Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 45, Rockville, Parke County, 18 February 1832 — Page 2

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To the citizens of parke covxTY.num upon (he Capital invested, after

JttUox Citizens After an arduous scsaion of sixty one days the Legislature adjourned sine tie on Fridav, the 3d inst. About to commit the mantle of political distinction, with which I was honored, into the hands of the sovcreign people who confcrretHf : I believe it mv duty to lay before you a- brief sketch of the transactions of that body, of which your partiality designated me a member; and in so doing, to plainly point to the course, I, as your agent. pursued. Few subjects of a general nature were acted upon but such as were, involved principle nud results, in which you are deeply interested. The first, and in my opinion, one ot Ihe most important, was the Canal question. An avt passed authorizing

te canal commissioners to commence tion will be hailed us one of the noand finish the middle section of the blest triumphs of internal improvecanal; to enable them to commence ment. There is reserved to this state before the 2d of March next, and to the right, at any time w ithin three carry into effect the object designed years from the passage of the act, to by that law: the canal monies now on subscribe for stock in the Bridge cornhand, are placed suhjert to an imme- pany to the amount ol $100,000. Hadiate application for that purpose, and vir,g this length of time to decide upon the canal fund commissioners are au- the subject, you can ere that period thorized to borrow a further fim cf determine whether, it is your interest two hundred thousand dollars; subject to do so, or not. to the express provisions, that at no Acts passed, incorporating Rail time shall a greater sum be drawn for Road companies, as follows,

the use of the canal, than there is due

to the state fiom the purchase ot ca. to Lafayette. nal land. Thus preventing the accumu- One 'from Jeilersonville to Indianlation of a debt to a larger amount apolis. than the sales of the lands will cancel. One from the stale line dividing InThc canal lands by a supplemental act dinna and Ohio, in a direction from are directed to be classed into first, se- Cincinnati to Indianapolis, cond, and third rates, and a minimum One from New Albany to Indianappricc fixed on each rate; the first rate olis, thence to the Wabash in a north is not to sell for less than .$3 50. the western direction, second 2 50, the third 1 50 per a- One I'rom the falls of the Ohio, ere. The proceeds that will arise via Salem. Rloomiugton and Greenfrom the sale of the lands, thus gradu- castle to Logansport. ated, it is believed will be nearly, if These charters are all nearly simint quite sufficient to meet all the ex- lar. They arc allowed to charge a . penditures required to complete this toll, the revenues derived therefrom, much desired subject of internal im- after defraying the expense of repairs provemcnt. Should there however, &c. shall not nctt more than fifteen

be required a greater sum (than the atrount that will be realized from the sale of the lands after the proceeds arc expended on the cann!) to complete it. The canal itself, with Cue proceeds arisiug frcn tolls, w ill he a sufficient guarantee, to raise moiu-y upon, for its final completion; without rcsotting to a tax for that purpose. Therefore the honest fears of those w ho believed, that it would involve the state in an enormous debt, and thereby augment the taxes, may be now justly alhn ed. Secure in the prospect of this Northern thoroughfare of commerce being completcd on our part, you will natui ally turn your eyes with intense anxiety to the proceedings of Ohio. That state (so justly occupying a rank among the first of those who 'perilled their faith' in the works of internal improvement; and by her example taught us not to fear;) has, by an act of the present session of her Legislature, authorized the extension of her Dayton and Miami canal, to a point on the Maumce river, within about twenty-one miles of the Northern termination of the Wabash and Erie caral w ithin our state. No doubt then remains but that she will accept the rich boon offered for the extension (in her limits) of our canal, to connect it with hers, and thus down the Maumee to Lake Erie. While then as citizens of the Wabash valley we view with pleasure the improvements about to be effected in the North, which opens to us, a di rect internal communication with New York, in which we are directly and locally interested, still we cannot be less gratified at contemplating (though only incidentally interested in) the improvement? about to spring into exist enceon the South border of our state. An act has passed the Legislature ratifying a charter, granted by the state of Kentucky to a company, giv ing them authority to erect a bridge a cross the Ohio River at the falls. By the terms of their charier, they are to commence within fire, and finish the Bridge within ten years. Their char er is made perpetual. They ar al-

4 j0Wc tv) chlic by iolls, a . revenue I noj exceeding twelve per cent per am

deducting from the receipts, the exjense of repairs and for collections, This stupendous undertaking when completed, will be a specimen ot gran deur an imposing monumcnt,ofthe energy of a free people, stimulated by hhe spirit of internal improvement, of which the west may be justly proud, To it we may cite, and justly challenge our cJer sisters, to present a parallel. work, the magnitude of which, has hitherto been deemed problematical; an(j i,e who twenty years since, would I then have had the temerity to predict its commencement, or completion in a century, would have been denounced as a f;ir,atic speculator upon the theorv of impossibilities. Yet such are the ranid strides to manhood, of our infant wcst, tjiat we can look forward with certair.tj to the day when its comple One from Madison via Indianapolis' per cent per annum upon the capital invested; all profits over that amount to he paid into the Treasury of the stale, for common school purposes. There is reserved to the state the right to subscribe for a certain portion of their stock at any time w ithin ten years after commencement, if she chooses so to do. Bv chartering se many Rail Road companies, I fear we have jeoparded Iheimmediate progress ofanyofthem. However, should the stock be taken in any one, or more of them; and either of them completed anj ready for use by the expiration of the time stipulated in their charters. viz generally fifteen years, then the citizens of Indiana will think and find themselves amply compensated for the expense encountered in maturing and enacting the charters for all. An act passed stopping the sale of lands belonging to persons, who are on the delinquent tax list. Instead ofselling the land for the taxes, as heretofore, it is made the duty of the collect or, to report the name of the delinquent, with the description of the lands on which the tnxes remain unpaid, to the county school Commissioner, who is" to charge fifty per cent damages for the non payment, and one hun dred per cent per annum interest until paid for the use of common schools in the township where the land is situated. If at the expiration of three years the taxes, damages and interest remain un paid, the lands arc then to be sold for the benefit of common schools, and to be applied as above stated. Thus for the next three years, the practice of selling land for taxes, by this law is forestalled, and the speculation if any, is foi the benefit of the common school lund. The perplexing uncertainly of tracing up the holder of the collectors certificate no longer will exist, the law points the owner to the person, from whom he is to redeem bis land, Connected w ith this gradual increase of the common school fund, was adopted by the Senate and expunged hy the House of Representative, another section, ha ving the same saJulary motive in view

I the lection alluded to, granted each

individual the privilego of paying to the county school commissioner one dollar for the use of common schools a receipt for which, should exempt him from being fined for the non perform ance of military duty one year in time of peace except in case of invasion or insurrection. I much regret the loss of this section. The petition for a new county to be taken from the counties of Parke, Pu nam and Montgomery was presented in the senate by the senator from Putnam county, referred to the committee on the Judiciary, an ! by them reported inexpedient. A joint memorial was adopted soliciting from the United S an appropriation to improve the navi gationof the Wabash and White riv . A subject so vastly important that no doubt remains, but, that your Senators and Representatives in Con gross will use evcrv exertion to obtain a response from Congress, that will be to you satisfactory. Important consequences may result Irom a joint resolution passed and diected to our Delegation in Congress. instructing them (if possible) to ascer tain the. terms upon w hich the U. S. will relinquish her right to the unsold Domain within ourstate, after i the na tional debt is extinguished; leaving the proposition open to the rejection or ac ceptation of the Legislature of this state. The right of the U. S. to this Eminent Domain within the limits of the new States, now, (the national debt is upon the point of jcing extinguished) is a subject that is likely to prove a fruitful theme of discussion and discord in Congress; and will no doubt unless the question is settled to the satisfac ion of the contending parties, produce much accrimony in the councils of the nation. It is well known that the present administration is favorable to a cession of those rights to the new states upon cquitabl and just terms. Whether it would bo politic or proper for so desirable a result to be effected y a compromise of the demands of the contending parties, is for the people to determine. By preserving a medium course between an absolute demand of relinquishment without remuneration, and a purchase at the present prices, we might by paying to the U. S. the expense she has encountered in surveys and extinguishing the title of the aborigines, do no more than what is equitably her due, supposing her right not good But by adding to those expenses a nominal prxe, would satisfy those who contended for that right, and thus forever silence this perplexing question. Then the current that now drains us of our money, would terminate in our own coffers, instead of those of the United States. The rapid increase of population within our stale, called for a corresponding increase of Legislation, upon what is called local affairs, hence the necessity of creating five new counties this session and the unexpected length of the session. In the station in which you were pleased to place me as the organ of your will, I believed it imperiously my duly to sustain all the meas ures of a general nature here alluded to. Believing the loundation nowjaid will sustain a well devised system of local internal improvcrnet, which when effected will produce a beneficial result, to the multifarious and combined interests ot the State, and contribute largely to the increase of a permanent fund for intellectual cultivation; and knowing that in yieldingly hearty accordance to them all, that, if I have erred in so doing uninstructed, that it was an error of the head and not of the heart; an error which if committed, your kind indulgence I am fully pcrsnaded will paliate. While then I thti itisMnctlv submit to ou a brief j synopsis, of to you, the most interesting of the laws enacted and Joint Resolutions adopted this session; I trust that my willingness to render the account for your strict scrutiny, will at least ac quit me of the imputation of duplicity ltnllnilnor for the nnmber ot years o V that I should be entitled to a seat in the Senate, fortune decreed me number one; consequently my term of service is at an end. To you is again re-

turned the right of selecting my sue

cessor. JNor do 1 regret, that fortune in dispensing her smiles, should hav so decided. For should I again be candidate for your favor, I shall hai with pleasure the test of scrutiny np plied to my course as your senatir. Then if weighed in the scale o public opinion, erected upon my vote or official acts, I shall be found w ant ing, you would of course reprobate my acts,disapprove my votes and discharge me. But on the contrary if the course persucd points to your welfare, and watchful care over your interests is perceptible, then I well know, that an intelligent and virtuous people wil never be appealed to in vain, to sus tain their servant,1 who has made their public weal, his polar star. Accept fellow citizens my gratcfu thanks for your confidence, and while retiring to that privacy from which you called me your partiality and lhatconfider.ee bestowed, will tome, be a solace which-1 shall cherish w ith memory. Respectfully your fellow citizen, JOSEPH M. HAYES. n o v ii m jj Sj j . SATURDW FEBRUARY 18. 1832. Mr- - Mitchell of Rackoon town ship, was elected Associate Judge on Saturday last wc have not learned y 'what majority. o: :::::::o During the past week, several Steam Boats made their appcarencc on the Wabash, at Montezuma, but were unable to proceed further up, in consequence of the ice wc understand much freight destined for Lafayette and Logansport was deposited at Mon tezuma. The National Republican Convcnion, lately assembled at Indianapolis, lave formed and presented to the citzens of Indiana, the following ticket: For President) " HENRY CLAY. For Vice President, JOHN SERGEANT. Electors of President atid Vice President. ohn Kuvkendyll, ofKnox counly, John Hawkins, of Fountain, Walter; Wilson, of Cass, Smi i;l Henderson, of Marion,. A rel Lom x, of Wayne, )ennis Pennington, of Harrison, Stephen Ludlow of Dearborn. Sylvanus Events and John I. Ncelyzccrc selected as contingent Electors. The nomination of Martin Van Buc H, as Minister to England, has been rejected by the Senate of the United States, by a vote of 23 to 23 2 mem bers being absent the Vice Prcsicnt decided against the nomination. Of those who voted against the nominaion were, ILvYNEand BL.utt-of South 'aiolina, and Poindexter of MississipFor the Herald. TO THE PUBLIC. The individual who isrnofantly at tempts to make a false impression,, is to some extent, excusable; but in what light should he be viewed who would knoninly and icilfully attempt to make tha public believe that which he knew to be false. In the last Herald some person over the signature of "Truth" has, without reason or common sense, bounced upon Tickler. The fellow knew when penning his scurrility, that it was not me who requested the publication of the extract from the t'olitical Marion in regard to the speech made by Senator Hayes. I never saw the article until I saw it in the Herald. I have been informed that the "impregnable castle," (Senator Hayes) was in ormed as he passed through Rockvillc, on his return from Indianapolis, who it was that made the "request,'' and whether the thin who scribbles over the signature of '1 ruth,' and who acts as a tool, knew or not,is quite unimportant to me, and I presume equally as much so to the public. The "request" I am told, was made by ten or twelve gentlemen of reputable stand ing, & out of that number so farr,

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Jacksonians nutone. In regard to his allusions about O. P. Q. I can only inform "Little Decency" that he has "barked up the wrong tree." Tickler was not the author of the article signed O. P. Q. I have neither time nor inclination to go into a review of the speech made by Senator Hayes, and indeed if "Little Decency" is not mistaken in the Senator being an "impregnable castle" I suppose it would be a fruitless effort. If it be a fact that the Senator has become an "impregnable castle," he must have "turned the corner, taken thd track" metamorphosed himself into a romipinc, so that no person dare anprochhim, without being in danger of finding himself thrust full ofquills,and under such circumstances, I will leave the "impregnable castle," and the Editor of the "Clarion? (who is as full of quills as the "imnregaable castle" can be.) to fight their own battles. It is witn much reluctance, that! have been compelled to notice the abusc of this scribbler and Ishould nob had he not attempted to make the public believe, that it was by my "request" the extract from the "Political Clarion" n regard to Senator Hayes, speech was copied in the Herald, when ho. knew better. He would also have the public believe, that I was determined o do the "impregnable castle," injus tice, wright or wrong, which is also a mistake. I envy no man in his situaion. In conclusion I would advise "Little Decency" to select some other ignaturc to scribble over the effuions of his disordered brain being a ibel on "Truth." I now close, wishing. ind intending not to write on the sub ject again. TICKLER. o::::::::o Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own estimation. unuiiwwLiiuniimi minimi n YHMEN WAL. MARRIED. On Sunday last, Mr. oshua Fisher to Miss Strainall of this county. ' (&-PROMP T A TTENTIONq REQUIRED. To Mr Sir If you owe mc please to receive this as a notice, that all the accounts, notes, &c, due me, will be put in the hands of proper ofli-; cers for collection, without delay. If you are desirous to avoid paying cost, you will of course attend to this warning immediately If you do not please not to reflect upon me, when you receive an unwelcome visit from a civil officer. SAM. IIILLJunr. Feb 9, lS3-2-Iw lf-t CACHING CAttiX. IV. C.&D. LI TON ETXPECT a large i?ssortmont of ll Machine Cards which will bo sold at the lowest prices. Tcrrc-Haute.Fcb. 12, 1S32. 45-3 Mew &d. pTTlIE Subscriber respectfully in13 , form the citizens of Rockvilc audits vicinity, that he has just received a fresh supply of articles well suited for this market. DRY, GOO DS, HARD WARE,. Glass and Queen's Ware, Groceries, Tin Ware, Boots and Shoes, 4 Iron Castings, Sugar kettles, Nails assort. AIL1T, 2fa3UY tilt JkillTl't ur BUSHEL and all other articles suitable for Town and Country Tradc which be pledges himself to sell at the. lowest prices for Cash or Produce. Purchasers are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves as to prices and quality; and a3 I have permanently located in Rockvillc, I, shall spare no pains tp keep up my assort of the best articles. 071 return my sincere thanks for past favors, and hope to receive a share of public patronage. ALBERT G. SAUNDERS. N. B. Any quantity of HOGSBEEF CATTLE, FINE HORSES, FLOUR, CORN MEAL, Country SUGAR, fcc. &c. will be taken in exchange for Goods. AGS Rockvillc, Feb. 1832. 45tf BBlaBnCs. DDccds FOR S.II.E ,1T THIS OFFICE.

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