Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 June 1828 — Page 4
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I'OtiTIOAL ASYLUM. FoRTHK WESTKKX SUN. ilr. Editor The lines below are for publication, if thought worthy ; bcinc; in answer to the Canadim ird," which appeared in the Tcrre Ifuute Register of the Mlh iust. Great arc thy works, thou' poet of the North, Faer to shew thy wonders and thy worth ; O.uo not quote from writers better known, Remarks which fain you weuld have made your own. Go ijrinp; the hook, and there methinks I'll show
Lxact the sense, though coveted by you. Cease then to take from Goldsmith, Homer, Unto thyself, what each man duly earns, f Burns Thyself, is no more when compared to them, Than Mouse to Mammoth i, or Ape to men Elated though with skill thou' hast in crrc. Respect the author, he composed it first. A. INT E MP ER A N C E. War its thousands slays. Peace its ten thousands. In the embattled plain Tho' death exults, and claps his raven wings, Yet reigns he not even there so aVnlutc, So merciless, as in yon frantic scenes Of midnight revel and tumultu- u ? mirth ; Where, in the intoxicating draught concealed. Or crouched beneath te glance of lawless love, He snares the simple youth, who naught suspecting .J.feans to be blest but finds himself undone. l)own the smooth stream oHifc the stripling darts Hope swells the sails, passion steers his course; Safe glides his little bark along the shore Where virtue takes her star. ; but if too far He launches forth beyond discretion's mark, .Suddenly the tempest scowls, the surges roar, Blot his fair day, and plunge him in the deep. Oh! sad but sure mischance Pet tens, Fiom the Crts(ul. THE SOLDIER'S SON. ( Concluded.) Isabel was fur too lovely to remain unsought, a d Mr. Courtney was
astonished at her decided rejection of
repeated and splendid offers. He expostulated, he. entreated, he taxed 1 her with pervci seness. She deprecated his anger with seraphic gentleness. She anticipated his every ether wish, buther firmness remained unshaken His attention was at length called to
objects of yet deeper anxiety. His
love of pleasure, his boundless expenditures, his reeklesness of gain, had
gradually wasted an estate which ihough sufficient lor all the chaster degaueies ot life, was inadequate to the support of prodigality. He now
stood on the vere ot ruin, and
father a sum which then preserved him from want, & secured me subsequent wealth. lie received it but as a loan, and that debt devolv ed on me. True, vou disclaimed it. but it Was yet uncancelled Reluctant to of fend you, I delayed its discharge though the amount w as long since
appropriated in my imagination for gainst the door. 44 NY hat are you a that purpose. It has not, howe er. j bout, you fool !,' was his exclamat
lain idle. The profits of the house lion. 44 It is dinner time father ; you in which, some years ago. I became a 1 have the key, so I could not open the partner, have been considerable. door: 1 was rubbing my bread a Your little capital has acquired its j gainst it. because I could not get the share, and its amount has this day j bottle,' u Cannot you go without redeemed your forfeited estate. Bv 'cheese one dav, vou luxurious little
instead of eating the cheese he put itihappiness ; I must confess, that if hk
newness nad attacked me, good Protestant as I am, I should not have had the resolution to die a martyr " To which Mrs. Pope returned the following answer. Dear Madam Accept my best thanks for your congratulations. This is not a time for criticism ; but I will softly whisper to my fiicnd, that Pope's Essays are in perfect unison with Young's Sight Thoughts.17
into a bottle and contented himself &
obliged bis child to do the same, w ith rubbing the crust against the bottle enjoying the cheese only in imagina tion One day that lie returned home later than usual, he found his soil eating bis crust and rubbing it a-
a mere accident I had seen it advertised, and I lost no time in hastening hither. And now he added, taking the hand of Mr. Courtnev with a radiant smile, u Will you not wel
come y o u r A 1 vah t o v o u r h o m e ? It
is long
vour friendship
claim it, and surely vou can no Ion-1 plaee joined toget her h:mI ! gjed lin
ger refuse the title of my benefactor, I magistrate thai the bla-ksmitn m:ght
rascal, you will never be lich !,' ad ded the angry miser, as he kicked the poor boy for not being able to deny himself the fatal gratification. A blacksmith of a village murder
's since vou gave me a check on id a man and was condemned to be friendship' I have come to i hanged. The chief pea-a: ts of the
when from your bounty I have de rived not merelv wealth, but the
Queen Elizabeth's tune and the prevent. If we may credit a courtwit of Queen Elizabeth's time, the fopperies of that day nearly equalled those of the present. He thus describes them : YVc use much bombast and quilting? to seem better formed, broader shouldered, smaller waistcd, and fuller thighed, than wee bee : wee harbc and shave often, to weenie younger than wee bee; wee use perfumes, both inward and outWard, to seeme sv. ccter than wee bee;
ue-courteous expressions, to seeine
not snnVr, beeause he was neeesarv 1
to the place, w h: 'h could not do kinder than wee hee : hswi v obevan-
unutterable pleasure ofthis moment, j wihmut a blacksmith, to sIxm- nors.s.jces to seeme hnmhVr ; and some
Mr. Courtney went. The thought- rnend wheels. e-;e. i,',U ts-e. magis ; times grave and godly eommumea
less man of the world,' wept at' the trstt. said, " hew tb.i.n can I satisfy sacred triumph of virtue. AKahhim- justice?"- A labourer answered, self was oveieome with the scene. & !,fc "- there ai e tu o weavers in the paced thefloor in f'nence. A poi trait ! village, and for so small a place one
of Isabel hung directly opposite him. and it now caught his eve. H farting
back with amazement, he gazed at it
is enough ; hang l he other.,'
fni'iihv-: ol The Uitilea Stufet.
mil, to tcc.Tic ui-'cr and devouter
at a Jovtly phantom )t Inokrd.j'3 ls? 'nrr ,'.h, ""'rU' !"T" deed like a thi of lifc-lhc bit.c! "'hl.eh roV,tll,i' r-1 !l'h; U!"m t,!C re seemed to beam with expression ''m,ts "L.'T VY- '".
.5181 Their land, whieh eonsists of
1 1 'esc i vat ions seoured to them by trea
as
indeed
through its long darl; lashes, & there
i.. .,i, I,..: , ..... 'i tv. is believed to he 1: IS ( i: acres
on her white tbrehrnd when he last saw her iust so its shining riu?'lets
straved over her snowv neck. "Tell
They hnvr alv.in!or,ed, in a great degree, the hunter st ile for I lie moie
tiian wee bee.,' High Praisc.--.Thc SUleigh Tie;isler mentions the recent death of a gentleman who had been a subscriber to that paper for 'Js' years, without having hecn if! arrear tnoie than six months at any time. What an eulogy to he inscribed on a man's tomb ! Would that all newspaper subscriber weie ambitious of it. The Three J Ponders of JVomcn. 1st. at fifteen they wonder who thev
shall take ; 2d. at twenty five, they
eerlaui, but labosioir; pu:Miits of wonder whom they shall "et and
. v f I J 1, at thirty-five, they wonder who
imes.
verge ol
those who had shared his substance
t 11V I
me' lie at len-nh exclaimed, ttimir.i: ! . i-'t.'-.a.e aitenpts,
to Cnninrv Wh,. ;,.!. ... i-: ' 'vl " 'n brr" taU: t l.-linftian -.vili take (hem li'akhi 7
.. .. " . ... - . :i i ; v . i S fin i i : vi 1 1 ii I I :t' i wi 1 W : wt 1 ! h !
null UI i;nn fj.ii; i, .Mi. Mi,v;i m i . . . , the n-rilatioii of tr:;,nncr. t!u.yMVSs xd...:h was anlieipair... NOTICK.
SI V.. ! , r T HI SIHI i'.ivll ilUiiltH Mllilutl yl ! 7 ' I Sunn in. Offi.., e f 1
Vouuue u 'u: t ' I'll ever.
! he:
looked coldly and carelessly on its -' wreck, while the unhappy Courtney, driven almost to madness, could scarcely believe the prertdy of the world lie had hitherto implicitly trtis ted. He was not, however, without a comforter. At this hour of trial, fethe vir tues of his child became mor e fully developed at the gem gleams brightest thro' the shades of darkness Her atVection deepening in its intens ity as its object was deserted by nthcrs, her fortitude, her cheerfulness now came over his scorched & with cred heart with balmy influence Their family seat wa to be publicly sold, and the feaiful day arrived. While it was yet crying a new purchaser appeared, apparently irom a distance. I lis horse dripped with 'V speed, and bis countenance was pale N and agitated. The property, as is
frequent m such cases, was going at I half its value, and the stranger bid it ! ll
seen her ; ' " Jr-ern hec - O
image ha been nv.g, h-.. rn -: aren on tnv heart : but :j her reune 1 am
r r ..
Tlieir lanl at -K:) HU acres, j 'A. ti--m:n-y Arrr.y, who received coinmula-
Am:n'Y sevt-i-a! of rhe tribes in this, H.'M ct-rui:fai?:s, and ihc purvivinj; ncn-ccm.
yet ignorant..'
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T I;i;iiie IS 1 -OUj'i
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nev, saut tne asiii.'e
ne l fntiirr.
She is my on'y child . i-acius
Ileav
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, : - nil ' S v ' i
Via l'wt
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:tate, the use of spirituous liquors is inter dii'ted. fJ"nev are said to have readied a point of civilization high.lv cheering to those by whose instrumentality it has been effected. Many
j mi miotic d ofdcti s ai.d soldieis of that Army,
(not on Uic pension list,) who received certificaics for tle piumiscd reward of eighty dollars, for enlisting tc the war and continuir in the service until its termination, are
requested parlicnlaily to send th. ir names,
1 i- . , iii i ir n.i-i un. hjiii-.a jia-ts were ncir near-
new excitement awaits me?.' Mav Ul LU'",U va I'ost olV.cesare kc pt,by leec.s(urder co-
I aslc flie eiup.e of tide cn'Uion.!
AlvrilP Hnuv ne hwle.f mnnner! l?rct l,l)on
1 i i i i ... ! whit
iKie a uu kiumui rn nen)eu m a
bel
Alvahavea wiM and ja
sionate deseripition of their early and
aiut neat larms, and are in every res-; ver to the Secretary of tire Trcastirv baddies-
an C(JUaiity with their h1'1 Col Aaron Odcnt t!:c Ciiy'ol Wash-
!n:;ton, who will be- their rc;:dv to receive
t!'rm. 'I his will supers-cde the necessity of
e nennors.
2HL i:r. IIIHC il-.ii tf l.. i - ' itii.nu.lin-n.rPntc tr.tr-,.. .!...,:
jS umber 28 J5o0, land 77V)0. the Tre-jsury Dcnattment. f om w tienre. hv
ins means, the proper papers will be sent, free from expense, to each individual, show-
the benefit ot (he act of Con-
assed. in favor of the persons :scripiien.
7.7 1 Til' V t TiT.
talcina t!c tlirolbi:i2 hand of hU '"'" " """"-isumncr y ..
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voiins! fiW-ml. ' !(!! m.-. A !i ai). in s.i- ' ' 3 "hC U;,,5J .lllsI I
3.. 1 1 . 1 . 1 . t
m-d faith, iftliisininci-rwl kno(-,i ! ?""" l! " u" c 'llt- . a ....... i. : ! (i .
:e of mv child has awakened a enti-r'nt auieiioui.mfT innn-
eiices ot civilization and Cdinstiamf v
i . , ?4. '! They live by hunting i -;h dns means, the limited acquaintance: and the lon;:1 e milll ' n . 11 . free frr- cxren concealed attachment of his daughter ! W-) ttle pro-res m civ h;s'V:htl1 ua. at once revealed to the hea:t of -.ane! are mnch addicted to latclv pas Mr. Comlnev Tell me.' he said. jJ r,!1?(? 01 a,;(c"t. sP,nts- of the above desi
ment of tenderness ?,' Alvab flnn himself into his arms Ah, sir. have I not cherished her memory through the long -ea-on id utter bopelesness? Has not my spirit turned from all the
allurements of the world, to com
nine with the recollection of her
off. Mr Oontney was still the oe. I x v turs ?-' G"
cupant,and the new proprietor called
on him immediately. Isabel had at
room in silence and returned u ith the
tremblinsj Is dud. 4- Ye. are worthy
that moment li ft Ikt futlu-r for .v,-- vu:h ,t,,'- .hu ?,;,u': ,ul ','m'" ' dotnesic call - and the imlonunavi th"'T l,!,m,s- ht- "Jvo!ica tlc l.i.-inS ', man was imin!? on their imtieitdh..-: "i h'AVvn , ,!C ' ra.reSt ol-,r,s f rx.H.ision from their Pn fenl rosid-, ,,!S ,!r.art- He then lelt them to pour cure, when Ah a'. Hamilton stood j 'V'1 hls Rra,"'f to Him wn, had suddenly before him. Wele.or.e.i !lu,S '" cvrrlaftmR prom most welcome lo mv heart, dearest "f-'J ' ''!' I,r,:"' ''" (Jse Alvah.-heexelaimed.'-le.mnolon- thou shall Jind il ajtvr ma cer weleime 'otl to mv home. l(tUf
You have come but to witness mv removal from all that was once mine. I am here only fin sufferance. Tomorrow, I mav have no shelter for mv head. "Not so,' cried Alvab you have yet a shelter : your present home is still yours, and no earthly power can expel you from it V "NY hat mean you,' said the breath les Courtney?.' " Tourteen years since he replied," you presented my
A merchant who lately died at Is fashan. and left a large sum of money, was so great a niggard, that for many years he denied himself and his son, a young boy every support except a crust of coarse bread. lie was, bowever, one day tempted by the description a fr iend gave of the flavor ot cheese, to buy a small piece ; but before he got home he began to re proach himself with extravagance, &
Said hern Stairs Ea1 ofthcPissiz sippi Number C).22. land t2wt) SOO. These tr ibes have become very
much mixed by intei mar r ia&vs withc
the whites, and have outtrined all their brethien in the march of improvement. The mechanic arts have been introduced among them, and agriculture is successfully pursued. Many of them are professing Chris
tians, and have contributed with a generous baud to the support of schools established among them I Pest of the Mississippi The whole number West of the ?Iissis sippi is computed at 3.50 760. The most of the tribes which arc spread over this vast extent of country, are ,yct in a state of savage barbar ity. Tuscumhia Tel.
Administrator's h'alc.
i n-vTin.-nt." c i r . .
y v ' '"'".m, niMcioioic.io wit :) at Uic
f iMarch term ol the Martin Circuit court, in 1823, I, as Administrator on the estate of j'atia? id Gardner, deceased, obtained leave ol s .id court, to sell and convey the following Lots, or parcels of lard, lyinir and
' cin- in the town of IIIXD O 6' v.V, and
county or Martin, viz Xos. 2.5 .57. MO. 17.ri om on ion
223. 110. 4. 270, 10-1, 100.801, 5' 283 ,58. & half of 280,
U8. ;i, and 70. or so
much thereof as will raise the sum of two
hundred and hity dollars. Therefore notice is hereby given, that I shall, on the fourth Monday of July ne:;t, between the hours of 10 o'clock a m, and 4 o'clock r x, on the premises, at public auction, nioceed to sell s&irl -
- Y m Lots, and shall continue said sale from day to k
Theatrical Jt ux dy Esprit Pope's first wife was a Miss Young, of Covv. ' ent Garden Tiieatrc. On the morning after her marriage, slic received the following epistle from Mrs. Martvr, of the same theatre : Dear Madam Permit mc to be one of the first in offering my congratu
lations. I have no doubt of your
day, ureil the said sum of money is raised -
one halt the purchase money will be required at the time of sale, the remainder in six months security will be required. JOHN ALLEN, Jldn Hindostan, June II, 1828 20-3t
Administrator's Notice. A LL persons arc hereby notified, that I VL have taken out letters of administration upon the estate of Daniel Adamson, (late of Pike county,) deceased ; all persons hating claims against said estate are requested to present them legally authenticated for settlement within one year from this date, and all persons indebted to said estate are i t quested to make immediate payment. The estate is believed to be solvent. JAMES LOWNSDALE, Jdm. June 17, 1328. 20-3r
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