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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14
Elliot Kerney, 4idm'r. Of James II. Ker'
IN % TV@B 81,

1eU@s3s
TIME undersigned, Administrator OF John X.
Il Wilson, deed, request al, persons having
claims against the Estate, TO exhibit ihem--snd all
indebted to the deceased, or to the firms OF VIII
son & Anderson and John N. Riddle a. Co.. topsy
the amounts respectively owing.
The character ard magnitude of the estate will
make il proper for the underssn ed wind up their
administration With as ii,i. delay az possible.
JOHN STROTBER,
GEORGE DOLL Jr,
January 6, l8i2-n .f6mtK,strafoss.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14
G.aUTION::

A LII persons are hereby cautioned fFsinn p"'.
IN chasing or negotiating tors NJ CIV" ~
,hr undersigned in favor Of Rev Mf. irna'el'o -.
s32 aud .oins cents, as he has legal Offsets against
'he ssme. cy.vroup
Anil z 1870 B,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14
I wenty Acres OF Wheat,
II ND

II ND
POUR ADTnl8y OPP RWIao
nov sing upon land leased BY said Georxe W.
Mounts from Mrs. Huffman in Berkeley County.
Also. sir Acres of WHEAT, and four
Acres Of RYE,
now growing upon land leased BY said Mounts from
George Hawn. IN tho county &c Berkeley.
The conditions Of the sale, Except in regard to
the payment, which will be made known an the day
"f sal-,) as follow; The purchaser shall cut
the grain. and Of thar which y growing upon the
land leased OF Mrs. Hoffman, he hall lie v.r one
half properly cleaned at Bllm,-,> Mil, or vt an,
other place which she may designate within three
miles of the land, for her bene6tsud al that which
is growing upon the land leased of George Hun.
he shall deliver half properly cleaned al Bill
myers MIL or any other place within three mile,
Of the land, which the said Hawn may designate
fol his benefit.
SAML. D. BAKER.
Apfii a. t842.-4t TRUSTEE.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14

A FRESH .pply Of Rarpes snun' Congress
N Snuff, French HafPee onun, nhiSisn ouec'
- Isdie,' ssxsrs---superior. and HAssns Segsss.
iu,, received and 70, sAs BY
Apsii7. 1888. "oAS1a'
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14
RENO T.,
Notice.
IA EK$T or LETTERS,

ID EMAlNING IN tho Pos. Office at NJ ,rtin,-
~ burg, Virginia. on the LIST day Of April. 1872
which, il not taken ont before the Ia DAY az JUN,
will be sent To the Genersi Pos, Office as Dead
Letters
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14

ITNDER the ssshori,y and direction a. n-es
~ Of Trust exerps~d on the 18th dsy of r.bru.
-ry, 1899. BY josiah Roberta 10 favor az Jscsh
n .mme ard WIN. O. Basn., I .ha!l Offer f..r ,.,r
y, The highest hidd.r. for CASH. % the sra a.
Of as re<s Ssrersev Cesvt. o-f.s ,s- Cous,
House door in sisrIinsburg. the following prop.
srty:
The land Of the said Josish Roberts, coosis,ins
Of t~o separate tracts. (Which ~,ll be ssid sepa.
raf-iy,) the frst containing
SO Acres and 30 Perchcs,
IN which the HOUSE IL the said Roberts is si,us,
cd. being the north ives. corner Of the tract IL the
late Samuel Roberts. hia fs'h-r. rhi. tract lie.
adjoining the lands Of Vim. @, Bsrns and Jacot
Vsnmetre.
The other tract contsins
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
H. BELL, Editor and Proprietor.

ri river, is hereby annexed to,and shall make
a part Of, the western or Lexington district
of missouri, the Office for which district
shall be located at such place as the Presi-
dent shall designate.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury, as soon as the same can be done,
TO cause the plats of the surveys of the new
district hereby created. and of the portion
annexed to the western district, to be depos-
tied in the proper Offices; and he is hereby
authorized 10 allow and pay, out ofthe pro-
ceeds of the sales Of the public lands. the
reasonable expenses which may be incurred
in carrying this act into effect.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect and be in force from
aid after the expiration of six calendar
months from the date of the passage there
of.
Approved, August 20, 1912.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Boston Miscellany far October.
FIJI
BRIDGE OF THE B~ETROTHED.
By IL. t.
Translated from the Italian of Feliee Roman

81 is truly a pathetic story, but you
,hould nave heard it, as | did, from the lips
of the aged Bertha and who IS she! !
incurred. She is the mother of the youth
about whom you are so curious replied my
host. and she comes every day to the lit
tie chapel, which you see there in the cen,
ire of the bridge that spans the torrent. She
remains there till night fall, praying, spin
ming fax, weeping, and asking charity Of
every passenger for the soul of poor Loren.
70 lie was her only son., and often to
those who stop on the bridge to ask the
cause of her tears, she repeats the melan.
choly story. 1t is now but a few days since
her signs have ceased to mingle with The
voice of the waterfall, for she has fallen ILL.,
and the good pastor Of the village has eau
sed her to be removed and placed in the
care ola charitable person but the story,
/ exclaimed, fearing the long dIgressions OF
the landlord. sthe story of Lorenzo, and no!
that of his mother, | am waiting to hear.
And he proceeded /: i knew Lorenzo. he
was the handsomest youth in all the country
round. the most frank and spirited ever born
at the Good Fountain. No one was more
exnert with the gun, stronger at a wrestling
match more agile in leaping the PreciPices,
or more nimble at the dance on Sunday
evenings in the square, to the music OF the
baopipe. And he was not ill-Provided win
The GOOD things of fortune. That little
cottage which you sec below, on the side oil
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
1PUBLIc-No. III

An ACT in addition tc an act 10 promote
the progress of the useful arts, and to re-
peal all acts and paris of acts heretofore
made for that purpose.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
america in Congress assembled, Tha, the
Treasurer Of the United States be, and he
hereby is, authorized to pay back, out Of
the patent fund, any sum or sums of money
to any person who shall have paid the same
into the Treasury, or to any receiver or
depository TO the credit of the Treasurer. as
for fees accruing at the Patent Office thro'
mistake, aRd which are not provided to be
paid by existing laws, certificate thereof
being made to said Treasurer by the Com
missioner of Patents.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the third section Of the act of March, eight.
een hundred and thirty seven, which author
ICES the renewing of patents lost prior TO
the fifteenth of December, eighteen hund-
red and thirty six is extended to patents
granted prior 10 said fifteenth Gay of De-
cember. though they may have been lost
subsequently,: Provided, however, The same
shall not have been recorded anew under
the provisions Of said act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
any citizen or citizens. or alien or aliens,
having resided one year in the United
States, and taken the oath ofhis or their in
tention TO become a citizen or citizens, who
by his, her, or their WI industry, genius,
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
1PUBLIc-No. 76.l

An ACT to authorize the states OF lndi.
ana and Illinois to select certain quantities
of land, in lieu of like quantities hereto
fore granted to the said states, for the
construction of the Wabash and Erie,
and Illinois and Michigan canals,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives ofthe United States OF
America in Congress assembled, Tina,
there be vested in The State of lndiana twen-
ty four thousand two hundred'and nineteen
acres and fourteen hundredths of an acre
of land, 10 be selected under the authority of
the Governor of said state, from any of the
unsold public lands therein not subject to the
right OF presumption, as an equivalent for
certain lands covered by Indian reservations
in the lands acquired by treaties with the
Miami Indians, in the years eighteen num-
dred and thirty seven and eighteen humid
red and thirty nine, respectively, and which,
had said reservation not been permitted or
allowed, would have belonged to said state
in virtue of the act of the second of March.
eighteen hundred and twenty seven, entitled
AN act to grant a certain quantity of land
to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of
aiding said state in opening a canal to con-
meet the waters of The Wabash river with
those of Lake Erie
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the Governor of the state of Illinois is here
by authorized to cause to be selected, from
any of the unsold public lands in that state
not subject to The right of presumption, the
quantity of FIVE thousand seven hundred and
sixty acres, in lieu of sections numbered
three and nine, in township thirty two, north
of range three east /; sections twenty five
aud thirty three in township, thirty three,
north of range eleven east /; and sections
thirteen, nineteen, and twenty one, in town.
ship thirty three, north of range eight, east
of the third principal meridian, heretofore
selected by the said state under "An act TO
grant a quantity ofland 10 the state of ILL.,
nois, for the purpose ofaiding in opening a
canal TO connect the waters ofthe Illinois
river with those of Lake Michigan" but
which had been sold and patented 10 indi-
viduals by the United States before the loca-
ton BY the said state had been approved.
Sec, 8. And be il further enacted, That
the selections of land made under this act
shall be reported by The Governors of The
said states respectively, to the Secretary of
the Treasury, and approved by the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Approved, August 90, 1912.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01

of the city of Detroit, TO be disposed of by
them at their discretion TO the best advan-
tage : and they are hereby authorized to
make deeds 10 purchasers thereof, or other
sufficient co%nveyances and the proceeds
of the land or other property effects or
claims ofthe said governor and judges,s shall,
after the payment of all necessary expenses
incurred in giving effect TO said act and to
this act, and in :he adoption of such meas
ures as they may deem necessary for pre-
serving in proper from the records and 9TH
or evidences of the proceedings of said gov
ernor and judges, be applied by the said
mayor, recorder, and aldermen 10 such OBJ
ject or objects of public improvement in
said city as the said mayor, recorder, and
aldermen in council direct. And the said
mayor, recorder, and aldermen are hereby
required to lake an oath or affirmation for
the faithful discharge of their duties under
this act, and make report 10 Congress, in
writing, of their proceedings, on or before
the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and forty four.
Approved, august 20, 1912.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session Of 9Th
Congress.
loFFIcIAL PUBLICATION.
1PUBLIc-No. 68.1

[PUBLIc-No. g..
AN ACT to define and establish the ifs.
cal year of the Treasury of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That or
and after the first day of July, in the yeal
of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty.
three, the fiscal year of the Treasury of the
United States, ia all matters of accounts. re.
ceIpts, expenditures, estimates, and appro
rriations. shall on the first day
fully in each year; and the report and es.
mates required 10 be prepared and laid be-
.ife Congress at the commencement Of
qch session by tho Secretary of the Treas
y in obedience 10 the acts of Congress of
p second Of September, seventeen huDd-
and eighty nine, and of May teenth,
Teen hundred. shall be IA report and esti-
a-- for each fiscal year commencing as
rla sd and terminating on the thirtieth
sr 81 June in the succeeding calendar year.
sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
shall be the duty Of the Secretary of the
treasury to submit 10 Congress at the COM
mencement of the next session his annual
report upon the state of the finances and es-
tmates of appropriations required for the
support ofthe Government for the half cal,
ender year ending on the thirlieih day OF
June then next; and seperate and distinct
estimates for the fiscal year ending on the
lhiriieih day Of June eighteen hundred and
forty four; and estimates of receipts for said
periods respectively; and the style and title
ofall acts making appropriations for the
support of Government shall be as follows,
10 wit: Gan &C. making appropriations
there insert the object) for the year ending
June lhirtieth, there insert the calender
year.")
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the ~cou OF receipts and expenditures,
required BY law TO be published annually
shall, on and 2tter the first day of July, eigh.
teen hundred and forty three, be prepared
and published for the fiscal year as hereby
established; and the said ccoun for the
half calender year ending June thirtieih,
eighteen hundred and forty three, shall be
prepared and published as required by law,
seperate and distinct; and al! laws and parts
of laws Inconsistent with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the annual statements of the and
navigation ofthe Unite1 States, required by
law 10 be submitted TO Congress on the first
Monday of December annually, shall be pre-
pared and published for each fiscal year as
hereby established; and the said statements
for the last quarter of the present calendar
year, and the two first quarters of the year
eighteen hundred and forty three, ending
on the thirlieth ofJune, eighteen hundred
and forty three, shall be prepared and pub
Iished, ~agreeably TO the provisions oflaw,
seperate and distinct.
JOHN WHITE,
Speaker of The House Of Representatives..
WILLIE P. MANGUM,
President of the Senate pro tempOre.
Approved, Aug. %, 1912.
JOHN TYLER.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
TPUBLIc-No. 72.1
proved, august 90, 1912.

an ACT in relation 10 lands sold in Greens
burgh, late ST. Helena, land district, in
the state Of Louisiana, and authorizing
the re survey of certain lands in the said
district.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States OF
america in Congress assembled. That in
all cases where lands shall have been enter.
ed at the land office in the Greensburgh, late
St. Helena, land district, in the state OF
Louisiana. where the United states cannot
ISSUE patents thereof, owing to the errors
and imperfections of the public surveys, or
to conflicting claims. it shall be lawful for
the person having made such entries or his
or her heirs or legal representatives, or
grantees, or their heirs or legal representa-
lives, who may be legally and equitably en-.
titled 10 the same. after a demand of the pa
tent. and a refusal to Issue the same, TO sur
render his or her certificate of purchase to
the secretary of the Treasury 10 be cancel
led and, upon such surrender, ii shall be
the duty of the secretary of the Treasury 10
refund, without interest, the purchase mon
ey for said lands to the person entitled to re-
ceive the same, out Of any money In the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
II shall be lawful for the President of the
United states, fine shall deem it ~expedient,
10 cause a re-survey of all or any part of
Inc lands lying in said district remaining
unsold, or the certificates of which may be
surrendered in virtue of this or any other
act of Congress, thereby correcting the sur.
veys. and designating the lands covered by
private claims under Spanish or French
grants; and SO 500 as said resurveys shall
have been returned and confirmed BY the
secretary of the Treasury, the unreserved
public lands therein specified shall be SUBJ
ject 10 the laws for tie disposal ofthe public
lands, and patents thereof shall issue as in
other cases: Provided, That purchasers a.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
PUBLIc--No. 74.1

AN ACT supplementary 10 IAN act 10
provide for the settlement of titles 10 land
in the town of Detroit, and Territory of
Michigan, and for other purposes" pass
ed April twenty one, eighteen hundred
and six.
Be it enacted by The Senate and House
of Representatives Of The United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
mayor, recorder, and aldermen, of the city
of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, be, ard
they, or a quorum of them in council as
sembled, are hereby authorized to hear, ex.
anime, and finally adjust, all claims arising
under the act which this is supplementary,
against the Governor and judges of the late
Territory of Michigan. and receive all mon-
eys, or other rights of property to which
he said governor and judges are entitled,
or became entitled under said act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the mayor, recorder. and aldermen of the
said city of Detroit. be, and they are here
by, entitled 10 receive from any person or
persons having the possession of the same,
the journals, records, papers, and books of
the governor ana judges of the late Terrific
ry Of Michigan, acting as a land board un-
der the act ofApril twenty first. one thou
sand eight hundred and six, to which this
is a supplement; and that all powers and
rights vested by the said act in the said
governor and judges, for the purposes there
in mentioned, are hereby transferred and
vested in the mayor. recorder, and alder.
men of the city of Detroit, in the State of
Michigan. And the said mayor, recorder,
and aldermen, are hereby authorized to in.
stitute proceedings at law or in equity. in
any court of competent jurisdiction, in all
cases where it may be necessary to carry
into effect the purposes Of this act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
any land or other property, real or person.
al, remaining, except the court house and
Jail erected under the act TO which this is a
settlement, after satisfying all Just claims
provided for in the first section ofthe act TO
which this is a settlement, is hereby vested
in the said mayor, recorder, and aldermen
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
TPUBLIc No. 70.1

AN ACT for creating a new land district
in tho State of Missouri. and for changing
the boundaries of the southwest and ives.
tern land districts in said State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion of the '.western land districts"
created by an act of Congress, entitled "An
net 10 establish an additional land Office in
The Stale of Missouri" approved third of
March, eighteen hundred and twenty three,
which is situated north of the Missouri riv-
err together with the late northwest addition
10 Inc Slate of Missouri. commonly known
as the Platte river country shall constitute
sseperate land district, to be called the Plat.
tc district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be a register and a receiver an.
pointed for said land district, who shall re-.
'de and superintend the sales of the public
nds at such place as The President shall
'esIgnate. They shall give security in the
Aelr compensation, emolumenis, duty, and
Uu'norlty shall, in every respect. be the
same IN relation 10 the lands which may be
disposed of at said office, as are or may be
pIo'ided by law relative 10 the registers and
-~eceiVers of public money in the several of.
.aads.
~ sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
W; u'1' part of the southwestern district Of
bsOuri which is situated north of the line
and ,T townships thirty four and thirty five
ly,nn IVA. portion of the Fayette land district
" a6d resI OF the line dividing ranges TWEEN.
twenty one west, south Of the Missou-
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01
IPUBLIc-No. 1871

AN ACT to provide for the payment 10
the State of Louisiana of The balance due
that State for expenditures incurred in
raising, %equipping and paying off a regi.
ment of volunteer militia, mustered into
the United States, and employed in the
Florida war in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of sixty one thousand three hundred and
seventy eight dollars and fifteen cents, be,
and The said sum is hereby, appropriated to
pay the balance due the State of Louisiana,
for expenditures incurred in raising equip
ping and paying Off regiment of volunteer
militia; employed in the service of the Uni.
ted States in the Seminole war.
approved August 90, 1912.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01

GEN. JAcKsoS's OPINIONS OF JOHN TYLER.
The Louisville Journal, as Il set off to the
fulsome adulation bestowed upon Gen.Jack'
son by Mr.. Tyler's Madisonian, tells the
following story:
"A few days ago, a lady, during a shor'
call at the Hermitage, took occasion to ask
the General, in the presence of Gen. Arm
stong, "what, sir, do you think OF Mr.. Iy,
ler!n " Oh, he is nothing, madam" SAID
the old veteran; she has no party, and sub
pose the people are right; he is a miserable
creature, a miserable creature "-lrue
Wing.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01

The EFFECTS OF THF TARIFF:-Ihere Is
a mandatory of pins. in Birmingham, u
which can turn out a million a day, and sup.
ply the Union. The read is one with the
pin and they are said 10 be better and pref
erable in ali respects to imported pins. Be
fore the tariff which imposes a duty oil ~ per
cent. on this article as an import, they were
able to underselI. Now they have lowered
their price fire cents per pack-showIng
that the effect of a tariff is not to enchance
nr;ces To the consumer; but hat i, is equally
beneficial to him as to the domestic manufac-
t,ror The country is enriched.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01

foresaid may retain their certificates of pur-
chase, and the surveys of said tracts shall be
corrected, and when said surveys are cor
rected, may receive their patents from the
United states for the land so purchased by
them.
approved. august 20, 1912.