The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 October 1828 — Page 1

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BY AUTHORITY.

RRESOLUTION NO 2.] ?COLLT'L'L°N PROVI,,IN£

Uobin wN pro», j.stribution ol certai

from the Librarv

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by the Senate, and House

\)Lresenia^l'es °f^ie United States juierica in Congress assembled,

t!ie public documents, and works, uf which several copies

"«itfd in the Library of Con tleposi ress- a Pl" oil owing manner:

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ition be distributed in the

return of the last

pnsii", and of the Digest of Manuand of Gales and Seaton of Debates, and of Watert-

facture?,

n^lnd'Vanzandt's Statistical TaJL one copy to each Member of lL present Congress, and to each

Member of each succeeding '-onzie«», till all the copies shall b? ibtrib»t«l, with the cicrpl.on venty-five of each work which s.nP

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prized and directed to divert" ich member, as aforesaid the cojes of the said docnyier ts to w.uch: i«lierob* entitled.

Secondly, Of

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lie Library of the LegiUture of each ite in the Union, and one copy ach to such Universities and Cnlle-

as mav not already have received hero, and one copy to one inco'poted Atheneum in each state: Pro dd. There remain a sufficient nu'.n-

of the said works beyond what re needed for the use of the LibraV.

Thirdly, To the United States' •liiitary Academy at West Point, set of all the works of which copies have been distributed to thp Universities and -Colleges: Provided. 'llsere remain any copies of the same deposited in the Library of Congress, bevond the number reserved for said Library.

Fourthly, That, of the three hundred copies of the law? now ordereu to be depo*ited in the Library of Congress, filtv copies he furnished to the Library of the Hou^e o! Rr-pre-Kotatives, in addition to fiity copies already ordered tor the Slid Library and tr at the Clerk of the HOUSP of Representatives be, and hp hereby is, authorized to receive the tome,

FijUty, That of the Journals, Documents, and Reports, heretofore or dered to be printed by the Senate, and of which copies ar» deposited in the Library of Congress, and of the Journals, Documents, and Reports tl'icli may hereafter be ordered to fceprinted by the Senate, five sets be furnished for the Library of the Htuse of Representatives and that the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, aathoriyatorereive the same. •_

II. Jihd be it further resolved, That 'fieclerk ol the House of Repre8*ntMives be, antl he hereby is, authorial and directed to deliver to the department of State, properly prepared for transmission, by mail or otherwise, the copies of the book* Mentioned in the second and third paragiaphs of the foregoing resolu-

Ul. J\nd if farther resolved. "iit, infetead of the twenty-five set? Hie Journal?, Kxecutive Papers. J|pport3 of Committees, and other locuments of (Congress, authorised

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to be j)laccd in the Library ol ess, ten nets only, well bound, '"sll ht'italter be deposited in the

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Liluarv. Jlnd be -it further resolved. ':aN the Joint Library Committee

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thev hereby are, authorized 'ernove Irotn the Library of Con^•sSatid dispose of in ?ocli manner ",ey may think expedient, any

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ster and Receiver of the Land Office -t Washington, Mississippi? the pa

(^ers

I:® (he

for

'distribution «l certain Public Doc

pnts

and the removal of cer

tain l^',ks

and documents having relation to the title to two tracts of land which he claims by virtue ot what he alleges to be complete grants from the Spanish Government, in favor of Claudio fi'oagard, one tlat#d the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for one thousand arp«"ns, the other dated the sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, tor one thousand and thirty-four arpens,lying and being in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, divided by the line of demarkation which then existed between the two governments, and the said Register and Receiver are hereby authorized to examine and report Upon the same,* under all the rules, regulations, and responsibilities, which were made applicable to the Board of Commissioners appointed west of Ptarle River. [Approved, I9th May, 1828.]-/*

[No. 4 RESOLUTION in relation to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton Resolved, by the Senate and Ttoiw of Representatives of the United States of America in (-o tigress assembled, That, Charles Carroll, ot Carroll ton, the onlv surviving signer of the De-

v..-- rlaration of Independence, be, an\ !reserved in the Library and the! he is hereby, authorised to receive jbrarian of Congress is hereby a.i-j and transmit letters and packages

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,"deral Convention, of the Seciet ournals of the old Congress, of Pit

Statistics, and of SeTDerr'* S:a,,istical

An»als,one

copy t- tne pub

.y the mail free of postage. Approved, 25d May, 1828.

tions

imperfect, tiainam'.d, or

work or works, not wanted for the u»e o| the Library, approved, 24l!i May, 1828.

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from the President and Heads of Departments bound in distinct volumes and they may also so change the form of the volume, by increasing its size, as to combine the greatest quantity of matter with the Teatest economy in the execQtion of C* fi I the work.

Approvedl 24th Majr. 1828.^

[No. 6.] RESOLUTION* in relation to the Mail Route between the cities of New-Orleans and Mobile.

Resolved, by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of Jinterica in Congress assembled. That, the Post-master General he, and he is hereby, authorised to cause to be examined the route from Mobile to Pascagoula and if, in his opinion it should be the most expedient route to the city of New-Orleans, he shall be, and hereby i* vested with full power and authority to adopt that route in lieu of the present route from the city of Mobile to

the

city of New-Orleans. Approved, 24th May,

rNo. 7.] RESOLUTION to authorixe the President to loan the Warracks at Sackett's Harbour to the

Trustees of a Scientific and Military School to be established there. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, j'liat the President of the United ^tates be, and he is hereby, authorized to loan to the Trustees of a Military anil Scientific School, to be established in Jefferson county, state of New-York, the Madison Barracks at Sackett's Harbour: Provided, '1 he said Trustees do contract t« keep the bame in good repair, order and preservation. q$ Appioved, 24th May, 1.828.

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iin Examination ot the clai'U% '"'a!!(U of John F. Carmichael. ^olved, bij the Senate and House, "•"r'resndatiVfK fthe United States nierica in Congress, assembled^

Joim K. Cari'oichae'f-. of VV:1courny. State of Mississippi,

Ulj-Wiz.ed

to present to the Ueg-

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'Welteii'li' Register and -Terre-Jtlajite

[No 5 RESOLUTION in relation to the manner of executing the Printing Ordered b)r either

House of Congress. Resotved, tej the Senate and House of liepresentrtives'oj the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, after the termination of the present session of Congress, it shall be the duty ot the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, *o to regulate and direct the printing of the respective Houses as to abolish the practice of making "title pa«e9" to Executive documents, Reports of Committees. Memorials, or any other documents, unless the same shall be so directed by them, and that th« whole matter shall follow in close order, from the first page. And they shall furthe. direct, that the printing of the yeas and nays of the Journal shall he in consecutive order, as ordinary matter They shall also so regulate the printing of the Executive Documents is to have the teSpsctive communica

FnOM TIIK WESTKRN SUN. speak of things kmw."

At the commencement of the year 1821, the debt due trom the purchasers of public lands to the United Stales, was of such magnitude, and the total inability of the people to pay so apparent, that the most serious and alarming consequences would inevitably have resulted, bad the 'hen existing laws been suffered to nave

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TERRE-HAUTE, VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA, OCTOBER 4, 182ft

had their course and the public debtors held to the 'rigorous import of disastrous engagements." This deplorable state of things was perceived in its full extent by our rttlers, and prompt and energetic measures of relief recommended to congress by the executive and in March 1821, a law was passed which has emphatically been styled the "relief law," granting terms more accommodating, than the people themselves had asked, or even hoped for At the time of the passage of this law, the public debt in the Vincennes land district, amounted to one million three hundred thousand dollars, and was but little short ot one million in the .Jeflersonville district. This enormous debt has been reduced (by the operations of the law above mentioned, and by the several subsequent acts, of similar import) in the Vincennes office to two hundred and eight thousand dollars, whilst the balance remaining at Jeflersonville, must be considerably short of this sum* The people of the western states have just cause for self congratulation, when they behold the great and beneficial results, brought about by the operation of these laws When they see the country relieved from the pressure of an enormous debt, which paralized the energies of the people, and threatened ruin and bankruptcy, to thousands ot our citizens, can they feel otherwise than grateful to those men who aided in producing these important results^ am confident they do so feel, and particularly to the illustrious Monroe, undet whose administration these measures were first adopted.—W hilst I take pleasure in thus reminding the people of one item of their debt of gratitude to James Monroe and his cabinet. 1 trust I shall be pardoned for noticing one fad, which reflects no small degree ot credit upon his worthy successor. 1 am the more urged to this, when I see certain editors, wijh the most unwearied industry. and with a constancy of purpose, worthy of a better cause, striving to induce the unenlightened part of our community to believe, that all the acts of the present administration, tend but to shew the settled and determined hostility of its head, to the happiness and welfare of the western states and that by him, no measures har- ever beeu recommended, calculated to advance their present or future prosperity, From the mass of facts that I could adduce to prove the entire incorrectness ol these charges I shall for the present select one not so much on account of its superior importance, but because it is more immediately connected with the subject, with which 1 have commenced this essay—I allude to the law of the last session 6f congress, re^ lative to the repayment of forfeited moneys. It is a fact known to but few and kept as secret as the grave by some who do know, that to John Quincy Adams, the people of the western states are chiefly indebted for a a measure which has restoied tho'u~ sands ofddUars, to tlve pockets of the people, and brought joy and gladness to inanv a desponding citizen. Do any doubt the fact. Let them read the following extract from his last message to congress.

"It can never be the interest or the policy of the nation, to wring from its own citizens the reasonable prof its of their industry and enterprize, by holding them to the rigorous import of disastrous ungagements 1 recommend to congress the REVI\ AL and CONTINUANCE for a further term, the beneficent accommodation to the public debtors of the acts of congress of 1820 and 1826, for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and submit to their consideration in the same spirit of equity, the REMISSION, under proper discriminations, of the forfeitures of partial payments, on account of the purchases of public lands, so far as to allow of their application to other payments." -In compliance with the recommendation thus made, congress adopted the law to which I have referred and it remains for me to point out some of the advantages resulting theretrom to this peopler In the incennes district, the amount of forfeited money amounts to upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars, and in the Jeflersonville district to very near this sum. Here then is an amount ol money at least equal to fifty thousand dollars, which the people of Indiana have reclaimed as it were from the tomb, and which can cither be applied in pay ment of debts heretofore contracted, or for the purchase of lands in any part of our state, I» the states of Ohio and Alabama, the sums which will be thus reclaimed are very laige, and by no means inconsiderable in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana,

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..NO "DUPE TO PARTY TOOL OF POWER"-NO» "SLAVE TO MINIONS OF AN HOUR. f:**

Illinois and Missouri. I have had no means of ascertaining the amount of forfeitures in ahy of these states except Ohio, there it will exceed ra ther than fall short of thfee hundred thousand dollars, and in the Cincinnati district alone, (which it will be recollected embraces a considerable part tif this state) it amounts to 160,000 dollars, exceeding by about ten thousand dollars the debt remaining due from this district to the tJnited States! Read this fellow citizens, and remember that to «frohr» Quincy Adams, are we indebted for having projected this measure, whereby, upwards of half a million of dollars, have been restored to the people of the west- Read this, and then blush for those men who tell you that "Adams has done nothing for the west nothing for the Union." Here too, is furnished in a few words an answer to that stupid article inserted in the last "Western Sun copied from the "Ohio Sun," which is evidentfy the production of some "beef pot politician," whose mental atmosphere is alone enlightened, by the "murky beams*' of the "Ohio Sun," and its kindred prints

As a means of keeping the public in error as to the true character of Mr Adam's, and the policy of his administration, the people are SECRET LY ADVISED to receive nothing as true, which proceeds from his friends and as I may suffer in consequence of this unjust and wicl«ed advise, I now avail myself of this opportunity to assert, that all I have here stated, is strictly and positively true, and I challenge any enemy of Mr. Adams to prove to the contrary.

A BACKWOODSMAN

September22, 1828.

Pay, as Maj General, Subsistence,

Extra Rations, Forage,

Rent of Quarters Fuei,^

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Farmer Jackson and Farmer Cal houn—The Albany argus has lately metamorphosed General Jackson into a farmer, and some very honest folks have since beeR called together to resolve that they will support the «. Farmer of Tennesse!" This is quite unfair towards Mr. Calhoun, who is as much a fanner as General Jackson. and oucjht to he called the Farmer of South Carolina too.

Farmer Jackson was brought up a Lawyer, and admitted to practice in 178ft. He moved to Nashville in 1788, where he was made a District Attorney, like ,Mr l^eardsley and Mr. Denio.

Farmer Calhoun was brotght up a Lawyer, too. He studied law at Litchfield, in Connecticut, and came to the bar iu South Carolina.

Farmer Jackson has a plantation of some hundred acres, which he works by slaves, under the care of overseers, and raises cotfcn and tobac co. Farmer Jackson's country sat near Nashville, is called the "//ermilage."

Farmer Calhoun's plantation in South Carolina yields him cotton and corn It is supposed that Farmer Jackson has not as many slaves as Farmer Calhoun, but Farmer Jackson has more land*

Farmer Jackson went to Congress about 179C or 7, when he was thirty ears old? but Farmer Calhoun did not go till the year 1810 or 11. Farmer Jackson quit Congress very soon hut Farmer Calhoun stayed till 1817, when he was made Secretary of War, and is now Vice President.

Farmer Jackson was thirty-nine years old when he killed Charles Dickenson in a duel, which grew out of a horse race.

Farmer Jackson was forty five years old when he threatened Mr. Madisott, that if he did not turn Silas Dinsmore out of the office of -Indian Agent, he would raise A mob and burn down the Agency House.

Farmer Jackson was tdrty-nve when he pistoled Col. Benton. Farmer Jackson was forty-eight years old when he wrote to Samuel Swartwout, that he had

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his/«rm" in 1815 We may form some idea of his proficiency as a farmer, bv looking over the profits of his farm from that time till 1821, when Farmer Jackson was made Governor of Florida.

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552,400 00 1,098 00 1,098 00 672 00 400 00 V-J824 00

FOR SERVANTS.

Pay, Subsistence-^"*'.-Clothing, k'' Ti ansportaf ion of Baggage, Holding treaty with Choctaw Indians, travelling expenses tor seU fib suit^ to Dokes Stand, Bill,at JLJokes, It

240 00 292 80 140 16 166 40

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425 83 156 78

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av as Commissioners from 14th September, to 21st October, 37 days, at $8 per day. Expenses for Gen. Jackson and his suite on their return, Pay as Commissioner on returh, 21st Oct. to 10th

November, 20 days, 88 per day,r^

Farmer Jackson seems to under-* stand the art of raising double crops ,f Farmer Jackson lived in his own* house, and received from the United^ States 400 dollars a year for

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This is what we shall call farming? to some purpose, for a single year.j We raise no such crops in Onida* county. Farmer Beardsley has hard-# ly ireceived more than that sum,j, since he also retired from the Senate^ a a a so id id

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of Quarters," Farmer Jackson burns hi* own wood, and Government pays him 224 dollars a year for keeping hiv own fires.

Farmer jackson*8 own slave? wait upon him, for which he pharges only* 240 dollars for

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Farmer Jackson charges only 140dollars for clothing his waiters, and* 292 dollars for paying them for eat* ing his own hominy 4'* *X

Farmer Jackson's horses eat his' own grass, which costs the Uniteda States only 672 dollars a year for. 4Forage

Farmer jac^son receives pay as Major General, 2400 dollars for the year—or almost seven dollars a day and for 57 days of the same time/ charges eijrht dollars a day besides,, as (,ommissio7ier.

Farmer Jackson's account for"Transportation of Baggage" is on-si ly 166 dollars for one year a

Farmer Jackson and Farmer Aid"C de camps, and Farmer Jackson'*! waiters, and Farmer Jackson's Bag-*? & gage Waggons, all to go down to the#'.. Choctaw Treaty. For all this Farm-j* er Jackson charges about 1.400 drl-« lars for his time and expenses fort aheut~57 days, and in the mean tiro#,:* all the rent for Quarters. Forage, Fu-t el, Subsistence, Extra Rations, and Major General's pay, go on at the*! farm house at home. tf

All thee crops raised by Farmer-H Jackson, have been often published* from the Agricultural Transactions of the War Department: the accounts were kept and settled during that time, by Farmer Calhoun, whos was then President of the Society.

Farmer Jackson raised crops like^, these from 1$15 to 1821. Let us see, then: six times six thousand five^ hundred and sixty-four dollars, (for^ we leave out Indian treaties/) is thirty-nine thousand three hundredf and eighty four dotlars in alt, as JWa~f jor General only for six years. The^ particulars of all the crops of tl|i?^'t a Pay for Farmer Jackson, 6 years,, Subsistence for Farmer J. Kxlra Rations for Farmer J. Rent for Quarters for Farmer Jackson, fr Fire-wood for Farmer J. Pay for Farmer Jackson's waiters, Hominy for Farmer Jackson's waiters, Clothing for Farmer Jackson's waiters, Hay and grass forTFamer

814,400$ 6,588:, 65 88

!'2,400* 1 l,344«

1,440

Farmer Jackson went to the Senate of the United States again, the next year, where he immediately laid claim to Uncle Sam's best farm^ that rented for 25,000 dollars a year. The first Juty did not agree, although a majority only could have given a verdict. Farmer Jacksonvv found out that five out of the. twelve were in his favor, and he immediate-1' ly insisted that Ave yrf* a majority of twelve, and that "he had treen cheated out o(the farm. The next* Jury was composed of twenty iwur/ Here he had only his fafor,

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Jackson's horses^ Farmer Jackson lost the title to4 his farm when Congress reduced the^ army but the next year after, Farm er Jackson was made Governor o£P Florida, and had now got to be "a Captain General of the Island of Cu-fc ba He lost the title to that arm,| too, by another act of Congress but! in the mean time, he had raised one I very fair crop in Florida. Farmer Jackson received for it, from his Un«fr cle Sam, fir thousand nine hundred* and seven dollars, and the generous? old fellow's steward, (Farmer Calhoun,) allowed him an accoont into the bargain, of *81,047' 89, for» Wines, Liquors, lie." This was undoubtedly the expense of harvesting.

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