Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 September 1819 — Page 1
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ifi LisiiED hr V. CAVkV, f0; WILLIS FELOtlS, opposite the STEAM-MFLL. 4. T T tit. VINCENNES, (Ind.) SATURDAY, SEPT. 18,1819.
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CO YH F7F0.YS. Merchants Bank at Salem, Massachusetts T:;e Cen-tiukl willbc delivered in Vin-jNcwpoit Bank New Port, Rhode Island ceiins or deposited in the Post-Olnce, at! Bi iatwl bank Bristol, Rhode Island ft 2, if paid in advance, 55 2 50 if paid within New Haven Bank at New Haven, Connectiix months after subscription, or S S at the- cut
expiration of the year. -No subscription will j New London hank at New London, Con
ns received for a term less than six months,
and a failure to give notice of a discontinuance ?.s a subscriber, w ill be considered as a, continuance for a succeeding year. No subscription will b'i discontinued until all arrearages are paid.
Adveu tisMz:;t3 not exceeding 15 lines
necticut
Bank of Ctica at Utica, New York -Mechanics and Farmers bank, Albanv, New York Trenton Banking Company at Trenton, New Jersey
Easton bank at Easton, Pennsylvania
in length, will be insetted three weeks for! Harri&burg bank at Harrisburg, PennsylvaMf. mii.T.ltt. ami TWENTY FIVE CENTS for m&
each continuance longer ones in the same! Branch of Farmers bank of Delaware at
iNew castle Office of Discount and Deposit of the bank of Virginia at Fredericksburg, Lynchburg and Petersburg, Virginia Bank of Augusta at Augusta in Georgia Planters and Merchants bank of Huntsville,
Alabama
a i i 1
proportion. I lie cash must accompany advertisements. All letters to the Editor mustbepost paid. A LIST OF AGENTS. Princeton, Fa. Captain Samuel Shan
non.
Jashingtonja. Post-Master, qpd DrJ f Vincenties
Barton. Columbia, Fa. Patrick Payne, lj&i.
Frrnceville, Fa. Maj. William Bruce. Honey Creek ZVairk',-Moses HcggattEsq. Hankonie, Fa. WTm. Smith, Post-Master. Cnru'h.z, Fz. A. Brandon, Post-Master, and Wm. P Thomasson, Esq. Owensville, Fa. Capt. John W. Mail d ox. Lavrencebnrg, Fa. Capt. John WTeaver. Charlestow,i,Fa. Dr. Hay, Vevaif Fa John D urn out, Esq. Yetershurgh, Fa. John Mclntirc, Esq. F'orl Harrison, Fa. Isaac Lambert, Esq. and William Markle, Esq. Carlisle, la. Post-Master, &M. Eaton. Bono, la. Post-Master. Evinsville, Fa. Post-Master and E. Harbison, Esq. York, III. J. F. Richardson, Esq. Palmyra, III. Guy W. Smith, Esq. Filch mowl, A. Robt. A. Sturges, Esq.
St. Lnuis. ,Kis. Ter. E. L. Hempstead,; . . ,
Bank of Missouri at St. Louis
li ute Bank of Tennessee at Knoxville
SELECTED. A JTIGF1T VFEJY OF The Field of Raisin. After the Battle. The Author was in the Battle. The battle's o'er, the din is past. Night's shadow o'er the field is cast. The moon, with pale and sickly beam, Looks pensive on the bloody stream. The Indian yell is htaid no more, And silence reigns on Erie's shore.
Esq. and Abijah Hull, Esq.
The foregoing gentlemen are requested to received monies, subscriptions, &c. for the Indiana Ccntincl. LAND OFFICE MONEY
Now is the time, my friend, to tread The field on which our warriors bled : To raise the wounded chieftain's crest, And warm with tears his clay cold breast To treasure up his last commmd
bear it to his native lund
: It may one ray cf joy impart To a fond parents' Weeding heart, Or, for a moment, it may dry The tear drops in the widows eve. Vain hope, away! The widow Her hero's dying wish shall hear !
1 he zephy bears no passing Mgh ;
er
The Receiver of Public Monies has been straggling chieftain meets the eye. rtructcd to receive in payment for Lands ou"4 l.S ius lceP b-v Ja,sin s uave
instructed to receive in paym
sold in the District of Vincennes, notes on the following Banks, viz : Bank of the United States and Branches, Bank of Virginia and its Branches, Farmer's Bank of Virginia and branches, Bank of Penn. (Philadelphia) of North America do. Farmers and Mechanics Bank do.
Mechanics Bank of City & Count, do. Commercial Bank of Penn. do Schuylkill Bank do Bank of Northern Liberties do of Maryland of Baltimore
Or Erie's waters are
ins urave.
of Columbia (District of Columbia Union Bank of Georgetown do , Patriotic Bank of Washington d3 Bank of Washington do of Metropolis do of Alexandria do New Yoik Bank, New York Manhattan Co. do Mechanics Bank do Met chants Hank, do do, - Union Bank, do, Bank of America do.
State bank of Kentucky and Brandies,
O, send, sw eet moon, one ray of light Across the dusky brow of night. That I may know each warrior's form, ( Who sunk beneath the battle storm. Gradual, the heavy clouds give way . The moonbeams on the waters play. ; Sec, on the brink a soldier lies ! j Pale is his visage, dim his eyes, ! And like a stranded vessel's sail, His red locks tremble in the gale. j That was the gay and gallant .Mead In peace mild as the setting beam That gilds the tranquil summer stream. In war the fiery battle steed.
the loe no more shall dread his arm: His mirth no more the ear shall charm, But on his low and silent grave, The laurel fresh and green shall wave.
But who is he, so pale and low, Stretch'd on his bloody bier of snow, Beside the w ater's silent flow ? The fierce fire of his eye is dead, The ruddy glow his cheek has iled, Yet fair in death his corpse appears:
i Smo th is his brow, and few his tears-
Farmer's & Mechanic's Bank, at Lexington, For thee, sweet youth, the sigh shall start Commercial Batik, of Louisville, n thy fond mother's anuishM heart.
ior tuee some virgin ? cheek shall feci At midnight hour the tear-drop steal, And playmates of thy childhood's hour, Pour o'er thy grave the weeping shower. Could modest merit ever save Its dear possessor from the grave, Thy corpse, Montgomery, ne'er had lain Upon this wild, unhallowed plain. But what were modest merit here ? Or what were virtue's pleading tear ? The hand that laid that hero low, The eye that saw his life-blood flow, Could gaze with joy on scenes of woe. Then sleep, sweet youth, tho' faraway From home and friends thy lifeless clay, Yet oft on fancy's pinions borne, Friendship shall seek thy lonely urn. There shall the zephyr gently blow. There shall the billows softly flow, There shall the wild flower love to blcom, And shed its fragrance on thy tomb.
Bank of Chilicothc, Oliio.
State Bank of Indiana, at Vincenne?. Barik of Illinois, at Shawnee-Town, Bank of .Missouri, at St. Louis, Bank of Mississippi and branches. do. of New-Orleans. do. of Louisiana. Planters hank do. No note of less than five dollars is receivable. Corrected Weekly.
AND OFFICE MONEY.
Bills on the following Banks are receivable at the Land Oiuce at Kaskaskia. Bank of the United States and its branches Bank of Illinois, at Shawaneetown Bank of Edwardsi!!e at Edwardsville Banks in Boston Banks in the city of New York Banks of Baltimore, creep t the City bank and Marine bank
Banks in the District cf Columbia (except the Merchants' and Franklin banks of
Alexandria Bank of Kentucky and branches Banks in New Orleans Bath bank at Bath Maine Cumberland bank at Portland, Maine Cheshire bank at Keene, New Ilamnshin1
thy
Close by his side, young Ji'Flvzin Lies stretch'd upon the bloodv plain ! Upon his visage, smooth and mild. Death calmly sat, and sweetly smil'd. Yet seemed his eye of tender blue, Mo-sten'd with pity's p-aily dew. ?Tis thus the infant sinks to" rest Serenely on its mothers breast. Ves, pity was his better part. Pity and fri-.-ndship forced his hc,
Nor oft wa3 heart so good and kind, Lnited with such noble mind. Here must my muse her flight restrain. Nor farther go the task is vain Here Graves and Mien meet the eye, And Simpson's giant form is nigh, And Edmonston. a warrior old, And Hurt, the boldest of the bold. ' These, and their brave compatriot band, Ask the sedate historian's hand Jline only strews affection's lowers, W hicli mem'ry calls from friendship's bow'rs. His shall entwine the w reaths of glory, Which brighter bloom thro endless storv. COMMUNICATED. For the Centinel. C orres pondencc. Copy of a letter from a Gentleman in JWiv Jersey to some of his young Jr lends uho have removed to this country. FRIENDS, As I presume all common subjects will be exhausted by other correspondents, I shall adopt those not altogether of tha class. I shall rank you among the first settlers of a new country, and address you accordingly.
You ought to consider yourselves as
ecclesiastics, delighting in human suffering, and when hail a score of victims were to be immolated, stages were erected, that the nobility might enjoy the entertainment without mmnwit!, the general mass ofsnccta"r,! 4i J?m't0 reRe mankind j doubles that which has in its character he least cruelty. Capital or corporal puni micnts or every description, in order to advance civn.zatmn, ought to be done away. Punishmen s ought to be of such a desert
um. wou u tend to soften the disposition and humanize the feeling t i ' .
scrip
bv thp ni ,l-tin i. :. :r tw,uubaman
, . 's ueau, is an act of cru elty, and is congenial only with feelings which ouht to be suppressed. The wn geance t government ,r th i,. 1. L
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the whole commun tv. ti ..i
ishments are the n t V, ' r irP r st sanSuary, crimes are the most freouent. Thf r-Hh .
dually applicable to all orders ade
ffrees
government, from the limilv f,..eim.
Pire. Mddness in all eases softens t e d c .h a contrarl efll . se fl . thG bjcct of mWnd to dcon n St mCfS to Prev e cominisFs better t ,V Ka,Se t ie ,nind abe cef unnressini U I Ullr the uriTfor th? - h' CerCIOn' Butt!je i urea lor the imnroenirnf r i ..
the founders of the manners, morals, cha- societies must be suited to the lesn . racter, religion and politics of the country,! degree of refinement and rlvin:,,. eCne
and that much depends on vou with regard ' same rule cannot apply (0 the vhm ' to its future reputation in alt those partic-i frest, and the scat of refinement B f nlars. You oajdit to consider yourselves! ,ere arc such a varipfv nf i' t-
Mrillpr KiiPri-.l iJiliirfltLme tn l, .villi in. ' COnnCCtP.fl tilfli 4U y iiS,ulrJi,unS,
viotis s
it to future
tempt; and to regard the improvement of scribed by this letter. The next oM t 4
me mina as the only source ot true great- e establishment cf the manners of a cour ness. It is much easier to improve upon try is Agriculture, which must alwavs fnrm the best maa ims ever laid down, than to an important trait in its character. "Ad make the least improvement where the mind turers that emigrate to a new count f1" is entirely uncultivated. You may think tLe purpose of indulging ia idlencs" fmm yot.r exertions or examples of little consc- its natural fertility, tan be of no use to it ;uence, but every man ought to think him- J he hunter may generally be mntM ' i r self able, and feel himself bound to do some- this class. The ob.'prf J l
thing for his country. Consider yourselves ought to be to advance his propertr bv thr e(u;;l to every man, interior to none, and advantages the country present smi ul
j.ecid obligations to watch with an-j connected with the rise 'and pro ZIV of a solitude the steps that must advance. nev country, that were I capable I M uture greatness, or sink it into con-; not ; discuss them all within the limitsTr. i a i -i x err i.n.i i. .. il i nimis pre-
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ici vuu. Lunuuti unvsuuiiu huh juui ieci- sui.il means as are consistent wUU
It ,,...T,CS 0, rectitude and honor and 3. to avail themselves of these rM; Si
rise ti e country your social intercouise ar)d information.
Let your manners and deportment lhv principles of rectitude anil h
be sucn as vou wouiu vviti should cliaracte
try presents, and the,
istent witU onor and
tend to improvement your moral maxims worthy of imitation your religion free from superstition, and your politics founded upon the broad basis of equal rights. As the improvement of the mind is the fountain from
whence these must How, they will flourish or;
decav in proportion to its progress. The ' languish.
APHORISMS,
ployed; and mental depravity, the effect of
suneung it to be engaged in improper pur-
suns
rection
The pursuit of virtue alone can raise the
mind to superior refinement; and this alone,
without any other restraint, is perhaps cal culated to accomplish all the objects of civi
lization. We can know no other positive
standard ot right or wrong, than the good or evil done to mankind. That which ihall
tend to the positive good of any being in ex
istencc, is good, and the contrary, it any
being be injured. But if no being be inju
red, no harm can oe done.
The progress of mental improvement is so gradual and imperceptible, that it must
commence vvitn toe first dawning of action.
It is therefore of the highest importance that the first settlers of a new country should found the basis of improvement in principles
the most scrupulously correct. Examples of
virtue, aiuea uy the mildest possible mode of coercive discipline, are the only sure
means of raising mankind to the summit of
civilization ; and these can exist only in so
cieties where the virtues are all in full exercise. In such societies it would be impossible for a vicious person or a criminal to c.rist, or at leaf t, to be bred from infancy ; and the reverse will apply with equal certainty to societies of a contrary description or character. Of this, the history of mankind furnishes the most positive evidence. Witnes the Ecclesiastical History of Spain. We there see the mind sunk in ignorance by the nostrums and intrigues of interested
For Young Ladies.
sU.d haVC blUC ejCS' J0U neet?' not
bestiustitutions are devised in vain, unless If you have black eyes vou noprl their foundations are in the minds of the leer. J ' 7 need : not community. Thcv must harmoni.e with a! If you have pretty feet, you need nefc congemal degree of eaxelience in the people, w ear short frock. or they become useless; and are gradually If you have "good teeth, voU Ileed no. supplanted by such as are more in unison laugh to shew them " with the general state of improvement. j If vou have pretty hands and arm,, there I he first step to improvement is to con- cab be no objection to your nhvin nl il sider that you have much to learn, and at lute, if you play well JUrp,aJIDS the same time to consider that there is no If you have a disposition to be clumsv national object to whicn you mav not at- work tapestry. mmsy,, tain. Without some progress in improve-j If you have'a bad voice, rather sneak Jn ment, you can neither discover nor correct; a low tone P I3r your own errors. Industry, thought and re- If you have the finest voice in the wArld hection ate necessary to keep the mmd vi-i never speak in a IrMi tone i"igorous, to give it a proper direction, and en- If you dance well danrV W ei,Inn,
able it to act with energy cm the subject it! If you dance ill, never dance at all ,spursu,ng Mental stupidity is generally) If you sing well, make no previouV tithe effect of su Bering the mind to be unem-l cuses. "iuu3 cx-
lf you sing indifferently, hesitate not a moment whpii vmt , ..L.i . 1
s. The mind cannot take a proper di-i pic are judges of sinn ; p6ion but in the pursuit of proper objects.! sensible of a deiire t?DlLe 006
If m conversation you think a person ir WTong rather hint a difference of Kl HZ than oiler a contradiction. oilrnT1; a Person t0 be telling art absolute falsehood, unless it is particularly injurious, let ,t pass in silence ; for it is not worth your pains to make any one your enemy, by proving him or her a "liar. Never touch the sore place in any one'a character; for, be assured, you ce'rtainlr have a sore place in your own ; and a youmr mtan 15 a flower that is bIasted iQ a moIt is always in your power to make a friend by smdes-vvhat a folly, then.to make enemies by frowns ! W hen you are forced to blame, appear at .east to do it with reluctance. " 3lake it a rule te please all, and never appear insensible to any desire ofpleasin- or execut5 if.'J' however akward,J it ma be If you are disposed to be pettish or insolent, it is better to exercise your ill humor on your dog or cat, than vour friends. It you would preserve beauty, rise early. If you would preierve esteem, be gentle. If you would obtain power, be condescending If you would lire happy, endeavor to promote the happiness of others.