Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 52, Richmond, Wayne County, 5 March 1825 — Page 3

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ifURWY, MARCH 5, 1825.

present number concludes the first Ip ofthe Pcblic Leger.

I Whether the manner in which this paper L been conducted the past year, has f',s -atiifactory to his patrons, it does not A;tnr in determine. Rut he

Were uicc ;

. orfiJent that no eiiori nas oeen wanton P:,rt to mae tne raPcr worthy r jjc patronage; and the errors which ov have committed were of the head,

,-totthe heart.

1 at which the editor common-

set

i.i p publication of the Leger. was one . peculiar difficulty to a person unac-

tcJ with trie labor ol conducting a

Party feeling, on the great

Stage" 5 no established priest-hood to rob

us of the fruits of our labor, but every one is at liberty to worship the Deity in such manner as his conscience approves. Our rulers are chosen by ourselves, and should they at any time betray the trust reposed in them, they can be removed without an appeal to the sword. Our government is

! emphatically, a government of the people; and whilst virtue and intelligence prevail amongst them, we have nought to fear from ; the attacks of a foreign foe, or the more , dangerous, because more insidious, assaults I of unprincipled and intriguing men.

i A new and auspicious era is dawning upon our country sectional jealousies are in a great degree, banished from our na

tional councils, and a desire to concilia e

and harmonize clashing interests, is gradu

ally increasing. The important work of

improving the means of intercourse be

tween the distant sections of our country, has at length been undertaken in a manner

' -;n which has just been decided by c v,:um legislature, was at the high- , f, ,i -i of excitement; many presses of

..tH ,.j in had so tar forgotten their duty t worthy of a great and a free people.

, r!, puMir. a to permit their columns j Rw-ds aud canals, by bringing into closer

To the Editor of the'Fublic Leger. ' Washington, 9th Feb. 1825. SIR The presidential question is decided by a single ballot the inclosed paper shows the state of the vote, and how the states voted. Indiana voted unanimously for Andrew Jackson. And although he was not my private choice, yet I never cave a vote with more, pleasure.

because it was discharging a duty I owed

10 my constituents. Yours, &c. JOHN TEST.

In the upper part of Caroline county.r.Td on the 12th of Jan. a lad about 17 years old, who assisted his mother in the management of her farm, had given a female house servant some orders which she dis obeyed the lad attempted to whip her. but the servant proving too strong for hirr. he ran into the house for a knife and plun-. ged it in the heart of the slave.

- occupied with the intemperate etfu

, ... ,.f party writers. And, indeed, every ; ... j the controversy, served to till the r j; cf moderate and reflecting men with . t forebodings as to its effect on the -.',k,m:CV of our republican institutions. ; .; h a state of public feeling, the editor course which he firmly believed i : ' !(?t promote the welfare of our comr r -1 :r,and a lame proportion of the i - r.can people, and the congress of the Live attested the correctness of his

connection the extreme points of the Uuion,

will have a tendency to prevent local feelings, and be the ligaments that will make our confederacy permanent. Who can set bounds to the high destinies of our countrv, when an internal water communication shall be opened from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic ocean when the waters of the Ohio and ChesaCne bay shall meet, in friendly union when the two contemplated canals in the

state of Ohio shall be completed when

It ndy becomes us then, to yield j the states of Indiana and Illinois, each.

1 support to the administration of shall have a canal connecting the naviga

ble waters of the respective states with the ; great northern lakes when a national road shall be completed from the Atlantic to , the Mississippi, and from Washington to New Oilcans? For all the facilities and ! hlessings bestowed upon us, may we be dulv grateful to Him, in whose hands are the destinies of nations.

V . A i uns so tar as its measures may : ; :c, promote the general welfare. ; L:? hrvn one of the most pleasing duf the editor, during the past year, to r r h fr -rn time to time, the heroic struir- ? h .; rege !. crated Greece. To see anv : r'-strujudi' g with their oppressors for .- vitural rights, caiinot fail at any time t ; it" our tenderest vrnpathie and :"f!V':t wish in their iehalf. Bat with f - e:eje of Greece is associated all the :.-.rt rcf lb- tue of the statesman, the f - "r :. r. the orator, the poet, and the vr.rr.or. Greece the birth-place 'of the '' ar.u the arts the country where I' m--t.'.f nes spoke. Kpatninondas fought, - i ii . i ii..

u.ji iii r sung w no once snea the ravs -I i'.t'.ilvftual light on a benighted world j r.cw arouses herself, after centuries of!

t r ni .t e ii. slavery, nnd asserts her ro'.t to a rank among the nations of the -r " - - a:;d the heroic achievements of ' - '-iris :'A compatriots, prove thev v iTiitr, In-the .uno j;irit that influc d th- ;if t i ' i f , t of their sires. May vic-t-.rycrt.vn thf ir etftrts. ft..- kn.-d..ri.j r,f Kurope, with the excc; :. r, cf pah;,po(,r priest-ridden Spain,

Congress. The business done bv congross to the 1 Gth ult. although of a gene- ' ral nature, if published in detail, would be uriinleresting to the readers of a weekly paper; a short sketch will suthce. 1 On the 11th a message was received ' from the president, transmitting the report ; of the corps of engineers, of their operations under the act of last session, authorising surveys and estimates.

I The same day the appropriation bill was under discussion in the senate, and a motion was made to strike out the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the ; civil engineers, but was negatived. The bill passed the senate on the 15th. On the 18th, Mr. King, of New York, j offered the following interesting resolution :

Rrs'ihrrfi That as soon as the portion of

To the Editor of the Public Leerer. vv ashington, Feb, 17th, 1825; Knowing, as I do, the anxiety of the people of our state, that the "continuation of the Cumberland road11 should take place with as little delay as possible. I have considered it my duty to forward the "bill," as it passed the House of Representatives, to you, for publication, if you think it would be interesting to our citizens. The "bill11 is now before the Senate, and one dav last week 1 moved with success, to have it taken

I up, and made the special order of the day

lor 1 uesday. Business has prevented the

oeiuue irom again acting upon it 10 inis day. I. cannot have a doubt but that it will pass, and 1 expect the road will run through your town. Respectfully. JAMES NOBLE. The bill was received at too late an hour to be inserted in to-day's paper.

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between nimrrir tlwJ! In" u P"',1', Have ncen paui

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olf. then, and I henreforth. tlu whole of the

or a time; but the j1 ....ki:- i.,lwi r tt q ., ;ii.

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,,urabrenof th

ie South, are rapidly

toe gloriou uork of noliti-

wt is.rarccly f it; and the time is ' ; "h'f-'chir.g when a hostile bavonet '0 lit f 1 ' " H sen on the whole American ' "f,;h And here the editor must ex- ! hi; rrt that, whiht we are so fir tr h"-m in moral, political and scienw. nl do tlt. vOU(hP,-n republics .' ' ei Ui in j'Jstire whiln r,.,. ,) theorv.

f , l"-' p-Iitir;,! equalitv of all men, r !;';U7c'1,J, l it to practice, by decla-

r; r ' 'i;i'icu i mount

- l iy Hie time sr)(f.fliK- nrrir.

"'-ii'.ve , . - ' 'W-n t - " "eJ!t not in theory only d('-rad('d poilion of our po'pu-

restored to a participation of utrir;s3offrct"domf,.j',C" W ta!;,J a -"rvcyof the situation irfnutry,Wcfid abundant cause , "nsc:f?r:ifllude toan over.rui I'liflP f .. .. c

( ;( - uur .i-eliL'ious and political : .ps are roatfT (ia those of r;! Prlc under heaven: h-..,,.!.,.-

the existing funded debt of the U. S., for

' firj:'t and apparently prosperous. ! the payment of which the public land of

cI'tsst-d,bave ceased A

rrs taken to keep the people in ig- ceeds of all future sales thereof, shall conar the Iiosts t,f armed men post-! stilute ami form a fund, which is hereby " ' ! ( very kh -gdom, show that the self-1 : nppropiated, and the faith, of the United ''' J br.h- alliar.ee. has m.up fr. Ar.. I Statrs is piU'ed, that the said fund shall

f oe inviolably applied to aid the emancipa tion ofsucli slaves, and the removal of such free persons of colour in any of the said I statt s,as by the laws ofthe states respective- ' ly, may be allowed to be emancipated or ! removed, to any territory or country withjout the limits of the U. States of America. j In the houe of representatives, on the j lth tilt. Mr. Test, of Indiana, olfred the

follow ing reMilutiou, which was adopted: Rcs'Aitd-, That the committee on the

public lands be instructed to inquire into

the expediency of extending the benefit of

1 the acts heretofore passed for the relief of

; purchasers of public lands, to all holders

oi certilicales w ho tailed to tile their application for intended credit, as that they or their legal representatives may hereafter be allowed to apply the installments paid, in the same manner, with the same privileges, as if they had filed their applications in due time. Mr. Je.vnings presented the preamble and resolutions of the legislature of Indiana, in regard to gen. Lafayette. On the 17th, the bill granting a certain quantity of land to the state of Illinois, to aid in opening a canal to connect Illinois river with the waters of lake Michigan, was taken up, and, after some discussion,

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Copy of a letter to thp ehtor of thf Indiana Journal. Washington. Feb. 3, 1 825. Gentlemen Enclosed I send you a copy of a communication to the President of the United States, on the subject of removing the Land Office from Brookville to Indianapolis, which I drafted, and to which the Indiana delegation here have subscribed with one exception. Towards the close of the last session of congress, the resolution which was adopted by the houe of representatives, at my instance, directing the committee on public

! lands to inquire into the expediency of establishing a new land district and estabi li-hing n land office at Indianapolis, was, by the committee referred to the secretary of the treasure, requesting him to report to j the present session of congress, which he j has lateh done, his opinions relative to my resolution, as also other resolutions of a

similar nature; and also into the expediency of consolidating land offices and land districts which were in existence. He has

I reported in favor of consolidating several

of the land districts now established, and he has not reported in favor of establishing a new district in any case whatever. In consequence of this report. I am satisfied that no new district will he established : i .i r .1

years; I nave xnereiore taken measure have a removal of the Brookville of lie Indianapolis. I have had a personal ir view with the president on the subject, pressed his attention to the subject, at assured me, he would see and consul' Crawford, the secretary of the treon the subject. I am yours, &c. JONATHAN JENNL To thr President of the United Std r; Sir. By the fourth section of of congress, entitled, "An act to de the boundaries of districts, and e land offices for the disposal of tin lands, not heretofore offered for sal states of Ohio and Indiana, appro 3d of March, 1819,v the presiden. powered to remove any of the sa offices to suitable places within the tive districts. The land office estal at Terrebaute, by the aforesaid a since been moved to the interior ol district, w hile the land office at Brookis now located within the Cincinnati ! district, about fourteen miles from the tern boundary of the Brookville distrit The undersigned therefore request the Brookville land office may be remc to Indianapolis, situated within the i district, and which is the seat of the e eminent of Indiana. This measure vv better accommodate the purchasers of public lands, and tend to advance al. interest of the state, as the state o very considerable real estate in an rounding the plat of the town, and w good authority to assure you that tl cers ofthe Brookville land office hi objection to such removal. With great respect, &c. &c. JONATHAN JENN1 JAMES NOBLE, WALLER TAYLOR , J. CALL. Pcb. 2d, 1825.

The Election of Mr. Adams was rec. at Boston, on Monday, last, about oVlock in the morning, by the mail was announced by repeated salutes of ery in different parts of the city. Ncw-Ennland Museum, was brilliant luminated in less than ten minutes ; the receipt ofthe intelligence. Nat. Journnl, Feb.

I beg leave to introduce myself to the Mathematical correspondents of the Leger, by answering "BonnycastleV1 last question. The iolid contents ofthe ring are 1432.4 inches, which will form an icosaedron whose side will measure 8.7 inches, and calculating its weight by the geneially accepted diameter and densities of the Earth and Moon, which are of the Earth 7960 miles diamiter,and of the Moon 21 80 miles, and theirdensitiesas 292.5 to 464; whence the weight of the body is as the product of their diameters and dentities: therefore it will weigh 388.543 pounds which was required. Old Sosigenhs.

The following may be of use to Millwrights if proposed: What would be the pressure against a sluice or flume, the length being 30 feet, the depth of water 6 feet, and the sluice lying at an angle of 45 degrees. Also required the difference, if any, between the striking force or momentum of any quantity of water taken out at the bottom of the sluice, and the samo quantity of water taken out at the top the sluice, when it had fallen to the bottom of the same. Old Sosigenfs.

OOThe editor having business in Ohio, that renders his presence there necessary, the Public Leger will not be published next week.JQ

NOTICE. 'flllE subscriber will oHVr at public sale, on ' JMTlMMlf, ' 1st ofthi 1'.-. - "

ran:;ize over "God's hc-ri-

! ordered to be laid on the table. a.