Jasper Banner, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1855 — Division of Jasper County. [ARTICLE]

Division of Jasper County.

F.rfrtith.'la’per Banner •

Mr. Editor:—As your remarks in last, week’s paper, in reference to the division of the county, calls for discussion, consideration and inquiry, I make free to offer the following remarks for foe consideration of the readers of your paper: The citizens of the west part of the county, laboring under the disadvantage and inconvenience dfliving so far from the county seat and a market town, have petitioned the! Legislature for a division of thecoun- ■ ty according to the following boun- j dary, to-wit: commencing at the' Range line between ranges seven and eight, on the south side of Town-

ship twenty-seven, north: thenoe north along said Range line to the Kankakee river: thece south westerly along foe channel of said river to the State line of Indiana and Illinois: thece south with said State line to the south side of Township twentyseven: thence east on the line between towns twenty-six and twentyseven, and along the north line of Benton county to place of begining—| to be called the “County of Beaver.” This will embrace a territory of about eleven and leave in the old county about sixteen congrssional townships, leaving both counties in a good shape, and placing Rensselaer much more central for a county seat than it is at present. It is a great inconvenience for the citizens in the extreme west to come so far to market and to transact county business. Those inhabitants living north of Beaver Lake have to travel a distance of about forty miles, as the road now runs around the head of the lake, to get to the county seat. It will be of great advantage to that part of the county to be set offto Itsself. It will enable them to build up a town of their own, in their center, that will furnish them a domestic c market, mills, manufactories, acadamies and all the other conveniencies and luxuries that make a county agreeable and pleasant. Jasper is by far the largest countyin the State, having a territory of about 1000 square miles. It is as: large as the State of Rode Island, one half as large as the State of Deleware and one-fifth as large as the State of Connectticut, and would make nearly three counties according to the requirements of the constitution of the State. That the countywill be divided there is not a reasonable doubt. The question is shall it be done this winter or at some future time and, what is still more important, shall it be done so as to , best subserve the interests of the present and fixture generations foat are to inhabit the country, or shall it be allowed to speculators and non residents to Gerrymander and cut up the county to suit their own selfish interests and notions. If there is any other project on foot the projectors should “trot it out" and let the public look at it—give the bounary, object and advantages.— These things should not be done in the dark. This is a serious and important matter—one that interests the whole community, and the people should all take a hand.

PETITIONER.

OCT* Funds fur the payment of the January interest on the Indiana State debt, have already been received here. Virginia also has the mpst of the amount necessary to meet. her interest, and we are assured that the balance will be on hand in the course of ten days N. K jEvcning Post. Ohio will be along in due time.— The money for her January interest , has been collected and paid into the i State Treasury since February last . Statesman. BCr’The Steamer Geo. Law, arrived at New ¥ork on the 26th. She brings a heavy treasure. The news brought by her is, that the mines continue to yield abundantly, and it is believed the yield will exceed that of the previous year. J An immense piece of gold was taken out, by a company of five men in Calvorse Co. weighing 1604 pounds and valued at $38,516. ®_ ■■ ■ ‘There’s a brandy smash? said a wag op seeing a drunken man break a pane of glass. <