Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 June 1832 — Page 4

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STANZAS. (By James G. Brooks, present editor rf the Winchester Va. Republican.) Life hath its sunshine; hut the ray Which fl ishes on its stormy wave. Is but the beacon of decay, A meteor gleaming o'er the grave; And though its dawning hour is blight. With fancy's gayest colouring. Yet o'er its cloud encumbered night Dark ruin flaps its raven win. Life hath its flow'rs, and what are they? The buds of early loe and truth. Which spring and wither in a day, The gems of warm confiding youth; Alas! those buds decay and die. Ere ripen'd and matured in bloom, Then in ark hour behold them lie Upon the still and lonely tomb. Life hath its pang of deepest thrill, Thy sting, relentless memory! Which wakes not, pierces not, until The hour of joy lias ceased to be; Then when the heart is in its pall, And cold affections gather o'er. Thy mournful anthem doth recal Bliss which hath died to bloom no more. Life hath its blessings; but the storm Sweeps like the desert wind in wrath, To sear and blight the loveliest form That sports on life's deceitful path. Oh! soon the wild heart-broken wail, So changed from youth's delightful tone, Floats mournfully upon the gale, hen all is desolate and lone. Life hath its hope; a fleeting dream, A cankered ilowcr, a setting sun, Which casts a transitory gleam Upon the even clouds of dun. Pass but an hour that dream hath fled, The dowers on earth forsaken lit ! The sun hath set, whose lustre shed A light upon the shaded skv. HARD ITMES. There is no virtue less understood than economy, though in these times it lists to the rank ol one of the cardinals, and it may protect them all- Economy is relative; and w hat is economical in one man is profuse in another. In this plain republican country, more is sacrificed to osttntaiion than to necessity. Pride is a lofty rider, hut it now and then gets a fall. Pride persuades a man, and a great many men to wear a coat of English fabrication, and when it is time to pay the tailors, the importers have sent ell the cash a "way to pay lor the cloths, and there is none on hand to pay tailors, or speculate with. An old coat is an old friend, when 3 new one is necessarily an enemy. "Have more than thou showest, Lend less than thou o est," was the advice of one of Lear's sage re tainers, and the counsel is yet good. We arc not of the belief, however that the present distress in what we call the commercial world, and which extends to the universal world, is a consequence of a want of conomy. If wc buy of a foreign nation more than wc can pay for in produce, we must pay the balance in cash, if none is left at home to p3y taxes. The fluctuations of the money market are of late years the greatest evil in trade. Our currency is fictitious; bank notes represent money, and property is pledg cd for their payment but it is not gold and silver, so that at a time when money is the most needed at home, or when the most of it is sent abroad, there is none to be had on any kind of property. Of nothing comes nothing. Now if our Anak sc ns of the sail will persist in leaving the reen fields where they may whistle in the furrows, for the counter or the wharf, let them not do so without a previous balancing of evils. A hundred acres ot glebe wiil in the life of one man, repay the labors of cultivation, with health, equanimity, and a secure competence; dependent upon no bank, but only upon the props and pillars of our planet. Nothing less than the expected collision with a comet can affect the farmer's security; a flood or a f;re spread over his lands; but increases their fertility, and the ,japs ol an earthquake close of themselves, so that there are no probable dangers of total loss that beset agriculture. II the farmer cannot sell his produce, let him eat it, grow fat and be thankul. He has property, if it be not convertible property. He has support and certainty. He may not have coin; nobody has; but he has what coin represents. Coin is hut a measure of value, but a medium, a rep resentaiive; the farm and stock are the things represented. The merchant may count ever daily, sums that never enter the dreams ol the farmer; he may sell constantly, and make prcf.t on every sale. He may have the un ports of the East or South, he may havenutes bends and securities, but let him be ebligcd to pay 0,000 in times like the present, and vhough he can offer security f.e times the amount, where will he get, what is not to be had the needful? If he fail to taiseit, his whoh property, sacrificed at sale, when no one is able to buy, may not bring the amount. Ot all envy, ihe most unfounded is that ot a Urtner towards a meichant. A plough is a sjler thing to deal with than a ship; a ciop ol salcr insurance than a voyag-e. It the crop cannot always be jfecidj it Ciiu intariabljr be consumed, while

a package of notes or bonds, would ret

afTord a dinner, or the means of one, to a rat. The high estimation in which Amcri- j ca is held in the mother country, and over the continent of Europe, is continually made known by the evidence given from cur countrymen abroad. A gentleman, writing recently from London, to his friend in Ucston, says: "The message of the President is universally admired. I have seen it in gold. The idea that the Americans are out of debt, prosperous and happy, and that these poor tax ridden wretches arc in such distress, induces them to compare and contrast the causes; and I can assure you that there is a spirit of liberty abroad in the earth; that there is a marching through Luropc with strides that no earthly pow. cr can resist; and happiest arcVihosc princes who ?ee the grievances of their subjects, and hasten to relieve them. ,If you have any uneasy or disaffected American friend, persuade him to travel only as far as I have done in Europe, and he will be most effectually cured "of his folly. "Phil. Gar. The recommendation of this letter writer, to our malcontents, puts us in mind of the remedy which General Scott, (Kentucky's revolutionary hero and governor,) used to prescribe for toryism. Of the complainers who condemned the government under our republican administrations, he would say These dissatisfied people ought to be sent to Europe, where they may enjoy all the blessings ivhich their principles are calculated to confer.' We think with the old revolutionary General, that if some of our would be American grandees were made to feel their insignificance as British subjects, or Russian Serfs, it would be an admirable cure for their love of European dynasties and antipathies to the popular influence in their own country Globe. Days of Old forty years ago Liteiature meant learning, and was supporter! by common sense. Refined nonsense had no advocates, and was pretty generally kicked out of doors. Fatty years ago -Men of property could labor and wear homespun to church; women spin and weave, make butter and cheese, whose husbands were worth thousands. Forty years ago There were but few merchants in the coumry lew insolvent debtors, and they very rarely imprisoned for debt. Forty years ago The young ladies of the first respectability leai ned music; but it was the humming of the wheel, and learned the necessary steps of dancing in following it. Their piano was a loom, their parasol was a broom, and their novels the bible. Forty years ago The young gentlemen hoed corn, chopped wood at the door and went to school in the winter to learn reading, wiiting and arithmetic. Forty years ao There were no such things as balis in the summer, and but few in the winter, except snow balls. Forty years ago If a mechanic promised to do your work, you might depend on his word; the thing would be done. Forty years ago When a mechanic h:d finished his work, he was immediately paid for it. IUcF.ir-T TO CATCH A CONSUMPTION. At home, in your comfortable parlor or kitchen, wear leather shoes, short quartered and pretty high in the instep, over woollen stockings. Then on going abroad, either to meeting or on a visit, be sure to put on thin stockings and stuff shoes, long quariers and low, having single regard to the fashion, so as to show a small foot and slender ankle This, followed up, will do much towaids it; but if you find this advice ineffectual, throw off an under petticoat; or put off one of flannel and put on one of dimity, changing also your bombazette or merino dress, for one of calico or chintz, low at the bosom, being careful to leave the neck and breast exposed to the (search ing eyes of the beau, 1 had like to have said, but mean) searching blasts of winter. Follow up this course a while and you may be certain of a smart cold, and more than probably will lay the foundation of an incurable consumption. Thous ands hac tried it, who are not here to tell how effective is our receipt. 1 am yours to serve, " Ihe Sisters Three." P. S. Should any young lady be desirous of the Ear ache, or a smart twinge or two of Tooth ache, it would be to run out in the evening without any thing on the head, or only the slight covering of a handkerchief thiown loosely over. Sitting by a bicken window, or standing in the door half an hour to bid "good night" to a departing beau, may perhaps do nearly as well. THlTcOMET. An elderly lady apparently in a stste of high mental excitement, called a few days since and inquired for almanacs. t- . i ...

lA!ter anowing several " I hem antrjHE subscriber has the pleasure of

iliekinuei. i ney are all the kinds we have good woman but our neighbor Xeaiing ha the Antiiiaionic almanac may be that is the kind you want. "No. I dun't want them cither Oh niyl my, I'm desperately sorry 1 caiTt remember the name let me think now I've got it, Comet Aunanac that tells all about that dieadlul thing that's going to smash theeauh hav'ntyou hcaid ofii?" Certainly

madam, we have heard of the comet, but

what induces you to think that it will smash the earth? 'Why Nczcr Johnson our mas'cr says so, and he knos alt about it, he says it is ten chances to one if wc an t all burnt up what a dreadful time it will be; he told me that the Comet Almanac would tell all about it, and I My good woman, do not be alarmed at the prognostication of your schoolmaster. Astronomers say that there is no danger to be apprehended from the comet, and they probably know as much about it as Nczer Johnson does. As for the Comet Almanacs, there is no such thing; they all speak of the comet that will appear during the pres ent year out none ot them are crazy enough to predict that the world is com- j ing to an end quite so soon, You must not ! !tt it disturb you anymore. Tell vour ' triend Nczcr forme that he never will f be hung for a witch. "Well, you have taken a great load off my mind; and as the comet an't going to burn us all up this year, I guess I'll take one of your health Almanacs, and try to live a little longer. But depend ont Nezer must look cut for bieakers." Cat skill Messenger, GOVERNESSES. An excellent story appeared not long since in a book on education relative to governesses. A lady wrote to her son requesting him to look out for a lady such as she described and such as is ordinarily expected in a governess, that is to say, all accomplished, with the disposition of an angel. The gentleman wrote back, saying that he had long been looking out for such person, and that when he found her he should not recommend her for a governess for his mother, but take her for a wife himself. The following adver tisement is actually cut out of the Times of one of the days of the last month: "Wanted, in a gentleman's family, a young lady as Nursery Governess, to in struct two young ladies in French, music, and singing, with the usual branches of education, and to take the entire charge of their wardrobe. She must be of a social disposition and fond of children, and have the manners of a gentlewoman, as she will be treated as one of the family. Salary twelve guineas per annum." What shall we say to this modest offer? IT I 1 . . . . .i now mucn uoca tnis gentleman give his housemaids' Let us enumerate tvhat the reisonable man would have for twelve guineas per annum: French language; music; singing; usual branches of educa tion that is to say, writing, arithmetic, geography, history, &c ; the charge of wardrobe of two young ladies, which implies the art of dressmaking, the practice of a seamstress, and the habit of order; a social disposition, which means amiable address; and the being willing to take a hand at whist when the children are gone to bed, whether she is tired to death or not, the manners of a gentlewoman. In return for the application of all these qualities to the improvement and amusement ot a whole house, it seems there are persons who will '"treat her as one of the family," and to boot, give her twelve guineas per annum! And are creatures all answering to this description to he had lor twelve guineas per annum? If it be so we think the fact should be made known, for we are much mistaken if there are not thousands of gentlemen in this country who would freely give that sum, and throw a Jiand into the bargain. A'eiv Munthly Magazine LANS FOR SALU 7i Illinois, in the Military Tract. The south half of Sec. 2, T 9 N 1 west Qr. 10, T 1 S 5 west, Qr. 21, T 6 N 3 west, Qr. 36, T 7 N 5 west, Qr. 15, T 9X3 east.. UXorln-west th-east west orth-east T.e above LANDS are in the neighborhood of good settlements. The North-east cf 21 lies within 4.J miles of Macomb, the county seat of McDonough. ALSO 400 acres. No. 231, in Indiana, 14 miles from Vincennes, on the road to Indianapolis. There will be an indisputable title given for any of the above lands. The above-mentioned lands will he ex changed for lands in the neighbourhood of! mcennes, or good HOUSES, at a reasonable price. The land is well timbered and watered, with large prairie near. N. SMITH. Vincennes, January 21, IS32. 50 tf BARGAIN T011 SLE, r HOUSE at a large and commodious and LOT in Hruceville, Knox county, Indiana, well calculated for either a Store or I avern stand. 1 he situation is healthy and pleasant, presenting a good vacancy for either, surrounded by a dense population of enterpris'.ng citizens. Gentlemen wishing such a situation, will do well to examine the premises, as a bargain will be given. A liURN&IDE. N. H. Enquire of J. T. Simpson, in Hruceville, or J. Chambers, 8 mile north of the village, who is duly authorized to sell and transfer the property. A. H. April 3, S31:. 12 2m l) j i lit UUUDWlu I UUll' i lun.lllJl.1 will insert the above two month . and send the JThe Louisville Public Advertiser will account to this office for collection. COMMISSION AM) STORAGE AGENCY. j . n informinrr the nublic pcnerallv that he still continues the Commission and Storage Businkss, at his Old Stand, NORTH iVRSr CORNER Of H ATER AS1) MARKET STREETS. WILLIAM MIEURL. Vincennes, April, 1331. 9-tf. 23iauh.o for tUmofo On iund Mid far u!e at this Oilice

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