , Speaker of the Ilmse of ltepresentatives President of the. Senate, pro tempore, Mav 1S2U. Approved : JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of the legal rep resentatives of Henry Willis lie it enacted bu the Senate and House nf Jlepreseut.itives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, TUat the legal representatives of Henry Willis be, and they are hereby authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu of two tracts of land, claimed by them, r. i the waters of Bayou Sarah, and vhich have been sold bv "tiie United Mates, in any laud office in the states of Mississippi or Mahama, and in such quantities, agreeably to the surveys made hy the United States as the claimants may desire, a quantity not exceeding thirteen hundred arpens for which, the register or registers of the land ofiices afoicsaid, shall issue the necessary certificate or certificates, on return of which, to the General Land Office, a patent or patent shall is-oie in favor of taid legal representatives. II. CLAY, Sneaker of the house of Representatives. 1 JOHN GAILLAUD, President of tiie senate, pro tempore. M.iv S. ltl-2iJ. Approved: l i JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Stephen Baxter, late Paymaster of the third regiment of New-York -volunteers. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department he, and they are hei . hv. "authorised and empowered to the accounts of Stephen Baxter, ! .. nunmicUr ft f tin third reirimut of IfllV. Mil I v.. . New York volunteers, upon uc puov.. rr nf jsl:ce aIld CQU;ty ; and to allow m - a snnt;1P (iUtt r, r IMUl SUCH tievma a . "IT . Kp trooiH in the moreys service of the rua rrntr.t Stntpa: Provided hmrpver That the allowance as aforein' . . . 1 w1i-.ll not prreed the amount ailvannaivi ced io him by the government ol ine ft..:..i (,i0l! If ri.Y. Sneaker of the Uoo?e of Representatives, "i "l " t nf' t i r i nn ' . .. President of the Senate, pro tempore, I . 1 1 J l l tilil.nilll. m..., w. isi?n ,rovfd : hV!!N MtiNROR. -' ' - APT for the relief of Charles S. lones Richard Buckuer, jun. administrators of William Jones. ip. : h tUo Spun! nvd Itniise nf Rrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, , That Chatles S. Jones and Richard iiuckner, iu:i. auminiira;ors oi hh.m. w..t.T, i a. ..r wiiii.iiii T...iac l.atr collector of the direct tax for the -23d district of Virginia, be and they are hereby released and discharged from any liahilitv for the sum of seven hundred and fortv-seven dollars and -foity-ive beiu- for stamps for cents, this sura which the estate of William Jones, deceased, stand, charged on the books of the Commissioner of the Revenue, which . i ,1,.,,,,. stamps were iosi uui iiil; iuc . i. w ...... . . .. . . . i . . c i r.u v;tt; M l.itn.. fm.o home, occasioned bv an accident that T deprived him of his life. H. CLAY, Speaker orthe House of Representatives. i.iit- i 4 II T I On President of the Senate, pro tempore. May 8. lb0. Approved: . 1 JAMES MONROE. AN AC r for me rei.ei oi uanie. n ck . .. f c r Trl. ley, and Catharine Ciark, administra "tri.r of John Cluk, deceased. Be it enacted bt the Senate and Ihnsr nf Renresentativcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That . ! . !.?.! I" on. I tf. there ne nam in uaniei imivic, PNrlc. administratrix of John Clark, deceased, out of any money in tl. Tr!iiirv not otherwise appropriated. the sum of two thousand two hundred ,n.l filtv dollars, beinz the amount in valjs of a bill ot exchange for twelve

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thousand I'rat.c-, drawn ti e Went -jii:th day nf Mav. Anno Domird rne tio'sinl eight hundred and five, by the Miniiter Plenipotentiary of the tutted Hate in France, upon the Treasury of the Uni. t d States, in favor of BickJey and Clark, and rec rded in the uflice f the First uditor 4t the Treasury, number se n mm a a ty : l'lo idea, alicavs, 1 Hat, Oi lore tha said paunent sliall be made as atoreaul. secuiity be given to the satisfaction of t!ie Stci etary r.f the Tri asurv, to in demnify the United Stated against iiiy claim that may be nde oo axxouLt ut ihe said bill of exchai.ge H. CLAY, Speaker cf the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore. May 8, lSO.Approved : JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the bent fit of the Colum bian I n -1 i J t e established for the promotion of Arts and Sciences in the Citv of Washington. He it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the UniUd .states of America, in congress assemblid, That, t'leie he granted, during the pleasure of Congress, to the Columbian Institute for the promotion of Arts and Sciences, th use and improvement of a tract of pub lie land in the City of Washington, not exceeding five acres, to be located underthe direction of the President of th United States, for the purpose of enabling the said Columbian Institute to effect the ohject of their incorporation. Provided, That whenever the said Institute shall be dissolved, or cease to ex ist, or to employ the said tract of land fur the purposes aforesaid, all right, title, and interest, hereby granted to the same, sliall revert to, and vest in, the United Mates, as completely as if sucU. grant had never been made. H.CLAY, Speaker of the House of Repre n'atives, JOHN GAILLARD. President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, Mav 8, 1820. J AMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of John D. Carter. He it enact d by the Senate and JlovsB of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'I hat there be paid to John D. Carter, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, the sum of five thousand nine hundred and eightyseven dollars and ninety cents, lei: that part of the proceeds of certain cds and merchandise, belonging to the fca'd John D. Carter, captured on bard toe jliiu Mandarin, and biuugl.t intu liie I'ott of Philadelphia, and there condemned, . as pri.e ot war, vh;ch were paid into the treasury ot tke United states, as ma United States' portion of said prize. IL CLAY Speaker of the Houe of Representatives. JOHN GAlliLARD, Prpiidentof the Senate, to tempore. May 8th, 1820. Approved : JAViES MONROE. N ACT for the relief of the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon Forman. Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State Iii America in Congress assembled 9 I hat A tin- heirs ot Abiiah Hunt and " ii.iara i . Gordon Forman be, and they are hereoy, connrmeu in ineir ciann 10 uucru huh' i , , r- ... l dred arpens oi laira, suuareu o;i i. o Mississippi river.nearine mouuiui vuic creeK. in me siaie oi iViisis.w,pi, I . 1 - I the same land w men was convejeu m I Al.;;U Mur.t rn WWWaiw Gordon rorI .X 'J 1 1 41 i limn, ti.u i iin - - man, on the 31st day of May, one thou. sand cigninunurea ana iwo, uy tniii Norwood, executor ot the l&st.uill -itt I ' . T. ... testament of John lurnhull: PrQClfa LNothin-in Mis act shall be so cons riKii asm aueci me riannm any uiui . or persons to the said land, or any Prt inereoi. u-riv tu euneriruiu mc uuucm. praies or irom any omer suurco " ever H. CLAV, Speaker of the House of Represent ativei JOHN UAILLAiai, President nf the Senate pro tempore. May 8th, 18 Z0 Approved : J JAMfcS MONROE. t RESOLUTION for the distribution of certain copies ,. ,oe "7 ; Convention which formed the Lon.U. tution. Resolved bu the Sena' and Home - J7 . , c. if 0r0..tnt;,i i,r ihr United statea "t O.O I HlXlfinmiin-' " m Rsvresetdatives of iAmertca in crw:-i "r7 .M " Scretarv cf Mate be, and he U fierely, directed'.to transmit one copy ot the Journal of the Federal Convention at );hilade!ph:a, in one thousand seven hu'v dred and eighty-seven, which formed the Constitution of the United Mate, u each of the members, now alive, of the aid Convention. II. CLAY, - ? . of tJiC Iow of Rep,cntat tcntatives. - 'JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. May 8, lbU. Approved ; 3 JAMES MONROE, Kcnhawa Salt . F0RS.1LKAT KILGOUR, TAYLOR & WEBB'3 10th March. - 4SH-tf !