Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 November 1819 — Page 1

Western Sun

AND s GENERAL ADVERTISER. Iby Stout & Os6m riMQEM&S, (IXD.) SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1819. Voi. 10. Afe. 46.

TOMS WESTERN SUN AND GENERAL A D VE RTI8R ?, Is published every SATrtn i r. at TWO DOLLARS nr annum, if paid in advance, or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY at the end of the year, for which a mto will be required. No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages are paid. . 1 fi t 1 ft t i ! f. m f v r 1 conspicuously inserted on the usual terns. Advertising customers ' ill note on their advertisements the number of times they wish litem inserted those sent without such directions will be Continued until forbid, and must be paid for accordingly. Tin and Copper Manufactory,

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THE subscribers have commenced the CO PP AA'-o MI TH'S UUSiyjiSS in this place, oil Water street, near the Vmcenncs Hotel, and hope to meet with encouragement iro n the public in general. They have now, md will constantly Keep on hand, a supply of ALL tilNDS OF OOPPfiil & TIN WARE, OF Tttfc ft AST qi'AUlY, which the) will dispose of 011 reasonsble terms. TO!)I), YOUCE, 5c Co.

tjriy Waiitedt one or hoys .is .fiftr -ices to the above business hey must come tecum mended. T V. a Co hTmabrigkT AfronsEry ittt) col's SELLQH at L A IT, MS the public that he keeps hb oft tec in Washington and will attend iti the circuit courts of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Dairies nd Pike d unties. Alsoone third of his time in Palestine, Crawford county lhir.o - . Ail business put into his hands be strictly Attended to. Octob r J j. 18 .. 4 I 3m

THE SLAVE TRADE. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the Ca:e de Verde Islands to his friend in R-Jstony dated St. Nicholas. July 3i, 1819. 44 Since my arrival among the Islands 1 have been considerably engaged in business ; but the rainy season bring about to commence, I accepted an imitation from his excellency the governor general of these Islands, to acompany him and family to tnis place, to pass a part of the season. These Islatds lying within the tropics, where there is no rain for nine months in the year, it cannot be anticipated that they produce much ; but I can assure you they are mostly quite pio.uctive Nature seems to have provided for all, for in those islands that are not productive in coin, vegetables, wine, kc. great quantities of salt is made by the heat of the sun, w hich is at Mayo, Bonavista and Sal. Orchella is an article of value in Europe, and large quantities are shipped from these Islands to Lisbon and London. Horned cattle, mules and other stock, are shipped in considerable quantities to the West Indies Most outward bound vessels to the Brazils, round Cape Horn or Cape of Good Pope, touch here for supplies, and the English ships of war on this station are at the islands frequently That horrid and inhuman trafTic, the slave trade, is now carried on to a degree never before equalled Scarce a week passes but that vessels from Havanna, bound to the coast for slaves touch here for supplies. Even in these islands they have been imported, though contrary to law ; and I have seen these miserable, dejected human creatures, by hundreds, naked and starving, with tears falling from their eyes, confined in yards surround, ed with hie,h walls, where they were exposed for sale. The sight was indeed horrible and effecting ! Re flect for a moment ; suppose we were ton from our parents, friends and country, forced in irons into a crowded hold of S vessel, transported to an unknown kingdom or country there doomed to perpetual slavery, whru must be our feelings ? Thus dejected, wc should rue the day that rave us birth, and soon dwindle nw-iv our miserable existence. It will be said by slave deal era, that the Africans have no sense of fcelingi and are only fit objects for slaves. Let me assure you the fact is the reverse, and he who makes such an assertion is not a Christian Give them an education, and you will fi id tqey possess exquisite idea-. Many whom I have seen, who have a little knowledge of the world, and engaged in commercial speculations on the; Gambia, have acquired considerable property. They seem pei rc.ctly to understand themselves

The British, in conjunction with the Spanish and Portuguese governments, have recently organized a C ourt at Sierra Leone, consisting oi two commissioners from each nation for the trial of captured slave vessels. The commissioners, the hon. Thos. and Edward (ircgor, on the part of the English, and Don Joze Kemp and Senor La Farre, on the part of the Spanish government, were here on the 26th of May last, where they passed a few da)s. on their way out and appear to be jndicious, intelhgci t men. England has now on this station the ships ot war Morgiana, Capt T. B. Strong, Pleasant, ( apt. Kelly, and Myrmidon, Capt. Leake, to intercept slave vessels. The Tartar, Sir Geo. ier, and Cherub, have been ordered home. The slave trade will never be finally ended until tin Uniltd States under lake it. Pat. Extract of a letter from a commercial house in Leeds, (Eng.) f their correspondent in A'cw-York) dated 1st Seit. 189. " You will no doubt see many alarming reports in our newspapers respecting the public meetings in this country. These accounts arc greatly exagerated ; but the cause oi assemblies is too certain and true They arise principally from the depressed state of trade, and the overwhelming force of taxes and j.oor rates Persons once inclcpndtni, rind their means daily din inshing, and themselves obliged to leave the country. Emigration is t e main subject of discourse and attention This town has usually been vet y busy at this season ol the year, but there it now scarcely any tiling doing ; and .t is said that there ha not been so iitt:e cloth manufacturing for the hst twenty year) as at this time. It is surprising to see the number of manufacturers that arc now om of employment.

Our prospects for the approaching

winter are truly appalling.

(Translated for the Columbian. VIENNA. Present state of the Austria-, at my, as published tins year by authority without including the y.uaids. Infantry of the line, 58 regiments; national infantry) called frontier regiments, 7 ; croats, 1 ba'tallion ; taro-lc-c chasseurs, 1 regiment; chassi urs, 12 battaliions ; gai rison ba tallions, 5 curlassicrs, 8 regiments; dragoons 6 do; light horse, 7 rl ; hussars 12 do; nutans, 4 do; fed artillery, 5 regiments ; garrison artillery, 14 regiments, and the corps of engineers. The oldest of the egiments were formed during t. 30 years war, v : :ch lasted from 1618 v