Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 142, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 30 July 1836 — Page 2

Jlr. Hendricks C'ircnlar.

Washinctox City, J'ne 30, 1 836. Another Session of strange and peculiar character is drawing near to a close, and as heretofore has !een my custom, I purpose on the present occasion, to give to the People of the Slate, a brief outline of the business u ansae ed by it, and pending before it. I' h i ;.in nf pro: interest, novt i i

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III tl i n I I - - - .. 1 " hn.lv t5oli i i, - riling action upon me nouv pontic cmn0 jr , i s,, ' 1 throughout the United btate. Theburplus Revenue, strange as it mi".i:fi;,.ii may appeal, r.as ui.v.i mv. ...w.-, J,." .r i.. c.:.,., -pi... J fiiipsfirxi of tle bession. 1 lie surplus on hand, was admitted, by a report ot the Secretary of the Treasury, of the Dth of June' last, to be upwards of thirty-three millions. This in the vaults of the Dcposite Banks, was withdrawn from circulation, or its circulation in all respects, subjected to the tiisrrrtion of those institutions. an

-. , ing them. The friends of the Land bill were not however opposed to a gradual increase of the Navy and forti tications, nor to appropriations much ; cnUrroA for these obiects:but thov ' contended for a distribution of the pro- j r i' l-.n, ft.., rm.,..!

ous plans have been proposed tor get- . 1 .c W tin- rid of it: such as Distribution! !tuJ 1,1 ,h.e l reasur.es undeT the law among the States; building I,r,ifu-:,-! J;'t Pea and on the 31st December, t1onsontheseaboard,andsbipsofwar;.,-'lt.'11 be known how much has and the Land Bill. These several j bccn received from the land sales in schemes have had their advocates, but, l previous years. Brides the d.suntiia late period of the SSion,thcl .nb"Uon3 umlcr 4 ,e J:l,1(1 13' were probabilitv was, that the whole surplus;"";11 Pvnc-ts lo llie States. By the would be "expended, in building forlifi-1 her ,Iie deposited in the ir -.r ,,! ;., Mrm. i Male Ireasunes are liable to be rc-

rue from all other sources, for the cur-1 1 vot both bills; think the rent expenditures of the Government, i Prions of cither better in all respects I voted for the Land bill; thi.de the j lha' ,Ilc mcr condition of things, distribution it proposes, the best that I !"'J have given my reasons for prcierne in the new States can ever hope to , ,!!? I fc Land li.II. l ad both lulls get, and believe that unless we get this, Pd, the land proceeds would have we get nothing else valuable to us on! been destnbulcd, because the Land that'subject. Reduction of price, and j bi'! designates a particular fund, and graduation, have been unsuccessfully 1 maK'es l!,lal 'P0"n cf it. In that tried for ten or fifteen years. I have j cxcu' ,lu- ,Ulcr bill would have merely

heretofore in letters like this, given mv j views in this matter, and entered into 1 calculations to show the amount which this bill, in five years, would divide to thc State of Indiana. Such however has been the great increase of land sales of late, and especially within the last

year, that all my calculations have been t " 1 -onsituuion as the law prescribes, left far on thc back ground. The re-! 1 lus ,Ixes llie boundary between Michecipts from thc Public Lands during ! 'p'n and nio, so as to include within the past year exceeded fifteen millions', j 1 ,c ''ate of 0lli the NorlU CaPe of

and there is good reasons lo bcl.exe that during the present year, tbe will exceed twenty millions. The dividend to which Indiana would be entitled of thc sum on hand, the 27th January last, Is agreeably to a report of the committee on Public lands, $91 7,213 and this is little more than two-fifths of the sum which would have been distributed by the bill. This is in my opinion better for us, than building ships to rot in our docks and harbours, before we shall ever find use for them, for we have at present more than are ever employed at thc same time. It is belter loo than ! building useless fortifications, which must be abandoned in a great measure to dilapidation after they are built; for unless we greatly increase our Army, we shall not have men enough to garrison them. It is believed by many, whose opinions are entitled to great respect, that thc amount which would be distributed by thc Land Bill, in five years, weald i be upwards -of $50,000,000, and that j the s rplus for distribution by the j other mode, will be somewhere between j thirty and forty millions. The L ind i Bill had long been before the House of Representatives, having passed the Senate, and no action upon it promising a faorable result having been had, "other dispositions of the surplus were proposed. The propositions to dcposite in the State Treasuries, the surplus which shall be on hand on the first of January next, leaving 5,000,000 in the Treasury of the U. Slates, has been "dopted by a large majority of both Houses, and received thc sanction wf the President. From 35 to It) millions will in

probability be deposited in the Slate j '00,000; that for Indiana, ,250.000; Treasuries under that law. But the j ;ild lor Illinois, $100,000. More diflidistribution of the same sum by iIk; ' cully and delay than usual heretofore

Land Bill, would have been better for un; new stales ny ten per cent. , tie cause by it, t.y would have received ten per cent, of the moneys received from the sales, before any general division would have taken plue. By the other bill no such advantage ss given to the new States. This however can be better illnstiatcd by figures than in any other way. On the 27th of January last, agreeably to a report of the ' Committee on the Public Lands of lhc Senate, there were for distribution as proposed by the Land Bill, $20,571,25 75. The dividend of Indiana out of this sum, is $317,213, agieeably to thc other bill it is ten per cent. less. . 1. . . . 1 . .1

But the Land Bill does not terminate on the first of January next, as the other hill doc?. It distributes the proreeds of the Land sales till the 31st of December, 1 837, ten or fifteen millions in all probability after the other '11 will cease to operate on the receipts in-

in mi; i r im v. in riuumnii io iiiisi. (lie Land I 1 1 1 contained an nppropnatsonot 115.000 acres of land in favor xh? S:,, Indiana, which if judi State of Indiana, which if judi- ; cious'v selected in the new lands, not 1 )cl brought into market, would have i j . . ' 'been worth from three to 500.000. . .; tb hese three items the ! diilerencc in the amounts distributed , under t! le two bills; the ten per. cent., and the 1 15,000 acres of land, and it is a calculation perfectly safe, that the difference to Indiana between these two bills, would exceed one million of dollars. The lime however w ill soon come, in which this whole matter will be told in dollars and cents at the Treasury. On the first of January next it .. ;n k., l i -ii u called whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine that such recall is necessary for the Government. "V" ,,v',"r ' " .7 ' " oilidic. ne taw wnicn 11.1s jusi P;lsd is worth to the State, probably j n're than a million of dollars. "m.ru ueposues 01 me curren ve;luc' ,or the time bemS in thc loc:i1 Banks. A law has passed, fixing the boundaries of Michigan, and admitting her as a State into the Union, on condition I that she call a Convention and modify 1 lx . . . 1 I the Maumee Bay, and, of course, the eastern outlet of the Wabash and Krie (.anal, its points of union with the Lake. It recognizes also the Northern boundary of Indiana, as fixed and established by our constitution, and puis to rest the pretension of Michigan to a portion of our territory in the North. Michigan will then, on com pliance with the requirements of the law, be entitled to seats for her bena tors and Representatives, in the next bession of Congress. A law has also passed for the admis'lon f Arkansas, as a Slate of the Union. But little prospect exists of removing the Miami Indians from our Slate, in any short period of time. The Pottawattamies will, no doubt, soon be gone; nut the Miamics own large and desira ble reservations on the Upper Wabash, contiguous to the canal. These have oeconie Valuable, of which the Indians sccm "ell advised, and thc treaty of 1 OJ h which they agreed to sell a Pul ' their possessions, contained I 'ovisions objected to by the Presi dent, and has never been submitted for ratification. Two unsuccessful cfibrls have been made to have it modified, aid so the matter rests. Relieving that time would increase rather than dimiuish the dilliculty of treating with them, I have, with others of the Delegation, been anxious for the ratification of that treaty. The bill making appropriations for the construction of thc Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, has at length become a law. The sum for the road in Ohio is have been experienced in this matter; and it is much to be regretted that so much of thc working season will have passed by, before operations upon it can be commenced . A bill appropriating $50,000 for the improvement of the Wabash river passed the Senate, at an early period of thc Session, but has not yet been acted on by the House. An appropriation of $25,000 for a harbor at Michigan city, has passed both Houses, and an additional appropriation for a lighthouse at that place, has also been made. The Louisville and Portland Canal bill hai passCj ihc Senate, and is before

the House. It authorizes the purchase of the private stock at sixteen per cent, above par, provided so much of it can be procured asjto give the Government the control of the Canal. The object is to make the Canal free except such tolls as shall be necessary to keep it in a state of preservation and repair. The obligation cf the government to improve the navigation of the Ohio river at the Falls, and to remove the obstructions there, seems to be fully admitted, and should the Louisville and Portland Canal Company refuse to

sell their stock, and carry into etlect thephjects of the bill, the People of the West will have almost a gaurantee that Congress will not hesitate hereafter to appropriate money for the purpose of making a free canal on the other side of the river. There a much better canal can be made than the Louisville and Portland Canal. One that would unite JetFersonville and New Albany, would be a perfect work, and be more valuable for its water power than perhaps any other establishment in the United Stales. No such appropriation, however, can be expected, until the Stockholders of the Louisville and Portland Canal shall have refused a liberal proposition from Congress in relation to that work. Without such proposition, it would he ungenerous, if not unjust, for Congress to render that work valueless, by making a free canal on the other side of the river. The Territory of Wincer.sin has recently been formed: a Governor and Jlldges appoiniC(, and a Territorial Government will soon be established there. It embraces all our territory from Lake Michigan West, and from thc Northern boundaries of Illinois and Missouri, to the British line. It includes the Mississippi river from its source to the mouth of thc Dcs Moines. A Territory, large and some of it fertile, and which must at no very distant da', include two or more States. A bill establishing many additional Post Routes has become a law. This will create, and increase, mail accommodations in-various quarters, and especially in the northern parts of our State. The question of Slavery has agitated considerably the present Session, and there is great danger that it has not yet been put to rest. The Abolition ists of the North arc actuated by a zeal no doubt misguided, for with the question of Slavery, except in thc District of Columbia, this Government has nothing whatever to do. Slavery in the States is a question exclusively belonging to themselves. The expe diency of abolishing ilhere Was, however, thc chief question, and the petitioners have no right to complain of any thing, unless it be the disinclination to receive their pelitions,and thc rejection of the prayer of their petitions without consideration, or the ordinary reference to a committee. Slavery, it must be admitted, is a dangerous and deep-rooted evil inour political system; bet it is one for which there seems to be no remedy, and the less the subject is agitated here and elsewhere, the better it is for the peace and welfare of the Union. The present Congress met nt n period when the Foreign Relations of the country were lowering and portentious. When the country was on lhc very verge of a French war, which no one seemed o have realized or expected, and of w hich the danger was not discovered until it was exhibited by thc Message at the opening of the Session. i he extraordinary demand for explanations on the part of thc French Government, as a preliminary condition of her fulfilment of the solemn obligations of a treaty, and thc indignant tone, and universal determination of the American People, that no humiliating explanation should be given, seemed atone time to leave little hope of a peaceful termination of our dillicultieswith France. And we arc perhaps more indebted to the condition of Lurope; thc menacing attitude and the mammoth power of Russia for thc pacific disposition of France, than to any other cause. France, Lngland, and Spain, seem to have determined on checking the progress of Russia south ward, and on confining the Emperor Nicholas more to his original limits. A war cloud has been gathering over Europe, and it would have been bad policy to have permitted the resources of France, to be crippled or exhausted, by acauselessand Irmtless war with this country at a lime when she is in danger of a war with Russia. This is no doubt thc secret of the mediation of England which was oilercd and accept ed; whose maritime and commercial interests, would otherwise have been much belter consulted by war between France aud the United States. What

ever the true motive or reason of the conduct of France may have been, she has taken as sufficient explanation, the Message of the President at the commencement of the present Session, and so has terminated all apprehension of a French war. Our intercourse with all the civilized nations of the earth, arc of thc most friendly character. We have ambassadors and other diplomatic agents wherever the interests of the country require. Our commerce has of late been greatly extended. It tloats upon every ocean and sea, wheresoever the enterprise and cupidity of man has tempted him lo go, and Squadrons of our Navy for the protection of this commerce, arc cruising in the Mediterranean, thc West Indies, and the Pacific Ocean. The Session, which has been much too long, will terminate on Monday next, the 4th of July. With great respect, WILLIAM HENDRICKS. TEXAS. New Orleans, July C. The schr. Col. Fannin arrived this day from Vclaseo, which place she left on thc 29th of June. By a passenger we are informed that the Mexican troops Were advancing towards Guadaloupe, where (he Texian troops were posted, but who it was presumed would march towards the Colorado, there to await thc advancing Mexicans. Col. M. B. Lamar, late Secretary at War, had been raised to the chief command of the ai'mv. and

Mr. Somerville appointed in his place ucl 1 ciiiiy. The people were returning from their farms and cotton plantations in great numbers, (locking to their country's standard with the zeal of patriots determined upon Ihc expulsion of their invaders, or death in the conflict. Wrc arc further informed that the schrs. Fanny Butler, Camanchc and Watchman had been taken at Copano, by about twenty Texian cavalry, and detained in consequence of being laden with provisions for thc Mexican army. Santa Anna is still at Columbia, on the Brasos, in close confinement, and under a strong guard. From the Natchitoches Gazette, July 2. We have been favored with the following copy of an express from Gen. Rusk, addressed to Gens. Sam'i Houston and Gaines, dated, In Camp, June 10, 1836. Major Miller, Captain Teal, Captain' Kerns and four soldiers were ordered to Matamoras, to receive some prisoners that were (0 be delivered up, according (o treaty with Gen. Filasola. They were furnished wilh passports by Filasola, and promised protection. On their arrival at Matamoras, they were put in prison and their passports taken from them. They found means lo procure a faithful Mexican, who promised lo deliver a letter lo Gen. Rusk, for two hundred dollars. He concealed the letter in the but end of his riding whip. Thc letters from Major Miller, Captain Teal and Captain Kearns informs us that four thousand soldiers will leave Matamoras in four days, by land. Four thousand by water, in 15 days. Four thousand from Vera Cruz, shortly after. Thc Mexican soldier is compelled to take the following oath when he enters the army: "He swears to exterminate every American, or never to return lo Mexico.'' Gen. Urrea is the commander of all thc forces. The American prisoners at Matamoras write lo Gen. Rusk thus, "Don't delay a moment on our account; we are willing to be lost, if Texas can be saved." Thc Texian army is not over 800 strong; but on the receipt of thc last express, every man shouldered his ride and started to thc camp. WTe learn from thc express, that Santa Anna will be forwarded to Nacogdoches, under a strong guard. He will be tried by a Court Marshal, and it is expected that he will he condemned ! Black Hawk. A ridiculous story is going the rounds of the eastern papers, that Black Hawk has sent the wampum to the Indians of thc NorthWest for the purpose of uniting with them in a war against the whites. Strange that intelligent people should continue to remain lgnarnnt ot the power lo do injury of this broken-spiri ted red man. Black Hawk is no more nor less than a simple individual He is no chief, and can muster no men. He still lives down near the Rapids; and from his advanced years we should suppose him incapable of any acts of

aggression, either in thought or deed. The people of this frontier do not apprehend thc least danger from the Indians; and were these reports, intended for (his beclion, they would be laughed down in less than no time. Galena Gauilc.

PUBLIC WORKS IX INDIANA. KOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed nroDosals will be received at

Lafayette, on the 23d dav of August next, by J. B. Johnson, Acting Com missioner, lor the construction ol all the heavy sections on that portion of the Wabash and Erie canal lying be tween ueorgetown and Lafayette, 32 miles in length. The work lo be let embraces several of the most important and expensive jobs in the state, amongst which are 3 Dams, one across lhe,Wabash,one across Deer creek, and the other across Wildcat; two Bluffs, each near one and a fourth miles in length,along which the canal will be formed in the river; G Lift Locks and 3 Guard Locks; together with several sections of deep cutting and high embankment. Also at Brookvillc, on the 13th day of September next, by Elisha Long, Acting Commissioner, for the construction of about 34 miles of the Whilewater Canal, extending from Brookvillc to Lawrenceburgh. This division embraces 2 Dams -across the White-water, 14 Lift Locks to be built of stone, 2 Aqueducts, several large arched Culverts of stone, G or 8 heavy Blulf sections, and some deep cutting, together with the usual variety of earth work common lo all canals. Also at Madison, on the 27 Ih day of September next, by John Woodburn Acting Commissioner, for (he grading and bridging on 22 miles of the Madison and Lafayette Rail Iload, extending north from the Ohio river. The line to be let embraces some heavy work, consisting of the usual variety of cuttings, embankments and bridges common to works of this kind. The road-bed to be graded for a double track. Also at Indianapolis, on thc 4lh day of October next, by D. Burr, Acting Commissioner, for the construction of 25 miles of the Central Canal, extending from the feeder darn above Indianapolis lo "the Blufls." This line embraces a Darn across the White river, an Aqueduct over Fall creek, 8 Lift Locks, most of which will be built of cut stone, 2 or 5 BlirlT sections, and several large Culverts. Also at Paoii, on the 1 8th day of October next, by John T5. Clendenin, Acting Commissoner, for the grading and bridging on 41 miles 'of the New Albany and Vinccnnes McAdamizcd Turnpike road, extending from New Albany to Paoli, and embracing such a variety of cuttings, embankments, and bridges as is common on turnpike roads. Also at Evansville, cn the 1st day of November next, by Samuel Hall, Acting Commissioner, for the construction of 26 to 30 miles of the Central Canal, extending from a point near thc head of Big Pigeon ct eek, to Evansville. The work to be let on this line is of the ordinary character embracing several Locks, to be built of stone, and one or more Aqueducts, with a number of culverts. Also at Terre-Iiaulc, on the 15(h day of November next, by Thomas H. Blake, Acting Commissioner, for the construction of about 20 miles of the Cross-cut canal, extending fromTerrcHautc to Eel river. This line embra ces a deep cut of considerable magni tude, a Dam across Lei river and 8 or 10 cut stone Locks. Thc several lines to be let, will be divided into sections of suitable length for the convenience of contractors Thc length of time given for the com pletion ot the work, the terms of the contracts, ihe manner of performing the work, ccc. etc. will be fully made known at the time and place of letting. Thc various lines will be staked out and ready for thc inspection of con tractors, ten days previous to the day of letting; and the plans, profiles and estimates of qualities, will be at thc place ot letting lor (luce days imme diately preceding (he day of receiving bids, ludders are requested td make themselves fully acquainted with (he - - character of the work, so that tbev may not be mistaken in regard lo its value. Bidders who are not personally known to the Acting Commissioner or JMiginecrm charne of the work, will be expected to present with their pro posals, satisfactory testimonials as to meir quaiuications and character. Dated Indianapolis, 4th July, 1836. By Order of the Slate Board of Internal Improvement. DAVID H. M A X WELL, Prcst. James Morrison, Secretary. Beat this. Three ladies from one neighborhood, in Monlpelier, Vt., accidently happening in at a store in (hat place, one day last week, just stepped into (he scales to sec how light they were. Their aggregate weight wa3

COO pounds.