Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 15, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 January 1825 — Page 4

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i I i r . I : : iv N OWN A V Vs. F-var a n,, lis si. a-, a dog took lus station r. - r i ir: a e i'. tr.e v hiirct-vanl otSt. linde I

k Ft Lt-.v It h is iciiKimed since upon t -;!'t, .i .i1 "s tV.i by secil i.f the inhubiKi' v.,k! u n f ru tl.uiy. As lie wilt i: a wii'p.iu, a .10 tse !i is also been placed for h 'n i'i tiiir ca-.ircn ;ut. Tiie animal howls vIi c!ie sou.i I of ihc or;; m is heard, and during cimi.c sen ice the grave-digger takes In n to the engine hoasc. No one can tell wh' re t ie iio came froi. He sits upon a pai tu ular gr , bat as there is no name or headstone, the m natc of the tomb isalsoun-

It is the gruvc of one, whose very name II nil passeu awaj! Wc knowe the Summer S'lil Shoae o.i Inai once, and warm'd his joyous blood The Spring's nectareous gale breathed on 1 1 i 3 V- I IV. t , And waited health and pleasure ; days as fair, And skies as bright and blue, as smilr on us, On nim too smiled, in all their golden pride Oar know ledge goes no farther i'oor unknown! N otongu j can tell his story Vis a tale Ua i aid by iritaaa ear and unrceall To hu nane.e Alas! no pious hand II .t i i aiscd oae fond memorial of love (her lint soil! here are his kindred? they Who should have soothed hini 'add his morAdswcetV t)a where aiv they, who closed his laded eyes And t allowed his cold clav to its last cham ber? Arc they no more or did lie die forsaken? Not o one friend still faithful to the last, (dote to him in that hour of agonv, Watch Yi his pale, corse, and followed to the torn i Him whom he lov'd in life nor left him then! See, where he lies upoa that lowly grave, In villn sorrow deaf to everv voice Would lure him thence Hark! how beneath the moon He howls a requiem o'er the buried form Now hid forever from his great, ful t ye! Shame via thee, man! what are thy hollow tnendships Ccmp.r-d to love ike this? Come here and learn A grateful lesson from yon faithful brute! Ponde r on all it teaches then go thence With chastened feelings, and an humbled heart. mm:::ooo::: MI.SCELLJ.YY. FROM T1IK NT.W-YORK MIRROR. The following t de is from the p.rn of a la dy, in Indiana, being one of the prize pieces, for which we so long advertised. It is extracted, (the fair writer informs us) from ;n unfinished manuscript, which she intends, hereafter, giving to the public entire. We think our readers vill agree with us in pronouncing it to be a "hu .l of hopi ful promise." Till: INFANT TKCUMSKH. Onewequa, like Logan, was the friend of w linemen." lie ad mired their arts and wished to inspire his tribe with a desire of at taining them Ala' he was vet to learn, that the blackest vices still prowl -d amid all the refine ment of the most polished states Like the murdered kindred ofunlwppv Logan, he also fell a sacriti.vio the ueaeherv of enlightene l man Ijhs blood was poured nomine red altar of that exrerm mating hatred which many ol our people si ill bear his scattered and unfortunate race. Onewequa was wandering through tiie forest in pursuit of game, when lie met a party ot men who had recently assisted in the massacre of an Indian settle ment Tuy knew Onewequa. a id requested him to accompany them a- a guide through the forest. The soul of the Indian dart ed as they spoke. "Are not your hands;- said be. 'vet red with the blood ofmv countrymen." even now the spirits of my slaughtered people call l uid on their brethren for revenue " I, indent savage," cried the le iderof the party, and instantly

discharging a pi-toi at his b ire j t y, as tokens of their assent. Tehosom, Onewequa fell? The cumseh. thou shalt avenge the white man pa-sed on: The dy- j death of thy father, and appease ingi idian was left iu the silence 1 the spirits of Ids slaughtered

oi the torest. The d iy declined, and Elohania clambered the lucky s;eep to

watch the return of her husband.

Daughter of nature repress the throhbmgs of tlv bosom the heart of Onewaqua now but fain jy )eats with responsive feelingS. , .. . . , . ... : ieep snail nis siecp ne in me mlenee of the desert, and often wilt thou call on his name, but he hu!l not awaken? Elohama through her anxious ;aze thro' the deep shades of the surrounding wiles but hi vain he listened in breathless stillness for the light foot stens of the hunter; but no sound was heard save the hollow muimurings of a gathering storm and the wolf how liner loud and discordant j.orrj Jj hills Clasping her in fant to her bosom, she sought the narrow path that wound through the Wood, and determined not to return till accompanied by her husband. The night gathered dark around the wandering sSvn age, and the thunder rolled deep and heavy through the skv. In the piuses of the wind a dying struck uPon ller car-she followed the sound it led her to the body of Onewaqua? A (lash ot lightening streamed across the stormy bosom of nature, and shaded a livid glare on his con vulsed features: Elohama sunk at his side successive flashes now discoveted the blood which lay congealed on his bosom. Her shrieks recalled him for an instant to life; he opened his eyes, and fixing them on his wife distinctly said, "Behold the faith of white men." "Oh! my Onewequa. hast thou fallen thus, and is there none to avenge th.ee? The arm of the warrior is broken since thou art laid low; but the young plant at mv breast, shall gather strength to crush the destroyers. When thou hast past yon sky of storms. thou shalt see and converse with the Great Spirit amid his clouds Then let all the petitions rest on the name of Tecumseh. For him shalt thou ask the soul of the warrior, and the strength of the mighty. Then shall he be as a storm, that scatter desolation and death, as far as a lire spreading over the hill and the valley, cot suming the race of dark souls." Klohama paused. The winds died away, and the railing storm was suddenly still The lull moon rent her thick mantle ot darkness, and her clear light streamed here and there through the trees of the forest. The heart of Onewequa was cold; but a smile of approbation yet rested on the features now fixed in deth. The voice of Elohama had hcn heard, and the passing spirit as sented as it fled. The night passed away, and the mourner transferred her gaze from the maihle body of her husband to the pla eid features of her sleeping child a lock of her own long hair, yet wet with the storm, lay across the face ot the infant warrior Softly she put it hack, while &he contemplated his countenance with a kind of holy reverence. -The Great-Spirit" she said, has smil d on the ghost orOhe wequa. and granted his petitiviy for our son He hushed the how ling tempest, and bade the moon ; and stars come forth in their glo j hielhren. Already art thou elee h d the ct ie! of many tribes, for the k toause of the Great Spirit is

everlasting Thy feet shall be

switt as the torked lightning m arm shall be as the thunderbolt, and thy soul fearless as the cataract that dashes from the mountain precipice " Such were the consolations of Elohama, and she looked anxiouslv forward to the time when Tecumseh should realize her prophecy. Three rolling vears had mark ed his birth when she led him to the grave ol his lather. It was at the close ot the day, and the most perfect silence reigned around the hillock of death. "Sees't thou that little mound of earth?'' said the savage The boy fixed his steady gaze on the spot, and was silent Elohama threw herself on the wild grass that grew rank around the grave, and wards her. drew her child to"My .i i son, tnou are dearer to me than the strings of my heart thou art the sweetest flower that gree s my eyes as I wander through the forest-thy voice is the music of my ear. and it is thy anection wnicn cools my seorching brain when it burns in frenzy. My son. who like thy mother would have cheiisi ed thy helpless infaneV? who like her rejoices in thy growing beauties?'' The boy rolled his dark eye on Elohama, it shone in all the radiance of gratitude and filial affection. My son" she resumed, mark mi and remember all I say thou had once a father who would have been more to thee than the mother that bore thee He would have nloricd in thee Tecumseh and thou would have been the light of his soul for th.ee he would have climrd tiie mountain sleep, and braved the at gry storm when the Great Spirit frowned in darkness h: would have taught thy iofant feet to explore the hiden path of the forest, and guided thy young arm. when it li st aimed the arrow at the bounding Buft-iio he would have taught thee to build the light ca noe. and tide the deep waters in safety. But he is no more; in the summer of life he has fallen: and he sleeps in the earth before us. Elohama paused Tecumseh for a moment seemed lost in thought, then suddenly exclaimed, Mother, why does he not 1 Ztf ixw a Kin. 'My son he is in the sleep of death. DeatU" said the boy. ..-J-.. .. iwnuy, JL MM lil Hid. vou saw a deer boundingthrough , , v. , ,7 the forest; he was lovely in , 4i ii . , n' m . . . , , limn the winds, which parted before him. Suddenly the hunter his path, and an arrow cleft lus heart I led ymi to the spot, and bade .you look at the dyiiiR animal; a short tunc passed iiway, ana the warm Ulood mat llowed from the wound grew dark and chill, he was stiff and cold, and his beauty was departed. Such is death, and such is the sleep of thy father." An awful pause ensued; the features of Tecumseh assumed a ghastly ferocity. Mother, whose arrow cleft the heart of my father?" "My son thou hast been told of a people beyond these wilds who aie the enemies of thy race; . I I 1 a - their souls ate dai k in trp.-u-hrt v v iiv i y and their hands are red in blood, They came with the pipe of

friendship to our forests and smoked the calmut with our nation; but they met your father alone on his hills, and pierced his bosom with their arrows, lie was a waiior, and his arm was the arm of strength. Great would have been his deeds; but he is now low in the dust." Tecumseh heard, and the livid glare of his eves changed suddenly to flashes of lightning. "Mother," he exclaimed, give me my hatchet and lead me to the village, I will drink their blood; I w ill consume their race." Elohama smiled at the enthusiasm she had so anxiously endeavoured to awaken. ';My son,'? she replied 4ith y arm is yet too feeble, and thy arrow is yet unsure. Thy hatchet must lie in its rust till the blossoms of

many a spring shed their leaves around the grave of thy father.. ir..: :n n . t . . . 1lll"c mih rous on wnnouc ceasing; the winter passes quickly away, and the summer is again here. Thou shalt soon rejoice in the strength of manhood and thy enemies alar oil shall hear oi thy name and tremble." An honest tar hired a horse to cany him a lew miles but before he had got many yardsj he found he possessed the usual excellencies of the unfortunate four footed hirelings of the road, such as blindness, lameness, stumbling, &o. The sailor, however, (having been unshipped twice, with very little ceremony in the length of half a mile, by the animal falling on his knees) hit upon a ve"7 .whimsical mode of curing the impediment which was by tymg a large stone to his tail, and in that state rode several miles, 'twas better to be too much by the stern, than constantly plunging bows under." Effecting Recognition.' A few years ago, in working to establish a communication between two shafts of the mine at Fabkin the capital of Delacailia the body of a miner was discovered in a state of perfect preservation, and impregnated with vitriolic water. It was quite soft, but hardened on being exposed to the air. No one could identify the body; it was merely remembered that the accident by which he had been buried in the bosom of the earth, had taken place above fifty years ago. All inquirers about the name c$the sufferer had already ""c" ut":lu u,u " mart, -supported on crutches. I i i siowiy auvance anced towards the corpse, and knew it to be that of a y uiur- uutii iu nwuni sue uuu . t, A 1. - I . I 1 t)een premised in marriage vim M a ccntllr,. " more century ago. She Ljir( u ,,.lfi :in,.nr. ' 'rr UTi nil t w enrntn bronze s.atne. bathed it in tears and fa5ntcd whh jo at , . once mo bc,c,d- , . "f ., w. : tL

ceive than trace the singular contrast afforded by that couple; the one buried fifty years ago. still retaining the appearance of youth; while the other, weighed down by age, evinced all the fervor of youthful love. An advertisement was lately put up at a shop window in London, in the following words: Wanted, ixvo apprentices, who shall be treated as o.nu of the

family.'

Printing neatly executed at this oflice.