Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 July 1808 — Page 4

FOET1CAL ASYLUM,

The fcllowi? beautiful lines from the pen of a Ton of the poet Bums, polTess the charming unaffected air of the fong of the bard of nature, the infpiratiotl of whole lurp Ins echoed through the highlands cf G dedonia. East. Argus. HAE ye fecn in the frcfli dewey morning. The wild warbling redhreaft fae clear, Or the low dwelling fnow breafted growan, Surcharged wi mild evening's foft tear ?

O then you hae fc-en my ain laflie, The Lflie I love hell of a'; But, O ! frae the hame of my hflie, I'm many a long mile awa.

sm, Some notice has been taken in one of the government prints, of a letter which I lately acldrellVci

tims of mr. Pitt's ambition ; there is hardly a cottage in the empire that docs not contain a wi-

mIow or an orphan to enrfe his litem

to you on a fubjedt connefled w ithlorv, and we are told that England

the recent expedition againll IXn-lfiourilhrs ! mark. The obfervation reierrcd Her poire ITions in the Had Into is in itfelf contemptible ; nor is dies are more than inllcure it without a fenfation ol regret thai j thole in the weft are held on fuch by thus alluduuj to the puny ef- 'terms, and at fuch an expence of

iuhons ot the writer I find mylelt hnman happinefs and human lite,

Hthairis the wing of a blackbird, Hrr eye is the eye of a. dove,. Her lips uc the mild blulhing rofe bud, Her bofom the palace of love. Alas, when I fit down toftudy, J now can do naething at a. My book I indeed keep my eyes on, My thoughts are with her that's wa' 0 Love ! thou'rt a dear fleeting plea- . j . f"T The fwce'trlt we mortals here know ; Ah! foau "is the 'heaven mild gleaming, O'er cuft with the dark clouds of woe.

OF JUNIUS.

To the Editcf of the morning Chronicle, Aduc flat nominis umbra. SIR, By nn article in your paper of the nth inft. I perceiv e that an enquiry has been made relpeeVniK a ieUer of mine which you were i otjti?T'ng as to infert in the preceding clay. 1 'iank you for the fidelity with which my fentimi nts were conyeyed to die public eye ; and t lie

inquin r w hatever his motive xnay have been is alfo entitled to my acknowledgments for the honor his notice does to me ; yet let him bewr.re, and not lor get that curioft?y is fometimes attended wiih danger. ' 1 On the fuhject which lately called n;e forth, pregnant as it is with proofs of criminality - & incapacity ol minillers, I in it'ier require an ally nor fear an opponent ; though were 1 compelled to accept of one in pre ference t?j the other, mv determiiMtirin would be in favor ol the latter ; and II lecling mv adver lary from the cabinet "itfelf, 1 ihnuld little alarm as to the ilhie ol the conuft. Hot I have fomerhlng more than Fnf.tcion of tiie cjuaner whenet the (pcMon came ; 1 ani (j)nvinced that 1 liuiiF tiie t:'ntiX .ik : of the treafury and my beak ar.d my talons are prepan d. JUNIUS. Nov. 23, isor. To the cditcr of the Morning Chronicle. O'lld a;:i, ? ViUiii v j;les, ut X'KJmi k i:jo IaTu5, Jt mains ( ; In i f ucrus Ah ice, Antcnuu-qtic rrmniit ? llor. hb. i. oJj xiv

eompelltd to fave him from obli

vion. He has come forward as counfel for adminillration, and by his incompetency ruined his clients caufe In the management of his defence, this feeble and judicious advocate has indeed made a liberal dividend of polition and proofs ; and dealing largely in the former, generoufly refigns the latter to his antagonilt. He triumphantly afks, 44 does

not Lngland ilill tioiirilh ?" wil

lingly I prefume to rell the fate of

his quetlicn on the truth or falle hood of the aifertion implied.

1 wilh it were lets eaiy to anfwer

the interogatory . I wilh that the obvious reply could be confined

within the boundaries of a hmple negative ; and that it was fuffieient narely to deny the facT: But

I mull not treat my readers as the

querelt has treated his : for th

ne has not availed himfelf of ar

gument or common fenfe in his

fupport, lam not bound to follow his example, and ihall freely make ufe of both. ' In my apprthenfion, then, this country has not only ceafed to

tiourilh, but has even ceafed to fade : and 4 looking round upon

the prefent time, and back upon the pad," I am forced to exam

ine with the traveller who vainly

fearches for the noble dull of 1 roy

pericre ruina ; the very iragments

jf her greatnels are gone ! The decaying vigor of England

funk under the preverfe and long

continued and difaltrous meaiures of mr. Pitt ; and fo complete was

the conltitutional debility which

they produced that the itupen-

dous talents of Charles Fox could not have repaired the devastation of his pt edefeli'or.

Let anv one who delires to be

fatisfied as to the cxiiiing condi

Jonol this oucemiglitvy country,

and who h is temper far the talk.

reti ace the records ot the laic 14

years let him perufe the celebrated

letter ol mr. rox to the electors of Welhninller, and his fpeeches in the fenate at the period of our commencing hollilities with revolutionized France ; and he wrill oe forced to acknowledge that what was prediction has become hiilory ; and may enquire it he pleafe how it is that England can be fa id to flourdh ! In confequence of a calamitous war, which might have been avoided not only with hoimr but ad vantage the internal Hate nf .dm, country has undergone Inch a change" from bad to worie, that he evils of which the people had

to complain twenty vears a-o ap

pear bleflings, in companion with.

ihe aiaiclions ol thepretent hour : and yet we arc told by miuiileria: airelings that we flourilh. Throughout the realm, a fcv. men of enormous fortunes ina not liidierto have fuffered preiVuu vnongh to make them k el ; an. fp; cuiators, and agents, and con;riciors and commifiaries and pe oerals, have amaHed diamondnu! gold : but the middle claf . s ( ' foeiety have l:een rtduetalmH to indigence, i-nd tiie indi v-nt tobee'.a:y; tSie nnr.hood cd :hc foil has i.-ei-n drawn j ft" to ft ci the frmy and navy , the hig!na are hiied wrd; die rnutiLted vic-

pq4cd to

1 Ifl-rVL',

Mik!s

r cj

ySTgb

as the molt obdurate Hate anth-

maticians mull allow to be exorbitant her Egyptian territory is on nearly the fame fcale of extent as her dominions in fouth America, her continental intercourfe is at an end, the cries of injured nations, injured more by her alliance than her enmity arife to heaven again ft her her own lbores are threatened with the aUacksof a foe, with whom to menace is to perform mr. Fox is in the grave, the duke of Portland, lord Cafllereah and mr. Canning are in power, and we are told that England flourilhes ! JUNIUS. November 57, 180T.

Horfes brouglit in by the Delaware Indians, and delivered to the Governor fup-

have been flolen.

brrel mare, fuppofed to be five

, has a bald face, both hind legs

no brand perceivable, about fourteen

high.'

One bav mare four years old, ball face,

no brand perceivable, fourteen list's high. The owner or owners of the above are

rrq'ipfted to come forward prove property,

pay charges and take them awayr JOSEPH BARRON. for saleT

THE plantation on whicli I now live, it is as well or better improved than

any other in the county -there is eighty a-

cres of cleared land under good fence, and

in a fiBerh Qate of cultivation, two hundred

earing apple trees, and a nevrr fail.

fpring of excellent water fr terms

pply to the fubfenber on thr pre mifrs.

BENj. BECCES, senr. May 2nd, 1808. tf NOTICE

The partnerOiip of W. Bullitte and C. Smith, was nn the 4th day of June dilToI ved by mutual confent, it is hoped that all thofr indebted to them will come forward immediately and fttle their accounts, as it is their wifli to have the hufi riffs of the

Firm clofed as foon as polfible.

incennes 4th June 1808.

W. BULLITT, C. SMITH-

Thr bufinefs in future will be carried on by C. Smith and Co. Who have juft receivfd a large nflortment of goods Jxc. from PhiladelphiaScB dtimore ; which thev are determined to fell on renfonable terms. C. SMITH, Ec Co.

CONTAl N'liVC

An historal account of the persons : a c-.

cgrahhical and historical account oj places : a literal rriiiijl. and systematical description of other vb'ycts whether naturaj ttrtifciuly crciL t to:, or military ; And an explication tf the appellative terms, mentioned m the writing" of the Old & Jrtw Testament TUK WHOLE COMTHIblNC Whatever important is kiu.ivn conarninr the antiquities of the Hebrew nation; and Church of 6W ; forming a scent, commentary ; a kdj of scripture history, chronology x dd divinity; and servir in a great measure, as a concordance t? the Bible. by the Rev. John Brown, Late Minister of the Gospel at Hadding. ton, in Scotland.

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BhXKES,s TAVKUN, Fiticctmcs Indiana Territory. 'TPHE fnbfcriber refpedlfully informs the A public, that lie has purchafrd the

houfe tVmerly owned by Peter Jones, Efq.

wii hy the lign ot

THOMAS JEFFERSON,

he is determined that no exertion, ex-

,?iue or attention fliall be wnnting, to Komote the acromnirdation of thofc wlio n iy pleafe to favour him with their enf rom. He has a variety of liquors of the fir (I tpjlity, and his table plentifully fupnlrd with the bell viands that the fcafor. ifpuds. Vie has a fpacions Oable, abundantly furuifli-d with corn, oits mid hay, and an mrntive boitler to attend it. From his attention and wifli to pjpafr. Ur hopes to givf rpnfrsl fatisf.i"ion to :hofc who may favcr him with n cull. Drcembcr 7, 1307.

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