Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 43, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 10 November 1832 — Page 2
PENSION REGULATIONS.
Letter from the Secretary of War, j In relation to the execution of the "Act supplementary to tho act for the relief of cer4 tain surrivinj officers and soldiers of the revolution.' War Department) June 15, 1832. Sift: In answer to your letter of th3 date, I have the honor to observe, thnt the act of Congreaa of Much 18 1813, entitled "An act to provide for
persona engaged in the land and naval services of the United State3 in the revolutionary war," made provision for plicing upon the pension roll all commissioned officers, non commissioned officers, musicians and private, soldier?, and all o licersin the hospital and medicel staff, who served in the war of the revolution. The construction given to this clause by this department was, that
the specific enumeration of "othcers of the hospital and medical staff," excluded from the benefit of the act all other officers of staff not holdingicommissions in the army. Because if the words "all commissioned oilicers," fcc. oxtend to the whole staff, of the army, there was no necessity to insert a particular provision for any branch of the staff And such a provision, when inserted, would embrace only the particular class described, Officers of the line only, were, therefore supposed to be included in the first description. It i?, however clear to me, that, had the law contained no particular enumem-
ting clause, the general provis'on, "all commissioned officers," would have included all the officers of the line and staff of the revolutionary army. I allude to this subject here, that the reasons of the difference in the construction put by this department upon the actof, 1818, and that which it appears to me, should be put upon the act of the present session of Congress, entitled, 4,An net supplementary to an act for the relief ofcertain surviving of-1 cers and soldiers of the revolution,'' may be apparent- The benefit of the latter act is extended to each of the surviving officers, &c. who shall have served in the continental line or state troop9, volunteers or militia, &c. without any clause necessarily, or by construction, limiting its operations. It is, therefore, my opinion, that all the officers, whether of the line or staff, of
every description, are embraced in this provision. With respect to the evidence which
should be required of the applicants, there is a manifest difference between the regular troops and militia. Of the former, there are rolls in this office, more or less perfect, and where a person's name is found upon them, no other testimony is or should be required. Where the name is not thu3 found, the presumption is, that the applicant did not render the service stated, and the defect must be supplied by other testimony. The certificate of a commissioned officer, if one can be obtained, is required, But if it cannot, then ' the corroborating statement of two credible witnesses must be produced. Not that these witnesses should both certify from their own personal knowledge to the actual service of the applicant; but, that they should, by direct or indirect circumstantial evidence, confirm the account given by himself. These
principles have regulated the department heretofore, and they appear to me to be founded in reason and justice. When, however, the rolls are known to be imperfect, considerable relaxation should be followed; and, under these circumstance?, and as the difficulty of procuring testimony gradually increases, the regulations have recently been relaxed, particularly with respect to the nature of the circumstances required to be shown. The case of Militia service is, however, different. There are no rolls of militia in this department, except those ofthe stateof New Hampshire. There can, therefore, arise no presumption against the applicant, to be met by stronger evidence, than under other circumstances, would be required; and time has so reduced the number of those veterans, & of the witnesses of their services and sufferings, that to demand of them pontiveproof,independent of their own statements would be to deprive many of them ofthe benefit ofthe act. My linn roc:i n is fhif f La nnnli'in rKMilJ
produce the best evidence in his pow. er. If he has no living or documentary evidence of his servicers, he should transmit as detailed a statement, under oath, as he can prepare, showing the time, place, and manner of his employment, the corps to which he belonged, and such circumstances connected with the subject, as he may be able to recollect, and as will serve as a guide to an examining officer, in his investigation of
the justice of his claim. To this should be ad Jed the certificate, under oath, of at least two respectable persons, whose character can be established, at the de pnrtment, stating the general impres fiotis of the neighborhood, where the Applicant resides, or has resided, that he was engaged in the revolutionary war. I imagine that there are few c'r
none of the survivors, whose claims tc
this character are not recognizeS in the
vicinity where they live.
These are rny impression?, hastily written, in answer to your letter. I have the more confidence in them, as they are fortified by the opinion of Mr, Ed wards, in whose experience and judgment I Mace great confidence. And I think the committee will agree, that they pursue a just medium between a latitudinous construction, which would throw the doors of the Treasury
open to all who were willing to fabri
cate documents which would insure them the benefit of this act, and such a rigid administration, as would render nugatory to the provisions of the law. 1 have the honor to be, sir, Very respectfully, your obd't serv't LEWIS CASS. Hon. Samuel A. Foot, Chairman of the Com. on Pensions in the Sen.
POTTAWATAMIE TltEATY. MeSSrS. JeN xixcs. Davis and Crujie, Commissioners
appointed on the part of the United States,
to treat with the Indians, tor a cession oi their lands in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, have conclued a Treaty with the Pottawatamie Indians, which extinguishes their na
tional title to all lands within the limits of
Indiana, and to all lands lying south of Grand river in Michigan, and east ofthe river La Plein in Illinois, embracing a tract of most valuable country, and containing between six and seven millions of acres. It haslong been an object ofthe greatest solicitude to extinguish the Indian title in Indiana, and by this very extensive and advantageous treaty that ohject has been affected to an extent beyond the most sanguine expectations of the public. With the exception of some few reserves, limited in their character, the undisputed sovereignty ofthe soil within the geographical limits of Indiana, will now be placed under state jurisdiction; the Territory of Michigan will soon b enabled to take her rank as a state in the con
federacy, and the fine and fertile region of
western Illinois, be opened to the enterpnze of emigrants. The annuities arc small and limited from fifteen to twenty years, and the consideration given for the lands is such as to entire
ly satisfy the Indians, without burthening the government. There can bo little doubt
but that the Senate will unhesitatingly ratify the Treaty, and that Congress will take speedy measures to survey and bring the lands into market. The Miamies are now perfectly surrounded by the lands ofthe government, and their whole possessions consist only of a few inconsiderable reserves. Indiana Democrat.
BANK ROBBERS. According to notice, William Moore, alias Devon and Samuel MePherson, committed upon a charge of being concerned in robbing the North Western Bank of Wheeling Va. were brought before Judge King, on Monday afternoon ; Peter a Brown, and Robert M. Lee, Esqvs. acting for defendants, and Agustus II. Richards, esq. for the com
monwealth. A few days ago, when the prisoners had
a hearing before tho Mayor, they denied knowing each other, or having ever seen the note passed by one ofthe company. A person named Peter Van Tassel was committed to the Debtors Apartment, in order that he might be used as evidence against the others. Van Tassel sworn Deposed that upon the election morning he met Moore in the street, and accosted him by name; Moore did not at first recognize him, as it had been some time since they met. MePherson
was not with him. Moore advised witness to go on to the west, if he wished to make money, saying that this was no place for him
to live, adding that if witness was short of
money, he would furnish him with fifty dollars to go to New-Orleans. While conversing, Mr. MePherson came in, and witness was introduced; Moore said McP. was his partner and told him his intention of assisting witness to money. MePherson replied "that is right." MePherson and witness went to the theatre that night, and he passed the next day with them. McP. and Moore kept their clothes in the same trunk. On Thursday they made arrangements to go to New York, and Mr. McP. gave witness a $1000 note on the U. S. Branch Bank at New-Orleans, and requested him to get it
changed, Halt ot which he said belonged to Moore, and witness was to have the fifty dollars promised him he was to join them at the Arch street wharf. Witness presented the note at several Banks, and it was refused; finally it was exchanged by a broker in Third street, and when witness returned to Arch street, he could not find the prisoners, and walked down town, where Mr. Blayney arrested him. High constable Blaney sworn Deposed, that on Thursday last, a gentleman called upon him and imparted his suspicions respecting a person who proved to be MePherson, and described appearance; and in less than an hour, witness had arrested him, and brought him before the Mayor, and in ten minutes after Moore was arrested in the vicinity of the office, and in about two hours witness had arrested Van Tassel, at the corner of Shippen and Fourth streets, and found 9'20 of the $1000 note upon him, the other 80 having been disposed of to purchase clothes, ina suit of which he was then disguised. When tiie evidence was closed, the Judge gave it us his opinion that tho prisoners were culpable beyond a doubt, and remanded them hack to prison until demanded bv the authorities of the state of Virginia. Ph iladclph i a Ch ran icle.
SAC AND FOX TREATY. Abstract of a treaty between the U. States and tho Sac and Fox tribes of Indians concluded at Rock Island, September 21st, 1832: Article 1 Cedes certain lands to which the Sacs and Foxes have title, to the Uni
ted States, with certain exceptions thereafter made. Boundaries of said cession, to wit:
"Beginning on the Mississippi river at the point where the Sac and Fox northern
boundary line is established by the 2d article of the treaty of Prairie du Chien, ofthe
15th July, 1S30, strikes said river; thence up said boundary line to a point fifty miles from the Mississippi, measured on said line;
thence in a right line to tho nearest point
on the Red Cedar of Iowa, forty miles from
the Mississippi river; thence in a right line to a point on the northern boundary of tho State of Missouri, fifty miles, measured on said boundary from tho Mississippi river; thence by the last mentioned boundry to the Mississippi river, and by the western shore of the said river to the place of beginning. The aforesaid tribes agree to remove from the ceded lands by the 1st of June in the year 1833. Art. 2. Reservation of four hundred square miles for the use of tho aforesaid tribes, from the boundary line crossing the Iowa river so r.s to include in the reservavation an equal extent on both sides ofthe aforesaid river, and to include Ke-o-kuck's principal village. Art. 3. For said cession, $20,000 to be paid annually (the first payment next September) for 30 years. Art. 4. The United States to maintain, for the Sacs and Foxes, and within their limits, additional black and gunsmith shops, with tools, iron, and steel to make an allowance for 40 kegs of tobacco, and 40 barrels of salt, yearly. Art. 5. The United States to pay Farn-
ham and Davenport, $10,000 without interest, on account of said tribes, and in full of all demands against said tribes by Farnliarn and Davenport traders at Rock Island. Art. G. Cedes to Antoine Le Clair, at the request of said tribes a section of land opposite Rock Island, and one section at the end ofthe first rapids, above said Island. Art. 7. Alludes to the delivery already made of prisoners taken by the U. States in a late war with the Sac and Fox tribes,
to said tribes, and the United States promise to use their influence to obtain and deliver up other prisoners taken from tho Sacs and Foxes by the Siouxs but certain prisoners now in confinement are to be held
as hostages for the future "ood conduct of
the late hostile bands. Art. 8. No separate band or village, under a Chief or Warrior of tho late hostile bands, to be allowed in the Sac and Fox nation. Art. 9. Guarantees peace and frendship between the parties. Art. 10. The United States give as presents to the aforesaid tribes, in addition to presents already made, 35 beef cattle 12
bushels of salt, 30 barrels of pork, and 50 barrels of flour, and will deliver in the month of April next, 500 bushels of Indian corn. Art. 11 Presents to be made tho tribes on their pointing out tho position, or posi
tions, ot certain mines supposed to be more valuable than lead or iron. Art. 12. Treaty to take effect when ratified by the President, by the advice and consent of the Senate. Done at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, 111. this 21st Sept. 1832. WIXFIELD SCOTT, JOHN REYNOLDS. Sacs Nine signatures. Foxes Twenty-four signatures. In presence of 43 witnesses,
The following is an account ofthe Receipts and Expenditures of the county of Dearborn, for the period commencing 10th of November 1831, and ending Oth of November, 1832.
SO 00
For this sum paid tho Associato Judges For this sum paid Commissioners For this sum paid Grand Jurors For this sum paid Traverse Jurors For this sum paid attornies defending pauper criminals For this sum paid attorney defending county
For this sum paid felierill fcpencer, extra services For this sum paid SheritTGrg, do do For this sum paid SheritVDils, do do For this sum paid Clerk, do do
For this sum paid for Books & Stationery for Clerk, Recorder Treasurer's offices IVJ Ft For this sum paid Commissioner perpetuating Testimony of lost Records 111 25 For this sum paid Constables attending circuit court 4S 25 For this sum paid Coroner and Juries of Inquest 41) For this sum paid Listers of Taxable Property - 1U0 03
104 0) lG CO 10 00 8 00 10 00 as t5 17 M) 70 00
45 i!D 35 00 48 15
00
5
For this sum paid Jailor boarding prisoners
For this sum paid for repairs of Jail and Ironing prisoners For this sum paid for recapturing and guarding prisoners For this sum paid Valuers of Town Lots
For tliis sum paid for fire-wood and incidental expenses of circuit & other courts Hi) Oil
a-i so a Odj 37 f0 17 50 'J 00 1 03 3 00 63 611 10 11 100 03 0 50 C19 23
For this sum paid for Stove and Stove Pipo for court houso
For tlr.s sum paid ior costs ot suit against tho county For this sum paid for rent of Clerk's office, eighteen months For this sum paid for printing county orders and advertising election For lhi3 sum paid School Commissioner For this sum paid returning Judge of Election For repairs to Stray Pen ... For this sum paid Jeremiah Phinncy erecting privy for court housa For overcharges on Duplicate For this sum paid Treasurer per centago for receiving and paying out For furniture for sheriff's office For this sum paid for support of the poor
$CC27 451
By amount of Duplicato
Bv amount of Store Licenses received and to ba received
By amount of Tavern Licenses
By amount of Grocery Licenses By Jury Fees collected by Clerk and paid over By Jury Fees to bo collected
By overplus or surplus in last year's revenue
$2743 50 2SS 401 31 G3 238 23 13 50 00 00 g310ft 32 677 72
Leaving in tho County Treasury, when the Revenue ofthe present year
is paid in Attest James Dill, Clerk, 8th November, 1S32.
42S0 05
2153
MARK M'CU ACKBN, Vicdde ut.
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Foreign News.
Fatal Rencounter. A rencounter took place in Cheraw, S. C. on the 8th Oct. between Dr. Wm. C. Ellerbe and Dr. M'Quecn, which resulted in the death of the former. The circumstances are said to be briefly these: Dr. Ellerbe came to town to an election, and used a good deal of abusive language to Dr. M'Queen, who did all in his power to avoid him. Dr. E. however, followed him up, and struck him with a cow skin, when they closed, and both falling out of a store door, Dr. E. struck his head on a bar of iron, and received a wound of which ho died the next day. Dr. M'Q. is regarded as entirely faultless in the aiiair. The combatants were first cousins. N. C. Star
Hop, Step, and Jump. One of the most
astonishing feats of this kind ever heard of
in the annals of gymnastics, was performed lately at the Innerleithen Border Gaines, by Mr. James Denholm. At a running hop, step, and jump, ho cleared, upon level ground, not less than forty-live feet nine inches. Fifty years may elapse before such another feat is accomplished. Indeed, we never heard of any tiling like it, if we except the matchless leaping feats of Ireland and Professor Wilson, the latter of whom, a good many years ago, performed upon a dead level, fifteen yards and a half at a hop, step, and jump. Ireland's exploit did not exceed the Professor's but a few inches; but Ireland was allowed to be tho best leaper that ever was known. Glasgow Courier.
7!C n .7 a.:tt 1 i
. i anr.tr .-vnu-iUw&uiiit j iis own ejec
ted to the Gubernatorial chair of the State
: of Vermont, by arnajcrityof two votes.
Harvey Birch. Among the applicants for pensions under the law passed at the last session of congress, is Anthony Glenn, the supposed hero of the Spy, who is now eightyone years of age. His affidavit sets forth his many and various services, none of which, separately, nor all collectively, entitled him to a pension under former acts. It is to be hoped that he will meet with no difficulty in obtaining the pittance at length "ranted, for the want cf proper evidence. But we believe, in this respect, tho law is
liberal, end docs not riouira very strict
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New Grenada. By the brig Aurora, Captain Champion, we have received Kingston (Ja.) papers to the 2Sth ultimo. They contain the important intelligence which we give below, of an engagement having taken place between tho troops ofthe state ofthe lvjuator under General Flores and thoso of the state of New Grenada under General Obando, in which the latter it would appear, were defeated. Coming by the way of Ja
maica, these accounts, however, must ba received with great caution, as it i3 well
known that many members of tho party which was overthrown, when the present government was established, have taken refuge on that island. JY. Y. Courier. From the Jamaica Despatch, Sept . 22. IMPORTANT FROM SOCTII-AMKRICA. Carthapena, 16 U Sept, 1833. I hasten to inform you, by the schoonei Dart, which leaves this in a couple of hours, that the people here aro in tho greatest consternation, on account ofthe news received by the last mail. All hopes of peace with the South arc at an end. Flores attacked Obando at the tablon de los Comez, and after soma fighting, entirely defeated them, having taken the whole ofthe battalion Palmira, and all tho arms and ammunition of the armv of tho bittor. On tho receipt of tho news at Bogota, tho Consejo dc Gobierno was immediately called together and it was decided to lay hold of the money at tho mint belonging to the different merchants, having been coined th?re; which amount was destined for tho payment of th Merchants in Jamaica. The amount of the gold taken at the mint exceeds ,$210,000. The news had ju3t arrived (officially,) at the Capital, of the taking possession oi'Casanales by Venezuela. It i3 also mentioned from Antioquia, that Col. Salvador Cardova was in full retreat towards that place, having at his heels one of Flores1 best Generals, Arthur Sands. They had sent from Bogota different expresses to General Santander, as Gucrcllas had begun to show themselves near the Capital. There is not a real in the p iblic chests of this place to feed tho few soldiers of ths garrison. My next, no doubt, will announce to you great event?. From the Jamaica Despatch, Sept. 27. We also received a letter from a ct rrespondent in Bogota: the following extract from which will ho read with interest. V; arc gratified to see that the money, reported in our paper of tho 22d inst. to have been taken by tha Granadhn Government from the Mint, was not seized, as will be observed from the extract. "Ilijrota, 7th Sept. "I don't suppose these few lines will re:.ch you, for if the courier trembles a3 cveiy one is trembling here, he will drop tho bag on the way. "Since the morning of tho 2th ult., tinpeople pereejved that something extraordinary had recurred. The tong vis.igo o! Veltz became contracted; the ?hort one cl Marqucz got lengthened; the thru one ot Lopez appeared expanded; the brazen countenance of Solo alone remained in statu quo. Tho tribe attempted in vain to conceal the news, ignorant i Ii.it Doctor is better informed cf tho events tij:n themselves. The universal joy in the f.iccs oi the friends of ord: r, convinced Marqur z th it the defeat sn fie red by the vanguard ofthe 2?"ssin Cbandu, piiliicly known. M as-
r.elic;. Tho relic? (rnmirs of di'sdh.(to) preserved in the Ci uu c!r..! at Alx h Ch-'pprdbnre exhibited once insaven y.?ST5. In July of this year they v.v:o visited l" above 0,Cfli) prison.;; ar. J -I3,?iV p! w-n arj said io hivcj r&.t.-l ihunin on d -y.
in hi uii mi ii pin jiii in , m ever, it was not until tho 5th inst. that tho Gaccta Fitraordinaria was published not to inform, but to delude tho people, by striving to lessen tho importance ofthe victory obtained hy tho troops under I'lor, at tho Tablondc h Gomez. The truth !j, that Government docs not know what to do, cr where to turn. Tho robbery intended to bo committed by order of Muqucz, bad nigh caused a rcolution here. Such was tha i rmentation evinced by all cl.iss5, tint tho Government found itself obliged r.ot to lay hands on the money in the Mint, bilonging to merchants or other?. 4,I am sbny to tell you tint ourfiirnd Santander was taken ill at Cucuta; but they write us that it is more of a political ecu.plaint than any serious di?ease. I brlievo he is heartily tired of us: for since his return, he his witnessed nothing but an immense fi Id of anarchy. lVihnps tho private correspondence- will bo detained, as Manpu z is frnrful that the true state of af
fairs, if Known at Cartlngrna, would produce a levokuioti. On this nccount I defer writing until l!o express goes, which liretor somb to Mt.npox to-morrow night. Mexico. A vessel arrived at New Or ler.ns on the fth ir.r'. from Turn pi co, bringing advices to tho 15th September. Tho papers stnte that the Conduct had arrived at Tampico with a million and a half of dollars, which was ship; cd four hundred thousand of it fi r their port, on board the schooners Thomas, Kllz, and Kmpcror. The balance destined to Muropo. It was rumored in Tampico, that the government troop?, under Bustamentp, hud h?cn defeated hy Gen. Mocttziima. If th:3 rumor be true, that country will cgain be restored to quiet in a short time. N. Y. Courier. Fro m Mexico Imi orta xt. A ccou n 1 8 were received in town yesterday morning from Tamplco, via New Oilean?, in date of 2!th ultimo, which state positive ly that intelligence h-id b;cfi received them of tho entire defeat ofthe army of General Moct--zuma, and that San hu;, in const ej-u nco cf this event had no doubt i'dh-n mto tho hands of General Busiamente. Tho tcimr w:j extreme in Tamplco, all bua!nc3 was at & stand and merchants having property in bind for account of Americans, h id, fearing tin worst, remitted it in specio U Now-Or-leans. Permission Ind been given to nil Spaniards to remain, notwithstanding tho po?ilive law enjoining them to ctuit tho country. Tin schooner Dorchester v,s cxp. c.tel 'o sail in a few d.iys from Tamplco f r New York and by this vi ss-1 we shall in doubt receiv3 f::rth.?r particulats i f this e cut, if we do not hy .. New O.lenna p ipers whlcli will roach us this morning. Tho news of tin dofi-at of Morkznnn, was the more unexpected, rs tho list previous accounts stated that r.n enacment hid taken pi ice between his advance and Husta. memo's ci valry, in which the litter had been cut to pier. s. It mm? ! recollected that abhcujli in tho d -feat ri'Mt r?. z j:n i, Santa Anna will b '.vo hst a pnv.viibl support, that he wr. still in toic at OrzTi with IV.istxmfntc'a Mercury f War, r."2io, entrenched in h's ficnt,at a distance from him of ubout six leagues. iY 5'. Courier.