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Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

The GRAvE.-How little reflection is expended up
on, yet how much is called for by the grave-by the
lowliest hlock that is piled the icy BOSOM by the
graSsicst hollow that has sunk with the mouderinp
bones of fellow creature And in this narrow haven
rots the bark that has poughed the surges of the
vital ocean in this little den, that the thistle can
overshadow in day growth, and the mGlewarp uu-
dermine In hour of labor crushed the spirit that
could enthral world, and dare a contest with
destiny How little it speaks for the value of the ex-
istence which endures so many evils to prolong !;
how much it reduces the significance of both the ponp
and Indebtedness of being reducing all its vicsitudes
into the ndistnguishable identity which infinite DIS
lance gives to the stars-a point without parralax,
speck, an atom Such is life,-the gasp of a child
that inspires the air of existence but once-a snple
breath breathed from eternity, But the destiny that
moralze upon the equality Of the sepulchre that the
palace and his heart in the plendor of the feast should
consider how small pit must content him, that the
proud, who boast their pre-eminence above the
beasts" should know that the shaggy and the
lawn shrouded must fatten the earth together.
We should teach vanity the lesson of humiliation
that is offered by the grave; neglectng the mighty
nausoleums of those marvellous spirits which fame
has rendered immortal we should turn to the nameess
tombs of the million, and IN their deserted obscurity
discover the feeble hold which we ourselves must have
upon earth and the memory of men. Friendship for
gets what the devouring earth has claimed; and even
enmty ceases at last to remember the resting place of
foe. Love ourselves we may, devote our affec-
tons to others as we yet must memory perish
with us in the grave.-Dr. bird.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

MEXICAN SLAvERY.-Mr. Prescott, in his new work,
gives tie following account of the slave system in
Mexico, previous to the Spanish conquest - There
were several descriptions of slaves prisoners taken
in war, who almost always reserved for the
dreadful doom Of sacrifice; criminals, public debtors,
persons who from extreme poverty, resigned their
freedom; and children who sold by their own
parents in the last instance, usually occasoned by
poverty, it was common for the parents, with the
masters substitute others of their children
successfully, as they grew up thus distributing the
burden as equally possible, among the different
members of the family. The willingness of frecmen
to incur the penalties Of this condition is explained by
the mild form in which it existed. The contract OF
tie executed In the presence of at least four
witnesses The services to be exacted were limited
with great precision. The slave was allowed to have
his family to hold property, and even other slaves.
His children were free. No one one could be born
in slavery in Mexico; an honorable distinction not
known, believe in any civilized community, where
slavery has been sanctioned Slaves not sold by
their masters unless when driven to it by poverty.
They otter >erated by them at their death, and
sometimes there natural repugnance founded
on difference of blood and race were married to them
Yet refractory vicious slave might be led into the
market, with collar round his neck. which indicated
his bad character and there be publicly sold; and, on
q second sale reserved for sacrifice
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13
The Human Heart.

The human heart-nO mortal eye
Hath seen its springs laid bare;
A beauty and a mystery
Is all that resteth there.
In love how silently twill brood
Der feeling unconfessed-
A bird that feeds in solitude
The yOungling Of its nest.
Its hate is like volcanic fire
We reck not Of its wrath,
Till bursts the lava of its ire
Around its scoTching path.
Its friendship oh 4, the blessed seeds
1t stTews on Times dark bowers
That spring through misery's bitter weeds
To crown life's cup with hJweIs.
The hearts despair what smile
Porir1ys its gloom Alright
1t is the hell of memory
Unu;terable night,
Its holiness tree whose life
Eternity supplies,
And flOcking to whose branches come
The birds Of paradise.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13
A Pass through the Rocky Mountains

The popular idea regarding the Rocky Mountains
is lofty, vast continuous mass of rocks partially
covered with soil, which impeDetrable forests find
root and sustenance. Recent explorations, directed
by Government have elected the gratifying fact that
there is pass in the Mountains which makes the
transit perfectly easy The survey has been conduct
ed by Lieut. Fremont, Of the army, and an abstract
of his report appears in the ST. Louis Missouran from
which following is an extract:
"About six miles from our encampment brought US
to the summit. The ascent had been gradual that
with all the intimate knowledge possessed by Carson
who had made this country his home for seventeen
years, we were obliged to watch very closely to find
the place at which we had reached the eliminating
point. This was between two low hills rising on
either hand fifty sixty feet. When locked back
at them from the spot of the immediate slope on
the western plain their SUBMITS appeared to be about
one hundred and twenty feet above. From the i'm
preston on m, mind at this time, and subsequently,
on our return should compare the elevation which
we surrnounted Immediately at the Pass to the
of the Capitol Hill from the Avenue at Washington
It is difficult for me to fix positively the breadth Of
this pass From the broken ground where it COM
mences ut the foot of the Wind River chan the view
to the southeast is over champaign country broken
the distance of nineteen miles by the Table Rock,
which, with the other isolated hills in its vicinity
seems to stand on comparative plain This Judged
to be its termination, the right recovering its rugged
character with the Table Rock. 1t will be seen that
It in no manner resembles the places to which the
term is commonly applied-nothng of the gorge-like
character and winding asccnts of the Allegheny Pa
in Misunderstanding OF the Great St. Bernard and
Simplon passes in Europe
Approaching it from the mouth of the Sweet Wa
ter sandy plain one hundred and twenty niles long,
conducts by gradual and regular ascent, the
nit about seven thousand feet above the sea- and the
traveller, without being reminded Of any change by
toilsome ascents, suddenly finds himself on the
tiers which flow to the Pacific ocean BY the route we
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

The following lines with few verbal alterations.
from tie pathetic poem Of S. Nichols entitled T
my boy in heaven" Their tenderness and feeling will b
appreciated by all who have experienced beIeavements k
that here Iamened:
GAzED upon thee Was it rigid Death
That sat enthroned upon thine icy brow
All no! mehought saw the living breath
OF life expand thy heaving breast but now;
She sleeps Tread soflly-wake her not How bright
These dreams of Heaven upon her spirit fall,
They fold il sumbering meath their wings Of light
And bear it up TO Heavens high festival
The festival Of dieams-where spirits hod
Their deep communings, when the seraph Sleep
Spreads his encircling wings, and seeks to fold
Earth TO rcpOse, and calm the hearts that weep.
1t was fearful dream MelhOught we said
That she, my girl, was of the earth more
That all the sentiIels Of life had fled,
And that pale Death their portals guarded Ger.
We deemed that should weepi but not a tear
Burst from the frozen founts where they peut,
Though dark foreboding thought and bitter fear
Rushed to my heart and babe my soul lament
She is not dead she sleeps She cOuld not die,
So loved, so beautiful IL Death should bear
Her spirit hence, cen 10 her native sky,
My voice would pierce the inner temples there
She is not dead All how my spirit mocks
The vain delusion Can look this,
Aud doubt whose hand each charmed vein locks
dare not claim what Death hath sealed as his
And thus gave thee, dearest, to the tomb,
And saw the brow oft powed next my heart
Laid down amid the dust and darklng gloon,
To be, alas !! too soon OF dust pant.
saw them heap the earth about thy form,
And prtss the light turf DER thy peaceful breast,
Then leave thee to the cold and brooding worm,
As some young dove in deserted nest.
Igazed il the 'nings golden light
That flung bright shadows DER thy new-madc home
While Though the trees that waved in colorS bright
heard the low sweet winds thy dirges moan
And there One looked with me on that scene,
Who bads me know bitter loss thy gain
But ah her check pale as thine, ween
And from her eyes the hot tears fell like rain,
That eve, while gazing on the midnight sky,
One bright star looked out from its lone sphere
We knew to call the stranger by,
So gave il thine, and deemed that thou vert near.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13
SmOtI,er,d Thoughts.

The deepest thoughts, unbroken,
In shadow'd feelings lie
And for each thought that's spoken,
A thousand voiceless die.
Crush'd are the accents stealing,
IIuSh'd are the bosOIn's chords,
And ps..gs Of blighted feeling
Are all unknown 20 words.
Thou, mighty ocean, sleepest,
Thy surface kissing light,
But still thy waters deepest
Lie hush'd in solemn night.
Fen when the heaving billow
Madly aspires the sky,
II shIinks back to its pillow,
In darkness still to lie.
The mournful willow dropping
Is not so sad thing
As is high soul STOPPING
Beneath a voiceless sting.
Then smother'd thinkings hurried
That tear the breast and brain,
Like ghosts arise, when buried,
To haunt the heart again
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

at short distance from Harrisburg, Pa, (and near
an old revolutionary relic known 'Paxons churca,
which, upon counting the groxths proved to be
four hundred years DID, and perfectly embedded in it,
at height near thirty feet from the ground, was
found well shaped mortar and Pessle and nstru-
ment very much resembling our axe, though much
smeiler in size They had evidently been placed in
the crotch of the tree which had grown together
them. and from an examination of the section, 1t is
perfectly manifest that they must have been there al
least three hundred years. They of very hard
and finty stone, and in their finish exhibit much
skill.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

WHAT WOULD Do.-If possessed the most valu-
able things in the world and was about to will them
away, the following would be my plan Of distribution:
would give to the world friendship and truth, which
Of truth to lawyers traders and merchants l would
give to physicians skill and learning. / would give
to printers their pay To gossip women short tongues.
To young women, good sense large waists and natu-
raj complexions To young sprouts or dandies, COM
mon sense, little cash and hard work To old maids,
good tempers smooth faces little talk and good hus-
bands To old bachelors, love for virtue, children
and wives.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

U. S. BANK.-The annual report of the Trustees
of this shows that it has in is possession
in specie, the sum of-eigM cents The Baltimore
Sun says:
ssTne stocks, losses and bonus, it viii be seen
cover the enormous sum of nearly twenty-ihree
millions ninetenths of which irretrevably LOST.
What an amount of waiiEg and misery has the loss
and plumber of this great caused TO the widow
and the orphan. And yet says the Ledger, we should
not be much surprised to application for re-
newa of charter, in order that set of sharI ers
may repeat the operations on the unsuspectng."
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

ANEcDoTE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.-Frederick
sending minister to Denmark who complained of
the snalness of his salary, and said that he could
keep neither equippage nor table, the Kings
remark to him was, You are prodlgal you ought
to know that it is more healthy to go foot than it
is to go in a carriage; and that far eating is
concerned, another mans table is the best-Diaries
de-, Of the Earl Of Malmesbury.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

OC3-Here is a right good thing from Willis ur,,ed
TO justify the property Of the benefit rendered to Gen.
Morris It's worked into oae Of those editorial colo
qu,es which form peculiar feature of the Evenn,
Mirror The Gen IS fearful that it may be cons er,d
in bad taste for him TO accept public offering Of
the kind and blunty puts the question his
80 Isn't your pride wonderful for me! - Willis
answers in the negative, and then proceeds 10 lay
down this sage aPothegm which not only fully beais
out the propriety of the benefit but involves truth
habitually overlooked by the multitude, TO the great
disparagement of the press g Editors" says the
prose poet the pump handles of charity always
helping people to water, and never thought to be
thirsty themselves" How true thing is this TIE
goodnatured public have come to believe, with unex-
ampled unanimty that editors are indeed hut "pump-
handles" No enterprise of utility, benevoleice or
pleasure, can be projected, that rush is not
made te some attic sanctum, and tie pumphlndle p"
seized to be worked dd ibitun. If the enterprise be
Of public nature, the whole town feel at liberty
ply the editor for his support; if it be private one,
the may be less numerous, but the few wiO
do approach, work with pertinacity WINCH fully
makes amends.
1t Is quite reasonable to ask n merchant TO give
his goods lawyer to grant his services the mechanic
to proer his skill and labor TO public charity ard
improvement, TO demand of an editor to surrender
his columns and types to such Yet all other
professions paid for contributions to these objects,
whilst editors write them into favor and pay for tie
printing besides Taking into consideration the
thousand and schemes of private charity and pub
lie improvement-many of them yielding fat salaries
to those that manage them-whch the press cspousvs
and suStains without remuneration no class of men
contribute SO largely TO works of this description
the proprietors of newspapers; and yet, as class
less able to give aims. They do Il eheerfuy
whenever they feel convinced that scheme proposed
is of public utility, a charity sought, is really
deserved. If any invention be discovered that pro-
misses to yield the paentee fortune, the editor i
expected 10 puff it up at his own cost If public
charity, that gives comfortable support TO 4 dozen
officers attacked the editor must defend it and IFS
management for thanks. Again, if some wealthy
gentleman happens to make liberal donation to
charitable USES, the editor must hold It ~ 10 admira
ton and respect; whilst it not unfrequCnty happens
that the cost of printing the paragraph is a Lrger
contribution in proportion to the of the printer,
than the gift of which it makes laudatory mention.
We omit one description Of aims Of which the press
is quite lavish, being of dubious utility, tat is Il
fame it confers upon and the chara ter it makes for
public men-many of whom indebted to the press
for their greatness-Picaynae
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

SPLENDID DREssEs-Werc there no such tbino ms
female virtue in the world the place of royal mistress
m mt by some lad es be considered a one decidedly
eligible and much to be canvassed for, such capital
opportunities does it afford for the qualification of
even the most cXtrava CANT whins. Madame dU BARR,
the last Mistress of Louis XIV. of France gives the
following description Of dress which was presented
to her by her royal paramount, certain occasion
The King presented me with a new set of Jewels,
and himself selected the materials for my robe and
train, which to be composed of rich green satn
embroidered with gold, trimmed with wreaths of roses,
and looped up with pearls; the lower part of this
magnificent dress trimmed with a profusion Of
the finest Flemish lace | wore or my head garland
of full blown roses composed of the finest green and
gold work round my forehead was string Of beau
tiful pearls, from the centre of which depended
diamond STAR add to this pair of splendid earrings
valued at hundred thousand crowns with variety
of Jewels equally costly, and you may form idea
of my appearance on that eventful evening. The
King, who presided at my toilet could not repress
his admiration; he insisted upon clasping my
necklace, in order that he might he said, flatter
himself with having completed such a triumph of
nature and of art On the occasion of the marriage
of the Comic dArtoiS, since known as Charles X
she wore jewels valued at three millions of lIvres.
My Dress, she says, was composed of cloth of gold
trimmed with tied together BY of diamonds;
each of my earrings cost one hundred thousand
crowns my belt and head-dress proportionably
costly 1t in this way that the Of France
was squa ndered, and which was of the of
the Revolution. In that Revolution Madame du Barri
herself persisted; and it is fact dwelt upon by many
who have written of those times that she of the
very, very few persons who did not meet death with
either contemptuous indifference heroic fortitude
She ran about on the scaifod, srieking for mercy,
and had finally to be forced under the guilotine, to
the great disgust If the enlightened spectators of the
scene.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

PovERTY.-As poverty is the lowest, so it is the
most imPudent of the whole family of vices Pride
is gentlemanly failing, and sins swectly and re-
specially. 1t smells of civct and turning It's var
nished cheek to the sum- walks abroad iii purp and
fine linen. Nay, il rides in coach and four and in
hours of penitential castigation, bolts itself in pew
of best upholstery, and in fit of humility, lasting
least couple Of hours, calls itself Miserable SIN
ner- Hence, pride at lis has its good graces
At all events 1t oifemls that extra ordinary alb
straction, public decency; for though we hear much
about it, it is nevertheless, sometimes difficult to
discover as a city policeman. No; pride, being a
vice that is well to do in the world may be called
spectacle. Pride keeps barurchc Drunkenness
may, may not be respectable, according its cd
ucation. When we say education, We mean the Pc
culiar bottle 1t studies. For the drunkenness that
ponders over champagne, Is very different vice to
the drunkenness that takes lbatiOns from pewter quar-
terms. Arrogance Is also vire that may have its
adatlon. 1t rarely coRsorts with beggars but is at
least among that suspicious class the respectable.
Covetousness and avarice called vices for our
part, have thought them amongst the noblcst
virtues And so indeed in their heart of hearts, do
nine men out Of ten think them. And this is what
they do: they give them hard names, and then, to
make amends for their seeming harshness, take them
to their bosoms in the same way that a foolish
mother when she sees her baby doing all sorts of
household msdemcahors, cries., ''you little wretch"
and then catches the child in her and covers t
with kisses. There few other vices that may
all of them be turned into passable virtues if found
in good company. Lust, cruelty, selfshness, each
and all of these may have a pretty alias-another
thrilling, musical name for the long ears of bipcd
thistle-eaters But there Is vice-and that vice
is poverty-which all men declare to be Infamous in
corrigible, incapable of amendment; leFer-a wretch
"a monster-to be confined in cabins and cellars,
sent like a scapegoat into the bowling wilcsrness-
London Psnch.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

INDoLExcE. = Perhaps every man may date the
predominance of those desires that disturb, and con-
taminate his conscience, for unhappy hour when
too much leisure exposed him to their incursons-for
he has lived with little observation either himself
or Others who does not know that to be idle is to be
vicious.
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The great Zimmerman justly observes that-'There
is always something great in that man against whom
tile world exclainis; at whom every throws a
stone, and on whose character all attempt to fix a
thousand crimes without being able to prove one
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

CAxADA-The public debt of Upper Canada when
the Provinces were united was So, &c, 2d9 Lower
Canada no debt 10 speak of The new debt of the
United Canadas is $1,000, O0O-borrowed in Eng
land for public improvements, and 1t is supposed the
income from her public works viii not than pay
tho interest The cost of the late instructions
Home Government was about Si50G0,000. The
military establishment now kept up in the Provinces
cost about 81 000, 900 year. Between nine and ten
thousand troops are now under pay there.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-03-13

Snail evils make the worst part of great ones; 1t
is much easier to endure misfortune than TO bear an
Inconvenience.
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Volume IV##$;;;%;$SNmber 81.

had travelled the distance from Fort Laramie is three
hundred and twenty miles, or nine hundred and fifty
from tie mouth of the Kanzas.''
The pass thus described was ascer:ained by Lieut..
Fremont TO be thirty miles within the territory Of the
United States. Its latitude is - deg 81 min ID Sec
1t is nearly In direct line from the northwestern an
gle of Missouri to the Columbia river valley. Com
parativey the approach to the Pass is a SO free from
obstacles, being with the of small river call
ed the Sweet Water These and the more particular
statements in Lieut. Fremonts report very salts
factory.-Ndt. Int.