Indiana State Gazette, Volume 1, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1829 — Page 1

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,; of. I nit. In uudei the provisions , (,( Aenl aetsofC'ongrcsV. far the relief : ' o ik ha-a r , of public bin ds. and for , . ..Mii-Mi-lu.icr.t of ti e debt jlue to the bv the purchasers of puMic hands i the first d iy of July. lv.Mr. which j.i re'ofoir hi - it exposed to pub.'ic i! - r the pro is ions of the act of on- . p..-- d on the vMth lav 1 f Ann!. !

INDIAN APOIJSU.TIIUR8D AY, DECEMBER 10, 1829.

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and Ho; c of Representatives :

Xni m PC0'Ie' forLfo!':':'"J ltriotic .idil.on.lioi.

"cc, ninth has been eminent v disnlnved dr; n. ,

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i lie many I)IesinL's which h:vo l.,v.n ,i;,.i . '.i. .

ol Indiana, m common with thoc of her sister elates.

iii-iuiu us wuti a solemn sense o t ho rrmi .r :..:..r .

Poiim bihty thus enjoined uonus, to improve upon our numerous advantages; while we venerate the Power that bestows

...v.,,,...- iMoomy tonuuronon w Inch we e:.o bono fr

iai.(v ot I I ts ,mles and Civ,r. Healthful seasons, abundant ham-Is .with peace, general prosperity, and a: prowiiiL' moralH, are the displays ot his goodness: whirl. vl,;i n..r .1

nmnd our mutual, ferveiit gratuhition, and grateful le'monihrance for the pa?t, serve to brighten our prospects of the future, and impose the duties of activity and diligence, as the Mtit-t means 0! being enable,!, undcr'the divine bh-sing, to realize its tonde-t anticipations. &' The unabated

. v ui.j,.,.iiuii, . un.11 Mm eonunuei to II ns into the ,tate, and to spread itself throimhout the limiN ol our temtory, atlbrds the surest indication of our rapid apPJOViril.'ltioM in f!lf I.I.rt. .-..l- ll... i.j .t t t .

i ; v" iii,u i.uiA .uiiuni me Mates 01 tne union, to which ve must be irresistibly conducted, bv our own fixed and commanding condition and advantages. Other and not less important indications of this approaching result are witnessed in the abundant productions of a late uncultivated but fertile s il, recently visited by the plough and the sickle; in the improvement of natural facilities of conveyance, and the projection and progress of artificial ones; and in the increasing wealth, enterprise, intelligence, temperance and morality of .1... 1 1 -I. ' . . 1 . .j

ine general ana rapidly accumulating mass ot our population. 'f'l A A 1 .l ...1 V

state I. a justly , witlimtlic pnt twoor three years,arresled more of the attention, and elicited more of the admiration oftlije American inhabitants w ho have resolved upon a change of domi i'-, than' any in the Union. For months pa-t,w ebave daily seen from twenty to fitly wagon-;, containing families. moving through tins single metropolis; most of w hoin have lived their abodesln Jhe'A hite River country,and inthat borderinguponthe U'abash. 'Jo ,Mippose, that there were six families to have daily gone through this place, on an average, for the whole year, and that not more tlian a fifth of the whole which the entire state receive.

.Vike this route making our daily am:reLrate increre, thirty

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t.he supposition, that each himily amount- to -ix in number,nnd out diurnal increase would be one hundred and eighty; which

rnu It.'phed hy the day s ot the year, make altogether, sixty-five

thou-.iP"i seven hundred souls. J o this, too, may be added.

at least hc thou-amf for the natural increase, bv births more

than deatle giving us at this time, upon this hypothesis.

about sever..')' thousand additional per annum. This is but

conjecture. iuf may we not, with mathematical (ci taint, take three foun'hs ot this computation for the minimum of our

real increase? l-ould we hut be permitted by any honorable

means, to make the complete increase of another full vear a

part of the next fei.'eral cen-us to be taken during the ensuing

season, by a procrastination of the service, until late in the fall, our complete return would then, iikelv, be four hundred thou

sand; which, under an apportionment bill, fixing the ratio at

fifty thoii-and. would swell our congressional delegation from

tftrtc tofe, in ten years time. So great an influx from abroad.

in c onnexion w ith the natural ir.crcase at home, of human intelligences, so suddenly incorporated into the community, whose intere sts the statesman has in charge many of whom are just

riing to manhood whilst others are possessed with their ri

per judgment-, formed by their earlier education and first and

most indelible impressions impose upon those in power, a

trembling responsibility, m the wise application of law to the varied condition and multifarious circumstances of all, upon the broad basis of general eejuality; and reconciling at the vime time, the demands of public policy with individual rights. The tak, so very often exacted from the law-giving authority, in a new state like ours, w ith a people of such a variety of un-

empiomisod opinion', entertaining as many dilFercnt view s of

cocial regulation, as there are countries or states from which they sprung to give entire satisfaction to all, is an undertaking, under prospects of success, but a little more cheering than tho-e which have hitherto illumined the path of the bold and indefatigable projector of perpetual motion. But though such discouraging obstacles rise up before: the Legislator, in the midst of hi-noble-t exertions for the honor and interest of his country; it i- not his duty, for this cause, to re lax his diligence and etlbrts, in devoting his daw to the public se:rvico; still

aiding the great cause of successful experiment,'' w ith all the available means at bis control, rnentnl, physical, or pecuniary, and b avingthe re-ult to the indulgence ar.d charily of his fellow-citizens.

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.U it the san.? firms ami places, there . .', In' exposed to yublic sab-, all lauds : ' r credited in the second and third J. -.-TV, under the provisions of the aft of ('. 'uresis-, passed on tny second da of j'.nh.l-Jl.entitl d "Air Act for the relief -: the purchasers of public lands prior to : e hr.st d iy of July, lvJt);' and the acts ipplen.entarv thereto, passed on the UOth u y of A pul. ivaiid third Hy of March, r J'h wfu. ii hao reverted to the United 5v. -i rrrablv to the terms .'" such fnr-

' r .'redit, m ron'ejucnce of non -payment ..:.'i tin 1 ral period. V-.. a tie suae times and places. -. Aiii be exjw.sr-d to s i!e, ;di 'ami ii ha-.e n vtrtcd. or which, prior to ! v ..f snr h side mnjri Trt tolhe Ui.i.''l - .-. -. i m I. r l b1' j '. ! -ions of the sixth co. 1- '. a of t;,. fif.ii . ;ua f.f then t of Coji- -. t - te!;th -lay of May, en- - : n Aft to 'ini'-nd the act, entitled an

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. -', Hi ttie Ten !( a v Northwest of the d a:,oe the ni"Uth of the' Kentlie,:::d whii h hae not heretofore .' !.- d to oubhc sale, agreeably tf .Msn.as of the act of the t Ith day : !!. ! s--J(. ;tb)ve fpiot. (i. to wit ,.- ' !' hind 0:':'. e ;tt .1 r.i fKUsoNvn.ta:, - '' Mimifit' in Dt f( mix r v. .V !",. h.r.d ( Mlifeat Vi.ci:n.m. on the t . -iJey in Itn-tndur next. '. - '' to be kf .t ojiea for six days. MVKN under my hand, at the City of Wellington, this thirtieth day of.Septf ruber, A. I. l-'f. ANDREW JACKSON. . ' Pre-iden: : ill U .11 OR AH A.M. ( 'otii'iiissio!! r f-f the Genera I .and :rice. rrj- h;'s of the tracts to be sold under '- la mat ion, can be led on application .' : -j.t tie. e land otTie r

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...uwumtiuifj, transmuting large boehes of peop e from producers loconsumers-from the magical growth

o. c ues aim towns, and from the general abandonment, by the southern states, of the culture of productions better adapted to northern climes, for the more profitable pursuit of raising cotton, rice, sugar, and other tropical fruits.

STATK INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. I his subject, though more than once pressed upon the aticnuon ot tlic legislature, can never mw irb

must be Lie source of many of the blessings of civilized life, to secure its benefits, is a duty cnioined unor, fho T mrl.,.. Y..

the obhgat.ons of the social compact. It is the greatest auxiliary which belongs to human industry in lhc h-m.; ,rrt

. II,. J 'VWH.HIUH, iJiiunir .nice of her noblest functions, aiding all her operations with convenience, profit, and velocity, in transporting and diffusing the bulky labors ot her hand; thereby ministering to the wants, run! 'iiiir..,A.,i;., d, ..I -.!..

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pend upon an uniformity of the one, and a reciprocity of the "fhcr. I hey ever have maintained a proud pre eminence in the bosom of every well-wisher of his country. Indiana will he taught by experience to view the construction of useful improvements, as identical with the realization of her most

jume anticipations, in the attainment of pow er and happiness. Her navigable rivers and leading roads are objects worthy ef the most intense solicitude of the Legislature. Upon these objects, the bestowal of both treasure and attention, must be prompted, if from no other consideration than a regard for the

great larmmg interest of the country, whose hopes on this jectare eanial to their claims.

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MiHKKT. At rif) former period within the history of the stale, havcour yeomanry been more amply rewarded for the various productionof their soil ami labor, than in the year w hich is just e otning to a tloc. Like rommeice, agriculture has of late experienced her agreeable tluctuatiems. The prices which flow

er, corn, pork, beef, w hi-key, and other inferior articles of export, have commanded for the past season, are encouraging to our present respectable c lass of fanners, and inviting to those to become proprietors of soil, in this more favored region of the ''great we'-t,' who are situated in countries where jiaturc has been l-s prodigal of her gifts. The invasion, by Spain, of her old colonies, now the neighboring republic of Mexico the civil wars in South America the failure of crops in many parts of Europe, and the augmented armaments and preparations for Ku-iaii and Turkish warfare, hae not been without their influence in regulating the price of American bread stulK And the late successes whi( h attended the triumphant battalions of the invader, calculated to put a period to the w ar, by the fill of the empire of the Ottoman, or to produce a speedy pacification, or a still more general rupture, in connexion with Mexican and South American disturbances, will, in after time, either for good or for evil, tend to re gulate the pri :e of American staples. If, independent of the charms of the pastoral life, inducements were wanting for the iriTestment of capital and labor in agricultural employment, and to cause the farmer, first in the roll of his country, to adorn and venerate his own high post of honor, they are tobe found in the relative condition of the different and mutually dependent elates of industry. Agriculture, cn w hose operations depends the prosperity of all, will inevita-j

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j"pioromUi! , srplus ,cvcnue, which, but a fewyears hence, after the extinction of the national debt, will remain m the treasury of the Union for distribution and expenditure, and with an eye to the public lands or their proceed-, would not he considered, even at this early period, either premature or impolitic. The Precautionary ien of ,.r.. .,r;.w, i.

public mind for the most important public works, bv tlw;,.,r.

toat other means than those of the state, may be arceible will doubtless he duly appreciated by vour constituents, and will deservedly give ou a strong claim upon their increased good opinion of your wisdom, your valuable services, and your hdehty to the state. To you. best acquainted with the x iCw s of those whom ou have the honor to renro., nf :

lege it is, to bring forward and perfect thedetaii'of Mich a system, thi-subject is gravely submitted. In agreeing upon a general system of state improvement, to be ellectedat some future time, by the combined resources of the national and state governments, among the expected work of undoubted utility, which the topography cf uV state shall recommend toyoar notice with prominent plausibility, the following deserve to be ,10ted for their importance: "The construction of a rail-way from a southern point on the Ohio river, to the Wabash and Erie canal, hy tire way of the scat of government: ano.'her from Fort Wayne, through the White Water country to Law renceburg, (a Vanal having been reported impracticable;) and a clay turnpike road from the seat of government, running eastward, in a direct line for, the city of Cincinnati. When the Michigan and Ohio road -hall he permanenlly established, it will doubtless be expedient to intersect it at different points, w ith clay turnpike roads from various directions; as well a; to improve by turnpikin- or other means, the road from the Falls of the Ohio to it.ceniu s md

um loaus irom Indianapolis to the western, south-western, iiorthern,ai.d north-eastern, and western parts of the iate! Other improvements are expected to be pointed out by your sagacity. In the meantime, it will also be expected from the justice o the Legislature, that, if any portion of the three per cent, fund, beyond the one hundred thousand dollars already expended, should hereafter he appropriated on road?, an equitable proportion of the same will be laid out in making roads through the new comities, which have been organized since the passage of the act appropriating the one hundred thousand dollars, fhe improvement of our rivers and common roads, by the yeaily application of additional labor or money, is as essential to the health of the body politic, as is the free circulation of the blood from the heart, through the: whole arterial human system, to its vigor and Usofulncs. Whatever portion of exnnno ami I...

bor, is applied to these objects, is amply repaid by its own productiveness; but, should nrt exceed the limits of a judicious economy. In another place tl IIS COniniOliir.il ion tl.-il I I

, r 1 . ....n .....iv wan great confidence, to a change of service from the W, ,o n

ornrjtaai, a means of forwarding our most solid interests in this respect. NVTIOVU., NEW VORK, AND MISSISMcTI RAU.MVAY. The masterspirit of the age the genius of improvement as if with the design of increasing the astonishment of nations already watching the progress of the American states, with an admiration w hich even jealousy cannot smother, has, w ithin the last year, penciled to the public view, a project as gratid in its design as it w ould be glorious and useful in its execution. Nor does its magnificent conception obscure the sober conviction of its practicability. Nothing less is aimed at than the gigantic purpose of wedding the extremesof our vast country hy one of (he most approved method., of conveyance, which, for celerity, case, and cheapness cf inter-communication, stands foremost en the list of modern inventions of the kind. 'The proposed rail way, has for its object, not only the connection of the great cities on the borders' of the Atlantic, with the magnificent lakes and rivers of the west, by a channel available at all seasons of the year, but also the dcvclopcmcnt of the latent wealth and resemrcess of large and valuable tracts' of rcunfry, comprising the border counties of New York, New .lerseyand Pennsylvania, and extending along the more remote portions of the route, w hich are not now traversed, by any of the great w eu k?,w Inch have been conslrucled,or are in progress under the patronage of the several states. It aflord happy facilities for accomplishing these grealobjects, in a manner that will best subserve Iheintercstoftbe whole-community ; and by connecting the great canals and rivers of New York, "Pennsylvania, Ohio'and Indiana, at different point, will afford important collateral aid tolhe plans of internal improvement which have been adopted in these states."' The friends of this work, anticipate by it, a connection between the city of New Yoik and the Mississippi, a distance of nine hundred and ninety-three miles. Its course will be through six of the states of (his union and pointing to the seventh. "The whole exter.r.of tie? propos-d nil wav.

could be constructed for a sum, little, if at all, exceeding that which the state of New York has expended on its justly celebra-' ted canals; and its cost would be trilling in comparison with its benefits, or even to the increased value, which it would give to the lands which border on the route. It would when completed, be far more beneficial in its effects on the intervening country, and on the National prosperity, than to turn the Mississippi itself, (Wlth hcr train ofcvils along with her bies5ings) m the same course. Free from the inundations, the currents, the rapids, the ice, (its unhealthy atmospbeer, the perils) and sand bars of that mighty stream, the products of its wide spread valley would be driven to the shores of the Atlantic, with far greater speed, than if wafted on the wings of the wind ; and the rapid returns of commercial equivalents, would snrcad life and

prosperity over the face of the finest and fairest portion of the habiteble globe. "'Without enuuirhi"- whothor ncb .1 work

could best he accomplished by the several states through which the route extends; or by incorporations, aided bv crants of

money or lands from the general govcrnment.it is sufficient to

assert, tnat our citizens have only to appreciate the value of the

s favour and it w ill be ac-

d turnouts graded sufficient-

hole distance, are estiMrcelv the third of the

national income for a .single year. It is ascertained, that this

does not equal the half of the sum paid yearly by the consumers of wines and ardent spirits in the United States. The cost of transporting, only one dollar per ton, per one hundred miles. Merchandise could be conveyed from New York to the Mississippi in a w eek, and mails and passengers with still greater velocity. The route of this Way, changed further south, so as to run more central through the western states directly interested in it and these states wishing to promote their advancement in wealth and power, by a multiplication of all the resources which constitute greatness, individual happiness and prosperity, mdst yield to it a cordial and unwavering support. Indiana should take a peculiar pride in sunnortinrr a cause which will throw

hercommodites, into the best markets on the continent. Let her speak to her congressmen on the subject, that they may feel at liberty to give it their aid if the great question should be agitated there. When it is considered'that the surplus revenue of the Nation, which will, in three or four years be under the control of Congress, more than can be used in the ordinary support of the government, which the states directly intcreste'd iw the w ork, would be entitled to, as their just proportion, upon any known principle of distribution, as to territory, popuh tion, or federal representation is competent to the consummation of this brilliant scheme in two short years the magnitude which at first blush, the work assumed, dwindles into one of easy accomplishment. NATIONAL ROAD. 1 he history of the progress of this road westward for years past has been attended to'with deep solicitude. The fifty thousand dollars appropriated on it by an act of the last Congress, must be v iewed as an athancc only of so much of the two per cent, fund, which the people of the new states arc entitled to and is now elue not as a boon but as a right by the act of Congress e! 131G, and as a consideration for yielding up the right of taxing the public domain. The reflection that"this sum oY money "u not a free gift appropriation out of the national treasury like many of those that preceded it, for the continuation of this celebrated federalligament, but the dearly bought fund of the (ate, which might with propriety have been appropriated on other roads "leading to the state," leaving the national road to be completed by national means, has awakened a lively interest to apply it in a judicious manner. The ambiguity of parts of theaetand ll

compliance with what the science of road making would condemn, occasioned rather an uncommon difficulty in arriv ing at its proper constriction. The whole, however, has resulted in the closing of contracts for removing the timber off from the whole width 30 feet of the ioad,and for grubbing thirty-feet of the centre, through the state; so as to leave the road prepared for grading and the immediate application of other appropriations, which it is expected you will ask Congress to make, at their coming session. There will be a surplus of about 15,000 in the hands of the commissioners, tobe expended, during the next season, in digging down abrupt elevations Sec. The last instructions from the secretary of w ar, requiring the timber in the: centre of the road to be grubbed instead of cut, though not expressly authorised by xic letter of the act, are in accordance with its spirit, with common sense, w ith common usage, and of almost inconceivable advantage to the state; and entitle the the proper department to the most unqualified commendation. I his latter determination, will encourage us to look with increased confidence, for the completion of the road within some reasoriable time. But the policy of leaving the stumps of the durable timber in the road, wears the most questionable complexion, creating as its sure rnncpmirnrn nn nnnLr,., !

" s -s-? "I'l-ivj luui.deci in reason, for procrastinating any Anther operations on it, until the same shall have decomposed by times wasting process. And w e are still further consoled,by theconviction,creatcd by the new instructions, that the President is about to become its patron I have it'in charge from the secretary of war, to apprise you that there is no law of Congress in existance, authorising the condemnation f)f individual property, through which this re)ad passes fhathasnolbcen relinquished, which the commissioners suppose' to be about ten miles in length. Our constitution which secures to the citizen the inviolable right of private property, necessarily makes it incumbent onyou at this session, to pass some law (there not being any that embraces this case) which will make prov ision tor the redress of any injury that may accrue to such property from an extension o'f the road upon it. The commissioners are instructed not tobrakesoil in any case, wherethe privilege of w ay has not been granted, until the property is condemned through the action of a state law. The amount of damages which the state may become liable to pav, if any, should, as a matter of course, be made the subject of further congressional legislation, and be refunded out of the national treasury. MICHIUAX AM) OHIO Tl'RXTlKK. This road has already unnecessarily been the cause of much artificial, fallacious and embittered controversy and excitement. The subject is again pi esented, under the confident hope, that former differences of opinion and interest, will be speedily adjustetl,and that provision will be made for the permanentand judicious location of the whole route from the Lake to the Ohio river. I Inder this impression, and having taken an active interest in this important work, from the time it was first conceived and projected, I avail myself of this occasion, to review brieriy, the report of the Commissioners of this road, of lS'iS. This 1 conceive to be a duty, (he omission of which, no cause, privc or political would justify, in the view of my own con&cierc and in that of posterity should there be danger of defeat" the great original design of making this work an extensive II: -sing to the people cf Indiana, by the influence of privets i . tc.r'-ts, or of rr-.-vneom wvnnj. Ubr,'!"i I am rr "t