Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 49, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 December 1830 — Page 4

TUB BACHELOR.

The" Bachelor lonely depress'd No gentle one near him no home to endear him; In sorrow to cheer him, no friend and no guest: Tfo children to climb up 'twould fit I my rhyme up, And take too much time up to tll his despiirCroan house keeper meeting him, cheating him, beating him, Bills p mnng riaids scouring, devouring his fare. He has no one to put on a sleeve or neck button, Shirts mangled to :ags drawers siringless at knee; The cook, to his grief too, spoils pudding and besf t o With overdone, underdone undone is he : No son, still a treasure, in business or leisurely dauhter,with pleasure new joys to prepare; But oid maids and cousins, kind fcouls, ruh in doz-ns. Relieving him soon of his bachelor's fare. He calls children apes, (the bx a.id the grapes,) And fain wou d he wed when his Iocks are like snow, But widows throw scorn out, and say he s worn out, And ma.dens, deriding, cry -No, my lore n5:" Oid age comes with sorrow, with wrinkle and furrow; Uo hope in to-morrow none sympathy spares: And when, unfit to rise u,-, he looks to the skies up, None close his old eyes up; he dies, and who cares? EPITAPH ON WATCHMAKER. Here lies, n an horizontal position, '"he utside ca$e of Peter Pendulum, watchmaker, TVhose abilities in that line were an honor To his profession. Integrity was the main tpring. And prudence 'he regulator. Of a'l the actions u ... hie. Humane, generous and 1-beral, His hand never ttopped 'Till he had relieve. i a ress. 0 nicely regulated we: e Uis Untiont ' I na; hit neve vent Teong, Excep when e. a going By people Who did not know Hi 8 1cey. Even then, he was easily Set tight aga n. Ife had the art or disposing his tim$ So well. That his AargIMeil away In one conUnu d round Of p't-isiire a; ddeoght, 'till an unlucky minute put a period to H:s exmauce. He departed this life Wound up In hopes of bei g taken in hand By his Maker t And of being thorougnly cleaned, repaired. And set a-gtivg In the world o c hub. THE DRUNKAItD'S FKKWELlj. Farewell to the dropa which my toul never cherished, Farewell to the glee of the Wine maddened crowd: In the Tippler dread cup, how my prospects have perished, And the sun of ray manhood' gone d.ivn in a cloud. When Science oft urged me undaunted tolimb Her ascem thai leads to the reg'on of day, 3 rushed to 'he care killing bowl o drown ime. And thus flew my moments in madness away. The rich roses of life in my pathway were strewrd, And they gave the full promise of jy and delight; But intemperance came erery hope was subdued. And the vision of glory Was snatched fom my sight. In its place she presented the withering form Of affection all bl'ghsecl by penury's breat ; And the pale sickly flow'iets that, nursed in the storm, Seemed fit only to bloom m the Garden of Death. Farewell and when once thy fell influence is pabt, The soul m the glow of its brightness may reign ; Be restored io 1 he joys of xistence at last, And the landscape uf life become brilliant again. SHOWING RICH BY TflXSTATTn. i ue lolloping extracts are taken from the' Williaiiistuwn Advocate, an able paper, lately discontinued lor want ol support. 1 lie anecdote of L rd Timothy Dixter is familiar to New Englanders. He was emphatically rt mm who blundered into wealtn. Another story is told of his making a spec by mistake. A mechanic whom he had employed 4rt Kill Irl n wftirt itif.r.,n.J UZ it y ... ni.uiiiigu mm uiai mate rials were wanted forstajs. As whalebone was used for making stays (or the ladies, Lord Timothy very naturally supposed that was the article wanted for the ship. He accordingly purchased all the whaiebone to be round in the market; but unluckily it was not the material wanted, and he had it Jjing on his hands. But here again his good Star prevailed Whalebone soon came into great demand, and Lord Timothy bating a monopoly, So!d it at a large advance, and thus realized a very handsome sum out of his mistake. kHow often on the one hand, do we see the brightest prospects of the sober and industrious blasted by sickness, mildew, storm, or fire; while on the other riches are poured into the lap of such as live in comparative indolence. Of (his fatter class was the self styled lord" Tymolhy Dexter of Ncwburyport. was Mobably as destitute of foresight as any man could be and carry on business; having- accumulated a few hundred dollars, he asked advice of some traders as to the best way of turning it to ad vantage They told him to htj it out in warming pans, which he was. assured w ould find a readv mar

ket at a high price fn any of the West India Islands. These Islands, as every body knows, lie nearly under the equater, and enjoy perpetual summer; a cargo of warming pans, therefore, according to all human probability, would

be about as likely to sell with profit there as would a cargo of ice in Nova Zemblai Relying, however, on the good faith of his advisers, Delter purchased and shipped hia warming pans; they arrived in the -ugar season, and the pans were sold for ladles, and their lids for skimmers, at about 200 per cent advance on the cost. By a series of simiUr speculations, Dexter acquired a princely fortune, which of course he attributed mainly to his own superior sagacity and industry." The following story is one of strong er interest, and shows on how trivial a circumstance a man's fortune sometimes depends; and how that which was deemed a misfortune at the hist, turns out in the end to have been the source of prosperity and happiness. "Mr. H. was a native of Oxford, in the county of Worcester in this state. By inheritance and industry he became comparatively rich, and was highly respected ad honoured. But unexpected losses thwarted bis schemes; his properly diminished by degrees; he became dispirited; his pretended friends, one by one, fell away ; and, having no fixed principles of virtue, it is by no means wonderful that he became dissipated in his habits, and his wife and family consequently unhappy. About this time he ascertained that hU debts were much more than he could pay, and that his creditors were about to

administer upon what property he pos-1 destinely leaving Oxford, Mr. H. resessed. Unrb r thes- circumstances he j turned a wealtny man, honourably determined to abscond, and in such a i paid bis debts, made an ar knowledgeway as to prevent detection. Accord- meni to his wife and family, and reing!y he privately procured a nev tuit moved to his new land. He afterof clothes, selected a horse from his eta- j wards enjoyed the confidence of his foible, and, h iving deposited hisordiuaiy low citizens, and for several years fillclothes and hat on the beach of a pond, j ed an important judicial office. He

(to induce! his creditors to oeheve he hnd committed suicide) protected by the dakness of an autumnal night, he precipitately and silently left liis native village. He had determined to seek a home in the western wilds where his character and resourc s were unknowt, and shaped his course to that region. Late one afternoon he arrived at an inn in a village on the west b uik of the Hudson, with Otil ' a tingle dollar in r his pocket. At the inn whec he stopped there happened to he an agent of trie state cf New-York, dhpoHng of the lands in the south western p rt of that state at public auction. Being dressed in the garb of a gentleman, his fellow lodgers took him for a land speculator, who had, like themselves, come to i urchase at the sale; and he determined to maintain the character with wh'ch they had so unceremoniously invested him, but to be &o cautious in his bids as not to incur a responsibility which he had not the means of meeting, He commenced bidding indiscriminately, and contrary to his intention and expectation, a large tract in what is now called the "Susquehannah country, Wa3 struck off to him. His thoughts were now directed to the invention of a plan by which he could get rid of his bargain without confessing his poverty. Finally he determined to wait till the inmates of th hours were wrapped in slumber. &. then mount his horse; and by tnking Frenrh leave, get rid of his bargain and tavern bill together. With this intention he told the agent that as it was late he woald attend to making the deed and paying the ten per cent, of the purchase money in the morning. This course being assented to, he retired to his chamber, but not to rest. Like many other people he abhored poverty worse than crime, and Ct iild not bear the idea of exposure among those with whom he has p;ised a a wealthy man. After the house became still, he cautiously descended from his chamber to carry his plan into execution; but what was his chagrin and mortification to find that bis valice was locked in the bar and his horse in the stable, and to obtain either of them was utterly out of his power. With feelings which may perhaps be imagined but cannot be described, he returned to his chamber, where he passed a night of intense mental suffering and sleepless agony. As might have been expected, he defered leaving his lodgings much beyond the ordinary hoar, vainly endeavoring to devise a way of escape from his dilemma, when his reverie was broken by the intelligence that two gentlemen, who had just arrived, wished to speak with him. Here was a new source of trouble; he had no acquaintance in that part of the world, and he had no doubt but his creditors in Oxford had discovered his flght, pursued him, and were now about to strip him of the little property he had brought away, or to carry him back in riisgrace. So intensely were his feelings excited, that two or three messages were sent before he could muster resolution sufficient to eae his chamber. At length finding he could invent no excuse for a longer de-

lay, vq tli a palpitating heart he descended. The two gentleman w ho had requested an interview met him, and he felt greatly relieved on finding them to be perfect stangers to him. They immediately entered on their business, by inquiring of Mr. H. whether he was the gentleman who bought a certain tract of land on the evening previous On his replying in the affirmative, they informed him that they had just returned from viewing the land; that they intended to have been at the sale but were detained one day on the road by an ex

traordinary storm; and concluded by asking him if he was disposed, for a suitable consideration, to relinquish his right to the trnc ? This conversation had an astonishing effect on the feelings of Mr. H. He saw that instead of being pursued by merciless creditors, the door to fortune was thrown op n to him; and it was with the greatest difficulty he subdued his rising emotion enough to reply, that he was not particularly anxious to sell, hut if thev would pay him two thousand dollars in cash, they should have the privilege of taking the tract from off his hands. No sooner said than done; the bargain was4 concluded, the money paid, and the purchasers satisfied that they had made the best trade. With his newly acquired money, Mr. j H purchased another tract of land to j which he immediately proceeded. Tiie purchase was a good one, and by telling n part and clearing a part for his own use, he soon became the most wealthy man in that section of country, fn three vears from the time of hi clandied abou' two year since, leaving a numerous and h ppy family to attest the truth of that passage of scripture which says, 'the heart of a man deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps 5? From the Sew York Standard. pun vrarri: weasiix, AN ORIGINAL TALE. By a gentlem-m uf .A t ic Fur:, jor his little Grand Son to emulate. !: the r ig!; o Ki ,g rge IlL there lived a boy in London, who was born in the neighboihotid of St. Paul' Cathedral, by the name of CantsS. H was left an orphan child at the age of ten year? destitute not a penny in the world. The question was with him, although so young, what shall I do? He resolved that he would run of errands for any one who would employ him; early one morning he Ballied forth from ihe hovel where he had slept the mght before, in quest of employment. He walked but a few minutes in the strand, near Somerset House, when a gentleman me t him, who accosted him thus, My lad, would you oblige me by carrying this note to Chancery Line?" at the sam limn handing him the note wiih an (English shilling saying I will give you this shilling for so doing. Curtiss instantly took the money, and punctually delivered the note to whom directed. On his return he met a poor woman near Temple Bar, who apparently was in great dii'iess, and although hat a boy she solicited i harity frum him. Curtis3 aj.ked the -applicant what il was she had under litr arm; to which she replied by showing him a little white kiiten;he immediately offered her all the money he had or it, being the shilling he had ja?t earned, with which she was highly pleased. Curiiss then set off wiih hi kilten for Charing Cross; on his way t hi t her a gentleman met him rear Exeter Change, not far from the Adelphi, who espying the kitten asked the lad whatit was he had under his ragged blanket? Curtiss told him it was a kitten. The gentleman requested to look at it, which he did and examined it most critically, then Stiid my lad, you are very much mistaken, it is no kitten, but a white zstasel; will you sell ii? Yes sir, ays Cunisnj what will you give for ii? Fire Guineas, said the genileman, the kitten, then sir, is yours ;Curtis3 received the money delivered over the kitten to the stranger, then walked eff with his guineas in his pocket. The day fob lowing, Curtiss (who, by the by was a very handsome little boy) haslened to Cranbourne Alley to procure for himself proper and respectable clothing, so that he might appear as well dressed as any of the respectable boys in London, which he fully accomplished with two guinea?. Being thus genteelly equipped, and hearing the bells ringing for divine service at White Hall, w here King Charles the first was beheaded by that arch hypocrite and tyrant Oliver Cromwell, he repaired thither and paid sirict attention to what fell from the lips of the Lord Bishop of Durham, who on that occasion delivered an eh quenl sermon. On leaving the Royal Chapel a lady apparently of great distinction dropped ber white cambric haud-

bcrchief'whicb Curtis observed a3 ii fell. He instantly picked it up and ran to the carriage just as it was going to drive off, &: presented to the owner, her handkerchief (who proved to be her grace the Dutchessof Devonshire.) The politeness and gallantly of the boy was highly pleasing to her grace, and she directed him to take a seat in her carriage, thai she might inquire into his situation and circumstances. The boy most readily accepted of the kind ofF-r, and had the honour of remaining in her Grace's Palace until she placed him in the Westminster schoolwhere, by her bounty and goodness be received an excellent education. As he grew up, he was distinguished for talents and worth, so much so as to become a member of Parliament where he did himself great honor particulail) in advocating the abolition of the A' rican slave trade. In the recess or P.ti liameut Mr. Curtis visited the watering place at Margate, where by mere acc ident he tell in company with a most beau iful and accomplished young lad) about twenty years of age b) the name Deodama, who possessed every grace and virtue that man could wish or desire, to make him happy. Oa declaring to the fair one his passion, Dtodama was equally pleased with Mr. Curtis?,

who was of elegant form, graceful man ners. and of the most manly beauty, li

was agreed between them that the mat- j question was then argued with earnestter should be made known to the lady, ness and ability, and he importance of which was done. The lather not only j the decision very fullv depicted bv

gav his consent to their unioe, but aUo fcetiled upon his daughter txctity thousand pounds sterling, and appoint d Mi. Curuss her liuftee. On the day ol her mar ridge he put a diamond ring on the i riMgtr of his belovrd daughter, of the j value of two thousand guir.eas, as a tckeh of his love and ad c.ioi , which fing had some time previiusl) bet n present ed to him b) the great Catharine Lm press of Rusia. To Mr. Curti?s he piescnled a Bi. k Note of the Bnk of i E .gland of Jlxe thousand pounds, ob&trv I nig U thti tame litiiP,"Mr. Cunis, 1 verily believe that )uu have the gittaftave nnd esteem fr my beloved Deodama (my only child) and she having sigiutif.d to me her attachment for you I give her io you lo wile. B;r, fiist, 1 must tell you Mi. Curtiss, that lndep-ndent of your great worth and talent? yo'i had stronger claims ou irw lor my beloved daughter, than any other gentlemen whomsoever. Tue facts are these, when D odama communicated to me, that an attach ment subsisted between you and her, I immediately applied to her giace the Dutchesa cf Devonshire, your friend and patroness, to make some inquiry of her grace into your history and character.The Dutchess gave mc, with other matters perfectly satisfactory th-i most irrefragable proof of your being the identical hoy of whom i pur chased the White Weasel near Kxeter change in the strand; cut of winch 1 made my fortune, as follows: 3 disposed of tha White Weasel to the great Bashaw of Eypt in Exchange of ten uj-sucuuBui .'uiuin, Milium bjiu ui uie old city vlBuzuntium which was built hogsheads ol opium, which I sold in the by a colony cVa heuians (now vulgarly called Constantinople) lo a great tea ! merchant of Cantor, in the E.it ladias,! and receive! ,d of him teas and ipkesU

that country in payment for the oiiumjiVr i iU V "n fuu uu " "4 UdUu .-..- i ..l:- i , Chunk and never heard of afterwards

my teas and spices I shipped, and brought ihtm safe to L ndon (ihe queen of all cities) where in a short time af ter my arrival, I had the good fortune to sell them to the London Eisl India Company for one plumb, alias, one hundred thousand pounds sterling which was paid mo in specie, at the bank of E 'gland. Under all these circumstances Mr. Curtiss I tould not refuse you my beloved daughter, and at my death I shall leave you and her all my fortune, which is considerable. Go! and be happy P"--b m ana wnia O Thursday last, during the exhibition in Antrium, of Wombwell's collection of wild animals, one of the keepers incautiously look some freedom with the lion, (Wallace,) which the animal allowed him to repeat several limes during the day. II wever, during another exhibition, the man again put hi3 hand into the cage, by way of shewing how free he could makp with him, when the lion laid his paw first on the hand genlly, as if in play, then further up the aras lud on the man attempting to withdraw it, the animal seized him with bath mouth and claws in the most terrific manner, and endeavoured to drag the unfortunate wretch through the bars of the cage; which I think he would have succeeded in doing, had not 6ome of ihe by-standers caught the man round the body, while others endeavoured to force the animal to let go his deadly grip, by stabbing him with swords and other weapons. Their efforts, however, were of no avail, until they forced the handle of a pitch-fork into hi5 throat and, by a strong effort, pried his jaws open, so a9 to free the man from the horrible situation that he had been in for about five minutes. Owing to the dreadfnl wounds indicted by the teeth and clawacf the Infuriated ar.iml necr-

ly the whole of the fiesb was torn effand his side lacerated considerably. Surgical aid wa9 instantly procured, but in vain; mortification ensued, and death put a period to the sufferings of the uufortuate man on Sunday evening. Beaver Argus

Qualifications of jurors. At a recent term of the court of common pleas, at Newport, a juror 'ivas rejected because he was a freemason. We find it thus reported in the Newport Mercury. In case, Benjamin Chase vs. J. C. Borden, which was an action of assumpsit for the recovery of money due on book account, an exception was taken to Mr. Batemun Munro, one of the drawn jurors, as not qualified to sit as a trier in this case. The ground cf the objection was, that Mr. J. C. Borden, the defendant, was a member of a masonic lodge in the state of Massachusetts, and that the juror objected to was also a mason, and, therefore, disqualified by his masonic obligations to decide impartially between the parties at the bar, one of whom only wa9 connected with the masons. Several witnesses were sworn and examined as to the nature of these oaths, and particularly how far tl.ey are reported with accuracy in an anti-mnsonic punuca- . i i tion, called kLiht on Masonrv." The i .Messrs. Pea ice and Turner for the he ob jector; and H- z-ird and Cranston in reply to it. After adjourning to deliberate, the court decided, we understand that the objection should be sustained, j and the juror withdrawn. One of the judges remarking, in a subsequent stage of the proceedings, that the juror was taken off not because he was a mason, but on account of the nature of the obligations which were in evidence before the court, and were considered to conflict with the oath of the juror, as j imposed upon him here. A Singular Family There are now living in one houe,in Sterling (Mhss) one great-great grand-mother, two great grand-mothers, two grand-moth-er,two m'dher, two sisters, one dauhter,two aunts two cousins; the eldest of this ftmily being 90 eara old and the youngest 74; and what is most lemarkable respecting ihtci is, that the whole family consists of but two pergors? a mother and her daughter. Worcester Svv The "Doslestown Democrat," of Tuesday last, mentions that a few day i since, in a rnntritnonial quarre between a man nnd his wif, w ho kept a public house on the Broad Mountain, in North ampton county, the woman charged her husband with having killed a young pedlar and his horse, burning his wagon, ?.nd robbing him of his money and goods. The quarrel was overheard, the parties arrested, and upon examination were committed to the counts -, . . .. ., . , . , T" J'1 Eston to await their trial. It ! , 8t , en found ne, PP0"' near the tavern bouse, and be that cf a ycung marj ..J 1 he young man who i3 supposed tr have been murdered, was a brother to Mr. Secligson, who formerly kept a store at Line Lexington, in Backs county. Mont. Sen!in?J, Pr-m the Albany Daily Advertiser I7ov. 13 Great Fire in Rochester. When the stage left Rochester at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, a fire wa raging in the extensive tan-works of Jacob Graves, on the east bank of the Gencssep river in the vilngo of Rochester. The building and a large stock wera destroyed. The loss will be between 20 and 30,000 dollars. This is the second time within a few tears that tba tan woiks of this enterprising mechanic have been destroyed by fire. Since the above was in typ,we learn from the Rochester Daily Advertiser, that the amount of insurance wa9 87,500, and that tha actual los9 of theproprietor will be from 10 to 15,000 dollars. INDIANA PALLADIUM, PRINTED- AND PUELISHED BV Publisher of the Larrs of the United States QaUiSJ; The Palladium is printed weekly, on super royal paper, at THREE; DOLL.H per annum paid at tlie end of the ear; but winch may be discharged by ihe payment of T WO IK1LLAKS in advance or b paying TWO DOLLAKS an 1 FIFTY CENTS at the expiration of six moithi. Those who receive their pnpers by the mail carrier, must pay the carriage, o'herwiss it will be added to ther subscription. Hags! Hags I Tk"j cents per pound, in CASH will l: paid for any q-'tant'iy cf clean Linen