Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 38, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 September 1845 — Page 2

AMERICAN. buocVk Tl7l, k, ixdi ax a. friday. september 19, 1845.

"Xt rhe letter of 'X. Y .Z,"' from Indianapolis hts come to hand, and will be inserted next week.

The Canal Company. In another en! inn will be found acle.ir and lurid exposition of the doing, inten I ion j and position of the White Water Canal Company, by S. W. Parker, Esq. It will be read with profit by our reader When we first received the new s of the rder, refusing to take their own circulation for tolls, our feelings partook somewhat of that of the people generally. And had we at the lime indulged in remarks in accordance with our feeling, we should have said somo hard thing. But in view of the great and lasting blessings this company Fnsconfered upon the pecpleof this villey bgan and carried on amid pecuniary gloom and despondency, it is well to be slow in our reprehension. And not -withstanding we doubt the propriety, or even the honesty of the "order" yet we are willing te let the matter go to the people without comment. There are strong and abiding prejudices in the public mind against corporations and companies, am! we have found ourselves sometimes indulging toward them uncharitable thoughts. W e are old enough to know better, and do better, but there is so much of human nature about us. that we have to be watchful. The position which .Mr. Parker suppo

ses the Company will take relative to the

Can d Bri bes, is reasonable. Let the

The State SentincL

The epoitions of political and moral corruption, which lbe editors of the State Sentinel ate now making under the head

I of ' Political Mysteries of Indianapo'is,"

is the most important and interesting sub

ject agitaiin? the political horizon at this

lime in this Slate. They are exposing in

bold dishes the '"old hunkers," the ,:camp followers," the ' political leeches," and the

eormpi office seeking weather cocks,

which hang like drones upon their parly. In these sketches they do not leave the reader in doubt as to the object of their remarks. They name their men. They have seached No. eight of these mysteries. In the last number they "propose to give a sketch of the political history of the Old Junto" of their parly, and to us e their own language they begin with James Morrison

' the biggest toad in the .puddle." Thev

Wheal ami Floor Trade At " Lafayette; Ind, on ihe llihinst. merchants ere paying from 50 to 53 cents, and considerable competition among purchasers. There was shipped by Canal from Fafayelte from the 1st to the lOlh Sept, 21,524 bushels of wheat, 923 bbls of flour. From this we judge Lafayette is doing a muc i heavi.-r business than any other town in the Stale. The tolls collee.ed at Lafayette since the opening of the canal last spring

is 15.270 dollars about ast tnunh as has

been collected at all the oilier tovns on that Canal in Indiana, in the same time.

At Buffalo, Sept 1st. wheat as selling

atSftcis anl flour at 3 75 to 3 81. At Toledo on the same day wheat was 71

and (lour 3 371. At Maumee city Sept 0,

uheal was 70, and flour 2 75 to 3,00.

At Dayton, Ohio, Sepf 12, wheat was 50

and fh.ur 2 55. At St. Louis Sept 10,

son, and as a specimen of this sketch we

give one paragraph, to-wit:

t . . 1 . ...... 1 . 1 t . . . 1 a n rn

devote a column and a ha'f to Mr. Morri- I " " 1 """ " "our

i km v ; to i . r

o..;. r.i,;, i.k .. """"""l" " was ou ana

floiu S3. At Baltimore Sept 10, wheat

was fiom 88 to 91, and flour 4 50. At

"James Morrison, now President of the i New Yoik Sept 8. flour was 4 55 to 4 75

Philadelphia vept 10, flour 4 5Gto4 f8.

Mate Hank. .air. Morrison is ny hirth a Scotchman, by prolession a lawyer, by nature an aristocrat, and by accident a tiominal Democrat. He i a man of talentsno doult about that and learned in the law. He is no politician. Ue could not be a politician if he tried ever so hard. He h is no sympathy with the great mass of the peopif. He rather despises them than otherwise, and consequently has n shadow of popularity, (n this matter he cannot phy the hypocrite sufficiently well to act the demagogue successfully. His disgust of the "common herd" is so intense, that it will stickoit in pite himself. Snciil!y, Mr. Morrison (James) is regarded is "highly respectable," and justly so. Self esteem, and love of approbation, if not a large development of the moral faculties, impels him to that kin I of,;wlk and conversation"' which never fails to se-

qiustion be fairly tested by the Courts of -ere public lesprct, and which even the the country, and if agiinst the citiens of '; ""asional ebullitions of an irascible lem- . , ., ,, peramem w ill not forfeit." the county, we shall use a'l our influence to have them ahide the laws pe-icably and The reader should recollect that these quietly. It will be a grievous burden up-: expositions are of men of their own party, on us, and many of the bridges will neces-! and herein consist their merit, sarily have to be abandoned, and the roads i Ever since we have been engaged with changed. But we hope ever to find the j 'he press we have despised the trammels citizens of this county obedient to the lawj. j and traces which have confined and eon-

of iheir country. The people geneially, boatman, and shippers of produce, have no right to complain of the "order." It is only ihe hold-

troled the puliiical press. It has been considered treasonable for a political paper to expose the corruptions of its own party

and few editors have been found of snffi- i

Price of Wheal. The merchants in Brook vilie are paying 55 cents for wheat. At Cincinnaii, I.awrencebnrgh and Harrison they are paying 55. At Metamnra 47; a" Laurel 40; at Connersvillc 45; at Cambi id go 43, it having advanced a little at all these places w ithin the last week. The price of freight on wheat on the White Water Canal is about as follows-: From Cambridge to Cincinnati 8 cts from Conncrsville 7, from Lnurvl 6, from Biookville 5. But a small part of ihe wheat in ihe country has been marketed yet. The farmers at the present prices are not in a hurry, an I they are at present also engaged in seeding. The water has been let in the Canal at Cambridge, but the Canal fills slowly. It w ill doubtless be a month before boats will co up to that point. In the meantime the men bants of Cambridge, Milton, Dublin and 11 i;erstown are purchasing produce, and slot ing until it will float.

ers of the money those who have receiv- ' cient nerve, and sufficiently independent ed it in good fjith as contractors and labor- j of party support, to apply the lash to the

era. ut the amon u tn Uieir n .vi.ls, Mr. ; coirupi poimcai leaders who are around

Parker is better able to jndje than our

selves.

SVX:Si5A There

.hem, and who direct and control the 8C-

j lions and affttts of their party. As a genj eral rule, coirupt political knaves, rule in is st riri lime, throV this rennly, no matter w hich party is in

out this part of InJiana, and in other part j powcr-anl a:l this grows out of the ve

nality and subserviency of the party press. It matters not how long or how loud the press of the opposite patty may thunder

of the State, Irom which we have receiv-j ed information, an unusual amount of sick-1 ness of various kind, such as chills and fe-'

vers, billion fevers, &c. This is one cf the 'evils of a rich an 1 productive soil. This year the einh has been more than usually abunlani in luxuriant vegetation. From this deea ing vegetable matter there arises a poisonous malaria, which is fatal to the health and happine ss of our inhabitan Is.

Ohio Election. Piepai ations are making in Ohi3 for the October elections. In Butler county the Democrats held a Convention last Saturday week, and nominated for Representative Fergus Anderson, for Sheriff, Wm. J. Eiiiott; Treasurer, Kichard H.ision; Prosecutor, Oliver S. Wea'herhj ; for Commissioner John V. I'rwin. The locos having control of Butler county, thai county caticas settles the election. CiSt. Joseph I'alley Iligisler." This is a new paper w hich comes to hand this week published at South Bend by Schuyler Colf.ix and A. W. West. It is among the neatest printed papers on our table. Mr.

Colfax is one of the host writers in the

its anathemas agtinst a corrupt political opponent, the people heed noi its warn

ings. They ascribe it all to party preju-1 Slate clear, sound, pointed and sensible-

dice, party purposes, and selfish ends. We besides he has a big and an honest heart.

have seen and fell these things w ith a sor-i (iladly do w e welcome our friend Schuy

rowful heart; and we acknowledge that we j ler to thetripod- he willbe an honor to the

have loo often and too Ions been conlro'ed

Hfcrico It will be seen the news from Mexico loaves the prospect of war a moot ed point yet. After the .Mexican elections 'are over we may expect some definite action by ihat Government. Until that time w e may expect vsri.uis rumors to occupy our columns.

by the same trammel. But we believe

our brethren of the Press will ive us ere-!

fraternity, and an able and faithful co-laborer in the dissemination of correct prin

ciples. So long as he controuls that press.

dil for some independence m such matters, there w ill never come tip from the watch We rejoice at the noble stand taken by towers of northern Indiana any notes of the State Sentinel. We look upon it as j uncertain sound. As we expect to live ihe dawn of a bcttfrd iy-.f clearer skies and "die fighting in the army," we hope and purer atmosphere. We care not wc may always be assisted, counseled and whkh party is in power, the corrupt camp Unstained by as able, as honest and as

toiiow ers are always icornnz themselves faithful brethren as Mr. Colfax

up to the highest stations, and polluting

with their slime the most honorable seats

Spanish Xante.. Just at this time there

C. M. Clay, on Salurdiy last was in th a t Iff lit. k Frt.a V I

. . 1111 I II II 111 1 V. H13 w itii 1 v t 1 C 1 v. l 111- i

l,!,b , to hoin to think and make cal-, " country. But if the P.ess and the ! are sev"' Spnish names which the com

dilutions for his future action. It is our j people would act honestly with each nth- m"" re;,Jcr is aWC l pronounce correct

ly. e have seen an article in the papers giving the rules for pronouncing these names, with several illustrations. The following aresail lobe correct pronunciations, to-wit:

present opinion that he will re-commence , er, many of those now considered honora-

the publication of the True American in one of the free States. If he still contin

ue a citizen of Kentucky, he will still con

.V, would be compelled to seek a lower

station. Can any Pt ess be honest which always praises the members of it own par-

linueto be one, in our estimation, wh j !!') anJ ab"50 its MTO"etUs? This is a has a right to agitate the question of slave- rious question, and we w ish the people ry. But when he becomes the citizen o-1 would think of this matter seriously. Hona free Slate, he then is interfering with the J m mcn- " vve'd as scoundrels arc to be Uws and institutions of a Slate of which r""l either party. A press may be

he is not a ci';zon.

.devoted to principles, which may be pure

. : and denial, and yet oppose men who pro-

Tho annual election in Ver- LA'' lhosc principles for selfish purposes.

!

Ykhmon r

inont was held on ihe first of this month, for G-ivernor and Members ol the Legislature. There being three candidates, whig, loco, and abolition, there was no choice for governor, but there is a whig majority in the Legislature, and of course, Slade, the whnr, will be elected by that body, upon whom the selection devolves.

in case of failure by the people.

and who abandon them so soon as their in

terest leads in another direction. But so oon as an editor exposes the corruptions of a member of his ow n party, the cry is raised against lrm. He is accused of causing division in his party, and such an editor must be put down. Party machinery is put in motion to crush him,

! and elevate another w ho w ill be more suh-

From Maine, wo also have some re- j servient. And in all these operations. e

turns. It is strongly democratic, and ha , OKnuVi-.amake the dear people ihe inelected almost every thing to suit them. jtruments in their policial operations. I lrsccntion, the lowest, and last, and 7'e aiinl CoiYrtice of the Motha- meanest ofall political hobbies is often put dist Church for Southern Indiana, m jets ai ! jn requisition. But so lon as the people Madison, ln l. on tha I3ih of next mnth. ! wiU be oJ by $,!cIl " b

The last quarterly conference for this cir- , ()r pf men ie Prs wi h'ave 0 echo

cu t passed a resolution asking th next

annua! C-anferenoe t be held al Brookville. j

N. P. Wilms is now in Fiurope writing letters home for his paper, the Xew York Mirror. He can write a longer, a prettier and a 6maother letter, thn any other man, without being guilty ofuseing a bright or anew "doa- II is letters are a beautiful selection of words withoutTsense or ideas. For a while his )etters were generally copied, fijr ihe want of other news. But the publishers at last copy -righted them, but gave permsian to any editor to copy them by paying t 00 per letter. Since then we have not seen one of his letters

.Mi .')(.. Vera Cruz, San Jacinto, Rio Grande, Xeuces, Puebla, Don Juan.

Pronunciation. Bvni-ra Crooth. Sin Ha-tlieen-to. Re-o Gran-day. Noo a-thees. Pooai-bla. Don Hoo-an.

V is pronounced like Ir. Y is called thela and has the sound of th. A has the sound in all Spanish words that it has in the word cart in English.

its biddings or cease to be. Bui when the people will discord )ij, caucuses. Cnreitions,nni all the machinery & drills, w hi h have been instituted and continued by ihe unworthy, and the corrupt, who could not succeed in an open, honest and fair field, then w ill men be elected to honorable stations because ihey are "honest. cnpa!le and atlatched to the constitution.'' The Press then will be independant, and will again assume the station of Pallad ;umof the people's rights and liberties. Mr. Hanes has got his new and splendid

copied, and thus have the general readers j Cotton Factory at Metamora, in operation.

Tith Machine. On visiting "our Canal Basin the other day, we were much pleased to see a new Lath Machine in operation by water power from the canal. Col. A. C. Pepper This newly appointed Marshall for Indiana by President Poik, meets a warm reception by the State Sentinel. The follow ing from that paper of the 13th instant, has reference to a matter which they understand better than us: "Who furnifhes (!ol. Pepper with tltionary to write down the State Sentinel and to wr-iVe up the Junto! It strikes us. that a 17. S. officer should at letst be sensible enough, tchen of age, to see that he may have to go rf.ne ladder, and hence not kick away the one by which he has for years climbed; and also should he knowthat money or bank facilities fewyj wo irue Itf mocmf.''

t apt (sir ions for Troops. Accoicing to the Frank fort Common wealth, the 'Secretary of War has notified the Governor of Kentucky, that Gen. Taylor is authorized to call upon him, for troops from Kentucky, should he deem it necessary. The Governor has replied that his gallant State is always read, having lost noncof the

"patriotic leal" whirl, has alwavs ' led

The Canal Co, &c. Connersville, la., Sept. 13, 1845. Mr. Clarkson Dear Sir. In the two

iat numhers il the "American" I find enquiries for information concerning matters

interesting to your rr aders and involving the action of the White Water Valley Canal Company. Being called upon by name in one of the articles refered to, I address you this note. I have no authority from the Company to speak as to ihese matters, in their name and must not be considered as so presuming to speak. But 1 have been with the Company, from first to last, in all things think I understand their positions and

views and, anxious as I have always

Deen, lor the success of the great enter

prise that brought the Company into existencelam no less anxious that they have

tne good wm of the public, and especially

of the cmzens of this valley. And I have the most abiding confidence, that all, w ho

rully understand the attitude of the Company, will cordially yield ihem this good will. Those who do not understand, if they are honest, will wait, as you have, until they do, before fiey condemn. The first enquiry is, whether he Company w ill repair and reconstruct the dilapidating "Canal Budges" of Franklin county? If ihey do so in Franklin, they must in Dearborn, Fayette and Wayne, as a

matter or course. Had the State retained the Canal, she would not have kept up ihe canal bridges nor will she keep them up when she resumes the Canal an event which I do not believe to be many years in the future excepting those bridges on that part of the line within the limits of Ohio these are to be kept up by special compact, as a part of the consideration for the right of way granted by Ohio to Indiana.

It has not been, nor is it now, the policy or practice of the Slate to keep tip the Jioad Bridges, any more than the Farm bridges, across her canals. And it is not understood that such is the policy or practice of any State in the Union, having Canals. In this behalf, I understand the charier of the Company, to place them, whilst they may retain the catial,where the State was, and will be and that they cannot legitimately assume any other position.

II the Company continue to use for Change Bridges" such as are also design

ed for public travel they ought to do a

fair part in keeping Ihem up and I have

no doubt they will. Should the proper authorities of Frank

lin or any other county, desire to test this question before ihe Courts as now constituted, I am satisfied the Company will

at any f.me, promptly and fairly make an amicable case, that will determine the matter to the satisfaction of all who still feel that they owe allegiance to the laws of their country. And it cannot be doubted that such is the feeling of all the citizens of all the counties in this val

ley. The other enquiry is as to a rumor that the Company have determined to refuse their own circulation for Tolls and Water licnts after the 1st of Oct. next. I do not know that Rumor ever told the truth cer taitily her mendacious reputation is retained in this instance. At the last session of the Board, after much and anxious consideration, it was ordered that from and after the dale aforesaid, all Toll Collectors be required to dis

count 3d per cent from ihe existing tariff

of lolls, and require them lo be paid in Bankable funds. Water tents are unmolested, and I presume will be, from the fixed nature of the contracts. And let me suggest to those having such rents to pay, and desiring to pay the same in the circulation of the Company they had better

get those funds noir, if they can for they will find theiuscarcet than gold and costing as much within six months from this date. Very little more w ill be issued by the Company; and of ihe forty-odd thousand dollars now out, full one half is alrea

dy laken up by three men, w ho will hold it

up, and get as much more as they can until the Company is prepared to redeem the whole. And my opinion is, that the whole will be retired by the 1st of March next. This step was taken for these amongst other reosons: It is determined lo make the trade on the Canal a fair and steady business transaction. The tariff of lolls is now about 30 per cent higher lhan that of the Miami canal. And though our Canal

as yet, has no Turnpike competition, as that has the Board resolved to put their tolls dow n to about the same rate a9 upon the Ohio Canals. Doing this, they deemed that the true interest of the business community required tolftransaetions to be had in a medium as little fluctuating as possible. This reason will be appreciated at once. The boatmen and Ido not know that they are to be blamed for that have uniformly required nil for whom Ihey carry freight or do business on the canal, to pay

in cash they alone procure the paper of the Company to pay their tolls. And those throwing their business upon the Canal, for ihe measure of feiY payments, and by wayof excuse for having required to pay so much more than demanded on the Miami Canal are pointed lo our high TarilT of Tolls! To obviate further imposition in this behalf wa an object w ith Ihie Board. Again, as the Company are about to cease issuing any more, and have never re-issued a dollar of their own papersome revenue in Bankable funds becomes indispensable, lo keep tip the repairs and navigation of ihe Canal, and meet the other current liabilities of the Company. To go a borrowing in such a case, and 'w ith nothing coming ia to pay even the interest on the loan, would look neither encouraging ar creditable. The depreciation of this paper in the hands of its holders, cannot be justly apprehended; inasmuch a its fountain is about being dried up, and its absorbents in the ivav of water rents, stock payments, and payments on s.mie :$75,0 M f ;, Estate sold, aninuw to be sold by the Company, are so great. Near fifteen bundled Stockholders, farmers, mechanics and business men of this valley, who had no surplus capital, look this work tip when abandoned by the Stale and fast going lo destruction, and determined to save it. They fell then, and still feel, that ihey have no interest in this matter apart from that of the community in which ihey live. Were there no other ev

idence' of this the rate at whirh their

could be induced to take the stock and that Gen Hcrrera had been elected Presi- j

they only with ten annual instalments for dent of Mexico that his Cabinet had dippayment. Beginning simultaneously with solved by resignation, and that an army of the explosion of most of the Western 6ome 3,500 men was on its march to atBauks, and the depreciation of our own tack Galveston. This is mere rumor, and State scrip from par to 50 cts. per dollar he probability is that it has but little within three years, they have paid out near foundation in truth. I see that our Presi-three-fourths of their stock, and surmoun- dent is going to be quite savage in case of ling obstacles aud opposition lhat have of- war with our blarikeled Republican neighten been appalling their enterprise is a- bors, and is determined to string up by the boui consummated! Having thus far act- neck alloreiie caught sailing under ed in gjod faith and with patriotic motives the Mexican flag, w ho shall be found ennow they will certainly be most careful gaged in making aggressions on our cornto retain the good report, they feel they rnerce. I should notlhink the young sojustly deserve. Truly yours, man would be so savage onforeigners on S. W. PARKER. account of the great advantage they were to him at the last election. He ought to

Correspondence of the Ind. American, import them w hen caught and have them

New Orlkans. Sept. 3d, 1845. manufactured into good voters by the time Xeither business nor neics Morbid taste the the next election comes on. It is Elopements Trial of the Rev. Dr. said that there are now lying at Havana Scott 77ie tear fever Latest from some 15 or 20 unemployed Slavers real Texas and Mexico Humored election Baltimore Clippers, all ready and waiting of den. Herera President Polk's fcro- to engage in that kind of business It city Candidatesforptitatcers Steam- would be ralher a difficult matter to catch bovl Snagged Xew Orleans Postage l'iese crafts, as they sail like the wind, and Picayune Receipts at Xeve Orleans can run where no vessel can reach them. &c. fefc. The Steam Boat "Planter" struck a Mr. Editor: There is absolutely noth- snag while descending the Red River on ing going on here worthy of a passing no- the 20th ult., boat and carga total loss, but tice. Nomurders.no duels, no robberies no lives. She had on board government or house-breaking; no nothing. Fall busi- stores, which had been left by the troops nesshas not yet opened, and our papers at Fort Jessup, and was bringing them have to draw heavily on the columns of here for re-shipment to Texas. The Post their exchanges to keep up any thing like Master here has published a statement, a stock of these kind of eventsand these comparing the receipts of August 184 1 second hand accounts arc flat and iminter- w'ln those of the same month in '43. esting compared to what those would be There is a falling off of nearly one half this which had just come off in our midst, all year, and an increase of upwards of 2000 new and fresh. But I cant rake up a sin- way or two cent letters, gle case that has the least particle of trag- The "Picayune has now the publishing edy in it. I dont suppose for a moment of advertised letters in accordance that your readers are more of a blood- w"h lne new law when called on aome-

thirsty set than those found elsewhere, but tune since by the pioper authority to man's nature is such (and woman's loo I sircar" what was the extent of their circuam afraid) lhat he is continually on the lation, Ihey told him plainly lhat they look-out for th j horrible or miraculous. I would do no such thing, and that their have often thought of the truth of the re- subscription list was the only evidence mark, and admire the candor, of the bald- they would produce, How they finally headed gentleman who went nisrht after managed it I dont know.

night to see the man, who stirred up the Tae annual statement of the receipts at

animals; put his head into the lion's mouth. New Orleans, embracing the period from

He said he would not rr.iss a night for the Sept. 1st 1844 to Sept 1st 1845, come out woild, for he felt certain lhat some night yesterday, and to give you an idea of them the lion would bite off the man's head, and 1 submit a synopsis. his luck was so internal bad lhat if he did Articles Quantity. I'alue.

miss a irght, he was also certain lhat that Apples, Barrels 26,515 $53,030 night woul d be the one w hen he was away; Dacon, Casks 21,250 890,270 and it was not every day lhat a man couid Bacon in bulk, Lbs 350 000 15,750 see a lion bite off a man's head. Corn in the ear, bbls. I30.GS6 G2.859 The excessive hot weather is sone Corn shelled, sacks, 390,951 342,094

sloped lo parts unknown, and during the flour

last week we have had nlentiful showers ,lay

of rain nearlv everv dav. and whi'e I am Lard

writing it is comins down in real New Or- Lard

leans style; for when it wants to rain here Lead

no place knows how to do it better. One Potatoes

great objection however to the arrange- fk ment is, that it dont know so well how to otk

auit. Pork in bulk

Barrels 533,342 2,134,248

Bales

Kegs Barrels Pigs Bbls Hhds Bbls

Lbs

What's Pol into vou haihnrianx no there s"2ar, est crop hhds

nliniit Wnrainf nit il lhal L-inrt of Ihina? TobaCCO Hilda

. & ,.. , ...

In almost every paper we read, "great ex

citement," caused by some young, beauti

ful, and accomplished heiress running off

Whiskey . Bbls

Wheat, bbls & sack

37,295 86,165

254,414 797,613

60,078 961,248

732,1251,618,455 53,779 80,669

6,701 269,640

216,960 2,169,600 4,709.600 211,932

200,000 9,000,000 47,493 3,624,185

97,651 781,208

64,759 129,519

I have omitted the enumeration ofsev

to get married to the journeyman of her craI articles, but the total value of all the

father's tailor or his boot-black. Naughty

girls thus to captivate the young affect

ions of the boys, and then run off with

them! They wouldn't do so Acre where every facility is afforded, for we have a Gretna immediately opposite on the other

side of the river, and a Ferry-boat tunning

across every ten minutes.

There is some l'ttle excitement existing

in the religious part of community in re

gard to ihe Chnrch trial of the Itev. Dr.

Scott, which has been in progress during

the last ten days. You may recoiled some of the circumstances connected with this trial, as they appeared in the papers at the time. There has been a storm brewing

receipts from the interior amounts to 57,-

200,000.

The markets yet continue very dull

and no changes worthy of note have oc

cured . New cotton is now arriving tol

erablc freely, and many of the cotton boats

that have been off up the river repairing.

have returned, and the Levee begins to

have a more animated appearance.

No appearance yet of Fever, and the ci

ty remains perfectly healihy.

otirs&c. A

Correspondence of the Ind. American.

Ljlcrel, Sept. 16 1845.

Friend Ciarkson: Since your late ris

throughout thetTmted uis been much! Mr. Rubottom is also building another iem , be Amon ,h? foremt,, in defend-! stock, at alltimcs could, and may still be

ever since. It appears that the reverend it to our town, the health of our citizens

presbylerian gentleman, had a conversa- has somewhat improved. There are not

lion just before the last presidential elec- many new cases ol ague, and many of the

lion with another minister from Mississip- old cases are cured. As to Bilious or

pi, which turned upon Ihe moral charac- other fever's we have comparitively none,

ters of the two candidates, Polk and Clay, whilst back on the high land, and on flat,

Dr. Scott remarked that Mr. CUy's moral or level lands, fevers prevail to a consid

character was so bad that he could not con- erable extent; vou have no doubt heard of

sistently with his religious principles sup- the fatality attending a certain fever in

pott him, and adduced as evidence, that Rush County;olher regions also have been

upon a certain occasion when travelling visited with fearful diseases.

on oo ra o. a leamooai up me uuio Kiv- go that, although sorely afflicted as we

... .t au tui-u r. v-.a ci.gageu m P'ay- are. vet we have ereat reasons to be thank

inr rfarl rm .Vitirri) onH thai trliAn Br1 i rr I . . .

n;..-! mi tint there have been but few cases

ions services were announced, Mr. Clay which have haJ a falal termination.

leurea 10 n.s siate-room ana did not ap- r am aware lhat our towns (Somerset

a a Vi l"c ot '. """BtuNL-.n- and Laurel) have lately got a bad name

ucu. ..... v,. um uu. ... metier ami pro- (a8 regards health) but Ihere are exagen

How the matter will terminate I know not; mnrnintT r,m , .nn rmm .i. .

but as his congregation is composed most- lhat we haJ ifjo cases of ogue, besides 60

ij v strung numucrs ui iur. lay, 1 am rasra of fovpr mat: in n, n.r-

afiaid that it will finally end in a separa- ,y half the ' ,ation whereajhe truth tionof pastor and congregation. There ; ..I .: .1... tm

can be do peace as long as Mr. S. remains, cases in all, (perhaps not so many,) and This is much to be regretted, as Mr. Scott not one of a violent character. is one of the ripest scholars, and most el- Xsln .u railB, n, n,ir i:..

oquent divines in the South, and until this at lhe door of the Canal Company, and if

v.,..ulVt.. atcu.ttiutjr ..c cc...eu .o uC uo- that corporation has a soul (and I belhive ing much gooa. It was under his preach- iu Directors, individually have) to that ing that the late Gen. Jackson was con- we appeal for a removal of lhe cau$e of erteu. ).. eirlrnsca mhiMi lac. vaor m,nA tti'.o

The war fever is completely abated,- pre,ailed.to so great extent. ' Jtummered right down, and where some Th Cnmn.ru n , . -

iwo or three weeks tince was seen little mi,chief, by wasting small amount of squad, of men discussing the probabilities water through a Bayou (which I pointed

iiitcnau aim uiu icuus 01 a war, ana . . r... : .

where wa, heard the shrill sound of fife currenl to pass through it, washing off the r"d Tl n" U! decayed gelation and prevent it further ragged urcnins, an is now peace and .CCUmulatioii. i an Anv clAffnulinn n I

quietness The "Undine " a small river water hereafter. This we call upon them steamboat thai had been chartered by the t0 do because u caQ be done m. government for thirty days at 200 dollars ' nA K, ,1 in ; '

per day to convey troops from St Jo- lhere ig water en , it n be taken seph s Island to the main land, relumed on UD .-. at th f,PP,,m . miu h.tn

ruesday last. Afir,having left.Galveston We u fayor ... lhftV ,

a few hours on her return she encountered

grant, with ease and without loss.

eere iurni, w.ncncame very near ThA Tn.n.hin t,.. ; ,f,.i

send tig her to the bottom of the ' deep ling a small piece of School Land for the blue '-However after weathering the prp03e of enabling the Company to lease storm some three hours it calmed off and wa, al e head above

"Alabama' also arrived hereon Saturday f0:,u k,;' .u., u

lai from Corpus Christi, whence she sail-

power to be improved; it was done formu-

1 u-iM,.,;, I .k r.u-i: I " K

: 7 . " V ' " tual benefit. We shall see if lhe Co., will ...rsofihe -P.cayune'' has been over to show a ,,ke disposition to reciprocate ftl exas ona K.nd nf banta Fe expedition, Tors.-This disposition can be manifested

...uciui.o.rainermore .ucK.iy than his by a : WB . . . ... -Q

! fitmnppr KpililAll lid f.r.A ri e ran new- I

bnc titer!

! flouring tuill tn Metamor.

Mi 'ur e.uucion -ountrv.

pu;c!iied. i conclusive. None others

in the A. Gen. Taylor has .now under

his command about 2009 men and says

thai lie does not want any more, as he ex

pects no fighting. However, they are

busily engaged in fortifying themselves in

case of an attack. The Mexican General

is slid quartered al Melamoras with an ar

my about equal in numbers to ours. We have 12 days laler intelligence from Mexi

co by the arrival of a schooner here yes-

tcrdav

as above suggested.

W ill you have lhe goodness Mr. Editor,

to mail a copy of your paper containing this letter (if you publish it) to each Direc

tor of the Canal Company, as well as the Engineer, and charge the expense to your

humble friend, J.

Hen. Gaines having no authority for his demand upon Louisiana for troops, it is

It was rumored when she left said will be court Martialcd for the act.

Correspondence of the Ind. American.

Cincinnati, 16lh Sept. 1S45. Mb. Editor: As I have before informed you, the whigs in this county are not

organized for the fall election, nor do they contemplate any concerted action; but on Saturday last an Independent Ticket was

announced in the Times and Chronicle, composed of mixed material. It presents for Senator Samuel Trevor Esq., a whig, long a member of the City Council, and a good man; for Representatives, Jonathan Pancoast, Stephen S. L'Hommedieu, Thoa H.Whetstone.and J. Scott Harrison, Esrrrs. L'Hommedieu and Harrison are Whigs, Pancoast and Whetstone, democrats of lhe moderate,school. The candidates for Treasurer and Commissioners are the regular nominees upon the Carthage ticket, and the Surveyor, John L. Hasbrook, is also I believe a loco. There is no chance for

the ticket. The democracy in this county arc too well trained lo be led off ike track by doublings and false scents. I suppose there is some pleasure in seeing one's name announced in public journals, print

ed on tickets, hawked about by officious

partisans at the ballot-box, made the topic

of fierce discussion, and the means of

throwing the community into a high fever. The Independants will have that felicity

probably. Notoriety, though, is not always fame. Indeed membership in ihe Legislature, now that grand gathering of rowdies and blackguards is 'not fame.

Formerly it was a feather in a man's cap,

true, noble distinction, to be a legislator,

and ought to be so; but now it takes a man

year of most circumspect behavior to get

over the disgrace of it!

Mr. Drinker's paper, the Ohio Union,

made its appearance on Saturday. The

Enquire! abused it in advance, and most

bitterly too, and said it would be the organ

f a clique merely. The Union says it in

tends to be theorgan of the "whole Democracy." Its editor is a man of very en

larged views. Geographi cally speaking,

we know not an editor nor a statesman who entertains" broader views of his coun

try. He goes in for the whole o. Oregon,

and Texas to the Del Xorte. He says if

Mexico forces ns into a war, it "ought to

be a war of acquisition," and he goes in

for California. But this is not all; for if England grumbles about giving up Ore

gon, and chooses to fight us, he goes in for

the Canadas! Indeed he thinks that the

control of the St. Lawrence may be necessary to thesafoty of Oregon, and avows

that although not directly an advocate of

war, his feelings have a proclivity that way. Mr. Drinker don't believe in a "pent

up" country which 'contracts our powers,'

and S eaks out frankly lhat be goes in for territory. Whether the "whole democracy' will be willing to take him for a mouth

piece in this matter,! Know not. It is certainly aiiiuing to tee with what coolness the

noureciM Debutant on the state editorial,

talks of Mexico's forcing us into a war! It seems to men of plain minds that all the

forcing has been on the other side. Drinker, we presume however, has bffen to college, and lhat accounts for his clearer perception. We have taken Texas, Mexico

offers to fight, and so we are forced into a quarrel! and to pay them for it must take

California! Convenient logic, rather. A man pulls j our nose, you resent the in

dignity, and he is forced into the quarrel;

and, to leach you propriety, gouges one of

jour eyes! If any man can see a difference in the cases, he is wiser lhan we. It

is strange with what facility the national mind accustoms itself to the idea of acquisition, even though it involves baseness

and plunder. Five years ago the public

were horrified at the idea of acquiring

Texas, even by treaty; now they talk of ta

king California as if it were a thing settled , and only deferred until some pretext could be found. Is this Republic to be cursed with the ambition of Rome, and are we like her to enter upon a career of conquest? Are we to act over again, in this nineteenth century, the tragedy of Cortes and Montezuma? Are the hoarded treasures and rich plains of Mexico to kindle in the bosoms of our citizen soldiers the lust of plunder? We would fain hope not; yet the truth is becoming every day mora apparent that a dangerous feeling is awake and ga;ning strength among us, something too much like Roman ambitionsomething too much like Spanish thirst for plunder. Letters from New Orleans represent Gen. Gaines as eager for war, an 1 that he has expressed his fear if the present difficulties do not ripen into one, that he shall never have thepriri'cg-e of anoth

er active campaign: iney siaie on me authority of his own word, that he has made requisitions on all the Southwestern States, from the Gulf to the Ohio; and lhat he hopes to lead an army of 40,000, to lhe city of Mexico. We learn that Mr. Young of ihis city has a contract for furnishing harness for some 240 horses for the Mexican expedition, and that one of our other mechanics has a contiact for several baggage wagons. Cassius M. Clay is now here, but we have not learned what his intentions are respecting his press. In his reply to tho Cincinnati Committee he intimated that he was not conquered, and intends still to keep the field. Dr. Beman'of Troy, N. Y. a venerable old patriarch in the Presbyterian chuch, is here and has preached several times. On Sunday last I heard a most eloquent sermon from the Rev. Thos. II. Scott of Philadelphia, a man worthily distinguished in the Methodist Church. The clergy in all our christian denominations are generally pute-minded and excellent men in private life, but how few of them are there whose eloquence is adequate to ihesublimethemcsofthePulpit.-the attributes and purposes of the Deity, and I the destiny of man. Massillons, and 1 hitfields, and Halls are exceedingly rare. Many, too, who mife'ht be worthy oflhe sacred mission of tbe preacher, waste their energies in barren discussions about forms, and the sorrowful strife of Sectarianism. I am happy to say that I was misinformed respecting lhe charges made against a clergyman, and his trial before the Conference in this city, which I noticed in my last letter. The remaining stock of the absconding Frenchman, V. Yarde, whose transactions I mentioned last week, were sold yesterday at auction. Package after package, done up in the neatest style, with the manufacturers mark and store price upon them, were opened and found lo be mere straw. They had been packed upon his shelves, leading the public to suppose he had a large stock, by which means he got extensive credit, He was a deliberate villain, and rather a cunning one too