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FRIENDLY TO THE BEST PURSUITS or MAN, FRIENDLY TO THOUGHT. TO FREEDOM, AtfD TO PEACE."' CoiL'pPT.

RICHMOND, VAYNE COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, NO VE II BEK CO, 1824.

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Tiiv. nun: of this paper ;,0;in Dollar an:l Fifty Cents for Cl'ty-two numbers to paid in advance; Two Dollars if pi,,' cithin the year, or Tivu Dollars nn! fifty Celts i" ""t paid before the rxt iration of the Ti1 ir --pay rnent in advance being; to the mutual "if.troet of both parties, that mode is solicited. Sos'jtJcrirtion taken for !es than six month, anil n pipf-r discontinued until all arrearages are A uii arc to nMiiy n discontinuance at the cxpiraof the time subscribed lor, will be considered a ncv enjiireiueiit. (VV U L-t'.tTs f-i f.e Editor viust Iian the postage 7 oi t 'icy tn7 not be attended to.

TERMS OF ADVERTISING. p:ft -c: lines or le, for three inverticn One Dollar rich c mtinuance Twenty-five cent. I.e.- r advertisement in the Fame proportion. Frenr the National Journal. THE STATES. It is a common topic of complaint with p,o who wih to exrite discontent, that liit' G''!r;il Government is i r r I i t rI to enr i"ho ) the ri'ht of the Slates; and the i i; j m been variously touched upon, ( . ';r, . :m;l date Legislatures, in hair i" itrfaro mvdieos of the people, ard tiio-mh not leat. in the newspaper. 1' ,' m d plausible roued assumed in ar-

r i ' i J . bv thoe w!io attempt to verily

drivers ot the National G iver .menf? M i ,y jof f h'-ir laws relative to insolvent debtors ;im air the obligation of contracts, which is j'Xjrrjs.ly prohibited by the constitution. They have, by an abuse of the banking system, rendered the provision that the States jshall make nothing but irold and .silver coin letal tender, a mere nullity, very much to the injury of society. The tax that is paid, by way of discount or premium, on jthe notes of many of the State banks is in jits aggregate amount, a heavy imposition

on the community, to say nothing of the

I Growth of New-York. In the Daily stated to have reached their acme order

, na.t-mr oi mis morning, October 2i5,J ; L,ord Ualhouie. Thev are the v tv same

we find the following comparative slate

ment of the population of New-York for

' 35 years:

I he city contained, in 1790, but 33.131

1 COO, 1810,

1 5t9fL i oi arr.

Possibly, in 1825, 170,000 The immense and almost incredible increase which the census now taking will show, seems to realize all thai has hereto

which gave rise to the American Rcv hi-

tion. -The colonists insM upon the rijrht jof British subject to tax tlu ms l by representatives. Rut the executive (i. v-

C0.489 ernment of Lower Canadti, frequeLtly

90,373 thwarted in its applications for rnorir), ha9

inconvenience of having a hundred or jj fore appeared somewhat exaggerated, in

more amereni Kmtls oi currency in the i; tiie a counts published, of houses building same country. It is useless to allege, that . and I t before they are finished, of entcr-

iiue notes are redeemable m specie: for

considered all the rights of colonists as subservent to the supremacy of the parent state; and we agree in that construction of the point of right, unless it be conced d, that a right to termii ate the relation of parent state fcrolony existsat all tim s,ai,d is indefeasible i() the latter. Here, too.fs.ixs

t i. e)r!i;)n of the gra-ping disposition

; ! :i i!i : . 1 1 a ithorities, is the nppropria-ti-.r. o! m . ey !v congress, for tcpographrfd s'irvcv-, and i iten.al inprovemerits. B it men w!io carrfullt atd impartially examine the (jiiesti.vi, will readily perceive t!i ;t.ev n in the measure, the general gov cr urvnt h i duly respected the sovereignty of the States. Surveys, it is true is to le made within the limits of the Stat ?; !jt it the same time, neither roads norcar. :is are firmed, except with their concurr re. What for x ample, is the sanction ri'C oi.gress to the construction of a canal t r m the Ohio to the CheapeaJ.e, but an a jii-scenre in the wishes of the states of Y;rM: i and Man I md, as expressed bv ,-ks off heir respective Lgi-I 1 ares ? The 0 vernai nt of the United States, at iU c.vm pr per cost, in this instance, lends the ... ! I Us Civil Ei gitieeis fe-r the benefit ot ti.f A.iU s. ard for an object acknowledged bv !i to !)e betiefu i ll to the people of sev cr i S' it' s. What is the subscription aut i ;iz -I bv Congress to t!ie Chesapeake !() sio Car.al, but an investnjent of nat : si fu'i.'s in an undertaking pros cuted i.: virtue of Stale laws, in ortier t assist in i.! ' tcrpri-e of great utility, wliich basso 1 ' z ! e :-jaihed for want of patronage? If, 1 1 s ile-re he an encroaching ambition, it i he ulheaed that it is ndvanlagccu? to'- ( ..maaii.il v. and that it disburses its te: ."v without any accession of political I

when they arc circulated at a distance from the place where the State banks are Iccated, they dep eciate, and the holders ate compelled to pass them away to the brokers at their own price; and the banks that

the T imes we arii reriflv to 'nrrt. tlr

prizing individuals leaving other places to j ; when tie power to shake ntf thZt l,.rw n.

j settle here, and, finally, of the constantly j dence can be successively exercised hit

uf.umuiaimg mass ot nusiness oi all sorts : colony is justified in using it. But it Uab-

transactcd in this place.

As some additional ev idence of this lat-

li ter fact, as far -as. the r nfom-hone returns

issued tbem, supposing it convenient to can afford it, we have received from the present them for payment, are fr-'juently !j Collector the annexed memorandum of the ...... L 1 a 1 I a t!

nnaoK. io reueem tnem, ot ot rede.-m duties which accrued at this port in the 1st !! per,dentc,nmuiity." Tiiere is s.metl ii g them vita other notes ol a similar descrip- j; two quarters of this vear from the 1st of i very curious in this dectriiu ot the Times.

surd lo talk in abstract of the privilege of self taxation: it is a question of power rather than of strict justice, and the attirmative can scarcely be predicated of any but the people of a sovereign and indc-

,'tion. Of all encroachments, this is the I

Januarv to the 30th June:

1st quarter, 1825, 2d do. do.

3.035.925 50 4.543.131 42

mist ungenerous; and it is so much the j 'mare arbitrary and oppressive, inasmuch; as the General Government cannot protect !

the people of the States from the grievance j: Making for the half year, $8,184,059 92 ! which immediately and sensibly affects ;j From the present appearances, ai d such

i ieir pock'ets ny dimtnisiiing the proms ot

f i; their industry.

A colony may seperate from the mother

! , i, . as soon as she can; but while she rem i .s a ( ulun she ha? no rigid over her 'rnev; wiiich are swallowed up in the supiemacy of the parent state. It i?, in

ther words, a question of miht pot of

; information as is within his raeh, the aA-ripht: and Canada has her fair warning to

lec tor estimates that the duties accruing : take care of herself. So 1. r.L' as she re-

Whilst it should be tb.e aim of the pro-. p.r t e two remaiMing quarters, will not !; mams a prov ince of Great Bi iTain. she i- -

(deof the United States to keep boiU "

. National and State Governments respect jtively within thi;ir constitutional limits, ithti indulging of a carj)i::g t'-iiijier should jbe avoided, as tending to no good, but projductive of a sourness of mind, which ' a i joidy have tiie effect of ale. iatiog -:;e portion of the union from another. If a', m- : dividual, or a combination of individuals, jshouhl ever arise, sufficient Iv unpri cipled 'and daring to propose a separation of th i Union, they would probably comment j their operations by complairirg of the u surpations of Congress, the Lxecutive and Judiciary. Of such usurpations, however. ! no reflecting mind can be apprehensive;

iandastothe chimeras of distempered im-j

aginations, they will find a s.ilat r corrective in the sound common sot-so A t!v ; people. Lverv thing depends upon th ir I intelligence, moderation, and justice. 1. ithe Genera! Government, is better admin- ! istered, within the bounds of the Constitution, than the Governments of the States, jthe citizens will naturallv lean to that; i and, on the contrary, should the General j Government, at any time be worse admininterred that those of the States, the people j will lean to the latter. K illation, there

fore, should be directed to wise and wholesome measures on both sides.

that of his representative; she is to be

j treated a we were and the question is to ! he brougnt home to Iter also: Will she sub ! nut, or will she resist?

arv gre.oiy, tiiougii they will somewhat Ulave: slie is lo be denied the sacre d right n.nini-n, from those of the first two. It is lof a Biitish subject, not to have his money perhaps not unreasonable to anticipate. ; taken from him without his own constiit or

t:iat a sum very iiear sixtcf?i million?) will ; have accrue.l in this port alone, at the end of the prcsentyear. This isequal probablv ; to two-thirds of the whole amount toat w ill hp receivable from duties, etc. on to-.:. age ! and imports, from the Union. It is therefore permitted to us, without meauing to

j h-parage other cities, to call New York j I iie great "Commercial Kmporium,v sneer-; ! ed at thou'di we sometimes be. bv our!

- - 7 J neighbors, lor assuming the title. j

J. i. American.

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S i ar from the General GovernrrTit havl : !rii -J the rights of sovereignty of t'i- vde. .r ev inced a (iesi re of doing so. ,:-r'- ! with more propriety be reproached v-i- i aavi?,g failed to exercise the aulbori- ''. ;! ts been speeifu illv delegated to

'.e ( 'on-ititutian The Judiciary of o often, sa hars'dv, and so un-

j '-h", re.huked for invading Stale lights, is

vnn limited scale. The United '- liave omitted tr :mnoii i Justices

. . it 0! ''ace in t!ie several Slates, tor the en- ' :rn?nt of their own 1 tws; and instead c: 'learning jurisdiction, or endeavoring to r.nj.es iido thior own Courts, have :' ' 'eif rns irtatices, confided tle adminh ih.ia of ja-tice under the acts of Conr. s to the Courts (ft!e States. The j'Im -. .1 f I .,.r,. l.-ij not eX"i iscd its

ll Jhterl c:oi;.titutior;alaiithoritv u fixing j '!': ;ta:.fl:i ril r.f r i.i'r'fite nnd measures.

' ' 1 !c imaortant matter of bankruptcy, aft r';e 'xp'.riment, it ha abandoned the "' n to the Stales, wliich have acted upQ" by pacing insolvent laws. With ff'f't to the rniliti , whose orgar.izdion '- ipl'me the Congr.-ss is specially '.r-oweie.l in provide for. nothi: g has

w, "''"hne r fan cflerlua! nature!; although j lvhiu j has been made for arming them,!

' is f-ivorahle to t!ie sovereignty of the as tboy have the power of appointi; - i i" ' llif ers. Oa all occasions the Gcnvr I fi avernnvnt has shown an alacrity in 11 ,! 'uittii.rr now Slates into the Union, therep Mowing a willingness as soon as possi,f relinquisli absolute control over the :,: 'itants ofanv poj tion of territory. t'Jt have tip; StateB dtme iifthing, we m'sv Squire, in contravention of the Con-

tiih .i, rf the United States? Have theyli '-i'v hu'hitm tocr.troch ujym the regulat p

Tnc western lakes. We xtract the foil owing account of the great wi stem

j lakes, from an essay published in the New- ! York Statesman : j 1. The Ontario is 180 miles loeg. 40 miles wide, 500 feet deep; and its surface is computed at 213 feet elevation above I tide water at Three Ilivers, 270 miles be

low Cape Vincent. 2. Lrie is 070 miles long, CO miles wide, 200 feet deep; and its surface is ascertained to be 5G5 feet above the tide water at Alhanv. 3. Huron is 250 miles long.1 00 miles average breadth, 900 feet deep, and its surface is near 595 feet above the tide water. 4. Mi' higan h about 2f0 mib s lo'.g, 50 miles wide, depth unknown; elevation the same as Ii iro 1. 5. Green bay is about 105 miles long. 20 miles wide, depth unknown; elevation the same as Huron and Michigan. H. Lake Superior i 480 miles long. 109 miles, average " idth, 900 feet deep, aid it surface is 1,040 feet above the tide wa-

! ter.

Hence it is easy to calculate that tin bottom of Lake Ftie is not as low as the fo it of Niagara Falls: but the bottom o! each of the other lakes, il will be observed, is lower than the surface of the ocean. Lake Superior is the head fountain, the grand reservoir, of the volume that fills the livers, expands into the lakes and roars over the cataracts of the Niagara, St. Lawn.ace,fcr. After making a semicircle ol five degrees to the south, accommodating 1 1.: C tnnzt i..rtilt :mr!

anil tMira aiiog one i ' interesting sections of the globe, it meets the tide, a distance of 2.000 mile from its source, and 590 fre.m the extreme point id

its cellar) on the Atlantic coast.

PROPOSALS For publishing in Cincinnati, a new papery TO BE NAMED THE ( OLUMBIAN PARTHENON, Literature, IStitnc , und G literal Intelligences

1 IN preff tiling a .rosjectus lor h tityr j.H r to th ! , public, it is ni'-ii:uleiit on the publisher to stall rep. jjci'lj the motivrs and reons which hae irnai ed ii iuirj to en:; Jut in the iinlf rtitkin. it woul'l 1 1 m

th;4t a s-tnti it-ht uuiiil't r of m ; e rs h;i jdrpne' t t n

j e't il'liilu i 111 thi city to met-t the aeiiinmis u d j tlic ronvci u-i ce of the fonitiamit . Thi-, r.o ilorht, j ,v 1 1 1 hummed a an objection to the institution of ! i f r a 1. it...

! iOM.iiicr. 11 11 were rroiu?co 10 in n is i ir.e mien

St. Loris. O.-t. C. !i

O ir fellow-citizen. Gerieral Ashley, has j'jst returned from his adventurous enterprise to ti.f; Ilock M )imtains, bringitig w ith him one of the richest cargoes of fur

toat ever arrived at St. Ivvais. He socnt

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the past winter in the bonm o themoun-ii ... r, ,r , . . I ! cnnrp. It i nrilrif itii I fi i Vii i' it ititn ttvn i nrli..

j tair;s, a:id made excursions in the f pring. b ne ol- ttiiich wid be .levoteil t. Literature, Scn-t re.

;.n i thf Art", ndiich will be the treat ; i: i rontii.' nt e.. tt:r '"the publication, enjbraein the follow up;: P..- r loral T:ii, tictitim, or loitiiilei! oi real i- ' Itcvievvn, of l"orel;ii nd ih im 'tio

led Jouraid on the ?niue plan and principle a thot ' already 1 utaMis!ied, the obj rtion would be vi.iid $

down several of the rivers which go to tht

Pacific Ocean. The furs obtained by him were brought on horaes to the waters of the Rig Horn, whore thev were emhaiked about the middle of Augusi, and after a vo-

agc of tliree thousand miles, arrived at St.t

L "lis on the4fh instnut. It is thus, bv eff irt of hei oic.il enterprise. Gen. Asbb v has indemnified himself far all the bso net asioncd bv the murderous att.ak of the Arickaras, in t!ie summer of 1823. In the course of his expedition, Gerieral Ashley fell in with a party in the servbtr of the Hudson Bay Company, who are believed to have a thou -and men io iieiremplov n est of the Reeky Mountains The riches which this company are carrying out of the territory of the United States, are immense, arsd be ond all calculation. The single party met with, had taken beaver to the amount of two hundred thousand dol lars. J)lo. Advocate.

!,! . !;. 9, F.-says, on literature, nioraI, hii-for, . uath'tic, atirical, and humorous; Ilittoo. al

j S 'tetches of Mich per?nna- h i v- be onie cc lehratnl ; "or Ihcir heroi-ui, virtue, talents, or patriotism . Nitj ti.-e- of nrxv ptiblicMtion; Anecdotes, Jitfrar. l;is l 'rieal, rd humorr-ns Poetry And a r un i c.f I 'in-' id .aneoii subjects which it woul be v i ' : ; r ' iin-erate.

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A treaty between tin king of Portugal, and the emperor of the Portuguese dominion in Rr :zils, was concluded on the 291 h of August, under the auspices of sir Charles Stuart. It is slated that the treaty provides for the recognition of the Independence of Brazil and establishes the commercial relations between the two countries on

the footing of a reciprocal duty of 15 perl

cent. It was confidently believed in London, at the last date, that the Bi itish Cabinet were about to put an end to the uncertain

fate of Portugal, by the re-establishment of

a representative government under a modified form. This benefit, it is said, was to be bestowed on the Portuguese, as part compensation for the sarrificcR they were to make by giving up Brazil. N. Y.Amer. Canada baa been exposed to the same causes of excitement, which tore these U. States from the British Empire. A pamphlet is mentioned in the London Times, .vliich sketches the disputes that have arisen for a series of years between the Executive Government of L ever Can id , . f. the Assembly of that province. Tney arc

ten c i- to the filU' m ul the $t.;U i

lorm, with occiiiona ! r n irk It has occurred lo th ' ublehi r, e m -h- :r rer idit i o be a rtt '! m the city . ,rt ol 'he fnt pr. si untnit ''I'd po r :. f. ;.,.( in the ; eriodn al r ublira'.ious which i- . f ly teeming frni the hur-'pean and Aimnr s ,s; hnt frorn the ecu n.rity of thee jour Os, e. t . t hiirh price, their circulalion i" Ima'ted ; if ? ( re wealthy, cori?rf,uera; a great nuu-l r t: s. m o -nciraens cf literature n.ut be ti'tiriy '. -i e 'hd Crrat :uas of the re.ebn coimnut ity, a- tt ey are r' lied into journals whti h em il;::- a;. ru them for their special instruction am! m; t:.- ! 'ion. We leel a desire to preserve some of tin r. t . nt from tin general whin ion, and atfard, ir. . ,t measure, to t very citiz. t:, at trille cxpen-r . mental pleasures which, are enjoy 'd, eompar ..V. ir speaking, by only a few. Am' while we enre f 'ir columns from other puMicati.ai, wr f cr ;.e ourmilvcs to such selections a may h. '( n,ei v. t.rthy Of publication or inti resfm. to i, oro, 'With this nriefsketeh of the f i ndatioM or vl ich, wr propoce to erect the s.ecrlriict.i - f the Cos lurobian Parthenon, we submd our it f nu, an enlightened and nublic srunfeil con f t .n, wi.h one remark The utility of these public inn-, ar: i the tuiallexpeneoat whi -h they are alTo-de 1, ini'u n,:ln. to nari ike ii. the benefits of r i?:-, o,

! i'-rhan, otherwise would not: This ouht to i "s i su ide the patriotic .and enlightened to pntruiaz' -md ; cneoiirasr them. "Sit exertion8 will he pard to collect witl .c ,le ! ,-oliii'ins of the Parthenon, every eircumtnncr w t h wili prove in!ruetiv" and intrelinsr to its p .e , arid entitle it to a place hidoiu; the useful o ' ; t.rs vf i the tlnj.

A. V. (;AJ(rJi.JM 1 Ml. eoNnrrioNS. Tht Columbian Parthenon will he hnntlsomclj ;ri'.ted on a Kuner-roynl sheet, in qnarto forui and with new Lon? Primer and Drevn r type. Th price will be Three Dollars per annum, ift the follawi'ni: n;vmeuts: one dollar m three, on dollar in ix, and the other in nine him. tin, but if not nid until after the expiration of the yearii will he,' three dollar? am! fifty cents. Advertisements inserted at the unal rate. The publication to eomun noe a coon a a uf5oient niirtibf r of n'lbsrriber shall have been obtaiuCd to warrant, the uuib rfaUinsr. Cinciuuati, Oct SS, IC.

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