Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 June 1826 — Page 4

Poetical.

Time is a sturdy beast, & stcally from its movements and the whole beard, and large grey eyes. The

to the draft ; he will dran alonn tre is nut in motion bv a crank which table stands upon cantors & wai

rom the J. V. .afio;ia Advocate. SHE HAS NO HEART. She has no heart, but she is fair The rose, the lily can't outvie her : 5he smiles so sweetly that the air Seems tall oflight and beauty nigh her. She has no heart, but yet her face So many lines of youth revealing With so much liveliness and grace. That on my soul 'tis ever stealing. She has no heart, she cannot love, But she can kindle love in mine Strance that the softness of a dove

Round such a thing of air can twine. She has wo heart her eye though bright, Has not the brightness of the soul; Tis not the fmrc and tender light That love from seraph beauty stole. 'Tis but a wild and witching flame, That leads us on a while through flowers, .Then leaves us, lost in guilt and shame, To mourn our vain departed hours. Go then from mc thou canst not chain A soul whose flight is winged above : Turn not on me thine eye again ; Thou hst no heart, thou canst not love.

heaviest sluggard that snores and

nods ; but what a figure a man

makes, tied by the head to Apol lo's charriot. The drone awakes in the morn ing looks atthe sun "O itison

mav be turned by a child. repeatedly moved ubout, show-

f We have examined the plane- ing conclusively that there was no

tary instrument of Mr. Kiel, now connection with any other aparti I . I ..I . I it. I

cxmuuea at tne Atnencum, witn menu uui mat me macmne is ner-

soinc decree of attention, and, as feet in itself. Tv o accrmnlishcd

far as our limited acquirements in chess players played jointly a-

SLEEP. TIIF, IDF. A FROM THE LATIN. Gentle handmaid! genial sleep ! Though like Death's thy dirk dominion; Round me still thy visions keep!

Fan me with thy downy punun.

ly an hour high" down he lays the science of astronomy enable gainst him, but were beaten with

his head. In the summer the flies us to form an opinion. taking aldisturbhim; they light on his face so into view the limited advanta and buz about his cars as much as es ot the inventor, we think it

to say; get up you lazy fellow one of the most ingenius inventille brushes off the little busy mon- ons of modern times In fact it itors, swears at them, covers his comes to us, as did many ot the face or darkens the room, then most important inventions &. dissleeps in quiet At length his coveries in this science, in all the bones ache. he shifts sides and character of original and unassisttrics hard to lie easy; but all will ed effort -showing not Only the not do by the middle of the fore phenomena of the heavens, but alnoon he is forced to leave his bed so those of the human mind il he rises up on end. he scratches lustrating not only the movements his head, he gapes alter much a of planets, but also the (lowers of do the man is up and dressed genius. A description of the in lie gets his btenkfast, and then sirumcnl was given in the Iniot has an hour or two for business of yesterday, and we do not know

Balm of sorrow! cure of vtrifc! On a couch ohlivious lying ; To live without the care of life! And die without the pun of dying! Strong Language The. Presidcnt.spcakingnf the Panama Mission, said that it was within the

before dinner. The man is drair

ged along by time, and his Imm ness drais heavily after him. Is he a merchant ? Customers call before he is up and go away as thev come. One bargain after another is lost, while the man is snoring Is he a mechanic? His apprentices follow his example they doze away the morning ; or gCt up. and loiter about. Work is not done, or it is ill done cy the

constitutional competency of the , man loses his custom. Is he a farexecutive to appoint - ministers mCr ? While he is in bed the sun without consulting the Senate j warms the air, and dries the earth Mr. Branch of the Senate, moved He loses the benefit of ploughing ji resolution denying the posession ! the earth with the dew on. ol of

of this power by the executive t cutting the grass when it is im t

and cuts easy. Sometimes 1

cattle break into a held of corn

and destroy the crop, while the

drone is 1 oiling h orn side to side

to ease his. hones, or brushing jf

In the course of his speech he says,

When 1 take a retrospect of the past history of our Government ; when I recur to events of recent date; when I associate them with

the manner in which the present the Hies which interrupt his sleep.

1'reMovnt came into onice. ami me S he a public oiticer: neiscvcr-nriiviple-i avowed by him since, I lastingly honied, so that he can

. feel that it is t tie duty ot every pa- not do anv business "Call ano-

, inot to be vigilant. I will not say ther tune, call a ain,"' is his answer

thal became intoohVc m violation to every person who wants busi

Tit the letter ot the Constitution.. nrss done. Do you want a paper

He came in under it. lie is our or a copy, ' O. 1 can't attend to it

President, and. so tar as his mca now, vou must call again." Such

sures are calculated to advance the a man never lakes time by I he general interest, shall have my forelock.

, most cordial,

energetic support,

C And yet, (it is unnecessary to dis

guise the fact) he came into office

in opposition to three-fourths of the American People, in opposition to seventeen or eighteen states out of the twenty four. He came

in by the prostration of our dear

est principles. He came X total disregard of the rigl ) rdruction, the Ikims of the

he. He came in, Sir, in oppo

From the Halt Patriot. Kiel's Planetary InstrumeiV A piece of mechanism, called ; Tellurian, designed to illustraic the revolutions of the planetary bodies, has been invented by Jar-

lie came in by a v,s lvlc, an umaugni American

ht of in- ai bst, in this city and is now to he

Itepub sccn at nc Atnencum eveiy day ppositi at evening. The inventor, (says

on, not only to the sovereign will the American) is a poor but a de-

f the People, but he overcame mng man, wan a family to pro

the most formidable of all diffieul

ties: lie came in, in opposition to the will of the Uepresentativestoo. 'Phis mTiV seem paradoxical, hut it

is never! Helens true, lie came m

under the inlluenee of piecedmt.

under the inlluenee of the p'inci

pie I am now combating, v if we

dont resist it at the outset, he will pve it such an impulse as will enable him. not ojilv to nominate, as lie has done, but to appoint his sue cessor.

Take time, by the Forelock There is a mighty diffeienec be tween going Injure and behind, between pulling and being pulled. He who takes time In the forelock, goes before and helps the draft ; but the man who docs not is like a horse tied to the tail end ol a cart, pulling back with all his might.

vide for, and has been so smitten

with love of science, that he has in the midst ol such multitude of embarrasments devoted histime and attention to this subject, inventing and manufacturing even

tools with which the TellunaiVis

made, some of which are as gie

cuiiosities as that instrnmrutitscll.

The diurnal motion of the eat th

on its own axis its anual revolt!

tion around the sun the motion of the moon around the earth

the revolution of the sun itself in

that we can add much to the information there given The relative possessions of the moon, planet Venus and the sun, to the earth, at any given time, are seen at a glance by the most supeilicial observer The cause of the in

crease and decrease, in length of day and night, and the relative proportions of time occupied by the earth in light and darkness, day and night, in each month, are perspicuously exhibited during the movement of the instrument. The reason why Venus, during one part of the year, is the "Evening Star, and the rest Morning Star, are clearly seen and un derstood. The manner of theeclipses. why they occur in the transit of the moon between the sun and earth at one time and not

at others; why thev are total at one time and but partial at others, and why they arc visible to the inhabitants of one pait of the globe and invisible to tho&e of othcrs, are very plainiy shown We do not pretend U) give either a scientific or correct view of this instrument. We merely wish to draw the attention of cui' citizens to it, thev will not regret thetrilie thus contributed to the support

ol a most hnlliaut genius, and to

their own

venture a pre-

dictio'n, that the instrument of 3Ir

Kiel will headoptcdin theschools

and its inventor become a man of

no little cclcbi it v all he wants is a little fron:ige to enable him to

perlect tins and to prosecute his

design until he shall have produ

ced astronomical instruments e-

qual if not superior to any yet known. We hope this patronage will be extended to him. & he be enabled to give us amkiucan instkumunts in this sublime science. )Fdt. of Bait Fat.

gieat ease. W hen he check-mated them, he would articulate "c ciec." with the promptness of an accomplished player; and when false moves were made bv his antagomsts, he rapped upon the table with his riiht hand, and shook his head in displcasuie. w bile with his lctt heieplaced the chess men as they stood before He looks a-

round upon the audience occasionally, but intently upon c cy movement in the game his eyes moving with the quickness of fife. Kut wondeifol as this part of the exhibition is.it i not the whole of it. Theic is the automaton trmnpc:ci an elegant figure in the military costume of the French l iuceis, iho blows the Fiereh &

German Oulinaneein the gieat-

esi peneetion, with the accompaniment on the piano forte. We never saw or bean! a living and

bieathing trumpeter who could

compaie with him Then we

have another wonder in the automaton rope dancers. Hunter,

j. iiv ir, 1? a Lnuir n. tuny

in comparison with these little tellows upon the slack rpe ; and were it not that with the chessplayer, thought mtirt be in some way made to counteract thought, we should put the rope dancers down as the greatest wondeis. They execute tin most suipi-in feats with the greatest agiliu . and w ithout any apparent mechanism. iV Y. Sped.

the enliirhteniiur of

minds. Ve will

JVonders of the Microscope. The Aderonian Society of (Glasgow, has purchased from Holland, the largest solar microscope that optician has ever cond ucted. The lirst trial of this superb instrument discovered some wonderful phenomena. Hundreds of insects were discovered devouii'.g the body of d gnat, anil scores bad lived luxuriously ' lor several months on the leg of a moth The animalcules were magnified so as to appear nine inches long, their actual size being somewhat less than thefourteenth hundredth part of an inch. The mineral

kingdom afforded another display of brilliant objects: their crystallization, and the splendour of their colouring, exceed any thing the most lively imagination can possibly conceive.

Automaton Cites Planer The

Administrators Sale. rrpHE undersigned, administrator cf it all, ic. of Charles Ulen, (late of Knox coumy,) deceased, will sell at publie auction, at the last dwelling of the said deceased, in Busscron township, in said

first exhibition of Mr. MaelzePs Cf)Unlv on Monday, the twelfth day of

Ynnd,Mnl iho Wm-ld tnnb nl;ii.,. June, now cnsuini, at one o'clock, v M.

1 .1 1 .. some articles of Men's annuel some last cvcn.nK.111 the s,unous hall Wo,c-s. ,iho, c ro, JZ

Auier, belonging to the estate of the said drccascd. A credit of four months wilt be given for all purchases over three dollars, upon executing note, with apprcned security, teforc the removal of the arti

clesfor purchases of three dollars, and

attached to the National Hotel &

was witnessed by fronvtwo to three hundred spcctators.Vho departed equally astonished and delighted. We have not room this

evening for a full account of the ! under, cash must be paid at the time of

it orbit -the movements of the i exhibition, hot. miKr Jlctv..U ; strikini; off the article Due attcnd-incc

planet Venus-are all marked bV I briellv. The wonderful fi.nirp I wiU bc B"'cn b..t ,

this invention with so much plain-V whose movements, or rather the ness and perspicuity, that anycause of whose movements, has one is capable of comprehending bathVd the intjuiries of the learn them who can understand the ed and cuiioiis ot Europe for mamovements of a common time- , ny years, sits by a table in an cpiece. The work is executed with rect attitude, u ith gravity & coinso much fidelity and precision, posure. He is in Turkish cos that eclipses may be calculated tume, with a long heavy black

CIIAs. MAN VII. i.e.

Mav If), 1S26. U-l 4 ' OT1CF. is hereby kimp, Uiat I intend making a final settlement of the estate of Charles Eans, deed, with the Judge of Probate ot Oawfoid county, Illinois, on the third Mondiy in Juno

next, at wiucn tin c an persons mtercstc may attend if they sec proper. , HENRY HARRISON, May 8, 1826. 13-itl 50

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