Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 3, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 21 January 1825 — Page 4

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(SELECTED.) TO CASH Oh! who condemns tlie miser's care, That makes him love and keep his treasure, When erery hope clings fondly there, And there is centered ev'ry pleasure? When there a friend so firm he finds, To breathe content on troubled hours, Sreeet as the scent which whipprring tvinris Lure from (he leaves of blushing flowers. Though dull the earth and chill the 3ir,

How sweet with thee to range them through;

Oh! that I had thee in my care, Methinks I'd be a miser too.

I'd brave for thee, all corq-ierinp Cash, The thunder's roar, the lightning's flash Up craggy rock on wint'ry flood O'er desert sand through lonely wood 7o bleed upon the gore-stained brier To freeze io ice or burn in fire On earth in air o'er land through sex, Could I be paid, dear Cash, 'ritk thee. Lovelier than light the charms that c?nae Resplendent in thy soothing way; Sweeter than Paradise the home Where thou agreest with mc to stay. For there's a magic in thy power, Like perfume 'round the freshest flower, To bid the moments sparkling rise, Like young stars in the midnight skies; Such gleams of pleasure calling forth, As flofi.!s of splendour from the. north, By nature's law so kindly given, To light the shadowy vault of Heaven. Oh! I would go through any pain, Thy dear companions) lip to gain; Content to breathe the sultry air Of prison dim if thou west there. Beneath a desert sun to burn, So thou would'st greet my glad return; Content to waDdr long and far, Through the loud shrieks of angry war; Content the veriest slave to be. So that my bonds were borne for thee. Think the long list of wonders through What is there that Cash cannot do? Of heroes brave of coxcombs vain, Where are they whom Cash cannot gain? From the north to the south, from the east to the west, Ery no of oil things must esteem thee the best On the sand of the shore, or the wave of the sea, Ev'ry labour of man is but labour for thee. The seaman on his wintry way, Will leave his native shore, And dare the lightnings forked play, And brave the tempest's roar

Undaunted bears his gallant heart The dangers of the sea Willing from friends and home to part, To gain one smile from thee.

For who that once had lived about thee, Could ever after live without thee? Of earth below, of Heaven above thee, Whoever 3aw thee but to love thee? Then smile on me then smile on mes As low I kneel before thy shrine; A hope from thy young heart to 3 So fondly cherished within mine. As eager now I strive so hard To labour learning's pathway through, That thou maye st be my bright reward That I may love, and win thee tco. Jefferson. From, the JVezo York Mirror, 3SSOGWE, OR THE HISTORY OF A COQUETTE.

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gagerncnt for him io attend you to the ball this evening, when you never intended to keep your word." ''To punish him for his presumption how dare he aspire to the honour of my hand ? Why, mother, he even had the impertinence to kneel to me, and, like a simpering child, with tear? in his eves, protested he would he mine for ever! and he said, forsooth, he would shelter and protect me even rill death.!

111 let him know I want no protection, and

least ol all his. 1 can protect mvself.'

"And what answer did you make him?""

" hat answer? 1 made him no answer

but laughing in his face 1 left the parlour."

-in" joii Mini ivin. iiii Ji ; "Even so." "You did very wrong then, Imogine

you think George loves you?" "i know he docs." "And for that vou dislike him?" "For that, I hate him." "Have you no other objection to him?" "None, under heaven, more than that

hate him isn't that encuirh?"

"Misguided girl! vou hate an amiable

youth, because he loves vou. Girls at your

igc, Imogine, know not -what thev do. JL'hcv

too often scoff at sincerity, and welcome the

addresses of those whose hearts arc as hoilow as their heads. That woman who can

deliberately insult the feelings of a man of

ensibihty, when she knows that his happi

ness is in her possession, will discover, when too late, that she has acted the part of a

hypocrite, and may expect the punishment that neve fails to "overtake the unworthy.!

If you disliked George, vou should have told him so, and .although the struggle would have been hard, his nice-sense of honour would have compelled him to abandon a

suit, which he would then have known, ii

cherished, would only end in his unhappi-

ncss. Dtit you have suffered him to indulge the hope of obtaining your affections, to de

ceive and destroy his peace of mind for ever. I shall now leave you to your own rei'Iec-

tions, and heaven grant that vour medita

tions may be productive of good." Mrs. Edgar left the apartment with feel

ings, which none but a mother can experience, when she plainly perceives her child

is pursuing a thorny path which leads di

rectly to the door oi dishonour. The only effect that her words had upon the inconstant heart of her daughter was to cause a tear to glisten in her eye for a moment, and then disappear. Her mind was fixed, and she determined not to allow George to attend her. Evening came, and a most delight ful one it was. Imogine was dressed for the ball she stood at the front portal, and a splendid carriage drove up. In a moment the

coach door was opened by the footman, and Sidney Sedgwick, Esq. descended its steps the fair hand of Imogine was extended to

him, he handed her in, and Mrs. Edgar, who had been employed in another room, not

suspecting that her daughter could be guilty

ol uisobeymg her most imperative orders, arrived just in time to see Mr. Sedgwick's carriage roll away with its ungrateful burden. She returned to her room and wept. The vehicle had scarcely disappeared when George entered the apartment. He was attired in his ball dress, and he never became it better his cheek was flushed with the anticipated pleasure of Miss Edgars company and his heart bounded lightly within his bosom his lip smiled

when he inquired tor her, and his soul, purei

those who have felt the more acute sensations of our nature, can imagine.0 A. month passed away, and George had not been at the house of Mrs. Edgar. One afternoon, while indulging in a walk, pale, emaciated, and almost broken-hearted, he met Imogine she was alone, and lie ventured to speak to her. Her manner was careless and free, as though nothing had happened and she ex

pressed her surprise that lie had not been to see her. "Can you ask me that, madam," said George, "after what has happened?" "Oh come, we should forget and forgive. Accompany me home, and let's tall: of any tiling else you know one must not always be tied to a friend like a label around a medicine phial" and she took his arm with so much affection that George forgot all his in

juries, and hispalid countenance was once

more hgoted with the sunshine of a smile. rl'K;M ii. i. i i.i

a Jiu, v.uik not long aim mev soon

entered the mansion of Mrs. Ednar- Uui

George started with surprise when Imogenc

introduced nim to live or six young gentlemen, who were seated in t he parlour "awaiti w- n 1 IT I 1 j 1 1 "I .

mil ni;i aiiiv;if. i s nnkr !i n nrt .it

...... ...... v i v . y m . I. , i but he trembled when his eve rested unor.

me wen-Known lace oi Sedgwick. There

was something in that man he despised, but he had never lisped, even to the winds, his

aversion.

He remained an hour, and was not a lii-

tle disconcerted when he observed the idol

of his heart, the being whom, of all others.

he loved most devoutly, free in conversation with every individual but himself. It seem

ed as though he had been led thither but to witness Miss Imogene's success in accumulating admirers. He could not he felt he could not, lon

ger, remain he thought if he gazed further on the scene he should go mad so taking his hat he withdrew, followed by Imogere and Sedgwick. Imogenc gave him her hand, and he pressed it to his lips a single "Farewell" was all he uttered, and then, with a look that would have melted any heart but hers, he departed for ever! He had not proceeded far when he was overtaken by Sedgwick.

vrcor dotard, said lie to George, with a sneer, "upon my soul 1 pity you why what a contemptible milksop you are." "Villian!" said George, catching him by

me throat, and dashing lum to the earth.

have awakened niv manhood, nnd i

After a severe strurcdo, he broke from them, and rushed into the next room. Mis. Edgar, supposing her daughter would be murdered, tottered from the protection C-f the kind clergyman, and fell dead upon the iioor. linogene was not to be found. She was gone and gone with Sedgwick! Ail research to discover her retreat, or the means by which she had departed, proved ineffectual, and the blood-thirst v Snaniard, fearful oi the laws of the country, and knowing of .Mrs. Edgar's decease, immediately departed for Europe, where, after the lapse of a few years, lie fell a victim to his own rash propensities, ending his days in the gloomy walls ofa prison. Mrs. Edgar was the mother of but one child, through whose disobedience her life had been embittered, and l.cr grcv hairs brought down in sorrow to the grave. She had, indeed, felt "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is 'To have a thankless child."

"Hoot away, despair! 'Wd'er yield to sorrow "The. blackest sky inayicear "i s-winy face to-moirezc."

Rustic Courtship At a rrrtic merry-making, Roger was seated facing Patty; enamoured of her beauty, and stuns: by the arrows of the little god, lie only vented his passion in sly looks, and now and then touchir.g Patty's toe with his foot under the table. Patty, either fearful that the purity of her hose might be soiled, or determined to make the youth express what he anneared so

warmly to feel, at length exclaimed with

spirit, "If vou love me, why tell me so, but

don't dirty my stockings."

A Welshman reading the chapter of the

genealogy, where Abraham begat Isaac, and

i aac begat Jacob, ere he came to the midst,

he found the names so difficult, that he broke off in these words: "and so they begat or e

another, 1

: hap tor."

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thev came to the end of the

far than the chrystal vase, and of more ster-jed out,

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thank vou.

Immediately a crowd assembled, and

George having let go his hold, departed un

molested.

The next morning at day-break a boat

containing four or live gentlemen, was seen

to cross the Hudson-a duel was said to have

taken place Sedgwick was at the house of Mrs.Edgar in the course of the day but George was not to be found. Among the many admirers of Miss Imoginewas a Spanish gentleman who had amassed an immense fortune in his native country. He sued for and obtained her consent to become his wife the day for the celebration of the wedding had arrived the guests were all assembled, and the pious messenger of God was about to unite their hands, when a loud knock at the door interrupted the ceremony. The minister paused to inquire the reason of this unmannerly intrusion, when Sedgwick entered, and in a voice that went, like a lw.lt t i. -c (Lmnoli

the veins of the whole com nasi v. h-

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ream-

At one of the German battles, a regiment

uad orders not to grant quarter. An unhap

py enemy, wounded and disarmed, begged hard for his life from one of its officers. Touched with his situation, the officer replied, "I pity your mis fur tunc, and ask any thing else but that, and, upon my honour, I will grant jour request.'

A lady meeting in the street a gentleman who was frightfully vj)yy took him by the hand, and led him "to the shop ofa statuary, to whom she said, "just like this," and departed. The gentleman, astonished, asked the meaning of this; the statuary answered, the lady has employed me to make a hgure of the devil; and as I had no mode!, she promised to hi hue me one.

Mr. Colt, superintendent of the car.nl at Fort Stanwix, being provoked at an Irishman, gave him a sturdy kick. 4By St. Patrick' retorted the Hibernian, -if you kick so. while you are a Celt, what will you do, when you come to be a Horse?'

ling, value than the mires of Peru, beamed in his eye but when Mrs. Edgar informed him of what had happened, his face became pale, and he hung bib manly head in disappointment. The mother saw his agitation and endeavoured to calm the sorrow that was raging in his heart, but the balm that alone could heal his wounds no hand but that of Imogine

could administer all other physicians were!

unskilled m his disease. He excused himself, and politely withdrew, mortified and disheartened. At a late hour he was seated in the as sernbly-room, among the numerous spectators who did not dance, and though hi:

tongue was exercised in conversation with an amiable young lady who was near him,

yet his dejected manner testhicd that his

CHAPTER I. "The death-bell thrice was heard to ricg, "An aerial voice was heard to cab; "And thrice the raven (lapp'd his wing, "Around the towers of Curnnor-hall.'J "I will be obeyed, daughter; George shall accompany you to the ball to-night."

"And if he does" Imogine bit her lip.

and the sentence remained unfinished. "Well, miss, and if he docs you will, I

trust, not wound his feelings with any more

cl your coquetrv. 1

"I am no coquette, mother I hate George,

and if he was a man of honour and possess-j heart did not partake of the luxurv of intered ot more rejection, he would cease to vis- course.

it where 1 am sure he is not welcome." "But he is welcome, Imogine, wherever I am. Any person, endowed with half his good qualities, I am always proud to entertain. He is my friend, and your most ardent admirer. No man, believe me, child, has ever loved you so sincerely. You knoiv his heart is-cntirely devoted to you, and that

he is worthy of the esteem and affection of

the most amiable woman in our land." "Mother, do stop ; if you don't wish to give me a lever, say no more about George. He is my aversion I never did do nor now, nor ever will i love him. Mv ambition

soars far above his sphere, I can assure you." -lvhy then did you make a voluntary en-

At the end ofa cotillion, Imogine carelessly leaning on the arm of Mr. Sedgwick, approached him. He almost choked with agitation, and turned his head away in agony with a smile they passed on, and the stream of happy beings, who were promenading, for a moment bore them from his aching sight. George retired but who shall paint the misery he endured that night? He went to bed, but balmy sleep, "nature's sweet restorer," did not visit his eye-lids. In agonv he rolled from side to side his heart was bursting, and it was .not until tears came to his relief, that his mind settled down into tiiat calm serene despair, which none but

"1 forbid the bans!"

The bridegroom started vrith meat.

"While you read tins letter," said Sedgwick, presenting him with a sealed packer, "If Miss Imogene will withdraw awhile with

me, I will explain to her the causes why it!

was written." The Spaniard received the ciicr. and 1mogene tainted in the arms of Sedgwick, and was conveyed, as they all supposed, into an adjoining rocm. Astonishment had rivctted every neon

io me spot, and curiosity to know what the

Female Pir.v,iinA gentleman, not wholly destitute of vanity, speaking of celebrated authors, a few evenings since, in conversation with a young ladv, asked her "if she did nor think him Jike Chainbcau"

to which the young lady replied, "O. sir, always thought you quite a SuAX-ltau !'

As an attorney and a phvsiciain wer

ting together in a public house, the doctor

began to reproach the attorney with the number of strange words which "the law indulges in, to wit: "habeas corpus," "neri fa

cias, ? :c. and amongst others, asked what was meant by thy words "docking an entail." "Why, doctor," replied the attorney, "it is doing what you will not do with your patientsit is .si'fcriitira rccczrn.;''

111 nr.f nf f)i-- irn:tni.n -.,X-.'- T T -

- ..v ,ui:3uuiii..uMicu, wuen mo rucivv) not many years dnro (;,. bridegroom read the whole account of the offered his sei vices as a repUcnh

en-

prcceuins circumstances, whieh. iem thr.thi.rw.-.., .,.,...1 n.. Tr

, 7 ? . mv. i i n i (u iis.?t jjiu'v. i e.T

, uau utuj jvc-l a pxeianau .secrcij si !ion (J the people, h

The first flash that gleamed from his ti eneye was revenged Bewildered, he looked about him, and then addressed Mrs. Edir, who was supported by the arms of the minister. 'Did ycu, madam, know of your daughter's crimes?' " "I did," sobbed the distracted mother, "but was prevailed upon not to communicate them to you." "Woman!" thundered the Spaniard, "you are old, and not much to blame; but as" for

your daughter, 1 ii tear her to atom.

have been insulted and abused, and her blood must smoke upon the alter of mv in

juries."

So saying he sprang forward; but the

ative to

fiw. a;

mounted the stump-

to (iispo-

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Ti

i i a iionovv tree, ami i hk :s, L n.un,

k'Ctois, who had crowded around him; I'-ibtaib and hunti;grhirts! Vou are a sot of d d ignorant 'fellows lor ccmiap- t, send a representative to the general assembly. Why could not the ma?i 4 of vour choice have went without nilthis palaver? But if you are determined to elect me, I am at your service, because I want to go to on seme private business and have not money enough to bear my omenses, and I think I can do yours at the same time. If you third: proper to elect me I pledge my honor that I vi!l do the best I can for yon a id fvr v-pclf. 15 wt if vou do not choose n.e, you may gt) (0 h-l and be d d.'' The mob swore he was a ringtail roarer, and accordh gjy unanimouOy tie-"'-

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