Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 September 1813 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM.

bonnet, on the Heart. n every mortal Fottn icH-lc The putting louicc of breach ; T.s thence tlu purplt current glides; There centres Hfe and death.

Thil flut'rinr prisoner tin in-part Tt m el tattc vy ; the (enttttotii of the heart IficlJ bills, or Litis dciVoy. T'-nce fl )vs the agony of siitf, For kindred, parent, friend ; Til this alone an yield relief And pitying comfort lend.

Btlti ah ! more potent far tha.i thit Ir what we ill ttlufl prove, When we experience the loft bull Which iVoiii '.endrrcit lovti Tis there the tirchtnS irrowl fly Which raife the Warm defire ; From thence tun ft s forth the fcv'fifll Oghj When rapture fint the hie. Thus ki:,o'r in the hcirt e a h floU That varms our fenfelefa clod ; From thence the generous feelingi f jW Which it amp us Ions of God.

Fr m a London Paper WAR OX THE ATLANTIC Luter to Lord i It 1 1 r Scarcely was your lord (hip returned to rclt from the fatigue of your electioneering campaign, when mr. Madifbn gave you an opportunity ot ligoahzing your prowefs by fei as well as land t lie Bri tWh navy are at your command, amounting to nine hundred and ninety nine fail, of eve ry poflible variety of form and force, and colTing the nation annually about ?,o millions ot money 1 Mr. Marfifon could reckon on his fide, fix llout frigate, befides tour (loops of war ! fuch were the odds when yciur lordfhip wa full called on :c contend with him for the empire of the ocean ! What arc thegloiious rcl'uUs? After a pine mpnths continuance of hoftilittes, mr. M addon has captured or def troyed three ot our frigates in finglc combat, while your loidfhiphas the p'oud iaiis faction of boatting that there Rill remains nine hundred and rinery fix (hips of war at your nbl lute difpofal ! mr. Madiion has intreafed hifi navy on ly one halt, while iuch haVC been the vigor and rfdorfl of your luru:!.:'. admimftaun

that contrary to all reafonabJe

expectation, you have loft not quite one in three hundred! Brag, (ays the old proverb, is a good dog, but Holdfalt is a better. Let mr. Madifonbrag of his petty gains, while tc your lord (hip belongs the gratification of contemplating your immenfe favings ! What are three (mall frigates to a great nation like our own ? And a to the crew, killed off (as the late ingenious mr. Windham ulcd to exprefs it) Loyds fund will take care of their widows and children, and the cheft at Greenwich will be faved the payment of fo many pendens. Bu: alas ! want of fpace renders me incapable ot doing ample juf tice to your lordfhip's naval glory. Parliament, I truft. will record its opinion; and pofterity may read on fome future monument erected to yourlordfhip in Guildhall, "Sacred to the memory ot Robert, lord Melville duri ig whofe adminiftraticn the firitilh navy, after annihilating all the inaratime powers ot Europe, and witnefled the fucceflive triumphs of a Howe, a Vincent, a Duncan, and a Nelfon, was thrice compelled to tii ike its flag to an American Commodore i"

Fi cm ike Desk of Peer Robert the Scribe A proper degree of feif-

refpeA is indifpenfable to our ood conduct and ufefulnefs

in life. The man who does not refpett himfeif will be fure to be regarded by nobody ; and the (phere of that man's ufefulnefs mult be exceedingly limited, who is an object of contempt. There is as w ide a difference between the felf-

refpecl which I would approve I

and vanity or pride, as there ibet wenprudenee and ava rice ; IJfec former of which is a refpectable virtue, the latter a deteftabic vice. David Uavenport, was the fon of poor but hone ft parents in Apple bury. His education like that ot almoft every ether y oung man iri that townfbip, was plain ex decent. At the ae of 15 he w as put out to a tanner, with whom he lived until -he was xtr at which ci.ne he married his matter's daughter, rented a final) farm and by htS indultry has fup ported himfeif in a plain manner. Now mr. Davenport 1 s no way remarkable either t r his genious or his learning He has no wealth to utve importance tj UiAradcr;

and none of tliofe fortuitous events have happened to him, which fotne times give a mo derate man a great name. And yet no mauin Applebury commands more r ei)ect than mr. Davenport. There are fome men in the town who venture even to joke with the par fon ; and who do not hefitate to talk obicenely before the fquire, who are, neverthelefs, awed into perfect good manners in the prcfence ot mr. Davenports There lives a neighbor of mr. Davenport's, about the lame age w ho to a large eftate unites an excellent education, acute mind and much good nature. Such pofleffions, you know, are calculated to make their poffeflbr Ihine in the city as well as in the country. Bui it to unfortunately happens that A twit is deltituteof that important ingredient in a perfect character ielfi efpecl. He condefcends to low and

lafcivious conv'erfatioh withi

any one who choofes to chat with him. He never lets an opportunity flip of cracking, what he calls a good joke, it matters not where, or on whom. Indeed of taking that ftation, for which his abilities qualify him, he (brinks from refpedtable obfervation, and avoids thofe places of public trull which feem to offer them felves to his acceptance. The boys already hail him ns he goes by, with the familiar call of 'well lack;9 and with all his wealth, his flrong natural abilities and good education, and without a (ingle habitual vice, he is neither refpe&ed or ufefuK Though neither addicted to gaming or drinking, yet the habits of the company he frequents muft gradually grow upon hint, & the event is but too eafy to prophecy. What an amazing revolution would 3 little felfrefpe& intufed into his boiom, produce in him, My female readers, while they are warned to guard a gainft too much vanity, are earneftly requelted to refpect

themfelves. It is one ot the

iuoir povN ei rui outworks that

protect the citadel of virtue. The boldefl libertine will feel himfeif repelled into fiience in the prefence of the w oman who is pollefled of felfi efpect li chills the firft advances, the inhdious, poifonous advaiices ot (eduction. And girls, old Kobert, though a bachelor, loves you too tincerely, not to wiAl that you may continue, "chaile as the icicles which

hang on the Temple of Bli

na.

Beware of a couple of Desperate Assassins. A couple of defperadors are travelling the country, & are making dreadful havoc of the propei ty and lives of old &c young. They have already flain more of the inhabitants than were (lain in the batile, and peri Hi cd in prifon fliips, during t!ie American war ; and at the lame time, they have Wafled more fubitance than would pay the national debt. Their nrenrh is invincible. Tlieir method of attack is to (Irike people on the head, then inltciiitly to trip up their heels, pick their pockets, and continue their blows ort the head, nil thev have quite beat out their brains. 1 ho they in fell p : hdufes chiefly, they ere aifc often found lurking in th.e clofets of private houfed, in the worlcfhops of mechanic?, and iii the fields of farmers. In fome inflances, whole families have fallen victims to thdfe murderers ; nay, IV hole tbvvns have bee a rivageJ and fbiried by them. One poor man hereabout, that had been an induftrious thriving mechanic, has very lately been murdered by them int a manner eoo Clocking to relate ; and there are feverai others in ihe vicinity, whej have been daily attacked by them, robbed of their money, (mitten on their brainban, knocked down, and in all ref pects fo violently handled that ar. alarming ttupor lias lucceeded, and they arc alrea f at deaths door. In a word, the country is in danger fiotn a couple ot outlandifh mifcreants, who mock at reafon, trample upon the precious rights of man, and equally bid defiance both to law and go (pel. The names of thefe two rufnans are WHISKEY and BRANDY. Balance. 1 There is reit in Heaven,' (aid a w idower of his deceased wife, w ho had been a no) ted fcold 'then' replies the fervant 1 am lure mi ft reft isn't there.'

ALMANAC'S For sale at this office.

FROM THE PRESS OF E. STOUT. PBItfTER TO THE TKI'.aiTCRT AND C THE LAWS CF TBK UNITED S IA1KS.

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