Bloomington Post, Volume 3, Number 6, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 January 1838 — Page 4

POETRY.

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THE BRIDE'S RETURN. Sho hath her wish, for which in vain She pined in restless dreams; Oh mother, is this home again? How desolate it seems! Yet all the dear familiar things Look as they did of yore ; Hut oh! the change this sad heart brings! This is my home no more! I UCi thee! like the dove of eld I left thy parent hreast; I5.it on life's waste of waters cold My soul hath found no rest! And hack the weary bird is come, Its woe?, its wanderings o'er, Ne'er from the holy ark to roam; Yet this is homo no more! 'Oh mother! sing my childhoods's songs; They fall like a summer rain On this worn heart, that vainly longs To be all thine again! Speak comfort to me! call me yet Thy Mary,' as of yore; Those words could make mo half forget That this is home uo more! Sit near me! Oh this hour repays Long years of lonely pain; I feel as if tho old bright days Were all come back again! My heart beats thick with happy drearr., Mine eyes wivh tears run o'er! Thou'it with mo, mother! Oh it seems L.ke horv.e! our home to more! 'Oh heme and mother! can yc not Give buck tny heart's glad youth The vision which my soul forgot, Or learnt to doubt their truth ? dive tack my childhood's peaceful sleep, Its aimless hopes restore! Ye cannot mother, let me wcc:v For this is home no morel' Thou mourner of departed drearr, On earth there is no rest, When grief hath troubled the streams Of memory in thy breast! A shadow on thy path shall lio Where sunshine laughed before; Look upwards to tho happy sky Earth is thy home no more!

is a nameless magic around her which wins our admiration and love. On! who could drain the bitter chalice of misery which is presented to our lips were it not wreathed by the smiles of woman, and sweetened by her affection and love. Does calumny assail the character of him she loves, who stands so strongly in his defence? Man's proudest ornament in prosperity, his unfailing source of comfort in adversity who like her can wipe away the damp drops which cluster upon the pallid brow of death, or close the glazed eye when death has set his filmy seals upon it. Scoffers may sneer at his weakness and her timidity. Like some fmelyattuned instrument, the hand of a master can draw from it tones of sweet and surprising melody. But oh! let not the awkward fingers of the unskilful touch its srrings they can but produce discord and noise. Pleasure may for a

i time allure us onward, perchance to our ruin, but I man must look for permanent happiness by his own 1 f. -n;.. .. v, .i. ,,e .,!),.,.-,.. ...:u ,1 .1...

iiicsiuvj n iilic nit; aiiiwuaul aiit-iLuu will Luasc mu clouds from his brow,; and woo him to happiness. Such, Mr. Editor, are the sentiments of one who has not unfrequently been termed A Misanthrope.

COMMUNICATION.

For the 1'ost.

There is a sweetness 1.1 woman decay,

When thu linht of Uautv is fading away

I'erckal. Death is seldom a welcome visitant. Even when the body has been long racked by disease, the soul still clings fondly and fearfully to existence, and dreads to plunge into the unknown gulph of dark futurity. The soul shrinks from death as tho lonely traveller from the hot and deadly simoon of the desert. But alas! how proverbially strong and unrelenting is his grasp. Tho tears of beauty and the supplications of innocence fall unheeded upon his ear. I've seen death in some of its most horrible aspects, and under the moit appalling circumstances. 1 have seen deepening youth siuk iuto a premature grave I've seen tho tottering form of age laid at rest I've listened to the last feeble wail of the homeless orphan as its bursting heart broke in the last piteous efforts to make known it3 wants; and mrely, that low cry, although unheard and unpitied .by mortal ear, pierced the courts of heaven. Some have been surprised in the high career of vice and tnfamy some cut off in the spring time of health, happiness, and virtue and some from whom the life of hope and happiness has faded ere youth itself was

gone, have dragged out weary and wretched years of untold anguish and despair. But 1 could never Bee woman, lovely, unrepining woman, slowly sinking into an untimely grave, without shedding a tear over her hapless lot. 'Tis sad to watch4 her I rail form drooping day by day, to 6ce the slow but sure progress of decay to mark the increasing wanness of her cheek the fading lustre of her eye. 'Tis a harrowing reflection that the cold earth-worm should bo soon riot upon the roses f beauty ; that dark and foul corruption should soon be busy with that polished brow and angelic form; 'lis a sad thought that f-he, by providence designed to pluck the thorns and briars from the pathway of life, and plant the sweet roses of affection and innocence there, should be the first to feel the arrow enter her eoul should thus early sink to the cold, cold remorseless grave, her pure and girlish affections just budding n fount of pare water poured idly on "the desert waste." There is a nobleness of character, a deep devotcdness in some women, seldom found in the other sex. Man may be great in battle and glorious in arms; but his constancy, the ardor of his love, the devotcdness of his character, is shamed by

that of womr.li. 1 his is not fiction-the stern pages of history present us with innumerable instances of

the fearlessness and duvotedness of women under circumstances of the most appalling character. How few understand her character; how few appreciate the majesty of her gentleness! When disease

pines upon the bed of poverty, when virtue shivers in rags at misty midnight, does she shrink from the

real wretchednass of the scene: "The sick and ghastly bed Of Bin, delirious with its dread" Is soothed by the sweet voice of woman's console tion and oh! how sweet, how soothineand conso

latory are the accents and the divine promises of religion when uttered by the lipi of woman! There

For the Post. TO JUNIOR. Sir Although personally unknown to you, I will venture to address a few words to you by wuy of friendly adnonition and advice. You are now at coliege, and favored with enlightened and intelligent precep

tors, who make every endeavor to push you forward in the acquisition of knowledge the gaining of which is at once commendable and pleasing. The youth, whose happy lot it is to pursue the flowery paths of science, guided by a laudable ambition to excel, is highly favored, and to him there is no obstacle that he cannot surmount no opposition that ho cannot overcome. It is now a pretty well established fact, that industry, perseverance, and good sense are all that is necessnry to seat an individual tt tbr Kill t -r c r C L n f, 1 wYmrt 1 i .ni lIi i nn

in her learned disquisitions, or revel in heriioldeni , . 1 . ..iii- 'chiefly en the action sweets. Kverv man is tn snmf evtiMit led nrilirtr-: . 1

j ted by activity or indolence; for tliee two principles have held sway over the mind of man from time immemorial. This explains the reason why men of sprightly genius fall far below mediocrity, in the estimation ot men merely from a want of vigorous action. While others to whom nature has net been quite so lavish of her bounties, surpass them in every thing literary and noble. The youth of ordinary talents, without industry, is like "An atom made superfluously, And not needed to build creation with." After a perusal of your piece, I must place you in the second class. I am not slow to believe that you

have both talent and a laudable ambition. And with a little more culture, observation, and experience, you will write finely, and as regards sentiment,

you win write correctly, uji m tno piece oelore t Coj 0f w j.,ter 1

mc, in uui opinions ui uiu iiieaui 01 Happiness, you have widely overshot the mark. You do not believe power and place con fer happiness. 1 am forced to believe that you have obtained your knowledge of men and things from those highly wrought works, called novels, and not from a deliberate survey of the pages of history else you could not have made so great a mistake. A man who gains a hih station, sets himself tin

to be shot at, is a common saying, ay, it is a truv ! saying. You have read the stories of Pericles, of! Dinnysius, and of l'yrihus you are familiar wit!' S the histories of the great men of our own country I

oi tneiruneasy and miserable state while in power of all this you are acquainted? Then, why write

about the happiness ot a great name? ou see your philosophy will not stand he test of experience. It is bad philosophy drawn from n bad fountain. Go then, my friend, dedicate your spare time to history to the study of the situatiousof men now in power, and learn wisdom from the experience of others. Contemi'Latus.

edin aseveie iicliou which took place ht the hew:, waters of Trinity, between a parly of eighteen rangers and 150 Indians, when the former were obligged to retire, having lost ten men out of their little party. The Congress has passed an act authorizing the purchase of the steamer "Pulaski," for the naval service. This boat is said to be capable of carrying 12 eighteen pounders, and 500 men. The Hon. Alice Labranche istentirely exonerated by the Telegraph, from the charge of meddling, in the politics of Texas." Louisville City Gazette. Facts in the science of agriculture. Lmr.. If quick lime, either ficsh, burned or slacked, b1? mixed with moist vegetable substances, however hard and fibrous, it soon destroys their texture, and forms a mixtuie, tho greater part of which can be dissolved in water, thus rendering what was previously useless, fit food for plants. Hence the utility of applying quick lime to reclaimed swamps, or other soils abounding in woody fibre. On the other hand, it is injurious to mix quick lime with vegetable substance already soluble in water, or with any sort ofdung or other animal manure, lest it should take up too much liumic acid. Iltnnic acid may be termed the essence if dung, combined with oxygen. Svgau And gluten. There are few plants that do not contain sugar, which chemists have thown to be a compound of about three parts carbon, four parts oxygen, and eight parts hydrogen. It would follow, therefore, that it is not necessaiy

to be introduced into the soil in the state ot

"I never yet did know a philosopher Who could bear the Tcoth-Ache patiently.", Much cdo abevi Hothih Montague's Ealm. A sovereign and infallible remedy for the ToothAche and an effectual preservation for the teeth. PRICE $1,00 PER BOTTLE. Tn offering this invaluable Ealm to to the public many certificates of its efficiency might be given, w hich the limits of a newspaper forbid publishingjand which may be seen by calling at tho agents but as every -species oi'medicine has been thus thrust into notice, we invite tho puLiic to a more convincing proof of it.s almost miraculous powers to relieve thu worst of ail uches, the Tooth Ache. GIVE IT A TRIAL, being careful to adhere strict to the directions civ en on each bott'e and let it rise or fallpon ITS OWN MERITS. Suffice, it to t?ay that in thousands of cases it has not failed i?f a single instance, ft should be used after all operations, bleeding and spungy gun:?,Pore teeth, scurvy ifrc; And is decidedly the besT icoth wash ever yet discovered, it should be used with a brush, instead of any powder, or substance containing, or that can contain, the finest panicle of grit. The Ladies epeak of it with unmeasured praise, and all who have used it have laid aside ail remedies ofered as clensera of th mouth, and purifier of the teeth. Fur sale at George II. Johnson's Store, Bloomington, and eevry town and village in the United State, by proper Agents. May'jnd, 1U37. 24 llmo.

Green count. Circuit court , October, Ttrm, 1837.

sugar, ; Davia M.Dobson. 1

the constituents being always more or less contained

in water, and must pi obably combined into sugar, j Jesse Karnes, J. In fharlcerj. after entering the system of a plant. This applies Thomas Bra ! ford also to starch, which is composed on the same pi in-' Hiram L'ray.i: ciples, and may indeed be converted into sugar, as Carpus Shaw, J was lately discovered; and gluten differs only in con- i "1rOIE now the Pai 1 complainant by Hester and taining nitrogen, (jhten is the substance hich j Eckels, has solicitor-, and files the.bill herein &. imnarts nutriment to wheat in a irreater decree than i fronTandav;t filed, it appear? to the satisfaction of

i is possessed bv ancther train.) ! 'he Court that said Hiram Uray.is a non resident of

i:ns uun. it ia uivii'iuuiuuicj uv uio uuil. mat

r'i..vvitti, colok, Arc. All flavor, color, smell and

depend lor their production of liiihl. The red color of

! forced rhuL-ard, (and of the blood U.-et.) which

seems to Lc an exception, nri cs from the red matter pre ioulyjrcduced by the agency ,01' lij;ht being carried down to the root, (llci.ee, celery u blanched to ilivcst it of its otherwise ac:d tate and hence fruits growing in the deep shade.'uie more vapid niid colorless than those growingMii an open exposure.) Heat. The soil of this'co.mtry, below where the frosMisuully penetrates, nverge.s a. temperature of forty-eight degrees, or fifteen degrees, alove freezing, which is the reason why s-prings Jo not freeze, and not unv oualilv in the sprit. r wa'.cr.

me j enuer.cy oiuniiuii ne puonsnea intne fott, a puolic newspaper, published in the town of Bloomiiigtor., in this State, at lea?t four succefsive weeks; fixty days before the first day of the next Terra o this 'o;ii.,and that un'ess the said Eray be and appear'hei e on the first day of the next Term of thia Court and answer the said complainants said Bill tho matter!" and tilings therein contained will be taken fo.-confused ani this cause is continued to tho next Term of tins Court, Test. S. R. CAVENS, Clerk. OctJ.tr, :t?i 1837. 1 4ow.

Lau-ra:

Robert Wi'ison,

wmcn wii; iree.e iciuiiiy enougti wnen laacn irom Susan Vim" Wi'on the well. And this expli ins w hy spring water, re- .Joseph 11. Wilson,' tainingjalways near the same teiupeiutjie. appeals' Creed T. Wilson, cold in the heat of summer, and warm during the Thomas Adams and

i Rliahrth his u ifp.

State of Indiana, f c Circuit covrl, March Term, 1837. )'

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In chancerv."

Just from Fhiladilp'iia. WRIGHT &, KLG,

I EsrECTFL'LLY informs the public

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A friend at Indianapolis has sent us a table, showing the names, residence?, ages, natives, occupations and politics of the Members of the present Legislature. From this table we gather the follow ing facts: In the Senate, there are 26 Whigs a.id 20 Yanitcs, one neutral. The Whigs are divided as follows: for Harrison, 14; Clay, 1?; Anti-Van, 4. Samuel Chambers is the oldest member of tho Senate, having served 15 years. Might are natives of Va.; 8 of Pennsylvania ; 7 of Ky . ; 5 of N. C. ; 4 of Ohio ; 5 of Tenn.; 2 Indiana; 2 of Yt.; and one ot each of the States of Michigan, N. Hampshire, Maryland, N. Jersey and New York. There are 26 Farmers in the Senate, constituting a majority; 7 merchants; 6 Lawyers; 5 Physicians; 2 Mechanics, and one

uoatman.

In the House, parties stand: Whigs, 53; Vanites

44 ; 2 neutral. 44 of the Whigs express their pre

ference for Harmon, 6 for Clay, & three put them

selves down as Anti-Van. 21 of the members are

from Kentucky; 12 from North Carolina, 1 1 from Virginia; 9 from New York; 7 from Pennsylvania:

7 from New Jersey; 5 from South Carolina; 3 from Ohio; 3 from Maryland; 2 from Tennessee; 1 from

each of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Mas

sachusetts, Lonuecticut, ermont and Louisiana: 2

Irom Scotland; 1 trom Ireland, and 5 are natives of

Indiana. Their occupations are set down as follows:

Farmers, 44; Lawyers, 16; Physicians, 11; Mer

chants, 10; Mechanics, 8; 1 c-j.vcyor; 1 Editor; 1

faven Keeper; 1 Manufacturer; 1 Clerk; 1 Miller,

and 1 Engineer. liusrinite Herald.

TEXAS. By a slip from the New Orleans True American

of the 30h, we gather the following items. They

contain the very latest intelligence Irom Texas.

I he I rue American says: "We have

been lavored with the Huston Telegraph of the

16th, from which we extract the following items

i ne steamer vumancne arrived at Houston on

the 16th.

One James Wright, apprehended for killing an

Indian on the 13th, was admitted to btiil for this

"capital crime," and immediately made his escape

Col. Karnes has concluded a treaty with the

Tohkewas at San Antonio.

The editor of the Telegraph says that he has just received a letter from New Orleans, stating that the promissory notes of the Texas Government are now as current in New Orleans as most of tht bank bills oft he adjoining States. The "actual captor" of Santa Anna, Lieut. A. II. Miles, formerly ofRUhmond, Va., has teen kill-

that they

ar now receivinir and opmuhit at tluir oiu

stand o:i the West side of the pub ic b.juare a enlarge and euperior Mock of goods tuitaL.e .j the approaching season, consisting in part of Super bla.-k, blue, brown, and olive cloths, Cass. meres and Sa'tinettf. Flannels and i lankets. a

very superior collection of Prints of the very latest tsiyle, Fancy and Pocket hdkfe., Veils of every color, black, brown, ieen, and Mraw colored Silks, Super black, India Satin, Kid, Silk and Ueaver gloves brown Sheetings and Shirtings, Linen Cambrick, Irish Linen,' Circasions, Merino, c. Fur, Tuscan, Leghorn and Straw Founds, Fur and Silk Hats, Fur and Seal Caps, a large assortment of Mtoots ami Shoes, HARDWARE AND OUEENSWAKE, Drawing chains; Ares, Sjialcs and Shovels Iron, Utecle, Castings, and ISails, Salt, eye. We could till this whole column out in Enumer

ating our articles, but v.e deem it unnecessary and

will close by saying we can accominocate the public with almost any article called for in the mercantile hne from an anvillo up to a cambrick needle.' The public are invited to call and examine the stock.

li loom ingtnn, Sept. '2;yth, 1837.

j Marv . ?.nce Wilson Sr.

j Vance4WiIson, Milton WiPon, j Marv Wiin,

' Heir; of Vance' Wi!?on, dec J

COMF.S said complainant by Punn hia solicito, and files in the'otilce of the Clerk of said court, 1 the affidavit of a disinterested person, setting forth tiiat tln above named defendants (Creed T. Wilson.

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Removal. T. HARDEST W

FAS HI O XA B L E T A1LO II. RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has removed his shop to the new frame building

of G. H. Johnson. Esu. 2d door eat of the bui'.dinir

recently occupied by J. JI. Berry &: Co. as a store, where he is now prepared to execute all kinds of work in his line of business, in thu most fashionable, neat aud duable manner. Latest Eastern Fashions Just Received. Bloomington, Aw. 17th, 1337. 51-tf. Latest Eastern fashions justjreccived. ABRAHAM FUNK , in the new frame building ofl'osite the messrs.' orchard's Is now prepared to execute work of all kinds in his line, in the most fashionable and durablu manner. From hi long experience in the" business 'he has no hesitancy in saying he will be able to give general satisfaction to those who may favor him with their custom. He returns his thanks to his old customers and solicits a continuation of their patronage. Bloomington, Jov. 17, 1037. l-5tf

li e non residents of the etate of Indiana. ..... . .

th .-aid defendants are therefore hereby no-

titled, t.'iat unless mey pieaa, answer or demur to said complainants bill (in the above entitled suit) on or before the calling of said cause, at the next term of said court, to be holden at the court house in Bedlord on the second, Monday of March text, the said bill, as to such d .-f'ndautF, will be taken as confessed. i. ) H HUT 'M ITCH ELL, Cl'k. L. C. C. Nov. lilih, i::37. l-3w STATE OF IX DIANA, ( Laicrence county. Lawrence county Trobate Court Nov. Term, 1B37. Samuel M'Afee Adrn'rof the estate of Edward M'Afee deceased. f Complaint of int $olvincy. The creditors of said decedent. J COMES the said Administrator and files'his complainant herein whereupon it is ordered by the Court that the creditors of said estate be notified of

! the filing and pendency of said complaint, by publication, for six weeks successively, in some news ; paper, as by law required, and that unless such creditors notify said Administrator of the existance and

extent ot tneir respective claims, by hung the same or a statement of tho nature description or date of the contract or assumpsit upon which the same may be founded, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, previous to the final distribution of the assetsof the estate of said decedent sTich claims will be postponed in favor of the claims of the more dilligent creditors, and this caiiFe is continued. A copy attest, ROBERT MITCHELL , Clk. L PC 2-6 W REMOVAL. " " S. IP. JJO.VS.fZ,X.

Urspectifullt imforms the publicy thai he has removed his shop to tho' building nc-ily opposite to Dr. D. H. lLx well's dwelling on the N Went

side of the Public square, where he is"

now manuLcu ilr.g hats of varioui qualities among; w hich are

Tine Black Beaver hats", l)r.b, Beaver, and Otter hats. Tine and common Roram hats, W'Ord hats &c. The public are assured that his work will be ex. ectfied equal to any in the Western country. He ia; determined to make his prices moderate, and earnestly solicits a share of pnblic patronage. September 8th, 1837. 41 3ow

Taken up-

BY John M. M'Caw, living in Perry township Monroe county, la three head of Cattle, one Cow, a dark brindle with some white, marked with a crop and a split in the right ear, an underbit and a hole in the left, supposed to be four years old. Also one red heifer with a white face, unmarked, supposed to be two years old. One red calf unmarked supposed t be one year old, appraised to twenty flour dollars by Wm. Waugh, and Win. Shipp, befoie me this 11th, day of December 1337. SAMUEL MATHERS; J P Pork Wanted for subscriptions to the Post.

Taken up BY John Snider, of Highland township Green county Indiana, one Pale Red Cow, with white 6pecks on her flanks, belly and shoulders, supposed to be 4 years old last spring, marked with a crop off the left ear, and a hole in the Bafne, a swallowfork in the right. No other marks or brands perceivable, appraised to eleven dollars by James R. Snider and Willis Tongute, before me, ISAAC ANDERSON. J P

December 6th, 1837. 2-3w

Ftax-Seed Wanted. WRIGHT & KING, Wishes to puachase a quantity of Flax-seed, for' which they will pay CASH or GOODS. Sept. 8, 1837.