Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 March 1823 — Page 1

VESTEHN SUN & GENERAL ABYEETISEE

BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1823, Vol. 14. No. 9. Ml

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New-Orleans Prices Current. .Ye-OrLejss, Feb. 10, 1823 Bagging, Scotch, per yd (scarce) 36cts. Kentucky, per yd. 27 a 33 Bale-Rope, Kentucky per lb. 7 a 8 Northern, 11 a 12 Bacon Hams, per lb. (sales) 6 a 7 Sides Src. per lb. 5 a 6 Beans, per bbl. - - g7 a 8 Beef, mess, Northern, per bbl g5 a 7 prime, per bbl. - 3 cargo, per bbl. - 2 Brandy, Cog per gal. (sales)&l 50 a 156 Imitation (dull) 60 cts. Butter, per lb. - 20 a 25 cts. Cotton, new crop, lb. - 14 a 15 -2d quality, - - 10 a 12 - Alabama Sc Tenn. 7 a 10 Coffee, Havana, best, per lb. 26 a 27 J

Domingo.

25 14

Cheese, Goshen per. lb.

Choclate, No. 1, per lb. No. 2, - No. 3, -Candles, Sperm, per lb. mould, do. 16 Cordage, per lb. - - 8 Corn, per bbl (in ear) 37 $ Corn meal, per do. - 1 75

Flour, sweet, per bbl. Gin, Holland per gal. American do. Hides, per lb. Iron Swedes, per ton, Lard do. - - (dull)

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Pepper, per lb.

Pork, mess, per bbl,

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Porter, London, per doz

Potatoes, bbl. Rice, - - (dull)

Rum, Jam 4 p. per gal. (dull)gl25 N. Orleans. 4 p. 55 1 p - 35 a 40 Salt, T. Island.per bush - (dull) 50 a 55 Liverpool blown, per sack, 82 75 ground, do. - 2 50 Shot, per cut. (plenty) g9 Skins, deer, in hair per lb. 23 a 25 cts. Beaver, - - gC a 225

- 24 a J7 cts.

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Sugar, La. on plantation, Ib. 5 a 7 cts, in town, - - 6 a 7 Havana, brown, - S a 9 white, - 13 a 14 Loaf, - - 18 a 20 Tallow per lb. - . 9 a 11

Tea, gunpowder, per lb. (sales) gl 40 j imperial - do. I 40 ; young hyson, - - 50 a I 00

Wax,bees, per lb. (none) 32 a 33 Whiskey, . . 25 a 30 hyson skin, - - 60 a 65 Tobacco, choice fine, per lb. 3 J a 3 f prime, - - 3 a 3 2d. quality, 2 J 25 X - - - 1 a 1 J J. Sheriffs Sale. "TT WILL as late Sheriff for the county ' AL f lie by virtue of an act of the Le- ( 1 gislature approved December 25th 1320, --e'x pose to sale at the Court home in the town of Petersburg!!, on Saturday the fifth day of April next, lot no 61, '64, 90, 16, 58, 60 and 92, in the town of Petersburgh Pike county, listed as the prop, crty of Call k Sullivan, or so much thereof as will satisfy the tax and coats, for the years 1818. 19, and I 820. Thos. C STEWART, late tf.f. $larch8, 1833. N3t

From a London paper. EARTH QUAKE IN STRIA. We lay before the public an extract from the official communications of MrBarker, the consul at Aleppo, to the Levant company, describing the late dreadful earthquakes in Syria. The loss of life, the number of maimed and wounded, the destruction ot property, the length of time during which the shocks have been continued, the diseases to which the expose of the people to the sun by day, and the cold clews by night, have given riseall give to this calamity a peculiarly aw. ful character. We doubt whether the famous earthquake at Lisbon was productive of the same extent of misery. We are sure the sympathy of the public will be deeply excited by its perusal. extract u AVar the ruins of Antioch, September 13, 1822. It has fallen to my lot lo relate the particulars of an event that has thrown most families ot this part of Syria into sorrow and mourning, and all into the greatest distress : On the 18th of Auguit, and half past nine in the evening, Aleppo, Anticch, Id lid, Riba, Gisser, Shohr, Darcoush, Armencs, every village and every detached cottage in this Pashalia, and some towns in the adjoining ones, were in 10 or 12 seconds entirely ruined by an earthquake and are become heaps of stones and rubbish ! in which, on the lowest computation, 20,000 human beings, about a tenth of the population, were destroyed, and an equal number maimed or wounded I The extreme points, where this terrible phenomenon was violent enough to destroy the edifices, seem to be Diabckit Sc Merkab, 12 leagues south of Latuchin, Aleppo and Scanderoon, Killis and Kahi.shekoon. All within these points have suffered so nearly equal, except Orfa and Lathuhinia which have not suffered much that it is impossible to fix on a cential point. The shock was sensibly felt at Damascus, Adeno and Cyprus. " To the eait of Diabekin, and north of Killis, I am not well informed how far the effect extended in those radii of the circle. The shock was felt at sea so violently within two leagues of Cyprus, that it was bought the ship had grounded Flashes of fire were perceived at the various times throughout the night resembling the light of he -full moon, but at no place to my knowledge has left a chasm of any extent, although in the low grounds slight crevices are every where to be seen, and out ol many of them water issued, but soon after subsided. " 1 here was nothing remarkable in the weather or state of the atmosphere Edifices on the summit of the highest mountains were not safer than buildings situated on the banks of rivers, or on the beach of the sea " It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the scenes of horror that weic simultaneously pushing on the dreadful night of the 18th Aug. The awful darkness, the continuance of the most violent shocks at short interval, the crash of falling walls, the shrieks, the groans, the accents of agony and despair of that long night, cannot be described. When at i length the morning dawned, and the return of light permitted the people to quit the spot on which they had been previously saved, a most affecting scene ensu-' ed. You might have seen many unaccustomed to pray, some prostrate, some on their knees adoring their Maker Others tha were running into one another's aims rejoicing in their existence. An air of cheerfulness and brotherly love animated every countenance. 4 In a public calamity, in which the Turk, the Jew, the Christian, the Idolator, were indiscriminate victims, or objects of the care of an impartial Providence, every one for a time forgot his religious animosities, and what was a still more universal feeling in that joyful moment, every one looked upon the heaviest losses with the greatest indifference, lint as the sun's ray increased, they were gradually reminded of the natural wants of thelter Sc of food, S became at length alive to the full extent of the dreary prospects before them ; for a greater mass of human misery has not been often produ

ced by any of them awful convulsions of nature. A month has now elapsed, and the shocks continue to be felt 8c to strike terror into every breast night and dayThe fear that they may not cease before the rainy season commences, has induced these whose business cannot allow of their quitting the ruins cf their towns instead of rebuilding their houses, to construct temporary hovels of wood without thu walls, and many families xrhp thought

themselves before the calamity, straitiy lodged in a dozen of apartments, now exult in the prospect of passing the winter in a single room 20 feet square. rI he spacious mansion that has been the residence of the British consul at Aleppo for 230 years is completely ruined The houses of all the other public agen's and private individuals at Aleppo have been likewise entirely tuincd. At Aleppo, the Jews suffered the most on account of their quarter being badly built, with narrow ianes Out of a population of less than 3000 souls, 600 lives were lost. Of the Europeans, only one person of note, signor Esdra, di Piccioni, Austrian consul general, and 10 or 12 women Sc children perished, but the greater part aie now suffering from opiithalmen and dyssentries, occasioned by their bting exposed to the extensive heats of the day and the co;d dews of the night. When it is considered, two thirds of the families in Aleppo have neither the means of making a long journey, to so move to a town, out of the effect of the eitrt' qu .ke. nor of building ashed to keep iff ih3 rain, it is impossible to conceive all the misery to which they are doomed the e nsuing winter or ever to find more deserving objects of the compassion and charity of the .pu lent, whom it has pleased God to place in happier regions ol the globe Here planks and fuei are cheap, and the people have the resource tilles, which they were taught to m.ikc ly the cruaidg in their long r siden-e at Antioch but in Aleppo, w here wood is very dear, they have no contrivance to keep out rain bur freestone wr.ils, and flat roofs made ol a very expensive cement. ' AVer the ruins of Antioch, Septemher 20th, 122. 1 am sorry to say, tint shock of the earthquake continue to be felt to tiiis day, the 33th after the principal shock, and no change has taken place in the stale of desolation w hich that dread catastrophe has produced." " October 18, 1822. Till the 9th inst. slight shocks of earthquakes continue to be felt ; since that day they have entirely ceased, but confidence in a continuance of safety from that dreadful calamity is not restored, and although the rains and cold weather render our wheels very inconvenient habitations, nobody is vet inclined to

sleep under a roof supported by walls.

Industry the foundation of Independence. We are informed by a gentleman of veracity, that there is a boy living in Newton to.vnship, in this county, who during u,e last winter, spun from tow, and with five needles, knit himself a pair of pantaloons, with suspenders and stockings complete The whole was done in nights by firelight, for he is obliged (though but twelve years of age) to wok in the day time for the support of his aged parents. His name is William Pick'e, he has it in contemplation to contrut another pair this winter out of wool The independence of his mind, for one of his age is tru'y astonishing. On being offered a present of sufficient wool to make his intended garment, he refused, saying he could earn it himself. Zanesville Messenger. It Ins been well observed, that the

tongue discovers the state of the mind no leas than that of the body, but in either case, before the philosopher or physician can judge, the patient must open his mouth. Some men envelope themselves in such an impenetrable cloak of silence, that the tongue will affoid us no symptoms of the temperament of the mind. Such taciturnity, indeed, is wise, if they are fools, but foolish, if they arc wise and the only method to form a judgment of these mutes, is narrowly to watch when, where, and how they smile. It shows much n:o'e str.iaity to be grave at a good thing, 'Ju.f be merry at a bad one, and of all i. .. u:u c. that which is silent, is the least pi 1 due live, for praters may suggtst an idea, if they cannot start one. The game of billiards has been prohibited at Mobile. The editors of the Commercial Register doubt the policy of this mea?ute,a they say, men intent on gaming, will employ paper, ivory, or something else, in some shape or other, to answer their purposes. After the passage of the severe laws in Virginia against games, these spirits were said sometimes to arm themselves, each with a lump of xv e t sugar, and bet five hundred dollars on 44 the first fly." In imitation of the Greeks, the Spaniards arc auuinpling to nationalize their

theatres, in order to urge on the popular ewthusiam By a decree of the king, theatres are every where established The publication of dramatic works, drawn from national history, is becoming frequent, and care is taken to associate the progress of the fine arts, with the progrcss o! liberty. A'ews for the Ladies. It secrws by the following article, which wc copy from the ladies Literary Cabinet, pub.ished v New York ,that the ladies ol Eumpt;, of France and Spain, at Icms:; have Income acquainted wi'h the mys:cnist : cc Masonry, and are ;.aciisin the ot iriw.-s and ceremonies oMm' rcnotwit d an. nLCin order The riiii'itv of :he U'i. 3 ol oui :,' v worM must b" cached hy the intelligence, Mid h should t b- su:prisid if the editor of hc Obu.et (iiii h is. real! a we'd conducted. aii ;"n ' periodical) should obtain ; htiiit: ace ss:ou of fair subsfribers in const qu fxr r ibis anuuncia'if n. pn.v P..n Literary, We have on hi:.rl a rk which w ill shortly appear iiHr o ufr.ris entitled " Female Masorn v ol Ad pi n, a translation from the French, comprising the different 'Jc'gre'-s from Apt1" nticeship in the first degree, to P-ilY..-Mistress in the fr-ur'h degiec. in the. sublime mystery ot M a s 0 n t v c o 1 3 1 n n descriptions of the. forms, &c or acts,.. n female lodges. iwftJtutcd in F',mr ,v.c Spain From which it would en - hat Masonry is not confined ctiMly to ihc lords of crea'ion. but that the lovely p;ut of the human fami'v, with hSi i-.ifies, jewels, &c. are rising to a irvel vMtr man, in the mystetios and sencts of 'asonic fra'ernitv A ork of this kind, wt-think, cannot fail oi tr irtr interesting To al frce and accepted Masons in our e untry. as well as to the female part of the community Coariw.-This Chinese philosopher was bom 551 years before Christ 'human nature' he said. came to us from Heaven, pure and pt rfect ; but in process of time, ignorance, the passions, and evil examples, have corruptrd it. All consists in restoring it 10 its primitive beauty ; and to be perfect, we nuis rcascend to that point wc have fallen from. Obey Heaven, and follow the orders of Him who governs it. Love your neighbor as yourself; let your reason, arid not your senses, be the tulr of your conduct ; for reason will teach you to think wisfly.

to speak prudently, k to behave yourself

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FORFJGS ARTICLES. from nile's weekly iikgistkr Great Britain and Ireland. Several persons have been arrested at Dublin, charged with having conspired to kill atrd murder his excellency Richard Marquis We llcsley, lord lieutenant of Ireland They have been fully committed to prison This outrage appears to have been contemplated by the orangemen, on account of the liberal opinions of the lord lieutenant. No popery' was the cry of the ruffians, and some accounts lead us to suppose that a conspiracy was formed which pretty nearly amounted to high treason! Many things have lately happened, which seemingly indicate a change of tho policy of Great Dritain in regard to the Greeks. It is even intimated that they will be decidely protected. The Greeks have, so far, shewn that they can protect themselves; but they muit want supplies of all sorts. An old resurrection man, it is said, had the singular good luck to pounce upon the ficldof Waterloo like another vulture, and to bring away as many teeth as sold to the dentists for 20.000. .Xethcrlands, There have been ome serious riots in this country. The kin has demanded 10,000 men that he may maintain his authority. Spain. The 4 army of the faith is yet in force in the north of Spain, though often defeated One body is said to be 4,000 strong; and is reported to have trained some advantages over the patriots General O'Donnell is at the head of this force. The Cortes arc on the alert making all possible preparation for events; there is no doubt, at present, but that the interference of the allies will be rejected, and that Spain will contend for the4right to manage her own affairs in her owq way.' It is positively stated that a treaty of alliance has been concluded botween Spain and Portugal.