The to about 1,000 souls. There are now 25 brick, 60 frame, and about 80 hewn log houses and cabins in town. public buildings are, a court house, 60 feet by 45, a jail, and meeting houses belonging to the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist societies. June.-A horrid murder was committed in the vicinity of Brookville, by John Young, for whose daughter John Points had conceived an attachment. Young was a man of standing, and was opposed to Points, and refused his consent to their marriage. The lovers, however, had entered into a matrimonial engagement; and were on their way on a moonlight evening to be married, accompanied by several friends, when they were waylaid by Young, who shot Points through the head in the midst of his laughing companions, and while his intended bride was mounted behind him on the same horse. On the fall of his victim, Young dragged his daughter to his dwelling, and on the following day delivered himself up to the proper authority, who admitted him to bail, on the plea that he had demanded his daughter of Points before he shot him. The daughter was aged 18 years, and marriageable by the laws of the state without the consent of parents. July-The following interesting sketch of the natural and statistical history of this state, is taken from the Indiana Journal: The state of Indiana contains 37,000 square miles, and 23,680,000 acres, ranking with the other states, as the tenth in size and the fifteenth in population. Its greatest length from north to south, in its west line, in 281 miles, and its length on the east line, is 186 miles, averaging 256 miles. Its breadth from east to west is 144 miles. state is divided into 58 counties, of which, all but two have been organized. The population in 1810 was 24,520; in 1820, 147,368; and at pre The September.-Ninian Edwards has been elected governor of Illinois. The votes were for governor Edwards, 6,299; for Mr Sloo, who opposed him, 5,941; for Mr. Duncan, for congress, 6,321; for Mr. Cook, 5,630; and for Mr. Turney, 767. 1827.]-Lead ore has been discovered on the Bounty Tract, near the Mississippi river, in Adams county, (I.) It is said to be equal in quality to any found at Fevre river, and the place from which it was taken, to have the appearance of containing it in great abundance. These mines are about to be worked. 1826.] MISSOURI. September.--Thomas H. Benton has been re-elected to the senate of the United States, for six years from the 4th of March, 1827. Mr. Edward Bates was elected to congress over Mr. Scott. Both of the candidates were friendly to the administration. The respective votes were, for Mr. Bates, 6,633; for Mr. Scott, 4,155. November.--Emigrations to the state of Missouri are numerous, and are giving to it a valuable accession of inhabitants. The debt of the state is estimated at $149,237 39 cents, and the available funds at $18,946 96 cents. There is an amount of "debt due from the several loan offices," equal to $72,799, and 38 cents; of which the available value greatly depends on the decision of a case now pending in the supreme court of the United States, as to the right of the state to recover from the borrowers of the loan office certificates their par value in specie. APPOINTMENTS. L. G. DE RUSSEY, to be paymaster, 21st September, 1826. JOHN B. SCOTT, 2d lieutenant, 4th artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 14th July, 1826. JAMES A. CHAMBERS, 2d lieutenant, 2d artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 14th July, 1826. J. R. STEPHENSON, 1st heutenant, 7th infantry, to be assistant commnissary of subsistence, 31st August, 1826. THOMAS JOHNSON, 1st lieutenant, 7th infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 13th October, 1826. CHARLES DIMMоCK, 2d lieutenant of the 1st artillery, to be assistant com missary of subsistence, 26th October, 1826. J. P. C. MACMAHON, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon, 5th August, 1826. ROBERT ARCHER, late surgeon, to be assistant surgeon, 5th August, 1826. Washington, March 8, 1827. Second Regiment of Artillery. Brevet lieutenant-colonel ROGER JONES, captain 3d artillery, to be major, 17th February, 1827, vice Hindman, decea sed. Brevet captain ELIJAH LYON, 1st lieutenant, to be captain, 29th February, 1827, vice Nourse, resigned. Third Regiment of Artillery. 1st lieutenant CHARLES M. THRUSTON, to be captain 17th February, 1827, vice Jones, promoted. 1st lieutenant THOMAS J. BAIRD, to be captain 28th February, 1827, vice Burd, deceased. BREVET PROMOTIONS. Brevet Brigadier-Generals. JOHN E. WOOD, colonel and inspector general, to be brigadier-general by brevet, from 29th of April, 1826. GEORGE GIBSON, colonel and commis sary general of subsistence, to be brigadier-general by brevet, from 29th April, 1826. Brevet Lieutenant Colonels. WILLIAM LINNARD, quarter master, to be lieutenant colonel by brevet, from 15th June, 1825. JAMES KEARNEY, topographical engineer, to be lieutenant colonel by brevet, from 29th April, 1826. STEPHEN H. LONG, topographical engineer, to be lieutenant colonel by brevet, from 29th April, 1826. P. H. PARRAULT, topographical engineer, to be lieutenant colonel by brevet, from 17th February, 1827. Brevet Majors. MILO MASON, captain 1st regiment of artillery, 17th May, 1816, to be major by brevet, to take rank from May 17th, 1826. GEORGE BIRCH, captain 7th regiment of infantry, 31st August, 1816, to be major by brevet, to take rank from 31st August, 1826. HENRY WHITING, captain 1st regiment of artillery, 3d March, 1817, to be major by brevet, to take rank from 3d March, 1827. tillery, transferred to the 4th artillery. W. L. M CLINTOCK, captain of the 4th artillery, transferred to the 3d artillery. JAMES ENGLE, 2d lieutenant of the 4th infantry, transferred to the 5th infantry. Washington, July 14th, 1827. Third Regiment of Infantry. captain 6th June, 1827, vice Brooks, re1st lieutenant, ANDREW LEWIS, to be signed. Sixth Regiment of Infantry. 1st lieutenant N. J. CRUGER, to be captain 11th February, 1827, vice Armstrong, deceased. captain 1st May, 1827, vice Shaler, resigned. 1st lieutenant, THOMAS NOEL, to be APPOINTMENTS. JOHN H. WINDER, late of the artillery, and a graduate of West Point, to be 2d lieutenant 1st regiment of artillery, 2d April, 1827. JOHN HILLS, late of the artillery, and a graduate of West Point, to be second lieutenant 6th regiment of infantry, 25th June, 1827. Assistant Commissaries. 1st lieutenant F. N. BARBARIN, of the 3d artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 16th May, 1827. 1st lieutenant BENJAMIN WALKER, of ry of subsistence, 26th March, 1827. the 3d infantry, to be assistant commissa 1st lieutenant L. N. MORRIS, of the 3d infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 26th March, 1827. 1st lieutenant ALEXANDER H. MORTON, of the 7th infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 26th June, 1827. 2d lieutenant G. W. LONG, of the 4th artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 8th June, 1827. 1st lieutenant E. V. SUMNER, of the 2d infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 15th June, 1827. GOVERNORS OF THE STATES FOR 1826, &c. 505 The sums disbursed from the treasury, during the year 1825, on account of the principal and interest of the public debt, amounted, as per the port, to And have been accounted for in the following manner, viz: There was applied for the payment of a sum short provided on account of the public debt, prior to the 1st January, 1825. And there was applied, during the year 1825, towards the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, as ascertained by accounts rendered to this department, Viz: In the redemption of treasury note six per cent. stock, In the redemption of 7 per cent. stock, In the redemption of exchange of 6 per cent. stock In the redemption of 6 per cent. stock of 1812, And on payment of certain parts of the domestic $12,124,085 97 1,479,374 82 2,113 92 56,539 30 6,187,006 84 1,524 02 last annual re$12,101,864 78 88,395 78 2,001 49 debt, 15 31 7,728,575 70 The interest which accrued for the year 1825, amounted to 4,395,498 59 And there was paid for premium on 7 per cent. stock, 11 68 12,124,085 97 62 |