Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 April 1830 — Page 4

I'OKTIOAL ASYLUM.

KROM THK AMUI.LT. A DOMESTIC SCKNF. by mrs. hemaxs. !Tw;b early dav -ami sunlight streamed Soft thro'' a ouiet room, That hush'd.but not forsaken, scem'd Still, but with nought r gloom ; Fr there, secure in happy u-m;. Whose hop is from :ihdv, A father communed with the page , Ot Heaven's recorded love. Pare fell the beam, and meekly bright, On his gray holy hair. And touched' the bo.ri with tendered light As if its shrine were there: But oh ! that Patt i arch's aspect shone With something lo eiicr far X r uliauco all the pirit's own, Caught not from sun or star, Some word oflifc cv'n then had met Hist; dm benignant eye ; Some ancient promise, breathing yet Of immortality Some heart's deep 1 mgtnge, where the glow Of quenchless faith s imvcs ; For every feature said, " I Uinnv That my Redeemer lives." And silent stood his children by, , Hus.iiug their very breath Bef re ue solemn sanctity Of th itghtoVrsvvceping death :

Sili-nt vet did not each voting breast

With love and reverence melt ?

O'n ! "dest b those fair gills and blest

That home where God is felt!

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FUOM THK KKPtlRLlrJAN

41 Take a .riv-ce, it a torfvc vou it

First pay wii it you owe, then keep out of debt.' Anon. How little does this advice appear to be heeded i Wc seldom have more rcadly money id ui is necessary t purchase th;1- necessari'.sot lite, and sometitm not sufficient for th it : yet, let a public sale take place upon twelve months' credit, and Inw career we arc to make purchases, and to get our neighbours to become our serin Hies i The articles offered are such as wc can do well enough without nay, wc hardly know what wc shall do with them; et we have a year's credit, Sc pet haps we can find some use lor them in tint time. Hut pay day comes at last) and generally much sooner than wc expected. Wiia gte.it difficulty we borrow the money to make the payment, and ultimately sufTerteal privations and distress belore we can repay the b airowed money. A stranger comes aloncj, and solicits us to

subscribe for a nooK. Wc know nothing of

the work; the accuracy of tho printer; the talents of the author; cr the skid and honesty of the binder. H tt the stranger extols the work, and makes gi at promises about the book, which, he tetis is, we need not take unless it is as ) )d as he describes it. We flatter oursel es that the book will never co ne, or that it will not tiil our pockets are full of cash, or that it will he a bet'.t-r book than we have ever s 'en before; and anxious to get rid of the stranger, and unwilling to hurt his feel'tn rs by a refusal, we put down our names A ew weeks afterwards, anoth er stranger ataives wit'.i a wapm load ol b oks; presents us the volume lor wmich we subset ibed, and lemmds the ti p u lat t cl price. We examine the b oU, and tin 1 it badly printed, up an vvrerched paper, ih 1 badlv bound. We ')ject to it as not being according to contrad; and are politely informed that we may either take ihe book Sc pav for it, or abide the Cv - in of a law-suit. To sav t rouble, and get on1 of the scrape as cheaply as possible, we bo tavv (ujny, and pay lor the book. We begin to rea l it the maps and pictures pet toi.', tor the paper is coarse and tender; the le jvc.s tall out; and we cuise the book pedlar. It was our ownluiit. We ought to have k .n that he intended to get from us more th . - tho book was worth, or he would have sub ".it ted it to our inspection be fore wc had !)ec 4 obligar.-vl to purchase it. The servi" - oftae f-Jrf runner w.ud hrve been alto.; Hier s it pet flu his, if no description had ')2c . intcii led II id the baok been a good one, ami wmth thepticc demanded, wc could have isc taioia i: h.-tier hv stebng the work thai v h t a description ol it 1 ead. Iam no e lemv to books lVc 1 not purchase half e . ... them Hut !et us see them before Wv niv .asm Let u n. buy a pis.; in a poke.

fa clock, tthich he says will set off our house!

finely. And so it does: for the bargain is made, and the splendid ornament is fastened up on the dirty wall of our cold and smoky . abin, producing nearly the same impression on the mind of the beholder, as would a jewel in a swine's snout. It is true .ve have but little furniture no andirons, nor shovels, nor tongs. Our children arc barcfoe.ted : and we have not paid the schoolniaster's bill, and luve no money to pay it with. Our cabin is a wretched one, and ought to be superceded by anew house ; and there arc mure things necessary to our convenience, which we are too poor to buy. Our people1 stopped taking the newspapers long ago, because we could not afFord to pav for them ; and wc and our children thus remain in ignorance of what is going on in the world. O, that other people would be as polite and clever as the clock pedlar ! We could then buy every thing we could wish for I Hut, I have been wondering what it was that made this stranger so clever : .and 1 have concluded that these pretty clocks are not worth, and did not cost, more than about half what we are to pay for them ; otherwise, how could he afford to wait so long, and likewise run a great risk of losing some ot the debts entirely. And I gr eatly fear that when our notes become due, money will be no plentier than it is now : for I daily hear of people giving 30, 40, or 50 per cent, interest for money to enter land, and almost the whole of that money sjoes out ol the country. So does the money that we pay to the book pedlar; and so will that which ne are to pay for these clocks. It leaves the country forever It we had paid it to the shoemaker, the schoolmaster, the printer, the carpenter, the b-ick layet, or the blacksmith, it would have remained among us, and wc might have got some of it back again for the productions of our labor. Upon the whole, I am heartily sick of my ccck bargain, and am determined to act more wisely in futute; and, as soon as I am able, to tkpay ou what I owe, and then keep out of debt." A FARMER

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v have m the country where re nade. He btings one of o m!f our cabin, and writ's to ks only $45 We admire - "it we have n money ;ew well enough belore lie i a" I children become capi ' i'ie pedlar plies his oil m - V: fascination. He sets md the hole family a i ' ration. Hut how to buv '"he rentleman fiUicL!v ! ' offers to wait eighteen

Beauty and Healths Females should be early taught the impoitnt fact, that beau'y cannot, in reality exist, independent ot talth ; and that the one is absolutely unattainable by any practice inconsistent with the other In vain do thy hope to impiove their skin to give a "roseate hue" to their cheeks, or to augment the giace and symmetry of their forms, unless they are cautious to pteserve the whole; frame in health) vigour and activity. Heauty of complexion, and to a certain ex tent, that of shape also, is nothing more than visible health a pure minor of the perfect

performance of the internal functions, and of

their harmony with the exttrnal portions of the system ; the certain eftccts of pure air, cheerfulness, tempera: ce, and of exercise, uninterrupted by p.ny species of unnatural constraint. Journal of Health. Female Witnesses The Legislature of (ieorgia has adopted an exrcllent regulation in relaiian to female witnesses. H a law recently passed, their attendance in courts as witnesses, except in criminal cases, is dispensed with, ;?'; 1 their testimony tuken in by private Commissioners, beloie whom they are required to give depositions under tSie same penalties that be fort: cidoiced their personal attendance in Court. This is an excellent provision, and ought to become general. It protects the modesty ol the sex, and fully answers all the ends of justice. There is no more pairdul situation lor a delieate female, than to hi required to enter a ourt room and subject herself to the gaze of the, multitude, and the too often impudent i ; en ogati ves of counsel, designed expressly u contuse and confound a witness so situated. In niauj casts, too, the mattet s on which they ate required to testily are extremely painiul to their feelings, and they are subjected ei'her to withhold what they may know or to disclose it at the risk of exciting a sneer or an imputation upon their modesty. m m From the (Alabama ) Snrit of the slgc, noon FRUIT.' Mr. Kditou, Viewing the following facts, as well worthy the attention of the community, tl.ev arc communicated with a view to an inset tioti in your respectable Journal, Mr. Hurwell I Fort, an excellent planter in the county of Dallas, has now growing number ol apple scions, which have bem grown '

entirely from cuttings.

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wuuiu oo tuny coinpcnaaxt ei anvwj tula method of propagating good fruit be attended with success. Illinois Gazette, The vanity of young men, in loving fine clothes and new fashions, and valueing them selves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be, and the occasion ol great proiuscness and undoing ot young men. Avoid curiosity and too much expensiveness in your apparel; be comely, plain, decent, cleanly, not curious nor costly ; it is the sign of a weak head piece, to be sick for every new fashion, or to think himself the better in it, or the worse without if Sir Mat he V) Hale Cautions to Mothers. Avoid the use-ol light bandage for your infants, especially round the body, for fear of producing lits,ob strudions in the bowels, or a slow decay. Avoid giving them Godfrey's Cordial, Daffy's Elixir, Ualby's Carminative; Hateman's Diops, or any other warm anodyne, for fear ol producing fits, fever, or palsy, a common consequence of quack medicines indiscreetly given. Avoid giving them any quack medicine for fear ot bringing on decline, or sudden death. Journal ot Health. Anecdote Undo Sam and his sen were one day returning from their labors in tho field with a lusty load of hay. Jonathan diove the team, and, as he ftequently manifcstid a very untarmerlike want ot tact in managing his cattle, his father thought it necessary, when they came to the gate which closed the entrance to tho farm yaid, to ejve him a woul ot cautkn. "He tarnation catclul how you drive row, Jock" .! ( k shipped up 'nd drove plump against the e;ate post. flullo ho haiv too1 Jonathan a' cotlittr'y hawed too. ami in so doing, the win- I i o r n full c r'act with the oppisite post There there I ijuosed ho.v't would be yon ; mdi.'t drive through creation without hnivg both'den rn't.

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PROM'F'TUS. OF UK NEW-YOI;K AMULET, A D Ladies' Literary am: 2t Ugiou,i Chronicle. o:a:o

GrftllF primary object of this work will be, to

check the rapid progress ot two alarming , so tatally prevalent in our country, viz :

Intemperance and Infidelity which, like the caker-v. orm, are stripping the green walks of life of all flowers, and leaving the moral world a le.afiess des.irt. To do this the more i tFectually, we shall pourtrav in the most vivid colours the deformity and deleterious consequences of these most deadly evils, by interesting moral tales shetches, fragments, essays, and scriptural illustrations. We snail endeavour to cherish in the hearts of our readers, the sublime and benevolent sentiments of the blessed gospel of Jesus Christ to exhibit the beauties and rewards of virtue in all their captivating loveliness to awaken the better feelings of human nature to cultivate the social and domestic affections to lead the mind through the most delightful avenues, to the bowers ct happiness and pence to elev ate and enlarge the conceptions to imbue the understanding with the it ost exalted ideas of illimitable attributes and pei fectious of the Great Div inity thereby leading mankind to " fear God and keep his co-iimandnients." To accomplish these designs, we shall call to our aid all the eloquence of truth, clothed m the most fascinating forms such as moral tssavs, simple or pathetic tales, varying from grave to gay, from lively to serene " - poetical sketches didactic articles in verse and s,ni( -tin:, s to enliven our pages, a tale of fancy a humorous story an allegory a ballad or, a song, will receive an insertion. In each and in all, the great end and aim will be, to convey moral and religions sentiments, through a pleasing mediuai, to the heart "r, in other words, to blend the "useful with the sweet,' In order to furnish our re aders with the choic

est articles both of poetry and prose to encourage genius and to foster talent generous premi urns will be awarded, from time to time, for origi rial artich s furnished. The entire services of a distinguished literary gentleman, late from London, who lias for some time past been a contributor to the Knglish periodicals, are engaged for the New-York Amulet. With these claims for patronage, the work will be submitted to the consideration of a candid and genet ous public. Should we sucreed in ctir endei"c,rs to blend usefulness and instructicn with amusement and delight, our object wail be accomplished. CONDITIONS. The New-York Amulet published by an association of gentlemen will be beautifully print

ed on fine, white paper, 4tn size, with entire new

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s. 1 1 it ti a -th' pv.-M'. ' ' This th oalt-d Ol ti v red wild t'rorue to i;i

th: clock a " i tip ?oe w i i it :s toe didi L T' ifivci i tits : n ut!i or i wo

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n i:e and obui:: is this, in a total strange- ! W iv. ";crc i- n ) one of our neighbours who v. u! I -ell us a h"tse or a cow oti such a

C '. wjrho..i ,;!,-! security. Hut the p ic, v mV : -athri too hiv-ii. Well h; will huack oil five dollArs, j't uio that we may have

I he gi cat adva atage ot tins mode ct rear (type. Its typographical crtcution shall equal

imr apple trees Mr. Fort states to consist inithatof any similar publication in America. It

the tact, thatlruit, in ail respects similar to that from whence the cuttings were laken will be borne by the ttcc from the cutting, which will be in one year sufficiently large to trans plant. The ordinary and tedious ptoccss of engrafting requires two years longer, before the tree will bear fruit than in the mode pursued by Mr. Fort The mode of plaiting the cutting is to open a small trench, and lay in, lengthwise, the cutthings, of such length as convenient, and cover them four or rive inches deep. T. " The directions for filanting might hvea been made more explicit The mode ot plating Grape vine cutting is similar 10 that here mentioned, except one end 2 or 3 inches in length, hav ing o-.e or more buds or eyes, is 1 r ft uncovered. Pet haps this should he dene with the siips of other species ol fruit. Both modes niiirht be tried : the additional tiouble

will be afforded to citv subscribers in Philadel

phia and New-York, who will receive them by a carrier, at one dollar and twenty-five cents the volume, hanelsoinely covered for preservation. Mail subscribers without covers, will be funished with a volume, at the very loi: f.rice of O.YE DOLLAR payable in advance. Sh. uld the patronage warrant the expense, the work will be embellished with copper-plate engravings.

LA ADDISON & MEKtlilE.

PPOSITE the Union Hall, Main street, Louisville, Ky. Keep constantly on

hand a very extensve and general assortment of Dutch Bolting Clothsf a very superior nrticle, 34 and 40 inches wide from No 0 to No 9 inclusive, which they offer for sale on reasonable terms. I he editors of the Beacon, St. Louis Missouri, will plcacc insert the above about nree months ant forward their account for settlement.

PROPOSALS Fbn PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION A TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE. STATE OF INDIANA. FTMIF subscribers, having been concerned iti JL the publication of ibis work, respectfully inform the citizens of this State, and the public, that they have made arrangements to ir.suie its speedy publication. Heme may have con e to thv -conclusion that its publication was entirely aha.idoned.in consequence of its not appear;:.;; at tho time expected by its author; hence, we deem it proper to say, for the satisfaction of these who may have manifested a disposition to patronize it. that the delay was occasioned entirely by circumstances beyond the control of its author. The undertaking is one which requires more labor, and necessarily incurs greate r expense, than many are aware c f, or than the author at first anticipated. The delay, however, wdl afford the publisher an opportunity of presenting much new and interesting matter, which has been brought about by the late session cf the General Assembly, which v ill, in '.ome measure, mak the delay rather advantageous, than otherwise. Sutlice it to say, then, that the work is prcrt sing, and will be completed as socn as a due icgaidto correctness will permit. We litem it unnecessary to beg the patrcnr.gr of our fellow citizens to this work, as wc fee 1 ct:.l!dent(frcm the patronage already received) they vv ill take a pleasure in giving it their tuppoit, especially when they consider it is the production ot their own, and not of another state. To those who have not had an opportunity of examining the Manucriut, we w ould sav, that It was presented to the members cfthe Legislature, at their session of 1.-;l9. and pronounced te be correct, and as an evidence, we refer to their ivgr.nt u res on the prospectus, cr U) the Representatives ' nsel es, residing in the ditfererit cctiu:s t'fthe State Guui ; - ms have been taken to obtain correct information i:r rel itcn to the North part of the State; and we are much ir.depted to those gentle -u en who have long been engaged in the it.uian for the i."fo matron acquired. The manuscript is now in the hands vi Mr. m. Woodruff, of Cincinnati, whose character as an engraver is wjll known to the public; we may, therefore, s;.y the woik will be executed in a style not inferior to r.ry in the United States. CONTf.NTb AND CONDITIONS. This ilia) will contain a rariety cf useful and interesting matte r, v-f t usually published in maps. It will shew the Indian and County boundaries the Heats of justice and other towns thesurvtyh as registered in the several land offices the location ef the teveral Indian tribes, their villages, and the number of their inhabitantis Con :erland Road State Heads W abash Canal Water courses the Form cf Government of the State Fact of the Country Soil Prairies An tiquities and an interesting t.dde showing the quantity of 1st, lJd and Cd rate land in each count tho number of inhabitants Lawyers Doctors Merchants Printing Offices Mills Mat ha -cry, &c. The whole to be neatly executed vn copperplate, handsoniclv embellished with a lew ct the" FALLS OF OHIO. It wml be neatly exec ted on a hue sheet of paper, ('J feet by j' in fue,) handsomely colored, varnished and :uoun:ed,' Price S4 00 i ne . ..lie will be nine miles to the inch. J7 Any person procuring six subscribers, ar.d becoming responsible for the same, will hz entitled to a copy of the woik Post Masters, Prine vers, and the agent for the Miami Tin es.

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scribeis. Persons who proem o subscribers aic requested to send a list of them to the Publishers by the, iirstof June next. THOMAS J. F.V ANS. JOHN SCOTT. Lr.grnspcrt, Feb. 1330. 6

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BY 3LACKVELL S HALL, VANDALIA, (ILL.) For publishing by Subscription I Sac Periodical Work, under the title, ofthr ILLINOIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. TO BE EDITFD I1V JAMKS HALL. fSIIF object cf tliis work, will be to dcehpu a. the character and r sources of I!ii;. L t? furnish accurate information upon subje cts connected vith it3 present -t.te and fut-tre propc ct to awaken m.d c!:er:h a ta: .c tuv hterat:;'.. n; ur new com. trv to r.d :.r.ce tht- ::.-i;e i 't h, ution and to aid and j.dvocate every plan h ; moral impro-. Nnent of our pfpuhatien. It- m. es v. ill therefore be devrted to the p-'blktati.n '(:,

well written art'des, cnmal or tcl.cttd, of following desrri; tiou :

Statistics of Illinois, Descriptions of Scenery, Local Pecuharitie, and Characteristic Manners in the Western States, lvss;tys on Rural Kco:oi:iy, Scientific Papeis, Notices of the Fine and Use fui rt. Criticisms en new Kecks c PamphUt-, Pcri(Alical F.ssf.ys, after thf manner cf J. -h::? ddisi-i:, and (iol'lsuiit'n, biography, Xrdes, Literary Intelligence, Fmritiv e Ih 'ttv! CONDITION1?.' The Illinois Monthly Magazine will be pubii aeel at Vandalia, at the currimencement of e;.r month. Kaeh n.e.u.btr will cnutniti 1'J j)ivc-. octavo, neatly pt inted, ,md dene up in j;.a:npl h form. The price w ill ! r per vt-ar, payable in advance. The firt nun.!;er will be issued "n. August 183'j. pr.jv ided a sutliciei.t mnnbe r of subscribers be obtained. iyPerr:is to wliom the subvripticn pap r.s are setit, wdl please return them by the first d iV of June next. .The Editors cf papers in this State, thRepublican and Praczn, St. Louis, arid thu Journal, Iialian qiolis, and .Vnv, 'incennes, In.i -ana. w dl please to give the above a few insertions, and the fav or will, at any time, be reciprocated. Van ialia, Feb. 10, 1SJ0. Kags ! hvr t Has ! CASH, ov WORK, will bt ghen for any quantity of clean l.tunen or Cotton iiACi at the vtf.sntrm u'x oITicc.

A lew pounds of Wool wanted.