Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 November 1832 — Page 1
3Y BL2HU STOUT.J VINOBNNES, (1,2..) SATUHDiilT, IJGVEMBEB 10, 1832. VOL. SXII2. KO. 0
2?C.0'tCril ?S5ltTl support, until it has become a rich, pop- i T he emigrant lo Texas, can in a few ... . Q0 ,n rn, fo Itilous, and flourishing country, and its j days erect at leasts temporal v dwelling 15 publisned at su ccn. lor 5 j f s h, distinguished, respect ! and be able at once to commence the cul
able, and wealthy man. His grant must j tivation of his farm, and to piccute an at this time contain from eight to ten ; eai I j supply of vegetables, corn, Sec. fut thousand inhabitants. Several flourish- j the support of his family. He selects a ing villages are spiinging up as it were ; por'ion of prairie, which is alreadv clear hv enchantment, among which arc St. led he has only to plough the earth to
numbers: which may oe discharged by
the payment of 82 at the time of subscribing. Payment in advance, being the mutual interest of both parlies, that mode is solicited.
A failure to notify a wish to disccn-
Felippe de Austin, Brassota, ilarriburg. Fayette, Sec. These ate considerable
enable him to plant am) sokv. and to real ize at once w hat could not be procured
tinue at the expiration of the time sub- j villages, 3nd are peopled by a contented, : a timber country, except by days and
scribed for, will be considered a new cn
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Produce will be received at the Cash
each town there are several resnertable
public houses, where the traveller ia po liteiy entertained, and in travelling thro the country, the rights ol hospitality artno where refused to those who are worthy to receive them. Courts of J jstice are established not only in Austin's Colony, but thioughout
Mirket Price, for subscriptions, if deliv-1 the settled parts of lexa; they are gov
cred within the year. Advertisements not exceeding thirteen lines, will bo inserted three times for ne dollar, and twenty-five cents for each after insertion longer ones in the same proportion. j7Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the num ber of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly.
happy, and respectable population. In i oonihs of laboi ious mdusiry in clearii c
Trxas It is difficult to conceive the "great and exciting interest felt in this country, to know nomething more than tve do ab u: Texi, Its position in relation to the U .ited States, and the anxi cty of emigr ants to be correctly inform ed of its soil, climate, and trading ad an t3ges, induce many to ask for infonna tion from all who have visited that sec lion of country. We leam, that a work of great interest is in preparation, relative to Texas from an authentic source, which will afiorJ detail on every subject connected with that province so fertile and rich. Such a woik will be sough lor with avidity and will command gene ral attention. The abo-e paragraph, taken from the N Y. Courier and Enquirer, has indu ced me to select the following fnvu documents in my possession Many no d.jubt feel highly interested on this sub jsct, particularly when it bas betn sng gested that the Territory of Texas may very soon become part of the United States of America Cour. TEXAS. Ii is nov? the last of December, and our country is buried in ice and snow, a deeo gloom is settled on the countenan ces'of thep"oor, as well as the face ol
muirc. uencrai insula- kv"'uui' vu
cmed by a fixed code of laws, and jusice is as Impartially administered there as in any other country Everv town
and preparing his land for cultivation
By law the new colonists are free from taxes foi ten years, this enables them to realize alt the fruits of their labor, and is a piivilege not enjoyed in any other country. The co'onis's of Texas have not mingled in the politics of the country; they jre contented with the advantage tluy possess, the liberty they enj y; and arc ioo wise to embroil themse'ves in the dissensions and stiifc of party, which has
in valuable metals, and other fossils; nia- j cf war breaking out, the Kin' kitchen ny rich specimens of silver ore have and its inhabitants are so train d. that a been found, and thee :3 no doubt that ; campaign need r.ot derange or diminish a this metal exists in large quantities. j dish of the King's table, Prf-derir, himTradition speaks of grid. The master j self, frequents the theatre in the evening. metal iron has been discovered in many j He stay $ but a vety short time never places, and not remote from navigable ! more than two hours without the variewater Lead has ht en found without He- j 'y of a gallop either cn f orseback cr in iru; sought for. Indications of btone coal ! caleche, it bcir c impossible for him tr
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have been observed.
spend more m one place Yet, whilst zt the theatre, ten and cakes
thtir appearance in the lloya: box
even tl' !V
JJncovety in the Pacific. their anncarance in the 1 nn! hnr Ami
Capt. Hiiam Covell, ol tht bark Alii- j supper awaits him at Charlottent urg I ance, has just returned to New Port, K should sav that it ewaits him at the thel. from the Pacific ocean, and statos that a!ic door, for there stand and smoke hi on the be vent h May, 18TI, in latitude 4 SUpper and his kitchen, enclosed in an deg. 30 min. N longitude 1 86 deg 4 - m. ( ample bt rime, ready to accompany hirn E he discovered a gioup of fourteen! back to be served on hisauival.
Islands not laid down on any chart. They were all inhabited, and the natives noke the Snai ish 'aniMn(e. Ha railed!
them the Covrl Goun. i One pound each ot berry and
Frcvi the 7'h?msot:!un cordcr, SYR VI FOK THE CHOLk.HA
izon.
has its jus'ice. (Alcade.) before whom, so much divided 3nd distraced the old nil parties are cognizable, 2nd are ttied .-tates of the Republic Although Texby atbiiration, each pany c hosing one. j as is situated between 28 deg. ai d 25 deg. and tht Aicade making the third There I N. I at . the climate is considered mild and is aiso the court ot Ayuntamien?o, com j healthy. Through the summer months posed of severel judges, who have ori j the heat i9 tempered and allayed by rc ginal and appellate jurisdiction, and on j freshing sea breezes It is a fact wor. important cases, particularly in criminal i thy of remark that the breeze generally matters, an appeai lies to the supieme mcteases as the sun rises above the hor-
court at Saltillo. Iksides the towns already mentioned there are other considerable towns in Texs, Nacogdoches, Uexar, La Bahia. del Espiriter Santo, Guadalopc, or VVal pole. These are settled principally b n uive citizens; also Metarnoras, on tht Ri Grfinde, or del Norte, is a place ok mich importance. It is difTerently rep reseo'fdas containing from 3 to 12,000 inhabitants, piincipal!y Mexicans The Ameiican and English population is sup
posed tobe about 600, among which are nany htgh'y respectable citizens The commercial business of that town and country, is pf iocipl!y conducted by foreigners. The official statement of the amount of duties received at the poit ol Metaroras for the financial year, ending the 30th of June, 1831, amounts to 1, 046.078 5 3 The i:c case for the las; year n as, 2G52.I83 5 3. The countrv :o the west, even to c.ante Fe, and bo1" dering on the Pacific Ocean, receives a great portion of their merchandize thro' this port It i3 transported by mules. och carrying a ratgo of 300 pounds to the interior. The gold and silver, coined and in bus, furs, provisions, Sec are returned bv the same means of convey cnr.c to Mctarr.oras. Cattle, horses,
sheep, goats, kc. at and in the ncighbor-
Nerve Powder steeped atd fiYrcnt times
TURKISH AU.MY IN SYRIA. j in a small quantity of va:r -i d the ItThe French journals speak of thejquor poured off, unti'I yu get one galcomplete overthrow of the Turkish ar-1 Ion of the decoction, to this add one gul my in Syria, by the Vice Ro? ot Egypt,-Ion of Sugar House, cr mhvr pun nounder the command of his son, Ibrahim losses, one gallcn best Jair.aica ere Pacha. The prisoners have all been gallon Rneumatic drops pepand lium sent t St. Jeao d'Acrc with orders to 1 the very best materials thn toontor. set them at liberty, allowing them to go! genuine African cayenne, pour attaru;to Euypt or wherever they liked. Ibra full cf boiling water, and after standing
him Pacha, in his repot makes very light of the Sultan's troops and says that he would not be afraid to encounter an
a short time, add this to the lorrgoinp; mix the whole together, and it isteady for use.
Texas in its usual and most extensive acceptation, comprises the whole territory lying between the south-western boundary of the United States and the Rio Grande, aliss the river Bravo del
Note,the Gull ot Mexico on the south, and the Arkansas and Mississippi territories of the United States on the north. There are fe.v regions of the globe on which the bounties ot nature have been iore profusely dispensed than on this delightful countiy,that is just emerging irom obscurity. The fertility of its soil, the amenity of its climate, its contiguity to the ocean, the numerous rivers which empty into i, afl'ording the cheapest transportation lo the highest maikets in
!,,e w?r,u ,or ",c P""t'Pai Proi'uc7give up all hopes of making any success I patient in bed bet wren woollen sheets if
i'3 sun, nic Mit.ii uuvjiiuits J3 uic seldom concentrated in at) equal degiec, nd which will enable tht entcrptisinu
army of 20.000 such men. The defeat he j For a preventirc, take a tablespoor.full represents as more complete than any j three or four times a day. In the fi'st one he ever saw ; and adds that he hopes j stages of the disease, give one te.jpoonyet to have the opportunity of proving fuil of the ponders (hereafter described) that he can defeat a much larger army, i in half a wine glass of the syrup every The loss of the Egyptian army was I hour, or oftcner if the attack is violent,
I only 1C2 men killed and 162 wounded; ! place the patient over a lively steam, or
172 horses were tilled. Our private j place hct stones or bricks wrapped m letters further add, that the Viceroy's j wet cloths so as to communicaie the fleet had sailed on the 14?hof July fori steam as much as possible to every pact Cyptus, to attack the Sultan's fleet, of the body and limbs If the patient which had sailed from Rhodes to Cyprus should cr ntinue to sink after giving a ft w and intelligence was then expected every ! of the above doses, there should be dded day of a battle having taken place. J from one to three teaspconlulls ot the Should the Egyptians be successful j 3d preparation. Injections shouldalso by see; as well as by land the cause oflheust-d.
He Sui'f n will be ruined, and he nust After pcrspira'inn takes place, put the
citv 'he cry of the widow and orphan isl boon ot Uio Orande, are numerous and 7. i .r arr.et berr-incr for wood i cheap the cattle are extremely fine, and
Ilea 1 vi in uui i''- .-- o . i r l and for bread the houseless and pitiless! of larger growth than can ba found in atranecr ij wading through the deep and j almost any other part of the world. The
untrodden snow, to seek a shelter from the severe cold and the storm the trees are stripped of their foliage the fields .1 ,1 - j. r if thm MrrwllirP nl
arc an oarren aim m , r. .
the husbandman ob'ained by severe
population which ia now pouring into it.
to render Texas the most favored porion on earth The rivers of Texas are the Sabine, the Natches,the Trinity, han Jacinto. I3ras sos, Colorado, La llaca, Guadalope, Neuccs and several others. These rive rs water a country that is seldom exceeded in fertility of soil, or beauty of aspect. The bottom lands arccomposed of the riches alluvion, and are thickly set with timber, or dense cane brakes, and sometimes both. The uplands are genery'ly good, and much of
hem chaiactetized by a deep luxuriant
la
bour, through the summer months, wu. all be exhausted in the feeding and pre serving his stock of cattle kc. before the rays of the sun shall unlock the icy let ters of winter and vegetation reappear. It is a consoling reflection, that we are not bound to endure the rigors of a Northern winter, that God in mercy has created more genial climates, where there is neither snow or ice; where na ture,chdin her gayest liverv, always tnnt, rhp.erfu. and where the earth pro
vides gratuitously for herds and flocks, and every thing which can draw sute ranee from its bosom; such a country is Tevas; her climate is temperate, she ex pe.icnces none of the changes of the seasons felt in the northern states, bo constantly favored with oit and gtntle breezes, vegetation grows and flourishes continually; nor is it but little check' d by the winter months. The prairies arc alwayf green and covered with rich hei bage, nd atTrd a sufficiency ol pas'ure for cattle and horse throughout the yer. n r-.-ri- tn thff Constitution 0
the Federal State Government, and the laws passed by the Legislative authori tie both, it will be perceived security is offered to all foreigners, who come to establish themselves among them, and the state of Coahula and Texas invites them to come, . It is about eight years since the authorised emigration to Texas commencedbut few were acquainted with the
inducements which that Fine country ol ' fered to the enterprising and industtious settler. The early emigration was but very slow. Stephen F. Austin, Esq mav he said to be the qreat pioneer to that then wilderness wold; his was not only a trial of courage, but of grat forti tude and perseverance '1 he first tea Mm he raised a little cc-n, and as num
flocked to him, depending on nis
it crca'cJ a great
price of oxen, broken, average from 20 tn j '
25 dollars the pair; a cow of the largest loam. size, with her calf, at from 5 to 6 dollars; j The surface of the country is greatly
mare, from 3 to 6 dollars, h at legated with woodland, and prairies,
-r natural meadows, containing fiom 100 o 1,000, and some places 10,000 acres in one body. Many of these primeordcal clearings.
ful opposition to Mehomet All's conquest of Syria. The cause of the Sub
practicable, and place a hot stone at the feet, and continue givtrg a dose of the syep once an hour, or sufficiently often to keep up pefspira'ion for a few houts, wlun, if the patient is not mau-rially re-
rom the Almighty, because the Suban lieved, a full coure of medicine must be has made his faithful piople adopt the j udmitiHtti ed. arms and costume of the infidels AH Fur children, the use of the powders
tan s lailure is very clear to L.uropean eyes; but his subjects, particularly the Janizaries, s-.v, that it is a visitation
Alexandria the success of Ibrahim is lo' ked upon as quite establishing the power of Mehomet Aiiovcr the whole of Syria.
a breeding
and a good riding horse can be purchas ep at Metamoias for from 8 to 12 dollars This countrv abounds with large ponds
and apparently rivers of sail water present very eligible ami picturesque
rhesesalt ponds are much frequented by cites for buildings, and lender a hounti
An officer of the Fiigate Potomac
ir pi t Ac I mrrr f mi m iff rnicf '
'The whole of the time wc remained j on the coast, the ship was crowded witbj the natives, who came from all parts of I the coast within SO miles. I shall nev-j cr forget the consternation of four Malay j
fishei men, who came alongside to tell their fish, thinking we were a merchant man. Twocf them came up with a bun.
may fie dispensed with, ekccptmg tut ihe injections. The powder above alluded tois composed of two patts each, of Cayenne, Hayberrvand Ncrvr povder, ami half a
! part of bitterroot g" two parts of kercu-
ma.
Extract ofa letter from U rpRRiss, one
o! the firm of Pike. P k ' o
W ot Vi a.
the wild cattle end horses; which cover
the whole face of the prairie, patticulary vhe wild horses, or mustang as they ae called by the Mexicans. Droves, judged to contain from 3 to -1,000, wild hoi ses.
are caught and broken by the Mexicans
ful harvest to the plough of the cultivator. Unlike the pioneer settlers in the western wilds of the United States, cmi grants to Texas will not have to encounter years of arduous labor in subduing
heavy and obstinate foresti; but they will
and Indians, and make serviceable good ; be able, in almost every instance, to pro
horses. The lands, or as it is called, the cure a portion of good prairie, lor precountry of the Coimanches, lying north sent cultivation, without any preparatory
and west of that last described, is aisc situated in Texas, and is represented to he ery desirable land It is of the richest soil gently rolling, a due pioportion of wood land, and prairie, abounding in sp 'ugs and rivers of excellent water, a salubrious climate, and in the possession ...... .
l a civilized, industrious community
labor but that ol burning the glass
with which they are thickly carpeted. The timber includes many varieties,
among which aic several kinds of oak, hickory, black wi 'nut, ash, wild cherry, mulberry, elm, hackberry, pecan, linn, gum, yellow pine, fxc. c. Cypress is found on the Natches, and the Sabine
.jjwust 24 cne mile IV of U cr.. l.
Gknilfmkn: In consequence, of a break in the cars', we have been grounded ot this place for twenty four l oursThe breach is now repaired, bu: the wa-
dlc of fish, and the moment they ! tCr is not yet risen in the canal criouii to their heads above the gangway, and saw I pernit us to p3s cr; we shall probably our decks crowded uiih men, their as- be off I y to morrow morning seven on'.shment was so great that they drop't I or a i,m,drcd boats re now wani; g for their fish, and alter a moment's pause; lhe ce3i to oc filled. I have jus: :cdropped themsehes into the boat but! lurneri frnm a vvai; to the ci'y of Ulica. they were followed by three men, who1 y,u would be astonished to sec the gensecured them, and btought then. aIlon!cra pamc anrj oc(ual distress ol the ciboard, where we kept them until next j tizer,s in cors'qutnre of the cholera morning when we gave them their boat jt nia(ie i,s appearance at this plare and sent them on shore." j c$hl or ten days since; the first attacks ,, r,. " . i almost universally proved fata:: some of The present hmg oj i nissta. j t,e fir8l characte'r9 havc ,allen ,klirns ,0 The routine ol his (the King s) day,. . . . je...,.j.
is perhaps, the best portraiture of r red- j je Hch Cf,n5efjuenliv
lie s eeps in summer . , f, . - the poor are left v.iihr.u emnlovmtnt.
I 4 - w and are many of them in a distief-sed condition, as they car.not pet cmplor-
wou'td not be surpassed by any on earth. live oak abounds in some parts of Texas
Sucii is ihe uniform testimony of all fo-
eigners. Although agriculture is in its infancy among them, its final success is by no mean problematical Extensive or chards of lemon and oranxo trees have bt-en planted; their growth has been rap id, and the produce abundant. In two years from the seed, the peach tree bends under its fruit The fig is oroduced in threat plenty. The IrUh and sweet po tatoe and all kinds of gaiden vegetables grow and produce well as also, wheat, rye, barley, oats, and all the small grains 3nd plants common to the United States. Sugir, cotton, 3nd indigo ars cultivated to advantage and will shortly be produced in great quantities for export. It is calculated that there is more than 70,00 acres of sugar land south of latitude 30 deg In Austin's colony alone the lat i-rjp nUrMt n)Ci hlcs of cotton and 80
and rrrews to a larpe size red cedar is
tound, and like the live oak, furnishes an excellent material in naval architecture. The pine grows large and lofty, ar.d will be immensely valuable for lumber; it is most frequently found interspersed with other varieties of timber, as hickory, oak, Sec which indicates a good soil. One distinctive characteristic of this beautiful country, is its exception from swamps and stagnant pools. The land invariably ascends from the water courses, and rising to moderate eminences, precludes the formation of swamps, or putrid ponds. This probably is one ef
ticient cause of the singular purity, elas
eric a character.
at Potsdam; in winter at Charlottenburg
I will not say he dwells, for as the great i ...... ft fVii-t m a. tn rxAnt "X A I kk mCki
, i,a,lv,u . .... ment, and no cne wilt trust thtm io-d3y
lives more on the high road than
where else. Potsdam 13 six
from Berlin; Charlottenburg two. And vet he will alwavs make two journeys
any ;
leagues
I lest the cholera should kill them o
i morrow, and they would lose Iheir pay.
The orthodox physicians can do nothing with it; they succeed in stopping tho
... .. v.a;,.. .....w. circulation of the blood, and the patient during the day, and perf aps our or five,,. immcdiafe,y For a lew days fat Irom the htter. Two hours of the morn j he Rjck bac applied lo lhc Thom.
ing are always ucvuieo 10 ms .Minisicrs,; - . ruacks w.,,h creal SUCCes-. I am
told from good authority that all who
who are stationary in the capital, and he
never fails to come in for these two; had ,,1C Thomscnin physicians in hours. I hen he returns. And then nuv. hnmrpH. f m rw
comes back again to Berlin in the day, to , (I e s!em j, gaining in this country; Ko about the town, attend parades, re-j ,hccycs 0f u)C public at present are upviews, inspections and then be off again j Qn he Tnomstm-ians ;not a dav pses for Potsdam in the evening. One ol his : bJt j am appied to for nicdicire; had I
singularities is. tnat his entire tarr.i.y ioi- i prepared lwenty gallons of cholt ra dops
iow mm on nis eternal bULicuiun u-j coming? and points. Pi inces, Pcincess
- - i g- j
ticity and equably ot the atmospriere. J cs, namucrlains, ail nom a queue aii c0l,!d scc scarceiy any of the good houss
i'hat Texas is b'essed with a climate ot him, the old Dowager ana ne jnun , hul wha( wrc s?ut up,he ccuniry peouncommon salubrity and delightfulness children not excepted. I? would be the, . zxo the place. In the important
before I started I could have pr-id all my expenses. In passing through Utics wc
configu-
hocshcads of surar were made, and near
1 1.- ih smif f ivnitv of sucar on tie The red fish
hers flocked to him, ur,.. v . mills and ' Ovter beds are abundant, they are fine Monarch follows himell in lh
lrality and boon -v, - r . j collon cms a?c now in operation, and , and sometimes large, and may
scarcity ot Kr-m. yei u -- ... K;i.r,., !n,;an rnm orovN s i venicntlv o-flthered. In
niP.; t.oo and percverancc romi,cd ! UXUriantlv in Texas, and produces a, ! son the waters near the coast are liteabiiidttian enterprise, woicn p , on thc aCre as is produced in the I rally covered with wild fowl, such ee so much m future, that he , corn lands in Kentucky or Illinois du k geese, brant, and swan. Cleese
dependen'sto halt a p.nr . '.':, khl,r. T.-rn. in the richness of her and duc ks resort in rrreat quantity to ihe
i -
highest afiront for o-.e ot the umi.y o .rj .a .. i..r(. ,herr urd to hb fifiv nr
remain behind; and even the I rinccs-es.; hu dr.d waKOtl9 ai a timr, almost ever in an inconvenient stage of pi egnancy. '. p( a W3on could I see; and in are not exempted. What is more odd,! seventy five or a hundred icds
CO
zen citizens
is an opinion warranted by the observation of all travellers, and obviously ac-
counted for bv its lucality and ration.
. . . I r
J r . t. -I 4 an f-luAe..-vn lk m ...ll.r.o PT lHhH imftlf HI tilt"' .. ,, ft ll . I . r
rcci iibn aunuiHia m vaivwwn i n.c irn-iir luiimw,' . - - - - . .Kie waiK. i naruiy met nan a
i i -' ' . - - - -
or tacj'.-1
be con-! ward-; and forward-, i he Court kitchen ,
ihe- xn'fr M.ll.f.n u,hppi' rook ard sauce nans, li re? i
andspits,re whirled along in rapid ac- ; paitft displays just unOerstandn g eLough companiment to Ms Majesty: and the j to be a kol. Kine's dinner roasts in cloe attcr.danc I A fle friend is like the- shadow of a
Wherever, therelorc, hun su.-vi.-., .-...v.. tFva.3 c mC un
him, food is readr. At ; -hinc9, ana anisnes at the opproachof
Tfe ma" Ut .cts lhc buffoon in com
upon him-
.... . t I lUtth
nd then divided his own nan p rw k... .u-i.. ;ir;..p nr ami wildlnwhri-! r.pr nv..n.iVps
. . .-r-i.il itA oi i in v ii urr i inn r.i ir i i iraiLi i. x v v i - a
hii friend. By such .elf Potsdam Charlottenburg, or Berlin, the ; the ,malie.l c.oud. . he sustained the Colony, ! Ttm n Lonlv an atrriculttual ar.d word dinner instantly produces it. And S.rcasMC pleasantry 1. the poi.oa
.... n 1 11B VIi. Ill l IL vri i i . .
crease in population, aud in the
ei to in-i anu varieiy oi iic. muuuuiuio,i num ( .....7 ------- . r,;-,,.! meaascfi celled by any country on the globe. ' s.ock pioducing country, but U abounds! the plan ha iht au vantage, that mcasr j :runump.