Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 October 1822 — Page 3

Til ft VEa riiSiiiS UiN r.VCtf.V.X Atf, octodkr 5,1822.

all the towns witiiin a hundred this ptace, are complaining ol

miie of

tile digressing ravages nude by sickness wc have the pleasure ol stating to our distant friends and subscribers, that Vmcenocs has been unusually healthy during the present season. Our town, in consequence ol" the mortality during the summer and fall of 1820, obtained the reputation of being very unhealthy the causes which produced the -ickness at that time were entirely local, and mignt then, an 1 always will be hereattcr wuh a little attention, easily obviated nd we do not hesitate to say that lor the number of people, there are fewer deaths in this place during the year, than in any other town of the same size west of the nuunt vins. Nothing is wanting to give us a high standing among the towns of the west, but the emigration of a few enternrizing capitalists to this place, and we do not hesitate to say, that no town in any of the neighboring stales, p-events greater encouragement to any description of entcrprizing citizens.

monies, were the first sylvan handmaids1 ny of their own melodious voices." The

of humanity and devotion. The primal heroes of the country were gieeted on patiiarchs were familiarly entcrtaineuf by such occasions for their glorious achieve

singing men and singing women, as nunts, as our American heroes now arc

we learn trom the lips ot ancient uaizii it was a keen relish lor such delicious

la, in his judicious apology to king Da- popular homaire, that caused Themisto-

viu, ior remaining at nome wuen invueu cies, wi en nc appeared in puuuc auer me

to court. Music, garnished by narrative battle of Salamis, and was lollowed at

ng, was the charm of the banquet lor Oiympia with acclamations, to exclaim,

kings and the rulers of the earth in the that it was the finest day of his whole first civilizing ages. Precious fragments lile." Thus the splendid rituals of a of primeval history acquaint us with the common worship, combined with a divcr-

lact,and Homer in a later age, dclighttul- sity ol striking objects the priz sofemI I" I I . I . I . 1 ..... .

iy lniorms us, mat in tnosc eariy days, me uiation produced admirable ettects narminstrel had free access to the monarch, monizing haughty inclinations smooth-

At the roval feast he was welcomed, to ing by personal intercourse, party ani-

cheer the care worn ruler with a song mosity and assimilating repugnant cus-

i i r.i

un sucn spicnuid occasions, pouring out. . loms, iecnngs and nanus.

a liberal libation to Jupiter Hospitalis, the

bard attun'd his harp. Sc raised his voice.

Then it was that the dignitaries ol the olden times," felt that benignant influence which is so powerful to banish acer-

bitv, assuage irritation, and obliterate

those causes of discontent, weariness and

vexation

er tne ru

A WABASH LAYMAN.

(To be continued.) from nile's weekly kegister'"

ami v u l i j r.tv i , ? WA1SK,

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On Friday, of last week, came on before the 'ircuit court in this piaee th trialuf Thomas Mc Kinney, for the murder of James B yd in August last. Tne trial lasted until Saturday afternoon, vhcn the cause was sub -niitcd to the jury, who, after an hours absence returned into court with a verdict ol (guilty. The prosecution was conducted bv J hn Law. Esq. fie prosecuting atty. assisted by G. W. J ohnston, Esq. Ine prisoner was defended by David Hart and Chas. Devv-

cv, Esors We have seldom witnessed a

more interesting trial, or one in wuich there was so complete and satisfactory

evidence ot tne prisoners iruut a mo-

tion was made for a new trial by the pri

soners counsel, which was overruled by

the court, and on Tuesday morning his

ho lor, Judge Call, pronounced in a so

lemn and impressive mamer the sentence of death upon the prisoner. He is to be executed on Tuesday the 1 5th inst.

between the hours of two and 3 o'clock.

in the afternoon.

From the evidence, it appeared that the prisoner and Boyd were both engag

ed in passing counterfeit money, and the

quarrel arose in consequence of a threat

Upon the part of Boyd of turning states

evidence against the prisoner. TOR THE WESTERN SUN. LETTER II.

Touching this plain question Are

Dancing ass -mblfes, Convivial meerings

and fiubltc,aimiemrnrs obnoxious to ecu ture or prohibited by h' td ird f G id ? u All Israel b ought up the Ark of the covenant of hv Loid with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumfiets, and cymbals, making a noise with ft sal Ties and harfis. 4 An 1 it came to piss, as the Ark of of the covenant of the Lord came to the city ol David, that Michal t ie daughter of Saul, looking out of the windovv, saw king David dancing and filayng." About the period ailu l- d to in the conclusion of my fr st letter, the early (i recks began to be civilized by the agency of educated emigrants from Egypt. Some tasuilies of this wild people who afterwards in the lapse of ages became so polite and po np us verc found less pliant than others to the mural rudiments ol social refinement In such cases, music, dance, and temperate festivity, were among the means employed by their sagacious tutors, to reclaim obdurate individuals, and render intractable tribes more d cilc. The arcadians, for in tance, who inhabited a tegion not vciy dissimilar to the Hocky mountains of Missouri, had contracted in a rigorous climate, St amidst severe labours, a ferocity that rendered

them wretched. Their first legislators perceiving the impression produced on J their minds by music, judged them capable of happiness, since they were possessed of sensibility Their children were convened and taught to celebrate the herocs of their country. Festivals, processions, games and dances, executed by the young in presence of their patents, were instituted, and such refining institutions gradually reclaimed this rugged people, 'till uniting more closely thev become mil I, humane Sc beneficent. Song, dance, public amuscmcn s allured them to associate in considerable parties, by the attraction of innocent pleasure. Social sympathies inspired tin m with new def crcncc for social duties, and at length, with a correct taste for the pleasing urbanities of life. It xv as a subl ine insti'u Hon of anci n' ti nes to cin crate by moxumn's and festival, the rtrmnry of md'viduats vjh h id rendered essential services to nun. k' nd. Festal setvj, dance, procession, cere-

From London fiafiers oj the 2st July. (Irrnt Hritinn mid frr.inrf ! i m:it.

, that scatter so many thorns ov- i tcp of impoi,ance as napi,ciling in lhcbC.

UK-U VJl 111- . Ill a uiu, . , -p..,, ..-,! i.,c 'I l.

if we except the inst fanatic I inks, it is dislrcs;jCS of lhe dUcr a,e Qn lhe in. , not recollected that the founders otany In one district, (Mayo), contain-1

ee.eora.e i nation, nave evci piouueu j, 3oo 000 inhabh ,nthf lhec wcrc on, , , 40,000 who were not dependant on week.lMii.i r I k r. r. i ntiiclr . ii It lift' dmin vr t I . 1

seclai ians of the east, like modern monks

a id ty ,)ocrites in t ie west, haveextoll'd

m Ttilications as meriting heaven, that '

ly charity.

It is thought that 150,000 English and Irish people of property reside on the

continent At nans 20,000, with the

Hwir own secret abomiimtion. .upon earth. . ,,ife ,he ,3ons 1)amed luli about V,,d.m certainly never will interdict the XQQmo ' un(Js a t Geneva, a

miiK oj oia age, or nc gesture unu miv-

P

pounds a year

' " aiKl IfifO- , I mx rf r -l fli i muni nnl -n.... i ! i I a ,1

r . . i i ""-iiiuvi vj m naiiiv. ilk., uiivi many lllibu nation of young g?adess when enjoyed napvmw At Mn thp fllllri r r n,, J

ui circ.es 01 socien wi,Cre tne f cacy ot aml lnarchi()ncs3 of Bute, with 1500 famone sex creates r irmrnf, and the con- iUcs Ncar iJoi.deaux Iord Monl(ord sideration of the other prohibit excess and 2 Q olhcl s At Tolra 4 0(j0 At r or in such associations, cultur d intellect . Hou, nie lheie are 6 000 EnhU u4 000 and correct taste, guarantee the proper , of wh(jm arc cmiled lfj somebCon ipassiljn point of gratification, and proclaim to all, : b(.j ha,f offlccrs, who cannot live tha-tn the indulgence ?fviy fm.sion or winj At Brusse t

.nsuy, nr main vj win, " banks of the Arno and throutrh Italy,

yond the limit of delight, But to return.

Each separate state of Greece in the progies of refinement had a separate calender, which seemed to afford an abstract of its annals, by festivals commemorating events the most glorious to its cities; and these public amusements were superintended by the most venerable magistrates Hut, the d' lfihic and olymfiian entertainments and two others, were enjoyed in common by all their communities, and became located in process of time, on federal or confederated ground. Hence, adorned by dance, music, banquets, and imposing ceremonies, which were grad ually, by judicious alterations, adapted to delight and instruct, these great festivals were rendered most perfect. The celebration of them being fixed at the return

of certain seasons, became a measure of time and a bond of union.. The olympiads were considered even by the stern Lyeurus, among the most important of the Greek institutions. The preparatory discipline to which the youth were obliged to submit, who aspired to the laurels designated for the various victors, inured

Switzerland and France, they are every

where to be found. It is added to the account, that prince Leopold very naturally expends his 50,000 pounds a year among bir German cousins It has been pompously stated that the London u Times,' when published on two sheets, contained 8:o advertisements. The Ncw-Yrk G !zcttc, published on one sheet, not unfrequently contain as many. France, Violent debates still agitate the chamber of deputies The conduct of the ministry towards Spain and the Greeks has been sevcrcsy reprehended. A motion was made to reduce the expenses on account of the secret fiolice of Paris in the sum of two millions of ftancs, by which we may judge of the extent of the spy-system. It appears tht Algiers is on the point of declaring war against Spain the nonpayment of the tribute is the excuse lor or cause of it The kingly is closely watched and

persons are prevented from "abusing him

Yai liable iioods. REYNOLD k 1JOXNHK, MARKET STREET F.NT.V.VE, Jf jJ AVE just received lion. kw york $ ' PHILADF LPHIA & D ALT I MO I; ?' a very extensive ami general asi i t . of European. India, American

DRY GOODS. ALSO

HARDWARE and v UTLF.UY,

CHINA, GLASS, and LIVERPOOL,

Superior C OT ' ON 8c WOOL CARDS, STRAW RON NETS, Ladic's 'and Gentlemen's MOROCCO, ? onArcj KID, and t K I'M ) K S LEATHER 5 " J A complete assortment of GROCERIES, Patent NAILh, WINDOW OLAS, &c.&c. All purchased at the lowest pticcs, which nables them to -ell nccoi uingly. 33-tf Sepumbcr, 1822 new ui'mrsT S. TOMLf SNOX, ON MARKET STREET VINCRNNES, trjl AS just received from Pnia.;t Iphia

M il and uaitiniore, an elegant ana ge

neral assortment o DKY GOODS, GltOCKIUES. IJAItDWAUE,

QUEEN hV MlE.&c. which he offers for sale by retail, at the lowest cash prices gTTo c euysto k e. M liruilM HF Hatanl, MAKET STREET, VINCf S'NKS, HAViNG foimed a co paitiu iship in the grocery busircss, have now on hand, cuc.p for Cosh, alnmst cvciy article in the Grocery line person- wish

ing to purchase cheap, would do well to call upon them. 34-3t Sep'e" her 20, V2'

t i . l

vmv... .WmvS -i , , i bis royal ear.

iwus antic iui ji v.iiiiuviiv.u tAjjairJvu

the soul. Partly by such methods a no

hie band of youth was trained, who be

came the s

country. When the clarion of war re sounded through Greece, these were a

Russia. A letter from St Petersburgh, of the 10th July, gives as frightful ac-

hield and ornament of their counts of the deplorable state of the Rus

sian peasantry, as the letters lrom Ireland contain of the wretched sufferings ot

lert to disnlav the boldest exertions nf that population, lhe tarmers can get

courage in the field or their fervid and j no buyers for their produce, and the peopatriotic eloquence in the forum, rebuked 1 Ple ai e perishing with hunger The nohvnnrrlrv nnrl Qiinnrvtbinn. thnmpH intU i bles. so far from reaping benefit trom

and ignorance, Sc often stilled the impro

per and angry tumults ot the multitude. Rut, these were not the only benefits that resulted from such admirable exercises, converted into public amusements Greece, like our free country, was subdivided into many states These differed in magnitude, internal forms of policy, local interests, dialects and habits. There often arose state disscntions among them. When threatened by common danger from foreign invasion, it was vital to the public welfare that all should unite in the

common defence This salutary cflVct it w as discovered could not be produced by their feeble form of combination The celebration of those solemnities, afforded not merely a truce to hostile nets and angry passiont it drew together a con

course of citizens it afforded a wiHe

convivial party, at w hich most of the leading patriots of the land felt it a pleasure to attend, and a duty to assist. At the pythiads and olympiads, therefore, internal disscntions disappeared. Men of opposite parties, and from the remotest corners of Greece, met each other, at a national exhibition, and public amusement, with complacency. And although females (except the consecrated cast) did not witness all the masculine exercises of the games still the brightest and most beautiful youth of both sexes, were in the processions deputed from all quarters of the land, and moved to the sound of instrument?, surpassed only by the harmo-

their possessions, find themselves obliged to purchase food for their slaves There is plenty of food, but the great mass of consumers have no money. At Odessa, wheat brought from the interior of Poland and Russia, is worth no more than fifteen shillings a quarter, and other descriptions of grain are low in proportion The great bulk of his imperial majesty s subjects arc laboiing under the deepest distress. Turkey. It is distinctly stated, that the Turks, instead of evacuating'the pro vinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, are strengthening the garrisons in them. The Russian arm, rxcr.pt the imperial guards, remained in .i; , no. On the eve of the !.as of Iiairam, the 22d of June, the d ecks, st mulatcd to vengence by the ravages at Scio, gallantly conducted three fire ships into the TuikUh fleet, by which the admiral's ship and some others were in flames Many lives were lost the butcher, the

captain pacha, half roasted to death, was landed on Scio, and their died in torments. The amount of the destruction

is not stated; but the new s of the event

had produced an extraordinary sensation

at Constantinople, and raised the fuiy of the soldier to the highest pitch; and

a letter from that city says the k afl'airs of

the Morea assume a dismal aspect lor

the Porte." How glorious would it be, if , this oppressed people shall shake off the chains of the barbarians, unaiy'edby

j their christicr neighbor?

KiSMlA A -.- ALT rBxHE subsciibcr has on hand quan1 thy of KENHAWA SALT uK uperior quality, for sale by the bun el or single bushel, low for cash. I will also give saddles bridles, Sc harness, in exchange for goon wheaT

corn fed pork beef cattle Set t be delivered in No i ri.be. Sc Deer i.ext. JOHN C. HOLLAND. Vincennes, July 17, 1822. 25 f THE' VlNCEISyEb DISTILLERY. 'TJHE undersigned has taken t.,c above U Establishment for thepu p 'sc of Manufacturing WHiSKEV. Vu-te they have on hand, and intend k cpit-cj a constant supply ol the best qu .i:y of Rectified Whiskey ; wan anted, interior to none manufactured in the count! v. They will exchange WHISKEY and KEN HAW A SALT of the best qi.uUy at a reduced price, fur II heat, R je Cor ny or Stock Hogs, delivered at their distihery, or at the Vincennes Steam-Mill. ALSO The highest pi ice in CASH will be given for gc,d Mapic Char Coal. Delivered at the Distillery. JOHN C H EI LEY k Co. Vincennes, May 422, 1 8 2 J . - 1 7 - -1 1

G. R. C SliltiVUt:. (attorney Sc counckllou at law ) WMLL practice in tlu htst Judicial Circuit, of the slate o Indiana and in the counties ot Crawford u.d Ed

wards in the slate ol Illinois. He

always be found at his office in Vincennes unless when absent on professional businesshe has made an agreement, for business forwarded to him. in his absence, o he attended n jf "v. ( ) . Ii-!.' is )irhv civrn. that tli

JL Office of the Steam Mill, is kept at the house of Mr. John D. Hay. WILSON LAGOW, Atty. For C. Smith's V. S. M. C. Vinccnnrs. April 4 1822. iQ.tf 'I ax Notice. fll ARD TIMES, but the taxes must U be collected therefore all persens owing tax, will please piepare themst hes and pay the same by the tenth of next

month.

JOHN DECKER, Shff k September U, 1822. 33 it