Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 42, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 November 1830 — Page 4

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From the Lady's Ihck. WIN T Ell. I come, I come, for the voir is old ; The fields have dofTd their mantle of gold, And tilting down from the shaking tree, The blushing leaf falls whirlingly. Drools to old ocean the weary Sun, Kre the last of his radiant course is run ; And the early shadow s of cv'ning gray Close the brigln round of the shorten'd day. I come with my snow flake, spotless white. With my frosty chain for the waters bright, Witfi my pendants of diamond for bush and tree And the cricket chirping so cheerily. I come with the shout of the festive throng. With the merry talec the Christmas song. With the laugh of the young, and the stocking pours The torrent rich of its sugir'd stores. I peep through the pane at the blazing hearth, . At the smile of age, & at childhood s mirth ; At the crowing babe, the applauding sire, The streaming urn and the cheerful fire At the blushing maid and the happy swain, Stepped apart from the merry scene, While soft as the coo of the amorous dove, Their whispered breathings tell of love. I come with my mantle of feathery snow, And breathe on the chilly pane as I go, Till ruined tower and icy tree On the frosted window tell of me. Bit the whole of my faulty work is done, When from the bright chariot, the blessed Sun : Casts his warm glances on rill and brae, Till the gladsome waters burst away. Then buds the young leaflet, the gay birds sin Earth duns her green mantle to welcome spring. Young Zephyr on flowery sweets reposes. And wild bees port mid the new-born roses. S. From ihe Mvicrva. LOVE. .et stoics frown with cold disdain. On lov e's heart soothing blisses ; There's nought relieves this life of pain, Like Doctor Cuiid's kisses. The aching head bv love is pressed, And pillow M on affection's breast ; The feverish cheek the heart of care, Forgets to burn to sorrow there. O ! I could brave the storms of fate, The tempest's hon-1, and even, The scorns and curses, frowns and hate, Of all the world, if Heaven Would s;rant one faithful hand to press My uchiag head with tenderness ; Would grant me, from its stores above One J! ask of pure and virtuous love. I'd meet the blast the nectar sip; Brave fortune's frown beguile Its shivering with another tip ; In sorrow sip and smile. On mountain's northern side he dwells, In shades nocturnal, gloomy dells, Who never like the cooing dove, Receives, nor gives, the kiss rj'hve. TRIAL OF Silt lUCHAlll) U. WTc present our leaders with the fol lowing extract, as a specimen of a tract published eighty years atro. The drift cf it is evident. "It is not only pleas ant, diverting, witty, and refreshing in itselt, says the preface, "but it contains a moral that is far more precious than all tinsel of outward show." It is stated tlut three editions of it were sold in a fortnight. The Indictment and Trial of Sir Rich, ard Rum, &c. By a special commission of the peace QCou-t was held May IS, at Punch Hall ii the kingdom of Teaming, before the Kight Worshiplul Sir .Yathan Stand. fast and sir Solonnn Sttjfrumfi, chief judges ot the courts of justices consti tuted by king Bacchus. The court being sat, and the prisoner placed at the bar, the jury was called over as follows : Timothy Tosspot, Benjamin Bumper Giles Lickspigot, Theophilus Toaper John Sixgodowns, Obadiah Thirsty, chard Rednose, L)hn Neversober, An thony Idlefell off, Nathaniel Spendthrift Jonathan Lovedram, Edward Empty purse. fit is surprising that any one of these jurors should have been allowed to be sworn. Every one of them should have oecn peremptorily challenged for favor John Sixgodowns and John Ncvcrsobe: i xvcre the very hst who hl to hav( - ueen piaceu on this ut v. TiW of course be partUl to their profligate companion Rum Against whom sir Richard having made no exception, thecle-k proceeded to read the indictment as fallows : Clerk . Sir Richard Rum Df tjlc county of Flip thou standest here in dieted, for that thou, not tcgarding the good of ihy fellow creatures, hast, in a hold and audacious manner, knocked down, killed, maimed, and bespoiled ma "7 ot his majesty's good and liege sub jccls. Also, that thou hast for many years, and still dist, hold a traitorous '-cnspirDcy with Mr. Finch and Mr.

Fiih two as notoriously wicked &s thy j singing coxirjcxvr. to health. self, by and with whose assistance, thou Many parents encouraging developdost intoxicate the heads of rood honest 1 racnt ot musical talents in their child-

well meaning people, to the ruining of their persons, and impoverishing their estates; so that many a poor man's wife and children sit at home, wanting what is sinfully wasted in jour extravagant company, as will appear by many credible witnesses, who are deplorable instances of the truth of what is alleged against you. All which facts are contray to the good and wholesome laws of the kingdom, 3s well as against the king, his crown and dignity. What saycM thou, art thou guilty or not guilty, of what thou standest heic indicted ? 6z Richard. Not guilty. Clerk. How will you Ue tried ? Sir Richard By the opinion of all judicious persons. Clerk. Cryer, make proclamation. O yes, O yes, O yes, il any man can inform the court of any minders, treasons, or other misdemeanors committed by the prisoner at the bar, let them come into court, and they shall be heard in their several orders. Call John Vulcan, the blacksmith. Vulcan Here. Clerk. Thou art desired to declare what thou knowest, in relation to what the prisoner stands indicted for. Vulcan. May it please the honorable bench, and you gentlemen of the jury: I am very well acquainted with the prisoner at the bar, and that your honors will have reason to judge, when I have told all that I have to say. I am a black smith by trade, and being liable to much heat, I have for mavy years had do un quenchable spark in my throat, which 1 might quench with a pot of middling beer or cider ; but happening to be acquainted with the prisoner, I became a lover of his company, and when I have once got into his company, he scarce ever parts with me till he hath catched tin fast by the noddle, tript up my heels, ant1 laid mc last on my back, so that I have not been able to get up to go to work for two or three days; besides having my pockets picked and my head and bonci ache, he iuth set my wife's tongue ago inn: like a nancrmill : so that with the life I lead on the one hand, and the da mage I lcceivc on the other hand, v m ikes me weary of my life, and scn?i ble of my cnor. And 1 am sure sir Richard ought to be punished, for se du cing honest men at this rate. This oentlcmcn, is rny grievance, and I hope you will take it into consideration. Mr. Shuttle the weaver, Tom Snifi, the tailor, and JVhcat, the baker, bein called, corrohor ted the testimony o! Vuican. New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Carolinas, aho testify to the same effect, and the accused was doubtless convict ed, though we ate not sure, inasmuch as the concluding part of the trial has been mutilated Boston Centmel. POPULATION CF CELEBRATED CITIES. The following curious and ingenius calculation is given in a German publication of the hundred most populous cities in the world These are Jeddo, in japan, 1,680,000, inhabitants; Pekin, 1,500,000 ; London, 1, $00 000; Hans Is-ch-n, 1,100.000; Calcutta, 900,000; Madras, 817.000 ; Nankin, 800,000; Congo Ischen. 800 000 ; Paris, 7 i 7,000 ; Werst Chana, 600,000 ; Constantinople, 597.000; Banares, 530,000 ; Kio, 520, 000; Su Ischen, 500,000; Hoeing Is chen, 500,000, Sec The fortieth in hc list is Berlin, containing 193,000 ; ahdthc last Bristol, 87.000. Among the hundred cities, two contain a million Sc a half, two upwards of a million, nine fiom half a million to a million, twenty-three fiom 200,000 to 500,000, fifty six from 100,000 to 200,000, and six from 87,000 to 100 000. Of these hundred cities, fiftyeight are in Asia, and thirty two in Europe, of which four are in Germany, tour in France, five in Italy, eight in England, and three in Spain ; the remaining ten are divided between Africa & America. Siirit of the Jge. THE OLDEST ItEl'UBLtC ON EARTH. The last Ametican Quarterly Reviewcontains a letter from G. V Erving, Esq., giving a sketch of his visit to San Marino, a small republic in Italy, between the Appcnines, the Po, and the Adriatic. The territory of this state is 40 miles in circuenference, and its popula lion about 7000. The republic was founded more than 1400 years ago, on moral principles, industry and equality, and has preserved its liberty and inde pendence am'uNt all the wars and discord which have raged around it. Ronaparte respected it, and sent an embassy to express his sentiments of friendship and fraternity. It is governed by a captain regent, chosen every six montbsby the representatives of the people, sixty in number, who are chosen evetyG months

farm houses neat, the fields well ctiliiva j seem hardlv possible, vet our friend, Ti- j into his stomach 2 gn!!er.s, and div.o't his j : crwarc,in5 t,;e work to country suscnted, and on all sides are seen comfort and lian Peaie, 'tamed a very fine one which countenance with C7 separate wry faces. bcrs'that lhc' n.,a' Yehe it uninjured rr

p ace, the happy effects of morality, simplicity, liberty and justice. Mr. Er ving was received by some intelligent cmicmrnmine most nos pitaoie ami ai.1 .1 .1 -.If . 1 f

fcctionate manner ; they were delighted i bed ; he eats considerable qintirics of with him because he was an American. I fresh meat, either cooked or i.twv, drinks They professed a profound attachment to , frecU . and is remaf kab y lively ar.d playour country, and looked to it as the pfe- ful, fo'.io.ving the hand td" ire feeder byserver of their own pure principles ; r the scent bunowir.r hr a sh'rt clis jney were intimately acquainted with our ; tancc in the lo e car to, and alter making

msiuuMons and affairs, and had a library I well fnrninA,i ,,t 4 ' i,uhs ana pampiiici - .-.-...b u America. n . -i.

rcn, have no other view than to add to the number of their fashionable accomplishments and afford them a means of innocent solace and amusement. It was the opinion of Dr. Rush, however, that singing is to young ladies, who by the customs of society are debarred from many other kinds of salubiious exercises, not only to be cultivated as an accomplishment, but as a means of pre

serving health. He particulaiy insists that vocal music should never be neglected in the education of a young lady ; and states, that besides its salutary operation in enabling her to sooth the cares of domestic life, and quiet sorrow by lne united assistance of the sound and sentiment of a properly chosen song, it has a still more direct and important effect I here introduce a fact," remarked Dr. Rush, "which has been auggested to mc by a professor, and that is, that the ex crcise ot the organs of the breast by singing, contributes very much to defend them from those diseases to which the climate and other causes expose them The Germans are seldom pfilicted with consumptions, nor have I ever known but one instance of spitting blood among them. This, I believe, is in part occa sioned by the strength which their lungs acquire by exercising them frequently in vocal music, for this constitutes the cs sential blanch of lluir education 'I he music master of our academy has furnished me with an observation still more in favor of this opinion. Heinloimed me that he hod known several instances of persons who were strongly disp sfm! to ci nsumntion who were health bythe exeicise of their lunp.s in singing. Phil. Gaz HIGH ntOOF rOWDKIl. A countryman lately purchased a cash of gunpowder for the upcountty mat k et. In retailing it on his return home, he rave the following recommendation to its quality: "Arter I'd bought it," saidiic, "Sal stuck a candle into it, and when it had burnt down, the powder t.U.'I'm J1IV, HI. VI V(tt3 ll.lll UUMil U'Jl llf O J I . r. .... .. if i, . tore I could kich u bucket of water to throw upon it." NATURAL HISTORY. In readier the first volume of DrGodman'a Ameiican Natural History, wc wctc stiuck u:h the following a mong other curious passages 'Vc have alluded to ihe sporting ot the ottir, and mav now remark that itdisposition iii this respect is singula! nd interesting. Their favorite sport is idi ding, and for lids purpose in winter l tie highest lidgc of snow is selected, to the top of which (lie otters sci amble, where, lying flat on the belly with the lore feci bent backwards, they give tht mstlx es an impulse with t he hind legs, and swiftly glide head foremost down the declivity, sometimes for the distance of twenty yatds. This sport (hey continue appar ently with the keenest enjoyment, ui til aligue or hunger induces them to desist In the summer this amusement is obtai ncd by selecting spots where the liver bank is sloping, has a clayey soil, and the water at its base is of a considerable depth. The otters then lemovc from the surface, for the breadth of several feet, the sticks, roots, stones, and other ob structions r.nd lender the surlace as smooih as passible. They climb up the hank at a less precipitous spot, and start ing from the top they slip with velocity over the inclining ground, and plump in to the water to a depth proportioned to their weight and rapidity of motion After a tew slides and plungs, the sur face of the clay becomes very smooth h slippery, and the lapid succession of the sliders shew how much these animals are delighted by the game as well as how capable they are of pet forming actions, which have no other abject than that o! pleasure or amusement. "Shrew moles are most active in the morning, at midday and in the evening ; alter rains they are particulaily busy in repairing their damaged galleries ;and in long continued wet weather, we find that they seek the high ground for security. i he precision with which they dailycome to the surface at 12 o'clock, is veryremarkable, and is well known in the country. In many instances, when we have watched them, they have appeared exactly at twelve, and at this time only have we succeeded in taking them alive, which is easily done by intercepting their progress with a spade, broad knife blade, kc and throwing them on the surface. ' Thcs;r nnimals do not appear to be well suited in the open air, especially if it be j some what cool; lor, alter being a few minutes exposed, we have always cbseri ved them to shiver, as it from the change j cf temerature. j 'That an animal of this kind should ry he caught while we were together examining their mode of burrowing. This . shrew mole is kept in a box containing t... .l II- I f vmif iuuic caunanu ancc: erass icr nisi 1 rr"v -ill! r-!. t-tttti f . f . , I Mvf - . : .... n...r U JUIJII V.II VIL 1 IU 1, ' I J . t ULIJ ; uacu hi caung, i.c employs ins iexi- . tic sncut :a a singular manner to thrsst

j the food in his mcuth, doubling it under

so as to force it diiectly backwards. When he hss obtained cr.e piece cf meat, he will not relinquish it even for the sake of earth worms or other favourite food ; he is also fond of buryir g himself when he has received any thing, in order to cat it undistuibed." GENERAL WAYNE. Anthony Wayne, major-general in the armv of the United States, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 1745. In 1773 he was appointed a representative of the general assembly, where, in conjunction with John Dickinson, Thomas Mifllin, Charles Thompson, and other gentlemen, he took an active part in oposition to the claims ol Great Rritain In 1775 he quitted the councils of his country forthefitld He entered the army as a colonel, and at the close of the year accompanied general 1 hempson to Canada When this officer was defeated in Lis expedition against the 1 firec Rivets in June 1776, he himself received a flesh vvjund in the leg. His exeitions in the retreat were useful In the same year he served at Ticondcroga under general Gates, by whom he was estee med both lor his courage ard militarytalents, and lor Lis knowledge as an en ginecr. At the dose of the camp; ign he was made a brigadier g; rcral m the campa gn of 1777, in ihe n it-die states he took an actite part. In the battle of Brai.dvuine he distinguished himself though he was in a lew day r tt terwards surprised and defeated by n.v. jor genei al Grey. He fought also in tbe ?ali! ol Germantown, as well as m the t ut MonmcuiL m June, 1778 In vost daiing ard successful asauit u;.-ji S ony Point, in May, 1779, while he was . ushing foiward with his men un der a tremendous fire of n.usketiy and grape shot, determined to carry the works at the point of the bayonet, he was stiuck by a musket ball upon his j head. He was tor a moment stunned ; but as soon as he was able to rise so as to rest on one kr.ee, believing that the wound was mortal, he cried to one of his aids, "Cativ n.e forward and let me .j:.. : . t. r..., Uttt ill lliw When he entered it, he gave orders to stop the effusion of blood. In 1781 he was ordered to march with the Pennsylvania line from the northward, and form a junctiwn with Lafayette in Virginia. On the 6th of july, alter i eceiv ing information that the main body of the enemy under Corn wahis hud crossed James rivci, he pressed foiAvar d tt the head cf 800 men o attack the rear guard. Rut to his ut most asicnishment, when he reached the plc.ee, lie lour, d the w belt Bri'ish army, consisting of four thousard men, drawn up ready to receive him. At this moment he conceived but ci.e way to cs cape He rushed towards the energy till he came within twenty-five yuuis, v.Len he commenced a gallar.t attack, which he lupporttd for a few minutes, then retreated with the utmost cxpi diticn The British general was e nlounded by this movement, and apprehensive ot an ambuscade fi cm Laf?yetie, would not allow of a pursuit. After the capture of Cornwallis, he was sent to conduct the war in Georgia, where with eOjtial success he contended with British soldiers, Indian savages, and American traitors As a reward for his services the legislature ol Georgia presented him with a valuable farm. At the conclusion of the war he retired to private life. In )7'.7 he was a member of the Pennsylvania convention which lattficd the con stitutiun of the United States In 1792 he succeeded St C:air in the command of the army to be employed against the Indians. In the battle of the Miamis, August 20, 1794, he gained a complete victory over the enemy ; and afterwards desolated their county On the 3d ol AuguM, 796, he concluded a treaty with t fie hostile Indians northwest of the Ohio. While in the tervice of his country he died in a hut at Presque Isle, aged about 51 years, and was buried cn the shore of lake Erie. LIFE OF MAN. A writer in the Truth Teller, an in" teresting paper published in Xew-York furnishes a curious calculation in which a man spends his life. He calculates one xv.zy live 56 years ; 333 years (or 12,223 days) of w hich he considers the years of manhood, and are employed as will hereafter appear. If one cat 2ibs per diem, he devours 24,455 pounds or 11 tons nearly. If he drink If quarts per diem, lie will swallow 1 8. 342 quarts If he sleep !0 hours of 24and many do

that he will be dormant 1 22.280 hours, j iC5m lLUr v coa cuts illustrative of the or 13 years 35 days He will spend in c' eatingdrinking, ice. 2 hours per davJ1 test London cr an, Fash;i- o. .rt I t0ns- Ihe subscription pnee will be S making 24.-155 hours, or two years 6 j annum, pavabic in advance 25 per cent, days. It he have his hair cut ener a . strn.i-annuillv, will he added to all scbM:rr-

rnonth, he will si: under the tenser 4C0 times, and lose 100 hours If he drink one trill of dru?s a v ear, he w ill insert II he shave lour times a week, he will scrape his chin C.Q68 times. Now for the moral of this ligu.aiole; forithas ! . I l . one, anu sucu a c:.e as wi.i r.oi laii leave or. the minds of tho.e unaccustom ed to cal dcuhviions of this kind, impress y dTiTeicnt from those kit by ma ions very ny paragraphs proitssmg to have a higher aim iH view. The total quantity of time lost in a disagreeable, useless i irl -irf-r,rif m n I- 1 r. r r ' , UlU UllaL13 ULLlil V 1 1 1 J 1 U ' I I I - " I I .? , . r ' - ' " .V'," r.ours, or upvrarns or i years; m.s c:c ducted tro.ri 3', lea avts

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fully only 86 years: There is r.o theological quibbling here it is matter of fact and reader, tells ynu in explicit tern;s, to bestir yourself in regulating matters and things." "Time ence lost never can be recovered." "DONE ur. The Fredrick (Maryland) Advertiser announces that on Wednesday week last, a Mrs. Chalmers intended to deliver a T7:ctontc oration, composed by herself; ard besides all this, the lady rr.cszr.cs promises to "disclose the whole secrets of masonry." Now this is the "unkindest cut of all ;" we thought it hard to be so intolerably Icrcd cn account cf the Morgan imposition, but who can withstand the frowns, the censure and ridicule of one of "heaven's last best gifts!" We had rather acknowledge every tiling that she may advance to bo the "truth, the whole truth," than subject a single hair of our heads to the fury of her indignation. By the bye, what a pi'y 'tis Southw:ck's not an eld bachelcr ; for in that cose, here might be lti alliance, (cfTmsive and defensive) that would defy he master of Mephisiophilus himself. However, they appear to be .Tcir. in concert. AVING purchased the right cr making and vending within Knox county, Pit.khara Mosher s Washing Muchinc, for scouring and washing clo'.hes. ar:y person wishing to purchase ran have them on trial, and if not approved, may be returned. I have also on hand and intend keeping, a supply of Cabinet Ware of the best quality; will also do Carpenter's and Joiner's wcrk at the most reduced prices. JOHN MOORE. May 1st, IS SO. 12-ly. THE liLBY'S BOOK. CIL1RLLS .lLKX.1.DERt Publisher of the Daily Chronicle, and well known as having been onnectcd in the publication of theSatuida- e veiling Post, and Caf-ket- proposes in conjunction with I. ou is A Godly, to ccn.merice, cn the f.r-t c f July r.ext. a mrnthh L1TKR AK Y ?.1I:;CLLLANY, under tbe above title. 'I Lib work will be devoted especially to the service of the Ladies, and locking chiefly to them for patronage, no exertion will be pa-'rd to merit it. 1 he plan contemplated j.ries materially from that cf any i t the American pi nodicals now circulated ; and if executed in the style which the proprietors believe to be within their rr.cans, will be fcund, they trust, to be an improvet: e! t, in some respect at least, upon the hot c f its predecessors. In . the choice cf materials, though contributions cf decided merit will always be ccceptab.e, they never will be introduced to the exclusion of other aaiclcs cf superior value. The numerous Magazines to be provided for the purpose (;f selection, will always afford a plentiful supply of matter suitable for the Lady's Book, which, when republished, will possess, for all but a few, the attraction of novelty. Extensive arrangements have been made r.t home and abroad that vill give every facility to the ready attainment cf the choice.-1 and earlist productions. The design includes every thing which may be expected to afford entertainment and instruction, in iiii inviting form, to these for whom the wrrk is intended. It is presurt.cu loo. Uirit a Miscellany deserving the notice of the ladies, cannot but prove worth', cf the ether sex. Among the subjects which may be enumerated as likely to be pn riiinent, will be found Music, including i. dices ef new c.( .repositions, with occasioi al disquisition on t'nc science, and reprints of such New Songs ;;s may be thought w orthy to be so dii tinguished ; Biographical anecdotes. Tales and interesting Narratives, from writers of real talent ; the Fashions, with an illustra live engraving quarterly, fancifully cokur eu. This department will be under the su perintendence of persons well versed in the art, and no pains will be spared to render it not the least attractive part of its contents. A w ord or two now and then will be introduced, touching those exercises fc sports which are generally regarded as improving to both health and beauty, among which. Hiding and Dancing may be specifced, with appropriate wood cuts by skilful artists. Poetry, cf course will be one cf the Departments to w hich great attention will be paid; and Embroidery, the poetry cf Needle work, will 11 its due space. On this latter subject it will be difficult to find contributors who can w rite clearly, but the cngruv er w ill be perfectly intelligible. CONDITIONS. The work will be issued in numbers, on the first of every mcnth, and comprise fifty six large octavo pages ; to be printed cn rt f.ne super royal paper, with entirely newtype, and carefullv stitched in coloured covers. Lvery number will contain a niece ct Music, cue t, fpper plate Lngrav ing, and at uonsthat remain unpaid, and the work di c nnr.ucd to thoe who n'ect to settle ut ; thcir arrears. Great attention will he panl inau vi ansponaurn. ger.es, receiving ?u jscr.pticns, ar.d remitting the amount to the publishers, will be allowed 15 per cent. discount, ct a proportionate numbt-r alec io;ei me work. .Acurcss li . . ... LFAYIS A OODF.Y, fc CO. Chricl CJ.ce, PhiUdrlhu. Ccuntry papers, by i:,s.rtir g the above as 1.1:1 5 w:c linr.K. prrpor. :.i a s.u! il; eu L-idv's 1 ,pers ju'.dtt ssc d to T s 15 k," l'inl vh-Iphia, will be entitled to re-c.-ie the vw rk fer ore yt:r, and the san.c v.J. pi cn.puy atter.OevI ta. ; j );: raioris to the aV

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