Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 November 1826 — Page 1

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V i WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ABYE BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1836. Vol. 17. No. 41. .Jk --. Urn .

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IS published at Two Dollars and fifty cents for Fifty-Fwo Numbers, which may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time of aubcription. Payment in advance being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinUC at tnc expiration ui nit inuu buu scribed for, will be considered a new engagement. No subscriber at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages arc paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of their papers sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor on business must be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. ICT'Pcrsons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. From the American Farmer. WINES, BRANDIES, SILK, Sc WOOL, Recommended as congenial and profitable productions in Indiana, in a letter dated, vevay,ia July 18, 1826 Air. Skinnct There is a flittering prospect at this tune, that the pet sever ing labors of our industrious vine-dress- j ers will bo liberally rewarded this season bvan abundant vintage. It is not a little j astonishing to sec how slow and tardy tho j agricultural people of the west are in a- j doptmg and pursuing new and proutable j branches of industry, and leaving oft then old routine ot nusmess, However unprofitable it may be, while they are sending year after year to a glutted market, immense quantities of bread stuffs an 1 meat of every description, produced and transported tlnne at an immense expense of labor, and there to feed the Mississippi cat-fish and alligators. Wines, brandies, silk and wool are in demand, and imported from foreign countries to enormous amouuts ; and yet our country is capable of producing those very articles to amounts not only sufficient to supply itself, but also tor exportation. For upwards of twenty years, a few emigrants from Canton de Vaud, in Switzerland, have successfully cultivated the vine on the banks of the Ohio in this neighborhood. 'They have made more or less wine every year, which they havc sold at prices varying, according to time and circumstances, from fifty cents to two dollars the gallon, by the barrel ; which, besides the salutary effects whichthe use of some of it has had on themselves and families, has rewarded their labors, in a pecuniary point of view, move liberally than any other culture in vogue in this part of the country could have done They nave distriomcti cuumgs 01 inc. vines ai prices barely sufficient to cover the expense of trimming and putting them up, 1' - 1 t . ...... . A& and even gratis; and have at all times been willing to impart to others all the knowledge they possessor! the subject of their cultute: yet, strange to relate, but few, very few of their neighbors, have as yct availed themselves ot those oppoitu nities to follow their exampleso strong

is the attachment to old habits and prcju- j wcar four of lin-n. Beside-, it is belie vdices. The principal causes, however, 1 cj by some physicians, that siik garments which prevent many of our farmers from . are more conducive to health than any ocmbarking in the culture of the vine are : v ij first and greatest, laboring for four or Wo( m M ,ikcv,isc fcc I)1(;ctiC:tl in

live years oeiore reaping .mj nuioioium 1 their labors; and last, the reluctance m laying out the labor and capital ntcessary to procure wine vessels, pi ess, and a good cellar; for a good cellar is as necessary to making good wine as a vineyard itself. This last difficulty might be obviated in neighborhoods where there arc some practical vigncrons, who arc provided writh all necessary appendages to vineyards ; as for instance, in this vicinity, "every farmer within five or six miles of this place might plant and cultivate from one to ten acres in vins, and sell his vin tagc to some of those vv ho hav e all the apparatus necessary to make and keep the wine; and who could enlarge their establishment in proportion to the increase of business. In some of the wine countiics of Europe, there are wine mei chants who buy the grapes and make the wine ; in .this country we hae merchants who buy wheat, and get it manufactured into flour; and other's who buy hogs and ma nufacturc them into lard, bacon, sausage, &c. Why could we not have merchants who would buy our grapes and manufacture them into wine and brandy ? In January 1825, 1 issued a circular, making certain inquiries cn the subject

x ed the result ot those inquiries before now, and ought to have done so; but the ill , stale of my health and other circumstances have hitherto prevented nic. I shall , however, do it in some shape or other be- ! tore long, it my health will admit ol it. ! lne rearing ot ti.e silk r.uim will be , . introduced in ihis count: y more rapidly j than toe culture ot the vine, for tlic 1 cas1 on that it suits the genius of our popuia- ; tion better. In this business they will be i enabled to enjoy the fruit of their labor ! soon after the labor is performed ; for in about 60 days after hatching the worms, they can have lha raw silk to seli to tlic merchants ; who, until tht. re shall be bilk manufactories established in this country, will find it a convenient article to make remittances to the eastward; nay, to England. From an experiment made here under my observation last season, on a small scale, (perhaps three or 4 bundled worms,) and another this season on about ten thousand worms, I am certain this country is admirably calculated to produce immense qu;.mtiics of oiik ol an excellent quality, and that too from the native mulberry tiee. In the couisc of these experiments tho worms weie confided to a little givl about ten years of age, who hal never seen one before ; nlbc ing attended to by her with any Yjew t gain, the poor woi ms were fi cquentiyTTft neglected ; when they got to be of a ccr tam sze they w Selves tha'. , JX v.,other. au eie ho crowded wuhm they v ere ore r n the op 01 11.0 ner, ana very n reruanv ku; f 1 yct such v as their healthy ami thriving condition thughm tho "term of their lives, that scarc-iv. am of them have been sick or died of a pi mature dea'.h. The American mulberry tree, on tint leaves cl whichtiu.se worms were fed, a'jom.ds in our iorests ; in many places in this county Switzerland thetc arc trees enough within a small compass, to afford leaves to produce yearly even large quantities ol silk. Several persons in different parts of this county have tiicti small numbers of the worm ; one raised nb-ut iuOOand another about 600. and they all succeed beyond their most sanguine expectations so far as to raise the v nn to maturity io a healthv and thriving condition, without loss by sickness or premature death ; hut, for the want ol expedience, some of ihcm did not provide them y-r.h pnip-r places to spin their balls, and thereby lost Mime silk. It lus been asserted that the A merican midbcny is not ?.s good to produce siik as the European. If an impa--i.il trial has not bcrrkmlide u run nas not Dcervnnvie alue of thti c'ifl'i rei table tree in tnis coinVn v, of the relative value cies of that valuab it ought to bo made as soon as possible, and that vaiiety pi opagjted w Inch sha.l prove to be the best. In the mean time our native tree ought not to be negkxted, but every farmer ouerht to he careful to ! preserve eveiy one he nds growii g on : . - j his land; and, moreover, plant an oichaid j of them from 5, 10 or 20 acres; and whin j ilc trees shall have -.en planted four or five yeats, and a building suitable to rear the silk worm sh:tl havc been erected, in, or convenient to the orchard, our fanners win find ihat a square yard of silk Ctyth can be produced with less laboAjhau a vaid of common seven-hundred flax lint 'cn, aiHi that one garment of silk will outlarge quantities in the western country, narlic ul arty in the thick settled paits, where wolves have disappeared. But there are dogs a? mischievous as wolves, and many of our farmers would rather lose a dozen or two of sheep than to have Towscr, Caesar or Kiibuck injured; ai d say they, wool is too cheap; 25 cents per pound tor wool win not pay ior me trouble of raising sheep." Yet 25 cents per pound for wool is a better price, according to the labor and capital required to produce it, than ten cents per bushel for indian com, or 25 ocV.jicr bushel for wheat, or 1 cents pcrV)cnii.d for pork ; the expected prices for tXose articles the cnsuuur season ; or even than 2'. and o cents per pound for smoked bacon, the niesent nriee of that article at the C in cinnati market V u i s, joiin r. nuFouit. : : : o c, o : : : FOH THK WESTERN SUN. Mr Armstrong, S7r I see with much regret your publication in the Western Sun, in which you complain of the treatment you have received frcm the Rev. Sand. T. Scott,

tne vlnc intended to have pubiVsV ,

and go on to make some very ungenerous

remarks about him. It is strange, sir, you can so plainly see the mote in your neighbours eye, but cannot discover the ; beam in your own. Mr. Scott has very wisely treated your publication with silence, and I should havc (lonc lllc samcjKUi jt not been for the respectability and high standing in so ciety which you appear to thiol; yom self entitled to, toor-thei with some mi-late menls which it contains. Now, sir I ask you candidly how ttocs the matter stand between Mr. Sroit and yourself? You say, tin', an unlm tur.atc difficulty took place between out seu. and Mr. Emison, that each ol you ha:l commenced suit against the oilier, r:ul at the time these suits were to be tiicd. Messrs. lieckes atnl Sett eatnc forw aro and used their endeavois to bring parties to a compromise ; have you not good reason to bclive these gentlemen weie asfinndly to you as th.ey wec to Mr Kmi-on ; and if so, ?as it not a friendly act in them to endeavor to suppicss the strilo, and litigalion aniongst ihcir nihbeuis? With respect to ihe co-ts which your honour and character was so much concerned in, permit me to ask vou a few questions. Was not Mesns. Bcckcs :.nd Scott as much in honoui bound t paj the cost of Emison's suit, as l!ie was to pay yours? did not both patties stand on an equal footing with tespTcct t; the p.'ying of their costs? did not Mt. lv.nbon come forward, without thinking it any vt;.in upon his honour S. honum ..d;y discharge his patt ;f t!;c costs and thereby relieve lit fi lends? lo vou believe M ssrs. Betk'.s and Scott had an idea when they assumed the payment ef the costs, that either party woun! vuffer Ihcm to pay tlic srmu- ? and w;t it net at the time when the shei iiV called 00 Mr. Scott foi the money, vv!,cn he mc.d.e use of the rer.ouks of which yo'j s( h-udly compiain r ask your own cMscicr.ce il you have not made use of worse Jangiugv a-gain'-t thevey mat. you complain of, as v.ell a 1 many of your neighbour s, and that too y-Mr. ho veouniol a vipci ( I have stated w,)v pt:b''ic..tion ..gainst Mr. 'cott 1 ( (r.r...UH d j.us' epi esi. o'uuons ; you hae said Major Beekes puid your costs, and not ?;!- Scott, aiimit he did, Mr. Scott always considered himself bound to Mr. Bcckes for lyi equal part, co.ci Midi was '.lie understarding between tie. se g-iu!e-iii!;u when they tii-r-i ;ssu:ned the t'Jcmcnt of the suits. S J. Cure Jhr Siam.'iermg. Wo ate well aware that the publication of this article, will be injuiiotis to ti e pecuniary inter ests of s me indi mint's, but the public havc a right to it, and many, we ac sure, will be gi detul to the man win. has not, as he wight ha e dene, aod as otln 1 s h ive done, concealed S tinned to hisownp.-o-lit, adiscovcty by which the iaippiocss, for life, ff muitiiudes of our lellovv. men may hz so greatly promoted. We have had no opooriiiiuv to t s. it ourjeK es. but we havc no doubt of the perfi ct, correctness of our con espondcnl's aseiVion,, that" the diificuit'y consists almost tuIy in the attempt to speak while the lungs ere partially exhausted." How beautifully this explain- the fact, that stao.rucring people can always sing without tlic least embarrassment 1 W hiii a man sings, lie raises his head, 'he lungs have f i ec pby, and are kept v ei ti ; d v iih air. The difficulty is in the lungs, not in the tongue, which evidently can ai ticn a'e nothing, wiih-.uta sufficient cutiei.t ot air pas-dng through the mouth. Mrs. Leigh's experience may, for autrht we know, render her a useful ai sistent in some difficult cases; but vciv few i e appivhcnd will need any hmg mote than a careful attention to the tides cuCn by our correspondent Vt. Chrcn. VJ Mr. F.ditor. U is a n axmi which I ; have adopted from my youth, to give pub- . iicily to any facts which will in my opinion, be conducive to the public good. I ' pitty. fiom my heart, the man. whoc sor ' rid selfishness is so great, that he will withhold from the public, information w hich, if generally known, w ouM niomote the happiness of thousar.'.s. I up; Iv his lemark to those who were the firs' discoveiers of the ait ot tuiine: st.-n-mring j people. Shall a man demand pry for tel- : bug another how he may be t tired of a ' disagreeable disease; or rather, how he may be able to overcome an unfortunate ' t habit ? Yt such is tle fan, and from tivo to have been den anded arid received for the communication of a secrct, which every friend of nun wrutd consider himself bound to reveal Per mit me, therefore! in order to prevent any

farther unjust exactions from the unfortu

nate sufferers, to stale, in a few words, tho method by which the cure ol stammerers is effected. I Kc ep the lungs full by licquent inhalations of air. The difficult) consist almost wholly in the attempt to speak wniIe lhc unK are partially exhausted. If the tongue adhetes too closely, at tirst; 10 lhe Icf f lIie meuth, place on it a nine penny piece, or a qur.rter of a dollar, as it maybe, found necessary, that the utterance may be more distinct III. Being thus p'cpared, read a pago of poetry, consisting of shori lu es, remeriibeiing to draw in the bteaih at iho end of every line 1J following this plan, in a short timi a radiva; and permanent cute will be effected No instance ct failmt has ccn.c to niy knowledge. If I h;.u time, 1 wcuid explain ti.t principle on w hich tht abo c iu'cs are founded. What I havi communicated is the lesuttof my own csligati.;s, and. as i have learned that o hcis employ this method of curt.. I leel confit'ent that those who arc afflicted v.ith the complaint, will 1 ut ; spttdv nd to the harrassing embanassmeuis which it oiici occasions. From :h h.cliana Journal. It.dian Trtwi- 'J o he p :itci.t S3 of Mr. Joiah F Polk w ho has u i lived fioni the tied) gn.und, e. . c ir d.bnd for tht tr liowing salisfacU i y account of the proceedings of ihe Cou.n i. s: uos. 4k 'I he Commissioners had not closed their business on the 20lh October 'ho Miamits still continuing obstinate. It seems that they conitn: foi n rquai interest with the Potawataniics in the tract cf land lying between Eel Uivci artl ? lie Wabsah, about 9Q miles b 15 Ti.ev had expressed a willingness to sell their claim thetc tor about S'2,000 per annuo ; hut the Commissioners appcaid den .n.n cd not to agree to so ;xht:biiant a c niatid. it appears also that their caim there is not undiputtd the P otaw atan i. s contending that they uctc the so;.. p...piietois, nr.d iha. they merely buflVitC 'he Mian ics to hunt ai d ir.nr.bi' as lei un s at will. All hones ot acquiring aor pi ilof the gicat rcseivaiitn seemed 'c be abandoned, but tiie cf.mmissioners sti. h ped to purchase n fairteims, the Mic.n.i's claim to the tract noith of the Wabash. It was intended to close the business ahoul the 23d. ' By the Treaty made atio erne i.ded with the Pou.watamics, tl;e Ut ittii S: . te have artpiirctl about wjc or tight hur.ated th'.u.uj.d acres. Toe putcm-st vi ihe I'otawatamies embracing the dispioid part, begins at ihe northern extrcmi'y of the land up the Tippeca .oe, cctkd to the Unittd States at the treaty of St Maty's; thence to a point on Eel liver, h.. way from the mouth of said river to P .s.Vs village; thence up Eel rivci to s! tt k'a iilagc; tlumeto the nmuth ot a ciei k that empties mt.i the Si J..fceph -, iho Matitnet, m a M eicca's village; tfienco up he bt Jocpis to th.e iinc tiivithitg Indiana and Ohio; thence souttr to Maumec; tin i ce upthat liver to the tescrvjtion a! Fort Wayne; 'Leice s- nth to the Wabash ; thence up the abash to Tippecanoe ; and thence to the place of beginning The Potawatanocs have also gvan'ed to the Stae ol Indiana one hundred feet ; in width fiom Lake Michigan o the Wa- , bash for a road and for the pu poie of j ening and mak;i.g tht same, a secth n ol and on said ir.at. for ;vi rv milt- in . let gth and a section adjucen ;he same ior tvtty miie oi a load lit i.. 'he said point on the Wabash thrcugh 1 diananolis to he Ohio liver. 'I his nac i - o be laid out by the Legislature of the State, and the land granted for it to be disposed of as they may deem most advisable for the same. The Government is to pay the Potawatiimics two thousand dotlaib in specie annuaiiy for 22 ycais. and two thousand to be applied to the tducation wf then children, to build them a mill on Tiopt . anr e, and furnish them wuh amillc: aidb'acksmith, and give tht m 60 bushels of salt a yeat a quantity ot goods, tw en y or rwcntv fm ihrusand dollars woith was paid in hand on the spot." 1m fe from thr Trta'v The Governor and o hf ' prisons v? ho alter tied the treat, ttoo. this nlace, have iust ieurncd. Ihe tieutv wih the Miami Indiana was : concluded on the 23d inst in wf.ir.!i they ante to cede to thf U States all their chiim to land in lhe statv o! Inci'ana, north j and west of the Wabash and Miami rivers, and of the cession made by the said I tribe tQ the United States by the. treaty

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