Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 24, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 19 June 1830 — Page 2

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Company hereby incorporated, to cu', make, and construct the said canal, with good and sufficient locks, on the most improved plan for expedition in the use thereof, and with a wid'h of not le3 than forty feit at the surface of the vuter therein, or of twenty-eight feet at the bottom thereof, unless the quality of the soil 6hII require a narrow base, to admit of a sufficient slope to presgrve the banks from sliding down, and sufficient to ad ' mit, at all seasons, the navigation of boats and rafts with a depth of not less than four feet water, at the least; and whenever wastes shall be essential to the security of the said cana,and in no Other situation whatever, along the

same the waste water of the said canal may be, from time to time, sold or disposed of by the said Company, for the purpose of supplying such works and machinery as require a water power; along one side at last,of the said canal, and such aqueducts as it may render necessary, there ahall be provided, throughout its whole extent, a towing path of sufficient breadth to apply the power of horses to the navigation thereof. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted,

x hai the stock of the said company shall be considered as personal estate, and shall only be transferable by the owners thpreof, in person or bv proxy, on tne books of the company: Provided That no transfer shall be made, except for one or more whole shares, and not for part of feuch share or shares, and that no share or shares shall at any time be sold, conveyed, or held in trust, for the use and bem fit, or in the name of another, whereby the said President and Director, or the 6tot krolders of the said company, or an) of them, shall or may be challenged, or made to answer concerning any sikIi trust; but that every person appearing, as afore

said, to be a stockholder, shall, as to the others of the said company, be, to every intent, takt n absolutely as such; but as between any trustee, and the person for whose benefii any trust shall be created, the common remedy may be pursued. Sec. 16. And be it farther enacted, That, if the capital aforesaid shall prove insufficient, it shall and may be lawful for the said company , from time to time, to increase the said capital, by the addition of so many whole shares as shall be judged necessary by the said etockholders, or a majority of them,

present at any general meeting of the said company; and the said President and Directors, or a majority of them, ere hereby empowered and required, after giving at least two months' previous notice thereof in such newspapers as they may think proper, to open books at such places they shall think proper, for receiving such additional subscription?, in which the stockholders of the said company, for the time being, shall, and are, hereby, declared to have the preference cf all others, for the fi i si thirty days after the said books shall be opened, as aforesaid, of taking and sub eeribii'g for 60 many whole chares as any of them shall choose; and the said President and Directors are hereby requested to observe, in all other respect, the same iu!es therein, as are by thiact prer ribed for receiving and adjusting the first subscriptions, and in like manner to return, ui'der the hands of any three or m re ot them, an exact list of such additional subscriptions, wi'.h the-urn3 suhcrihed, to the Secretary cl the Trea-ury of the Untied Slates, to be by him preserved, as aforesaid; and all stockholders of such additional

shares shall, and are hereby declared to be, from thenceforward, incorporated into the said company. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, T' t, whenever it shall become necessary to subject the lands of any individuals to the purposes provided for in this

act. and their consent cannot be obtained, it shall and may be lawful for the company to enter upon such land, and proceed to the execution of such works as may be requisite; and that the pendency of any proceedings in any ui', in the nature of n writ of ad quod damnum, or any other proceedings bhall not hinder ordelay the progress of the wckj and it shall be duty of every Court to give precedence to controversies which may arise between the com

pany created by this act, and the proprietors of land sought to be condemned for public uses, and to determine them in preference to all other causes. Sec. 13. And be. it further enacted, That the Common Council of the town of A! x mdria be, and they are hereby, authorized to subscribe for the capital stock of the said Company, on behalf of the Corporation of the said town, and to borrow money for tlw; payment thereof, and to raise by taxes, to be imposed on the inhabitants of the said town, and the property therein, such sums and shall be necessary for the payment of puch subscriptions or loans. . A. Stevenson, Speaker of the House cf Representatives. J C. Calhoun, Vice President 'fthe United Stales and Present if Ike Striate. Approved, ,l;,v 2ti, is.if). ANDREW JACKSON.

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COMMUMCA TIOKS.

Laurenccburgh, June 9, 1830. TO COL. JOHN SPENCER. Sir: Having discovered that you are charging me with treating you unfairly, on the subject of the ensuing election, and that y ou are making thoe charges to my customers in a manner calculated to injure tny business; I am induced respectfully to adddress you, in a friendly manner, through the medium of the press. If. sir, 1 commit an error in voting for captain Weaver, I do it for the following reasons: That he is equally qualified with y ourself; that he is a respectable citizen, of long

residence in our county; that services, voluntarily rendered his country during the late war, entitle him to the

gratitude of every patriot, who loves

his country & rejoices in the success of her arms. He was actively engaged on the frontier of our state, in repelling the savage foes fmn or infant settlements, as early as 1814; and his distinguished valour, displayed at the Upper Rapids, on the Mississippi, on the 22d day of July, of that year, merit the reward which is due to every man who nobly risks his life in the defence of his country. The expedition, ordered from St. Lous for the protection of prai rie du Chien, was attacked by a body

people, and have nol directly or indirectly traded in county orders, at less than their face, none of the fault of the depreciation of county paper is attributable to you. Bui, col., 1 have been informed by Tho's Palmer esq. treasurer of this county, that yon have uniformly paid the amount of the duplicate to him in county orders; and in the whole amount he has received into the treasury of von, he has not received one dollar in specie; I have also heard

John Godley, esq. say in the presence of several gentlemen of this place, that

contrary, if you can ro show by the books of D. Hagerman, esq. late treasurer and Thomas Palmer, esq., the present treasurer, that you have, for the last five years, kept a list of all the specie &c. you have received, and, on your oath, paid the same into the treasury ; I think y ou will readily admit that for every specie dollar received for county tax, you h;we made at least 25 cts., consequently the county treasury has lost the same amount Because to the next dollar they

wished to expend, they were compelled

he collected the taxes of Logan town- j to add 25 cts., in order to obtain a dol-

ship for you, perhaps last year, and that in collecting about 200 dollars, he collected and paid over to you barely about 4 or 5 dollars in county orders; all the remainder in good money. From the above, and several similar circumstances, it is evi

dent that a large proportion of the county revenue has been paid to you in specie. Now if the county revenue has been $1750 per annum for the last six years, the aggregate sum for that period would be ten thousand and five hundred dollars; and assuming the premises that only one half that amount,

(viz. $5,250) has been collected in specie, the benefit you have rcceived,say at only 25 per cent on the last amount, is one thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents. Now, sir, I do insist that for every dollar in specie you collect from the people for conn ty tax and pay in place thereof county aiders into the treasury, you benefit yourself 25 cts; and no rule of arithme tic can make it otherwise. Had the county revenue been collected by you and paid over to the treasury for the last six yean?, as directed by law, I am safe in hazarding the opinion, that there would have been no necessity for the

late board of justices increasing the people's taxes one third for county purposes, as they have done at their last sitting. The Jurors who are called from different parts of the county, and compelled to serve at 50 cts. per day, and those who are supporting paupers, for a ?:mli compensation, would each

in their turn receive the specie instead of ounty orders, as is now the case. I am told, sir, that ycu attempt to justify y ourself by saying y ou have done the county many favours; that y ou have paid the commissioners for locating the county seat in specie; and that you have paid for blank hooks in specrc. I do not doubt the fact, At. The commissioners would not take orders they were worth nothing to them, and they

must have been paid or the mill would have sloped; therefore I have no doubt you paid these small amounts out of the

lar's worth. You will further admit you have violated the law have violated the tiust so long confided to you by the people of this county, and will therefore allow me peaceably to vote for an other man. In the meantime, sir I subscribe myself very respectfully, your obedient servant,

schem?, and pressing If upon the consideration of congress. I,aat fall a state society was organized at Indianapolis, auxiliary to the American Colonization Society, and something- upwards of g60 collected ; and it is understood a still larger sum has been or will shortly be transmitted. Should not this county do ome thing ? Will our citizens feel willing to huva these things done and they not assist? It is Q thought not, and therefore the plan of taking up a collection to aid the society, en the ensuing anniversary of our independence, is respectfully suggested to the public.

Weaver having the command ol 44 men, repelled the attack and defended the boat under a deadly fire for three hours, when he was ordered to take a file of men &, relieve a boat which had grounded. He valiently, at the head of his little party, jumped into the Mis sssippi for that purpose, hut in vain they were overpowered ; and he only of the party returned alive. At the close of the war ho was handsomely complimented by col. Russcl,of the U. S.armv, and retired from the service justly entitled to the appellation of a

brave and distinguished oiheer. The above facts, sir, I have from unquestionable authority, and I think you will admit that they are of a character which entitles him to an equal share of public favour with yourself.

Col. you are y et young, and have been seven years successively collector

of this county; six years of which time you were al3o sheriff, by which offices, with some others, I am happy to say you have placed yourself in very easy, if not independent, circumstances. Further, that frequent changes and rotation in lucrative ofiices are essential to the well bein of .all republican governments,y ou will readily admit ;as you' have, in your candor and unritrhtness.

often urged them upon your conaitu- j first good money y ou received, as the

ents in former cases. law provided tor. Now, sir, you 'hold your offices by But, sir, would all that you have paid, virtue of Jaw and the duties y ou have wherenothinge!s would be received,on to perform are prescribed by la w ; 1 will, any termi, amount to as much specie as therefore, read to yau the three last you iiave received in one year? 1 sections of an act of the legislature of i think, cel., there is no kind ot machinethe state of Indiana, approved Jan. 31,! do Kood business seven 1824, which you will find in the revised ! years continually, with ut tne applicacode of 1824. nane 124. Thn 1 3th. i tion cf a little oil occasionally. You

14th, and 1 5th sections read as follows: say, also, that you have even sold your Sec. 13 if any collector of county lases, I fuiTiiture to Pay tllR .People's taxes, shell receive ny cuny order at less tlmn. ts Now, Co!., ij not this the fact that nominal value, or shall "dire.-tly or indirect ly about that time you discontinued keep pui v -ruse any such claim at less thn ita nnum i-- i " i i i i i -I value, hA:I .c subject to prentr.unt or PUbl, hUSe' t,,at J1 llnd U h'llld

indictmtiit in any coum .'i cowpftpm iurisdic J a ,:"ge amount ci surplus iurniture,

tion, and fvi'd tor every such culmce, m any sum not i-ic. eding five hundred dollars. Sec. 14 No county coairuissancrr or person doing county business in ljtuof&uch commis SToatr or couivnissicnets, slull either directly or indirectly purchase cr receive in paynr-nt, ex change, or in any way whatever, any demand aamsi his county, or any county order for a cUim allowed by the board of county commis sioners, at any time daring the period for which he imy be elected, for a leso amount than that expressed upon the face cf such demand or order against the county. Sec. 15 Every commissioner in oflicp at the term cf the county commissioners court, next to be holden after the publication of this act, 6hall btfore the commencement of the session thke an additional oath of office, not to

violate the provisions of the next preceding section of this act, arxl every county commis sioner hereafter to be elected shall take the oth aforesaid, before entering upon the duties of his said i fii.e. This act was found insufficient to prevent collectors from speculating on county orders, and the legislature, in its wisdom, in 1825, passed the follow

ing act which I will give you entire: An Act, amending the Act 'establishing a County Treasurer' Approved, Jar.ury 31, 1824. Approved February 1825. lis it enacted he , That ea; h and everv col

lector of county taxes shall pay into the county treasury, such funds as he shall receive in payraent of said taxes at (he time prescribed by 1hv; the collector shall rmke out, and deliver to the county treasurer, a lisrt faring the numbt r and mnunt of county orders, and also the amount of ppece, b rk notes that are at par, or treasury p; per which he may or shall have received inpayment of said Uxes, the truth of which list shut be attested by the affidavit cf the collector, to be t.ktn before any officer authorized ty law to admir ister an oath. These acts of the legislature are ea

sy to understand, and every officer concerned ought rigedly to adhere fo them. You are aware, sir, that the finances of this county have heen in a veryderanged state for several year?, ard that the orders issued by the commis sioners have ranged in value for the last ten years at a discount of from 25 to 50 percent. Yet if you have complied with the foregoing laws, and have rendered, under oath, an account of all the specie you have collected of the

FELLOV.ClTIZETS OF DEARBORN" COUNTY. Through the instrumentality of ''Mast To ikrs,'' my name has again appeared before you as a candidate to represent you in the next general assembly of this state; I, therefore, consider it a duty incumbent on me, to improve the first opportunity to inform you, that I cannot (consistently with my own feelings) con sent to stand a poll the present year. There are many considerations which have led me thus early to decline. The following are the must important : First. The local interest or division of the county into wlut is denominated ''the upper u.i. I Ir.ivor rH nnrl at nrpspnt. it SPrn Mo.pn.

tial to a sure election, that the personal inter- I &nI3, diptii

est of a candidate should be identified in one oi these divisions. But I am of opinion that it matters not where the interest or residence of a candidate may br, and if elected cuht to re present the WHOLE county; hence I do not wi&h to stand a poll until this local question shall "perish with the using,-' nor unu 1 shall r-e looked cpo:i as a candidate to represent the whole county, and tliall have obtained reasonable assurances that I will be supported by ev ry part of the county; and alti.o1 I might now be elected, I have uo f;ood reason to believe hat I vv"iild thus be looked WMm audthua imported the preurnt year. Second. The political Imerett or division of ;he county. It Jieeur. c-.ually necessary to know whether a candidate n oris not friendly to our favorite for the presidf ncy. Now I think

tlut this h3 nothing to do with a faithful ic presentalive ; nor do 1 think he 13 any better qua I died for beinjf the warm supporter of en. J itkson, nor the Iff. i so fur hem; the friend of Mr. Adams or Mr. C'hy Thcae are but mttrs of opinion: and surely the riht of private si nt intent ought to be denied to none. "Think and let thii.k" ought to be the motto cf every Am rican. The idea of beinrjf elected on any question, short of personal worth, ought to be treated with contempt. But at preaent the presidential question will no doubt be a fine hobby for many. Bit let the ufhrmative to the followir.g questions be the hobby on which I may ride into oflice, if at all : "Does he su3tain a pood scund neural charactei V ''Has he

ta!tnt3 to disc harge the dutit3 of his anticipa-

tea o'i'ce, wnn ?t an to uimseit and advantage to his constituents ! 5 ''Is he a man of integriiy, me in whom implicit confidence can be placed ?'' "Gaii he feel the obligation which the solemnities of an oath imposes?''' "".Vill he scrupulously adhere to it, without fear, aflection or favor?" In fine, "Is he a Republican?"

Yes, fellow citizens, 1 should look upon it as

From the African Repository. Fourth of July. Our Friends will please to recollect that the Fourth of July will, the present season, occur the Sabbath. No judicious means should be neglected of inviting the attention of the Clergy and the Churches univer sally to this fact, and of securing iheir

unrein io ujk measure ot taxing up Collections for the Colonization Society on that day. The good which would be effected by the universal adoption, among aM denominations, of this measuie, would be incalculable. And how appropriate to the occasion such a work of charity and mercy! H'e hope that all Editors friendly to the Society will bring this subject immediately and distincily before the public.

CLYCIMYATJ PRICES CURRE.YT corrected weekly.

ARTICLES.

Ashes, pot, ton, l'eirl ' Bees' wx IK

-Mould !t

Cajtings per ton Cigars, Amer. 1st qual 1CO0 Spanish Coffee best qual per lb Cotton per lb Coal, bushel, Corn, do. Meal do. Cotton Yarn, Nos. 5 to 10 lb tathera live ftets & ducks flaxseed bushel Flour sup. fresh from wagons LI Fine Ginseng per n Gunpowder Tesmtoa Ky kegIHiponCs , tlav, ton, Hemp per lb Hops, t. Lead pif and bar lb Leather sole, Intern Un lb do Cincinnati

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Molasses, New Orleans lUh, owen's 4d & lOd Juuiatta Pittsburgh common

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thus elected, ! Pittsburgh, bbl

tnan to succeed many times on a mere party . "it,1"iai' question. Now, if Tshould stand a noil at PvUions, Pork Mess

Dresent, I should be looked imon as a narti? Prime

and many nf my dissenting friends, whose con-

(ic, and that you 11. red to, anil did

cell that property for county orders, receiving at least 25 per cent more than it was worth in specie; by which means you drew out of circulation, and the people's hands, and placed in your own, a large amount of county orders, thereby putting it out of the power of the people to pay their taxes in county orders? Sir, whai was the result? were

not the people compelled to pay you

specie in place thereof, and did you not

pay oil the county revenue in these

same county orders, for which you sold property, instead of complying with

the riw of 1825, and on your oath,

paying into the treasury precisely the same kind cf money you received of the people? Then, sir, was not you the only man in the county who was benefitted bv that transaction? It is further said, in justification,' that major

LiOngley, and all your predecessors, have ddie the same. I say it is not the fact, as you will observe that the law was passed in 1825, ever since which time you have been the collector. Now, col., I do insist upon it that unless the collector can be induced to collect and pay over the revenue agreeable to that law, advocated by the members from this county, expressly to it lieve it of its embarrassments, ai,d to prevent the collector from speculating on the county funds, the day is not far distant when the people will be com- j pelled to pay enormous faxes for the purpose of getting the county out of!

debt. J hen, sir, to conclude: in making these statements I have exercised the privilege cf every citizen, to inquire into and fairly investigate the conduct of public otlicers. II I have been mi-informed, in consequence of which I have erred, you have only to call uj on Tho's Palmer, esq. the treasurer of this county, and get his certih cate, showing the fact rind I will cheeifully apologize. But, sir, on the

fidence and friendship, almost in an unlimited

sense, 1 have with heart telt delight enjoyed for many years, would look upon me as prosti-'uting-my clerical influence in support of myself und a csuse (Kit congenial with their fetlirgs. I should indeed look upon it as a poor haigain to pure base oiice ht soji eat a sscri lire. J hive, however, no po! oKy to niske lor being1 the frknd and supporter of fen. Jackson, and ask none foio those who differ with me in this respect, 'quality of rights is Nature's plan.' Third. If I were to stml a poll, while so mu ll party fteli; and sniinoMty prevail, it would, no doubt, r.ide up iav vmv, or at least

prevent me frota do'ng much irood as 8n embassaclnr of the Crobs to mtny prishin sianers; than which no rejection could be more painful to me. No, fellow citizens, 1 had rather enjoy your wonted friendship, tud the honor which I have received from you, und the confidence which you have reposed is me a ninister, and the heart-felt delight which 1 have often felt while addressing-you in the name of he divine nVinjr, than the highest gift of the people upon party principles, Surae have 5aid that it was a disgrace for a man of my political opinions ever to enter the sacred rostrum.

Be that as it may, I have ntver expressed such a sentiment in reference to my dissenting brethren it weru crurl to do so. F urth. I arn just on the eve of goir to the East, on a visit to my parents and friends, consequently shall not he here until S"rue time after the election These, I hope, will be sufficient reasons to satisfy 'Many Voters,' (to whom 1 feci much indebted for forwarding my

name,) and my fellow-citizens generally, ot the

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TAKEN UP y STEPHEN BRUCE, of Laughery toivnsbip, one GRAY HORSEanil tve, the under-

being called upon to

signed,

rs,-r appraise the said horse, find him to ba a gray horse, about 12 years old ami has a scar on the lefl side of his back, and a scnal! black f pet on the right side of his back; no other nsrks or brands perceivable

j ftbout sixteen hands high. A ppraised to nine

for their suilVages, to represent thca in the I d1.,,8" ,G'Ve" "nder our haDl3s and Sab,

next general assembly. 1 have the honor to remain Your fellow-citien, devoted Friend, and humble servant. ALFRED J. COTTON.

THU FOURTH OF JULY Is now approaching, and the question how it

shall be celebrated, is beginning to be agitated. The ensuinir anniversary will come on the Sab-

bath; which circumstance will, it is hoped, give additional force to the request herewith sent for publication, mads by the American Colonization Soeiety. The practice of taking up collections for the benefit of this society, on the 4th of July, has increased very much of late yeara, and bids fair to become universal, wherever the blessings conferred by the event of that day are experienced Io what more appropriate manner can the birth day of freedom be employed, than in extending its benefits to our fellow men? Much to be desired is tlvtt period when no citizen of this country will feel that he haa done his duy to the memory cf those who periled their lives in the revolutionary cust, unless on every 4th of July he casts' in his mite to remove the dark stain of slavery that disgraces our country. Indiana has recently engaged in this matter. Two successive legislatures have passed re solutions highly approving the colcn'uatbn

this 20th day of Miy, 1330.

MARK 1VALSER, WILLIAM A. KERR. State oj Indiana, Dearborn county. I do certify that the above is a true copy cfthe appraisement. Given under my baud and seal, this 22d day of May 1830.

WILLIAM FLAKE, J. P.

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Monthly Almanac.

JUNE, 1830.

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Last q, IS New m 20

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The rising and setting of tbe Sun, 13 calculated fur Saturday in each week.