Bloomington Post, Volume 3, Number 2, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 December 1837 — Page 2

THE BLOOMINGTON POST.

DEC. 22, l3r.

It will be perceived thatthe sale of the land of Li co re Henry, advertised in our last week's paper, has been changed from the 2d to the 13th, of Januaryjnext. $rVill our worthy correspondent Octava, be kind enough to write a New Year's Address for the Carrier of the Post. Tha Inaugural Addresses of Governors Wallace and Wilis, will be found in our columns of today.

Messrs. Dunning and Berry will please accent our thanks tor their kind attention to us since they have been at Indianapolis. One years subscription to this paper will be given for the best New-Year's address, written for the Carrier and handed in by tho'25th inst. Inconsequence of having a new Carrier some of our town subscribers may not receive their papers. It' there should be any neglected they will please call i the office. fjPersons who have obtained "subscribers to our paper are requested to give us their names immediately. GOVERNOR W ALLACE'S ItfArGUR AiCADDRESS. Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:

Deeply impressed with the responsibility jof the station which the kindness of my fellow citizens of

InJiana has selected me to fill, 1 embrace this opportunity of tendering to them, through you, my

most cratclul acknowledgments joruiisuisunguisn

to 85,000 or thereabouts. I am here constrained, however, to acknowledge that these returns are, in many respects, glaringly imperfect; that they fall greatly fbelowj thetrue estimate, as the aggregate vote for Governor, this year, most conclusively demonstrates. This vote amounts to between eighty three and eighty four thousand, a little less, you perceive, than the number of taxable pollsj returned, whereas, in truth and in fact, all parties will admit that, not less than fifteen or twenty thousand votes either remainedjat home or did not vote. But still imperfect as these returns are, they sufficiently indicate the progressive increase of population to answerTjaur fpresent purposes. They furnish the friends of the present system of State policy and improvement w ith the most exhilirating results. Instead of witnessing the gloomy process of the depopulation, as was so confidently predicted, they have been gratified with thejexhibition of scenes of the very reverse. The tide of emigration has continued to swell around us beyond all former example; so much so, that the increase of taxable polls of the last two years, exceeds, the increase of the taxable polls of the five preceding years upwards of eight thousand: In other wordt the increase of the past two years amounts to 20,711 polls, whilst the increase of the five preceding years amounts to only 10,093. I leave the facts, with you, without comment. Indeed, they need none; the languago they speak and conclusions they lead to, are as pointed and convicting as the most fastidious friendship could desire. Again: On the subject of taxable property, the same documents display similar results equally as clearing and quite as conclusive. For the year 1830, it is true, we have not the means of ascertain ing the aggregate value of property throughout the state the revenue of this year having been collected under the old system but, for the years cf 1835, '36, and '37, we are not so completely in the

dark. The new mode of taxation then, for the first

stantial elements of wealth be presented in bolder relief? But again; in looking forward to the increase of taxation, it is quite natural that we should enquire how this burthen is to be distributed? Whether equitably or not? Whether it is so arranged that

those who are most benefitted shall be required to

say that hiiherto, w have no!. Tim ioi.J; ;;, have been set apart lor education purposes in Indiana, are truly great and munificent, and need onlv, a corresponding energy and foresight in the application of them to procure the happiest results to carry the light of intelligence and the spirit of inquiry into every family circle in the Slate. Enter-

Davmost? Prompted by curiosity, 1 was led to a j taining such sentiments, I honeH need 'scarcely

somewhat minute examination of these points, and add, that I shall cheerfully endeavor to devote wha'-

I lound, first, that ot the HI counties that appear up-, ever auiiity or influence i may possess oiucial

on the tax list ot the present year, tlz ot them are jomerwise loam in us promotion; to cheer

d manifestation of thcirbconliUence.togciner wiin ,,ime ajptej nnd enforced, shows us that the sum a brief expose of the views and opinions I entertain tQlaI of all the taxabies of these years ranges, nearon exciting questions of State policy. In taking U s fon0Ws: that is to say, for "the year 1835,47,-

this step, 1 feci that 1 amonly ioliowing in me waive 353,335 dollars; for 183G, 82,163,G87 dollars; for

of all my predecessors. They have, I believe, without a smrrlo execution, deemed"it most respectful

and proper, p'rior to entering on the discharge of their official duties, to publish to the people an epitome of the principles by which they design to be governed during their continuance in office. Upon this custom 1 have no desire to innovate; and, if 1 had, this is certainly not the time to attempt it. The surpriing increase" of wealth and population which tho history of Indiana for the hw eight years so cheerinclv exhibits: the acknowledged extent and

fertility of her soil- the singular variety of stirring and important interests growing out of these circumstances, added to the bold, daring, and gigantic efforts sho is now making to ensure a full and speedy development of ail her resources, calls, not only for the undivided annlication oflhe whole energies of

her people, but also, for the unconcealed opinions cf

tier public servants. In acquitting myself of this delicate task, I frankly confess, before hand, that the consciousness that none oftheduties that 1 shall likely be required to

perform, will consist, either, :n designing, limiting,

1837,98,500,000 dollars. Do these flattering re

sults, 1 ask below the true estimate as they confessedly are indicate in the remotest degree, that any of the grcatjfountains of our wealth have been drybig up? V ith the utmost deference for the adverse opinions of others, I humbly conceive not. The Canal Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives last winter'in their report, calculated only upon an increase of taxables from year to year at a rate often per cent. Thus far, Jat least, they have missed the mark widely. Instead of ten per

cent, the returns of the present year exhibit an increase of near twenty. If wedescend from gene rats to particulars, the foregoing result will not be materially changed; but, on the contrary, we'shall.still be cheered by

the discovery of new facts, all," alike, tending to

sustain and confirm the people in the course they

arejnow pursuing. jTake, for example, the eigh

teen counties bordering on the unio, inclining an

the counties south of White river, and we find that, even there, in the oldestj settled ( part of the state where the population, wealth, and improvements

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or csiauiiMiiiiir any new ssn-m ji lan; ruiiv; v - - . -, . .. 3 ' r ; arc comparatively fixed, and, consequent y, less ha' imnrfliTmnn ia In mr n sri i rrr l (Treat a 1(1 neeUliar - ' ' ' ' 1 - -' '

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,, , , , . ,1 ' creased, the present year, 10o8, and the valuo of Ao lift mutter n- ln-inn n rnmlv settled: tho con-' .' ' -- ...

trovcrMes concerning them a c ided; and tho scale

,. ' i show how the taxable pollsof these lor years to cmr, as. in a hk asi: re, permanently ' , . '. r . n c i t, ., I,. .ii.i i V 19,1 8, and the amount of taxable fixed. If, in this. 1 do not err, tho duties devolving ' ... . ... ,

upon each and all of us, asi:.cre ngi.-nts of the people, arc, to mv mind,bo'h1olvioiisuiid easy of com

itic con-! ' i ' r .1, ti,. taxable propertv 2,405,838 dollars. I am not mis

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( taKcn lninisiresiui : uecause ine remrnsoi loj,

counties to be

propcrtv. 25

142,307 dollars, whilst, the same returns for lt3

only give ul8,120 pollsand 23,036,469 dollars of taxables.

ivikiioiuii. i ii'- nir, u itiviiLi v , 10 inj uiihikju iu 't.'ii ci..i .- p , . ,t i . lut to he more special still t Select the counties til Iabor.ol execution; to the toilsome, vexatious, . r c, , rt - ' . . r , ,, -mi i I'fl-., i, i . .i r . i of rnencerJtPcrrv, Lrr.wf ru, Harrison, Clark, and difficult endeavors to carry out and perfect the i , , ' ,0 '.' . J', , . , - ., , . t .. ro. r " . i i ., ; Jackson, Switzerland, and Ripley tnroucrh which

none of the contemplated.works of Internal Im

provements are to pas- and how stands the account there? Why, in 1836, th'-y returned i7,898

polls and, 8,1TG,374 dollars of tnxab'es, and, in

magnified. t ys'ein ofS'.ate Improvcnient which the

legislation ol pat years has so laboriously matured. In assuming such grounds I 'am not unconscious

of my fellow citizens, it is considered that thV state 37'- 8'T Pollsiand:8'7,9,8' f T ,' has undertaken entirely too much ; that the very at-' ;how,fngh?i "JT a ro?uT T ? , P i.Mt.n.m.. -.. ..i ' year to be 302 polls and G23,lbb dollars of taxa-

"'"r i fiMJivuii; wj uitai un ciuuriiriso wun inc.; i . . ,. ... ... ,, . .i ,

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Internal Improvement as peculiar-

jencou raging ;a rcsult,which abso-

presstve ana ruinous taxation, without even the c. . m -u . r .i . . hope of relief or mitigation. I am not unaware, Sate h.,bcen retrogradmg ::that nopart or port on too, that in the anticipation of sucl.Jearful conse-1 f Ut feHow-citizonnJiavc been fiour.sh.ng at the nucnccs. prediction after prediction reno:o,l!v ! "pense or upon the means of their neighbors; in

escaped from intelligent lins. calculated to chill the i shorJ' ,hal w,,,lc ,hc north hns n "P"Rg for:

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luf.uujj, uu cniurpri.su wun me , -, -rAtTr...h means in possession or expectancy, must inevitably 1 , ,, p T V involve us in debts lieyond our abilities to pay, and ' , y ,rlcncl3 "l thereby entail upon us the worst of all evilV-op-l y T'n0U3 an.'J(

ardour and to

the patn

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But the astonishing sue-1 wa ?l."-osermg, eTcn.in u.osc parts wncrc no au-

hich has thus far attended,! rjprogress,' the I v.ntjtous:circumstanccs.havc bec-.fpermitted to asation of all, and more than friends the most s,,s.r, r; . , , . . , ,. ,, ine dreamed of; nay, the flattering auspices , 1 1'C foregoing remarks Wing strict y applicable

evt nnkh tho nU ,s .!: I ylru tuiama.ing rapmti) , ine souin

xt-loMi n-m i, h,v.-.n;nt.i,i.i ' r. i oc souui : lias ocen pursuing tlic even tenor ol her

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majority of the people

cess w

realiza

v.tuiiuiuv uivuiiiuu ui : na , me iiatierin(? ausD

of the future, should, it appeal s to me. dispel evcrv

doubt and quiet every fear which such boding prognostics may have created. To relieve myself, however, in speaking so encouraginglyfrom the imputation of overwrought zeal, perhaps, from the charge of being too deeply enamored with the entcrprize,

iisen, to exercise a sound or unbiassed judgment, permit me, by departing a little from the course usually adhered to on occasions like tho present, to present you with some of the mosfimportant facts which the experience of the past most indubitably furnishes. From documents that will indue time'be laid upon your tables by the proper department, I have, at the expense of some labor, and with a view to the Kccnriinna rC rvtv riwn .n:wl ..I l

.... w, ...j iiiniu, yieaneu a lew interes ting items ol statistics, which seem to me to exhibit the strength and resources of the state, as they now hre, together with the best data upon which to build calculations for the future. These have been ta

ken uniformly, by me, from the official returns of

the assessment of taxable property, made from the fccveral counties in the State, agreeably to the requisitions of law. If the rule which some political economist hnvo

laid down, be correct, that the weahhof a State con-1 sists in the number and industry of her population, Indiana has surely the most abundant reason to feel confident in, nnd proud of her present condition and prospects. The yearly accession she has made to these undoubted elements of wealth has been no less cheering than wonderful. To prove this, take the returns just referred to the returns for intance, of 1830, '35, '38, '37, now on file in the office of the Auditor of State and compare them. 1 hese show that the taxable polls of 1830 amounted

tofci.iac; that the same for 1835

889; for 1836 to 77,438; for 1837, the present year,

directly and'imniediately interested in theprosecu

tion of some one of our public works, and 29 that are not; secondly, that the sum of all the taxables returned by the 62 counties this year, amounts to near seventy-six millions of dollars, w hile the same returned by the 29 comities, amounts to but twenty-two and a half millions; establishing the fact, to the satisfaction of the most scrupulous, that the former counties,'even, of the burthens and expenses of the present year, pay near three and a half times as much as the latter. And I take it, that it needs but a moment's reflection tojdccide that, this ratio, great as it is, must continue to increase for years to come : For not les, pei haps, than eight-tenths of the six and a half millions of acres of land, w hich we have ;een aretobecome taxable in 1841, lie in someone of the 52 counties, or in tho north. And there is the north, too, with her port of entry and harbor on the Lake; her shipping list, strange as it may sound to our ears; her one hundred thousand dollars worth of exports her three hundred arrivals and departures of vessels, of various descriptions, the present year; her iron foundries; her numerous manufacturing establishments; herje nterprising population her flourishing towns and villages the north, I say! hold out to us these most flattering indications that, she too, will be forthcoming at the

hour.ofneed perhaps, by '4 1, certainly by '45 with her taxable list of thirty or forty millions of

dollars.

With'all these facts before us, can the remarka

ble circumstance which made false prophets of so many of us of the state's procuring last summer

in the midst of the universal wreck of credit

which then"pervaded the whole country the necessary amount of funds, and on terms too as fa

vorable as she asked for remain any longer, an enigma? I think not. A question of'very considerable importance.

bearing directly upon the mode and manner of

prosecuting our public works, was agitated amongst the people during the last summer with great energy and zeal;JI mean thejquestion of classification. A more imposing one, pe rhap, has seldom or never been induced to the consideration of any community one, better calculated to rally to its embrace a formidable host of friends. Concentrate, say th

advocates of this policy, the entire energies of the state upon some one or two of the'works.'at a time, and finish them before any of the remainder are touched, and so on in succession until the wholi aie completed. Now the objection to all thi, is not. nor, cannot be, to the abstract proposition itsHf. but purely to what must grow out of the eflort toap ply it a division of friends the clashing of ad verse interests in a word, tfie utter prostration of the whole system. Believing that such would bo the result of its adoption, 1 have heretofore, on all fit occasions, declared publicly to my fellow-citizens, my decided hostility to it; nndI have new only to add that I hve seen Jnothingj since to justify a change. Still if, in all this, I am mistaken if my fear and apprehensions are groundless, here, I am happv to say, is the i lace to corrct thvm. I stand

pledged to tho people, in this matter, tocmiform to their will as they may sec fit to express it through a majority of both branchesjof the legi-latr re-3 Hut in reality are these fears imaginary? Let us endeavor to test them. Some of the works must ho postponed. But whose shall they he ? Are you o!

the north instructed by your orwtit.ucnts to vote that their work be deferred until all or a. part of the rest are completed ? I put the same question to you of the Wabash of the south of the centre of the east? If you are, why, ticn, every difficulty vanishes no dissatisfaction can irrcrue and the plan can be carried Out successfully; and therewith I shall be content. But if, as I am le i to believe, your instructions arcdirectly the reverse if you are sent here by your constituents to urge 5a speedy and energetic prosecution of the several works in which they.arc interested,-' I cannot," for the life of me, see how you are to classify them, in the way proposed, without engendering such hostilities and creating such divisions among you, as to prove fatal to the w hole 'entcrprize. In anticipation of such consequences, and w ith a view to es

cape from'them, Ihave, in other places. suggested

or its

friends; and to rally to its support the "ood will &

the best regards of my fellow-citizens generally. Inasmuch, too, as the great and paramount interest of the Slate is, fromjhu peculiarity of her position and soil, agricultural, it will at all times a'Jfrrd me umningled satisfaction to contribute any and every thing in my power to encourage and sustain it. It is, recollect, fur this end (and surely a nobler cannot be conceived) that the fortunes of Indiana have been ventured on the construction of so extensive a system of internal improvement. The friends of this system ardently hope, that the dsy will not be far distant when the million of freemen whose homes are to be reared and whose industry is to subdue the almost interminable forests in tho interior, shall be enabled, by it, to enjoy like ficililies like advantages in -commercial transactions, as are at present possessed" by our more fortunate neighbors w ho dwell upon the banks of the Ohio. Ai.d, permit me to reinaik, that 1 hail the spirit displayed through the numerous agricultural societies and fairs created and held the pat year in every part of the State as furnishing the best guarantee of future success and excellence in every branch of mechanical agricultural .'kill. And to my fellow-citizens who are engaged in, at once so innocent so happv, and so beneficial a cheme of im

provement as these sauKsociel'ies indicate, in the utmost sincerity of my heart, I say, God speed you. Having now freely nnd frankly communicated my sentiments in regard to the most prominent questions that are likely to engage your fthouhts and deliberations for some time hence, I have only to add that I shall diligently seek toco-operate with you injhe furtherance ofiall measures that may have for their object the prosperity and happiness of Indiana. And although 1 shall not pretend to bring to your assistance the aid of superior abilities, yet am I unwilling to acknowledge that I shall bo U-hindyou in the will or the inclination to serve my Statejto the utmost. And !eing that we are now on the threshold of our official intercourse and duties, sufFer me in conclusion to supplicate Almishty G1 to mile upon our labors; to light up before us tha !ath of duty ; to improve and direct our jndztnents;

to inspire oar hearts with becoming', sentiments of kindness and affection for one another; and, finally, to b tow upon us the richestreward public serants can apire to the thanks, the commendaf.on, ami the support of intelligent constituents.

CANADA. Crrepnwlrnr' of th.? Coicrier'and "Enquirer. Sanpy Hill Monday Night. I have justjeen scmr gentlemen who have exm in from .Montreal. Wotlierall's victory was much more complete than has been reported ; the carnage was so groat that it has not been? published. The malcontents Inst at h ast 500, men. hy shot fire and water. They fought very well until they were charged by the bayonet, and then the butchery was dreadful. Upwards of !0O were in a'barn full of hay and straw, which was sot fire to, and they were burned alite or smothered. Manv attempted to cro?s the river

j and were drowned. Brown's carpet bag, with his j new regimental, were found; and in the bag many" j !' -tiers, w hich implicate partkx! not hitherto suspectMil. CH.'tiel ( lore has marched with five or ?i.x I hundred men ajaint St. Denis. The fate of that

town was decided on Saturday lat. but is t.ot vet

very thins

to our past and present condition, a fglance at the

luture may not, perhaps, be unprofitable. We ar all equally interested in the inquiry. What a"ssurancesjhave we that these prosperous circumstances are to continue, or, that the sourccsof our revenue aie'to expand in proportion to the increased demand that, we know,!must bo madeupon us frotnycar to year, to defray the inteicst upon our rapidly ac

cumulating, debt? In finding an answer to these

questions, Ijrain happy to say, that, we are not left

to the uncertain guidance ot mere coniecturc. We

have at our command, facts and data, as undoubted

in their character, as those lupon" which .we1: have

just been commenting. 'By referring to the Reports

of the Commissioner of the General Land Office,

for a scries of years back, we ascertain from them,

the precise number of acres of the public land that have been sold cach3year!within the limits of .the state, and, consequently, the exact annual additions

that will constantly be making to the, present amount of our taxable land, as far in "advance a9

1841. For the satisfaction of my fellow-citizens.

here, furnish themU With ! these Smnnrtnnt rtcntto

J Q - i VUI4I The quantity of public land sold, for instance, in

l amouuted to 546,414 acres these, as a mat

ter of course, became taxable the present year; in

l uj j,io,uuu acres vere sold w hich become tax

able in 1838: in 1834, 585,000 acres were sold

which become taxable in 1839: in 1835, 1,586,' rif .

jut acres were soia wnicn become taxab e in 1840: in 183G, 3,249,210 acres were sold which

become taxable in 1841 : making altogether a sum

total ol u,522,953 acres which, in 1841. is to swe

the tax list of that year over and above the tax list

of 1836: that is, instead of the five millions of acres

and upwards subject to taxation in 1836. we sha!

have twelve millions and upwards subiect to taxa

tion in 1841. la not this a most animating result?

uouta our prospective advancement in all the su

different plan; a plan that can only bo carried into

fleet by liberally indulging in a spiritof comprom

ise- it is to concentrate the means ot the ..slate on

portions of each work at the same time, commencing at the most profitable aAdcommercial points to be designatcd.by the legislature, or Board of Intcr-

al Improvement; to complete these portions rcs-

icctively before others are touched; and as soon as

completed put into use, in order that the' state may

ue realizing something trom'them whilst she is in the act of finishing the remainder. In this way conflicting interests may be reconciled, harmony

preserved, and the great mass of the people enlisted on the side of our Improvements. A point, by the

way of incalculable importance. For let the people of Indiana be united, bt their means and res

ources be applied with all their skill and enercv.

anu, i couiu aimosi venture to predict their iachicv-

mg lmpossiDiiiues. uui sow the seeds ot discord

instead; call up the demon spirit of sectional ieal-

ousy to mingle in their councils, and the giant will

iiisiuimj Minn murine uwari, anu an tneir ettorts be attended by the mortifying concomitants of failure and disappointment.

It is highly necessary also; in'thc prosecution of

our puDuc works, mat strict economy should be ob1 . y

servea in ine aaminisiration ot every department;

lavisn or unnecessary expenditures should be care

fully avoided; the people should be satisfied that

every dollar they appropriate shall be skilfully and

iegmmuieiy appueo ana scrupulously accounted

lor ; in nne, mat such a line of policy should be se-

.JU i.gnii; puiaucu as win iena most 10 re-

1 I a 1 1 .1 n

uevc mem irum me Dunnens ot taxation, and vet, attain for them, with commendable rapidity "the

greni euu uesirea. Closely and inseparably connected as tho ranc

of education with the prosperity and success of any people, it is unquestionably, the nart of wisdom, and

one of the first requisites of nrudenco in us. neithnr

to forget nor lose sight of it in our zeal for the au ! . r . i .. . .

curcvcuwni oi oiner oojects. Ana 1 am proud to

known. The orde-sjiiro, to'destr'-v

to rate tho lion es to the cro;:nd or b:irn thorn: &

it is expected that, as in the affair of St. Charlci.i.o quarter will lo given. " Colonel Wetherall also leaves Montreal tli-s day for ( rand Brule w here the enemy are in force, hut without provisions. They have been pillaging the whole country without mercy. One thousand cunds have been offered by the governor for the head of I'apincau. and also for that of Brown. This.will probably secure them. These arc hard times,and a thousand pounds arc not to bo dsepi-ed. They are in greatBspirits and full of military ordor at .Montreal. The volunteers'are very assiduous in their duties, and every gentleman in the city carries his musket. Yours, i-c.

School Commissioner's Sale. I will offer for sale to the highest bidder, at the Court Uoupcjn hloouifiold. Green county, Indiana, on the -25th of Feb. lf.oG, the following dcscril ed Delinquent Lot of land for the tax of 1G33. (icorpe Carle ICt) acres 3dVate, S E qrfec. 15 T 3 Ranged west. Joseph lladley, 160 acres 3d rate, N W qr fee. 13,Tli Range 5 wm. Daniel Wurts 184 acres 2rate, S V fr. sec. 21 Tt! U 5 Weft. Abraham Fribble 80 acres 3d rate, 4 S K qr Fection 5 T 8 R 5 V. John Craig 80 acres, 2d rate; W 1-2 S E qr. fcc 17 T 8 R 5 Weft. Due attention will be given bv nie,

CARTUS SU AW, School Com, Drc.TOth, ir,37. 23w

Taken up BY John M. M'Caw, living in Ferry township.

Monroe county, la three head of Cattle, one Cow. a

dark hrindle with some white, marked with a cron

and a pplitin the right ear, an understand a hole in the left, supposed to be four years old. Also one red

heiter with a white face, unmarked, supposed to be twoyearsold. One red calf unmarked supposed to he one year old, appraised to twenty flour dollars by Win. Waugh, and Win. Shipp, befoie me this

1 1th, day of December 1837.

SAMUEL MATHERS, J P

Removal. S. T. HARDEST V, FASHIONABLE TAILOR.

RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he hs rcmeved his shop to the new frame building

of G. II. Johnson, Esq. 2d door east of the building recently occupied by J. M. Eerry & Co. as a store, where he isnow prepared to execute all kinds of work in his line of business, in the most fashionable, neat and duable manner. Latest Eastern Fashions Just Rcccircd. Bhomtngtou, JVor. 17th, 1837. 51-tf.