Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 18, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 10 May 1828 — Page 4

FOR THE PALLADIUM. ESSAY ON HAPPINESS. Know Ibeo this truth, enougfcr man tolinow, Virtue alooe i bappinea below. Ei9ay on Man. Few words, in the English vocabulary, are more vague & indeterminate in their meaning than happiness, and whose true signification has been oftencr more perverted, when applied to denote the cii

cumstances ot mankind. lappmess, when accurately analized, signifies per fect uninterruptedtehcityiialloyed with anv thing that can have a tendency tocreatedesire,to disturb tranquility, or raise disgust for so long as lhre is any thing within reach, the possession of which, in our opinion, would increase the amount of happirress so long as there is any thing in our presence, which can annoy oroffend.solong willour happiness be transient, and imperfect. But happiness in this sense is only to be found in those elberial regions, where the Almighty reign?, and angels dwell; in those tranquil habitations from whence sorrow and sighing are forever banished; where sin has lost its power, and where all Uie desires of the soul are swallowed up in the fruition of its God. Wheu we say a mn is happy, in tt)e ordinary a:cc ptalion of the term, we mean heisn jpprerthan rw was at some former period, under dilfrrenl circumstances, or than some other person in like condition with whom we compare him. When we look around u? on the world, how many millions do wc see engaged in the pursuit of happiness yet bow lew have obtained it unalloyed. .ho one has at any time been able to discover a path which leads unerringly to it.- Oi allien- r:al things, it is the most illusory. No other pursuit is so gratifyingyet none so vain &c fruitless. Of all possessions it is the most desirable, yet none is so insecure 8z, evanescent. So liable are we to be robbed of this treasure, that one unkind word, one haughty look', nay even the most trivial circumstance, is sufficient to destroy it forever. All desire it;all expect to obtain it. It is within the reach of every one, yet few are convinced of this, until they experience its reverse, or think of enjoying it, until it is out of their power. Happiness, likeyonder bow planted in the midst of the heavens, by j the architect of the universe, as an earuest of mercy to fallen man, ilcvs the persuer,afKl pursues thetieer." All the faculties of the mind, and all the energies of the body, from the days of Adain to the present time, have been engaged in its pursuit. It is the main spring, Ihe all powerful irresistible motive to every ac

tion. To this we are indented a gi eat "ma ever ready to carry mem into exederee for all that is ewnohlii g m design cution always locking forward to the or magnifiaent in ex'Cir.ion. I. was t r acquisition of some distant object it will this, that a Socraies wroiethat a H-.-ver be found to defer the enjoyment of mer sung, and a Washington ruieti.! the present for that which is to come; And had it not been for this, the mighty 1 for it is a base of our nature that so long and illustrious deds of ancient tunes, Us there is happiness in prospective our which have commanded the admiration of! enjo) ment of the present will be impair-

succeeding, generations, would perhapsied. lhe mighty conquerer, Alex mder

never have Happened, and the l roe ol their heroes and their oratoiB, sages and their poets, would have been confined to the narrow limits of their owu day and generation. For this the merchaut leaves his wife and children, and home,!

and all that he holds dear in lite, tol his transported mind, amidst the dinoii. , , t.J ' 1 . . . . , ' " . i, i - i c ti a .i Jersey : but bad-weather and the weight

wander amidst the burning sands of the desert, exposed to the ravages of disease, and the cruel attack of infuriate and merciless savages; and it is for this that the Christian bows before the mercy scat of his God, and supplicates his pardon & forgiveness. And who are the happy? go ask the farmer, and he will tell they only are blessed, whose farms are extensive whose granenes are tilled, and whose hefjta anc flocks 'do abound. Carry your interrogation to the epicure and the voluptuary, and they will, refer you to those whose tables are loaded with the luxuries of life and all whose irregular desires are gratified. But is not the farmer distracted by a thousand cares? are there no dimculties to be surmounted? no hardships to be endured? no losses to be sustained? are his dwellings secure from fire? his crops from mildew ? his cattle from contagion and death? are not these considerations sufficient to destroy, or at least to abate the relish for enjoyment? Supposing the voluptuary and the sensualist have some momentary transports amidst the mizes of the cotil-1 ion, the luxuries ot the least, the bursts ofi irvirrirnenl,and the riot of intemperance. Tnese pleasureable moments, like anvisits, are few and far between; they are short at best, and always unsatisfactory; and the truth of the matter is they are rather anxious to appear pleased than to be so A smiling countenance is not always the index of a tranquil bosom,. too often we are merrv with the cheerful for politeness sake merely, when inwardly the heart is full of bitterness and ready to burst with secret anguish. Often do we sing when the song ceases to charm;, how frequently do wp laugh when the sigh of sorrow would be more m unison with the throbbines ol the heart. Pleasure,as before observed, lasts but for a moment, and if we endeavor to prolong, it by repetition, we lose Ute relish of it entirely; and as a great part of our pleasure arises from noveltv, the more rarely the objectgof it occur, the more they gratify when they do come. How ollen have wc been disap-

pointed in our expectations of happiness. Who has not found, by experience, that when he .anticipated most pleasure he was most likely to be disappointed? When it' becomes the chief object of pursuit, our expectations are raised so high that the faculties of enjoyment are generally destroyed. Again if we closely scrutinize the idle and effeminate, we will soon be convinced that happiness is not to be found in a total exemption from the cares of life. Man is active being: and such is the constitution .of nature.

tha3 he only can be happy when actively employed; hence arise that uneasirp and anxiety of mind which men manifest, who have exchanged the active and bustling scenes in which they were engaged, for the quiet and peaceful toli I udr of the rural life. If the idle are happy, how does it happen that they are so often driven to the card table and the billiard room? If time does not hare heavily on them, why do we so often find them in the dram shop, or at the horse race? If it be not to while away the tedium of protracted idleness, why do they so often lake up with company, which U'der different circumstances, they woufd despise? The truth 'a they, of all menyare the most miserable, aiiow me an idle man and I will show you a man with misery and discontent pictured on his countenance a man , who in the ab sence of real is. perplexed with a thou-,' and imagmar) cares who, although he v. ere surrounded with friends and com- . ' i panions iiiougn nis possessions were large, and all external circamstances i timed out just as he desired yet something from within would still be found to di-sturb tranquility. Wak and irreso lute, the enervated sons ot luxury and

pomp are hardly capable of making annase, a pace and tranquility of mind,

effort to be happy and if they do, so easily are they baffled in their attempts, that a breeze, which the active and vigorous would scarcely feel, is to them a mighty and overwhelming hurricane. Were I to assert that happiness is always to be found in the palaces of the illustrious and the great, it would be contradicted by the dying confession of Abdalrahmen, the Arabian caliph, who after he reigned fifty years in peace and prosperity, beloved by his subjects and re spected by his enemies, acknowledged that "he had enjoyed but lourteen days ol happiness, and these were followed by regfet." And lo! a greater than he hath I said; "all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Take your inquiry to the sons of ambition and they wilj tell you it a total stranger, to happiness. Always on the stretch to form new stratagems, like,-who wades through fields of blood, trampling over the bodies of the dying and the dead, subjecting kingdoms and overwhelming nations in blood, and wrapping cities in lire; may leel a mo mentary gleam of pleasure flush across battle the shrieks of the dying the shouU of victory the blaze of artiilerv, and the tumult of war but when the hour ef sober thought and cool deliberation has arrived, he will be tormented with the agony of remorse, and his slumbers will be inlerrupted, by the "widow'a wail, the maiden's shriek, and the infant's trembling cry." Go ask him now how many of his darling visions he has realized ask him whether the recollection of his triumphs can soothe his troubled conscience, the quivering lip, the bursting tear, and the agonizing sign will proclaim aloud the perturbation of his mind; And equally vain and illusory are the expectations of him, who hopes to find happiness in wealth. Look at tiie miser! with what an insatiable desire he grasps at the golden treasure; how eager he is to add another, dollar to his fortune, already overgrown. Behold with what an inextinguishable ardour he climbs the elitterini?. nrecinice.. on the sii.nmii of!

which his feverish imagination tells him;Durbin etbUhinK a TAN V.-.UD in New

'i Iraasn r.io . - i r l u ill -m i r- i m . . ' O 1 ui. ucacuicc, it utii miii v..iimu iiiiiiciic Ills felicity. But no sooner does he gain the envied height, than he sees another and another higher and still more templing' than the one he left behind And il he were to travel on atcrnum he would be as lar from perfect fuliciiy as when he tirst set out. So true is it, that our desires oar ahead of our possessions. And after all the pains which men take to acquire wealth, there is but very little difference between the situation of the poor and the rich; the poor man labors for food to sustain existence, and the rich, though rioting in abundance, has to labor tor au appetite, or he cannot enjoy it. Wealth cannot give happiness, or else Ci2esus would never have mourned.! This world is too poor to satisfy the de sires of an immortal mind, hence the rea son WhV tin nnn ia r n t r n f 1 tvifh hie present lot. The man who has been long and sorely afflicted with the rheumatism inone shoulder would be satisfied if he could shift it to the other-, lnt hirr, do this, he would be willing to live in

poverty to enjoy health ; give him health and he immediately sighs for the honors and emoluments of the world. The same restlessness and dissatisfaction pervades all orders of society , from the monarch to the shoe black. The sweep would gladly sit behind the counter and conduct the business of the merchant the merchant sighs for the fame and distinction of the

w m.m .... r politician me politician pamsiut " - 1 turcls of the warrior; and so unbounded are the desires, that the warrior would, if permitted, wrest the govern - ment from the hands ot the Almighty, ana hurl Omnipotence himself irom his throne. Wealth may throw out uer alluremenis and win to her uhallowed embrace the avaricious and niggardly, and pleasure may create desires in the breast ot the young and inexperienced which she has not power togratily beauty may gain flatterers, aid eloj r ... a- 4 I , nuenre mav arrest ior a moment mc uut-uce tuay an est iu breathless attention of the tumultuous' .

raDDic power may uaniyie u.iuci iuipM, of lhe ,ands ol lhe Unled 6vdtes m the the dearest rights of her subjects and f0uowm g iOWnsh ips and liactional tov.nshi dbid

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lord it over her suppliant millions, and.tDe jncj Uistrict ISortii of Kzd Rivxr (UniMmoenftht. n r r i T. 1 hn H itK s f u i n-i" : . . '

theolumesof the warrior, though stain ed in the blood ol the soldierj and bedewed with the tears of the widow and the fatherless, may excile the admiration even of the listless, but more nor all of these combined can impart happiness to the possessor. This is the prerogative of: nature alone; and they only find peace who walk in her paths. Cease then chil dren of sorrow and discontent to hanker afikHrthe riches and pleasures of the world, they will pierce thee through with many sorrows; and if thou d( sirt-.st to be ha)p)9 do ju-th; love nvercy and walk h'.nesijy with My God, then shall thou have a joy which wealth can never purfor which the world cannot furnish an equivalent, and a cheering triumph of vMiich lhe combined powers ot wealth and the grave can never deprive thee. The Invalid. Chateaubriand. This distinguished and low aged author is superintending the publication of his works, amounting to I went six octavo volume?. On returning home from America, he became a soldier in the rojal cause, during the revolution. Toe fllov ing ex'.rac:, from the American QuuilerU Review, paints his extreme su tie ring: "lie was wounded at the siege of Thionville, in October, 1732, and on the retreat that followed, was seized, first, with the dysentary which then raged in camp,-and afterwards with the small pox. Under this complication of suilering, he was, at one moment, supposed to be dead, and literally cast into a ditch; but giving signs of life, was taken up by some of the followers of the Prince de Linge, and;

l,um "xu: "b""- &c. &c. I he distance from LaKreoceburgh the walls ol Namur, he was agan, left,t0 Co, GHin on the GnQt m AW i$ and dragged himsell through, that city ouIj 20 miles. l he Feiry House is on the on his hands; atler which he was again river b(1nk opposite the Court house, carried in baggage wagons as far as ARTHUR VAJYCE.

Brussels, where the surgeons hardly dared to dress his wounds, so frightful! was the contagion that tainted all around, him ft " 1 4!Ie now attempted to join some of ihis friends and family in the Island of ol disease overcame him. lie was put j on shore in Guernc , and leaned against a wall, with his tace towards the sun, to breath his last. But a poor fisherwoman had him carried into a hut on the shore, and saved him a e.cond time from death;; ... , ... , .'iaa tnougn u was only to send mm to ins friends in Jersey, deprived ol reason which he slowly recovered in the course of the winter. Ennrh I. John AS just opened, in LBurer-cburgh, In diana, next door wis; of John Gray inn, a new stock of DRY GOODS Hardware Groceries. He is ,r couuectu n n'wh IVilliam S V 1 . Li8 rtuCC OV1 II Cash will b paid for delivered either ai tht- Alore ur at tbe Tannery. A q l.miih of Black and Wi-ite Oak TAiN-BAKK is wanted imimdia'ely. for wbicb a fair price will be paid We bare C3me to this phcato tnaUc a permanent settlement, and 89 our design is lo wuke our establishments as provable as possible to ourselves, it will necessarily be cur aim to deal justly by ail; and we trust we 8htdl with othjtrs recei a due proportion of the patronage oi the public. DURBIN & JOHN. Lawrenceburgh I th April. 1829. N. B. Cue hundred thousand merchant able PORK BARREL STAVES, and a proportionable quantity of Hoop Poles wanted Those who are getting out Staves would perhaps find it to their interest to save tbe Bark. 14tf. E. D. JOHN.

Tko doors below Living G icon's store, RESPECTFULLY informs the LADIES of Lawrenceburgh and its vicinity, that she still continues to carry on tho MILLINERY BUSINESS; to manufacture straw Hats and Bonnets, clean, ;uiuur. uu unci licjuiua, iu tuc ujusi iasu!iooabl(? style. She will also kep on band an assorlmeot of Satin, Si!k, Velvet and Plush HaU for cbildren From ber xpencnco io - hr business, she. solicits a share of the public patronage. May 16-Siv. By the President of the United States. IN pursuance of law, I, John Qcixct Adams, President of the United States of xiujenca, do bereby declare and make known. tbat a public sale will be held at tht Land at v, aHita. in the state of Louisiana on the second J)londav n Junt next for the dis r. , , . , r 1 ownships tive and ceren.o? JiangeOne East lownsnips lour, ire, Six, Seven snd Eight. 01 mnge J wo Kas:. Townships I'cur, Five and Eight, of Range Three, East. Fr&ctional Township, Three, of Range Six Est. Fractional Townships, One, Two nd Three, of Kange, Seven, Est. v Frkctioi.hl l ownships, Tivo, und Three. g Eight, Eust. Fractional Tow nship, JVine, of Range Eleven Est. Township Seven, of Ranges One and Two, West. The Lands reserved - by law for the use of Schools, or for othrr purposes, will be excluded from Sale, which will proceed in the ordur above designated, beginning wiib the lowest number of ta ction in each township. Given under royband, at lhe City of Washington, this 14tb day of February, A.D. 1828. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. By the President: GEO. GRAHAM. Commissioner of the Geo. Land Office. jC7" Printers pS the Laws of the United States, are requested to publish the foregoing Proclamation occe a week until the day of sale. Ftb. 19 - 9tda Jt JERR Y. r if 1HE Ferry across the Ohio at Lawrence0 burgh is now kept by the undersigned, wno is determined to pay to it the most unremitting attention. Passengers may alwajs rely on a speedy, safe, end commodious conveanee. Ibis Ferry is in the most direct rout for persons travelling from the central and ensfern counties of Indiana and from tbat part of Ohio west of the Great Miami river, toward those parts of Kentucky in the region of Lexington, Pans, Cyntbiana, Georgetown,

March if, 1S23 f-2-tf jment he has received; and hopes in future to itP i be distance from Latvreneeburcli to.'receive their Ditrouar. Hi- hpr ipar, i in

Snd ininpolis is 97 mik'8, and the road a belterjforia tSie public that be b.is just purchased

al i II . one man tne nrouKvitie roaa to in-uanspoiis. ; J IV frOf) D Tbe subscribers respecfully inform their old customers snd tbe public tbat tbey have just received, and aro now opening, at their eld stand, on FPJSSITJ XKAS. 'pe e Joho Gm" iao cle"3nt assortment cl i MJKKCHA JN DiSE Co?i Sis;iz in pari oi W -A French Calicoes, Latest Umi 'n i patterns. es. ollK, vriipC?, CC j FailCV Goods, assorted. ; Black Lasting, Oxford & steel mix Cloths, Domestic Sheetings, ShirtinS - and Checks, All kinds of summer wear, for gentlemen fc ladies, Cotton & worsted hose, Cambric Ginghams, &c. Sec. They have al?o on hand a vei) general assortment of Hardware and Cuttlery, assorted, Salt, Iron,

Castings, Cotton Yarns, & GROCERIES, of all kinds ; which they will sell low for Cash, Country Linen, Feathers, Flax Seed, Bees' Wax, or County Orders. BUELL & DUNN. Lamcnecburgh) April 3, 1G20. 13-G.

AMOS LANE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, J N FORMS the public that he will constant? attend he Terms of the Supreme Court; the District Court of the United States, t Indianapolis; the Franklin, Dearborn, Switzerland, and Kipley Circuit Courts t and any other Court ia the state, on special application. That in future his undivided and perterering- attention and taU enti, will be devoted to his profession. And may, at all times, be consulted at his office, in Lawrenceburgh, next door to Mr. Hunt's Hotel, or at Court. July 25, 1827. 29tf. Spring Sale of Hardware. LOTS of Habdware, Cctusbt, &c l3JJ to be sold on Tuesday and Wednesday, the lSth and 14th MAY; at 9 o'clock A. M., comprising one of the best assortments of HARDWARE ever offered at Auction io this country, selected from recent arrivals and pack, "ge sales at New York", Philadelphia and Dal- ' Urnore, expressly for the Western market; i v,z knives nd forks of various qualities; sin Voie, mree lour ana six Disced times; iir tmves: polished blade, cotton do sheep f.otdo ; shoe do.; butcher do drawir.g- do. j superior and common scissors, sheep sbeaFs; b. K- Kbzors, double snd single cases; barbers' to,sl,ver ",,d ste?ldoi common do. without cases ; Halls', Spear', WicrfHlls', and Thomnsors' cs. bnds!w hies; shoe and horse rasps and files of every dejoription ; steelyards; thumb Ktct.es t snuffrs ; traysv; shoe tacks, No. 1, 2,3 and 4; metal ups; apectacls of various qualities; us harps, torn-', very superior ; stetl knitting pins; table binges; t rass do. ; brass cocks; p&trnt butts ; 1 to 5 sprigs ; 1 to 2 ' 4 inch cornposses; glass knobs; bed screws, 6 to 7 1-2 inch; round bolts, 7 and tS, inrh straight arid neck do. , wood screws, from 1-2 to 2 1-2 inch, all numbers; currj. combs; so k, knob, mormortice ai d rloset locks; pud do.; double and single rolltr gun loc:; ra?s candlesticks; hoise combs, piated D lamtK1 japanned buckltsf japanned gig oils, piated canu e sticks, gih coat and vest buttons, pearl do, carvers and dessert knives, with table to match, silver eyed needles. nitecttapel clo., R b lemming et bun's superior do., crayons, tailor's lined thimbles. Japanned hatter chains, fowling pieces, braces and bilts, nippers, bench vices, curtain rings, carpenters nd coopers' adzes, hatchets, mortice chisels japanned spittoons, tea cadies, spring rat traps, 1 . ) I .. . Z X s uauu uuu pnuei saws, iron iinnen xaoie and tea spoons, Bntianni do., iron squares, c a double and single pltne irons, Cams & Butcher' manufacture , steel snuffers, c a tro wel3, girablets, shoe hammers, sun glasses, multin bits, stirrups, double and single Bordered waiters, centre do., b, 10 and 12 do , bread baskets, cork screws nutmeg grateis, stair rods and eyes, awl blades, carpenters' hammers, brass cocks, assorted, bright rounJ bolts. C & J. SCHULTZ. April 21, 1828. 17-Sw. Published by order of the Cincranati Gazette LIGHT AND EASY TT 4N BARBER, HAIR DRESSER&c. bas this day opened a shop, nearly opposite the north west corner of the Market House, for tbe accommodation of the citize-NS of Lawrenceburgh, and all who may call on him gentlemen of the BAR and wayfarers shall bo promptly attended to. From ibe rigid at ten tioa he is determined to pay to bis business, he expects to meiit and receive a respectable sh3ra ot custom 13 tf HARD AJVD HEAVY. Andrew Howard netums hip ain. Cfre and heartfelt thanks tn lh ii.lhitnt. r - iilUtIUU Vi t. Deaiborn county, for the liberal nfioiirmr. jnew and complete casn cf Ilizors tf th first j quality. He may be fout d at John Gray's Inn i at 8,1 propcr 1 ours or businessk . la.-ors y u i unci are ol the best kind. II: I. . . Ti--y"ll shnvt ir a triee, so nat nd so nicp. Y.u l .j.v, I'm h wrlh practised DARl.EH. Mv Sbi- i,Oii nd Cnm, neit little Uroom F.- Desv',; aod llrustr.n so liandy, Are.:! JS sn trim stit-vr you or brush bicii Ht I.' ii'ue;inikt doctor or dfcndy. AprT 23 IS S ,5lf THE ELEGANT HORSE SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Will stand tbe ensuing feasor., romoencing tbe 1st pril, and ending tbe 1st of July next, tbe first three days cf each week on the farai of Capt Jacob Piatt, Boone county, Ky. and the remaioinz three in tbe town of Lawrenceburgh; and so chanpng every tbjrd dy during the seaaoD. Farmers and others desirous of improving their stoclc ol Horses, would do Well to avail theaisclves of the opportunity tbus offered of procuring a good strain of coirs, as there aro few Horses if any. in the Western country cno-w to the J :u r rancis Dkaice, in any refpect whatever. Zr For particulars see Bills. A. S. PIA Tl April 5. 1328. is tr.

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