Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 47, Rockville, Parke County, 3 March 1832 — Page 4

THE LAST SLEEP. The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto fcimWhen like a shade from summer's sky, The darkness of this life shall cease When the unconscious breast shall lie In the still earth's funeral peace. How will the sleeper rest in dust, His clay with kindred clay be bleat, fVhile the free spir t of the just Soars to a brighter element. There it a tranouilizing thought Commingled with the voiceless grave; Tis with no bitter memories fraughtIt echoes not to time's dull wave; Passion and pride are passed away, And the deep slumberer sinks to rest, Like gilded clouds, when sunset's ray Tb fading fim the unbounded west. And the hot gusts of kindling wrath, Which lashed the bosom into storm, They darken not his changeful path, And the knit brow no more deform Th" throbbing heart is calm and hushed, The pulse of hate is cold and still; And hopes; by sin and sorrow crusYd, Rise not to vex the baffled will.' Thus should it be, he flumbers now Sweet as the cradl4 infant's rest; "No Ehidowe cross that settled brow, On which the unfelt cold is pressed: From the sealed lid the-e steals no tear Thare is no care th eye to dim, ; And in his shroud, renting there. The vale's dull clod U 'sweet to him'.' Oh who would wake the sl-ener up, To walk earth's srloomy round again; To feel the drops from sorro v. s cup Rise to the wild and fevered brain? Far rather in their lowly bed, It his pale ashe9 moulder on Since the free spirit ia not dead. Bnt to an endless lift ha th gone. o ::::::: :o THE INDIAN. S. J. B. The warrior is gone To rest with his father, His tommahawk sleeps With rust on its eteel, His vanquished tribe keeps No watch where he fell; The rifle is mute, The war club decayed, They l:e where the foot. Of the chieftain is stayed. The grave of the father, The focman treatte over, Shall his sons never gather That grave to recover. Bo chieftains still rally Who fought on the mountains! Do tribes of the valley Still drain the sweet fountain! The council fire's blaze Has gone do n in blood; The moccasin's trace Washed out in the flood. Did th' Evil One shake His wingsover that race. And pestilence take The swift from the chase? Orrueh they in wrath Where war-feasts w ere spread And d ed in the patk Where brave men lie dead. The yellow leaves sever . On sear autumn's d.y, Andstrewd on the river Float noiseless away. Thus fadeth the race Of the redrnen of blood-. From war path and chase, From prairie and wood The cold rust of peace Is wearing away Th last of that race In the lap of decay And where is the home Of the reil men to be? The pale face will come, The Chieftain will flee. His empire is fled His sceptre departed, Hie prowess is dead His tribe broken hearted. The white man is near, His shadow is death; And the red nations fear Who sleep underneath. ' His feet moved to cniBh: He looks and they fly: He speaks, and they hush; He arms, and they die. o::::::::o Law for Bachelors. At Sparta a man was liable to an action for not marrying at all, for marrying too late and lor marrying improperly. Plutarch

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The Duel. The author of 'Recollections of the Peninsula' gives, in the Winter's Wreath, an account of a daellist who had killed his antagonist. We are not without a hope that his affecting narative may, pcrchanee, meet the eye ot more thai? one ot the young artd n sin" generation, to whom these false and pernicious notions of personal in dignity are familiar, which too often lead to the calamitous results that are hre depicted. Of all the delusions to which the sil ly pride and real weakness of mankind have given rise, there is none so utter ly indefeasible as this of murdering each other, by way ot wiping away what is called a stain upon our honor. W hat stain we Way well ask, can tar nish that honor more indelibly than the blood of a fellow creature ? YV ho de serves to be shuned by society, to be exiled from its ranks, to be driven into the solitudes of his own despair, more than the man who, for some hasty word, some unintentional offence, some momentary bursts ot passion, takes away the hie which the Deity has giv en to one of his children? But let us hear the remorse of the murderer, from his own confession . we know not whether the story be drawn from fancy or founded on fact: nor is it of any consequence one way or the other, inasmuch as the moral is true ic all its parts, and the example impres sive A he adversaries are saia 10 be friends of their earliest youth, and to have entered the army together. Upon some occasion the spirits of one of them were particularly exuber ant, and in a playful mood, he tipped off his friend's cap in the pre-ence of lis fellow ofiicers; an act which was very unexpectedly repaid by a Mow which knocked him down. The consequences are related in the following Words. "I was instantly picked up by a tall vulgar young man who had lately joined the regiment, by exchange in consequence of an affair of honor, in which he had been encaged with his captain. and who was a ready agent of mischief 'this business said he, can mly be settled in one way and the sooner the better.' I cast my eves around to look for Hill, lie hart caught up his cap and was walking away hare headed and two brother ensigns wtre following him one of whom I knew had a pair of duelling pistols. A little fellow, w ho had only joised a few days, and was not more than fifteen, and to wnom we had botli been kind, came to me. 'O Vernon, said he, run after him: make it up: it was all foolishaess; why, it was only play till he got vexed, and that was your fault. I am sure he is sorry. Let us all agree to say nothing a Mout it at mess, and to keep it fioni the Co lonel.' Such was the thought of the artless boy. Oh, that he bad had man s wisdom! I mean not thai of such men as were with us then , for my tall friend called him a young blockhead, bade him hold his nonesense, and rember that officers were not school boys. To think that of the seven persons present thre was but one peacemaker, and he a child! Had he but gone to the col onel or any of the senior officers, there would not have been wanting "some worth and wisdom to 6tand between 'the boy' and their calamity. As it was. we were both in the hands oil wicked ar.d unreasonable men, both the dvll and p assise slaves of a cruel custom. Mv tall fri?.oi went home with me to my barrack room, and wrote a challenge, which 1 ccpi?, scarce knowing what 1 did. lie carried it himself F.nu was long awav. How hu:-v were mv thoughts duni.g that interval ho will make an anolojrv me thought he will do any thing rather than meet me. '1 never saw such a lellow replied the wretch that had volunteer ed immediately to be in the affray, my second, knock a man down and then offer an apology ! why you would both be turned out of the service he for offenamg and you for accepting it.' 1 would give my lire, I replied, to avoia this meeting Well, said my second, ills not possible; however it is a pleasant, safe duel for you, for after receiving your shot, he'll of eomrse fire in the air and make 'his apology; but go to the ground be mutt; and you need not be uneasy: perhaps you may miss him perhaps I might miss him replied I, but I would not fire at him nor hurl a hair of his head for the universe. As to that replied my Mentor, aim at him you must;, you are the challenger. You must not call out a man and make a fool of him, and amoekeryof a duel, and expect a couple of gentlemen stand looking on as seconds at such a piece of ft. T . cniids play, lxo, no that will never do I feel for you ray dear fellow, but your honor is at ktakc, it is a sad annoyance, but it cannot be helped. I

am engaged out to supper, and shall not go to bed all night, so I shall be with you in time Five is the hour. You need not worry yourself about any thing: I have got pistols. The heartless wretch left me, alone, troubled, bewildered almost out of my senses. I walked about my room; I sat down; I lay down on my bed. 1 was in a sad confusion of thought. My

Drain was weaned with its workmc I fell asleep. I awaked at four o'clock and got a light, washed and dressed myself. My servant, whom I had roused, 6tred at me, and asked if I was unwell I said 'a little so.' 'Might ne letcn the doctor, then?7 jo.' said The only comfort I could find or make was in the resolution to fire wide off the mark; the only prayer my heart could breathe, was the fervent wish that I could manage it well. 'All's well that ends well.' said I mvself. We shall be friends again at breakfast as if nothing 'had happened. Arthur loves me, and I him, better than all others. It wanted some minutes to five when my odioas second arrived, with his pistols wrapped in asilk handkerchief. We exchanged but a Very few'words; hut, as we walked to the erouod. he said, unfeelingly, 'this will not be pis tols tor two coffee for we kind of a duel, but a very harmless oiv, I will answer for it my yonker, sr you need trot lookso pale,1 and I felt tc rri.led : 'Every crime, Has, in the moment of its perpetration, It's own avenging angel: dark misgivings, An omenous sinking in the inmost breast.' We proceeded in silence to the sands. It was a dull inbty mornirg. Hill and his second were there. Hills second jeined mine,-and they conferred a little together. I hoped that the duel might yet he averted; I lo:wd to run over to Hill he he was walking up and down, about thirty yards from me, and to press him to my heart. The delay arose from Hill s second not choosing that the meeting should actually take place till a surgeon was in readiness to give any succor tht might be needed. 1 he ground was measured, but they did not suffer us to take posts until the as sistant surgeon was seen advancing to wards i hem a half mile distant. My se cond had so contrived matters, that this amiable doctor should know nothing of the duel until the parties were going forth; and even then, bad not informed him who were the principals in it. As r found myself opposite to the youth whom I best loved, with a pistol in my hand, my eyes swam, and I frit sick and giddy. All the presence of mind I had was intent upon making sire to miss him. I heard the words, eady, present.' I raised my pistol with a careful slowness and (according to the rules, when I got the aim I designed) 1 fired. In that moment guilt, remorse, age and despair fell, as it were, upon me, and they have dwelt with me ever since; for twenty long years they have held me in their cruel hands. My hope shuddered as my finger pulled the trigger. I dared not follow the shot with my eyes, but 1 heared the fall and I fainted upon the, earth. When I recovered my senses, I was laid by the side of Arthur Hill upon the sand, and he had got my hand in his: and he was looking at me kinder and sadder than I ever seen any body upon earth look, and in a fewrrainutes with a heavy sigh he died, Poor Arthur! 1 killed him, and have never yet been quite well since not to say quite, rights That hymn you heard me speak of, was found in Arthurs desk, copied out in his own hand writing, and his friends set it to me, bvo years ago to comfort mc, and it does for the lime; hut 1 am very miserable, good sir very." o::::::::o A NOVEL MODE OF C'ELEBRATIG A WEDDING. The tenants and friends of a gentle man lately married, who had a large estate ia the principality, have, by printed handbills, announced that they shall celebrate the happy event on a day named, in the following manner: "The amusements of the day, will be a pig to be tried for by persons by paying Is. each which ill be spentin ale. The pig to have his tail shaved, and every person to dip his hands in eoft soap and oil every three minutes. All are to start at the same time and he that catches the pig to be the owner of the same; he must also araw me pig backwards three yards. Three foot races for one pound of tobacco each, to be ran for by persons in bags; distance 200 yards. Two legs of mutton to be given to any person that will make the most foul or ugliest face by grining.lhiough horse collar. The materials of seven new shifts to be run for by women; four to be given to the foremost, two the next and one to the third. Two pony races, for a new bridle each, value 60JC, subject to arti-

cleS. Also a face by asses , for a new bridle, no person is to ride his own and the last to win. The canting pot will be put in circulation for the old women, with various other amusements too numerous to mention. Salopian Jour. A FEMALE SPORTSMAN, Mrs, Rhoads wife of Mr. Isaac Roads living about three miles east of this vilage on the 9th inst.,obscrveing two deers approach within a short distance of the house, took her husband's rifle and aimed it through the window, and brought the foremost down. She immediately reloaded the ritle and kiled the other. Seeing thre' others approach, probably attracted by the browse of a tree, which had been cut down the day before, she again loaded and fired, evidently hitting one of them. Before she could re-charge the piece, the three gave leg-bail for their intended trespass. On going out to examine the spoil, the first deer felled made anattcmpt to arise and showed signs of hostility. She procured a club and beat him on the head till welt assured her oponent would be j obliged to tarry till her return,and star- i

ted in quest of assistance, half a mile through the woods. Having apprised her husband of her good luck they both returned, and found the nimble footed rangers of the forest in the position she had left them. It is needless to say thW were dealt with according to the buntsman's statute,such case made & provded." Elmira (Tioga Co.) Ga- :'(!: . xittf l;j!aitnfactoryt . The subscriber respectfully informs the "public that he has permanently located himself in ROCKVILLE, where he intends carrying on the above bu siness. i rom his long experience rn that line, he flatters himself that he will be able to furnish those who may wish to lavor mm with their custom, with the neatest and most FASHIONABLE HATS; Which will be sold low for CASH, or approved country produce. His shop rs South Avest of the rubSquare. JACOB MAY.' N. B. The highest price'in CASH will be given for FURS J. M Roekville Dgc 1, 1831 .3t-t?. NOTICE. prnKE SUBSCRIBERS having lL this day entered into a partner ship, will open a Cabinet shop on the 1st day of November next, one door South of the Roekville Hotel; where they will be ready at all times to furoish their customers with the best and eeatcst work in their line of business tor cash, or country produce. N. 15. 1 hey also wish to purchase thirty thousand feet of lumber of all uinds, for which they will exchange work. JAMES CAMERON, & R. LAUDERDALE. Oct.8th, 1831. 26 NOTICE. WILL be sold at the Court house door, in the town of Roekville, Parke couhtr. Indiana: on Mondav the 5th day of March next, School ti i r x . . section numoer lour, in lownsnip number 10, north of range 8, west in said county. The sale to commence between the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. and six P. M. HIRAM D. JONES Com. ReclwiUe, Jan. 2, 1832. 39 CINCINATI CHRONICLE. TfTJNCOURAGED by a very liberal UlL and extended "patronage, the Proprietor of the Cincinnati Chronicle and Liberty Gazette will at the ctimmencement of the new year, print this paper on a sheet of enlarge dimensions and of better mialiti Kith, a fype partly nezo. These improvements will be madea-imouJ 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 unchanged. Excluding, as heretofore, party politics and religons controversies, it will be the constant object of the Proprietor of the Chronicle, to aid in advancing and developeing the literature, morals, statistics, and physical resources of the West to pub-; lish, in short an amusing and useful family papei j Those peraw.is 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 may know how large an edition it will be necessary to print. Printers exchanging with the Chronicle will please cony this notice, and the faroi wtll bccheerlully reciprocated.

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Cicero was feflow birth and Me tell us was the son of a licentious woman.Metellus said to Cicero, Dare you tell your father's name?' Cicero replied, 'Can your mother tell yours?' o::::::::o Local Illustration. A layman in Providence, Rhode Island, who occasionly exhorted at evening meetings, thus expressed his beli-f in the existence of Deity; "Brethren, I a just as certain that there is a supreme Being, as I am that there is flour in Alexandria and that I know for- certain, as T yesterday received from there a lot of three hundred barrels fresh superfiney which I will sell as low as any other person in town.''

A physician boasting of hia great knowledge in his profession, said ho never heard any complaint from patients. A by-stander wittily replied, "very likely, doctor, for the mistakes of" physicians are generally burried with their patients." ji.i'i ,,,;,,.... Mew Mat UFACTO It 1 :0:0:0:0: rmHE SUBSCRIBER RespectfulJi ly informs the citizens of Rocjcville and the public in general, thaHA is establishing a HAT MANUFACTORY, ". In Rockville, on the South side of tho Public Square; Wh ere lie intends keeping a 'general assortment of Hats. He has brought with him from the City of Cincinnati, the latest and most approved fashion ot that place. AIL! ai assortment oi very SUPERIOR FURS, AND FANCY TRIMMING S -Which from his extensive knowledge and practice in the best of Manufactories, he flatters himself that his Hats will be inferior to none offered for sate in this market. CASH PAID FOR FURS. A higher prce will be paid for prime Otter Skin3 than has heretofore been given. Also, the highest market price for Furs of every description. ; ELI COOK. February 4, 1832. 43-tf To the Editors and Publishers of AetrSpapers, 'JONATHAN ELLIOTT, Of the City of Washington, MESPECTFULLY requests the Editors or publishers of Newspapers within the several states and Territories of the Union to furnish him through their Representatives in Congress, of their particular States or Districts , at the seat of the Federal Government, with three copies of their Newspapers marked ONE TWOTHREE issued on or about Wednesday, the twenty second of February 1832, (being the Centennial Annivcrsaof Gen Washington.) As his motive is entirely disinterested and patriotic in making this request, it being his desire to produce positive tvidence of the number of Newspapers published in the United States, and their Territories, he desrres that particular attention may he paid to this request, and above all, by country papers in distant towns, that are comparatively little known; and if, at the same time, they would communicate in their papers any ''statistical informar lion" fclativcjto thciijimmcdiate neighborhood, it would be highly appreciated, and gratefully acknowledged. It is intended that every newspaper received shall be carefully preserved and arranged by States, in a room at Washington, devoted for this object; one set to be eventually deposited ia the Library of Congress; the duplicate set to be transmitted to O. Rice, Esq, of London, (Agsnt for the purchase of Books &c. for the Congressional Library) to be by him placed in the British museum; and the triplicate set to be retained for some public institution. It is intended, also, as soon as this collection is completed, to publish in a tabular form, in the public prints, for the information of the people ot the u. States, a list of all the Newspapers, emfbracing the "Name," place and peri od of publication," and "Terms of suIh scription." Great pains will he taken to make this list (being an important result to be gathered :frotn the collec : tion) as correct as the materials wiladmit. C3"lt is hoped that th intell ' . ligent conductors of Newspapers fa- , vorable to the above project will obhge the advertiser by inserting thrj communication in their respective pa pers, to each ot whom a "tabular statement will be transmitted as Mon published.