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/ LATE REVOLUTION A It V TEN SION ACT. Letter from the Secretary of IJitr, ffc. inre lation lo the execut ion of the “-7c/ supple mentary to the act Jor the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the dev olution. War Department, June 15, 1S32. Sir: In answer to your letter of this date, 1 have the honor to observe that the act ol Congress of March 18th, 1S18, entitled “ An act to provide for persons engaged in the na service of the United Stales in the revo lutionary war,” made provision for placirn^, upon the pension roll nil commissioning t] cers, non-commissioned oflicers^j jn thc n and private soldiers, and “Instruction t hospital and medical «^dcpar(ment was r war ol the revolut^.ltioa of "officers ot c given to this claw-e Iicnl staff>» excluded that the the act all other officers of the nos^*ot holding commission in the line ^ “^army. Localise if the words “all | Commissioned officers, &c. extend to the w hole staff of the army, there was no necess ity to insert a particular provision for any branch of the staff And such a provision, l when inserted, would embrace only the par- i ticular class described. Officers of tho line ] only, were, therefore, supposed to be includ- ( ed in the first description. It is, however, ! clear to me, that had i lie law contained no < particular enumerating clause, the general ] provision “all Commissioned officers,” would have included all the officers of the line and staff of tho revolutionary army. I allude to this subject here, that the rea sons of the difference in the construction put by this department upon the act of ISIS, and that which, it appears to me, should be put upon the act of tho present session of Con gress, entitled “An act supplementary to an act for tho relief of certain surviving officers ■ and soldiers ol the revolution,’ maybeuppu • rent. The benefit of the latter act is extend ed to each of the surviving officers, S;c. who shall have served in the continental line or Slate troops, volunteers or militia, lee. with out any clause necessarily, or by construc tion, limiting its operations. It is, therefore, «'•» opinion, that all the officers, whether of Che line or c , cry urn cm bi at«d in this provision. With rCspect to tho evidence which 1 should be v“H**ced ol the applicants, there is j n manifest differs.—, between the regular ! troops and the militia of the former, there are rolls in this offi«>. \orc or less perfect, ' and where a preson s n.lie js fcund upon them, no otb-r testimony or should be re- ! tiuired. rv h.ere >h*Lna,“e not thus found, the p-aumption is that thenblicant did nol; .lr the service stated, and h defect tnust f.. supplied by other testimony. q'hc cer_ i tificate of a commissioned officer, :onc tan i then Vffi"ed* if required Lutif iuannot, these witnesses should both certify fi their own personal knowt„d (o services of the applicant,Dm.they should,by direct or indirect circumstau; A ovid * / confirm the account given by j • _’ These principles have regulated t:ivd . merit heretofore, and they appear to nujW' j founded in reason and justice. W henffr^6 over, the rolls aro known lo be iruperfeK considerable relaxation should be allowed and, under these circumstances, and as the difficulty of procuring toslimony gradually increases, the regulations have been relaxed particularly with respect lo the nature of the circumstances required to bn shown. x *4c ui iiiniiirt service, is, However different. There are no rolls of the militia^p this department, except those of tiie State ol New Hampshire. There can, therefore, a riso no presumption against the applicant, to he met by stronger evidence than under o tlier circumstances would ho required ; and time has so reduced the number of these ve terans, and ol the witnesses of their services and sufferings, that to demand of them posi tive proof, independently of their own state ments, would bo to deprive many of them of the benefit of the act My impression is, that the applicant should produce the best ovidence in his power. If he has no living nor documentary evidence of his services,he should transmit as detailed a statement, un der oath, as lie can prepare, 6howin,r the time, place and manner of his employment, the corpse to which he belonged, and such other circumstance* connected with the sub ject as he may be able to recollect,and as will *erve to guide an examining officer in his in vestigation of tho justice of his claim. To this should be added the certificate, under! oath, of at least two respectable persons, whose characters can be established at the department, stating the general impressions > of the neighborhood where the applicant re sides, or has resided, that ho was engaged in the Revolutionary war. I imagine there are lew or none of the survivors whoso charac ter are not recognized in the vicinity where they live. Thin traditionary' evidence, in tho absence of oilier proof, will corroborate the statement of the honest applicant, and check 1 Hie attempts of those who are dishonest; and d appear* to me to be a* far as it w ill bo sale j to go. These are my impressions, hastily wi^ ten, in answer to yoitr letter. I havayfhe J more confidence in them, as they are fortifi j ed by the opinion of Mr. ItklwardS, uwwliose I experience and judgment I pl:ic*4^eat re liance. And I flunk tho Committee will a gree that they pursue a just medium be iween a latitudmoii* construction, which ' would throw the doors of (lie treasury open 1 to all who are willing to fabricate document* 1 w hich would insure them the benefit of this act, and such n rigid administration as would 1 render nugatory the beneficent provision* of i llie law. j | 1 have Ilia honor to be, Sir, ! t \ cry rcsjieclfully, vonrob’t. serv’t. it MOW IS (ASS ut'T’r. A. I nor, it. ( >m. on /'sns/on* in the Sr note. , f)K f’A RTiM i ; N T OF XV A R ) ion Or hoe, June 27, 183*2. ^ The t\llowing regulations have been n- 1 o rfnpted b\jbo Sect clary of War for carrying ' into eiT«t ylifi act of t'ongres*, pursed Juno 'i, IS32, unbilled ‘'an Act supplementary to I an " Ac! forf the relief of the surviving offi- y and Solo«cn ot the R<" obiti-in ” J Ihw I aw ha * been construed to extend, as | the line, ns to every branch of the a 'tea A i ■* v. and to include under t he 1 e,” “State Troops,’’ ( c< *•/’ *11 person* on f tr /inferred and who i< vice, but not,1,1 hose-wlio wore occasionally employed w iff' he army upon civil contract, such as l Icrks 1 ;o Commissaries anil to Store Keepers, iiC. I Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Four general classes of cases are enibrac * i'ii in this law : . i , ..M « 1 rn volun- 1 1. 1 he Regular i roops. < 2. The Stale 'Troops, ^avaj servic,. t teers. < H. Persons cm jjlo rojgiilar troops in the ? ■t ludwn S|^ur exist in tliis Depart- 1 ’*j^r»ons, claiming the benefit of ' Ke>o)',(S 0(p,cerS) non-commissioned ofii- 1 Iff, musicians, or privates, will in the first 1 istancc, make application by transmitting ' ie following declaration, which will be | lade belore a Court of Record of the Coun r where such applicant resides. Anil eve y Court having by law a seal and Clerk is jnsidereil a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of tho Act of 'ongress of the 7th of June, 1S32. State, Territory, or district of J gg County of $ Qn (bis-day of-personally appeared efore-of the-A. B. a resident of n the county of-and State, Territory or )istriot of-aged-years, who being irst duly sworn according to law, doth on lis oath make the following declaration, in irdcr to obtain the benefit of the provisions liade by tho net of Congress, passed June rth, 1S32 That he enlisted in the Army of he United Stales in the year-,with—— 5t served in the--regiment of the-‘lino, jnder the following named officers : [litre 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 ojjicers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enter ed the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.] He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on tho Pension Roll of any Agency in any Slate, or (if any,) only on that of the agen cy of the .tlatc. —. . Swots. ,«r»d auLsoi'ii) - eil the day aforesaid.-A B. And then will follow the certificate ol the Court: And then said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named appli cant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I——Clerk .of the Court of-do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains theorig 1 a:_.fit./. 1 In «l,n . (ha service 1 f nUed\ That 1»° cnJ*v following ^officers, 1 Slates 'imks herein stated, f and *e« set forth the names ot the ^Snd company officers ; f* da/- jj j,oS. iblc) and the month andf-'ar (he Iaimant entered the servif, and lk inne hood to^Bhave been a Revolutionary eoldier, ! anil lhaMt they concur in that opinion. Ifonc ot thesi^B persons is a clergyman, the court will so^Bccrtily, and they will also certify to the tlu^Bracler and standing ol other persons, lt givin^Bsuch ccrtiiicates. I '1 h^B traditionary evidence of service is ie left tho same ; and if utftr <^ol\han i ne engagement, he mustipecity <ke, ir. \ icular periods, and tho tfiks ani iu,cs T his officers ; tlie town/ and cninty -,r State, in wliil when le cnten he service; i as drnfed, was tnllinlasr nr . 11 • > 11'< t IP « m > imjioi lani, in me ansonue ol a ny proof, except the declaration of t lie part^^J-A nd the courts are lequestcd to lie ivcr^^H r icular in the inquiry whether the bcb^H general, and whether any doubts existed upon the subject To re nui^^H a dll' aniilicanu iwwilli* ill n which lie was engtied ; t»e country hrough which he maidied, th- regiments ir companies with whim he scrvjd; and the lame# of some of the Rigular Oycers whom le knew, together witl/such farlfer particu ars as may he useful ft the instigation of lis claim ; and also, if the facile so, that he a tV> a contemporary survivor,would, . fl«e °f so many years, lie to de s jly A them of the benefit ofthe law. lo^ piesumption is raised against the alt'y lie existence of Rolls in the un/-n V lero *5 110 eno,l reason why r -lOnphould be extended to them.— 1 lir>r Vaiwl in _i . i •• ani the pay hereby allow* Miali not he in any way transferable, a liable to at tachment, levy, or seizur«by any legal process whatever, but shnlunsurcwholly to the personal benefit of w oflicer, mu sician, or soldier entitled » the same. Sec. 1. And be it furl huen acted, That so much ot the said paus accrued be fore the approval of th act, shall be ! paid to the person entiljil to the same as soon as may be, in ie manner and under the provisions alve mentioned, and the pay which shalaccrue thereaf ter shall be paid, seini-inually, in the manner above directed kad, iu case of the death of any personlmbraced in the provisions of this act, f of the act to which it is supplememry, during the period interveni 11 o* lipfvHll til#* comi-nn. i Commerce hare l>«pn favored with fl.p ful I owing extract of a letter, dated *'cir St. Louis, Aug. 0. 1 lie Steamboat W urrior,G'apt. Throck morton, arrived (bis morning (Aug o ) a< St. Louis, ami reports that on her way from ot. cT^rlf s 1 Janie du Cliien, with six teen U. S. troops and one officer on board lie encountered tbe whole of Black Hawk's Indians crossing the Mississippi. 'i fie Warrior, on coming up with them, immediately “run into, and run down” sev eral of their rafts, and^diowned, shot and took prisoner*, about three hundred Indi ans. Generals Dodge and Henry came up immediately, to whom the Warrior ,ruvc up her prisoners. ** 1 — ■ —1 Duration or Cholera-—Tbe French papers are speculating on the probable duration of tin* (’Imfi-m in P...;.-_i » _ knows of no person, w hose tejfruony ho c;y procure, who can testify to hipcrvica.] * lie hereby relinquishes ev/y claim wlj/' over to a pension or annuilyxcept the r1* sent, and declares that hisloie is nuton the Pension roll of the fgency °6“ny j State, or (it any) only tha^t the Agf')’0' | the State of , Sworn and subscribed f>° day nr1 yenl aforesaid. • ~ And then will bo ant^'d the ‘llowmg certificate: ( / . . * l» _ _tan rinlmcl’ 111 tllB flics m it sufficient ground for plac- i : upon the Pension Roll, without ''Vating Circumstances, would he to j JJ Treasury to great frauds. A just ; ijfi seems to present the rule for carry .x) effect the objects of Congress. i je two persons, whose certificate is re- \ Ucannot l»e produced in court, without i »,:h inconvenience and expense to the i Mt, then the statement ot the facts and ' , above mentioned, will be made un- ; i’ judge or justice of the ‘ kmfhn nmiiA«i. .r.L._. . .. nndCI. I). rcsic& ><* lhatho same hereby certify that w#*re wo/ acquaints with , who has sfkeribec)*nd sworn/ the above detlaratio/ that belie\e h/ to be years of a at that h* i" reputed believed, in the ncijP"ihorl where hif sides, to have been/ soldi*' ol the Rey11 lion, an.l that we c/cur i> that opinio/ Sworn nod subs/bed tie day and )/r a' foresail. / /f.. And then will Row he ccrlificat/1 UlC Court. / / il o r Aid the said c/rt'J' hereby dec/5 l,,*r . 7 VWUI *■ iiic | t>nd credibility of the persons mak- , dement will bo given. Milts unable to appear in Court by f bodily infirmity, may make the j on before required, and submit to I bon, before a judge or justice of'} Frecord of the proper county : and I pr justice will execute the duties f court is herein requested to per- ‘ Iwill also certify, that the appli-; ult from bodily infirmity, attend the _ f bemVer any official act is required to opinon, alter tl#11 ‘‘T •. 'i J artel putting l/ iryhrrogalorics f >ci;iie.Jl by /ie War f/par/nent, that £ ab,'5^ naaed appItJt w* a rerolutioiy} sn“!», an/ served(j/ie sides. And tl/r certify #at itpppcars to tH'" A. j/ lias' signed »h* I’VSyding zfrlificatcjis a clergyman, I0W*ent in thn /id thatC. II. who halrt‘Wn sign el the sni/ i-! a rfrident in the 'and is a (/edible/frson, md that their statement is ©titledP credit j Clirk of the Court of p here))' ccrti-y that the foregoing contains te ordinal proceedings of the said Court, h thyinutterof the application of for a lens/on. v In testimmy whereof, I hare hereunto set .. -7, “ •'uuge nr Justice ol the court record or by a Justice of the peace, the certificateol tbs Secretary of State or Ter ritory, or the proper Clerk of the Court or County, uidor his seal of office, will be an nexed, staing that such person is a judge ,)r justice o < a court of record, or a justice oi the peace, and .hat the signature annexed is his genuine sig^turc. 3. Persoigj serving in the marine forces ' 4. Inuian^ies. Each ot Case two latter classes of cases will produceproof, as nearly a. may he, con formably to he preceding regulations, and authenticate! In h similar manner, with Sucli ! vari“tions as he different nature of theser I vice may requte. No paymeiti can be made on account of nual payments direct! to be made by said acts, tile proport natc amount of pay which shall accru setween the last preceding semi-annual ayment and the death ofsuch person, t ill be paid to bis widow, or, if lie leave 3 widow, to his children. Skc. 5. And he it funer enacted, That the officers, non-coinjissioned officers, mariners or marines,who served for a like term in the navajservice duriig the revolutionary war, pall be enti’led to the benefits ot this a<| in the sanif man ner as provided for ti? officers aad sol diers of the army of|ie revolution. Approve* June 7th, THE liOktlt WAR The last battle wnl fought on tjft after noon of August 2d, \jh the troots under (Jen. Atkinson, ;u| the IndiJs under! lii.ACK Hawk. Ob troops had jrossed to the north side of the Jisconsin liter at He lena, on the 26th anitiHli of Juljfand by a forced march of /'outlays, leaving baggage and wngghns bcliiiuviverlook thin near the Mississippi river, Jen. Dodgiis squadrou was honored with tl front, Get. Henry’s ami Gen. Alexander next, and i on Posey’s formed tiie rear gu Id. On the id August, (Jen. Hodge wilfoo voluntee spies went ahead of tiie whoijanny, and liar going five miles discovcpd the enc y’s picket gnau!. IiitelligeJeiwas quick t conveyod to (Jen. Atkinsonlhen to all ti Comman ders of brigades, ii the speed i the march was instantly incrlsed. In a I w minutes the tiring began,asiut 500 yard.' liicad oft lie front troops, hctJcn the spies aulthc Imii- ! an picket guard-lbe Indians wris driven, back to their mai body, on the biksof the M is^iasinm I'ivpilvrKn conmeil .lAfiiw.«».i dou, and as to whether it is likely to take up its residence permanently with us. Jf we are to reason by what we know of other diseases as well as this we must say that it is highly probable that it will be acclimated both in France and England. There are a variety of diseases now common to Europe, un known some centuries ago, and it is lare indeed that any epidemic can be completely exterminated. With re spect to the Cholera,it should be observ ed, that wherever it appeared once, w hetiier in the East or in Europe, it has made its re-appearance under the lorin and with the character of an epidemic. In some instances its visit is annual, and its ravages are unvaried—in others it is more eccentric, and uncertain as to time ; but where*it has once shown itself, there will it be again sooner or later—its seeds, like those of vegetable fungi, being un seen, but always in existence. -eojor*-. Another melancholy talc.— We have to recount another of the tmtnv scenes of destruction caused in this city, by the pestilence which has so long raged a niong u«. An industrious, temperate man, Mi chael Kearney, who was employed in a mercantile house in the lower part oft lie city, consigned his wife and his brother to the grave on Thursday last. .They had been seized with the cholera on Wednesday, and on Thursday they lav dead within his doors. On Friday he was about his ordinary business; on Saturday mornimr at an earlv hour *llul .. ... matter of the application ot-lor a pen sion. i In testimony whereof I have hereunto sd my hand and seal ot office, this-day jj If, on examination of the proper recon the names ef applicants, malting such dj ■nation, cannot be tound, they will recat ^Mailed instructions, respecting the nalp ana form of the testimony they must / duce,to secure their being placed on/,e 1'ensioa Roll. As the presumption wi/i»' such cases, baagainst the applicants, if pcquence of the omission of their nan/ !n jrynuster rolls, they will be requ/‘l to ulNh, as near as may be, the same cvf*nce .• ttretofore been required, by llAlfg' ulaiion^j practice adopted forcr7*n'-? ,uto efTeeVe'a(;t of Congress, Mifh 18, ..i ■» a , tse act supplementary lereto; ui i Buch rei^.ajj0nS as have bci trom , ime to time, sectioned by thqflcpart i meat, on account We rapid deereje of the survivors of the Re. lu(i‘onarv a£v, and ! the consequent (liflicuft^fpr0cur7? direct, j positive testimony in cvey case J | Whether an officer or ■tW_co‘Jmissioned I officer is now in the receipt a .ension, he J should make application, it c'u/tled to the benefits of this act, by letter merely, setting forth his rank, and tho regiment, Curps, 01 , vessel, in which he served, and his present place of residence. 11 is pension certificate | must accompany his letter. In those cases where the applicants havi onto been on the pension roll, under the aa of March 18, 1818, and have been droppif (herefrom on account of oronertv.or for nrl Illy liana aul seal oi once, mis uay oi &c.. The fcrm of the proccrdiugs and of the certificates will be^o varied, as to meet the case, when the dedaration is made out of court, before a J.u&e, as hereafter provided for. / j j JSvery applic®t will produce the best ' proof in hi* powe' This is the original dis- J charge or comm’sion ; but if neither of these can bo obtained the party will so state un der oath, and wll then procure, if possible, the testimony >fat least one credible wit ness slating irJetail hi* personal knowledge of the service of the applicant, and such cir cumstances connected therewith, as nujy have a tenancy to throw light upon the transaction If such jlrviving witness cannot be found, tin-applies it will so state/in his declaration, I he wil also, whether he produce such lenceir not, proceed to relate all the ma- i al falls, which can bf useful in the in iiga^onof his claim, and in the compari ot b3 narrative with the events of the pe ofliis alleged service, as they are known liqrDepartmeaf. A very full account of services of each person will be indispen- , t to a favorable action upon his case.— j i facts stated wifi afford one of the cipal means of corroborating tbo decla- j in of tho applii :.ot ,if true, or of detecting | mposition, if one be attempted, and un- i therefore, these are amply and clearly iirth, no favorable decision can be ex- j ed. All applicants will appear before smie court of record in the county, in which I Ihey reside, and there subscribe and be i iworn to. the declarations above nruvid-l other reason, or where application has bej rnado under the act of May 15, 1828, and tf evidence of service is in (he department or having made application and proof of si vice, and having been rejected, instead f the above declaration they will make a st.it pent, setting forth, under oalli, their lit j ing been previously on the pension roll, all their having been struck from the satvl showing their rank, the regiment, corpt ] vessel in which they served, their plr.tr j residence when tho first application w made or of their application under the jet 15lh May, 1828. !n a case where a claimant may make p»r sonal application at this Department, s*l can produce satisfactory proof of rervij, and of his identity also, nt the seatof g« ernment, he may make his declaration I forc a justice of the peace. j 2. Tho case of the State troops, volfi teers and militia is different. There urlin the department no rolls of tho Sta/e troln, BXcepl those of Virginia, and no rolls olhc militia except those of New Hampshire! Applicants, who served in the flatc lipps if \ irginia, and applicants, win/ serve! in he militia of New Hampshire, /will lijrc IWired to produce the same proof, as is ire - tcribed forthose who served upon the Ion in ratal Establishment. JIut/with reflect 0 the other State troops and militia, li re is io record to advert to, and no pre«u|i/tion ° be rebutted. 'Flic nature of tho /ns« , herefore demands a different rule *f/pro :eeding, WF Every applicant whorlsims a penfion by irtun of service in the State troops, ^'olun sers or Militia, except as is above f 'ovi«l d, will make and subscribe the foinwing etlaralion: DECLARATION. fn order (c obtain (be I ofit of (In Act f Congress, passed Juno 7. 18,32 titute, Territory nr /'.strict of} county of , j”* On this day of personally ep fiarrrl in open Cou before the fmli.es nr uslices ofihe Court of now silting, A. 1 a resident of in tho comity of id State, Tcrritc - or District of aged/ years, wbe b» ngfirrt rlnlv sworn ac-i rdinrr (o law. doth on his oath make th# • Mowing dec larnlion, in order to obtain lb | mefit of (he act of congress, passed June T,' 332. ' ed, according to the nature of his case. The court will propound the following in terrogatories to nil applicants for a pension,' on account of the service in the Militia,) State troops, or volunteers, except the Mi-| litia of New Hampshire and the Stata troops I of Virginia : 1. Where and in what year were you born ? 2. Have you any record of your ago, and if so where is it? 3. Where were yon 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 regu lar officers, who were with the troops,where you served ; such continental and militia regiment* as you can recollect, and the gen eral circumstances of your service. f Did you ever receive a j discharge from the service Tia soldier \ and if so by whom was it | given, and what has be l corns of it? ! 6 l / f Did you evot receive I a commission, and if so, j Tonnofficer ' by whom was it signed, j and what has become of JI Ut? 71 State the names of .persons to whom you are/known in your present neighborhood, nn<) who can testify as to your c haracter for ve/a city, and their belief of your services as a nhlier of the Revolution. | /rhoCc_rt will see that the answers to [ ti/ese questions arc embodied in the declara tion, and they are requested to annex their ! djinions of the truth of the, statement of the /md Scant. The applicant will further produce in Lv'oiirt, if the same can he done, in the opin [ion of the Court, without two much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—ineof whom should he the nearest < lc rgym m, if one lives in the immediate vi cinity of «uc h applic ant, who can testify from j their acquittance with him, that they bc 1 ve he i« of the age fie represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor r; ‘7c,""n .person, win. may l.are died before tiolakmg effect of the act of June < ,1832; aid m care of death subsequent thereto, and beor e tire declaration herein re- ! quired is made,ahe parlies interested will transmit such ejdence as they can procure, j taken and authenticated before a court of re- 1 cord, shewing til services of the deceased 1 the period of hisileath, the o]>inion of the ne.ghberhpcd re A* ting such services, the title of thd claim.at, and the opinien oftho court upon the wile matter. AN ACT suppltmenlarv to the “Act for the relief 1 certain surviving offi- i cers aud soldiels of the revolution.” Be it enacted tithe Senate and House of Representativclof the United Stales of America in CotiItss assembled, That each of the survitng o/ncers, non-eom missioned ofiicersjmusidians, soldiers & Indian spies, whj sJialb have served in the continental Jill or state troops, vol unteers, or militia kt one or more terms, a period of two yA« during the war of the revolution, andvilio are not entitled to any benefit undAkiie act for the re lief of certain survrltog officers as.d sol diers of the revolufon, passed the fif teenth day of Mav Eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, b authorized to re ceive out of any morey m the Treasury, not othei wise appro/ruted, the amount of his full pay ii th, paid line, accord ing to his rank/ but not exceeding in any case, the piy jofk (kptain in’the , said line ; such /pat n enmence from the fourth day ff March, me thousand eight hundred aid thiiiy-oU and shall continue during his iatilral |fe ; and that any such office/, noj-commfcsioned offi ccr, musician or p.ivqte, fc aforesaid who shall had served in thdeontinent al line, state (.oops, volimteds, or mili tia, a term o'/tersis, in the w hole less • than the abovf period, biitnolless than I six months, hall he auMiorizM to re- j ceive out ofhiy nnappropriaUd money in the Treasfy, during his nataral life, i each, accordpg to his term ofsorvice an amount faring such proportion to the annuitytrantefl to the san^j rank for the servje of two years, as £s term j of service rf to the terrd afordaid, to commence hm the fourth day of March one thousai eight hundred andthirty-! one. I 3 : Sec. 2. bdbc it further enacted That no personpeiring any annuity or,pen- , sion undejny law of t he United States, providina>r revolutionary officer! and soldiers, Jdl be entitled to the heffcfits of this hI unless he shall first rtlin quish liiJrther claim to such pension : and, in ^payments under this act, the . amount rhich may have been re- I ceived lfef any other act as aforesiid, I since thjlate at which the payments i under tlact shall commence, shall first I be dedifd fromsuch payment. See. l4nd be it Inrtbfr , ti.„j ®' defend tliemselvc/ there or die on tk ground. To prevent refill up or down le river; Gen. Atkinson JderedGen. Alcindcr and Gen. Posey, toj>rm the right Jng of the I army, and marl down to the above t be Indiun cncn ipmcnt,nnd then wove down. Gen. Ilenry timed the left wing, and marched in thsnain trail of tl/ enemy.— 'J'hc U. S. Infeiry and Gen. i)/gc’ssquad ron ofihe minIgtroops marclil in the cen tre. Our whJp. force desceyed tlic steep iduffs, and rale into a low Alley heavily timbered, vill a largo groJh of under brush, wee s,(grass, Sic. SlJghs.dcep ra vines, loga&c. afforded thelidians every facility to hake a strong deflt-e. General Henry firitjeame on them nrwommenced a heavy fireJvhich was returifl by tho ene my, who iijrc routed from their first hid ing places aid sought.others../(Jen. Dodge’s squad rot ail the U. S. troojf soon carne^in | to acijop, aid with Gencrf Henry’s men rushed nicihc strong dcfi« of the cnrmv ! and killed >ill in their way, Adept a few who swam a-.r-ij a slough ofthi Ilissjssippi, 150 yards vie*. During this ijiie the brigades | ol Gemr;fc Alexander , Ml Posey were \ marchiedown the river, Ml fell in with a j notherp.ltyof the Indian, and killed and 1 routed a that opposed tin. The battle i lastecljip ards of three hJrs. About fifty womei a <1 children wejMlaken prisoners and nan; killed by accidlt in the battle. * WJeiifhe Indians wcrcAiven to the bank of ibqMpsissifipi, same hlindrcds of men, womm.ind children,pIuMcd into the river —veiy few however eMped our sharp shoot rsj The loss of thJndians never can beexicly ascertained,! cy must have lost at lestpnc hundred ar It fifty killed—our loss, died and woiinded.jfas27. A prison er sUt* that while tlievattlc was w arm lh.s e IIaivk stole ofJftind went up the rive *n this side. If hifcid, he took noth ing \|th him, tor bis Mluahlcs, many of then a ere found on lliclatlle ground, to gclhf with ccrlificatcsjf good character, andcfhis having fought Bravely against the L ntd States during tl.-lfist war, Sic. sign ed UBritish Officers. I I .q Sacs, it is 8iq»p(.i d, would conclude n pr.x on any terms bi the 4th August a pity of Sioux came t>4iur camp, and beg tred «rmission to go nrI have a light with IheivOn tho back trif- Same day our! w l,f(! army went dowrfp I’rniriedu Ciiien,1 I it further orders. tleneralH Atkinson,*). 8, and Posey, wiifllic U. S. Infantry,!* d there that evciwg in the slcaml.'oal ■ ior. T s Winnebagoes j Prairie du Chien, lily bringing jej Sac prisoners and Ke-o^ km k’sAtcr w ho was among ics and l* oxes, |.« been taken prison ie thinks herhuet ind, Stsch-»tka-pec. Big Lake, a ox, was kilf&l ftff she was taken, »l out July 30th, Shi re children, tbs \\ innebagocs lithe them, the Mend lonees three, and fine , ig. She stales i! it many canoes snnk, nany children vere drowned,"that Hawk had InstPo hundred warriors, I Gen. Dodge’i Attic of the 21sl of Ju Japt. Price anc * men on the 4th Au ivhcn reconnoitifcng between Cassville - id the Wisconsin, fill on n fresh Sac trail, untied them wilhful speed of hryvs, kill 1 and took prisonJs to Ihe number of was seized by tin* disease, and before night be was laid in the earth in which, nut two days before, be deposited the remains of bis wife, and' of bis brother ! He left four unprotected children, one of whom was taken ill on Sunday night, md was buried with its parents yester lay ! The remaining three are taken by an acquaintance of their father’s, who lias also written for their uncle, who re sides in another part of the union. \cw 1 ork paper. C HO LERA IN TE LUGE N C E. In Philadelphia there has been ns few is three deaths in a day. In New-York Lhe disease has so abated that the daily reports are discontinued. Suffolk.—A letter to the Editor ofthe Norfolk Herald, dated Suffolk Aug. 2-J, says—“The Cholera is abating in this place. On the Kith, a Miss Harris died it Mr. Thos. Iiailey’s, and on the 17th, Mr. Bailey himself died—bolh very vio lent cases. Since then, Mr. Wm. J}. Coleburn has died ofthe cholera, in tl& upper part of town, that being the last case of the cholera that l have heard of, excepting Mrs. Oldham, an elderly to'dv who was employed for a nurse for the family at the jail : she is now very sick. 1 he people «resickly, more or less, with the bilious fever.” .* North Carolina.— At Winston, tb#re have been.5 eases and 2 deaths; and at Edcnton, several cases and t deaths. Jf * Fortress Monroe..—A letter from For tress Monroe, dated Aug. 23, informs ns, that, “on the night ofthe 20th.. six •oldiers were seized with the disease, in its worst form, of whom two died it; i few hours, and two more wiilfcn the following twenty-four. On the evening ?f the 21st, two black laborers without lhe Fort were seized, and eight more last night.”—Another letter, datcd^Aug. 21, says,—“Two cn«es have occurred n mong the soldiers to-day, being Dfu* fust dnee the morning of the 21st.” In Norfolk and Poitsmouth thetliscasc has abated. i*r isen cit/ctmoa: 'J’lic subscriber proposes to sell ^t'bis rrs dcnce, on Saturday, the 29th inst,, to the ugliest bidder, 'r 'Maps, Benches, an Electrical Mu ■bine,'a Cammcra Obsenra, a variety of )ther School Furniture, I Cow, ft Stoves, I China Press, i lUireaw', I Safe, 2 Bed itead*., a Bed Beddmg, Chair*, some Carpeting, and u variety qf-othcr Ifouse iobi Furniture. For all those articles whicliAnll bo bid >(Tfor more than Five Dollars, (ho subscri >cr will allow a credit of six lo^iths. All itber articles will be sold for raslv TYLER TIIAClIER. the pnJlowed by tbi* act shill, tinder the dirJon of the Sccrttnryofthc Trca surv, linid to the officer, nomeonunis sioned/icer, musician, or private, cn titled roto, or his or their authorize*! attornjat such places *nd times as tfi? Secref of the TreaMry may direcl; and t/no foreign officer should be eij- I titled/^nid pay, nor sHall any office*-.' non-Jmissioned ofTice , musician, (.r privJreceivc the same until he furn ish haid Secretary satisfactory cti-1 dcn«l»t he ia entitled o the s»»ie, m.! coui’ty to the povishns of this act; j twelve. Maj. Gen. Scott, «T the tJ. K. Army and .Staff, ( aptains Gall, fache, and Maynadicr. had arrived from C hicago via Dixon’s Fort, at Galena, nnd left tiere in the steamboat Warrior, on the 6lb august, ior Prairie du Chien, General Atkifaon’* head quarters.— Col. JOustis, with fivr hundred 11. S. troops, artillery, nnd infantrL were on their mirth from Chicago to the 5ent of >Vnr, and wfr-c expected about th«H;h August, which is flu latest accounts we hare frrtm Galena, which i* from fifty to seventy miles below F’rairie du Chien. LATEST FROM THE WEST. 'i lie editors of the New York Journal of CAUTION. A LL persons are forwarned from trading for a note executed by me to tolip Heard, for two saddles worth #35, a* 10iave reason to believe it was obtain ed £ fraud. ' JOHN TEMPLE. Hrownsburg* Aug. 30, roil SALK, % neat Double DID. . I‘<v particulars enquire at this officer AuRSt 24, 1832. \ ^J r i