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WESTE1 GENERAL ABYjgRTISEM, arm rS?C3i VINCENNES, (IKD.) SATUKDAY, AUGUST 19, 1S20. Vol. 17. No. S8.

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V BY ELI HU STOUT. THE IFESTER.V SOW, IS published at Two Dollars and k i F r ? cents, tor Fifty-Pvjo Jumbcrs, vrliicU may be discharged by the pay-! merit of TWO DOLLARS at the time j nf 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 subscriber at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of ;hcir papers sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Euitcti on bufciness must be paid, or they will not be n(Vnded to. .Advertisements inserted on th? cusomary tcuriN.jpIjPcrsoiis sending Ad- : : tiscmcnts, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered oul, and r ,st be paid for accordingly. Celebration at Arlington. After the public ceremonies of the d ay were closed at the Capitol, a party of gentlemen, having fii st, in common with their icliovv citizens, paid their respects to the Chief magistrate of the nation, at his maneion, repaired to the south bank of the Potomac, for the purpose of dining together, and spending the aftci noon in convivial enjoyment. The kind and hospitable proprieter of the grounds on which they assembled, with his accustomed ur-. banity and politeness, h d prepared a shf -ter worthy of the day, and well calcula ed

to inspite in every bosom the uclfhgs that should belong to such - occasion it was the Tent of Wa-diinghm lt the Pr?)rium of the devolution" the same which hud sheltered Washington fitly years ago on the heights ol Dot che'cr. The pillars that suppoited this vnetatcd canvass were beautifully enchekd with alternate wieaths of ti e h.oirel and the vine ; at its heart hung an onc,usai porttaitofthc " Pater Pan he," by Sluvplcss, which has generally been considered, the best likeness ever taken oi him.. Opposite to the portrait was a medallion thus inscribed u Waifiirgton Pater Putrid" and on each side, round the wads of the tent, were six other medallion all encircled with wreaths of evergreens, Sc. bearing the following inscription : " Jidamsy Jefferson, Carrol, Pattei eons c nfi l i 11 1 sfi v u li c , ' ' " Warren, Montgomery Woaidcr, Mercer." "The Pretcrium of the Revolution sieved to the memory of its immoiial Chief and his associates in ghny, in the war of in Jependence--pu s,,rved for th vent ration of pnsu i i:y the promo i m of rational libeity, and the i ignis of man " Ireland Hoiv-ur and ;;a'itu-V to the ' cns of Ireland w "n u-'iv c -n.i i'mt -d to the establishment of Amen ic an Iiv.Lpen lence." Avicucho the Yotk town of th? so'iih. -1th Jn'v '75 hi the da" n of tho morning we dived to be f:e :.M Tl;e immortal mormvy at Miss vghk' ' On the 4th July 1876 may ad nail us enslaved b? as independent as we." 41 Bezzaris, Myron and all the rmityr, w!io have perished 1 r th;; I i L-c : : . s ut Gieece." "Palmer, Jan-is, and all the i:ood and bravo wIm aitl a Christ km r.'t'plcin their strueyo a gait!; t inli.lei y,ii:sors " Lafayette lionour U gtati'-.ule to those of other nations wao aide-d in th- cs'ah-li-hnient of American Indepe' d. nee " Hn'ivar, tha DJiveiei ti e Washington of the Seuth " For tlic v. hole desipai and execution of these beautiful, animati'.g. anl apnropiiate decorations, the p t ;y v ere tun. !"Jt j,,. debted to the chaste ta::ey ana! e,-.ne:ous enthusiasm of Mr. Cua 1 1 . who was at once their host and their gues.t. At five o'clock the company i ai.'g faded up .n 7yt:.vi.:s Munrie at:d IVicni' inn. 11 s tpiires to take the i espccliv c c! ait s of l'fesident and Vice Pivsidvnt, s -t d wn to aprmthut substantial ivpt, v.hi. h Mas i xll ).e I by several p.it'ioue S snii-mn-ta! toasts, and among th'.e the folbwin- : P i ti e Prcsidrnr of the day The anopv under wh h v. e dine -the u Revolutionary Pretoiiutn that sheltered Washin'n Piliv yeats a-ro on the Heights of boM-hrsti'r.' 1 Jp n this toast beitnr drank, there appeared cnnsidcrhb d.csire in many mLvnb i of ihe etmi'Mvv 'cam some of the

historical recollections attached to the t lhcir deliverance. and expressive decorations, that -.peak aa venerable canopy under which they were j " Venerable Pa ! iarchs of Liberty, con- much as uords, and captivate two senses' seated, and which, of itself, formed a sub- script Fathers of the Republic ! here the at a time. I see amor.gst those the name ject of intense interest to all who were , oiator referred to the tablet itisctibed of one dear to this land, and ai -other lur present. Mr. Custis yieh'ed to their wish- " Adams, Jefferson, Cat rol." ; less happy of hich he was af;am: . es, and in an address, gave a brief account How proud, how puieaday is this to Montgomery. I knew him not but b) hia of the Pretorium, from the time of it be- your best, your happiest recollections; j fame Hut he had a bro-ncr. brave like ing first pitched, on the Heights of Dor- the incense of praise and gratitude aiiscs himself, and generous. When I lay capchester, 1775, to its becoming a bar.quet- from millions, an offering to your worth. , tive in a stctet dim.eoi , aid when dising hall for the Chiefs of our tmemy at , May the evening of your days be serene j ease assailed me, and other friends uero Yorktown in 1781 From the continua- ' and "kindly," as your morning was j driven by terror from the very mention tion of his address we subjoin a few bright, your meridian glotious 8c useful ; ; of my name, he stepped forward, Sc hern sketches. Pointing to the tablets, wreath- i and when your sun shall st -til: -in the wt,t, that same Cornwallis with whom he had

eu with laurel, anri mseiioeU, " J a the Immnrtnl Mi mru of Missclontrhi," Mr. Custis proct eded "Immortal Missolonghi ! though now but a heap of ruins, with thy ashts slaked in blood, those ashes will soon be scattered by the winds, and the last stone of thy foundation rased with the earth but thy fame v. ill su ive the w reck of thy fortunes, and he hailed with admiration by distant aes. Thy heroic defence 5c fall has raised for thee a monument in the heatts of the good a:l brave, mose biil liant than the works of art mot e durable than their brass or marine u Wljat vot k-, of geniua, wdsat vonders of the ehis'-rl, o w iraiks tin; fields of Marathon Pia-sc ? TU shepltcrd tends his Hocks and tunes his iv.ed, while the objects of his care peacefully gaze upon the turf which once icsouuded with the ( clang of arms, the t a.; p of steeds, imd the shouts ef victory ! A hushed in the silence of ages. Hut the iatne of Marathon still flourishes in nmnoi tal youih, union thy the " wreck oi tTjat'.ei," inickcaycd by the waste of time. " Epaminrnd i rejoiced that he died .not childless., ha ing twoimmortai dauglitcib U-i fit-UK oi L-.uctra and Mainuiia. A;h! O 0,-c c! tf) thy i.!:v futnily, ilS Ub i i- u M ivuoler;.. tAi-j. a lit n ji i!;s rr.ice iie.r c!d i- bnea; e. Wime gal ant Ciuece, tiiu !;cr in!M5n,:.,n o'ipi : sti urides air unst i-..t me w n--i c a:d; ai e Inc. kindrt d nation or Chi dom ? Whcic the Defenders -J' (': w!n..o 'riiviir boats t' e cv. .si ; P:li ct osj-:, toe in si neer ot w :'-; i Ai .1; ) . a V 1'' Of Ci::isl ? e, KM, IOC . Chiiathm oi Kings I Are luu. an i. t .-.l !..-. , . . - . . I , . 1 r I .,1...'. ,1 Chtisti in people are -jinliifg un :cr toe tyranny of infidel opprei-o' r: ? c Shame on the Chm.ii.m v.ti. id 1 A barbaric age is iesi .red. U.uiy so (i'ccr:., who, i-.iitgh: h i.idcd, smt gtusps the eioso and wiehin her avengii-i; svvoid. Mav everv uass in her defenre le a idinrlm nvlcand eveiv leader in iii uui I....'...', t W ..."

T " 1 .".II . . . . . I . . i I .. aii thee in honoured & giautu. lemcmbrance. At the side ol our chiel did ihv sh at in the 'oils, t!C ja ils, . ni tiie f! ories ot a nation's tit live! unco. Hy die i ceo! tct i i on ot th io pi lv a ions ;ey then I I 1 I f , I I V uti o, no loo' u tnov sncu, a me oiit l., Ir.' 1. sir , a w e i,-v ciij-'v, v. e tt usi that the d.iy may M-i-ii ai riv e v, hen w e sl'.all I it hold ihee dviiv t. 1 1 d is oni thy tliraUiom, S; haii thee i eu'ctit ! Jie in the nobis id mankind. Whin the enemy, looking tiiingh j.,,, -.. M''n.s. s (,'vhe piison shins, into those ! U v. h.u out p! ionos veie ci t-irrfcd, oiVert d to lie 1 1 i?h t.oUiict s, w ho were nalail, famished, ami c!ing, ciolhlng, food, and gold, to induce them to desert our can;-.' .nd take up aims hu the hhig the p'v.ir tcdows, tiom the internal 'obotlcs ut their mi -e y, replied with ike intie bicaih tliat was left them, and sotnc with their iast breath, God save gieat Wadungton and the cause of Amenta . - outdi an occaifcl. Am et leans t dth vides u can w t ft i get this ger-ei ous, tis inju'ed people? Wha' aie we totitutn tl'tm? Not the se; vices they icndeied us, n t the blood the shed tot us : only to lit them kno'v t'uat thetc aie some in this gtei r public who civ 44 (i :d b'ess you an 1 is tins pool ttibu.e to be withheld lot leu of giving olV'-nce toulhets? Sliall wc do nv a sympathy lot th.ose. who m no. hy r o iti ibuied to main! un our lig'uts' F'Mbbl it, tonimon justice! forbid it. di j vine spirit of gra'Pude The voice ol U i idled A netica will yet be heat d, and t hat l a voice of thunder, whose echoes shall j leach the Lmciald hie in prayers lor

caua: a J .ontuas, un no unauiui 17- suuoiri t?at have been revised ni yigy, rant remains to pollute hr classic shores, j mind by the geneit us and manly eio ' And that too, () Lor.; ot Montgomery ! quu.ee "of the chi d 1 Mount Veinon, io puin'ing to tf:e lauici:ed tablet contain- whom we owe so. much of the honest mg the words Honour and giatinide to . pleasure of this Iwur I i eland, whose sons so nobly onti iUaed To t!ii Imsphaiity we owe the enjoyto the e-4..hlishmcnt of Ameiican liuje- metit ol thin majestic sccneiy; that ci)spendeticc whose gem. tons sons repairtd tal fount tin, so far transcending in beauty to our fthndlcss stand ard, when lusi. it every inurnment of human a-1, which, lor wuc uniuiled lor ic-'ist.mce ! lliavc, but unrecoriicd ages, has poured its living unlo: innate p tuple 1 M..y 'he Hod oi jus- j waters in its pchb'y basin, and that shao ti:e iovi mercy gran', tliee heller destui- i owy oak forth Irom whose atitique ito's ies. On tlie oa of independence, and ' tlt-y is&ue, wlmic the weary and the thirshorn the rreioriuui of the levolu'-ion we j ty have oftr n sfM'i' ht leticshwcnt and n-

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illumine and instruct the patnots of a f u tuic a.re. u In health, in comfoit and all this world can give, may you reach the most indulgent duration of man, Sc then sink to rest. 44 With, all y.air country's w.ahes !)iest 1'' " What shall 1 sav pf him faddresmpthe notttait of Washinz o i .hose EIvsian spirit mav at this moim m hover over the pavild-.-n in whici) he o: was wont to dwell'. What shall I sa of bfm, at the shsmeof whose gloiy a !iemi-pl)rc no v bci d-3 : Shdll 1 se k anno me renown of antiquity for his model ? It is not there. Tiuvdi.g in the improvement of humanity, shall I turn ove the pages of twenty cent u tics ? i shall find it iv where. He was indeed, unique, subiimid in him self the true magnificence ot man. " His lime, on its adamantine pedestal, defies the tooth oi time. His praise will be a theme of delight and wonder to the artless age of youthful innocence, and an untiling story to cheer I he gray heads around their winter fire. , hi ioic name will ioue the oppressed to st! ike :. d struggle for lietdom, w ill i estoi e i hi m in defeat, be sung in t. f-ir toiigs of ti iuinph, and he lu;-.rd high :d) ie the battle's loar i:i Liheit)'s last lum n. " He coneiuded by pi op-jsiu the following io M : rt M: . Cuxtis The cuuscof civil and re!iii in, il a Mav the naliooaoi !he oid v.drid, cie .inotiier hail eei t.ui) siiad eian-c, bw ;-.s iihiei-eiuu ni and lie s moepciiociit and nee, as cmerUu, a : i d h.-,pr.) a.-, .e. Win. 1 1 I'-tl. i U.sfifS il. U t'.O li'-MVil Mr. a Mij.. on io c. mi 1 .i" the evident e:; jn Saio i:(.ng enioiion, kt;J Sdid, "Sir Over and ahuve the pleasuicot comincmos r.tiug the Independence of tins h .ppy countiy, which 1 share in common v. r. ii ah th')se who suiiouml this festive b"-nd ; well as such a seem; is fitted to t ngio; the wholf. heait ol any patriotic ci'izco, or of any n- t h;st to the best fcelii (:s ol man's n.'tuic : there aie other sfI I . I II 1 V letting rerooecMons, ai.il less nanpviUi- . . ' j pose, joint emblems ol etcinity a' d imcs uccav. l To him we owe this canopy, undcr whose sicrrd shade Sc sheltci we now sit f ree fromcaie ct pain, le fi nils of his toils who, in the pes ileus md awful moments ol l is count! v's. travail, retired within i!. iu'd wi'ich.d vhi!c others sUimbcted co fivhng in Ids wisdom. Hiw often in the ii od and lonely bouts ot the night, has lie with no coveting but that beneath w hich we aie assembh d. todi cling ah tho poweiso' his mighty rtimd, planned the mcasur s of just dclence that turned the tide ol w n , and tat it hell, and ?avcd t hat count! y tor u h;i h ah ni hediid, i;i v i n j- il pea: e aid fi . cdom a oh to' r he uond a btight cxamp.e a..d sign d hope. 'ldie hospitable ow net ol this soil. it has done more tote us he has giv i n us 1 1 om the abundance of his native slot i s, ati an j imating picture o! the ptcscnt and the nast. avvakct 'n in ur souls those lively J P ' l rw 1 1 1 j , III ' Ul llli'ji inil j feelings b which our natuie is enuobltd, by thirishmi whereof we only tan l e woi thy of our happy state, and gi atelul to the giver id all go"d II this w cte all. I should have sat in si lent admiration, fixing my eyes aid thoughts upon that image (a medallion dt Washmrton ll etc sus; cmled, the nor--, tiait of his pet sen ; but. Oh ! how faint a type of the viitues that a.lomcd the fust and best of pati iots. But, sir, this was not all, I could not clo,e my c)s. nor shut my tats, r.or affect to misi.-kc or misuncb r .-, a' d the generous intention matiifcsttt!, not alone in glowing bpecch but also in thcie tasteful

; served, ant', who well kntw his worth

that .ry ormvallis who vvas hono.iab'y entertained when a prisoner by tlu gieat Washington even in this ery tent 'hat brother of that Montgomeiy baincd from that Cornwallis a respite horn my lorn; p. s scution, having his' challenged ! ,n cxusei s to put me on m t. hi, w hich t ll,r' l!l!Ctl r:r,t Antl lo ten. notary ! ulargen.cnt, br.foi e diseasf h (h ath, had done their office. I envoi: lha. I lzi lived to itlebiatc this jnyl'ul jubilee. cci in that very tent which rcviv..sthe recollections of that ever honotid chi. f likJ the pride ot men, that I am s'.aud herein social convivi I i t y amongst distir.t,uis!i. d patriots of this land of refuge and uuo gloiy, and hearing my Uiuch injtued native tan I indicated : iv ! cheered with woids ot ove fl .ving kindm ss Heic I must slop here ac no words significant enough to tell you win 1 tec I and how I thank you all. For ti w it L have so many proof ot unmerited goodness from my fellow citizens, dining 29 yeats of a pn tiactcd life, that I n.us be void f seme or human keiings were I no! gtatetul Hut for that long si filling country, which you will allow in m my heart, and think me no less your fellow citizen for doing so, here, in tbt iiame of those whos.e hearts and tongues, in spito of oppression, wiil ratify my vo ds, I thank you For what else, if worib t. old tell the sut-lliog measures of feihrg and of gtatetul h att, I would haye added, read it in your o n From the Xanana I Intelligencer. Itritish ivur i India I ht n.liovipg vxtract fiom ioid Combermi' i A icport ot the capture of .he cry m,d lortiessol Uhurtpoic, in India, fmrU es a striking proof of the obst'miu atio b.oody chaiacter of the vas vagvd bitwitnthc Hi ili-.li company, ai d the na l powti s of Hindostati. It has b en aicmn.on opinion that the natives oi those countries were an i HYniinate anil unw a like racebill the Instoty of the British opeiations in Asia, dining the last Inrty ) eui s. exhibits tiiem inaveiy difliicm light biave t excess, haidy pf-ssi --sin pel severance fidelity and lot litude a spit it that yields sc arcely 'o any i xtteiritv wanting oi ly the scieme 5 ai ms of Euiopi an wailaie, lo render them invincible to their invaders. This fottit ss of Bhut tpoit was many yeats agobis'ugcd by lord Lake, wno was obliged to raise the siege in o n-e-(jueucc ol the immense strength i f the place, and the want i f heavy ordnance. Since that peiiod it l as been, by the natives in that pait ol Iti.tia. considered impiegnablt : but 1 1 . a il'usmn i- ir-.-w vanished, and the whose of tha' part ol tho peninsula ol Hindostan was si;pro-id to be re need m perfect submits!' n but later ai counts infot n us of the ie: ewal of the v. ar by the na tv -s. B'uiijon is the tapi.al ot ihc p'ovincr of Aet;-, a d is situaleo in lai. '27, 13 N. long 77, 58,F..cf Greenwich II(ad Quartern, Phunfiore, Jan 19. To the right hon. lord Amhei t, govcrnor general, Sec. he My Loud: I have the satisfaction to ai (juaint v ooi Lot dship, that the town and citade I f li .oi t ( oi te It II ctet day mrt nii g. to u.c Biitih Anny under my comm, u h " 'since my despatch of the I lh instant, the v bole attention of the Kngii e is was iliiectcd towards the completion ol 'lie mines under the piojtcting bastirns on the lelt, and the North east angle en the right. 41 On the 1 4th mtar a mine, under the bastion on the let', v as pecipitntcly exploded and tailed in hs object. I, th refoi c ilit i tit d tw o tuot t mints to be dtiv n into the b stiiiti, which wi it b.own lv 3 16th, and, with t he aid of a day's bt urin, an excellent b'each was mai.44 I he exjlos'u u ef the mir r under t! c Nmth ataf.nir, at 8 o'c.otk y s't tday moinit-g, Was the signal ot t1 r s'mtn, w hen the columns, corvpnv d ot P,i -gather fl reral M'( otnbe's B "g !.- on tl e vht, and B'u;adiei Gtncral LovvatdS t.n tho left, advanced with the gtcatcst order, U