Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 January 1812 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM yiR. STOUT, By giving a p! ce in thr Poeti corner t the enclofed Pol in, fou will oblige a f jbfcnbcr-youi r .iders no dcubt will ice the fimilitude thrvHighout the whale to a certain great chiff, but particularly in titt two lift lines of the firll verf-. Ihc two f:(t in the third, and the whole of the lafl veric. 1ET SOLDIERS FIGHT FOR 1'RET OR PR ft As K t LET Soldiers fijh: fjr urey or praifr, And money be the miser wiflig Poor lcholars fturly nil tii ir days, AnJ glutton! glory in their cLtri : 'Tis ivine, p:ire tJtne revives saJ ;o;i!s ; Therefore j. '.l us tin sheering bowlst Let minions marfnal ev'ry hair, And in a lover's Sock delight,

And artificial colors wear ; Pure wine is native red and white : jij xoittty If The backward fpiHttt makfs brnve, That lively wnich Ik tore w is dull ; Oprns the heart that tatfeS to fave, A.id kindnels flows from cups brim full : 'lis wir.e &c. Snnie men want youth, nrd others health, Some W3nt a Wife, and ionic a f.unky Some men want : Ind othrrs wealth ; But thev w.mt not!ii:rT that nre drunk : 'Tis &ittet pure Wine revives sad ssu's ;

Therefore giv? us the cheerittg

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TH tj CAN A 13 AS. The following article, on the fuhject of the Bi itiill Provinces on our northern frontier, is from the pen of a va Jjable correfpondent, whofe fonrces or information are unqueltio iab!y corrcet, and Whole (tatements may there fore he relief on : lor the National Intelligencer Mr. Galeii in the prelent flme of our foreign r I itions, J prefume in me account of tbefe important c i ? ; nil be acceptable to your readers This inform atlort has become l lie more necellary in conference of the erronioirt opinions which are too generally entertained on that fubjeO, fetid which errors the Britifh p.u t y ttrive to perpetuate Molt of the ideas u hich prevail relative to Canada have been drawn from fdrm r limes without allowing for the rapid .changes which have been effected i N fettl nunts, b commerce and by w vherea-. no country furni in-s v an example Wiiert thefe carries liave operated as powerful!) in raHing coloniea to weal and importance as in the Pa

nadas. I Jo not befitate to fjy, that in the prefect fituation of the world thefe pi..iticc are of mo:e vital imjjortai.ee to (jieat i; iiMb than the on half of her Wed India colo nies 1 ill lately the Inhabit ants or the Can adaswere tew in number, and rbole without energy or enterprise. The American let tierncnts had not been pulied foi ward to i he northern and weft ern frontier ct the Union --into thole v?J and fertile region which border the lakes (i Canada I he Britifh pofltnTions in the Weil indies, muc h fnuiler than at prcfent, weie amply fupplied from the United States, and the Baltic furnifhed her with lumber and naval dores in abundance 'The principal iettlemcnts of Canada were b ro-un in a northern and fterile part, and by a people not htted to profecute ihem with (ucceft ; but for fome years pad, the (ettlemerits have been prog re fling foutji wefterly along t!)e St. Laurence, into one of t!A.e molt dehra ble countries of the globe, 1 lie colonics, have not only increafed in number by emi gfc? ti jns from Europe, but have been roufed to action and enterprise by the new corners. 1 he American fettle ments have been extended to the fertile frontier of the ftate of New York, embracing five hundred miles on navigable water, and even beyond the ,w;e3 of Lake Erie Here let me correct an error of fuperficiai obfervers, already prejudiced againii thegovernment of their cn n country. It is this: that the rapid increafe of the trade of TrJon rreal and (Quebec, has been p (dued by our embargo and other reltriflivc laws: do not deny ihat they have had iome agency in pro elucing thai e ffect, but the principal c aides are to be found in the inci eaft of brittfh pol fefljons in the W ell indies ; in the excluhon of Great Britain from ti e north ot Europe; and above all, in the extennon of the Atfler icau fettletnents to thoie places vvluch nalur!!v communicate with Canada- Thefe fettlemems have not only f U i U it h c d much foi the markets of Montreal and cuiebec, but have facilitated the making ot roads and oth r etlabliihments tor thoie wUohad previoudy fettled tm her from the waicV. It is but to caii ones eye on the map of ra?w Vo. k, and to perceive by the oat:s atid iannes oi towns, that the lettlements did not till Lately extend lo faf as to open a trade with Canada. Thefe cauies (the Openii 2 of road, and the erowth of fettlements) will continue to increafe the tr ade down the St. Lauieuce, till it will ul equalled only by that ot the Miffiflippi In my ntitt i thall give an account of the water, toil, and productions or the Canadas thi population and chaiafter of the inhabitants their military (ireiigth, aiid their importance to4he4Jnited states. A. j From tin. iTa:-!V'dKt Carnal. It is reported th.it NapVleon has ifTued a decree ditccting the French aftronotoeri to i ha . : kt d m m statt to be honoured wicli the title of the king of Rome This decree has produced the utmofl confufion anions the affronohiers, as they can find no new star, cx the baby king Wlli -s and Napoleon Will nut re kind ni3 dt c iiv and the nui les and nobles, who attend his maj iy's cradle, have declared that his baby(hipi miml lb big that nothing lefs than a r :u star of the fins m&g HitUth f of a play thing, will fetisfy him. it is propofed by the tiobles of his baby (hip's

court, to have all his baubles on a large fcale, uited to his mind, his (lation and parentage, lie is to have the istrtb for a foQttal t the Atlantic tor fishing pond ; the cable ot t lie Royal George, foi a tine and the anchor for a hook. His rod is to be a cj prefs, the 1 mighty tree ot florid By way of amufement, he is to hunt mammoths in theforefts of Siberia and moot dying dragons, with the celebrated queen Arm's pocket piece.' His birth is to be annually celebrated by a grand military fete, confining of the univerfe in arms.' He will on thefe occafions, take the command in perlon, mounted on the tail of a comet, and command, 1 by kingdoms ! to the right wheel march ! &c. After this review of his 1 grand army,' he will difmount from the comet, and there will be a grand diiplay of fireworks, to confi ft of feveral planets to be lent up like rockets, from Etna and Vesuvius, accompanied by the mufic of the fpheres, by way of a band. Jupiter on thefe anniverfaries, will officiate as grand tnarfhal of the empire, and regulate the pi ocelTionSEYES. SCOTCH UNDERSTANDING. A lady afked a very filly Scotch nobleman, how it happened that the scots who came out of their own country, were, generally peaking, men of more abilities than tliofe who remained at home. 4 Oh, madam,' faid he 1 the reafoh is obvious. At every outlet there are perfons Rationed to examine ail whopafs, that for the honor of the country no one be permitted to leave it, who is not a man ot underftanding.1 Then faid Hie, ! fuppoie your loi dllup was lmuggied. CUTTING TEETH. j A Parifii officer perambulating his diflrictj to take a lift of fuch of the inhabitants as were liable to be drawn for recruiting the militia, faw an old Combmakerat work, anci thus addrefled him: 'Pray, honeft fiiendi how old are you V 1 Not old enough,' anfwered he, to be chofen a militia man, I am a mere infant ; Don't you obferve I am cuttimi my teeth V !

COURTSHIP.

V The New Hollanders obferved no partieu-j

lar ceremony in their marriages, though thcin

mode of courthip is not without its fingula

rity- When a young man fees a female t

his fancy, he informs her foe mult accompa

ny him home ; if the woman refufes, he no;

only forces compliance w Ufa threats, but b!ov,

thus the gallant, according ro the? cu'JomJ

never tads to gain the victory, and bears ol

the willing, though ftrugglig pugilift. Tlic colonid, rorfome time cmcrrincd the idea that the women wcte compelled and forced away againft tiieir COtlfent ; but tlic girls informed fi.em, that this mode of gallantry was the cultom, and perfectly to their tade. A merchant, a few miles from Peterfbnrg, Virginia, on opening a hogfhead of hardware ,and comparing its contents with the invoice ot it, found a hammer lefs than was charged therein. This he mentioned to a young in ft man his afliilant, who immediately exclaim ed, Och, my honey, don't be after bothering your head abont that di4nt the nagur rake it out of the hegftiead to brake it open with.'