Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 34, Rockville, Parke County, 3 December 1831 — Page 4

IS FROM TBS CASKET. The reder will perceive the following ; . tV(. text nrehxea.&na r g i no r.f Mrh Sauza, li borrowed me . from it. Seholi, alts! or days tec J7W.' u te ftw oow ''Ae? end: BEHOLD How short a span To measnre out th life of man; Id those well temper'd days, his time was then Survey '4, cast up, and found but three score years and ten. alas! And what is that; They come nd slide and pass : Before my pen can tell thee what, Th" pots of time are swift.wbich havingrtm Tteir seTen short stages o'er, their short-li- , Ted task is done. ' OSK. PAYS Bpgiin, we lend To sleep, to antict plays And tevs tmtil the first stage ends Twelve waiing moons twice five times told we give To unrecovered Iom; we rather breathe than lire. WE SPEND A tn years' breath ppfer we apprehend VhU 'tis to live, or fear a death To childish dreams are filled with painted toys! Which please our sense awhile, and waking prove but toys! HOW VAIN R?7 wretched is , j TW man that doth remain si -.re to such a stve as thie; . Tlis days 5M t-h-.Ti at I ngest few at most; they are bat fc;rd at best; yet lavished cut r lost. The xccret syinfi Tht B!vs o.ir minuses flee On wh :UrTS srv.ft tan eagle's wings! . Ou- 1'iVs a cl:, an ! every gra?pof breath Breathf 3 f-tth a winup? ?rK. ".till ime shall r-.r;!: a doatl ! row fcoOV 0;i nev-.boru b'gl--. full-aged noon! Ardtlslf how seon.tc grey-haired sight! tVe prici, ve tn i.v.e blossom, and wc blast, Ere we can count cur dajs, ou days they ,!es 5 f&St. " " TT c i csree begun: And ero e apprehend TV , we begin to l e oorlifo is done: T.Tan.cunnUoYw.ys; aniifvhey y toof&st l ur Cvj i: l tu;ht t- ce'ont, count every riv tn.? list. . o.:::::::o ;-v01ii . Courier. - TYZ l WIVM i'S SONG. Furr.r. e.- r- e is cor? ar J past, ,. i.-r.r?rdev is fi!lin.r fast, 1 l.-.in wan"f tu a'.ltiie day, JV. r.ot b'c mc furtVr ttraj; Ci'l:! hearts -f jre.-.U kin. Tel": Uii v r.ndering harper in. 1usT;! r lift or broii swerd wield, A!! my .rcr rth and l siy rl, Is-', To touch thn g..tle Vart, V;t!t t'.e wiz i-'l notes that ring, Froai the p sceful mir.st re'.'s string. I have n.g of war for krigl.t, Lay -'-flove fo: lidy bright, Fa rj- tale to lull th? ear, GoWin grin the maids to jctre; Jr. the ni-ht t no V.v.r the day. Do not V.d further Mriy. o::::;:;:c--ELIZA. "t'rp'n tnee Eliza I must go, And from my native bhore, Th cnu 1 fates between us throw A boundless ocem roar; But boundless oceans, roaring wid lktweeniny love and ma. They never, never can tlivide , My heart and soul from thee. Farewkll, farewell Klizadear Th-maid that I idor; A bodin;j voice is in my ear, We part to tne-t on more, , JJut the last throb that leaves my heart, W hilo death stands victor by, That thtrb Fliza m thy part And th.ne that lattt s-gh. . The power to g! ve create n all our foes: A1 be e m r e :k for fivor fnv can fiod it: E chthinliS he merit ill that he can atX; Anddisv5 ointed, wonders at lep lse; tsr w b.i, aa tbea tits ia to httt-

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From the Ariel. TaIIuhatcliec Care. Ilavinu observed that you sometimes

admit descriptions of natural scenery in vour columns,. I inclose you from my Scrap Book, the following desultory skitch of a visit to the above mention ed cave. It having been visited by ma ny gentlemen, professedly amateurs of nature in all her walks, 1 expected long ere this period to have seen it made public. I am of opinion that so inter esting an object, and one calculated to lorm so important an item m the Cat alogue of American Cariosities, should not remain unknown- j I, threforc, you think the- following will contribute any to the information or amusement of your readers, it is at your service Early in the spring ot IS'iU, mysell and an associate leu the little vulare of Harpersville, Alabama, for the purpose ot exploring a cavern in tne adjacent country of the Creek Nation.--After riding about four miles, we came to a little town on the Coosa River, known by the name of Kynvilgee. The river at the point is about a quarter of a mile wide very deep, and rolls its proud tide, slowly and maies.ically through a beautiful and fertile valley which bears the same name. Y c were soon rowed over, and pursued our journey through a delightful , champaign country, here and there interspersed with a rude Indian Hut, and its contig uous cornpatch, until at the distance ol half a league from the river we arrived at a cluster of small hills which gradually increased in magnitude, and rose in due perspective until they termina ted m small mountains. Alter manv meandering? among the mountains our path led us in the vicinity of the object that excited our curiosity. Climbing along the western side of one of these mountains about half way to the apex the mouth of the cavern presented it self to our view. We were now about tive miles east of the little town before mentioned on the Coo-a. The mouth is handsomely surrounded bv a' circu larwall of rock, and overshadowed by a collection ot small trees. 1 he entrance at the aperture is four feet in diamaterl and diverges as it advances so a to torm an acute angle. ;Hei making the necessary preparations, we lighted our candles and entered the dark recess. We descended perpen dicularly eight feet by means ot a lad der, after w hich the descent to the prm cirle part of the cavern a distance of sixty or seventy pares becomes somewhat horizontal and easy. The first apartment, which from its spaciousness 1 shall call the Hall, is by tar the mo interesting part of the grotto: and in deed, is one of the most magnificent o nature's works. Our first care on en tering it was directed to its illumina lion, that we might behold it in its grea test splendor and now when it was al in glow, and the gloomy night which had so long reigned here undisturbed had withdrawn her sable curtain, nev er could there be a mere beautiful a more grand prospect, presented to tbe view of one who is accustomed to look upon the works of nature with any de gree of admiration. The form of the llall is rather amphi-theatrical, being 281) feet in length and '240 w breadt! the perpendicular bright from the iifor to the roui in some parts is nearly ?00 feet. The floor is composed of solid earth and nearly level innumerable sheets and columns of sparry concretion adorned the walls as far as the eve could reach, and while wc were proceeding around them, each of u with his candle examining minutely the various forms we met with od likening them to the works of art, I fast my pjes above and was almost terrified on seeing the multiplicity of huge icicles of sparry incmstation, some of which J were suspended directly over my head, and seemed tareatenmg to fall. JNear the centre of the room there are several Jarge pyramidal statues rising perpendicularly to a height of Vi and 15 feet, and terminating in a point. These statues, like tbe sheets and columns above mentioned, are loomed by the petrifaction of water which drips from the roof above, and, which, judging from the slow process of petrifaction must have been forming for age?. What adds much to the beahty of the whole scenery, a little rivuletr whose water is clear as chrystal, glides without a murmur through its centre, and after many meanderings in the adjoining apartments, finally loses llself in some secondary cavern. When w e cooinare this spacious dome with the Works of art, we find a combination of two orders of architecture. . In the fastness, gloominess, and solemnity of the If all. the pyramidal statues and the massive columns that rise upon the "wall, w . I,reTOng characteristics oil me ootmc; and the tinsel sheets, and innumerable statactates disposed about the columns mark the luxurious magnificence oTTJorinthian. In many in5tances!sie;ColumnS which ,nre very large, pnt teach from the floor to the roofi are holly v, and when itruck up

on, produce intonations very similar to

those produced by the tolling ot a deep toned Church-Bell. . On leaving the Halt, we proceeded in an eastern direction, and after ex ploring four of the adjoining apartments, some of which would otherwise 6e considered no inconsiderable cavern themselves, and which were not want ing in curious objects to render them highly interesting, wc came to a bed of water, that put an end to our sub terranean peregrination. We were now near a quarter of a mile from the mouth. The whole length of the cav em as far as any persons have as yet gone, is about a halt mile. Ave returned to the Hall, and examining many objects more attentively than we had done beiore, one wnicii. naa iumen.0 escaped my notice, now attracted my attention. " It resembled a throne ele vated six or eight feet above the level of the principal floor, with a regular night of stairs ascending to it. Anoth er circumstance that I should notice, is. the great augmentation of sound, a cir cumstance, however, which all have observed who have made similar excur sions, but in this case it is peculiarly striking. The philosophy of it, h, nr doubt, well understood. On speaking, our voices, were astonishingly augmen ted: and on the firing of a small fowl ihg-piece, the detonation made tiie hollow dome resound as if a four aisd twen ty pounder had been discharged. The echoes after repeated reverberation. along the high and noble arch, rolled away with the length ot the autre, a the sound of distant thunder. It seems, indeed, that the Goddess. Nature, after an exemplification of her kill and wisdom, In the works of gran deur, taste ard elegance, m the visible creation, had retired to this nncturna abode to work expedients for her own amusement. ' After remaining about four hours under ground, wc sought once more the light of d:iy. On oar ecrcss, 1 could but contract but two scenes but very different, and enjoyed in such quick succession. o tnhabi tant is found uin this deep eolitude and awful coll, bat here ever musing met ancholy rHgns." No cheering ray of the stsn has ever penetrated the dark some gloom; and no voice disturbs the perpetual solitude, which here courts the enlivening strains of music,save now and then when the bat that flies through the sable vault screeches wild at the flambeaux approach. Without,' natHre was clad in the azure veil cf spring the multifarious germ-5 of the vegetable world had arisen from their long oblivion aud assumed their most beautiful robes, the mountain streams now murmured down the rugged cliff, then glided smoothly through the vale, and the warbling songsters carolled in the groves. It was one of those calm vernal days that is fanned by the evening zephyr, which now wafted fragrance over the hills, and moaned in the tops of the aged pines. We again pursued the devious course of our little path, toward the river, and ere we r-crossed, the last rays' of thei setting sun were lingering in the tops of the lofty trees that shade the banks of the Coosa. A. The Male Coquette. There is nothing on earth more despicable than vcur acknowledged male coquettes, lie is an anomaly in the human character, a monster in the world. He plays a part for which nature never designed him the Joan d'Arc of civil life. Coquetry, with a female, is pardonable for it is natural. We be lieve all the sex are more or less inclined to it. It is not confined to one country nor one religion. It is perceptible in the tawny Indian girl nnd the dark-faced African. It flaunts in the atmosphere of fashionable extravagance, and looks Out from a pair of roguish eyes, beneath the drab bonnet of tl fe Quakeress. It is a part of the female character, and, with some restrictions, a very excellent part. It promotes personal neatness and decorum of habit it bend? every faculty of the mind to the desire of pleasing it dovellopes every litt-nt charm of intellect. It is that which renders the conversation of woman, even of ordinary talents frequently far more agreeable than that of a man, whose mind has been highly cultivated, and whose power of fancy are brilliant and superior. Woman's w it is seldom exerted for the mere purpose of shining in conversation it h rather called forth by a predominant desire to please, and this is coquetry in' its legitimate sense, in its proper sphere. The idea of La Rochefoucauld "trsftmmes pruvrnt rtioins surrnontcr lent . toqwitiere ytts hy.rs passion," is it hot true, at least so far as oai observation has extended. Coquetry and passion are almost always united in the femalft heart. They hold a natural ano salutary check over each other. And it is well that they do so. They prevent alike premature and "distinguishing fondness, end cold hearted vanity and lelf love

But yoar man toqueite (Heaven

defend us from him) he seems unseeing of the least charity. With him the words of the Treacher arc verified, ''Vanity, vanity all is vanity," It is a cold and sellish purpose a hollow heafted love of triumph a brutal carelessness of wronged and outraged feel ing a morbid desire of interesting in himself, hearts, of whose pangs and struggles he recks not yvhose afTecttion he would call fourth, that the multitude may envy him its possession, not to meet its full flow of confiding tenderness, by the sympathy of his own cold and indurated bosom. It is anj unprofitable monopoly of that attention from the other sex, w hich he scorns to j repay with honorable love. Miserable h the triumph of the tri'-i fler! What will it avail him, that in i the thronged assemblies of his visiting there are hearts, which beat quicker , at his coming; and eyes that glisten and cheeks which glow as his softened voice whisper its repeated treachery, when he knows that these hearts are yet to wither with hopeless and tortured affection that these eyes are to grow dim w ith tears, and these cheeks pale with the unsleeping agony of outraged confidence, and slighted love! The male coquette is a fool, as well as a criminal. Unlike other works of iniquity he derives not even a temporary good from his vileness. He but ministers to the depraved appetite of his vanity. He "sows the wind1' and it is proper that he should "reapthe whirlwind." In some men who poosses real powers of fascinat'o, coquetry is dangerous; but in the fir greater number, it is simply ludicrous. AN IRISH SUBSTITUTE. In our respectable Militia System a soldier may easily get clear oi military duty by furnishing a substitute, provided always the said substitute can cheat the officers into a belief that he bona Jiie the man to whose names ho answers. At a hftc training in this city, a stout Irishman", just imported, was employed by a young merchant, of thtr name of Georgo Tiffany to appear in the ranks and answer to his name. The tleik called the rollJohn Jenkins!' . 'Here.' , 'Peter Pilgarlick!" 'Here.' George Tiffany!' Here am I sure.' Captain. Who are you? Teddy. George Stitfany, sure; aint that the jontlemen ye're callin? Capt. Yes; but you Ye not the man. Teddy. The devil burn me if I aint. Capt. Don't swear, Paddy, Teddy. My name isn't Paddy, sir, axin your lave. ' Capt. What then? - Teddy. Is it the rala truth yc want to know? Capt. Certainly I'll have no lies. Teddy. Why then, to tell you the rale truth, mvname is Teddy O'Bogg. Capt. Well, Teddy O'Bogg. you may shoulder your musket and march. Teddy. Wrhere shall I march, Captain, dear! ' r Capt. Just where you please.-: George Tiffany is the man I want. Teddy. 1 tell ye, Captain, I'm the man. . Capt. But you just now told mcyour name was Teddy O'Bogg. Teddy. And so I did, sure and all that's the tale truth, and no lie at all. The terms are snanimous. Capt. Snonimous! What's that! Teddy. ; I'm surprised at your ignorance, Captain. But tell me, havn't ye never a dixonary about ye? Capt. ' No. Teddy. That's very unfortunate agin for if ye had a dixenary, ye'd aisily understand what I mane that is to say, that Teddy in-Irish is equivalent jist to George Stjffany in the American tongue. Don't yc understand now? Capt. 1 1 can't say do; and therefore, Mr. Teddy O'Bogg, you have leave to march out of the ranks. Teddy. Thank you, captain, dear but with jour lave I wont go. Capt. You wont? Teddy. No, 1 wont always axin your lave; becaze, as I jist toul i ye, my name is, Teddy O'Bogg, and Teddy O'Bogg is Gearge Stiffany and we're both one, all the same, axin your lave agin.V Capt. But you havn't my leave; so march, Mr. O'Bogg. Teddy, I can't be done. Capt. Can't! , . Teddy. No how in raison, 1 mane ; for 111 jist tell you how'ti, captain. Misther Geofge Stiifany bought me for all this day, to answer to his name, for a pint of whiskey and one dollar lawful monef ; and I'm not the boy to be afthr desarting my post. Capt. Corporal, take a file of men, and march Teddy O'Bogg out of the ianks. Teddy. Shall t be one o! the file? Corp. You! How will joa go to Wtk ta march yoarselfU

TeddW I'll 'show'" j e, Corpora dear But in the first place I'd jist observe that Misther George Stiffen' may be his ownself hereafter, and behanged to him. With 'this praSis jontlemen' soldiers and fallow oflisthers,! lave ye, Exilt whistling a tune, r Constellation. X.. . t 1 r

you a paper containing the reply of II fl.... i ' r . k a A. HI J XICJT, t' KJLltTK UUili lilt; llltl- : Masonic Committee of Hanover, in this State interrogating him in regard ' to his principles bf Masonry. 'I ask every citizen to peruse this letter with an impartial eye, it emenates from a respectable source, and attests its resspectability by the sentiments contained. A SrosCRIBER. Asiilxnd., October 8, 1831." Gentleman: I hope you will excuse the delay in acknowledgingthe receipt of your letter of the 2dult. which has arisen from my absence from home and- ,- from various engagements. Waiving the considerations that I have no knowledge of the existence of an Anti-Masonic meeting in Hanover. ' Indiana, other than that which is derived from your letter, nor of your appointment as a Committee to correspond with ma, other than your statement, nor the satisfaction of a personal acquaintance with you, I will proceed . at once to reply to your letter. Its professed object is to a-certain my sentiments on jhe subject of masonry; and the reason assigned by you for this enquiry is thus stated by yourselves 'As tve are again shortly to be called upon to choose a man fo preside over the. councils of our nation, as it will then 4 be our duty and privilege to raise our ? humble but independent voice in fovor of him whom wc may deem most wor- r thy of our suffrage; ai d as yo i now stand a candidate for a high and im- " portant station, as your friends and fef low citizens, we would solicit from you a frank and candid statement of your"? sentiments on this subject." I do not know a solitary provision isr the Constitution cf the United State which conveys the slightest authority to the general government to interfere one way or the other, with cither Ma- -sonry or Anti-Masonry. If, therefore, a President of the United State?, or any: other functionary of that Government, were to employ his official power to sustain or to abolish, or to advance thea i. r at . . r - ? lnceresi oi juasonry or inu-itiasonry, it would be an act of Usurpation or ty-' ranny. . . . ,. You have not called upon me for my opinion upon any great practical measure falling within the scope of Federal power; but passing by every question of vital interest, within the -sphere of b its nn?rat!nn. von f1mnn4 mo annii-

ments upon a subject with which I humbly conceive it has nothing to do, and you place this demand oh the ground of the influence which my sentiments might exert upon the exercise of an undoubted and important privilege whic h a you possess as citizens of the United States.' ' " ; A compliance, on my part, with your demand, WDuld amount to; an implied admission, that individual sentimentvs on the subject of Masonry, formed a ,, proper consideration in regulating the exercise of the elective franchise in respect to officers of the Federal Gov- ! ernmont. I can make no such admis-1 sion. I cannot believe that whether , I am hostile or friendly to Masonry or ? Anti-Masonry, is at all material in the formation of any judgment, on the part of my fellow-citizens, concerning my ; fitness for any office under the government of the United States. That el- ; evated office to which you allude,shol'd in my opinion, be filled by one who is capable, unswayed by sectarian feelings or 'passions of administering Ittf high duties, impartially towards the? whole people of the United States, however divided into religious, social benevolent or literary associations. Entertaining these views, I have con stantly refused to make myself a party to the unhappy contents raging, distant ; from me, in other parts of the Union, betweed Mason3 and Anti-Masons. Whilst these views remain uncorrected, I must adhere to that determination. If, indeed, you gentlemen, Mil' point to the provision in the Federal Constitution which can be legitimately made to operate upon the subject in question, I would not hesitate prompt-, lyto comply with your request. In the meantime, in declining U," I hope you will consider me as not Granting? in proper respect , to you or to those -whom you represent, but as acting from a conviction of the impropriety ; of blending an alien ingredient with a. question, already sufficiently complex,1 and also from a sense of personal in-r dependence. , I am with great respect, yourobadi- . ent9crvant. H. CLAY Messers. James A. Watsox, ? Nom,8 Birrt.GR, , ! Jinn H. Thomhso.