Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 August 1819 — Page 1

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m fa O VutLisiiFD arY. lSLdCKUiV, jfuh WILLIS b i.LLU WS. oreosirL The S CXAM-SULL. VOT,. IH. VINCENXES. ( Ikd. ) SATURD VY, AUGUST 21, 181?. NO. 0.

va ! ir n .j-w r ii a l. i r- t vt r.

i'Vs;.': f&e .l-n'ric.n Farzier.'

A method tf taking the Honey without destroying the Reos. Tlic common practice of killing the leein order to obtain the honey, few can wit lies?, without some little compunction ; a n as there is a very simple metbyd of eiltcftheobjectc, without any injury to this most interesting little animal, which on the sc rof interest as veil as humanity, claims tvgard, I beg leave to communicate it througl vonr j'apcr. In the evening when the bees have n (ired, take th.e hive gently from its stam' nnd having spread a table cloth on i ground, set the hive on it, placing som thin under to raise it three or four inche -- then draw up the corners of the cloth av fasten ttm tiiiht around the middle of tl hive, lcavin it so loose below, that the be will have sufficient room to remain between r and the hive then raise the lid of their C. little and blow in the smoke from a cigai a few puffs f which, as it is very disarm able, . ill drive them dow n ; continue raisin, tlic li-l gradual! v, Mowing in the srrmke ai n round, and in a few minutes it will be fount V at they have all gone out of the hivr You mav tiien take oR the lid. and cut av. n tis much cf the honey as you think prop . if the operation be pet foniied in the beirmirt: of July, you may take nearly cl!, as tken x i 1 1 be th'-.e cnou'i t provide a sufEcier.r

furtneii- Mjpnort dusm'r tie winter. A

This Comet has an appearance consider-flap-, a few mile in the rountrv. . On Mon- wasbui?d. Having called at the hospitil d:lv rePmblins that rd 1811. The body day dined with the citizen of T.e.rinsrtnn. about a week afterwards for her c -t!ra 1 ues not appear to he quite ?o lar:e, but the 'nt Krone s tavern, and on Tuesday et ff (whether to his sorrow or no we cannot

tail is much tnoie extended. Its lentn i$

timated at 7 or 8 decrees. f:i the absence

or 8 decrees.

f the inorituand when clear of the tw ilight, as it probably will be. it will be much lwn?r and more tf;npiruous. It is now "seen tc most advantage in the morninjr. C. a m b r we-, July 4 .

From Vie I'olhwd Jlas&ichusetie'i O

fit p. Solar Kpots .'.Spot on the Sun have this ar appeared frcr.uxint. We have witness-

d t!em for more than

for Wa.hinte.n.Jiv t!.e nearest toute through 1 he found his wife so fir' recovered a? ttbe Yirriiua. The "Trar.kfr.tt A ilhis savs..dt is able to valk home with him. The v.;;.;a:i believed that he h;d received omV impor- he had buried in mistake wasapor fnu!-

iess pauper, who rtherwise v. ould have yii buried at the e.'pence of the pnribh.r . Frc.vi the Georgian. The head of the .Sea-serpent wat Veen erj the Istinst. off the Cohasset Kocks. in V,.

ton 1'av its tail is reported oJV IN

ne

tant communications from Washiiii;toTi. which made it i.cre-;ary for him t hr.st?n his return a speed'dv .is po-ibK' On tf;T suhiec. (the President's toMA

tue. Indiitn Pentipel of Jolv 3,1, hnr,

interesting rrra:k.

" e regret thit Mr. Monroe li-.d rot er

tended his visit to Cincinnati. He would i''r this port and toe tail inr l!ost;n.

Remark able fact : A hen was h.uidiri the centre ofa hav stack, near Pi ion, w 'sere

on the samp. J.v and hour the head is uri

a month past, audi have been astonished in this perb.d nf a!

exceedingly large, most universal glnnm. at the hum of bu-?i

orne of tliem seemed

ur were distinctly viewed on the 2Sth Mav. nes thnt enlivens r.i:r rifv ? he wntikl hv

rhev continued fur a number of days suc- been astonished at the appearance of a city, 'ssively, and then disappeared. On the, u! ere b'Jt a few years ao. ?!! wasawildcrIth. Tune, one larger than anv before seen,; nes prifj be r.ould have be: no less ra-

' v peared. conspicuous on the ce!itre of the

she had lain ill months ! N. 13.

dtfnurt. . JsVw Jhvcriitn ! A rritain

lz3

1 A k .

in s disk, ana seemeu to render it- rays 'Vehle and obscure, not unlike those orcai-

(!iscoverei a L?w mofle ettm - type by

tihed at the ir.anfte.r of his reception. The : soaking tl.em in me ho.r aac! t.; osi". City Council, order an impression that he them; although t'-ey d not aivvavsi Ur.i u

would have visited us, had made arrange- right, it s?.ve a jrcat deal of labor.

tied by a partial eclipse. On the ISth. it jments to receive and entertain the Prcsi- ISarcrcus. A ger.tieman siz d u p or 'j-appeaicd. The day was cold and windy, J diit in a manner that Must huuve been Ouinea negro by tho threat for a ttiO.i -.if-e thermometer standing at G7. Oa the ; gratefulttv his fevliuaH and honorable to them- Tenct' ; and choakod him till he was bhcJc

ucceedinj: day, two others entered upon the! selves. . ! in the fncs ! Ltt ihc abolition ecietv Iim k

'astern and advanced towards the

until the JCth', when three

imh,

western; The M.lh.winj letter addressed to Gc c- to

of less!

-nagnitude appeared ; thermometer risiiii

S on as you nave ir.Ken t::e iior.ey, put on the lid, loosen tl:2 cloth and snead it out. jind in an hcur or two the bees will ha returned into tbp hive. It may thcn.be phic 'd on the stand, and on the follow;:;; da they will he f.uudat work as usual. This method is very simple, and ptefvV;.ble to that sometimes practised of drivin-: the bees into another hive, as you ct all the honey, and moreover the new comb wliicli i still empty, and the young bees not vet om: of their cells are preserved there is abn danger in i!:ivir., of their not 'likin j their new habitation, and in that ca-e of sallvinv out and in iV.i'.rj; war up .n tneir neighbours. The above method has frequently been practiced hv mvselfand others, a. id .have always foil nil it t do well. AM A TOR MELUS. Wash ingtci:. .h ne 1 8, I S 2 9. ToITn, AND, July G. The Comet ! The lovers of astronomy, and those who view with pleasure and awe every display of the magnificence and power of the deity, may now be gratified by the appearance ofa brilliant Ccmet in cur Hemisphere. The appearance of these eccentric bodies excites a foolish apprehension in the minds cl manv rconle, who consider them the o-

mens of calamity. The origin of this terror f.iav probably be found in the rareness of iheir appearance, ard t!;e phenomena, so difficult of explanation, which ever atend p,n The coma or tail, as it is commonly called, of the present one is unusually bright and e.rtensive ; and notwithstanding the splendor of the moon, can be seen to pass through several decrees of the heavens. Tor nucleus also is distinct and weil defined. The last comet which visited our sphere "was in 181 1, this remained some time, and

5t elements were calculated with treat pre- - i.i" .

ciMon bv eminent men both in this coun

try arid Europe-. Its tail was found to l. Sr. ' v'.'lO miles ir; lenyth. anil so t ran spa. re. i!:;it ?t.iis were, visible through it. '1 i

p-e-ei.t comet, more brilliant than that of

1J-1 1, will prohably eaciie equal attentioi r! d invei-tir-atioa Th.e notion of these be

d :vi diii'-rent iVotr all others in the heavens

'it v.hic'ive avc;uquaiuted,is verv raj'.d

in an c liptioal ot'. it, approaching near the

sun m one fecus ;i t.-e. eiip.se, the tail beir?

aleavs c.ti t':e ?ide opposite the sun. Thai

which ue are now noticing passes towaril th. borisy!'. in a mn'therlv direction at;d vit! rapid. ity ; av.! sts about halt past 11 o'clock cut it was oborved, rcarpearing about dat

!i;;ht yesterday morning U- a gentleman oi

this town. iut aheve tlie hotison, in a In".

F.. direction. T!,is is an unusual p!t-

Tiomenon, and tn-y be accounted for by its

tuc.rimity to the pole From the For.tcn titnlj .Uvtrthcr. A verv remarkable Comet l as k-en sect

for the two last evenings at L arrb'ide. It is visible ;.bout an hour after sun tlown, in

the direction.!. N. W. just within the li

tnits of the twilight, and continues visible

till about 11 o'clock. It mav be seen again

In the morning fiom 1 to half past 3. Las: evening its distar.ee from Arcturus as de

termined by a sextant, was t'8 43, and its

distance from Lyra VI 13. Fro:n t!icse

observations its pirsent place is found to bo between the breast of the hvui atid Autina. d' clinatioa 50 and riht a'tciija do-te-?.

Died, in Marietta. (Ohio) on the 7 May. in theCfth year of his age, commodore 7hraham If'hivpk, a native of Rhode Island, .nd for many years, a truly respectable in'.abitant of Providence. While w e leave to he pen of the historian the record of his ahievrmenta as an active and distinguished

naval commander, we dwell V.ith pteasuie , and ) e Western j aits of Virginia, and to

as iiiven me

President's shortenimr his route.

Ij.vingtnn. Jul if 5. 181 9. Sir Tt wa my intention to have returned to Washington by Cincinnati, and thro' the state of Ohio ; but the extreme fatigue to which 1 have been exposed in passing through th.e Southern coast, and thence Westuardly through the Cherokee nation, at o narnt a season, has made, it advisable for nic to t :.!. the s tt i . in this state.

upon the recollection of tl.p social and do-J remain some days at each. It 1

ral Findlev will e.rplaiu the reason of the; StoP ruraircy From FavarnrZa

r.cgroe iei:ow, witn Dcw-lrrs ami cjrum.'.en i!uns,peifec(ly black, e.rcept the y) itts oT his eyes, which are red ; he may he Knmvri by his teeth which are lost,, and Ly his clothes, being stark naked, &c. . Stolen A watch worth a hundred duh lars, if the thief will return it he will be informed g?-fls e.hcre he may steal one woitii two of it, and mi questions asked. Unexampled iceather ! The weather was so estremelv hot yesterday, that a entlemams soup scalded his mouth ! Uiwful discoveries It is found by mi.ring lard with butter, sand with sugar, water with milk and brick bats with cotton, that they willg-o r.ruch f.ivlher. Laudable lb formatter. ! Bcrhlo Bibber

has gradually reduced his allowance of spirits to one quart of Jlrandy per dav, without any material injury to his health", except an unpleasant langour and 'want rj spirits. A shrewd Trader .'A pedlar having tried, in vain, to sell a good for nothing gun for Jive dollar? a lonath ui

cecded by putting a sw dollar lock on her!

.1 J insance : i ung men are in habits

making such an uproar at night in thij

;aest:c virtues which endeared him to his nain to relinnuish the idea of l.assin" thro'

iriends and family. His philanthropic and Cincinnati, a very important and growing humane attention to th.e silverings of his cap- town in our Union, which I have not yet Mired seamen, whom he spontaneously re- seen.and nothing could have induced me to iieved from his private purse, reflects more do it hut the considerations which I have

lustre on his character than the circumstance stated, of which you will hav e the gocdness e l is being the man who fired the fiist shot to iiaorni m fellow citizens there. I

on the water, in defiance of the Hritish flag, With gieut respect. I am your nhichhe ventured to do on the 2.1th of June, ob'l. serv't. JAMES MONROE. ITTj, at a time lten no other man in the co- ma --- J"-' - lony would undertake tlie hazardous busii The Pariiaroe:.t of Cpp-r Canada was to nes?, lest he should be destined to the threat- meet fit York on the 7th June, for the disened cord. JSat. Intel, patch of public business : Mr. Robert Gour-

Died, lately at Baltimore Capt. John Shrim. lay of whom we have heard nothing for some-' in the .Tth year of his aye. He was the time past, on this occasion began to betir

oldest soldier id the well know 3rd, or. EaU himself; from the place of his 'confinement, streets a to kcepawake the City natch. timore brigade and for 25 years commanded he has w itten a long address, dated the 4th The corporation s! . uM not allow it.

toe oldest volunteer company in this city of May last, to the resident laryl owners of it was also one of the best; and though often Upper Canada, Urging them to ieet in their DEFINlTIi OF A KISS. enticed to leave it and claim the higher rank several townships and instruct by letter Extract of a ive letter nrittenin tkeyea-j to which he was entitled, he never w ould their respective representatives in Parliament lGH'J, translate? from thv German. quit it. lie was ii.tered with military hon- to make it their first consideration at the en- W hat is a kis.-A k?ss as it were e, ors jv tlie rth regiment, and attended to suinir sesson, ''after the infamous resolutions cal e.rpi esing our ?icferc attachment ; tb

the "narrow bouse" by a large concourse sent home to the foot of the throne u ere era- pledge of our future union : dumb, but at of citizens. sed froni their journals, and the gating act the same t:mo audible language f j Jivii'-

Also, in nttshelil, ermont, in ,e.ne last, repealed, to enquire into the state vj therm- neai i ; a present w hich at the same tin' f Sit neial Izrael ICoilh, ai d ahcut 7l In vince. and ha: e a commission sent ho.ue, ,r ,s given i, r ken fi o;n us ; t' e imprrs.f;u

iren

the war of the revolution be was ;n . 1 r 1 to that thr wh.ife miflit le fairlu and umnlu s.l. ol an aulent

maj. General Heath, arid an assistant adju- milted to the in ilsh Parliament. !hus it tant. general. appears that the tone of thi e.rti aordinar v

Also, in toe town of Hope, district of man is not in the least changed, and that

.jcine, on the tw oi June last, amuel t'e has oetermineu to stanu in t lie attitude

Pa 'j so n. aged '65. He served three cam- he has chosen. Host. tlv. Gazett:.

paigns in the French wars; and on the me-

morable l'Jtii April, 177J, was at his p!ouh ! (KOAkhIlS.

in i.Miaro:;, wh.cn he received tlie intelligence " There arc Croakers in every country.

of the slaughter at Lexington, when he im- alwavs boding it ruin. Such an one there

mediately took his horse fiom the plough, & lived in Philadelphia, a person of note, an

proceeded to mustei the minute men he com- elderly man, with a wise look, anil a very manded, anil marched to drive in the ene- grave manner of speaking ; his name was my. Soon after, he raided a company of Samuel Mickle. This gentleman, a stranger

volunteers for the service i f the Ciiited to me, stopped me one day at my door, and

states, .xot unshed with tins, J.e sold his asked me it 1 was the young man who had iarm, loaned tlie money to the town to pay lately opened a new Printing House ? Ueher quota of t h!ieis, u-ccived payment in a ing answered in the affirmative, he said he depreciated paper money, and then emigra-; was sorry for ruc because it was an expented to the district of Maine, and coinnienc--sive undertaking, and the expense would be 'd the settlement of the vuhlerness. I lot, for Philadelphia w as a sinking place. .'.;.9, on the 'li'tii tilt, at Trenton rear L- the people already half bankrupts, or near ''a, N. V. on his v.av from Platrsburg to bfiog so ; all the appearances ef the country nsit his son, com. Wolsey, at Sai kett's such as new buildings, and the rise of rents 'arbor, general Mclaucthon Llovd Wool- being to his certain know ledge falacious ! for in the 03rd year of his age. He was a they were in fact among the things that field officer in he revolutionary war and a would ruin us. Then he gave me such a dcsound patriot ; a highly estimable and verv! tail of misfoitunes now e.risting, or that useful citizen. Thus, one bv one, the buil-1 veie soon to exist, that he left me half me-

attachment on an iv.,iv cof.-.l

press ; the strikit.g of two Pin's a-ih-t one another ; a crimson balsam for a love wounded heart : a sweet bite of the lip : a- a lktionate pinching of the mouth : a dehrh u.;

dors of the republic pass from woiks to re

i

warns.

lane oly. Had I known him before I engaged in this business probably I never should have done it. 'Ibis person continued to live in this decaying place, and to declaim i't the same strain, refusing for many years tobuvahoue there, because all was going to destruction, and at last I had the pleas

ure of seeing him give five times as much

Also, recently near Penn-Yan X. V. the famous Jemima Jf'ilk-iiison. calling hersell the universal friend,"' the leligiou head of a little society , and well known in many parts of the Cnitrd States as a preacher. Previous to her death she called her deciples

round her, give them a solemn admonition, ' f;r one as he inight have bought it tor when

"then raided her hands and clojed her eyes" j he frt began croaking. Franklin. and died. Curious Mistake. A Dublin paper savs.

v person who held an official situation'in Dublin, whose wile had caught the typhus fever, had sent her to the hospital for recov-

PresiuenCs 7or. The President arrived ; erv. Having received information of her

at Le.nngton, Ky. on the Z, ult. via Fi ank-i death, he brought her home to his house ; fort, the lour Spring, (Col. IX. M. Johnson's ! and according to the Irish fashion, had her seat,) and (ieorgetown. On Satui day. the 1 w aked for several nights ; he then invited

From ths fPrstsm Spy

CINClNXATI.Julv irth.

oil, he visited the University ar.d attended

a celebration oi' ludeneadcucs at Mr. Dun-

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several oi ins relations, and conveyed :ier tevcial miles into Uie country, where she

1IWM Vi't.tfsti - d, 1

v... ..nan raien wiui scarier spooos:a sweet meat which does not satisfy our hun ger ; a fruit which is planted ami gathered at the same time ; (l;p juicket exchange of questions and answers uf two 'jvers: tho fouith degree of love." CH()SsKA"f)IXG. The subscriber wishes to lee a wet nurso of good constitutionsuitable for a balchelor. For sale, a second hand wife with sic children by a person about to decline houe.' keepnig. For .ale ! A likely negroe, wench- her hind foot white, blaze face and switch tail who is a good ironer and washer a natural and remarkably last trotter. MORE COUNTERFEIT MONEY MAN-FIELD, (OHIO) June 23. For some weeks pat there have been and now are in circulation through this countv, counterfeit Hall Dollars, well e.recuted, and hardly distinguishable in appearance from the genuine coin of our country they have, however, a brighter colour, a "more tinging sound, and are coarser milled than the ieal halt dollars their v?eiirht is almost eact!v

j equal to tlie genuine ; they are probably com-

piseu ot inc and Copper, with perhaps some Silver. Where this spurious money is mado we cannot positively tell ; t umor and conjecture place it in our immediate ncighhnrJ hoed, and we aie certain, that if it be not coined here, it is yet circulated in wj.r vicir, ity. liidicns in Veiv ork The rpmnant nt the six nations of Indians, residing within, this state, during the last week, in lull council, Solemnly resolved rot to encouia' e the introduction of the christian religion among them. We understand that t!'t deLais Cii Lhis subject xt aod vbUuti