Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 June 1811 — Page 4

POETIC J L AStLUM.

FROM THE SHAMROCK. r yurESJLE sqs of Ems The LAND of HEROES. Tune Vive La AMERICA, thou lovely nation, Offspring of eternal day, Why mould not the whole creation Hom3ge to thy virtue pay ; That in the Geld and heat of battle, On the deep where cannon roar ; Pirm, triumphant arid undaunted, BanihYd tyrants from your fliore Long bad liberty lay fleeping, Wrapt in darknefs, bound in chains; The nation Independence feeking, Kous'd to arms her rights regain High exalted rofe the Eigle, Glorious as the morning ftar: Nature firiild and feem'd delighted, -Freedom's voice was heard afar. Liberty then here (halt flourifh, On the foil that gave thee birth; All your fons your rights will nourift:, Bleft with f:ftive joy and mirth; Whilft the nations of the world, Torturd, fiiivering in difpair, aMourn their agonizing vi&irns, Cries of death afcend the air.

With gallant Gates at Saratoga With brave Montgomery at Quebec ; The foe you there moll nobly foil'd him, And fuftained the fierce attackHail Columbia, land of heroes, Boundlcfs may thy influence run ; Univerfal as the day, And everlafting as the fun VIRTUOUS LOVE. How fweetis Love, when Virtue guides, How tranGent is the mind . Smootli as the Summer's peaceful tides, As grateful and as kind. The morning breaks ferenely clear, Wc welcome in the day, The ev'ning comes without a fear, The night our toils repay. Bu: dd reverfe, when Vice appears, With all her fcorpion train Joylefs we pafs our prime of years, And end our life in pain I

city. Try to fpend ycur time ufeful both

to vourfclf Mid other. Never mike "an

enemy nor lofc a friend unnecelTarily cul

tivate fuch a cheerfulnefs of mind and cvennefs of temper, as not to be rufTIed by

trivial inconvenience and croflVs, Be ready to heal breaches in friendfhip; and to make up differences, and fliun litigation as much as pofliblc for he is an ill calculator that does not perceive that one amiable fenti ment is worth two lawfuits, Be it rather your ambition to acquit yourfelf well in a praper flation, than to rife above it. Defpife not fmall honed gains, nor rifl: what you have on thedelufive profpec"of fudden riches. If you arc in a comfortable thriving way, keep in it, and abide in your own

callinr, rather than to run the chance of

another. In a word, mind to ufe the world as not abufing it, St ycu will find as much comfort in it, probably, as is moft fit for a frail being who is merely journeying thro' it toward an eternal abode. Cen. Cturant, Important J 1J true. NORFOLK, May 17. " There is a Britifh frigate below, that

his, within a few days, imprcfled a number

of men, (American) from on board our coafters. Two of our men came up to day to get protections."

May 18 We are all in a buttle.

A vaft many reports refpecling an engage

imnt the night before Iaft, between two

fhipsof war, ofT our capes, ten or twelve

leagues from the land ; one vefiel from Sa

lem, the captain reports having been brot' to by a frigate, which he faw make for anotherfail ; getting late in the evening could not difcovcr what fhe was, but he faw the firing after night. A captain this morning from Havanna the fame evening about 3 o'clock, was in fight of a heavy engagement; could fee the fire of, and counted above 300 hot in 45 minutes, but did not fee the (hips. A pilot came into Hampton laft night, who faw two fhips engaged, and was fo near the (hot as to caufe his taking diftance ; he knows not what (hips they were. '"TiTaid that Rodgers had orders to demand or cake from a Britifh frigate on the coaQ, an imp re (Ted fcaman. Rodgers fent an officer on board a vefiel which has arrived, and which he fell in with fomewhere to

j the northward of our Capes the officer or

purfer told the captain, the frigate was in fcarth of the Biitifh frigate, and for the purpofe of obtaining faid man. An action and a very fevere one there has been, which tailed for 45 minutes we muff know the whole affair in the courfc of the day. 44 Decatur has a recruiting party for volunteers now parading to make up the complement of his (hip's crew, 2nd I underHand, means immediately to get under weigh from Hampton Roads for fea, to look'into laid affair. In a few minutes he got 40 men." Richmond Eng. May 21.

MISCELLJXV.

The following maxims or rules of action filial. tf ilneUy cbfrrvrd. go far to increafe the heippinris, or at lraft uiminiih the in quietudes of life. Live cc lU'.tlv in the unfhriken belief ot the over tuli:is pr;viJente ot an infinitely wile and i.rod, is veil as Almighty beiin; ; and prize !; iivor -ihove all things. O ) Jervc inviol . tru:!i in all your words, . integrity :i ill yi.ur action.-. Accuftoin yourfe lf to tempei r:cr, rd hfr maOr ol bIi your ppfiifTS. Hf i;Gt too much out of liiUior vi:n t'l- worlJ ; but rrmemJu r. ti; a -villi ot G crfr'-iin,, a:d Lon- fnulv locvei it. is m3rrr ! y wi( kedutt: and t l , yei r ti ruvr found in it mnir cn-nlorn tii.tti lahtrinec nv,,, c .. s thin a ft units more ii.fui.ces cl M..uiiil towards you thsncru

within two doors of the Mufeutn, on the m?rican vefTvU (mtrcl.ants we prefume) for

Bntilh ieamrn ; nor .to alter or r.v.r.ny the exidir'g fylh'in of blockade, nor to withdraw the oidcrs in council, till the Berlin St Milan decrees arc fuhfUntinlly refciuded.' After pledging their reputation to the Brie. Mi nation and the world, in the fpeech to Parliament, that the ciifc uflions with this country were Hill prog rr fling amicably, the marquis it fecms tlrlivers to rrr. Pinkney the note he mull luvc had in his bureau for weeks, which note he could not but know, would break off -.11 nrgociation ; becaufe it peremptorily refufes tvery thing which we have demanded at their hands, and is a folemn mockery of our claims for redrefs.-

The note it appears from the above article, and we know nothing of it but what we find there, refufes, 1. To abandon the practice of imprefiinr? whnmfoever her commanders choofc to call Britiih fearnen. 2. To alter the rxifting fyfle m of block- . are, fo far as it affctts the, rights of the U. States. 3. To revoke the orders in council, 13 refpecls the U. States. Thefe are 3 great preliminary points for adjtiQment, previous to a dtfcuflion of minor points of difiVrrnce ; and the note delivered by marquis Wellefl.y of courfc precluded fall further intrrcourfe, on the part of our minifier, who, in purfuance of his inftrui ons, is on his return home. If we are thus met at the thrcfhold, and the door rudely dofed upon us, when reprefentations are made by our miniflcr fpetially inOruclcd on the lubjrdl ; what can be rxpecVd from the agent who, at the fame time isanuounced as the benrer of propofitions to this government ? Is it to be belie

ved, after the refuel to meet us on the points above ftated, that mr. FoQer will bring propofitions acceptable to us ? Supposing fasto be correaiy Aated in the Britifh prints, it is iuipcflible ; and we Cannot but believe, that any propofitions this genth man may bring, and any difcudion whicli may enfue, will only ferve 23 in the mifiionss of Jtklon and mr, Rofe, to difplay more ftrongly the diftance at which the lofty pretenfjons of G. Britain to maritimr dominion throw every probability of an accommodation. Let us not be mifunderHocct. We do not anticipate from mr. Fnfter the conduct which difgraced the Britiih nation in the perfon or mr. Jatkfon : he will probably conduct himfclf in tiV fpirit of a gentleman fo far as he can confidently with'thc letter of his inftru&ions. If things fliould eventuate as we apprehend (and we have no pleafure in contemplating the profpea) it will be for the people of the U. States, fpeaking thro their

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rf ... c .t u . wv.i6hj, luntuc uir cacluuvc arm, aim

uun tuny u Jtau, mat mc u itC l)k . C ' n i. u - n J -.u .i i- r ; tntorce rigoroully the prefent non-importa-Ztt'lSt 'Ta ""V , iSnVyr i ,ion or uhKtwf for Tome n,earnreP more :"t!f.nd.! Vei,dcd.by rymb 3 ' '- confonant to the fKn of the nation.

vciciginy, tonnurrs niuiun in conicqucJU e J ' '

oppolite fide vent thro Duanc (Ireet, on

the welt fide of William fired, thence along faid ftreet as far as oppolite Rhine lander's fugar houfe, levelling every houfe w its progrefs, being principally frame buildings.

The calculation is, that about 60 tenements in Chatham ftreet, 15 in Auguftus ftreet, 15 in Duane ftreet, and 10 in William ftreet, have been deftroyed. NEW-YOUK, May 11. Destructive Fire in the West Indies, Capt. Nelfon who arrived this morning in 18 days from Falmouth, Jamaica, informs

that on the 2 1ft of April, 10 o'clock in the evening running down clofe in with the land, he faw the town of Momego bay on fire, it continued burning all that night, S: until the evening of the next day. Cpt, Nelfon touched at the Havanna, where he faw capt. Rniley who informed him that he touched at Jamaica, and was at the fire on the 22d of April, and that the town of Montego bay was entirely deftroyed. NEW-YORK, May 15. Hayti. Letters from Port au Prince, mention, that Petition had ordered all the French white inhabitants to leave the ifland on a fulpicion that they were aiding gen. Rigaud. Our affairs with EnglandYfz have juft feen a letter, dated in London, April 1 5th, which ftates, that the prince Regent had determined not to fend mr. Fofter to this country ; and that the Britifh council were about to iffuc orders prohibiting Americsn produce in any other than Britifii veffcls. We underftand that a very intelligent paffenger confirms the contents of this letter, and adds, that mr. Pinkney had exci

ted much dirguli in London by refuting to attend the firft levee held by the prince as regent of the empire. Mr. Pinkney was the only foreign minifter then in Loudon, who was not prefent on that occafion. (Mr P. was not a minifter at that time.)

Our relations ivith Great Britain. Our readers will have learnt by the extrafts which we have, within a few days paft made from Britifh prints, that a minifter is at length deputed to this government, to fupply the place vacated by the recal of mr Jackfon. It would afford us great gratification if we could anticipate from this million, any refult favorable to a fettlement of our differences with G. Britain ; but circumftances forbid fuch an expeaation. Procraftination is ftill the order of the day ; and we fear, fo long as the American people and govern

ment permit it, io long will it remain

of the king's convalefcent ilate, a mere m.

nifterial agent, a machine contrivtd to ;.ffix

Nat Int.

.Dreadful conflagration. Letters from

Advices frctn Cadiz of a very late date fay, that gen. Graham had made another attempt on the French near Cadiz, but failed with coiifiderabls oU of troops. This refult i3 attnbut:d to the treachery of the Spaniard;. FIRE AT NEW-YORK. On Sunday morning at half paft nine o'chu k, a fire broke out of mr Gray's cabinet fhop, in Chatham ftreet, N. York, the 3d door from the corner of Duane ftreet, b. the wind Uo-.ving a gale from N. E. in about 3 hours upwirds of 100 houfes were laiu in allies, and many poor families deprived of mod of thtir dfrcls. The fecnect dilhcfs and contufjon bj.jars defcription. The iirr Worn its curr nt nice men t iread in the rear of Auguftus Hirt. and in front cr.;iTtd Chatham tireet, bur uirg both frJe- at far as Lcrilisrd's fire prcoi building, ind

i -inilia Uaif. that lhi turflt rf Irtl(.!.hHr fin.

m ol Ava) was, thro' the neglijme wood-cutters, who had kin-

at the root of feveral lofty trees

ma, he ,, no opportunity f.r the exercife : ' , iff'"0"' 7 P , of that difcretion which would induce ,im 1 ta Z l l 71 1 "" ? to feek conditio,, with America. The I b fuch wps the power

u' tc liiuirs, aitieo vy u,c IngJi wind, tiiat

l i u- j- .i i ' i ...a -""in "ate

J "'uv.u.iiuM.ii jii iuvii ; th(k l.ln(If i r ... x .i 1!

a Ilate ot tnmgs, exercifing no volition, ' t.nCt. rmm , ' ' . . t .k i i cir i r i ' ' gencc i iome wood-cutters, who had kin-

.m...j ..mn V.UOIHI 411 vijc iijdiii t lit; i y cltua fire a

oi government, a mute in the political ilia- , jn a jau, qj

loeech at the ornin- of tr mrlijmnt

.nade in hi, name, his known i.ti ,t I: : I f" f ri!d T.T '8'"5, '' a ' for bio. dif.vowed ; 5c well they n.ight, tor "Jl F r - ' " it involves a deceit in rthtioH to tins conn- t Y Tf'" ,f k;i. :i- -u. . . tl,e lo"l- wete drl.n.yrd. Manv of the

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r f i i iii r 1 uiiwi tuudic jiju luoiHirous nativr?: hpiirvirf milrcprtlcntcd, he would have ftorued to i , ,. ueurvir landioii. lo j-thc calamity to be a d.redt vifitntion of for.:e Our readers will doubtlefsrecollea its ha. "f rV ud "0t chor t0 f"'v'e ving been ftated in the London papers, that r , !o!? of t,,fir Prof Pcipitated thr. when mr. Pinkney was about to depart "for , 5 ,nt. tbc fiaflmcS' At lhc te of th, this country he was rtqu.fted by the ma, auis u ConrflaSratn hJ continual Welltilev to protr,A his ftay, as he (he H unabatt,n f;cenefs for.five weeks,Marquis) had an important note to addrefs 1 i ',n W,,Uh MY to, nr. 1'inki.ey tin i,Qtc w,5 not prriVnt- .f l0Rhcr w.th thf contuity of

ed until fome days after the meeting of par.

liamrnt, as we are informed by the Hrittfh

pipers. c luve mt ourfdves received London papers later than the 7th March ; biit we find the following aiticlc in a late New York Gzettr : 44 Our f:!es ot London pj?p-rs, thoi'rh brought dawn to a late dte, do not furnilh aiiV extraordmai v ivn'v, The marquis Wellellry i3 urdrrftod to have given defii.itit- anfwrr to certain categorical quritrins put by the Amaricau nil. liter, on the chief ; oir.ts i i CiiVir.e : t;;e putp.ir! r.l whrch ii'wer :r in.d ntud to be, ;ii4t his Hntinmc m..j'.u- c-iu ot confm; to abauajn his ii'l.t to Irrch A-

other forelU. tli- A x:.... .'i .

v4-4' utuun oi nail tliCJ kingdom appeared.

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