Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 April 1825 — Page 4

Poetical.

the strong boc of the bank, ten

bass, rach containing 1000 guin

1 pas in gold He was an ested this

Ftm the Boston Uecoider. I morning; some of the property

Jnd Ifarsat over against him, antf icrfii . KVas Found Oil him, atld lias been

(Jenesis, chap. 21

Did not the tear in Hagcr's eye, As oVr her dUng son she knelt, In speechless file nt agony, Mov what the anxious mother felt? .

sworn to I sent him to Newgate about half an hour since, and

he'll certain! v swinir after the

next commission (Old Biily

Sessions). The pi opcrty sworn to W by, 7.nunds! how can that be? One guinea is like another, and 'True, true; but with the guineas the Fellow stole some fortign gold coins, one of which, a broad Dutch piece, was found on him when he was arrested; it has been

identified by the chief cashier; so

c weep we know not care not why. ynn admit he has no chance

of escape, llcie it is,' and he handed the coin to the Coun

sellor. Costello took the piece of mo

nev into his hands, looked at it

most attentively, turned it in his

band, and, after considering it with the air of a virtuoso, returned it to the Alderman, with 'Up on mv conscience, as clear a case as ever I met.'' Alter some unimportant conversation he with

drew, went home, and bv the

Awl when ?he softly brcn.tVd her prayer, Her tearful eyes upraisM to Hcaen, Did not the anguish beaming there. Show how the mother's heart was riven? Then, when the sweetest accents fell.

The oicc from Heav'n Thy son shall

live!" Think 5 c an angel's tongue emld tell The joys that bade her heart revive? C there'" a something in the tear, That dims a mother's kindling eve;

A charm so fraught with hue so dear,

Yes if spark was ever given To nmn ds, from the fir s above; If e'eru flower that bloom'd in Heav'n It is a Mtnlu-r's tender Love.

The witness was petrified. loiht action of the beat, which Costello had at the Grown Of- affords a perfect scale of tcmperafice impressed upon his mind thb tin es, from the intense heat of the date and clligies of the gold PH'C cna,t ( lhc extreme cold uf the

shown him, and it va to proem e mountain tops. 'I .i.i I 1 'IMtnfn ID ItA rtnn m j-v C 1T

some similar coins inai ne nau : out Benn ui t-unu

sent to Holland j that does not exist in a territory 'And this? continued he 'and of such advantageous position.exthis? taking a fresh piece fiom his tent, linu.e, elevation, and nature. hat at each question ! 'Hie miner may work mines of The witness was struck dumb, the n1.st precious metals; of gold The prisoner was immediately ! and silver, of copper, lead, and

acquitted.

UKPITH.IC OF (IlT ATF.MAL A. Guatemala is I he mt happily situated pait of this eontinent; itis nne of the fail est portions of the

new world, and centi c of Amer

ica.

lca- . . j Commerce has the most It is not an immencr evpanse ; pnf ,ant productions of the tl nf earth, as Uusa or ew pato; ;ino,ioms. for internal and ex or a small dMi :ct. as i lelv vtia or nip, n ade. and favoiable ports

rnOM A LATH LONDON PAPFTl

We do not recollect a more striking instance than the following, ol unserupulousuess. (if we in. iv use such a word.) assurance and ingenuity in an advocate. About seventy years ago, the

celebrated Counsellor' Costello I packet, which sailed that night, be vain his zenith at the Irish Bu despatched a trusty messenger to where he was urn b ailed for wit, Amsterdam, with certain iiwtrucacutmess. and propensity of the lions, and a strict iniunetion to he

b-ogue. His practice lay eomid- back in Dublin within three crably in the criminal courts, weeks at the end of which the whereby hi- ingenuity he ena Commission of Oyer ami Terbled m any deserving culprit to miner was to commence The evade the well earned punishment man succeeded in the object ol of the law. lie was one day his mis-ion, and returned to t)ub summoned to NiMVoate in a great tin on the very morning of the hurry, and in a case of great emer- day appointed for the trial of his cnty. The safe or strong box maslerV client, uf the. b.mk of Giendowr & Co. The prisoner was put upon tri bad been plundered to an immense ai. The principal Colder of amount. Suspicion had fallen Olendowr & Co. proved the co

upon the deputy cashier, who cum stances of the robbery as nar was in consequence arrested and rated by the Alderman to Cossent to prison, inside ofthe walls tello, adding that the robber (who of which be had not been ten could be none but the prisoner) minutes befote he was advised by had substituted 'en b igs of half . hi fellow prisoner (whom on his pence for those of goal which he entrance he had conciliated by hud stolen. The" Dutch piece eom:og down' hands m ! y ) to w as then handed to the witness send lor 'Counsellor' Costello, by the Counsel tor the prosectiwho would, if any man could, lion; he identified it as he pro save his life. It w is in obedience peity of his employers. ThK ev to this snmuvms thai the Coun idence was deemed conclusive H'llor' repaired to Newgate; a the prisoner's countenance ehang practice not very general here, ed the jury indicated by their perhaps, but not at all unusual in ge-tuies that thev were satisfied;

Holland. It i- a happy medium

between the vat eMenion of those kingdoms v hich on account of their greatness are deserted and badly administered, and (he extreme smallness of lhno states, which, from their limited condition, can neither be rich nor powerful. Guatemala, situated in the middle of the two Americas and he-

iron, in the same Cordillera that

has furnished so much wealth to Mexico and Peru. For agriculture, there are lands of everv quality, for the dilTeient modes of cultivation; and temperatures of

almost every de-cnption of plants.

Commerce has the most im-

threc

exter-

ports lor

the extension of its speculations. All the elements necessary to raise the navy to the highest degree of power, arc found here. Mountains covered with cedar and other materials for construction border on the water, which can he had lor the cost of cutting them: pitch and tar, which are procured for the other America,

ire abundant, as aie also copper

twecn the Atlantic ami Pacific I a,u ;ron; cotlon is a production oceans. h:is no nrc.-i of Of I r l r .1 . 1 1 1

. 01 mis sou. wnien is sold at a

Dublin.

the witness was descending IV on

am told you are committed the table, when CoMello exclaim

for pniloiniog 10 Odd ruineas, mv ed

'Stop, young man! a word with

von. 1 wilt tiiauU you lor that gold piece. Mr (to the Coi.n

dcai?' said the Counsellor, as be entered the cell. 1 am ' Are vou grilt v?' lii !' Hive you the arogavm shcese:, M don't understand von.' Did you do the thing:' ir, you insult me by vour fts Scions.' 4 Pnen. by J s! you'll be han

sel for the prosecution, who handed it to him) he looked at it. rubbed it on the sleeve of his well

worn coat, and then, turning to the witness, said, holding the

piece td monev in his lingers

kand you positively swear this is

1

uuarc leagues, trorn the isthmus

of Panam 1 to the line which separate it from New :-prtin. The Cordillera wbi h liscs out ofthe. sea at Cape .Horn, and snreads itself thivngh South America, runs through Coalcma'a and elends Ihroughi w ihe IMexican :erisorv T; e liiure of the kin d-nn eal!cl Cuaiemala. is that that of a triangular p. l gon; having ti'C isthnnis of Panama fir its vertex, and the dbidinirline

honi New Spain as Us base It is wateied by various rivers of dif lerent eour-es. The. (inlfi, the .iotagua Ulna, r. Auan, hns tunnnos. Jos Platanos. La Pintama. Morqoitos. an Juan Canialeron, and the Tiuto, irrigate the northern side. The !luista, the Sonsouite. 'Lempa, Viet', Nicaragua, and the Nicova. water the soulhren section 1

U.ivnvr an area of f,(i.000

leagues, its territoiial extension is greater than that of Cuba, the !"loridas pain.;c. ciug situated in the middle of the two Ameiicas. iis posiiion makes it the centre of the new w orld: places it at almost an equal distance from the people of both continents; facilitates its re Lilions " ith both, and destines it to be the emporium of commerce, and the point of the greatest po pulation. wealth and power. Having the figure of a triangular pologon, extended between the two seas sometimes running

out inio mem ami tuen rem uur

fr .l -mid the Counselor took the idcum-al piwe ol wlm-l, tVo)n ., au, vin f -

bis hat

was in the strong box ul (jden-

kM dd. Sir.' said the prisoner dov r iSc Co.?'

who after a little hesitation con

fessed that he was able to pay toe

Counsellor a thousand guineas if

be should procure his acquittal

the b.o'gaio was struck, and the

Couocllo took his leave.

1 do.' 'Have a care, young man' look

at it again.' said Costello, ulVeiing

it to the witness, but, letting it fall

breadth and great longitude, it presents many points in contact

with the ocean and many pons on both coasts. Towards the 1101th, there aie the p it? of Us

tiella IWadna. San Juan, Puma

nuo lii hat, wliu-h U..V hi-loiv him (K, Ar(,iu. -r, (1Ni!() 0mon ;h1

on ihe table l beg your pardon.'

Costello immedi itely repaired said he, taking up ami handing

the com to the wuness 'You are sure that it is the identical piece of money?' 1 am 'You are positive? Look at it

to the Crown OlhVe, in Dublin

from which his client had been com untied The sitting Magis-

trate as still on Ire Pu nch.

'ttood m urow, Mr AMerman,'

s;ul ihe Counsellor, as he cnteied

i- tiere any tiding new to da

a v thing stin ing in my Way?

Yes. a most extraordinary rase

lias ocvoucd One id' (lien

Coif ; towards the south. La Libeilad. made a port of entry by a deeiee ol the Assembly ofthe Oth of Pebruary. 1S21, Akajolla. Culeht a, and Keulcj,, id which an Unglishnvm has sa'nl, that it

agam.

was su!ti iently capacious fur the

1 nml cw-MP o ii,., i.i...,. navy ol toe whole woikt.

1 v v. 1 v IJ MIL I VJ V II tical piece.' Proceeding from the coast to-

-uu mo.' tovi 10c v 00 usi 1- 1 v ai tis inc lu noma 1 us. mere is ni c-

lor. taking another and a ssiuii.ar

Uuwr s clciks has abstracted from piece from bis hat

sented a series of districts of eoun

try, c.Nposed, in diiicient degrees,

price that docs not pay the expenses ofthe planter, and the siil cloth made from it is g rally esteemed in the navigation ofthe south. Cables made ol 'griihjttcn, according to Ulloa possess more durability and tenacity, than those made of hemp and geniquen is a common product of Ibis country. jMore than a million of souls peopled this territory about the

middle ol the last enttirv ; and as there has been no remakahlc desolation, according to flic ordinary increase of population, if cannol contain at present less lhari two millions Sal. Journal. Ice in ihe Siagum. Pniinjj the few das ol cold weather and snow lately, the Niagara Uiver was clogged up w ith ice so as to raise iis waters ftom 0 to 12 O ct. This is an uncommon event. For 2 ) years preeeeding the year 1SIK)U is said never to have closed hot since that period, it has (dosed times, tiu present inclusive. Dming the stoppage it presented a s'ngi daily giand appear 1 1 .

ance I he ice appeared on its unusually broad snrfaee in eaVcs r,0and 10 feet thick, piled in a zigzag situation, and some of it being thrown up b the foiee of the heavy current 10 and 12 fret, presenting as far as the ee could trace it. the appeal ance of waters frothing under heavy commotion. During its heigth.tbe store hoo-e of Mr. Ilobert Hamilton in Queen-tow n. U. C w as lost, and a Steam boat which lay on the . .

toeics huihlmg ty that gentleft m

man, was harelv saved. The

tnre houses on this side stood.

although seveial feet inundated.

Alter a day or two the ice be-

came so solid that teams passed

with safet y, and at Youngstou n9 near the mouth ol the river, sonic ;icconinfd.it:.P jhtm 11s cixctc(l a (occery npi nit, near in'uii'.k" cfthe stream, that the wc;m- ir.oillvr, u ho, uith liypocondri ack f iiiliK ss'K. sh'il. 1 lc iningitiin all the hon ors .f h'vakiiig t!rout;U and being earned out into the L ke," his flesh food for f.shes, and lii bones to lie bleaching ct some unknown sands niiv;ht keep up hjg its by, "taking a liule something to take," u.d wind his av to the opposite shore ihoughtltss ol any fatal conctjuenct s. Sentinrl

TALLOW ";.Hdat this fTicc.