Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 December 1826 — Page 1

WESTEKN SUN & GENERAL ABVEBOTSEK, BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1826. Vol. 17. No. 43.

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must be paid for accordingly. Aew York, JVo-o. 6 By tisc packet ship Lewis, Captain Macy, arrived yes terday from Havre, we have receive.!, says the Daily Advertiser, our Patis papei. to the 27th. and Havre to the 2S:h of rej.r. The Persians are s.dd to have inva.Jed thc frontiers of Russia, with a powerful army from Georgia : and Russian troops have marched from the Crimea ; 45,'K;0 are also ready to cross the Pruih, and 100,000 men more are on their way. t he boundary line is ill de fined, h iving neither river, mountain, forest, nor city ; and it is suspected that Russia makes pretence of an aererrcssion for an excusu to advance herline from Conneri to Araxe, and Ir.'iuj it up with that of Tui key. thus being ''jle to invade Ezeroum and Trebiz jne.a. . The troops at Alexandria, to embaik for the Morea, amounted to 0 or 9. ; (, J but the Viceroy hasinfotmed the Port, that he has not the funds to und -.take aIiother expedition; and such Li:uif',i! stories have been told by those who have retu :ed from Greece, that 4,000 have deser ted. xvwssia. 1 luauocsio was piiutianeii ui , St. Pctersburgh, the 9tli of Au.;iis:, tn i which Nicholas says, that, in t;e rules j prescribed bv the Emperor Paul, ii 1737, sevei ii priociples vere established con- j ccrning the succession, by whieh it is reserved to the reigning emperor, in cd.c of his death, o- the mittority of hi- successor, to app'int a regent, an;1, to name his tutor. In conformity with hh ;i very deai mother,' and with the eo:se?it of Constantine, he institutes, in case o: his decease, the Grand Duke Mi doc I chief of th z government ehiring the ntinoi iiy et' Alexander, the rightful successor. The son of Nicholas will be next to Alenunder Turkey A gre:t fire broke out at Constantinople on thc Slut A Aug. just at the time appointed for restoring the standard ol the prophet to the mosque. It extended from the garden g.Uc to the mosques of the sultans, Amnrai and lx-.j-azet, heiKe along the walls of the Se raglio to the Sea of Mamora, takin tn its route many palaces of the Ge at containing immense riches and mat ki ts The Sultan opened the Serag'i -. gatei.;o allovr tiie p or to save wh.it th c otd The troops wen under aims. It is aid the fire was set bv tiie discontented B--sr anghu. Phe Sui'oi will have to etuptv his treasures T'os fir - is a"d to ie e been foretold as tie pr ctr -:r of a te action of the late rc-.olution. Consternation still prevaile ' in tl.e rity I Srp'eoiber 3d..rnd the Sultan was in a j critical sttunion ; fiik s of fire were fall ing upon the Seraglio, the irates of which were opened all the finjotives whst had favored the reformation Several thousand houses a'"e supposed to have been destroyed. The peoolo onposc thc measures taken'oi ex'ioguish tiie fue, and it breaks ou i" new daees They regard it as a punishment from Heaven for the late'dcstrurti on of he Jmi?s'iries Manv Ten ar" said to have perished. The Grand Yiz'er's palace ha1 beent burnt. It is said, by the last advice from Constantinople, that Col Fabvii r had driven the Tu-ks from Athens, ?nd opened a communication between Argos and Xapoli. A grand national Assemhdv was to have been held on the 12th of Sep'ember, in the Moiea. Lord Cochrane had not arrived. Ibrahim Pacha was at Mis' hi with a reinforcement of 4000 Arab. No newsor the Tmkish ficet since it wasdc feated at Sanus Colocotroni is every wliere raising troops to attack Ibrahim Hcforc Tripolizta, It appears to be m1-

niiued, Ihatif the Greeks will actio con- ; ccrt' thc Turks must be defeated. : , BJ a,'?vi"s !rom Madrid.f SP"ber ; U,h' dlsafrf,ion .a considerable extent "P"?"15 t0 be P 'n8 nonB the SpaP stationed on the Portuguese frnntipr. TiiP

frOIltlPr. Thp ttnlrliprc. in rmr Inc! iiirf ' . - w v.w..,,. wn.ii.ci.. headed by their officers, were deserting in numbers. A foreign legion, forming in Portugal, alieady counted two thousand t"'""1 WJtwenty men and eight women. On the j Mth August, a French government pnek- i et, bound to Toulon, was overhauled, af ' ter having two shots fired at her, one of which passed between the masts. Her papers were examined, and her cabins and j holds ransacked in search of Greeks! ' The boarding officer boasted of their having stiitk one Greek vessel, after hav in massacred her crew ! A le tter of late due from Paris snys il It is generally believed here that a war imiv be1 the result of the n'escnt state of tilings in Europe, and tlr,t the late revolution tn Portugal v.i!! be the ostensible reason for it LngUtnd has docla-ed that she will protect the new constitutional government of that country, and the c-jrmti. tuiionrj gorrnment of France has insisted, and has been promised that no steps shall be taken to import it into Spain, where it would h?.vc a chance of destroying the blessings of the holy inquisition. On the other side, the Emperor of Russia goes on with a slow, but steady march, to wards the old favorite plan of getting pos session of a watmer climate. Atisttia, hardly knowing what to d. is indiJccr! to wish ittenr,th a'd pi(speri'y to her old im etcrate and natural enemv, ti c Ti;;k ; an'l not daving to assist i:i:n more opvsdv. she s. nd a miscrab'e im;r.te th ieii C.l i ir.ea:., t veK a id leaf the G ! 1 W ) iiave dready threatened to se-l fire to ner. . Last evening's mail brought the follow inleihgence from t'.n-I : L'jnd'in St fit 2G F.'om a;:r:on'.s received this morning, k would a; n that w ar v.;s meviiublc ba.'. :e t Rts-ia and 'Turkey. Tiie conferences at Aker-v:n wr ken an unfavorable tu n Tnc l-.ui n Co.nrnissiouers, almost vi carried ihe ans vveis if the i uiki-.li Co'nuiissio-aei s. have seui them a nolo in which aii th. oiaiius m si! le by Hussia for s-'ine ve.! pisi are completely emboUiLU, and :t a b-uilaciovy answei to the etc nut. -.d bo not received by tlu 7th OctbC: , ii is belie veil ihuia Htissian uiny will pss the Prutn, and occupv in ai ms Moldavia and WaiUchia." The tiial of the p. i s s who destroyed uie pnouiig omec in ;oe ui-,.u.ti vuvocatc,ai Voi k, Uppsr Canada m June ki, came o.i on. ih-- it,a Oeube,at tVc Wv assises, ueioie. v,mu jusuu- vaiimncii, anu a bjiuu; "i'1-' bjiisukra de ie oli, the jury gae a vc. diet iei tit: plaintiff oi 6J5(5uo) damages sufficient we should supnohv-, i ; replace the appaiatus, U re i.u i rate it.c propriv.k.v Jor the loss ot his time suite liic out rage. -.Yat.Int. " Vtrmont. A bid to incorporate a batik, to be i"C ated.tt v n geni.es, has passed .he tlu- Rejn csen;ativ es. A biii has IhCm ititro. u. ed into tne House to alolish iir.io tan men: lei ciebi. Canada. A (jnantity ol sisks. valued at eight tie usai d doliais, wh st izc d a w davs since, on boaid thc slcsm boat W'a tcrloo, while on her tiip from Monacal i. Qu bee. The silk wis from the United Sutcs. An island, called Grose island, near the Chambly basin, about sixteen miles trom St. Johns, has been purchased by the IJritish Gov eminent for tiie pin pose of erecting foitifiea duns and bai i acks t n it. Id. Ice Cutter. Commodore Yisvt;.H has explained to us the natuie et the appaiatus with v. :uch it pioposed to bre.k the ice, and navigate the North river by the steam dining the whole winter; it consists of a shaft hid transverse 1) , at a distance of about three feet fiom the bow ef the boat, aimed w'nn noiclud wheels, or circular saws; another shaft leading from the engine, v. ill cause this to ! evolve with great rapidity, and the whole tit 1 I ia win ne aieieu witn a large anu neavy nammer, worked also by the engine precisely like a cemmen steam trifi hamtmr. This apparatus Captain NYiswall IhinlLS rill

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Din trra min r tnlnnut,. f ... C, In.. v-wn.i.y . vii ouiiu'Jj ioai a violent stot m passed through the northern end of this county, prostrating every lhing in its course houses, barns, &c "v-.v .ujcu iuuiui lououauons anu w e lafamily seriously injured Mr. Hairs' ,a,Se framed house in ihu s.-n.c neighborhoJ as blown down, ai d bjtn of his family injured a little: girl was discoveret and taken from among the ruins, after Jiving remained from wo to three hours lbat deplorable situation, cud is likely to recover Mr. Woodmanskk ii s?id o have sustained a seriou , h.s in i!k dtsi!k dtstruction ot his barn ,r.u ot:-.-: biiiidii.gs. Many other persons ate sufferer in thc destruction ot timber, fencing, oicha'ds, he ,.nd in the loss of hotses and cattle. We Iiimj not learnt sa'isfactoiiiy the extent of this tornado, and ptcrume many in this county have suffered by it that wc have not been informed of. C'cr.. Extract of a letter from a gmtlstntiti in Trnnctssce to his friend in .llrxundria, dattd, Stvit r Ccunfy Oct 0, i826. Another horrid murder On Menday night last Coh Perry the Ck ikof Sevier vounty, was most baibarously butcr.tred in his own bed. The following are the

circumstances ot the case, as nearly as I with a thin veil. The) believe in a judghave been able to ascertain them . ment. The sabbaih is kept strict.y by At about 2 o'clock A. M. the peppctra- them ; but they do not attempt to inuk

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ihrough two outer doors, enteied ttic whete an idol is wo: shipped. Besides ehaoib r wlurc Col Perry ;-ne his wife ' the pentateuch, they have only pans of I. were sia p.,-g, and with the edgj of a saiah, Daniel and Jeremiah, small nse or laige to-nmaha. k,btruck him (.ii:r.p head with such vioi, nee, that it During the rebellion in Ireland, a man penes rated the skuII into the brain, which was tried and condemned for disaffection alterwd'us oo.cd through the wound to whom it was offend to have his senMis F .rry, being awakened by the tence of death c t antrc d to transnortatinn.

blow, or some noiso in the mam. .',v a , - o.'u no i;o otit who he ; neves, juoging Ivodi tho ini'i-.siinct view she had of him, d nis tf.-r.-A t'juiu itn. 1'iar.ioir nrr Vld - - );!' iM'f lll'i fl Mid fln f., ...... .!. I h.s i .e v-a-: cnciol with blood. Some i.iir.eu e'apied before he lecovered o oot '1- n. -rts ot the blow so as to be a)!e J' ;eak. He lived, hoM ever, until the afternoon ol the sucettdii-g Kriday : and. in the ! mean time, whenn t siifferintr under sc. , m i e convu's'ons, with which he w as frcj 1 queniiy seized, was tational, and capable , of converging intelligibly. Col o! i'erri won ivas in the nrimr nf 7 ... . . his life had been a repi esentntive in thc Svna'o r tl.e Tennessee Ltcislaturc, and was a cnth-man f the highest respectamisty. Ii sules a mourning widow he ha. I leu oi iiinu ntm a t m:ly ot hveor SIX c tillj drcn to deplore his premature loss. ! A certain, John Nicholas, formerly of - v a. nas been anprchencleU on suspicion oi o?s ueing tne murderer, ir was pro- ' ven before the magistrate by whom Nicholas was committed, that he had repea'cdlv. declared a determination to kill Col. P m consequence nT he latter havinpchaiged him wi'h clandestinely dealing, wi'h Ids dn-f s " i j Th.e i a0v ing paragraph is copied from ' the sm,c leep. One d .j, last week a man was shot in Knox cov. v. while Houghing his field, I'' some M!,!:an who was lying m an.bush ry some 'oil-an who was lyinr. P-r thc nurp'-i'' The ba'l has broken the a -m (f 'tse intended victim, lodged in hi- h' .v, . hopes of his tecovery are entettained." Frr-m 'hr tferra.tiff Dady Advertiser. Th' l-ig l'jt Ten Tribes of Israel diisCO' vrrrd Tn th-'ast number of the Asiatic Jourthen is an interesting artie'e respecting tiie Isra: 'ires in China. They were settled in hat country, inimmer.se numbers as well as in other patts of -.Ma, many center i' s prior to the f hristian era ; even as earU as ICO vent s before. They migrated fiom Peril ard Media, by way of Chowan. Thev sav th'-msclvcs that thtv came ttom the west, or from Siva. Thev have manur-rript copies of thc Pentateuch ; and they Jong kept up an intercourse with rtj,cr Jews in Persia, and thc more western parts of Asia It is said thev received some ndditions soonafter the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus . in 70. Some ot them have become Mahomctans They have a tradition that Abraham, whom they say waa thc nineteenth from

.cam,lwa3 theauthor or their law and that ' Moses received it fiom bin. I her,. . great umifari.y between he laws of Abralum or Moses, and those of "he Chll nese. These calculations .,,,k At,?afca' to have lived two ihou.... bn,,,, . ur e?a ... K .

... U . . . . oiicua UUr accounts p'aCt S hlM- 'SO years befote. " The period betv; en Abraham ad Mo?es is not veiy ddkie .t in the twuac. counts JIi the hf.t sent t i.n.v.. was U.t ical author of the laws which was afuruards published by Moses They inculcate adoiaiionc'" Heaven br which is probably meant thc Invisible One who ii -habits ific Heaven mri nil 4.i.i" n.arwth!i A 1. u Hence it tin e mankind, who worshipped the God of Heavei , were 'ed to fix their thoughts upo.', and to adore heVven:v bodies, as the Sun, moon. and stars, r, r--the etr.bicni ot these. Abraham ;hcy say woiahipped Heavent but not under a. ny figure or image. Those Israelites are said to be honest and industrious, and aie esteemed bytho Chinese, Their principal synagogue of temple is 330 feet irrg and 150 fctt wide and dedicated to rI he Cieator and Pre server ol an thmgs." 'J he. e is this insc nption also on a tablet in all the synagogues, " Hear, U Isiael, Jehovah, ouj God, is the only Jehovah." When Hie people enter the Temrdff, they take off their shoes, and when ther pray they turn towards the weat. Tho person who reads the law covers hU far . I pioseiyfes nor even eo into a tpmni if he would mil-. tr. r ... mum. ovijn IjIUUVCULS. Jl iwi tome consultation, i wever, with his tifc yntl lamily, he seni tor the c fiicer of the guard, and told him lie was ready for exe,uion. "We must all die, pleaso oui honor," said he calmly, " sooner or laiei : tor n.y part, I am sure of dying in the midst of my people Many a teat- will be dropped, and many a snn- sura- ovrr tne, and my child, en' cl i eii;n wiii talk of my wake and mv fnnc-ial: hut ii 1 ! into foreien narts. tlu.u.rh I ,- m i:r i .-.-- . ouiv ill, for a tin e, I must die at last and die . ' mong -tiangeos. withcut one fiiend to close my cy s or to watch t. mornine HIT U shininrr litr-thf ficcf 1 I - - " f corpse." His wife, who va-. present, wept, but confirmed hint in his lesolutiori and the next day he was executed. : mm ( FOR THE WESTKRN sv'N. " Great men are not alwav tr;r neithr ; clo he aged understand iudtrment therefore I said hear key. tome; I aliQ ivill shew lay opinion From he hr, k nf Job. ( Continued from Ian: wtek ) It appears this indignation and wrath, came on the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, since which npiiml r,f Mm that pc ple have been sca'teied amongst I w W I 1 1 1 0 all. nations, in that itate to continue until all the curves of the lawa'e fulfilled einnn ! them. And it appear that this indigna. ( w Hon ao wrath, will come on the Rmtilr. at the b a e ol Gog &e For God hide-

ts the (pa ck t r livii g. at the battle of kGog and Magog by hose terrible judgments that tin n take place on man sec Ez- kiel, 38. h h A-d I will call for a swcid against him th'oughmt all my mountains, saith the Lmd God; every man's sword shall be ag-.inst his brother ; and I will ph ad against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rainupon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are uhh him, an overflowing rain, and gteat hailstones, fire and brimstenc." See also R v . 4th ch. 2nth v. And the wine piess was trodden without the city, and b'ood c.3me out of thc wine piess even nno the horses bridles, bv the space of a thousand ind six hundred furlongs." S e Isaiah, 66th ch. " For by fire, and by his sword, tho Lord plead with all flch, for the slain of the Lord shall be many " Very many other like passives might be produced to s ew thc ten iblc judgments that wilt then fall on man That the fulness of the Ger'ile s: takes place at this time, it tuMy jpp rt trora the remainder of this 29th ch. of Ezekie),