Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 October 1808 — Page 4

POETICAL ASTLtTM, iKrTRUGTIONS to a PORTER. J3 lAf nr. Bedingfield, of Newcastle

7UU. to whole care l'ft now

1L confign'd, My houfe's entrance, caution life While you difcharge your truft ; and mind 1 whom you admit and whom refufet Let no fierce paCTion enter he rp Pafiions the raging breaft that (Idrm Nor fcornful Pride, nor fervile Fear Nor Hate, nor Envy'a palid form

Should Av'rice cMI you'll let har know,

Oi neap'd up riches Pre no (tore ; And that Ihe has n right to go Where Plutus has not been before Lo ! on a vifit hither bent, Hiqh plum'd amVuioa italics about But fhould heeuter, fweet Content Will, give me warning flmt him out. Perhapi the Mufe.may pafs this way, And Tho full oft I've bent the knee, And langiuvokM her magic fway,

Smit with the lore of lurmouy; Alone tW uV might pleafe yet ftill I know Ihc'll witlr Ambition come t With luft of Fame my heart (he'll fill ; She'll break my relU I'm not at home. There is a rafcal, old and hideous, Who oft (and fometimes not in vain) Clofe at my gate lias watth'd aCiduous ; In hopes ho mijbt admittance gain : His name is care. If he fhouli call, Quick out of doors with vigor throw him : And tell the mifcreant, once for all.

I know him not I ne'er will know him.

Perhaps then Birrhus foe to Care, May ?' ink he'll fure my f vor win J His proinifes of joy are f.iir, but lVilfc ; you ir.ufl not let him in J

Bo wrlcom? that fweet pow'r, on whom

The young defirra attendant move ;

Siiil flulh'J with heauty.s vernal bloom,

Parent ofblifs, the queen of love. Q ! you will know her ; flie has ftole The luflre of my Drlia's eye. Admit her; hi? her ; for my foul Breath: double life when Ihe i nigh.

If then Item WifJom at my gate Should knock with all hrr formal train; Tell hrr I'm bufy : fhe my wait, Or, if flic choofes call azain.

clothes in "the middle of the ftreet, and

bruife each other with their fifts till they

are tired. This efetl of rage, the lcalt filly of all of them, inafmuch as it is Icaft

dangerous, has ate particular rules, from

which the combatants mult neverueviate.

and which befides, the fpectators . always take care Hull be obferved The combatants are forbidden to ftrike each other any

where below the waift band. Thef mull net pull one another's hair, if they .happen

to have any ; nor mull f ither ftrike Ins

ntagonifl while he is down They may!

kill one another if they can, by blows on the head and breaft, and the victor is car-

tied off in triumph by the enraptured

multitude. From a London Ptbcr. t

Philanthrtphy Late cn Wednefday

night in thehoufe of lords the reiterateuj

attack on tne late rummers tor tneir oraer ofthe9th of January, 1807, which the prefent miniders ftill infill occafion their

orders in council was again made by the

lord chancellor, who was anfwered by

lord Erfkine in a moll unaufwdablc and

powerful fpcech, at -at longth. ,His

lorddup faid his fpcech repeatedly remind

ed him of Swift's Tale of the Tub. We

produce faid lord Erfkine a piece of bread

we cat it in their prefciice we bring

the baker who baked it every body a

round agree it to be bread, but ihe noble lords anfwer, that it is not bread but the

fatteft mutton that ever came out of Leadenhill market, and the only proof they give of the propofitioh is that if any man

ventured to alfert the contrary they hoped

God would eternally damn him. Lord

Erfkine laid that thefe were the words of

the Rev. Dean Swift, and hot his, and thereforethe bifhops would pardon his profanenefs. He laid, he had no doubt that if it were convenient to eftablifh that his

lordfliip's black coat was a grtert color,' it

might be eafily accomplifhed. As many 4s are of that opinion, fay Aye would

give it in a moment any color in the rainbe w. His lordlhip here adverted to the bare bill, which he had done two days before He faid that mr Burke in one of

r, peculiarly calculated to pre fcrve' have fully comprehended hismrnr.irr . litcd Sutcs from being iirvHvrd in : An end finally put to the- conw ti.t;,0n.

meafure.

the United

the bloody contelr of Eurooe. and to lecurc bv our luri.d t;rttn g mto a t -a t p; lf'cn

their commerce fiom capture and iondrm-;d rouni ly (leurii (hot he vs a httlr, nation, under the ?uthoiity of British mthltls it.fii; il.c iu, ped-i.tit fclu ol ley

order ff tourcil mnd It emh decree. Yetli4t whs i;ot voril y. ot the attention cf confider tht there c"jn be no I'fety in rc- ar.y btdy. .... .

newing commerce, while thrfe decrees ;nd; Uut to De lennn, r:.y Uin d ; this bo-

orders cT council are enforced ; and iot.fi- finth has arilrn out ot qurfliors in the dently believe that the Prcfident of the 'office of the (iointniifitr.eis lor thisd.liria ; United States without our interference ind I much !Va"r tf;ry hive nothing left

will remove the cmbarro as focn as it can but the painful certainty ctnot beirc able

oe aone wun latety. in tnisview Ave are co nnun men uuntu is in quietude."

fully fupported by the opinions of many of

the molt refpecAable and wealthy merchants in Salem

We are alfo apprehenfive that the mea. fure recommended, would he attended with no falutary effects, but rsther terd

to embarrafs the government, excite irriti. tion, and promote divifion already too ap. parent. ' We do not therefore derm it our duty, to call the inhabitants of Salem to. gether to deliberate on the fuhjeel, unlef? urged to the meafure by our townfmen, according to the provifions of the law. We are, refpec"tful!yj your friends and humble fervants. . JOIIH HATHORNE, MOSES TO'vfNSEND, OkU. S. JOUONOTT,, JOSF t H ROPKS, ' Selectmen of Salcn Salem, -Auguft .12, 1808.

Extrsct ef a letter from P.. Backus Esq.

;t to bis frtend in 'Vjncennes . c Your Vincennes Champion feems de

termined, not yet, to fniilh his war ; and

in'his late production inllrd of fingly at

tacking the 11 little Kaikafkia Dodtor' ' he-

has by 4ayof Epifode flung his 4 garbage'

upon me, as well as fome of mv befl

neighbors.

NowI had prepared myfelf to lihe him for althongh he has no claim tg

genius he certainly poflVlTes a correct un derftanding : and although he cannot pre

tend to be a man of science yet he has

certainly considering hts advantages, lm

proved himfelf uncommonly well in what

is Called Literature fuch ashillory Sec

MISCE L L ANT. OBSERVATIONS ON PASSION. Bj m French Author, In every country in the wmlj, mankind tre no?e r lef? fubj'dt to pa (lion and u effects vary arcording to the clirr tte ard CuOom of the people. At Jpp, t r infi -ce a rr m rips ojy0 l'11 brijy in

prt ler.ee i l is advfrl.iry, wni is j.rrii to 1i th- frnr, nti the pin ,f brir leu Ire. Up.-n Tis i con .ird. In Italy, ir mi p)in-

I was prepared to like him the better, find

his immortal orations, had fo given iromorALd t0 his charafter-that of Medicine tahty to the benevolent Howardfpeaking The. proFundity of his countenance, joined of that great man m his career of his hu- to l)is awkwartlhefs 0f mann.r wa3 I tho

ma.uty, ne naa iaio: ncnao viuiea 1dmirablv calculated, hv adding an imnos

l 1 1 a. . r : t- i . ' '

ruropc , not vo toucti iiitiJuiiripiB hi io collate medals, but to dive into the depth of dungeons; to plunqe into the infection

of liofpitals ; to furvey the nnr.lions of

;riei, mifery and ucfpair ; to pity the forfakn, to remamber the forgotcen, and to collect and cellate the dilUeises of all men in all counties. It was a circumnavigation of charity." It was fit faid Lord Erfkine, T-.at this circumnavigator of charity (hould hve received his being in that country which had been the iuflrument of providence in tier circumnavigation of the earth t not like the firft difcoverer carrying cruelty and death in her train ; but collecTting mankind together under the dominion of laws and liberty But what was the propofed circumnavigation of minifters ? They at this nnment, like Howard, were to vifit all Europe ; iike him they were to plunge into the infection of hofpitals, but not, like him to remember the forfaken and forgotten,

hut to pluck the balm of health, or rather

of life out of the mouths of the imferable.

l liey were to rob them, not of one medi-

cine, which, he faid, formerly, might b

fubftituted for another, but which Ik would reprat again, even as often as they repeated the older of the Cth January, that wc-uld fubjeft Great-Britain to the fmnl evcrlaHing curfc rjas tick a .Jjt

visited me not.

To the selectmen of the town ej Boston.

We acknowledge th- receipt ol

lienuenu,

vours of the 10th inft. conta'i'g the

liO

ing mylierioufnefs to his exterior to give htm great weight as a Phyfuian;- particularly if he were capped, as the Poet fays, in ' A two-tailed, or three-tailed wig,"

8c I was ready to fay of him with Churchhi!

u His very looks give comfort to the fit k"

But having changtdhis piufuit, Sc drermined on an electioneering campaign at Kalk.X kia ; e. found him fuddenly dropping down among ns with a " me voici" U declaring war agaitdt the conftitutid authorities of the Country. "This fo fibular a conduct, led many of our people to wonder that a mar. i iii rr. i rr t

woo naa oeen punea on as lo reat an

adept in knowledge, (hould befut h a jack anipes in practice. So extraordinary this swaggering in a youth fo Hunted, ano jnft frun fchool' as mod forcibly toimprefi, upon our recollection the following lines in a late Englifh Poem called tp familv all iance," and to make us laugh very heartily at "the clofe comparifon between the two heroes. ' Pray Header didO thou never virw A Monkey pTch'd upon a Pew, With puckered lips, fcrewed eye, and look profound, Stuffing with Crab-trer fruit b maw. While all the funday folks were tittering round" ?urh is our little Connfellor at hw ; Who Units fo gravely and who look fi hit?. You'd fwrar he w?s the learned Pipr. Or feme huge German Grenadier cut down." Hut h's late produAion ha created more

ceedtns of the town of B.fton, relit'we to!i'irpriz- than t pre fence. Our prop!-

rincennes) ScfUmber 30, lh'08.

HISTORY OF MIRANDA'S EXPE Dil'lQN. Olivf r !c Munhok, intend j utting imn ritM'cly to pn is, the History of Miranda's late attempt to revolutionize South

Amtricm In a Itrits oflctteis Ly a uen-

tleman who vol an ofiner in the cnttrprize, to his friend in the U. St-tes.

The manufcript has been infprcted br

leveral grtitlrntcn of tattc and literary em-

inenre wiu pronounce it a highly valuable

ana uiterrnii.g work. J he merit l it alone, would entitle it to Vhe patronage of the public j hut when it is remembered.

mat Aiiranua is now m hngland. mnkinc

preparations forgrirg again to Sr uth A-

uienca, and that cel. 15urr is now on hit plgt therr, ?t cannot fail to excite oarti-

cuUr attention. it is thus noticed bva

member of the LeiHature of MafTachu-

letis, to tne luiitor ot the Nortli Star.

14 A young gentlemnm .whom I knew ve years ngo an officer in tlfe naw of

theU. States, and which he left honora

ry, has lati ly returntd from Miranda'

expedition, into which he hd been Adu-

cea by taliehood and has mown me a his

tory of that entcrprize -in detail from the day of leaving New-York until its difclutiori; The unftudied fimplicity of the narntive carries convidtion of its truth. I have advifed its publication : fo have other trei ? men cf more defervirg weight of i-haractcfthan myfelf. Jt has'fo 'mikh of incident that it will engage the curioua leader; fo much of extravagance as toj feize on the adventurous ; A, n)urh of difafler as to fix on fenfihility and caiiies proof of fuch depraved hypocrify in the leadrr astointertft rvrry (over of truth. Rfcaiifr I win, every tvi, to stand en its uivn hottam, I wi(h this txpd'ure Ihould pro to to ihe public. " Kinder vvto Caesar, the things vvhicESarc Catsar's. tC7 Printers through the union ore de tired to insert the above in their restcctivc

papers.

lan :. t eneinv ; ths s mut more coi -vmi, v Im i'p-iin tl-rv p'ungr th--i fw, ..in- .ruli oth-r, with a de;;rr t gravity tiioM.h o m.ke onr rxi'e 'ith l'Mlurr. in Fi ancr tl v rr a cor!; tngrt',;rr. 1 mi;- nur 1 v . I.Mrs on O r vy,li',,i t . it, Ho d- H ulgi"" snd wit1 ,nt jj.j nt' v nn'-rm h - pive nrr 4 ,,. t -J, , ;.tcr ..f !i..virg tltru th-ot5 t r- tir rains blown out. In tnhiid, ;Uy Ly their hat, wig, ai,d

n'itioniug the Pirfident of the United

Stat-s to 44 fufpend the !:nin;To citlier w! oily or in it, according to the piwrr rlicd in him 'V the ronrefs of the Unitr.i t.tr.M kt. and the rrqueft ot th- tnwt, f l..0on, that fn.e fee IhI Urlon inhauii.nt ot Stlni, tint if thev fet fit ;l ry ri, . aMfMjt fmiibr nieafurrs" Wr ? Turr vr, v entleman, it will tiorfl i; 'at j I 1 u re to c operate with ou felJow citizri,-f the to'n cjf B. 'l n if) nv aiul 11 puL'ii mafur-? whiih we helirve 'ill protu tr the pu-dir o d. We v-v (as w- Imv- done from t1'" begining tuc embargo ai a wife 6c prudent

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NOTICE, THAT at the ext court of Ccmmon Pleas, to he hidden for. the couniy of Clark, in tlit Inrliunj 'IVrtli.,... .1 e n.

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Monday in November next. I fhall applyto faid tourt for a frny to he en'nhfljt irrofs the river Ohio, from my land in faid county, being frt&ional fraions No, 4, fc; 5, in iown No. 6 S. of Rarrr No. 3 E. Frederick Guigcr. o'eptemhr lH, )bOB. IN TIlTlJlliLUlT COURT INDIANA TERRITORY. 9 Hugh Gitbrcatb

Sail ij Nigh fort lis vS?fr

un jj.titionjor a Divorce. r-i liML" h.,,1trL',,' ivcn to ie laid Saliy Nighton that an npplication uill be made to the Circuit Court on the'Iaf! Mondav ofOclo her next at Cuhokia in the foul Irrntory hy "the ft, id MugU vjilhreath for a divorce agreeably

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TAKE NOTICE:

J "'HAT J will nly to the 4;rxt ft Common Ples, for thr r t

rrurt

unty o i

wonUrr how loco a man a fl'arr could hive h en acquainted with lis fcjiuhb!--upon Kphraiut Carpenters JHnd; hut a-

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. , u.ry w,,,,rr n, .Cilf no,,; t.nox, on tl,e U(l Mr,Ha...it, NovrlI,fc.r w,t!, ,11 tl K.fku ' C,,..!o,',a.l,ry r.,:,d ...nn.r.-j f,m Hicton' . SUwntt Mirw not i rv!U!.!c alujut tnr nuttrr tenvn tmTtrS lie fjnr.

IwodrfV dure this was iiMiie a fii i'i-

of fnious dift,i fition in 4 circle of prrfon m thu town, who yen know re r.nnc of thrwifn; I n t!ie erturfr of which debate (;ntlrm.-n obfrrvrd tlut 1 e wai coi.fi Jrt t tint muQ luvf ben a fiurtive exorelfion, and that ifinReid of calling i7r xstrea he had, called her delij$ he flitwld

pt. S:ht 18G8.

JOHN UAYBOItN.

i KOM 7 h l rr ess or E. STOUT. PHI.VTFR TO TKK T K T' Tl I T O n T AN'J) CF TMIl LAWS 0 TUJi VhlTbO STAT il,