Western Times, Volume 3, Number 13, Richmond, Wayne County, 11 December 1830 — Page 1

WESTERN TIMES.

VOL 3. NO 13.

Mni ® ——— Human Edfe. I dwam’d! 'When lo! within Ihe mistjr vale of thought 1 stood, mid-way the heaven'*— around me Save broken cloud*, that trembled o’er the world— Till their, light wing* condensing, rose and curled into a gilded arch that tower’d to heaven. ' / 1 gazed upon the World—and saw, swift dtfwb Along the bleak and stormy path of life— A slave to sorrow, misery, and strife— Jtan and -his works. Still hy fal*e hope elate, Unbome against the higged tide of fate! | saw the young, the gay, the grave and sage— Tbejirt of twenty, and the/rwl of age— The daring warrior, bled to camp alarms, And helpless infant in its mother’s arms— The haughty tyrant, in his thorny crown The cringing vassal—and unlettered clown— The dark-ey’d maiden in her blushing teens - the poet, ’mid his golden dreams. J saw—and lo! the grave’s eternal yawn— AU sunk in silence—and were gone! A chill crepto’er-me! and I ask'd—why spf Why was man Mu* created, but for woe f To brave rite hardships of life’s little day, Merely to die —and moulder back to clay ? Who! who shall solve this mighty mystery ? The grove responsive cried—“Eternity!’ - The Betrayed* from the “Undying One: and other Mrs. Norton. I saw the inconstant lover come to take Farewell of her he loved in better days, And, coldly careless, watch the heart strings break— Which beat so fondly at his words of praise. he was a faded, painted, guilt-bow’d thing, Becking to mock the hues of early spring, When misery and years have done their worst To wither her away. The big tears burst out her flashing eyes, which turned on him With agony, reproach, and fear, while dim Each object swam in her uncertain sight, And nature’s glories took the hue of night. There was, in spite of all her passion’s storm, " A wild revolving beauty in her form; A beauty as of sin, when first she comes To tempt us from our calm and pleasant homes. Her voice, with the appealing tone it took, Her soft clear voice belied hgr fearless look; And woman’s tendemesaaeemed still to dwell I” that full bosom’s agonizing swell. And he stood there, the worslupp’d one of yeart, flick of her fondness, angry at her tears; Choking the loathing words which rose within The heart whose paSsion tempted her to sin $ While with a strange sad smile lost hours she mourtts, And prays and weeps, and weeps and prays by turn*. - The Indian l ß Sony, “u> THE *OOR INDIAN.” FopC. Land where brightest waters flow; Land where loveliest forests grow; W here the wanior drew his bow; Native land farewell. Me who made yon stream and tree; Made the White and Red man free t 'Cave the Indian’* home to be ’Midst the finest wilds. -Have the waters ceased to flow? Have the forests ceased to grow? Why does our brother bid us go From our native hornet ? Here in infancy wo played j Here our happy wigwams made; Here our father’s graves are laid ; Must we leave them all ? White men tell us God it high, Fureand just in yonder sky; Will not then his searching eye, See the Indian’s wrong? MISCELLANY* William Bartlett, Esq. of Newburyport, has, at different times, given to the Theological Seminary at Andover, (Mass.) upwards off ico hundred thousand dollars , DIGNITY OF MAN. Surrounding creation subseves the wants jjnd proclaims the dignity of man* For him day and night visit the world. For him the masons walk their splendid round. For him the earth teems with riches, and the heavens smile with beneficence. All the creation is accurately adjusted to his capacity for bliss. He tastes the dainties of festivity, breathes the perfumes of morning, revels on the charms of melody, fd regales his eye with all the painted beauties of vision. Whatever can please, whatever can charttq* whatever can expand me soul with ecstacy oTTjfiss, allures and owtcits his attention. All things beautiful, au things grand, all things sublime, appear

PUBLISHED BY S. SMITH A A. BULLA, AT CENTREVILLE, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA. - *

- * n native lovliness, and prefer the richest pleasures of fruition. The Indian Character. —Sandford, in his History of the United States, says that Sir Francis Drake put manacles upon the Indians, in order to carry them away, unsophisticated beings supposed them a most magnificent decoration; and could only express their delight iu an obstreperous roar, The Dutch, on their arrival at New-York, supplied the Indians with axes, hoes, stockings and other articles. They went their way; but returned the following season, with the axesand hoes suspended from their necks as their stockings turned into tobacco pouches!

From the New England Palladium. It gives me pleasure to announce, that preparations are making to display to the public, as on the roll of fame, the names of all creditors who imprison their debtors after the present time.—The retrospective act wonld take too much time and paper; for during the last year, about 1400 have been committed; about 100 of which were females.. A weekly list would much enlighten the public, and the Working Men and others may see at a glance, who are the people that thus add hardship to misfortune, and deprive industry of all power of exertion. Such a list of creditors, with the amount of debt prefixed will, I trust, -have ■ad aztandva —irii'niim T Up ft-,, *Jj editors will give it currency. A few bad men, that are not withheld by principle may yet be accessible to shariie, and thus the incarceration of a few honest mbn be prevented. W.

The Strange Lake. —The description Os a strange lake, which follows, is contained in a recent narrative of a residence at Jerusalem, and various excursions into the surrounding country, given in the New Monthly Magazine. The neighboring districts are spoken of as rocky, barren, and dreary. The sea is discolored by the waters of the Jordan for about 200 yards, and at least four hundred feet up the stream, the water tastes extremely salt and brackish. The south side is covered with a quantity of low shrubs, and about one hundred yards from the river, a low line of sand separates its debordetnens from the sea. Here, also, are a few trees, the greater part shrunk up and withered. We now proceed to the shore. The mountains of Moab on the east, and the continuation of the chain Gebel Naise on the west, form a vast basis.-—No plains of any extent intervened between the mountains and the sea. The sandy plains of Jerico stretch off, blank aqd waste, to the north. We sat down a time in silent astonishment, and gazed, strongly impressed by the sight, on the desolation which weighed like a curse on every thing around us. We were seated on a withered trunk, which had been carried by the river, and afterwards rejected by the sea. Large fragments of a similar kind lay scattered around us, half buried in the slimy sand; beyond these were long crusts or shells of salt, glistening and cracking under the feet of our horses, that were wandering about in search of some of our herbage, and finding none, had at last approached to where we were placed. A few sickly plants, half smothered in the mud and salt of the frequent inundations, made a sort of wood. Near drooped one or two squalid knotd of tulips, mixed with glaring fellow flowers, and we heard, from time to time, the melancholy song of a few lonesome birds on the stunted trees. After a short repose, we stripped and rushed into the waters. They bore us up with great folce as we advanced. We took precautions not to wet the head. The travellers wh 6 had preceded us, had suffered from neglect in this respect. The water seemed tolerably clear until taken up in the hand, when it looked oily, and resembled brandy when first mixed with water. The general hue was a dead, polished green, approaching to blue; tiro bottom slippery and slimy, cleft strongly up and down for several feet together, and here and there scooped and sunk into pits and holes. This slime, on the shore, assumed the appearance and consistency of stone. The sensation on leaving the water was disagreeable in the extreme. It did not, indeed, produce that correction of the skin mentioned by most writers, but we felt instead, a clammy, oily feeling, not unlike honey half wasted off. I saw no asphaltuin floating on the snrface of the sea; but we picked up some particles (the largest not longer than an inch,) aad perfectly black, on the shore. The water tasted particularly salt, bitter, and poignant, and left a strong, sharp, stinging sensation on the tongue, nose and eyes. The salt deposited, too, on our beards and skin, was very considerable and unpleasant. The whole scene was one of utter desolation. Not a human being was visible in fee neighborhood; not a single symptom or vestige of man, A few straggling birds, and the fragments of a few shells in die sand, were fee only evidences of life. Perilous Adventure.—The annals of the north are filled accounts of the os

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perilous aud fatal conflicts with the polar tears. .The first and one of fee most tragical, was sustained by Barentz and Heemskerke, in 1596, tinring they voyage for the discovery of fee | northeast passdge. Having anchored at an island near the strait of two ofthe sailors landed, and were valkmg on shore, wheh one of them felt himself closely hugged fiom behind. Thinking this a frolic of one ofhis companions, he called out in a corresponding tone. “Whip** there? Pray stand off.” His comrade looked, and screamed out, “A bear! a bear!” then running to fee ship, alarmed fee crew wife loud cries. The sailors ran to the

spot, armed with pikes aid muskets. On 'heir approach fee bear ve y coolly quitted the mangled corps, sprang upon another sailor, carried him off, and plunging his teeth into his body began drinking his blood at long draughts. Hereupon the whole of that stout crew, struck with terror, turned their backs, and fled precnitately to the ship. On arriving hetre they began to look at each other, unable to feel much satisfaction wife their own prowess Three then stood forth, undertaking to avenge the fate of their countrymen, and to tecure for them the rites of burial. They advanced, and to secure for them the rites of burial. They advanced, and fired at first at so respectful a distance that all missed. The pursuer then courageously preceded in front of his companions, and taking a close aim, pierced tiro Mnnnto.'a .1.. ■ll ■-."latiifllglj’ lroiow the dye. The bear, however, merely lifted his tead, aad advanced upon them, holding stfil in his mouth fee victim whom he was devouring; but seeing him soon stagger, the three lushed on with sabre And bayonet, and despatched him. They collected and bestowed decent sepulture on fee mangled limbs of their comrades, while the skin of the animal, thirteen feet long, became the prize of the sailor who fired the successful -Edinburgh Cabinet Library.

Phenomenon.- —ln Florida, a spot of earth sunk suddenly. The water immediately flowed over it, and a considerable lake was immediately formed. It is now from 40 to 50 feet from the surface of the remaining earth to the top of the water, and the latter of considerable depth.—The spot had been covered with large trees which sunk in it THEFARMEK. ~~ Hints with regard to Fattening Swine.— If your object is merely proit in fattening your hogs, you must take time for the process, and make them thoroughly fat. A fanner, stating the result of some experiments in Bath Society papers, vol. vi. p. 383, says, “I invariably found that quanities of foodjeonsumed by fattening hogs increased every week till fee animals became three parts fat; after this period they ate but little; and almost all they ate turned to fat: aud that can only be done by giving time.” The experienced former need not be told that setting hogs should have now and then a dose of brimstone or antimony given with 'heir food, in order to preserve feeir health and increase their appetite. But there may be some, who never knew or have forgotten that rotten wood, thrown to foem occasionally, will be eagerly devoured, and serve as an absorber of those acrid Juices, which might otherwise occasion a disorder. It is iikewise said that to throw them now and then a few pieces of charcoal will answer fee Same purpose.— N. E. Farmer. Cabhageb.—They must not be pulled up until there is danger of feeir freezing too fast in the ground to be got up. If there happens to be early snow, it will not injure them. When they should be act out again in a trench dug in the bottom of a cellar.— If fee cellar is pretty cool, it will be fee better. Tvs Fakmbk.—lt is the truth, that mankind are not half sensible enough of the superiority of fee farmers situation in regard to happiness over every other class in the community. While the merchant, or he who is engaged in active business, is harrassed with care and anxiety, his mind is free as the air that meets him, as he goes to his daily employment. After the labor ofthe day is over, the husbandman can re-| tire to his home and enjoy fee “luxury of rest.” Not so with the man of business—■ he only exchanges perplexing toil foraux- 1 ious reflection; and while the “lord ofthe soil” is dreaming of fat oxen and agricultu-i ral prizes, his eyes are unclosed, and his mite is upon fee stretch in an endeavor to invent means of taking up notes atthe bank, or some equally pleasing cogitations. Professional men have their troubles also. All the professions are crowded, ate those who have neither great impudence nor superior talents, are in a hopeless condition -—and those who do possess those requisites; are often in despair at the slow and te*dious progress jn the paths of notoriety ate eminence, and suffer most excruciatingly at such times from the horrors. The mechanics too, superior as their situation in point of real comfort to either of

the above classes, are continually plagued wife captious and mean customers, untowafd ad lazy apprentices, and perhaps want of employment. Agriculture has justly been considered fee natural employment of man, and happy would it be for the community if more would in this respect, as in every other; follow nature, fee unerring guide of truth. Then, instead of cities being crowded wife melancholy and disappointed speculators, in every part of* the country would smile under the hand of industry, and be lifted wife & beautiful and happy population.

Ploughs. —-The Committee on Ploughing of Hartford Connecticut, County Agricultural Society, in their late report, express their belief that fee share of fee plough should be as wide as the furrow intendte to be taken, thus leaving none on fee ground to be broken or tom off, as fee furrow is turned over. Sentence of Death.— On Monday last Joseph Jenkins Knapp was brought up to receive sentence of death, which was pronounced by Mr. Justice Putnam. The following extracts are published in the Salem Gazette of Tuesday: Nat. Int. “It is not to aggravate your sufferings that we address you: for your present wretchedness excites feelings of compassion ate not of indiguation. But we hope that by presenting to youi view some of the horrible circumstances which have attended the crime for which you are to suffer, we may lead you to sincere contrition and repentance. The aged sufferer was a near relative to your wife. She was nurtured at his house, ate loved and cherished by him as a child. You were admitted to partake of his hospitality—you availed yourself of the opportunities to visit at the house of the deceased, to prepare the way for the entrance of your hired assassin to the bed chamber of the victim. You were for months deliberately occupied in devising the ways and means of his death. Horrible to think!—-while you were eating his bread, at his own table, you were plotting against his life. The execution of this awful conspiracy spread dismay, anxiety, and distrust through the country.

Week after week passed away-*—and left the dreadful deed veived in mystery. At leiigth a discovery was made by means ah most as extraordinary as was the crime. If such events had been set forth in a work of Action, they would have been considered as too absunl and unnatural for public endurance. The story would have been treated as as a libel upon man. Who would have imagined that young men—well educated men—having respectable connexions and means of living-—Could have been found in our cultivated society, ready to join in such a fearful conspiracy ! Who would have imagined that the clue to the discovery should have been given by one wholly unknown to the author and procurer of the murder, and that he himself should have put it into the hands of the friends of the deceased. Who that considers these things will foil to discover an overruling Providence, which baffles all human devices and contrivances to conceal great and deadly crimes. This murder was done with the greatest secrecy—in the hour of night, by the assassin alone, who escaped from the house without discovery. The knowledge of the crime was confined to the breast of the conspirators. But they could not keep it there. It would come out. And what was done in secret and in darkness, is now, by the conspirators themselves, made manifest to the world. One of these miserable men has perished by his own hand. The arm of justice has overtaken another, who has suffered an ignominious death; and the same penalty is about to be required of you, who were the abandoned author, contriver, and procurer of the deed of death. The wicked and profligate will note well these awful events. They will, they must, see misery, disgrace, ignominy and death, fallowing in quick retribution for the most secret crimes.” The same paper contains “literal and exact copies of the papers"left by Richard Crowninshield, jr. in his cell, at the time he hanged himself, on the 15th of last June. They are both short. One is addressed to his father, from “an undutiful son, that had disregarded his chaste moral precepts.” He requested that his father would see him decently buried, and protect him from the dissecting knife. We copy the whole of the letter to his brother George, as we find it printed in the Gazette: Nat. Int. “SAtrar, June 15, 1830. “Dear Brother—May God and your innocence guide you safe through this Trial. Had I taken your advice, I would still enjoy life, liberty, and a clear conscience. But I have not, and perceive my case to be hopeless ; therefore, I have come to the determination to deprive them of the pleasure of beholding me publicly executed, as after I am condemned they will not give me an opportunity, and may God forgive me. - -George, this is an awful warning to you, and I hope

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H will be the means of reforming many to virtue. Albeit, they may meet with success at * fee commencement of vice, it is short-lived, and sooner or later, if they persist in it, they will meet with a similar fats to mine. Om George, forgive me for what I have caused you and othersto suffer on my account, ate my last benediction reMs upon you. A long, a lasting Adieu. “RICHARD CROWNINSHIELD, Jp PLOITICAL* The following extract from a Speech delivered by Colonel John G. W a though, h Representative e lect to Congress, from one jof the Philadelphia Di* tricts, on the occasion of a public dinner given to commemorate hi* election; i* entitled to mote than usual attention, fit embodying in a few word* the undoubted sentiment Ofthe State of Pemuylvania in two highly important topic* of the day. “I have already occupied, fellow citizens too much of your time, I crave your patience a few moments longer, while I refer to the’two great leading questions of general policy wich at present occupy the public mind. I allude to the Tariff site a general system of Internal Improvement. The soundness of the principles these measure* involve has teen for h long time past, admitted not only in aft newspaper but by decided majorities in both houses of Congress, whenever either question has come to a vote. The extent to which the principle is to be carried, appears to be at present the only ground of discussion.— Time will not allow me, nor is the occasion perhaps, a suitable one, to go into an elaborate discussion of feeir merits, in reference to our national welfare- But, as a Pennsylvanian, they claim fiom me a passing word* Upon no point has public opinion been more repeatedly tested in Pennsylvania than upon the subject ot the Tariff. It is evU dently the surest means to afford an equal security to fee all-important interests of agricultural industry, of domestic manufactures, and of that species of commerce which the dafty developement of our immense internal resources renders so important, and against which the selfish policy of other nations cannot be brought to act.— There can be no doubt that, upon general principles, it is the duty of the Legislator to conform his enactments to the laws of the

moral world. I am free to confess, too, the criminal policy of counteracting the aeneficent arrangements of akind providence. It must te remembered, however, that selfpreservation is the first law of nature. As a nation, we certainly cannot be accused of fostering ancient prejudices, nor of fee attempt to promulgate illiberal views. It is our duty, assuredly, as it has ever been our endeavor, to correct evils of all kinds. Our position enables us to do much; but failing in that, to accommodate ourselves to existing circumstances, to neglect no means which justice or sound expediency sanctions to advance our individual happiness or our national prosperity; in fine, to meet other nations wife fee same weapons which they find it expedient, for feeir own grin to employ against us. “These are a few of the general principles under which the several tariffs have beewen&cted, and although as principles of morals they are intended" to apply rather to fee advancement of individual happiness, yet surely their effect must remain the rame in reference to nations. “Let it be remembered, too, that since the enactment of the Tariff, we have experienced no check, in our unparalleled advances in fee rood of prosperity; no diminution of revenue. The national debt is being paid off as rapidly as the law will allow, And every appropriation which fee exigences of fee nation require, is made at once without recourse to violent means. The same evidences of prosperity which each one of us can appeal to, under our immediate observation, exist every where, throughout the whole nation. If there are evils attending this system, they are partial in their character, and it may well be doubted whether in common justice they are to be imputed so much to the dffect of its operations, as to fee existing peculiar state of affairs throughout fee civilized world. For myself, I inclince to the latter opinion. With Pennsylvania, however, this subject admits of no doubt. Our natural position, in reference to our sister States, our vast internal resources, the fertility of our soil, and the prosperity of our two great capitals, the one commanding the waters of the fertile rallies of the West, the other holding the most distinguished station among the sister cities of the East, all, in fact, cfaurly point out to us not only the expediency, but the absolutenecessity of affording such encouragement to native product ate industry as will place them both on a proper footing. As to Internal Improvement, fee principle is too well acknowledged to call for an argument here. Under its influence, our vast wildernesses have disappeared, and our villages have assumed the character of cities. Its constitntionality,as a measure of general policy on the port of the Federal government, has been severely and ably tested; and we admit of no better guide, the question is at rest. AU admit.its happy effects in tending to secure tho permanency of ouf blopsedU-