Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 April 1828 — Page 4

GENERAL WASHINGTON A POET.

The London Mercury says the following lines ncar to banish disease. and death

in nfeliiclnc, shed upon the minds of

the whole community, were to go

The Savage loves his native r.liorc. Though rvde the soil, and chill the air ; And well may Erin's sons adore The land that nature formed so fair. What flood reflects a shore so sweet, A Shannon, or pastoral Bann ? Or who a friend or foe can be So generous as an Irishman ! His hand is tash, his heart is warm, But principle is still his guide ; None more regrets a deed of harm, And none forgives with nobler pride ; He may be dup'd, but won't be dared ; fitter to practice than to plan. He dearly earns a poor reward, And spends it like an Irishman. If poor or strange, for you he'll pay, And guide you where you safe may be ; If you're a stranger, while yoa stay, His cottage holds a jubilee ; His utmost soul he will unlock, And if he may your secrets scan. Your confidence he scorns to mock. For faithful is an Irishman. By honour bound in wo and weal, Whate'er he dares to do ; Try him with bribe, it won't prevail ; Put him to fire, you'll find him true. He seeks no safety in his post, Whate'er he may in honor's van, And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be bv an Irishman. Erin ! lov'd land, from age to age, Be thou more bless'd, more fam'd and Free ! May peace be your's, and should you wage Defensive wars, reap victory ! May plenty bloom in every field, And gentle breezes sweetly fan, And generous smiles serenely shield The breast of every Irishman.

From the Western Quarterly Review.

was to be that of extreme age, and

the patient to sink as in sleep in

short, that it was to be a kind of Ma

hornet's paradise, & all this removal of evil, and introduction of good was to be operated by the single omnipo

tence of circumstances. The indol

ent, the unprincipled, men of desper

ate fortunes, moon worshippers ro

mantle young man, olstoncruftian

ladies, the more free thinking of the bus bleus, those, who had dreamed of

earthly Elysiums, a great many hon

est aspirants after a better order of

things, poor men simply desiring an

education for their children, a great

many people who sutlercd from ennui, without knowing the term, & who were weary of the dull, hum drum, and lonely way of getting a

long in common hie, m legions, where balls were rare occurrences,

like kangel visits few and far be! ween,' all such felt strong hankerings after a

place where they expected to feed full,

without care or trouble, and dance

one evening and sing another in ev cry

week.

A more admirable position, to

observe, and come at the movements

of the human heart, could not have

been desired, than to see this incompatible mixture of character brought

so

v V?rn TjiVrr nf ssnr.fohi ! nr EssmisHo srether under circumstances

on the formation of the human char novel, ana in relations nimerto un-

acfei$c. .Various add) esses del Jiv Known, iieie were philosophers, eredbijMr. Oxcen, dedicated to those, fledged, and unfledged. Here were who have no vrivatc ends to accom tine young men. & tine voting ladies.

vlhh. and who are honestly hi search It would be difficult, in fact, to imag- - . . . . i .... . r . t . . . . i . . i i

of truth. &c. By RorjiuiT Owen me any ciass oi ociciy. i.uii uau not

By this time Mr Owen's system goon, mm uum inuen .aimers ami

had excited more attention through their wives, livery i oe.day even the country, than perhaps any pro- ing these comptih:c elements were

fciects of reform had ever done belore. assembled in a splciuml h.il. room.

Having made this purchase, he trav- suuicicnt lor me arcmomouution oi a elled from the Wabash to Washing thousand person- The. music was

ton, and delivered addresses to both tine, find the tamhc-mnic, the drum

These addresses and the evmb ii.

houses of congress

u ii it . e s e loving

contained the usual exposition of his people of New Hai muny 10 walring, principles, and displayed plenary and & cutting capeis altogether. There Undoubting faith in their praeticabili- were, not untVeq u nt!y, four hundrrd

ty, and assurance, that they would persons on the floor, at a tunc. On finally be embraced bv the whole Fiiday evening they had line muse. World. In April following, he began for Mr. Owen. had not lor- -Men the to form what was called the "vi'di- effects of the lyre of Orpheus in

transforming chaiacter. Ail. as vet.

was love, exultation and joy. On

evcrv ftaonath. nmtc-sophieai lectures

were dcliveicd in the public hall ;

aUerwarus, passing Flautist and

1 i Methodist ministers were allowed to

miliary society? which seems to have been a kind of lower degree in masonry, preparatory to the admission of " more light," and the formation of a more perfect society There were at this time not far from thirty cate

chumens. Mr. Owen appointed preach, if thev chose These seldom

trnm (ho nnmher a committee, to aut u 10 a an inenwiv e oi so iair a

draftaconstitulion for the govern- chance, to have a full hit at the sup nient of the -preliminani socew," ac posed deistical principles of the soeie

cording to his plan, promuluated at My

Washington. Tiiese men published The society were fed from a com

the result of their legislative labors, c missarv store, from which each mem-

the society was declared ripe for the her drew a stipulated amount of food

admission of members. The eoun and clothing, the quantum of which try had been moved and penetrated was adjusted by a certain standard

to its very centre by the blandish The elements, on which to award

mcnts, hopes and prospects held out this amount, were moral conduct, in-

by the new society,. Only vague & formation, and jrtiysical ability to indefinite conceptions were vet enter- serve the society. It will be eay to

tained ot the views and intentions of see, that the settling these points was

Mr. Owen. It was. however, general no easy matter, and would be likely ly understood, that he was rich and to be a fruitful source of debate. enthusiastic in his devotion to the The maximum amount for an adult

scheme; that the society was to have was to the value of three hundred every thing in abundance, & in com- dollars, and the minimum eighty dol mon ; that dancing and amusements lars. lie had engrafted upon the wcte to be no inconsiderable part of system a number of regulations, cothe occupation; that the members pied from Sparta The children, were to labor as much, as they chose; unless the parents specially forbade, that the man iage tic w as about to be w ere all instructed together, under regulated by new principles; that the the care of the community. Mr.

system disengaged the mind from the Owen had enough of Scotch close j hopes fears and prejudices of every ness of calculation in the plan, to see, religious creed ; that property was To that all the people were plentifully accumulate fart; that the people served with beef, pork & flour. He would soon lose all the black bile of himself lived among the community their natures, and all become as gen in a manner, simple, unostentatious, tie as lambs; that there would be and plain, manifesting none of the ar nothing to bite and devour in New rogant feeling of a landlord, and nevIlarmony. Regular exercise; abun- erspeaking of the property otherwise, dance, abstraction from carc? careful than as the common interest of all.

life was the indulgence of a little good wine every day after dinner. Among a people of such incongruous

character, thrown fresh from the sys

tem of rough and tumble into this new philosophieal one of circumstances, his temper must often, have been tried to the' utmost. Under all these trials, he rem lined astonishingly calm, and was never known to manifest an out-breaking spirit but once. An Irishman had probably heen spirited up to try how far his forbearance would go. This man put up, in a public place, an advertisement, which was deemed injiuieus to the interests of the society, as lending to entice IT'

some of them away. Mr. Owen tore it down. The irishman put it up again with a threat, that in case it should he tore down again. The Iiishman went, away for a moment. V

and Mr Owen, in Ins absence, tore it down again. Tlx Iiishman. on his return, threatened to hunk his neck. The countenance 'd' Mr. Owen changed IIo manife-ted resentment, informing the Irishman that the huildin", and the whole concern weie his own. and that he woold have no adverti-eineni put up there, but such as pleased him. The society had manv dis?i?T'uished visiters arriving aimort every day. especially at the season, while the river was na igahie by steam boats. Among otheis the famous ?wiss Wright &, the duke of ir.axe VVeim ar. All that visited them, expiessed

themselves delighted with the appearance ot things. Mr. Owen's family in Scotland ts undri stood to consist of his lady and six or seven children Of these the two eider sous, Hubert Dale, c William only came to reside with him Hoth pcifnimrd import ant luncliofis in the concern, diessed ihemsehcs in tow cloth, and laboied. like the rest. They were imiet and tespectable young men. Madam Owen is stated to he a firm Prcsbv terian. A number of societies on similar principles to this were com meneed in different parts of the conn try. 5n October lS'i.ja Gazette was published. In manilestation of talent

it was consnteiahly m advance ot many of the interior papers, and the

editor appears to have been a man ol smartness and industry. Mariaires were celebrated, and lliv parlies married, immediately offer the ceremony, entered a putilic- and solemn protest against the form of marriage, averring that tlicy submittal to it only in conformity to the rKpiirrmenls of the laxv. and that they held the obligations of the marriage, row to last no

longerjhun muutunl ajfution lasted Mean while the natural operation of the motives of the individual srs

began to manifest itself The

'em

grand stimulus of that system was but poorly supplied by dancing, true casseric. and philosophical lectures Mr. Owen was rapidly enlightened by experiment to see that the material furnished by this country was widely different from that at New Lanark. There the inhabitants were

reared under the stern dogma and discipline of presbyterianism. They were crowded into a small space, and interdicted escape by sea. They had taken counsel from poverty to be do

eile & silent. Every thing here was the reverse of this. People could buy

corn at twelve a hall cents a bush

el, and pork for a cent and a half a I nil i f .

pounu. i ney aauy saw savages

roaming in the wild independence of

the forests. A world was before them, and the habit of submission &

icstraint was yet to be learned. He

was not slow to discover, that this

material was oo unmaleable for ev en his grand trip-hammer of circum stances. Mr. Owen, however, kept, accor

ding to his nationd phrase, a calm

sough, winked upon all manifestati

ojiiTofuisldyaUy, spoke in the tons, of unabating faith, and went to Europe But ennui, discouragement, ambition, pride and envy, in their different phases, were working in secret Men with white hands, who had stripped at first, and repaired to the field with the fresh zeal of proselytes, found, that labor there, day after day, was no joke. Farmers and their wives found, that they made a poor figure at a cotillion party, and the different elements gradually settled by elective attraction, each to its kind. Just that order of results began to appear, that all sensible men had predicted. Mr. Owen's authorit, wealth, and w eight of cliaractcr in some degree repressed these appearances, while he was with them. But as soon as he repaired to Europe, these feelings burst forth anew. While in Europe, he displayed an unabated energy of propagandism & confidence in the ultimate success of his scheme ; and he is said, when on his return, and w hen near our shores, while showing to a passenger an enjjjravcd model of a village, arranged tor members of I lie social system, to have declared w uh strong exultation, that with this in a tew years he would .conquer America. Lectures incul

cating the same principles, and breathing the same spiiit with his former one, were delivered at different places on his way to the Wabash He had brought out with him Mr. MeClure, an opulent man, and a philosopher, like himself devoted to the social system. With them came, also a number of lecturers, or instructors in the new order of things. When he arrived at. New Harmony, be affected to be in good spirits, and satisfied with whatever had been done in his absence. He announced the addition of a pow erful auxiliary, w hom he had found in the person of Air. McCiure. He assured the preliminary society, that he thot' them sufficiently advanced in knowledge and virtue, to be elevated to the next order, and recommended to them to form a society with an equality of rights and property. But there weie some conditions appended to the adoption of this second grade of n-0y-

ernment, which were utterly unsatisfactory to many of the members, who thought that the society was not yet prepared for this advancement. (To be concluded.) Marrying a pretty mfe.A person was mentioned as having resolved never to marry a pretty woman. Johnson said- Vf it s a very foolish resolution not to marry a pretty w oman unless there were objections to her A pretty jvoman may be toolish ; a nrettv u-nmnn u

. - i v "i.ni iimy lit wicked; a pietty woman may not

,ftt,ulu meie is no such. dan

ger in marrying a pretty woman as is

appienended; she uill not be persecuted, if she does not invite persecu-

ion. A prett y woman, if she ha r

mind to be wicked, can find a readier way than another, and that is all."

Deportment .Deportment, as a

general term, embraces our conduct

with others, and towards others

and is very often a good criterion of

the predominant disposition of the

mind ; lor actions are generally the result of certain original dispositions.

or ot preconceived notions, or cher-

isncu propensities. The three Stages of life Youth is devoted to Pleasure, middle age to Ambition, and old age to Avarice; in these are the three general principles to be found in mankind ; sometimes ascending to honorable motives, and sometimes descending to dishonorable actions. Addison.

Tallow, wanted at this office. BL.AJNK DKEDb tor sale at the W. Sun, office.