Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 May 1829 — Page 4

The author of the following must be an intimr.te of the muses. Though contrary to our custom to extract, we select it for its wit, beauty -nd orisi'iality. IVtvtu-n Review. ' JM THF. P-OTON RK.COHOKR AND TF.LF.GRAPH. MISANTHROPIC HOURS. M "!o r.nt hate but I have felt lud itVrcnt to woman long; I ()).v not where 1 once have knelt I lis;) not what I poured in bong, t'hey are too beautifully made lY.r their tame earthliness of thought Ay, their immortal minds degrade The meaner work His hand had wrought. The s;arki:ng eye the trifling tongue Tl'.c Rowing lip the icy heart, lloaven ami earth together flung! 1 must hate, or these must part ! j v. ai.d' t ed ou a glorious night With a fair creature I had met One ( T your things of 4 love and light,' ?I i'!e di bright cheeks and curls of jet. Her brow was like a fresh snow-flake, Or l:ke the page of sins forgiven Oil, you'd have locked to see her break Away, like a freed bird, to heaven. Well, 'twas a glorious night; the skv

Seem'd like Mahomet's sapphire wall,

nuwciOTruCTiociyrnbcuiucient'iyingh in the air to clear

-gem (1 canopy

Aai.'l the blue, st;

r-jeemai ngnting e in:i ler lsuvai. ' Twas hcan.tiful, indeed ; and she (I'ray heaven I never meet again Such hollow, painted pageantry!) She i.aid 1 their chimney smoked again.' Oh, Milton, Dant Spenser, Pope Ye of the Ivre and corded, shell

liaise and lament how earth's Ic t hone, 1 low woman woman woman fed. 1 hvv'e to see the house of God indeed a place of serious prayer s love to bee its deep aisles trod the heart-broken worshipper: Tisthe last place which e'er should be Pre.fan'd by heartless levity. :'. was a calm, still morning sleep Lay on the waters, and the air Had folded its light wing to keep The Sabbath morning holy; fair And beautifully painted, hung The deeo blue drapery of heaven, r.d over canh nral sky seem'd ilung I'he pure, sweet 'aok of sins forgiven. I .bought it wt rk'd a change for men

Wi-nt softher than thev h e wont, and trc-l .Asii 'twas on their hearts that then They soe.e.ht tlie dwelling place of God. I marked thorn enter : the gray head IV-nt low m reverence, and the child, ith its long silken lashes hid The blue eyes that might have smiled ,- t the gay Sabbath dress. I felt As if the world was purified ; j looked around me all had knelt. The saint and sinner, side by side, I'o the low breathing prayer. He spoke, Tin- man of God, of the deep wrong, .Ur which the Jewish riders broke The heart of Jesus. I have strong An.l '.earless feelings ; but I wept As ii tiiv head were waters tears ! Ay, they wcv tears; tears too, which slept When hopes which I had nursed for years, in one short hour were withering. ct I tun ed meat the slow Amen, And wiped my di ovn:iu e es ; and met A trifling smile. Think ye of rxen ? I tell you ,7r; h th heart; no no It was a woman's snide. They tell Oi her bright ruby lip, and eye That shames the Arabic gazelle ; They tell of her che. ks' glowing dye. Of her arch la.ik. and witching spell : there is r.ot taat man on earth, Who a: that hour ha I felt like mirth. ROY.

SPOTS. "BY W. I.KGGKTT.

peopled parts of the United States,

wild turkeys were formerly very a bundant; but, like the Indian and

Buffalo, they have been compelled to

yield to the destructive ingenuity of

the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek refuge in the remotest parts of the interior. Although they relinquish their native soil with slow and reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with which settlements are extended and condensed over the surface of this country, that we may anticipate a day, at no dis tant period, when the hunter will seek the wilk turkey in vain.

The wild turkeys do not confine themselves to any particular food ;

they eat maize, all sorts of berries,

fruits, grasses, beetles, and even tadpoles, young frogs, and lizards, are occasionally found in their crops; but where the pecan nut is plenty, they prefer thai fruit to any other nourish ment; their more general predilection is, however, for the acorn, on which

they rapidly fatten. When an unus u :.i;y profuse crop of acoins is produced in a particular section of the country, great numbers of Turkey's are enticed from their ordinary

aunts in the surrounding district?

the bank fall again and again into the

water, and thus miserably perish.

Immediately after these birds have

succeeded in crossing a river, they for

some time ramble about without any apparent unanimity of purpose, &. a great many are destroyed by the hun

ters although they are then least val uable. 'When the turkeys have arrived in their land of abundance they dis perse in small docks, composed of individuals of all sexes and ages, who devour all the mast as they advance ; this occurs about the middle of November. It has been observed that, after these long journeys, the Tur

keys become so familiar as to venture

on the plantations, & even approach

so near the farm houses as to enter

the stable and corn cribs in search of

food ; in this way they pass the autumn and part of the winter. During this season great numbers are killed by the inhabitants, who preserve

them in a frozen state in order to i

transport them to a distant market. Early in March they begin tc pair; and for a short time previous, the fe rnalcs separate from and shun their

mutes, though the latter pertinacious ly follow them, uttering their gobbl

thirst and cholic, are all trifles to it. There is a sort of electric shuddering at the very sight of one that curdles

the very blood in my veins, or rather drives it out ; why, I'd rather cce my father's ghost ; it throws me into ; cold damp sweat, and then a rtidtlc:; heat comes over me, as tho? I ;va ; scorched by a burning fever. Then; is more pleasure in jumping out of;; warm bed on a bitter cold iriornmr in winter, thermometer at decree-? below zero, your moist fingers sticking fast to the door latch, and the. poker clinging to the palm of your hand and before you get warm, are compelled to make a fire from dyinoembers, with green beech wood cov ered with snow, than encountering a dun. Of all vexations, except a curs

ed scolding wife, to be dunned caps the climax it is never a forgotten plague. If there is one on earth who constitutionally hates a dun, 'TIS I. Xcnia Township. March 7. 1S20.

About the beginning of October ling note The sexes roost apart, but

.1FES SUNNY

'Y no :.(! life's a !ark ami thorm path, ft': v.vl the silent te.mh. It vel r.oine spot O sumkir.e hath, That smile amhkt the ele-am. The nienJ wk weal ami woe partakes, Unchang'ii what'e.r oar lot. Who kinaly scathes the heart that ach: Is sure a -aiiny epot. The wife who halt cur hnr.n bears, And utters rot a moan ; "Whose reauv hand wipes olT car tears, U. heeded" all her own ; Who treasures every kindly word. ll tch h ir-.!ier one icrot, Aral lata .is brightly as a bird

a chil l who lifts at morn ! ir;e. er itr tinv vciee

ive

. ia: rjaeves w'nen er its parent grieve, .:.ajos when tiiey rejeicc In w!ioe bright eye oe.nj- ?;cn'.as glows, Wimse. heart witheut a blot.

is tre-ia. anti pure as sumnrt' Thai child's u su:m s'u-t. There's yet upon litVs we.,v .);e sp---t a hvigliier t; v -. Where s.vnuv half fiM-gt i ; Ar.d. t.ars no le.:ucr iha, Frcnd,!'. p i.iav wither, la. Our cml. I d.'.aon ,,r :d..:-

But still undhn ned th

n

while the mast still remains on th: trees, thev aeithle in floods cs. direct their course to the rich bottom hinds. At this season, the.v are ch-erved in trreat numbers on the Ohio nud 31 ia-

sissippi. i he timr ot nis irruption is kivuvn to the Indians by the name of the Turkey month. uThc males, usually termed 2fob

bitsrs associate in panics numbering i

f om ten to a hundred and seek their find apart from the females; whilst the latter either move about singly with their young, then nearly two thirds grown or, in company witji other females and their families, fonij troops, sometimes consisting ofse venty or eighty individuals all of whom are intent on avoiding the old males, who, whenever an opportunity offers, attack and destroy the young, by repeated blows on the skull. All parties, however travel in the same

Ulireetion, and on foot unless they are 'compelled to seek their individual

safety by 11 vino: from the hunters dog, or their march is impeded by a

large river. When about to cross a river, they select the highest eminences, that their flight may be the more certain; and here they sometimes remain for a day or more, as if for the purpose of consultation, or to be duly prepared for so hazardous a voyage During this time the males gobble obstreperously & strut with extraordinary importance, as if t hey would animate their companions, 5c inspire them with the utmost decree of hardihood ; the females and young also assume much of the pompous air of the males, the former spreading their tails, Sc moving silently around. At length the assembled multitude mount to the tops of the highest trees, whence at a signal note from a leader, the whole together wing their way

towards

Irish economy At a late Assize in Ireland, two men were condemcd to be hanged. On receiving their sentence one of them addresed the Judge, and said he had two favours

him "What are they?"

to ask oi

said

his Lordship. P!asc your

aUib great distance, so that when theslIonour" said Pat 'ou let me

female uttters a call, every male within hearing responds, rolling note after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spreading the tail and strutting near the lien, but in a voice resembling that of the tame turkey, when he hears an unusual or frequently repeated noise. Where the turkeys are so numerous, the woods from one end to the other sometimes for many miles, resound with this remarkable voice of their

cooing, uttered responsively from their roosting places. This is continued for about an hour ; and on the rising of the sun. they silently descend from their perches, & the males begin

to strut, for the purpose of winnig the admiration of their mates. 'lf the call be given from the ground the males in the vicinity fly towards the individual, and whether they per ceive her or not erect and spread their tails, throw the head backwards, dis tend the comb 6c wattles, strut about

pompously, and rustle their winks &

body feathes, at the same moment ejecting a puff of air from the lungs. Whilst thus occupied, they occasionally halt to look out for the female, and then resume their strutting and puffing, moving with as much rapidity as the nature of their gait will ad mit. During this ceremonious approach, the males often encounter each other, & desperate battles ensue, when the conflict is only terminated by the flight or death of the vanquished." DUNNING A correspondent of the Farmer's Record estimate a dun in the following eloquent lan

guage. Dunning. Of all the perplexities

of the mind to which poor degenerate

hang this man before I am hanged myself?" ."What is the other "request r" said the Judge. Why, phse your Honour," continued Pat "will you let my wife hang me, for she will do it more tenderly than the hangmanand then what she will receive for the jobs will help the poor crater to pay her rent. A palter a for Wives Patrick

Mactw ig wa: charged, before a London magistrate with having thrown Mrs. Mactwigout of the window The wife was the first to defend him. "lie w as pretty fresh, and 1 was very drunk, i knowed I deserved a bailing, so I jumped r ut of (he window sooner than he should give it tc me."

Hclii'a iivxhti

al

:at Mi'

ilccliao.

ill shine-

s the opposite shore. All the man falls heir to dunning has no. par

old and fat ones cross without dan- allel. I have braved danger in front

culty, even when the river exc'eeasa

va u: rv.

From llenaparlvs American Urniliiulogtj. THE WILD TUR KEY. 'The native country of the wild airkey extends from the south wes

mile in width ; but the young, meagre and weak, frequently fall short of the desired landing, and are forced to swim for their lives; this they do dexterously enough spreading their

-j. tails for a support, closing their wings ,to the body stretching their necks

forwards, and striking out quickly & forcibly with their legs. If in thus endevounng to regain the land, they approach an elevated or inaccessible bank, their exertions are remitted, they resign themselves to the stream for a short time, in order to gain

tern territory of the United States to

the isthmus of Panama, south of strength, and then, with one violent

which it is not to be found not with letlort escape from the water. But in

standing the statements of authors, this attempt all are not successful; who have mistaken the curasosv for some of the weaker, as thev cannot

of a foreign enemy, marched before

the mouths of their cannon faced the bayonets of Lord Wellington's Invincibles, and once stood " in her ways " all this I have done and suffered with more composure and less dread than encountering a dun ; and the whole put together was not half so appaling as to meet with a hard-

favored pickle-laced kind of a creditor, his hands thrust into his pantalloons pockets, and looking straight at me, ask me for what I owe him, without having a single stiver about me. I have said that I could face any kind of danger rather than a dun. I can, in like manner, bear any thing

better than to be dunned; fevers, gout, rheumatism head ache, hunger,

Typographical errors. The errors made by compositors are sometimes very entertaining For instance, the New Times once contained an account of a fashionable party at which

one ot the most distinguished per

sons was ' the Duke ot Fork T Another paper latelj' furnished its readers with a long report of the proceedings in the 'Court of Common Flea!9 and the Morning Chronicle of last Tuesday contained an account of an "atrocious Bobbery?-' Scraps. Wen of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share with them in their happiness. He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. When a man is afraid of his own

concerns, they generally stand most in need of inspection. In our endeavors to correct each others faults, we should not forget that they are like sores of the body, which no one can well bear bein

roughly handled. In either case, hard friction irritates & often makes bad worse. A prudent man desires as much to inform himself as to instruct others. Fortune, places all men in a state of pure nature, that is, in the quiet possession of their own faults. Tittle and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill on, more contemptible. Yice is infamous, though in a prince ; and virtue honorable, though in a peasant. lie that falls into despair is like ship that looses her anchors, and runs on the rocks. It is well for a stranger who would please the mother, to take notice of her babes.