The Wabash Courier, Volume 12, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 December 1843 — Page 2

'i 'W*.

Jfrrhoml of 'the €kUedonia.

SIXTEEN PAY&R LATER FROM EUROPE. BOSTON, NOV. 20, 9

The Caledonia has

The

er agitators on

a red

tfib

Dr. Gollyer

*r

mation litis be«*n

There

in tint

d'cUsaik, A.

city nnd its

•ven

ng of

the

r-J

8

lite

M»„

just arrived, Ole Bull,

it will bo leoR, is among thepassengers. The JCoiton Market it on tbe decline,

its was

pSCtfd. Pew of the former triumph* of^nm have IhirpttoHl the Inst homeward tripsp^tbe Acadia and ,j£«**t Western. Notwithstanding the heavy g»Jes w«th which our const ha* Ifccn so weiuiy visited, the former esse I entered the M?r«ey eni ly on the morning of the 29th ultimo, having performed lire pus«ige from Halifax jnti-n du n:ne hop nr. Tlie Great Western arrived on the 1st inst. after gn excellent run of t*rel«« days and «e*enteen liour* fiom New Yoik*

Ci"y of London ley tion has terminated with Mr. Pa«ii*«n bong pronounced the successful candiduie, after a pretty Ijurd ^onlent.

Tha officiftl declaration of i% poll took place *1 (Jiiildiiull, tvhen the Sheriffs d?Hnr*»d IIib numlmis to l«—For Mr. Pulti-orj, 7.532 Mr. Bering 0,307 Majority lotijjjt#. Puitison 165.

The

Court

of the Qne»n'«

opened for the

trial

ex-

One of lho most striking dom»*sfic erentsof late years is the result of this city of London election. It hns astonished both p»rt'^S. I he commercial metropolis of the t'orld has unequivocally dnelorrd its ad'uereflcei to those principle* of free trade whi*h liava bectt recent^ promulgated with such energy fayM«m-. •rs. Colxlen, Bright and ottti*. Loudon, i® no«v the bead quarter* of the League.

the 2d.si?l he indk-tmentscov-

enormous spiu'eof thirty thr»e skius

of parchment. Annltt-mpt ha* b»*en muleto inilict the go'crnmont reenter. on who*'testimony e*efy thing dHi'Ond*, f«»r perjury.— No purl of the evUlence had been^iven in wIimii the Caledonia snil'nl.

Iw* mat wi'l

success in

Liverpool in his Mewneric etures. Hisro*w Book on Amtn ieu was not quiie ready for the prrss.

There was a destructive slormin Liverpool And its neijihboriiood on thn 28t'i, which occasioned much damage to projwrty, and the loss of several lives.

By

the arrival

tome

of her JMbjesty** sloop Fan-

nt Portsmouth a few dnjs

since, infor­

rei:eive«l of ie »ot.U lyiss of

the Biiii^ii l»rig Am,ihitriif, Mr. H. Wilh, on t^e 21-'t of July, off tlie ulund of Lobasberc, neur Montevideo.

ha* been ft good d«»nl ofdnmngo

The foreign news of the

termed

suf-

ered by the equaling vtismfls of the noith«rn shores of Ireland. O.i tho night of the 1 lih tflsK the .M ry Anne, of Arhiomh, wns Icwt off Islav, with si.t hands on lipar.'.

!»i

fortnight is

uninteresii%, with the exception of that I'rom Itnly, in the uflYirs of

which

Austria has de-

to met fere. Af»i A luiter from Bologna of (He 15tH uH. •tatus that

f&»ih

neignhorhooJ. On the

3d the |Mi(dce cume

into it ihe

haa

and

to blotvs

with the Curhineers and Svis« in Ue streets of Bofgo, S «n Pietro, nnd San D-jnaio. Four •oidicrs and a

workman were dangerously

wound-d. Uer Majesty and Prince Albert's visit ta the Univemiiy of Cambridge, was uccompanie4 by pageantry, splendi r, and a demon•tration of loyalty, which dors honor alike to the Uniiersity as to the Q»iten herself.

Several of the continental papers persist in the sue it »on

that

in Germany

a congreM of the five great

powers will be held forthwith-in some town

for the purpose of discussing the

ufTii 's of d|.in. Tlie Malta papers ore beginning to hold the most ced iious language,Recommending a levolt to the lialiuns in thjb most iuflummuto a & & -U IRELAND

Ireland con'inuM quiet.

The country is

ex'enlively nccupted by troops—in fact, the ,* who!b available force ol' the British army hns been th.own

ogitathm, somewhat

•ubsided in tone, but oquatty effective

been

of

in

tion the Repeal coffers a re swelled hv thous and* weekly Ihe mo^h talked of Co«ici1ialion Hall

marie Iwvt joined the movem-nt ju*t at the moment it became eritieal nnd

ings agninst

the unhappy blunder

tespect to Irish

'JIjo Dublin

coi

incumbent, the

wHibl»ou

ding

the apparently passue

1

however, the writer was better

wns

admitted

tuch

has

is

ms

grievances.—

respondent of tho Morning

ChroniHa asserts that an oflHot geu'lumnn, with h«« been at work for ait months, ettgnmnl in completing by tho next session of Parliament, an elalwirate

statement

of the rev-

tnuesof the lri*h Wmrch Ertn'»lishment, arranged in tabubr foi m, uutliiHtting ewch indivldtta! parish,*nd epecil)

inj» the

bicome of

nuiniter of Pr*»te«tani par-

iabionert, tehether or not there a cuurcn in, tho parish and otInr details. tm RIBBONDISM IN IRELAND.—The

Conspiracy" at it is called, seeftis

to be smII unohe-ked

in Ireland,

notwiths'nn-

condition of the

Retienl Movement. ^It appenrt,w «:*ys the STIGO JOHi~val,

%Mo

have kept pace wi tint

repeal movement, la th«ny p«rts of this country it is as dangerous to travel late at night without a

Repeal

sign. We

o,

13ties

card a* wtthayl a Rib-

stated a few wee^wice ihat

fight took place in

the streets

of Sligo about

the appointment of Ribbon deb*gates, the par-

having quarreled on the subject. Without 'jieny direct denial of our assertion, the organ of the Liberal party here, in iH jmblicstHw of

the follewing dnjr. Stated

'.

light

it with

between two iownl»nd«.

a faction

Next week,

inslroc'ed—il

that it was the mailt of Ribbon

movements. Such is the admitted state

^thie

country

•-&

charging Mr.Q'Cffn*]latnd otter* with

reterfl'thfe

m*mS»crf

tion. Thepecu'inr |N»sitionin whieh

stances have recently placed Mr.

VVebster, our

in his desire to

T) ler

ac­

o,woed two

or

three men

tl»«

the ngitattwa

proceed

in

connexion wih

of

thegovernmwnt

abort

hand writer respecting tlie identity of Mr ^irretl, eoop!ed with

thn

jiie^nt p»ry |mnn«-l

other matters, lead Hi the belief that

whole affair been mnnwged badly. ••^Report* gain ground In Dublin that

Robert Peo contemplates some co npiehenenre potior in

the

S»r

of

the Ribboa ctmaptracy

active developeuwfit that public

*take

place in the streets of Sligo

"the appointment

^!t

fights

r«&*Uvo to

of officers to

the aasockttoo.

grown op in darkness and obscority*

IJAfter all the eflortaof tl« execatiee—after ^the many prosecutions which took plan dur^tng the. last year—St still exists in inereM«i 'Strength, and with perfect imjrtjniy." Vrur bills op indictment for I CONS^IRACV—TRAITORS IN THE

Dtr«w», Friday Night.

Tlie Grand Jury assembled this morning at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, »te# bills of indictment wers laid before item.

"Con­

spiracy and other MlndeiHeanor*.^* Along Hiscunion^tor^ place as to the mode ofproceeding. WlyaaBl j,l jff» a-grlpd that the iinTii lini nt j^iilinlfitions «twwilj be read at., was inumniM^M^^nHpH^ we^b in attend dance fo stt«t^7mVPral charges set down in t8e ind^tfprtt*^ up to 4 o'efiabk the 'lSt-' arofftatfon- o^ witneswei hml noit^immenced* and as the number in attendance is about 85. it is leli«vedthat the frills wilt not be returned till to-mprrow (Saturday. 4'h of Nuvember) evening^*' There is. however, no doaht en•etlfftned* 9* the finding of^rrre bttK,^— Should.theiqwsstion go to a division there ari eighteen'I Vies lo fi*e liberals, and a ma-' jorily of the Grand

Jury is only necessary

bHls, t1ietlsi»«»

question Hto tiw

•, I must inform you ttiat, daring the last lew days, strange rumors are afloat as to certain

of the coromittee of the Reptal As-

soriation hnving in plain terms sold themselves to the Ca*'le. and trust they, wiil be. brought foi wnrd to maintain the caseoq lite pari of tlie Crown. x.,.

Of course it woaTd he" injudicious in me to mention names, but that suclrin rumor, is afloat and currently believed, uTlteyond questbo.^ijl'he result only can prove, its correctn^ss, nor should

proving

B"n *hf Dublin,

of O'Cnnm-tl nnd hU broth­

I feel surprised at the rumor

true.—iLixeryool Chronicle.

From tie Ballimort Patriot. A,

MR. WEDSTEU A NO JOHN TYLEll.J Mb. Eotf The recent speocb of Mr. Webster, delivered at Andover,

puhlished^nt length in your paper, is a! this time occupj ing a large share"of public

circum-

Webster

a poI'Hi-inn, ihe mystery in which he seemed to enshroud hioisejf in reference to hi4 future course, nnd

the

g'-eat

My ohjeet in alluding to ihe speech, is only Indirect atteni-on to that pnrt of it, wbeiehr Mr.

Webster

tablish

disttn-ltniicns had taken place

as

ability nnd renown

the man, all necessnrity gave importance and great inlere«t fo Kis late movement. J-X. Whether Mr. Wehsler has, after ell, fuliy met the expectations of the whig party, and satisfacto'iiy made it appear to them that he is worthy or beinj again odmitted into lull communion with them, is a question which it is not my"intention at this time to discuss.— That question is now urn'er consideration by the party, and I have «t the slightest disposition to interfere in their deliberations, or to bias their decision in reference to it.

of

sjieaks of the harmony Vhich

existed liet ween the President nnd himself, in regard to the management of our foreign offi

ira. nud the disposition Which

his own

he says Mr.

Tyler always manifested* to maintain **tbe honor and pencft*of the country." Besides the had taste evinced-by Mr. Webster, in in* ttoducing thete laudatory remaflts concerning Mr* Tyler, into a spoech which-'was

to

es­

future-relations

foreign affairs! What

maintain the

honor and peace

of the country These dispositions in a chief executive officer. I do not deny, nre in themselves commendable enouj»h. But is there ony singular merit attached to them, er do they compensate for the ba*»j|feachory of John

to the whig party^tid his

Pi evident too, that it all avaih b«t little towards averting from Jfr.Tyler the feefings^pf disgust and scorn.*»nft which the whole whig IMirty regard him, or redeeming his character from the odium nnd di^race which attach to it, in the eyes of

In ntiMi hondred and ninpty-nine

of a thousand the troubles of men

eed to

the desire to

socri.

fire of the internal welfare of the nation t— What intere had he to betray his country in her relations wiih foreign powers What personal advantage would it have le^n to him to have done so If Mr. Webster can show that by turning traitor to his country, Mr. Tyler could have secured to himself groat personal advantage, nnd that he resisted aH such temptations to swerve from the path of duty, we will give the Wttar great credit lor his disinterestedness and honesty of purpos .Fdr we are free to confess, that any man who could act wrth so much baseness, as John Tyler has done towards the party which put him in poorer, would be sorely

temptod to sell

country for his own aggrandixea^ent, and would deserve much praise for tlie self-deui-aJ which should restrain him from doing so. But,Sir, John -Tyler could not have acted otherwise than Mr. Webster said he did, in reference to maintaining the honor and |»eaoe ofthe country, even if self-interest had been his ruling motive.*. And that notorious traitor, Benedict Arno'd himself, were he now the Pr6*ident ofthe United States, would not have acted differently. Why should he There {ano conceivabla motive for his doing so.— What great merit is it then, let me enquire ngtht^ in John

his

Tyler, the political Arnold,

that hrfshooId entertain "proper*sentimentsn In relation to ^maintaining the honor and poa ia ef the country" W htstever may have been Mr. Webster*# object in specking thus of Mr. Tyler, he may be assured and

the

the%hole nation.

'titma-* THOROUGH WHIG, I1*#* 'EXTKHSt'TB WtLDBBKBsflPVt Is kttO^iT tO but very few citizens that tkere is in the north-eastern portion of the State of New York, en almost unexplored wilderness em** braving a territory mecb larger than the entireS ate of Massachusetts, and capable, if as thickly settle*!, of containing more than a million inhabitants. There are in this wildernese ab«wt tw» hundred lakes of two miles and uj»«tirtH^*ch id diameter and some of them fifteen, eighteen, and even twenty miles in lenjtth. The Blue Mountain lake is described by the Rev. Mr. Todd, as being upward of eighteen hundred feet above tjhe Jevof jiko ChampNin, and excelling io point of JocatWn the beauty of Hoiteoa (better known as Lske Getfirgt.) Near Long L*ke, in the very fanrt *»f the fKrrst, a httkt community of fourteen families, who ib«W by fishing, hdniing, &cJ and have lived comparative ignorance until they were vwiteda few years aince by tbt eminent divine above named. Bexidee those, this immense tract of land has never Iteen explored by ant, w*ve by Ironters and Indians who Imv* penetrated but short distance, so iG*r as asr*rtat»»ed. Hpy have in swne instances, however been overtaken by storms, and tliir soflferings and trails daring iaclemeal sea soils, ttngt«ber with their jpmiti|«s^oiti, would in tbi Mods of a proper person, foroish ample fbate^ial for %jrecy fx^tuig aM mtere«iog ron»nce. ,.• .A.IBH.CI. i|-ritl||i|nmiiii]iMii'ii p" "?«-i:

esses cut

nay betim-

wrpnss otberv.

I-

TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATt AKD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Off* THE UNITED STATES, LN CONGRES3, ASSEM­

BLED Memorial of the

om&rstfnied,

i^t apd eXbels, would re^eclfyily rth

present unli yotg* Honorable Body That

an |i|trth 2d, 1827, jpfertain qwabtilj^PLandequal

Secliomtln width on eacb sote ^l^tbe linn of the Wnbosh orid E'ie Cnoal, reserving each dicmete sfcrion oi land

'Opening said -Canal to unite, at MH%Ue points, the warer# of Uie Wabash River

t|osfe Lijke p3rie^.

to

hy

the

of said

?uantity

atten­

gbovc'referred to. By a fdrtber act

in

to tl»at State

iy

to one^ JmMflif five

By the

firs| Section

said Act, it i« pro*idea "That said Canal wbe»«ompbted,*h§JJL be,and forever jemaia A .FtJButC HIGHWAY FOR T«K V«S OF TH|t GttV XRSMSirr TO THE XJPUTSO STATES. FSre FRO* ANY TOLL OR tiTBEB ClliHGB WnATSViSi f*)ft JM. PHOPS8TY OF THB UNITED StATBS Oii PERSONS IN THEr* SEBV1C« PASSING TW® thr same.*?"' By the act 6f M»ty 29th, there was granted to said Stale twenty nim thousand (We huodred and twenty (Mght acm, and Seventy eight htin^rfthsof tlie pubticlaiw to be selected

of

^nal tyxamMifam

State of

Indiana," from' the alternate

Sections reserved to the tJnTted States, in

division made under the /before itecited

of

March 2nd, 1827,^ lieu

the

Act

of

the

aforrttrttd

of land beforn that time sold

to individuals

Mass. and

by the

fnited States and permanently leserved^ by treaty

and located by individu­

al grants, before the division alwesatd,ana which would otherwise have becorh^ the property of the said

Sfate iri virtue

of

the act

of Con­

gress, npproved Jjine 30^h. 1834, if was provided "That

lieu of Jhe lands sold or

otherwise disposed of by the United States within the State Of Ohio, nod "which wouttf otherwise have become the. .properly of the Sim? of Indiana by

virtue

under the Oct of March 2nd,

1827, the State might select tin equal qunnhty »»f land from the nljernate sections which woulcl otherwise belong fd the United States in the divisien under said act, or from othef lands in the neighborhood near the line 6f the Canal, ns should be*thought 'proper, anil the lands thus selected sliould be vested in said State of Indiaun and disposed of for theuse of said cnnal,

as

the net fir«t recited." Under these several acts of Congress, tho lands donated by the General Govern meet to the Staieof' Indiana,-""for the purpose of opening a canal to urjite at Havigatile points

wutcrs ofthe Wabash River

can if between .*aid

with the whig

pnriy, there is no justice in the implied encomiums which they confer MI the Prenid'ent. What great merit was there in John Tyler's agreeing to entrust to the jsble management of Mr.

tediAm |s now

Land Of­

fice," by him Attorney General, and It was ultimatd^HRrcrmined, after a fall examination of the matter in all its bearing*, orid by liberal construction .of the act of 2nd or March, 1827, that Terre Haute, on th^ Waba*h, was ihe navigable point on that rivor within

the

meaning of Said act. Pursuant

to that decision,« quantity of land equivalent to that granted by the act of March 2nd, 1827, that is to say,"one half of five sections in width on each side of the canal," has been selected, surveyed and partly sold to com pletn the canal from Lafayette toTerre Haute,, and the Same is now undfer contract the whole distance. The can«l will doubtless be com. pleled to

Terre Haute bp fore the expiration

of two vears, ihereby furnishing a complete and perfect internal "nav1gati from Toledo on Lake Erie to

Terre

Haute

In

the system of In.

ternal Improvements adopted by the State of Indiana in 1839, it was proposed to connect "the Wabash and Erie Canal" with the Southern portion of ••the Cent

nil

Canal," by means

of »*tho Cross Cut Canal" from Terre Haute to the Feeder Dam on White River, at the town of Newburry, iu Green county. The southern jortion of

4*tho

Central Canal" ter­

minates at Evansville,on the Ohio River. In the prosecution of this undertaking* a large amount of money has been expended by the State, both on the "cross-cut"and the "central canal." On the ••cross-cut" from the Dam on Eel River to

Terre Hau'e, a distance

of twenty*five .miles, most of the work is completed, inC'uding

the

Your memorialists

dam, nnd as the con­

tractors on "the Wabash and Erie Canal", from Lafayette to Terre Haute,havecontracted to finish this work also,

in addition to the

•'Wabash and Erie Canal," between the points above mentioned, there is no doubt that their operations wi3 be simultaneous,andthat lb© pot lion of tho,**Cfoss Cuttn irooi tlwdaiti on Eel River to Terre Haute, and the Wabasb and ErieCaDiilto the same point, will be ^finished at tlie same time. Thus affording an internal navigation from Toledo oo the M#omee Bay (by nwans of tho. Wabash and Erie' £nd the croes-cut canals) to the feeder dam on Eel river in Clay county Indiaoa.

would further represent

that on that portion ol the work from the

fender dam oo Eel River to Evansville on the

:4»r

a Toledo, the Ohio. died andj try trie elei) onlildj

ed.t on tl as **a ernmel

to the United SkateS.

was grt«nted by Congress to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding (W®*ti!i«

line of internal navigation from he liaumee Bay, to Evansvilki on ver, a disiaoce of about four bunjf miles, passing through a coonimi! an^ abounding with^all the lecessary to lifiake^a gr«^.prosper-h-.w l^s wiMdfurthetJCprMenti raalbe^UnitedSt*tesare*wcemge of

tfi» C«nal

It opens the only

in Indiana, a

dUtanee of about three hundred miles-—the longest work of the kind in the (J. States and probably in the world!

Ohio, (a disuaoe of one hundred and seven teen miles,) there has been expended by the State the sum of $517.09"-'. in 1839 the canal was finished from Evansville io the f«*eder dam on Pigron Creek,(a distance of twenty mil*-*,) and boats then commenced navigating jt between these points. The most of the heavy jobA have been completed on the line to wit. The embaokment oil White River end this deep cutting on Patoka on which already have teen expended #279,000. That' the amount requited to complete the whole tine from Evansville to Terre Hsote, according to the estimate* of 1889—was II,659,192. From this deduct She cost of intMuhg the twenty-fire miles (now noder contract as before Mated,) from Terre Ha ate to the feeder dam on Eel River, fixed by dm same estimates at 77,299, and it will leave the balance m-cewarv to complete the canal from Pvansviile to the feeder dam oo EH River, at 91,581,896. Bat as these estimates were made at a tiaae whes the prices of labor, proviaiona DBC, were mocb^ hlgber than they are at present, it is restaooahle to suppose that a deductioa of islly one b«*rtb may now wiith safety he made from tb«win»e, thereby redocing the cast ths tmfinisbed pan of the cnnal tea som not exesedinf 11,188,421 .The expwi^taitpf wj^chmm ferwsh the&atn of Indiana, for dm purpon of con*

at T-erra naute,

ahaith, renders it perfectly useless jbltc highway for the use of th? Gov-, i."

The Wabash River,

:»ioirif

(as is known

tjulinied with it,) is ftot navigable on go for

more-thao

y«s»r. Jitter] year

with

exte would of tlie vanta m«ike ti Your complet It is the to yonr mcnt has

four

months io the

The obstructions ot'theR«p d« of that re vents thejMissageof ttie Boat#,ooe ith another, longer than tlie period ted^ and even tf these were i^moyed* tbf scarcity of water in the River iteelflhat it is doubtful whelher" it could be navia*.ed more than one half of the year. It thrt apjiearing that the Wabash has no Hiavigtple pmnt at all komiis, even below f1»e Rapidsof thai River, skort of its confluence with tfr Ohio, and it being impracticable to

Cnnal to the mouth

of the

not be in accordance with tho spirit grant,and infinitely more adto the

Government

and People, to

io the terminus of the Canal?-— rialista believe that this when libea great

NATIONAL WORK.

one in the United

will be whalthe

States

known

rialtsts, in whicli the Geverninterest. When completed it

terms of the

grant show it

was intended^ to be. In a National point

view, a

the Gfoverumem of the Uuited Stales—free from any toil\ at other chtrge whateverfor any property of ihe tflniled Slatrs, or person* in ifteir service pahittg through the same Let any on? ta\p

lines

other bnds apprj^ntited by

the map

Stales, and cast

of the grant made

the

with

Lake Erie," have been received by said

VVabash,

of

Union

the

thtwe of

State

and applied in accordance with the terms of the grant, to th» cotistrucliprt of a cnnal from the Maiim^e Hay on said Lake, to the town of Lafayette on the River

a (id

successfully

the

points has

been confpler

navigated. After

the contpletion of the cam»l to Lafayette, the question arose, where is the fiavtgab/e point on the River Wabash, at which Said cnnal shall terminnte The subject was referred to. the Commissioner General of lho

the United

Hp eye along the valley

the Mississippi, :r of Um Ohio. '1'heni villd. Thence itlc Lake Erie. Thencc —to Boston.

It

er

poiot of. view.

of

its mouth to the mouth up that stream to Evans* the line ofthe Ci^nnl to

Bufiiilo—to New York look at the various

Let

of communication

terminating on Lake

Erie. And let him.a$ himself the question, (with the map before V1"*} what work now made, or to be made, ojfens so direct a communication between Ia\e Erie, and the immense country bordertib on the lower Mississippi? .What work can be completed so cheaply, and so directly ^nd advantageously a fleeting the interests of soWnany of the Stutes of

is no SKlionol work. It

is National in every potM of view—aside from the positive interest

vwrteh the

ment now have itvit—it is

Govern­

Tktionnl in

anoth­

In what

Improvement aro

.work of

Internal

so many Sllte* of the con-

•federncy interested as this? Terminating but a short distance (some 7 m»es)

below the

mouth of Green River in Ky,,tlte,who!e southern pdrtion of

Kentucky, lndi«in,

and Illi­

nois, are interested in its comjletien. Tennessee Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri are equally if not mofe interested, and we may add Alabama, and the Floridas. Passing on through to Lake Erie,\he northern portions.of Ohio and Pennsylvania the great States of "New York, and all tho New England States have a direct interest in the completion of this great work.

direct outlet betVeon Lake

Erie and the valley of the Mississippi. The Ma nil laet res of the North will, through this medium, he exchanged for tho rich products of nie West and South West, ana

States are freedl ufrom

whatever V* Your

the latter

through the same, will find their market in the North, In ense of war,

and the Balize

being blockaded by a foreign force, where will tlie whole cotton and sugar of tlie South Western States—the hemp and tobacco of Tennessee and

Kentucky find a market, but

through this outlet Where the pork, Flour, and agricultural products of tha fertile portions of Southern Indiana and Illinois—and wh,tre we would a*k, will the munitions of war and the troops of

Government,

on which the United

any toll, or charges

memorialists therefore

NATIONAL

contend that the.work is

in its char­

acter in the highest degree, and that any grunts ma'te to it, are freed from all those constitutional objections, heretofore urged a gainst similar undertakings by the Govern ment. i.7

Your memoralists ask no direct pecuniary aid from Government. Without borthening itself, or the people by the direct application of

Kinds from

ihe National Treasury—or by

drawing upon any resource, directly applicable to

the immediate wants

of the Govern­

ment, Congress have the power to complete this great National thoroughfare. The first act for

the disposal

of thd public

lands, in the Vinrennes land district, was approved March 20ih. 1804. The first

public

sales of lands in that district, took place in 1807, at Viticennes. and from that time

present,the Land offices

to

the

have

for the private entry

been open there

of lands in that district.

By the returns from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to the date of Sept

ber 30th 1843, there hod been sold in the district 2.992,504, 55 acres—Remainingunsold at

the same date 1,635.134.73 acresTotal land in the district 4,627,729.28 acres. Thus it

em­

will be seen, that after an exposure,

to public and private sale, of tlie lands in this

District for thirty-six years, there yet remains the large amount of one dnilion six hundred and thirty-tire thousand One hundred and thirty-four acres and 13-100 of an acre "of refused land. Which if the land offices are kept open for a half a feentury to come, will not be disposed of* These laitf it is beHeved, would, if the canal was completed, becon^e valuable. As the cotmtry now is, they srecomperattvely worthless to the Government, and yielding hot little, if any revenue. That they are refuse lands* and seldom purchased. That ttiey afford bat a- small turn to the Government after deducting expenses, is evident from the sales made at the land office at Yincennes, lor the year endingSeptember 90th, 1843. The whole amount of sales lor that year, round number*, was 916^8, pnd from that sum is to he deducted ffas salaries of the Register and Receiver, their per ceatage, and all the expenses of the offices leaving pmbabiy to the Government a receipt, for the year tf onlyaboml $14,800. tr ^:v ""if

Tear memorialtsls believe, that under this state of .thing*, it woold be far better for the United Statea, for the interest of the eifizens of Indiana—end for those sf the whole Union that grant should he made of said ianda, to

waii

P*i.

pleting the great wofk of Internal lmprovement atiove referred to* tbu» opening a direct communication between the Lake and tb*OMo. A work deept^lliereati ^Gov^rnment itself. Nattonal atod ||i the caplpetioo wbicJh poribn of our coaTed«irj||y ar^ iMip Tbl^tate off Indi^** |Ju»s not^rtie" m«l»s of praMCating Ous great%«rk,to pii coniptllion. §W-ibas already wifen^^t wdt^be seen, the large sum of ^517$92X)0 on it. Th® work is now. abandoned^ and most remain so. unless the chief party interested in it, the Government of the United Stalest comes to the fescue. is beyond the reach-of privates enterprise, and but for aid .from the United States, this great National work must remain unfinished for years while that portion of it •completed by tfce State of-Indiana is crumbling into decay, and the 17,092,00 alrondy expended be li^st to her citizens.

Your memorialists believe, that in Case of war, the Saving alone in onefjear to the United States, in the transportation of their troops, and munitions of war, from

North Kast, to the West

Wabash

with! the great facilities afKirded,

of

great YPublic highway for the use of

the East and

nnd

and South West,

the same

portions of the Union, in he exchange

their products, would more ih&n rejWiy tfte whole sum to be expended,aside from the fact of an increase of great agricultural wealth in the Valley oif the

tween the distant portions of our oommon country,^ ,* In view of all which your msmonafisls would respectfully aik of your Honorable Body to pass ah act, granting to the State of

And as in duty bound, we will ever pray

nOMtQRS or THE StAVE TRADE IN 1643,

•'•,-^vv*'**'

The New York *fr1fune contains letter frbrt 'dti board ifieU. S.ahip St. Louis, dated Rio as Janero, Sept. 13, Irom which we extract the followiBg _J|

Yesterday a slave prim arrived Irom Africa in ch*l*fp of two fiajtlith mwahiprtea, who cspturea her in a small boat with a crew of ten men, and brought her sale into port Tho captain ol the slaver was shot while in the act of repelling the Eagtiah boat, ana Ins body falling overboard, coufd not be recovered tho seamen of (ha veasel, however,- surrendered without firinea shot, and ther are now salely deposited On board of an English

man-of-wnr.

teacaed by ihe humane endeavors of the kngtish Gov-

voting..._ ,, shall attempt to give vou soma idea of the sta»e in which I foand them. The slaver is scarcely taraer than one of onr cpastiag schronera, and yet she sailed from Africa with four hunirtd and fi/iy nezvoes on board, ootot which but three hfcndrad and fifteen arrived in port, the balance having died of confinement, starvation, and disease, during the voyaga. Ort board of theC I saw some ol the three hundred and fifteen, who have escaped the horrors of slavery, for nwny have died since, their arrival from the effects of bad dp et andf.confinement: and I must confess never saw a more interesrinsj,and vet a tnore touching scene, in the whole course of my life. I happened to get oil board when the poor creatures were oil on deck dancing and sinirinz their na'ive rongs, and breathing the puro air of Heaven, which had been donied them so long, and the

happy

feces and cheerful voices plainly indicated

that they were awnre of their being at liberty again.— But such emaciated beings I never saw before. Soaroelv one of the men had a limb larger than a boy's arm, and the little children-for t'wo-thirdsof them are very young—were nothing but skin and bones, while the Women, with the exception of those who had been favorites of ihe crew, were in no better condition.--Throucb the kindness of the officers, wa were allowed to visit the sick

and

during our stay the appart-

etent Imiw fi*ft«able»keletoiia caitHni out (ot boriiil, while several ia which iha apark of life was scsroely visible met my eye in every corner of ihe room. On one bed I saw a little feltow reeling U|on tha lifeless body of his companion, and so entiHv exhausted and emauiated was be, that ha was unablo to quit his lay pillow indeed, ha was almost unconscious of every thing. Near bv was a group of some half down others who were fearfully watching the almost lifeless form of a little brother, perhaps or following the humane doctor pth wiehlut eyes, it he possessed the power of restoring their dyin* associate. In another part of the room tho wasted figure of a tall well made man wavstretched npoh & mut, Anu lnt pitcon^ ffloaiw, nii anintellifliHte wonlf,

nnd

breast,

efidefit'y

find a safer,

easier, and cheaper route, from the North to the Valley of the Mississippi—than through a cnnal so direct,nnd

A conntiirtaan having read in one of the newspapers that money was 'a drug" in-New York went•'® 'h* city,asd^joing into an apothecary's shop, askea tor a dose of "Benton mint drops."

Perhaps, my-a-good fel-fow, yoo mean a doss of pepawmint said i^he knight ot tbs pestle, who waa quite an exquisite ia his way. "Oti yourprpatouuMisaid thseottatrymsa. fnimickinjt the mixer of lotions, "I want ths resl ya«ler boyS—eagles or halves if you baint tbata, (jv« me Mecie paying funds, I haint particular." ''My dcah ao,"said the pill dwpenser, "I dant ondersiand you-s.'1 "Why," said the countryman annoyed at what he conceived to be the stupidity of the apothecary, you are just ss stopid as Csfvin Caldwell's turkev cock and be was so stupid that he did it know the dinar?oce between psvin' stones and shelled corn. Here ts the newspaper (drawing it from bis pocket) that •Sys morwy a drug in this city. Now, iVn In a kind o^sdarl with my landlord, ana I want aright strong dose of it. I spect it'll clesr me oat.

The apothecary, finding what his costomer was al, verv politely informed hira that he was lost out of the article—had none on band at present, and directed him to the office of one of the Wall Street brokers, caotioniog faitn to be particular as to the terms,— FwryuaS-

Ouoos Ihmaks—Tha Oregon fadiana believe in the doctrine of WfctempsVchoeis. Tha present ra» ol blasts, Wrds reptiles, and fish, were meo who

habited this earth. Tbess^ihev suppose, atill 19 mala their peculiar language, which they «n impart to louse people into whom they may pass, dtaeh people are esteemed conjurors or medicine men.

entertain notions

of

off. He returned again in a short time, pretendmg to hea new ewe. Mi* b*h pnmvd ftvm *KAT HF» vert thick

Uather

TTJFS.

lFrm4*

of

Mississippi,

and the new

bond which, such a work would create

Indiana,

the lands in the Vtocennes District unsold, or so much" thereof as may be deemed necessary to complete the workabove referred to.thereby opening A direct commtJnicntton between Lake Erie and the Ohio River.

ous freedom

enntinon! painthuf id-lite

proved thai he had been confined in a

stooping position for the greater part oT the voyage fndred, they all complained of pains the breast, as of starvation, and tlit medical officers informed me that ia disseciing ihem the mini loathsoaie sights are presented. jOneof the subjecis that I saw was so much disea*«d, ihnt large anifdisgusting worms msda their apbearance through his nose,- an occurrence not rare, I am Told, fork seems that the intestiries are often filled with them in consequence of the bad diet and water they gat on board. I

This is equal to some

of Mormon MirmdesMI1VB ADv EKTISKHK7VT. J* Soadavay.or sdolen, or sintid. mine pig pteck Borse Moat foardeeo or fiifdeen hands and six inches hie Be has peen r« toor tegs plsck lees, two pehmt end twopefers, sod he ish ptodt alfover bw pody P« b» fiwe sod that tsbfriack tee. lie trsds. snd ganders, and baces, vawx. and ven he vawa his legs snd wets foes enter ene soother—be hss two ears poo Ms head, both alike, set voe Is plscker dao tsder—b« hss two eves, von ish pet est sod toder am poe do side of his teed, and van yoa gnes 00 toder side be vpat see jroeeen he eats stock be gets pig prily-an he base long daievet hogs town p&ie. pat I kaiitshorWT ledsr day aad sew tisb aet so longest vsa— hs ish shot sll sraont par bkpetriet sfeses ieb before, be ImJt* aptns head snd leoks calyatfd vea be hss been sebisrr. he ehstess spoet like every uOg in to wit hs will ride suit a ssddla or ehese.or a cart or vitl go te s»»H py himsdf miioat nepotypets pages his pack, enfs wr» aa Mi not wary wr^sad V*e he vawx er teas, bis bsad eoews ptore sad Iris dale sdSya aehmt. ooly veo he darns roeet aed gis mt. and dea he Ale somes VOStWhoever vill prieg htm psdt. shell ssy fivs taltats -ward, eed if he priaes peek da ttsfvet sdpls lwn,be shell pey tweety totlarssed ax eo qnestioes. ffl'lt ifisraaiiwn MOSS la eeeef the Harlsss rsifiesdesrs between two aoen, oesa Whig and the other Loos, as te the merits aad prospects ef ths different tuvfidetes im the INesidtoey. After some rsssidsrshle lati, ihe baoatooo ehatwsd

MAt

aH eveetSL we hsva sea

sdvaatafe over yoa Wings: ws have half a dceeo candidates from whwta to choose, while yea are att pledged teens nan.* "AiMttad," rsptisd ths Whig, "wa fa Car Barry ef ths West ai ser first aed oelv cftake.* "Hew ahserd.nrejouMd h'tsaniagoaist "sappoas Clay diss, whet do tktnP* Os aaswarsd ths W^: "atat imi def Bg Jtm, ttt sale Us

•M-

JMhaarrfshtsi.•

INTERESTING Ct|MlWO!IDEICE, Jhs following correspoodeoce wtU show that tho Comtniuee appointed to prepare a &mner to be given to^ tho Stato that ahall send t^e largest proobrtionate delegation to the Young Men's Convention of Rntificatioo, haee taken means to securf toihe Banner association which c.inndt btit mako it tnore deeply prWdby tbose wbo sha.il win it. ThO committee we aitdorstaiid, hnve already filed antLwo^ splendid

upo^Q au artist to prepare are assured that it« will bet

THE YOUN&MfiNS WHIG NATION- I AL CONVENTION

OF

as

RATIFICATION.

y-:- BALTINORS, OCT. -1®, 1843.v 4 O E S a 1 have the honor

to send

herewith a topy. of the "American Whig," 1 containing tbeNptoeeedingsof tho Whig Convention of the City of Baltimore, suggesting to Iheir Whig brethren of

the United Stales,'

and cordially inviting them to unite in -tho -formation of a Young

Men's National

Con-

veulion, toassemble in this 6ity,on Thurscftfy, the 2d of May, 1344, to be authorized to rati* fy the nominations for President and Vico Presidenl of the

UniJed States, to be made by

the Whig National nominating Convention, to-meet here

on

the

previous dny, and

ter into such arrangements

be­

tion to the Young Men'a Whig National Convention of Ratification, as shall have the largest proportionate numbsr in

The Whigs of Baltimore

triotio spirit

After tho ataves are

I am directed by the committee, appointed to procure tlie Banner to which^Lhave alluded, to address you for the puVpaitfbf stating that the -committee is desirous ffSf getting a stiff fnr suid Banner,

to

be

classic ground, and clierished

in their memories with MoUdt Vernon, Monticello, Montpelier and North Bend. Ths committee fuel assured thnta

your friend and feltow .citizen, LEVI

a

Dear Si 1

with this request. A stick

air the

4

to »n|

as may he deem|-

ed expedient to ensure the honorable and triumpbant success nt the onsning Presidential election, of the ticket so nominated. The paper also contains tho proceedings of said 5 City Convention, inviting a large attendance of the Whigs of the

Union, and proposing

behalf of the Whigs of tojireseot an appropriate

on

BANNERBaltimore,

mi

to each State delega*

®?,V

attendance/*^

$

expect

on

occasion to have the gratification of entertaining largo numbers of true Whigs from every portion of efhry State and Territory of the Union, and hope and believe that the

thai

pa*

they wHl here Impart

to

each

other, will thus be transmitteo to the itihabiWnts of every city,

town, hill

and

valley

which the people decided at the late Presidential election, but of the vast benefits that the nation Would'hnve derived therefrom, it has beorr deprived by treachery "most foul as in the best it is." j#'

in

the land, and.be the means,under Providence, of again placing the government of our be- A loved country in patriotic, capable and faith- j: fu( hands thereby re-asserting the principles and establishing the measures, in fuvor of

,'

it,.

cut by

the honor­

ed hands of the farmer of Ashland, ffbmlke growth of the soil of his own home—a seat that in 'cohseqtibnce of having been

tho

dence of HENRY CLAY, will in all timet* come, bo rfgh'fded by every friend of

resi- f:

virtu

t'l.

Banner suppor-

ted by s'stalT cut from that ground, by tho hands of its distinguished and beloved ownor, JT* will be the most valued prize that they havo in their power fo offer for tho patriotic and friendly competition of their countrymen.

Permit me, Sir, to congratulate you on the bright prospscis that are now

Whig party, and consequently, as I /irmly bs- 1 lieve, on the prosperity of tlie Country.— The successes that have attended the exertions of our political friends in the Fall

entertain the fond

kinds which

The

once

in­

They aseie stsa to

witchcraft, similar to thoseof Uis

Pilgrim fa tbeis. Dr. Wliitmao ttatea thaj one Of them shot"himself through the abdomen, last inly, nwiet done the same thins two years before. After abooone himself, be prepared to depart, mounted his horse and

conception of a plan of a Young Men's Convention, to

ratify

ductlve of

place be

moire

isbable laurels. Long may they continue

gmceitspotriotic brow Lsvr rinNssTocr, Ksqv,

'Taunt.—A party of gentlemen from tho Southern settlements, a short time since, 00 their way to this place, were short of provisions, nnd fortunately discovered tiro bears with their cobs. A firs wms commenced upon the younger branches, and they wers both wounded—but the old ones assisted them off running by ibeir sides, and stopping oecaniooaHy at pins trees, from whence they were seen to tear off. some bark. The pursuit was continued by the gentlemen, firing upon tho younger tniaisls until they «eco killed, and when examined, it was found t|wt the bark mat inserted in their wounds hy their careful mammas. This is true circumstance, and welt worthy of oote«—&• Augustine {Florida) VemS* ,q

•:P•

dawning on tho

eloc-

tions in different States, our own among the number, with the general cheering aspect of tho political horizon, lead us confidently

hope, that the Republic is

011 the eve of a great and glorious, though bloodless Revolution* ,, Sincerely hoping that you will be pleased to comply with the request of the Committee I that I have the honor to communicate, I am truly, with sentiments of profound

FAHNESTOCK,*§

Wbig Banner Committee*

HChairmnn

Cut?,

Hot!.

bhiiy

Ashland.

»M*S«

1

ft

to

esteem,

"fU*"

^,MR. CLAY'S REPLTfc 4Ashland, 10th NW.-1848.?

duly received your favor, as

Chairman of the Whig Banner Committee of Baltimore, requesting a stairto be cut, by my hands, at this place, for the elevation of the

Banner, to

be

presented,

Whigs

1

in

of Bultimore, to such

to the Young Men's Whig Committee

behalf of the -,

State Delegation

of Rat*

ificafion aa shall have the largest proportion* ate number of Delegates in attendance. I shall lake great pleasure in complying

:r

of white or blue

bsh (the best description of timber, I think, of

1-

grow in our forests)

has en already cut, and is in progressed preparation for the Staff.—When completed, I will forward it through such channel as will ensure its safe arrival. it k?

the nominations previ- ..

ously made by the Whig National Convrntion, was very fortunnte, and it

will be pro-

tbe best effects.

Nor could any

suitable, for

1

the assembling

such a convention, than the Monumental City, which covered itself with glory during the last War, and has recently again won imper*

of

jg

to

H. CLAY.

*j .r

The race of mankind would pensh/ dld they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds the child's head, till the moment that same kijpd assistnnt wipes tbe death-damp from the brow df the dying. cannot exist without mutual help AH. therefore, that need aid, have right to ask it of th«r follow mortals, 00 ono tvbo holds tho power of grstintiag can rsfass it without girib* -tSirJSfMftsr $*tt.