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Logansport Canal Telegraph (Newspaper) - April 2, 1836, Logansport, Indiana I i quot a a by s. Lasselle amp. J. B. Dillon Voi,.� a Indian a s at Fra a april a 188�.no. Adval re a pm Law. Extracts from in act to provide for an equitable Mode of levying the taxes of the state. Sec. 1. Ibe it enacted Fay the a a etheral As Sembly of the state of Indiana that All lands and town lots with All buildings erected or made thereon or attached thereto together with All improvements which is the propert of any individuals a Ody corporate or poetic and personal properly shall be and the same is hereby declared to be subject to taxation with the exemption it hereafter Specif to be levied and agreeable to la. The term personal property in this Section shall be construed to mean an include household furniture ill monies Moriji loaned at interest,-.goods, pub Ftp a stocks and stocks in monies c3fons, they shall also be constr cd to include sult portion of capital of companies liable o taxation by the Laws of this state As shall not a be vested in real estate. A see 2. All lands belonging to die United states or to this state Roget incr with the in nth thereon All Law ids sold by Congress for the term of Nve years from the Day of Sale All lands with the improvements thereon not exceeding ton acres tic title of which is vested in any trustee or trustees body corporate or politic for the use of and in Trust for any re Gigious society Occil pics by any such society for the use of a meeting House or burying ground All lots of ground set apart for school houses academics or colleges not exceeding Twenty acres with tiie buildings and improvements thereon occupied for such purposes All lands set apart for the use of common schools All state and county libraries and All libraries and philosophical Aji parans belonging to or used by any incorporated College or Academy or society for the promotion of science All lands owned l y any county in this state and set apart for the use and support of the poor of such county not exceeding two Hundred acres All county grounds and county buildings set apart for county purposes All hospitals alms houses houses for the correction or reformation of offenders and the real and personal property belonging thereto and All stocks owned by the state or by literary or charitable institutions and All the personal property of a widow and orphan children if it does not exceed two Hundred dollars in value two Beds and bedding and the wearing apparel for each family provided that each and every individual subject to taxation by this act shall be exempt from paying taxes on one Hundred dollars Worth of personal property provided that Stock held in any Turnpike or rail Road company shall not be subject to taxation previous to such company charging and receiving tolls and provided that no corporation or stockholder thereof shall be liable to pay any tax for Stock which shall have been converted into property for which such corporation or stockholder is liable to pay taxes by the provisions of tins act provided always that if any person who May have served in the land or naval service of the United states during the revolutionary War shall make and file with the assessor an affidavit sworn to before Sulci assessor setting Forth that he has served As aforesaid fors months or More such person shall be exempt from the payment of a poll Tivix and a tax on his personal property and on his real property to the amount of one Hundred and sixty acres of land. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of such assessor upon actual View to make a True value Tien of the real estate together with ail improvements and buildings thereon or affixed thereto at their full value in Money As he would appraise the same in the payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor taking into consideration the Fertility and Quality of the soil the Vicinity of the same to rail roads m Adami Zed or Clay turn Pike roads towns or villages navigable Rivers water privilege on the same or in the Vicinity of the same the location of the route of any canal or canals with any other local advantages of situation. Sec. 20. Insall taxes necessary for the support of the government of this state shall be assessed on the grand Levy in an equitable and rateable proportion in manner of lowing to wit the per centum necessary to be charged on the Dollar on said grand Levy for the purpose of defraying the stale expenditure shall be fixed from time to time by Law the Board a a doing county business in each county shall on i the second monday in june 1836, and at their i annual meeting in May thereafter determine the per centum necessary to be levied for the purpose of defraying the expenditures of their respective counties and also the per centum necessary to be levied for Road purposes not less than Ione fifth part of the per centum levied for state purposes. Soc. 25. That there All be assessed on each male inhabitant Over the age of Twenty one and under the age of fifty years the sum of fifty cent for the purpose of state Revenue Aiad me Board doing county business May assess for coun pure pm on each person with to the Ages aforesaid a sum hot exceeding be Keilty file cents which takes so assessed As a for by id she a be collected a other taxes and that twelve and one half cents of each poll tat to ctr a for state purposes be paid by the ool ctr in to the treasurer of each con cach county together with a list of the num Bei of persons who have paid a poll tax in said to township and the treasurer shall open a Book of accounts with each school District in his township and distribute the funds acquired by virtue of this act in the same manner that other congressional school funds Are distributed. Sec. 26. For the purpose of state Revenue for the year one thousand eight Hundred and thirty six the boards doing county business in the several counties in this state shall at their May term fir the per centum to be levied and collected on real property and improvements thereon All Stock in incorporated companies and All personal property made liable to taxation by this act at five cents on each Hundred dollars at valuation thereof and in like proportion for a greater or lesser for the Piip Mosesof county Revenue they shall at the same time on All property made liable to taxation by this act fix any per centum not exceeding on each Hundred dollars of valuation thereof to be levied and conc cited As is herein directed and per cent by them deemed necessary. See. 37. That the boards doing county business in the several counties in this state be and they Are hereby authorized and directed to set apart for the encouragement of common schools live per centum of the Gross amount of Revenue cold cited in their respective counties for state purposes which sum to set apart shall be deposited with the school commissioner to be by him equally divided Between the several township schools in his respective county in proportion to the amount of Revenue paid by each township Sec. 33. Nothing in this act shall be so construed As to Render persons holding the office of sheriff ineligible to the office of collector. Sec. 35. Provides that the county treasurer of Switzerland county shall not be collector and it repeals so much of the township Laws As contravenes the provision of this act. Treasury shall be extended to notes of any denomination under20 dollars. This communication is made with the Sanction of the president of the United states and it is hoped that till otherwise prescribed by ingress or by this department these requirements and requests will be faithfully com lied with by All the fiscal agents of this de Arment and All the collecting and disbursing officers of the government. Levi Woodbury. Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury department 22d feb. 1836. J circular quot to receivers of Public moneys collectors disbursing officers and the Deposit Banks of the United states. Gihm Dnad township or frack a Nobl township of the established policy of the Treasury department so far As May be practicable under its present Powers Over the collection keep ing and disbursement of the Public Money is to diminish the circulation of Small Bank notes and to substitute specie and especially Gold for such notes with a View of rendering the currency of the country through which its fiscal operations Are performed More Safe sound and uniform. In pursuance of Liat policy a circular was issued last april which prohibited after the 30th septem ice 1835, the receipt on account of the government of any Bank notes of less denomination than five dollars and which intimated that other Steps to promote the desirable objects before named would in due time be taken. Consequently in further pursuance of the same policy you Are hereby required after the first of May next not to pay the a canc of any Public officer or creditor in any ban notes of a less denomination than five dollars and except Wien it May be otherwise pre scribed by Law after the 4th of july next not to receive or pay on account of the govern ment any Bank notes of a less denomination than ten dollars. All the Deposit Banks Are requested to sup ply themselves with such a Quantity of american Gold Coin As to be Able to pay and when a Public officer or creditor prefers it and his demand does not exceed five Hundred Dollar to pay at least one fifth of such demand in that Coin. It is also requested that the Deposit Banks w ill not after the 4th of july next Issue any notes of a less denomination than five dollars and that after the 3d of March 1837, they will not unless the subject be otherwise regulated by Congress Issue any notes of a less denomination than ten dollars. It is believed that the amount of Gold which by that time shall be coined at the mint will be sufficient to admit of the convenient substitution of it for Small notes in a much greater extent than at present and it is deemed reasonable that while the Deposit Banks have the use without interest of unusually Large sums of the pub he Money they should make some further temporary sacrifices to obtain and circulate Gold and in other respects to enlarge the specie basis of our circulating medium. From these considerations and from the Liberal spirit evinced by most of the Public depositories in a late correspondence with them on this subject it is confidently expected that in this state of things they will cheerfully comply with the above requests and with All others which have been made by the department with a i jew of improving the currency nor will Itji ust be considered i ust or impolitic whil<4 the Deposit Banks shall continue to enjoy great privileges from the Treasury to regard a neglect or refusal by any of them to comply with those requests As sufficient cause for discontinuing the employment of such Banks As a fiscal agent. At a proper time it will be decided under what a and at what periods these restrictions on the agent and off Cert of the character of Tecumseh. The following is a Short sketch of the character of Tecumseh who fell at the Battle of in thames., the celebrated aboriginal quot of Firrito Tecumseh was in the 44th year of his age when he fell at the Battle of the thames. He was one of the Shawnee tribe five feet ten inches High Well formed for activity and the endurance of fatigue which he was capable of sustaining in very extraordinary degree. His Carriage was erect and lofty his eyes penetrating his in with an air of Hauter in his coun Enance which arose from an elevated Pride of soul it did not leave him even in lis eloquence was nervous concise impressive figurative and sarcastic being of a Taci urn habit of speech his words were few but always to the purpose. His dress Plain he was never known to indulge in the Gaudy decorations of his body which is the general practice of the indians. He wore on the Day of lis death a dressed Deer skin coat and Panta sons. He could neither read write nor speak English. He was in every respect a , the greatest perhaps since the Days of Pontiac. His ruling Maxim in War was to take no prisoners and he strictly adhered to the sanguinary Pur-30sc of his soul he neither gave nor accepted Quarter. Yet paradoxical As it May seem to the prisoners of other tribes he was attentive and humane nay in one instance he is said to have buried his Tomahawk in the head of a Chippeway chief whom he found actively engaged in Masai crying some of Dudley s men after having been taken prisoners by the British and indians. It had Long been the favorite project of this aspiring chief to unite the Northern Western and Southern indians for regaining their country As far As the Ohio. Whether this grand project originated in his negative he desired her to wait a moment whilst he went to Call one but she replied quot that there was no occasion Foi that As she had but a few Steps to the Duchess allowed him to hand her Down stairs when she suddenly turned towards the Entrance of a narrow passage. Imagining that she had mistook the Way he said quot Madam you Are going wrong Don t you see the people Are going on that Way quot pointing to a door which led into the Street when she replied smiling quot indeed i am going right which you will presently see by this time she had. Reached a door that opened into the passage when giving a few gentle taps the door flew open and discovered a magnificent Hall splendidly lighted up the Porter with a Silver staff in his hand announced the arrival of the Princess twice in a loud voice quot Madame la Duchess d it is easier to conceive than describe said the prior the astonishment of the stranger which the Duchess highly enjoying smilingly said quot come Corne in you shall not be disappointed As you wished to sup with me the stranger was still immovable and seemed almost petrified. The Duchess bursting into an immoderate fit of laughter asked what had become of All his Good humor and pleasantry with which she was so charmed a quot you seem quite quot indeed Madam i am for while we were together in heaven us Cicur we were on an Equality but i am truly sensible o the great difference there is Between us now we Are upon Earth his ready reply so pleased the Duchess tha she presented him to the Duke when he was received As a favorite in Ever a Good one. When the Date judge Howell of Rhode Island was at the bar. Or. Barge wrote Fink the lining of his quot hat vacuum Caput Siead the hat circulated about esd a smile on every Couch Tenace except that brute owner who deliberately took it up my heated the words above and Well knowing tiie author of the mischief addressed the a Kurt follows quot May it please the court i ask Jour Honor s Protection holding up the hat for said he quot i find that brother Burgess has written his name in my hat and i Hare reason to fear that he intends to make off Irth it a Galaxy. years since a sober zealous Connecticut Parson went to catch hire a family in his Parish who were not in ii a Mcm cd. A the re Hents of a Mitty a s Maiier arc. A when arrived he thought proper tit be Gin with Lois the eldest daughter a a about eighteen years of age and Boxum As May whose charms had smitten the Young Villaro swains with an epidemic. A Well Lois said the Parson quot i shall begin with you come Tell me who died for Lois with a charming flush in her Cheek replied quot Why nobody As i knows the Parson rather Surpri de at her answer repeated his question with increased Zeal. Lois rather irritated at the inquisitive Parson again replied quot Why nobody sir there was Tom Daw sign Lay bedridden for me about six months but folks say he has got about own or his brother s mind or was suggested by the British is not known but this much is certain he cherished the plan with enthusiasm and actually visited the Creek indians to prevail on them to join the undertaking. He was always opposed to the Sale of Indian lands. In a Council at Vincennes in 1810, he was found equal to the insidious arts of a Diplomatist. In one of his speeches he pronounced Gen. Harrison a liar. He has been in almost every Battle with the americans from the time of har Mer s defeat to that of the thames. A few moments before he received the fatal fire of col. Wheatley he had received a Musket Ball in his left Arm yet his efforts to conquer ceased Only with his life. When a youth and before the treaty of Greenville he had so often signalized himself that he was reputed one of the boldest of the Indian warriors. In the first settlement of Kentucky he was peculiarly Active in seizing boats going Down the Ohio killing the Passi tigers and Cai trying off their property. He made frequent incursions in Kentucky he Koukl invariably murder some of the settlers and escape with several horses Laden with plunder. He always eluded Pursuit and when too closely pressed would retire to the Wabash. His re ing passion seems to have been glory he was careless of wealth and although his plundering and subsidies must have amounted to a great sum he preserved Little for himself. After his fall on the 5th of october his per soil was viewed with great interest by the officers and soldiers of Harrison s army. It was some time before the identity of his person was sufficient to remove All doubt As to the certainty of his death. Kentucky Gazette. Laughable adventure. The following anecdote of the dutchess of Orleans was related to the late mrs. Thickness by the prior of st. Germains a quot the Duchess vrho was As remarkable for her wit and humor m her Beauty used frequently to go to the comedy or a Pera incognito and then sat in one of the upper boxes called Paradis or Aux Vieux. A gentleman spying her from the pit and taking her for one of those frail ones who generally occupy those seats at Paris imagined it was the same Versailles therefore went up and sans Ceke Monie entered the by Xland chatted in the most familiar style. Unconscious to whom he was addressing his i scour a. The Princess Wasi a woman who loved fun perceiving his error and that he was a. Stranger she pleased with his address and conversation carried on the joke till the comedy a Ndu a when he requested to be permitted to. Have the pleasure of her comp Sony at Sipper a which she politely declined. He. Then pressed her to Allavy him to see her Home and asked heir if she had a Carriage in waiting. On her answering him in the the Public surplus the course of debate in the Senate yesterday Xor. Ewing of Ohio stated some striking we May say astounding facts in regard to the Revenue and the sales of Public lands. The amount of surplus Revenue or rather of unexpended Revenue already exceeds thirty millions of dollars. The amount of receipts from sales of Public lands during the last month january far exceeds any amount heretofore received As appears by the following statement by or. Ewing of the amount received in the month of january 1835, then unusually Large and the amount received As far As the several land offices have been heard from during the corresponding month of the present year receipts prom Public lands. In Jan. 1835. In Jan. 1836. A London fog. We observe by a London paper of december the 18th, that no less than six persons were drowned on the 16th of that month in London by walking off the Dock into the River the density of the fog preventing them from discovering their mistake until too late. All of them were persons of respectability and sobriety. From this remarkable circumstances some id a May be formed of London fog. Joice Heth is no More this ancient of Days on whose Young Knees the infant Wash in trn once rested and played has at last Laid Down the Burden of More than a Hundred and sixty years. She was the oldest woman in the world when she met her death which took place on monday last. Actual a get 162.�?p/ii7. Gazette. Ohio 42,861 111,145 Indiana 190,893 531,234 Illinois 56,745 223,087 Missouri 45,721 129,585 Mississippi 188,090 426,381 Alabama 367,263 2.57,669 Louisiana 10,248 79,179 Michigan 43,072 290,949 should the sales of Public lands during the rest of the year Bear the same proportion to other years As is indicated by the sales in the month of january the Revenue from the sales of Public lands alone during the present year 1836 will exceed Twenty seven millions of dollars. Should the proceeds of the sales of the Public lands not be distributed As proposed a Mong the states nor the Revenue divided in some other Way the surplus Revenue will in a 3 ear from this time amount upon reasonable calculation to fifty millions of dollars latest from Texas. New Multi ans february 18.�?by some papers received from the West of this state we learn that general Samuel Houston has issued a quasi proclamation calling on the texans to declare themselves an Independent and Sovereign people and denouncing those who Are desirous of forming a confederacy Voith some of the Eastern mexican states. This indicates too strongly a division among texan leaders and May seriously prejudice the interest of tex is As the mexican people have made the contest a National affair. General Sesma a Nobleman of wealth and bravery will command the mexican expedition against Texas and Santa Anan will remain at Home to attend to his own interests. Small Farmer s daughter in Maine was visited by a rustic youngster who finding it difficult to keep up the conversation asked the girl after an embarrassing silence had prevailed for some time quot if she knew of any body that wanted to buy a shirt?"�?�1 Don to quot she repherd quot have you got one to sell quot quot of no quot said he quot i Only asked to make Corthe origin of the custom of setting a part a Day of thanksgiving is thus Given in the Salem observer the 27th Day of August 1679 is recorded As the first Day set apart for Public thanksgiving by the Pilgrim fathers of new England it was appointed at this time in. Consequence of the successful term inflation of a Long Couie of bloody wars with the. a Bill to repeal the charter of the Ohio Trust company has been introduced into the Ohio Xieng Slatore. A letter received at Baltimore from a Young gentleman of that City now at Val Parai. So says quot we have account Here stating that Pekin in China has been destroyed by a earthquake and one Hundred thousand House Ingnal fed so that where the City stood there is now a Black and stagnant Mustard a Poison to , David Crawford of Talmadge we Are informed lost a Yoke of oxen the. Past season in consequence of their feeding upon Green Mustai a. They both died within 24 hours after having fed upon it. Being unaware that this useful Plant possessed such fatal qualities we thought this publication might prove acceptable to the agricultural portion of the Community and possibly prevent similar accidents. Married in Madison county by. The 12th of january last Asa Adison to miss Martha Allen. On the next Day the Groom Hung himself to an Apple tree in his father s Orchard where he was found dead. He had the reputation of being a sober industrious and moral Young Man. The steam boat fairy que Eft a few Days since on her passage up the Wabash struck a Snag about four Miles below Terre haute and sunk immediately. Her cargo consisted principally of Salt damage said to be one thousand dollars. State state of Alabama has recently chartered a Bank with a capital of five millions Louisana has created one with twelve millions and in Massachusetts they Are talking of one with a capital of ten million Wirthe count do Grasse being la i tided in the knee with a Musket Ball the Surgeo gift made Many incisions. Loosing patience at last he asked them Why they Cut and carved so cruelly. We seek for the Ball said Thev. Why the Devil did you no it speak Heierle said the count i have Itin my pocket. How does the thermometer stand f asked a father of his son. It Don t stand at All sir it hangs was the Well but i mean How High is it just about five feet from the fld of Pooh you fool How does the Range up and door no perpendicular Mercury a late article in Sillima ifs Talt Habte journal in a is that in Potter county pen within the space of five Miles Are found the Hei of Tom of the Alleghany Susquehanna and Genie see rites the first flowing into the Gulf of. Mexico the 2d into the Chesapeake and to in 3d into Lake Ontario

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