Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 April 1828 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM.

LEADING-STRINGS. fP7ia ft nor governed by the word led !" Maut. Scrib. wc not led in leading-strings. As through this world we trot ? The ass and newly married men Arc 6 n'(c led are thev not? Our habit are diseased, in troth. And lesi we die and rot. Our pulse, by doctors sage and grave, Is yt'C-led is it not ? The young, the aged, and the prime, Have leading features gut : A pack-horse and an old man too, sure, Are ac-led arc they not ? Subjects and things arc held in power, What c're their destin'd spot, For cats and dice, in spite of mice, Arc raMed are they not i Let nobles shrink we find them out, In mansion, straw, or grot, For they, like swine, though drcss'd so fin?, Arc sty-led arc they not ? In fashion's circle Vis the same Attraction, chance or lot A smart coquette and tinder box Are siurk-lvd. are they not But I must not too far be led, A period is a dot. A lover and a blundered Arc trro vf-led are thev not ?

But hold I draw my verse" in Or vou will answer what ! Readers, like bees, are fed by hums, And mm -bled arc they not Intemperance. The publication of such an incident as the following, may have even a more powerful effect than the finest wrought moral lecture, that ever came from the pul pit or the press. It is a scene from heal life but so touching, that we seriously doubt whethcrthe pages o f m o der n r o m a n cc, c o n t ai n a n y t h i n g to equal it in interest, as fertile and happy as that branch of literature has been in dramatising the l' various ills that flesh is heir to.?' Let the r eader, when he peruses the followingskefch. bear in mind, that the tale, so far from being fictitious, is a piece of extemporaneous history that the lamented victim of the melancholly catastrophe before him, is a distinguished

citizen of his own country, and one of the patriots of our glorious revolution let him reflect profoundly on the cause that brought such a man to such a fate : and make th at resolution as to himself, (for the whole human family are endangered by this enemy) that reason & religion alike enjoin upon every rational being. Petersburg Int. A scene in South Carolina. Wc have not been so much struck for sometime past (observes the Richmond Com piler) as we have been by the description of a scene which took place on the 30th January, in the Senate of South Caiolina. We lay a short V sketch of it before our readers. The Legislature of the state, held an extra session for the trial of" Win D James, late one of the Judges of the Court of ICquity. and now one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas and Sessions." impeached for misdemeanors in office. The Judjie was affirmed to have been for a long course of years, grossly intemperate, in the use of inebriating liquors, addicted to habitual excess therein, a : u 1 to have exhibited himself in a state nf intoxication and drunkenness, hiirhlv

unbecoming and indecent in him as a man and disgraceful to his character as a Judge. It was charged against him as a consequence of this excess, Hint lif IV He tint nnlv onVPrfpd iVnm

acquiring by experience study the legal attainments so absolutely necessary to the proper discharge of his judicial functions," but that he was disqualified for the performance of - any oilicial duty whatsover. These charges were run out into various articles embracing so many specificati ons of acts done or not done at ditVerent times on the bench of justice. The Judge was defended by Mr. Win. Preston formerly of this state --but the proofs, were too strong to be resisted; and the Senate after

UVsllUll Ullll III UlUbCU UUUI3 UJJUU separate charges ; found him guilty

on the 1st article, by 32 to 9 on the 2d, by 34 to 7 on the 4th by 32 to

9 and on the other two articles he

was acquitted.

hen the sentence of removal was to be pronounced in public, the scene was extremely touching. The house of representatives attended. Judge James declined the offer which had been courteously made him, of beingabsent when the sentence was pro

nouueed ; but he attended at the bar with his counsel, supported by Mr.

Stark, the secretary of state (acotem

porary and Icllow soldier of the rev

olution) on the one hand, and by his

son on the other. T!ecamc agitated.

trembling and tottering. W hen thev saw a chivalrous soldier of the revolution, who shed his Mood for h country, & a man of sterling integrity, brought so low by his infirmities, and about to be striped by the sen tence of his country, of the only means of supporting himself and hh wretched family, the audience was

cause I know the men to whom It is'

submitted: I need not press it on

you, because I know that the sorrow.

the deep heart piercing sorrow, of all

who hear me. has seized upon it already. 'Tis carried. Mr. President Vis carried, not by the voice of my humble self not by the feelings of

one whose heart is sinking under the

pressure which rests upon it tis car

ried by the honor of this House the

impulse is irresistable. I see the vote

of every man streaming from his

eyes 1 see it in the conflict in ever

man's bosom; let him say " jNo," who is more or less than a man ; let him say tk No." who has forgotten the

scene that has just been consumma

ted ; who bars forgotten the picture

which has just been exhibited ! Sir, I

call upon my friends who are about

me ; I call upon I hem to say lor me

u hat 1 am unable to utter for my sell

Mr. Piesident, uhen 1 think of that

unhappy man who has just dcpaitec

when I see him tottering, quivering, linking under the agonising beatings of a broken heart v. hen I

deeply affected. "The President i remember that he has fought for his (Coh TGn) pronounced judgement country when 3 remember that his

with tears in his eyes, nor was there a Senator t member who was not visibly and deeply affected. Several individuals wept audibly.1' The trembling old man being asked what reasons he. had to oiler why judgement should not be pronounced against him read to the Senate the following address ; "Mr. President I have served my country too long, not to be sensible of my duty, to submit as well as ! may to this heavey stroke I could have wished that my old age had been spared this awful calamity, but i . i .i i ,

rroviuence n?is inougnt proper, to bring me through the varied and trying scenes of a long life, to this hitler period. To the Ahnighfv. and to him alone. I look for support and

consolation. ! pray him to vi I ,r- ' u lj ,1()L vh.iale the feelings of prosper my e.oonrrv, whirl, while jf!bc liuse any loeger ; they warn easts me o cannot, .-u-d i tr ; t 'will ' lo u- '0i'c ; ive the question not, be di po-.d to de;;; : r of i f :e u here it .ought Lo be; in your

Habit A mind long habituated o certain objects insensibly becomes

fond of seeing them, visits them from

habit, and parts from them with rel

uctance hcnce procceds the avarice

of the old in every kind of possession.

They love the world and all it pro-

duces ; they love life cc all its advantages; not because it gives them pleasure, but because they have known it so long. There is not in life a more delightful picture than the pure love of two young and innocent beings, developed in every action of their existence; unsullied by gross thoughts, interest, or passion ; regarding only their own loves; endeavoring only to promote their own happiness, & that of those by nature rendered near and dear to them. A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent ; a kind eye makes contradiction an assent ; an enraged eye makes

beauty deformed; the eye speaks a language in which there can be no deceit ; nor can a skillful observer be imposed upon by looks, even among courtiers or women.

blood has been shed for the pus chase

of that very liberty, winch gives me power to condetii i.im: Sir, my heait tankers, when I turn upon the deed my own hand has done 5. shrink beneath the shade of mv own unworthiness and for a moment. yes. for morelhen a moment. I disown the act that has turned him upon he world, thriftless & friendless! When 1 remember that the bhu thwhich is now gushing through his veins, is the very blood in which our constitution is written : I a?k it triumphantly, where is the man that calls for another word upon the question? hir, the law must luve its victim, the law has had its v iciim ! Yet the altar is bedewed with t!.e te.irr. of the very men u ho have nresid d at the sacrifice.

Chance. Iam old enough (says Smollet in a letter to his friend Garrick) to have seen and observed that we are all the plavthirgs of fortune, and that it depends on something as insignificant and precarious as the tossing up of a half penny, whether a

1 an ii?eS to adlucnce and honors, or

m

continues to his dying day struggling

wu uic uiiiicuiues ana aifgrace ot life.

consolation whieb resuh t uj a eo? sciousnesfj of gocul intentions, h. est conduct in nf:iee.', rl'his addre.---. so we!! c;' -ol.f - f: touch the, feeling of all drew tear from many of (he euatori, during after its delivery. The sentence w athen pronounced, and the Jude re tired.

lovn h.uuls ! 2..o-king our God I our country in the face, 1 call tor ! vour decision." deliv ered as it was with great feeling, it was received with profound emotion, by the Senate, who adopted jit by a huge majoiily. passed the other House, alter some ;ppotition, ! ly a vote of 74

Immediately on resuming its or-i Tnis interesting scene preaches up inary functions, the. following reobja moral, wh.ich ouglit to sink deep

Ihirnhifr to Death. The late shocking instances of females having

di

ution was submitted by Mv. Alfred ! into tiie ei ring heart

linger: 44 This Comt, in dischargmg t!u painful duty imposed upon it by tht

constitution of the state of South I been burnt to death, renders tht

Carolina, having passed sentence of j knowledge ot a discovery lately pub

removal from ofrke. upon the lion Wm. D. James, feels it incumbent upon itself, injustice to the said Wm. 1). James, puplicly to declare, tlieir sincere conviction, that h"w character

lor honest integrity as a man. has not

lished by toir Hichaid Phillips, in the

ii ootid v Magazine, for .their total prevention, of the highest consequence, lie deduces fi om the principle of the ascension of lire, that ladies ought to lie down as soon as they

been impeached by this sentence &,j discover their clothes to he on fire ;

in cosideration of the Revolutionary

services of the said V m. I). James, be it therefore, Resolved, that this Court recommend to both branches of the Legislature, that the said William I). James, be authorised to draw on the Treasurer cf the Upper Divison, for the full amount of salary already appropriated, up to the 1 st of Jaunarv. 1 820 " Mr. linger, accompanied this resolution by such an effusion of pathetic eloquence, that we cannot forbear laying it before our readers. " 3Ir. Pi esident : I have but a few words to say in support of the paper I have had the honor to offer you. I need not speak when the heart of all have so eloquently spoken already ; I need not appeal when every bosom is filled to overflowing with the appeal itself has made. 1 need not ask for the adoption o this resolution, be

that the progress of the ilimes will

by that means instantly be checked, and may be easily and deliberately extinguished without any fatal injury, as usual, to the head, face, bosom and throat, lie proves his principle by the following experiment ; he took two slips of printed cotton, a yard long, and on lighting one of them at the lower end, and holding it perpendicularly, it was consumed to a einder in the fifth of a minute, and the volume of ilame was so great as to rise nearly two feet, lie then lighted an exactly similar piece of cotton & laid it horizontally on a pair of tongs, so as to He hollow, and in this situa tion it was five minutes burning, and the flames, at no one time, ascended an inch in height, & might have been extinguished by the thumb & finger This plain & easy experiment ought to be read in the presence of the females of every family.-Old Almanac.

Select Maxims. A king is to be envied for nothing so much as the supremacy of his power to do good ; and if his inclination be but equal to his power he must necessarily be the happiest man in his realm. Char les the fifth used to say, that 'the clemency of a prince is like the heat of the Sun. which hardens dirt, but softens icar" Many, who seem to.carry the libcrty of the subject highest, serve them like trout's tickle them till they catch them. Profaneness in conversation, too commonly passes for wit; whereas, it is, in truth, a certain sign of the want of both judgment 5c manners. The reading of most men, is like a wardrobe of old clothes seldom used profitably.

fl he best way to prove the clearness of our understanding is by showing its faults ; as when a stream discovers dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of its water. A wise man thinks none his superior, who has done him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself supeiior to the other by forgiving him. A fine coat is but a livery, when he who wears it. discovers no higher talents than a footman. Our passions are like convulsive fits, which, though they make us stronger for a moment, yet leave us much weaker afterwards.

Commission 6 Storage. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends, and the public in general, that l.e has lately completed a large and commodious WARE HOUSK.on his wharf in Vincennes, on the Wabash river, where he will rcctive Goods on Storage or Sell cn Com mission and hopes by a strict attention to business, to share a part of the public patronage. Wm. MIEURE.

incenncs, tcb. 7, 1828. 1-tf ItEFKKKNCES. MATIlllW F. MAIIEH, 7 - .

JOHN MARSHALL, 7 ... SAMl. MARSHALL, 5 V;cr:' LEWIS MILLER, Autc;rz. W. J. LEWIS, livawille.

1)A ID S. UHAMUEKS, ?, T. 11. TILL AY, S

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N. B In addition to his former assortment, he has just received from N. Orleans, CO FFE Ey MO L A SSE S, SUGAR, MACKEREL, ev. Which arc offered very low for cash. Wm. mieure: