Indiana Republican, Volume 4, Number 193, Madison, Jefferson County, 7 September 1820 — Page 1

"WHKRB LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE 13 MV COUNTRY.',' 4 OL. IV. MADISON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1820. F No. 193.

PUBLISHED BY LODGE ? ARION, EVF.RY THURSDAY.

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Bank of Maryland ditto? Union bank ot Baltimore Mechanics bank Merchants bank of Baltimore, Franklin bank of Commercial & Farmers do. Farmers & Mechanics do. Bank of Colum. Dist. of Col. Union bank of Georgetown do. Farmers & Mechanics bank ,, Patriotic do. of Washington Bank of p$shington Bank oft he Metropolis Union Banlc of Alexandria Bank of Alexandria, Bank of Potomack, Farmers bank of f' New York bank - New "fork, Manhattan Company ditto

Mechanics Ban Merchants Bank Union Bank of Bank of America Farmers and Mechanics bank Bank of Chillicothe, Bank of Illinois at Shawnee town, Bank of Missouri St. Louis, Bank of Orleans, Orleans, Bank of Louisiana, Union bank of S. Carolina, State bank of S. Carolina xnd branches, Except ncte3 of a less denomination than five dollars. (corrected weekly.) com mdnhcated; Messrs Editors, My communication to Kusticus had hardly reached the press before I repented it. Principally because I siw ic would lead to a petty "war of words," in which I never had much ambition to excel. I had forgotten the instruction of my favorite author, 'Be ware of entering to a quarrel Bat I sKill endeavor to keep in mind whit follows, Being m Bear't, that the oppjcr May be ware of thee." Intervening circumstances prevented me from seeing the late communication of liu.sticus, until very lately. On looking over it, however, 1 see nothing worthy a serious reply, excepting the conclusion, i should not, even, notice that, were I the only person concerned. Rusticus saysthat Min clearing Iw. ney of barbarism, I have proven htm guilty ot plagiarism. Mark how he skulks and vibrato I He first thought it outrageous to compare the tomb of Washington to a whetstone. But hearing that Shake pea-e had made use of a singular figure l.e began to doubt the correctness of his own taste and judgment. He began to doubt that taste that has stood for years a loucly monument on the banks of the Mucattetuck, the wonder and the standard of the surrounding neighborhood!!! Finding itstoundation attackcd, it was natural to seek means to prevent it fall; to avert (he "nighty ruin' An active inven. tion unchecked by principle, soon found plausible props to support the towering wonder. What were Onesc props ? False, hood and 'the accusation of others am too ignorant, thinks R'usticus to himclf, to assert positively that Shakespeare did never use the figure alluded to. 1 will therefore, to save my own credit, ilily insinuate it. But least this should not do, why, I will zztuzc Downey of .plagUr.

ism and screen my own ignorance tinder his guilt. But all this will not do; it will not serve the purpose of Rusticus. It does not follow that one is guilty of plagiarism because he hap. fcns to think of a similar phrase or figure to that used by an author beTore him, Romeo says Ton window in the east ""And Juliet is the sun." Now according to Rusticus all those who have compared their mistresses to the sun, subsequent to the publication of the play alluded to, would be guilty ot plagiarism. There is nothing more common amongst the ancient poets than to compare the eyes ot a favorite lady to star?, her temples to ivory, her cheeks to rosesi her Hps to cherries, her neck to allabaster and her breads to mountains or little hills of snow. Bat if any in modern time should happen to strike on any ot these comparisons, in dilating on the beauty of their favorite girl, why according to Rusticus he would be a plagiarist. The truth is that one can hardly say or think any thing that lias not been said or thought before. Indeed wc may safely apply the gcn?ral remark of the oriental sage to literary matters. All that is has been and all that has been shall be. 'There is nothing new under the sun. Now, to be brief I would advise Rusticus, it he is determined in spite of all natural and artificial restraints, to he a critic; to confine himself to grammar only, and not to meddle with rhetoric. In the first he may do something as ir requires but little exercise of intellectual powers; depending principally on the hackneyed memory. B it let him beware of rhetoric for to excel there requires the brilliant blare of fancy united to the luminous steady light of reason and judgment. I would advise him never to draw Iiis dissecting knife on a trope, figure, metaphor, allegory or comparison, whilst he can find a verb, noun, pronoun, adverb, preposition, conjunction or interjection to lay on the altar. If Rusticus will not take my advtce, I pray you tell him to think of the face of Lasop's frog, whose zmbition to swell into the dimensions of ox prov. :d fatal. In haste. QUANTUM MERIAS. OHIO CANAL. From conversation with several distinguished ?.nd etcrprising gentlemen of the west, wc arc inclined to bc'ieve that a longtime will not elapse before a SECONT) GREAT WESTEAlN C ANAL from lake Eric to the Ohio river, will be made. The immense advantages ot the work are easily estimated. It would, in connexion with the great Western Canal of this state, give a safe, cheap, and easy conveyance of all the products of the western country, above the falls of Louisville, to the great market of New York, which from its local position, its capital, and its enterprise, must always be the greatest emporium ot trade and exchange on the western continent. To the state ot New York, the Ohio canal would be of great utility. Our salt, with vthkh wc could supply a great

portion of the United States, would pass into the western -states, at a cheap rate, and find a ready sale. Our gypsum would also become an important article of internal trade and greatly promote the agricultural interests of the country. The bodies of coal and iron ore, which are found in the west, would very soon become articles of great consideration. In tliis grand work, second to none of the age, if we omit the Grand Western Canal, it is to be hoped that lioeral and high minded people of our sister states, feel a deep interest. Ohio, if she is united in her feelings and opinions, is able to commence and finish this canal. Her resources, even now, are abundantly adequate. She has people, enterprise, industry, Si credit. The whole work would be within herselfnot a cent of capital carried beyond her borders, and all the expenditures, for an undertaking that will hereafter render her rich, flourishing, and powerful, be made to her own citizens. The result of the work would be an aggregate and universal benefit, and it is impossible in the nature of things, that the people of any section of Ohio can be opposed to it. We can only say, that we ardently hope that our sister Ohiw will look at the example ot New York, and nobly go forward in the magnificent improvement, which she has had the discernment to bring before the eyes of the nation. aV. 7. States nan. Frsn the Kentucky Gazette, DOMELIC M KUFAC. TURKS. It afford us very great pleasure to be enabled to announce the occurrence of an event which will promote the prospetity ot this qunter of the western country in a very eminent degree. The extensive and finely constructed WOOLLEN FACTORY, elected here by the Messrs. Premiss', and now the property ot Colonel James Johnson, h is been leased tor a s'.iies tf yczrs, to Join? Your.o, h Co. distiiiguis'aed and wealthy manufacturers from Leeds, in England. 'Vheir experience nnd capacity to carry ?r. this kind ot buiijcss arc well ascertained, and cannot be questioned t:i any shape whatever. 1 he establishmeirt will be put im j operation earlv in the ensuing year, and will be conducted under the imnv.'diate superiutendance of the Icces. Encouragement to Home Industry of this description will eventually rescue the; ditfeient towns from their dv -cay ing appearance, and aro;sc the people trom that misc.ab ireriia into whklithe pecMnUry embarrassments of tb'o state have thrown them. The Cotton Factory built by Mr. Lewis Sanders has been in successful operation for viuie time, under the auspices of an energetic company of gentlemen residing in this place. That, and Mr. TToungt woollen factory, are the largest establishments tor the manufacture of cloths and yarns west of the Allegany mountains. We congratulate the people of Lexington and the county of Fayette cu the great adranuges thuj

- presented to their immediate iu

teresu ana we earnestly hopthat farmers generally will tunii their attention to the increas ? and improvement of theirflock ; of sheep, so as to be enabled furnish for consumption an ample supply of the best kind of wool. It is contemplated that the immediate manufactured articles turned cut of the fictory, will be ot the -coarsen kind 0 cloths, on account of their being in the greatest demandOf necessity, therefore, the common and coarser staple ot wool will be much wanted, ant? to a large amount, during the: next sheering of fleeces. The . long wool, for the manufacture z of blankets will be particular? .ys desirable. Agricultural gent) .emen will not, we are confide! it loose sight of the importance of yieldiug this articte for whi ch we are assured, cash wili be paid on delivery. Philadelphia August 8There are now in circu'ia' :inn counterfeit bank notes ot thci denomination of five do 1.., of the bank of the U. .S t neii with the signatures of TVui,, Jones, President and Jonathan 1 Smith, Cashier, in imitation, ot Fanner, Kearney, Go's, plate; aKo, five dollar notes off the bank ot Pennsylvania, sign -ed Jos. P. Norris, President, Llihu Chauncey, Cashier, ro imitation of the plate of Murra) j9 Unperfc Co. They are tolc rably well executed. Since writing the above, we have seen the halves of sevt -ra! notes of 100 dollars, purport ing to be issued by the ' Bank. of. Pennsylvania, bigned by J. P. Norris, President, and KlihJ 'Chauncey, CahJer, copiec I from Murrry. Fainnan jnd CoV. plate They were received this morning as a reuiittanr e ftota Mashvil! . FROM SOUTH AT IERICA. Extract of a letter fj tbe Editor cf the Charleston city Gametic dated " "St. Thomas, 'July 11. "On the 4U1 infft. ihV commit loners arrived heic, (St. Thomas) in an American brig, appointed by the Cabildo of Caracas, to pror eed to Angostura, to treat witrtl the: Independent tfovcrwmtnt at t,ut place their names are, brig. gen. Cires, native t)f ftueos Ayres, who crjmeout wuh Moriiio's expedition in 1 3r5 Don Joseph Do. tmngo D'j-ute and Don Man uel P-scrra.assecretary. Duarte native of Guatemala; and Ejcrra, of Caraccas. They riJ sail immediately for tfce Or.onoco., in the aforementioned brig. 1 hey state that their instructions emanate from the provisional junta of Spain, and forwarded by the latter to the Cabildo of Caraccas. They likewise assert, that they are authorised to give the title of "Altcza Sercnisima; that is, of "Most Serene Highness," to the congress. That Bolivar shall remain general in thiet of the armies, and all his olliccr; retain the came rank they now hold that America shall be entitled to an equal number of representatives in the Cortes, as Spain, (the constituuon notwithstanding) that is, if the Cortes be composed of i Co members, America will rxaU

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