The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 6, Number 7, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 June 1829 — Page 4

THE WEM PH,

,» From the Bijou. MBIUXT BLANC. BY L. E. L.

Iteaven knows our travellers have sufficiently alloyed the beautiful, ami profaned the sublime, by associating the«*e with themselves,' the commonplace, and the ridiculous but out upon them, thus to tread on the prey hail* of centuries,—on the untrodden snows oi Mont iilauc."

THOU monarch of the upper air, Thou mighty temple pi veil .• .** For snorniug'i earliest of light,

And eveninjrs last of heaven. *, The vapour from tl'.e inarsh, the smoke ?Froni ermvded cities sent.

Arc purified before they reach Thy loftier element. Thy huns arc not of earth but heaven Only t'«.e suuae.t rose Hutu leave to tlinp a crimson dye t'pon thy stainless snows. #,

.New out on these adventurers ,Who scaled thy breathless height, And iu »de thy piuuacle, Mont Diane,

A thinp of common sight. -lure t-iat human had felt If* suil on thy brow, TiiC glui*y of thy forey?ad made A S' ri:ie to those below ,AIen razed upon thee as a star,

And turned to earth attain, W ith dreams like thiue o«u floating clouds, The vajrr.c hut not \I«o min No lipcliucrs are less vain than those That bear the mind away, --"Till Wont with nature's mysteries

It half fidgets its clay, ll catcljjhoftier iinpulaes And owipta nobler pmvrr he poet and phuusopher -Are born of such an hour.

But now where may we *eek a place 1' or -.my spirit'^ dream Our steps hare been o'er ever)

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soil.

Our sails o'er every stream, Those isles, tap beautiful Azores, The fortunate, the fair We looked for their perpetual spring" To find it w:u. not there. Bright Kl Dorado, land of gold, V-» have so sought for thee, There's not a spot in all the globe T\r"iiore such a land cau be.

How pleasant were the wild beliefs That dwelt in legends old, A!as to our posterity V1 ill no such" tales be told. We know too much,scroll after scroll V\ fipli^duwn ur weary shelves Our only pi it of ignorance J* entered in ourselves. A1 !f thy past mystery, For thine untrodden snow, J*iurse of U»i»ieiupc.-t, harlot thou none To jjuanl li.y outraged imnr Thy Mimrnil, once the umpproached. 71:• tii hitman presence owned, With the tir-t step upon thy crest, Mont flU:u•, 'J.uu weit d«-thro:iM.

^ANCIENT li A li LON Very li'tle is recoohd of t! eartblv histoi) of the city of Babylon Its foundations were laid, it is supposed, by Nimrod, great jjrai.d ftm of iNoih, nc.t long after th»* ili«nersion ot Mahel It stood on it'i sides of the river Euphrates*, on an even and extensive plain. It wa* surrounded by a wall, io "(fdibie il seem, of three faunditd and fjlry f« ct in In is *. ci"htv-sevcH in tiiicknes^and ««istv circumference forming ai: exact *r|uare. fifueu miles #ti either side, 'ihis massive wall was oiade «'f lar^e btlutninous bricks *o fi»inly cemcnted as to render it nolid An cnormoB6 ditch

eiv-al parts were *alks and vaiils, and occupied ki uianji other u»elul and orri««uienta pui poses so that front the mans vacant hpare^ not mote than one hall

5he

grouno was built upon Next :o the wall, on each side ol the city, wpH a street, two hundred feet jtutf lifueu miles (to* eileui in lengtn. I tie nouses one hide ol a

•ined^i^oih sides with btick, and my chair, "Scoundrel!" said I.! filM with water, cncumpn»«ed the'

t|ie 7.e of which may be

uearlv estimated from the fact, that4Tle walls ol the city were en$itely cumpolfcd of clay taken out

it. The city entered through -,fl»e walls, hy one hundred gates

T*entv-five oa each hide, composed tifWud hr,iss. Between every two »f the gates were three towers ten et in height aUo one on eacli ot ihe four cut ner^, and three between -he vei nl corner touern and the tiist gaIt*, iu kitig in all three bunand Mtteen. From the gaieh .,1. one ride of the cny to those on •He opposite side, went streeU one bundled and fifty k-et in width, '£j eae fifty stiue's, crossing each other at right angles, divided the 'ity into Six hundred and seventyj»ix*stjuaiex. lUt houses stood on these srj'jarei, a short «li»l»-nre from ach uthei, facing the streets. Thejed out, 'here

The rtver Cuphratef, or rather* branch of it, ran directly across the city, from north to south." A wall of the same thickness, and similar to that which surrounded the city, was built on each side of the river. 4n these walls where the riv tfasintersected by the streets, were massy brazen gates. From the several streets there were gradual descents to the river, which was crossed in boats. Through these •rates, which were incautiously left open, Cyrus and his army entered, having turned the course of the river, and took this splendid city.

Such are some of the particulars which have been recorded relative to the once «goldeo cky'and 'glory of kingdom.' While her walls were echoing and re-echoing with the sounds ot mirth atnf festivity, and when to all human appearance Uiey were destined to stand to the

latest

generations, Jeremiah prophesied »that it should become deso late that it should not be inhabited, the the wild beasts oj thejttld should be there.' History has since confirmed the predictions of the prophet *(Long belore the Christian era, we are told that it had become a place of'solitude, and neglected.' In the fourth century, we are informed .that 'its walls served as a fence, and the cit" as a park, in which the Kings of Persia kept idid beasts lor hunting.' A travel-

Jury

All laws are laws, and every law is lawj and laws are things made by the lawyers, to make men lire according to the law, without any respect to the gospel for that i* another all'air aod to be considered at another opportunity, and hy another sort of men, and in another manner. Vide Coke upon Lit tleton chap 10th, page 15th—But as to the law —Now there are some men that are good men, and some men that are bad men, and th" bad men are not the good men, and the ^ood men are not the bad men, but the bad men and the good men, and the good men and the bsd men are two different sorts ot men: and this we gather from Manna Charter, an old man that lived in the rei-jn of King John thegrea' Now, if any are good men, there would be rio need of laws-, therefore, ergo, the laws were made for had men, and die good men have no business therewith Ergo, therefore those who receive advantage trom th»* laws, must be bad men: and so, ge'em, call up the prisoners and despatch them as soon as possible, fur 1 must go out of town to-mor-row.

ler in the twelfth century found it know busnand, you can place imoverrun with serpents and scorpi- pticit confidence in your wile. another traveller Have 1 ever given you occjpton to ons. In 174, states that its -ruins were so l»aceM, that there were hardly any vestages of them to point out the situation of the city.' Hy one who Mas recently visited thtf *pot, we are fold that 'there is not now a stone to tell where Babylon was situated.—

R0RKOWIN6. E it —J-he piecc which

recently appeared in your paper rgned

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When I fir«t read the article of A Lender," I thought it was perand starting suddenly from

who has been writing about me? I'll go to the printer, and find out the auther, and give him a severe cassation. I'll—ri II Kussel Jarv,s him,' I caught my hat, and started for the printing otfice. My good woman ^wondered wnat made the man act »o'—it being one of her particular expressions on such occasions. On reaching the outer dour 1 met with neighbor Slack's ruddy-faced flaxen-heaikd urchin *Mister,' said fee, 'here is your breaking up h«e and han^aw that father boirowed of you last fall. Father sa) you have been writing at him in the newspaper about it."' Bent on my purpose of revenge, I hastened along, struck half dumb with what the boy had *aid.

not gone far before

ot these numerou-j wheefbairow. 'lake it, and keep it fiiid out in gardens, to yourself, and behang-d to yon

Vfali.

spectacles that borrowed four weeks ago at church* to find thw hymn. Rosa hastened away with madam Goodlive** sausage machine. John shouldered Mr. Farm well's plough, which had lain out all winter. I carried back parson Holdfasts Bible concordance, and neighbor Stonecutter's crowbar and driUs. As I was going on sweeping my premises of these borrowed articles, the words, 'alas, it was borrowed more thao once rose to my lips, and conscience, now for the

first

Bundle's charge to the Grand eyes roil?— IV hat is the matter."

time awakened to the sub

ject, urged me on so tepidly that 1 did not again orifce tlwhk ol tweaking the printer's P°9fr

had

saw scjuire

fctingy pass along with a wheelbarrow. My eye luiluwed hm. lie ran it up close to a house, And cri-

Oid Testy, is your

out be careful you n^ver get that printer to abuse nie again.*-*Thinks to myself,' it would perhaps be as ell lor me to haul in uiy gib, and tack at.'out, aitd see how matters tuml with me at tiome. I did

so.

8cai ch was made. Many things were lound on my premises that did riot belong to me.

sent ub

ith'a home vi the borrowed books Lulu was off with Mrs. Puibliud'a

fl°g^'n8

•A Lender.' I detefcined never to borrow but when ijWw absolute lv necessary, and to rffturn an article when I have done using it. Such sir, is the succinct history, aod such the firm resolution, of one who has heretofore been negligent in dutv.

A REFORMED BORROWER.

"CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET." 'Dorothy,' said Ichabod, pale and trembling to his wile, Dorothy, I have a secret, and if I thought you would keep it inviolable, I would not hesitate to reveal it to tou, but oh, Dorothy, woman •Why, Ichabod, it must certainly be a secret ol great importance, for vou are in a woful agitalion'j Y»u

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doubt my lideTityr'

Never, never, Dorythy but the secret I have to communicate, is one that requues more thau ordinary faithfulness and prudey}:# to prevent y« trom divulging it. Oh dear I shudder wiieu 1 think ou't!' •Why, husband, do you know how your lips tremble and your

Ichabod!— you surely Cannot mistrust the confidence of one who rowed *t the altar to be faithful to jou Come, unbosom yourself. 'May I rely on our fidelity?'* 'Ichabod you know you may 'Well, then we are botn ruined! undone!- I have committed murder! 'Murder!'

w'Yes,

murder!—and ive bured

him at the foot of a tree in the or char'!!' *Oh! awful! Ichabod. Commit ted murder! Then indeed we «re ruined and our children with

Ichabod left the room, and Dorothy hurried ofl to her neighbors Mrs. Prattle observed a great change in Dorothy's countenance, and in her general appearance so great as to cause her to inquire into the cause of it. 'Oh! Mrs Prattle,'said Dorothy, 'I am the mo«t miserable of women,! I am ruined forever!' 'Mercy! Dorothy, how gloomy you look!. s/What has turned up to make you look so dejected? VVbv, how you sigb! woman Tell me the c-iU^e

wi«h I might, Mrs Prattl£ but the ocrasion of my unhappine^ is a

divulge.

Lender,'* has donc*oti»e

uooil. Several neighbors have since fou^d things which they supposed were lost, but which it now appears, were lent on!y*a long tune since.

4Oh!

Dorothy went home weeping, and wringing her hands and Mrs Prattle leaving her dough half kneaded, and her infant crying in the cradle, hastened to hold a tete-a-tete with Mrs Tellall Soon af ter this last confab was ended, the report of Ichabod's having committed murder became general, and the disclosure of the fact was traced to his wife Dorothy. Process was immediately issued against him by the Magistrate, before whom and in the presence of a multitude of anxious spectators, he gave^ the fclfowing explanation:

My object, said Ichabod, 'in th© course I have pursued, was to test my wife's cap.bility of keeping a secret I have committed murder inasmuch as 1 killed a skunk and buried it at the foot ol a tree in my orchard. How far my wife is capa ble of keeping a secret, has been sufficiently proved anil with respect to the murder, those who feel an interest in it, are at liberty to inspect the body '—ViUtbarg ihsp

Remedy fur the «hthma~ \V are iifomiedtiy Mi. a ue Lfv im of BoyagetnM n, tout the simple cess of tying a wea/.le skin uimj the oeck is a sovereign remedy foi

secret which I am not permitted to necticut, the currant shrub jfr.culti rated to a very considerabfe extent, expressly for thai purpose, and the cultivators see thei« account in tfrrer profit which they realiza from the use and sale of the wiae made from th£ fruit.

you may tell me, Dorothy

—I shall never speak it again 'Vou know, Dorothy, I never tell secrets-' 'Well Mrs. Prattle—I scarcely dare fcay it—my husbandjha? committed murder, and burried him at the foot of a tree in the orchard! He told me of it himself. For Heaven's sake don't name it to any one!' jl' order!—your husband committed murder!—indeed, indeed Dorothy, you have reason to think yourself ruined!—Poor woman, I pity you fom the bottom of my heart*

fhe distre&ain® disorder of Asthma. So sudd,eft "and effectual is the relief, oot only tested by his own eiperienctL Ueieg upwards of 11 years •eveurfjriroubled «frith the disorder, but tJ^piperience of several others whotMfce is acquainted with, that Mr. 4b. is

dy.«

fro

very desirous to have ev

ery vfMB who is afflicted with the l:a^der, know and apply the rem-

He is acquainted with cases

where persons who were for

wards of two years uotble.to He down, being so far restored to health in three weeks by .the application of a weaale skin as to be able to sleep quietly in bed." Mr. L. obtained relief by this remedy in July last. On the tenth night after its application he was able for the first time during seven weeks to lie in bed. His health has ever since been gradually improving. A dry skin undressed will answer the same purpose, but a gr^f'one affords more sudden reli^^It should be worn constantly. *he above remedjfhi not anew ttyng huMt* simpHcity has probably ptevented it ufiXeing usually known.s {J $ MaP Her

"llfotber," said Jonathan '-how shall I manage'to please the^young ladidE? V'oi^p^st know, mother tiPose you've been young your for selffljjpe." ''Why, my son,' replieWhe co

ood old lady, *'if you forth a tor*e«t of gab

ewne ufft*%end

coqrotry and flattery, sufficient to driv# an uitdershot grist-mill, you would 6nd no difficulty in pieasin^ t'lejn—but be sure and never sit one' moment with your lips togefh er like a man of sense, for you would thereby give great offence land get sacked directly,

The death o^" Mr. Dymock, her ditarv Champion of England, leav» that odSce to the daughter of Char! Harris, late of Savanna!), Georgia, provided females a**" not etclud^! from holding that office of tocie chivalry. It may be, that she cat hold it and exercise its duties by proxy, the pricipal of which is t% challenge the whole world to c^m bar. on the crowning of a new ki^ or Queen of the realm, a ceremof, that would not loose its impo«»ri&' effect, even if performed by a kep girl in pe»ton.

AGRSOTTLTUT*

From the ff'esttm ^^ricuUuraiui (lateral InteUigrncer. CURRANT WINE. rt has long been known thai a fine flavored, and most excellent tvin$| can be produced from the common red currant In some of

Eastern States, and particularly in somn »rts of the state of Con

As the current shrub, of all others, is (fie most easily cultivated, and as it seldom fails to bear abundant crops of its valuable fruit, there is nothing, perhaps, to the culture of which, the farmer can devote a small portion of his soil, that would yield a more protitable income

Several of my acquaintance in this part of the country, annually prepare wiue from the currant, for the use of their own families, und generally, it is believed, prefer it to that made from the grape, whether domestic or imported thoi^h but few have, as yet, however made any for market Indeed, it is unknown to the writer that any have done so, except .William Sims, Esq. one of our most enterprising agricuitu ralists, who resides near the West Fork of the W hitcwater, about three miles from this town, on the stute road leading to Indianapolis ibis gentleman, last year from a small, young gardeu, mado fifty gallons the wbole cost of which, for sweetening and spirits to compound with tb curraut juice, amounted to but seven dollars lie sold forty gallons of Itis wine for forty dollars, reserving ten for family use. -'"The whole of the labor in gathering tbe

currants and manufacturing those lifty gallons of wine, was performed by Mr Sims and three or ur of his children, in the short space of one day Whut other farmer in the Western country, I would ask, from an) other production of his soi!, labur and eitia expense, has (Tver re alized so handsome an income and net profit, from tbe cultivation of out tbe fourth of an acre of his land, iu a single seasoa? It «iay, fear

less of contradiction, b# laid, none have ever, even approached it The writer of this article became acquainted with the production of wine from the currant, as early as 1784 though he does not recoliect any other person who at that period aod for years after, practiced it, e*cep an ancient relative of his, with whom he then lived others, however, might have* done so without his knowledge, or even at a much earlier date, and probably did l^iis.^apeient relative Used" every year to majie^from one to two Jbarrels of vfine (and generally the l«t ter,) only from tf»e currants pfodu ced from tbe shrubs, that grew in* bunches, or rather iVi a single range about two thirds of the 4jstance a-, round bis garden, toe ^whole which, consisted of spm^ihtn, than the eighth

(Jfcfficiently

an acre.

The manner in which he 'pit red his wine was as follot]#: the juice of sixteen gallons of iu ^rown, well ripened currant», filter ed through a linen strainer of a suitable fabric, hard pressiQg the mashed currants in it, until rinced and wrung as dry as possible, he added eighty pounds *of muscovado sugar of an inferior quality, and five gallons of French brandy This composition being deposited ia a barrel, gunging thirty two gallons, he added to it as much of soft water «iiWou]d completely fill the barrel. After the liquor had gradually, but

fermented, yie barrel

y^is tight bunged and atlowed to •tftnd unbroacbed and Undisturbed fofr two years: the wir^ then po* sei|d a flavor much more agreeble mairthe best Madeira, and inferior to it in spiritous strength

Wiae of au inferior quality, and er good may be oMfcde from the rrant at a much le&s expense, as has been often proved but perhaps to no instance more fjilly, than tlr. Sims in the case above referred to In preparing his wine, he substituted molasses for sugar, an«t whiskey for French brandv and, as will be seen by making tjie lcula tiou, aside from the exjiepse oJ time in cu»tivat!ng tb« current shrub, gathering the fruit and inanutactu ring it it did not cost him to exceed fourteen cents per gallon —Of the fifty tllons which be made, he sold forty at one dollar per gallon, which ,ave htm thirty-three dollars in cash, and ten gallons of wine for his own family's use, as a compen »(ion for fine day's labor of himself and three or four children aitd the improvement in cuiraut shrub er, ol one fourth of an acre of land, worth say five dollari^e interest of which would by thirty cents per annum

To rear the currant shrub in the highest perfection, nothing more is necessary than to plough »nd harrow the ground, set the scions (singly and without roots) of the previ ous veai's growth about four feet apart, and the rows at sufficient distances from each other to hoe between. and among them, for the purpose of keeping down grass and weeds, and to move between them, for the purpose of gatheri ig tne fruit when they shall have acquired their highest maturity. The ions hou!d be set at least four inches deep in the earth I'o preserve the original stock single, and cultivate it in the form of a tree, it is only ne cessary, betore setting it, to cut otr all the buds from that portion of the scion which is to go below the su face of the ground, and troifi which the roots aro to form I rimming them in this way, they are much surer to live as the currants growing upon single utalks kept judiciously trimmed, are not only generally, more abundant iu quantity for the space of ground the shrub occupies, but are much larger and rather of a bette quality I have seen extensive wine gardens at the eastward, cultivated iu this way For cultivation iu this way, thesci ons will bear setting in rows within three feet of each other. TJmi pre*eut is the season for setting the sc.'-| ons commence then, fellow-citi zena, farmers especially, th^ fac fable improvement in youf pijV n'a iLli uiJS,

April 18, 1829

JUSTICES'and

lor sale at the

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The Jackson W

The writer has been thus pn!ix ynd minute on this subject, in hop of exciting a feeling of interest in it among his fellow citizens, and espe ^lally tbe farmers who by following the example of Mr Sims might uot only in a snort »ime, supply thein-s-ives with a rich, cheering and a a a a if in pense which would supercede the use of that deadly poison, ardent spiritsi of which such a profuse use is made in thin country, but inli.ince their wealth.

mriotfAL sow^ GLOAT, GRATITUDE, & 1 IN preparation a splendid ij Tribute, in commemoration! great civic victory achieved people through the hero of leans "CONTENTS-—1st. It tain a portrait of Andrew JPresident elect of the United engraved in a superior sty]e1 per and intended to present fui. and beautiful likeness ot'i lustrious individual to the people,

Sd A splendid title pa^e, jngthe United States coat of j, Sd. Tbe life of Andrew J| written by Hubert l-*: !sh,ir| jiQBsentinga true f.hsra ter soldier and patriot who as commended to the pt-ople of nited States by his stern ioty long experience am iranscj services to his country. 4th a .'opiwrpUi.. eiigr battle of New Oileamfa aobls z^r bear i? Geuer Jackson"! foregrou ri with the *'*Uv

banner'f Boating dfc'sr ju battle 5th A copperplate eitgh« the Farmer of Tennessee

scj

rich cultivated farm, with a 4 view of Gen Jackson's reside the Hermitage. These en^ will be copied with some altera from the paintings dispalyed in I delpbia and New York, coven space of 60 feet by 15 & illuminated on (hf.nigU-ts of the tion in the front of the Jacksoo quarters.',. 6tii. Bo me further particu the life of tbe fiero, from the tion of facts made by the Jack publican committee of Penasj -ind other sources 8tb A new pW*e of music, ei

Jackson's granci marts ayl step,'* composed expres!)C fw occasion, by one of lii.e liest orsjpf music there is in tlie States 9th Cov^r emljeilishmenU addition to which the work «, studded with minor though appr ate embellishments.

IOth There will be aliieid correct general map of the lJ States handsomely engraved

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