Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 February 1830 — Page 4
POETICAL ASYLUM
milling ouf tferYst, tfotild invigorate our vcn-i-r the massfrocfc, balanced on the pre conscience, and give decision to our purpose cipice. can be pushed from its centre of mo
tion; ana when me puouc sentiment once
We do not remember ever to have seen anything surpassing in beauty and sublimity, the following little poem. The poetry is as grand and resplendent in imagery as the rainbow itself. It "was selected, ittself. It was selected, it seems, from Baldwin's London Magizine, by the editor of the Weekly Register, and extracted from that paper by the editor of the Plough Boy, whence wc copy it into ours. Such poetry as this is worth reading, Maine Gaz. THE RAINBOW. The evening was glorious, and light thro' the trees. Play'd in sunshine, the rain drops, the birds and the breeze;
The landscape, outstretching, in loveliness lay On the lap of the year in the beauty of May. For the queen of the spring, as she passed down the vale, Left her robe on the trees, and her breath on the gale: And the smile of her promise gave joy to the hours, And flush in her footsteps sprang herbage and flowers. The skies like a banner in sunset unroll'd. O'er the west threw their splendor ot azure and gold; But one cloud at a distance rose dense, and incrcas'd 'Till its margin of black touch 'd the zenith and east. We gazed on these scenes, while around us they h glow'd, "When a vision of beauty appear'd on the cloud; Twas not like the sun, as at mid day we view, ryKor the moon, that rolls lightly thro starlight 4' and blue. Like a spirit it came in the van of a storm, And the eye and the heart hailed its beautiful form; For it look'd not severe, like an angel of wrath, But its garments of brightness illumed its dark pain. In the hues of its grandeur sublimely, it stood, O'or the river, the villagfe, the field and the wood; And river, field, village and woodland grew bright. As conscious they gave and afforded delight. 'Twas the bow of Omnipotence, bent in His hand Whose grasp at creation the universe span'd; 'Tw.istlie presence of God, in a symbol sublime, His vow from the flood to the exile of time. Not dreadful as when in a whirlwind he pleads.
When storms are his chariot, and lightning his
steeds;
The black cloud of vengeance his banner unfurl'd
And thunder his voice to a guilt stricken world
In the breath of his presence, when thousands
expire.
And seas boil with fury, and rocks burn with
hre,
And the sword and the plague sport with death
through the plain,
And vultures and wolves arc the graves of the
slain.
Not such was that rainbow, that beautiful one!
Whose arch was refraction, its key stone the
sun; A pavilion it scem'd with a Deitv graced.
And justice and mercy met there and cmhrac,d. Awhile, audit sweetly bent over the gloom. Like love o'er a death couch, or hope o'er the tomb; Then left the dark scene, whence it slowly retired, Aa love had just vanish'd or hope had cxpir'd I gazed not alone on that source of my song; r Vo all who beheld it these verses lelong' Its presence to all was the path of the Lord! Each full heart expanded, grew warm and adored. Like a visit the converse of friends or a day, Th it bmv from my sight pass'd for ever away; Like that visit, that converse, that day, to my heart. That bow from remembrance can never depart. 'Tis a picture in memory, distinctlv defined,
With the strong and imperishmg colours, of mind; A part of my being beyond my control, Beheld on that cloud, and tr inscribed on mv sou
DR. HEECHER, ON INTEMPERANCE.
of reformation. But these evils are as real,
as if the stone did cry out of the wall, and the beam answered it as real, as if, day and night, mailings were heard in every part of the dwelling and blood and skeletons were seen upon every wall as real, as if the ghostly forms of departed victims flitted about the ship as she passed o'er the billows, and showed themselves nightly about stores and distilleries, and with unearthly voices screamed in our ears their loud lament. They are as real, as if the sky over our heads collected and brought down about us all the notes of sorrow in the land and the firm earth should
open a passage for the wailings of despair to come up from beneath.
But it will be said, What can be doner
and ten thousand voices will reply, -Nothing
oh nothing men always have drank to ex
cess, and they always will ; there is so much
capital embarked in the business of importa-
ion and distillation and so much supposed
gain in vending ardent spirits and such an
nsatiable demand for them and such ability o pay for them by high-minded, wilful, in
dependent freemen that nothing can be
done.
Then farewell, a long farewell, to all our reatness! The present abuse of anient
spirits has grown out of what was the pru dent use of it, less than one hundred years ago; then there was very little intemperate
n the land most men, who drank at all,
drank temperately. But if the prudent use of ardent spirits one hundred years ago, n
produced such results as now exist, what
will the present intemperate use accomplish
in a century to come? Let no man turn on
his eye from this subject or refuse to reason, and infer there is a moral ceitainty of
a wide extended ruin, without reformation.
The seasons are not more sure to mil, the
sun to shine, or the river to flow than the present enormous consumption of ardent
spirits is sure to produce the most deadly consequences to the nation They will be comsumed in a compound ratio and there is a physical certainty of the dreadful conse
quences. Have you taken the dimensions off
the evil, its manifold and magnifying mise
ries, its sure-paced and tremendous ruin?
And shall it come unresisted by prayer, and without a finger lifted to stay the desolation.
What ll all men had cried out, as some
did, at the commencement of the revolution
ary struggle 'Alas! we must submit we must be taxed nothing can be done Oh
the fleets and armies of England we cannot
stand before them !1 Kad such counsels prevailed, we should have abandoned a right
eous cause, and forfeited that aid ot Heaven,
for which men are always authorized to trust in God, who are disposed to do his will. Nothing cap be done! Why can nothing be done? Because the intemperate will not stop drinking, shall the temperate keep on and become drunkards? Because the in emperate cannot be reasoned with, shall the temperate become madmen? And because force will not avail with men of independence and property, does it follow that reason, and
conscience, ana me tear 01 tne L,oru, win have no influence? And because the public mind is now unenlightened, and unawakened, and unconcen-
trated, does it follow that it cannot be enlightened, and aroused, and concentrated in
one simultaneous and successful effort? Informations as much resisted by popular leel
ing, and impeded by ignorance, interest, and
depraved obstinacy, have been accomplished,
Fine Roramst Coarse do
begins to move, its march will be as resisless as the same rock thundering down the precipice. Let no man then look upon our condition as hopeless, on feel, or think, or say, that nothing can be done. The language of Heaven to our happy nation is, "be it unto thee even as thou wilt," and there is no despon dency more fatal, or more wicked, than that which refuses to hope, and to act, from the apprehension that nothing can be done. A HINT ABOUT FINANCES. Why, asks a correspondent of the Connecticut Mirror, why not introduce newspapers more extensively into our families? Give each boy who can read, a newspaper. Let it come directed to him by name. Make it his own property. He will then make himself acquainted with the value of it. He will be ashamed to be ignorant of its contents. I had determined to make the experiment in my own family. But then the expense, how is that to be met, in my narrow circumstances? When any new expense is to be incurred new sources of revenue must be found; or retrenchment made in other expenditures
My wife, who by the way is a tolerable fi- TO
nancier and an excellent economist, and who Edmund Bacon, and Isabella his present wife,
is our standing committee of ways and means, late Isabella Kennedy, relict and late wi
Hats Made fc? Sold, by R. P. PRICE, (VitiCBJisxs, Indus j,) In the house lately occupied by
James tsf Mc Arthur, as an Iron store, on Second strcft, one door above Market afreet. The prices of hats in general, are for
Beaver, - gio Fine Castor, 8 Coarse do 6
Hats made in the shops here, are in gene
ral, much superior to those imported from the Eastern states, for the latter are made of the coarsest wool, and naped with rabit fur the farmers would find it to their interest, at least 25 per cent, to purchase from the manufacturers. I pledge myself that my Hats shall be made in the best manner, of superior stuff, and in the most Fashionable style. RICHARD P. PRICE. February, 1829. 2-tf COP.Y& OATS, will be re
ceived in exchange for Hats. R P. P.
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Moses Bacon in right of his wife Katharine
Bacon, late Katharine Thomas, late Kath arine Kennedy, sole heiress of Samuel Kennedy, deceased,
was requested to consider the subject and re
port. About this time Dr.Beecher's Sermons on Intemperance appeared and the Rev. Mr. He .Tt preached several otherb on the same subject. These afforded the committee a hint on the subject of meeting the expense
dowof the said Samuel Kennedv. deceas
ed, by second marriage. Take Notice.
THAT I shall on the first day of our next February term of the Posey Circuit Court, to be holden at Mount Vernon on the
ot r:!icncnm nt I And accordingly she re- fourth Monday of February next in the coun-
p'ii ud among other things, that altho, we ly ot Posey, and State of Indiana, apply to wue stric tly Temperate in the use of wines the said court to appoint commissioners to
and Ardent Spirits in the family, yet by re- assign and set over to the said Isabella Bacon, stricting the use of them in a small degree late Isabella Kennedy, her dower in and to and omitting to place them before our frinds the following tracts or parcels ol land, to wit: asasoit of welcome, we should injure noone. The east half of the south-east quarter of We might save, in the course of the year, section thirty-four, in township six, south of enough to pay the expense of two papers for range fourteen west, containing eighty acres
Mr o-rs ond at the same time seta good ex- tne west nait ot the south west quarter of impic before others. section thirty five, in township six, south of The Report was accepted nem. con. and range fourteen west, containing eighty acres
a resolve passed to procur e the papers. I and the north east fractional quarter and north have accordingly enclosed two dollars for half of south half section thirty six, in which you will please send your paper for township eight, south of range fourteen one year, directed to Master , and you west, containing one hundred and twenty
ty-two acres and forty-nine hundiedths of an
acre of lands, directed to be sold at Vincennes, by the several acts of Congress
wnenana wnere you may attend.
xour tnend, MOSES BACON. January 25, 1830. 51-tf.
will oblige your friend and servant.
NOTICE. The business of Samuel N. MaAroji & Co. will be hereafter conducted under the firm of .Marron if Hunter.
JP SAMUEL N. MARRON, () JAMES H. HUNiER. y"NEW STOKE.
FTTMIE subscribers are now opening in the
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS, AT AHD FROM VINCENNES, INDIANA.
II ... I A L"rT?TT T T ....
to Messrs Bortoh & Hkbrrd, a large as- Arrrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satursortment of substantial and fancy Dry Goods, days at 12 o'clock, M. ar.d closes Mon-
with Hardware, Cutlery, lueensware, Ulass- days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2, P. M.ware. Hats, Shoes, Groceries, Ecc Sec all of wrcTrDv e c. r . - ... .i , , . fl, Wtb 1 LKIS rom St. Louis Missouri. which were recently purchased by one of the . ,Aluur'
partners (who had every possible advantage arrives vveunesoays, rridays and bun-
uaya, a. is. o ciock, and closes I ues-
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as to pricp and quality) in New York and Philadelphia, and will he disposed ot on the
lowest terms for cash; or in barter they will
receive at fair prices, viz: Wheat, Corn, Rye,
en, Beans, Deerskins, Onions, Sec together
with all other merchantable afticles. the nrn
i u .i. i. ..nr. c n r. ...i I . . f
imuugu iuc uivuiuui ui a.uui i'uu,,M duct of home industry
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 2, P. M.
NORTHERN From Ter re Haute, Jnd. Arrives Tnesdavs at inVlnrtr A Ai
Pork, Beeswax, Cord wood, Saw Logs, Fea- Fridays at 6, P. M. and closes Tuesdays and thers, Dried Apple, Tallow, Domestic Lin- Saturdays at 9, P. M.
NORTHERN From Union, Illinois.
opinion, and no nation ever possessed the
opportunities and the means that we possess,
of correctly forming the public opinion nor
was a nation ever called upon to attempt it
by motives of such imperious necessity. Out
all is at stake we shall perish if we do not
effect it. There is nothing that ought to be
done, which a free people cannot do.
MARRON Sc HUNTER.
Sc H.now possess the Columbian
Steam Mill, and will with the requisite en couvagement, continue the Store in the vi
einit) of the Mill: they want to purchase im
mediately fifty thousand bushels tf Corn
Arrives Mondays at 6 o'clock, P M. and
closes on Tuesday at 5, P. M.
SOU 1 HERN From Shavmeeto xvn, III. Arrives on Tuesdays at 6 o'clock, P. M.
and closes on Thursdays at 4, P. M.
SOUTHERN Vom Fvansvil!e,Ind.
ar.fl tWfntv thnllvnnrl hiishtU nf wheat, nnrl . ciock, i . and
. ., . .... ....J. closeson fuesdavs at 9 o'clock. P. M.
The remedy of intemperance. (Sermon 5, concluded.) IIabakkuk.. ii, 911, 15, 16. Wo to him that covctcth an evil covetousncss Jo his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he tniy be delivered fro;n the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cuttt ig off mans people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Vo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, th:t puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nr k dness 1 Thou art filled with shame for glory :
dri thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncoverd : tin ' of the Loud'S right hand shall be turned unto n . e, and shameful spewing shall be on thy gUy. O u were the sky over our heads one great tvhisj.crinfx pallery, bringing down about us all tite lamentation and wo which intempc
Tlb - r 'ir wt,.nntrtt : ,u : shall at each establishment study to accom- ; u C,ULK' 1 4 hVc"fnce of .elf-government is customers. The Office will be open for the delivery of ence of per fee 6 Vincennes, Dec. 1, 1829, 42 .tf. letters on Sundays, one hour after the arriyet o learn and teach, or this nation, and the ' val of the Wc3tern Mail.
world, must be governed by force. But wc
have all the means, and none of the impcdi
ments, which hinder the experiment amid the
dynasties and feudal despotisms of Europe. WOOL CARDING MACHINES,
nci wnat nas oeen uone jusunes me expec-
tation mat an wnicn yet remains 10 oe aone will be accomplished The abolition of the
slave trade, an event now almost accomplish ed, was once regarded as a chimera of be nevolent dreaming. But the band of Chri
tian heroes, who consecrated their lives to the
work, may some of them survive to behold it achieved. This greatest of evils upon earth,
thi
MACHINE CARDS, (ij AND
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fCJ Letters intended for pendinrr mails,
must be deposited in the Post OfTice one
hour previous to the time of closing.
JOHN SCOTT, Post Master, Vincennes, Feb. 1 1, 1830. i-4t. Information Wanted.
is stigma ol human nature, wide spread, est qUaijty. ep rooted, and intrenched by interest and
No. 37 MAIN STREITWoHo(CINCINNATl.
Kerhi constantly on hand, an assortment cf fTPHE friends of Geortre I. Rcw, who Il23
j ... . v .. m
II Decn aDseni since tne year ioiu, Deing
anxious to learn his fate, resnectfullv remieit
Of almost every description, either for anv nCrsons havinc anv knowledge ot the
Cotton or Wool Carding, warranted of the Lamc to communicate it to his brother Hen-
ALSO.
WOOL CARDING MACHINE,
jst appproved plans, and of yr, for the Sciota river, in the state of Ohio, n.hin and has not been heard from since. At the
ry Rew, living in Sullivan, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. The said George left Goshen, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in the above
Built on the most
the hft wnrkmamhin
Likewise, a varietv of other nrtielns renuir l,me 01 ,cav,nS non,c' ne W3S a&ed 22 years,
, , - . . . i r . n .
rent effort of numbers, and no extended, well- ed in the Carding and Cloth Dressing Busi- in siaurc aDu . 7 0 - inrcncs'
directed application ol moral influence, was ness,viz: Machine Castings ; Fuller's Press ; pru.,.uC,u ,um m.
Ptr ndr in vnin. Id the temncratc nart Screw ? Press Plnr FnlltrVi Stnv. with "7 'FU'"S
ofthenation awake, and ref.rm, and concen- Plates ; Dye-Kettles; Jack Cards; Comb Georc whether he be living or dead, com-
trMe their influence in a course of sy stematic Plates Cleaning Combs : CardPlverst ice. I II,onicaicu as auovc, win uc indn&iuuy rcccir
i r ' J
action, and success is not merely probable, Also A general assortment of DiE
deep
stale policy, is passing away before the un
bending requisitions of enlightened public
opinion.
No great melioration of the human condi
tion was ever achieved without the concur-
but absolutely certain. And cannot this be STUFFS All of which are offered at re-
accomplished? cannot the public attention duced prices.
ranct ore te, and the firm earth one soporous ; be aroused, a:. d set in at tay against the traf- Allorders for any of the above articles,
medium"! bound, bunging up around us ; fick in ardent spirits, and 3gamst their use: will be promptly attended to, and the goods fi.m b : oath, the wailings of the damned,' Wi'h just 'tmch certainty can the public forwarded, when required, to any place situ
whom I'te commerce in arucnt spuil had i sentimcn. he tormeu and put in nv ti as ated on the Ohio, or other navigable rivers.
sent thitherj these tremenaous realities, the waves can be moved by the breath of hea- Cincinnati Jan. 1850. Q-3w.
ed by an aged and disconsolate mother and other relations. HENRY REW, Sullivan, Tioga county, Nov. 27, 1829, XCT Publishers of newspapers in the Western States will serve the cause of humanity by giving the above one or two insertions in their respective papenu