Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 30, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 August 1832 — Page 1

S3 Sy David V. Culley. TchilS $3 PER YEAR 331 PER CENT. DISCOUNT MADE ON ADVANCE, OR 10! ON HALF YEARLY PAYMENTS: ILAWREMCEBiJKGlHI, (IA.) ATORBAYj ATDGUSTT 11. IS VOIi. VIM CIVO. 30.

United S. JLaics. ' (BY authority.) LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY1 SECOND CONGRESS.

Publtc No. 68. AN ACT to provide for.thc appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, I hat the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Commissioner of Indian affairs, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of War, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may, from time to time, prescribe, have the direction and management of all Indian Affairs, and of all matters arising out of In dian relations, and shall receive, a salary of per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall arrange or appoint to the said office the number of clerks necessary therefor, so as not to increase the number now employed; and such sum as is necessary to pay the salary of said commissioner for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be, and the same hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted; That all accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs, shall be transmitted to the said commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury department for settlement; . and all letters and packages to and from the said commissioner, touching the business of Ills office, shall be free of postage. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no ardent spirits shall be hereafter introduced, under any pretence, into the Indian country. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of WTar shall, under the direction of the President, cause to be discontinued, the services of such agents, subagents, interpreters, and mechanics, as may, from time to time, become unnecessary,' in consequence of the emigration of the Indians, or other causes. A. STEVENSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JC, CALHOUN, Vice President 'of the United States, and President of the Senate ArrsovED, July 9, 1832. ANDREW JACKSON. Public No: G9: AN ACT to enable the President to extinguish Indian title within the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of holding Indian treaties, and of finally extinguishing Indian title, within the state of Indiana, and so much of the land of the Pottawatamies as lies in the state of Illinois and Territory of Michigan. Approved, July 9, 1832. Public, No. 71 AN ACT to finish tlie-j rc-building of the frigate Macedonian. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of finishing the re-building of the frigate Macedonian, the sum of two hundred and seven thousand nine hundred and eighty four dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 10, 1832. Public No. 72. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money, passed twentythird day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentv-eiwht. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A 77? fri frt in v . 7 7 1 m . .,, su,.ivis usxemoica, that in all cases where public lands have been purchased, on which a further credit has been taken under the provisions of the act of the second March, one thousand eirht hnnrWl and twenty-one, or under any other act of ofcgress granting relief to the purchasers of tlw public lands, and have reverted to the United States for failure to pay the purchase money, or have been sold by the United States, by reason of such failure to pay, it snail be the duty of the Register of the land office where the purchase wns mnde. to issue upon application, to the person or persons legally entitled to the benefit of payments made previous to such reversion or sale, his, her or their legal representatives crcssignr,a certificate for the amount so paid and not refunded, which shall be received and credited as cash in payment of any public lands that may hereafter be sold by the United States, in the State or Territory in which such original purchase was rriadc. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shi be the duty of the Commissioner of

the General Land office and of the Registers as aforesaid, to conform to,'and be governed by, the provisions of the act aforesaid, to which this is an amendment, pissed the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be It further enacted, That, where, the lands have been relinquished to the United States under the provisions of

the act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, as aforesaid, or other acts, of Congress, and the rrioney paid thereon has, in part been applied in the payment of other lands, if the payment so made on lands retained be less than the amount paid on the relinquished lands when such excess exceeds the sum of ten dollars, it shall be the duty of the Register of the land office where the transfer of payment . was made, toissue a certificate for such excess to the person or persons entitled thereto, and in the manner pointed out in the first section of this act; which certificate shall be received in payment of the purchase of the public lands as pointed out in said section. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That on proof being made, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, that zny certificate issued under this act, or that has been, or may be, issued under the said act of the twenty-third of jMay, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight h3s been lost or destroyed by accident, he is hereby authorized to issue to the legal owner thereof, a duplicate, of such original certificate, which shall be, in all respects as available to the owner, as the original certificate, would have been. Approved, July 9, 1832. Public No. 73. AN ACT to alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the state of Illinois. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ucprescntatiees oj the Lniled States of America in Congress assembled, That the term of the district court of the United States for the district of Illinois, which is now directed by law to be held on the first Monday of May, shall hereafter be held on the fourth Monday of May in each year; and all process which may have issued, or may hereafter issue, returnable on the said first Monday of May, as heretofore , directed, shall be held returnable, arid be returned, on the fourth Monday of May in each year. Approved, July 9, 1832.' Pitfj.icNo.74." AN ACT to provide for paying certain arrearages for surveys, made by naval officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the extra services and expenses of the offices of the navy engaged in the survey of ourcoasts and harbors the past and present years, the sum of four thousand dol lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied and ex pended under the direction and control of the Secretary of the navy. Sec. 2; And be it further enacted That the sum of four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eighty cents be. and the same i ' y - is hereby appropriated, to pay the balance duo Lieutenunt. Charles Wilkes, for purchasing, drafting, and superintending the mak- j ing of astronomical instruments for the ex-; ploring expedition; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. - ' ! Sec. 3; And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the commander of the Navy Yard at the City of Washington, shall cease to act as Navy Agent; and that portion of the act of the twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, which made it his duty to do so, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and a separate and permanent agent shall be appointed as in other cases, in the same manner, entitled to the same compensation, under the same responsibilities, and be governed by the same laws and regulations which now are, or may hereafter be adopted for other Navy Agents; and it shall be his duty to act as Agent not only for the Navy Yard in tlis City, but for the Navy Department, under the direction of the Secretary thereof, in tho payments of such accounts and claims, as the said Secretary may direct. Approved, July 10, 1S32. Public No. 75. AN ACT to provide for rebuilding the fri gato Java and the sloop Cyanc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assc?nblcd. That the sum of fifty thousand five hundred dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of purchasing timber to rebuild the frigate Java and the sloop Cyane. Approved, July 10, 1832. Public No. 76. AN ACT to provide for completing the Navy Hospital at Norfolk, and the Navy Asylum at Philadelphia, and to furnish them in part. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there

be paid to the Commissioners of the Navy Hospital Fund, and for the use thereof, put of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, For completing the Navy Hospital at Norfolk, thirty-one thousand dollars. For providing fixtures, furniture and apparatus therefor, six thousand six hundred:

dollars. I . For completing the Navy Asylum at Philadelphia, twenty-seven thousand three hundred dollars. For providing fixtures, furniture, and apparatus for one wing thereof, six thousand six hundred dollars. Approved, July 10, 1832. Public No. 77. AN ACT authorizing the construction of Naval Hospitals at the Navy Yards at Charlestown, Massachusetts, Brooklyn; New-York, and Pensacola. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, I hat the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized, under the direction of the President of the United States, to cause to be constructed, for the use of the Navy of the United States proper hospitals at or near each of the following places, to wit: the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and the Navy Yard Pensacola. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated for the construction of such hospital at Charlestown aforesaid, twenty-six thousand dollars; at Brooklyn aforesaid, twenty thousand dollars; and at Pensacola, thirty thousand dollars; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ArpRovED, July 10,1832: Public No. 78. AN ACT to carry into effect the act to provide for a survey of the coast of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for carrying into effect the act, entitled "An act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States," approved on the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seven, there shall be. and hereby is, appropriated, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the said act is hereby revived, and shall de deemed to provide for the survey of the coasts of Florida, in the rnmo manner as if the same had been named therein. Sec. 2. And be it further enacied, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, in and about the execution of the said act, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus which now, or hereafter may belong to the United States, and employ all persons in the land and naval service of the Uniied States, and such astronomers and other persons rs he shall deem proper: Provided, That nothing in this act, or the act hereby revived, shall be construed to authorize the construction or maintenance of a permanent astronomical observatory. Approved, July 10," 1S32. Public No. 79. AN ACT to provide iron tanks for the use of tho Navy of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purchase of iron tanks for tho use of the vessels of war of the United States, in commission, the sum of one hundred and thirtyone thousand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars be, and tlie same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in he Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 10, 1S32. Fl'elic No. 80. AN ACT to establish additional land districts in tho state of Alabama, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tract of country in the state of Alabama ceded to the United States by a treaty concluded with the Creek tribe of Indians, at the city of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day .of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be divided into, and constitute two land districts, by extending through the same, east and west, the line between township number twenty-two, south of the base line of tho Huntsvillo district, and township number twenty-four, north of the thirty-first degree of latitude. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the land in said ceded territory, south of said dividing line, shall be sold at tho town of Montgomery, and 'said district shall bo called the Talapoosa district; and all the land in said ceded territory, north of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Montevallo, and said district shall te called the Coosa district : Provided, however, That the President of the United States may, if he shall deem it expedient, remove either, or both, of the said land offices to any other point in the respective districts, for which they are established. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a Register and Receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend the sales of the Public Lands

in these respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and v. hose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their ofiiccs as are, or may be provided by law in relation to the Registers and Receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the

public lands. Sec. 4. Ana be it further enacted, 1 hat it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done,

to cause the proper plats of the surveys of last number, and destroyed a large proporsaid districts to be deposited in the land of- ticn of those who were attacked by it. It

fices intended for them respectively. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the Registers and Receivers, to be appointed for the land districts hereby established, shall not commence till after tho surveys shall have been completed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of country acquired by the treaty with the Choctaw nation of Indians within the state of Alabama, south of township nineteen, shall be offered for sale at the Saint Stephen's land ofiicej and the residue shall be attached to tho Tuscaloosa land district, and be offered for sale at that place. Approved, July 10, 1SS2. Public No. 81. AN ACT for the regulation of tuo Navy and Pmatcer Pension and Navy IIospitill unu. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lutcd Ha.cs oj ; America in congress asscmouu, inai uk; commissioners of tho navy pension and n ivy hospital funds be, and they are hereby, directed to close all their recounts as trustees i . n 17.1 rrM a . 1 oi saiu umus, a.u w pyou-nnuuaux-u . cash in their hands, and to assign over and P I ...! 1 i 1.-1 l' iransier an uic ccruncriics oi smc.i, aim other property belonging to said fund, and to me pnvaiccr pension mnu, 10 uw irea - .1 : f 1 .1 . Ml surer of the United Stated for thc use of of navy and privateer pensions, and for ex penditures on account of navy hospital.-, tt ncctcd will, sa.d funds, and the Se cretary of the Navy.be and ho is here hv, conrtitnt cd Uc trustee of sa.d fund,; and as such it snaU bo duty to receive apphoat.ons lor to tl case control 7 r, mm.-. .".""' V ' tho balance of cash now on hsral, and all inu7 uiM l - ' - sion tunes from s ocks redeemed, or trp any other source, shall be inimanto.y invested, under the direction of the fcVcrotarv ! oithoNavv, in thc Ihnk stock of tlie IhnK to receive said rr.vy pension huulr m P-jy-mcnt thcrccf; hie sa.d W stock to be nciu in i no uaiMo ox mo j ro.isurtrr oi inc United 'States, for thc purposes aforesaid. Src. Ih And he it further enacted, Tiiat the Secretarv of the ivivv be, and he is here by, authorized and rccpiirod to cause Looks to be opened, and regular accounts to Lo kept, showing the condition of tho navy and privateer pension funds, the receipts and expenditures-thereof, lhe namrsof the pensioners, and tlie dates and amount of their respective pensions, with a statement of the actor acts of Con:ivfs"under which the Si?ne may be "ranted: and that he sh-'il nnnuilly report to Congress nn ab.stract, siiowin;' the condition of these fends in nil of these particulars, and the receipts and expenditures during thc year; end causo a similar account of the, receipts ami expenditures of tho navy hospital fund, to be kept and reported to Congress, annually, in like mannt-r, ;tnd at the same time, with the reports upon the pension funds. Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy hhall be, nnd he is hereby, authorized to appoint a clerk who shall perform all tho duties which shall be required of him in relation to sniil funds; und shall reccivo as a full compensation for his services, and .in lieu of all commissions or other allowances, a salary of ono thourand six hundred dollars, to be paid quarter-yearly, out of the Treasury of thc United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. Tint all the powers conferred, and duties imposed by laws now in force, on the commissioners of the navy and privateer pension and navy hospital funds be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of the Navv; and all acts, and parts of acts, contrary to the provisions of this act, be, and they aie tareby, repealed. AiTRovr.n,July 10, 1S32. Frightful Mortality. It has hern stated, that when thc Cholera had invade I a pi ice. it established itself permanently, and assumes the character of an epidemic, reappearing at intervals. Embracing a period of fourteen yean?, up to 1831, six bundied and fifty irruptions of Cholera have been ascertained. In Indi:i 13i), while Calcutta has beea attacked every year.

cetera; and as soon as sa.d argument ami , Hove rho clo 1I0t a!s Know iu nrmv gross transfer shall be nurde, tno said romm.s-1 )f nt Tiry lave become sioncrs shall be, aim they aro hereby; Hons- av;nui to s, ( JT Altlcr;CHn ,nt riot, threatened and discharged from all further truri con- , ,., . . , ., ' . ... nHv f, .

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r ' V ' VV-l,i at:'" 'doi.v' Oiirpriviles, our liberties havo of the Ireasury be and hereby is, autliord ,cn tIiro:lten ai;u nr, m in (1:in,rr. to sell so much o the stock of the Lmt.d 9f,n nwn nfltf ho lf cff,clu. Stales m said hank, at toe par value ihcrcrf r(11,. roo(i com! ion .!tnnn!T as said navy pension funds wul pay lor; and ! -n;,f ,, "n .... ni..., i,i .

The Mortality of India Ins been computed at 10,000 annually, or 33,000,000 in fourteen year?. The number of deaths during this period in Asia and Europe, arc set down at r.0,000,000 ftom Cholera. Tho Boston Daily Atl is has fallen into the common error of ascribing the first appearance of this disease to Jassor, a considerable city about 100 miles to the north cast of Calcutta, wl.-cro in August 1817, it ngod with great violence, and swept olfonc tenth of tho inhabitants. In tho year 1000, it made the tour of Europe in its severest

I form, as we took occasion to observe in our has prevailed with a greater or lesser degrco of violence from time immemorial. iV. Y. Enquirer. o copy the follow ing from the Pittsburgh Manufacturer, as a sort of offset to the marvellous recantations, which, tho Clay peoplo tell us, have taken, place among the Jacksonians, since the Veto! IYom the l'ittslurgh Manufacturer. . . to Tin: PUBLIC. We, the undersigned, who have never voted for General Andrew Jackson, deem it but an act of justice at this apparent crisis in the political destinies of our favored country, to thus publicly express our full and satisfied approbation of his measures in reblion lot!0 Uni(cd ap. Qnd a fim? conviction that a prosperous continuance of the blessings of our republican government h , .f nbt cnlirrW on thc re , .- f . inti0:ondont , tr;ot nmV at the holm of government.' Every effort of tho aristocracy of this country, indicates thc unhallowed drrign of corrupting,. thro' the subtle influence of wealth: t he fairest, tho i i t CXa,tC(l .u?Q ofa .,rivi. , Jn drtive fr3Rcljis0 Tic hllb?cri. hois (It em it unnecessary to point to those lanumcmblo f:ct?, tint fully warrant tho ; - llnr r- l.Hc4 ,:(,y ;t,.0 ;.ircpt (o the unwarrantable power cf tint mammoth to f?h m,.:i::,? of hh C(VJunon Conntrv. . ol,r (v:i chv lax(s director and j of(h in,illU;on htdv atlcmptoa , Ju ;nthlnicrs n!lil co lt lj0 pr;lt:.;p!rs 0J-oar th,vntcr.Ml our f.cc rnd lupny institu:tius?.!.v the ri:tocrncv lefcrrej to. And ; hl f.K. of VaXfloVim t!j0 drrsl?ncj , cp.H n every citizen vsho nwv not liwio:tbro hnye h u- anj rNcrtcd his , n , ;n?( tlf) n( ' he t fr pts on the n. . , , , ' , ji.t: uiu l uiiih n;, iu w nu'.v up ana ll0rrlo!;iro novcr 5,1)porled with our votos. mnv, !lj0,t nuous riKM ,!nll lrt, put in requisition to aid the re-election of that independent patriot, tlenerJ Andrew Jackson; rnd wo rnn he seech every man who p:operly ri)preriat 3 the blessinjja of liberty, to join in in the sacred cans', thft cause of Freedom and the People. ( i lere f ..l!ov the na:ne: of 1 YZ subscriber, nnny of whom' are known to be citizens of the tie.t standing nnd chireter in Pills-bur!i.

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Thc Mafoyx. The NViend TnteliVcncer, a f v days s'nee, nude a furious attack upon the :.iminis!ration on a fount, of tho chastisement which has been iiiilicted ujon the .Malays, for their altaek upon and murder ofa part rf the crew if mi American vessel. The oinvequenre. was tl:;t n call'. ;,t was made on the President f r the instructions which were jiven to the commander oftlia lV)tomce., w!io was directed to perform the duty of inflicting jnini.slmient for tlie outrage, nnd the despatches whicli havo been received in return. Tiie call wns immediately complied with, r.nd tlie cirrumstances turn out to be fo entirely proper, that the Intelligencer h;is A It irsc If required to say in reference to thorn, thrt the instructions ?ue uunexc( p!i nable, rnd rreditablu to t;i" departur nt 'ui wi 'u h they emanated.'1 lt would hive been r? well tt have abstained lioni makin? tb" c n-nro until some rearn IrU sppearfd Jo mil It forth. If the idltors had f dt lt-M d.-sire to find fault, they mA h.vo paved themselves the troulle at.d tnorlif cation of withdrawing thechirge in :t manner so awl. ward. Vmlt'niicre Jit puUicun.

The President hd'l the seat of Govern nv nt on the JId ult. on vliit to the Hermitape Ii'm conteuq.!;tC(l route had not been stated. Quebec, July I'd. Burner? hi resumed much ofhs form' r activity the Cbf lerah iS lost ; U i3 tenors by ti e fiequency of ihtf cures. The prof.ts of l'i.men rs Hall, a pcniirt hon in London; vvr re at:notli:ccd vi 4U),00Ul. for the uns; year.