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8Sr, &m .raa ilf B$a sPf Whole Xo. 175. Turborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C) Friday, November 1, 1833. rf Ar 'o 7. The "Tarbnrmtgh Free Press" ItY GKORUR HOWARD, Is puMMicil weekly, at Two )(!crs and Fifty ( per year, if paul in advance or, V'.nr 7)0 rw, at i Ik- expiration of the sulci iptiun vrar. For any period less than a year, Twenhj-Jv? Cents per mciuh. S;iW.ribers are at liberty to (lUcontinue at any time, cm tjivini; notice thereof ami paying arrears those resi'kins at a distance nuit invariably pay in advance, or give a responsible refemice in this vicinity. Advertisements, not excecrtii's; 16 lines, will be in setted at 50 cents the fii-bt insertion, and 2.5 cents each continuance. Longer ones at that rate fr every 1G lino. Advertisements must be marked the number of insertions required, or they will be continued until uiherwise ordered, and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the l'.ditor must be post paid, or they may not be attended to. American Canals and Hail Roads. For the following sketch of the situation and length of some of the principal Ca nals and Rail Roads in the United State and the Cutiadus, we are indebted to a correspondent. Some of those works arc completed, gome surveyed, &, some not commenced. The common way of travelling on these Canals, is in covered boats, called canal boats, which are dragged along the bank on the tow-path by one to three horses. These boats are divided into three different apartment-?, called the for ward and aft cabins; the centre is reserv ed for merchandize, anil for the horses, fcc. The accommodations on board ol smne of them are equal to those of the first hotels in New England. They are accompanied with a part of a band of music, library, &c. Erie and Hudson Canal, connects the w tiers of the four great Lakes of the West with those of the Atlantic; length 362 miles; 40 feet wide on the surface, 2L at the bottom; 4 deep, with b3 locks. Chesapeake Sc Ohio Canal, 360 miles. Pennsylvania Caual commences at Middleton, on the Susquehanna, and pushes up the river, westerly to the Alle gheny Mountain, crossing these with a Kail way of about 50 miles, thence to Pittsburgh, a distance of 320 miles. Ohio Slate Canal connects Lake Erie with the Ohio, at the mouth of ihe Scio to, 30G miles. Miami Canal connects the Ohio river at Cincinnati, with Luke Erie at Mau mee, 2G0 miles. Santee Canal, from Charleston to Co lumbia and Cambridge, S. C. 130 miles. Hudson and Delaware Canal extends from the Hudson to Luckawaxen Canal district; 140 miles. Pennsylvania and Erie Canal, from the Alleghany river near Pittsburg, to the town of Erie, on Lake Erie; 125 miles. Schuylkill Canal connects Philadel phia to Mount Carbon Anthracite Coal Mines, 111 miles. Morris Canal connects the Delaware river at Easton, Pa. and is intended to fa cilitate the transportation of Lehigh coal to New York; length AG miles. Conestoga Canal, from Lancaster, Pa. to the Susquehanna river; 81 miles. Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal connects the Ohio river at Heaver, Pa. about 80 miles. Delaware Canal extends from the De laware river at Easton, to Bristol; length 80 miles. Union Canal connects the Schuylkill at Readinr, Pa. with the Susquehanna river at Middletun, 73 miles. Inrmington Caual leaves Lonj; Island Sound, and wheu completed with the Connecticut river, at Northampton, Mass. Go miles. Lehigh Canal extends from Mauch Chunk Coal Mines to the Delaware riv er; 47 miles. Pdacksione Canal extends from Wor cester, Mass. to Providence, R. L 45 miles. Champlain Canal, G4 miles loner, con nects Champlain Lake with Erie Canal 5 miles above Albany. Oswego Canal connects Lake Ontario with Lake Erie Canal, 38 miles. M.ddlesex Canal, 30 miles long, con nects Harbor with Merrimack river, is an inland communication with the interior of New Hampshire. Littlb Schuylkill Canal extends from the Coal Mines to the Little Schuylkill river, 27 miles. Dismal Swamp Canal connects ihe waters of Chesapeake Bay with Albe marle Sound, 22 miles. Seneca Canal connects Seneca Lake with Erie Canal, 20 miles. Cumberland and Oxford Canal, con nects Portland, Me. and Sebago Lake, 20 miles. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from the Delaware river to Elk river, which discharges into Chesapeake Buy, 18 miles, breadth GO feet. It is calculated ny of them forcibly dispossess the poor unprotected Indian of his horse and cul tivated lands. Owens had the unenvia ble I louor of being of this class also. The Indians have a right, granted by the treaty, of complaining of those who thus 'intrude' on them. They complained among others of Owens. It was proved, that lie had dispossessed one man of his house and farm, and a young girl of an other farm of 100 acres of valuable land, and broke her arm for complaining; and with others, (among them a dentist) rob bed the Indian graves the dentist, for the teeth, and Owens for the silver orna ments and beads, which are always buried with the Indian dead, and these he after wards sold in his shop. For these acts of violence and rubbery, and other outra- for vessels of a draught not exceeding ! ges, the U. S. Marshal informed Owens, 1U leot. Crooked Lake ami Conewango Canal both enter Seneca Lake. Louisville and Portland Canal, at the Falls of the Ohio, 4 miles, cut through the solid rock. Corondelet Canal connects Lake Pon chartrain with the Mississippi river. James river and Kanawha Canal. Illinois and Michigan Canal. Among the Canals in the Canada are that he must leaver the 'nation.' This he refused to do. While those charged with his removal were attempting to eject him, he endeavored to blow them up the house, but failed; ami afterwards when summon ed to surrender, he drew arms, and was shot. The Marshal had previously ex tended lo him all the indulgence in his power; and on one occasion obtained his promise to go; but his wife urged him to remain. This is the man. about whom. the Kideau, the Welland, and Lachine. j and this is the true state of the affair, n Thc Welland Canal is 43 miles lonir. It ! bout which, some are endeavoring to cre- opeus a sloop navigation across the pe- ate a difficulty with the general govem ninsula, from tho mouth of 12 mile ereek tnent! The nullification, that the Alalia- mians contend for, is not South Caroli na nullification, nor any tiling like it. South Carolina resisted an act of the ge neral government that she alleged to be unconstitutional the Alabama nullifiers asset t a claim to what does not, and nev er did belong to their State a clause in the Constitution of the State, positively disclaiming, in favor of the U. States, any in Lake Ontario, to the mouth of Grand river, in Lake Erie. Lachine Catral, 7 tniles long, connects Montreal with the village of Lachine. It is estimated that there are now in the United States, completed and pro jected, about 3000 miles of Kail Road, among which arc Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, con necting Baltimore and the Ohio river, 350 miics. Charleston and Hamburgh Rail Road, 135 miles. Philadelphia and Susquehannah Rail Road, connecting Philadelphia and Co lumbia, 80 miles. Lexington and Ohio Rail Road, 75 miles. Camden and Amboy Rail Road, 50 miles. Ithaca and Owego Rail Road, 29 miles. Lacka waxen Rail Road, 1G miles. Albany and Schenectady Rail Road, 1G mih.'s. Mauch Chunk Rail Road, completed and in use, 9 miles. Quiucy Rail Road, near Boston, now in use, G miles. Ponchartrain Rail Road, connecting New Orleans with this Lake, 4 miles. Portsmouth Jour, riiiht to the Creek lands. The United States and Alabama Case of Owens. We have been favored (says the Charleston Courier) from an authentic source, with the following state of this unpleasant affair: The territory inhabited by the 'Creek Nation belongs to the United States, by actual purchase, although it is included in the limits of what icill be the State of Alabama. When it was purchased of the Indians, it was provided by a clause in the treaty, that "tho Indians should be the possessors up to a stated lime, (about three years hence) and that each of those who cultivated farms, should have a 're serve' of 300 acres to dispose of, after it (the reserve) was surveyed, as lie pleas ed." The Indians, therefore, are still possessors of the soil. An act of the Le gislature of Alabama divides the "nation" into counties; and because the President did not formally object to this, some of the Alabamians say that the Slate prop erly owns the soil. This act has induced many of the whiles to settle in the 'na tion.' Many of them settle among the Indians for the purpose of making money in the most expeditious way, viz: by cheating them out of their 'reserves' and Gunpoicder Plot ..The following most foul and diabolical plot is copied from the New York Journal of Commerce: About four mouths ago, Edward Wilcox, Esq. of Westerley, Rhode Island, and late Lieut. Governor of that State, recei ved by a sloop from New York, a leather trunk, with n label attached, stating that it came from a relative in this city. Something, however, excited the suspi cions of Mr. Wilcox, thai it was not a friendly present, and cautiously raising the lid a very little, ho discovered cords within, so situated as to strengthen his suspicions. He therefore set the trunk aside, until more should be known. A few days ago some young men determin ed to open it. They cut the cords care fully and opened the trunk, when it was found to contain two horse pistols, with the muzzles buried in upwards of thirty pounds of powder. The cords were at tached to the triggers in such a manner that if the lid had been raied a few in ches, the whole would have exploded, and dreadful must have been the effect. The pistols have been sent to this city, in the hope of tracing out ihe murderous villain, who, to gratify his malice against an individual, would not only bavo taken his life, but in all probability the lives of a whole lamilv. A Fact. A friend has just returned from Montreal, where he purchased a beautiful broadcloth coat for 823. The same coat in Richmond would have cost him $45. Such are the beauties of our Tariff system. Such the real and infa mous exactions it imposes upon the con sumers in the United States. Richmond Enquirer. The Boston Forgery... Charles Brown, of Boston, formerly of tho firm of Brown & Ellis, but more recently a broker in that city, has perpetrated forgeries to the amount, as is stated, . of more than one hundred thousand dollars, and escaped with the profits of his crimes. He left a - I I . HIT 1 I ..,. - . I I I . negroes, in una ciasa wasuwens. i,ia-eucr " mercantile nousc wuose name he had used, announcing ihe freedom ho had taken with their credit, and assuring them that any efforts to pursue him would be fruitless. His augury, in that particu lar, has been thus far veracious, for at tho latest advices, no clue has been obtained of the direction in which he had gone. It was generally supposed that he had made for New York, to take passage? thence for Europe. Shocking Murder. A letter from Pen sacota, under date of 23d inst. details the following barbarous proceedings; "A most horrible and cold blooded mur der was committed on the body of tho Mayor of this city, on Saturday evening last, by a vagabond. It seems that the fellow kept an unlicensed grog shop, arid had been repeatedly warned by the May or to close it, to which warning he paid tio attention. On Saturday a constable was sent to close the door o his shop, which was done while he was at dinner. When he returned, on finding the door closed he walked off, uttering threats of vengeance, and too truly did he execute them. He procured a nuu and loaded it heavily will duck shot, and went in search of his devoted victim lie met him near the office, took deliberate aim, and killed him on the spot. The wretch is now in confinement. The excitement is very great, especially among the Creoles, who would tear him to pieces were he not so well guarded. Pcdcstrianism. The Boston Evening Gazette says: Col. Haskett, of South Carolina, finihcd his undertaking, of walking two thousand miles in seventy days on bread and wnier, on Friday. He has, as will appear by his certified re port, exceeded the distance nearly four; hundred miles, and guined in weight 2J lbs. He has visited nearly all tho New England States, and will return home on his abstemious dirt, travelling on foot. He is in perfect health and good spirits, and presents a living exam ple of the good efiv-ts of temperance. He will before his return, visit Salem and several other towns in our vicinity, and then proceed south to Philadelphia, at which place, to comply with the wishes of some professional gentlemen, he will undertake to walk fnrty miles a day, for six days, on a prescribed amount of food. After this, it is said, he will prepare for publication his notes on diet, and publish them, to be distributed gratis in the ula ces he has visited. A Merry Making. A man named Getter was hung lately at Eastoti, Penn sylvania, for the murder of his wife. It is computed that there were from 15 to 20,000 persons present at the interesting spectacle; in addition to which the Brig adier General had ordered all the volun teers of the county to parade, and a thou sand of them were under arms in full uniform. The rope broke 'on the first trial, and it was not until after the lapse of twenty minutes that tho executioner was able to bring the culprit again to the beam, so that the crowd had the unexpec ted gratification of seeing the operations performed twice on ihe same individual. The Easton Whig says that the town was a scene of continued carousing, laughter and merriment, and men were lying dead drunk in every direction. Died, in the Seneca village, on the 19th ult. Mary Jimeson, the iithitt woman" aged 91 years. She was taken captive by the I ndians in her childhood, and in s'pite of all entreaties and persuasions, remained with them to the day of her death. A book, jriving an account d her captivity and sufferings has heretofore been published, which will hereafter bo perused with much interest, a. illustrative of the character of tho "Red Man of tho Forest."
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