Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 40, Brookville, Franklin County, 4 October 1839 — Page 1

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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. j-2 in advance, $ 50 in six months, or $3 at the expiration of the year. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the optioa of the editor. Ten percent, interest per annum will be charged on all subscription, fnrntbe expiration of the year, until paid; and for mil Job-work and advertising vhen payment is delayed beyond six months. ADVERTISMEST8. Twelve lines, or less, will bs inserted once or three times, for one dollar, and 25 certs will bo charged for cad addif auo' insertion. ITIISCELLAXEOtS. DELINQUENT PATRONS." The annexed article, on the difficulties attendant upon Newspaper publishing, is from the pen of Mr. Ritchie, of the Richmond Enqiirer, who speaks from the practical experience of twenty-bur years. We hope the gool sense, and solemn truths of Mr. R's remirks, will commend them to the serious attention ofevery subscriber, who thinks because he oaty owes two or three year, editors can get along very well without so trifling an arrearageLet a majority of the patrons of an establishment act upon so fallacious an Idea, and does it not follow that the more subscri bers an Editor h.is, the poorer he will become? Those who think that an independent press , . 11J! f 1 . ... IS-uie pannaium oi noerty, and wish to uphold it in vigor and prosperity, should reflect that this can only be done by the aggregate ot tnaing atoms oy each individual promptly contributing his quota to its mamtainance sntl support: Wab. dour. Ft '3w the Richmond, fa., Enquirer. A WORD UPON BUSINESS. We are sure, that our delinquent subscriber wouUl excuse a very civil dun, if they were aware of our situation. We really want money, and wc must have ii." We want it for our own comfort. We want it to carry o: our business. AH we ask is, what wc have a right to demand, the discharges, which arj due to this etlice, and the payment of the annual subscription in advance. We. therefore, call upon every man to come forward and do hit duty. We kno.v not how it is, that the jut claims of Elitors of newspapers are so shamefully neglected. Is it because they render the State no s: evice ? Who c an believc.it, who listens to the culogiums, which are too often thundered forth upon the benefits of the press. Is i. because they ask exorbitant wages for their labor-? Thai cannot be considering how very few fortunes are made by the press; and want sacrifices of comfort the poor drudge cl'aa E'litor, in this country, is compelled to undergo. For one we can truly say, that he not wont ti lie on a bed of roses. His cares by day, and his vigils by night, are snch a to make his vocation the most irksome profession h society. Wh-, then, is he not paid ? OTT ... - .. uearc aware, mat ours is not a peculiar ce, inadequate compensation, and unrequittei exertion, are. the complaints of all our tribe. Ve have before us two or three, re mirkable c ises of this description. The Mo bileLnronicle, of the 2tlh Aug.. declares its determination hereafter to give away no pa pers. "It seems churlish to refuse: but our necessities compel us to do so. The times are such, that we are unable to collect enough throughout the week to pay our compositors, and we are olili ed te resort to the most rigid eecnomy, h iving no right longer to exercise liberal feelings. We say to all, that if our paper ts worthy of being read, we consider it worn being paia for. the Mew-orker, one of the most industri Oin and talented ltxirnals in our rountrv. craws, on Saturday last, in most indignant i . 7 . J erms,a melancholy picture of the condition of the newspaoar press. The Editor of a leading Georgia paper estimates the dead loss from bad debts to the publishers of periodicals in that State at $200,000. A Boston Editor comments that, if the estimate is intended to cover the total indebtedness of the faithless and worthless pcJrowof the Georgia press, it must be a very moderate one, as the losses of Boston publishers, from such patrons, amount to 200,000 per annum. This seems a large estimMte. yet it is not an extravagant one. Our own experience in the business leads us to believe that ihe losses of New York publishers, by unjust ...i -, - uosceioers, and more villioous Agents, amonntto not less than half a million of dollars Pr annum, or full one-fourth of their entire incomes. The systematic delinquency of rS portion of these who assume lo patronj them destroys all profit with the majorilJ Of full 100 firms engaged :n the publication of periodical in this city, wc doubt that ne-lilf receive the amount of their unavoid able expenses, though nine-teMhs have tatoxaor enough to support them adequately, " llK:,r subscription were punctually paid. . Tliese facts point unerringly to a Reform 18 management of the Newspaper buiThe system of extending creditloslranan over the country, in little sums of two ,0 lety dollars, must be abolished or greatly WreDched and regulated, or it will ruin those rno twera'e it. other business attempts I a ' w vniiuvi IC1II1 l V"-'"' ii? "as v a1 jwt thing in Hs place; but it should exirt only .-"cen Prt1efc wen known to each oiher.or based on -security. To ive crdit indjisiminatelvis to offer a premium for roguery. lOere IS nothing liklh eTisfincr system of uncan newsnaner rnihi in the whole d besides. It would be i n . excellent

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, 2 ruinous. We speak from nATnd b,Uer experience. . "?r h( Wt ,e"8t' of the subscribers to any established on the old system are habitually an MAk. a " J ... w slop all lnese Bnd a rcmailder ILu JLu!ir. Rdv,n:e J?yment 'pir' , give moral onence and create lasting enmity. Unreasonable as this would be, it cannot be wholy disregarded. A news-v-i-,u uve,must enjoy the good will of euosewno read ,t; a storm of obloquy from them might blast its prospect for ever. The man who for years has taken nnd r.id fnr paper,ofien feels ani-onted if it is stopped payment cxnires. constmincr ii.trvn personal indignity, that whi b is but a yielding joa general necessity. So, ut any rne, publisbers appear to believe. It i im,;kiV, onag u,em to unite in any measure of insisw5 ...ueaioiy on advance payment. So long as they can contrive to live, they cannot resisi tne tenrmtation nf u. ...k-.:. .: thmifrl, tt.:.J f;. . . . ...--5.. .ii.iu ui ii is never paid, l or our own part, we have had glorv enough. We commence this week a thorough 'searching operation.' Within the cousse of the enumg month, we shall suspend the transmission of our paper to about fiffnn h subscribers who arelonir in mar. nrf wait a month or two to hear from them before proceeding farther. If anv take offence at our retoiting to a measure of such necessity to us, we cannot help it. To be just to our creditors, we are constrained to be more strict with onr debtors. Henceforth, no one will be allowed to fall in arrears to us fur more than fifteen months' subscription very few for a longer term than one year. We feel a strong comfidence lh.t no rational being can feel insulted by a step we are impelled to solely by lh strong instinct of self perseravtion. Those who forward a remittance w ill be gladly reinstated on our books, and shall be supplied with back numbers, if desired, so long as we shall have hem. An early attention will alone insure them." All this is a true bill. We hear the same complaints from the West. The Hamilton Gazette, of Last Tennessee, says that "some thing must be done to save the majority of puousners iorm bankruptcy, brought on by low prices, gratuitous labor and the credit sys tem. e venture, that there are not onethird of the establishments in the State, that ran pay their debts, without contributions. Of all men in the world. Editors and Publishers should be free from the curse of dependency duns, debts and blue devils; for, it inca pacitates him for a proper discharge of duty, and is the first step towards slavery the yielding up the noble sentiments and privi leges ot freedom, to be made the tools and vessals of wealth, sycophancy and ambition." 1 his is a true bill acain. How can the Press do its duty to the Public, if the Public do not discharge their duty to it? T he cares of Pol itics are bad enough; the fear lest the Editor hould go wrong himself, and thus lead others into errors, is sufficiently harassing, without those petty and humiliating cares of poverty and dependence,of embarrassing duns and incompetent resource?, which break down the spirits of the firmest man. How Can the country expect the Press to be what it ought to be, so long as such a blight shall fall upon the head of the conductors? The Raleigh Standard happily hits eff the following pre scription has been justly said that Independent Press rests on a firmer basis for support than one of a contrary character; and it has been supposed difficult so break down such a Press. There is a way in which it enn be done however. And how, does the reader think, this work can be accomplished ? By the telling of al! sorts of lies concerning it and its editor? No. By threats? No. By getting a hireling for the espitial purpose of writing it down? No. By the misconduct of unprincipled political Postmasters? No. But this is the secret: Let a large number ot its subscri bers conclude, that because the business is good, the Editor is not in want of the little sums they severally owe; let its friends habitually delay the fulfilment of their promises and contracts with the bditor, and the most prosperous establishments in the world must come down at last." 1 HE CHOICE. Charles Franklin succeeded his father in moderately lutrutive buinessand feeling the loneliness of an unconnected state, resolved to look around him in the circle of his female ac auaiutances, for one who could be content wi'.h such an establishment as he had to offer, and whose tastes and pursuits accorded with his ideas of female excellence. Charles was not remarkably fastidious, yet he looked in vain; one charmed hmi by her beauty, anom er by her accomplishments third by ter de coram of manners, and a fourt by her vivac ity. But stilt the indiscribablo charm was wanting; several times he had been on the verce of falling in love, but some accidental discovery. or startling discrepancy, saved him from committing himself. Chance, aowevcr, breught him acquainted with two sisters, possessed ofequiil beauty, resembling each other in nunnpr and dinasition. Charles was (real lv at a loss whit h of these sisters to ad mire the most they both possessed such charming gaiety. such an easy Sow f conversat ion, and, appearenuy, sucn an equai . .1- V I tleiiecs of temper. 1 he bniiant eyes oi ium cy, the elder, dazzling his imagination, wniie . r.- --- . i.- I... ...rklinc. hut mai tender Anea OI

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ranny Often rivet ted his ira ' Afto u , . weeks acquaintance, tiowever, he began to fancy the eldest sister prefered him, and he ucoicu more ot his attention to her. Time, j . ' "cea rum the disposition of Lu -j -.. ... CUIIIC respect irom Ms own. one was ambitious, fond of public amusement, more from the ecfot of being seen at them than n accuntof the pleasure thev afforded .r'5.'raV,,p,nt in htr Mchj of a matrimonial establishment, theuch A I II" J O .aaaaas.5 L tl lUlir nerseir, and ridiculing those domestic drurign, as she called them -who barter their liberty tor ine est of their lives." Hi, Imagination had been dazzled by Lucy's uncommon beauty, but his heart was not irretriveaUy gone; he sa w thai he should not suit her as a husband, and began to be convinced she would not suit him as a wife. He quietly withdrew his attentions from her, and devoted them to her sisser, whose more oiiit unit miirino i,..k;i. .,a te WklSt... .... . m ihe immia ntiu : ... . .c.MUUU5 views, suiteo his moderate circumstances and unostentatious wisheshe now found that he had overlooked one whose hrst feelings of partiality had been awakened m his favor, while he had trifled away his time at the shrine of vanity and ambition ranny s was a heart formed for affection, and every domestic and endearing virtue: and Charles FianUin had sense nnd judgement to discover and appreciate them. Lucy, a little piqued by the transfer of those attentions which she had prized only as they contributed lor a w hile to her amusemrnt. Ianirh.l nnanl at her bister's choice, and drew a lively and ludicrons picture of her intended demeslic condition but the good sense of Fanny, enabled her to hear all this A,?.- - - w will U AAA cd temper, nnr) k)ip lnfA-t fViiiu-ji s i t vi-nv avs nqiu j fill U'r ion with Charles with cot.fidnnce and hope. After Charles and Fannv were settled in their new residence, Lucy, who, notwithstanding her raillery, was a freaueut puesf. wi.ndrpW at the unall oyed happiness they seemed to enjoy, and finally told her sister that she could never be i on tent with an establishment wh.irh debarred her from the elegancies of high life, and a home which could boast of nothing save neatness and comfort. In fact, Lucy was a slave to false nride and weak ambition, and she made no effort to shake off the trrmrnels that enchanted hir belter judgement. At lencth she offer, the acceptance of w hich would appcarenlly ensure to her the possession of all she covciid. it is true, the lover who offered her a splendid settlement, and the ostentatious parade her heart could desire, was not exactly the person she would have chosen to share those coveted advantages. His npnn n-ae sufficiently polished, but I tute of that penetration whitch enabled her to detect the shallowness of his understanding. and the foibles of his temper. She shut her eyes and ears, however, and gave her hand sighed when she thought of her .sister, and dashed at once into the stream of fashionable life. Lucy's husband was as ambitions as herself; ho was ambitious of being thought a rich mm, a great dash, the highest better, a frequenter of the theatres, and other public glaccs. It was his pride to by thought to dress in the most elegant style, to keep the finest horses. and own the largest and most elegantly furuiahed house of any of his acquaintances, and he chose Lucy, not because he was emulous ot rendering hi msc-lf useful or estimable,cr of making others happy. He saw but little of his wife and she never wished to see much of him, except when he necessarily became her csau lutome piace oi i.istuoiUiOic amuse ment. Lucy was now on the summit of her ambition aswasF;nny and we will leave them there lor the space often years. and then see w hat a change that space of time has ocen effecting in their outward sprospecU. Charles Franklin has acquired an easy inuepenaence, and lives with his l-anny, whon t a ... . . time has but rendered more dear, and his promising children, in a style of elegant and simple affluence, in which the charm of each other's affection, the indulgence of litcrarv pursuits, nenevoient actions, nnd society of ? aa. a .. -.a a . esumaoie menus, constitute the bless np. - ranny Relieves that etery earthly virtue centers in her husband, nnd that every blessing crowns her lot. And what has become of the ambitions Lucy, and her rich and ambitious husband: He has gone step by step, from dashing fellow to a gamester and horse-racer, fiom thence to a ban tivant, thence to a sot. and from that lat remove, it is to be feared that nothing but death will relieve him. His fortune, not so great as he desired it to appear, has been squandered in the pursuit of his am bition, in which consumption the ambition of his beautiful wife has not a little aided. And Lucy went on step by step, from a dashing hue lady, to a dissipated be We, thence to that worst of all characters, a married coquette, fiom thence to a fretful, repining invalid, ruined in health, as in prospects, hating herself, Unable to enjoy, or even to endure patiently a lile ol obscurity and privations, and envy ing the better fortune of her sister, who mar ried for affection, and now enjoys all that is requisite for rational happiness and laudable ambition.-rhuadetphia oatwrdoy UuliiUn, Dr. Duncan is either an abolitionist or a hypoa"Hc- he mav take either horn of the di lemma. .VVitoera Sentinel. Let him Uke both. He is never satisfied -.1. ...I.: i V I wwnjoue -ikhu wuen new" 6 I rrntvc.

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, THE 8HAKF.RS About the year 1774, a society sprang up ,v, nuuinicu niemseives Believers. .1 Ba ' ..u arc now popularly known as Shakers. 1 heir associations as a community, having all property in common, and under the direction of agents or trustees, is an essential part of their religion, and it is rig4dly adhered to without mnrmeror any attempt to violation on the part of its members; at least so long as they remain without disaffection, faithful to Ihe soc iety. They believe that Christ has made his second appearance, in the form of n woman, in the person of one Ann Lee or Lecse who founded their order, and established on earth the true church, which shall finally bring about Ihe end and through which shall shine the latter day glory. Thev imagine this personification of Christ a perfect woman capable of woi king miracles similar to those wrought by our Saviour, and nothing inferior in point of magnitude, wonder and power. They style her I he elect Ja1V. at familiar!.- Kflk. . A w .. . peared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and t e moon under ncr icet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars, etc." Of her parentage,life,and death, little is known or preserved, except in the cxf.ggerated history preserved by her follow ers. ar.e indeed possessed a fine education and a powerful mind. The whole number of mis peculiar people cannot be less than four tnousand men and women, nnd as marrying is religiously forbiden nnd believed to be unpardonable sin, they have no children among "re,H muse wmcn may ne brought in to the society by the conversion of parents. Their opinions on the subiei t of r airier are founded en tht recommendation of Px,,.i w hile they forget the commnndmrnu of nr Savior on the duties of married state, and ins positive sanction and assistance in the nuptial ceremonies. Love belwern Inn crrps they say, is brutal.carnal and hellish propensily unless subdued and modified by their holy cMgmu, rrucines and purities the flesh i us nrst tainioi corruption, produced in Adm by the fall. No part of our Kiblo i. h them denied or counted unworthy: on thp contrary they regard it as high and holy anthorily from Heaven, but too deep and intricate for the babe in Christ" to comprehend its mysteries. The heads of the church therefore have prepared a book, which is a Kina oi appendix to the Bib e. containing the doctrines of the church, (he miracles of Mother Ann, and their church rules the whole entitled "Christ's srronl appearng.' What has been said above is aonlirnble t an me oiiHKcr cnurcnes; what is to be said herealler will refer particularly to the society in Warren county, Ohio, with which the wri ter is particularly acquantcd. This society was commenced about Ihe year 180G br some emigrants from Kentucky, who successfully f -j uivii uwiimcB, una in a snort lime gained five hundred converts, embracing the most intelligent and wealthy families i the country. When a convert was made, (which generally included whole families all his real and personal property was brought into the common fund and became irrevocably dedicated to the church, furnUhing thereby the strongest inducement to remain in the church ever afterwards. By this meant an exten sive landed property was acquired, now val ued at not less than three-fourths of a million of dollars. 1 heir principle or central settle ment they call "Union Village," which contains some ten or twelve large buildings, eacn capaoie oi containing families of one nunurec persons, one end ot which is set apart for the females, the other for the males, whoenter invariably by different doors to their respective apartments. Their farm, houses, workshops, feed, dress, in short every thing, present the appearance of the most perfect order and neatness. They rise in the mornngat the sound of a matin bell, and retin al night after worehip, to which the respective families are severally summoned by the solemn vesper. One mile from Hie village, at the four points of the compass, are located families, who have not yet reached the high state of perfection which belongs lo i nose in tne village, but who lire with nil the neatness and eae of their more hoh breth ren. It it nni.npiMivhc-cr ihe long train proceeding on Sabbath morning to church in silence, in tingle tile, the men in ironl with regular 6lep and uniform dress, with broad brim hats, strait coats and collais uncravatcd and all united make a scene at once grand and imposing. To see them returning from exercise, in the same order, heated and excited by worship, with regular cadenced step, chanting in solemn unison the woras, rt m mrcB on warcb on y lovely bands, aiarcn oa, uiarcfe on to tbs New Jerusalem," give to the most sceptical an impresion of tneir nonesty and zeal, though deeply mixed with faaatacism and superstition. The church exeicises are preaching, exhorting, singing, dancing and silent prayer, former ly tne men anl women seated themselves on the clean polished floor, in solid column on opposite sides of the church; now they use moveable benches which are displaced when the dancing begins, which is usually at a sig nal given by an aged brother. Their tongs and tunes are of ibeir own composition, and Usually very "solemn and affecting: heir

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nearliinv ! i.U.t.J . . r & ,,,,vmicui o'gunieniaiive, and inculcates the soundest morality. From time to time they receive "gifts" or orders from Mother Ann, c'irectir.g and changing their form of worship. Formerly these gifts were received through their elders but latterly through the more holy members, who during the exercises of worship wheel round and round, finally swoon, arc laid out on benches and covered with white garments and thus in a Irance they visit Mother, and in the character of a Nuncio, bring tidings from "?aven, to the true believer on earth. While the body remains in this stupyficd state the immortal spirit passes to an fro from heaven to earth, at each voyage bearing only one pious message from, good Mother, anJ lh.U generally chilJish 'and ridiculous; such as, -Mother sends her love thus" by patting with the hand upon the bre.it.' which is imnneJi.-ittly spoken an J preformed by all present: "Mother says, little children be faithful:" Mothcr says unless th. -a.will says we must say we Rrc her itfv Latin, i.ot h little babies:" Moth r s.s kneel upon the right knee, and when you enter a door or ascend the stairs advance the right foot," w ith a hundred other equally ridiculous messages. But we turn with ploj sure from these Miperstilions in religion, lo their unexceptionable deportment in society. They pay their taxes cheerfully, their debts punctually, labor on the highway, are moral, temperate, intelligent mid industrious, nnd ihourh thev claim not the right of suffrnge,I.old no offices, hold little communion with the wei td furilr than yea' and nav' vet in private life, anart from religion, "the same number of persons cannot be found occupying the same territo ry w no are better or more orderly citizens. Blossom. Riding with Ladies. It is customary for gentlemen in this city, when riding with ladies, to take the right side of them. This custom, though fahienalle. Is not proper. The following Te marks on this sul-iect are contained in a note prefixed bv the American translator to a French woikon the Art of Horsemanship, by M. lbnud: 'When a gentleman accompanies a ladv on horse-back, he should take the left side of her horse. The custom of taking the right side is derived from Ihe English n odeof riding. The law of England directs the bfl hand of the roaa to be taken; the gentleman, therefore, takes the right, to protect the lady fiom vehicles, &c. which pason her right. Here, the law directs Ihe right hand of the road to be taken, consequently the gentleman should taue the (rtsideof the lady's horse. Itscirus to be best aJaprvd to afford sufficient assisttance, whatever may occur. The right hand of the gentleman is perfectly free, and may be used to stop the horse, or rescue the lady from dangei. He can, on this side, aid her In disentangling her dress, disc ngfgcii g her foot from the stirrup, adjusting her reins, and lifting her off of hc-r seat, without exposing her to the accidents which might occur to him if he attempted to give her assistance from the other tide. It is not eo easy to afford assistance to the lady with the left hand, nor is so easy fi,r the rider to command hit own horse with the right hand. The only objection to this mode of riding that wc think of. is, that the lady would be exposed to the shearing of the gentleman's horse against her; but .n the other hand, she is now exposed to be struck by horses, cat riages and every thing else. One thing more is to be said in favor of the gentleman's taking the left side, which is, that he would then hare the lady's charming face towards him. instead of the back; which consideration, we think, will be quite enough to settle the question both with the gentlemen and ladies, and make the horse in the right scale kick the beam." From ths Liverpool Courier. Weslbtan Conference On Wednes lay last this important body of Christian Ministers commenced their annual Conference fn this ton n, after the several committees had transacted the miscellaneous business of the connexion, as stated In our last week't journal. The Conference held its fiil sitting at six o'clock in the morning. The Rev. Theophilus Lessey was chosen the president, and the KcV. Robert Newton the secretary. Upwards of fire hundred ministers were "resent, a larger number,wc believe than has attended any former Conference. From eight to nine o'clock, meeting for public prayer was held, when such members of the societies and congregations could conveiently attend united with the ministers, and solemn supplication was offered to Almighty God for the divind blessing upon the Conference, the Wcsleyan community and the woild. In the evening, according to announcement, the general centenary committee met in the Infant School-rodm, when the treasurer and secretaries reported, thi.t the fund had risen to upwards of 00,000., and that up wards olSOjlJUOl. wat actually paid up. 'V . i 1 . - Yfeixow Ketbb. xa YKAtt.satSMrn Ctbah. oats. Tbs Wheeling (Vs.) Timsa ot Saturday says, tbat this dreadful Cisaase baa nada H Way into the steamboats oa tne Mississippi, a M ar mln aad Fasileer, which arrived recsntly al th mouth f th Ohio, had fifteen doatbs oa board by tho yellow fevor, tL former fear, th latter clow , ea. Thay wot ri4 at the owota.

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