Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 23, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 June 1831 — Page 1

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U. States Laics. (BY AUTE OUST Y. ) LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTYFIRST CONGRESS. Public No. C9.J AN ACT to regulate the foreign and coastingtrade on the Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers of the Uaited Slates, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled lhat, from and after the first day of April next, no custom house fees shall be levied or collected on any raft, flat, boat, or vessel of the United States, entering otherwise than by sea, at any port of the United States on the rivers and lakes on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted That, from and after the first day of April next, the same and no higher tonnage duties and custom house charges df any kind shall be levied and collected 00 any British colonial raft, flat, boat, or vessel, entering otherwise than by sea, at any nnrt of the United States on the rivers and lakes on, our Northern, Northeastern 8c North western frontiers, than may be levied and col Hcted on anv raft, flat, boat, or vessel, entering otherwise than by sea at any ot the ports or the British possessions on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers : and that, from and after the first day of April next, no higher discriminating duty shall be levied or collected on merchandise imported into the United States in the ports aforesaid, and otherwise than by sea, than may be levied and collected on merchandise when imported in like manner otherwise than by sea, into the British possessions on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers from the United States. Sec. 3. And be it jurther enacted That from and after the passage of this act, any boat, sloop, or other vessel, of the United States, navigating the waters on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers, otherwise than by sea, shall be enrolled and licensed in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; which enrolment and license shall authorize any such boat, sloop, or other vessel to be employed either in the coasting or foreign trade; and no certificate or registry shall be required for vessels so employed on said frontiers : Provided, That such boat sloop, or vessel, shall be, in every other re - ... spect, liable to the rules, regulations, and pen alties, now in force, relating to registered vessels on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern frontiers. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That, in lieu of the fees, emoluments, salaries, and commissions, now allowed by lawto any collec tor or surveyor ot any district on our Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern lakes and rivers, each collector or surveyor as aforesaid, shall receive, annually, in full compensation for these services, an amount equal to the entire compensation received by such officer during the past year. Andrew Stevenson Speaker of the House of Representative John C. Calhoun, President nf the Senate. Atfroved, March 2, 1831. ANDREW JACKSON Public No. 70 AN ACT declaratory of the Jaw concerning contempts of court . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled That the power of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall Dot be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts, or so near thereto us to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of anv of the officers of the said courts in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any officer of the said courts, party, juror, witness, or other person or persons, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That if any person or persons shall, copruptlv, or by threats or force, endeavor to influence," intimidate, or impede any juror, witness, or ofhVer, in any court of the United States, in the discharge of his duty, or shall, corruptly, or bythreats or force, obstruct or impede, or endeavor to obstructor impede, the due administration of justice therein, every person, so ofTendin, shall be liable to prosecution therefor, by indictment, and shall, on conviction therefor be punished, by fine not exceeding five hun! dred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding three months, or both, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence. Approved, xMarch 2, 1331. Public No. 71. AN ACT for the relief of John Gough, and other Canadian refugees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ttepresentalives oj Uie United States of America in Congress assembled That the President of the United Sta'es be authorized to issue to John Gough, of Indiana, a patent for the northeast quarter cf section eleven, in township twelve, north, of range nine, west, in the Vincennes land district, upon the condition expressedtherein, that neither said John, nor any person under him. shall claim any benefit under a patent erroneously issued for the southeast quarter of said section, and alleged to be lost . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That the existing laws for the correction of errors in the purchase of the public land shall be equally ajjixicau.c 10 erroneous locations ot the war rants of Canadian refugees. Approved, March 2, 1831. Public No. 72.J ACT to extend the patent of Samuel AN

Browning for a further period of fourteen!

years Be it enacted by the Senate and House, nf Representatives of the Uaited States of America in Congress assembled. That there be, and hereby is, grantei unto Samuel Browning, a citizen of the United States, his heirs, administrators, and assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the twenty -fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and twentyeight, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, his improvement called a "magnetic separating machine," a description of which is given in a schedule annexed to letters patent granted to the said Samuel Browning for the same on the twenty-filth day of November, eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, March 2, 1831. Public No. 73 AC ACT for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana . Be it enacted by the Senate and House. of Representatives of United States of America in Congress assembled 1 hai the sum of three hundred and th irty-three dol lars and thirty-three and one third cents, be paid by the Marshal of the United Siates fir the eastern uistrict of Louisiana to John Cul bertson, f r his services rendered as interpreter to the United states1 court for said district, un rlen thp npnvicinnal annnrntmcnt rti tli .1 1 1 .-1 r vv ... ...... . for each regular term of said court, from the December term of one thousand eight hundred ana tweniy-iwe, inc.us.ve.y, up 10 me time ot the passage of this act Sec. 2. Awl be it further enacted That the Judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, be and is hereby, authorized to appoint an interpreter to said court, and to ahow him a compensation not exceed ng three hundred and ihiry-three dollars and thirty. three and one third cents, for his services at each regular term of said court, to be holden subsequently to the passage of this act; and the Marshal is authorized to pay the same u..ou the order ot the Ju lge: Provide I, always, That it shall be thp ilnti' rtt Ihp vuiil ill priii'Hlpr rlni'iiur luc nn. unuance in 01 ice, 10 auenu a i aim every ot t he called or irregular sessions of the said curt, tinuance in ollice, to atiend all and everv ot the 1 . . without anv additional compensation therefor: Provided, also, 1 hat the said interpreter shall not receive, under this act. more than nnc thousand dollars for each vear. Approved, March 3, 1831. Public No. 74. N AM concerning vessels employed in the whaie fishery . Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives the United States of America in Congress assembled That the provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorize the register or enrolment and li cense, to be issued in the name of the PVesident or Secretary of any incorporated company .irL,.i iw,,.iv.fi.-. i e S 11 " pncauie to every ship or vessel, owned by any incorporated company, and employed who!.y ... u.e v u,emii rj,so long as sucii sh,p or fishery. A . . . 1f I n I lrrKUVKD. iUarCll o, Public No. 75.1 AN ACT to create the office of Surveyor of me puoJic lauas tor Uie btate ot Louisiana . Be U enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembipd . Th;t Surveyor Geueiat for ihe Stale ol Lou U - - isiana shall be appointed, who shall nave the same authority, and perform the same duties, respecting ihe public lanus ana pnvaie land claims in the Slate of Louisiana , as are now vested

in, and required of the Surveyor of the are hereby abolished ; and any copy of a fr0m the Hon. John Branch, late Selauds of the United States, south of the P,at of survey, or transcript from the cretary of the navy, to a gentleman in Slate of Teunessee, or the principal records of the office of the said Survey- this city, has been handed to us for pubDeputy Surveyors in the said State- or General shall be admitted as evi- lication. and that from and after the first dav of de nee in any of the courts of the Uni- Washington City, May 3d, 1831. May next, the office of principal De- Jed States or Territories thereof; and JIy Dear Sir: You have, no doubt,

puiy Surveyors, as created bv the ninth section of the act of Congress of the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundied and six, entitled "An act sunnlementary to an act entitled 'An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to lands within the Territory of Orleans &s district of L luisiana,' " be and the same are hereby, abolished ; and it shall be the duty of said principal Deputy burveyors to surrender to the Surveyor General of Louisiana or to such person or persons as he may appoint to receive the same, all the maps, books, records, field notes, documents and articles of every description, appertaming or in any wise belonging to their offices respectively. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That, the principal deputy Surveyor for the district east of the island of New Orleans be and he hereby is required to enarate and arrange the papers in his office; and all the map?, records, papers and documents of every descriplion which refer to lands in the Slate of Louisiana, shall be delivered to the order of the Surveyor General for lhat State; and such of them as refer to lands in the Slate of Alabama shall be delivered to the Surveyor for the State of Alabama; and such of them as refer to lands in the State of Mississippi together with such map?, papers, records and document! in the office of said

principal Deputy Surveyor, as are not I

hereby required to be delivered to the Surveyor General of the State Louisiana, or to the Surveyor for the State of Alabama, shall be delivered to the orderofthe Surveyor of the lands of the

United States, south of the state of Ten- all the lands to which the Indian title nessee; and the office of said principal has been extinguished lying north ot Deputy shall be, and the same is here- the northern boundary of the State of by abolished from and after the first Illinois west of Lake Michigan and east day of May next; and the powers and of the Mississippi river, shall be surveyduties now exercised and performed by in the same manner and under the the said principal Deputy Surveyor same regulations, provisions, restricshall be vested in and performed by tions and reservations as the other pubthe aforesaid Surveyors, wilhio their lie lands are surveyed.

respective States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That it shall be the duty of the Surveyor south of the Slate of 1 ennessee to deliver to the Surveyor General of the State ol Louisiana all the maps, papers, records and documents relating to the public lands and private claims in Louisiana, which may be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to make a separation of such maps, papers, records and documents, without injury to the portion of them relatine to lands in Mississinni. it shall hp nis amy 10 cause copies thereol certihed by him to be furnished to the Sur vpv nPnprMi nr r.nnismmi 3nH copies shall be of the same validity as - v- vimiaajv I I I V 1 J 1 the originals. Sec.4. And be it further enacted. That the Surveyor General of Louin.-, , 7 I shall appoint a sufficient number of skilful and exnerieneed Surwevnrs his deputies who with one or more good and sufficient sureties to be ap proved by said Surveyor General shall en(er jnfo bond for the faithful performani'O nl :ill ciiruorinn enn ror c " BU'"-;'"6 .uto luuu- .... ded to them in the penally of double the amount of money accruing under tUn ',A ntni0 u " :i stipulated to be paid therein; and who, before entering on the performance of their duties shall take an oath, or make affirmation, truly faithfully and impartially to the utmost oj their skill and ability to execute the trust confided to them; and in the event of the failure of a de puty to comply with the terms of his contract, unless such failure shall be satisfactorily shown by him to have arisen from causes beyond his control he shall forfeit the penalty of hi hond wards be debarred from recrivino a contract tor surveying public lands in Louisiana or elsewhere ,hn Snrwvnr Rpnprai m ho fnnniniori n nnrcnanrp nf fhic ar l chnl oeioKlicK . J ' in pursuance of this act shall establish his office at such place as the Presiden his ntlW t snrh n!arnn U Pr0!i,L,l( of the United States may deem most ex pedient for the public service : and that he shall be allowed an annual salarv of ,wo hnu?and dollar?, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful 1 v draughtsman Sz recording clerk whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and that ihe fees heretofore authorized by law for examining and recording surveys be and the same 'or eveT copy of a plat of survey, there sna" e paid twenty-five cents, and for an,v transcript from the records of said ouice, there shall be paid at the rate of iwentv-nve cents lor every nunurea

words by the individuals requiring the The letters of the two former, addressame. cPd in the President of the U: State?,

Sec. G. And be it further enacted That in relation to all such confirmed claims as may conflict, or in any manner interfere with each other the Register of the land office and Receiver of public moneys for the proper land district, are hereby authorized to decide between the parlies, and shall in their decision be governed by such conditional lines or boundaries as have been or may be agreed upon between the parties interested, either verbally or in writing; and in case no lines or boundaries be agreed upon between the parties interesled, then the said Register and Rec iver are hereby authorized to decide between the parlies in such manner as may be consiste nt with the principles of justice; and it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of the said State to have those claims surveyed and platted m accordance with the decisions ol Ihe Register and Receiver: Provided That the said decisions and surveys and the patents which may be issued in conformity thereto, shall not in any wise be considered as precluding a legal inI vestigation and decision by the proper

judicial tribunal between the parties to

any such interf ring claims, but shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all title to the land in question. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That the Legislature ol the State of Missou ri be and is hereby authorized to sell and convey in lee simple all or any part of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress for the "se of a seminary of learning in said Slate, and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some produt've fund, the proceeds of which shall be forever applied by the Legislature of said Slate, solely to the uses of such seminary and lor no other use or purpose whatever. And that the Legislature or saiu otaie 01 iuissouri T - l . f :j f m: : shall be and is hereby authorized to sell and convev in fee simn e all or anv nart J I J I lne 5a'1 sp'ings not exceeding twelve in numner, ana six sections 01 land aaJ01nlrig to each granted to said State ... i t T . ir.. r . .i D ,ne united amies lor me use mereof, and selected by the Lgislatnre of said btate, on or beforethe hrst day ol January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, Sl to invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund the proceeds of which shall be forever applied under the di . r , .1 r : , 1 , r ,u rectlon of sald Legislature, for the purpose of education in said State, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. Approved, March, 3, 1831. A RESOLUTION directing the Secretary of Slate to subscribe tor seventv copies of Pe tera' condensed reports of decisions of the Supreme Court. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lmted States oj America in Congress Assembled 1 hat the Secretary of the Department o State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for and re ce've seventy copiesof the condensed of the United Stales, edited by Richard 5 "iju Lriusc iu 'tr uisiiiouieo one C0Py Hereof to the President of the United States, each of the Justices of lne Supreme Court,each of the Judges nllha lii!lriM VmipI Ihn AIUrnn., C uwu,,,,,c ni,u," Ul UlHieu OirtltfB, CUCl! OI me I U TT'. I C?.i l ii of Departments, each of the fT , . r , j. Um!ed States five copies thereof for me use ot each irloufe ot Congress ; and the residue of the copies shall be deposited in the Library of Congress: Provided hoxcever That the cost of each volume shall not exceed five dollars. Approved, March 2, 1831. From the Xoith Carolina Star. Gov. Branch. The following letter before this, seen in the papers accounts of the resignations of the Secretary of Stale and the Secretary, of War & the dismissal of the other members of the Uabinet. present their reasons, and the motives for the dismissal of the others are asassigned in the answer of the President to the Secretary ol the 1 reasury ana myself. In these the Tresidenl admits that the dismissed officers have faithfully executed tneir respective duties; but intimates that the want of harmony in the cabinet, and protection to the two retiring secretaries "irom unjusi misconceptions and malignant misiepreventions," made it necessary the others should go out also. bo lar as regards the members ol the cabinet, this measure is comparatively ol little moment. It is however, a mat ler of deep concern as affecting the character of the government. In this point of view, the American people have a right to know the whole truth; from whence the alleged discord originated ; by whom and for what purpose it has been fostered ; and in what respect and w herefore it has been connected with the administration of the afl'airs of the nation. The President is bound tomake these explanations to the people.

If it were intended to be intimated that I am responsible for the want of harmony in the cabinet, the charge i unjust. I deny lhat 1 pursued a course that invited hostility. Oa the contrary I went as far as a man of honor could go, in endeavoring to promote a good understanding and cordial official cooperation wilb all the members of tho cabinet. But it seems I was expected to go still farther, and not doing so, it has been held good cause for my dismissal. If it is asked, why I did not abandon the cabinet, and expose to the world the malign influences by which it was embarrassed? I would reply that I constantly looked forward to a favorable change. That especially 1 relied

tor mis upon the wisdom, firmness, and . i . - ustice oi the Chief Magistrate. I have cen) disappointed. 1 have had the deep mortification to see him gradually discarding Irom his counsels and friendhip hia old and long tried supporters, and throwing himself into the arms of persons whosa cold-hearted selfishness and artifices were played off upon him tor true and laithtul service. Rest assured, however, that what ever may be the public judgment as to the merits ot this question, no consid eration arising from personal feeling will induce me to lake a course which I should not believe calculated to'maintainthe character and promote the interest of the State which gave me birth. Business of importance, especially as enabling me to settle down permanently in North Carolina, will probably require my presence in Tennessee, where I may be detained until August next. On my return to my family, I hope to meet you, when I shall be highly gratified to renew that social and friendly intercourse which, heretofore, so much to my satisfaction, has subsisted between us. In the mean time, I beg you to receive assurances of great respect end esteem. JOHN BRANCH. JKr. Branch The following is the reply of Mr. Branch to a committee, who had solicited him to become a candidate for Congress; and in which, it will be seen, he gives a pledge "that no consideration Shall induce me to CHANGE MY POLITICAL COURSE," &C, He will probably be elected, and if he redeems the pledge thus voluntarily given, he will support Gen. Jackson's administration. A at. Rep, Enfield May 17, 1831. Gentlemen: Your communication of the lOlh inst. in behalf of a number of citizens of Bertie county, conveying their wishes that 1 should become a candidate to represent this district in the next Congress of the United Stales, was handed me yesterday evening. This manifestation of continued confidence and support, especially at this time, has deeply atlected me, & I pray you gentlemen, to assure my fellow citizens of Bertie county, that while I entertain a deep sense of my own unworthiness, yet under the influence of the strongest lies which can bind man to his fellow man, 1 feel incapable of denying to them any services within my ability to render; and further, that were my public services ten times greater than I know them to be, the kindness of my fellow citizens would more than compensate me for any personal sacrifices which they have'eest me. My official connexion with the present administration has been dissolved, under circumstances painful to me; yet rest assured that no considerations shall induce me to change my political course or to throw me into collision with the friends with whom I have hitherto most heartily co-operated. Accept in return for your generous wishes for my prosperity and happiness, assurances of profound respect and eiteem. JOHN BRANCH. To Jos. D. "White, Alexander W. Mebane, Geo. B. Outlaw, Tho?. Bond, Jos.B.G. Roulhac, Robt. C. Watson, Jno. Watson, Jno. F. Ward, Edward Hardy, Nathaniel W. Fletcher. From the American Sentinel, of May 25. Mr. Ingham. The following letter from Mr. Ingham to a friend, has been handed to us for publication. The intense curiosity which prevails to ascertain the causes which produced the breaking up of the late cabinet, renders all authentic matters connected with it of general interest. Mr. Ingham il ecrc3 distinctly repudiate! the exit