Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 September 1810 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUMy On the Mutability of Earthly Enjoyment. And didft thou think, fond Youth, to fail Secure acrofs life's billowy fea ! And didft thou think the wavering gile Would always blow dire for thee ; Ah no ! I know the treacherous ftorm, Huilied in grim filence, loves to deep, While yet noboifterous winds deform The tranquil bofom of the deep. But Hope's bright fun had cleared the fky, (A vivid arch of pureft blue) And not a wandering cloud was nigh To intercept the blifsful view. Who but would trull a fcene fofair, With every earthly blifs replete ? Could Difcontent or pining Care Uiutp young Hope's refulgent feat? The could not nd perchance the mind, To Nature's early di&ates true, Trufted too eafily to find That Happinefs we all purfue. Alis! that Happinefs below Solicits our purfuits in vain Hark, hark ! the howling tempefh blow, Dark clouds the fpotlefs ether fUin Yet drugging thro' the deep'ning gloom, Fair Hope flill pours a feeble ray : Thus the lone uianfions of the tomb The lamp illumes with doubtful ray. Then grieve not thou whoe'er thou be, To life's tumultuous itorm refigned ; There is a power who looks on thee, And tempers to thy ftate the wind.

i flatc of barbarifm, than any hing ever yet attempted. The prelles allowed to work v ill hardly be fuflicicnt to fupply the Trench people even with fchoolbooks ; much lefs :o diffeminate the millions of volumes ncceflary to the general improvement &c delight of the mind. Bonaparte, with his legions of foldiers, trembles at a paper (hot- He, who would face ioo cannon, dares not meet a poor printer, armed with rea fon, and fupported by types ! Let the American people cherifh an art, which, though it may be abufed, is, and will forever remain, the palladium of liberty ; the friend of humanity ; and the eternal opponent of tyrants. Bait. Eveningpoft.

DEFER ED ARTICLE.

Napoleon has iifued a leng

thy decree for regulating

printers, bookfellers, &c. He allows only 6o printers in

Paris, and 2 in each depart

ment. Each printer in Paris is to have 4 preffes (and no more) and in the departments but 2; and all muff obtain a patent and be fsvorn. The

whole are to be under the im

mediate direction of certain

pet fons appointed by the em

peror ; and the offices at all times, liable to be infpedted

by the police officers.

The booklellers are alfo to

obtain p. items, to be limited in tilth numbers, &o The printers permitted t o carry on their bufinels, arctoindemni fy the fupprelfed. 1 he v hole is a tifluc of ty ronin ; and if carried into et fcl. will completely deilro the hhrrty ot the prefs, and do more to bring mankind to

WEST FLORIDA. We learn from the Natch

ez Chronicle of the 3d inft.

that another convention was held in Florida on the 29th

of Auguft, at St. John's Plains which adjourned to meet on

the firfl Monday in Novemb

er. The governor fan&ioned the proceedings of the con

vention, and the regulations adopted for the public fafety, were to be in force until the

fame be fubmitted to the cap

tain general of Cuba, & until his decifion thereon (hall be

known. The utmoft harmo

ny was faid to exift between

the governor and the con

vention. Amongt other re

gulations, notice was taken of

phyiicians ; who were required to meet from time to time and debate on fubjects relating to their profeffion, and to communicate fuch interefting cafes as might occur in practice. The faid phyficians, when formed into a fociety, are required to choofe three

perfons, for the purpofe of

granting licences to luch perfons as they may find upon examination, fuIHciently (killed to practice phyfic or fur. gery ; and a penalty of not lefs than 100 dollars nor more than 500, is to beimpofed on all who may attempt to practice without a licence. A number of military appointments were made, amongft

which we find the following : 14 3d regt. Aquilla Whitaker,

colonel. Mr. Whitaker was

formerly of Kentucky. Anv thine which has a ten

dency to flieel any light upon

t he future intentions of oui

neighbors, we conceive will he interellingto the weflern

people; & we therefore have

fought every opportunity to

rrive the carlieft intelligence from that quarter. As to the

courfe of condudl the people of Florida may ultimately

purfue, we conceive, materi-

ally depends upon the events

in Europe, and the courie ta

ken in South America. Al

ready we fee the inhabitants

of Carraccas. Buenos Ayres,

&c. ereflinc independent go

vernments after the model of

our own, from which falutary effects are expected to flow ;

and fliould that generally be

ourfued in the panifli prov

inces, two aucftions would

W A, i arife as to the people of thfc

Floridas. ift. Would they eredt a feparate government I

would they put themfelves under the protection of the

United States?

Without entering into a

A

minute difcuffion of the ad

vantages of either courfe, or

the propriety of the United

States receiving them, we

fliould prefume their weaknefs

and internal divifions, would

forbid the former efpecially

when we take into confider-

ation that the great body of

the Spanifh provinces, are too

remote and inefficient them

felves, to afford any relief to them were they aflailed by

foreign or domeftic foes ; &

lelf preservation being the hrft

law of nature the latter courle

would feetn more rational It is true, if contrary to all human probability, the peo pie of Spain fliould be able to

reinflate king Ferdinand on

the throne of old Spain, the

inhabitants of Florida might remain loyal, but in the pre-

fent and inticipated poflure of affairs, it would be the height of folly to profefs al legiaticc to a monarch confi? ned in a cage in ranee whofe power exifls only in name. Governor olch has arrived at Penfacola, from the Havanna, and will it is faid honor the convention of Y. Florida with his attendance at their next meeting ; whether he intends to approbate or dilapprobate is not known. It is faid by fomehcis to take 500 men with him by way ot an efcort ! Orl. pap. From The Boston Patriot. A MIT T IN DISGUISE. Unhappily for mankind the prefent (late of the world exhibits the fingular phenomenon of two great powers oppreffing the whole human Ipecies under the color of war againft each other. France

Sc England can do very little harm comparatively fpeaking

to each other. 1 he armies ot

France lay the continent of

Europe under the molt enor

mous contributions tofupporc

and enrich them, while the

na'val forces of England extorts the fame tribute from

the commerce of the world

1 he mafs of the people in

France and England fuffer in

common with thofe of other

countries but the policy of paying any regard to the int

ereft of the people is almoft

abandoned even in pretence.

negotiation is faid to be on

foot between thefetwo powers, but. with little expectation

and perhaps as little defire on

cither fide that peace fliould

be the refult. U would not

be the flrangeft, among the

(trange things of moderntimes

fliould this fliam negociation end in a fettled underftanding between the Machivalians of the two cabinets, to profecute the war for the mutual intereft and aggrandizement of both The flubborn pride of the king of the Ifles, may yet be compelled to yield the palm of ambitious ufurpation to the conqueror of the continent, i'orefeeing, perhaps, fuch an event, the penetrating fagacity ot the firft conful of F. in his artful converfation with lord Whitworth, fpread the net for Britifh vanity and cupidity, as a fubordinate power and paved the way for its final co-operation with the future emperor of the Romans. The exchange of prifoners, and the licenced trade between France and England are foremoft among thofe notorious acts of reciprocated courtefy, which already make it manifeft, whatever may be the motives that thefe warring nations treat each other ac lead with more refpedt than they do their acknowledged allies, or thofe whom they infult with the name of friends The refult of the real or feigned rencounter left to the management of the generals, Maflena on one part, and Wellefley on the other, may throw new light on our Political Speculation. The Baltimore Evening Pofl, fays, that the Yellow Fever prevails at st. Jago de Cuba, st. Johns (Porto Rico) and at st. Kitts.

rROM THE PRESS OF E. STOUT. PRI.VTER TO TIIK TKRR1TORT AVC C? THK LAWS OT TIIK UNITED STATUS.