Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 March 1827 — Page 4
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sphere which nature has marked? whom you were blest h any per-1' mockery added to his recpon?es for him, but to move rmire wo- i wf of your life divest them of all ; soon left ti.f- h use A stout
ron Richmond Comiiler. A few davs since, I accidentally came across the following lines ou Marriage, being a parody on Hamlet's Soliloquy If you think they are worthy of a place in your paper, be pleased to give them an insertion. A.
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Extract "Without society it is impossible for man to he happy Place him in a region whete he was surrounded with pleasure ; yet there if lie be tumid himself a solitary individual, he would pine and languish. They are not merely our wants, our mutual
e- and thus to end ; dependence, but our native m i ........ i i . . .
: w Udlu,ai i st nets also, which impel us to
To wed, or not to wed ? That is the question ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The hopes and fears of long continued courtship. And pangs, perhaps, of disappointed love, Or to increase a grievous world of cares.
And, by a wedding, try them r
To love -to wed - no mor
Tl-. I. ... - c o artrl Oir
1MC aH1.u ; stincts also, which imj
Th it lovers feel. 'Tis a consummation j associate together The inter
fi-alilies which adhere to ihe hu- mgut ot the thimbe living near, m;m character. Recall the most ' now doubly priMiaded that the p'eaYmg and tender moments vo!eameli nmst.meviHiaianconwi'ieh you ever enjoyed in their : celled in the wall. fearlessly assersoeielv ; and the remembrance ted that he w ou!d find it out ; in if those sensations may assist you he ma c cd stilV as buckram, io comeivihg that felicity w.iieh shuh!ei n g a huge poker deiei miis possessed hv the saints above, ned to ex! ibit himself sole victor Thehanpint ss olhr-t aen dwel in the combai . asMit ing his neighliri" toother in u.i:y is. with hours that the spectre should n -t great justice n. beauty, compared go hm m ; ur ished. His search hv the Vsalmist.-to s-ich thirds a was ii st on the grouun tluoi, .md
Devoutly to be wished. To love to wed i course which we here maintain Towed ! perhaps to rue! aye there sthe rub; . . c .. .
SOUILC oi
Knt.alts! 1
come, : our chief enjoyments Hut. alt- ! how much arc t i-m- Si,bj.v.s..l!.v
' I . i t . it
en hv a variety ot disigeemc rir-
cijv. mvi cv.iv. , , ., f . r .
For. when the tfordian kno is tied, what wiui our leuuus. is a mhjilc i'i . dCWS
things may happen
Must give us pause. Perchance
That child may be an idiot
Or, if a wit, m:iy be a disobedient rascal ; Or, if a hopeful chicken, it m ly die And we bereft of our greatest comfort. Or should a numerous offspring thus rise up, Perhaps the world's oppressive hand May blast our fondest hope ; and poverty, Grioifaced, hated povtrt , grin -i ghastly grin, And thus corrode our tender minds : K iy,vhatis worse my dear Uib, herself, M iv oddly lose her life, and I, poor 1,
Be whelmed in lonely grief and woe.
are most n fes ;ing to toe fragranev of the ricl e-t odo. rs, and to the
i reviving influence of soft etheiia!
cum.tances that enter into all our , 0.wlt.h7ia. nw, f,,r w riai (jaxs own ronnccti .ns :-ome.rnes ; fVtc, .,. vn.-t- oo
vi e on hoih sine n-se loud on liis vdi h- jai -ed. but eager for tile i ontli.-t , v !ei! ti e st3irs 0 e vi. c .tli ihr rir:.: n hoinf: his
- ! n.itne.a' l i llino -rn to eo h. me Norwich 1': O.-t 29. foi " wtsoi !. u?v v On irav-
A Iw.rm (;io. Tiu city . ut -!-Rer, a ia-e ho was
we sutler from t ie distresses of
i occasioned by strange and uiia'-
eouraaDie nrses. neo-ee(iir2 :i ni
those whom we tf ; ami some
lirnrs froiM I heir vi.-o aa.l tVaihie-. j ,l(M,Si. on ()KoV -,, tWi.w?x,.,i )v
! exno-jcd to tin wounds of pahiful : .i,;: r u.., fr . .
v, ... ...j . . , , .in uk: ii uih: i i n.M s i.e t U Oil! melancholy scene? let me not think svillpit IV, and tO the ai'.U.Ml ot vll. ,. I'll turn another wav. and look fou't : . 1 . ( Um-tdlH C attt s.-.twi: M !-r tt a r
I'll turn another way, and look ou't
For colors not thus dark and ugly. She may exceed my warmest wishes, And of my joys&sorrowstake an equal share; And thus be of myself the better half; She may be handsome, witty, cheerful ; Yea, she may be altogether lovely Mr V heart's desire oh ! pleasing, happy But slvmld she prove a vixen prospect ! An ignorant, scolding hussy ; an arrant j de ; A dirty, drunken, gossiping slut : be ! Oil ! what a wretched, horrid life 'twould Frailty ! thy name is woman. Marry ! who would marry bear ; To be' tormented daily? who would burdens To groan and sweat under a weary life ; But that dread of something after death (That undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns) puzzles the will ; And makes us rat'uer bear those ills we have, Than fly toothers that we know not of! Where is that man, that is bu; woman born, Can tell before hand how she'll prove ? And thus the chance seems equal : She may turn out a dove she may turn out The matter then stands thus: a shrew ; Am 1 free? Then let me so remain, Lest by a marriage I become a slave. But bad may be made worse true ; t; And, just as soon. bad mar become much oetThen shall I wed, or shall I not wed ? Shall hope or fear prevail ? 1 am weary of conjecture ; the head ; Whv hone still leads me on hone shall take
I'll e'en like others, run the risk, and thus resolve to wed. Influence of Female Character Compare the condition & pur suits of the mass" of men with those 'of women, and tell me on woier side lies the inferiority. While the greater part of our sex an engaged iivturning up the clods of the eaith. fashioning the 'materials which are to supply the physical
-wants of our lace exchanging the products of industty ot different countries, toiling amidst the petiK of war md the tumults of politics to you is committed the nobler task f moulding the infant itiind ; it is for you to give their eharaer ter to succeeding ages ; it is yotn s i to control the stormy passions f O man ; to inspire him with those sentiments which Mihduc his ferocity, and make his heart gen tie and soft ; it is yours to open to him tile truest a-d purest sources of Inppincss, and p . ortipt him to the live of vittue and religion
A iv'tfe ! a mother ! ll w sac
violent separation Where it is : fpn;,rx r-crs'rrt
so cool as not to occasion sym
pa hectic pains, it is never proline.
. that
nce aj'; ea- to he
1 Ltrt . v;. ho a yrr in
f
T'jc or
vous sort el a man. pnMssmg proper! v'oa coupler ihlr anionic.
tive of niueh pleasure
dinary comnieree of the w ). ld j , : ,lllllh(,(ih,;j;i;Nf
consists in a circulation ,, frivol- I un (n him , . ;rv, vJ 1i(!;,s ousintercoiuse,m whi ci, t'-.euea. t ; r Jl Vario!? sh.tes viuwu has no con-'cj n ft is geneahy j h ;l hiin .Wn ( . , ; a V;!V.(. ininid : anrl nlifu s mcii hv fin . r . .
I ' . .v Man' e.ve e . I 'ii w e cf-n lit-
opposition .l interest. V- ifrV .,.,.. ,j ,,-..,!,.ll,,:n m,(!( company in oiilrr to he n iirv,-,! ,,,, ,.,... ;i..n,i:l,.,l(
I rr'.'m -p3riomc corrcspondeiu-.-1 ..i,-,,,,,,.,.. , ,,v ,.,.,.., j with mirbelvo ; antl!!. vexations , , vou,,.t..(, M, ...:f!,
his
v e us
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sciuions anse : ami iM-.u ; sli t ;)( IH)ives uerejepeafe
in opinion (-'o tnien pnuiecs ui ien:U.io, d v;i t. We n tuw
U(!t;' nigh'u ai'.e r.ioh, pae
1 i : a w a . anu ur apparn ion appeareu
0 with
uoana: mg hoi i j i s "''hre: out it) II;it ! ieii h.s 11 !! :o'H
cosmexton. v.- .ero sonirti.m 'io.-s ieuve i)yh ,r;r, way ,. life f!ot or,-;,r t., d.,.,.p..f.. our Iwpes. j an ll)(,(.,v.Sarv pi. . ,- , I ",,!v lee. f..,'T e im.u-s are -oUcn j .0or f ai-t bears ..i!ex-..i.,ah:,-
pieanvg c tiaLter our-e:ves ,
wit h havit n fotind those who wr.ll never give us any di;g; r. JVM I
ttni wn at him, wiiieh- iHiror
d u n the staircase. m alarn?ed tlie atl'ighted knight, f hiii he soon hrit(v vCi ;iv,a. taitiy varquished. T; e rex? knight who sought to lay this j e he ias- , nc whose h noi u.- ie conic: ird on him at the las' O Too.-ition. He Soi r di c(-i r" V- e o:J or of the tii k, h :?r w.( t( t,( t .; e mt ant irl in f ( ! duM' w h.o p( sscssed art . t a- ' ( -iy jx v rr til entii!o- (; n T euir v as immediately 'as en i: u cj si tly sin e which t,o je ise has been heard by oour Mr Hair A--tc.u! J';cA gentlrmao in a i ne g tow r going into a stu; . t.e mefei anl . bsevt d I e had b en buying some i aedixer-cl-iff-and a-!.ing the pi ice said, k We i'm;!') haw sold them to you foe half a- niueh.".-Wr hy diti'nt y. r e ; 4 e gentleman, got t Tin here1
weakness ue too soon discoveietl
u'sjticioi's arie, and lovewaws cold We are jealous i f one an
nthec and neeu -( . tnt t tn lo. i in ! .
' ; : . ... , ; . u accompai y tnem
v,.o.. a xnuuu uvM,ii, llS!ih torS5ieal and bmter
asMimes l be name without, me ham hl,,Kj ;t.(d ,
Timi: ti'fecus reader !if ou have !jve(j to ,r one and tweniy vuP'out having learned that time is money. more rmuhnti ally m .m;y tl.an dolhr and yon had better begin in A BCs again. If you have made youroun forhine' beware f M-hhing your hiends oi their
mural eharaeter Te ni-igh hours imbibed the alarm but molered svdliient coinage to eem mencr a ey viij iut.-xarch r. eo u h:it ever room thev h.-ivi-i:!.!
..t . .
however this odd voi -e w.ts 1 u nMTunes are yet to
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IS ever
l lit .11. tdl ' ll I Ik I'l
ea; hr.r out . ,
enter a nice! ame s smir. p ( b
pioasiu e oi inenct- iij), au se, ret a.-iim isity and envy are of ten eo-ieealed untlt r caresses of vii seuit;ed aflcclion. k ilence the pleasurcof earthly society. liice all our other pleasures, is exttemelv imnerfect : mid can give us a very faint coreTpiion of the joy that must arW from the society of pei icv-t sTTiii . a happier world Here it is with d'dii cuhy tna we can select from the corruptible crowd a few whh whom we wish to associate in strict union There a' e astcmhled all the wise, the holy, ami the just who ever existed in. the uri O verse ; without any distress to trouble their mutual biiss. or any source of diagi cennnt to inter-
rut)t their perpetud harmonv ..... 1 r
untcr blow
my Jiuts. I am so bu'ngry' strange and tmaccountal'le as it at! appeared no one present was c en able totre.ceout frm w e ce or Irom w bom the voice 'rocee ded sometimes it assailed them as if ii proreeued horn out of the w ads. at other times either from the ceiling ot from oiilerent pans of the lloor. An extiaordinaty cirrum-tance like this eould not
fail a; leimth h alat m the whole
an-
ic's shop i a lav. vet's i fii v fir the purpose of mere conversation. If you have bu-ines.v v ith eit! 1 1 of the three denatch it as mioij as you can. Take it for gi anted, that every man of seme know 6 "the pre-ent value of single ,nin. utes and endeavors to ler r:o par-
! tide ol time lull useless to the
ground.
The Navy The Heport of the $Mvietar ot ' hi- Navy s?a es
Mi v and hundreds lin ked iobt ! n c: u ;o!t '"al force of the Uni-
attcr night to hear the hung y ' ,fli Sta ('s 1,1 hr 12 s,M of the gnost ci v out for-iiamarrd brTed !ln' , vr1, "' ol' ' 2 on Lake
and butter'- On h.dmdaV !at W,:I;,M' :l' '"f ! ll.i fir st
m MX .
the Mavor de patched icvera! d i r,a L'1'1 "! 1 SJ 'he se m d the pdiee to tho spot to examine (,a? ; 10 -,n" ol war; bur the premie, wiih directions not 5 srVH 1 ,l! 12 -"ns a ( ' cr
vesveis i lie whole of thee.
to quit them without aVcertaininr :
the real tact
r c t
chedinto u,th e.eritinn cd tbiee , t t he
red and venerable t esc names. I Artifice ami concealment are uwL every hole and corner temained higates could be ptepurtd for
W hat nobler objects can the mo-t known thete. '5 here no compel? the whole night .but all to no pur- I an,vv v"ro at- sra. m a few aspiring ambition propose t itself itors sliuggledio factions contend; ! pose ; the rm)f of the building was 1 I11' r,ll,s- H,uld the situation and than to fulfil theduties which these no rivals V soppdant each other. ! not ev en omitted in their search, j mU;,(?s (d the nation demand relations imply ? Instead of mur- The voice cd discord never arises j It w a, according to report, at t,u ir tml)hvm( nt nuiring that your field of influence the whisper of suspicion never j length conceived prudetit to lay it r. : : , is so narrow, my friends, should , circulates amotm these innocent ! by holy w ord. Areve end o'cn. I 1 tH anu,t," l- proposed by ou not rather tremble at the & benevolent spirits Each hap tlemanwas found, who proceeded t7Lt lah fo 'li'' 'icn niagmtmleand saerednessofyour ps iM himself participates in the to the spot; but in defiance of i 1 -,r Ui'v Pr,,!,,-fg rponsibiUty ? When you de hapvmess of all the icst : and by the Priest, the speet. e tailed its ' U C "'T'1 l.atlnl1 ' ,nvs 'Tnuml of men. a higher education recipro-al communicatior.s uflove fiighttul n-.ise a-ain. which rat : M1' S "V" 7' ,nto an Matf tnan has yet been given you. and and friendship, at once receives ; tledhortiblx .hromd.the old.diam j tVt U ! 'l . ihV" ,,v-d hy claim to drink Irom the same from adds to. the sum of gene- ' hers, at the'same time telii ... h:m 1 4. t'';'' . rn 0,R,lil, m by
wells of knowledge as hum !f. ral fe icity . -to go home, and not to eomo ; ' lla' M L-"lsljna'
should it not be that you mas he
niv. O'l IIOM I J I II J I'll IL 111 il III" I r I t ' V I I 1 ' ' f 1 It I . . t .1
Ujus enabled, uui to rush into that m.st affectionate Iricnlis witli gentleman, unnccustomcd to ac ; Couri ol contcieaco.