Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 22, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 7 June 1828 — Page 4

M I S C E L, LAN Y.

lELEC TJD. HOPE When the fnd heart doth sink full low, From bfghtest objects riven; And lifr'a fair adencs look pale with wo, And darkuess circks plensur'a brvv, Hov weet the hope of Heaven! When sorrow blares the troubled breast, Like waves by tempests driven; Wb'n the hurt spirit dep distrest, Like wave borne bik c-in fiid no rest, IJow bright the thought of ILaveo! And wben lh drearm of life art fled, And death's keen tun 9 given; How calmly rny we rt-at our bead, bile angela circle-, round our bed, To wing our souls to Heaven. CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE TURKS. One of the mo$t interesting and affecting chapters? in Gibbon's Decline of the Roman Empire, is that in which the Historian narrates the particulars of the liege and capture of the capital of the eastern empire of the Turks, under the command of Mahomet, the Second, in the ever memorable year 1453. The whole of the chapter is too long for insertion in our columns; but the following extracts will be read with interest,-at the present period, when Constantinople is menaced by the great powers o .Lurope. "After a siege of 40 days," says the historian "the fate of Constantinople could be no longer averled. The diminutive garrison was exhausted by a double attack, the fortifications which had stood for ages against hostile violence, were dismantled'" on all aides by the Ottoman cannon; many breaches were opened; and near the gate of St. Romanus, four towers had been leveled with the ground. '"Several days were employed by the Sultan in the preparations for the assault; and a respite was granted by his favorite science of astrology, which had ti.vd on the 29! h ofM ivt as the unfortu nate nnd fatal hour.- O'! the evening of the 27th he issued his final order assembled in his presence the military chiefs; and disposed his herald through Ihe camp to proclaim the duty, and the motive of the perilous enterprise. 17. this holy warfare, the M sb ms were exhorted to purify their mi-ids with prayer, their bodies with seven ablutions, and to abstain from food till the close of the ensuing day. A crowd of Diver6hes visited the tents to instil the desire of martyrdom, and the assurance of spend ing in immortal youth, amidst the rivers and gardens of paradise, and in the embrace of black eyed virgins. Yet Mahomet, principally trusted to the efficacy of temporal and visible rewards. A double pay was promised to the victorious troops. 'The city and the buildings are mine, said Mmomet; but I resign to your valor the captives and the spoil, tin? treasures of gold and beauty; be rich and happy. Many are the provinces of my empire, the intrepid soldier who first ascends the wall of Constantinople, shall be rewarded with the fairest and most wealthy; and gratitude shall accumulate his honours and fortunes above the measures of his own hopes.' Such various and potent motives diffused among the Turks, a general ardour, regardless of life, and impatient for action, the camp re-echoed with the Moslem shout of God is God, there is but one God, and Mahomet is the apostle of God ; and the sea and the land, from Galata to seven towers, were illuminated by the blaze' of their nocturnal fires. In the confusion of darkness, an assailant mi) sometimes succeed; but in this great and general attack, the military judgment and astrological knowledge Mihomet advised him to ex-

pect the morning, the memorable 29thl0j)Position in everv ouarter nf the r.mi.

of May, in the fourteen hundred audjtal. It was thus after a siege of 53 filty third year of the christian era. The, days, that Constantinople, whirh hH

preceding night had been strenuously employed; the troops, the cannon, and the facines were advanced to the edge of the ditch, which in many part9 presented a sm oth and level passage to the breach; and his fourscore galleys almost touched with the prows and scaling ladders, the less defenceless wall of the! harbour. At day break, without the! customary signal gun, the Turks assulted the city by sea and by land, and the' similitude of a twined or twistethread hns been applied to the closeness and continuity of their line of attack. The foremost ranks consisted of the refuse of the host, a voluntary crowd who fought without order or command; of age or childhood, of peasants and vagrants, and of all who had joined the camp, in the Slope of plunder and martyrdom. The common impulse drove them onward to the wall; the most audacious to climb were instantly precipitated, and not a part, nor a bullet of the christians was idly wasted on the accumulated throng. But their strength and ammunition were exausted in this laborious defence; the ditch was filled with dead bodies they supported the footsteps of their companions; and of this devoted vanguard the death was more serviceable than the life. Under their respec-

live bashaws nnd banjaks, the troops of

Anatolia and Romanus were successtuily led to the charge; their progress was various and doubtful ; but after a conflict of two hours, the Greeks still maintained and improved their advantage; and the voice of the Emperor was heard encouraging his soldiers to achieve, by a last effort, the deliverance of their country. In that fatal moment the Janissaries arose, fresh, vigorous and invincible. The Sultan himself on horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, surround ed by 10,000 of his own domestick troop, whom he reserved for the decisive occasion; and the tide of battle was directed and impelled by his voice and his eye. Numerous ministers of Justice were posted behind the line, to urge, to refrain and punish; and if danger was in

front, shame and inevitable death 'were real religion in temper and practice, and 'should like to see a thorough going Ken in the rear of the fugitives. The criesto state and apply the doctrines o! thejtueky hunter taking his coilee with f

of fear and pain were drowned in the, gospel in a manner best adapied to this S Persian grandee lithe latter receives martial music of drums, trumpets, and at-lend. Ket-pii'g the end in view, I haveja visitor of superior rank he presents him

tabals: and exDerience has proved that

the mechanical operation of sounds, by ihave never started objections against a quickening the circulation of blood and'pla'm doctrine, to shew my agility in mn - spirits, will act on the human m ichine tning them down. I have been careful

more forcibly than the eloquence of rea son and honour. From the lines, the galleys, and the ll r-i A Ilia Hflnnvin n T f 1 1 rr t h II 1 1 iJ P.W I ! on all sides; and (he camp and the city, the firepks nnd the Turks, were involved inarlmid nfsmnb. which could oidv l be expelled by the final deliv . .. , . 7 - - , ,'erance

or destruction of the Roman Empire. parish, apparently in a scrmu? Irame, cal The defence began to slacken whenild upon me one da, and pressed tin

the attack was pressed with redoubled vigour. The number of the Ofiom in was 50, perhaps an hundred times superior to that of the christians; the douhle walls were reduced by the cannon, to a heap of ruins; in a circuit of several miles some places must be found more easy of access, or more feebly guarded, and if the besiegers could penetrate in a single point, the whole city was irrevocably lost. The first who deserved the Sultan's reward was Hassan, a Janissary, of gigantic stature and strength. With his scimitar in one hand and his buckler in the other, he ascended the outward' fortification;-of the 30 Janis saries who were emulous of valor, 18 perished in the bold adventure. Hassan and his 12 companions had reached the summit, the ghnt was precipitated from the rampait; he rose on one knee, and was again oppressed by a shower of darts and stones. But his success had proved that the achievement Tas possible; the walls and towers were instantly covered with a swarm of Turks; and the Greek, now driven from the vantage ground, were overwhelmed by increasing multitudes; the Emperir who accomplished all the duties of a general and soldier, was long seen and finally lost. The nobles who fought round his person sustained to the last breath the honourable homes of Palmologu? and Cantacuz ne; his mournful exclamation was heard, 'cannot there he found a christian to cut off my head?' and his last fear was that of falling alive into the hands of the infidels. The prudent despair of Constantine cast away the purple; amidst the tumult he fell by an unknown hand, and his body was buried uuuci ujwuiit rim ui ciHiii. iirier ins death resistance and order were no more; the Greeks fled towards the cilv; and many were pressed and slifled in the narrow pass of the gate of S. Romanus. The victorious Turks rushed through the breaches of the inner wall; and as they advanced in the streets they were soon joined by their brethren, who had forced the gate Phcnar, on the side of the harbour. In the first heat of the pursuit about two thousand christians were put to the sword; but avarice soon prevailed over cruelty; and the victors acknowledged, that they should immediately have given quarter, if the valour of the Emperor and his chosen hands had not nreDared them for a similar defied the powers of Chosroes the Chagan, and the Caliph, was irretrievably j-ubdued by the arms of M ihomet the Second. Her empire only had been subverted by the Latins; "her religion was trampled in the dust by the Moslem conquerors.'1 TJie Rogues Ordeal. When I vTas a little codger, my mother established among the children of the family, what she called the rogues ordeal, or trial. There were four or five little children and grand children in the family, nenrly ofthesame age and siz-., and when depredations had been committed on the sugar bowl, or the preserves were found dripped about the cupboard, the sweet-toothed youngsters were ranged side by side, with each a finger placed ny me sine or eacn other on the table. She would then raise the large knife in an attitude to strike the fingers; at the same time assuring the little culprits, that the innocent ones would receive no injury; but that the real criminal would have his fingers cut off by the stroke of the knife; such was the confidence the innocent had in the justness of theii cause,thatthey always stood firm,and never withdrew their fingers, however hard a stroke was apparently aimed at them;

but iht guilty would invariably shrink and draw away their fingers. . So I have found it in after life, that men of a guilty conscience need only the appearance of an accusation, to cause them to look out for a shelter or the means of escape. I have more than once seen persons detected in some villianous act, by applying to themselves the words of others, which were not so intended, and could not be reasonably so interpreted, and

undertaking to defend ag? inst the supposed accusation, which led to suspicion and finally to conviction. The Scriptures sav "the wicked flee when no man pursuelh." Anecdotes of Childhood; Preaching against Fashion.-"lly steady aim in preaching, says the late venera - Kk T.- i nilirr. u v,e hppn i r n mmn p - 7 I avoided unprofitable controversy. I not io awaken disputes' win. h were qui etly asleep, nor to waste my own time . i norm) nearers time, nv reprov ing lmagI tIM f V ( A 1 1 1 1 fir i l"! I i T. fe II t rUSlomS. 'Among these I have reckon d the fash lonsofdress. 1 was once, and once onh

reouesied to neach against the mevail-lNew

jing (asliions. A remote iimabiiant ot the , , j. , necessiiy ol bearing m testimony agiu.st this dangerous evil. 1 observed to him that as my people were generally farmer, in middling circumstances, I did not think they took a lead in fashions; ii they followed them it was at a humble distance, rather to avoid singularity thai to encourage extravagance: that as long as people were in the habit of wearing clothes they must have some fashion or other; and a fashion that answered the ends of dres,and exceeded not the abil ity of the wearer, I considered as innocent and not deserving reproof. To this he agreed; but said, what grieved him was to see people set their hearts so much in fashions. 1 conceded that as modes ol dress were trifles compared with our eternal concerns , to set our hearts upon them must be a great sin. Bat I advised him to consider, that to set our hearts igainstsuch triilcs was the fame sin as to set our hearts won them: and his fash ion ditrered from his neighbors just in proportion as he set his heart against theirs, he set his heart upon hit cr?i. He was therefore doubly guilty of the very sin which he imputed to others. And I desired him to correct his own fault, which he could not but know; and to hope that his neighbors were less guilty than he had uncharitably supposed them to be. I could not but reflect how easily men deceive themselves, and how necessary it is that we apply the questions which our Saviour proposes: "Why beholdest thou the mote thai is in thy brother's eye, and considcrest not the beam in thine own?" Lathrcp's life written by himself Summer and Winter. At Guildhall, L aidon, on Friday week, a Mi. David David appeared upon summons io answer the complaint 'of his wife, Mrs. Jane D.vid, who gave the follow ii.g uccinct synopsis ot h r case. u our Warship, this old ch:p is my husband, and though he doesn't halt mail. lain mc, he larrups mo once a week rig'lar." Mi. David David laid down his hat to reply. "Your honor, v said he, "I'm an old soldier, and Pil tell you no lie. I do tozL'el her somelim s, !ut not half so often as 6he deserves it. Look at me, your honor, and look at her, I'm and she a a stout oung wotinn ot thirty .ii.u.!,.',,! .. i. one land yet she never did a davs work" since I had her though mv whole de pendence is a srn.ill pension of fourteen ''r 1 T T T C e e, w T1 C 7y' i rV a Chehea. went abroad u ith General Howe, in the year seventy-six, and I served m country, in nnn mn.J . other,forfort-tw,yea.-but lueversiw j " i J JT w.. . . .... more hard sen ice in all ihat time than

have undergone since I -axe this womau!same evening. A. I htg.j

the privilege of c illi and that's only twovearrand a half aMf,,i The alderman reminded the soldier thatjhe had taken a wife "for better or for wor8e;"and however, hard he might' find the matrimonial service, it was hislry

uuiy uui luijuuai irom n until lie shouKI;Ving cucumbers lor pickles- The wri-

he regularly discharged; and, above all,;ter of this does not pretend that he has

it was very unsoldier like to strike a wo man. "Aye, it's fine talking, your honor,' rejoined the ungallant veteran; "the fact i her red rag wags so fast and so sharp, that mortal man can't bear it it's a desperate sight sharper than ever General Buonaparte's sword was. Talk of not striking a woman, indeed! what's a body to do with them when they're always wagging that little red rag of their's so .harp and quick that it cuts a man up root and branch heart and character, all to tatters twenty times a day!" Mrs. David however declared that she never used her tongue without good rause, and said she would endeavor to use it more gently in future, if her husband would but do his duty by her, and keep his hands to himself.

Finally the old man agreed to try her once more, and do the best he could for her; adding "There's one consolation forme yet 1 hope to get into Chelsea college soon, and there, thank God no woman Is ever admitted!'' Eng. paper.

Sketches of Persia, 1828. The 'Sketches of Persia" form an amusing and entertaining volume they present a Dleasinir picture of the peculiar man ners and customs of the country, some which are curious enough. The Persi ans are a very formal and ceremonious set particularly their nobles, w ho are complete Sir Charles Grandsons of the east. One of our Kcntuckv-men would make sad work amongst them, and create " I . . . i l il K ;more commotion in nail an nour man ne '. cnu M n nv in ha t a cenum. e iwith coilee and pipe, without presuming to partake until commanded; it an jcqual. he exchanges pipes, presents a (cup. and takes the next himself; it an mienor, lie lets mm smoKe ins ow i. takes the first cup himself, and then a servant presents one to the guest. -A Persian nobleman would have his- I .ear:

broken in six hours, if he were travelling' few Horses f any, in the Western country ,!in some parts of our own good state of ''q'l to the S ir Francis Urike, iq any re-

York, where the landlord makes! .... ;it a point to moisten his clay with the first pull at the class of punch called for by the traveller. In Europe, all persons, male and femae must w alk backw ards out of the (presence of royalty a ceremony which sometimes occasions mishaps. A young lady turned a somerset some few years ago in the presence of his majesty and nobility of England, and the Marquis 0f , i . . i ? c Anglesea s horse (at the coronation ol George 4th) showed his decided opinion that it was inconsistent with ''the invariable rule of right and everlasting fitness of tilings' for a gallant war-steed to back out, even from the Royal presence. At the Peran Court, the nobles show their respect for their monarch, by not presuming to touch the sacred carpet on which his imperial body is seated. In Europe, the subjects lail into raptures on being permitted to kiss the king's hand in Persia the subject is highiv favored by the permission to put his toe 0n the royal carpet. The Persian custorn has our decided preference we should have no objection to kissing the Hand ol a queen, or a princess, but we would ratherue excused Irom paying the same respect to king or president, even to old Hickory himself. J leri JSJorn, Courier. Eastok, (Pa) May C". il Tresspass vi ct Armis" On ednesday alleinoon the inhabitants ot Dela

ware ward, were aroused by a horse withiTj'N pursuance of law, I, John Qci.nct Adharness on, and a swingle t ice llyii g at' JL AMS Pr.siuVni of the Un.n-ii Sheg of his heels, that had crossed the budge, Amtnc& n b n by dtrUre nnd n..k known, and taken possession of a side walk, un- !f,,f a public wdl be held at the Land til he came to Fermour streeij where lie. at amiita, io the aae of Louisiana, crossed, and again look the side walkatioa (U COfld 0liday a J"ls next for ihe dislull speed lopped at the door ol a'PJl f Hi nd onfa United Mata in tba house, with strong indications ol pat i ng''f;1,,0TnS '?.l,lb,p,1!IMl rw," twn.h.Pi in the inmates a visit, but had the dooi ut! L"d bl8tnCl omIH F RT. to upon him. Indignant at such uncere- . -

monious treatmein, he continued his courst turned the corner of Spiii; Garden street, and with a deal vi sghf rvv unit uiivu iinv iiiv ii I'll i t i.f i I ? Un.wii s,and went up stairs into the sec ond storj, making no trilling noise in hi: ascent. Mi. Slruuh, who was platerim in a passant: or kitchen chamber, opened the door, and old Gray having made his way into the back building trotted into the open door to ihe utter consternation of M. S. who retreated left him inquii;n f... ,iu,r ... ,i i i . 1 ,ltlk la,llKri "e tumbled down a etairi case, broke the bannisttrs, and with nnie erasii came rolling into the kitchen,' y and scattering! ol'the '''bnd a great derangement ofhe t b to . " , jt , . o understand that the horse was so . .... mucri '"J11 bJ e tall, that the owner i .. I'll ii- .i ,wl ,,mi. uul ' Pain' K,,It-u nnn the fKESLRYAT "ION OF CUCUMBERS! FOR PICKLKS. Mr, Fessenden. la your first number of the present volume, naire third, a one is made as to the best mode of nrescrfound out the best method; but will state a practice that has given satisfaction to himself and friends. Put cucumbers immediately after gathering them into a tight, clean barrel, with a sufficiency of salt, when melted to cover them. In the same manner proceed till the barrel is filled, adding salt with every additional parcel, and keeping the cucumbers immersed in the pickle; for any suffered to float will rot immediately. When pickles are wanted for use. take asumcietil quantity, put them in a clean barrel or tub, in a cool, but not a freezing place, nnd pour three times the quantity of boiling water to them, and let them stand twenty-four hours. Then pour off this water, and add as much more boiling hot. Proceed in the same way a third time, and tbe cucumber

vrill be green, plump, and hard, arm fit for vinegar and other seasoning. II. C. in the query alluded to above complains that cucumbers preserved in salt, soften in freshirig. This is true, when only warm, instead of boiling hot water is used, and perhaps they are

left standing in a warm place, rnd the water not changed. Either of these errors will injure the pickles. The writer of this has practised pick ofjlir.g cucumbers as above, upwards of twenty vears: and lias had mem ten years old, perfectly good. Thus, in seasons of scarcity the provident family may be fully supplied, from former years of plenty. G. TUEELEGAAT HORSE SIR FRANCIS DRAKE "TyTill sUad the ensuing sea y y son, commcDciDg tba 1st pnl and er.d'ng tbe 1st of July next, tbe first three t!a8 of each tdsSi ure.k on ie farm of Cant Jacob p4ilUj Boone count). Ky. nd the remaining jree ,n (ne ,UMI1 cf Lbwrmctburh; and eo enn$rii,$r. rverj third daj during tbe season. j,rQj.rP t-nu owtr u srom oi improving: lt.,r sock of Horses, m.u!.i do well to avail up-hes of the opportunity tbus offered of procuring a good strain of colts, there ara H,ecl whatever 7 For particulars see Bills. A. S. PIA TT. April 5, 2828. 13 tf. Doctor Isaac Westerfield, (the late tartner or THE celebrated Indian poctor Richard Carter,) WILL practice JMtdiane in Fettrzhvrgh Ky. on the Ohio rivtr, 27 miles below Cincia belw the motulh ?fflhe Mikrai 85 iy oposite Lawrtnceburgh la. 7 ! ... ..... , . . and near His practice will consist in the acministration of xettable preparations chit fl, or bat is more gviutklly known by the name cf the Indian mode ot practice ; which bus (in the hands of Carter and his students) bten so astonishingly (fficarious in the cure of the most inveterate chronic diseases. Hnirp nude himself acquainted with the re. pular mode of practice in addition to the Tegstable mode, flutters himstlt that he will merit rl receive k shre of public patroipe May 9 1828. 13-4nv BbCONi ED from tha service of the subferiber living in Law re nee bur? h township, on Monday Ihe 6th inst. LU( IFsDA SHER4N. a bound g,rl, 8Ked about 15 years. All persons are hereby forwarned ngionst trusting or harboring the said Lucinda on any preienre nf.nteier as tbe la FT will be enforced apom9f all so ctT nding. U1LLIAM COEB( OM. May SI, 18 3. 2i .. By the President of the United States. Towosh i s Four i Five, Csixy Sevtnuml Ftght, ! )V4 ul" 'cur, ftve and Eight, oflUr.ge Fraciion! Township, Three, of Itange Six Fractionil Townships, One, Tvo and T.rer9 of hangr, Seven, F..t. Frctionfcl 1 owiiihips, Tvo, and 7&rsst Iti ge Fnctional Township, Yjnr, of Range F.!evcr. F.k3t. Tt.u'nsliip Sn, of Ranges Or.e and Tvp, Wtst. The Lands reserved by law for the use of Schools, or for other purpoies, ndl be excluded from Satff uhirh wdl tirnfPil in this nnlpr

ter-jabore designated, beginning with the loweat

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