Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 July 1830 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM

i-Yen lAr United States9 Telegraph Gem. Green, I think it a circumstance to be regretted, that the songs of the American Revolution re already nearly lost. I offer yon, for publication, one which would ltd no discredit to Shenstone or Thompson. CO LI NET AND PHOEBE. As Colinct and Phoeby sat lkuieath a poplar grove; With fondest truth, the gentle youth, Was telling talcs of love. r?Dcar Phoeby, now approve my vow, And all I ask is this; .One smile assume, to grace thy bloom, And make thy Shepherd blest.5' A blush o.erspread her cheeks with red, As slow she turn'd aside, With pleasing throes her bosom rose. And thus the maid replied: "-.'Full well, dear youth, I know thy truth, And all thy arts to move; Bat ah! is this a time for bliss, Or themes so soft as love? When all around vc hear the sound Of war's terrific train; The drum commands our armed bands, And chicles the tardy swain. jOur country's call, arouses all V Who dare be brave and free, My love shall crown the youth alone Who saves himself and me." "'Tis done," he cried, 'from thy clear ckle, Now quickly I'll begone; From love will I to freedom Cy, A slave to thee alone: And when 1 chime w ith laurels here c, And all that freemen crave, To crown my love, thy smileshal! prove The fair reward the brave " Should thk meet with favor' I will tax .iy recollection for mere. CAROL AN. tfrcm the .'llzbanid) Sjiiritcf the .ire A GEN PLEM YX IS WHAT?" Pray is it he of stately mien, Whose :i2i delight is to be seen; W'u always takes especial care T ' n.b, adjust and smooth his hair; H.j . ihe best his beaver new, His r .,11c j i-t exposed to view; W.i .wirls a K-.uhis little cane, And snews lu.nseif supremely vain; Pray is it he, whose lilly check JvLiy shade and idleness bespeak, Whoe soft hite hands may let you know They an net kept for u.sc, but s?nzi;Who holds employment a disgrace, Or suited to a meaner race, Dcsthiei-Ly heaven to toil for bread, 'XljLtd:SJ- fieci-e may be fed? Must he who seeks this favorite name Lt otc to the stock fro n whence he came; And thu. the estimate begin. By counting up his noble kin? Or is till; method out of date? Has-rcrarj supplanted bleed ot late; Must gentlemen forsooth, be known Exclusively by what they c.:" Or is it HE, whose word is TRUTH; Who holds d'-cei: (the serpent's tooth, That vould the unsuspecting strike In utter horror and dislike; Whose noble worth is in his mind; Whose feelings generous and rtfmcd. Will not submit to aught that's mean? This is the Gentl t?in. I vecn. iYXXSCELL ANEO J3. UOM THE. NEW ENGLAND GALAMV. DECON MARVIN. CHA?. I ''COURTSHIP." Sc?.con Marvin w as one ot the world's fodders. He was a man of more than ordinary4 gumption" too shrewd as a Scotsman devoid of one panicle of gullibit) -but of all animals that "tread thi; terrcno globe" he was the oddest, awkwarded 3nd most good-natured nothing un-lei Heavens ever disturbed the sereniw of 'us feelings, which resembled a great quiet mud puddle in stagnation. His skui v; mean the skin of his sensibi' fv) -..as as impenetrable as that of a rhi :j;-.-:o you might tilt at him with or idicuie but he stood as firm as a gr.ai ed oak, and as rugged too, repelling ;.U a -ack and now and then returning a blow whose force was the more tremendous because wholly unexpected He was a farmer, a tanner and a shoemaker -but most of all he was a bachelor and a deacon in his potatoe field, his tan yards- or cn his leather-bottomed bench, he was perfectly at home nay graceful ; i. e. so far as nerfect adaptation cf man ners to employment constitutes grace. But imong the women, or in the discharge ol his official functions he looked hke "a hog in armor" We do not say that he had not grace even here but it was of a different sort. O yes ! he had racc he made the longest prayers of any man in the parish. His worldly employments furnished Him pienumuy with the "mammon cf inri ightecusnesc" and his spiritual avo-i ons seasoned the f hhy lucre with a' cations taste or ucuer inings. , uc was a rising man How he ever happened to be elec" ted deacon is beyond our sagacity to imagine, unless he prayed himself in. Hut tleacan he was, and rich he was, and ta chelor he was, of some three and thirty veais. (according to hl3 great bible) and under all these circumstances b it wend- - - i crful that he was most industriously and; disinterestedly courted by all the girls in the parish ? Lord : W hat a host ol eyes,; blue, black and rrev CI olacc them aco . JiVu wherever he !appcn$vl to Whatj

a squadron Gf pclty capi were most resolutely set at him what a legion of "funny little feet" tripped after himwhat a clcud of sighs were vv-fied into his ears. But in vain did shrewd old Thomas form plots or schemes to inveigle him into the snare of matrimony. In vain did their artless daughters do their prettiest to bait the snare, and make it tempting. Alas for them all ! These venerable Naomis and blushing Ruhs, had not a Bcaz to deal with. ' Deacon Marvin was unmoved by all this din and tumuUundazzled by all this glitteiing array uncaught by all this combination of cunning. He moved steadily alone

j his path as usual broke up his fallow I ground tended his tanpits and mended j bis soles with all his usual equanimity, aa inattentive as a deaf man to the tumult end confusion of such a moral carhquake not but that he had his ideas in his head, but they never shewed themselves out of it. He bore all this with saint-like patience for half a score years while his farm swelled into greatness around him his tannery became an immense establishment, and his shoe bench opened foreign markets he had also become hardened to the regular performance of his ecclesiastical duties, Ec could attest present the plate without breaking it in his grasp, and pass the sacramental wine without spilling it over the dresses ef the communicants. And now he began to imagine within himself that it was his duty (that was his phrase on all occasions or as he sometimes said, " the will cf the Lord") to marry to take unto himself a rib a helmate who might relieve his shoulders of part of their burden and besides, what would bocomc of his property if he did net beget heirs ? Such thoughts as these flowed through his miud he cast his eyes round about him in search of the happy one that should become Mrs Deacon Marvin 1'here was a mighty host to choose from, I and ind long did he ponder, and hesitate and take inward counsel s nay, some profane historians assure us, that, however strange we tray think it, and however uncommon it may be to lovers, he actu ally went apart, knelt himself down in the bushes, and prayed for the assistance of heaven in so important a matter. After chewing the quid of relit ction in thia sagacious manner, he finallv jumped upon a conclusion -n.y stars 1" exclaimed he using the only oath-like expression in which ha ever indulged " my stars ; the wiuow Becket is the very creature r;a?2A-s be firaised she is ready broken to the yoke Billy, Billy, 1 say bridle my horse " ;ov if any curious reader is ready to ask why the good Deacon Marvin did not j order his horse saddled, as well as bud led, I must delay my storv while ! an swer th3 impertinent question. The Deacon h:id a hoise yea, a fine tall, bare honed red old na of twenty years experience in the ways of the world - more- , over he had a bridle that for two getij erations had guided Ihe feet and filled j the mouths of the equine family a very ancient" and deuconly bridle but hete .his trappings ended there tras no i auU W ieiCWIth tn Krnnrnln t ip firmj ling limbs, i: support ti c dignified form oi me worthy lover. Mo! the Deacon had far too great a regard to economy too strong an affection for leather, to al low it wasted away in the shape of a saddle had not nature furnished him with a tough integument for that part where 'honor lies" and his horse with a downy coat to smooth ' tho wear and tear, of tiding bare ?" I: was full as much as conscience would allow to cover the seat of his shoe-bench with sheepskinas to the luxury of a saddle il was out of thQ question. The horse was prepared and the pious Deacon leaving his shop stayed not to remove his leathern apron, (that saved cloth,) but leading his Rosinante to a raii fence, he gracefully clomb upon her back and trotted in p-ursuit of widow Becket. Now I beseech thee gentle rader, not to imagine that the fountain of the Deacon's feelipgs was at all moved or agit ated by the object in whose pursuit he was engaged. No such thing ! He rode forth as calmly as he usually rode to mill or to church, net even troubling himself, like Cyril Thornton with pre paring a formal speech unlike common lov ers (if lover he may be called) he ad hered closely to that scriptural injunction "take no heed for yourselves what ye shall say " But as time was precious, and when once engaged in a job he loved toGnish it with despatch he quickened his nag's usual shambling pace into a kind or trot amusing himself with lis tening to the rattiing of the beast's bones in their flechless coverings, or whistling the lively air of "old hundred." You may well guess that the expedition ot the Deacon excited curiosity and conversation among the watchful nfiehbors. For whoever Ins been curs ed Tpardon the roui;hnecs cf the word; thVsubject is to my icelings a sufficient excuse ;x. with a residence in a small countrv village, must remember how all eyes Tullow your every action; how your completion, dress, grait, character, movements, sayings and doings are noticed, remcmbcied, talked ol and record ed. Oh ! the nleasurc of livinrr likV Dinncford's white mice in a cace,orlike monsters in spirits to be stared and wen- . dercd at '.so thought not the Deacon, tor he thour-ht nothing about it. lie had hardly been rnr.fi an hour before reports . . 0 - -r to house: the cJ rjbssips gathered in

grand council to investigate the subject ; and the younger ones collected in littie knots wondeiing what was about to happen. But leaving all their wise confabulations and profound surmises, let us go on with the lover who is now in sight of the desired haven the widow Becket's house, and just beginning a little soliloquy within himself. "She has a hundred acres of land" thought he, "and quite a clever little snug, house, being the tidyest woman about here -let me see she is twentyeicht nine yes, twentv-

nicc years old and is ruddy and fair to' look upon whoa! whoa! Dobbin!" Rosinante halted at once, before a neat little cottage, while the Deacon with his usual regard to saving of time, stretched forth his whip and without dismounting, knocked loudly- A girl came, (nut the widow's child she had none;) "Is sister Ilecket at home V ''Yes sir." 'Call her to the door." She came Good evening, sister," (it was just after sundown ) ''good evening, sister, sister Becket hem it is the will of the Lord that I marry thee!" The young widow knew her man and instantly roiling up her eyes in pious resignation exclaimed " The Lord's will be done. Deacon 1" They fixed on a day in the coming week lor the celebration of their nuptials, and in ten minutes the Deacon had set his face homeward, where having arrived, he is said to have made three pair of shoes before he slept that night. Noel. Cow Cabbage This is the name of a vegetable recently introduced into the United States. It is from six to twelve feet high, and affords abundant supply of green fodder for cattle. The stalks live four years. In France they are premitted to stand out all winter, but in this country, they should be defended from the frost by a sheaf of straw well secured at the ton. The New England Fauner states that sixty plants are said to aflord sufficient provind provinder for a cow a year ; and as the side shoots only are to hr used, it lasts four. years without fresh planting. A square of siy.ty feet will contain 256 plants, four teet apart, or 1 6 more than 4 cows requite for a without the aid of any other food " l ,41., Wives taken in exchange for Tobacco There is a singular fact mentioned in Marshall's life of Washington, which ve 00 noi recoiiect to nave ever seen any where ehe It is stated that in the early settlement of Virginia, seme three or h.ur hundred young ladle3, nil "virgins, chaste and fa:r, were transported from England to that colony, 3 and cold to the young planters as wives, ft for one hundred and fcfty pounds cf tobacco each. If am young man was unable to pay in advance this inconsidetabie price for ids companion, he was most generously credited until ha cnuld plant, make and gather his ciop it is likewise staled that this debt was considered a debt of honor by the young planters, at:d therefore paid in preference to all others We doubt very much uhcthsr such fare bargains can be had cn terms so liberal at the present day. There is one thing, however, in the exclude of these two commercial products cf the old and new worlds, which we do not think altogether concct It surely dcc3 not comport with cur notions of justice and equity, to exact the same price for a bad wife that is paid for a good one. As it regards the propriety of such a rule in 1 620, we can only speak conjecturally ; buttoour certain knowl edge, there is a difference of more than two hundred and fifty pounds cf tobaco in wives now a dn-3 Mountaineer v NOTICE. EING resolved to visit his native land, John L. Ch mpomier, oilers for sale his individual personal property; he may likewise dispose of hi real pro pcrty. On inquiry, satisfaction concerning what is to be sold, and the ierma re quired can be had. Vinccnnes, July 10, 1830. 22-tf A MARTIN ROBINSON, J AS removed his office to Market j jl street, directly opposite Kurtz S; Lodwick's Store, where he will attend to conveyancing, book-keeping, or any other writing. June 26, 1850. 20-tf FOR SALE, The ILLINOIS HOTEL, situated in the town of Law henceville, near the centre of the town. It is a large frame building contaiaing five rooms below stairs and two above, with a large two story porch running the whole front of the house. Also, attached to the same, a good kitchen, smoke house, dairy, workshop, and a large stable, corn crib, he. also a garden. With this property will b sold, all the household and kitchen furniture in fact, every thing thereunto belonging. Terms will be liberal; persons arc invited to call and judge for themselves. 17-tf A. S. BADOLLHT. Lawrerrceville, May, 24, 1330. r- . 1 - - iii 1 () Salt in exchange for jyHEAT, RYE OR CORN. 7J" HAVE a few barrels of b'alt which JJ 1 will barter lor Wheat, live or Corn, delivered either in Lavvreueov illo or Vinccnnes. JOHN U. KLTLL'Y. Jimcrth,lS30 lS-tf AttTlV pQUlKlS Oj tl 001 U'(lMClU

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PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING DY SUDSCRU TION, X TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.

T HE subscribers, having been concern ed in the publication of this work, re...f.nvinfnrm thoriiirns of thus-iti-and the miblic. that they have made nr-iof ranvrements to insure its speedy publication . . - . . Seme may hav e come to the conclusion that its publication was entirely abandoned, in consequence of its not appearing at th time expected by its author; hence, we deem it proper to "say, for the satisfaction of those who may have manifested a disposition to patronize it, that the delay was occasioned entirely by circumstances beyond the control cfits author. The undertaking is one which requires more labor, and necessarily incurs greater expense, than many are aw arc of, or than the author at f.rst anticipated. The delay, however, will afford the publisher an opportunity of presenting much new and interesting matter, which has been brought about by the late session of the General Assembly, which will, in seine measure, make the delay raiher advantageous, than otherwise. i5umce it to say, then, that the work is progressing, and will be completed as soon as a due regard to correctness will permit. We deem it unnecessary to beg the patronage of cur fellow citizens to this work, as we teel confident (from the natronaec alrea dy received) they w ill take a pleasure in giving it their support, especially when they consider it is the production of their own, and not cf another state. To those who have not had an opportunity of examining the Manuscript, we would say, that itwas presented to the members of the Legislatures their session cf 159, and pronounced to be correct, and as an evidence, we refer to their signatures cn the prospectus, or to the Representatives themselves, residing in the different sections of the State. Great pains have been taken to obtain correct information in relaton to theKcrth part of the State; and we are much indebted to those gentlcn.cn who have long been enfi-tged in the Indian trade for the information acquired. The manuscript is now in the hands of lr. vv m. V oodrufr, cf C incinnati, whose character as an engraver is well known to the public; we may, therefore, say the work will be executed ina style net inferior to any in the United States. CONTENTS AND CONDITIONS. This map w ill contain a rariety of useful and interesting matter, not usually published in maps. It will shew the Indian and County boundaries the Seats cf justice and other towns the surveys as registered in the several land efdees the location of the several Indian tribes, their villages, and the number cf their inhabitant: Cen.bcrlaud Road State Roads Wabash Canal Water courses the Form of Government , of the State Fact of the Ccjntrv Soil i'ra:rrs Antiquities and an iri:ciesti:ur table showing the quantity of 1st. "d and 3d rate land in each county the number of inhabitants Lawyers Doctors ?,IeichOllkcc r.ii!isMach:::eiy, The whole to Ik? neatly executed c:i copperplate, handsomelv embellished with a view oi the FALLS OF OHIO. It will be neatly executed on a fre sheet of paper, (? feet by Si in .size,) handsomely colored, vanustieu ana mounted, 1 rice Cu The scale will be nine miles to the inch l" Any person procuring six subscribers, and becoming responsible for the same, will be entitled to a copy of the work. Post V:. . V." "Vl "1V- --b"1- uie Miami Times, arc requested to interest 1 themselves 111 getting subscribe i s. Persons who procure subscribers are requested to send a list of them to the Publishers by the fust of June next. THOMAS J. FAWNS. JOHN SCOTT. Logrjisport. Feb. 1830. 6 r' Tin & Sheet Iron MANUFACTORY. ON the corner of Market and Second streets, have on hand for sale, a large and general assortment of Tin and Sheet Iron ware, which they offer at reduced prices. Tinware will be told whole sale and retail upon advansapecrus terms to purchasers. Vincennes, October, 24, 1829. 37-t HATS, Made & Sold, by It P. PRICE. (VlNCENXES, IXB1A21A,) house lately occupied by Ic McArtuur, as an Iron store, cn Secon street, one door above Market street The prices of hats in general, are for Beaver, - 10 Fine Caster, 8 Coarse do 6 Fine J2oramys S5 Coarse do 3 Hats made in the shops here, are in general, much superior to those imported from the Eastern states, for the latter are made of the coarsest wool, and iuped 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 test manner, of superior stuff, and in the most FashizvabU style. RICHARD P. PRICE. February, 1829 2-tf irPORKy CORX if O.JTS will be te ccivedin exchange for Hats. R P. P. Rajs ! SIL or I Hairs ! rJSII.or WORK, will be v-iven for any quantity cf clean Lmnen rr Cotton . " . ' R.tcs at the westum sun ctucc.

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stales. WW - . si pursuant u law, 1, A.Dr.K I, JL Jackson-, President of the United I . ..I A -. -' I f 1 oizies oi aintiiLj, uu ucrcuv u:imc and make known that public sales will be held at the Land Offices cf Cra--.lorcsvnie anuron wavnc, in me -.ate Indiana, at the periods hereinafter designated, to wit: At the L2r?d Office at Cravffordsvi'.Ic, on the first Monday in October next, for the disposal cf the public lands within the limits of the undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz: Townships twtniy-cight, thirty-seven and thirty-eight, cf range one, cast of the secend principal meridian; Fraction cf township twenty-seven, and townships thirty-seven and thirtyeight, of range one, west of the second " principal meridian; Fraction of township twenty-six and townships twenty-seven, thirty-seven and thirty-eight cf range two, west of the second principal meridian; Fraction of township twenty-uvc, ant! townships twenty-six, twenty-seven, thir ty. seven and thirty-eight, of range thrco west of the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty eight o? range four, wost of the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty-eight, oP range five west of the second principal meridian; The Fractions of townships twentynve, twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty eight, above designated, excludes tho lands reserved to the state of Indiana, for Canal purposes, under the provisions of the act of congress, approved on the 2d day of March, 1827. The townships dtsi2uatcd as numbers thirty-seven and thirty-eight, arc in the vicinity of Lake Michigan. At the Land Office at Fortwayne, on the third Monday in October next, lor the disposal of the public lands within the limits cf the undermentioned townships and fractional townships between the Wabash and Eel rivers, and embracing all the alternate sections and parts of sections reserved to the United States nnder the act of Congress granting to the State of Indiana certain lands for the purpose of opening a canal, with the exception cf those sections through which the canal may run, to wit: Fractional townships twenty seven, o" ranges two, three, four, five, six and seven, east cf the second principal meri1 man: Fractional townships twenty-eight, of ranges two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nir.e and ten, east of the secenjj principal meridian; Fractional township twenty-nine, of ranges live, sir, seven, eiihf, nine, ten j and eleven, cast of the second piincipal ; meridian; Fractional township thirty, of ranges seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, east of the second. j pi incipal meridian; Fractional township thirty one, of ramrcs eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, east of the second principal meridian; f Also the undermentioned township's n the vinnitv n T.p At r httnn. 17. Townships thirty-seven and thirtyeight, of ranges two, three and four, eas, ol the second principal meridian; Townships thirty seven, cf rang&j eight and nine, east cf the second piincipal meridian; The townships will be offered in tho order above designating, beginning with the lowest number of section subject to sale in each. The lands reserved by law forthevsa cf schools or for other purposes, are to be excluded from sale. Given under my hand at the City cf Washington, this fifth day of June, A. D. 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office. It will be observed that some of tho lands proclaimed for sale at Fort Wayne by the Prrvdent's proclamation, dated 5th June, 1830, are not included in the above proclamation, but that other lands are substituted in lieu thereof. This results from the circumstance that thero has been an omission in the law to attach the lands ceded by the treaty made with the Potawatamies cn the 20th day ok September, 1823, to the Fort Wayno Land District. JUUC T n , 6, 1830. 20 tdz. J. B. CONNELLY, Clock and Watch-Maker. HAS commenced business in tho house belonging to Wilsoc Lagovv, on Water street, Vincennes, Ind. where he is prepared to execute crdcra of all kinds, in his line, with neatr.ess accuracy and despatch. N. B. The highest price will be given for old gold and silver. June 5, 1330. 17-Gt TOBACCO FACTORY. -a TR. WILLIAM G. rOULKS rei. JL spectfully informs the citizens o Vincennes, and the Western country ; generally, that he has commenced tho Manufactory of 1 obacco, in all its vari ous branches; and can furnish segars or tobacco of all kinds, cither wholesale or i-ptii!. of tlir ht nitilitw. nnrl ftt thft ' shortest notice. He also offers the 1 . . ': highest price lor good tobacco ! 1 ! - - - 1 r 1 n r- ,t Vinc'snca, June 5, 183C. JMl