Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 5, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 6 February 1830 — Page 4

Tbe following, from the highly gifted pea of J. P., whose contributions have embellished our poetic corner for the last two weeks, is feeliogly descriptive of tba authoi'a early life and present condition. The heart must be roid of sensibility that can view, unmoved, the degradation and misery into which the vices of an irregular Ufa, have sunk a mind cast in nature's finest mould and destioed to shine in the higher circles of society. imrucoTioNs. Now mem'ry waken with a pensive gleam, The joys and rorrows which my life bath known; And bring the light of other days to beam, That down the rapid stream of time bas flawD. My morning aun sbo&e promising and clear, Tho' dark the noou-day of its beams became, Aod hope upon its golden wings was near, Ta point to virtue, honor, aod to fame. Placed with a merchant, at an early age, The road to wealth lay open to my view; j And but far a wild roviog, passioo's rage,

Tbis day been bappy where first breath I drew. When the rude blast of war had gently bush'd, Embark'd in commerce on the stormy deep, The hopes of gain were with the vessel crush'd, And four young seamen with ber relics sleep. Misfortune's low'riog clouls ot ill gather fast, And farce the storm is howling round my head; Will former trophies in ths dust be cast, And their fair radiance be untimely shed? Tho' wand'ring mournful as the "rough wave wild," And sad and pensive through this life I go, Tho' sorrow claims me as ber owu sad child,

And round me roll the waves of want &. woe:

Still beauteous Virtue, let tby beacon sbioe To guide ma thro' tbis dark & dreary night; Tbis suffering beart in patience I'll resign, And seek for comfort in the realms of light. When shall the mom of hope break through this night, And chase the gloomy darkness from my eyes? May Mercy' angel wing its blessed flight, With consolatin-: tidings from the skies-. Lawrenceburgh Jail, Jan. 20, 1830. J. F.

heels; tie bull made aftcrhim, and Icha ! bod put on with all ihe fieetness he could exert. Four legs are better than two, and it was soon evident that the quadruped would win the race. Ichabod found that he could not reach the wall before the bull would be up with him. Now,1 thought he, ''tis all over with me!1 His shoes flew off; but the bull kept on. He dropped his hat, but the stratafern did not take; the hull was not to be made a fool of. lie threw his sermon behind him, hut with no belter success; the hull was not to be reasoned with; he ave the MS. a whisk with his tail and sent it to the four winds! "I'm gone!1' said Ichabod, for the boll was close behind him; at thw instant he espied an apple tree close at hand, and summoning all his remaining strength he made a desperate leap and was fortunate enough to spring into the tree at the moment the hull was at his heels. Here was an unlooked for deliverance, but unluckily the bull was not so easily got rid of. Though disappointed of his

prey, he kept about the tree with such a menacing disposition that Icnabod dared

not descend. It 6eemed as if the malicious animal knew that he kept a congregation wailing, he stuck to the spot with such pertinacity. For two mortal hours did the unlucky Ichabod sit perched upon the tree in sight of the church. Every minute seemed an age to him. ILi beared the bell toll, toll, toll, and each stroke seemed the funeral knell to his hopes. He pictured to his fancy a crowded

congregation waitinginanxious suspense,

and lost in wonder and amazement at his non appearance. "Alasl" said he to himse If

lkI bear a voice they eanoct heaj Which bids me thus delay. ? see the horns you cannot see, Which force me here to stay. He saw the congregation come cut of the church and scatter hither and thith

er like sheep without a shepherd, yet be I

durst not leave tbo tipple tree, because there was not a lion, but a buil in the way!

The congregation were at last fairfy

for before the wtrds were fairly out of We have not room for copious extracts, his mouth, thev heard a furious bellow, and shall content ourselves with refcung and. bounce in an instant the bull was to some of the peculiarities andevtuts oi

amonz them! Heavens1, what a scamper- those far gone time

injr!

The whole squad took to flight

quicker than a flock of wild ducks on

hearing a shot. Ihe ueacon iosi nis hat and wig, and captain Blueberry ran out of his boots, which were a little too large for him. Diver other accidents happened. The greatest catastrophes were ol those of Squire Snakeroot and Lieutenant Darling. The Squire being pusy and short-winded, was overtaken by the bull, and received a tremendous butt in the rear, which disabled him

so that he could not set down without a

In 1G36, the name of the town was

changed from Sangus to Lynn in respect to Mr. Whiting, and others, who came from the town of Lynn Regis, or King's Lynn, in Norfolk, England. In the same year the Quarterly Court

ordered that no person should make any

lo the Quarterly Court "for prcphrinirg the Lord's Day, by going to Wm. Craft's house, in time of public excrcisf , (they

both being at meetiriLO and diiukiu" of

hi3 cider, and Rosteing his apple?, without eyther the concent or know ledge of him or his wife."

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Frcra the Charleston, (S C ) Courier Mania a pofu.--This Latin phrase it z

great favorite with all physciciaiu: ii cc-

cakes or buns, except "for burials, mar-jclrs in ne weeklyor monthly rept rts or

riages,or such like special occasion. (deaths and their causts, and is cakrulaThe Aacientand Honorable Artillery ,etj to make a suitable impression ipon Company was organized on Monday, 'y0un sinners against temperance in June 1, 1730. On the afternoon of that jurii.kint.vif it were properly underdav. there was a very great earthquake. stood. Tlin iiJnin TTnolisb tt f it ibis

double cushion or a lortmeht. 1 he bullii eonie lounu u uiiuluiuu . jied raving mad, in consequxnCe of

after knocking him over ran off after thejniture and chimney s were thrown down. IIARD Drlkixg."

nthops. and the Souire made a shift to In 103J, the Uenerai toun loioaue.

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tne people to epreau oass or cuuusu ujiuw

Published last winter, at Ciacinnati, :n the Crisis & Emporium.

climb up into the tree and take sides

with the parson. The Lieutenant's w as a more frightful ease. He was a short, fat, thick set, ducklegged fellow, and happened to be dressed in a pair of stout old fashioned leather breeches. The bull having floored the Squire, came in the twink

ling of a bedpost right upon the Lieutenant, who was waddling oiTin double quick time. The bull hit him a poke behind, intending to serve him as he did the Squire, but one of his horns catching in the wai3tband of the Lieutenant's inexpressibles,-he was taken oiT his legs in an instant, and whisked off upon the bull's horn. Away went the bull scouring after the fugitives with the unfortunate Lieutenant dangling by the waistband, and fairly out of his wits with terror. His capers in the air were only brought to an end by the bull's bringing, up, butt, against the stone wall, and pitching the lieutenant completely, over into the road. The rest of the party got over the wall without any help, ai.d escaped the fury of the animal. And now commenc

ed a regular set-to. J he party armed ihemsolvos with stones and clubs and

began a pitched battle with the bull foi

the deliverence of Ichabod. Thumps.

bangs, thrusts, pokes and missiles of ev

ery description, were showered upon

By this vernacular title, I trust that drunkards, not too far cone to under-

meir i nus lor me P"l' u,.c",,",",fa;8Und any thing, will be warned against

v bun; duu uu . . u...,.b thij (0fl g0UfCe of oul.Bgeou8r

tired out. Two hours bad they waited,,, ih:AfiJ ihn fT:niiq KPnfif wiin sbnnb.

and no parson came, i nc sexion len oii,, rci3oubtable hormf flourished his tolling the bell, and indeed it was qmtel snd ran butlillg and bellowing here

ICHABOD AK2 THE BULLThe following account of Mr. Ichabod Wing's first attempt to preach in the town of , in New England, is condensed from a most authentic statement in the Boston Galaxy, whose editor is not certainly famous fr making bulls. U. S. Gazette. The congregation met, and the meet

ing house wns filled, but the minister, put it off terribly. The bell kept tolling

and tolling and the people thought it never would be done. They yawned and stared about, and peeped out of the windows, just as if they expected he would come sooner for that. At last Deacon Snacks got up and spoke to 'Squire Barleycorn: "Squire, where is the minister?" "Really, Deacon, I don't know. Ho came out of my house just after me, but be walked so slow that I got out of sight of him' "It's very strange, he don't come." "Very strange." Here Miss Deborah Pecpabout, an el

derly virginf who held the opinion of

Paul Fry, that "the 6pint of inquiry is the grand characteristic of the age in which we live,' & who also felt a particular sympathy in the fate of unmarried clergymen, thrust her long nose between the Deacon and the Squire, and asked: "Law me! Deacon, Squire, why don't the minister come?" Then Miss Martha Buskbody, seeing the Deacon, the Squire, and Miss Peepabout, engaged in a colloquy, wriggled herself into their company and asked the same question. Then another and another and another followed the example, and there was quickly a knot of people gathered round the Deacon and the Squire, all asking questions which nobody could answer. The. whole congregation was in a buz-! buzzing. Every one asking where the minister was, although every one knew that nil the rest were just as ignorant as himself. Bill Muggs the sexton, kept tugging away at the bell rope till he had tolled the people out of patience. But we must leave the bell tolling, and the sexton fretting, and the Squire, and the old maids, and all the rest of the congregation, on the tenter hooks of suspense, and go back and see what has become of our friend Ichabod. Ichabod had slackened his pace after leaving the house, and had fallen into a sort of a reverie. Finding himself rather, late before he got near the church, he resolved to make a short cut across a field where the road made an angle; so jumping over a stone wall he steered directly for the church, but had not proceeded many paces when he was startled by a most savage and unmusical boobooing s und, in a tone of the deepest bass he ev er heard. Lifting up his eyes, he beheld a furious bull making at him with all s-peed, and bellowing like mad.

It is needless to say that be took to hisjnotimeloaskti'Ao it was that wasccming

time, for he had nearly worn the rope olF. The people all came out of the church, having, after two hours debating upon the matter, came to the conclusion that there would be no sermon, and that there was good ground for alarm as to the fate

of the minister.- They sent otF parties east, west,-north and south, to expb.ra the country, and presently Ichabod discovered a crowd advancing along the road, headed by the Deacon and the Seston. Ichabod mustered all the strength of his lungs, and bawled out to

them like seven watchmen upon a tower. The whole party came to a halt, & gazed around with astonishment & fear:

at length they spied something snugly roosted in the apple tree: they took it at first for a huge black turkey cock, but on a nearer approach, they found it to be no other than the reverend Parson? Now the bull just at that moment happened to be pawing and snuffing with his nose to the ground on the other side of the tree, so that he was hidden from the party by a mere thorn bush at its foot. The people seeing Ichabod perched on high in that same manner, were;

struck dumb with amazement for a few moments. Was the poor man bewitch

ed? or had he run mad, or what had pos. eessed him to spend the afternoon dangling like a scarecrow on the bough of an apple tree instead of holding forth a

godly discourse in the pulpit? For

some moments no one dared advance a step further or speak a single word. At

last Bill Muggs the sexton plucked up courage and advanced to the stone wall.

He was an old sailor who within a few

years had taken his land tacks aboard,

and settled himself up in the brush; he took up the trade of a sexton because it

consisted in pulling a rope. On this oc

casionhe undertook to be spokesman of

the party, for the Deacon was absolutely frightened. Bill put his head over the wall, clapped his hand up to the corner of his mouth and sung out: "Parson ahoy'.'1 Ichabod lifted up his voice, like an owl in the desert, and exclaimed, "Come along! come along! save me! save me!" "Blast your eye-balls," said Bill, clawing a huge quid of tobacco out of his mouth, and throwing it slap on the ground, 'why don't you save yourself?" "I can't, 1 can't," said Ichabod. 'Drive him awayDrive him away!" By this time some of the party, and the Deacon among the rest, had got over the wall, & were advancingtowards the tree, staring and wondering to bear the parson talk in such an unaccountable manner. Comedown,come down,'saidthc Deacon. What have you been doing all the afternoon in Colonel Shute's orchard?" "Ay, ay," said Bill what are you about

there aloft without your hat and shoes, looking for all the world like a starved monkey sitting on a lee backstay ! At this moment the party had got near Iy upto the tree. 'Look out ! look out!1

cried Ichabod, 'He's coming!' They had

and there, wherever the attack was hot

test, Ichabod and Squire' meantime shouting from their citadel in the apple tree, cheering on the assailants, and attacking tho bull in the rear by pelting him with small shot in the shape of win

ter pippins. This holy war lasted for three quarters of an hour, and the bull seemed likely to win the day. Ichabod fancied himself already reduced to the necessity cf taking up his quarters in the tree for

the night; but luckily, at this moment a reinfoi cement arrived, end the bull began slowly to retreat; the assailants, headed by Bill Muggs, pressed their advantage, carried the stone wall by esca

lade, formed a solid column, and in a short time the bull was driven from the

field without the loss of a single man. But it waa all over with him. His 6er

mon was gone, the afternoon was gone,

and he soon found that his hopes ol wag

ging his pow in the pulpit was gone.

The bull was never out of his mind. He never had the courage to attempt another sermon, and at the very thought of marching to church in a surplice, he imagines to this day, he hears a boo-boo-ing, and sees a pair of horns.

for thp regulation of ladies' dress: 'No

garment shall be made with short sleeves, and shall not wear the same, unless they are such as have short sleeves, to cover the arm to the wrist; and hereafter, no person whatever shall make any garment for women, with sleeves more than half an ell wide- that is, twenty-two and a half inches. The first book printed in America, was an octavo voluue of Psalms, of 400 pages, in 1G40. In the early pait of 1C41, says Governor Winthrop, "a goodly maid of the church of Lynn, going in a deep snow fromMeadford homeward, was lost, and some of her clothes found after among the rocks." In 1513, a man was presented at the Salem Court, and compelled to confess his opinion erroneous, &ask forgiveness of the minister, for say ing that the "baptism of infants.was sinful." At the same

court, a person was presented for "com

man sleeping" at church, and for striking

hun who waked him. boon alter, not

having amended hi3 conduct,; he was sentenced "to be severely whipped."

It was the custom at this time, during

be public service, for a person to go

bout the meeting to wake sleepers.

H bore a long wand, on one end ol

which was a ball, and on the other a fox

tail. When he observed the men asleep,

he rapped them on the head with the

knob: and roused the slumbering sensi

hility of the ladies by drawing the brush

lightly across their faceso

In June of the same year, the wind

was so high accordiug to Governor Win

throp, that a multitude of trees were blown down, aud the "meeting house at

Newberry lifted up, people being in it." "It did no hurt, but only killed one Indi-

madness.

FLAIN ENGLISH.

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From tbe Boston Traveller. HISTORY OF LYNN. We some time since noticed the appearance of the first number of the History ofLynu,by Alonzo Lewis, Esq. who has been untiring in his researches among the musty manuscripts and scanty records of its early history; and has collected a mass of interesting facts and occurrences of "olden times," furnishing altogether a curious compendium, not only to antiquarians and the immediate decendants of the first settlers of that

nl.irp- hut in rpaAon nf pipt fines nnrl

J'."'', - wuv..w w. i w M section of the country. The author has without the consent of her parents.

At the Quarterly Court in 1S44, Wil

liam Hewes and John his son were fined

"for deriding such as Sing in the Con

gregation, terming them fools; also William Hewes, for saying Mr. Whiting preaches confusedly ; also John Hewes, for charging Mr. Cobbet with falsehood in his doctrine." At the same Court, in 1615, Lemuel

Bennett was presented, "for say ing in a

scornful manner, h neither cared for the TowDe, nor any order the Towne could make."

An order was passed in 1648 that if a young man 6hould address a young woman, without the consent of her parents, or in their absence, of the Co. Court, he should be fined five pounds. In the same year the town of Lynn was presented to the Quarter Court

"for want of astatlfor the Constable."

In June, 1648, 3Iargaret Jones, of Charlestown, was executed at Boston, for a witch. This was the first execution for the offence in New-England. In 1639 Nicholas Pinion was fined for swearing. The deposition of tbe witness was, that "meelinge with the said Nicholas Pinion the last Lord's day, cominge out of his come, hee heard the said

Pinion swear all hispunkins were tur

ned to squashes.

In the same year, Matthew Stanlv was

fined JL5, wi!h 2s 5d fees, for wining the

affections of John Tarbox's daughter

Capsizing a Sailor. A an honest seaman who had josl come into port, was taking a stroll in the country, he saw a bull dashing furiously along the road, di rectly towards him, -and, according ,0 the custom of the animal, when1 under full speed, with his tail straight out behind him. 'Bull ahoy!' roaid J tck, making a speaking trumpet of his handi 'ease of your panker sheet there, you lubberly son of a cow, or vou'll be afoul of me.' The bull paid no attention to the warning of the sailor, and the next moment Jack was rolling in the dirt. 'There d n your eyes!' said tbe enraged tar, gathering himself up, ! told you you would rnn afoul of me!' .V. y. Constellation". Epithets. The meaning of the word

n retch is net generally understood. It was originally, and is now, in some parts of England, used as a term of the softest and fondest tenderness. This is not the only instance, in which words in their present general acceptation bear a very opposite meaning to what they did iu Shakespeare's time. The word IVench, formerly, was not used in lhat low and and vulgar acceptation it is at present. Damsel was the appellation of young ladies of quality, and Dame a title of dis

tinction. Knave once signified a ser

vant; and in an early translation of the

New Testament, instead of 'Paul the servant,' we read 'Paul the Knave of Jesus

Christ.' On the other hand, the word

Lompanion, instead of being the honora

ble synonyme of Associate, occurs in the play of Othello, with the same contemptuous manner which we now affix, in its

abusive sense, to the tvord 'Fellow' for

Amelia, perceiving that some secret vilian had aspersed the character of the

virtuous Desdemona, thu3 indignantly

exclaims:

cO,heaveo! that such Companies thoud't enfold, Aad put in every honest hand a whip, To lath the rascals naked through tha world !'

An Answer. A pedagogue in Berkshire not long since asked a bov. "what

part of speech is Oh! and Ah!" or "what J

i s a n In terj eciion V T h e 1 a d n o t k n o w i n gt the knight of the rod attempted to illustrate by again asking: "what should y ou say if a man seized you violently by the arraf 5 Why, 1 should tell him to let alone, darnation quick." J Courier.

the original patentees of the colony

who had been one of the most influential in promoting its settlement, and who, in 1630 was appointed Deputy Governor.

transcribed from the records of state and county as well as from those of town and parish, aud from various files of unpublished papers. All the quaintness and original simplicity of the original language has been preserved, and such remark of the compiler introduced as are necessary to explain the meaning or increase the interest. The first uumber brought down the history of the town from its first settlement to 1616. The second number has at length been issued, in a beautiful style of me

chanical execution, from Mr. Eastburne's

press, and continues the history to 1G78. A scene of domestic tenderness of parental and filial attachment, is finely illustrated by a lithographic drawing, which for softness and delicacy of shade will compare with any we have seen from the same establishment. It represents the parting of Lady Susan Humphrey from her children, in 1641 ; when she returned to England with her husband,

Mr. "John Humphrey," who was one of Gloves were commonly given to the

The parents of the young woman were

allowed 6s for their attendance 3 days. In 1651, the Court made an order against "the intolerable excess and bravery" of dress. They ordered that no person whose estate did not exceed 200 should wear any boots, gold or silver lace or buttons, or silk hoods, i iiSboDs or scarf?, under a penally of 10s. The first engine made in America, was in 1953, by Joseph Jenks, for the Selectmen of Boston. At the funeral of the Rev. Mr. Cobbet, in Nov. 1685, who had preached iu Lynn nineteen years &. in Ipswich twenty-nine, were expended one barrel of wine, two barrels of cider, 32 pounds of sugar, half a cord ef wood, four dozen pair of gloves "for men and women," with "some spices and ginger for the cider." It was the custom at funerals to treat all the company with cider, which in cold weather was heated and spiced, wine was

distributed when it could be afforded.

bearers and principal mourners, and by

the more wealthy, rings were sometime added.

In lt67, thee persons were presented on rewucb!e u

Shocking Accident As Miss Cindrilla Waitawhile, was on Wednesday last, dressing for a ball, a large, elegant looking-glass, before which she was standing, suddenly broke into a thousand pieces; and one of the spiculs shuck her in the corner of the left eye, and wo regret to say, produced so much pain as to prevent her attendance at the ball. A more extraordinary occurrence, it has

seldom fallen to our lot to record; and yet, almost miraculous as it appears, we are convinced it may be accounted for on perfectly rational principles. Bliss Waitau bile is by no means so young as she was once, and the looking-glass it is supposed, had no more manners than to tell her so. Provoked at this unparalleled inipud ence, she is believed to have raided her fair fist,vfc struck the impertinent mirror such a blow as broke it in the manner above related.

Conundrum. Why are bank notes like Faith? Be cause they are the dubstance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.1

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