Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 52, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 January 1823 — Page 4

FOR THF W ESTF.RX SL'N. 7o the air if " 77if f .Yf nfKrinr Tho' the morning oflifc should be gloomy c clouded The noontide in storms and in tempests Oinulfl ravp

The ev'ning in darkness, thick darkness be hio;i'!td And close Lite and lowring, on the night of the grave. Tetthv faithful, undaunted, with hope strong an i c;hh ring Proceed through the dark vale, nor doubting, nor tearing. With trn.vpoi t, they look, for the joyful appearing. Of him, who came lowly to seek, and, to save. Tho' the world in the depth of affliction should leave us, And those, whom we lov'd, stand aloof in our woe, Tho' f..es should combine, with false friends. And .1 irk en the cloud, which surrounds us belcw. Yet, tin day star shall rise on the gloom of our sorrow, Tho' grief comes to day, yet joy, comes torn orro v. From the fountain of life, we may comfoit s ill borrow, Wnioh earth and its princes can never bestow. "S. A. S." MISCELLANY. JHr Jefferson $ Mr Adams. m ill i st'u Ciit'istian Uegiu t . I have ' rn Hie following Letters been obtained by solicitation; and are sent to the press bv the per- . !- . , 5 nr. -sum ol their venerable an 4 ,n, , tnors I ne character, standing, , r . p . I . I Ill till II I'll HIT t lO i . , . . . ... . , i ins eightieth the otuer in hi eijdi 1 . i tvevenili eai mvc them pecu- . 1 .... liar interest and they ea -mot lad , , , , ., , T t h(tead with (ireat pleasure It . ii i r i iis deiig Uttu to witness thi kind ot 'onospondence hetween these 1 I . . ki up! ii iwtjiMiru in? u, i iisper it e of nari by w nieh they were a one time separated worn down, and nothing ictnaining but the interchange ol sen iments of unfeigned induces and i espect. It is v-ivirminLT to see an old ae like litis retaining, ven under its decavs and inlirmi ie. the intellectual viii ur unimpaired : and disp'avm amidst it-; snows, the g eennes and freshness of the siMimer of nfe. It i an enviable and privileged height to w-hieh t ie gieat men have attained; f un which they are permitted to 1 ok down unonan extensive and eminently hao,.y country, enjoy. ! log -tne fruit of their lahours and sacrifices, more than realizing

feir boldest anticipations; and le-!101 aain- A war between Huscardiosi them with mat mMtitmlp ; s"!a aiul Turkey is like the battle

and respect i o which toeir ma - i . . - I li inimit van I ditinmiished p.tti i tim mi emphatically eolitlethem Tiie letter ol Mr Ji iVcrstm w a Wri'len soon after an anack upon bun by the Native Virjinian; ' a id when there wa a strong expceiatiiht of a war between Russia aid Turkey; this will explain Some allusions in them. G. J'"rom Mr. Jefferson to yfr. idams. M)s ricb.LLo June t, I 8 2 2. It is very long, my dear sir, since I have written to you My dislocated wrist is now become S still that I wiitc slow ly and w ith paio: and. therefore, wiite as as 1 can. Yet il is due to matual f. icndship to ak tmce in a while bow wo do ? The p ipers tell Us that len. Mark is olV at the age of ninety-three. stilU lixes, at ahout the same age. cheerful, slender a a grasshopper, and so mo, h ithout memotv, that be scarcely recognises tile membeis v oi- housv tioid An mumaie fie-dol ills called on bun not long -nice. I w a- diihVoli to liiatxC una iccui.wcw wiiu nciiu?,

and sitting one hour, he told him the same story four times over. Is this life? with labYing step. To tread our former footsteps? pace the round Eternal? to beat and beat The bwaten track to see w hr.t wc have seen To taste the tasted o'er oar palates to decant Another vintage?

It is, at most, but the life of a cabbage, surely not worth a wish. hen all our faculties have left or are leaving us one by one siht hearing, memory every avenue of pleasing sensation is closed, and athumy. debility, arid malaise left in their places, when the fi lends of our youth are all gone, and a generation is risen around us, whom we know not, is death an evil? When one bv one our ties nre t rn, And friend from friend is fnitch'd forlorn; When man is left alie to mourn, Oh, then, how sweet it is to die! When trcmhlhcj limbs refue tlHr weight And films slow gather";!. c; dim the sight; When clouds obscure the mental liht, 'Tis nature's kin. Jest boon to die ! I really think so. I have eve; dreaded a doating old a so; and my health has been generally so good and is now so good, that I dread it still. The rapid decline of my strength during the lat winter. has made me hone sometimes that T i i . ; I see laud D trine: summer. I enj oy its temperature, but I shudder ' i r . j at tne approach ol winter, and i, t i i ? i -1 wish I could sleep through it with i , , 1 f the dormouse, an 1 only wake with him m spring, if ever. They u 11 u i 4 sav that blai r could wclk about i , . ,i M bis room. I am told you walk n i t i T ' well and tirmly i can otuy reach i , . -.t i my garden. aid that w!ih sensmle r ; T -i i i i IUn-(H.. II I v . HIV'! K. . llL.!, I . ! f "! I T ll ilii 1 l i Ml ' .i I ,i rl n t ! i i i ' v t , , L k 7 should wish never to put pen to paper; and the more because of the treacherous p en tice some pen pie have of publishing one's letters without leave. Lend Mansfield dec lai ied it a breach of trust, and punishable at law. I think ir should he a penitent! iry felony; vet you will have seen that they have drawn me out into the arena ol the newspapers. Although I! know it is too late for me to buc kle on the armour of youth, yet my indignation w -uid not permit me passivelythe receive to kick ot a.i ass. fJ1 tllrn to fllc nruq r day. n ms mat me camunais oi ivi rope ae going to eating one ano k-c aiut snake; whichevei I M .1 .1 t destioys the oilier, leaves a des trover the less for the world. This pugnacious humour of mankind eems to be the law of his nature. . i one oi tne onstacies to too great multiplication provided in the mechanism of the Universe. The cocks of the hen yard kill one another; beats, bil ls, rams, do the same, and ahorein his wild state, kills all the young males, until worn down with age and war. some vigorous youtn Kins i nn I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the lite td'lhe feeder is better than that id' the tighter, and it is some consolation that the desolation bv these maniacs of one part of the earth, is the means of improving it in other parts. Let the latter be our office; and let us milk the cow. while the liussian holds her by the horns, and the Turk by the ... .i tail, (iod bless you and give you nealth. sheogth. good spiiits. and! is much of lite as you think I w vith ha intr. Til. JEFFERSON.

3r Adams' Reply. MOSTEZKLLO. JupC I I, 1822. Dear fcir Half an hour ago I

received, and this moment have heard read for the third or fourth time, the best letter that ever was written by an Octogenarian, da ted June 1st. T have not sprained my wrist; but both my arms and hands are so overstrained, that I cannot write a line, Poor Stark remembered nothing, and could talk of nothing; but the battle of Renning ton. is not quite so reduc ed I cannot mount my horse, but I can walk three mile- over a rueri rocky mountain, ami have done it within a month; vet I fee! when sitting in my eh sir ae if I could not rise oul of U; airwhet; risen, as If I could not wrjk a to- the room; my sibt ib crv dim. hearing pretty good, memory poor ctmjk. I answer your question is death an evil? It is not an evil It is v; blessing to the individual. and to the world; vet we t.r.;hi not to wish for it till life !uvrmr insupportable. We m t win' the pleasure and consequence of the 'Great Teeeher.' Winter is as terrible to ine as to you. ! am almost reduced in it to the life of a bear or a totpid swallow. I cannot read, hot my deli-ht i-.: to he;tr others read; and all my

friends most inur.ercifoi; v amity -lend Tor joy; the Fafer of 3Iefrauni -KUy agr:irt iheie etm.iit. ! cies lo-i;ed down fiom his throne The ass ha kicked ir, vain e.l! "in the i:e:?.vens; with complacency men say the dull aniuial h;s mis he hehe'd his world restored; he sed Mie mark. saw his work th.at it w as good. The ntnbe is a V catrr of war rPnCn did the desert moire: the

it ? inhabit an1 s ,ne all hrr es It I V Tulle eels m vinegar ioil tiie arima'cule'. in pepper water helive, are quarrel- one The bees are as warhke as the Romans. Jossians, R itoos or Frenchmen Ants, caterpillars and cankerwoims. acthe only tribes among whom havf not seen battles: and heaven itself, if we believe llini .-l w-o T;iiirc Vm'I 1 t i ii c ittrl , . , , peace. AVe need not trouble our selves about these thing nor fict oursebes brcause of evil doers, but yafriy trust the 'Ruler with his skies.' Nor need w e di cad the approach of dotage: li t it come, it it must. , jt eems still delights in his four stories. and Stark, remembered to the last his Bennington, ami exulted in his glory, the worst of the v il is that our friends will suffer more by our imbecility than we ourselves In wi-diino; for your health and happiness. I am very belli sir, for 1 hope for more letters; this is worth more than live bundled dollars to me, for it has already uiven me. and will continue to more pleasure than a thousand. Mr. ; day. who is about your a n 1 am ! told experiences more decay than a do. 1 am your old friend. JOHN ADAMS President Jefferson, mi... cm : t .t.i i ue luuouiug oeauiuui anuue scnpiive Extract is taken from Sermons published under the title of the Scotch Preacher. "Twice had the sun gone down upon the earth, and all as yet w as quiet at the sepulchre ; death held his sceptre over the Son of God; still and silent the hours passed on; the guards stood by then p n ost, the rays ot the midnight moon gleamed on their helmets. and on their spears: the enemies oi Christ exulted in their success;

the beaits of his friend were sunk in despondence and in sorrow ; the spirits of glory wailed in an: ious suspense to behold th.e

j event, and wondered at the depth or the wavs ot Ood At length the morning star, atimr- in the east, announced the approach of light; the third day began to dawn upon the world, when on a sudden the earth tiembled to its centre, and the. powers of heave:: were shaken; an angel of God descended, the guards shiunk hack from the terror of hi, presence and fell prostrate on the ground; his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment was as white as snow; he rolled away the stone from the door of th.e sepulchre, :.'nd set upon it. Hut who is thi ; that comelh forth from the tomb, with dved garments from the bed of death. ? lie. that is glorious in his appearance walking in the greatneso of his stienglh! It is you.' Lord, lie bath trodden the winep'crs alone; he, hath stained his raiment with blood ; but now, as the first born from th.e womb f nature, he meets the morning of his resurrection. Ke arises a conqueror from the grave; lie br.nos salvation to the sons of I men Tuwer did the returninnsun nsbe: in a day so glorious1 i was ti)e uhi!ce of the universe. morning stcrs sung together, I and all the sons of God shouted Wire of nature was gladdened 1? trio re him, when the blessings of the Hiernal descended a the dey of Ijeaven lor the refreshing -d the nations." Jhindanes of Ciir'fsfcurioiu. Take a map of the world, and encircle with your pencil those countries wheie woman h not a prisoner or a slave; where life and property are secured by any thing like a well regulated police; where civilized manners have obtained, j and general science has burst the j fetters of the mind, and you will ! encircle precisely those regions on j w hich the i ays of revelation shine. i I no boundary ol Im lit is ihe pale oi Chsibtendom. rnrrv Vieiy communicates a div ine lustre to the female mind -wit and beaut v. like the ilowers of the field, may llourish for a season: but let it be remembered, that like th.e fragrant blossoms that bloom in the air, these gilts are fi ail and fading; age will nip the bloom of beauty ; sickness and sorrow will stop the cunent of wit and humour; but in that gloomy time which is appointed for all piety will support the drooping soul, like a refreshing dew udon the parched earth. FUUUY. 'UIIL sulr. rilnT hain:; again taken L the FEMtY o: Chai Sinidi, deed, where he has a lan;c ne.v boat, wkh aprutib and railing, tor the case aiil hnfety of carriage s aiul stock I ie li.Ulc: . himsell hy su ii t aitcniion, to shaic u the public favor DAVID CHAXDLKK. SCUKW AUGKUS. OF ilie very fust (juaiity, an.l v.;r ted for one ear hy ihe inahcr, man'.ale at tne Wc u.r;, Sunufncc. A Conipieh; a-sortment of Magi st rate iilanks for sale at this oIVk i - alM ank UeecU. I rniunir Kccutcd licrc.

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