The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 July 1828 — Page 1

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FPUBLIC—NO 33

AN AC tf authorize the building o! I/«l)t houses, and 'or other purp .- ^s. „r rmilenictedby Vic Spnate $ House of Hrpre*enta!ives.of the United Slates oj duurica in Con?res assembled That the Secretary ol the Tr--a«uty, be. at.il iie is hereby, eo'powercd t« by con'raVf, fir buiidin-I.^ht-Srjnses, and Iv^ht-vassels, ar.d trectinj Reacons, and placing Pmoyon the lolluwing sites and feliua!, tn \i*: 'l7 V1''

In the £?tate of M'tine, a Lightat Dice'' II'3']^

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In (he State t' Massacfcuselt". a Li^lit-house on Nobsfjue I'oint one on th« I'oiat o! Flats, at tl.e entrance o/r'd^artissvn ll irb a L'g'it-housi on Dumpling riick, south o! liie tnouth of Apune^enset river

In the State id lihod" Inland, l.ijit-luiuse on Navat Point ant! two J'vramids or spindles, to wit cue on a reef c! rock's under water, opjic-ife to Putflunet, and one on a reef ut locks, opposite the Pnn*iam 'ckj in t!ie noithern part of Narraganet Fi v. 4

In the Sla+e of Connerhcut. a !con-!i^!it on or near the Spindle at the mouth ol lilack ilotk harbor.

In he State of New-York, two HI.all jilit-HOU*E«, to wit: "OE on '!'C fiats, two miles nnrlii of Kmder 11'.'1, iinn^r landing, called the Driiur-eii I.a»vJl«, and one on th*4 jot ol the island on Ihe west side |'l 'lie c'iannel, opposite the lower Ufidir.'g A Li»ht-h»use at a proper i?-tp, at or near Portland, on Lake 1 -..-..w* 4 I

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la the Slate of MjrvUnd. two i^"/ht-liouses, to wit: one on Little I «i!.t's 1-laffd, at the sou-heasterr. "hi-niitjf ol Tangier Sound a: the

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and a lie :cot -light, or small

M'':iu-liou»e on Point Lookout, in .the •^'Psapeake U»y. hi the State ot Virginia, a Light'•''ise on Sa.iih's Poiol, at the mouth

lHe

Potomac, in the Chesajieakc hi'V

the S afe of North Carolina, a '"iilit-vessel. to he u»

.V .It substituted for the heretidore directed to

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"e tl.e Point ot Marsh, at the •llouH. «d Neuse River. Ihncim-liglit, r.r small Lij»hf-.I"U'-P. al a P.niper site on Pamptico and one at the south entrance 'Jlv*'.(Mi,oke Mari-h.es. ^:i the Slate of Alabama, a Tiightat or near Choctaw Point, in •^"liil) Buy.

Sjiin(tIe on

^f'i' Island, on the outer bar ot Ma-

l"ttie Territory^of Michigan, two 'v^-Uu^es one at Otter Creek at the head of Lake Erie, and ^"liierou the Island of Bois Blanc, ',ear Wicliilcuackinac.

I'l the Territory of Florida, ..'"i'd-liijuse at the mouth of St. John's

^c. 2 Snd be it further enacte d,

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tie loilowing sum1* of money

nPp,piiaie.d

and paid out ot any

the Treasury, njt other*

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wise appropriated, lor the purpose o! carrying ihe provisions of this act in to effect, viz &,•.

For building a Light-house on ce's Head, live thousand dollars. For the Light-house on Nobsqu* Point, three thousand dollars ane for the Pier and Light-house at tin entrance of Edgartuwn harbor, fiv thousand five hundred dollars.

Fur a Lr»ht-house on Du,mpling Rock, four thousand dollars.' F«»r a L'ghf-house on Nay at Point, three thousand live hundred dollars, and lor two Pyramids or Spindle?, in Na-raganset Bay, two thousand dollars.

For a Beacon-light on or near Spindle Rack, at the mouth of Black Rock harbor, six thousand two hundred dollars.

For two small Light-houses in Hudson iliver, eight thousand dql. 'arS

For a Li' ht-house at or near Portla f, on Lake Kris, five thousand dollar- one thousand dollars for removing obstructions in order to make the li^iit ol the Light-house at tin mouth iif the (ienvsje River, on Luke U. tM o, viiibi' at dis'ance.

For erecting a rower and placing a Bell thereon with machinery, near the Light-house on Pool's Island.

For the Light-house on Litt Wan's Island, six thousand five hufi!?ed dollars and for that on Ciay Island, *ix thousand live hundred lo!lar« and for a Heacon-hght, or small Light house, on Point LookOut, four thousand five hundred JI :ars. r/•••*•••?

For the Light-house on Smith's Point, seven thousand five hundisd dollars.

F.»r a Beacon-light

ght-house

on Pamptico Point, five thousand dollars and for one at the entrance Roanoke Marshes, five thousand dollars, for a light-vessel to te pla cd at or near the point of Marsh., *»hoaf. at or near the mouth ol Neuse River, MX "thousand five hundred do! arw- this sum to be in addition to the -uin already appropriated lor build a Light hou^e «:t the Point o! Marsh, at of the said iv er, for which lij ht-hou»e the light vessel is substituted.

Fer one on 15 lis B:anc, five tliouarr! dollars. For one at St. John?s River, six thcus-iiid five hundred dollar.- and or one on Chnnaw Point, six ihouKUid five l.undied tioih.rs.

For placing lour buo\* in Hudson River, on th.e following sites: one on a reef of rocks opposite Van AY ee'» Point one ot: a ret I o! louks noith ol Constitution Point one en a reel o: rock, the south pMint ol C'onnprV Hook island, and one on a wreck ol a vessel vj nk in Haver straw Bay

hundred ci.diais.

For placing two Ruovs near the ohannel, to the ea^twaid of tiie PeaPatch, in the river Delaware, \i/.: one on the northeast point of toe Pea Patch, and one O?J a small s.ioai in the passage, lour hundred do'iiais

For spindles or monuments, and liuoys, to render the navigation ol K'-nnebec Lay and River, bale, fil teen hundred doil.ns,

For placiiii a Puoy on Killpon( liar, in Buzzard^ B. V- sixty dollars. Fur placing twenty Buoys, at piooer sile«, on the liver Teche, in th

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on"Clay I,'and, at the 1 State of Lcnmidiia, tuotnousayd six trf:inost extremity of the same hundred dollars F«»r an Iron Spindle, on band 1^1 and on the l.ar of Mobile Lay, sii. iiondred dollars.

For live huovs, in the channel, b'.'tween Ivey N\'est and the I.Snind* to the westward of it and the main, leading from the Gulf Stream t° the Kay

Mexico, se*cn hundred dol-

"i rs For two "Buoy* at the mouth of St. .John's

river,

'territory of Florida,

one hundred and sixty dollars,Sec 3 Md be it further enacted, That the na.d Secretary be. empmvered as aforesaid, and that the fol, (w in" sums appropriated and paid as aforesaid, for the purposes hereafter designated, viz: 'J build a Light-house, at a prp

ner

flite, near St. Marks Il-rbor. Florida, the sum of six thousand dol-

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huild a light-house r»n a ledge of rocks, called the Whale Back, in the harbor ol Portsmouth, in tne State

New

-Hampshire, eight thou

sand dollars, in addition to a formei appropriation for that ubject.

To build a light house near tne

I O OUHU a "fe'" mouth «l Duck Creek, adj-nnmx aware Bay, the sum of four thouaand

dollars. gee. t.

further enacted*

TO PARTY TOOL OF POWER"—^LOR

USLAVE

TJEKKE-HAUTE YIGO COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 12, 1823

That, from and after the passage his act, the Secretary of the Trea :ry be, and he is hereby authorize •.nd empowered to regulate and fi^ he salaries of the respective keepers of light-houses, in 9uch tnanne he shall deein just and prop?. Provided, The whole sum allowe: •hall not exceed an average of fou nundred dollars to each keeper.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That the sum of five thousand tvv/. hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any mo oey in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the sutn« heretofore appropriated, to pay the salaries to the several keepers of the (i^ht-houses within the United States: to be applied under the direction ol the Secretary of the Treasury, it: conformity to the authority in him vested by" the third section of this act.

Approved, May 23, 1S£3.

the j,!«t!t-'ioiise «u —v.. ef W Congress Chevii^ake liav, two thousand eignt inat three ciaiin^lo land in iu'D'-'r- c! dollars. district o! \WstI'o:Hh, toiiiameu in the reports of the Commissioner•, a-.d numbered four, [4] eight [8] .n.i leu. [lO-J exciUiiiog lum (lie latter tne land contained in certificate, and in the plats A and c, and the claims co -tained in the reports of the Commissioners ol »st Florida, and i«* the reports of the Receiver and Re gister, acting as sueli, made in purrjuance of the several acts ol Congress providing for the settlement of private laud claims in Florida, and recommended for confirmation by said commissioners, and by the Register and Receiver, be, and the sime arc hereby confirmed, to the extent of the quantity contained in one league square, to be loeated by the claimants. or their agents, within the lim its of such claims or siuveys filed, as aforesaid, before the said Commissioners, or Receiver aed Register, which location shall be made within the bounds of the original grant, in quantities of not less than one sec

Tor a'li"hl-hou*e at Otter Creek Hon, and to be boi.tided by sectional lines. Point, five thouv-tnd dollars*

Sec 3. And be it further enacted I hat all the decisions made by the Register and Receiver of the district of East Florida, acting, ex officio, -as Commissioners, in pursuance ot an act of Congress, approved the eighth of February, one thousand eight bun dred and twenty-seven, authorizing them to ascertain and decide claims and titles to lar.ds in tfie district aforesaid, and those recommended for confirmation under the quantity of three thousand five hunured acres, contained in the reports, abstracts and opinions, of the said Register and Receiver, transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, and referred by him to Congress, on the twenty-ninth January, ojie thousand cignt hundred and twen-ty-eight, be and the same are hereby confirmed._ The confirmations au fhorized by this act shall operate only as a release of any ciaim bad by the United States, ana not to affect the interest of third persons.

Sec. 4. Jlnd he it further enacted, That the said Register and Receiver shall continue to examine^ and decide the remaining claims in East Florida, subject to the samp ^Imitations and in conformity with the provisions of the several acts of Crngres8, for the adjustment of private land claims IU Florida, until the first Monday in December .next, when they shall malrfc a final report of all the claims, aforesaid in said district, to the Secretary of the Treasury an.d it fchall, never be lawful, "fcfteF that tim.e» |or •any of the claimants to pahibit any further evidence in support ot said claims. And thp said, Register and

Receiver, aud Oierk, receive

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[PUBLIC—No. 40.] .•

AN AC'i' suppl' inentarv to the Sereral acfs providing for the settlfment and corili: roa ion ul private

Land Ciaims in Fiorida Be it enacted by the Senate $f House of llepresiutaiivc of the United Strifes

6ec. 2 Jlnd be it further ctwclcd. That no more than the quantity of acres contained a league square, shall be confirmed within the bounds of any one grant and no confirmation snail be cflectvial until all the parlies in interest, under the oiiginai grant, shall file with the Register and Receiver of the district where the grant may be situated, a full and final release of all claim to the residue contained in the giant uud svheie there shall be any minors incapable of acting within said 1 erritory o! Florida, a relinquishment by the legal guardian shall be,'. sufli cient and hereafter the excess in said grants, respectively, shall be liable to be sold as other public lands of the United States.

he compensation provided in the set aforesaid, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury no.t otherwise appropriated: Provided, that the ex ra compensation of one thousand dollars, each, which is hereby allowed to the Register and Receiver, for services under and by the provisions of this act, shall not be paid until a report of all the claims be made to the Secretary of the Treasury'

Sec 5 Jind be it further enacted, That the proper accounting Officers of the Treasury be, and they are herebv- authorized to adjust and pay the accounts of the Register and Receiver, acting as Commissioners, their eontingent expenses, and the Recei

ver the

compensation heretofore al

lowed for bringing their reports to Washington, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated

Sec. 6 Md be it'further enacted, That all claims to land within the Territory of Florida, embraced by the treaty between Spain and the United States of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, which shall not be decided and finally settled under the foregoing provisions of this act, containing a greater quantity of land than the Commissioners were authorzed to decide, and above the amount confirmed by this act and which have not been reported, as antedated or forged by shid Commissioners, or Register and W.eceiver acting as such, sh 11 be received and adjudicated, by the Judge of th-3 Superior Court of the district within which the laud lies, upon the petition of the claimant, according to the formi. rules, regula tions, conditions restrictions, and limitations prescribed by the district Judge, and claimants in the State of Missouri, by act of Congress, appro vrd May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled, "An act enabling the claimants to land within fhe limits of the State of Missouri, and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims:" Provided, that nothing this section shall be construed to authorize said Judges to take cognisance of any claim annulled by the said treaty, or the decree ratifying the same by the King of Spain, nor any claim not presented to the Commissioners or Register and Receiver, in conformity to the sev eral acts of Congress providing for •lie settlement of private land claims in Florida

Sec 7 Jind be it further enacted 5'hat it shall be lawful for the claim ants to lands, as aforesaid, to take an appeal, as directed in the act afbresaid, from the decision of the Judge of the District, to the Supreme Court of the United States, within our months after the decision shall be pronounced ar*d the said Judges hall each be entitled to receive the evtra compensation given to the District

Judge of Missouri, for the

performance of the duties required In this act, out of any money in the reasurv not otherwise apptopria ted

Sec. 8 Jlnd be it further enacted That so much of the said act, the pro visions of which, so far as they'are applicable, and are not altered by this act, are hereby extended to the Territory of Florida, as subjects the claimants to the payment of costs in any case where the decision may be in favor of their claims, be, and the same is hereby repealed and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause as in ordinary causes before the said Court. And so much of the said act as requires the claimants to mak/i adverse claimants parties to their suits, or to show the court what adverse claimants there may be to the land claimed of the United States, be also hereby repealed.

Sec 9 Jind be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Attorney of the United States for the district in which the suits authorized by this act shall be instituted, in every case where the decision is against the United States, to make out and transmit to the Attorney General of the United States, a statement, containing the facts of the case, and the points of law on which the same was decided and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, in all cases where the claim exceeds one league square, apd in all other cases, if he shall, in such latter cases think the decision of the District Judge is erroneous, to direct an appeal to be made to the Supreme Court of the United States, at?,d to appear for the United States

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of the term thereof, which may commence next after the expiration of said six months and it shall be the further duty of the District Attorney to observe the iristructioo given to him by the Attorney General in that respect.

Sec 10 And bje it further enactedt That it shall be lawful for the Pres-* ident of the United States to appoint a law agent, whose special duty it shall be to superintend the interests of the United States, in the premises, to continue him in place as lonjjj as the public interest requires his tjnuance and to aliow such pay to the agent as the President may thin'c reasonable It shall alsp be the duty of such agent to collect testimony in behalf of the United States, audio, attend, on all occasions, when said claimants may take depositions and no deposition so taken by them shall be read as evidence, unless said agentor district attorney shall hav^ been notified, in writing, of the fime and place of taking them, so long previous to said time as to afford to him an opportunity of being present.

Sec- 11 find be it further enactedt That it shall be lawful for the Prudent to employ assistant counsel, if in his opinion the public interest shall require the same and to allow to such counsel and the District Attorney. such compensation as he may think reasonable

Sec 1 "2 And be it further"en^ted, That any claims to lands, tenement*, and hereditaments, within the purview of this act, woich shall not bo brought by petition before said com within one year from the passage of this act, or which aPer being brought before said court, shall, on accour.t .f the neglect or delay of the claimant, not be prosecuted to a final decision, within three years, shall be forever barred, both at law and in equ.'ty and no other action at common law, or proceeding in equity, shall ever hereafter be sustained in any c. urt whatever.

Sec 13 And be it further enacted, ,1 That the decrees which may be ren-i dered by said District, or the Su-I preme Court of the United States,! shall be conclusive between the United States and the said claimants only, and shall not affect the interests of third persons

public to know, that among theShawaneese Indians, from time immemorial. that this plant has heaa used in diseases of the Lungs, Pleurisies and Colds and (hat it has been.,found efficacious in cases ot the IC. 1 hey also apply it by wa/OFS" poultice to bruise9 & swelled joints.*

The genuine Liverwort grows plen,fifully in the woods near this placff*£:f It is at this time shewing itself aoom 'he grouud—first appearance cover--, cd with down, like hoaf'froit. in the month of June it i» in pe,rf«?Ction, to gather for preserving. •..!*

The slalk is at all times downjr, and this is characteristic of the gen- ,4 uine plant for there are two or three? kinds of it. It is held in high estimation by the Indians. Your ob't. «r.

JOHN JOHNSON, Indian Agent.

vWhen

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prosecute such

appeal which appe®! behalf of the. United states jmay be grante# at ,any time within six months after the repditiou

the judgmeht appealed frpm.

or at any time before the expiration

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the Spanish Nation. We commend this fact to those,. who so pertinaciously resist every at* temnt at Internal Improvement in this count.y, whether by cleaning out the obstructions ol rivers, or by constructing artificial channels 90 as to divert the course of the natural waters. If the *am« results are to on id it very material to

A STEVENSON, Speaker of the House of Rcp'ts, S. ftMITH, ,k wi President of the Senate pro tern)

Approved- 23d May, 1823 JOHN QUl\CY ADA 4S:

From the Piqua Gazelle.

^LIVERWORT.

SwWapaghkonetta, April 23.1828.* As much has been written and published. of late, on the properties ofp* the Liverwort in the cure of Consumption. it may be gratifying to the^

the Dutch offered Charles^

II of Spain to make the Tajjus nav-^ igable to Lisbon, on certain condi-^. tions, the Council of Castile replied

If it had pleased Gnd to male these rivers navigable, the intervention of hujman industry wouU^ not haye been necessary: as thej a ire not so already, it doe* not apf pear that Providence intended them to be so, Such an undertaa king would be^ seemingly, to vio't late the decrees of Heaven, and to attempt the amendment of these apparent imperfections visible in

enquire

whether tho

cause is to be looked for in the big-* otry of religious, or off olitijpftl opmionS.' iy Jl Si A I v' .#-