The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-08-14

| CAUTION.-CurrcntR River Copper Mines, Shan
| ~ non county, Missouri.-The public hereby
cautioned against purchasing Of J. Epes Cowan any
| interest in the above named Mines, for the
that the rightful owner Of the property, Joseph
Slater still in possession of the same and intends
to contend in the courts of the country the validity Of
the claim set up by Cowan, who by some fraudulent
means, has succeeded in procuring from the officers
of the Treasury decision in bis favor far that
Department could determine. Slater claims the fec
simple to the soil, by virtue bona 6da settlement,
use and occupation Of the land long before Cowan
ever it. Upon this settlement pre-empton
was proven, and Slater permitted to enter the
land at Government price, which he did, and
holds the receipt of the Receiver of the Land Office
at Jackson, Missouri, for the same. The United
States have parted with the freehold. The question
of title lies between Cowan and Slater, and the
courts alone determine them.
The undersigned will not notice further than this,
to caution the unwary the false charges made by the
contemplate J. E. Cowan against him and Slater in
the Madsonian of the 9th April, A. d. lS43. re-
fer to the Hon. L. F. Linn, and Hon James IA. Rae,
members of Congress from Missouri, to the stand
ing of myself and Slater, where we are known
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The Art of Sail making practised in the Royal
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Fincham on Laying Of Ships, vol, and large
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Simmons on Courts Martial, new and enlarged ed-
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Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
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Simmons on Heavy Ordnance, Hollow Shot Load.
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Reily's Astronomical Tables. British Nautical
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Clerks Naval Tactics, Notes by Lord Rodney
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British Naval Biography.
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BoilIeaus Traverse Tables
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Treatise on Naval Evolut,ons and Tactics. by F.
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Hugo Reid on the Steam Engine
Tredgold on Steam, the Steam Engine and Steam
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