Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 July 1823 — Page 4

Poetical.

from the IWtKi-j t mtr uiid .u.dicS Jluscum. TIME & CHANCE HAPPEN TO ALL There's a chance for the soldier, though ever so bni e. On the field of his glory to sink in the gr ive; There's another change too, that he safe ina come b.ick. With a cart load of laurels, of rupees a La'k. There' a chance for the lawyer to live by his wits, And i chance for the gambler to live by his hits; There's another chance too that a gambler in av lose, Ami the neck of a lawyer find room in a UOOiC. There's a chance for the sailor a prize ship to take, And a dunce that whirlwind may conie m his wake;

There's a chance for the ocean a treasure to

win.

And a di iace too Out Neptune may have it

again. There's a chance for mechanics to live by their tra.ie,

And another chance too that their bills

won't be p iid;

There's a chance for the sexton to live by

the dead,

And a chance that he sometime! goes hun

gry to bed.

There's a chance for the doctor to live by

the sick.

And a chance that old bare-bones the doctor may kick; There's a ch mce for the drunkard to live on good wine, And a ch mce that the hangman may give him a line. There's a chance for the poet to starve on his rhymes. And a chance for the veteran to beg in good times; There's a time and a chance for all men cn

the earth,

hid its head; and a stranger had to

conduct in a meritorious manner

to be esteemed, whatever might

have been his previous situation

took place at the time of their set tlement, were almost forgotten. Gustavus might possibly, in

the lapse of fifteen or sixteen

The behaviour of the young ; years have become rich, but his strangers was marked with so j object ?eemed constantly to be. to much modesty, their tempers ap-J attain simply to such an indepen peared soamiable, and their whole dence as would best promote his deportment so winning particu-1 happiness He was industrious.

laily that ot the younger, that ev trugal, ana managing; keeping a.

ery tongue was let loose in their praise, even jealousy becameTibcral and the inn keeper's daughter was said to have had more female visitors during the month they remained at Washington, than she had for a whole year before. At the end of the time, however, the youngest stranger prepared to depart, and the eldest, whose name was Gustavus, and who had spent much of his time in travelling through the country, announced his intention of set

loof from every hazardous specu

lation he was nevertheless prompt to profit by every opportunity

which afforded the certainty of

profit; and he denied himself none

of the little delicacies and amuse

ments ol lite, to ave a trilling ex

pense; he, on the other hand, ex

pended nothing foolishly to gratify childish pride or a capricious whim. Go to the Hermitage when you would, every thing wai in the neatest style, and you was sure to be entertained in the be?t

health and industry, he rolled in wealth. But mark the issue. He, my unfortunate brother, died three months ago, bankrupt and broken hearted, of a disease, the foundation of which, was laid bv intemperate habits His estate passed into the hands of gamblers, sharpers and horse jockies; and his wife absconded with a menial, and left behind this poor child, beggared, and disgraced. "While I and he raised his eyes to heaven in thankful adoration, as he said it. "am happy in the possession of a virtuous wife and family, and have all this," pointing to his i i. ,i ... .

nneiy cultured lands and bleating flocks, besides." What a lesson for the proud andgiasping! How often is virtue, and all the noble and generous and delightful feelings of our natuie sacrificed at the shrine of wealth ! and how often does that wealth prove a curse to thotc whom it is intended to bless.

cres, three miles below Us, on which he erected a neat cottage and commenced improving it

with a spirit that seemed above

his vears. He was beloved, and frequent parties were made up in the neigh-

To him that is wretched, and him full of borhood to assist him, SO that ill

I three months he had a charming But of chances and times in the world to be '. residence in the bosom of the wa

ters, to which he gave the appel

lation of the Hermitage. Per

manner the most delicious fruit

tling in the neighbourhood He j and the choicest pound cake, exleft Alesbury, however, with his! cellent cyder and a plenty of nuts, companion, and was gone three and what was better than all. days, at the expiration of Which smiles, thnt said ai plain as could time, he returned alone and shor say. 'you arc welcome always a tly after, having sold his carriage waited you. Thus this amiable and S'imc other little effects, lie family se tired and enjoyed inde

purchased a small island, in the pendente and happinebs pure and ; many and powerful. The ex-

river, containing about sixty a- without alloy ! panding rose just bursting into

At length. . ai ly in the spring ot )Pau!y ms an jnesistable bchis sixie.cr.iU year's residence at U itchmrmp- tl M;,

From the Torch Light. MATERNITY.

Woman's charms are certainly

found, j ft W m.

Aim i ve travelled and travelled it more

There's no chance so rare, if the truth I baps it Was not miscalled, but it

11 1 II SI. , As the chance that subscribers the THINTi;it will p av ! IVVSTOV BAUD.

MISCELLANY. FROM THE Til F.N TOM FMrOntCM. THIS HERMITAGE. "Dear w. is to them the Hermitage Or t'us nnploult'd, untrodden shore, Like v.rds ill jovous from the cace,

For man's neglect they loved it more.

Campbell.

was a delightful place. The cot

tagc was in the centre of the is land, invisible for the trees that surrounded it, a gushing stream rose bv the door and flowed in several channels to the river, the land was naturally meadow, and G astavus, at a small expense pos sessed a retired but an enviable home. He appeared to enjoy it, for he was not to be. seen any

the Ilermiuge. Gusmvus took a j bride led triumphantly to the byjourney t- rhe eatward; it was? menial altat awaken admiration thr first t::v4r. he bad been b om j and interest, and the blush of her home an;, distance, since bis set j cheek fills us with delight: but thn

He remain charm of maternity is more sub-

months and j lime than these. Heaven hasim-

us

tlement nx. ed ahro.iii

brought with him when he rrtur

ned

ing

printed on the mother's face some-

a pit'?. hv ! v, dejected look- thing which claims kindred with hoc, wt :;.-h.g a hd;iP of the skies the angelic smile, the

mournm a !vv days atfei

several A' ihr .;gd cillaers went down to the H:hm to ncnd an afternoon and cvc.sn:'. an.! when, i after tea. the W'JU: circle wn form ed on the green hflorr the cot-

tender look, the waking watchful

eye which keeps its fond vigil over the slumbering babe. These are subjects which neither the pencil nor the chissel can touch, poetry fails to exalt, which

tage door, Go-lav )- laid fisiiie his ; the most eloquent tonrue in vain

lime, anil inns cociressea himselt to the company:'I am about mv friends, to let

The first pleasure carriage that more in the village; and one day

eve caine to Alesbury, brought a his b at was discovered gliding no couple id young adventurers from with him in it to the western on? ot the seaboard towns. It was shore; it remained there fastened When I was a boy, and I well re- to a tree, three days and three

memner running down to the old nights. On the fourth day it re- the bosom ot h tonality, when

u a.iington, then the only tav- turned; and bore him to the rural niy young friend mul myself reern in the town, with my satchel retreat he had prepared, with a ceived your wricu:ae- we have over my shoulder, to see the young and lovely female. A va- j lived happy who. you von know strangers tor in those days of riety of conjectures followed, but ' every incident oi on lives since peace and quietness when the ' there was one. which seemed to : then but you shall know more

name of our village wasscarcely.be strengthened by a thousand than this

would eulogise, and on which all

deseiiption becomes ineffective. In the heart of man lies this lov-

j'ou into the history of a portion ; ly picture; it reigns in his effecot my lite, with which yon are j tions; his eyes look round in vain unacquainted; this gratitude j for such another object on the prompted me to do long ago. but ; earth.

prudence forbid if; now the ne

crssity ol silence does not exist

You knew not. sixteen

siuee, to wnom yon were opening

beyond a circle often mile i ound, ; circumstances which had not her-1 My father was the wealthiest it was a rare thing for n to see ' etofore been noticed-it was that ' farmer in the country where lie new laces. The visitors proved the beautiful boy who had been lived, and I was The eidest of two

to hv

bout

a gentleman apparently a- nis companion and friend; who! only sons The narents of Matwenty two, and one who had loved him and left him. was tilda h nm- tr:i.oc- i h-lm,.

looked several years younger, a in reality the personage who now ; attached to her, and when I found

her

eautiiul creature, probably not came to share his home, dressed that the ncnaltv of

more tnan seventeen; I was then in her proper garb; and claiming was disinheritance. I chose to in

too young to fix my attention up

on tne giance ot a sunny eve, or the w ave of a glossy ringlet; but I veil remember that our village

beaux said he was not handsome,

io me relation oi a lonu ana ter i eur it ituf r-nwininn fnllntv

vent friend, the character of a ed us not only from ur home; it vitc pursued us wherever we went. Still the custom that forbid the! until in disguise we effected our

prying scrutiny of curiosity, and escape hither, and found repose

ay i.i saut it so anxiously that it that sought no further disclosure : wheie the arm of parental severity

mn ruuuu uic ten lucmbeives than such as were voluntarily j could no longer search out our re in danger of a rival; and that the made, prevailed. The strangers treat 1 know that I only con little beauty was worshipped by saw it, and testified their gratitude lecture, when I add. that th

every one of the fond mothers and

rosy-checked daughters of the village. Xothing of their history, their parentage, their former place of residence, or circumstances was known. Impertinent curiosity was. in those days, subjected to 5U h rigid discipline whenever it apeared by the common consent of ttie bociety of fathers, that it

by throwing otV their rescve. They lived in constant inter course with the villagers for many years. The island became one oi the best cultivated places in the country, and while a large and lovely family of children grew up around them, and a long residence endeared them to an extensive circle of acquaintance, the mysterious circumstances which

Maternity, ecstatic sound ! so

. ,! ! twmed round the heart, that it 'e.ur i must cease to throb e'er we for

get it! 'Tis our first love; 'tis part of our religion. Nature has set the mother upon such a pinnacle tmt our infant eyes and arms are first uplifted to it. We cling to it in manhood; we almost worship it in old age. He who cm enter an apartment and behold the tender babe feeding on its mother's beauty nourished by the tide of life "which flows through her generous veins, without a panting bosom and a gratefol eye, is no man. but a monster. He who can approach the cradle of sleeping innocence without thinking that "of such is the Kingdom of Heaven !" or view the fond parent hang over its beauties, and half retain her breath, lest she should break its slumbers, without a veneration beyond all common feeling, is to be avoided in every intercourse in lifp And is fit onlv fnr thn elm.

friend who aecomnanied me to ' dow of darkness and the solitude

Aiesnun when t first came, now sits beside me it was -Matilda. "My brother inherited the family estate, which was worth a hun

dred thousand at least, he increas

m:ir rv iim

of the desert.

Repartee A young man in orders being asked bv an apothecary

i at a Public d'mnpr nnd

ed his wealth by marrying a wo-! elevated to catch general attentiman whose wealth was the only ' on. how it happened that the paattraetion she possessed; and triarchs lived to such extreme old while Matilda and myself were age? Probably, replied the juvelelt to set out in lite with but , pile priest, they took no physic.