Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 37, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 September 1819 — Page 2

ry Chambers and rohn Crowell, are candidates for congress Kentucky Rtfiottct Frrm the AuWjjiqI Advocate, DOMESTIC PCONOMY. I have often mentioned that being i man of ts fortune, and a name of this city, respectfully born and useluily educated mat 1 had free admittance into the houses and ai the tables ot the most respectable, or, as the foolish nomenclature ot rank Would indicate the first people ; b) first people we mean the most wealthy) not tne most meritorious, because the order of things is reversed in mis curious age ell, I walked in every where without ccremonv ; the o;d people were always glail to set me, and tiie young people did not dis ike me, except w' en 1 railed at ti.cn extravagance and the useless en.piO) mt tit of time the servants alWay s look my hat and cane with Cheerfulness because when they behac a well 1 commended their industry and appearance ; I was, therefore Welcome at all places. Throughout the year, I accustomed mvseit to .ine once a week with an old friend w ho was a merchant ; he had advanced himself by industry and perseverance lO a handsome, fortune bum a small beginning ; I remember that he com menced the world in a small retail stoic in Pearl street, and he did amazingly web when he made three dollars per day profit on his goods he married young; a nice tiny girl, of poor p; rents but of good principles, and tieet fully assisteel him in the shop, and was accounted a smart, Obliging person ; many a comfortable dinner lave 1 partaken with him in their little bat k parlour with a glass door Which ice1 to the shop; a frugal fare a iteak or a mutton chop, a fish and ge tables, which sweetened with CO' e "ment,anel washed down with a goi;iet oi sparkling cider ; ne prospered ; his children grew up, his si op and custom increased he made money ; and when the full title of prosperity was setting upon htm, in slow but sure progression, he resolved upon changing Ins state and turning shipping merchant, with a view of realizing a fortune tith rapidity; he Surrendered a c rtain income for one of doubtful nature, and forgot that to be a good merchant required great knowledge, experience, prudence and foresight ; tie forgot that in relation to ships, there were ' land rats and Watei rats." He moved lower down in Pearl street, bought a sl ip, and the peculiar state of affairs joined to good fortune, wl ich often favors when prudence and good sense fail : he became rich very rich A new epoch had arrived ; his daughters were grown up ; they were accomplished ; and his wile, who had forgot her hum fete and happy origin, decided that it Was necessary fei them to move into Broadway : purchase a splendid house maintain servants and equipage, give louts and balls, and encourage the srowd of fashionables to congrcga'c in thru drawing rooms, and cut up the good things which on these occasions, were amply provided. 1 followed them in all their changes, for early attachments, are difficult to overcome ; but, I never enjoyed as much contentment atd happiness a I did in the little back parlour in Pearl street.

Their tabic was splendidly furnish ctl wu: piate and fine china; instead of tiie mutton chop we had fish, fowl and venison the "tables groaned" with the prouuee of the lakes and the forest," and in room of simple, bracing and pleasant cider, we had sparklh g t bampaigne, long cork ciaret,andricn Burgundy live red puppies hovered about my chair, annoyed me with their importunities; I had to dress particularly for dinner, sit np stiff and awkwardly and never at ease. '1 lieir carriages were splendid and their expenses inordinate. 1 frequent ly admonished the family with the zeal of an old and sine ere friend. The young ladies looked surly at me ; hut 1 loved them for all that and ncncci ceased to give them good advice My friend, whose temper had changed with his fortune, rode to I is counting house like a nabob, i nd trans at LOel business like a minister of state ; he was pompous, affected and frequently rude and 1 often inwardly enjoyed the satisfaction of heating a plain, honest citizen, check his pm.c and hauteur with merited severity. Things changed at last ; great spe c illations in bank stock and cotton, joined to the failure of several mercantile houses, united to undermine the fortune and prospects of my friend, and he Jailed. I l is splendid establish ment Was given up, and Ins w ife and daughters, with teais, relinquished theit luxuries and visiting acquaintance, to retire to a situation corresponding with their fntuie prospects. With the w reck of their fortune, a small store was purchased once more in Pearl stree t, the seat ol their former prosperity and happiness ; and altei I had given them time to settle themselves, to recover from the shot k and to arrange their future plans, I paid them a visit. The change was a haj y one ; my friend was once n o c be kind the counter, his wife and daug ters, dressed neatly were employed at their needle ; health and contentment prevailed, i was received with smiles and satisfaction, and the girls assured me, that to enjoy life, procure contentment and happiness the y must be industrious, chei r ful and ' co omical ; employ their time rationally, and improve their minds judiciously, and thus qualify themselves fur all those changes and mutabilities, that M flesh is h ir to." HOWARD.

Value of Reputation. The following eloquent effusion on the value of reputation is extracted from the speech of Charles Philips, esq. at the court house of Oalway, Ireland, on 1st of April last, in a case of libel on the Rev. Mr. O'Mullen, a Catholic clergyman : M What damages, then, can vou give ? I am content to leave the elefendant's crimes altogether out of the ' question, but how can you re com pence the sufferings of my c'ient ? Who SOall estimate the cost of priceless reputation that impress which gives this human dross its currency, without which we stand dispised debased, depreciated ? Who shall repair it, injured ? Who can redeem it, lo-t ? Oh ! well and truly docs the great philosopher of poetry esteem the world's wealth as rmsi" in the comparison without it pold has ne value birth no distinction station no dignity beauty no charm age no

reverence. Or, should T not rathe t say, without it every treason impoveruhes, every grace deforms, every dignity degrades and all the aits; nil decorations and accomplishments of life stand like me beacon blast upon a rock, warning the workl thai hs approach is danger that its comact is death. 1 he wittch ntthout it s under an eternal quarantine no '.:.: d to greet, no home tobaiboi him; the voyage ol his hfe becomes ajoy.iss peril, and in the midst ol ail an hi ton can achieve, or avarice amass, oi paci y piimdei, hi losses on the em e-, a buoyant pestilence! Bus, let me not degrade into the teifis ness I indi iuual exposure, this universal .ncipie ; it ti siifies a higi cr. a moi i e inobling origin ; it is this, whicl, consecrating the humble cucic of I'r.e earth, wib at timet extend itself to the circumference of the horiaoi which nerves the arm ol th patriot to save his coumry--which ligii the lamp of the- p. i t p er to amend man which it it uoca i ot in tic, will yet invigora e the mart) t n .it immoi la.itv -w hich,e hi none aoi Id's agOtl) is a scd, and the gio v ol another is dawning, wi 1 prompt the prophet, even in his chariot ol fire, and in the vision ot heave i to bequeath to nun kind the- n sntu memory ! O divine, ( CVIightfi gacy, out spotless rcpu .n ! K'h is the inheiitai.ee it ; vc pious c example it testifies purr, pieciotis and imperishable the hope whi it inspires. Can you conceive a more airecious injury, thai to filch fron its possessor this inestimable bene! to rob society of its charm, o cl soil tude of its solace : not onlj to outlaw life, but to attaint death; convert! the very grave the refuge ol the ffcrer, into the gate ol infamy i d shame ! I cannot conceive virv lew crimes beyond it. lie who pltu iers my property, takes 1 ot me '!.at which can be rep ired by time ut wl at pei iod can i epair a t uined t puta ion ? He who maims my p rsorip affects that which mcdec rn m, y re medy. Hut what herb has sov n ignty over the wounds of sla tdei ? .;e who ridicules my poverty, icproaches my prod ssioi . upbran me with that which industi) may r trice, and integrity purif) : but what ricl es shall ledecm the bankrupt fame ? what power shall blanch the suiiicd snow of character ? Can there be an injury more deadly ? Can th re be a ciime more cruel ? It is witl out remedy, it is without antidote it is without evasion. The reptiie calumny is ever on the watch Frnm the fascination of its. eye, no activity can escape from the venom of its fan g, no sanity can iceovir; it I ls no enjoyment but crime it has no prey but virtue. It has no interval from the n sth ssncss of its malice, sae, when bloa ed with its victims, it grovels to disgorge them at the w ithered shrine where envy idolizes its own inn: mitics. Under such a violation, how dreadful would be the destiny of the virtuous and the good, if the providence of our constitution had not given vou the power, as I trust you will have the principle, to bruise the bead of the serpent, and Crush and crumble the altar of its idolatry !" 4

A Gutl There is no such bank in this slate as the " Bank of Madi-