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Carroll Free Press: PUBLISHED BY FEABCE CHRISTY. from the Pittsburgh Adnocale and Hi ales num. YELLOW CREEK, CARROLL-TON AND ZOAR RAIL ROAD. THE GREAT WEST UNFOLDING. We bm received and very gladly rotiee, report made by James Clarke, late president of the Hoard of Canal Commissioner of Pennsylvania, and also a report of Mr.

Thos. Power, Engineer, "to the President and Directors of the Yellow creek, Carrollton and Zoar Rail Road Company," with the charter creating that company, granted by the Stale of Ohio, March 1st, 1834. The charter gives the general direction of this road in these terms: "A sinile or double rail way or road, from the mouth of Big Yellow-creek, in Jefferson county, Ohio, and thence by such route, as after due examine tion or survey, hall be found to be most eligible, to a point in the Main street of Carrollton, in Carroll county, where Lisbon street crosses said Main thenee by way of Lisbon and Canal street, by such route, as, after due eiaminaticn and survey, shall be found most eligible, through the vil lane of Zoar. to the line of the Ohio canal" We may remark that Big Yellow creek is a stream riling in Columbiana, Carroll and Jefferson counties, Ohio, and falling into the Ohio river as a common boundary between Columbi ana and Jeffeison counties. One Leg creek rises in Harrison and Carroll counties, but flowing in a north western direciion, falls into the Tuscsrawaa or eastern constituent of Muskingum riv- I er.

The general direction of (be in tended road will be nearly west. "The Yellow-creek, Carrollton and Zoar Rail Road," says Mr. Clarke's report, "will commence at the Ohio Hkver, about fifty-four miles, by the Priver, below Pittsburgh, and from thence, the route passes the valley of Big Yellow-creek about sixteen miles, to the confluence of the Little North Fork. The first 2 3 miles of the line have been traced level along the hill, on the south aide of the creek, at an elevation above all floods in the Ohio river at which distance the road will commence ascending with the creek bottoms, having a grade varying from five to fifteen feet per mile, lis general course for the first 8 or 0 miles is southwest, and from thence it pursues a westernly direction to its termination near Zoar." The report then goes on to give the detsils of the facilities sod impedi tnents to the construction of the road, and then continues by observing: "An inspection of the whole line of the proposed Rail Road, from the Ohio river to the Ohio canal, must convince any one acquainted with railways, that the ground is remarkably favorable much more so than usually falls to the lot of such improvements. On two thirds of the whole distance the rail road will not vary from a horizontal line more than fifteen feel to the mile, and on much the longest portion of that distance the grade will not exceed five or aix feet to ihe mile.

A large proportion of the balance may be graded under 30 feet, and, as before atated, no part of the road need exeeed 40 feet per mile." The report contains the following most true and noble expressions: "Argument are now unnecessary, in our yast republic, to prove the usefulness of internal improvements. Intelligence and public apirit are every where alert and vigilant in seeking the best mode to meti orate the condition of the country. In thia profitable strifewherein city contend with city, eon state with stale, for the palm of victory, or for the honor, the pi ufit, od the pleasure of doing themselves and the public most good it has be-come evident, that among the meana deemed the most potent for accomplishing the great object, rail roada are general favorite." These expressions are fully justified by the history of rail roada in both Europe and the United States From incipient and imperfect essays, the system of these roads, as means ol easy, rapid, safe and cheap intercom-rounitalion, has constantly gained on public opinion, and of course been practically extending, and is extending with a progress far beyond that of any other of the great meliorating discoveries of modern times. When the eye is turned to ihe face of a general map of the United States, the mind cannot avoid being atruck most forcibly with the fact, that the projected road from the Ohio river to Zoar on the Ohio canal, will be adml rably plaeed to form a link in that continuous Has of rail road, which lbs growing numbers, wealth, intelligence nd enterprise of the people will superinduce from Philadelphia, to where? Why to the utmost limit where landJ be found to sustain Ihe moat en- ergetie population which ever exist ed. In such enterprises state lines disappear, and state legislatures are only parts of the great mass which carry them into execution.

When executed, they are the common property and the common glory and pride of the nation. In this mighty new creation, Pittsburgh occupies one of those points, which seems to be secured as a participator in every improvement in the immense circumscribing circle. The Yellow -creek Carrollton and Zoar Rail road, will be to all moral, mental and mercantile purposes an extension of the Pennsylvsnia Improvements. We cannot after these expressions of our convictions, feel the necessity of recommending this so obviously valuable addition to the arteries of our country. But we may observe, that in every instance of rail roads hitherto constructed, one has only stimulated to another, and many is the middle aged persons who will live tone conveyed in splendid rail cars from the city of Philadelphia to the Mississippi- Mr.

Clsrke gives in detail the "various, and when constructed, immediate aourcea of Revenue to repay the expense of construction of the proposed road, and then recapitulates thus, as annual income. Passengers, 53,100 00 Wheat and Flour, 39,595 20 Other agricultural productions and lumber, 39,695 20 Other merchandizj (coal excepted,) 72,758 80 Mineral coal, 54,833 10 Anticipated amount of income, $259,982 30 Mr. Thomas J. Powers estimates the whole cost of 59 1 4 miles grading, and (2 1-4 miles of single track at and we must say in conclusion that if Pennsy I vanians do not give effectual aid to this road their view of intereit must differ from our's essentially, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, FOR PRESIDENT, VAN BTJF.EXT, Of New York. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, Richard Jl, Johnson, Ol Kentucky.

FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO, Eli Baldwin, Of Trumbull count v. OHIO ELECTORAL TICKET. SENATORIAL ELECTORS, John guovenuw, of Belmont county, otuneiel lookisr, of Hamilton county, CONOHEasiONAL ELSOT0RS, 1 Jacob Feller 2 Jas B. Cameron 3 David S. Davis 4 James Fife 5 John J.

Digging 6 Joseph Morris 7ihme sharp 11 Hugh McComh 12 Hubert Mitchell 13 Jumes Matthews 14 Joshua Seney 15 S.N. Sergeant lOTb.J.McLnin J7Noah Frederick 18 Jacob Ihrig 19 James Mean 8 John MeElvain tt William Trevitt 10 David Robb THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE, for president, WM. H.HAF.RXS01T, Of Ohio. tor vice president, Francis Granger. Of New York.

FOR GOVERNOR op onto, Joseph Vance, Of Champaign county. ELECTORAL TICKET. Senatorial Elector. Benjamin Ruggles, of Belmont ro. Joshua Collet, of Warren County.

DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1st District George P. Torrence, 3d Andrew McCloary, 3d 4th 5th Oth 7th 8th Oth 10th Uth 19th 13th Uth 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th il i ii ii ii ti ti ii ii It si il it Elijah Huntington, Isaiah Morris, Alexander Csmpbcl, Robert Sa fiord, William Kendall, Abel Renick, Christian King, Samuel Newell, William Kiikcr, Ira Belknap, Samuel Elliot, Mordecai Hartley, John Cudding, Jared P. Kirtland, Daniel llarbaugh, John P. Coulter, John S.

Lacy. EXECUTOR'S NO TICE NOTICE is hereby given that all who are indebted to ihe estate of Robert Neely, late of Jefferson township Carroll county, Ohio, de ceased are required to make immediate payment to the subscriber; and all those who have legal claim aeaintt laid eitate will present them legally proven for settlement within eighteen month from the date hereof. iOUERT SEATON, Ex'r. August 18th, lists, Carrollton: FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1830.

Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will commence its next Term for the coun 'y of Carroll, on Saturday the 1st day of October. Congressional Nomination The Har riton Meeting which convened at New Lisb on, on Saturday last, recommended Andrew W. Loomh to the people of this (the 17lh, Congressional District, as a suitable candidate for Representative in Congress. Elections.

The late elections in Indi ana have terminated in favour of the liar rison party; in Illinois and Missouri, in favour of the Van Buren party; in North Caroline the Whigs have succeeded, and also in Alabama. Mr Van Buren'sletter in reply to Sher rod Williams, is entirely loo long a doc ument for our columns. We should, how ver, have no objections to the publica tion ol such extracts aa any one of Mr. van uureire. mends, may please to make, for that purpose.

Regimental Musters. The 1st Re giment of Infantry will parade on the farm of Wm. Croxton, on Monday the 12th, inst. the 2d Regiment at Mr. Geo.

'lopes mill, on Wednesday, the 14th inst the 3d Regiment in Harrisburgh, on Friday the 16th inst. and the 1st Regiment of Riflemen, in Carrollton, on Tuesday the 20th, The Carroll Free Press. The present number closes the second volume of this paper. We tender our unfeigned thanks to the patrons of this establishment for the generous support which they have been pleased to afford us. Perhaps, none of the common occupations ol men is sur rounded with so many perplexing diffi culties as ihe management of a newspa per press, with limited patronage especially, where the press is pledged to sustain a neutral attitude in relation to party politics.

Men, laboring under the hectic of partisan zeal, or temporarily blinded by an inordinate desire for their own aggrandizement, are ever ready to condemn the conductors of a neutral press. "Hero you give too little, there too much" You lean a little to one side' "I can discover a partiality" ifec when in fact, the balance between the contending part ies has been so fairly adjusted as to vibrate in constant equi librium. A difficulty but little less perplexing than the one just referred to, is the want of funds to meet unavoidable de. mands. The printer must pay mohoy for all his materials, and it frequently occurs, that his money and materials are exhausted ut the same time.

Candour, however, requiro us to confess that, we were aware of these obstacles when we sot out on our toilsome course. We have not, therefore, any very strong claims upon the sympathies of our patrons, We flatter ourselves with the hope that, tho few who have evinced some spleen, of late, towards the Frlk Press, will, as soon as the strile of the approaching Fall Election shall have ceased, become convinced of the impartiality of our editorial career. Wi'ha reasonable increase of patronage, and promptness on the part of our subscribers, this paper will not on ly be continued, but much improved in its typographical appearance. Wo have only to add, the Free Press will atill support the neutral Ma. Cnaisrr; You will please to announce the name of DANIEL BLACK, as a oandidate for the office of county Sur veyor, and oblige MANY VOTERS.

Mr. Christv: You will please withdraw my name from the list of candidates for the office ot Recorder, as I decline standing a poll at the ensuing October Election. I feel thankful to my fi tends for their avow od willingness to aupport ine, and hope that they will excuse me for not consult ing them upon the subject of my declination. Yours Respectfully, THOMAS R'. HARBAUGH.

Carrollton, Sept 7th, 1830. HARRISON ADDRESS. TO TUB FREE AND INDEFENDANT XLXO- tors or cabroll Cudnty, Fx.uo Ctttttt At a meeting of the friends of Gen. W. I).

Harrison held at the court house in Carrollton, on the 15th of August last, the undersigned were appointed a committee for the purpose of pub lubing an addreis to the people ol the county, oh (he subject of the approaching Presidential Election appointing commit tees of correspondence, and vigilance, in mo several townships ol the county, In the discharge of the various trusts re posed in tho committee, they feel no disposition te add fuel to ihe already excited leelings ot many. We make our app jal to the dispassionate and candid judgment of our fellow citizens. We appeal to the honest Farmers and the industrious Mechanics of the country. We expect to effect nothing with blustering Demagogues, or ambitious aspirants to office. Nor do we labour to convince the minds of those whose political piinciples (fluctuate with what they believe wit' promote their own aggrandizement, or individual interest.

in short our appeal is nrnoe to the virtue and intelligence of the People, who have at heart their country's good, in the selec tion of a oandidate to preside over the des tinies of these United States. Fbllq CirizKts: Gen. W.H. Harri. son, of our own State, is belbre you as a crndidate for the importnnt office ut Chief Magistrate of this highly favoured Repub lie.

He has, for neurly half a century, been identified with the interest, prosperi ty and perils of the West. During which time he has given satisfactory evidence of his honesty, capability, and eminent qualifications to discharge the duties ot the most important civil station which the free suffrages of the American people may bestow upon him. At an early peri od in the history ol the West, we find this Patriot and Statesman. Secretary of the North Western Territory; afterwards elec ted the first Representative from the same Territory to Ihe Congress of Ihe United Stttl; whei although a young man, ns well as member of the house, he was pointed chairman of the committee on public lands. The subject of the public domain was ono of much intsrest in Congress, and also with the people generally previous to this time, the Western lands were disposed of in tracts of not less than lour thousand acres: thus putting it com pietoly out ol the power ol the poorer diss ot emigrants and settlers to purchase a home lor themselves and families, on any other terms, than such as were offered them by heavy capitalists and wealthy land speculators.

Gen Harrison, as chair man of the committee alluded to, alter a thorough investigation of the subject, made a Report, accompanied by a Bill, the object of which wds, to reduce the sise of tracts of land offered lor This bill mot with strong opposition, but finally passed bath houses of Congress: and no member of either house laboured with more -laudable COaJ and energy than did Gen Harrison to accomplish its passage. by the passage ol this bill emigration and enterprise were much and from that lime may we date the com mence.nent ol the rapid settlement and prosperity ol the Western country. A-gain we find Mm Qjvernor o'ttoe Indi iu Territory, which ollice he held for iho term of thiiteen years, discharging the vu rious, complicated executive dunes with promptitude, und to the entire aatiafaclion of the people over the district of country which now form the States of Indiana and inois. His administration as Gover nor, was such as to meet tho approbation of Jefferson and Madison, from whom ho received his appointment. It is also wor thy of notice, that while Governor, he was empowered by the General Government to treat with the several Inbcs ol Indians of the North Western Territory in this he wus very successful, having effected no less than thirteen treaties on advanta geous terms; each of which received tho sanction of Ihe National Administration, and were greatly to the benefit of the Wes tern Slates.

After the resignation of his commission, of Major General of the North Western Army, you find him, suc cessively, ejected Representative in Con gress; Senator tn the Legislature uf Ohio; senator in the Congress of the United States; and receiving the appointment ol Minister to the Republic of Columbia. In every station, to which he has been culled by his country, he has shown him self an honest, capab'o and efficient public servant. And in urging his claims to the Presidency, Fellow citizens, you are supporting the son of Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, a signer of the Doclira lion of Independence. You are favour ing the cause of him who has borne the burthen and heat of the day: who has spent more ol his days for the interest of ihe West than any other living man. We seek to make no invidious comparisons between Gen.

Harrison and Mr. Van Buren bit, opponent; we can conscientiously think of no just claims hich ihe last named Gentleman may have upon the poo pie of Ohio. IIi votes in Congress, with lew exceptiona, have shewn him to be in imical to Western interests. He opposed thu re-election of James Madisoo, who was the Republican candidate for Presi deul in 1812; giving his vote to the New York candidate, as bis own Biographer Mates, in Its he opposed the election of Gen. Jackson to the Presidency, with as much vindicliveness, as did any other man; and, doubtless, allerwards went in to his aupport from sinister motives, and with a view to his own personal aggran dizement.

Again, fellow citizens, some of the op portents of Gen. Harrison, in order to effect the public mind nnd advance the pros pacts of Mr Van Uercn, have slept aside from the path of truth and honor, by attri buling to him want of skill and courage as a military commander: charges which are notoriously fulse, and highly discredi table to those who fabricate, or give them currency, wnowaail, (we ask you;) that gallantly fought miner the heroic Wayne, forty two years ago, at the Mau meef Who was it thai, while yet a lad, left his Iriends. the land of nativity his I I peaceful home to protect the defenceless settlers of the Weslf Who was that tho flArvir.n nf bifl cam. risk ed his health his life in a wilderness campaign, to meet a savage enemy, flush ed with victory, by Ihe defeat of Gen Har mer and afterwards Gen StClair? Can did reader, it was VVui Harrison. A gain; who was it in the year 181 that took field at the head of tho 4th Regiment and volunteers from Kentucky and ludiuna to meet the ruthless and mer ciless SAVAGES on our fiontier borders who, hired and encouraged by BRITISH emissaries, were indiscriminately butch wring and scalping the father, the mother the son, the daughter and even the lisping infant of our frontier settlement: whole fiendish mode of warfare is to burn, de stroy and pillage every thing as far as their ravages extend! Who was it thai met tho Shuwnese Pr iphet and his blood thirdly warruurs a Tippecanoe, and de feated them with great slaughter? Who was it that successfully defended Fort Meigs against the com hoc British and Indian Ibrces, und er the coinmau of the more than savage Proctor who was it that crossed into Canada with tho Amer ican army and persued the same Proctor up the Thames, overtook and defeated him capturing the greater part of his army, baggage and military stores? It was Governor Harrison.

It was Gen Harri son of whom the Hon Johnson of Kentucky said in a speech delivered by him in Congress that, "during the late war, he was longer in active service than any other general officer; he was perhaps oltencr in aciion than any one of them and suffered a defeat The most ardent friends'ofGen. Har rison found not his claims solely upon hismiluary career; his numerous civil services, various important stations hehas so ably rilled are a sufficient pass port to the Presidency. It is only to meet the slanders of mean and sordid creatures, whose business it is to de tract from honest merit that his friends need refer io his militaiy history The life of Gen. Harri -on is public properly whether he should ever be elected President of these U. S.

or not; and all his friends ask fur him isiustice.egualmd exact.isi'ce. Was a foreigner an enemy to our institutions, a lover of crowns and to examine the history of ourcouniry lor ine last lorty two years, hurting ihe Congress of 1818; by their solemn act unanimously Resolving that Harrison's conduct as a commander was sJeillful, brave and patriotic; and fin ding parties of men rising up at this late day, in the face of such evidence proclaiming to the world that, that lie cord was false, that the whole history of the West which is sorcplete with ihe history of Gen. Harrison's unsullied military fame was a sheer fabrication would not that enemy of Republics chuckle and chidt might not the foes of our happy and free system of Gov eminent, well say. your boasted liber ly is a MOCKERY and your institution are snares. In concluding this part of our address, we must say; that unless truth lost its force, reason her sway, and the fountains of justice their purity, the decision must and will be auspicious.

The candidate for the Vice Presi dency, is Fran lis Granger, of New York. Mr. Granger is a man of the first order experience as a statesman. He Is the son of Gideon Granger, the iniimate friend of Thomas i fferson, and Post Master General during Jefferson's administration. Mr.

Granger is an unyielding Republican of the Democratic School. He is dis tinguished for his expanded and liberal views of national policy, and for his superior oratorical powers, as dis played on the floor of Congress, and elsewhere. In giving him our support, we have every assurance, that we sacrifice no one sound principle cither in morals or politics; and thai we shall subserve the genera! interests of our common country. Of Gen. Joseph Vance, our candidate for Governor, we can also spesk with the greatest confidence- Horn in Ihe humblest walk of society, unaided by wealth or family influence, he has elevaied himself by the irresistible force of industry and native talent, to the highest respectability as a citi zpn and to the first rank of statesmen.

He is distinguished as a practical far mer, and a most active and efficient friend of the Internal Improvements of the state. He has served the people of Ohio, for many years, in the legis lature of his state and in (he halls of Coneress: and in every station to which he has been called, by the suffrages of his fellow citizens, he has discharged his duties with honor fidelity ind success. His character is fair and above suspicion; and no nan who knows him can doubt his qualifications for Ihe office of Governor. He is now at the nlouah, from whence, we be lieve, the people, if faithful to their own interests (s they urediy must be, will soon elevate him to the Gu bernatorial Chair of Ohio, Our candidates are now fairly before their fellow citizens. We need not say more of their ineiits.

They are well known Their servi ces are duly appreciated by an ever grateful people; their claim lo office, though always urged by their friend' and never by themselves, will bespon taneously atid triumphantly acknowledged. Come then to the reaeue! Remember the second Tuesday in October, and the first Friday in November! Let us give "the long pull and the strong pull Sr the pull William McGavran William Davis, County John EbersOlu, Commit- Absalom Craig, I lee. RoBKHT McElDERRT. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES. The following a list ol gentleman who have been appointed, and are re quested, by Ihe County Committee, to act as Harrison Committees of Correspondence and vigilance, in the different townships of this county.

Centn Township. COMMITTEE OF CORRESPON-HENCE. Doctor J. S. Hunter, Thomas McG avran, William D.

Jenkins and Docior B. Emery. COM MITTEE OF VIGILANCE. William Mills E-q Michael A-beams, John Patterson, David Maple, John Maple Huston Duffield, Thomas B. Kimsey, James Gdllaher, George W.

Butler, James Sinclair, Kendall Jackson, Samuel Lande. John Pugh Adam Grosser, Charles Elson, John P. Russell, John McGuire sr. John Young, Joshua Hartman, George Greer, David J. Levy, John Fleck, Levi M.

Davis, John Cassil, William Brown, Philip Ward, Andrew Clark, Richard liixler, William Elson, David Beatty, James Baxter and Mark Hooten. Washington Township. CORKES PONDING COMMITTEE. Richard Shaw, Doctor Ebenezer McElroy, Jacob Stemple and George Hewett, COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE. George Abrams, Adam Fishel, Lazarus Earnst, Tobias Rojdebusn John Caskey, Lewis Crawford, Nathan Shaw, William Croxton Nathan Permar, John Thompson, Joshua Shaw, John Burge, Joseph Caskey, Levi Wesifall Jonathan Myers, John Haines, Jesse Roudebush, Petsr Ul-man, Geoige Stall, George Ebersolo and Harris Cool.

Union Township. CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE. Samuel Wilson, John Riley, Charles Fawceit and John Eider, COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE. Robert Watson, Thomas Wilson, James Hook Esq James Neil, Robert Hat nhill James McCourt, Jacob Everhart, John Scott, William Barn- house, William Nevin, Peter Smeltz, William Buck, William McElderry, Matthew Dickson, Wm. Ogle, Thos.

Buck, Samuel Hook Wm Coleman, Monroe lownship. CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE. George Barrick, Benoni Roby, Samuel Semple and James Wilkin. COMMITTEE Of' V1U1UANUJS, James M. Davis, William Wain- baugh, Edward McGuire Brown, William Lindsey, David Davis, 1 horn- as Logan, John Thorley, Anderson McFerrin, Joseph Cellars, Adam Beamer, Thomas Whitcraft, Peter Jennings, James Davis sr.

William Conwell, William Close, John Close, John Heacock, Thomas James and Peter Pitinger. Brown Township. COMMITTEE OF CORRESPON. DENCE James Beer, Joseph B. Tidball, Frederick Unkefer and John H.

Shear er. COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE. Isaac Crumbecker, Reuben Star, Wil liam Manfull, William Reed, William Brothers, Jeremiah Mason, Alfred Tabor, William Hardeaty, Col.Georgo Hardesty, Joseph Hardesty, John J. Blackburn, Charles Miller David Shriver, Thomas Latta, Daniel Gardner, Jame Hew itt, Robert Thompson, William Koo-erison, William Hamilton, John Reed and John Welchly. Augusta Township- CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE.

William Finch, John Morledge, David Hyatt and J. Hart. COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE John Herrington, Jeremiah Me-Hride George Manfull, vi Marshall, John Cameron, Enoch Pennock, Jacob Purdue, Nathan Clark, Levi Sanders, John B. Williams, Gabriel Walton, Simeon Westfail, John Walhy.Zaeh-ariah Wathy, John Crist and Joseph Bell. East Township.

CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE. Jonas Lumn Maurice Baker, Edward Milliner and James Smith. COMMI TTEE OF VIGILANCE. James Ballon, Barton Dean, John Edward, John Endley, Benjamin Harris, Samuel Heston, Nathan Hole, George Iden, Alexander Keith, Jame Martin, Jacob Marshall, Joseph Reader and William Stockman. Orange Township, COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE.

Doctor Thomas Cummings, Daniel.