Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 June 1830 — Page 1

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BY ELIHTJ STOUTJ

weissubt sun IS published at S2 50 cents, for 52 numbers; which may be discharged by the payment of &2 at the time of sub scribing. Payment in advance, being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time sub scribed for. will be considered a new cn ftagement; & no subscriber at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages arc paid. -Subscribers must pay the postage on their papers when sent by mail. Let ters by mail to the Editor on business must be paid, or they will cot be attended to. Produce will be received at the Cash Afar tret Price for subscriptions, if delivered within the year. Advkutisrmen ts not exceeding t Mr teen tines, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and ttetntylive cents for each after insertion longer ones in the same proportion. 3 Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the num tier of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be for paid accordingly. BY AUTHORITY. LAWSOF THE UNITED STATES. TASSEDATTHF. FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CONGKfcSS. AN ACT for the relief of sundry Revolutionary and other Officers and Soldiers, and for other purposes, lift it enacted by the St" ate and He use of Representatives cf the United States ef America vi Ccntress assembled. That the Secretary of at he, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the names of John L. Pollercsky, a major, Samuel Snow and David Meade Randolph, captains, Sylvanus Wood, Samuel Gerock, William llolgatc, and Nathaniel Elliot, lieutenants, and George Wunder, an ensign, in the Revolutionary War, on the list of Revolutionary pensioners, ami to pay them each at the rate cf twenty dollars a month, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty -eight. Sec. 2. And be it Jurther enacted. That the Secratary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the names cf Samuel Hoadly; late a major, Robert Kane, an adjutant in a corps of volunteers, Zachariah S. Conger, John Downer, Stephen Shea, and Michael Fishcl, lieutenants, and Henry Starring, Jr. an ensign in the late vrar on the list of invalid, pensioners; and to pay them as follows, to wit; to Samuel iloadly, twelve dollars a mouth, t Robert Kane, eight dollars a month, to Zachariah S, Conger, fourteen dollars a mouth, to John Downer, fifteen dollars a month, to Stephen Shea, twenty dollars a month, to Michael Fishcl, seventeen dollars a month, and to Henry Starring, Jr. ten dollars a month, commencing on the first day ot January, one thousand ei$ht hundred and CvS. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of War be, and he U hereby, required to place the names of the following persons upon the list of Revolutionary Fensioners, viz: Samuel Trench, William .awrence, Asa Wilkin. Stephen Fuller. Stephen Wilcox, Elijah Johnston, Samuel Sykcs, Jos'uh Morse", Abiel Brown, John Lemmon, Andrew Bacon, Joseph Raynsford, Benjamin Mott, Joseph Boss, Levi HutchinsJohn Perry, second, James Johnson, James Robinson! Chamberlain Hudson, Philemon Tiffany, Lemuel Pardee, Joseph "Wilson, Isaac Smally, William Cole, Hartman Lower, John Reiser, Daniel Hinds, Joseph B. Jcnnison, Henry Romer, David C.arswell, Joseph Barlow, Hamblin Cole, John Powell, Christopher Cary, William Wott, of Connecticut, Joseph Chaplin, John Puttier John Stout, Philip Nae,le, Frederick Stuli. James Porter, Absalom Baker, Richard NatY, Robert Ditcher, Kzekiel Knowlcs, Caleb Wiseman, Thomas Putney, Anselm Baily, William Scott, of Smithfield, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, Micajah May field, Tristram Dagget, Edward Currin." George Giller, Samuel Fox, Joseph lSVdscn, Eli Sugart, Timothy Benedict, Asa Quirv,Seth Higley, William Higginbotham, Lemuel Withcngton, William Harris, Amos lngraham, Benjamin Jones, Thomas Salsburv, John Israel, Elias Porter. Frederick Sh'eckler, Reuben Kicker, Anthony Sluthour, Reuben Carter, Joseph Smith, John Hudson, Nathaniel Fuller, Henry Doll Amos Andrews, Valentine Stickell, Joel Riggins, William Vickroy, Joseph Randall, John McMurtry, James Long, William Rockwell, Stephen Rennet. Josiah Mott, Simon Fobes, Thomas Bloomfield, Obed Cushman. Nathan Lock wood, Dennis Jones, Robert Milton, James Needs, Christopher Ward, Eliakim Ciapp. William Pew, Kevdutionarv soldiers ; John McClain, a sailor, and Christhpher Svpe, a musician, and restore to the same list the names of Archibald Jackson, Roger Merrill, David Cohon. Samuel Payson, Zadock Morris, Jacob Cramer. James Davidson. George Lucas, Ja cob Redington, Ehcr.erer Beeman, Charles Sterns, Zacheus Rich, Francis Newton, Joshua Spears, Zephaniah Ross, Leonard Corl, and Moses Weld, and to pay them each at the rate of eight dollars a "month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 4. And be it forth? enacted. That the Secretary of War.be, and he is hereby authorized ad required to pav, instead ot autnorizea a'i re-pnrea to pay, mstcao oi 'V.cir present pensicns, to Humphrey Bcc-

inuCBHHBS, kit, Levi Hathaway, and Jacob Zimmcr man, Revolutionary soldiers, the sum n right dollars a month to the two former, i four dollars to the latter, and eight dollars a month each to Alinnev Rvneason ant (ieorsje Dorgan, soldiers cf the late war, to commence respectively on the first day o January, eighteen hundred 6c twentv-ciirht Sec. 5, And be tt further enacttd, That the Sccrctaav of ar, he, and he is hcrvhv authorized and required to place the nam en of James Met arland, Henry l looser, James Ferrcll, Esau Ritchcy, Cieorge W. Morri son, Robert Gumbleton, Robert Currev, ilhaoi ierguson, Levi M. Roberts, Wil liam M. Fowler, Ebenezcr Lord, Joseph Booth, John Carlton, second, soldiers of the late war, Tandehcste, a Seneca warrior cf the late war, Thomas Flcmming, Cornelius Iluvon, Stephen I wist, William lurnev, James Rilev. and Adrian Peters, on the li"t of invalid pensioners, and to pay them at the rate of eight dollars per month each, commencing respectively on the first day ot January, eighteen hundred ev twenty-eight. hoc. 0. And he it further enacted, I hat the Secretary of War, he, and he is hereby, authorized and recjviiml to place the names ot the tollowmg persons upon the invalid pension list, at the fallowing rates, to wit : Silas Pease and Peter Shite at the rate of right doll irs a month each ; Joshua Bill, Henry Barton, Robert Mophet, James1 1). Kichardson, and Daniel Depuy, at the rate of five dollats thirty-three and one third cents each; Benjamin Gates, at the rate of six dollars ; William Gatnage, Isaac Plumer, Thomas Gilbert, Jonathan Edward", Asa Pratt, Ehsha Douglass, John Pearle. William Clark, Jonathan Hoyt, and Henry Johnson, an Indian warrior of the Six Nations, at the rate of four dollars a month each ; commencing respectively on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty -eight. Sec". 7, And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, he, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Ann Little, administratrix of the estate of William Little, deceased, the amount of pension of said William Little, for one year nine months and twenty nine days. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, be, and he is hereby, required to place the namerf Rachel Turner, widow cf Peter Turner, a soldier of the late war, on the list of half-pay pensioners, and pay to her at the rate of four dollars a month, for the term of five years, to commence on the first day of January, oik thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, Tnat the Secretary of War, he, and he is hereby, required to place the name of Andrew Herrick, a soldier of the Revolution, and now a lunatic, upon the list of Revolutionary pensioners, and pay to such person as shall be appointed and properly authorised, for the time being, to take charge of his person and estate, at the rate ot tignt dollars per on nth, to commence on the first day of January, one tnousauu eigut nunurca ami twenty eight. ree, 10. .ind be it further enacted, that the Secretary of War, be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Thomas Scott alias Ivnox, a soldier of the late war, and now a lunatic, upon the list of invalid pen sioners cf the United Mates, and to pay to such person or persons as may be appointed and properly authorized to take charge ot the person and t state of s, aid 1 homas ott, alias Knox, at the rate ot eight dollars per month, to commence on the first dav of January, one thousand eight hundred and twentv -tight ; which said pension shall continue so long a the vud Secretary shall be satisfied of the continuance of the disability aforesaid. Sfc. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, he. and he is hereby, d;rected to pay to the minor children M Collins Hui Unit, a soldier of the late war, their guardians, or such other person as may be lawfully authorized to receive the same for the use of said children, the sum of tour dollars per month, for the term of five years, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand tight hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 1J. And be it further enacted. Thai the Secretary of War, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place upon the pension roll the name of James Royal, of Tennessee, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to be paid at the same time, and in the same manner, as pensions are usually paid, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the pensions aforesaid shall be paid out of anvmonesin the I rcasurv, not otherwise ippropnated, in the same manner that other pensions are now payable. U. And bei' further enacted. That in all cases of the death of any of the pensioners namea m tins act, leaving a widow, such widow shall he entitled to receive the arrears of pensons due at the decease of her husband, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of War ma prescribe. A. STKVF.NSON, Speaker of the Hsu se cf Rcfircxenta'ives. J. C. CALHOUN, Vice-President f the United States, and President of the Senate, Approved, Mav :o. 130. ANDREW JACKSON. AN ACT to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the state of Ohio. BF. it enacted by the Senate and ffsUse rf Representatives cf the Un:ed S'ates rf Anrica in Co;g-re. assented. That the President of the United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the Yirg rv i military claimants of lands situated between the two lines in the state of Ohio, commonly called Ludlow's and Roberts' lines, and South of the Greenville treaty lire, located prior to the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twelve, the sum of sixty-two thousand five hundred ami nueen uouars ami iwcniv-iive cents, with interest thereon fro:u the fourth March and fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents,

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eighteen hundred and twenty-five, at fix percent, per annum, until paid ; being the amount at w hich said lands were valued, exclusive of improvements, under the act ct Congress, entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to enter into certain negotiations relative to the lands located under nginia military land war rants, Ring between Ludlow's and Roberts' lines, in the state of Ohio: Provided hiv' ever. That before the payment of the said sum, the said claimant or claimants shall relinquish, by deed or deeds, to the United States, in such manner as the President shall direct, their title or titles to the said lands. Sec. 2, And be it further enacted. That the payments aforesaid shall be made as directed to the slid claimants, according to the valuation of their respective tracts of land, made under the above recited act of Con ir re ss. approved, May 26, 1830. AN ACT making a re-appropriation cf a sum heretofore appropriated for the suppression of tin Slac trade, BF. it enacted by the Senate and House f Representatives cf the United States cf imrrica in Congress assetnb,ed, 1 hat the unexpended balance of the sum of thirty thousand dollars, appropriated by the act, entitled An act makinc an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade," approved. May twenu -fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twentv eight, be re-ap-propriatcd to the same object, pursuant to the act of Congress of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. APPttovtD, May 31, 1830, N ACT to provide for the final settlement of Land claims in Florida. Bi it enacted bu the Senate and J louse rf Repesentatives of the United Stales of tmerica in C on press assembled, 1 hat all the claims and titles to land filed before the Register and'Receivcr of the Land Office, icting as Commissioners, m the district t;t ust Florida, under the quantity contained in one league square, which have been deci ded and recommended for confirmation, contained in the reports, abstracts, and opi nions, of said Register and Receiver, trans mitted to the Secretary of thcTteasurv, ac cording to law, and referred by him to Con gress, on the fourteenth day ot January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, with the exception of such claims as were confirmed n the Spanish government, subsequent to the twenty-fourth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which shall be re-examined and reported, with the evidence, by the Register and Receiver, bcore the next session ot Congress, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be laid before Concress. Sec 2. And be tt further enacted. That all the conflicting Spanish claims, reported in obedience to the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved May the eighth, one thousand enrht hundred and twenty-two. md rccomnundtd for confirmation as valid titles, be, and the same are hereby, confir med, so tar as the United States have any title to the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That dl claims derived from the former British government, contained m reports of the Commissioner of F.ast Florida, or the Re gister and Receiver, acting as such, who did not avail themselves ot the provisions ei the treaty between Spain and Lngland, signed at Vers iillts, on the twentieth of January, one thousand seven hundred and eightythree, by leaving said Province, but who re mained m the same, and became Spanish subjects, and whose titles were approved by the Spanish authorities, and have been re commended for confirmation by said Com missioners, or Register and Receiver, act ing as such, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That all the remaining claims which have been iresented according to law, and not finally acted upon, shall be adjudicated and finally settled upon the same conditions, restricti ons, and limitations, in every respect, as arc prescribed by the act of Congress, ipproved twenty-third May, one thousand eight lundrecl anil twenty -eight, entitled An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the Register and Receiverto deliver over all papers relative to private land claims in Hast Florida, to the keeper ot the public archives. bee. 0. And be it further enacted. That all confirmations of land titles, under this act, shall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of the United States to the said iruls respectively, and shall not be constru ed either as a guarantee of any such titles, or in any manner affecting the rights of other persons t the same lands. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That so much of the act of twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, as directed that the selection cf clai mants who availed themselves of the first section of said act, by accepting a quantity equal to one league square within their respective grants, which confined the selection to sectional lines, shall not be held to extend to the selection by the claimants of a greater quantity than a section, but the said claimants, who have, or may hereafter select, under the provisions of the said law, any quantity equal to the amount granted in bodies larger than a section, in the form of any Spanish survey or plat of survey, or where the sections are broken by any river, the said land so selected, or which may he so selcued, is hereby confirmed to said claimants; and it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General to make a survey and certificate of all such claims, to return the same to the Commissioner of the General Land Otlice, and thereupon a patent shall issue to the original grantee, or to his assignee, if the land has been sold or transferred to any ether person, or to the ltgal owner by purchase or descent. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That tne claimants w no are entitled to the provr siuns of that act, or v ho may avail them the claimants w ho are entitled to the provi

selves of the foregoing provision of this act, by taking a quantity equal to a league square in lieu rf the whole grant, shall be, and they are hereby, allowed the further time cf one year, from the passacc cf this

.iei, ujcAeemc uicir rcnr.quisiimettt, and to file their acceptance of the provisions cf said law. Sec. f . And be i further enacted. That it shall be the duty ot the Registers ami Receivers to restore to the claimants the title deeds on which they may have finally rejected the claims. atprovkp, May 26, 1830. AN ACT making appropriations for certain expenditures on account of the Fnginecr. Ordnance, and Quartermaster's Departments. BF. if enacted 6: the Senate and House cf Representatives cf the United States cf America in Conjrrc assembled. That the following sums be. and the same arc here by, appropriated, to w it : For the erection of barracks and the nnrchascof land at fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, twelve thousand dollars. For the payment of the land unon which the barracks are erected at Houlton, in the state of Maine, six hundred and twentynine dollars and twenty-one cents. For the completion of the barracks at New London, and for a portico to the oflicers quarters, 2,500 dollars. ror barracks, quarters, hosmtal. and store-houses, at Green Bav, 15,000 dollars. ror the completion of Jefferson Barracks. in the state of Missouri, eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars. For the erection of a store-house for the Subsistence and Quartermaster's Departments at Baton Rouge, 3,500 dollars. l or the erection ot Rjrracks at Key West, and for ditchinc. draininc. and clear ing the ground required to be used for mil itary purposes, fifteen thousand dollars. ror opening a road trom Green Hay to Winnebago lake, and thence to iort Win nebago, two thousand dollars. ror the completion of the Military road in the state of Maine, S-17.451 72 cents. tor the erection of wooden barracks for the troops at Fortress Monroe, ten thou1 a sanu two Hundred dollars. For the purchase of five and a half acres of land for the use of the National Armory at Springfield, in Massachusetts, two thousand two hundred dollars. For the erection of a new fire proof Arsenal at the National Armory at Springfield, in Massachusetts, sixteen thousand dollars. For the National Armory at Harper's Fef ry, Virginia, viz: for extending the walls and embankments which convey the water from the Potomac river to the works, 9,?00 dollars ; for erecting a forging shop, tilt hammer, and new workshop, 6,500 dollars; for the erection often additional dwelling houses for the workmen, 10,000 dollars ; for slating the roofs of the present workshops, 3;00 dollars. For the purchase of five acres of land adjoining the Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, five hundred dollars. For the erection of a Military Laboratory and workshop, at West Point, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase of a Lithographic Press, oi t a per anu lnit, and tor the employment of a suitable Lithographer for the Var Department, six hundred dollars. For Barracks at fort Gratiot, five thousnnd dollars. For the security of the Pea Patch island ; for the construction of a new water tank ; and for gravelling the parade at fort Delaware, forty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and fourteen cents. Af proved, May 31, 1830. AN ACT providing for the settlement of tne accounts ot certain Diplomatic Functionaries. BF. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative's of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the proper accounting officer of the Treasury, be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to settle the accounts of William B. Lawrence, late Charge des Affaires of the United States at London ; of Alexander H. Ever ett, late Minister of the United States to Spain ; and ot James Barbour, junior, late acting Secretary of Legation at London ; William Radcliff, late Consul of the United States at Lima, for diplomatic services, performed upon the death of the Charge ties Affairs of the United States ; and of William H. D. C. Wright, Consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, for diplomatic services performed upon the retirement of the Charge des Affaires of the United States ; as far as the same shall appear to the Secretary of State to have been sanctioned by instructions from the Department of State, or to have a just and equitable foundation in usage. j approved, May 29, 1830. J From the Nashville Whig, June 5. PARTICULARS OF THE STORM. Extract from a letter to the Edtur dated, shrlby ville, ( Ten ) June 2, 1830. Dear Sir Shelbyville is in ruins. On Monday night 31st May, about 12 o'clock it pleased an allwise Providence to visit this place with a most devaauting hurricane. The Court-house, Market house, Methodist Church, the Brick Hotel, the Bank, and many other valu able buildinge were prostrated in an instant. Five young men were killed, and many others bruised and wounded. Mr. Newton, editor of the Shelbyville Intelligencer, was carried amidst the ruins of his house 100 yards, and instantly killed and dreadfully mangled; the other young men who were killed were Mr. David Whitson and Caldwell, saddlers; Mr. Ridcout and Mr. Arnold, clerk in Mr. James ReidU store Messrs, Blackman, Dodson, Solomon Dews, and many others were badly hurt. About thirty-

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eight stores and ihops, and ten or fificca dwelling houses were overthrown. I shall not attempt to describe tl-C scene. Those who have seen mcst of such scenes, 1 imagine, attempt tho least to describe them No enc heard the fall of a tree, or fence, or house. It was one constant monotonous, shrill roar the voice of the tempest. 1 he lightning vras one contest flash, rci denr g every thing visible. The earth was covered with a sheet cf water From tho Public Square cast, all is one undistinguished mass of ruins. The very foundation of many houses were blown upp and scarcely one atone lift upon another. The preservation of lives a.nid such destruction of habitations, seems almost miraculous. Many found themselves lying on their floors without a roof over them or walls around them; others wcro extricated by thtir own exertions, or that of their friends, from the midst of ralters, beams and rubbish. Seme were carried to a distance between masses of timber and brick bats. The storm began to subside, and the cry of distress was heard. People half naked wero seen running through the streets to extricate their friends, or convey tf cm to a place of safety. Mr Arnold's case was very pitiable. In passing from the store) to the street, the comer of a flying door struck him and tore out a portion ol bis lungs, lie was still able to run nto the street, where he was picked op ai d carried into an unroofed bouse and laid upon the floor; thence he was taken to a bed and lay during that night and tho next day in the greatest agony, whicrr he bore with remarkanle fortitude, and at length died, giving his Mends the nw st consolatory evidence of his unshaken and triumphant faith. The damage is vatiously estimated, from fifty to a hundcd thousand dollars. v omc have lost their all, and ate without houses, funiturc, or food Mr. Tur rentinc's Jewellery shop was literally torn to pieces, and his whole stock scattered in every direction. The goods in most of the stores sustained a good deal of injury. Extract from a letterto the editor dated CHARLOTTE, TEN. JUNE 1, 1830. About hall past ten o'clock last night, our village was visited with a Tornado, he violence and destructive effects of which no pen can describe, nor can they be adequately conceived except by those who were witnesses to awful and terrific scene. Our little town is now, lirerally, a heap of ruins. Many, who but yerterday, had a comfortable, home, aro now without place even to shelter themselves, while their clothing and provisions have all been smpt away in the general wreck. The wind approached the village from the sc-utn west, and although the appearance ot the sky was frightful, and one constant glare of lightning inspired aw e and alarm, yet no one anticipated, none could antic pate, and even now it is difficult to teal ze, what the ravages of five minutes have produced But yertetday, we wtieat case, and comfortably situated: to-day, many are wandering about the streets, not knowing where to go or how to procure the means of supplying their necessities. Many, who but ytstcrday weie blessed with health and the full enjoyment cf the comforts ot life, ate now languishing on their bed: with broken limbs of mangled bodies, and some with scaice a hope of recovery. But amidst all these calamities, the hand of a protecting Providence has been displayed in the almost miraculous piescrvation of many of our citizens. The following list of buildings demolished may furnish some idea o the destructive ravages of the strm, within the compass of our little village Dr. Napier's brick corner, occupied by 13. A Collier as a store, and by Mr. Glassgow as a tailor's shop; a long log bulling occupied by Voorhiesand Smith, as a store, and Mrs. Clintonas a dwelling house; J-.dge Humphrey's house, o. cupied by Dr B. N. Carter; Thomas Pilmer's house, two stories high, including a saddler's shop; Thomas Eppes dwelling, shop, &c. dwelling occupied by Mr. Eubanks; G. Adamsons' blacksmith's shop and contents; Brewer's square, including a dwelling house occupied by Dr. Dickson, a store houso occupied as a grocery, by Mr. Massy, and the Post Office; a dwelling occupied by Mr Belts these, with all the outbuildings and improvements, are entire ly destroyed. The opposite corner formerly occcupied as a shop, by Dr. Carter, and the next building occupied by Mr. Smith, as a grocery, arc likewise gone, with their out-buildings, to s'ables and three kitchens; James Nesbii's cottcn gin, with a dwelling house, and stables on the same lot, are totally demolished. Robert Livingston's hatter's shop, was destroyed, together with every other building on his premises, except hio dwelling house, the chimney of which was blown down. The dwelling houso of Jacob Voorhies, was taken offto tho second story, his chimney blown down, and all his out buildings destroyed. Field Furrar's stable tndotlcr out houses were demolished. The tavern owned by James Ncsbit was much in-