Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-06-05


9lst g Edgar G. Wilson,
Cumberland Road--We have been asked several
times, whether the progress of the work the Cum
berland road will be interrupted during the temporary
suspension of Col. Greenup superintendent We
are assured it will not LIEUT.. Brown has taken
charge of all matters pertaining to the Office of super
intendent, and under his direction the work will pro-
gress it is presumed, as rapidly as heretofore.
Col. Greenup has been suspended, understand,
in consequence of certain charges having been prefer
red against him to the Department at Washington,
duplicating, in shape, his conduct as superin-
tendent. the nature of the charges, not in
formed, nor of the source whence they originated.
An investigation into their validity has been nsttu-
ted ard upon the result of that investigation will
depend the further continuance Of Col u. IN taeI
Office of superintendent This latter duty is also u.s.
aligned to Lieut. Brown; doubt not thatit will be
performed with the utmost fairness and answering
impartality: the character of MIR. B forblds any
other suppositon. These remarks made solely to-
correct reports already in circulation relative to this
matter, which very wide of the truth.
We insert the communication of our correspondent
'sWdJasb" to-day to ''graGfy him and his friends,
SOur SUBSCRIBERS we can give 10 eA pldlldIOu vi
the subject, delinquency if you please, to which he
alludes Such law ''Wabash' speaks of was
passed: what its precise provisions cannot tell,
never having taken the trouble to look after them
1t required, however, we recoect deposite Of the
Wabash fund in the treasury, and provided for its
disbursement hereafter. We informed also that
the deposite has not been made.
Nr1vp We hap rpceived ar 4 numbers
of the s'Beardsown Chronicle" published at Beard
stown, by.B. McCary. This is the Sd attempt we be-
lieve which has been made to establish paper at
that place. Wehope Mr. McCary may succeed bet
than is predecessors from the specimens before we
uaee his paper will prove valuable acquisition to
the hourishing district in which it sloca'ed.
We have also received the lst number of the "Shaw-
neetown Journal,'' R. w. Clarke, editor, just estab
lished at Shawneetown. The editor ranks himself
a,nong those who believe the sTarif' constitution
al measure, and sustain liberal system of internal
Movements and encouragement to domestic indus
II the true policy Of the country. As such we
I'M success.
~ The address of President Jackson at the cere-
n 81. of la ing the foundation stone of the monument
to the mother of Washington, viii be found on our
giving ii careful perusa Itdoeshonor to the
sion and reflects the highest credit both upon the head
and heart Of the speaker.
Cholera at Ne,r OrleanS-It gives us pain
to learn, from the following paragraph, that the
Cholera, or some disease resembling it. was
making alarming havoc at New Orleans about
the LIST of this month:
New ORLEANS, APRIL 30,
We are no aiarmlsts, nor would we wanton-
ly instill chlmerical fears into the minds OF our
fellow citizens. But we believe it to be sound
policy, and conceive it our duty, to inform them
of the actual situation of the health of the city
Ii would be ridiculous to deny, that for some
DAYS past the number of deaths has been IN.
creasing. and that the greater part expired after
very few hours sickness; to speak plainly,
they died of the merciless cholera; or, if we
mistake the character of that dire disease, the
prevailing one is, at least, as fatal in its effects
and, although hitherto, the number of victims
may be deemed inconsiderabe, we neverthe-
less are Of opinion that our constituted author
tiles should inquire into the state Of the public
health, and adopt such measures as might tend
to prevent further mischief. We earnestly
hope to find that some of our medical gentle
men will lose no time in throwing light upon
this dreadful subject; and we will with plea
sure cooperate with them, in publishing what
ever might be calculated to tranquilize the
general feeling of painful apprehension, or
allay any fearful or unfounded forebodiug
which may be excited.-Courier.
The ladies of Boston recently held fair for the
benefit of the blind. The proceeds amounted to ten
thousand dollars letter received by one of the
ladies from gentleman of the city enclosing $500,