Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 8, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 August 1807 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM

prom Little's Poems. SONG. WHEH Time, who Heals our years away, Shall ftcal our pltafures toa, The memory of the pad will ftr3y, And half our joys renew. Then Chloe, when thy beauty's flower, Shall feel tie itry u , Remembrance will recal the hcur When thou alone wert fair I

Then talk no more of future gloom ; Our joys (hall always laft ; Fr hope dull brighten days to come, And memory gild the pad I Come, Chloe, fill the genial btwl, I drink to love and thee ; Thou never canft decay in foul, Thou'lt ftill be young for me. And as thy lips the teardrops chafe, Which on.tby cheek they find, So hope (lull fieel away the trace Which farrow leaves behind I Then fill the bowl away with gloam ; Our joys (hall awsyslaft ; For hope fhall brighten days to come, And memory gild the paft I Bat mark, at though: of future years,

hrn love Irnll loofe its foul, Mv Chloe orops her timed tears, They mingle with my bowl ! Hjw this howl of wine, my fair, Our leving life (hall fleet ; Though tears may fometimes mingl- thire, The draught will (hi! be fweet! Then fill the bowl away with glocr.i ; Uir jovs (hall always laft Forhcpe vriil brighten day to come, And memory gild the paft !

lir;t u i i nut w v t . v minds adi.e fence of the extent of Britifh

infclei.ee ard hoftility. What mult bavc

been the feelings of a ford parent, oi an affectionate and loving fifW and brother, on receiving fuch a letter,? "t that .time

compelled the belief, that -in a few d-y$, and at their very doors, the kidnapped member of a belovtd family, wi? ordeted to apply the natch ard dcsKdiiiruclion round among his countrymen ! Truly hit it hern faid. that the prefent is a rafe for feeling : reafnn hat no authority at fuch a cr;(is. But we will not r.ctsmpt to encreafe the juft indignation of an eniagcd people; here are the documents.

-.!.;, !i ;r V.waiv at Vnfl treitft alhis fon.nrwrn bnciu a E: it. fit f;ip of war

fmij. in Hampton Rnadi. 1 his it cale . wv.scl P Folio. comes io djffctly home to the fc lings oi

' . r... ,11 Maivlmflrrs. that no fierv declamation

iTihnnn i a iitiir man. pnnmiouuv un .. - ,

His face is extraordinary It is impofliblc todiftingutlh clearly k finale feature He hat no nofe whatever, al.moft no eyes, and very little mouth His two fat'eheeks fill up the whole fpace. They are fo large,! lo protuberant, and lb prodigious in their proportions, that one is perplexed to fee them where they are. Mu Gibbon face would beejfily defcribtd, were we to fpeak the truth, and witfuutfgute." M.de I.anzun, who was very intimate with him, turk him tV vfit madame du Defiant. This lady, wko is blind, has a cuftom of feeling the fice cf the celebrated pei funs who are introduced to her, in arder, flic fays, to form an idea of their features. She did net fail to (hew mr.

Gibbon tint piece of fluttering curiofity,

and thhtter eagerly offered her the latufaaion (he wilhed, extending his whole face with all the good nature imaginable. Imagine to yourlllf madame du DctTant moving her hands gently over his large face, fearching in vain for a fmgle feature, and meeting with nothing but the aflonifhing cheeks. During the examination you could fee fuceeflively painted on her countenance, amazement, doubt, and at length a fudden burft of mod violent indignation : 41 Here," faid (lie, abruptly withdrawing her hands, " here is a ir.cft fcandalousjeft ! M

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VARIh.1T. Soldiers Drat:. .Vrhb, (o remarkable for the de F -:uh cor.vov, at the fie:e oi

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LONDON, May 21. Rumours of a great battle in FOLAND A great battle is rumtuiecT to have at

length been fought. At a late hour on

Friday evening, it was reported that the

Ruffiani and Prulfians had made a general

attack attack upon the rrcuch army

Others alledge that the attack was begun

by the French.

1 he Ruflians and Frumans amounted to

about 185,000, of wham 1 63,000 "were Ruflians. The French force; was - near

200,000. But th- Rufiians hri a relerve in Lithuania of 40,000 men !more. The

battle is rumoured to have been of the mod furious and obftinate nature. It terminated much in the fame "way as the bat

tle of Eylau, without any dacifive advan

tages gained by the French. Thirty thoufand men are faid to have been killed and wounded on both fides.

PARIS, May 9. General Gardanne, governor of the pages of his majefly the emperor and king, is appointed ambalTador to Perfia ; he takes along with him S00 French officers, of dif ferent grades, and 300 artillerifts. The father of this general his far long time

been conful general of .Fiance to Perfia;

be has protected every Lurcpcau there at the time of the troubles in that country, and his memory is venerattd. It is atTerted that admiral Duckworth lus bfawn his brains out.

FRANKFORT, May 14.

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L-il-, h d bi.:ugVt home fome difpatrhes'letter from Conftantinop'c of the 11th r'.ujt th;- perir-d of the union ; and cf him April. On the 1 4th of this month we Archibald duke of Argyle, uf-d to to relate!'carl,t tnat tue uur,I,s having made a- fcthe following areedctr. Di:;ing a very !cond mbarkmrnt nt Tenedo?, had fuc xv,rmd,b.,te upon the union the general cecdcd in uk'w?, hY l,'e fort that Fell ail-p, and at the clofe cf the deb te, ?roa 'ih1 lfl",d-. Thc vcr7 next day rS pal--r r,-,;n r.i 1 r 1 n 1 Jthe 5tllh the morning, the capnin Paclu tne lprakrr having declared as u!ua!,u tlut r , 1 r . r j n -.f .1 1 ilrntTri rrnA j t i , ;ltled to r the Dardaiillsf with the wholt ltrangers mutt v:thdrav: C the trrr.eril a. r a 1 1. , ... , c Sri cru a"of the fleet that remained at anckor at tin unkmg W.th the nc.fe and tumult at theifcvcn towera fntf th. departure of the r n r , m1 T? ,!eard 0,d? .Qu He has taken with him a corps lalMylalle ot the wHUknown wcrd, andjnd his orders are to attack the Rulha.. thinkirg the rdrr was ta cr,w, imme- fquadron, with which there are but a It diatrly drew his fword adding ,..,7, j, K -.rlifli mips, and retalie Tenedos. Th?

my wi, i tnougn: it v:oulj come ts that last."

a retain Picha is a ha'd and experitneed 'itnin ; no doubt is entertained of his fuc-

A hJ Wife, here thtre. Dr. R bririfcr rnice in a hrre com. pny dinner, was featrd between Mr. Lowth -md Mrs. Shrrhick ; th conser-fati-n happened to turn upnn wive;, when R fj id he hrlievrd wives in general wrre jTd, though to he furr thrr- mit;ht b- a tadnne here and there, nodding alter, n. - lys! t'if -u -j ladir. t . each Hde of u;:.

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an anechiHcriar,

reedirjr, and the news of a naval er fje-m-nt i every moment expedtd. The Grand Vizr y.ut himfeif in marihcn the

7th, f jm DtlMtt Pacha, with his numeri"iv for the borders cf ?l e Danuke. TIjc

tumours that a fjreit numhet of the Turks h.ul been minderrd in Strvi, and in fo:nc dirtriri cf iicfuii, are unfortunately con-firmed.

Frsrri th: DmUiriore Fede cl Ctzttte, IMPRESS MI) AMERICANS. Wc ht received a letter from Mr. CjifTiTT.r p4l,d:!l, covsiiprr au&tl.er fiom

from the rcl! krewn patriotifm of our ft I. low. citizens, it mult he prefumed tint umJer the cxifling t irrumltances of our ccunttv,a lrse proportion of the quota of the icvcral llutcs will be compofed of fuih vQ. lunteer corps, cfpecialiy as tl ey will mi:. deubtedly i::ett with eveiy encouragemtijt from your excellency, ard firm all other patraotic ir.llLential characters. AVhcu thc detachment und orrjaniration (hall have been efTeCled, thc refpeclivc corns viil he exercifed by the filters let over them : but will not remain embodied, or be coj'fidered as in actual fervice, until by feubftquent orders, they fiiall be directed to take thc field ; your c:;cellei)cy will pleafe to direct that coireft mufter rolis U infpcdlion leturns be made of the ft verI

corps ; and that Copies thereof be tranfrnit-

ted to tins department as early zs pefl'u

ble.

I have the honor t be, Very refpedt fully, Your excellency's ob't. ferv't. H. DEARBORN. (Copy) Telle, Dakl. L. Hylton, CUrk of the council.

Extract of a letter fram Mr. G. Pindell, to the editor of the Federal Gazzilc. (Dated, Pig Point, (Ann Arundel county) July 3. SIR, I have fcen in your pper cf the 50th June, a copy of a letter figned by a number of Americans on board the (hip of war Bellona, to Commodore Barron, late of the United States frigate Ghefapeakc, tcqueft. ing his afTiftar.ee to have them releafed. The name cf Stephen Pirdejl is mifpelle' (Findell) he is my fon : I enclofe a letter from him, which, if you thik proper you may publifli in your ufeful p?per. He ferved his apprenticefliip to captain Tenant, of BclPi point Baltimore. 4 Mr, Gassatuny Pindell inspector at Pig Feint JVatcrhcse Maryland " On board the Beilona, Juj?e 15, 18Cr. "honored father,

This tato inform you, that the fchoonerin which 1 fiiinped, at captain

Tenant's requcft, was caprtircda few hours

after the pilot left her. TJie fchooner was

fent to Hallifax, and all her crew put cn board the Melampus frigate, in about a month after which, we were fent on board

the Beilona, 74. I defpair of getting clear

unlels you can come down. Dear father:

yu mult contrive to ceme to my rehet

I cannot confent to remain in fuch a fervice. Pray come down ; I would indeed

rather drown mylelf than continue where I am, and where I will not grieve much longer I - v -u I am, your dutiful fon, ' STEPHEN P1NDELL." WAR DEPARTMENT, July 6th, 1807.

His excellency the governor of the state cf

Virginia. SIR, , The prcfident of the United States has directed me to call upon the executives of the feveral dates to take eifectual mcafures to organize arm and equip accoidiug to law, and held in readmit to match at a

moments warning, their respective propor

tions oi one hundred thomand militia, ot ficeis included, by virtue of an act of enn

grefs, palTed on the lath day of April 18O6,

entituled, 11 An act authortht g a detachment from the militia of, the United States." This therefore is to icquire of your excellency to take cfi'ectuki meafurcs for having eleven thouland five hundred and fixty-three of the militia of Virginia, (being her quoU) detached and duly organiacd in companies, bnttallions, icgi. mcnts, brigades and divifions, within the (liortell period that circumPi.mces will persia it ; and as neatly as pr.nfUblc in tht following proportion: of artilieiy, cavalry ai:U infantry, tz.one twentieth part of .irtillcry nne twentieth prt of cavalrv ai.d thc

i-rfiJuc infai:trv There will however be no

ohiediion on the nart ci the prefuei;t oi the United St-tes, to the vLmifiion cf a proportion cf riflemen, duly oiginized in liis-

nnctcorp5, r,a not eicccdn-g one tcntl partoftJ.c whr.Ie qucti of the flatci refprctivrly : rath tujps (h' uld be armec and equip!? i lor actual fcivice. Any companies oi vcluntcc:, v ho previous tn orders for takag the field, i.:.iy terser their fet vices conform ikly to thc feicnU fec'thm (if t.e afnrefiid aS.nr to an a of tr:i.

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WANTED IMMEDIATELY AN APPRENTICE AT THIS OFFrCE. INDIANA TERRITORY, aft' The United States, to the Sher'ff of St. Clair county Greettng : YOU are hereby commanded to fummon Thercfc Arnoux, alias Canadien, if (he may be found in your, bailiwick, that die appear beiore our Judges of our General court, at cur Circuit court, to be holden st Cahokia, in and for the county of St. Clair, on the third Monday in 'October next, there to anfwer to the libel olP Francois Arnoux, alihs Canadien, her hufbacd, vhohas fued for a divorce, from the bands of matrimony, with the faid Thercfr jand hereof ihc is in no wife to fail, under the penalty that may: fall thereon and of thU

wr it make due icturrt. 1 wy Witnefs, Ilenrj Hurst, CIcik frf cur CM cntirt. at V

day of July, one thoufand vight bun. dred snd feven. 4 8t Henry Hurst, c.c.c.

r DELPH WARE. To thc Merchants of thc Weflem Country. Gentlemen, . WE beg leave to inform vu

an ajTortment f Delph Ware, fuitable for our trade,. and en more reasonable term?) than it can be brought from the Atlantic feaports. Vc therefore folicit your fa. vours, and invite you to give a call at manufactory, on your journey to Philadelphia or Baltimore, when fuch geeds as ycu may j !cafe to order (if nt on hind) hall be manufactured by the time you rcturqf . For your government, we take the liteS ty of Hating, the difUnce from Zanefville to Wjifliington (IVnnfylvaria) through this place, is nearer than by Wheeling and a better load. No where on th'e 0I io, run ycu Le fupplied with boats on jsrore reaioxable terms or, with greater expedition , ai d. that when the river is navigable fr 1:1 Wheeling, it is always, fo f?t in this p!te ; ard by taking water here in Mead cf Whrelint;, would fave 9 miles cf l.:i;d a,iir.ge raid the fuperiority cf t"" road is ccm! to ni?ie nmrr. We have illvu ui.dt a genera; af7cr meiit cf

STOxVF. IVARE which we tlor.bt rot will ple:.f- 1 rl

in

An ?i authorihng the prchcnt cf ihe United States to accent the fervice of a number of volunteer coirspmies not ez. reeding thirty thoufnd men," sill bt

GiTiiL-ren your (Jbt. frrvts, S. nsksvell V Co.

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conlidered as a part of the aforrfaid ruo.a!r.o;v Wtfl Bltimcre, af eleven thcufat.d five hundted aid fiaty- if. rr'Jes a I ave Whe:!'ivj. ikree, according tj their i.v:n-ets ; a:.-jl Art", !C7,

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