Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 192, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 22 July 1837 — Page 2

Thus did the board actually in a distance of 34 miles appropriate one kindred and FORTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO POLLARS of the people's money, over and above what was necessary to construct the work. Far be it from us to blame the board, on the contrary, wo j,0IJ that they have done right in showing thus early to the people of the State, the .danger of making anv set of men their masters. Suppose we attempt to calculate from this instance what wiil be the ultimate cost of the whole system. The sum should be stated in this wav; as $33,205 is to $176,827, so wiil the estimated costs ot the works betotliciractualcosts;orwe might state in this way: If three miles and a half of the system will cost .$170,827 what

the two millions five hundred thousand dollars, had been applied to one work, it would have completed it i.t once, and the profits to accrue from it would be at once available in defraying the State liabilities. Our ordinary State revenue is barely sufficient to pay the engineers and their nsmsiants. for surerintendinr the structure

of the public works. 1 he whole sum ap- siuue until sue is able to hnish them, or to propriated t this purpose last year was , go on as she- has done in commencing

$30,308. This expense was greatly en- j works at so many points, that none ot them tianced bv undertaking all the works ai j can ever be finished? Is it more disgrace

ful to abandon a part thnn the whole of the works? And is it not better, if we must

recede (which we think is not onlv demon-

but not even nlausible. The first and !

strongest of these objections is, that the State has already commenced the system on the plan adopted by the Board of Inter' nal Improvement, and it would be disgraceful to recede. Is it (we ask) more disgraceful for the State to complete some of her

works, and defer the completion of the rc-

From the Richm&nd Enquirer. DEATH OF XATIIAXIFX. MACON. The Warrenton, N. C. Reporter of Saturday last, come shrouded in mourning for the death of one of the most virtuous and illustrious men, who graced our coun

try. The Reporter announces the mciaH-

RISING SUN:

SATURDAY MORXIXC, JULY 22, 1837.

The following are the rates

rin agreed upon by the Indiana Editorial

choly intelligence in the following simple Convention, and which now govern the

will one thousand macs cost? A very

simolc arithmetical process will give us an I will be less than twenty years?

i

once, making it necessary to keep a w hole army of engineers to superintend their structure. We would ask those who op

pose the policy of cassifying the works, or j strable, hut demonstrated) to recede while

who advocate the contrary policy of carry-, we can, than deter it to that time when ing them ail on at once, at what period of j we must not only recede, but absolutely

time they expect the works to be completed? Does anv thinking man suppose it

We think

not, and during this twenty years, by what means do thev expect the scmi-an-

Mod. and loose all that wo hnv ontlavml?! mo?e Pmols wll 1111 a Vasl

lerms : "It is with feelings of deep regret we have to announce the death of the Hon. .NATHANIEL MACON. He departed this life at his residence in this countv, on Thursday morning last, the 2'Jlh of Juue. in the 83d year of his age.1' The whole nation wiiTsinccrelv share in

Mr. Macon was one ol

the

this deep regret.

rhese questions we conceive must be an

swered in favor of the position we have as-j sumed. One great advantage which clas-j

sification possesses over the other policy is, j

answer to cuner oi uiese sum Wino-.towit: RUIN AND BANKRUPT

CY TO THE STATE. AND BEGGARY j nual instalments of interest wiil be paid, that if at any time the system should be

TO THE PEOPLE. Wc do not how- y-th an annual revenue of G0,000, how is i lgcl to be stopped, something of last-

ever, insist on the foregoing data as the t expected that the Slate can pay $300,-iinS ana permanent

basis of our calculations, although the ac-; 000, the interest on ten millions "onlv, cn , bcen accomplished

benefit would have

Wa should have fin-

nation s eve. lie was a long timoa member of Congress from the -State of North Carolina. He was in the House of Representatives in the trv ing crisis ol'MS-lW and for many years afterwards. He was once Speaker of the House and he

subsequently served as a member of the Senate of I lie United States. At all times

UNITED STATES BAXK. The New Yorker, (a neutral paper, published in the city of New York,) of the 8th instrint envn it hfara vncrilfilv from differ-

TERMS OF ADVERTISING. - " -

r , ent quarters, "that iur. .Dictate anu ins uof advcrli- 1 ' . ,

nanciai associates in tne uirecioi), ue triumphed (?) over the mercantile interest in procuring a vote for the resumption of specie payment at an early day: the first of August is named.' The same paper further states that it is rumored the Bank

4i intends to make a discrimination between $1 00 1 - , i , . v i tic noif -lint n Id naiier. ami imv snecie at

0. . i.o ..v-.. r..r- 3 ,..

I t 1-11 I J

once lor that only wuicn nas oeen issuea

tual lettings furnish them; enough wi 1 be ! t'ue sjx j.er cent bonds. !n order to de- snc1 at ,cait otie or two State works, and sWn in thn srnnd to warrant the same fVnv ihi .unonnt llir Invos: must bn raided I !"c State Would haw the worth of its mon-

mcmbers of the Editorial Association of

this State. They arc the prices charged at this office. For one square, (15 lines, or less,

in the Times,) 3 insertions, Each additional insertion, -One square 3 months, u 6 " - " 12 " -Two squares, 12 months, -Three squares, 12 months, One column (1000 ems) per year, Three-fourths of a ctlamn,

Half a column, -Fourth of a column,

uum after the first cf Au-

1 to warrant the same ; frav ;i,js amount the taxes must be raised ! !llc Sia,c would have the worth of its im

1 .1 f . . ft 1 !" ,., K.M'n

no was ino ii;in ivc o k.i i omi-. , . . . i i u . , ,! v tiinll' , A deduction of 20 per cent made on ad-i Patriot the excellent citizen the honest r , Ale

v ,.,t,..i,. vcrhsemrnts lonn-nr than a nuarter ot a

;0 OHO Jiu unn iiwti n,..i o- i

6 0Q I under its Pennsylvania charter.' If the 10 0oabove sta,cmcnt3 uc tl-uc' tae FnPerci"tac nn old United States B.ink, will hardly sell

on fin i 'or !l luSh Prcmii

go oo!us'' somc tu'k5 u'' ,llcn l,e conv'u" 50 00 ' ccc t'ial n ls wor!n no more l'lian 'ie PaPer "35 0!l !my ()l'icr Bank.

25 CO

fC"A prospectus has been issued by

rs. William T. Otto and Samuel W.

Smith, fir 'vihlUhiiitr n narpr fit Tndianan-

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A second cause why it is impossible to j probable increase of taxes was menuoned, j broken down, or fails foV wa nt of fund, j ZZZ; Z 1 "TTl f ' ' ' 1 Le led the Indiana Whig and

what will be the ultimate costs ' it was called a bug-hear, l'lc who act-, ' ie.. u, ', ' ;,rllou..wC leave it to abler pens I V , V ' . , . , j rolitical intelligencer." l ite lirst nutn-

i .i .,.t.,;,,t.- fi! vncpteH sh vsiTi t oot the idea lliat iiviuiii" ui leiuru nr ur uium iim; : - , . , a auvcriiseuietus auuiori.i.-u uy iuw, i . ,, i , i le works i- the uncertainty ot me cmi- "Uiu .i.e . sxi.i no.u dji me m.n , , , -ithuiiel Macon. i her is to appear on the third Wednesday . i . i li r. .1 l T Outlays- htlt snort pc inns ot h:i.l Iiuh(.l IO I-IMKC -.iuiaun.i -.. n. . . r... :.. .i . '

iticiivcic.. mi. i. jiuiuli u , i - ..,. Rai Roads and Cami!-' hnvlrpd af miVs He was the bosom hiendot Jettoin i - i . i in August, should sufucient patronage Lc

made to the Legislature at lis iasi , uic . vioeui:i .usb u , , !.n,t (1f s;..,!;.,, :l one was more devo- as a so, a advertisements coming from ! ,. . , . , ., . , T. i on the -iWn of the letting no (.P , - , : obtained to warrant its puuhcntt-MS. Ic

one exception only the lettings have i of dollars in Internal Improvements, w.lh- j - j , , f a - 0,)inion 0'r hhn, than 1 r..ftm ' W advoCate "1C I,ri0C,P!cs l

13 i ,vif t...-r m.r,n fh,i nrr,.-nn 11 HlP rrn. iimuu.iuov n iu ij.i .1 tU' : ... . . iiuuiu..vm-iao vwi.jh.;- i t , . U' ,..1? TI K IV . .... ....

viLiiiiv L.YiLi'vii-yi uiu i,.nmnv., i

calculate

oftl

mates

report

session

with

hitherto

A fow i)i:n'ns i-.ih :pn fr jii this rooort ! cralionii to pay anv of the principal. Not

will sufiice to show the m eat disoarity be- i one word, however, was said ot the in!er-

tween the estimates and the actual costs of the works. Tims the bridging and gradinrj onlv of 22 miles of the Madison,

est, which at five per cent, would amount

to 500,000 rcr annum. The frieads of i s stom

siacationof the works, that the friends o

these works which are postponed, wiil immediately endeavor to break down the

This is admitting (what we do

tne system, however.

invented another ! not charge) that the syslcm itself is now

tual cost of constructing 41 miles of tire i funded

rvW. A n ! VJnn. .vllft v,r! f d! nf S npp crnf iftliov ronl.l tret i t lin- uie.V flenvc u'om U V.OUkl prove

theeim;tcsNTO.-J30. Costlv as are these ' til a fund should be provided sufficient to the system originated in a spirit (,f plunder,

acqu;

tance. In the paper which he wrote lor his last will in January, 132, he leaves the following memorable tribute in honor of his friend : "To Nathaniel Macon I give and bequeath my oldest high silver candlesticks, my silver punch ladle with whale bone

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IndianWt; and Lafayette Rail-Road ex-! method of defraying the interest, by which j s'!PPOeu oy inose mt crest cu m ti.e woms, ceeds the estimates s2l6,723. The ac-uvo millions were to be borrowed, and R 011 account of intrinsic merits, but

.-.l iiH ior-f. nnrt niidni ! fT:l in 1 v " x'" '"vulu" -1 ' 1 " i . " r- -.1 1 1 1 ..

..v-., ....v. . , ., - , . n r. ii .i . innrt r. n nnir oi s ver rnns yy nil inuiu c.

uiey active irom it. 11 vvouui prove tnai i i , , ,

and my crest engraved iiiereon, my nam metal dishes that havcmycrestofJ.lt. in old English letters engraved thereon, also the plates with the same engraving, the choice of four of my best young mares and geldings, and the gold watch by llosskell, that was tudor's with the gold chain; and may every blessing attend him, the

best and purest and wisest man that 1 ever knew."

per nine no one

could have anticipated such a result from ions, and the fable of the miik-niaid, and reading the original estimates of engineers her calculations with regard to her unsold

in relation to he two first named works, i milk, and unhatched cjnrs, was likely to be

two works, thev are even exceeded bv the i defray the interest. This project actually I d was supported solely through selfish tt .:si , n vi...:.i. i r i.;u .i i.nA ! motives motives which derived their

which costs 20.000 per mile no one! zealous advocates among our Dcmt dm- to from immediate benefits to mmviu

uals, and not from the hope of any ultimate

good to the State. It the friends ot the system are unwilling to support it when

The report of the engineers on the last realized in

named work yvas such as should have de-i friends of the system, although they rcfusterred the Legislature from any attemot i ed to adopt this wild project, still insisted

to construct a Rail-Il iad on the route. that the system would carry itself on, a

the State Treasury. The i lleir works are postponed for a short time

The third cause yhv the ultimate cost I that taxation would be unnecessary

nd

But,

only, bv yvhat principle of justice do thev

defend themselves in compelling other sections of the State, having no interest in the svstein. directly or indirectly, to con-

of these works cannofle ascertained, is. I bv vhat arithmetical process the conclu-i lribl'l(e 10 its support? We feel well con

that some of the works have never been i sion was arrived at, or by yvhat magical

surveyed or estimated; as is the case with ' means all this was to be effected, wc have the Canal leading frun near Fort Wayne ! never heard. The fact, however, has to Lake Michigan, and the Canal cennect-! now developed itself, that the interest on ing the White Water and Erie Canal with ! the State debts nrtst be paid with money, the Central Canal. The routes arc but ' and that the money must be raised by taxindistincliy defined, and their terminating ' ation. Our taxes have accordingly been poims are not marked at all. Thus giving ; increased two hundred per cent. But still to the Board of Internal Improvement an ! 'he friends of the system contend that this unlimited discretion, both as to their di-; is as high ns it yviil be necessary to raise

rection, and the cost of their construction.

1 he act creating ihe system pledges the fhh.o( dn,?rn Canal without its beiiie known what will be the cost of its construction, and without its being ascertained

whether any such canal was practicable

them; although thev must know that $150,

000 or 100,000 is insufficient to pav the present contracts, besides defraying the expenses cf the government. Bat when ten millions of dollars shall have been borrowed, the interest wiil amount at 5 per

So vogue is the language of the act rela-1 cent, to 500.000, rnd we ask how is this

ting to tins matter, that it is scarcely- pos-i sum to Le paid bv the present amount of

Mutu lusay wneincrit ought to be con-j taxes' Aot onlv ought we to look forFtrued to irvan that the Board of Interna! j ward to the time when the interests mtit Improvement should be authorized to con-' be paid, but like all honest men. wc should struct the work, on whatsoever plan or j occasionally turn our thoa'mts to the i.ltiroute they might deem luting, or whether mate redemption of the princioa! How they arc authorized to construct it at all.! is this to be effected? Those 'who advoIt is understood, however, that the Board ! catc the system point to the works as the have adopted the most dangerous of the j means wherewith this is to he acrcimplHimany inherent constructions, of which this ed. The people of the State having alpart of the act i5 susceptible, and are actu- i ready been deceived bv the calculations of ally proceeding to locate the Canal, with a ! these gentlemen, it is "hoped they wiil cx-V-'' doujtiesp, of making on the route amine the subject for themselves- and - mjy SeieCt' SOme tWO ormore uncon-j when the advocates of the system as' it i nected dry ditches, in conformity with the ! arc unable to explain how this is to be acpolicy they have adopted in constructing j complied, an I content themselves with

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must ue accompanicu vviiu me ensn, un-1 , r r ,. x , , , , 1 ; tired ot the Inuiuna Jeuruul . and is it io less ordered for publication by a brother!. , ,, 1 I be superceded ? publisher. .. .. To the 1'eople of Dearborn County. (rAn agency of the Indiana Mutual j Fellow Citizens You will find my Fire Insurance company, has been estab- j name among the list of candidates fir the lished in Rising Sun. The advertisement j office of IV.baic Judge, to fill the vacancy will be published next week. I occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. j Judge Livingston. 1 have 1 em a citizen of the county near HON. AMOS LANE 10 years, and 10 years of the time have Will address his fellow citizens at Jacob I served the people as Justice of the Peace.

1 make no pretentions to superior talents or acquired knowledge, however studious I may have I con; but should 1 ou consider me worthy of your choice, it yvill he my

Myers1 lavern, in Union township, on Saturday, the 29th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M. j and at Rising Sun, on the same day, at 3

o'clock, T. M.

the other works.

I citing the States of New York, Pennsvl-

vinced. however, that the people of the State arc wilting to sustain a more liberal and enlightened policy; that none will le found so selfish as to be willing to destroy the system because their favorite work does not happen to be in the first class, and that the people of the State wiil adopt that policy (which although it may not suit land speculators) will sustain the credit of

the State, carry out the systmi as spoedily as our means yvill permit, and preserve unshaken that confidence in our government, Holding the opinions which we have expressed above, we deem it to be our duty to recommend to our fellow-citizens of the State, to be careful at the next August election, to send only such men as their Representatives to the ensuing Legislature, as are willing to adopt that policy which will enable the State to prosecute her system of Improvements without plunging us so deep in debt as to eventuate in ruin and bankruptcy; this policy, as wc believe, is a classification of (he works, and temporary suspension of the residue. Ou behalf of the Convention assembled at Indianapolis, on Monday, ibe 2'dth of May, 1837. J. C. EGGLESTOX, T.J. HEX LEY, '( Committee.

J. II. CRAVENS, )

The Legislature ofMichigan convened at Detroit, on Monday, the 12th of June, pursuant to executive proclamation. The Governor, Mr. Stevens T. Mason, in his Message to the Legislature, attributes the financial and commercial embarrassment, to the right cause. lie say s: '-We traced however, in a. very jr'rnot extent, all our present pecuniary embarrassments to one fatal error into which ihe country has fallen. That error is to be found in our

Another reason why it is imnossihlo in ' vania and Maryland as cxamnlrs. if"i

approach to any thing like certainty in c- i llyped that the question will be asked then : timatmg the actual costs of the works, is, j Have the works of these State paid for that no engineer can foresee what effect ! themselves? The Governor of New York the policy of commencing all the w orks at ; in his Message to the Legislature in 1836' once, in one or more sections, may have in treated the idea as absurd, that the State raising the price of labor and provision-, j could enjoy the benefits of a system of InAlthough it is impossible to estimate with l tcrnal Improvements, without providing precision, the ultimate costs of the system, i for the redemption of the debt incurred in

m Vie l,C7N 1 f . Tl 1-,h Whf,,e T Ur ,a,'d 0r rennsylvania -ks keep J bank facilities and bard, issues has made system wil not be less than .0,000,000 ; down the interest on the sum it cost to the representative of money too ahum ,nt pnncipal. In making this conclusion the construct them. The great Ohio Canal, and has consequently brol , in i t, I S n interest is not taken into the account, and forming a connecting link in tl ilovile.. ' v.'. i . . .

i . ii .1 . . , o iiiuiii.n i, v t ii.i ut u ui luiu nil iuiii f- 'Oi iiim ion itic

occasion

tion

make

, ,-, ' ,.- , i - '-u-. lxoisoyvitni io one can lr a moment doubt but nause and reflect, and Imstnr.M ,f .rn,t,.,,T ' o;ir wiM i. ib-.v- rK- oit.. , . i -I. . .. "ul1 "l-"oi, lau

,- v , , . , , .-w.u. i,u me ireiL'iit ui ;t our present eatress nrnr-? from nvorll n5 f i;nrinnri.ts ':r I .... ..ll 1 r. ,',.,,-,.1 I" . - I . . I 11 1 3 '- ilOIU OVCr-

demagogsics) to take it seriously into con- j duclions f our own country to market siderati.iii, whether it would be better for! not o fifth of which is yet in cultivation' the State Legislature to resume the reins ! Each Stale work, too, has some rival work rC rrril priiinMil :i.t i i J n . 0 , " i !...... . . -.1 t' .1' . .

v-. , .... ....icm ut ttjuanuer-; un-umpeio uiiior ine trace oltuo interior.

mg me iiiiKia oi me oiaie in construcim 1 has l!

. , --v. .... - -... umL nut niv-ji uuii i ""jiiieiutiiimi oi prices aircadv to hif 1 m.11 tunnies in tne nlan of nn.-rn. the lntrroct. All

. v. . , i , " v....iiu,ii.-.u.iii- iiuu-cu unu unwarranta 0 c invr-fmnits s, which wc have already shown may ! ed, not onlv bv the nmdi,r.;,.,.c nr ,ua 'J ,., J ; ,, i ,.. .... , r c-.lll'CI,,s

, ( ii i i - i - . .i , .- ,r . i.iiii i ... uuujuih; launti iillil IurC!"-l import? ttiocot ten tout. Such homo- th trv throiirh w h.i. u 1 1, i ... i .. .i. J .. i r" "('

r.,..4 .... i . .. . i i

dry ditches, and short embankments, 10 or j than five rival works interscctinr it iz20 miles k.ng, (as our Legislature compos-; The White Water Cana' ihe L iwreiHcedolninc meu has done) would it not Lc! burgh Rail-Road, and the M u!. Railbetter to ouect our energies to the com-j Road, the New-Albanv and Crawfurdsvide plction of some one or two works, if, as : Rail-Road, and the New-Albany and Yinwe are told, .he works will be profitable,; cennes road. Each of which parallel work does it not benoove us to avail ourselves Sends Io diminish the business of the other of the profits hkely to accrue from them in ! Few, (if any) of the caster., work. cot aas short a time as possiole; to assist us in j much by one half, as the Madison ojefdefraymg the interest on our immense I fer,ollv,lic, and Crau tordsvdie Rail-It, ads. tate debt. Our whole annual revenue is With these facts before us, can we doubt only about $00,000. How is tins sum to ; the wisdom of that policy whi! h teac e' pay the interct on $50,000,000? Under, us to husband our resources, and concen the present m,xleol conducting the system, itrate our energies upon simle one oW contracts have already been made to the j and to abandon for a time, at least he amount of $2,000,000, and yet if all the prosecution of such works as arc 'le ,-t works were completed, as far as contract-j l.kely to be profi;al le to the State, when eel for, there would be no communication ! completed. We hold this to be not onlv opened between any two commercial ihe true policy, hut the onlv policy, otheV points. Nothing would be effected, and ; than a total abandonment of the "system inc uino when ihe people would be relicv-j Wc wiil notice here a few of the "obicc-

ed from a burdmsnmn lava. inn K,r iU

profits accruing froin ,he works; would be a remote as ever. If, on the other hand

Hons w iitcti have been urged against a classification of the works, and think we can show that fliey are not only untenable,

ii'iiil.'iiii. ..J ..Mi . i i

oo oiuiii somc cnecK is put upon the banking system, wc may t xpect from time to time similar commercial and financial embarrassments. The Governor recommends the passao-c of a law exc epting all bank? rcooricd suland solvent by the B ank Commisioncrs, for one year, or until the resumption of specie payments 111 New York and other States, from the liabilities of a forfeiture of charter lor declining to pay specie on thir notes. 'id. Democrat. Wheat ix Mississirn.-The Manchester, (Mi.) Wing of the 17,1, Jullc,savs that the crops in that State are unusually promising. Some of tlie planter in Holmes county, had at that early date gathered fine crops of wheal, and were preparing it for maiket. Mississippi will this year raise her own corn and wheat and make a large portion of!)cr provision' lor which she has hitherto been dependent on other States. Her cotton crop will not lail short of 37,",000 bales, this at ten cents per pound will amout to fifteen millions of dollars, which will greatly overpay her foreign debt, and go a long way towards paying the debt owing bv fi,e United States to England.

YOUTIIITL DEPRAVITY. ThfCC boyS, between the ages of 10 and 13, were brought up before Justice Chapman, on Saturday last, en a charge of rubbing a market boy, whom they intctccptcc! on his way home from town, where he hr.d been disposing of some rashcrrics. Two of them were acquitted on the ground of their extreme youth, and vague notions of the enormity cf the offence. The other yvas remanded to jail till Monday. These youths arc on the high road to ignominious ends. The evidence on trial showed them to have bcen brought up yvitht on, ioi'untnl pn clrunl ni. n-t.-n.-il principles had ever been instilled into their minds. Like the wild beasts, they have been suffered to rim al large, doing their

own will and pleasure. The father of one of them was present, yvho did not know his son's age, nor any thing about him, scarcely; he said he had never had much conversation yvith his child, and did not know whether he was possessed of sane mind or not! If we may judge by the crowds in our streets occasionally, and around the wharves, yve should say there are many, very many, such children about our town. Who their parents are, or whclhcr they have any, wc know not but it seems that they arc suffered to be trained up in idleness, without learning, without trades, or w ithot reputable means of liv ing of any kind learning all the vices of mankind, without any of the virtues. To what end must they come? Who is to control them, or put them in a way to usefulness and respectability, if their parents will not, or cannot? JIadisnn Banner.

OKThe Michigan City Gazette has the name of John Dumont spelled John Duncomb, in the list of candidates for Governor. Is this done purposely, or is it ignorance? The litter yve presume; and if so, it shows the Editors acquaintance with the names of our public men.

Altered Notes The Evansvil'e Journal advises the public "to bo careful in cxaniiningalt notes which may be tendered them, of the amout. of $1C0, and other large sums, on any of the Brandies of the State Bank of Indiana, and other Banks, as by a system of fraud, as novel as it is ingenious, $3 notes have been altered into notes of $100, and arc now in extensive circulation.1' The editor says he has seen a $. note thus altered, of ihe Buik

of this State, payablo at the Branch at Lawrcnceburgh. Mad. Banner.

Ii RIDGE ACROSS IIOKAX. We take pleasure in stating that our enterprising friends, Messrs. Geo. W. Lane Co., have completed the Bridge across me mouth ot llogan, at Aurora, and that it is now passable for horses, wagons, Scc. It is constructed in the most substantial manner, with good materials, and will be lasting and safe. This Bridge, we doubt not, will be of vast advantage to the town of Aurora and the surrounding country, and a very great convenience to all yvho travel that wav.

most earnest desire to render justice to the

widow and orphan, as well as the rich and opulent. Without trespassing farther on your patience, I submit the case to your better judgment. Your friend and fellow citizen, JOHN PALMER. Manchester, July 20, 1S37,

300,000 DOLLARS MO II 13. We learn from the Indianapolis papers that the Fund Commissioners have neco-

Thc pensioned presses in favor of the present system of infernal improvement, are constantly laboring to deceive and mislead the people in regard to taxes. They cannot but acknowlcge that taxes are higher no yv than usual, but deny that the increase is occasioned by the expenditures for internal improvement. That's right gentlemen, prevaricate, deny, suppress all the facts you can you ha e no other way to succeed. Were the people at this moment cnly to know the secret of this irresponsible junto, their air-built castles and visionary hopes, they could scarcely yviihhold their indignaiicui til! the first Monday in August. The people, however, know en nigh of the intrigue and deception that has been practised on their credulity, not ts allow them, en that day, to escape their merited fate. The old adage, that a liar is not to Lc believed, even when iic speaks the truth, is too applicable, for us to give credit, for1

would lu rer be taxed to can y out your famousitnprovcincnt system; you now say we arc taxed but lightly. We h;td some confidence in your veracity then. You

Barharocs MruuER. The followingextract of a letter from lieutenant Reynolds confnms a horrid talc which hiis went the rounds of the papers, conccrnim the murder of twelve Indian women and children by a party of whites, near Pensacola : "Your surmise in relation to the murder of the twelve women and children, proves to be correct. On my rout westward I was necessarily obliged to pass the place where the murderous scene was enacted. The spot yvas not more than fifteen feet in diameter I minutely examined the place, and am fi.mlv ,,fti,

. ' ' nilion that ihe poor devils were penned iip and slaughtered like cattle, and such was the opinion of the friendly Indians in company. The shrieks of the poor children were distinctly heard at a house, distant, I should think, a quarter of a mile. Several were scalped, and all w ho had car-rim' had their ears slit w ith knives in order to possess themselves of the silver. I do think this one of the mosl outrageous acts civilised man could be guilty 0f. Had the officer in commanj deeme'd it proper to destroy them before their surrender, there would perhaps have been no inhumanity in it; but after a surrender as prisoners, to lie murdered in cold blood, in the manner the scene indicates, is worse than my imagination could conceive."

tinted in New York, for a further loan of i a w8- v.mwut to your statements. ;.,.,;., ,a...j .777 . .. . .. i told us twelve months ago that wo

l-.lll-l lldHUIlU, C.tl(4.0U!t4 14I'IMi), tl L J J I tT 1 cent., and the prospect was favorable fitfurther loans ! ! This is the way wc go. When it is known that an overwhc'mimr

majority of the people of the State are dc-1 !ecci1ved il was l'1 your fault; but if riHoclIv no.mc -V"1 vc chance of doing it again, let

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internal improvement and at a tune when the people are asking for relief, and humbly requesting a suspension of the works, until they can be heard through the next Legislature our public officers turn a deaf car, and go on to sell State Bonds, and run the State more deeply info debt! Will the people look quietly on and submit to this? We think not. But yve believe they will, with one united voice, condemn such a course, and put down the actors in it.

PUMOXT AXD WALLACE. TM. 1-i 1 ir 11

1 no iravy vvaiiace prints, from one end of

the State to the other, arc monstrously put out at Judge Taylor, for declining lo hold a poll for Governor; and the Yan Burcn editors are getting lampooned for suffering him to do so. The Madison Banner says, "We learn with surprise that this gentleman (Judge Taylor) has declined being a candidate for Governor, at the next elec

tion." Why did it surprise you, Mr. Banner? Was it because it makes Davy's prospect of election more doubtful ? Yes, ihis is (he true cause of surprise! and I)ivy Wallace will now be beat just as sure as "failing off a log." All the efforts which may or can be made by the frit-nds

of the mammoth, and certain whig papers, will lie of no avail; and wc tell them now that they might as well give it up, and save their breath for some other occasion. Davy Wallace, too, might as well quit making electioneering speeches alone the lines of the public works, for beat he will be, and beat be ought to he.

In our paper to-day will be found the annunciation of lhc name of General Bek-n-ett of New-Albany, as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Gen. Burnett has been long and favorably knnvn to the people of Indiana. lie has rcpealedly represented Floyd County in the Legislature, and has frequently been spoken of for other important offices. I lis urbanity of manners and grntlemanv deportment, are peculiar qualifications tor a presiding officer. With his views on the sul ject of internal improvement w e are not acquainted, but w e have no doubt he w iil i dvocate classification. Hi,

"Stop my Paper."' There is something dismal in the tone of these three short words. Thev have sounded a death knell to the hopes of many a youthful journalist. To a young man, il is not only i unions to his purse, but it is deeply stabl inir his professional pride, to say to him "Stop my paper." Bat age accustoms us to every thing. An old veteran newspaper pub-lishe.-cares no more for a'fidgettv qu rrclsome, would-be-otlish, subscriber, than a blind horse docs about a counterfeit noto on the B ink of Owl Cr -ck. An editor has nothing more to do than to satisfy himself

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