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102 MACON TELEGRAPH. RF.VOLUT10NARY CLAIMS. _ SN ACT _ for the relief of certain survivin'; Of ficers and Soldiers of tlie Array of the Revo lution. Jit it cuacted by {hr. Senate nnd House of Representatives Of the. United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That each of the surviving Officers of the Army of tiie Uevnhi- ■ion jn the Continental Line, who was entitled to half pay liy the resolve of October twenty- firsi<stventeen hundred and eighty, bo author ized to receive, out of any money in the Treas- jry, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in said lino,,according to his rank in the line, tp begin with the third day ofMarch, one thousand eight hundred nnd twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Vf 0 ' aided, That, under this act, no Officer sha be entitled to receive a larger sum than the full pay of a Captain in said line. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever any of said Officers has received money of the United States, as a pensioner, since the third „day of March, one thousand eight hundred and tnentv-six, aforesaid, the sum so received shall be deducted from what said Officer would, otherwise, be entitled to, under the first section of this act; and ever} pension,to which said Officer is now entitled, shall cease after the passage of this act. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, imp, ofcrv surviving non-commissioned Officer, Mu- ician, or'Private; in said Army, who enlisted herein for and during the war, and continued tt its service hntil its termination, and thereby became entitled to receive a reward of eighty dollars, under a fcsolvo of Congress, passed May fifteenth, seventeen hundred nnd seventy- eight, shall be entitled to receive his full month ly pay in said service, ont of any money in the Treasury,™! otherwise'appropriated} to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight- hundred and tw'cttty-six, and to continue dur ing his natural life: Provided, That, no non commissioned Officer; Musician, or Private, in said Army, who is now on-the pension list of the United States, shall bo entitled to the benefits of this net. ijlp Sec. 4. And be itfurthcr enacted, That the pay allowed by tliis*hct shall, under the direc tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, bo paid to tho Officer or Soldier entitled thereto, or to their authorized attornov, at. such places and days as siid.Sccretary may direct; and that no foreign Officer shall bo entitled to said pay; nor shall any Officer or Soldier receive the same, until he furnish to said Secretary satisfac tory evidence that - lie is entitled to tho same, in t*onfofmity to (lie provisions of this act; nnd (he pay 'allowed by, this net shall not in any way ho transferable, or iinblo to attachment, levy, or soizuro, by any legal process whatever, but shall enuro wholly to the personal benefit of the Officer’or Soldier entitled to tho samo by this act. Sec. 5. And be itfurthcr enacted, That, so much of said pay as accrued by the provis ions of this act, before tho third day of March, eighteen hundred nnd twenty-eight, shall bo paid to the Officers and Soldiers entitled to tho samo, as soon as may bp, In tho manner and under the provisions before mentioned; and tho pay which shall accrue after said day, shall bo paid semi-annually, in liko manner, and under iho same provisions. ANDREW STEVENSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. . SAMUEL SMITH, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved: 15th May, 1828. V JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. is. It is requested that all letters to tho Secre tary of the Treasury, on the subject, maybe endorsed" on the cover, "Revolutionary Claims.” RICHARD RUSH. nn net; entitled "An act for the relief of curtain i cess whatever, of the pay therein authorised to surviving Officers and Soldiers of tho Army of' he received, but that the said pay is intended to the, Revolution,” approved on tho 15th of May, enure wholly to bis personal benefit, 1828, I, , of-—, in the county of—, in the State of , clo hereby declare that I was au officer in tho Continental Line of the Ar my of tho Revolution, and served as such, [here iusert,] To the epd of tho war, or, (as tho case may be) to the lima when the arrangement of the Army‘prmiicjbBj by the resolves of Congress oft to 3d and 2isr of October, 1780, was car- ripvf'ibto effect','anti that I was reduced under tha£tfi'fa'rf$ifecm (at which period 1 was a—— 'ijfc&fp^rtlfimem of the- —line. fyfsp declare, that I afterwards receiv ed (tytjficates* (commonly called commuta tion certificates) for a sum equal to tho amount of nv^yeart’ full pay; which sum was offered bt? tljeiesolvo of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783^jpstead of tho half pay to which 1 was entitled under the resolve ofthe21stof October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have receiv ed ofthe United States as a pensioner, since tho 3d day of March, 182G [Here insort, tho sum of——dollars paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions, in tho State of If tho clai mant has not been a pensioner, this part of tho declaration may bo omitted.] Witness my hand, this——day of—, in the year,—— [Signed] Form of a declaration tolc made by the Officers. For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of [Signed] [l. s.] Before me, , a Justice of the Peace in the county of——, in the State of——, per sonally appeared, this day,——, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attor ney, and acknowledged the same to be his act nnd deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal pro- 1,——, Clerk of the Court of tho Coun ty of —, in the State of——, do hereby certify that-; , before whom the foregoing power of attorney wrs acknowledged, is a Jus tice of the Peace. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sot Before me,—, [hero insert, a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, duly empower ed to,administer oaths, ns the case may be,] in the county of——, in the State of——, person ally appeared, this day,——, and -—, of the said county, who did severally, make oath that , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in tho Apniy of the Revolution, in manner os therein stated. Witness my hand, this—--day of—, in the year , [Signed] I,—, Clork of tho Court of the County of in the State of—, do hereby certify, that——, before whom the foregoing affidavits woro sworn was at tho time, a—-[hero insert, Justice ofthe Peace, or other Magistrate, on ly empowered to administer oaths, as tho case may be,] and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my [l. s.] hand, and affixed tho seal of the said Court, this——day of——in the year [ Signed] [B.1 Treasury Department, ) May 18, 1828. ) Tho “Act for the relief of certain surviving O(livers and- Soldiers of tho Revolution," ap proved on tho l5tti day of May, 1828, (ofwhich the foregoing is a copy,) will bo caVried into ef fect under tho following regulations: Each OfficerMairaing under tho act, will runsmit to the Secretary of tho Treasury a declaration, according to the form hereunto an- zicxod, marked A, nnd each Non-Commission ed Officer, Musician, and Private, according to tho form marked B, showing, particularly, in what manner he is entitled to tho benefit ofthe said act, accompanied by the oath of two res pectable witnesses, as to his indentity, which oath is to' bo taken before a Justico of the Peace, or other'.Magistrate, duly empowered Jo administer oaths, in tho State or Territory in which he rosides, and authenticated under she seal of tho Court of tho County in which the ‘ oath was administered, as shown in the said forms. Each Officer will transmit his commission, ♦fin existonco and attainable, and each Non lommissioncd Officer, Musician, and Private, ills discharge, which documents, after being re •istcrcd, will bo returned. If the commission tr discharge has been lost or destroyed,' ho will ransmit such other evidence as he may possoss »r can obtain, corroborative of the statements et forth in his declaration. ,ig* If the evidence tranrmitted, taken in connex- oh with that afforded by the public records at Washington, be found satisfactory, the amount f two years’ lull pay, at tho rate to which tho he Officer or Soldier was entitled, according o his rank in the line, at the close of.the war, »r at the time of his reduction, (as the case f r nay be)—but iti no instance exceeding tho full ray of a Captain in tho Continental Line—will >e transmitted to him, at the ulaco of his resi- lence; after dodupting therefrom the amount of any pension which ho may have received from the United States since tho 3d day of 1 March, 1826. He may, however, authorize any other person to receive his pay; in which case, ho will execute a power of attorney, Recording to the annexed form, marked C, which must be acknowledged before a Justice ofthe Peace, or other Magistrate, and nulhen treated under the seal of the Court ofthe coun '.y, in the same’ manner as is already prcscrib- »d in regard to declarations. But no payment sill be made to any such attorney, until ho has Wade oath, according to tho annexed form D, tjjM the pay which' he is authorized to receivo i« intended to enuro wholly to tho personal ben efit ofthe Officer or Soldier whose attorney he Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non- Commisioned Officers Musicians and Pri vates. For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of ccr tainjmirviving Officers and Soldiers of the Ar my df the Revolution,” approved on tho 15th May, 1828 I ,of—, in tho County of , in tho State of , do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Lino ot the Army of the Revolution, forond during the war, and continued in its servico until its termina tion; at which period, I was a [Sergoant, Cor poral, Musician, or Private, as tho case may be] in Captain—’s Company, in the—re- gimont, of the.—-..line. And I also declare, tha; I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was en titled, under a resolvo of Congress, passed tho 15th of May, 1778 And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day ofMay, 1823, on the Pension List of the United States. Witness my hand, this-—-day of——, in the Before me,—[here insert, a Justico of the Peace, or other Magistrate; duly empowered to administer oaths,] in .the County of , in tho State _of——, personally appeared, this day,———, ——, of. tho said county, who did, severally mako oath, that , by whom the foregoing declaration was sub scribed, is generally reputed nnd believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Rev olution, in manuer as therein stated. Witness my hand, this—-day of the year , [Signed] Witness my hand, this- in tho year— [Signed] ; -day of- s.] hand, nnd affixed the seal of the said Court, this day of. in tho year— [Signed.] [?) Form of Affidavit to be talsen by Attorneys. Before me —a Justico of tho Peace in the county of- , in the——, of—— personally appeared, this day,—the at. torney named in tho foregoing power of attor ney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or ofa- ny attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, ofthe pay therein authoriz ed to bo received, but that tho said pay is in tended to enure wholly to tho personal benefit of tho person hy whom the said power was ex ecuted. Witness my hand, this —day of in tho year———-, [Signed] gers with different degrees of velocity, he found that he could produce a great variety of sounds, differing in their tone as well ns in their intens ity, and so loud that they could be distinctly heard at tho distanco of 40 feet. The guide witnessed those phenomena with utter dismay; ant) imagining that the gentleman produced the sounds, by virture of some supernatural power he immediately began to cross himself nnd invoke tho protection of his patron saint. His alarm however changed to surprise, when by raising his own ann he found it ns musical as that of Mr. Topper. Mr. Lanfiair, who was behind the rest of tho party, now came up, and discovered that his fingers possessed a sim ilar property. In the course of a few minutes after this however, their fingers, lost their ac- oustic property; theclo ds having by this time passetl to a considerable distance. The trav ellers received no lasting injury, while ono of them, Mr. Tupper," who was actually benefited by tho occurrence. He had recoived an inju ry in his left shoulder joint, by a fall from his horso, but after the copious electrication on Mount Etna, he never experienced any return of the pain. These curious and wonderful facts are easily explained by the principles of Natural Philoso phy. Snow is a conductor next in order to water, and it is pretty plain that tho bodies of travellers could not havo been overcharged with tho electric fluid, in consequence of any difficulty which it experienced in passing into tho earth. Their fingqrs therefore acted like so many points in drawing electricity from an atmosphero highly charged; in tho same man ner, as when the hand or head is presented to an electrified prime conductor. The variety in the the character as well as in the intensity of tho sounds which woro produced at tho points of their fingers, arose from tho different velo cities of their fingers, and may be readily imi. tated by other species of sound. I ■ ■ Clerk of tho Court ofthe County of in the Stato of ,tjo hereby certi fy that ,before whom the foregoing affi davits wero sworn, was, at tho time, a Justice of the peace, and duly empowered to adminis ter oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set [l. s.] my hand, and affixed ihe seal of the said Court, this day of in the year [Signed] . • * Tho claimant, though not on tho pension list on the 15th May, 1828 and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I havo received of the United States, as a pensioner, since tho 3d of March, 1826, the sum of dollars, paid to me by tho Agent for paying ponsions in the stato o&———. SCIENTIFIC. I—, Clerk of the Court of the county of —, in the State of , do hereby certify that , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the timo, a (Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the caso may be,) end duly empowered to Administer oaths. Ia testimony whereof, I have hereunto set [l. s.] my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this——day of the year—, [Signed] •t (C.) Form of a Power of Attorney. Know all men by these presents, that I,— of , in the county of--: — ■, in the Stato of—, do hereby constitute and appoint——, my true and lawful attornoy, with a power of substitution, jot 1 me, and in my name, to re ceive from tho United States tho amount of pay now due to me, under the act entitled kt An net for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers ofthe Revolution, approved 15th May, 1828, as a- in the ■ - regiment of the ■line ofthe Army ef the Revolution. Witness mv hand, and seal, this—, day of in the year,—. Sealed and delivered in the > prestnce of--!—- -. f PHENOMENON OF LIGHTNING. Philosophers have, from time to timo, taken opportunity to observo tho phenomena accom panying tho production of thunder and light ning, in order to ascertain tho manner in which they arc generated by the electricity of tho at mosphere. The flashes of lightning, usually exhibit, we believe one of three forms—an an gular or zig zag appearance, called forked light, ning, dense masses, resembling globes of fire, or a sudden and universal dash, which has re ceived the name of sheet lightning. A person who was accidentally in an elevated situation, a little way removed from tho scene, observed that tho lightning, in its late descent upon Mr. Thompson’s hotel in Elm street, came in an oblique, zig-zag direction, and was of a vivid yellow color. This appearance, noticed by one who, from his location, could seo only what was exhibited in tho atmosphere above the buildings, was different from that witnessed by persons passing in the street. Two or three individuals, near tho tavern at the moment of tjte shock, represent that for an instant, tho house appeared wrapped in a sheet of dense flamo; immediately was heard the ratling of broken glass, and tho crackling of the splinter ed spout and gatepost; and at tho samo mo. ment, succeeded the sudden crash of the thun dcr, somewhat resembling the sound of a piece of artillery. A truckman, passing the house at tho time, with a load of glass, junk bottles, and being unacquainted with tho laws which govern e- lectricity, from the appearanco of his cart, thought he had met with a wonderful preserva tion, and his bottles boen miraculously saved. He said that tho bolts, rivets, chains, and every picco of iron about his cart, appeared red hot, and tho rims, of the wheels exhibited circles of fire, while his [(fading was unharmed and un touched. This phenomenon would seem to admit «f a ready explanation upon the simplest principles of electricity. The air, at the mo ment of explosion, was highly charged with e- lectricity; polished glass,one ofthe best non conductors; exhibited a largo surfaco on tho cart; consequently the iron, which is known to bo ono of the most powerful conductors; at tached to the vehicle, received tho fluid, from the atmosphere in its immediate vicinity and tho extended surface of glass, in such large quantities as to present the uncommon specta de observed by the driver. While upon this subject, we will relato what wc conceive to be among the most remarkable electrical phenomena that has come to our knowledge, by stating briefly what happened to two travellers, Mr. Tupper nnd Mr. Lanfiar, in their descent, a few years ago, from Mr. Et na. They were overtaken by a storm of thun der and lightning accompanied by a heavy fail of snow; and whilo crossing a large tract of snow they wero struck with the lightning’, receiving however no serious injury. Mr. Tupper felt a painful sansation in his back, which gradual ly ascended towards his head, and occasioned a feeling as if his hair was moving. This sen. sation induced our traveller to raise hit hand to his head, when he was suprised to hear a buz zing noise proceeding from his fingers. Upon raising and extending his arm, tha noise still confined) but upon moving his hand and fin- <ed that, his labors is likely t 0 have very \ »x»M A CON MONDAY MORNING, JVNF l>0. 1P99. weight in a community where the’pop 1 • Jackson has become fashionable^*? C in the political cant of the rowed we doubt not from thevocabuh those factipnists whose politics arebott ^ ' on their own prospects of political afP izement,..-those who arc content to beta" 1 ] sengei s, r.o matter who guides the heba 'h That there are many more Adsmj „ J Georgia than is generally suppoied „ ■ doubt,—that they would make asti.-M • qually certain but for the reasons beforet^ 3 ' that the proper officer is not at the htH t they will no doubt as Zeno supposes, tnere passive silent spectators of an connected with the most substantial j nte ' 0D ' J and prosperity of their country.” fil3 C! M3.1 DARIEN ADMINISTRATION MEETING A meeting of the citizens of McIntosh J ty, friendly to the present , administration the General Government, was held at Dar'°' on tho 14th instant, which after passingsunjj resolutions indicative of their confidence ij tho integrity of the present Chief Magistrate concluding by nominating James Hamltoi! Cquper, Esq. as an Elector for this state-. With Mr. Coupor we arc not NATIONAL ELEC tiON. For President of the United States, ANDREW JACKSON. For Vice President, JOHN C. CALHOUN. quaintcd.but havo heard him frequently spoken of as a'matiof unassuming manners and amiable deportment. This movement cannot affect i» any manner tho tide of popular feeling in Gear, gia,—though tho present administration has some friends hero, among whom may be mum bored some of our most wealthy and respectable citizens;—yet they, form but a vorv small mi. nority of tho people, and their struggles can ool one! in mortification and defeat; hence we hai hoped thar r no effort would be made, again to arouse that party strife, which has so long di). traded the political ernee of our state; vrowisb thorn as wo do all others, to enjoy uncontrolk cd tho exercise of their own political tcncts.but cannot discover the policy, which induce* them to nominate n ticket, when there u noj to be found the slightest prospect of success. Jackson and Calhoun Electoral Ticket for Georgia. Gen. Daniel Nf.wnan of Baldwin Gen. John Stewart of Oglethorpe Gen. Henry Mitchell of Hancock Col. John Burnet of Glynn Col. John Cunningham of Elbert v Major William Penticost of Jackson Major John Hatcher of Wilkinson Benjamin Leigh Esq. of Columbia Pitt Milner Esq, of Mnimu* " A writer who styles himself Zeno, in a late Georgia Courier, after very gravely discussing the qualifications of tho two candidates now before tho people for the Presidency, con cludes by saying, “That Mr. Adams will bo re-elected, I havo no doubt, tho good sense of tho American people will prevent their giving up a certainty for an uncertainty, they know from actual experience, that they have a chief Magistrate pre-eminently qualified for the station ho fills, &c.” Now with all duo defer ence to the opinion of Zeno, wo quite as gravely declare, that we think the very reasons, that tho peoplo know so well the qualifications of John Q. Adams, are, the reasons wily he will not bo rc-electcd—notwithstanding Zono so confidently predicts a different result. In re publican governments, experience from the earliest ages down to the present timo has taught us that such governments, can only be sustained in their original spirit, and purity, and ifambitious men and designing demagogues, by wily cunning and intrigue get the reins into their liaads, the purity and freedom of snch institutions is likely to become prostituted to effect their own unhallowed, and ambitious pur poses, and whether the general good be pro moted or not by their measures, is a matter of chance.— Wo would ask Zeno how, J. Q. Adams, ob tained the office he is so "pre-eminently quali fied to fill,” was it bjrffie voice of the American people, given, in the spirit of the constitution or was it by the artful cut and shuffie ofthe black log chief, who, has lately been making an election, eering tour through tho northern cities, eatin g fine dinners, holding levees, and making elec tioneering speeches for the benefit of his health —tho same who so feelingly warns the people against military rulo and asserts that he Would go to each town and hamlet and address every man in the union to contemplate the precipice, which yawns before us”. And is it come to this! shall a public officer, holding witiiin his grasp the destines of a great nation thus offer to tramplo with impunity, upon the sacred right of free suffrage, shall tho admonition of the virtuous Jefferson, ere his clay has moul dered, bo thus thrown aside and a policy so widely opposite be openly avowed by a member of un administration which began its career while he was yet living, wo trust it will not with impunity, the goodjsense of tho American people* has once said,—as we trust it will again say otherwise; that John Quincy Adams is not tho choice of tho peoplo has been once and we think will again be satisfactorily demonstrated, notwithstanding, Mr. Clay’s electioncoring dinners speechos and levees. * In conclusion Zcut>, seems to ho well assur- REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS, On our second paigb will be found At dttj passed at the late session of Congress, makin permanent provision for the few surviving m4 triots of’76. It is to bo regreted that thetnea*! sure of tho country’s gratitude could not Havel been mceteil out earliur, before so many of] those veuerablo relicts of tho "times that trici ( wen’s souls” should have been suffered to go] down to the.grpve in indigcnco and poverty.— ] Oue of tho strongest arguments which hivo I been offered against tho permanency qfarepaUj lican system, of government is, that they have [ always 1 proved ungrateful towards their public! servants, and tho selfish pelicy which has been pursued in flic adjustment of the revolutionary I claims of our own country, seems to confirm, ] the justico of tho charge. Much gooJ, howev er, may yet bo done; many may he fonnd liv ing to enjoy for a brief period; a comfortable I provision to smoolhe their pathway dowiyo tho grave, uml it is hoped that gentlemen through* out the country, wlto know such as are entiled to tho benefit of these claims, will uso every laudable moans to dissemnnato the necessary information, to bring them before the govern ment, agreeable to tho provisions of the act, for adjustment. VERY LATE FROM EUROPE. By last nights mail wo received intelligent# of an arrival at New York, bringing Liverpool dnfes to tho lGth and London to tho I5ib May inclusive. Russia, has at length declared war* against the Ottoman Porte. The Declaration, and Manifesto ofthe Emperor Nicholas, have bees received, but their length, and the unusual pres of matter on hand compells us to defer their publication until next week. The Liverpool Cotton market during week immediately proceeding the l6th wasun- usually animated, tho’ no advance was rea lie over fotmer prices, the sales ofthe wee’a mounted ter 18,000 bags of which 14,800*®* American consisting of 7,500 Uplands 2<t Now-0rlenns4,l60, Alabama, and 200, - Island, of tho whole about 4000 bags, were ia ken on speculation—Tlte imports for the previous, were much short of what ha expected and not moro thop one half o * it was during the samo month of last year. ^ This news confirms us in our former opmfj that the planter, will realize a fair P rice or present growing ciop. i fta w ffl , short crop, last year seems to be now ** ing very apparent in the European mar ^ and wp think a small advance, roust bet * ^ sequence, of the continued decrease m t * portatioa during the summer.^ y +, ~ hi Person,illy 1C H ;p “An ounce of prevention it worth a cure." A man ofthe name ot Prkstlxv came to his death lately in Jasper ^ . frpra a horso stepping on his foot, bv w skin was graised. The injury was » H he paid no attention to it at tho time, « : into his field as usual. Exercise, and the ofthe weather, brought on inflnmati° n >^^ iification ensued, and death was c
