Indiana State Gazette, Volume 1, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1829 — Page 1

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.jj o 1 1 "-"'' GaorrJJssn.iUif of the. Slate of Indiana: . .; VUc VuxwA of CVrnml-ioncrs cf the V'aliash auj Miami , ('a pa), rc-prctiullv report: ! " , i Ti:al on the .rnli of May lat, the Hoard was or?antz..-( u;. iShr l)loiin;w of iho . ri.f rnwri-f.'i..rr 1. I... l i it!

. I I " ' tilt. lttllP.4SU.lJlU.IJ ..... -iMil cannl, approved, January 'J. 3d, )y tu. Gonial . j.. i Mor.rr, ( i,trii!!U ij.lo h:iid, for t!ie prfonnance of their ol'lciai (!. Mali.-.; approved hy tho CJovornor of the state, and appointing ; !i'-id Hatr, Pn-:de:, oftho Ha .rd. and aetin commiMoncr". ! I-'p.rn th- l.nt, that i!,.- canal umv, had been located ! ?n('-tl' h( f;)n tllf ri,,,!;(' l-ifi Is in which it is ituak-d, had hoc;. I n:ry d i:,o ctiuns that no plats of the route had been ' ai ule at tiiat lim,', either lv tle Cointnis-ioriers or the Fa-

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so urvey of the public land-

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siiiLe., w i.i oe necessary betore any poriion ol the canal route can put under contract, with salety to its interests. The lines s irveyed,alihoui:h binTicient to ascertain ihe practicability and c ost ol the present location, arc loo limited to determine the exact position where economy will require them to be placed. Accompanying this report, is the Memoir of Colonel Stansburv, (Ua.ied States' Civil Fa..

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:e locanmof ihc act, rantin tin: live alternate section?, to j ud in constructing the canal had made an alteration in th

j 'Cation of the route, to avoid selecting them for the state, an j

at if he considered the law imperative, in regard to the se;eeiions being mide alternately North, South, East and West. r the reasons advanced inuOicient to select by tiers of se ions running North and South, to allow the board to recoa -tder the selection of section No. 10, and select section No. 9. 'he original location, a the firt section for the state, and the

one which would have been selected, if his intentions of liav-1 continuation ol liie canal route, from the State line, through

;i?tho division made ly alternate sections, Nonh, South. r.a . uniOj to the loot ol tiio rapids on the Maumec. r.d "West had been previously understood. ' -Hcrewitii is presented an account of the expenditures of the From the liberal spirit, manifested in the correspondence on S current year, marked (A.) It will be seen that the expendible subject of the canal donation, hv the Com:risio;:cT ofth I (l,rcf exceed the amount of the last )ears appropriation to a 'Jeneral Land 0;hVc,the Haard feel a-suvd. tiiat t:mdiisio-- j considerable amount. It is hoped, however, mat your hoi.orf the land-, made by them, and forwarded, will be sausfactory. I abIe, when apprised of ttie additional labors necessarily tufl receive his approval. ! performed to those contemplated in the act of the , last general According to the division of the land mrub hv the hoard,! cnibly, will be satisfied that no expense has been incurred by :he amount claimed for the state, under the provisions of the ilic l)(ard to the State, not necessary , in a correct discharge of iet of Congress, of March IS 27, is aaT sections, ir.cltidini: t!ie (Iules enjoined upon them. But conscious, had ihey purfeservatioiis ar.d -old lands. ; Mlf-'d course at variance w ith the one adopted by them, the

i he amount of so'.d Irul-, falling to ihe share of the State. ;ol .rcl ol the last general assembly would .have been defeated. ,173 acres, 7o hundredth-. ' whole, is therefore, re-pecliuliv submitted for your cortsi-

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j The Hoard, on the .V,th Ma laf, addressed a letter to t!t (ounni--io;,er ofth.e (iei.eral Iand Ollsce, ou the subject oi ' (Filing and icUii'g aparl t.he can .1 land-. I lis an-wr to the ( ir ajuiri"- made, was i.-reived in July 1 at, ar.d ei,. losed an j extra, t f a I trer to (iov. Kdward-, of Illinois e,n the -object I of th- canal land- in that tate, which he siige; -(. d as ihe'baI -is of an equitable divi-ion, to be pur-ued in regard tothe canal jlmd-iu I. diana; -talin al-o, th it no positive otiiaiou mild

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tivr.nv auineasureme'it wnatever, the Hoard r.et e--itv of having the route -urveved and

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The amount of lands reserved to ii .iu iduals mad; nent b treah , iupp ed to be 1 l'.Oi) acres.

The. amount of lands located under the direction of the j IVc-ident of the Fni!, d Slate-, fa-certain individual-, on lands j which in the -election made, wev.Id olherwi-e have f.dlea to the J -iiare of the State. r,,;;i) acres j

1 he amount of land-, which weal! be di-to-alde bv the

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DAVID BURR, SAMUFL II ANNA, JORDAN VIGUS.

mmi-ioner. to c-iiiploy a survevor and a-.n-tant-, and ,u" ;un,vl:'- ol !--i!d-, wliica we aid be d:-po-a!.de oy the j th" ctr.al line. and a-certam its intersection with' fl-.' i C'lf,-!''n I '- -'vl reservations - hl l; acres. I MEaiOIR. 'tie -uii's ej' the public it.nd-: wh.tch wt's dene 1 hoard have b. on "mnv.ed, in th.-ir cnrre-pon.lei.ee with i . in obedience to instructions irom tiie Engineer Department the (ompfetionof th- -ura- s ("f t!)r. J :.'j"s ! 'he :,mni-i :; r of Uu; C, aeral Laad ():;!' e, t.n thi--nieeci. ! ,or tiie lurther pro-ecution of surveys for canals ia the state d line, e nabled them to pp.Vure th mans and 'tk-'d thr;t n 'v,!'r j V("M,'li in lhc xc-.-tive oi th. F.,.ied State-, Indiana, operations were cominenced on the first of July a-.--a!v to (it;,t t!,:u purpose; c'a- .c't 'pl', vi. f nuthoii- - ihe seletti..n of oth-'r l.;..ds fhr th..se which ha e i ' The line was resumed at the point where it had been ii le uvA an.1, llrw.ndvd to ' the '(nen:-so:-n!' V, !)(Mn -add hy the genera! g. ,v u.e at. in ! he canal d. strict, v. hie!: -upended, the sea-on previous, ot. the South side of the Maul Land OiMce ' I would otherwi-e, have lidlea to the .'.are of the Stae; and. niee river and continued on the same side of that stream to a

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i::u i'ii mei ieiiau e p. rr a; i ar- i;v i at;rres.s. are nece.-sar , i di-iuiai. uwtu iiiug'. ui jjlaa, !efoie such a selection can be made." " ! -t the mouth of the Auglaize river, where it crusse by

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prop.f-i'io?- sut:L;. -ed, hunted the -hare of the .(ate, to alternate tier- of -eftiops running back live miles on ea. h side (ti the can d line, and would have given for theshaie of ihe .-tale, ajf) -ction-. a quantity le-- than what the Cr.rnmi--ioi:ers

-upp.w.i tbe state (Uititled to rec. ive, under the the act of Con'jrc-s of Marrh Jd, lt; J7.

After the plat- were completed and a selection made of ihe lir-t tier of -cction-j for th' : hit-, ' piepo-itiou wm- forwardd to ttie C'nmis.ioner of thetF ra ral Land Oflice. to -elect the -ad. ,u cording to the foli'iube-; ji f iples: To jay olfa Li... . ;t i , -in ..I vile, t- the u.-aer.ii oui -e oi tiie i out-, I'm:' mi Icon each -id" Ot tbe fcreiiri.-itir r tir't- , . . .1

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' CtM.ns on each side of the race. i roi-il 4 .a;.-,.

- - - - - - -)'4. noun -ectioi;-. 'Fo make the -"ler tiou by entire sc-ctio;is in tier-f -ediotJs runnite' North a;d South a!!er: o, lv ,,n ilw.

ai in 4 1 it I I j line, frem oae boundary line to the other, and to avoid throwjintnr outside section, into un-nlaUe portions, where ihe jueie inter-.ated by bourdaty line-.ta calculate the areas ol tii" intern-pied part", and in the diCi-h::, v. hen the included ' ',r,' u ntnounfed to 3 JO acre-, for the state to take the lir-t en-

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io'i-i hi- - n.'cuon to an -pi .1 (livi-iot!. hv tak i" or

j l.-avmg tlic lir-t entire -e. tion, in,er,c. t-d bv the boimdarv linjiti the tiers -. lee ted lor the -ta!e, wd.en the in. luded .iuasiti

The amount of lands reserved to individuals arc considered by the board, to star. d in a -imilar -ituaiioe. and that it won! i b' important to the h:terc-N of the St-ite, to ha e the authoriijt to make -uch a selection before th" jover.:m nl ! i ;ds m the canal di-trict, are -old;;i- it i-belieed, tliat it wouhl be ditlieult to select an e.pial quatititvof the : a:ne value, beyond the

hunt- ot the ceded tract.

n aqueduct. rhe line after crossing the river, was continued as far as Had creek, w hen owing to the approach of the sickly season, ."lie brigade was disbanded with ttie exception of one assistant, nul the interval employed as far as general ill health would idmit in preparing returns to the Department. On the 22 A of September following, the brigade was reor-

The Iialim R-se-vations. within live milas of the canal line,! '-ni-ed, and proceeded to the head of the Rapids, wdiere as

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a-, i t,r ; . witsmoreor Ie- t!:an ?; half -e( tion.

! Tiie Hoard -uppo-ing that t!ie above rood,; of -electing thr

, -t ite Jant-. v. ould meet the approbation of she Cornmiss

coi'tain about Fid -.a tion- of land, w'iith will belong to t he State, after the I idian title ha- b. en extingai-hed. From their -uperior advantages of -oil, the board are of opinion, that the intere-t-of the State, vuld suller in exchanging her claim to these lands lot an equal quantity of government lands, in any part of tiie State; and that as soon as tiie sale- of the lands in the canal district, and the con-truction of the work draws through and around their settlements, a civilized population, the Indians wall willingly sell th( ir lands, and retire; and

that a- the c. n-1 ra : a . -a of the canal, can

les-en inar valne, the interest- ot the general government, as wa ll a of the State, will ha-ten the earlv extinguishment ol heir title. From the rogn ss made in the selection of the canal lands, it appear that the State will have, in a short time, (under any modi? of livision wliicli may be adopted.' about 231,000 acres'. It tbe.e lands should be put in market, and sold for cash, bi;fcre the commencement of the canal ha- enhanced their value, and below t! e State ha- given .any a urance, that it will be constructed within a limited time, it is highly probable that the sum- v. h'n-h thev wcaiid Comnand. v.aul 1 he too small, after having parjed wiih the 1 onF, for the State to construct the work without re.orting to loans and taxations, which would be burth.'n.-oo.:'- and oppre-ive. Vit! thi- Indief. and 'hat a sale i. highly necessary, hoih to create a fural. and f iciliiate tiie settlement of the canal lands, for the production of tin--applies of provisions which will be

.Semaeded in the progress ot the wotk, th; board are of opin-

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! i hiiu ; ar, i i irr,. . -tc iaTi'l-. would meet the approbati.e, of siie Commis-ioner ""l u,'u ,M -n-pi ogress oi ihe wotk, ihe hoard are oi r,t fo!f;r,-N r, .tl ol" t!a ( Jeneral Latid OlhYe, in ( onformii g as n.-arl v as prac- on 1 Jtat l!'!(I:'r cxi-tir:g cinanii-tances a sale of lands on '.''ei V (vha, V!e,ilUl,-!" i tU lh' " nv)(l': '----r';h d in hi- ommunication "of the 15th lU n on!(1 ,)e of lnort :lvantage to the State. t- !. rr!.-.", ni ;h'1 ;d June, and claiming lor the state, a quantity oflands. equal tn(' ';H,,I.S wf'n' (hvid'd from examination, into a r.- Mifr,.,. if,, fj, r, i,,r- io tic- amount on!v,whih would have been received if the r-aes rated Irom soil and situation, with minimum r.iic

til" Department is ;ilre;idv riwrire. Asn Moore I.o. tbfi Fn-

giii( er intru-ied with the execution of the surveys breathed hi. last. Willi the seeds of the disease incident to the climate in his v -tern, having the worst con-equences to fear from exposure, a id with a perfect knowledge of the danger to be incurred, such was nevertheless his zeal and anxiety to discharge Ins duly, that all con-hFrations of a personal character vanished before it. However rash and imprudent the step may have been, yet the motive w as such as must ever

u,t be .unno-ed to inflect the highest honour on his memorv. In him, the Depart- ' i . . . i i . .... . .

men. i n,o io-t an ;.:ie, laitaiui and F.-.icst servant, and society, a valuable member. In consequence oi this di-a-tr cooccurrence, the brigade was again disbanded and so oont'ntied until instructions were received from the Department for the completion of the survey which was resumed and finished accordingly. It comprises the whole of the Fa-tern section of the canal. As soon after the completion of this work as practicable, a line "to ascertain the practicability ot uniting by a can tl, the waters of the St. Marvs, St. Josephs and Wabash rivers with the Ohio, thro the valley of the White Water, was commenced and prosecuted for nearly thirty miles w hen owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, the brigade closed its labours for the sea-on about the middle of January last. A reference to the profile and field notes of this second line, run for the same purpose, will, it is believed, fully ju-tity the opinion that the route in question mav justly be pronounced impracticable. KRIF AND WABASH CANAL.

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i etion !:ne-.lie miles from, and pan !!!'to the (anal route. mad. out m ij . of the canal grant, exhibiting the partb ular land-

''!( cted lor tie; -hare of the ed tothe Commi-sio'ier cf th mitf'al for his approval.

I ne m inner.jf-eh. tinerthe-tate lands-u".r,.s,teil hv flu. Com-

Hftvw.e v ! or" r ,!jc ,a' I-:,! li Cilice, in his communication of ii l n.; trn ' i ur i,i N it. , i . - . i i i . - vi. t im. K,r, .f.,i r, i F!hol Jut-- last, was to -elect, m tiers o sections and for -'inf v. in. p.w fu::.sT. ...ithr .-t ite to select the fir-t or iecor.d tier, which u-f.ul.1 ili'tiT.

l r)tl ' t tf'-n 'r,ni ' !; r i !'"" l,r- l ,M,th Ir!:- all the lands in the cana Kl;'-izi !,,.!,', i,r"u,,!. , uioa -iirnn, ir' ,'n ' K The we-tt m teimi: ation of the caii.al route wa

' located hy t. ol. .Moore, in St. .No '..hTow nshipNo.'.M N. Rane

Ma.'!, j No :j W. Hut upon examination, to select the first section

V'-- f ;"'' 11 " ' t"und that there was no pcrcoptahle diller.i " en. r in the dentil of io Wf losli rii-r.r Imiin.,!, t-..a lr.a o

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10, and that the cost of consti uctinga ba-in in section 10, would h li-t ill-lit iti ii.rlini, O '. I' . irk I C

!' 1 IS I'I' If 'I I MM) T P - v o 'ii .ii ii iiiai ii set nun i u u ei e seiecieu lot " - ii AI JJ, ' the state and the location of Ihe route discontinued from that

ccuon. uie -tate would own the section at the termma-

. .fl'ik' ! ,ion ' t!i'' ',t,' would avoid selecting the 16th section,

in ail the lown-lnp-siluated within tho limits of the canal grant. The hoard therefore hanged the location, so as to terminate at the MTtion line, br tween sections 'J and 10, and selected -ection No. 10 in Tow n-hip No. (2 N. Range No. 3 W. for the lir-t section for Ihe state, and made the division accordingly, omitting all reservation.-, and lands hold b; the general govei timi'fi!. After the t-clectiori of the ;iU lands had been made, but b' fore the maps exhibiting the selection had been forwarded, the Hoard received a proposal from the Commissioner of the Ceneral Land Cilice, to select the lands for the state in tiers of -er lions limning North We-t and South Fast, diagonally acioss. the survays ; which would make the division of the canal lands by alternate -ection-, North, South, Fast and West, and which if adopted would allot to the share of the state,

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s,v vim . i no,!- in uie canai grain. I This pu po-ition has not Inni ncceed.ed to, and mith

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1 'v, a f.r-t rat- Ro VIMV VGOV t r , . !M ,rCli n )f l!fe I;UiJs t!l- 15":'n! U:nt: Warded a reply, ) ir-.j.,vi-l.iru- to purch.e-i car, "hmiv ' J;li"s; their objection-, to a division being made hy alternate

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aai Indijnaj'oli-f.

JO-i:pll .SMITH.

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paity, id the lands, on the canal line, and lessening the value of the fractional section-: en the rivers, hy having the sections immediately North or .South of them, owned by different pariies und ollered for sale at tlid'erent times and places; and that the Hoard cea.-idering that the 10th sections had been

' pr.v;c.ij.!v;p:rop:i:!icdfer-c!;cf.l !u:i'n'-"-. did not come within

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classes, rated from soil and situation, with minimum prices fixed, at one, tw o, ihree, and four dollars per acre, and olKn ed for -ale on credit, until ten years after the time of the tir-l sale, payable one fifth part at the time of purchase, and the remainder in e.pial annual in-talment-, with interest annuallv in advance, the land- to revert to the State in ca-es of non-pa vment, the hoard are of opinion, that with provision made to emplov the funds, ari-ing from the sides, in constructing the work, a's soon as the cash on hand would prudently admit the dilferent sections to he placed under contract, that in three years, the sales of the disposable lands, (the 'J3 1,000 acre-,) would amaimt to ,S-lGb000, and that the construction of the canal would place the means of payment so much in the power of the purchasers, that forfeitures would not occu-. "v., ii,,, , ... ii. i i. iv i r i

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LAsimiN SKcriON. Subdivision- 1st. This subdivision extends on the South side of the 3Iaumee,from Hen. h mark, No. VrJ, on the line, dividing the States of Ohio and Indiana, a di-taace of 27 m.le ,0'j5 yards, to a Benchmark, 1 mil , 77d yards abe the. village of Defiance, where it is terminated by an aqueiluct, 3lo leet in length, having a de-cent of 5G feet by -even locks. Tne excavation w ill, lor the most part be ea-v, the line nmnieg principally through a rich alluvial soil. In some instances, heavy embankments will be required, to cross wide and deep ravines, which, however, do not discharge water sufficient to render aqueducts necessary. This portion of the canal, will have to depend entirely upon the Maumec river, for a supply of water, w hich can easily be commanded a dam. As' it is highly probable that this dam will have to be erected above for wil ivtvlf ff ti'trt IKa 1-. , a . a ' t it ti

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Sept( niber, K',30, and -old in enual quantities i v.-r I . r ' Upn Ul,s sublviPion, has been made, they would produce, including- .,afes aiul into!ot. in n-" '! i,Ct,ma0ted exIene for xhU Part of the line, amounts to

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iai level, extending back from the river as in the former, we here frequently find a succession of blulls, rising one above the other, ami confining the scene of operations within narrower bounds. The line for the ma.t part, follows the blufTof the river. The excavation on this part of the route, will be more ex-

S'FNC jr; And leave m note-, S'J33,G:,, due to the Stale. The cost (): constructing the Fced.T and ummit section between the S. Josephs and Wabash rivers, was estimated at S'1C7,:JF1. If deemed advisable, by the legislature in the opinion of the board, this portion of the canal route might be put imih.v i-.Milr-.'l ... ......... (.,..,. : 1'-l 1 . 1 .1

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ceed-of the sales to meelthe payments to have it compHed ' S- principally oi samj and chy, in lC.rL-Vvithin that period, it i's no violent pfcmir4.i, to! ,crc llvA t!,1crc' ,nt"'mxea Uravel. Two aqueducts wall believe,.!ial the title d the. Indian Reservations will be eVh - ! r1etiinr1, ll,0!, MllFion, one aero. Turkey foot guished. These lands constitute the best part of the c mul trk l,1ld4hc' ?lhor :icf" -rc-!c; these, together with grant, and before the time of their sale, enhance,1 as thev wdl StCC.1, ---- u considerable quantity of walling,

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mcnls, are estimutcd to sell readily for cash, for 300,000, which, added to 100,000, the amount of land sales, and ,s 12 -101, one half of the interest arising from the estimated sales, for the first six years, amounts to 6'C0:,10l ; which, if applied directly tocoustructing the canal, would so far complete it, that it would be easy to have the remainder finished on a pledge far its tolls, or at that time if it should be preferred, to have the work under the immediate control of the State, with her then increased wealth and population, she would have it completely in her power to provide the means to raise a loan sufficient to complete the unfinished portion, until the tolls would meet the interest, and discharge the debt, without any increase toth taxes which arc now ncf-rary for the ordinary o:u)rmdit'.M"c; of foe St?t'

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ty can be obtained from the bed of the river for both these purposes. This and the succeeding subdivision, have to depend, like the first, for their supply of water, upon the Maumec alone, and an estimate for two dams to etfect this object, has accordingly been maae. The waters of Titlins' river, or Bean creek a smaller stream, discharging into the Maurnee a short distance above the crossing, can also be rendered availble ly a short feeder. Both streams were guaged oa the lGth of July last, and were found to discharge, the Muunjcc 108. 30 cubic feet, and Tdfuis river C. 1G feet per second. This ouxntit

will, however, be much reduced, by the use made 'of the u Jos3uhVriver:v3 a feeder for the middle section of the cariMf Continued oa fourth nae '

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