TIIK mi hi:.
sea tsa stTsaa f ouuf.
lOMKMOIlT. ,
TU hi, fim4 ihal lletn'n aWfM UU,
r Tt aaaiA nJtwtin atf I A rarrs cw.
" SI,
Memory, lhoq arrow oodtSnv jwwirl
tVm it the oM, the paiuWe hovr,
V bra most thy Influence I fcrl,
Valla haJctaf liCi(rMml m steal
11t CJrn-hour at clusinjt day, -H'liil
light's Uat beam fain sluw awsyi
tVkcn rrt airlit'i iA satellite,
Vith borrow! lustra miUly briait t
Whtn sparklinf ort saluW f
Camming lih ralisnct htsn's tlctp Uoi
Whan tranquil tha awtcl aylvM acena,
Aa4 m nfe irphm Intmcna
' TO break lb aptirrha tvey nh
Iter willing rptarias In dtfeit.
In auch an bmir, tba pe-nai imm
fondly thy trcaaurcd scene ravictri
to avaetly lost with ibaa sls rvfi
And ruminatta m friends aha lovra i
' frienda.to Omm aver dear
Pa diatatt from U4a ton retreat j
Whose Imafta, with power la cheer,
Steal o'er her heart to auftlr awcat i
H 1m now. perchance, in slumber be,
I'unilmiKjl of the fricndi ye lovt i
MiT guardian angel hover nigh.
And btWul may your visions pwt !
Memory I my only solace now,
Rcnote from ail my beart bolls dear i
Tat, solace aad (boa art, I trow.
Though fait tboa would'st mr boum cbar.
Then lead me back to childhood's bowers.
To ckuil!(-M scenes of infancy,
Where light I phick'd life't fairest flowere,
In ail tbeir budding brilliancy.
Thue cheat awhile, with viaiona gay,
The lone, the lingering hour away.
Companion of Cfc bbaaful morn,
IU fondly thought revcrta to thee !
Wit i whom I hailed tha early dawn,
I J welcomed mirth and jolbtv.
Th.-1 feature, fonn'd ia beauty's mould.
Memory ! meiUnka I aee them now t
Tba fWy locks, with tints of gold.
That curled around that open brow i
Tha laughing ere, ao brightly blue,
The cheek of roae and dimled amile :
Laird lineaments? thu pictured true,
My loaelr torrowa to beguile !
A father! form and features thine,
.And heart to every virtue prone,
Whilst in thy temper, bland, benign.
Our angel mother's sweetness shown.
When elder brothers forth would stray.
With kite orlop, meet bov hood's play,
Tbou'det huab each plaintive ouan,
Would'st kiss tha falling tear away.
And fondly promise thou would'st stay.
In love's caressing tone i
Or join with me in murmured prayer,
To H fr..d, that her nursling ore
Might range with thee in open air:
But vain permi scion tltere to seek,
Lest rrphyrs rude, or Phoebus' ray,
Ibouldtan, penhance, a rosy check.
Of discompose a ringlet gay,
Memory ! erect no more thy power,
Nor talimanic glass display ;
llo more reflect the vermal hour
Of happy childhood's festive day ;
Tor, ah ! the retruapective brings
A pang this heart can ill sustain
The harrowing pang that anguish wring,
When tenderest tea are reft in twain.
JprilWtK, 1824. eswtaa.
C03I3IUyiCATIOXS.
roa Tas wssrsaa eaaumiaa.
THE I1ERM1T.....No. 2.
Come, gentle spring, etherial miUness come 1
And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud,
While music wake around, veiled in a shower
Of ahadoalng roses, on our plains descend.
Tuuaraos,
It is a truth which is universally ad
mitted, that there is no season of the
fci&miwM Vculwd umpire s.
with pleasurable sensatiojs, or better
suited to awuken and strengthen the
m ral seraes, than $pring. At this
gay epoch, the great volume of nature
exhibits, in various hues, the beautiea
of the vegetable kingdom. The gar
den and the foreatare seemingly emu
lous to rival each other. The stately
forest-trees, which cover the moun
tain's top, give a deeper tint to the
vaulted sky, and furnish the imagina
tion with the must excellent of mate
rials for poetry. And the vegetable
kingdom, besides administering to pur
intellectual wants and enjoyments, af
fords the greater part of the real ne
cessaries and comforts of life.
While, taking this visual and intel
lectual survey of the face of vegetable
nature, a train of reflection will in
atinctively rush upon the mind, relative
to the cause which has produced these
things : And the conclusion ot every
xnotely emanate from a supernatural,
I HVIVll.l rillV.IV .WWIMM M.JL'BI-J'.U v
infinitely wise, and good Being -who
koowa our wants, and who affords us
assistance in all the trials and ills of
life.
To a Being; of such unbounded be
nevolence, divine honors are certainly,
due ; aod nothing is more clear to my
mind than this": that they should be
"ftMndienfuliy. Vtth humility, and a
sincere heart. " And there can fee-no
4ftttbJwtjfocjr will bc-acceptable, and
the reward witrfoflow'w a-rosilCef "6T
course. .1 " do not think it necessary
that Religion should be proclaimed
from the "house-top," or in the pub
lic streets 1 it is a concern between
man and his Creator and it is imma
terial whether the world knows the
secret pray ers.of A. or B. ; it is only
necessary that they thtraietvei di pray
in sincerity, and their ' reward will
be given openly." 11cre U o re
ulrement In holy writ, more !i
(haa thin in matieri of Hcligion, who
caret about the cptoion of the woiIJ
Divine hooon are not dui to man)
nor tl their eneerin jt ia the least af
fect the aecret iotercoune between the
Christian and hla Co J. Opioioni like
these, will natural! (tad u to the con
clusion, thafthe name of the great
architect of nature, ahould not be abu
aed, or used irrevetcntlf , on ere7 tri
rial .occasion. ' To thote who may
feel the full force of lhl remark, I
wouJ4jijyt.for.thf past u may be
excused but aio no oiore. "
If I could, I would aot comhet any
man to think at I de j nor would I fet
ter his mind down to aay creed-book i
I only with for every one to examine
and look into the nature of these
thing, and aUew hit mind to come to
a candid conclusion. Charity for all
men, ahould be our motto aod this
would lead ut to the correct conclu
aioo of one of the most sublime Poett
Be nature's chil lren, all divide b-r car i
The fur tlust warms Monarch, warm'd a Bear,
Matf Utt 1824.
CCES9 WORK.
Mr, White 1 An odd publication, in
deed, appeared io your paper of the
16th of March, signed "A trustee.
A Trustee confidently.states, 44 that
a very serious misunderstsnding haa
taken place among the trustees of the
Wcttero College: that it wa ihe un
contradicted opinio of th board, at
their last September meeting, that the
last annual meeting would be butnom
inal, with a view of keeping up the
charter," See. He then proceeds
to make ao objection or complaint
agairst the 30th of March happening
on the week preceding the meeting
of Presbytery j and in the close of that
sentence, seems desirous to hold forth
the idea to the public, that the bust
ness of the Western College cannot be
done.
lie next takes upon him to say, thst
these notices and appointments fhav
ing mentioned but one since that of
September, except iq an oblique way)
nave originated in want of recollec
tion, or must have for their object the
baptism of some petty Grammar-
school, or mushroom academy, with
the dignified name of College 1 and
then virtually pronounces sentence of
death upon the Western College, be
the site wheresoever it may.
In the next sentence, he has told a
luminous truth (alluding, no doubt, to
subscribers who wished with himself)
that those who subscribed to the funds
of the Western College, understood
that their subscriptions were s trial of
their strength and that now many of
the subscribers considered themselves
released from obligation to pay them.
Now, sir, we are left to guess at
the object of a " Trustee," as he has
aowe- hitospif; :VA if-Lshould
guess wrong, my case will be an ex
cusable one, as it it guess work only.
In his outset, he seems to impeach
the recollection and views of the ven
erable' President of the board, and ev
ery member who attended the last an
nual meeting. But, for his credit's
take, I ahall guess that it is for little
rise than a poor, indirect apology, for
being himself absent: "that he would
not plough by reason of the cold."
But I am much at a loss to guess at his
object, in objecting or complaining that
the 30th of March happens on the
week preceding the meeting of the
Concord Presbytery, and did not in
tend k to go to LincoimoQ to spend a
week, in doing what could not be
done." But now, perhaps, I have
guessed wrong: for if he was a good
and wise member of the Presbytery,
he surely would not have made so bit
ter a use of the sacred word " Bap
tism," in. applying it to evil things,
under a dignified nameTperhaps I
may be incorrect in calling his denun
ciation of the Western College a "sen
tence of death t" for if he be a Minis
ter, in place of Judge, I guess it is on
ly tl Anathema, Maranatha."
He proceeds then to tell us the truth
of the fact that has for some time been
suspected by the friends of the West
ern College, but which he has not till
flOW-'a.piublic)yt.jcknowU.4g'r!Ti:
use his own words, he says thst
"ihoie? who-TObscrbed to- the funds of
the Western College understood that
their subscriptions were a truTbf their
strength." From the manner ia whih
he closed the sentence, I guess that he
is not merely a "Trustee." but a sub
scriber (himself,) and actuattynTe
ded to pay his subscription, as all
honeit and undid mi would do ; but
being uisappointcd in the lexalion,
(the rrticnt one not bringing the Col
lege uader the control ol Concord
Presbytery) he takes thit itranp and
indirect way of bringing himself, aad
those against whom hcholJa auhterip
lions, out of that dilemma ia which hit
sinister but disappointed views had
involved him. a not ft a TftVtTti.
Ajril, 1824. :f
t
I MALL 0)NUBEGATtOXf. ,
It it a tad nistake,' too often coun
traoced by canisters themselves, that
smaU tjangregation unaws so jiup-
port (ft Tep; neo me tact is, mat
no efflgregaaoa ia able to do. without
we gnpcl 1 for the tax of dissipation is
loufliQBtt expensive as un i
wUhis reauisite to support the instl
it'utDns of religioo. This is no fic-
titflJ Co to those societies which nave
judgd themselves unable to support
ihciosnel 1 goto parents and demand
therms squandered by their prodigal
(hiircn, U-side breaking their hearts
byheir uoJutuul conduct, uototne
tarra on the Sabbath-day, and on the
wtk days j attend the arbitrations,
tit courts, the training, me horsera
cfigs, and the midnight revels j wiu
ess decayed houses, leocts, and till
te f the falling schol-housr, and tau
1 1 r l
fcrea cnuuren 01 oaroarous manners,
jtod then return to your own little par
adise, aod decide, whether you will
exile the gospel, as too expensive to
be supported. If you arc too po r t
suport the gospel, you arc demonstra
bly too psor to do witnout it. si mr
one woulc, severely press you, the other
would grind vou to powder. A few
familiesmay fatten in waste placet, but
it will te upon the vices of th- rrst.
The grater portion will be poor, aud
ignorant! and vicious. Do you de
mand hLr a poor people can support
the gospi ? Let them first appreciate
the privtVge according t its impor
tance, an thrn let the father, and the
mother, aid the son, and the daugnter,
lay, weejly, a light tax upon their
firide, ane!another upon apptti:e, ncrd
csslv grajfied, and add to thrte sav
ings anottcr item, acquired by some
special efftrt fur the purpose j and au
Other, as Cod has prospered their law.
ful industry 1 and the result of the
whole wodd be an abundant suppl).
Any ten fa&ulies, of ordinary property,
could be tier afiurd to support the gos
pel, than to do without it. When an
cictics calculate what they cau afford
to give for the support of the gospel,
thev to upon the supposition, that
what tkey do give is so much subtrac
ted, annually, from the whole amount
of their income 5 a supposition which
is utterly erroneous ; for, in fact, as
it respects the diminution of property,
they give nothing. The gospel is uot
a debtor to those who support it, nut
they are debtors to the gospel. It does
not subtract frrsn the property of a so-
cietv. but adds to it more than it takes
awav, It it- Cd himself. ho Jhathhalf educated, unprotected wanderers.
saV. honor Ithe ' 'Lord 1 w i"fh'" tKv sdb-
atance, and (with the first fruits ol all
thy increase, so shall thy barns be j
filled with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine. The provi
dence of God to this day, has been a
practical conformation of his faithful
ness in fulfilling this promise. The
Jews often distrusted this assurance,
aod robbed God, to save their proper
ty i but they were always reduced by
the experiment. They sowed much,
and brought in litde, and when it was
gathered God did blow upon it. The '
dew of heaven was stayed, and the
earth did not yield her increase. Ye are I
ril..l M.IM iaa. a, A ... K .a.. LU .. J
Cursed with a curse, for ye have robb:d
m, even this whole nation, urine ve
alle tithes into the tore-houscr that
theft may be meat in mine house, and
prov now herewith, saith the Lord of
hostsin will not open you the win
dows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room
rnrtngh to-receive it. And I ill -buke
the 'devourer for your sakes, and
he shH destroy the fruits of your
ground, neither shall your vine cast
her frui befort the time in the field,
saith the Lord of hosts, and all natina
shall call you bkesed, for ye shall b a
delightsome land, saith the Lord of
hosts. . .
The samejrule of administration is
regarded stiS; 'The -curse of heaven
still fastensT up'oti communities that
despise the gospel, and neglect its sup
port. Their ideclineT in biiiwircf proa
perlty is notorious j and their restora
tion is no lesi manifest, when, convin
ced of.their folly, they make a com
petent provision for the public worship
fact myste-
rious, or miraculous, since the life of
man, hit health, hit wisdom lo ptan(
and strenth 10 execute, the life sndvi.
gour of hit flocki and herds, every
tialk of grain, and every Llsdeaf grass,
are in the hand of Cod. In ico thou-
land wiyi he can add too, or tubtract
from, your income, A fit cfsickness,
wit, puuiiic Liiiiu, iKMwmm mui vi a IWJJIICIS fraOClt
vexatious law suit, a dearth or a flood. I nd Sionuister) at the battle fnuK.
a murrain among your cattle, or
blast 00 your field, may cut off, at once, I
all your sacrilegious savings, while hill
LI ? !-. " " I
far tha annnort of tha posmI. u it
shsll be riten unto you again, good
m-i.nrea nrriird - dnwn;- shakes to-
gether, and running over Your
cruse of oil shall not fail, aod your
barrel of meal shall oof water.
f Dr. Be ether' 1 Sirmon.
, -n n n . . .
rsavaaas, 11111. 21.
w. inii rrao..anlw K. nrattiral
comments on such texts as these. I
visited a family not long since, where
it was painful to observe to what ex-
tent the head of the family had exemp-
l.fied the truth .r the text. He had
once been an industrious man, a faith.
ful husbsnd, an affectionate parent.
M.s family was then the centre of soci.
al h.ppiness, which flowed forth in sll
the relations of domestic and civil life.
But Mr.- became, bv little and little,
ubituated to the use of ardenf spirits.
rhis caused him to be less attentive to
.....
his business, which soon declined, in
r
consequence ot neglect. l Became
attached 10 the eompaov ol those who
were fond of drink, and spent mucl,
oicasinrs can, in as many ways, matt watcsaiuic 10 weir enemies, and "the
you ricn, and add; ne sorrow with it. grave ct white mcnx-. hl- - - j
aVvAa. hand, as cxiffencUs dsmiod. crcaIossof warriors, aod all the pro.
of their time at plsces where spirits 'I00' "nee, I could amnDate mv war.
were retailed. In tne same proportion r,or bt,,e b"t they will no longer
did his love for home and hit family t"r roy f their bones are at Tal.
drcline. H toon brcarae inattentive Ud5L Talluschntchee, Lmaucfau,
to his personal appearance for cleanli- d Tohopeka. I have not lurrender
.n.i Hrrrnrv. Th- family of d myself thoughtlessly, tt hiltt there
course, were neglected. Customers
tailing off, aad creditors csll.ng, one
thing a.trr another must be spared-
expenses dailv accruing, from cost of
writs and sheriffs services-his resl
estate nvrtSaged-and interest, like a
canker, eating up what remained of his
property. He still drank the more to
drown rcBection. until he destroyed
is property, his reputation, and the
r e ' e
Deace and comiort 01 nis lamiiy.
Poor man his health ruined, hi. tern-
pcrisbecome vorsc ; diseased, fretful,
and profane, his family can have no
comfort in him mortified and ashamed,
rhildri-n ratild no lnier bear to h
spectators of his wickedness, poverty
Tt... . nn in. .0
aviiu iuiiii T a 1 v saww ii as v mr aascssi
broken pieces of a noble ship, wrecked
and driven by winds and waves in ev-
ery direction, never mor to be uoi-
ted. Poor sinner who can measure
the extent of poverty which may be
! the result of thv drunkenness i Alrea-
dy has it spread ruin through thy own
familr. What will become of those
VRonn WmV lr rMt eh irhVrtt sirvrt J
gers, oppressors and seducers? In.
stead of having had moral and religi-
nna in.trnrtinn frnm a l.fh,r' (.
they have recently heard his profane
cavillings at religious truth, and revil-
inir of pious people. Yes. thev have
rtrn hrirri a Lihur tivn UMth kJ:. .
of a luture dav of reckoning and state
. ' .
of retribution! When half intoxicated,
the holy name ol uod, and the Sav
iour, were profaned by impious at-
tempts to misrepresent the sacred
truths of revelation.
Destruction and misery are in thy
ways, and the way of peace thou know-
. . I
i not.
WltUEBTORD, THE PROPHET.
Fr,m theMMle Cmmreial Rr&ter, March 20.
This celebrated savaee warrior is at
length vanquished f the destroyer is
conquered i the hnad which so profuse.
lyait-aeaih-AndXcleaolauoiLflmon
- incwniies, is now motionless, ne
died at his late residence near Mont-
peher, in this state, on the 9th inst.
His deeds of war are well known to
the early- settlers in South Alabama,
by generations yet unborn ; out his
dauntless spirit has taken its flight j
" he has gone to the land of his fa
t&v';
".Billy Witherford," denominated
the prophet was about one fourth In
dian, (some say, a f half breed,") his
ancestry, on the white side, having
been Scottish. It has been said, that
he boasted lof having "no. Yankee
(meaning American) blood in his
veras.
- - .. w , vuws) i a vaa saav IU( 411
This ferodout chief led the 1 ,Mjc
Indiana to the attack upon Von Mim,
(at Tenia,) on the 30th August, if '
which resulted in the Indiscrimlnau
and shocking massacre of men, women
and children, to the number rf
four huodred. He was also a
a the 23d December following, ar
thaoachaca, or the "Holy Ground n
which had been considered by then
I. - l f . . a
visions, muniuons of war. Sec. denotl.
lied at this place of Imaginary tafcty,"
bcln.T. as they supposed, fecdcrcd sc.
cure oy we mnuence 01 some superta.
Jural agency.
1 Wo't tbtf, after being tatur.
ted with the blood 01 Americans, and
wiuicaaing me aimoas soiai extinction
.r L!. ..'.w. l i.....:i. . .
wl '" wb mii u Yuiuuvaj 11 f ana
luauuusasir HuuHiiiiactt iuiu mic iiaaas
ol Geo. Jackson, and demanded bis
ProttioB- " d, on surrender.
I WL iw.
D8 ptechto the General, which looks
"r7 ue coming protection.
J iJ which would havo
ne credit to Napoleon, under simU
" circumsunces, alter tne battle of
"""wo. -
1 10 7 power, do with me
rou PIef : oMr;
J0De hM people all the harm
J cou,- I have fought them, and
fou5h them bravely. If I had aa sr.
hb a I A 1 I . I a.,a.a Cakkft a..l . I .
u.u7 s.B..., -uu tuulCDU ,0
I lH liat hut I hiva nnn. t wnv nk..l.
1 't T ' v rT'
b""" -wmwic uua
weep over the micfortunes ofmyni-
were chances of success I never left mr
post, nor supplicated peace. But my
PyP,e re goet and I now ask it for
rov Datu,B oti ffor m)elf- 0 'the
misenes and misfortunes broupht up.
f 0 roy counlry lJIooK W,U4 u
rt wwi,', ,,.t Vt m 1
8retcr calamiiiee. If I had been left
10 wu sue wcprgi. army, a
wouiuuav my corn on one oanx
I rvf In. rwimr anI Iftiiohl thm n tnm
-
I 7 PP destroyed
mY nat,0- You hre br,Te " .
re,T u?n 7our generosity. lotiviu
eMCt 00 tcrm" of a conquered people,
but such as they should accede n:
whatever they may be, it would be
madness and folly to oppose. If thev
A
,re PPosed T0U h oe amongst
lhe trrnest enfwicers of obedience,
Tho8e who v'oul(, holJ U
be fluenc-d cislvL a -f spirit of
avenge, and to this taey tcu no,sml
haU D0, "crifice the last remnant of
their country. Vou have told us
where we might go, and be safe.
inis is a good talk, and my nation
auihtto listen Xk it . Thrv. ihall Hi-.
ten to it.
'l is due to the relatives of this St-
llWrVISflfd CaroanaO. 10 83V. that WCT
were generally friendly to the. whites,
(of thc United States,) many of whom
rendered valuable services to us, while
exposed to the combined hostilities of
Ii.t 1 I I . a-v
Dnn rcu ana wn,le oroage.
f BOX TBS BV-aATB (COS.) BSOIITlC
The doingt o a hunter ftr tight month pa tt.
This is an accurate account ofWhat
I have killed since the 12th day of Au-
gust last. 1 5 1 Partridges, 108 Pig
eons. 51 Fox Sou rrela. Sfi Wood-
. . .
cocks, 27 Rabbits, 23 Robbins, 18 Yel-
low Hammers, 16 Quails, 16 Musk-
rata. 12 Minks, in HWv Pusses. 9
ffAnrv rhlirka. Q Rlarlr " SnakMr
Crows, s WU T)nc Rarroons. 5
Foxes. 4 Hawks. 4 Owls. 4 Grey
Souirri - U. iacVi Smmmn. he-. &c. be-
aides - Alargcjiuaatjtypf other small
reptiles..
All this INft3vedone and far greater
heretofore, and never have I received
one cent of bounty, or sustained any
grade of office in the Fox Hunting
fvTTf "ffpjn and I am about to
couragement offered by the town, or
by the Legislature.
j. BROOKS.
MORE FALLING OFF.
AVe torftl erstandf-says- thtvyincheL
(Virg.) Gazette, that the elector non;
ted in the R ockittgham electoral Jfomi.
on the Crawford ticket, declines acimtr.
and assigned as his reason in the pI
published. in that county, his preferenct
for Gen- Jackson.