Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 November 1809 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM,

FOR THE WKSTERM SUM. THE TYRANT QF THE SEA. Once mort deceitful Enlahdjs charm l)i reel s the felldev&uiing fwarm ; Oar hoiirlt trade and naval rights, Our houtft trade, Stc. Her tiftltOi wings ate QretchM tA (pott, May (he he he taught in her own toil She amiilYs to annov, She .nTills hut to deflrov J Ttuth and honor thrnce are ftfd, Canning's lies rife in their Head. chorus Brave united, jull and free, W'll traverfe the flormy fea. We drfend an honed claim, Truth our guide, and right our aim No Intercom fe with cheats we hold, We lute their artsaml fidrtv their gold J The common Tiht of 11 we claim, l ne rnmmon ,rint, Sec. Slnll Tyrant? jl.ue to rule the fea, No. It for, by God's decree. Copenhagen fi-mes afar ! . "V s thiTs done in neace or war ? This blaik deed in peace was done I Then proud England's race is run. ' caoaus. Brave united, Gholls at New York and Chefapeak, llife on thr waves and to u fpeakl 14 By B itain's cruel thves we fill, u By Unuins tuil Oaves, Sec. 14 Of p ace thty fpoke, but t.me to ilty, 4 Tlinr hell ilnamM Immls cut Ihort our day ; ' Brothers Hum this wicked hand, 14 TluVll pollute your happy land ; Touch not their ccu!Vd Ware, ' Talte not, thy have fore ad a fnare. CHORUs. Great unitrd, jisO ami free, 44 Biavr the l rant of the fea ; t Gd dit its i:ur rihtrous aim, u Heaven fe ds y ur glorious fame. B hold n!v! Georp s tottVmg throne 1 The Devi! views it as his own ; lie's pitL-ut theie as well's in hell, 11 s pu f:nt th.Mr . IxC. T' e Kui ovj Nohles feive him Hill, lie Ins ihe Co lunors t his will J Belzebul and I .in iter, KsO- thr tt I r liiii Jtndarss th.ere, livVy l)il, fin dl ai.d , rc.it, It) old I no I m 'i h. a c it. D.!i ,nid ti;ri i s w Ictve, 11 -tt il I c we .J: v. fn ve ; 2S t owes for V I t !l, And Ua!ull Wv'li-ll li.ik Cunn.

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From tuk AHGUS Olf WESTERN AMERICA. PAST OCCURRENCES. A f RAG ME NT, Extracted Jrom an original manuscript. 44 A solemn pleasure Hows from former pains."

While encamped on the bank of

the Mufkingnm, we tlifcovered about forty Indians, returning from the frontiers of Virginia, with a number ot prifoncrs, one of whom was a female ; & notwithllanding the inferiority of our lorce (we be ing but eight in number,) we were lb far exafperated with the fuppof. ed fair? of the unfortunate captives that we determined on the difperate attempt of reltoring them to liberty. v We chore the hour of midnight the moons pale lamp was fmothered under a wellern cloud, and darknefs prelided, exct-pt when the glimhiering fire s of the enemy, Ihed a portentious luitre on the gloom; The Indians were repoling in unguarded feciirity, and we were enabled by deliberate cauti on to enter their camp, unbind their prifoners, and conduct them to a dillance of fafety, without difturbing their thoughtlefs flumbering conquerors. But not fatisfnd with this atchievment, we again returned to the camp, to exterminate the fleeping warriors. What a wretched mode of warfare ! how (hocking, how terrible to reflection ! to Ileal upon the unthinking (lumberer, and while he repofes inoftenfive and unprotected, to hurl him out of exigence before he is aware of the neceflity of felt defence. When fleep drawh his downy umbrage over man, his protection Ihuuldbc a more inviol.ible lancUiary than the niter of refuge, or the (acred temple of divinity. lint (Lcep cannot with-hohl the murvlerous hand! Gracious God t what monflers are we rendered by the wild chinuras of un governable palfions! This inhu man, thib daltardly mode of aifaf. (ination, has mtailed the name ol lavage on the unenlightened Indians ; but man, civilized man, who boalls the fublime illuminations ol the all irradiating day-ftar of Jlea ven, (hll continues the horrid practice, and would be thot' julL humane and benevolent. We thought not o juilice, hu mauitv or benevolence ; our mind were lircd with vengeance for th blooil ol (laughtertd brethren. Two of the eaptnes encrealid otn uund.er to ten, and we leleCled om iclims with Inch prccilion, that at a preconcert d li.;nal, our wea pojis i.:;ureci the heartM of ten el

jtl.e enemy nr feaiping kiuve : w ere taiii u loi a feon.it biow, vi lire , brand acci.!enta!i ieil on tile 1. o jof an iniji.m. he awoke and diieo'eixd our intentimis die aLuin as en mir party du own into co:luiini, lome tied preep;;atel . wfsii ! ne otiu i s Cx. niNledvainlv tii ei led tt execute our delicti. I lie eau;p u. diro'wn into 're t!it a 1 ai- upri r, and it wis with imuudetu uiilicuity tiut 1 cieapcu,

companions. I fled to the place where we had left the prifoncrs w e had libcrati d. but all was gone. The clouded f leavens allbrdcd no guide to direct tny flight, but the awful appfc henlion of being purltie I by the Indians, occasioned me to iam!)!e throughout the night ; but ! do vious had lieen my rout, that in the morning I was on the I wi; ol thr Mnfktnum. near the fctftit d

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the terrible war.w h()opryttrtnrn(liaus at hand, and concealed my(elf in the fedgcthat grew intth margin of the river. Some of the Indians remained to burv thofe of their partv w h

4was (lain, and others put (tied Jhe

trace of my retreating conp ons ; To that I refolved to conftttfcji my covert, until I could begin my (light with fafety. About midday ten or twelve of their number pal fed down the beach in a lew paces of where I lay. Peace, trembly.

heart, w hat were thy leeliftgs W

their approach ? I beheld theTTM

with a fearful palpitation, which J did not believe even death wou'd inlpire. But do daring warrior, alter having rulhed up )ii the h!a. sing bolt of the cannon, and (port

cd among the whittling torrents of

leaden death, go cool your paflions from the rage of daughter, and if

you ftart not at'the Hidden appear-

anee of death in all his hideous

forms, I, will own my fenfitions to be variant from thofe of native valor They were leading a female captive, my eyes fell on her fea Hires Angels of mercy, it was Zero Ida The blood fprang from every extremity oT my body to my heart. eety puife bur.t into a throbing delirium. 41 On every ftvcrnl sense a storm arose SudJcn and ivtld " A certainty of death if I moved from my polition, could fcarci chain my body to its bed, for m foul was bounding to her afliflance My Gf)d ! what a dreadful delliny was hers ? what a fearful tram of alarming fenfations . mull have tortured her generous (eniibihty ? w hat a throng of writhing pangs mult have wrung her delicate frame, fufceptibie, in appearances, as the lhadowy fylph that dances in dewy fragrance on the morning funbeams; which bends w ith the dpiration of a zephyr, & oilloUvs v. in the rough viliis of the wind while dragged by thofe null-cling iuonllers. ov r a long trad o paihefs wilderntfs. Mel.mcholy reverie of the afl dionatc care (b eecivid fiom her (am'ny, who would not hdkr the weight of a irown to hglit upon her. The nuicrieslhc had already en vlured, and the numerous thaf-N that vet hung on faieS cxhaiilluf quiver to be leatheied at her heart, rulhed upon my imagination, a.d i inteinaiiy t xeiainud, Ihe fha ; not U-the vict tin ! their merciiels luy No, CJh Clod ! if one droj) .if mercy remains in the treafmy f I leav en. it w ill be w afu d clow r. by lu'.inng angels to bear Zereh a

river, without difcovcring my con

cealment ; and as foon as they

were out ol light, I puii'u d t'heir roil' until they enenmpt d i.i the cvennnr, and concealed myillf at a convenient dillance, w h' re I could wirnefsall their movements. The-Indians dilperfed themf. Ives around the camp ifi eareiels lecunty, and permitted Z- relda to renain unbound and ncgleeh d About Inn-let they had all, except one, rambled from the camp ; and :e began to direct a particular attention to Ztrelda although his dre Is and afpeel w as Indian, I fuf(ecU! from hi- manner and tone of voice, that he was an American and his conduel, which was animated and even rude, excited ill ine a moll dreadful jealouly, that he w iv aedtiaH'd by the barbarous paflions of lov e. Vn is it p ill : lo bought I, for any being that !us a foni to look upon her famtvd cotinenance, and feel the im: tilfe of one impure del;e. Her elude eye h is a maj lly of virtue, which ould coogv.al the fire of a iiccnti? us'thought. But foon were my fufpicions realifevl, for after the ungovernable youth hud converted with her for a Ihort time, Tin which, although I coulUft)t hear his e:;iire(?ions, he appeared to threaten and expollulate without e fleet) he ciafped her in his arms, and attempted to cmbiace her; (he Ihrieked with vio. ience, and the Indians ran back to the camp at the moment, when regartllefs of eonfeqtiences, I was on" the point ol Hying to her relief. In thepicf uce of his company the ardor of his paflions was rcflruincd and m te rrors were hulhed for a moment. (To be continued. J Soma bin Maivcllons. . . The fhatk (ai I to he caiiglit in; Walney channel, with a pair of 'uickfkin breeches, a man's hand, md a diamond ring in his bell reminds us of an account of an tvrorv mous whale (aid to be Uranfepoflf . Flamborough Head, in the year 15.50, in a Hate of dreadful excauf'ion, with a church (li epic flicking out of his mouth. On cutting up the facrilcgiotis monlicr, which could not be performed lb quickly as to prevent his convtilfions from etting all the bells a ringing, the whole congtegation were found ill the body of the church, inclofed in the Homach of tiic Levi rhan, in the vi ry act ol finging pfa!ms9 md the perfon in the viftry, taking a gl A of wine before fermon ! c think, whatever may be the exunt ol the hiiloric dou!)ts,, I fome men. thev who think the W'.ilnev ;:ccr)uut crolible, arc bound to believe tl;e rLunborongh im cdote, which corner dow n u us c.ove red with die veiicrable cloak of antiquity. London ; alter. For f.Ir tb- OiYur ct" tlir Wtil-rn Suru TilM PKHPKI CAL ALMANoC,

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