Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 134, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 4 June 1836 — Page 2

RISING SUN TIMES.

A. E. til.ENN, EDITOR AND rROrRIETOR. ARNOLD'S CREEK KRIOGE. At meeting of a number of persons favorable to the erection of a Bridge across Arnold's crock, at or near where the State Road from Rising Sun to Y'evay crosses t lie same, held on the ground, on Saturday, the Colli of May, Mr. JOSHUA I IAIN MS was appointed President, and Ai.kx. E. Glf.n.v, Secretary, when the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That wc consider it highly necessary that a substantial Bridge should be erected across Arnold'screek, at or near this point, in as much as it would be a very great convenience and benefit to a large number of the citizens of Dearborn and Switerland counties. Revoked, That Col. Pinkney James, Thomas Howard, Esq., and Abijah North be and they hereby are appointed Directors, for the purpose of selecting the site for said Bridge, to receive all subscriptions to the same, and to superintend its construction. Resolved, That wc agree and pledge ourselves to be governed by the decision and management of said Directors. Resolved, That Messrs. Martin R. Greene, Thomas D. Kelly, James Wilson, Samuel Steele, James C. Ricketts, Stephen S. Walker, and Lee Rodgers, be appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions in their respective neighborhoods, to aid in building said Bridge. Resolved, That the Board of Directors be requested to meet at this place, on Saturday, the I lth day of June, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of agreeing upon a site for said Bridge, and that all persons who feel interested, be also requested to attend at the same time and place. Resolved, That the proceedings of ' this meeting be published in the Rising Sun Times, and in the Weekly Messenger. And the meeting then adjourned. JOSHUA HAINES, Pres't. Alex. E. Glenn, Scc'y. LAW OF INDIANA. An Act appropriating certain portions of the three percent, fund in Dearborn county. (Approved February 8, 1836. ) Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of ike Slate of Indiana, That of the three per cent, fund now due to the county of Dearborn, the sum of two hundred and hfty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the building of a bridge across Arnold s creek where the stale road from Lawrenceburgh to Madison crosses the same, I the same to be expended under the direction of Col. Pinkney James of said county: Provided however, That the sum above specified shall be appropriated as aforesaid on condition that the citizens of said county or elsewhere hall subscribe and pay a sum in nddi- j tion thereto, sufficient to tinish such bridge. Sec. 2. That the sum of three bundred and fifty dollars of said three per 'cent, fund falling due as aforesaid to said county of Dearborn, be and the tame is hereby appropriated as follows, to wit: two hundred dollars, on the -6tate road from Lawrenceburgh to Hieing Sun in said county, to be appropriated under the direction of John I. French of said county, and one hundred and fifty dollars on the state road between Aurora and the town of Manchester, under the direction of William :Diis. This act to be in force from and af1 ter its passage. COUNTY CONVENTION. Pursuant to public notice, a conven tion of Delegates from the townships of Randolph, Union, Manchester, LawrcnceburghjMiller, Logan and Jackson, assembled this day (May 23d) at the Methodist Church in Manchester, for the purpose of selecting four candidates for the next Legislature, favorable to a division of Dearborn county, when the following delegates appeared and took their seats, to wit: Miller ton-nship.M. Gregg, Jonathan Blasdcl, John Crozier, John Goodwin, E. M. Jackson. Randolph tmenship. W. Lanius, Dr. 3. Morrison, John Neal, Jas. B. Smith, lhos. Howard, Abiiah North, John I. French, Le Roy W. Lynn, L. Rodders, Thos. C.Hall. Manchester township. O. Heustis, lienj. Sylvester, John Shoemake, Alfred Clark, David Tibbitts, Henry Heustis, Albert G. DiU. Larcrcnccburgh township. N. Sparks, Jas. M. IJarragt), bam I. Evans, Jesse Laird, Jacob Hayes, D. Guard, John 1 . Dunn. Union torvnthip. Joseph Wood?, A. T. Coylc, Martin Scranton, Jas. Murray, Jai. M. Hasting?.

Logan loxrnship. W. II. Loyd, Mason J. Clarke, Joshua Lewis, Wm. Briggs. Jackson tozenship. M. Hubbell, Geo. Larrison, Samuel Murdock, Jas. Roberts, Sen. On motion, Thos. Howard was appointed President of the Convention, Oliver Heustis and Mrrrit Hubble Vice Presidents, and John P. Dunn and William Lanius, secretaries. The object of the meeting having been explained fiom the chair, it was on motion. Ordered, that the townships of Logan, Kelso, Jackson, Miller, Lawrenceburgh and Manchester he entitled to two members, and that the townshipsof Randolph and Union be entitled to two

members; and that their delegates do now consult and nominate four candidates to represent this county in the next Legislature favorable to a divi sion ot liearborn countv, and that said candidates so to be nominated, be equally divided as to general politics. Y hereupon, it was Resolved, That A. C. Pepper and Pickney James be nominated, on the part of Randolph and Union, and that John P. Dunn and David Guard be nominated on the part of the six upper townships, as suitable persons to represent this county in the next Legislature. On motion, Benjamin Sylvester was nominated as a suitable person to be run for County Commissioner in the second district. Resolved, That an executive committee of one from each of the townships represented in this convention be appointed by the chair, with power to till any vacancy that may occur in the ticket nominated by this convention. Whereupon, the chair appointed Messrs. Gregg, Lanius, Tibbitts, Laird, Woods, Godley and Hubble that committee. On motion it wa3 Resolved, That we will use all fair and honorable means to insure the success of the ticket nominated by this convention. Resolved, That the proceedings of this convention be signed by the Presi dent, Vice Presidents and Secretaries, and published in the Indiana Palladium and Rising Sun Times. And the convention adjourned. THOMAS HOWARD, Prcit. O. Heustis,) r n M.Hubble 5 r Pres. John P. Dunn,) , :1 W.m. Lanius v'LWf tHif too The price of provisions is now, and has been for the last year or two, ex travagantly high so much so, that it has become almost impossible for a lournevman mechanic or laborer to maintain a small family in any of our western cities. 1 here is plenty of work wages in many instances are higher than usually the crops of the past year were abundant and yet the pro gress of improvement in our towns and cities has either stopped, or been great ly retarded. W e can attribute it to no other cause than the unprecedented rise in the price of the necssaries of life, occasioned by excessive issues of bank paper, and a wild spirit of specu lation. Provisions have advanced more lhan fiftv per cent, in the last two years. The flour, pork, bacon, corn, wheat and sugar of the country, have been bought up for speculation, by (hose having large capitals or extensive credit. A change has thus been produced in the usual course of trade and in the manner of living. Grain has been im ported the present season from Europe at a profit the Atlantic cities are be ginning to look to the Baltic and to the Black Sea for a supply of bread stuff's instead ot the middle and western States. This has produced a re-action in our own markets. The price of provisions must sink rapidly, and immense losses will be incurred by large holders if they attempt to sustain pre sent rates. The article below from the las Cincinnati Evening Post is a strong in dication. Dayton is the heart of the western flour market, asCincmnali iso the pork market. A declension in the price of flour at the former of two dol lars in the barrel, and of four to six cents per lb. in the price of bacon at the latter, must speedily cause a rapid decline elsewhere. There Is no vent abroad for our sur plus provisions they will not be con sumed at home at present rates and there must be a speedy and general de pression in their prices, as the New Orleans market is alread amply sup plied, if not overstocked, with flour pork, bacon, whiskey, &c. &c. iMvinillc Jidvrrlisrr. THE SEASON CROPS, AC. There never was, perhaps, a more promising season than the present. Al accounts that we have seen agree in

this, with a single exception, which

was an attempt somewhere in Pennsyl vania to get up an alarm that the Hessian fly was destroying the wheat. ast year, it was all Pointer killed. and the poor flies were left to starve. t is a little singular that the last win ter was the longest and one of the most severe there has been for many cars, with very little snow compara tively, in the Mississippi valley, yet wc dojnot hear a w ord of the destruction of the winter grain! It may be accounted for in this way, that the crops last year not only proved abundantly proluctive, but that there is, at this momen), a greater quantity ot wheat and flour on hand in the country than las- been known, at this season, for cars, whilst the citizens have been pajingncarly two prices for their bread. V gentleman who recently made a tour through a part of this Slate, and ndiana and Illinois, informs us that the quantity of wheat and flour bought upon speculation was immense; he mentioned one individual who had ten thousand bushels, for which he had re fused one dollar thirty-seven and a half cents per bushel. (We hope he may keep it until he can get two dollars.) Our informant gives it as his opinion that flour will be four dollars before une is out; his observations, during his tour, were also extended to bacon, with similar results, giving it as his opinion there never was as much in the country at this season of the year as at present. 1 he proof of this coming home to us daily, in the fall of hams from sixteen to ten cents, at which atter price they are now bought from the wagons daily; and we know of a ot of bacon, the hog round, having been sold at seven and a half. Sugar, too, is declining in price all over the United States, notwithstanding there was not over "tzeo thirds" of a crop last year, and the next harvest is six months oil. But will this fall in prices now bring back the the hundreds of industrious mechanics that have been driven from our city by speculation, to seek their bread elsewhere? No but it will have a tendency to prevent oth ers going. 1 here has not been a year since we knew Cincinnati, that there las not been more than double the number of buildings in progress, at this season of the year, than there are now. A master carpenter who has two build ings on hand, tells us he finds it very difficult to get hands to carry them on, and will not contract for any more this season. RENEWAL OF INDIAN HOSTILITIES. Extract of a letter received in Charles ton, S. C. dated Tallahassee, May G. Since Gen. Scott has disbanded the Army and sent our Troops home, the Indians have left their fortresses and are sallying forth upon our defenceless inhabitants. On the evening of the 4th, they killed a Negro on Judge Ran dall's farm and took off his horses and mules; and on the 5th, last evening, they were 6een at Col. Gamble's within 15 miles of this place; Randall's is 25 miles. These reports are undoubt ed, our scouts have returned and reported them to be facts; but we cannot hear what numbers are embodi ed; it is believed here, not many. We are prepared to defend ourselves, and should they make an attack on the City to night, the conflict will be a desperate one; the one party contend ing for booty, the other for their wives and children. P. S. I have just read a letter from Col. Gamble to his lady, written this day, in which he says two men have been wounded by the Indians near where he and a few neighbors are post ed. The Col. left this place yesterday morning and has made a Fort of Cot ton Bags. We have sent about 60 men to his rescue, we could spare him no more, and if there should be large force of Indians, the whole will be butchered. I am sorry I have not time to write you further, but can spare no more time, as I must prepare to meet the savage foe. Another letter which was communi cated to us, without date, but post marked at Tallahassee, 7th inst., states that Col. Gamble had taken to the swamp with his negroes, and that his cotton house and other buildings had been burnt by the Indians. It was supposed by some, that these depredations were committed by ladi ans from the Cicek nation. THE CREEK INDIANS. Letter from a citizen of Georgia to a member ot Congress, dated Columbus, May 10, 133G. "It is with feelings of deep sympathy that I address you. Our Alabama neighbors are now pouring into this city with the greatest possible precipitation. Several men, women, and children are murdered on the road, in

making for this place. Small children are picked up, wandering in the forest, not able to tell who their parents were. Such a state of misery and distress I never before witnessed. Nothing, as yet, has been done by the Military. The Indians are going from one plantation to another, destroying every thing that they cannot convert to their use. The head chief has been waited on by some of our citizens to know fhe intentions of the Indians; and he stated, unequivocally, they were determined on war, and that he could not prevent it; and for us to be on our guard. It is somewhat feared our city will be at

tacked by them. At this moment we ire poorly provided for defence, but lope to be in a few davs. All those fine farms which a few days ago promised so much reward to the owners arc deserted: the fencing thrown down, the inmates of the houses either killed or run away, they present nothing but dreary waste. 1 tie time has now irrived when nothing short of conquest md immediate removal or extermination, will give peace and stability to our agricultural neighbors. Letters from the post-masters at Columbus and Macon fully confirm the above in its worst aspect. One letter, dated Macon, Ga, May 11, says: There was no mail yesterday west of Columbus, which goes to confirm the accounts recived. I have just heard, that the stage that left Columbus, on the 9th to go west, returned after getting into the Nation about twenty miles. Men, women, and children were leaving their homes and flocking to the towns, in droves. They told the passengers not to venture further that the Indians were in arms, and had committed many murders. INDIANA COLLEGE. engineer's department. The great demand for the services o Engineers that exists in consequence of the improvements in progress through out the United States, and the impossi bility of obtaining competent engineers from abroad, has manifested the neces sity of preparing and educating them at home, lo this end it has been deem ed advisable to organize a Department in Indiana College, for the purpose of giving instructions in civil engineering, 1 he class will be organized on the first Monday in June next. In addition to the regular Class recitation there wil be exercises every week in practical en gineering, the College being furnished with a complete apparatus for engineer ing purposes. There will also be in the vacation a reconnoUance of a road or canal, thus combining practice with the ory, and teaching the young engineer to perform the duties of the field as wel as those of the oflice. During these excursions a course of lectures on en gineering will be delivered, accompa nied by exercises illustrative of the pnn ciples of the science. The sessions will be the same as in the literary department of the College The terms of admission are twenty dol lars per session, and ten dollars for re connoisance during the vacation. I hi last charge will be made but once for any number of sessions that a student may attend. A young man possessed of a competent knowledge of Algebra Geometry, Conic Sections and 1 rigon ometry, may qualify himself for Assist ant Engineer by an attendance of one session. If these branches of knowl edge have not been acquired, two or more sessions will be necessary. The reputation of Professor Elliott both as an able mathematician, ant a practical engineer, affords sufficient warrant that the course of instruction adopted will be ample and thorough. It would be superfluous here to urge the importance of the subject, both to the country and to individuals where it is known that the demand for engineers more than doubles the supply ; that thi demand is constantly increasing, that the works now in progress will afford constant employment to engineers, for a number of years before they will be finished and afterwards as long as they last, in superintending them, and keep ing them in repair. That the comple lion of these works will make it neces sary to construct others. And more over, the salaries of competent en gineers are from two to seven thousaiu; dollars per annum. A more nromis ing field, both for profit and distinction cannot he opened lo the aspiring mind oi me youth of our countrv. In con elusion we would earnestly invite the attention of those who wish well lo their country, to this important subject; let mem select and send such young men as by their talents and encigy will be an ornament to their profession. The editors of papers friendly to the cause of science will please copy the above a few times. D. II. MAXWELL, Pics. 11. T. of Indiana College. Bloomington, May M, 183G.

EMIGRATION. Richmond, Ia. May 21. The tide has commenced for this

season in good earnest, and rolls on in an increasing current to the V est along the National Road. On Thursday last, there were about forty wagons, with families, passing through this place. It would not be an extravagant prediction to say, that should the emigration continue in the increased ratio of the ast two years, the states of Indiana and Ihnois, will be found, by Dec. 1 830, to have doubled in population in the five years preceding. What a country will the succeeding generation witness hould peace and prosperity continue! 3ut is this overwhelming addition to our population desirable in regard to individual happiness We answer, no! ohlical considerations aside, (and we are not opposed to the received opin ion, that "population is wealth" in a new country.) we would appeal to the pioneers of this state, if, in their v.wtivc equality, if wc maj' so express it, there was not more content and real enjoyment of all that constitutes happiness in this life, than they at least. could realize in a dense population, amid the refinements, consequent restraints and enervating luxuries of more populous regions. Palladium. Steam boat Launch. The new Steam Boat Gen. Gaines, owned by Capt. Samuel Reid, and others of this City, was launched on yesterday after noon h orn the boat yard of Messrs. W. & G. French, at JclFersonvillc. She left the ways in beautiful style, and entered the water without receiving the sight est injury. riom.the elegance and peculiarity of her model and the power of her engine, which we arc told is to be put in her, she will probably not be surpassed in speed by any boat in the United Slates. Louisville .'ldv. of May 19. A new county has been formed in the north west coiner of this State called Lake. 13 miles south of Lake Michigan, 35 S. E. of Chicago, and 35 S. W. of Michigan City, in this county, a new post office has been established, called Lake C. II.. and Solon Robinson appointed Post-Master. Madison Manner. The editors of the State of New York are to-have a Convention on the l'Jth instant, for the purpose of adopting uni form rules for Hie management of their business, and to change the svstem of credit which now so universally prevails, into a system of cash. We are glad to see that the gentlemen of the press in that state, at least, have not entirely lost their discretion in the warmth of party strife, and that they think that it is a matter of some consequence to look to their own interests as well as the interests of parly. At the same time they should adopt a code of laws by which editors shall be governed in their intercourse with each other. It is really a crying shame to the profession, that language, which could be considered libellous and indecent, when used in any other place, and of any other persons, is indulged in, apparently as a matter of course, and held by many to be evidence of their pure devotion to the party principles which they may have adopted. One thing may be considered certain if editors respect neither themselves, nor one another, it can scarcely be expected of any other person. Pith-burgh Advertiser. A Painful Scene The New York Courier & Enquirer fays: Mrs Folly, who was indicted some months since in New Jersey, for severe chastisement of a little black girl belonging to her husband, in consequence of which cruelty the child died, was put upon her trial last week at Hack ensack. She pleaded guilty to the indictment, and implored the mercy of the court. After due consideration of the circumstances,, she was sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor in thp Stale Prison. The scene which took place on pronouncing the sentence is described by the Newark Daily Advertiser, as deeply and shockingly affecting. The prisoner, a well dressed and of respectable standing, was about to be torn from society, aad doomed lo an ignomjnious companionship for years with the vilest felons. Her shrieks as she was borne from the court room, are represented as heart rending. A small negro boy, who was indicted with her for participating in (he cruelly was sentenced to two years imprisonment. We are gratified to perceive that the very spirited Agricultural Society of Posey county in this state, has published a scale of Agricultural Premiums for their next fall fair, amounting to Four Hundred dollars. This is a noble example, and worthy to be emulated by more wealthy counties. We hope many such will be reported before the autumnal fairs. Lul. Farmer.