The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 12, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 June 1827 — Page 4

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POETICAL.

From the Connecticut Herald.

^THOUGHTS ON VIEWING THE FALLS

-i •s*v!/^'VOF NIAGARA. \i\, wonder how long ye've been a roarin'

A ii in a at wonder if all ye've been a pouring be cyphered on a slatej

I winder how such a thunderm' sound-

"When all New-York was woods! -•?Sposc likely some Indians have been

'Y« drowned, When rains had raised your floods!

)t wonder ff wild stags'and buffalo's JTav'i.t stood where I now stand!

:Wel!, suppose (being scar'd at first) they'd stubb'd their toes,

wonder where they'd JandK

-X wonder 'f that rainbow has been shi-

V* *& ihce sun-rise at creation Ard this waterfall been undermiam' V"With constant spatterationJ

^That Moses never mention'd ye, I've

wondered,

While other things describin' 3Uy

conscience!

and dt-ep,

did'nt feed the grand

*V\hy C: in ION canal .,r

Up here, I think is queer.

The thoughts are very strange which ctf \vd my br in, .* While I look up to thee"— Such thoughts I ne'er expect to have

again,

To all eternity!

f££f£t£?££££&•

+Tu the Editors of the Commercial Ad-

v?rtiser

Id be ted to ^ppo-p a river of mpch V-ss magnitude tlpTi it really «hir!« the-£ft of its .tng already }e^n ascended in the spring season as l,.uh as the Tippi-caitoe battleground, and supposed navigable four months of evety year by slemi boats, a distance of about four hundred and fifty miles, -fil ly establishes The head of river n-ivi^atio-- or beginning of tkeir *annl is bv'intelligent men generally fixed at or near this point, and vn" be in length a-ross tteiable land to Fort Wayne, or Ohio hue, about'one hundred and venty mil s,-where ere long it is supposed tlial -tate will continue her ton canal line to Matitne Hay. not unjy for the purpose of finding a choice of markets for the produce of the */Mv'tni country, but as a matter of policy, bv which to secure from the statesol Indiana and Illinois, toils upon their pro •ducts in passing her territory, which in those seasons of the year when the Maume river is too low, (say nine months,) would be compelled to take her caual. •,-

A small brigade of ITnited States' Civil Engineer have been, and perhaps still ace in this country, making surveys and estimates for the work, hav ing been deputed by the proper department at the instance of the Indian whose labours at an eaiv reaching the fieM ot tiieir oj[»

ZF.TA.

$ The people, and particularly the ed itors of New-York city and stnle, are Trry apt in catching at whatever seems to cfler advantages to either but some ti-nes. to me it appears, subjects of high importance are overlooked, notwithstanding their watchfulness, of which character three i» ve, durirg the past vrar. been acted up in a manner that -pmnoises eaily benefits without receiving the attent on their consequence merits.

Of these the Indiana cannl is the most prominent and which, from the unemrras&ed condition of the Sinte Treasir &f recent grant by Congress of five miles in width of public laud to the st?to, for the purpose of tiding in iter,• struction, will probably soon be en i,red in and v. eomplf-t?, wrl bring into the N« w-V-ork market the products of a, nuicii more extensi.e region of cottnfry than the Ohio canal a region ofcountn b'H little known except to those v.: have trnvers^d the rich and eaut»f valley of the winding Wabash v. I'ich from the common ni'tp", one

•rations, rlsulted in full the previous °P,n,on _*»

This communication, when opened will not only hold out to ose extens^ ive districts a better market for their pork, flour, whiskey, tobacco and cot ton, (the two last of which are now con

sidered

ernment,

how yon must have

4" foam'd and thunderM When th* deluge was subsidin'!

My thonSWsarestrange,"magnificent

r,-

When I look down to thee" ,0! what a glorions j)lace lor washing

sheep ,_ Niagara will be

^nd 0! what a tremendous water-

P°'y,r

Ts wasted o'er its edge One man might furnish all the world

with flour,

With a sirgle privilege!

1 wonder how many times the lakes

have all

p.pen emptied over tare!

er,

The eastern 'half of Illinois, the W abr.*h and White river parts of Indiana, are decidedly the most desirable divisions of ese two interesting states, and

These prairies are long and narrow a bound in springs of good'wnter, are easily put into cultivation, and when we d, inexhaust bie beds of stone coal are found all along the Wabash, from 1 erre-Haute, (a flourishing town, two hundred and sixty miles from its mouth,) we have presented to the enterprise of the emigrant, the capitalist of our city, and futum revenue of the state a country, which to me seems wonderfully overlooked

Should these reflections, the result of personal fdjseivation, be deemed worthy a place in your paper, it may induce the wiiter to mention the other two objects alluded to in the outset— subjects that require much fewer words, but at an early day will be felt

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practicability—'the summit ^evel beinu found but twenty-five feel, and so sit ,ate as \n be supplied, wth great fac»hty. with any quantity of water both or either of the nversSt Josephs •r St Mary's whose junction at 1 or Wayne forms the Maume of the Lake hi« detachment, I understand, is in .trueted to make an estimate of the ex nense of the canal, winch would con -iect the White rivers with the W abash '.t or near the mouth of the Miss.ss.newa. a line of something like seventy miles, beginning at Indianapolis thereby leading in the direction of INeuYork. full two thirds the whole produce of this state, as well as the most fertile half of Illinois

staples of the Wabash,) bnt by

caving one hall'or moi-e in the expense of transporting merchandize, will at once secure to New-York the sale of nearly all the merchandize consumed bv two considerable states, more than thev now supply- To the general gov

this work will be found inval

uable, owing to the great facility with which the North West frontier garrisons and her engagements with the Indians can be supplied United States property is to be free of lolls. These considerations, independent of the threat advance her lands will sustain in 'its vicinity, and the tendency it must have to bind more indissolubly western and eastern divisions of our county, would have warranted, had it been ne cessary, in my view, a grant ot thrice the quantity of land given. The read

by a glance at the map. without a knowledge of the face of the count) y, will attribute more consequence to this work, than any that can be undertaken of a similar kind, in any of the western states.

The Ohio or any other canal to nnite •he waters ot that river with the lakes, must full far ^hurtof the Indiana in im portar.ee to New \©rk. by reason of the great extent of territory, depending almo.t absolutely upon this means of reaching market in the summw season. The Ohio anal project was dictated by prudence and good policy in it the stat« has a sure foundation of revenue, much iess burthensome than any plan that could have been devised, besides iiaving a choice of markets lor her vol uable exports and all I presume to of fer is a comparative view ot these tuo works, as they relate to our own state and city. The Ohio canal is about three hundred and ten miles in length, bringing of course within its influence, a district of country to the same extent at an expenditure of six millinns, the interest of which and gradual liquidation, must be derived from tolls on the transit of property carried through it whereas the latter opens, besides the tract of-about one hundred miles lying along the banks, the whole Wabash country of some five hundred and fifty or six hundred miles, to vjhieh add the Wrllite rivers of not much less extent to be connected as before mentioned, and which toge her will not cost (there being four locks required.) exceeding one fourth or at most one third: thereby enabling Indiana to carry at one half or two thirds less than her neigh hor state: thus my premises are established

will be J'ound. when the census of one j'at Catllfj between the ages of two thousand eight hundred and thirty shall be taken, to contain an increase of population that will astonish all who have not made themselves acquainted with the growth of the^e members of th^ Union:—it will be found that the current of emigration for 7 years past has st inure strong in this direction firm any other: & now that the Indian title has been extinguished to nearly nil the lands, will greatly increa.se. The lands ir^nernlH^at particularly the prairies of theWabn^h are not surpassed, perhcip: ict equal ed the latter contains a strong mixture ofsand. highly favorable to the growth of cotton and tobacco

Wool Carding

,, ANb i',

Cloth Dressing.

The subscriber wishes to inform tl.. public that he has taken tic

Carding and Fulling

ESTABttsIIMEN William an4 Joseph Kilgore, o»

,( a superior quality, he hopesi to ,ble to execute all bu^Nessin.l.at, a at is a to an W O must be well wasted^

t-ul^ng, Dying

TAKEN UP

On the third inst by John Cumming, Hamilton township, Sullivan county. Indiana, .*

Sorrel Horse,

fif'een hands three inches high, supposed to be sir yeap& old, hind feet white, a blare in his face, and considerably saddle marked no other marks or brands perceivable Appraised to sixty dollars by William B. Kldridgc und Jfsse Kearby.

and ten years,

JONES

WANTED

1 or 2 thousand

llML

"1 ENQT IRE AT THIS

.. ©IFlSOTBo

•*.

June 1,1827,—11 rf.

clea"5\J

II hard subf.an^F one pound o. grease to acNmpjft every ten pouuilWool. 0r^

Price of Carding 8 cents per pound Persons coming a distance can havt 'heir ROLLS home with them, athere is water power here in abun

dance.

2 ^C LOTH,'.

AND

in all its various hranchei. CT^OTfl DYED any COLOUR that Ulanci t'Ji

J^inseys, Jeans,

and all kinds of /'7~i V^V/s LS and

BLANKETS

dressed in the best manner, and on the most reasonable terms. All kinds of produce tak^n in pay at market prices.

Jiom his experience in .gome of the Lastern establishnit nts, he hope** to merit and receive a bhare ot public pat ronage. 7

Samuel Lowry.

N B. If he finds sufficient encouragement he intends to put into operation Spinning and Ifeaving Machinery, us he has them on haud. S. L.

June 1, 1827.— 11.

A true copy from my book of Estray.'

,:r'

GHOVE POMKROY. Justice of the J'eace

Mav 1^ :.r-"

Notice.

Thr aubscriber respectfully informs his friend* and the public generally that he has commenced the

Butchering Business,

!n 'l erre Haute, where he intends to sell BEEF lower than ever it has been sold for CASH

He also informs the public that he will pav two dollars per hundred for

Save Costs!

EDGKRTON & ELLISON. June 1, 1UC7. 1 Itf.

State of Indiana, I 4. Wise & Sturgus, vs. William Belcher.

May 25,1827V

V»

tgo ounty, ss

I Domestic Attachment.

on the 14th day of

WHEREAS ... April, 1827, on the oath of John Wiae, of the late linn of Wise and Sturgus, a writ of Domestic Attachment, issued against the (Joods, Chatties, Rights Credits, Monies and eftvets of the *aid William Belcher, to sati«fv a debt of Twelve Dollar* and Fifty Cents, which is alledged to be justly due said firm of WUeAud Sturgus.s.

Notice

la therefore hereby given, that unless the said William Belcher, be and ap pear before me at my office, in the town of Terre Haute, on the 15th day of June, 1827, at 10 o'clock, A M. on *aid day, I will proceed to hear and determine the said suit in his absence, tnd judgment award, it the claim be satisfactory established. -S. S. COLLKTT,

Justice

of the ftact) V, C.

STRAYED

FROM the subscribers about the firs

)f April, last a

Brown Mare,

or 10 years olJ.ibou. fourteenanc half hands high, heavj^d.^l. An icrson »ho will return t,er to tlie .»h bribers, living lerrc-Haute rjve information where she mav ibund, sl.»H receive

ROBERT i»TUU(JlJS, Rfir'tn

Near Early and adjoining D, Johnson & Co store where we otfer a

5U,t'J'

*Fine assortment of GOODS\ Low for cash, or such trade as will

r.-n

W C. cJD LINTON.

Jan. 3, 1827. 43, tf.

SPRING 3.VI) SUMMER

L. II. SCOTT,

IIAS JUST RECEIVED FUOM PlULADF Ll'.UJ, "xt* and is now opening a handsoma assortmentot

Spring & summer hoods

well selected and adapted to the market—which he offers at the lowest cash prices of Terre*Haute.

April 20, 1827. 5tf

A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT

NEW GOODS.

Just received, direct from Philadelphia

s, and now opening for sale by

Wni.'-C. & D. Linton,

at thrir

NEW BRICK STORF.

Dr.

re|vaM

CHAMBKBLIN&KIBDLfc. Mav 25, 1827.

Masonic Notice.

Notice is hereby given, that the Fes tival of St. John, the Baptist will celebrated at the house ot Mr. Israel Harris, in the town of Terrc-Haure. mi the 25th day of June next all the neighboring Lodges and Iranaieij' Brethren are requested to attend

Executors iSoticc.

THE Subscriber having been np pointed Executor to the last will and testament of J°hn Brockelbank dec late of Vigo County, and in pursuaucr thereof ietters testamentary having been granted to the undersigned —0 1 ICE is hereby given to nil those wh« are indebted to'the Estate of the snid dee'd to make immediate payment, ar. all those who have demands against said estate to present them duly authentica ted within one year from the date here-of-As far as has been ascertained the estate is solvent.

SALMON WRIGHT. Kxocutor

Terre-ITaute Feb. 19, 1R27.—50 3m

liEMOVJlL.

WE have taken posssession of our

NEW BRICK STORE,

COMMERCIAL ROW

in Terre-

Haute which will he offered at the lowest prices fur CDSLL

will HHit. April 20, 1827 5tf

Those indebted to the Subscriber by Note or Book account, since the first dav of August last, are hereby notified that unless they come forwurdand settle the ime before the "20th instant, all such notes and accounts indiscriminately will be left with the proper officers for collection

or such produce as

Notice.

The Subscriber hereby informs his old Customers and the Public generally that he is now reedy to re-. ceive and

CARD WOOL.

His price will be eight cents per pound, paid in Corn, on the first day of Febtuarj next, at 12 1-2 cents per bushel, or every soventh pound of Woyl.— Approved notes will be required.

Those who live in this vicinity will deliver their Corn at Terre-Haute, and those living at a distance at sof.ne convenient place of drposite in their neighbourhood, that will suit the par. ties.

It is desired that the Sacks containing wool should be marked with the owner's naine-Ouc pound of Grease must be furnished tocvery eight pound* of wool.

All orders in this Line of Business will be thankfully received, promptly attended to, and executed in a superior style.

The subscriber also wishes to inform the Public, that he has now on hand and will keep constantly for sale on reasonable terms a •quantity of

Cabinet Furniture,

for which most kinds of Merchantable' produce will be received in part payment.

ABNER A. FULLER.

Tcrre-Haute, May 10,1837.—8tf. •9^

TV JU])T(i

PATENT SPECIF!,,

b-ral

mi -I

For sale at the shon nf A It, Terre-llautc, price j0'c Oct. 14. I8'?6

(MENLRJL LAND JXTI]

GKNCE OFciCft

*T have opened a General I ngenre Office at Fulton Court •in the Military Bounty Tract vhere I ofl'pr for sale 147" ions of Land belonginn-^j targe number of Lot, EelonL, •ts, which I am authorized\e1 most reasonable terms

"'j11 ?bo»eU.-e«c|Ku^()t^ buy choice lots for others tend to recbrdi ic dppds.

—redeeming lands sold for ing information of the situr tio together with any other busi^' taining !o lands at may

I liave resided on the Militar.J1f-he (o N. 3 E.) four years [tavirVl cral knowledge of it, and b^. the Garden of America— much o! it uncultivated

anijV

tiie inconvenience which larj labor under, as well a.s those ^is." become, settlers, induces met my services to the public I general field notes—stveral notes of my own taking, to.^.. a large map of the tract, tnd. plete copy of the auditor's bool coiu.ty, which will erir,hie me tu I ny inform »tion required

Persons wishii.g to sell can s-*l own price, or leave it to my thev will forward their titie with a power to sell, or tend

"heir lauds, with a p. omi.-eihaj per conveyance shall be raider °r the purchase money shall be ited (subject to their order,^ e.., Vandalia, Edwardaville or St. L: may be required My fees lor: a single quarter, is 10 per cent, purchase money for getting a deed recorded, 50 cents pay on a single quarter, 25 cents tl greater number of deeds and oth^ iness, a suitable discount will —the difference between cash ur state currency, will at all ti allowed

All letters post paid, or enc'' sufficient sum to m^et pit bua: will receive prompt attention.

OaaiA.i R0C

Fultoh C. H. Januajy 11th 1S2/

UNION IIALL!

CARLISLE, INDUU THE SU3SCIUBE11 HAS OTl^j

Entertainment

at the above plac-"'. which he, shall be well supplied with tlr country affords unremitting 1 tion shall be given to ail those «!s. favor him with a call.

HBNSON RIG

Mav 1 !, 1827.—lw.

LOOK AT 'Mil It,

A VALL'ABI E

#^^3

Scnv-Mtli, Gmt-k-n- A -AND

DI3T1LLERV,

Together or separate, to sn.U chasers, hing ou l^uits Creek, nlillion county, nuies bc.ov I from the Wabash river, tV lerre Haute. At a emm**' of water in the spring season.' Boat can bu taken from the river with ease. The above can \}r had on reasonable

tPrnb

CASH in hand, and a rtasona the balance in annual^. The country around to said premises, is as we.l^u good timber as ar** 1" «ni3 Shit* Earui is well watered and well

ved It is not necessary fo ^iveJ ticu lar detail of the adwnt.igfSi pei ison wishing to purchase to see for themselves. flCr»Call and ^ee the subscriberpi\ the premises. 10 HA r.t PATTf ^fay 12 1827.—8tf.

Insurance OiUcf

The public are hereht/ nol feed t¥ If JL A SCU oh FLJH

Protection Insurant

OFIIJRTFOnn, CONN0'r!'[ Has been recently established place, and that 1 ana fully author issue botjj

Fire & Marine P°^cje From the wealth and high sjan the Company, and from the low of premiums, I anticipate the •esults to the citizens of this sec

-"Escort

Terre-Haute, May 6,18^'