Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 January 1817 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM. .-- ODE TO Wo.MAX, OrcftetOM reading n wtrdchcd BptgruM, designed to satiriwe the sex. OH, WotnaO I on thy WAM hreft Tke weary wsndrrer fcf ks repot ; And in thy fdnd itfettloll t lri, Shi, mJs a cjri fof ull l it woes, Hit ftilrefal fon cf Worldly carf, Sleeps snhlyin t!y t?ndr arms ; To Mi 03 IB Otl l.i; prcfrrohia prayer, But owns ihy far fuptrlor charm". Oh. woman ! if iUc's ptOtptd low'r, Thou bi 1 !l the ttotftdl Hy fr away ! And e'en in forrow'f daikdt hour, Thy bright Cfi W nh a deering ray : Til thine to halm the wounded foul, That mlh the World long time has Wtftd The dorm ofptffion to control, Ai d m It the. fpirtt fioscn hard. But, VV nan ! weit th?u heavVly fair, Iftll thy thai mi Cltertiil (lime, ft ii' uno mental beiuty (Inre, Ah '. whit itttli ihefa charms of thine? tjnflablc (Ittl is beauty's powtr, Wh t btft is bttllt on cuiwrd fu.m j And toft the fiptutt gleaming hour, Tint oft precedes dctnedic ftorm. Oh ! ifth glewtttg rem cf mind Illume the KoVfty isnnk faca ; If bright Intel ligenca wr find WUh iee'i",; !) the form of grr,e? ; Ti th:n that beauty's teams impift Het ' harms to Itlttlle&Ual eyes ; Then, if I Red ion tlx her heart, Can nnn ipprctiati th- pOzr ? Al.ONZO.

iron the Connecticut (rrant Bhon Chapters of Hints and Advisements on the subject of Hard 1 imes. By One of the People CHAP. Via Fiill Relief not attainable at once The people are mightily in debt to th-- government, and government always are rigorous ere ditors. It will hardly do to say to them Go, and come again;1 they wont be put off. With them there is no compounding; you must pay the tt uttermost farthings. gain, the people hvt sorely in A bt to the bank :and hanks, too, arc rigoror3 creditors: they wont watt a single week without interest, hich eats upon you day and . . . . oreover the people, in manifold ways ure in debt to one ana fnghtful mess of debt x v : o, and at the sain, crt v i I in the cruise 1 f e money stirring. Now suppose the best ; suppo e all R ree to kv torn over a new leaf suppose the country should be as distinguished for frugality and all the attributes of thrift, a pf late it has been for wild and thoughtless extravagance a d di m Uion: yet, even then, relief c mid only come little by little. Ere we get out of debt and in a thi . y w ty, there must be a long pull n as well as M a pull all togetlier n for it is much easier to pull ourselves down, tlm i u- pu!! oum In - up again r pecially if, while we are down a:dlie sprawling in ike mire a ! kvyload is fastened upon our backs. Theft i; f iope, which in no v. v should he given up ; it is the ma n Ep ing of lion. Bui we need in tan Rtl to expect too much, is certainly We do if we ex-

pect by any means whatever to get through With our difficulties forth With, or in a short space ot time. o doubt, the people, if they will but u work it right," may vet be disembarrassed, and get themsi Ivi into snug circumstances. But it must be a work of time, and of long time. It will take many years of close industry and saving frugality, many such years will it take to effect a complete restoration. Away then with dispair, on the one hand, and with airy notions, on the other. We must ponder well our ease, and the means of mending it. We must not sutler the sorceress, Imagination, to be wilder its with her lo here $c her lo there. We must come at once to the h ue point, and sticiv to it to the last. We must bestir ourselves in good earnest, with unshaken fortitude, with long suffering patience, akd with unwearied and unflinching persever

ance. From the Cat kill Recorder. 1 The ttrass withereth. the flower fadeth! How altered is the appearance of nature ! But a short time since we wandered the sunny holds to behold with 'ovous emotions the first shootings ot the tender blade and to pluck the diminutive flowers round the skirts of the forest, coyly blooming forth from the long sleep of hibernal desolation. Then the plains and groves be came cloathed their verdant attire, vernal breezes waited the flowers' perfume, the songsters of the air awoke their melody on e ery spray, & the stn am which had been lately locked in the cold embraces of w inter, had burst its icy bands, and purled meandering. 'Tis the youthful season of joy and hope. The gaudy robes of Spring yielded in turn to the more manly beauties of Summer ; to which succeeded the full matnrity of Autumn now withering and gravi ly passing off arain to yield our clime to the 1 iter. The verdure of the forest and arbour is decayed : are stripped, by the chilling gale, of their lingering leaves. The current, choaked . sluggish, motives more slowly oi k o vernal mk Is' rek; have in full chorus chanted their farewell in the yellow b ughs. Now o creat: on solemn, and the universal scene inspires the reflecting nun 1 v ith luxurious melanehe'.v and instructive meditation. fa All flesh," saith the pr(Mhet, 1 is grass ; and all ike ooTluess thereof is as the How, r IITlic field." properly may man !v compared to the inanimate creation. Like that, the smiler and graven seasons of his life follow each other in rapid succession. Like that, he is frail he comet h forth, and is cut down like the flower." The appearance qf na ture now reminds us of our weakness, and that we, as wellaju that, are hastening to our winter the winter of death. Our pa-t life, what i i it ? It like a dream when we awake. And what i the end of all our hopes and cares ai v! toils ? To be stripped of all our dear p iSaV ssions, lie down in death ; f r e en u The paths of glory lead but to thetomb."

Nature seems dead, the ravages of Winter approach : But faith, grounded on experience, points to another spring, & proclaims that creation shall revive. Then exult, O man ! for thus doth a Spring await thee a never ending Spring. Like seed long buried in the frozen earth, shall thou awake to newness ot life The pen of inspiration hath declared it ; and faith, grounded on the immutable promise of the Most High, hails in exulting anttcipatfon the momentous sera. Are there immortal brinrs who are yet dead to so glorious a hop : Are there rational creatures to whom so immense a blessing must prove an iafinitc curse ? Let us not be so infatuated as to hug the chains of darkness and death, or look around on decaying nature with desponding hopes ; for the Lord hath promised andaltho' -k the grass with ereth and the flower fadeth, ei the word of our God shall stand forever." Brief Sa ipture Rernarker. Singtdar Viilan y. Owe day last month, the following extraordinary act ofatrocity was committed in the neighborhood of Freehold. Greene c j. in this state : A woman in a decent garb, travelling on foot with a child in her arms, stopped at a house on the road, (probably selected fer the purpose) the mistress of which was busied in cleai ing off her dinner table, from which the males of eke family had just gone to their labour in the neldwhile her child lay sleeping in its cradle. The wanderer complained of great fatigue, and begged permission to stop with her burden and r k a while. The good woman kindly consented. bid her put her child in loo cradle with her own, offered her some food a id proceeded on her work. The stranger kept the children quiet until ske said she was w ell refreshed and read f to do; art, when she took one co them and carefullv wranned it in

its blanket, thawed lier hostess veryeivk'v for her ent rtatnm and left the housel hi'Ov ao I- m J I I t (4J I f -ill after, the infant remaining in the cradle waked and tk. mother went to the cradle to nurse it, when, upon opening lis covering she was struck with horror at ftoding a black child instead of her oven ! The neighbors were alarmed and the magistrates were applied to, ao.d a search immediately commenced forthe artful wretch who had perpetrated the nefarious act, but without success, a fortnight after the event when our informant wa m t I ' I place. V. Y. Met i i c . i Paris, the gallery of the theatre is caHed Paradise. The Dutchess of Orleau i took a fancy togo to the pla one night, wit 1 1 only a tiile de chambre and to s'u there. A young officer sat next her, who was very free in his addresses, and when ihc play was over, concluded by offering her a supper, which she seemed to accept. He Accompanied baa down stairs, but was confounded when he saw her attendants and equipage and heard her name. Recovering, however, his presence of mind he hand

ed her into her carriage, bowed in silence, and was returning when she called out. where is the supper you promised ? He bowed and replied, tfc in Paradise madam, we are all equals ; but I am not insensible of the respect I owe you on earth." The prompt and proper reply obtained for him a place in the Dutchess' carriage, and at her table. mm i A point of law of a singular and interesting nature was lately determined by tbe court of session, at Edinburgh. The que tion, taken generally, was whether a man, after having signified his intention apt to live any longer with InsgrJfe, eould insist on her leaving4Ss house, and to betake herself to another Which he had provided for her ? In the particular case fcefott: the court, the lady I ad resisted tins mandate, uoon the ground that the husband had oo power to dissolve the marriage society, without previously verifying the cause. Memorials had been ordered in the eo k li were titken into consideration, when their lordships, after severally delivering their opinions, found by a majority of seven t o four that they eould give the lady no relief, thereby confirming the righfc of a husband to assign the pu;ee of residence of his wife without his society. a A rn i lical gentleman, in an advertisi ment, informed the cmbi that he ha 1 removed from his old station to a place near the churchyard, tor Ike accommodation of his patients. We cannot tell the precise moment when Men I hip is formed ! as in filling a dropby dron there is a last drop which makes it run over ; so in a series of kindnesses them is a. last one which makes the heai t run over. This delicious drop, the sweetest in tl e cud of life, happy is he who has experienced ! This moment worth whole years of common life, fortunate h he who haj enjoyed ! 83SS -3 r3ki" stage from Whitehall v&$ robbed of 8 tmnks on Tuesday, : i sir Salem. The alarm was given, a id the inhabitants turned out with alacrity to apprehend the villians and recover the prop erty. Fortunately the trunks wef-e all recovered, 6 of them unopened, and 2 rifled of their eontents, one of which, belonged to Mr. Jones, of Quebec, contained a number of letters and papers of value, which he was taking with him to England. Alb. Argus. i I am astonished," said an in- . fiigetft Turk, " that the Americans should rend a fleet to eomp ! the surrender of slaves in our possess n. when in their own Country, they keep thousands of Africans in bondage ; they had I etter clesn their i fends before they lift them toward Heaven."

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