Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 November 1828 — Page 2
tlcclion Is conducted. If the highest officer
in our government mtnot great expciienc acknowledged talent and of tlu strictest in tegiity. whose measures, after being subjec ted to the strictest scrutiny, and found to be Wise, prudent, and promotive ol the honoi Sc best interests of our country, are to be viufi cd 'heir characters traduced their motives questioned, and their acis misrepresented the time cannot be distant, when the wise, the prudent, and the triends of peace and order.
Will retire from the contest ; and our unices XviM be filled with the ambitious, the unpi in cipled, and the designing Our form ot go ernmen,is yet but an experiment. For the purposes of defence against foreign aggrcs sion,it has been tried, and found competent But whether it is also competent to with Stmd t He corrupting and insiduous inroads ol prosperity, remains to be determined. I her is virtue and intelligence in our country suf ft dent, if put in activry, to correct these: alarmtMg evils. And it is believed, that when ever the people ate convinced that their lib
er ics are in danger, they will awake from
their apathy, and in licate the cause wf mo rality, of good order, and the honor of their country
The immense powers of the microscope.
as lately exhibited in 'ew York, and other ci tins, are thus amusingly noticed in the New York Courie : Rands Solar !Ticroscofie We shall ne ver eat ano her fig The Microscope hashown us that the fig is nothing hut a combi nation ol snaopmg turtle, belligerent, pug Dacious, and fraught with old dam. R-ad cr, perchance you are in ttte ac of pouring vinegar on your oy-ers D- vu know wha1
vou are doing ? You arc about ti swallow
snakes five feet Ion., armed and equiped a the law of nature directs, with ail sorts if ol fensive weapons Per adventure you are lon
of peaches ; native ere you apply to your lips
the dec t'u' fruit, with its covering of do -you are oont o mistidte some thousan : of m my leged mons'.ets, one of whieh ough
to furnish a breikfast for a file of Kentuckv
milita men. Flets a"e not lobsters ! d n their souls'
exclaimed sir lose oh Hanks, (autho hate
P Pioder) in mingled vraih md mortih ati on Sir Joseph n:ver saw Rmd's Solar Mi
croscopc, or he would not have been so ang' v
on the occasion. A lobster is a mere pigmy
compared to the colossal fLa. All that tlu
latter wants is a nose, and he woti-tl present a
head equal to that of a lot y man We exa tnined one yesterday fihrendogically, Sc fo n ; to our satisfaction, the oigans of co'obativ eness, an I deururti enes, most fully develop cd. W have been bitten my many a phis queto t hi fall, but had no idea of out sufiVr int; at each individual bi'e, we have hud small sword .' hree fee in length, run intoou body corporate Ever now (here is or.: ol these pesti'ent wat riors makmgj a passa ho f our nose. Yserday morning vve shou d only h ue thought it necessary to bow hirn a wav ; bir mi- eves have since been opened, ii We shall set about a serious define' ! Woo ver experted to see t'e blood flow ing through the veins of a fiy ? Yesterday t saw a flv. apparently juvenile, the crimson tide' coursing though his frame, ami his h"rt be itmg like ' mountain in commo'ioi. He wasevid'tv'y suffering from love, cr dis apooitved a nbi i n ; and to judge from the pi -si mate exp si n of his fcc, he ws a fl of high wrought 1. e'ings, di -satisfied with the o- der of thin ;s. and, like H unlet, deter
mined upon queioninu: with destiny
Desha called himself, and Thomas or John L.rly, of Ohio, staittd together lot San Fc ipe de Austin, to goto San Antonio; Earh saving a considerable amount ot niuticy Desha, tittle or none Desha arrived without is companion, at San Antonio, and there spent money freely Upon this, Mr. Thos M. Duke, tormerly of Mason county, now ol I exas, suspecting Parker to be Dtsha, Irom he family likeness, and tube in his !no?.t,
caused him to be arrested, and sent out te-
lave search made fcr the body ot Ear:y I he man Parker, had acktiowlv dged himsr I
to bcDesha So far the statement, bein in
lette" from Mi Dt.kc, is authentic Other
accounts, which vvant confii motion, state that
the boly of Early had been found, hU con
sumed by fi e; that Desha had coniesseu
the murder, and the murder of Baker, and
- vys that these are mit or oflu.cts compare-:.
with come committed by hint Frankfort Commentator
NEVMG OOI) S
JAMES & S A m l. SMITH,
gjg AVE jusr received from Nlw Youk Sc j
EJL 1 uiLADfii.PiiiA, an extern ive ami ue t selecit d ismm- mi of
COLUMBIAN STEAM MILL?; (I'LXCEXAES ) mJ 'IpIIE subscriber wishes to purchase xsheaf JJ and Corn in quantity and will take in ll'hukcy fleesxvax. Tow lincny Flax-linen Feathers and all articles of country produce delivered at his D)n Good & Grocery Store, At the Steam MillApplication to be made to .ileccis LrRoy, who is authorized to conduct the business. WILLIAM II. KEELSON Vinccnnes, June 23, 1823. 21- Jj
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Jxafura rst maxima in minimis. (Nature is c:reites in her smallest works,") aid Pit ny ; and we are prpared to aree with l.im, v en this mirrosenpe shows u Hees as bii: as elephants and mites, yossessed of the size and activity of race horses, with the simple subs itution of claws for Ics If M Rand goes on in this way, he will soon make inv isi bility visible We yesterday witnessed the dying agonies cf a b"d bng. about the size of a whale, with the satisfactory refictioti t hat there was oik bed bug less in the world lie struled long a. id madly bofon he gave up the ghost his heart hca' most violen'ly, aiul the blond vhirhhehad extracted ihe previous niht from some unconsrious sleeper, boiled fiercely m nis veins. Ho v a man can sleep, with so h a m nster c'ingin.T to his cheek, parses on e mpreheniion. One of his very claw has the s'ze and consistency of a pick-asc Mr R md exhibited, amongst a variety ot
thi lgs, an atom ol hoe cambric linnen, cveiv
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Of FORLIG.V and DOM S Hi
UFACrUliF.
Suitable foi Fall & A inicr use
a lso
LEGHORN HONNLlScc BOLIVARS, L dies an.l Childrens, Leatlier and Morocco SHOES, Gcr.tkinrr- r.OOTS, V fine & co rse SHOE .Hardware b Cutlrrij COtroX Y FRESH ThJr.y bY. od a general assortoifiit ol atucies :t at most every description ust.aiiy kf-p; in .-totes, ahich the .wi'l sell tow hV c sh .: ex tange Inr Flax and 7'ozv I " -ni. Linncui, Jeans Frcthers Bi t 'i- Wax & It h akt-y 36-tf Viucennea, C)ct-hi 7, S28 g73i nv.ious tocioic ail untUb d ac ounts due us, and collect notes ti on. hazels, se will r. ceive in payment, Corn Fed Pouk w t lie market pticc and requvst thoe m etCS'ed to avail themselves ol this way ot aying. if cash i sr;re J ? For carryingine Muds ol the United Sta'es uii tlu- to!iuing roiiu s v, he rticntti ihe. Gtneial Fos. Office, m-.lil the 25th thr. of November nt":, ii-c '.'hi ve, iz :
if the delay continue until the departure of any pending mail, wheitby a trip is lost, a torfuiurc of double the amount allowed lor canyingthe mail one trip, shall be incurred, unless it shall be nade to appear that the deay wjs occasioned by unavoidable accident; m wihch case the amouni ol pay foi a trip will be forfeited These forfeitures, it will b observed, are unconditional ; except lothe tannic ot a nip, by unavoidable accident the peiu' ty njy be reduced to the pay
lor one :uj. I ha! on no conditim is this um, or the other penalties stated, to be reloi'ted 4 Persons making proposals arc request ed to state their prices b th. year 1 hose who cotitsact wili rcct-ive their pay quurteny in the months of May, August, November ar d February, one m uth alci the expiration oi v jk n quarter. 5. No other than a free white person shall be employed to carry t lie moil 6 Where the proposer intei ds to convey the nuiil in the body ol a stoge tarriaje, he : de sired W state it in '.is proposals ; aiid the
sue nuts' t, of sntVicicnt size, unless oilier j ti.iy wibe . xprtssed, 'o accomn:da'.c ioen.pas i
suv.-C's
7. 1 vei prop-scr n ay oHVi in l is bid to
:n.-k any tmnrmement in llu ti ansp-u t-tion ; , - the m , f.u, i!!C lermsinvitcd.eitin r as ,' 3.?St Lailll Certificate. t1 t r.if dc inmsportin it, the speed i I T O KK is hereby e;icn that six weeks q i eri, v- t e f' fitn.-ncy '-f the ttip per week ! J a!.er date, a; p;ica:inn will be made to ie.h -iusU -eei'. e due consul' t a-ion j Hie Hriterol th L..nci Odici at Vincenne s, The n'.iinbev the j) s? route. dia 1 be Ta ! in tlu ,tate ot Ii.i'.iana, fur a C'titificatt of t d i' c'V hid. a: d the prona! mtM be For i;, d Land Srr.ck, lor the amount naid
ot the bfiiith wis; qttjitei ol secti? t No 3, in towns! ip No 8 noith, oi ranp.e No. 10 west, in the Vine -ni.es Dis: t ict. entet td on the 27th
Public Notice to the Land owners in the Lower Prairie. A ORKKABLY to on act t establish a lAiVEb , to petcrve the Road leading Irom Vihcenr.cs thrcuh tlu Lower Prairief appiu cd, Jauuat v j.h, 5 S2C wc, the under:rJcd, Commissioners ui ei said act, shall piocectl to m:kt: a avjficitnt Ervee on all
such land as is t ot cm.pieied by the fifteenth
ol Dc : :: v r M.
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Oiisnmcnt, or.ee jo
to
Car;
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Leave fort Wvr.e e-vc 6 a m and rr;; e ai Liu llshmcnt Leae same evctv
W'aynr on Monday hy G p tn
MisnioTr.i
V other i tie'i.la a:
?:-;i unary listab
l7IKi:ili: ANDREW,
Oct b. . 7 f 2H
1 Commis.
P 1 V, 1 1 1 L H U ( , U I L L I T, nzr.er.
3o-10t
.e- ed till ecu d to a:ul e- d..rseti ,l Prupo
lie net ;d rvt (hue,
St i let at ten' ion
n-ust 1.0 to t he endorsemt r t, as n is
wo inienih 0 breal tho seal of any proposal ; May, lb 19, and liable to forfeituie arieeably
rrntu 1 1 1 e time lor rvce tvii bids shad :.a . xpi' ed 8 The postm.ister general tenctves1
iiimself the 'ijrht ol t!ecl:ni:r- -nv contta t at .n.ei'd u he never o?c laiimiie happens which amounts in H e loss of a tiip. 9 ' he distances stated are :uch :s llae hi n couimmocnted to this Ihce. and sfiUte ot rhito may he inconeel : on mis subject the eontia tor miist inform himself the depattoient uid ru)t be at im vet able lor any niisi:d;e 10 In every case ;.ei e tr.e inail is n anspotted in stnges, and the present contractor '.jil be us dc i bid, and ti.e tn.riei bidder shall "( t have such s aee pi open y as ma) l.e nc
y lor the performance of the contract,
CCS
;u s'-.a!' be rccjutted to purchase liom the "'Csnt c.ti)traei(. , at a reasonable valuation.
he v,o.c 'f at'y p.vit of the stage proper; v.
kl'uhn;; -e i v ic ,
.-alie in-t. Imcnts, as his pv beccnies due,
hor-t s. that mav he suitable lor the itid tr'ake na ment thc reh r. bv rca-
O
b- otherwise arranged.
and an ivc -jt
n;.ik
134 From Green astie. tv
O) Ci awfordsviile, once a wet k.
Leave Green Casllc c-ery Mr.r.dav ai 5 a m and arrive at Cavior!s-.i!le h) 3 p to Leac s me every Monnt.y c p r.? and arrive at Green Ta5.t!e on Tm-sd-y by no. n 35 Ftom Fr doiiia to Princeton, once a vcek seventy five miles Leave Fiedonia every Wedcesdjv at 6 a m and arrive at Princeton on Thursday by 6 m. Leave same every Fiiday at G a rn and ar -ivea1 F edonia oi Sa'inday by 6 p th 135 F om Rnsnviilc, by Siudbyvi-Se, to K dinbutgh, once a week, forty -four miles. Lc?.ve Rns'iville everv S sturday at Ca m and arrive at Fdinbmgh by 7 p m. Leave same every Sunday at G a m and arive a Rushviilc by 8 p m l:7 Froo NoblesviHe to Crawfot drv ille, once a week, fiT y-iwo miles Leave Nob'esville every Sunflay at G a m Sc anive at raw foi dsville on Monday I i a m Leave same every Monday at 1 p m aiid ar rive at Nobicsville on Tuesday by 7 m !3S From Vincennes bv P- te: -sburgh, to Roi.nville once a week, sixty two miles. Leave Vincennes every Wednesday at 5 a m a .d anive at Roonvillc on Thursday by 1 I a m. Leave same evcrv Thursday at I pm and arrive at Vincennes on Friday by 7 p in. IN ILLINOIS 139 From M'Leansboro, by Carmi, to NewIbrmony. Ia once a week forty three miles Leave M'Lcnsboro every Tuesday at 5 a u and arrive at New Harmony by 7pm
jump vvunout scratcntng
sides on the rough and sharp projections of the steel. We also saw what we must call a nit's papa, what the French call a pau and the latins called a pediculus It is a horrible animal, by no means of a sensitive nature, as it manifested a most contemptuous indifference to the execrations of a large assembly, before which it had the honor to appear. Isaac B Desha — This individual, who acquired such general notoriety by the murder of Fancis Baker, and the judicial proceed ings which followed, after being pardoned by his father, the late governor, went, it appears to Texas, where he has been taken up and confined under the charge of murder and robbery committed there. John Parker, as
as nun
Thi- wiP he made a condition in thcaccep of any bid, under ihe bid ol the prcseir f aiiiacto- ; uiifl s uid the undct bidder fail i'i Cfo p, ids lid villi be offered to the pie :; contiacte: ; bu: sl.fnid he decline rna
! king the cmtiactid that tate, the propt sal ol
i the undc t bidder will be accepted uncondi
tionally It dis'.inc ly ursderstoe.d that the mail will c nt nue 'o be carried in stages on o ci) r.-.ui' wht 'cit is now so Ci.nvevi d. 11 No b;d sliall be w iti. drawn after the time lor eeeiviug bids slall have cr.pirtd. a -d should any pet son t fust io f;.ke th.e con r;.ct nt his bid, he shall be l e d icsponsible to the departnu nt, foi the diiTerence between 'iis!)id ndti'.t at which the cot;tract shall be made The assignment of any contract, without the co' sen' of the postmaster-gener ah shall forfeb it at.d in all cases where ap p'ication is made to the (h pattnn nt to sane i.)U a transfer, the terms must be fully stated Should a contractor or his agent engage in the rans mission of commercial ird'irma'ion by csp ss on his route, mot e rapidly than the mail, he shall forfeit his contract. 12 It a route should be discontinued by
ve I to law; now claimed by the heirs ol James I CurrcthcTs decease d, under the act of Con-
to giess oi May 23d, 1828, entitled An act for
tuv; ui puienaseisoi I'UDtic italics, inai have revemd for not; payment of the purchase mo:u y," the otiirinal certificate of the
purchase of v?hi:h has been lost or destroyed Given under my hand, this 8th day ol October. A D, 1823 36-6t JOHN McMK KLE. for himself, and the other hurn. I.o.-t and Certilicatc. NO i ICE is hcieby given, that six weeks after date, aj p i a i- n will be made to the Register of I lie Land OfTiceal Vinctrmes, in the state of Ii.dh i a, lor aCenificaic of Forfeited Eand St'.zk for the amount paid on thenotth as: rputter of section No. 12, in township N; 7 south, of lange No 14 west, in the Vincennes Dis rict, entcied on tlie 26th day o! June, i3c7, and forfeited for non jjayment ai;i ccably to law ; now claimed b n. e under the act of congrrss rf the 23d of May last, emit ed An act for the relief of porchasets ol public hnds, that have reverted for non payment ol the purchase money," thcoi!jinul cenificatc o! the urrhase ot w h.ich, has been lost or destrov cd Given under my hand, thi? 28th of Oi tober. 1828. 40-Gt jfd JOHN B. WEIR, fo. himself and the otiici heirs. Lost Land Certificate. KO i ICE is hereby given, that six weeks uf ci date, application will be made to the Register ol the Land Office at Vu c uncs, in the state of Indiana, for a Ccitificule of Forf tiled land Stock, for ihe amount paid on fiactional section No 29. in township No. 7, south, of range No. 1 1, west, in the Vincennes District, entered on the 31st day of Januaiy. 181 Land forleiud for non payment, agreeably to law ; now claimed by me, under the act ol congress ol 23d May last, entitled u An ac: for the relief of purchase i s of public lands that have reverted lot non payment of the purchase money," the niiginal ceitifkato
ol t lie puichr.se of which his been lost or de-
congress, or b- enme useless, in whole or in j sli oyed - Givi n under my hand, this 17th
pari, in inc opinion or t t.e postmaster general, he n ay limit or disnensc w itl. the service e f the contractor on making' him an allowance ot one month's extra pay
day of October, I 828.
39-3 -jpd VM GREATHOUSE.
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The.
contracts will all begin January t
Lost Land Certificate.
.r ...u.k .o ...; i - . r.. .... t ieavc same everv v eancsr uV at 5 am ano
... -n -.1 . I arrive n M f.p.mshr.rn iv 7 n m ppO' iuili v roiracill
uev'ii in u . r rcisi.iimz o e.ive nrougn. car, t . ...... !)H' VIPW Prm,
lunses and an I ht eye ol a tine cambric 4 . " Mltfc' Iost.(ffick Department, ncrd.e ws next exhibited, through which an on? nxlrcd ana five miles JFIC ..Vo T
arrive at V andalia on Saturday bv 6 pm.
Leave same every Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at Paris cn Tuesday by 3 p m. NOTES.
I. The postmaster general may expedite the mails and alter the times for arrival and departure, at any time during the continuance of the contract, he paying an adtquate com pensatinn for any extra eitpenss that maybe occasiom d thereby. 2 Seven oinutes shall be allowed for one-
1st, '829, and the contracts for routes in the I u ' E is heitby given, that six weeks states ot Indiana. Illinois. Missouri. A: Kansas, j ' iicv date, application will be made to ! enncsssec, Alabama. Mississippi and Lt-uis- ' i,c Register ol the Lai d Oflicc 3t Vincennes, iana, will continue for one year-only. Con- ! v xin' s,ate ot Irdiara, for a Ceitificate of tracts for Toutes in Vi' g'mia, Xorth ard South i Forfeited Land Stock, for the amount paid Carolina, Georgia, and Florida lcp koty, willj?n 'be smith ea3t rjuatter of sccticn No. 11, continue two years, and the contracts for the j in twnshp X 7. south, of range No. 12, other routes will continue three years. west in the Vincennes Dtiict, entered on 14 P stmaster3 who icceivc an advertise j lne 27th day ol June, 1811, and forfeited for
ment should give every person w ho applies, ' nn-pay ment agrceabl) to law ; now clain.cd
, oy me under the act ol congress, ol the 2.d j May. J 828, entitled An act foi the relief of j purchasers of public lands that have rcvert- ( ed for non payment of the put chase money," ! the original certificate cf the purchase of w hich has been lost or des roved Given on i dcr 'V h ind this 17th d.-v 1 Oct In r 828. I 39-6 -ji.d- FI HI-RRY ARMS'! RONQ
ister-Gcncral.
'FORM OF PROPOSAL. Johv M'Lkax, 1328 Postmuster Ge?trral.
No
Sin I will convey the Mail on Pos R-.ute ;
viz : horn
4.1-.? . . - m
to , lor the .-MinimiM raior s iNotice -dollais. k LL i. ergons aie htuhv ififil ttiat T
i havt taken oir leneis f t administration .n the estate ol Jons Himiu ' i it. f:.h-
eoumv ) dtccait d anil hi ebv it out M al
yearly compensation ol
The bidder will state such improvements!
as present themselvc s to him. II in a stage, upoi t ...Ifi I, r i- . i
it urz in imi-r irir mill rrt viu ,n i t .1 c rr , 1 .1 . . .
.' w. iiv.j aun V.WUIMJ y -iiuau alio r.iioy ltout
..-u.u uiMii.uiy smiu uic numoer oi tne peison- wiuj h:te ctaims agains' said estate route, and not only the numbei , but the be-; to prt-cnt them propel) authtniirated lor ginning and end of it He should alsoclearlv settle nuTl' Ullliili nil.. tl.i tai
nmg and closing the mail at all offices-where s'atehis residence, as to the state a. d town in ! and those indt b:eti to s.Vid rs.a ar, pm,.Ht!
which he lives; if he he not a contractor, he td to muke imm-dia'c pavn ent the estate
uiusi aiuuinpany nis oius uy suitanic recom is believed n b- solvent
mendaticms. Septcihber 5. f4-9t
no oanicular limr is pecified
3 I- r eveiy fi'teen minutt s delay, in arriving ..ftcr the time prescribed in any contract, ihe contractor shall foi frit five dollar; and,
Sept. 13, 1829.
APR A 11 AM DLtKFR. Adm,
4'J-3t.