Indiana Gazette, Volume 7, Number 28, Corydon, Harrison County, 25 June 1823 — Page 4

POETUY.

From the New York Statfttnan. Ve are indebted to the politeness of a friend for a cop j of thv following beautiful linei, v-bich, it it belieted have ne?er been. publihed. They are aacribed, and no doubt justly, to the f rn of a distinguished .AmcviiUn scholar and statesman, whose writings on other subjects, have acquired eclebritj for himself and his country. John Q. Adami. LINES. Addressed to Mother, on lh4 death vf fife Inants. Sure to the mansions of the blest, When infant innocence ascendf, nc angel brighter than the rest The spotless spirit's flight attends. On wings of eitacy they rise, Bcvond where worlds material roll; 'Till some fair sister of the skies Receives the unpoluted soul. - There at th Almighty Father's hand, Nearest the throne of hiring light, The choirs of infant seraphs. tand And dwriiiigiKwpsiliCTtt art bright. Chain'd for a dreary length of years D wn to these elements below, o'r,e stain the sky-born spirit bears, titracted from the world of wo. That unettinguishable beam, With dust united at our birth, Sheds a move, dim discolor'd gleam. The more it lingers oa this cart Li CWd in this dark abode of clay. The stream of glory faintly buns; 2(or u obscured the lucid ray To its onn native fount returnsBut when the Lord of mortal breath ' Decrees his bounty to resume, And points the silenr shaft of death. Which speeds an infant to the tomb. No passion fierce , no low dtiire Has quencliM tite radiance of the fiaxftf Back to its God the living fire Reverts, unclouded as it came. Oh Mary! be that solace thine Let hope her healing charm impart, And sooth with melodies divine The anguish of a mother's heart. Ob! think the darling of thy Jove, I i vested of this earthly clod, Amid unnumbered saints above, Bask in the bosom of their GoZ. Of their short pilgrimage on earth Still tender images remain, Still, still they bl?ss thee for theirs birth, Still filial gratitude retain The day? of pain, the nights of care, The bosom's agon?zinr strife, The pangs which fiioe for Uvejndidst bear, JNo! they fotget them not with life. Scarce could their germing thought conceits While in this vjde of tears they dwelt, Scarce their fond sympathy relieve The sufPranof thou tor them hast fs!t. Bar there the soul's perenniel flower Cxpan 's in never fading bloom; l jt us at the grave's poor transient hfur. And shoots immortal from the tomb, JJc eakunfcrm'd ide. there Toils, the mere promise of a mir3; he tide of intellect flows clear, Strong, full, unchanging and rtfin'd. Each anxious tear, each landing sigh, ,. That wrung for them the parent's breast, Dwells on remrmUrance in the sky, Ami! the raptures of the blest. O'er thee with looks of love they bent!, For thee the Lord of life implore; And oft from sainted bliss descend, Thy wounded quiet to restore. OR in the stillness of the night, They smooth tbe pillow for thy bed; Oft till the. morn's returning light, Still watchful borer o'er thy head. Hark! in uch strains as saints employ They whisper to thy bosom, peace; Calm the perturbed heart to joy, And bid the streaming sorrow ceatl. Then dry henceforth the bitter tear, Their part and thine inverted see! Thou wort their guardian angel here, They're guardian angels now to thut From the Pittsburgh Gax. ILLINOIS. The electioneering campaign Jin commenced in Illinois, The quf stion to be voted upon is, whether or not there hall be a convention to nine ml their constitution o as to admit negro slavery. The Edwards--ville "Republican" contains the toasts of two public dinner parlies by the conventionists, all of which are favor of democracy and slavery, and burn with zeal against federalism. A few of their toasts follow: . "The minority in the last legislature. The principles upon which they acted, seeded to

have been engendered in the hot bed of Federalism." The minority opposed the convention. The fair of Illinois.-- None but those who have their case and happiness at heart are entitled to their smiles." That is, the happiness of the fair depends on the misery of the blacks, and he who would enjoy the smiles of the former, must be willing to see the tears of the latter.] By P. H. Winchester, esq. His Excellency Edward Coles, and his free negroes A speedy arrival at their ''Home, Albemarle, Virginia." Convention triumphant. D cheers. By Mr. Seth Crocker. The enemies of the Convention May they ride a porcupine saddle, on a hard trotting horse, a long journey, without money or friends. 7 cheers. By Mr. Charles Mullikin Our Fathers that now sleep in their silent tombs, that have stained the soil we inhabit with their blood; in obtaining the Tights and liberty we now enjoy. May their ghosts rise and haunt the sons of liberty, and rouse their spirits to trample under foot that minority who presume to withhold any of these privileges. 3 cheers. By Mr. Abraham Kinney May those individuals who are opposed to our cause, before the next election, abandon the State of Illinois, and then we will have a free silver circulation, combined with a numerous black population. 3 cheers. By Thomas F. Burgess. The State of Illinois. The ground is good-- pairies in abundance-- give us plenty of negroes, a little industry, and he will distribute her treasures. 3 cheers. By Mr. James Nagle. A new Constitution, purely republican. Which may guarantee to the people of Illinois, the peaceable enjoyment of all species of property-

From the Torch Light MATERNITY. Woman's charms are certainly many and powerful. The expanding rose just bursting into beauty, has an irresistable bewitchingness; The blooming bride led triumphantly the hymenial altar, awakens admiration and interest, and the blush of her cheek fills us with delight; but the charm of maternity is more subline than these. Heaven has imprinted on the mother's face something beyond this world something which claims kindred with the skies the angelic smile, the tender look, the waking watchful eye which keeps its fond vigil over the slumbering babe. These are subjects which neither the pencil nor chisel can touch, poetry fails to exalt, which the most eloquent tongue in vain would eulogise, and on which all description becomes ineffective. In the heart of man lies this lovely picture; it reigns in his affections; his eyes look round in vain for such another object on the earth. - Maternity, ecstatic sound! so

twined round the heart, that it must cease to throb e're we forget it! 'Tis our first love; 'tis part of our religion. Nature

has set the mother upon such a pinacle that our infant eyes and arms are first uplifted to it. We cling to it in manhood; we almost worship it in old age. He who can enter an apartment & behold the tender babe feeding on its mother's beauty nourished by the tide of life which flows through her generous veins, without a panting bosom and a grateful eye, is no man, but a monster. He who can approach the cradle of sleeping innocense without thinking that "of such is the Kingdom of Heaven!" or view the fond parent hang over its beauties, and half retain her breath, least she should break its slumbers, without a veneration beyond all common feeling, is to be avoided in every intercourse in life, and is fit only for the shadow of darkness and the solitude of the desert. From the Many Plough Boy. "A LITTLE WILL NOT HURT YOU." These words have done more mischief among mankind, than perhaps all the artillery of Satan besides. A little of the forbidden fruit, said the arch tempter of mankind, will not hurt you. It will, on the contrary, open your eyes to behold hidden mysteries The unsuspecting fair believed too readily, and we all know and feel the consequences. It is, indeed, as every person of observation knows, by little and little, that every species of human frailty gains upon its victims, till it subdues their mental fortitude and bids defiance to their noblest resolutions. A little wine will rarely hurt one; but that little, too often repeated, becomes intemperance; intemperance produces idleness, confusion of affairs, debt and embarrassment, and these lead directly, if not to fraud and embezzlement, to penury, want, and the limits of a jail. Here is a pretty climax indeed, of human frailty and weakness; and all for the want of a little fortitude and firmness to refuse, at first, to accept a little sideboard hospitality. In short, a little sleep in the morning a little wine and bittero in the morning a little more wine 8C bitters before dinner a littls more wine and rest after dinner a little visiting: and a little more drinking at night; all these soon wind up the industrious concerns of the plough boy, the mechanic, the merchant or professional character; and leave them all alike tbe victims, not of a little, but of a great deal of wretchedness. We beseech the plough boy, above all others, to avoid these little beginnings, which lead to such great evils, and such a wretched end. Instead of indulging the freaks of appetite, and hankorins after luxuries which never fail to destroy the wholesome htbito essential to their prosperity in life; let thorn cling to those habits ao a shipwreck

ed mariner would to the last plank of his illfated bark. It is said of the illustrious Edmund Burke, in the very meridian of his splendor, tnat he made his dinners of the simplest food; and that ho would frequently invite such men as Pitt, Fox, and other shiniug character of that day, to dine upon a boiled leg of mutton and turnips, aud a bottle or two of claret. It was the "feast of reason, and the flow of soul," and not the indulgences of sensual, irrational appetite, that was sought by the champions of England's fame ano glory Such likewise was tho temperance & frugality of our Franklin, whose immortality is built upon the same basis as that of the Burkes and Pitt, of England. From such examples? let us learn to despise and banish luxury and dissipation from our homes, and our festive boards: and let tbe plough boyo be the first to pursut this path of domestic economy. Let them never sicken at the labor which they cannot avoid; because Providence has decreed it as the means of human subsistence. Let them rather rejoice, that they have always labor enough, if they choose to pursue it, to keep the devil from catching the idle, that ho may draw them into the snares of destruction. Cincinnati, the Roman patriot, weeding his turnip garden; Burke, the British Cicero, dining upon a mutton chop, and Franklin, one of tho patriots of America, feasting upon bread and water in a printing office! What illustriouo examples for modern philosophers, and modern plough boys State of Indian. Flo? d coun- )

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ONE stray horse, a bay hip in the left hip, blind of the right eye, rubbed cn the aide with traces or stirrup leathers, a star an3 snip, no brands perceivable, adjudged to be about four t;en or fifteen hands high, ten years oly; appraised to fifteen dollars by Robert Brown and Christian Smith, and posted before me a justice- of tho peace. Thos. Akers, j, p. Floyd couny. May 1st, 1823 26t3 Sheriff's Sale. Public notice is hereby given that there will be exposed to sale at tho court house door, rerry county state of Indiana, the following lands for tho tax due thereon or so much thereof as will pay the tax for the year 1822, viz: 1000 acres of lands in the name of Robert Fulton's heirs, also in tho name of Joshua VV. Halt, one lot in the town of Rome Nc 17, one lot in town of Romo No. 33, in the name of James Thompson. Sale to be on the 14th of June next. A HIGHLY, for PETER BAR BEE, May 6; 1823. 26 3 w )(D)(Djbiijsh. OLD UENHAWA SALT, Juit receired and for a!e Ly JOHN DOYLE. ALSO A general aMortmcat of DRY GOODS if GROCERIES; Which will be told low fur Caih or connu? produce. New-Albany, March 2f, 1823. 15tf. BSiNtt DEEDS FOR SALE AT T0" - omcE. j