Semi-Weekly Journal, Volume 3, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1841 — Page 1
BY DOUGLASS & NOEL.
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1841,
VOL. 3. NO. 252.
l'UBLISIIED THREE TIMES A WEEK DURING THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TWICE A WEEK THE REMAINDER OF THE TEAR. Terms Four Dollars a year, payable in advance, and considered duo at the date of the subscription. If not paid in advance, however, Five Dollars will be the price. Advertisements will be inserted at. the following rateSiJcn lines or less for one or three insertions, one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each continuance. Or, will be continued on contract one yeer.for 15, and will be altered occasionally if desired On longer advertisements, a reasonable deduction win be made. 0S1NGLE COPIES 6 Cents
Moil'at's Vegetable Life Medicines. rUHESE Medicines are indebted for their name to I their manifest and sensible action in purifying the springs and channels of life, and enduing them with "renewed .tone and vigor, and to the undoubted fact that in a very early period in their history they had rescued sufferers from the very verge of an untimely o-rave after all the deceptive nostrums of the day,
cases they also permanent . - . it t,aolth w thnut which life itselt is out a
JT. ', i..'.. ';: , eat indeed had their efficacy
EAGLE CHAIR FACTORY. THE subscriber announces to the public that helms removed h!s Chair Establishment to the 2 story building on Washington street, one door west of the Indiana Journal office and nearly opposite the Post Office, where lie keeps constantly on hand ft large and splendid assortment of Fancy and Windsor Chairs, as follows:
Fancy GrecianFlagscatCliairs
Black Walnut Chairs; Upholstered - do Large Cane,backand Caneseat Rocking Chairs;
Large Boston style Rocking do
The most approved pattern of
Upholstered Rocking do
Maple Stools, cane seats, for
Hotels or Canal Boats ; Upholstered Lounges ;
Cane seat do
Large Writing Chairs ; Fanr.n ffrecian Cane seat do
P. S. CaJimii,itr!iittr,carve(lorpiain,Kepir.uiiuiuiyuu
hand. SofaSprings also keptconstnntly on nana, nuruers from a distance will be punctually attended to, and neatly pack.
(oct.20, 1838.) JOSEPH 1. BitiiiiuiMi
Regular Sweep Fancy
Round post Cane seat
do do Flag do Large Windsor Rocking Small do do Windsor Scroll Top
Slat-hack Common Table Children's
F. M," Pedr thlu it was scarcely .ess than raculous to those who were unacquainted . with th
beautifully philosophical principle upu.i re compounded, and upon which they consequently THE PHCENIX BITTERS are so called, because they possess the power of restoring the expiring embers oPf health, wa glowing vigor throughout the cooetitution, as the Phcenix ,s said to be r eater. ed elite from the ashes of its own dtssolutton. The Fhcenix. BiTers are entirely vegetable, composed of roots found S in certain parts of the western country, which wl f infallibly cure FEVERS AND AGUES of . kinds- will never fail to eradicate entirely all the etfects of Mercury infinitely sooner than the most powerful reparations of Sarsaparilla "f" ately cure the determination of BLOOD TO 1 lib HEAD; never fail in the sickness incident to young females-and will be found a certain remedy in alt c "es of'nervous'deb.lity and weakness of the mo, impaired constitutions. As . .remedy U r Ch on c I an
Inflamatorv Ulieumauaui, ."'-v - - . ,
Bitters will be demonatrated by
bottle.
the use of a single
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and powerful plants.
by the universal diffusion of the press for p acing the Vegetable Life Medicines within the knowledge and 2 of every indiv.dual in the community. Unlike the host of pernicious quackeries, which boast ot vegetable ingredients, the Life Pills are purely and solely vegetable, and contain neither Mercury, Antimony, ITZ n'or anv other mineral, in any form whatever.
entiiely composeu ui cnot.i.
lants, the virtues 01 wuiun, it 1 . " I ,1 vnnnnt U til
long known to several inaian ino, ... -
some eminent pharmaceutics! cue.u.aio ""p" r unknown to the ignorant pretenders to medical ci. nce; and were never before administered in so happily e'ffiuacious a combination. . r.uD V The first operation is to loosen from the coats of the stomach and bowels, the various impunt.es and empties constantly settling around them; and to remove The hardened feoea wh.ch collect in the convolutions of the small intestines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave such collected masses behind as to produce habitual costiveness, with all its train of evils, or sudden diarrhoea, with - its imminent dangers. This fact is well known to all regular anatomists, who examine the human bowels alter Eh; and hence . he prejudice of these well informd men against the quack medicines of the age . The Second effect of the VEGETABLE LIFE PILLS is to cleanse the kidneys and the bladder and by this means, the liver and the longs, the healthful action o. "h.ch i entirely depends upon the regularity of the ur- " . " WWnnH. which takes its red color from
hVencv of theliwr and the lungs before it pasiesinto
he heartbeing thus purified by them and nour.aneQuy
stomach, courses freely
of health in the
:- i
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ZLX t Mycins, renews every part of the system
and triumphantly mounts the banner
blXloaveamongthedistressing.vartiesof
hmnn diseases, to which the Vegeiaoie w... r ..
well known to be infallible: v . ; , DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing the first and i .nu anil nrpatinn a flow of puro healthy
secona biu,uu , A :-p,r.
ot the state anu aunu n.i. . --j,
Tnss nt JlmMiie. ueari uui n
hile. instead
Palpitation of the Heart,
" j trj.,1,: Restlessness, 111 temper, anxiety,
Zr and Melancholy, which are the general symptom f( Dyspepsia, will vanishes a natural con.eauenc, J-Ll rw,w.9. hv r. eansins the whole leng.l
' f C" r,h' 'solvent Process, and without
v o ence: all violent purges leave the bowels costive wTthin two days. Diarrhaa : and Cholera, by removing The sharp acrid fluids by which these Complaints are occasioned, and by promoting the lubr.cauve sccre. dons of the mucous membra.ie. Peters of all kinds, uons ui u rP(r ar circulation through
ny reslo.. ..: t: BQme CB8e. - and the
th process ui ucmp. . , , . ...
intpstina oDstrucuons in
h process ot p
. .1 ...nU ar,lntihri Of
others? The Life Medicines have been known to cure Meumal sm permanently in three weeks, and Gou ,n Sf "Tat time, by temoving local inflamatiot. from the
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Settees ofallpatt ems
BY AUTHORITY. 1.AW8 OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 27lH CONGRESS. fPt;Buc-.-No. 0. : :
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
N pursuance of law, 1, John Tyler, President ot the United States of America, do hereby declare
and make known, that a public sale will De neia at
the Land Office at Genesee, in the state oi micuigau,
fnrth rlisnosdl of certain tracts ot land nere.nauer
designated, which were ceded to the United States by
the Saeanaw tnoe ot tne ontpawa imuuii, uj mc nco-
tv concluded witn tnose inaianH, on mo
1 837, commencing on Monday, the UnrteenVi aay oj Sep
tember next, to wit: ;
North of the baseline ana east of ine menaian. One tract of forty thousand acres, on the west side of Saga- - ... li;ta tnivnshln fnnrtflpn of ranpe
naw nver, lying wiuwu hii.o athree. .' , , .
Townships thirteen, fourteen ana niteen, oi range iuur, u..u
townships thirteen, fourteen ana nueen, ot rangn uv, the fractional sections ten, fifteen and sixteen, in township fourteen, of range four, the surveys of which are incomplete, and that 'portion of section three in township fourteen of range five, reserved for the use of a light house. '
One tract of six thousand acres, on me norm siue ui -nc
Kawkawlin" river, bordering on oaganaw uay, am.mcu townships fourteen and fifteen, of range four, and townships
fourteen and fifteen ot range nve. n,,o trart nf two thousand acres, on the east side of Sag-
anaw river, where Nabobash formerly lived, situated in township fourteen, of range five.
One tract of one miusana acres, un u.c cai iu . u6.... liver, in township thirteen of range five.
One tract of five thousand seven nunaren anu mxiy atres, u.i
both sides of flint river, known as Reauin's village, suuaiea in townships nine and ten, of range five. One tract of eight thousand acres, at the village of Ottuson. One tract of one thousand acres, at Jlenoquet's village, and one tract of six hundred and forty acres at the Great Bend, all situated on the north side of Cass river, designated on the official plat of survey as Flint river, in township eleven of ranges six and seven. . . ,
One tract of ten thousand acres, at tne Dig lick or itocn, sit
uated on both sides of tlie Slnawassee nver, m lu.,,..F of range three. . . .
One tract of six tliousana acres n ine ijuuc ru.a, v... ...
south side of the Tetabawasink river, in lowusmps uurieei. u..u
fourteen, of range two.
One tract of six thousand acres, at me oiacn ui.u .u, "
the south side of Tetaliawasinit nver, ui
range two, and townships twelve ana tmrieen, oi range m., The lands here described are to be sold for the exclusive benefit of the aforesaid tribe of Indians, under the provisions of a treaty concluded with them on the 23d January, 1838, ratified by the Senate on the 2d
July, following: The first article oi wnicn nxes in;
m r. mum nnfB nttlVB no IBIK. UBi at.c, unuvi .....v
n hwl mill hn rpnpived. and which lands are not
subiect to entry under any preemption law of Con-
Thp sale will be kept open for two weeks, (unless
the lands are sooner disposed of,) and no longer; and ,;o. pntripa of land in the townships so offered
1 after the expiration of the two
"IH UP Ullllkk" i WB(lt S ' ' ' Given under my hand at the City of Washington
thifl ninth dav of June, anno Domini 1841
By the President:
Ja.mfs Whitcojib, t Commissionerof the General Land Uihce.
JOllS TYLER
NOTICE TO COUNTY CLERKS, RECORDERS, MERCHANTS, a A all othtrt whom it may concern.
nnHi? onhsp.rihnr has iust received a large and good
JL assortment of paper suitable for Records, Legers,
Day Book?, Blotters, ifce. and ne is reaay to mi n uihim. with promptness and despatch, at
Slowest market prices. He has a new and superior
Ruling Machine, and will ruleMany Pgf ERl nov20 C doors East of the Post Office.
ligaments of the joints, uropsies uj
a oti-ontrt henino- the litdneys anu
muscles and
I.- J. k,r fi-ppinnrM
. x J.i:W,fll nr. these m-
bladder; they operate must ucuS..w.-.v -portant organs, and hence have ever been found a certain remedy for the worst cases ot Gravel. Also Worms, by dislodging from the turnings of the bowels the slimy matter to which these creatures adhere; Asthma and. Consumption, by relieving the air vessels of e lungs from the mucus, which even slight colds will occasion, which if not removed becomes hardened, and produces those dreadful diseases. Purvey, Ulcers i V...i fe hv the nerfect purity which these
anu nuclei '-i- j r , , . rLife Pills give to the blood, and all the humors; Scoriutic Eruptions and Bad Complexions, ami by their alternative effect upon the fluids that feed the sk.n the rnorbid state of which occas.ons all Eruptive camPla nts, Sallow, Cloudy, and other disagreeable Complexw The use of these Pills for a verv short time, will effect an entire cure of Soli Rheum Erysipelas, and Ts triS improvement in the Clearness of the Sk.n. clmmZ Colds and Influenza, will always be cured by one dose, or by two, even in the worst cases, tiles, ' " remedy for this most distressing and obstmate malady, the Vegetable Life Pills, deserve a : distinct and emphatic recommendation. It is well known to hundreds in this city, that the originator of these invaluable Pills was himself afflicted with this complaint for upward, of thirtyflveyear,, and that he tried ?n win every remedy prescribed within the whole In... of the Materia Medica. He however, at yr:jIZ Medicine which he now offers to the
. ..-A K w8 cured in a very short time,
l- hnrl been Dronounced not onlyim
probable, , but absolutely impossible, by any human
a it .'t... . Mr.i TPnuires of his patients is to be
. I. urin V.k ;rth. i Life Medicine, strictly accord
W to the direction.. It is not by a newspaper notice, X anvthine that he himself may say in their favor,
that he hopes to gain credit.
fThese Taluable Medicine.are for sale at h Drug
Store of Indianapolis, July 22, 1K41
SHERIFF'S SALE.
-TI Y virtue of an execution to me directed from the Clerk's K .i,n Ainrinn Circuit Court, I will expose to public
sTIeon the 13th dav of September, 1841, in frost of the court house in the town of Indianapolis.bctween the hours prescribed by . :. j ,. rnnt. nnd nrofits for seven years, of lots
' lW ":TQU-'U ;r;1.1otNo. 6insnuare88, in Isaac liar
. .' i.iin,,nii- nnd on failure to realize the
rn mnnt demanded by said execution with damages and costs
i,..,n,.iimi nnd nlace proceed to expose the fee sim
nip of said lots; to be sold as the property of John Elder at the
8Uauwd MOrriS0"' : J.B.FURGASON.Sh-ff.
STATE OF INDIANA, SUPREME COURT. -.. ' May Term, A. V. 1841. Wkdnksday, Julv thS 14th, A. D. 1841. John Jamison, vs. I
,.. PniinKi.. John Wadsworth, Richard S. Un Chancery.
Fellows, John W. Oshorn, Jacob S. Willet -u- t..o. r.A Aihprt G. Willard.
aian.iB w-, ... ', a !
T this time comes tne complainant u tuu..cv., ......
AV appearing to the satislaction oi me
.. i . roiinu. John waaswori.i, nun n..Li...iu u. . c.
uams, - . . mi !, i. .j,,l
i . nnt inhn i tants ot tnis siaie: v .u...u
... , j i. nn gnnnnr lifnrp fills rni.rt
that said last namca ocienuauura - -.-
at the State house on tne lourtn monaay in iovei.i..-. ii,.i
, the rnmn a nant'S Dill, or me mauem hi.u u.imko uibic.
,ij will he taken as confessed as to them and decreed ac
cordinely: And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be
published in the Indiana Journal, a newspaper pnntea ai inaia
nanolis. for three weens succesmveiy. n. nuc 8Ug 25 3w H. P. COBURN. C. 8
ADMINISTRATORS' SALE.
T1URSU ANT to a decree of the Union County Probate Court r there will be told at public out.cry at the court bone in
Greenfield, Hancock county, Ind., the lollowing lands, to wn: ., hif nf the north west quarter of section twenty-eight
in township seventeen north of range six, in the district of land .,j iHi.n.nolis. containing eighty acres, subject to the wl-
, , j . o- the .wond Saturday of October, 1841. At the
I .nH nlare will be sold the right of widow', dower
Th. terms will be liberal and made known on the day of sale.
Pale to commence between the hours of ten and four o clock on
said day. aug25 4w212
JESSE 8TARR
MARY MARTIN,
Administrators, fce., of Tbomas Martin, deceased.
It is alone by the results
i for sale at the Dri DANIEL KING.
21mar4 2t
" SCHOOL BOOKS. B1,1H Jltr,mt, Scientific Ch; Book, second part, nZ. Descriptive Geometry, Worcester. Readers, Etlect.c, tr,t second, third and fourth Readers. Jurt rece.ved at, frit, DAVIS Bookstore.
VANsTAMOMTLE PILLS. Just rceived and for sale by
CRAIGHEAD 4c BRANDON.
f- f Kegs Cincinnati White Lead
35 Kun'ds Paris Green,
5 do nose rin, 1 Barrel Lamp Black. Just received and for sale by july g CRAIGHEAD t BRANDON.
TEAS. BOXES Imperial Tea and 3 Chesu t. and for sale by june 22
H.
Tea jnt received
E. JORDAN.
MOFFATT'S MEDICINES. A LOT of Moffatu Pills and Phoenix Bitters. Receive and for sale by CRAIGHEAD BRANDO JJ. Jane j A genu for Indiaoapoli.
AN ACT to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, established throughout the United States a uniform 5yslem of bankruptcy, as follows: All persons whatsoever, residing in any State', District, or Territory of the United States, owinn; debts, which shall not have been created in consequence of a defalcation as a public officer, or as executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, or while acting in any other fiduciary capacity, who shall, by petition, setting forth, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a list of his or their creditors, their respective places of residence, and the amount due to each, together with an accurate inventory of his or their property, rights, and credits, of every name, kind, and description, and the location and situation of each and every parcel and portion thereof, verified by oath, or, if conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, by solemn affirmation, apply to the proper court, is hereinafter mentioned, for the benefit of this act, and therein declare themselves to be unable to meet their debts and engagements, shall be deernfid hankruDts within the purview of this act, and
may he so declared accordingly by a decree nf such court. All persons, being merchants, or using the trade of merchandise, all retailers of merchandize, and all bankers, factors, brokers, underwriters, or marine insurers, owing debts to the amount of not less than two thousand dollars, shall be liable to become bankrupts within the true intent and meaning of this act, and may. upon the petition of qne or more of
their creditors, to whom they owe debts amounting in the whole to not less than five hundred dollars, to the
appropriate court, be so declared accordingly, in tne
following cases, to wit: whenever sucn person, oemg
merchant, or actually using the trade oi mercnunise, or being a retailer of merchandise, or being a
banker, factor, broker, underwriter, or marine insurer, shall depart from the State, District, or Territory
of which he is an inhabitant, with intent to detraud
is creditors; or shall conceal himself to avoid being
arrested; or shall willingly or fraudulently procure
himself to be arrested, or his goods ana cnaueis,
lands, or tenements, to be attached, distrained, sequestered, or taken in execution; or shall remove his goods, chattels, and effects, or. conceal them to prevent their being levied upon, or taken in execution, or by other process; or make any fraudulent conveyance, assignment, sale, gift, or other transfer of his
ands, tenements, goods, or chattels, creuns, ur evi
nces of debt: Provided, however, iliat any person
so declared a bankrupt at the instance of a creditor, may, at his election, by petition to such court within
ten days after its decree, be entitled to a trial ny jury
before such court, to ascertain the fact ot such bank
ruptcy, or if such person shall reside at a great distance from the place of holding such court, the said
udo-e, in his discretion, may direct such trial oy jury
to be had in the county of such person s residence,
uch manner and under sucn directions as the said
r-mirr. mav Drescribe and erive; and all such decrees
nassed bv such court, and not so re-examineu, snaii ue
deemed final and conclusive as to the subject-matter
thereof.
Rttp. 9.. Andhe.it further enacted, Ihat all future
payments, securities, conveyances, or iransiurs ui j
property, or agreements maue or given uv uuy uaun.rupt in contemplation of bankruptcy, and for the purpose of giving any creditor, endorser surety, or other person any preference or priority over the general creditors of such bankrupt; and all other payments, securities, conveyances, or transfers of property, or a-
n-reements marie or given by sucn DanKrupr. in contemplation of bankruptcy, to any person or persons whatever, not being a bona fide creditor or purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice, shall be deemed utterly void, and a fraud upon this act; and the assignee under the bankruptcy shall be entitled to claim, sue for, recover, and receive the same as part
of the assets of the bankruptcy; and the person ma
king such unlawful preferences and payments snail receive no discharge under the provisions of this act:
Provided, That all dealings and transactions by and with any bankrupt, bona fide made and entered into
more than two months before the petition hied against
him, or by him, shall not be invalidated or altected oy thisnp.f- Provided, That the other party to any such
dealings or transactions had no notice of a prior act of bankruptcy, or of the intention of the bankrupt to
take the benefit of this act. Ana in case u snau ue mnrlo tnonnMr to the court, in the course of the pro
ceedings in bankruptcy, that the bankrupt, his application being voluntary, has. subsequent to the first
day of January last, or at any other time, in contemplation of the passage of a bankrupt law, by assignments or otherwise, given or secured any preference to one creditor over another, he shall not receive a rWhnrrrs unless the same be assented to by a major
ity in interest of those of his creditors who have not been so preferred: And provided, also, That nothing m this act contained shall be construed to annual,
dpstrov. or impair any lavvtul rights ot married women
or minors, or any liens, mortgages, or other securi
ties on property, real orpersunai, which may du vai-
id by the laws ot tne oiaies respectively, D..u .nv..
are not inconsistent, wiui me piuvisiuua w 0..and fifth sections of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the property and rights of property, of every name and nature, and whether real, personal, or mixed, of every bankrupt, except as is hereinafter provided, who shall by a decree of the proper court be declared to be a bankrupt within this act, shall, by mere operation of law, ipso facto, from the time of such decree, be deemed to be divested out of such bankrupt, without any other aet, assignment, or other conveyence whatsoever; and the same shall be vested, by force of the same decree, in such assignee as from time to time shall be appointed by the proper court for this purpose; which power of appointment and removal such court may exercise at its discretion, toties quoties; and the assignee so appointed shall be vested with all the rights, titles, powers, and authorities to sell, manage, and dispose of the same, and to sue for and deirA iha same, subiect to the orders and directions of
such court, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as if
the same were vested in, or mipnt De exercisea oy, such bankrupt before or at the time of his bankruptcy declared as aforesaid? and all suits in law or in enuitv. then pending, in which such bankrupt is a par
ty, may be prosecuted and defended by such assignee tn thpir final conclusion, in the same way, and with
the same effect, as they might have been by such hankrnnt: and no suit commenced by or against any
assirrnee shall be abated by his death or removal from
ofike.but the same may be prosecuted or defended by his
successor in the same office; Provided, however, That there shall be excepted from the operation of the provisions of this section the necessary household and kitchen furniture, and such other articles and necessaries of such bankrupt as the said assignee shall dethn amount
to the family, condition, and circumstances of ther bankrupt, but altogether not to exceed in value, m any case, the sum of three hundred dollars; and, also, the wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife and children; and the determination of the assignee in the matter shall, on exception taken, be subject to the final decision of said court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every bankrupt who shall bona fide surrender all his property and rights of property, with the exception before mentioned, for the benefit of his creditors, and shall fully comply with and obey all thevtorders and directions which may from time to time be passed by the proper court, and shall otherwise conform to all the other requisitions of this act, shall (unless a majority in number and value of his creditors, who have proved their debts, shall file their written dissent thereto) be entitled to a full discharge from all his debts, to be decreed and allowed by the court which has declared him a bankrupt, and a certificate thereof granted to him by such court accordingly, upon his petition filed for such purpose; such discharge and certificate not, however, to be granted until after ninety days from the decree of bankruptcy, nor until after seventy days' notice in some public newspaper, designated by such court, to all creditors who have proved their debts, and nthpr nprsnns in interest, to appear at a particular
time and place, to show cause why such discharge and certificate shall not be granted; at which time and place any such creditors, or other persons in interest may appear and contest the right of the bankrupt thereto: Provided, That in all cases where the residence of the creditor is known, a service on him personally, or by letter addressed to him at his known
usual place of residence, snail De prescnueu uv wc
court, as in their discretion snail seem pruper, imvwS regard to the distance at which the creditor resides from such court. And if any such bankrupt shall be guilty of any fraud or wilful concealment of his property or rights of property, or shall have prefered any of his creditors contrary to the provisions of this act,
or shall wilfullv omit or retuse to comply wun any orders or directions of such courtor to conform to any other requisites of this act, or shall, in the proceedings under this act, admit a false or fictitious debt against his estate, he shall not be entitled to any o . - in. .
such discharge or certificate; nor snati any perauu, being a merchant, banker, factor, broker, underwriter, or marine insurer, be entitled to any such discharge or certificate, who shall become bankrupt, and who pshall not have kept proper books of account, after the passing of this act; nor any person who, after the passing of this act, shall apply trust funds to his own use: Provided, That no discharge of any bankrupt under this act shall release or discharge any person who may be liable for the same debt as a partner, joint contractor, endorser, surety, or otherwise, for or with the bankrupt. And such bankrupt shall at all times be subject to examination, orally, or upon written interrogatories, in and before such court, or any commission appointed by the court therefor, on oath, or, if conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, upon his solemn affirmation, in all matters relating to such bankruptcy, and his acts and doings,and his property and rights of property, which, in the judgment of such court, are necessary and proper for the purposes of justice; and if in any such examina
tion he shall wilfully and corruptly answer, or swear or affirm falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be punishable therefor in like manner as the crime of perjury is now punishable by the laws of the United States; and such discharge and certificate, when duly granted, shall, in all courts of justice, be deemed a full and complete discharge of all debts, contracts, and other engagements of such bankrupt, which are proveable under this act, and
shall be and may be pieaoea as a iuii anu cumpieie bar to all suits brought in any court of judicature
wbntpvnr. and the same shall be conclusive evidence
of itself in favor of such bankrupt, unless the same
hall be impeached for some fraud or wiltut conceal
ment by him of his property, or rights ot property, as aforesaid, contrary to the provisions of this act, on prior reasonable notice specifying in writing such fraud or concealment; and if, in any case of bankruptcy, a majority, in number and value, of the creditors, who shall have proved their debts at the time of hearing of the petition of the bankrupt for a discharge as hereinbefore provided, shall at such hearing file
their written dissent to the allowance ot a aiscnarge and certificate to such bankrupt, or if, upon such hearing, a discharge shall not be decreed to him, the bankrupt may demand a trial by jury upon a proper issue to be directed by the court, at such time and place and in such manner as the court may order; or he may appeal from that decision, at any time within ten days thereafter, to the circuit court next to be held for the same district, by simply entering in the district court, or with the clerk thereof, upon record, t,;s niir fnr nn nnnfial. The aDDeal shall be tried
at the first term of the circuit court after it be taken, unless, for sufficient reason, a continuance be granted; and it may be heard and determined by said court summarily, or by a iury, at the option of a bankrupt; and the creditors may appear and object against a decree of discharge and the allowance of the certificate, hprpinhhfore provided. And if. upon a full hear
ing of the parties, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court, or the jury shall find, that the bankrupt has made a full disclosure and surrender of all his es
tate, as by this act required, and has in all tmngs conformed to the directions thereof, the court shall make a decree of discharge, and grant a certificate, as provided in this act.
Rfc. 5. And be it further enacted, I hat all credi
tors coming in and proving their debts under such bankruptcy, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, the
same being bona nde dents, snail De eniuieu 10 snare in the bankrupt's property and effects, pro rata, without any priority or preference whatsoever, except only for debts due by such bankrupt to the United States, and for all debts due by him to persons who, by the
laws of the United States, have a preierence, 1a consequence of having paid moneys as his sureties, which
shall be hrst paid out ot tne assets, anu any person
who shall have performed any laoor as an operative in the service of anv bankrupt shall be entitled to re
ceive the full amount of the wages due to him for such
labor,' not exceeding twenty-five dollars: Provided, That such labor shall have been performed within six months next before the bankruptcy of his employer; and all creditors whose debts are not due and payable until a future day, all annuitants, holders of bottomry and respondentia bonds, holders of policies of insurances, sureties, endorsers, bail, or other persons, having uncertain or contingent demands against such bankrupt, shall be permitted to coma in and prove such debts or claims under this act, and
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