Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 June 1810 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM, i i ELEGANT EXTRACTWe have read with pleafure feveral pieces from the poetical and patriotic pen of J. H. Price, of Troy, in ihe Rate of NewYork. The following is from a New Year's nldrefs written by him at a fliort notice, for the carrier of the Albany Regiftcr. Messenger " Let the tyrants of Europe in martial array With the fiandards of conqueft un fur I'd Sweep the vifiblc landmarks of empires away And blall the political worldLet torrents of crimfon each plain overfpread, Every veftige or liberty fall, And the demon of anarchy rife in its Head, O'er the wide wafting ruins of all Let the realms of the eaft at trie dawn of the fun. To the horrors of carnage awake, And the latc-ft of ages till time (hall be done Of the ruinous llughtcr pirtakc To their blood written charter, inferib'd with a fpear, To thf ftory their arclieves unfold, To the nairWbf each patriot which mem'ry holds dear, And the talc by their forefathers told. To the ark of their freedom, their alter, th?ir fhrine, If the fons of Columbia attend, In vain fh ll the millions of Europe combine Though demons thofe millions befriend. Hot the falchion that waves in the defohte field, Nor th- plram of the h.-Imet afar, Kcr the hrod f;rca..rinr- blaze of the warrior's fl.iclJ, Nor the nmcilcfs ravage of war,

All who labor, or arc ufcfnl in directing it ; as farmers, artizans, mathematicians, kc. Who are the unproductive clafes ? Thofe who contrive to live by the labor of others. Who are they ? Kings, merchants, fpcculators, gamblers, lawyers, mendicants ck lhe like. What ? is the merchant to be profcribed and the blemngs of commerce to be forgotten ? No, the merchant is the great link or mutual agent between the laborers and manafaclurers, ckc. of different Hates. In that, his proper fphere, he is eminently ferviceable but dangerous out of it k Woe be to that country which is governed that is, exclufively by merchants or priefts " What is the mod common evil propagated by mercantile purfuits and adventures ? The growth of luxury', gaudy fplendor, extravagant magnificence in living, equipage, &c. cauled by great and fudden fortunes. The contagious infeclion fpreads like a peflilence through fociety : the poor ape the rich ; the frog is burlt by mimicking the oxVand wickednefs and immorality, are the inevitable confequences of fuch prepoRerous luxury. What is the bell antidote to thefe evils? The encouragement of induftry or uleful labor : the farmers, mechaincs&c manufaclurers are "the fait of the earth," who keep found the body politic, which would otherwife rot above ground. What is the eafiefl and fafeft method of encouraging thofjj, working men who are the (lamina ol the Hate efpecially when aided by the mathematician, the chymift and philofopher ? prohibit the importation of luxuries, or elfe tax them heavily. hat arc hanks good for ? They palliate poverty but in reality make the rich, richer, and

forefathers ! Poor Poicr, : they lnercale the

; int qualitu s they find they fuel!

Can deftroy tho ricli hlcflings our T v e us.

V 7 - - Since the fword of each valiant def- the mountain and increafe the valecendant, j Two words, "commercial con-

Shall lop off the defpot who flrives to en -' venience" defcribe their only ufe . n

a volume could fcarcely enumerate

their evils, anti-republican ten-

flive us,

And Columbia remain independent 1

Like a rock feated firon? in the muift of dencies.

theocean, j But they incrcafe money : Shill bnvf the dark tempeft fublime, j Yes paper money which deIJnited furvive trans-alUntic commotion, piCciatCS as it Cncreafes ! two

And fSounfli ccrval with ti;:f I

The E3f!e aloft in the regions on high, H:j plumage Oinl! proudly difplav, bUili wave his bright wr,s mid the blaze of the iley, And fo.ir in the fplendor oi c!a !'

m miw w mu i

SHORT C VrhX IIlSM. i-ram the Baltimore U'bi? xVh uisthelln nthof a naln:n

dollars are now paid for a com mo

ditv that could have been formerh purehaled for haif the fum. . When il! the people at large fee their evils : Not belore they feel them perhaps not then. W hat is the bell way to retain olid monev ?

y taxing imports, curtailing

A population animated by free- bank paper. i.rum ainr manufae.

dom, nerved by temperance and turcs, labour and exports. labor, and endowed uitli intclii-; - fic-ncc. APPItKIIKNDKD INSURWhat is a nation's wcahh ? j KKCTION Or Tl IK BLACKSrl'he productive labor ol its inln- ' Tlie editor of the Pjollon Patriot litants, witl lout uli ch every nati- have KQeived from a eoircfpond on is poor, with all its mines antl ent in AiWulla, Cieou;ia, the fob paper money. ; lowing ccrjV f a letter from ?;en. hu hare the productive claflcs j'i'homas Hhmt ol North Carolina ofTocicty jto thchon. J.Miikdge, of Georgia s

Mr. M. fprend the information, and it excited much alarm and occalioned great preparations for fecurity. The coiumuuieation lays, " the letter of capt. James is but a fmall evidence of the difpolition of the blacks in this par t of the coun

try

Tarborougb March, 2G 18 to

Dear Sir I have this moment (8 o'clock at night) received a letter from a negro in Greene county

Georgia, vto a negro in Martin county N.C. calculated if genuine", and To it appears to be, to inducc a belief that a generaf infurreclion is fenpufly contemplated. The letter is in the following words. . " Der Sir I reeived your letter of the tenth r f June 1 809, with great freeclo'm and ioy to hear and underftand what great procedance you have made, and the refolution you have in proceeding on buifi. nefsas we have undertook, and hope you will ftill continue in the fame mind. We have fpread the nufe nearly over the continent, in our part of the country, and have the day when we are to fall to work and you mult be lure not to fail on that -day and that is the 22d of April to begin about midnight and do the work at horn firll,. and then take the armcs of them you flay fir (t and that will flrengtnen us more in armes for freedom we want and will have, for we have ferved this cruel land cmtfy and be as fecret correct ying your mus as possablc and be fine to fend it by fome c arehi 7 'hand & if it happens to be difcovered faill not in the day for we are full abcllo conquer by any means. Sir I am your captain James, living in the Hate of Jorgy in Green coimty fo no more at prefent but remain your fincear friend and captain until death." Bireaed to " Cornell Lukes, N. C. in Martin county near Roa noak river." Exum Lewis, efq. a gentleman of character, who convened this letter to me, informs me, that it was lately found in the road in Hub lifax county, near James MonreS (lore and that another was found with it dated in TenndVec and directed to Brunfwick county, in Virginia, purporting nearly the fame in fubilunee, and agreeing cxaclly as to the time, fixed on for the pin pofc of carrying the fciicnn into edecl. 1 have confidered i: my duty to 5ivC this information and have only time to add, a the hour for clofing the mail has already an ived, that I hope yon U JI! iu ufc it as to prevent the meditated mifMiief, am, your nioft obedient fervant, 'J flO. LLUNT. P.ARTIlQu Kl'l. Extract oj a letter from the Cape of 'Goud hope dated Dec, lo, 1809 " As you will probably have heard of the earthquake which has

U"N' "u, j vii to let VOU know that ! am perfectlv well, "having efcaped injury, much ah.rm. ed. It took place on the 4th of this month ; the fir ft fboek about a quarter after ten Jlt niyU- yc wue loufed npluddeniy1)va mofl uolcnt, loud, hollow rumbling,

fubtcrrancous founrl with a confix deraile degree of motion ovec the entire houle : which, from it-i cracking and rockimj, we imagined could not IKuul. The belh: rung moll violently ; we therefore made our tfeape as laft as pulliblc into the open air. This Ihoek continued about a minute, ;uul after a moment's calm, was fuccccded by a fecond one, much more a. larming and heavy than the Ih, and attended with all the fame fym. toms, put in a much more terrible degree, and proceeding like it from, the centre of the Table mountain, nearly due fouth, into the fea ; thtr fky perfeclly clear and bright witii liars and not a cloud to be Teen This (hock continued about two minutes, and was mofl dreadfuL There were three others within the fpace of halfan hour from the firll, all comparatively flight. 'The chief fymptoms during this mofl awful phcenomenon, were the dog-; barking 3c howling mod terriblywatches and clocks either Hopping entirely, or elfe lbrtng time ; the bells in all the houfes ringing; violently houfes cracking from top to bottom ; the earth difcharg. ifig water in. places hitherto dry ;? and the ftars fhooiing every direc-k tion acrofs the fky. Vc have had lefs ones, either by night or by, day, tverfince, which leaves us iiv the moll unpleafaut (late of fufpence. tfc To attempt giving an idea of the cbnfufion and difmay of the inhabitants and every elafs of peep!? is quite out of mV-po wer. IVlofl of. them were in bed at the time, and in a moment the flrccts & government gardens were filled with perfons of all ages, fexes and colors, nearly naked, (creaming andu ring ing their hands, in expectation ofbeingfwallowed up every moment. They remained out the uhoJe njght, fincc which time they h iva pitched tents in the different fqtm. res and open places, where they remain during the night ; nor d I think they will be induced 'W deep in their houfes for fome time. Providentially there 'acre no lives loll, as no houfes were actually thrown down, but many perfons have been obliged to take theirs f pieces, in confequencc of the injury they have fudained. The thermometer was during the whole time, between 77 and 73." Eng. Pah.

Original Amcdotc... fact. A cetain federal!!!, m conversation, after juftdying G. H in a conduct to the U S. and condemning and calumniating our o v n government, concluded by obfe rv'irr "that he was now exacllv where he uasin 7 a' (mfadng as to his principles which wasnodibt th cafe). A republican w10 happ.-, ed to h.c prefent, fhrewclly rcmar. ked, 41 nU nndl be vcrv much midaken, fir ; for, to niv cei tai!i Knowledge, you were then in jail, or being a tory.'' f'c'-e-Viirk Journal.

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