Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 October 1825 — Page 1

WESTEKN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISER.

BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1825, Vol. 16. No. 34.

THE WESTERN SUM, IS published at Two Dollaiis and 9X7TY cents, for Fifty-Two jYumbers, vhich may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time of Subscription. Payment in advance being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement. No subscriber at liberty to discontinue "antil all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of their papers sent by mail, s Letters by mail to the Editor on business must be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. T Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. Information to Pensioners. STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF y ' October 12, 1825. Conformably to the regulations of the war department, of the 19th of June, 1824, I. Afi, a. magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence (here state what the evidence is whether personal knowledge or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names) that CD, who has this day appeared before me, to take the oath of identity, is the identical person in the pension Certificate which he has exhibited before me, numbered , and bearing date at the war office, the. day of 18 , that the said certificate was originally issued for him ; that he now holds the same in his possession, and claims all the benefits arising therefrom. Given under my hand at , on the day and year above written. A H, .?. I, EF. clerk cf the court of county, certify that AB is a magistrate, as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this day of in the year . KF. Clerk of the ccurtof cgi:?i;;j.

The above affidavit is required in all cases

- here the Pensioner has not received his stirend for one year ; pensioners annlvine- with-

r - -V j nut procuring the above certificate will fail in

getting the pension money due. i he tore oing form must bo pursued literally.

Division Order. th DIVISION, INDIANA MILITIA, bcfiremb.r 1825,

i i coniormiiy o me ;ci reguiaung he Militia," approved January 20, 1S24, T hue, by virtue of the authority vested in tne, made the following appointments, m compose my staff and military family, viz: : john ewino is appointed Division Inspector, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. ALEXANDER MA.SSEY, and GF.ORGF. R. C. sullivan, are appointed Aid-de-Camps, with the rank of Major. Joseph warneu, is appointed Quartermaster, with the rank of Major. And it is strictly ore-; vd, that said officers be observed and obeyed accordingly. II. LASSELLE, 1,::. (?,--. Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of sundry Fee bills to me directed from Robert Buntin, former Clerk of the Knox Circuit court, I will exnosc to public sale at the Court

houe door in Vinccnnes on Saturday the fifteenth day of October next, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 5 oc. p m. agreeably to the third section of the law subjecting real and personal estate to execution, the following lot of

ground to wit: one hundred and fifty acres of land, lot number 27. lying and being in the Old Donation. Taken as the property of Win. Morrison to satisfy the above Fee bills. S. ALMY, Stiff K.c. Sept. 23. 1825 32-at ' TAKE XOTICE. TT fl VF, left mv note and accounts

JJ with Sam!. Hill Esq. who is autlwwized to settle them, those who ars indebted to me, will do well to attend to this

business in Vincenncs. A. PATTERSON.

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JJI brreat Jsargaini

FOR THE WESTERN SUN.

To Manufacturers and Men of n

THE subscribers wil expose to public vendue, on the first day of Janua

ry next, if not previously disposed of, a Lease, taken from the state of Illinois, of the Wabash $ Ohio Saline, for a term of 1 1 years. The reM for the year 1826 having been paid, andHheAJhU that will be due to the State oHUmSis,

for the ten subsequent years, amounts to 88,650; which rents and dues can be discharged with that amount in Notes of the State Bank of Illinois, and its Branches. The above Lease will be sold on a ciedit of six, nine, and twelve months; together with Waggons, Horses, Oxen, Chains, Axes, and all other articles appertaining and belonging to the manufacturing of salt. There is an excellent HOUSE MILL on the premises and about 100 acres cleared land, under a good fence six Furnaces in complete order, with good sheds four comfortable salt houses, and all other necessary buildings. There can be manufactured from three hundred and forty to fifty bushels of salt a week to each Furnace. They will, at the same time and place, offer for sale their stock of Hones, Cattle and Hogs. GUARD, CHOISSER, & Co Gallatin co. Saline, sept. 6, 1825-32-3t

Sept. 52, 1825.

2-.1t

Tiro CEXTS per pound, will bt given for any quantity of clean Linr.cn or Cotton RACiS at the wesntf.hn sun office, in cath rrrriifj, against good accounts.

Sheriff's Sale. lH3r virtue of a writ of fieri facing to "THf me directed, from the Clerk's office ofSullivan county, I will expose to public sale, at the court house door in Vin

ccnnes, on Saturday, the fifteenth clay of

October next, between the hours ten o -clock, a. m. and five o'clock, p. m. agreeably to the third section of the law subjecting real and personal estate to execution, tiie following land, to wit : sixty-

four acres, and seventy five hundredths of

an acre, of Location number tivo hundred and eigry-three, and of Location number

tivo hundred and fifty, to be taken off of

the south end of said location last above mentioned, lying and being in Busseron township, adjoining the county line between Knox and Sullivan, as the property of John Dulev, at the suit of James Law-

son, the said property given up by John

Law, iisq. plaintiff s attorney. S. ALMY, Shf. k c. Sept. 23, 1825. 32-3t-gl50

A LL persons are hereby cautioned not

d. t purchase the land advertised by

S. Almy, Sheriff of Knox county, as the property of John Dtiley, as the said land

belongs to me, as may be seen by icferencc to the recorder's office of Knox county, la. E STOUT

September 23, 1825 ' ' . L 2 A50 REWARD.

tyCAWAY from the subscntfe'ribn

m u yiondav morninr the 19th inst. from

v - j - - ,- - tlx house of Andrew Armstrong, in Knox county, la. a negro man named SIMf about 30 years of age, G feet high, spare made large whiskers, end down look, has a small piece off of one of his ears, he had on when he went away dark mixed jains cloths, a wool hat and a new pair of shoes, he has other clothing with him. The above reward and all reasonable expenses, will be paid to any person delivering said negro to me in Scott county, Kv. or confining him in any jail in. the state of Indiana so that 1 can get him. ROBERT ADKIXS. Sept. 19th, 1S25. 32-3t

! 'ftoctor J. D. JVoolverton, U ItfESIDES U1 tne house lately occu1L pied by E. M'Xamee, and will dej vote his whole attention to the business I of his profession. He is fully authorized to settle the accounts of Doctor M'Namce, and will receive in payment. wheat coin, f:ork to-.:' md flax linen, gin sang beeszra.r or lumber, if4delivcred in Vincenncs, bv the first of December next, after which all unsettled accounts, will be lodged with an officer for collection. He will also receive any of the above articles of produce, on account of his own practice, if delivered in their proper seasons, and within six months after the services arc tendered. Vincenncs, Julv 13. 1825. 22-tf

BLANK DEEDS for this ollice.

sale at

IMPROVEMENT or rnz WABASH.

LETTER 5th. ro The editor. WHEN I first ad

dressed you, I had no intention to pursue the subject beyond a comparison of the

controul and profit of the state, with the monopoly proposed by Illinois ; and the advantages to result from this improvement, with the JefTersonville canal project. Some cursory thoughts which occurred as I advanced in the comparisons, may I think, convince every reflecting reader, of the great St paramount superiority of this undertaking, in the

manner reported to our legislatuie, over every other in which the people of this i state could take any interest ; and it is

therefore unnci essary to enlarge upon these points. It is evident, if we v ill not attempt the work until we become prosperous without it, the time must b5 distant indeed, when Indiana will accomplish it ; and the gain to our posterity when trade has been diverted to another channel, will be comparatively small. Should the preparatory steps be taken at this time, our sister states, south Et south west of us, will know how to calculate: they will scon be convinced by a computation of distance U exfiencc, of the route eastward by the Wabash, and the routes by the Illinois river and the Ohio canal, that the Wabash presents to them eeiy inducement, in almost every point of view. The iidand trade flowing to and from our eastern cities, so far as interests Kentucky, south Tennessee, Alabama, (Miss.) Louisiana, Arkansas, 8c part of Missouri at certain seasons, and in time of war at all seasons, together with that of our own state, and the eastern part of Illinois, will demonstrate this beyond all dispute. And as the difference of prices at the glutted, and unhealthy market of New Orleans, Sc the steady, brisk and invigorating markets of New York, Philadelphia, 8c Baltimore, will daily become better known when they can visit either from lake Eiie, at a less expense of time, via. the Wabash, than is now required to visit Orleans, descending the Mississippi in flats and keels, the result of the improvement cannot be doubled. It cannot be expected that accmate estimates of the expense of the necessary work on the Wabash, and the lateral and connecting canals, to render the ascending and descending navigation certain and safe at all seasons, would be possible until a regular survey be made, and levels taken by competent persons, upon whose report such calculations, and all preliminary arrangements, must be founded. It is however, confidently believed, that, S500.000. with the sale of vaiious sites which will be gained for manufactures by water power, and the donation of 1 nd, that may reasonably be expected of congress, for the connecting canal and its feeder, will more than accomplish the work, and pay the two first years interest upon the amount expended. And w e all know, that the 4$ per cent, stocks of the U. States, having to run a long period, the capitalist will prefer, to stocks bearing more interest of shorter duration; because stocks redeemable in a short time, cause a loss of labor and time in a re-investment, ar.d where their is certainty and duration, money can always be raised upon the lowest interest. This for us may be deemed a happy circumstance: our stock issued upon the faith of the state, redeemable at the expiration of thirty years, with the tolls for a guaranty bearing a reasonable interest payable semi annually, will command attention and the funds be easily procured. Now suppose the whole amount stated, to be expended, and the work completed in two years, the interest will be 830,000 per annum twenty five hundred dollars per month; and will not any reasonable estimate made upon what is known to be the existing state of things, pay much more, when the New-York canal pays one hundred thousand every month even before its completion? and if we view the certain increase of western trade for even ten years to come, on the increasing scale of western trade and population for ten years past, how immence must be cur gain, and how unfounded will appear the silly doubts and fears excited by intellectual weakness? But, suppose the most unfavorable and improbable casesuppose the very worst that can happen in defiance of all data, and of all exampie suppose the tolls will not pay the interest and capital borrowed, within the time specified for the stock to run will not an issue of new stock very readily redeem the old, vs'wh increased advan

tages? and in that case, will not the inr mediate gain be ours and will not tho improvement go down with the debt to a grateful posterity, to enjoy the cne, and sustain the other? again Suppose emigration at an end suppose that our generous and productive soil, and the improved and extended navigation of out river, will entice no increase suppose the people of the eastern states blind to the advantages our state must enjoy, and that the tolls received on the Wabash extended, will become less hereafter, than even the present trade which must be expected to resort to it, would warrant us in estimating, and that application to Congress for aid to redeem tho debt necessarily incurred by the undertaking, were to become inevitable under these circumstances (and it could be necessary under no other) would we not receive the assistance lequired? When New-York applied to congress for aid in her great undertaking, Mr. Clay, and many of the most enlightened members, thought she should have received it, yet half its national advantages were not then foreseen; and in the speech of that statesman at the last session, in favor of extending the Cumberland road, he gave it as his deliberate opinion, that for every cent N York has expended, or that other states may advance in effecting such national objects, there w ill exist a just and constitutional claim on the national government; then why should we doubt that aid would not be awaided tb Indiana? on glancing at the map I find the Wabash almost embraced by a direct line from the. N. York canal to New Orleans, and its improvement and extension, may very properly, be viewed as a continuation of the same grand work, could it be any cause of dissatisfaction to posterity, to find such a work completed for their advantage? no, no under the very worst imaginary aspect, tho present generation will rejoice and posterity will rejoice and bless their benefactors. I am Sec. JOHN EWING. IMPROVEMENT of the WABASH LETTER 6th AND THE LAST. ro riiE editor. In this day of light and enterprise, when the sun of truth has beamed to illumine her voteries path with brightness and splendor, and reflection has passed from hesitating doubt to bold achievement when the New York canal has opened the eyes of sister states, and stimilatcd them with a becoming spirit of noble emulation, shall unfounded doubts and rival preferences, cause the energies of Indiana to sleep in utter neglect of her best interests, and the laudable examples before her shall she continue in the rear of many states destitute of her natural resources and advantages shall her central position aflord no evidence by practical illustration, of tho bounties showered upon her by the god of nature, and the rapid advancement they are calculated to insure ? my respect for her patriotism and wisdom forbids the thought. But the time has arrived when the water which yet flows uselesslyover the rapids of the Wabash, above and below us, should also be brought inta use, and subserve more extensively tho general good which these rapids have too long obstructed; and I have no hesitation in believing, that the water privileges to be gained on this stream by it3 improvement will in time, rent for enough per annum to pay theenterest on the whole sum ncessary to improve the river. Instead therefore, of urging this improvement too soon, wc begin eight years too late. Other states have been at work when we have been idle; our present deplorable situation as an agricultural people, affords too much proof of this tact. Let our navigation be extended to the lake and the water power on our rivers be attained, and a new era in the affairs and prosperity of our stato will have arrived; the attention of manufacturers with capital will be immediately attracted ; and as we have every facility to obtain the raw materials as cheap as at any other point in the west, their labors in cotton, and in woolen, and in iron, will supply an immenst region, offer a home maiket for a large portion of our produce, circulate immense sums of money yearly, and render us in fact and and in truth, an independent people. The country through which the Wabash runs equals in fertility any other on thd continent, and after glancing at the states and rivers south and south west of ust and the counlry on the borders of lako Erie, lake Michigan, lake iluren, fccfto