Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 23, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 14 June 1828 — Page 1
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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume IV. LA WRENCEBURG H, INDIANA; SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1828. Number 23-
BY AUTHORITY
General of the United States, to each of the Sen
orsand Re presentative!, and to each Delegate of Territories of the Twentieth Congress; fif een copies to the Secretary of the Senate, for he use of the Senate, and thirty copies to th Clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of that House ; one copy to each branch oi the Legislature of each S' ate and Territory; and fine copy to each of the Executives i f the sever at States and I errilones; and cause the residue to be deposited in the Library of i;or.grrss Sec. 2 And be it further enacted That for the purpose aforesaid, th. sum of two thoutanu i wo hundred dollars be, &nd the s.me is h rer, appropriated, to be paid out of ny money in lh Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved 9th May, 1828.
Public No. 26. AN ACT making appropriations for the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of He
present atives of the United States of Amertca in
Congress Assembled, That the tohowiog sunt 'e anu Ui same art hereby appropriated, to wu. For pay of the Suprnnttndant ot Indian A'tVirsat St. Louis, and the several Indian Agents, hs authorized by law, thirty-one thousand dollar: For the pay of the Sub Agents as esUoiisn. i. by law, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars: For presents to Indians, as authuiized ty act
of one thousand eight hundred at d two, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For houses tor sub agents, interpreters, antt
blacksmiths' at Peoria and lowy tu -agencies ;
t xpens-s of emigrating Indians, claims ot D. . Wares, for horses taken by while m.n; iiuldiig councils for settlement of differences krawn;
Indian tribes, Sic. within the supu mtetidency ol
General Liars, as estimated tor by him, tourttii liousand three hundred and twenty four dollars For additional expense arising out of ihe rt
otn'.ly extended intercourse with the Indians
within the Michigan Territory, and hr tsUo Ishmentof anew sub ageiuy therein, for tin Chiopewas, hgl up Lfce superior, at La Point r Michael's Island, as recommended by Gov in'ir Cass, five thousand dolUis :
For additional expanse at he Ked Uivt
Ag-ucy, on account of the removal ot ilu Q uliiVis, &id attache g them to thai gen-y, tMy to the late trta y wah them, orv thousand hret hundred dolUisr For fxpenee attending Indian Agtmy, t-sub-shed u?ider the late treaty w;'h itu Crttk iu ti n, and an act of Congit as of iwcntttth .,, ne thousr.d eitfh hundred and twenvy-sx, t.-u thousand five hundred ooiifit.-
Fr aid ng the emigration ot the Creek li.di ;s, providing tor them tor the period of iwtt
lion'.hs after their emigration and tor rtnuenni;
th m such assistance as the President ot il
(J tiud States m think proper, in neir aftn
;ul oral opera; ions, tor the purps ot crry.i:g
i. to tMcci the provisions ot th. -iktirg tna ;
with the Creek natn n ot Indians, having tciaii.u
o ine atoresaiu obj-cis, titiy ilioua-Mu Hollars. And the sum of fifty thousand uoiUrs he a. . he same is hereby appropriate d, to enable ih-
President of the Uniicd States to carry into cf
feet the articles ot grr.ement and cession, t-
ered into on the iWinty-lour h of .April, t at
thousand eight hundred and two, between the
United St ate n and the aute of Gtorgi, which
sum of money, or so much thereof as may be
:eit88ry, shah be .pplita under 'he directioi. if the Prsidtnt of tue Umied Siaies, to tht xtmguishment of the cUuns of the Cierok.e
Indians, to all the UndStWhtch hey occupy wtch
n the hm.xs ot the Said -Mate
For coningencits ot Indian Depar;mentf cine-
y five thotssaiid dlUrs.
fPuBLic No. 29,1
AN ACT supplemeutary to 4 an act to provide
for tbe adjustment of claims of persons entitled to tQdeun'fjcaUon, under the first rlicle of tbe treaty of Gbtnt, and (or the distribution amoug; such claimants, of the sum
paid, and to be paid by the Government of
Groat Britain uudrr a convention between he Uo tt d Mates and h Britannic M-jsty, concluded at London, oo the thirteenth of No-
reoibf r one thousand ight hundred and twen
ty-six " passed on the second dy tf March, one thousand eight hundred & twenty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and J louse
of Rtprescnlatives of the United Stutcs of
dmerica in Congress assembled, 1 hal th-
tight)! section of the aforesaid act shall
be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. Thai
the Commission created by the said act,
ihall not continue after the first day 0f dionaI columns for that purpose.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Wbeseas, a Convention between tbe United
States of America and Hs Mj 'ty the kiog of
tbe United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was concluded and signed by their Plen
ipotentiaries, at London, oo the sixth dy of j
August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, which CoQventtou is. word foi word, is follows: Renewal of Commercial Convention. the United Stit-s at America, and His
Msty the king of the United kingdom of
Great Britain nd Ireland, being d.'s.rous of
continuing in forcrt the existing commercial ICftulations btwen the two countrie s, which are. contained in tl.e Conreuuoo coocluded be Iween them co thi 3d of July, 18 15, od further renewed by the Fourth Aiticla of the Convention of tbe iO;h October, 18l3. have, for that putpose, named tr.eir respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: 'I he President of t!e United States of America, Albert GJIatm, their Eovoy Extraordina
ry and Mioistef Plenipotentiary to His Britan
nic Mjty.
And His Majesty the king of the United kingdom of Grat Britain and Ireland, the tbe Rigtu Honorable Charles Grant, a mem
ber of Hissnid Majesty's Most Honorable Pri
vy Council a member of Parliament, and Vice
President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade ar d Foreign Plantations; and tenry Unmn Addington, Esquire; Who, after having communicateil to each Other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form have agreed upon aud concluded the following articles.
Art. 1 Ail tbe provisions of the Convention concluded between the United States of America, and his Majesty the king of tb United kingdom of Gn at Britain and Ireland, on the 3d of July, 1815 and farther continued for thf
term of ten years by the Four'h Article of
tbe Convention of the 20tb of October fSi8 with tbe exception (herein contained, as io St. Helena, aro hereby further ind;Sr.itely, and without tbe sxid exception, extndd and continued in force, from tbe date of the exprtmn of the said ten years, in the same ro inner i( all the provisions of tbe Said Conn ntion of th 3d of July 1815, were herein speciOoaily recited Art. 2. It shall b? competent, however, to cither of th contracting parties, in case either should think fit at any time after tbe ex;ir ttiou
of the said Ipo ye.rs that is, after the 20? n of
of October 18-28 on giving due notice of
twelve months to th ober contracting pirty to annul nJ abrogate this Contention; and it
shall in such eve be accordingly entirely an
nulled and hbrogated, aftev tbe expiration of
tbe said term of notice.
Art S. The prs-nt Convention shall b?
ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged
io nine months, or sooner, if possible. In witneba whereof, the r spi iive P'enipo
tentiarits fcav? s;gned the atme, and have
affixed thereto the seals of tht ir irmi JJone at London, the sixth day of Augus
in theyeiirour Lord one thousmd tight
Hundred and twenty seven. ALBKRT GALL A t iS$ CHAKt KS GKA T, HENKY UN WIN ADDINGTON.
Jnd whereas, the said Convention b.M been
duly ratified on botb pnris, oad the respective ratifications of tbe samu wtro eschantrnd at
London, on the second day of April, one thou sand eight hundred and twenty eight, by Wil
liatn Beacb Lawrence, Charge dAtfrtire8 of the
United States of America at the Court nf His Britannic Mj' sty, and the Hight Honorable
Charles Grant and Henry Unwia Addiogton,
Esquire, on the part of their respective Cover omen ts. Now, therefore, be it known that I, John
Quincy Adams, President of tbe United Statsito e constructing Kail Kuad by tt ccmpnij 'iioi' sii;ili any uliicer or soldier receive
LAWS OF INDIANA.
An act to authorize the qualified voters of this
State to vote for or against a convention for a revision of the constitution of this State Approved, January 14 182S. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Generat As
sembly of the Slate of Indiana, That it shall
oe ana is hereby made the duty of the inspectors and judges of elections, in the several tovvnshioa within rach countv in
j - this state, at the annual elections, on the
1st Monday in August next, to open a
poll in pursuance of the eighth article of
me cousin ution ct this state, in which
hall be entered all the votes given foi
and against a convention, and the clerks
of the circuit courts are hereby required,
when they make out poll books for the
inspectors ol election?, to extend two ad-
Sep'embrr next. Approved 15th May 1828. fPuPLic No. 30.
AN ACT for tbe r-bt f of certain surviving of
ficers and soldiers of the arruy of tbe Revo lution
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States oj America m Congress assembled, Tna
each of the survivirg ollicers of the aim
of the Revolution, in the Continenta
Line, who v?as entitled to half pay b)
ihe Resolve of October twenty-first, sev
'nteen hundred and eighty, be authori
zed to receive, out of any inone in tht
Treasun, not otherwise appropriated
ihe amount of his full pay in said line,
according to his rark in the line, to btuin on the third day of March, one thou
sand eight hundred ana and tvent)-;ix, and to continue durii g his natural life: Providid, That, under ihis act, no ollit.ei shall he ei. titled to receive a iutger surr than the full pa) of a captai: in said hue. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any of s id . fficei h: s received money of the UnilerJ Stau, is a pensioner, since the th..e Jay c. M .ich,om thousand eight hui.uicd ui;d lwent)-ix. afoieaic, the sum t-o received shall bt deducted item what said t filter would otherwise, be entitled to under the first
set lion of this? act; and every pension It
ulsith said .'lUcer is now entitled
ceat-e al'ei U.e passage of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That ever) surviving non-commissioned olYicei rnusicianj' or piivate, in said ajmy, who enlisted tht rein for and durirg the war, and continued in its service until its teilennination, and thereby became enti tied to receive a teward of eighty doll.ji ?, under a resolve of Congress pi ssed Ma fifteenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight shall be entitled to receive his full monthly oay in said service, out
ror leiunoin io m-. auw oi ioriu croima ,,i iin nnnnv in th Irpasiirt not nl ur
m jirTvftiiiiT i-Yrrn.i hv hi p irk t t in tm j h i . . 1
he title of certain Indiana c f the Cotri .k.c trine, to reservations of lnd within tne miii t
s-nd sute, granitd to th:ai ii fee simple ny tret
Mrs wah 'lit United States, i.i ttw jcais ot e tlious.tid nght hundred and seventeen and one t lousand e-gbt hundred and nineteen, the sum ut tventy io ibous.nd dollars. Sec. 2. a. id be ii further enacted, That the s-.veral sums b-roy ppripi itea, i.e paid ou of iiiy money in the treasury not other viie ap propnated. AppiQvtd 9th May, 1828.
Public No. 27.1
wie appropriated; to begin on the third
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, and to continue during hid natural life: Provided: Thai
no non-commissioned c-Uicer, mi5Biciau or
private in said army, who is now on the
pension list of the United States, shall
be entitled to the benefits of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the pay allowed by lis is act shall, under
the direction ot the Secretary ol the
Treasury, be paid to the r lhxer or soldier
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty ot
the inspectors and judges aforesaid, at
! i lime they announce the name of the
voter to their clerks, to put the question in the following words, ;are you in fa-
a .
vor ot calling a convention or not?7 and
ihe clerks of said election, shall enter the
votes on the poll books, in the proper
columns accoroingly ; and the inspector
and judges shall certify the votes givei
ir ai?d against a convention to tht clerks of the circuit courts respective.), in the same wav and manner, and under ihe same restrictions and penalties that votes for state and count) cilice rs are required to becritified. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the
eleikaol the circuit courts throughout !his state; to certify and make returns ol all the votes given for and against a con
vention io the Secretaiy ot state in the
-ame way and manner that votes given for Governor and Lieutenant Governor are required by law to be certified, and subject to 1 lie same penalties for a neg 'eel of duty. It .shall be the duty of the
Stcretary of state to lay before the Genial Assemble, on the second Mondav in December nest, all the returns by him
received, pursuant to the provisions of
inis act. An act to enable the inhabitants of the Congres-
fcionai low nMiips, in trie several counties in this &tate, to t-xpress their assent, or dissent, to the su!e of the s steenth section in their rrpeetie townships. Approved January 24, 1328. ' Wherea?-, an opinion has become prevalent, that a sale of the sixteenth seclion of the several Congressional townships of this state, for the purpose of having the proceeds thereof vested in a school fund, to be forever applied to the use of the inhabitants of the res
pective townships, in the support of
common schools therein, will be of public utility; and whereas the consent of the inhabitants of each town ship is necessary to authorize such sale: therefore to enable the inhabitants of the Congressional townships in this state clearly to express their sentiments on this subject;
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As
or "no sale," which written ballots shall be received by the judges, in a box or
hat, and shall be recorded by the clerks,
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the udges to certify and seal a list of the
votes so taken, and transmit the same, within ten days thereafter, to the clerk of the circuit court of the proper county
who shall open, count ana register the same, and from said register make out
a trancript of all the votes taken in the
several townships of his county, stating
distinctly the number taken m each
township separately; which transcript,
under his hand and ofhcial seal, he snail, transmit to the Secretary of state, on or before the first Monday in December
next, whose duty it shall be to lay the same forthwith before each branch of
the General Assembly."
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty 6f the
sherilFs of the several counties in this state, to give the notices required in this act; and wherever a township is situa
ted in two counties, the sheriff of that
county in which the sixteenth section is situated shall notify the inhabitants of the whole township; and it shall be the duty of the several clerks of the countv
courts, in the respective counties, to per-
torm the duties herein enjoined on them; for which said sheriffs and clerks shall be allowed such reasorable eompeiisa-'
tion,outol their respective county trea-
AN Act to authorize a Rail Road within! stilled thereto, or to their authorized
attorney, at such places and days as said
ibjcretary may direct; and that no for
Congress. Issembled, t li iti sseivt otCunqnst. e,vl 4 "U cr S,la!l "e Ctltlllt'd to said pay
the District of Columbia.
lie it enacted by the Senate a..d House of Re
presentativfs of ihe United States of America in
suries, as the court or board doing coun
ty business shall deteimine. Sec. 6. In case of the failure of the inhabitants of any corgressional township, from any cause whatever, to hold a meeting on tbe said fourth Mor day in August, it shall be lawful for them to meet at any time, prior to the fourth Monday of November, on the sheriff's appointing a time and place, and giving thirty days notice of (he same, as before required; which on application of any three of the qualified electors of the township so failing to meet, he shall be required to do; and said mcetirg and election shall be governed in every respect by the provisions of this act. Sec. 7. That in all counties in which the circuit court may be holden on the fourth Monday of August, the meetings provided for by the first section of this act shall be on the preceding Monday.
An act to amend the set entitled "an act providing for the incorporation of towns' approved January SO, 182-1. Approved January 24, 1S2S. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly cf the State of Indiana, That the persons appointed by the president and trustees of any corporation, under the
act to which this is an amendment to collect taxes or dues of any corporation, shall have full power to sell and convey any real estate for the non-payment of su:h taxes or dues in the same manner and under the same restrictions that collectors of state and county tax, are here-
ny authorized to do; and the said collector shall make a return of all sales of lots sold as aforesaid, to the clerk of the
so ably of the State of Indiana, That there'eircuit court in the same manner that
shiid be a meeting of the qualified voteislcollectors of State and county revenue
of each Congressional-towtiship,in the sev
eral counties in this state, wherein there
are now required to do; and all sales
heretofore made ol real estate, by anv
are twenty qualihed ejectors resulont, to collector ot corporation taxes or dues be held on the fourth Monday in August under and conformable to the provisions
next, at such place in Laid township asjof the act to which this is an amendment
the sheriff shall appoint; notice of which
shall be given by written advertisements
!set up at three ol the most public places
vuincy nuauio, rn siueni 01 iup uniteu oiais iu ' e constructing a Kan Ko&d by h compu j nor snail any ome.er or Soldier receive' scl u v unc-c-ui hjit muot puunc piitccs of America, hare caused tbo said Convention ln-orpornted py the L gisla:ur of MaryundJ j the s.sir.e, until he furnish to said Secre-I m each township thirty days, at least to bo made public, to the ,nd that the sHiTt the said Monday in
and every clause and article thereof, may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith, by tbe United States and tbe citizens thereof. Jn witness hereof! h, ve hereunto set mv hand, and caused the stal of the Unitid State to be .fnx: d. Done t tle City of Whinptnn, tu;8 fif teenth (by ot May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eigh hundred and twenty.etght, and if ih,- Independence of the United Su h fif. y second JHN QU.NOf ADAMS, By the President t U. CLAY, Scretry of State.
w . . , . .v, ll4. A u lilt f I K Uougrts hag jurisdiction cf the soil over whi. h tied to the same, in conformity to thefAuUSl
it n-y pass; conctdincr to said Conr)pny to exa. t nroi'isioiis of this act: :iml Ihpnav Sk
tnlK. unrl n .r:-... c-..K I,.,... C 4 4 . . . .... J
. . . - P puu i v 1 J J 3VAi i rin it a tilltl
it-gcfc, as the actnt inrm poraon of the s
aiary Und gives to said Corporation wi
umiis ot the state ot Maryland; I'rovidi
2. "Whenever twenty qualified
1U1VI ed by this act shall not, in any way, be eeclors ina'i nave assembled, in ptirsuiTmthe trsnef-rabiff or liable to attachment, levyjace of the above notice, they shall proc? in tht or seiz tie, by any legal process wlmtev-!CRC(l hy a majority of voices present, to
loiionottuc ltoaditsh.ll not he lawful for ader but shall inure wholly to the personivompiny to pass tdruugh any of the rt-serwdi i i c( r.i v -.i . aauVe. or oien SDaces of thl fv.tv ! al 5 lhe e.r or soldier entitled
I 1 . Vfci
laws of the unmted states passed at the first session of the twentieth congress. Public, No. 25.1
AX ACT to authorize the purchase and
distribution ot the seventh volume ol the Laws of the United States. Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, Thst the 'Secretary for tht Department oi State be, and he is hereby, author ized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, five hun drcd and fifty copies of the seventh volunae oi the Laws of the United States, to contain an in
dex to the same, to be well bound ; a. id cau fit-
to be distributed, one copy thereof to the Presi
dnt of the United States, one copy to the Vice
I resident ot the United States, one copy to each
oi me tie ad a ot Departments ; to the Attorney
consent of C
Approved 9 h May, 18;8.
Public No. 28. AN ACT regulating commercial intercourse with the Islands of Martinique and Guadalotipp. Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Re presentatives of the United States oj A?nerica in Congress Assembled, That all French Vessels, Cro;r dirtc'.ly from the Islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, tbt-
growhormanufac'ure of either of said Islands,
net wnicn are pernvtted to be exported thtre from in American V ssrts. may be admitted in
to the P rts of the Uni.ed States on payment of
oo nignerouties on tonnage, or on their cargoes as aforesaid, than are imposed on American Vessels, Provided, that if the President of the
United Swtes shall, at any time receive satUfactory information that the privileges allowed to
American v - cn ana meir careoes s sia isl
ands, by the French ordinance of February fifth, one thousand eigbt hundred and twenty six,
have ben revoked or annulled, he is hereby au thorized, by Proclamation, to suspend the opera
tlon of this act, and withhold all privileges al
lowed unaer it. Approved 9th Msy, 1823,
to the sarn by this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
so mu(
prov day
elect three judges two clerks, who shali superintend, count, register, certify and return, the votes taken at such meeting in ijufsnanre of this act. So soon as the
uchofsaiu j-a ns accrued by thejsa' J'u'o5 and clerks shall be elected, isions of this act, befoie the thiidan il5h ann:Uion Iiali be adminisof M.irch, eighteen hundred and to thein, by some person autlwrislt,..,wvl.i i" , :i. ,i v UmI in :if!iriiisTer uilths. t.'li I h fu 1 1 v tn
are hereby declared valid, and the said
collector or his succeor in office, is heiehy authorized to convey the sante, in fee simple, to such purchaser, his heirs or assigns, at any time after the exp'.ration of two years after such sale: hut in no case shall real estate, the property of minors or feme coverts, be sold for a
corporation tax. Sec. 2. When any real estate shall be soid for the non-payment of a corporation tax, the same shall he redeemabie at any time within two years next after any such sale, by the payment of the full amount for which the same was sold, and i(t per cent thereon, that may have been subse
quently paid on such premises by such
twenty-eight, shali he paid to the officers eU o whrunister uains, tailhlully to d:s- purchaser, or in ease such purchaser may
to the same, as soon charge their duties as judges and c.eiks.not I
and soldiers entitled to
as may be, in the manner and under the
provisions before mentioned ; and the pay which shall accrue after said da , shall
be paid semiannually, in like manner.
and under the same provisions.
Approved 15th May, 1820.
e conveniently found, by the rav
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of said election. ment thereof into the treasury of snrh
i .. i j i
Sec. 3. Whenever tbe meeting sha 11 , corporation wumn uie said two years.
be organized by the election r.nd qu;:li-
A gentleman lately from Natchez, in
forms us, that when at that place, there
were two boats from Indiana, for one from any other state. It is staled that 300 boats have cone
out of the East fork of White River thi
season; Gl of which went from Law-judges shall invite the said electors to rence county. In three weeks, 200 vote for or against a sale of the section
fication of the judges and clerks, as afore
said, it shall be the duty of the judges to make proclamation, that said meeting i held to receive the votes of all the qualified electors in said township, for or against a sale of the sixteenth section of land in the township aforesaid the proceeds of which are to be forever appropriated to the support of common schools
in Saiu town&nipi vtiiiuu iijc uiu
boats, said to be loaded with corn, went
out of ice Wabash river. Indiana Gaz.
aforesaid; which vote shall be expressed
Virginia. The.present majority in favor of a convention is 7,222 five counties yet remain to he heard from. The
whole number ol votes will exceed 36 -
0C0 a greater number than we suppos
ed there were in tne state. 1 he whole
amount of freeholders must considerably exceed 40,000.
On Saturday, a boy was fishing; ofTona of the docks in Hudson, and had "a glorious nibble," when upon puliino- Ur, j,
line, ne naa caugnt a sturgeon, measur
byn written ballot in this form, it3a!e,'-,iig iu length about tix feet.