Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 January 1827 — Page 4

Poetical.

HVMV FOIt THANKSGIVING. T ) Phkk Almighty Ivjiuj, we iisj O.ir hearts a id h uuU in prayer and praise For all thy mercies plead and prove Thy word is true, that God ii hve. How many dangers, woes and fears H ive ji.iss'd like the dreams of other yearsHow ui mv blessings from above.

Sound, as tliey fall, that G-jJ if hve. Th it Pestilence, whose venoni'd breath InfutM the very life of death, The voice of mercy bide "remove," And thus proclaimed, that God ii love. Tlie beanteou products of the soil, The rich reward of hoiu-st toil, To praise the Lord oar tommies shall move, For these attest that God h hve. freedom her golden gift extends To us, her f lithtul chosen friends ; Th J breeze of health waves every grove ; And gently whispers God it love. Serene her light around us pours ; Rd'cion tnuuiphs Faith adores ;

Win!e pe are, the heavenly turtle-dove, Coos in si.ft str nis h it Hod h hve. Tim iyri:ii:(irv of god. The contemplation of this glorious attribute of God. is fitted to exche in our minds the most anim iting and consoling reflections S'a.iduig, as we are. amid the ni-

iihoi time, cc the wrecks ot mnr-

is created and dependant, proceed ing from nothing, and hastening to destruction, wc rejoice that, something is presented to our view which has stood from everlasting, and w ill remain forev er. When ve ha e looked on the pleasures of life,& they have vanished away ; when we have looked on the work? of nature, and perceived that they were changing ; on the monument of art an I seen thai they would not stand ; on our friends and tney have fled while Vew ere gazing ; on our-elves, & felf'that we were as fleeting as they ; whn we have looked on every object to which we could turn our anxious eyes, ad th-v have all told us (hey could mice us no hope nor -uppoi t. because they

Were as feeble as ourselves ; we can look to the throne of God; change ey decay have never reach cd that ; the levolution of ages has neve removed it ; tlte wave.; of an eternit y have been rushing past it. but it has remained unshaken ; the waves of another etemiiv arc rushing towards it, hut it is fixed, and can never In; disturbed. And blessed be (S od. who asu-ed lis by a revelation from himself. 'that the throne of eternity is like w'hc a throne ot mercy and love; Who ha permit led and im bed in

to repose ourselves and our hopes on that which alone is ever! idling & unchangeable. We h all leave behind u all v hich i-uow familiar and beloved, and a world of other da s 5c other men u ill be cntitvh

ignorant that once we lived. Hut the same unalteiable ! ing will Still public over the universe, through all its ehioge and from his temembranee w e shall never be bl .tietl Wo can never be

wheie he i nt. and wheic he sees j

and loves and upholds us not

New Hampshire. 1,00000(1 gal Ions of ardent spirits, wines, &e. distilled amongst us and imported

trom the West Indies 6c Kurnpe. The cost of this poisonous liquid cannot be calculated at less than 1 2 per gallon; taking all sorts, from old Madeira or 0gniac, t(?pota toe whiskey' ; & as a gieat notation of it is drank by the gill, w ith the profits of the dram shop, and in a variety of compound forms, such a punch, toddy., flip, sling bittris. &e At this rate.it costs the State annua ly 1 2 000 00!) An enormous sum nine bundicdths of which is unnecessary. Say not a woid. then, about your taxes. Varies, iV vers, emit ts. or women's extravagance. Your government your courts. our c!ei j yuien. your school & yoor'pour. do not eost one third so much as one paltry ar-ieie. whi'-ii does you ft'tle or no good, le t is mme destructive rf our live., than hunine or i he. swr n'd.

J will nov teli yon bow to pay your !,jes without leeiing them. 1st Fee no lawyers. Yon say law vets have too high ' "s lees. L say the nave not. Tuey

co t me not one far;ang Do as

I have always done a d l ivf'is' lees will he no trouble at all if 3 want a new coat, or my wife want a new gown, we have agreed to wear the old ones until we have got. cash or produce to pa y lr them. When we buy, we pay in band we. get things cneapcr t '.an our neighbors hum chants never dun us and we have no lawyers' fees td pay.

v ! allow my family hut

sume all yoti cirn, in use!r?s food ' carried to the ?srnc degree of vcand drink. In vain do von wish : locity with that of a steam-boat. to inciciise tb,e quantity of cash ty . It is temarked that the utility

a mint, or by paper emissions

Should it i am millions of b'cs into

of this inv ention, particularly in

Us adaption to railways, can oidy

your chimiic;. s. (n your present ; be aUodeo to It obviates the on

system ol e.pensef. you would ; ly mmious rdr,ection to the introstill have no monev. It wui!d S iluction of i adwa s into this conn-

leave tlie eouutiy in stieanv-. I try, the immen-e expense of the

I idle not wit ?i sciious std)jeet. nor spend your breath in empty w idles ileform ecr-nomize This is the wdnde o! your pnli:ic;d duty You may reason, speci:iae. complain, raise mobs, spetul life in railing at Cong! ess and votir inlers; bin unless you import Ics than von esn(rt. unless you srenu less than you earn, on will ruv nally be poor. timotiiv.

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stationary s, ain engines, as used in England These- may, upon Mr. anchard's plan, in which we have entire confidence, be wholly dispensed with." Tli e Kirrr Sji ider P ol n m n a sas The s-pidrr layeth hold with her hand, and is in king's palaces" That even a king ma teceive miVmous information tr, in an insigniticanf rep'i'.e, the following sT- ry will demms?rae ilo!) -vi jj.-uce of Scotland, bad long waged war with Kdward I. o Mogland without success. ivlwaid U bent to fdlow his father's example. a;id tdev his solemn l.jontmn. resoivcd to reduce Scotland ; for which purpose he raised an army f no less tl'.an an bundled thousand men. including his fmeign nines !i uce beinr in

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mg on me qne-.mn propoM.-u. ;,'!.! rcu! d lii 'tiSiy. was nh'wtptX nn

wi' n ihc -'toer h t-.d su on teli,i!t t,i i;t!-".. nn h. r,.,.

- ...... ijuui IU 9 ;n tie barn of a loyal fainter In ti-e m ruing, still reclining hie head on a straw y pillow, lie beheld a spider climbing a beam to gain i snin..;t' atienuated web at ihc summit. The insect in its elVoitB fell to ti e ground and made a second esSiV This atrrnerpil fl

norm . smn ;iov

The Auiumuhvi In the Arto m lion ;n w to he seen in this d kige. we have an amusing i stance o niec.i'iai !. I 'nigenihtv J lis powe' s ae soeb, th.at i' a speetat-r deposits a card w ith, a question oji it, in a pas ti u!ar aw cr of t he t a hie before uitn. he will a'.vear t( cot'suh a volume w ' ih is . ne nand. s;nki" his head as if pander

t i i ' i

n to e. wr.en a inonmin ( in.-e i

Sjing- up ti rough t! h. .od t m i - . I . . . 1 ! . . . I "... I

uiu- in uer u nea :o n a coiieet

an s we i

!oi i:;' en ;' er.

Btich reMiit-s. ho w t- er, are )ro dured only woeji qae-tii)us are a greeabl? to is A it o:na; ousiiip S'ut into a b ' a vp'.e: : ion to ex

iMti" l 1 !! :"k t 1 1 S till I'-illCi'M u'lii'i' IC ! I .....I . I i

, .... ... . .v.. , ..r, , , j .v x t.i j if o s, n u. ne, woo wun I cret saw vastly ditierenl. 1 1- si.aUes hi : it all the secn.d time Imm tlm

hea l like an enr-.gefl pedagogue, sum; sitoatioo it made a 3d at-

two gallons of ruin a ear

is enough for any family, a- id l-o

UIUCU IIM UrSj,t VU illi ill ft CI mIK cider and beer of my ow n ma oi lac lure ; and my wife make- ex celleul beer, I a-s-ire von. advise you ad to uo tne same 1 am astouisuej at y)U, good to'nvs. Not a mecnaui-, or a l.b rer ones towo.'kf-r a mcje.'.aiil but he

carries home a boitle of nun Not a lo,ui ot wood c."ue to town hut a gadon b tle is tied io tne cart stae to nc lided witn rum &eai cely a womaji cfttnes to town wun toa idoto, but'shc has a Wooih n g dlon ht.tilc in ine

side ot nersuhiie big-. t, t-. filled witu imn. A sluv.Jg-'r would tnink you a nation of Indians, by your thiol for the p.Juy uquor iJdiy. Never buv any useless cloihmg Keep a good suit for V'und iys otnei puo ic da. but U I our common we.uii:" .tpn.nel be cood su stantial cl tu duens of our

and in the ciima n' his paion.

thumps upon toe table anon a bine lluue and a v olume of smoke ast! seen, and a blade figure, hke tne lather of evil, emerges fro in ins den. spitting fire, and striking ten or into tne beholders We nave just, now seen what we speak of. and 'on the spur of 'he moment lec.ommend aii who

admire ingemdU . to gr.uify them-

eneou age ir.ent. Iy

trh.es. and

a it i es ing the :e; fermanee d'this Aidoinaiun. Lake Mad.td's Ciiess p!aer. it is diesscd in '!ori.ish costiinu' S was made by J)r. alcom, who it is weli unow n nils put artificial arms on disarmed men. and lio? enallel them to procure a livelihood, instead ef becoming a hut then to their h icndn or to the town.

own

mauulaei ui e.

iet

our'

wives and daughteis Uv aside their plumes. En a iiei s and h ip peiiis suit tt.e Cuemkees ; but

IMunclumVs' Strum v?g.hic

t i.u ini-'iiueia ca a?saeuuseiis

pipers contain an aeeount of lliij

: . : i

j ui-ruions pieee ;i mccnanism

tempt vi ninait success, and in the fourth abo faded t without a mixture ot concern & curiosity, the m -narcb i we've times saw the pea .severing creature battled in its i aim to i each the place of its natural laboratory Jbn the thirteenth time proving successful, the king started IV m his couch a?,d thus exclaimed -This lhtle 'm eet has taught me u lesson fpeie crai.ee, and s me an example w hich I w iii f. II, v. M ie not in a like manner hern t w ci e times disapp.h.!cd of my w ish, and defeated by the rnemv s supeiiur tirachery ? On one tf ial luore depends tf;e fate d my dear distressed countrv " So saying. T;ucr roe rallied his forces, and a few days af er gained the memoiable buttle f SJaunockbui n. in which .0 01)0 of the enemy fell in the field, and re-

stored the monarchy of Scotland.

the little become the lair daugh

let s ot A merica

Mv countrymen, 1 am not triihravwith on ; I am s( rious Y u icel the facts I stale ; you

know on are poor, and ouidit to

lr is our father and our (Jod for I noU 1,111 hndt is all your owifti- is eveiy way controllable in going I

...v.. u..Mm , .,,,;,.., .ai; ;llli,uaiv n-markablr l.r tl l.m n S..mc ...vs A tu-r j u j,,, vvhi,.,, it C(in.n:cfs j

'""I . ,"- lM!l,l,"'"," TUibi.a isofav.-il.m-co. M-m-t.un r.l th.-. .;iria; ui.ri rna ; ,lim, ,.,..,.,,; . , (h.Mcyl...- .l..,v. ia moimn. ;C11 . aiu j,.,. in .,,. r j .1 wsiawd II : Miim.in..-.nriit T(l ,,, ,c of hf ol tcam.. .st-v.lM-m;;,eaa ,ittc m.Sl ,M.ins, ,,,, kc ,t,(WI, l 1 1 v camcil backward or n nvan 1 ,.,wlfr;( . , , ,i i . . . ,. ' contrives to atUeh it in f-nch a anil .u.n.d , a,,y anraum. i mimi(.,. ,(( t,e,,.ai(.s uUhe , I hcv is in i-iu.-ii. .- no oiHi-roSiy ' !:lt ,,, m(!sl tand (;!. (a , i..v....-...'i.M . . . . i ii... .. rs

. " 1 ' .. . . : - tner. I tu nest tot met lot eaves

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eer fl( takes ns IVtun eatth i that he may h ad us to heaven. ' that he ma v i etioe our natui e troiu

, . , JW , . . . , n . v Mini n on t c you not satistied with tluNlow n. It weighs about brill a ton I :, , i ...i .2. : i. .. i. . i y. .-i . .... . -aim n co

tnud ii ud di ink w-ideb t hi count r

afforc'.s i'n.e beef, the pork, the

butt

and readily carried an additional

; which it picks up IVom the ground

ntnv es. by means of its

slender bill, and some fine fibres,

all its principles of eoiruption ; "'heal, the com, toe butter.

phate witn us Ins own imnrn tait v. admit us to his eei lasting hap itatiou and crown us with his e ternit y. Front the AVu lawpsliirc Jourfir a iut or advici: It has b- eu as ei temed. witn a considerable d give of accuracy that there i,i annually consumud in this btalc,

I t-'i-i...u a O , siujMni imii. ami some one nnres, i M,'l8,u ;,!, ')tl" ''.'-ul.; as. , .,,-.,, .,., ;ts a ll, (.,!le 4i thr,.aJ .Till. ! In- r.,;.;!,,,- h, a uvo inch ; to cw tU, !,,, ,, U, Iho-f .

i e u n uer. anu n e sir.'Ke oi ttu pis i . i

the

cl 'ce.-e. he enter, the beer, those

hLunts which are heaped i,( pi o-fusi.-n opi'ii our tabes? If not, ni must espect tt) be poor. In

vain do i.u w jsh for mines (d gold j mem, the inv entor. having oh'ai

shver. A nunc would be the ned a natcut. has drift mined to

inn' no the firf w itli rn-o (Icvim i

f I i M . . ' .llit. .Ml ...... 4 1... ... 1

....... su .luim,, ,s;tv Hence it te-eives the name caieulated tor th, re gallons - ; hr V(l. Wu d Thc.mi

riom mc sueeess oi ,n,s experi- ,v (.()n ?s , uvn

j - " " - - m w , V k j tie t the weight id the nest, which ! IJ .ii ci'l v t.!t mi ttw li i.r li-if-

i. . Ill r I . . ' I ' I I . ! . .... . , . , v vt. v. l . V 44 to

giea.esi coin- mat coum oeiai ims ouiiu anoiner cai nage. ol ahout j t M -f

eoomiv. i one is gom enougu uve or six aorse jow er. to ne in ,- in the w orhl.and if on have not i eudir.os a the opening of the BiiAN l Im Sla-i-t. ales i m . enough ul it, itiDbccaitbCuucon-jspi in-. Such a vehicle may be liuuis, toi sale at thi uiliee.