Western Times, Volume 1, Number 48, Richmond, Wayne County, 25 July 1829 — Page 1

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POBSST. . _ STANZAS, BY RICKARD H. WILDE. [l] My life i* like the rammer roe That opeoi to the morning iky, Bnt ere the ihadet of evening close Ii scattered on the groond to die: J Yetoathat rose’s hutnbU bed The sweetest dew* of Night are iked, to if the wept such waste to see, But none shall weep a tear fair me., Mj life is like the autumn leaf That trembleß in thfl moon's pale raj; . Its hold is frail; its date is brief: Restless, and soon U> pass away: * Yetlere that leaf shall fall and fade, Tbe parent tree shall mourn its shade, The triads bewail the leafless tree t But none lhaltbreathe a sigh for me. My lifais like the prints which foot Have left on Tampa's [9] desert strand Soon as the rising fide shall beat, All trace wilt vanish from the sand: Tet as if grieving to efface All vestige of the humanjraod \ On that lone shore, liiia moorn* the sea; ) But none (alas!) shall mourn for me. )' s . . ANSWER, * vJ ' BY A LADY or BALTIMORE. Though dews of night may fall from heaven Jtlpon the withered role’s bed, And tea* of fetod regret be given t To mOferu the" virluejpfthe dead^,wYet morning’s sun the de#s will dry, .-v’ And tears will fade from sorrow’s eye, Affection’s pan|kbe lulled t? sleep, And even forght to weep. The tree may mourn its fallen leaf, And autumO winds bewail its bloom: )tnd friends may heave tho sigh of grief / O’er those who sleep within the tomb 1/ Yet soon will spring renew the flowerv, And time will bring more smiling hoursj In friendships heart alljfrief will die, , And even love forght to sigh. j 'NThe sei may on the desert shore VjjjyMol each trace it tears away; ' ( The lonely.heart its grief muy pour. -* j O’er cherished friendship’s fast decay;— ,| Yet when aU trace is lost and gone ( The waves dance bright and gaily on : , Thus soon affection’s bonds are torn, j " And even love forgets to Jpfrtbe-r' i [l] Mr Wilde is a native of Ireland, and is at < present a Representative in Congress fronj Geor- j ilia. He was residing in Florida when be wrote < the above. v (J) Tampa is a desett on (be seashore in Flor- , Ida, it is believed. > Some of the newspapers have it *Tetope,” which besides not having any i more of a strand than the shores of a small river , nay furnish, is by no means a desert; for in fact . “the vale of Tesnpe,” once so celebrated “In story and in song,’’ is nbw the site of extensive * cotton manufactories, unless the contest be- I tween the Greeks and their possessors has dis- < tnrbed the enterprising Germans who establish- , od them. -Eos. Am (Me ) Advocate. MISCELLANEOUS. ! ~ ■ ■ - ——■ ■ ~ ‘ I|JX " 1 Morocco. —Such is the slate of despotism in Morocco, that during the last 300 years, not a village has been built, a city enlarged, 1 a bridge erected or a harbour formed ip the whole Kingdom. /1 Education. —Solon made a Law that those should neither be relieved nor regarded in their old age by their children, who took no care, by a good and virthous Education iu their youth, to' instrucr them in all the principles of their duty/; Socrates says, he that makdrhis son worthy of his esteem, by giving him A liberal Education, has a far greater title to his obe dience and duty, than he that gives him a large estate without it.' Sir Francie Drake. —On the 15th of November, 1577, Francis Drake left Plymouth, England, with the design of sailing round the Globe, and on the 25th of September, 1580, he returned safe again to the same port; having performed bis voyage in less than three years, to the great admiration °f the people of that day. To catch Wild Pigeons a fanner in Fairfield lately soaked corn in whiskey, and \ strived it for their food. They became toUxtcated, end were eggjjly taken by hand. Mat. Philanthropist. ® a v*r pretend* to make shoes, f/ .u V. ■“* “nr** l “ apprenticeship M°lhe business of shoe-making. Yet no *n appears to despair of his talents in the 1 *..i > :L/\ though he has never . • ,hoa B ht * to that most difficult of the inatant in which he comces his nice and difficult occupation.— I Plato.

EDITED A PUBLISHED, BY JR SMITH, AT CENTREVtLLE, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA.

. Logic.— Tbe following is a pretty good hit at the readiness with which the most absurd sophistry is too often swallowed down by the inconsiderate multitude. “Every col,” said a shrewd logician qne day to a multitude who had assembled to hear bun lecture, “has three tails .” At tbi# declaration all were apparently astonished. "“And l ean prove it,” he continued, “beyond the doubt of every man present.” “And how,” asked the gaping multitude; “well,” continued he, “no cat has two tails.” “Very true,” replied the multitude. “Then every cat has one tail more than vo cat.”. “True again,” replied they. “Then as no cat has (wo tails, and every cat has one more than no cat, they must every cat have three tails.” The multitude were convinced he was right, in spite of both their reason and their senses, and not until they had actually examined their cats could they be undeceived. rCity of London. —There were infro city of London, ih 1805, 1.00 alms-houses, 20 hospitals, 3 colleges, 10 public prisons- !5 flesh markets, 15 inns of court, 3 bridges, 49 halls for companies, 8 public schools, 131 charity schools, containing 6034 poor children, 664 common inns and taverns, 551 coffee houses. 150,000 dwelling houses, 7,000 streets, alleys, 4c. and 1,000,000 inhabitants. Since 1805 the city .has increased greatly in magnitude. Ttmgreat Plague in London in the reign of Charles 11. 1665. swept away more than 100,000 inhabitants, and left the city for several weeks so gloomy and forsaken that scarce a human being was to be seen walkihg the streets; and the next year, 1666, a fire broke out at a baker’s shop, near London bridge, and owing to the wind and drought, the flames spread over the city with unabtfted fury for thrr ; days and nights. The distress occasioned by this dreadful conflagration was almost ns terrible as that produced by the plague, and before its ravages could be stayed it 'consumed'?© churches, Guildhall, the city 1 bridge and gates, mostofthe valuable puh- 1 lie structures, and 13.200 dwelling houses, and swept over a surface of the city measuring more than 436 acres. London was re-built with all possible speed, orngj new and much improved plan, hut is yet very inferior in appearance And public advantages and accommodations, to several cities in the United States. '

“Ladies' Department .”—The above caption to a longftory, in which .a spruce beau is the promiuerit hero, iii a paper before us, being quite of a piece with, much that meets the eye, every day, in turning over our exchange papers, constrains us.tp say that we don’t think pur brother, editors treat the ladies with due respect. “ Ladies' department,” and “a love story” seem to pass with them for synonymous terms; as though a lady could be interested in nothing but stories of courtship, and pretty beaux! Wl}at A libel! The sight of such an article irresistibly Conjures up the slender figure of some editorial Adonis, at his toilette Secretary, selecting articles for his “Ladies’ Department,” under the impulse of the only fixed and abiding article In his creed to wit : that all womankind arfr, and, of right,bught to be, wholly absorbed in the contemplation of just such, exquisites as himself: that to receive the attentions of elegant suitors, constitutes their paradise, and that the annals of the beaux, comprise, io their estimation, the whole compass of literature. A modest assumption, truly! There is Something so ungailant, not t 6 say indelicate in the implication, as to render it altogether insufferable. After alt that has been said and sang, of lase years, respecting improvements in female education,and the mental elevation of the fair sex, to a height that King Lemuel* neVer dreamed of, are our ladiegJto be treated „as though they were less intelligent than their grandmothers, and as though no reading could be acceptable to them, except that of the most vain and trifling kind? •See Proverbs, chap. xxxl. t -..Boston Philanthropist.

RULES FOR GOOD MANNERS.! 1. If you are at-work near the road, be sure to stop and look at every one who passes by, from the time he first makes bis appearance, until he is out of sight. No one, who has not had the experience of it, can tell how much pleasure there is in seeing half t dozen men abandon their employment and gaze at him, as though they had never before seen a mortal, or were desirous to see every button on his garments. 2. When yon are passing by neighbours at work, never fail to stop and talk with them, especially if they are engaged in doing somethirig of considerable im|>ortance, Every one must perceive how agreeable it is to a man to be obliged by the rules of good manners to suspend his labour an hour, especially if he has several hired men in company with him, to tistmi to a trifling story, or to hear thfi history of his neighbors' affairs.

SASTTSDAT, TtTLT 25, 1828.

3. When a person passes by jobr house never fail to deck the windows with as many faces as the house Cap supply, and if the windows will not accommodate all, let one or two stand in the door. 4. If you are passing by a house be carei nil to look into the windows, by this you may generally know whether its occupants are industrious. You will likewise occa--1 sioiuilly get a glance at a. young lady as ; she tits in the.parlour, reading novels, braiding straw, or working lace; which, to say the least, is worth a shillings Os the Sabbath take your stand before the meeting house, at least fifteen or twenty minutes before the season of worship commences, and let no one escape your notieb, who may come to the house ofwornhip.— The pleasure which a young laay experiences, passing twenty or thirty young gentlemen gazing intently at her, may be easily imagined; and if perchance she drop her glove or handkerchief, let the blush on her face tell how delightful the task to pick it !• Duck hunting in Mexico. —ln the lakes of the valley of Mexico,.wild geese are seldom seen; though ducks, snipes, and biterus are found there in prodigious numbers. 1 have frequently shot 20 and 30 snipes in a morning, and a great tiro de patos, near Mexico, is oneof the most Curious scenes that it is possible to witness. The Indians, by whom it is principally conducted, prepare a battery composed of 70’ or 80 musket barrels, arranged :n two rows, one of which sweeps the wat<U’ k tvhiifc the other is. a little elevated, so as to take tfie ducks as they rise upon the wing. The barrels are connected with each other, and fired by a train; but the whole apparatus, as well as the man who has charge of it, are. concealed in the rushes, until the moment when, after many hours of cautious labor, one of the dense columps of blacken, at times, the surface of the lake, is .driven by the distant canoes of his associates sufficiently near the fatal spot. The double tier of guns is immediately fired; and the water remains strewed with the bodies of the killed and the wounded, whose escape! is cut off by the circle of canees beyondr Twelve hundred ducks are often brought in as the result of a single fi re, and during the whole season they form the ordinary food cf the lower classes in the capital, wberethey are sold foi one or at most two reals etch.— Ward's Mexico. c \

No two things differ more than biirry and despatch. , Hurry, is the mark of a weak mind, despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose, and in constant motion/withoutygettingon a jot; like a turnstile, he is taJVery body’s way, but Stops nobody; he talks a great deal, but says very little; looks into every thing, but sees into nothing; and has a hundred irons in the fire, bnt Very, few of them Rre hot, and with those few that are, he openly burns his fingers. Domestic life teems with pathetic scenes, and animates sentiments; a mother, tender even to weakness —sisters, brothers, connexions, and friends, to how many sensations do they not give birth, which, though indifferent to the eye of the world, continue memorable epochs iu the life of a sensitive heart! , Bible, Traci, Missionary, arid Sunday School Societies. * The heads of those societies lately lield their great Anniversary meeting in the city of N. York, and 1 had intended publishing the whole of their proceedings, for the information of those who feel an interest in them, bnt having not yet seed the whole myself, 1 can only give at ihtk time a few extracts, as made and commented on by a paper printed in Vermont, where those societies are said to be very popular. The American Tract Society. —“ The simple story of the growth of this institution is, that its receipts were the first year 10,000, the second year 30,000 dollars, the third year 45,000 dollars, and the fourth yeas6o,ooo dollars, and its issues were the first year 1,000,000 Tracts, the second year, 3,000.000, the third year, 6,000,000, and the fourth year, it appears that they have in four years relieved the community of 145,000 dollars; and have favored them in exchange for the cash, with 15,000,000 of these pious little romances called “ Trade .” American Bible Society.— u lt appears from the report, that the receipts of the year from all sources, had amounted to 4143,184.33 —and. that they had issued 200,122 Bibles and Testaments—and had given away the astonishing proportion of 8,148 l! Inpayment for books sold they had received £73,888.8# —donations, &c. £67,9 1 dollars for each book given Away. Very Benevolent! home Missionary Society.— This benevolent institution has received the last year,

26,997.32 dollars. Thnswe see the wealth of the nation falling into'the hands of the rich and the powerful. They make some display of expending it for benevolent purposes; but if we examine closely, we find it is expended in bank stock ,in ei citing splendid buildings, paying its officers jut salaries, 4-c. and is finally so managed, that it is at the disposal!of their reverencies, 6ic. who compose the great head. American Sunday School Union, —The receipts of thisiOciety have amounted during the last year to upwards of %>,OOO dollars, and its feacbers have increased during the same period from 32,000, to upwards of 52,000. This is quite a respectable army, and with their 949.202, scholars, well armed and equipped, might look down all opposition in an attempt to.carry; into effect “Dr-” Ely’s plan of a “chhstiatfiparty in politics.’’ ■ . :#• ■f i , From the Reformer: More coming out. —The New York Baptist Herald in speakingof those who would procure a law for stopping the mail on Sunday, says: , 13* “We are fully persuaded, that, could they exercise an unobstructed control in our national legislature, they would step by step, undermine it, and finally incorporate in it a 'religious test’—unaware at the outset, of the fatal termination ot their reform. We at first consented to the adoptiun Os some of the present measures for promoting the observance of the Sabbath; but we are now fully convinced that they arc entirely aside from (he fount of Christ’s gospel. ”

American Bible Society, again. —ln answer to an inquiry Vin the Marietta Pioneer, we would state, that the number of Bibles and Testaments sold by the American Bible Society the last year, was 191,974. Much the greatest number of these were Testaments, and the amount for which they weresold was $73,688.88. The number of Bibles and Testaments given away during the same period, including 500 containing only the gospel of Matthew and 417 only the gespeTof Luke,amounted ini all only to 8,148 —making nearly 25 sold to one given away* The establishment is a very extensive, and must be. a profitable concern. The auxiliaries belonging to it are now 645.-/6..„ . , . [The whole amount of money received by the Society daring the year, was gI<3,184.33, and' the whole number of books distributed Wat £00,122, making on an average more than 71 cents received for each book distributed. At our stores, or from our travelling booksellers, we can buy the some proportion bYiliblet und Testaments at an average of tew than SO cents { each. Again, the corf of these books to the Sq- , oietymay fairly be estimated at 40 cents per , Bible, and 20 cents per Testament, and there < are about three of the latter to two of the form- ( er, distributed; making an average cost of 28 cents per book, and an average profit of 43 cents oO each book.; which, on the whole 200,122, 1 would make eighty-six thousand and fifty two dollars, and forty-six cents. ..J_ „ 1

FARMERS’ DEPARTMENT. ~ From the American Farmer. Hots in Horses.— Among the many good and useful things that are discovered and by you published; it would be strange if therewere not some hardly worth publishing, and some worse than nothing. Among the last, T think may be numbered many of .the recipes for. killing bots jn horses. . HaVing from my youth been fond of a good horsey 1 have paid much attention to the animal; and have long since been 10% convinced that it was folly to wage ojibm war with bots in a horse’s stomach, believing that there baa nothing yet been discovered Akt will kill them in the stomach without billing the horse. 1 should almost as soon think of setting fire to my own barn to' kill the rata and mice. Many things, which you have heretofore published, I think good, such as bleeding to prevent inflamation. Yet, I think, the most sore way is to keep the horse free from the knits. *• Someyears-slnce I had a very valuable mare that was attacked with bots, and to appearance* very for gone. I it the following trap for them, which shore thab answered my expectations. I took of bee’s wax, mutton tallow, and of loaf sugar, each eight ounces, put it into one quart of warm milk, and warmed until all was melted. Then put into a bottle, and gave it just before the wax, &c. began to harden. About two hours after gave physic. The effect was (hat the bots were discharged in large numbers, each piece of wait having from one to six or eight sticking to it* some by the bead, but most by their legs or bboks. YoUrs, Z- I -r -- Poisoned Sheep . —Sbeep are poisoned by eating laurel or white-bush. The

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greatest danger is ii) the spring, rtbefa these plants are usually the first green herbage to which tpey have access in sufficient quantities to satisfy their bunm The disorder is a kind of intoxication of insensibility, which sometimes lasn several days, but generally termiuafes in dgath. The; remedy is to give thd animate small lump of butter or a dose of akfak’s grease, (the latter ii preferable,) which will produce vonpitcure. Another remedy is to VpljLafaSanion, and put a piece under each fore leg, with the flat side to the breast, and hold it there for 15 or 20 iiunutes. Mashed ouiDns thus applied will hiave the same eflect, .. Mustard Seed.— Why is not this Article more extensively raised by our farroei s? It may be done witboiit the least difficulty.; and domestic mustard is much purer and more wholesome than, the manufactured drug which is imported# Witchqrafl m Mew England.—The subjoined, facts are fioma book written in It6t, by ijfobn Hale, then pastor of the first church in Beverly, and published after bis death. A pari of them will probably be new to most o| our readers, and the history of that memorable delusion must always be interesting to the descendants of tbe pilgrims: The first who suflered as a witch was a woman of Charlestown, in. 1646 or She was suspected partly because, that, after some Angry words had passed between ber and her neighbors, some misfortune befel their creatures, and partly because some things, supposed to be bewitched, or to have a charm upon them, being burned, she came to the fire and seemed concerned. She constantly professed ber innocence ofthe crime for which she was executed. A Dottier some time after, was a Dorchester woman. Upon tbe day of ber execution, she utterly denied her gult,of witchcraft;yet justified God for another sin of her life. Tbe best was a woman of Cambridge, against whom a principal evidence was a Watertown purse, who testified that the .accused.did bewitch to.death a child ;for the accused made much of the child, being perfectly well, but quickly changed its color, and died a few hours after. .The sufferer denied ber guilt to ber death.

. There was another executed, of Boston, in 1656; and two or of Springfield, one of whom confessed. Another at Hartford, confessed herself a witch. The next that suffered was an Irish woman, at Boston, who at her trial confessed her guilt. All these were previous to 1662. . / . Jin that memorable year 19 were executed, all denying the crime of witchcraft to the death. Some of them were knowing persons, and before this had been accounted blameless livers, And it is not to.bp imagined, but that if aU had been guilty, some would haye. bad so much tenderness as to seek mercy for their souls in the way of confession and sorrow for such a sin. And as to the condemned confessors, at the bar, (they being reprieved,) it could not be known whether they would stand to their selfcondemning confession when they came to die. , ,■ The number of the afflicted Was about fifty persons, W hen* persecution ceased, the afflicted grew presently well; The accused were quiet, and no further trouble bas been known fmm witch* craft until this day.— Salem Gazette, - ff - ' The Moorish Prince. —We hake Seeti; says the (lew York Journal of Qotnmerce, a letter from Prince Abduht Rhabaman, lately a slave in Mississippi, dated Monrovia, Colony of Liberia, Africa, April 13th. He bas ascertained that his relatives in Troomboo are still the reiguing family of the country: and is able* by means of travellers, to transmit or receive communications in the space of fifteen days. “My brother (bo says) is the reigning King, having beett enthroned three years since, and bis magnificent and placid quailifications endear him to aft bis Ho expresses the deepest sympathy for his children, who are still in slavery in Mississippi* and says “their emancipation would be paramount to every other con-' sideration.” No religion can be true, that has not the well being of mankind for its object; In oUr religious inquiries* we should claito no liberties, which we are not willing to allow to others. Vanity is blind to the contempt it excites.