Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 May 1825 — Page 4

Poetical.

FROM THE NATIONAL JOURNAL. r We rarely meet with so beautiful an illusV tration, sucli sublimity and such point, in

I O newspaper poetry, as is contained in the following lines. THK W REATH. LEAF XLII. SONNET T II K APOCALYPSE. . "And if any man shall take away from the words of the hook of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life." Scrifiturt. A gray rock o'erhangs the sullen deep, Around its jutting base the billows lash, And, to its very summit, rudely dash Their fiercest fury, with relentless sweep. Bat yet that rock, fix'd by Almighty power. Defies the te np st of the waves and wind; And, while it tow't s, in majesty enshrin'd, The broken waves roll loosely from the shore. A granite column, rear'd in ancient day, Lifts its tall head, high, mounting to the skies; Against itsstrength the paiated insect flics, With the vain hope to crumble it away. Thus, man God's holy word would turn to lies' In light lacreased, it bursts, while the weak rebel dies. AMVN TUit, Jit. A THOUGHT ON DEATH.

gular union of a corrupt an one tious aristocracy, a monarchy without power, and a democracy without freedom

Buch a system must necessari-

eigh-

By Mrs. BarrauM Written at her teenth year. When life in opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the spirit greet, And youth prepares his joys to meet, Alas how hard it is to die !

When scarce is siezed some borrowed prize,

And duties press; and tender ties Forbid the soul from crth to rise, How awful then it is to die ! When one by one these ties are torn. And friend from friend is snatched forlorn, A man is left alone to mourn, Ah ! then how easy 'tis to die ! When trembling limbs refuse their weight. And films, slow gathering, dim the sight, And clouds obscure the mental light, ' I'ia natures precious boon to die ' When faith is strong, and conscience clear, And words of peace the M)irit cheer. And nv nod gl -ies half ppe ir, 'Tisjov,'t - ,: loo' i:i"t. to die

rived in America in time to figM4 for our own cause of independence, and to die on a foreign shore in defending those prinei pics of iustice and liberty, whose

growth a wicked conspiracy of

COUNT PULASKI. rV h dismemberment of Poland afteeied v Pe peili.h and amhi ti 't . !uv- d.spoiic poueis has eve bet ;i regarded, hv I he friends ot 'ihcriN and iustice. with toe tit mit indignation and abhorrenee. It was a deed nf infamy, which

bles perpetually encroached on depots have blasted on his na

the royal prerogntives, few and tive soil As Americans, it is contracted as they were; they eon our doty to cherish the fame of trolled the elections; and at length Pulaski; he came to us in the

they took the government eftec midst of our wants and our per-

tually into their hands, hv intra ils when we needed the aid of

during into the "Diet the UhvrumA veto, or the privilege of any mem-M

her by his single voice to dissolve the assembly, and stop further proceedings This was usurping a power, which the King did not posses, and which was plainly destructive of all the good purposes to be effected by a delibera tive body. The responsibility of public officers was destroyed, for none could fail to find a friend in the Diet, who would stop any investigation into his conduct, if. occasion requited It was at the time when these evils in the government had grown to their, greatest height, and its vital energies were paralyzed, that the cabinets of Russia, Austria, and Prussia formed the

insidious design of taking advantage of the weakness of Poland, to crush its political existence.

and, in the true spirit of Ireebo

ters, to divide among themselves

the plunder of the country, which

they had conspired to dismember

and ruin. This scheme of infa my was carried into effect, and has fixed a stigma on the eharae ter of its projectors, which will forever remain as one of the deep est stains in the history of the civ ilized world That the Pole? should be roused by st) fljgiant an act of indignity and oporcssinn. was not sur prising Civil wars broke out; the de-pots promted partisans by the influence of money and intrigue, and by the force of arms; they spared no pains to kindfc the flame of civil discord, tha they might the mote easily con quer and divide. The spirit of

can find no puallel in history.

V and which, under any of the ! freedom is natural tn man. anrl it

forms of civil society, would he ! w; unt vpt nvtinnt h, ho hrnctc

looked upon as a crime, that could only he expiated by the severest penalties of violated law. The government, of Poland, it is true, had grown weak by factions, . 7 and was sunk under the burthen of its ill or ganize d constitution. It had once been the pride of the

Poles to rally round the standard of what wa called, and w hat in reality was in some of its features, a republic an system. The privi lege of election that great palla dium political rights u as enjoyed

to a considerable extent, and for a time affnded a salutary check to ahs dote tyiannyin the rulers In the best peiiods of its ad niu i-t ation, however, the Pdisb Government was composed of strangely mixed and discordant elements. The King was elected, but the authority conferred by the crown was almost nothing; the Diet, or legislative assembly, was elected, but this assembly was ahvays a theatre of anarchy and faction; it was composed of nobles who looked only to their own inteiest, and who were en coutaged by each other's example to practice any enormity without shame, to gain theii ends The mass of the people were serfs, degraded by slavery and igno ra ''e n short, the government of Poland was of a most anomalous character, exhibiting the sin

of many of the Poles, notwithstanding the degraded state to w hich t' ev weie reduced as a na tion. Tl e crisis called out some men of high and noble minds, genuine patriots, in whom the h've of country and of freedom

overcame every other passion, and incited them to deeds of he roism and valor, that have seldom been surpassed To many (lis tinguished Poles, who signalized themselves at that time, and during the succeeding struggles, might the words of the poet he applied with scarcely less force, than to the renowned hero, whose fame they celebrate R'lt shouM we wish to warm us on onr wav

soldiers like himself, ardent m our cause for its own sake, and tried by the severest discipline of experience; he died in assisting to procure the freedom which we now enjoy, and which every A merican deems the first of his earthly privileges. We care not to look further; to these claims

alone ue are willing to yield up

our hearts To a case like this, we should revolt at the thought of remov ing the veil, and search ing for personal motives; these no doubt he had, for without them he could not have been a man; but it is not by his private pei sonal views, whatever they may have beer), that his character is to be weighed; nor by the cold cant that he was a soldier of fortune, that his merits are to be estimated, in the United States. The plain question is, what did

he do for us, and what did Ite

sacrifice in our behalf? He scrv-H

ed in most devotedly, he fought

bravely, and he sacrificed hi life.

rYe envv not the feelings of an

American citizen, who has not

grathude for deeds like these, and

v hose sense of justice, as well as

of gratitude, docs not place Pu

laski high on the revered list of

heroes, by whose united exertions

our independence v as achieved i n

Asa military man ot science.

knowledge and experience, as

soldier ir. the highest sense of the word, quick to perceive and decide prompt to act. unwearied in perseverance, collected in the midst of danger, brave without lashness. and discreet in his signs, Pulaski has few riv als in the lists of eminent warriors. His fame spread over Europe during the short space in which he main tained the unequal contest in Poland, and even Wraxall says of him. that he was acknow ledged by the Russians, his enemies, to possess militar y talents of a very superior nature; nor were they ever able to take him prioncr

during the civil war" Dr. Frank

hn says, in a letter to Genera

Washington, dated Pari-, June

chamber until the proceis is over.

If you would go through this

world with any thing of composure, take things as you find them.

Yield your sympathies to the ce-

semng your compassion to the

unfortunate, but your temper to no one. Conceal your mortification, the display ot which serves only to gladden your cir mv,

The servant who excites your anger, is so far your master. The

adversary who draws down your

imprecations has conquered you. You yield to him the control which God originally gave to yourself. If you arc an Author, above all things keep cool and good nat tired If you write in a passion, you cannot expect your readers to be also in a passion, and an angry writer is of all things the most ridiculous; tor while words coon lose their heat and die away of their own exhaustion, uritinfrs strive to continue their asperity in spite of time and better feelings. If you are a Lawyer, and lose a cause, never be angry. T'-e defeat of your client bec' incs your own. when your temper is thereby ruffled. If you arc young be not angry for you live in the benevolent bloom of the universe If you arc old. be not angry cheerfulness is the charm of the desert. If you look properly on this world, its misfortunes will become sources of pleasure. The greatest triumph is that of endurance. Study to be happy, and you must be so. Remark able Longevity. There are now living in Charlotte county, near the Campbell line two persons, Alexander Berkeley and his wife. Berkely is now in his hundred and eigh

teenth year, and his wife in her hundred and seventh IMr Berkeley was born in Scotland, and served in the B itish army under the Duke of Marlborough in the reign of Quern Anne. After the death of his Queen, he emigrated to America and served again in the army of England, under Gen. Yo!ie, and was at Quebec when Montgomery fell. When the war of our revolution commenced, he was too old to hecome a soldier again and his military career of course was then tci minuted. He has lived with his wife in a state of matrimony ninety years, and has had seven

V children, but they have all gone

13, 1777 -Count Pulaski, who was a General of the Confeder

ates in Poland, and who is cone

the tomb before him. It ap

pears that this old man has always been poor, and was conse-

! quently under the necessity of

7 . . r. i r r

to pun you. i esteemed one of the ! ,u,m !"? ,UI M,H,UIt wjnen

irieatest ot i -ers in h urnnp "

These testimonies to his military

character were fully borne out by hi conduct in this country.

AVherever he appeared, he show-

Throug'i Poland, there is Kosciusko' mme ed himself a brave and skillol sol5

iiiitui m ;tuer nrc -iiu ouijii kit, utvc iilli.i a

Among those who stood in the with a warm attachment to him-

foremost ranks of patriotism and valor, at the heiinnin of the contest, who were the fn st to resist oppression and raise the standard of freedom and tight, was Count Pulaski He fought to restore the falling liberties of his country, with an ardor which nothing could repress and with a perse veranee w hich no obstacles could diminish while a gleam of hope remained, that Poland could be saved from the destiny threatened by its enemies. The comhin ed power of three empires drove him from bis country, and he ar

Gen. Bolivar. "At a magnificent public dinner, given to Bolivar at Bogota, one of the company, vv hen called upon for a toast.

dier, inspir ing his ()flicers and menxave 'Should, at any time, a

self, and confidence in his talents. AT; American Review. Good Humor Anger is weak ness. and injures the strong. It is folly, and disgraces the wise It

is rashness, and defeats the skilful.

Virginian.

monarchical government be es

tablished in Colombia may the liberator, Simon B divar. be the emperor.' A high spirited public character, scnor Pepe Paris, then requested permission to give a to ist, which being acarded tot he filled his eluss. and exclaiming 'Should Bolimr, at

any future period, allow himself to be declar-

It IS excusable in Clllldern does from mv das,' he poured the

an in a nassinn is still n ! rutofhis glass upon the floor. Bolivar im-

If ic flpfnrmWv r,l morch ed emperor, may his blood flow from his

1 T II I ft . tJ "v.".... .v -- .wv. "ill. iUIW

nut a man in a passion

ehild If you must be angry if the heat of your bosom must evaporate in exclamations and the harmony of your features be

disturbed by frowns and distor

tions, shut yourself up in your i TALLOW wanted at this office.

mediately sprang from his chair, ran to sen-

or Paris, and, most warmly embraced him exclaimed, If such feelings as those declared by this honorable man. shall always animate the breasts of the sons of Colombia, her liberty and independence can never be in d .ie;er."