Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 31 January 1829 — Page 4
POETICAL ASYLUM. $ mi iwimnmnf From the Ifcxierus. THE LAST, BUT THE FAIREST. When in the blissful garden Adam oped I lis wondering eyes upon the charms around, The glowing beauties Nature centred there, His bosom thrilled with transport at the scene, llerethe proud Hose its blushing petals raised, And there the modest Lily hung its head, With sweet contrasting whiteness, while above, In clusters thick hung fruits of every hue. And zephyrs stole perfume from every tlower. The harmless animals arond, of forma And colours various, that silent lay, Or g.imbold in his presence, his senses Next employed, and thus intent on nature, He felt his soul o'er charged with bliss, too much For one to feel, and feeling, still enjoy. He looked perchance a partner might be found Who would participate with him of heaven. First to the sportive brutes he went, But they, unconscious, of his tale of bliss, Turned listless. Next to the beautious roseBut there in vain, the rose his wishes foiled, He searched where all seemed joy and happiness, But none he found who could participate. Disconsolate he urned through flowery paths, Tiirougii clustering sw eets, heedless alike of both W ithout a friend particepant in bliss, The f lirest imagery was valueless Nature, in pity to his anguished breast, And 10 complete what uncomplete remained, As th" 1 ist touch and polish to her work, Of fairest mould formed woman. Out of A writer in the New
ll iven Ohiunifle says, the w ords out
of.dc Vv worst in she language, when one is out o'patienre & out of money
lie says his wife tells him, she is out
of sugar one day ; out at ootie the
next; and finally out q'spuits. The
words, we think, are decidedly the
best in the language, when one is out
of debt out o'trouble and out 0 jail.
If a man has a smoky house and a
scolding wife, out of doors is no bad place. Bunker Hill Aurora.
The Youth's Journal relates an
answer given by a child to impertinent inquiries, wlrivh is too good to be kept a secret from step fathers and s ep-mothers. A widower in New E' gland having children, married a widow who had children also. One of the women in the neighborhood having a most benevolent itching to learn how atTiirs moved on after the junction of these families, inquired of oi.e of the boys " how he liked bis step mother in law?" To which he promptly replied he had none. The v-oman rejoined. 41 why, yes you have. You don't think she is your own mother. Does she treat you as well as she does her own children?" The boy shrewdly wisely icplicd : " when lather and mother married he had children and we went there to live with her. and she took the children and mixed us all up together, like hasty pudding, 6c has not known us apart since."
Census for the year eighteen hundred and thirty. One of the passages in the late message of the President, which cal led forth peculiar attention, was the reference to the census which is to be
taken ot our population in two years
from this time. Congress w ill, tindoubtely, legislate without delay, on this important matter. We call it
important, because in a free country
like this, where the political power is based on the physical power, the enumeration of the people every ten
years is a vital ingreuiciu in our sys tern. It is the want of t-uch a prac tice as this which has principally ere
ated the numerous inequalities in the representation ol the popular branch V in England their rotten boroujiho
their buying and selling votes and
all the evils which spring from these causes. Had the distribution of the
representation continued in this
country, as it was fixed when the
present constitution went into effect, how unequally now would the different states have been represented ! The w ise frumers of the constitution saw this evil, and provided an ample remedy by instituting the census, which restores the equilibrium of political influence every ten years. The next census w ill produce many alterations in the state of the national
representation. Jjelore another pres
idential election takes place, we shall
be under the operation of that new
state of things. We have seen an estimate of the increase of the several
states, attached, we believe, to the report of the Hatrisburg Convction. which we have copied for the curios ity of our readers. On that estimate a calculation has been made of the new distribution of theelectoral votes, and the additional states that may be admitted into the union. The follow
ing is the table :
Population F.lcrtoral x'otcft
in 1330 18 CI! . 18 fit). Main- 380,000 9 9 "N. Hampshire ;00,0i)0 8 8 Massachusetts 600,000 15 13 Uhode Island 100,000 4 3 Connecticut 300 000 8 8 Veimont 280.000 7 7 New York 2,000.000 30 39 New Jersey 320 000 8 7 Pennsylvania 1,100000 28 28 Delaware 80 0903 3 3 Maryland 425.000 11 8 Virginia 1,150.000 21 21 North Carolina 710.000 15 13 South Carolina 570 000 11 10 Georgia 400 000 9 9 Alabama 290.000 5 5 Mississippi 110 000 3 3 Louisiana 205 000 5 5 Tennessee 580.000 11 11 Kentucky 720 000 14 12 Ohio 1.050.000 10 21 Indiana 350.000 5 9 Illinois 190 000 3 5 Missouri 160 000 3 3 Michigan 55,000 0 3 Aikanzss 65,000 0 3
the Constitution and Guerriere ap
proached each other, Com. Hull had determined to withhold his fire, till a favourable opportunity offered for an effectual discharge of his broadside on the near approach of his enemy.
He had some difficulty in restraining
where the case is by no means dangerous, it is commonly attended with much misery. All this shows very plainly, that with all our knowledge on this subject, wc have need to know something more. And the
! subject of these remarks is to intro-
the eagerness of his men, particularly I ducc to the notice of our readers an as the enemy bore down on them application which till lately was new with a constant firing, but Hull in jto us, and so wc presume to many, eessantly repeating 'Dont Jive i7jItisno other thm common wheat give you the xcord, dont lire don't l flour No other application is to be
ft re' with suppressed anxiety and a j made in any ordinary case Assoon
seaman s eye, until the nearer ap-1 as posihu alter the accident the part proach of his enemy. At last finding j is to be covered with floor shaken a favorable moment, and cautioning j upon it from a flour drudger. or silted all hands to be ready, he shouted the upon it through a common seive It command fa C' with so much vehem j is raid that it gi es speedy relief ence and with such a sudden squat (The operation of dusting over the and violent stamp of both feet on the j part is to he repeated from time to
deck, that the naval uniform, pat tic- j time as the maitn g returns. The ularly the pantaloons, bring very ; ereditof proposing this remedy to the light. he split the latter from the knees public is due to Dr. Michael Ward,
ol Manchester. England If it should he found e qua! to his recommendation, it will prevent much misery & even death ; besides having the reo ommendatinn of being always at hand, readily applied by any person, cheap enough and perfectly cleanly.
12.710.000 261 267 The first result which strikes us, is
the vast inn ease which the new cen
sus will add to the political power of the western states reckoning Ala
bama as one. they will be increased
to eleven states, and will have fifty-
eight members in the Housaof
w
resent dtives, and I went v-two in
Senate New Hnglaml and thtv&ir
southern slates will he reduced w iule V'h hi millions of dollars at least.
invihe
to the waistband. "
Augusta Courier. Keeping Apples. When there is a frost, all that ou have to do is to keep the apples in a state of total dai kness, until some da after a com plete thaw has come. In Amend they aie frequently frozen as hard as stones ; if they tiiaw in the light 'hey rot ; but il they thaw in daiknessthey not only do not rot. but loe very little ot their original flavour This may he new to the English reader, hut he' may depend upon it that the statement is coriect. Cobbetts English G'irdener. Oregon river. Mr Flovd, in his speech on the occupation of this river, btates that the population has spread westwardly at the average rate ofei miles a year. He says that, on investigation nothing could be clearer than the claim of the United Stales up to the 61st degree of latitude. The Oregon is in 46 degrees 18 From a statement he had, the American in terest in the Pacific Ocean was worth
Pennsylvania exactly holds her own
The political power of N. York is ineressed three electoral votes, and
Ohio five. During the lasc thirty years, the political influence of the
National Government has beendivid
ed between New England and the southern states Bv the new census
New England will he reduced even
below that of the souh in the Presidential vote : but will he nearly even
in Congress. The tgur southern
states will have foftvTrx'errmfmhers in ' k the House and eight inMhc Senate ;
the six New England states thirty-six in the House and twelve in I lie Senate. Although each of the states is sovereign and independent of itself, yet the history ot our country has
shown that they are moved in maizes or clusters under the influence olxa common impulse, which may be cafied public opinion. The New England states are generally united ; so are the southern. The middle states have little in common, although they will be nearly as powerful as the eleven western states. New VTork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dcla ware, and Maryland will count 76 members in the House and ten inHhe Senate, making six more electoial votes than the west ; yet the latter bids fair to retain for many years the greatest political influence in the national government. This arises from their union from going in a body
for any common object. The western states will undoubtedly give a tone to our national legislation. cJjYork. the greatest state in the Union, has heretofore been the most inefficient, from her want of union and concen
tration. It is time that the people of
New ork should look upon these
things, and apply the only proper remedy. N. Y. Enquirer.
We have heard the following anec
dote told of Commodore Hull : 'As
Three great trades are concerned in this subject, the North -West, the South Sea. and the Canton trade That of the Mississippi and M issouri Territoi ics is very profitable : that of the former alone is worth 120 000. While to the (British) North-Wesi Company the fur trade yields, as he is informed, an annual income of 63-
000 000, American citizens arc de prived of many advantages, being prohibited by the operation of the treaty from trading w est of the Rocky Mountains He was informed that HJOOwesterncitizens had becnengaged in the fur trade in this quaiter; that Nantucket had an interestoftwo,
and New Bedford of four millions in it : and that 1300 seamen received
cmploj'ment from it. The natural
advantages ot the Oregon, he says, are great. In salubrity, and in fertility of soil, it equals Virginia ; and its
occupation will not extend the iron-
SIGNS Translated on purpose. If you see a spaik fly off from a caudle it is a sign you will receive a letter provided your coi respondent sends one. If you see a girl more anxious to know who she is to marry than she is to obtain an education, it is a sign she is very foolish. II you s.tc a buy drinking sling at a tavern it is a sign he will sometime be a drunk aril. 11 yon see people peeping into others w mdows, it is a sign they are very impudent. It you dream of serpents, it is sign you had better be circumspect in your conversation. 11 you see people who have been to a puppet show paying their money to see tiie same thing over again, itis a bign that they are not very wise. It you see a man who always entertained a got d opinion of himself, it is a sign that all his neighbours do not have the same opinion. If you dream of a wedding, it is a sign there will be a funeral somewhere. If you sec a man pretending to tell fortunes, it is a sign he ought to be sent to the house of correction. If you hear a man brag of his honesty, it is a sign you had better take his word for it than to test it in any other way. If your land is in good order, and
the weather favourable, it is a sign you had better plant whatyou intend to without regard to the moon.
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LIST oi letters remaining in the Post Office
at Princeton, Gibson county, la. the quarter ing the fM December, which, if not
taken out within three months, will be sent to the
General i'ost Ollicc as dead letters. A BCD William Austen, Morris Burbcck, Waittill Blld'.velL Thos. llicwrr. Vinrpnt War.
tier, because the part intended to UCjnctt, James M. Harnett. William Crow 2, Ro 1111 1 1 a I iw it Crniv 9 T"4i;T XV'm
aciueu, is oy nature aimosi impenetrable. He thinks the necessary cannon can be transported to the Oregon for less than 7,000.
Daily Ad'
From the Farmers Herald, Edited by a Physician. BURNS. There are but few of the ills which ilesh is heir to," which are more common than burns and scalds ; nor is there any one for the cure of which there has been a greater variety of prescriptions. Almost every good woman has her favorite application it is the best thing in the world. Nor is the case much different with physicians and surgeons. Every one presumes he knows per fectly well what is the best method of treating a burn, though scarcely two treat them alike. And though death is not most commonly the consequence of burns and scalds, yet that event is no rare occurrence. And
bel t Crow 2, Joseph Duff, Vm. Downey.
IA- Ctl Jesse Emerson 2, Thos. J. Evans 3,
John r.mbrce, r.iizabcth Eiving, Jane Finny, William (indwell, George Hold'brooks, James
James
dam B.
Uillman, Nancy Hirons, Mary Hood,
liarper. KLMPR Ann Kirk, Jesse Knolcs, A. Land, Wm. Lynn, Hohert McGary, Mary Moscly, Michael II. Melton, Isaac Montgomery, Joseph Manning, Patrick Payne, James Peck, John Richey, William Hedburn. STY Mr. Scantling, Jacob Skelton, Thomas Spencer, Samuel Shannon, Charles Steuart, Jas. Stuart, Joshua Staplcton, It obt-rt Steel. John M. Trusdell, Krastus Townsnd, W. G. H.Tcvault, Da id Thomas, Thos. Vanlandingham 2. WZ James Wasson, Jane Wasson, Joseph Wasson, Walter WiUcn 6. Thomas Wilkes, Memuel or Thos. Williams, Mr. Waid, Wm.P. Woods, Hiram Westfull, Wm. Woflbrd, Saml. Woodworth 2, Thomas Williams, Eavid Welch, Samuel Zimmerman. JOHN I. NEELY, p.m. January 1, IS 29. 49-l73 NOTICE . IS hereby given, that the undersigned has obtained letters of administration on the estate of Robert T. McFenan, (late ol Dauess county,) deceased, and Irom examination, he. of sajd estate, it is believed to beii solvent, U. settlement will be claimed as sucl DENNIS CLARK, Adm. January 3, 1829. 49-3t .