Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 42, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 November 1829 — Page 1

BY ELIUU STOUT.

VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, NOVKMBBIl 28, 182'J. Vol. XX. No. 42

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Extract from an address delivered the Temperance Society of Saratoga ?

New oi k, by L.skk Lowkv, lp

Habit is defined by Palctj, in reference to

the very subject .under consideration, to be fa repetition of single instances." We see

it rivettcd with quite as much effect, and with the same certainty, on what may be called

the sober di inker, one who drinks often, but

stops short of intoxication, as on the visible drunkard. The former is he who surprizes

us by exhibiting the last stages of the habit,

before we had supposed him fairly initiated. Paley thinks the appetite for strong diink is almost always acquired If this be so, it certainly very soon reaches all the force of a natural appetite; and when improved into a habit, he admits that the appetite becomes as imperious as hunger. His remark is, that "Persons addicted to excessive drinking, suffer, in the intervals of sobriety, and near the return of their accustomed indulgence, a faintness and oppressien, circa firtcordia, which it exceeds the ordinary patience of human nature to endure. This is usually relieved for a short time, by a repetition of the same excess; and to this relief, as to the removal of every long continued pain, they who have or.ee experienced it, arc urged almost beyond the power of resistance." In a word, it is obvious that the enemy is to be nut down only bv a determined resistance at

the threshold. In how many thousand instan- "a, fellow and always treats me like a gen ces may the march of habit be cut on, if that cman. Poor fellow, I am afraid the nine (etn hundred' is ncai Iv out.

foiced, which lorbius tne tcnuer ot poison as

down upon the Mississippi as you would upon the editors of the National Journal. By the by, do you ever see that famous paper ? Is it not a furious concern. I was requested the other day by an undertaker to give my aid to its columns. Mrs. Hoyall,', said he, taking off his spectacles, u we are almost out

of ammunition, and can scarcely get on lon

ger without your aid ; do, for the sake of free trade and Sunday mails, take under your charge this Journal. Several of our thirty-

six have taken lessons from your work, but they are generally dull. We want you to pepper the Editor of the National Gazette, and smooth down for the next race, the editors of the American and Commercial Advertiser, of New-York." I look up at the rascal with astonishment. " What," said I, " do you imagine, Sir, that I am going to dis grace myself by having any connexion with

the National ? No." How are my old friends the Anti-Masons getting on I The next time I visit New-York, I mean to go to Genesee, call at Deacon

N um s and present my compliments to a lady there. If you see Fred Whittlesey, tell him that I am half Anti-Mason. How would a book describing the western counties of your state sell ? Pretty well I should think. Several of the disappointed office holders are very anxious that I should espouse their cause. 1 stand perfectly neutral. Some ot them that appear to be able-bodied men, I have advised to go and plough for an independence. Don't you think it was the best advice that could have been given ? Washington is a dreadful place so much scandal

is afloat, that I am pet icctly disgusted with it. I have some thoughts of taking up the subject of the " American system," to put it bc'oic t he world in a proper light. My ward robe is not the ru.rjst spendid at present, and I dent know why my rival, Hvzckiah Niles, ot Baltimore, should run away with all the extra superfine suits which the Berkshire weavers give away gratis. Are the tariff men in our city generous? You know my keen pen, and then if I espouse a cause it is victory or f.icaih. Napoleon was a blockhead. Nicholas is a fool and Mahomed the Sultan is a clever fellow. I like Mustachio men. I want you to be paiticular and ask the tariiVmen about Ginghams, and Muslins, and grjtjd Linsy Woolscys. The only thing that would hinder me from espousing the system side of the question, is the friendship of ruv vrood friend nineteen hundred dollars E.sonirc.M of Richmond. 1 !e is such a picas-

probable the new invaders have been canvlclincd plain, sloping to the South and West,

the highest side ot vthich is in the vicinity ot Port Wayne, which gives current to the streams that occupy the summit between the Ohio river and the lakes, on which the water of both are dull and sluggish -Desccndirf. the Wabash slicams we find the country gradually declining until within a short distance of the mouth of Eel river, from which point within the distance of 20 miles, the Wabash falls about 80 feet over a sheet of lime stone. This part of the state is watered by innumerable springs oi lime stone water

pletely annihilated

El Censor of the same date says: We know that his Excellency the Vice President has received ordcis at his head quarters, in Huamaulla, to descend with his army to Jalapa; but from the above news, nevertheless, he has probably received orders to proceed to Tehuacan, Irom whence he may succor Oajaca and that State in case of need. As he has energy and activity, we have nothing to fear, not only from 8 or 10,000 Spaniards, nor even from 40 or 50,000. Opinion cannot be more strongly pronounced against so detestable a cause, since with very insignificant exceptions all the inhabitants of the Republic detest the Spanish Government.

one ol the rites ol hospitality, bamshe?, it from the side board, and withholds it from the hired laborer? I he pain which this inveterate habit gives lo social feeling is familiar to you rdl; and may be passed bv a very slight sutnmary. You have all witnessed the cure tif habitual into iicatinn You have seen its squalid victim tottering along your streets to the home of his residence, the messenger of shame and terror to his family. You have seen the

onre nrosncrou in life "shrink," under its

I have ten thousand things to say to you,

but paper is dear and the rascals here don't

give credit any longer. 1 suppose this arises

from the sad take ins perpetrated by the rc

formed clerks, during the reign of my friend

John Quincy. It was then customary to take

the benefit of the act once in six weeks.

llicy have now to work hard. I see my old

friend llussell Comstoclwwho, be it said with

fear and trembling, sells gooil cider, but charges an equally good price, is up for the legislature as a stump condidatc. 1 like some

of Ids principles tolerably well particularly

influence, "into the sordid hut of cheerless i tllat one about the equality of my own sex.

poverty." You have seen the fatal habit ' Vh 1 I,.Kusscl1 natl been here during my ... i" i I fiilt il'tll fUrt ntiftilc Knur hit itirMt l.l I

passing like a pestilence from one member of a family, and from one neighbor to anoththcr; multiplying your paupers; crowding your iaols and penitentiaries with bankrupts and malefactors; working the corruption of public morals, the plunder and destruction of

private property antl wKiangenng personal

ANNE ROY ALL.

fight with the Vandals, how he would have

grieved to see the treatment given to the sex !

His cider would have turned sour at the very

thought cf it. 1 beg you to advise my friend

of the American to publish Russell's politi

cal notices and by all means put m the ci

der. If elected, next year he will clap in

of taxation, and the large deduction from the j " 1 know hc has forsworn politics, but beg ai-.M-ciratc of useful labor, and the history is j him to Slvc his enlightened and liberal sup-

yd incomplete; for you may set down with j Port to Russell. Adieu. co i.il certainty the final dise-nse and death of ANNE

the ictim. Physicians well understand the j 7 ' diseases lo which the drunkard is peculiarly I MEXICO, ex ioscd. Including those which appear dur- ; A Vera Cruz date of 17th September, re in the drunken paroxysm, and those which presents the Mexican loss in attempting to are 'induced by the continued iiabit of mink- j drive the Spaniards from their entrenching, Dr. Trotter, a master of the subject, ! ments at the bar of Tampico, to have been reckons about twenty diseases in the whole, upwards cf 200, besides various chiefs and of a very formidable character. Among officers. The Spanish loss is stated at ncarthese are apoplexy, epilepsy, hysteria and j ly 500. The whole number of Mexican convulsions; rheumatism, pleurisy, ophthal-1 troops collected successively, at Tampicrv.Yiinb, carbuncles, diseased liver, gout, jaun-jtrgo and Tampico dc Tamaulipas, amounted dice, dyspepsia, drospsy, emaciation cf the I to 10,000. "The number of troops on the tlTH , fainting, palpitation, diabetes, locked , 1 march, and who were ordered to return, was ) a , palsy, uicers, madness, ideotism, melan-! very considerable, and sufficient to show ch dy ami premature old age. Dr. (Zregory j what the Republic is able 10 accomplish."

id I S. lUai tllajll uuiimis aiv iiv..miaii wif.r uym.iioi a.i 11 a m t. -1 1 umvi a w v. 1 11

disposed to gangrene or mortification.

Print the Courier If Enquirer. WASHINGTON, Oct. 0. Dcir Gentlemen : The storm Jus ol.nvn over, and I am c' neither vanquished nor wounded. Ne'vVr, perhaps, has the a oild seen such a c:nVfuch fearful odds leagued against one pofff woman. I h? e stood forth the very queen Elizabeth of tne 4C the Scmiranidi of the nineteenth centu--v. They have brought lilackstone, and -henstorvc, and all the stones of ancient and nordein times, to overwhelm poor Anne

-will. Thev did not know the stutt 1 was

that the report of a landing on the Western coast of Mexico, from Manilla, was well founded. The Vera Cruz Noticioso of Sept. 1, says: ,4Vc ere authorizbd to announce ofucially, that the enemy haa made his appearance on the shore of the Pacific, and has disembarked at Port Angel, in tin- State of Oa jaca advancing as far as Pochutla, about 20 leagues from Oajaca city. The number of his troops is not ascertained, but judging from the vessels which brought them, cannot be very large. Our own opinion is, that this small force was only intended to create a diversion from the principal point of attack But bo

a Virginian ; I drew my first j this as it may, the Government has taken the ,,,AY wjhin sight of the Mue Ridge. I most efficient measutes for the preservation ,c l -i'Kd tbc xll-yhanics. and looked of this precious continent, and ere now it is

CANAL NEGOTIATION. The following is an extract of a letter from a distinguished citizen of Madison, to his friend in Grcenca&tle, in this state:

Our Commissioner, Mr. Sullivan, returned

a few days since, and has completed the ne

gotiation. Upon examination, I think the contract a very fair one, and in the general, made on very cquitible terms; but it is somewhat objectionable on the ground of the length of time Ohio takes to complete the work. She binds herself to commence within five years from the first of January next, and to complete the canal within fifteen years from that time. This is the shortest period to which she would consent. Seventeen years was the time insisted on, but she eventually consented to fifteen. By a clause in the compact there is a probability, however, that she will agree in a future negotiation, to complete the work in 10 years, if there is good reason to believe that Indiana would com

plete her part in that time.

Prom the (Raleigh, X. C.) Star. FLORIDA. The Legislative Council ot this Territory convened at Tallahassa on tho 12th Octobei. Governor Duval, in his message to tho Council, informs them that it is probable the population of the Territory at the census of 1 830, will authoi ize its admission into the Union as a State ; and recommends that pro vision by law be made to take the vote of thp people, at the next electionfor members of the Legislature Council, nMhe expediency of applying for admission into the Union. Judging of the future by the past, observe the Governor,) we need not apprehend that our interests will cease to claim the attention of the national Legislature, and the watchful guardiamhip of our present Chief Magistrate. He who suffered every privation, and braved every danger incident to savage warfare, in refilling the veil which shadowed this beautiful land Irom the admiri'ug gaze of his countrymen as guardian the nation, will not cease to cherish a ll.cly interest for our happiness and prosperity." He is of opinion t;lat the conditiorTxT tha Indians in I lorica, surrounded as they afby the white population, becomes every day mote abject end miserable ; that they are only offered the means of debauchery and the example of idlenessgiving to the red man all the vices, without one virtue of civiliza

tion; and expresses the hope that congrcs by an enlighteded and illiberal policy, will save the remnant of these brave and powerful tribes within the territory from inevitable annihilation. He calls the attention of the Council to the frequent violation of the laws of the Territory by duelling, and remarks that "Custom has hitherto pemitted the combatants lo shed blood with impunity, but as an independent people, glorying in our political regeneration, and professing, to be free and unshackled by the customs and opinions of European monarchies, is it no! a solemn duty, which we owe to ourselves and our country, to declare by our example, that we are no longer slaves to this savage custom, which had its origin in the rude ages of the 15th century, in the quarrel of the perjured Francis and the hypocrite Charles, Emperor of Germany? Though these monarchs prudently proceeded no further than sending, and accepting a challange, yet the high example effected an astonishing change in tho manners of the age. The slightest injury could only be atoned for by the loss of life. These scourges of mankind have not only entailed upon their own countties, for three centuries, the curse of duelling, but havo pouicd out sorrow and blood upon the newest and fairest portion of the world. If Bb penal sanction of Iaw3, human and divine, cart not intimkuie oui fellow. citizens from the perpetration of this offence, let us repres9 those mistukt r. feelings ol honor, which impel to the Shnguinary combat, by i utiing them off from all cilice s of honor and profit in the Territory. We have the example of Virginia and other states of the Union, which clearly demonstrate, that no means arc so effectual to suppress duelling, as the total exclusion of pimcipals and second? from the honors and offices of the country. The hr noc and character of these states have not beCjj questioned since the suppression of dutiiingr and the cool determination and intitihic firm-tV ncss, manifested by our fellow-citizens of the3 north, in the late contest with Great Britain

demonstrate (if proofs wcie requncd,) that

COLOMBIA. We learn by a letter from Carthagcna, dated Oct. 7th, that a revolution headed by Gen. Cotdova, brok out in the

province of Antiocha Antioquia on the 25tb Sept. Gen. Montilla, Governor of Carthagena immediately placed 500 men on board the steam boat Liberator, (owned by Mr. Burrows of this city,) and they were taken with such facility up the river contrary to any previous movement of the kind, that the most happy e fleet was produced, and the disaffected dispersed. Letters from Bogota, of the last of September, state that the new Congress was to assemble in January, to form a Constitution. A part of the army hail already been gained over to make Bolivar Emperor, but the opposition was very strong and a compromise was expected between the parties, so as to make him President for ten years, with dictatorial powers, and liberty to be re-elected another ten years. A strong party was also favorable to his being elected President for life Tew except the military, were in favor of his being made Empcrrr. A. V Mercantile. NORTH-EAST OOHNKU OF INDIANA. Concerning this portion of the State recently purchased from the Potawattimics, an erroneous opinion has gone abroad, owin, we presume, to the very unfavorable report made by those who have explored the northwest part of this State, which consists of the poor, wet prairies on the line dividing Indiana and Illinois, the Kankakee ponds, and the swamps between that iver and the outh end of lake Michigan. Very different is the north and east corners ot this state, w hich consists of a large portion of well timbeicd land. Pigeon creek, a tributary of the St. Joseph of lake Michigan, and Pish creek, a bianch of the St. Joseph of the Maumee, (commonly and properly called big and little St. Joseph,) approach very near each other, and by these streams it is believed sufficient water is discharged to feed a navigable canal to connect the waters of l ike Encand Michigan. This connexion is within ten miles of the line between this State and the Michigan Territory. Near this line and on both sides

of it. lies one cf the most desirable nortions rovragc is not confined lo the htcast of the

of Prairie country in the United States, con- j 'u ilist. As Legislators, as fathers, let me

sisting of "Prairie Round," Pigeon Prairie, Me n-go-qui nong Prairie, Elkhart Prairie, Portage Prairie, and many others too numerout6tajfc here mentioned. Many of these Praifieiw have fine farms on them, and the rountry Is rapidly filling up. On the 20th of September, 1828, a treaty w as signed for part of this country, which treaty was ratified last winter. We are told that near 40 families have already settled on Elkhart Prairie, on some hundieds of acres, of which corn has been raised last summer. Through these Prairies are found numerous lakes of pure, sweet water, filled with fish of various sizes. The public surveys arc now progressing in

this part of the State, and we confidently hope that thesv lands will be sold early next spring The above is a brief description of the tract of country on the north border of the Stale. Travelling thence south, the country is still good, on Eel river and the

head of Tippecanoe, a portion of the latter

entreat you to debtroy this vampyrc, which is battening on the bh orf of our fellow citizen' A'ew Orleans October 2, Capitulation of Barhadas A passenger aimed in the schooner Gala, in this

port from the coast of Tampico, whence she

General Barradas capitulatid to Santa Anna. , on the 1 2th, under the condition that he shoud : keep his colors and arms, and be sent to Ha; vana. There had been five engagements before the capitulation The sick Spaniards to the number of 1,500, are to be taken care of at the expense oi government, and sent back, also at their expense, after the recovery of their health. The capitulation protects all vessels (foreign and Spanish) which carried provisions to Tampico bef it it was' formed. Out of the number of schooners, that have sailed hence, the Eclipse and Monk arrived; but twoothcrs which arc thought to

river, however, is not so good. The country j be the New-Mary and Dotothea, wcte lost

on the head branches of the Wabash, which j on the coast. interlock with the lake streams, forma an in-j There can be little doubt of the Utah