Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 April 1808 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM, A SONG. Was I right r wji J net t WAS I right, or was I not, Tell mc girls, and tell mc true ; You I mean who've hufbands got, Was I wrong to do fo too ? No Pm Cure to die a mai$ Ne'er was meant to be my lot ; Hymen call'd and I obey'd, Was I right, or was I not ? When the youth that ploas'd my mind, Told his love m language fweet, Could I fee him fond and kind, Sigh andlanguifh at my feet? No, no, no, it was in vaid, Frowns and threats were quite forgot, Soon at church, I eas'd his pain, Was I right, or was I not? This I know, a ingle life, jm. Never was defign'd for me ; No, no, no, 'tis nought but ftrife, 1 Q That you furely w ill agree : Girls get married that's your plan, " Cupid will aflift. the plot ; Then like me, fecure your manWas I right, or was 1 not ?

ANECDOTES.

With alt vcur talents and information'us to afk you if ever ycur talents attho' fu-

(which with all due refpect, appear rather perbly &. pre-eminently bright hRve beu returned than merited) and during your pcre-corded any where, even in your lather's grinations and travels, which we acknow- court, or upon any fcript, manufi ript orye-

ledge, know of no bounds but the pole's, cord, except as an apoftatc to patrons and have you ever leant againft, or been honor- friends ? ed with a view of the hull, not to fpeak of So Decker & Johnfton have eenfigned

the infide of a Mufeum? delcend learned you and your party ot o to the Ucv.i :

We think there is i'ome tiuth in it, f

a rrprcfentative of tie prcp!e, did ycu ever inform us of wl at yon had done ? in what manner did you dtlpofe of a petition handed you by iv.r. Rirlmle ? When the fiice of Judge of the Common Fleas ws without a fabry, did not your father threaten to rtftn, frying that it was , Cirvr-.y' -nrf imrro! er for the fon to

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met ice l?w in the IV me couit where the fa

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rate torgers ot iron, and beaters ot plougn your pusz s icok louiy niouKn, onu uu. i-u- mci - - (hear's, what kind of a place a mufeum is, corous hearts are reter.gciul ar.d uluck e- f.xed to the ofutc, has he j ut his threat in where it is fituate, and what kind of articles nough, are thry not ? execution? f,l u? Tf :, frxl Hev-dav fir. is Flovd ap-ain indicted, or is Son.c of thofe valuable ellr.ys, v.hci

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rlaffiral nr .1nt rmnnr.hnn. w can't the urefcut cIi ihtc of bcii ?: indic'ted only a you would ttv to mr.ke us believe ycu Iioia

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lay that either Decker, ohnltonoryourielt re-iteration oi.UiC iormer one, oiiucii cvr.n iUui nmu ivpi, y ' ; r.

vv e woum vcur iccjinrs av vi;c iu l i d.c n mw.

ippeariLrtlVF.t conduct to Dciktr Jwhr.llon .

with all your ingenuity ami fondnefs for dc-ry citizen in the union km w. dicatory prefaces, have any claim to occupy a Ik you, irreproachable tir, as y

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themoh watte, or fecret cerner in it I but profound in all things it no other per ions would you, do ou reaiiy mu k,

(keletor.s of curioui have belore or mice been indicted, and Mr tailed a repreleutative, x.r uis a buuiuuu

if it is to nreferve th

animals, we think you fhould immediately as bale ottences as rioyo s couia oe : ano

convert what little property vou have :nto;whether the permitting the reccrcs ot the

former stebs and get all.Common Pkr.s o Knox, to be riflvd.is not

fpecie, retrace your former steps and get all

that ufclefs fltlh you arc fo abundantly tup

plied with, cleared offyour bones and be ivi-

an indictable ctlcncc i k Mietr.er umongit all .vour other information, a cafe of thL

red in the Mufeum ! If ss you fay Vin-jkind has not come to your knowledge ?

cennes is the abode of the fciences,' doj And fo your dedication is a veiy riowery vou know of no place near Vincennes which;one.is it? you had better tnver have light-

is the nurfery of apoftacy and the hight ofjed your candle, than for it to he thus hlear'dj partyfpirit ? we don't like,to mention par-irf blaRed by your own Itupid, ignorant r.nd

ticuhr as the allufion mull come home to abortive attempts at irony which, by the

you. If Decker.and Johnfton ever alTum-jby, are all turn d out inapplicable egotifm's ed trre title of guardians to the people of land fatirical abufe indeed you had.

Knox: it appeais to U3, they vere mcafura- Jonathan Jennings was then reaiiy and bly warranted in fo doing, feeing as they bonefldely dubbed a county court lawyer, mud have done theparential care which was-was he I well now what a great honor, fci taken of their rights and intrretts by their a young gentleman polfc fling talents, moformer reprefentatives but pray Mr. fage rality and rcfpettablc connections to have dedicator, when you condefcended to acl as the impudence arid affurance to come to our a reprefentative of the people, (and from territory, and be dubbed a county court your knowledge of Legiflative proceedings; lawyer ! and in the very court too, whofe

The arch wag, Poggius, to whom almoft the whol- tribe of fucceeding wits, from La Fontaine, to prior, are indebted for hints for plcafintry, obferves, thatabfurd implicit) ntvtr appears with aworfe grace than in ihr rulpit. A oriell at Tivolc was dcctaimmi i.ainli adultery 1 would rather, (fays the indignant preacher) be connec"ed vith ten virgins, than one married woman. A gentlemm litving a pid thn ftarted and broke his wife' neck, a neighbouring fqjiie told him he wiflird topurchafe it for h. wife to ride upon. u No, no, (fays the other,) T will not fell the little fellow, becaufc I intend to marry again xnyfclf." An alehoufe tirl took it into her head to be catechifed at church, The parfon iT:rd her v. !,at wis her name " La, fir, fi (b , how can you pretend not to knov n:y na:nf, when you come to our houlc f often ii..dcrv irn times in an eveninrr,

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A witty moralillufcJ to fay of taverns, that they wrre places where they fold madriefa by the bottle.

FOR THE nr.STERX sux. Mn 5 rovr j SUFFER us thro' the cannel cf your Sun, to iddrcfs thr highfj zvrtfiv ar..' truly honraU c)tr;pofiior of the dediciiuii to he letter of McfTrs. Decker and Johnfton.

(Jr'r.x Potent cr.J Migjity Sir, Dei;!! to look down upon us, in foine mo r.ient of ynur past-time with your pniui.

tt'.rcpic u.tnd, and in the knovi ;;o"dnefs of j funirnun totnm nf i;'i!rrn:2CC and vmity t(

"Uf htart, and truth ar.d grt -atness of your

yeu have no doubt often a&ed in that ca

pacity) did you promote the interefi of your

cenfhtuewts with the fofienng care or a guardian? It appears to us you flate, that fame difdains to echo the voice of every idle and dirty fellow- a happy idea and pretty well intended for a man who wref.

ties in the inuniufi get fome of the mire,

will he not f and tor that reaion, I've luppoled Decker and Johnfton difdain to notice your potent and inimitable d: dication I ! The rabble as you in your wifdom and potency are pleafed to name thofe of the meeting on the 4th Jan. for we're pretty confident that fuch a pretty, little, witty,

elegant term as rabble is not made ufe of

in Decker 8c Johnfton's lettar, endeavoured

to throw dirt on their reprefentatives -dirt did you fay Mr-dedicator ! Yes dirt, what

a fuper-elegant expreflion ! you mud fir

have fwallowed the didlionay on this fonorous little wcid -dirt is derived from the

Tom-tionry, or Pataphreizely ! for what elfe could the rabble throw ? You at the moment of compofing your dedication mufi

have thot of the jeft of the innkeeper St his gueft in the game of ! did you not

and were you not one of thofe you call rab

ble ? were you not their head block ? and

upon the wh )!e, has not your philippic (in

manner of a dedication) agamit Dicker and

Johnfton's letter, alias pamphlet, been can

ltd by your revengeful apoftatifm ? and in dealing out your fatires againft them have

vou not conceived thedefign of coming for

waid at the next election for members to

ffprefeut the county ? Another elegant little erpreflion ofyour's Mr. dedicator, to the originality of which we readily fubferibe is 'Big people,' what

d d you intend by the word big ? you're

fuch a noodle-zoo a feltorj in tropes, an

titropes and transverse trcpest tint we de

clare to you ieiioufiy, we can't comprehend you the half of our time, and we allure you we have every inclination to get at the elegance of ycur figures ! do you mean by 4 hv people thofe in the co;iiidn;cr of the er.e ral Sc territorial governments from their refpedlable filiations'? If fo we think Drcke; and Johnfton defrrve fome credit in meriting their eftecm, for every good citizen will rtlpecl the ronftitutd authorities of hii country, will be not ? In the days cf yore mr. dedicator, when you stcp'd to net as the reprc-firi-titive ot the people, where were yon r.:btr:etfd contulted, and upon what tpirilions ? wis it in the K n, h upon the propriety cf thr time and manner of lharper.ing a plow ihear ? It rertaii.lv mull be mr. dedicator, the

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of ti e people, h:,d it not have been owing, to the fupport which them znd others cf youi friends who yi'ii have likr.fe fince abardoiud, siTorwVn.g you their slhftnnce and fuppoit? Whether Decker jnd Johnfton, are the authors of the pieces mentioned by you, we know not, but rath.tr furpofe they are 5t ; but if they were, we fhall not un

dertake to f iy they are decked with flowers

or feftocnedvith iuch attempts at raillery

and little wirs your dedication Ihews

yet we un.ke to -alien that tneir puuu-

cations contain ttutl s which appear not very pk-afin? to your ear, they have difturbed

your nocturnal repofe, have they ?

Gie&t and potent fir, this being our hrlt

elTay iircc wc ltft Prnnfylvar.ia ; Fi arrived

in this teiritory, vc hope you will excufe any little inaccutccirs, ar.d if it fhould not

operate well s a cathartic, we may be in

duced hereafter to give ycu a clyftrr, when

you fhiU have thrown off the irrpenetrable viel call around your dedication by ycurfclf and the pi inter aftt r which time, as we like tit for tat, you (hall know from the Editor (but not before) who reprefeots, our veiy humble And obtdient fervants, SAND Uf ROSIN.

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write ccdicTitiMtis to at;y worki of your own ? bufc u;n:i t! eir hc?ds ! ycu lay thry have Can you ho; ft of ?My irrr.i!er works (paiJon!;'ivcn fprimans of their unboi;r4d( d tklrnt',

we pray y n-, m prrfirnpTi ,n !hn fori'-fome of wh-rh are recrm!d in the iurn il J

ing tbc irun to the h-.f cf the llccd ?

tnd others, ai;d ws finally earned in tor negative. I'y the full of thofe gentlemen, the caufc of the Frem.h people vv.s w armly

efpeufed, and not wiihing to be confidereO amoiigft thofe who were williig ai d delirous to deprive the French people of an advantage they tftimattd fo highly, he reiign--d his fct as a member ; and having no

urfirc to frcret the pirt he had acled, he

diew up .nd got mr. Jenni. gs as chik pio

tem. to certiiy the proteeclnts had in the

board upon this fubjeC't. Were the !c the

principles by which you were actuated int. dedicator ? or rather, wereyou not, arc you

not (till, lo chagrined (hiving Leen the main lupporter of the rrfoii:?ior.) nt your

cilappoi,:ment, and tliert t.ire h..d a gieat defire that the proceedings in this case Ihwuic have been kept profoundly fecret i otherwife what crime ws there in Mr. Jennings'! havirg certified the truth, tfpeci .Ily when the iiihitution was a public thing: does not ycur dedication, and the perfrcutionof Mr. Jennings at the laft meeting of the board, fiiew a want of fniirthing which (iiou!d characterife the lioble, virtuou; and irid pemlatit mind ? wai not a relulutim introduced th?r feconded by yrti,to cxprl Mr. Jennings a; clerk, in having gien this crrtificatr ? it tot tl ii cafe a piei r

of the I ail fcilincf th: legillati;;: fuller; with the tcii of your political life I Whm

decilions, you wiflitd tomonopolife to your

felf, elfe why make iuch a ipiutter about a tritie I Iwt as many Jennigs's Sc M'Gitlin's as pleafe come to our territory, ard be dubbed lawyers, it will work no injury to the citizens, and it ought not to you, for if you have merit, you will fecure practice," and without it they muft fail ; yes, end ftarve too, but if they fhould call upon you for s

cruft of corn bread, you can give, or refufe.

fay with us mr. dedicator, that this Would be a generous line of conduct to purlTAtV wards thofe emigrants who may be GUvid

in the territory, and not endeavor as you have tingenerouily done, to damn them at their firft Jetting out happy would it be for you, if you pofTeffed the fcientif.c and legal information of Mr. Jennings, or even his, native goodnefs and honefty of heart, but as Mr. Biggs obferved in the houfe of reprefentatives, at thefelhon at which Mr. J. Johnfon went out of oilice 4 It won'c do,' no, you never did it. And Mr. Jennings's certificate is an irrefiftable one is it ? inftance the proceedings of the board of truftees! O yes, great fir, a cafe direcUy in point 1 how fertile your great genius muft be to adduce fuch ftrking and forcible cales on the fpur of an occafion 1 but we declare fir, the- cafe of the truftees is not fo very plain, nor fo faiily under ftood as to give general fatisfacYion we are forry for it but it cam' now be helped; the cafe (lands fo, a rtfolution was introduced ino thr board to i in tail the poor illiterate French people of Vincennes of tie commons w hich

they enjoyed and derived fo much ad van- j rngr mrr.t which thty will fnare r.o pains

tage from, for a fciirs of years naft ; it wasltn drfrve. All orders in the above-branch

op poled by meffrs. G. Join. Hon, J. U. Jones jf.f bufinefs, ill be faithfully exec uted, and

a!! favours -greatly at kiu wlrdged.

American Buttons.

rT",HE fubferibers bg leave to inform , X the public, that they have e ftabliftied

a Factory in Waterbury, county of NewHven, and ftnte of Connecticut, where they are manufacturing various kinds of Hard Metal Buttons Viz. Treple, Double and Single Gilt coat and veft buttons of various fliapes, Tigurta and colors. Alio, military'and naval coac and veft buttons, made to any fample. The f ibfcribers have in their employ a gilder from London, who is well frilled in tiiat branch cf huflnefs, and they flatter themfclves that thfy fhall be able to accommodate the public with buttons of equal durability, as well finifhed, as highly poliftied, and upon as good terms as any that can be obtained from the European factories. Sword hilts gilt in the heft. hi:d rnoft durable, manr-er t their Factor). To the enlightened public, who knowhow to pprec'utr the advantages rcfultlng from domefti Mai-tifacturrs, the fubferi-

i:ers lock fidrncr for th..t encru-

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Abul PoitTM: U. Co.

tdflury, January'iO, 1C0S.

" A 1 1 Amriran p'intts who nre of opiniou that A n:eriran Mat.iifacturrs. ought ro be encouraged will oblige the concerned 4i d perhaps the public, by giving the a'mve a few iiifcrtions in their refpective pare i s.

eenfure Darker S: Jhi.!hm for unlocking

the dor; it their wifdom : cut we cannot think it politic or proper to atiuiate you for

you rvr great fir, hare occafion tojlettin; I -fe t'i- tiood tatpj of fatire and a-

Noticc, TS hereby given that 1 Hull make application x the court of Common Ples of Kn x county, in tl e Indian Territory, at thr next July term, for a licenfe to tftabiifli a Ferry on Whit river, on my land, oppefite where 1 now liv. JOHN DECKER. February 5th, JfcOS.

PRINTING. HcViubilh, Circular Letters AND AM. K'IN'DS (JF BLANKS, HZATLT ASI ACH UATh.Lr ritJSlT.D AT THIS OFFIC!-.

Blank Warrants, for sale.