Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 December 1816 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM.

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7 DRUNKARD. Teach mc the meafure of my Gin, Thou dealer of the dram ; I woui furvey the glafs withm, A nd learn bow drunk I am. A rt'l is all that we Cin boaft, A drzrn or two in time ; Man is a drunken dog at mod, In it his fljw'r and prime. rc the vain rare of drunkards move Like fhadows o'er the plain ; They rage, they fight, they cheat andPiCal, But all their noife is vain. Some walk the crack, to make a fhow, Some roll upon the floor ; Some py their bills, they know not how, And ftraight are feen no more. "What fhould I wifh to wait for them, From brandy, gin or rum ; They make our expectations vainj nd plague the folks at homeNow I forbid myfonliih hope, My love of grrg forego ; 3 give my drunken frolics up,

And make my home my a'i-

From the Connecticut Courant. Short Chapters of Hints and Advisements on the suhjeetof Hard Times. Jhf One of 1 lie People. CHAP IV The How and the Why. Rash speculation, extrava(Yfll"llrf fl'Mim' sli.iitl- in.l 4l-,- A

.-i wii villlirv. i i v i int.

minuttion of the quantity of pro

ductive labour, are, as tar as respects the conduct of the people, the four cardinal causes of the present distress. The sober and cautious maxims of former times ha ve yielded to the feverish spirit of speculation. For daring entcrpries of this kind few countries, or none have opened such vast fields and presented such ample means, as OUrsMias done in a veriety of instances : an unfortunate circumstance, which has ovnerated a Confident expectation, as well as an ardent desire, of ffrowinff rich hastily, and Without any process of regular industry. Now the consequences of this state of things have been, and very naturally uvc. romantic ideas, restlesness of disposition, g amester-Kke feelings, contempt of labour, and in a great many cases, utter ruin ' of circumstances poverty want and desparation. Nor has this evil been confined to one or iw o particular classes of men ; it has in o?ne measure, " (evened the whole lump it has spread itself into the precincts of almost every calling ; it has infected the veomanry and the manufacturers, as well as the trailers : it has seized the minds of a considerable part of our most capable and most prorni ing youth. Speculation generated extravagance ; it is its genuine brat. While, by scores and hundreds

Overtrading, so cnerallv prevalent, and of such bitter consequence at the present moment, is to be regarded as a branch of speculation. The strong propensity to this species of speculation lias received encouragement and an abundance of nutriment from Our multitudinou i banks exr, u!i ir in number, and in pro-

lus s of emi

si1

Former

example in the history of tiie conimen ial world.

of men, fortunes w ere made in a

trice ; while here, anil there, and every where, speculators roe from almost nothingness, & suddently shone like meteors no wonder the minds of the people Were set agog. The notion soon came to be prevalent, that wealth was of very easy attainment : already possessing it in prospect, we began to live away just as if We had had it really in hand. The times were favourable for gratify ing 4k the lut of the eye, & the pride of life. " Money was plenty ; credit was unlimited The banks were open : where at any time, the bii man could e;ct his thousands, and the little man his hundreds. Proud times ! So easv was it to get moncv. We needed only to " go a borrowing.4' We went. We run, in shoal-, to the banks, and sel dom returned empty. " Light comes, light goes. Our bank bills so casilv obtained, as easily slipped out of our hands. From plain folks uc became stylish, in our persons and houses ; we bedecked ourselves and our wives and our children with costly finery ; our expenses exceeded our incomes and now, lo ! Here we are. From the Connecticut Courctnt. THE BRIEF REMARKER. There is a pretty large number of men in this country, who, thV not of the Hebrew stock, do nevertheless clea e fast to that part of the old Mosakal law which enjoins a Release. They think, or seem to think, that the debts owed by them are so much by the less binding, by how much older they have grown, that whert they have become seven years of ?ge, the y are of course cancelled in t he chancery of equity and. conscience. This is more particularly the case as respects small debts ; about which a sreat many, otherwise of good memokies. have a convenient lack cf recollection., The follow rng story I have1 heard related as a matter of fact : No very long while since A. lent his neighbor B. a small sum of money, to be repaid in one week. However, without any thing being said on either side, it ran on a whole year, when Ihe lender asked for the money, wd got a prompt renewal of the "old promise of payment, in a weeks time. In the same way it was permitted to run on another year when the loan was craved again, and again was the same promise renewed. At the end of the thin! year, A. solicited payment the 3d time and in the presence of a 3d person ; and receiving noftVht but a new edition of the like Pair promise, he expressed his determination of speedily doing himself justice, and went his way in a pet. B. was amazed at his uncourt eoik Udbv i o u r for t he v

had ever before been loving friends he was struck with amazement, and addressing himself to the said third person. Remarked : That neighbor oTf mine. sir. I must needs sav, i a worthy man in the main, but atter all he is an oddity. The triiYiwa: debt, do you see, is an old affair of several years standing, &

yet he duns me as hard as it I had borrowed the money but a month aro !"

pain of repealed requisition and importunate solicitation.

It is a curious fact, of no very auspicious omen, that while most other things have been growing dearer, promises have been growing cheaper. They are come to be like that kind of drug that operates speedily, or not at all. They become stale as it were by time ; so that the longer the ex action of performance i forborne

the more difficult to obtain it. Hence small debts that are waxen old are as bad as lost, being scarcely worth the trouble of collecting. Nor is it altogether among the baser sort that the delinquency is found. You may find it among men of high standing, & of honorable feelings in most other respects. They would scorn the imputation of meanness, or falsehood, or roguery ; but, nevertheless, permit them to forget their promises, especially in little matters, and the rather perhaps, from thinking that their creditors, out of respect or fear, would as leave lose the debts, as to urge for payment in good earnest. It is found often found, among men mild in temper, courteous in their manners, kind and neighbourly, hospitable in their houses, and, in short, of excellent reputations, save this " dead fly in the precious ointment." If you are in distress and need their charity, they will give : but if they owe you they will shuffle off payment without any regard to your interest or feelings. Marvellous inconsistency ! Are they so blind as not to see that withholding just dues, of however small amount, is positive injustice ? That it scarce makes any difference, on the moral scale, whether one filches from his neighbor, or intentionally withholds what belongs to him ? Are they unaware that it destroys their credit and blots their reputations ? That it attaches to them a general suspicion of want of principle or rather of wilful falsehood and dishonesty ? Arc they unaware of the smothered indignation that burns in the bosoms of those they slightly disappoint? Of the hard and bitter things that are privately said of them on this account even by their friends? Or, finally, are they unaware that the public interest suffers more from this species of evil than from all the theft and robbery that is committed in the land ; and that if all men acted, in this respect, like themselves there would be an end to private credit and mutual confidence ? Small debts arc entitled to be regarded as debts of honor. A man of strict honor and compc tent means, will be particularly careful to discharge spontaneously, those trifling debts, which it is so unpleasant even to ask for, and much more to dun for over and over again. A man of strict honesty will say not to his neighbor. Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will," when he has it by him. Instead of which, it i his settled rule, as far as his circumstance will permit, to pay without delay, without grudging; without hesitation, without giving Ills neighbor the trouble and

BOOK BIXDERT, f HE fobferiben rnve connected with JL their BOOK STORE, a BIXDERli which will enable '.hem at ail times to fill any order far BLANK BOOKS, rulfd to any pattvr. without delay. They have engaged a fir (I ra:e workman to carry on their Bindery, and intend keeping or hand a conftant iupply o'l the bell materials. Orders from a distance will be thankfully received ar:d punctually attended to. FARQUAR Sc COLLINS. LouilYille, Dec. 5, 1816. 2-6:

Fifty Dollars Reward,

VND all reafonabi'j charges will be pa d

ifS Tor inc apprenenhon and

iife denverv of a naorn

' man fm.

FRISBY, to either of the following

perfons, Mr. David Apperion, of Sbawneo Town, Illinois tcrritoiy ; or to maj. A. R. Woolly, PittfSurgb, Pennfylvania ; or the above reward will be paid to any perfon who will fecure him in any jail fo that lie may be forthcoming1. Said regro is about 40 yrs old, abo;U 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, (loot rrrade, very dati: completion, very 1 rge eyes, is a carpenter by trade, be had on whrn he ranaway an oM crab drefa coat, pair of domeftic green cord pantaloons, wool hat, partly worr, and took with bita a pair of faddie bags, containing fundry cloathipp not recollfdled laid negro was going from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and abfcondtd at the mouth of Pigeon creek, Indiana, on the morning cf Saturday laft. OLIVER C. JOHNSON. December 5, 18 16. 2-tfor6t The Editor of the Indiana HeraU, will infert the above 4t and forward his ac count to capt. Kunt, Si. Louia, for paymt One Hundred Dollars Reward 1 SC APEU from the jail of Knox ty, Indiana, on the night of the 1 1th inftant, two prifoners, named Daniel Sanburn, and Joseph Cutler) Daniel Sanburn is about 28 years of agefandy hair, grey eyesj about 5 fee: 11 inches high, heavy made, and has a down

iook, ji.-ir-pn sutler has dark hair, dark eyes, and dark complexion, he ij about " feet 7 or S inches high, weil made, plea fant open countenance, and agecablc manners and converfation It is believed they will change thesr names and make for Orleans they were committed to jail on a charge of felony the above reward will be paid to any perfon will deliver them to the jailor of thi county, or Fifty Dollars for either of them, and all rCufonable expences paid. MENASSA BROWN, Jailor Knox county, December 12, 1816. 2-3t Public Notice TS hereby given to all perfons holding B claims againft th? eftateof William T. Codd, deed, that I will fettle with the Gal latin County court, at the next February term of faid court, to be held at Shawnes Town, on the third Monday of February next, at which time all the creditors of faid eftate are required to bring in their claims properly authenticated. GEORGE CODD, Administrator of the estate of Wm. T. CODD, deed. December 2, 1816. j8t

JHP- Iroke away

irom mr. Bar nett's door in thit place, on the 1 1th inftant, a ROAN HORSE,

abent 14; hands high, 7 or 8 years old, heavy made, and having a remarkably large belly. .Any perfoo taking up faid horfe, and leaving him with M. Bruillet in Vinccnnc', mall be remuneratrd by J. L, Mc.CULLOUGK. Vinccnnes, Dec. 13, 1816. 2-3t THE subscriber has a good Ware-Howt : calculated for Storage. TausahU Dubois. May, 17, 1816. 24-tt