Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 September 1821 — Page 2

Turkish band of music, leaving the gate ot M. Stephen, and accompanied with banners proceeded with us as far as a tree on Olivet, under which the Govern-e-r ot Jerusalem, with his court, was seated. Guns were fired at intervals. Jericho After having crossed a number of hills, we descended into the plain of Jerico. In the midst of this plain appear a large verdant tract, like an hoast in the deceit; and here, embussed in the tees, stands the wretched mud built village oi the ancient Jericho, formerly celebrated for the number of palm trees pro,.i g ne.'i it, ana on that account called "the City of Palms." Phis city was the first in C anaan which fell under the pofter of the Israelites after their entrance into the Land of Promise ; and the wails fell down before the Ark of the Covenant, on the first sound of the trumpets, in the year of the world 2584, and before Jesus Christ 1400 River Jordan. About half past three, the next morning, we all set out, by torch light, for the Jordan. The appearance of the pilgrims, moving in numerous detached parties with their flambeau:; across the plain, was singular and striking. The Jordan, at the spot where the pilgrims bathed, is be autifully picturesque; its breadth twenty yards, and it is Mhadt-d on both sides by the thick foliage of closely planted trees. The water appeared turbid, and was not deep. On retiring from the water, the pilgrims employed themselves in cutting the branches from the trees, to carry home with them, as memorials of the Jordan.They then mounted their beasts, and returned to their former situation in the plain. Drad Sea. Our party set off irom thr Inrrlan wilh Prince Avaloff fa Geor

gian) and suite, to the Dead be a where j

iv c arrived in about two hours and a half. We rambled about for some time on the borders of this lake, which covers the ashes of Sodom and Gomorrah. I tasted the waier, and found it excessive nauseous. Some of the party bathed. nhrtton'a Temile. Jerusalem is a considerab e place. The most beutilul building within its walls is the mosque of Omcr, which stands on the site of Solomon's Temple The Tutkshve a singular reverence for this mosque, and will t permit a Christian to s t his foot in the la-ee grassy an a which surrounds it. Valley of J( huxafihat The walks Av'.icn 1 most frequent are those which 1 ad down to the Valley f Jehosaphat, by the fountains of Siioah, or t' ose that

tun along the side of Olivet. From tise side of Oiivct you have a very commanding view of Jerusalem. The mosqe of O vum appeals patticularly line frtni the situation The greater part of the surrounding country is most desolate and dreary. Hilis of white parched rock, dotted here and there w iih patches of cultivated lan I, every where meet and offend the eye. From the JWttional Gaze'te. It was currently reported in London, that the king of Spain hd sent a present of some fine Spanish wine "to the king and queen of England." which, at fist, wns s nt to t'.e king's cellars, but that bis m-ijes'.y had afiei wards ordered it to be equally di.ided, and one half cent to his m ife. The Austrian Loan. It is said that a cn.'lni ss ha taken place between England and Austi h, wing to a demand from the former of the fulfilment of the payment of the Austrian Loan, which that Court hs treated sught'y : and it is expected that, if the request is not soon complied nith, some great difficulties will take place with the Austrian Cabinet Ct'cvaiier de Osis. (in his memoir of the late Spanish Negotiation, about to be ps! dished at Washington) asserts, page 39. ;hat an armorer of Philadelphia having invented an infernal machine, which discharged a great many bal is at one fire.

the -nu'vicnns used the machine with great success in their naval battles ; and tlvtt to this infernal machine thr victory obtained over the Biitish squadron on Lake Erie is chiefly o he attiibuted !

FROM RIO JANEIRO. B LT1M0HE, AUG. 10 Capt Heard oi the brig Auuzon, arrived at this po t yesterday in 35 days from St Salvadore. states t at the Governor of Rio Janeiro had been brought to mat place a prisoner, on his w; y to En-ope. h iving been 'charged nith high treason in endeaoing t excite the people of that place to rebel against the regit' tr government and establish an inde pendent o-e. The king's son had been impiisoned bv his order The indigna lie-not t'e people at 't. Salvador was much excited it thr transaction that it M as l..,u.:nt vii n,narv justice would he pe id i : r ? o u'ir j, toners, without tin necessary form of trial.

We have been politely favored by Cap-' tain Beard, with the -Aurora oj Brazil" of the 23d, 25th, and 26th of June inclusive, rtceived here yesterday by the Amazon. These papers contain the particulars of the intelligence alluded to in the preceding paragraph. We hae been promised a translation of them for our next paper. American Reported Death oj Napoleon. BOSTOIf, VQ. 6. Death cj Bonafiarte. iMr. Hodgens, who came passenger in the Ruby, at iivcd at this port from St. Jago, Cape de Verd

Islands, we are informed that, while at !

naturo could create of beauty and pro-' fusion, oi art collect of science and magnificence the growth of many ages the residence ot enlightened multitudes the scene of spendor, and festivity and happiness in one moment withered, as by a spell its palces, its temples, its gardens, 4gloAiug with eternal spring,' and its inhabitants in the full enjoyment of ail life's blessings, obliterated from their very place in creation, not by war, or famine, or disease, or any of the natural causes of destruction to which earth has been accustomed but, in a single night, as if by magic, and amid the conflagration, as it were, by nature itself, prtsented a sub-

ject on which the wildest imagination

the Isle of Bourbon, who had recently ar

rived there, and was in'ormed bv him.

Port Praya, he met the late governor of j might grow weary without equalling the

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gianu ana lerrime reaiuy. i ne erupuon of Vesuvius by which Herculaneum and

that on his passage from Bourbon to Port I Pompeii wre overwhelmed, has been

t'raya stopped off St. Helena, where ail communication with the place was refused. The b arding ofheer of the English squadron also declined giving any answers to enquires made relative to Bonaparte. The vessel in which the governor was a passenger afterwards touched at Ascension, (on 20th May,) where they fell in with Sir George Collier who stated that Napoleon Bonaparte died on the 6th May, and that he had despatched a gun brig to England with the intelligence.

FROM SOUTH AMERICA. NEW YORK, AUGUST 7. By the politeness of the editor of the National Advocate, we have been favored with Curacoa papers to the 14th July, inclusive received by the Rebecca Ann, ar rived this forenoon, which state that Coro has been recently re-captured by lieut. col. Chauspe, with little or no resistance, who afterwards marched into La Valle

j chiefly described to us in the letters of

Pliny the younger to Tacitus, givingan account of his uncle's fate, and the situation of the writer and his mother. The elder Pliny had just returned from the bath, and was retired to his study, when a small speck or cloud which seemed to ascend from Mount Vesuvius, at tracted his attention. This cloud gradually increased, and atlength assumed the shape of a pine tree, the trunk of earth and apor, and the leaves sred cinders. Pliny ordered his galley, and. urged by his philosophic spirit went forward to inspect the phenomenon. In a short time, however, philosophy gave way to humanity, and he zealously and adventurously employed his galley in saving the inhabitants of the vaiious beainiful villas which studded that ench .nting coast Amongst others, he went to the assistance of his friend Pomponianus, rho was then at Stabiae. The storm of fire, and the tempest of the earth, increased : and the

$50 REWARD. MAN A WAY from Shelby coujxy, Plumb creek, Ky. on the 12t!i inst. a bright mulatto man by the name of about 32 years oi age, about 5 feet 9 c? U) inches high, very straight made, and rather raw boned, one of hisfingers next to his little one is disfigured and a little twisted towards the end, he has also a small sore on the hack of his head, and a mole between his eyes on the nose ; he carried off with him a blue grounded check factory coat, and a white par of pantaloons, and yellow nankeen pair; it may be well to recollect that this man is

very lair, and at a short distance mignt

not be known from a white man, hut when his hat is off it shows him more particularly ; he has fierce, keen, black eyes, and very little beard or whiskers He slole from mc at the same time a dark bay horse, about 1 M hands high, 8 or 9 vcars old, has a small star and snip, and on his withers two small scars where he was burnt fot the fistelow, the tip end of his ieft ear is off, and is a ver good workhorse. This f( How was seen in tie neighbourhood of Peola. Ind. I v.iil give forty dollars to any person who v ill secute the fellow in any jail o that I get him, or fifty dollais for the fellow ai.d hotse. STILWEL IIFADY. August 20th, 1821. 30 3m

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with about 1500 men, fot the purpose of' wr7.L,,c" ""r-K-i K . .educing the .ever.l small town ,on the : ?"U"H 'he'rhouse, to rush

liiiu tut; in ma wiiti uimnva vicu uuwu uv

ole

stones

i.uuiiij mc icvcrai smaii towns on tne . . , , , , ... , , .u:u u a u i u t j j into the fields with pillows tie down coast which had embraced the Independ- , Al . . . -nt ..o napkins upon their heads, as their s ent cause. ; . L 1 . . . T. . r n t , delence against the shower of stoi I he political relations of Puerto ( a- , , r 1 1 i. . .

political

bello havfr-not varied since our last intelligence from that place. The greatest inactivity prevails ; general La Torre will neither march against the Patriots, nor resign t e chief command; and, owing to the differences among the chiefs, there is great insubordination in the arsny, and numbers of soldiers nightly desert.

Bolivar has at length entered Caraccas,

which

course

leu unon

of nature,

them.

was in

This, in the

the middle of

the day ; but a deeper darkness tha that of winter night had c osed around thei! I -f)ted inmates of I lerculaneum This artificial darkness continued for three davs and nights ; and when, at length the sun appeared over the spot where Herculaneum stood, his r.tys sto d upim an ocean of

la

here was neither tree nor shrub.

TM fi I rl IwnTrn -w n . . I .... n

who is said to have opposed his entrance ... ' . . at the head of 800 n!en in a very eallant remnant ol what h-

man nanns naa reared nere was n 'th

at the head oi 800 men in a verv gallant

manner. A Capitulation was agreed to between thenm by virtue of which the latter was allowed to embark on board a French vessel at La Guayra, and has been appointed a brigadier general for his bravery manifested on many occasions. When Holivar took possession of Caraccas and La Guayra, not a white person was to be found in either of thse once populous places. It is reported that Bolivar has made overtures to La Torre to enter into a new armistice,- until the success of the mission to the Spanish Cortes shall be known. A fleet of Spanish merchantmen, consisting of a ship and nine brigs from Cadiz passed Curacoa ot) the 12th tilt, under convoy of the Asia, of 6i) guns, and a frigate, on its way to Vera Cruz A new Vice Hoy for the kingdom of St. Fe, together with about fifty officers (but no troops) of different grades, to fill up vacancies in their army, are said to he on board the fleet. Papers from Oronoco to the 19th of may contain three proclamations ot Genera? B.nivar to the Patriot troops, which are in the usual style of that nation Accounts, by way of Jamaica, state that the 1 olombian flutilia of 39 gunhoats.

under Col. Padilla, entered he harbor of

Carthagena on the 4h ot May; and would doubtless succeed in the reduction of that p. ace. The Royalists had made

a sortie, but were repuised by the Patriots 6C7The Colombian government has

guaranteed, the payment of the debts of -Mr (ieorge M'Gt egor, contracted upon the faith, and for the benefit, of that government. Accounts have been received at Santa Martha conjiiming the intelligence heretofore rcc ived of the capture of Lima by Lord Cochrane and General San Martin. The last days of ilrculaneum. In examining some late foreign papers we met with the following sublime description of the overwhelming of Herculaneum and Pompeii, by an eruption of Vesuvius. It is taken from a review in aid win's London v iagazine of a Poem on the last days of Herculaneum,' In Ir Atherstnne. Our readers will pro 'umncc it one of the most beautiful pie- . esof descriptive eloquence they have ever saw A Y. Col 4A great city, bituaud admUst all that

ing to be seen but one black extended surface, still steaming with mephiiic vapor, and heaved into calcined waves by tee operation of fire and the undulation of the earthquake ! Pliny was found dead upon the sea-shore, stretchrd upon a cloth which had been spread for him, where it is conjectured he had perished early his

corpulent and apoplectic habit rendering

him an easy prey to the suffocating at mosphere "

rb ably -i rona- w A neWedV

5() HEW A II D. ANA WAY from the Steam Boat Paragon, on Tuesday t st Ju.v- a

Negro man by name Kli I'D about S3 years of age. 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, stout buiit, has lan ly teceived a blow on his head which probably has left a small

scar, he is very artful and w ill probably

change his name; he woiewhcnne

way a white frock and tiowscrs

gvo of his desctiption was seen on

nesday last near the YeiW.w Banks, making hi way to Bo rne ot Bourbon county, where he said he had. a wife. The above reward will he given and all reasonable charges paid on his being delivered to the subscriber at Hemleiscn Ky. or secured in any jail, where theownc.rmay obtain him CALEB FELLOWS. Henderson, Ky. August 4 8121. 30 3t Information on account the above, may also be made to SAVAt iE & Cor Louisville. V

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Salt and Whiskey

ton SALE.

fLF subscriber has for sale a laree

quantity of

Kenhawa & Saline Salt. Also a quantity of best Monongahela Whiskey Which will be sold low for c ash. saddles of any kind or quality will be exchanged for good reff cattle SAMUEL THORNS

August 17th 1821. 29 -3t.

G. II C. Sullivan,

RKEY CC rOUNCELLOR AT LAW 1

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PUBLIC NOTICE.

SHALL, by my Council, apply to the en-'

suing Circuit Court of the county of

Knox, to be holden in the month of October and irou the 2d day of the term thereof, to ppoint Commissioners, to divide the real e?

t'te ot Jean Bt. K icinc called St. Marv

Pere, situated in the said county, amongst:

his several heirs nd representatives, pursu

ant to an act of the general As-scnihly of this state in such case made and provided. ANDRE RACINE , called St. MARY. One of said heirs Vinccnncs Aug. 8th, 18J1. 28-4t. Alexander I) Fraser, COUNSELLOR S? ATTORSh r At LAir, VI SC. ENNES. WILL practice in the Counties corns prising the first Judicial Cii cuit of the Slate ot Indiana, and ti e Counties of Crawford, Edwards and Lawrence in Illinois, as well as in the Supreme am) l)istiict Coutts of both States He will pay unremitted attention to any business that may be entrusted to him, or any communications addressed to him Convevancing and deeds of all kinds will be particularly attended to His office is kept at Col Lasselles I avern, where he will be found. June 25th 1321. 30 5vr

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ILL practice in the first Judicial! f . g ,-r r r t i

Circuit, of the state of Indiana ! lA31 vc 1 lJtK ,ur " lnu i ,u'

and in the counties of Crawford and Edwards in the state I iilinois. He niay always be found at his olhce in Vincennes unless when absent on professional busi

ness he has made an agreement, for bu siness forwarded to him, in his absence, to be attended to. 5 I tY f) 50REWAim -I. 0tAWAY from f-lenson Stephen on the Ath inst A nrgro man named TOM, About 25 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inchea high stout made, down look, very narrow forehead, uncommon large fctt, speaks rather pert, took with him sundry clothing not recollected. It is expected he will make to the state of Ohio. I will "ive fifty dollars for his deli erv to me or fir securing him in any jail so that I get him again, if taken out of the 'atc-V twenty-five dollars if taken within the state. JOSEPH SPEED. Jr TefTeTson county, Aug l. K2I 30 3t

NOTE BOOKS for sale at this Office-

ed lium the United Mutes

TTJUBLIC NOTICE is 'ercby gen, 0 t.iat, thtee weeks ater date, application will be ma-e to the Register o the Land Office at Vincennes. for the re

newal of a Certificate in my name, for the S. E quarter of Section No. 21, in Township No. 6, S. of Range No. 14, W. in the District ot Vii cenncs ; the original haing been lost rde troy d. Given undei my hand the 25th da) of August, 1821. 3o 3t DVID McD NNIEL. NO I ICE. The Farm. Crist iV Saxv Mill, f ft HE property of John B. Drennoq f) I deed to be rented to the highest y. bidder on Saturday the l5lh .dav of Sep tcmbcr next. Also a quantity of PL'1.K will be sold the same dav on the premie ses, where due attendance "ill be givens Sale tocommenct at 1 0 o'clock, a r ABm. F. SNAPP. td,r. ' Aujuit U, 1821. le-fit-x