Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 July 1826 — Page 1

WESTEKN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISER

BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) THURSDAY, JULY G, 1826. Vol. 17. No. 21.

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LAWS of the U. STATES, ASSKt) AT THK FIUST SESSION OF THE N I N K. T K K N T 1 1 CONGltEsS. PUBLIC No LI J AN ACT tor altering the tunc for holding the Courts ot the United States, in the Western District of Virginia. HE it enacted by the Senate and House rf Rrir- scntatii'cs rfthe United State.-? cfAr:erica i.i Congress assembled. That the Courts of the United States in the Western District ot Virginia, shall be hereafter held on the da s herein provided for, instead of the trv.es now pmid.d for by law, that is to say, at Clarksburg on tin ihst Mondays in Ap'"d .-aid Nipiomber : it Levvisburg, on the first Wednesd.o after the second Monday s in Apiil and Sept -mber ; at Withe Court i Hons , on the ;rs. Wednesday after the third Mondav s m April and September ; and at Maunton, 0:1 the first Wednesdays -after the fo'M ib Mondays in April and September ; and ill -natters in s lid Courts, returnable, or continued 10 the terms heretofore provided . for, sb di be taken to be returnable, and con

tinued to the terms herein provided for. This a t to take cm ct from and after the

first da,- cf July next JOHN W.TAYLOR, Speak r of the H-iu.se of Representatives. JOHN C. CALHOUN, Vkc-President cf the United Staffs, and President -f the Senate. approved Mav 20, 18,6. JOHN QU1NCY ADAMS.

PUBLIC NO Ml AN ACt r.nKcnii', g the Seal ct Justice in Gallatin Conntv, in the State of Illinois. HE it enaied by th.- Senate and Ii-jn.se of Repres ntatix'es of the United States o-l-nieriea in C-.nress assembled, That the State of Illinois is hereby authorized to give or sell, in fee simple, to the County cf Gallatin, in that State, for the purposes of locating and fixing the Seat of Justice in said Coantv, a tract not exceeding one hundred acres of the tract of laud, situate in said Couutv , va.l granted to said State, for tiie use thereof, by the act of the 18th 01 April, 1818, entitled " an act to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a Constitution and State Gn eminent, and for the admission of such State it. to the Union, on an equal footing with the original States," any restriction in the said actot Congress rvt a ithstandiag. approved Mav '.JO, 1826.

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runuc no liu t AN ACT to enibletlie President to hold

Treaties with certain In ban Tribes. HE it enacted by the State and ILuse of Re ft rest n :(iv s of the Unittd States fituriea in Congress asser'hitd. That tlie : ant f fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid vmt of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to deirav the ex-pen-e of holding ticatics with the Miami and iYttavvuttaini tribes of Indians, and am o(h--r tribes claiming Lands, in the State ei intbana. approved Mav CO, 1:6.

PUBLIC NO. I.1V AN ACT allowing tees to the District Attorney cf Missouri. PE it enacted bit the Senate and H:-use .fP,prescntafivcsfthe Unitrd S'ates cfA-

. "erica, in Cvt:gress assetr.lned, that tin. re he allowed to "the Attorney of the United States, for the District of SliM.uti, a fee of So, in each case now pending, or hereafter to he bv him prosecuted on behalf of the United StaUs, to be paid by the unsuccessful party, in additi-vi to the salary and compensation allowed bv law. Provided, That the fees herein provided for shall not be taxed on any suit now commenced, or to be commenced, or any petition filed ur to be filed, in rel ition to tne eonhr nation of land claims, in Missouri, u. dtrtl.e prov isions of the act of the 26th of 'ec. 2. .ad be it further enacted, 'That as 1 compensation to the said District Attorney, iu all cue in which he has already

prosecuted suits, for the United States, to judgment, he shall receive the sum of 250 dollars, to be paid to him by the proper officer of the 'Treasury Department. APPROVED May 20, 1826. runuc No. LV. AN ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia Military Land Warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. PE it enacted bit the Sena'r and House of Reircsentative vf the United States- if.itnerica, in Congress assembled, 'That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on the continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lands within the tract of country reserv ed by the State of Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allow ed until the first day of June, 1S21 to obtain warrants, and until the first day nf June, 18o2, to complete their locations, and until the first day of June, 1S.3, to return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies thereof, to the Commissioner of the General Land Ollice, and to obtain patents: Provided, That no location shall be made by virtue of any warrant obtained after the first day of June, 1829, and no patent sh ill issue m consequence of anv location made alter the 1st day of Juno, ISP, 2 : .7;?, irovid' d also, That no patent shall be obtained, on any such warrant, unless there be produced, to the Secretary of War, satisficto-v evidence that such warrant was granted for services which, by the laws of Virginia, pas ed prior to the cession of the Northwestern 'Territory, would have entitled such officer, or soldier, his heirs or assigns, to bounty lands ; and also a certificate of the Register of the Land Office of Virginia, that no Warrant has issued from the said Laud Office for the same servi es. Sec. 2. .-( be it further enacted, 'That no patent, shall be issued, by virtue of the preceding section, for a greater quantity of laud than the rank, or term of service, of the officer or s 1 d ! or to whom, or to whose heirs or assigns such warrant hi4s been granted, would have entitled him to, under the aforesaid laws of Virginia ; and whenever it appears, to the Secretary of War, that the Mirey ni e;ie by virtae of ruy of the afo:vsaid wai l.'; :;, i for a g -eater quantr y of laud than the officer or se!dkr is entnL-d ia f ilm s rev ices, the Secretary of War shall certify, on each survey, the amount 'r' v'ie 1 surplus quantitv , ami th? officer or s 1 '.h r, lus heirs or assigns, shall have leivo to withdraw u.s, survey from the office of the See re -t r.y of War, ami re-survey ins iecano, e.chiding such sui plus quantity, in o-. ii -!y, from any part f his re-survey, a id a ) iteut shall issue iipon such re-survey, as in other cases. Sec. 3. .ind be if farther cnar'e-.'. TV" no holder of any warrant, which ha", been, ov may be located, shall be pcrmktcd to withdraw or remove the same, and locate it on any other land, except in cases of ev iction, in consequence of a legal judgment first obtained, from the whole or part of the located l.iud, or unless it be found to interfere .with a prior location and survey ; nor shall any lands heretofore sold by the United htates, within the boundaries of said reservation, be subject to location, by the holder of any such unloc.tted warrant: Rrovided, 'That no location shall, after the passage of this act, be made ou lands for which p itents had previously issued, or which had been previously surveyed, nor shall any location be made on lands lying Wet of Ludlow's line, and any patent which, nevertheless, may be obtaimd, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be null and void. Aii'Ro i-:d May 20, 1820. PUBLIC NO. LVI " AN AC T supplementary to " An act providing for tiie disposition of three sev eral tracts e-f land in 'Tuscarawas count-, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes," passed the twenty-sixth dry of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. PE ;V etnuttd bit the Senate anil I louse rf Reircscnta'ivexof the United States rJlfni a it: Cm- rcts a.stfr.bled, 'That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorised to adopt such measures as, in his judgment, the interests cf the United States, and the parties concerned, mayicquire, for the purpose of carrv mg into full and complete effect the provisions of the act to w hich this is a supplement, and the intentions of Congress, as expres: ed in said act. ArrucvKD Mav 2D, loJe.

rUBLIC NO LVI1. AX ACT to alter the time of holding the District Courts in the District of NorthCarolina. PE it enact- d bu the S- note and House rf Renrsentati-'t s cfthe Unittd States e fA nurica ir: Congress arrmbled. That the District Courts ot the United States for the District of North Can lina, shall, after the passing of this act, commence and be hokien on the fallowing dav instead of the times heretofore established by law, that is to say : At rdenton, in and for the District of Albemarle, on the third Monday t.f April and October ; at Newburn, in and for the District of P.tmptico, on the 'Thursday next after the third Monday of April and October ; and at Wilmington, in ami for the District of Cape Tear, on the fourth Monday tf April and October. Sec, 2. .ind be further enacted, That

I all suits, actions, writs, process, and other

proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now pending in any of the District Courts of the District of North Carolina, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded w ith, in the said District Courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed. approvkd May 20, 182G. punLic no lviu AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for th it purpose," passed fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty. PE it enacted bit the Senate and House of Representatives rf the Uni' d S'atcs e Imerica in Congress u-ist mbl- d, That the ljth section of the act of the lath of May, 1820, to which this is a supplement, shall be .so construed as to extend the provisions of said section as well to public open spaces as to public, squares or reservations. api'kovku May 20, 1826. frunLic No. lix. AN ACT altering die times of holding the Courts in the District of Columbia. PE it enact: d b'.f the Senate and House :f Refirc.-trntattvcs of the United States r,J imeriea in Congress as.' emblid, 'That the v ircuit Court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall, hereafter, commence and be held, on the first Monday of December, and fa st Monday of May, in each year, instead of the days now fixed by law ; and the Circuit Court, for the county ofAlexaudria, in the said Disti ict, on the first Monday of November, and the second Monday of April, instead of the d lys now fixed by law ; and that all process whatsocv er, now issued, or which may be issued, iu the respectiv e counties ot ashmgton and Alexandria, in s od District, returnable to the days respectively, now fixed bv, law, for each of the said count.es, shall be iviuriaible, and returned on lae dav s pros; ri.td by this act; and causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, civ il antl criminal, returnable to, and t.ep.-raiii.g bef :e, the s.aa Coutts, at the respective times oi holding the same, asheiet:lore est a a.isiied, snail bv returned aw . continued, e tiie same ouuiae.v rcsuecuv eh , in lie same' manner ..- .1 me saiu causes, recngnisam a s, pc..s, ana proceedings, had been regularly return- d or continued to the said re.spe.011v c tiuies appointed oy tins act tor holding the strtCouits. Al'i'KOVL j M.tV U, 1620. runnc No. LX. AN AC T to u iae time ot hoieng the Circuit and District Courts o the United htates in the District of Ohio. HE it enacted by the Senate and ILuse rf R(ires( tttutivea vf liic Unit d Siutts 0 .1riea in C-jngres tisst mblt d, i uat the Circuit Court of the United r.tat. s witluu anil for the District of Unio, instead ot tne tune now hxed by law, snail hereafter be liciu on the seco.al Monday ot July, antl tlie fourth Monday of December, in each year ; and tlie Uistrii t Court v. tlie United States, in and for said District, shall hereafter be neld on the Mondays next sut cecdiug tlie times Herein fixed tor holding the enaua Court; and all suits and mature of ever) kind returnable to, or pending in, eitaer ot said Courts, shall be Ileal to be returnable and continued to the terms of said Courts herein provided for. Ai'PitovKO May 20, 182G. runLic No. lxi. AN AC'l to aia v et tani Indians of the Creek Nati ..11, in their remov al to the west of the Mississippi. HE it tnaded by the Senate and House vf Rtirestntatives Cj the Unittd States oJ,liin riea in Coi.gress asm mLLd, 1 fiat the United States will give to eaeh warnor of the nation of Creek Indians, who shall at any time within two years, remove to tiie west ot tlie Mississippi, according to article six, in the treaty made and concluded at ashmgton City, on the 26th day ot Jai.uai), 18.0, between the United States and the Creek Indians, oneiiilegun and ammunition, a butcher knife, one blanket, one brass kettle, and one beaver trap ; and shall further aid them

! w it'n provisions on the way, and with trans

portation across the Mississippi river, and otlier streams; and furnish ttieni with provisions for their support lor one year after their arrival in the countr) which may beset

! apait for them, to the westward ot the terri- ' torv of Arkansas or State of Missouri ; and the United States will pay to all such emigrants, the actual value of all the improvements left by them, and which are cf a nature to add to the real value cf the land, which is to be ascertained by a Commissioner appt inted by the President of the United States for that purpose, and paid for as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, not exceeding 20,000 dollars. bee. 2. And be it further enacted. That the agent to be appointed to accompany and reside with the afoiesaid emigrating Creeks, according to article eight of the treaty last above mentioned, shall receive an annual salary of 1,500 dollars. bee. 3. And be it further enacted, 'That there shall be delivered to the said agent, m each and every year, a fair and full proportion cf all the annuities heretofore stipulated

to be paid to the Creek Indians, according to the number of emigrants who mav remove and to enable the Government to divide the annuities fairly, the agents shall make unnual returns of the whole number of such emigrants ; and the amount to be paid, under the ninth article of the treaty aforesaid, maybe extended to any number of emigrants over and above SOOO persons. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That, for the purpose of making known the beneficial objects of the Go eminent, and for carrvinginto effect the objects of this act, the agent to be appointed to reside with the emigrating Creeks, shall have full liberty, for the space of two years, to go among the' Indians of the Creek nation, an explain to them the policy of the Government, and to give to such individuals, families, and parties as may determine, from tin.e to time, all tlie aids which are contemplated by this act ; and shall designate a pioper place at which the emigrants may cross the Mississippi river; and shall establish d fiots of psnv isions at cue or more places, under the cau of suitable pers ns, to support them on their nrtrch. Sec. 5. .( be i: further enact, d, 'That th-j sum of 00,000 dolhrs, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and the same is hereby, aypropiiatcd, to defray the expense of carrying this act into cfFect Ai'PltovKD May .0, 1826. (rks lution No. 3 ) RLSOLU HON i n nzing the delivery of Uiflf s promised to captain Aikin's volunteers, at tlie sage of Pittsburgh. RESOLVED by the Senate and House f Rircscntatives of the UnUed States of A nunca in Congress assembled, 'That the President of the United btates be, and he is herein, authorized to cause to be delivered to Martin J Aitkin. Az m..h C. Flagg, ha A. Wont, GustavusA. llbd, J, n.es Towbridge, Hazen Moers, Henry K.Av. r.ll, St. John Ii. L. Skinner. Frederick l'.AI.m Hiram Walworth, F.thain Lvcrist, AmosS. per, James Fatten, tiartemus Hrooks, Small iVitenian, MeiaucO n . Trav is, and Flavei Williams, enrh one nfk promised tin m bv General Macomb, while eommai ding the Cha oplain Department, for tneii gutantry and patriotic ser, :. es as a volunteer iops, during the siege ui Fl .ttsbu; gh, in r-tprem-ber, 1H14, on each ot which sod rifles tnerc shall be a plate contuanng an appropnate inscription. Ari'KovrD Ma .0 U 20. (resolution No. 4.) RESOLUTION directing a system of Cavalry 'Tactics, and a system of lnstrm t on for Artillery to lie prepared for the usC- 0f the Cav alry and Artillery of the Mihtia. RESOL 'rED by the Senate and Ji-Aise rf Iu f.rescutatives of th- United Statee fAmenca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of W ar be auth' rued to have prepared a complete sysa m of Cav airy Tactics, and also a systt m of Kxcrcisc and Instruction of Field Artilhty, mcluding manoeuvres for Light or Horse Artillery, lor the use of the Militia of the United States, to be reported for eousideratii.il, or adoption, by Congress at its mxt essiull. AI'PKOVED Mav 18, 1826.

(rksolui ion No. 5.) UESOLU 1 lO In airicimg Surveys and Estimates for Diy Docks ' RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Rt fires, ntatives if ; he Unittd State of Am erica in Congress uunbL d, Tlut the'President of the Linked States came an examination and a curate survey to be made by a skilful engineer, a site for "a I Jry Deck, at the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New-Hampshire; Charlestown, Massachusetts ; Brooklyn, New York ; and Gosport, Virginia; and that such engineer be re (paired to state the dimensions necessary for such establishment, the objects that apply to either, with a detailed estimate of the expense of a suitable site, and of constructing a Dock at each cf said places ; and that the President be requested to communicate the same to Congress in the first week of the next session. Arp'-ovKD Mav 22, 18. 6 Glorious Xews from Greece! A'ew Y'kJune 1 0 1 2 o lock, P.M. We b'op tlie piess to anin tince the arlivat ol the ship Dedemona, Capt Nagie fioni Havre, whti ce she sailed on tlie 2d ot May We have files of tin ConMitu lionnel to the 28th of April, inclusive, and we hasten to lay before our icadcis the following glorious ntws from Gre,ece. We have tin e this evening but lofafevz t xtiacts. Corfu, April 5 The obscutity which has hitherto reigned over the hoiizon of Gteece has been dissipated. Ibrahim, having lost a large pottion of his army in his reiterated attacks upon Missolonghi, lately recalled to bis assistance the troops which he had left at Galentza and Fyrgcs, to the number of 4.000 nen, and, n the 24th of Mai ch, made a gt r.tral assault, in which he was niortallv wounded. 'The enemy attacke t the city upon the sea side, where tne fortifications were known to be weakest. It is not known how many men have fallen on each side; but it was pretended that several thousand