Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 March 1810 — Page 3

TIIK WKSTEUN SUN.

ViNCENNES, March 2i 1 S 10.

A report having (v ibinc means

and lor lome purpok, been circulated, that mr. Peter Jones had withdrawn his name from the lilt

nf r;indid:itrs for the hotlfe of rc

nrcffiitatives lam authorifed to

ia y the report is not true, and that

he is a eanoKiate. We are authorifed to (late, that Garvis Heazelton, is a candidate

for the Council, for the dillnct

enmnofed of the townfmps of Har-

rifon, White river, VVabalh, and

Uhio. St. Sebastians Dec. 14. 1809.

Troops are dailv arriving, and

proceeding to the head-quarters at Vittoria. The letters from the in

terior of Snain fav. that Kirm Jo-

iVrli, at the head of his army, had m

nained a victory on the 19th ult.

near Ocnna; the refult of which is ironiGto 10.000 men. killed and

wounded 30,000 prifoners, of

whom 800 are otiicers ; irom 30 to

40,ooo muikets, 20 colors, sc nieces of cannon, and a vaft nuan-

tiiv of baace. The pritoners, 30,

Oob pals this day and to-morrow through Hermain, to the interior

of France. iMarlhal Ney is now

on his way to Madrid. A letter

from Vittoria, dated 6th inltant, lrys General Kellerman routed the

Spaniih liuurgenty, near Salaman

ca. Their lots was 4000 men.

Colonial produce here is ilacrna-

ted, and the llorehoufes filled,'

without being able transport to the - . f TV . I - -

interior oi r ranee; out it is expected this obftacle will be removed.

as the Cuftomhoufes are about to

be eftabliflied in all the feaports.

A Newhampfhire paper dated Dover, Jan. 27th, fays--. During

the sale on Friday the 19th lnit.

much damage, we hear, was done

in the upper part of this HateMany barns w ere blown down, houf. cs in; roofed, c. In New-Hamp

ton a dvk ellimdioiipj was blown

dov:i.--i!ie family with difficulty

elci'p' (! from the rums, 1 he own

er of the houfe, with his wife and

three votir,;; children, were pro

ccedinc to a neighbor's houfe in

a fleigh, when a violent gull of wind upfet it. witli fuch violence as

influntlv dallied it in pieces---one

of the children was torn from its

wretched parents, and could not be found. ---The other children before they could reach any houfe, were frozen to death---the man and his wife were much frod-bitten. In HoUlerneis, a large barn belonging to the hon. Arthur Livcrmore, was blown down and four oxen killed.

PROPOSAS Hr WILLIAM DR0MG00L , Fcr puViifhiv.g 1 y fnU ription in IVirdftown, (Ky ) a PciLdical Work, to be entitled Tin: GAR HEX. LrClllilSTOrilE!: CRMITREE, so. a:: n or he ns. Sn a!! agreed l!:r.u-h v,Pet diverfitir, This Garden to adrn, with great varietie. TO TIIK PUBLIC. A confidence pirt c;f th- prnpofed v.nrk, w 1 1 ! cot. lilt in atu;e of the public it) ';-T:rri!, or. -. !mt is the lame thing, in lam. n ! :ni,,rr their ;ccs arid I -ibles ; and v d;-lj: ujt Lut ever- man will be I j ai.xiuui

(o hear wliHt is Taid agair.tt himfeinhhe

will without hflitatiou purchafe and rrrfully perufe our paper. The chief objett howeter, of the prefent addrefs to the pub. lie, is, like all Authors, to puff ourfelves into notice ; fet forth our literaiy pretenfions, and elUbhlh incoiurovertably, that wc are at well acquainted wit!) the Claffics, the Sciences, Trades and Profefliong, as the mother that bore us. By this method likewife, we expect to command the attention and patronage of our countrymen. We warn all perlbus not to condemn our wprks thro' prejudice, w ithout havinr- refJHjthn :

nor precipitately and uneneroufly tcrnf

intm, uecaute they have the rmstortune

of brwj' an ofisorincr of the wild woods of

Kentucky ; but we intreat them to join with us to fofter the native genius of our ftate ; trim the untried pinions of the Wef. tern Mule ; awake the minds of our Freeborn Youths from their lethargy ; and cpen

befare their eyes, in delightful profpeel, intellectual fields which they may be inticed to explore.

We are proud to inform ttie public, that

the gates of our Garden are now thrown

open; and we invite them to enter in ; ex. amine its ptodu&ions, and contemplate its beauties. Within it, Apollo reigns, who, to

charm our courteous vifitors, mall fin? ori

ginal verfes to divine airs ; and enrich its

fcenery with all the decorations which can

delight a refined imagination ; and the Mif-

ccllaneous Mufr, (hall fcatter in the path-

way ot our Ipectators,

" Flowers of all hue -and without thorn,

he rose" In the mean while jolly fced Wit, (hall

hang an Epigram, Pun or Anecdote, on ev

ery Tree, to entertain our vifitors. We

have cndlefs variety in Jiur Garden, and knov how to join oTJrp'vand fweet, and

charm by novelty evertx die Thiftle and

Nettle are not wanting tjjere : by which

the rude critic, who endeavours to defpoil

our flowers, will be ftung nor arc we

without lrab. Apples, and green rertimons, with which we will undertake at any time to fliffen, and make rough, the fmooth and

nimble tongues of flanderers. In Oiort all kinds of yf&r that ever entered into the

Medical Vocabulary of an old dame, we

have, and mean to have in our Garden ;

whether efficacious iu eating the heart-ach ;

in toothing the troublous pillions ; in

cleanfing the corrupt fouls of men ; or in

lluniiutmg and enlivening the Hupid fenfes.

Lealt lome conceited youth miy take it in

to his brains (head we mean) to qjeftion our literary abiliti:?, e here give fuch a

fprcimrn of our acquirements, that we are

confident no one w.ll have the boldnefs to

interrupt us hereafter.' We, therefore, inform the Doflors, that we know Efculapi us was deified, and that the beR methods of

curing the tooth-ncb are 41 are to boil your

head well, and thru fliake all your teeth

out. or to fill your mouth with water and

hold it ever the fire until it bods." The Military man and Duclitl, wc inform, that

guns and gun-powdrr, were invented !y

Swarts, a Monk of Cologn. The Belles

and Beaux, wc inform, that Queep Elizabeth wjs the firft woman who wore iilk

(lockings in England; and that the French

King, vs the firll perfon who ever wore

them. Hut to the Lawyers, we honellly

confrfs c Ignoramus." It may not be improper, notwithHanding, to Hate, that we

have feen the outside ot Bldckflone, Coke, Ddlas, and others, w hich is nearly as much

as many a squib cracker of the day can fy.

But above all, we are great Linguilh, for we know that the Greek name of water i

Jfjcr, the Latin name, Ac the French

name, Eau the Dutch l's:sr ; tut s to

the Hebrew, we declare ic our re:derj, tfut our infunerable dftelhti.n of t!.-j

whole Jewifli profellion. has ien the Cdtife

ot our not liivmc (ludifU ::irir Utuhiic

After the above ii.jJefl difi-Uv ot ejuu

twdi

, In order that our Garden my nc

the eye of any one, we have determinedrto exclude all religious difputation andH to politics, although we hwc no doubt but

we could prove, tt.it Thomas J elFerfuu h j a great, and good rmn, and tl.at the l)emocratic, is the heft form of government, I

yet we wll carefully avoid touching on that fubjecl. In the department oi (Jriticifm, wc will lometimcs appear ; and fuch is our boldnefs, that we fliJl not hctitate to attack the hugelt Folio's, the Co. lumbi idnot excepted. Hut we more particularly declare ourfelves the Guardians of Morality, and the fworn foes to all man-

ner ot Vice. j We earncfUy invite the correfporJence ' of the Youths of the Wefl, and hll men of j Letters; and wifh their crminnnications j Q '. to confiR in Moral. Scientific. Diverting-. r'";r

' - -- o Literary fu;jecls, or fuch as relate to the j" fafhionable world. To conclude, we have, i

as m the words of our motto,

" All agreed through fweet diverfitie,

NOTES OF A TOUR TO TIIK WESTERN COUNTRY, THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, A VOYAGK DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI HI VERS, AND A TRIP THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY AND

PART OF WEST FLORIDA.

Commenced in the

and

concluded in

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with the vices of the 1

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t!i( nj

put ourbv'd t'ooi i.wc i.u.it, ard afTure

we flial! alwayi I c m cur P'i and Q-Good-natured wiuUlc;r.r rdvicc will be dminiler?d to them, reflecting the manage

ment ot tl.eir ijeau:; ; matn-nony will ne commrs.ded ai d p-r.thrd u:( tor t! rir fArl.

At-.d wee be ur.to Hail dors 1 frr we

Her and worry tlicm, that thry

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will

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win cr. ' jsc 10 Leneatn the voke oi ilynun, rather than eiir!(ue our artillery ot

wit, tidirule, realon and Utiglitcr for we

re wr.rni admirers o" the r-ntle fcx ; and

p; wfwiT; v'. i!iU ip'ci Cacik i fit! J.

This Garden to adome with great Yarietie." CONDITIONS of THE GARDEN.

I. The Garden fha!l be printed on a wsl

i ype, ana on paper oi a luperior quli' ty, and executed in flyle, not inferior to any work hitherto printed in the rtate. JI. It fhall iifue every Two Weeks, and be delivered to fubferihers neatly Hitch ed in Blue paper; ench nuniber dial contain twelve large Duodicimo pages. III. The price to fubfenbers will be Two Dollars per annum, paid in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty cents, payable at the expiration of fix months. We earnrftly befcecl. thefe gentlemen who may hold fubfeription papers for the Garden, to return them to the Port Mafler

at Bnirdflown, by the fir 11 day of March next, as we are anxious to commence the work immediately.

Bairdflown, Dec. 30th, 1809. gCrSubfcriptions received at this office.

BY

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Goynor and Commander in Chief of the J Indiana Territory 1 JA PROCLAMATION. dEREAS by a law of Congrefs paled on the 15th December, 1C09, the Governor of the Indiana Territory was empowered to apportion the members to the Houfe of Reprefentativts of the faid Territory, and to caufe an election to be held for the fame alfo to caufe an c-

leclion for members of the Lc gillative CounciI iu cafe of vacancy. And whereas, the late LegilUture of the Territory whs at the requrlt of the two houics diflolvcd by the Governor on Tc 2JM day of Odober lall -Now thtrtforeNAVl L. LI AM HENRY HARRISON,Ovcrnor of fid Territory, dodecUrc and make known, that the houfe of Reprefcntativcs of the faid Territory ftiall confilk of nine members, of which the county of Dearborn, fhall furnifli three ; the county of

Clark, two; the county ot iiarnlon, ojie and the county ot Knox, three. And Kjsl

moreover appoint Monday inc leconu nay of April next, for an ele&iou to be held iu each of the counties atorefaid fcr the Representatives herein afiined, wnd ?Mo for five members to the Legiflativc Council, agreeably to the apportionment nude by my proclamation of the 4th of April I ail, viz: one from each of the counties of Dearborn, Clark, and Harrifon, nd one from each of the di(tricU of the county of Knox. And the Sheriffs of the faid counties rcfpcclively are hereby directed to caufe the f..id election to be held en the faid fecund day of April next, at fuch places in each Townfhip as my have been atligned by the courts of Common Picas refpedtivelv. And the proceedings at faid ejection, nnd the movie of making the returns, to be

fuch a the laws in torce directs.

Given under my hand and the feal of

the Territory, at Vineennes, thi twenty fx r f dy of February, one L.3. thoufand eight hundred and ten, and of the Independence of the United Sta'fS, the thirtv fourth. WILLIAM HEXRY HARRIS. By the Governor, JN : GIIiSON, Sccrctarj. f

winter of 1807,

1800.

:o:

BY F. CUMING. the Hate of the vaft trail of

count-y through which he travelled, a difhncrof between three and four thoufand miles. Early hillory progrefs in settlement population manners customs natural and artificial curiofities rivers creeks towns villages, man. ufaclures religion -politicks ---Indian wars and mafucres peculiaries of back, woodfmen and hunters--Indian mounts or ancient burying phces fortifications on the Ohio Chickafaw and Choclaw Indians on the Mifliflippi their manners and cufloms- fettlcments on the MifTillippt river foil, produces, climata and difeafes, Jcc. of thefc regions.

Propofals for this work were iDTued fome time ago, but its publication was neceflarily delayed in cemfequence of the author extending his route, further than he at fiill intended, down the Mifliflippi fiver, thro the Mifliffippi Territory and part of Weft Florida". The 1'cur is now completed, and the manufcript in the hands of the publifli er, and will be put to prefs immediately, fie, iflued with as little delay as pofiible. There were a number of fubferibers to the firft prcpof!?, and more are now rcfpz& fully folicited thofeefpecially fond f encouraging literature and fcience of learning the fhte of their own country,; geographically and phylically of reading man aa he is, with all his burdens on his hick of ftoring their minds with ufeful information, rational and beneficial amufements. -Such will fubferibe and read with a confiderable degree of plrafure for our author takes us as we are, with all our foibles, and faultsour vices and virtues perfections and imperfections.

A PROPOSAL HY ZADOK CRAMER, Bookfelier, Pittlburgh, (Pcnn.) TOR PUBLISHING DY 5U 1 ! C R I PTIO Jf;

CONDITIONS This work Hull be printed in one vbl time duodecimo fize, of between 3 8c 400 pages, with a new type, and on a fine paper. The price to fubferibers (hall not exceed one dollar end twenty five cents, neatly bound and lettered, and thofe who fubferibe for riue copies fhall hare one gratis, provided the money be paid on delivery of the books, which in all cafes will be required. A further difcount of five per cent, will be made to merchants who buy to fell a gain. 5'ubfcriptioni received at the office of the Weflern .Sun.

A PROCLAMATION BY THK President of the United Statet. TVyTHEHEAS information has been reVr ceived that, a number of individuals, who have defcrted from the army of the United States, fome of whom have fought Ihelter without the jurifdiction thereof, have become fenfible of their offence, and are defirous of returning to their duty A full pardon is hereby granted and proclaimed to each and all of fuch individuals as fiiall within four mon'.hs from the date hereof, furr-ndcr themfrlves to the commanding ctTkercf any Military Poft within the United States, or the territories thereof. In teflimony whereof I have caufrd the feal of the United States to be affixed to thef prefents, and Ggned the fame with my hand. Done at the city of Wafliington, the 29th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thoufand eight hundred and ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the thirtv forth. (S.-ned) JAMES MADISON, hy the Prefident, R . Sm i Til Secretary of Sate. February 5 3vr