The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 January 1842 — Page 2

Trenton to be supplied from Mt. Pleasant. 9 mile# I and hack, once a week. WateTlob to be supplied from Cambridge, 5 mrlea I and back, once a week.

NOTES.

1. Seven mlhuliM arc allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices, where no particular time is specified but on jailrosd and ateambro: route# there i*.to be no more delay #han ta necessary to deliver and receive the bajjs. *t 2. Tha mail is to be convered in preference to.passengers, and to their entire exclusion, if lis weight and bulk require it 3. A preference is to be given to passengers brought in the connecting mail lines orer those traveling io any other. 4. post Office blanks, mail bags and special aeepta of the Department, on the exhibition of their crcdentails, are to be conveyed without* further charge,

mail lines adiniting of such conveyance 5. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge the principle railroad and steamboat lines, whore the size of the mails and the number of of the of&ces will require their employment by the Department, and in that case a separate apartment for the assorting and safe-keeping of the mail is to be provided by the contractor under the direction of the Department. 6. In all cases, there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run a forfeiture of at least one-fourth part of it, when the running or arrival is so far behind time as .to loose the connection with a deoending mail and a forfeiture of a due proportion of it, when a grade of service is rendered inferior to that in the contract. These forfeitures may be incrased into penalties of hiulier amount, according to the nature orfrequency of the failure and the importance of the miil. ,. L. 7 Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing to take from, deliver at a post office, the mail, or any part of it, for Buffering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying it in a place or any manner that exposes it to depredation. Iota, or injury for reluseme after demand, to convev a mail by any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the specified number of trips in the contracts and for not arriving at the time •set. And for netting up or rtining an express to transmit commercial intelligence in advance of the mail, a penalty will be exacted equal to a qnnrter'6 pny. 8. The Postmnster General may annul the contract for repeated failures for violating the Post Office law for disobeying the instructions of the

Department for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department for assigningthe contract without the consent ot the Postmaster General, or for setting up or running an express as aloresaid. 9. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata increase of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed, if the employment of additional stock-or carriers ia rendered necessary but the coniractor may, in such case, relinquish the contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change. He may also discontinue or curtnil the service, he allowing one month's extra pay on the amount dispensed with. 10. The payments will be made through drafts on Posts offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter, say in February, May, August, and November. 11. The distances are given according to the best information hut no incresed pny will be allowed, should they prove to be grenter than is advertised, if the places are correctly named. 12. The Postmaster General is prohibited by, law from knowlingly mnkinga contract for the transports tion of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination, or pioposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid for a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shnll have made any agreement, or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any other person not to bid for a mail contract 13 On coach routes where the present contractor shall be superceded by an underbidden who may not have tho stage property requisite for the performance of the contract he shall purchase from the present contractor such of his coaches, teams, and harness belonging to the route as shall be needed, and niaV be suitable for the service, at a fair valuation and make payment therefor by reasonable instalments, as his pay becomes due, unless tho present contractor •hall continue fo run stages on the route. Should fhey not agree as to the suitableness of the property, the terms, or the security, each may chouse a person who may appoint a third, and th' ir decision shall be final or the costnisstfer General will name the umpire. Should tho underbidder fail to comply, his bid will be offered to the contract or but should hedeclineit, the propsals of the Underbidder will be accepted unconditionally. Tho underbidder should give early notice of his intention to take or not to take the stoelj.and if the latter, of hi* reasons and the present contrnctor is to determine, on tho first application, wether he will sell it or not. 14. A bid received after time, to wit the 14ih April next at 3 m, or without the guarantee required by law or that comhinrs several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with a regular proposal, not adjudgeded to be extravagant. 15. A bidder may offer on conch, railroad,or steamboat routes, where that transportation is difficult or impracticable et certain seasons to substitute horse or wagon conveyance, or to intermit service, a specified number of days, weeks, or months. Ho may propose to omit an office that is inaceessib'e, or is not on the stage road, the rail way, or at a steamboat landing, as the case maV he. or ho may offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases. He may propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time is asked, and it is obvious that no mail connection or other public accommodation is prejudiced He may ask for a specified number of days for more running time to the trip at certain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes, proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent its being considered in competition with a regular bid. not set aside for extrvngance and where a bid contains anV of the above alterations their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it with other proposals. 16. There should be but one route bid for tn a proposal. 17. The route, the service, the yearly pav, the bidder's name and residence, und the name of each member of the firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated. 18- The following is the form of the guaranty which should be filled, :he first blank with the name of the guarantor, the second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning and terminating points of the route and after being dated, should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown by the written certificate of a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able to make good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid. "The undersigned guaranties that if his bid for carrying the mail from to be accepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter into an obligation prior to the 1st day of July next,with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed. "Dated 19 The bid should be sent nnder seal, addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals in tho State of written on the face of the letter and should bo despatched in time to be received by or before the 14th April next, at 3 o'clock, m. 90. Tho contracts are to be executed before the 1st July next.

Wobatk

Terre-llaute. Nov. 24-13-tf

for

8*.

C. A. WICKLIFFE.

Porr Orrto6_l)ErAitT*tNT, Dec,

N E\V PAPEK I LL..

TO THE MRRCIUVTS *D TR ADERS OP THE WABASH VAI.I.EY.

TUB

at Lafarette, Indiana, and have spared no

coat in obtaining the most approved Machinery and skill from the East, are prepared to supply theewfire

Patfey with everv kind of paper wanted on the

most favorable term. The friends of Home Industry and Wette.rn Enterprise, are invited to give us a call, and to save their Raw. which will be received in exchange for Paper or Cash at fair prices.

Jan. 1,1842-17-1 THOMAS & AN DBS.

wutn.

rpHE undersigned have entered into partnership under the nam* and style of Blake & Bourne, and have taken the old aland of Groverman & Bourne, on (be north side of the public squr.re, where they are now opening an extensive assortment of Dry Go*!*. Hardware and Groceries, the greater part of which has just been received from the Eastern cities. They will sell upon very accommodating terms, and invite their friends and the public io general to give Them a call.

IHs solution of Partnership.

THEthe

partnership of Groverman & Bourne, is this day dissolved by mutual oonsent. and the business of firm placed in the bands of Tho 3. Bourse,

final settlement, whom all Indebted will please apply and make payment, as ths «tpc be closed

From the CircIevilU Herald. NIGHT.

Give me the night—calm, quiet nig&t, When friends around me smile For Oh I it hatha magic might

Which,can my cares beguile,

The day is spent in toil *nd strife, 4 Then heivy carcs oppress .But soOn the night giv«s life to life,

And griefs no more distress.

Then swiftly pass our merry hnurd With those whom we love best— And blessed be night's magic pow'rs,

For Oh at nignt we rest!

*n#

But day again, with care and toil, Soon chases rest nway And we with dread do oft recoil

And think, Alas 'tis day."

Give me the night—the moonlit night— When sojer silence reigns. When stars send forth theirsilv'ry light,

And men forget their pains.

When scenes

Terie-Haute, Jan. 3,1842.

PAPER

subscribers have erected a large

MILL

Plomgkmmm.

THOS. H. BLAKE, T. J. BOURNE.

CIUS GROVERMAN. T.J. BOl'BNE.

Terre-Haute. Nov. 84-IS-tf

For JRettf, 'v_

-A COMFORTABLE two story dwsffinf can be tented, if application be made won

nieat'y situated to the basin'

*'*T«nrs-Hsat«, Dec. 11, lMJ-M-tf.

TSVKIAXCE

It iscmive-

part of Town- Call at COURIER OFFICE.

BECOL.

From the Western Statesman. THE WORD OF GOD.

sorrow hover round,

And not a source of bliss is found We to the word of Life mn go, From whence all lasting pleasures flow,

This is the source of lasting joy. Which all our moments should employ There richest mines nre hidden still, The searching mind with wealth to fill.

Then may that choice, O Lord, be mine, To search these pages all divine, And there may I those jewels find, That so enlarges every mind.

The mind that does these treasures prise Is fitly ripening for the skies To join, and sing, with angels bright, And dwell in realms of endless light.

fight

FOR THE WABASH COURIER.

EARLY RISING No. III.

Good-morning, aunt Mary exclaimed a bright eyed

irl as she came hounding into the room with a stepas as a fawn, I have made up mymindjto rise early in the morning, and as it is a long time before school, I thought 1 would come and see you awhile. I am very pleased Jane, (said the lady thus addressed,) to think you have made up your mind to practice early rising, for by so doing you will be able to do a great many things that you could not otherwise, ana you will feel more cheerful and active than you do when you remoin in bed till a late hour. The morning air is more exhilerating to the spirits and invigorating to the mind than anv other part of the dav, and I think you will soon find out by experience the advantages to be derived from being an early riser. Doctor Franklin wasalwavs nn early riserand if you read his works you will find that he has said a great many things to prove that it is the duty of everv person to do so likewise. When he first went to Philadelphia he was very poor, but he was economising, especially of time which he found was very precious, so of course he would not waste any more in bed than was necessary to refresh and renovate the body. The morning he found was the best part of the day for menial exercise. for then the mind as well as the bodv was rested but by remaining too long in bed the mind became inactive and unable to perform what it otherwise would, so he always rose very early, and continued to gain step by step until he became a very wise and great man, but had he acted the part of a sluggard and wssied his mornings in unnecessary sleep, very probably he never would have arrived at such a degree of eminence, or have made thote philosophical discoveries for which his name will ever be venerated. I said that he wan economising of timer which is the duty of every person, lor time is every thing, and without time we can do nothing. Now the person who loses on hour in the morning cannot make it up for they have thrown it away, and time once lost is lost forever, we may arise earlier for a lew mornings but that is no more than we should have done, the time is not gained, we have only redeemed that which might too have been squandered in sleep. But time is not all, we lose a grc at deal of pleasure, for there is no person more happy than one thot rises early and goes forth to breathe the fresh morning air and inhile the sweet odours from the opening flowers, to hear the lively carol of the feathered songsters and welcome the rising sun as he peeps over the hills lighting up the face of nature as it were with a smile of joy and gladness. 'Tis then the flush of health will manile our cheeks, and pleasure sparkle in our eyes, and we can commence the various duties of the day with hearts as light as is thine this morning. But these are pleasures the morning sleepers know not off. They come not forth with buoyant spirits, happy themselves and causing others to be happv, but alter many efforst to throw off the shacklcsol Bleep tlioy rise languid and feverish, and have not strength or ambition to perform the multiplied duties which they meet oil every side, their health is impaired, their tempers are soured and they murmur und wpine that they are not as hoppv as their neighbour, nor onco think that had they performed their morning: duties, had they risen betimes they too might have tnioved ease and luxury. They forget that ol the six days which was given them for labour, they loose a part in useless inactivity, and to tho sacrifice of health, which it is the duty of every person to preserve. But Jane. I think I see by your countenance that you like not the character of a sluggard and are determined to reap the advantages of early rising. Yes dear aunt. I am very thankful that I rose so earlv this morning and I think hereafter when I feel an inclination to remain late in bed by bringing to mind the kind lesson which you have been pleased to give me. 1 shall be enabled to disenthrall myself from the shackles of Morpheons and thus reap the benefit of an habitual early riser. But the hour ofschool.apprejaches and I must begone. Thus saying she hurried away pitying in her own mind the inveterate morning sleeper and singing as she trips along

Up early in the morning, When summer days are long, Oh! we will rise betimes and hear, The wild birds happy song.

A SCHOOL MISS.

A CHAPTER OF FLOWERS.—Flowers of all created things, are the most innocent and simple and most superbly complex—playthings fot childhood, ornaments for me grave ond the companions of the cold corpse in the coffin—beloved by the wandering idiot: and studied by the deep-thinking man of science! Flowers, that of all perishing things are the most heavenly! Flowers that unceasingly expand to heaven their grateil, and to man their cheerful Icniks—partners of human jy, soothers of human sorrow fit emblems of the victor's triumphs, of the young bride's blushes—welcome to crowded halls, and graceful upon solitary graves! Flowers are. in the volume of nature, what the expression, "God is love." is in the volume of revelation. What a dreary desolate place would be a face without a smile—a feast without a welcrome! Are not flowers stars of the earth. anJ are not flowers stars of heaven! One cannot leok closely at the structure of a flower without loving it.

They

are emblems and

manifestations of God's love to the creation, and they are the means and ministrations of man's love to his fellow creatures, for they first awaken in his mind a sense i»f the beautiful and good. The very inutility of flowers is their excellence and great beautv, detached from, and superior to all selfishness, so that they are pretty lesson* in nature's book of instrucrton. teaching man that he liveth not hy bread or from bread alone, but that lie bath another than an animal lite.

NIAGARA FA LIS-—President Dwight, ofNew Haven, estimates the quantity of water precipitated over the falls, a' 11,209,275 tons per hour and Darby calcu lates the mass to make I 673.704.000 cubic feet per hour while anmher author, Picken make* the quantity to he 135,510.0U0 gallons, or 18 534.000 cubic teet per minute. This question will probably remain un settled for some time.

Wrwrs* HE**-Fowls should never be kept till they are old. Young ones lay more eggs, and are more apt to lay when they are removed to a distant barn than when kept where they were bred. Anv farmer may pav for his newspaper for veara with the proceeds of rsingle hen well bred to laying eggs and one bushel of buckwheat with a few potatoes will keep a ben's crop full daring the winter—and two hour's labor on a snitable soil will often be wrfhetem, without any manure, to raise a bushel -of buckwheat. Who tha« hath lands eanoot afford to take a newspaper.—Af«*«.

IX BOSTOS It as at at a re

meeting of the Boston Temperance Society, tbat about 8000 prrsena had rgtwd the pledge of thst association, (tee-total) during the past year. In addition to

n*-arlv the same number have signed the of Wa*hingtoniaut and upwards of 4000, that of tbeCaihotic Temperence Societies.—making in all, aba«t 30,000 in that city alone, who have enrolled tbemadvesaa TU-TDTAUIUwithin the last tw4ve months.

BSKX-MAXIM

W Sr-Lons.—The New Em says

the number of bricks made in St Loais in 1841, are estimated at 30,100.000, sod that about two millions more will be made at ihe close of the season. The lowest pries st which tale* have been made i» 15 per 1000. and early is the season they brought 97 to #8. and *84 is assumed as a fair price of tbewla the wall It ta eatimatad in ibat paper, that there bis been paid this season for brick in the wall f' ,375 000.

Making a tottl of

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the

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SHORT PATENT SERMONS.

NEW SERIES—No. LXX1X-

My present discourse is drawn from the following stanza by an anonymous writer:— He is so poor, from door to door, 4..^

He begs his scanty crusrs of 'bread, ^His clothe® are thin, and torn ®nd mean,. Hebas no place to rest his bead

His race of life is nearly run— f. Pray for the wretch"'d beggar man. My

hearera—Winter

My dear friends—you who have hearts susceptible of sensation—favor me with the loan of your ears. While the midnight murmurings of the bitter blast are heard oround your comfe»rtabledwellings-while the demons of the storm howl a funeral dirge as the snow winding-sheet is wrapped about cration's dead—while it is cold enough without to give a jog of cider brandy the shivers—and while you are as happv, cheerful and contented within as five mice in a pantry—O think upon the poor, houseless wanderer of earth, whom fortune has filched of a home, ond who perchance, has not where to shelter himself from the frosty arrows of death, tlint pierce, when they strike, to the very core of the heart. Have pity upon the poor old beggar man whom poverty and want have rendered virtuous, and still keep him so. His lifeisone perpetual winter—dreary and gloomy—and his pathway to the tomb is drifted with the snows of sorrow. His back is borne down with an increasing load of years—every brush from the wing of Time scatters 8on»e of his white hairs to the winds—and his palsied limbs evidently betoken that he will stoop to pick up but a few more crumbs at the door of charily. Therefore, bestow upon the wretched beggar man a blessing in the shape of a shirt, a shilling or a morsel, and charge the sauae to Providence,who will repay you with interest—in default of which I will settle the account myself, and offer up one of my best orisons for the eternal welfare of the old benificiary, besides.

My friends—iT a moving monument of dissipation, wearing the human form divine, should extend his trembling hand for relief.givc him no coppers—for they will only aid him in his determined work cfself-de-siruc'iori but administer to him food to appease his hunger, wholesome drink to quench his tlnrst. and preach to him on a patent principle ol persuasion. II he will not hear, let him proceed oil his j»urney to perdition, despised by the despised, and scoffed at by the scoffed for the sooner he works himself out of the world, the better i| will be for himself, for his friends if he have ittv, and for the community at large- Look at him as he was. and behold him as he is! Once as promising as a peach tree in blossom—now as rotten and worthless as a hollow log in the centre of a Southern swamp. His prospects for the present are blighted—his hopes of ihe future are seared, and the seeds of ambition that once sprouted in his heart, are blasted forever by the scorching fires of inebriety. Shattered wreck of mortality! Pity car.'t patch it, nor deeds of charity render it a more fit dwelling for a soul sunk to the lowest depths of degredation. Let it perish, since it cannot stand.

But, mv dear friends, look not so unkindly upon the poor, lions' less and unbefriended female, who stands imploringly before you with the offspring of her love in her arm's trying in vain to draw nourishment from the famine-dried fountain. As the cold gust sweeps past, she wraps her torn blanket still tighieraround it —hugs it dill closer to her bosom—and, though dearer to "hi than her own heart's blood, she regrets for the moment that it ever was born to be rocked in the cradle ol want and sang to sleep by the howling lullabies of the wintry winds. If you have no sympathy for the mother just scrape the insides of your hetiFls and see if you can't scratch off a few specks of pity lor the babe. Let not the little innocent suffer so long as the means of offoiding relief are within your reach and verily I say untoyop, you shall have your rewards —in promissory noies,'made payable to your own consci' nces.

My hearers—Charity stands high on the eatarafpie of man's virtues and now is the season to exercise it. Yes. now. while the supplies of nature are shut out from suffering thousands—while winter looks in upon the wretchcd hoveller, and finds his household shivering over a few dying embers and perishing with hunger—while the oged beggar man totters from house to house, with his load of misery doubly doubled, asking alms to pay his passage to eternity. So mote it be!

St*!

has once mote conic to dance,

upon the graves or th#three sister Seasons, and have annual blow-oui, at the expense of the p«»or and for lie amusement of ihe rich. Old Boreas basalready laid Ins icv fingers upon the flushed cheek of Mature ond a lonely silence now reigns in her desolate halls, where, but a short lime since all was'ife, nierriment and joy. While the brooks, the rivers and the rills are congealed beneath the anti-caloric rigors of winter, it is fitting and reasonable, mv friends, to endeavor, as has been my wont, to keep those streams of mercy and charity, which all flow from the pnre fourftain of svmpathy, from freezing, by pouring into your hearts the hot water of enthusiasm, which now boils and bubbles in this anxious bosom of mine It is possible I may thaw out some tender feelings that have long lain congealed in the frigid atmosphere of eelfishness but I might as well direct the shafts of my discourse against the aelamantine pillars of the Egyptian Tombs as to hurl them upon the thick ribbed ice of avarice that encrusts the cold, insensible bosom of Wealth.

DOW, Jr.

Jon.v RANDOLPH'S GRAVE—A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, who has recently paid visit to the residence of the late John Randolph, thus describes the spot where reposes the remains of this excentric genius: "The bodv of this extraordinary man reposes beneath the tall branches of a veteran pine, and forty paces from his summer dwelling. No marble marks the place of his repose. He was buried accotding to his own request, with his head to the east and his feet to the west, with a white uipolished stone at his head, and a black one at his feet. He sleeps where he lived in the peaceful bosom of his own native forest."

TREMENDUOCS EARTHQUAKE—The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer of Monday says:—l-Bya letter from Central America, we learn that the whole town of Cartago, ©. A., of about 30.000 inhabitants, was, with the exception of two houses, destroyed by an earthqutfce, about the middle of September last.'1

REPORT

Of the Treasurer of State, in relation to the three per cent. fund. TREASURER'S OFEICE,

Indianapolis, 30th Oct. 1341.

The total amount of the three per cent. Fund received from the United States to the present date, including premiums on drafts sold, is $497,299 37 The payment from this Fund on the various appropriations to roads, rivers, and counties, prior to 1st November, 1840, was $473,878 67 There has been paid to the several counties in the present year 15,024 84 The total amount ofincidental expenses to 1st November, 1840, was 5,033 94 Incidental cxpences of present year, 20 00 $493,957 45

Leaving a deficit of ..

above.

Estimmted Receipt» amd Expenditure* for

Leaving a deficit to be provided by Congress of

•:,

$3,341 92

Leaving, on the 1st November, 184!, subject tn the order of the proper commissioners, thesum of $3,341 92

Nothing has been received on account of this Fund during the present year. Application for pa vment was duly made and repeated, but has not vet been attended lo, nor anv satisfactory cause given for the delay. The amount which the State is now entitled to demand of the United States, is $4,806 15, and will yield t^each county about $55 00.

A unual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. This was made to the House of Representatives on Monday, and was received last evening The following, statement of the fiscal affairs of the counwy we gather from it:

The Public Rrvemet «md Krpr*litHr+t:

Balance in the Treasury on Jan. 1, 1341. $987,345 The receipts for the three first quarters of

the year.

Estimates for fourth quarter,

Making a total for the year of

Tbe expenditures for the three first quarters of the year. Estimate* for tbe fourth,

$23,467,072 6 943.095

$31,3^7 51«

$34.7*4 346 7.390.723

$3MP5,069

1842.

Receipts for 1843. estimated $19100.000 Expenditures estimated at 33,791.010

*14.218.570

The public land sales are not included in these estimates. The Secretary recommends that Congress astborut, to meet this deficit— 1. The extension of tbe term ol tbe balance of the Joan. $6.-00 000 1. Re-i*«e of Treasury notes. $500 0003. Tbe balance twjaired. of $2,718^570. wiifc an additional surplas of tfc.008.000 io be supplied by imposts upon selected articles of imports, 4c.

Re-mtyutw**t if

«r ff urhieh he considers to be demanded by the con-

& SSnmpHon for their produce in their own coun-

Si. Gaz*

Oi rfci BOARDOF INTERNAT.

Indianapolis,

Ho*. SAVDE6 HAM.,

of 9hf

SIR:—In compliance with a resolution of the Senate,

the nature

of the 15th inst., which calls for "a statement showing country.

the number and' names of Engineers, who during the oast vear. have been in the imployment of he State,

orservices rendered by them and the amount

of compensation allowed. Also, the names of all other persons, including the Board of Internal Improvements. who have in any manner been in the employment of the Stat* in reference to her Public Works, (exclusive of the Fund Commissioners.) the nature and amount of tJieir services, and the compensation allowed them." I respectifully report, that on the Wabash and Erie Canal. Richard Adams and O. Bird, nre emploved as Superintendents of repairs. It is their duty to regulate the introduction of the water so as to keep ihe water at the proper heissht: to take care breaches in the Canal are prevented so far as possihle, anil to repair them promptly when they occur. Each has under his care 70 miles of Canal, over which he travels almost constantly. The compensation allowed Is three dollars per day, whep actually employed, including travellinz and all other expenses.

John Roach has been employed a portion oMhe time during the past season, in attending the Locks at Huntington, ond in Superintending the operations of con

tractors on the St. Joseph's feeder, at $35 per month,

The services of this individual were of a temporary nature, and are probably discontinued before this time. Thesum paid to these three individuals was included in the amount of

repairs

stated in the annual report,

tliough the names were not there given. S. fisher, the Resident Engineer, has been employed in the service of the State whenever his services were necessary. His dmies have been to superintend the construction of the Steamboat Lock at Delphi, and to give some attention to the repairs of the line, together with the closing up of unsettled accounts. His total compensation for the year amounts to $786 as eivrn in the annual report.

Tlii-seseveral items of work having been completed, an Engineer will no longer be required, unless it be in the place of a Superintendent.

There are four collectors of tolls on the Wabash and Erie Canal—at Fort Wayne, Lagros, Logansport, and Lnfnyette—rttch receiving $15 per month.

James Hovey has been occasionally employed in taking care of the timber, plank, &.c on the Erie ond Michigan Canal for which he has received, during the last vear, $52. He is not now employed.

The undersigned would beg leave to say, that according to the usages on the lines, the various subordinate appointments have not been made bv the Chief Engineer, but each acting commissioner employs Irom time to time such persons as the public interest may require. The particular charge of the undersigned has extended to no other work on which any operations have been carried, except those above named. Dr. Mason who is the actine commissioner on all the other works has made up the following statement:

T. A. Morris is employed as Resident Engineer on the Madison and Indianapolis Rail road, and Superintendent on the Central Division Central Canal, at a yearlv salary of $1500. R. M. Patterson is employed as principal Assistant Engineer on the Madison Rail road their duties are to attend to the construction of the work on said road, and to make the proper estinnates of work done, fee. To T. A- Morris is also assigned the charge of the finished port of the work.

Adam Green is employed on the Madison»Railroaa, at a per diem allowance of $2. His duty is to keep the track in repair, clean out the side ditches, ond such other repairs as are necessary lo ensure the safe running of the cars.

In order to rHn the cars on the Madison Railroad, two modes have been adopted one, by farming out the privlese—the other, to run them bv agents of the State. The latter method is tho one now in use, ond so far. has met the expectations of the Board Connected with rnnning the train, under any mode, a shop with a superintendent well skilled in the building and and repair of cars, and the keeping in order the Loconiot.ves. is indispensable.

The following is a list of agents connectcd with this department. Samuel Thomas. Superintendent of Machinerysalary $70 per month His duty iB to keep the engine and ears in good order for safe running.

John Lodge, Superintendent of transportation: salary per diem allowance of $2. His duty—to attend to :he transportation of freight and pnsseneers—goes dm'ly with the trnin in and out, ond settles all accounts. &.c.

R. J. Elvin, Clerk at Depot, at per diem allowance offil. His duty is to keep the books containing nn account of transportation,

fee.

F. Luntrer. Engine man, is employed |to superintend and conduct the Locomotive and train. He is paid a per diem ullowcnce of $2.

There is also employer!, one fireman, whose duty is toatiend to the fire, wood and waiter. Also, one other hand on the train, to assist in loading ond unloading: each nt a ppr diem allowance of ft.

H. C. Moore employed as Superintendent upon the White WaterCannal, nt a salary of $1.000 per annum. Hisdutv is to keep the finished portion of the Canal in proper repair, and to exercise such supervisory power over the unfinished portion of the Canal, as is directed by law, and during the past season he has. under the direction of the Board, attened to a large number of arbitration on said line. And in addition to these service, lie his several times visi'ed the New Albany and Vincennes road, collected and paid over the tolls, and superintended the repnirs.

Two Collectors nre employed upon the White Water Canal—oneat Brookville, the other at F.awrcnceburgh—each at a yearly salary of $100

John Burk is emploved^ni the Central Division Central Canal. His duty is to keep the finished part in repair, and regulate the supply of water. & iH pny such attention to the unfinished part as is required by law. Dutinw the past summer, his pay has een at the rate of $360 per annum. From the first of the present manth it has been reduced to $l.r»0.

S. C- Bradford is employed as Superintendent on the Southern Division Central Canal, and collector of tolls, at a yearlv salary of $150. His duty is to collect tolls and to make such repairs as are absolutely necessary.

W. F. F. Thompson was appointed in September last. Superintendent of the New Albany snd Vincennes road, at an annual salary of $150. His duty is to collect the tolls on said road, pay them out, and see that the road is kept in repair.

It will l»e recollected by the Senate, that the present law provides for the appointment, by the Board of Arbitrators, lo assess damnjros to Contractors in certain cases: and to those who may apply for damages on account of the location of the public works (these appointmentsare not given) ihev have probably amounted to fifty persons, during the past year, and their pay to $500.

In connection with the foregoing subject, it may not be improper here to state, that under the existing laws, the right to an appeal from the award of Arbitrators in certain casra, is allowed. Under this permission, a large number have been taken, a number of which are yet pending in the Circuit Courts, and a few in the Supreme Court.

To secure the interest of tbe State, Attorneys have been employed st this lime sbout ten Lawyers are engaged in those eases, the amount of their fees is yet unknown, thev are made to depend upon the nature of the case, and the amount in controversy.

In the accounts of pavment contained in the annual report of the acting commissioner heretofore made to the Legislature, the foregoing expenses of Engineers, Superintendents. &c were included, though the names of tbe perwons employed, were n.rt in every case given.

The general duties of the Board as prescribed by law are known to the Legislature. In the Superintendence of the several lines, the settlement of claims for labor and danwign* and attendance upon law sat (a and arbitrations: in the duties relating to the Wabash 1 and Erie Canal lands, in the correspondence connected with their several duties, and in answering the numerous calls irom the Legislature for information the members of the Board have been necessarily employed for nearly the whole time. Their compensation is $3 per dav, but not to exceed $1000 per annum, including all travelling and other expenses.

Respectfully Submitted.

Public Domain, Land Dues,

•07 557

"r Direct Taxes, Licenses. *!oea on Patents,

Fines and forfeitures. Donations,

tor

l*e TWrif.

Much the larger portion ot tbe report is oeeamed by discussing this subject. Tho Secretary is in few* of discriminating duties, and a general increase

tbe year was only $96

tbe

L- WILLIAMS.

TEXAS.

The whole revenue of Texas for the fiscal year ending the 90th September last, was as follows: us to

$164,783

105.14*

53.120 16,022

$392,322

The does were received in audited drafts and promissory iwMs, and estimating their value tceording to the currency of tbe country, of about 5 for 1, the whole amonnt of receipts, in RWM value, into ttHLTieanrj

647 —Times.

The totil amount of funds collected for the relief ot the family of Thomas H. Lnnghlin, who lost his life during the Young Mens* procession in Baltimore, is #3.269 49—some of which was advanced to the widow, and part invested in stocks, and tbe purchase of a house.

27th CONGRESS.

SECOND SESSION.

coun rv

Mr. Linn said he was not certain that this bill should *be referred to the Committe on the Public Lands. That committee were known to be udvetse to the project. The subject, too, seemed to belong more properly to the Military Committee, and if his friend from Indiana, (Mr. Smith, the chairman of the committee) had no objections he should prefer that the bill be sent to the Military Committee.

Mr. King continued the debate, and expressed himself satisfied at hearing what had been said by the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Preston) in regard to the Distribution bill. He took pleasure in saying that the little State from which he came would not acccpt this bounty from the General Government. They believed it belonged to the General Goyrnmeht was necessary for its defences: would sitve us from a high tariff, and therefore should not be received. He hoped thto senator would carry out tbe views of the People, and repudiate the bill which they had repudiated. He had no do'ibt that the Senators who voted for this bill, voted for it honestly, and in the belief that it would majerially telieve the States. In reference to the question of the defences of the country, he would not consent to vote for stinted appropriations because the finances were embarrassed. In the present aspect of affairs, when the nation was threatened, he was for making liberal app opriations for the common defence. By neglecting them, when tbe danger came, more might be lost in a single night than the expenditure of years.

Mr. Mangum continued the debaL The question presented was the naked one of repeal. There was no question for any reference or, if any one was required, it was proper that the bill should go to tbe committee on Public Lands. In regard to what had been said by tbe Senator from Alabama, he denied that tbe public mind bad been ex* pressed adversely to this object. He stood here for one. in fetters, as it were, upon this subject. Mr. Mangum also expressed himso If strongly on the subject of war, which bad been irrelevantly alluded to by many Senators. He believed there was no danger of war, and it was only the visionary ideas of glory which prompted men to talk of this subjcct as they did. Men who desired to gain eclat by their reports, who wished to draw attention the great matter of war, were excitiog tbe public mind by these inflammatory appeals.

Tbe debate was continued Ty Messrs. Mangum, King, Linn and others, in-

eluding Mr. Barrow,

Off THE

INTERESTING DEBATE PUBLIC LANDS. In the Senate on Tuesday, Mr. Linn, of Missouri, introduced a bill for the repeal of the distribution section of the act givit to the States tlte- proceeds of the sales of the public lands and granting pre-emption rights, and in lieu thereof to appropriate the said proceeds to he common defences of the

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Mr. Smith, of Indiana, said, as he was directly appealed to by the Senator from Missourie, (Mr. Linn) as to his courso should the bill be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, he feit it due to candor to say that his mind had undergone no change in relation to the Distribution act. At the last

g^ion the subject had been referred to the committee of which he was chairmnn he had reported the bill, and it had become a law. Should the bill be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, he would do his duty, but his mind must undergo a radical change, which he did not anticipate, or he should recommend that the bill be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. The distribution law had not yet taken effect, and he felt willing to see its operation before he acted on the question of Repeal.

Mr. Linn saiiTthat fie had much to do in looking after the interest of his own constituents but if the Senator thought proper to refer it to a select committe he should not object. Of all the extraordinary things (said the Senator from Missourie^ ever presented to the nation, the present aspect presented a i^ate of things the most extraordinary. We saw wrecks all around us, and it becamn us to be true and steadfast now more than ever. All eyes were upon us, as sailor's eyes were upon the north star, for guidance. By taking from the Treasury the means which the distribution bill placed there, we afforded but little means of relief to the States themselves.

Mr. L. hoped the Semite would take the subject up, and reconsider it. He wanted a cool, deliberate investigation of this subjcct, and other great and leading subjects connected with it. The nntion den.anded this at our hands. Mr. L. said further in regard to war that he thought that there was great and serious danger of it coming upon us, and he begged that the country would prepare herself to meet the dancer, come when it might.

Mr. Calhoun, said he felt a deep solic.tude upon this subject. The State he represented hud made a unanimous movement on this subject. They had pronounced the bill unconstitutional, and hid refused by a large vote, in the popular branch of the Legislature to receive the quota apportioned to South Carolina. The Senate, by as lar-je a vote, would second the action of the popular brunch of the Legislature. For these reasons ho felt a deep solicitude in the question.

Mr. Preston said he could see no reason why the Senate should not act upon the bill without any reference. In regard to what had been said by the Senator from New Hampshire, (Mr. Pierce,) he was ready to sccond any efforts which could be carried into effect. VV'e should remember, however, in our wish to gain physically more strength than we have, that wo do not destroy that vigor necessary to sustain the internal strength of the country. Our Treasury presented a most extraordina»y condition, and by tho report before us, it might be seen that the deficit of the coming year would be fourteen millions, and thift we should want more than we could get from commerce, froin the public domain, and from all the sources of revenue in our reach. With all this, we should be compelled to borrow. In regard to the princij^e of distribution, he regarded it as unwise. Unconstitutional he did t»ot believe it but, being unwise, he agreed with his friend from Missouri, that the Senate should retrace its steps as soon as it cou'd.

Mr. Buchanan advocated a reference to a select committee, but regarded it as a little matter to what committee it wus referred for, go where it would, unless Senators materially changed their minds, it went to its death.

who

advocated

refer

ence to the select committee, and ihe formation of such a committee as

would give those

who called themselves Democrats the majority. Thirqnestion of

distribution

Mr. 6. thought, properly argued

Was

cial session of Congress. 1'he majority in this body haH been so desirous to terminate the discussion by a

Mr. Rives, denied the truth of the remark laid down by t!.e Senator from Alabama, that the public judgment had been given against this measure. He saw no evidence of the fact in the recent election and if the Senator could convince him that what he said was true, he would retrace his steps. His mind was unbiased upon this matter,and open to conviction. The only position favorable to a fair and candid discussion -was to dis-, cuss it in Committee of the Whole.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Two or three petitions were wedged in, and a new member, Mr. RUSSELL, in the place of Judge Black, deceased appeared and was qualified.

Mr. ANDREWS of ky. insisting upon the orders of the dav. Mr. W. C. JOHNSON took the floor. If, said Mr. J. those who have argued the propriety of refering this subject (the motion of reference concerning the Tariff) to the Committee of Ways and Means, had taken the same views of this matter that 1 did, I would have been saved the trouble of speaking at all. Why is it that this new issue is raised now of a high protective Tariff? -i'

He objected to the refer to Cornmitted

Manufactures on other grounds, and that was that a false issue hud been made that it was sought by those who advocated manufacturing interest to bend all legislation to their purpose—to make all other interests bow down to theirs.

Mr. J. believed that he had heard the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts say that he was apposed lo the Tariff of U8, and only signed the bill providing for the same, because he did not choose upon a mere question of expediency to intercept the action of Congress.

He thought thai this warfare between tho extreme North and xtreme South had been kept up long enough, and that tho interest of the Middle Stales hud been pushed aside, He would now consult the interests of all parties by taking up a system of countervailing duties which should en largo, the basis of consumption and benefit the general interest of Agriculture.

He proceeded to nn examination of English policy in relation to a Tariff -r^He said that notwithstanding we were the greatest consumers of English products, yet that country had imposed a duty upon our most important article of growth, wheat, that amounted to total exclusion, unless they happened to be in a state of starvation^ He would stake anything, but his hopes of future happiness, that if we were now to take up the subject of countervailing duties in a proper spirit, the present Premier of England, Sir Rob't. Peel, would be obliged to submit to a repeal of the corn laws or give place to a successor who would do this.

He decleared that no measures should have his support which did not, by a system of countervaiiing duties, take care of the middle inI terests of this country-—the Tobaco, tho Corn, wheat, Pork, and Beef, of tho firmers of tho country.

This policy was no new one—it was first introduced by Mr. Jefferson, and the first measure passed in accordance with it was passed ers early as 1815, aud related to the

restrictions im|osed on Commerce in the shape of toting^ duties. Mr. Johnson ask why, if, as the genUeman from Mass. asserted, New England had repudi itcd the Tariff of 1816, '24, and '32, a now protective Tariff should bo forced up, I on them now

Mr. WINTHROP explained. He did not say th it New England repudiated those Tariffs, but that while the North and South were divided, each upon these four Tariffs, the votes of the Middle and Western States had carried them. 1 Mr. J. C. CLARK having obtained the floor, after apologizing for tho necessity of the motion, and observing that every gentleman would have nn opportunity to express his sentiments upon the question under debate, moved the

previous questions."

The main question was then put by the Speaker and passed, giving the subject to the Committee on Manufactures.

Thus, this long agony is over. The remaining portions of the President's Message were then referred without any discussion, and at 2 o'clock the Houso adjourned.

RESULT OF THE CENSUS. 'J The census of 1840, gives the following: results which will be found of interest: Whites.—Males, 7,242,200

Females, 6,939,842

Blacks.—Slaves 2/487,213 Free, 386,246

In Commerce,

not,

the spe

certain day, that they had

not ciscussed it and thf consequence was that erroneous information had gone forth to the country. At the special session there was doubt in his mind as to the time in which this bill should go into operation but, upon a careful review of what had been done 9ince Congress adjourned,he believed Congress had acted wisely. IIo should therefore vote against repual, and he wanted no better argument to sustain his side of the question than just such an argument as would be found in a report of the opponents of the distribution principle. He would give the Democratic party the committee, and tho power to make their report. I

14,189,108

2,878,459

Total population, 17,002,567 ^EMPLOYED.

In Agricultti^"gfl,r fi 3,717,756 In Mining, %rt~*

15.203

117,575

In Manufact'rs and Trades, 761,545 Io Navigation of the Ocean, 56*025 In Navigation of Lakes, Rivers and Canals, & Learned Profession, Engineers, &c., 05,236 Deaf and Dumb, fe 7,559 Blind, 0,810

EDUCATION.

Universities and Colleges,

students

173

Academies and Grammar schools, 3,24$ Primary and Common schools, 47420ft Number of

Academies

and Grammar schools, 104,159' Number of Pupils in Primary schools, 1(846)261 Number of Pupil*' 4* public charge. 468,764