Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 January 1830 — Page 4

POKTICAL ASYLUM

From the Village Record. BOB FLETCHER. 1 once knew a pht-ighnrm, Bob Fletcher his n;ime. Who v "hi. v was Mr!'.-, wv vow i', lida-i.c; Yet thev lived quite contented, and free from all strife. Bo!) Fletcher the ploughman, and Judy his wife. As the morn streaked the east, and the. night fled away, rYf would rise up for labor, refreshed for the 1 t v ;

The son? of the lark as it rose on the gale.

Found Boh at the pail,

plough,

and his wife at the

A up ; '? cottie in front of the grove, Whr:- in vontii fit-y ist gave their young he i r ip f love. Was tin sol .ice of ae, an' to then doubly dear, As it called up the past with a smith or a tear.

Eh: !i lre had i's thought, UlTt, That mingled in yuuh the hv-iri '',; 'V'ln vas still there, Ano : .oa from its tcp

and the vow could " ir-': wish of the and t'i". ''lossoms it eecrncd the same as

was

When the '-urtain of nr;ht over nature

spren. And B ') Ik. t t Kurntd from his plough to his shed. Like tin: d )ve on her nest, lie repesed from al! c ire

iind his youngsters contented were

wile

: -sed hy his doer when the evening was i 1 hill and the r-.v:?..ip;j was fading away, r. ; U ivc h-ard i'rc.n. t. e cottage with grentful M.i-'pvise, he voice of thanksgiving, like ir.ccne, arise.

o ig':t oa the proud, who would look

:'. ,vn wi; .'i v ova, . iiie neat little cottage, the grove and the than), A 1 fe't that "he riches and follies of life.

to

contentment lilro B band his wife.

l)R I1KIX1IER,

THK KVILS OF IVTi'.Mpr.HANCE. RF.KMOiV III. I Tab a it uk, ii, V 11, 15, 16. Wo - !ti o tN tt cow ;teth an evil covctousness to hN ;ioue .in1" he may set hir; nc:r;t on high, that he m iv bo uehcrtd from the power of evil! T'i i ''.at consulted sin.iie to thy ho;is- by cut-

ttng on nan people, ana nat siuneil against:

thv swa' For the stor.e s nil crv ut ot the wall, and ii.' -tin oat of '.ae xiaiber :mi all answer h. Wo unto il.ti that giveth .sis nng'ibor drink, that puttest thv bottle t hi . and nakest hitn

d'a n;;k

'con

i ?n r i

also, th it t!um invest h.ok ou th-ir

ess :' I'hau art iillod with siiaaie. for giot s : .ot; -.'so, -aid let thy hare kin be uicncrd r of tne Loun's ght ban' .-.aah be turned . e, and sh.i.n tal s;jewi:v; U t.-i he on thv

e nt . coding itis.aU'Sts n.tve i'lu lit N A r U H E, TH OCCASIONS, AND liPI'OMS OF IXFKMrSKANCE. ' i'-i it , v.. .,si to illustrate tl.S ''F IsriiiMPEUASCE. nysical and inoia inlu;nce ol this i its icti us, h ot necessity been ".r in ;ivmi; an account ot the causes ya plums of this criminal disease. We et'doie take a more comprehensive i lie subject, and ontidcr the efiec' of ; : ratice iip-n nation d prosperity. To of the si i jc a the text leads us It . is the ger.erai principle, that com whict t iiO : v a i jhiti at of the laws nitv ami equy, shall not prosp-. ciaiiy that i vi th amassed by pro- - 1'iteinpei ancc, will biine;upon me

riunity intvmnerarice, nd poverty and

- e, is a ;t oo lcntial retribution i ; ciV. . a of inUoaperance ut? i the r-x " "id pnvsieal energies oi a nation, arc :i i ''. overlooked, or lu;ht'y esteemed. i t ismoie certain than the transmisd oi 'empe am-ni Mtul of physical consti-u- " :eordi'i to tie pied '-ninani i.orai V i o !iT I' ty fro.o arrc to at Luxi v luces efVetniiivy, and ti-insmitsto f merations imbecnit;, an I diseast;. a i a the m; ticration of the Romans who a i ' victory ov tlu wutld, and place ! V n - side iho eilcannate Italians ol the I' lay, and ht - HVct of ct ime up n coni will be sufliciently apparent. ! nnake the man. The stature dwm

joints and loosely comp ,ctcd, atid

iecular fibre has lost its elastic tone .'s bones will be found in the cemctenation, over whom for centuries, ;s of intemperance have rolled; and ;ldy iron armour, the annoyance and

ol other thys, will be dui; up as me-

' of departed irlory

'h duration of huuian life, and the rcla uvf ao ount of health or disease, will mani!tstf . arv, according to the amount of ar i'cm! v-jirits censnmed in the land. I'.ven iii-', i "i small proportion of the deaths which :t)t:ia, 11 make up our national bills of nioralii) , ire cases of those who have been broii ; t to an untimely end, and w ho have, dire fly or indirect)-, fullcn victims to the rle Ie!vr:ais influence id anient spirits; lulfiil;'.h fearful accura-.y, nlC prediction

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"the vvicked shall not live out half their Oays."

s the jackal Follows the lion to prey up 'C slain, so do disease and death wait on ti. footsteps of inebriation. The irte and untersnl use of intoxicating liquors for a fc 'cnturics cannot fail to bri'rr; down rnr ract from the majestic, athletic forms of our Fa thers, to the similitude of a despicable and puny race of men. Already the commencement of the decline is manifest, and the consummation of it, should the causes continue, will not linger. 2 The injuriou-i influence of general intemperance upon national intellect is equally certain, and not less to be deprecated.

To the action of a powerful mmd, a vipj

orous mucalar fromc h. as a general rule,

indispensable Like heavy ordinance, ths

mind, in its efforts recoils on the body, and

will soon shake flown a nunv Irame. The

mental action and physical reaction must he

equal or, fin lint; her energies unsustained, the mind itself becomes discouraged, and falls

into desDondcncv and imbecility The flow

of animal spirits, the fite and vigor of the im

agination, the fulness and power ol feeling, tee comprehension and grasp of thought, the

fire of the eye, the tones of the voice, and the

electrical encrgv of utterance, all depend up on tin Healthful and vijo'ous tone of the ani mal system, and by whatever means the bo dy is unstrung the spirit languishes. C

sar, when he had a fever once, and cried

" give me some drink. Titinius," was not that god who afterwards overturned the icpublic, and reigned without a rival and Bonaparte,

it has been said, lost the Russian campaign by a fever. The greatest poets and orators who stand on the records of immorality, f idrished in the iron age, before the habits

ofeiTeminacy had unharnessed the body and

unstrunsrthe mind This is true of Homer,

and Demosthenes, and Milton; and il Virgil and Cicero are to be classed with them, it is not without a manifest abatement of vig or tor beauty, produced by the progress ot voluptuousness in the age in which they lived.

The giant writers of Scotland are, some of

them, men of threescore and ten, who still go forth to rhc athletic sports of their youthful days with undiminished alasticity. The ta per fingers of modrcn effeminacy never wielded such a pen as these men wield, and never will The taste may be cultivated in alliance with effeminacy, and music may flourish, while all that is manly is upon the decline, and their may be some fitful Hashes of imagination in peotry, which arc the offspring of a capricious, nervous excitability and perhaps there may be sometimes an unimpassioned stillness of soul in a feeble body, which shall capacitate for simple intellectual discrimination. But that fulness of soul, and div ersified energy of mind, wn'u.h is indispen-

sable to national talent in all its diversified application, can be found only in alliance with an undebascd and vigorous mnsrulur system. The history of the world confirms this conclusion E.ypt, once at the head of nations, has under ihe weight of her own effeminacy, gone -'own to the dust The victories of Greece let in upon her the luxuries of the i ait, and cohered her glory with a night of aires. And Rome, whose iron toot trodc down the nations, and shook the earth, witnessed in her latter days faintness of heart and the shield of the mighty vilely cast away. 3 The effect of intemperance upon the military prowess of a nation, cannot but be ijreat and evil. The mortality in the season

ing of recruits, already half destroyed by intemperance, will be double to that experienced among hardy and temperate men If in the early wars ofour country the mortality of the camp had been as great as it has been since intemperance has facilitated the raising ot recruits, New F.nglond would have been depopulated, Philip bad temained lord of his wilderness, or the French had driven our Fa' hers into the sea extending from

('an jda to v; ipe Horn the empire ofdespotism1 and superstition. An army, whose energy in conflict depends on the excitement of ardent spirits, cannot possess the coolness nor sustain the shock of a powerful onset, like an arrny of determined, temperate men. It was the religious principle and temperance of Cromw IPs army, that made it terrible to the lict neious tioops of Charles the First. 4. The effect of intemperance upon the patriotism ol a nation is neither obscure nor doubtful. When excess has despoiled the man of the natural affections of husband father, brother and hiend, and thrust him down to the condition of an animal ; wc are not to expect of him co nprehensive views, and a disinterested regard for his country. His patriotism may serve as a theme ol sin ister profession, or inebriate boasting. But, what is the patiiotLm which loves only in words, and in general, aad violates in detail all the relative duties on which the welfare ol country depends I The man might as well talk of justice and mercy, whorobsand murders upon the highway, as he whose example is pestiferous, and whose presence withers the tender chari'ics of life, and perpetuates weeping, lamentation, and wo. A nation of drunkards would constitute a hell 5 Upon the national conscience or moral principle the effects of intemperance are deadly. It obliterates the fear of ti t Lord, and a seine of accountability, paialyses the power

of ccnscicnccand hardens the heart, and turns 1

- t upon society a sordid, selfish, ferocious :ral , 6 Upon national industry the effects oj temperance are manifest and mischievous Fhe results of national industry depend on 'he amount of well directed intellectual and physical power But intemperance paralyses aud prevents both these springs of human action. In the inventory of national loss by intemperance, m;iy be set down the labor prevented by indolence, by debility, by sickness, by quarrels and litigation, by gambling and idleness, by mistakes and misdirected effort, by improvidence and wastefulness, and by short

ened date of human life and activity. Little vvastes in great establishments constantly occurring may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. But where the intellectual and muscular energies are raised to the working point daily by ardent spirits, until the agriculture, and commerce, and arts of a nation move on by the uower of artificial stimulus, that moral power connot be maintained, which will guaranty fidelity, and that physical power cannot be preserved and well directed, which will ensure national prosperity. The nation whose immmense enterprise is thrust forward by the stimulus of ardent spi its, cannot ultimately escape debility and bankruptcy When we behold an individual cutoff in youth, or in middle age, or witness the waning energies, improvidence, and unfaithfulness of a neighbor, it is but a single instance, and we become accustomed to it; but such instances are multiplying in our land in every direction, and are to be found in every department of labor, nd the amount of cam ings prevented or squandered is incalculable: to all which must be added the accumulating and frightful expense incurred for the support of those and their families, whom intemperance has made paupers In every ci ty and town the poor tax, created chiefly by intemperance, is augmenting The n-cep tacles for the poor are becoming too strait fi r their accommodations for the votaries of inebriation; for the frequency of going upon the town ha taken away the reluctance of pride, and destroyed the motives to providence which the fear of poverty and sufferif once supplied The prospect of a destitute old age, or of a suffering family, no longer troubles the vicious portion of our community They drink up their daily earnings, and bless God for the poor-house, and begin to look upon it as, of right, the drunkard's home, and contrive to arrive thither as early as idleness and excess will give them a passport to this sinecure of vice. Thus is the insatiable destroyer of industry marching through the land, rearing poor houses, and

augmenting taxation: night and day, with sleepless activity, squandering property, cutting the sinews of industry, underming vigor, engendering disease, paralysing intellect, im

pairing moral principle, cutting short the date

THE Subscribers have just received and offer for sale an extensive and well selected assortment of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY HOODS. also: Hardware, Cutlery, Queensware, Groceries, Shoes and Boots, Leghorn Bonnets, Bolivars, Sec. Purchasers are respectfully requestVd to call and examine them. JAS. c SAML. SMITH. October 24, 1829. 37-9t N. B. We will receive in exchanp-e for

goods, Corn, Cord wood,

t lax Sc low linen, Rye,

Rags,

Wheat, Whiskey, Deer Skins, Dried Fruit, White Beans,

Linsey, c Jeans,Feathers, Pork, Beeswax, Venison Hams, Tallow, See.

TO KENT. A FERRY opposiii the Columbian Stcitn

I x iui,vincennes, with a house and twenty acres of Land fit for cultivation. For particulars, innnirr. nf

SOLOMON SHULER. Vincennes, Jan. 16, 1830 49-6'.

Administrator's Notice. rB HE subscriber has taken out letters of i? Administration on the estate of Jamei Lockwood, (late of Gibson county.) deceased, all persons having claims against said estate, are requested to present them proptily authenticated; and all those indebted wil' save costs hy making immediate payment. The estate is now thought to be solvent. JOHN LESbLEY. Jdm. Princeton. Jan 12,1830. 49-3t.

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PROSPECTUS OF THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH. CONDUCTED BY AN ASSOCIATION Of PHYSICIANS. health

The floor man's riches the rich man bxlss.

OH the information of their medical brethen.

whose asistance they invoke, and of the nub-

lie at large, for whom the work is mainly intended, the conductors of the Journal ok Health deem it prtper to state with brevity, the aim and scope of their efforts. Deeply impressed with a belief, that mankind might be saved a lange amount of suffering and disease, by a suitable knowledge of the natural laws to which the human frame is subjected, they

I propose laying down plain precepts, in eafee style

ana tamniar language, tor the regulation of all the physical agents necessary to health, and to point out under what circumstances of excess cr

misapplication thev become iniurious and faml.

of life, and rolling up a national debt, invisi- The properties of the air, in itj scxeral states

ble, but real and terrific as the debt of En- of heat, oryness, moisture and electricity .the re-

gland: continually transferring larger and I uulve l'ecs c" in j cnucrcnt articles ot scud and laiger bodies of men, fiom the class ol con- hn.d aic:'ts the manner in which the locoiributors to the national income, to the class '-f"528-aml brai?' a? ,1,cf hLr''

of worthless consumers.

TO DE CONTINUED.

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BURT Oil & IICBERD.

BORNKR OF MARKET AND WATER STREETS p ESPECTFULLY inform their friends Uk and the public, in general, that they have received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, a large and splendid assortment of Goods suitable for the present and approaching season: (SUCH AS) Clothi, Cashmeres, Cassinetts, Flannels Baizes, Rose, Whitney, Macanaw and Point Blankets. Cashmere, Waterloo, Crape, Silk tnd Cotton Shawls. With a general assortment of HANDKERCHIEF PRINTS, AND DOMESTIC GOODS. Leghorn Bonnets, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Plaid Cloaks. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Boots and shoesSpun Thread, Sec. Hardxvard. Qucensxcare, Gtassvcare, Iron and Nails. TOGETHER with a general assortment of fresh Groceries, all of which will be sold by the piece or otherwise, at the most reduced prices. Vincennes, -Oct. 1,1829 35-tf

ficially exercised, and how, and under what cir-

cum stances, morbidly impressed ; clothing, for protection against atmospherical vicissitude, and a cause of disease, when under the direction cf absurd fashions bathing and trictions, and the use of mineral waters, shall be prominent topics for enquiry and investigaticn in this Journal. 'Fhe modifying influence of climate and localities, legislation, national and corporate, on health a branch of study usually designated by the term Medical Police will furnish subjects fraught with instruction, not less than amusing and curious research. The value of dietetic rules shall be continually enforced, and the blessings of temperance dwelt

on, with emphasis proportioned io their high im portance and di ; r J! neglect. Physical Edu

cation Ci ' If :-, be .v. x till .;i;! ol enln lite: 'I . found hi r. in the t : ports : i menda:

prescri,)'.' , v. physician 1 1 it dividual c c ; The pi " en:-.

trom tne :,k

question for the lives cf cf their parents shall impartiality, and v'. ich have been furnish by

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mproved Property for Sale

THE TOWN F PRINCETON, IN D.

One House and Lot NEAR Brown's Tavern, and within one lot of the public square.

Also two Lts Buildings on Main street, all of which wi'l be sold on reasonable terms for Cash or Pork ; lor particulars inquire of William Harrington JOHN N. TRUES DELL. Octobti 3. 1829 r6-6m

i nv

A lew pounds of Wool wanted.

' v 111 on all occasions be : ricism ; whether it by

. rv rr-isip, mendacious reu;e a; A venders, or rccomi ;.: fically compounded a. i 1 1 . pecial dii ection c i a ( .. p'.t'.nt jude, in the in- . uT,c!t his care.

i d:.-.e i . incidentally arising ' .;! ihe different professions, arts.

and trade-., will be laid down with clearness and precision ; nor shall the situation of those tnKncjtd in naval and military life be overlooked v this branch of the subject. Dherscd of professional language and detail-?, and varied in its contents, the Journal of Health will, it is hoped, engage the attention of the female reader, whose amusement and instruction shall constantly be kept in icw during the prosecution cf the work. TERMS: The Journal of Health will appear in numbers of 16 pages each, octavo, on the second and fourth W ednesday of evt rv month. Price, per annum, 1 dollar 25 cts. ubs' riptions and cuminunications (post paid) vsill be received by Juda:i Dodsox, auit No. 103, Chenut strtt:. Philadelphia. Subci ibers at a distance will discover, that th diiliculty in remitting the amonnt r.f a single subscription will be obviated by any f ur of them seiKiin on live dollars to the aent. Those to whom this ir.av net be convenient, can receive sixteen numbers of the work by remitting a dollar tt the same person. 1 he Journal of health, including Index, wiil from it the end of the) ear a ou:iv.:.e vi 40") pages, 8vo. l'hihulelj-.hia, September 9, 18:.