Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 May 1821 — Page 4

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SLhLCTKl) IMJETHY. AK OF ME. AV ye for pleasure ? ti a flower That blossoms but to fade, A hht that be ami one little hc'ur To gdd a darker shade. Ask ye tor Endows to c ire!, That glitter iv hwkv, Sut eud mairy nothing. ts bays Folly, utk tj me. Ask ve for visonarv Taut sting to lure aain: Vor day worn on in ens:ss iiois To preface yefirs of paui Seek ye those charm of fancied birth ; That untujoy'd decay, Nor leave unwrcck'd ideal mirth I Sys Vice, enjuirc of me. Does your more ardent soul ap'.re To real, 1 anting good ? .Doe reason prompt tie stroag desire To tate th' eternal food Ask ye for happiness to shine, Across a boundless sea, v A cheering ray of liht divine? bay Wisdom, ask of mc. Ask ye for bliss? it ii a fiofr That blooms unfading, bright, A tun, whoe softly shooting pow'r Illumines sorrow's night. Seek yc those comforts pure and cj1t

I hat shme so smilingly.

prompt, deaf and britf, he appeared to feel no want, asked fur nothing, nor made any complaint, but had perfect confidence in his own powers and ability tu get to ihe end oi kit iourney wn his twenty

stockings of their knitting; the gentlemen supeiflne coats which lasted three years and other parts of dress to correspond Now, how changed is every tiling. There was much truth in what my

tent fund. The decision and fortitude of grand father said in relation to the change

And breathe aheav'nly stickles: bays Virtue, auk of inc. .V. r

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From the New-York Commercial Adettiser. An Extraordinary B )j Yesterday morning a strange little boy was brought before the magisttate at the police Office, reported on the wateh returns a being a lodger. i'hii extraordinary thiid is ten years of age, was very thiny clad, is but four feet two inches luh, delicate make, and weak eyes- On being asked by the magistrate who he was, nd where trum, he gave the following account My name is De Grmt GtijfcnX am ten years old my father 19 a boatman in Killingworth, Connecticut, my mother left there tor Philadelphia, last summer

she parted from my father he don't take.

this little destitute boy, might furnuh a

profitable example to many irresolute and di s ponding men. From the National Advocate-. Dmtitie Economy. I made a few observations on this very important, but I fear exploded subject. Could we have the philosophers of old te visit the earth and renew their remonstrances -could those philanthropists who have benefited mankid by their writings on domestic economy, once more aid us to ptoduce the former simple unostentatious and happy system,' what good effects woud tfcicy not prodtKe ? We mistake the road ts happinessit is not by extravagance, fey wealth' or pomp but by a prudent application of our means by activity, cheerfulness and good sens by rational convtrsatiein, judicious reading, sober sm! piou reflections, and ttansient amuiimcnt, I remember that giand father, who was a keen observer cf things, used to contend, that, In hi time, more real happiness wv.s enjoyed with fewer wants plcaos never satiated, because they wti.; piudently s?uught after. Our hou-us then, said the old gentleman, were sin ill, but commodious ; our tables plentifully supplied, but with economy ; our evening passed before th. cheerful rTrcsidtr or in a plesant evening; walk our income was autionirv our expenditures

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in the times, and we can only decide on

the picture by contrast. A modem well bred lady of fashion receives an ornamented perfumed card, containing an inyitation to a tea paity. At dinner on the vrv day her head presents n multhudinsus assemblage of white papers and pins, which contract and keep in due order a variety of ornamental curls and beau catchers. At an earlv hour she repairs with her aid de chamtre to the toilet, and then commences the Herculean task c! torsetting, racking braiding and bending, which comprises a good sized portly woman into the appearance of a bottle used fer cologne water; the capillary vessels are strained, and the blooi mounts and congeals in the had : over n fine silk petticoat is thrown a'dress of

gauze light as ether, thin kid shoeaam

gloves, a half blown loseUfcwfccrtmir

natch and chain by her side afineS merino over her trm, tallies forth, when the thermometer is ten degree below :;vio, shivering nd shuddering with naked elbows llesh chilled, raw and rcud, uud is thus ushered into & hot room : t nine o'clock at night, to the infinite t juriicc of her hcaiih where the fashionable world is assembled. Then commences what is calUd the pleasure oi tea. The ladies ran::A in a row st'rS" as buckram, so tightly drrg'&cd that they cannot more si: talk fr t, w itli ennfort, sinn ne a dish of eold drawn

One Hundred Dollars Reward, pjj AN AWAY about the 20th iby oOctober last, from Samuel Hopkins, esq. in Henderson county, Kentucf ky, a mulatto man slave by the r.me erf Gordon belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth liuckner, of Paris, Hourbon county, Ky. the sfcicl slave is a lare well made man, nearly six feet high, of a yellow complcction, slow of speech, and of humble deport ment, a cooper by trade, seems well acquainted with common carpenter's tools, and can make good shoes, he can possibly write and read indifferently, has worked at the United States Saline seme

time since for Messrs. Talbot 5c

pcr for several years, was raised

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near Fret

with him when he went away a long black

broad cloth coat and pantaloons, and sundry articles of clothing not made up. which he may have exchanged for icarfy

ade clothes. It is believed he uisy have

gone far into the interior of Indiana, Il

linois or Ohio, oris attempting to et to Canada. The above reward should he be taken up otit of this state I am authorized to offer to any person who vrill uke up said slave and deliver him to the owner in Hourbon countv, or to me in the town of Henderson, or secure him in inmr jail in this state so that the owner gets him, or fifty dollara if taken up within this state. .TAMES HILLYER. Henderson. Ky. Feb. 12, 1821. 3-9t

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reasonable we had always something in tca R!ul morsel of cuke ; the fceh; store and accustomed our children to in- tlemen padded and corettcd aWo, stand-

dustry w brought them up carefully; and could give them a imall outfit-in life. rhen the fashions, said heKhow ssrsngcly they ric altered tlie vHitH, how singularly they arc transformed. A friend or two would in the morning send word to my wife that they would spend the afternoon ith her A? two o'clock (for wc had then diaei) the company would come in neatly, nay, elegantly dressed : each had some little fine niece

in at an awful distance with tea in h&nd,

gazmj cn thv constallation of beauties which they dare not approach- Th? tea is removed and a solemn p&uxp. cruues ; some young lady after infinite solicitation draws off her reluctant ftlove, and stats herself at the piano forte ; then conversation ensue., and the poor girl 5 awls herself hearse with the Soldier's Ii ride or Robin Adair, without making r.nv imnicsKiQu on the ears or sensibiKtv

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v v . ..,v wn.-ah hand U e rc h ic t to make conversation wai lantug, a conxusion oi voices, a sone, y started from killin-worth for Philadel- Twy antl Amuiin Towards cWm;- probably, a dance, if peoplo who are phia, to see my mother-had not a cent the KClllemen released from their va' lrl can dance, rmdmghf ensues ; and

wr.cn the wiU should hare been in bed two hours and all her house in 'blest for-getfulr-e ss.' she comes home cold hungry vipid and inert is ill the next day, i2y, piobaWy has laid the foundation for a fi if hicknes, which terminatts fatally. No I srn convinced that the road to

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wnen i sianca--w.iKCu pan oi in. way r;oUs avocalionSf vuM drop in alul a,M ami rode part. My sister (who is a mir- to lhc eneral hilarity. At five o'clock

led woman) told me in what part ct v drcw r0Ulul lhe lca lablCf hcU w

rniiacleiphia 1 would tinct my mother. When I got there I found she was dead

1 remained there joing about the town.

Domestic Attachment.

George Scott, ") vs. J.&20

j css3 Jackson, J "KlOTICEis hereby jcivori, h3f a wii

of Attachment against, the goods, chattel, lights, credits, monies U effect? of Jesse Jackson, an absent debtor, has been issued by the subscriber at the suit of George Scott, for 320, and that unless the anid Jesse Jackson docs appear and give bail at the expiration of 30 days from this date judgment will he entered against him, and the property so attached will be disposed of according to law.

Given under mv hand and seal this twentv-fWt d?.r o April, one thousand cigh hun dred sind twentv-onc.

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about a week I then started to come

back A gentleman in Philadelphia pave me a twenty cent piece, an eleven ptmny bit, and a five penny hit I have the twenty cent pieoe yet. I got into thistavrn yesterday morning had noth- ' in to eat all dr.y yesterday till in the e'rrmng, whn I got some clame at a little Mand near the river. I calculated to start for home this morning and to get a stage driver to give me a ride " Magistrate 1 will send vou to t'e Alms House, over the w ay, that yc . iray get yotir breakfast, and be taken care of. Answer Very wU,6x I with to start en. It was trulv aston'whing to behold uch a child perform in the depth of win

ter, a ourncy upwards of two hundred And their dress, continued my grandfathmiles, with such a trifle of money, with- cr the ladies with water tabby silk so Mt warm clothing, and the snow on his stifT and lasting laced nifties and fardentoad nearly n hh as himself His dc- gales, a modest stomacher, high heeld 'portrntul wai mtnnerli his tnsert ihoes and silver buckels, fine cotton

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plentifully and substantially supplied ; tha jest, tho moric&t repartee. l'lie jocund laugh and sprightly dialogue free

ly round ; the men polite without ostcjy

lentation, tnc lauies cieucate, wnnont

lection, i lie approach ot mgntgavean

ade'itioirvl test to salutary amusement a tunc on the spinet a pUntivc ball.td Twas when the seas were roaring" orCor.ie lire with me and try hvcM an anecdote a tail without scandal--. remarks on general topic literature the progress of iuduiry economy ; nearrlaes and ; "kria'.ening a ball and a thousand pretty things consumed the time until eight o'clock when the gentlemen gallantly waited upon the ladies home; and frora these isits many happy events arose msny matches wete madi suitable and suited man? friendships contracted beneficial and durable.

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NOTICE

.jriwv. no hut uursucu js a wronp

o.it, and that our ancestors, without half our means eniovcl more real nlrnr

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ttie present I sarll resume it HOWARD.

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'hnmas II Blackburn,

BsPRovruLLv informs his friends am! the public that in addition to

his LIVERY STAMJt, he has openti a house f

fc Eriftrtainment, , nearly o?p.eite Dr. E. -He hopes by keeping: hie

Uhle fu rnished rr.in the best protiiona the country will afford, and his attentioR to those who call on him. to merit anfi receive ri shtre of ttronsgc. 9-tf Vinccnne, March U21.

A GENERAL mt-etirg of tho Stockholders cf the Hank of Vinctnnes the State liz-nk of Indian a is requssted at their Bankisg houbc in Vincennes, on Wednesday, June i2th, at 10 t'c!ock, to investigate, 1st. The state of the Hank, and Sd. If, after such investigation, it is found most expedient, to close the concerts of the institution; and for the final Adjustment of its bu&lness, to form such rule and regulations, r.nd make such appointments, us the circumstances of the case may requira. 3d. To do such business, generally, at the state and condition of the Bank may demend.

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David Browne Samutl T. Strttt Frederick liufifi, It krrt Eliictt, Daniel ATe Clure, Robert tiuntin

n. r. necktt, j?-. jMc A'ameet Albert BadUet Jitrih Mc.Clurt William Burtch

G. lr Johntton.

Vinceaaes, May 7th, U21. 15-td