Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 October 1828 — Page 2
Cincinnati, Sept 18, GEN. HARRISON - This gentleman is just on the wing of departure upon his mission, as Minister resident of the United States fo Colombia. He sets out to morrow for Washington, and will probibly sail for Laguira in a short time A few invidious presses have made some clamor that his departure has been so long delayed. This is the mere Trantonness of party malignity. In the present state of public affair? in Colombia, no pre judice to the public interest is to be appre hended, horn the delay. The summer sea son and the lore part of autumn ate alike dangerous to Northern constitutions, in the cli
mate to which Gen. Harrison is going ; and to sail at this conjuncture, would expose him
to all the dangers of the equinoctial gales
Wm frii thnt his finil denarture on? bt
postponed at least until October In this part of the country there is no difference ol sentiment about the propriety of the General
remaining with us to the period mentioned, and as a proof of this, we subjoin an extract from theNitional Republican, for which we
are clad to Rive that print full credit
A number of Gen H.rrisons friends met
htm yesterday, at the house of his son. Col
V. H Harrison, in this city, to take a part
ing l.ave. It was irratilviner to observe that
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the most violent and bitter partizans on both
sides, were present, cordially uniting in their
good wishes for his hea.th and happiness. It Is no light compliment to the General, that lie is thus acceptable to men of all parties at
home: and that those who unite in nothing
else, can unite in good feeling for him, and in
bidding him, what they all trust, is but a
temporary adieu. From the Xatiinal Refiubliccui.
GEN HARRISON We have under Stood that this gentleman will take leave ol his family and friends in a day or two, o em . bavk for South America. We regret to hear this J we know of no urgent necessity that calls lor immediate presence of our Minister in Colombia, and we had presumed that his departure would have been delayed until the autumn, when his arrival in a tropi cai and unhealthy climate would have been attended with less danger than he must encounter, sh uM he leave the United States . in the month of September or early in Octo ber , Gen. Harrison is the father of a large fami ly, from whom the mission he has accept-d "will separate him prohably for some years To enable him to place them and his a ffairs
in a proper situation to dispense with his
presence, for any length of time certainly re quires a longer period than has been allowed since the adjournment of Congress As there seems to be no demand at this moment For diplomatic interference of any kind in Colombia, it appears to us that there would be some degree of cruelty in suffering him to brave the dangers of that fatal region, at a sea son of the year , when the most robust and youthful often become the victims of thentemerity We believe that the executive would read ilv postpone the GeneraPs departure, if a proper suggestion were made ; we feel satis fied that all parties would acquiesce in the measure, should the indulgence be extended to him and his family. Gen Harrison has sperr his life in the service of his country,
flood seems to have been on the summit of A-'
arat For the rugged, ascent to its snowy op appears to render the attempt impossible
No man certainly, ha ascended it in mod ern times When the adventure's ol Tournefort failed, it is not probable that any one else
had succeeded.
A clergyman in Scotland, catechising the
beadle of his parish, said to him, John, as
I dont intend to trouble you wiih many ques
tions, can you tell me what ts baptism!
weel can I, Sir," replied John, it's just
a shilling to the Session Cleik and a gicai
to me. Stirling Advertiser.
What a change. In the appointment of
the five millions tax recommended by con
gress in 1777. in proportion to the number
01 inhabitants in each state, fcw 101U was
rated more than afotth lower than Massachu
setts ; more than a third lower than Penney I vania ; below New Jersey ; only equal to N Hampshiie; and in short the lowest on the list with the exception of Rhode Island, Delaware and Georgia.
northeast to .EQuthvmt. The shore pf tVisv?fid contract yt) reccire their pay quarterly
lake is somewhat indented by points of land.
-Several wet prairies discharge their waters
into it. The outlet of this lake form the little
Kankakee that puts into the big Kankakee a
tew miles above the English lake. The Devil's lake is shallow near the shore, and it is probably not deep in any part of it. It is well stored with fish of various kinds, which are easily caught with the hook or gig I omitted to mention, when describing the land about lake Michigan, that no streams except .one or two little creeks put into the lake from the state of Indiana, and that there can be no harbour on the said lake within the same. 1 he vvoid Rmki-kir in the Indian Ian
guage, sign fu s drow:iv!3 land.
Electors fir President 6; Vice-President. Agreed upon by the Com enlhns ,x Indianapolis, in January
11 ctij?i on Ave;?,biT
Tor sh;dn w Juck.son.
BLNJAMIN V. BfcCKES, RATLUF DOcX, JKSK !5. DrmiAM, WILLIAM LOW, KO'JS sy.h.KY.
d. 1828.
'or John Q. .Idnma. jovri'ii our, JOHN WATTS, Jo-. BA1M IIOI OMKW, ISAAC COM XV a ma z i . u morgan.
iNDiANAroiis, Sept. 26. The following was written by a gentleman attached to the company that lately xp'oicd the country north, for the purpose oi locating the Michigan road, as it is termed. -Ia. Jour Mr. Editor Subjoined I send you a short description of the country between lake Michigan and the Wabash tiver, which you may publish if you think proper. That part of lake Michigan which is situa fd in the state of Indiana, is bounded on i: margin with a hill of white sand, parallel with the lake shore. Its height is from ' went v five I r iinp h Iirr1llrl nnl K ff .. font RtiLitwl tliiu
hill is ?: deep ho'Iow, in some places nearly on . 1 iiUi'UsAli
a level with the surface of the water of the I cairyir.g me Aia:;3 ol iU Limed htatcs
lake In the rear of this hill is found anot her, of nearly equal dimensions with the fit st ; and sometimes a third, a fourth, and even a
Illinois J aksox KiEcr611.iL Ticket. C I. Jv)--'.v r.AV-,!)!!,:);!! i;;,iin(:i:i.tv, Gen. A I, EX. M IIirsTO., '..f Cimu iV.nl, LJCliAUD M. YOUNG, Kvq.oi lUuau. Illinois .Id a ? s T. lic to a a l lie v n r. Hon. bi.ij.vli l-ti-.s -r .tilt.,lMi com.iv.
Hev. SAM I'LL II. TnoMi-C )X, or Lluir, GbO!U;bVKbB. Ksq. of White.
ror cairving tne Man, ol il.t Lnitcd States l pu sent Atm the Iwiiouit.g :outs will be 1 ceivco at t!ic who Vthe G..i;cia; Pus. OHict, us.tii the 25th day iclnding W)I N'ovcmb-ji nexMnc umc, service',
fifth i but they are not generally so large as 'he one adjoining the lake shore. These hills arc mostly parallel with each o!her,and appear like an arch of a circle, whose radius is twenty or thirty miles. Sometimes howcv cr they make an angle with each other, and often appear like the fru'strurn of a cone or sttg ar loaf . Opposite these hills ftomthc lake the land is low and mostly covered with pr.nds and wet prairies, that run parallel with the lake shore This tract of wet hind i front a hrlf to a mile wide In many places she hills are blown awiy like snow, and d iven into the woods, and hvnc buried the standing
133
Fiom Poi
LY IXD.UjWI
W.iViie, to Carv Missions -
ry Esiubiishment. once i:i -wo weeks Leave tort Wayne t v?.m- otlir t n.dai- .n
1
o a m aiKi rriv iishment JJ.
it C
a:
Mi:
iionaiv Ebtab
Leae same cveiv
and arrive at fort
Jn.the months of May, August, November
ana reoruary, one mown alter tne expiration of each quarter, 5. No other thsn a free white person shall be employed to carry the mail. 6 Where the proposer intends to convey the. mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals ; and the stape must be of sufficient size, unless otherwise expressed, to accommodate seven passengers 7 Every proposer may offer in his bid to make any improvement in the transportation of the mail, from the terms invited, either as to the nude ol transporting it, the speed required, or 1! e fiiqiur.cv of the trips per week
which h.dl recti c due consul 1 anon The number ol the ps-t route sha'l he stated in cvuy bid, ard the proposal rruM bo staled and ciiiectid to tin gqieal pot cfiice, andcndoisccl "Picpo ..Is' Si 1 ict alter -ion must be given to the tndi stnu r.t, as i; is not intci.dt d to bicaU.thc seal ol any pioposal until the liii;c lor lectivirg bids shall avo expitcd. 8 The postmaster general reserves to himself the right ofdecliring ..ny contra-1 at n t d. v. hei. ever one lailui e happens, which am tints tc tic ss ol a nip 9. I lie disti-.nccs stated are such ;s have bci n cotvniun:CMC(l to ibis tTiee. and sone ot ihem may he ineoi icct : on 'Ms subjt ct the ct ntiattor n.ust l'nturm himself the department w ill not be an verr.bic f(r any mistake. 10 In eveiy case w i.erc the n.ail is transpMlcri in stisgc anl the present cci.'iartor shall t)e m dt 1 hid, at d ll e undeihiddet sbail iot have such s age ptopei ty as may bt ne rcs-..y lor i he pf-rloi mance 1 the contract, 1r shall be required to purchase fiom the
pi (st nt contiactm, at a reaooablc vaiua'icn,
ole or any patt of the stage ptopetly,
hursts that may be suitable It. r the and make pay merit tlurcfm , by 'ca-
s'vnablc instalments. a; his pa becomes due (, 01 as roav be otherwise ariatged. This will be made a condition in thcacceptancc ol any bid, m de hchid of the pifsent cr.ntiactoi ; and h- uld tin. undcibiddcr fail to comply, his 1 id vvili bcofieied to the pe-
V ay; 11 eon A . nd a b y 6 p' t n . 154 From Grteii asile. by Hiakesburgh, to Crawfoilsvillc, 'once a week, 30 10, its Leave tj.-een Casiie every M.rday at 6 a iri and arrive at Craw iidilie by 3 pm Leave same every Monday ai 4 p m and
1 arnve a Ureen Last l.- i,u . n.-d..i' hv nnmr
15.'5
riom rrtdonia to Princeton, once a
1
wet K .seventy Mve miies Leave Fredufna every Wednesday at 6 a
m and an-ivcat Princeton on 'lh-iisdav bv 6
1 j -j
li:nbcr go thatcnty the tops c.f the tallest trees appear above the sand Near the soutnermost point of the lake, the wind hits blown '.he hills entirely away, and the sand curried into the woods it a peiiorj so long ago to. "it the old timber has became 1 ot ten i-rnd a young
grovvin sprung up irom mctopot ue newly formed sand niiis The timber on theso hills i
is dwarfish oak, vcllow nine, ccd ir. i'luioei . r fli,i')u' gh. ont :e a week, forty-four miles.
Sec MVhitc pine grows on" the wet "lands in beautif;:! groves
After leaving ihe lar.d above disctfbrd, and !
steering southwardly, the uaveller hascva
bout six miies of wet beach land: then five
miles first r-ite timbered land; then a rich ptairie and barren land for eight rriiSes ; then three or four miles of second rate ban ens and wet prairie ; and Kien about nine milts to the Kank-vkce river
J'he Kankakee' river is below the mo'Uh
and his friends have a right to ask this trif- I of Yellow river about twenty rods. The
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ling 00011 iur mm.
Pern aps Pernaps there never was a duller time tor news than the present moment. Perhaps there is no situation more uncomfortable than an editor's, when he has nothing particular to prattle about Perhaps the morning's papers or the morning's mail will bring us something of great moment to offer our readers. Perhaps not ! Perhaps the edhor of this paper is amusing himself with catching horn pout. Perhaps the pouts have laid hold upon him. Perhaps we shall have a new book to morrow from those enterprising gentlemen, the Messrs. Harper. Per haps the weather will be warm, perhaps cold, perhaps middling,, perhaps wet, piobably drv It may be a dull day, a bright day, or a
cloudy day, probably Saturday. Perhaps somebody will breaU his neck. lie. never has been guilty of such a thing But he
tnay. We must not always draw conclusions for the future from the events that have gone bv. Perhaps our delinquent subscribers will
Tjav their bills. Perhaps we shall obtain
twenty new ones. Perhaps every thing sublunary depends upon contingencies. Perhaps somebody will read this article. Perhaps somebody will like it. Who knows 2 Lit. Gaz. MOUNT ARARAT. Nothing can be more beautiful that the shape of Ararat ; nothing more awful than its height. Alt the surrounding mountains sink into insignificance when compared to it It is perfect in aU it3 parts No rugged features ; no unnatural prominence Everything is harmony ; and all combines to ren der it one of the most interesting objects in nature. Spreading originally from an im Tncnse base, the slope tow ards its summit is easy and gradual, until it reaches the regions of snow where it becomes more abrupt As O foil to this stupendous object, a small hill
trncs from the same base, similar in shape,
English lake is a part of the Kankakee and
spreads itself about a quarter of a mile wide,
which gives it the name of lake. The Kank akee river Mows through' a level country, with Igw banks, and, except in the drytst time of the year, it inundates the land four or five miles from its bed, on one side or the other, and sometimes on both. Fish are found two or three miles from the channel of the liver, and their motion through the grass and ariuat ic weeds can be seen several rods The country about this country is considci ed so unhealthy that the Indians, ar, the summer advances, retire from the ii iluence of its pu
trid waters and decaying animal and vegetable matter. From the Kankakee to the Tippecanoe, a distance of about twenty-six miles, the land is extremely fiat; one thild part of it wet prairie and almobt impassable All the other lands arc either barren or covered with dwarfish oaks The soil is white sand. From the Tippecanoe to within five or si:; miles of the Wabash, the land and timber re-
j semble that last described, but are a little bet
ter. Three or four miles north west of the 1 ippecanoc is a lake, called the Devil's lake It is supposed by the Indians, that two Devils, a male and a female, once inhabited this lake, and that they preyed on all kinds of game, and frequently slew the Indians, and almost deso
lated the country They also believe that
Leave same every Fit lay atfnm and ai
uveal rrcdoniaon Sat ut day by 6 pm. 135 Fiom Rushville.hv Snr.lhvvil!i. to F.
, .j . . , , Oiu e a Week, frirt V. frmr rri)
Leave Rushville every Saturday at 5 a m
and arrive ai Kdinbutgh by 7 p m. Leave same every Sunday at 6 a m and ar vivc at Rushvilie by 8 p m.
From Nobiesviile to Cm vvfni fUvilh-
once a week, fifi v-two miles Leave M blesvilh- every Sunday at 5a m h anive at 2 -aw for :h iUc on Monday I I a m. Leave same eveiy Monday at I p m ami arrive at Noblesvillc on Tuesday by 7 t m 133 From Vincenr.es by Pi terbu gh, to Ijoonville once a week, sixty two miles. Leave V'incumcs every Wednesday at 5 a m and an he at Boonvi.Me on Thursday by I I a m.
Leave same every Thursday at 1 pm and
arnve at Vincenrus on Fiiday by 7 p m. IN ILLINOIS.
139 Front M'Ltansboi o, by Carrrii,to New-
Harmony, la once a week forty thice miles.
Leave .M'Leansboi o every Tuesday at 5 a
m and arrive at New Harmony bv 7 n m
Leave same every Wednesday at 5 a m and
arrive at.M Lcanshoro bv 7 n m
140 From Paris to Vandaiia once a week,
one hundred and fixe miles.
Leave Pans every Thursday at 10 a m and
arrive at Vandaiia on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave same eveiy Sunday at 6am and ar rive at Paris on Tuesday by 3 pm. NOTES.
T. The postmaster general may expedite
the mails and alter the times for arrival anc;
departure, at any time during the continuance
ol the contract, he pay ing an adequate com
pensation for any extra expense that may be
occasioned thereby
2. Seven minutes shall be allowed for ope
ning and closing the mail at all cfTices w here
no particular time is specified 3. For every fifteen minutes delav, in arri
ving after the rime prescribed in any contract
the contractor shall forleit five dollars; and
two good boy Devils came from lake Michi-! if the delay continue until the departure of a
gan and killed the old male devil ; but that ny pending mail, whereby a trip is lost, a
the temaie Devil escaped pregnant to the forfeiture of double the amount allowed lor
carrying the mail one trip, shall be incurred
unless it shall be made to appear that the de lay was occasioned by unavoidable accident
in wihch case the amount of pay foi a trij
will be torfeited. These torfeitures, it wil
be observed, are unconditional; except for
the h .ureof a trip, by unavoidable accident
me pcnaiiy may oe retiucecl to the pay
for one trip. That oh no condition is thb
sufn, or the other penalties stated, to be re milted.
sent conti actor ; bu shentd he decline n-.a-k'ng ti e contract at that ate, the proposal of
tue unUtr bidder will us accepted unconditionally
L is distinc ly understock that the mail will
Co-iinuc 10 De earned m stages on e-ery
outewheu.il is now so convey td. II. No bid shall he withdiawn after the
time lor leceivmg' bids shall have expnea, and should any person ttlus to take the con-
1 act at his bid, he shall be he d t espcnsible to he department, for the difiT rence between us bid and that at which the contract shi II be
mane 1 he a'signmin' 01 any contract
1 w ithout the consent ol the postmaster gener
al, shall forfeit it and in all cases vvheie ap
plication is made to the dc paitntc nt to sanction a transfer, the tc. ms must be iidly s'ated
Should a contractor or his agent engage in
1 he -i aiiMi issionof commercial infoi mat ion by exptess cn his route, more iap:dly than the
mail, he shall lorlfcit his contract.
12 If a iu'e bhoufd he discontinued by
congicss, or become useless, in whole or in
part, in the opinion ol the postmaster gtner-
ai, lie may 110.1t or dispense witr. the service of the conti 3Ctor on making him an allowance
of one month's extra pay.
13 I lie contracts wiil all begin January 1st, 1829, and the contracts fur loutcs in the
states ol Indiana. Illinois. Missout i Arkarsas
Tennesssce, Alabama. Mississippi and Louis-
lana, will continue lot one year cnlv. (.on-
ti acts for routes in Virginia, North ard S utli
Carolina, Georgia, ai d Floiida emtoiy, will continue two y-ars, and the contracts fr the other routes will continue three years.
14 I' stmasters who receive an advertisement should give every person who applies, an opportunity to read it. JOHN M'LE AN, Postmaster General. Post Office Department, July -23, 1828 FORM OF PROPOSAL. John M'Lkan, 1828. Posfma8ter General. Sir I will convey m. Mail on Post Route) No viz : horn to , lor the yearly compensation ol dollais. The bidder will state such improvements as present themselv ts to him. II in a stage, it will be pioper for him to say so. Ho should distinctly state the number of the route, and not only the nun bet, but the beginning and end of it He should also clearly state his residence, as to the state ai d tow o in which he lives ; if he be not a contractor ho must accompany his bids by suitable recommendations. Septtmbt r 6. 34-9
lake, where she and her young continue to re
side. On the Tippecanoe, five or six miles from this lake arc found bones of a large size, that the Indians say are bones ofthe old devil. The place is known by the name of the Devil's Cones. Whenever the Indians fish in this lake, or sail in their Canoes on its waters, or leave their canoe 6n its banks, they offer up an offering of tobacco to her widowed Devilship, to appease her wrath or keep her in a good humour.
Sale of Heal ol Property ON H e ffieemh ol October next there will be a sale in the town ol Kfansville, of the real estate of gen Elisha H vrribon, deceased, cons'uting of seveial valuable ti acts of LAXD, and a number of I.OTSfo. s:dd town. The large and comn ieosc
house, immediately on the Ohio river, the late residence of the deceased, has often attracted the attention of travellers, and is ceitainv a
desirable situation for a famdy residence.
J J. WA I J ELL,
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