Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1825 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ABWRTISER

' aM BY ELII1U STOUT. V1NCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1855 Vol. 10. No. 31

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jL trading tor a note ot nana ex ruted hv me to Aran V. Pons, tor three

hundred and ten pound of C -.rtnti, due in November next, as lam determined not to pay said note it bcn fraudulently obtained, unless compelled law. JOHN IIELPIIISTINE. Aug. 29, 1825. 29-3t

retentive memories; and many things arc not worth remembering : my sentiments on that occasion now recalled to mind by

even provide for ourselves without Icav ing an incumbtancc on our postciitv mi. c

j ly we should not leave them to nay tor

TOR THE WESTERN SUN.

IMP R 0 V KM EXT of the WJDASII LETTER 4tll. To The editor. After my notice of -i . tn! . .r ! . : " i

me imnoib ace oi n.em pouuion, ami inc , mpi..:nt. mv rrrntirr.:nn nf 1int was Wabash t reserved, can rcaililr lie rt.

publication of Mr Hind, I turn my attcn- j said can tlc foowin facl nllVrcd tinmiisln d ; and I have no doubt a liberal tlOU With Unaffected delcrenCC, tO the Jef- , nr ' ipnt to ,1,n rnmn.iMn, thn, Km. nml I.Prnmm .InnMmn .A hmlr.,, Un

Mr. N. may have been of that character; what they might dispense with: iu...e

but to prevent a repetition of thc error, I ! particularly when wc can do what ihcy will refresh his memory by taxing my ! must effect, if wc do not. Thc Indian ti-

I roni some notes made at the joint tic to that pot Hon ol thc banks ot vho

own

fersonville canal ; that I may reciprocate

the good-natured shrewdness of Mr. Nel-

tucky had made arrangements for effect- for the puiposes ot the canal, to coi.i.tct

ing a canal on the Louisville side of thc the Wabash with the Manna e. If i; be

?U1 ? " , ,ar' V l"rtl,llcail-l I river, which would equally accommodate premature now to improve the Wabush, by his salutation in the Indiana Farmer of ourcitizcns abovc thcl fa; . & thc com. it nmst havc been premature to puichase

lTt)rlCE is herrbv given, that thc

4 umicrsie;nea nas ootauieo icuers ot

administration on the estate ot Iftzrkiah

flennety deed (l ite of Gibson count) snd that from an examination and appraisement of said estate, it is found that said estate will probddv be solvent. D Wit) RO'Ul. Mm. Aurust 30, 1M25. 29-.it

Administrator's oticc.

,llU) M the number and nvu;ni!lile of thc claims recently to nv exhibi'cil air dust the estate of James Mo jre, doed.

Yhtc of Gibson county,) it is ascertained

, that the said estate is inevitably involve: f f r. i . . r. i.i : . . .i . nil

Circuit court mv bill of cemp!?i;t for the

n-ttlcmcnt of the sid eta'e ;c .-Mul'm to

the statute of the state of Indiana for t!e leMlement of insolvent states and I do hereby q;ive notice to aP thc e! f ditors of said state, that unless they come in an 1 present their claims before the determination of thc court thereon, they will be postponed until after the payment of th jse w hich shall be presented. DAVID ROHB, Mm. Aiitit 25, 1825. 29-T-t oficr to Printers. rTHL undcrvijroctl accpiaints thc Pt inlet s d this city, and thioup;hout the United States, that after very heavy expei 'i'U'es. an I much exertion, he iscnab'ed to exer ne at 'he shortest Oftire, all ordets or tvpc of the folio , v'nur sj-cs :

July 23d. His publication appeared on

the eve of an important election, and I heard nothing of it until the event it seems fitted to influence, had transpired. In allusion to his project, for a canal around the falls of the Ohio at Jeflcrsonvillc, Mr. Nelson observes " The strongest argument which I ever heard used against it, was siuricstcd by Mr Euin, the st .natot from the district ol Kt ox. Davie s k Martin, in joint commit ec . I hoih iiouhts oti this subject at the las: . hsion of the gen cral assembly. Mi Ewn's atgumuit nras, that s tle stale of Ohio would now o; ' 0 a catuo uniting the Ohio liver with !ako Iv ic, all thc business of the west ahove the f "is, would pass oV 'o the east, and all that below thc falls vvoulddepait to the wct. and thus leave a kind of commercial vacuum or vortex at the lalls of the Ohio, around which there would be a rapid circulation, but at the particular point there wouhl be nothing done. And so certain was Mr Lvvimr, that his said theory was correct, tli.it his inclination ?eenn d to lab n with the contemplation of a spot at thc h.lls as uncouth anclavratr, though not pii e so daop;erou: as the celebrated Maeisttow on thc ceast of Norway. And yet Mr. Ewin; had no kind of objection that thc Iruuds of this v.is'e, (that was to be) should be indulged i ilh throw in away 5550.000 on it, provided they would permit hm to have thc other S25O.0O0 disposed of towards certain cententjil ited canals of the Wabash, c. I sav Mr. Lwin's is thc ,jhon.cst ate,ument I have met with, and if it should be iue.'i"ncd. I will lake upon myself the

j hm ilen ol au-'Weiiiii; my suppioed stron-

rer at JVMiiem, leavi,);- ur

fitment to au'ver itseU.' Disavow itu; anv w ish im ,;ui rf ininccritv, or to ;'.pjv :r and not vcrv willing 'o i. p. i the old fashioned li'i' h" vao

manufacturing an argument

missioner and engineer, appoitttcd by thc and improve thc fertile soil of our state ; state of Ohio, to examine and report thc and with its departing current, which wo most feasible plan, to remove or avoid thc can now viiw without avail, wc should obstruction at the falls had allei set miry, send thi't t-oil and climate, where man imported in favor of the Kentucky shote, could benefit by. and enjoy the ni pro,pca nqiiiiini; aoo- h less e x p tiditui e : rously, us thc God of nature unquestionand Ohio and K Micky, are the ii tctcs- ; b!y intended. The crigitial bill ol Mr. ted panics tk 1 e should not waste our Ni was lepottcd to thc I oue; thc judgcredit upon a rival work, which cannot to nient of the committee wa there ccitcc-

any important extent, bctn fit cursclerihat if Kentucky fails to accomplish aanal at Louisville, after a rale of stock h been t fleeted, an engineer employed, ana other preparations in forwardness, the necessity of that undcilakintr has been rc-

ted : it was disunmotcd in i's essential

ii points, r.nd so disposed of. But it sc ins Mr. N. who is thc avowed fiiend nf internal impiovcmcnt, is sotTewhat like Mahomet, who would visit Pataditc only upon his mule, when numer. us followers of-

ported to cnnr;n ss, recommended by thc j lercd splendid convey ; nees his

o v v v c i j 'i uuu uui nuiut iv joun .j will be applied, if necessary ; whilst our icst iuces can be employed with comparative advai tai;e and benefit, on the Wa-

chan;:eablc piediliction lor the unfortu

nate Jefiersonv illc pioject. is txttaordinaty but thc plan ot Hihduing cortect

opinion, like a second Cazsar with his re

hash that tl e experditmc of ot.r funds tii vidi. v'ci when it militates against his

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la - liii'is ; 'Ms- . of l ' s V , , "u a.1 vV( r

Grea' Pri: ?e;Tsi, Pua

ircvirr

Small Pice, I.ciif ??; cr,

Thc type which is furnished ftom bis foundry, will, it is confidently believed, bo ptonouneed equal, if not supetior, in

beauty and dtti.ibditv, to any nvv in use in this country. s it has been the-wish of the subset i her to have bis plain type excel in ileancc. In has not yet prepared himself to iue a .V.vfpr;, lhnk of ornamental type - he will, however, in a short time, furnish Prime: s with samples of every requisite tvpc fir a piper or boo!; office He will thankfully receive orders for any quantity of type, or other articles abovc enumerated, and pledges hhmelf to furnish them as punctually, and upon as i;ood terms- as they can he procured from any Type Found v in America. Thc subscriber takes thc liberty to mention that he is thc first na'ive American letter Cutter in thc United States, nnd that ncwlv all the letters furnished from thc difierent foundries have been cut bv him. He has for ninny years labored in the service of proprietors of o ther foundries. He now asks the patro0 At of Printers for himself. He has also rvcry description of ir.i J? ?.'- S flier Rule Quo tat tens, Jus:i crs, leaders, tV UirtiATU) STARR. Philadelphia, M?eh 26, 1325.

itself, ' I amvorry to be loreed to ihvL'.rc

thr pre'et tied eompend of no o-viiment, as nivenab-'ve is vision, try .md i: con ret. In a j iiu nu t tin; of thc c in ittcr ot thc house ol repicscntativ es on ih vtdiject of internal impt ov emi-nt, I fuuiui Mr. Nelson the stiener us advocate o' a bill to pledge the faith of the state for SM'O.OOO to pei feet the .h fetsonvilte canal I have not the journals at baud, but if my memory serves, the committee of the lower house, of which I bede e Mr. N. was chairman, consisted of more than twice the number of thai of the senate Aware that $50' V oo was as much as the credit of the state could expect to raise upon fair terms S assured that Mr. . would have his bill reported to thc house in sonic shape 1 was therefore, content to propose, that it he repoited with the sum of 50,000 for its accomplishment, if the same sanction were rfivcn toano'her bill for the inmrovement of the Wabash, wi'h an equal apiwopt iation : conscious at the same lime, that on examination ol both

measure m and a full and fair discussion ! of thc relative advantages of each, the ! Wabash in every point of view, would he i piefcred.and the appropriation for its im1 provement & extension, increased to the . whole sum. To briti both subjects before the legislature with equal strength, ' was my object and 1 never did, nor 1 never could, graduate, my estimate of the benefit and importance of the Wabash, by thc IelTe-sonvillc project. Indeed I have the relative importance nf this work in view, ami every just claim our neighbors whom it more particularly concei ns, can have upon us, when I distinctly advocate the agricultural, mercantile, political, pecuniary and moral prepondci ance, of thc improvement and extension of our own river. As both works could not be provided for, and the one most advantageous I to ourselves, and to po'tciity, could be sustained ; so soon as Mr. N. declined my , offer to teport both bills, 1 avowed my obt jeetionsin committee, to any expenditure at this time, on thc JcfTersonvillc canal. On one occasion at least, I remember Mr.

! N. did not leave my k argument to an

at Jcffernnvn.v , wt.uhl soon enable Lou

isville to complete a canal and an (Xpendituie on the Wabash, would circulate in our own state ; n thus abject it wou'd reanimate and si, i ngiftcTi f ei y calling, render a matket accessiSJc tha would enhance the value of all ouVjn nducts, and all t d thc most ii resistible invitation t emigrants on that it Would men lv atXml a. choice ol faeilitieb to ti vals in market, and a wasteful expenditure to oniM-lves that the eastern mar V t -cm iall allbid:i o:;r thiri more for cur .reduce, than Now Oilcans and thc coinph iion of the Ohio canal, the Susoue-

lianna canal, and thc Potomac canal, all !- . .., ...

progtessing io connect tne uiuo with taste u m o kcii abovc the falls, will uniiest'nnably lessen 'he descending tsade, at least" or.-- haif and thc connection of the Wab e h and Illinois rivers with the. Iake3 b hrv t i i o falls, must entirely command ' at portion of the ascending trade, intcndvd tor an eastern market as the prob .hie tolls of tlio whole undivided trade during thc pant year, could only be estimated to realize about 835,000, after paying incidental cxpences if wc make a dcdu.cticn of th;t poition of th- present business, which will inevitably prefer thc b st ma ket.by the routes mentioned and then divide between Louisville and Jef-lers-nvillc the t enni'ttiUig tr ule, vvku't-ill

be the result of the tolls? Admit n

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Ppinf. nrrnP'itiv pvrrtltiul lit Mvcr ilsc,s" iuul hh remark, 'hat M had tl ,ntlU, AtCUltU Ul no klnJ of objcclinnt. &c u ,0 mc won. tills office. 1 drous strange i however all men have r.wt

seme mvnuous ctcoit wouio att-.tn to each s'a'c for rivalship in obviating a gieat obstt uction, on a gteat thoroughfate; would not pecuniary loss be certain, and is Indiana able to bear it ? That thc Wabash improvement secures in a much greater degree, an increase and profit to our state that although Mr N. denies the (Directness of Mr. Uates' report (the Ohio engineer who estimated a canal on thc Kentucky side, at near one third less than it would cost on that of Indiana) surely it would be worse than imprudent to waste our means upon a similar wok, S;c. he. I may here add, by v-fK of noticintr some moic ol Mr. Nelsons

KviTotftTsf" atguments that it aimcWrl

this unchangeable advoca'c of the .IcfTcronviltc work, denies, or evades, or leaves to answer themselves, (except about electien times.) many of the prominent considelations relative to thc subject, ptoper to guide the judgment ot an Indiana statesman that the odium justlv ircurtcd by founcr appropriations, and former calculations upon that object, with the situation of our state, h neighboring states rt the present time, show the impolicy now, of wasting either time or money open it; more particularly as thc Wabash

undertaking, which piovidcs for our ywi want?, and brings forth thc latent advanj

ages ol our own position in thc union, dc tnands our means and our attentionand insures to us in return, both profit and strength. Mr. N may be one of a few who consider the improvement of thc Wabash as premature so he may think the settlement and increase of our

state; but if thc same sum had been expended on tMs ncblc stream that has been wasted at JcfTersonvillc. thc effects would have benefitted bv additional settlement and increase. Wc should provide for ourselves before wc expend mean', to accommodate our neighbors ; and if rvc cannot

nioicct, can no loncer succeed. In ull

my arguments upon thai often discussed, and long provided foi Jtficrtonviile business, and upon the wished for impiovcn cr t and e xtetii-iou of our tivcis I view thc iuteiest of the whole state, and ol each of its important pans, as coincident I banish the dreams of visionaty h)pothethis, and the chimcias of cU udvc ai icipation I take matters a they ate, and judge of them by the past, and thc present, giving all due weight to opposing considerations ; and if thc intellectual attainments of Mr. N. could condescci.d to pursue the same mode, he would not I think, select the. warm atmosphere of electioneering tuimoil. to illustiatc cither subject; nor would he longer insist upon obtruding a measure, decided to be inexpedient ot this time Mr. N's. parallel of the N.York canal can apply only to thc improvement ol thc Wabash both pass a long distance through the interior, k accommodate the r.-urctuc points of the rcspctivc states, at the same time that they a fiord a profitable facility to thc trade of others the money expended upon each add to thc wealth of her own citizens population, and commerce, and wealth, and mar.ufactuics, followed the one, and will accompany the other; rvhilst the JciTeisonviJIc pioject, would exhaust our credit upon two nuieS of our soil, in ;n unneecssaiy and unprofitable woik, if the Louisville work proceeds and at any rate beless profitable to iu. in eve ry point of view, as it would absoib ihc means re quired to accomplish othcr moie interesting Sc important wotks, from which our state, and every class of our citizens, will derive an increasing revenue.

But although thc paramount importance of the Wabash anel her tnbutarics, is evident to cveiy man who will consult thc map of our state, and cur present situation, yet I am persuaded there arc many points within our boundary, where much local, and probably general benefit, might acciue from the employment of capital Je Tcrsonvillc may be such a place until wc can realize a surplus ca

pital however, or use our credit more advantageously, I must insist upon that pre

ponderating improvement which can be

brought within our reach, and afford a

certain and enticing forerunner ot every other. If thc last legislature had provided for thc examination and survey of the Wabash, abovc where it ceases to be our boundary with Illinois anel the survey and level, of a connecting canal from the junction of the Wabash and Little Rivers, to that of thc St. Mary's and St. Josephs, with a feeder from thc latter, and had authorized commissioners to report the same, I am satisfied all existing obstacles to thc progress of the work might soon bo removed This is what our next ensuing legislature will do, if they consult the public good then our latent advantages as a state, abundantly sufficient to enrich

any people, will be called forth ; and thcT

benefit to ourselves win result, no: aion

in point of public revenue, which must

be great, but also in a tremendous increase to our population to our trade, tQ thc yalue and nature of our product, to the value of property, to the intelligence end comfort of our citizens, and to the

I wcr.lth and circulating medium of oyr