Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 March 1828 — Page 3

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THE W EbTKUN 6UH riJVCEMES, MAttcit 15, 1828

The editors of the UsitED States Tel ec rap ii) propose to publish a weekly paper, unal the i5th day of October next, at one dot ar, payable in advance, to be elevoied exciu siveiy to the Presdcntiul election. Sui, scrip tions will be received at this office, and I feci satisfied that subscribers will receive an am pie equivalent for their dollar. I extract the following concluding remarks ot the editors on the subject : They thercfotc propose to publish the United Statrs Telegraih. Erray Weekly, until the 1 5th of October next lor one dollar payable in all cases, in advance. That paper will be devoted exclusively to the Presidential election, and will contain official documents, and such essays, original-and se lectcd, as, in the judgment of the Editors, will most promote the election of the Demo cratic Republican candidates, Andrew jackson, St JOHN C CAI.IIaUN " The United States 1 elegraph Extra, will be printed in pamphlet lorm, and stitched, to tender it more convenient for circulation. The first number will appear about the fitst of March. Editors with whom we exchange arc requested to publish this notice, and all who approve of the plan arc solicited to procure and forward the names ol subscribers

1 hey will see that we cannot aflmd to pav postage. DUFFGRLLX, RUSSELL JARYIS." communic atkd. A subscriber requests the re-publication of the following article in the Sun. As the same " Epidemic Qa ackcry" has reached Vinccnues, and has been equally successful in despatching some of the credulous inhabitants of its vicinity. At least such has been exptcs'oed as ihe opinion ot inte'lient men. E From the Western Medical tf Physical J jur?ial ' EPIDEMIC qUAKOVHY. " The influenza is sa:d to spread liotn East to West. This has certainly been the case, whenever it appeared in the. United States, for the last quarter ol a (cutury Aim. (her malady, of more obvious miir'nt, has followed the same law of disseminati-m, and is no -a feigning omong us fwoy: crs r.io we heard of its'appearaucc on the Eastern boides ot

James P. Drake, Bai.il Bfown'and Jesis Y Wilborn, of Posey; David Robb, Charles Harrington and Chs. Jones of Gibson ; Thos Stewart, Thomas Mathers, & Dr. I curtelot, ot Pike; Dr Craig, James Morehouse and James Lewis, of Vanderburgh ; John Brown, Uriah Lemon, and David Luce, of Spencer; Win. Edmonson, Stephen McDaniel fx. John Beard, of Dubois ; Jas G Read, John Murpiiy k James McDonald, ol Daviess; Geo Boone, John W. Davis &. Win. Pt ice ofSul ivan ; A. Patterson, J M Hays W. Rhea, Jc leptha Garrigus,of Parke ; Lewis H Sands, and David Lindley,of Putnam ; Samuel Milroy, of Carroll ; John Ketchum, John W Lee, Craven P. Hester, and John Bowicn, of Monroe; Wm. Flinn, Vincent Williams and John Anderson, ol Lawrence ; John G. Clcndening, John B Moycr. and John P ui ick, of Oi ange ; Joseph Hanna, Demas L. McFarland Sc John

Crain, ot Marion; Elisha Long, of Henty; Marenus Willett & Wm. J Blown, of Rush ; Jesse Shields, Dr. Mitchell Sc John Hurst of Harrison; Motdecai Collins, Benj Borton, Robert Denny, k Isaac Stuart of F.oyd ; John M. Lemon, J F Morrison, Wm 'Jeck, and Joseph Wotk, of Clatk ; Calvin Ruttet,Robt. Meek, Sc Wm. Whittin;;ton,of Scott; Wm. A Budock, of Jennings ; Wm Robinson, X. B Palmer and Thomas Jom s, ol J flerson ; Edwaid Pal ton, Thomas Armstrong, & John F Siebcnthal, of Switzerland ; i hoinas R Porter, John Spencer, k Abel C Pepper, of Dearborn; Wm Lewis, of Union ; M-Kinny Carter, Daniel Pec k, k Andiew Robinson, of Jackson; Sand. Downing, John Shoemaker, Samuel Osburn, k Gideon ii Har d Bartholomew ; Rodoiphus Siioonover, Jonathan

French overhrncnt,-andis making great c!c" Lnsive p eparaii.,n - 1 tic governor of Georgia, in obedience to an act ot the lat le giUiure. has cxicuticd, b) proclamation, the criminal ju.isdiclion ut lhat s'aie, over that paitot ihe Cheiokec lands lmg within tho imits ol Georgia Washington City Fb 25 The pa nful duty dtvones upon us of announcing tho death of major general Ji ( B BROWN, commander in chief of the army 6f the United States. He expired at his residence m this city,yestetday after a brie! illness of 3 or four days, preceded" by a general indisposition of longer duration. His name is too intimately interwoven with

a desperate fight ensued, w hit h lasted ttvo j the histoiy of liis country, to make it neces-

hours twenty mituttesnw houi k a quai ter j sary for us to accompany this annuncia'ion

ot which time the two vessels weie within , with any teferencc to his public life orsetvispeaking distance ! During the engagement, ccs. Hib individual merits are too Universal the colors of the Guerrero weie twice shot j ly appreciated to need to be blazoned by the away k replaced. I he two pi cv ious engage-: proof eulogy. At a future day we shall enmenis, and this long and close liht, exiiau-. dcav-r to do justice to his eminent desert as a ted the whole of the powder and shot of the soldier and citizen, and to hold up to his fel'ovr Guerrero, w hen, as a consequence s! e ceas , citizens, in their proper colors, the example ed filing, and being sooipp;cd in spars and of his illustrious deeds, and his blameless Sc ligging, capt Porter dete i mint d to sti ike . virsubus private life his colors. I he fi ieate, supposing tin y wei e j ma :o; ct again shot away, continued her ti.e, and it i Electors for President & Vice-President.

was after the biig hail sun endeted, that cap 'Agreed upon by the Conventions at Indianapolis,

10th, iho fell in with tvo Spinisn rtian of War brigs, the Martc and Maria Amelia, one oi eighteen guns and one hundred and eighty men, the other o. ten guns and orie hundred and thirty men, both of which she beat ; the) succeeded, however, in making their escaj e into Maiiel. The Guerrero mo nted twenty two guns, oc a crew of one huudred and thirtysix men. In this engagement, she siifieied much in spurs and rigging; and it was sup posed the Spanish loss was vciysevctc. The firing, in this action, was hcaid in Havana, when 'he fiigatc Leal ad, of fifty lour guns, and five hundted men, immediately put to sea. She is said to bj a i einat kabi'j last sailer, and the brig, being in a vciy ciippled

state, was soon ovei taken by the fiigatc, when

lain Porter was killed by a giapc shot pas sing tin ough his body.

I ';; s fell capt D m id H. Porte, after as i Fur .Indrirj Jackson

gallant a battle as histoiy records. Such cotiducl th served a better laic. We cannot avoid feeling a piide oi e -untiy, in leco; ding so gailait an exploit, peiloinudby an Ame-

in Januarv lt28.

li cti'm on Mmdait Xo-ccmber 10th. 182S.

Lfon, and Wm. Calhcart, ot asiiu.gton ; nc;n. altiioiigh he was enga td in a foieigu Wm Luce, of Warrick ; Ivbn'd. Jennings, ol scivice,at war with a Taion with whom we Peiiy; Jo!m Wiisjo, ot M nt gemei y ; Joint .Meat peace We leatn that the Ciiierreio Foster, ol 'Hancock ; J hu Horry, ot 'Madiso:.; lot 49 men kiUfil, tlte number of wounded

not known. The hss ol the Snaniatd i- said

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:n:- j amiv okckls, i: Ti. if f boon. Jl- Sk C. DURHAM, W I I.I.I AM LOW, HO', S SMILKY

For John Q. ldams JOSKPH orh, JOIIX WATTS, Jo. B R TIIOLOMKW, ISAAC MONTGOMKRY JAMKS K.VSTHOG.

iliiani Aldtidge, oi ShMby ; Martin Adkin-,

ol Decatur; Cm istian Z tr ekev, of Veimil-i

linn; gen. Jonathan M.Cariy, ol Fayette, be . uded to the Central Conn.-ii'ti'e ; and that the Chairman be auiiioiiz.d to add such othei gentlemen thereto, as he mav at anv time think proper On motion the report was concurred in. On motion AV,?ci (. '1 oat a committee ho appointed to nominate and iepot to this meetii'g a suitable pei son as a candidate tor

loe vice t': esuicnev ; anu .vussis ivtiev

this u Interior region," but honed, t!u it M Intirt , D

esuicnev ;

vol'. H oidv, and Hn? were

would not find among our people such a pre (appointed t ! k t committee, w.,o lepoited the disposition, as would enable it to sotcad. hollowing lcoiotinn;

op.ini r of t!i-, com

miiu e t-( at detit

This hope was illusory, for it has at length reached the city of the West, and its power has been felt. We allude to the patent potent quackeries of one Thompson; s u to be an inhabi

tant ut the state ot New t k lhat tnanv , c cai.houn, onr !'nsu;t i e ' extent

resnectable ci' izens of Ohio have am -chased ' w i nes c hie, i er'MJom. i.cl l-ss : l- ; c .-t. n

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the right ot inflicting them on their unotlcu

That it i: t

::A aft.er a lair tiial oi site: n yers in;! laitl tii! S! rvici-s in the .':ou:.ciis

us ceuntj v, tif idoal staw'.s o.'e c. n

bpi( uriOs as a pan i;.vt .o.d s'a'eot oil.tt John

pi i s t:t

(lniinislruloi s Notice. Ill' , ! . .

ur. miusc: iDct s have tak( n out letters of J administration upon t he estate of Janp

to do near ;i men, and t.:c tngatc verv much Lundrcs, (late of Sullivan county, )d;-cca-cut in herhuil and iuing. (apt. David n;bt(l. iheieloicall inrsons indehu d o ,:,h! r.

Potte was the nephew of the commodoie.

f he latter had a soil on ! oaid the (iuerieio. Lieut. I iirimps' n. suri;ef)n JJuai dman, and young Porici,(siti of the conunodoi e.) were put on boa i d a e,u.ii d ship at I I n ana. A jiub'iv tnneial w as prepai ii'g at Havana for capt. Porter. A' Key Ves tin- Herman ( Mexican hi is;) fi.ed minute guns, S;c A let ei fiom Rev West s'atts, theHcr man is now in port, and is (let et mined to ivc the Cr.stilda frigate a trial She was insight yebterda.y. Capt. Hawkins is a LalUm olfi-

cer, anv. does iift want lor men

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culd

- in et t at onjectadopt i d

v iiicii w a s on tiiu. ion

()o n u?t iot". Ren' Ival . That a (omr i:tee be v. poir.tvd to n ' dy lliesewai !.: 'cmeti

who uae been avhh d the e . nru ('.uaitir jt i -r o! t he it- 'app - .'mum n- w lo a ; n Msis i

.Meinlli e, .Maa.ti. .ml .ia..an, anu. nmt.;, weie appointed t!.U eommiitce Wm. M All 1 1 ALL, Ci int ::?. II. S. H AN i) i', .oV. ( i-ur:nun. r . 15

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of

Wm. II. Cautkh, S

s : o : : '.i . From i lu Farm era .1

crt tarns.

ding and credulous mortals, is a f e', whk h can neither be denied nor deUmhd 1 hey deserve, indeed, the severest censure, and i must and will overtake them. " The means with which these patentees un clerlake to vanquish the many ills thai " ficsh is heir to," have not been made known to us in their full extent. ; but steam, the Lobelia jiatcis Sc Cayenne pepper at 6 laid lobe a pau, 4 These are active agents, the pocts d which are well known to tue n i,lession who cannot be ria loss to cslima'e the misdic.!s which must of necessity csu5t from t! ii in discriminate administration We have bet n assured, that they weie lateb' rmp'oyed in this city, upon a young man i.filic.ted with acute enteritis, whom, of cetiise, they iks patched in the most summaiy manner. " Vre feel it our duty to ptest in the strongest terms against these depv-dati(!'is upon the health and lives of en imn!V !idn;: community, and bev; leave rcspe.c.ilui Iv to ex liort our brethren, and all intelligent. Ik nc vo

lent and influential citizens, to un're in such i.(..v. as Pr siilent o' th.c United States

i!..U oim e. and

U"! I'H'illi. !.(! ! w id use our b

take us it will i.ot be lot tb.e w.ict ol ammu ui:i(,n "-- I he Heiman s aile! on a ciuse the s.io.v: day ihe Li'iy ie!t Kt v -'est.

Nvds. ii. a.' ' n to !a

tale arc requested to make immediate pay. mcnt, and those having claims against said eMatc ate requested to present them legally authenticated lor settlement within one year Irom the 17th ol November, 1827 thcestato is supposed to be solvent JOHV W ALL CE. AN ' HDNY BENNETT, C Admtr MARG.aREI LAN DUES, sidwstx. E in wary 17. .823 6-.1

Jkr? -A strar colt came to wrr5 ,hcit8i,k',uc ol ,he suisci. 'jLjrvNtr A her, in Vrmcnnes, about ihe

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Clinton, a sum cqu.o (o eeinor ol the htate,

to li e end ol toe y t in

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I Indiana Administration i ei ?rr

d . en (A ! he iatc gov t!.e laiiy -l the

do. a sum tcpial to that receded hooi the hta'.e tifasoiy bv any cnal commission! r lot salaty or compensation, dui mi; l he (tnu- Mr. C'!inlo!i In Id the Vice ol canal comti'i'jMOii

The la.t woids ( f cminem chatactt is

Coiiv t nticn, and lriends ot tlic American System. Gen lemeri 11 v an ir.s'Tclioti of a resolu '.ion, adopted by you at Indianapolis on the i-i- h nit I observe my name among thost:

jo inp sin;.;- the elccto'al ticket you piopose i to be soppot t( d by the people l tins s:ate i I'ui. lve to the te election oi John (Juincij

a sentence of condemnation, as may banish from our borders thi- organized sviem oi mis chievous quackery " 1). CEXTRJL COMMlTrhi: MEF.TTXd. At a meeting of the jacksc n cf.n i h at. committkk of Indiana, at Salem, n the 220. day oi February, 823, a qu o urn ol said comlliittee appealed and took their sa's: Whereupon, col. H'Ulufn Mari il! w ns appu'mted Chaiimau, and ilcrinj S. Handy assistant Chairman. On notion John C Riley, of Knox, Wm. II Hurst, ot Flovd, col. 1'hos. Fi .zgt i a ul, ol Wan ick, maj Cieorge Heck, Kobt. M Iniiie, col. Henry Dcvolt, Matthias Mounts. Jo!m Wiley, col. John Pew, and Wm. H Catier, of Washington, were appointed additional members of this committee On motion Wm II liurst, and Wn If Carter, vvetc appointed Secretaries to ihe committee. On motion Resolved. That a sub committee be appointed to report the names ot gentlemen in the several counties of this tate, proper to be added to this committee, U) con sist of three persons fiom each county; whereupon, Messrs Fitzgerald, Rilty, and IWcMahan, were appointed that committee, who reported That the y had made such selections only as their personal Uiu vvledge would enable them to make, bavin? no ac quaintance in many count'u s which aie ac knowledgcd to be decided! v Jack wan. that Would justify them in making selections in those coun'ies, and therehre, moved the a doption of the following resolution : Resolved That Homer Johnson, John D. Woulveiton and lliiam Decker, of Knox;

Willi all cue respect for the honorable motives that induced the selection vitualtd a 1 am, I Lei it to be my duty to cmbtacc the earliest onooi limit v to h.loim vf u, that, lor vanous reasons, too tedious now to enumerali . (eeidined, however, exclusively. io my t elaiiv e situation to the chui ch ot whiih 1 au

a membei.) lliat I (Lent it mv iud'spei. sable

du:y to decline accepting the tendered appi;intncnt, and 1 do so with gieatci cheetlulness, in as mnch as I am well aware, that you can and will be no-e ably and succ ess fully represented bv another. Peimit me to asuie von however, that mV ardent asniiatirns will continue unci asing lor the success of the cause in which ou are engaged With much respect, gentlemen I remain your most obedient and verv humh-c servant, JAMES ARMSTRONG. Chatlestown. 7ih Feb I Dcsfiera'e Xavai miction. A slip from the Chat k'won Cmi'icr oflice, dated on uesday evening, the Dth ultimo, 8 o'clock, savs 4 H y the schooner Lilly, captain Sawyer, ar rived thi day fiom Key West, we leain that ihe dismasted btig In tow of a Spanish f igate, going into Havana, oti the ! 3th tilt seen !.y captain Talbot, of the Miles StandLh, nrd which we uniounccd this morning, was the Mexican brig of v:.r Guerrero late captain Divid II Porter From captain Saw yer, and .cttcts we have seen fiom K' y West, w e ga ther the following particulars : Onthe I4tl ins'ant, infonnation was recvcd at Kev West, ftom Havani, that the Guerrero hid on the 9'h. fallen in with, and captured aftc a shoit engagement. wo Spanish Guincamen brigs, whch she manned. On Sunday, the

aie usually impi essive. In a 1cm lot f? om governor Clintnn to an iiitima'e liiend, on the lth Fed.) among other topics, he remarked, u I do net know that I Lei a disposition to hut t a human being Mr. Win ilutlei, of Sandusky, Ohio, has commenced naiing the silk worm on a very extensive sea e. He has exhibited specimens ot . wing silk, equal in stiength and beauty to anv imported The ( incinnati Chi onicle sys, -eveiy expci iment that has yet b.en n ade in Ohio upon the culture of silk has given sa'islactoty pu.ot that '.he soil and climate me admirably adapted to the growth ol both the mul b.ny vc the. woun. It only i equires a litt e inuipiize upon the part of the citizens, to make the manafuctuic of silk, to Ol io, the souiccs of gteat wealth The at tide of silk might be made to the Miami country, what

please apply for Ids property

DAVID BROWN. March 6, 1828. 3t KEN op ly John L logic, li.mg in y LLn.den townslr'p, ir Suoivan c,uniy, a bay !: rse. ab'.m our years old, ab oit 5 hai ds i igh. no ai ifi( ial n arks discoverable, appK.ised to Sid, brhoe me NaMl Will ! f F.L4 FY. j.r. Match 8, 18 J8. 6-iNwt, -3t

co'ton is to the Southern s'alrs

Mr.

Rohrci, ol Lancaster county, Pa. iiflpoiicd 'luce years ago, several kinds of tobacco set d from Cuba Last spiing he sowed as much seed as gave him plants lor four acres I luce acies of what is called the red leaf, succeeded accoti;ing to his expectation I his has been manufactu'ed into seizaisof a good quality, and the cultivator thihks any quantitv may be raised in Lat raster county without shwes. The United Stages f 1 1 gate Rrandywine, con. Jones, and slop t)l war Vincennev, capt Finch, weie at V iipa taiso on the 25th ot Xovembci ollicis and ciew all well A destructive fne took place in New Y uk.on the morning of the '20th F binary, by which properly estimated a? gJOO.OOO was destroyed -Among tie etrcnchnients talked ot in congiess none vcemtoth'mk of tetrenrhment in the cxpcti diturc of time "I tie ownets and hold ers of CaMor Oil are infor'ned, that cold messed Castor Oil, i no selling in Nt vv Y -ik fr prr gallon Faimf would do we'l to ui' n their attention to raising the C s mr Hean. The Susquehanna roil ro:d bill has passed both houses of the Ugis'atme of Maryland. The dey of Algiers has refused the terms of peace offered by the . I

Ishickmitliifu:. II L sub e n!)t i has eng.ig. t Mi ft Welman, io svpcii; is . dantl cany on Ids

lltiuksmitliv biop. at the eld stand, foro.eriy of Smith & Thorn son the well known qualifications ol Mr. Welman as a good woikman, will insure a db;Mal share of public patronage All kinds ol Edged tools made and warranted . N. SMITH. l' ! mrv 14, 827 2tf BV M. H ANDRKWS, PITTSBURGH. P E N N. U IMH !s(r.G BV SfBS( RU I j A NEW LI EILAHY PERIODICAL, K N I I Lh D, I II K Crystal, Ladies Migazine, KMani Lynr.u with ekaotium. knghavincs. l'HE design f this publication is the developeint i.t of the female talent of our country, particularly the western portion of it, bv ,tffbn!ing a v ehicle for the literary contributions ot such laies .ts have citiier caught the inspiration of the muses, or h ive been wrapped in the more sober uiautle of prose literature. The woi k will comprise, brief moral tales, female biography, essays in prose and verse, and a spirited miscellany of humor and sentiment, the chief of which shall be from the pens of gifted tem des e f America and the age. The typography and embellishment ef the Crystal shnll lie in a fine style (if elegance. Each number will contain thirty-tun octavo pagt-s he printed i n fine paper, and accompanied with beautiful copper-plate engraving, and handso. :udv printed cover. Twelve number c.f the wojk, eont iin'n.g near 400 pagvkoi prnt, and 12 d.filTtr.t engravings, will tonn a beautiful volume, to which a title n tv & index will be added. TF.RM.S The mk will he-deli vt red tosub--ci ibers in the city and icinity for one dollar and I tty cents p ivable on the receipt ef tie tut or 1 bra try n a ruber, or two dollars pav ible fX the end ii three months. Ft rvns at a distance by enclosing ten dollars in advance will haveeii;ht rrpies t ea h nuiiiber forw uded to their oreier. No yihvi liption ie.ee ived from a distance u:iaC-cosnpioit-il with the cash. Xjr" L flies into whose hands the Crystal may t dl are respectfully fopcited toun(!eiake an active ager i v fi.r the work in their respective plat es ot residence. ' T e f ahtors in Indiana, are desired to publish the above, and act as agents. Subscribers recci ed at the Wchtcra bun, ofucc.