Western Times, Volume 1, Number 22, Richmond, Wayne County, 24 January 1829 — Page 1

i v r i i i. . KlMTt .v 1THMsiii:i, n v s. SMITH, i . i . ..r.VILLE, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA. 1TO. 2S.

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OH! DESPAIR. T UK M THE ARIL! . lrt !ne we l.-tn inilc", ftUlo:i r Without one trophy Iroin ami ition w-.tj, Sly youth h rti'lftl, nn.l tny iru- lire ilt-tie h.ut an-i iora!irn, t.er rl. n; I !;.:!, (Irirfin my I art nnl munlc r in mv Imin!: Since iiuth'i warm promise of trrn ll't mi:-, Itt utle r rmptintM Uth hi ru pr.i :iiin Hince health, ntnl youth, am! cu!rrpne nre tK!, AuJ mugM tut ang-.iuh rnrk tli r liir j tr.dh"jno friend arc vani-Leti, k. mre if mr-omnl K'ca thii lore prenpico ol liaunteil groutx! Core! t'ull i!rpair vf"ve muled Ken .-o I mir, I5e tV.ou the Luittrn el" my transient son. 0 con M the ie!itg th;il inpiml luy yuiith, The tLir t f.r glnry not tl.e tt.irt for truth fen for a riionent quit mj" aching brmn, Arv.l Ihtc tnj sprit tree from evry pain I ijoie miJniht witt ht, wocld they leate my hl hi !e their herU fore ct in the flight vi rhip. my tpirit mi;t.t 1 1 joy return, itl once again w ith virtuwi ruptul e Liirn. Yes! though tlii tl all Despair iurrunJ my toul. Unght lil.t nr breaking with I.ich u!l thing! coutro': ' T o! from the heaven ("e're m!i lh (ic Jove, A hvir.iT eanif jt pf eternal ljve. - - M"r.S WRITTEN 1 A WATCH CASt. tre, rcfvlcr, h re, in youth, or Hge, or prime, The te lm; ti'p of ueTtr-Hi ling tlinr: Wi tl wild ru mtrk the u o.th i.l ai it tlir, Thiiik u!.'. a moment ' to tim Ihut tlica. CO.Ci.TJO.' Approacl.in; death alone is pain, In lctvtnr, lue the pant; iorr, Why then at death o much complain, If after dr.ith, wc riee no more. miSCELLAHCOUS m:v almanac. A man in Washington lias invented a curiou Almanac, w hich may be comprised on the fie of one quarter of a dollar; and i perpetual, showing the da) s of the week for aiy month in the year within the space of ten thousand tears, without an alteration. This Almanac is arranged on the head of an ever-pointed pencil ca?c, and on the me pencil case will be arranged the phases of the moon for one thousand year. It also show the Dominical letter for any c r; the conjunction; apposition, nod quadrature of ihemoon for one thousand year?. And, by Htamping the m al of a letter with the hcd of this p 'f.' 1 c m11 he :tt nn nrjprcssion ho i:g thu dij and Lour tn which the letter was sealed. j lUmtbj f)t In'.cmp; nre. The fob j lowing n the most s.ular remedy lor intemperance we ever heard of. Af- ! t;r this, Dr. Chambers' famous pre i scriptiou must "hide its diminished J head." ! Lrwxs a drunkard of this town, had ) been long yoked in matrimony, and . was surrounded witli a rroeenv. His ( rrifc, at length, finding, if the husband drank so much, the and her childicn - '3 low him from pot-houte to pot house, which the did, seating herself at his ' lide, callirg for the same beverage, regaling herself in the same manner, and 1 6inging longs in concert. She neglect- ! ed her childrtn, returned home joviali ly drunk, always in company with her I hunband; the man swore the woman chimed in the husband left home she followed. At last, he was disgusted vith the public house, because his phantom wife was there -and the ! thought of his children made him a Anvert. He left the public house did his wife; he attended to his bu- ; ainesi sodid6hr;hc became a good father -she a good wife; thus exemplifyn.g new way of curing a drun1 band. Krighhn Gazelle muit leave on ea inc. ueiermuita toioi - Power of Eh'piencr. The Accomplished sceptic, Chesterfield, was pretnt when Whiteficbl presented the vo iary of lin under the figure of a blind Vgur led by a little dog. The dog had broken his string. "The blind cripple with hit statT between both hands, ;ropcd his way unconscious to the side (" a precipice. As ha felt along with

liis 6t;(T, it dropped down the descent too deep to scud back an echo. lie tliou't is on the ground, and bending

forward took one careful ftep to jccovcr it. Iut he trod on vacancy, poised for a moment, and as he fell headlong Chesterfield sprung from his st'at, exclaming ly heavens he's gone. KINO OF rillSSlA. The late King of Prussia iung his bell cue day and nobody answered, lie opened the door and found the page asleep on the sofa. He was going to rtrake him, when he perceived the end v.( a bill fti'.King out of his pocket. He had the curiotity to know the contents; he toe k and read it. It was a letter from his mother, who that.kcd him for having sent her a part of his wages, to assist her distre?, and besought Cod to bltfcs him in hi filial goodncsi. The king returned to his room, took a roleau of ducats, and slid I hem with the letter into the page's pockrt. Returned to his apartment, he rang so violently that the page awakened and entered. 41 You have slept well,"' said the king, the page made on apology, and in his etnbarassrr.cnt he happened to put his hand into his pocket and felt with astonishment the paper of money. He drew it out, lurned p le, looked at the king, and burst into tean without being able to ppeak a word. "What i? the matter," said the king; "what aili )ou.?"' "Ah? Sire," taid the young man throwing hirnelf at his feet, somebodi would wish to ruin me. I know rot how this money came into my pocket.'' My fiiend," said the king, "Cod often 6ends us good in our sleep, give it to thy mother; salute her in my name, and tell her I will take enre of her and you." The editor of the Quebcc(Canatla,) Government Gazette, thus remaiks on the last Message of 'resident Adams "The President's Message has been received trrm Washington. The spirit towards Iv gland i not over friendly, nor a complimentary as usual. This is well accounted for in the firmness hown by the British Gc vernment, as to our commercial relations with the United States. Until every advantage is on the side of our Republican friends, wc must not expect any tery marked good humour. The document is of the usual character, lengthy, verbose, and authentical. What does Mr. Adam mean by "the relation of our Federal Union with our brethren of the human race? 1 reference to the K-t g ol the Netherlands as to tbe decision of the Noith Eastern boundary is termed the last " friendly expedient-," and the Uni ted States "rely on the justness of their cause, ?t vlo the Imtish l rovinccsol .....v.-v... v.. x......,vj.. . uisliiuuu iii a jioiiioii oi territory u the northern f;xtremiv ol the United States," and the West Indies are the .i: i i . -- r i i. uin tui oi .;(.m.i:n lei uncu ny "Vireai nruam ovci me insuiar nrcnipoiago.; ! .1 II tl-1 geographically the appendages of thein partoj the globe:' We needed not this j j to prove the intensity v ith which thce remnants are coveted. The extracts w hich are most interesting to readers in this Province, will be gircn in our mn. Expedition to the South Seas. On ri sing up from the perusal of the Life of Columbus the work ol our distinguished countryman, Mr. Irving, we could not help being struck with the influence which the adventurous navi gators of modern timet have exercised over the whole human race. By their efforts the limits of human knowledge, have been extended in every direction. The labors of Columbus have produced a greater effect upon the age than all the great warriors and statesmen that have risen up in the world from the age of Charlemagne to that of Napoleon. The spirit which animated Columbus is not yet extinct in Europe, and is, we hope, about to be awakened in our own country. Since the termination of the last war, Trance and England have added much to the stock of practical knowledge by their exploring expeditions to different parts of the world. The same commendable spirit has been manifested in the Congress of the United States. At the last session of tha House pf Repreicntativci, a resolution wn passed requesting tbo Executive

to send a vessel to the Pacific Ocean, &

the South Sea?, fur the purpose cl ma king discoveries that might be useful to our commerce, beneficial to our fishcries, and honorable to the national character. The Peacock, we believe, was selected for this purpose. Other details of the measure were prepared. It was found, however, that the success of the expedition depended on Bctne further regulations. In the mean time, a gentleman o untiring ipdustry was cmployedjby the department to collect irormaticn relative to the seas, and arrange it in tuch a manner ni to irake it ;:v:v.ble to the wants of the expedition. This was done. Information was collected during the last summer from the navigators of Nantucket, NetT Tedlord, and elsewhere, on the nature o" the South Sea, the islands, t' e inhabitants, fcc. Some of the nvst -ingular discoveries weie ma le. It appears tlat about tiro hundred islands l-ae beet, discovered by the navigator- of Nantucket, in the South Seas and Southern Picific Ocean which are not laid dozen on any map or t W, either in Europe or America. Ma ny ol these islands contain inhabitants, wno have never before seen a white man till they saw our fellow citizens of Nantucket. All the world knows the adventurous spirit of our hardy whalemen. As a nursery of seamen, the whaling trade of the United Stales is not surpassed in the world. Every measure, therefore, which can tend to benefit their labors, or throw an addit.onal light upon their business, is worthy of the earnest attention of the nation. If thepiopnsed expedition be fitted out, as every such ex pedition should be. much cood may re sult from its labors. Let gentlemen of science, experience and skill, be selected to accompany it, and particularly i'lf h as are also warm in the cause and enthusiastic for it prosecution. Wc have little doubt but much good may U.: I - r .1 :rc;a J? titr;c that we should wipe awa; the reproach that has been cast upon us by the scientitle narlers of Kuropc. Our gallant navy is in every tea, why should it be debarred from making an expedition to unknown places, and show that in time of peace it can be ashonrrnbly employed as it was gloriously occupied during the war! Wc have already geographical information, produced from the rude logbooks of Nantucket, which no nation in Europe possesses this is a trood capital to befin nnon. An expj. ring expedition, well conducted, will i u:vr double value to that iuformatiun, !M civtn-'t roircctnrg. method and ul- , tunatc oubHeitv. Wc bone Congress 1' will sreediU act upon this subject. It involves the interest of the whale fishe n; til1 hnor ef our navy ; the reputa tion of the nation: and the diffusion and I improvement of valuable geographical Knowieutie. . i. t.nnnirer, Travelling in France. Upwards of) three hundred public coaches leave ; i'aris da .. in fh voar 1700 thpv J J were f;urnPd out bv G ncrnment, and produced ,$120,000. The annual juce 0f tle lrlx upon . llhic crri. proupon purnc carriages,

amounts this year to $-950,000. Al-fto be doomed to an ennui of lonethough there is more expedition now, lin ss ,hc clarms 0f a sister and l C l A Al . ' A

7. VS: ' w miiiiic-ii'.u iui viic ia:i nnn iciuuij, tor instance. fromLc: to Pari-, the fare in 1790 was $10, and the coach was ten days on the road. The same fare is paid now, but the travelling is performed in less than three days. Principal events of theyear 1 023. The battle of Navarin and the liberation of Greece, by the French troops. The invasion of Turkey by the Russians and the unexpected vigor and suc cess of the Turks in defence. The usurpation of Dn Miguel, in Portugal and the submiss on f the Portuguese. The fall of the minister Villelo nnd hiapa.'y in France, and the comparative triumph of liberal principles thro'out the French government. The rapid changes in the British ministry, and the final n?cendency and elevation of the Duke of Wellington. The repeal of the Test Acts by the British Parliament; the election ofO'Connell, in Ireland, to the exclusion of Fitzgerald, the diffusion and comple tion of the project of Catholic Association in that country ; the general progress in Great BritaiD, of the cause of

Catholic emancipation, or religious right. The peace between Buenos Ayres and Brazil, including the establishment of the independent state of Montevideo, under the au6pice9, of G. Britain. The convulsion in the Republic of Colombia; the overthrow of her constitution; the assumption of supreme power by the military chief, Bolivar. The various revolutions in Peru and Chili, adverse to the plans and power of Bolivar, and the subversion of his Bolivian constitution in Upper Peru, tht declaratinn cf war between Colom

bia .nd Peru. The conspiracies and rebellions in Mexico; the failure of Bravo's plot, and his banishment, the election of Pedraza to the exclusion of General Victoria the insurrection of Gen. Santa-Anna. In the United States the adoption of a tariff, the violence cf the opposition to it in the South; the proceedings thereon of the legislatures of S. Carolina and Georgia, the violence of tne contest for oflice of president, the abuse of the liberty of the pre68 by incessant iuvectiveand calumny, the publication of private letters, the reports of private conversations, the election of General Jackson to the exclusion of Mr. Adams, the general and easy submission to the will of the majority, the new evidence and almost universal trust in the efficacy of our institutions, and the spirit of the country. The chief glory of the year, 1C28, is the situation of this Uniou. .Vat. Gazitle. Eipeditmis travelling. On Thursday last, in the storm, a gentleman of this city, drove a favorite little sorrel horse from Princeton, to Somerville and back to this city, in seien hours, a distance of 50 miles, and remaining in bomervule two hours on business, being at the rate often miles per hour. True American. Venerable legislators. There are tvro mQrr.be:E in thy iloiisr of AcmKlv of this state, whose united ages, amount to 175 years. lu. In 1795, Ballii:'.-:c contained a church and a few huw-es, on the hills a single sloop, with ' injsails, in the harbour. Now it is tha third city in the nation. SISTERS AND MOTHERS. There are ties, which, like the invisible strings of conscience, bind men to the world of kindlv affection, and are the last things forgotten, when one leaves life. The married situation may be one of pure and uninterrupted felicity , there may be no cloud in its whole happy horizon; it may be very sunny , and flowers spring in at every season of the age. But even these happy ones, who are in this clime of bliss, remember long and late the claims of a sister or a mother to their best affections. In the life of the solita;ry ami single, inose wno are suiu a mother should hold strongly, (not only upon the feelings but du ties, those kindnesses which men bestow upon their offspring and their wives, and who possess each, and in whom their besl views are concentrated, in Hid bachelor, are given to the (al most) sacred names which consti tute this heading. In loving a sister, there is none of that earth linessof passion which degrades the heart in the devotion due to a mother, comes none of the self ishness of men. The feelings inspired by both sister and mother, fall are derived from sources as pure as the divinity that inspired them. MADISON & THE CONSTITUTION. LETTER II. Montpelier, October 30, 1828. Dear Sir: In my letter of September 18th, I stated, briefly, the grounds on which 1 rested my opinion, that a power to impose dutici and restrictions od import!, with a tiew to eacourage

domestic production", Tas constitutionally lodged in Congress. In the ob. servationi then made, was involved the

opinion, nlso, that the power was prop erly mere lodged. As this last opinion necessarily implies that there are cases in which the power may be usuallyjexercised by Congress, the only body within our political system capabla ol exercising it with ellecr, you may think it incumbent on me to point out causes of that description. I will premise that I concur in the opinion, that, as a general rule, individuals ought to be deemed the best jadges ol the best application of their industry and resources. I am ready to admit, also, that there i9 no country in which the application may, with more safety, be left to the intelligence and enterprise of individu als, than the United States. Finally, I shall not deny, that, in all doubtful cases, it becomes every Gov ernment to lean rather to a confidence in the judgment of individuals, than to interpositions controlling the free exer cise of it. With all these concession?, I think it can be satisfactorily shown, that there are exceptions to the general rule, now expressed by the phrase "Let us alone," forming cases which call for interpositions of the competent authority, and which are not inconsistent with the generality of the rule. 1. The Theory of Let us alone" supposes that all nations concur in a perfect freedom of commercial intercourse. Were this the case, they would, in a commercial view, be but one nation, as much as the several districts composing a particular nation: and the theory would be as applicable to the former as to the latter. But Ibis golden age of free trade has not yet arrived; nor is there a single nation that has set the example. No nation can, indeed, safely do so, tintil a reciprocity, at least, be ensured to it. Take, for a proof, the f amiliar ca?e of the navigation employed in a foreign commerce' If a nation, adhering to the rule of never interposing a countervailing protection of its vessels, admits foreign vessels into its ports free cf duty, whilst its own vessels are subject to a duty in foreign ports, the ruinous effect is co obvious, that the warmest rdvocatj for the theory in question must ehrh.k from a universal application of it. A nation leaving its foreign trade, ?u all cases, to regulate itself, might seen find it regulated, by other nations, into a subserviency to a foreign interest. In the interval between the peace of 1 70S and the establishment of the present Constitution of the United States, the want of a general authority to regulate trade is known to have had this consequence. And have not the pretensirxns and policy latterly exhibited by Great Britain given warning of a like result from a renunciation of a'ountervailing regulations on thep' the United States? Were eh( jitted, by confering on certain pv ofher domain the name of (' ) to open from these a trade i -self( to. foreign countries, and Ucxcluds at the same time, a reciprocal trade to such Colonies, by forei-i countries, the use to be made of tt'' monopoly need not be traced. It'" cter will be placedinajustl by supposing th3t one of the CbL-l Llands, instead of its present Stance, happened to be in the vicinity of Great Britain; or that one of the Islands in the vicinity should receive the name and be regarded in the light of a Colony, with the peculiar privileges claimed for Colonies. Is if not manifest, that, in this cae, the fa vored Island might be made the sole medium of the commercial intercourse with foreign nations and the parent country thenco enjoy every essential advantage, as to the terms of if, which would flow from an unreciprocal trade from her other ports, with other nations! ; - ' Fortunately, the British claims, however speciously colored or adroitly managed, were repelled at the commencement of our commercial career as an independent people, and at success ive epochs under the existing Constitution, both in legislative discussions and in diplomatic negotiations. The claimi were repelled on the solid ground that the Colonial trade, as a rightful monop oly, was limited to the intercourse be tween the parent country and its colooiei. and between one colony arid an' otber; tkewhol being, strictly, in tfca

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