Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 March 1817 — Page 4

PO:. i SCAT- ASYLUM. s - ON 1 HE RETUR : OF SPUING. Written bu a amoUM Hunttt cr Pert. Now the ice bl tskiy DM ttS and the snow t)cs apif ' , The Sun tool more smiling and gay, The proves i all gtoeoi my heart bounds for the chaee, Since chill Win r has hasted asray. Full fif r I ackfi fcanraany fine does Shall fall eve agpiin it return ; For !if 'a but a Spring when unclouded lv woe 5, And its Winti r the mouldering urn. Farewel, then, my hut Vil revisit no more i ny wmiis, tnat nave gone to aecay j I ...... 1. 1 nr-sit- c islaiH vaiiH : mils W explore, ; be nuis to explore, s foists to stray. wood, so extensive And am Ui' i. lie Sli cc so n ide is the the plain. The si earns since so tiumrous and dear, Who would lii r at home, and unrovThrough tlx1 pleasantest time of the Who would languish to quk their hut or t.A ir hill, When no Ion harm. When the m xt Vv raise one at On a snot that io l shelter fium uay th ma , v warm Let those do it who ph ase, they are Fooli: h or old : For no youth And him NatUl w :.( :;o eould err id in her hizii 1 Wh liib nul i 1 LlKi I)i Ci'Ji . The fish how they spon how they swim thro the How, And wand r so can Xot a mortal on ea rtl moodj Or more ray ormoi S and Tree ; i.i 1 lis happest ied can be Vet, man is a fo.u bo while, Some hi seas that arc Some, m unruttied sti mouiC'.M 1 ; r h. Though but fen tin nousrh. nor t for a a ior mr. can ! roam, witn m doi and my boi . "Tis sufficient, I El ask for no mtr Bi t at night la;. ; ic down where ei I And) at morn, seek nr. game as befi A letter from the distinguished Dr. Backus, recently cK uJ. i ontains the following remarks, on his early thoughts of relicion : At meageoi I., a was, like very many young men. balancing ...1 I ' . B 11 letiveen two opinions-. was. hen not only theoretically but practically a Deist- Thank God th there was soon a revolution in my mind SinCC then, then-;!! lesa than the least of christians I glo 1 1,116 cross oi inriM . i uau rather have an approving liod than applauding miUions. The IHvorlds dread laug r may turn a moaen pnuosopner pale, because its applauses are his all ; l?ut Christianity presents a boon beyond the reach of the mob, eternal in the heavens. t we lty one years' study of the Scriptures has not failed continually to increase the evidence of their divinity and , . i .1 Miviiiinrii m iuui iu iuuu. iu the christain reli jion we owe t!ie civilisadooi icirnce and liberty, that make u differ from the Wv- -

anclot aiid Chaffrarian : Be a christian, would von relish the

charms of nature or art; would you make your mi, id the store house of great and grand ideas; would you he a statesman, a hero, or a real philosopher. Be achristian, if you wish for domestic sentiments and feelings. They are like the prodigal More of husks ; they tend to iuibrute us with swine. Pardon then my zeal against the modern Goths, who would lay waste the fabrick of the civilized world who sa 'iI..-!...i,t . .!.. .3 .... i" ." . Mi .i-iri ai jyi ju. ii t i. i . - " . the arsenal oi revelation, to war .j, (jcV: aiKf man JIU1 n0l i,, Thomas Paine become darkness, he uouid not stab the I : ea t that save him suck. If. might have been a Cherokee, or the property of a slave holder, had not the GTOspel been preached to the ancient Britons. Desultory Fads and Obsertiations Tlic advance our country ha 14 J made and is daily making in the science of economy, and the pro ducts or resources of our soil that are constantly developing, arc facts interesting tQ every Ameru For several years after the close 01 1 tie revolutionary war in 1783, (says Niles vol. 9) Cotton was imported into each of the V. Si al es, a a j eturn cargo from the ( liidics. .'lni nthir fnricm countries. In the year after the fir "t lll ;V".i' 111 1 Ql a ici-?irr

happiness and social pleasures. We are happy to P' h- these PpHK undeiip 1 The dry and frozen speculations facts as they are evidences that . 8 st, ' c UZCl . i , i ., , , , wishing to close his s ore arc u ts

oicoiaano trozen innoeiity, win the days el dependence-are tast quests those who a: e indebted i wither all generous and noble vanishing. The gradual increase, call at his office and ; . : . th

of 33, jreaw-we shal export Snd ol (c,ottPon were shipping at Calconsume not less than from 90 to c.uWa fV .E"glandi ,A let

100 miliions of pounds of cotton of domestic growth, worth from 25 to 30 mollions of dollars." Suaar, as well as cottoiuit is

ugh; Deiievea win at no very distant soft period, hecame (as it is at pi'esent of Louisana) a staple eom-

1 1 c 1 1 1 ol tic southern states, eora'ia, the culture of the In f t.i:..!. i i ,.1 . cl. ond a doul J A Charleston paper states, that satisfactory expei iments have ha proved that South Carolina is wolt AoioixiatMi rr th n.ii4rn ofthis x aluable plant. mi :i r -.t -. said, inalate Wilmington Re corder, to be peculiarly adapted to the growth of the cane : and it . it proposed to commence the cultivation of It on an extensive gjbale. next season . The cultivation f the Vine, in the states or Ohio and Indiana has been attended with success : and W ine, of a superior quality, has hern nrmriv made at ftaJ. Uopolis Ohio. Itisthe opinion ol several French gentlemen, in the neighborhood of Vevay Indiana, that the Silk Worm can be raised there, and that valuable branch of industry, connected vrith the culture of the vine, carried on to rat advantage ' The B&rofthe ion CompiJ r recommends, in his paper of some months since, the cultivation of th Vine in VirginL belief nff the cUmatc and Lil w,,- llu LMiimu aim sun UI mat state to ne najipiiy CUlllvated for it - rVhe comparativehr temperate habits of the people, (says Mr. Girardinl whose con' v j uu( "I1U 11,11

stant beverage is wine, having struck rill obsprvirur travellers,

Morality then, would also gain by the introduction of this new branch of agricultural industry, We do not despair of shortly seeng the enterprise of bur cajpitali 4s take that direction.'' (with suitable encouragement) of the manufactures of the eastern and oil er states, whose staples are less valuable, and the rising fieldsof agriculture in the southern and western (in themselves world-of wealth; forma chain i i i i i oi union wtii-n inncis, m a com-

munitv of interests, the whole republic Til the Strengthening oft his chain, be all bur efforts directed as all oar hopes center I Cattskill R e. At New-Orleans on Christmas day there was a sanguinary quarrel between the scarnen and Kentuckians. In the day time the seamen were victorious but at night the Kentuckians being reinforced Were too strong for their antagonists. 'Le battle was ...'. ,i:..i-r. fi .... . eral seamen were killed and General Ripley found it iiec ssar to turn out the U. States troops to suppress the : hk-L. Calcutta papers to Sept. 27th have been received here by the ships Union and Friendship. India continued tranquil. A slo p of war had arrived at Calcutta from England, with half a rod lion of dollars. Large quantities "orm "jwl aearoyra so many ho',',ld nutm and clove trees ,n , mboyna, as would probably enhance the price of spices m Buj it,, i rope and America for years. Bust. Cent, Montreal. Feb. We are in formed that laic and important news was received yesten iv in tiiis city. :ity, fcom the North West, by which it appe til b L:Uli the scenes of carnage that hav e form- , . , Vs 1 en? -!lJt.,cu ujat. un! 1,ot terminated : it issaj that an 2 tongim tothe Hudson a Jbav comnanv has been murdered ; li the :i"ovc fo"naUon ji' v-d v.,tji ttv,L, c ..a:i ur aJiC to ffive some dckuSs in Our . " 1 1 1 I -w ' 1 Sae ojf afs ii the Town of IM4THRSBURGH. UE scite of this town has been i i ted by the commissioners j Pmtc1 h: &e stair Legislate lS st'at of Justice for Pifc ere tor fixit v BJbCT Commission' an ; the street! from 60 to loo feet wide, and alleys of 10 ee each inn lot containing one qarand out lou one tci tta ile :;,;;: "e in PETERSBURG H i situated one & a IuiU Imie lloni White river, Borroun?ihy im .coli, :;'' ut miiesfom Vincennes h 22 from PrincefrOH1 eacJ of whil places a public ' " sscs p- 1 rgh, to kZTtl Juct Unc ftxmi I my, the county seat ol Perm rmmh, to Vincennes. Term of,au in Peter sbur h j;11 Pik sale, on the second . ""' !"i ,KXt'(,T' :l 1 - twelve and eighteen months, the pureha-

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come due. xyi:; JOHN ON, d$mt fof Pih ccttn i. y ' w y s s y s f s v - s j y f t u Try all things, an.! holdfast io tlial Schick is best? raraes by the nrst ol ipi-U ensuinj Z'Z': 'the'first roXFFVJXCPR ' . . . 5 hw umt ne u . . m s PRACTISING LAW 1 iL l . r. Gil son, Ki i s counties and f' will atti ... . ;. m.c,u ; county in the i r i Circuit. it tice as a LAWYEH hail be-jwr, Hbc-f-cv 'V" - ' n foundhy asii i WdtverX scribed. T. ' L February 2 r, 1317. 1 3-1 1 J. C, , & Co. WATCH S CJ.r ( j T ESPECTFtTLLY informs th. Wends, and ihc ubli in gei ei that they have ( ommenced th hm 1 siness in all its various branches, the 1. noese late XUpied r;V t T Lk iU I V ill ' I I ' . ! ' r l 1 Trimble's store whei i their unremitted attention to! usine: 1 : i it the approbation of the j ublic mcennes, January 1 1 1 1 " X. B. -Watches & Clocks, of y scription carefully repaired, and wi : - OI i : t' p i toi m i tie highest price lor old i lu aj a Silver. " i will be taken o;. .11 -'l mora' h; bits, t Whrnthe above. CASH! CASH! CAST!!!! THE n CASH, will b : r good fresh i;: en BUTTER, EGGS and (A fe 1 , 6 ABUAH TIUF L. Vinceimes, Feb. m , 6 7. 1 2tf 2 . T just, and finally cloi e lafe "sm pf WV. S (i . h rel Vi ' nests :. . i:i - 1 1 1 same, o come fol'i.i. :r debts. 11 it cnarge tie a')!e time f m immediately, a re r r ent v lit be gi v.T' tbrs pe tl e present o tney e of tui ii neir note IS AC BLAi Vincennes. Feb. 7- isir. 1." 113 T 1 1 - 1 0 " ' s j , , r MV ISfO'rTCR i vTIIL. HUNTINGTON, Attorney at JLavf cjr Conveyancer. 3 v upe it'ii an oiin e, unclej' the X 9 same nx.f cf .M .- . : , Hale ;j 'o".i' i Apothecar) Store, in Vinccnnc where he will be generally found rea aiunu .v UUS1..C..S Ol HIS OrOl ion tf-5 Vincennes, January 23 i$7 f ' - s s s ' j r s r s J j j j j- -f J CALL. TK,L jv.-a.-tlce Law in the and the adjacent counties he re, sides at the - fWnes 7-Wc. '

Vinecnnes, 14, Feb. 1 8 17. 1 1' f J y y i r t r y y s s ' s ' ' s s ' ' J ' - THOMAS II. BLAKE Attorney id tLaw. OFFERS his ptofefiioBft fcrvices to the public, tl oL- v!n iB!y wish to confi J: or employ him, vv ii plr.&t pi !y at the M Vincei ncs Hot.-i." 3 3-tf July 16, 1S1;. -r j r -T v - . s , j , j j r j j s Blank Note Books, For sale at the W. Sun i IB

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