Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 March 1816 — Page 4

w POETICAL AS) LUM.

A YARD OF FLANNEL.

'jwt, wh-n rh-um-ttn , I complain, GHWfvvr.t . blivion t- my pa n, And nukes rnc feet half young e-iin, A yard of Flannel. Whit, whrn my toot!) begins to ache, An ! Ic -r p my .inxious rye aw-tke, Bids mc rcf re thing ll-p to tke ? A yard of Flannel. Whit, vhen my er hchiH'd with folds, A nd het itCCtlftoni'd rounds with holds, So km-!y lends hrr fi-ery fold ? A y rd of Flannel What, when the throat is ft iT and fore, Ds prrf Miration's reign rrflorr, And favc from quint) threat'fling power I A yard of Flanntl. Do you d fire to find a fri-Mid, Where warmth and foftntfs gently blend ? Then would beg to recommend A yard ol Flannel THfe Bl USH. It fr tint t piifflr viitu, Bloom etherial, Mufti divine ! jtytlltiti hy thy Lvrrt r if ft ri, jLovrlinrfi more lovely thine 1 M trf thin beanty's fair ft frature, M r thafl form's more prf cl crrsc?, TmfChtOg th f.nd heart, and .jiving Soft It chirms to every lice. i' ( of Quick impafuoiied f iing9 Tewel in the do wet ol youth 7 ) ! fty 's unquftiou'd het aid, Pledge of innocence and iruih Infant n fTnn's varying banner ; gafTrem iling confcioufiitlt difplayV Lov i ! f ize the ftctiii metror, Catch the rainbow ere it fade.

THE 11 PPY S PATAGEM A TALK From t lie Ycnch. ( Continued. J 11 Be it so then exclaimed Sebaftian, overcome by fuch a generous propofal,1 ex may heaven prosper (his innocent ftratarrem V According to this agreement the inrant loriati was conveyed to the refidenceof the philofopher, ami I libel,

with her nutfe removed to

he chiteau, with pofltive ol

der to i lie do me (lies to p;eierve the tttttiofl fecret) to the whole transaction. Their orders were faithfully obeyed ami tin children attained ihe aoe ot reflection without ha vina the (mailed fuspicion ot having any other parents than thofe under whole protection they found themlelves fecure and happy At tii It. Augufta was much hurt at t he Idi a of rclii byilh ing her daihng boy, for the c hild of another ; but in a ihuu time the endearing ten-

dernefsof the lancinating I fabel banifhed all her fcruples & loon induced her to love and cherifh her with affection tru lv maternal. For ebaflian, his ardent friendlhip towards the friend of his you:!) render ed rlorian as equally dear to bis heart as his own child and the pains he took w ith his education were fo profitably employed that he beheld the growing virtues of his adopted Jon, w ith the mod extreme pride and delight. Reared in the ciofefl imi-

mainder ol my life in the old Seraglio the Grand Sultan Mahmoudy my nephew, allows me to travel, at times for my health ; and I have come to fpend the Carnival at Venice A young man feated next to Achnu'i, then (poke and laid : my name is Ivan I have been Emperor of all the Ruflias ; 1 was dethroned while yet in the cradle Both mv parents were confined : 1 w as brot'up in a prifon I am occafionaliy peimitted to

companion. Each of them gave 20 (echini to king Theodore to buy (bins and clothes Candid gave him a diamond

ivnrtn i rv if run i

riacy and under auspices so travel, accompanied by favourable it is not tube won- guards placed over me ; and dered at, tha: the young cou- i have come to Ipend the Carpie imbibed an attachment nival at Venice, for each other, which Hren- 1 he third llranper fid ; I gthened with their ripening am Charles Edward, king of years. But Florian in whom ugland ; my father has ceded thr moft noble and virtuos fen- to me his right to the ttrnifh timents had taken early and crown I have made war to deep root w as fo fenfible of maintain that right 800 of the inequality of their fjtua- my followers have been exetions, and fo teat lu! of difhon- cured their hearts torn irom ouring himelt by taking ad- their dodies, and their cheeks vantage of her favourable flapped therewirh ; I myfelf fentiments that he Oruggled was confined for a time 1 hard to conceal his own and am going to Rome to pay a furceeded io far as to boffle vifit to my father, now deeven the penetration of his throne J, as well as myfelf, & befl friends. Thus were my grandfather and 1 have things fituated, when Florian come to fpend the Carnival at attained his ich year ; when Venice. finding it impcflible longer to 1 he fourth fpeaking in his reftatn his feelings yet intiexi- turn faid I am king of the Po. bly true to his inttrgrity he laks ; the viciflitudes of the iequelled Sebailian's permis- war have deprived me of my fion to undertake a voyage, hereditary dominions; my under pretence of a dell re of father has experienced ftmiliar leemg more of ihe world. reveries ; I refign myfelf to . rr5. Prov idence as sultan Achmet

ViClAL lUDhiSUf KOI-

tley were riling from the table, there came to the fame 11114 Mod Serene Highnefs, whohadalfo lofl their po(T. ciiions by the viciffitodts of war. 1 Had the philofopher of Ferney 'lived in our days had he wit nefled the chequer, en fcene in the great drama of the French revolution obfefved the mofaic work which the playful hand of for tune has for 25 years made cc unmade, as Penelr.pe her cel. e bra ted web w hat abundant fubjecls he would have found in that olla podrida of motley event tor the exercile of his fare all irk genius ! flow ma. ny pictures approximating to the above, chat grand mailer of the fatirick pencil, the mo. ral and intellectual ioaarth, might have prefented to the world ! (Q ompiler. A poor unfot tunate gentle man who was fo olten (top. ped by the fleeve by the bail ilFs, that he was in continual apprehenfion of them, going along the (treet, his coat lleeve as he was moving it along in a hurry, happened to hitch upon a railing. Turning a. bout hastily, he immediately alked, At whofe fuit, fir, ac whose fuit V

emoero Ivan and kinp Chas.

A I TV ni1 Edward, whom may God In one of his novels, Vol- blefs with a long life ! and I taire that vvitt and facetious have come to fpend the Car philofopher, whole chiefde nival at Venice.

light it was 10 view the ludicrous fide ot human nature & lublunaty things defer tbes with an inimitable vein of humor, and pleafantry truly Cervantic the profound aniazemenr of Candid ik Martin at finding themfelves dutitg the Carnival at Venice in company with 6 Grangers, each ot whom was addrelled by the tifle of your Majefty ; which circumltance gave to the w hole the air ol" a masquer ade. Every fervant having withdrawn, (he adds,) the 6 Grangers Carrdtd and l i a 1 tin rem. tined blent. At length Candid renewed the comer fation, gentleman, raid he the jke is H range, p fling (t 1 ;nge How tomes it you are all kmgs I 4( ither I, nor Martin are fo, 1 allure ou.

Cacumoo's -i.dler an.Cfr

1 he fifth laid I am also king of the Polaks I ha e twice lo(t my kingdom, but Providence has giveti me an c 1 lie 1 State, in which I have done more good than all the Sat maiion kings together have ever been able to do on the banks of he 1 tula. The fixth monarch had as yet to fpeak ; Gentleman faid he I am not lo great a Lord as you bui ai t er all 1 have been a king as well as yourfelves. I im I heodor 1 a as elected king of Cor Oca. '1 hey called me Your Majefly : ami now they fcarcely vouchtafe io cad me v ii . 1 had money coined 111 try name ; and now I ha ve not a pc nn : 1 IkiU 2 fecretaiies ol ltate--and at prefent I hardly have a lingle lackey. I was (eated on a tin one and 1 ha c long bee n in a London jail up'jn a bed

ing in lolcnin and grave tofft ofltraw--Iam veiy much a.

I". ut in I tali jii, 1 am tuJJ k:io :i , name is ArehimW

III I have been Grand ul tan for feveral years j dethroned my bi other- my nephew hs dethroned mc I am doomed to pais the re-

fraid or bc-ing here t ; eai l in

the lame manner, .dthom'h 1

have like your maj Itiescome to fpend the Carnival at cnice. The 5 other ki figs liflenfd to this ducouilc with a noDie

TATTLERS &f INFORMERS. Among the ddiurbers of peace and happineis t hefe mif. cr cants commonl) called Tat. tiers and Informers, are the mod deteltable and pernicious to fociery, void of fincerttyt void of honor, void of every principle of integrity or feel, ing which binds man to man, and renders life tolerable : creatures of this defr r iption, bold to you with a fmile, the cup which is poifoned and take you by the hand while they are preparing to It ab you. Me; and women in mzrrirg. make a vow of loving one another Would it not be more for theii happineis, if they m idea vow ot plead ng each other, and kept icthio life I sin eld coquet and fbnderrer , ij like a role bud in winter, the Bowers and leaves a e decai ed and nothing temains but the thorns. ANGER May glance into the breoll of a w ise man, but reds only in the bofom of fools.

MAG I SI PA fES FLANKS Fur ialc it. mis utiicc.