Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 January 1827 — Page 4

Poetical.

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eiiiusT is Tin-: garden. II 'y Mr. . mana

c knelt tilt Saviour knelt and prayM,

lien but ms V .ithcr s eve

LM)ki-d through the lonely mien's shade, On that tlread anny ! The Lord of All, above, beneath. Was bowed with sorrow unto death. The son set in a fearful hour. The he wen nitwit grow dim, When this mortality h id power, So to oVrsh ulovv Him! That he who ue m in's breath mifjht know The very depths of human woe.

He kntw them all ! the doubt, the strife. The faint perplexing dread ; The mists that han o'er phttii.e; life, - All darkened round llishcad; And t'ae D. liverer knelt to pray Yet passed it not. that cup, away ! It passed not tho the stormy wave Had sunk beneath his trcul ; It passed not tlm to him the irave Had yielded u) its dead. Hut there v.Ms sent Umi from nn high, A gift of strength for man to die. And was HIS ni-n-tal hour beset With anguish and disniay ? How mav V1j meet our conflict vet

In that dark, narrow wj?

How, but thro' liim, that path who trod?

Save, or we pons;. Son or i I ;

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. F om ;i late nhish publication. .1 ' g rn t dso ns Life and inn vs T be written by him -elf in ll) )rnin 1S.50.-X ha ;ng ; reached the ulvanced age of seventy live, it might he expected in the ordi nary coarse of events, that lsh odd be a qo tint cul with in my farts well calculated both to interest surprise those who are now in their youth ; hut s me t" the changes which I have seen, are so singular, that those to whom they are told will wonder, not that things aie as they now are, hut that such a state of society ever 'm could exist a that which was witnrssed in Holland within the last century. Of political changes may speak hereafter, hot here ( particuiatly allude to alterations in the general economy of life A century ago. nay. within my own recollection, the circulating medium of this country consisted of gold, silver, and copper The mines of South A mci ica oad fm n ishcJ hut few samples of the first and second, and in ccnsccpieuCe of their scaivitv, thev wcie called the piecious metals" Smdicious as it nVvHt sound, to persons ol our hah its, the production of a few small pieces f gold would readily obtain all the articles in common use F r these the mechanic gave his

labour, the merchant his goods, X the doctor his medicine. I wa hut a lad when the mines were brought into lull phiv. The effects of what wa- caned the sue. cess of the speculators aim workcd them was curious enough. Indi iduals. who had hcen wondei fully en i iched fro rn the uncommonly high chatges for ail the ar tielcs ot daily eonsnmp; ion. soon found that their present iucmes would not pmclnsc moieihan an eighth of what the same oi ney could formerly have bought

For a time, latter and larger continued to he demanded ; hot. in the end, no qmntthv ut bullion wotild procure tne neces;.; ies of lite The old deoomiua ions were st i U in use. bin as ti. des could oidy he hoiiiiu lv hartcr. , XothioiX was more e-oiou ui th tn for a butcher. v hen a Ued the pii.e of a v n lee; of million, to rcp! . 4 It h hall

a crown a pound, hut we can't ia!;c

cold or sib er

with this increased charge, they could not get powder for their wins Reside? the bags in which their briefi were canied, their clerks weie now charged with other in which were usually deposited their fees, which were commonly paid in bottles of wine, calves' headb. and geese, raw ami roasted At the theatres, as it was of no use to pay or receive nioneyan al teration was made in the prices of admission At the door, a turkey was paid for admission to the box es, a capon for the pit and pounds and half pounds of pickled pork lor the first and second ga'lcries watches, household furniture, and wearing auparel were also reeriv ed for admission, but these it was necessary to send to the box office, where proper inspectors were, appointed to attend. Excepting poultry, no fresh me it w as icceived at the doors, save on those nights when lice admissions were allowed, which, according to the ancient custom, vwis always an noumvd by the words, k X niders can he admitted." A spacious

soup kiteiien was erected in the i

rear ot eacdt theatie, from which the actors received their salaries by the day, in basons. hu'-cts-

ful authors, in lieu of the receipts j of tlie third night, t ecci v ed a per- i petual fiee ad mist-ion to the kilchen. I ! The parsons especially the IVis- ; see.ters. found it dilVi mil to arrange their collections. In-lead cd" having persons to stand small plates, as had once hcen the practice, to receive shillings and sixpences, two trucks e;v c.tationcd right and left of V- e dooi. on tiu; toitside. into o hich J he c-ngjvgat i on paying as they wen- iu.iuMrad of as they came out. p;:e' ,ed hi cad. beelslakes, booctio oi carrots, mouse traps tinder boxes, nud other ai ticlcs. remember once, on attending a sermon, preached for the ajvantage of a ilev GciFfle

man w:u had rcci dise.hlcd h a j paralytic, stroke 1 ioi,ti ,'outcda ' iew wick i- cage with a cock I magpie who had lost ins voice. ! The O'ancellnr ot the Mxehequer ; was obliged t- give up his eusi tomary budget, and introduce a

new systirm of iluties in kind I

had an opportunity of hearmg a U:giU iinn Gentleman, who Id

! !'d thai situation. very pathetically

lament that the ' over pro iuction" ot gold then, was as grea! an evil a the" ovtT produeti- n" of grain ' had hiN-n fornieriy, Oii-'e lie ad ! a (led. tne ditlsculty a. how to gat gi)id ; then, the uu-'sio.'- to he puj w.is. how to spend it ; lor the na- j tion already lesnunded. wiih the j

lamentations" of thec who had j been crediiors (d the state, but i who had been paid off who rgold.j ! w hich was useless, as it would j

buv nothinV rr ie phic:ai eompkiined that

they sulleivd from not bring pJd j es of the articles w inch thev elaflli-

cd apices. At la-t . how r er. t he? j

nmlei stood the value of commo i!i'.ie. gvnei ally , better than the

complaints f t!t ir patients. I; hav- m'ui l)c. Sjancet with liis !

c h i a .e si crammed with t he vaiiou aitieie 'of tui r.iture, tlatt he looked luc a broker, or dealer in marine store making hib escae bclo;e ('Uarter day . "A new eirculatinc mcdiom."

begiin to be used for the meanest purposes It will create astonishment at the present day to state it,

but I actually stared like a couju

was no other bcinc in the bouse : No friend ui soothe her distress: No nurse to moisten her burning

lips with a drop of water. Pov-

- i j i , - - ror, when I first saw a warming erty has lew allurements ; sickness

pan ot solid silver; and 1 verily ha none; and prudery and uuhelieve, that if we had then seen, charitableness readily avail them

I w hat is now an every day pceta- j selves of the frailties of the poor

e'e. a poor, ragged labourer cook suflerer, to excuse their neglect.

ing beef sausages in a golden frying pan, we should have questioned his honest y, and suspected him (d rubbing the mint a building in which metals were ma ufactu red into what was then called monew Rot what ought the new circulatifg medium to he? This w;s a

question which pt zzleil many

' I stepped out to procure a loaf

of bread for the children ; I was not long gone, ami on retuminir to the door, the sound cd" a lootstep on the floor told me somebody was within. O it was a pleasant sight ! A young female friend whose genius is not unknown to her literary acquaintance vhoo

in ties and amiable disposition,

- I m I - ----.'. alt was proposed b at) Oxford I combined with a peculiar anvea

scholar, who said the idea u as : h.eness of manners, lender her be-

classical Rut t he idea " as tbot'

unseasonable; tin clergy did not iclisli it ; the p'a crs '-aid th.ey did not u ish. in that wav, to get salt to tleir broth.

Lead was next suggested This

loved as extensively as she is

know n, had preferred to the gav scenes of miith, or the charms of a novel, a lone and unostentatious vir-ir to the house ot poveitv. and

tlie bed ot sickness! Like an an-

however, proxed to have been ;-et gd of meiey, she vva- administer

ill sou i u y nn- pujiiKii i ii o ; 1 vt ii , iii; n rnMiuil(!l Ul UIC JU'Jl the mines in Derbyshire. !t was man and her infant.

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opposed, as bearing some rsem blauee to th.e hi ciieulating me dium. wlticb w is always said to he too easily melted An honorable, gentleman, now no more, m-dc a motion lVr the adoption of leather, as money. 15ot unfortunately for his plan: it was proved before a committee o the house of commons that for the preceding th.ee monib, toe lir'm to which i e belonged had h.een lying up (by barter) all the hide in Leadenhall market This threw discredit n the scheme. At. length it was recollected that eeitain enlightened nations on the hanks ot the Co' go.and G unhia. u-rd eou i ic as money. It was proposes! that we should do the se.me The philanthropists liked th-eiflea; as they contended wit h such a circulating medium, there w ould be no loi gerv or coming; two crimes the. nature of which can now hardly be described. ( o mature deliberation, this hint was appiovcd and adopted, li was agreed th i the huge --potted s'iells shonl'i pass lor five pounds, the small white ones for twenty shillings Dy the same act w hich i i. i i '!.:. L

esiiiiiiisorii toi o i o ige;oeni, II was provideil that guineas and st)

veieigns (pieces simi.-jr to dumps, which bovs play with now) should lie used as small change. This was a great relief to the nation in general, but to me in particular My poor wile. Mis Ploddiugton, had always been in the habit of t witting t;.e with the fortune she had brought me" I was allowed jo lead a peaceable life, from the moment in which she found that the c hundred pounds W'hich she possessed when 1 married he wee of less value than Si) main Blackamoors teeth.

1 have seen the arFemblies of the

great. I iwive seen woman glow, ing with beauty ariaved in the ricliest attractions of dies, u hose eha-ms'wcre heightened by the k pride and pomp, and eiicums'auce' of '-elegant convivia!it A lovely woman, in such a scene, irresistibly commands our admiration But alone at the bed of poveitv vx, sickness she appears more than human. I would not be impious, but she seems almu-t divine. WoMcxh There has been a period w en women weie not only deemed an infeiior race, hot when doubts were 'entertained whether they belonged to the human species Jlolcrolt in bis Travels through Holland. Fiance, ice. introduces the f.dlowing passage; &t. Foix quotes Gregory, of Tours, to prove that at the C-unci) i f Macon, the question w.hether Women were or weie not human beings va hotly disputed ; and after much division ofsentiment.it w aat laM solemnly dec-eel in the Council, that womeo did not constitute a pait o f t : i e h u m a u race " j Irs Colvm.

A true skvlch It was one of the coldest nights ol ti e rca-am.

A Inde of b ret t ki ng Steers i t t lie drought in aj'viv days Let toe farmer caretnlly yoke his s eer? in a close ard or stable and not move them till they get sufficiently accustomed to t lie yoke, so that they will eat thei: food when (deed ; wnich will he in the course of a day. Let them be yoked again the second day. Si a pair ot gentle horses or oxen be fastened I efotc them, in which station It t them s'ahd until they become familiar with said horses, or oxen, which w ill generally he effected in one day. excepting the Mens should he uneoinmoi ly u ihl. bich will

I occasion a secord day's practice t

it i i . . . . i i

i -c iaw ers. woo ai me ncoin iiiog h i 1 ranted their fees f. om six shii'i gs Xi eight euce t thirteen and lour pence, soun found that,

w e must have ; a new cirruSat ing meuium.'" was ti-e e?y on ah sides Jt was necessary, as the metals, once called precious, now

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welt oi unci i)ro), u I vvouhl oi .11 . .:

, I j me iiore.s or oxen put t) loie as

up ano sec now e jiour woman , ,, .1 ... ,1 1 ,1 i ; 1 ' . V usual, and let them he las cued to

was. I entered the halTitation It ' , . . 1 . . 1 a Wagon 01 anv oth.er eauiage ; was a poor s'u her. Tie nalt !.,. r.. : . .T I . 1 J tl e teatiog the carnage benind

moon oeauis piaeo on ioe 1 1 . r i,..m v- ;. r , 1 . li , , 1 . . . i tuem Cx teug at -ct.ston ed ii II

i..ro..f... ii.c ci!iiiK aim nu- u,ml oM ()Xt.n t,,.,,,,,., .; .tcj

th.ws. On O.e Ik-.I, ,alr a:ul i--;liill IS v t!.c ..I.... t,c

.na -uuca w.:n a i.-v,-, lav Uu- ,oor farn.rr i.l .. v,-, lai! .T9. 5s i

woman Inaciaule by the side of the bed. wrapped in a -dng'e rug. slept an infant, and in the curlier over :i .m hit v f titit.

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uuj uujia iic jcai-i uid. 'i. i;eie j Uad liaDils.

ha ing good w or U ing o.xen.

I)isarreeilde An old man, W'h i- ei .nil iosed ut Ihe rh-i. ,S

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