The Wabash Courier, Volume 1, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 January 1833 — Page 1

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BY T. DOWUNfi.

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THE MUSE.

FALL OF BABYLON.

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Fallen is stately Babylon!". Jler mansions from the earth are gone,: For over quenched^ bo more her beam Shall gem Euphrates' voiceless stream. Iter mirth is huih'd, her music fled— All, save her very name, is dead And the lone river rolls hi* flood Where once a thousand temples stood. .. V'*" Queen of the golden East! afar ?».». Thoashon'st, Assyria'* morning star Till God, by righteous anger driven, Expelled thee from thy place in Heaven. For false and treacherous was thy ray, Like swampy lights that lead astray And o'er tbe splendor of thy name Kolied many a cloud of sin and shame.

'or etSr Hod thy jfrinoely shrinet llich with their wreaths ef elastering Tinc,» *4 Priest, oensor, incense—all ate gone, From the deserted altar stone.

Fallen, i* Babylon! and o'er

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Belihaasar's halls are desolate,

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And vanished their imperial State Even as the pageant of a dream That floats unheard on memory's stream.

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Tho thought tliat never all forgtte, And I'll give mino to thee, Think, at that sacred hour,

I am a watcher toot A And if the gentlo stars have power, -i AV-J

They'll keep us true.

And yet no need have I Of aught my vow to koep, 'fifo-". see thee in the glowing sky, 4 And in tbe swelling deep, IV The breeifethat stirs my bait/'

The stars that light tbe sea, The whispers of the evening air, All tail of thee!

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The pilence of her hidden shore, Where the gaunt satyr shrieks and sing* Hath mystery waved his awful wings. Conceal'd from eyes of mortal men, Or angels' more pervading ken, The ruined city lies—unknown^ Her site to all, but God alone.

OIVE MB WHEN BAT-HCHT Give me wheti day-light sets, And stars on the sea,

petition is before the

British House of Commons from a Mr. Musket—praying that he may be diithafgtd

good mil" was the reply.

from

the service. We hope the committee will .make a favorable report.

A ooon Rw* or Busmse.—One of our eminent dentists was asked the other day by a friend,

whow

goet

business?"

pretty

have, within

an hour, pulled out a grinder tor Mr. Wetter, another foir Mr. Ridert

a third for Mr.

TVett, and a fourth tor Miss Getfqp.—*AUa*.

"I always think," said a reverend gentleman, "that\ certain quantity of wine does a man no barm after a good dinner," **0 MO, sir," replied his host, "it it the wneer4*u% quantity which deee the mischief."

thai) I sell my horse!" said a jock

ey to an acquaintance, "his tail eame off in lr«s than six hours after I bought him." "Sell him by wfcslwstot' for no man will rt-tail him," was the reply. .i,

Boileau used to say that the best epigrams originate in conversation and of all hit own, lie gave the preference to the annexed

Here tiesmy wife, and heave* knows, Not more for mine than her repoee.

The stamp duties on receipts were first imposed during the Coalition administration which gave occasion to the following jeu ftnnt, at the time generally attributed to v-r -i..•••••:• ... $ 4 -sn ••I would,'*' says Fox, **a tax devise,

That shall not fall on me," "Then tax reoeipts," Lord North tepSSN, "For Mett rem

never K(.w

VThy is a debtor conAned in a JaU like a leaky boat D'y*

give it np? fhewnbe

wants kmtmg vtt, f, v»,

RJBPOKT OFTHB CAHAXi COMMMnOKERS. Jb the OeneraLAnemblyofthe State of Indiana

ID tbe discharge of tbeir duties as prescribed by law, the board of Canal Commissioners, have the honor to report, that on the 22d day of Februarjr last, a commencement df the Wabafch and Erie Canal was made and a contract concluded with William Rockhill, on the first of March following, for (be construction of section No. i,of the middle division.

Fifteen miles were let in June, and four miles including the dam across the St Joseph's River, in tbe early part of November last. The contracts ha7e been made i?ifh competent mens, and taken for about tbe sum of five thour sand dollars less than the estimate made for the same works, by Mr. Ridgwag, the principal Engineer, and reported to the General Assembly, in 1830.— The sections let in March and June, are to be completed by the 4th ojf July, 1834 and those in November,which embrace heavier works, by the 10th of October, the same year.

Tbe amount of labor done on these contracts, has been inconsiderable, as will be seen by reference to the abstract of Mr. Williams, the Engineer, marked (A.) and herewith submitted. Those let in June, were to have been commenced by the first of August, and part were, but between the tatting and that time, the cholera commenced its ravages along the Lakes, and at Detroit, and as there is consideable intercourse between these places and Fort Wayne, fears were apprehended, that if a large force of men were collected in the summer months, the ordinary sickness consequent on their exposed situations, would be mistaken for the pestilence, disperse the hands, and be productive of injury to the service.— The greater number of the Contractors also lived out of the State, and the rime necessarily taken in returning to their homes* and then removing with their families to Aks vicinity of their work, and afterwards making the necessary buildings for thuir hands, procuring materials &c.$ consumed so great a portion of the season, that it left but little inducement to labourers, to come from a distance «upd engage for the short time which would elapse before the cold weather would set in, and prevent their employ. These contracts are for light work, and with the preparatory arrangements^ now made, can easily be finished within the time specified, for their completion.^

It affords great pleasure in being able to state, that the alarm on the account of sickness, was groundless, and that the hands on the line, as well as the inhabitants in that section of country have been usually healthy, during the past season, and enjoyed almost an entire exemption from disease of every kind. .i_

An engagement was made with Jesse L. Williams Esq. of Ohio, on the 18th of June last, to take charge of the superintendence of the Canal, in Indiana, as principal Engineer, for a salary of $1,800 per annum, his engagements to last three years, and be continued as much lo'nger as the service may reuire for the same compensation.— iince his acceptance of the employment he has been actively engaged in the duties he has undertaken, and from the practical knowledge he has had in the construction of the Ohio Canals, the creditable manner in which the important and extensive works were completed, which had bten oAder his superintendence, which his character for sound judgement and business habits, affords the best assurance, that his aoceptanceof the engagement, will be ft valuable acquisition to the State.

In the small progress made, it is found that the detention of one half of the pay for work done, operates with some severity on the contractors, and it is believed, may be lessened in rate, without diminishing the necessary security for the State. The sections let, when completed, will cost from $1,500, to $14,000, each, and when so large a portion as one half is retained, it prevents industrious individuals, who may be without capital, from becoming contractors, and limits competition to the wealthy much expenses is necessarily incurred, in the commencement of a job, in building cabins for hands, procuring provisions, cost of tools

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which no pay can be derived, except from the profits on the work. These expenses are so considerable, that they form, of themselves, a tolerable security against the abandonment of cootracts, unless taken at such low rates as to prove unprofitable. At every stage of the work, the labour and materials have to be paid for, in cash, and

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when tbe jobs are nearly finished, large sums will be due much greater than the amount necessary to eomplete them. Insuch cases 5 or$6,000 might be doe from the State, and the Contractor unable to procure

During thfe last summer, the General lands were classed and rated agreeable to the provisions of the laws, and tract books and maps exhibiting the classification of the land, and the rateable value of each tract, were made and deposited in the clerk's office, in the counties where the lands lie.

A public sale was held in 4he first week of October, at Fort Wayne, at which, all the lands were offered, to the highest bidder, and as soon as the sale closed, an office was opened, for the purchase of the lands at private entry, at tbe same pluce, under the superintendence of Samuel Lewis, who has charge of that department, by a resolution of the board.

From the first of Oct*, to the 21st of November, there has been sold, including public and private sales, 15,758 87 acres, for the sum of $47,961 33 on which was paid $13,152 99 and $2^)88 56 for interest one year, in advance, on $34*808 34, which is the residue of the purchase money, payable to the State, the sale being at an average price of near, $3 05 p^r acre.

Which is respectfully submitted, D. BURR, "fcsr-j. VIGUS,

roza or

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taken

at ft higher rate, which would influence the prices at other lettings, and produce a prejudicial effect The true policy it is believed, would be to sustain the Contractor, by allowing as large a portion of his pay, as safety to to the State, Would permit Money at this time commands a high rate of interest, and when advanced by an individual to carry on a public: work must greatly influence the prices of which they are undertaken. The discretion to pay within fifteen per cent of the value of the labour actually performed, is respectfully suggested, as an amendment to the present law.

Thirteen miles of the Canal line on the middle division remain to be let, which were calculated to cost $89,000 exclusive of estimate of $24,000 to cover the contingent expenses of the whole division*

The portion now under contract, when completed, will cost about $117,000 which is near the i»um received and accruing from the sales of the Canal lands, so that under the present provisions of the law, the remainder of this division, as it is too small to divide with advantage in letting, cannot be put under contract, until sales shall be made, of the lands, to an amount which will be equal to the cost of constructing it Two years time will be required to complete this part of the line, after it shall have been let —and it would be very desirable to have this done in May next,

that

the connexion between the St Joseph's and Wabash rivers might be opened by the 10th of October, 1834, and the whole division finished at the same time. It would fave nearly the cost of one year's expense of the Engineer department, and have a beneficial effect on the sales of the lands. The Canal funds, at the disposal of the State, are $104,000, which will be increased in March next, by $50,000 of the loan negotiated by the Fund Commissioners, as appears by their report. This, with the cash which will arise from the sales, will be sufficient to carry on the operations of the whole division, for eighteen months to come, in which time, it may be safely estimated, that the sales of the Canal lands, will amount to a sufficient symtt to meet the whole cost of constructing this division of the Canal line. The propriety, therefore, of giving the necessary authority, to have this portion put under contract in the month of May next, is respectfully suggested.

VUBOUllCU) OMVI the Panul

SAML. LEWIS,

Indianapolis, Dee. 13,1883. The electors of tbe county of York have unanimously returned to the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, WILLIAM MACXBSBS, Esq. who has been thricu expelled .from that bod?* The paper referred to says that no other candidate was nominated.

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hands, be compelled to abandon tjie contract and lose what had been expended, when if the half or third part of what was due had been paid, would have completed it at a profit .To withhold too large a portion of the pay of a Contractor, produces the opposite effecj from that which it was intended 16 guard, and has a tendency to compel the abandonment of contracts, for the want of means to carry them (gWiJlcQatrart re-let would hfe

TERKE-HAUTE, THiO cetNTV, INDIANA: JASUAKI 3,1833. New $crin~TOL. I.-NO. 30.

Curran.

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MONTHLY MAOAXIHB.

THJE LAST PUBLIC APPKARAKCI pr OVRJTAK. At the commencement of the proceedings which took place in Clarendon Street chapel, when O'Connell was standing in front of the platform, with his arms across his breast, his regards directed towards the crowded galleries, and his lips sending forth sentence.after sentence of the most impressive language, a slight interruption proceeded from-one of the small doors at the side of the altar, which caused him to turn round towards the quarter from whence it pvoceeded. There was a rpomeotary jllgbce, and then a^partial cheer from the outside, in the space fronting the sacred edifice, as if welcoming some friend or popular favorite. O'Connell continued to look -towards the passage which led to the platform, and which was then quite thronged with people, who were unable to penetrate further through the crowd. Suddenly a name was announced, at which those who were seated seemed to start into an upright position, and upon the mention of which every eye seemed t© kindle with animation and emotion. The name of Curran rang through the edifice, repeated by a thousand voices, when that immortal Irishman appeared, supported by many a proffered arm, making his way on the front of the stage, uppn which the chieftains of the Cath-

olic canse were assembled. O'Connell sprang towards, him, and seized him by the hand, led him forward, amid the reiterated peals of applause from the vast auditory* The immortal patriot, placing his hand upon his breast, bowed in acknowledgment of the enthusiastic demonstrations of regard ha had received, and then, as if overpowered by the unusual excitement which such a scene might produce on a declining frame, he sank into a chair which was handed to him, and for a moment covered his face with his hands, 1 never shall forget the sharp penetrating glance he threw over the assembly when he seemed to rally from the transient debility which at first oppressed him, and the fixed regard be cast upon O'Connell* when be resumed his address* His appearance amongst the catholics was an honour which they considered the proudest compliment he could bostow upon their cause but the moment he chose to display his approbation of their actions was doubly gratifying, prescribed and denounced as they then were by the edicts of an arbitrary government His presence seemed to impart a spirit and energy lesembling his own Into the various speakers who followed. Those who heard him in the day of his power regarded him with all the hallowed feelings which are associated with the memory of his exertions in the defence of martyred patriotism, while others, like myself, with whom those events wear all the interest of times prior to our own, and whose admiration of his genius was excited by the delighted perusal of his fascinating and faultless speeches, gazed at him with the mingled feelings of homage and devotion.

Mr. Curren had emerged from the dignified obscurity of the Mastership of the Rolls a few months before, and upon his resignation of the office, the catholics presented him with an address. He forms a brilliant exception to the general career of legal patriots, who are usually so contaminated during their ministry, that when they descend from the bench, they never again recover their former integrity, and whose conduct, even in retiremeat, betrays sufficient to brand tbeir early dap with hypocricy or the close of their lives with a charge of as black a nature but Curran wore his robe unsu^ lied even by the suspicion, and when be resigned it, he again resumed the imperishable character for integrity which distinguished him in the commencement of bis professional and patriotic career.

The address of the catholics to Mr. Curran, w*s read by the late O'Connor Don* It contained no fulsome panegyric, nor indulged in an exaggerated estimate of bta genius, or his services to the public cause. It contained a few short and nervous sentences, which called forth a long and eloquent reply. There are some passages in the latter, which are so different from the forced style usually adopted upon similar occasions, that 1 cannot help extracting them. They are the more valuable, when we consider that they were the

genuine

and

unaltered sentiments of him by whom they were upon this occasion deliver- a ed:

I have early thought that the mere ftic of birth imposes, by the authority of Ood, a loyalty to eonntry, the conscience of man beyond the force of any technical allegiance, and still more devoted and unalterable.

To our mi happy country, 1 know this sentiment was little better than barren howev er, what I had I gave. I might have •old bet—I could not redeem her. I her the best sentiments of my heart, times in tears, sometimes in indignation, sometimes in hope, but oftener in despondence.

When I view these awful soeries that are daily marking the interposition of Providence in punishment or retribution, that teach rulers to reflect and nations to hope, I cannot yield to the infidelity of despair, nor bring myself to suppose, that we are destined to be an exception to the uniformity of Divine Justice, and that in Ireland alone, the _waj OfWoJ gonri .Hma, he viedi cated to man hut that we are to spend bur valour and our blood in assisting to break the chains of every other nation, and in riveting our own and that when the most gsdlant of our countrymen- return to us laden with glory and with shame, we are to behold them dragging about an odious fetter, with the cypress and the laurel entwined,

It is with an emotion difficult to describe, that 1 see how easily our hearts are betrayed into an exaggerated estimation of those we are disposed to love. You are pleased to bespeak the continuance of my poor efforts in the cause of Ireland. I cannot without regret, reflect how feeble they would be but I am fully consoled in the idea, that they would be as unnecessary as inefficient. It is still no mtre than justice to myself to say that if any opportunity should occur, and God is pleased to let it be accomplished by health, my most ardent affection would soon find the chaonejUn which .they had flowod so long. -i

A' devoted attachment to our country ean never expire but with my last breath. It is a sentiment that has been the companion of

my life and though it may sometimes have led to what you kindly call sacrifices, it has also given me the most invaluable consolation and even when the scene shall come to a close, I truBt that sentiment shall be tbe last to leave me, and that I shall derive some enjoyment in the reflection, that I have boon a zealoul though an unprofitable servant."

O' ConneWs Opinion of Jefferson*— Thomas Jefferson was really one of the most illustrious men of modern times. His character partook largely of the boasted qualities of the stern patriots of the Roman Republic—for his virtue adorned our nature—and his superior abilities, as a legislator and giatesman, raised justice to a lustrious zenith which she never beforejattained in any clime. He possessed a mighty intellect, that teemed with the .treasures of literature and philosophy to such an extent, that they have enlarged the circle of knowledge, encircled the domain of science, andjmultiplied the amount of our moral enjoyments. I' have devoted the last two days, I might almost add two nights, to the perusal of the work3 of the illustrious American sage—and never, in the whole course of my reading, have I feasted at such an intellectual banquet,—never have I deen more edified and improved for in the writtings of the late President of free America, 1 bad to admire all that the heart of man could express in the most delicious terms on the most interesting occasion."

At the silver mine of Koriigsbufg, a wonderful gallenr has been pierced through the side of the mountain, at a depth of 600 feet, through which the ore is now transported, instead of being hoisted to the top. Its length is 6,000 feet and it occupied 23 years in its completion. The process was most tedious, being entirely by calcination and hammering, which brought the rock off in flakes. Only two men could work at a time it was commenced both internally and externally, and it is much to their credit that, upon meeting, there were only two or three feel difference in the level, and none in the direction. It is from six to seven feet wide, 8(d from ten to fifteen high. ...

FootlAppg at a'table next to a gentleman who bad helped himself to a very large piece of breid after he had taken a mouthful or two, Foote took op his bread, and cut apiece off. «Sir," said the gentleman, "that is my bread.*

beg a thousand par

dons, sir," said Foote. I protest, I took it for the loafc"

The West*Point cadets, with the liberality and spirit which characterise them on all occasions appealing to the generous feelinges of liberty and patriotism, transmitted $500 to the Treasurer of the Pohsh Committee at New York, as their contribution for die relief of the gallant exiles of Poland, thrown destitute upon our shores.

UKOOBIMOJr LAW CUB. P. venut P.—The defendant wa* arrested in the city of New-York, at theuoit of the plaintiff, for seducing the daughter of the plaintiff. Both parities were British subjects, and the se^ Auction took place in England the de

www in

often gave some-

feodanfeame to this state and centinu-

edhis intercourse with the daughter of. theplaintiffhere. Tbe defendant wail held to bail ii* fifty thousand dollars, and now moved toi'be discharged from the arrest, on the gtound that the courts of this State coftld not take cognizance of action* for\torts committed without its juris* diction, and between aliens.

Tlys ourt denied the motion, without determining the principles «n the ground thatihe offence was continued after the* defendant came within tbfr State. They also refused to mitigate^! the bail, on account of the peculiar ciran of he as

The plaintiff is an English' howe-, man. The defendant his only son andr heir at law, upon whom is entailed ai& estate of thirteen thousand pounds per* annum, and the miserable deluded vic~h tim hisownsister.—Albany D. Adv*

The suit above mentioned is that of Price versus Price, with which many of our citizens are already acquainted* The plaintiff is Sir Roland rncc, an English baronet There are two sides to the story, and until a full investign-t. tion shall have taken place, we feel justified in presuming that the one is as liable to be true as the other, twithstanding this decision of the co which it must be remembe red,has predicated upon ex parte evid merely. The other version of ryis, that this prosecution is a resorted toby the plaintiff to annu marriage of his son with a female rneath the rank of his family and U1 the defendant married her fonder a fua belief by both—a belief which still' continues—that nonsuch relationship. as the one charged existed between them. What gives probability to thet statement is, that in the edition of .Debret's Peerage, published since thede- |g fendant's arrest, this lady is named as one *f the daughters of the plaintiff, whereas, in the edition previous, hep name is not inclnded among them. Av painfol mystery hangs over the tranitL, action, which the truly amiable gentleman who is the subject of the prosecution—incarcerated as he is, among strangers, and held to bail in an enormous sum at the suit of a powerful adversary—has not the means of elucidating. -At.nil events, until the guilt of the defendant shall have been proved, we can do no less than deprecate the injurious impressions liable to be produced on the public mind by the terms in which the above report Is couched.

A*. F.

Courier.

Country without ram..—In that part of Peru called Vallies, which lies on the north and south side of Lima, in south latitude 12 deg., bounded on the east by the Andes, and on the West by the Pacific Ocean, it never rains at all* But during winter. Jhe earth is covered with so thick a fog as to intercept the rays of the sun. This fog appeal almost every day during winter with a density that obscures objects any dis?C tance. About ten or eleven o'clock it begins to rise, but without being totally dispersed, though it is then no impediment to the sight, intercepting only the direct rays of the sun by day, and the stars by night Sometimes it is so far dispersed, tnat the disc of the sim becomes visible, but the heat from his Cays is still precluded. In the winter season these vapors dissolve into a very small mist or dew, which they call gariia, and thus every where moisten tbe earth.. These garuas never /all in any quantities sufficient to damage the roads or rncommdlfe the travel-' ler but they render arid and barren parts fertile. They cotivert the disa-* greeable dust in tbe streets of Lima iirf to mud.

Now, in that country, the wind always blows from the south, that is, froma colder tocr warmer region. Sometimes it veers a point or two to the east But it always blows ^"between south nnd south-east When the come on, the south wind is barely and a scarcely perceptible air seems to come from the north, which forms the fog.. The obvious reason why it never ra'ins in that country, ft, fhat the wind constantly blows from colder to a hotter part of the world* see also tbe cause ofthe fogs tbey occasioned by the mixture of the air from the north with the colder air from the south.

tbe fogs felt,

We: are hot

""•The annual commerce the city of

don is estimated at about

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