Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 25, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 26 June 1830 — Page 1

P p raw v2 3 ' 63 J ft? ufi i '1 J' rcassssaas 3 DEVOTED TO JVE1VS, POLITICS, LVD US TRY, MORALITY, LITERATURE, AXD AMUSEMEJYT. Volume VI. LAWRENCEBURGII, (INDIANA :) SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1330. Number

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BY AUTHORITY.

. LAWS of the xj. states, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS. Public No. 54. AN ACT toqimt ihe ti'les of certain purchasers of the Unds between the linrs of Ludlow and llatvtris. in 'he sUteofOlno. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrpresenlatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the U. Sates, be and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropnaled, to the Virginia military claimants of lands situated hetweenthe two linos in the state of O tin, commonly called L adlow's and Roberts' lines, and s juth of the Greenville treaty line, located prior to the twenty sixth day of June, iu the year of our L rd one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the sum of sixty tv.; thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty-live cents, with interest thereon from the fourth M irch, eig iteen hundred and twentyfive, at six percent, per annum, until paid ; being the amount at which said lands were valued, exclusive of improvement-, under the act of Congress, entitled "Aa act to authorize the President of the U lited States to enter into certain negotiations relative to the lands located under Virginia military land warrants, lying between Ludlow's and R Herts' linesin the state ot O'fio:" Provided, however, That, before the payment of said sum, the said claimant or claimants sh 1 1 relinquish, by deed or deeds, to the U tited States, in such manner as the President shall direct, their title or tides t the said lands. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, T-iat the payments aforesai 1 shall be mad' as directed to the said claim tnts, according to the valuation of their respective tracts of land, made under the above recited act of Congress. A. Stevenson, Speaker of the House qf Representatives J. iy. Calhoun Vice President f the United States and President of the Senate Approved, May 26, 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. Public N . 55. AN ACT to provi i - for tiv fi ul settlement ofU it c!;:;ms in Fioridt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of it . ' 111 I ' L jinitrica in tigress assemoiea, i ntu all the claims and titles to land filed before the Register and Receiver of the L :nd O Hce, acting as Commission ers in the districfof E ast Florida, und r the quantity contained in one league sq litre, which have been decided and rp comovinded for confirmation, contained in the reports, abstract,- and opinions, of said R oister and R ceiver tran-mit-ted to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, and referred hy him to Congress, on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, continued, with the "xceptirm of such claims as were confirmed by the Spanish G overnment, subsequent to the twenty-fourth of January, on; thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which shall be re-examined and reported, with the evidence by the Register and Receiver, before the next session of Congress, to t he Secretary of the Treas urr, to be laid before Congress. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the conflic ting Spanish claim, reported in obedience to the s ection, of the act of Congress, approved May the eighth, one thousand eiht hundred and twenty-two, and recommended for confirmation as valid titles, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States have any title to the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That all claims derived from the former British Government, contained in reports of the Commissioners of Est Florida, or the Register and Receiver, acting as such who did not avail them , selves of the provisi ns of the trea'y between Spain and England, signed at Versailles on the twentieth of January, one thousand soven hundred and eighty-three, by leaving said Province, but ho remained in the same, and became .Spanish subjects, and whoe titles were approved by the Spanish authorities, and have been recommended for confirmation by said Commissioners, or Register and 'Receiver, acting as such, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,

That all th rnmainii. 2 claims which have been presented according to law, and not finally acted upon, shall be ad jucated and fit. ally settled upon the ame condition, restrictions, and limitations, in every resp ct, as are prescribed by the act of Congress, approved twenty-third May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act supplementary to several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida." Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duly of the R. gister and Receiver to deliver over all papers relative to private land claims in Ea?t Florida to the keeper of the public archives. Sec. G. And be it further enacted That all confirmations oi land titles, under this act, shall only operate as a relinquishment of t hi; right of the United States to the said lands respectively, Sc shall not be construed either as a guarantee of any such titles, or iu any manner atl vcting the rights of other persons to the same lauds. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as directed that the selection of claimante who availed themselves of the first section of said act, by accepting a quantity equal to one league square within their respective grants, which confined the selection to sectional lines, shall not be held to es end to the selection by the claimants ot a greater quantity than a sec'in, but the: said claimants who have, or may hereafter select, under the provisions ufsaid law, any quantity equal to Hie amount gran ted in bodies larger than a -ection in the form of any Spanish survey, oi where the secti his are orokeri by any river, the said land s. sdet;ted, or which may be so (selected, is hereby confirmed to said ( laiman's ; it shall he the dut v f the. Surveyor G :ieral to make a survey and certifi are of all such claims, to return the same to the Commir-sionei )f the General Lmd Oifi e, and thereupon a patent slnll L-sue to the original grantee, or to his assignee, if the land h is been sold or transferred to a?y other person, or to the legal owner by purchase or descent. Sec. S. And be it further enacted fhat the claimants who are entitled t. the provisions ot that act, or who ina avail themselves of the foregoing previsions of this act, by taking a quantity equal to a league square in lieu of the whole gr ant, shall be, and they are hereby, allowed the further time of one year, from the passage of this art, to execute their relinquishment and to file their acceptance of the provisions of sa d law. Sec 9. And be it further enacted That it shall be the duty the Registers and Receivers to restore to the claimants the title deeds on which they may have- finally rejected the claims. Approved: May 26, 1830. Public No. 56. AN ACT for th- ilistriou ion f certain books therein m') tinned. B? it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States nf ii'itrua in congress assembled, t hat the copies of tlV D plomatic Correspondence of the American R volution, J y i . i . .-. i published in pursuance of a resolution ot Congress of twenty seventh Mtrrh, one th usand eight hundred and eighteen, which have been or may hereaf ter be received at the Department of State, be distributed and disposed of in manner following, to wit: To the president and Vice President cf the United Spates, one copy each; to tire Heads of Department, five copies each to the Postmaster G neral, the ComnVsioner of the G-neral Land Office, annthe Superintendent of the Pa'fHt Ollice, one copy each; to each Member and Delegate of the present Congress, one copy; to the Library of A I y" me rvinaie, tive copies; to the Library of the House of Representatives, ten copies; to ihe Attorns General, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and of the other Courts of the United States, ach one copy: to each Governor of a State or Territory, for the public library of the State or Territory , one copy ; to the Military Academy at West Point, and to each incorporated University, College, Historical or Antiquarian Society and Athenaeum, one copy; to the Secretary of State, one copy tor each American Legation in foreign countries; to (he Secretary of the Navy five copies for the Naval Commanders cn

different station? ; and to each person

who has been President oi me umiea States one copy. Sec. 2. And be if further enacted, Thai, of the edition of the Journals ot the House ordered to be printed by a resolution of this House of eighteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-sir, the copies be distributed iu the manner following, to wit: To the President and vice President of the U died S ates one copy each, to the Heads of Department, five copies each; to each Member and Delegate ot the present Congress, one copy; to the Libiary of the Senate, five copies; to the Library of the II use of Representatives, ten copier-; to the Attorney and Postmaster General, one copy each ; to each G verr,or of a Slate or Territory, for the public library of the State or Territory, one copy ; to the Military Academy at West point, and to each incorporated University, College, Hs?toricalnr Antiquarian Society, and Athenaeum, one copy ; and to each person who has been President of the United States, one copy; and that the residue remain in the custody of the Clerk of the H"Use of Representatives, till otherwise ordered hy the House. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That ihe books hereby directed to be distributed be properly prepared for transmission, under the direction of the Cleik of the House ot Representatives; and that they he forwarded free of postage, by mail, to the persons hereby authorized to receive them, or delivered to the order of said persons in the City of Washington. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, of the Copies of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution which shall remain after the diminution aforesaid, one copy shall be distributed t ach new member of each Congress succeeding the present, until all the copies sh ill have been disnibuted with the exception of twenty-five, which shall he retained for the Library of Congress. Approved, May 26, 1830. The following is an rxir.ict from the loyheok of an ernigran', proceeding to lb S van River, dated Cape of Good II oe, D -re in her 10, 1829: 'October 14, in 19 deg. fell in with a I shoal of sharks, which played round the vessel, to the annoyance of the sailors, who are rather superstitions , and con sider such visiter as ominous of evil, and su h indeed proved too true. At mid day, all the gentlemen were busily mployf d (it being a dead calm) in baiting hooks to catch sharks, and one of hem soon toik the bait. The fish was full 1 8 feet in length, and in floundering to disentangle itself, caused so much sport, that several passengers crowded into the Captain's boat, which hung suspended over the stern of the ship. Suddenly thev all got to the head of the boat to see the shark hauled under the stem of the vesst I, struggling with the line. Iu a moment the quarter david on the starboard side of the vessel broke ff, and let one end of the boat down, precipitating every soul in it into the sea among the sharks. Here was a scene of horror! Th captain was m the midships when it happened. I was busily employed at my tents under the tuition of the boatswain, but, like the rest, when the shark was caught, left my occupation to witness the eporf, but Providence guided me to a point of safety. The boatswain had slung himself by a rope, and lowered himself to the surface of the water, with the harpoon in his hand, ready to strike the fish, at the very instant the accident happened. Young Williams followed ' me, but not satisfied with the view, he hastily climbed up the side of the poop cabin, and was the last that jumped into the uulucky boat, and made up the number of twelve persons strug cling in the sea among the sharks. Our captain was almost beside himself all hands commenced throwing out ropes, loose spars, oars, and every buoyant article we could lay hands on for them to tlii g to. Fortunately it was a dead calm, or every soul must have perished our vessel only drifted hy the little current of the sea. f saved one lnd by throwing over a knife-board w hich the cabin-boy had been u-ing; my man Hibberd threw over an Indian mat. Master Shaw, a you tig tad about thirteen, got upon it, and was three miles astern of u- before we could reach I im with the boat, which was instantly manned and launched. I saved Mr. Eaii's fooi ma i , who could swim, but Wtis so exhausted from fear

of the sharks, that he was sinking, when I dragged the line the shark was at tached to across him, and he had the presence of mind to put the cord between his teeth, when I hauled him within the reach of a rope with a loop, by which we hauled him safe up. Mr. Peter Shadwell was also actively employed; he is in the East India Company's service, -and is a brother of the Vice . Chancellor: alter half an hour'? exertion, all were saved but two. I lament to say Williams was one of the unfortuuates. I saw him sink to rise no more. He had hold on an oar, but lost his balance he slipped it, and actually flung his arms around the caplured shark (which was now pulled up to the surface of the water,) to sav. himseli;but when he found outwhafht had hold of, he was so horror struck that he called me by name, 4kOh my Gd! my God! witness my end !" ai d down he sunk to rise no more. The other sufl" rer was a fine healthy country boy. Thus two lives were lost to answer the confirmation of the sailor'? omen, thatsharks always prognosticate signs of death or some evil to the shipthus is proved. This indeed was a tragic day. The fih, line a&d all, drifted away, and we all returned thai ks to Gad for allowing us to gave the other

ten. Litchfield Mercury, The following, from the Indiana Democrat, may not be uninteresting to our citizens, as showing opi ion else, where as to the location of the Michigan road : Michigan Road. The commissioners, who were appointed to locate the Michigan road have performed that du ty, and filed their notes and charts with the Secretary of State. The Road as located will run south from Indianapolis to Shelby ville , G reensbui gh, (by the way of fuipoeon) to Madison. The act included Shelby ville and Greei.sburgh a3 intermediate points, and it was sagely observed that Law rencebnrgh would rpap more benefit from the road than Madifon, for the reason that there was a good state road from Grceit&burgh to Lawrenceburgh almost in a straight line, nnd that the distance to Lawrenceburgh was. if any difK-rence, less than that to Madison, anil the ground better calculated for the construction of a good road, especially in wet seasons of the year. The location of the road to Napoleon, twelve miles further on a direct line to Lawrenceburgh renewj this argument with more force, and the facts that the measured route, via Napoleon to Madison is nearly 92 miles from Indianapolis, and that to Lawrenceburgh it is only 8 miles, will render the idea almost certain that Lawrenceburgh has indeed secured the advantages of the road, while" Madison ha gained only the name of having the road, and lost a valuable portion of her trade, which must inevitably follow the "nearest and best way to some convenient point on ihe Ohio River." Fiom tt' fn - iaivi republican. Madison, June 1 5, 1 830. JIessrs. Arion S,' Lodge Ih:-vojust seen your paper of May 27th, in which allusions are mule to the confirmation by the senate of Amos Kendall, as 4th Auditor of the Treasury. That subject, it seems to me is not correctly, understood. I voted for Kendall on precisely the same principle that I v ted for Mr. Ingham anil others the hea-ls of the departments; because the President, being responrible for the move rnent of the whole machinery ci the executive departments, has a right, which has not been denied to anv of Ids i redecessors, to the selection of his Leads of departments, and chief confidential of fleers around his person. Not surely that Kendall was a man of my choice. Put he stood fair before the Senate m the testimony of those who personally knew him, as a man of good moral character, and his qualifications no ine doubted. Hi; had indeed excited a great deal of odium against hiinc If r,n account of his prosecutions of hi- predecessor Tobias Wat kins, but for thi I did not condemn him, believing Wat kins to be a dishonest man, and to suflT.-r justly for his frauds upon the Treason He had been a printer, but to reject him cn this account would have been to proscribe a whole clae of American citizens. He had beep a heated parti zan, but the rule that would eordem: h m lor this,uon!d include alrno;t every prominent politician of the last ft m years. The truth is, that the piai dent' removals from office, had giver oflfcnce to the minority of the senate.

and but for this, or, if his nomination had been presented in March 1829, judging from the unanimi y which then pre ailed on the subject of nominations, it is not probable, that any set woutd have been made against him. In addition to this, he had been in office more than a year, had removed his family from Kentucky and abandoned business there. To hate rejected him oa account of his pol tics, w ould have been virtually a removal lor opinion's sake, that of which so muth complaint is made against the president. Of the s) stem of removals I have always disapproved, and believe them to be the chief cause of all the murmurings against the present administration, but finding the ofiices about to become vacant, it was, in my judgment, my onstituticnal duty, to vote that they should be filled, in all cases, w here nominations of good moral character and qualifications were presented. In this I have the gratification to know, that my course is approved even by some of tho-ie who have been themselves removed from office, and who, nevertheless, have requested me to vote for their successors. Neither in this, nor any other case, have I ever in my life, g;ven a vote based in hostility' to any man; the pn sident or any other person. And in reference to this administration, and all others with which I have had any thing to do, my pr inciple of action has been uniform. I have had no disposition to embar.ass its movements;

have supported its measures when I thought them right, and opposed them when 1 thought thtm wrong. With much respect, your ob'dt. servant. WM. HENDRICKS. From the Jl'estem Sun, On Tuesday and Wednesday, fhe 25th and 2Cth day s of May, came on lor trial in the Sullivan ( i cuit Court, Judge Law presiding, the case of the state i f Indiana vs. J(hn Allen for an .assault and battery with an intent to. commit a rape on his own daughter. Also thecse of the elate of Indiana w. Thomas Blank ai d Margaret Riunk his vife, for an assault and hattc-ry on his son, aged about ten years; and" also the case of the state vs. the same parties, for an assault and haft rv with an intent to commit murder on their daughter aged about eighteen years. These cases for inhumanity, cold blccded atrocity nnd depravity, as manifested by the most unimpeachable testimony introduced in the tiials, have never been equalled in a Court of Justice.The detal of facts as sworn to hy the witnesses, is not fitted for the public eye; sufliceit to say, that in the whole histoi v of criminal jurisprudence, there has nothing equalled the scene as developed in these trials. The blood of all who heard them, run cold at the recital of the facts sworn to hy the children; and thes(cne was cue of d ep interest and hoi ror in the minds of a crowded audience, and created a feeling of disgust and hatred at the depravity of wretches in the shape of human beings, who could act as barba.rouslv and cruelly as, the defendants. The Jury in the case of the state vs Allen, fined him one dollar, and sentenced him to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. In the case of-the ass ult and batteiy or, the son, the wife of Blunk was acquitted, and her husband fined twelve dollars. In the case of the assault and battery with intent to commit murder on the daughter, both the defendants Biunk and wife were found guilty, fined in the sum of five hundred and Jifly dollars and sentent t u to eleven years ard stven months imprisonment in the Pntierttwry, ''oumelfor the shire, E. M. Hunting'On. Esq. Prosecuting Att.- For the defendant Alien, Samuel Juriah and T. C. C ne, Esqrs. and for the defendants Blunk and wife, Samuel Ju.ah, Esq. Blunk's wife was step mother to the children. Catttions to motlurs. Avoid the ue of tight bandages for y our infan's, es pecially rcti' d the body tor fear of i ro(iuciistr fiis, obstructions in the bowels, or a slow decay . Avosd uivit g them GcaKrey's Cordial, D.'sflTv's Elixir, Daisy's Carminative. Batcman's Drops, or a y other warm anodyne, lor fear of producing fits, fever or pnly. a common ct nse-c.uet-ceof quack medicines iiidi?creely given. Avoid giving them any quack medici e, for fear of brir gina on dtc'ir.e er sudden dc'dth.JournutifllLatlh.