Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 July 1820 — Page 1
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.jjigggXES, (INDA SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1820.
LAXJ) OFFICE MONEY. The, Receiver of Public Monies has been instructed to receive in payment for Lands sold in the District of Vincenncs, notes on the following Banks, viz : JJank of the United States & Branches, Batik of Virginia and its Branhces,
Farmer's Bank of Viiniuia and branches.
Bank of Pcnn. (Philadelphia) of North America do. Farmers and Mechanics Bank do. . Mechanics Ban!: of City &. County, do. Commercial Bank of Peun. do Schuylkill Bank do Bunkr of Northern Liberties do of Maryland of Baltimore of Columbia (District of Columbia Union Hank of Georgetown do Patriotic Bank of W ashington do Bank of Washington do of Metropolis do of Alexandria do New York Bank, New York Manhattan Co. do Mi'cimi!C3 Bank do Jxfeiehants Sank, do da, Unioii Bank, do. IVu.k America Ba; i; of Chilicoth, Ohio. Su.e Bank of Indiana, at Vincennes. Biak.t Illinois, at Shavnee-Tuwn, Bui-k. of Missouri, at St. Louis., dj. of New -Orleans, do. of Louisiana. No :0te of loss than five dollars is ic ceivahle. ( Crrtcted Weekly.) BY AUTHORITY.
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the state of Alabama, or, in lieu
thereof, a light vessel in the said bay ; if the same shall be preferrc J : A light vessel, should the same be dee nied necessary by the Secretary of thfs Treasury, at the mouth of the Mississippi, in the state of Louisiana. Sec. 4 And be it further enacted. That there be appropriated, out i)f any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, to accomplish the objects, specified in this act, to wit : for erecting a pier at the mouth of Kennebunk river, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars : for placing a bell near the lignt-house on West Quoddy Head, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars : for erecting two light-houses, one un the Tenpound Island, and the other on Baker's Island, and placing three buoys on the rocks and flats near Salem, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars : for defray
ing the expense of liirhtins the lixht-
house on the south side of the harbor of Nantucket, and superintending the same, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars : for a Hunt-bouse near the
mouth ot iiennesj.ee river, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars: for placing two buoys, one on Southwest Ledge, and the other on Adams' Fall,
in or near the harbour ot New-Haven
a sum not exceeding three hundred dol
lars : for a light vessel, and placing the
same at the end of Smith's Point Shoals, a sum not exceeding eijrht thousand dol
lars: for a light-house on Shell Castle ls land, or a light vessel, if preferred, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars:
for a beacon and two buoys on proper
sites in or near tne channel leading to
Charleston Harbor, a sum not exceedin
six thousand five hundred dollars ; for
a light-houe, or light vessels, fur Mo bile Bay, a sum not exceeding nine
thousand dollars: for a liirht vessel at the mouth of the Mississippi, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
Sec. -5. And be it further enacted. That
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and ' e is hereby, authorised, if he shall deem
it expedient and proper, to build the
iljibt house uirecteu to De Duiit on spar
row's Point in the State ot Maryland, on North Point in said state ; and also to
substitute a
hous
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Kit-
Laws of the Union.
16th CONGRESS 1st SESSION.
licrht vessel for the liirht
directed to be built on Cranev
uch person shall K -..liud.,.! r,;Ma f ACT for the relief of Ambrose
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cuit Court of the United States ffc tne Be it enacted by the Senat and House district into which he shall be brourrfitj o Representatives of the United Stats
or m which he shall be found, stydlautV of -America in Congress assembled. That fer death: Provided, that nbthintffri this the 'Secretary of the Trexsury be, and section contained shallbe construed to he is hereby, authorized to pay to Aradepnve any particular state of its juris- brose Vasse, of the town of Alexandra, diction over such offences, when com- in the district of Columbia, the sum of
raitieu wunin the body ot a county, er thirteen thousand three huidred and authorize the courts of the United States seventy-eight dollars and sixty-three to try any such offenders, after convic- cents; being the sum awarded to he paid tion or acquittance, for the same offence himfor the cargo of the ship Olive Branch,
in a sidie court. Ibvthe Hoard ot (Jninm!siioner.s- um r
Sec. . And be it further enacted, That, the seventh article of the Treat v of the
if any citizen of the United States, twentieth of November, one thousand being of the crew or ship's company of seven hundred and ninety four, between any foreign ship or vessel engaged in the United States and Great Britain :
the slave trade, or any person whatever, Provided, There is as much money rebc.g of the crew or ship's company of maininirof the fund which.bv law, was an-
any ship or vessel owned in w hole or in propriated for the payment of the aw ards
pan. ur iiavigaieu tor, or in oenau oi, any unuer me saui seventh article ot the citizen or citizens of the United States, said treaty ; or to pay such part thereof, shall land, from any such ship or vessel, as the fund aforesaid, remaining in the and on any foreign shore, seize any ne- Treasury, will enable.
gro or mulatto, not held to service orl H. CLAY',
labor by the laws of either of the states Speaker of the House of Representatives, or territories of the United States, with JOHN GAILLARD.
intent 10 make sucii negro or mulatto a slave, or shall decoy, or forcibly bring or carry, or shall receive, such negro or
mulatto on hoard any such snip or ves
for that purpose, be, and the same U hereby declared to be applicable to that ob
ject.
Sec.2. Jlnd be it further enacted, That as soon as the said buildiug shall be completed, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorized and required to cause to he sold, at public sale, upon such terms, and in such manner, as he shull
judge to be expedient, the house and lot
m which the District Court is now held, and to cause the amount for which tly shall be sold to Le paid into the Treasury of the United States. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. May 15, 1820. -Approved : JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Conrad Laub, deceased. lie it macted by the Senate and House of Hepresentotive's of the United States
of America, in congress assembled, That, the person authorized to transact the
President of the Senate, pi j tempore. huMtiess of the late supervisor of the
JUay la, 180. Approved, Kevenue in tne state or Pennsylvania,
JAMES MONROE. M-c, ana he is' hereby, authorised and di
rected to revise t!.e accounts of Conrad
sel, with intent, as aforesaid, such citi- AN ACT for the relief of persons hoi- Laub. deceased, late a collector of Inzen or person shall be adjudged a pirate, ding confirmed unlocated claims for ternal Datie-. in the state aforesaid, and and, on conviction thereof Letorc the lands iu the state of Illinois. to audit and settle the same, admitting, circuit court of the United States for the lie At enacted by the Senate and llise ou sufficient evidence, all legal or equidistrict wherein he may be bought or of Representatives of the United States able credit not heretofore allowed or fouud, shall suffer death. of America in Congress usemhled Tnai rejected by Congress. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all persons law fulfy hoidin confirmed Se c.2. And be it further enacted, That if any citizen of the United States, be- unlocated claims for land within the if the Administrator of the said Conrad ing of the crew or fchip's ccmpany of tract reserved by the third section of the Laub, deceased, shall be dissatisfied with any foreign ship or vessel eigaged in act entitled An act confirming certain tfie settlement and decision of the per the slave trade, or any person what- claims to land in the Illinois territory, on authorised to transact the business ever, being of the crew or ship's com- and providing for their location," passed oJ tne supervisor aforesaid, he may, pany of any ship or vessel owned wholly the sixteenth day of April, in the eat within three months after such tJechJoa, or in part, or navigated for. or in behalf of one thousand eight hundred and four- appeal from the same, upon such items anycif.enorcitizensoftheUnitcdState3, teen, be allowed until the first day of in the account as he snail speciallv dcshall forcibly confine, or detain, or aid November, one thousand eigU hundred signafe, stating, in writing, his objecand abet in forcibly confiuing, or dc- and twenty, to register the same ; and tions to the decision on the same, to tha taiiilng, on board such ship or vessel, the said claims shall be receivable in accounting officers of the treasury dc any negro, or mu!atto,not held to service payment for public lands within the baid partment; and. upon such appeal being by the laws of either of the states or ter- reserved tract, conformably with the taken and presented to the Viaury de-
ntones of the United States, with iu- provisions of the said act, and of the partment, within the ti
time aforesaid, it
tent to make such negro or mulatto a act entitled An act makin" further shall be law ful for the accounting officera slave, or shall, on board any such ship provisions for settling claims To land in f that department to audit and settle the
or vessel, oner or attempt to sell, as a the territory ot Illinois," passed the same, according to the rules prescribed s!ave,any negro or mulatto, not held to twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand by this act, and in such manner as tha service, as aforesaid, or shall, on the eight hundred and sixteen, at auv time justice of the case may require.
Island, at the mouth of Elizabeth River high seas, or any where on tide water, before the first day of November, one ec- 3 And be it further enacted, That in the State of Virginia. transfer, or deliver over, to any other thousand ehrht hundred and twenty. if, upon the settlement of the account
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted That, ship or vessel, any negro, or mulatto, II. CLAY, Us aforesaid, of the said Conrad Laebi
to complete the light houses and hght not hem to service, as atoresaiu, with speaker ot the Mouse ot Kepreseutatives. ueceasea, it snail appear that he is en
vessels heretofore directed to be built, intent to make such negro or mulatto a
there We appropriated, out of any tnon- slave, or shall land, or deliver on shore eys in the Treasury not otherwise ap- from on board any such ship or vessel, prupriated,the following additional sums, any such negro or mulatto, w ith intent to wit: for the liirht houses in the state to make sale of, or having nrevionsly
JOHN GAILLARD, titled to lurlher credits than have here-
President of the Senate, pro-tempore. tofore been received, it shall be lawful
way la, ibzo. Approved, ir me secretary ot the lreasury to aU
JAMES MONROE. M"w the same, and credit his account
therewith.
of Maryland, a sum not exceeding six sold, such negro or mulatto, as a slave, AN ACT, in addition to the act, enti-1 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
thousand sia hundred dollars: for the such citizen or person shall be adjudged light house directed to be built between a pirate, and on conviction thereof bethe mouth of Grand River, in the State fore the circuit court of the United of Ohio, and the mouth of Detroit River, States for the district wherein he shall in the Territory of Michigan, five thou- be brought or found, shall suffer death.
AN ACT to authorize the erection of a light-house on one of the Isles of
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sum dollars.' aim tor me ugui nouses or light vessels for the State of Virgin - x ! 4. l
fehoc Is. near Portsmouth, in NewIIamp- , ' , , , ,. ' hundred dollars.
''ri . 1 o mr ai I. C il. 1.1 TM i
oet. 4 . .nu uk, iv juruw-r eiiucieu i nai
nor land-mark,
en any site pre-
H. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
lie it enacted by the Senate and House ka kon u,in r r, , J e M. ,T , . no light-house, beacon, yf henresndotives of the United States , M Y Kl-,,f ,. " . r J 1 1 t t shall he built or erected
tied An Act making Appropriations the legal and equitable allowance to bo
lor the support of government tor the maae, snail not exceed the balance which,
year one thousand eight hundred and h due to the United States; nor hall
twenty," and for other nurpo&es. Ian.v allowance, so ascertained, be passed
He it enacted bit the Senate end iouselto his credit, unless the administnjor
of Representatives of the United States shall forthwith pay such remaining hal of America in Congress assembled. That, ance, if any, as shall, apon said settle-
JOHN GAILLARD, the following sums be, and the same are I nient be found to be due and owing froirc
President of the Senate, pro tempore. I hereby, appropriated, that is to sav : L the said Conrad Laub. 1.1... i .r i onr a 1. It?. . i . . " . I 11 n r
iiiaj u, iou. rkppiuteu: I ror compensation grautetl uy law tol . ujjAI, JAMES MONROE. the members of the Senate and House Speaker of the House of Representatives'.
ot Representatives, in addition to the JOHN GAILLARD.
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n;iti .14 Lhs uirinirtinfi 11I &ur i nnc .. i . . , . . . I ... ... r . . ...v I! . I 7 I
ft! if. F si , . ' " the same uemg maue to the United state o issue metiers ratent to lien- object, twenty-three thousand three hun- Way lo, l8iZ0. Approved,
:."..:.. :;T::. I states. ryuuram. Ured and lorty dollars. JAMES MONROE.
t ' rVr;, ? ? . II. CLAY, Be it enacted by m SenaUand House For rebuilding the public wharf, and
ill P.Wdont .,f thp iTnTl SttP. h,u SpeakcrofOie House of Representatives, of Representatives of the United States, repairing the public warehouses, on Sta- AN ACT to authorize the Governor of Til f It. f 1 rll ? r !?? 30HN GAILLARU, of America in Congress assembled, That ten Island, fifteen thousand dollars. Illinois to obtain certain Abstracts of
Z ZYcu t 7 , ; ;" ; L" , President ot the Senate, pro tempoe. the : Secretary ottate shall be, and he For graduating the Capitol Square.put- Lands from certain Public Offices.
vtidih thp ITnlfn! smT ;V eht MaJ 15, 1820. Approved: is hereDy authonzeti and required to ting the grounds in order, aud planting Beit enacted bj the Smnte and ilonsenf
the dutv of the Secretary of thp Trn -1 niwuiwiuumiim, . .v., v,. ..... uunuu, news hiiuui uic saiue, iwo muusanu uui-l urpresiriuaiives vj lue uiiizza muie oj
ii ma iui;ntuiCiii iu mc wuusirutuuu iBis. i .'j:nTicct, in iJor.'rress flssfmoti, I hat
ot a plough, upon his complying with kec-2.
appropriations heieinbe fore the United States' land office
of America in Congress assembled. That
ury to provide, by contract, which shall
a I t i r-n . I. i. n tii i ri ii f
kn .,nnmvpil lv u Pro.Mmt I,.- i,i 4 V irT.i'. c n a 1 v-... iui ocu.' . juu tc it j riter CTZuCiru-, i nati it snail oe me uuty oi me iteiser oi De jpprovea ny tne l resident, lor bail- AN AC I to continue in force li An act Uhp Hirpctinn of th art futta, t, i i r Li t t , i i i a- . . i:i.. i. u. ...i j i line uirecnous oi tne act, entitled "An I the several appropriations heiembelore the united States' land otlict a :n-
lPw" progress of the use- made, shall be paid out ofanv money cenues, in the state of Indiana, to furrrJlrPS Jinn tvinih rha t-im rt rvii"i Ii i i!i . . I. . J I
dinu a light-house on such island, to be
so lighted as to be distinguishable from othpr light houses on the east and west of the same; and, also, to agree for the
... ot oDtaimng ratents tor uselul dhcove- the arrearages of the Department of or L..rs.ns to be. annmnted hv the Pres- lie it rnt?.teA hu fba Sonno nnr) rr,mcl - -j . I . 'V' " wcuarinieiii oi
. , ' . ir - - --- y ries aim inveiuious 10 certain persons Var. trom the tirt tlav of Jnlv imp ide: tor the supermtendance of the of Representatives of the United States therein mentioned, and to enlace and thousand eight S C; r u f , ti, jm7Cfl?frs" define the penalties for violating the the first of Jul v, one thousand eH.t hunSec. C. And be d further enacted, Tha the first, second, third, and fourth, sec- riKhts of patentees," except so far as the dred and seventeen be naid oft o the th, ,u:u uhvo thousand dollars be and tions of an act, entitled An act .to said acts,Por an v part or rtsoftlem, sZ tol ?L hundreuand the -h is hereby, appropriated, for protect the commerce of the United rpn,1ir,.nrPS;1pnr,flftJ .c,.,;. ,i.i 1 A .i!" V. " . . "7r a U
th.-v ir,o.e ofbuildin-such liaht-house. States and punish the crime of niracv." k 7 c :J ,: u-c.j appropr.aieu ior arrear-
- - 1 w I Li i L LI1ILLU KJ L 1L i. V A 111 I I r lllfl II 1 I wT - 1 fl 9111 I O ITOQ tl1 AP Tn f hn 1 nl I n 1 t . . .
Tarrh n . -r -i , ,. .. . r'"1 w w.uiiih-;i unc muuv
t'tc iiers, beacons, or landmarks, and gress, and no longer. X. ' ! :; and placing light vessels, or Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
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i.t l-iiillU liathoi
! ), near S'em.
a setts; a
lidit-house
at a proper.
t!
otates, ana punish the crime ot pira- ful nrts.and to rpnnl ihprtUnrnrJ;n u -v... ' i 1 f f .. .. . . c .
)) ,! l . c iL 1 1 ...vvu,.,vwn;n, hi HIV lltaauij UUl UU1C1 WI3C ftUUIUUriM IliSU IU UIC J1H fill UT Hi li!r SiSlC JI cy, 7 ami also to make further nrovis- o-ia fr Kof ri.r.r.c o.i J rr r 1
!n.f, BnM,:kn 't v.. r . v, uuu ou au, cu ucu. iinois, wuen ne siau apply iur tnr fame, ions for punishing the crime ot pira- titled An Act to extend the privilege Sec.3. And bt it further enacted,Thzt a complete attract of all the and
which nave oeen purcnaseu at thk l-.ce, or which may hereafter be pui Trid,
which lie within the state of Illinois,
ilesinating the name of each purchaser,
and the. time of making the purcha;
for which hf s-hall be entitled to recMve, from such applicant, at the rate of tea cents for each separate entry, a copy
whereof is required : Provided, cwever,
That all the expense incurred by virtue of this act, shall be defrayed by said state.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the application of the covernor of said 6tate, to cause a
complete abstract to be mane out, lor the use of said state, of all the military bounty lands which have been patented to the soldiers of the late array, ling within the same, designating the name of each patentee. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representative!. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Seuate, pro tempore. May 15, 1820. Approved: JAMES MONROE.
to- Of Taiu out o! at)V monevs in the naatPi nn thi third Hav nf
j j , ..... r riicnprrj. n 11 tii cawi Huiikv Hi. .!... I . I :.j.i i i i i nc
Treasury not otherwise appropriated thousand eight hundred and nineteen, nad resided tv o verwithin th nn V' -& i' T A i T 9 I X-' :,r. 3 And U it further tuaetedt be, and the same are hereby, continued ?cd gSS, J the Uni- th;"?.l" thef,act' eti led - An act in the Secvtarv of the Treasury be, and in force, from the passing of this act, for H CI 4Y J hi' Z nt tahe,severt1t?cts es' i . -...k u i ii j. . au . i a -if u "Ai, tabushment and regulation oi the TreaIie is noveby, authorized to provide, by the term ot two years, and from thence Sneaker of the House of H,nrp.on.. ,.nr. V,r .A x ivLT.lt:,,
V ., iui 'unuili HZiH-uuunO) I IU CTIIU Ul UIC ilCJkl, SC331UU V( VyUU' !
That
JOHIS GAILLARD, passed the first of Mav. one thousand
President of the Senate pro tempore, eight hundred and twenty, to the con-
May 15, 1820 Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
buoys, on the following sites the fifth section of the said act be, and to wit ; A pier at the mouth the same 'is hereby continued in force.
y
ui-L.unk river, in the state of as to all crimes made punishable hv the I xt a r. t r ,.t o
tuo hght houses, one on Ten- same, and heretofore committed, in all lUT w!Ti " ' "
, at tlm entrance into Clou- respects as fully as if the duration of the Be U enacted b the 'genate and House and the other on Baker's said section had been without liraita- r nct;,.J t.. rro.j
in tlin trito nr Aine.lrmn J
Sec. S.
And be it further enacted, That I there be paid to Richard S. Hackley, or 'Cnn chill nnnn f ha I . 1 . c r I.. . .
.,te noar themouih o benesee river, in it any person shall, upon the high seas, to h:s AUt or Attorney hW anchor.
tate o! rSew-iorlc: a buoy on or in any onen road-stead, or in anv i ..P e . V.
I A ' J I I 1HCI . II II III nil I IIIH III I IH r 111 V
..l,uves Ledge, and another on Ad- haven, basin, or bay, or in any river, not otherwise 'appropriated, the sum of am HI!, in or near to the harbor of where the sea ebbs and flows, commit sil thousand two hubdred and thirteen :,,.v haven, in the state of Connect.- the crime of robbery, in or upon any doUars and seventy.f0ur cents; being vat : V h-,t vc.se at the end of Smith's ship or vessel, ox upon any of the ship's the amwunt of expenses incurrJd and Point ruoaU in the Uiesapeak Bay, in company of any ship or vessel, or the id b him, in and about the delen tion te,sU,t ?V':; I'S-houseon lading thereof, such person shall be ad- ofthcJship Vigilant, scired by him at
e'HM.asueuuu.intnesiaieoiu juugeu to oe a p.rjte; anu being tnereoi Ca(Ji in the year one thousand eight Carohna; or, ,n lieu thereof, a ight convicted before the Circuit Court of the hundred and nine, under the order of
iu uriioureu u. a ru, r, ...u ...uic u wrici i u wmw George W. Irvin2, Esquire, then Minis
near trie saut Island, it, in the opinion oi ne snau De Drought, or in which he ahail ter 0f the United States in Spain.
in. v.itiuryoi me xretsurj, uic ianci iuuiui, suu.it uucr ujeam. aiiu ii any i H. CJuAl
bhll be preferred: A beacon and two person engaged it any piratical cruizes Speaker of the house of Representatives. buivs on nroper kites in the channel or enterpnze, or being of the crew or 1 JOHN GILLRD leading to tl.e larhoi- of Charlestown in ship's company of any piratical ship or pint of tfe Senate, pro tempore. ,the btatl ol south Carolina: A light- vessel, shall land from such ship or ves- Mav 15 Approved : ' fouje G a proper site in Mubils J3ay,sl an.d vn shoye M commit robbery, " ' J AMt MOIRQgn '
trary notwithstanding.
II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore. May 15, 1820 Approved, JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to provide for the building and
addition to the custom house now
erecting in the city of New Orleans, for the use of the District Court of the
United States for the state of Louis
iana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and house
of Representatives of Vie United States
of America m Congress assembled, lliat
the Sepretary of the treasury cause to be built an addition to the custom house
now erecting in the city of New Orleans,
which shall contain rooms 6'aitable for the use of the District Court of the United States for the state of Louisiana; and that-so much-of the appropriation for the erection of custom houses and pi&Uc wax chutes, t$ s'iall bz suCkiect
A Real WHITE HORSE, fifteen hands hijh, natural trotter, and ten or eleven years old. ...He left the Prairie of Viricennes the last of May, or first of June last, a good reward, and all liercssarjp charees will be paid for the horse. jW. FELLOWS, At the JlncenntsXteam-Jlill. July 10, l&Ot fcUtf