Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 July 1811 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASTLUM.

THE PROTEST. I protest that no more I'll get drunk Tis the curfe and the plague of my life, It ruins my credit, my health h my purfe, 1Ay peace and my comfort and what is 0 ill Mrorfe, It deflroys the peace of my wife. I pretest that no more I'll get drunkIt torments and embitters my life, To ruin 'twoulo hurry its vofry headlong, And reafon decUret that Tin quite in the wrong, And fo do the tears of my wife. I protest that no more 1 11 get drunk Nor lead fuch a wretched vile life 4 Its attendants are poverty, fliame and difgrace ; s DireaTe anddefpair flare me hard in the face And point to my heart-broken wife ! I pretest that no more I'll get drunk Tis the fpring of all evils in life ; Tis the curfe of all cuifcs ! of mifchiefs the worfl ! 'Tis the plague of all plagues ! 'tis a demon accurft ! And makes me miftreat my poor wife.

Foreign Summary. By the arrival of the (hip Mentor, in 30 Jays from Li vcrpool, London papers have been received at New York, as late as the fixth of May, inclufive. A Britili frigate with mr. Foftcr, and the A merican fri gate Eflex, withmr. Pinkney lailed from Portfmouth for America on the 6th of May. It isfaid that the brio- Role in Bloom, Olcott, from Bor deaux, for New York, with the new French minifter, has been taken by a Britilh cruifer and fent into hngland. It is faid that a body of F. troops in attempting to pais thro' the Polifh frontier without pennifiion was attacked by a Pruflia n coips, under the command of pen. Blucher c defeated wi:h the loi's of x coo killed and. wounded. 1 he fcene of alion lay at Colberg, in:o which the French troo attempted to force entrance Gen. Blucher is the fame v ho commanded a part of the Prulh in armv in the ruinous camp .ljin of 1 006, anl who 1 entU-i t (1 himfclf conlpicuous by his fubleqer.t defence of Lubcck. 'I la1 1 5 is (if the Pruflians in this t !:.emcnt is not Hated, All the i Tench troops in t!?c environs of

Hamburg, have received ord-1 ers to fet out for Magdeburg immediately. Letters from France and Holland, (late, that the emperor Napoleon, had finally determined on a war with Kulfia. It is faid he was about to leave Paris for the north of Europe, to join the army deftinedtoact againft power. Bcrthier, it is added, it appointed generahflimo of the armies in the Peninfula ; and this ftatcment derives confiderable credit from the report of Maflena's recal which has been fpoken of at Lifbon. The approaching hoftilities between France and Ruflia was the topic of general cctyverfation at Hamburg, Tfie Y'rench gen. Rappe, has received orders to form a cordon in Pruflia, and to occupy all the ports of the baltic between Mcmel (ft Dantzick. French troops were marching to the north, thro Poland, towards the borders of Ruflii ; and the Swedifh papers (fate, that hoRilities have a&ually com -menced on the Polifh f rontier. The expedition of fir James Saumarez to the Baltic, is faid to have alarmed Bonaparte, and it was tho't he intended to annihilate Pruflia, before the more important enemy could take the field againft him. A perfedl underftanding isfaid to prevail between England and Ruflia 5c it is faid the fleet of the former, is to be principally, employed in tranfporting Ruflian troops to various Nations in the fouthern Baltic. Difcontent at the government of Bonaparte, is faid to prevail in fome parts of France owing to the (late of commerce in that country ; many of the firft commercial houles in Paris have failed. 1 he Tui ks and Ruffians are flill carrying on a vigorous warfare. It is flared that the Spaniards have occupied Figuera, a Itrong and important fortiels in Catalonia after an obflinate vel 1 1 1 n nr r.n thr n-irf rf rhp

French and Italian troops,

who garrifoned it, and w ho, to the amount of 3000 men, have been made priioners of war. .Some dillurbanccs are faid to have taken place at Madi id which menaced the life of king Jofcph. The French troops under MalTena were on the borders of rortu" j1 waiting for reinlot cements and provifions upon the arrival of which, it

was expected that acTivc ope-j he lamented the tranfatfion,

rations would again commence between Malicna and Wellington.

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BRITISH ACCOUNT Of the affair between the

denty and the Little Jklt. WalifaX) May 27. Arrived yefteiday his majefty's (loop of war Little Belt, captain Bingham, from a cruife.i The Little Belt has been cruif ing oiF the American coafl from converfation withfeveral oflicers we have derived the following interefling information : At eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 16th inflanr, when about too miles to the eaft ward of the Chefapeake, a fail was oblerved and chafe immediately given. At one, it was dilcovered to be a frigate fleering eaft, with a com modot e's blue pendant at the main, & the conclufion drawn that it was an American (hip The Little Belt then altered her courfe to the fouthward, ik in about 2 hours afterwards the frigate, under a prefs of fail, was feen (landing for her. It was foon noticed that (he gained upon the Little- Belt, and at half pall fix the latter hove to when guarding againfl a furprife; the ufual preparations were made for adhon, at which time the stars in the frigate's pendant were pertp&Iy vifiblc about 8, flie came within hail, and was twice afied from the Hoop of war what (hip it was. '1 he anfwertothe firft enquiry was a repetition of the queflion to the lecond, a broadfidc of round and grape (hot ; which was immediately returned, and an action commenced which continued full three quarters of an hour when the frigate ceaied firing filled her fails fheered off, and hailed the Little Belt, (which jufl at that time had alfo ceaf ed filing) afked what (hip was told her name, and then inquired it (lie had ftruck her colours, and was anfwered in the negative. 'I he name of the frigate was then afi;ed, and an anfwer returned that it was the United States (hip rrefident, fne afterwards Hood off under cafy fail, and both Ihips lay to, the remainder of the night, repairing their damages. In the morning the frigate bore down upon the Little belt, and comma within o hail, afked permiflion to lend a boat to her, which was granted, and an officer camr on board with a meffage from commodore Rodger;, faying

did net think (he was fo much inferior in force to the prefix dent, was forry the Little belt had fired firft ; would willingly render every afliftanc e in his power & advifed that he (liould go into an American port to repair. The o'ficer then took his departure returned to the rrefident, w hich made fail, and was foon out of fight, leaving the Little belt almoll a complete wreck fails & rigging cut to pieces 1 killed, 21 wounded & with'out explanation of their extraordinary conduit. Glasgow, May 4. The rumoured rupture be tvveen Ruflia and France con tinues daily to gain ground thioughout the north of Europe. Accounts from Mm peterlburg, to the 7th ultimo, ftate, that upwards of 800 pieces of artillery had been conveyed to the polifli frontier large bodies of the Ruflian troops had followed the ordinance. The greateft activity was difplayed in all the mili' tary departments, and every exertion was ufed to accelerate theprogrefs of the difcipline, and increafe the nume, rical force of the new levies. The French on their part have not been inaflive, their troops are ftated to be withdrawing from their former pofition, and proceeding rapidly towards, Magdeburg, the general point of rendezvous ; which their commanders by impreflingall kinds of carriages for the conveyance of troops and warlike (lores, had demonflratcd their anxiety to reach with all poflible expedition. Extract of a letter from an intdlU gent gentleman in icv. Or leans, to Lis friend in Philadelphia! dated May c. This territory has ninety one fugar works, which have made lad feafon nine thoufand fix hundred and ninety four l.Oglheads of fugar, and five thoufand and fixty five hogf. heads of tnolaflcs ; 249 cotton gins, which have produced 41,560 bales oi clean cotton, which, with indigo, tobacco, hides, ccc. form a rich and heavy export. If commerce was not cramped, New Orleans would, in a few ) ears, rival Philadelphia."

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