Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 August 1809 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASl'IMM,

SORROW, While yet a child, in playful mopd, I sather'd pebble in a wood, ! Before. my errg a phantom ftocc, That flruck me with furprife ;i It ft-emed a woman, in her air, y Were marks of frdnefs and defpajr, Her foce was pale, her bofom bare, And tears had dimm'd her eye ; Wild'wns her mien, her head w?s crown'd With drooping willows, and around Her gloomy brows was cyprefs bound ; Difordercd wjs her hair. The robe was fackcloth that fhe wore, She, in her h nd a goblet bore, With bitter waters flowing o'er, The waters of defpair. 1 'Twas Sorrow ; on my infant head Her Ifaden hand the Goddefs bid, ; " Be thou a child of mine,' Ihe (aid, 44 Let fonow cloud thy dys I" She ma 'e me tafte th" bitter bowl, v, 1 frit the waters chill my itul ; J " Thr? with my vot'ries I enrol, Forfcke thy ch'tldifh play s." She faid and I forgot my joys, I dropped niy prbbles and my toys, Fo.fjok the gambo's of the boys, joined their petty ftrife, J And itill with my tncrrafing years, t Inert-a fed my forrows and my fears And I've btdewed my path with teajrs In every ftge of life.

ANECDOTES.

An hh feaman iboard a merchant fliip having Icil the tiki ttle, went to h;s officer 5. llroCching his head, cried Arrah, now will your hrnor beplafcd to tell me whether n thing an b: lYid to be loft, when one knows .'.ere it is I' No, Pat," replied t:it r fsiwer. Why, thrn by St. Patrick your trfyktlle is fnfe ; for it is at the bottom of lite fac I" Two hUdrs came home late fronia grog fluip oiip niht, and went to bed ; ione of th :v. Vy drinking a little too deep, had get a vinigo, or fwimming in the iitad, and fancying the bed whirled over and over, tumbled out on the floor and lay full. His htd fellow hcjrirg nothing of him for fome timr,'cilU out ' Jemmy, and why don't you come to bf.d ? 4 Faith IViddy, (fid he) let

it cosne round igait; and I'll try

LAMENTATIONS! ! ! ! Believing the chapter of Larncnrations in our l;;ft pleaiitu; toa conikkr hir majority ni my readers, 1 hae f'r tin ir further gratification and wniiifcment fckekd the: two following vcrlcs which I hope, il they have iu other e fleet will continue to pkafr.

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ertions will be made to inform the public mind. But notwithstanding thefe flattering prolpedts of the Kagle, tlrangc to .tell ! The ftatc of its treafury is very low indeed ; to be candid, there is not a dollar in it this very day, owing to the delinquency of others, it has been lately exhaulL'd to purchafe materials for carrying on the war dur

ing the prefent year, fuch as paper

ink, balls, pelts, cafes, gallies, mallets, (hooting flicks and iheep feet, together with a long lift of etcete. ras; and To hard run has the feo retary of the treafury been, that he has been forced to adopt the fyftem of loans, and it is with reluctance we ever wifli to have caufe to recur to fuch ruinous meafures. From this report of affairs, it is hoped that fewer difappointtnents will happen to the collectors oi the revenue in future, and that all who know themfelves indebted to this office, either for news-papers, advertifements, or handbills, will cheerfully come forward with their voluntary contributions, and pour

them in the treafury." THE PRINTER OF THE NORFOLK HERALD, TO HIS SUBSCRIBERS, Gentlemen SATURDAY next will commence the fifteenth year of this ellablifhment. Your printer has ferved an apprenticefhip of feven

years to his trade, and a double ap prentieeihip to the trade of dunning! The myfleries of the latter branch are too deep, and the

inflruments fo dull or fo delicate,

that lie almofl defpairs of producing any effect. But it is incumbent on him to be as obliging as poflible, and as folicitation appears to be agreeable to many of you,

your printer goes on to gratify your feeling in language that you cannot milconffrue, and that he hopes will continue to pleafe. Some modefl perions woivd fay, can you pay me ? will you pay me ? pleafe pay me ? But when 1 afk for my own, for what I have laborioufly earned, and for that which you juflly owe me, and without which I cannot fublilt at all, I am obliged to throw the ufual modclly of printers on the fbelf with our other lumber, and fay, you mull pay me my family, my journeymen, my boys, not even my devels, not one ot them fhall llarvc while one oi you owe me, juflly owe me, a Hulling. 'Tis to delinquents, to your duee years old, five years old, nun paying fubfciibers, that the printer lpeaks. Did you fuppofe that he purch.illd types, paper, ink, and hired men for your ainuleincnt ? Did you not promife to pay him lor his labour : Have you not received your papers : Do you ever read them : Do you never blulh wlu n you read of lwii, -s, robbers, ike. in the Herald ; . ou perhaps eonlider that you do not belong to the ciafs ol fwindkrs, robbers, u To what rials do von oelong : To the clals of honeil men truly! Il fo, pay the laborer hu hire, or throw up the paper at

once. You may keep what you have got (that is if the law will let you) but you fhall get no more. Confcienccyou can have no knowledge of ; but the wicked and the vile can fometimcs feel remorfe; to thofe feelings alone then your printer applies for the lad time for payment. And you, Mr. Country Subfcribers, to long (landing and no pay, that apply fo imperioufly every mail day at the poll office for the Herald, lefTen that high air of your's, and pay 0Conner your fubfeription money before you read another line. What would you fay, fir, if the printer had trea

ted you in an ungentlemanly (noViking of Italy, Beauharnois, at Sa

to fay infamous) manner as youl

have treated him ? Has he bargained for yxiur chickens, your beef, and your bacon ? Has he received and eaten them, and are you unpaid ? Apply this to yourfelf, fir, and eat your fupper afterwards il q'ou can. The printer returns his befl his molt grateful acknowledgements, to thofe who have parhim and kept him from abfolute want ; but he is forry to fay that the number is fo fmall, that if he does not receive pay, half pay, or one third at leall of the arrears clue from delinquents, and from the defcription ofperfons above mentioned, his paper mufl flop at once ; for he has no money to pay his journeymen, to purchafe paper, or go to market ; and the printer hopes, that, though poor, he is too proud to go in' debt (even by fubfeription) without any probability or intenti

on of paying thofe who confide in

his integrity.

obtained by the Auflrians, over Bonaparte's army. To thefe Abatements we have only to oppofe the exaggerated Bulletins of the F. army ; and the public are left to attribute to each authority its respective credibility. liclf. Extraordinary Gazette of the Government Seville, 27th May, 1809. m ' By official letters received from Tricfle, dated 20th April, the Supreme Central Junta, have advice of the archduke John having beat the French army of fifty thoufand under the command of the vice

Philadelphia, July 10.

IMPORTANT NEWS. , If we are to give credit to the accounts of this day, they announce a combination of events, truly momentous and great. To comprife them in as few words as poflible, they (late ill. The furrender of general Soult's divifion, td the combined Britifh and Portuguese forces. This is an event which our previous accounts had already authorifed us to anticipate. 2d. A general retreat of the F. army from Spain. 3d. A declaration of WAR by Ruflia againft France. This account, fo completely unlocked for, will at lirll view flagger public belief. But unexpected as fuch an event has been, the flrong and poiitive terms in which it is announced, and the remarkable concur

rence of three evidences, flrongly

fille, Porifa and Comigliano.

They have alfo received officially through the fame channels, advice of Ruflia haying declared in favor of Auflria again (I France. It appears from our papers, that an action was fought on the 16th April, on the Tyrol, between the Auflrian and Franch armies ; the advanced guard of the former of thirty five thoufand men was twice repulfed by the latter, being fifty thoufand flrong, under the command of prince Eugene Beauharnois, when the archduke John

came up with a body of referve of twenty thoufand men, and entirely defeated the French army, with the lofs of twenty thoufand men in killed, wounded and prifoners, chiefly the former, with the whole of their artillery 8c baggage, prince Eugene was wounded. By a general order ifiued at Cape Francois, on the 18th ult. it appears, that Chriflophe, by a coup" de main took, the fort of the rebel (as he is called) John Dugotier, fituated on the plantation Sabourin, an Boucaflin. The rebels made their efcape by fwift running. Dugotier's papers, two cannons, fome women and children, &c. are the fruits of this expedition. Winchester Gaz.

Doctors M. REYNOLDS V A. CHIPTS Will prattice Physic, Surgery, V. &c. In Kaskaskia, (Illinois Tr.) ''T'HOSE that make choice of repofing JL their confidrnce i:) them, will be attended with the utmoft ot thrir abilities they will be found in their fliop contiguous to the Roman church. They have on hand a large afiortment of MEDICI N E

which will be fold wholcfale on moderate

terms. tf June 1809.

One Cent Reward & no Thank

JKFT nir in April di an apprentice to .vthe houfc-carprnter and joiners bufi-

urge us to give it a large proporti- ! ,555 l,:)ninl William Suicklint;, about

on of credit. We know nothing of the char

acter of captain Johanfcn, but if he is a man of but ordinary intelligence and veracity, his tellimony is irrelillable ; for he polkivcly ilatcs that he had a copy of the of

ficial declaration oj IV AR ; and in

this itatement he is corroborated :y a e iplain Howie who came paffenger with him. In addition to this, the advices from Lifhon go itrongly to e ablilh the fact. 4th. Thefe accounts fpeak in

general terms, of the advantages

eighteen years old, large of his age, w ho-

loeverwni bring the 1-;U apprentice to me fhall receive the bovc reward by me. I Til Ham IL D utmi ca. Kr.ox county, L T. ?

June 5, 180.). J

For fale at the Office of the Wrflrrn Sun. THE PKHPETUAL ALMANAC, Price 12 1-2 Cents.

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