Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 November 1830 — Page 4

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OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT. BY WALTER SCOTT. Oft in the stilly night. Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years. The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone Now dirn'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken. Thus in the stilly night, Lre slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me. When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled. Whose garland's dead, And all, but he, departed! Thus, in the stilly night. Ere slumber's chain has bound mc, Sad memory brings the light Of other days arpund me. The following translation is from an anCieut Spanish Poem, which, says the Edinburgh Review, is surpassed by nothing with which we are acquainted in the Spanish language, except the Odes of Lewis de Leon. A at. Int. Oh ! let the soul its slumbers break, Arouse its senses and awake, To see how soon Life, like its glories, glides away, And all the stern footsteps of decay X Come stealing on. And while we view the rolling tide, Down which our flowing minutes glide Away so fast, Let us the present hour employ. And deem each future dream a joy Already past. Let no vain hepe deceive the mind Ho happier let us hope to tinci To-morrov? than to-day ; Our golden dreams of yore were bright, Like'them the present shall delightLike them decay. Ojr lives like hasting streams must be, That into one ingulfing sea Are doomed to fall The sea cf death, whose waves roll on, O'er king and kingdom, crown and throne, And swallow all. Alike the river's lordly tide. Alike the humble riv'let's glide To that sad wave ; Death levels poverty and pride, And rich and poor sleep side by side Within the grave. Cur birth is but a starting place! Life is the running of the race ; And death the goal : There all those glittering toys are brought, That path aloneof all usought. Is found cf all. Say, then, how poor and little worth Are all those glittering toys of earth, That lure us here? I)reams of sleep that death must break, Alas ! before it bids us wake, We disappear ! Xong ere the lamp cf death can blight. The cheek's pure gltiw of red and white Has passed away ; Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair; Age came and laid his tinker there. And where are they ? Where is the strength that spurned decay, The step that rolled so light and gay. The heart's blithe tone ? The strength is gone, the step is slow ; And joy goes wearisome and wo When age conies on ? 3UsrcUaurotts NAVAL REMINISCENCE. About a year previous to the declaration of war against Great Britain, the English frigate Macedonian arrived at Norfolk, where her commander, captain Carden, and his ofliccrs, were treated vvith all the hospitality for which the ci - titeiia of that city are distinguished. The frigate United States was then lying there, under the command of Decatur, between whom and captain Carden the customary civilities passed. At a dinuer given to captain Carden on board the United States, the comparative merits of the two vessels became the theme of remark, in which captain Carden maintai -

neu, wim gieat warmth, the superiority i Dung covered. I his preserves mem of his own new shin rWatn- ivitiilfrom the air. from moisture and from

great delicacy, replied, that he should sincerely regret the contingency which svouid place them in an attitude of mutual hostility, and waved the subject Little did the gallant captain of the Macedotiian then dream that the short space of a year and a half would prove to his mortification the fallacy of his opinion but so it was. After the return of the JVIacedonian to England, and the subse(juent declaration of wir, she sailed to join the squandron on our coast ; and after touching at one of the Western Islands a vessel vras descried, which, not answering the signals of the day, was knewn to be cither a French or Ameri cam frigate. The gteatest enthusiasm penrided the whole ship, and Carden cx-

ultingly exclaimed to one or hh officers, "If she be a French frigate we will give

her 25 minutes if a Yankee, we will take her in 20 minutes." The engagement commenced, but the Macedonian having the wind, was enabled to choose her own distance, in consequence of which the United States could not bring her to close action, until the lapse of more than half an hour. When the Brithh flag was lowered, the frigate was bailed from the United States, "What ship is that V The answer came back, "His Britanic Majesty's fiigate Macedonian, John S. Carden, commander," on hearing which, Decatur in a nun icd manner, and a quivering voice, produced by a momentary gush of feeling, directed the officer with the trumpet to ask if captain Carden was well. lie was answered in the aflirmative, and in a few minutes captain C3rden was on the dec of the United States, for the person of his old friend Decatur. The commodore being dressed in a short roundabout, with an old tarpaulin hat, & his lace diseuiscd and blacked with powder and smoke, it was .not until he advanced towards captain Carden with his hand extended, that the captain could distinguish him among the multitude of discolored visages that surrounded him. He there learned the capture of the Guerriere and the Frolic, and subse quently remarked to a friend that though he was pained to hear of the tarnished reputation of his sovetcign's flag, he could not but feel his inward satisfaction that his was not the first name upon the sad catalogue. After a tedious detention of several months at New London as a prisoner of war, the gallant officer re turned to England, was honourably ac quitted ol all blame by a court of inqui ry, and died in about a year. Journal of Commerce. Union of the Hudson Hay and the Gulf of Mex co The Galena Advertiser observes that it is not generally known that, in rainy seasons like the present, the waters of Hudson's Bay are united with those of the Mississippi, and consequently with the gulf of Mexico Yet it is a fact, although the gull of Mexico n something like this ty df greet, of latitude south of Hudson's bay, there is a communication in highwater, from one to the other; and canoes, every year, pass from the tributaries of Hud son's bay, into those streams which sup ply the Mississippi and the gulf olMcx ico. Red river is a tributary to lake Winncptck, whose waters have then eastury in Hudson's bay. One of the principal branches of Red river has P.s source in lake Traverse ; during the highwaters, canoes pass from this lake j into Big Stone lake, thence down the St Peters into the Missisippi river. Again, the Red tork, another principal branch of Red river, is also connected in the tai ny seasons, with the head waters of the Mississippi. Thus at certain seasons, a person can travel by water from the gulf of Mexico, by way of the Mississippi, to St. Peters and Red river, to lake Winnepcck ; thence through Nelson's river to Hudson's straits and Davis straits into the Atlantic, can again arrive in the gulf of Mexico, without any interruption whatever The water from the sources of the St Peters and Mississippi is about two months in arri ving at the gulf of Mexico. NOVEL CORRESPONDENCE. A singular correspondence has been commenced in Boston between "the liv irg who are yet alive," and the unborn ol the third generation to come. The cir cumstances are as follows: at the late centennial celebration in Boston, after the procession had been dismissed, Gen William Sullivan, chief matshal wrote a letter to his successor, which is enclo sed with his truncheon, in a roll of parch ment, and sealing it securely, he direct ed it in the following manner: The CHIEF MARSHAL of the Centennial Celebration, 1?th September 1830, lo the CtilliF MARSHAL ct irth September, 1930. The package was delivered to th mayor, with a request that he would cause it to be preserved and transmitted as directed. Mr. Sullivan had also sug gested to the proper authorities, that an iron or tin chest should be procuied, in ! ceding every thing that may be of inter est to those who shall live in deed whilst we live in memory Y e presume ' general Sullivan does not anticipate an answer immediately. j -V- Y. Com. Adv. j I T0 keet a p r l f. s tor winter use. J lul them in casks or bins, in layers i wel1 covered with dry sand, each layer frost Jt prevents their perishing by their own perspiration, and their moist urc being absorbed bv the sand ; at th same time it preserves the flavor of the apples Pippins have been kept in this manner sound Sc fresh till midsummer ; and how much longer they would have kept is not known Any kind of sand will answer, but it must be perfcctlv dry. V. K. Far. ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES. It you have blue eyes, you need not languish; if black eyes, you need not !etr .i . i i i . i - is no necessity of wearing short petticoatsif you arc doubtful as to that vuu nave a nreiiv ariKie, inert point, there can be nu harm in letting

them be long ; if you have gfiod teeth, do not laugh for the purpose of showing

them; n you have bad ones, ny ail means shut your mouth and smile ; if you have pretty arms and hands, there can be no objections to playing on the harp if you are disposed to be clumsy, work tapestry ; if you dance well, dance but seldom; if you dance ill, never dance at all; if you sing well, make no previous excuses ; if you sing indifferently, hesitate not a moment to sing " hen asked, for few people are judges of singing, but every one will be sensible of your desire to please ; if you would obtain power, be condescending; but above all, mark, if you are asked to be married, say yes, for you may never be asked a second lime. Anon. The beauty of our domestic maple has long been acknowledged, having ob-1 tained a conspicuous place in the orna mental finish of our fancy artie'es of furnituie. It is known to be susceptible of as fine a polish as any wood ; and we are glad to be informed we hope from good authority that it is even in New York supet seding, by the decree of fash ion. and of course by the common consent of taste, the use of mahogany It is said that the maple is now beginning to be adopted in the manufacture of ta bies and chairs, and also in finishing the interior of our most costly buildings. We know nothing more beautiful than some of the curled maple, which we have seen worked up in lat its' woikstands; and it will be a fit subj. ct of congratulation, which wc may be allowed, without disobedience to good Ufie, to go to our own orest, in preference to those of St. Domingo, for the materials o' beauty and comfort. Nat. Jour. THE DEVIL. In all ages the Devil has rendered great service to the learned, for whom he has always evinced a particular re-j gard. Scaliger w as said to have entered i into a compact with him. Socrates, Apuleus Agrippa, Cardan, Caglistro, are reported to have had familiars who inspired them with knowledge. Roger B?eon was imprisoned because the Dev il taught him mathematics The Tem plars, and Joan of Arc were accused of holding communication with demons.Our ancestors had so mean an opinion of he human mind, that they deemed it in capable of producing any thing without the aid of the Dt vil. John Faust, one of the inventors ot printing, was suspected of holding open communication with the irince of dai kness In S w nzerland, the common people entertain so high a no tion ol his talents, t h it they attribute to im the construction of several master pieces oi architecture ucnis lelhar treux says that the devil is a great geometrician ; Milton asserts that he excels in the building of bridges ; and Ttrullian informs us that the Devil is so good a natural philosopher, that he can carry a 3ieve lull ot water without spillin drop. BAD THINGS. An unfaithful servant, a smoky house, stumbling horse, a scolding wile, an aching tooth, an empty put sc, and undutitul child, an incessant talker, hogs that break th ough enclosures, a dull razor and a pimpled face a butting run. musquetoes and bugs in a bedchamber,! and a dundy. THE FAIR QUAKERS. They are certainly a dangerous sect.Theie is more pearl to he encountered beneath one of their coal box, drab bonnets, than in all the eyes that ever shone through artificial flowers That coquetish simplicity of dress, its perfect neatness so emblematic of purity, that latent smile just sufficient to dimple the blooming che.t k without uttering a sound, and above ail, that snow white stocking, fifed exactly to the foot that cannot be concealed, have a witchery about them which we are sure never entered into the contemplation of the good and honest Penn. Fxtract from a work fiiiblishcd the last year in London, on the Natural History of the Honey Zff, by Edward Bevan. "It is a singular thing, that bees, when deprived by accident ot their queen, create a substitute. One of the working grubs is elevated to the throne ; but not without an extraordinary education, which fits them to perform the duties of sovereignty. Nature takes especial care that no ambitious subject shall destrov the commonwealth by thrusting ti e mo narch Irom her throne and usurping her place. There can be no bcc-Croinwell, nor bec-Napolcon, lor the moment the intruder lound himself in the royal pa lace he would perceive himself entirely deficient in the organs ol reigning.What bloodshed and contusion would it have prevented in the world had it been necessary for a monarch not only to wield the sceptre, but to by a peculiar egg. This is a test which can admit of no doubt. A usurper might be instantly Called tr nrrnnr.f I n

madam; prove your legitimacy, or va.!0U WCTC S0 Perfect inevcr' point of clu-

cate the place for the occupation of one who can perform the royal functions "Although the sovereign bee has no thing to fear from ambitious subject yet the moment she arrives at her! nucen's estate, she becomes conscious that there arc rival near the throne, ' piccecd'n in tlx spirit cf ar crucial

despot, she determines on securing the peace of her reign in the surest manner She will suffer no bee, nurtured by the

royal jelly, and thus qualified ior the sovereignty, oeist. Her first thought, on emerging from her cell, is to put to death all the indwellcrs of the royal era dies. Of the manner in which this in slinctivc animosity displays itself, we find a curious description by Mr. Dun bar. "In July when the hive had become j filled with comb and bees, and well sto red with honey; and when the queen was very fertile, laying a hundred eggs a dav. Mr. Dunbar oncned the hive and 4 ' took her majesty away. The bees la boured for eighteen hours bclore they appeared to miss her ; but no sooner was the loss discovered than all was agitation and tumult : and thev rushed in crowds to the door, as if swai miner. On the following morning he observed that thty had founded five cells in the usual way under such circumstances; and in the evening of the same afternoon, tour more were lounded in a part of the comb where there were oniy egg a day or two old On the fourteenth day from the old queen's removal, a young queen emerged and proceeded towards the other royal ceils evidently with a murdeous intention. She was immediately pudvd away by the workers with violence ; and this conduct on their pait was repeated as often as the queen renewed hei destructive purpose. At every repulse she appeared sulky, and cried fictfi, fieefi, one of the unhatched queens responding, but in a somewhat hoaser lot e This circumstance affords an explanation of the two different sounds which are heard prior to the issuinc of second swarms On the afternoon of the same day a second queen was hatched, she immediately buried herself in a cluster of bees. Next morning, Mr D observed a ,lot pursuit ol the younger queen Dy t tne ciucr ; out uemg caueti away, cn nis return half an hour alterwards, the former was dying on the floor, no doubt the victim of the other. Hubcrhassta ted that these artificial queens are mute; but the ciicumstanccs noticed by Mr. Dunbar, of the luo queens just relcned to, haing answered each other, dis proves that statement. Contrary also to the experience ol Mr. Huber, Mr. D I found that the cells of the artificial queens were surrounded by a guard. I have just adverted to the protection which they afioided to the loyal cells, w hen assailed by the first hatched qu en "The unhappy drones, when the end of their being is answeied,are ruthless ly mass&cred The scene of fury to which they fall a sacrifice is thus described by Dp Bevan. "Alter trie season of swarming, viz towards ihe end of July, as is well know n a general massaciccof the dioncs takes place. The business of fecundation being completed, they arc regaidcd as the useless consumers of other's hbo love is at once converted into lutious hate, and a general pioscription takes place. The unfortunate victims evident ly perceive their danger; for they are never at this time, seen resting in one place, but darting in and out of the hive with the utmost precipitation, as in fear of being seized. 1 heir destruction has been gt ncrtdly supposed to be effected by the workers harassing them till the) quit the hive; this was the opinion ol Mr. Hunter, who says the woikers pitch them to and fro, without stinging them, and he considers their death as natural rather than an untimely one. Rut Huber has observed that their destruction is effected by the stings of the workers; he ascertained this by placing his hives upon a glass tube Reumer seems to have Peen aware of this, for he has re marked that notwithstanding the superiority which the drones seem to have irorn their bulk, they cannot hold out against the woi kers, who are armed with a poignard which conveys poison into the wound it makes. The moment this formidable weapon lias entered their bodies, they expand their wings $c expire. At the siege of Yorktown, Baron Steuben was in the trenches at the head of his division and received the first overture of lord Cornwallis to capitu late At the relieving hour the next morning the marquis de Lafayette ap preached at the head of his division to relieve him. The baron refused to quit the trenches, assigning as a reason the etiquette in Europe, that the cfler to ca pitulate had been made durinp his tour of duty, and that it was a point of honor of ! w hlLl li? uu,u not depnvc his troops, to remain in the trenches till the capitula tion was signed or hostilities recommenced The dispute was referred to the commander in chief, and the baron was permitted to remain till the British fhr was struck. While on this duty the ba icn perceiving himself indaLger from a shell thrown from the enemy, threw himself suddenly into the trench ; general Wayne, in the jeopardy and hurry of the moment, fell on him; the baron turning his eyes, saw it was his brigadier, -I always knew you were brave general," said he, "but I did not know i tv ; you cover vcur eeneral'a retrmt m the best manner possible." GENERAL WASHINGTON. The Watertown Hegis'cr say s . It is fact not ecnerullv known to Americans, that the father of hi rnuntrv held the dace of marshal of France, under?

Louis XVI, at the same firae that he vos performing the duties of licutenant-gcn eral in the revolutionary arms He was

created marshal to enable himtocom maitd Rochambo, who in rank w as a very old general, and could only be commanded by a marshal of France. On a picture presented to him by the earl of Bucan, was written, To Marshal General Washington. ' HATS, v Made & Srfd, hj R 1 PRICE. ( FlXCENSES, IsDUSJyJ the house lately occupied by Jamks U. McAxthur, as an iron stor., ..n ?a meet, one door auoyc Market :rcrt The uuces of hats in general, are for Heave S'O Fine Castor, 8 Coarse do 6 Fine Horamt S Coarse do 3 Hats made in the shops here, arc in general, much superior to these imported from the Eastern states, for the latter are made of the coarsest wool, ami naped with rabit iur the farmers would find it to their interest, at least 25 per cent, to purchase from the manufactuters. I pledge myself that my Hats shall be made in the best manner, of superior stuff, and in the most Fash' ionable style. RICHARD P. I RICE. February, 1830. 2-tf tCTPOKK, CORN U OATS will be re ceivedin exchange for Hats. R t P THE Xu&DY'S BOGS. CIURLKS ALEXANDER, Publisher of the Daily Chronicle, and well known as having been . ennccted in the publication of the Saturday evening Pr.st, and Casket proposes in conjunction witli Louis A. Godky, to commence, cn thfirst of Julv next, a monthlv LITERARY MlbCELLANY, under ti c above title. This work will be devoted especially to the service of the Ladifs, ;,nd lc;ki:i chiefly to them for patronage, no exertion will be spared to merit it. I he plan contemplated aries materially from th a .f any cf the American pt riodicals now emulated ; and if executed in the style v .s the proprietors btliev e to be vv ithin tht ir n-eans, will be found, they trust, to be an m provcment, in some respect at least, upon the best of its predecessors. In the choice of materials, though contributions of decided merit will alw ays be acccptab.e, they never will be introduced to the exclusion of other articles of superior value. The numciou Magazines to be provided fcr the puipoo of selection, will always afford a plentiful supply of matter suitable for the Lady's Book, which, when republish- d, vtill possess, for nil but a few, the attraction of ncvclty. T.xtensive arrangements have been made at home and abroad that will give every facility to the ready attain merit of the choicest and earlist productions. 'I he design includes every thing which may be expected to afford entertainment and instruction, in an inviting form, to those for whom the wrrk is intended. It is presumed too, that a Miscellany deserving the notice of the ladies, cannot but prove worthy of the ether sex. Among the subjects which may be rnumerated as likely to be prominent, will be found Music, including notices cf newr compositions, with occasional disquisitions on the science, and reprints cf such New Songs as may be thought worthy to be so dis tiuguished ; Biographical anecdotes. Tales and interesting Narratives, from writers cf real talent ; the Fashions, with an illustrative engraving quarterly, fanciful!) coloured. This department will be under the superintendence of persons well versed in the art, and no pains will be spared to render it not the least attractive part cf its contents. A word or two now and then will be introduced, touching those exercises & sports which are generally rerarded asm niovintr to both health and beauty, mong which. Hiding and Dancing may be specified, w ith appropriate w ood cuts by skilful artibts. Poetry, of course will be one of the Departments to which great attention will be paid; arid Ln.brcidery, the poetry cf Needle work, w ill fill its due space. On this latter subject it will be difficult to find contributors w ho can write clearly, but the engraver will be perfectly intelligible. CONDITIONS. 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