Fayette Observer, Volume 1, Number 8, Connersville, Fayette County, 5 August 1826 — Page 1

Volume 1 Connersville, Indiana, Saturday, August 5, 1826. Number 8.

FAYETTE OBSERVER.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY A. VAN VLEET For D. RENCH.

the country - and some of them of long stand-

iug. He would therefore inform those who think their names alone, will answer mechanies, that they are mistaken: and that if this notice does not their memories, he will try

per annum, paya-

blue within two months after subscribing; Two

Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid within the year

but if not paid until the expiration cf the year

Three Dollars will be exacted.

The "Fayette Observer" will be published

every Saturday, at Two Dollar per annum, pay-

No paper will be discontinued until all arrear-

A. B. Conwell 2-tf

June 23rd, 1826.

N. B. He has a good assortment of leather

A failure to notify a discontinuance at the end of the term subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement. Those who receive their papers through the

post-office, or by the mail

mail carrier, must

the

carriage

12 lines, or less, longer ones in

inserted three times for One dollar;

the same proportion - and Twenty-five cents for

The following country produce will be received on subscription, at the current prices: wheat, corn, oats, fire-wood, flax, linen, bees wax, allow, sugar, feathers, whiskey, and pork.

INDIANA GAZETTEER.

The subscribers respectfully inform the citizens

those delivered to

articles to be of the same quality as

the United States troops -

of this state, and the public, that they are now engaged in the publication of the new work, entitled,

MEXICAN ONION SEED, Santa Fe, (New Mexico,) Feb. 15, 1826.

short, we may conclude from the richness of their land, their temperate latitude, & the en-

couragement of agriculture, manufacture & in-

The enclosed is one of four small parcels

of onion seed, of the kind mentioned in my letter

of the 7th. This seed was presented to me

Sealed proposals will be received by us, at

Indianapolis, until the 10th day gf August next,! uccct'(i at noon, i'jr suppJvin the following article-; of j " '.Vm' 1.. ' i hey sov the

J IOI KlVll.'j l,J UL, 10.000 pounds off rosh beef, 0,000 do. of fresh pork, 250 b ixrvc 1 s o f 1 1 o u v .

as the -enuinc hind, and 1 have no dould it is so. Dut it is somewhat doubtful, I think, if it uiil produce in Maryland the same line hirqe onions that it would hero. 1 h am on faither in'piiry. that the largest onions are produced uniformly from a peculiar kind of soil, that is found in small detached districts in this territory: this soil is very stronirlv imnrcnitei;

u iih salt and salts combined in about eipaal pro portions; and it is said upon those spots the on-

surrnrssiox of intemperance.

The f.d!owir,.r article upon the subject ofattempt-

icMer.y ior the existing evils cf intemperance, in the tinted States, is fi oci a recent nurriher oi tho .atioiiiilJournal. It shows that the pc.op.e at the soul of our naticnal goverinr.cnt are not matUmive ob-.ervers of the elects produced b) tbi- Jc-.-diy f-- to oUr national happiness. A, lli np. Hcos

At a time vhen the attention of every man

lions succeed hect. It umv Le thkt this is a misd5 ocrut.ied v. ith ohjects of creat nerrctint nr.,-.

jtional m uueiit, it may teem jnesumptuous to seeds as carlv as thev can in:mvitc public attention to a subject, which 1p-

the sprin-. When the plants are three or four',"'? "cv:i-y l .K's Luiiness," i liable to he dcera inches hi-h, thev draw them carefully with a ":',OllV.'!, F.ut if the health. und Ion" life.

hhhle, a:id transplant them in beds at proper a,i'l pro-peiity, and happ-iticis, of the risen and

ilistance,wa:e: ini,' th m frequently w ith cold ri.-in generations of this American people, he water as they glow, and keeping the earth eu not objects too small for a few moments censid tireiy from the bulb. oration, the candid attention of the patriots L i ... , f . .i .... '.. . . ... .i i .

INDIANA GAZET TEEM: OH, TOEOunAPiilCAL DICT!ONAEY. Containing a dzsuuiftion or ti;i: t:vr.u r. Coi- iitej.Towi!?, Vi'tla-es. Settlements. E.uid?. Lakes, ers. Creeks, Sp vines, c. IN THE STATE OF INDIANA: ?.v JOHN SCOT'I'."'

vajtii S'jcui v. (

of tie muuti: i f the .Ias-a-iuavay rier; and

Jon.v

I am youi;, respectfully,

a C. SIKLEV Skinnlh Eoq.

phik.nthiopis'.s now in this city :s LcfroLen in

luor of an attempt to orgmize a great national bociety.for the suj-pression of intemperance. That the intemperate drinkimjol iiitoxicatir;

liquors is aneAii;that it pre uili e.teu-i ely m

i rn iir umv .n

must lakeidaoe bv the Jth of Sci.fPndwr nrvt , . . . 1 .

v;- 1 i I , 1 ' I J no f.x M-estcrn States, Ohio, Kentucky, eciion ol our countiy ; tnat ;dmost e cry ; ( J! "I' I )U-'VQ'r .Missouri, Iliinoi;. i: Indiana. h: al is compelled to w itne-s its unhappy bo re-Mk IV.;1; ; :';7 . -Z U'ni0V Cf -G0'!0 lluare nU'" i'Clcct- 11 themcial ,nd plivsl- , ' f ''-n't l(KilU- u V'v:mort than onelburth paitof the twenty f;ur L-cA ' jV' or tt't!'c "-- are truisms which no ilaa ! ;J;;;;; !' ,!:a;k' ";,!.C " cd States. This yl.st extent of country, had TW 1 Vf d: V'Lh an. i ,u( pt (, toe p:o; i.;i.in?. 1 no n-m, . , . . . . jhecoMe u. da; d to tl.i, irar.it, are seldom rec'.iiia

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in" -tt u a;-. . n in i' l i ' ; u . : "I ! M ' I ltd' l : i 1 ! i

perloimance oi the contract

v.. a. ror.sYvn. MA!Fi'!N 1. P. A f.

d AM iiS GKEOOUY

'Phis wojk will also con -rim a -reneral do'

.fcriptioii of this state, m u hie; i v ill he noticed?: its Name, hhiand u r-iiu tti a aa'l Ex.-'utf Civil aad Political De. i.-io:.s. Ihiacipal Tewur?-;

Fopaht'.ion, Kehu'iu't. Ch aracier roul Mannershit'': ature, Tiade and Manufictorcs, Foi m of 'Jovernment. Settiement, Face of the fa untry, Soii, Production, C!im;ite aut Antiquities. 'J'Jo'-i n-or!: ? t.o'.v is; tf.o rros and will ;,c published in Septemi'er next. It will contain ah'ait FA) duadeci.no pajes: and will he printed on new type u:u! line me. limn paper. JOHN SCOTT, V :. M. DOTGIITY. Ccntrevihe. la. June Cbtli, 1C2G.

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The following cerfnkitcs arc subjoined, in, j i1:

.vmrnendatioii ci the work:

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aiEXlCAN VI! EAT.

.c.'.:o,'. Ft. C.M

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ic Ihvwur.ic ! t Os.,.v pr-t Office !

f mm that ear to the nn :-.-a:. ..... r..4. ,,.,.. i , ,

tooy have greatly mcrc.-sed m numbers. a; Avoided, by tl.osc nut jet accut:i.cd to it and the next ecu. us they likely will have one lb a: id ro j....r .1 to a retiie;ed rrca!eiiCo, by thecxeroftlie population in the Iniou. Nocoun!r in!l:o-.' t!-e mihiei.ik.l od py;vcrful, are truths the world offeis a fairer pr. spect tor wtaUhy!u'!':Lli k''A app-u J -adiiy tooi.tam the latent inhabitants than the western States. Fioujtlo-f1 iU;- , 1'J'-A' ',"." U1!-V luca,urcs tun be devked i i- i i, qi'V HUCii ir.hU'jl iuurti.r can be taui-I ed cur a lvantasesol commerce by navisrab e river o , i , i , .i ; , , . , . 1,1 1 i. l,.,.,n,u..o.r..r ,.,;...' ' 'bw uhKh -. Oi ic cue our belovca y.,uth irom

.... , -.wuwi.i '-uma-, cc.iti iiiu.ucu! Hi. -raee- v.bieb thaU relieve th

ine lertiuiv ci tneir soil, thev are earah e oic-. aw-n ! .r . ( . r v,,;i ;,a

supportincr a population of 1 A) per-; ,;if; tu u;frciu tb- ;i..-m! f bcl.o!d:j-rj a father, a brother, squaie mile. This in time w ouki amount to the!ur t'i!iJ;i-'r a friend, dcMug their names or wast v nt number of three hru! red a;il tuilu tlur vihl1' ibedr pr-perty ia iiiiinoraiity and crime; then

,i:uw doe it iiot bcceiue us to put forth all cur en-

i ) . .it t ti h 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 0 t I i i ill M 1 i!""ilni. .,l'vt... . I

.i . i- i i. b- . . .' -H'ifi m t.a ace-i;,;ini5i:uicntel'feo trloricus r-n oh.

' u i r i 1 1 1 1 ) i , fi t; e sueo a nne fmaititv ol ai;i- ,. . , : it .... i... . n .. .. :.:.

luc latU ...rcaitivaiioii. In a century iron. thts,;tra la' .r, a :,w hour study and inquiry, if, in our eru.h rt the great ui isicns ol the Lnited S tales, ' 'a-e, w bohdd our ebndieu sober, tcnjpertc.virw ill lie ( eh Crated ibr their peculiar pro .luc-!'11 jUi' R:'d pio-pt ri i -.' How will v.e lieis the tions. 'Fhc r.oithern States will be forem-t iui' - v,!--:i 'cl-t Ll-r tcUnts aiid infuence to the t!ie whale hshery, a profitable s. cries of com-!ald u cuu'(' n l:h- i-c'i shall Lave leea merec. in impoiting the prod'ueti .ns of oth-i'0",-t ty ' l,;i',nt: n'J oflati.cs-so Leai - ' . ,e.,eial to our ci:;.u. unities and ourcountrv. erov.n ne.s.and exp .rting those ol the.r ownj Ti., quantity uiq,,rs eor.unr.d may Udinanaim m too m.or.i.tc.urmg ol the anous ai t:cb s i -bed b n.divaa d ui.J associated cifurU l y lcol use and luxury, w h'C.h arc inadc fi r.i-i i :... i lativ 4- i r::: .. ? !. .-v r i.r. ti .

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I r manulactures thev v. ili '- a -v :.kt ; t! e inei !:-idcnae. L'ut the sar;

.-m ill T-arceK nfw1 i':if ilf-vlivJ thr..n .t, , i .. . a

:"";''V"T ... . aen' to.V' u Irom then' e by mail. This wlieat hm b-naer h i, e to depend on Great Fritain the ;---ci:::uiiatk;. " .:. d , m.i, , i : eti that has ar- . Sir jii.iirg trom a cursory examma-' is o a My extraordin.arv haul, and a- I run in-U, mum- tui ei s bv that time will hae lullexi ir:J u'c tci;tie-n H our countrynu n to ether :::ncithe raradra;tol your Gaxttecr, I am ibrmed, very exo Heat. It has ,C(.rl but recent r;(-:ce m the various branches of their tre'e i?1!''-1'-1-1 l-c.ily must be m?de in reio;Iu:eJ l) ihmk the. pi an of it a good one, and lv introdn-a-d into this part of the country, by n The s-mthron o-,u will'linr-h ibre-o ',V'!'iIiuil -l U V' U c l'lU"A Inl rd e ani that the work will be of much public utility : and person of this ntv. from Sonera. ,u.o of the Mex tn. sf and : ' e o. hr, u o,: .,,ti, t.. ';;j;mst t..is cncn.y to our national prosperity,

p;luv:.dury to the entrant, and tnoe mter- , can stales bordering the gulf California, article f,r the manufacture of cott.n s :,;e Tr, e,.ea m a C.;, gvap meal acquaintance with theuhcte too,,t has been known only a few aou- With this th.ev will abocuhivale tice, the m.v i 1 k ' - , -d urSe cn this work Cf camkesm the ..ate. 1 am, (.ear r, respect- It grows ery well hereon a poor soil -1 am . :.,o. lobacao plant: va,.t quantities nlV.riiVi udy yours, c. rr,rttr.. told live six teet h.-h;e:oh grain pernors a tl.-e articles will be annually furnished f,ri'U ll'M'dr Cl -'si'hUhbuiU.,. very lare 1 uru h. each bunch or plant, from exi-ortati-.n or home consom-ti n -i; e to the' U h'J u x 'A l.o shall Lc the honored r.iau !:rrokvi!!e.J,me 14, 1G2G. ver.ty tothiity lar-e t.at he ads, each head ma- inhfbitants cor,tant emphu'ment' and wealth.!!!' L'?'V J lli5 attest t. e scci.ty frcux

Dear Sir-IlaM-.gexannnr-dt! manuscript n3' nc,. all k.led with gram. The stalk

Gazetteer which lias been in the hands of Jud-e '"P1 ,u nr-;''3 ol:i1' "pperjomt eotirely E-rrletan.I am ofopinin that the work is well U 1,0 s,,n n tv t avh in the sormg desi-ned. and will be of much public utility to 1 um t,"':U.,'Mt 1 i,!i:i,, not l 1 i V xvt'!1 emi-rants, and a source of information to all to son'. 11 1:1 lho , u lth 1 IiUt 'd' concerned in the top..-raphv of the cr ur.iry. , "!lC if llQrx,U ni !,s t:i!k lir ""' vi,:1' Itespectfullv. yours, JAMESNOFLE. :'MVi'1 l;e abletojudge oi ,js peculiarities bot-hT;-I ,r,, c.-.'t " Her tiian trcm any eiceripti. mi 1 an ui e of it :

' ' r.nv.l-v.lln.lnnr 0-t 1 uon ; 1 think it probable tliat there mav lea few

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Mr. John Scott; Sir I have taken a cur- rne other kmdnl w heat, mixed with sory look throuzdi tim manuscript Gazetteer UUS.UX U'(ul1 'u' U -may xery readyou put into my hands, and am much inclined 1 -v U' ''f f"re the recl ripens, and

to think the work well designed, 4- if executed li!C,1para ed. Sl.ou.d tins wheat prove ol

accordingly, wall be eminently u

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my value, 1 shall be much crratif.ed. At a

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work is much wanted tor Lmiirrar.ts and .mll,1mul,1i!,umi,miMiii' theis; and I hope you may meet' with the sue- l'mt ou w,!1 c:i!1e lMt 10 hc ni;ific i vour cc-s your labours merit. f 1 . '

l am try! rig to obtain some wo? seed to send

Yours, respectfully, JOHN TEST.

you, of a truly mammoth kind, and I hae trrcat

Yloun Vrtvtn4un nopes that snail succeed, and if I do, you will

' , . ; " : " jvecenc tiiem by tins conveyance. I hae 1 lie partnership neieto.ore exMingl.ehvecn measured these onions here, "(and have cue William Conner &. MmiEnira IIulm, under.li0w by me to send homo to be planted for seed) the brmof Conner IFhn. is this daydissolv- more than eighteen inches in circumference, and r il h.' rmilnnl rrmcnnf ,T !!oli. l.,M&rl ..! i . .. . . .

-v - ami t ;un assurcci that they lieimently grow much now ready to pay all demunus u-ainst the. firm.; pn nn( wilut is morc suipris:,,- they -mw I nose mdeoted to the turn arc required to to that enormous size in one season tVmn the u :rt T n.v.'i-, I. I.irv, ....ih'.d dF... I -

rr:ake payment to him without delay

WILE I AM CONNER. M. HELM. Connenville 2-1 th, July, I o'dG,

seed. They are of two kinds, white and red

me wnue ones arc me largest andhest, though the others are very good. The white arc remarkably mild and sweet. I ..... i . . ii

id. li ELM. Having purchased of IVtlkanv r 41 ?,:.. a., .r. ..n.. .

r, p, 1 , . ,v:iiu mo viii",ij ivm:u.i oi i-.ieiieui trrares Conaerthe whole of ins interest in the late Uiat arc cultivated in the villages along the I io-

del iNort between this city and El i'asc,,. tH.vo arc sud to be remarkable tine, and some make excellent wine.

-..,t, r.,... ,t .. .a . .r... evuciuioiiaemiessi . no is ne that is wd-

... ... ... ....... ,uc au.,,-,,,,! uiuuyii t.Lc came un oistnuncut ia promotmr tho

. ..... . r....-.i,.a.. :i:,..;;ou in a g-. i.c.u U. ;i a.u vi r; ueutial hapr lness.cl the risin v outh

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Let it not t e sa.id, that cherts to

riCU.t'.ire. I nCV will l;p to clnr-r St if. c 41... ..:". iir r. ..in, li. '

sr-me that Euluea was to ancient Alliens; a place i ,LCEh:i the intemperate are never attended wi frem w hic'o they can ha;e an abundar.t supply j;,,!Cri "s- ',rt H 111,1 lhe main (djeet. It is of bread stuns, which may be obtained b. tb J f: c'-::t. tliu rc bA.ct.ir.mg gradually and ina

exchange f,r their staple articles of commerce j .i;;','",;1 X S' ,y .Jf ce; who are now free and manufactures ' i---n.-heatt1.y and stror-. It is to aM , , inakcti.ecenin.(..i use oi poicon a prison w oo i his doniOMic exchange or commerce willjetket u xuzdrx. -, and wrcicLedne, and poverty relieve, (ther branches of l.usiiu s, which sue-' ---m.L-hu aai le. It is to enlist the energies uftl.o eumh from an o erplus of hands, and irise them bi;,v j:i !- cull forth tie exertions ci the eloin this, full cmplovmtnt. Seeral hramhes 0Vtif "t, in defence of the sens and daughters the manufactuieswilf likew ise f.oorid. io the wet i1'2"'10 ;:u! &"b-i y oi ur land. Ohio will manufacture, mpait her own broad! , Nor let it be said, that no precedent exists for ch-ths, and ether woollen uoorls, from the ru-i r 1 'r,:!aNt, ,,n Hxhasocietr-There is uow cx,i , , , ... ." ., . J ii-Jtmj: in Aia-sacbusetts, a society for the surprcsmerou. lloc U ol sheep sue will be able, to raisc;!til. in.emperanee; w Ucb L trolled on its list on her .crlile jdams. h.e wiilak-o raise tobac-Jol'iiu .mhtrs alii;;e number of the most respectable co sufficient for home consumption and consid-jricns of the State. This aoeution isinakinj end ile export. This, with manufactories of i- :it v-'aud i;orocsc -kbits to iffoctits noble obicctsr

nd cotton coods, will 'jive to the enter1 nze!,.'ICul ,ls i:,',n! 1 ;" '--ocs a weekly journal, in which r citizens an abundant resource of wealth iLaiU;duA f !("-;" d suggestions, essays A: commune' v will !e,.n tl.o , .'..rtf.,i .ai. i ; 'at ions, uov. .ted to the great ends ct the society.

ron a;

of her

icntucky will June tin monopoly of the hemp . 1 I'll -

iraue, wiucii ity close attention to the soil m

If citizens of that State can n.ake successful c-

crlions f r the preservation of the morals of its pop

placed in honarub'.c competition w itli tlie Ens-j " ho o.uu:,- the .ouUfthe repuhlic, to act with sian. This, with her productive aiyan?;i';eofiro!,'-,!' ,u'' i' Mi...:es. Only let a portion of th the southi en market for Fispo-;:;- of la" pro l s"f ibis tdiy ; .;d District be dedicated to tins duce and i?i the encmra-ement efVarioes h-an-!u,i,J ' !' ?,,;J u n wl11 ?u,rth ai!,,- lh ltloa ches cfm .nuh.ctures.will place her next to O-' ,'7 t!3 V"r 'f U'is l'5lJ' vicp; I.;,, i..,., t: . r , ,V. .: . .. 'L-eureihcyomirraeneraucnstrviiipovcrtyan.i

i . . , im. -i .inn in im. ..'i i ! : w t u 1 1 1 .e . t s. ' oi -: ri-e ee r l 1 1 i . i .i : "

i ciiiicsr-ee wi.i no cnua'j, i, jam' qei'ly m ai'ii-

M ii-ooi i m l a;

f.rm of Ccnnep. Helm, will continue business at the old stand. Connersville 21th July 1C2G. Notice. The suhicriber wishes those indebted to him, to consider, that as his business necessarily requires him to open accounts with a large number of customers, the accounts due him are juite numerous, and much scattered through

I shall spare no pains to transplant some of;

cacn Kind to Missouri, irom whence, it I succeed, they may be spread e en to your city, &. then by your agency, far and wide. 1 am, with great respect. Your mo.-t obedient servant J. S. Ski.vncH; Esq. G. C. SI13LEY.

culture, aud raising of cotton.

ing of cotton, agriculture, ami ieaiunr ri h

es from the productive lead mine?, w'ni. h nature has kindly bestowed in her bosom. Illinois and Indiana will be. cmji'.iycd eloedy in agriculture, having either northn n or southren

arket, like Ohio, to dispo-e of us rich nr-

ducts; & in the various manufactures which are used for home consumption, la looking over the growth, and manufactures, of the western States, it will be seen that they are blessed, in part, with the production; of both the northien, western divisions, fa

Don Mar.m:l Moreno has been appointed M meter iiom Fueuoa Ayres to the United State-. Don Manuel Garcia had declined being Minhtcr to the Panama Congress. .licrc. .-iui'iu

Vcuu Vera. Cruz. Vera Cruz papers to the FJLh of June and letters to the same date, info:;.i that the city is almost deserted in consequence of the sickness, w hich has been lor the

asi monm very serious, and tilJ continued.

other intornaation of interest to Americans. .Var. Jcur.

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