Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 146, Richmond, Wayne County, 17 March 1827 — Page 1

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RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH

17, 1827.

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! i)own to those who were engaged in military service on the Northwestern Iron- ! hrr during the late war. i The nrincinal w.irl;

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tV i-.-tun ot t; c:r - j j .' it .urn ine means ot the state. These -,.;: r n:Mti 1 inn r J ivcr short and easv nortaires. would rm.

( oct the Wabash with the western branch i vf White river, and with other streams to j, he south; nith the rivers winch empty : ; 'to L ike Michigan, ar.d with those which : ! i wetwardly. into the Illinois and the Mi-i-sippi.

Tee rout of this canal U believed to be rr.nr dirrr : l'r ui inland navigation thro' t --e interior ef the country, than ttie rout? " the Stat - of Ou.io", or that throo-h L ti t s . hi-m a- d !;!r. n. The mootti ; r',. ' O ; ) ri r, on the south, and outlet on the eai-t. mav be auroed a t!u? I' nnis thnM'i'.; which the inland rruh- ct t'.e t ) ti :?t r v rnu-jt i e. ( ?arilv p !s. t. the vari-.O". nnrket?. IV-tween thee

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he-'-t t miniated at I nCO miles. The r nt x. t: - W at d the Miami of the L . o, i- etimat' d at som thtn! h ?s t'. an !000 :ni!ea; more thua e-00 nearer tii in

operate in favor of the treasury, and not to

its injury: lor, a few serthne adjoining such grant, the canal being located, will sell for more than both the sections and the grant, without the prospect of a canal.

I his result is sufficiently certain, and in support of this opinion, the road from j Sandusky to the Miami mav be cited as authority. This ro;id through the Black

bw.;mp, an almost impenetrable region, ms been constructed "in the most durahie manner," by the proceeds of the sec-

j tiens of land on each side of and contiguloustothe road, granted to the state ot Ohio j by act of Congress ef February, 1823 and leaving a surplus of 30,000 after the com

'lotion of the work. "The recent surv ey of a road from D troit to Chicago has furnished another example of this appreciation of property.

j Although the ac t of Congress merely auj thrizes the survey, and contains no provis j ion for the construction of the road, yet I such was the effect1 upon public opinion, that the route of ihc commissioners was j followed by persons, who purchased the j laiuh as oon as thev could ascertain the

tracts through which the suivev passed.

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mine, with any precision, the proper ground for the location, the intermediate points, and consequently ti e pint n the line dividing the State of Ohio and L diaj a, which should he intersected. H nee a line was started at Columbus and continued on the same beariog until it was found proper to change it, under the belief of its too great dev iation from the direct bearing, and, in this manner,-prosecuted to the scat of government in Indiana, a distance of about 1G7 miles. Whilst running this line attention was paid to the general character of the country, and to its peculiarities. To its relative susceptibility withjegardto the construction of the contemplated road. To the soil, wet or dry, high or low. To the materials, stone or gravel. To the crossing of streams, and to such other circumstances as were deemed proper to enter into the omparison. Wh n preferable places for crossing streams were discovered in the recorr.oissanees, surveys were taken to them by ordinatesfrom tho random line: and the adjacent and intermediate localities iespectod, to see whether such points rould be properly connected by a pood location. Ordinate were also run to certain important points, through which it might become, or was known to he, my duly to make examination. There is a striking sameness in the general appearance of the cou try. I mean the form of it. Its character is flat, and inclining to wet. and with tin exception of

; o-T.stniotmc: tite canal, was urivillmg to p i hv importance of tins canal, in', a mill- j some miles on the tributaries ol the Scioto

... .. . .i.iu Mtt , .n.u 11 i? miu iu i u j lit- vief.eiai L ti:!i unico nnniiv inteneloO 1.--S te.a.. cithtrcf the routes through jj red and pvolififed the sale of the land, th? -tato of Ohio. j probably under the Impression that -by ct .Vwat o,CVngre?s heretofore author- jj fei ing it : at public tale, where a fairc-m-.. i the state f Indiana to suivey and lo lj petition might bee veiled, the Government route through the public lands; jj would receive the advantage of the prcf"tf, ti.e ffate h'-n;g destitute ef th mear.s j! jeettal tmprovr ment.

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incur ihe exr ene of its location. The tar, j,oi,,t of view, must benbious toall: t on t hi- subject ha.- remained n dead',! an 1 it is bt li-ved that no perscn who has I'-tter. lad will xp.ro or. the 2t';th of Max ; ae. re diection of the hietar of the late T " t t- is still tie. i!de to prorer -d t, war, will ,t-;cfor argument to proe tliis the rrer!: vilh nit the aid ef the G cr. as ' h ,(. Of the millions expanded in fT ti ( iv vern'n T,t. that war h w much i- it reasoi.al le to sup Th ror'jnirte' believe that tie improve- ! p..-.' er.is - 'j-iandered for the want of s h

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i' :".v, th 1 great object of this govern jj aad ca;aU? And hi no part-ofthe U ioo ani that thh ohjret ouirhf not, on ji ! were v!i.'ii-u!iios of th' kind mere heavily ! trf. - t ecv.uiov, to he ab-'.ndonfd ;! felt, than on the NorthvM tlei n frontier

m cor-, iratiei;? o: a te;v secuuas oi . n.; riciSit'S o communication Between 1 Mf i. ir a diMr:. ! -f co'.mtrv in which hut i the mihta: . posts on an extensive border

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rni.ts have et ,j withd.i awn froai upper Canada, and take

o'ition on t!e bank of the Mississippi or

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Jhi- woitc, from it? jj the t iull of Monie, in less time than a -n. to r - one of nation-'! Hriti?h !lert could ordiuaiil sail from i w iiich several state- tueec to New Oileans. In time of peace.

the committee re h t r : - commm icati.m would afford to mill-

. orn.n? n led ir favr r r t1 e state a trant f h! i r,s of peeple a choice of markets, heiai.d t.fthr c -ectio! ? in v. :dlh,on each side i tween theea-t ar.d the south; would ena-

,;f 5 ho cm r.l. jj hie them to select New York or New OrIt i be!i vcd. ti nt in this cn?e, the cr.n- jj h ai.s, a the season of the year or the arti-

slitutional cpiostion of inten al improve-j; cb;-of trade might render advisable.

V ith trie exception ol a lew Indian reservations th- whole valley of the Wa ha-h through which thecnal must pawill probably very Si'on be in market, and

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meet will create no (Isrheuliy; lor, o o.-.mpact "tn rdterahlt , unles- by ccmn-ci

con-eol,1 between tho original states andj

on the most direr t "line. the Northwr ,u rn T rritory, this poi tage t

: I on Uavrie, between ti e : -etween the navigati'.c post t- ol trie a

of the Wahah is a ha-h mid the Miami ol L tke Lru , is de

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i hired to be a common highway. The navigable witters b adii g into the ?di-;is:ppi a;.d St. Lawrence, and the car rving places betnen the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory, as to the citizens of the United States

v i sl.ort fender of the St. Jo-and tho-e of any other states that may be

V :iH h the whole of the summit ' a.lmitted into the Confederacy, without t l-- :m.1p binuth of the line i of , anv tax, ?mpo-t or duty therefor' 'l sVt' ai d rn ivbr rYnttcd at a This .mnart was made anterior to the

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y i ''ed over the summit in ! ted to the hange in the clause of the or-

e ditiance, i.or indeed has any alteration

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hrjri tf, ti service wa- i and to the ravigation of the Mi-issippi

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t romi deied. and ol U the s , me tenure, ami u is unm.uu i

it -s desirable that the lands which max

he granted for canal purposes, be speedilv located. This will be necessary, to designate the grant which may be appropria ted. Its location will give instantaneous h, great value to the adjacent country; attract the attention of emigrants, and give impulse beyond the power of any o ther measure, to the settlement of the whole Wabash country. More than three fourths of the lands within the state of Indiana, yet belong to the United State; and this appropriation of a small portion of the public domain will but open anew

! avenue to the pure hasers of extensive re

gions. The foregoing considerations have induced the committee to report a bill.

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:. td ifei- withia the pour r perceive any constitutional power that ": 'y width tho, can state j w ou! I improve the navigation of the one,

would not increase the value ot We

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,ra, i. about t ver.tv -five or t other.

IVri Wevre. i turned J This was an "engagement enteren in "'-itnaviiiafir.n ontbclj to before the adoption of the constitution. f.:ct ue! :! , wt:. thatl and a- sdrb, is, by the r,th article ofthe - ite anboat ofo;di- constitution ilo!f, derlaied to be as valid , . a .i . .i it ;.,tt ,.. Ilf.ifed Staler under the Com

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1. Whatover tbeii This aid is r.ot n.ked in a form which

'-ei rlo.,( nitlli-ht ' ran be burthomome lo the treasury . i . fthe Wabash, and!; laid in H at ouartrr ofthe country, though v. .cle line, hut little of eompa.at.veh little va ue witlmu itl.r

it coatemplated canal, would in my nyi y

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Mil. KMG1ITS REPORT. H AKiwsmmoH. Jumu irv 10, 1827. To Major General Alfxsil;r Miron.b, ( 'hif J.ngutri.T: ti obedience to the acts of Congress, providing for the continuation of the location ofthe Cumberland Road, from Zanesville in Ohio, to the seat ef Government of Missouii, and instructions from the Kngineer Dejiarlmect, I make, the following report .and memoir, accompanied with the requisite maps, notes, and estimates, in relation to that part of the location between C Iambus and Indianapolis, which lies in the State of Ohio: MEMOIR. The act of Congress establishing Coliimhas and Indianapolis paints in the location, having designated none intermediate, it became nocesb r to run a random line, or lines, and continue the examinations for some distance to the light and left of

river, (Darby and Deer creeks.) it is heav

ily set with timber. The quality of the soil is generally good, but varies. The most of it is rich, and much ol it remarkably so. Few lull- are to be seen except those which boiled the streams and their valleys; the spaces between ri-e ai d fall gradually, and sometimes undulate, hut seldom so much as two degrees. The bluffs which bound the streams arc of various magnitudes, according as the streams occupy higher cr lower levels: say from 20 to 70 or 0 feet in height. These have occasional breaks or gaps, by which their declivities can be easily surmounted, nearly, in the desired direction. The streams are numerous, and of consequence the bridging will be a heavy item. Stone for tiie mason work of the bridges, (the superstructures being wood, as was recommended in my report of 1 2 25.) can be procured throughout, from Columbus to Indianapolis; but to seme points that material must be hauled several miies. For the masonry near the Scioto river, and at the Darby creeks, stone can be procured in the distance of from one to four miles, and the price of the mason work is rated from two to four dollars per perch. S'one appears in thr bed of the Big Darby, and in the bank; but whether in sufficient quantity, and of such quality as would answer for the bridge, I could not decide by a surface view, and, therefore, estimated for the alternative of going to a fine quarry on little Darby, about two miles from the location. From this quarry, also, stone must be had for Deer creek and its branches. The estimate is proportioned to that contingency, viz: 5 per perch. I say contingency, because more and more stone are annually discovered throughout the new new settlements, and in many parts where at first thev were not supposed to exist. The same is the case with gravel. Next come the tributaries of the M ama. The ti'ft is the Beaver creek, a small stream flowing into Buck creek. For the maonry on this stream, which will not be great, the stone may have to be procured in the oeighboihood of Springfield. The price is rated accordingly. Near Springfield,

; the county seat of Clark county, there is the guatesi ..bimdanee of rock, both along I Buckcr ek, which passes the notth verge j of the town, and also on Mad river. Teat I material exists, ilso, in many plares be

tween Mad river and the Miami, and may be considered abundant for the mason work. On the Miama, and on Stillwater, there is the greatest abundance on the location, and in th bluffs which bound thoso rivers. On the waters of Twin creek, stone can also be procured at rea3onable expense. Stone are next found abundantly on the east fork of Whitewater near tjie Ohio line, and at Richmond, in Indiana. Limestone is the kind predominating throughout. Fromthecce, the location when made, must cress successively

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