Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 April 1828 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM.

IONAtHANS VISIT TO A WEDDING. Dul yoa ever go to a wedding What darn'tl sight ob 'sin s it takes ; Then your month it is hot asr ;i pudding, They put so much spice in their cakes. Such playing and running, I never! The gals all as neat as new pins ! 11 fairly wear out my old leather, To catch cm and buss 'cm by jir.gs '

I wonder, by goll, what's the matter,

I can t get a swect-hcavt 1 vc tried

But, I sniggers, I never could Hatter, Cut the gals would all tell me I lied.

So rot 'cm I always am cheated, By gosh ! I will twig 'em, 1 vim ! If I can't be more han'somer treated I won't go a courtin by gum ! Then I guess they will ccmc to their reason If what granny says be all true If you'll let 'em alone, with yourteazin, The gals will come flockin to you. (From the Western Quarterly Revicw.j iYeio views of society ; or Essays on the formation of the human char acter. -c. Parlous addresses delivered by Mr. Owen, dedicated to those, who have no private ends to accomjilish and who are honestly in search of truth, &c. By Ron gut Owen pp. 115, 8vo. (Continued.) Meanwhile another society was formed on the New Harmony estate.

called in honor of its principal patron, Maclurca. Another under the common patronage of the society was in stituted at Yellow prints, near

Dayton, in Ohio : and others on similar principles were announced, as forming, in different parts of the United Stales. v Last July Mr. Owen promulga

ted his famous declaration of mental independence. It openly avowed a principles, which had been only imXolied before. The most important ,u definite point upon which it dwelt, was the absurdity and tyranny of the supposed obligations of marriage in the common form. &. avowing in the clearest terms, that itsbhligations las ted no longer, than the mutual affection of the parties. From that time the society bore all the marks of a settled and fatal decline. He is sup posed to have lost 50.000 by the experiment. His cleves had little to lose, and they had gained much in experience and knowledge of human nature. They had abundantly learned, that if the moon is the hotter luminary for poets & love lorn dam scls, the sun is a much surer guide to those who know, that life i not a dance, nor a lecture, nor a concert, nor a dream of love and a cob age, but a business of strujude, contending passions, beef, pudding and bard and steady blows. Mr. Owen, loo had

lure, no prodigy in creation, so astonishing. Could our intellects, our reasoning faculties be embodied into ome tangible, or visible shape and preserved in a museum, our fricud Peale might shut up bis cabinet, splendid and magnificent as it is, and

seek some other employment. The treatment of our domestics and dependants by Dr. Pali: v. Apart of fiicnds setting out together upon a journey, soon find it to be the best for all sides, that, while

they arc upon the road, one of the company should wait upon the rest : another ride forward to seek out lodging and entertainment; a third to carry the portmanteau ; a fourth take charge of the horses ; a fifth

bear the purse, conduct and direct the

return to a level again at their jo urn ey's end. The same regard and re

1. It is not so entirely original, as

many have supposed it Many of its

leading features were copied from the

institutions of Sparta. History has preserved a great number of similar experiments in different ages It has many aspects in common with the Shakers and Harmonists of modern

times. 2. Two of his leading positions are as true as they are important.

It is true, that character is in a great measure formed from circumstances Even in our country of Irce enquiry, and of numberless opposing opinions, we always deem it a thing of strong probability, that the child will possess

the religion, and be ol the same sect with its parents. We seldom find Mahometan children with christian parents, or the reverse. The on-y question is, how to bring the numberless and uncontrollableeircumstances of our condition, to bear about a given point of character. 3 Combined or social labor, al ways effects more than individual & detached labor. This is not onlv matter of opinion, but abundant experiment. The principle is strikingly manifest in the establishments of the Shakers, the Moravians and the Harmonites We may add, that if circumstances could free men from all avarice, envy, pride 6c evil speaking, if men could unite their labors Sc affections, their hands & their hearts, this would be a much more tolerable world, than it now is. Unluckily, the black speck' is a malady too deep to be cured by circumstances. 4. We consider that religious con viction and feeling, enlightened or otherwise, a principle, which reaches the main spring of life, and governs

the whole man, bodilv and mental, is the onlv motive that ever has been, or ever will he adequate to carry down a system,, which involves so much self denial as i community of property and richly; and this gram! and mastersp!-i!ig is whollv neglec ted in these' ue in question. ?Iueh has been said, and -with i?nneces;rry. and unchristian bitterness, about (his feature of it; and Mr. Owen ha been branded as an Afheisr. We depre cate the prevalence of such a scheme as his. and we have no fear that such an one. will ever prevail. "Never! he less, we think it would have been bet

ter, to 'nave attacked it with the same in low & ordinary stations, they seem

calmness cc good temper, with winch

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shoulders but in this he lias failed.

Sir Walter Scott is a poet and a novelist of the first order ; but be is no historian no biographer. We attempt not to prove this otherwise than by referring to his life of Napoleon Bonaparte. But who could expect that the penegyrist of lord Wellington would do justice either to the royal, military, or private character of the emperor of France ? The author of Waverly has however, this solitary consolation, many great men

before him have mistaken their talents. Pope is said to have been more proud of his prose, than his poetic compositions, yet these, with the single exception of his letter to the noble lord (Bolingbrokc)are nothing in the scale of comparative merit The Chronicles of Canonjrate is an

route ; not iorgettmg. however, that (agreeable parlour book, that may be

as they were equal and independent when they set out, so they aie all to

read with pleasure in course, or oc

cupy a leisure hour without creating any very strong inducements o peruse the whole. There are various

q-ect, the same forbearance, lenity & j opinions respecting this work, but reserve, in using their service; the d ut- think it is evident that it was prosame mildness in delivering com j dueed with vcrv little labor to the rnands; the same, study to make their author, and that it is decidedly inferi-

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journey comioruoie and pleasant which he whose lot it was to diiect the rest, would, in common decency, think himself bound towards them, ought we to show lo those who, in the caiing of the parts of human so eiety. happen to be placed within our power, or to depend upn us. Another retlection of a like tendency with the. former, is that our obli gation to them is much greater than theirs to us. It is a mistake, to suppose that the rich man maintains his servants, tradesmen, tenants and la borers thelruih is, they maintain bun. Jt is their industry which supplies his table, furnishes his wardrobe, builds his houses. adorns hisequipage.

pi ovtues nis amusements. It is not theestate.bul the labor employed up on it, that pays his rent. AH that he does is to distribute what others produce, which is the least part of the buriness Nor do I nereeive any foundation for an opinion, which is often handed round in genteel company, that good usage is thrown away noon low and ordinary minds ; that they are insensible of kindness, and incapable of gratitude. If by low and ordinary minus," are meant the minds of men

he appeared to receive all the high charges, and allegation against him self and his opinions For oui selves, we believe him to have been an hon

purchased a valuable but rather ex i est enthusiast, whose real intentions

pensive penny worth, in learning that

the World is a seventy tour, hardly to be towed out of its moorinirs by a canoe, and that he who attacks the prejudices of mankind, attacks wind mills. He had ascertained, also that the Americans were too untraceable, and made of stuff too stern, to be changed from horses and alligators to doves and lambs by circumstances. He gave the project up in despair ; sold out the greater part of the concern ; left one of his sons to settle & manage the business of payment, and took his farewell of them at New Harmony. In this farewell we are told, he attributes the failure of the

were the good of mankind.

Lady Hater Stanhoj

to be affected bv benefits in the same

way that all others are, and to be no les ready to requite them ; and it would be a very unaccountable law of nature, if it w ere otherwise Whatever uneasiness we occasion our domestics, which neither promotes our service, nor answers the iust

rrequently sends ot punishment, is manifestly

arrests our attention, when w e look wrong, were it only upon the general overflies of English newspapers. - ! principle of diminishing the sum of

The biography ol this lady would exhibit as wonderful a phenomenon, as any character of the present age.

or to the Talcs of mv Landlord,

J tower of Tadc. Laughing Away with all the systems of Physiognomy and Craniology if yon want to find out a man's character, observe his laugh. Theie never was a bad man that could laugh heartily and cheerfully. Laughs are of various species, from the suppressed titter of the boarding school Miss, to the vociferous hoarse roar of t he honest Farmer. This latter is the kind of laugh to dispel dull care, and to promote good fellowship. There is no faith to be placed in a man who wont join it; watch him well when he conies to trade with you. A mere grin, without the accompanying sound, is not to he relied on it is merely an expression of internal self-exultation; and, besides, it has not the effect upon the system, of a good, honest, convulsive laugh. When any body's behaviour disturbs you, dismiss the image of the injur', and bethink yourself whether you have not been guiltv of the same fault. Such reflections are the most certain way of becoming truly wise and pious. No trees bear fruit in autumn, unless they blossom in the spring. To the end that our age may be profita. ble, and laden with ripe fruit, let all endeavor, that our youth may be studious, and flowered with the blossoms of learning and observation.

A LIST of letters remaining in the Post

fSonaparte himself not excepted.

She is related to the late Lord Chatham, and niece ol William Tilt, late Piinie Minister of England. should induce this lady, living in the full blaze of English fashion, to turn her hack for ever on the tomb of her illustrious parent, and all

the splendours of the crowded mctr

I Office at Washington, Daviess county, la. the quarter ending the 3 1 st day of March, 1828, which if not taken out before the expiration of three months, will be sent to the

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j M.IUit 2, James llreczc. Alien Barber, Peter

arton S. Akcman, John

Akeman, C. Berkshire,

project to the unroper management opolis, her friends and connexions, to of McOlure. and the new teachers, to renouncethei elision of her ancestors.

his misunderstanding the American and become the chief ol a wandering

character. 6c to the want ol suiheient horde of Arabs, amongst whom she

information m the catechumens. A number of the principal members of the social system still remain at New Harmony. We believe, that thy are content to sink down to the individual system ; & it is to be hoped that this beautiful village, the theatre of uch singular and opposite experi meuts, will vet flourish. We add a few reflections that have struck us, as resulting from what we have seen, and heard', relating to this project.

human happiness. 15v which rule we are forbidden, 1 To enjoin unnecessary labor or confinement, from the mere love and

w.mtmuwQc nf rlnminlnn ! Burrows, Jacob Crabb 2, James Crawford, Ra-

rn 1 'iti P"v& Calhoun, John W. Clark, M.Davis. 2. rl O insult OUI' servants by harsh,! m. Dant, John Donaldson, A. English, Wm. scornful or opprobrious language ; l'nikr. ," '' rce then any harmless! I, LMOP iSS'lK pleasure, iatt Hulan, Hczckiah Holland 2, Kdmond And by the same principle, arc , ici Hursha, -Henley, Thomas . i i Hvatt, Lhzabeth Hcnmns, Ames Jaris, Wm. also torblddeil Causeless or immode- JoVncv, Smallwood Lav wood. Mis Leonard,

rate anger, habitual peevishness, and ! Jf:s-pb Miikr, John McDonald, c. I). Mcryan,

groundless suspicion.

Sir J Jlil ter cott This literary Hercules -this modern Alexander,

lives at the present dav ? What seems determined to triumph over

it ... t i .. .

cret impelling motive could have ac-tnc world ol letters; he has boasted

eomphshed in a female mind, such a wonderful revolution ? All travellers who have been admitted to an interview with this ladv described

of the versatility of his powersand great indeed they are, for he has charmed us, both in poetry & prose. There are few modern poets, with

her as happy and contented, withoutlthe exception of Byron and Moore

ine sugntest thought or wish to return to her native land The mind of man has been called by some writer, a microcosm, a little world by itself; and, in truth, so it is There is no wonder in physical na-

that can compare with him ; and no novels extant that are equal to his. Knowing this, his ambition has become boundless and like Atlas of old, he has attempted to poise the whole globe of literature upon his

Mr. Medley, Thos. Moore, Thos. Malone, Elij. Morters, "Silvester Matingly, Robert Oliver, Hunnell c Ovboum, (ieorjc l'lummer 2. 1 C I1 Vi V J-(;- Jcad 2 Jas- Kandell, 1.0X T f Rawlcy Scott 3, G. Sefret, Henry Smith, A. Stephenson, John Taylor, S. Vinson, P. Witrher, Jos. Walker, Wm. Wallace, John W. Waller, Robt. B. Wallace, Josiali Wallace, John Walker, Nicholas Wallace, Joseph Warner, John Wingatc. S. RODDICK, p.m. April 1, 9-3t-L68 A LL those who arc indebted to me by noto Sl or account, are invited to call and pay, as I intend to leave this pleace on the first of May for the Eastward, and want what

is due mc. It is useless to say what I will

to those who do not pay mc before I start Kilt f Will t1V flllt tti.u m -k It kunn r. vn.a

uuk . r , uk uiwr !. iiaiw iu lj.iv

costs, or I shall miss my calculation. WILSON LAGOW. Vir.ccnncs, April 1, 1828. 9-3t