Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,796, Jonas Hodgkin, Mass. N.H. Vt.
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Service
Mass.
N.H.
Vt.

Hodgkin, Jonas   or Hodskins, Anna

Number  W. 25,796
B.L. Wt. 26039-160-55
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23.555 Act March 3, 185
March 29, 185
Anna Hodgkin widow
of Jonas Hodgkin Pri

Revolution Pension
[illegible] 53 4011

W:160 Act May 16/[illegible]
Boynton

Hon H. Bennett
Ho of Reps


Let to. H. Bennett Aug 6/55

NM
Feb 53 no. 4011
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33.230
New York Albany
Jonas 
Hodgkin decd
of ____ in the State of New York
who was a Private in the ____ commanded
by Captain ____ of the ____ commanded
by ____ in the Revolution
for 9 months
-
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
the rate of 30 Dollars 00 per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831, & ending
29 August 1844

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of
April 1834 and sent to
Hon H. Bennett House of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of ____ 
Semi-annual allowance ending ____
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H R Weightman on
Book A. Vol. 4 Page 33
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4011
New York, Albany
Anna Hodgkin
widow of Jonas Hodgkin NH
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
8th day of April 1854
and sent to
Hon. H. Bennett
House of Reps.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act 
February 3, 1853, Page 77 Vol. A
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Hon. H. Bennett Apr. 24 " /54,
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State of New York
County of Otsego 
At a County Court held
this 8th day of December 1853
Present, S.S. Bown County Judge
In open Court on this sixth day of November 1853 personally
appeared before Samuel N. Bown Judge of the County
Court for the County of Otsego in the State of New York
Anna Hodgkin a resident of the Town of New Lisbon
in the County & State aforesaid aged Seventy four years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States
passed 3d February 1853 that she is the widow
of Jonas Hodgkin who was a private in the war
of the Revolution was in the Battle of Brandywine
The declarant verily believes that her deceased husband
served in several different States and different terms
of enlistment the last was for the duration of the war
that he was with the army when it was disbanded
by Washington that he served 18 months in the
Massachusetts State troops that he served six
months at Pittsford That at some time he
served under a Capt Webber and Lieutenant
Hall. He served 3 months and 15 days under
Capt Peter Page Co Moses Nichols 1780
West Point NY. That he served in Vermont
1781 under Capt Nathan White Col Samuel
Fletcher's Battalion The place of residence when he
entered the service and other facts connected with this
case the Commissioner of Pension is respectfully referred
to the original Declaration made by the said
Jonas Hodgkin to the Department in 1838,or 
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonas Hodgkin on the
Twenty six day of September Eighteen hundred & seventeen that her said
husband died on the twenty ninth day of August Eighteen hundred & forty
four
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that she was not married to him prior to the second
of January eighteen hundred but at the time above
stated that there is no record of her marriage with the
said Hodgkins of his death except the notice in the
County paper which is herewith transmitted
She further declares that she is now a widow

Anna X Hodgkin her mark
Sworn and Subscribed before 
me in Open Court this
8th Day of December 1853
S.S. Bown
County Judge, Otsego County, N.Y.

I certify that by reason of old age & bodily
infirmities the said Anna Hodgkin is
unable to write her name, & therefore made her
mark as above appears
S. Bown
County Judge Otsego Co

STATE OF NEW YORK
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM T. FIELDS, Clerk of said County & of the county court [illegible] do certify that
S S Bown Esquire, was, on the
8th day of December 1858 a Justice of the Peace in and for
the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the
annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal
of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 8th day of December 1853
William C Fields Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Otsego
On this eighth day of May 1853
Personally appeared before Samuel S Bown Judge
of County Court for the County of Owego in the
State aforesaid  Morris Gilbert aged fifty six
years who being first duly sworn according to
law deposes and says that he resides in the
Town of Lawrence County and State aforesaid
and has been well acquainted with Jonas
Hodgkin and Anna his wife for thirty five
or forty years that said Hodgkin was always
reputed and believed to be a soldier of the Revolution 
the fact of his having so served has never
been questioned or doubted, to the knowledge
of this deponent and that he was present
when the said Anna Subscribed today 
making her mark and her oath to the
foregoing Declaration and that she is the
identical Anna Hodgkin who was the
wife and is now the widow of the said
Jonas Hodgkin And this deponent further
says he lived near neighbour to the said Jonas
Hodgkin at the time of his death and that deponent
attended his funeral that said Hodgkin died in the
Town of New Lisbon County and State aforesaid
in the latter part of the summer of 1844 to the last
of this deponents knowledge and belief his death occurred
on the twenty ninth day of August 1844
Morris Gilbert

Subscribed & Sworn in 4
Open Court before me this
8th Day of December 1853
S. S. Bown
County Judge,
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State of New York
County of Otsego
On this eighth day of December 1853
Personally appeared before Samuel S. Bown
Judge of the County Court for the County of
Otsego James Rathburn who being first duly
sworn according to law doth depose and say
that he has been acquainted with Jones
Hodgkin for fifty years that during that time
he has been reputed and believed to be a
Soldier of the Revolution deponent never heard
the fact of his having so served questioned or
doubted and that said Hodgkin died on the
twenty ninth day of August 1844 that deponent
attended the funeral of said Hodgkin that he died
in New Lisbon County and State aforesaid
deponent says he is well acquainted with Anna
Hodgkin was present when she had the foregoing
declaration and that she is the identical Anna 
Hodgkin who was the wife and is now the widow
of the said Jonas Hodgkin
Deponent resides in Laurence County and State
aforesaid is sixty years old 
James Rathbun

Subscribed & Sworn this
day of December 1853
in Open Court before me
S.S. Bown County Judge,

I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Anna Hodgkin, James Rathbun & Morris Gilbert
the persons who made the foregoing & annexed affidavits
before me, that they are & each of them is reputable
& worthy of full credit & belief
Dated December 1853
S. S. Bown County Judge Otsego County
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20.556
Anna Hodgkin
[illegible]
H Bennett
New Lisbon
[illegible]
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State of New York
County of Otsego
On this seventeenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally appeared before me Sylvester Guile A Justice
of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid State above
mentioned Anna Hodgkin aged Seventy five years a resident of
New Lisbon in the State of New York who being duly sworn
according to law declares that she is the identical Amer
Hodgkin who was the wife and is now the widow of Jonas
Hodgkin deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution
and for whose military services she the said Anne Hodgkin
widow of the said Jonas Hodgkin was placed upon the Pension
list under the act of 3d of February 1853

That she is unable to give the military service of the said
Jonas Hodgkin her deceased husband but refers the Comm of
Pensions to the evidence on file in the Pension department of
said service together with the proof of the Marriage of the said
Jonas and Anna and of his death

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty
land to which she may be entitled under the act granting
additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been
engaged in the military services of the United States" approved March 3rd
1855 And she further declares that she has not received a warrant for
County land under any act of Congress nor made any application
therefor than the one now presented
Anna X Hodgkin her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said Anna Hodgin who signed and executed the above declaration
and is now present is the identical woman who was the wife and is a
the widow of the said Jonas Hodgkin deceased and that she is of the
age above stated and that I have no interest in said claim and that the
said Anna made her mark to the above declaration [illegible]
as to write her name of

Sylvester Guile Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Otsego
Personally appeared Harmon Bennett and Ruth
Grover citizens of the said County and State aforesaid
who being duly sworn depose and say that they are
personally acquainted with Anna Hodgkin and that
she is the person now present who signs and execute the
within declaration by making her mark
Harmon Bennett
Ruth Grover
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of March
1855 and I certify that the said Harmon Bennett and
are credible and respectable citizens
Sylvester Guile Justice of the Peace

I certify that and S. Guile Esq Justice of the
Race of Otsego NY. his above signatures are
Genuine
H. Bennett M.C.
23.556
Anna Hodgkin
Mass
H Bennett
New Lisbon NY
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Jonas Hodgkin
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State of New York, Otsego County  Joseph Peck of 
the Town of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego
& State of N.Y. being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he
is well acquainted with Jonas Hodgkin of the town of New Lisbon
in the County of Otsego & State aforesaid & knows him to be a
man of of truth & respectability & that his statement
hereunto annexed & sworn & subscribed is entitled to
full credit & confidence-
Joseph Peck
Sworn & subscribed this
18th of October 1832-
Horace Lathrop, Clerk,Otsego County

Otsego County ss. I certify that on the 18th
day of Oct 1832 personally came before
to me Joseph Peck known to me as the 
person who subscribed the above affidavit
and made oath to the truth of the same
and that he is a man of respectibility and
that credit is to be given to his statement
I further certify that the name of David M Hard
was erased & that of Joseph Peck substituted before
the same who sworn
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Jonad Hodhkin

Horace Lathrop Clerk

the court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department
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State of New York
Otsego County ss: On this sixteenth
of October in the year one
thousand eight hundred & thirty two
personally appeared before the Court of
Common Pleas now sitting at the Court
house in the Village of Cooperstown in & for
the County aforesaid Jonas Hodgkin
resident of the Town of New Lisbon in
the said County & State aged Seventy one 
on the 20th day of July last past. Who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the pension
of the act of Congress passed June 1832

That he entered the army of the Revolution
as a Soldier in the year 1779 - and at different
times after that and served for the following
periods and under the following circumstances

That he enlisted at at Walpole in the State of
New Hampshire as a Soldier for the term
of three months in a company of Militia
under Capt Webber [illegible] about
the 15th of June 1779 - and marched with the
company to Fishkill in the State of N. York
and joined a Regiment of Militia and in a
Brigade under Gen Wayne -  and then
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Marched to Stoney Point and was there
on the 17th July at the time that place
was taken by the Americans under for
Wayne, and then went to West Point
in NY and was station there till his
him expired. Arnold had command
there at that time before Washington
Came and that he served out his time
and was discharged in writing which
is lost.

That about the first of May 1780 he again
enlisted at Walpole New Hampshire
Soldier in a company of State Militia
commanded by Capt Jotham White & Lieut
Hall for the sum of six months and
was mustered and drew arms & provisions
and the company then Marched to
Pittsford in Vermont and was Station
them at a Stockade fort till his time
expired during a part of which time he was
engaged in scouting and on one occasion
was of a scout that took an Indian. Was
out as a scout as often as one a week
and was discharged in the month of Novr
1780 and after he had served out his whole
him had a written discharge which he
has since lost-
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That in April 1781- again Enlisted at
[illegible]burgh about 30 Miles from Boston for
one year in a company of Massachusetts
State troops and marched to West Point
in N. York and arrived there in May 1781-
and joined at that place a Regiment of
Massachusetts State troops his Capt name
Bates, Gen McDougal had command
a part of the him while he was at West
Point and General Washington was there 
some of the time that he was stationed there
during his whole term of one year and
was regularly discharged in writing that
he has lost the same he was discharged
and went home in April 1782-

That he has no documentary evidence
of his service and knows of no person
now living by whom he can for
the same

and he hereby relinquishes any claim
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on
the pension Roll of any agency of any
State
That he was born in Grantam in Massachusetts 
& lived there till his Father moved 
to New Hampshire and lived in that
State till after the Revolution and then
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Jonas Hodgkin

and in the State of New York where
he has since resided. He has a record
of his age at home in the Family Bible
He refers for evidence of his character
to D.M. Hard & David Peck [illegible]
Crofts. Levi Jenks & John Cook 
Jonas Hodgkin
Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

We Levi Jenks residing in Lawrence in
the County of Otsego & State of New york
& John Cook of the same place certify
that we are well acquainted with Jonas
Hodgkin who has subscribed & Sworn
to the above declaration that we believe
him to be Seventy one years of age that
he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood 
where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur
in that opinion
Levi Jenks
John Cook
Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Horace Lathrop, John Cook
and the Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department
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In the matter of 
Jonas Hodgkin
a pensioner

A Cook [illegible]
Cooperstown NY
16010
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that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
solder and served as he states, and the court further
certify that it appears to them that levi Jenks & John
Cook are residents in the town of Laurens in the
County of Otsego & State of New York & are credible persons
and entitled to credit
J.O  Moore
E Frost
Seth Chase
Judges

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsepe
do certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings in the matter
of the application of James Hodgkin
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
of Office this 19th day of October
in the year 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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No. 16010
Jonas Hodgkin NY

A Cook Junior Agent
Cooperstown New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 183
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Jonas Hodgkin, of Otsego Co New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1777
Enlisted 1780
Enlisted 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
3 months
6 months
1 year

Rank of the Claimant
Private & Scout
Son

Names and Rank of the Company whom he served.
Capt Webber
Capt [illegible]
White 
Wall
Nann Bates

Names and Rank of the General
Genl Wayne
  "      Arnold
Genl McDugul
Genl Washington

Battles in which the applicant was engaged
Stoney Point

Country through which he marched
to Fishkill - to
Stoney Point
To West Point
 " Pittsford Vermont
to West Point

Place of abode when he entered and age
Walpole New Hampshire
Aged 71

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

some proof of the alleged service should be produced-

The applicant swears that his discharge is lost or destroy
and that he cannot produce a witness that he knows
of name it is not in his power to produce the same his case
is within the instructions and if rejected it must fail -  the applicant is an
honest man & has done all he [illegible] to establish his claim
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- of ---- & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. {a] the declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension." it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibly of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. the notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
Page 25

Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 25.796
Anna Hodgkin
Wid of
Jonas Hodgkin
Pri Rev War
---
Act Feb 3d 3 53
Index: Vol. A , Page 352

(Arrangement of 1870.}

[combined the left and right text}
Oct. 17 -1903 Hist to
Miss Ida E. Calhoun
Manistee Mich
Page 26

26.059

[illegible]
Page 27

16.010 
New York
Revol

Jonas
Hodgkin
Suspended
See letter to
A Cook 
8 August 1833
to A Cook 8 Sep 34
Act 7 June 1832

[written sideways over text]
sent to Joel Lull June 1835
"       " A Joy Apl 18.1846
Page 28

No 1258
In behalf of
Anna Widow of Jonas
Hodgkin 
Let to F Burt Feb 14/54
"  " Henry Bennett Feb 17/54 
Declaration of Jonas
Hodgkin copied & sent
Hon H. Bennett 27 Feb 54
Hon. H. Bennett 6th Apl 1854

Act Feb 3/55
Page 29

No. 1258
In behalf of Jonas Hudgkin's widow
Anna

Let to H. Bennett 29" June 1853

Act February 3/53
Page 30

Albany June 25th 53
Hon Com of Pensions
I wrote the Department
some time since asking in what
particular Jonas Hodgkins application
(under act of 1832, and made 33 or 4)
was defective I desire the names of officers
time and place of enlistment set forth
in that application
you would lay me under
very great obligation of you could furnish
me the information asked
before the close of the Legislature
Pleas direct to Harmon Bennett
Senate Chamber
Albany
Page 31

Please address
Harmon Bennett
Albany
Senate Chamber
Page 32

Albany May 25th 1853
L P Waldo Com of Pensions
Sir Jonas
Hodgkin applied under act of 1832 for
a Pension he was not placed upon the
Pension roll in 1844 he died having a
widow to whom he was married since
1800 she is still living poor and needy
anxious to obtain the benefits of the act
passed last winter in order to do so she
desires information from the department
in what particular the evidence was defective
Those now living who have known Jonas
Hodgkin from 25 to 40 years in Otsego have
no doubt of his having served in the
war of the Revolution

Will you be kind enough to inform
me in what particular his application on
was defective and whether from that application
or the name of his officers of the place where
he enlisted some recorded evidence of his
service could not be found
Respectfully Yours
Harmon Bennett
Page 33

Ovid March 23d 1846
Dear Sir

Will you please give me a copy of
the declaration of Jonas Hodgkin who made
application for a pension from New York
under the law of 1832 - . in 1833, I wish to try
to make out the pension for his widow, having been
duly appointed her agent
Respectfully
Your Obt Sent
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of. Pensions
Washington D. C
Page 34

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Sir
In the case of Jonas
Hodgkin- Please send me a certificate of
Pension for the time, partially proved &
recent evidence that is nine months + -
longer service is shown, we can give up
the certificate & get a new one - the
application is by his widow, Hodgkin was
Revolutionary Soldier & made a
declaration before he died, lived
at New Lisbon N.Y.
Yours 
H. Bennett
Page 35

Brief in the case of Jonas Hoskins, Decd
Otsego County and State of NY
act 7 June 1832 - also his widow act 3 Feb 1833
Claim, (original.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record proof of service
Proof of marriage living witness
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Hon H. Bennett
Name a residence of Agent
H of R

S Cole
Examining Clerk.
Page 36

Pension Office
April 6th 1854

Sir
Yours (without date) in relation to the claim of
Anna Hodgkin, widow of Jonas, has been received

Some additional evidence is still necessary to the final
adjudication of this claim. The date of the marriage
of Jonas and Anna has not been fixed with sufficient
certainty. The witnesses should show how they remember
it. When this has been done the claim will
be admitted

I have the honor to be,
very respectfully,
Your Obt St
L P Waldo
Commissioner

Hon. H. Bennett
House of Reps.
Page 37

New Lisbon Oct 30 1853
To the 3rd Auditor Pension Department

Sir Anna Hodgkin
widow of Jonas Hodgkin deceased made
application with the fees to the Secretary of Mass for evidence of
the service of her late husband in the war of the
Revolution in reply the inclosed written statement
was returned in reply referring her to the Department
under your charge Jonas Hodgkin had lived
in Otsego many years no one doubted but
that he had served in the war of the Revolution
Made his Declaration 1833 or 34 rejected by
the Department The enclosed letter kindly
forward to me by the Com of Pensions
will in a measure explain the reasons for
its rejection" He claims for three months
service in New York under Capt Walker
I have the certificate of the Secretary of
New Hampshire showing that he did
serve as he alleges three months and
fifteen days in N.Y .not under Capt Webber
nor in 1779 but under Capt Peter
Pages [illegible] company
Page 38

and Colo Moses Nichols Regiment
time of entering the Service July 6th 1780
discharged Oct 20th. This item proves one thing
that the old man though mistaken as to
in the year and the names of the officers
confounding perhaps in this instance
with those he served under in other
places was not withstanding honest as to
the time and correct as to place this 3 months
and 15 day he served as he alledged at
West Point N.Y.

It is believed the last time he enlisted
for term or continuance of the war once that
Bounty Land was awarded him

That he served in Mass as he alleged
there is no doubt but the Col. name
or the other officers under whom he served
cannot be named with any certainty
Pleas address your
reply to

Henry Bennett
New Berlin
Chenango Co
NY
Page 39

Pension Department
Copy of a letter
To Joel Lull

John L Hadley
Sec of State
Page 40

Pension Office
June 29th 1853

Sir
The following copy of a letter addressed
to the attorney of Jonas Hodgkin, under
date of June 1st 1835 will inform you of
the State of his application for pension at
that time, and there has been no evidence
filed since
Joel Hull Esqr,
Laurens Otsego Co New York

Sir
In reply to yours of the 24th ult
respecting the claim of Jonas Hodgkin,
I have to state that you must be mistaken
when you say that "it is known he served
six years in the revolutionary war and
was in the action of Brandywine" He
was a resident of New Hampshire. During the
war, and alleges no service prior to
1779, He claims for 3 months service in the
State of New York under Captain Webber
in 1779, which is discredited by the fact
Page 41

that Captain Webber was not at that time in
service in New York and Hodgkin is not
on Webbers roll in 1779. He also claims for
six months service in 1780 at Pittsford
under Captain White and Lieunt Hall
The latter is still living at Castleton, and
his testimony is indispensibly necessary
in relation to this item. The other allegation 
of 12 months service from April 1781
in the Massachusetts State troops, should
be established by the certificate of the
Secretary of the State of Massachusetts &c

It will be perceived by
the above that the case was suspended on
the ground of insufficient evidence of service,

If the widow intend making application
under the act of Feb 3d 1853 she 
must besides perfecting proof of Marriage,
widowhood, death of husband identity &c
as required by the inclosed circulars furnish
evidence of service as indicated in the
above extract
Page 42

Very Respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner

Harmon Bennett Esq
Albany
New York
Page 43

Letter of Com
Waldo
Page 44

Pension Office,
July 19",
Sir
The additional evidence relating to
the claim of Anna Hodgkin, has been carefully 
examined and it satisfactorily appears
that the soldier on account of whose
Military services she claims a pension, actually
served nine months, Twelve months addi
tional service however is claimed for him
in the Mass State troops. This may be proven
by the Military rolls of that State, although
a certificate from the office of the Secretary
of State, shows an examination for that
purpose to have taken place. The rolls
of the troops of the Mass Line for the years
1781 & 1782, are not in the City of Washington
and are thought to be in his office, the
papers received are in form and the proof
of Marriage & identity very well established
The aforesaid claim is therefore suspended
to enable you to file the necessary proof,
Her claim will be admitted upon the service
of nine months, if no other can be proven,

Very Respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner

Henry Bennett, 
New Berlin
NY
Page 45

New Berlin
Chenango Co. N.Y.
Oct 30th /33.
Henry Bennett
Recd Novr 4th /53,
Answed same day

Jonas Hudgkin
Revy War

Respectfully referred
to the Commissioner
of Pensions and the
writer so informed
Auditors  Office
Nov 4' 1853,
Sam'l S Rind
acting Auditor

[illegible]
Page 46

16014
Jonas Hodgkin, dec
NY
Act 7 June 1832

All 9 mos pri $30 per
Annum [illegible] 4 March 1831
& end 29 Augt 1844, payable
to Anna Hodgkin his
widow
---
also Act 3 Feb 1833
$30 per annum [illegible]
3 Feb 1843

Albany
Hon H Bennett
H of R
Page 47

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office
I do hereby certify, That from an examination
of the Books and Documents, relating
to Military Services in the war
of the Revolution, which remain in this
office, it appears that the name of Jonas
Hodgkin is borne upon a "Pay Roll
for Capt Peter Pages Company of Militia
in Colo. Moses Nichols Regiment, which
Regt was raised by the State of Hampshire
to join the continental Army for the defence
of West Point 1780", as a private in said
Company Time of Entry, July 6, 1780
time of discharge, Oct 20; Time in service
3 months 15 days

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the State
this 8th day of September 1853
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
Page 48

STATE OF VERMONT
---
Office of the Secretary of State.
Montpelier, November 3, 1853

I hereby certify that there is on file in this office
a "True List of (the names and sums of) Capt Jotham
White's Pay Roll of himself and Company in the service of
the State of Vermont, from the beginning of service in the
campaign of 1781 to the 30th of June said year inclusive
taken from the original Pay Roll in the Paymaster's Office"
on which Roll is the name of "Jonas Hodgkin" with an
allowance of L1.5.4. for service as a private: the time
is not stated except as above. The wages of privates was
L2 per month.

Also, ""A Pay Roll of Capt Jotham White's
Company in Col. Samuel Fletcher's Battalion in the service
of the State of Vermont from the first day of July 1781 to
the 19th of Dec. 1781, inclusive; On which Roll is the
name of "Jonas Hodgkin", with an allowance for 148 days
service as a private, commencing July 1st and ending
November 25th

Given under my hand and the seal of this
office this 3d day of November A.D. 1833
Ferrand F Merrill
Secretary of State
Page 49

State of New York
County of Otsego ⎬ ss
On this 16th day of December 1833 personally
appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the
Peace duly authorized by law to administer
oaths within and for the County of Otsego in
the State above mentioned Betsey Gifford who
being duly sworn according to law deposes &
says that she is Forty Six years old resides in
Oneonta County and State aforesaid that deponent
formerly resided in Lawrence County aforesaid was
acquainted with Jonas Hodgkin and Anna
his wife that some thirty five or six years since
deponent was present at the Marriage of the
said Jonas Hodgkin & Anna Glover that the
said Anna & Jones were married at the house
of James Rathburn in the Town of Laurence
County aforesaid
Betsey Gifford
Subscribed to affirmed
by the affiant this 16th day
of December, 1853, before me
A G Shaw Justice Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
A.G. Shaw Esquire, was, on the
16th day of December 1853 Justice of the Peace in and for
the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the
annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal
of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 16th day of December
1853
Wm C Fields
Page 50

State of New York
County of Otsego
On this 3d day of January
1854 Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer
oaths within the County aforesaid in the State
above mentioned Joel Grover who being first
duly sworn according law deposes and says
that he is fifty years old resides in the Town of
New Lisbon County and State aforesaid
that he has been acquainted with Jonas Hodgkin
and Anna his wife for forty years, that the
said James and Anna were married twenty six
day of September 1817 in the Town of Lawrence
County aforesaid by William Hazlep a Justice
of the Peace that the name of the said Anne
previous to said Marriage was Ann Grover
That they were married at James Rathbuns
That deponent was present and saw the said
Jonas Hodgkin Anna Hodgkin married that the
said Jonas Hodgkin died on the 29th day of
August 1844 and that the identical Anna Hodgkin
who now makes her declaration is the identical
person who was the wife and is now the widow
of the said Jonas Hodgkin
Joel Grover

Subscribed and sworn before me the day and
year above written and I hereby certify that I am
well acquainted with Joel Grover who makes the
above affidavit that he is a man of good moral
character and entitled to full credit and belief
Sylvester Guile Justice Peace
Page 51

STATE OF NEW YORK,
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
Sylvester Guile Esquire, was, on the
3rd day of January 1854 a Justice of the Peace in and for
the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the
annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal
of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 14th day of January
1854
Wm C Fields Clerk
Page 52

Jonas Hodgkin
Further proof of service
A Cook Jr. Atty
Cooperstown NY
Page 53

State of New York
EssexCounty
On the 22 day of November 1833 personally came
before me Walcott Tyrel, a Justice of the Peace
Elected for the Town of Schroon in said County
David Stoel a resident of Schroon aged 75 years
being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith
that he resided in the Town of Walpole Newhampshire
in the year 1780 and that he was personally acquainted with
James Hodgkin and in the spring of that
year be understood that said Hodgkin had
enlisted for six months and he understood
that he had marched to West Point be was
knowing to his having been gone all that summer
and did not return until late in the fall
and after his return said Hodgkins told him
that he had been a soldiering to West Point.
That in the year 1781 he was knowing to said
Hodgkin going a soldiering to Pittsford he
thinks said Hodgkin started in the month of 
April and he should think he was gone 
Eight months he understood at the time said
Hodgkins had enlisted for eight months and
it was late in the fall when he returned
David Stoel

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 22 day of
November 1833
Walcott Tyrrel  Justice Peace
I do hereby certify that David Stoel who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
affidavit is a credible witness
Walcott Tyrrel  Justice Peace
Page 54

State of New York
Essex County ss I Leonard Stow Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby 
certify that Wolcott Tyrrel before whom the within affidavit purports to 
have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the
credibility of Jemima Lanford was at the date of the same a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected & sworn. And further I
am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe
his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the certificate of
of credibility aforesaid to be his genuine signature and hand writing
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty of third day of
November in the year 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
Page 55

State of New York
Essex County      ⎬

I Samuel Stow Clerk of the County of Essex
do hereby certify that Wolcott Tyrrel whose name is
subscribed to the within certificate of the
credibility of David Stoel and before whom the
within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at
the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for
said County duly elected & sworn. And further I
am well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed 
to the said affidavit and certificate to be his genuine
signature and hand writing (and certificate [illegible])

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix
seal of office this 23d day of November in the year 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk

Jonas Hodgkin
Further proof of service
A Cook Jr Atty
Cooperstown New York
Page 56

State of New York
Essex County 
On this 22 day of November 1833 personally came
before me Walcott Tyrrel a Justice of the peace
Elected for the Town of Schoon in said County
Jemima Lanford a resident of the Town of Schoon
aged 68 years being duly sworn according to Law
deposeth and sayeth that in the year 1780 she
resided in the Town of Walpole State of Newhampshire
that in the spring of said year a recruiting officer
same to her fathers house to enlist soldiers and
Jonas Hodgkin said that he had enlisted for six
or eight months (is not positive which), and the
recruiting officer told her that Jonas Hodgkin was
enlisted, in a few days after said Hodgkin told
Her that he was called on to march and she
helped fix him out for the campaign in making
Cloaths &c he started she thinks in the month of
May and did not return until after the snow
had fallen the next fall
Jemima X Sanford her mark

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 22 day
November 1833
Walcott Tyrrel Justice Peace

I do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Jemima Lanford who
sworn to the foregoing affidavit and she
is a credible witness
Walcott Tyrrel Justice Peace
Page 57

FREE
J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington

12 March 1834
addl [illegible] for
Jonas Hodgkin
Page 58

D Sir
The claim of Jonas Hodgkin was suspended
for further proof & his papers [illegible] on file
I forward the within affts. which have been
[illegible] at great trouble & are all that he
can procure.  there is no other or further proof
in his power. I hope his case will again be
examined & merit a favorable
determination: Have the goodness to let me
know soon.
Cooperstown
6 March 1834

Yours Respectfully

A. Cook Jr
Page 59

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
Page 60

Hon. Lewis Cass
The enclosed papers have
been returned to me from the pension officer
with a direction that some proof of service
should be produced. Three of the cases are
applications of Militia & State troops [illegible] and they
have no proof except Traditionary evidence
and as they all comply fully with the instructions
of the Department and produce the best evidence
in their power-- I see no reason why they should not
[illegible] -  if the Department are to require the
the evidence of a surviving witness in all cases
then there application must fail they have done
all they can do-
In the other can the applicant presents in proof of
his service a Discharge which he [illegible] from
[illegible] Gen. Henry Jackson in June 1784 and
why his papers are here I cannot understand
I return the papers to you & desire your personal
examination of them in the full belief that the
reasons assigned by the Clerk who examined the
papers for their return, will not be approved by
the department, and that it is [illegible] on
his part from the instructions of the Department
in such cases
Cooperstown
May 24-- 1833
Yours  Respectfully
A. Cook Jr
Page 61

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C

Dear Sir
Will you please
give me a statement of the 
military history of the  two
following Revolutionary
Soldiers Jonas Hodskin
and Henry Hodskin? The
name is also spelled
Page 62

Hodgeskins, Hodgskin
and perhaps in other ways
Thanking you sincerely
for your courtesy, I am
Very respectfully yours
(Miss) Ida E. Fulham
Manistee, Mich.
Oct. 6th, 1903
Page 63

[newspaper page only the circled section is transcribed}
[illegible] 29th Sept 1844
Another Revolutionary Patriot has fallen Died at his residence in New Lisbon on the 29th ult MR. JONAS HODSKINS at the age of 84 years. Mr. Hodskins enlisted in the service of the Revolutionary War at the age of 16 years and remained in actual service five years. Was at the battle of Brandywine Creek under Gen. Washington, and saw Gen. LaFayette wounded and carried from the field of battle. He acted a most conspicuous part in many of the scenes during our struggle for freedom, and was permitted to live to a goodly old age to enjoy the blessings thereof-and the numerous relatives and friends left behind. We have the consolation of reflecting that he lived the life of a Christian, and died esteemed by all who knew him.
Page 64

[Part of newspaper page, top cut off]
Column 1
Holy alliance in the field against us. The alliance of England and France, formed in 1815, to repress liberty where it might be found, has been re-organized and renewed, and its first steps is to limit the territorial possessions of the United States.
Resolved, That we hold a duty upon foreign imports to be the most practicuble method of supporting the government: and that the amount to be levied should be determined by the estimates required for its efficient administration, after deducting all the revenue derived from the public lands and incidental courses; that in levying such duties, a wise discrimination should be made, so as to foster, protect and encourage American industry.
Resolved, That the credit system of the Democracy is that which attaches to probity, integrity, industry, skill, and real merit, and which is as much earned as out daily bread. The Whig credit system is an artificial device to withdraw true credit from property and industry, and to make a monopoly of it for speculators and overtrades, who seek to make merchandize of other men's property and draw to themselves the fruit of other men's labors.
Resolved, That the Land Distribution and the assumption of State Debts, two of the leading Whig measures, are mercenary and bribing in the character to the States and Nation; and their high protective Tariff, taxing the people to build up a moneyed aristocracy, forcing the money from the pockets of one class of citizens into those of another, is a deception to the producing classes, and a deep fraud upon the rights of man.
Resolved, That the gratitude of the nation is due to Gen. Jackson, for taking the public moneys out of the safe keeping of Mr. Biddle and his Exchange Committee; and that the echoes and re-echoes of "Removal of the Deposites," which resounded thro' the country for years, have strengthened our affections for that Statesman and Soldier, and have awakened the people to a just sense of the enormities perpetrated by that defunct Institution.
Resolved, That we cordially respond to the nominations made at the Democratic Baltimore Convention and at the Syracuse Convention. That we rely upon our principles and the unity and harmony of the party to preserve us from Whig domination. That with POLK and WRIGHT at the head of the respective Governments, our cause is safe. They have our confidence; nay, more; they have our hearts, and shall have the labor of our heads and hands, to place them in the high station to which they have been unanimously nominated.
Resolved, That we go for the regular Conventions, organizations, and nominations of the Democratic Party; that a personal preference or a personal disappointmeet as to men, as no just cause for disorganization or desertion on the part of the minority. On this ground we stand, free to discuss beforehand; but if disappointed in our personal wishes, we are ready to come cheerfully into the support of the regularly and fairly nominated candidates. An opposite course, is to retreat in the face of an enemy, or go over to him, because we personally dislike our General, tho' we know him to be faithful and true to the cause.
Resolved, That, in the course of the Hon. J. E. Carey, our Representative on Congress, we recognize the policy of the Democratic Government, as established and approved by Jefferson, cherishing Agriculture, Protecting Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, extending Commerce, and extinguishing the Public Debt: and we approve of his fidelity to our cause and principles.
Resolved, That the foregoing sroceeding be published in the Freeman's Journal and in the democratic papers of Albany.  E.B.MOREHOUSE, Pres't, A. G. ELY. F. B. CARPENTER,Secretaries
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The Democratic Gathering at Unadilla.

The meeting of the Democracy on Wednesday, the 18th installment., was probably the largest that ever took place in the village. The day was unusually fine, and the long processions as they moved through the streets, produced a grand and inspiring effect. Six, four, and two horse teams, in great numbers, overshadowed the green hickories, interpreted with flags and banners, and crowded with people, whose repeated shouts in answer too the huzzas of the multitudes that thronged the street, gave great  animation to the scene. Among the turn-outs, particularly worthy of notice, was the big team from Centre Creek, consisting of a huge vehicle filled with a multitude of men, and drawn by eighteen yoke of oxen. It was covered with hickory boughs, a tall tree ring from the centre, and looked like a moving forest. The Spartan Band from Mt. Upton, in'n six horse team, overshadowed with a mighty star spangled banner, made the air vocal with their songs; they are a noble set of fellows and deserve the thanks of the Democracy for their gallant bearing. A huge banner from Unadilla Centre was much noticed; it represented the "white eagle of Tennessee," coming down upon the four legged emblem of whiggery, whose imploring attitude and uplifted paws, as well as the label issuing from his mouth, showed conclusively that he was a "gone coon" On the next banner was a drawing of the steamboat Henry Clay, steam up, ready for her departure to Salt River, with this motto: "The blustering whigs will please to remember, That the boat for salt river sails in November." Another was significantly inscribed "make way, for the Huge Paws are coming;" which was appropriately followed with this; "Within the space of two short moons We'll clear the land of all the coons." The Delawares and Chenangos came in great numbers and imposing army. The Oneontas, headed by their noble band, called forth much admiration. The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed by the Hon. S. S. Bowne, who for two hours held the audience in profound attention. He was followed by A.K. Maynard, Esq. of Chenango, and J. B. Steele, Esq. of Oneonta, whose efforts were received with great applause.
A fine spirit of enthusiasm pervaded the great ass, and the names of Polk & Dallas, Wright
& Gardiner, were received with immense cheering by the assembled thousands. Isaac Hayes presided, assisted by twenty Vice-Presidents. The committee on resolutions, Messrs. G.H. Noble, H. Hunt and W. Waters, reported the following:
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ties, and have proved conclusively, as we think, that the only real friends of the wool grower are to be found in the democratic ranks. We have shown that large quantities of the low priced wool from other countries are annually imported under the nominal duty of 5 per cent or three mills per pound, which is all that is demanded by the present tariff; and we have shown that if a suitable duty---such as one as JAMES K. POLK voted for while in Congress--- were imposed upon this quality of wool, it would enhance the price of the article and enable the wool grower to derive some little benefit from the tariff of 1842. We have shown, too, that repeated attempts were made by the democratic members of Congress in 1841 and 1842 to establish a higher rate of duty upon this species of wool, and that every such attempt was voted down by the whigs.  
We have on more than one occasion, too, alluded to the course pursued by the Hon. SILAS WRIGHT, and contrasted his noble and generous conduct with that of the whigs, who were determined if possible to defeat his plans for protecting owners of the common breeds of sheep, and who were, unfortunately, powerful enough to accomplish their designs. And to show that we were not mistaken in the position we assumed, we now extract from the journal of the Senate a portion of the proceedings, while this subject was before that body: 
"Mr. Choate and Mr. Simmons (whigs) endeavored to show that the coarse wools from abroad do not come into competition with the wool grower here."
"Mr. Wright maintained that it did come directly in competion with a large class of growers of coarse wools in this country."
"Mr. Wright moved to strike out the duty of five per cent, on unmanufactured coarse wool, and insert twenty per cent.
Messrs. Choats and Simmons opposed the amendment, and endeavored to show that there was no competition in coarse wools."
"Mr. Wright replied, showing that there was, and alluded to numerous petitions for protection on coarse wools of this description."
The question was taken and decided in the negative:
YEAS-- Messrs. Allen, Bagley, Benton, Bachanan, Cutbert, King, Linn, Phelps, Preston, Rives, Sevier, Smith of Conn., Smith of Inda., Sturgeon, Williams, Woodbury, Wright, Young--18. 15 democrats.
NAYS-- Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Cratts, Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Huntington, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Porter, Simmons, Sprague, Tallmadge, White--21. All whigs.
Let our farmers remember,--for a large majority of them are deeply interested in this subject--that the motion of Mr. Wright to increase the duty to 20 per cent, was lost because the whigs refused to support him, and that the 5 percent duty was retained, and now forms a part of the law. Let them remember too, that Millard Fillmore, the gubernatorial candidate of the whigs of this State, was selected by them, more for the part he took in framing and advocating the present law, 5 per cent duty and all, than for any other act he has ever performed; and remembering all this, they cannot hesitate in choosing for whom they will vote, if they wish their own interest cared for and protected.
HURRAH FOR POLK!
The book was opened at the weigh master's office, in the city, at noon, on Saturday, Aug 24th, and kept open one week, or until noon on the 31st, in which the captains of boats, each for himself, entered a mark under the head of Polk, Clay, or Birney. The footing stood, sat the end of the time, for Polk, 408, for Clay 207, for Birney 11. Majority for Polk over Clay 201. That's the way the thing is going.--Utica Democrat
GEORGIA--Among the many significant evidences of the increasing power of the democratic influence in this State, is the fact that six of the Harrison Electors in1840, are now doing zealous battle for Polk and Dallas. Here are their names: JOHN W. HOOPER, HOWELL COBB, MARSHALL WELBORN, THOMAS,STOCKS, GEORGE R. GILMER, WM. N. BISHOP. The Savannah Georgian, which announces these changes, speaks in the following confident terms: "We have been surprised and mortified to see some of the Democratic papers in the Union giving Georgia to the whigs. We can assure them--honestly, calmly, truthfully assure them, that she is SAFE for Plok and Dallas, and that too by a large, a very large majority."
A list of the names and political preferences of the Captains of boats on the Chenango Canal, has been kept at the inspector's office in West Utica, for the last month, with the following result--for Polk 50; for Clay 11. Coonery is rather scarce on the canals. 
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Otsego County Medical Society.
At the last annual meeting of the New York State Medical Society , a Circular was prepared and sent to the several County Societies, pointing out the deficiencies of the present Laws regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery, and requesting that the same might be laid before the Societies for their consideration. In the County of Oswego, the subject was referred to a committee, who made the following Report, which was unanimously adopted by the Society.
REPORT
The committee appointed to report upon the proposition of the State Medical Society, for petitioning the Legislature of this State for certain alterations in the general law regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery, respectfully report,--
That they have examined the subject with all the care and attention which its great importance seemed to them to demand, and are unanimously op\f opinion, that the hon or of the Profession and the best interests of the community, require alterations and modifications of the existing laws.
Your committee will not attempt to give a minute history of all the legislative enactments within the State, in its collective wisdom has seen fit from time to time to adopt; nor do they deem it important at this time to call into question the motive in legislatures in building up and again pulling down the works of their own rearing. They beg leave, however, to say, that when they hear learned Senators in our legislative hall, talking of the Medical Faculty- the regularly educated and licensed Physicians and Surgeons of this State- as "a monopoly, which has long existed, even to the disgrace of the State, and the age of civilization in which we live"; when they see in the public documents, the official reports of grave legislator, such indubitable evidence of a state of things so fast bordering on vandalism, as the following sentence from a late legislative document contains:-- "The study of the healing art may be pursued to as great advantage by the enquiring and enlightened mind by reading the great book of nature, which a wise and bountiful Providence has spread before him, and obtain from it as great a knowledge of the healing qualities of the roots and plants, flowers and leaves , which God has designed for the healing of the people, as can be obtained from the study of musty books in the halls of the institutions of Materia Medica; and having acquired this knowledge, and proved the efficacy of his botanical preparations, he is as much entitled to the confidence of the public, and should be allowed the same privilege to receive compensation for his services, as is granted to the licensed practitioners." When they see and hear such sentiments emanating from high official functionaries, they must be permitted to say that they have great reason to distrust the intelligence of the age. Your committee are aware that it has become very fashionable of late, with individuals who know no better, the speak of roots and herbs as the exclusive property of the Botanic Physicians; but they were not prepared to expect from the honorable and high minded men, filling the dignifies station of lawmakers, such gross ignorance or wilful perversion of plain matter of facts the the regular Faculty were not required to give evidence by a rigid and scrutinizing examination, before a competent Board, of a thorough knowledge of Botany, and the medicinal properties of every root that grows, every plant and flower that expands, before they could receive a diploma to practice. They are well aware that many weal minded, though well meaning, individuals in the community, believed that all the medicines of the Apothecary were derived from the mineral kingdom, and were therefore dangerous, poisonous snd unsafe; but they had not supposed it possible that any member of either branch of our august legislature, could be so destitute of general intelligence as not to know that the member of the regular Faculty use more "of the roots and plants, flowers and leaves, which God has designed for the healing of the people," than the self-styled "Botanic Physicians"; and with this plain and palpable distinction,--the former, within full knowledge of their botanical, chemical and there-
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standard of medical education in this State; and to this end they recommend, in accordance with the recommendation of the State Medical Society, that the Legislature be petitioned to sos alter and modify the existing laws as to leave the Societies judges of the qualification of members, giving them the right to receive by a two-third vote such individuals only as shall have complied substantially with the provisions of the 16th, 17th and 19th sections of title 7, part 1, chap. 14, of the Revised Statutes of this State. They are of opinion that the 1st and 2nd sections of the said title are rendered unnecessary by the Act of the 6th May last, and should be repealed; and the 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th sections relating to the arraignment and  trial of members, should be so modified as to leave the Medical Societies judges in the matter of the worthiness of member, giving them, without the intervention of th[e ju]diciary, the power of expulsion by a two-thirds vote, with the privilege to the accused of appeal to the State Medical Society. 
The Act of the 6th May last, repealing the 22nd sec. of the said title, "and all the laws of this State which prohibit any person from recovering by suit or action any debt or demand ar[ising] form the practice of Physic or Surgery, or a compensation for services rendered in attending or prescr[ibin]g for the sick," it is presumed is sufficiently [broad to ] enable regularly licensed Physicians to recover [com]pensation for services rendered, without com[pelli]ng them to file a copy of their diploma in the [off]ice of the County Clerk, or requiring a certificat[ion of] membership from the President of a County Medical Society. And as there are doubtless some licensed Physicians who think it a hardship to comply with these requisitions; and many unquestionably where the Societies would deem it even a greater hardship to be compelled to receive; there can be no good reason for retaining upon the Statute book so useless a requisition
So in regard to the expulsion of members-- the pecuniary rights of an expelled member cannot be affected by such action; and the right of appeal to the State Medical Society, it is believed, will sufficiently protect him against any injury which his moral character or professional acquirements may sustain by such action.
With regard to licensing power, your committee perceive there is some diversity of opinion. That this gran avenue should present a bold and imposing front; that its portals should be so effectively barred and guarded as to prevent the intrusion or admission of incompetent or unworthy members; none are willing to deny. But that the degree of Doctor of Medicine has been manufactured at so cheap a rate in some of our Medical Schools, that it has lost much of its original value; and that the Diplomas of many of our County Societies have been so freely and indiscriminately granted to very incompetent and unqualified persons, as seriously impair even the prima facia evidence which a sealed parchment has ever been held to contain, every intelligent member of the profession, it is believed, however unwelcome the truth, is free to admit.
How to remedy this great and increasing evil; how to elevate the character of the Profession, and compel all its members to come up to a uniform, a dignified and honorable standard,--is the great question which occupies the minds, and is calling forth the energies and efforts of such of its members as wish to see it brought back to its original high and commanding eminence, and rescued from irretrievable wreck and ruin.
The examining and licensing power of the Sate, is at present vested in some seventy Boards, composed of more than three hundred and fifty individuals, scattered throughout the whole length and breadth of the State; rarely meeting in greater numbers than some five or six, to confer upon the important trust committed to their care; and perhaps seldom looking beyond the precincts of their own County for the consequences of slight, superficial and cursory examinations. often very possibly influenced by person friendship or partiality either for the candidate or his preceptor, to give recommendation to individuals, whom, under other circumstances, their better judgement would have compelled them to reject.
In such a state of things, it is not surprising that the qualification and accomplishments of the members of the profession are so far from being uniform, and in many instance lack respectability.
To remedy this defect, the State Society, at its last annual meeting, directed the standing Corresponding Committee to enquirer into the expediency of separating entirely the business of Teaching and Licensing, and lessening the number of Boards for examining and licensing candidates. That Committee have , in a published Circular set forth the changes which they intend to recommend, and upon which they wish an expression of the views and opinions of the Profession generally, and of the different County Medical Societies particularly, previous to the next annual meeting of the State Society. Your Committee, therefore, in accordance with the above views, as leave to offer the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the members of the Medical Society of the County of Otsego, and unanimously of opinion that the 1st and 2nd sections of title 7, part 1, chapter 14, of the Revised Statutes of this State out to be repealed; and that the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th sections of the same title, should be so modified as to leave the members of the Societies judges of the qualifications and worthiness of member, with the power of admission and expulsion without the intervention of the Judiciary. 
Resolved, That the members of this Society, for the purpose of producing greater uniformity in the qualifications and accomplishments of members of the profession, are willing to surrender the right of appointing Censors for the examination of candidates for license; and that they approve of the resolutions of the standing Corresponding Committee of the State Society, as they are set forth in the Circular of the Chairman of said Committee, Dr. N.S.Davis, except so much as requires an Essay upon some Medical subject, written in the French and German languages.
All of which is respectfully submitted. JENKS S. SPRAGUE, SUMNER ELY, ARIEL SPAFARD, JOHN HANNAY, A.E.METCALF, } Committee
Dated August 21st, 1844
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Brethen of Oneida! of Herkimer and Montgomery, come also, and exchange congratulations and witness out enthusiasm. Come one and all! We promise you no "$2 per day and roast beef," but we promise you a hearty welcome.
Committee.--Calvin Underwood, Levi N. Caswell, Ira Palmer, Hamilton Baker, Harry G. Harden, Leander Plumb, George Thomas, J.H. Gray, J. Sprague, J.P.Sill, George Herkimer, Timothy Herkimer, Alvan Barrus, P. White, O.C. Chamberlain, Daniel W. Clark, Seth Hubbard, William Taylor. August 29th, 1844
Hickory Raising at Cherry Valley.
The Democrats of the Town f Cheery Valley will raise the Hickory Pole in the Village on Tuesday, the 24th instant, at 12 o'clock M.
Democrats of the adjoining Towns are invited to attend.
The meeting will be addressed by several popular public speakers. By order of Dem. Association Cherry Valley, Sept.10.
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The removal of suffering has been the object of the philanthropist in every age of the World, but the true principles of treating disease progressed but slowly for many thousand years owing to the limited means of acquiring knowledge; but since the introduction of the printing press and steam engine it may be generally said,"Light has dawned upon the world," and the man of the nineteenth century
posesses advantages which his fathers never did.-- In the general diffusion of knowledge, remedies have been sought after and discovered in the beautiful storehouse of the vegetable creation exactly calculated to combine with, neutralize and dispel the subtle poison which diffuses itself throughout the general system and prostrate man to the dust.-- Sand's Sarsaparilla, a purely vegetable preparation, had been thoroughly tested in a variety of diseases, and is, from experience, known to be safe and effectual cure for Seratuin or Enlargement of the Glands, Leprosy Salt Rheum, Seald Head, Eczema, Rheumatism, Palpitation of the Heart, and other diseases originating in the impure or depraved state of the blood or derangement of the digestive organs. The proprietors are daily receiving written testimonies, giving interesting details of its extraordinary virtues. Original manuscripts of various Certificates, Letters of Clergy, Magistrates and Laity, all affirming the previous sentiments, re constantly received and will be cheerfully exhibited on application.--Facts are recorded sufficiently clear and convincing to satisfy the most incredulous of the real merits of this invaluable medicine.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence of its superior value and efficacy, see pamphlets, which may be obtained of agents gratis. P. ROOF Agent.
WHAT HAS CAUSED THIS GREAT COMMOTION OUR COUNTRY THROUGH.--It is Sherman's Medicated Lozenges, the fame of which has spread form Maine to Georgia, and from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains--all over the land wherever a mother has a noisy or troublesome child, Dr. Sherman's Worm Destroyer is enquired after and resorted to--the trouble is removed, the child becomes endurable, and whenever a child is suffering from worms when it gets a taste of the Lozenge, and feels the relief it produces, it begins to cry for more. The very worms themselves kick up a dust about them whenever they re used; wherever Sherman's Cough Lozenges are known no medicine is so earnestly sought after, because it costs but little money and gives great relief even in the most inveterate cases. Rev. Mr. D Forrest, Rev. Mr Eastmond, Rev. Mr. Streeter, and a host of persons of the first respectability, have given in the testimony concerning them and they say there is no medicine like them, and the Camphor Lozenges are equally surprising --who ever heard of the most severe cases of headaches being cured in a few minutes. Yet such is the fact when Sherman's Camphor Lozenges are used. Palpitation are also quieted, nervousness and depressions of spirits removed, and affections of the bowels permanently cured , and Rheumatism, pain and weakness in the back, chest, side, legs, arms and various parts of the body, is cured by Sherman's Poor Man's Plaster, which is not only s friend to the poor but also to the rich, and as it is only 12 1/2 cents is within the reach of all.  P. ROOF Agent
WHITE LIST.
MONEYS received on newspaper account of the Freeman's Journal, from Saturday, Sept. 14, 1844, to Friday, Sept. 20th. J. Winsor, $1 65 S. Page, 5 00 H. Gibbs, $1 50 E.B. Crumb, 7 00
Strayed or Stolen,
FROM the subscriber on or about the 25th of August, one brown MARE, twelve years old, and one bay MARE, nine years old, with a heavy mane, with three small white spots on the left side, both with switch tails. Whoever will return said mares, or give information where they may be found, shall be liberally rewarded. HIRAM WALLACE Pittsfield, Sept. 2 1844.--3w*
Stray Horse.
BROKE into the enclosure of the subscriber on Wednesday night,(18th inst.) a light grey HORSE, thin in flesh, and 14 or 15 years of age. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges , and take him away. THOMAS EDMONDS. Hartwick. Sept. 20, 1844 .-- 4
GLOBES! GLOBES!!-- A supply just received suitable for Schools. Also, a few of the Modern Psalmist , by Lowell Mason.  H.A.SPAFARD Cooperstown, Sept. 3, 1844
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HAVE the pleasure to announce to the inhabitants of Cherry Vally and veinity, that hey have on hand and are receiving from Albany and other places, a variety of Stoves, some of which will excel in beauty, elegance and economy, everything ever brought before the public. We have L Lewis &Co's Hot Air Cooking Stove. This stove claims advantages over all other patents or improvements, as the most perfect and economical cooking stove here to fore offered to the public, requiring less fuel by one third, than any other stove of its size in use; the oven is also larger than any other stove of its size, and will bake and cook at the same time with the same fuel, and is so constructed that the heat passes under the oven whilst the fire is above it, thereby giving an even heat at the top and bottom. This stove is an improvement on Fr. Buck's and Stewart's Patents; the oven being larger than either, and the fire box is a decided improvement, and from its construction weight of casting anf economy in fuel, rendered the most desirable stove in use.
We have also Lewis & CO's improved 3 and 4 boiler premiums. Also Ransom & Rathbone's parlor stove, a new and splendid pattern; also six plate box and other parlor Stoves; zinc, lead pipe, stove trimmings, stove pipe, eave troughs and conductors, copper and sheet iron ware, plain and Japan tin ware, constantly on hand and cheap for cash or approved credit; in fact every article that can be made, will be furnished on the shorter notice, to suit customers. Pedlars furnished &c. Roofs covered with tin, and warranted tight through all seasons of the year.
 Call and see us at the stores directly opposite R. Dunlap & Son, where we shall be happy to receive all the former customers of Wm, Fersgireve, and all others who may favor us with their patronage.
 Old stove plate, power, bras, copper, rags, sheep pelts, &c., will be taken in exchange for any article we offer to the public. Cherry Valley, Sept 7, 1844. 3m3
Great English Remedy
For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and Consumption!
THE TIME HAS COME when Consumption may be classed with the curable diseases. The most fearful malady of our climate has been conquered! The most fatal of all diseases has yielded at last to the skill of Man.
BUCHAN'S HUNGARIAN BALSAM OF LIFE, will speedily and certainly cure Consumption, even in its most hopeless forms, and in all ordinary diseases of the Chest and Lungs it is the most perfect and admirable remedy know to the civilized world.
The Hungarian Balsam was first discovered by Dr. Buchan, of London, England, and has been tested for six years by the most eminent Physicians in Great Britain, and on the continent of Europe, Where it has proved the great and only remedy.
It has recently been introduced into the United State, under the immediate superintendence of the inventor, and is now literally sweeping Consumption from the land What Inoculation is to Small Pox, the Hungarian Balsam is to Consumption--an insurmountable barrier!
Chemists, Physicians, Medical Societies, and the great body of Consumptive patients, every where admit that the most important work of the age has been accomplished--CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
Wherever it has been introduced, all Panaceas, Expectorants, Syrups and Drops have been discarded as useless-- all systems of Inhalation, Vapor Baths, Tar Smoke, changes of Climate, &c., have been rejected-- and the wonderful product of the HUNGARIAN GUM obtained from the "Melsonga," or Tree of Life, in now universally received by Consumptives, as the only source of hope.Let no person afflicted with a severe and obstinate Cough, Inflammation of the Lungs, Asthma, or any of the symptoms of Consumption, lose a moment of time in seeking relief from this great English Remedy. Delays are dangerous, and all other pretended remedies are not only useless but fatally delusive.
Every family in the United States should be supplied with Buchan's Hungarian Balsam of Life, not only to counteract the consumptive tendencies of the climate, but to be used as a preventative medicine in all cases of colds, coughs, spitting of blood, pain in the side and chest, irritation and soreness of the lungs, bronchitis, difficulty breathing, hectic fever, night sweats, emaciation and feral debility, asthma, influenza, whooping cough, and croup.
The great merit of Dr. Buchan'd Balsam is this --that is all cases of Pulmonary Consumption it gives immediate relief.
A single bottle will reveal its astonishing virtues, and open at once the fountain of Health and Strength to the afflicted.
Price of the Balsam only One Dollar per bottle, with full direction. DAVID F. BRADLEE Sole Agent in the United States. 119 Court Street, Boston.
S. TOWSEY, Joslin's Corners, Madison Co. Agent for the State of New York. PHILIP ROOF, only agent in Cooperstown. See pamphlets, to be had gratis of the agents. September 20, 1844
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[...]ning, containing four acres and any four [cut off] of land; all the right, title and interest which the said Mark Pemlinson now has in and to the above described premises, or had on the 11th day of April, 1842, together with all and singular, the rights and privileges to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, by virute of said execution, I shall expose to sale at public  vendue on the 6th day of November next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Isaac Lewis, Innkeeper, in the village of Cooperstown, and sell the same to the highest bidder therefor, Dated September 19,1844. [$6 80] AMOS WINSOR, Sheriff.
 Before the Chancellor.
William C Crain, vs John D Tunnicliff and Jemima his wife, Aurelius Tunnucliff, Rishard W Tunnicliff, Jacob Marshall.
IN PURSUANCE of a decretal order of this Court made in this cause and bearing date of fifth day of September, 1844 will be sold at public auction, by or under the direction of the subscriber, one of the Masters of this Court, at the Inn or tavern of A Van allstyne, in the town of Springfield, on the 8th day of November next, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, all those certain lots or parcels of land, a portion of which is situated in the town of Warren, in the county of Herkimer, and a portion in the town of Springfield, in the county of Otsego, bounded as follows, viz: easterly by lands of George Tunniclieff, Lands of Marcus Lawyer and James Wilson; westerly by lands of Adolphus Seeber, Samuel Coleman, Homer Coleman, Franklin Coleman, and Isaac and Henry Beach; southerly by said Isaac and Henry   Beach, and Franklin Coleman;suposed to contain about two hundred and eighty-six acres. Also, that certain other lots situate in Springfield aforesaid, and is a part of Caty's patent, and bounded as follows; westerly by lands of Franklin Coleman; southerly by Alonza Walter and Walter Hall; easterly by Widow Wood; and northerly by said Issac and Henry Beach; and containing sixty acres of land, being the same premises that were conveyed to said John D. Tunnicliff by the heirs at law of William Tunnicliff, deceased by the deed bearing date the first day of April, 1837, reference being had to said deed will more [fully ?  ] and at large appear. Dated Sept, 18th , 1844.
DEWITT C BATES, Master in Chancery.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned administrators and administratrix, of the estate of Samuel Guild, late of the town of Bridgewater, Oneida County, deceased, in pursuance of an order of the Surrogate of the county of Oneida, will sell at public auction on the fourth day of October next, at twelve o'clock at noon of that day, on the premises in the town of Plainfield, Otsego county, the following described piece or parcel of land, viz: All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate lying and being the town of Plainfield, Otsego county, being a part of lot number nine, in Morgan's purchase, beginning in the NW corner and running as follows: S. no deg. 05m. E. 41 23 chains due east 25 60 chains, N. 0 deg. 20m., W 21 29-100 chains, N. 89 deg. 00m. E 10 78-100 chains, N. 0 deg, 55 m. W. 10 85 chains, N. 89 degrees 55 m. W. 35 95 chains, containing 126 acres and 68 rods of land, subject to a mortgage of $3000, and interest from 1st April, 1844.
And at one o'clock of the same day will sell at pubic auction on the premises, in the town of Bridgewater, the following pieces of land situated and lying in the towns of Plainfield, Otsego county, and Bridgewater, Oneida county, and
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40 BUSHELS of TIMOTHY SEED, for sale by L.HARRINGTON & SONS
One Horse power Threshing Machines and Wood Saws
THE subscriber, while thankful for past favors, would inform the public that he continues to make to order, at his Shop in Fry Creek Settlement, three miles west of Cooperstown, his ONE HORSEPOWER THRESHING MACHINES, CIRCULAR SAWS for sawing wood. &c; and he would add, that he has made important improvements, particularly in the Horsepower, rendering it stronger, and more powerful, and remedying existing defects in or the respects, so that he is now enabled to offer a far better Machine than can be obtained elsewhere, and for less price than he has formerly sold for. He will warrant his Machines to perform more work; and owing to the construction of the Horsepower, the large size of the friction wheels for the floor to run on, they are more durable than any other Machines in use. It has been found that his one horse powers for Threshing Grain, Sawing Wood with a Circular Saw, and such like purposes, are precisely the thing so long sought for by Farmers. Every Farmer has team enoug, and help enough in his own family , to do his threshing, wood sawing, &c.; and with one of these Horse powers and, at his leisure, do all his work, and not feel the expense heretofore incurred for that purpose.
The subscriber has given his attention wholly to the improvement of this kind of Machinery, and also other kinds of Agricultural implements, such as Straw Curers, and he is now engaged in constructing a Corn-crusher, to grind Corn in the ear, and other kinds of Grain, fit for Provender for Cattle, Horses, Hogs, &c., and from experiments made, he thinks he shall succeed, and if it answers the purpose, it can be driven by his one horse power.
All of the above named kinds of Machinery made or repaired, to order, in the best manner, with despatch, and on reasonable terms. O GADGER Dated October 7, 1813-- 6tf
Price Reduced to one dollar and fifty
Taylor's Balsam of Liverwort.
From 375 Bowery, New York.
For the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Liver Complaint, and all affections of the throat and lungs, this remedy is invaluable and unequalled. It is purely vegetable, highly medicinal, mild & gentle in its effects upon the system, and being entirely free from all mineral products by many so justly feared and dreaded, is perfectly safe as well as sanitary. From a knowledge of its properties, and the wonderful success which has attended it even in difficult and aggravated cases, for nearly ten years during which it has been in use, the proprietor feels no hesitance in introducing it and recommending it to all who unfortunately may have occasion to resort to some means of recovery. Physicans not infrequently use it in their practice, and which the medical Faculty generally it has met with much more than ordinary approbation.
Consumption and raising of blood cured.
I hereby certify that last August, I was attacked with a violent and profuse hemorrhage from the lungs, severe cough with the expectoration of much mucus, pains in the head, soreness in the chest, and other distressing symptoms. I bought a bottle of Dr. Taylor's Balsam of Liverwort, from 375 Bowery, which under the blessing of Providence, gave me immediate relief. Its effect has been such in my case, that I cannot praise it too highly. CHARLES L SMITH. 150 Tillery street, Brooklyn.
For a common cold and cough this is one of the very best remedies ever discovered.
CONSUMPTION.-- The following remarks were taken from the last number of the Medical Magazine:
"The surprising effect produced by genuine D.r Taylor's Balsam of Liverwort, made at 375, Bowery, in consumptive cases, cannot fail exciting a deep and trilling interest throughout the world. We have so long believed this disease (consumption,) incurable, that it is difficult to credit our senses when we see persons evidently consumptive restored to health. Yet it is a fact of daily occurrence."
Certificates and testimonials could be furnished in abundance, but these will be found only in the wrapper which accompanies each bottle. Beware of the counterfeit. the genuine is for sale by Philip Roof, sole agent for Cooperstown; N.W. Matteson Smith, Edmeston; D. Harrington, Garretsville; T.R. Austin, and Sherman M. Hine, Otego; P. Brewer, Unadilla Forks; R.W. Church, Hartwick, G. L. Osburn, Otsdawa; R.H. Van Rensselaer, Butternuts; Hard & Peck, New Lisbon; O. Babcock, Burlington; Wm Comstock, Laurens; J.T. Gilbert, Gilbertsville; Clyde & Cook, Oneonta; Wm. L. Bigelow, Springfield; R. Dunlap & Son, Cherry Valley; Watson  &
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To Hop Growers.
[illegible] the cash and credit store may be found 
A large lot of Hop sacking hop twine, cloth  for
drying hops  [ ?] , 3/4  and 4-4 Burlaps together with a large assortment of groceries, all of which will be sold very cheap for cashier approved credit. J.H. STORY Cooperstown, Aug.5th 1844
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY THE GREAT REMEDY
CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS
The best medicine know to mam for incipient Consumption, Asthma of every stage, Bleeding of the Lungs, Coughs, Colds, Liver Complaint, and all diseases of the Pulmonary Organs.
NATURE'S OWN PRESCRIPTION.
A compound Balsamic preparation of the Prunus Virginiana or "Wild Cherry Bark," combined with the Extract of Tar, prepared by a new chemical process, approved and recommended by the most distinguished physicians, and universally acknowledged the most valuable medicine ever discovered.
All published statements of cures performed by this medicine are, in every respect TRUE Be careful and get the genuine," DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY," as curious imitations are abroad.
Orders from any part of the country should be addressed to Isaac Butts, No 125 Fulton street, New York.
AGENTS
R. Dunlap & Son, Cherry Valley; A. R. Elwood, Richfield Springs; Watson & Noble, Unadilla; Clyde & Cook, Oneonta; Walker & Hubbard, Burlington Flatts; Geo. W. Chase & Co., Maryland; L. Curtis, West Winfield; P ROOF, Cooperstown  Cooperstown, Dec. 8th 1843  15tf.
LUCINA CORDIAL
MAGNIN'S LUCINA CORDIAL, for the cure of incipient consumption, barrenness, impotency, lucerhae or whites, gleet, obstructed, difficult or painful menstruation, the incontinence of urine or involuntary discharge thereof, and for the result of inherent causes, or of causes produced by irregularity, illness, or accident.
The widespread celebrity of this wonderful and inestimable cordial in both hemispheres is a sufficient guarantee for its quick and positive success in curing all the above affections and complaints. Nothing can be more surprising than its invigorating effects on the human frame. Persons all weakens and lassitude before taking it, at once become robust and full of energy under its influence. It immediately counteracts the nervelessness or looseness of the female frame, with is the only cause of barrenness, and which ,prior to Dr. Magnin's discovery was considered to be insurable. Snd it speedily removes the impediments produced by physical prostration, which frequently deter men from getting married. Language, indeed, cannot do justice to the merits of the Lucina Cordial, which is regarded by the heads of the faculty in all parts of the world as one of the most important medical discoveries of any age. Price $3, per bottle. Sold at 92 Nassan street, and No. 90 North Sixth street, Philadelphia, and by PHILIP ROOF, Cooperstown, the only agent in Otsego county.   Nov. 14
Cheapest Store in New York City.
FR SHI ORT D GOODS.
TO MY OLD CUS OMERS AND THE PUBLIC.
DRUGS, DYESTUFFS,PAINTS,MEDICINES, GOCERIES, &C.
188, GREENWICH-ST., between Vesey and Fulton-st on the North River side of the city, NEW YORK. 
JOHN C. MORRISON,
Offers for sale on the most liberal terms for Cash or credit, a very extensive assortment of G OODS, among them there following, to which he would call the attention of 
Apothecaries.
Opium
Camphor
Cream Tartar
Castile Soap
Liquorice
Balsam Copaiva
Rhubarb

Painters
Window Glass of all sizes and qalities
White Lead dry and in oil
Red Lead
Sithauge
Spirits Turpentine
Putty

Confectioner, Distillers and Bakers
Cochineal
Nutmegs
Mace
 Cloves 
Cinnamon

Grocers.
Young Hyson Tea
Hyson
Imperial
Gunpowder
Hyson Skin
Souchong

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WOOD NAPTHA for sale at the sign of the ELM TREES, by P. E. JOHNSON, Cooperstown  May 16, 1844
Last Call.
PERSONS indebted to the late firm of Roof
and Babcock, are requested to make payment without further delay. After the 1st day of
September next, all accounts and notes due them, will be left in the hands of propers officers for collection. August 14,1844.
THRALL'S Patent Rotary Pivot TRUSS,
A NEW ARTICLE, decidedly superior to
any thing ever before in use, it having
age over all others it is perfect at
on to the rupture in all positions of the body
the following certificates will be sufficient to
show the superiority of this Truss over all others
in use: New York, Jan 20, 1844.
I certify that I have examined and highly approve of Dr. Thrall's Rotary Pivot TRUSS, and
believe it ought to take the place of all others in
this country and in Europe.
LAMBERT CRANDELL, M. D. Surgeon in U. S. Navy.  PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 1841.
To whom it may concern. This is to certify that
we have tested and examined a TRUSS said to be invented by Dr. F. G. Thrall, of New York, which we recommend to the class and
Medical profession as being the best that we have seen in use  JOHN K DUBOIS, M. D. Professor of Surgery. T. JAMES LAMPSON, M. D.  Professor of Anatomy  WM. St STEPHENS, M. D. Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine.
Many more valuable certificates can be seen
by applying to the Agent.
PHILIP ROOF, sole Agent for Otsego county.
Cooperstown, May 16, 1844. 38tf
Dr. Halsted's Brisk Pills.
Twenty eight Pills for Twenty-five Cents.
THE BRISK PILLS answer the purpose more
effectually than any other Pills in use, and superseed them all together in Medical virtue and excellence. If you doubt this, just try them-- it will cost only Twenty five Cents--and then you too will be satisfied. If they are not what they are recommended to be, denounce them. They are not recommended to cure every thing; but I do say, without fear of contradiction, that no Pills are their equal in removing diseases originating in the stomach and bowels. For liver affections and bilious diseases, such as dumb ague, fever and ague, intermittent and remittent fevers, the Brisk Pills possess peculiar properties for their speedy removal. From ten years experiences as a practising Physician, I am convinced that none can equal them. Read what other Pills are good for, and what they will cure, & if the Brisk Pills are not superior to them all, then discard them. Do not believe all that is said about an infallible Pill, that never fails to cure any disease; but try the Brisk Pills,-- the cheapest Pills in use, and then you will have a chance to judge of their merit or demerit. As blood cleanser, and a purifier to the diseased
 system, they perhaps supersede every P--ill in use. They are quick and easy in their operation, giving life and tone to all the torpid organs; throwing off impure matters or humors: leaving the system clean and healthy. This is all that any medicine can do, notwithstanding the great show of words and fictitious certificates. We are determined to let these Pills stand upon their own reputation,-- win or lose. All we ask is for a fair and impartial trial. They can be taken by old and young at any time with perfect safety. They are an excellent Medicine for children having Worms, &c. In a word, they possess all the qualities of an Aperient Pill for all family use. They have cured many diseases which no other Medicine could remove. In conclusion, I say do not despair of a cure until you have tried the Brisk Pills, for they do possess peculiar properties and virtues. Sold by P. E. JOHNSON, Cooperstown, sign of the Elm Trees. June 10, 1844, 41m6
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Chequered Store.
MY  old customers, and the Public generally, ar
invited to call and examine my
Spring Stock of Goods,
which is much larger than any former stock, comprising nearly all the VARIETY OF GOODS, usually kept in the county; all of which are offered at prices that cannot fail to suit the most economical purchasers. Please call and see if these things are so.  A.H. CLARK. Cooperstown, May 1, 1844. --36tf
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-- Pursuant to an order of James Brackett, Esq., Surrogate of Otsego county, Notice is hereby given to all persons who have claims against HENRY NEWCOMB, late of the Village of Cooperstown, in said county, deceased, to exhibitt the same, with the vouchers thereof, to HENRY B. ERNST, one of his Administrators, at the public house of said Administrator, in the said Village of Cooperstown, on or before the 20th day of next November. HENRY B. ERNST, THOMAS NEWCOMB, Administrators. Dated May 15, 1844... 38m6
CHEESEMAN'S ARABIAN BALSAM
FOR THE CURE of every kind of wounds, sprains, sores, burns, coughs, sore lungs, the most desperate piles, and rheumatism of all kinds. It will prevent the toothache, restore torpid and perished limbs, still joints, numbness. &c.: & can be depended upon to relieve soreness in all cases.
This valuable medicine has been every extensively used for the last ten years, while its increasing demand, the universal satisfaction it has given, and the testimony of a multitude of the first standing in the community, who have tested and infallibly proved its efficacy, show that it needs only to be used to prove its invaluable excellence; indeed all who have ever tried the Balsam, prize it so highly that they will not be induced under any consideration to do without it. The Balsam has attracted the attention of men of science, and physicians and surgeons of the greatest scientific acquirements, give it their unqualified approbation; while many of them in different sections of the United States now use it in their practice, and have authorized the publication of their certificates.
Purchasers should inquire for the true article by using the whole name-- Cheeseman's Arabian Balsam-- and seethe it has my name written in my own handwriting across the printed directions, on the wrapper of every bottle. E. CHEESEMAN. Sold by P. E. JOHNSON, and PHILIP ROOF, Cooperstown. Feb. 12, 1844.  24m6*
SHERMANS LOZENGES !
[drawing of man carrying crates of lozenges, SHERMAN'S 106 NASSAUSt NY surrounded my clamoring children]
ENORMOUS quantities of these popular medicine are sold during the year, and still the demand is constantly increasing. In five years, the Doctor has gone from a few pounds up to fifty deven tons in a year, and where it will stop we cannot conceive. While Sherman's lozenges are so pleasant the 'children cry for them', the are wonderfully efficient, or they would not be patronized by our worthiest citizens, as for instance--Ex-Mayor Clark, J Sherman Brownell, Register of the city, W. H. Bunn, Deputy Register, Rev. Mr. Dunbar of the McDougal street Church, Rev. Sebastian Streeter of Boston, Rev Mr. Anthony of the Oneida Conference, Hon. Senator Archer, Col J.C. Zabriskie of New Jersey, and hundreds of others of the like high respectability.
Sherman's Worm Lozenges-- tested in over a million of cases, and acknowledged by the medical faculty to be the only safe and certain worm destroying medicine in the world. They are prescribed daily by nearly all our Physicians. Sherman's Lozenges alone have any reputation-- the Doctor is a member of the Medical Society and a skillful practitione
Sherman's Camphor Lozenges-- Headache, sea sickness, palpitation, lowness of spirits, despondence, cured in a few [?]outes by them. They have been fully proved [illegible] multitude of cases, and never known to fail.
SHerman's Cough Lozenges allay all tickling or irritation of the throat or lungs, promote expectoration, and cure the most harrassing cough or colds in one day... [bottom cut off]

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Concurrent Resolutions
RESOLUTION proposing certain Amendments to the Constitution, in relation to State
debt and liability.
Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the following Amendments be proposed to the Constitution of this State, and that the same be referred to the Legislature next to be chosen, and published in the manner prescribed by the eighth article of the Constitution:
Amendment No. 1
The pledges and guarantees of the act, entitled
"An act to provide for paying the debts and preserving the credit of the State," passed March 29, 1842, are hereby confirmed; and the revenue specified therein shall be applied to the purposes therein specified, including the repayment to the United States Deposit Fund, and to the Common School Fund, of all moneys of the said funds, which have been or shall be invested in pursuance of the said act, in such equal annual sums as will be sufficient to pay in full, both principal and interest, all the debts and liabilities of this State, as they existed at
the time of the passage of the said act; and also all the debts and liabilities of the State authorized by said act to be created and incurred, and which have been created and incurred by authority of, and pursuant to said act, in the period of twenty-two and a half years from the time said act was passed and
took effect; and the Legislature shall not divert
any part of the revenues appropriated by said act, requisite to pay in full, both principal and interest, all the debts and liabilities of the State hereinbefore specified, within the fixed period of time, and in the equal annual sums hereinbefore expressed, from the purposes to which they are hereinbefore directed to be applied.
Amendment No. 2.
The Legislature shall not in any manner create 
any debt or debts, liability or liabilities of the State, direct or contingent, which shall singly or in the aggregate at any time, exceed one million of dollars, except to repel invasion, or suppress insurrection, unless the same shall be authorized by law for some single object or work to be distinctly specified therein; and such law shall impose and provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt or liability within eighteen years
from the time of the contracting thereof; and no
such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received the sanction of a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election. And on the final passage of every such bill, in either house of the Legislature, the question shall be taken by ayes and nays, duly entered on the journal, and shall be, "Shall this bill pass, and ought the same to receive the sanction of the people?" and the assent
of a majority of the members elected to each
house of the Legislature shall be requisite to the
passage of such bill; and such law shall be irrepealable until such debt or liability, and the interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged; and the moneys arising from any loans or stocks creating such debt or liability, shall be applied to the object of work specified in the act authorizing such debt or liability, or for the payment of such debt or liability, and to no other purpose whatever. Where a debt or liability on the part of the State shall be created
to repel invasion or suppress insurrection, the
moneys arising from the loans or stock creating
such debt or liability, shall be applied to the purpose for which the same were raised, or for the repayment of such debt or liability, and to no other purpose whatever.
State of New York, In Assembly, March 21, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time,
a majority of all the members elected to the Assemby voting in favor thereof; Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Assembly, E. LITCHFIELD, Speaker.
State of New York, In Senate, April 15, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time,
a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the said Resolution do pass. By order of the Senate. D. S. DICKINSON, President.
RESOLUTION proposing an Amendment to the Constitution, in relation to the Court of Chancery.
Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the following amendment be proposed to the Constitution of this State, and that the same be referred to the Legislature next to be chosen, and published in the manner prescribed by the eighth article of the Constitution:
Amendment.
The Court of Chancery shall consist of the
Chancellor and three Associate Chancellors,
any of whom may hold the court. The Associate Chancellors shall have the same powers,
appointed in the same manner, hold their offices by the same tenure, and be subject to the same disqualifications as to holding any other office or public trust, or receiving votes for any elective office, as the Chancellor.
State of New York, In Senate, April 17, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time.
a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Senate.
D. S. DICKINSON, President.
State of New York, In Assembly, May 7, 1844.
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Assembly voting in favor thereof: Resolved,
That the Resolution do pass. By order of the
Assembly. E. LITCHFIELD, Speaker.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
SECRETARY'S OFFICE.}
I have compared the preceding with the original
Resolutions deposited in this office, and do
certify that the same are correct transcripts
therefrom, and of the whole of said originals.
46w14  S. YOUNG, Secretary of State
Albany, June 28, 1844.
State of New York.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
ALBANY, August 1, 1844.}
To the Sheriff of the County of Otsego, Sir:
NOTICE is hereby given, that at the next General Election, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November next, the following officers are to be elected, to wit:
A Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of this State.
Thirty-six Electors of President and Vice President of the United States.
Four Canal Commissioners.
A Senator for the fifth Senatorial District, to supply the vacancy which will accrue by the expiration of the term of service of Henry A. Foster, on the last day of December next.
A Representative in the 29th Congress of the United States for the twenty first Congressional District consisting of the counties of Otsego and Schoharie.
Also the following county officers, to wit: Three
Members of Assembly. Yours respectfully,
S. YOUNG, Secretary of State.
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the notice received by me and on file in my office.
AMOS WINSOR, Sheriff of Otsego Co.
Dated Cooperstown, August 24, 1844.

Surveyor General's Re-Sale.
Sate of New York.
SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
ALBANY, July 30, 1844
Notice is hereby given, in obedience to a resolution of the Commissioners of the Land
Office, and pursuant to Section 50, of Title, of
Chapter nine, of Part I, of the second edition
of the Revised Statutes of this State, that on
Tuesday, the first day of October next, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, the lots
and parcels of Land herein after mentioned
will be offered for sale at public vendue, for the
amount of principal and interest, together with
the taxes and cost of advertising due, or to be
come due thereon, unless such dues be paid on
or before the day of sale aforesaid.
The following is the list of lots and parcels
of Land above referred to, with the name of
the Tracts and places in which they are situated, viz:
FIRST SECTION.
BROOME COUNTY: Second Tract in Windsor -- Lot No. 11.
Third Tract in Windsor. -- Lot No. 14.
CORTLAND COUNTY, Massachusetts Ten Town
ships, North Tier. -- Lot No. 68, and West half of No. 69.
OTSEGO COUNTY: Crum Horn Mountain
Track. -- Elihu Pratt's part of Lot No. 18.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
One-fourth part of the purchase money to be
paid down at the sale, or within forty eight
hours thereafter, and the purchaser to receive a
conditional certificate that the lot is subject to be redeemed by the original purchaser thereof, or his assigns at any time within three months from the day of re-sale; but if the said lot is not redeemed, the purchaser shall complete the resale by surrendering the conditional certificate and executing his bond to secure the payment of the residue of said purchase money, in six equal annual instalments, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum; excepting the premises formerly mortgaged, the interest of which will be seven per cent. Neglect or refusal to comply with the above conditions, subjects the purchaser to the money paid down, and to a penalty of fifty dollars on each parcel or lot bid off, to be recovered with costs of suit.
NATHANIEL JONES, Surveyor General. 
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AT A SURROGATE'S COURT, held at the Surrogate's office in the village of Cherry Valley, in and for the county of Otsego, on the second day of September, 1844, before James Brackett, Surrogate of the said county. Whereas, on the petition and application of Sarah Potter and Harvey Butts, administrators of the estate of Green Potter, late of the town of Laurens, in the county of Otsego, deceased, it hath appeared, that all the personal property of the said deceased , applicable to payment of his debts, is insufficient to pay the same. It is therefore ordered, that all person interested i the estate of the said Green Potter, deceased, be directed to appear before the said Surrogate, at his office in the vilolage of Cherry Valley, in said county, on the fifteenth day of October next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause why authority should not be given to the said administrators to mortgage, lease or sell so much of the real [bottom cut off]

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CAMPHINE... A fresh supply just received
of the sign of the ELM TREES by P. E. JOHNSON, Cooperstown May 16.
CHLORIDE of SODA, for destroying contagion; decomposing pestilential effluvia; preserving provisions against decay; neutralizing strong or offensive odors, &c. &c. For sale by P. ROOF, Cooperstown, May 10, 1844
IN CHANCERY.
Before the Vice Chancellor of the first Circuit,
Garret Van Benthuysen, vs. Reuben Rowley,
IN PURSUANCE of a decretal order of this
Court made in the above cause, will be sold
by and under the direction of the subscriber,
one of the masters of this Court, at the Otsego
Hotel, in the village of Cooperstown, on Tuesday the 8th day of October next, at 10 o'clock A. M. the following described mortgaged premises:--All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Edmeston, in the County of Otsego, in a patent commonly called the Wharton patent, being part of the westerly half of a lot of land distinguished on a map of said patent, as Great Lot number four, and bounded as follows, to wit: -- On the north by Great Lot number three: on the east by the eastern half of said Lot number four; on the South by great lot number five; and on the west by the western quarter of said great Lot number four; containing two hundred and sixty five acres, or thereabouts being the premises conveyed by the Sheriff of the county of Otsego, to Reuben Rowley, by
deed dated the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1825.
CUTLER FIELD.  Master in Chancery.
Dated Aug. 21st, 1844.  52w8
MORTGAGE SALE -- Mortgagors, Walter
Holt and Sarah his wife, of the town of
Springfield, and County of Otsego, Mortgagee,
Elias Gee, of the town of Otsego, Mortgaged
January 12th, 1841, and recorded in book No. 30 of Mortgages, Otsego County Clerk's Office,
page 289, &c., August 31, 1844. Amount claimed to be due three hundred and fifty dollars, and the interest from the 12th day of January last.
Mortgaged Premises -- All those certain pieces
or parcels of land situate and lying in Springfield, aforesaid, in a patent granted to John McNeil and others, being known and distinguished as parts of lots number 46 and 56, and bounded as follows, viz: north and northeasterly by lands of Adolphus Seeber and Hamilton Coleman; southeasterly by lands of Samuel Coleman; southwesterly by lands of Sally Cotes and Joseph Fake; containing about forty-four acres.
Default having been made in the payment of
the moneys secured to be paid by said mortgage, the said mortgaged premises, by virtue of a power of sale therein contained, will be sold at public auction at the house of James Allen, in the town of Springfield, on Thursday the seventh day of November next, at one o'clock P. M.
ELIAS GEER, Mortgagee,
STARKWEATHER & FIELD, Att'ys.  50:ds
August 10th, 1844.
MORTGAGE SALE. -- Mortgage from Tunis
Snook to John Snook, and duly assigned
to Jared Goodyear, Mortgage dated June
27th, 1828. Assignment dated August 21st, 1844. Mortgage recorded in Otsego County Clerk's Office, July 6th, 1830, at 4 o'clock, P. M., in book O. of Mortgages, page 358 &c. Assignment recorded in book, No. 30, of Mortgages, page 348, &c., Otsego  County, Sept. 5th, 1844,
11 1/2, A. M.
By virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage and the statute, the following described premises will be sold at public auction, at the house of Peter Collier, in Milford, on the 30th day of November next, at 10 o'clock, P. M., of that day. Amount claimed to be due at the date of the first publication of this notice, is seven hundred fifty-four dollars and five cents. Description of the mortgaged premises: -- All that certain equal undivided half of a lot of land, situate in the town of Milford, county of Otsego, and state of New York, and bounded as follows:
Being the north half of lot No one, of Bradt's
Patent, and bounded westerly and southerly by
the lands of George Coon; easterly by the lands
formerly in the possession of Garrett Walley;
northerly by the Crumhorn; containing fifty
acres of land, excepting and reserving the one
acre deeded to Calvin Booking, and now occupied by Garrett Walley. Dated September 9th, 1844. JARED GOODYEAR, Assignee.
S. S. BURNSIDE, Att'y.
MORTGAGE SALE -- Mortgagor, James Sitts, of the town of Warren, in the county of Herkimer, and State of New York, Mortgagee, George Tunnicliff, of the same place-- Assignee of Mortgagee, Joseph Sutphen, of the town of Springfield in the county of Otsego. Mortgage data the 8th day of November, in the year 1839, and scored in book Y of Mortgages, page 206, &c. in the Otsego county clerk's office, on the 7th day of May 1840, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. [bottom cut off]
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[?] to credit our senses when we see ,persons
evidently consumptive, restored to health. Yet
it is a fact of daily occurrence."
Certificates and testimonials could be furnished
in abundance, but these will be found only
in the wrapper which accompanies each bottle.
Beware of the counterfeit. The genuine is for
sale by Philip Roof, sole agent for Cooperstown; 
N. W. Matteson Smith, Edmeston; D Harrington, Garretsville; T. R. Austin, and Sherman M. Hine, Otsego; P. Brewer, Unadilla Forks, R. W. Church, Hartwick; G. L. Osburn, Otsdawa; R. H. Van Rensselaer, Butternuts; Hard &. Peck, New Lisbon; O. Babcock, Burlington, Wm. Comstock, Laurens; J. T. Gilbert, Gilbertsville; Clyde & Cook, Oneonta; Wm. L. Bigelow, Springfield; R.
Dunlap & Son, Cherry Valley; Watson &
Sands, Unadilla,
Cooperstown, Dec. 8th, 1843. 15tf
[cartoon: angel in cloud holding scroll: 'TIS FOUND AT LAST. accepting flora from kneeling Native American holding bow in left hand, Signed PEASE. 30]
The Question Settled
To the perfect satisfaction of all reasonable people, that Dr. Lather's Extract of Lungwort if the only medicine in the WHOLE WORLD that will cure all Lung and Liver diseases.
THE following gratutious testimonial from a gentleman very extensively known, being one of the largest Lumber Merchants in Albany, conclusively establishes the great reputation this medicine enjoys: ALBANY, May 7 1844
MESSRS. ROOSEVELT & CO.,
Gentlemen:--I am an enemy to quackery in all its phases, both in religion, medicine and politics. Still I am glad I was persuaded by you to use Dr. Larbor's Extract of Lingwort. I have
suffered much for several years past with pain
the breast, and much annoyed by coughing, particularly the past fur months. Since using your Lungwort, I have entirely ceased coughing, and the pain has also left me. I have not taken the half of one bottle, and during there time of using it, I have been exposed to wet and damp, using less precaution than usual. Respectfully yours, R. WHITLOCK, Lumber Merchant, Corner of Quackenbush & Water Sts.
MR. JOSEPH LAMPHIER, of the town of Butternuts, was very low with a Liver Complaint, and by using Dr. Larbor's extract of Lungwort is well. We refer all who may wish to know more about this case to Mr. J. T. Gilbert, Gilbertsville, of whom he purchased the medicine.
Messrs. Austin & Donaldson, Otsego, inform us that it has performed a very remarkable cure in that place. We are daily receiving the most flattering reports of its success.
Mr. Philip Roof, also tells us that he is knowing to one case where the Lungwort is being used with great success.
All who are troubled with a cough or cold, spitting of the blood, asthma, bronchitis, pain in the side and chest, difficulty of breathing, distress and soreness across the chest, and all affection of the pulmonary organs.
For further proof of its virtues, see medical books in the hands of all agents, (to be had gratis,) contains certificates and testimonials from some of our most respectable citizens. ROOSEVELT & CO., Proprietors, 27 Broadway, Albany.
Agents
PHILIP ROOF, Cooperstown; Austin & Donaldson, Otsego; R. Dunlap & Son, Cherry Valley; J. T. Gilbert, Gilbertsville; H.A. Clark, Louisville; Wm Comstock, Laurens; Watson & Hays, Unadilla; Charles Cook, Oneonta; Hard & Peck, New Lisbon; Taber and Steer, Portlandville; H.Brown, Milford; L.S. Osburn. Otsdawa.   4lyl 

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DRUGS, DYESTUFFS, PAINTS,MEDICINES
GROCERIES, & C.
188, GREENWICH-ST., between Vesey and Fulton-st on the North Riverside of the city, NEW YORK.
JOHN C. MORRISON,
Offers for sale on the most liberal terms for Cash or Credit, a very extensive assortment of
GOODS, among them the following, to which he would call the attention of
Apothecaries. 
Opium 
Camphor 
Cream Tartar 
Castile Soap 
Licorice 
Balsam Copaiva 
Rhubarb 
Jalap 
Aloes 
Flors, Chamomile 
Gum Arabic 
Castor Oil 
Quicksilver 
Magnesia 
Manna 
Roll and Flour Sulphur 
Alcohol 
Borax refined and crude 
Calomel 
Red Precipitate 
Corrosive Sublimate 
Aqua Ammonia 
Spirit Nitre Dulcis 
Super Carbonate Soda 
Tartaric Acid 
Epsom Salts 
Laudanum 
Senna 
Sulphate Quinine 
Oil Peppermint, and all Essential Oils. 
Gum Myrrh 
Cantharides 
Gum Tragacanth 
Powdered Bark 
Corks of all kinds 
Sarsaparilla 
Sponges, coarse and fine 
Druggists' glassware Vials 
Gum Gamboge 
Colocynth 
Painters. 
Window Glass of all sizes and qualities 
White Lead dry and in oil 
Red Lead 
Sathargo 
Spirits Turpentine 
Putty 
Whiting 
Verdigris, dry and in oil 
Chrome Green 
Chrome Yellow 
Yellow Ochre, French & American 
Prussian Blue 
Vermillion 
Rotten Stone 
Ivory Black 
Gum Copal 
Paint Brushes, all sizes 
Rose Pink 
Lamp Black 
British lustre 
Glue, all sorts 
Gold and Silver leaf 
Gold and silver Bronze 
Copper Bronze 
Chalk, white and red 
Paris White 
Spanish Brown 
Venetian Red 
Sand Paper 
Pumice Stone 
Tar and Resin 
Japan Copal, Coach and Harness Varnish Turkey Umber 
Terra de Sienna 
Red Chalk 
Gum Shellac 
Bright Varnish 
Sash tools, all sizes 
Black Lead 
Carmine
Confectioners, Distillers and Bakers. Cochineal Nutmegs 
Mace 
Cloves 
Cinnamon 
Cassia Buds 
Allspice 
Isinglass 
Gum Tragacanth 
Gum Arabic, Turkey 
Gum Gamboge 
Oil Roses 
  Peppermint 
  Wintergreen 
  Lemon 
  Cinnamon 
  Orange 
  Bergamot 
  Aniseed 
  Absynth 
  Caraway 
  Juniper 
  Jessamine
Rhodium 
Vanilla Beans 
Tanquinado 
Coriander seed 
Carraway do 
Aniseed 
Jujube Paste 
Parlash 
Saleratus 
Super Carbonate of Soda 
Tartaric Acid 
Ginger, white Jamaica 
Ginger, East India 
White & Brown Soap 
Pepper 
Allspice
Grocers.
Young Hyson Tea 
Hyson 
Imperial 
Gunpowder
Hyson Skin 
Souchong 
Bohea 
Coffee
French Brandies
Spanish segars
Pot and Pearl Ashes
Starch
Liquorice Ball
Bath Brick
Saleratus
Fig Blue
Powder'd Ginger Root
Alum
Olive Oil, in bottles and baskets
Nutmegs
Saltpetre, crude & refined
Pepper sauce
Maccaboy Snuff
Scotch do
Mace
Indigo Flolant
Castile soap
Cloves
Castor Oil, in bottles
Alcohol
Epsom salts
Cinnamon
 Friction matches
Carbonate Ammonia
British Lustre
Soda for washing
Mustard, London
Cayenne pepper
Powdered Nutmegs
do Cinnamon
Cologne water
MANUFACTURERS.
Alum
Blue Vitriol
Copperas, English and American
Oil Vitriol
Sugar Lead
Bleaching Salts
Cochineal
Aqua Fortis
Nutgalls
Annatto
Soda Ash
Pot and Pearl Ashes
Extract Logwood
Tartaric Acid
Bichromate of Potash
Sal[  ]oda
Gum Shellac
Cudbear
Grain and Bar Tin
Fuller's Earth
Madder, Dutch & French
Indigoes of Bengal, Carraccas, Guatemala and Manilla
White Tartar
Red Tartar
Glue
Sumac
Line Dye 
Starch
Prussinte Potash
Gum Senegal
Powdered Curcumin
Powdered blue Smalts
Qereiron Bark
Spirits Nitre Fortis
Salt Petre
British Gum
Nitric Acid & Oxalic Acid
Woad
OILS-- Fall, Winter, and Summer strained, SPERM; bleached, white and natural.-- Refined & unrefined WHALE; Tanner's Train Linseed, Raw and Boiled, Sea Elephant Lard, Neatsfoot, Olive, (in bottles & betties); Patent, Sperm and Stearic Candles, Alcohol & Camphene.
Parent Medicine Dealers.
Balsam of Honey
Turlington's Balsam
Bateman's Drops
Harlaem Oil & British Oil
Sediz Powders
Stoughton's Bitters,
Extract Sarsaparilla
Calcined Magnesia
Anderson's Pills
Lee's do
Hooper's do
Opodeldoc, Steers' & liquid
Soda Powders
Godfrey's Cordial
Thompson's Eye Water
Paper Makers, Hatters &c,
Bleaching Powders
Powdered blue Smalts
Glue
Oil Vitriol
Copper Calx
Shell Lac
Alcohol
Extract of Logwood
Nutgalls
Blue Vitriol
Verdigris
Copperas
Sal Ammoniac
Antimony
Sugar of Lead
Alum, &c. &c.
Dyers and Manufacturers.
Logwood
Camwood
Fustic
Nicaragua
Barwood
Brazilletto Wood
Sapon Wood
Soaps
Brazil Wood
Red Saunders
Hatch Wood
Red Wood 
Hypernic Wood
Peach Wood
Ebony Wood
DRUGGISTS' GLASS WARE.
Common Vials, Prescription Vials, Patent Medicines do, Acid Bottles, Colognes,
Fancy Pungents, Druggists' Packing Bottles, Castor Oils Concaves, Magnesia, Blacking, or Varnish, Demijohns, Flasks, Inkstands Jars, Lemon Syrups, Mustards Snuffs, &c. &c.
CHEMICALS of all kinds, French, English and American. All kinds of PAINTS and COLORS. Every description of DRUGS and PATENT MEDICINES PERFUMERY and SOAPS,
a general assortment, &c. &c. &c.
Articles for Jewellers, Silver Smiths, Varnish Makers, Paper Steamers, Spice Grinders,
and Sugar Refiners, Coach Lace and Flinge Makers, Snuff and Tobacco Manufacturers, Metal and Marble Polishers, for workers in Iron and other artizans; for ships and Plantations for
Cordial Distillers, for makers of Ice Cream, Soda Water and Root Beer, for Essayers and Refiners of Gold and Silver.
Also, articles for manufacturers of Glass & Stone Ware, Colors, Chairs, Loco Foco Matches, Looking Glasses, Soap, Ink, Artificial Flowers, Fire Works, &c. for Floor, Oil Cloth Painters, Fur Dyers, Morocco Dressers, Straw Hat Bleachers, Sign Painters, Gilders, Indian Traders, Dentists, &c. for coloring Butter and Cheese; for Steam Boats, Hotels, Ships, Vessels, &c. &c.
European, Mediterranean, and East India DRUGS, PERFUMERY and SOAPS, PATENT MEDICINES of every description. All kinds PAINTS and COLORS. CHEMICALS of all kinds, French, English and American.
JOHN C. MORRISON flatters himself that no Establishment of the kind, in NEW YORK, can  offer greater inducements of trade to the business people addressed. Physicians, Country Merchants, City Grocers, Manufacturers, [Pai]nters, Hatters, Paper Makers. Confectioners, Dyers and Clothiers, will find it much to their interest to purchase of him, if they are desirous of purchasing cheap and good articles. He has, with much labor, established active Agencies, for the purpose of availing himself of the advantages which the different markets of Europe and the United States afford for selecting articles of the best quality, and purchasing them at the cheapest rate. The promptest attention given to City and Country ORDERS.
ALL ARTICLES GENUINE
New York City, May 13, 1844. 30m6
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Senator Archer, Col. J C Zabriskie of New Jersey, and hundreds of others of the like high respectability.
Sherman's Worm Lozenges tested in over a
million of cases, and acknowledged by the medical faculty to be the only safe  and certain worm destroying medicine in the world. They are prescribed by nearly all our Physicians, Sherman's Lozenges alone have any reputation -- the Doctor is a member of the [Medical] Society and a skillful practitione
Sherman's Camph[or] Lozenges.-Headache, sea sickness, palpitation, lowness of spirits, and despondency, cured in a few [ outes] by them. They have been fully proved [  ] multitude of cases, and never known to fail.
Sherman's Cough Lozenges allay all tickling or
irritation of the throat or lungs, promote expectoration, and cure the [most] harrassing cough or colds in one day; also, asthma whooping cough, and tightness of the chest. Consumption has repeatedly been not only relieved, but actually cured by Sherman's Cough Lozenges, when all other means failed.
Sore Nipples positively cured by Sherman's Papillary Oil
Sold at 165 Nassau st, New York.
Also for sale by Phil Roof, Cooperstown; L. Harrington & Son, Hartwick;  Reyes & Robinson, Jacksonville; Strong & Dean, Laurens; Clyde & Cook, Oneonta: T. R. Austin, Otsego; Rudgers & Cotton, Sidney Plains; C. North, Fly Creek; Duncan & Son, Cherry Valley, W. H. Bigelow,
Springfield; D. Vaughn, Monticello; O.  Osborn, Richfield Springs; Joseph Carpenter & Co., Maryland; George W. Chase, Jacksonboro; Leonard Caryl, Worcester; L. & J Caryl, East Worcester; James E. Lansing, Decatur; Skin.[  ]
Allen, Westford; North & Brown, Clarkesville D.
A[  ]del, Lodi   August 28, 1844. --lvl
IN CHANCERY-- before the Chancellor.
John Olin, vs. Milton D. Conklin and Luther
A. Conklin.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber,
by virtue of his authority as Receiver of
the estates of the defendants in the above entitled cause, will sell for cash at public auction, at his office in the village of Cherry Valley, on the 14th day of October next at 10 o'clock, A. M., at certain account or claim of Milton D. Conklin, one of said defendants, against the estate of Silas Conklin, of Springfield, Otsego county, a lunatic,
for the work and laber and services of the said
Milton D. Conklin performed and rendered for
the said Silas Conklin, on which is claimed to
be due to the said Milton D. Conklin, a balance
of about eleven hundred dollars. And that the
subscriber will also, at the same time and place
by virtue of his aforesaid authority, sell sundry
other accounts of small amount, claimed to be
due to the said Milton D. Conklin, and a silver
watch the property of the said Milton D. Conklin. Cherry-Valley, September 9, 1844.
WELLS S HAMMOND, Receiver.
IN CHANCERY,
Before the Vice Chancellor of the 5th Circuit,
Deborah Angel, vs. Ira Carpenter, Levi B. Tarbox, Daniel T. Tanner, Samuel J. Cooke, Harrison North, Eugene Angel, and Myron
Angel. Erastus Cooke, Compl'ts Solicitor.
IN pursuance of a decretal order of this court
made in the above cause on the 24th day of July, 1844, will be sold by and under the direction of the subscriber, one of the Masters of this court, at the Oneonta House, in the village of Oneonta, on the 28th day of October next, at 1 o'clock P. M. the following described premises:
Divers messuages, lands and hereditaments,
situate in the village of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego, consisting of three lots or parcels of
land in the said village of Oneonta, one of which
lots of land is bounded on the east by the Charolette turnpike and the highway leading from the said turnpike to the house now occupied by Mark McDonald, on the south by the said highway and the Baptist meeting house lot in said village; on the west by the said meeting house lot and Wm. S. Fritz; and on the north by land of said William S. Fritz and Oliver H. Dickinson and the said Charolette turnpike, containing the lot, house, barns, sheds, and hay scales belonging to the tavern stand now occupied by Harrison North,
Another of which lots of land is bounded as
follows, to wit: on the north by the highway
before mentioned, and a store lot owned by Eliakim R. Ford; on the east by the said store lot
and lands of Samuel H. Case; on the south by
lands of Samuel H. Case and Potter C. Burton
and on the west by said Burton's lands and the
said highway.
The other is a lot of land in said village of
Oneonta, bounded on the west by lands of Samuel J. Cooke and Solon Huntington, on the
north by lands of said Solon Huntington, and
a lot belonging to the estate of Jacob Deitz, deceased; on the east by the said lot of land belonging to the estate of Jacob Deitz, deceased, and Robert W. Hopkins' land; and on the south by the said Deitz lot, said Hopkins land and the lands of Samuel J. Cooke, together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
CUTLER FIELD, Master in Chancery.
Dated Sept. 13, 1844. 3w7
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Chancellor and three Associate Chancellors, any of whom may hold the court. The Associate Chancellors shall have the same powers,  be appointed in the same manner, hold their offices by the same tenure, and be subject to the same disqualifications as to holding any other office or public trust, or receiving votes for any elective office, as the Chancellor.
State of New York, In Senate, April 17, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time,
a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do  pass. By order of the Senate.  D. S. DICKINSON, President.
State of New York, In Assembly, May 7, 1844. This Resolution having been read the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Assembly E. Litchfield, Speaker.
RESOLUTION proposing an Amendment to the Constitution, in relation to the Supreme Court.
Resolved, (if the Assembly concur.) That the following Amendment be proposed to the Constitution of this State, and that the same be referred to the Legislature next to be chosen, and published in the manner prescribed by the eighth article of the Constitution:
Amendment
Two  additional justices of the Supreme Court shall be appointed, who shall have the same powers, be appointed in the same manor, hold their offices by the same tenure, and be subject to the same disqualification as to holding any other office or trust, or receiving votes for any elective office, as the other justices of the court.
State of New York, In Senate, April 17, 1844. This Resolution having been read the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Senate.
D.S. DICKINSON, President.
State of New York. In Assembly, May 7, 1844.
This Resolution having been read for the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Assembly. E. LITCHFIELD, Speaker.
RESOLUTION proposing on Amendment to the Constitution, in relation to the removal of Judicial Officers
Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the following Amendment be proposed to the Constitution of the State, and that the same be referred to the Legislature next to be chosen, and published in the manner prescribed by the eighth article of the Constitution:
Amendment
No judicial officer shall be removed by the joint resolution of the two Houses of the Legislature, or by the Senate on the recommendation of the Governor, unless the cause of such removal shall be entered on the Journal of both Houses, or of the Senate, as the case may be; and such officer against whom the Legislature or the Senate may be about to proceed shall be served with notice thereof, accompanied with a copy of the causes alleged for his removal, at least twenty days before the day on which either House shall act thereupon, and shall have an opportunity to be heard in his defense before any question shall be taken upon such removal; and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the Journals of the Senate , or Houses, as the case may be.
State of New York, In Senate, April 19, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Senate.
D.S. DICKINSON, President.
State of New York. In Assembly, May 3, 1844.
This Resolution having been read for the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Assembly. E. LITCHFIELD, Speaker.
RESOLUTION proposing an Amendment to the Constitution , to abrogate the property qualification for office.
Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the following Amendment be proposed to the Constitution of the State, and that the same be referred to the Legislature next to be chosen, and published in the manner prescribed by the eighth article of the Constitution:
Amendment
No property qualification shall be required to render a person eligible to or capable of holding any office or public trust in this State.
State of New York, In Senate, April 19, 1844.
This Resolution having been read the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof: Resolved, That the Resolution do pass. By order of the Senate.
D.S. DICKINSON, President.
State of New York. In Assembly, May 6, 1844.
This Resolution having been read for the third time, a majority of all the members elected to the
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A Surrogate's [?] in the village of Cherry Valley, in and for the county of Otsego, on there second day of September, 1844, before James Brackett, Surrogate of the said county. Whereas
on the petition and application of Sarah Potter and Harvey Butts, administrators of the estate of Green Potter, later of the town of Laurens, in the county of Otsego, deceased, it hath appeared, that all the personal property of the said deceased, applicable to the patient of his debts, is insufficient to pay the same. It is therefore ordered, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Green Potter, deceased, be directed to appear before the said Surrogate, at his office in the village of Cherry 
 Valley, in said county, on the fifteenth day of October next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause why authority should not be given to the said administrators to mortgage, lease, or sell so much of the real estate of the said deceased, as shall be necessary to pay his debts.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, James Brackett, Surrogate
of our said county, at Cherry-Valley, in said county, the second day of September, in the year 1844. JAMES BRACKETT, Surrogate  2w4
PURSUANT to an order of James Brackett, Surrogate of the County of Otsego, notice is hereby given to all persons who have claims against Benjamin Sauders, or the estate of Benjamin Saunders, late of the town of Unadilla, in said county, deceased, to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to Charles C. Noble, his executor, at his office in the village of Unadilla, in said county or before the first day of January next. Dated June 19,1844. CHARLES C. NOBLE, Executor. 44m6
MORTGAGE SALE-- Mortgage from William Black to Mansier G. Thomas, and duly assigned to Torry J Luce, dated November 11th 1826, recorded in Otsego county clerk's office, August 27th 1827, at 5 o'clock P.M., in the book M of Mortgages, page 265, &c.
By virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute, the following described premises will be sold at public auction at the house of Elisha Wentworth, in the village of Hartwick, on th 5th day of November next at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day.--Amount claimed to be due at the date of the first publication of this notice, is six hundred forty-six dollars and twenty-eight cents.
Description of the Mortgaged Premises:--All that certain piece or parcel of land partly lying in Burlington and part in the town of New Lisbon, in the county of Otsego, bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a stake standing in the southwest corner of lot number fifteen; thence south two degrees, east along the west line of lot number fifteen, thirty-one chains and sixty-two and a quarter links to a stake standing in the northeast corner of lot number nineteen; thence along the north line of lot number nineteen, south eighty eight degrees, west thirty-one chains and sixty-two and a quarter links to a stake standing in the south-east corner of lot number thirteen; thence north two degrees, west by lot number thirteen thirty-one chains sixty-two and a quarter links to the place
of beginning; containing one hundred acres of land, excepting and reserving forty acres situate in the south-west corner of said above described lot of land. Dated August 10th, 1844. TORRY J. LUCE, Assignee.   50ids
MORTGAGE SALE--Mortgagor William Crouch, Martha Jones, Mortgagee.-- Mortgage dated April14th 1841, recorded in book number 28 of Mortgages, page 540, &c., in the Otsego county clerks office. The amount claimed to be due on the first publication of this notice is two hundred dollars and the interest from the 14th day of April, 1841.
Mortgaged premises: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the town of Milford, county of Otsego, and the State of New York, and is the north past of lot 14 in the crumhorn mountain tract, described as follows, to wit: beginning at the north-east corner of the lot, being a stake and stones, at the Crumhorn Lake; and runs thence north fifty degrees west seventeen chains to a stake and stones, south thirty-six degrees, west forty-one chains to a stake and stones; thence north seventy-two degrees, east forty-four chains seventy-eight links to the Lake aforesaid; and thence along the lake to the place of beginning; containing fifty acres of land.
Default having been made in the patient of the moneys secured by said Mortgage, by virtue of a power of sale contained therein, the above described premises will be sold at public auction, at the office of Elijah Brown, in the town of Millford, in the county of Otsego, on Tuesday, the tenth day of December net, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day. Dated September 9th, 1844.  MARTHA JONES, Mortgage, ELIJAH BROWN, Attorney.  3m3
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acre deeded to Calvin Brooks, and now occupied by Garrett Walley. Dated September 9th, 1844. JARED GOODYEAR, Assignee S.S. BURNSIDE, Att'y.
MORTGAGE SALE--Mortgagor, James Sitts, of the town of Warren, in the county of Herkimer, and State of New York. Mortgagee, George Tunnicliff, of the same place.-- Assignee of Mortgagee, Joseph Sutphen, of the town of Springfield, in the county of Otsego.
Mortgage dated the 8th day of November, in the year 1839, and recorded in book Y of Mortgages, page 206, &c., in the Otsego county clerk's office, on the 7th day of May, 1840, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
The amount claimed to be due, and to become
due on said mortgage, is one thousand and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-six cents. The
amount claimed to be due at the date of this notice, is three hundred and seventy dollars and
thirty three cents.
Mortgaged Premises: " All that certain piece
or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
Town of Unadilla, county of Otsego and State of
New York, bounded as follows, to wit: one hundred and fifty acres in the north part of lot number one hundred and one, in a patent called Morris' patent, in the town of Unadilla, county and State aforesaid, and is the same piece granted by Naomi Bowne to James Robins."
Default having been made in the payment of the
moneys due on said mortgage, and no suit
having been had or instituted for the recovery
of said sum of money, or any part thereof; now,
therefore, public notice is hereby given, that by
the power of sale contained in said mortgage,
and pursuant to the statute in such case made
and provided, the premises described in said
mortgage, will be sold at public vendue or auction, and the equity of redemption foreclosed on Tuesday the 22d day of October next, at 12 o'clock at noon of that day, at the public house of Daniel Stearns, in the village of Cherry Valley, in the county of Otsego aforesaid. Dated July 29th, 1844. JOSEPH SUTPHEN, Assignee.
CARY & COLEMAN, Attys,  48tds
MORTGAGE SALE. -- William H. Coon, of the
Town of Milford, county of Otsego and State of
New York, hath duly mortgaged to Peter Col
ler and Jared Goodyear, of the town, county, and state aforesaid, all that certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the county of Otsego, being known and distinguished on a certain map or plan, made by William Cockburn, as lot No. one, which lot les on both sides of the Schenevas creek,
beginning at a black oak cornered and marked P. L. P. V. E., for the most easterly boundary or corner of the tract standing on the top of a bank, about two chains to the north west of Schenevas creek aforesaid, and near the south point of a white oak hill; and runs from thence along the easterly boundary of the tract on a marked line north twenty-nine degrees and three minutes west twenty-six chains to a white oak tree, cornered and standing near the foot of said oak hill; thence along a marked line south seventy-three degrees and thirty minutes, west nineteen chains and sixty-seven links to a beech tree standing twenty links to the west cornered on a level hemlock and pine lands; thence along a marked line south sixteen degrees and thirty minutes, east sixty-eight chains and thirty links to the southeasterly bounds of the tract to a rock, maple tree cornered and marked 1, 2; thence along
the easterly bounds of said tract, north thirteen degrees and twenty seven minutes, east fifty chains to the place of beginning; containing one hundred and three acres and two roods of land.
Also, two equal undivided one-third parts of all
that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, bounded as follows: commencing at the north end of the bridge across the Schenevas creek, at the southwest corner of James G. Walley's lot and following up the Schenevas creek on the north bank, and along said Walley's south line to Solomon Peck's west line; and thence across the Schenevas creek, a southerly course along the said Peck's west line up to lands owned by John Talmadge and William Aylsworth, thence west along the line of said lot owned by John Talmadge and William Aylsworth to a lot owned by Coonrad Coon; and thence northerly along said Coonrad Coon's east line to the place of beginning; being the south part of a lot of land known as lot number 2, in the patent granted to Walter Franklin and others, in the town of Milford, county of Otsego and State of New York, supposed to contain one hundred and
thirty acres, be the same more or less.
The mortgage is dated the 30th day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and it is recorded, with the power to sell therein contained in book No. 28, of Mortgages, Page 91. &c. Otsego County, August 31, 1842. 12 o'clock, M. The amount now due thereon is one hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-three cents, and which is one year and ten days interest, and default hath been made in the payment thereof.
The sale of the said premises will be at public
auction, and will take place at the house of Peter Collier, in the town of Milford, on the thirtieth day of November next, at 1 o'clock, in the afternoon. Dated September 9th, 1844.
PETER COLLIER & JARED GOODYEAR, Mortgagees.
S. S. BUSNSIDE, Atty.