Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 43, Rockville, Parke County, 4 February 1832 — Page 4

POETRY.

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A WIFE WANTED. BY A YOPSG BACHELOR. I a n a clever, neat young maa Just turned of twenty-five E'er sinee I pass'd a ccore ofyears, " Ie tried to get a wife By every fair and honest meant, My geaius could devise: Except this, one and I have failed; So flow 111 advertise. I'll tell the truth and truth alone, And hope I'll be believed; And if by this I can't get one Of "Heaven best gifts to man," Then I must live a bachelor; And do the beBt I can. Jly tge I told you at the first My height is five feet eight Twenty-aine inches round the waist, And quite ect and straight; My teeth are good, my eyes are blue, My nose is aqualinc, My whiskers large, tny hair light brown, I soft and very fine; My dress is good, not very heat. Not of the latest touch; f never pad, or lace or Scent my handkerchief too much; T never war check pactaloonf, Or check shirt minus colour, 'F.seldqm wear a fancy front, And never a paper collar! My disposition's tolerable, I'm sometimes rather pettish And very jealous when in love, Butnot the least coquetish. I have a little business, that's all, Although I'm very healthy, But, Ladies, Ladies, "here's the rub" I am not very wealthy.' I?cw that I've told you what I am, I'll tell you what I want: J want a wife I do not care, Whether she can or can't Pky the Piano, or the Harp, Or strike the light Guitar: I'd rather she new how to work, But then I don't much care, 1 do not want one very rich, Nor one too much reficed Her disposition no matter Though I'd rather 'twould be kind: And she may dress just as she likes Follow the ettiquette In every other article Except the Pantalettc! Whoever will accept my hand, Will plepse inform the Printer I'll see her, and if we agree, I'll marry her this Winter. o::::::::o From the Keepsake for 1830. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. Upon, the till he turn'd To take a last fond look Of the valley and the village church, And the cottage by the brook; Ii listen'd to the sounds So familiar to his ear, And the soldier lean'd upon his sword, And wiped away a tear. Beide the cottage porch ' A girl was on her knees: She held aloft a snowy scarf Which fluttered in the breeze. She breath'd a prayer for him, A prayer he could not hear; But he prais'd to bless her as she kaelt, ADd wiped away a tear. He turn'd, and left the spot O do not deem him weak; For dauntless was the soldier's heart, Though tears were on his cheek. Co, watch the foremost rank, In danger's dark career Because the hand most potent there, Has wiped away a tear. s o::::::!to A PARODY, Turkiesl who on Chrisma bled Turkies! who on corn have fed Welcome to us now you're dead And in the frost have hung. 2LW'S ?e.day and Dow'9 hour ' Through the market how we scour beekmg turkies to devour, - Turkies old and youngj TV ho would be a turkey hen ? Fd and fattened in a pen Kill d and eat by hungry menCan you tell I pravT Lay the proud old turkies low, Let the yourg ones run and grow To market they're not fit to o, Till next Christmas day. Between the ears 1817 and 1828 2re nave been comtrt,rtj : ti . the een construct) ;n t-i: um 1Mb schools and 688 . 111 I W 1 U I teachers; the if iivirnm.n i uvuov S lUf annual sum oi oz,uuu norms, and the 1 ' i- iJ-.t-, . t 1U communes raise i,io;j,S4vj florins king a total of 179,902 florins their support. ma ftr

The Stormed fort. A Tale o1776. But take & sodffer from his hill, 1

Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, 6uch is royal ueorge a will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Burns. The glories of a beautiful oriental sunset were falling over the wide Gan ges, and lending a softer tint to the dark jungles along its shores, touch ing here and there the dim tower of some heathen temple with a finger oi gold ; and above, painting the sky with a coloring richer than that of the gol den heaven of Mahomet. 1 he lint ish fleet, as it lay with its dark batte ries frowning upon the walls of Maya pore, and still wreeking with the smoke of its artillery, was metionless as the glassy surface upon which it rest ed each mast and spar casting its dis tinct and tapering shadow far away to tne eastward. 'Clive,' said Admiral Watson, as he withdrew the glass from his1 eyes, thro' which he had been viewing the batter ed walls of Majapore, 'these black scoundrels are still busy and numerous. Our artillery has shaken their wall somewhat, but so long as they receive no corporeal injury, they will hold out against us. And see, they are swarm ing like bees upon yonder eminence. 'And we are like to feel their sting,' said Col. Clive, as a shower of musket balls swept past them, and four of the ship s company Fell at their feet. Wha shall be done Admiral?' Before a reply could be made, a sai lor by the name of Strahan, staggered forward and confronted the two ofhcers. "Why, Colonel, I'll tell you what's to be done, lake a dozen on ns and boad 'em. D n my eyes if I coald'nt do it myself." In ordinary cases such and address would have been replied to by a round dozen of lashes from a boatswain's mate; but the oddity of the proposal the queer look and tone of the drunk seaman, forced a smile upon the weath er beat severity of the Admiral's coun tenance, as he ordered the fellow back to his post. Whether the Admiral took his hint from the sailor's advice, or otherwise we know not, but he actually ordered preparations for storming the enemy' works. Col Clive at the head of some hundred soldiers, landed below the town , under cover of the darkness, with orders to remain quiet until day-break and then make a vigorous attack upon the fortress. Aoout ten o'clock that evening, a solitary figure, in the garb of a Briltish tar, the circumgyrations of whose mo tions, gave evidence that arrack punch had by no means improved the awk wardness of his sea legs was seen working his way towards the enemy fortifications, veering now to the right and then xo the left, like a boat rowing aeainst shifting winds and eddies. It was none other than Strahan himself. evidently too much elated by the influence of grog to reason cooly upon any subject. Insensible to fear, but with no very definite purpose in his mind, he staggered onward until he found himself directly under the walls ofBougee rort; a strong fortification, defending the town of Mayapore. Strahan after vainly endeavoring to press onward, and thereby brincinff his head several times in roagh contact with the wall, looked upward and began to realize his situation. The wall at this point had been greatly exposed to ihe canon of the British fleet, and a huge breach had been laid open, just before the spot where Strahan was standing, partially revealed by the lamps and torches which flashed a wild light from the in terior of the fortress. The drunken sailor looked on it with as much cool ness as his inebriation would admit of. Burns 6ays some where in his O'Shanter, "WV twopenny wefiar naeevil, Wi' usquebaugh we face thedevil." and the conduct of Strakan verified his assertion. Bestowing a hearty curse upon his Admiral for a land-lubber, and a coward, he clambered up the breach and mounted upon the bastion. Several darkvisaged infidels, rendered still more hideous by the grime of gunpowpowder, who were sitting quietly upon the platform, sprang upon their feet at the appearance of the apparition of iranan .discharging his pistol at the nearest of his enemies, who rolled back with a fatal wound upon the platfarm, the sailor flourished his cutlass and shouted in a tone which thrilled through every nook of Mayapore, and reached even the camp of his comrades "Hurra, the place is mine!" The startled garrison returned the shout, and sprang confusedly to arms. Strahan gave three cheers and put himself on the defensive. At that instant half a dozen of Strahan's shipmates, who had also strayed away from the camp, hearing the outcry, and recosmzfing the voice of one) of their fellows,

prang up thd breach, and repeated

the cheering hurra. The whole British camp was by this time in motion the orders of Col. Clive were disregar ded all discipline was forgotten, and officers and men rushed promiscuously to the attack. 1 hey scaled the breach and bayonet and cutlass did bloody work among the infidels of the garrison. In ten minutes all was over, and a British salute from the Bousee fort told the astonished Admiral that Mayapore was his own. The next morning, Strahan, the he ro of the affair, was brought before Ad miral Watson. The Admiral was a stern dark visaged man, a severe disci plinarian, and, however gratified he might have been at the capture of the fort, he was sadly shocked at the total want of discipline manifested in the desperate undertaking. "fetrahan, said he somewhat sternly, "what have you been doing." 1 he sailor bowed stiffly, scratched his head with one hand, and twirled his tarpauling with the other. "Why, d'ye see," said he with the utmost simplicity of look and tone,"to be sure 'twas 1 that took the fort but I hope there was no harm in it." A roar of laughter burst from the subaltern officers, and even the Admiral bit his lip; but exerting himself to command his countenance, he expatiated on the fa tal consequences which might have at tended such a mad exploit, and dismis sed the offender with a severe rebuke, and a distant tin eat that at some proper opportunity he should certainly be pun ished tor his temerity. Strahan was amazed. He had expected praise and promotion, he found rebukes and threatening of punish ment. Indignant at such treatment and totally forgetting the respect due to his commander, he thrust his head into his tarpauling, and his hand into his pockets, and reeled out of the Admirals cabin, muttering as he went "Hark'ee, old boy, if I'm flogged for this 'ere action, may the devil roast me if I ever take another fort by myself. as long as 1 m above hatches." This was too much. The grim visAge of the Admiral relaxed; and be joined loudly in the laugh which follow ed the retreating sailor, it is unne cessary to say that the heinous otFence aeainst military discipline was from that moment overlooked ; and that the jovial offender received his due merit as the hero of the stormed fort ot Mayapore. Hartford Connecticut Re view. FROM THE ALB.YNV DAILY ADVERTISER. SUPPORT OF THE POOR. . An historical fact. Andrew Patterson was among the first of the New England emigrants to the southren part of the county of iierkimer. At the commencement of the Revolution he enlisted as a private, and by continued good conduct he was promoted, a little before the close of the Revolution, to the rank of an orderly sergeant. During the whole of tha memorable contest he had been an active and hardy soldier. At one time he received a letter from Gen. Washington directing him to take charge of a small scouting party. This document he preserved as a most . precions jewel until the close of his life. Its contents, and the frequent exhibitions of it, as he related the 6tories of the times "that tried men's souls," constituted the soarce and fund of all his happiness. And when he told the trials and ihair breadth escapes,' to which he had "often and again" been subjected, the recital of which would bring the 'big tea drop" in the eye, ho would show yori "the letter," the warrant of his bravery and his integrity. He was industrious and of good habits; but bypursuing the business of a shoemaker in the early settlement of the place, he could obtain little if any more than the scanty necssities of life. In the GSth year of his age he was smitten with an apoplectic fit. This crippled and disabled him the remainder of his life In this situation, no alternative wa? left him for subsistahce but to apply to the town for support. The bare idea rent his very soul, and he suffered long before he resorted to this mortifying alternative. The services he had rendered, the battles he had fought; the exposures of his life for the cause of his country and independance were often taken in review by him; and when he mused upon these circumstanccg, you would see his manly heart rise, with convulsive throes in his bosom. Soon after his application for public support, the annual town meeting took place. It had been the practice for one or two years, to put up the public poor, (or paupers as they were called) at vendue at the annual town meeting, and sold to the lowest bidder. Patterson was present. After the ordiary business of the meeting was over, the oGi cers preceded to the sale of the Paufers. The namo of Patterson was at ast cried by the auctioneer! No sooner did Fattdrson heap his own per

son offered for sale, than with a con

vulsive sob he exclaimed, "can it be possible that my country who has had all tho services of my youth and man hood, will m my old age sell me as a beggar. W ith the aid ot his crutch and his cane he hobbled a little one side of the crowd but before the sale was made, his bosom gave another heave, accompanied by an agonizing groan, his heart burst, his soul took wing, and his body fell a lifeless corpse, before the assembly who were specu lating upon his misery. 'I DID AS THE REST DID.' This tame yielding spirit this do ing as "the rest did, has ruined thou sands. A young man is invited by vicious companions to vif it the theatre or the gambling room, or other haunts of li centiousness. He becomes dissipated spends his time looses credit squanders his property,and at last sinks into an untimely grave. V hat ruined him, simply 'doing as the rest did. A father has a family of sons. He is wealthy. Other children in the same situation in life do so and so are indulged m this thins and that. He indulges his own in the same way.They grow up idlers triflers and fops. The father wonders why his children do not succeed better. He has spent much money on their educa tion has given them great advantages. But, alas! they are only a source of vexation and trouble, roor manhe is just paying the penalty of 'doing as the rest did." This poor mother strives bard to bring up her daughters genteelly. They learn what others learn to paint to sing to play to dance, and several other useless mat ters. In time they marry their hus bands are unable to support their ex travagance and they are reduced to poverty and wretchedness. The good woman is astonished. 1 rulyysays she 1 did as the rest didmi r i it ine sinner touows tne example o others puts off repentence and neglects to prepare for death. He passes along through frte, till unawares, death strikes the fatal blow. He has no time leit now to prepare. And he goes down to destruction because he was so foolish as to 'do as the rest did,' Cm Journal, MOUNT ARARAT IN I83L This mountain has two summits, one of which is considerably higher than the other, and as it is always covered with snow, it must have an elevation of more than 10,000 feet. A French traveller has made it 16,000. It is connected with a chain of mountains that" run3 westerly, and although these mountains of themselves have a consideable height, yet, in the vicinity of the towering Ararat, they appear only like so many hills. The view of a majestic mountain is always interesting, but the historical recollections of the one now before us, produce sensations which ve can scarcely describe. Once, the population of this whole wide world was embraced in one small family, and that family inhabited this spot. Thcn,also,aii the animal tribes were congregated here, of bira's, beasts, reptiles, and insects. From this place man went forth, multiplying, and occupying first the countries adjacent, and then regions more remote, until Asia, Africa, Europe and America, and the distant islands of the sea, have been successively peopled. In that favoured family but one language was spoken; while now, the different tongues of the human race are so multi plied, that they cannot be enumerated; and their existence is a sad monument of the depravity and rebellion of man. As we approached this spot, (says a modern traveller) we seemed to tread upon holy ground. Here the voice of brod was heard speaking to Noah, pubft i- - nsning mm to nis commands and his promises. Here the bow was first set in the heavens as a pledge af God' faithfulness? and as a taken to his chil dren in all generations, that He will j ji . ... never more urown me cartn with a flood. And here, too, the first altar was erected in honor of the one living and true God alter that dreadful ca tastrophe bv which a world was drown ed:and from this place, where God is now 60 1 ittlc known, the knowledge of his pure worship hrst went forth. The immediate vicinity of this mountain is now inhabited fcy Kurds, a savage race of Mohomedans, nearly all of whom are rob oers. Since the last war betwaen Russia and Persia the Russian boundaries extended south of the Araxcs as far as Ararat, so that at this mountain, the threo kingdoms, Russia, Persia, and lurkey meet. , . ... oiiiiiiilO "The' Greenlanders suppose thunder Is caused by two old women flapping seal 6Jns in the moon; and the aurora horealis, owing to the spirits of their fathers, frisking at football.

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Drugs and Jflcdicines9 Among which arc the following artif cles, viz: Castor Oil Do Shallac Spirits Turpentine Stoughton bitters Opodeldoc Bateman'8 Drape Oil of Lemon Do Wormseei Do Spike Lee's Pills Lime Juice Sup. Carb. Sods Liquorice Peruvian Bark alomel Russia Isinglass -Rhubarb Salt Petre, refiacA Flour Sulphur Gum Myrrh Sweet do Copal & ttlack V armsh Godfrey's Cordial L'.s. Peppermint Oil Clove8 Do Cinnamon Uritieh Oil Parrigoric blue & W lute Vit riol Tartaric Acid Cream Tartar TarUr Emetic lied Precipitate Alloes Borax, refined Epsom Salts Gum Opium ALSO A few barrels of salt All of which will be sold low for CASH. Rockville, Dec. 24, 1831. 37 - CINCINATI CHRONICLE. TTJH NCOUR AGED by a very liberal jjjj and extended patronage, the Proprietor of the Cincimati Chronicle akd Liberty Gazette will at the" commencement of the new year, print this paper on a sheet of enlarge dimensions aid of better qtuility with a type partly new. These improvements will be made without exchanging the price of the Chronicle, which, it may be remarked, is lower than that of any paper in the West, considering the amount of reaeing matter which it will contain. Its general character will remain uih changed. Excluding, as heretofore, party politics and rcligous controversies, it will be the constant object or the Proprietor of the Chronicle, to aid in advaucing and developeing the literature, morals, statistics, and physical resources of the West to publish, in short an amusing and useful family paper. Those persons who may wish to subscribe for the Chronicle, for the ensuing year, will pleas send in their names as early as possible, that the Proprietor hiay know how large an edition it will be necessary to print Printers exchanging with the Chron icle will please copy this notice, and the favoi wtllbechcerlully reciprocated. Cincinnati December, 10, 1831. HE SUBSCRMERS Respectfully ifortns their friends, and the public in general, that he has just received from New? York, aad is now opening a lull ana coraplete assortment of . ' '" Irtrood8, Suitable roft the SkasokJ. , Composing in part of Blue Drib and Otoa Cloths Flannels, ' And a large assortment of Satinetts, and Prints, Domestic Plaid,. Bevcrtsene, Fancy Cords, blk Veloteenr Cotton Flannels, Green Baize, Cashmere and Valencia Shawls, DreeS Handkerchiefs and Bandanna s. Also 9 A la-rge qsantity of Spun Cotton, Shirting and Sheetings, Crockery ware, common and China. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, A good assortment. A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF DRUGS & MEDXCXKI23, A great variety of other articles, too tediouf to mention, all of which we intend selling low for C ASH, or such trade as can be tuiaed into cash. RANDAL & GUEST. N. B. I return my sincere thanks to my former customers, and hope they will still favor me with a Bhare of their custom,. JONAS RANDAL. Rockville, January 7th, 1931?. 39-tf SADDLES, BRIDLES, AND HA R JVE S S MA JV UFA CTORY -0:0:0:0 THE SUBSCRIBERS having en, tered into a co-partnership ur der tho firm of HILL AND FREE 31 AN, FOR the purpose of carrying on the above business in all its various bianch' es, in Rockville, on the west side of THE PUBLIC SQUARE, In the house lately occupied by Drs. Leonard and Tuley. Where they will be prepared to accommodate their f riend9 and the public generally, with all nrticlcs in their line of business, in the neatest and most fashionable style, and at the shortest notice; they solicit business, and hope by unremitted attention and punctuality, to merit a porr tion of the public patronage. DANIEL C. HILL, EMSLEY F. FREEMEN. RockviJle, Jan. If, 40-rT