Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 October 1820 — Page 4

SELECTED POETRY.

PHOM THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. INDIAN SONG White man, feeble, sickly, poor, Half our hardships can't endure ; Though no hardships e'er annoy, Half our pleasures can't enjoy, "While in native forests here, We hunt the Buflaloc and the Deer ; Or when vc our fair maids noo, Sailing in a bark canoe. Free from toil, free from care, Unknown alike to hate or fear, Resting in his native glades, Or in cool refreshing shades Or nn the lake's smooth stream when gliding, And with skill his frail bark guiding ; Or when fair maids he learns to woo, While sailing in his bark canoe. Why should red men then repine, That he can't with while men join ; Happier far than white men arc. For we know not want or care ; While upon '.he lake we're riding, Or from heat in coverts hiding, Or when Indian maids we woo, While sailing in our bark canoe. " I think I like the speckled axe best." The celebrated Doc tor Franklin in his "memoirs" relates the following story : " A man having bought an axe ol a smith, his neighbor, desired to have the surface ground as bright as the edge ; the smith consented to grind it bright for him if he would turn the wheel; he turned while the smith pressed the broad face of the axe hard and heavy on the stone, which made the turning of it very fa'.igucing. The man came every now and then from the wheel to see how the v.ork went on : and at length would take his axe without further grinding No,' said the smith, 'turn on, turn on, we shall have it bright bye and bye, as yet it is only speckled." Yes," said the man, "but I think I like the speckled axe best." When I read this stoty, I thought that a great many persons might be found in the world who, like the countryman, unwilling to exert themselves " liked the speckled axe best." When I see a man set out in life with a positive determination to pursue a particular study or profession, until he becomes completely master thereof, and afterwards becoming startled at difficulties, is satisfied with an humble medioc rity, I cannot help exclaiming, " that man likes the sfieckled axe beat." When I see a tradesman or mechanic lounging at corners and entering deeply y into controversies about religion or politics, to the neglect and consequent ruin of his affairs, I sav to mvself "that ma? likes the sfieckled axe best." When I see a man endowed by nature with brilliant talents, neglecting the means thrt would establish his fame, render him useful to his country; and caust his name to descend with credit to posterity, I say, when I see such a man wasting his time in dissipation, and fri volous amusements, or in the pursuit of

A. isionary pi ejects, I say to ivyseit u that A man likes the sfieckltd axe befit When 1 sec a vigorous and healthy

(young man, who has become embarrasscu in ins circumstance, instead ot exerting himself to biing relief to his present situation, folding his arms, and appat cntly waiting until some freak of for tune will raise him from his fallen state. 1 cannot hcip thinking that u he likes tht speckled axe bes'. In our iournev through life, we often meet with men who are anxious to posress a paiticular object, or aHain a parti cular end Sc which 2 re really within their reach, bv using the necessary industry and exertion, but like the man who wished to have his axe ground bright. thev are unwilling to undergo the fa tigue aiul trouble attending the accomplishment uch men u like the speckled axe best T liemurvj of Lab r. An unparalleled instance of the power of a horse when assist d bv ait was shown near Croydon. The Surry iion railway being completed, and opened for the carriage of goods all the wa from Wadswoith to Meistham ; bet was made between tw o trcntlcmcn.t lat a common horse could draw 36 tons for six miles along the road, and that he should draw this weight from a dead pu I as well as turn it around the occasional windings of the road The above day was fixed on for the trial ; and a number of gentlemen assembled near Meistham to see this 'extraordinary triumph of art Twelve waggons loaded w ith stones, each waggon weighing above three to', s, wcu chained together, and a horse taken pro miscuously from the limber cart of Mr Harwood was uked into the team, lie started from near the Fox public house

and drew the immense chain of weggons

with apparent ease to near the tutnpike at Croydon, a distance of six miles, in one hour and 41 minutes, which is nearly at the rate of 4 miles an hour. In the course of this time he stopped 4 times, to show that it was not by the impetus ol the descent that the power was acquired aid after each stoppage he drew off the chain f waggons from a dead rest. Having gained his wager, Mr. Bankes, the gentleman who laid the bet directed 4 more loaded waggons to be added to the cavalcane, with whicn tne same noise again set off with undiminished power ; and still futthcr to show the effect of the rail way in facilitating motion, he directed the attending workmen to the number of about 50, to mount the waggons, and the horse proceeded without the least dis tress, and in truth, there appeared to be scarcely any limitation to the power of his draught. After the trial the waggons were taken to the weighing machine, and it appeared that the whok weight was as follows Ton aot. qr 12 Waggons, first linked toggether, weighed -4 Ditto, afterwards attach'd Supposed wt. of 50 labourers 38 13 4 4 2 0 0 55 Territory at the Pacific Ocean. Our territory along the coast of the Pacific with our dominions, and for a considera ble distance inland, to the foot of the first range of mountains, is veiy fertile ; it is well adapted to the production of the grains of the Atlantic portions of the union, Sc abounds u ith the greatest quantity of excellent timbftr. narticularlv shin spars, which surpass in lightness elasti city and strength those of the growth of any other part of the rorld. The fisheries of the Columbia nvW, and the neighboring inlets of the coast, have been well ascertained to be more accessible, safer, and fully as productive as the best situations of Newfoundland. That the cli mate is healthy and salubrious is proven by the numerous and robust population of Indians that inhabit the country. Settlements will no doubt very soon grow up and spread along the shores of the Co lumbia river with astonishing rapidity, 8c the young athletic powers of our government will, ere long, launch into its waters a fleet to move along the coast of the Pacine, and take under its protection the commerce which the enterprize of our citizens will soon create and extend over those seas, to an incalculable amount. Southern paper. More Counterfeiters Detected. new-york, September 7. A man by the name of James Hamil ton has been . apprehended at Albam charged with havintr uassed a counterfeit nundrcd dollar note of the New-Orleans bank, to a gentleman in that city, sometime in the fall of 1819, and also for ha v uig passed a like note in the city of New York about the same time No money vas found upon him when apprehended but,b) the vigilance of the police, a bundle was discovered on Friday night last, which Hamilton had left at a grocery in aback street, and on being opened, the icllowiug counterfeit bills were discovered, amounting to thirteen thousand and ninety-two dollars. New Haven bank 139 g 10 bills Havre de Ciiace bank 556 of S2 Georgetown Union bank 1006 of S3 Baltimore Franklin bank 386 of 2 and 1 of 5 1 00 X. Y. Manufacturing Co. 25 of glO v)range county bank I of 3 Baltimore Mechanics' bank 2 of S2 Plaitsburgh bank--469 ot g5 . liuinswick slate bank tol of S10 Huek's county Farmers' bank 44 ot Sit) N . 1 Union bank 17 ot 5, Sc 63 of S3 a Metlhant's bank 28 ol 10 Pitlsbyrg F. k M's. bank;, of SlO Delaware F s. bank 8 ot 5, Sc 29 of g: Hank of Columbia 13 of 85 Boston bank 4 of 5, k 1 ot 1 Maryland F's. bank 145 of 5 Sc 27 of S N. V. Manhattan bank 23 of S5 New -Brunsw ick bank 89 of S3 Westmorland Pa. bank 12 ot S3 AiLuni Exporting Company 3 of 50, J 5 ofgio" Paterson bank 1 of S3 Baltimore Marine bank 13 of 10, and 10 of S3 Also was apprehended at Albany on

lnday last, tor passing countct ten bank'and Alexander fun Hit

bills, a fellow who says his name is Daniet Newton Smith, and that he belongs to liakeistield, in Vermont. He is no doubt of the same gang with Hamilton. Singular. On the 23d instant, a lllack Bass, weighing about one pound, yas caught in the outlet of the Se lieca lake, by a lad by the name of Horace N Teal, about two miles east of CIcneva., On ojpening the fish, an English half penny,

token was found in its entrails, perfectly

bright, emitted, appears by date, in 1815 The piece is now in possession of capt. Teal, near Geneva. PATRICK HEXRY. An extract from a letter from a gentle man in Virginia, to his friend in Alex andria. The writer of the letter mentions that Mr. Henry left in his will the following testimony in favor of the Christian religion ; " I have now disposed of all my property to my family there is one thing

more I wish I could give them, and thatjnicd by his mate, earning the hairoon.

is the Christian Religion. If they have, that, and I had not given them one shil-

ling, they would be rich ; and if they havcjond, with a crowd of spectators. Smith not that, and I had given them all thisjsccini; the Englishman armed v. ith sucrd

world, they would be poor. English Queens. A London paper states ''that treasonable or criminal proceedings against the Queen of England

have taken place only in the Reigns of'samc time raising his hai poon ever his

Henry VI II. and C harks I. At this ior-j mer period, the Constitution was aibitra - ily bent by a capricious and unrelenting;

despotism in the latter, the countryjsecing the destrueth n cf his prin i';al was in a state of insurrectionary civil war. certain, called to Smith to ho!d,;.nd thu s

In the lormer reign Anna lioleyn was tried by a Jury of 24 Peers, presided by the Loid Steward, and ultimately beheaded ; Catharine of Arragon, was divorced, and degraded to Princess Dowager ol Wales ; Catharine Howard was attained and beheaded at the suggestion of Par liament, In the latter reign the House of Commons sent up to the House of Lords articles , of impeachment against Queen Hariietta, fiom which she saved herself by escape into France. Warning to Husbands. A farmer in the village of (Jeneva, infatuated by a woman ol abandoned character, lately turned an amiable wife and children out of doors, to give room to a wretch who had seduced him by her allurements. Information was ghen to the magistrates, that he had absented himself from his wife, and thereby violated the law, and directed the overseers of the poor to enforce the 22d section of the u act for the relit f and settlement of the poor," by taking & seizing the goods and chattels, and to let out and receive the annual rents and profits of the lands and tenements ot this unfaithful husband for the benefit of the wife and children. This was duly performed, and the woman who had gained no residence in tow n w as brought before the justices as to her last place of legal residence. She refused to give the ma gistrates any satisfaction. She was convicted as a disorderly person, and committed to jail for sixty days at hard labor. This is as it should be. Duelling. A merchant of Boston has lately had courage enough to retuse to fight a duel. It is public opinion that must bear him out in rejecting this baroarous modeoi deciding controvetsies ve we fear that, ewnin that sober town, he has not been supported as he deserves to be. v e are uoniicrliulv constitutes 0 our words and actions arc loo often at variance with the dictates of the heart ; a vulgar prejudice, on many subjects, triumphs over the convictions of reason, Sc the law s of God. We are hypocrites, and indirectly adocate what conscience condetns, if we do not directly counicrance it. Flic greatest men are not exempt lion. this singular state of mind Hamilton and Decatur both died in duels, protesting against the practice ot them ! Ncithei of these distinguished men were of doubt ful courage ttie latter especially, wa brave even to temerity; yet he waiHCv limine s to yield to the voice of icason, and afford an example which he must have known would have been very bene ficial in arresting a procedure, which, in general, can be productive only ot mischief. When will mai.kind become tiulv honesty and do what they believe to be tight? Is 14 tyrant custom" torever to master the intelligent mind ? While on the follow ing ancv but it is a ei y sell, by w hi may have savei '; v t - ! duelling, tht ; v : 1 rv, 'tis tt ik - . presented it .'" - ' -iU' tounirymeii iiis 1;: bv hi, wit unc courage. And why should not a persoi select a harpoon as well as a pistol, tor w eapon ? there is the plea of antiyuiti in favor of it it is nearly the same a? the javelin, with which Achilles, liectoi one natlv to duel may be as ignorant of a skilful ust of the latter as the other can be of the for. mer ; and, in things of this sort, it is pre tended that the combatants ate tolm et 01 equal grounds. The vtory is as follows : Some years since, captain Smith, ot the btig ot Ncwburvport, who hat beco nn main a whrdinir vnvrmr. hrim ii Surinam, was playing billiards with some other American" contains, at a mihlii

house, when some Fnglish cfiVers in fulliEvansvillc. Juiin ().

uniform came to the house and claimed

the table. A British captain of regulars informed captain Smith, that the Ameri cans mus give up the table immediately ; which being refused rather uncivilly, the Briton challenged Smith to tight him next morning at 3 o'clock ; offering him at the same lime his choice in weapons, which was immediately agreed to bv the Yankee. Smith then v.ei.t on bo'ard his brig, and informed his mate that he had to fight a duel next moinincr. ordciin"- Lira 1 . at the same time to grind lUGhar.o'.n end iiiukc 11 snarp : next morning bmith appeared at the place appointed, accomnaand several American captains ; where they found the Englishman a" Ids secand pistols, abruptly to!d him that Lis weapon was a harpoon, and his distance eight paces. He then stepped back to his place, and seizing the harpoon, told his antagonist to defend hin lself. nt the shoulder, in the act of throwing am nd ordcring his mate t- " stand by to h: fellow in." The Enlishmr'-i vui the second ended the duel." Nile's XV. Reg. Bathing in the Dead Sea It is well known that the water in this sea is saturated with salt, chiefly muriate with magnesia, and common salt Its specif.., gravity is !,21 I. Mr. l,CKb, bathed m it in 1818, informs us, tl at he saw several sncll-fish in it, not unlike pei iwiukk-s. The account which he gives of the effect of bathing is singular " Our Arab guides had cndcaoicd to ahnn us as to the consequence of bathing in these pestifeious watcis : but we mude the expci:ment, and found that the ugh tw o of milparty were unable lo swim, they weic buoyed up in the most cxttaordinat y manner. The sensation peiecived immediately upon dipping was, that we had lost our sight ; and any pait of the hoclv that happened to be excoriated suffeied excessively. The taste of the water v as bitter and intolerably saline Fiom ll.is experiment some of us suffered a great deal of inconvenience, an oily incrostalion being left upon the body, which no attempt at washing could remove ior some, time; rnd several of the party continued to lose portion of skin for many successive days." Lojidon iai. Tn the year 1800, while on a tour to Niagara Fal s and tl c Gieat Lakes, the late Governor Morris, wrote il.us lo a fiiend in Gc many ; " Hundreds of large ships will, in no distant period, bound on the billows of these inland seas. Mull I lead your astonkhmcnt up to the verge of incredulity ? Know, then, that oilcicnth part of the expense borne by Britain, in the last campaign, would "enable ships to sail from London, through the Hudson river, into Lake Hie. As vet w e only craw I along the outer shell of our country. 1 In interior excels the part w e jnhabit in soi in dim: tc. in r.vrrr lung. The proudest empire of Europe is but a bauble to what Aniciica may be must be." N. Smith, second sTnnr.T, (Ofifwsite Cel. Lassclles IhtcU lONTINUE to carry on, in all its various brni ch.es ti c TIN & SIIBKT-IUON MANUFACTORY, ndwill execute all orders w ith promp titude, on reasonable terms. N. B All kinds ol JOB WORK done at the shortest no'u e. gj-" Western Reserve" monev akrn at PAR 29 tf Yinrenncs, May 22. al liable Lands FOIl S A I A). TIIL under'ned F.xi ccntrix ar d Executor of the Est.itc ' f 'r,:;ssn-,t ) , leceased, oiler for sale ;;n 1 1; fk lii-lnmmv-o the Estate of the deceased, lvrw wiVhi: he Counties vi Knox, Niiii:m and Davie. Also two valuable l.vls in Yii.cciims. The Terms will be made easy to purcha e:s and sr.ld at a fair price-. "For further ai licu'.ars, apply to either f lie undersign d, or George B.C. Sullivan i;i YiiiCcnae-. JANE Dl'BOIS, TOUSSALNT DUBOIS. Jan. 1. tf. FOR 8AJLK 400 bushels veiiy low rem cash, by the subci ibn s. r. MILLS.. Jr. $ Co.