The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 August 1828 — Page 4

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

AN ACT for the relief of" certait surviving Officers and Soldiers the Army of the Revolution. t,\" Be it enacted bij the Senate Sf House, m: of Representatives of the United States •f of America in Congress assembled.

That each of the sui viving officers ol the armv of the Revolution in the Con tinentafLine, who was entitled to liai! pay by the resolve of October twentyfir.t,seventeen hundred and eighty, be authorized to receive, out ot any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full S" pay in said line, according fb his rank in the line, to begin with the thud day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to con. m,: tinue during his natural lite: P™1'1' ded, That, under this act, no officer V" shall be entitled to receive a largei sura than the full pay of a Captain in said line.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever any ot said officer.* has received money of the United States, as a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thousand ei.wht hundred and twenty-six, atoresatd, the sum so received shall be de0 ducted from what said officer would, otherwise, be entitled to, under the first section of this act and every pension to which said officer is now entitled, shall cease after the passage of this act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every surviving non-commis sioned officer, musician, or private, in said armv, who enlisted therein for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, and thereby becajue entitled to receive a reward of eighty dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed May 15th, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, shall b. entitled to receive his full monthly pay in said service, out of any money in the

Treasury not otherwise appropriaitcd: to begin on the third day ol March, one thousand eight hundred and twentv-six, and to continue durin^ his natural life: Provided, that no °non-coinmi«9ioned officer, musician, or private, in said army, who is row on the pension list of the United

States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That the pay allowed by this act ohall, under the direction of the Secre tar of the Treasury, be paid to the Officer or Soldier entitled thereto, or to their authorized attorney, at such places and days as the Secreta~ rv may direct and that no foreign ofjjfeer shall be entitled to said pay nor shall any officer or soldier receive the same, until he furnish to

8aid

Secretary satisfactory evidence 'that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this %ct and the pay allowed by this act ^shall not in any way be transferra

Ole. or liable to attachwient, levy, or ••**. seizure, by auy legal process whatever, but shall enure wholly to the ^personal benefit of th~ officer or solIV dicr entitled to the same by" this act. ..* *?ec. 5. .hid be it further enacted,

That so much of said pay as accrued .by the provisions ol this act, before ,i'the third day of March, eighteen hundred ant! twenty eight, shall be paid to the officers and soldiers entitled e-Ho the game, as soon as may be,- in the manner and under the* provisions before mentioned and the pay which shall accrue after said day, shall be paid semi-annually, in like manner, and under the safhe provisions/"*

Y'A STEVENSON, Speaker of the House nf 4 Representatives. '-t'f

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SMITH,

President oj the Senate pro tem.

Approved—J5th MAv, 1H28. JOHN qUINCV ADAMSj,

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TUEASUP.Y DEPARTMENT, z, 4 May 28, 1828.

The "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the ^Revolution," approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, (of which the fore* jroing is a copy.) will be carried into effect under the following regulations:

Kach officer claiming' under the iict, will transmit to the Secretary of the Treagurr a declaration, according to the form hereunto annex'.' marked A. and each non-commission-ed ojjiccry musician and private, according to the form marked B, accompanied by the oath of two respectable witnesses, as to his identity, which oath to be taken before a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, duly empowered to administer oaths in the State or Territory in which he resides, and authenticated u'jder the seal of the Court of1 the County in which the oath was administered a* shown in the said forms.

Kach officer will also transmit his commission, if in existence and attainable, and each non-commissioned officer, musician and private, his discharge which documents, after bei^g registered, will be returned, if

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in regisiereu, wm oe iciumvu. *i|tion, for and during the VVar, anil ,e commission or disoharge has been 'continued^ its set vice until its ter-,

{lost or destroyed, he wilV transmit ,uch other evidence as lie may pus ess or can obtain, corroborative o! the statements set forth in. his decla-

'Vf the evidence transmitted, taken connexion with that aftorded by in connexion w»m •he public records at Washington, be found satisfactory, the amount of

tied, according to his rank ui tie line, at the close of the war, or at the time of his reduction, (as the case may be,) but in no instance exceeding the full pay of a Captain of the Continental Line, will be transmitted to hi in, at the placc of his residence, alter deducting therefrom the amount of any pension which he may have received from the United

since the 3rd day of March, Me may, however, authorize anyother person to receive it tor him in which case, he will execute a powei of attorney, according to the

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such

ne aiuuus.t u. .tied, under a

two years full pay, at the rate' ^.w[pa"nd^^arther1declare that was hich theofficer or soldier was enti-l And I lamer

fet^e!»

anne*

ed form, marked C, which mus acknowledged before a Justice le Peace, or other Magistrate, and authenticated under the seal ot the Court of the County, in the same manner as is already prescribed «n regard to declarations But no payment will be made to any

attor

ney, until he has made oalh, according to the annexed form D, thai tinpay which he is authorized to ieceive is intended to enuie wholly to the personal benefit of the officer or soldier whose attorney he is.

It is requested that all letters to the Secretary of the Treasury, ou the subjects, may be endorsed MI the cover, ^Revolutionary

Claims.

RICHARD RUbH.

[A.]

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers For the purposo of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An aet for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Arm\ of the Revolution," approved on the 5th of May, 1828, [, of in the county of in the State of do hereby declare that 1 was an ifficer in the Continental Line of the .\riny of the Revolution, and served as such, [here insert, to the end of the war, or (as the case may be) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of" Congress of the 3rd and 21st ot October, 1780, was carried into effect, and was reduced under that arrangement,] at which period I was a in th& regiment of the line

And I also declare, that 1 afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to.the amount ol five years' full pay which sum was offered by the resolve of Con gress,*of the 22d of March, 1783. instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. -^1

And I do further declare, that 1 have received of the United Spates, as a pensioner, since the 3rd day of March, 1.826. [Here insert, No money, or (as the case may be) that I have received, as a pensioner of the United States, since the 3rd day of March, 1828, the sum of dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of [Signed]

Before me, ^here insert, Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, duly empowered to administer oaths.] in the connty of in the State of personally appeared, this day, and of the said county, who did, severally, make oath, that by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as there instated.

Witness my hand, this day of —^-,-in the year [Signed] "H

I, (Jlerk of the Court of the County of •, in the State of do hereby certifiy, that bcfoi whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a [here insert, Justice of the Peace, or othci Magistrate, duly empoweced toad minister oaths,] and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, ['have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal, of the 8%id Court, —7-»day of in

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this the

year [Signed] 5 ^4

Form of a Declaration to bHHade by the J\'on~ Commissioned OJficerst Musicians and Privutes

For the purpose of obtaining the oenefit of "Au act for the relief oi certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828,1 of in the County of in the State of —, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continentat Line of the Army of the Revolu

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mi nation at which period I- was a Sergeant, Corporal, Musician oi Private, as the case may be.] in Cap tain Company, in the Regiment of the line. And also declare that I afterwards reccif cd a certificate for the reward o! eighty dollars, to which Lwas enti

resolve

not, on the 15th day of March, 1828, on the Pension Lisk ot the y«itet!

States. .' I Signed] 4, Before me, [here insert either Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate, duly empowered toadminister oaths,] in the County of in the Stale of personal |y appeared this dav, and —, of the said County,"who did severally make oath that -—, by whom the foregoing dtfclaration was subscribed, is generally reputed ani^ believed to have been an officer in the Army ol the Revolution, in manner as^hsreih stated.

Witness my hand, this day of --—, in the year [Signed! J"

I, Cierk ot the Court of the County of in the State of do ce tifv, that —before whom the foregoing atiidavits were sworn, was, at die time, a [Justice ol ttie ace, cr as the case may be,_ and duly empowered to administer oaths

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affix* [L. S.] ed the seal of the said Court, tiijs day of ——, ir^tne year v[Signed] [c.]

Form of a Power of Attorney. Know all men by ihese presents, thai I. of in the County of in the State of do hereby constitute ar.d appoint my tr ie and (awful attorney, with a power of substitution for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, approved loth May, 1826, as a in the regiweut of the line of the Army of tiie devolution.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and afiix[L. £.] ed the seal of the said Court,

A# this day of-—in the year $"i

Witness my hand and seal, this day of in the year

Sealed and delivered in hie presence oj [signed] [t.

Before me, a Justice of the Peace in the County of ——, in tinState of——, personally appeared. this day, wnose name is suoscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed

Witness my hand, this day of in the year .V [Signed] I, Cieik of the Court of the County of ', in tht State of do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.

Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attomeys Before me, a Justice of the Peace in the County of in the of personally appeared this day, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him reason of any trans ler, or of any attachment, levy, or seixure. by any Ie£&l process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the satd pay is intended to enure wholly to the per sonal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.

Witness my hand, this day of in the year Before mer—,[here inserf either Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate, duly empowered to administer oaths,] in the County of ——, in the State of personally appeared this day, and of the said County, who did, seyerally, ntake oath, that by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand, this tlay of in the year [Signed]

I, Clerk of the Court of the County of in'the State ot —r-. do hert'by certify, that before whom the foregoing affidavits were •iworn, was, at the time, [here insert "ither Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate, duly empowered to ad nioister oaths,] and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony wjiereof, I have here.'v^^nto set my hand, and afli\ [L. «.] "ed the seal of the said Court,

this year

day of

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in the

Land Agency*

PHE

years

of Congress,

Subscriber* having for soiiu

acted as an agent for severa of the principal non-resident landholders in this section of country, and this* kind of business having creasfed with him annually, so as, al present, to require particular attention, will hereafter accept the AGENCY of any business relating te LANDS, situated in either of the counties bordering the V* ABA-bH North of Vincenncs. Ia.

JAMES FARRiNGTON. Terre-Haute, Dec. 6th, 182/. •r S7tf

To Brick-Makers.

wi-s'itolet on alease of five years, my plantation, in the woods about three miles and a iiulf from TerreHaute there are

Two Good Hous.es,x

one with a brick

chimney—good

spring, and two good branches, that never fail contiguous to the houses fine orchard and about

acres of cleared Land

As the above quarter section was purchased bv Mr. Win. Durham expressly to make brick thereon, (wbo is a brick mason) theue is no doubt but that the Clay is. of the first quality for that purpose—apply to

W DEWEES.

Terre-Haute, July 7th, 1823.

TERRE-HA TE. JuLr 1, 182S

The Eastern Mail will arrive here after ^at 1 o'clock every Monday and depart same day at $ past 4 o'clock

JOHNF. CRUFT,F: M. I5tf.

Tippecunoe Circuit Court, Indiana. May term, Wednesday, the 3rd Judicial day, May the 7th day, A D. 1828, Reuben Kelsey, complainant

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The heirs and legal represen- BILL tatives of Samuel Sargeant, deceased^/ v-TJ **1

AND now at this day

romes the complainant, and files fiis Bill against the defendants, all of whom appears to be non-residents of this state, Indiana, which Bill the complainant prays a decree, lor lot number nine, in the town of Lafayette, and county of Tippecanoe and also prays that the testimony of certain witnesses, may be perpetuated

It is therefore Ordered, that the pendency of the complainants Bill be published four weeks successively, in the Western Register and Terreflaute Advertiser a newspaper published in Terre-Ilaute, Vigo couuty, Indiana—and that the defendants be notified that the complainant will take depositions before the master in chancery, at his office in the town of Lafayette, on the sixth day of October next, to be read in evidence, and to be perpetuated as evidence for the complainant, in support of the allegations of his said Bill and this cause is continued.

Copy Test 4

SAMUEL HOOVER, Clk, F. *. 15-4WS

S A E O 1 S 1 A S A

CoUKfTj ss:

Parke Circuit Court, April Term, A. 1828. ON morion of William M'Gretv, administrator of the estate of Christopher Baker, by Patterson his counsel, and the suggestion that the personal property of said deceased, is not sufficient to pay the debts ot the said deceased— Ordered, that the heirs of said estate, shew cause at the next term of this court, why thp real property of said estate, shall not be sold for the payment of said debts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the same, $nd that publication of this order be made in the Terre-Haute Western Register, four weeks successively, previous to the next, term of this court. i, A Copy—Attest

WALLICE RE A, Clerk.

154w Slate of Indiana,

jarfce

County, ss:.

Parke Circuit Court, April Term, D. 1328. ON motion of John Martz, administrator of the estate ot Jesse Drake, deceased, by Van Matre, his counsel, and the suggestion that the personal property of said deceased is not suf fieient to pay the debts of the said deceased—r Ordered thaJUthe heirs ol said deceased, show cavfse at the next term of this court why the real property of said estate shall not be sold for the payment of said debts, or much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the same, and that publication of this order be made in the J'erreHaute

Western^Register,

WALLICJ& R^A, Clerk.

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Kiniicy

AND'

J, If a

liMcg(in

llaving^uiiitei

in 1 !:e

Practice of luif

Tender tneir sprvicp: ol the First Judicial District of idiana. as Practitforers in t}!e cuit Courts of the several coumj^ and the neighboring counties in nois.VThey will alan attend i0 business in the Supreme and l)i': trict Courts of the State Ono both may generally be found at the

to the citi'ipjjj

Office of said Kitinev. March 27, 18 28

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Tho mas IL Bkkt

Him i/l/. Hunting trill her?ufitly

PRACTICE LAW

In partnersnip. They, or one of'jk will attend the courts of the lirsi .j dicial circuit and the supreme ('or

Their office is in rerre-llaute t.he corner opposite Judge Derain"!' August 31st, 1S£7.——2-Itf

Ji• Tillay.

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Cmnmission Mtrvhnnh

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, Attend to Jleccivinx, Storing

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Forwarding all kinds of ,!/£/ CUANDISE and PRODUCEfi,i any d,irection.

Having extensive JfJUlR-U0US-ES near the landing they nreenhuieii to store on very good terms —Merchandise from Mew-Orleans will only be charged the expenses ofdravage and labour.

For sale"on commission,

FORTY TOtW'l of ue'd ivsorld CASTINGSf SIXTY TONS fl'm-anted UJJl «, IRO.Y Louisville, July 5, 1323 15-Gw.

NOTICE.

The late Levi Jacobs, manufac* turer of the "SUPER101!, DURABLE

RAZOR STRAP."

Having communicated to me the art of making those STRAPS lor the benefit of MYSELF and the public generally I shall continue tc manufacture them, at my factory in Terre-Haute, where I have and will continue to keep on hand a constant..suppiy, wholesale for exportation

N. I have succeeded in making sueh an ihiprovement as will enable mc to warrant them tor -0 years when they have carelul usage, this improvement also causes the strap to keep a smooth euge

upon

in possession of, »ela,

•V

Executors

four weeks

successively, previous to the ucx term of this court ,|,' A Copv— \ttes£

tie in

strument while it cuts it down as lis. as formerly. ?J. vr. OSBOR.

Having used Levi Jacobs' inip»o\e^. durable

Razor

Straps we certify

that they exceed in eicellencc an durability any strap we 'iave used, and lreeiy recommend as useful and valuable to

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who may have use for such tide. 1 JIoSPS IJo^'h

Deming,

JJaviil Unmh

John F. Crufly L. IL Scott, Robert 'ilsoa, E. Tillotson, C. Gilbert, S 8. Colleltf

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It, S. L. S. I)

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Wright,

James Farrington, -p. Israel Harris,

S jpquiib* J. HoldMsh jV*. c'.Js-

John I frit ton, Juhn Campbell, Chester Tutllet IL Allen, Robert A'ilgore.

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MR. OSIWRK JP(1 SHU, I been r^ivv:iS to give whatever

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0,»ivslate

cobs' Razor Mraps. ." j|r, that I have been acquai" a or a

made use ot one ot h.

w, ta.

that length of time, 1 .h

out hesitation that no have ever been acquaiu prepare a iiazor i°r equal with them.

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Yours, Reapcrtfii,l y, Pj£TkfyA

January 4,

AJ,LpfMnM|n'lf^ i.ieof »f Isaiah Wnllace, county, are lie:

4 jomin ct.v,

July 182#.—

lt,.

go county, are ^^pnt^ni*41 •nake immediate persons having clai^ tate are request^ .July authentica^di^^

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