Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 September 1821 — Page 2

liread. Mr. Haboril, a member of the B ki r nouse of commons, in making a xiu n respecting the price and weight of b tad, on the t9ui ol April last, remained that it must be ell known to all who heard him, that tivo-ik:rd of the Eiigiisu population nved en irciy on bread tncy consisted, of course, ot the laborling clas es." P.rl,ament. We have hitherto published a particular statement ol the manner in which the house of commons was c.iosen or appointed. A lie state muu shews that, of Hie 5 i3 members, at least 327 .ue positively appointed by the trcasai y and Hie nobes, &c. Ij.verfiooL In the vear ending the 24th ol Ju ie, though the number ot fillips that arrived was 584 more than in the last year, the 'dock duties" were a great dil less than in that year; which is inns accounted for: In considering these statements we must bear in mind thai dming the last six months large quamitie of bullion hae been imported rom America and Brazil, in lieu of cot fun. to an extent that will, probabi), account fudy for the decrease m the amount of dockage on ships and on foreign goons inwards." Hy menca" tac United Sia'es is meant. ) FRANCE It appears from the census just taken, that the actu d p.)ulttion of Paris amounts to 7 13.966 s -u s. It is stated thai, of the 430 members of the national convention who voted for thedeiU ot Louis 16- i, 55 were guiootined, 27 committed suu.i te, 324 have die 1, and only 32 vere living i 1 trt 16 In the ways and mo.tm for the current year offered by the B itish chancellor ol the eKciiequer, is an W of half a million sterling, paid bv France, as t -e hist instalment of the IJ5.0)0,ooo fanrs Tvhich she was aimed inl8l5;to rrmunciae Great Britain for me expanse of the war occasioned bv the return of B naparte from Eiba. It appears that the lare su n which F ucr visr.vmHIfd to pav to the allied powers best the xpense of the army of occupation, has lie i .:l ir ' . ' - i' '-o anv sensible distress being experienced bv her citizens. Cent. France has p ml t-ds mirhv onnsitiou and the king has recommend l t diminution of the uses I -0w hU- ? U results from the ac's of Napoleon ! ?T cs-nh'isiii-cl French indu-" . n I it P-nit appear in the ease and co nfort of tp ppop'C. 4 Louis the desire V would risk his crown, and probably lose it. if he 'neon ra;ed the introduction of British (roods as we do. Thev ate niahilv pro'dMvl notwithstanding he owes everything to Riilish intrigue, we-d'h and power" SPAIN. Madrid, June 14 The sitting of the Cortes on the 1 2th wan important The ministers of fin f ee stated, t'at the 3in Hint of eonu ibutions p.dd in the lad te i months, to make good arrears, w:s 12 ;,64,5 eais, & for the nivment of hr cm ent taxes the sum of 585. .97 t '2reals making the sum total o 7o6 62 520 and the general estimate beimi 709 millions, there remained only six millions to be paid in the two remaining months, to complete the amount.

PORTUGAL. The royal fimilv had not arrived from Brazil at our last dates. A fire broke out at Lisbon on Sunday J me lU, and destroyed the palace of the juntiof commerce I he damage is incalculable. The five depots of acts, the most important to that nation, have been destroyed. It was supposed to have been set on fire. No public misfortune, since the eaithquake of 1775 had equalled this. A gieat number of miiitarv have suffered from their coinage. An officer f the English navy and two sailors, "SYerc danger uslv wounded. u k n M NY. Dicivery. Mr. Leinberger, of Nurem!) ' g. has solved the problem of giving tioitz nlal direction to balloons and offers to make a join my form member; in that conveyance, as soon as the roval society of Lo.alon shall have guaranteed the payment of 3),U00 offered as a premium for the discovery. Eccnowu. At the close ot the Waterloo viar the army of a sevenign German prince, amounting to several bundled men, was otderedtobe disbanded The coats having lot great part ot their original splendor, the inlamry veie

suffered to retain them, bu' the buttons btiog'in lull number, and in g od urdei,

tin military department ordered all these glittering ornaments to be cut ff. and the koldier wercssent to their respective homes without a button on their threadbare garments. PRUSSIA.

The number of pri-so who have di

stated to have been one thousand six huuured 4id sixty-six. BJRNS' MONUMENT. Extract mm Mrs. Grant' Letter to a Lady Tit ar Bast m dwed Edinburgh, January l2

"The monument to nurns, which is tend keeping a constant supply of ihe.ay

lately finished, fided me with ptcasure bove al'ictes. i hey have just rcceiuuil

and surmise hoth hv :hp rlniim mwt rv. tiom their Iron works. v

( - . -. . . , . -. .

BM-IIWW C.ISTIXGS. ames & AKTHUK. h la, i nj ucl urers oj Buvfr Cast-iron

AVK opened a stork on Market J y street, Vincennes, where iheyvin-

20 Tons BAK -IUON of superT' or quality including PLOUGH MOULDS WAGGON TIJtK. MILL IMNDLES, AX,cc II OK Iron,&c &c. ALSO, 2 ) Tons Castings, JMOXG WHICH jIKE 700K) & is Gallon Kittles.

10015 do. do

5020 do

And a genera! assort rttent Of-

do.K-

ii oil n iv- Ware,

ecution. I have -een notning in West

minuter th.t seems to me at ati m appiopriate, or indeed better finished. You wouifl suppose they would have chosen a scene in tiic ViMon, or sane ueli poem, to furnish an i acription and a nint tor the scu ptuu : not at all with matchless Kjoi taste they selected a peiiod from his dedication t his woi ks to the v. aledonian Hunt - The cniu- ol m country found me as E ijan foun E is'iia, at tne pi Ujjh, -md tnrew her in-p'ni-- mantle over me " Could there be a h umier

ii thoiht, or mote calculated to atloul a ft e inuuje to the sutuirv ? in the fust . piace, this Mausoleum consis s of a dome open, but supported by pillars ana railed

ound. It is in the manner ot the Temple at ilarn ndswell. but far more elegant, and finely finished within. In the back part is a very laivc tablet of white mai-

;)le, where, in alto relievo, appesr the', VfTV li,(t and handsome, figure of a young rustic, as large as life,! 11 v-,ich ihey offer for sale by the and very like Hie best portraits of him. wall " larr- ouuntiry, at rtduced pi ices There is nor in fme or Grecian about! mkrchants in the country wid hae him It is a true Scotch plough, on ! an opp .unitv of pui chasing upon 'j W which he has his hand, (a toil worn hand) rrWJy and selecting from the best, csst.rtan I lie is i t the tiue costume of a Scoich ment u the western country.

peasant, improved on, y, and fndered 26-tf Vincennes, J'lly 1821. 1.. i I

uio-e classical, nv tne neck oeini ttiro v n open, as a ploughman is apt to do when verheated. Piet-me, mixed ith surpiise, animates ins countenance, while with his bonnet in nan.!, he looks up to tne descen Ii figure, which seenu ft utin towards hirn in the air It is the Muse of Caledonia, all aerial elegencc and super-human tracc, fineiy conti asted with tne maim- rusticity f the entranced ploughman Se spreads ouithe ample verge of her mantle as if to infy.u him This mantle has a broad bonier of thistles, to tfive it character. I --,vad of ar inscription, the ernplvitir name' of Burns is engraved, thus t. urns on the base of the monument. I he exquisite tn

and perfect simplicity of the whoic is

beyond all praise

A TOUOI! STORY In an i uperial city in Germany, a criminal was lately condemned to be derapi uted, ho na(j a jn(rular itching to pio)

at ten pins While his sentence w-.s pronouncing hc rK t,e lemcrity to offer a 't, to be permitted to play once more at favo!itL. trame, at the placr f execution, and then hc would submit without a murmur. As the Usi prayer ot a living man, his request was 'ran'mi When arrived at the solemn spot he found every thing prepared ; the pins being set up and the bowls bcnn read. He plaved with no little earnestness, but the sheriff a' seeing he showed no inclination to desist, privately ordered the exetirionerto strike the fatal btow As he siooped for the bowl, the xecutioner did so : and the head falling fell into the

culpiit's ' ands; he immediately ain ed

at the ten, conceiving it was the bowl

which lie grasped ; all ten iahin;;. the head loudly exclaimed 4 I've n the game." Matrimony A young man at Galliopoiis, (O ) who met w ith soo-e diHieuhv n

his com tship from the father of the ynum

woman whom he was addressing, awd being f orbidden to visit he. procured a wai rant for the father and a summon- f r the daughter. Having got the father in. to custody of an officer, and piocurc? 4 he atten ance of tin daughter at the offict of ihe Justice, thr suit with her u as oor, settled by marriage, a: d the fne ?ir'mt the father withdrawn, and he permitted to go home.

Just Her;ive(l By A J:)tl- hiiVIXG

n additional snppl? ff GOODS, Amongst wnieh are l ALL! IN I K O Sc liOOK MUSLINS, GINGHA , IU SH LIVEN, IK)IH ZKn S, K AI'U N IJECK, .

IJ'.jckSKN .F.V feSARSKEXXl

La-.bes S. Cluidrcus S ) rlS, St. a v BONN F. r r-, Pon.-s:i.- pla ns k shirting, co r on iu) v o io, I A H XH RON, L" u- SUGAR,

'1 LA, SrihlOL August, 17th

? OOKS hc kc. I 82 I. 29 - 8t.

u sti

1

SiTimcs are hard, and Monrt very

scarce. I will take uidf.s of every desciiption to Tan on Shares. I will give l.EJTHK or SItOESaX all times for HIDES. Wm H AR t . Vincennes, Aug. 30. 1821. 31-tf

N WAV from Miedy coii'tv.

1'iMiid) ieek, rvV. n the 2'

inst. a brint mulatto man by ihc iiame ol about 32 years of ag'-, about 5 feet 9 or l inc .t s iiigh, vf t v straight made an-, ta'i ei iau boned, one of histincrs next ;o : is ,i:iii- one is (iisfuturv! and a link iwi-.ted tovvauls the end, he has also a small soie on t!e hack of his head, and a moie het aeen !. is eyes on the nose ; he cai 'ied r ff with him a b tie grounded ihetk f.ro-i coat, a:ul a vvtute pur ol p.i. Saloons, i!. d yellow nankeen pair ; it litay lie wed to lecohect that ihi man is very fair, i'.-.d at a short dis'arceight not b. known from a white man, but when ids hiit is off sho- hinrHnnre par'iculany ; lie I a; fierce, keen, biack e k s, ani vei y iMile bt aid or whiskers. He s'oie ft Dm nc ;t the same tin e a dai k hay ho- se. ;d,om I 4 ! at ds high. 8 or 9 vea s o!i', has a sma:! star and smn, and on his itiiet s tw o ma-' sears win re he as bti tit to' ihi Ii si low. the tip end of his kit e r is ff and is a very good woik horse Tin- f. Mow wps seen In the neig b u ! o"d ,f piola. Ind. ljwll ive foitv dollars loanv nei sen w hu u ill

cute th feiox in any jail m thai rgtTj

him. or hfiv doliais for the fellow and

NOTICE.

4 LL persons concerned, are heret o notified that the undersigned have administered upon the estate of Tiuman Hlackman, deed, and are requested to come forward and settle their accounts on or before the 10t!i dav of October next,1 and all those hav ing claim against san! estate are requested to present them by ihat time pioperly attested for settleniciit. REMEMBER BLA KM AN, FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM, admstrs. Septembers, 1S2L 32 -4 w Spectacles Found

WS picked up in one of the street

of v mcennes. some time since, a

pair of silver mounted SPECTACLES, in a Morocco Case the owner can have i hem aau by applying at tire W. Sun, officeJon describing them, and paying lor this advertisement. 31-4w September 1, 1321. 70 DOLL A H sTi K W A It ! ). V rALIvED away fiom the suhscriV ber, livimr in Lo-ran cour.tv 15

ulcs south of Russclville, on the 2ith

inst. a negro boy by the name of

Jason,

nineteen years of age, dark conip!e?:?f. down look, soft voice, five fect two or three inches high, '.tore awav a dik var: coat, (perhaps Janes) pale blue pantaloons, half yarn, the rest of his cloathingnot known, it is expected that lie is ma-kii-g for ( anada, as hc made an attempt two years ago, and was caught near Vincennes the above revvaid shall be give;i to any person that will take up said hoy a:d confine him in jail so that I get him again. JAMES ALLEN. Ap;il 26. 1321. IG-9t Lost Critifir'dc of Land jmrch us

ed 1 rum the Untied Stales.

l liLI' notice is hereby given, that

three weeks after da'e, application

will b- made to the Register of the Land Office at Vincennes ; for the renewal ol a Ccnificuie in my name for the noith east quarter of Section No. 33, in '! ownsdiip No. 7 north, of Range No 2, west, in the District of Vinncenncs ; the original havipg been lost or destroyed flivon under my 1 and this 7th clay ol' September I S2 1 THOMAS W'LSGN.

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Lost Cert tjlrtde of j(iwl Purcliased from I lie United States. -TJUIL.IC notice is hereby given, that y three weeks afterdate, application wih be roadr to the R gisci of the Land OlHce at Jt ffersonvi'Ie, for the renewal

of a Certificate which 1 dward Linthicum, deed, held for the north west qifaw ter of Section No. 19. in Townshin XA

1 . tine south, of Range No 3, cast, in the District of Jeffersonvillc ; the orig inal having been lost or destioycd iincn under my hand this 1 1th day of Aug. 1821 " 'elizsreth linthicum, Jdms'jc. of Edward Linthicum deed.

Au-ut

olii'r

ST1LWEL If ADV. th, 1821. 3, 3m

gutter to ltllld'l)g (r,v. who Cioniii jtlir pubi c I utls

Lost (erttfictde of Land purchased from the United States. PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that three weeks pf'er date, application dl be m:-de to the Register of the Land Othce at Vincennes. for the renewal of a Certificate in my name, for the N. V. quarter of Section No. 12, in Township No. 13 N.of Bange 8 West in the District of Vincenns ; the original having been burned in the burning of my house about the ith of March IH2I. 1. Ciivcn under mv hand the 13th d::v ot

September, 182'.

J 1 . it L..M 1 .A 1 1 M-.VINS. "

'n tntd'n z siitler.1 and

mm it i uxte on

pnin e i ntis f

IL lE law !e,s jei s)tis who ai e glil m t "i i' .tfUfiii.g oi mds of iHJL Statt s, anil oi committing waste on public timoer aiehcrtnv l titit d, that mcas

ine tuvihi

xMa-onic Misccllanv. N Ladies Litrarij Magazine, BY WM C !llr LKXINGHIS, KY. Price J ar, iCjThe first numbe? may be seen at tiie W. Sun office, where mbsci iptiuns will be received.

ed ol the hidr'jt.h .hia io the Prussian

duminiuPti within the Usi ten tau, is t NOTE BUOKS for sale at this Office

Ineu t .ken lor a Unio en-

foicimcnt ot t - e law of the United States in such cast s made and piotidcd, thev aie hereby oiihred to desist tiom such efiVnce- toiihwiih, otheivwe they wid be pioecuii'd to the utmost rigor ot the law (Jiven under my hand, and seal at the Cit of Wasiiington, this 11th day of J U ; J I 8 J I . Bv oi del : josiaii m:ics

j Commissioner (the (icncrul Land Ojfflcc.

Lost C rtJicate of Land Purchased from the United States. "JVJUBLIC notice is hereby given, thai jj thiee week after date, application id be made to the Register of the Land Offict at 'incenncs, tor the renewal of a t titificate in my name, for the N. E, quaiUi of Section No. 9, in Township No. 1 North, of P,ange Vo 12, We-t, in the District of Vincennes; the original having been lotsor destroyed Given under my hand this 1 Ith Scptt" mber, 1831. (JAR BET ROUNGS.

1 Y virtue of an execution to me di5 reeled from the Clerk's office, of Davies. i ircuit court, I shall expose to sale on Monday the 27th instant, at the court house in the tow

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tne noum L.ast quarter ot cctlon u. 18, Township C Range 7, to satisfy t execution in favor of Jame A. Steel against Jacob Crabb, anl James Arrille, where due attendance will be given bv mt JOHN WHALEN, d. s u.'c. Wahinton, September II, Itui.