Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 November 1809 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM, FOR THE WESTERN SUN. UNION. Patriotic SOKG, Shall royal ihves our land invade, Or interrupt our peaceful trade ; Of their vain arts we're not afraid, Our ftrength is in our Union. Let foreign nations pratYife war, And flives aflVmble from afar; Their threats we fear not, for we dare To glory in our Union. They cheat and lie, they rob and fteal, The worth of Truth they cannot feel;

But we fupport our cnmnion weal, .And love our happy Union.

V 0 J.et kings by conqurft kindoms gain,

Jut if they crofs the Atlantic main,

WU meet them on our native plain,

And live and die in Union. Let French and Englitli always fight, , Theirs is the wrong, ours is the right, For we are guided by the liht Of independent Union. We fmtcrVd our rights from tyrants h?nd, "We overcame the accurfed band, And now one fUme pervades our land, The glorious flame of Union. Our numVous ftates are join'd in one, We all enjoy the rights of man. Our thought, our word, our heart 8c hand, Will tvercherifli Union. Our caulV is juft, our claim is good, ;y he of fillies be the food, Etui never on the land be fpew'd, Whole foul's not made for Union, We love the fim'ly of mankind, We l.-vr the frrr and gen'rous mind, Wt- tovc- whoever we can find A l-ver of our Union. The third line of each verfe maybe fung twiu:. M. 12th Oftobfr, 1809.

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Tkom tuk AIIGUS OF WESTERN AMERICA. PAST OCCURRENCES. A FRAGME.VT, Extracted Jrom an original manuscript. fA solemn pleasure llcms from former f Continue J. J WIIKN the Indians retired to fUcp i crept into their camp, but tlu ir fires were lb nearly cxtingmllit (i that I was unable to difcover Zwt Ida ; tiUt while I prfU cu:m;; my icarch, I perceived the Klimpfe or luuu- pnibn riling a.d gliding rap.cU Irom the camp Ilearcdi wub uileoued and

cautioufly retreated to a dlftancc, where, for Several minutes I panted in the mod alarming fufpence, a (cream imicd from the dircction in which the perfon had' disappeared. It was (lirill and tremulous, fecmed to be fmothered in an inftant. It was the fcream of Zerelda 1 flew as with die wings of lightning to her aid ; but it was dark, and no found Succeeded. I reached the place where I imagined the voice was heard, but all was lilent I paufed in horrible anticipation I knew Zerelda was in the arms of a monlter the thought was barbed with diflraclion it Hilled the pulfe of breath, the throb of life liflening agony. Ah that moment, tremendous to recollection, abarberous wretch was rifling the faired flower that ever bloomed in the garden of nature. 41 Mighty God is this thy sovereign will?"

A feeble cry dole from a cinder of bullies. It came like the moaning figh of departed hope ; I reached the plfice in a thought. The moon burft from under a

cloud and flung her full beams upon the (bene the lad tremor of invigorating virtue had esipired the lad druggie of Zerelda was exhaufled as I arrived, and (he fell into the 4 deftroyers arms.' He had rudely gagged her w:hile flic flept for fear of alarm, Sc while her voice was redrained, bore her, as he imagined, beyond the reach of protection ; and having now fubdued her oppofition was claiming her to his bread with the exulting certainty of gratified defirts. It was not a crifis for deliberation. My mind was :a confufion of uvengeful paflions. Without a paufe I raifed my hatchet and funk it in his head he fell and expired with a gafp. Zerelda lay infenfible, a moments

delay would be ruin ; for the Indians were no doubt awakened by her fcreams, and every breath I expected them to Spring upon us horn the camp I baniihed the lugged ions of ceremony, ciaSped her in my aims, and flew to the Mulkingum. She recovered, and being convinced of her alarming Situation, inquired with a foul alive with trembling fenfibility, what had tranfpired in her late oblivion of memory ; I allured her of the heavy penalty I had inflicted on tlu wretch who dared alfaii her chaltity, and that (he was pure from his intentions, as when the zephyr ol love lird melted his ethenal Spices on her lips. When I had made this ilatement, and informed her oS the dangers I had encountered lor her preservation, all the ieariul Suggeilions oS lhuddering innocence SubSided, and Hie repoSed in mc for protection, generous reliance of implicit confidence. The Mulkingum mult be pafleVk and there being no boat, 1 was c mipelled to Swim the river with Zerelda in my arms. I had never Swam under the pre flu re ol Such unconquerable palpitations, I had never luam with fueh a luvelv Such

an iucflimahlc burthen ; but a delpcrate hope polfelfes unknown invigorations. At my entreaty Zerdda'5 ceremonious modefly yiel

ded to her Sears, and Suffered mcto wrap my left arm elofely round her waid, while, with a beating heart, oS timid delicy, (he clafped her arms loofely round my neck, and in this manner we palled the river Altho we were chilled, and almod exhauded by this exertion, yet our fears would not permit us a moment's paufe, and we rambled through the wild fored, without intermiflion until morning. Zerelda was the daughter of Thomas Kngleton, a wealthy planter in Virginia. 1 had become acquainted with her, and her amiable accomplifhments h id taught my bofom to beat with the emotions ot 44 The warmrft, fondeft, fweeteft pain That ever charmed the heart." But I was a dranger to the impreS fions'I had made on her gentle nature, and was at preSent relolved to continue concealed in my Indi an diSguile, So that fhe (hould never know (he was indebted to Ivvei -mond Sor her eScape ; lead her noble generoiity flioulcl miltake gratitude for affection, and induce netto encourage the ardor of my addrefs, whild her heart was tininfpired by the adorable foul of love-

Deeming me a dranger, (he in- j

formed when we had paufed torclt in the morning, of the manner of lier captivity, and the nature of the miferies lhe had Since endured, after which we conyerfed on the .difficulties I had encountered in her refcue, in which (lie exprefled the warmed effufion of gratitude and adonilhment. - For the" two - nights pad Hie had fcarce clofedier.eyes, aiid ioui after we Hopped fhe Junk into a (lumber. I gazed upon her with enli veiling delight as (he deptv It was

the firil time lhe had willingly confented to reSign the guard of watchful mode (ly in the -preft nee oi a man, but from the. manner in which 1 had already treated her, lhe appeared to place fuch firm confidence in my honor, that lhe flu inhered as fecurely as if (he had been lurrounded by an army ol

virgins. I felt the force of this

flattering compliment to my virtue and would not have ilained the ermine of her innocence with the imp.urity of a thought. Never was imagery more exquilitively deligned, eitiier by natUiC, art, or imagination, to attune all the Sine indiScribable tones of which the Soul is fufceptible, to thrill witii love and extacy, than the lovely form of Zerelda wjnle (be llept. dark liik dreSs dropped lightly over her limbs, a veil of the Same coloured gauze halt lbaded her bofom, and waved with every vibration of her heart ; a Serene Smile ilumbered in Sober majelty upon her countenance, a gen

tle llude of clear trunfpurent red,

was balking on her lips & checks. It Seemed alive with ieniibiiity, & at imervJls, would ileal gradually over a Wider Space, Sc mir.gic with the delicate margin of white by which it was Surrounded ; and exhibited Such a Subtle tendernefs ol ieiihbility, that it Seemed-as if I could blow it away with the breath of a Sign.

Oh nature ! how lovely is the Simplicity of thy children ; all the myriad univerfe of worlds that Catch the glimmer oi yondei fun could not iufpire fueh a flow of living raptures, as the benign afpt ct of (leeping Zerelda. lill tinufuturity dillblves, and my eternity is the moment of her repofe. Nature fuggelled, love fmiled, charity confented, and 1 touched her lips with the warm breath of mine.- No impurity left a 11 am, no fenfitivc modelly was alarmed, and k the flolcn kHV was never revealed to light a blulh on her cheek. As loon as (he awoke, the Sear of purSuit occalioiied us to renew our journey, and continued it until late in the evening, when beneath the umbrage ot a thicket of cane, we (lopped to enjoy a night oS uninterrupted re pole. However Arm the belied ol Zerelda in my honor and integrity, I was a SuppoSed dranger it mud have been painful to her delicate mind, to !leep in my preSenec, without a (ingle curtain to Seperate. us. ' A. thouland little indefinable Sears would be fuggelled by trembling moiledy, which is alaraievl by a bn ath ; and create in her mind an

uncalv lenfation of impropriety or

d inger ; but, notwithdandmg, lhe

liept with apparent chet rfulnefs. Although fortune had thrown her in my power; I indulged not a thought that would , have (hocked he,r feelings; for he mull be a wretch "indeed, to fave the drowning man, and butcher him on the

ihore.

I had not lod the fire of thofc

paflions, which a Ihort time before

had hurried me into all the wild reveling of licentioidnefs in Richmoiid ; nor had they loll a particlu of their excitability ; but they never were inflamed for the dellruc tion of a Zerelda. ' She was halloaed as the fpirit of awe, and I would have faenficed the hand that dared unhidden to. alfuil the fauclity of her perfon, even il it was my own. 1 would have fpared no heart, not even the one that throbs in my own bofom, that would meditate her dilhonor. We had llept until the glittering harbinger of morning rofe above the Hariifon. The wolves raifed a hideous howling almofl in our camp the found burfl at'once into a thoufaud tremendous tones of terrific yelling. Zeielda Sprung to me for protection I caught her in my arms, and delicacy frightened into reliance, fullered her to red on my heart. (To be continued. J FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, T II E REAL PRINCIPLES OK IW MAX CA 710 L ICS, y a fkknch :llr(;yman Carefully rcvirJ St LIuti-Ltcii Notes

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