Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 January 1831 — Page 4

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... From a late London fxafxer. M AHRIAGB A LA MODE. She loved him just a modern ladies lore ; Admitted his figure on a rainy day, And suffered him to reach her fallen glove ; She liked him present ; if he nayed away She did net miss him. "Men were meant to rove," Was still her theme. "To honor, and obey," She had no thought of ; but she looked on marriage As something requisite to keep a carriage And he liked her as much a3 creatures can Who live at balls, and vegetate by night ! Not useless, since they serve to hold a tan ; Whose heads are heavy, while their heels are light ; Who, wanting other titles,are calledMan' Yet ladies like him : he was so polite ; 'Twas strange how favor from mammas he wen ; And yet not strange ; he was an eldest son. He met her first at some prodigious rout, Where all the world was voting it a bore ; She was a beauty, having jut come out That is, she had rehearsed her part before, And now performed it, with great skill no doubt ; She knew her points, that she wore Set off her figure, thanks to the prints and pins, Padding conceals a multitude of sins ! Ball followed ball, they often danced to gether. And though they said but little to each other, Talking of novels, music, and the weather. And such hall themes, he called upon her mother Who heard him make proposals in "high feather," And introduced him to her son his bro ther That was to be and all were quits elate ; For he'd a title and a good estate ! The fair betrothed then sought thy street, Long Acre, To choose the shape and colour of her carriage : I know not why, but somehow a coachmaker Appears to me in my loose view cf marriage, A kind of matrimonial undertaker, Uy this i've no intention to disparage That blessed state, which many a damsel enters Kot knowing why our mothers are such Mentors. The day was fixed, the dejeune was spread. While bride's maids siniDered in their brussels lace ; a The bride shed tears at first, then bowed her head. V And thought how great a change would soon take place ; (From a small French to a large four post bedj; Though none might read her thoughts up on her face Indetd uer feelings were not quite intelligi ble ; One thing she felt her husband was quite "eligible !" The marriage service soon was blunder o'er ; . Congratulations round the room were pealing; The travelling chariot waited at the door but first the bride must do a "bit ot teeling ;" Asd so she gently sank upon the floor. In a position such as players deal in ; A graceful attitude for loveliness, And so contrived as not to spoil her dress. At length thev started, he and his prize A prize ! she proved a blank. Sad stern reality. Makes happiest things seem hideus ; they erew wiseHe cured of love, and she of her morali ty throwing off the troublesome disguise. She r:m awv .like other folk nf nnali V ty ; Leaving her lord (she left him not a jewel) A drive to Doctor stommons and a duel FA HE WELL flt TEE LATE DR. HKBER, BISHOP OF CALCUTTA. When eyes are beaming What never tongue might tell, When tears are streaming, Fiom their crystal cell ; When hands are linked that dread to part And heart is met by throbbing heart. Oh bitter, bitter is the smart Of them that bid farewell ! When hope is chidden That fain of bliss would tell. Arid luve -forbidden In the breast to dwell ; When fettered by a viewless chain, Wt turn and gaze, and turn again, $Jl ' death were mercy to the paiil Of them that bid farewell ; Fro vt the A en f fan shire Patrht. E PI G 11 AM. A Boston Cit with rain importance swelling, On all tht merits of citv dwelling, Tins finish'd off his pompous eulogy icar&rc Me cradle it J Liberty ! True, answered Tom for since you bow the knee To s ullow, purse-proud Aristocracy, All, who vourrity view, in iv safely swear Tuat Liitriy M n her cradle there!

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FBDE8TIUANISM. Captain Partridge, who is now delivering a course of lectures in Troy, has addressed a "Card" to the public, illustrating the advantages of pedestrian exercise by his own experience. After referring to several of his feats of walking, an account of which was communi cated to the National Intelligencer in 1829, he relates three more recent exploits. In June 1830. he made an excursion of three hundred miles on foot, in the course of which he ascended Mount Anthony, near Bennington, Saddle Back, near Williamstown, and visited the Stillwater and Bennington battle ground. On the last day he walked from Middlebury to Norwich, sixtyfour miles, crossing the Green Moun tains at a place where the ascent and descent was fifteen hundred feet perpendicular. The day was the warmest of that summer, and he carried a knapsack, weighing twenty pounds, a barometer, thermometer, tc. In September last, he achieved the feat of ttavclling from Norwich to the top of the Grand Monadnock and re turning in three days The distance one hundred and fifty miles, and the height of the Monadnock two thousand five hundred and forty feet. In the early part of this month he travelled on foot from Norwich to Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts lie was ab sent five days, one ot which was spent entirely in visiting the mountain. The day's walk was seventy miles, the two next forty five each, and the fourth 60. Among the advantages derived from this exercise, which with him is always regular and sometimes severe, he enu merates an entire freedom from all those debilitating disorders, to which literary men are eo much subject Of Dysfiep. ia, he says, he knows nothing but the name ; his appetite is uniformly good, and his good health uninterrupted. He has within twenty years ascended and measured nearly all the principal mountains and eminences to the north c east of the Alleghany ridge, been much exposed to heat and cold, slept in the woods, on the ground, for weeks in sue cession, and experienced every variety of living, from the various luxuries ol the best hotels of the cities, to pork and bcan3 cooked in the woods; and yet his constitution was never more fn m and vi gotous, nor capable of enduring greater exertion than it is now at the age of 45 He concludes with the following excellent sensible advice to literary men Discard about nine tenths cf the rules laid down by the fiedantic writers and lecturers of the present day on that sub jeet walk at least, ten miles each day, at the rate of four miles per hour and about three or four times each year, shoulder your knapsack, and with your barometer, Sec ascend to the summit of our principal mountains and determine the altitudes, walking from thirty to se venty miles per day, according as you can bear the fatigue do all these, and I will ensure you firm and vigorous con stitutions, and an entire freedom from those loads of dtbdi'y. Dysfiefisia &c under which to many of you are labour ing and languishing out a miserable and useless existence ; adhere tothese rules, and study, however severe, will not m jure you ; on the contrary your mental vigor will keep pace with the improvement of vour physical energies. Alb Workwomen's Advocate, MISFORTUNES. We frequently hear of some men that are fortunate, and others that are unfortunate. Almost the only fortunate circumstances in life are health and corn petency, and even these are to be gained or lost by irood will or ill conduct. No affliction can justly be charged to for tune, which could have been foreseen & avoided. Unfortunate persons, so call ed, ate commonly imprudent they at tribute the effects of their own careless ness to misfortune or fatality. 'Perverse mankind, with wills created free. Charge all their woes on absolute decree.' Dr Franklin affords an admirable in stance of these two descriptions of men, viz: the fortunate and the unfortunate. When young, inexperienced and thoughtless, he met with adversity when he became prudent and judicious, he was successful in almost every under taking ; and it is evident, from a perusal of his memoirs, that many troubles he encountered in his youth, might have been avoided, by a different course of conduct. EXCELLENT RULES. The following rules from the papers of doctor West, were according to his memorandum, thrown together as general way marks in the journey of life They were advantageous to him, and while they exhibit an honorable testimony to his moral worth, may be useful to others Never to ridicule sacred things, or what others may esteem such, however absurd they may appear to me. Never to show levity when people arc professedly engaged in worship Never to resent a supposed injtry till I know the views and motives of the au thor of it. Mor on any account to retaliate. Never to judge a person's character by external appearance.

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person, who is censured in company, so far as truth and propriety will allow. Never to think the worse of another on account of his differing from mc in politics or religion. Never to dispute if I can fairly avoid it. Not to dispute with a man seventy years of age or upwards, nor with a woman, nor an enthusiast. Not to aff ct to be witty, nor to jest so as to w wund the feelings of another. To say as little as possible of myself and those who are near me To aim at cheerfulness without levity. Not to obtrude my advice unasked. Never to court the favour ot the rich by flattering either their vanity or their vices. To respect virtue, though clothed in rags. To speak with calmness and dclibera tion on all occasions; especially in circumstances which tend to irritate. Frequently to review my conduct, and note my feelings. On all occasions to have in prospect the end of life and a future state. Not to flatter myself that I can act up to these rules, however honestly I may aim at it. From xhe Detroit Journal, NOTES ON MICHIGAN. Letter of inquiry are frequently addressed to gentlemen in this city, requesting information respecting the tertitoiy. One from New Hampshire, to the collector of this por t, has been po littly put into our hands and we shall make its several queries the frame work of the following article. POPULATION. The population of the territory, at the present time, cannot oe stated wi h any exactness : the census not having been completed The returns which have been made, however, show an increase from 1820, to which there can be found few parallels. In our own city, for instance, the census for 1820 returned one thousand four hundred and twenty two. that of 1830 returns two thousand two hundred and twenty-two ; a gain of fifty-six and one fourth per cent. In Oakland county, the population in 1820, was three hundred and thirty, in 1 830, it will approach six thousand. The first house in Pontiec, the county seatoi this county, was built in December 1813; in March 1819, there were only five fami lies. In Monroe, in 1820 there were 1833 inhabitants ; the present number is computed at three thousand five hund red. Washtenaw, in 1820, was a wil derness, in 1830 there are four thousand one hundred inhabitants. The popula tion of Ann Arbor, the first house in which was erected in 1823. is three hun drtd and fifty ; of Kpsilanti, a town beautifully located on the Huron, two hundred and forty. In Macomb, there were in 1820, eight hundred and ninety eight ; this census will probably show an increase of from fifteen to eighteen hundred. The population of the coun try proposed to be included in the New territory, was estimated by the commit tee of congress in their report last wini er, at between six and seven thousand If that territory should be constituted as hen proposed, and the number in the St Joseph's be estimated at eight thou sand, and it is a moderate estimate in the judgment of many, there would be left o us a total of thirty. two thousand ; the number in the whole territory now being about thirty-eight thousand five hundred. CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION. With the exception of the French in the counties of Wayne and Monroe, the habitants are mostly emigrants from New York, Ohio and the New England states The last year, some Englishmen settled in the St Joseph region, and ma ny more have come in the present sea son There are also a few Swiss The foreigners who have come in this year have brought a considerable amount of specie. SALES OF PUDLIO LANDS. The amount paid in by purchasers, since the fust of April, is not far from NINETY FITS THOUSAND DOLLARS. During the spring and fall the greatest sales are made ; the latter arc just commencing. The total will exceed one hundred thousand dollars. It will be seen by a reference to our advertising columns, that considerable tracts wil! he offered for sale this month and the next. Twenty four townships on Grand river, will be surveyed this winter. The public lands cf which the surveys are deposited in the office in this district, and which remain unsold, are four millions Sc a half f acres. We do not know the quantity in the Monroe district, but presume it is much greater. TFI K PROFESSIONS AND EDUCATION. There are twelve Presbyterian, and four Haptist clergymen in the territory : two Episcopal to whom three others vtill be added ; eight Methodist, which number will probably be increased to twelve. There are five Mission stations ; three Baptists, at St. Joseph, Grand river, and Sault Ste Mario; one Presbyterian at Macinac; and one Epis copal, at Green Bay. The number ol physicians may be sta ted at from sixty to sixty five ; the num ber of lawyers at fifty The mercantile class and traders are gcmlemcn of some capital, of correct

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credit in the cities on the seaboard The banking operations are conducted with great skill and wisdom, and have contributed much to the establishment of a sound and healthy state of things. The exports are of furs and peltries,; hides, bees-wax, pot and pearl ashes, white fish, wheat, flour and lumber. In all our townships, there are or soon will be, schools In Detroit there is a Female seminary, deserving equal piaise with any in the Ur.icn, and arrangements have been completed for es tablishing a classical school under the care of Mr. Wilson, of Cananduaga, which we doubt not will soon acquire a reputation. An academy in Ann Arbor was incorporated the last sessioa ot the council, and there has been a valuable school kept there the last year, by the Messrs Merrills. FACE OF THE COUNTRY. Neither low and sunken, nor hilly St mountainous" but rolling or undulating. With the exception of some spots on the margin and at the mouths of a few streams, the feverand ague does not prevail. The soil is rich and cultivated On the prairies, from sixty five to 75 bushels of corn is the produce of an aere, which the last year was sold on the spot at fifty cents the bushel in the esrWheat yields from twenty five to forty bushels to the acre. Every thing may be cultivated in the same latitude else where In each county there is more or less land, suitable for the production of hemp, which has not htwever, so far as we are informed, been attempted There is abundance of water power. On the Raisin, the Clinton, the Huron, the Flint, the Twine, the Dowagiake, and Gtand river, many valuable sites might be selected for factories. In putting together these notes, we have endeavored to answer briefly and correctly the queries propounded. Much more might be said, and we hope all who have information, will communi caic it to us for publication. We shall welcome corrections of errors, and the supply of a new data. APOLOGY FOR ABSENCE. A conceited young man asked a friend what apology he should make for not being one of the party the day before, to whieb he had a card. l,Oh, my dear sir," replied the wit, "say nothing aboutit, you vjrre never misted.' THE FARMER. Cftrtttg's surtfee, FOR JANUAUY SOLOMON l UK IF l Y is a man of good education, plain sense, simple manners, a gr eat deal ot experience, and wiihal a good Christian. In the caily part ot his life, he pained through mai.y changes of fortune, and became ac quainted with most of the trades and occupauous of oui countrymen He fi naliy turned his attention to agricuituic, which he has tollowcd with great success. He came to the western country in the year .800, and settled, in what was then a wilderness, upon the banks ol the Ohio. Ht: has now one of the best farms in America. He has the best breed of cattle, horses and sheep ; the best butter and cheese, and tht fittest wool He raises the largest crops, and his meadows and pastuies are in the best order. He has a great variety, and abundance of the best fruit; and his family is a perfect model ot industry, neatness, health, cheerfulness and virtue. V e consider the knowledge and experience ol such a man of gieat value, and have engaged him to assist every year in the publication ot our Almanac, by furnishing such hints, maxims and advice, as in ids opinion are the most important These, together with the maxims of Poor Richard, will form a body of wisdom and useful instruction The first and most important advice which he can give, is, to tend your children to tehool. He says it isa disgrace to a freeman to let his children grow up without being able to read, write and nansact business. He thinks ita shame for a man to go to the polls, who cannot write his vote. Education, says he, is the soul of a republic ; and every A merican, who neglects to educate his children, he considers not only a bad father, but a traitor to his country. It is a favourite maxim of his, That Knowledge is of more value than money ; because a man may easily spend or lose his money, but cannot well lose or squander away his mind, or the knowledge he has received from a good education. If you have no school in your neighoorhocd. let it be your Jirst care to e:a bhth one. h will he a rroat bleintr m your children, and a lasting benefit 7 " r - to society. rr NOTICE. AVING nurchased the r!ht nf v making and vending within Knox county, Finkham Moshcr's Washing Machine, for scouring and washing clothes, any person wishing to purchase can have them on trial, and if not ap proved, 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 work at the most reduced prices JOHN MOORE. May lit, 1830, J-lj.

TIFE REFORMEO IrTEDICAL COLLEGE,

JTIT n rHi f it n t ft tr II Y ar.d with the consent of the Reform ) id Medical Society of the U. States, the new Reformed Medical Institutirn has been located in Worthingtnn, an intere?ting and flourishing town on the hetstor.e river, eight miles north of Columbus, on the Northern Turnpike. This state has been chosen, because it presents the greatest advantages to facilitate the researches cf the botanical student the country around it abounding with every variety cf medical plants; and the situation being the most healthy and delightful in the western countryand because-the occupancy cf the large college edifice, together with the ground of every variety cf soil for an extensive botanical garden, has been presented to us by the board of trustees of Wcrthirgton college. There will be attached to the institution, a dispensary for analvrir.g and preparirg vegetable medicines; and an infirmary, where persons from the neighborhood, or a distance, laboring under fevers, consumptions, dyspepsia, liver ccnmlaints, gravel, ulcers, fistulas, cancers, &c. c. will be suecessfullv treated, without btecdir.tr7icrcu ry or the kmfet and fnm which the student will acquire a correct knowledge of the na ture, operation and superior etneacy cf vegetable agents in reniov ing disease. The necessity for such an it.stituticn cf this kind, in the west, to be under the direction of competent profe?sors, is strikingly evident. It is an institution that is dcsigi ed to concentrate, and disseminate, al! the know ledge ar.d discoveries cf doctors cf medicine and en.pyrics, sages, and savants: and that will demonstrate to the student ai:d the sick that vegetables alone, afford the only rational, safe, and effectual weans of removing diseases, without impairing the constitution, or endanger life or lin.b That the present system of practice, which treat diseases of every form with metallic minerals, the lancet, or the knife, is dangerous or inefficient the lamentable facts w hich cve ry day present too fully illustrate. Nor is this truth more clearlv exhibited, than the fact that vegetable substances alone, are void of danger, and powerfully ef.kient when administered: a preference to the success cf our New-York infirmary, ar.d the success of ignorant botanical physicians, prov es this fact. The college and infirmary will be operc the first w eek in December, where student3 from all parts may enter and complete their medical education, and where persons laboring under every species of disease shall receive prompt and faithful attention. The course cf study to be pursued, anc! which will be taught according to the OLD and the Reformed systems, by Lectures, Recitations, Examinations, and suitable text books, is, 1st. Anatomy and Physiology. 2. Old and Reformed Surgery. 3. Theory and Practice of Medicine 4. The old and improved system of A i wifery, with the diseases cf women andihildren 5. Materia Medica, with practical and general ik tany. 6. Medical and Botanical Chemistry and Pharmacv. 7. Stated Lectures on collateral Science Moral and Mental Philosophy Phienology Medical JurisprudenceComparative anatomy. Medical history, &c. by attending this institution, the student will acquire a correct knowledge of the present practice of physicians a knowledge cf the use, and abuse, cf Mii.crals, the Lancet, Obstetrical Forceps, and the knife, and a knowledge cf the new and improved system that superedes their use, w ith tenfold more safety and success. 1 here w ill be no i ecihed time to complete a course cf stuU) whenever the student is qualified he may graduate and receive a Diploma some ili pas in one year others will rcquiie mere. nLQLTSlTIOSS FOR ADMISSION I. A certificate cf a good moral character. 2. A good English Education. TER Mb 1 he pnee cf qualifying a person to practice, including a Diploma, i.nI access to all the adv antages of the Institution, will be 150 in advance, or fc75 in idv ance, and felOO al the close cf his studies. Every adv antage gnen. and some allow -nce made to those in indigent circumstances, board will be had at per week, and books at the w estern city pi ices. . 37 Every student on entering crthington college will become an honorary member of the Reformed Medical Socivty of the United States from whom he will lecuve a Diploma, and Annual Repcitcf all the doings and discoveries of its different members, and be entitled to all its ecustitutienrj privileges and benefits. . i hose wishing further information will please address a letter (post paid) to Cel. G. H. Gnswold, or the undersigned, and it shall receive pron.pt attention. Stu ents and others had better beware cf the slanders of the present physicians, who know no more about our institution, than they do about lotanical Medicine. J. J. STEELE, President. IVorthingtzn. O.Oct. 1, lb JO. NOTE Editors publishing the above Circular fifty -two times, shrdl receive as compensation, a certificate tntitlirg the bearer to tuition gratis, or an equivah nt to that suoi (S150) in medicine, advice or attendance, from us crany men. ber cf our society. Those publishing it 16 times, to half that compensation. Sueh editors in the west as published the N. Ycrk Circular one year, by giung the foregoing tw ehr insertions, cm send their student to tliis institution, and he shall be accepted. November 27, 1830. 42-Iy DOCTCn IIE.N'RY DAVISON "j-n EMBER of the College of Sar JLvJ. geons of London, Licentiate of tne Lyir g-in Hospital of Glasgow, Scot

Und, beg Itave to tender to the inhabitants ot Vincennes and its vicinity, hiprofessional services He my be lound at all times (except when absent on tho business of profession) at ris room in t -e house of Mr Gtorue Davis. Water s rcet ; his charges shall I e mode rai and he confidently hope that his capatity may entitle him to the confidence of thoe who may oall on him. Vinctnues, Dec. 15, USD 45- tf