Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 October 1823 — Page 4

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Poetical.

FROM THE PITTS3URCU STATESMAN.

SELECTED for a YOU.YO FRIEJYD O.YHER MJRRUGE, Let not, my friend, though now a wife. Bid all her cares adieu ; Comforts there are in mirriedlife, And there are crosses too. I do not wish to mir your mirth, With an ungrateful sound ; Be, know, that perfect bliss on earth, No mortal ever found.

Wir prospects and your hopss are May (i v t!iose aopes f.ilnl ; Yet, vou will find in cverv Utc, borne difficulty still.

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The 'rite which lately jo;nl your hands, (mn t i-iyjii! contLnt ; Religion for.mt'.ie stro?R-:-st bands, And love the !v.t evince. But yet God's daily h!esi:i?; crave ; Nor trust your vn itul lu-at ; Yo i must divine assivicfr havt. To act a prudent pa: t. Tho' you have left r? p wc.v ' wir-jr. Skill !o:igt r a k. us c.-.irr ; Jt is bat seldom !ush:i;ids bring A lighter yoke to wear. They have their humors and their faults; So mutable is man; lixcnsc his foibles in your thoughts. And hide them if you can. Ko anger or resentment keep, W hatever is imiss ; Be rccnncil'd before yon sleep, And seal it with a kiss. MISCELLANY. Frcm fhr Uifier Canada 11'. Register. NATURAL HISTORY.

m I beg leave to send you V r following account of a very

c vtranidinary phenomenon which la ey occurred in the waters of Lake Erie., which you are at lib ertv to use in any way you think proper I am. cc. A II. BUR WE LI j Port Talbot. June 20 1823. On or about the 30th Mav last a !ttle after sunset. Lake E'ie is observed to take a sudden ri-e the weather being fine and char, and the Lake calm and sm oth It was principally noti ed at the mouths of Otter and Kettle creeks which are 20 miles 6 ana t. At Otter creek it came in. without the least previous in timarion. in a swell of nine feet perpendicular height, a was af terwiiids ascertained, rushed vio-

ter only rose seven feet. In both cases, the lake after the three swells had spent their force, gra dually subsided, and in about

...

twenty minutes was at its usual

height and tranquility it was

observed at other places along the shore, but the high steep banks

did not admit of the same obser

vation. In all however, there

was a general correspondence as

to the height of the ns

Conjectures will doubtless be

awake as to the cause of this

most remarkable phenomenon;

but it must only be conjectured

for it was unattended with any

circumstance that could remotely

hint at a probable cause. But

such was the fact, and it must

furnish its own comment. A VALUABLE PLANT.

Extract of a letter on the Geolo

gy and Productions of Florida,

published in the Charleston Couiier. The MAfsuY of Mexico, the plant from which is drawn the liquor called pulque of universal use and celebrity in that country, is not a native of Florida, but thrives as well as if it was. It forms a plant, when full grown,

ties of the aloes we arc acquain

ted with.

BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. Story of an old Soldier vtho vat in the miction. This was a proud day, said he, for the poor Gieen Mountain boys, who were yet sore with the wounds they had so lately received in the retreat from Ticondero0. They could not so soon for

get the slaughter of their brethren.

of Col. Warren 9 regiment, who

were almost all out oft at Hub

bardstovvn The word came.

-'the enemy's coming" the a

larm flew like wild fire every

man left his plough and axe.

some even standing in the field.

and "determined to fight a spell'

some with officers and some

without none were anxious

who should be commanded or

command: the main object was

to find a good position, take

aim. fire awav and load aain

He here proceeded to describe

the order of battle. &c but the most striking part was concerning

a Colonel, who uas ordered by

Gen. 8tark to reinforce with his

regiment a part of one of the

wings, that had sustained a con

siderable part of the action, and

from five to eight feet high in the suffered much. The Col. marchbody, and from ten to eighteen ' e(j at an instant, but with a eerinches in diameter; though the j tam stcp peculiar to himself slow.

leaves oi u, n I may oe auowea j firm and steadv. The whole par

tne term, lor mey appear more like huge limbs than leaves, as they are the only lungs of the

wives and children in the rearliberty's the prize we fight for

liuerty. 'l nis was enough; the

more veroose eloquence of a Ilo-

man general himself could have

done no moie.

The enemy pressed on, but

pressed on only to their own des

truction. W e fought, we bU J we conquered; and the narrator said he did not doubt but the coul determined bravery of these few raw militia had af principal share in deciding the fate of the day. Somnambulism. We copy from the Roporter, a respectable paper published in Taunton Mass the following relation of an extraordinary and almost incredible circumstance alleged to have occurred in that village a short time mincer 'A young man in this village a short time since getting up in hie sleep, opened a window in the third story of the house in which he lodged, from which he actually suspended himself, holding only upon the lower part of the Tame with one of his hands. From this situation he was seen

in a short time to recover himself without injury, having awakened while thus suspended." Another instance of this sincrular and dangerous habit of sleep-

waiting, occurred a tew nights

since in the town ot Warwick.

plant, descend from the top to 'the ground, and are so thick and hea vv, that t wo or three would make a man's load. At the age of from 6 to 8 years it flowers, by shooting up a stamina, from 10 to 16 feet above the plant, gorgeously hung with flowers, like a May-pole. Just before it sends forth this exuberance, a change in the color of the plant indicates its near approach, when a bowl formed cavity is cut in tlfc head of the plant, and a cane introduced in the side of it to draw off the liquor. Each plant contains from 50 to 150 gallons of liquor, and dies immediately after; but is succeeded by suckers left

in their culture to keep up a con

lently up the cha-.incl, drove a! stant succession. schooner of 31 tons burthen from! This juice carried through a her moorings, threw her upon ; vinous fermentation becomes a

hig'i ground and rolled over the j liquor resembling cider but more

spirituous, which is sought with

prosper. The officer command

ing tlie corps to be relieved, fearing every instant that his men, Irom fatigue and loss, would give wav. sent to hasten the Colonel

,o!i mil? in hie nommoiif it-i-l tltocr I

ion 3 in ina i vtiiin ut, a'iu nicy I 4 4i i c . , , A oung man, in the emolov of a

nau nroucni wiin mem tueir rao'a u i , , . ... respectable homer, arose in his much loved parton, without . x i c . ... . sleep, descended one pair of tairs, whose blessing they could scarce- .iriri mi,;,1(Y , 1 4 r, ' Mnn Hill I Off MIC ll!r ftt .I H r- r-r

ly think themselves m a way to ,..0. nu " j u , . .

------ -v- 7 W I l r rui 'IMti J from the window, to mount a

brick wall.-which partly enclosed the barn yard. He walked near

ly the whole length of the wall.

Tell cm we re coming.' ud he, ahout onc f00t in width. rorM-i

ana sepi pace sieaany on. '1'ne the cows from .,,. , .

gentiemat. was a deacon at home ce, r,reara,nrv ln , ' ,r

-wore an old fashioned long m;ii.:11 nnl, ',, ,,;

Mistrd I coat, with large : pocket st eps ,0 ,lis cllamber where ,

i aiisiuu nemiig mmv cuus. ano a VVas awakened by his

mree cocKtti nai. me .ore .par. ions.. nper

except the extreme point of it Blucker. A letter from Tier-

might lave endangered the eye of I'm asserts nositivelv that the eel-

la mosquito, had he run ungoar- ebrated warrior Blucher, died of

ueuiy agamsr u. a second ex a broken heart, produced by the press arrived "Col. for God's King's withdrawing his confisakc hurry, my men are begiuing deuce from him, and not fulfilling to fall back" that will make the nrnmUe h mnrio

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compan

or linary beach into the woods, completely iuundatinnr all the ad ja cnt Hits This was followed by two other of equal height, which caused the creek to retro-

1.1 1 I1H til 'll 1.1 r It .1 I ( n.,r 4

i IV! t IlliU, aiu HJ banks where water

.g l ie a muc ove tl v its

avidity by all ranks of society; on

boiling and clarifying, it becomes a wine; and on distillation affords a fine brandy. The outward coat of leaves yields a membranous substance used for the manu-

w is never Deiore seen nv seven or tacture ot cordage; an inner coat eig it feet. The noise occasioned gives a finer substance for ctathbv its rushing with such rapidity ing, and the internal part of the oi mg tlie winding channel, was leaf is an article of food; so that trulv astonishing. It was witnes- this productive plant, is regarded sed by a number ot persons. jby the Mexicans as one of the At Kettle creek several mn most beautiful sfifts of nature, af were d awing a fish net in the fords them cider, wine, brandy, lake, when suddenly they saw cordage, clothing, food and fuel.

the water coming upon them in i From 12 to 15,000 mules are the manner ahovementioned; and daily employed in supplying the

letting go their net, they ran fori city of Mexico, from the sur

their lives The swell overtook : rounding plantations, with mil-

i i

them before thev could reach the high hank, and swept them for ward with great force; but, being

room for us tellVm we're com

ing" keeping his Mill unaltered

pace, and his phiz quite placid

and unconcerned. A third mes

sage was treated just as coolly

hen thev emerged from be

tree institutions to Puissia.

In the Monastery at St. Uer-

nard, it is a custom to preserve the dead bodies of the Monk?.

and alterwards place them in ni

hind a coppice in full view of the ches along the walls This is ef-

enemy, and several balls passed fected by baking them for five of

over them: uhalt' said the Col. hx months in a very slow oven,

'form column, and let us ahend contrived tor that purpose, and prayers " The chaplain was cal- tiiey will remain thus preserved i, i ... c . ... .

lea, ana ordered with all due tor- lor centuries without changing.

maiitv to do his duty; hut during

no

un-

tlie solemnity an unlucky shot

wounded one of the men The

Col now for the first time, bean .1 . .

10 snow some impatience, tor sooner had the parson prono

ced Amen, than the men were ordered to march But stiil the Colonel kept his steady measur ed pace, until he had taken the

j ground in trout of the poor lei

que, which is the liquor in a cide

rous state. Great estates are lows who were almost ready to

held in that country, in thisNarti- i eave the field rind hut (Vkt tl.n

expert swimmers, they escaped cle of culture. It is in the flower love ot liberty could not Inve

iiuuun. rue man wno was in mg oi mis piant in a uegeneraie Kept it halt so lon. -Give it to the sea line was drove with it a state in colder climates, that we 'em." said the Colonel, "give it to

are deceived by supposing it to 'em,'; as he stepped along the he the aloe that flowers once in a ranks, with the same unaltered century: this flowers in 8 or 10 pace and phiz, chewing his quid, years in such climates, and per-1 which he now and then rmUrml

haps is not of the aloe tribe; cer- obliging those w ho stood next to 1 t,le a, ',mcnt-'

i . . . . . -

: tamly it partakes not ot the nau- 1 him with his box.

consnierahle distance over thetlat, and grounded upon a small emin en e until the water subsided Tnere were three successive shells as at Otter creek, and the eflcct. up i he creek were the

The celebrated John Henderson A. B. of Pembroke college, Oxford, had once a private disputation with a student of a neighboring college, proud of bis logical attainments: the subject being chosen, they conversed for some time, with equal candor and moderation; but Hendersons antagonist perceiving his confutation inevitable, (forgetting the character of a gentleman, and with a resentment engendered by his former arrogance) threw a full glass of wine in his face. Henderson, without altering his features or changing his position, gently wip

ed his tace, and coolly replied, lThis, sir, is a digression, now for

"The lies-. BLANK DEEDS for Saic t

name, wuu tins diiiereuce, the a pcoub buttr, nor cathartic quali- sians are in front," said hc'ourj this oilice.