Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 April 1810 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASTLUMr An Irifh hd, one Jemmy Cnne, "Who fearM not cold, nor wind, nor rtin, As jolly ltd is eVr eat Pork, A genuine Piddy, juft from Cork, Was travelling, and he held his courfe, On foot, because he had no horfe ; When prefently, rererend Daddy, On horfeback, met our jovial Paddy. Pit. hails htm . and devoid of fear, Cries" friend1 I'm glad to fee you here ; And, without buftle or parade, I wi(h with you to make a trade." 11 What trade I propofe," enjoins the man ; I will oblige you if I can." tt Why,M.Pat. rejoins brim fnll of glee, ' I with to fwap horfes d'ye fee." With anger fparkllng in his eyes, " Yeu have no horfe," the man replies. " But," ihfwered Paddy with a hop, " Suppofe I had one, how'd you fwap V

that binds a$ they arc kn won to be perfectly determined and refolute, never failing to take a dreadful re. venge on all who have offended them, the prince Villa Franca has embraced it, not only as the fafeft, but like wife as the wgffeft aud moll politic, fcheme, to Become their declared patron and protector. And fuch of them as think proper to leave their mountains and forefls, though perhaps only for a time, are fure to meet with good encouragement and fecurity in his fervice ; they enjoy the mod unbounded confidence, which in no inflance they have ever been found

to make an improper or dilhoneft

life of. They are clothed in the prince's livery, yellow, and green with filver law ; and wear likewife a badge of their honorble order Which entitles them to univerfal fear and refpect from the people. Ihavejutl been interrupted by an upper fervant of the prince's, who both by his looks and language, feems to be of the fame worthy fraternity. He tells us that he has ordered our muleteers, at their peril to be ready by day break but that we need not go till we

think proper for it is their bulinefs

to attend or nolln eccel lenzu nc

fays he has likewife ordered two of

the molt deiperate fellows in the

whole ifland to accompany us : adding in a fort of whifper, that we need be under no apprehenfion ;

for if any perfon fhould prefume to

impofe upon us to the value ot a tingle tbaiocethey would certainly put them to death. I gave him an Bounce, which I knew was what

he expected ; on which he redoub

led his bows and his excellenzis

and declared we were the moil

honorable fignior he had ever met

with, and that if we pleaied he

hlmfelf fhould have the honor of

attending us, and would chaflife

any perfon that would dare take

twfvl bv the other banditti all o-1 advance the Turn. The prieft

ver the ifland ; and the perfons of t

thofe they accompany are ever

hen acquanted him with the

any are ever . . j .u -

heldfacred. For thofe reafons vu.i f ' u H moil travellers choofe to . hire-a ceding night from his brother couple of them from town to town by his order; alfuring him and may thus travel over the whole tm if he j)a teen mancr Gf

lilanU m laieiy. m m m l , r.; Ugm ntyf nnA-

To illuftrate their cahracter the uie iuui ...v,w .ui.v.Uimnrr. he added two flories which acelvhavo fupplied it. Well

happened but a few days ago, and f the robber, I will now are ftili in every body's mouth. J ; ,hnthv li.nr

found! y ,r . .

A number of people were

diKKing in a place where fome trea-

I are moft to be believed you

MIS C E L L A NT. FROM BRYDOME'S TOUR THROUGH SICILY AND MALTA WE have jufl returned, from the prince of Villia Franca's. He received us politely but with a good deal of state. He offered us the r l m.

Uie or nis carnage, as inerc arc h f Qr injure us in the none to be hired, and in the ufual rm!1iia tr:n J

llyle deQred to know in what he . . . Hp of fcrtn to nV We We thanked him for his zeal,

told him (with an apoligy for our fhewinghim we had fwords of our

abrupt departure) that we were own. wiucn Dowing reipcci ohliirfl to fet off to-morrow and fully he retired.

dehred his protection on our jour- I can now with more affurance, ney. He replied he would give give you fome account of the conorders for guards to attend us, that verfation I had with fignior Mr , lhc mid be anfwerable for every who as I faid appears to be a very thing ; that we need give ourfelves intelligent man, and has relidcd no farther trouble ; that whatever here tor thefe many years, numbers of mules we had occafion He fays that in fome circumfor fhould be ready at the door of fiances, thefe banditti are the moft the inn, at any hour we fhould refpcctable people of the ifland think proper to appoint : he added and have much the highefl and that we might entirely cely on thofe moft romantic notions of what guards, who were people of the they call their point of honor, mofl determined refolution, as That however criminal they may well as of the moft approved fidel- be with regard to fociety in general ity, and would not fail to chaftife on yet, with refpect to one another, the fpot, any perlon who would and to every perfon to whom they prefume to impofe upon us. have profeifed it, they have ever Now who do you think thefe maintained the moft unlhaken fitrufty guards are compofed of r dclity. The magillrates h ive ofWhy of the moft daring and hard- ten been obliged to protect thorn ened villains, perhaps, that are to and even pay them court, as they be met with upon the earth, who in arc known to be perfectly detcrmiany other country, would have ncd and defperate ; extremely vinbeen broken upon the wheel, or dictive, that they will certainly put hung in chains ; but are here pub- any perfon to death who has ever lickly protected and univerfally given them juft caufe of provocafeared and refpected. It was this tiom On the other hand it never fart of the police of Scicily, that was known to any perfon who was afraid to give you an account had put himfclf under their protecof ; but 1 have now conversed tion, and fhewed that he had conwith the prince's people on the Gdence in them, had caufe to refubject, and they have confirmed pent of it, or was injured by any every circumftance Mr. M made of thm, in the moft minute trifle"; me acquainted with. but on the contrarv tlicv will nro-

He told me that in this case part feet him from impofition of every of the ifland called Val Demoni kind, and fcorn to go halves with

(frpm the devils that are fuppofed the landlord, like moft other conto inhabit mount Etna) it has ever ductors and travelling frrvntitQ :

been found impracticable to extir- and will defend him with their Eatc the banditti there being num- lives if there is occafion. That erlefs caverns and fubterrancous thofe of their number, who have

paltagcs in that mountain where no thus enhfted themfelves in the fer troops could poflibly purfuc them ; vice of fociety, are kao wn aud icf

fure was fuppofed to have been (hall po with me to his houib

hidden which is but a few miles difhad been forbidden under the 1 1 c moftfevcrc penalties, they were tant. On their arrival before

immediately carried 10 pruon anu me door tne roDoer caucu expected to have been treated on hjs brother, who never fufwithout mercy but luckily for the , . i-r r Xrs one ofthofe heroes happen- P"ted the difcovery immedled to be of the number. - He wrote ately came to the balcony ; to the prince of Villa Franca, and jUt on perCeivin2 the prieft he made ule of fuch powerful argu- . , excufes for his ments in their favor, that they were oega ton,,e exc"'es Ior 1 all immediately fet at liberty. conduct. The robber tojd This will R-rve to fhew their i,jni there was no excufes to coiifequence with the civ be made ; that he only defi. the other ftory will give you a 9 J ftrongidea of their barbarous fe- red to know the fact, vvhefocity, and the horrid mixture of ther he Jlad gone to borrow ftubborn vice and virtue v I rnay f fc . ft 5n his call it by that name) that feems to r . direct their actions. I fhould name or not. On his own. have mentioned that they have a ing he hafd the robber with practice of borrowing ,money from deliberate coolnefs lifted his the country people who never dare r . reiuiethem ;and if they promife blunderbufs to lus ttioulder, to pay it they have ever been and fliot him dead ; and tnrnpunctual and exact, both as to the jng t'0 the aftonifhed prift, time and the fums ; and would -u . r j j much rather rob and murder an You will now be perfuaded, innocent perfon, than fail of pay- (faid -he) that I had no foment at the day appoited ; and tention of robbing you at this they have often been obliged in.

to fulfil their engagements, and to fave their honor. It happened within this fort-

night, that the brother of one o

thole banditti, having occafion f

money, and not knowing how to

procure it, determined to make

A fmali

(hillings

coin. About eleven

There is a time for all things. ND why have ye not made hay whilfl

X JL the bun (hone ? thofe who are

uie Of his brother's name and au- debted to us have been publickly requeflcd thority an artifice which he tllOUt' to come and pay what they owe, but they COllld not be eaflly difcovered, ac- have failed to profit by our friendly admo-

COrdingly he went to a country mtion the day of grace is pad, and our

prieft and told his brother had OC- D0kSi c. are now in the hands of Genu

cahon for twenty ducats, which he ynf jonnnon, tor coiicdtion.

Peter Jones. Cs? Co.

April 9th, 1810.

Fifty Dollars Reward.

defired he would immediately lend

him. lhe prielt allured him that

he had not then fo large a fum, but if he would return in a few days it

mould be ready for him. i lie o-

ther replied that he was afraid to return to his brother with this anfwer ; and defired thar he would

by all means take care to keep out

of his way, at leafl till fuch time

as he had pacified him ; other-

wife he could not be anfvvcr-1 mulUo n,an n3mcd

able for the confequcnccs. HARRY, AS bad fortune WOUld have aW 23 years old, 5 feet ten inches high; . j , heavy buils, plain eafy fpoken fellow- faid it, the very next day, the fciioW took with him, and h-d on the foiprieft and the robber met in lowing articles of clothing, a colored huni uf.ru mrrniv rmH tUn for ting Ihirt, a pir of buckfin over-11 a fuic a very narrow road , the tor- of bUckmixcd wool airi cct:on, a furand mcr fell a trembline as the vfool hat, he -Ifu took with liim a dark

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RAN A WAY frorrf the fubferiber living on Pinry fork, in Chnfiian county, and IHte o Kentucky, c: the twen tv fecotul civ of No-

vember, 11C9, .1

dark

latter approached, and at lafl 5ay ,,oril fou'lfe.n vd a 1 . , , . . . feven vears old this fprtng,

Ut UpjJUU UIJ HIS FwUUCb l(j ueg for mercy. The robber, af toniHied at his behaviour, defired to know the caufe of it. The trembling prieft anfwered il denaro," the money, the money-but fend your brother to-morrow and you (hall have it. The haughty robber affurcd him he defdained taking money from a poor prieft ; adding, that if auy of his brothers had been low enough to make fuch a cic mand he himfclf was ready to

half hands high,

a lanjc ttor, and

a y.'uite ltreak coming oown oer one noltril, a ftrcn, firi;id pjood ridi:: licrfe, he rtlfo toolc v;ith l:im a riti; pun and a piQoL Twenty five dollars revrarriwill beiven to any prrfon who will frcur? fid fellow in any jail and trr.d word (l that I cam p;et him 3fai: cr if brouh'. home the abov reward wlt' 11 reafonriblr openers. jcrcmiah Ehbcrry.

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