Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 March 1823 — Page 4

ELECTED POETIIY. ' lis worth an age nf wandering, to return To souls that still can feel, and hearts that b'.irn ; We hive not hctit the chastenM brow in vain, To hear the whisper, "thou art mine again !" To see in eyes tve love th tear-drop swell. With more ot fcclimr than the lip could tell.

The wearv pilerim's wish the exile!

er.

ISrcathc of their home that they may wander there. And like the ivin when summer days are past. Sink into rest, their calmest hour their last, lkac the death-sigh where those around will weep, ,&nd sleep for ever whrrc th' ir fathers sleep, i -:: : C5 : A lit " Miamion 67ci." 1 world isbriiu oefore thee, its summer flowers arc thine, Its calm blue sky is o'er thee. Thy bosom, pleasure's shrine; And thine the sunbeam given To Nature's morning hour. Pure, warm, as when from heaven It burst on Eden's bower. There is a song of sorrow. The death dirge of the gay, Th it tells, ere dawn of morrow, These charms may melt away. That s in's bl ight beam be shnded, That sky be blue no mew. The su nmcr flowers be fadd, And youth's warm promise o'er. Relieve it not though lonely Thy evening home may be, Though Beauty's bark can only Float o.i a summer sea, Tn-Mgii Timettiy blom is -tealing, T k re's still beyond his art, The wild flower u reath of feeling, The sunbeam of the heart ! PHILA1UO. FltOM THE FKK.nCII. Let the loud thunder roll alo:g the skies, Clad in my virtue I the storm ciespisc. I "Indeed !" tries I'eier, "how your lot I bless, 41 To ne so shelter d in so thin a dress ! Bayle has smartly said of the age of ladies "that this is the only thing they can keep in proioan 1 o crccu. MISCELLANY.

It often excites wonder in the unreflecting, tnat men of genius should not more frequently get rich. This may easily be explained to the satisfaction of every one. A man may have genius, talents, and understanding but if he lacks discretion, he seldom succeeds in worldly affairs. THE LOUNGING HOUSE WITE. Tne lounging house wile res in the morning in haste; for lazy fa Iks are eer in a huiry. Sue has nut time to put on her clothes

properly, hut she can do it at any time, hue draws on her gown, but leaves it had pinned, her handkerchief is thrown awry a cross her neck her snoes down at the heeU; she bustles about with her hair over her eves; she runs from room to room slip shod, resolved to do up the xcurk and dress herseU; but folkes who are slip shod about the feet at e usually slip-shod all over the house, and all day; they begin aery thing and finish nothing In the midst of the poor woman's hurry, somebody comes in; she is in a flutter, runs into the next loom, pins up her gown and handkerchief hurries back with heels thumping the iloor? Oh dear, you have eatched us ail in the suds I L intended to have cleaned up beloie any person came in, but 1 had every thing to do this morning. In the mean time she

catches hold ol the broom and hegins to sweep; tiie dust aiisesand stifles eeiy soul piesent. This is ill manners indeed to brush tne dirt into a neighbors face but the woman is very urry it hap pened so Many a neighbor has been th'ii eiuertaiueit with (t,oloies and dust a; a friend's house, and

whe.i. verihU takes place uepend

unt, the mistress pu s oil l any

Ih.ic th.i is. to no tunc wiat otht to be done at luc present time.

An Irishman was arraigned at the bar of a court in his native country for the murder of Patrick M'Elwee the particular friend of O'Laughlin M'Donnohuc O'Laughlin, who it may well be supposed had no partiality for the prisoner, and being the only witness who could testify the fact, was called up, and his testimony was full, clear, and strong, against the accused After he had gone through, he addressed himself to the court as follows: Arrah, by my shoul. may it please the court, its long and long been my opinion that this rapscallion deserved to have his neck strached. pleas your honor, and I've endeavoured to swear till the point; but if there s any thing more wanting to Jix his frizen and your honor would plase just mention the thing. Til bring it up square so I will " O'Laughlin's unusual precaution ruined his credit, and the murderer of his friend was acquitted. From an English Paper. THE ()DI)MLY. In the reign of King NYilliam the third, there resided at Ipswich a family, which, from the number of peculiarities belonging to it. was distinguished by the name of the odd family. Every event remarkably good or bad happened to this family on an odd day of the month, and every member had something odd in his or her person, manner, and behaviour; the very letters in their Christian names always happened to he an odd number. The husband's name Peter. and his wife's ttalnh: they hat! seven children, all boys, viz Solomon, linger, James. Mat thew. Jonas, David and Ezckiel The husband had but one leg. his wife but one arm Solomon was born blind of the left eve. and Roger lost his sijht bv accident James had his left ear bit off bv a boy in a quarrel, and Matthew was born with onlv three finger.on the right hand, Jonas had a

mitted for safe keeping to the gaol in this town in Sept last, killed two of his fellow prisoners, who had been permitted to accompany him in his room, to assist him in reading the Bible. Since the commission of this last act, he has been kept in irons. A short time since he entirely stripped himself of his irons and they were replaced by a new set much stronger These were shackles upon his legs by which he was chained to the floor, a double pair of handcuffs and an iron collar with a chain passing from it to the irons between his hands. These irons had been strictly examined on Monday, and w ere entirely sound, and they were apparently so on Tuesday, lie however sueeeded on Tuesday night in breaking both pair of handcuffs, the chain of his collar and the chain by which he was fastened to the tloor. He then removed two or three thick oak planks which formed a part of the ceiling, and were fastened by several bolts, broke two large bars ol iron, removed a number of small stones in the wall, and forced out a large stone forming a part of the outer face of the wall, which fell upon the platform and left an opening large enough for him easily to es cape. By the assistance of a plank horn his room, he made his way to the top of a shed, from which he escaped into the street carrying with him probably his collar and handcuffs oon after the shifting of the gaol watch at one o'clock, the stone wa discovered upon the platlorm, and the room w as faind deserted. From a noise that was heard, it. is supposed that toe. c-cape was effected a little before VZ o'clock. A person stippo.-ed to be him was soon afterward seen by the Watchmen neat the market and chal lenged b them, hut hegre such an account of himself that they suffered him to pas mi. i does

not anpear that he had any instru-

nance and protection ! He dail bestows his greatest kindness on the undeserving and worthless assure him that I bring ample documents of meritorious demerits! Pledge yourself for me that for the glorious cause of Lucre I will do any thing, be any thing but the horse leach of private oppression and the vulture of public robbery. From the Fill age Record. A distant correspondent has sent us quite a curiosity A Love letter Not one of your modern whining crying, and blubbering epistle talking of flames, broken hearts and dying, and all that but a good old fashioned letter, such as our proud spirited grand mothers used to write to swains when faithless. 'Sow a days forsooth, it a lover leaves his old mistress for a new one he likes better the malancholy broken hearted damsel brings her action for something like a thousand or two dollars, and solaces herself for the loss o! a loverV person in tho hope of a good portion of his wealth Elizabeth Mat th exes, was a giil of spirit, an honor to Beverly and a praise to old Massachusetts. Such women were fit to become the mother of soldiers 1 11 warrant it, if the truth could be known, that she afterwards married an officer, at least as high in commission as an Ensign. But the letter. It is directed To Mr Michael Brown in Exeter. These with caie." No proof is necessary to convince us it is a genuine original Inter. It carries with it, intrinsic and irresistible evidence that it is what it put ports to be. I!ere it is. 'Beverly. March 21, 1777. 'Ji Michael liroivn Sin I once more take an opportunity to write to you, to let you know I am well, through the goodness of God, and can live

without your company But

sump foot, and David was humpj rmm iHS jron OI jn removing the

wall Daily Advertiser. AD JKhSS TO FRUGALITY. BY lion CRT BURNS O Frugality, thou mother of ten thousand blessings ! thou cook of fat beef and dainty greens! thou manufacturer ol waim Shetland and hose, and comfortable sui touts ! thou old house wife, darning thy decayed stock ings, with thy ancient spectacles on thy aged nose! lead me, baud me in thy clutching palsied fist, up those heights, and through those thickets, hitheno inaccessible and impervious to my anxious weary teet; Not those Parnasian crags, bleak and barren, where the hungry worshippers of Fame are breathless, clambering, hanging betwet n heaven and

earth: hut those glittering cliffs of

incut to a-s.st in leiievmg himself j l)ra' don't get published the third

backed. All these, except Dav id

were remarkably short, while Ez ekiel was six feet one inch high at the age of 19. the stump footed Jonas and the humpbacked David got wives of fortune, but no girls in the borough would listen to the addresses of their brothers. The husband's hair was as black as jet, and the wife's re mark a by w hite, yet every one of the children's hair was red. The lius hand was killed by accidentally falling into a deep pit in the year 1701; and his wife, refusing all kind of sustenance, died five days after him. In the vear 1703. Ezekiel enlisted as a grenadier, and although he was afterwards wounded in 23 places, he recovered Roger, James, M at thew Jonas and David, it appears by the church registers, died in dif

ferent places, and were buried on! l't' wb-re all sufficient, all

the same day, in the year 1713; & 1 f-' f:ji deity, Weahh, holds

Solomon and ivzekiei weie dt owned together, in crossing the Thames in Uie year 1723. REMARKABLE ESCAPE Boston, Jan. 23.

his immediate courts of jovs and

pleasure ; wheie the sunny expo-

time, I should be glad if you would come and get your clothes, for I don't want no concern with them for 1 hope that you will take care not to promise any young lady more 'than you intend to perform; for I'd have you consider that (iod can see you farther than Exeter although you thought you did me a great injury to go and leave me, I never thought so; for I am very well contented with your absence, and beg of God to keep you there if you like it. So no more at present but I remain a well-wisher to all true hearts and a curse to all false ones. ELIZABETH MATTHEWS.

One of the old Revolutionary pensioners of Dover, Windham counU, Vermont, in his schedule of property returned to the War Office, includes the follow ing uncommon article: "One walking stick or cane, left by a British of

ficer m his retreat in the Revolu-

sure ot plenty, and the hot walls lin,r, ...... m mh;K nfr(1j

ol prolusion produce those bliss-!vetpr who was a private lul truits ol luxury exotic i.. this ; dicr carlv in the Revolution, and world, and names ol paradise : ut s;f;i11.1.n f:,ml nfAiii;.

fill , . - ...... . w . Ilill

On Tuesday night. Howard l ' m,,li,uiu V tia, has carefully preserved the

7W,-,apiiM)uerin the fcuuntv I u' "V 1 , "a VnLrc ,u,e I,UI,S British officer s staff that he left ' gaol in this town, made his Escape ! nu,1,nS ot th' M ca behind him in his .etreat, for near and has not yet been found. l ieilCnacr a.rms' Cal1 me th son half a century, and still values it the person who w as some time j C0ll!sl? tn kinsman, or favor-' at two dollar! Messenger. since tried in the Supreme Oouit ite. and adjure god by the scenes lor minder committed in the ', of his infant years, no longer to A Complete assortment of Magi ta'e r son, and acquitted on the repulse me as an alien, but to fa- stiates Blanks for sale at tins p.ea oi msanily, urni being com- vur me with hU peculiar counts- j office also Blank Dced

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