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Indianapolis Indiana Democrat (Newspaper) - January 23, 1839, Indianapolis, Indiana My a m o e u t , Jan Zaky 33, 1839. M 1ana Leli Lysla Luke a Wule of refkeisentative8. To Huff Day Jan. 17, trip la ohse Nier. Or. To of a ill trod i iced joint up oink a on a on i hts subject of a a a Lage line Ruad three Limos and parsed. Oli motion ofor. A Koch Olvid Ihn treasurer of he Reju espied it ort his Holline All the Intorn Atwoil a Fital it it in Atiz a Ihl k unofficial iii Hin the Tiitu Avion of tie iii Seyfi Onisi Relatia Awrence Btu rus a no flail Road ., the Anio imn Liondro a a sized said con my and Ciati All individual made 10 him during Ihu last year on that subject the speaker Laid b corp the Shontie a Arate Froni each the Hoard of Lut Craa in Proy ise it a la Quot and zoo Copna or it flir id be ii rented. Or. Wilson of it., introduced a joint solution on a he Subj Nof the new Alba ii and Alt. Canne Hail Road three Linius and . Or. Owen introduced a Hill relative the Madison and Indianapolis rail Road read and passed a second i Reading. Or. My corny ack introduced a Hill incorporate the Rou Roy manufacturing . Read and referred the Conn Pittee on Cor a onion. Air. Cotton of s. Introduced a Hill a fiend an act organize probate courts and for other purposes read three time and Pat i de. Pili Tiodos presented by or. L Enne of Jacob Jaker and others for a Hanse in a slate Road. By Imp. I Owell of sundry citizens of Rutih and Shelby , on the a subject of a Turnpike Road. By or. Bryce of Hin in Povell and others on the subject of a state Road. By or. Millroy. Of Wil Iani Post for Relief. By Imp. Field of the Stock holders in the Salem and Olio Turnpike company. By or. Gregory two petitions on the eur eject of state roads. By or Willey of James Heron and o Herfi of Relief. By or. A Ltd , of sundry of Franklin Fayette and Union. By or. Kenton of sundry Cit Zimis of Jaspir county on the subject of the three per Crit. Fund. Alfo of or. and others of Jasper county legalize the proceedings of comic is inert a of Aid county. By or. Jones of sundry citizens of Spencer Perry Pike and Pubis praying for an increase of Bank capital. J unit of lir Settle. An Art a nor dior a the ricin Noni it Ltd i by Puni Quot if ii Wjk a ., was read twice and referred the judiciary Cornu Nitter. An act vacate and sell tie Public a snare in the town of Edin Bursh. An act locate a state Road from an Ola the state line and from the Stute line the county seat of Dekalb . An act Lor the Benefit of Joha Robinson. An act Amend the several Laws of this state relative general elections. An act increase the per diem allowance witness sei were severally read and Sta sed a second Reading. An act amendatory of the act for the formation of the county of blackly read twice and referred a select committee an act locate a slate Road therein named read twice and referred a select cont Niikoe. An act Amend an act relative county boundaries. An act authorising a state Road leading from Allison Franklin Rio. Johnson s Mills on fall Creek. An action incorporate the Indiana medical Institute Worre read and passed a Bufond heading. A Bill authorize John Manning sen. To build a Neil dam across the st. Joseph a fiver was read twice and referred Toast Lect committee. Or. Prolix from the committee on canals reported a Bill providing for the surveying irom the Summit level of the Erie and w Michigan canal the Illinois state Lino read and parsed a second Radii if. Or. Cotton of. From the committee of corporations reported a Bill incorporating Ilie Vevay steam Mill ., read and passed a second Reading. Or. Marshall from the committee on the slate Bank reported a Bill providing for the increase of Stock in the state Bank read and passed a second Reading. Or. Graham from the committee on the canal fund reported a Bill authorizing the fund commissioners make deeds and release on the part of the state read and passed a second Reading. Or. Kilgore from a select Minitte ported a Hill declaring a county Road a a state Road read and passed a second Reading. Or. Terrell from a select com Mike reported a Bill for the Relief of Thomas Jones read three times and . Abili for the Relief of i. D. Prentice Wissinger and j. B. Monton was read a third time and passed. , irom a select committee reported a Bill Amend an act Raj Glating the Mode of taking ii it Anim iils and. Oiher a rpt Yogi a Biray read Aud i a a second a or. Roffe from a a tel it a a Smittee Bill authorize Tbs thib of the Union county Seminary read and passed a second Reading. A Bill change the Mode of doing county business . Spencer county read and Paff de. Or. Kenton from a select comm tree por Fml a Bill locate a state Road in White and Clit Oll county read and referred the Cainin Itte on roads. A Bill incorporating the Tippecanoe and a Monticollo Bridge ., waa read and passed a a Ednd a Bill repeal an act appropriating part of the Oliree Peir cent fund of Jan per Cotin Wasj read and parsed a second Fead Trio ton uie h it Nice anon red. In the rate noon the Bill modify the plan of carrying on the system was taken up. The proceedings were Given in our last. In be ate. Sat rat january 19, the Bill provide tor an increase of sch restock in the state Bank was taken up and on motion of or. Mitchell refer raid a select committee composed Ozone senator from each judicial circuit. Or. Crawford moved instructions Quot that the committee be instructed District the whole state into Bank districts no one of which shall be composed of More than live counties. Or. Bryant moved Amend so that the committee shall form no Bank districts. Or. Dobson moved am my by out and adding authorising four new branches in such ,/is the a legislature shall hereafter make which was accepted. Or. Bowen noved further instruct Byad it i Inge Quot that the Bill shall contain a provision that the increase of slate Stock shall not depend on the increase of or. Kennedy noved Lay the instruction on the table which was agreed ayes 27, i is 17. Messes. Mit Cileli Finch Mottot of p.,. Walker Kennedy Fligler Trimble and Crawford were appointed the Conn Pittee. I the Bill the Board Otlyn eternal improve Meiu was taken up a ind read a second time. Or. Dobson proposed trend let a adding an additional , i blows &Quot."icc. That it shall be the duty of the Lohn expend an equal amount on the i veral works Ench ear in proportion a the Obj Inal iii we. I ii estion was taken the Bill was committed a committee of the whole and ii Ide the special order of this Day for tuesday next at 10 o clock. Nuts or ref a by or. Baird of st. Joseph Amend an act entitled an act a Ifrid an act provide for Disirio hitting so much of the surplus Revenue of the United. States As the stale of Indiana May Boen i titled and receive by virtue of an act of Congress approved �3d january i Jig approved february 7, 18i>8 which was i twice read and ordered a third Reading. By or. Baird of st. . A joint relative the improve mint of the great st. Joseph s River which was three times read and passed. Bills or. Ewing of a., a Bill incorporate the Connersville and fort Wayne savings institution and insurance company which was twice read and referred the committee on corporations. By or. Trimble Amend the act organize probate courts and defining the Powers and duties of . Administrators and guardians read Throe times and passed. By or. Lowe declaring main Fiji. Rock a Public Highway three titties read and passed. By or. Brady enable the several school commissioners distribute certain school funds derived from the surplus Revenue lands forfeited for the non payment of taxes and i in sum heretofore set apart for common school froth poll tax twice read and termed the committee on education. By or. Clark of t., reduce the Board of fund commissioners which was twice read and referred a select committee of messes. Ewing of a., Ewing ofc., Bowen Mitchell and Morlatt. By or. Clark ofl., Amend an act for the incorporation of county libraries twice read and referred the come Pittee on corporations. The Bill for in it i further improvement of tha Michigan Road Ortli of Napoleon was taken up and referred a select committee of messes. Cole Ewing of c., Baird of st. Joseph Brady Walker a Worgan Smith of r., Watts of a Lowe Cathcart Crawford Smith of w.,and Williams the Senate adjourned. L test from tex As. The new Orleans Picayune of the 5ti instant contains some items of news from Texas papers of the 30th ult. The Mosi interesting of which we sub join Quot or. Wilson a senator in Congo Csir from i tho Harrisii Birgh District has been expelled from his seat by a vote of i. The around Droit which he was expelled Weie profanity in oking the Veu dance of god it a any and All who voted for a certain Bill Quot refusing come Fri Ord de died. And 1 divulging proceedings he was bound keep secret. A the message of the president is an Able state paper and will incr ase the already i reputation of its author. A a a Bill for the removal of the seat of government of the Republic of Texas has pay used the House of representatives by a vote of i Wendy Nino three. The Bill provides for the Choice of five commissioner of be chosen by the joint Vot of both Ilou is with Power select four Leagnes of land Between ton Miles East of the bras sos and ten Miles West of the Colorado and not coming South of 30 Deg. 29iii. Ortii latitude. 7 the views of the president in regard the establishment of a National Bank on government is sole pr6prietor i a a gov Jennie it i the body of the citizens and will receive the favourable action of Congress. The Comanche indians Are still committing depredations. But a few Days since they succeeded in carrying off five sons two or three of whom were children of a or. Lockhart residing West of the Colorado. Down Blistrop but a week or two since and stole several Horst s within the immediate Vicinity of the town. These aggressions will soon terminates. As a Bill is now before con Prees establishing a Chain of military Post along he Frontier which will effectually Cut off the indians from the important from Texas. By last advices from Texas it appears thit the Inui Vitants of Coahuila a state adjoining it Are disposed coalesce with their american neighbors. It was Zava lan s plan carve out of the or Send Piid Lic of Mexico a new confederacy con-si.-of Texas and several northeastern states of that Republic. These states Are by a people of a More Liberal character Tolian the rest and we should not 1 0 surprised hear in no longer Lime that inv asian s scheme vas adopted and that the texan Empire extended our the Rich Inizie i and Delight till table lands of one third of is. Louis Gazette. The Milledgeville a. Journal of the i7 i ult. a Quot we learn by a letter from Oumbus, a in this place Ilu Itan alarming state of things existed in al it City. It seems that a Man was arrested on a charge of horse Metaline who has imn Tovery of the incendiaries who burned Down the court House and jail some time since. In consequence of these Confes irions several other individuals were a Resi Eil. One of the individuals who Peiu ally lived the court Ilouise is now in prison and the citizens have been called on form a Gottard at the jail prevent a .�-fue. The confess Oti of the horse thief arrested would seem indicate tiie exist Tice of a plot Burr and plunder the cell Quot speech of or. Bright on the modification Bill. Or. is no cause for the fear professed be entertained ii gentlemen on this floor that the state i a be ruined by our system of internal improve Zient. Even if our work of will Cost the Large sum of $�1.000,000, As alleged by the gentleman from Posey or. Oven still we have the ability Complete them we have pledged our Faith the completion extensive interests have grown up under that pledge and tho credit of the state and the Prosperity of the people alike demand that we should comply with stir Promise. In undertaking this system the state had no mercenary object in View. The weal it of a government consists not in Money but in the Prosperity and Happi Ziess of the people and no government Worth having that does not legislate with a direct reference these objects. In adopting this system the state designed then furnish the people a cheap Illey and Means of travel and transportation and thereby encourage agriculture incite Industry facilitate the operations of Trade promote the growth and increase the general business and wealth of the country. We Are in the strictest , an agricultural people be have few or no ?3. Tiie Cou Witry is dotted Over in every direction wet ii farms our soil is Rich and Prodoti chive and yields Industry an abundant Harvest. But what of his of what Avail is it the Fanner raise a superabundant crop if the ipod Uttof his la or must rot upon his Liana i it for Thant of a Market or what is equally As bad if the expense of transportation eats up i Riih value of his commodity. Yet Surh is a flu stub Tithof the farriers in Ninny of he i Interior counties in this state. The y pro a Dice More than they consume. They hive att dually of their hands a Large sur i plus which could they gift it Market with dirt too great an exp pfc a would iter ind a in value Imi tor want of the Inch if Ujj i Good Fundus and canals would afford it is suffered go Vraim Antl is a total loss the country of it taken Market the Cost of trans Jurta tion swallows up the profit. Why is it that the prod tiits of the Interior Are in general Worth from one half fun o thirds Lesii than in the River counties a for no other reason than tha the Cost and difficulties of transport at k n impose a tax upon the value of the article tar Thore ohis Rous thai the amount that Ould be Asse sed construct our Public works. There is not an Interior county in our Sute that does not annually Loose in the reduced value of its products occasioned by the want of those facilities Vrzich go by roads and can nals afford five thries the Amo int of Revenue that would be necessary Ciar by on our a is Teri. On the single Artiel a imn Noah Lun iii Nike a Ecea iary defray the expense of tote government. This May at fit seem strange bit if it be True As it is supposed that 200,000 head Are annually driven a distance of 40 Lod Niles a Inkret and that each hog losses in weight the value of in consequence of driving it is evident that there m a total loss loss the com Munith on Liis article alone of from but two hunk by thousand dollars. It is but poor encouragement the producer be obliged year after year Enis Ointer those losses for the want of those facility cry which is the duty of the state consulting the interests o the people furnish nor is it be understood that Interior counties alone will lie benefits eds or that by furnishing facilities a tie More Remote the products of those nearer Market will be reduced in value. A concentration of the surplus at any Given Point of diminishing the value will increase the buyers produce Competition and enhance the Price the Utility of works of internal improve ment. Is not at this Day a matter of conjecture. We have the example of new York Pennsylvania and Ohio before us guide and direct us. New York that wast first try the Experiment after finish ii he Hudson and Erie canal and witnessing for fifteen years its beneficial results if now undertaking new works the will Cost her people Ronor millions of Dollare for a time her system the same violence of opposition that is manifested Here. Her undertaking was rep resented As visionary and Chinitz Riyat in the extreme and at Leas a adv milf. Otth e Quot Wal Ltd i081 la ions Money and when completed would not. Produce Theon half Ozone percent., that it would Bea Buirden on the people without the Hope of a corresponding Benefit. Yet amidst doubts and Forel Iddings and the ridicule and obloquy which the work on countered the state pursued steadily Heff Onward course and the result proved that her better councils had prevailed a inthe first year after the com detion of the canal the tolls amounted $d6c,000,�? More than paying the entire inv rest on the Cost of the work and in five years after 542.695. The friends a a that Ork a in merely anxious for its completion. With the View of reconciling the people the expense of it entered into Laboured calculations show that it Woitiw ultimately be a Public Bend fit and in a he ardor of the or Hopes predicted Whitt within Quot so years the Carial oui annually bring Down 25o,o06 How Little did they foresee tho True result the actual amount Whick reached the tide in 1836, 697,346 tons or nearly three fold the Quantity estimated and the tal tonnage of that year ascending and descending exceeded thirteen Hundred thousand tons. It is True we a not new Yorki but we Are not so very far by Hind what new York was at the time of commencing he canal. See had a population of Abovitz i�00,000. We have a population of about 70,000. The total were valued at $304,00c�z,�60, ours is Worth about �z6s,-000,000, including a i pwn fas of 5,< ,oo0 acres of land not .able, but which constitutes a part of the real wealth it Ihu state new York now stands unrivalled in population and in wealth by an state in the uni in her population is a sting ted at 3,000,000, and her wealth at j Aioo 000,000 and for this rapid , she is mainly indebted her system of internal improvement a which spoke into being along the a Neotha canal numb Rou towns and , and gave a general Imperi Stothe business of the state. And if we look Back what Indiana was in 1820,containing a Pula tio Nodonly 147,000 ,a8they Wei a called extending Only about forty it i fifty Miles North from the Ohio River the people poor a possessing scarcely any personal property acid their lands Worth Little my than Congress Pride and contrast their then condition with the prelim who can Tell what Tenty years come May accomplish in if we adopt the same Means Foster Trie great interest of the i the which have been pursued elsewhere with so n Nich Success. Tote gig Gatesl in Den Akin Genei ally encounter the strongest opposition. Ever since we engaged in our Mvi Teui in fuse i every Effort has been made Render it in

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