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The star of thy fortunes is DER thee,
The forest gloom can hide thee no more
The temple of fame is before thee,
TO which we beseech thee to soar.
While thy Master who found thee benighted
win direct the steps of thy way,
That prospects so fair be not blighted,
But shine Ike the bright orb Of day.
Such course to sloth would be CALLING,
And bashfulness frequently fails;
But press on, be bold in your calling,
And fair fortune will play in your sails.
oh win the proud trophy of glory.
For SIRE there is nougM to brepeat thee;
Then thou wilt be famous in story,
Aud cash too thou't have TO content thee.
True, wealth of this world will soon vanish,
Or rather we soon vanish from it.;
But name much longer than Spanish,
May proceed from fund of good wit.
So both when together united,
An alurement hold out that's pleasing;
And no one that's very quick sighted,
At prospects like these will be sneezng.
Behold 'mong the portraits of sages,
Iippocrates stands as a mountain;
He'd plenty, fat patients, good wages,
And drank at Helicon's fountain.
The cs'mer of turbulent feeling,
Preserver of good fellowship, peace;
All this by the science of healing,
Which made his name ring thro' old Greece.
How fair stands the page Of his story;
His fame it sure never can die;
He outstrp'd great Ccear in glory,
And doubtless you will if you try.
To his altar your incense then bring,
His name let your best efforts raise,
Am lime he fans his old ,v;nar
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17

rot for those who are most willing TO en-
ter your service. | sometimes happens
that the most willing are not the most
worthy. Government has right to
command the lives and services OF all
its citizens when necessary for the gene
raj good il is not, therefore. to be pre-
sumed, that any citizen would refuse TO
enter the public service, when ed by
the voice OF the people, without the most
pressing necessity. lie would not con-
slider, nor would the people consider,
any slight apology. snfdient excuse.
Who among you would refuse TO obey
the call of his country? 1t is hoped
there is none. 1t follows then, You may
command The highest grade Of virtue and
talents amongst you.
Then why should you wait for the
most forward to volunteer their servi-
ces, and to tell you thai they are The best
qualified to do your business Is II not
better to be your own Judges, and do it
Yourselves Let rs shake off this alarm
ing apathy tha, puts every hing to ha-
card, and take these matters INTO our
own hands. fhe convention party are
making every effort % effect their views /;
and it we sleep on our posts, they VIII
carry their measures. Our country
calls upon us for action. Let us stand
forth in all our strength; let Us unite
like one man, and our exerlions will be
the more effectuai Let all then who
are opposed to the cali of convention,
cordially unite N the plan this day pro-
posed FOR mar nnnlzing the Earring lnie-
rests Of the co lntry, and determine to
vote for those who shall he nominated N
pursuance of sucn plan. Thus will all
your power he united IN solid phalany
that will pnt the art and intr,gaes OF the
designing 10 detience. You will thus be
able, the better to defend and watch over
the great interests OF the country, and oil
the state; and when the present strug-
gle shall be over, it will be sautary
change, invariably to be pursued IN the
manner Of getting candidates before you.
ResotUei, That the foregoing pro-
ceedIngs be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, and be published in the Ed
wardsville Spectator.
Ordered, That this meeting adjourn.
BelevilIe, Feb. 5th, 1924
CORNELIUS G)ODING, Chm.
ALFRED CowLEs, Sec'y.
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ry description, which has been drowned,
Is almost incredible; 10 some instances
persons owning large stocks, have losi
nearly the whole, and few have escaped
without some loss.
In this general calamity, we regret to
learn, that the furnishing little town of
Batesvllle has not escaped. 1t has been
nearly inundated. Al the tavern house
OF Charles Kelly, Esq. the water rose
SO as 10 cover the first floor, and the ia
mily were obliged to retire to the Sc
cond story for safety. .ark. Gaz.
A letter from Helena ION the Missis-
sippi,) to the editor, dated, | 5h inst. says,
3" the Mississippi is uncommonly high
tor the season, and if report be true,
there is probability of its being much
higher, for am informed by boats which
are continually passing, that the rivers
above are unusually high. The i'm
mense quantity of produce which has
gone down, and which is still passing 10
New-Orleans, must inevitably render it
but OF little value at that place the en-
suing spring. Flour sells at this place
from S4i to SO; corn, IS cts per ush-
ell; whiskey, from so to 40 cts. per gal
Ion; cider, SS to 81 per barrel; apples,
8 TO 81 do" ID.
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LITTLE ROCK, (AT JAN. 81.

Distressing Calamity.-Last week
we received the unpleasant intelligence,
tina. an uncommonly high and sudden
rise Of White river, and some of its tri-
butary streams, took place during the
early part Of this month, which has been
particularly destructive and disastrous in
It's effects, on the properly OF the citi-
zens Of that section Of our territory. The
water, we have been informed, rose in
some places, from 10 to Is feet higher
than /, has ever been known before. A
great number Of plantations have been in
undatcd and laid wasie-and the fences,
and in some instances the houses entirely
swept of, together with corn, fodder, sc.
The number Of cattle, and stock Of eve.
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81. Clair county, Is. Jan. 90, 1924.

~. CAR county, rs. IAN. ~, 1874.
DEAR Sir although entirely nnac-
4uainted with YOU BY person, yet having
some knowledge Of your character, |
take the liberty of addressing you few
lines for the purpose Of expressing my
Warmest wishes for your success in the
cause of philanthropy, in which YOU have
so most heartily and zealous|y engaged.
When first vol commenced your labors
in Tennessee Considering the opposition
you net With in Missouri and elsewhere
your undertaking seemed to me, like
the iorlorn hope in desperate enter
prize. But in reading the Genius Of
Universal Emancipation, (ior which I
have lately become subscriber) finding
the several mannnission societies which
are for ned, and still forming in Tennes-
see. my fears are considerably oblite-
rated; and now feel encouraged to
hone that under the influence IF Just
providence, you will be able to boldly
and nobly support the best of causes.
But as darkness ever stands in OPPOSE
ton to light, aud internal agency at war
with celestial, you may still calculate on
meeting with opposition. Never was a
temple reared in honor Of Jehovah, but
there was another in opposition, reared
60 Beelzabub; never did the sons of God
come to present themselves before the
Lord, but satan came also; and never
was there a David called from his sheep
in the wilderness, to remove the scandal
from the tribes of Israel, but Saul was
insiigatcd to persecute him. But amid
all the prosecutions which may be raised
against you, lie, this thought console you,
that He in whose cause yon have en-
barked, has the management; ofthc affairs
Of both heaven and earth; thar all an
thorities and powers are under his most
easv control; that he can SUSPEND the
laws Of nature for the protection Of hi
chosen, or make the very elements pro
prious to the advancement Of his favor.
ties. No matter wha' The opposition m
be, which you NAV have to encpunt.r-
should i, present itself like towering
mountain, God will say to it, thou shalt
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17
VIM. Mason Simons. .M.O

A PPEA.S 10 custom fui tins mode M
IN PRODUCTION, and offers his proiessio
services as practitioner Of Physic ,lhd,pif,y,
and Smgery, in their respective branches, to
the citizens of EdwardsVille and It's precincts;
and fat'ers himself, from a prompi attentionto
professional calls, to merit share Of tic public
patronage He viii be found one door above
the psf Office, or at Il. +. Aliens, when not
otherwise engaged.
Feb S-S7
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17

PhNNIX BREW ENY.
SAINT IONS

vESliE subscriber intends to carry on the
above establishment, the ensuing season,
and invites the attention Of the farm ers of Mis-
sour and Illinois to the cultivation of Barley.
He Will have occasion for very considerable
quantity of that article, and will give a fair
price for it in cash.
THOMAS BIDDLE.
ST Otlis Feb Q--2g3t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17
MEETING AT GREENVILLE.

Al meeting Of the citizens opposed
90 a convention, from FAyeue, Bond, and
Montgomery counties, held at Green
vile on Saturday, 7Ih February, tor the
purpose of fixing upon a candidate for
Senator at the approaching election, up
on whom the friends of freedom might
concentrate their votes : FRANCIS RIaK-
PATRICK, Esq was called 10 the chair,
and IoRArto NEwHALL appointed secre-
tary. Alter consulting upon the subject,
it was
ResolUei, Tha, the members of this
meeting pledge themselves to supper,
FRANCIS KIRKPATRICK, Esq. Of
Bond county, as Senator in the next
legislature.
ResotUe1, That the secretary he re-
0ues,ed TO communicate notice Of this
nomination to the editors OF the Edwards
vile Spectator and Illinois Inteiiisencer,
for publication.
HORAfIO NEWHALL, Sec'y.
We are authorized to state that JOHN
RUSSELL, ESQ. is candidate for Re-
preventative of Bond county, at the en-
suing election.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17
TOW N OF
TOWN OF
SAN g 4. !. MO-

| fEsElS town IS land out on the southwest
| 4 bank of the Sangamo RIVER IN the county
OF the same name, state Ut illinois. Its situation
is beautiful, high and dry, IN the centre of a
fertile and fourishing country. The river 10
| this place is nayigable tor large keel boats at
almost all seasons. and the banks abound with
| stone coal, lime and free stone.
The proprietor bias IN great torvardness.
| ierchant-NIill, Saw Mil, and two Cardine Ma.
chimes, which will all be in operation in the
| spring. Arrangements are also making for
the establishment of Pulling Mill
| The great road leading from Ohio through
Indiana to the centre of The Military Bounty
Tract and road from ST. Louis 10 Fort Clark
will pass through this place. The central 81
tnaton and natural advantages of this town.
give it greater claim to the permanent seat
of justice than any other place in the county.
The proprietor will give one-fourth OF the
nett proceeds of the sale Of lots towards build.
ing bridge across the river, opposite the
town. He will also give one fourth, as afore.
said, towards building Court House. (sbo,,ld
the permanent seat of justice be established
here) and sufficient ground for the same
should that not be the case, one.fourth will
be given tor establishing Seminary of Learn
ing.
Good encouragement will be given to Me-
chanics, and donations viii be made to those
who first establish themselves in the town.
A public sale of lots in the town of Sanpano.
will be held on the first Monday in June next.
on the premises. where plat of the town will
be exhibited, and liberal terms made known.
AS this is intended for a manufacturing town.
mechanics and artists are particularly invited
30 attend.
MOSES BROADWELL.
Feb. 10, 1923.
N. B. Brick Maker would meet with good
encouragement here. MIR
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17

MARRIED.-on Sunday the 1a inst at the
Marine Settlement, Madison county, by Jor-
dan Uzzell, Esq. Mr.. CALEB SHINN to Miss
ELIZA BERh1AN.
At St Charles, on Thursday the 9Th inst.
MIR. EDWARD CHARLEss, one OF the editors OF
the Missouri Republican, to Miss JANE Louisa,
daughter OF DR.. John Stoddard.
DlED.-ln Louis on Sunday morning the
lst inst. IN the 65th year of his age, the Hon.
JONI RICE JONES, Judge of the Supreme Court
OF Missouri. He was born in Wales, and emil
grated to the United States during the revnu-
tonary war. He was with Gen George Ro-
gers Clark, at the taking Of Nincennes, and
resided there for many years filling many
highly responsible public Offices For the last
fifteen years he has lived in Missouri, and has
been distinguished member of our territorial
legislature and state convention. In 1920. he
was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.
Enquirer.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17
THE AMERICAN AUXILIARY KENTUCKY
BIBLE SOCIETY.

IS now on hand and ready for distributing
1000 Bibles of handsome well bound
stereotype edition, at 873 cents each, Com
monweaith notes. They have also New-Yorl1
octave Bibles and restaments of different ST.
yes; their Office is at David A. sayrc's, Main
street, Lexington Ky. Letters post paid adj
dressed to the agent, Thomas Nelson, win be-
strictly attended to, and all orders for books
carefully packed and forwarded to any part Is
the Western Country.
Jan. II, 1928.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17

FOR THE SPECTATOR.
"Behold
"Benignant Hppocrates' form
"Through 10rechings of hundreds of ayes"
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
APPROACH TOLONDON.

The following description of the scenes
which meet the traveller in his approach
to London. is from Review Of Grscom's
yearin Europe:-" No city in Christsndom
announces itself from SO far; or sends to
such distance the decided intimations OF
its extent and power. Twenty miles BE-
fore its pinnacles and spires are visible, the
black cloud of smoke and vapour that
hangs over it, as perpetual canopy,is seen
to swell up in the horizon like the dark
forms at sea, which sometimes announce
the approach to vast continent. Almost
as far off an increase in the amount of pas
sing is perceptibIe. Stage coaches Of all
sizes and forms, crowded with passengera
on their tops, that make them seem INSTINCT
with life. hurry by in rapid succession. and
the post chases and equipsges multiply te
such numbers, that one not accustomed
to calculate the wide influences Of SO great
a city, can hardly persuade himself. that
he is not already approaching its very su-
burbs. Some miles however, before ne Ii
even 90 near as this, the numbers OF every
thing moving begin to look like CROWD i.
and soon afterwards the crowds tall mi
an almost incessant and uaintcrruptet
stream. In the mean time. tie roads &c
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
THE VILLAGE CHURCH

a Fragment ofan English Poem.
love the ivy-mantled tower,
FRock'd by the storms of thousand years
be ss<sc whose melancholy flower
Was nourish'd by q martyrs tears.
be sacred yew, SO feared in war,
Which like the sword to David given,
btiicted not = human scar,
But lent to man the arms of heaven.
love the organs joyous swell
Sweet echo Of the joyous odes
hove the cheerful village bell,
Fcint emblem OF the call of God.
Fak'd by the sound bend my feet,
bid my swelling sorrows cease;
70 but touch the mercy seat,
And hear the small still voice of peace.
ing he our fathers temple ours,
Woe TO the hand by which it falls:
Thousand spirits watch its towers,
a cloud Of angels guard its walls.
ID be their shield by Us possessed,
Lord rear around thy blest abode
Ne buttress of holy breast,
f1'he ramparts of 2 present God.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
AN EXTRACT


Gas looked over this field, now green with
growing corn, could mark with my eye, spo's
where The most desperate carnage had bees
marked out by the yerdnre of the wheat Tia
bodies had been heaped together; and scarcely
more than covered. And so enriched is the soil,
that in these spots the grain never ripens, il
grows rank and green TO the end OF the harvest.
This touching memorial which endures, when
the thousand grosns have expired, and when the
stain ofhuman blood has faded from the ground,
still seema to cry to heaven that there is awful
guilt some where and terrific reckoning fos
those who had caused the destruction which thu
earth would not conceal. These hilocks Of sus
perabundant vegetation, as the wind rustlott
through the corn seemed the most affecting mo.
numents which nature could devise, and gave
melancholy animation to this PLAIN Of death.
"When We attempt to measure the mass OF SUI
fering which was here inflicted and to number
the individuals that have fallen, considering thai
each who suffered was our fellow.man. we arc
overwhelmed with the agonizing calculation, and
retire from the field which has been the spepe Of
our reflections, with the simple concentrated
feeling the armies once lived, breathed and felt
like US, and the time is at hand when We shall
be like them"
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
HINTS FOR YOUNG LADIES.

Ifvoung women waste in trivial am'isements
the prime season for improvement. which is be-.
tween the age of sixteen and twenty, they will
hereafter regret bitterly the loss. when they
come to feel themselves inferior in knowledge to
almost every one they converse with; and, above
jail, if they ever should be mothers, when they
feel their own inability to direct and assist the
pursuit of their children, they will then lind ig-
|norance severe modification, and real evil.
Let this animate their industry; and let not q
modest opinion of their capacities be discour'
|agement TO their endeavors after useful knowl
edge. A moderate understanding, With diligent
and well directed application, will SO much far.
Their than more lively genius, it attended with
that Impotence and inattention which too often
accompany quick parts. It lis not for want OF ca
|pacity that so many women are such triAing, in
Isipid companions, so i'll qualified for the friend
shin and conversation of sensible man, or for The
task of governing and ins,ructing family; it il
ofener from the neglect of exercising the talents
which they really have, and from emitting to cul
'tivate taste for intellectual improvement; by
this neglect they lose the sincerest of pleasures
which would remain when almost every othe
forsakes them, of which neither fortune nor ag'
can deprive them, and which would be com
fort and resource in almost every possible situa
ton in life. Mrs.. nhopone
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
SERENADE.


Awake awake!
he hasten'd my love-over hill and dale,
inger'd moment Adown in the vale,
music came floating along the gale,
I'D The nightingale ON the linden tree
as pouring forth his melody
oh, what were his widest notes to me
was thy sweet VOICE long'd to hear,
Hing in richness on my car,
'Twas thy fair cheek long'd TO see,
fhich tho the lily its paleness shed,
the rose hath ting'd with its softest red
not, my love-the chill night breeze
Dtch swept so rudely among the trees,
"a over the mountains bleakly rnsh'd
81 rippl'd the cold blue wave--is hush'd:
NJ Only gentle murmur keeping,
Like the breath of an infant sleeping;
nd the envious cloud which dimm'd awhile
The lustre Of the moons pure ray,
Ike the cloud Of the mind before thy smile
Has hastily fitted away
again she shines so clear and bright,
ping the fiow'rs with pearly light,
ch cluster within thy balcony,
bhing about iuxuriantly,
borrow their sweet perfume from thee -
md in yon waves light chrystal spray
6nst her young beams glitt'ring play,
ere she sink behind the hill,
klingers-oh she fingers still,
thou hast ris'n, and in her place,
bless the world with thy lovely face.
Awake ! awake!
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11

II to foreign cline so.
What Henry feels will Emma know!
My heart in all its trembling strings,
So tuned to hers alone,
That every breeze, delighted, brings
From hers kindred tone;
And ifto foreign cline he goes,
What Henry feels his Emma knows.
Our hearts seem well tun'd harps, that show
All that true lovers wish to know;
To every sorrow. every bliss,
A unison will swell;
If on thy lips one vagrant kiss,
NY tortured strings will tell
Such pang may Henry never know,
If to foreign cline he go!
Emma will share my joy and wo,
If to foreign cline go;
Still shall hear though far we part,
The music of her mind,
And echoes soft from Emma's heart
My wandering sense shall bind;
Iisten-how plaintive, sad and low,
When to distant cline go!
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
P@iEERE 70
yon THE wILMINeToNlAN.
LINES.

tely perusing the tomb-stones in the grave
Il of the First Presbyterian Meeting House,
lmington, DEL
rks when from the busy world, an hour
m, own, and pass within this place
kssjng awe, beyond descriptions Pow'r,
shelms my mind, as on the tombs trace,
any trophies Of all-conq'ring grace.
brit time since, they harrass'd were like me
'sIayes Of satan and the foes IF God;
/ will nor pow'r to be from bondage free,
trampling on Saviour's precious blood.
As Tread on this and that cold stone,
knent was q stranger to despair:
HI as the King of Terrors was not known,
[lifc's last moments shone serenely fair
Dreadful doubts,-but anxious to get home
kuilty fears,--but comfort from Gods word ;
quiv'ring lips said "come Lord Jesus, come,
kkIy let me behold my conqu'ring Lord.
IN, the reason Of their joy ask ye,
trembling sinner, anxious to be blest!
II is the friend, from everlasting IlE
|ur'd them pardon, PURCHASED for them rest
conscience sprinklcd with his blood has peace
Ion to them who ask was ne'er denied;
y to-day, to-morrow's breath may cease,
life, and hopes Of mercy all have died.
/ soul; when the Archangel's trump sha
sound,
Pake We dead Arise, TO Judgment come y
'st thou with the redeem'd the throne sui
i round,
find in heaven thy everlasting home.
J. T. r.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
From the Portsmouth journal.
ANTICIPATION,

|" To lose good days that might be better spent,
ITO waste long nights in pensivc discomfort;
Ito speed to-day, to he put back tomorrow;
ITO feed on hope, to pine with fear and SORROW
ITO fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run,
ITO spend, to give, to want, to be u''done"
SrEycER.
Much of the happiness of younger life consists
lin the indulgence Of anticipation; and very many
of the miseries Of ripper age, in the pAngs of ap.
prehenson. Youth looks forward to manhood
with sparkling and delighted eye. Happy and
sanguine "twenty one" grasps at the straw o.
,he future, as possessing all the virtues Of the
lamp of Aladdin vainly hoping to find every i'm
agnalion, reality; every wish, frui,ion; every an
tioipation, truth; and that happiness, fortune
and fame, are merely matters Of course
! But as soon IT'S The gallant sdventurer takes pos
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
yERSES-Br IN. ppryyAy.

YCHoCo-hA bH' BRENNAN.
There is hopeless, bitter grief,
Which oft the feeling heart must prove
here is pang that Inocks relief;
|'ris deep. consuming, secret love-"
b sigh is heard, nor sen tear,
And strange to see smile prevail
nt feint the smile, and insincere.
| And DER face so deadly palel
bis fairy dream oflife is Der,
No visionary hope TO save!
Heaven mercy has in store, .
% send her to an earH,graye!