Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 September 1836 — Page 1

"truth without fear' VOLUME VI. VINCENNES, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, I83G. DUMBER 15.

I and tliat sucii may never be tlie case, is committed. Thev immediatel v nnnmnrh.

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me Duruieu o. my morning and evening ed the spot lrom whence it nroeeeded.

prayers, to the throne of his Creator." J when a horrid spectacle presented itself. Often have I thought upon tlie prophetic! They beheld a human being, sitting with

imagination 01 mis uniortunate mother; . both arms extended, one hold nor a small

while it has seemed to me as if the stern ; pocket lanthron, and the other, the M atch

rax. the cup. Fill the cup, the bowl, the class, With wine and spirits hisili. And we w ill drink w hile round they jmss, To Viet and Misery.' Push quickly round the draught again. And drain the goblet low, And drink in revoliy's swelling strain To Rtnmon's overthrow.' Fill, fill ajain fill higher still! The class more wannly press Fill up and drink, and drink and fill. To Human becftlins.' Push round, push round, in quickest time The lowest drop be spent In one loud round to guilt and crime, A n J Crime' just pu nish mcnt.' Fill, fill apain fill to the brim. To iw of hnnr.it fame.' tjuafT deeper quart" while now we drink, Our ii'itY-a", our ehildnn's shame.' Fush round, push round! with loudest cheers Of mirth and revelry! W e drink ti uvtman's sigh and tears, And ehilJren'x poverty.' Fill up the glass fill yet more high! Thus soon ne'er let us part Jtop not at woman tear and sisrh, t'ivc Heautifs broken heart.' Once more! while power shall yet remain, E'en with its latest breath, Drink! tn ourselves Diskasf. mi Pais, Axn Isfamt Axn Death.

uecrecs 01 iate, which oltcn doom our j belonging to the gentleman who had been fairest hopes to direst disappointment, had ' robbed: the eyes were starting from their stamped his mark upon the brow of this sockets, and fixed with a horrific stare upfair child, which would sometimes Hash on the nearest tomb the lips had parted.

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tselt upon tlie more intense ira f a

mother's anxious solicitude. But to my story. The current of happiness still rolled on uninterrupted, save by the tran

sient intrusions of such thoughts as I have described, which would occasionally fall like stones upon the smooth suface of the

water, ruffling for a moment, but soon becoming calm and crude as before. Thus

by far the greater portion of her life was one unmingled dream of joy, until tlie time arrived when it became necessary to send her son to a college to complete his education, the foundation of which she had so assiduously laid. Many were the pangs that rent her bosom at the prospect of parting, though for a short time, with the being that had been the centre of her existence for so long a period. Many the

maternal counsels and exhortations for the

government of his conduct when he should be removed from her immediate guardian

ship. I will not describe the parting

scene that took place, when the moment

of separation at last arrived. The chil

or parent, who may peruse this sketch.

can better imagine it it would therefore

be useless for a more able pen than mine, to attempt to paint that which can be so

poorly expressed by words nor will I

tire the patience of my readers with a his

tory of the gradual change wrought upon

me num. oi mis victim oi vicious compa

nY it is an every day occurrance, and

there is scarcely any one who cannot point out some one of his school mates (whose prospects bloomed as bright as the subject of my story) that have fallen beneath the

leaving the clenched teeth exposed, giv ing to the whole countenance such an ex

pression of horror, as to almost frighten the watchmen from their dutv. Recover

ing however, from the shock produced bv so awful a sight, they advanced toward

him. when, with a yell like the death scream of a fiend, he flew across the grave yard, until, striking against a tomb-stone, he fell to the earth said was taken into custody: it was the unnatural son, now a wretched maniac. The vengeance of

Heaven had overtaken him at his Mother's

Grave. FELIX

oe a mere intriguer, witnout even one

u - - white spot in his political life to merit the distinction? IVo; we think no unbiassed

rational freeman, would harbor the thought, Martin Van Buren has always been a par

ty man; and his principles of action fit

him only to manage a party. He is en

tirely destitute of many of the distinguish

ed attributes of character which belong to II : i i ., 7 .

vien. iiarnson, anu wnicn tne exalted

station of J'resident requires. He has

always opposed equal grants of money, and land, to aid the Western States to construct roads and canals, when he voted for

millions to be expended on the eastern seaboard even the Cumberland Road

grants have been voted against by this can-

didate. lie voted against ceding the tin

sold public lands to the States in which

real, and the other relative. Tlie real is, when the town or the nation actually goes

backwards in power or in the arts of civilized life; the other is, when the town or

the nation stands still, and permits others

to advance. Of the two, the former is shameful, and the latter humiliating"

The history of improvement in the U States, furnishes examples; and every mo

tive of common interest and general utili

ty, forewarn the inhabitants of the Upper and Lower Wabash country, to benefit bv

such knowledge. Let them look calmly

at the expenditure of Ten Millions of dollars, now contemplated, und Ten Millions

additional to complete the works, (if not more!) and then see if a majority be wil

ling to pay their large proportion of the sum expended, when their agricultural.

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expense? How much will the citizens of the upper counties on the Central Canal route, save annually, and how much additional trade would take that carta . il a

steam boat navigation be provided for to the forks of White river, in Daviess county? The wealth, and prosperity, attain

able by the improvement of the Wabash from the Ohio to Lafayette, and of White river, from its junction with the Wabash to its forks, cannot be questioned; yet.

speculators, heedless of our geography and

trade, can be found to propagate their unfounded opinions, that the streams mentioned cannot be rendered navigable for

steam boats, to the points mentioned, at all seasons! "Well, do the opinions of

such men, weigh a feather with intelligent

men against tne judgment ot scientific en

gineers: Does any upright man. acauain-

FOR THE VIVCSXNES GAZETTE THE MOTHER'S GRAVE.

If there is a hallowed spot upon this I ""relenting- hand of the Arch Destroyer

wide world, thst spot, is a mother s grave, j murI1 'ess will 1 undertake to relate the Who can visit the little mound of earth anguish. that rent the heart of the misera-

that hides the remains of her that bore him, ble "tether, when she beheld him, whom and not feel that he is standing upon holy s'ie had fondly hoped to be the "staff and ground? What a host of recollections it comfort" of her declining years, the conarrays before the imagination how many firmed votary of dissipation. Let any little circumstances almost obliterated by one imagine the feelings produced by the the lapse of time, now stand forth to the s'ffht of the bloated, disfigured countenrnind's eye, even more vivid than when ac- fme f one whom he has known, when tuallv passing in the common course of m a'l the bloom of youth and innocence,

f vents and wo unto him whose con- j ie roamed the fields like a joyous butterfly

science smites In in there. hat must be Jusl merging into lite. Is there a being in the feelings of the child that stands self this 'ide creation, that can look upon

accused before a mother's grave? Whatsucn a sight, and not an involuntary shud-

reproof can equal the "still small voice" der Pervade his bosom with a feeling that

that there speaks inmate, but dreadful 11 would be in vain to attempt to describe? whispers to the heart, that can accuse it- What then must be the pangs that rend the

hi If with one ungrateful return for a mo- heart of a mother, when she beholds in that

thcr's love. If in the catalogue of crimes degraded being, the cherished infant upon there is one more deeply rolored than the whom she has lavished the inexhaustable rest, that one is ingratitude to a mother; fountain of a mother's love? A mother's and Heaven itself seems to have instituted heart alone can answer. Shall I say she these feelings in the soul of man, as the fe"" beneath the stroke? She had seen the only means of inflicting an adequate pun- utter disappointment of her fondest desires

ishment. I she had seen the complete fulfilment of

1 once knew a striking instance of ,,pr darkest lears. She followed her d

FOR THE VINCENNF.S GAZETTE. THE LATE ELECTION IN KNOX,

As far as the Western Sun can possibly

receive any credence, August election, its

be corrected. It is true the Van Buren . t 1 r i i

trici-iur, ueiierai .uyers, was elected Dv a small majority; but it is also true, that ma

ny voters were mainly influenced by his

declarations, that he was a friend of Gen Harrison; had nothing to say against Gen

Harrison; and would, if elected, vote for a Harrison Senator tn the Senate of the United States, if a majority of his con

stituents icere to instruct him so to act i r r . . ......

sioore, ttie ;enator ol this district.

they he, and he voted against making do- commercial and social concern in tlie im-

nationsof one quarter section, to the aetu- provement of the Wabash river, is over- ted with facts, doubt the practicability of al settler, (each head of a family, young looked! Knox county should now take improving the Wabash river from its

ii.uirrrijearsoi age, and widow, not tne lead on behall ol herself and sister mouth to Lafavette, he has only to read havmgreceived such donation) as the Sen- counties aye, on behalf of State interests the official report of Capt. Smith, of the

ate Journal in our possession, proves. she had the capacity to conceive, and United States Topographical corps, and a

,0 uuo u,c lauuuwic ui (nr(B aiueu io ootain, means to construct, the conviction ot its practicability and cheapXo; thousands of the purest of Jackson's Wabash and Erie Canal: indeed, she ness, will be fixed. Does any one doubt

supporters will uot support mis candidate: furnished the Kr its nf reason ..l ih fw. ihat U hit. rir ninnn, b mAA

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... aia.iu.Mu our anu ei ne is tne "caucus, and ttie office ot argument, which, when that work was manent navigation to its forks, he has on-

w noppers must Holder a candidate beyond all doubt. But thought chimerical, carried it through in My to read tlie official report of Mr. Rals-

il uitlinn ,...-. l ill 1. 1 I I . . . . . . I. . -

' iiiutuo) no. me omce noiu- opposition to the trammels ot pre udice. ton, made under State authority, or enUPC inn imnAfn nn,.. 1 . . 11 I. " i .1 1 J I .. . -

v..., ur.. ia.Se ii.yjurny oi ii is irom mat era, as our State records quire ol any honest man acquainted with voters; and such a majority, we believe, prove, that a new feeling has prevailed; the stream. The declarations of the will now sustain "Old Tippecanoe." We and in that work, from about Tinn..Jn speculators .-fp riri;!,,.. an,l if ..i;

may be marks.

induced

In

State

ed to continue these re- to the Lake, her position and industry, had lature were to be deliberately deceived by OLD KNOX, tfc CO. a firm foundation. No man, reasoning them, it would, indeed, excite indignant from cause t0 efre(.t CU11 attribute the ex- lamentation. No artificial navigation can

n. .nr. , utMjis oAif.nt. iraoruniary cnange now witnessed in ma- equal those rivers to tlie points mentioned. River and Canal Improvement. ny who opposed that canal, to any mire There is iust as much difference in such

Legislation, as well as in all other! motive other than its successful prosecu- J provision of nature and works of arts, (tn

. i . , . . . -1 j ----- .-j.. . , ... .iU.,,- upuu iumu H nM "w.vii. mi, iituiuc, 1 aa m me general usemade a similar promise: indeed this Spiim- fr..m. ,i..u.r..i 1. .....i t .i ,... m. . - . ... Ir..t ' 1 ' . 6 .

, A . .. , ' . ,. .vu.,UlU ufuuuuuuum iuuibci, anu i mn uuiutdicu. i ne improvement ot tne v a- Muiness oi a man ot straw, and a natural

. "-"'"'S"- ""' . lmormeo. me important act ot our last L,e- hash river, was then used as the club of man with all our faculties!

yiuuu.-jru iu cu t uiu

with the

cowifu.

and the

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nope lnnnove

Art can never

... cicy iiui itLiuur, gisiature in relation to what is termed a Hercules, nrainst the smithr-m nnnn,,,,- lemril u mm- imnmvo -r,..: -

7 . I ' I ' f- ........ . . .M'l rinil 1IW I 1 ......... ii.j.MUlt.1 no 19 wisnes or a matoritxi ot Annxi .vip

rtr' v i r t --.-... v,. .....v .,,L,,M Uo tiuujjicu ui umi uiiv. n auu uieii cieany ascer-l l" miuaic nauire. i ne n,ngiisn notion, iow, as tliese.lacts are known, I without examination in nrint. bv the mpm-ltninpil. hv rpnpntml cvnm;ro;.,a c I x.-Vinm .,1.1..." ...i .1

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V1I1V1 Xlt,

we

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,r; j ,;y K rers' anu wltnout an' publication ol the rienced engineers, to be susceptible of a equal many of our nomelcs? ponds and

v rviux.vmiai nt-dpuiia nuicji. may nave opcraieu upon permanent steain Doat navigation frc

IlftrmnnPnt stnam K-if nn.rt C nmr-ha i mt r

II , l.ii I i "i 1 1 wix iauuu iiuin - t-" nii iwivcn en iu i n trs were on-

.i-. .., . .a. y.i.j u,.ur. ai me pert - ine committee to report it in the shape it about Tippecanoe to the Ohio; and the lv made to feed canals;" but such doctrine

.u,.v '"L'u.""""""' stands. iow, that the act has been read leelmg was deep and absorbing, to have however it may accord with the interest.

a majority ot the in print, such salutary changes and amend. I this imnrnvpmpnt pflptnrt Inf n lV..r tr.,.-.,,, ,1 ;.i;..:.t.,i t.

... i. -r i I J o i t ... .... ... . .... u. v., iLM.noouu iiiuivmudi p ijcuuiaiura I voters of this county, can be induced, or inents as the general welfare clearly de- White river, from its junction with tho would be nrenosterous in this L,

Buren. ntrninst I mnn.lc cVin.l.l k . . l i .1. I VV..1 1. ...u- i r-. r , Ii-: r

Conpr..! Hir.;.m,l' f "V. . i . hiiu nit I u.ju.ji,, yr nit- uwll u 1L3 KM K?, tall ll" tl l, .Ul lUolUIll e, IS ullllOSt aS ne3T

v.. .... ,Ui ,,,. v.u.iiiiiuii iviniy IO neODie Whose innnev i tn ho ptwiupJ Ihf tpnilnr..,! n ,.,.,..,,ot l . .1 tn.. n.ln --.I .I. 1. r .1

the lAiitor of the Sun, should require will not, on due reflection, be found wan- oughfare, at a very trifling expense: and hash is about fifty .miles nearer, than Evof us to correct this artful bluster, and tino- herpnftpr Ak-,r..,t ,i, ; .......iiLc,,....!,; . . trJ r :n. . , I ,

u: ... , 1 1 1 , - .. "i .. ...v...., .....i.-ivi, .uiu. Ksa-i anu .-n.iii mc nduc ui i;ie iiuner

t ' t tt " V T lmmedla,e attention of your readers to nal boats to steam boats, with increased Wabash and White river counties, be di-

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i,, i- . i , , . - , i o - ...v..v...g.,-. . nni uv,nri.cMy .ii. n,vaiis-1 1 nun. uiRuun inarivei, aiffreatexhPttpr. n Ilia flips niD nl-.,-,.,i r . l i i i i , .i I -n . . . J I . ' bltflic

shou

to be i

fid OH

r.,. i, . t n i ,i" . ... l AKnuing inc ai(Uainu,u u. tuu uiiain:eoi me iwoau" i.iiiaraiivei , anu iree ot acennnefacts, that when matters well understood (Vm r"o..i c.i. .i. : T.-.i. r , ., Li. V. , , '"s

, v.i..i voiiiuwumui me juiii uuii ui uie i wuiius iiu.ii new wrieaiis, and the diner- I cuarges anerwaruss lllisrpnrpspntnit mnltnrc r-... n A.c It1... l r- i . - 1 r. . ... .

.....,o Hum a uia- ruasi anil V est lorks nt V ntp river 1n ones fit imp rnniiirm htr cl. I Uv ni n. J it, 44 ...

tonno k, . 1. 4 1 .-Il n ... , ' 1 " " civ,iiii 1llilia LU I irj in lllllU 1L1. IllrtllCr: IIUl

,. u.u,iuuSu, arB mure tvansviiie, and ol extending the Wabash reach Evansville, and to reach the junction it cannot be crowded into the column with likely to be shaped for party effect. A and Erie canal south of Lafayette to Terre of the forks, and the great difference of these crude intimations. I shall at present wise people will Judge what is not known, Haute and, if leisure allows, I may not time and freight in steam boat and canal only add a few sentences. I advocate fo

win nereatter confine myself to intimating the navigation, stand forth and advocate upon reasons of obvious and general concern, a

certain Jolly, but extend my views to de- even a semblance of correct principles, re-examination of the improvement act of

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Ku.i., aim auvocaie tne uie expediency or the propriety of exnen- me last session, in re ation to two nmnt

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.u.v.., i.. u. 'ii.iu, iiiai llCliare. IWriCIl SnOU 11 DP IP ;ivis n aim Vl P at Ihm nnml 4. l.o . 1 I nm...,i 1, ll.n .I ...1

. .1 . , . v ... u..j "lj wwiui, iui urc ci luns aim i f"-""" ine uiaic, niiu ui-riieiuai expense persist: the imposition cannot fail we 1 dio-ested State sipm! .ml m ;;. imnnrt, f .h wi,;.n ..i .... . d, ...t. 'J 1

nr . I, I. , , , . I .R J ' .,. nivv, ii. ci imjci, tan "'v ('(-vine, niirua m-arer marl, ana ot use at home. It proves to dnubt-l msto t .u Svinn,r.ni r..n.. r.r .t : . o.,.. r c .-u t ..... 1 :i . ,

... , . , , I uaiogani juuv.u me u i u j cc 1 1 any ... ii 1 1 1 1 u i ii il. v a us . ii i c to i nuianapol is. ..aiurai cnannei can De secured tor a sm.il I .rtisans llPrp. aeniinmtpil will, the I . I , , ,. . . r 'I . . .

oy what is known; and this test

prostrate (if it be not prostrated.) all rel

ance upon Western Sun party statements

monstrate the

dreadful retribution visited upon a son for hided child to the city where she had

this cpme. which 1 will endeavor to relate pet her happiest days. She sought to

as it occurred. I remonstnffe with him to extricate him

In a flourishing village in the State of from the vortex in which he was fast sink

, mere resided a widow lady with "'g lu uuer ruin, oui to no enect. rverv

one son. She had been the wife of ares-jnhle feeling of his nature had become pectable merchant, upon whose demise, extinct. He could look with unconcern

finding herself in mither more straightened upon the sunken eye and furrowed cheek

circumstances than she had expected, she ot ,lls heart broken mother, and not on

retired from the city to her present resi- pang of remorse would strike repentance

Hence, hoping bv strict Irugahty to be en- 10 ms seared conscience. Many of m

abled to devote her time to the education readers will doubtless think this an over

of herboy, who was now the strong tie! drawn picture they will think it imposs

that bound her to life; and if ever mother J hie for human nature to become so depra had cause o be proud of her child, this f vetl; but while I admire the unsophistica

was one to call forth the deepest feelings I tei state of mind that induces so favorable

from the fountain of a mother's love. an opinion of humanity, I must admonisl

Never bloomed there among the flowers them that this state of depravity was not

of May a fairer bud, than this bright eved brought about by a sudden change, bu

boy. At the period of her removal, he by almost imperceptible degrees. All this

was iust four years of age; and oft have I it w'as the lot of this unfortunate mother to

contemplated with delight, this exemplary experience until she heard of her unnat-

mother as she has been seated in front of ral child having lef the city, she knew

her neat cottage, almost unconscious of my nt where. That he had so far forgot the presence, so completely would her mind being to whom he was bound by every tie be occupied in watching the innocent gam- i- nature, as to abandon her entirely, was bols of her little darling; or listening with too much for her to know and live death maternal fondness, to his childish talk, kindly put an end to her sorrows, and the

till the big tears of affection would glisten cold grave received her remains, unattend

in her eyes, and straining him to her ho- ed by a single relative, though not unwept

soni, she would give vent to her over-l many a triend, to whom her virtues am

wrought feelings in that holiest pledge in I misfortunes were not unknown. A nea

our nature a mother's kiss then turning tomb was erected by them to her memory to me she would say, "I almost imagine with this inscription: sometimes, that I am committing a sin, in tat r loving this child to the excess that I do, Vf for I am often so completely wrapt in him .r-v y7Z ' that my heart charges me " with robbing "?r"' , " J ' the author of all good, of a part of thai V-" r love and gratitude which is due to him for ,ctini of an giving me so great a blessing. I should unnatural Son.

never feel one hour s unhappiness, were! Some years after this, a gentleman was

u not ior uie ureauiui xnougnt that will walking near church in the cm sometimes intrude itself even in my hap- in which part of the foregoing circumstan

piest moments then passing her hand ces occurred, at a very late hour of the before her eyes, as if to shut out some night, when he was attacked by two ruffrightful vision, she resumed "but, no, it flans, who, after felling him to the pave-

rannot be. God cannot have such misery

in store for me. Oh! if he should fall a

victim to the snares of vice if it should

be his fate to be numbered with the out

casts of the earth, oh, how should I bear

up under such an affliction? Were I certain

such was to be my fate, I should pray Heaven to remove ine from this life ere the dreadful day arrived. But why should I afflict myself with such idle forebodings? 'sufficient for the day is the evil thereof

ment, and robbing him of his watch and money, fled, leaving him lying helpless upon the spot. He was soon found, how

ever, by the watchmen, who, upon hear

iii me Luniuiaiances ot the robbery, raised an alarm, and commenced search for

the perpetrators of the offence. Upon taking the direction in which they had fled, thev discovered a faint light among

the tombs in the grave yard belonging to the church, near which the robbery was

is ll. lllll:lir Tn nrpsnmp in f in j mctoi,, io l ii- - . i,. . . i

-- ... .....-.....v. 4it mio lu.imuii.. ik . iiriitifT llipnsiirps npppfiBnrv T4 nvort it. Iflni.T mm-ic 4. . rt . r 1 nn.l .1 1 . - 4- 1- - .

, , . . , 1 1 i.v-v-uuij u. 114.1. .....s ium , , on ruuiniuus amount, m i "lu v aie uiu cinei novenies in the. in many others, that a wise providence Fortunately, this subject has no concern the construction of a canal south of that works provided for. I would winnow the

..no o .isittu uui i.uuuiuui., uiai uie I with Present n:.rtv nn ltips it rnnwrnc nnmt In Knnev , f ,i...i..f..i ,n, l,ir f, ,l....L 4

1 ... . . 1 , , no t ... u.uiioiiiiw, "mn 11 uui uuuuuui I ' "' mm 4-uaii Hum ine w jieai anu pre-

in3Mit.c u. ..,.i.,-e,ny n, po. ucs, every citizen, and shall be so considered practicability, and if practicable, almost hminary to this, I would have the relative

... . .,..11, u. iu..,uiiu ivdiui.iu.iiess py ie. i know there are newspapers, useless, inasmuch as a much more desira- condition, and claims, and position, of e-

irum and patriotism. printed at points which tire known to be hie and beneficial communication with the ery section of our State, clearly under-

l he i-ditor of the W . Sun very well improperly favored at the expense of State Ohio, can be obtained for one dollar of stood. In all this there is neither hazard, knows, that Van Buren has no claim to interests, ready to urge adherence to the every hundred the construction of such nr cause for contention, if a becoming the votes of his subscribers, compared enactments of the last session; and there circuitous canal will require, if appropri- feeling and correct knowledge should prc-

with Gen. Harrison; therelore he dare not may be hundreds of interested speculators, ated to improve White river below the I vail. A good map, with correct dafa of

rely upon their comparative merits lor sue- ready to attend the next legislature as lob- forks to its mouth? Under a bias of local the capacity of our natural streams and If.. LI. 4 .1 1 .1 I . . . I . '

les.-. .ur. otout seems to reiy upon the o meniiiers, to echo and prompt that interests, welf informed minds may, in the growing resources of our State, niav

jatKson delusion; me caucus manage- course: but. 1 will not believe the members such matters, adopt different conclusions; he of essential service. I am not unmind-

ment; the patronage, and the "spoils," elect, can be influenced by any such im- but I utterly deny the pretended claim of hd that the N. York and Erie Canal, cost

operating upon amoition, prejudice and poruinity, to overlook their duty ol re-ex- some late land speculators upon the mar- onx about twelve millions of dollars, and .. '. . .11a.?- 4I. 1 1 I " . . !. n " I - r 1 1 . ' I .

ariLe, aim 11 is upon tnese tne skiu and animation, or 10 anstain irom correcting gin ol me contemplated route, to anv ex- that its tolls now amount to upwards of a nilnni,, 4l. 1, 1 I 1 T 11 I I -1.. . . I -1 1

iu.iu.iig ui uie ieauers are now every- enur, ami wrong, l anuress my ultima-1 elusive right to canat under an act appro- million per annum. But there is no cawhere empIo) ed, to blindfold our upright tions to the people through your columns, priating the people's money to state ob-l'-al along the margin, or parallel with the

uiu intelligent ireemen: l he attempts because ivnox county, althougli variously hects. If any vested nirbt to State mnnm Hudson river, (am tbn VaWr,

of .all stich, will fail our virtuous citizens represented at different periods, is known accrues by land purchases, it should l,p'i what the Hudson is tbprp. , nnr r, .v,

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uiujuugcui niuuer eiigeuiiereu in tieceu i ua, e oeeu ine uistinguisned nirin place me nrst settlers, who improved our State tolls dependent upon her own products. and urged by corruption and allimprop- of Internal Improvement in our State; and on the margin of our natural streams. In The Wabash river, and White river beer considerations, will be disregarded. Vinccnnes, with its beautiful locality and what I saj I am unconscious if local bias low its forks, will, during all time, be The old pledges of the party are remem- unequalled position for trade, should not or individual interests have anv wpi.rht viewed of more imnnrtunr-P tn tha f,..

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oeren wnen Jackson was hrst elected now to benefit towns o mushroom state interests nlnnp must Hp r.nrw..li.l. mcrs of Im i:ina. th oil t..

, w 1 1 - .. ...ui.. vwii.iuiiv. vt 1 ----- - "t 11 1 nv iitv v. all til

rotation m otnee, 'eco Where has Van Buren

Ave, where? Has not

n was nrst elected now to hcnent towns ol mushroom state interests alone must be consulted mers ol Indiana, than all the new canals 'economy,' 'reform' growth at the expense of the State,) be- and selfishness and individual speculation, now projected and after being vetoed and ren disposed of them? come the victim of its own enterprise, or and sectional jealousy, must be cast aside, shuffled aside for speculative purposes, .ot the abandonment of tacitly allow the sources of its wealth to This remark is made, because-the Board the day is happily approaching, when

Jackson s professed principles encouraged be abridged bv expenditures which the

depravity, with a spirit ol executive en- public good requires it and the surround

croachment, which, if not checked now, ing country, should share, at least in com

bv

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uie ueieat oi v an imren, may prove

subversive of constitutional liberty, and

prostrate our existing institutions? But in

addition, we shall fortify the foundation o

our hopes, and those of the country, by reviving a correct knowledge of the two

candidates in a few words. Gen. Harri

son received his first commission from

Washington, and was the uniform friend

and favorite of Jefferson, Madison and

Monroe; he is known in the west from

early life, as a patriot statesman, inherit

ing the noble qualities of his fathe

(whose name is affixed to the declaration

of our country's independence) and he is

known as a brave soldier, ever on the alert in time of danger, leading our early

settlers to victory. 1 he people know him well they know his high sense of justice,

lonor, and truth Ins patriotism, wisdom

and integrity his devotedness to the hap

piness and prosperity ol the Union; and

they have witnessed in him all the qualities and talents, which merit confidence.

Could any rational man, not influenced bv

ffice, or bv selfish gain, (as the Fditor of

the Sun mav be suspected, in some de

gree, from the fact that he is a deputy P.

.Master) suppose that our intelligent com

munity would not prefer this war-worn patriot to Martin Van Buren (now Vice

resident) a politician always reputed to

mon. lint when it is known, that step

are now being taken to erect a bridge

across the Wabash; at the mouth of White

river: another bridge below the forks of

the Little Wabash; another Bridge at Ter

re Haute; (the dimensions or plans, not

yet published here) and that a company

are at this moment, engaged in surveying

the route of a canal around the Grand Ri

pids, on the Illinois side, which will ac

quire immense tolls, with a water power

ol great value, the interest must extend to everv county, and to every town in the

valley of the Wabash more particularly

I admit, to every county and town, .ori

and south of Terre Haute. I am pleasei

to see Vincennes, the ancient seat of our

Territorial Government, is still "going

ahead" but the most beautiful situation on the Wabash, surrounded bv a fertile

country, within ten miles of White river, where nature has bountifully pre-occupied

tne place ot artinciai navigation, (il our

State authorities be guided by wisdom,

will secure its gradual increase during all

time. I his, however, is not enough it

is not, what Towns of far inferior eligibili

tv manifest; and I beg leave here to re

mind your citizens, and those of manv

other towns on the Wabash, not excepting

the town ol Laiavcttc, that "there arc two

, .1-, .- .

ery distinct Kinds 01 retrogradation pimJ

of Internal Improvement can confer no their improvement to the points designa-

vested State right upon themselves, oroth- ted. can no longer be arrested or postpoers nor can they legislate, although the ned. Management and speculation will W.abash (pitiful) appropriation of fifty soon be as unable to arrest their improvethousaud. out of Ten Millions of dollars, ment, as to arrest their currents, (which the law required of the first 'loan) Very respectfully, your friend.

has been withheld this season, for reasons AB INITIO.

satisfactory to the Board and a rom-

...Kiii-emem nas oeen ordered on various I'i rates in t ie H rst Tndl,. v

other works, (at very donhlful points if tice that a piratical schooner, with a huntho wisdom of the State were consulted,) dred men on board,' is cruising about the with an ideal view, it is said, to prevent West Indies. Tt is rpnnrfp,. tht

any change, or amendment of the act, at boarded and robbed a Dutch Galliot, on the approaching session! Indeed, it can- her passage to New York. We hope' the not be believed, that any rational man well known vigilance of our naval officer would imagine it possible to progress, - on that station, will supppp,! in nm.in.

rnultaneousu, without extravagant waste the romie. or we mav pyhpH m tiPar f.

for wages, with so many public works in quentlv of his outrages on the unprotectthis State; but be this as it may. State ed commerce of our country. We have

means can only be applied properly, to repeatedly urged the apparent necessity State objects and it is for the Legislature, of an increase' to the nresent n,,mk. ir

from time to time, to designate and to re- sloops of war and gun brigs to our naw. model all such. Are the speculators en-1 as these are the narticular timl nf ,.,.."i

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most serviceable in the West Indies and

Gulf of Mexico.

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tirely ignorant, or do they certainly know.

f any natural or artificial means will af

ford even a supply of water, to the unne

cessary and expensive extension of the Central Canal soiah of the East fork of

White river to Evansville, and (the cost of

ts construction apart, can thev specify the

tribute it will exact from the exports and I tnan- three columns, one hundred acres of

mports of citizens of the White riverwlI', i-anp. away beyond 1'ine ( reek.

alley, when the improvement of Whi,elH'herc the sun don t rise till noon: where

river below the forks, would accommodate ';as'ades are beautiful, mountains sublime, the in in niu-h its time, and at much les-m solituac ctcrna!.

The following is one of the premiums offered by the Tioga l'liornix:

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