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THE WESTERN SUN.

. r r. From the i resa ol ELiUU blub i, Publisher ot the Laws of the Ltiited States.

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VINCENNES, (torn.) SATURDAY MORNING, JULY is, 181T-

No. 32.

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THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed on every Saturday, at Two D !!ara per annum, if paid In advance, r Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, at te

i of the year, for which rt juircd.

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Advertisements conspicuously inserted on the usual terms. Advertising customers will note on "Vtheir advertisements the numb r of times key wish them inserted. Those sent

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d until forbid, and must be paid for accordingly. South American Capitals, BUENOS AYRES, from an American Correspondent Buenos Ayres is situated on the river Plate, about 220 miles from its mouth. The harbor is probably the worst in the world owing to the shallowness of the river, winch is not more than from 1 6 to l feet from is;e Lahos, f 1 50 mi s from its mouth to this

ulous the soil is rich, and cattle in great abundance. A trood horse may be bought from 50 cents to 10 and 20 dollars a buiiock lioni 2 to 7 dollars and sheep ma) be procured, loo miles in the interior, at 6 1-4 cents each. Fruit trees are in threat abundance ; they consist ot the peach, apple and pear also the orange, lemon, fig, oiie, Sec. and tne grape "vine, which grow au over the country. Tmse latter being a novel sight to a stranger, produce at first an agreeable sensation ; but whn we rccoiiect that tiiose tiees are the only ones to ie seen here, we naturally regret our nobtC North American forests so useful to the husbandman and the mechanic, which decorate the face of nature and are so grateful to the eye. Wood is s.y very scarce that they burn, togather with a few limbs of trees, the fat of oxen, sheep. Sec. Indeed you may see every day waggons loaded with fat meat, to burn in furnaces and oilier places. You may think that a country in which n.c.tt ke. is in such abundance, must

very rich ; on the contr

yacc

oto tne p

wmcls,

ma a

accompan

commence m an i Unabated fury ( r jjritish gu u a' fri place has l t, d in 2 months, 1 I mi

1 1 naroc

imrn

J wit

owing to

the slovenly and torpid disposit on of i. e inhabitants, it is one of the tnOstmiserable in the world. All thej seem to think of is their priests and bigotry. Ycster-

i day I was accosted by a decent-looking

lain, which ! old man with a small silver crucifix-

n ; blow with and what do you suppose he requested t hours The ; of me ? That I should kiss it, and then

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tationed three io ... olhce n contain ') ot V! ree uiar

at this nacioes, i. 1 'AC s about 10m ai e troops,

militia, I " KJ fprobabn

principally blacks and Indi ns. I he gov eminent is vested in the hands ot the

ic iirector wno is cnosenoytne There is also a com rrcss w nose'

give him money for the priest to get the soul of one of his friends out of purgatory. MEXICO. The capital of the Spanish dominions in North America is one of the finest d ies built by Europeans

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supren people

members hav

With a salary 01 SI

the purpose of c constitution but h The city Is large brick ; eve streets hut are ei r m

either : in arei

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hemisphere, 1 ne arc. itec era! is of a very pure styic, ificcs very beautiful. Many

. .-v--.i t . t i frit a t- t i i r 1 1

l iJ lilUlhl 'itrilvO ill v n int.n n

(led.

ting tor two years

to per annum, tor . - imr or ii aminer a

ie not yet stici nd buiit eenei

run in i i hi angles, f narrow and dirty, n ived. A str inger,

one but North American or ruses, would think hiinseif,

ere to have been trans biison vard as all the

houses, at least those that have their wi iddWs frontincr the Street, have iron

and tlie

Vi 1 1 1 c

euent

wood

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the principal streets ol fans or

er-

auiitlinars are very nu

nc st a million and a half of francs,

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appear to very great am amage

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! Iin. The public

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; merous ;oi wnicn tne nrst mmcaescrves notice is the C athedral was 94 years in j bui diner. The University of Mexico Was founded in 1551, and Iras 13 pro i fessors. Tne students amount to 400 The buildings arc magnificent, the chap j el and grand ball being the most beautij ful in the city The academy of fine j arts is a robie building, and the collec- , tio:i of Casts more complete than is to

- itin ; but many of them stand back 1 be found in any part of Germany. It is

few oft tern bei

Usea t A Eut)n

W on sns arrival Llft

9:une bill

!:lmgs

ic nc

l( 5

nd most

sistitig d! above 3 St. ago, which h: to it. Is the richest in r alone occunj ground. rl his c a

taken from when the c fives from I

a:"s wn i e i from

p: ; tor t; c . er a ites and assassi they ar i heiC to the evening Until ehurches are il . on their knees, b ( the Supreme B V ns : but i e jJW;' m " . -

provided with professors in Architecture

Sculpturcj Painting, Engraving and Mathematics. An European is astonished on seeing the Appollo ofBelvidere and the group of Liocoon, winch aix- masterpieces Instruction is commu licated gratis at this institution. The hospital contains 1400 children and the annua! revenue is l0,4T0l Sterling. In the treasury, 100 workmen arc constantly employed in coining money. In

vc in great a!l leaee, extort- j this city most of the Spanish money is :sc ighorant and bigoted peo coined; and from the commencement

ol the 1 6th century, more hum 6500

millions of dollars, ha e been issued.

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est

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tat cnurcnes, c

: of these i'l tidesia

s a convent attached likI iargest, the build iv- elijht acres of rch contains the nags itibh arms in 1 S 7, recaptured by the na These churches and with monks and fri

t of

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! ; e.;is! ed on t his earth, be follnd. from 6 in s i i the Morning, the J .itn these wretches, etending to supplicate

ing for a remission of atest nrool ol theit in-

in gold and silver

knife, which

ot them c iiries In a belt round ms I

b Ik n i wine i accounts lor t e tact,

that Few mq-iits pass without some one i

or more b fing assassinated

here, gen : rally, are their complexions

not are

Mexico contains 3S convents and an inquisition. The revenues of the Archbishop are 100,000 dollars. The study of mathematics and astronomy is much cultivated in this city The architectural works carried on for the establishment of the city, arc very expensihe. The theatic is an elegant edifice, and the two aqueducts bv winch the city receives fresh water, arc Worthy to notice. These are three squares, each containing an elegant fountain ; besides these there are ten others in the c ity. The city of Mexico is remarkable for its excellent police. It is governed bv a Mayor and 1- Aldermen. The citv is beautifully illuminated with large reflecting lamps, and the troops in gar-

11 son aie troni live 10 six utuuswuu. The baron de Humboldt says, u with ! the exception of Petersburgh and BerIm, there does not exist a citv equal to

e n in company witn any man, ' t .v;rn rnrthe pleirance. reirularitv and

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breadth ot streets; the extent ol the

s ill arcs, and uniform level of the ground

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K so attract-

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dark but there ia some!

ive a id lovely in theirey a as to make I em Interesting at first sight; proffered love they are always ready to return and 1 believe that their disposition in t is respect originates in the exclusive ly e . ifined life which they lead at home, without eirer being permitted to associate with our sex ; for it would be thought

height of indecorum foi

a voung la-

l ! : is is i e s

il is therefore natural incline to kcciitious-

e( epi Mv' was a traiiit and Ia CI ths t they shouh

n ! s. There is theater he

it will on!;, he net :ssary to mention the price of admission, -five ttutt fl im which wu may easily judge of its a.ue v sto rommerc tra le, he everything :s a. a stand. Tne country is ciy pop-

on w :ueh it sti :i is

' 1 ne

great breadth so that the c re and I think vast extent of ground) the

streets are ot

ty covers a ii

ey are wen

i sect each other at right more noouloua Darts of

I pav en, ana angles '1

th' city extend in length four English

I miles in a straight I'm The ci is a place of immense commerce ijqjd the snops display a profusion of youn; silver

and jewels. The streets called Goldsmitn's is lined with ti e shops ot th s mechanics, who find tmpoy from tit vast quantities of gold brcught in to the city Nineteen millions ot conais are coined iii this city annually. The Spanish ladies are of distingushcd gallantry. Tlx epaniaids are commonly clot ed in silk, their hats beine: adorned with belts of rold, and the slaves have neclacesof gold silver pearls and gems. Cage says, that in his lime, (1640) there were supposed to be 15 000 coaches in Mexico, many of them adorned with gold and gems the pecple being

so lich that it was imagined one haifof

a them kept carriages. Ti.is city by late accutate enumeration, contains u

Wards of 200,000 inhabitants, The bar

on de Humboldt says that, although he had seen 1 ima Philadelphia, Rome aris and Naples, Mexico has left an impression of grandieur which he can never forget, which he partly attributes to its majestic situation. Beautiful avenues of elms and poplars lead in every direction to the capital Its physical situation possesses inestimable advantages. Placed on an isthmus washed by the south sea and Atlantic ocean it appears destined to possess a powerful influence over the events which agitate the rao continents.

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KEVOLU-

AMER CAN

TION. We find in the National Intelligencer a translation of a pait of the new work Mr. Pradt, concerning the colonies and present revolution of America " In that portion of the work which has appeared in English, the Writor most ci early demonstrates the inability of Spain to reconquer her revolutionary colonics, and shews the insurmountable difhh uities which she wiil have to encounter in the attempt to prevent the establishment of their independence. lie states the population of Spain at eleven millions ; that cf Spanish America at fifteen millions. He proves that with this inferior population ; with the expense and delays of fitting out expeditions for America j with the small military force which s3 e will have to send at anylDne time; with her natural sluggishns Spain cannot subjugate, or retain in ve salage, tl bse colonies w hich abound im Wealth in extent of territory, in natural advantages for her defence, in bad roads, rivers, and mountains, which it is difficult for an enemy to penetrate. South America now supports Spain with her specie ; twelve millions of dollars annually Mow into her fiublic coffers from the ' merican mines ; this resource will be cut off from the mother country, ana be applied to the invigoration and maintenance of the patriot cause ; to the allurement of American, French and German officers into its service. Whence then will the cabinet of Madrid derive the means for the prosecution of the contest with any energy, or for any considerable time, against the colonies ? 1 hey must fail in the effort ; and though the acquisition may progress slowly, we consider it certain that the South Americans must eventually obtain their independence. mum From the National Intelligencer. The Western Country y From tree accounts which reacrwpl daily we arc induced to believe that in no one year since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, has the k tide of emigration" set so strongly westward as the last. The rapid advancement of the Atlantic states in population, added to the prodigious influx of European superabundance, have sent forth thousands and tens of thousands to inhabit our remote western forests, where no M man's tread" has ever been consigned before Looking only a few years through the vista of futurity, what a sublime spectacle presents itself I W ilderness, once the chosen residence of solitude OT Savages, converted into populous cities, smiling villages) beautiful farms and plantations ! Tne hap; y multitude, bu sy in their daiiy occupations, manifest contentment and peace breathing their gratitude and prayers only to the e;rca Ki;e.; of Kinis ! The wi.d Indian, taught by mild persuasions and example, h become an enthusiast in the cause of civilization behold hiru cultivating his

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fields, or at his cabin door studying the iiook oi Life. Tiie - ississippi roils her piouu waes as before but her besom is ploughed by thousands ot keeis. and her surface whitened by thousands of sails, bear ing the produce of minions of industrious citizens to its destined mart ! What a scene how beautiful, how grand 1 yet not ideal : another century wih realize it Yes this fine country is destined to become tiie firmest foothold of the Genius of American Liberty and should he ever be driven from tiie Atlantic shores, he wiil take his stand on the k loftiest peak of the ileghany,' and shout to his votaries 44 Here is my hold here have I erected an empire beyond the reach of despots, which shall st hi endure w hen the M stream of time shall have been drained into the vast

ocean of eternity." Method of Suiting Butter. Take sugar one part, saltpetre one part, and clear strong salt two parts ; beat them w ell together and put by the preparation for use; of which take one ounce for every sixteen ounces of butter, and mix it thoroughly with the butter as soon as it is freed from the buttermilk. Bnttei s ited in this manner and put down in close tubs with a little melted butter poured over the surfuee,to fill up every "little vacuity before the top is put on, will keep good for many years Bu -ter prepared as above is not fit for use till it has stood at least a fortnight, but then may be kept perfectly sound for years. CHEAP GOODS ! ! SAMUEL HILL, Co.

Nearly opposite C II. Greatf.r's Tavern, have jcst rf.cei- f ved from Baltimore, A Large Asxortmct of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE QUEENS WARE, SCHOOL S ; AIONARY, $ BOOKS, LIQUORS, j) GROCERIES ALSO I Case Elegant Straw Bonnets. These Ocods were selected by them- - I ves, and will be sold very low FOR t 'XSH. Vincennes, June 6, 18 17 27-tf

NOTICE. The Co-partnership lately existing be tween

JOHXLO.KO isf THOMAS COLMAJV

ceased to exist on the 15th ultimo JOHN LONG, THOMAS COLMAN Vivcennes,July 1, 1817. 31 3w. TO FARMERS. The subscriber informs the public, that he continues to purchase fat cattle, veal calves, sheep and hogs for which he ill pav cash. THOMAS COLMAN. July 1, 1317. 3 1 tf. 7 HERE AS Perecca R: el my V v wife, has left my bed and board without any cause, I caution all persons against harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting. FREDERICK REEL. Gibson County June 6, 1817. 31 3

y of ice A LI. those indebted to the estate of William H. V. Dubois deed, or having any demands against said estate, are requested to apply to J. Call, Esfj. who is authorised to settie the affairs of said estate TIIOs HEMPSTEAD, Administrator of Win. H V. Dubois dt c. Vincennes, 3, July 18 17. 31 5w J CALL.

mmriLL practice Lav mine v Circuit Courts of Knox, and the adja ent counties he renW's at the M Vincennes Hotel" Vmecnnes, u, Feb. 18 17. tljjcf