Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 October 1826 — Page 3
THE WESTERN SUN
VINCENNE S, October 7, 1326.
Appointments. l3T BRIOAADE INDIANA MILITIA JOHN M'GIFFIN is appointed Brigade Inspector, with the rank of Major. WILLIAM TWIGG is appointed Aid-de-Camp, with the rank of Captain. And it is strictly ordered that said officers be observed and obeyed accordingly. JOHN MY MR 5, BMg. Gen. v u W BOUNDARY LINTE BETWEEN ALABAMA AN.) GEORGIA. Rxtract of a letter from one of the Georgia Commissioners, dated, Nickajack, 9th August, 1826. " We arrived here safe on Thursday
our course conducted us two and a half
miles East of Nickajack. Messrs. finely
and Lewis are in the neighborhood, and
the discussion has commenced. A diner
encc of construction of compact exists. Whatever this difficulty is disposed of wc
shall proceed to execute the duties as
signed us.
" It is further staled in a letter from Mr.
Lloyd Thomas, that by runnnig the line from the upper bend, Georgia will gain 140,00' acr-s more than by a line running from lichee" Extract of a letter, dated, " Caitifi on the Tennessee River in Nickajack Old Field 18 th August, 1826 The day before yesterday the traverse line between Georgia and Alabama struck a p-'iui opposite to Nickajack ; being about t "o and a half miles above the Eitward jf the same. All the commission ers timthc two states arc present, excepting Judge Kelly, who, although expected last evening from Huntsvillc, had not arrived at dark. A conference will be had, however, this morning, Sc something definitively done by Monday next, with Tcard to the course of the true line. k We have found a bed of very good Coal upon the Raccoon Mountain, about three or four miles from this place."
came to Kentucky riter, which they na-'
mcd Louisa or Lcvisa river. After travelling down the excessive broken or hilly margin some distance, they became dissatisfied and returned, and continued up one of its branches to its head, and crossed ovcr the mountains to New River, at the place called Walker's Meadows. In the year 1754, James McHridc, with some others, passed down the Ohio river in canoes, and landed at the mouth of the Kentucky river, where they marked on a tree the initials of their names, and the date of the year. These men passed thro the country, and were the first who gave a particular account of its beauty and richness of soil to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America No further notice seems to have been
taken of Kentucky until the year 1767, when John l;ind!ay with others (whilst tra
ding with the Indians) passed through a
part of the rich land of Kentucky. It was
then called by the Indians i i i their lan
guage, the Dark or Bloody Grounds
Some difference took place between these
traders and the Indians, and Finlay deem
ed it prudent to return to his residence in
North Carolina, when he communicated
Ids knowledge of the country to Colonel
Danl. Boone and others. This seems to
to have been one of the most important e
vents m the histcrv of Kcntuckv. as it was
the exciting caivc which prompted Col
Boone shortly attenvu; 'i-, to make his hrst
visit to the Dark or Bloody Grounds. Sec. 2. Will conudn Col. Boone's first trip to Kentucky, wkh the incidents attending that trip." Marshall in his history oi. 1, page 7. savs, it was in 1758. ?Ir. II. Tavior thinks Dr. Walker informed him it was in 1752, but Col. Shelby sitrs impi: hly, that in
1779, in company with I) Walker on I Yellow creek, a mile or two from Cumb- j erland moutain, the Doct. observed, 44 upon that tree," pointing to a beach across tne road to the left hand, Ambrose Pow- . c!l marked his name and the dale of the vear," examined the tree, and found A. Powell, 1 750, cut in k git.de chv.'a. sers. Gazette. Messrs. Gnl-s C5 Statin : Two or , vear aj;o, John Logan published in the Metropolitan of Georgetown, an account ol his seeing, in the slashes baU of tnis city, a spider snare a Iro, and lu.it hini up several inches, toa twit;. This annum was not gcncatly credited. I n w sen;! you an account of a spider and :-nak', which appeal s equally incredible. Kit r.a; be attested by many If you t'nink it wo ih publishing, you may amue sO'iie of the curious. On Friday last, (1st inst.) a spider was discovered bv the workmen in the Rork Creek Paper Miil, apparently in contact with a small black snake, about 9 inches long. When fust discovered, th snake was snapping at the spider, and at each snap or jump of the snake, the spider tapped his web around the head of the snake, and still kept looping him up to his fastening. This combat continued all day on Friday, and all Saturday until the evening, when the spider completely conquered, and killed the snake. On Surdady, (yesterday) he had him well lashed about the head, middle and tail, and had him hoisted 18 inches up in his web, where he is now hanging, and the spider feeding on him.
What is remarkable, is, that this spid
is not bigger than a common fiy. They can both be seen in the web at the paper mill, and all the above facts attested by William Leish, foreman, Edward Levis,
Geo. Miller, and Saml Norwood, work
a gentle dose of medicine may be taken, such as Epsom salts, castor oil or the like. JOSEPH MILLER. City of Burlington, (N. J.) Juiy 4.
Sch
SCHOOL NOTICE. HE public arc hereby respectfully informed, that the Knox County
ninary budding in Vincennes, ha been
lately fitted up in a very commodious manner, for the reception of scholars ol both sexes, and that a SCHOOL is now in operation under the superintendence of the Rev. Truman Perrin. Term of Tuition, per Quarter, For Spelling, Reading, Writing Sc Arithmetic, 2 50 Geography c English Grammar 3 Belles Letters, Moral and Natural Philosophy, History and Mulhematicks, ... 4 Algebra, Logic, Latin and Greek Languages, Sec - - 5 Finn JTood for the use of the school will be at the expense of the scholars.
The public may icst assured that no
NOTICE. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, JULT 14, 1826. TO obviate the risk ano delay, incident to the itturn cf Bank Note from this Department, not receivable at the Treasury of the United States, in payment for Patent Rights, all pcisons desirous of taking out Patents, are requested to transmit with their applications, such Notes or Drafts as they may know, or be advised, will be available at the Treasury. 27-lOt July 15. Publishers of the Laws of the Unitcd States, will insert this notice in their papers ten times.
The Steam Boat, AMERICAN.
7 '1 HL piopnetors of the Steam tioat 3 American, now in succcslul opera
tion, plying between Louisville 8c TeneHaute, offer icr for sale on advantageous
exertions will be wanting, to render this ! uims. She is 01 light draught ol water, . . -l r 1 t Willi :lti r t' I it- llf Triitril'. mirl rvtil..
seminary iesDcctaoie anu useiui in an " 1 iu
eminent ck.i'i ee, by the sti iciest attention j
to the morals ot the scholais, ana to then
.
1 vcars olu in June ntxt ror terms an-
piy to Messrs. Micur Ot msby , Louis-
education in the various branches of learning, in which their parc.Ui. or guardians may wish them tobe taught. The permanent character and pvospcr-
i it y of a Literary Iustituticn, must always
depend upon tbe ability S; piopncty witn which it is conducted. The friends cf the Jui ox County Seminary cannot wish or expect it to flourish upon any other ptinciples S T. Xc-ittj Jacob Kuykendall, John linrier, . Isaac Blackford, J. C. S larri-on, Homer Johnson, September 12, '826. 32-tf
NOTICE.
gr.i to app'y to the Judge of Pro-
"tif Crawford county, state ot II-
inoic on the second tiiotuim: in uctooer
7u xrji lor the purpose of making a settlement of the estate of Thomas l5a;;cs, deceased. All those interested are noli ficd to attend, if they li iid; pioper. PHI LLP EDWARDS. Adm.
viilc ; W . C. Rdg. rs, C'mc incititi ; V . C. Linton, I crre-1 Liu e ; or n JAs L- WILSON. Matter s.b.a. May 9, 1825. 13-lf
Auction Commission WARE 1IOU6E. " "M1E subscriber nas commenced the
AUCFIOX and COMMISSION business in Vincccnnes, and is now ready ' to receive consignments i o those who have articles to dispose of, he makes a tender of his services ALEXANDER MASSY. Vincennes, June 8, 1826. 17-tf
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JLxtract of another letter to a gentleman in this city, dated Nickajack, 20th jiugust, 1826. " Tne traverse line between Georgia Sc Alabama, struck a point about two and a half miles above this place ; or, speaking somewhat more distinctly, to one not sojourning upon the banks of the Tennessee, that distance to the Eastward of it. This, however, is not sufficient to save us
harmless from the Western protection of Miller's bend, which wc touched 34 miles above Fort Mitchell ; and which, any line running direct from Nickajack to the Bend 44 next above" Uchcc, must necessarily cross. According to the course between these two last mentioned points, if a straight line should be marked between the two States, without regard to the equitable claim which Georgia has to all the territory lying upon the Eastern side cf Chatahoochee ; in such case, Alabama vould accmirc an extent equal to 35 miles in length ; whilst, after rccrossingthe river at the point where we firt struck it upon the random line, our gain would be only 16 miles, stretching from thence to the place of beginning near Fort Mitchell." -Savannah Rep. The Kentucky Gazette has announced
its intention to give a series of Notes on j mCn in the mill, and by all the hands work-
9 (
ow and Calf.
red Cow. with a
h'ark J while calf, came 10 t';i: subset ibet s, about the
25th of this n-oiiih, both marked as to! !owi, in tbe lclt car an undeibit and fork, in the right car an undeibit and crop the owner is desired to come lorwaid, prove his propcity, pay charges, and lake them awav. NICHOLAS TRUCKY. Vincennes, Sept. 23, 326, -34-3
HATS For Trade. 7J5M1E most fashionaide IIATSt will bo J3 given by the subscriber, in ex- ' change for good merchantable PORK BEF:i WHEAT OATH. CORNanc
CORD M OOD, delivered in Vincennes, by the fiibt of December next. MORGAN JONES. Vincennes, July 826. 23-tf Do Justice.
! TT ' l'KU' y,u 1 'i-' anu confine I n girl, tiiat lel nic .,11 ir.e 6th ii-st. s3 I she is a Fi cut it Muia v ir:.:, a', h. nd- J
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9 )tii, uiatu vy ' 0 j . is ui., s ave uy 1 , . .
tne laws 01 iviiss'.un, ana 1 w. i pay a 11bcial lewaid ior her appichc.i rio ., or delivery, to BERNARD FR . i : jr.
St. Louh, S p. ' i, 186- 3-ji
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Kentucky, which have been made, from
time to time, by Col. Boone, Gen. Clarke, Capt. Bullitt, Col. Shelby, Gen. Todd. M J. Todorosky, W. Randolph, Maj. Smith, A. B. M'Gruder, c others. The following, which is the first of these notices, we c ipy from the last number of the Gazette, and shall continue our extracts, believing that in extending the knowledge of that section of the country, we shall contribute as much to the amusement as the instruction of our readers :-.Yat. Jour. NOTES ON KENTUCKY. SECTION I. This country was well known to the Indian t"aders many years before its scttlerncn. They gave a description of it to Lewis Evans, who published his first map
of it as early as 1 752
mg here.
Sept. 4, 1826. EDGAR PATTERSON.
CURE FOR THE CIIOLIC. Messrs Editors, I have for many years been subject to that severe, ar.d often fatal complaint the Bilous Cholick.and after using in vain all the usual remedies by professional gentlemen, lor that complaint, ! have succeeded in iindintr out an infallible antidote against that most excruciating pain, and am now happy in communicating to the public, the result of what at first, was merely an experiment but has since been to the i.frlxtcd as a medicine worthy of
their peculiar notice. The remedy is sim
""AKEN tip by Job Mathews, living in Boon township, Warrick county, la. a SORREL MARE, 14 hands high, her left hip sunk, The letter J marked on the left shoulder, Iroth hind feet white, a small blaze in her face, supposed to be about 15 years old, appiaised to g!6, before me, SIMON LEWIS, j r.w.c. S e p c n ) be r 20, 1826. 3 4-t f p 3 'T) NOTICE
I "TT&Thereby given, that I intend making
a final settlement of the estate of John Ashbrook, deceased, with the court of Probate of Crawford county, state of Illinois, on the third Monday in Decern bet next, at which time all persons interested mav attend if they please. Vm. C. ASHBROOK, Adm. September I lth. 1826. 33-4t State of Indiana, DAVIESS v OUNTY, To Elizabeth Bradford. Jane
sl Bradford, George Lasliley. and
No. V. FOR MAY 1 MUSEUM" OF Foreign Literature & Science. IS JUST PUHLISHED BY E. LITTELL, PHILADELPHIA. The subscription h g6 a year, payable in advance It will be sent to any part of the Unit d States, by mail, upon a payment of &5 on account, being received by the publisher. CO NT I NTS FOR THIS NUMBER. Portrait of James Madison Rabbin's Memoirs. From the Retros pective Re lew. Josephine Fiom the New Monthly Magazine. Adventures of a young Rifleman. From the London MagazineHowell's Instruction for Foreign Travel horn the Retrospective Review. Dr. Martin Lister's Journey to Paris from the s.ime. My Aunt's Poodle. Lieut. Gnl SirRichaul Church's Personal Narrative of :lhe Revolution at Palermo, in the year 1820.
Starlight.
n Mjiry AllS KCife. and Samuel J. j (dock's Literary and Miscellaneous
IIUIUIMIUU III Iff tJJ ISlUOls I lUklllUUJi
Busbequius's Travels.
The early life and Education of Counsellor O'D
Lines from the Metropolitan Magazine.
plv this: Take one ounce of camphor, and
In the year 1750," Dr. 1 nomas Walk- ; dissolve it in half a pint of spirits of wine,
let it be kept in a bottle well corked, and it will at all times be fit for use. V ;en
suffering with the Cholick, or when
Western symptoms indicate its approach, takeout j September 18, 1 flolstem teaspoon full ef the above mixture, and jJT"v TTj tains in i should it not remove the pain in 15 min- A StlUlllCry
er, Colby Chew, Ambrose Powell, and se
veral others from the counties of Orange
and Culpepper, in the State of Virginia, t ht
set out on an excursion iu mc woiem
waters; they travelled down the
river, and crossed over the Moun
to Powell's valley, thence across the Cum j mes. repeat the dose, which I have in
bcrland mountain a? the gap where the j road now crosses, proceed on across whai j was formerly k'own bv the Wilderness. ' until they arrived at Hazle-patch j Her e the comnanv divided : Dr. Walkc :
ith a part continued north until they t the next day, after suffering with cholick,
Lunch, deceased,
TAKE NOTICE, TIIAT I will apply to the Circuit court, next to ho holden at
Rloomficld, in the county of Green, and j u crton s v ancienngs in aoutn Amenstatc aforesaid, on the third Monday in caOctober next, for the appointment of j Walks in Rome and its Environs. Commissioners to make a distribution of j ; the t ea! estate of Thomas Uradford, (late n the choice Sc management of a Razor, of Daviess county,) deceased, according, MiscellaneousSclections.
to the last w 11 and testament of the said ' '-"erary inieuiKence.
deceased. JOIIN BRADFORD, one of the
heirs cf 'Thomas Bradford, deed.
1326.
;il)Iy fouiifl to be sufliccnt to give immediate relief. N 11. The above medicine mint be taken into the stomach in its undiluted
state, else will not have the desired effect;
for Trade.
LL kinds of Saddlery will be given
in exchange lor good merchantable
PORK, BEEF, WHEAT, vr CORN, - be celivered by the first day of Decemcr next. SAMUEL THORN. April 13, 1826. 9-tf
New Biitish Publications.
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