Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 10, Rockville, Parke County, 18 June 1831 — Page 2

company with him, and drowned him- fully prove to you that t was justitied self, with a view of having his adver- in stating that Gen. Patterson was, (as fcary pat to death. The laLter was up- 1 understood) opposed to the canal. bn this taken up, and sent to Columho, The first certificate is from a respectato take his triaVfor making away with ble farmer, whose veracity cannot be the deceased, upon the prindpb of ha- doubted, the personal friend, and -I anting been the last seen in his company, derstand the customer of Gen. 1 alterThere was, however, nothing more s01 rfd " ... a "n than presumptive proof against the cul- Kr 1 hereby c er tjfy, Jot ' conprit, and he was of coue acquitted, versation with Mr. Patterson, in teb. This decision; however, did not by any l, 1 drew tne conclusion Irom Mrme taUy wifh the sentiments o( the Patterson's own words and arguments, i! Attest, WESCHESNUT. , .i j j r v, nniror. June o tool.

tnougn tney are uepnveu w nir Vim Rnren will 1 not set out on his mission to England till the return of Mr. McLane, " with whom Mr. V. B. wishes an interview previous to his j " Kx th wn v. we have seen no "2T.i:::..-T.;r- r f rf Mr. Van Buren. It is possible nay, probable

he will succeed Mr. McLane, as Mime- j0f land, made by the Li uited States, rathter to England; but it is not probable that ef tnau it suouid be applied to the con-

he has already TCceiveaineappouxuv.11 is even poesii." uiu mi. . . . - 1. 1 . i,n. i v v an nil run mnv I take it into his head that it would be irrpol icy on hi part to accept a foreign mission Louisville Journal. To the Voters of Parke County. Fellow-Citizens, When I consentec to become a candidate, for the Senate

of the State of Indiana, it was in com- people ol rarke, he is the County csurTliRT.re with the reauest of manv res- veyor; a member ot the feociety ol

nrtaM ritirfni nf rh fnuntr. From thp. PTrrpsepd nninion of some of those I gentlemen, that thev believed there would be no opposing candidate on the East side of the County, or in Rockville, and that their wish was to prevent local feelings from entering into the election: I was impressed with a belief growirig out of these representations, that I might safely become a candidate, without having again to encounter the load ni-eiuriirrs. that existed against me in lS2t; I therefore consented that my name might be announced to vou as a candidate for the Senate.--! Some few days after, to my surprize,! lrnmod tfcaf thp namp cif (ipn. Arthur Patterson. was announced as the opposing candidate. Not wishing to encounter the bitter animosities growing out of an election campaign, founded upon local reasons and feelings,and knowing no cause why such feelings Should any longer exist: I determined a few days after to ascertain, (if practicable) the principles upon which the I

election was to be governed; if upon aUa canal. And that it was his opinion

local question, to decline at once, 11 upon any general question, on wnicn Gen. Patterson and myself honestly differed in opinion, to stand my ground, Accordingly, I understood that the canal question was to be fairly tested in our county, and the result was to be tried by the result of the election: as Gen. Patterson was understood to be oppoeed to the canal, and 1 was m lavor ol it. On this view of the case 1 was perfectly satisfied that the election should be eo canvassed: that the question Should be tairly met belore the sovereign people, wno wouia, impartially decide upon it, on the first Monday in August next; and if the majority of the voters of Parke were opposed to the canal, they would elect ten. ratterson and reject me: to the contrary if they were in favor of the canal, they would elect me, and exclude Gen. Patterson. Such being my impression, 1 make sevjerai enquiries to ascertain wnetnersucn were in fact Mr. Patterson's candid sentiments, and was further strengthened in my belief of the correctness of ' my iimuiuiiuvu, reiame ii'iue gruuuus : 01 inecontest,Dy tne positive assertion 01 ' ihany, that he, Gen. Patterson, was op-h posed to the Canal. I then in common with others, spoke of him a being, (as I understood) hostile to the canal. In ISo. b, of the V abash Herald, he addressed you ; in which address, 1 for the first time, learned that he was j'never opposed"' to the canal. I als discover that he repels the insinuation or declaration of his having ever been opposed to the. canal, declaring it to be the umisrepresentations of designing men, and political mtrisruers: denial of the report. Having V as I I before stated, spoke of Gen. Patter son, as being (as i understood) opposed to the canal, and now finding him denying the charge as a "foul slander" "against his public character," emana ting "from the misrepresentations of designing men and political intriguers. it becomes my duty," fellow-citizens, to mew you mat i neuner merit tne nitu Vir,A nnP. nor Rho,,ia I W branded with the charge of being the other ; and that if 1 ever asserted Gen. P. to be opposed to the canal, mat my behet was founded upon tne cal friends. In the first place, I be--came a candidate as stated, and as I believed, in a fait honorable man - - to berve you faitfufly, honestly ant6 zeal ner, i caa bo aesignTnen, noryei, dui ouely (if elected) upon the princijUes 1 had alwaj freely made known to yodj - and to the best of my abilities. Sec tndly, the Hibjoiaed certificate!, will

Fatterson,s expressed

opinion. (7- "It has also been reported and industriously circulated, that i am op d fc fch d iudee(i to mternal 1 . . . improvements generally, ana ttiat would preier relinquishing the donation . , the Canal, for which it is . my views ana opinions nave oecn uni formly ihe same, I never was opposed to it, on the contrary have been in lavor ol lt.&c. 1 he next certificate is from the hand t a man, wno i believe deservedly stands high in the estimation ot the f fiends, or Uuakers. itead what he says : CO" I being in company with A. Patterson, some two or three years since, being in conversation concerning the W abash and ne Canal, my understanding irom him was that he (Patterson) was opposed to the improvement of saia canal. oigneu, J EHixvil All H. SILER. June 7, 1831. Now read Gen. Patterson's version. "I never was opposed to it, on the contrary have been in lavor ot it. 1 he next certificate is Irom a mer chant 01 high standing in the town oi Kockvilie. whose reputationtor veracity (i presume,) is undoubted, whose integrity is unimpeachable, the almost door neighborof Gen. Patterson, lvead it. OCT On hearing Arthur Patterson make a few observation lasl winter on the subject of the canal, did under' stand him to say "that he was not in favor of going on with suck an expensive work it wouia oe mucn oeittr lor tne oiate o Indiana, to make improvements on roads and turnpikes, than to go on with the canal and involve hersclt with such an expensive work as he presumes it is, feigned, JONAS RANDAL, June 7, lS3i. Now read what the General says: (r "It becomes his daiy to repel the loul slander against his public chaiac ter,1' and 01 course to repel 'tiie mis representations of designing men and political intriguers" by boldly den) ing that he ever was opposed to the canal ne says, "1 never was opposed to it. We have here the certificates o three honest, upright men, which wil h think, be acknowledged, who seeks no othce at the hands oi the people, lully justifying me in the report that Gen; i". was opposed to the canal in l28, 1829 anl J. $30; whi he "never w as opposed to it." You an know that neither ol those men can be, by the utmost lattitude of expression, considered "Political in triguers,1' their established reputation repels tne imputation oiuesigning men.' l ellow-Citizens, 1 make no comment. believe that this fai exhibition of stubborn facts and simple illustrations cf uie grounds 1 had to believe (in common with almost every man in the county,) that Gen. Patterson was opposed to the canal, will at least exhonorate me from the aspersion of a "desieninsr man" or "political intiriguer." 1 thus place my defence in Vour hands, believing, whether friend or foe, that you will no longer charge the origin of the reports to me, t they Ot, as ine UCTl. Uttcgca snprtiiiilv i j JOSEPH M. HAYES. June 9, 1831. for tiik wabash herald. Mr. Clarke, Is it not amusing to witness the noigcand buslle lhe candidates are .... , t, making about the canal? 1 do not! the us1 of keeping up such a constant uproar about it, inasmuch as all arc in favor of saving the donation already given at east aU our -abash candi attended several public gatherings, and from the stump speeches 1 have heard, j we might suppose our candidates, (if an of (hcm Bhould be 60 fortunate as to be elected,) expect to ride to India nopolis in a canal, and do nothing but rideVabout the streets all winter in it and irildeed I was led to think from

some of the speeches, that nothing but

canals 'jrould be attended to during the next three years. It appears to me, that he who can hurra the loudest for the canal is sure to have a safe pass port to the seat of Government this winter. Now, I have no objections to their riding, if they will pay for dig' ging; indeed I would be willing to ride in a canal myself, if I had the money to pay for digging it I am myself in j avor of saving the donation, but I am not at present in favor of laying a tax on the people for the purpose of digging thecanal. . . t , , , I I think the candidates have had us ong enough running after them, to take a ride; but it is time to stop, and examine into the subject for ourselves. When we attentively examine into the matter, we will find that we are never to be benefitted, half the amount our candidates would wish us believe. We are much more interested in having the I Wabash river cleared of its present obstructions to navigation, than in digging canals; Now Mr. Printer, if I can meet with j a place in your paper, I will continue j to write uritil I examine into the doctrine contained in "Richard," and also show the necessity of an appropriation being made by the National Govern-! ment, for the purpose oi clearing out! the obstructions to navigation in the j W abasli river. 1 will also give a lew thoughts as it respects our means of digging the much talked of canal. JIMMY TICKLER. Foreign News. " We have only room for a few very short extracts of Foreign news this week we have giv en the substance of what is going on. It appears then that an attack has been made of the Division of the Russian army commanded by Geismar that 8900 Russians have been killed and made prisoners that for two suc cessive days the victory was followed u ;i ; . . i j . cannon have fallen into the hands ot the Poles; and that Diebitsch is obliged to retreat, and will be compelled to defend Russia from Polish ven- . . .... uig news uiai itu is noi quiei, auu mail the Revolution is progressing. At Cadiz no one can appear in the streets at night in a cloak under penalty of being arrested. What a sad thing is absolu-1 tism, w hich fears citizens in cloaks i I From turkey we have also some satisfactory news,with which 1 will conclude my letter. We need not talk of despair, when we find the Sultan making thnllthofFebrLrv:"Greeks Armenians Armenian Catholics and Jews shall Irom henceiorth, in common with the lurks and .uusseimen, oe equal ociore tne law. preibrence or enjoy any superior rights in coascquence of his being a Mussulman! for, according to the opinion of the Sultan, all form but one family, but one body, whatever may be the private creed oi each ot his subiects, which is a matter that nnlv rnnrerns thft ronscience of man, who cannot be called to account lor his religion to any but to God; As to thc Government of the Sultan, it will not, under any circumstances, consider what is the religion rm - J r be lore it. This is delietful! AVc may soon hope to hear that the Mornine Chrcti - idc is the favorite Journal 6T thc Sultan. Your obedient servant. o. r. q. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN - SPAIN. The Norfolk Herald states that preVious to the sailing ot the U. JS. irigate Java, from Havanna, a report was cur- - w - v . v rent there, said to have been brohght hv a brifr arrived at PrinciDfc. direct J O X from Cadiz, stating that the King of ppamiiaaDeenaeposea, his family to Gibraltar; and tha the thronehont Snain. It was nnderstood at Havanna that the public authorities there had received olhcial intelligence oi the revolution, but , Kent it seciet; the people, however, only waited for the confirmation ol chc report to re volt. It is rumored that Mai Eaton will succeed Mr Randolph aa Minister to Rusia. Mr. Branchiate Secretary ot the IVavy, has consented to become a candidate for Congress in the district in which he resides, in JN. Carolina. Luuvwe aavenucr on the morning of the. 234 ult. on his return to Khingtcm.

Ilocki illc , June 18, 1831 FOURTH Or JULY. At a meeting of the "Committee of Arrangements," the following persons were chosen ofikers of the day, viz: Hugh F. Teeny, Marshal, OSEP" Potts, President, ...o,, a. i. Leonard, m. u. uraior, Vi T N Reader of the Dec. Dinner for the occasion to be prepared by James Cameron, By order of the Committee. R. W. CLARKE, Secry. THE CANAL. The period is now near at hand, when we shall be called upon to select from among our citizens, men, whose duty it will be to represent us fairly, candidly and assiduously in the next General Asserilbly of the State of Indiana. None can be ignorant of the indispensible duty which he owes to his country, to himself, and to posterity in the exercise of his elective franchise that he should have an eye single to the good of our common country We consider that the next session of our Legislature will be one of great moment to the ktate, but more particularly so to the IVubash Country Another session will decide the fate of the Wabash & .Eric Canal, and whether we will attach that stigma upon our character, as a State, (that would follow as a necessary censequence, the rejection of the liberal do nation made by Congress for construe j ting a canal) whether we will permit the future standing of our young and nourishing State to be impaired, and her influence in the National Council injured;0r whether we will be imiuena cedby a mst sense ot our true interest J J . and arouse Irom this careiess repose in the very camp of our enemies, and triVe an exnression of our acceDtance id r x Inf'lhU rlnnntinn. hv .in i mniprlinip. find I ptr'Tirnp. rnm.rn.cnrrm.rnt Ot tllfi WOrK. 'A ime would, be uselessly spent in cussing the relative merits between Canals and Rail Roads as it resnects the donation it having bcen made for . . . special wuipuse o wmiwuug Canal, and that too, to be commenced, on or before the 2d of March next, or thc liberal grant, for any assurance we have to the contrary, forever Should we suffer the present opportu j nity oi connecting tne navigable wa fers of the Wabash with the Lakes bv m of , . , . . uuvvl al Government again, but if we should husband well that which we have already received, and find it insufficient to completc the work, it is not onrea. t . . ,, . , ... ... " " , already manifested by Congress, wil still be extended towards us. The donation by Corigress (in 1827) 0f 409,000 acres of land to aid in the constVuction of thig canal is estimated tjjv- 4. . : r "TMifwui I aiuuiereui. sums, vaiiuij uuun wv,uw to 1,000,000 dollars. l Naw it is a fart wrll sustained, that 4l ,,fa e fv,:a onni ;a mnr, hptirr adapted for thc construction of such a work than cither of those in Ohio, New York or Pennsylvania; the estimate cost of constructing this canal is one0MrA m than that of any other in the ' T !L , ... , . . , I I I III I f 1 1 r HII'S! MUM II itV lltT IrLLIIi:! ucUnited States; this may be rather below the actual cost, yet we do think that it mav be constructed tor a sum I mf I falling far beloio that of any tvhose csti . c , Ol which extending irom L,ieveiana to Massillon, a distance of 67 miles, and m which distance there are 49 locks romnospd eiitirely of stono masonry, r Decide we say, though some assert the grant to be already saved, be that aa it may it matters not, but one thing may be relied upon os an incontrovertible fact, that the Ion ger our Legislator's are quibbling about the acceptance of the donation, the lesa valua ble it will be to ud. Thoso who have conj tcmplated on purchasing the donated lands Avpntl.niiw tOOBe U confidence in leirthe canal, and tho land must be offered for i saiev:m alter tunc Bfiamcei no jurcoascr

(6verc6ming an &jcent and decent Jf

36 feet, giving an average of 6 feet per mile, which h about double the average amount of lockage through the whole canal this portion of the grand canal in Ohio, notwithstanding the difficulties to be encountered, growing out of the unlevel surface of the ground over which it passes, cost on an average of $11,007 77 per mile. The Wabash and Erie canal at this rate would cost 1,108,991 50, this, every reasonable man must admit is far above the real cost of the work; the geography of the country shows too plainly the truth of this assertion to admit ol the least shadow of doubt. The Miami canal, which is 08 miles in length, including side-cut and feed ers, the cost of which, including the sum paid tor strengthening and repairing, and securing the banks, for lock-Houses &c. is $740,852 70, or an average cost per mile of $10,983 12. This canal embraces 22 ocks, overcoming 188 feet of lockage. "These locks are built in a permanent manner most of them will bear a com parison with other works of the kind in the United States." The Wabash & Erie canal, at the ascertained cost of the Miami canal per mite, falls a small sum in the aggregate, below that which takes thc Ohio & Erie canal cost per mile for its estimate. Now it b obvious to every person that there is a great deal of splendor attached to this canal, that the pride of our State will not require.Wehavea donation, which would fall short of the completion of the canaV (supposing it to cost as much per mile as the Miami canal) lrj6,000. Were all hopes blasted of mir obtaining more support from the General Government in executirig this great and important work, the sum which would fe required is trifling when compared with the advantages derived from such a hanncl of commercial intercourse,. connecting the Wabash with the Laker and placing us in the reach of one of the best markets in the United States.. But the cost of this canal has been estimated (and many think correctly) at $7,500 per mile if this should Le a correct supposition, we have probably, a sufficiency given us for tne comple tion of the canal, which, at the last estimate would be $950,000, leaving a ballance of the proceeds of this gra 'A of 50,000 unexpended. This may pro bably undergo the real cost; but we are willing to allow the cost of this canal to be $,500 per mile; this, we arc confident, is a sum, sufficiently large, to defray all the expenses to the final completion of the work, and which would be thc rouudsum of $1,088,000, overgoing the donation $$8,000. Now, if the doors of thc Public 1 rcasury should be barred against us, and the meagre sum of $88,000 should have to be collected off of our citizens by taxation, its weight could never be felt: our State contains a population of 341,585 souls, and the sum assessed on each individual, would be but 26 cents, were it all collected in one year; (one payment) but divided into two yearly collections, which would m ike 13 cents to each inhabitant and who would miss his contributed mitel Jol a mam Who can now say he is opposed to the Wabash &. Erie canal, and where is your argument? If there were noother object attainable by the construc tion of this canal than merely to set afloat a circulating medium, and affor ding employment to the laboring class of community, and making consumers of the abundance of our rich and fertile soil which now must be sacrificed in a Southern clime, or rot in the Farm-yard we ought to commence and complete the work. But what other, and greater inducements are held out in favor of this important work Cannot our Farmer answer this questiori? It places at his door thc ready CASH for his Corn, Beef, Pork, &c. at a good and living price; and those engaged in transportation, encouraged by the sue rem nfthpir nrfvmtiirca in nn' T'.nsfpMi market, return with a Jlush pf the "precious metal," and the Farmer, again receives a rich price for his produce, and every man becomes master of a rugged purse of glittering dollars, which gjv.e