Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 June 1827 — Page 3

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rjjYCEjXjVE v'j June 6, 1 6 27 By the last mail, 1 received the fu st number of " The Amaranth, and Ladies MUcedany," published at Pittsburgh, by John C Andrews. It is neatly printed in quarto form ; the selections are judiciously made, and the original matter discover taste and point. The fi st number may be seen at the W. Sun office, where subscription will be received Terms S in advance, per annum printed semimonthly. The Madison paper of the 7th inst. says " A very severe hail storm passed through the north part of this county on Sunday night last. The fruit trees .nd forest, are literally striped of their leaves. Many of the hail stones arc said to have ben as large as goose eggs, Ec the ground almost coveted with them." Fourth of July The citizens of this place, and of the county, are solicited to meet this evening at 7 o'clock, at the Inn of John C.Clark, to make suitable arrangements for honoring the birth day of our Independence. ONE. Vincennes, June 6, 1327. Communicated Having heard inquiries made, by the citizens of this county, relative to Mr. Judah's opinions concerning the improvement of the Wabash In answer to which, permit me to say, that I have repeatedly heard Mr. Juiiah express hi3 opinions in favor of all the proposed improvements, and that

warmly and zealously. I have also heard Mr Judah aver, that if he is elected as one of the Representatives of Knox county, he will give his sincere support to all measures he may believe calculated to improve the Wabash navigation, be those measures brought forward, or supported by whomsoever they may. A VOTER OF KNOX. Mr. Stent Permit one of your constant readers, through the medium of your paper, to inquire of Mr Thomas McClurc, whom you have announced as a candid Uc for the Legislature, if he is not likely to run foul of the Constitution o our state, should he be elected : and wKcnuir he will not then hold two lucrative olTLcs ? See ait. 11, sec. 13, No person shall hold mere than one lucrative office at the same time." ?c Again, Art 3, sec. 20, ' Nr person holding any office under the auihoiity of the President of the United States, or of this state, militia officers excepted, shall be eligible to a scat in either branch of the General Assembly, unless he resign his omce previous to Ida election, ,: fcc And again same art sec. 26, 41 No person who hereafter may be a Collector, or holder of public money, shall have a scat in either house of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable." This is plain language A Plough Boy. The first steam boat launched upon the western waters, was built at Pittsburg, in 1811. The following short extract is from that excellent little work, " Cincinnati in 1826." "The whole number cf steam boats, v:hich have nuv gated the western waters, since their fhst introduction, is two hundred and thirty-three A very small number of these, were built at New York and Philadelphia ; the rest w etc launched upon the wa'crs of the Oh'o. 11 The fo. lowing table will si cw the number bui t in each successive year, from the construction cf the fust: In IS 11, I In 1820, 10 1314, 1 ISC I, 2: IS 15, 2 1822, 13 1816, 3 1823, 15 1817, 7 1821, !6 1818, 25 1S25, 27 1SI9, 34. 1326, 56 " Of the whole number of steam boats built in the west, 90 have been lost or destroyed in tho following manner, viz : 28 struck on snags; 6 were burnt; 1 stove by the ice ; I sunk by another boat ; and the remainder worn out. There arc now 143 steam boats, carrying about 2-i.COO tons, running upon the western waters: of these, 48 were built at Cincinnati; 35 at Pittsburg; 10 at New Albany ; 7 at Ivlarictta; 5 at Louisville; 4 at N York, and the residue at various points on the Ohio, the engines for which have nearly

all been furnished by Cincinnati and Pitts

burgh.

Wheeling, in the first stage that left that place after his arrival, he would have reached this city on the eleventh day after his departure Irom St. Louis, lie was three and a half days from bt. Louis to Louisville, (Ky ) in tho steam boat Ploughboy, arid four days from Louisville to Weeding, in the steam boat Messenger ; having stopped to land and take in

freight at Cincinnati, Maysville, Galuopolis, the mouth ol Kanhawa, and other places, and constantly taking in and landing passengers. Had a person said, a few years ago, that he was only eleven dayi from St. Louis, he would not have been believed He might as well have said that he v. as from the moon. V S. Telegraph. Mystery Unravelltd Some time in the latter part of i 324, or beginning of 1825, (wc believe) a horse v.vs found dead in the woods in the vicinity of Cayuga lake, and a pair of saddle bags near him, cut open and i .Med It was then supposed that the owner of the ho'se, whose name was Jstse Strang, had been robbed and murdered, and hi body thrown in the lake, and much time and pains were ta ke:i by hundreds of people in dragging the lake in search of the body. Fiom that time until last Friday, there had been no intelligence of the lost man. On that dav, a trcntlcman from that country, went to the jail in this citv,and the moment he saw Strang, the supposed murderer of Mr. Whipple, he knew him .'o he the person before meu'.toncd. and on Charging him with the fact. Stumg acknowledged it, and laughed bcartlv at the idea of dragging the lake in search of him. The reason for his practising this deception, is said to be that he had forged several drafts (one of w hich was ccshed in this city ) and lie wished to be thought dead, to avoid being discovered. Since that time he passed by the name ol Joseph Orton Albany (iuz. Brick- jluA'in The model ol a mtchiiie is now eshihi' ing in the Merchant's Exchange, up-n the same floor with the Post Oliicc, which be.!n worked bv an adequate p-mer, feeds itself with clay from tho Ir.mk, mou'ds and presses the bricks, and then conveys them to .my required plaee by means d an epd'ess band, all worked by the i-arne oiachii:ei y

Candidates Department. AUGUST ELECTION, MoHDAT, th, 1827. SKN'ATF.. -One to be elected. W;t. POLKE, JOSEPH WARNER, JOHN EW1NG, JAMES FOYLES. REPRESENTATIVES. T"WQ to bfcUcted. SAMUEL JUDAH, BEN. V. I3ECKES, THOMAS McCLURE.

Wc this morning conversed with Mr. S. Hempstead, Jun. who is only fourteen days from St. Louis, Missouri, a distance of thirteen hundred miles. Mr. II. says that if he had continued his journey from

Steam shifts of rjar There Is in the April number of Black vor;;1. al-jiter bv two captains of the lirith.h naw, in vA.'y h it is contended that owing to the great improvements and more genor.d intjodnetion steam boa's they must henceforth constitute the efficient arm of outnaval vailarc, and recommending it, therefore as an obligation of duty on all the officers of the LSiutsh navy to make themselves piacticaliy acquainted with ther.atuu h power of steam engines when used to propel vessels The writci3of the letter state, that the y themselves have made it a point, to perform se ci al voyages in steam vessels, and have, in so do :r, satisfied themfu Ives, that both as against sea rbsks, and those oi n val warfare, these vessels may be made more safe, and more efficient, than the largest line of b ottle shir s, which latter indeed the vvt iters say, will, under the new system which they refer to, (and predict the adoption cf) oniy be useful as coal carriers to the steamers. U. S. Tclt grcfih. Wc arc infoimcd that Colonel T. L. McKenney left thh ciy on the 0thinst for the north-west, being associated with G'.vcj nor Cass, as commbsii c? to adjust certain matters with the Indians in the regions round abont Green Hay; after which he will p r,s over undi a separate commission or inai: uetion, to the Mississippi. We understand also, that a volume of travels, by the same gentleman, composing about six hundred octavo pages, and illustrated by twenty-nine engravings, has been for some time printing, C; will speedily issue from the press. It has been delayed hitherto on account cf the time necessarily required to prepare the engravings Aaf. Int. From the Pcnelton S C. Messenger. Revolutionary Pr'.rtir.g I'nss The Press now used in this office, iormcd a part of the travelling equipage of the celebrated General Greene, while conrntm-de4-of the southern division of the American army during the latter part of the Revolutionary war This information was derived from Mr. Miller, the former proprietor and editor of this paper, by whose father it was purchased some thirty or forty years ago. Like most of our Surviving revolutionary heroes, it bears the marks of old age and decrepitude, but like them it seems to have been made of good stuff, and its final dissolution is not to b" speedily appiehended.

TRACTS. THOSE who have patronized the Vincennes Tract Society," are beuby informed that a very general assortment of Tracts have just come to hand, and are ready for distribution to subscribers ; and those who have not yet evidenced their willingness to promote tins laudable institution, are requested to thtow in their mile. Separate societies may be turnisiied with Tracts, by Pply -ins o Ho JOHN -ON. ,Sri. v s

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Gin .ON COL'Nl Y ' ' GIitOA CiR( UIT COURT,. February 7r:n, 827.

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vs. , K Petiticn for Divorce. Susannah Day, J 4 T this to ., tame the petitioner, by SAMUKf. halt, his at'omcy, aid filed his pniti.jn, and it appearing to the sa tisLction ol the eourt, that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state On motion. It tjidcredy That notice of t fic pendency of this suit be given in 'he Western Sun, (a new spaper printed in Vincennes, for lour weeks successively) that unless the said (kdei.dant appear by herself, or conm.ei,on oi before the Rst day of our ne.t on in, lo be holden at the court Irmse in said county, on the third Monday in August next,) and defend this suit, the aame wiil be heard and determined m her e.bsuicc. ai d a decree cnteied accordingly. A copv test, JOHN I NLELY, Clk c c.c .Tone y. . H-.7. 19-41 Medical ilpL'linp;.

M put ? it apc oi- an appointment by the JT S.au :f:Dr.:r. sccw-rr. the Censors

of the Mulieal District, met at Vin-

eenp.vs, on Monday the 5th ol June, and proceeded ty elect their efdceis, which insulted !- - Dr. K. McXamke. President. 11 1 1 Dr. -;i n. Sc ; etat yu J Ka !; Nov;.:,, I icasurcr, " P. Piahto:;, Ci '.sor. When the to iet u as fully organized, and proccedod to adopt such measures :): 'die govctnmeut of the secietv as was t h ? 1 1 '.: h t ri c r es s a r y . Dr. Jamjs XV. Pouter, presented honself for examination, was admitted, and ob'aincd a Dijdoma. Tlic Sori'.My then elected Doctors J. h. ll'jolvrr;t7ii P. Darto:, . Decker, Delegates to the State Medical Society. There bcinfx no other applications for membeiship, the society adjourned to 'he next send annual meeting to be holden in November next H. DECKEP., Srcfrj. June I?l?r. 19Isciac Turr,n, Josuih lir.anj, Jacob QTurn:a'- 'l'!,nrvas Tur'vnn, Sinon 'fur ma: Jf licvjaniui Tinman. ! g ', cirs and it pi csenr-.tives ol lienjatnm Tur tr. an, deceased. TLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE, THAT I Shall make application to the Circuit mut t of Sullivan county, on the fust day of the nertt September term, for Commissioners to be appointed to cum cy to me the west half ol the north vves' quarter of Section No thirty, in Township No. eight north, ot U;mge No ten west agreeably to a bond I hold- given by the said Benjamin Turman, dece. ed, m his I f e time, and agreeably to tie statute in such cases made and p-o ided. CHARLES BOOTH. June 7, 18 27. i9-4w

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quality with the fust periodical publications in the countiy : and the publishersf sensible of the many obligations due their Masonic Bieihrcn, lor the txeicise of their influence in giving it this extensive circulation, arc encouraged to a ienew3 of their best efToTt3. f ree Masonry is a subject that has engrossed the attention of man, from tho primitive ages to the present : and its mystic beauties, like its elder sister, Re Itgicn, have commanded the respect and adoration of the w ise and good. '1 he first object of the Institution is to preserve its members from the immoial infection by which they are surrounded in the various walks of life unite them in the bonds of Chanty & Peace sublimate their mind9 with the noblest principles of ratuie, unci render them fit lor the t i vice ol a purer being: that, when the Grand Master of the Universe appeals in the splendid robes of his majesty and gloiy, to inspect

the Universal Lodge, he may say to them " Well done good and (a-.ihfui," ei-ter the glorious Ttmpie of the livirg G.,d, and encircle his throne f;itcr. To inculeate this scntinunt, has been tlu primary object ol the funROR and !l( j i;blishers have the sa Planum to b;ieo they have not labored in vain. In audition to this, the Masonic Department contains Historical Essays on tlt Origin at d Progress of tie Order: Hvmns, Soi gs, and uch intelligence as is calculated to interest or instr uct The Scicni jic Defwr'ment of the paper, is designed to afford Mechanics, whose avocations and means preclude then) the perusal of voluminous woiks, a cheap, but con tctsource of information; relative to their trades and professions It contains such extracts Sc oiigir al communications, as are best calculated to subserve their views and interest. The Miscellaneous Deftanment comprises Historical Sketches, Fancy T ales, Instructive Lessons, Anecdotes, Pi.euyand such other branches of Polite Liteia, ture, as are adapted to Female taste, or have a terukney to promote the Yourhful Genius in i's rcteaichcs. A summary of Foreign, Domestic, and Political Intelligence is furnished weekly, comprising evety article f news wot thy of record CONDITION'S The Mirror is published every Sat ut day morning, on a royal sheet of fair complex'n n and fine texture, each number containing tight large quarto ftagrsf at S2 pel year, in advance &3 r jer, payable in tiuwy days after subsci ibii g. Si 50 cents for six months g I for time months, in advance. 'I he paper can bo obtaim d on no other conditions. EC" 1 hose who act as agents, procure six annual subscribers, and become responsible for their yearly payments, shall be entitled to a 7lh copy gratis, so long asv the said six may continue to receive the paper. Lct'crs must be post paid. Agents tt committing money etc requested to be t v tieular in rm warding the names of the

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George IV L. White s and Rmjamin V. f Re ekes, a guardian of Juliet F G. White, heirs and iegal representatives ol Isaac White, deecascdj TAKE NOTICE, Til AT I w ill apply to the next (Trcuit court to be holden in and for the county of Knox, and state of Indiana, and on the third day of said term, (cither

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ment ol C ommissioners to divide the real estate of Isaac White, deceased, among his several heirs and representatives. A G. SLOO. Tune 14, 18 2 7 1 9-4vv m"Tso n uTm i u r o r: and Mechanics' Intelligencer. m BY MOORE Sc SEVEY.

THIS work has been two years before the public. Its success has been such as

mt:ce. l AS c-mmitud to my custody on V V the 1 4th inst a r egro mn, who calls himsell AVf7 he is supp-std to be 28 or 29 ve n s o age, fm fti 1 9 or 10 inches high, spare m:df,hasa scar on his under lip, stammers when irierrogatd, had on blue pantaleons, casii et sailer's coat of blue cloth, a new fur hat, a little yellow complected the owner, (if any) is requested to ct me forward, tk tho legal steps o' law. ar d yet him aviin. HIRAM WADE, ihff l c.

Lawrenceville, Lawrenci 1 un county, (III.) May 16, :8.T

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I wish to sell my house arid lot in Vincennes, it is a genteel fa

mily residence, in a retired part of the town the terms, will be made easy to any person who may wish to purchase the title is a good one For iurther particulars inquire of the subscriber on tho premises. JOHN BRUNER. May, 1827. I6-vf