Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 18, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 8 May 1830 — Page 1

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DEVOTED TO NEIVS, POLITICS, INDUSTRY, MORALITY, LITERATURE, AjYD AMUSEMEjXT. Volume VI. LAWRENCEBURGH, (INDIANA;) SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1330. Number 18.

BY AUTHORITY 1AWS OP THE TJ. STATES, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS. Public N . SO. AN ACT for the reliefof tbe purchasers of . public lands, arid for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United Slates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 hat ail purchasers their heirs, or assignees of such of the public lands of the United States as were sold on a credit, and oo tvhich a further credit bas been taken under any of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and which lands have reverted to the United States, oo account of the balance due thereon not having been paid or discharged agreeably to said relief laws, such persons may avail themselves of any one of the three following provisions contained in this section, to wit: First -They shall have a right of preemption of the same lands, until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, upon their paying into the proper office the sum per acre therffcr? which shall, at the time of payment be the minimum price per acre of the public lands of the United States, in addition to the atnouit heretofore paid thereon and forfeitfd: -Provided, That the price, including what has already been paid, sod the amount to be paid,6hall not in any case exceed three dollars and fifty cents per acrcj -St-condj Ttiey shall have the right of completing the payment of said lands by paying the balance of the principal debt due thereon, in cash, subject to deduction of thirty seven and a ball per cent, as heretofore, at any time, previous to the fourth day of July, one thousand, eight hundred and thiny-one : Third, They shall have the right, within nine months from the passage of this act, in all casses where the price for which said lands were sold, did not ex ceed two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to draw a scrip for the amount paid thereon, in the manner prescribed in the act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and tweuty-eight, entitled "An Act for the relief of purchasers of public lands that have reverted for non payment of the purchase money;" and which scrip shall be receivable in the same manner as directed by said act, except only that it shall not be taken in payment for lands heretofore bought at public sale. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That all purchasers, their heirs or astignees, of such of the public lands of the United States as were sold on credit, and which lands have, by such persons been relinquished, under any of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and the amount paid thereon applied in payment of other lands retained by them, and which relinquished lands, or any part thereof, tnay now be in possession of such persons; or in case the certificate of purchase & part payment of such lands, has been transferred by the persons now in possession of said lands, or part thereof, or the persons under whom the present occupants may hold such possession, to some other person not in possession thereof, and the payment made thereon applied by such other person, or assignee, in payment for land held in bis own name: in either case, the persons so in possession shall have the right of pre-emption of the same lands, according to the legal subdivisions of sections, not exceeding the quantity of two qnar ter sections, in contiguous tracts until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon their paying into the proper ofhVe , the sum per acre therefor, which shall, at the time of payment, be the minimum price per acre of the United States' . public lands; and, in addition thereto, the same amount per acre heretofore paid thereon, and applied to other lands, subject to a deduction of thirtyseven and a half per cent on the last mentioned sum. Provided, That the sum to be paid shall not, in any case, exceed three dollars and fifty cents per

I acre: Provided, also, That such per-

sons only shall be entitled to the benefits of this section, who shall apply for the same, and prove their possession, to the satisfac tion of the Register and Receiver of the District in which the land may li, in the manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, within nine months from the passage of this act; for which such R- gister and Receiver shall each be entitled to receive from such applicantsth sum of fifty cents each: And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not extend to any lands that have in any manner, been disposed of by the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That oo failure to apply for, and show a right of pre-emption, under the second section of this act within the time allowed therefor ; and also, on failure to complete the pay ment on any of the lands, agreeably to the provisions of this act, within the period allowed for that purpose, in either case, the whole of such lands shall be forthwith offered for sale without delay. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That if any person or persons, shall before or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, bargain, contract, or agree, or shall attempt to bargain, contract or agree, with any other person or persons, that the last n?med person or persons, ohnll not bid apon, or purchase the land so offered for salv, or any parcel thereof, or eM") by intimidation, combination, or anfair management, hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or prevent, a-iy person or persons, from bidding upon, or purchasing any tract or tracts of ! land 6o onVred for sale, every such offender, his, her, or their aiders and abettors, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for evry such offence, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both in the discretion of the Court. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it any person or persons shall, before, or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, enter into any contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding with anyother person or persons, propo&ing to purchase such land, to pay or give to -uch purchasers for such land, a sum of money, or other article of property, over and above the price at which the land, may, or shall be bid off by such purchasers, every 6uch contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, and every, bond, obligation, or writing of any kind whatsoever, founded upon, or growing out of the same, shall be utterly null and void. And any person or persons beiog a party to such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, who shall or may pay to such purchasers, any sum of money or other article of property as aforesaid, over and above the purchase money of such land9 may sue for, and recover su;h excess from such purchasers, in any court having jurisdiction of the same. And if the party aggrieved, have no legal evidence of such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, or of the pay ment of the excess aforesaid, he may, by bill in equity, compel such purchasers to make discovery thereof; and if, in such case, the complainant shall ask for relief, the Court in which the bill is pending, may proceed to final decree between the parties to the same: Provided, everyT such suit, either in law or equity, shall be commenced within six years next after the sale of said land by the United States. Andrew Stevenson1, Speaker of the House of Representatives. John C. Calhoun, rice-President of the United States and President cfthe Senate. Approved, Maich 31, 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. Public No. 21. AN ACT to change the port of entry from New Iberia to Franklin, in the State of Louisiana . Be it enacted by the Smate and House of Representatives f the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, the port of entry in the district of Teche, in the state of Louisiana, chall be at F'ranklin, instead of New Iberia, in said district; and the Collector thereof shall hereafter reside at said Franklin. ArraovED, March 31,1 C30.

Public N . 22. AN ACT changing the residence of the Collector in the district of BurliDgtoo in the state of New Jersey. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, the Collector of the district of Burlington, in the state of New Jer

ey, shall reside at Lamberton instead of W m . .... Jburlington, m said district. ArpRovED, March 3i, 1830. Public- N . 23. AN ACT to change the time and place of holding the Court for the County of Crawford, in toe Territory of Michig.m. Be it enacted tni the Senate and House of Representatives of lie United Stales of Ulrl 'Pi. . I . . term of the Court appointed to be belu annually,on the secoui M onday in May, at the village of Piai-ie du Chien, by the additional Judge of the United States for the territory of Michigan, shall be held m the firs Monday in Oc tober, annually, at Mineral PMnt, in iht. county of loway, in th said Territory ; and the cases which stall be pending in the said Court on the second Monday in M iy next, shall be trieJ and determined at the time and place bove designated. in the county oi lowa;; and the Clerk and Sheriff of said comty shall be the Clerk and Sheriff of tkis court; and its jurisdiction shall be tnd continue the ame as if said County of Crawford had noi ton divided. Approved, April 2, 1330. Public No 24. AN ACT amending and siopJimentary to the act to aid the State of Ohio in emending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quaotity of land to said State, to aid in the construction of the Canals authorized by law, end for making do nations of land to certain persons ia Arkansas Territory. Be it enacted by the 'Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m congress assembled. That so much of the act, approved My twenty fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act to aid the Slate of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lke Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State, to aid in the construction of the Canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory," as provides that the extension of tne Miami Canal shall be completed within twenty y tart?, or that the State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount of any lat d previously sold, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That if the State ot Ohio shall apply the 6aid lands, or the proceeds ot the sales, or any part thereof, to any other use whatever, than in the extension of the Miami Canal, before the same shall have been completed, the said grant, for all lands unsold, shall thereby become null and void, and the said State of Ohio shall become liable and bound to pay to the United States, the amount for whic h said land, or any part thereof, may have been sold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling the same: And provided also, That it shall be law tut for the L -gislature of said State to appropriate the proceeds of the land so granted, either in extending tun said Miami Canal from Dayton to L.ke Erie, or in the construction of a rail-road from the termination of the said Canal, at Dayton, towards the said L.ike. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the line of the said Canal, to be extended as aforesaid from Dayton to tbe Maumee River, at the mouth of Auglaiz, shall pass overland sold by the U nfed States, it shall be lawful for the Governor of the State of Ohio to locate other lands in lieu of the lands so sold: Provided, such locations shall not exceed the number of acres necessary to complete an aggregate quantity, equal to on half of five sections in width, on each 6ide of said extended Canal . Approved, April 2, 1830. Cure for Felons. We have been assured by a gentleman who has recently had an opportunity of satisfactorily testing the fact, that a plaster made of soft soap and the strongest lime that can be procured, in equal portions, is a certain remedy for those disagreeable and painful diseases called felor s. Lynchburgh Virginian, A great eclipse of thj sun will take place next year, (1831,) on the 12th of February, between noon and oneo'clock p. m. visible and nearly total,

JVIECH ATTICS VINDICATED. INTERESTING speech. In a debate in tae Massachusetts Legislature oo an amendment to the Constitution, proposing to reduce Che number of the members of the House of RVpn-seotatites, a Mr Hobart, of Leicester, undertook to ridicule the population of Boston, calliog them a set of printers, book binders, barbers, coolers, tailors and tinkers, moving: here and there without any permanent place of abode.'' Mr. Baylies of Taunton, replied in tbe following happy manner: I nave had some experience in legi. lation, havi g held a seat in different legislative bodies for ten years. 1 have listened to many legislative debates, and I have heard many extraordinary speech s, but I confess the most extraordinary was the one which was made by the gentleman from Leicester yesterday. Is that gc nth man aware of the character of hi proposition? In adjusting the ttrms ot an amendment io ihe constitution, he advoc ates the establishment of a principle which would tolerate a real bona f.de aristocracy. H j has gravely uigej upon this as mbly the propii'-ty of giving to one cLs of our citizens gieater civil privileges than are allowed to the other classes. If this proposition prevails, one class must he favored at the expense of the others, and those thus favored become virtually an aristocracy, for it is not the titles which o ti uie an aristocracy, but privileges. H- would deny an e ualuy of rights and privileges to tbe printers, bonk-binders, clock-makers, black-smiths, coblers, tailors, barbers and tinkers, or in other words, the mechanics of our state, on whom he has lavished his sneers, and whom he has endeavored to cover with contempt. He speaks of them as "birds of passage" "moving planets," as devoid both of patriotism and ot local attachments, as men without a home who hang on society as incumberances, and he has placed them in humiliating contrast with the cultivators of the soil, to which class he complacently tells us he belong. Sir, there are none who cherish a mure sincere respect for the yeomanry the farmers ot Massachusetts, than myself. I know their worth I know their virtues I would give them their full share of civil and political privilege-, hut I would give them no more; and il I understand their feelings they w-uld ak no more. I am certain the would never contend for more than equality of privileges, and I believe th m to be the last who would underinke to wrest from Ibeir neighbors one Utile of their right. The gentleman from Leicester has called up his revolutionary reminiscences, and has told as of his personal knowledge of the patriots and heroes

who composed the glorious band of revolutionary chiel3, the men who were engaged in the most noble enterprise of modern times. But, sir, 1 can tell that gentleman that it is not amongst the green hills of Worcester that he can look for those daring spirits who gave the first impulse which resulted in that mighty event. In two little rooms in this city were assembled the men who devised the project of emancipating a nation the pioneers of the American revolution were the mechanics of Boston. In their meetings they deliberated on the highest objects of human concernment a nation's rights; and having ascertained the strength of the foundation, they had no dread of the issue, and courted the conflict. J can transport the gentleman to another place the Carpenter's Hall in the city of Philadelphia. In that place, on a day memorable in our annals, the fourth day of July, 177G, a deed was done which has no parallel. On that day, in that place, was assembled the most august political body that ever deliberated on a nation's destiny. Five men had been selected a3 the elite of that assembly; the great- to prepare the manifesto of a nation's rights of a nation's wrongs. Amongst them was a man by the name of Benjamin Franklin; (the gentleman from L-icester in his multifarious reading may have read of him ;) a man mighty amongst the eons of men,who by common consent stood at the head of the philosophers of America and Europe, whose deep investigations into the secrets of nature had given him j the knowledge of her subtilest, most mysterious, most tremendous, most destructive agent, which he disarmed cf , its power. Yes, sir, he played with the forked lightning aa with a tamed snake ; and yet the elements of that marvel- j lovia wisdom which enligbtened and

astonished the world were gathered irA a Printers cflice, and this great man was a Printer. Tire was another not the inferior of Franklin in sagacityhis superior in. sound practical knowledge of politics A man whose opinions were the essence of strong common sense, the results of the united action of a clear head and an honest heart. The name of this man was Rt ger Sheiman, (the gentleman from Leicester has heard of him.) This Rger Sherman wrought at the rade ol a shoemaker many years aftes te had reached the age maturity. There was yet another, not a mechanic himseli , but the son ofa mechan-M-,and bred in the family ofa mechanic 1 will now lake the gentleman from the room where the statesmen of America assembled, to that in which the philo sophers of America assembled. In the chair of the last he once would have seen Duvid Ritlenhouss, a Watch Maker one of the greatest astronomers and mathematicians of the age. I will take the gentleman a little further; event into the state of South-Carolina; and as he lived in revolutionry times he might once have heard ofa. General who was one of the first of military men, a genius who could appropriate the benefits of his cnemy'e victories to his own use, and triumph ia defeat, and whose victories were conquests. His name was NathanieJ Greene, a blacksmith, like my worthy friend from Hinsdale, (Mr. Emmons.) He went forth from his stithy to lead armies and to win glory a hero and a patriot. I will now take the gentleman to Germany, and as he has disclosed to us that he is a reader of the scipturea by plentiful quotations and allu-ione I will show him the man.wilhout whoso aid he might possibly have r ever seen a bible. I mean, sir, John Faustus, a printer, aud the inventor ot the aft of printing. I will no7 take the gentleman to England, to introduce him to a person of the name of Biindley, the constructor of those magnificent canals, which, in the course of 20 years, tripled the wenlth of England. This man was a Millwright. There was another, who by giving to the steam engine its highest capacity, swelled the stream of British wealth in a yet greater ratio; his name was James Watt, a maker of mathematical instruments. The gentleman has told us that ho sometimes condescended to enter a 6arbers shop, not to hold any converse with its humble occupant, t ut only to receive a touch of his art, and then to depart, as if in disdain of the man who could pursue an employment so humbleEm I can tell the gentleman that this trade, humble as it is, was once practised by a mighty genius who invented an impiovement in the machinery for spinning cotton, which has not only laid the foundation of some of the mosfc magnificent fortunes in America-wbich has not only filled oar country with wealth but which, like the touch of tbe enchanter's wand, has concentrated the treasures of the world in the island ofG. Britain. I mean Richard Arkwright, by the courtesy of England, Sir Richard, a man who, by the force of genius, translated himself from a barber s shop to the British parliament, and to a place amongst the proud knights of the proudest aristocracy in the world. The genius of thesp three mechanic? Brindley, Watt, and Atkwright, upheld

the sinking fortunes of England, and placed her on that high eminence from which she overlooks the world. Although I may weary the gentleman from Leicester, I must take him to an other place a little town in the centra of England, called Sfratford-on-Avon. There dwelt in ancient times a man, whose name was William Shakspeare: I dare say the gentleman has heard of him, for he was a mighty spirit, whose influence, like that of heavenly bodies, is even now calling up the ties of human feeling. He was a man who has thrown the charm of his genius on the lowest walk of lift surrounded the throne of mirth with new delights varied into countless varieties tbe shades and the shapes of his humor given a new and graceful dignity to the humblest of the virtues imparted a blander spirit to social life peivaded the very depth of the soul with strange and wonderful pow ers of pathos, and impressed upon sublimity itself a sterner and loftier character. Yet, sir he was a mighty enclianter, who could call forth from the invisible world a new variety of scenes and beings, and could give lo