THE JOURNAL.
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HUNTINGDON; PA
IVeduesday Morning, Jan. 5. 1853.
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wo can find time, to collect, by legal means, these
old urea ruges.
eir In another column will be found n sensible.
Article on the subject of t‘Teachers' Associations,"
to which we would call the attention of the Teach
ers of this count•. We have long known that
the great want in our educational system. in Penn
sylvania. has been and is—an organized army of
thoroughly qualified Teachers. In the absence
of State Normal Schools for training Teachers.
this want can only he ,applied by well-conducted
Institutes or County Assori itions. The advan
tages of these. all intelligent Teachers admit; and
of their necessity in this county, there can he but
one opinion. We hope, theretore. to ice the call
of ourcorrespondent promptly accepted, and the
project he recommends, vigorously prosecuted to
a favorable issue.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINSVDG Maoastste.—The
contents of the December No. of this popular Re
print are: M.v Novel; or, Varieties in English
Life. Part XXVII; Sullivan's Rambles in North
and South America; Major Mors, A Campaign
Reminiscence; The Church of Spain; Paris on
the Eve of the Empire; The Puff of Pernambuco;
Aiten's Travels in alb East: .Day Dreams: of an
Exile; The Manchester Movement; Index. For
terms of this and the other valuable publications
of Scott & Co., see another column of the Journ
al.
ijosE JOURNAL. --We some weeks since gave
our readers the "new features" and reduced terms
of this excellent family journal. We have now
the first nember of the new volume before us. and
can assure our friends that it fury sustains nil
the promises set forth in the prospectus which
preceded it.
DEntcartort—by Divine permission the Meth
odist Protestant Church, in Camille, will be
dedicated, on Sabbath, the 9th of January; semi
ees to commence at II o'clock.
The Canal entro&s.toners and the
Pa. Hail !Road Compassy.
Most of onr reseiers will reinreilwr, that the
Board of Canal Conanis,.ianers, ~rit t' 2 ,
cn
tcred into a eeetriet it ith Itherlifie, Co..
Whereby the latter were inatle the only mithorized
ph i . t i e , to ia t the Colunilda Rail
Itcval. Some titpe lathe Summer, they commen
ced the earryik, of the pas , eagers; and when the
Penn'n. Rail Road Caniptuty, (which tip to that
time had been running its Cars OVer Caltnidtia
Rail Road) united its ears, with their loads of
passengers, to the Superintendent, with the re
, quest that they he hitched on to the State engines,
they were refused. David Miller, who hall been
running his ears for several years also asked to
have his ears attached, anti was refused. It will
rd.t, he rememhered. that for several weeks. ow
ing to the diffit-alty lietiveen the Pa. R. R. ea.
and Bingham, I lock, & Co., the passengers in the
P. R. It. were compelled to hike coaches noel ride
from Dillerville to Lancaster, termite
Dock. & wooid not stop at Dillerville.
The Fernery Rail Road. Co. nod Mr. Miller,
each on their oars behalf, npplied to the Superior
Court fire n mandainus, tn. compel the Canal Cmo
thissioners to order their officers to take their
cars over the mad. This question was argued at
great Itogth, lieffire the Supreme - Court," week
lief c last; mid on hint week the Court decided
against the relators, and in effect sustaining the
Canal Board in their course.
Many of the citizens, who thought they under
stood
the question at is:ne. are astonished at the
decision. We are not, it is just what we supposed
it would be; and we should not lit itt all itstookh
ed if before another year passes, the Caine, or an
other association of Democratic citizens should
contract to carry all the freight over the .111 C
road; and possibly upon the Penh's. Canal. We
do not see why it is not all just as legitimate, nail
legal as what has keen done; end we are sure that
there are persons enough who will gladly go in
to such a although it might ultimately
destroy our State Improvements, and render theta
utterly velure..
Rlodern Democracy.
"At the finieral of Dr Stevens, n worthy old
citizen of 130,t0n, the President cleat of the eni
ted Strites iru.. cell walking on foot in the tiro
eu,siun, and the cihhut elicited iiiire,traitled
pre.ions or admiration trout ert,vds of citizens "'
The above in the language of the Boston Tintes,
it high-strung Locorocti taper. Could any thing
he more disgusting than such totijisan Could
any gre.iser insult be Offered to the spirit of true
Republicanism than this fulsome idolatry, this
sickening adoration of place and power? A de-,
mueratie President truths at the funeral of the liiin
nerd and aged dead, and whoi, of men.,
worthy as arc su tkv,,,;“:11.0.;
mighty condescension, 110 to forget the bulenutity
of the occasion, and insult the feeling , : at weQping
relatives, by "unrestrained bursts of aQmirnti in !"
Such conduct, and the spirit it indicateg, might
become the serfs of Nichol,is, or the servile sub
jects of Louis Napoleon; but eau only inspire
Americans with feelings or shame a o il loathing.—
We would inculcate respect to the rulers, obedi
ence to the laws of our country. But the servile
homage manifested by this funeral procession, and
shamelessly trumpeted forth by en influential and
pro issedly democratic journal, seems to us, to
demand the solemn, if nut indignant, rebuke of
every man worthy the name of freeman.
Er Our lack of editorial this week, occasioned
by the absence of Mr. Benedict, is in seine good
measure supplied by his letter Irons Httrrishtwg,
which will he found below. We have the sat
i-factios of informing' our readers, that besides
the limos we expect to receive through our sear
thy and ever watchful Senator and lteprestmta
tiers, we will have the• advantage of a regular
Correspondent at Harrisburg, during the FC , 51 ,, 1l
-050 WilO will not only give us the interesting
items of news, but discuss their merits. We shall
thus lie enabled to keep our readers thoroughly
inform.] of all the important 1101,1111 anti stt ings
of our Legislators, without burdening' our col
umns, or wearying their patience with trilling de
tails.
Editorial 41'ort e,pondence.
11,1(1,ILl Jan. 1, 1853.
DEAR JOtat..At.:—
It New Year's day. Old
'52 is among the things that were; and Young '53
is passing. Ave, passing! The year that has
gone, has moved like a panorama past as, and its
successor has commenced its progress, and it well
becomes every mortal to treasure the teachings of
the past. But I dui not take tip my quill tu mor
alize. I only wished to give lily old friends a
word of news, or of the on dila of Harrisburg, on
the eve of the Session.
Th e members of both branches are slowly gath
ering in, and receiving the warm- welcome of the
many expectants for the official crumbs which
drop from the table of the two houses.
In the House. Col. Jack. the Clerk for several
years, is here with his lady, Cul. having shatt;!un
ed blessedness fur the married lite. and I
am happy to say, there appears to be no chance
of his defeat this year. In the Senate, J. 111. Sul•
liven, the Clerk of last year, is, I um equally hap
py to say, without opposition; and this is just as
it should be, fur better Clerks no legislature ever
had. In the other offices the applicants It is
said are legion; all anxious and sanguine. 'Who
will succeed is naprusett problematical.
There will• be, I:diutHtliot, a•wnrnt and exci
ting session. The election of 'a State Treasurer
will make some little toesic nmung•the Democra
cy, as I understand, an etil.irt will be Made to de
feat Genet,' Bickel, the present officer. I know
the General well enough, to know that he has
made, and deserves warm friends, and that he will
be hard to bent.
The difficulty between the Canal Board and
the ?. R. R. Co., wi,ll, I doubt not, result in some
legislation, And the Liquor Law will twain _be ag
itated; with what chance of success it is hard to
guns. You shall hear of all in due thee.
Yours, A. W. B.
igir An immense amount of every description
of Western produce is said to he on its way to the
east frtun Dlnsitirk-,-nwro then wn ever before
known.
Abstracts of Reports aceor,.,_
the Presidents Itless:l,e
TINE: PUBLIC LANDS.
bstract of the Report the o f th e
(;,neral Lund
Acres. Acres.
Lauds surveyed the past
.
year, ' 9.522:953
Land- advertised for sale, 8,032,463
Land.: sold Pir c.tsh during
the fiscal year, 1,553,071
Located with Bounty Land
Warrants, 3,201.314
Located with other certi
ficates, •' 11502, •
Total, 4,870,087
In addition. there were re
purled as Swamp Land
Grants, &v., 8.245,1011
Aggregate disposed of du
ring the year, 13.115 175
Increase oniant•ions hr Land War
' rants and regular sales over tht
previous year, 569,220
Whole amount disposed of in excess
of 1110 previous year, 3.342.372
The sales would have been beavisir but for the
extensive reser.ations in Mississippi, Alabama
and Missouri. .
During the first nnarter of 185 2 ,
there have been sold, 243,255
Selected and located by Land War
rants,
Located by other certificates, 1,387.116
15,649
Total, 1.646,020
Repotted under the Swamp Laud
Grant Act, 2,483,233
Aggregate during the quarter, . 3,131,252
During the past year
.25,000 letters
were received.
1,491 accounts were adjusted, and re
ported to Comptroller for settlement.
21,503 (Jertideate Land sales were issued
29,226 Bounty Lund Wurraut locutions
were registered.
9,318 declaratory statements were en
tered.
50,000 Swamp Land internal improve
ments and other selections were recorded.
70,000 C ish Bounty Land and other
Patents were recorded and transmitted.
7,664,519 acres Swamp Land and other
selections were certified to the respective
States, and upwards of 20,000 pages of
letters and accounts were recorded.
There was paid out of the Treasury on
Certificates from this office $110,816,91-00
to receivers, for the location of Lund IVar
rants under the last act upon that subject,
by which they were entitled to receive the
same per centage on those locations as up
on Land sales to the same amount.
Tim Report of Dr. D. D. Owen on the
N. W. Territory, including , Nebraska, is in
course of pritting, and will soon be deliv
ered. •
Dr. Owen recommends a geological sur
vey of Oregon, and Commissioners concur
in the expediency of it.
LAND WARRANTS.
The total number of land warrants issued'
from 1817 to 1852, inclusive, are 223,007,.
embracing 22,428,400; the number of war
rants located 121,026, covering 14,802,-
040 acres; leaving outstanding 101,981
warrants, which call for 7,620,360 acres.
There h..vo been issued under the Act of
1850, granting Bounty Laud to the officers
of the war of 1812, and the Mexican war,
138,698 warrants, covering 9,824,320 a
cres of land; of which had been located
46,506, leaving outstanding 92,192 war'nts.
The Commissioners recommend the pas
sage of an act granting a quarter section of
land to every soldier of the war of 1812
who has not already received bounty land,
whether regular or volunteer, who served
for any length of time, however short. As
the number of warrants issued under the
Act of 1852, supplementary to that of '5O,
is only 1171, it is not probable that the
proposed extension of the Bounty Law will
require the appropriation of any large
quantity of the public lands.
LAND CLAIMS IN CALIFORNIA
The Private Land Claim Commissioners
for California were ordered to hold a ses
sion at Los Angeles in September, 1852 ;
another at Santii Barbara, November 10th,
1852; another at Monterey, on the t6th
February, 1853—but on their own recom
mendation they had been a , thorized to omit
the semi: ns at Monterey and Santa Barba
ra, and to hold ono at San Francisco in
NoVember. On the 3d August thou- re
reed that they had rendered a decision
embracing most of the important legal
questions, expected to arise in the Land
claims of that State. The number of cases
then pending before the Board was 892, and
testimony had been taken in 115 of them.
he Commissioners recommends the ,
erection of Land Offices in California, Ore-1
gon„ and the Territories of Nebraska, Utah,
and New Mexico, to collect evidence of
claims . and'make other necessary prepara
tions for the sale of the Public lands therein.
RAILROAD LAND ORANTS.•
The Commissioner states the reserved
sections of the grants to railroads along
their routes have sold readily at the mini
mum prices fixed by the laws, and the Com
missioner thinks these wants have enhan
ced the value of the Public Lands. He
states the average cost of railroads in the
Land States ut $25,000 per mile, and
thinks that the grant of 3,840 acres per mile
in aid of railroads in those States will be
beneficial alike to them and the General
Government.
"GIRLS COME OUT WEST!"—So writes
Mr. Allen Harper, from Andover, Henry
county, Illinois, to the New York Tribune.
He says that for young women who aro
not afraid to work there is a first rate
chance in that region. If they desire to
become farmers', mechanics', or trades
men's wives, ho says their wishes on be
accomplished, and if they prefer to remain
single, they can earn at-housework or sew
ing $1 50 to $2 per week,.and receive the
beet of treatment.
:~g iu,.
S,11.11.('!"• Anti
IMPORTANT-111,f
Impito - txn—tlie he dill 14 . 0111 Vi , e Pre:Nl:it%
Truth never fear, the nte:t rigid exinnina•
tin.).
UrrunriNAnz.s—the weather fur the past few
weeks.
Journal Office and books open at all holirs .
daring Court Week.
FORMIDABLE -the list of causes fur trial at the
,Janaary term.
lit:SmnooxCounr—commenres next \lon
tiny to continue ,
weekg..
A coon TIME—tO Subscribe for the "Hunting.
don Journal." Friend , , send in pur mane,.
REMEDY FOR TIIE BLUES—read the Washing•
ton Commonwealth.
Dr. Slinenherger is nhout to erect two now
Furnaces, in Blair County.
AWFUL WARNING—for p•trticnlars see Byrne.
neal Record, in another column.
(sr All who scant cheap goods, should remem.
her Hilly Stet art's Auction next week.
jr Another fresh supply of Clothes for men
and boy.s at Willoughby's.
'ln Englund there are at present one hun
dred and fifty offences punished with death.
erJohn S. Fairman, formerly of this place,
has become publisher of the "Butler Democrat."
Theears were detained below, several
Lours, on Saturday evening, by corns freight ears
running oft the tract.
CONVENED YESTIAIDAY.--the Legislative
dom of the Keystone. Our members are at their
Cr A new Post Office has been establiAlied nt
Martin Bell's Furnace, Blair Co., called Sabbath
Rest, Wet. Heigh., I'. M.
The Boston Ike state , that since the ling racm
fur Uncle Tuna's Cabin over 300 infinat have
been christened EVA in Oft city.
UNPOPULAR INDIVIDCAL9—those who eonsei
eneionsly think and speak of the people and af
fair; of the world as they are.
CW"
Sir. J. Harrison. of tlolidayAburg has axe•
ented n nit or II in. G. R. Alerailane.
I It enn be obtained for $2,50.
Cir Rowilyi,rii is rampant in Baltimore, and
robbery in There is a sprinkling of
the former vire in some nearer luealitieA.
eir Parts of one of the ve:sels of the Spanish
A rtna.l3, wraekv.l three hundred ye tra ago, have
lately been found on the coaat of Spain.
C' The Borough lino 14 the name of a small
daily paper just started in Harrisburg, by Mes:,rs.
Crabb & George.
*AT We observe t h nt mnny of our cotempnrn•
ries issue no paper during holiday week—il,i.
ihnuld he it general on,tiiiu.
W 7 During the net fifty years the population
of the C. S. has increased three hundred and
thirty per cent.
0 - 6 . The delinquent sulwerihers of the "Roll
daphurg Register" are 'paying up.' The example
is worthy or an commendation, and general imi-
Intim!
er The stock holders of the Juniata Bridge
Company will meet at the Public (louse of Chris
tian Coats, on Monday the 10th inst., to elect
officers for the ensuing year.
tar Th e order of From Icons. in HoliJays
burg, celebrated the anniversary of St. John, by
a supper at the Exchange Hotel, on Monday even
ing last.
Fon RExT—n neat Brick House in the east
end of the borough of Iluntiogdon. Also the
commodious Store Room, on Hill Street, now
occupied ono Drug Store nod Express Office.
eir Adolphus Patterson, Esq., of Williams.burg. Blair County, is recommended. by n writ,
in tic "Standard," es a candidate for Canal Com
missioner, to be nominated by the 4th of March,
Democratic, State Convention.
Wrong—lt iv SALItIII attempt will be made in
Congress this winter, to inerease the salary ofthe
President to $50;000, or nearly $lOOO a week!—
Mansions are to he built and furnished for the
Vice President and beads of DepartillentS, OM'
tile salaries of foreign Ministers at least doubled!
W"Plaze, sir," said an Irishman to a travel
ler, "would yet lie so oblitiging as to take my
great coat here to Boston, with yezl" "Yes,"
said the man in the wagon, "bat how trill yen get
it Ogitill." tivit'l mighty tiny, so it is,"
says Pat, "fur shore I'll remain inside or it."
cr We observe by the Philadelphia papers
that Cie snit between the Pean'a. Railroad Cotnpa
ny and the Canal Commissioners relative to the
Columbia Railroad. has been I !celled against, the
Company. Judge Meek delivered the opinion of
the Court, which ii very Pointe i and positive.
Cir The Vermont liquor law provides thnt
any intoxicated man may he arrested and commit
ted to primn until be is inn condition to tell where
he got his liquor; and if he ref,v, t o di vu l ge , i.,
locked up till lie relents. This law is to he voted
upon by the people, and their adverse decision is
to operate only for its postponement one year.
Grin making up our form we were under the
necessity of shortening the Official Directory, by
omitting the names of the Poor House Treasurer,
Dhputy Surveyor, Coroner. and Court Crier.-.
We will restore these names to their nppropriato
place, and present the '‘Directory" complete
next week.
crJohn wog thought to he very stupid. He
was sent to mill one day, rind the miller said,
"John, some people say you are a tool—now tell
no what you know and what you don't know."—
"Well," replied John, "I know that miller's hovs
are fat." "Yes, that's true, Joh n ', now, what
don't you know?" "I don't know whose corn
fats 'em."
i t The Boston Trorrler learns that Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." is about to visit Great Britain. with her
husband. She has lately received a letter from
Dl. Wirrdlow tendcrin:: her, in behalf oft nom
bur of lathes end gentlemen of GlasgoW, an invi •
tntion she has accepted, and she will noon leave
for Liverpool.
lir"rserved,P says Jefferson, "with Gen.
Washington in the Legislature of Virginia, before
the Revolution, and during it with Dr. Franklin
in Congress. I never heard either of them speak
ten minutes at a time, nor to any lost the main
point, woo to decide the question. They
Jul their shoulders to the great points, knowing
that the little noes would follow themselves."
For the Journal.
Teachers , Association.
MR. EDITOR :-
No organization, per
haps, would have a more direct tendency
to elevate the teachers' profession and im
preve the condition of our common schools,
than a "County leachers' Association," if
properly conducted and sustained. It would
bring together, in harmonious union, teach
ers, directors, and educationists, generally,
where notch benefit would arise from the
opportunities afforded them to compare, dis
cuss, and digest the va.ions systems of
school dis?ipline, and different methods of
communicating instruction. It would, al
so, facilitate the adoption of those methods
which tend to the mutual advantage of
teachers, anti to the prosperity of their
schools; and produce a more uniform sys
tem of teaching throughout the county.
By such a professional intercourse,young
and' inexperienced teachers would acquire
an incalculable amount of useful informa
tion: and both old and young would return'
to their schools with their energies siimu-!
hoed to great r exertions fur the advance-
Ment of education, anti with a more exalt
ed opinion of the position they occupy.
Teachers' assoziations and institutes have
been organized in almost every se Lion of
the State, producing highly beneficial re
sults, by arousing the public mind to a
more general interest in the cause of com
mon schools, and universal education. We
are much indebted to society-influence for
the many improvements in education, and
how can we better discharge that obligation ,
than by becoming members of an ass cia-1
tion for its further advancement? Th e !
schools of our own county, bear ample tes
timony to their utility, and are, at least
twenty years in advance of what. they would
have been, if no such association had ever
existed. •
If our teachers and directors were active
members of an educational assceiation, the
result, in my humble opinion, could null
prove otherwise than beneficial, and the ef
ficiency of our common schools would be I
much enhanced. :Mind, when brought in'
contact with mind, excites emulation; then
it is that ordinary minds can propose salu- i
tary amendments, where those endowed
with genius failed to render a model per-.
feet. Improvements, the twist important,
have frequently been ti l e re su lt of eompar
i,ou of thought anicmg the unpretending.
Therefore, let tie organize an association
fur the assembling of teachers, directors,
anti other friends of education, front the
different districts of the county, where the
"art of arts" and good feelings may be
cultivated together.
It would be superfluous, to attempt, in
a brief communication, to portray all the
advantages that would aecrtte from a teach
ers' association, if established upon proper
principles, presuming that. they are familiar
to every teacher, in any degree, qualiiled
to take charge of a school.
Teachers, and others, to whom this
“science of sciences" is intrusted, I res
pectfully urge you to call meetings in your
respeotive districts, for the purpose of con
feting together, in regard to the propriety
of holding a County Teachers' Convention.
Let no teacher wait for his neighbor to take
the lead; but let all "be up and doing,"
with a determination to succeed, and all
will be right. J. S. IL
Huntingdon, Jan. 1853.
Public Pensioners.
We glean from the report of the Com
missioner of Pensions, the following items :
The number of pensioners on the rolls of
the United States and the District of Co
lumbia, exclusive of navy pensioners, is
18,868—less, by 743, than the number
reported in 1851.
The sum expended on acro':nt of pen
sions, since the last annual report, as far as
the same can be ascertained at the Treas
ury Department, is one million five hun
dred thousand dollars.
REVOLUTIONAZY PENSIONS,
The whole number pensioned under the
act of 18th Match, 1818, which was pass
ed for the relief of officers and soldiers in
indigent circumstances, was 20,485, of .
whom 1,046 are now on the tells. and on
ly 339 have received payment in the first
and second quarters of the year.
Under the act of the 7th June, 1832,
which greatly extended the systems, 33,066.
persons have been pensioned since its pas
sage, and the number now on the rolls is
4,328, of whom 1,495 have received pay
ments in the first and second quarters of .
the year.
WIDOWS OF REVOLUTIONARY MEN.
The act of 4th July,-1836, not only pro
vided for revolutionary widows, but for the
widows and orphans of certain volunteer,
anti militia troops who died in service since!
1818. The whole number pensioned un-!
der the-act, which now, with few excep-1
tions, is confined to the widows of those
who rendered revolutionary service, is 5,-;
163, of whom .978 remain on the tolls.
The act of 7th July, 1838, gave five years
pensions to revolutionary wid is, who mar
ried before the Ist of Juuunry,l79l. Un-;
der it 11,460 have from time to thee, been'
enrolled, but 162 only have been'paid in
the first and second quarters of the year.
The number pensioned under the net of
2d February, 1648, for life or widowhood,
and under the act of 29th July, 1848,1
which ettetnoled the period of marriage to
the year 1800, the number pensioned is 975.
There are now on the rolls under both
these acts, 5,280 pensioners, of whoa 4,-1
209 were paid during the first and second
quarters of the year.
MEXICAN WAR
The aot of 21st July, 1818, made provi
sion for the widow. and orphans of those
who were killed in battle, or perished by
disease, in the Mexican war. The number
pensioned under the net is 1,890, and the
number on the rolls is 1,122.
INVALID ?BM-10Ni.
The whole number now on the rolls tin
der the several invalid acts, is 5,986 being
an increase of 627 compared with the last
annual report, of which number 4,282 have
been paid in the first and second quarters
of the year.
MILITARY LAND BOUNTY•
The execution of the act of 28th, Sep
tember, 1850, has been steadily advancing
since the spring of 1851. Up to the pre
sent time the number of cases received and
registered amount. to 200,000
Of which there have beat
admitted, 140,058
Now ut the rolls for exam-
inat ion, 4,881
Suspended for further proof, 55,111
-200,000
Warrants are issued daily for ral admit
ted cases, and the quantity of land requir
ed to sAisfy the issues to the Ist instant,
amounts to 9,935,820 rcres.
The applications nuw 'evolved under the
act of 1850, amount to a daily average of
one hundred.
Under the act of 22d March, 1852,
there have been received and re
gistered, 7,056
Of which there have been admitted, 2,341
Leaving still to be acted on, 5,314
To satisfy the warrants already issued un
der this act, 143,800 acres will be required.
The Chains under the act of 11th
Feb., 1847, known as the Mex
ican Lead Bounty Law, which
were filled up to the 31st Octo
ber last, amount to 89,877
Filed fur script, in hew of land
bounty,
Number of land warrants
issued, 83'088
Issued fur money and script, 3,234
--L-- 86,322
Leaving susp'ded, for various reasons, 7,402
The operations for the year, under the
same act, are us follows, viz
Applications for laud,
For script or money,
3,485
- 3,575
Wan ants issued fur land, 2,307
Fur script and money, 61
- 2,368
Suspended for the year, 1,207
The number of a) Okapis under the act
of 11th February, 1847, has increased in
consequence of the repeal of the last pro
viso of the 9th section, by the passage of
the act of 211 March, 1852.
In the year ending'2sth October, 1852,
land warrants have issued on account of
revolutionary claims, as follows, to wit :
.ficres.
Three for lieutenants, of 200 acres each, 600
Twelve for non commissioned officers
and soldiers, at 100 acres each. 1,200
Also, on account of claims for ser
vices in the war of 1812, to mit :
135 warrants, of 160 acres each, is
sued under the acts of Congress
of December '24, 1811, and Jan-
Also, seven warrants, of 320 acres,
issued under the act of Congress
of December 10, 1814, equal to 2,240
nary 11, 1812. 21,600
There hare also been issued in the
same period, thirty-nine new cer
tificates of right to locate land
warrants of 160 acres each, which
issued under acts of '24th Decem
ber, 1811, and 11th anuary,
ISI2,
but for which no patents
have been granted,
Also, two new certificates of right
to locate land warrants of 320 a
cres each, issued under the act of
December 10, 1814, upon which
no patents had previously issued, 640
Aggregate of warrants issued as a
bov,-, for revolutionary service,
and service in the war of 1812, 32,820
Y . 1:10 , INIA HALF PAY CLAIMS,
The half pay claims examined and al
',wed under the act o; 6th July, 1812,
since tho date of the last annual report,
amount to $15,964,73.
Official Directory of hunt. Co.
President dud4e:
, Hon. GEO. TAYLOR, of Huntingdon.
1 .h'ssociate Judges :
Hon. JUNO. M'Wtt:Ltaxts, of Franklin tp.
T. F. STEwAa•r, of West tp.
District attorney:
J. SEWEL STEWART, of Huntingdon.
Sheriff :
W. B. ZETOLER, of Huntingdon.
1 Sher iff 's Counsel:
' W. P .43nnisoN, Esq., of Huntingdon.
Prothonotary:
THEO. 11. CREM ER, Esq., of Huntingdon.
Resister, Recorder, 4.c. :
M. F. CAMPBELL, of Henderson tp.
Count!' Commissioners:
ROBERT STITT. of Huntingdon.
ELUL SMITH, of Union tp.
SAMUEL WIGTON, of Franklin tp.
Commissioner's Clerk;
HENRY W. MILLER, of Huntingdon.
Commissioner's atiorne . y :
JOHN HEED, EN., of Huntingdon. •
auditors :
RALPH CROTSLEY, of ('ass tp.
KENZIE L. GREEN, of Clay tp.
DAVID PARKER, of 11 . arriorawark.
Treasurer:
JOHN MA alts, of Huntingdon.
Directors of Poor:
JANES SAxToN,.of Huntingdon.
JOHN BaEwsTsit, of Shirley tp. •
GEO. HUDSON, of Clay tp.
Cases.
4,347
93,824
6,240