Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 30, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 September 1827 — Page 3

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T11E WESTERN UN. VINCENNES SEPTEMBER 1st, 182T.

The Circuit court fur this county, lick!

its session last week. The calandar of tion was raised.

navy vrauld prevent them from gaining honor or profit by the continuance of the ' contest. j It was by no impulse from the adminis- j

j tration, that the moral courage of the na- j

cases was not as large as usual, and detained the court but four davs.

Among the causes tried, and which ex-

It was not the enthusi

asm communicated from the department to the army, that inspirited them onward

to the victoriesof Chippewa, Biidgcwater,

cited the most interest, was '.he suit of ; Plattsburg, and Fort Eric; it was to

Betsey Bruce, by her father and next

friend, William Bruce, against James M. Alexander. This was an action of slander, brought against Alexander, by Major Bruce, for words spoken by Alexander, charging his daughter with a want of chastity. The words laid, were clearly proven, and there was no attempt at justification, except, that the words were spoken, and another person given as the author at the time when spoken. The charge was proven to be wholly false, and the character of the young lady unblemhhed in the slightest degree. After hearing the evidence, and the ar nutrient of counsel, Messrs Law and Judab for Plaintiff, and Johnston for deft, the jury retired, S; in a short time brought in a verdict of one thousand do! bis for the plaintiff, being the whole amount of damages laid in the declaration. Immediately after the judgment was rendered, Major Bruce entered satisfaction for nine hundred dollars, reserving merely a sufficient sum to pay the expenses and costs. FAMILY SPINNER. The following recommendatory certificate of Air. Mr.Call's Family Spinner, should have appeared last week but in the absence of the editor, it was overlooked. ' We, the undersigned, citizens of Vincenncs, have witnessed Mr. V McC ill's Fatnilv Skinner in onera'ion, and so

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Ferry and Brown, to Macomb and M

Donough, that our northern frontier owed its safety and not to Mr. Jones or

Armstrong. The seat of government was then a desert, its heads scattered, no j

one Knew or careu wnere, yet me country was safe, lor its spirit was roused tho its capital was in ashes. Will any One pretend to say, that the cabinet which was blind to the danger which threatened their residence, and improvident of the mean's bf is defence, could be entitled to the credit of those glorious deeds which saved the most remote parts of the repuclic ? If any one is hardy enough to say that the victory of N Oi lcans was owing to the exertion of the war department, in oiganiting, equipping and providing the army, he will be put to the plush by knowing that it was indebted tor its Hints to the pirates of Barraiaria. Fortunately for the country, the army was better commanded than provided. Jackson, Cariol and Adair, were appalled by no dangers, cared for no privations, or feared no responsibility) and the nation is more indebted to them, than all the secretaries who Were in the war department from the beginning to the etui of the war. The defence of Orleansj alone, gives to the commanding general more lasting claims to the gtatitude, the confidence and the honors of the country, than their united services. He may be proscribed as a military chieftain, his services mav be underrated and

far as we are capable of forming anopm- dcmeti, and himself held up as unworthy

ion of it, we think it an improvement up- oi pnulic coninlcncc, only wnen he may be

on any other machine for home spinning j required to sacrifice his health and risk

that we know oi, anu oeneve uiai a person familiarized to it, can spin treble tho quantity in the same time, that ran he done on a bkr wheel. Th. machine

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is simple in its construition and operation, and is calculated to spin tithe;- ivu or coarse, as mav be wanted.

James Smith Samuel Smith David S Ilonn-r John RadoHtt William 7r:gg, XV d Ham Hunch, Samuel 1 1 u'i Martin Robinson.

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! crick H (it'.j.v.

i his life and character to resist a savage, or

! repel a foreign enemy, to be placed ih ! danger on v k almost hopeless commands, ; and when he has conqueied a peace as id protected the country, dismissed the ser- . vice like a co.ivKt Hut his countiy then , will not forget w hat he has suffered, what 1 he has done, or what he deserves. Minis-

' lers and secretaries will be tetncmlnied j

i on!v bv the. o likes thev have filled, while the name oi Jackr.o will he remembered j by his deeds. PENNSYLVANIA.

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Daih'ilu: A' J:t! i'8. The f V- of ruin on Sunday nirrht las', has ntovid fa'al to the lives of many of our citizens. Also much dam;MM. has been done to fencing, mills and mill dams. On Silver creek, Madison etuin?y, we

! aic informed, a Mr. Vjcvr: alter saving

his family from the house which was in a

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events since those of the '. evolution have given to this country such confidence at home and respect abroad as those which prow out of the late war ; they have form

ed a proud epoch in history a .d tested the j floating condition, ventured back to s.vo strength of our instbiuions. It may not j some of Id? property, and was canicd oM

be foreign to the subject of my irqniiics j amidst its ruins. Ilia body has nut yet . 'ii. . : i . i : . : : t. i

to advert to it, as uiusii an ve oi me poiu- oecn ionnu. ' . i i ! ii

on 1 have taken, m relation to me vaiue oi i the services of executive otficeis, in the

various departments ol the government. It will not be at all necessary to draw a picture of our finances during the first & second years. That they e:c :n the worst possible condition, every one knows and yet until Mr. Dallas went into the treasury, no secretary recommended ?ny system,' or dared to risk his popularity by proposing excise or taxation. Of the two immediate predecessors of Mr. Dallas, one sought a refuge in a foreign mission, and the ether by a resignation, fiom the responsibility of his station. The countrv nsvf.il nothimr to Mr. Gallatin or

A small bov sunnosed to be abotit 7

j i years old, fair, hair freckled face was found amongst some diift wood near Frankfort, on Monday las' ; be was entis cly naked. Near the mouth of Sugar creek, Gai raid county, a Mr- Huffman lost his whole lamily, confuting of a wife and 3 children ; likewise a nephew who was lodging i'h them that night wa- di owned. Mr UnlTman, with difTietslty, saved his own life by getting hold of the branches of a tree ami climbing up into it where he rcm?iutd till morning. Mis Huffman and two of the childien, were found the

next morning, lodged in the diift wood

Campbell. The clerks pertormed the j not far from where they were taken by the ordinal v routine of dulios i the secretaries fl.od. The other two children have not tied from the appalling pro-meet bclorc yet been found, them. Whether the operations -i' the ; -ar and navy departments were hotter j .-.;? -r rV. ? u Intermit u. Mr. Perkins has conducted, than those of the ircasvtty, eaa been engaged by the V ench Oovcrnincnt best be estimated by the gentlemen who j to build steam artillery. A piece of in the name of the two hou-.es of cnogics. J ordinance is to thiow 6C balls, of 4 pounds demanded the dismission of the sect etas i- each, in a minute, with the correctness of os of those departments, for incompclcii- j a rille musket. A musket is to be attach--v. During the progress of the war no 1 edtothc steatti ger.era'or, for discharging tuii in the nation was so uninformed, as j a stream el lead fiom the basin of the fort ; to attribute the glorions achievements of i it U to throw from one hundred to athousour navy to the efficiency of the depart- and bullets in a minute, as occasion may mcnt ; that was but too well tested whan ' icquirc. A scries of satisfactory cxperiWashinrton wus burnt : public opinion ; ments has taken place at Greenwich,

never for one moment rested on me aucnueu uy use r i em. u engmeei s, appom

secretary of war as being in the remotest

decree entitled to the merit oi me um

ted fer the purpose bv the Duke d'An gouleme, with one of his aid, and Prince

liant victoiics of Brown and Macomb in : Poligna-. Lord Wellington remarked

the north, or the still more splendid tii-

umphs of Jackson in the south : there was no conceit in the department to " orgasiizc victory," and if the officers of the army and navy,' had been as remiss in their duties as those in the cabinet were, the Amcrican feeling, which rises so proudly at the recollection ofotir great achievements, in the late war, would hav quailed at its mention. We made an honourable peace, but the talents of our ministers would have availed us but little, if experience had

not taught tho enemy, that our army and I

that a countiy defended by this kind of artillety, would never he invaded Lord L-unouth, after witnessing a few showers of lead, said he believed the time wou'd come, when a steam gun boat, with two guns in her bow, would conquer any line of battle-ship ; and Sir G. Cockburn said, the mischief of it was, it would be to na lions what the pistol was to duelists it would bring strong and weak on a level. London fiafier The rumor cf a ov.l spectacle.'

which had found itsVvayinto the eastern papers, turns out on inquiry to be correct We have learnt lrom unquestionable au thoiity, that it is the intention oi a num her of gectlemen at and near the Fails, to gratify their friends with the truly nov el spectacle of witnessing tfie passage of a vessel down the Cataract of Niagara I The schooner Michigan, of about one hundred and thirty tons burthen, lias been made choice of for this grand and unique exhibition, which is to take place on the 8th of September next. Her hatches and cabin windows will be made water tight, and after being towed to the head of the rapids she will be abandoned to her fate and one more terrible cannot wcll.be imagined. A number of animals of different kinc!3, it is said, will be placed on her deck, to enjoy the pleasure or honor (either would be a barbarouscompliment) of the passagfc. The addition of a Frenchman who should ascend from the deck of the vessel in a balloon, after she enters the rapids, is whohy gratuitous we believe, however lfiuch such a sight might avid to the interest of the scene. flu foilo Jour. A resolution introduced into the Legislature of New Hampshire, recommend iiig Mr Adams for re-election as P.esident of the United States and approving of his administration, ha. been postponed indefinitely by a vote of one. hundicdand thirty-seven to seventy. Whatever ltiay be the strength of the Opposition ih New England, this result shews, t Fiat the support of the Administration in some parts of that respectable section of the Union, is not very cordial. fj VU'K will sell on Liberal terms xKjr for the pui chasers eight hundred qua tor, h 'If, and UiH blooded MEIUXO SliEEI at oiir folds in Neve ILruv i y. f l AY LOR . TOUNi LKKY. & Co. f Ncw-llarm-jny. Aug I 8 ?7 30tf Collector's Notice. 7"TT l K taxahlcs of Knox, taking into a! consideration the ahsrdute necessity I am placed m.der. by their confidence, to pay Up every cent of the Sta'a and Coii?iijf Tax hefoie the fii A Monday of December ;est, when, to lahm in their service, I shall take my seat as a Legislator, will mahc ;is ndr pa as po-Mbie. To pio ceed to extremilieb ub h any of my fellow r i t ; 7 o u s , would bv etiemely painful and ail can now jndgt.- of my duty, and of mv rehitive iaiu.Hhiii. 4 Me.ssi s. Km wolds oc Conner, arc authot i'.ed to receive, and receipt for all taxes a dupiieatt i, Kit with them, aral their ieeeipi. iheitf.jf i as good for the same as nme. T 1 1 0 M A S M c C LU R L, Col. k.c. AiU'iist 20, 1827 ge-3t Two hndred dollars Heward. E RUNAWAY" fiom tue su!)scribers, .ILQl- lvi'g in Nashville, 'l'enn. on Saturday night the 23th July 1827 two likely Mu'atto Fellows, one named ' uiu.T hu or nirJ.r, j longing to Alexander Porter ; about 22 V. jis of age, a h ei 'J or i() inches high, of a yellow complexion, a well made fellow, has be n nboard a Steam boat com. mandepby Anderson Miller, from Lot! ville to Orleans, as a Cook and Baibt r He took with him a shot gun, and wore crape on his hat ; his clothing cannot be well dcscribcd-Mhcy were pretty good HILLY foimctly belonged to Moses G'an't, near Lancaster, Ky. The other boy is a very bright mulatto named and sometimes calls himself JAMES EDMONDS belonging to Charles Cooper. Ned is about 1 8 years of age, stout made, active and quu k in his movements, cheek bones prominent, hair not veryblack, and inclines to curl more than to kifik ; and when spokm to harshly stammers a little. Among his clothing he has a mixed cloth coatee nearly new, with polished steel or white metal buttons; a black bombazett coatee and paataloons much worn ; his shirts were cither Irish linen or common country flax linen. They left the town of Nashville on Monday night the 30th July '827. We have understood their intention was to descend the river some distance and then make their way across the country to Indiana or Ohio. The above reward will be given for their apprehension and secured in any jail so that we get them, or $100 for cither of them. Thomas Washington, Esq. of this place has also a mulatto boy named WILLIAM, w ho absconded on Tuesday the 3 1st July; 1 e three intended going together, andit is probable thev may gc m company ALEXANDER POUTER CHARLES COOPER Nashville, Aug. 21, 1827. 5Q-3m

To Saddlers. RAN A WAY fiom the subscriber, 03 Sunday the 1st day of April last, JOHN S. DAG GET,' an indented ap, prentice to the saddling business. He is about 19 ycar3 and 6 months old, 5 feet 6 inches high, dark eyes, fair hair and complexion had on when ho went away a new suit of light blue casinelt of a good quality, and new black fur hat. The boy ; left my employment without provocation. Saddlers, and all others, arc forwarncd from employing, or in any way harborirrg him, as 1 am determined to put the law rigorously in force against him, and all thosC vHio may thus give him protection. I have been brought to this determination from his base ingratitude to myself and family. He was takes when an orphan destitute of every thing, & uniformly treated as one of the family. N. D GROVER. Madison, August 23, 1827 30-3t

Commissioner's Sale. GHEEA1JLY to a decree of the Circuit Court of Knox county, sitting as a court of Chancery, at the term of the piescnt month, I will expose to sale on Sa urday the twenty-second day of Sefi tember next at the court house door In Vincenncs, between the hours of nine o'clock, a m. and three o'clock, t 11. the following hit, or parcel of ground, with the buildings thereon, to wit : A certain Lot, or parcel of ground, situate, lying k being in the boioughof Vincennes, county aforesaid, known and designated on Johnson St Emison's survey, and plat of said borough, by the numbfr sixty, (60,) bounded on the north by the property of the heirs of Peter Jone's deed, on tho south by Busseron street, on the west by the property of Antoinc Marshall, and on the east by Second street to satisfy Henry Hurst the sum of eight hundred antj eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents H JOHNSON. Comsr. August 27, 1827 30-3t-g2

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Sheriff's Sale. "JI.5 Y virtue of a writ of fieri facias in da mages, to me directed, from the Clerk's office of the Knox Circuit court, I will expose to public sale, at the court house door in Vincenncs, on Monday the twenty-fourth instant between the hours of ten o'clock, a. m, and five o'clock, p m. and agreeably to the third section of the tow subjecting real and personal estate to execution, the following property, to wit.: All that cci tain tract or parcel of landt situate, lying and being in Knox county, state of Indiana, Washington township, containing fiby acres, being in lot No. twenty-five, (25,) in the additional Donation, with a dwelling house, Workshop 8c smoke house thereon, with its appurtenances therellnto belonging, it being the place whereon James Alexander now lives, and the fifty acres deeded to James Alexander, by Samuel Fail hurst, and Anna, his wifo, the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twentysix, reference to the aforesaid deed in the Recorder's ofhee will more fully showall of which is givenup as the property of James Alexander, at the suit of Betsey Bruce, by her father c next friend William Bruce. S. ALMY, Shfo k.c. September 1, 1827. 30-4t-g250

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rentices Wanted. r

TAE subscriber will

i Apprentices to learn cither of tho ? following UicicsSADDLIAfG. TAN- , NING or liOOTW SHOE MAKING f boys of about 1 5 years of age, and well recommended for honesty, only need ap- j ply, as no others will be received. JOHN WISE. December 3, 1826 44-tf

Wheat. Flax Seed and

SAW LOGS.

I WISH to purchase a quantity of good merchantable Wheat Flax-Seed and Saw Loga Delivered at the Vincennes Ox Mill. 25-tf J. L. COLMAN.

Blacksrnithing. THE subscriber has engaged Mr B. Welman, to superintend, and carry on his Blacksmith shop, at the old stand, formerly of Smith Sc Thomson the well known qualifications of Mr. Welman aa a good workman, will insure a liberal share of public patronage All kinds of Edged tools made and warranted. N. SMITH. February 14. 1827 2-tf Magistrates BLANKS for lllfnuis. for sale at this office. BLANK DEEDS for saicaS this office.

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