Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 28, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 June 1837 — Page 4
Poetical.
fivni tie Louistil'e Journal. Oil! YE SPIRITS LRIG11T. Oh! ye spirits bright, Passed from earth away. From your realms of light Do ye never Etraj 1 Would that I could lure, With a smile or tear, Some fair Seraph, pure From its golden sphere Ah the wild wind swee Round my lonely path. My heart, trembling, weeps For a charm it hath; In its murmuring sighs Whiepereth mat!? a lci , Ftolen from the skies They are not its own. Hath the earth no charm For those loved ones now! Hearts still true and Warm In our bosoms plow; Graceful arms still tw ina Hound us ai before, Other glances ehine Theirs will shine no more. Yet why mourn for fl .nvrti Perilled in the tomb, While i:i starry bowers Their sweet spirits bloom! borrow tlings no shade O'er that an,jel-band Oh! when shall we fade
To that brighter hind!
AMELIA.
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can you Ki.iii' a secret? 'Dorothy," said Icha'.nl, pi'.c mi l trembling, to It's wife, "Dorothy, I have a sooret. and ift thought you would keep it inviolable, I would not hesitate to reveal it to you; but oh, Dorothy, wo. inn." "Why, Ichab-J I, it mujt certainly bo a secret of great importance, for you are in woful animation. You know, husband, yoa can place implicit canfiJeiieo in your vife. Have I vcr givcu vou occasion to doubt mv ndelityP "Neve-, never, Dorothy; but iho 6ecrot I have to com I'.'jnicaie is one tint re mires more than ordinary faithfulness and prudence to prevent your divulging it. Oh dear! I shudder when I think onV "Why. husband, do you know how your I i pa tremble, and your eyes roll? What is the matter? Iehibol! you surely caanot mistrust tho coufi lenco of one who vowed at the alter to be faithful to you. Co.ne, unbosom yourself."' "May I rely on your fidelity?" "Ichabod, you may, you may. "Well, then, we are both to hi ruined! undone! -1 havs committed murder!" "Murder V "Yes, murder: and have l-.tricd him at the foot of ii tree in the orchard!"1 "Unlawful! Ichabod. Committed murder! Then indeed we ar ruined, and our children with us!' Ichabod left the room, and Doroty hurried otl'io her neighbor's. Mrs. Prattle observed a great change in Dorothy's eouutenace, and in her general appearance; to great n3 to cause her to enquire into the e ,ui-o of it. '(!i! Mrtr. Prattle,"' said 1 Mmthy, "I am the most Miserable of women! I am ruined fnr ever!'1 "Mercy! Dorothy, how gloomy you look! What lias turned up to maWu you look l y-t-u d ? Why how you sigh! woman. Tell the causo.1' 1 wish I might, Mrs. Prattle; but thu occasion of my tmhappiness is a secret which I urn not permitted to divulge." h! you may tell me, Dorothy I shall never speak of it again.11 "Will you promise never to icvcal it to any person liing?-1 "You know Dorolhy, I never tell secrets.1 "Well Mrs. Prattle 1 scaictly dare sav it
"the apology oifcomminglntolhai worshipful assembly, in such a "portentous machine.'' He read that night an essay on ballads, which so much interested the new member, that he requested to be introduced to him. Mr Jeffrey called on him next evening, and found him "in a small den, on the sunk floor of his father's huse, in George's square, surrounded with dingy books,1' from which they adjourned to a tavern and supped together. Such was the commencement of an acquaintance, which by degrees ripened into friendship, between the two most distinguished men of letters whom Edinburgh produced in their time. 1 may add here the description of that early den, with which 1 am favored by a lady of Scott's family. Walter bad soon begun to collect out-of-the-way things of all sorts, lie had more books than shelves; a small painted, cabinet, with Scotcli asd Roman coins in it, and so forth. A Claymore and Lochaber axe, given him by Invernahyle, mounted guard on a little print of Piiiico Charlie; and Rrougt!oni Saucer was hooked up against the wall below it.' Sik h was the germ of
the magnificent library and museum of Abbotsferd ; and such were the 'new realms' in which he, on taking possession, had arranged his little paraphernalia about him 'with all the feeling of novelty and liberty.' Since those days the habits of life in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, have undcrgonu many changes; and the 'convenient pailor,' in which Scott first showed Jeffrey his collection of minstrelsey, is now, in all probability, thought hardly good enough for a menial's sleeping-room." PROPOSED MATRIMONIAL ENACTMENTS. (From a jntpcr printed 17o;J.) The following clauses are humbly proposed to lc added to the last act against Clandestine Marriages, in case the legislature should hereafter take the subject into their further consideration. When two young thoughtless fools, having no visible way to maintain or support themselves, nor any thing to begin the world, y et resolve to marry and bo miserable, let it be deemed petty larceny. I fa younger brother marries an old woman mainly for the sake of a iuaintainancc, let it be called self-preservation. W hen a rich old fellow marries a young wench in her full bloom.it shall be death without benefit of clerav; When two o!d creatures that can hardly hear one another speak, and cannot propose the least comfort to themselves in the thing, yet marry together, they shall bo deemed nn camps, and sent to a mad house. When a lady marries her servant, or a gentleman his cook maid, especially if there be any children by a former marriage, they both shall be tianspoittd for 1 t years. W b"ii a ma:i has had one bad wife. and hurried her, and will marry a second, it shall !e deemed felo dc sc. and he be buried in the high way accordingly. W hen a woman in good ei lcumstunces marries an infamous man, not worth a groat; if. she bo betrayed into it, it shall be called accidental death ; but if she knows it, it shall be made single felony, and she shall bo buint in the hand. When a woman nmrrics a man deeply in debt, knowing him to be so, let her be sent to the house of correction, and kept to hard labor 3 months, and if he deceive her and did not let her know his circumstances, .she shall be acquitted, and he doomed to beat hcamp all his life. When a man having no children, marries a woman wilh five or six, let the delinquent stand thrice, in the pillory, lose both of his ears and suffer one year's imprisonment If a man marries a woman of ill fame knowing her to be so, he shall have a pair of horns painted on his door, or if she be a known scold a couple of neats lomrues in tte p'.acc of them. When a manor woman marries to the disinheriting of their children, let them suffer as in the case of high treason. X Y. Spirit of ..'; Times.
class of people, in their " w hi i i of folly and fashion," they forget that they are liable to ail the "ills that flesh is heir to," and often, enveloped in superabundance of gaudy attire, flutter Iiko the butterflies of simmer, unconscious that the show which it attracts is transient as the rainbow. If you should be rich, do hot think yourself any the better for it, for fortune does not always chooe the meritorious for her favoritesjand ifyou should be poor, never feel degraded or even mortified on that account, for poverty has its advantages; it brings some moments of leisure, and in leisure we improve our minds w hile the relaxation that riches gives us aro only hours of idleness, and idleness debases the very soul. Ancient. City. The ruins of an ancient city have been discovered about fifty miles west of Milwaukee on the west branch of the Rock River. Some account of this discovery has lx;en already given. N. F. Hyer, Esq. has examined the premises, and cmes to the conclusion that there was probably an ancient walled city; and although not fully satisfied of the fact, ho says "Yet one thing is certain, that this section of country has been densely populated; and from present indications, the time is not far distant when it will be so again, but we are determined to preserve tltose ruins from being ruined.'', The ruins have been called Azla- , w hich name is found in the writings of Baron Humboldt, "Irom w hich it appears that the people inhabiting the vale of Mexico, at the time the Spaniards overrun
the country were called Axtccks or Astekas, and were as the Spanish history informs us, usurpers having come from the North; from a country which they called Aztalan." This country ofA.talan, Baron Humboldt says, we must look for at least north of the 42d degree of latitude. He oomes to this conclusion from an examination of the Mexican or Aztcka manuscripts, which are made of a certain kind of leaves and of skins prepared; on which an account in painted hieroglyhics or pictures was given of their emigration from Aztalon to Mexico, and how long they halted at certain places, which in the aggregate amounts to four hundred and sixteen yrars, and they commenced their journeying during the eighth century. Tlmse ruins are situated on tho west side of the west branch of Rock River, in the low n of Jefferson, in Jefferson county, in the territory of Wisconsin, and directly west of .Milwaukee; in town 7, range 11 east; in t .e midst of a most delightful country.
STATE OF, INDIANA, to w it; (hsen county, t-t the Otcen Circuit court, April Term, . .1. D. iaa7. Eve Risk, rs. r Petition fur devorce. John Kirk, COMES now said Complainant by Hector and Eckels, her solicitors, and it appearing by tiie Sheriff's return on the rrit herein that the said defendant is not found, it is t i Tefore ordered that pe.tdication of the pendency of this bill be made for three weeks in succession at leiist sixty days before the next term of this Court in the "ULotnt l jton Post," a pu'jli'c newspaper published at Cloomiiigt i Indiana, no ifyng the paid defendant that unless be be inid appear before, s.iid Court, on the first day of the in U term thereof and answer the said Coaiplii nam's bill, the matters a. I'd tilings therein contained will be taken ss confessed, and decreed oa accordingly in his absenci, until which time ordered that this causa be continued. A copv, attest. T. C. JOHNSON, CUrk. 28 Sow.
Til ESTATE OF INDIANA, to wit; Oicrn County, i i !,'ie Owen c ire. til court, April Term A. 11J7.
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Petition ftr devjrec.
Sally Pitt.max, rs. Thomas I'ittmV,
CMF.S now the said CO.il TKai iant by Champsr her solicitor, a:ei it appearing to the Court by the Sheriff's return on tl'2 writ herein that the said defendant is not found, on motion it is ordered that, publication of the pendency of the petition herein be made in the "Uoomiugtoit Post," a newspaper printed and published at Lloomington Indiana, by three insertions of this order for at least sixty days belore the first day of the next term of this court, notifying the said defendant, that unless ha be and appear in iaid court on the first day of the next term thereof and answer the sail bill the matters and things therein contained will bs taken as confessed and decreed on accordingly in bis absence, until which titua ordered tiiat this cause be continued. A copv attest, T. C. JOHNSON, Clerk.' 23 3o w.
my husband has committed murder, and buried him at the foot of a tree in the orchard! he told me of it himself. 1'or heaven's sake don't name It to tiny one!" "Mnrder'.-vour husband committed murdei !-in Iced,
indeed, Dorothy, you have reason to think yourself
mined: Poor thing: I pi!V vou Irom the bottom of my heart!" Dorothy went home weeping and wringing her hands; and Mrs. Prattle leaving her dough half kneaded, and her infant crying in the cradle, hastened to hold a tetc-n-tcto with Mrs. Tcilall. Soon after this last confab was ended, the report of lehabod's having committed murder became general, and tho disclosure of the fact was traced to his wife Dorolhy. Process w as immediately issued ngainvt him by a magistrate, before w hom, and in the presence of a multitude of faiixious spectators, he gate the following explanation: "My object." said Ichabod, "in the course 1 have pursued, w as to test my wife's capability of keeping a secret I have committed murder in as much as 1 killed a toad, and buried it at the foot of a tree in my own orchard. How far my wife is capable of keeping a secret, has been sufficiently proved; ami with respect to the- murder, thoso who feel an i.itocst in it, are at libtrty to inspect tho body. W A ETER SCOTl"s"lv U L Y I.I IT.. Walter Scott was tweniv vears of:--o w hen in 17:71 ho was admitted to tha Speeelutivc sTcicty of Edinburgh, lie was chosen the hbrariau, and shortly at-'
it-r wauls tnu secretaiy an a treasurer. He kept the accounts and recoid.i very faithfully, and wrote essays and joined in debates on the common place questions Usually proposed in such clubs. The following from the life of Scott by Lockhart, lately published in London, relates to this part of his life. "Lord Jeffrey remembers being struck, the first night he spent at the speculative, with the singular appea-r-nnce of the Secretary, who sat gravely at the bottom of the table in a hugo woollen nightcap; and when tho ' resident lock the chair, pleaded a bad tooth achs as
STRAWBERRIES I have been induced to make the present communication, from having been informed by a young man from near Salem, of the management of a bed in his father's garden, which he planted about 20 years ago, and which still continues very productive. It contain about two squares perches, and the present season 'JO quarts w ore gathered in a morning, ami stawbcrri ji measuring three inches ami three fourths round, were frequently found. The manner in which this bed has b'.-cn managed, and made so productive, is, as soon as the fruit is all gathered, mow the vines close oil", and cover the bed 4 or 5 inches with rotton wood, drawn fresh from the land, where old logs have been left todecay. The' straw berry vines will shoot through
this covering and there will be no father labor necessary but to keep the running vines cut off, to prevent their taking root; 12 inches square was the distance at w hich the plants of the above described bed were planted. Village Record.
From the JY tr Yorf: DnUy Fi yress. CAl'SKS OP Till' PUBLIC CALaMITY. The programme of tho existing condition of tVngs w hich is but the verification of the prophecies of 15i i J, 1033, and 1031, may be drawn thus: PRIMARY C.U'SR. The Vote of the United States llank. Consequences of that. The tripling of the State Bank capital over banking over importing tbt borrowing of specie from Europe to support the issue of the State Banks. SECONDARY CACSE. The Removal of the Dejinsitct. Consequences of that. (treat stimulus to the Stato Banks in tbe:r iues. The making of State Banks political agent". The investment of the public funds in public lands, by partisans and others. The inefiicieneyofthe State Banks to manage the domestic exchanges. High rates of exchange. DifiVulty in cashing bills on distant stales. Croat suffering in tho transfer of the public resources, and gretit danger of luss. THIRD CAI SE. The Treasury Circular.
The pilling up cf the specie in tho West and South
west, and subject to the call o' tho government. In ability of the Western Banks to discount. The consc
quent inability of the merchants to pay their debts to
the sen-board, l ailures in t he west ami lailures on
the seadtoard. Alarm of our creditors in England a
call for nav inability to pay post notes, bonds, tern
iiorary expedients for relief a crash. England call-
in"- on us for immediate pay, forces our cotton into
market. Cotton falls. Realestate goes dow n. I surers sacred. Money on bond and mortgage three per
cent, a month.
TO YOTXti LADIES. nv SAKAIt E. SLMAN. In the formation of our habits, there are certain requisites w hich please every one, such as good humor, kindness, benevolence and sympathy; but if we are desirous to please certain individual's, we must endeavor to assimilate all our views and customs to theirs; and as it seldom happens that we have much care to make ourselves agreeable to those who are totally unlike ourselves, the task is not a difficult one, for "those w ho .agree in sentiment soon learn to love each other. We must take our persons as nature formed them. If wo have beauty, it s; nccossary to have goodness in order to keep up the admiration that it excites, but we must never suppose that beauty is improved by ornament. I f wo have ugliness of person; superfluity of dress only lenders that ugliness more conspicious: whereas true goodness banishes the disagreeable impression of it altogether. But every form, whether beautiful or otherwise, is
cnuoweu witn a mmit susceptible ot vast improvment. It extends and flourishes by cultivation; it becomes admirable by the dcvelopement of its capacities, and secures for its possessor love and esteem. But the uncultivated understanding, whose age robs it of the vivacity which once made it supportable becomes insipid and despicable. 1 will not insult your taste by mentioning neatness
of person, as 1 am very sure no young lady for whom
I write will ever be deficient m that particular. Cultivate feelings of kindness towards others. Be constant in your attention to thost about you, and let that attention be respectful, even to children and servants. Do not get angry when you express your disapprobation of any thing, and when you have expressed that disapprobation, let it pass, that no enmity be harbored towards yon' I have always observed that young ladies bear prosperity with less dignity and consideration than any
AxncnoTE. In the days of the revolution, there was an old lady, w ho occasionally "entertained man and beast," remarkable for her unfeeling covetiousness. One day a weary and famished soldier called at her
house and asked lor refreshment; his appearance nidi
cated extreme poverty. The lady thought his means
not adequate to remunerate her for a simple repast, so she placed before him a dish of bones, which looked as though they had been pretty faithfully picked before,
and left her son to settle with the soldier, when he had
finished their second examination. The boy pitying
the traveller, and willing to give his parent reproot for her parsimony, told his guest, upon rising from the table, that he was welcome to what he had eaten, and made hima present into the bargain. In a short time the mother returned, w hen her son inquired, "Mother, how much was it worth to pick those old bones?" "A shilling my dear," expecting to receive her money. "I thought so," replied the boy, "and I gave the soldier a shilling fordoing it."
Mississippi. A letter from Jackson, where the Legislature is now in session, to the editor of the Mobile Register, says: "Various propositions are before us, but the one most like to succeed is, to allow all the banks of the State to issue post notes running to maturity at twelve months, to be loaned on long time, with damages often per cent for non-payment. The damages are intended to insu re punctuality. I think the damages of foreign exchange will be taken off, and placed on domestic. I think, too, we will likely pass a few more bank charters, as we have
heretofore dealt in that article sparingly. One will probably be granted for the Chickasaw country of two millions; one at Vicksburg of two millions; and one at Natchez for four millions!" Are the Mississippians mad?
STATE OP INDIANA. (hU.ber Triii if l.'ie .Monroe Coiiit'j Circuit Court, 1C37, ELrZABLTII PetJ:.max, f. Dicoi cC. David Pete a.via.-. ) C10MES now the Complainant by Dunning, her s licitrr and files her petition herein and it appearing frtfrnthe affidavit of a disinterested pr?cn, that the sail David Petermaa, is not a resident cf tli3 State of Indiana, thereto; r notice w hereby civen to the defendant that unless he I e $ appear hereupon the first day ofthe October Term next and anpwer the matters and thins? in said complainants petition contained, the same will b taken as cenlVsEtd and decreed accordingly. Test. JACOB P. LOWE, CUrk 28 3dv. TJXIMCTOKY. The subscriber tenders bis thanks to his old customers for tho liberal support they have extended to him and would inform them and the public penerally that ha Mill continues to carry on the tinninc business at his oil
riauu hi i.iuoiniiipifii inoiana, w nere ne lias on hands and intends keeping a constant supplv of TIN WAKE, w hich bo will warrrnt to be as pood as any Fold in tho State. He will sell on liberal terms either at Wholesale or Retail. Merchants wishing to purchase to retail are respectfully invited to call and exaitine his ware and prices befora purchasing elsewhere. DAYID BATTERTOX. JitniHtruQWt, 1837.. " 13 tf N. P. All persons having accounts with me and know them to be due are requested to make immediate payment, y). b. "I never yet did kno w a philosopher Who could bear the Tooth-Ache patiently.' tVuch ado about nothing: - Montague's J3alm. 4 .ovorcig;n and infallible remedy for tho Tooth-Acha -.A.and an effectual preservation ior the teeth. PRICE .$1,00 PER BOTTLE. In ofTerini,' this invaluable Balm to to the public many certificates of its efficiency might be given, which th j limits of a newspaper forbid publishing and which may b-3 seen by callrng at the agents but as every species of medicine has been thus thrust into notice, we invite tho public to a more convincing proof of its almost miraculous powers to relieve this worst of all aches, the Tooth Ache. GIVli IT A TRIAL, being careful to adhere strict to the directions given on each bottle andletitriso or fall upon ITS OWN MERITS. Suffice it to say that In thousands of cafes it has not failed in a single instance, it should be used after all oprvations, bleeding and spungy gums, sore teeth, scurvy Sc; And is decidedly the best Tooth wash ever yet discovered, it should be used with a brush, instead ofany powder, or substance containing, or that can contain, the finest particle of grit. The Ladies speak of it with unmeasured praise and all who have used it have laid aside all remedies offered as clensers ofthe mouth, and purifierof theteeth. For sale at George H. Johnson's Store, Bloomington, and every towo and village in the United States, by proper Agents. May 2nd, 1C3"?1. 24 12mo."
NOTICE I do hereby forewarn all persons, from trading fo- a Note of hand given by me, to John Huff, for the amount of ninety dollars, dated October 12"lh 1836, Due on or before the 15th of September next, as the said John HufFcannot defend the property for which said note wa3 given. Monroe County, Salt Creek Township. DAVID CHERRY. Jiiay, 6tk 1837 26 3ow. Job Printing. Neatly executed at this Office on the shortest notic.
rT1IIE subscriber acquaints his friends and tho public X that he has commenced the
CIIAIIl MAKING In Lloomington, near thesoutheast corner of the public square, next door to David Batterton's Tin Shop, where he intends keeping on hand a general assortment of CHAIRS, And can safely say his work Bhall be inferior to none made in the West. He can only say to the public that no exertion shall be spared to please, accommodate and do ample justice to those who may favour him with their custom. JOHN LAWRENCE. December 20th, 1830. 7 if.
Bacon . affVffdV, T'ounJs of first rate Eacon for sale, vy vyi Wholeta!e or jfra by
WRIGHT 4 KING.
.3n7 20fAl837.
23 3ow.
Salt: Salt.' Avery large and superior lot f salt for 6ale, Wholes ale or Retail bv.
or Retail by.
April 20th 1837.
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