Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 37, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 October 1823 — Page 1

"WESTERN SUN k GENERAL A35YERHSER.

-- T" BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1833. Vol. 14. No. 37.

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'ublic Sale.

be sold on Wednesday, the

16 13 12

.New-Orleans Prices Current. Kett Orleans, August 30, 1823 Bagging, Scotch, per yd scarce) 26 cts. Kentucky, per yd. 18 a 20 Bale Hope, Kentucky, per lb. 6 a 7 Northern, 8 a 9 B icon Hams, per lb. (sales) 9 a 12

Sides &rc per lb. 7 a y Beans, per bbl. - - S3 a 4 Beef, mess, Northern, per bbl glO prime, per bbl. 6 - cargo, per bbl. 5 ffML 12 a 115

Imitation (dull) 50 cts. Butter, oer lb - 15 a 18 cts

, r j?otton, new crop, lb.

2d quality, -

-Alabama k Tenn. Coffee, Havana, best, per lb. 23 a 24 Domingo. - 20 a 23

Cheese, Goshen per lb. Choclate, No. 1, per lb. No. 2, No .3, Candles, Sperm, per lb. mould, do. Cordage, per lb. Corn, per bbl (in ear) Corn meal, per do. Flour, sweet, per bbl. Gin, Holland per gal. American do. -Hides, per lb. Iron Swedes, per ton, Lard do. - - (dull) M 'lasses, per gal (scarce) N tiU, cut. per lb. -Pepper, per lb. Pot k, mess, per bbl, Piime,

14 a 16 17 15 13 32 10 a 12 8 a 10 75 2 50 6 a 6 50 45 Cts. 11 - - g l oo 5i a 6 15 a 18 7h a 8 20 a 21

gl I a 12

8 a 9

- cargo, - - o a

Porter. London, per doz. - S$3 a 350

Potatoes, bbl. - - 150 a 2 Pu-n. Turn- A. ii. nnr pal. fdulD 81

-, - i t o ' J Ru e, - - - 84 a 4 25 , N. Orleans, 4 p. - 55 . . l n 35 a 4

V V fifteenth day of October nrx,all the personal property ol John Alton, deceased, viz : A large quantity of WHEAT, CO UN. in the field, OATh.and II YE, HORSES. HOGS, CATTLE, and SHEEP,

Household & Kitchen Furniture A Horse Mill, and a pair of Mill Stones, , A Still, and some Tubs, j A good four horse W aggon,

And a number of other articles too te

dious to mention Twelvemonths credit will be given ;n the purchaser entering into bond, with approved securitydue attendance will be given by us,

JAMES ALTON, 7 JOSEPH ALTON. S

September 24, 1823. 35-3t

Admsts

STATE OF ILLINOIS, AUDITOR S OFFICE, r , T I A Si hi . IH9.1.

'3 Arl""tle Eslte fjTNDLR the authority of the u Act to authorise the Auditor ol Public Ac

counts lo sell lots in the town of Vnndalia, & for other purposes, approved Feb. 12, 1823," he will offer tot sale at the state house, in t' e town of Vandaria, on the Thvd Monday in Arm next, all the unapptopnated IX-LOTb in said town and too our LOTS, containing six acres each. One tenth of the pui chase money will be required in hand, and the balance in tiine equal annual inslalme nts Those who may desire to obtain valuable real estate at the permanent seat of government in the state of Illinois, upon advantageous terms, may find it much to their interest to attend these sales. Among these lots are some beautiful sites, with the finest springs in the countiy and the out-lots are so arranged that lour join together, and each front on a street. E C. BERRY, Auditor. 7 Those persons who are indebted for lots sold in 1819, will understand, that alter the first day vf October next) they cannot aail themselves of the privilege of the act authorizing them to relinquish their lots, (upon paying the one tenth) or taking the tin thcr cn dit, according to the pioisions of said act. The printers in this state will insert the above in their papeis five weeks the Western Sun, Vincennes, and the Enquirer, St. Louis, will publish the same three weeks and forward their accounts for payment. E C BERRY, And.

L G UODIEtt,

Salt, T. Island.per bush - (dull) 40 a 45

Liverpool blown, per sack, ftJ

ground, do. -

Shot, ncr cwt. (plenty) &9

Skins, deer, in hair per lb. 12 a 16 cts. Beaver, - 5S 225 Shaved - - 24 a 27 cts Bear, a piece, - 81 a 2 Sugar, La. on plantation, lb. 8 a 8 cts, in town, - - a Havana, brown, - 7 a a white, - 12 a 13 Loaf, - - 16 a 17 Tallow per lb. - - 8 a 8J

Tea, gunpowder, per lb. (sales) gl 50

'imperial - do. 1 5 young hyson, - - 1 a I 6 "hyson skin, - - 60 a 65 ix,bces, per lb. (none) 32 a 33 Whiskey, - 25 a 30 Tobacco, choice fine, per lb. 31 a 3 I prime, - - 3 a 3J 2d. quality, - 2 2 X - - - 1 a IJ

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JcJipotheciV'ii & Druggist, 5 Sign ol the GOLDEN MOR I KU,

(MARKET STREET, llXCESSES, I A.J tNFwRMS the public that he has purchapel of C (7. It town, his pari of stock in tiidc which, added to his late assoitment from Cincinnati, will enable him to complete almost any order in his line, on eiy reasonable terms He therefore hopes by a1 tenth n, to nuril the patronage ot the Faculty, and citizens generally 35-It Sentcmbcr 24, 1823.

rin f$ hcet Iron MA VUF:i C Toil V, WHOLK.SAl.K & RETAIL.

N. SMITH, TflT AS again commenced business, on Ji ll the corner of Mar(fr and rr and streets, Vincennes, where all unlets id his line will be strictly attended to Jo!) work will be done on the shortest notice Paper on a number of the Ohio banks will be taken in payment for wmk, at its value. fc7Thc highest price given for old Copper, Bras Pewter.

.n Administrators Notice.

A. tieisuiii whom it mav concern.

are hcitb) notified, that we have taken out let t i s ol aOministi ation upon the ektatc ol John Alien, deed, all persons having any claims against said estate, are requested to bring them for w aid within twelve months from this date and all persons indebted to said estate, are hereby called upon to make immediate payment to,

JAMES ALTON, JdminuJOSEPH AlION. S tratcrs.

. i4, .823. '

Scptembc

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rJ Xdministrator' '&jrtice. -S-p'ttE undt i signed, having taken out yfl letters of administi a ioh on the estate ol F.lcuzcr li Cartt r, de cd. cqucsts all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and all persons having claims against said estate arc requested to piesent them pioperly au thenticated for sentlcment within one year from this date. A. S UADOLLKT, Adm. September 22, 1823. 35-3t

From the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. fehkins hew steam engine. i here never has been in our day an invention whicli lias creeled sucn a sensation in the scientific and manutacturing world. 1 he steam engine ol Mr. Walt had been so long cousidotcd as the greatest triumph of ait and science, dial it was deemed a sort of Heresy lo rtgaid it as capable of improvement ; and notwithstanding all that has been done by Mr. V ooif, and other eminent engineers, the undoubted merit ot tueu engines lias scarcely yet been admitted by tiie pubne. Under such circumstances, Air. Perkins' claims are likely to meet with anous kinds of opposition. Instead of nailing it as an invention which was to do honoi to the age in which we live, and to add a new and powerful arm to iii itish industry

impelled experiments k confined vitv.

were urged against the piineiple of its : consiuietion, the jealousies oi uval uau- , ei s were arracd against it, im gioaiy up prehensions oi dangei weie exei ed and :

snon siguieu politicians sounueu tne a larm, that such an invention wouid pieeipitate oui counti) fium its lolty pre-eminence among the nianutactuiing nations

ot the woi d. Most of these grounds of opposition have been now removed by direct experiment. Mi . Pcikii's's engine is actual ly at work. Its opeiut ons have been witnesed, and minutely exatnmeo by engineers and philosophers ot ail kinds ; and the most unreasonable seep ics have been compelled to acknowledge the justness ol its principles, as well as the energy of lis opeiation 1 he active c inventive mind of Air. Peikins, however, did not remain satisfied with this experiment. He has discovered a method, which we consider equal in value to his new engine by which he can convey the benefit of hisoiiginal principle to steam engines ol he old con sti uciion ; and this has recently been sue cceded, we are told, by a most cxtraoidiary discovery, that the same heat may be made to perform its pari more than once, in the active operations of the engine. Great as the invention is, )et we are disposed to think that the application ot the principle to old steam cngn.es i not

less important. When we consider the enormous capital which is at present embodied in Gieat Britain, in the substantial form of steam engines, and the admirable elegance and skill with which these noble machines impel and regulate the vast population of wheels and pimonsivcr which they reign, we leel as if some vast innovation were proposed upon our established usage, by ihe inti ociuction of Mr Perkins's engine The very idea that these potentates ol the mechanical world should be displaced from their thrones that their strong hoids should be dismantled ; their palaces demolished, and their vvnole affairs plac d under more economical management, is somewhat startling to those who dread change, and admire institutions that both work and wear well Air. Pei kins however has saved them from such a degradation, lie lias allowed them to retain all their honors and privileges, and proposes only to invigorate them with ticsh influence and power. In this new system, the old engines, with their boilers, are retained unaltei ed The furnaces arc alone removed Mr. Pei kins constructs a generator consisting of three horizontal tubes of gun-metal,

connected together, filled with water, and supplied with water from ? forcing pump, as in his own engine. This generator is exposed to heat in an analogous manner, so that, by means of a loaded valve, w hich opens and shuts, the red hot iluid may be constiaincd till forced out by the generator into the water, in the boilers ot Bolton and Watt. 13y this means, ns much Ipw pressure steam of four p'-unds to thc square inch, maybe getiir.it ed by one bushel of coals, as cou.u b- ptoduccd in the old engine, by nine bushels This most important result was obtained by actual experiment; Since these great improvements have been effected, Air. Perkins has made a discovery, that seems, in iu practical importance, to surpass them all. lie now entirely dispenses with the use of the condenser, and works the engine against the atmosphere alone ; and by methods with which wc arc not acquainted, and which indeed it would not be prudent foi him lo disclose at present, he is enabled to arrest the heat after it has performed its mechanical functions; and actually pump it back to the generator, to unite with a fresh portion of water, and renew its useful labors In an operation like this a considerable portion of the heat muM still be lost, but the wonder i, thai any

should be saved, and wc venture to say, that the most sanguine speculator on the omnipotence of the steam engine, never dared even to imagine the possibility of such an invention We are well aw arc that, in announcing this discovery, w c art exposing oui selves to the criticisms ol those whose bedel is naturally limited to their own xpciknce but it is satisfactory to know, that capt. Basil Hall, whose account of Mr. P ik-in-'s discovefics and inventions, delivered before thn royal society of Edinburgh, gave such universal s itifaction. n-tn intrusted with Air. Pei kii s's discovet yf and that he speaks coi fukntly of the soundness of his pi inciph s, as w ell as the practicability ot its application. Afurthc loth June, Air. Perkins is rradv to 'ake oidcis for his new engines, and his appaiaus for producing !o picsurr s:eam tor winking t lit? ordinary engines The price, wc believe, of the new e ngine is only half that of Bolton and Watts, with one third ol t lm savings . f fuel for a pciiodof eais, which wc have not heard stated Uheuniathm. W'r are rrnuestrd to stat thai ti e folh wi- g is audi'" c oal crtirt for the c u of the t e un,;li-n "Takr Cucumbers w Jh j fud g-ow o, .M,d put then, in'o a pot v ih a litm" salt ; then put tht pot over a slow fi,e, whete it should iciiudn ohm i-n h-.m, then tke the cucnmhi i s aril press tl em. iht jon e of which must be ut into hotil, s mini

j up tight, and p!ac d in the c bar. win ie

they should remain tor ;b.ut a week then wctaflmntl tag wi-hi he liquid, and apply it to the part afiTnted. M tiipolitan. Important ft om Spain

nfw yohk, Spt. . By the ship Caroline Ann. Uuush, in d..ys from 1J Ifinv., we h,te i ceivc(' fi, s ot tl I)i,t in Evening Post, and ot the Ikifusi tt9 Letter, to the st August inclusive (obtaining London da'es of the 29th Jo The Dublin Evening Post ot the 3 1 hi of Jul), af'er ghkg an tx:;;.c.t nom 'he Drapeau Hhnc, a piper published at Paris, annctmcing the ma'ch ot Alina at ihc head of 9000 men for Uprcr Catalonia, has the following spirited itmaiks: Alina, the itidefutigMile. the gmriMjs Mina who, the ?fder knows, had ins legs foz-n ofT, at one time and di d of vomiting blood a few dav s after, has suddenly appealed once mo. e in iheuai of the Fench army, at the he.,d o? 9-00 men We have t oi heaid wnethei he climbed inaccessible ptiopirts to t.ikc his present formidabh- pos'ni n, hm the c tie is. in Upper Cat , Ionia. btt ee?, the Fiench army and Fiance i It is (jor. dciighttui, aUo, lo fi'-d, as we d. iv "he Uiapcau Hl uic, the French le: ding una, thai the) are dchouhcu g e.ch other Alatsiiul Alonccy, is, in fact, den- tmci-d as incompetCMt aliost as treachci oils 5c Donnadieu, of whose exploits we us. d to hear so much, ha g(ne to tht waeis of liorgea, lo cure an old wound !" 'Ihe Dublin papers also contain the Spanish ..tFn ial account of the bj'th of Alolino th i R; v, fought about the . ginning ot July, in the neighborhood of iiircchma. In tins afTair. the cm mv tu e atcd lo have losi 800 kilhd, Sc ;.h.'.u ooo wounded; that ot the vicos v as so small that the report states it wntiid not have be e n noticed, t xcc)t to do justice to the memory of 50 brave Spaniards, who have saciificed themselves tor their country and liberty, and as maay others who aic wounded." The London Courier of the 28th July, distinctly and positively re-asserts all ihat it had previously stated respiting the French government having it inconumplaiion to withdiavv its ttoi-ps fron Cadiz, anil to take up the line of the Eb.o. and

that the chiet, it not the only reason, for adopting this step, will be the difficulties that have arisen, not of a military, hut of a political kind." Still it is admitted to be possible, that the threat of retiring he one! the Ebro may supersede the necessitv of doing so." The London Courier of the 29th, says, that the French, in the affair before Corunna. ost 80o killed, and 20CO prisoners A le'tcrfioni Baymmc contains the gratifying intelligence that a bod v of the Swiss guards, conve)ing money from Aladrid to Cadiz, was attacked near Tcmpleijue, and received a severe check. It does rot appe r that thev lost the money t hests. An affair of still greater moo nit occurred at the Pont de Suaro, ear Caiz. in which tin French lost 500 men, and the Spanish royalists iluOO.