Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 May 1825 — Page 4
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Poetical.
FROM THE LONG ISLAND PATRIOT. SCRIPTUIU; THOlldll lS, icr (iood Friday. MEDITATION'. Zcchariah XIII. 6, 7. Ami nnc shall say unto him, What are llicsc w omuls in thine lunula? Then shall he answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the Man that is my Fellow, saith the Lord f hosts : Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall he scattered; and 1 will turn my hand upon the little ones. IWHAPIIllASi:. Saviour! whence the-e marks of blood Sire lining with thy ital tloil? Whence the wounds of torture fierce. Which thy hands thy bosom, pierce? I, from ivalms divine wh'obend. Come to earth, the sinner' t;iei:d; Tiv cVi 'us tru nds . ire wounding me, Vi "u il ls mllict tins .njronv. O Vrt not m:n pre ails the Lnrd Cries. A wake, my a-iirry sword! Snr.e, O scn!, m S n m; s dear, Smile the Man who is my Peer: Smite tV- clapaerd; he sliall d;c, tin- viu v p my veiigt anee tfv; Ch' ivi, .i.c K-phml, life v ill vul : Ills bvlnvta ilo-k tosh' J 1. Ji;i5AL. To (he t d tur0 ht St Lcuis Euq. SIR ou wdi t)').igx- 01.0 of your readers iiy iiig ihe f blowing fTiio:i a corner in )ou iicerestiiu; paper. St. Louis, itaJanTO THE SUN. Afire ! thou vph ndi.l child of dav ! Ciild all the world with s-udn.iT rav; I greet thee, orb ot heave nl birth, Regent alike of Hcincn and Earth : Light is the rob', that Nature wears. Splendor is thine, that Ilcav'n prepares: Co-aug shew no nil thy lustre here, O, Sun! with i;ge calm and clear; Come, and I e er will admire, Kind orb! thy f ice so full of fire. SIDNEY, J it.
can read or write. Tliev have passages of scripture printed. in
their own language, and
iiymn oooks, wnicti some
them can read as well as I ran
ours. I lay there one Sunday, and went to their church, where I found assembled about 4 or 500 natives, all decently dressed: all the females (natives) wore bonnets of their own manufacturing. There was as much good order and regularity in their mode of worship, and particularly in sing ing hymns and psalms, as you will generally find in our churches. Having procured every neces sary, t weighed anchor on the
25th ot December, and proceeded
to the westward
amonir
the
FUOM Till-". CO AST OF JAPAN. tract of a leiler from Capt. Uiehard A'arcv. Master of the
Friendly Islands On the 3d of Fehruarv, 121. I discovered
thiee Islands, and as they are not laid down on my chart, or in any hook I have on board, I Ivlievtf them to he a new discover; in
4 consequence of which I have niv
en them the following narrts. viz. Elizabeth's Island, lat. 21 06 S. Ion ITS SO W. Eunice Island, lat 21 OS S. Ion ITS 47 W. Ma rev's Island, lat. 20 52 S. Ion 1TS4T W. The land of these Islands is verv low and the naj gation dangerous as thev arc sur rounded with coral reefs which extend some distance from them. The Islands are inhabited and are covered with cocoanut and other trees. Se.vcial natives of one of the Friendly Islands cam alonp; n'e of my ship, their only ohVi no peated to be trade as trv never cn pressed anv deVue 'o et on
board. As soon as they had fi
The tray was spread with leaves; and the meal consisted of vams. bread fiuit, (arrow, fish, coeoanuts, and other dishes, which were all prepared under the immediate inspection of the queen. She handed me each dish, separately, in a green leal, taking great care not to touch her finder to either of them; she even handed me .the cocoanut in a leaf. I never tasted a sweeter meal, and I ate quite heartily. After dinner I lighted a cigar,
which much astonished them, as
, Tt has been observed, by some who have seen them, that the salt would in time dissolve, and by leaving a hollow in the post to retain the moisture, cause its decay, I have not found that the salt diminishes to any extent; and if it should it must penetrate the wood and thereby prevent decay. But to obviate such apprehension, nothing is easier than to draw the plugs, and fill them again with salt at the expiration of the eight or ten years or when required,
which would be a very distant
white, and sonic of them reached over three or four others to touch me with their fingers After
smokinn mv eijrar. I returned to
smoking is not practised among ; period. '1 ins can De done at them. Thev appeared to be less than a cent a post, exclusive much surprised at my being so of salt, which must be admitted is
prelerame to planting them new. I have usually paid the workmen a cent a post for boring fillin" and
plugging: they gcncrallv earn
mv boat, which I nwd loaded . two dollars a day. A judicious
with vegetables. On my way to farmer on viewing my posts, obthc ship I saw a vast number of j served he could see no reason why canoes, some going to the ship ; salt should not preserve wood.
and others returning to the shore when it preserved so perishable
in
Whaling hip Mat o, to .losiah i ish"d their business, thev letmncd
Uossy. Eq of Nantucket. ( oast nf J ipan. Jug 10, 1821 Impiosed with a strong belie! that iyeat numbers of spei m whales existed am -.nig the. numerous Inlands in the Faciti ivenera!!v Ur.wn is the Friendly. Soeictv, F-jec. and Caroline's Is lat iU. I icsnlved to spend three months among these Hand. I s'cered liist to the SSocietv Is lands, wi ere I p oposed to stop in order to procuic wood and water. T.te Island I selected for
that purpose is called Eimeo and
to their shores, apparently much
pleased They esrmblcd the Sandwich Islanders in tlieir complexion, but are in a state of na tore, uith the exception of a few leaves tied around them. Thev appeared to be very friendly, checiful, anil pleasant. !n this neighborhood. I saw numbers of whales, but was um'onnioii! v unimtunate. I observed seveial other Islands, but had no intercom se w ith them. rV e next I 'and I stopped at. "as near the Fciecs. and known
lies 20 miles West of Oiaehe hv the name of llolumah. Scv
I ''iiteied a harbor on the North
The scene reminded mc of our Nantucket shearing These natives are remarkably clean, cheerful friendly, and hospitable; there complexion is about two shades lighter than the Sand wicb Islander. Thev are in a state of nudity wilh the exeep tion of a little grass, which seme of them wear round their loins.
They fornished me. with every ter grievance that honesty is thing the island offered, viz: yams, scarcer. tarrow. coeoanuts, plaintains, ba- 'Tis a grievance that one knave nanas, apples, ugar canes, anrl leads teji fools by the nose, fow ls "m .rreat abundance indeed, , 'Tis a grievance that men it was the very best recruit I ever should find fault with authority, . I 1 1. i . 1 I
on-famed "Hire mv going lo sea. i oiu htk ninuess leoress oy eomOn the 2Sth February, 1821. T plaints for that which can hi; remleft this island and steeled to the cdied only by their own prudence
North W est for the Coast of and industry.
a vegetable as cabbage during ma
ny years. If 1 have been prolix, be pleased to attiibutc it to my zeal in my most favored pursuit; and with much esteem, I remain yours, Wm PHILLIPS. Grievances. 'Tis a grievance that money is sea-ce, but a grea-
J.ipau."
TI1F, PW'.SF.RY TION Of POSTS
To Ihv Covvespn))(1i))cr Secretary ,
of the Pennsylvania jJgriculiuml Socieltf Philadelphia. Feb. 2 1823 Dear Sir. To accordance with my desire to. promote the interests of Acrienltufc, and with your requests, to communicate
my experience of the benefit to
'Tis a grievance that those who
have done most to make the times bad, should complain most of the badness of the times 'Tis a grievance that men should be employed in public affairs, who have more impudence than sense. 'Tis a grievance that those who cry and bawl merely to make themselves popular, should be regarded 'Tis a grievance that some who borrow money -tor a few days
only, compel the person who
planted four gate posts of Delaware oak. ol very inferior quality;
nal of the nathes came on board
side ol i lie Island, and which is to ti ade. and at one time I had on net o he surpassed for access and ; mv mam deck about S or 400 of saletv, bv anv harbor in this , them. I stretched a line across ocean. I took my ship two ti e deck. and suffered no one (exmiles un this beautiful harbor cent m v officers and crew ) to on
frniire.lv hind locked. 1 and tied ! abaft it I placed abreast, ofnvv w"llh salL aml PUged at both
lurtoan old tree The scene cabin oa.wav, two machinesV cnns- as mey were to support
which, if put in operation. wnuld7mn ,v nlsnr" aIrs' lhr.v xvc,c
have wounded the whole of them
ho dei bed from the application
of salt m the preservation of posts, without enteiing upon the theo
ry. I will give you the result of ' 'favors them, with the loan to wait
twenty yeais practice, and the many months before he can "Ct it
modcwnicn nasuuiv realized mv .
most sanguine expectations I
again.
Prophecy of Columbus. In one of the letters which Colum-
that surrounded ine was trulv ro inantic. The shores were cov
rred wilh all kinds of Tropical . in an instant; however. I had no fruit, such a oranges, lemons, J occasion to make any use of limes, coeoanuts, pine apples, ba-' them. After being there four nanas, and plaintains The beau-j days, and being well assured of tifol mountains which encompass i their fi iendly disposition I aceepthe harbor, and exhibit a lofty ! ted the invitation of their king to
and majestic appearance, com mence within a quarter of a mile from the shore, and gradually ascend to the height of 2,lH) feet, covered with trees, from the hot torn to the top. I found the natives much more civilized than I
go on shore. On landing. I was immediately
surrounded hy ahnut HMO
tives. who nad come
lrom mere curiosity. I'iie kin took me bv the hand and eonduc. ted mc to his palace, which was a
n;
together
a I wo inch augur hole was bored I bus wrote to the King ol Spain
through them, which was filled bom the fleet, then Kin" before
Jamaica, he has the following remat kable passage: "The wealth that I have discovered will rouse mankind to pillage and violence and will revenge the wrong that T have suffered. The Spanish nation itself will, perhaps, sutler one day from the crimes that its malignity, its ingratitude, and its envy, are now committing "
cased with boards, and some salt
was put inside of their case near the ground. The posts are now a sound as when put down, and bid fair to last for some genera tions to come. This experiment was tried under the most unfavorable circumstances, as the posts were so much worm eaten, that my carpenters were averse to finish them, under the belief that they would not last five years. I have since, applied salt to the posts of rail fences, by boring an inch auger hole about four in-
had anticipated i lcjge hut. thatched on the outside
Tneie was at Kimeo. five mis- and neatly dressed in the inside ( ches above the ground, diagonally sionary families from England with mats. The Sxing introduced ' IUrss the post, so as to reach who. apparently, live up to their me to the queen w ho was appaTj out two or three inches under profes-ion I dined or souped i ent Iv much pleased to see me. Hf round; the hole is filled with with them ahnos e cry day dor i wa seated on a clean mat and sa- ani closed with cedar and ig in) say. ard was treated fanned by a woman on each side cbesnut pings. With the result yjy'A'riU Mndnes and hospital- of me The queen spread a ta- I am well satisfied, as I have not
itv; lint you will he surpri.ed, blc. w hich was a large wooden tound any decay among them al
kvoen I tell you there is scarcely trav ar.d had a meal nienared for
anat'iNe in the place, but wnat me immediately.
though I have several thousands so prepared.
The number of blacks in the United States is about two millions; and their annual increase is said to be 50.000 One of the counties of Georgia, named liberty, contains, according to the census recently taken, 1 6S5 free persons, and 1.755 slaves! What a difinition of Liberty! The county of Madison, Alabama, contains a population of 22 066; of this number 10689 are considered personal property! The state of Missouri contains SO 677 souls, ol which 13,330 are slaves!