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Froiu fli•icytis'grtrtletis
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oh lye The anguish from nv..hrow,
pain:! '
Father ! I had a dream just now,
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\Thiel) must not conic again. .
ertmiled - ttiSles'l seetn'd
• .4 „ . Deek'd as the..y.deek a bride; - •
Theyplaced trrirni.; upon my.
~Lod took. 'tne_front.thy.shld:- _ _ •
I breatlnitt•tite Cell sor'sfragiltfice, Where
The.clouded.incenae fell; -
ficikil.amid the eliaunted praye . r,.
The tMg,:kO's lordly' swell ;
• 'And 9' Ity ray hosam.knew tile sigh,
Which Illapture . loves to•-ti'ake; •
'But when I caught my Father's eye,'
iN : lethought my heart would break.
.Vith wreaths oflove from mwtlrs wrought,
To,hintl-ray
- !MUTT a gentle tongue ira4 fraught
With, words 'twas Wisp to name. .
Tut when thy brawieclipsvil With wo i
Like twilight o'er me shone,
l'thought it was unkind to gp-r-'
J3tit vain these rye's were upward.
CriePs tear bad little heed, __±._
'Youth beamed where. the torch-light blazed,
And bade the bridegroom speed: .
t saw a strange'; - at my feet,
Whokneeled.aml plead the while,
smile . tc; me - seemed trildly sweet, '
• Yet not ins Father's smile._
Softly he told of jpys nplaid,
For virgin hearts like Mine,
..ktul of altoMe '01(1 Loyn had•matfe— , -
Oh ! brightP'r Itt. than thine. ' '
Uu t take, oh! take ITIC to thy heart,
-My brow so aches AV' 1 pain—i — '- -- f
Father! that dream would bjd A part--
It must not come again !
PO - LITICAL.
Rawhis TOiWombat . oilier,s ;
urveijo rs.
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Mead, and the ibscdution therein contained concurred
in by the House—June T t 1838:
. Mr. E. Whittleaey; from the Committee
bf Claims, submitted the following -
' REPORT:
the COMMiltee of Claims, tooy„hom ivas
referred tha..petition of Rasselas 'Whit
'comb, George C. :Van Zandt, Thoinas
• Brown, and John Miltoy, of Indiana,
• WilLird Burrows, .or-- Wisconsin,
Brogkfield,'of Michigan, .Andrew For
'ter ajul '1 oh n - Mhatry, of Ohio, and Jas.
2_ A-Rousseau,- ofKentuckyi repnrt:= -- Tla
'. 'the said persons, set folili their grievances
as' follows.
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'" To the honorable 'The• Vous . e - of Reive
• eentatives - In' 6ongress
. assembled .•
" Whereas. the . undersigned petitioners
',ltave been employed as aurveyors of the
public land , - Thr - tho-Surveyor—GeneralLof
'Ohio, Indiana, Michigan; -and the Territory
bf WisConsin; and _having expended our
`lime and Means in
.the..performance Of
,Said
-----surireys,.,"and-liavin g duly made returns of
The same to theeffme, severalmonths sin - cc ;
.. and . the surveys being. accepted and platted,
our. petitioners beg - levee - tp stlie, ihax;the
Surveyor General, though repeatedly:re-,
quested to adjust our, claiMs, has totally
. neglected the_saine to the 'great loss of the
. Surveyors' whose notes have been protested,
drafts dishonored, .and' property. sold, for
:debts 'Contracted for, the very purpose of
proiecutiog.said laurveys; when, at the o same
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time, the Surveyor General, .by his 'report
,' for the n quarter ., coding September 30th;
stows ,on.unekpended balance- in file
;Iranis-Qf s39,g,s3"oVhich,aclded,io $13,000
-AvliiCh -he has since rceeived, aniounts to
• 185,283; that he has put us ofyypro. Anc,
to timP“3ince December, tinder ,pretence of
disposing of private property -to Thy - our
demOds r but of which there is no prospe4
of sumps,
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FAMILY NEWSPA.PER:7-PEVOTED rib POLItiCS,.I4I-TEHATITHE, THE .A.N'D thEiCES, A6RICA.II4Ti.THE; AMUSE, NT, Fed. &C.
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" In.consideration of the abcA'espreinisesi
your. .petitioners., niOst resiidetfully request
that an 'inquiry be instituted into the pro
coeding .of-.the,departrnent, and somo meas. ,
urea 'adopted for, our relief."
The committee addressed a letter to. Mr.
Woodbury - , - Secretary - of - ther-Treasuryi-xe
questing hirri•to furnish ascopy of Mr.. Ly-,
deka account; also 'a Statement of the•amount
due to the 'petitioners ; also ; any cOrrtspon--
deuce bet Ween the petitioners -- and.' any
branch of the TreasuryDePartnient,
lation to the, balarice._.so,• due ; :and, •also
'copy of any Rorrespondence had with. Mr. •
Lytle on ihepame subject.. - They request
ed him to•state whether the petitioners had
perforMed. their contracts; and, if not,
whether there Wns any failure on their part,
before there was a failure to pay On part of
the_ United States. llis answer, accom
panied by. a report from Mr.:Whitt;Onib,
Comthissioner of the. General
,Land Office,
with the documents and correspondence,re
.orioi;ili al
contracts, with. an 'abstract from a tabular
statement that accompanied
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Li an estimate
the
the year 1838, Mr..
Lytle put_ down the amount he'required in
his district at $163,892; the 'artiottitt - on
hand to_he deducted. ' •P- • • . _ .
The
_petitioners have repeatedly made'
their complhints, by. themselves 'or art
of them, by their Representatives in Con
gress,-:-and -Mr. Lytle . -has,- on-each corn- -
Plana, been repined - by'Mr..Whiteomli, ---
by order of the Secretary of the Treasury.
to delay - pa ) itient--mrlotrgeri-and---hehas
'been admorlishbil•of the consequences that
nmst follow a further procrastination. - Mr:
White' ornb han Tiiiiited an - anxions desire
that Mr.' Lytle should - yifocc, igiy - acp - El - 67 - 7
the petitioners, and that he should account
for his- remissness. ,Beitig . without ' tiny.
satiifactory explanation, if.appears - P•that the
President has been infornied Of .the-com
plaints,•and that he has -adopted measures
to invesneate than.. . . :- • -
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7-,-.X.4_44-411ix.ireilmstances,•Thie.;coMinit 2
..y-11 - i"n bis letter-to-the__Cdnunis - Sioner ol tee • deem it to be in - expedient to: - proceed
the Generalf Land _Office, is. not .•defiaite; i forther - litpresentininvestigating the official
itutt_llle _does' notspecify any one9f„the_,Po-__iconduct and. dclinqininey.of:Mr. Lytle, _and:
- fitioffers, but; in general terms, he SUfr" th - eY - fru&
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somcof
p the deputy surveyors complain of i 'public interests and reputation of Mr. Lytle -
hiS 'remissness-withbut. ally- _justifiable- so - far.a his officialTlCAS !ilea Ilk) . 6xecutivd
' grounds; and he apologiS:e4'for -not 'Timm- l approbati6ll....- ---- •.• - - • - • • •
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in g a statement of lifs . diSlinrSenientS;',by
' XAs - Co ' " t ' l - C 'Pecuniary relief tobe granted
Mentioning hiSr ill health and indisp.MiSable, '- ' !-
p toi Ilie-petitioners,. the coMmittee dre.- satis-:-
absenCe,• - and the difficulties that' attend the fli,-1 alai die United Stateg are indebted to
collection .of .the orders_Ad drafts that —'
' them fin laboi• performed under said 'Con
have been dr..wn on him.._ ' • tracts, except as tO - Willard BurrOWs, 'who
p _D. appears from the
_correspondence_with was paid on the Btl>.of May (Pas appear S
- the committee were in rhisbed,that.the from the voucher) the sum' of $l - ,880 41;
petitioners, or a portion of them, have urged 'This• '
payment Was subsequent to the tittle
Mr. Lytle to pay their respective claims the petition was forwarded t i nt Washington.
'for_' several months. 'Ph:ly complain that i•The .
peltitiver3 thave-already-'suffered-(as
he not oily neglects to pay. them, but that , tho-, sry', :mints it is-entirely reasonable to
he violatesids . promises from. i s m (3. to Lime, g ,.. r ; '‘ p• • - .- - -:- --1-1•......-- -
n i great inconvenience am, Loss from
' mid that by relson_of his long absence from —J ."' °se '
.11O_Li_cceivium file_m_ottex . auti...to ...them,_to....
humPe-tirci-r--n- n lintitin-s--arnW3le- ": ------ t dischar,ge debts they were - obliged to con
1.. It does - t, - •thatif • Lytle,' '
. „ no appenr i i.n any ~
will to enable them to 6ommence and
!.verbal or written communication with tlw prose ' e.nte the surveYs. There seems to
' petitioner's, kleclined. to pay them on the be. no 'ground to hope thin'they cciuld lie re
ground that they fiad - , - not - pertbrineff-their I ij e ,.- e -ip
•-„, the present s'essiot of - Congress
parts of the Contracts, nor that money_waS
-if 11 IAI-should be reportedl-and hence the
not due; but, on the contrary thereof, it
-- committee felt sin
increased- anxiety that re
seeins.to be admitted in a letter from Mr.' lief should be - ;ranted at the proper ' depart-
Miller, chief clerk, written by directivity of ment without the tardy proebss of legisla
-Mr. - Lytlert - 07Mr:'Wharry-; -- that-Mr.--Lvtle-i- ------
adinits Mr. Wharry's right to demand
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i A letter was addressed to Mr..Whiicomb .
pay,' and Mr. Lytle's inability is made to iAtoknow if it was within his - power to set
rest oft the want of fnnds. -
• • tee the' accounts, and to pay the - amount
The letter is under 'date of March 16th,
due from present aPpropriations, according
1838, midis I
as follows. .
to a suggestion made by him - in the course
Major Dorsey has just handed your
,-of tlic-„;rjp,pondence. 'The - committee
letter of the -12th iilstant, and the Surveyor ie. 1 -- •
are gratmeo to ' learn that thir• departments
Genecal regrets -*exceedingly his inability , has under its -control a sum-of-money suf
yet, to pay the amount 01 your surveying ficent to discharge these claims' withoutaccount, which he confidently believed-- he ,
any injury to the public service. The fol-•
would have been prepared to do beThre this
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ownig respiutton is submittem . -
time: - - The c - ompteffort - tif his - arriing - e - ffiefif - s i . - ' • -- ' -:--. -- -•-• • ••
Resolved, 'That OW Cemmittee of °Claims
at Louisville, for the sale of his
. property I
there, will, beyond doubt, be effected in, the •be discharged from the. further considera
tion of - the petition . Of 'ThiSselas AVhitconib,
course - of the coming week, so that by the :
sale of the Louisville script, issued by the 'George
. C.`. Van Zillah. Willard Burrows,:
city council, he will be put in funds, „A . Thomas • Brown, N. Brookfield, • Andrew
will forthwith pay your account. ' He feels ' Poiter, Aohn" 'Marry, JobnMilrow, and
Under obligations to you. for your-kindness : James A. Rousseau ;P and that *the same,
and forbearance during his tempeark want -3v4h the documents that accompany it,,be
of fundS, and respectfully 'asks - you to.bear referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.,
er y_ . _f ey e-1 . - 011 - 0 - I , TTlllif -y e -40r--settleinent-;-under trio buil b ncts-n-rate
-with.--liim--a v
the petitioners With thetTnited States to.
will settle your claim by depositing in bank i by
here Psubject to your Order." • 1 survey public lands, and 'for payment under
Wt apprapriations
hen the want of funds is alleged as the. existing
'only •reason, why ...payment is• not made, IptPublic land: • - ifik surveying the
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last:annual report, were sent to the eon=
iniftee. The petitionerc.aystQ
FUrTsm.veying - purtio - n*
Of the public land. The Cdrnn?issioner-of
the General Land Office - has not been able
-ttraseertahrhow `in surveying has been
_completed, nor-how_utuchis.
tjtioners, owingito the :neglect of the Sur
yoyor Getrerat, Mr. Lytle,- to inakb his re
turns. On these points the petitioners and
Lytle- tividely, ditrei. They allege ;
they Were not.in fault until :their pay was
withhelit and that they suffer Oeat . loss in
niut raeuiving. NV ilia' IS• 'Owe ; to them.: Mi.
T - ;:V11.- hi , ' le
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and when an expectation is awakened that • .. . .. . . _ . .
this obstacle Would: be . overcome in a few , PORTER AND - HIS . UNSATISFIED
days by the sale of his own . priyale proper- . , - • C4EDITORS.: -
ty, to'meet a demand on the pu ‘ blic treasury, Me' -hate published certified extracts
Mr. Lytle then had. in his hands, according from the records of the Huntingdon . corn
,to his otvirteport, .made-on-the--31st-day--tv couit, Stfcityin,g.• that DAVID IZ,.Pillt:
of March, 1838, $30,848 44. In statinif, TER-took of-the-insolveilt-laws i
ilismeeount.lia.sh.QffdebitedliiniS6l 141;00 ,-- .4 .1
Miti lilitt, suits tire . 171 Y TENDING
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and his actual defalcation Was 38,8-18
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OUR T ' APAINST Hilt FOR EI , EBTSTONTHACTpY
He was indebted on the 30th of Septeni4
rnEviotis TO 'HIV - TAkiNG THE HENEFIT: ,• ,
beri 1837,. $39;2.83 881, He received-in I , ,
T- Vaiiou's ,denials •of . these charges aie
Washington; in the:followipg month, •23;-1
niade in the Locofoco papers, some' of them
000, according to Ins statement making his
indebtednessm that date, as admitted i?y .
I ! . s , i-frned by meo who oughtAsyhavb inoroe
-852,283 88 'i s r P b ec . ,. tfor themselvestban to affix theic 'names
himself,—
_Thi.,4._anniunt was Deduced at.
the 31st•Marpti,18 by r7 tilo .
-following payinents . to wit:,,,
Paid. in 4th. quarter.. '
18,37. $4',313 53
Paid in Ist 'quarter
fB3B
5,.21.1..22 -
Paid to deputiss on .
account 7,810 00 .
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Balance on hand, March 31, • • '
1836 . • • 936,848 :44
Short credit • 2,000
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Actual balaneo Mardi 31st, •
1838. •. a. • $38,848 44
He furnishes voitchers, on the •
- 14th May, 1838, for this stun 5,806 40
This sum remains•unacepunted- • •
.r • '533,042 04
In his' totter of . the 7th Of May; Mr: Ly
tle promises more prottipt . attention to the
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Printed emits 1 1 'abiishett ; , Tired/ail, by George Carlisle; Oantberliziell,County; rd 2
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businese of his office, furnish, as
sooty as they can be collected,the outstand
ing drafts that are against; him. . The ipeti
-tioners request :thatanitiquify?.. s 3pay be in.'
stituted k ink) the proceedings of Mr. Ly
tle as Surveyor General, and - they pray that
some : - measures -may be adopted for 'their
.relief. It .appears 'front the., copy of a let ! .
ter dated 'February 8,1.838, that So soon
as-the-Commissioner of the •General. 'Land,,
Office - watt - informed 'that 'payments. Were
withheld from „the , 'petitioners, . - he. urged -
Mr: Lytle, by direqtion - Of • the Secretary of
the Treasity-;t0 make immediate payments;
and to .- forrard proper voueliers. - lie - was
told that no more money viOuld be advanced
to him until he haboiinted`foi . what he then
had.
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to. downright facsenvoas, or et the best
flagrant — evasions of ihie.uth. ,• It is ,even
denied that the debts; which it is:admitted
_Mr.-Porter-owes - , tie just, notwithstanding
HE HIMSELF AORNOWLtZO,OED4 TMEM TO nu .
so in his petition for the benefit of. the in-.
advent daivs -- ;whieli petition, - strange_ to
•s#, has disappeared froni, the Prothone
'tar,y!s offickpf county=--an.
qffice :held for more than pwrlve years by.
Pon.T.Eti, iviro is - frys• ONLY MAN
LTYINOINTERESTED . I O
N TE DESTRUCTION
Of THE PAPERS. BUt, if the debti are not
justly due, as stated'by rorter's.friends;
not meet a trial,; instead of
having the suits put off froth time to time;
•as one of"them • has been since' 1819? •
tbe &barges
against Mr. -. .orter,•alate meeting in,lhint..
countyiitgdon passed the following,rcsolu
tion,•which:is full Of. Meaning: ,
• `ltesolved, That no 'Umber of the eer-
tilieifoof • the, character of David R.”l"Ortai
Can.' EXPUNGE THE RECOIiDS'OF
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'Po .Robeit'annphell Beg: Prothonotary of the court of CommonP
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The Committee of Correspondence of J-luntirigdon• county, request.that you will
furnish them ;with' an exact exemplification. A
of the Records of the Insolvency of David
ji, - , Porter, as Tully_asilie . , same
_may-appear . d remain in, your °Thee; also. that you'
will furnish them 'with a literal-al - Id correct'eop.y of his P i etition.for•the-benefit of the
Insolvent Laws;-abd . also a correct and !literal coy of `the : schedule of his
. property,
together with a list'of his creditors,-and fife. nature and amount of -his debts,
,*ith a
statement of Ids losses, - and the:means Whereby he beanie insolvent, which by la*
washe required to exhibit under oath, annexed' to'hiS.said Petition; - and copies.. of any
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-other-paper rclating-to-Uaid-cause-of-Insolvenery-Lthat_may reanain_on_file:in_theLProthono-_
starys office. )(oil are arso.requested to examine if there are any - suits entered, or
pendinirin the Court of_ Common Plea s of • uuntirgdpn , eounty against. D. R. Porter
f(? 1 debts d"uc"hy I hini i , previous to his Insolvency, ancrif any;s3,''W Krruiteliterde'tild
fo'r wliai aiiiount.
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All of which Yoii will plodso-to certify Under your hand-aucl-seal of .oflice.
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. Th . e Petiticin of DaC:idß, POcier was read, praying - fOr_tlie - Benfit - pf the act made
for the relief of : ltisolir.eitt - ilebtoi - $. - f.Whereupon_it is. considered V the_ .Court and
ordered, ilitit the. ;... loth day :of F'dbruary next be appOinted - for hearing - hint and - his
- creditiirs,, at the_ court house :t in the borou&t of-Huntlitgdon; and that David R—PoiLter
give fifteen-days-personal. Ootice,conly)..of.the_tiom, aild place of hearing. hint and, his
'ere-clitoris::
At an adjourned - Court, held at Himtingdon, in , and for. the minty .of Huntingdon.
on the 10th day of February; A. D. 1819: , :before the, tiOn.- Charles Hu§ton.Esqiiire'
President and Davi& Stewhrt, and - Joseph :NMme Wssociate :Judges, &c.
David R. - Porter, an int.olvenf debtor appearing-in the court-and. proving-service-of
personal-notice On Renner & - Varitries; assignees of James Galbraith; Robert Provins,
Executer of William Jackson, dee'd, Tobias Harnish, Evan Crane; George kirshulze,
Junior, & co.; Willian.Orbison President of the Huntingdon Bahk; Hasid NPMurtrie,
Michael Wallace acting, asSignee Of - George •Marshall; John Gloninger, &co; - and
.111 - illiant Ingram, fifteen days before tic clay ofihearing; and.takingthe..oh.th.pTeseribed.
by law; and assigning all his property, to Michael Wallace and William Simpson, in
trnstiforthrlitsc - trf - his -- erctlin . 7rs.--Thc-saidourt-ortlered-that-41-le-.-JMd-Dirvid-R. Por
ter be discharged FROM CONFLVEMENT,'arId he shall not at any time hereaftu
be liable to imprisonment, by.reason - -of un judzement or decree obtained for" the p;iy
mem of Inoney, only, or far any debt, damage, cost sum or sums of money, eontnfetpcl,.
Or occasioned ; or -due, before the time Of making...this - order, *And 'the court allow the
said David R. Porter, to retain his,necessary 'wearing appar6li • And the court further
order, that whenever - a majority in number and value of his'cieditors, residing hilhe
-United States, or having a knol9AlTorney therein, consent iii Nvritittg thereto',. he
shall be released fiom all suits, and the estate and property which he may afterwards
acquire,. shall be-exempted from exeCutiohlbr.any debt contracted, pr cause of action
zreated;Tretvitirtitliii4iS'eliiiiWldr — SZVehydiffi'lli
Assembly in such case made and provided''. •
Assignees to give bail in $lO,OOO.
Liuntingdoiz Co. as.
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1 1 .5,:.--- --L-Robert Campbell, prothonotary of the Court of Coin
{tiL ( • 'inoit Pleas of said, count}-,do certify, that the Mremoinif• is I true 'copY of
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v.. A i. ; the docket+entry in the case of the Insolyency of David R. Porter, as .full
• '') . 41% I; and entire a:s, the original remaining - oh Record id thesaid ceurt; . .and I fur
ther certify, that Ihave :it the instance of di - Yers persons, repeatedly made diligent search
:among the Records. on tile in the said 'court, sincp..thamonth-ofJanuary-1.836, fm%the
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petition 'ofthe - said - kR. -- PO - rier . , - iiiiiking for the benefit of the Insolvent laws and-the
schedule' of his propeand list of his creditors; and I have hot bcen.able to find it,
and believe it cannot be gonna among
,the • ReeorAls of the . said :court. In- Testimony
Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court Buntingdonthe
25th day of May A. D. 1.838. . ROBERT .CAMPBELL .Proeij.
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• um mows convent ; sert'ed on.l6[ll..Tupp,lB•lB -. . -
IP'ff..enters a & rule of' reference, and appoints the 7th
.thiy• of July next, to choose . arbitrators, at Prothono,
tary's office.: July i 7th„ partie's_appeared, ;Ind agreed
On Johii Royer, Win Berry, and Maxwell .Kindead,
to-'be arbitratorS;who4are to Meet at the house of '
-
' Thomas OWens, in Franidin tgivnship,„.fen Wednes
day the 28th day of My. instant, AO. hear, &c, and make. report &c. August. term
1818.. (12th day) On motion of Mr. Allison;" and affidavit filed; rule of reference struck
off; Ohe dap, plantifi enters a rule of reference, and appoints the.2Bth (lay of August
1818, to choose arbitrator's, at 'ffi'd' Pray- office, at 8 o'clock, •P. M. . On.the .29th
August 1818, the ,parties appeared, and agreed on Maxwell Kinkendi John Stonebrealv•
er, 'andWm. Moore, to lie arbitrators in.:ffiii suit, who are to meet at the house of
-Themas-D-Wens-,-inrikeeper,-in_Franklin_tOwnship,:on-the-19th;„day-Of September,,
,Noy. 4819-
-coned, April coned, August coded, ..Nov: Coned, January_lB2o_coned,..April coiled
'August . conty,. No.v...eoned, January . 1821 -coned. ' .
lIIMMIMM r 0 ton_ &
David Port
,ly trading under The '
firm of Patton &. Por-
„5.1.
,
.41/4 11
440
,
4*.rr)rti
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-The p e tition of Samuel .tutxeon.*39 read, : praying_for.the benefit of the Ael, made
for Y the relief of insolvent debtors.• -Whereupon it in considered by thecoUrt and pr 7
deicd that the 28th day of August instant, at the court house in the borOugh of llnn.;
tingdoti, be, appointed for a"-.hearing of the petitiond and his creditors'.;: and' that the
,petitioner give notice in the Huntingdon Gazette and Huntingdon 'Republican tilt that
• •pi:the
At an "adjOttrned dourtheld.at linntingdon; in 'and for the Cotinty of linntingdon
on
.the "28tli day,of 'August 18.19". "Befop the: . .Honorable
. David Ste . Wart; and Jes',
Ale'.Ctin'olt . stittiren,.associateJudgeS, &c. . ,
Samuel Sturgeon.anSolventidebtor,appearingin.POUrt, and provinff i tiotice to
his'erediters; agreeably to the order of the Geurtial August tel tcappear,- and
sluitv cause if any' they hatri-why, he shonld
. not he entitled to the benefit of"ibe aOt
made fey ,the relief,of Insolvent debtors; and'takewthe - Oath prescribed by jaw; and as- I
signinghis",.property to Jacob, Beal and Thomas OWenS, in trust, .fOr the use of his
creditors, the said pou'ft .arder; that. the said Saniuel Sturgeon he discharged from con
finementrunclAat..heshaltnetat any time hereafter, be liable to: imprisonment;' by
reason of any Judgement - Or decree, 'ph'4iined for the - payment of onTY'&4 (re-'
maintler of the' order in the usual "form:) '
.Sarnueliutiiepp's petitiOn'.for the bonetkof the. insolvent laws is in:the usual" forin;
At the Snit of Jacoh.Deal;:and . .to which is . attached the folloying list of property, and'
'debts duo him,viz,: • •
Property7--Ondico.W, •two--:beds and bedding, ono spinning -wheel, pne
one tea)cpuc, one small, table t ' one tin iiiieketi- six knives. and 'forks; cups and
aim d el f ne. choppin&axe..!r , :.'•
•,.... • ' `..--....._... -,_.
• ''•-•. • -...e. • .%, -.- . r.v. , t9 i .
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1:.., ::!:.•::.....1.47-1:
-/if:
THE:i.----",-,i,•.-VI
David Blair; - Geo; \Nr
.sniith, • _
David Mitchell, .• J. A.. M'Calien,
,TOseph G: Watson; R.Obert Gummins„ • -
Abednego Steve.na, Thomas E..Orbispu,
JrndslludsOn, Patrick Lanh;
_John Stever, •John Campbell,
• lanws_Short i _
'f- - 11Yrin --- Murray, ..Lno.LOJorroly_T
in the -
.
•179tert.of IPlens.,ol4lnutingdon,Cairent y,_
=. term- I_Bl9. " -
IMI
Certified from the records; 251a - MaylB3B; --- 7 ---------.
ROI3.ERT Cd.2II.PBE:LL, .P)'oey.
.
.. - .l2tegyst Tenn, 1819.
the--„rootif.e:
.A._Sollitlay, • • .
Jean' Moore, •
j'lnneg . Clarke,
David C. Ross; •
Robert.l... Johnston; •
. , .
A. R. Crane,. -
John I'arks;
arLca• .
Debts Dith 7 -By Patton and Porter,'supposed about $7OO 00--iadob'LoWer
count $3l 81,
. ,
• List -of petitioners Creditorg
.Jacob Beal,_clue Bill about •
" • 'rho - mos Owens •
Gh \ l„ninger and cci. Huntingdon 'Furnace acct
• , David Adanis due-bill balance about
• • John Nnwman, acct:
John A'Bride, acc't "
-- J'africk Madden / utiseitled acconnt, -
George-Mullen, • do: do: ;-•
• - - Montgoinery, _ _
_ 'Assignment made to Jacob Beal and Thomas OWeni usual form - (and•
ed- and sealed.) - • .': • SAMeEL STURGEON, L.
...(Witness. R. Allisan D. Sterne Hughton:-.)
ME
EEZ
HUNTINGDON-CQUNTY;SS. • • . • • ..
• • :
• -
m.
• • , Samuel Sturgeon being duly sworn aceording to la*, before o
the subscriber, one of the Justices •of the • Peace for said county; deposeth. and saith
that the aboVe and-foregoing is •a just and true schedule of all: the property, real, per
sorial, and pixed,le V,Thh ha is in any manner entitled; that the means whereby he
became insolvelifisrtlre loss. of a large sum.of 'money due_him - ..by Pation . 4 , , Poi:ler,
amounting to about seven hundred dollars, who .have became insolvent, and.further
,
viol not.°- -. 4 .• ---- - '
'Sworn and subscribed die. -
11th day'pf
-.• : August, A.D. 1819, •
• : i3efora-Aaron, Ipurnh:
Y(~ ~••
~~~
xi%
Ifet the Coarl ot Colatmon.ll9leas of littntitegdoti Cotinity,
_2BthzDcc. - - • - •
.111i§on_
Miles
David McMurtrie • :,"1 - No. 37, January. Term, .
1810;, •
. k
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vs. '- - - _ - CaPiaii:De - bt; brPromiSsary*NOte, BooAc ; .
E Ity.ard B. Patio . lj : 4- . -.colt nt,.and'fOr money paid, laid out, and'exi.
,11. B.', Porter, - lately. pended. 'Bail 411542,000.. C . l.'aetSil3. --
B: - .. •..
_.
trading under the firm._ . 81 - iippeippearS .fOr D. IL Porter, 'cont'.d.
of -Patton. tind'Por-, - April-term, I'Bl9'. . - Deft. pleads - nodassumsit
. _ •
ter. - , , " •and pay't,wfth leave;_4c. lep't non
Solvit,
filpprls - 6w -tent:itrl2;ooo'as. -ssVe - and"fileAbi - p4al coiii'd — Ain — cunt d.
special bail in this
stiit a . cknoWledged :Nov. coned, Jan 1820,•emit d, April cont'd;
lath January, ; lBl9, -- — Nov: conei4 Jan.lB2l,lcont'd - ,
L:_.:_:l - ,:cnire. to August tbri0.....181- . -Aug. coned,
0; ....• ' -(and cent :up, to.l9th .JantOri;
,183,7),1011f,_
• do. ' ' August, 1837, 7 "-, ...lanuaiy, 1837, Narr filed cont'd,and 18th 6f
do. , - ,- , - Nor, - • ' : • - -.--tkpril°,-.1837, Death..of EdWard B:Patton stig - .
7 ,--- . - . .
_. - ' Bested cont. d, Aug.•-c:ott'd r -20t1Moit.- ride on:
-_, • - •' _ - ' ••
_ . ... defendant t6. - appetul,arid,,ple:id on or before
th 6 - fir's'i'day of r tiet"teriii. - Not`.. Coned, Jantiary, - 1. 838; - coiled; h iiti % 2 . oth . 01 . ...A.pti1 ;
I.B3Eo'oer On - delinilant to - piead - in tiro days or 'judgment,. now 23d April,- rlB3B.
Bell, attorney for defendant; pleads' payment; 'Avith:lea"Ve toigive th6 - qweial matter in
evidence, ! I ke, Rep'r. ilOil SolVit.- -Issue- - and rule 'for trial .cont'd,• - -- .
.:. ,
• -
,Sheppcn
13d1 •
. . . . _ .
_ •
Iffuntingdon, S'..: • - ; . . . .., - .. . _- . .
.
- I hereby - c - ertifv that the ab s ove „is a true cop-'of the docket ry-in the
4;t: t iWz- above' stated case (exe t a contiinted succession of. continuancea from - San.
_
7 4-,!.. hri p term, 1821 iup to Janna tecm - , 1837) as filly as the saine.appears in the
.=••4,.' original remaining: on '•,.' ord in
- the Court of Coninion Pleas of said county:
vi' s.
--Witnes-my hand, and-the seal- of said court 4.he 2fith day. of May,
1838:.: •-- • . • '
POBERT
,C./.131P1.14.1.t, Prothonotary
• •
•
IS_TILILOOLUMOP C031.310..-IPLE.4 S' OP 11UNTINbDON COUYTY.
7tll May
ircnry - Crain and` .' 1 No. 30; August term, 1838; Summons
Abraham Crain, adm'r.:of I debt balance due or account, stated •not ex-'
Evan Crain, deed, ceding $1,000.. Messrs . Bell & OrbisOn
. . . appear for defendant without serviee of •
------,-------- DaviiVß - Porteivkiryiling - -writ. .
„Av t , partner of Edward 13: Pat: , ,
..
•
Atti OA • -ton, trading under the firm . ... .
.
.
. . .
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' • 4
ter .of Patio), 4- Porter. , -
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e,,'"dtz.'4 -- - --- ••r --------- ---- - ----- CEiifitrcrfiiiiilliiTiiiWorir2 . slliiiTTM -- ';
+lnit. - , ROBERT CAMPBELL; Pi•othonotoey, •
. ,
b'lair
By-the Court
The above is a cortiftetteopy, firSt of the doettet: entry, in the ease of th nsolven.
- 0:5;6( D.(IVII).R...pan . TER, (the petition and other original"papers. being missing,
from appears iitat"Samttel SturgeonTDavid - AteMurtrieTE - van - CTaneTand - se;- --
otheth were creditors of Mr. Porter when he was discharged. 2d. The docket
entr4: of-a - suit of Samuel-Sturgeon-againSt Porter and-his partner,-which suit'had-been s
coMmeneed abotit seven months before Mr. Porter Was discharged. This suit is still
undecided: .13d. We 'have,* proceedings of Alai court on the applica s ' to of Samuel
Sturgeon:to be discharged under the insoWent laws, at which time heMaleu oath th t
Porter (S. Co, owe him about 700 dollars, for which suit had been br . ougit and t
want of.-which rendered it necessary.thr him to avail lihnself_of the benefit'ofrho'in--
solvtnt laws.' 4th. The docket entry of a suit,.David MeMurtrie against Porte.r(....
• Co. commenced about ONE "MOOth,bEfOre 'Porter - was,dise-hafgaLliader_lielnsolisent
laws. •It is , Yet undeeided, stli end lastly we have a -suit by the •administrators of
EVan Crape against Porter for the recovery of -debt due by Mr, Porter at the . times
- lie took the benefit. Evan Crane is 'one by: - Mt,,,Parter.
one ofhis creditors whenhe took the benefit. • So far therefore as the records go, they .
show'llr. Poter_as_stilt indebted to several persons•Whornhe returned as-creditors
When he - iv - Ss di'scharged a§ . an insolyeitt.th 1819. .
'ln .answer to this documentary evidence taken from the RECORDS_ OFTHE'
COURT, NO PROOF has been adduceil by Mr. Porter or his friends,
,•
satisfacto
rily showing .that the - claims, of his old creditors
'
ni d shed on the subject is the folio-Wing: . . 1••
, Anumber of Mr.. Porter's neighbor's state "That the chargq, that,he -has defrauded
his creditorS is.as false asit is improbable• that it is not believed.hy• any, and known ..•
to be untrue -bithose-Whe 'rife etideltioretlio give it y Yl•eney, •
,111, a
~.......Flat_the_ab_ov_e_and various other. scandalous al• ders,emanating from the same 'zorrupt-souice-nre,equally-uutittd-4alike•-•disbeli •ed --and detested, herc_where,the • ..
truth is known; • - - .. . • • •
.
The•stiterrieutrfrorri which this extract, i •
died citizens. -Itis not intimated; ho
untrue. ThIS - 44T1h - iiik 4L iS Ineeess< rf -- fOrtt
the people that 'their 'Statement 'to le depended upon. -•-
In'iefelenCe to the uit o amuel Stgeon, the Ilarrisimig Eeparter says "that it
— s Sturgeon, .
was-well-knoWiLthat_i as_ decided in fdior - of the defendant"—that . the arbitrators
, . _. . __
awaided that there, •as nothing' due from the . defendant to..the plaintiff;" and that •.
,
"thOWard.was ever filed:" .- • - . . . . . , •
-s. . _ - -
.....
The Huyt'ngdon 'Advocate. also - ' 4 asserts as • follows . : "The arbitrators did award
ird finat there was.nothing duo from the defendants to tht3 plaintiff." Again it
says, ``Tlid - atiiittators awarded that, there was - nothing oWing:frorri - the defendants to
the plaintiff.",' „ • . „ . , • •
--
And the GaZette more bold than the rest, goes more fully into Particalarsaud states •
'" : The suit was refert4d—air award was triale.iti favor of Patt o n 4- Porter, in 1819.
--and now for the -firsetime is"this - deterinined -suit raked from the ashes, and'merely
'because the award, 'ooottgli . scaled, opd kiyen to on of 'the arbitraters;•NaPpeps,,no
to. bein,ilisOffice, -1 'ryas, we believe,. the neglect of the arbitratOr to forward it 'to . •
the piopei'otlige.."--(Thiette'of Julie 27, , 1938; -- , • ,
TheB' e 'aStieitions - of 'the:leading:papprs:in . the. stipPOrt Of
. Mr. , Porter are .0024.
PLETELk 'I)ISPROVE.I) liy the folio`Wittecerlijicato Of: all the AIt,BITEA :
TOES now living, and - by 7- the of davit of Mr;:,SfOrgeori himself... '2, ' -'. -• • -:-,-,
.- . .-- -- • _ .'...' - ',.,-'.. -k .:'•,:: .' .: Ju1'.r3.9.77, 1938. . : •
::..1 - .6 hereby • certify; that I was one of ~t4- i ti.bittaters;'Wheretn; SaMitet Sturgeon
'‘,,r4s -- .l)l4intill, and Patton 4 7. porte r defendants. - ,Jhe: . ..greitf,lengtk . Of time- that-'
elapactl-sinetithat time,. the partictilaii•of which has:eieajiedrny'recelleetion: : 'So' i
far I, can that We net at-different - tiMea'rind places,.huf:..NEVEß , MADE - -
Ot T .AN . A \YARD. 'this is to ° •the best Of illy belief at this tiine'.:,, '-'' ''''''''
~..
•- ' ~.'. . ..... .. ' . : ~ :. - :i:. -, .. -- . . .lll.d.tlr E 41' K1iVE4.4.1).
... . .
X/E
SAMUEL STURGEON,
tiertifieci from the Recopl fiVEßELL;_P.roil ,sth of Nay;
- RalLela:Cdloy4.--
is'signed,by upwards of 'one-hun
thaf the above records of - the eourt are
iniin-tcsdo-beforeAtiovie_Lattiejci:_aiiiYiliob_
$300.00 or 880 00
. -
) 2`oo
15 00
125 -
- 450