Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 13, Brookville, Franklin County, 29 March 1839 — Page 1

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OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BV C. F. CEi 1RKSOX. QaOOKTIIiliE, FRAIKLO COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1SS9. VL. VII. So. 13.

TERMS OP THE AMEttlCAX. !i advance, $' oJ in six month, or 53 at

L;ep;riti a of tue year

The morning being fine, she walked atlen-

No paper will be dis-lCeu "v a 'ootman m a gentee l livery. She

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L ,-inu-J uat:l ail arrearages are paid, unless at "u me mercer mat sne was recommended u . .- .1 t: 'i- . - . . i i ...

..option oi laeeuiim. cu pvr cam. uueresi i iu nini Dy a person or distinction, one ot his

oest customers, whom she named, to purchase

l

Job-work an J advertising1 H-hen payment is de-

d bevond 6ix months. i i i i -it

Advertisements. iwme lines, or less, win .,1 Mini nr t r. roc limj T.ir nnn A !

3 inSJli-titi W - a'w.-a, ava vaai UllUttl '"aa 25 cents will be charged for each additional

JIISCELLAXSOrS.

POCn XOT THE VOICE OF CKlKr. BY ROBERT MORRIS. Pour not the voice of grief .Above the sable bieil The weary spirit finds relief Id some more hallowed sphere. What recks it that the lip Hath lost its thrilling hue -Untainted was their fellowship As blushing rose and dew. And now too soon, a creeping thing, Will, like a leech, there feed and cling! Vet weep not for the dead Who early pass away, Ere hope and joy and youth Lave Sed, Ere wee his wrought decay! Better to die in youth When life is green and bright. Then when the heart has lost its truth In age and sorrow's night

Then wees and years around ue throng And death's chill grasp is oa us long. Life is a riSed flivver When love's pure vision's ed A broken spell a faded hour An echo and a shade! The poet's thirst for fame, And siren beauty's kiss, - Ambition's height, and honor's name But yield a phantom bliss And man turas back from every goal Thirsting for soma high bliss of soul! Would I hid died when young! How many burning tears. And wasted hopes and severed ties Had spared my after years! And she on whose pale brow, The damp cold eirth. liej, Whose pure heart in its virgin glow Was mirrored in dark eyes! Would that I had faded with her, Sly boyhood6 earliest worshipper! Pour not the voice of wo! Shed net the burning tear When spirits from tho cold earth go, Too bright to linger here! Unsullied 1st them pass Into oblivion's tomb Like snow-flakes melting in tLe sea When rife with vestal bloom. Then strew fresh flowers above the grave. And let the tall grass o'er it wave!

From a S. entitltd London Upitode. THE MAD MERCER. A TRUE TALE. Those who declaim with Use greatest v

liesnence acamst tnc superiority ol woman

talents and understanding, generally

elude their argument with an appeal to experience, which they think establishes their opinion, that when wcrr.au falls from virtue, she exreeds man in the flagraney of her cirrus. Bui if this (shcui-J we even indulge ihetn by grn;:lii!g what they might find diflioi't to demonstrate) proves any thing, it is

iue reverse of what they allege it in support

wedding cloths for a young lady of fortune.

in the country, together with what else might he necessary for the other ladies of the family on the occasion, and pulling a letter of direction out of her pocket, those a vast number of articles, with evident fancy and judgment, to a very considerable amount, and then, while the mercer was making out the

oiil, ordered a loolman to call a ccath. When it came, she bid the shopman to put the things into it, and turning to the mercer,

told him she was the wife of such a genlleman, naming the doctor on whom she had called the day before, and requested that he would please to come heme with her in the coach, where her nusband would pay him. ile accordingly waited upon her without hesitation, as, although he was personally

whol!.- unacquainted with the doctor and the

circumstances of his family, he knew him to be a man of respectability and property. When the coach "stopped at the doctors the lady's footman knocked with authority,

I and the door was opened by another, in exiactly the same liven, who, remembering her I liberality, the day before, received her with I the most obsequious respect. She went in without asking any questions, and showing the mercer into an outer parlor, with the easy i air of mistress of the house, told him she

would wait upon him directly. ..r She then went to the doctor, and with tears

in her eyes, told him she had brought hei

I husband with her, who had never been so

bad as that very morning, having disowned all knowledge of her, and every person in his family and raised a great disturbance in the house of one of the neighbors, from whom he pretanded to demand money for silks he had sold him. She entreated him to try all possible mtfans for his recovery, advising him to take care to have proper assistance at hand,

ias he was apt to be very outrageous; and jlhen giving him another handsome fee, J she said she could not bear to he within j hearing of him, much less see. him, in those

unhappy circumstances, and would therefore now retire. She then departed in the coach, carrying with h r of course, the silks.

1 he doctor then waited on his patient, whom he found sitting very composedly, and, after some general chat, asked him how he

found himself l!;is morning, and desired to feel his pulse. Though the mercer thought

this something odd, he had accustomed him

self to so much compliance with his ready

money customers, that he answered him civ

illy and let him feel his pulse ;ncr had rcsolu

you want your money? Make haste, Thomas. And pray, sir, will you tell me how much and for what I am indebted to you?' 'For what? sir! for the silks vour wife had

from me this morning; here is the bill, sir.' Poor man! it is just so my wife, sir, William fetch the straight waist coat I don't like his looks. Pray, sir. who is my wife?' 'Why, air, that's a strange question; the lady who brought me berc sir.' 'My wife, is she? Pray, sir, is she not your own wife?'

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MR. BENNETT'S LETTERS. c;ilm, pMonlMS aImost

r AsuiauxoN, rert., i&d'J. isieir master, i nave no doubt but it was two

The two Portraits Picture of DemocracyPicture of Aristocracy .

Look on this picture then on that llamht. After floating about in Pennsylvania Avenue for an hour this morning. I at last resolved to break a promise 1 had made to a friend.

and instead of visiting his church,! could not

resist the desire of again visiting St. John's

of, as it certainly requires superior abilities

to excel in both.

e tion, or presence of mind, perhaps, in his sur- , prise, to contradict the doctor, when he told

COn-i him that it was absolutely necessary for him

to lose seme blood, but submitted quietly to the operation. Thinking however, that he had no further occasion for the doctor's advice, he thanked him very politely, and said that, as he had a

good deal of business to do that morning, he

should be very much obliged to him to despatch him as soon as he could; adding that lie presumed his lady had given him the bill

I for the silks and ol her goods she had brought

An elcganllv dressed woman of preposses-1 home, whicn lie sliould be very nappy to resing appearance, called upon a physician jeeive, and to have the honor of his future cus-

'My wife? I don't understand you; my wife is neither so tall, nor so handsome, nor s'o well

dressed. Ah, said the doctor to himself, who had been much taken with the prepossessing person and elegant attire of the lady, if hewere to see my wife he would find her a dowdy to his. 'No, sir, she is no wife of mine,' continued the mercer, 'and if she is not yours she must be your kept mistress; but 1 don't care for that, if you do but pay me for the silks

sne got.'

'Not a word about silks, sir, any thing but silks.' 'But I will talk of my silks, and of the

money tor tliem too. I do not understand

you at all-'

'I suppose not, sir at present, but you will remember better by and bye. Ilow'exactlv

she described his case! 1 don't wonder at

her saying he was very bad.'

By this time the doctor's men had laid hold

of the poor mercer and in spite of his roaring

ana struggling, clapped halt a dozen cups on his head. The pain of this made him mad

indeed, so that, making a desparale effort, as

lie was a strong man, he burst from his perse

colors, and rushed into the street with the

cups sticking on his head.

bach a sight instantly drew a mob about a , t .

urn, whom lie entreated in vatn to protect i:m, and assist him to escape, asserting his

sanity, and exclaiming against the usage he a i - l . i i . .

naa rcceiveu; nut mey only laughed at the

ridiculous tigure he made, and, as the doctor's house and he peculiar practice were well

known, they helped his men to secure him, and dragged him back to his plat e of torment.

Here, though still raving about his silks, his

money, and his ill-usage, he was forced to sub

mit, and a waist-coat was put on him. He became at length, per force, quiet; and con

ceiving there must be some strange delusion

or mistake which he could not fathom, con

ducted himself so gently, indeed being much

exhausted by the phlebotomical operations

he had undergone, that the doctor, towards the afternoon of the day, recommended him ven kindlv to take some lefreshmenl; and

added, that if he attended to his regimen, he

had no doubt he would soon perfectly restore

him to health.

At this the patient again started, but, rec ollecting the treatment he had experienced

rnly 6aid that he would be glad if the doctor

would allow him to go to a neighboring cof

fee-house, which he mentioned, wheie he

knew he could get a most excellent dinner

and (though he had to gulp down his vexa

tion) actually invited the doctor to dine with

him there, promising to say nothing about the

silks till a more convenient opportunity

'Say you so, my dear tir,' said the physi cian, '1 am heartily glad to see you so ration

Church in President Square, and again takin

another look at the manners, ways, demeanor,

ana taste oi the rcat democrat of the na-

ion I mean Martin Van Buren now the

resident, Bnd more than ronarrh. of nearlv

twenty millions of intelligent, rational, and sensible beings, I accordingly Lent mv w;n

westward, up the Pciiiim lvania A -u'v.:-, U

wards the Church in question.

As I proceeded on my wav, the r.oMe por

ticoes of the bite IIoue. irlitleriii in thp

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surh animals ibat li e Emrrrr.r rm r--.i:

I .v VB vuir gula I forget n hit h elevated to the Senatorinl dignity. B-Jt, to return the carriage of his Excellency was the most superb thing I have yet seen. It was of a dark olive hue, with ornaments eleganth disposed. shining as bright as burnished gold. When I was in Paris, I saw Louis Philippe frequently drive out to NeuilU, and back to the Tuilleries when I was in London I saw the Queen as frequently drive fro .- Bur kir.gham Palace round Hyde

inriv lit i l wa- ul W ii.dsor I have also .r;;l.e si irt roMil personage driving from tl . -:'v to the Chapel. I have seen all ' I must say, that the carriage and !,-.. f s i!)t; oiJinary equipage of the chief democrat of this land of lot ofoco equality, is far more elegant, superb, and splendid Than

either of he other great and royal person-

morning sun, almost dazzled mme eyes wih lag, s. The servant dashed up the steps heir effulgence and splendor. The noble , banged at the door-jumped up behind, and lineaments of that bui ding are far more im-away rolled the head of the republican party.

rr & . "rtM,I"" ":?u l,lose,l "maor ithan airandasttle that can equal and Castle, the royal residence of England ssurp ss any crowned'head in Europe. Queen, let the former are purelv demo- in f - r , cratic, while the latter prescnOno.hmg that of J'"" ITT ft'." 't is not horrible to a true republican. In point a 1 h 1 010 -"l"6 b,C I of taste, producing similar c"rZ "iUp I' M reT" to White House on thf Potomac, is even superi- 'wtaH SmT 7"$$' or to the chateau de Tuillierics, the ror-l" J- X f' iVA I Vi -,at " .V deuce of the King of the French. The tat- " m i Vm S an! ,,"t a , , ... 1 painful bubble i, a politician! but. oh! what

ter is more extnsive and contains more ararl

ments, but hj no meons has it the same tlasical appearance. Wandering along in litis direction, some

times musing over the rise and fall of empires

sometimes the rise and fall of politicians now catching the beams of the glorious sun. then the sparkling eye of a pretty gir! I

reached the fashionable square, mounted the fashionable brick step entered the fashiona

ble church, and asked of the fashionable sexton, if he could accommodate me with a seat in an empty pew. "Certainly," said he.

he service had already began half the con

noted for his skiil in curing the maladies of

torn.

ihe mind, and related a long and circumstantial story of her husband bcihg lately altrcked by madness cf an uncommon kind; during the p.iroxysms of which he lost his memory, so as utterly to forget his nearest relations and disown even his wife and children; and persist with the strongest obstinacy in some extravagant notion or other, though, in every oilier respect, to all appearances, in his per

fect senses. A recent loss in business by a

irew whom he had trusted to a large amount ia si7.ts,iad most particularly affected him, so that he was constantly raving about si7As,and demanded payment from everr one he met.

She concluded her account with a tlood cf

tears, and sharpened the doctor's attention I !... ,- .w :lt

uj a uoerai lee. lie prouuseu w consiuer the case with the greatest care, but told her it would be impossible for him to form a procer juJgmeut without seeing the patient. To this her tender regard made her make cany objections, particularly because the v,iry mention of a doctor heightened his madoess, a;:d to have recourse to any violent methods in his own house, would expose him to his servanl-s. whieh she could not bear to

do, and he would never forgive should they doctor

'My dear sir,' said the doctor, 'don't talk about silks, it will only make you worse. Let us talk on general subjects. What do you think of the late change in the administration? Accustomed to complacency in his intercourse with all who dealt with him, the mercer, though soreh against his will, talked

politics with the doctor, very coherently and! rationally; but at length again urged the'

payment of his bill for silks, and added that, though his lady had said he would pay cash for them, if he had not the money in his house, a check on his banker would do quite as well., 'Poor man,' said the doctor, I see, though he is not quite so bad as I expected, that his - I r 1 Ml :iU

malady is coming upon turn; anu inen, wmiout giving the other any lime to object, he called to his man to bring the cupping glas

ses, and apply them to the gentleman's head.

To my head, sir? exclaimed the mercer in a fright, 'cupping glasses to my head? I do not want any more of your advice or prescriptions, and beg you will pay me for mr silks, and let me go about mv business.'

'Poor gentleman! poor gentleman : saia mc ctor: 'But it must be done; come John,

a beautiful bubble is woman! These were the thoughts that filled my mind. I saw some IVir i'iies near me lhati had a slight acquaintam e with, but avoided them; for I was not in ihe mood of gallantry; and when you are tiot in the mood, what a foolish but endearing thing an amiable and lively woman is. I a more disposed to weep to weep bitterly at the folly of human nature or laugh yes, loud at the maniac madness of mankind. I wandered along the street perfectly at random, like an isolated soul drifted down the ; great tide of eternity. This, said I to myself,

then, a specimen of democracy regular,

gregation had assembled, and the rest, inrlu-t

ding his Excellency, were probably half dres- out-and-out democracy ol that democracy of sed, and would reach the churchin time to! l wc hear so much m the porter houses hear the last paragraph of the sermon, the " , , W 1?rk:",.,tJllie " CeUa7 f 1

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cvea prove successful; but these difficulties! go on; doivt he aurmeu,sir, u oug.i u. oFe- ' ..... I : i:iiln :.f.ml if n ill crvi Ho fiVPT.

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crc all removed by a proposal, wh;ch she insensibly led the doctor to make, of bringing lha patient to his housv-, where no notice would be taken of any noise that he might nke, and all things were in readiness for

whatever might appear necessary to be done. To this proposal the lady consented with dealing reluctance, and promised to decoy km under same pretence to come the next noming,a3 she had reason to apprehend that

Ihe tit was comintr uoon him. The doctor

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(Jo on. John, call in l homas and v imam

If you struggle, sir, it will only add to your pain. You shall sec, sir, I will despatch ou

directly.' 'Despatch me,sir?' replied the poor mercer, almost frightened out of his wits, at the sight of ihreft or four ercat ill-looking fellows, with

the instruments of torture ready. 'Despatch ni nrnv sir. do. and pay me for my silks;

here is my bill, and give me leave to tell you,

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promisad to be at home at the time appointed 1 a.n not accusiomcu .bandtbp 1..H,- ,f i,or ,ion,rinr,. .ecured the lU s all for your good, rr.y dear s r , said

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physician, "let me beg of you don't think

liberality j of la,k of lh,no else s,r' , Sli3 Matters being thus far settled, she went' it will make you worse, assure vou. . . . . r ... i -ii I It will make me mad' 3nid the patient.

"vxi morning to trie snop oi a noieu sim-im-i-i ----- - - .nta.,n.tnA hi crV r !,.. tm- 'Hint's the very tlung,' interrupted his

. ... 1 . J ,i .n.:o-n m 1 L-nnir it will. Ave. Doorman,

al. But if you will take dinner with me,

you will finJ that we doctors know how to

ecok as well as to prescribe.'

In fact a most excellent dinner soon made its appearance, and the doctor's lady was introduced to their compulsory guest. A little, fbt, old, ugly woman, deeply pock-marked, though exceedingly well-behaved, formed such a contrast to the handsome and eccom-

plishcd lady by whom he had decoyed him away, that the mercer could not help exclaiming to himself, well, if you do keep a miss, doctor, you have some excuse for it, considering the two but it is damned hard I can't get pay for mv silks.

This last was uttered in a kind of mutter,

and the hissing sound of the last word caught

the cars of the doctor, who immediately said,

my dear sir, you forget not a word about

the silks any thing else that you like shall I help vou to some of this turbot?'

Thus corrected, the mercer ate his dinner

in silence; and even the exhileration of a few

glasses of wine, which the doctor said, would

restore the equilibrium of the animal econo

my after the exhaustion "of the morning, produced but one single exclamation about his silks, which was as instantly quelled by the

invariable retort 'not a woid about the silks any thing but silks come, lake one glass

more.'

To cut the story short, the poor mercer was

thus kept, as it were, in purgatory all tna

evening and night, and although he had re

quested and obtained leave of the doctor to write notes to some of his friends: as these

were conceived to be merelr the efforts of a

disordered imagination, not one was sent off,

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until the next morning, alter having oeen

very comfortably lodged, with, however, two men to sleep in his apartment, he bethought

himself of writing a note to a physician oi ms acquaintance to come and see him where he was. This gentleman happening to be well

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known to the doctor, the note was uespaicued; he arrived soon after an explanation! took place the lady and the silks remain undiscoverable, and the doctor had to pay a handsome sum to the tormented mercer to

ast prayer, the collect, and the closing an

them.

Here it is a settled axiom in fashionable

ife, that no person, having any regard for

their reputation or standing in the bcaumohde must enter church till half the service is concluded. Why? There is an exquisite plea

sure in disturbing the congregation in the

very micst of their religious outpourings which

in rtno bppitiq In liriilprttanri un u-rll nnim

so much, as his Excellency Martin Van Bu-

ren. During the tormcr presidencies, Mr.

Adams and Uencrai Jackson, both went to

church at the same hour other people go. They had not reached the high point of phi

losophy and civilization to which hu present)

highness has done. All the morning services and half the sermon were through when his excellency made his appearance. A little bustle took place on his entrance, among the strangers from foreign parts, and the Athenians from New

York. A slight pause was made in the ser

vices of the da' but whether the sun stood

still in his journey up the blue firmament of heaven, I do not positively know, for 1 had no means of inspecting the dial at the time.

When the Queen of England, or the King of

France go to perform their devotions, they

always make a point to enter when the prayers begin at least so 1 found them to do

when 1 last visited these countries.

At Inst his Excellency was seated a very

important point in the movements of.theday.

lis pew is m the right central aisie,iu a ood

position to see and to be seen.

The rest of the congregation was composed

of the secretaries, high ofbeers of the govern

delphia. If this is democracy and that pom

pous nothing of a man the chief democrat, I wish, 1 pray I could have a glimpse of aristocracy a single peep at one of these horrible aristocrats who have j truck with horror this sensitive, unhappy country for the last ten years with the pains of the cholera itself. Heaven seemed to hear my prayer, for I soon stumbled by accident upon the try object of which I "was in search.

I passed the Treasury buildings, returnee!

down the Avenue, and again reached the Hotel. I went to the bar, and inquired for the New York mail. There was none. As I turned round from the bar, I met a tall, plain

looking man, past the meridian ot life with a somewhat large mouth a slight turn up in his nose a calm, yet keen, piercing, brilliant eye and one of those foreheads of such ample dimensions as indicate, the breath of ti c soul viithin. He went up to the bar. took sv pinch of snuff, nodded to one or two persons as he passed, and then quietly walked towards

the door. Here he encountered an oIJ gentleman, whom he accosted thus, Any news to-day?' "Nothing,' replied the other, that I have

heard ." 'Who is that person who has just gone out?" asked a young gentleman of me. I looked at the querist. 'That person,' said I, Ms a very atrocious character be is the greatest aristocrat of this country." The young man looked at me incredulous'ou may believe or not as 3-ou please,' said I, 'but it is nevertheless too true. That

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mcnt,with their wives, daughters, neiccs, and person is nenry Clay oi rvcntucicy. e nas other attaches. Some were pretty, some sil-'ju walked from church, and is now walking

y, some ordinary, some pious, some vain, some

proud, and some lowly minded.

In the Jjpiscopal service, tncie is as much

to his lodgings, as you or I would do, without

blue and gold carnage, blood horses, or livery sefvunts. He is the most fearful and dan-

mcvoment,such as rising, standing arid kneel- gerous aristocrat that this country ever pro-

uuceu. lie ai.s ou uu own tegs ituu l,u s

ing, as there i3 in my own beloved church

the Catholic to whom I pay 80 a year for a pew. During these movements, the con

gregation were variously occupied. Some, I suppose, were thinking of their sins seine of

their beaux some ol their psalm some oi the elections and some of their new l.-onreis

and feathers. As to the Preside nt, 1 should

to church as seen as the bell ceases ringing.

Pray you avoid his example, if you are not also an aristocrat." The ; ung man started. 'As for mine own poor self, I intend to be a dt mocrat and a republican as fast as 1 can. 1 must get nte a splendid carriage, covired

with blue and burnibbed gold, and drawn by

tKinL- imtoii, cr from llio wrir. l.li- in Lis hi'ow.

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that he was deeply thinking, sometimes on nwis, coi,u" -".- the "sober second thoughts of the people" g to church when the services are half over, sometimes on his cabbage garden at Kinder- That's being a democrat." hooksometimes on the cut of his coat, and W ith this I retired to my apartment; ate a .i, ..i;. r ( h;c . .lon'.ni ..ikor.-.l I ad dinner, badly served up; wrote this bad

whisl-ers letter; and mean to drink a gentle glass of

After the prayer and anthem, the congregation rose and slowly departed, lwent out with the crowd cf young men, and lounged round the corners with the loungers, attaches, politicians, office-seekers, saints, sinners, and other loafers from parts unknown. In a short time his Excelleucy made his appearance

with a Udv on his arm. Over his shoulders

hung a very splendid blue Spanish cloak.

On his appearanc?, up drove a very spienaia

whiskey toddy, and then goto sleep away anothor night of the weary pilgrimage of human life. "Oh! virtue,' said the young Brutus, 'what a phantom art thou !" Oh! liberty,' said the beautiful Madame Roland, 'what deeds have been done in thy name." Oh! honor, said fat Sir John Falstaff, what mere wind art thou!" "Oh! democracy,' say I, 'what a

greater bubble art thou than Roman virtue,

carriage, drawn by two beautiful blood hor- French liberty, or English honor, all put to-

ses, their heads and tails lull ol a great &eai gelher, made into oiieuuK,uu more intellect, passion, feeling and sublimity 1 the back this is Martin Van Buren a pure than the owner. It was a fine study for me,l democrat, of Kinderhook stand out of the who am something of a painter, to mark the way of bis splendid equipaga and blood hor-

splendor and grace of the horses, and the set.

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