The sum drawn of $5,000 was under date of the 5th of May, as appears by document number two; and on the 11th of the same month as appears by document No. three, two thousand dollars of the said $5,000 was deposited in the Corydon branch bank in notes on the said Bank of Vincennes. On the 13th of the same month (May), it will appear by document number four that I paid to the agent of the Jeffersonville Ohio Canal Company, three thousand dollars, making with the two thousand dollars deposited in the Corydon branch bank on the 11th day of May, 1820, the five thousand dollars received by me from the hands of Mr. Farnham in Vincennes paper, for which I gave him my receipt. Allow me here to remark, that the five thousand dollars received by Mr. Farnham is the only and entire portion of the said ten thousand dollars aforesaid that ever passed through my hands directly or otherwise. In August, 1821, being in Jeffersonville, I was applied to by the officers of the Company for money. Under the discretion imposed upon me by law, a draft was executed by me upon the Vincennes Bank, in favor of O. Raymond Esq., secretary of said company, for two thousand dollars; which was negotiated through Israel Gregg, and a draft obtained by him from the Bank of Vincennes on the United States branch bank at Louisville, and which draft was assigned by said Gregg to Samuel Gwathmey Esq. [of Jeffersonville] then treasurer of the Canal Company; who negotiated it as explained by document Number five. When the two thousand dollars was realized by the said company, I obtained a duplicate receipt for the same, as per document Number four. When prosecuting the examination into the banks, being in Vincennes in June last, I discovered from the books of the Vincennes bank that the Bank of Columbia, in the district of Columbia, was a debtor to the former twelve hundred dollars; and with the expectation of realizing that sum in good funds for the use of the company of the $5,000 remaining unpaid to the company; I obtained a draft from the cashier as governor of the state for the amount. This draft, after my return to this place, was forwarded to the Bank of Columbia with directions to deposit the amount to my credit as governor aforesaid. The delay which was experienced in re ceiving the expected certificate of deposit induced me to address a friend resident in Georgetown in the District of Columbia a letter on the subject; a copy of the reply is herewith submitted, Number six. Shortly after the reception of his letter, I received from the cashier of the Bank of Columbia, a letter enclosing a certificate of deposit; specially declaring however, that the sum of $1,200 was to be paid in the paper of the Vincennes bank. Disappointed in securing good funds, I returned the letter and certificate of deposit to General Hendricks, who has no doubt received them since his last arrival at the city, and requesting him to call at the said bank, and if good funds could not be procured to obtain the original draft protested, which had been executed on the bank by the cashier of the Vincennes Bank; and if this could not be accomplished, to procure the notes of the Vincennes bank and bring them with him on his return home next spring, or remit the notes to me by mail in small sums to guard against miscarriage. This detailed statement, as will appear by a former communication to the General Assembly on the subject; two thousand dollars on the Corydon branch bank; eighteen hundred dollars in the Vincennes bank; and twelve hundred dollars in the Bank of Columbia, to be paid in Vincennes paper; leaving two thousand dollars of the appropriation to the Jeffersonville Ohio Canal Company, subject to the order of the governor of this state. I recommend to the consideration of this General Assembly the propriety of providing by law that the governor of the state, or the authorized agent of the aforesaid company, may take measures to secure the ultimate payment of the said amount by legal process, or by such other measures as may be calculated to prevent a future loss. [Papers referred to not found] Very respectfully, JONATHAN JENNINGS PROCLAMATION: ORDERING DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER1 March 12, 1822 Western Sun, March 23, 1822 Corydon Gazette, March 14, 1822 Indianapolis News, November 21, 1913 JONATHAN JENNINGS, Governor and Commander in Chief of the State of Indiana, TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETINGS: WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the state aforesaid by a joint resolution approved the 31st day of December last, [see Dec. 22 above] appointed and set apart, the second Friday of next month to be observed as a day of Publick supplication and prayer to Almighty God, that he may avert the just judgments impending our land, and that in his manifold mercies, our country may be blessed with fruitful seasons and our citizens with health and peace. Now, therefore, be it known, that in compliance with the joint resolution aforesaid, I have issued this my proclamation requiring the good people of this state to abstain from all servile labour on said day, and hereby requesting and soliciting religious societies of every denomination, to keep and observe the same as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer. Given under my hand and seal of state, at Corydon this twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. JONATHAN JENNINGS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Indiana, TO THE SHERIFFS OF EACH COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE: Whereas, A vacancy has happened, by the resignation of the Hon. Wm. Hendricks, a representative from this state, in the Seventeenth Congress of the United States: 1. The original of this proclamation is in possession of Mr. George Pence. A facsimile was published in the Indianapolis News, November 21, 1913. You are therefore required and commanded to cause an election to be holden on the first Monday of August next, to elect a representative to represent this state during the vacancy in the Seventeenth congress of the United States. And the manner of your return shall be in conformity to law.1 Given under my hand and seal of State at Corydon, this seventh day of June, 1822, the sixth year of the state, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-sixth. JONATHAN JENNINGS By the Governor: R. A. NEW, Secretary ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER OF STATE CORYDON, Nov. 30, 1822 Senate Journal, 1822, p. 32 The treasurer in obedience to an act of the General Assembly, entitled an act, concerning the auditor of public accounts, and treasurer of state, submitted the following report: That there was remaining in the hands of the By John Carr, late agent and receiver of public monies at Indianapolis, the sum of eight thousand and three dollars... $4,476.79 22,169.49 14.80 8,003.00 1. Governor Jennings was elected to fill this vacancy at the same time Hendricks was elected governor. Also at the same election Jennings was elected for the long term following. 7 By the sheriff of Dearborn county, for the revenue 48.00 10,000.00 Making a sum total of forty five thousand five hun- gent expenses of government, the sum of. For wolves destroyed, the sum of.. To county censors, the sum of... To the committee on education, the sum of. $529.80 12.00 9.56 140.00 100.00 1,595.80 231.97 100.00 2,291.03 27.61 3,564.00 In payment of Executive officers the sum of. In payment of territorial warrants, the sum of. In payment of seat of government account, the sum ... To the President of the board of commissioners of 1,722.61 1,000.00 In payment of the members of the General Assem- Making in all the sum.. .$44,578.48 Leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer on this day of..... $983.60 And out standing claims in the legislative depart- In the seat of government account, the sum of. 22.24 501.59 2,036.00 18-27836 |