The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-02-12

From the Indiana Democrat. i
ROUBLES IN PERU, MIAMI COUNTY,
INDIANA.
We are informed that great excitement
fists at Peru in consequence OF an attempt
wing been made 10 enter. under law OF
e late Legislature, large number OF the
rms aud improved lands ofpersons who had
krchased Canal Lands from the State Of In
lana.
In the course of the session it appears thai
e Legislature suffered 10 pass, without pr
fular examination, law, under which all
Eisons who have neglected 10 pay their in
Erest on canal lands have subjected them
elves TO the difficulty of having them enter
d from under them as for leiled lands.
The following is copy of The law, as Ia
ELI by US from the Office of The Secretary oil
,ilate:
AN ACT amending the 2lSlh section of
Revised Code, Chapter Is, and page
267.
, SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
:, Assembly of the State of Indiana, That
he tone year, allowed in the Dish section
1 chapter l3, page 267, of the Revised
Code, as The time within which the lands
hall be redeemed, is hereby extended to two
lJears.
SEC. 2. Where any purchaser has neg
,ected the provisions Of said section 2lS, tor
Two years successfully last past, then the
proper commissioner shall be governed in all
respects by The provisions ofihe 2lSth, 2l9th
and 220lh sections, chapter ID of Revised
Code aforesaid.
Sec. 3. This is to be in force from ant
safer lis passage, aud certified Copy being
filed in each oil The canal land o.lices, OF
nwlh The commissioner thereof. And al
laws coniraVening the provisions of this ac
be aud the same ale hereby repealed" Dull
signed.
y BY careful notice it will be seen that lh'
real intention of This law cannot be know
n rom lis enactmenls ior written words, be
: cause it refers 10 other sections of anoihe
: bet, and unless person had that act, +
/ which II refers, belore him, he could nol lie
what it permitted or what ii restrained.
4 The sections relerledro, it seems, permi
+ ed ii peremplory sale, of these lands so 10
e cited, TO such persons as might be dispose
0 90 and enter them.
: Armed with a certified copy of the Law
I'VE are informed. Messrs. Austin w. MoFri
lanes Spears, and John Fitzgerald, pfoceet
I'd 10 the canal laad office, al Peru, and DIES
J. ed TO make entries Of the thus forfeited land
S Fhe person IN charge of the Office oblecte
n and would not permit the enlies 10 be mac
until the gentlemen desiring TO enter ii
lands, procured writ OF mandamus from
y neighborng Judge, commanding said keep
e OF the land Office 10 permit the entries 10
, made. Whereupon the persons who we
prepared TO make the entlres, made SUI
= entries 10 the amount of about three hu
r bred tracts of the most valuable fart
d and lands in the Maui I RgissgRlrsgs, Or
: INC ruw.- :. 49,
. The populace in the vicinity. consideri
the law at variance with justice, and ope
ling 81 as TO deprive the settlers of the val
l. OF their hard earnings, their homes, and ia
, Improvements, immediately congregaled,
paired to the land office, and put stop
y further proceedings.
An express was Immediately sent 10 In
II annapolis, calling on the Government to prole
,e The settlers from The mercless rapaciiy
thuse who were despoling them oiiheir p
L sessions. The Governor without delay
q spatched u leterio the Superintendent
re The Wabash aud Erie canal. who is also :
"a perindent of the Land Office, direc Ting Il
the office be Immediately closed 10 all I
o tries under the aforesaid law. and characl
izing the law as fraud upon The pub
surrepiitiously carried through the Legs
lure without "a proper understanding of
bearings.
There was also passed by the LegisIatr
. at this same session, another ACT in reieren
j TO these same canal lands forfeited by NJ
- payment of interest, which act provides
= the advertising and public sale al auction
- all such lands. Thus two acts on the sal
- subject, entirely Incompatible in their pro
= sions, are passed at The same session, and
y y rule of construction can harmonize their
- aclmens. The persons who made The
= tries sent one of their number post haste
> indianapolis, 20 procure patents from the
u diior of Stale; but Mr.. Harris declined is
:: ing any warrants under the law. Lee
10 gentlemen have been consulted, and mu
- difficulty is expected to grow out ofthe ira
action.
al RE-ELEcTIoN OF THE Presidential "
E. Ter in the Edngburgh Reviews speaks thus
/, our Presidential elections: