Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1845 — Page 2

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T1IUIISÖA Y, ArKIL, 3,1S15. Madison and Indianapolis ui. The Annual Report of the President of the Madi-, son and Indianapolis Kail itoaa company u uie xoaru1 of Directors, made on the t&th of Feb., l54o, Is before us. It is a comprehensive and business document, setting forth in a plain and perspicuous manner, the operations on the road up to the time of its date. We cannot, consistent with a view to the understanding of the whole subject, much condense the Report, and therefore give it in extenso. We however learn that the receipts of the road for the month succeeding the report, averaged about $'240 per day, against $75 per day during the same time last year. With the certainty of completion, therefore, and the increase of business, now apparent to the most casual observer, no doubt the anticipations of the President, founded on actual observation, will be more than realized. AVe invite especial attention to the Report in every detail, to the tabular statements, and to the law appended. ANNUAL REPORT. The Report of the late President, N. B. Palmer, Esq., made on the 22d February, 19-14, stated amongst other tilings, that one year bad then elapsed, since the Company took possession of the 29 miles of Road finished by the State; that in June 1943 it had been extended 3 miles to Scipio, in September, 7 miles further to Elizabeth Town, and February 1, 1341, 4i miles to Clifty : that the receipts from Tolls, from Feb. 20, 1943, to Feb. 3, 1944, were $23,110 S3, the expenses 12,C72 53, leaving a balance laid out in the construction of the Road of .$10,037 80. A dividend was then made of 8 per cent, by adding to each person's stocli, paid up flr a year in that projwrtion. The surplus, supposed to bo left, las been required to pay the rent, then due State and expenses previously incurred. This Rail Road, it will be recollected, was commenced eight years ago, by the State, and over isl,000,000 expended. Of the d stance to Edinburg, 50 miles, one half was finished with a good T Rail, and ebout one half the grading was done on the other 2S miles. Though there was very great waste, in the expenditures of the State, especially on the Inclined Tlane, and the Bridges south of Vernon, yet the workdone, ought even now, to be worth half the original cost. The State being without funds and the Road unprofitable, as it yielded only $1,152 01 over the expenses in 1? 41 ; it was proposed by the Legislature of 1542, to be surrendered to the Company, on condition of keeping it in repair, finishing ten additional miles of Road every two years, and paying a rent equal to the profits of 1911, until 1946, and afterward the profits were to be divided between the State and the Company, according- to the length of Road finished, by each respectively. The stock subscribed and paid, with tlie profits realized up to this time, being about 171 per cent, cn the two years operations, and the allowances on contracts for stock to be made this session, will make the whola stock, that is cr should be on the books of the Company, amount to $120,271 45. On the first of July, 1311, the Road was extended 2i miles from Clifty to Columbus. The grading has been completed to Edinburgh, 11 miles further ; about 4 miles of this distance is ready fur the Iron, and the balance is expected to be made so within sixty days. 230 Tyns of Iron, heavy flat bar, have been contract ed for, of which GO tons have been received, and with out any unexpected occurrence, the Cars will run to Edinburgh by the first of June. The Company is now in debt in the Rank 18,000, it must pay this spring for the new Loco motive $7,500 ; for the first instal mcnt on the Iron, $5,000 ; and about $9,500 fjr the Bridge over Flat Rock, the wood work to Edinburgh, the Depot at that place, and for laying down the Iron The whole cost of the Iron will be about $1G,000 more, which is to be paid in six instalments, running from three to thirteen monüis, from the average time cf the delivery of the Iron. There will be about $50,000 of debts, principal and interest to be paid within a year, for a portion of which, temporary loans must be made. But if nothing shall occur out of the usual course of things, the indebtedness of the Com pany for completing the Road to Edinburgh, will, with all expenses, be paid by the first of September, IS 13, from the receipts for Tolls alone. Of the 11 miles about being finished, 1CJ miles are perfectly strait, nearly level, and without any consid erable Cut or Embankment, and the remaining part of the route to Indianapolis, will be almost as favorably located. By the Engineer's survey and estimate, the excavation for the whole distance, 30 miles, amounts only to 195,276 yards, the embankments 296,739 yards, and the cost of Grubbing, Grading, and Bridg ing $90,927 21. The superstructure complete, if a i by 31 inch flat bar be used, will cost the further sum of $9G,7SG 90, or $150,000 for a good T Rail It has been a subject of deep' regret to the Company, that on the 23th of March last, by the misconduct of a person in their employ, two passengers and three others lost their lives, and two others were much injured on the Inclined Plane near Iadison. The Rails boi::g slippery, the Conductor gave positive orders, that until the Tasscngcr Car reached the bottom, no other should be started on the Tlane. Rut in violation of these orders a - heavy Wood Car was almost immediately sent down, and the breaks being insufficient in the then state of the Road, the Passenger Car was overtaken, thrown partially from the Track and crushed. Three-fourths of the persons on the Cars were not hurt. Tlough the Company has always been embarrassed for funds, the Directors "cheerfully donated $650 to the Widows of the deceased, and a compromise has been made with the persons injured, bo that there will be no recourse to litigation. No passenger has ever been injured on any other occasion, and at this time, those who manage the business both on the Plane and the Line are confident that it is as free from danger, as any other mode of . conveyance. The expenses of the Road for repairs, the last year, have been large beyond expectations. To clear out the cuts, raise the embankments, and remove and level the Track on the Tlane, have cost about $3,700. The cross ties and ditches have required an expense of $3,000, and the Bridges, of $2,300. Much of the .work was commenced late in. the season; suitable contractors were not always to-be had, and as the dilapidatiohs tended to increase rapidly by delay, the repairs were occasionally so much hurried, that the Company did not always receive a fair equivalent for the money piid. These matters are submitted to the Directors, with the hope that where crrorg have been committed, their recurrence will be prevented. It is very desirable that better timber ßbould be procured for repairs. Oak Ties sawn from thrifty tree?, seasoned and bedded in clay, will last 10 or 12 years, but when Ties or Strings are sawn from old trees and laid at once in close "contact with loose loamy soil, they commence decaying rapidly in four or five years. It i said that Cedar can be had, botii from Kentucky and Tennessac and negotiations are in progress to obtain iL The Locust grows rapidly, and no time should be lost in commencing its cultivation along the route. V properly attended to, it may be ready to replace tho first set of ties, as they decay, on the North part of the Road. The five Bridges between Madison and Vernon, in

j all over 1GC0 A&t in lea-jib, where a spin, of 50 fect for each, would have been sufficient, ought as soon as ' nossihla to be shortened or chanired into Culverts. In

their present condi ion they are never entirely free from hazard, and the constant repairs repaired, will b tca ar3 costas much as the proposed J The business of the Road, for the last year, has been more regular, through every part of it, than ever heretofore. In July, when the receipts were lowest, ' they averaged $32 per day, in Nov. and Dec. for near seven weeks, they rose to $200, but for a large portion of the year, they hae ranged frcm 100 to 1C0 per day. Exclusive of the Road repairs, d:mc by contract, for which a preference is given, where practicable, the other expenses for officers, clerks, machinists, mechanics, laborers, etc., for Transportation, repairs, and wear of machinery, amount to about $50 per day for running one Engine all the time, and another one half the time. Near .40 persons are constantly cmployed. As a good deal of valuable work is continually being added to the machinery, cars, building, &.c, it is not easy to state the precise amount, w hich should be charged to the exp?nditurcs. The horse power used on the Tlane and the transhipment of all freights at the Hill Depot, mu-st make the expenditures appear large for the busine s done. An efficient change in this respect will, it is hoped, in time be effected. By the tabular statement annexed it will be seen, that the way Passengers during the year amounted to 8359, the through Passengers 6233, receipts from them $1 1,910 SO. The freight transported were about 11,336 Tons; the charges for freight. $23,362 GS, Lcing an increase over last year, of 3119 passengers, aV3 Tons of freight and $.13,211 07 in tolls. .As the average extension of the Road, the ensuing year, will rather exceed that of the last, the receipts will probably not fall short of $30,000. When the Company was organised, it was hoped the privileges .conferred on it, would secure the early completion of the Road Vj Indianapolis, by sufficient subscription of stock, or would induce the holders of State Bonds. ti advance a sufficient sum to accomplish the object. Had they done this, they might have eccured good dividend on the money advanced, and at a distant day an annually increasing dividend on their Bonds. As there was no prospect of assistance from INWARD FREIGHT, Frcm Fibruary 1, 1911, to Ftbruary 1, 1545. Through passengers. tz n it k " tz a it n k is tz et es i; Ä H r ic ti i: P cr tz 1 passengers. CJ " u f 1! CJ K tJ IJ m y ca "rrO es -4 r zj -y o c i ct Z t 1 S wl I" w w Amount received from passengers. X c f c a ne or ot is ts Bacon. 13 ' i-J CS i Ü c cc 5 -a - ciiuitir.!-.'1 Bacon anil bulk pork. tz OD CS ts o cn t- o cc ic : j cr i 4 4 c - a -i t-i (c S3 CC 7 Cl i V .U i:c:ciifOti.i tor i i: c i: L o (X o c t: c ? ü -i t ;t y fl cs tz tT ci It -J Flour. to tZ t- C5 J M IC B Flax seed. Lard. . Z tO OC-T-4ULOCww. 5 cs Lard. er ä. tw cs ; tc c; a. -at ti c tz cs t ' f ' J ' ' 1 ' ' IZ 1Z CT ZC M d v; - a) ii o : u - cr. ji "x iz 'c. 'tz 'x "-. cc r Vnsprcißed freight. Pork. Wood. 4 tt Hogs, live and ti cr It C - t slaughtered. cr at w C fi '-' ,t-ll!l-l g Corn, and Corn Meal tz is t-i ii IZ i-1 J1 O ZZ 'l z r M cs öl 2 Ti 25 i-; Feathers a tz tz iZ s t-Z ac kSj ci at Barrels. ttk ?C CS ci Tx "x "zz t" Tobacco. M ) M '. U " W I" M C04.. -1 X ü k, c x -1 cr ' -z: tz tz zi czT 5 Li u y c c c -i ti wi O wC OD3 Hemp. ts t" CD CS CS t-i at c t: 75 ti ti Ci o Barley, beans. OL C ?. enzs atgrass, h:p s'd. i-i cs ;ics Ü -J A ti (i M O W OL cs o 5. OS O o ti Poplar lumber (X ti c t x - C 4 -I O w i tye. CS Stares and hoop poles. ti cc4 tMiiMür o Oil. cs cs ULI O OL V i f ; i cs ti ti CS wi Fruit. -3 Cider. O 12 cs z tz i' CS -1 tw "Whiskey. c; ts cs J- ts CS C ti 2s ct f. Oats and Potatoes. r c' - ti -t zz ci cs ti ti ti - C3 O -1 iT CS i OD iS ti - O fjb C.1 OD CS i C Ii OL -lOUOCCi-'C-J Rags. ti O J i 1 5 CS ti ti c: t is ti cs ti ti c cs a. i -I t; c? -!- ti j t ; - c ---..5ej;ii.acio Amount paid. ti CjifkCScCSOiCfcCSCS-l O Ci CS m ' i i- ZA CS - x ex i- a cs it i eti CS Amount unpaid. -t C " t J I.T 1-1 C C" tC t -4 X X M li O

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either quarter, the result, anticipated by many, was that after the Road reached Edinburgh, it would go no further for years. Under these circumstances and from the consideration that the 55 miles South of Indianapolis would alway cost less for repairs than the other 25 miles, the Legislature, at their late session, passed the annexed Law, giving further privileges to the Company. They arc now to have the State's por

tion of the Road, for eight years, at the present rent $1,152 01a year, on condition that it is completed to Edinburgh in one year, and to Indianapolis in three years from the first of July next. This law will with out djubt, secure the early completion of the -Road. The present Directors and etockholdcrs, who have so deep an interest and who with but few exceptions have united in lending their private credit to raise in advance means for the Road to progress, will go still farther, if neither additional stock nor the Bonds cf the Company can bo sold. At the out st, from the present liabilities and their increase until June, for the work now giing oa, there may be difficulties ; still, there appears to be no choice, for the Directors, as sound business men, acting for the Corporate and their private interests but to proceed at oace and put the heavy sections under contract. .The whole line can be prepared within two months and the light sections can be afterwards let, as opportunities off -r and the means of the Company admit. It is understood, that the Iron can be had on credit, and that responsible persons stand ready to do the Grading and Bridging on terms that may be accepted, if others more favorable arc not offered. It will relieve the present stockholders from much responsibility if new stock bo subscribed, but if it be not, the Road must, at all event8, be finished to Indianapolis without any needless delay. In Üiis arrangement between the State and the Company, there can be no doubt, thct it has and will contribute to the mutual advantage of both. The State had shown neither prudence nor economy in the management of the Road; and but for the Company, it must, before this time, have been abandoned altogether. For accounts transferred and for rents and dividends, the State is now the owner of stock to the amount $9,190 39, which, with future rents and dividend?, will derive the same profits as other stock. At the end of the eight years, the" additional profits from the increase of business on the Road, occasioned by its extension, and the enhanced value thereby given to the State's interest, will more than compensate for any supposed loss ; in the mean time, and when the Charter expires, the prhilege of buying out the Company for the amount it shall have paid for construction, if 6 per cent, dividends shall hive been made, will ultimately, from the large increase of business and profits, contribute largely to relieve the State from its embarrassments. The advantages to the stockholders will be more immediate. If their means shall be expended with as much prudence and economy as they have been heretofore, and if advances, for a time, can be had on their Corporate or private credit, the profits of the Road before the eight years expire, will more than pay for its completion, with all interest and charges. The capital stock, will, from dividends alone, have increased to more than three times its present amount, and the then Capital will be entitled to reserve a small fraction over two-third-j of the Profits until the end of the Charter, and afterwards, before taking possession, the State must refund to the stock holders the whole amount they shall have accumulated to construct the Road and supply Machinery, &,c., say from $100,000 to $ 150,000 These calculations of profits are so out of proportion to the amount of money required, that many will be tempted, without examination, to brand them as visionary; but if Rail Roads are to Le here what they are elsewhere, vastly preferable to any other mode cf transportation ever devised, and if there cannot be, for reasonable expense, any other mode of access to the Centre of the State, which can enter into competition with this Road, as is fully believed, then, unless the soil and energy of Indiana are blighted, the calculations here made will be found less than truth and reality will justify. Where Rail Roads have been constructed, they have generally given rise to much more business, and vastly increased that which was previously in existence. Many proofs of this, may already be seen along tlie OUTWARD FREIGHT, From February 1, 1811, ta February 1, 1S45. s -so c i - Z - i i CS CS ti ti ti ti tr ti ti cs cs ti ti x x cs cr i- i ti c ccoLt-at"-4 Through passengers. cs ju cs cs cs ci ti a es es - a 4 y uc. ii c m ci i-i CCS--4-'OC3 ' H'tiy . passengers. ot Ci ci x o t r -i ct ei c"i cccJCS-CTC:-4-.c:cij -C"CClC0t--i3 iOD cs -4 to ct ti x x c; Ci ti i ti c; i Amount from passengers. o c C3tiN- t-ifc-v- ci c; 4 ac cs ti ci ? t CS ti ii- CS Sa't. lb. 00 Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron, q-c. at m m i; " - CSCSOCSttC'-CSCD-Jj1 Beer. ti CT tz, " c I t : - p c tz nc : I jCS Ci v?CT 00 - i; c t c m - o C' ti Furniture. S i ti t 1 1 ti ti ti ti i , ti i Tar and Oil. M C2 H M M M C O 1 1 C C U f 1 CS - OL OL OL ti O C C eis Coal. ti tz cs ts ti cs i i i t i i CtiwCit-MOlüOOClQ Horses. 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Route, and every year will develop more and more the energy and ingenuity of the population and the resources of the country. In the vicinity of the first 40 miles, at least two-thirds of the land is of a poor

quality, and äs yet, most of the Farms are small, and j the surplus produce quite limited. Uut Dyreierence: to the books of the office, it maybe seen, that the Way Passengers and Freight, to and fiom this unpromising part of tlie State, contribute more than one third of the present business and proSta of tlie Road. Steam mills, Cooper shops, Meadows, Orchards, Dai ries, 6zc, give value to the land and timber, and employment to the industrious, w hich previously they had sought in vain. Every year will increase the demand and supply of these and other articles, which, instead of requiring time to be transported to distant and uncertain markets, will be purchased with cash at the door of tlie producer. Where there is an Orchard, cr a cultivated Locust Grove of 10 acres, and a Meadow of 30, on a Farm near the road, there will soon be paid, for the transportation of its products, from $50 to $100 a year ; and the owner, for all prac tical purposes, will be as well tituated in reference to market, as if he were within three miles of the Uhio River. No one can form, in advance, any just esti mate of the business originated and increased by Rail Roads, or the extent of their advantages, especially to the farming interest. The purchase and keeping up of expensive teams, and the noces.ty of hastening to market in good wcaUier, when probably it is glutted, is obviated. Heavy articles, fix-in abroad, necessary for comfort are purchased cheaper, tbc pri ces and demand for agricultural products are enhanced, and the communitj , generally, is invigorated, by the variety of employments created by cheapness of transportation and facility of intercourse. During tlie year, ö.VM) barrels of Salt, 10,785 bbls. of Flour, and .72,51 1 bushels of Wheat were trans ported on the Rail Road, at less than 10 cents per 100 lbs. for 45 miles. Had thesa articles been hauled in wagons before the Rail Road existed, or even at the same seasons of the year now, the charge would have been not less than 30 cents per hundred, so that on these articles alone, tlie direct gain to consumers cf of the Salt and the producers of the Wheat &c, has been at least $17,200. The immediate profit on other articles is less in proportion, but tlie privilege of selecting the best season for market and of buving nccesparics, only, as they are needed, is cften of great advantage. If so much has been realized on the Road in a thinly settled and unproductive country, vastly more may be expected, on the 43 miles from Clifty to Indianapolis, where, for more thaE 20 miles, on each side, all the land-is of a good quality, and where for long periods in different seasons of tlie year, the common roads are nearly impassable. The tract of country, now doing a partial business on the road, and which will be relied on hereafter for patronage, embraces the counties of Jennings, Bartholomew, Crown, Johnson, Morgan, Marion, Hendricks, Hamilton, and portions cf Jefferson, Jackson, Shelby, and Eoone, besides several counties in less proximity to the Road. The territory in question, covers about 4,500 square miles. Ry reference to tbe table annexed, it will be seen that these counties, in 13-10, had a population of 121,223, and the agricultural productions, amongst other things,, were 505,370 bushels of Wheat, 4, 991, C 87 bushels of Corn, 45,053 Horses, 117,720 neat Cattle, and 315,900 Hogs. It would seem by the Presidential vote of 1341, that the population of these counties must now bo over loO.WO and Üie agricultural products have, no doutt, increased in a greater ratio. That until July last, the road did not reach a conVen't point of taking freight, that the mode of transportation is new, and has not yet superseded oilier modes along the line, that the Motive power of the Company did not permit them to take all the freight offered, and that they cannot yet afford to reduce the rates as they will, when they have more facilities for doing business, are sufficient reasons for the present limited business and receipts. When the road reaches Indianapolis, which contains near 5,000 inhabitants, and is the centre of a region, not surpassed in the Union' for combined agricultural and manufacturing advantages, the business transacted will be ten times its present amount, and the toll, at reduced rates, will at once be near one hundred thousand dollars a year. S. MERRILL, Prcs't and Supt. R. R. Office, Madison, Feb. 20, 1345. TRAXSPORTATION. Amount of receipts and expenditures on the Malison and Indianapolis Railroad, during the year ending 1st February, 134j. l.e13 FtBRrRY 1. 1843 Frur.rABT 1. Expenditures per nlstrnrts No. 1 to 12, and orders ou file, viz: For transportation, 8,023 39 Ciish rcrtived a per Trcaurt' rcyort, 29,031 U l'urchnse and repair or machinery. ,377 91 Ut piiiis ol' Road, Coiitingenrica, Rent to the State, Uaiance, 10.183 54 2.218 U l.lj-J 04 10,003 08 39,031 11 29,031 U $10,005 OS Balance, AN ACT To amend flit Jlct entitled .'In Jict to provide for the continuance of the construction of all or any part of the public rcorhs of this State, by private companies, and for abolishing the Board of internal Improvement, and the oßecs of Fund Commissioner and Chief Engineer," apvroetd Jan. 2S, 1842. Sectio 1. Be it enacted by the General .Assembly of iL. e. e T-.i: ! i.m..i- i . iic oiuic vj Mitutunu, x nui in iiaui',oii aim inuiailiipoiis Kail ltond Company " are hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to borrow money on the credit of said company, to aid them in the constructing and repairing said road, or carrying on the operations of said company ; and for that purpose may execute bonds or other contracts for the payment of the same, in such manner, and payable at such times, and bearing such rate rf interest, not exceeding the interest allowed by the laws of the State where any such loan may be negociated, as may be agreed upon by tlie parties. Prodded, Such interest shall not exceed the rate ol seven per cent, per annum. Sec. 2. The said company may at any time open books for the subscriptions and transfer of stock, in any city of the United Staten, under such terms and regulations as said company sliall prescribe. Sec 3. The payment to the State of the portion of the net receipts ot the said road, as required by law for the present year, shall be the only amount required of the said company, to be so annually paid, for and during the term of eight years from and after the passage of this act: Provided, That if the said company shall fail to complete the said road fo Edinburgh within one year, and to Indianapolis within three years from the first day of July next, then the portion ol the said net receipts to be paid to ihe Slate, shall be ascertained and paid, as if this act had not become a law. Sec. 4. After the expiration of the said term of eight years, the State, or any individuals or corporation, having the interest of the State in tbe part of said road finished by the Slate, shall forever have the right to a full share of the net receipts cf said road, in proportion as the length of said part of the road finished by the State bears to the length of the whole road completed. Sec. 5. -No alteration, amendment, or repeal of the act under which said company was organized, so far as relates to raid company, or the act passed to amend the same, or of this act, shall be made during the term of eighteen years from and after the. first day of July next; after which period, amendments may be made as in the eigty-fiflh section of tha said first act. Nor shall the State have the right to purchase the interest of said company in said road until after the expiration of twentythree years from and after the first day of July next. Sec. 6 All matter of difference between this State and said Company should be decided by the proper Court, as other cases ara . decided between individuals, and not otherwise. ' Sec. 7. This set to take effect and bo in force from and after the filing of the" ascnt of the President and Directors of said Company in Ihe office cf the Secretary of Stato: and any part of the law under w hich said Company was organized, coming within the purview of this law, be and the same is hereby repealed. A. C. STLVENSON, - Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE ,D. MUGIIT, . v ' President of the Senate. Arraovrp, January 13, lFlö t JAS. W1UTCOMB,

Cincinnati Advertisements. We would direct special attention to two or three Cincinnati advertisements which appear in this paper. First, that of the proprietors of the Frankiii, Ifjuse. It has been the habit of many people travelling from

Indiana to stop in Cincinnati at the Denison, or some other house. They have now an opportunity of find ing, at the Franklin House, landlords tf.cr their own tastes, who have themselves lived in Hoosierdom, and who will take pleasure in promoting their comfort and convenience. The House is in the centre of business, and every accommodation is as good as cculd be desired. , Our friends will not regret giving the Franklin House a trial. If, gentle reader, after arriving at Cincinnati, you find yourself in want of a gold or silver watch, jewel- J ry or silver or pla line, just call in v.l T l i: .v, luv x iiKw xuu, .m jv. .iv,. w v, pieascu, nooniy wnn uieir ncn aim eiegum. assortment of valuable goods, but quite as much so with the gentlemanly deportment and honorable dealing of the . ia,,u ,i,r;n in ..i-i,, l ,T at Cincinnati, we could not help purchasing a pair of " real gold specs," as much for the purpose of re lieving our friend Vance of the Journal, of tlie odium of the fib he told a long time ago about this matter, as any thing else. As long as we wore silver ones, they were a staring evidence against him ; after tlie gold ones are mounted, people will eoon forget that we ever wore any other, and the veracity of our neighbor in this respect will gradually be redeemed from its present poetical predicament, and the respectability of our profession be augmented to an equal degree ! While thinking about Vance, however, let us nyt forget to look at Owen &, Carlcy's advertisement. Dealers, and others desirous of procuring looking glas and picture frames, of any kind and variety, will find them at Wiswell's, Cincinnati, as per advertisement. We are satisfied that he can furnish them of as good a quality, and at as cheap a rate, as similar articles can be obtained from Philadelphia and New York. Give him a call when you go to Cincinnati. Hints to Correspondent; We were about to say a few words to correspondents (for whom we are always glad to make room) on the subject of their communications, when we noticed the following hints in the X. Y. Tribune. They are so pat that we adopt them with out change : Do oblige us by omiting all such flourishes as ' your interesting and valuable paper,' your able and patriotic course, &c. Our subscribers and the public kiiow all about that sort of thing, and we also have a tolerable opinion of our own merits. If you think by this to improve your chances of insertion, you mistake ruinously, When you have written what you have to say, run it over and sec if there are not some sentences that could be spared without serious injury. If there are, out with them ! We are often compelled to decline good articles because we cannot make room for them. A half column has ten chances where two columns have one and three columns none. Try to disparage as little a3 possible, and where vou must condemn, let your facts be stronger than your woras. When you assail any cause or person, always give us your real name, which we shall give up to whoever . Las a right to demand it. lie is a sneak and a coward who could ask us to bear tlie responsibility of his attacks on others. Don't write on both sides of a sheet.

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,uur manuscript quieuy inro me nre. w ny should you throw on us the task of correcting your scrawl, wnen we are oongea to slight our own work daily for want of time T Give us facts, incidents, occurrences, at the earliest moment, and we shall be grateful, though you wrote with a pudding-stick; but if you attempt logic or sentiment, do it up right, instead cf leaning on us. Corporation Election. At the late Corporation election, J. A. Levy was elected President of the Council, X. Xorwood, Marshal, Wm. Wilkison, Supervisor, J. G. Jordan, Clerk, Th. Donnellan, Assessor, Henry Ohr, Collector, and S. Goldsberry, A. Louden, and W. Vanblaricuni, Councilmen. Great Laiiil Sale. We find the following interesting paragraph in one of our exchange papers. The land in question, we believe, was never worth the taxes upon it, but was received, together with the Alligator lots in Florida, by our Whig Fund Commissioners, in exchange, or as security for State Bonds : Edward J. Elack, as the Attorney of the State of Indiana, advertises for sale three hundred thousand acres of -land in Georgia, which formerly belonged to the Georgia Lumber Company, and were by it conveyed to the State of Indiana. The lands are located in the counties of Telfair, Montgomery, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilkinson, and Tatnall, and some of them are much improved. The Political üencon. We are glad to see the Eeacon assume a more moderate tone. We also assure it, that we are authorized to say, that so far as tlie Governor is con cerned, in reference to all that is insinuated by the Beacon, let nothing prevent the full exposure which it threatens. All injunctions of secrecy, of whatever nature or kind, form or shape, are removed, and the promised exposure should be forthcoming. The Louisville Democrat. We perceive by this paper that Sir. P. M. Kent has withdrawn from the establishment, and that Messrs. IIarxey", Smith and Hughes, will therefore have the entire control of it. Messrs. Smith and Hughes are from New Albany. Thos. L. Smith, Esq., is known to be one of tlie most powerful political writers in the West, and w ill, no doubt, add greatly to the interest of that paper. Mr. Hughes is also an excellent writer, as well as a correct, indefatigable business man. Success attend them. Xew Albany Dem. We endorse every word of the above. A Good Clmucc. An industrious practical printer, competent to conduct a newspaper, with an establishment of his own, suited to a fair business in jobbing as well as newspaper printing, would find a desirable location at Michigan City, Indiana. We have assurances that a good support will be given to a good democratic printer. . First Cottox from the Usited States. It is Stated that Mr. Robert Pwen, the celebrated Philanthropist of England, manufactured the first two bales of American cotton imported into Great Britain. The bales were accompanied by a" statement of the mode of cultivation, and expressing the opinion that the State from which it came, (Georgia, we believe,) would produce two hundred bales the following year. We now send about a million bales to England annually. In 1T3G, Mr. Madison, writing to his friends, said : " There is no reason to .doubt that the United States will one day become a great cotton growing country." Six years after that (in 1792, the Union produced 139,323 pounds in one year ; in 17ÜÖ, the crop was G,293,300 pounds ; and in It 12, it was 733,221,800. SiXGtLAk Fatality. A British soldier accidentally fell into the water at Quebec, Canada, a few days since, when a sentinel, walking by, hardly attempted to get him out by reaching him the butt of his musket. The drowning man grasped the weapon, and in his struggles it was discharged, the contents of which entered the head of the sentinel and killed him instantly. .

President PollU We find in the Boston Tost, the following candid and temperate review of the psst, present and future policy of President Tolk, which, according with our opinions, and being generally entitled tj our approbation, we present to our readers : It is a gratifvinj fact that there is growing amongtha candid of all parties arid classes a feeling of confidence towards tlie new President, and a di?p ilio;i to give his administration a fair trial. This feeling is not without a. gxxl f nindition. Its origin may saftly be ascribed to Col. Tolk's indisputable personal and political integrity, the marked propriety of Iiis course since his nomination by the Baltimore Convention, and the sentiments of the Inaugural Address.

There is a general belief that the President is desirous to his duty fiithfullv to the country. Wheni so unexpected to himself, presented to the f necessary avowal of his political views, yot when called upon to reply to captious inquiries, preferring evidently that his past opinions and ISe should constitute the pledge fr the future. Such a ci-nrse was universally regarded to be es dignified as it was respectful. This wke determination gained for him not a few friends. And ficr his election, his replies to congratulatory adJrtsscs were singularly marked by simplicity, freedom from dognatism, elevation of tone and enlarged patrotisin. There was a deliberativcncss of opinion and cahnness of manner about them, united with sincerity and honesty, that gained for them the appro val of the people. They were sie:ns of that man.fcot candor, courtesy and firmness, that mark the charac ter of their author. These favorable impressions were further strength ened by the incidents cf Col. Polk's journey to the seat oi Government, lie then mingled unostenta tiously with his fl-Uow-citizens on his route, and re plied to various public cüdresics. These replies also were remarkably pertinent and judicious. They express Lis deep sense of the responsibility that awaited him, and his determination to bend the energies of his mind to the greatness of his work ; while they indicate to tbe patriotic party to whom he owes his elevation, that its great principles will be adhered to, they also indicate a determination to be the chief Magistrate of the nation. As these sentiments circulated, free alike from the language cf tlie demagogue or the conqueror, many of his opponents involuntarily confessed tnere w as every indication that the President elect was worthy to govern tLe destinies of this great nation. The Inaugural Address has further won for him favorable opinions from the people. Its tone is Oioroughly American. There is a sincerity and directness about it, a candor and elevated patriotism, that will be ever acceptable to the intelligent masses, whose desire only is for a safe, yet indejndent, cdministration of the government. On tlie subject that occupies so large a portion of the attention of the coj-l:?, revenue laws, it is exceedingly judicious, avoiding the protection theories of tbe high tariff men on the one hand, and the horizontal theory of the ultra-traders on the other. In this it is eminently practical. The sound common sense of the messes, who desire above all things a permanent tariff, will respond to this address on this point. These views cf this aboibing suhject, with tlie state-rights principles and deep devotion to tLe Union that mark its every line, have strengthened the iiprcss-ion created by tlie President's high personal character, that under his eye there w ill be an administration of the (Hovernmcnt that will te honest, capable, and faithful to the Constitution. The policy the President has marked out in relation to the distribution of the public patronage, cannot but increase the confidence in tlie new administration. This is a duty as delicate as it is important ; it requires in its faithful discharge the utmost caution and deliberation. In fact, the success of the administra tion depends in no small degree upon those selected been active partizans. To undoubted personal mtejrrity in public officers, there ought to be undoubted capacity to discharge faithfully tlie duties incumbent upon them. Within these limits, the Executive w ould not discharge his duty to hie country were he to neglect to fill responsible situations with those w ho will be ready, by a prompt end full 'discharge of duties, to make his administration successful. Such a policy is as far from the disgraceful scramble that marked the advent of the Whig administration of 1810 on the one hand, as it is from indifference to politcal principle on the other. Having adopted such a course, the President has too much firmness and discretion to Le driven from it; indeed, if any have been so importunate as to indicate a tendency to revive the scenes cf 1940, they Lave already been given to understand that such a mode of application is unacceptable to the Executive. This policy cannot fail to meet the decided approbation of the American people. Under euch favorable auspices does the new President commence his great duties. He has been elevated to his responsible station by the great republican party of the Union, and this party have a right to demand a thoroughly republican administration. He has succeeded through the patriotic union of the Dcmr cracy, and those who so nobly cast by personal ambition or political preferences in elevating him to power will still continue patriotically to sustain hira in protecting the Union and defending tlie Constitution. As this party desire a policy that w ill favor right rather than peivilege, equality in relation to all interests rather than bounties to one interest, such an administration of Executive duties is perfectly compatible with being the President of the people. We confidently predict that Col. Polk's discharge cf the duties of Chief Magistrate of the nation will be as honorable to his fame as a statesman as it will be advantageous to our common country. Conscience ! What a pity that -'the gnawings of awakened conscience," such as Mr. Jones describes in the fullowiug, was not a little more general ! Then might we hear of "lies" retracted, the poor reimbursed, slanderers on their marrow bones, and so forth, and so forth!! "A Lie retracted. Having publicly stated before the election that I did not know who James K. Tollt was ; that I did . know Lis grandfather to be a tory ; that I did know he had branded his negroes in the forehead ; and tint Great Britain had sent over some half a million cf dollars to aid the democratic party, I feci constrained, by the gnaw ings of my awakened conscience, to publicly avow that in all these matters, I 'lied deeplv, as I had often lied Ltfore. Zanesville', Jan. 8th, 1345. JOHN JONES." 'The Plaquemines Fraud." It will be recollected that immediately after the Presidential election in Louisiana, much dissatisfaction was expressed by the Whigs on account of the unprecedently large Democratic vote in the parish of Tlaquemines. The subject was referred to a Committee of the Louisiana Legislature (which is Whig) early in the session, but no report has heen made as yet, and the N. O. Courier (Dem.) expresses a dou jt whether any will be, as tlie Committee have sent word to Judge Leonard, of said parish, that it is unnecessary to produce his witnesses before them. In the moan time, the assessor of tlie parish has deposited in the. office of the Secretary of State, and also with the Secretary of the House of Representatives, a list of 920 legal voters residing . within it3 limits, which fact is certified by those officers respectively. The whole number of votes polled in said parish at the Presidential election, was 1011 of which 37 were for Clay', and KD7 for Tolk. It is known that 1 17 Democrats who were unable toget in their votes at N. Orleans, went to riaqneinines, and there d?positcd their votes, as it, appears they were entitled to do, by a rule of.en practised upon by both parties. - Add this 117 to 023, tha number of resident voters, and it tnakc3 a total of 1U73, which exceeds the number of votes polled by 20. Distressing. We see it stated in tlie Louisville Journal, that the w ifa of Harry Daniel, on hearing of her husband's horrible murder ot her brother, became a maniac, and has continued such ever since. Daniel, it will be recollected, shot Clifton R. Thompson, his brother-in-law," in the Court House at Mount Sterling, Ky., whilst the deceased was addressing the Court in reference to a- case in which Lc and Daniel wcro-parties.

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