Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 8, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 March 1828 — Page 3

T11E WESTERN SUN VIJSrCEMtfES, March 29, 1828. The steam boat Cincinnati, arrived licit on Saturday the 22d inst. from Lafayette, and departed same day, bound lor Louisvilie On Monday night the 24ih, the Wm. Tell, from the mouth of Eel river, something up wards of one hundred miles higher up the Wabash than any boat has heretofore ascen ded the river; departed same night, bound for Louisville. The Wabash river had become too low for good steam boat navigation it has risen, and is again up to a safe navigable stage. To the Knox county Jackson Committee oj Vigilance. gentlemen Your Clerk has handed me a copy of yi.ur resolution of the 17th instant; accept my thanks for the confidence manifested by that resolution And permit me to a vail myself of this opportunity, to tender to the gentlemen of the Cential Committee, and to our political friends throughout this Dis trict, the assurance of my gratitude, for the kindness, and confidence repeatedly exhibited towards me. It is undoubtedly the duty of the fiiendso' the election of Andrew Jackson, to endeavor to elect as their representatives in congress, men who will support all the rightful mea sures of his administration, when success shall have crowned our labours, by his elevation to the Picsidcncy.

To succeed in a party contest, it is necessary to bring forward as the party candidate, that man who will unite the most ol the party Strength. Many of the old personal and po litical friends of Ra j lii f Joo.v, think that his long residence in ihe count iy, his age and experience, and his past services, entitle him to be prcfeired as our candidate to any other I am conscious, 'hat I should not have been fixed upon as the par:y candidate to represent this District in congress, if it had not been understood that col Boon had detcrmin ed not again to be a candidate. I now know that col, Boon is at the service ol' his political friends. We must be unanimous ; and in the hope, that t lat gentleman will unite the most of the strength of our party in the present great contest, I cheerfully sacrifice- all personal considerations, to the attainment ol the general welfare Respect fully, but decidedly. I decline the honor you have tendered me. Your ob'dt. scrv't. SAMl. JUDAII. Vincennes, March 26, 1328. I am now authorized to say, that Ratlff i?oo.v is a candidate for Congress, in Use first Congressional District of Indiana. The race will lc between Mr. Boon, and Col. Blake. It is hoped the friends of Jackson, the republicans, and friends of liberty, will do theit duty. Mr. Blake has informed U3,that "he has nailed his flag to the mast, and will sink or swim with the p! Cient administration He has turned his back upon the friends of Jackson, can the frn-nds oi Jackson, do less than turn their backs upon him. I have repeatedly heard infldential administration men, say they would support Mr. Bion for Lieutenant Governor Will lho:;e men now support him for congress ? Sun, Editor. jWMI.YISTRATIOX COM MITTEE. The County Committee, appointed at the meeting of the friends of the Administration on the 29th of December last, are icqucsit-d to meet at the house of Mr. John C Clark, in Vincennes, on Saturday the 5 h of Apiil next, at 2 o'clock r m, on busings of importance. The following named gen' lemon com pose said committc, viz William Poike, Thomas Emiso, Andrew Armstrong, Geo Leech, Willis Fellows, Alexander M.issey, Nathaniel Ewing, Samuel Chambers, Thos V. Bailey, Isaac Coon, II. Lasseile & Marshal Browning. A Mkmisf.k. March 26, HISS. mLm : : o : : : r : Public sale of Mr. Tahhs1 property on this day week, see advertisement in this day's paper. ; o o :inM JVarivr Oil Stove. An entensive quarry ol Oil Stoic has been discovered in Terry county. Ohio. It is said to he superior to the Turkey Oil Stone, for sharpening edge

tools ef every description. lhusarcthe ic sources of our country successively developing themselves. I'ub. Lcgcr. ' Indiavafiolisi M.irch IS Through the po litcncss of Mr. Smith, one of our teprescntatives in congress, we have been favored with a document from the war department, con taming the report of the commissioner ap pointed to locate the national road. Our limits will only permit us to present a brief extt ; c , for the p-csent. Under the head of " genera! remarks." we find the following: The whole length of the location through Indiana is one hundred and forty nine miles thirty seven chains thirty-four links, or little less than 149 I miles. The whole estima ted expense of removing the timber, grading, forming draining, and bridging, inrluding ample mason work, (the superstructure of the bridges being of wood.) is SU3,5S3 vvhich is 23.307 per mile. I have no doubt of tips being a very fill estimate; but it must be recollected tha there arc very many large streams to cross;

quantity of embankment required to laise the ioad above inundation, and almost all will be cry expensive on account of the remoteness of stone. 41 The whole estimated cost of the bridging & masonry of all descriptions, is g3l3,09'J; vhat of the removing of the timber and the grading, is g 1 80,484. The masonry and bridging is, thertloie, much the heaviest part, being to that of the other expense nearly, as seven to four. If stone were net used

at all, and wood substituted, an equally couve

nient road to travel could be made toi about

one hundred & eighty thousand, or about one

housand nine hundred dollars per mile, Bui the latter would cost more for repairs. k I have never passed through a greater ex

tent of unilormly rich land, than on the route through Indiana. It is well watered, as may

be inferred from the maps, or from the esti

mates of the bridge work. It is somewhat

unhealthy, especially along the water courses,

but is less so than it has been. The country j

is settling rapidly, and is m very great want

of good roads- The United Stales yet own

the land on about one third of the whole ex

tent of the location in the state, to wit: for about fifteen miles in the whole, east of Indianapolis, and for about thirty five miles in the

whole, west of that place; making, altogeth

er, aoout httv miles m extent. 1 hese

lands, at the minimum price, for one mile on

each side of the location, would amount to 80

otisand dollars ; which sum is almost double

what it would cost lo remove the limber from the road eighty feet wide, (gi ubbing about

halt of it,) the whole distance through the

state

which represent the situation oHtilTitlarslu extremely distracted c unsettled. We hopt the intelligence that the king of Spain has recognized the independence of his American colonies may prove to be Well founded, inasmuch as it will remove the mam causes bl discord among the. Mexican population, ano have the happy effect of restoring tranquility to the whole of the southern continent. fly the schooner Oscar, capt. Byrne, fro.n Montamoros, we learn that a civil war was on the point of breaking out in the vicinity o! Rio Giande Part of a regiment of cavalry mar ched from Montamoios about the first instant, for Tampico. Another regiment was marching lrom St. Louis toward Tampico, with a view to hold ii for the disaffected party. It was apprehended, that should the two corps approach each other, hostilities would inevi tably ensue. The maltcontenis arc jealous of the Americans, U. exhibit their enmity tothem on all occasions in which they aic secure ol impunity. An American gentleman was peremptorily ordeied to leave the town ot Linares, in the vicinity of Rio Giande, by thealcaid, at a few hours notice, without assigning any excuse lor such an arbitrary proceeding, to the sciious detriment of his private affairs ; and though the American consul at Montamoros appealed to the governor of the i-tate, no redress was obtained. The genciality of the people in the north, as'ern pait of Mexico appear lo entertain a suspicion that the Amcrican government i a.e some sinister designs upon their count! y.

liusiiiess was m a great measure suspended in the seaports, which were filled with

I think it probable that in the course j prosciibcd Spaniards hurrying from the inte-

of twelve months, more than half ol this land

will be entered, purely in consequence of the location ; and that if the government shcuid proceed to open ike road, by thus clearing off the timbea, and rendering it passable, several times the cost would be received, in the con sequent sale of ihe public lands." it will be recollected thai it has been proposed to congress, to clear off; he timber fiom the road in this state. It is to be hoped that the recommendation ol Mr Knight, on lhi.subject, w ill have its due weight in turning the attention of congress to this desired object. We have had hopes that something would be effected the picbent session With

tfi any 4 4 ijv,"i.w..,"..wMt...i-', he last war, and that three millions and It ;alf more are to be paid by instalments. Tha conditions of the peace are said to be highly popular at St Petersburg The affairs f Spain were still in an unsettled state, fresh bands of rebels having risen in a variety of places. The Madrid papers state that great efforts are making to equip an expedition against South America. One would imagine that Ferdinand had full occupation at home, without attempting any foolery against South America Another and a very dreadful accident has belallen the Thames '1 unnel, by which great damage was done to the work, and a number ol Ihes destroyed. Portugal -The opening of the Cortes took place on the 3d of January. The Infanta states in her speech on the occasion, that the intention ol don Miguel are conformable to thohe olthe king, and that those intentions, added to the measures of government, have disarmed the parties, Zi quieted the agitations of the country. Means haie been adopted to restore the credit of the bank, which, it was hoped, would prove successful A twenty gun ship, going through naval evolutions at Alexandria under French officers, has been blown up, and the crew ind two of the French instruc

tors perished Letters from Paris speak decidedly as to the pacific inclination of the new French ministry in relation to Turkey,

fcc say that the question of peace or war rests wiili the British cabinet. Letters fiom Frankfort announce a change in the Russian minis

try It is certainly a singular coincidence.

p m that changes imthe ministry of each of the Allied Powers should have occurred almost

simultaneously.

Electors for President & Vice-President.

in January 1828.

Fiction on Monday, Xovember 10th. 1828.

nor lo embark for distant lands, atttr beincr

compelled to sacrifice their propeity and abandon their prospects in the count iy which

they had lor years considered as their homes, j Agreed upon by the Conventions at Indianapolis,

i nc tvitxicans may he justiuuljJe on the plea of political necessity lor expelling them one cannot help deploring, however, the amount of private distress and individual suffering which that necessity has occasioned. Advrrrisrr. Central Anu rica Accounts lrom this country to January first, icceivedat Salem, by letter, concur in representing the state of affairs to be tno&t drfi'orobtc '1 he civil war which

Fo r A n drt vj J a ckson. n K J A M I N V. BECKES, KATLIFF DOON, JESSE B. DURHAM, WILLIAM LOW, ROSS SMILEY.

For John Q. Adams, JOSEPH OR It, JOHN WATTS, JOS. BARTHOLOMEW. ISAAC MONTGOMERY JAMES ARMSTRONG.

has been lot two yeai s devastating t c interi' r

cgud to the manner ot constructing the road j provinces, continued with titubating violence in t;iist slate, Mr. Knight remarks : The provinces ol Nieatagua, St Salvador, Sc

Ciuaicma h, weie the principal thcati es of action. The cities of Leon nd ( encda in a most sanguinary and civi war against the cities ofNicaiae.ua, and Managua, and St. Sal-

cout.ty. I hat part hei w ecu Centre lilc and j vauor agams1 tuaiemaia 1 he Nicarapuians, 'he Ohio blate line, a distance; ol ten mile-,, j r gov c nm( lit party, had captotcd the fort oi might be paved with limestone, a d pth ol V ! St. Cat los, nn ance of lake NicaiaiMia.) and

It would be impracticable, in the usual sense o! the word, to pave this load with stone, aity u here, e:;c pi in the neighboi hood of the c.it foil; of Wsiiie Valei,io Wavne

inches, Mc-Adamied, !or ;d;.jui SV1(' lof'.hctel.T cut :fl all communication with St

three thousand live hnndi ed !oii;u s per mile J J hns, and the intcimr. 1 he troops of the No other partol'il could be tin;.-, p v d or ; ny J i'resickia A'Ce hail gaiiud repeated advanta . easonabie sum. 'Iheie is however, good I g s over the (i : eiiadiancis ; but, owing to the gravel on a cousidei able paitoi ti e mute, but want ol ammunition, kc weie unable to fol on other part, rmd partiem'at iy the middle hiw them tip. The commerce of the coun

try was almost annihilated The contending armies were pillaging and robbing the Cattle, haciendas, &c. There was no prospect of a speedy tei :r dilation of the war; the limited

pait, that maici ial is b-car:e, so much so, that I have not ben able to form a tolerable esti mate of the expense of procuring it. It is a very difficult matter for a person, going thro'

rn unsettled (lat country, to duet mine, in ah i means of ooth parlies preventing any deciscajes, within what distance a sufficiency o! I 'vc movements. In flue, the treasury was

stone or of gravel might be pi ocu red for such 1 exhausted, and the country presented a scene

I have thought it would be a bettct

er, the u id;h ol

purpose

iav, Fu st to clear off the timb

eighty feet lor the mad, and then logiade and biidgc it; then let the travelling unit. In die mean time, the country would settle rapidly, and its resources. ;is rcgat do the materials in question, would become developed, and accurate calculations couid be made, in ; i c i of assumptions and infcicnecs; upon which latter, if estimates weie now founded, thev might turn out to be of no real service. It is possible thai the gravelling might be done for S1 to g'JOCt) per miie. Illinois Lead M:tc. From the report of the superintendent ol the United States' h ad mines in Illinois and Missuuti, we learn that the mines in Missouii, fluting the last year, yielded a clear revenue of 9lvO.3 pounds of lead ; and lhatt be mines in this state, duti ig me same time, produced 518.-18. Dmiug the year 1 8 2 5, but one hundred miners were employed at the mines near Galena. The oumbt-r was inci eased in 1826, to four hundredIn 1 8 27, to sixteen hundred. The amount of mineral obtained in 1 S 2 5 , wr.s 1,pounds ; in 18 26, l,8-ifl,lGl; in 1827, I I.MS, 365 In the last year, 5,182,180 lb of lead have been made, leaving on hand, mineral and ashes suflicicnt to make 2,116 000

of dibit ess unparalleled in the annals of histo

i v . o a U i;i (iaz. ixtt:ct of a letlcr from Matanzas, to the editor of the New York Daily Advertiser, dated January 30. u The United States' ship Etie is in this place. Wc left IVnsacola in great haste on the 10, ! instant, for Key West, having heard that a slave ship had run on shore there. On her reaching that port, on the 2 1st, it pro ved i hat the slaver had been closely pursued by r.n English sloop of war, and finding she had no other icsource, ran for the Florida Reef. She had seven hundred slaves on board, and a larpe cjuantity of gold dust and ivory. All the slaves with the gold dust were saved. The wreckers brought them lo the Key, and delivered them to the collector, who having nn way to secure them, allowed them to rove lound ths inland. On the night of the i0th, the captain of ihe slave thip look four hund i ed ol them, and all his gold dust, on boaid a vessel that was lying there, and sailed for Havana. He arrived safely the following morning, and that day put his slaves in market ar.d sold them. The lemaining three bundled are to be sent for. Thev arc men, women, r.nd children ; some families consisting of father, mother, brothers, and sisters, en

tirely naked, with the exception ol a small

pounds nun c. The value of ihe lead made m j piece ol blanket lictl round the waist. 1 hey ! 8-27. including the amount which will be ob-1 have the appearance of wild men When

tained from unsmeltcd mineral, is estimated

at gS05,7?G 64 ; one-tenth of which, is paid as rent lo the U. States, making $30,573 56. The superintendent says, 4t ftom an exam ination of the mineral region on the cast bank of the Upper Mississippi, I am fully convinced of the tichness of it. It extends at least tie hundred miles from south to north, and from thirty to fifty cast and west. Much of the soil is very fertile; some parts of it cx-.-ccdinglv rich ; it lies high ; is well watered, containing fine springs, but not well timbered

in ercncral ; there arc districts of it, however, ernmcnt of this province as certain It is be

cov ered with groves of thriving timber, well j lieved here even by the friends of the present

you approach, they vtalk off as if afraid ; bui

no person can converse with them, not being acquainted with their language. The island is a perfect barren of white sand." .Srv.rS. Wc understood that general Jackson has replied to the resolutions of the senate of Indiana, calling for his sentiments on the American system -Fcus The Quebec Gazette says, that u letters by the 1st of January packet, again speak of the a p pomtment of sir Francis Burton, to the gov-

daptcd to smelting the ore ; and the mines

re. of easy access lo the Mississippi, where ruel is abundant." Int. A'ex-J-Orlcanss Frb 23. MEXICO. We have very recent ac-

administration.

The news of the bur

ning of the Greek fleet at Scio, amounts to nothing but the destruction of a few small vessels near the port of Miconi St elsewhere. Patras had capitulated, and the expidition a gainst Candia had sailed. It is affirmed

I HAVE formed the determination of removing from this state in the spring, and will dispose of the Heal and Personal

I roper?? I possess in this place at private sale MO -ES TABBS. Vinc.nnes, January 25, 1828. 52-tf N B. Such articles as remain unsold, on Saturday ihe Sth day of A fir il next will be 'fined at PUBLIC SALE) upon the premises, at 10 o'clock of that day For all sums under five dollars, a credit of three months will be given; for sums abore five dollars, and less than fifteen, a credit of si months; U. for sums above fificen dollars, a ciedit of nine months. 1 lie put chaser in every case, giving note, with approved securityM. TABBS. Mach 98. 8?8 8-2t Moot and Shoe Simp

'l he subscriber has opened a

. "in j

Boot & Shoe shop, at the corner of Market and Second streets. Vin

cennes, and having on hand a large stock of leather of the fit st quality, and Morocco. fo Indies wear, he hopes by the style ar.d quality of his woik, and constant attention to business, to receive a poition of public patronage N A I'll AN WEBB. March 24, 1828. 8-3t ronimisMon y Storage. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends, and the public in general, that he has lately completed a large and commodious WARE HO US E, on his wharf in Vincennes, on the Wabash river, where he will receive Goods on Storage, or Sell on Com mission and hopes by a strict attention to business, to share a part of the public patronage. Wm. MIEURE.

Vincennes, Feb. 7, 1828. 1-tf

"tw Orleans.

REFERENCES.

MATHEW F. MA HER, ") X. FMEsON, & Co. S

JOHN MARSHALL. c, SAMl. MARSHALL. 5 LEWIS MILLER, Aatchez. W. & J. LEWIS, Evantville. DAVID S. CHAMBERS, ) T . . T.B. TILL AY, I Louisville.

N. B In addition to his former assortment, he has just received from N. Oi leans, CO FFE , MO LASSE 5, SUGAR, MACKEREL, LTc. Which arc offered very low for cash. Wm MIEURE.

Blackmithins:.

' IP HE subscriber hasengaged Mr B Wei

TL nun, to superintend, and carry on hu

Blacksmiths'1 bhop. at the old stand, formerly of Smith Sc Thomsonthe well known qualifications of Mr. Welman as a good workman, will insure a liberal share of public patronage All kinds of Edged tools made and warranted. N. SMITH. February U, 1827. 3-tf