Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 49, Madison, Jefferson County, 15 November 1817 — Page 3

MADISON,

ember 1 5, 1817,

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sequence of our having

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sh our readers wim any

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Lls fur sale.

the consolation ot aesponjufHELORS, we copy

he Commentator, a paper

atFranktort, &y. me 101-

adVertisement. For Sale. UNCOMMON LIKELY, aCred about fifteen or six-

ears. Enquire of

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Indiana Register.

Lblish the following piece

h a sincere wish that tne

bers of the legislature may

the subiect ot rcvisai or

laws into consideration at commencement of their

it session ; but we presume v will not be under the ne-

Wtvnf prttinir men who are-

of their body as suggested I v-v

Lornplantcr ; we are 01 iw

that as wise men as rnose mentions, will be found onsr the centlemen who

repose the general assembly.

Wamans I am in hopes now It

he general election is over, may again appear without t s - m

in? the risk or being accused

ictioneering. Since my last

c spent some time in exam-

t and enquiring into the real

Kion ot the laws ot our state ;

pien 1 look over my corn-

DDseivmg tne weeds nigner the corn, I think I have rather too much of my in that way, however, be

asitmavin oursuin mv en-

1 i o cs, I have been getting more

more comirmecun tne ociier

the laws of no state in the

n could possibly be in as bad nation as ours, and that the tr such confusion is suffered emain, the more difficult it be for future legislatures to Wish a good system. In ort( promote the views of those avor of having a system of ;sudiasniay be understood, Jt by the people at large, at ty the lawyers and judges, I Id recommend that the rolng petition or a similar one, h might -be couched in more update language by some of awyers, be circulated and :d by all the friends to their y, to wit: e honorable, the general as'mbly of the state of Indiana. s petition of sundry inhabitfiuid state, humbly shewivour petitioners in com-

sxm with the rest of the fnTiabiN ants of our state, feel generally concerned at the wretched and confused state of our state laws ; many of them being susceptible of different constructions, some of them bein g absurd in themselves, not being in the power of the magistrates to have them executed, and of course being rcgarded merely as dead letters, and some of them incompatible with the principles of our invaluable constitution, and derogatory to the principles of freemen ; that were the statute laws of our state even the wisest in the world, her citizens could receive only a partial benefit therefrom, being divivided into nine different and distinct volumes, besides the constitution, each of them containing laws or parts of laws, repealing, amending, abrogating, reviewing or referring to other laws or sections of laws contained in others, and that the first edition of several of those volumes having been exhausted for a number or years, it is impossible for a great many of the justices of the peace and other ollicers in the state to procure them withou: hiving them . printed on their own. expenses ; that the late governor of Indiana territory was sensible of thex evils under which we then labored, & that since he recommended to the territorial legislature the revisal of the laws, the necessity of a revision instead of diminishing has increased ten fold. Therefore considering the deplorable situation in which our country may be placed by a longer delay to apply the necessary remedy to the evils under which we labor, and wishing that the peace and prosperity ot our state may be promoted, we your humble petitioners pray your honorable body to take the subject into consideration, and to pass no law at - your next session, except such as arc absolutely necessary to explain, amend or carry into effect some of the laws passed at the last sessionto appoint a committee to, revise the whole of the statute laws now in force, and adjourn to meet again in the spring to receive the report of the committee, and act thereon. And as it has been reported, that the reason why a committee was not appointed 'for that purpose at the last session of your honorable body, was ' because there were not enough men possessing talents to perform the task," we beg leave to recommend to your honorable body, that should you labor under the same difficulty not to abandon an object, the attainment of which is so much desired, by we believe a majority of the people, but particularly by your petitioners, but that you will appoint some of the best and wisest men in our state to eflect the purpose though they should not be members of your honorable body, whose integrity and patriotism has been tried, such as a Holman, a Parke, and a Scott, who from their known love and devotedness to their country, we hope would not withhold their services and as in duty bound, we will ever pra y. CORN PL INTER. Whiit!'Onk-RiJ$et SefU 22

NEW K J. I NO,

$R)C7SSEL$,Juty Yesterday Mr. Gallatin, arm bassador to the court of France, and Mr, Eustis, minister to the

Low Countries presented their Jf AVE just received from Phila, credentials as Envoys Extraor- delphia, and are now opening in d.nary and Ministers Plenipot.cn- the room formerly occupied by tiary from the United States of Dr. f: Howes as a shop, and oppo, America, charged to arrange, de- site D. M'Clure & Co. hmtively, the commercial rela-

tions between the two nations, bt conclude a treaty to that eflect. Their excellencies afterwards had the honor of dining with his. Majesty at the palace of Iacken.

A HANDSOMV. AND QENERA

ASSORTMENT OF Seasonable Goods. Consisting of Dry Goods Groceries , ' Hardware Cutlery China Liverpool, & Dclph wares Window Glass, &c. &ev

A remarkable circumstance happened on the 30th ult. on the Genessec river, about ten miles above this place. A part- of the land upon the north bank has fallen into and across the river so as completely to change thecourse of the stream, which was at thi

place about 80 yards wide. The ALL of which they will sell very land on the south side of the riv- lowforCSH, beins purchased er was level for some distance; on at. tlic most recjuceci prices for the north there arose a very steep casV b? . ' nS- They Pe :

and high hill, commencing about mos wisning o purcnase wiw twenty or thirty feet from the ve thcm they flatter edge of the bank. Along the in- themselves they will render gentei mediate space a road passed, eral satisfaction, the level of which was not npee Madison, Nov. i .e. than six or eight feet above that " " of the water. In the afecrnoon of Invent, ry of Clothes, &c. FOUND

the day above mentioned, about half an acre of the bank fell into the river. About half past ten o'clock at night the people in the neighborhood were -suddenly alarrued by a tremendous noise from the hill, accompanied by the jarring of ihe houses. Upon going immediately out they discovered hu;:e masses of the mountain

tumbling from above into the l?S ffncc WIn on river: ami HWrK. the blank pages thereof ;

a great height. About .5 acres tli Fmley s bible bought in Bel ot the surface imposed to have fast' Nv.3ist, i8ic, fallen. The cavity left in the hill M 3 hltc c?vats l f d N. K is of a circular form, the back Nos. ; 9 and i2 vvith blu, Mlk part of which presents a orecinice whllc ditto ma, ked U K

... rvn 1

Qn the Bank of the Ohio,

above Milton, Ky. 1 Seal skin Trunk of a moderate size. 1 black leather trunk or portmantay lined with blue striped bed ticking, both trunks have been broken open. 1 pocket bible, with the follow-

one of

nearly perpendicular of about 150 feet in height. Several trees which stood on the side of the mountain yet remain in an erect posture having been carried down in that position on masses of the earth; the tops of others are buried in the ruins, while their roots are raised into the air. The currant of the river being completely obstructed, it has risen above the opposite bank, and is now forming a new channel for a considerable distance. Gen. Farmer.

N 0 T 1 C E.

I white ditto marked M.

No. I, with white thread. 1 white square handke marked C. F. with blue silk. 1 pair of fine white cotton stockings, marked N. F. No. 6 1 pair of white ribbed ditto, marked N. on one and F. on the other. 1 letter written from Baltimore by Catharine Donaghey directed to Mr. Naphn. Finley, New-Jersey, in care of Mr. Robert Steel, New-York. An account book, with the followinglowing items in it ; July 1st 1814 Naphtali Finley began to work for John Carey, Jr." "June 1st. 1816 - Naphtali Finley began to work for Samuel K. Finley." - Brought in by JOHN KIKENDALL.

The foregoing described arti

HAVING disposed of my printing establishment, makes it necessary that those who are arrears should settle by paying the cash, or crivimr their notes. All per

sons having any demands against cles are now in my possession,

me are requested to call for settle- will be delivered to any person ment. proving them and paying the I expect to be absent from. charges. - It is supposed that the Madison until about the 27th owner of the has been murder-

will receive an ed

JOHN KIKENDALL.

inst. Mr. .Lodge

monies due me that may be offer-

ed and give receipts for the same. SAMUEL PELHAM. GAMUTS, For Sale at this Office.

Nov. 15, 1817. 49 3 w Printers are requested to give the above one or two insertions in their respective papers, & they shall have the thanks of JOHN KIKJENDALL