The Wabash Courier, Volume 11, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 May 1843 — Page 2

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10 DAYS L\TER FROM EUROPE. Jtorrital of the Brittania. ,Tfc**.IM.n 8»m« I

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We regret to announce the death of Robert Southey. He died on the 21st March, at his residence in Keswick For this event his friends must have been long prepared. Eor the last three years he has been in a atate of mental dorknen, and a twelve nienth ago he was not able to recognize those who had been his companions from his youth.

The Marchioness of Wellesley, grand-daughter of the late Charles Carroll of Carrol Hon. has, since the demise of her husband, the late Marquis, had a handsome residence given to her, for life, at ihe Palace Hampton Coart. This i* a very especial mark ot Royal favor. The Marchioness still holds offico as one of the ladies to the bed-chamber of the Queen Dowairer.

The principal bankers of Leeds have given public notice that henceforth they will'allow no mere than two per cent, on doposita.

The Nuremberg correspondent write* from Vienna that the Austrian Government is about ™,w new loan, for the execution of rail road*, of *0 or 30 million* of florin*.

At the la*t account* from Oporto, still further disturbance* had taken place on account of the unwillingnes* of the people to pay their taxe*.

Letter* received at Constantinople mention tjie invasionofa neutral territory bordering on the-Euphra-tes by the Pisha of Bagdad-but the particular object ttf that invasion i* not stated.

A late letter from Barcelona, announce* the di*cov« ery of another conspiracy amongst the troop* of the garrison of Montjnrich, and that twe.lve non-commw-atoned officers had been arreoted and sent to Madrid for high troason. disease somewhat resembling influenza was at tlie last accounts making *ad havoc among the cattle and sheep in Lincolshire and Yorkshire.

TUB COMBT.—After much research. Dr. Foster sueaeeded in detecting the nucleus of the comet, tit Bruges, on the night of the 29th ult. it hnd the anpearance of a small atar of the fourth or firth magnitude, and was situated in theritrht line, which joins (Etna) Fridnni, with the Stelli Mira Ceti.

A Belgian journal say*—" The comet wen for some da ye in our tiorizon was perfectly well observed at Jena, and the nucl«n* distinctly perceived. At Munich, also, M. Gruithin*en was able to distinguish the nucleus. He conceive* that the tail must be greater than thnt of 1680, which measured not less than sixty decrees."

It is somewhat curious that the tail of the comet, asaeen in England, waa mistaken, at firat, for the Zodiacal light, and arguments made to prove that it was nothing more—the same mistake that some of our javani fell into here.

Thecmtom duties at Liverpool for two days in the last week of March amounted to £50.000. The Irish papers contain a letter addressed by Mr. OHJonnell to his friend Mr. Barritt. the editor of the Dublin Pilot. Mr. O'Connell *ay*, I saw with great surprise, in the last Pilot, A paragraph which you certainly took from some other newspaper, headed 'O'Connell and Dickens,' and purporting to he a quotation from an alleged letter of mine, to the editor of a Maryland newspaper, published at Baltimore, and called Tkt Hibernian Advocait- The thing ia. from begining to end, a gross lie. I never wrote a letter to that newspaper."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer ha* been threaten«d with assassination by a person named John Dillon, late an officer in the Navy. Dillon, it appear*, has a claim upon the Government for large amount, in consequence or the seizure of a vessel engaged in smuggling, some years since, but has never been ahlo to procure a settlement, and, a* a peremptory mode of bringing the matter to a close, lie expressed his intention of shooting the Chancellor.

The bankruptcy of the Greek Government, the inability to pay even the interest on its loan was begin* uing to cxcite the serious attention of the other European Government*.

The Maliese ship Taglieferro had been destroved by fire. While she was burning, a lot of sailor* broke into her hold to procure cask* of wine, of which thev drank heartily. Unfortunately they opened and drank from a cask of spirit* of turpentine, and nine of them died in consequence.

The trial of the wreckers on the Frqgeh coast, who pillaged the wrecks of the Reliance and Conqueror, tuts resulted their being sent to the gallere.

Advices front Constantinople, of the 22d February, announce the detection of a conspiracy in Belgrade, fcavinjt for ita object the assassination of Prince Alexander, the new ruler of Serria, and hia minister*. The conspirator*, who have been seized, assert that they bare acted at the diiect instigation of the Russian Consul: and the Princess Lubitxka, the mother of Frinee Michael, is also accuscd of being implicated. The Government of Serria has, it i* astd, removed from Belgrade to Cracow it*.

The eatenaire gun factory *f the Meosra. Bamett in the Minorirs was entirety destroyed by fire on the 25th. The nwntial ceremonies between the noble heir to the Dukedom ol Hamilton and the Princess Mary of nsaen, were celebrated on tbe 18tb, with the greatest pomp and splendor.

The Thames Tunnel wa* opened on Saturda? the S5th alt. It ha* ceet nearly three quartan of a million sterling.

Tbe Madeleine.** by Canova. in the Agoado Galon Ttteeday for the ram of W.ooof. to iht Dulti d« SufAglift. j| aid tint this tnaws of an ia te be taken to Italy.

IntetHgence from Florence annoanon the death of Mmc- VjlWnenve, sister of the Qu~o «f Swed«», and •f the wife of Joseph Bonaparte, aft* a painfal illaesa W WTfflt RKMIthi,

The Journal da Havre saya-.—"Tbe Gov«nii«wnt ssnlinaea tosc«4e«t ship* te the Marqvaeaa. Five are at this time loading at ditwtent ports one ot them, tli* Role, of Havre, haa «ngag«a to take 300 COM, at tbe rate ef ttf a tss."

f" Tbe sell of the United State* against J«eas Floyt— Mbrmerty CoOeeior of the Port of New York, and now •bargedwith bei*«a to iheemotsatof 9300,000—eras Mont tbe Circuit Ca«rt sitting in New

York at tb* lest dstsn. Tfce Herald say« that ia tb* coarse of tbe trial twenty cartloads ofWks haw to be examined, aad aboot 70.000,000 of entries or ir*«a to be overKaa'e*!. Denng hie colls«tersl»«p 900,000. MO effsveosepiMSsi tbrongb Hejt* handa.

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jSTSStftttr-Pi. wo published in the Patriot of the E ^^ing AeTh fSTa'nd London to the 24th of March—bears evidence to the blight•renins of the 3d. Inst. .j ing effect which the failure of many of the

jrjs is'* '.fivin,t- ?°,e"10 TV1™

tTtheBMion Ailae. C-rarier and Advertiser for extra* has upon the American character and credit and to oar Philadelphia correspondent for wpei* con* 1 abroad. VVe can well feel for the morti6caiaLn,andh4"rr![hM^nJbl^eiTToJwaSrthe ne™ in lion of every true American abroad, when our country edition for (he West, in (be Mail thai left, he hears the name of his country mentioned thit morning at sev«i »,«. —as it must, so long as the present situation ft* this arrival, we learn that business nas »me- 6 what revived in the manufacturing diatricts. The sales or our affairs continues, ever be mentioned— of cotton had been verv extensive, without any mark- jn connection with the odious and dishonored change in continued abundant. The

a so it a I a The Britania brought out a large amonnt of specie, name of American citizen, in all pans or to the valueof JC213 000, besidee several boxes of gold

Baainen during the last fortnight has sensibly impro- that wns honorable: for it was borne by those ved. The cotton market h«ibeen extremely buov-

DEATH OF COM. PORTER.-The pnpera aiate lars.^ that Commodore DAVID PORTE*, the U.S. Mm later to JT wn8 no^ ON

^Wehave'received with Willmer &. Smith's Enro-' "J ptan Times, an account and engraving of Mr. Hen 1 Mmim/va tatkiAn Ins in«0nlA

ton's new nrial steam carriage, which the inventor and other* «eem to think will sucieed in navigating the air. So far, however, their hope* rest on theory—the machine not having been erected, and of course no "firing" having taken place.

The replv of Mr. Everett, our Minuter, to the dep. utation which waited on him with a mernonal of the holder* of Stale stock*, i* published and very mnch admired by the Engliah paper*. We cepv in full the renly of Mr. Everett.

Queen Victoria continue* in the enjoyment ot «xaellent health, and, a* the papers sav, not wiihstanding the proximity of the event which Jo^ed'-orwnrd with an much intereat, her Mojejty and ^,hekrt are daily to be *een walking in the ®*r.^ens,®' ingham Palace as early a* eight o'clock in the momin

The Great Western arrived at Liverpool on the !*t

'"The'enrthqnnke which *hook Liverpool oa the morning of the 24th ult. was felt at Bellnat and ether placet in Ireland, and also in the n#rth of rrancc.

Mr. J. Pease, of Darlington, an eminent preacher in the Society of Friends, is about te visit North America on a religious miwion.

In the House of Commons on the 3d April, Sir Robert Peel stated in reply to a queation from Lord J"hn Kusaell. that ho had received deapatchea from Mr. Fox, with a copy of the President's Message and the communication of Mr. Webster, and that he would lay them before the House. The Government had not given any instructions to Lord Aatiburton ihat modified Lord Aberdeen's despatch of December, 1841—by its principles they were determined to adhere.

.AHERICAN CREDIT IN EIlCtAND. The fetter of Mr. Everett, which we published yesterday, and which is in answer to nn address to him from a number of. the hoi*

W|1Q

lMnnPdrar'

were about 8,000 bags collectively, pncea

jdress to him from a number of. the hoiin London of American stoeks-which

i",erest

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the

We name of dial on

publ]e

IJW. two I™** ""I—

Awa^?^ up to March 25th our Republican Government—which, exnlt—Imp. weekly average, 47»2d aggregate average of jng all men to a political equality, made them the six weeks which regulates duty, 47s lid duty on

rulers

df?f-

wor|d—an(j

won

*ndirrg^»imM^rehgwer r56.000 bTgT-n«riy* Swo ence, and who, when that independence was par day. On April 1st, however, the demand sensibly established, tasked themselves to discharge decreased, in consequence of thei account* brought by faijhfu||y and to the uttermost farthing, a ^th^C^.^XdTy8.

haTI"P'e'

ceded ncarljr an eighth of a/•"!£"* P" I™"*- bet-!

ear9 pa8t, the

especially in the enlightened

.S»,ta» °f Europe—aMociated wi.h i, .11

for their country an independ-

M^he'aalea debt of more than two hundred millions,

which that contest had cost hem. And in

comparalive|y a 8hort

tar feeling, however, pervadca the manufacturing ana the comwercial climes than haa been apparent fora nations were increasing their public debt, the lent time. United Slates paid off, principal and interest,

time, and whilst other

|Y then, in th§ principles of

and participators in the honors

and distinctions of the Government—but in the proad exnmple which we had set to the world of strict honesty, that made the name of American an exalted distinction, and propitiated, in behalf of those who bore it, the citizens of the most free as well ns the most despotic of the European Government. It is most natural that oar countrymen abroad, and especially the representatives of the nation at the Courts of Europe, should feel sensitively the change in this respect, caused by the practical repudiation of their debts by some of the States, and the repudiation in effect by many others, in their neglecting or refusing to provide means to meet the interest on their debts and though all good citizens, whether at home or abroad, must continue to cherish the hope that the day is not distant when this foul stuin on our national fame shall be erased, thsy cannot gainsay the justness of the rebuke which the foreign loan-holders of the fnithless^States, administered in their address to Mr. Everett, and to which his letter, published yesterdny, was a reply.

The hope which is cherished by the good citizens of our own country, of the speedy coming of a better day, is not only indulged by them but so strong is the feeling of the people of Europe in the honesty of the American States, that they even look forward to nn earlier resumption of payment than even the most sanguine of our own countrymen venture to indulge.—Baltimore Patriot.

HoRTicm/r't. EXPEDITION TO CHINA—China has long been known te possess many rate and valuable trees, shrubs, fruits, and flowers, which have not yet found their way to Europe. From thence come our besutifill Azeaiess. Camillias. and Wistaria, (Glycine) Sinenses. Taking the advantage of the opening of the Chinese ports by the late treaty, the Horticultural Socictv of London haa resolved to send a person well qualified (or the undeitaking, to brine home all he nnda worthy of introduction into England. Among the fruits there, the Pekin Peach is said to weigh two pounds, and nothing is more melting and delicious.— Our own

Government of the United States nas it in

contemplation to fit out an embassy on a liberal scale to China and we hope among other important mat* tera, that the subject of agriculture will not be forgotten. In

the

meanwhile we shall call the attention of

the officers of our merchant ships about to sail on tlfeir annual voyage* to these matters, and see what we can do in our humble private way.—Am. Ag.

THE GLOBE AND ISAAC HILL.—The Madisonian of Monday contains an article aix column* long, and in reply to attack* upon that individual which appeared in ihecolumnsof the Globe. Alluding particularly to Mr. Blair, Isaac say* "While in a stute of penury here, while obliged to rely upon the generosity of friends upon this ground for vour daily subsistence, the Globe stood, or appeared to stand, as the true representative of the Democracy since its annual income from the public printing has exceeded one hundred thousand dollars, and the largest half has been clear profit, the beggar on horseback has assumed airs, in the name of the Democracy, which only need be seen, to be fathomed, and, when fully understood, will bean equal obiect ofdetesiation and abhorrence, a* the worst Hartford Convention Fed eralism."

ANOTHER SBOT AT GOV. PORTK*. Buchanan pape. contains an able article directed

onui

-The Harrishurg

Reporter, a leading Buchanan paper, and a recognised organ of "theparty," contains an able article directed against Gov. Porter, in tbe course of which the following language occurs: "We are free to confess it—for tbe conviction has been forced reluctantly upon us—that the Democratic party of Pennsylvania were duped and betrayed into the support of Governor Porter, in 1841, by false representation* and that the majority of twenty-three thousand votes, which he received bv our party votes, were bestowed upon a candidate who was eminently undeserving of the People's suffrage, and who is ready, at anv time, to prostrate the Democratic party or transfer it to its enemies whenever a fitting opportunity presents itself for the advancement of hia own interests or personal aspirations."

DACINO ROBBERY—UPWARDS or $.M).000 STOI.ES.— On the evening of the 14th inst. the Western Insurance and Trust Company of the city ofColumhus, Georgia, was entered by three men in disguise, while the officers were closing the vault for the day they immediately secured the officers, and

plundered

institution of the following lunds gold, about §9.000? notes on other hanks, 118,375

the

mem

oranda of mon-

evain the handa of agents, &c., amonntina to about 93.400 Bank or Charleston note*, $18,000 Danen bank, $14,000 besides other packages, containg probably about $10,000 or flVOOO.

A handbill, aigned bv Robert B. Murdoc, secretary, offers a reward of $5,000 for the recoverv of the loat money and property, ot a proportionate part tor any portion thereof.

We do not blame the friends of Mr. Van Bnren for desiring to re-instate him in power. 3ut we do bin*' when they are awarding praise so lavishly to t*en. Jackson for Aw vetoes, it is anjust, cowardly, and unmanly in them to pass over those of Mr. Tyler to stlence Cincinnati Rt-publirc*.

And do these Tvler ninnies really suppose that the Locofoco* are so smitten with admiration of an/thing hi* Acridency ha* done, as to praise him, or even to thank him for it» They rejoice that Tyler, by htsanparailed treachery, has cheaisd tbe Whigs ont of their opportunities of benefitting the country, bnt they drspt«i him aa heartily as the most patriotic Whigs 'h« nation do. Muat every mam who admires Jackson also love Tyler Most every one whoee ear drink* in detighiedlv the music of th«i roar of an old lion, also confess itselfdelishted with the mmncof the squeaking iackall which cbooees to follow in tho psth of tbe nobler animal t—Le*is**8* Journal.

DESTROYING INSECTS-—The Gardner* GSWTTE suggests, as one means of destroying insects that are r. _* tA IIMI MlM Oi

VLHI IPBL^ «TU®VLW »7 myriada, and thos perish in th« Maze- Often when engaged in the exciting sport of spearing fish by night, in tbe denr stream* of New England, and on the Niagara. have we had our torch-lights li'efally extinguished by ektudaof insects from tbe adjacent forests, sad besn obliged to retarn qoit

Facrr Gaatm AKD NC*SK*T.—Art kinds offrni* and fonst trecashould be planted ont thia month, before the leaf buds shall have come ont. All grafting and swing inoculation performed. Strawberry beds creased and denned Currants, raspberries and gooseben tea. that bav« grot before reeeived attention, can now be praned the latter should be pruned to open bead* for tbe adwiwiwi of ntn and acr, be well manured ah"»t ibe roots.and tbe noil made loose and mellow with tbe spade ito roota peach tre«is be examined, and tbe worm eat o«t wit* a knife. Cnttings can alas be made for the porpoae oi grafting, for itw prupagatiM of trees and abrab*.

CANAL MEETING AT HUM A* Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the citizens of Parke, Vermillion, and Vigo was held at Nums, on Saturday, the 29th of April, 1843, to take into consideration the best and most effectual means oT sustaining the Canal Scrip. On motion of Joacra.A. WEIGHT, Esq. of Parke, Judge E. M. Hu/rriNsTON wasiatlled to the Chair, who, on assuming its duti«, delivered a neat and pertinent address, explaining, objects of the meeting On motion of TROS. to LINO, GGR. K..STEEL .of Park A, was chosen Secretary

Messrs. WRISDT and COTTIJ {OI Parke) and Meesnf. FARRIN«TON, "SCOTT, and DOWLTNO. (of Vigo,) being sttccessivelycalled,on,addressed themeetingat length, the latter of whom moved the appointment of a Committee to prepare and recommend some definite measures for the action of the meeting, which motion waa carried. The chairman appointed the followio? gentlemen as that Committee: THOS DOWMNB. JOSFW A- WRIGHT. JAMES BARNES. PI.ATT FRISK. R. YOOMANS, WM.G. COFFIN, and JA*. FARBINSTON.

In the course of about an hour, the Committee returned into the meeting and THOS. DOWMNO. on behalf of the Committee, reported the following preamble and resolutions:

In view of the great interests involved in tbflorii pleiion of the Wabash & Erie Canal to Ten1*' Wanlr by which a safe and easy commercial hiffhwnv will be opened from the centre of the Wabash Valler UUbe great market towns of the East, New York. Philadelphia, and Boston, it has been deemed important to call a meeting of the citizens of theadjoining counties, that they might counsel, one with another, and. if possible, suggest such action as will reconcile conflicting views, and insure a speedy consummation of this great work. We who are here assembled are aware that there are difficulties in the way of thisobjeet, Sltd this fact has prompted us to meet toeether for consultation. While wedis» ltfim any intention to dictate to others, we appeal, with some confidence, to the firmer, mechanic, merchant, professional man. and property holder—to all classes of our fellow-citivnv to come forward and aid in this important enterpristtIn support of this appeal we submit the following statement of facts: The Congress of the United States in 1827, granted to the State of Indiana eqonl to five sections in width of the public lands along tho whole line, to aid in the construction ot a Canal to connect the waters of Lake Erie with the navigable water* of the Wabash River. Lands were selected with a view to the termination of the canal near the mouih of tbe Tippecanoe, and the work commenced. In 1836. the Legislature fixed the southern termination of theCanafst Terre-Haute, and Congress authorized a furibe^ selection of lands. Tbe work is already compfetrffto Lafayette. Boats are already receiving their car oe* of our produce, destined for the eaatern markets, and it is estimated that there is freight enough on the line now, going

Mist,

The merchants, as a class, must, of necessity, exert the chief influence on questions of this kind they can make a currency sf paper circulation good or bad as they please. If the merchant will take it in payment of debts, arid for merchandize, the farmer will take it for anything he has to sell, and the mechanic for his labor—the property-holder for his rents, and it will tfftswer all the purposes of a bank paper circulation. This state of things, however, can only be brooght about by a concert of feeling and action, based upon an acknowledged identity of interests. It is couceded that the merchant cannot buy his goods and pay his eastern debts with this paper, but we know that, to enable him to do either of these things, he mqat sell his goods and collect his debts here. How is he to do it? There is no money in the country and no prospect of any. The bank circulation is constantly decreasing. The answer is plain: these goods must be sold for, and these debts paid with, the produce of the country, directly or indirectly.

We have, then, a great work to accomplish. It can only be accomplished by giving a general credit tothi*

Kaper-

This credit will enable the merchant to collect is outstanding debts, sell his goods, and pi surplus productions of the country for shipment. It

o*i rv.|

to employ a daily line of boats from

this time to Jnly next, to say nothing of the returning cargoes of merchandize, such as dry goods, arocerir-*, salt, and iron. The lands granted and specifically applied to the construction of that part of the line between Lnfavette and Terre-Haute, have been selected with great judgment, and are said to be or the finest quality. The estimates for this part of the work, are less than the estimated value of the lands, and therefore, a fund has been provided by the munificence of the General Government adequate to the entire, construction of thie division of the work. Based «fMin these public lands, the Legislature, in 1842, authorised the issue of scrip in the shape of bank notes, of the denomination of $5, as the work progressed which scrip was made receivable for the lands, and directed half of the line to be placed under contract. That ha* been done, and that part of the line is in a fair way of completion. This scrip gained a general circulation and credit along the line of active operations, so much so that the county of Fountain received it for county taxes- It passed from hand to hand in the payment of debt* and purchase of property, and it is believed went very far to diminish, in that part of the country, pecuniary want which has for the last eighteen months, and which continues, to oppress the people. As that part of the line progressed towards completion, and the stocks of goods for which it was received were exhausted, the scrip went down. There was no disposition, above or below the actual line of Aerations, among ihe business men, to touch it except, in the way of speculation. The last Legislature, however, evincing a commendable interest in the success of the work, in order to enhance its credit, and insure its rapid redemption, made it receivable for watet^rents and canal tolls along the whole line wiihin our territory. A large amount hns already been paid into the land office, and cancellcd. The water-rents and canal tolla will exhaust from fifty to a hundred thotiaand dollars more the present season, and the next' year probably twice the amount. We are aware that no paper, not bearing interes:. which circulates as mooey, can be equal to specie, unless it is redeemable in specie, but we have tho fullest confidence that the holders of this scrip, resting, as it does, upon these lands and upon these canal tolls and water rents, which will be every day increasing, are completely secure against animate loss. We are aware, however, that there are Wit few among us, in the present hard times, who are able to receive theacrip and wait for tbi» mode ot red*ifnPion. —they who rcccivc it must be able to use it in their business, and its value must depend upon its general credit, as a circulating medium between mnn ana man.

outstanding debts, sell his goods, and purchase the

will enable the farmer to pay hia debts and to sell his sarplus at a fair pr pay his debts ana

Rewived, Thnt we earnestly invite the people, of whatever profession or ailing, in this section of the State, to unite in a common cause, for the acornnpliahment of a great object. We appeal to the merchant, the farmer, the mechanic, the professional Man, the property holder, whether landlord or tenant, toembark in thia enterprise, standing oy each other in tree confidence and good faith.

Resolved, That great State enterprises, soeb as we now meet to consider, should be made the common cause of every man, and of every calling in Sbciety— that ita barthena should be borne equally by all. aa all expect to reap ita benefits—and that a unitod and generous sacrifice of a small portion of the means ol each, wiil be amply sufficient to maintain the character of the Scrip ifeued to complete the canal.

Resolved. That we conasder it unfair and •niost to expect the former, the mechanic, and other laboring men. to sustain, unaided and alone, the valie of the Scrip—that we look to town property, faohtim, roerchanta. traders and professional men to benxj^ortion of the loan (if any occur.) and that it the WT of all to aid in extending the benefit* of this vast utterarw.

Resolved, That we consider the laborer w-fltTfeison our public works, and reeeives hia pay in aa entitled to exemption from the operation of ibe/»awc»« iar&rr, whether that laborer buy with tboae tends tbe produce ol the farm, the wares of the mechanic, or tbe gooda of the mercbanta and that we who am here assembled. pledge ourselves, when tbe day laborer eofcee to DS. with rach funda. to receive tbeni at par for any of ihe necessaries and comforts ol life wh»ch we may a os

Resolved. That tbe time has arrived, in the ontnton of thia meeting, wbec the friends of tbe Canal —tbe aelf aacrifietng friend*-tfewe who are willing to a* well aa f*»—sbowld know tbe person* feel disposed to maintain tbe credit of tbe Scrip—that the eoaatry baa a right to know it and that it will loo* forward with great solicitude to fortlx* (teveiopemcata, aa indicating tbe (aror which tbe Scnp ia to receive ia certain quarter*.

Rteohed. Thnt those who deprecate Canal Scrip, by offering to shave it tor goad*, or other aiww*.nt 36 cuk ea tbe dollar, are injuring tbe prospects af tbe Canal —that ibey are giving it a nab more fatal than tta entire rejection, and that w* earnestly invoko WKjfc per•nos to eesoe a practice aa iojorioan to tbe final trfaaapb

Avals*!. That wewtll not knowingly, bersafter, receive Canal Scrip of ikons wbo obtain it radar par, and

thst we reoommsnd to farmers to receive Swip frotp contractors and laborsis npen sstd work for Uieir pro dace, and not from speculstors and broker*, woo msy buy it at a discount.

And the vote being taken on each seperateiy, tn*y were unanimoualy adopted. Judge MOFFATT introduced the following resolution, which was adopted:

Retched, That the citizens of Vigo, Parke and Vermillion counties be requested to have put upon their tickets, st the approaching August election, whether or not they are in favor of receiving Csnal Scrip for Coun-»-Ta*es, and that it be considered as instruct ions to the Board doing County business in the several Coun-

UTHOS. DOWLISG then submitted a paper for the action of the meeting, which, he remarked, was necessary to give e^ecf to the resolves which had been passed. It reads as follows: ••We whose names are hereunto annexed, anxious to maintain the Canal Scrip, at par, agree to receive said Snip a« its face, for

tho

productions of our farms, work

shops, h«mse-rents, professional services, and for any thing we have to sell to the amount set opposite our names, from contractors, laborer*, or those who take it at par, but not from who buy and shave said paper.

When the paper was read, persons present were invited to come forward and subscribe the amount of arti*ief or labdr which they would be willing to exchange fer Scrip, and in a few moments the handsome sum of thirteen thousand and odd dollars were placed down.

On motion of Mr. COFFIN,a committee of threeor five was appointed in each of the counties of Parke, Vermillion and Vigo to wait on the citizens end ascertain the amount of further subscriptions that mav be obtained. The chairman announced the following gentlemen:

For Vermillion county' Wm. Bales, Geo. Tillinghast, and James McCulloch. For Parle county--Mr. Tinbrook. Jesse R. Youmam, and JOB. A. Wright.

For Vigo county—Wm. Ray, Chas. T. Noble, James Barnes, Win. Durham, Jr. and Jesse Jonea. On motion of L. H- SCOTT, Esq.

Rere&vcd, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the publie papers of Vigo, Parke. Vermillion and Fountain counties.

Before the meeting was finally adjourned. Judge HUNTINGTON delivered a feeline and efoqnent addreas, in which he declared himself hiehlv gratified with the action of the citizens there assembled, and exortwi every one present to diffuse the spirit which prevailed, terest of their public debt. on their return to their respective neighborhoods, and -by to invoke for the Canal and its interests the active friendship of all.

E. M. HUNTINGTON, Chairman.

GEO. K. SrsKLE, Secretary.

From the LnuitvtUe Jourwu. BRITISH TESTIMONY*

We received, some days ago, a copy of paper published at Montreal, called the "Messenger." We copy from it the subjoined statement relative to the death of Tecumseh. The editor, we can assure him, is very grossly mistaken in supposing thnt tl.e people of the ^e",^

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United Slates universally believe lhat Col Johnson killed the big Indian. We have no idea that one man in fifty believes any such nonsense. At all events, we have seen scores of men who were in the batlle, but we have never seen one who did not laugh at the story

never seen one wno a.u not .augn at tne story ..

trumped op by ignorance and .ycophancy for

J2|ir,fion

Western District, and stoppedat Mr. Caldwell's bouse Mr. Caldwell's standing in society, his conspicuous

!ought,

attisipaiion

in the actions which the right division alwava in command of the Indian force that accompanied it, entitle ihe following account to be set down as truth: "Captain Caldwell entertained me with details of the most interesting occurrences during the war, tho capture of Hull's army, &c Speaking of the battle af the Thames, he said: 'Mr. Gourlsy. as you travel much ia the United States, should yoa meet Colonel Johnson, ask him if he killed Tecumseh.' These wards having more particularly arrested my attention, he repeated them with emphasis, snd proceeded to explain. He said he hsd been recently at Detroit and s«en a picture of the battle uf the Thames, wherein Colonel Johnson wns represented as shooting Tecumseh—that it was not so—that Colonel Johnson might have killed an Indian but certainly he did not kill Tecumseh. "He then went on to state precisely how it was. suiting the action of the word He said that, being of the Indian department, lie, with others of the same corps, and Tecumseh, stood together watching the enemy's approach—that they henrd a rusilins in ihe bush and just then, Tecumseh was struck with a bullet—that he clapt his hand to his breast, and gave signs of agonythai he (Captain Caldwell) called to him "Tecumseh, mount my horse, and grt out of the IMI/ but, he immediately dropped on a fallen tree and expired—lhat the American norseman coming iu sight, he himself sprunir on his horse and escaped. "IJe said that, from the direction the bullet must have come, his belief was that it was astray shot from some of their own people."

A TYLER TICTOlty.'

The Madisonian has an article boiling over with gladness and gratification, headed "The first Tyler victory." At interminable length, it explains where this victory occurred, and aa it is a matter *f great interest to know exactly where, on this great glob*. Tyler could possibly gain a victory, we will take the

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rice. It will enable ihe mechanic to purchase the stock and provisions

necessary to carry on his trade. It will enable the landlord to collect his rentsand the tenan: to pay them. It will enable the lawyer and doctor io collect his bills and, more than all, it will insure the early completion of a work which will enhance the value ofeverv thing we produce, and reduce the price of every thing we purchase, and sive new impulse and life to everjr branch of business. For example, take two articles—one of export and the other of import: Wheat is now worth 371 cents per bushel here. In New York it ia worth a dollar. If the canal were completed, it would boat not to exceed 37i cents por bushel lo carry it there so lhat, instead of 37* cents we should then get 62 J, a difference of 661 per cent in the price. On theother hand, take the article of Salt. It now coats from $2 50 to 3 60 per barrel. It can be sold here, when the canal is completed, Irom the New York works, a much better article, for $1 75 per barrel. Let each FARMER Sookvt these things, and then determine what it ia his interest and his duty to do. Let the usscHAirr look also, and sec if he does not place in mnch hazard the chances of successful trade, by depreciating a currency whicit. for all the purposes of hia business, will answer aa well, or nearly aa well, aa bank paper. Deeply impressed with the importance of sustaining this paper, npon the grounds we have stated—

nins to enlighten our friends. Did you ever hear of Eaton in Ohia Well, this is the place, henceforth and forever to be hallowed as the spot on which Tylerism reaped the first fruits of victory. This is the Coneord of the great revolution to be achieved by John Tyler and John Jones.

Ij appears fiom John's account of the matter, that the Whigs and Bentonians, which is rather a singular conglomeration of partisans, got up a ticket, headed the anti-Tyler ticket, in Mount Eaton, Wayne county. Ohio. Thereupon the Tylentes got up an opposition ticket. Then the strife commenced and, fire and fury, how the fur flew The rencounter was determined, it was desperate. Nothing like it was ever seen before unless the scene which Fielding, in that veritable history called Tom Jones, deacribes as having taken place at the tavern at Upton, can parallel it.— They fought as the Lacedemonians fought at Thermopylss. Whin and Bentonians fell mortally wounded in ihe strife, and Tylerism waved all its triumphant banners aver the bloody field. All Tylerism rode gloriously into office, save a man or two who bit ihe ground.

Thus was achieved the first victory of Tylerism, which is published with a terrific display of trumpet music in thecnlvmns of the Government organ. The mountain groaned and labored, and out came a mouse. Tvlerism came off*victorious, that is to soy partly so —if John Jones is to be believed. This is a hard proviso-

Doea it not appear singular that the Government organ.after months of glorification of the succeasof Tylerism. shoald make such a fuss about so infinitesimally smali a matter as this fancied triumph in electing a fence-viewer or two in an out-of-the-way place, of which nobody ever before heard Doea not its glorification, in this present instance, say to the Madiemian. that it has been indulgtnc in what it knew to be false for the past eighteen months Does not John Jonea, now, cay ro John Jones's onuroe for many months—Johnny, yon know TOO have been lying most furiously, and your present fuss Is evident that you were aware of it f—Louisville Journal.

chants to aaie. and at the same time itdt pcrchnae the strong**t materials pom!

Ts* Cvtirasx N*VT.—From the last Peking gazettes we perceive that much interes* exists in the imperial cabinet on the subject of eonatrncting *hipa of war after foreign models. Ii appears that Kin Yinglin, one of the ministers, laid drawings of ahipa ot sundry forma before bis Majesty, accompanied by strong recommend*tions for nn increased namber of efficient fighting ships- Upon tbie tha Emperor sends all the drawings to Yibahan, at Canton, ordering him to have veeaela constructed, if be considered Kin YingIm'a plans the most feasible. Yibsban, in a very lenctby memorial, showa that no kinds of vessels are at all proper for fighting, except tbooe constructed after foreign models. He apeaka of the wonderful reports of tbe high officers ol U. S ships Constellation and BOM on. daring ibeir vint to Whampoa. that they be tb" models of all Chinese ships of war hereafter to on which alone, some instances, they de beboilt The Emperor, therefore, orderssh'ps'o he for the resources necesary to complete bedl of the kind reeomroendod, and of tb* best mate-i r" ,r rial* Hi* Majeaty also states that a* tbe ships are aod render productive their public works— now needed there will not be time to wait for them "The general Government of the United States,

officers

proper oi bleforshi

jftg. Yibsban states in his memorial that one snip aitrr tbe foreign model haa been boilt at Canton, and metropolis which is ta go MA ta tea, and that two more are perabundant capital, but for the default die stocks. some of Ihe States, would have continued to

HMH AHD DRV.—A loafer was found nap- ^or themselves, and for indiping on the curb stone of the side walk. A vest gold mine of enexhausted capaeiwatchman coming along said to him. 'You •ddition to these public embarrassare high, yoa rascal!* 'Yes,' hiccoughed the

BRITISH HOLDERS OF AMERICAN STOCK. -The following is a reply which Mr. Ever ett made IO A deputation which waited on him on the 31st ultimo, with the memorial! oft the holders of American stocks in thit country. Tho object of the memorial we fully explained in our last number. The reply does credit to the head and the heart of the American Minister, at the (Start of St. James's it is justly admired here, and wil| be still more appreciated by his countrymen The memorial, we ought to state, bore the signatures of 900 holders of the State Stock of America :—London Times. "Mr. Scholefieldand Gentlemen,—Incompliance with the request contained in the memorial which you have now presented to me, I will avail myself of the first opportunity of transmitting it to the President of the United States. To avoid misconception it is proper that I should observe, that, inasmuch as the general government is not a party to the contracts of the separate stales, the subject of the memorial does not.fall directly within the President's province, and that I am myself acting unofficially in forwarding it to him. I do it, however, with cheerfulness, out of respect to the members of this distinguished deputation. Noram I less under the influence of the deepest sympathy with that numerous class whom you represent, who have sutiered severely, some of them 1 fear ruinously, from the failure (temporary, I trust) of a portion of the American states to pay the in-

These feelings, I

am sure, will be shared the President. I concur with you in protesting against the doctrine that a state, which has pledged its faith and resources, can release itself from the obligation, however burdensome, in any way but that of honorable payment. Fatal delusions, in times of great distress, occasionally come over the minds of communities us well as individuals but I rejoice in the belief lhat the number is exceedingly small of those who have, in any form, advanced

0 f"wlraVlias"leen

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glorification "The memorialists are pleased to give me T*K DEATH or TSC»*SEH.—In the United States it D. iauniveraallv believed that the ereat chief died bv the credit for sympathy with their sufferings. hand of a Colonel Johnson, of Kmtuckv. The Colo «el never aaW that he did not kill the chief. VVe have been eonvinced. for many years back, that tha "Colonel''was not the Tecumseh killer, as his countrymen like to style him, from having heard our officers, engaged in the action where the noble Indian died, declare their disbelief of the story and from the declaration af an Indian chief who was near Tecumseh when the fatal ball pierced his bady. The following extract from a communication made to the British Whir- publish- ,. ed at Kingston, by Mr. Robert F. Gourlay, whose which it has brought on the American name name is so familiar to Canadians will set the matter has been the only circumstance which has finally at rest. Mr. Goarlav was traveling in the prevented a residence in the land of my fath

railed "repudii"

tion.' I am convinced thnt those states,

which unhappily have failed to make provis* ion for the interest due on their bonds, have done so under the heavy pressure of adverse circumstances, and not with tho purpose of

gabion

ers from being source of untningled satis faction to me. You mby well believe, there' fore, thnt if any opinion of mine can have any influence (as you suppose) over any por lion of my countrymen, favourable to the great end you have in view, it wiil be, on all proper occasions, as it has been, most emphatically expressed. "The position, gentlemen, of some at least of the indebted states is as singular as it is deplorable. They have involved themselves most unadvisedly in engagements which would be onerous to much larger and richer communities, and they yet possess, under an almost hopeless present embarrassment the undoubted means of eventual recovery. 1 will take the state of Illinois for instance, and what I say to that stiite will hold of others, making allowance for difference of local circumstances. The state of Illinois undertook a few years since the construction of a ship canal of about 100 miles in length, to unite the waters of lake Michigan with those of Illinois river and more recently projected and commenced the execution of 1300 miles of railway. On these works she has borrowed and expended above 2,000,000 of pounds, the works are incomplete and unproductive. The population of the state is that of a second sized English county, short of half a million. It is what in good times would be considered an eminently prosperous population but 1 am inclined to think that if the English income tax of last year, were by the legislature of Illinois laid upon that state, more than half of the population possessing in the aggregate that proportion of the taxable property, would, in the present period of general distress, fall below the point of exemption, and that of the otlier half a small number only would rise much above that point. And yet the undeveloped resources of Illinois are almost boundless. The state is larger thnn England and Wales. By the Mississippi it is connected with the Gulf of Mexico, by Lake Michigan with the St. Lawrence, and it has a most extensive internal navigation by means of several noble rivers. The climate of the state is mild it contains, I suppose, as large a body of land, not merely cultivable, but highly fertile, as can be found lying together in the United States it abounds in various kinds of mineral wealth it is tiiuafed about in the eentreof a horizontal field of bituminous coal, which Mr. Lyell pronounced the other day to be as large as Great Britain and it is inhabited by an industrious, frugal, intelligent people, most raridly increasing in number. That such a people will for any length of time submit to lie under the reproach and bear the lose incident to a total prostration of public credit I can never believe. "I say, gentlemen, the loss as well es the reproach, for wide-spread and severe as has been the suffering in this county, caused by the default of some of the states, our own losses, public and private, I believe to have been greater. The States themselves, as governments, have experienced the greatest embarrassments from he sudden destruction of credit (extending alike to those states which have and those which have not honorably and promptly met their obligations that credit

m€0ls

fellow, «I am kigk and dry too/ been ^royed in the general wreck

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°f

io than 200,000,000 of dollars, has found itself unable to negotiate a trifling loan in this great metropolis of the financial world, wboee su-

rao?.

Prirat« fortunes almost without num-

of whieh the failurt of tho States, as taiu^ or effect, is one of tho principal elements. doubt, if, in tho history of tho world, in ao short a period, such a transition hns been made from a state of high prosperity to one of general distress, as in the Cnited States within the last six years. And yet,.gentlemen, the elasticity and power of recovery ii# the country are great beyond tho conception of those who do not know it from personal observation. Even within this disastrous pe* riod, to which 1 hare alluded, a private commarcial debt to this country, estimated at'** twenly-five millions of potitods sterling, has keen paid by the American merchants, with as little loss to the creditors as would attend the collection of an equal amount of domestic debt, in this or any other country.

But I will not detain you, gentlemen, by enlarging on these topics. The subject, I need not tell you, is one on which, in nil respects, it is proper that I shoald speak witlT reserve. 1 think I shall have done my duty,p if I have convinced you that I am keenlyH sensible of the sufferings of your constituents,^ and truly solicitous for their effectual relief and that amidst all the uncertainties and delay, which may attend the measures requisite for that purpose, I still feel confident that %. the time will come when every State in the-/: Union will fulfil its engagement.

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EDWARD EVERETT.

40 Gresvenor-plaoo, March 31." Mr. VaiBarea a ad the Presidency

The resolutions adopted by the caucus of the Van Buren members of tho Now York Legislature denounce any and every form of!

Bank of the United States—condemn all sorts of Exchequer projects—extol the SuoTreasury—reprobate the Land Distribution and a National guarantee of the State debts nd finally, after eulogizing Martin Van I Buren, express the conviction tha! he is the choice of the democracy of New York" 1 for next President. A resolution was also passed ia favor of a National Convention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President, to be held at Baltimore on the 4th Monday of November, 1843, and another recommending a State conventional Syracuse

a doctrine so

umV ortiy,

end immoral.

There is, perhaps, no person, not himself directly a sufferer, who has had so much reason as myself to feel deeply all the evil effect—the sacrifico not merely of material prosperity, but what is of infinitely greater consequence, of public honour-—resulling fronrt this disastrous failure. The reproach

with authority to eheose dele

gates to a National Convention, or to deter' mine the manner in which they shall be ehosen."

This movement by the friends of Mr. Van Bursa is intended, we presume, to be decisive of his nomination. We find no mention of the tariff* question in the summary of the proceedings before us and it is one part of the policy of Mr. Van Buren's friends to have the nomination secursd before the meeting of the next Congress, in order that an issue on that question may be avoided. The Calhoun party are unwilling to go into Convention in November, because they insist upon it that the Van Burenites shall declare themselves specifically en the subject of protection, and that some definite principle on that point shall be established, upon which the parly may go into the Presidential canvass. Another thing demanded by the Calhounites is that the delegates to Ihe National Convention, which they have fixed for May, 1844, shall be chosen each by a Congressional district, and each bo answerable to his own constituents for tbe vote he gives in the Convention. It will be seen that in New York the State Convention which is to meet al Syracuse, is authorized to appoint delegates for the wbolo St a to, so thai iha entire note of New York in the National Convention may be secured for Mr. Van Buren.-— Baltimore American.

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FAMrLTJARS.

It is obvjoas that a oellieien ia aboat ts ansas berival leaden of Loco Feeoiaai— Van Bare* and Calhoun, tha recoil of whisk will aot bo nnlikely to 'disaaat*' then both. Both are determined ta bo sandidatM for tha Presidency-Van fiarsn besauss ho knawa he can get tbe nomination, and Calhoaa beeease he bshevaa that hia hoar has come. The friends tho latter have manifested in a variety of wave, their fixed pupose not to be responsible for tne folly of again plasing the party in the falae poeition of endeavor ing to upheld the broken fortunes of tbe aage of "Ltnd»:wo1d," whilst on the other hand the Globe, Argus, Enquirer and ether organs of the House of York seem te be very ds liberate]/ making up their minds, that in the approachflict, the "cohesive power" even of the

STMFATHT.—A working man recently fell from a building near Queen Victoria, and was dashed to death in her sight. The London Globe says of it—"We are happy to state that, though her Majesty was much elarmed and excited, no permanent injury to hor Majesty's health ts likely to result." This is like the woman whose lap-dog bit ft' piece out a visitor's log. "Poor dear little thing," said his mistress, "I hope it wiH not make him sick."

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ing confiici, me -coneeive power" even or the "pu plunder" will not ensure lo them theaseietanss of their late allies of the Chivalry of eouth Carolina.

The immediate grounds of these opening hostilities relate to the lime or holding the Convention not for the selection, but the nomination, the public annundaturn of the candidate, already fixed upon bv tbe leaders wbo do the people's thinking for them, ana assume tha offace of making and unmaking Presidents at will.— Great efforts were made to adjust this question by the Loco rose members of Congress last winter, bat without any approach to a harmonious result. Tbe Vaa Buren men would talk of no ether time than November ensuing, whilst the partisans of Mr. Calhoun were eaually pertinacious in favor of a poetponement sntil May, 1844. Congress adjourned without aettling tha dispute. Tbe Van Buren mansgers then conceived tha project of deciding tbe matter by a ruse. Father Ritchie was commissioned to summon together a State Convention of the antediluvians of the Old Dominion—tha men of *98 who have stood stationsry for 45 years, who by a dictatorial rescript, under a pretext ofa compromise of all difficulty, should arrange the vexed question to the satisfaction of the dissentients on both sides.— Ritche's meditorial council, of course named tbe day desired by Mr Van Buren, whereupon the result «ms announced in a loud blast by the old trumpeter, who called upoa all the faithful to acquiesce in the settlement effected upon such happy terms and by such disinterested means. The Pennsylvania, Argue, Globe and a few other pepers, in tbe confidence of

the

secret

managers, responded with greet ssisfaeiion to the rs* commendations of Mr. Ritene% convention, who waa thrown thereby into an ecstacy of delight and esllad more loudly snd authoritatively than before for additional manifestations of concurrence with the arbitration of Virginia. But the call, we believe, was in vain' Mr. Calbounls friends for onoe had the sagacity to penetrate tha deiRgn snd the resolution not to walk into tbe soars. Tney lost no time in signifying to all concerned that they were not to be gulled sfter that fashion.

But tbe friende of Mr. Csiboan are taking still higher ground. Apprehensive that Mr. Van Boran will have no conscientious scruples in sscrificing the rights and interests of the free men of the nortn snd west, to the fantastic theories of southern slave holders, they are devising other means of disrating hia pretention and compelling those who prefer him to forego their wishes, even if they succeed in deferring the Convention nntil May. Mr. Cslboun wspnnsts the one term principle, bat tbe Glotw meets him with the assertion thst it is a Whig principle. Tha Spectator at Waahington declares that Mr. Van Buren cannot with propriety be a candidate for a re-nomination before tbe Convention st all. He is pronounced ineligible, because be haa twice been a candidate and wns condemned by the people on his last trial. -OAie 5M* Journal.

Tho whole amount paid by the Statu of Pennsylvania, in 1843, for the support of col. leges and academies, was 953J07691. 'This appropriation is now cut off.

John W. Bear, the

jgP§ ,/v,"

SWiife

MBaokeye

Blacksmith,"

is again on tho stamp, lectureing in behalf of thoTomperaneo Reform and Harry Clay.!