The people's guide, a business, political and religious directory of Morgan Co., Ind. : also, a historical sketch of Morgan County and a brief history of each township, Part 24

Author: Cline & McHaffie. cn
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indianapolis Print. & Pub. House
Number of Pages: 428


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All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more States, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted ; the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either


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party to the Congress of the United States, be finally deter- mined as near as may be in the same manner as is before pre- scribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different States.


The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respect- ive States-fixing the standard of weights and measures through- out the United States-regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; pro- vided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated-establishing or regulating post- offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office -- appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers-appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States-making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.


The United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated "A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State ; and to appoint such other com- mittees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States, under their direction-to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years-to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public ex- penses-to borrow money, or emit bills on the credit of the


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United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emit- ted-to build and equip a navy-to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State, which requisition shall be binding; and thereupon the legislatures of each State shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the men, and clothe, arm, and equip them in a soldier-like manner, at the expense of the United States; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled; but if the United States in Con- gress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed, and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such State, unless the legislature of such State shall judge that such extra number can not be safely spared out of the same; in which case they shall raise, officer, clothe, arm, and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared. And the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled.


The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and ex- penses necessary for the defense and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or


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the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy unless nine States assent to the same; nor shall a question on any other point, except for adjourning from day to day, be determined, unless by the votes of a majority of the United States in Congress assembled.


The Congress of the United States shall have power to ad- journ to any time within the year, and to any place within the United States, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations, as in their judgment require secresy ; and the yeas and nays of the dele- gates of each State on any question shall be entered on the journal when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a State, or any of them, at his or their request, shall be fur- nished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the sev- eral States.


Art. 10. The Committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress as- sembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. '


Art. II. Canada, acceding to this confederation and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union ; bnt no other colony shall be admitted into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.


Art. 12. All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by, or under the authority of Congress, before


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the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the pres- ent confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States-for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.


Art. 13. Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alter- ation be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterward confirmed by the legislatures of every State.


And Whereas, It hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of and to authorize us to rat- ify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual union ;


Know Ye, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do, by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective con- stituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters therein contained. And we do fur- ther solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective con- stituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which, by the said confederation, are submitted to them. And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the States we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in Congress.


Done at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, the 9th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1778, and in the 3d year of the Independence of America.


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By act of Congress of May 20, 1862, any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, or has performed service in the army or navy, and is a citizen of the United States, or shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, and has never borne arms against the Government of the United States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the Ist of January, 1863, be entitled to enter a quarter section (160 acres) of unappropriated public land, upon which he or she may have already filed a pre- emption claim, or which is subject to pre-emption, at $1.25 per acre; or 80 acres of unappropriated lands, at $2.50 per acre. In order to make his or her title good to such lands, however, such person must make affidavit that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; and upon filing the affida- vit, and paying the sum of ten dollars to the register or receiver, such person shall be allowed to enter the land specified ; but no certificate or patent is issued for the land until five years from the date of such entry, and the land must, during that time, be improved and not alienated (it can not be taken for debt).


At any time within two years after the expiration of said five years, the person making the entry, or, in case of his or her death, his widow or heirs, may, on proof by two witnesses that he or she has cultivated or improved said land, has not alienated


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any part of it, and has borne true allegiance to the United States, be entitled to a patent, if at that time a citizen of the United States. In case of the abandonment of the lands by the person making the entry, for a period of more than six months at one time, they revert to the United States.


RECIPES.


GOLDEN OIL.


I pint linseed oil, I drachm oil organum, I drachm oil cedar, I drachm oil sassafras, I drachm oil hemlock, I drachm oil pep- permint, I drachm tinc. laudanum, 4 drachms gum camphor.


MUTTON-BROTH.


Take three pounds of the scrag-end of a fresh neck of mut- ton, cut it into several pieces, wash them in cold water, and put them into a stew-pan with two quarts of cold spring-water ; place the stew-pan on the fire to boil; skim well, and add a couple of turnips cut into slices, a few branches of parsley, a sprig of green thyme, and a little salt. When it has boiled gen- tly by the side of the stove for an hour and a half, skim off the fat from the surface, and then let it be strained through a lawn sieve into a basin, and kept for use.


BEEF-TEA.


Take two pounds of the lean part of the gravy-piece of beef, and carefully pare away every particle of fat, skin, or sinew ; cut this into small square pieces the size of a nut, put the beef into a stew-pan capable of containing two quarts, and pour three pints of boiling water upon it, add a little salt, put it on the stove fire, and, as soon as it boils, skim it, and then remove it to the side of the stove to continue boiling gently for an hour, after which it should be strained through a napkin for use.


PECTORAL CHICKEN-BROTH.


Cut up a young fowl into several pieces, put in a stew-pan with three pints of spring-water ; set on the stove fire to boil ; skim well, and add a little salt; take two tablespoonfuls of pearl-barley, wash it in several waters, and add it to the broth, together with one ounce of marsh-mallow roots cut into shreds for the purpose of better extracting its healing properties. The broth should then boil one hour, and be passed through a nap- kin into a basin, to be kept ready for use.


INDEX.


PAGE Declaration of Independence. 3


Constitution of the United States 9


Constitution of Indiana. 26


Emancipation Proclamation 54


Political Platforms 56


Baxter Liquor Law 85


Geological Items 93


Philosophy 104


Sketches of Astronomy 106


Pay of Government Officers


114


Religious.


115


Population of States and Territories. 117


Population of Principal Cities


117


Male Inhabitants 118


Vote of Each State. 119


Population of Indiana by Counties


120


Population of Indiana Towns.


121


Sabbath Schools


125


Recipes


127


Morgan County History


131


Adams Township.


147


Ashland Township.


166


Baker Township.


178


Brown Township. 182


Clay Township. 207


Gregg Township. 230 Green Township. 245 Harrison Township 256


Jackson Township 263


Jefferson Township


288


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INDEX.


Madison Township.


299


Monroe Township 316


Ray Township. 338


Washington Township. 348


Constitutional Amendment 389


Articles of Confederation 391


Homestead Law 402


Recipes.


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TO OUR PATRONS.


We take the present mode of returning our thanks to the citizens of Morgan county for the liberal patronage we have received for this work; also for the gentlemanly treatment to our canvassers, hoping that the work will prove to be all that has been claimed for it. We have tried to make it with as few mistakes as possible, and have endeavored to insert the names of all the principal men of the county. We have met with some few men who did not wish their names inserted, and who treated the canvassers rather coolly, all of which we did not promise to insert their names, we only promised those who had no objection ; therefore you may possibly not find every principal man in the county located.


Hoping that you will be satisfied with our efforts to fulfill our promise, we remain yours, as ever,


P. P. THOMAS.


CLINE & McHAFFIE,


PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS OF THE


PEOPLE'S GUIDE.


Good canvassers wanted, to work on commission, to take orders. Also, territory by counties to let to good responsible men. Address, CLINE & McHAFFIE, Clayton, Ind.


WM. CLINE, JR.,


DESIGNER OF A NEW MODE OF


CARD ADVERTISING,


By which from three to fifty times the amount of advertising can be done for the same money generally used, and it is more effectual. Address, WM. CLINE, JR., Clayton, Ind.


P. P. THOMAS,


Who has just finished the work for the People's Guide, or Directory of Morgan County, Ind., wishes a few good agents for canvassing in Clinton, Parke and other counties, for which he will pay a good commission to responsible men.


Address, P. P. THOMAS, Amo, Ind.


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