Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 June 1832 — Page 4

I ROM THE TRAXSC.KIPT. We can't exactly say, for we don't exactly know, who wrote the subjoined heroic. but we rather incline to the opinion, that it j wi wfuifu uy a very uii, nu jiiii-Mts uiai lie has a right notion of things. Ic certainly is amazing smart. It was a clear December niht. And beautiful the sledding When we started off for uncle Joe's, To be at Nabby'a wedding. And though the cold was so intense My ears were almost frozen, I never thought to wrap them up, So wrapt was I iu cousin. I never felt, in all my life. So bad, you may depend on't. As when my uncle's cow-yard, with The corn-barn on the end cn't, Hove into sight, just ar, r;e turn'd Uy Deacon San.'s new place. And the light from Uncle's tallow Candles stared me ir. the face. But when I saw the hsy-c.avt lay Jusc hs when lasi we jolted! I could'nt budge another hair, So stopped a Lit, and bolted. Then out I drew my handkerchief, ."rii : ... i ' .i I - l n w. s x a w rt' i in t I'm mo.t ashamed to tt 11 on't. Tor Nab and mc has often been To a merry huskig frolic, Uut now the very name of Nab Affects me like the cholic. It an't because I loved her though, But't seems so tarnal funny. That such a r;al as our Nab Should marry jest for money. I guess, if his gray mare goes lame. Some folks '11 know who done it; And. when I'm married, seme folks too! Will have a London bunr.et. Yes, hang my ploughshare, if I don't Biing Nabby to the scratch; There's many a girl M jamp to git Aly new potato patch. I guess as when my owshavc calved, My hens too all with chicken! She'll think $-ht Js lost a thing or two, Ai'd then she'll kind ef sicken. Tllli FOUNDLING. "oin:hd cn an incident in the i if? of Ma!urinm BY MRS EMMA O EMJJUIiV. 4When I said mother, "Methought you iuw a serpent." The bell of the cathedral tolled four, S3 the carriage of Lord William Iredale entered the arched gateway which led to j his hotel. These nigh s of dissipation aie loo much for you, Mary,' said Lord William, as he handed ou: his young and lovely wife; for you' sake I am glad that Wr snail leave Paris to morroxv ' As he spoke, his foot struck a small dark object, which lay on the lowest step of the portico it was overturned by the bhuv, and rolled upon the pavement; but what was their horror, when they heard issuing from it the feeble cry of an infant. To raisc it from the ground, and bear it into j Ihc house, was but the work of a moment, j It proved to be a wicker ba?kv t, in l.ch ' lay a n.w bom child, casciuily defended bv pillows from any accidental injury. ji lie pillows were bordered with the richest lace, the dress of the infant wa?

co.npov. d orthe finest materials, and on -or V'Jr entermw Candric at the n:.xt , not avoid ascribing the hardships and the collar of the embroidered vel ct man- term' hut let r.;e at tUe .'ante lime intorrr. j mortifications which he now cxperienctle tvhich enwrapt it. was hastened a note, yvj that the sum just specified is all you i ed. He felt that hed the goods of fortune

addressed to Ladv Iredale, comaiome ! these words 1 To her wh throughout Paris, as La belle th'h bey i ousted, in the hone tha the ' childless English ltdy w i . 1 b.-stow w liiin tli jse t nd:r carea which ate forbidden to h:b itmortunate mother."1 I j the c - o! Lady Iredale such a plCi was irreU'iulc. and she nnnwrred lier hu-oaMdS proposal of immtJiiiclr - trans'.orimg the c.md to the Foundling Ho- ila!, by an appeal so eloquent, so tender, solraught with woman'i host and hoitcr feedngs, that L rd Wiliiarn con scntcd Uer te'aining it. It w-s entrus ted to the ca-e of Lady Irediie's faithful attend: .u for t ii e night, and early on the w, a nurbc having been found wii. I in ;t i sccompiPy them to England, thev pre.i r'd for tntir departure. W . en Lidy Ledaie, Iter the lap3? of e tew rr. ;nth-, found hcrseit quietly settled u beautiful villa, at a distance from t c noise and bustle of a populous city, she had full leisure to attend to her young cu y - aMt nCver had she experiences a pleasure equal to that of watchins the g'adci' deveiepment of his physical and mental powers She had never been a matter, tod tie felt, perhaps too keenly, that strong yen in - after infantine - . , love, which seems an insrraiable part ol I woman's nature. The little Felix M.rJ elix M r.

tin (a- Qhe had la' alu'ly called him.) as i opon it as a thing not worth stud ing chambi t s crowded w ith as r are trcasuies ri tourceot t:cw delight to her She had! c lillIc knew what untold treasures ol o art as that which bad at first attracted now found something nobler than her I intellect, w hat rich stores of knowledge, his notice, and fiom tht hour Felix bebirds or C nvcrs, on w hich to bestow the j u'Je hidden in the depths cf that dark came his peculiar cha'gr. Lv mentis o' ovc:fl iw of her ?. flections and she was spirit. He little knew what pure and ; this unexpected friend, his produetiors comparatively hnppy. Vet even or her j 'nly and gentle feelings wer; tiarnetcd were ir;tro Ji.ccd to the woild. l it

i . r. 's 11.; . et s 'lV.it wir-tthrd the ( up rf trendvi v:utii;, rich, Peauliful, L-Seined ki the

mVhest decree, and united to a Tableman ! His feeling bad been developed before the fashionable circles ef Lcrdan. here, htm, that be fcsd net been the per; rutequal in rank fortune, personal atirac-i his judgment had acquired strenKth, ami intoxicated ith the fascination of youth, cast which he deemed. In vain heentions -md mental endowments, it would , his benefactress Lad unconsciously en- beauty, and rank, he might have been treated him to repay her years of su.ierscemtliat her life might be as brilliant as grafted the shrinking sensitiveness of perfectly happy, if he could have forgot- ir.g by cne word of kindness from her a dream of fairv land. Alas! those who woman upon the ardent and passionate ten his unfortunate birth, but the thought long lost son. "Woman. I know you

are conversant witn mat strance mysiery

the heart of woman, well known that itsjder, as devoted as woman'shis hate as most consuming grief is not revealed by ; deep, as intense as man's. The first had outward signs. There is a hidden stren- j been given in all its tervor to Lady iregth, an enduring fortitude, in woman'sjdale the second burned with all its viohrh cnahlps hpr tn hpr un lence aeainst Lord William.

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firmly against misfortunes; but she can; I elix entered college at the appointed j realize an nis arcams o. icmaie pcutcopoose no resistance to the slow under- j time, and the idea that he was luifiUing j tion. He had been first attracted to buy

oppose minin

gof sapped affection. Lady Ii edalc 1 the last wishes of his benefactress, stimu- j her husband with a degree of:lated him to exertion. Her papers, ;

loved her husband with a decree fnrvnr and nnritv which few men deserve, i

and certainly none can appreciate. Lord'merely transcripts of her t.wn private) of his fust friend, his heart warmed totxr:n:.,. i, - 1 1 ;c I fppiimr. crititA i., ,ho l.irrhrm ! wards her even before he knew her

finer and more delicate feelings, like ti.e impress upon coin, had become effaced , by close and continual contact with the passions and interests of his fellow men; and the calculating prudence of thirtv ; could have but little sympathy with the ,

romantic devotion of a young and cethu-j found himself a candidate lor the highest sialic female. It is true he was per-j honors of ths college. His snccess had fectly kind in hia habits of daily inter-j been attended by its usual concomitant, course; but such kindness is like the! envy, and he had more than once been sunbeams in early spring, imparting just j stung to the soul with taunts of his cbs enough warmth to make us long impa. j cure birth. On the night preceding the licntty for a more genial ray, and whi!trj examination, he bad been called a base Lady Iredale appreciated every attention : born foundling, educated by charity. lie which he bestowed on her, she yet pined j heard ol it, and his lips grew pale with tor one word ol affection, one look often-' passion, ashe clenched his hand and curs derncss, as the traveller thirsts for a'cd the hour which gave him birth. He

draught of clear water in the desert. It; is not surprising, theicfore, that the young Felix became a great solace to her : To watch the rapid unfolding of his infant : I mind, to trace the gradual expansion of j his innocent beautv. became her chief ! j ' . . . i -r -i m r employment; ana n ine anecuon oi a , child could ever repay r.uch cares", she! certainly was amply recompensed. i It was fourteen years after thedaTrrolj

the commencement o! my talc, when the ) that the banker had slopped payment, arid scene occuirtd which I am now about to j absconded with all the monies entrusted describe. At a table in a splendid libra j to him. This was an overwhelming blow ry was seated Loid William Iredale. j Too pixud to apply to Lord William, he Time had woven a few threads of silver i had only the prospect of utter degradaamong his thick brown locks, and had I tion and misery before him; but his spiithrown a slight shadow on his brow; but j it seemed to rise with the downfall of his his was still a face such as limners love fortunes. He repaired to a bookseller,

to paint and ladies to look up'.n. Before j whom he knew his benefactress had him lay a number of manuscripts, writ- ! highly respected. ! come,' said fc, 'Tor ten in the clear Italian hand, so charac-1 employment. I am poor and unfriended tetistic of a refined and elegant woman , I have no c'aim even to the name 1 The perusal of these paper s appeared to j hear but Ihavetalents and industry have somewhat agitated him, for a tear j you want a proof reader for your maga slowly trickled down his cheek; but, j zinc, and I can satisfy you.' The bookmastering his emotion, he rung a silver ; seller was himself a man of talent, end the hand bell which stood near, and ordered ; bold frankness of the application pleased a servant to send Mr. Feiix Martin. In him. He inquired into the particulars f a few minutes apr eared a tall, graceful j his history, and employed him; but what boy, with a pale cheek, lofty brow, and i employment for genius! to chain down burning eye, which are the invariable I the mind to the mere poting over words characteristics of genius foredoomed to j and phrases, when it possessed capabili suffering. ties which could bear it up to the very Be seated, Telix,' said Sir William, gates of Heaven. ''I have much to say to you. I was Felix suffered all that an aspiring mind somewhat hrsh to you yesterday; but I j could do in such circumstances, and, had been much disturbed, and your per- j more than all, the mystery of his birth tinacious refuel to accept my offer irri- j weighed down his spirit with a load ol tatcd me still more But that is past.' ; unutterable mortification and sorrow. Thje cheek of Felix reddened as he ad- I He knew that he was the child of noble vanced Lord William nroceadejl, lI 'parents, but he also knew, or thought he

nave been examining the papers of the late Lady Iredale, (here his voice slight ly quiveteo,) and I find that she desires you may be put iu possession of the man uscripts contained in this casket, after I shall have perused them. I have done so, and they are now yours.' Feiix took the casket in silence. lI find also, tinned Lord William, 'that she has bequnathed to yeti all the property which she had a right to alienate, namely, the sum of two thousand pounds, which she d-sired mgft be placed in the hands of rwty a j ent, to bo applied to your ,K rihcr ccunuon. It w.s my intention to place you in a counting rooiv; but your opposition, and the v ish.es of Lady : IrcdViC, have determined me to act other , !HI5C' 1 have already taken meaves

, tOlli aiOIOc I v. . . i viii nix.. a j v miu'1" 10 is known j to i f presume, that in the course ol a lew He et bonne Ay a ncw mistress will preside over

vv,il e ,cr teC(-'e from me. l ou knot., household; and as your known attach -

rr.ent to the late' Sir Wiiliam's vnice ; thoug ts until his mother became the obsbsolutely forsook him. Cold and sclfnh ; ject ol his most intense hatred, as he was, he still had some heart, ard, It would be painful to follo'.v all the bitterly did it smite him. as Fe ix, burst- j steps of his humble fortunes. The strugm into an acony of tears, exclaimed 'I i pies of irenius with the world are like the

unders'and I will go, sir. I his lnteiview is painful to b-sth of

us, resumed Mr V illiam. In the cas j free only serves to tighten the coil which exclaimed she in a piercing tone of anket von will find a purse, containg more; is pressing it to death. A small pictuVe gu'uh, can you forgive your wretched than sufficient to pay your expences ' to which was attached t copy cf verses. 1 mother?" Felix started up in undi?gui My law ver resides in Cambridge, and is ; fad been presented by Fciix to the little ! scd horror. Casting herself on the floor

now about retu'ning thither; you will remain with him until the term commences. Farewell; I shall expect occa i tonally to hear of ycur welfare and i.nprovetner.'. helix left the presence ni l-)ir V illpm m'y to give en? to his su.lTocating emo tions. Painful a was this cold d'smis sal t;om the house which had so ior.;: sheltered him, it wis nothing compared to the aony 'vhich he felt at the idea tha. a stranger was ab.mt to usurp the name ana piaccof her whom his soul worshippea. To Sir William's worldly and calmlatiog mind Felix was a perlcct paradox, and alter a lev vain attempts o fathom ' nc mysterv vA his character, he io u;eu ,jP in that wayward heatt. jwti'u n-caii. i cux ii aii ;lkc; brought up under the eye of a tt n - der, susceptible, and ncgleLUd woman.

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. o . . I which he read aeain and crrain were i idea of her purity of character, and painting but too faithfully the gradual desola j tion ol a fond and faiihful heart. Estrang 'ing himself from society, Felix devoted! himself to study vjith unshackled dili gence, End at the expiration of two years, was examined received publicly the highest honors was complimented cn his uccess by the noblest of the assembled throng and returned to hi9 room to weep over his isolated condition, and to quit the University lor ever. Thenexl ..:. ..: !. i t . ciay saw mm cu msroau io Lonuoii. His iiri,t visit in London was to the banker who had supplied him with funds. I he house was closed, and he was told knew, that he was the offspring of dis honor; and when in his Icrcliness he pined for the affection, and longed to look upon the 'ace of one with whom he might ciaim kindred, he vet felt that he would rather icmain unlritnded, unconnected. i dining the whole of his miserable life.

con-'than b.ho!d those parents who bed been

' compcl'ed to b!ush for the very existence ' of their child. Of his mother be thought ; with unrriiigled bitterness. He had been ; nurtured by the tenderness of Lady Ircdalt: she had r;ivcn him to drik ol the sweet waters of woman's holy affection - ; and when he contrasted her purity and! gentleness with hi ideas of the mother who had voluntarily cast from her her new born babe, his heart sickened with disgust. To his mo'her, too, he could (ten aiu'Utu iu iinii 1:1 msuiiii; jj : ujli r - ; tion with the gifts of intellect, his power over the minds of men would have been been allotted to him in the same propor 1 illimitable; and he dwelt upon these vain efforts of the tiger, io the deadly em- ; brace of the boa every exertion to get diughterof his cnploycr, whom he oc-! csionaily saw as she visited her fitheri on her way to school. The child deligh - : ted with the gift, displayed it, with much ; pridrf to her family, and obtained pcrinv sion to place it tn the drawing room. It had turn there but a Jew (.ays, when it attracted the notice of a celebrated travelicr, who happened to be vjsi'ing at the! house. The exquisite flush of the pic-j turc, and the extreme beauty of the vers- j cs, excited his in'crest for the artist and ' to his great amazement he found him 'occupying the humble station of prnnl reader to a magazine. The gentleman was not one to be svisfud with simply admiring ger.ius. He vi-i'cd Felix io r.is lowly fiausi.it inn round lus narrow- , name oi nis neru rjr.ior vuS enoimti to 1 yj vc hivi the stamp of celcbiity, and Fc ! lix toon found the centre ol attraction in

he va soon to suffer from it s'.iil more j dreadfully. J Among the many charmirg women with whom the peet painter was now daily associated, was one who seemed to

- ..... r r , t Charlotte Erldon, by her strong rcscm blance to lady Ircdalc, and when he learned that she was indeed the cousin worth. Notwithstanding the great disparity of age between Lady Charlotte and Lady Iredale, the resemblance was very striking. Lady Charlotte possesSCO IOC dUUIC JJtOblVC CAJJICS5IOII Jt countt nat-cc, the same hrge dove like ryes, the same finely curved mouth, the same high and snowy brow tha rnd characterized the beinz whom Felix had worshipped, and when he learned thai the resemblance was to be found aiso in heart and mind, he gave himself up without restraint to this new and dciightlul homage to his early attachment. Lady Charlotte was young, tender, and inexperienced Felix W3s young, enthusiastic, and passionate vhat the progress of love in such hearts must have been, all may imagine, but none may describe. They met in secret they plighted their mutual vows of fidelity, and though the purity of her spirit shmnk fiom a cbn destine intercourse with her lover, she yet lesolved to wait patiently until time should fiave removed the obstacles be iwten them, and then to give herself u his fortunes forever. But they were be trayed The friends of Ldy C harlottt were outiaireous: and even her kind old tathr r told Felix that he could have over looked his poverty, but that it was im possible to excuse his ignoble and riisho no? able birth They were separatedLady Chariotte ve;.s cloely immured liom socie'y, and Felix buritd himseU among his books and pictures. A stem and vengclul pride had taken possession of bn heart. He resolved to win sue!) fame ar shou'd make the mete inheri tors of a ticbte name quail before him, and subduing the bitter agonies of dis appointed offtction, he applied all the energies of his nature to his great task. He was successful BeSore three years had elapsed, he had the proud satisfaction of learning that the haughty hro thcrs of her w bom he had so much loved, would gladly have bestowed the hand of their unhappy sister upon the gifted and distinguished minstrel. It was too late. The gentle spirit cf Lady Charlotte withered beneath the bl'ht cf hopeless love, and when again permitted to behold her, Felix found her but a shadow of her former self. Nor was the change in himself less startling. Days of inces sant labor, and nights of repeated vigil, combined with intense mental suffering, had wasted his health, though they could not subdue bis spirit, and the lovers felt j that they would soon be united forever ' in the quiet sleep of death. 'J hey saw each ether constantly. The fading spark of life in the bosom of Lady Charlotte! seemed re kindled by the presence of her lover, and Felix, vvi'.h all the wild j and unnatural excitement which often attends the victim of consumption, con tinued to pour forth stiain after strain, of the most exquisite poetry, until the death of his wot shipped idol lol broke the! spell forever. A tew days after the de2th of Lady Charlotte, he ;-at alone in his apartment. The agony cf his g'ief had subsided, ami the consciousness that he should soon rcjido her, had tranquiiized his bereaved heart, but there was one grief for which there wns no solace one sorrow which haunted him even to death. The doer j 5 u Uli tl 1 iy J 1 1 1 1 1 H i closely rut filed j Helore Felix ct suddenly opened, and admitted a woman, in a cloak, and veiled uld arise or demand the cause of such intiusion, she approached him, and throwing eff her concealments disclosed a face perfectly unknown to him. Her countenance, which was that of a woman about forty years of age, still bore the traces of extreme beauty, and her whole appearance was that o rank and fasbicn before him, she clasped his knees, and ith all the eloquence of woman's sor- ; row, entreated him to look upon her, and j forgive her. To describe his feeling i would be lmpofisible. AM his deep and ! deadly hatred rose in his heart he loathcd her for the very humbleness with which she writhed upon the earth before her child her offcast sen. But when he heard her tale when he learned that he was the offspring of a scrrt marri arc between the son of one of the no blest families in Fiance, and the daughter of the 3r.cient house of Montmorency when he heard that the mauiage had been publicly legalized several years before, and that he. the first br tn of that marriage, had remained urclaimcd, les' he should deprive his brothers of their piince!y birthright, his ra-e knew nn bounds. Spuming the wretched woman who s'ill clung to him in pgovy, h poured forth a torrent of inv cciiv e, each word a dagger to the heart of a mother In vain she entreated him to remember : that si c had entrusted him tn the caic o! j otii whom the knew would provide for

you go, uke yCU this message to mchcr. I have suffered poverty, disappointment, and iscrace. 1 liave seen the being whom I worshipped, dy ing. because I had ro r.cme to c.fftr her.

1 have vrn a nan.e for mvseit tl the cxpensc of health ard life, and a'd this I owe to my rrothei." Lvok here," he said, be Tiding down over the kr.i cling figure at his fret, 'lo(k zi this wasted brow, and sec if I speak rot the trull ; then go hence, and hear to my mother the curse c her dyir.g fc?.'" The unhappy wcrran fell scrseltss at his feet. His eyes glittered with the light of insanity, as he stooped down and Jerked earnestly cn the pale and stiffened featurcs before him; then bursting ir.to a wild and terrific laugh, he fprurg cier the prostrate form of his motLer, ai.d lushed frr-m the rorm. The next day, when the sexton rpened the gate of the burial grr ur.d vh.ero the remains of Ladv Charlotte had been deposited, the hi-dy of the ur.foittn3te Felix was found stretched cn a rrourul r.f earth beside her tnn.b, totally dead. A daik red stain cn the ficvh grass to'd ti e manner of his death. The aci'atinn of his feeling had hurtied on the work which consumption wus s'owly performing. He had broken a blood vessel, and the unhappy victim of 3 mother's weakness was at rest forever. Thrift v's Maxims and Advice for. JUNK. 'what 13 kve.rt ncd s f-v-ikess is nobody's Becnusc ex'ery body and r.ibody arc the same tiling. 'Boys, the cate are i;i the corn; one of you go and drive them out, and put up the fence "1 he bovs look at each other, but no one goes , Why? Because it is not hit business Let some one of the others go. How dirty this room is; vTy errt somebody sweep it? says u mother to j her daughters; 'and the gardu". a:f t!jn. oug inwen.6-u.I.iti0nt 4-mrccwtti ill' I will tell you, gr.cd bdy--bcc-uc it i every bcdis business. Tim it happens in all br-e families, where there i& no f)stem, or yovrtn-mr-nt. Little or nothir.g is done, because? it is made the particular duty of ro tnc to do it. 'NViuhbor Sloth, (sys one) that great tree blown down across the mad, ruh: to be cut and rolled out cf the v?v; that hole at the foot of the hill, where all ihc waggons get mired, ought to be filled up; and the bridge, w here John's f orse fil through and broke his leg, ought to bo repaired. The ro3tl has become intolerably bad, ard very dangerous ' It is 50, (says Sloth) but you know it dees not belong to we to doit. I can get along 5 well as others. I shcuhl like to know if every body is not ?.s much interested zs I an ?' Yes; and therefore nobody does it. You are in want ef a school" in ycur neighborhood 'Yes, we want a scVecl very much, (says cne and I hearti'y wish we had a good school: but it U e i not belong to we to build a school h' ust , and employ a teacher . cn ret alor as weu as the rest: Let acmtdtdv tl undertake the business. nnd 1 .;u;r to assist.' 'Well, I cm sure it dor.t belongtor;, ?ys another. Ard it iw r r business of mine' says a third. Nc; it' tvery body's business, thtrefcrc ' ?.cbodifs. Many of our rivers might br rnr-:'e navigable carals cor.sttuctcd h. scmin3ries of learning stabliiht c w:::; a little energy, cnterprize ard public spi::?. Hut it dors not belcr-g to u. "say s rl-o township) nor to us, (tays the rouniy ) nor to us, (s3ys the legislatm t ) i cr tow?, (says cenptcs) to do it.' Kr; a belong to every body and therefore to tiohodu. eili inr.tvt rsz-.r. of . :Iin thrt P.up'ist v ill he ce!rbratrd at Vinrcrnc. by Viuccr.nes Lcdv, (): i -v.. :..: St''l V ill ;. h-' T!:-(' and prccevd to the Methodist char;:!. uh?tn fcr-n.tn will he tleliv ci ed bv Kev. Hreihtr II. M.Shaw. Monday h.lfoi-ir-, tb, Lodges w"'. proc-ed in prf o ion to t!ie Merlcviisn Ir: pel, at whi; h plaee an addies w ill !:e troi.'o ::,cc! !jy ihrtlir J. W. D xU, rf L'ar-1M-. A dmr.rr will he provided for tht -( asii n by J. hn ('. C'iaik. Ali worthy transient brothers ad a ent Led.' ae rtquv's inv ited to attn.d a:.d t. lebiatior.. t tJ jird pa: ti tiiat r:lci':itc ia tlie . R()?F.:T.V. II A MM I'. I I. x - W. J. ill. HI-HI). U. V. I'iilfF. Mv.Flax Sued diik :r r" mi t cv oniirn; Y nif -i 'Vi'i;rss iihi;Li;?f Fit -;! I wii.i.i Vu: ei::.e.