Fayette Observer, Volume 1, Number 12, Connersville, Fayette County, 2 September 1826 — Page 1
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Volume I.
Covujvse, hYuvA SivUmUxy, SepVcn)iiv 2, 1826.
Number l'JL
FOU THE NATIONAL INTI'I-I.Iti tNCI-It. death or jlitlksox am ADAMS. II y z. h arto.n stoi:t. TVas tie Dnyof tlicir fullness of lain'. ltesplendant in time's latest story They died midst their own happy country's acclaim; 'J'tieir death-beds enshrouded with glory H-nr meet thus, when lives so illustrious we're o'er, That their requiem vvas sung by the cannon's kud roar. .nd how 1 a s".l to descend to the tomb. Full of wdl-de-orv ed honors and years! 'ae name of no diadem 1 conqueror shall bloom.
but we ;ire informed that batteaux can ascend as far us the mass of copper."1 ji7t:.v
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U ertuvitiTrt, where our
sleep. V ith z uv. nil; x auspicious and bright, i i.e D. y of w.: ; utdlee rose JJat f heir eve, which had lingered to witness it
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r.ot destined to gaze on its rlose ein.iii their ripeness oiVIorv, t'vv as zi e.i,
iir -vorld shad exult in that day, V'hen lii.k'd wit.i a lVudot' hand 0:"sag'-'? re'.'t ri'd.fall but one passed away.) They declared f t the rights of our land. Forme irt-t u-Kry e i'-arh".! in :h perilous -t rife, - - d P'-ug u in iit r eau-e, honor, fortune .and ii;e
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WINKS. 1 IRANI) JF,3, SILK & WOOL. IxLCO.ni'icnicil as congenial and rJitudc jrodec lions ii Indiana. Icvay, Ind. July lb, U!2d. Mk. Sr;iv.n, There is a flattering pro?pcrt at this time, that the persevering labors of our industrious'
!v ine-dressers will be liberally rewarded this
season by an abundant vintage. It is i.ot a little astonishing" to see how iovv and tardy the agi icultural people of the. west are, in adopting and pursuing new and profitable branches ofiul .. . ii....:... .i.i- ii
iiis em :.!::. i with nostei-itv's tr:rs: uum., mm leaving on inciroi.l routine oi tniM-
forever, si, all Freemen, with gratitude wecplness, however unproiitable it may be, while
;ime-h;uoied Patriots they ai e .-ending ear alter year to a Hutted
. - o inai hot, immense quantities ol bread tuiis and meat of ev ery dest ription, produced and transported there at an immense expense oi' labor, and there to rot and feed the .M isiippi cal-iish and aiiogators. 1 7ie.v, Orandits. sit - vul, are in demand, and imported from foreign couu tries to enormous amounts: and et our country
c : -r..e,on the tide ufrejoicvii:g. to iie.tvcn.'jis capable of producing those very articles to
amounts not onh Mih.cicut to supply i t j-o i i but aiM) for exportation. For upwards of twenty years, a lew emigrants from the Canton do v ami, in Switzerland, ha e successfully cultivate I the ine on the banks of the Ohio in this neighborhood. They iiae made more or lew me e ery v ear.w Inch they ha e sold at prices varying, accoidmgto time and circ mstance. troui iitty cents to two dollars the gallon, by the barrel; wnieh. besides the salutary etiectivhich tiie u-e of some oi'it has iia.l on themselves and l'aiiiilio, iias renar.led their hibor-
a pecuniary point ot view m ue hbcratls itliau any other culture eouid iiav e done. 'i'he
a ive iht: d)Uted i idungs of the iiu -at pi n ebarely sua.cient to cov er t e expeiiM of ti immmgaud putting tnem audexen giati-; ,V imv e at all times in en w u ling to impart to otherall the know .edge they Me on the mi!-e-t of tlieir culture: vet, strange to relate, but few, cry few oftaeir neightiors, have as yet availed tnem-ea o ol loose opportunities to f.d low their example so strong is toe attachment to oid haiuts and prejudices. The principal causes, however, whicn prevent many of our farmers from embarking in the. culture of the .'mm' are ui-t. and greatest, labouring f 'ur oi' iive v ca is be fore reaping any benefit from their labouj-s; and last, tiie reiuciame in laying out the labor and capital necessary to piocure wine v s-ei-. pi ess and a irood cellar: for a "ood cel
lar is as necessary to-,- making good wine a a v ineyard Used". This lat Uma u 1 ty might be obxiated in neighborhood? where there are -ame practical vi:;itcr:ns v.iio are provided with ail t i io necessary appendages to vine .ards a, for instance, hi this vicinity, every farmer within live or six miles of this place, might plant and cuitiv ate Irom one to ten acres in v ines. and sell his vintage to some ol'thoe w ho have all the apparatus necessary to make and keep the wine, and who couid enlarge there e-
iabhshment in proportion to the increase of ni-dr.ess. in some ol' the vyme countries in Eu-
d the. mind ;ecdo;:i o'er land and
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i i en i- ;;;: e n.-r warm olessmg and hlc-ss-,- - nam i -C'd t j.dn thidr compatriots ahove, A;.d bear tlieutuur gratitude, homage and love U.'rrr J-ibilcr day; shall r.'turr: M!i!?r I'-.Tif.s e-atcnl 'bribe pri.'-r O'ber hearts 'vith the pure glow of Li.. ertv 1 i:raOil or il npires of Frerd'm arise
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We ob-e' ve in tl.e Now Ifarn'ivGa.ette an Os atioa delivered !v Loi.r.ar ()v;... in the :bb'- ll illat New ll irmouv. at !,e ceiebrati.v, ofti.p Fo'trrh o July. Flit;. Tiie tration O'.i -p:"'' au-i v pre-ented as containing '-a I)c ir :tio i at Mental In lependence." for
!ii' 'i ;iu oration sav- t! c JJcclaralion ol Fo
wls their healthy and thriv ing condition tljro"oi t the term of their lives, that scarcely any of tU'tn have been sick or died of n prenrituie diath. The American nndbeitv tree, on the lenes of which tin-se worms were fed. abound inour forests; in mtiny places in ibis county
(S iterland,) theie are trees enough yvithin ;i
taming the following gratifying information upon this subject. That part of the canal from the low est rapids of the Cuyahoga river to the I'eHage lake, (which was put under contract in June. lt'2o, and by the trims of the contract, to be finished
hy the lir.-t of October, lb'JC.) is under an ener
tmll compass, to allonl loaves to produce yearly 'tic course of operation. Notwithstanding
ly ?vrn large ouantities of silk. Several per
sois in di He retit putts of the county have tried frmll numbers of the worm; one raised about one thousand, and another about six hundred, ar.othey till succeeded beyond their most sanguiii" expectations, so far as to raise the wcrm to m.'tiiiity in a healthy and thriving condition, w ithoutloss by sickness or premature death; but, tbr'he want of experience, some of them did not urov ide them with proper places to
spin their bahs, and thereby lost some silk. It
jthe work 'in this part of the canal, consist; in.
the construction ot about torty locks, and numerous bridges, culverts and aqueducts: of damming, altering the course of streams, side Availing, pile driving, ccav at ion. embanking, &c. it will be all tinished. or i.ear'.y so, by the lime prescribed in the contracts.; ami the price originally estimated, is believed to be sufficient for its (ompleiica. Indeed, it is supposed that a considerable sum will I craved to meet contingencies ebew here, or be laid out in rrure ex-
has iteen asserted, that the American mulberry (tended impro emr.ts, or ultimately saved tj
the canal fund.
Another portion cf the llni-. was put under contract in February, lft;, extending from the lower rapids of C'uyahega. about four miles to Lake Trie. This is in such a state of forwardness as to warrant the belief of its completion early in lb27. to which time trie contracts extend. Still another portion cf the
is not a good to produce silk as the Furopean. If an impartial trial has not been made cf the relative value of the different species of that valtnble tree, in this country, it ought to be mad1 as noon as possible, and that variety propag: ted which shall prove to be the best. In the mean time, our native tree ought not to be neglected, but every farmer ought to be careful
to preserve every one he finds growing on hi- main line was put under contract by Mr. Kel-
ley; one oi tt:e acting cornmiv incp?. m toe latter part cfJai uary, 1. "Jth beginning at the Fortage Lake, on the i'orlage umuMt. ai;d exit ndiu S"t:thivaidly down the Tu-ciraw.a liver to Kendal, m Sbrk county, or iaoie properly to a new town called Massdjon, we-t ol Kendal, this division incluies a distance of about '25 miles-, and is in s forward i state thai it bi'is i'.dr to go into actual ise in the fore part of F.'jT. These dukiti.t subliv isions will open
1 towards the hcait of tl.-stale an internal navi!g ttioTi d somew hat more than nuits in ex
tent, all of which it may reasonably be calcula. ted. wiil be u-( ful before midsumiuer. K'27.
land : and. moreover, plant an orchard of them
ol live, ten or twenty acres; ami when the trees shall have been planted fourortive years, arid a building suitable to rear the silk worm shall hav e been elected, in. or cc,v. euient to the orchard, our farmers will fmd that a souare yard ot good silk cloth can be produced w ith less labor than n square yard of comni": seven-hundred f!a linen. Ik-ides, it is-believ ed bv some piiv-irians. that silk camirr.tr. are more coruluci e to health than any other Kiad. Woid might likewise be produced in large 'piantities in the western rouulry, p'irtirularly i'i ihe thick settled i'art:. vvhero wolve have
disappcaied. Fut there are dogs as mischiev-!1;'1'01'1 l,A lhc tnterpusmg tanners ot
r..,c ... .a,r.c ..r., I f..l.nr l-t ift.iyj tt . I 01.11 U. aV ItC. i 1'iagO UllU C OMiO. ... ,11 I UUl. UCS,
"M"" (Hill III. til , "H Oil ll'. o'4
rather loo : doen or o ofsheep than to have Tow scr. Fa car. or Killbuck injured : and. say
they 4,"ool i too cheap: rc t'- per pound
for wool w ill not pay for the trouble ol raising
sheep." Vet 25 cents per. poMnd for wool, is a!
better T'rice. arcfrding to the labor and capital tenured to produce it. thaa 10 rents per bushel f".' Indian com, or 25 cents per i i.sliel for
wheat, or one and a hull cents per pound t"r!
t
Ter pound fr sruolied bacon, the rr r; t:t price of that article at the Cincinnati ma; iu t.
1 on is. JOHN r. DITOl TL
and the proprietors of the extensive coal mines of that igin. may begin to participate in tin; benelitsoi an open mtercour-o, which ;. ;n -tend from the s uthern (present ienif'natiou of
tiiewurki t .Ma-sillou. to the south en. i ot Lake .Uichigao. to the Sunt St. Marie, to Montreal, ami i.cbcc, a:;u to Albany. New York, and the Alia: Lc towns. The next opt rat. on in order.
UiC Lici.ii'g suiriinn, wiut.si wa pai un,ier
o,k -the expected prices ,r tl,,e arttclejIlU ia a:'a mf:U',1 ,l V-T he encing -oa-r, ; or ev en than 2 and '.I ct. j s'-'v l'J t!:e d.tlerent branches ot the htcc-
C.vrfT i vTtosf o th;: .',. or nm c.ont. ovr r. iv i.orc::i: o an Ackf. or L .vr.
mi' e -n.. vivo il. is rMip.'.mil ami a novel nnv
n i i --f - n...e . f canal. s.,uth cf it with water. This, part of the woik. under operation, extends from a point near Newaik. in Lickicg county, t'Jlhe iV'.t of ti:o di cp cut in Fniltiehl i tc;nty. to which must !e nddtd about one i.ni'-s. .i -i it
the
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iiti:d independence, happ-ily led the way. 1
'i m:- Discourse strikes at tiie root ot' all social j rope, there are wine merchants who buy the ;:. -motions, us at present oigunized. and de-lgiaj.es and make the wine, in this country we ioun"os ;ip,d proj)Oses to rend asunder, some of (have merchants who buy wheat, and get it manshe ties itherlo cnsoieted most sacred in i- uf.tcture.! into tlour; and others w ho buy ho"
yih'.e 1 vb.r.s'd.ni co n-u'inities. Tiie I'dlowingjand manufacture them into laid. bacon andsauj extract tVvu the Oration embraces, in a brief ! sages Why could we not have merchants I
space-, n.e s.,:n oi no-. iimes n inculcates : vv no vvouio iuy grapes ana inanutactuie them 'I now Dr.cLAU!:. to you, and to the world! into wine and brandy? r.-af.Uj.i, t this li i'i has Arri, in all In January , 1025, 1 issued a circular, making purls (f tuc firth, a stavn t a. Tin m r v cei tain empiiries on the subject of the. vine. I 1 tt fi .;. m i.v;c o.y er?7.v thai eon Id .c condii- intended to have nublished the result nf tlmsn
An rare of bin I (vi.le llutton's Aiithn'etic, . '.) contains V) square yar.ls. wbi ;!i being cut into four pa.rts. namely, by slices-of nine inches each, would giv e D.l'O. Now, the-e being 17dO yards in a mile. (Mutton, p: 17.) if wo use the latter t-umber as the div i-or, and the
he tie
en i'i( tire, w men cairies ttie line mm
valley of Walnut creek, its proper dirct:ii t.wvardb the Scioto valley. The contracts l-r this part of the line, will probably be iinished by the 1st day ofOt tobcr next 'l'he line of C anal fi"u Mal-riv er. at or near Dav.on. to L u. annati. down th- xidley- of the Miami r.ver. and Mill creek, was put in U rcon
tract by M. T. Wiui.m:-. V.. "nf ol the act
lit:
a.tnount to exactly eleven miles thus:
1 ', it: fcoaio yards in an acre. Multiply by -i sii; t in the breadth ofcach yd.
ro ,njli t and jfi!jiicod tvil vjhm his
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r. ii' ilc ra r. I refer to IV.ivati:. oa I.vpiv ipuai. rnoiTitTV .Vr.-I'liO . M lilR VTIONAL SvsTKMS orliKiiiux and M r. ui a ;;.;. foc.io;i on ixmvidcai. rr.o "ci;tv comi'.im.d with somi: o.i; of Tiil SIT IRC A 7 1 ON A I. OF V. 1 .1 lo I ON
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elore now, and 1 ought to have
done so- but the ill state of my health and other circumstance have hitherto prevented me. 1 shall, however, do it in some shape or other before long, if my health w ill admit of it.
The rearing ot' the silk worm w ill be intro
duce!1 in this country more rapidly than the oil
The typographical style of the above ex-jlaieoi the vine, lor the reason that it suits the
tract is that oi'lhc original. genius of our population better. In this busiThc do ;tru- tion of this "Hydra of Lv ilsv isjness they w ill be enabled to enjoy the fruit of eam' stly inculcated, and it is denounced iu ev-' their labor soon after the labor is performed; ory form nf accusation, aj being "the real and j br in about sixty dav s after hatching the woinis only cause of all the crime, and misery arising, they can have raw silk to sell to the merchants; from crimp, which can be found in human so- who, until there shall be silk manufactorers ecivty." The Orator takes the broad ground. Istablished in this country, will find itaconventhat it should be nputa'dc, and a:thuri:rd yTiient article to make remittances to the east-
laic. to diusolve. marriage ,44 when the esteem : w aid ; nay, to Lngland. From an experiment
and affection cannot be retained lor each oth-
firmer as the dividend, the quotient will, .r-jirg OmmitHon, rs. from V.iddblown. m .Lily
md iff pi mber. 1 25. Ti.O distance i-upwarus
ol iortv miies- "n vlm h there is muoi ariiuou
and peculiar work, onsMing bl lcks ol heh there aie twelve) the idling of deep ravine-, constructing large uhtrt-.fidc v ulU.-jnd heavy embankments. The contracts in thi part of the canal, terminates m part tiiis fall, and the oiht ism Junr lf.27. All will probably be done vvitliin the limits prescribed, or so nearly, as to avoid injury l the interests cf the sute or the future pro
gross, ofthe (Janal.
The. numerals con'raters on the several
parts of these canals, appear to be doing wed. and there is har.llv ivmi to doubt but tbati .ey
will 1.1'il'nni their ngagemcnts as nr.;. a to
their emolument as tl.ey aritiopaieu w in n n,ey became ititert ste l. Judge Uatcs thii ks tb. re is between live ar.d six thousand persons tmph ed on the canals.
Here we have no less than eleven miles, without considering the turns at headland; it
we add them, the following augmentation of measure will arise from the most moderate calculation. Let us take tlm average stntc.h. or length of furrow, at two hundred yard, which in ninet . i I it i f
teen thousand ttnce iiuinireu ami ixiy yam.
will give pearly ninety-seven furrows in every
o re. Now. the halt breadth ot each ridge, be
ing taken at two yards, and allowing the plough
o shoot two more beyond where it works, and
is much to go back again, say tix yards m all,
at each hendland; that multiplied by ninety-
seven, will give live hundred and eighty-two
or about the third ot a mile, merely tr the
ground which the plough itself ge.es over
ef.
Xat. Int.
Alidiia.n. Gov. Cass, and col. McKenny left Detroit more than a month since, for the
made here under my observation last season
on a small scale, (perhaps three or four hundred
worms,) and another this season on about ten
thousand worms, I am certain this country is
admirably calculated to produce immense ipuan
head of lake Superior, to hold a treaty w ith J tit ios of silk of an excellent (piality,and that too the Indians. A letter fays "It is the intention Lorn the native mulberry tree. In the course
of governor Cass, after the arrangements with
the In dims are completed, to attempt the removal ofthe celebrated copper rock from its bed, and transport it to Washington. This extraordinary mineralogical curiosity lies in
'the Ontenagon river, about 30 miles from its
mouth- It weighs about 25 to is. The cur.v.'nt ofthe river is in some places pretty rapid;
of those, experiments the worms were confided
to i little girl about ten years of age., who ha
nev er seen one before ; not being attended to
by her with any view of gain, the poor worms
were frequently neglected: when they got to
.1J;tmo'-c hi 1C2L the lead mines of Missouri paid no rent to the United Slates. Ia r.V25. the tithes received by the government amounted to about seven thousand dollars. The receipt ofthe present v ear will undoiibt- ' . , 1 . . . . . ; ii ,ii
'ally m ue than loul,ie mose oi im- j
If we consider the great sweeps which 1"N' . - wcie sold.re?ervatiens
wore made by Ihe government of particular portions supposed to abound with lead; the quantity thus reserved is about l.W,VU);of this, about IHJOO acres have been leaed, leaving 1 11.000 acres unoccupied; enough to employ a very large number of hands, and luinish load sutlicient lor almost every nation under heaven. The manner of obtaining the ore is extremely simple. The miners. ov rather digger, as tl.ey
teams and bail drivers make at the ends of the
land, we should begin upon an endless Computation! 1 have supposed twelve feet ridges, and taken half the breadth as the overlap at
ev ery bout. (i'Yo'.'i tl" Ohio State Jinir.) Oil 10 CANALS.
be of a certain si.e they were so crowded with
in their shelves that they were one on the top
en
V.n bnvo the nleasm oof nresentiner ov.r road.
s with a succinct, but satisfactory statement! arc with greater propriety called,dig pilsm
ofthe present situation of these public works, the earth, ol ineuepin varying iruu. .u iu.h, We are indebted to the politeness ofthe chief or 40 feet; the ore is tound in detached masses, ; t...t.r Kjtp. ui... l.-wnldbrin-rlv fur-, from anounce tosevdralhundred pounds weight.
i iiitii juti t i a iii.ti iiii " tu: um. wii ini. ul' s'lfs 1 ' -:l- 'si" ri .....j r- ' i . . . f another, and very irregularly Ted; yet such I ni-bed uc at cur request, with memoranda con-) It is the uncommon galena, frequently miied