Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 July 1830 — Page 1

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BY ELZIZU STOUTJ VZSTOBMiMHS, (I A..) BJPlVUB.DHY , JJJLTI 17, 1830. VOL. XZI. IvTO. 23.

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PASSED AT THE T WEN TV' FIKST SESSION' OF THE FT V ST C: - -f F.SS. VN ACT to conn'- i 1 claim to lnds in the District cf Jackson Court, House, in the State cf Mississippi. RE it enacted by the Senafe and House cf Representative of the United States of America in Cypress assembled, That ill the claims to lands reported by the Regis ter and Receiver of the Land Office for the District of Jackson Court House, in the State of Mississippi, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approed on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the Estate of Mississippi," as founded on any order of survey, requeue, permission to settle, or other written evidence of claim derived from the Spanish authorities, which ought, in the opinion of the said Register and Receiver, to be confirmed, and which, by the said reports, appear to be derived from the Spanish Government prior to the twentieth of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the land claimed to have been culth ated and inhabited cn or before that day, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been completed: Provided, That, in all such claims, whore the plat and certificate of survey, made prior to the fifteenth day cf April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, under the authority of the Spanish Government, in pursuance of such claim, has not been filed with the said Register and Receiver, such claim shall not be confirmed to any cue person for more than twelve hundred and eighty acres; and that for all the ether claims comprised in the reports as aforesaid, and which ought, in the opinion cf the Register and Receiver, to be confirmed, the claimant to such land shall be entitled to a grant theretor, as a donation, not to exceed twelve hundred and cightv acres to any one per son: .ind provided cho, That the claim of the representatives ot Louis Boisdore, numbered four, in report numbered three, shall not be confirmed to more than twelve hundred and eighty acres; and all the confirmations of the said incomplete titles and grants of donations, hereby provided to be made, shall amount only to a relinquishment forever, on the part of the United States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land so confirmed or granted, without prejudice to the interests of third persons. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her Legal representatives, whose claim is embraced bv the said Register and Receiver in their reports numbers five, six, and seven cf actual settlers, cr their legal representatives not h iving any written evidence cf claim, shall, where it appears by the said reports that the land claimed or settled c:i hid been actually in habited and cultivated by such person or persons, in whose right thesame is claimed, on or be fare the fifteenth day cf April, otic thousiud eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled to a grant for the land so claimed or settled on, as a donation: Provided, That not more than one tract shall be ri anted to ;;nv on 3 r.ersan, ana me si ne shall : o cv. . . . . i.i ... ceed six kuuarcu ana tcrtv acrr tn I - . - 'm,!, - his or h-.r imnrovements. ami V '.. Kn ' by sectional or divisional lines; and that no! ian is Mian uc mas graiueu wnien are idaimcd o rcocui-ed by the preceding sccVkmi. Sec. 3. .ind be it further c?izc:cd, That, every person, or his or her legal representatives, comprised in the aforesaid reports of actual setuers, not having any written evidence of tlaiui, who, on the third day of March, oi:C thousand ci.ht hundred and nineteen, did, as appears by those reports, actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in the said district, not claimed under anv wiitten evidence cf title lazily derived from the French, lhitish, or Spanish Governments, or granted as a donation, shall be entitled to Ixcome the purchaser ot tho quarter section, or two-eighths of any section, on which the improvements may be, ami including the same, at the same price for which other public land arc sold at private, sal.: J'rcirl d, That the same tlull

! be entered with the Register cf the Land ' ()ffirf within thr tf rm nfrun Vonrs. or ho-

fore it the same shall be offered at public sale: And provided also. That, where any such person is settled on, and has improved any school lands in said district, such person shall be governed by the provisions of the fourth section cf the act approved on the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Territory of Florida." Sec. 4. And be it further evaded. That the Register and Receiver of the said district shall possess the same powers, and perform the same duties, in relation to the claims confirmed by this act, as are given to, and required of, them by the act of Congress of the eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims and titles to lands, and establishing Land Offices, in the district East of the Island of New Orleans." A. STEVENSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. CALHOUN, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, Mav 28, 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. AN ACT increasing the Terms of the Judicial Courts of the United States for the Southern District cf New York, and add ing to the compensation of several District Judges of the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, there shall be held, monthly, in the city of New York, a Session of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to commence on the first Tuesday of each month, and be held in the manner now provided bv law for holding the stated terms of the said Court. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, hereafter, there shall be held, annually, in the city of New York, two additional" Sessions of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the said district, for the trial of criminal causes, and suits in equity, to commence on the last Monday of February, and the last Monday of July: And farther. That the said court may, at its discretion, direct Special Sessions thereof to be held in the said city, for the trial of criminal causes or suits in equity; which said additional and special sessions may be held by the said District Judge alone. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, hereafter, the District Judge for the Southern District of New York, shall reside in the city of New York; and there shall be allowed the said Judge the yearly compensation of thirty-five hundred dollars, to be paid at the Treasury of the United States, in quarterly payments; to the Judge of the Northern Districts of New York, the sum of two thousand dollars; and to the Judge tor the District ot Connecticut, one thousand five hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it. farther enacted, That, hereafter, there shall be allowed the District Judges of the United States for the Districts ot Massachusetts, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, each, the yearly compensation of two thousand five hundred dollars: and to the District Judges of the following Districts, respectively, the yearly compensation following: to the District Judge of North Carolina, two thousand dollars ; of Maine, one thousand eight hundred dollars; of Rhode Island, one thousand five hundred dollars ; of Delaware, one thousand five hundred dollars ; of Maryland, two thousand dollars ; of New Jersey, one thousand five hundred dollars ; of Vermont, one thousand two hundred dollars ; and cf the Western District of Pennsylvania, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; to be paid at the Treasury of the United States, in quarterly payments. Approved: May 29, 1830. AN ACT to authorize the payment of the claim of the State of Massachusetts, for certain services of her Militia during the late war. BE it enacted by the Senate and House Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, under the superintendence of the Secretary of War be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle the claims ot the State of Massachusetts against the United States, for the services of her Militia during the late war, in the following cases: First, where the Militia of the said State were called out to repel actual invasion, or under a well founded apprehension of invasion: Provided, Their numbers were not in undue proportion to the exigency: Second, where they were called out by the authority of the State, and afterwards recognized by the Federal Government; and thirdly, where they were called by, and served under, the requisition of the President of the United States, or of any officer ! thereof. Sec. L And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred and thirty thousand seen hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty six cents, if so much be necessary, be applied to the foregoing purposes. out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otaerwise appropriated APPROVED, May 31, 1S30. AN ACT making additional appropriations for pay of the Marine Corps. BE it enacted by the Senate and House ments directed to be paid to the officers of the Marine Corps by a joint resolution, approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. APPROVED, May 31, 1830. ... .. I. I !. . . ...

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Mr. Samuel Smith, The Committee of Arrangements for the Celebration of the 5th inst. have the honor to call on you for a copy of the Oration delivered at the Court House on that day by yourself, for publication, by complying with the above request, you will very much oblige the Committee and all who were present. Respectfully Yours, f R P. PRICE, JOHN BLACK,

JOHN MYRES. Committee, JOHN MARNEY, J G. V. HARPER, II. K WISE, L D. C JOHNSON, Vincennes July 6, 1830. Gentlemen, In compliance with your polite request conveyed in your note of this date, I herewith enclose a copy of the Oration delivered by me on yesterday, for publication. Accept of my thanks for your continued attention and politeness. And believe me yours, Very Respectfully, SAMUEL SMITH. R. P PRICE, "1 JOHN BLACK, I JOHN MYRES, JOHN MARNEY, J G W HARPER, H K- WISE, D C JOHNSON. Commitce, of arrangements, Vincennes July 6th. 1SS0. ORATION. Friends and Fellow Citizens: Words wou.d but poorly express the gratitude which I feel, lor the kindness which has today placed in this honora blc situation, one who has so little claim to public notice and esteem. But the remembrance of it shall be cherished, and form a pleading theme for. memory to dwell upon in after life. f. We are here assembled my friends to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the most remarkable and glorious event, recordcd on the page of History an event which has no parallel for the wisdom which planned it, th stern determination which carried it into effect, or the great and beneficial effects it has had upon the destinies of the world. It was the day when liberty, which had been long obscured, burried under the accumulated load of trash, which ages of ignorance priestly craft, and feudal tyranny, had heaped upon it, once more emerged from her dark abodes with increased brilliancy, shedding a gleam of brightness over an astonished world, and cheering the despairing patriot in the dungeon where tyranny had placed him; at the sight, pale superstition stood aghast, and despotism trembled on its throne. A brief review of times and events, before the continent we now inhabit was known to exist, up to the period of our revolution, from the days of earlv Greece and Rome, where liberty once was known to our own times, when it again holds its mild and salutary sway, (at least amongst us) may not be uninteresting, and cannot fail to be instructive. Cut off as I am by the unhappy malignity of party feeling which exists, from touching upon the politics of the day in the remotest manner, or even making a passing remark upon national policy, which has become so interwoven with party spirit that the nicest hand cannot probe without touching on forbidden ground, I am compelled to revert to the past for materials, wherewith to fill up the period usually allowed to an Oration of this kind Three thousand years ago liberty existed upon the shores, and in the islands of the Mediteranean sea In the repub lican cities of Athens, of Sparta, and of Thebes, she had her votaries but their allegiance was bat a divided one The thundering Jove and his scolding wife, and the thousand and one gods and goddesses of the heathen mythology, with their oracles and supernumeraries came in for their share gross superstition, and the most incredulous credulity, was the consequence. The bright goddess, whose image is upon every American coin, and it is to be hoped in every American's pocket as well as heart, had but a poor chance in such company. The birthright of the many, soon became the property of the few. Wars, foreign and intestine, luxury, corruption, and effeminacy followed; and that delightful but unfortunate ! country, from whose history so many ! bright and classic recollections, the only wreck of school boy pleasures, which manhood retains, are drawn The land ot the poet, the patriot and sage, fell a prey to foreign tyrants, and sunk into that foul lethary; which slaves are j doomed to feel. ! Rome, whose splendor and whose po..rii.t i ... became an easy prey to the untamed bar

barians, whose ancestors, her invincible' The 5 ith anniversary of that gloriou ' Re ky mountains, civilization has spread legion had driven fioiii the mild and day finds Us here assembled, in the tuU -cities and villages, and a varied hndsunny plains of Europe, i.To the mhos- enjevmcut of civil liberty ami freedom ! scape have taken the place of the mo-

pitiable and frozen regions of the north-

There for centuries they had dwelt, in-

creasing in numbers and ferocity, brooding over their ancient wrongs; with an eagle eye they watched with delight the growing weakness of their common enemy, soon to become their victim. From these barbarous rations,Goths,Visigoths, Vandals and Saxons, most of us derive our desent In the vast and solitary wastes where they resided, their government was of the most simple kind. Hunting was their sport, war their business, they had no settled home, and no particular country The tallest or the strongest man, or the most renowned warrior, was chosen king his revenue what he could make, hia power in time of peace nothing, in war despotic led by their kings or chiefs they at last descended from their nameless wastes, carrying death and desolation wherever they came; before them the effeminate and corrupted legions of the empire, fell like grass before the mower; province after province was overrun, and countless hordes of fresh invaders remained to be provided for by them nothing was spared. The monuments of art and science, temples and their gods, shared one common fate. Europe was remodelled, new kingdoms formed, new principles of government instituted, and new gods, and new creeds created. Settled in their new abodes, it seems that their great aim was to destroy every vestige of civilization and refinement, and by every means to retain their native habits and manners uncorrupted. Intellectual acquirements were held in poor repute; physical force was all in all; ignorance overspread the earth, and it is now hard to know any thing of that dark and barbarous age. Centuries rolled away, and learnings long hid in monasteries and convents. again made its appearance; civilization followed in its train the mind of man long inactive, was quickened into energy the bonds of feudal slavery were broken the oppressed portion of the people began lo collect and dwell in lowns; collectively they discovered their strength; they claimed their privileges and demanded justice; and where they were strong enough to enforce these claims, they were granted A spirit of resistance to tyranny once more existed, and Cerfs and- bondsmen spurned the vassalage they had long endured The Art ot Printing, soon after discovered, gave a new impulse to the march of mind; as it advanced, the people gained strength, and acquired freedom. The I7th century found our forefathers in England, contending for their rights, but contending in vain. To avoid persecution and prescription, they left their native country; they sought a home across the trackless ocean, in this then newly discovered world For the sake of liberty, they gave up all that makes life dear wealth, honors, friends and relationi; all sunk in comparison with free dom in the wilderness, and the privilege of worshipping their God after the dictates of their own conscience. Such were the causes, and such the men, (fit founders of a great nation) which first led to the colonization of this country Plymouth, Massachusetts and Jamestown, Virginia, were the two first settlements made; for a long time these colo- . nies could scarcely exist: they had to contend with every difficulty and danger scarcity of provisions, and the deadly hate of the then numerous and warlike aborigines of the soil. Neglected by the mother Country, they had nothing to look to for support but their own industry and undaunted resolution. The principles which induced them to forego the comforts and security of their native land, sustained them under every misfortune and privation, and finally they prevailed. The lapse of a century found these humble beginnings swelled into thirteen flourishing states, reaping the fruits of their early toils and sacrifices But the grasping avarice of England could not let them enjoy it long she had driven them from her in their poverty and distress in their prosperity she wanted to come in for share. Governors were sent over; taxes levied for the support of distant armies; laws manufactured by people who did not even live in the country; an ecclesiastical hierarchy established; and every thing in a fair train to reduce them to that state of

bondage and restraint, from which the wa humbled; and these stripes and stars pilgrims had fled Reasoning and rcmon were Icarlessly unfui ltd, and never yet strance, and petitions were of no avail; dishonored At the bayonet's point, and 'might makes right," was the only re J at the cannon's mou'h, the honor and iho ply to all their arguments Hostile ar glory of our country was nobly asserted mics and navies were sent over, to en j and maintained; and the deeds cf Mcnforcc what rank tyranny and injustice mouth and ot Yorktown, arc rivalled by had decreed; but thank God, they were i the more recent ones of Bin'cwater

? the wattle to the strong The feej bIe clonics resisted the ticmendous power opposcu to xnem, ana tneiretJorts I hen it was that the day we now i glory.

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of happiness. Auspicious morn! how

many millions of rejoicing freemen greet thy annual return will indiscribable joy, and pour out the overflowings of their grateful hearts, for the many and transcendent blessings which they enjoy! Let us, my fellow-citizens add our mite of thankfulness, and without feud, party or distinction, unite to swell the anthem of a nation's gratitude. Since the creation of the world since the first formation of the social compact, when individual liberty was given up for the benefit of the community when the roaming savage of the desert, the fearless hunter of the woods, and the unprotected shepherd of the plain, united and formed laws and made rulers, up to the 4th of July, 1776, never did liberty find a truly unpoluted temple wherein to dwell. Many republics in ancient and in modern times, have existed, and have passed away into oblivion; a thousand Codes and Constitutions for the government of mankind have been framed; but never before did one exist solely for the benefit of the governed; injustice and inequality had a place in them all. Never did civilized man enjoy his birth right never did reason, which alone links him to the Immortal Ruler of the Universe, and alone elevates him above the brute creation, assume its proper place; and never was that great truth publicly divulged, and practically acted upon, that "all mankind arc free and equal." until the immortal signers of the Declaration of Independence, ushered it into the world; and pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors, to maintain it to their death; and a deeply injured and indignant people, echoed back the sentiment, and subscribed it with their blood. Seven long years of suffering and misfortune could not swerve them from their resolution they persevered unto the end. The native armies of Britain and their hired mercenaries, proud of their laurels, and confident in their numbers and their discipline, were humbled to the dust, and defeated time after time. They found it impossible to conquer a people who were resavedto t 'free or die" thty could not subdue a people wheic sex and aee wctc foreottcn where alt were tiue where the hoary sire, just trembling over the gra e, glowed with the fire ot vouth, when sp 'kintj ot his country's wrongs: and timid .ove;y woman, sent her husband hrr cn, her brother to the tented fieid, an offered sacrifice to fr. edorr-; and though her .cart was "g with guef, she smiled upon hi- pai'.ii'g- sups I ei other nations boast of their heroes and rheir patrio s, and let os d' hoir.ng othei uemoi y. Thr names ol H utus, ot Tell, of Wallace Wigl,', r.i f,n met, and of Tc nc, can neve dio; bu1 ive can boast ot a nation of pa!no s and N ocs, and at their head place Waahingir n," alike in war and in peace, great and good. His glory alone, a nation's weath Ins name and his his'ory, the watchword and tlc example to all future patriots, and a terror to the iron crowned despots of the earth. What, though no mausoleum rise in splendor over his tcmb. end tho no monument of art marks the spot where his remains arc laid, yet shall his memory live, when the proudest shall have been forgcten; and millions of unborn freemen shall speak his name with gratitude and reverence. Let pioud aristocrats, kings, princes', dukes, and the long list of Kurope's titled oppressors, toast of their ancestry, and the nobility of their descent rather would I trace mine back to sn humble soldier ot the revolution, than havo the blood of the Cicsars in my veins rather would I have the epitaph cn my lather's tomb, Here lies a man who fell fighting for his country, and for freedom, than the proudest title Europe's heraldry could produce. It afFords us matter for just pride and pleasure, to know by experience, that what our fathers gained, their posterity have nobly maintained; that with the same giant arm with which they itruggled tor existence, we have (ought for honor; and that the last struggle eventuatad as did the fust The old Lion was once more whipped and cleared, by land arid by ta On lake, on ocean, and f on shore, the red cross ot St Geore-e h ;s a,SQ maUer of - congratuh ti0n th: t while we have added to our rc pulation in vc h3VC also made ra put advances i the arts of peace and ci viiizancn. Ikfure the untiring enterindustry of cur citizens, vt ilavr disappeared, and thicknd flourishing states arc to Uc phi the heights ot the Allcibary to the rupgeu summit oi tac r