Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 May 1827 — Page 3

THE WBSTKUN SUN

riJVCESfJYEH, may 12, 1827.

FAMiLr spinner I have examined' Mr. If m. R. McCalVs, Family Spinner, and have no hesitation in saying, that I

believe it; a valuable improvement it is calculated for spinning cotton or wool, for all the purposes of domestic manufacture It is simple in its construction, and not liable to get out of order, which, together Tlith its cheapness, are well calculated dd to its general utility I am informed that a single right may be had for g3, and that the cost of the Spinner, together with the patent right Trill be about 12 or 2 15. The steam tow boat, capt Shrive, arrived here on Wednesday evening last, and after discharging part of her cargo, proceeded up for Terre Haute The Wabash is yet in a good navigable stage. Appointments by Governor Ray THOMAS H BLARE. Esquire, of Terrc-H-iufc, and OLIVER II. SMITH, of Connersvillc, Aids de cami to the Ex ecutivc. Col JAMES PAXTON,nf Indianapolis, Quarter Mas'tr General In Gaz. From Key West Dy the Colossal, From Havana, we h am that com Porter was siill at Key West, and that the Spanish and Mexican squadrons -ay in sight of each other. An account of the capture or c :! Porter's First officer is confn mcd.

!! ad taken a coaster and was making fur Kjy West, when he was pursued; and w is .biu;e-ito tun his p'izc vessel a she i' VVii fi e his own men and 15 privneis. c g ?t in'.o t'e longboat, when the 'alter ovcrpoweud him, and he was

taken. l"m- vTwo hoys about sixteen and seventeen ycarof age, fro'Ti the Potawatamie tribe of Irdians, have bee n sent to Wrtnont, to receive a medical education, at the in sti'u'i n in Castlcon. Th ir names aro Sosivay and Connuda. in their native language, but they have received the Eng'sh names of Francis Barron and Thomas Baldwin. They have been for four years at Mr. M' "oys school in Indiana, whe-e they have made good proficiency. It v i I require but little more than one hundred dollars annually to support them both j and this amount is expected to be raised in the vicinity. After completing their education they intend to return to dispense the benefits of it to their countrymen. jYew- York; Airil 2 Our Boston correspondent, Mr. TopUlT has received Gibraltar papers to the 2,;th f Fehtuary. The only intelligence of interest they contain is a confirmation of the snccessful operations of the constitutional army of Portugal against the rebels, who had retreated into the mountains. The former had taken some prisoners and munitions of war. The Portuguese Chambers had agreed upon an address to Peter IV requesting him to approve of their Qoccn, his .laughter, coming to Portugal, without delay. The Chronicle of the 24th contains the account of the death of tlc Duke of York, and i3 shrouded in black in consequence. Mechaninal Ingenuity A distinguished mechanic of this place has made a very elegant and curious door lock I has two bells and two keys, which to a common observer exactly resemble each other. One of the keys commands hut one bolt the other commands bothto the bolt commanded by the mas cr key is connected an alarm bell which makes a very loud sound whenever the bolt is thrown back. There is but one key hole to the lock; and the owner might safely give the lock which cost several months labour to a stranger who could lock and unlock both bolt's in ten hours time, by the aid of both keys. It i at the same time very simple, and a person may in a few minutes be instructed in the entire command over it. Theingenius mechanic has very appropriately dedicated this splendided piece 0r mechanism to Henry Clay, the distinguished friend, and promoter of home industry. The lock can be seen at the shop of Mr. Simon Hickcy of this place. Ay. Reporter. From the American Farmer. Currant IVine Gather your currants on a fine dry day, when the fruit is full ripe, steep them, put them in a large pan, and btuisc them with a wooden pestle; let them stand in a pan or tub twenty-iour hours, to ferment, then run it through a hair seive, and do not let your hands touch the liquor ; to every gallon of this liquor,

pbt two pounds and a half of whit a sugar, stir it well together and put it into your veesel. To every six gallons put in a quart of brandy, and let it stand six weeks : if it is fine, bottle it ; if it is not, draw it off as clear as you can into another vessel, or large bottles, and in a fortnight botlle it into small bottles. Bruceville, May 2d, 1827. Mr Stout In perusing the Columbian Star, a paper printed at the city of Washington, my attention was particularly arrested by an essay on Intemperance, and could every well meaning man only view it in its proper light, incalculable benefits would be the result to our happy America. If it should meet your approbation, I should bo happy to see it inserted in your useful paper. A SUBSCRIBER.

Christian influence, the -Remedy for Intemierance. It is the common. & what is called the temperate use of intoxicating liquors, which produces in its consequences, all the evils of this destiuctive vice It is the fashion of using strong dr'nk ; the respectability attached to it, and the habit of associating such drinking, with our health, comfort and checrfuln ss in common circumstances, that produce the broad and deadly stream of intemperance The common, but mistaken idea, that the laws of hospitality require the use of strong" drink, as the pledge of friendship ; or that it 13 a specific for certain imagina y complaints, or

a preventative in cases of exposure, give the first impulse to the whole system of drunkenness. This is evident, because all that finally become drunkards, begin in this manner, and pursue this course; and a large proportion of those who commence this course, do, sooner or later, become undeniably intemperate. Whatever then may be said of the moderate, but habitual use of intoxicating liquors, it is a solemn fact, which should arrest the attention of every individual of this class, that if there were no moderate drin kers, there would be no drunkards; and that all drunkards, commence with modcrate chinking The ranks of intemperance ae recruited from among moderate drinkers, and fashion is the recruiting of ficcr. All who habitually use intoxicating liquo's however moderately or immoderate, stand originally on the same ground and encourage each other by the common sentiment, that something of the kind is beneficial, and even necessary. Fiom this sentiment, the habit begins to take tool ; on after another ventures into the gulf, and is swallowed up; and those that remain, while they are constantly exposed themselves, exert the whole influence of their example, to spread ruin around them. This is all true, notwithstanding many who arc in the habit of using strong drink, think themselves among the last to be charged with intemperance, are forward to inveigh against it, and prompt to inflict the penalty of the law upon open drunkards. They may think it unchari table to suggest, that there is a chain of closely connected links between them and the most incurable sot Rut such is the fact, and their example, by means of this connexion, goes to form his character S: complete his ruin. Indeed almost all the pestilential influence of example, in this case conies from those who use strong dring habitually, and vet so moderately as to retain the reputation of respectability and piety. They give the custom its currency, and in fact, do more to drr.w in the unwary, than all the open drunkards in the land. For a drunkard, wallowing in the dirt and mire of the street, is an object at once loathsome and repulsive. But when children c youth, see men of character and dignity, those who sustain honourable offices in church and state, resorting to the glass to recruit their spiiits Sc promote sociability ; then it is that the infection takes, which soon becomes immoveably fixed. The moderate but respectable drinker of strong drink, influences and encourages a class that comes a little behind him in character, and that venture on a more liberal construction of the law of indulgence ; they in their turn influence another class, and they another, until the influence is felt to the farthest extreme of intemperance. Or the idea may perhaps be better illustrated by supposing a file of men ranged at right angles with the brink of a precipice. The one farthest removed from immediate danger, gives his next neighbor a puhh, this jostles him against the next, until the one who is in the point of immediate exposure is pushed off. And the question is who pushed him off? Was it he who first gave the fatal impulse, or he, who acting under its influence, communicated it to the final victim ? Whatever may be the verdict as to the different degrees of criminality, there can be no question as to the

origin of the evil. And ll" we would prevent a recurrence of it, we must keep the first man from pushing. So of intemperance, whoever is gui.ty or not guilty, thert.can bono doubt that it originates in the custom of using intoxicating liquors as a common beverage. And this custom owes its existance to the example of those who by their character and respectability, gave it currency in the .community. lff then, we would cure intemperance we must eradicate this custom ; and our proposed remedy vVill be found efficacious in exact proportion as it goes to effect this purpose

8. TOMLINSON,

( NARKET STIiEET, VINCENNES, J

TTTT AS just received from Philadelphia 11 U and Baltimore, anew and very general assortment of .MERCHANDIZE. Cf SSISTING OF Spring and Summer . DRY GOODS, An extensive assortment of Hardware. Cutlery, Glass, and Qucensware. FRESH GROCERIES of the latest importations, and ol the first quality. All at whirh areoffeitd for sale at the

lowest cash prices. 4-3m May 10, 1827. NEW GOODS THE subscriber lias just received a general assortment of British, French 5 American DRY GOODS, II A HI) WARE & CUTLERY Queens and Glassware, A general assortment of GROCERIES, SHOES & BONNETS. A large assortment of SCHOOL BOOKS.

Three hundred barrels

Kenhaiva Salt,

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VU'.riirr&A

Together with an assortment of

IRON & PLOW PLA TES, AH of which will be sold at the lowest 1 aUs for cash. Wm. BURTCH. May 10, IR27. 14-3m

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PlC rrofSt.JohnU.c

xffifffi ;y h lebrated in Vinther Lodges as may please to join, on Sunday, the 24th day of June ensuing. Transient bieihren are respectfully invited to attend An oration will be delivered by a brother at the court house, at 12 o'clock The Lodge will meet at 9 o'clock, a m ELIHU STOUT, "J Committee G W JOHNS I ON. f Arrange JOS ROSEMN, mer,f. May 8, 5827. W 4-7t

Lost Certificate of Land purclia

f sedjrom the United Mates. nrjUllLlC notice is hereby givtn, that, Jl three weeks after date, application w ill be made to the Register of the Land Office at Vincennes, for the renewal of a certificate of further credit, for fractional

section No. thirty-six in township seven,

of range eleven west, in the district of ' lands offered for sale at Vincennes. which ; was entered in the name of Thomas Towles and David Hart the original having been lost or destroyed. Given j

under our hands this 12th day of May, 1 827 OB ADIAH SMITH, Administrator with the will annexed cf the late David Hart deed U-St 1 HO MAS TOWLES. I - - S n .. 1 - 1 -

1 TO TRAVELLERS,

"THE subscriber has lately taken the

Tavern Stand, II I A I Formerly occupied by Judge tJiii ! Hogers. situated near the corner of market k water streets. His house and stable are well supplied, Sc he hopes by a strict and careful attention to business, to merit, and also receive a share of public patronage. SOLOMON RATHBONE. Vincennes, Feb. 26, 1827. 4-tf

Time of Arrival and Departure of the Mails. From Louisville Kentucky, arrives on Mondays and Thursdays, at 7 p. m and departs on Tuesdays & Fridays at 4 a. m. From St Louis, Missouri, on Mondays and ThursdMys, at 7 p m and departs on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 4 a m. From Terre Haute, Crawfortlsvillc,ScC. arrives on Mondays at 6 pm. and departs on Tuesdays at 9am From Shawncetown, Illinois, arrives on Sundays at 10 a m. and departs on Tuesdays at 9 a m Fio.n Evansville, Harmony, Sec. arrives) on Sunday at 6 p.m. and departs oa Wednesdays at 7 a m. JCT'The office will be opened for tho delivery of letters one Sundays, but ono hour, immediately ahcr the arrival of tho Evansville mail. Persons expecting letters should bring the postage with them No credit can be given, and it is hoped none will be asked. S. HILL, p.m. V'!. rennet Mav 1827 !4-3t

UiMOiN HALL,, f) Carlisle, la.

riTllE subscriber has opened a i.ouso XL of ENTEJiTAINMENT at the aDOVO piace, which he intends shall be supplied with the best the country affords ; unremitting attention shall be given to all who may please to favor him with a call. BENSON RIGGS. April 30, 1 8?7. 12-4t Ex TKUTAINMEKT. '

'Villi subscriber has re sumed his former business, in the

house sometime aco ocennied bv

Mr Frs Cunningham, as a TAVERN.

on Market street, in Vincennes He has built a new, large, and commodious stable ; and has put the buildings in complete repair His stable will bo constantly supplied with Oats, Corn. Fodder, and Trmothy Nay, and attended by a good Ostler. His house hall at all limes be furnished with such things for the comfort of Travellers, Sc others, as the country can afford He hopes by his attention to business, to merit and receive a sharo of public patronage. H. JOHNSON. January 8, 1827. 5 -tf

.fa Talcpii tin hv Win

m Gamble, living in Hanison township, Knox coun

ty, Indiana, a bright sorrel mare, about 14 hands high, supposed to be 18 or 19 years old, no brands perceivable, both, hind legs and her off fore loot white, a snip on her nose a wit,dgall on hr back appiaiscd 10 bHoir me, Wm JUNKIN,jp. April 23, 1827. i4-3t Public Noticed rBMlE public are hereby forewarned Ji uguimt purchasing, or tnking an assignment upon a note of hand executed by me, to John Price, (of Illinois,) tor fifty five doliais, dmd ttu day of November last, (i826,) and payable in twenty days tnerealter. as 1 sm d- teimined not to pay the same, it having bvea obtained by misieptt s-nta'i' n and ftaud. C HA RLE MaNVILI E. April 23. 1827. 2-Jt lilacksmithin " TTJMIE subscriber has 11, gaged Mr B. 11 Weiman, to supei intend, and carry on his Blacksmith shop, at the old stand, formerly of Smith & Thomson the well known qualifications ot Mr. Weiman as a good workman, will insure a liberal shaie of public patronage All kinds of Edged tools made and warranted. N SMITH. February 14, 1827 Q-f LAW-p AUTNKKMIIP.C. DEWEY b- E H. McJUXKIA VJL'ILL practice law in conjunction V? in the Daviess Circuit ci.urt Any business entrusted to E. H McJun kin, at Washington, Indiana, (where ho resides) will be attended to by both, with punctuality. l2-6m Washington, April 1827. XCTMcJUKKWvxW practice in the adjacent Circuit courts. Washington Union Mill. THE undeisigned has the pleasure to inferm the public, that he has so far compleated his Mill, as to be ready for the reception of Corn ; and that he will be ready,after next week, for the reception and grinding of U heat This Mill is upon an improved plan, upon tho inclined plane principle ; the improvement of which will enable him to do his work upon better terms, and in a better manner than is usual in such Mills : and besides all this, the dispatch of business will be such that there will be but verv little delay JOS. WARNER. Washington, Daviess county. March I, 1827." 4-if $