Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 37, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 October 1830 — Page 4

TV II AT IS WISDOM ? Fror.i Holster's Quarterly Magazine. I ask dthesige, when wandering at.iv la search of Wisdom's bright and shining . .... st,ar:,.. , , t!;1'' cchat's Wisdom? He exclaimed with tearlhc fearof God s thc isdcm oi the wuc. I ask'd the rainbow's changing tints cf liht. The glorious harbinger of mercy bright: ' Twas Wisdom rob'd me thus, the earth to span. And bade me lull the fearful heart cf man. I asked the ocean and its ceasless tide In the hollow murmurs to my voice replied: "Behold mv swelling waves their ebb and flow, The hand cf Wisdom marks ho-v far they'll gc. Then"! pursued the pure, the golden sun. And found him nearly when his course was done; "O stay me net." he cried, "check not my pice, ' Tis Wisdom's work to run the hcavn'lv race!" i ask'd the stars to track me Wisdom's way, In the high heav'n of glory where they lay; "Tis Wisdom's path," they cried, "that we have trod. The path of Wisdom is the will of God!" I ask'd the moon, the moon, thatshonc afar, In her pale light within her crescent car, Wisdom is knowledge of the hand divine That bade me beand plac'd me here to shine,5 ' The silver sphere caught up the heavenly j song, Fxho'd through endless space, it rcll'd a along ; Angels rejoiced and fillM with holy fires, Tun'd unto wisdom all their golden lyres.

-Wisdom's the influence brighllv glowing, u"1 ,,,u.,Mls Ul From the Almighty's glorv ever flowing ! I rv require a total revolution on this subTh unspotted miner of his power and I ject. For myself, I hope to be excused

mitrht ! The radi nice of everlasting light Then e irth-born attune thy sacred lyre. And join thc chorus of the heav'nly choicr In pr.usi t: the great tri-une Ciod above, Wliose wiU is wisdom, and whose rod is NEW ENGLAND COUNTY DANCE. BV t:i oias g. fkssf.xdex. How fm.r. 'tis, when pretty lads and lasses Meet ill together, just to have a caper. And thc black fiddler plays you such a tune Sctsyou a frisking. High bucks and ladies, standing in a row all, Make finer show than troops of continentals, Balance and foot it, rigadoon and chassc, Brimful of rapture. Thus poets tell us how one Mister Orpheus Led a rude forest to a country-dance and Played thc brisk tune of Yankee Doodle on a is ew-Holland nuuie. Spruce are our gallants, cssenced with pomatum. Heads powdered white as Killington Peake snow-storm : Ladles, how brilliant, fascinating creatures All silk and muslin ! But now behold a sad reverse cf fortune. Life's brightest scenes are checkered with disaster. Clumsy Charles Clumpfoot treads on Tabv's gown, and Tears all the tail cfl"! Step, stop the fiddler, all away this racket ; Hartshorn and water! sec the laidies faintinc. Paler than Primrose, fluttering about like Pigeons affrighted ! Tsot such the turmoil, when the sturdy firmer Sees turbid whirlwinds beat his oats and rye And the mdc hail-stones, big apistol-bul-kt ?, Dash in his windows ! Though 'twa: unhappy, never seem to mind it. Bid punch and sherry circulate the brisker ; Or, in a bumper flowing with Madeira, Drown the misfortune. Willy Wagnimble dancing with Flirtilla, Almost as light as air-balloon inflated, Rigadoons round her, till the laydy's heart is Forced to surrender. Bonny Ramboezle cuts the drolest capers. Just like a camel, or a hippopot'mos, Jolly Jack Jumble makes as big a rout as Forty Dutch horses ! Sec Angelina lead the mazv dance down, evcr did fairy fiin it so fantastic : iiow mv heart f- ,tt... ,..i,:i tongue pronounces iiuutu ttiil.t. Ill) Sweet little scranh ! Such are thc j.vs that flow from couutrv dancing. Pure as thc primal happ'nes-: of Fdcn W ine, mirth, and music, kindle in accord ai'.ce Raptures ecstatic. vHteccilaucous. r II MALE SOCIISTV. Iftl.ere be any recreation, which more than all other tends to preserve the mo ral senses from pollution, thc affections from bcinr corruntcd, the social feelings lrnm KciiK to decay to " raise thc banners ar.d improve thc heart0 it is in Tom tT. mr tn ilrrn r II rilec thp

the ficqucnt intercourse with sensible & ;

well educated females. I do not mean now that these advantages arc to be sought for or expected in the crowded ball room or in fashionable parties. These arc too often the hot beds where the rank weeds of dissipation shoot up in deadly luxuriance and wither the seeds of virtue. It is rather in the exchange of thought, in the hours of social intercourse, that the influence of woman delights, cheers, and improves. Here, there is no artificial excitement to lend a Riorv- lo icr check, or a deceitful volubility to her tonrue I value far higher, nnn . ,, . , r .... . 1 ,. , , r f ., ., iciiigcnr, accompusncti icmaic, man an the giddy scenes of the theatre or ball room I had rather stand in the shadow of such a woman by moonlight, than promenade Bioadway with the most fashionable bzlle in the city. CLASSICAL LEARNING. The following rematks upon the style of the ancient classics, arc contained in a note in Grimkc's Address on the Character and Obiccts of Sr.ipnrr."

some extracts from which have alrcadvithe admirable articles on politics, philo-

been given in this paper )er. In his observ ations upon the comparative importance i of ancient and modern learning, there is, wc think, much sound sense. The sub ject is one of much importance, and has recently given rise to considerable discussion Wc doubt not that the opinions of Mr. Grimkc will be perused with much interest. I believe, that I do not speak unadvisedly or ignorantly, on the subject. I have devoted as much time to the study of the classics and with as much zeal industry, as perhaps most scholars of our country, excepting professors and other tcacheis. I began life with deep feelings of veneration tor the classics, with an ex altcd opinion ot their excellence in mat ter ami manner, anu wnn a strong oenet of their superiority ov er the moderns But the reflections and experience of twenty ycais have Ud me gradually, yet irresistibly to the conclusion, that the r .i .t i for sitting down here, candidly and inde pendendently, the result of much and anxious thought, devoted to this inquiry, especially whilst engaged in the education of my eldest son Confining the question to British authors only as compared with those of Greece and Rome, my settled opinion is, that thc former are superior to the latter, in all the constituent excellencies of true greatness ; in permanent, practical, extensive usefulness; in preparing the individual for the walks of private and social life ; ihe citizen, for the rational enjoyment of his privileges ; the patriot, for his public duties; and the Christian, for the service of his God, and of his fellow men. Ac cordingly, I would rather have a young man deeply imbued with the spirit, thoroughly instructed in the principles, and enriched with Mie knowledge, to be gathered from thc eminent authors of the British school, than ihat he should be the most accomplished classical scholar in the Union, nay, even in the world. I would f ather he should be a profound student of the philosophy, literature, and history, produced by the British isles, than that he should copy Thucydides nine times, or imitate Dudith, in transcri bing Cicero: Mat he should be able to converse, like Ritterhutius in the lines of Homer, to commit, like Lipsius, the whole ot l acitus- to memory, l-et a your.g man study, with enthusiasm and devoted application, the following authors, and I feel assured. th3t, he will be wiser and better, a mere useful and hap i py rnan, whether in public or private li!c, than if he should dedicate thc prime of his days, to the classics, and be able to write Greek like Heinsius, or Latin like Murctus. The authors, whom I would name as constituting a nobler, richer, and more valuable library, than thc whole body of Greek and Ro man writers together, are the following. I exclude from the catalogue of literary writers, such as novelists and poets; not however, that I undervalue them. Indeed I regard the British Isles, as the superiors of Greece and Rome, in the descriptive and pathetic, in the moral c sentimental poetry. And as to thc writings of Scott and RadclitTe, of Fielding, Smollett, Richardson, Godwin, Sec. Sec. they have no rivals in the whole compass of ancient literature. For no one, I presume, would compare with them, u the loves of Chai eas. and Callirhoc." or of u Clitophon and Lcucippe "the Amours of Daphnis, and Chloc," or of " Dosiclcs and Rhodanthe ;" the Romances of Xenophon and Parthenius, or the JE.thiopics of the bishop of Tiieca. Fictitious history, in truth, is found among thc ancients, only in thc state of raw material. The profound knowledge jef human nature, the original genius. Sc ; exquisite worKinanship of British arusts, has added another order to tnc architecture of literature. Thc following is thc list of books above referred to. In history Shuck ford's and Pridcaux's, Connections, and Milnor's Church History; Mitford's Greece, and GilHe's History of the World from Alexander to Augustus ; Ferguson and Gibbon; Cox's Life of Marlborough: Gifiord's Life of Pitt; Russell's Ancient and Modern Europe ; Roscoc's Lorenzo de Mccici anil Leo X; ! Robert SOTi. T Til Mir- Wntcn'c Philin II ! Mirclmt'.. . - I ; Marshal's Washington ; Priestly and : Bolingbrokc on History. On Chrcnoh -

gy Newton and Usher. On Xclurcl and Revealed Religion Duller, Bishop Cumberland, Dcrham, Palcy, Bryant, Jeremy Taylor,- Barrow and Lowth 0Y1 Isaiah. In Mzral end Metaphysical Philosophy Paley, Smith, Edwards, Locke, Hutchinson, Rcid, Stewart and Browne. On the Philosohu of Society and Government Bui ke, M'Intcsh, Jc Ferguson on civil society ; Play fair's Decline and Fall of Nations, Hallam Stewart's View, Ruthcrforth's Insti lutes, Dclolmc and Millar cn the Eng. lish Government; Sidney and Locke on Government; Chipman's Principles and the Federalist, Smith's Wealth of Nations, Malthus, Brougham's Colonial Policy, and Alexander Hamilton's Reports. In Rhetoric and Criticism Blair, Kaims, Campbell, Alison, Lowth on Hebrew Poetry, and Horsely on Hosea. In Eloquence Buike, Pitt, Sheridan and Fox, Windham and Erskine. On the Improvement of the Mind Watts, Locke and Kirwan's Logic. On Grammar Murray and Home Tookc ; and lastly, the various and general

knowledge, found in Cyclopaedias, and sophy and criticism, in the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews. I am so perfectly convinced of the correctness of the opinion above cxpres scd, as to the far superior advantages. deriveablc from English writets, thai it is a source of constant regiet, that my youth and early manhood, were not devoted to the study of the authors heie enumerated, rather than to the classics. I desire to record here, cu.prnticaby my opinion, founded on the t:tiy of my own mind, and the cxpericme of iwcn.y years, that 7" art derived r.o nubs tan tial improvement from the classics I owe to modern writers, chiefly English, all that I have or am. And it is now a source of regret to mc, that my own im perfections in this particular, and my condition in life, do not permit me to de dicate myself wholly, to thc instruction of my sons, on thc plan of an education, founded on common sense and human nature; adapted to our state of society, to cur government, and to the prospects of our country; and dovoted chiefly to the profound and comprehensive culture of moral and political science. Few as yet, have turned their attention much to this subject: and most who have tho't of it, have spoken in the spirit of the old English Barons, " Nolumus leges An gliie mutari." They have spoken in the spirit of Patrick Henry, in the Virginia convention, when he declared, u I wouid I infinitely rather have a king, lords and commons, than a government, so replete wiih evils, as this which is now offered to us " They have spoken in the spirit cf Rawlins Lowndes, who declared on a similar occasion in our state convention, that he desired no epitaph on his tomb, than that he had resisted to the uttermost thc new constitution. DECISION OF CHARACTER Resolution is omnipotent. Determine that you will be something in the world,' and you will be something. Aim at excellence and excellence will be attained. This is the great sec ret cf effort and eminence I cannot do it, never accomplished any thing I will trijy has wrought vjzndtrs. You have all, perhaps, heard of the young man, who having wasted, in a short time, a large patrimony, in profligate revels, formed a purpose, while hanging over thc brow of a precipice' from which he had determined to throw himself, that he would regain what he had lost. The purpose thus formed he kept; and though he began by shovel ling a load of coals into a cellar, he pro cceded frotn one step to another, till he had mere than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser worth sixty thousand pounds. I mention this, not as an example to be imitated, but as a signal instance of what can be accom plithed by fixed purposes and perseverinr cfTort. A young man who sets out in life with a determination to excel, can hardly fail of his purposes. There is in his case, a steadiness of aim a con centration of feeling and effort, which bear him onward to his object with irresistible energy, and render success, in whatever he undertakes, certain. THOUGHTS. BY THE PRINCESS DE SALM 1. It is one of the most difficult things in thc world to persuade ourselves that any one can love those whom we ourselves hate. 2. We always fancy there is something ridiculous about those sentiments which wc ourselves have never feltstill more about those which wc have ceased to feci. 3. The habit of despising that which is respectable or praiseworthy leaves an injurious impression upon the mind which nothing can wcarctT. 4. Lxnenence rrraduallv teaches us. thai tnc greater part of what we look l - q j j uyuu jj uwsiuriuncs, arises irom our endeavoring to hasten, to change, or to constrain thc natural course of events, It would almost seem as if there were secret chain of connexions, of cause and effect, which would conduct us naturally ana necessarily to the object of our del sires, if the restless character of our minds did not from time to time lead us astray from the time past. 5. There is, in regard to treat misfcrJ tunes, a moment which causes even I more nain thin Hi f rr,lcfrrtiino ifc!f if " .!..... t. i. t r . is that in w ! of its cxistc hich wc can no longer doubt existence.

6. There arc griefs which no time cr 1

circumstances can totally cure or eradicate the sentiment of; they seem to re treat into the recesses of the soul, there to remain ready to present themselves whenever we feel a tendency towards unhappiness. 7. Petty and shuffling excuses, which satisfy vain and little minus, do but irri satisiv vain anu iiuic iiunu5, uo uui irri-! . . ' I tatc eencrous ones, still more than the r...i. .-i.:-.. ,i n,'.n ,w,v-ii,. lauir WHICH I CT cxniaiuawa) mere i i-j . ,,A ,,,, ,.,,;P , ;c ii no lid repentance but that nluch ii )cntancc but that i c. luiianu sincere. o A C .t 4 . mm I ..r I ii n n in o wncoi mc r::,; life is that of being compelled to live without those who, by thc very character of their own minds are prevented or incapacitated from appreciating ours. 9. Thc spirit of intrigue causes in uptight and honest minds a sort of dread, analogous to that which springs from personal dangers which may threaten us in darkness. This arises from thc impossibility of our forming an exact judgement as to the nature of what we have to expect. 10. There can be no doubt that there are certain evil qualities of character hich, though we cannot comprehend them in consequence of having nothing analagousto them within ourselves, we yet leel the presence of, and shun by a sort of instinct ; like a blind person on thc edge of a precipice, we feel the danger which Me can neither see nor compiehend. Plants raised by subdivision. Thc grape, from a natural vine, has five seeds, cut from a slip has but two Some vines, raised by the last method, lose the seds entirely The less number of seeds the more richer the juices. Apples and oranges having the least number of pips hav e generally the highest flavour Thc suga cane propagated by division loses its seeds This is the caiC with the succulent plants of the cape of Good Hope after having been for a number of years transplanted in Europe A grafted tree will bear fruit sooner, but later in 'he season than a seedling. The walnut, grafted in a wal nut, buds a fortnight later. 50 DOLLARS REWARD. UNAWAY from the subscriber JL, livmg in Logan county Ky. on Red River, on thc 4th inst , at night, a Negro m.-nnamgd He is about 24 m 25 years old, 5 feet 10 xnr-TT inches i igh,of a yellow complex ion, a wide mouth: when spoktn to, has a down look and is slow of speech. Said boy was raised in this county by John J. MackcU, Esq He is a blacksmith; and being indulged, he has acquired the art of writing and reading, and knows tolerably well the description of thc United States and their governments. When said boy staited, being in the night, all ol l is clothes are not known. He wore a pair of bang up cord pantaloons, a coarse blue cloth coat and cloth vest When the boy left me, he rode a yellow sorrel marc, branded with the letters T. D on her left shoulder, having a black streak down her back, and when travelling carries her head low. Said mare paces and tiots finely. Said boytook an old saddle and pair of saddlebags. It is supposed he will make for some of thc free states. When the boy started he was seen with some sptcie money, and had a two dollar bill on Yeaiman and Woods' Exchange Bank in Nashville, counterfeit. It is supposed, if this boy is not with a white man, he has a free pass, and will endeavor to pass as a free man, and will rely very much upon his scholarship. He is a sly and designing fellow. Fifty dollars will be given for said boy and mare, if apprehended within one hundred miles from home; if taken under a hundred, twenty five will be given; and if in the neighborhood, ten; and all reasonable charges paid. The above n wards will be paid, if he is confined in any jail ss that I can get him. THOS. O. DRANE. LoganCo, Ky. Sept. 4, 1830 33-5t. To Bricklayers, Builders, &c. BY order of thc board of Justices of Pike county, thc building of a courthouse in the town of Petersburgh, will be let to the lowest bidder, on Monday the 8th of November next, in thc said town. The house to be thirty-six feet square of brick, with a stone foundation. The payments will be specie. Three hundred dollars will be advanced about the time of contracting. The plan of the house, the manner in which it is to be finished, and the terms of payment will be particularly made known on the day of letting The contractor will be required to rir hnnnrl with nnnroved security for , the performance of the contract wwv ft - -- -- J -w ULL o i uv-n i , A PETER BRINTON, (f Si. W. FOSTER, Trustees. 32-61. aTPctersburgh Sept. 16th 1830 fO LAW NOTICE, 7 JOHN II. DOWDRX. 1 CO UK SELLER & ATTORNEY AT LAW, 7 ILL attend to the business of his y V profession promptly when called upon; his office is kept adjoining the Clerk's office, in the court house, where he may be found. ::-:f Viccciir.cs, Oct. 7, 1330.

General Land Office. 23d August, 18CC. JTOTICE is hereby given, that the IN sale of Public Lands, directed by the President's proclamation of the 15th of June last, to take place at the Land Oflicc at Crawfordsville, in the State cf

Indiana, on the first Monday in October ... , . , .. . riext, is hereby postponed until the first . x.: i . ',,U,1U4 ' ncji; znumcsaic vi4vv.iv.u uy mc same lii uciauiailUJl lO ake place'at thc Ljrj 0(!icc M IVnn c.. ..- , ondy in October next, is hereby postponed until the third Mond; say m rcvcmbcr next. By direction of thc Secretary of the Treasury, JOHN M. MOORE, jict'g. Com. of the Gen. Lend Ojic. By the President of ihe United States. If N pursuance of law, I, Andre? iL Jackson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that public sales win be held at the Land Offices of Crawfcrdftvillc and Fort Wayne, in the state of Indiana, at the periods hereinafter designated, to wit: At the Land Office at Crawfordsville, on the first Monday in October next, for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz: Townships twenty-eight, thirty-seTcn and thirty-eight, of range one, east of the second principal meridian; - Fraction of 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 of range two, west of the second principal meridian; Fraction of township twenty-five, and townships twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-seven and thirty-eight, of range threo vvestot the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty-eight of range four, west of the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty-eight, cf range five west of the second principal meridian; The Fractions of townships twentyfive, 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 thc act of congress, approved on thc 2d day of March, 1827. The townships designated as numbers thirty-seven and thirty-eight, are in the vicinity of Lake Michigan. At the Land Office at Fortwayne, on the third Monday in October next, for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the undermentioned townships and fractional townships between thc W' abash and Eel rivers, and embracing all the alternate sections and parts of sections reserved to the United States under the act cf Congres sgranting to the State of Indiana certain lands for the purpose of opening a canal, with tho exception of those sections through which the canal may run, to wit: Fractional townships twenty-seven, of ranges two, three, four, five, six and seven, east of the second principal meridian; Fractional townships twenty-eight, cf ranges two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten, east of thc second principal meridian; Fractional township twenty. nine, of ranges five, six, seven, eight, nine, tea and eleven, cast of the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty, of ranges seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, east of the second principal meridian; Fractional township thirty-cne, of ranges eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, east of the second principal meridian; Also the undermentioned townships in the vicinity of Lake Michigan, viz: Townships thirty. seven and thirtyeight, of ranges two, three and four, cast of the second principal meridian; Townships thirty-seven, of ranges eight and nine, east of the second principal meridian; The townships will be offered in thc crder above designating, beginning with the lowest number of section subject to sale in each. The lands reserved by law for the use of schools or for other purposes, arc to be excluded from sale. Given under my hand at the City cf Washington, this fifth day of June, A. U. 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. George Graham, Commissioner cf the General Land Office. It will be observed that some cf the lands proclaimed for sale at Fort Wayne by the President'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 thc lands ceded by the treaty made with the Potawatamies on the 20th day of September, 1828, to the Fort Wayne Land District. June 26, 1830. 20 tds. Has;s ! Haprs ! Hairs ! CASH, or WORK, will be given for any quantity of clean Linnen or Cottzr, at LjlC VE'NTHX SUN cfficC