Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 5 January 1838 — Page 3
line, that the Board have decided upon a Macadamised road. It will be recollected, that Mr. J. L. Williams was authorised by the Board at their special session in September last, to employ tvro engineers from the neighbouring states, who, inconneclion with him, were to survey the road, make estimates and report their opinion to the Board, which of the two improvements, railroad or McAdamistd road should be adopted. Mr. Williams, accordingly, employed two eiiL'inetrs, Mr. Sylvester Welch of Kentucky inJ Mr. Samuel Forrer of Ohio. A survey has been made by these Engineers, and they have reported to the Board. uIt appears from the report, that the cost of suitable rail road cn 'aid ro::!c icould be $6,S05,S59 91, and exccdias th1 cost f a 'c'ams''' road nearly 53O0O,OOO; and that such a work as the former, considered in connexion w ith the gcneraI system of Internal Improvement adopted :n (jjlis Stale, is not required by the public interest; but on the contrary, the policy of it is ,Iicarded by any just view of the subject." The reoort states that "the cost of the railway frorn New Albany to Crawfordsville finished with a double tract, w hich is deemed indispensably necessary for the accommodation 0fa trade of over 40,000 tons, and of the passenger travel, is estimated at ,$6,805,959 91. The cost of a McAdamised road between the paints is estimated at l,S06,8S2, or the cost of the turnpike, wdien compared with the rail rond is as 1, to 3, 8 nearly The annual interest at 5 per cent, paid .nv-annually on the estimated cost of the rail road is $-344,551,7-2 The interest on the cost of a turnpike road is 91,473,40
charter on or before the fut day of next ensuing, and if not so adopted, it shall be the duty of His Excellency the Governor to order a scire Jaeias to be sued out of the Marion Circuit against the Bank, for a forfeiture
ui us cnaner, Dy reason of the suspension of
7CUC Pj ments ot us notes and deposites,and for such other violation of its chaiter, and of the law of the land as may be ascertained. that so soon as it shall be the duty of the Bank to resume specie payment of ail its liabilities, and lha ifat anytime aftersuch resumption of specie payment, said hank shall refuse or suspend specie payment for sixty days in any one year, such suspension in itself, shall be absolutely a forfeiture of all the franchises of said Bank. The bill was read twice and laid on the table and 1000 copies of the report and bill ordered to be printed. The Joint Committee on the Revision of the laws consists of Messrs. Judah Marshall, Gregory, Jones, Ilui!, Peaslee, Stapp. Owen and Carleton of the House, and Messrs. Mitchell, Thompson of P., Dunning, Bairdof St. Joseph, Kennedy, Finch, Morgan, Thompson of L., and Smith of the Senate.
BROOKYILLE, I IV 1 I A J A.
FRIDAT, JANUARY 5. 1838.
Almanack. In this paper we publish a Counting House Almanack, containing all the necessary information tor t'uat purpose, as well as the time of holding courts, arrival and departure of the mails, Sc. It is the most convenient kind of Almanacks for business men.
M iking a difference"in favor of a turnpike of .$253,078,32 The annual expense of the removal oftimher'and of ordinary repairs upon the rail road with a doubls tract, when compared with the renewal of the stone covering and ordinary repairs of the turnpike road, will be nearly in the proportion of 31 to 1 in favor of the turnpike road. We have but room to give the concluding paragraph of the report. The report says A turnpike road on the above route would probably not, under any circumstances, pay an interest on its cost and pay the current expenses of repairs, but as it is a cheaper work, and will be, fuily adequate to the present wants of the country, the undersigned arc of an opinion that it would be a more judicious improvement than a rail road.11 Upon the presentation to the Board of Public Works of this report, the Board: 2'j)fcpr, That it is the opinion ofihis Board, that the JefTersonvillc & Crawfordsville Road authorized and directed by the Gth see. of the act providing for a general system of Internal Improvement, should be a McAdamised road, and that henceforth the character of the same shall be deemed and designated accordingly. Rcsoked, That the President of the Beard apprize the General Assembly of this decision
by transmuting to them a copy o( tneir proceedings accompanied by the report of the Engineers upon which it is based;"' and on ihe question, shall the preamble and and resolutions be adopted, it w as decided in the affirmative by the following vote. In the affirmative Messrs. Blake, Clendenin, Graham, Lewis, Long,Voodburn and YanJes 7. In thejiegalive Mr. Maxwell 1. Absent Mr. Johnson
The report will soon be' published for dis
tribution. If the residents along the line of the New Albany and Crawfordsville road, are solicitous nnd determined to have a rail-road, thev must adopt one of these two measures, first either reorganize the Board, and take from them their discretionary power, and define their duties; or second, they must consent that their work should be delayed, until the works now commenced arc finished. By reorganizing the Board, their object mav he effected, or by waiting,circumstances might
induce the Board to change their present de
termination.
Asthft Rnard is nnir nmaiiiznrl a MrA.fnm-
ized road must be made, unless the Board is authorized by the Legislature to postpone the
commencement of that work. If we were di
rectly interested in the abova work w e would
adopt one of the two methods suggested.
lathe afternoon session the Texas question
came up. Discussion was cut off by the call
of the previous question. It is very difficult
to say what will be the final determination of
the Legislature upon this question. It seems to 'is, that the members are not anxious to vote dirorllv iinnn nnoctinn at lhi limp, be
lieving that any expression of opinion is un
necessary. We are of I his belief and hope fte resolution will not finally be decided. Before the main question was put, the House adjourned. Three several motions w ere made
to adjourn, the first was lost ayes 30 nays 48, the second ayes 32 nays 46, the third ayes 47,
lays 33. House, January 1. Judah from the Judiciary Committee, made
irus morning an important report to the House. In a previous number we stated, that the Judiciarv Committee had decided, that the State
,
Sank had forfeited its charter by the act ol
'USnensirm. Tl.U frt was made known on
lhe floor of the House in a speech of Mr. Ju-
dah, which already has been published, and
On tktu . . 1 1 ..ArWtfl-tosI tt ill
- .Ills Uil till- I i III 1 1 III I LC 1 I VJ I .VP
House the fact accompanied by a bill which Kovides, that all the rights, privileges and
'rancrnses granted to the State Bank, be re stored and and confirmed to the Bank, nrovi
ded that this act and erant of restoration and
"ounrmaUon shall not take etlect in tavor ot
"e Bank, unless this act and every part there-
u snail be adopted as an amendment to the
Assessors. James TZosebrough has been appointed assessor for the UtCommissionersdistrict. of this county; R. P. C. Warwick, for the 2d; and James M. Clements for ths Sd.
A Little Bettr. Vhe Indianapolis mail, left that place on Monday morning at 4 o'clock, and arrived here the same evening at 7. This was done by the new contractors. We hope we will be better accommodated hereafter. We are confident the present contractor, Mr. Pursel, will do every thing in his power to accommodate the public. We know the road from here to Indianapolis id intolerable, and requires perseverence to carry ry it regular. We expect to do without the mail sometimes, but contractors heretofore have exhausted our small share of patience.
Oca Legislators. We dislike to be cavilling upon small matters, but principle is as much involved in small matters as in great. For the last three years our Legislature has been in the practice of subscribing for 5 copies of each of the pa
pers in Indianapolis for each of the members of
the Legislature, to be paid for out of the public fund. The amount thus expended yearly is about $2,400. And how do the public receive that amount of benefit? We grant that these papers are intended for distribution among the people;
but in practice, we ask our readers how it operates? The portion of papers for this county would be fifteen per week not quite two for each township.
Hut they are never distributed in this manner.
They are generally sent to a few particular personal and political friends of the members of the
Legislature, and probably to those who take the
journals regular, and consequently are of no use.
We know we have received several of these papers
and generally several days after we have received them direct from the printing offices. It is seldom any of these papers reach any of the out townships, where they are more needed than at
the towns and county seats, where we have every
means of receiving information. The citizens in
the remote parts of the county, have to bear as
much of the burthen ot taxation as others. There is scarce a county in the State, but has a paper in
it, through which the citizens receive a his
tory of the Legislative proceedings. J hen
why, we say, this useless extravagance of money, when the State has enguged in such stupendous improvements! It becomes our Legislators to husband all our resources, and see that none is spent for unprofitable and partial purposes. We shall hereafter examine the journals upon these subjects and hold those accountable who vote for such prodigal expenditures. We wish some friend at Indi
anapolis would send us the vote upon this subject, and upon the subject of the revision of the Laws. Will our representatives see to it? A very good idea. At the celebration at Indianapolis on the 25th of last month, there was a large procession, and several very appropriate flags
with good mottos, but there was one little fellow who trudged along 6ome distance behind the procession, with rather a weather beaten fiag with this very significant motto, "following in the foot-slept"
Annual Report of the State Board of Internal Improvement. Through the favor of Mr. Osborn, one of our Representatives, we have received a
copy of this valuable document. It is very lengthy, occupying 79 pages. To lay it before our readers
at length, is impossible. It embraces the report
of the State Board, the Principal Engineer, and
the Resident Engineers. We are unable to give i
even a synopsis of it, and do it justice; we there-!
fore Jcopy such parts of it as relates to works in this part of the State, and may refer to other pans of it hereafter.
WHITE-WATER CANAL. The construction of this canal from Brook
viile to Lawrenceburgh, 30 miles and 64 chains in length, has been successfully prosecuted during the whole season, with an effective force averaging about 975 men.
Six sections embracing 61 miles, besides
will be finished by the 1st of January next. Most of the heavy jobs are well advanced. The abutments of Dam No. 1 at II arrison. have been raised 8 feet above low water, and the materials for the body of the dam are partly prepared. Dam No. '2, at McCarly's blutr, is not so far advanced, very little having been done towards ils construction. Df.ni No. 3, across the east fork at Brookvil!.-, has been completed in a satisfactory manner. Several of the locks are nearly finished, and most of the remaining ones iiave been commenced. Eight culverts have been completed. Ten sections were abandoned last spring by the original contractor, and relet at an advance of about 25 per cent. The aggreg. tecost of the line from Brookviile to the basin at Lawrenceburgh, at re
sent contract prices, is estimated by the Resident Engineer at $ 472, 134, exclusive of the
cost ol superintendence. The aggregate value of labor performed on these contracts up to the 29th November, as shown by he monthly estimates of the Engineer, amounts to $238,313, leaving labor still to be done to the value of $233,821. The progress made in the construction of the w ork generally on this line, justifies,? the belief that canal boats may be passed from Brookviile to Lawrenceburgh, by the 1st October next. With a view"" to this object, 1 have suggested that all hack ward jobs be declared abandoned and relet, unless an adequae force be promptly put on by the present contractor. The report cf the Resident Engineer, which will be submitted to the Board, will furnish information more in detail ia regard to tin's line. The Resident Engineer, when he could be spared from the superintendence of the contracts, has been engaged in extendinnrlhe surveys and location above Brookviile prepara
tory to placing it under contract. The character of the route as far North as the National Road, is now so well understood, and the plans of construction so well matured, that very little labor will be required to make it ready for letting. The location which has been made, although done with much care and judgment should not generally be viewed as a final location, so as to preclude any alteration should further examinations, or the results of another year's experience suggest any improvement in the line. A survey of the East Fork'canal from Richmond to Brookviile has been made by S. Torbet, the Resident Engineer on the White Water line, vvhosf report will be submitted to the Board ina few da)s. CROSS CUT CANAL. In accordance with theorder of thc'Board, the locating party immediately after completing the surveys on the southern porlion'of the Central canal, was transferred to this line. Previous examinations had shown, that the principal difficulty in opening a water communication between these canals, would be found in providing a supply of water for the high table land, between White Water and Blue River, near the sources of Tint Rock this summit being near 80 feet higher than the summit between Blue River and White River. The surveys made during the season have therefore been directed to this object. The direct route from Cambridge, on the White Water cunal to New Castle on Blue River was first examined. A level was assumed for the Flat Rock summit, that would give 26 feet cutting on the dividing ridge and which was found to be 1424 feet above the White Water Canal, at the National Road. Upon this plan a line of canal was surveyed from New Castle to Cambridge. Examina
tions were then made to ascertain the length of line, dependant upon sources lying above
the summit level for a supply ot water, and also the extent of our resources available for the suppl) of this demand. A feeder line was surveyed to White River, and up the valley of that stream to a point one and a half miles above Winchester, w here the stream was found tufficiei.lly elevated to command the Flat Rock summit level. From these surveys, the length of line depends.nt upon the su unit for a supply of water, was found to be as follows: Main line from the mouth of White River feeder to Cambridge 25 rni'.es From mouth of feeder north, to the point
where a feeder may De receiveu irom Buck creek, on a lower level
Length of White River feeder
Having thus ascertained, that a canal, on Ihe direct route, would be wholly impracticable, a second line was examined upon the principal of depressing the summit level 30 feet, following down the valley of Blue River some distance, crossing the "National Road near Buck Creek, and intersecting the White Water Canal near Milton. This plan was found to be scarcely more favorable than the direct route, for although by the depression cf the level, the quantity "of the available water is increased, yet this advantage is nearly balanced by the increased length cf line to be
supplied the depression of ihe level making
trial at arms, and from which they had been c-xpcileo, after such an ignominious overthrow.
as lias stiilm
it necessary in order to avoid deep cutting to!:,!,.v riz;.izei follow a very rirouitious route. The total j ) ic,J i,i:
bound.
iyry.
Th
cbes arc very common on the frontiers of Mexico. An old hereditary feud is still kept up between the Indians and the Mexicans, and preda ory expeditions into the settlements of the latter, is a facorite amusement of the wild Camamhe. It seems so in,.ne an cnter. prise, on the part of the Mexican Government. attempt the conquest of a coar.lry which
....... HMtu irom u,em. alter: f.
H.n.rn larmsb.-d the mi.'ilarv f;.i, f
v rizi.'ized nation: that it is not noih! f,-.
to its probabih'lv. nifhrmt
length oi line to be supplied Irom the summit ! ii-rii!inns!o corroborate the intel
evei. upon IMS pian, iiKluding main line and!, ea.-iv received. lii.it (hey should feeder, is 5:) miles, and the area of country, j !,:,ve I'l ! a hi rge military force on the tiie drainage of which could be made avail-! boundary I r.i; between them nnd Tpvks. is
o
Total, requiring a supply irom sources
above the summit level u
Which at the usual allowance of 100 cubic feet per
minute, per mile, for leakage and evaporation,
during H65 days, will require .',53,44U,UuU c. It Add to this the necessary lockage water to pass 50 boats per day, across the summit, with Locks of 6 feet lilt, for S00 days, embracing the business season 243,000,000
able for this purpose, amounts to 123 square
miles. Estimating boih the demand and the supply from these data, and upon the principles adapted in regard to the direct route, there will appear a yearly deficiency of 30S.0S2,400 cubic feet, showing conclusively that this loute. also, is impracticable. A third line has been examined, upon the plan of placing the sumxiit level 53 feet lower than that 'of the direct route, and passing down the valley of Blue River, crossing ti e National Road about 5 miles east of Knightstown and Flat Rock 35 miles below Louisville, and intersec ting the White River Cat. -al 3 miles south of Milton. The supply of water for this route would be drawn from a reservoir, which it is proposed
to form in the large wet prairie situated about 8 miles north of New Castle, on the summit between Blue River and Buck Creek) a, branch of White River. This reservoir will
be filled by the Hoods of White River, for which purpose a feeder must be constructed from that stream, aboutj 18 miles in length, to be taken out at a point 5i-miles below Winchester. It is supposed that by collecting, nnd retaining the whole drainage of the country lying above, and inclining towards the summit, a sufficient supply of water may be provided for this route. A survey has been made upon this plan from Little Blue, 2 miles north cf New Castle, o tne White Water Canal, from which it has been ascertained that tbe route must be very expensive as well as circuitous. The principal obstructions is a deep cut between Flat Rock and White Water, 4 miles in length, from 6 feet cutting at one end to the same depth at the other, increasing from each end until it reaches 41 feet in depth in the centre. Besides this there are other expensive cuts, and embankments, which greatly augment the cost. An approximate estimate has been made, which' .shows that this portion ofthe line, 33 miles and 60 chains in length, will cost about $1,500,000. The main line north of Little Blue River and the White River feeder, have not been surveyed, but estimating them as ordinary line, and including the probable cost of reservoirs, it
will give an aggregate cost upon this plan of
$2,000,000. If the summit level could be raised 10 fect it is estimated that a saving of near a half a million would he t Ifected. But it is deemed scarcely probaHe that a suitable site for a reservoir could be found on that level. The estimated length of main line from Muacietown o its junction with the White Water Canal, i 52 miles. The road from Muncietown to Cambridge by New Castle, may be estimated at 32 miles. Adding five miles to this, as the distance to the point where the canal survey intersets the White
Water line, we have 6t nines as uie toiai ais(,r bv the read showing a difference in dis-
mce botwcen.the.two modes ol connexion, oi
15 miles. . ... ..
From this statement of probable results,, it .1 .1 1 (lw. Illflll lf A f.
seems mat me caiini i.j.u.. n.v. y" scribed, is physically practicable. 1 et if we consider its great cost, the increase of distance
between the two points, together wiin uie iact, that it will be wholly dependent upon reser
voirs for a supply of water, it would appear
that the idea ot a water communication be
tween the White v ater and Central Canals, cannot longer be entertained as a judicious or feasible undertaking.
A Alan ofihis section ot the State, repre-
sentin"- these several lines together with a
profile ofthe line last described, are herewith presented.
From the report we learn the following item of
information, of the average number of hands employed the last season on each work, and the wa-
JVb. of hands. Hages per month.
$21 IS
not surprising, wl.cn the fact is l;ifc
Mdcration that they themselves were in constant expectation of an invasion from Texas. i heir ten thousand men, assembled al different points on the Del Forte, were no doubt deigned to act on the defensive, and not on the ollensivc to protect their own teiritoriei from invasion, and not to invade those of revolted province. If, however, the infatuation has indeed seized upon them, and Filisola is really pushing his armed squadrons upon the rich settlements, ofthe Colorado and the Bra sos, we have no apprehensions for tiie result. The victors of San Jacinto are still alive, and ready, with their rifles, bo.vie knives and tomaw hawks-, 'Ho fight their battles tcr a-gain."
2,818,440,000 c. ft
Total yearly demand
The only streams available for the supply
of this demand, are the head branches of
White River and I lat Rock. 1 he area of
country drained bv these stream above the le
vel ofthe summit, has been estimated at about
98 square miles. In my report of last year, to which 1 beg leave here to refer, the results of experiments were given, going to show,
that the aggregate annual drainage which
flows from a given aiea of country, may be
estimated at eleven inches in depth, over the
whole surface drained. Estimating from these data, and deducting 10 per cent, for loss from
reservoirs by evaporation, we have 2,2oo,96S.610 cubic feet, as the aggregate quantity of water available for this summit. Admitting that suitable sites could be found
fr rpcxrvniis. in w hicli the whole drainage of
i . r l l - l. I
numerous other small portions of the line, the country could oe retained iwmcn uohave been completed and made ready for the ever, in this case, would not be a safe conclu-
admission ofthe water. Eleven sections in sionj there appears sun io ue uiun-ici., ... addition, embracing 5 miles, it is believed the yearly supply of 56i,47L360 cubic feet.
LIST OF LETTERS, remaining in IV.A
fi- I'oSt Offi.-P at lirrnlti-MI., In, !;.,, ...I.;-!. ; r
not taken out before Marc! 'M, will be sent to the
General I.Bt Oilice as
Jaify , A mack Win Alger Freeman Allen John Sen. Adams Pl.ebe cure of Jacob Kline Adams Febe
Barwick Rev Joseph S 2
nrown v luxe Biglovv I Bates John or Cellands Burclifield Ferry Burchfield Joi.n Brady John I Bartley John Brose "Adam Bignam James Bradburn Dr John Clerk of F. C. Castor Anthonv C'oiiioiits Jas M Cotter Bradberry Clements Richard Custer Solomon Case J L Cdrmichael Juhn Clark David M Due Martin Dodd Capt A G Denniston Geo Durham Jeremiah Fosher Jacob Ferris J W Grasmuck Franc Gescll Philip Senhart Godwin Elizabeth Gry Jniiiks Howard Noble Heatou Wm Havvl 3Iiss Mnrtha alstead It W aUtcad Kob't umphrey Jol.n G 7endersou Mrs bara'i iartman Frederick Hartman Hugh Hasty John Hallovvell 1 S and T 7arding John 7uegol Lewis Haywood John 7inman N O Hurley Jane G Jacobs William
1 3vv
hUtc
Juhnton Isaac Johnson Mrs Eliza Lewis Abner Lackey James Leish Francis Merideth Wm Misener Sir Mount David Esq'r Mott Abigal Mrs Murphy John McCIure James McCaflerty Joseph McKinncy 77on J T Nicholas Mary iNeleon Wm Powell Amy Prifogal Peter Picrco Solomon Powell Wm Petsoti John Jr Ueinhahd D Robe Ilov Jas T Borers Georga Kichardson Samuel Riy James S brock F Shaw Mrs Eleanor Stout Joab Stetl Samuel Scott Wm Strawbe Cristau Snider John Sloan 7ervcy Sr.cll M C Stout Jacob Seals John Stoman David Smith I) Lord Esq'r Smith Richard Smith Jonathan Torbut Col. Titus Jesse Temple Benjamin Turbctt Joseph Thomas Joseph Usher David Vicley David E Wilson Robert Webb Miss Amy Webb Henry Wise Miss Jane C Wilson Wm White James N
GEORGE BERRY, P. M.
ges.
W. and Erie canal, I,UV W. W.cai.al,
Central canal, north di-
vision, "JU Central canal, south d'v'sion, 1S() Mad. & Lafayette R. R. 1,400 N. Albany & V. Road, 1,115 CrossCut canal, 296
IS 19 20 18 19
5.821
Invasion of Texas. From the facts detail
ed in an article which appeared in the True A mpriran of vcstcrdav, it seeuis highly proba
ble that Texas will have to stand the blunt ofj
another invasion. Did not the lnlormation come from so respectable a source, we should not hesitate in refusing- credence to the ref wh entertain vcrv serious
Ci ALE OF TOWN LOTS. There will be offered for sale, on Friday the 2oth day of January i'nst. a number of lots in the Town of Franklin, Franklin county, Ia. This town is handsomely located on Pipecreek, near five miles above its mouth, opposite the termination of the Clear fork with the main creek. The situation is dry and healthy, surrounded with a fertile track of coun
try, densely populated. There is also a good mill convenient to the town, and plenty of timber and
stone of the best quality for building. A merchant
and a few good mechanics would hna it an excellant 6tand for business.
The conditions of the sale will bo as follow; OnS
half of the purchase money to be paid within
twelve and the balance within eicrhteen months.
YV M. ALLE l , Proprietor. .Tan'y 3d, 133P. l-3wld police. Office ofthe Jiroo&tiUe Insurance Company, 1 Brookviile, 1st Jan'y. 1S38. i njVIS day a dividend of thirty six and one half j per cent, per annum ou the amount paid in was declared and appropriated agreeably to the provisions of the Charter of this Company. ABNER M' CART Y, Pres. John W. 77itt, Sec'y.
NSURANCE. Risks on all kinds of property will still be taken: for terms apply st the office
ni the comoanv. west upper room in LI. I'rice Sr
Co 's store ABNER M CA RTY, pres.
N. D. Gallion, David Price,
Samuel Gookwin,
John Wv.nn,
C. F. CL.ARKSON, Geo. olland, ) John y. 77itt, Sec'y.
Brookvilie, 1st Jan'y, lvss. l oty
doubts whether the Mexicans have thrown
their forces across the frontier, with tne intention of penetrating the interior of the country. The more probable version ofthe story ; i ilwv rrossed the Bravo, with the in
tention of pursuing some marauding band of rm,nrhP5. ho have made a forage into the
Mexican territory, and after collecting their, diate paymeet. " It. 8 booty, made a hasty retreat over the Texian I f?rookvil!e, Jan y 4, lev.
1KTII INSTALMENT. The stockholders
of the Brookviile Insurance Company are re
quired to pay one dollar on each share of stock subscribed, on the First Monday in February next. By order ofthe board JOHN W. HUT, Sec'y.
cask of win-
PF.liM OIL. Just received, a
ter strained Sperm Oil, and for sale by D. PRICE & CO.
Brookviile, Jan'y 3d, 1838.
CALL AND PAY. All persons indebted t the subscribers are requested to make inimeo