Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 March 1831 — Page 4
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D HATING UP FOR SOLDIERS. BY THOMAS HOOD. What little urchin is there never Hath had that early scarlet fever, Of martial trappings caught ? Trappings well called because they trap And catch full many a country chap To go where fields are fought. What little urchin with a rag Hath never made a little flag (our plate will show the manner,) And wooed each tioy neighbur still, Tommy sr Harry, Dick or Will, To come beneath the banner ? lust like that ancient shape of mist In Hamlet, crying "List, O list!" Come, who will serve the king. And strike frng-eatiiujjj-'renchmtrn dead And cut off Boneparty's head ? And all that sort of doing. So used I, when I was a boy, To march with a military toy, A od ape the soldier life ; And with a whistle or a hum, I thought myself a Duke of Drum At least, or Earl of Fife.
With gun of tin and sword of lath, f Lord ' how I walk'd in glory's path With regimental mates, Bv sound of trump and rub-a-dubs, 1o siege the washhouse charge the tubs Or storm the garden gates!
From the VilUge Record. A PROCLAMATION. To ad to whom these presents shall come greeting know ye, wncieas it has been represented to us, that several and divers ladies, spinsters, females 9 maids girls, unmarried women, cc. with in our dominion of love, have not only a ViiHngnesi to consent, but even an ar dent desire to leave the state of celiba cy, and take to themselves, er be taken lo husbands; and whereas it is to be supposed by many that the bachelors, young end unmarried men of these my realms, do no know who among the maidens. fitr. Sen would not be so willing or de sire u marry, it seems proper and filling that the ladies, spinsters, temales, maids girls, and unmarried women as aforesaid, should put on some mark of dress as a token by which their willingness or de sire in the premises, should be made particularly known. Now, we have is sued this our proclamation giving leave, ordering and commanding, that the ladies spinsters, females, maids, girls and unmarried women, may and do make the sleeves of their dresses, large in propor tion ;o their desire to be married. Thus those who most exceedingly desire soon, and cannot well delay the happy hour much longer, may say so, saving then blushes consequent on such declaration by putting over and above what is ne cessary tor comeliness or comiort in then sleeves, seven yards of silk,enintz, calico or other stuff If they simply -de-sire pretty considerably to be married, they may reduce the quantity to five yards. If they merely wish to be mo tdestly understood as being willing to be respectfully courted, if a lad to suit them shall present himself they are in that case confined to wearing their sleeves the size ol a two bushel bag, or only so larjre as to hide away a moderate sizec lover; for that is according to the old fashion worn by the men, as Barely used to say that Swift always came to him trith a wig in hi sieve. Given at the Court of Love this 25th dav of July, 1830, by command of the Qu:cn. THE BO II ON UPAS TREE. The poison ceiled the Upas is used by the natives of Molucca and the neighboring inlands, and has always been an object M much curiosity, from the wonderful effects that have been ascribed to it by the Indians of those places The tree, as described by Leschenault is Jarge, rising to the height of 100 feet, and with a trunk 18 feet in circumference It is found in fertile places, surrounded by other plants on which it has no sort of influence. The juice of the trunk is of a bitter taste, and exudes copiously when an incision is made The cxalations from the tree are similar to those which proceed from the poison sumick ol our own country. Lik the juice of the sumack, it produces on some constitutions a vety troublesome eff et, not only when handled, but when coiinne within the exalaiions that nm. ceed from it. Great irritation of the skin and painful awelliugs are the conse quince, while to others it is perfectly liai.nless. Leschenault employed a Javanese to procure flowering specimens fro'Ti a tree; but before he had reached the top, he was affected with nausea and dizziness, and was obliged to descend; he continued sick several days. Another Javanese ascended the same tree, and procured the desired specimens without experiencing the least inconvenience The various animals which inhabited the trees in the vicinity, were as frequently seen on its trunk as on any othr, 3ud birds were as often observed .perched on lis branches The natives of Java zd the neighbor-
ing pfaccs prepare a poison from the juice of the Upas, with which they point their arrows The juice is used as an ingredient in a mixture of several plants ot acid properties, which are boiled to gether until the decoction is evaporated to a proper thickness. Then the effects are extremely powerful. Mid. Gaz. ADVICE TO APPRENTICES. 1. Having selected vour profession,
resolve not to abandon it; but by a life of industry and enterprise to adorn it -You will be much more likely to sue ceed in business you have long studied, than in that of which you know but little 2. Select the best company in your power to obtain; and let your conveisalion be on those things which you wish to learn Frequent conversation will elicit much Instruction. 3. Obtain a friend to select for you the best books on Morality, religion, and the libeial arts and particularly thosev which treat on your own profession. It .i i r i is not me reading oi many oooks that makes the man wise, but the reading on. ly of those which can impart wisdom. 4 Thoroughly understand what you read; take notes of all that is worth re mcmbering, and frequently review what you have written. 5. Select for your model, the purest and greatest characters; and always endcavoting to imitate their virtues and to emulate their ereatness fi Srrve Rd; attend hU wnrMn and endeavor to set an example of piety. charity and sobriety to all around you. 7. Love your country; respect your rulers; treat with kindness your fellow apprentices; let your great aim be, use fulness to mankind. V 8 Get all you can by honest indus try; spend none extravagantly; 8c provide largely for old aje 9. In a word, think much, act circumspectly, and live usefully. HINTS TO FAIOIEIIS. Never feed potatoes to stock without boiling or steaming, as this increases their nutritive qualities. Grind your corn with the cob it is bettet feed and pays well for the trouble. One bushel of flaxseed ground with eight bushels of oats, is better feed for horses than sixteen bushels of oats alone, and will effectually destroy the bolts Never burn all c ry wood in your fire place, nor use a fire place when your can get a stove. Cut your trees for rails in the winter, as they are more durable. Never dew rot yout flax or hemp, unless you wish to render it worthless Never select your seed corn from the crib, but from the stalk. Never feed out your best potatoes and plant the refuse, nor sell your best sheep and keep the poorest. A fat ox is worth more than a poor horse, though he docs not eat so much, and a yoke and chain can be bought for less money than a wagon harness. Keep plenty ol cows and bees as the j surest way of having milk and honey. Confine your cows with good fences, but let your bees go at large. CHLORINE AND FUUSSIC ACID. M. M. Per sos and Norrto, by a series of experiments, have ascertained vlhat chlorine is an antidote to hydi ocyanicpr prussicacid. Experiments were made on dogs In the first instance prussic acid was given to the dog, and as soon as symptoms of uneasiness appeared, the chlorine was given: the relief was imme diate. In the second experiment, the chlorine was not given until tetanus appeared: in this instance the dog recovered in about an hour. In the third the chlorine was not given until the respiration had ceased for 28 minutes: life was soon restored, and in ten days the dog was perfectly well. The crural veins of two other dogs were laid bare and a diop of prussic acid placed in each. A few drops of a solution of chlorine were suffered to fall on the crural veins of one of the dogs, which speedily recovered, the otherdfed almcst immediately. Another experi ment made by these gentlemen wcntMei show that chlorine administered before hand, by being taken into the circulation, is an efficient remedy against paussic a cid subsequently administered. UNITED STATES MINT. From the annual report ol the director of the mint, made to the president under date of 1st inst. it appears that the coinage effected during the year 1 830, amounts to three millions one hun dred and fifty-five thousand six hu'ndredL and twenty dollars, comprising six hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and five dollars in gold coins, two millions four hundred and ninety five thousand four hundred dollars in silver. Nineteen thousand one hundred and fif teen dollars in copper, and consisting of eight millions three hundred and fifty four thousand one hundred and ninety one pieces of coin, viz: Half eagles, 126.35! making gS3 1 ,Z55 ! Quar. eagles, 4 540 I 1 ,35 Half dollars, 4764 800 Dismes, 510.000 Half dimes, 1,240,000 Cents, 1.711,500 17,1 15 8,354,191 fej,i5j,60 Of the amount ol gold cincd wnhin the last year, about one hundred and twenty five thousand rhdluis were d.'ri ved from Mexico, South America, aud
the West Indies; nineteen thousand I
from Africa, four hundred and sixty-six thousand from the gold region of the U. Stales, about thirty-three thousand from sources not ascertained. Ul the gold of the United Mates, above mentioned, twenty-four thousand dollars may be stated to have beeu received trom Virginia, two hundred and four thousand from Notth Carolina, twenty six thousand dollars from South Carolina, and two hundred and twelve thousand dollars from Georgia. In the last annual report, the progressive deelopement of the gold region of the United States was illustrated by referring to the increase of the annual re ceipts from North Carolina, which previously to 1824, had been inconsiderable, out, irom that year to 1 82'J, inclusive, naci advanced from five thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty three thousand dollars; and also to the then novel oc currence of gold having been received at the mint from Virginia and South Caro Una, about two thousand five hundred dollars having been received from the former and three thousand five hundred dollars from the latter. The past year exhibits, in relation to all those states a conspicuous increase in the production of gold, and presents, also, the remarkable fact of two hundred and twelve thou sand dollars in gold received from Georgia, from which state no specimen thereof had been presented at the mint " F'""3 - ihe coinage above exhibited exceeds I me amount oi any tormer year, l ne demand remains nevertheless, unabated, and the mass of bullion now in vaults of the mint is large beyond any previous ex ample. From the Delaware Advertiser Destruction of Fort Delaware. On Tuesday night last, Fort Delaware, situ ate on the Pea Patch, was destroyed by lire noming now remaining oui me bare walls. Mai Pierce's quarterSi which stand within the walls, was saved with much difficulty. We undet stand the fire originated in the quarters ol the . . . . engineer, uui now u uappeneu we are uuauic ku aay pusuivny, uui iidvc ncaru jected through the roof. We are happy to say no lives were lost. A number of powder casks exploded, the renort nf u inch washp.ard HUt nr.tlv at this place, and as high up the river as Chester, and gave reason to fear that the magazine had blown up. Hovj to destroy Rats.A. friend in Salem, Mass. stales that ravs aie easily destroyed by sprinkling a little of the pow der of Spanish Flies on some buttered bread, or other food of which rats are fond, and it will easily destioy them. No! it does not destroy, but drives them from the premises. This I know to be the fact, for I have tried it in an old house much infested with them. To 8tcfi Mouse holes Take a plug of common soap, stop the hole with it, and you may rest assured, you will have uotarther ttoublefrom that quarter. It is equally effectual as regards rats,roaches and ants. A Mr Gridl idlcy who advertises some rgiaforsale-amongits reland in Geo , i . commendations, says, 1 he : land is said to be very valuabit; but I have never had the extreme pleasure of getting nearer than half a mile of it, not having prepared myself with a canoe. It is warranted to yield from thirty to forty buhhels ol bull-frogs to the acre, and al ligators enough to fence the tract. The daughter of Themistocles had two lovers, the one a coxcomb, the other an honest man. The first was rich, the second poor. He took the honest man for his son in law ; for 1 had rather, said he, have a man that wants wealth, than wealth that wants a man. THE FAUmilR. Siirfttg'0 STMcCft FOR MARCU. A good farmer is never idle. H takes time by the forelock and 4SCP ahead of all his business. "Drive thybusinessSc let not thy business drive fhceV' Never put oiT until to-morrow what may be done to day; for one to-day is worth two to morrows. The careless man is always unfortunate. He frequently meet with the greatest losses for the want ol a little care and attention. He forgets that A wtitch in time saves nine." For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; tor want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy. Put your ploughs in order. Put up and repair your tenccs, haul the logs off from the fields ) ou intend to plough, and make all necessary preparations for a large crop. Finish making your sugar; and be careful not to injure yout trtcs A good
2,o32,400.Migar camp is worth as much as anor5 l .000 chard. Yet Thrifty says he knows many 62,OuO : farmers who are so foolish and inconsidc-
rate as to cut them down tor firewood, or ! spoil them by cutting with an axe almost to the heait, when thtv tan them. Why should we send abroad for such luxuries as sugar and moiasses, while ' farm? H every lamily i;i tlx western t udc ciH-UtMi iHuwint tin nnr own
country would rr.ake upon an aTerace
only 30lbs. of suga it would amount to five million pounds, which, at eight cents a pound, would he four hundred thous and Dollars! What an immense saving of specie to the country I Set out fruit trees. With a very little trouble and expense you may hate a fine orchard in a short time. You must, how ever, ingraft your trees, if you would have choice fruit. The best way is to engraft them in the nursery when the trees are not larger than a man's finger. Cut them off cloe to the ground, or a little below the suiface of the earth, insen the scion, and put the earth round them, so as to cover them from the air. In this way, you can have an orchard of just such fruit as you please. MONTHLY TRAVELLER, rUBLlSUED AT NO 63 COURT STREET, BOSTON. rpHE design of the Monthly Traveller is 1 to collect and n reserve the most valuable matter atloat on the broad stream cf re nodical Literature to cull with care the i Krif"f;t flnwpr if lfrrTitncr tfw.T-iir nrwtand general miscellanv, from the pages of tne most popular foreign and American maeazines, and each month to form such a bo qutt, as, it is hoped, may meet the approba tion ot the numerous lovers of heht reading Periodicals and ephemeral journals have multiplied so rapidly, and at length have be ct np:.:iprMi i,,ve urp tn kP.n mrp witn then. uninterrupted publication ; or manifest an inclination to wade through the mass of contents, to glean the small portion of matter that may be acceptable to their taste, i nis magazine is lmcnaea to serve the purpose of those who have not access to the uncounted miscellaneous publications o the day ; but who still are desirous of avail ine themselves of their most valuable con tributions. And while it aims to furnish the gems and the brilliants of contemporaneous pfrnouicuis, uis nopeu me loniiuy l ravel ler will not be rendered less inviting than o thers, from the fact, that by its reduced Pnce wm oe piaceu wunin tne means?- . m furnish a greater amount or matter, in the same winiber of pages, than any similar publication in ISew England. E0luHtt0H 1. The Monthly Traveller will be pub pished regularly on the 15th of each month a oun oireei, nosion. 2. Each number will contain thirty-two pages, large octavo, in handsome brevier & munon type, stitched in a printed cover At the clo:e of the volume, an appropriate title page and table of contents will be furnished. 3. The price will be S2 a year in advance, or within three months from subscribing; otherwise S?,50. The postage cf each number cf this magazine, as authorised by law, is three cents for aDy distance less than one hundred miles ; and five cents for any distance beytmd. Subscriptions received at the Western Sun office. ATKINSON'S CAS GEM CF LITERATURE, WIT & SENTIMENT :oD : : Each No. of this popular monthly periodical for 1831, will contaiu 48 cr more royal octavo pages of letter press, closely printed on nue type ana good paper, torming at the end of the year a volume of about 600 pag J& w .vr. i.i. i VIIIULIIISIIVU Villi; elegant Copperplat. and several handsome Wood Engravings Music, and illustrations of Botany; besides a beantiful Title Page and a general Index for the volume. The copperplates will embrace Portraits of our most distinguished men, the Fashions. Views and Fancy Pieces, equal to those of any periodical m the United States. An elegant plate of the latest Fashions will be published in the January No. One of the figures a full length Portrait of Queen Adelaide of England; a Lady in Ball Dress; a Walking Dress, and Cap and Turban, of the newest style. The Februray No. will contain a splendid Portrait of Washington. An cleeant Scripture Piece for March, is in the hands ot the Engraver. 1 he subsequent engrav ings win tie ot tne Dest quality. Liberal premiums have been offered for choice original contributions. And especial care will be taken to have the selections cf the most interesting and instructive matter. consisting ot Moral laics. Biography. Hrs toncal Sketches, Poetry, Light Headings, CVC. i ne oiumes ot tne Uasicet tor 1827, '28, '29, and 30 embellished with a great number of Engravings, bound or in Nos. may stih U Ll Or -v .... .
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THK HKFOUMK) XiZEDZCAXi COLLEGE, S&ortfiCnatou.
B Y and with the consent cf the Reform ed Medical Society of the 1. States, the new Reformed Medical Institution has been located in Woithingtcn, an intcrcstng and f.curihbg town on the Whetitonc iver, eight miles north cf Columbus, on the Northern Turnpike. This state has bct:n chosen, because it presents the grcr.tcst ad vantages to facilitate the researches ot trr botanical student the country arcufid it bounding 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 cclleg edihee, together with the grcur.dct eer ariety of soil tor an extensive botanal garden, has been presented to us liy the board of trustees of Wcrthir.ton college. 1 here will be attached to the institution. a dispensary for analyzing and prtpaiing vegetable medicines; and an inhrmary. where persons frcm the neighborhood, or a distance, laboring under fevers, consumptions, dyspepsia, liver complaints, gravely ulcers, fistulas, cancers, tcc.ac. will be suc cessfully treated, without bleedhg, mercury or the knxfe and from which the student will acouire a correct knowledge ot the na ture, operation and superior clhcacy cf ve getable agents m removing disease. 1 he necessity for such an irstitetion cf this kind, in the west, to be under the direction of competent professors, is strikingly evident. It is an institution that is designed to concentrate, and disseminate, all the know ledge and discoveries cf doctors of me dicine and cmpyrics, sages, and savages: and that will demonstrate to the student and the sick that vegetables alone, affcrd the on ly rational, safe, and tnectual means ct removing diseases, without impairing the constitution, or endanger life or lin.b '1 hac the present system of practice, which treat diseases cf every form with metallic minerals, the lancet, ot the knife, is dangerous cr inefficient- the lamentable facts which every day present too fully illustrate. Nor is this truth more clearly exhibited, than the fact that vegetable substances a'.or.c, arc void cf danger, and powet fully efficient when administered : a preference to the success of cur New-York infirmary, and the success of ignorant botanical physicians, pre ves this fact. The college and infirmary will be epene the first week in December, where students from all parts may enter and complete the'" medical education, and where persons laboring under every species of disease shall receive prompt and faithful attention. The course of study to be pursued, ar.d 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. J. Old and Reformed Surgery. 3. Theory and Practice cf Medicine 4. The old and improved system of Midwifery, with the diseases cf women and children 5. Materia Medica, with practical and general Botany. 6. Medical and Botanical Chemistry and Pharmacy. 7. Stated Lectures cn collate ral Science Moral and Mental Philosophy Phrenology Medical Jurisprudence f. . mm.... comparativ e anatomy, Medical lr.stoi v, ccc. By attending this institution, the student will acquire a correct knowledge of the pre sent practice of physicians a knowledge of the use, and abuse, of Minerals, the Lancet, Obstetrical Forceps, and the knife, and a knowledge ot the new and improved system. that supersedes their use, with tenfold more safety and success. There w ill be no sj tcilied time to complete a couise of jtud) ; whenever the student is qualified he maygraduate and receive a Diploma seme -will pass in one year others will require more. REQUISITIONS FOR ADMISSION. 1. A certificate of a good moral character. 2. A good English Education. TERMS. The price of qualifying a person to practice, including a Diploma, ar! access to all the advantages of the Institution, will be S150 in advance, cr S75 in advance, and SlOO at the close cf his studies. Every advantage given, and some allowance made to those in indigent circumstances. Board will be had at'SLOO per week, and books at the w estern city price s. $7 Every student on entering Wc-rthing-ton college will become an honorary member of the Reformed Medical Society of the United States from whom h; will receive a Diploma, and Annual Report of all the doings and discoveries of its different members, and be entitled to ail its constitutional privileges nd benefits. hose wishing further information will pjease address a letter (post paid) to Cel. ii. H. Griswold, or the undersigned, and it shall rcceiv e prompt attention. Stu 'ents and others had better beware of the slanders of the present physicians, who know no more about our institution, than they do about Botanical Medicine. J. J. STEELE, President. JVorthingtcn. O. Oct. 1, 1830. NOTE Editors publishing the ibove fcompensation, a certificate entitling th Dearer to tuition gratis, cr an equivalent to that sum in medicine, advice or at tendance, frc-m us cr any member of cur society. Those publishing it 6 times, to half that compensation. Such editors in the west as published the N. Yoi k Circular on 2 year, by giving the foregoing tweiv? insertions, can send their student to thi institution, and he shall be accepted. Nov ember 27, 1830. 42-ly Sttnufufgtrctoro' ilotfcr LE1TERS of adminiitration of all and singular, the gocdi, chatties, rights, credits and effects of Robert Crow, late of Pike county, deceased, having been granted to us, all those indebted to the estate are requested to make payment. Those having claims,, lo present them for settlement. Tho estate is probably solvent MARY CROW, Adm'x. JOHN BUTLER JAMES CROW, January 2ud 1831. .Idm'r -ot. INDENTURES for Apprenti ces lor sale at this olticc.