Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 March 1818 — Page 3

CULTURE OF THE VINE. lHavill J promised to give some hints ftftpectiti& the culture ot the Vine, I presume it will not be amiss to give Hthifl s asdb of the year, some general idc is oflihc selection ot" a proper spot, an 1 prep iring th ground for the plant Infc of a Vineyard. In the middle and northern parts of Fi am e, Germany and in S itzcrlar.d. the hiii sides facing the ROUth, south east and south west, where the soil is of a rich, lite and gravelly feature are general) found to be the t&ost favorable situations for the culture of the Vine. Althou may experience gre iter extremes in the coldness of the wittier s:aj.o:is our summers and alliums Sf(3 consi lerably warmer than in those Countries, hence it may be natural to expect, that the necessity of having a south hillside situation In order to obtain a complete maturity in the graphs, Mill be diminished in proportion to our southern latitti le. In Europe the Vine ftuec;ch wherever maize or Indian corn gr vra to pei fcctionoUt maize does not succeed wherever tne vine does it his also been retnarke h that in Euro tone the viae succeeds well wherever the peach tree does. 1 1 it not rational to SUppJSe, that in America as well as in Ktirops, where mafhe Sc peaches groWt gr ip i9 also may be produced ? I have no li) utatien in stating it as my oppinlon, Hut an it respects the culture of the Ki f vines which are cultivated in the vicinity of this place, two thirds of the Whole Country IS more or less aiapte I to it. I would remark however that in places where the lata spring frosts are frequent the grapes may be so v a destroyed that it would not be profitable to tanners to spend much time and labor in that way ; a farmer therefore who wishes to establish a tineVard. should first ascertain as nearly as possible, what part of his farm la b ; ad .pled to such a plantation, tor that purpc e or not, which without actu nl experience, maybe more difficult to ascertain than one may suppose. It has already been remarked that where the peach tree succeeds, there tisothe vine prospered, and as it relates to the late frosts killing the fruit in the pring of the year, I have reason to beliUeve that the "fruit of the vine will not be as often cut off by the late frosts, as that of the peach tree '; therefore, where the late frosts respect the peach, the grape is sure to be spared. Although I do not consider it necessafy to choose a hill side facing the south for the purpose of planting a vineyard, vet I think that a place of ground of a rich, lights sandy or gravelly soil, S. E. or S. V. protected a hill or range of buildings will be found a most advantag us situation. The much favored border of the Ohio, arc, however, an exception: it is ascertained beyond doubt, that t lie Ohio flats, where the soil is not stajhy and Wet, as well as the hill sides bor.tna-v; -a them, are W cullarly well adapted to the culture of the kinds of Vines reared m the vicinity of this place, and no doubt of many other species

be introduced from other

The ground thus prepared, the r.ext steps to be taken is Cnuslng the slips, or yoUOg vines with roots and plant them ; directions for which 1 shall give give in

a luiure number.

Ind. Reg.

w iich

might

the vineyard demanner in which

CONNECTICUT AN FX DOT The foltwing anecdote occured ino the small cities of C onnecticut.

A Worthy magistrate observing one of his neighbor! pfofaining the Sabbath by Walkiqg back and forth before his own house, very politely sent his litte son with the laws of the state, requesting him to read a certain passage therein ; but the neighbor directed the lad to inform his father h could not brake the Sabbath by the study of the law on that day.

About the same time a fleet often sail, said to ne commanded by Admiral Lord Cochrane, came to the mouth of St. -ar-tha, and then stood to the westward for Carthagena, for the purpose as Was upposed of blockading that port. Flour, at St, Martha, 26. No sale

for other American produce.

THE WESTERN SUN, VINO ENNE S....M auc h 11.

From Beunos- Avros.

Salem, Feb.

A letter of the 16th Nov. to a gentle

man in this town, states, that the Spaniards had received a reinforcement at Conception, six transports and a frigate with troops. The Philadelphia ship Pescveranrc, from Valparaiso for Rio Janeiro, ivas Captured by the Sfianiurds. An English frigate had convoyed out of port one ship, and would probably convoy the Americans if requested.

An adjourned meeting of the subscribers to the Pr sbyh Han Meeting house, Will be held at the house of H. Lasselle,

on Saturday the 2 1st of this Mist

Postponement

the following cases of IJjmestit At

tachmenty are continued for decision until Monday the 6th day of pril, 1818. David Boland vs, Abijah Brownt J In Hilly vs. Abijah Brown, Chat, riomisoTiy vs. Abijah Brown,

Public Lands. We are informed that the lands sold at Muntsvilie, the last two weeks amounted to 3 millions of dollars some sold as high as seventy eight dollar per acre! Eighteen townships and nine fractions arc to be sold on the first of March. Franklin Monitor

Countries. The success of nends trrc itlv on the

the ground is prepared for planting the tines ; s me persons content themselves with ploughing well the place intended for the plantation) some dig holes somewhat deeper than the ploughed ground, E. i others dig trenches about 18 inches 4eep all of Whom have been more or less tucci ssful but the best way of all is to Overturn the whole surface of the ground which ;. i Intended to be planted as a vine vard from eighteen inches to three feet deep which is done bv opening a trench or ditch at the foot of the piece of ground selected, (if it is not level) as Wide as it is deep and when the first ditch is opened and cleared out, a second divh or furrow is dugoi the same width S the finst, taking particular care to nut in the bottom of the first ditch, the

oam or top aou wi m w

top the Clay orground tnat is taken - . . .....1 mtr, .-- tm it'.

II DID "wi r third, fourth kC. until the Whole ground intended to be ptorfed thus overturned by this means few or no weeds or Rrass wt!l grow the first and second yeafrs and the ground will remain liht for , : er of years, the vines will penetrate deep in the -r und, and Hot be so easily ejected by the drouth. I think that wher the soil is not sandy or pravelly, it would he athrantageotia to put in thc I ott m of each dit h I Liver of about f i inches of sand or -ravel, and where the lay" r clav fut on top uuu,' hc Aim ltn tr vines Would le

entirely planted in that layerit would be ',.,,',. to die a small hole and fill it o iv. "... , , With ve itablesoil, lest the weak roots of the young tines should not be able the first year to fovee their way through the clay.

We are informed that the senate o the United States have rejected the treaty concluded last fall, at fort Meiirs, With the Indian tribes, in this state, on the ground that it would open a door for fraud and speculation, by permitting the Indians to hold their reserved lands in fee simple and be enabled to sell them for the whites at discretion. New commissioners, it is said are to be appointed immediately to hold another treaty. Suificrtir. " 1 wL v We are informed by travellers and others, that reports arc in circulation in Kentucky and various parts of this suite that the Farmers, Afechaics. and Manufacturers Bank of Chiiiicothe, have stopped payment ; but we can assure the public that the report is totally unfounded, and that they have never refused to redeem their notes with specie. We can also state that the notes of this institution continue to be received at the Land Office, at the United States Branch Bank, anc at the Bank of Chillicothe. m A Branch of the Bank of the United States is to established at the City of Albany, in New-York. Xat. Intel, Official information has been received ifi this city, that Ma jor General Jackson has removed the Head Quarters of the South Division of the Army to Fort Scott, near the confines of Georgia. lb

C uracca, Dec. 27. The French fleet, which passed this island on Wednesday last, sailed from Cadiz with an intendant general for Carraccas, and lay in the roads of La Guyra for several days, having left that port for Porto Bello, to convey specie from thence

to the Havanna. From this circumstance it would appear, that France has given assistance to Spain in her struggle with

her revolted colonics. A Carracas (iazctte of the 17th inst. contains an official dispatch from General Morillo to the Captain General of Venezuela, Don Juan Baptista Pardo, dated head-quarters, Guadarrama, 7th December, from which it appears that general Paex, of the independent army, was in Achauas, and commenced his retreat on the Arauca, with the emigration, and all his forces, having- at the same time ordered those in Nutrias, to cross back the A pure, in consequence of which all General Morillo'i endeavors to meet hiin were frustrated. Captain Grant, of the sloop Concordia, wdio arrived at .Newport on the 30th inst. informs that anew duty of 50 cents per ton will be imposed on American vessels at Gaudaloupe, after the 1st Jan. Vessels in port excepted.

At a meeting of the Beard cf Trustee far thr Borough (J Vinccnnc, on the 7th March J8J8. ON motion inade & seconded the board tame to the following resolution to wit : Win reas the notice heretofore published notifying an election for Nine Tiustccs, on the first Monday of February, to s re fm one year, w as frustrated by an unforeseen omission and wi.ereas it is conceived that an opportunity should lc presented to the ci izens to express their wish es by vote and make a selection of rus tees to tract and superintend the important business which will be comniitteu to then charge in that capacity during the ensuing year It is resolved by thO Board, now acting in council assembled, that an election for Nine Trustees, to serve until the first Monday in February 1919, be holdcn at the Court House in said Borough, on Saturday the 21st Instant, when and where all freeholders and householders within the said Borough are requested to attend. By Order of the B ,ardf C H. TILLINGHAST, Sec'yBunk of Vincennes, The State Bank of Indiana, Feb. tz, 181. THE Stockholders in this Institution who have not paid a4thinstalment of five dollars, on each of their shares are hereby informed that the same must be paid on or before the first day of June next. t Those who subscribed for stock, sold under the direction of commissioners, appointed for the purpose by an act of the Legislature, may pay the said instalment at the Bank or to the commissioners of the county where such subscriptions were made. The other stockholders must pay the said Instalment at the Bank. By Order of the Board of Directors. sm v bm . . . . w

CL.1SHA BO, DiNOT,C.

vTo the Citizens of Knox County, Fellow Citizens. I tender you my sincere thanks for the confidence you have heretofore expressed by your almost unanimous vote in my capacity and integrity as your Shcriff. Every man of the least reflection knows (and knowing should regulate his conduct) that no one should appropriate his time in the service of the public, without receiving an adequate compensation my growing family and recent losses, will not justify my doing so, as our Legislature at their last session have so reduced the ShciiflHs fees, that I cannot m ike but must most assuredly lose by the office doty to myself and family, imperCiously enjoins that I should resign which you may consider as done so soon as the Executive can appoint a successor. I he present address is made to you in order that you may be enabled to make a Judicious selection (for I wish much an active successor) and recommend to

his Lxcellency (it being a popular office)

uioc mai no impediment mav be

Private letters from New-Orleans announce that Ubnrv Johnson is elected a Senator in Congress from Louisiana, vice W.C. C. Claiborne, deceased. Ht'NTlNGTON, (PENN.) JAN. 22. The Small Fox, which a few weeks Sgo had made a partial appearance in this country, has now, we are sorry to state, assumed a different character.Adults as well as children, in every direction around us, are laboring under that most terrible disease and many of them have paid the k- Debt of Nature." As vet the citizens of tt.i- place have escaped, owing, in all probability tTfarents having their Children vaccinated In no instance thai we heard of, have children who were vaccinated taken the small Pox. Latest from South -America. New -York. Feb. 9. Captain Adams of the ship Elisabeth) who arrived yesterday from St. Ubes, brings despatches from Mr. Erving, our Minister at Madrid, to the Secretary of State. Cant Lane, of the It ig Franklin, in 85 days from St. Martha, informs us, that the Patriots were carrying all before them to the windward. About the 26th December; the Patiiot troops, four to six thousand Strong, were within a day's march of the city of Santa Fee, which was garrisoned by onlv about 200 Royalists, and they in a sickly sUle.

thrown m the way of a due collection of the Taxes mr present vear. Accept fellow citizens of the best wishes of your humble servant. B. V. BECK! S. March 4th, 1818. 15 -3 w 20,000 DOLL A US Jtdlay be had for 10 Dollars. WE are authorised to say the drawing of the Masonic Hall Lottery, will positively commence on the tenth day of April next. E. STOUT, B. A few TirKFTS may be had at the store of Charles Smith.

Keys lunmUcggg

found some time in Oc tob

VAS

Feb. 12, 1 8 ! 8.

THWs . BL1KE, v. srjrEs' ArroRSEr for rms state, HAS resumed his lodgings at tuo 4 Vincennes Hotel "All persons who shall have business with him in that capacity, will please apply at said place. li tf Vincennes, Feb. 12 1818.

FOR SALE, A tract of Land laying in Busscron Prairie containing 47.5 Acte$i about eighteen miles above Vincennes, and 2 miles rom Carlisle on the road leading from Louisville to Fort i Jrrrisori on which is an Apple orchard of i20 bearing tress, and 70 acres under cu.tiVation and 4 good buar camps on the

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A TRACT CO.YT.11XI.YG, r 300 ACRES, adjoining the above on which is a ?ood house and out houses, 55 acres un cr cultivation all first rate land with "uar I amps those who mav wish to purchase will apply to Wm. Douglass Imnjj at West I nion, or other wis. ShakerTown, who n ill shew the premises and make known the tern s S sale. I ENJ PR ( E Wm DOUGLAS.

renruary 13 i f State tif hmi a,.,. "

Knox County v) Notice is Herein Given T HA T I shall apply on the 6th day J of the ensuing Circuit coint for Knox county held in the borough of Vincennes, for a discharge under the statute gh ing rebel to persons hnpi isoned lor debt, IF WIS PECK AM.

incennes Feb. 14.

1 1 3w

by inv Black Woman,

Nine KEYS, the owner is requested to come forward and describe them, and pay for this Advertisement and take themawav. HENRY Dl I'OIS. January 18th. 8 tf

FOR SALE O.YE QUARTER SFCTIOJV OF

LAM).

in township No 8 North of Raiurc Mo 1 - X ' . - I .

wrsi mnn o acres cleared and ui lev fence a comfortable Double Cabbt i never baling spring within 3 and a haif miles of MR ROM, For terms .1 nnlv to

the subscriber liviinr on the Land GEO. KIR BY,

January 9th, 18 18 7 tf

last

J. CALL

Attorney at law.

KFF.PS his OfTu e on second street, opposite the POST-OFFICE. Viutvtincs, 9th January iBmro tf

The FoLLOHiyc PI. AA A's are fr a(- at the (jjice of the It'. Sun. Blank Dec(K, do. Subpcenas, do. Executions, do. Summons, do. Administration letters, do. Indentures. Sec. &c. AaU Variety of oilier ULAJSkS.