Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 June 1810 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM, BY rf quest. THE grcatcQ of evils (you fay) it a Wife ! That happeni to man in the courfc of his life I Yet for a woman to wifli for a hufband His plain' It wifhing for fomething at foolifh and vain, A hu(bnd! oh, think of fitting up late. While at tavern he's gaming away your cftate ! In getting a hufband how much do you gain ? Why, 1 hufbmd and children perhapt to maintain. A hufomd 1 confider tyrannical rule, A hufbind 1 don't get one unlefs you're a fool A hufband 1 (oh think what a life cf delight.) r All day in a paflion, in liquor at night ; All hufbands 1 do not thut charge with difgrace, But you know, ood reader, 'tit often the cafe ; There an't (we can prove it by tracing their lives) Not one honeft hufband, to two honed wivei, There's fuch a great chance, fuch & rifk to be run, So few that fuccerd, and fo many undone ; Bound the ftandrd of freedom I've rallied and paid, A vow of allrgiancc to die an old maid! Yr girls, for the future, like me be refolv'd Xet all your connexions with men be dif. folvd ! Though the crying of children perhapt now appears, At charming as mufic to delicate eart, This niulxc, you'd with, would be foon out of tone, And you'd figh for the time when you once laid alone. BETTY BROADF4CE.

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Origin of the Gray marc's being the better horse Ihadlaieiy the plcafure of paffmg a very agreeable evening in a mixed company with both fexes, where the converfation happening to turn upon the propriety of that power which men ufually arrogate to themfelvesof ruling over their wives w ith (k fpotic fway, a young lady with wit and humor, replied, k it mirJif poflibly be lbfometimes

but much oftner the Gray mart's tht better Horse.-" And very obligingly entertained the company with the follow ing account of t he rife of that proverbial laying u hieh is made ufe of when a woman governs her luifb md. A gemleman of a certain (hire in Kugland, having married a young lady of conliderable iortune, and with many o her charms, tt finding, in a very lhort time, that fhe was of a high, domineering ipirit, and alu;iv, contending to be miltn fb t him and his family, he was rciolvcd to ran with her. Accor.

dingly lie went to her father, anfl

told him, he found his daughter c fuch a temper, and was fo heartib tired of her that if he would takt her home again he would retun every penny of her fortune. The old gentleman hav ing inqui red into the caufc of his complain afked him 'why he fliould be mon difquieted at it than any other married man, fince it was the common cafe with them all, and confequently no more than he ought to have expecled when he entered into the marriage Rate I" The young gentleman difired to be excufed, if he faid he was fo far from giving his aflent to this afTertion, that he thought himfelf more unhappy than any other man, as his wife had a fpirit no way to be quelled, and as mofl certainly no man who had a fenfeof right & wrong, could ever fubmit to be governed by his wife. 4 'Son (faid the old man) you are but little acquainted with the world if you do not know that all women govern their hufbands, though not all, indeed, by the fame methodhowever, to pu:an end to all difputes betweeausKl will put what I have faidjoh this; to proof if you are willing to try Tt? I"have five horfes in my flable ; you fhall harnefs thefe to a cart in which I (hall put a bafket containing one hundred eggs v & if in pafiing through the country, and making a Uriel inquiry into the truth or falfehood of my affertion and leaving a hrfe at the houfe of every man vhois matter, of his family himfelf, andaii egg only where the wife governs you will find your eggs gone before your horfes, I hope you will then think your cafe not' uncommon, but will be contented to go home, and look upon your own wife as no worfe than your neighbors. If, on the other hand, your horfes are gone firft, I will take my danghter home again, andyou fhall keep her fortune." This propofal was too advantageous to be rejected, Our young married man, therefore, fet out with great eagernefs to get rid, as bethought of his horfes and his wife. At the firft houfe he came to, he

heard a woman with a fhrill voice call her hufband to go to the door. Here he left an egg, you may be fure, without making any further inquiry ; at the next he met with fomething of the fame kind ; and at every houfe, in fhort, until his eggs were almoit gone when he arrived at the feat of a gentleman of family and figure in the country ; he knocked at the door, and in

quired for the matter of the houfe, he was told by a fcrvant that his matter was not yet iliri ing, but, if he pleafed to walk in, his lady, was in the parlor. The lady, with great complaiTance, dt fired him to feat himfelf and faid, if his buifinefs was very urgent fhe would awake her hufband to let him know it, but had much rather not ditlurb him. "Why really madam (faid he) my buifinefs is only to afk a queftion, which you can rcfolvc as well as your hufband if you will be ingenious with me : you will doubtlefs think it odd and it may be deemed impolite for any cue inudi more a

Granger, to afk fuch a queftion, but for reconciliation; his head was

sa very conuuerame wager uc- unvnw. . ..v, .v....- ' I lr- . firm m

ends upon it, and it may be fomc

dvantage to yourfelf to declare the

ruth tome, 1 hope thefe confider.tions will plead my txcule. Iris madam, to delire to be informed, vhether you govern your hufband, or he rules over you." 4 indeed, r (replied the lady) your quefiion is fomewhat odd : but as I think no one ought to be alhamed of doing their duty I fhall not fcruple to fay, that I have always been proud to obey my hufband in all things'; but, if a woman's own word is to be fufpedted in fuch a cafe, let him anfwer, for here he comes. The gentleman at that moment entering the room and after fome opologies, being made acquainted with the bufinefs, confirmed every word his obedient wife had report ed in her own favor ; upon which he was invited to choofe which horfe in the team he liked belt, and to accept of it as a prefent. A black gelding ftruck the fancy of

ed to fell hib life as dear as poflibieV

For fome time he defended himfelf bravely in the ttreets of the town, againft three times his number, until many of his men were killed, when he retreated to his own houfe, where himfelf and every foul about him was mafiacred, confiflingW between 50 St CO men At this time there was a number of parties collected in the woods, and others marching from diflerent parts of the fouth particularly from about Jeremie, whrh place is in a continual ttate of revolt. Such has been the fear of the foreigners here of a mafffbre taking place, that they have petitioned the governor of Jamaica as well as the Admiral on that ftation, for a couple of fhips to be fent here, as an afylum for them to flee to. In confequence of which the Dudley frigate has arrived, and another daily expected for that purpofe. 44 An embargo has been on for

the gentleman mofl ; but the lady fome time, until a few days fince.

de fired he would choofe the gray mare, which fhe thought would be very fit for her fide faddle. Her hufband gave fubftantial reafons why the black horfe would be mofl ufeful to them, but madam ItiH perfifted in her claim to the gray mare 44 What (faid flic)' and you will not take her, then ? But Ifay you thai! : For I am sure the Gray Mare is much the better Horse." 44 Well, my dear, (replied the hufband if it mutt be fo"

44 You mult take an egg 'replied the gentleman carter) and I mutt take all my horfes back again, and endeavor to live happy with my wife." PICTURE OF ST. DOMINGO Extract of a letter from a gentleman at port au prince, to his friend in Baltimore dated. ' Port au prince Feb. 21, C3J0. 44 Our iituation here for fome time paft has been truly alarming; owing to the frequent infurrections in this quarter. Some time in Oct. latt, there was one of a ferious nature going forward in which a number of the firft characlers were concerned and but jull difcovcred in time to prevent its being carried into execution. Near fixty of the ringleaders were taken up and Hill remain in confinement here. It appears they were in the intereft of Chriftophc ; and could they have accomplifhcd their ends the Sou th would have been given up to him. " After this, things remained as quiet as ufual about the firft of Jan. when a plot was difcovcred to be on foot againfl Petion, to put him down and confer the prefidency upon gen. Gerin the next in command to him. Germ's party was llrong and the blacks altogether in his intereft. The prefident having fome information of this ordered him up to Port au prince, which orders he refufed to obey and judging what would follow doubled his guards, and ftationed himfelf in the town of Lanfeveau. The next order from the prelklent was to take him by force. Tilings had now gone fo far, there was no luom left

The caufe of it was, to prevent any information beingcarried toChriftophe of the Rate of the.outh. 4 The country is faft falling into ruin for a number of reafons. From the numbers taken up in the army and navy, there are few cultivators ; and indeed for the want of people to pick the coflee, the greater part of it falls on the earth and is loft. There is alfo a great want of faith among the native merchants, owing to thofe frequent revolutions ; as thofe changes in government generally cancel all old debts. 4k We underfland from Jeremie, their ttate is Hill worfe than ours, as a mafracre has for fome time been publicly talked of; that the people of colour are to be the victims. Should this take place, I fear the whites will hardly efcape. " We have juft received an account of Aux Caves being plundered, and though it wants confirmation, it is pretty generally believed as little more can be expected ; for there is nofecurity for either life or properly, from day to

Ulay in all the Southern depart-

ments. t4have ftrongly recommended it to all my friend in America for fome time pall) not to rifque any thing more to this Ifland ; as I knew not a finglc American cargo for a long time that h is given a profit, owing tn detention bad debts, &e. he. befides the rifque of a total lols'by fome of thofe infurrettions. .The regulations of trade are becoming fo very opprcffivct as to be intolerable. 44 It is my intention to leave this Ifland as foon as I can ciofc my bufinefs : as nothing would induce me to flay another year in it." mmr 1 wm m M DAVID JAMESON VAWTFR

AT' J OR NET AT LAW, WILL punctually attend thr dif-rn5 courts within this Territory He rrfideg at the houfe of Peter Jones, Lfuuue. Vin. cennes.

FH0M THE PHESS OF E. STOUT. PRINTER TO THK TKhHITOHT A.D Of TUK LAWS OF THK L'N'IfKD STATUS.