Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 January 1824 — Page 4

Nodical.

f:iom th t. Portland iilfublu:an. on Tin: DKATH OF a friend. HA gone; Vcs lie h is pmc ! IL vaoso Utcly was a along us, l;i M Utc flower of health; his life's Cut short hy that insatiate foe. The CMcmy'of ill the hu nan race. And can it be. th.it iie who lately

ValkM our streets, vho joinM in social

world was gathered to a grand Mons. T). (says the author,) wc ' behind, no mark for remcm

exhibition. In the centre was rais- witnessed one of the most stnk- brancc. ed a broad platform, and on it sat ing objects of human misery. It His body is diseased for want a lean, hard featured old man, appears, that in the prosecution of. of exercise; he wisheth for action, dressed in greasy breeches, an old the fur trade, he had according to but hath not power to move, his tattered bottle green coat, and j the custom of the country, taken mind is in darkness, his thoughts

slouched hat. which looked as if j an Indian wife, and spent several ' are confessed, he loneeth for

1 vr winters in that inclement region, knowledge but hath no applicaDuring the last, he was however, tion caught in a severe snow st.rm. He would eat of the almond, and froze both his feet in such a but hateth the trouble of breakmanner, that thev dronned off in its shell

it might have been manufactured

in the days of Charles the first.

and covering both his eyes so as

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Imvir welfare, is nov laid in the silent grave?, to render him perlectly blind,

Thus .-lips forever ciosd, from whichdropp a ; was a pair of dirty leather specta Wvd.of kindness and affection? i . Tl, .ilil man hw.i'n hnr

eles. The old man, hotcever, had

a long purse, well filled with gold and silver, and an inexhaustible fund of good nature, to all appearance. He appeared also, to be an object of vast deference, attrac

ting innumerable crowds around him. and sharing an almost uni versal tribute of regard. t regarded the old man and the

'encircling group with an eye of

j scrupulous vigilance, and soon

Y v, he has gone! the toe ot Ar.i.i with sure An. I deadly aiai, let fly his dart! its touch was mortal ! His friends around him wept! and could Th to irs have heal'd the wound T'ie usiti ate Archer made, 'twould Hie been heal'd. But no, the dust created Into nan, piere'd by the fatal dart, returns To dust again; the spirit wings her flight to (iod. lie, who hwixt Man and Man had sat as Judge To judgment now is call'd. He, who had nux'd

With mortal men in mortal things, now ;

joins

Immortal beings, His body in the silent jiSllfVee(e(J comprehending at grave r . Is food for worms. But on that great, that ; least a part ot the ganv vvuieh

dreadful u as playing nff His admirers Morn, when judgment shall begin, when , i -ti 4i dust J b 5 j pressed at onnd him with the utShall wake to life again, at its Creator's most obsequiousness, proffe itlg T, . y,,ce i io- po j him old shreds of patchwoi k, and He snail arse and meet us there. r . Q, . . 1 , '

FKOM THi. t.MPUlUM. Oli wad some power Me giftiegie us, see ourselves as others see us, 'It wad from m v a hi under free us," Pro bono publico is the motto unit t w i 1 1 we all sail n-uv a das. We heat- it from the m )'.uh of tw v b v - it is on the to-iine of the legislator, the offi e cer the mamita.'turer the aho cate of me ism es good, and uiea sn s d uhifui. a id measures bad. T e capitalist wants a charter Hor the good of the public," the speculator a turnpike or a eopora ti n -for the good of the public"' the politician a fat offi e the mcehani' a fat job and the ambi V ;h nm a n.ist of honor ah pro bn pihlieo all tor toe p i lic g i nY li ord elp us ho v piM-intic we are growing I ber trot , it is a little s'm gula tha am;d all this anxiety fr the well heinir, f that darling nursling -i Sir public, it should ev c ' tve cause of vomplai t. or s!) lid hp ever so ungrateful as to e no'u.t l is worshipped.it is birveildow nto. it I dandled on the 'xoee, it is the subject of every discnurse, the ohjeet of everv ac ti 'o jhe hero of vei v plaudit.

threadbare garments and tooth

picks, and thousands of silly and useless nicknacks, worthless in themselves, and worse than worth less to him who was already bur thened with baggage of the same kind U it he took it all in tne utmost kindness, and dealt out tn -v 1ls r rrirfr iviiMi.n'

shortly after his return to hi w ig

warn In this helpless situation, he was supported some time by his wife, woo caught fi-h in the lake, but she at lat deserted him. and on our arrival, he had siibis ted several months upon 4he pigweed which giew around his callin. As he was unable to walk, this had been thrown in bv his

Jlmasing.

A blind fidler playing to a compinv and playing seurvily, the company laughed at him. His bo tnat led him. observing it cried let us begone, father; thev do nothing hir laugh at you.' Huid your peace, said the fidler. we

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and appeared to lave been the ex

tent of their benevolence. We' An Irishman lately crying racefound him in a small bark cabin, lists in Notingham, vas called to on a rush mat, with the stumps of by i person, at a low kitchen winItis legs tied up with deer skins. . duv, with -Halloo, bring one and wholly destitute of eovenng here M Pat started about him. and He was poor and emaciated to ' not obseiving his customer, lookthe last degree - his heard as ed up at the chamber windows, long c eeks fallen in eyes j At the same moment the person sunk, but darting a look of des (called out -Here! Y!,at the devpair and evei bone in his body il make you s high minded this visible through the svin. He morning?'' Pa' instantly notTa could speak no Knglish, but w as siglit of his customer, and trijpihrr cont'uiua iy uttei ing curses in nis to the I w w ioduw delivered the mother tongue, upon his ow n ex-, list - in 'Bv Jasus. Sir the tea-

and apparently upon all; son 1 am so nigh minded is be-

lstenee

always at least an hundred per j that sm rounded him We could , cause I w as born un stairsr

ent anove me ame ne reeeiveu oniv enuure t lie p omul sigi't tr j) for every thing tendered to him, a moment, and hastened f nn this rne vears ag , when the late and some'itn paying fellows by abrde of hum in i etctiedoess. Jl,,lgt Giose was piesiding durtoe handful for a word of flattery, bnt before leaving the village "t'f As-izcs Bi-iy St Edwhile, at tlie same time, they G w. Cas sent him a iiresem of "uuids's. a dug. which happened

iaug led in their sleeves at mm l uhan goocis. groceries, and amu-- r ,,,,m"(u some one into

in I focketted the cash.

Wrnat this meant was somewnat diffi tilt to determine, and while rellev.ting on it a bystander ailed uk -Tnat is the old man," -ai 1 he, you have t)ften heard of, he is tiie thing thev call The Pub lie you see he is but poorly fed and clothed; and yet those fel lows who are fattening on his money, make him believe their whole souls are wrapped up in anxiety for his welfare. They have got a blind bridle on his nose which they have persuaded him is no less than a pair of spectacles which add greatly to his sight, and there he sits complaisantly enough satisfied with their

f I ha e an o ld m uter to c nniunicate to da I at op late

lat nig it p ning over the file of deceitful p. audits, and verily he papers the printer was so good as lie ing they are devoted triends. to send Mic. The world' was all I They claim his purse as their before me spread out on i tie ex ; mvn a:d if a leal friend of the tended pages of the va ions journ pr lellnw attempts to approach als, from the alTms of I ilia I him t give him a w arm coat or turned in a mom -nt to the local j 11 mouthful of v ictuals he is kick

n. w - ot one -wn c Mintrv. t t n I Cil a,,u ncspanereu mi ne is glad

m Md witn Cant. Pa i y on liis return h one. or fancied my elf in tot wigwa n oft e savage smok i g with ' him t ie pipe of peace Tne world. I say in all i s var itns hue, its endless confnsinn. i;- p mp and politics and nun seiL-e passed befoie me, and eve ry wheie I read Pro bono publi co Ii was tie language nf the tv a ts who were trampling on

to escape

I aw oke, 1 had never before so distinct a view of The Public," and the -Friends of the Public" and I have been wondering ever since whether it had any simili tudeto thi. gs in leal life O O. Green Lane. lov 20 hQertsofCold The intensity of cold in large tracts of country

Sp uiUh blood, of the statesman,! removed beyond the ameliorating

win proposed specious measures ; icfluence of the ocean, is well

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union, ana engaged a peiso t convey him to the American Fji Company's fort at Sandy Lake where he could receive the attention due to sudci ing huma i; " From the "conomu of Human Life. APPLICATION Since theda s tnat are pact are gone forever, and those tnat are to come may not come to thee, it behuvethtl.ee Oman to employ the present tune, witonut regret ting the loss of that which i- past or too much depending upon that which is ti come This instant is t ine; f he next i in the womb nftulunt v. and thou know est not w hat it may bring forth Whatsoever thou resolved tdo. do it quickly. Defer not tin the evening what the mnrniu" may ac. nplih I leoess is the parent ofwaet and of p n ; but the labor of irtne hriugeh foitb pleasure. The hand idMilience deleatetli wan ; prospnity and success aie the mdii-ti i us man'- attendants. Who i he that has acquired wealth, tnat has tisento power, that hath clothed himself with honor, that is -pokeo ot in t e n ty with ),iii-e a .d that staiidelh befoie the i. g m his counsel?

but he that, uuh shut out inle- !

Court gave tongue rap-er Ion ily at tlie same time with one of the ban is. eis Immediately there was a eiy ot turn t at dog out!" hot hi Loidslup. wo in ihiv install, e sheued him-elfto be a oW wore, di vlv aid. - Turn out ihr UHtil he brio -nr.v to. (Hid U'C .sf .soon net ml of the do" Irish iCo..omy At a late Assze in Iielanu, two me were condemn d to be hanged On receiving tneir sentence, one of i hem addressed the .lodge and said tie hah two favours to ask of !,'in '-What are thev?" criili ;c

Lonlship. P -aid Pat. w il

ease your

i on let

hoiui

me hai r

t is man heh re I am hanged mv--elf? - Wnat is the m er iecpie-t? said ti e ,Jod-e. W plase your iionor" ctn.tmued Pat, wilfvou !et m wile hang me fur si e will do v none linderiy tl.au this tiaiigman and then what she w ill ie-ive for two jobs, will help the poor crater to pa her rent!" A peculiarity geneial attributed m tin- yunkirs that of unsueriiin a (jiu.stfoii inj asking annfhrv T'-e nllw ing aeeedotc w ill illuMwa e

A geotleman passi, rr through one ot the southern siates and w ishing to know the distance to a

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wno prepareu inr war ot an we experience tuougn situa oi iuo , 01 e.( lei.-t in uis uni o i oentleman NN ell Imw n . . f

said

in i t

iue,i wno prepared tor war ot an we experience though situa uw n

the reat and petty adventurers . ted in a more northerly latitude, i lvltn nnu-mpla! ion. and hi-body ion?" Kather dull l h,i,l'"'

an .e. u was toe voice t themul- j An instance ci this is recorded by th o n and a I read I thought. Mr Schoolcraft in his narrative

a d thought upon tne subject un- of travels to t he sources of the tii nn head dropped upon the Mi issippi, in the course of which

b ! v: ot my as chair and a tit tming sleep came over me I touod niv-eil upon a hwel a ' vtensive pi .in in the uml-t ot which the population ul itic

in lat. 48. he found two Fiench-

men who had settled in that re gion of gloom and desolation, for the purpose of trading in furs "lu tiie person ol one of these,

with aeti m. and preserveth the j -M-nhty had n ads. Irirnd " savs ht-allli .,f h.ith !thet,a Viler how far do y . all The sloothful man is a burden it t Pie-ee'-?M ft und T

io niiiisi ii. is I lours hang heav rvcon 'Exactly, answ eie(l i c on his head; he loitereih about traveler and moe on w.ntlo ami knoveth not what he would planter having completed his enq ine puxeeded to n-py,-v f. 1 1 .7 . ..ii .i ., w i .i. , v , i ,

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