Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1827 — Page 4
Poetical.
"Seventeen days." "Commas ded by whom V . "From Boston." But as all is a matter of t'orrti,
ALNWICK castle, with other fioe m, & neither party know the blunder,
A work beanns this title n.nd written b lt 0f course IS of 110 moment.
The figure of the city on the side of the bay is almost a semicircle, and a long wharf extends nearly one-third of the distance. Havana, within the walls ' is laid out with remarkable regularity. There is but one curved street in it, and this ts the one
which circles it on the side of the bay. The builders of the city seem to have preferred an angle to
mt a few apostates, who are meddling a bcild, when theV Could nut 0 in vacrchiuubse, pounds, shillings, pence, . .. , . I,,,.,,,!!;,,, 1 a direct line. On the other side
of Havana extends a wall about
Orwand'ring thro the southern countries, lfl cct jn
Vrhe A B c from Webster's spelling book ; embankment is thrown up, and
Gdlaiitandrjodln on tjie outside i?. as USUal. a deep And cainin?:, bv what thev call, hook ,. . r1 . t 6 ditch. The wall is ot soil lime
stone, about V) tret, in width, and
mounts cannon in different places. There are five gates opening on the land side, through winch all the interior communication with
CrcaUrr & Co. Ifc. has lately issued from a New York press. Poets are like putrid fish, They never shine until they're rotten. From his " Connecticut" we extract the following description ot" the " Yankee." They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aut;lt other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty ; A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none. Such arc they nurtured, such they live and
die
All but
With
and peddling
V
crook.
And what the moralists call ever reaching, A decent living. The Virginians look Upon them with as favorable eyes As Gabriel on the deil in paradise.
But these arc but their outcasts.
View them
near 15 "rtWl
At home, where all their worth and pride tlc is.ln( js u,(Jt these a,e
nd there their hospitable hre- burn clear
And there the loneliest farm-house hearth is graced With manly hearts, in piety sincere, raithfulin love, in honor stern and chaste, In friendship warm and true, in danger brave, Beloved in life, and sainted in the grave.
alwavs stationed a guard of soldiers. Bridges lead over the ditch at these several pointy to the suburbs.
The dwelling house3, bublic n T
And minds have there been nurtured, whose buildings, and even the island
resided at the court or Moscow for nine years. We extract some of the most curious passages for our reades Religion of the Russians " This nation received the Christian faith about six hundred years since, from a certain priest of ChiofT, who is said to have cured one of the dukes of Muco by prayer, upon which miracle, he and all his people were baptized. They borrow their liturgy from tlte Greek church, which is written in
the Sclavonian language, and used I
in their devotion with as much knowledge, as the Latin amongst the Papists, They follow the Greeks, though lamely, in tin urchitectute of their churches, whose chief ornaments are images, adorned with rich 'stones and pearls, wherein thev admit no
sculpture but only painting ; for they look upon the RomishsUtncworship as idolatry. They kneel not in their devotions, but lie prostrate ; and upon some great vigib. thev stay all night in their churches, at certain times prostrating and etossing themselves, and knocking their heads against the ground. At eertnih intervals they discourse of business, and most
commonly the emperor despatch
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control Is eVn felt in their nation's destiny ; Men n-ho swayed Senates with a statesman's soul, And looked on n roues with a leader's eye ; Names that adorn and dignity the scroll, Whose loaves contain their country's history, And tales of lovo and war listen to one,
Of the (irecn Mountaineer the Man; ct Bennington. When on that field his band the He'ans fought, llriellv he spoke before, the fight began "Soldiers! those German gentlemen arc bought Tor four pounds eight and seven pence per man, Hy Kngland's king a bargain, as is thought. Are we worth more- ? let's pvoe it now we can For we must beat them boys, ere set of sun, Or A Air.; Sfo.rk "uo?i' It was done. w3 : : : n o : : .k cj From (he X. Daihf Jdvvrtisct GU.HA liWSr. The approach to the Havana renders the appearance of the cit y
quite beautiful. Although the
itself are made of a loose, whitish
limestone The
IVforo
is com-
shoulder- It was a custom la hire strangers to christen the Russians, but now they arc grown wiser than to buy souls at that ra.tc. It is observed by some old standcrs here, that of two hundred English, Scotch, and Butch, who have renounced their religion, few, or none, have died a natural death." " Their imagery is very pitiful painting, flat and , ugly, after the Greek manner ; I asking why they made their gods so deformed, they answered me, they were not proud When a picture is worn out, they bring it into the godmarket, where, laying it down, they choose out a new one, and deposit money for the. exchange, ( for Ihey must not be said to buy it ;) and if the money be not enough, the god-maker shoves it hack. and. then, ti c Devote adds more, till the other be satisfied. An obliterate image they put into the river, and crossing themselves, bid it ivo:li. i e. Farewell, brother. Ami if any of their brethren meet with Jove, he turns into Neptune, and they, crossing themselves, cvy.prosfy bradt. God be with you. brother. In time of fire they strive, above all things, tc save their images: but if thev
es the atlairs in the time of their i cscape IU)t lIlc I'oidlagration, they service, where he is attended with ! nu,st not 1)0 slicl to l)c but
posed oflr. as well as the immense all his nobility : and if he mhs : Ronc ul- church he burnt, natural base on which it is built. ' any. he makes immirv after them j lhc.v say lt ,s. ascended; they
The same remark is applicable to : At Whitsuntide thev fallprostratc i u.sl not ay burnt These arc . . tit..... .... ....1: i
upon sycamoie branches (ouri. :M ri:il. '"""s tiisimcuons ; manle. which thev call sveamm-f ! 11 ,sa wonder they do not with
with us, but falesely,) wherewith ! their churches aie strewed, upon; a f-nul persuasion that the Holy i
i.Mtos? vieseeiuP unon !hese leaves.
the Cabanas, and other fortifica
tions. Havana exhibits an appearance of wealth without spleni'er. The walls of the hu ar; usually
about two teet tvx : ti ot two
stories high, these is usually no window below. A hnvj- arcici door, with a -.i-stcw av ns nasv as those of a prison, vitu'io t ' o a passage which leads to a court in th; cetTda ; throi h the gate c writhing passes slaves mules volant and master. Around this court the rooms are distributed in both stories at the head of the siairs leading to she second story, is a
a manna upn oakh-aves. They luneno iiisfi amieutal music, for thi !a-t Patriarch abrogated it. because the Papists used it. In their prayers, three hours after sumrising. they call Obalntf ; at the sunset. 'cchvrnetf ; about one o'clock in the motning Zuoufri nr. Miwvrc mci Ihnnhie (which they call llospodt pawlc) they tepcat an hundred times ; and that priest is counted the best fellow
saloon. extending the whole width
7 ft .
great majority of the house? are of the house ; one large room in t ,Kltran mumble most m a breath.
low. anu not visiuie ; sun muse m iront is used tor rue timmtf room : y,y "u,u " uc m m. leaning
the parts out of the walls- there is usually a communication ""fbsedly together, one a chap
P' Kstramurvs,', 1 together with
some of the public buildings, give
between all the mums, through trr' another a psalm, a third a doors not unlike the one aheadv PriVer -c.
to the whole a tine appearance. j described, with the exception that ! ik A parislvpriest tb.ey call a The entrance into the bay is quite j they are not so heavy, though ' pope ; as pope Petro. pope Juan ;
quite as large The great mass j a chief pope, Protopope. The
narrow On one side is the
jlro, frowning on the deep ; and
of the houses, how ever, are only
on the other the city and the castle one story high, and in this case
Bunta. The channel on the side
of the city is quite shallow; in deed a mud shoal extend in one place nearly half across the en trance, so that vessels are obliged to keep close to the Moro ; on h which side the water is sufficiently deep to admit the largest frigates, without danger. As a vessel enters, there are usudlv two
there is a window below, usually
arched; and as no such thing as window glass is made, it is seen red by heavy round bars of iron, fastened perpendicularly in the wall, ith a cross bar in the center to support them more firmly. There are blinds inside ; but these afford small securit v against the dust, which is, of course, a
boats sent on board her ; ihe fn -t ! great annoyance to house keepers, from the Marine Department. vr,d , "The Honrs of the houses are com-
the other from the Custom House, j posed either of the common stone, i The first comes as a matter of j marble in small square pieces, or I
form, the second demands the manifest of the caroo. and the passports of the passengers. Af ter the delivery of these, the ves sel is usually hauled to the dock to discharge ; although when taking in her cargo she will invariably be compelled to go into the stream. On passing the Moro. a sentinel hails her ; and as a great mass of the ships entering are commanded by people of a different nation, the questions and answers are sometimes a little ludicrous. 41 Vhcre arc you from :,?
square pie
sometimes of blue figured crockery of the same shape the majority are of stone, plastered so as to render them remarkably smooth. I do not recollect to have seen a wooden floor in Havana, a pane of window glass or a brick build Russia, in the seventeenth century. A small volume containing an amusing account of thecountry & customs of the Russians, was published in London in the year loTl by an individual, who had
popes go most commonly in pur
pie, some m green, others as they fancy, only distinguished with two flaps on both sides their breast, and a purple scullcap to cover their shaven crowns They never cut the hairs of their heads ; a thing not observed by any other clergy in the world' A popemust he a married man. and the husband but of one wife ; grounded on that text. a bishop" must be the husband of one wife.' Hereby it appears, the pope's priesthood is wrapped up in his wife's smock ; for when she dies, he must oiliciate no longer, which makes them indulge their wives more than ordinary, for their oflice sake. They marry young, that they mav come early into a livclihood ; their wives' are also distinguished from others, by a flap on each side their breast. Their batipsm dilVers not from the Uomish, but only in dipping all over. He that takes up the Russian faith, be he Lutheran or papist, must first renounce his former baptism, curse father and mother, and spit thrice oyer his
Anaxagoras. afliim s.iow to be black 44 Sometimes, they will hold their gods to the fire trusting they can help them if they will. A fellow, thinking to have staid the fire by that means, held his 3ficolaso long that he had like to have been burnt himself ; and seeing he did lum no good, he threw him into the midst of the lire with this curse, iwo chart, i. e. The devil lake thee. They bestow jewels upon them of a great value. This year a woman who had formerly adorned her IMieola with some pearls, being necessitated, came to the church and prayed Rlicokito lend her some of his jewels, for she was at present in great want ; the dumb brute not speaking any thine to theeontrary, she (thinking silence gave consent) made hold to take a ruby or two of him ; but the pope, spying her. complains to the justice, who commanded both her hands to be cut off, which was done three months since. In their private houses, they do ordinarily give take, as they thrive in their business ; for il they have any great losses, they will come home and
rob Micola to his shir
False Friendship. Is a man sinking, his apparently best friends let go their hold, ami turn their backs upon him ; nobody so much as gives himself the trouble to cry help ; they could wish he was not of their name ; no one can be thought like him. Does he come up again, every one makes towards him ; his foot's no sooner on the laud, than there's a striving who shall wipe him dry ; his acquaintances are for being hi 3 relations, and his cousins his brothers ; there's no being too intimate with him. The School of Man. Very few people, properly speaking, live at present, but arc providing to live another time, Sicijt.