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their UtiJ <>f
nr.v jti'o or transfer made ol such
stock. herein proviJoJ (nr. \nd . forty-eight tbounnd nereu of land. Ami
h land or i whereas the raid Indians never did receive the
tack or an* portion thereof, Ufore tho ex- ! Mid ont hun/tred and forty eighl(thousand
nitVion of five w-» m aforesaid, shall be of Wind from tho UmteJ State*, but
ordered null and void-PrmuM ^cever,' ««<*> «w»d topurchase lands from the De.a-
TW if anv Individual or in livid,,,!, oi the | Wition of Indiana, which purchase «u
Wvandot people produce satisfactory proof I »*r*ed to and ratified by the Uite J«
that «uch sale or transfer can ha wad., benifiv | Now, ,n order to aettle the clatm ol the Wy-
cialltt to themselves, then it may lie done under j andut tribe of Indians to said laud the >,m-
tbe apnmval and sanction of the Present of , ted States have appointed A. 8. Louf.lierya
United States. commissioner on the.r part, v «v w.th (he
ARTICIE X j undersijrneu delepft'es from the V. y and at na*
All reruns adjudged to be'incompetent to tie, have agreed to the following treaty:
the
take care f.l their property lor the reason a
and in the manner set forth in the 8th article
of this treaty, shall bee,me the wards ol the
"ARTICLE I.
''The United States, ir, consideration tliat
tire Wyandot nation of Indians bliall and do
United States; and ail properly acquired by j Vreby release, relinquish and give up a:;
ihem under the provisions of this treaty, aim I) ' claim to fe said one hundred and forty eieht
U, held in trust accordingly, until trustr<,8 | thousand acres of 1„nd agreed to be assigned
I and given them by the treaty ol March 17th,
rebv Ftipul.;l<j and agree to pny to the
ndot tribe of Indians tin* stun o!
one hundred and eighty f;*e thousand Hars.
the Board of Commissioner* hereinbefore j hcing a* a!;d "ft" 1 e rat- "f ,,ne flo'!ar "'"j
mentioned, who shall in this Ve,p9Ct take into | twenty five cents per acre in the manner and
consideration and aM upor, the iccommenda-! form following, to v.it: On® hundred thous-
[ioiis thus made shall be approved by said
chiefs and council. Viach a/id every trustee
kind lor the authorized number nf officers'j FoMncdii-al and hospital d( fMrtmenU,
horses, mules,and oxen of tho Quariermas- ty two thousand fi^e lunidrei
ter's depvtnient, at the several military posts For armament of lortitii atioiu, o.ie
and stations, and with the armies in the field dred thousand dollaff.
and for tho horses for the first and second reg- j For purchase ot ordnance, or nance s n^.
imenw of dragoons, the eitfht companies of j and supplies, <»ne hundred tho,i-an <n >
li«ht attillerv, and the regiment of mounted For current, expenses of t ie or, nance .
riflemen, of straw for soldiers' bed.ling, and j vice, one hundred thousand o irs. ,
ol stationery, inciting company and other i That ihe principal assistant in t le l'"''
blank books for (he army, certificates for Ois- I Bureau ef the V\ar Deparlmen ,s n,
charged soldiers, blank forms for the p*ty and j a compensation, not less tl.an i i
o uartermaster's department, and for the prin!- son employed at the founderies, uiirer ■
ng of division and department r.ders and ar- ftii section of 'he eel np. ro. ei t i V
inV regulations, eight hundred, Hnd fifty thou- > of August, eighteen mm re ^ an
one dollar?. j from and after the date thereol.
■•or manufacture of arms at the nation,. J
. . - i thrPH hundred and eixtv thousand,
teVmaster's depitrtmor.t, eonsistin* of postage i nrmories, three
nn letters and pacV.ets received and sent by t J4..»!lars
an*J improvements, and
und guardians can be legally appointed by a
court of law possessing competent jr.ri«viic- j 1842 !'.ire:
tion over the same; and. in the 'meantime, ' said U'yai
trustees and guardians shall be df .tii^n.ued by i
sand and «»x' v
For the incidental
Thin 1-eanHfvl lavdis our common Country
— in ' race or in war—in irral or ipt—u'id*r
h.d tdwinistrntion or $uyul gontriwi 'iif. Rn-
MF.MBF.R To pt \ND };V IT."—Ifcvrtj (;lay.
THE WESTERN STAR.
j? A JR rc s i
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 IRS1.
,'IIOJIAS f,EWEI,l,WO, Cditer
A. Houston in lhe str^e. h;,H sci'in.7 the Cle:,-.
eral leaped o^t a :u! cinght bio!'/ the hj'id
sating, "how are von genera!?'' The Oeiver*
responded, "not verv weil." "How have yon
beon, dear General ^ 1 f.rrt »o glad lo ses yon
Ile't your houfe about f< ur c'nys (go, sr.d
yonr lady is in excellent hralfh, vonr return,
w ill be very ni.e; r»ctcd to her." T he (lenrr.
a! was badly drfrak/'. nrd «s n w<ttb>r of
rcurse crestfallen nil Hf rttrro to \Vash-
ir nt< i> City trd t.'.c iirfcrtsrt io,e *.u la
lien.
V. 1!. I'ai.mkr is our authorized Agent for
o Easiern Cities.
repairs
I machinery at the Harper's Ferry armory, Ii.tj
officers on pabljf, service, expenses of courts
martial and e.i'.ir's of inquiry, including the j machinery at :ne iiarpei
additional compensation to judge advocates, thousand five hur.dreo ant -is-% ' " •
For repairs and improvements, a ,t.
Tnery a! t1' Sprin^tield arinovy, filly «'•
thousand six hundred dollars.
For arsenals, one hundred and seventeen
and gaardiun tons to be designated and a?-
pointed, over the persons and properly of the
orphans or otliera not ijualilied to manage
their own nffairs, as before mentioned, "bail
Nj reawired tu give bonds with sullicieiit se-. P".v ,4n
enrity Ui the. President of the United States, well what is now due to the Delaware for
of the! tbe purchase of their lands as toothers, tne
balhtnce of said sum, being the sum of eigh
and dollars to be invested in United Stales
stocks, bcarng five per cent. intere<t per an-
num. which interest si,ail bp paid to ihem at
the lime and in the manner in which their
present annuities are paid—and for the pur-
pose of enabling the Wyandot Indians to
v and extinguish all their just debts, as
conditioned tor the faithful performance
ttasl conhded in them, and said bonds be ap-
proved by the President before any moneys
or other property accruing under this treatr
Fiiail be olaced in their hands lor toe c-loca-
tion and maintenance of these ward* of the
Unilrd States, or for any other purpose what-
soever on their account.
ARTICLE XI.
All fenr-'r trealies between the United
Slates and the Wyandot nation of Indians
a-e abrogated and declared null and void by
this treaty—except sucil provisions as may
have been made lor the benefit of private in-
dividual; of said natii.n, by grar.ts of reser-
vations of lands,or otherwise, which are con-
sidered as listed rights, and not to be afTectcd
by anything con'aine.1 in this treaty.]
AilnCLE [Xii]—a.
All the reasonable expense* attending the
negotiation of this reaty, including a resson-
aSla allowance for the expenses of the dele-
gation, signets hereto, ir. coming to Wash-
ington, whilst hereon (he business connected
berew th, and in returning to their nation
tiiiill be defrayed bv the Unned States.
ARTICLE XIII.
This treaty shall take efTect and be binding
and obligatory upon the contracting parties
as noon as it shall be ratified by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Ser.a'e of lhe United States, and by the chiefs
and National Council of me wyannot nation
In testimony whereof the said commission-
er on the part of the United Stales, and the
.aid head chief and deputies, delegates on
the part of the Wyandot tribe or nation of
Indians,have herounto set tiiei: hands, at the
city of Washington, D. C , this lirst day ol
April, in the year ol our Lord, eighteen hun-
dred and fifty.
AKDAVAN 3. LOUGHERY, [l. P.]
United Stales Commissioner.
F. A. nit'.'K, I1" 6-i
GEORGE J. CLARK, [t. s.]
JOEL WALKER, [L- »•]
WILLIAN' 3. WAUGI1, Secretary.
In preseiice of—
R. W. Johnson,
James X. McLtnahan,
George F. Wood,
Jaines Myer,
A. M. W.tchell,
John G. Camp,
Richard Fields,
H. C. Htambaiigh,
Samuel J Potts.
And whereas the faid treaty having bsen
tv five thousand dollars, shall be paid to the
Wyandot nation, or on their drafts specifical-
ly describing, for what the drafts are given,
"tdiange ariiclc twelve to article two."
Now, therefnre, be it known, that I, Millard
Fillmore, President of the United Slates ol
America,do, in pursuance of the adtice and
consent of the Senate, as expressed in their
lesolution of the 24'h day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty, accept, raii-
fv, and confirm the said treaty.
In testimony whereof, I have caused !he
seal of ihp United Stales to he herunto affix-
ed, having signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty
eighth day of Sept-mber, in the
[ L. e.] year of our Lord one thnasand eight
hundred ami fifty, and of the indepon
dence of the Uni'ed Siu'es the sev enty-fifth.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
By the President:
Dakiel Wkmter,
Secretary nf Stat e.
PUBLIC ACTS
Passed during the first session of the thirty-
firs'. Cnngreis.
i./rs, members, and witnesses, while on i
recorders,
that servicc, under the act of March the six- | ma.
tee nth, eighteen hundred and two. exira pay
to soldiers employed m the erection of bar-
racks. quarters, storehouses ami hospitals, the
construction of roads and other cons'ant la-
bor, nnder the direction of the quartermaster's
depart men*, for periods of not less th.n ten
days, under the act or the second of Marcli,
eighteen hundred »nd nin-iepn, expense- of
expresses to and frm the frontier frog's and
armies in lhe field, of escorts lo payma-ters.
other disbursing officers and trains, where
military escorts cannot be furnished, expense
of the interment of non enmm'taioned officers
and soldiers, hire of laborers in the quart r
master's department; compensation to wagon
and forage masters, authorized by the acted
lhe fifth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight; for lhe apprehension of deserters, and
the expenses incident to their pursuit; the
various expenses necessary to keep lhe firs'
and second regiments of dragoons, the lour
companies of light artillery, «nd the regimen'
of mounted rifllemen complete, including the
purchase of traveling forges, blackBin.ths
and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron
thousand live hundred an! eighty six dohar.--'
urn) tlmt sixteen thousand dollars of the sum
hereby appropriated thall be applied to tl.
jjt Fa"ett»v,1lc
^VftsitC*.V««An apprentice to lee.rn tho
rioting b««inef», a buy from 14 to 1C years
of sge.
Itlre of veterinary surgeons,
medicines for
AN ACT making appropriations for the sur-
ort of the Army for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, one thousand eight bun-
Be it enarefd hy the Senate and House of
Representatiies of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the following
sums he, and the same are hereby, appropri-
ated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the support ol the
arinv for the year ending the thi'ticth of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
For pay of the Army, one million seven
hundred and fifty nine thousand eight hundred
and forty two dollars, Provided, that the pay
and emoluments of the 8ii|>erintendent of the
United Stales Military Academy, shall in no
case be less than the pay and emoluments ol
the Professor of Natural and Experimental
Philosophy.
For commutation of officers" subsistence,
five hundred and fifty thousand six hundred
and seventy nine dollars, including the addi-
tional rations for commissioned officers ot
ordnance, commanding arsenals or armories,
being fixed or permanent posts rf the army
of the United States, and the additional ra-
tions for the commirsioned officers of engi-
neers commanding separaie and fixed or per-
horses and mules, and hire of guides, inter-
preters and spies, lour hundred and filty four
thousand nine hundred and sixty seven dol-
lars. ..r.,
For the purchase of horses required .or the
first and second regiments of dragoons, the
eight companies of light artilerv, and lhe
regiment of mounted riflomoli, one hundred
and seventy thousand D'lie hundred and
twelve dollar*.
For constructing, isp* ring and.eiarg'ng
barracks, quarters, hoipitats, store houses;
stables, vvharvf s, and at the several posts and
depots, (or temporaly cantomnenis, gun
houses for the cannon, iw.lndinging the nec-
es-ary tool.? and materials for the obje. tp
enumerated.and for the authorized furni-
t ire of barrack-rooms •»!' non-commission-
ed officers and soldiers, rent of quarter*
for officers, barracks and hospital for for troops
when there are no pubhi.'. buildings for fiei
accommodation, lorgiorf houses for the sa f.
keeping of military eioriM and ot ground* In,
summer cantonments, and encampments,
four hundred and »ix1y-th'e thousand one
hundred and one dolWs: Prodded, That
eighteen thousand eig'it hundred dollars ol
said sum;shall be expe nded in the erection of
a guard lieuse, powdur magazine, repair and
enlargement of the barracks, the construct-
ion ol culverts anl simks, the grading of the
drill and parade grounds, and the construct-
ion of a clone wall on the Licking river side,
for the protection ind preservation of the
pablic property,at tl ie Millitary Pjit at New
port, in the State ol Kentucky.
For mileage, or t'le allowance mide to offi-
cers forth" : tmsp' irtntion of themselves and
bsgguge when traveling on duty without
troops, one huiidrlsi and twenty thou?and dol-
lars.
completion of the arsenal
North CVoiina, according to the intent of
law authorizing ,'s construction.
For purchase of a lot of ground at Sprint-
hcid, Massachu etts adjoining the armo"
grounds on the hill, and uea- 'he netf arstua
eight thousand five hundred d; ihrs.
For surveys in reference to the military di>
fences of the frontier, inland and Atlanta
fifteen thousand dollars.
For cont mi in * v-.e surveys of the northeri
and iior hwetiein lakes, twenty five thousand
dolUrs.
For arrearages prior to the first of Jul
one tVnusand eight hundred and filteen, un-
der the set of the first of May. one thousam
eight hundred and twenty, in addition lo si
Un, xpended ballance remaiiiiiit! in the luii?
U'V of one thousand six hundred and twenty
se^en dollars and eighteen cents, payable
through the Third Auditor's office, two thou-
sand dollars.
For compensation lo a draughtsman, em
ployed in the bureau of Topographical Engi-
neers, on a map of the western territory ol
1 lhe United Stales, and of lhe noilhern part ot
Mexico, which was marie u,.e'er order of the
Ker.ate ol the United States, one thousand
hi id sixty dol.ars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
putn of six hundred and eighty thousand tfti
hundred md eighteen dollars and ninety eigi t
cent4f being the unexpended haianco now in
the Treasury, of the appropriation made by
Congress on the fourteenth ol August, eiuh-
teen hundred and forty eight, on account ot
the "armv mbsistcnce" for lhe fiscal year
ending the 30th of June, e'ghteen nundred
and forty nine be, and the same is hereb,
r appropriated for lhe army subsistence for
the fiscal y»ar rndm-r -he thirtieth of June
eighteen hundred and fitly une.
Sec. 3. And he it ftrlhe.r enacted, That
:he moneys which m»v be 'eceived by the
proper officers of the army for the sales ol
subsistence, military stores, and other nip-
i lies, be, and they r.re hereby, exemp'ed from
,iie operation of the act of the third ol March
eighteen hundred and forty nin-', f milled • 'A
act requiring all moneys, received from the
customs, fund nil other sources, 'o bo paid into
lhe Treasury without abatement or reduc-
tion."
Sec. 4- And he it further evaded, That th?
military storekeeper at Little Rock arsenal.
Arkansas, bfl allowed from the first day of
Oc.tob, r, eighteen hundred and forty two, to
the twenty fifth day of Oc »ber, eighteen hnn-
daed and forty nine; '.he same compensation
i R9 j» authorised by the act of the twenty th ird
of August, eighteen hundred and forty two,
at the Wash■
H'7' Our thanks lo tin- lion. David 8 Kanf-
nan for a copy of the Congressional Gh'Wt.
irr The Slur State. Patriot announces %
hanne in its editorial department. M- T?nrt<
ode, who for some months pant, has been
is-iociatcd with Mr. Wctherspoon, retires
from the choir editorial,and his place is filled
hy Pr if. W. A. Tarleton, President of the
II tihal University. The Patriot ha-' stis-: ere tide wiil reach you . ti.e report of this im-
ained its high repiitltion in the various c.hang- portant meeilng in tho Go en^r's room will
•s through which it has passed, and from ; have come to your columns, I presume, per
our personal acquaintance wiifi m.*. larlo'-onl iclegraph. 1 do not regard thciie inter-
ve doubt not thai it will continue to do so. j changes of good leeling as between a few in
dividuals merely, but as belv. i en different and
Special Ct rre>-r> rt'f rice «t t'.e Weswrr. (H*r.
Nr:\v "/oi k. De-c 10 lf-fro.
A'ter a most unpieceden'eil spe'lof waiher
(a Califorrii r rv it;; in)'le clnide rVarcJ
away last Sunday, arid i xc- i;ir'<"p f.Rd the
fiisl ice o t! e ivin'rr ■>";i'•.
us with its cl'tjr hrr- ' r. 1
inosptiere. I wi- h that ; i
and California sin;» rn
•tow : it would plve tl.e ■
pa. erst. Time wa» pcod ,.
yeiteiiay.
Yestercc" L"iii- ier.B, K
York h!n . I; ha. :1s through ti._? nej'.um oi their
Rcpri.-entftiives. Seimtors Foo'e and Downs,
|..i r.mv fairly nj.-ofl
i holesome a'.,
'y i.ad in Jamaiea.
tin I am inhaling
ic-ra its walkirjr
eichii.g in Albany,
irsippi and New
Petl-rron'h magazine —We have iust . . , , . . , .
i ^ .1 ; po^verlul yfi-.tions of country which nave been
eceived the January No. ot this valuable! , . , , , , .
\ ... i greatly agitated l>y the cr^zv uproar of n:tra-
vork.and pronounce it Buperior in its enpra*; ; ' v , .
' v ' .. 'Ms airJ lanuticrt. viewed m ion, i ho trad
hii'r to any orevious number. The reading ! .. , . , .
^ hjJu, ihe enthusiastic receplK-m p.ven by our
latter ishIroof a superior character. i\oili. .
r citizrns to tne ht-natorf, ir-Hu ?<IiKR!t»iepi and
'■n» but the most clia ;te and beautiful lan- . .
' » i houisiHiia. Mia the he a lv manner m which
■nia^e, while the moral lesson leaves an un-j .
r „ , ... ,i i fliose representatives ot ti'»: C v i inern oeoc>l«
oression not eaailv ethced We ar,* pleised ; ' , . . . . ,
, , ; : responded to tne patriotic ai».-.;nly national
lo learn tha; a club has been made up te. our, „ • -
f . , , sen'imentd ot (#'>-den i^uiuan anJ others
uwu,and we hope a number or
-peaUs volumes t< r I lie- /-•■-i;
f t»u» ladies
% rt je'M; < volume4
nav become subscribers to Ptf/er3t»n*a Ma^a-
! beloved Ui^on
zne. . ,
; t.Ti.wi; •: :.o I - ti>:.
To the Laiiiej of Paris, and its Vicinit y;! coneiuevablo e.\teuL in tour
Ladies ; | li'.v
The undersigned, having been ap j As to'-.
pointed hy Paris Division No. C2 of the Sous, .yi'-'n f- y •
of Temperance, for liie purpose of tendering to j tion and i
you the thanks of tiie Division, for he axcel- , 'r^" fcl'"'
lent dmn^r w«th which you pie.::en'.ed it e.n ! i'0?-t0i»
tne 25 December, would bo,sf leave to prevent
i,ie following resolutirns wi icli wnre unan
inously adopted by the S):visior: *.
Resolved* That the thanks of Paris Divi
inn. No. 62, of the Sons «>t Temperance be Pro'»^
presented to the Ladies of Paris and its Vicu -
ify for the very excellent dinner given b>
them on the '25th December last.
Resolved, That the foregoin? resolution be
published in "The Western bur.
T. IXWELLING, 1
J. LUNO. I
AMI. McCtnsriON. ^
W*. M. WILLIAMS, I
Ct. VV. WRIGtli', )
Mai
1 a nd
«*j»ty to our
Ufa that no-
r«. i s to any
on or i.'ieccun-
bly Infoi
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and
Corn
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member m
is, (nr.cj v. r •.
i drove f'< ui
fiffd by rue v
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servants he
nt.
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master buf a ty :a
Those prb'ud fi
wo.;:', enemies, *■
in contuba»:nii' t
ne-ir^'S
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in;4 ;or ollice and
but -\'ch a rron i
fd i ', unly the
party does no: ne
i wav in Boston.
horn pro!!, whon the !^n-
•ar {. r pteac'nn^ Aboli-
, to ihr people of the
t'.-i- iedi^'n&nt people
ir Ui.Urtt; 1 KR\ crfitii*
1 luvw well in
tiiut lo liin own fain*
t e»u!v a bird task
ol
the n •; :o are his
no')i>. are mor.r backward
e a-.tt.:ce cf j/oor free
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;. i sm->ke lren: the i;reat
it may ure^ent the characteristics ot uon- | j-,.., ;fJ street, near the o«>mrr of Heaver
llouston in a different light from that in whicn in ulocli aVoii 4,GOO i.-a'rs of cotton
AN KG DOTE OF GEN. HOU-' TOM.
The following:i=i too j^ond to be lost, and up
turns t 'ere I<
recc'vi d on!)
candidate T5 i.
Ye^teidav
we have never seen »t in print, we avail our* j prH jr. ^!f. n,
self of tiie kindnessot a ine:'.d, to puo,it. ah j (l,.j ^ tj:e
of G
",1.1V.
aiierjfi
]^!iborh<<
inud-e
Iowane.es, equi! lo the pay propper of eaci.
• nbrniite.f to the - enal, of the United 8*»tr, I ^ #rmy &f ^ UnM StatM.
fur itii ci!i.<f»tutioB»l action t loreoii, ie sa ^ exii» pay to the commissioned utfiwrB
did. on the Iwentv-fourthdavof i-ep-t r
r- r ,, i and eiiutKd inenot the army of the Uiiifpil
tcmlier, ooe t uwadd eight hundred and nu>r , ' .
1 ' b | States, serving m Oregon or California, threr
resolve jir fvone, \ tz. ! hundred and twenty five thousand eight h un-
•' Resatml. /two thirds of the Senators pres- I .
..... i dred snd nity four d >1 iars, on the following
fat cowurrir.e.) Thai the Senate advifo and | . . , . „ . „ j .
" . , „ „f _ bims, to wit: :hat there shall oc allowed tn
.c.mfPiit to thff rati.Siiation of the articles o, a '
...... r\irau:„„ each commissitineil ofheer as aforesaid, whilst
iV ^ndred | -rvl.ig as aforesaid, a per diem, in addition
, " ' . a. , _ <1 j nl.„h. to their regular pay and allowances of two
mid filiv bv r.nd between jtrrfavan S. Lougn-1 R , , ,. ,
_■ -. . ..... annointed hv i dollars each, and to each enlisted man as a-
srv. Commissioner espeeia:i/ appoinien iyi ,
„ ., f . I, • I q .,»■ und 'he i foresaid, whilst serving as aforesaid, a per
lie President of the United Siitea, &nu *ne
0 , .. .■ nf lh ! difir., in addition to their present pay and »1-
undersigned, Head (,-hief and De>„ties of l.ie.
Wyaudnt tribe of lnr ians, duly authorized and
f T.jKjwcieJ to act for tiieir tribe, with' tiie fo!-
lowing
AMENDMENT.
"Strike nut the preamble, and all '.he ov'her
ariiclcof the Treaty, except the twelfth, at. d j
insert as follows: i
" Whereas. Rv the trefttyof March 17.1842,'
tetvveen the United Hales and the Wyandot
ration of Irdians, then chieflv re6'.ding within ^
lhe limits of the t^tsie ol Ohk> the said na-
tion . f Indians a.-reed to sell ami transfer ^ |wpnt>, dol|jlrg
and did thereby fce!l and transfer to the Unite* , pt>r ptoses of reeruiting, fifty-si* thou-
Sf,t»F their reservations of land, one hundred Mn<J gjx ,iu|ldr(,d at.d FijfU>en do|lare.
and nine thco-ar.d acres of « h,ch was .n the j ^ ^ p>,„ p#y ,0 non<om_
.- ate of Ohio and six tho„«and acres was m i mus!ci,ns and privates, on
I to bi> paid to the Ftorekeeo
To supply deficiency in the appropriation : ^ p)trjBbur{;, and Watervh-rt arsenals,
for the expenses of the vis Mrs lo the Military | __-J ^ ,liorv> ^
Academy at V.'«rt Point, oi.o thousand and
n,n»tv four dolhi /Band eighty three cents.
F.ir pu'chasii g, walling and ditching a
pinre of land nf ar the city of Mexico, for a
ceme'ry or h''r:'d ground, lor such of the olfi*
cer< and so.4ers of our army in our late
war with Mox'ire. as fell in battle, or died in
keeper David Under twenty dollars per month
for and during the time he has performed the
dntie* of commissary and assMaut commis-
sary of s-ih.iistence and quartermaster.
Sec. 5. And he. it further enacted. That it the next
shall be the duty <>r the Secretary of War to
order the discharge o any soldier of the ar-
and around sai d city, anJ for the interment of
■ . ... m... mv ol the Unred States, wlii> a* th* tims of
American citnwns who hav» died, or may die j
in said city, u i be expended under the direc-
tion of the ^'resident of the United Stales,
ten thousand dollars.
For transportation oC the arn-y, including
the b'.'2£age '[>f the troops when moving eith
or by land or water, ol clothing, camp, and
garrison equipage, and horre equipments, from
as established by exi.ting laws, said extra pay j the depotf at Philadelphia and New York to
of the enlisted men to b«' retained until hon-
o:abiy discharged—This additional pay to be
continued until the first of ilareli, eighteen
hundred and fifty two, or until otherwise pro-
vided.
For commutation of forage for officers'
y.irses, one hundred and three thonsaud sev-
en hun 'red and seventy six dollars.
the several posts and army depot*; ol sutisis
tence, from the places of purchase snd from
the places of delivery, under contract, to such
plices as the circumstances of the servres
may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ord-
nance stores, and •mull arms, from the found-
eries and lhe'aimories to the arsenals', f ortifi
ca'ions, frontier po*ts, and army depots:
his enlistment was under the age of twenty
one rears, linen evidence beihL' produced lo
him 'hat such enlistment was without the
con.-ent if his pa>ent or guardian.
Sec. fi. And he it further rnac'ed, That the
Se. relary of War he and he is hereby author-
ized to nay the unexpended balance of the
appropriation made hy an act of March third,
eighteen hundred and forty nine, "for publish-
ing a new edition of the Ordnance Manual,"
to the officer of the United States army em
ploy?d in compiling, arranging and supervi
sing the publication of the same, as provided
by lhe terms of said act.
Anp-oved September 28, 1850.
i.i in ■■iiinMiinriT
they are generally seen. During t.ie last
session o'.' Congress the settlement of the
slavery question beo.iim" the all-oh^orbin^
question. American citizen? from one end ol
the Republic to the other, were looking anx-
iously, and with the most intense interest, to
the final settlement ot this vexed question.
Senators were feeliu..' to? resp-m- m es
restilig opon them; and wure gi»nora'iy pre-
pared to meet tiie cri« < w.i'iu it. sh>•»!! c*
At th's (ja'ticnlar period, it, is told of Uon.
Ilunston, th.it lie rsmirkrd to seme oi his
j friends that he had just revived a I nter frum j
' home, slating t ii»i his ,vi:e was very n , K a. |
if lie e er expected to s-e her a;;a!i, thi;: s'd'i o:
the irravc, he must imtnedia'ely lisste., S > sm
He expressed much regret, that he was com
pelled to l«ave his seat at tU.-, pirtioaeir r.t:-
sis, for he wus anxious to demonstrate >•
Southern Brethren, that iio was a true South
erner and was not as some bad madly accus-
ed him, fishing lor the Northern nomination 'or
Presidency. Rut ho started forborne
and his voyage was exceedingly pleasant ano
uninterrupted, until he reached Houston,
where he was compelled to wait some tune ir,
consequence of the irregularity of the stages
While he was anxiously watching for the
stage, several of his political friendi approa-
ched him for the purpose of Inquiring the r.ews
from Washington City. But on arriving in
ihe vicinity of where he stood there was so
much of the I in his appearance, the really
pompons and with it a kind ol moving ot t.n
lips, that tl ey were awed into a respectful
d
urd 16:i
OlO. :
ijiiiin-it:
ihoii mi.,n h
coincidence
buri I • ci
Ti e t5'! :i i
j' I cm v;i
?i>e >nme t
> r fjoeisi.mri
to i'5it biic k
cd
: jierry.
Howbv.
• r'y p>,;
('c.Airoyed, L<iw
i•.s ;ranee. Thh
e s>-rveii the Ham-
U'.i. b-Ji iiv strange
■'valued £300.000^
\ here on
r a Fl'r^ht in-
itl pinuil fize*
woers,
Texan
for '..ia
.j.i
tii
,l,e State of Michigan, and to remove to the u>„ thoBftnd do„Rr,.
west of the MUwIppi river, And whereat ^ c.nthjnr ,mj „mp anJ (rarrison eqnip-
amorg other rtipulation it was agreed that ^ ^ horsp fquip[H(.n,3i on, hundred and
the rolled States should convey to said Indi- lhaogtnd . h, hundred and Mven,y one
a?,* a tract of conn'ry for tl.eir permanent doj]are
retilement ituhft Indian territory west of the
river to contain one hundred and > ^ eol,sit:iaf rf ffragc in
F«.r payments in lieu of clothing for offi- j freights, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase
cersf se rvants, thirty five thousand coven hun iand hire of horses, wagons, muies, oxen,
' carts, driiys, ships and other sea going vessel-
and boal ? for the transportation of supplies;
and for garrison purposes, drayage and cart-
age at 'Oi* several posts; hire of teamsters,
transportation of fundi for the pay and other
disbuiiAng departments, the expense* of sail,
ing puMic ttaneporls on the various mere, the
Gulf of Mexico, ar.d in the Atlaotie and Pa-
cific, «rd of procuring Water at with post aa,
from their situatiens, require it, OM Million
•even hundred and filly two thoMtnd and
forty (wo dallarc.
For the regaUr supply of th« Qaartermaa-
1 !• ard a f.nc s
S|-.rioL'.on tW first ;
ot leelares on
ly that si.euld ma:
Socialists dt-.-irc. 11",
other Sir!..m.
• i wi - a r.:;: u.'ar
iv.',»k i. ;'.. ii ,'ort? and
i ommercial prospects o'
. 11 Hi I.rrrOllt,
:» i. ' '-'riieui- In Dr.
, r ■ —, re oi a f-eriys
'S I' i li< ihinks right.
Ih; e i e ah, iis'.ed as the
wi.;v, eciil I ei.ome an-
tr ■ :,i 1.01 . hiU!s as the
best s&fegnard of r.- j I _ i. ■ n all c' ol der.
Iliship Hughes has not yet returned from
liis mission in uei.-r. ol a cardinal's iiat.
X
IT Jatr.es Wavnn We'ih, of tho New York
Courier an' 1 !H:;rr, fss lern sppnnwd
engineer in chief ol' th. - i of New York,
and Charles n Ste'son oi'aiteinias'er Genrr-.
al. Robert 0. Camphpll. President F limnre*,
private secretary, has also been appointed an.
Bolivia.—A pei-mnnent court martial wa-
sitting for the trial of conspirators. Colone'
Liffiina, President of the Sena'e, had been
found guilty as an accomplice in the attemp-
ted sssasination. and was shot on the 19th
ult Seven Deputies, leaders of the opposition
had been arrested, and it .vas feared would he
condemn 3d to the same fate, by the same
roort.
CT There are fifty-three newspapers and
periodicals in Tenesspe, of which 24 are
Whig. IS ar# Democratic, 9 are Religious, 5
Neutral 1 Agricultural, t Education, and 2
Temperarce.
stance from the Raman Senator, where they j Hid-de-cnmp.
listened with the m »t intense interest to the j
Mowing soliuqtiv : | nF Vrts:atA.-The Virjin!, papers
"I,General .Sam Honrtan, Senator i the j s'ate that tie white r,,n'mion of Eastern
United State Congress from the State of j Virginia will am it to 4C0 000, and of We..
Texas-the hero of the immortal field of hern Firgin'a to 4D 5.0C0. The entire ropn-
San Jacinto—the aathor of annexation—I.! a lal ion of i be State ,v.ll. it is said, be 1.400 000 .
the first,as well as thegieatest of men now in j Virginia will lose thro, mrml-ers of CorgrtM.
my adopted State, with the most flaterina pro- J hy tho new apportionment.
s-iects for the next Presidency, must remain
here, God only knows how Ions, wailing fnrj Deathof an Old S-itmss — An individnat'
theStarre to arrive, when my wife is not ex . t am.d 1-mi'li, an o'd Mexican soldier, who.
nected 'o liva one ;i>.tr. That woman to ; express l>,r Gen. Sentt. during the *>xican
whom I ought to feel ihe most grateful; f"r war, was loo, d dead on Monday morning the
it was her that saved me from the deep degru 30th ult., on It aly's whir.', in Baltimore,
datinn into w.ue i I bad w>t k snd first taught ; dead. He bid been wounded in the throat,
me liovv to aspire lor political distinclioo.; and had a sever tube to breathe through—
It was her that nerved me for the gieat strug- The mho was displaced when the body wa»
tie in which I am now engaged—she h.d me found; and be d».-i-i>n of t'ne inquest wae
,onk and as I looked W leap for tiw Pre? -" that tios produrr.) li s d.-aih. as be could Ml
Balorethie word was completed up r.'dc i!t- breathe w ithout tb - aid of the tube.
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