Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 March 1828 — Page 4

POIST10AL ASYLUM. For the II'. Sun, to K. N Immortalized will be his name, And wafted far on wings of fame ; Who from deep stores of wisdom brought, That great, that good, that awful thought ; That Corsets were contriv'd (what skill !) 1W female art, the place to fill, Of am'rous Beaux, who once would clasp

Their sweethearts vnth an iron grasp :

But now have grown such "perfect churls, As never more to " hug the girls." IIow hoi.nr'd is our little tow n. How jiMits claim to high renown, To hold the man whose first eight lines, The works of Homer far outshines ; And who, presumption scarce can hop'

Mth Shakespear, Addison, or Pope,

T. R.

With Shakes! e

Would be comp ar'd by learned men,

So great the genius 01 K r. O, much' enlightened, happy age How blest to see this matchless sage ; How favor'd that our lots were cast, Not with the ages which are past ; Nor yet rcserv'd for future days, To act a part in mcauer plays ; Rutin a time in which K. N. With inspiration wields his pen. Inspir'd I sav, else how possess Such knowledge of the female dress ; How else the thought e'er strike his mind, That Corsets, as by him dciin'd. Are worn around the neck, in torm Of some fond lovers absent arm. We hope K. N. (no doubt he knows,) Will tell us why, upon the toes

Gold rngs are worn and, it no narm, Why garters clasp the slender arm.

from the New- York Enquirer. SIGNS OP THE TIMHS His honor, the Mayor of Wash

inton, has given us several columns

of excellent articles (rather heavy though) under the above title, tend uvr to show that the people were wrong in preferring Jackson to Ad ams and t.uit Van Burcn was a very clever managing kind of a little man. and we must keep a sharp look out upon him. As all his " signs " refer to somt'thino; yet to come, a kind of

cJiiara oscuro. we seated ourselves

- - , comfortably in our arm chair, and

imagined that a few days ago the

ballot boxes for President and Vice

President were opened at Washing

ton, and therefore took up the Intelli

gencer, the Whig, the Democratic

Press, and the American, & imagin

ed that the account read as follows :

From the National Intelligencer of

February. 1829 Yesterday the electoral votes for President and Vice-President, were

counted in presence of both Houses

of Congress, when the following

Were the results : For Andrew Jackson. New

vHamns!ure. 8 : New York. 28 : De

lawarc, 3 ; Pennsylvania 28 ; Maiy-

land. 7 ; Virginia 21; North G n oli na, 15; South Carolina, 11 ; Geor gia, 1) ; Alabama 5 ; Louisiana, 5 Indiana, 5; Illinois, 3; Misssouri, 3 Mississippi, 3; Kentucky, 10; Ten nessee, 11 Total 18b For John Q Adams, Maine, 0 Massachusetts, 15; Uhode Island. 1 Connecticut, 8; Vermont, 7; New York, 8; Maryland,!; Kentucky,Ohio, 10 Total 75. From which it appears that An

drew Jackson had 180 votes, 6c John Quincy Adams 75 votes. John C Calhoun had 180 votes for the Vice Presidency, and diehard Rush 75. so that Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was declared to be duly elected President of the United States for four years frm the fourth ol March next, and John C Calhoun, of South Carolina Vice President of the Uni ted States for the same term. A committee of both houses was ap

pointed to wait upon the President & Vice President elect, and acquaint them with the result of the electoral vote, who, after some lime returned and stated that they had fulfilled that duty, and that the President elect, ex pressed his grateful sense for thisdis tinguished proof of confidence on the part of the American people, and his iirm determination to discbarge the duties of this high tr ust. to the best of his abilities. A similar reply was made by the Vice Piesident, and on motion of Mr. Randolph, both hous cs adjourned. Tims has terminated the import ant struggle for the Chief Magistracy

of the United States ; an office

which, under rto circumstances do

weevevrwishtosee acquired without an honorable effort, for it is a prize

worthy the ambition of kings, the highest office in the gift of a free

people. The conte&t for the Presi

dency, has been remarkable fr great warmth of personal and sectional feel

ing. The friends of Gen. Jackson,

attached to him by ties of strong per

sonal regard, warmed and animated

by the recollection ol his gallant public services the section of country which he immcdiatelev represents, having undoubted claims to the dis

tinction -joined to an impression, we

lowed to produce compurgators, or a

certian number of witnesses accord

ing to the measure of the offence : & if these declared upon oath their belief of his innocence, it was a suffici ent exculpation. Seventy-two com purgators were required to acquit a murderer or an incendiary. The flagrant per juries occasioned by this absurd practice probably gave rise to

the trial by ordeal which was termed.

as it was believed to be, the judgment

of Clod. The criminal was ordered.

atthe option of the judge, to prove his

innocence or guilt, by the ordeal of

cold water, of boiling water, or red

hot iron, i le was tied hand and foot.

will not ay an erroneous one, that land thrown into a pool, to sink or

his claims entitled him to the office

when he was fir st a candidate, combined to unite in his favor a vast, and

we are proud to say, a patriotic body

of his fellow citizens, whose will should be the supreme law ol the

and. Y e have, in the course of this ontest, differed from some of the

swim ; he was made to fetch a ring

from the bottom of a vessel of boil

iniz water, or to walk barefooted over

a burning ploughshare. History

records examples of those wonderful

experiments having been made whh out injury or pain. The ancient Persians in general be-

Gencrars friends, and considered it I stowed the utmost aite tion on the

our duty, to sustain the measures of '.education of youth. Children atthe

he administration, as the Rational i age ol five years were committed to

Intelligencer has invariably sustained j the care of the magi, for the improvc-

hc measures ot those venerable and mcnts of their mind and morals. llustrious men who have preceded I They were trained at the same time he present incumbent. The same i to every manly exer cise.

duty admonishes us, to use our! JSpieurus, one of the ancient Greek

utmost efforts to give e fleet to such philosophers, taught that man's su-

measiires ol the next administr ation, j preme happinessconsistedinplcasur

as shall conduce to the honor and

interest of the country; and we ap proach that duty without appiehen

sion.

We have never ceased to believe

that Gen. Jackson was tr uly an hon-

e.

lie limbed the term so as to make it

mean only the practice of virtue. Though he was chaste & temper ate, yet some of his followers were the reverse. Kpicurus held that the

Deity was indifferent to all the

est man ; and that he is patriotic, and j actions of man ; his followers therc-

devotedly attached to the honor of; fore had no other-guide than the iuour country, may be gathered from ! structive desire of their own hanni-

his illustrious and unpayable services ness.

in the tented field. .Neither have we denied to him the merit ot a clear,

sound and discriminating judgment.

qualities mdispensibly necessary for

the high duties which devolve upon

him. lie i? also surrounded bv a large number of the most talented & accomplished men in the nation. Let us then, forgetful of past animosities unite to give to this new ad

A virtuous but right severity of

manners was the characteristic of the Unmans in the first ages of the rcpub lie. The pi h ate life of the citizens, frugal, temperate, and laborious, had i's influence on their public character. Tire utmost attention was bestowed in tin; early fn mation of the mind & character. The Roman matrons did not abandon their infants to mercen

silk mantle, with edges trimmed with

sable. Her head was resting on a

)illow of yellow silk, beautifully

figured with gold. &. a small coverlet

of the same was spread over the lower

pait of the body. & hung down from the foot of the bier. She seemed like a person who had thrown herself on a couch to icbt from the fatigue of a

journey. ISo coffin, no shroud, none

of the wonted habiliments of the dead

were seen. On each side of the bier stood waxen candles, c around were standing hundreds of friends, each bearing a lighted taper in his hand Half an hour or more, the priests alternately chaunted and recited the funeral service, and at short intervals numbers recited a sacred song. The Scriptures were opened, and from the ancient Greek was read," the hour is coming in the w hich all that arc in

the gr ave shall hear Ins voice and shail come forth." An aged priest, with a long hoary beard, standing by the side of the dead, in his own native dialect, then addressed the people. He stood there, he said, to speak for her who could no longer speak for herself, and for her to forgive any, who might ever in any way have injured her. it she had herself injured any, he hoped they would freely forgive her. Tee assembly w ith uuited

voice, responded we forgive, and

may she aio be for given of her God,"

crossed themselves and bowed The

crowd then parted, and the relatives

themselves drew near. The eve of

- - the husband, w vz now. for the Fast time, fixed on the object ol his affections Thrice he crossed himself,

tnen boucd & ki-sed the cheek now

cold in death; and so fee line, so af

fection ite v. as thi last farewell, that

no one couid pronounce it a cere-

mony merely The decea-ed was then borne to the depository of the dead, and when laid in the tomb, the priest pouied oil on her head, repeating from or.e of i he Psalms of David, kt trie earth is the Lord's, and t lie ful

ness thereof ; the world & they that rhvfil thtroin

ministration, that bur tr ial and just a; y nurses ; they regarded the caresupport, wheh we hope it merit ful nurture of their offspring, the rudi and permitting th.e waters of SiCthe to i ments of their education, and the

roll over the past rolopt as our mot

to, k our count.1 and uothin"

but our country."

Gleanings From fltsfon. In the hlth century there arose a set of fan atics termed Stylites, or pillar saints, who passed their lives on the tops ot pillars of various height. Simmeon, a native of Gilicia, was the founder of this sect. In his thirteenth year he left the employment of shepherd, to enter a monastery With the most romantic zeal of religious phrenzy. he exhibited himself to hi astonished follower s on the top of a column,-exposed to the inclemencies of the air. & of the seasons, and often supporting himself for hours and for days on one foot, in his elevated situ ation This phrenzy prevailed in the east for many centuries. The pecuniary fines for homicide

the ordeal or judgment of God, and!

judicial combat, wer e striking peculiarities in the laws and manner s of the

northern nations, and particularly ot he Franks By this warlike, barba rous people, revenge was esteemed honorable meritoi ious. The light

spirited warrior chastised or indiea

necessary occupation of their house hold, as the highest points of female merit.

regular Drama was introduc

i o V

dweii therein

HURON TMWUTORY. The foil wiving arrthchnundarlvs. &c. of the proposed 'Ivrritorrjoj' Huron. By running a line from the northeast corner oft lie state of Illinois', northwardly, down the middle of Lake "Michigan, to the Bg Fox Island and thence, due north, to the

edat Koine from Gr eece by i,viuJ Canada line, or northwardly, down

Andromeus.in the year .514. mc mmuiC Ul "e l.awe, anu inrougn Thecal liet of the old romances ,,u Straits, cast & south of the - Bois anneared about the middle of tUn Blanc Island,' to the Canada line;

i ueifih century. From this fruitful wil1 ,cavc lht! Tcninsula a separate

stock sm uno a'numermK nff.m m.r,. go enmient. with a territory ol 50 or

email v wild and extravagant 00 thousand squai e miles. The pro-

John, King of France, who took I)0scd ncw tciritory will then be the field with 00 000 men against the bounded on the east by the last men-

black Pi ince, & was defeated by him lloncd line; on the north, by the at Poictiers in K3j0, was led "in tri m)rthcm boundary line of the United

umph to London and became the fel Malcs 5 on die south by the states of

ownnsonern J);ivw K mo - nf .-nf. imoib ami .Missouri; anu on tnc

land, who was defeated in "he battle uest- W lhc Missouri river. With

of Durham by Phiilippa, Oueen to m t,1c?c limits, the white population,

Edward III

Paper made from linen rages was

from the best information that can be

obtained is believed to be between

first manufactured in the bednnin six and seven thousand. The princi-

pai seuiements are at the Sault dc

Hte. IVIaiie Mackinaw Island.

Green Bay. (ialena, on Fever rhcr,

of the fifteenth century ; and the use

of linen for shirts was at that time a

ery rare piece of luxury.

under Edward II I, found it ncces?arv

to prohibit the use of gold and silver in annarel to all whn bad tint .in in-

ted with his own hand the injuries ; comc ot one hundred pounds a year ; which he had received or indicted.- Charles VI of Fr ance ordained that

me nug.Miaic uueriereu noi io,none s10l,i( presume to entertain

punisu uui io reconcile, anu was sans tied if he could persuade the aggressor to pay and the injured party to accept, the moderate fine which was imposed as the price of blood, and of

which the measure was estimated j church iloor, bore the corpse, the re-

according to the rank, the sex, and j mains of a female. On her head was

the country of the person slain. Bv the ancient laws of the Franks,

a party accused of any crime was

Serious alarm had been excited at 1ranic du Chien, near the mouth of

the progress of luxury before the fif tne Wisconsin, Ste. Peters, near the tcenth century, for the Parliament, falls of St. Anthony, and Pembina,

on the Hed Uiver ot Hudson s Bay.

TO riLWELLEItS, THE subscriber lias lately taken the Cj jy

with more than two dishes and a

mess of soup.

tin

Tavern Stand,

Formerly occupied by Judge,

Kcrs, situated near the corner ot

market Sc water streets. His house and stable are well supplied, and he hopes bv a

GREEK' FIXER AT. A lmv sl,ict an(1 careful attention to business, to

bier standin near the centre of flip h1" and also rcccivc a share or public pa-

Vinccnncs, Feb. 26, 1027. 4-tf

a white turban, in which was graceTallow, wanted at this oflicc.

ranks,! fully entwined a large braid of hair. Magistrates BLAjNKS for Illinois as al-1 She was dressed in a long light brown for sale at this office.