Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 July 1812 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM.

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ORIGINAL. FOURTH JULY, 1812. neudi tice is a tnIRC,

Deferring of our high eitcemi The f.iges of our natal war, Be thefir our guide and polar fhr. May no mad rcvcia cloud this day. Bat ict us witch and gladly pray,

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And celebrate our fo

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JULY,

All freemen fpum a hellifh chain, And lue in friendiliip, clear of lUtU, If God is for us, who can Hand, Or raife agiitifl us a Curfl band. May no mad revels, Sec. Let no vile Hive from Europe's fiure, Prelum to rifle Freedom (tore ; Bacfa tfl and religious right, Wt will maintain vith all out might. M y no mad revels, &c.

calif d by heaven's decree,

crolTcd the tea ;

VII

Colu nbt In fpite

Oar Wsfhington in peace and war No threats could change, ro arms Miy no mad revels, Uc.

mar. could

thereof was expcftcJ, anil augmented the honors of death to the diftrefled family. The filler bathed her beloved brother with her tears, the old man lifted his wringing hands towards heaven ; the mother beld a fucking babe to

her bread, fup porting herfclf with the other by holding on a half deilroyed window ; the

horrors ot death being visible in all their countenances. Count Spolverini amongst others, crowded through the multitude on the river tide, & offered a considerable sum of money to any one who would hasten in a boat to the assistance of the unfortunate, but none was to be found ; even those who would have wished to earn the money were deterred by the violence of the strearn, the falling ot

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M v wl it and black in this b i . ft land, Bet rc the Lord in ft irniifhip fi md, And the rrd favage near and far

I oi fake tT;e e cu fed fchernc of war, May r,o twad revels, Sec. Let every fl in every clime, Ceafe to make war, for fake each crime j O may nir Hates bate iraee in "tore, And this whole gleroe our God adore. May no mad revels, kt. C ilumbia, the feat of love, Thy irufl pat :n thc orti above, And while yon Sun fl al I rule the day, Fur Freedom! banners ftill difptay. M y faith and hope our hearts fuflaui, And charity new brothers gain; On lufc let u i all rely and celebrate our fourth JULY NOBLE ACTION. The A dine (a river in Italy) had railed very much from the fudden melting of fnow ; the Rood had carried off one of the three bridges at Verona, fo that nothing but the centre arch thereof was re maining. On the fame (loot! a fmall houle in which a whole family remained, which was expecting every moment to be wallowed up by the impetu OUS element. 1 heir dillrefs collected a large concourfe ot people oil Ihore I he untor innate cried for help, but a this was connected with great danger, no perfon nlked the undertaking. Meanwhile e U:v wave tore off another piece of the arch : and every moment the total deftruclion

the dream, the falling ot the

ruins, and the tear to beilafh

ed to pieces againtt the

At last a poor day laborer

was attracted by the noise, & having understood the cause thereof he jumped into a boat pushed boldly towards the arch and arrived safe. A rope which the unfortunates fastened to the house, seemed n their anguish to be an easy

contrivance to defcend by, al though extremely dangerous. They hurried down, and the palenefs of death forlbok their faces before they were lure of being laved. After havmg: delcended into the boat, (hey united their ftrength with their faver's intrepidity, in order to reach the fitore, where foon acclamations of the fpertators rclounded. The count iiaftened to

reach to the man who fo no bly had rifked his own life for others the prom i led reward But how aftonifhed was he, when the man declined ac cepting it, and rcquelled him to divide it amongfl the un fortunate, juft laved, faying do not Hake my life (01 money, but 1 dare rilk it in order to lerve my fellow

creatures, and to cio a adiion."

little credit to it, thinking the jlike enraged lions, killed all, rebels to have been difperfed French, Bavarians and SaKby a fhort cannonade, and al- ons, that did not cry for quarready coniidering ourlelves as I ter. i)y doing fo, F, with conquerers. Cur entrance I 300 men, was fp a red and let into the paflage of Brenner 1 ?t IU)erty. Wheq all lay was only oppofed by Imall dead around, and viflory was corps, which continued falling completed, the Tyrolefe, as back, after an obftinate, tho' if moved by one impuife, fell (hort refinance, Among o- j upon their knees, and poured

tilers t perceived a man full forth t lie emotions of their eighty years of age, polled a hearts in prayer under the gainft the fide ot a rock, and ; canopy of heaven ; a fcene fo fending death among our lawfully folemn that it will eranks at every mot. Upon ver be prefent to myrememdie Bavarians defcending to brance. I joined in the de

votion, and never in my life did 1 pray more heartily. The late lord Thuilow, chancellor of England, was much troubled with the gout, and much addicted to 1 wearing. His chamber was in art upper room of Ins houfe in Ofmond ffreet, Bloom fbur ' fquare. He was in pain and had requeued to fee no company, but to be kept quiet. The lervarsts took this opportunity to fend for chimney fweepers to clear the funnels. I he lit ile boys were fent early by their mailers to do thi?

job. 1 hurlow was damning 1 1 is limbs, and wiflied thac the devil would come 6k take them awav from him.1 Ac this very inilant, when he was in the height of imprecation, a Imall fon of foot, w ho iiadl been playing iome pranks at the top ot the (tack of chimneys, milled his way, and defcended into the room where Thurlovv was fitting and cur fing. The imp of darkoefs finding hisdifcent fhort er than

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A Tyrolcsc Ambuscade The following interesting account of an action in Lefeb ver's expedition, in Augulf, 1808, was communicated by a Saxon major, who efcaped from the deltrucYion of thofe terrible da s. J We had penetrated to nfpruck without great refiftance : Sc although much was every where talked of the Tyrolefe Rationed upon ani round the iirenner, we gave

make him priloner, he fhouted aloud, hun all ! (1 ruck the fir ft man ro the ground with a ball, ki zed hold of the fecond, and with the ejaculation, in God's nunc I precipitated hlmfelf with him into the abvfs belowvv. Marching onwards,

we heard re found from the fummit of a high lock, 1 Stephen i (hail i chop it off yet V to which a loud 1 nay reverberated from the oppofite fide This was told to the duke of Dantzic, who, notvvithHanding, ordered us to advance ; at the lame time he prudently withdrew from the centre to the rear. The van confiding of 400 Bavarians, had jult ltormed a deep ravine when we again heard hallooed over our heads Hans! for the moft holy trinity !' Our terror was completed by the reply that immediately followed In the name of the mod holy ! cut all loofe a bove!' and ere a minute had elapfed, were thoufands of my comrades in arms cruflied, bruifed, and overwhelmed by an incredible heap of broken rocks, Hones and trees hurled down upon us. All of us pe-

tiified. Every one fled that

could but a fhower of balls from the Tyrolefe, who now rufbed from ti.e furrounding mountains in immenfe Multitudes, and among them boys and girls of ten or 1 2 years of age, killed or wounded a great number of us. It was not until we had got thefe fatal mountains hx leagues behind us, that we were reaffembled by theduke, and formed into fix columns. Soon after the Tyrolefe appeared headed by Hofer, the innkeeper. Alter a fhort addrefs to him, they gave a general fire, flinging their rifles afide, and rulhing upon our bayonets with only their clenched fills. Nothing could withftand their impetuofity. They darted at our feet, threw or pulled us down, ftrangled us, wrenched our arms from our hands : and

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imagined, i m m edia t e I y

took c ff his cap, made a bow, and laid, 1 your fervant fir, my mafter is coming.' Thurlow imagined he came from hell, and that tlie Devil would

j be fhortly after him, ran down

Hairs and never had the gout afterwards. Some who a few years ago thought that thoufands of lives and millions of money would be well facriuced to obtain New Orleans, no'v pretend that all the Britifh territories in merica, are fcarcely worth a drop of blood, or a cent of money !

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