Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 January 1817 — Page 4

PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. rtECTOR now pass'd with sa prcsa mg heart, To seek !iis jpouse his sous far dearer part At home he MMig t her; but he sought Li vain; S. e, with mitt of ail her menial train. Had ... b rctirM; tad with her second j The oui g Astynax, the hope of Troy, Pensire i c b o.l on I ion's towery height, li Acid the war and sicken'd at. the tight j There ber s.iu eyes in vain her lord explore, weep the wounds her bleeding country bore. Hvc or this heard, return'd without deiar : Swift throu jh 1 !e town he toA his torrnerv'ay', Tiirough stre 3 of pal ices, and walks of KateJ And met the mourner at the Scse?.n j;ateJ With hast to meei hi 1 sprung the joyfinrair, I f i blameless wife, Actions wealthy heir. T;.e nurse stood near ; in whose embraces press'd, His on y hope hung spiling at her breast; Wl om ' aeh soft chairo and early giace adorn, Pair as tne new-born str.r that i :1 s the mom. Silent the warrior smil'd ; and picas'd, resigned To tender passions all his mighty mind. I i is beauteous princoaa cast a mournful look,.. Hung on his hand, and then dejected spoke, Her bosom labor'd with a boding sigh, And tl e hit teir stood trembling in her eye. k Too daring pih.ee i ah ! whither wilt thou run? Ah ' too forgetful of thy wife and son ! And think'st thou not how wretched we shall be? A widow I, an helpless orphan he ! For sure, such courage length of life denies ; And thou must fah thy virtue's sacrifice. Greece in her single he;oes strove in vain; I ow hosts oppose tnee and thou must be stem. O 1 grant me 1 .od ! ere Hector mi ets iiis doonc Ali I can asKof H :aven an early tomb! So shall my days in one sad tenor iunT And end in so. rows as they 5i st b ;.m. Thy v f : thy infant in thy danger share ; O ! prove a husband's and a parent's earflL Ti.at nua ter most t c skilful Ore ks annoy, Wnete yon wild ti tree joins the wai.s of Troy Tarice our bold ibes the fierec attack have iveu j Or )e d hv hopes or dictated by he lyeft. Let others in the fv. id their a.m., employ ; But stay my Hc tor here and guard ins Troy.The chief replied 4 Tl at p st shall be my care; Nor that a 0 e but ail the works of w.:r. I?ow wow d the sons of Troy, h arms renown'd. And Ti oy's proud dames, whose garments sweep the ground Attaint the lustre of my former name. S:iou!d Ii 'or basely quit the field of f.me 1 My early yo tth was bird to wariike p ;ins; IVlv sou: impels me to the martial plar.s. 5:id fore nost let . e stand to guard the throne, To save my father's honors and my Ow n. Yet, con e it will (iay decreed by fates' (How my heart trembles while my toueue rebates !) T. e day when th, u imperial Troy must bend, Must sec thy warriors fall thy glories end. A id yet no dire presage so wounds my mi .d, My nqthei 's death the rum of my kind, Not Priam's hoary hai s defied with ; .e,

ny b n.ers gaspmg on the snore,

As t i e, Adroinache I ily tric

e led,

In A iv3 x'nr. our battles to A id woes of which so large a Tneie white . a eroua beneat

T ey cry Be o.d the nighty Hecto mie hauhtv Greek who lives thy te E abitters ali thy v.rcs by nan ing me.

Tiie thoughts of rr.oia p .st

l was thine, c load of fe.

.t shame,

A thousa ' grief shait waken at the name 1 May I iic co d before that dreadful day, I'-estJ with a load of monumental c ay !

Tuy hector wrapt In everlasting sleep,

o.vili ncith ;r he r t e: si-j not' .-ee t::ee ween

Thus having snoke th'i iustrious chief of Tro

Sii'Jlc .'d hi- tv)id arms to c.

p me lovely DCty

Tha babe clu'ij cryi jl to t'ne nurses breast,

d wit . the dazziing he.m, and nodding crest, h secret pleasure each fond parent smid,

Aod Hector lasted to leiieve his c. ild ; ic gtitt'ring rs from uis brows Unbound, A'i plac'd the beaming helmet on the ground T kiss' I 1 e child ; and tilting high in air, Hi US to the Gods prefenM a parent's prayer, thou a ose gory iiia th ethevial throne! A'id all ye deathle s powers ! protect my son S '. mt him like me to purchase just renown, T (guard the Trojan's to defend the crown A . ist hi- country's foes the war to w ac,

. t rise e Hector oi the tutme aire, when tiiu oph.t from successful tcis,

U heroes slain re bears the reekinir poils, W ov lo&ts m v hail him with deserv'd acclaim, A 1 1 say, 1 his can f tranocends his fat .er's fame;' V" e p'a-.l imidat tlie u:neral shouts of Troy, motl ers t ckiscous h art overflows with joy. : :e spo! e : a i Mid y giA ig on ier charms, ttsstor'd t..- pieasii g buiuen to her arms. Soft 0 : cr fi .nt b.eat thft babo she laid, Hush'd to upos." on! wth a awaiie survey d J T 1 tr. .i ei ph latlio soon cltaauVd with fear, S ie niir.; ed with s. smi e a tender tear. T s sol k'd cujf with ki nl compassion v'ew'j, And IryM 1 e Farfinj drops . and thus pursu'd Andromache ! my K -m's far better par. ! Why w th untimely .or. or hetlrii thy ..eanl d hostik h e1 can Bntodate my doom, Ti fvte condemn me to the si. cut tomb: 1 i'd is ths term ot all te race of earth ; A sttch the hard c x: .'von of our bifth. No force c n then resist, no B'ght r-.v,i ?,ave; Aii biftk ailtwc, w.ie fearful and uic bravo.

No more but hasten to thv tasks at home ; There guide the spindle and direct the loom. Me glory summons to the mart'al scene : The neld of combat is the sphere for men: Vhere heroes war, the foremost p!ace I claim The first in danger as the first in fame." Thus having said th4 undaunted chief resumes I'is towery helmet black with shading plumes. His princes parts with a prophetic si;h, Unwilling paits and oft re veils her eye, That stream'd at every look ; then moving slow, SoUght her own palace and indu'g'd her woe. 'J here while her tears deplor'd the godlike man, Through ali her train the soft infection ran : The pioUS mai !s their mingled sorrows shed, And moUrn'd the living Hector as the dead

From the Connecticut Couravt. Short Chapter of Hints an A'!visement3 on the subject of liardjQjnes By One of the Penm . CHAPTER IX. frhfff mrsf of ' rttca.vtif h df ie 9 I Fh do ije. look upon one. another tt was thus thf vei r;a')!c old patnrch spurrrcl tip Ws sons. ho stood y&wni$ p; anil iirrsokite in c dfrth of bread ; a r i it ftirnishcs a pretty good lnY.t to us in our dearth of ttlinev. rr"ie way to gel relief is hard to protul flesh blood ; but we must needs tal e it, or nifc our cboie. Tis th orny. but only effectual Way. is desciie 1 in seven word? RMtoneh rnertt rf Expences Ine:retse of productive Lahdtir. Without t!tis ra '.ial reform, all our hopes will be like the gods of the Gentiles. 44 vanity and a lie." A retienehment of expenses rhust of necessity he come into by the fanner, by th mechanics, tor ti e people generally. We must prune away er superfluity. We must n't off the numerous shoots of pride that have beep, fed a it were with our life-blood. We must be content with plain f;'" with p'ain attire, and with a pTam appearance at home and abroad. We must !eam to live with our incomes, by husbanding them with all care aod prudence. In snort, we must trea I

The lieutenant's humour with the help of a fresh toped of the bowl, went down like the rest. Col. P , who had likewise sew e l in the army, related the Following short ane-dote in this unusual way : Tai'leton, was as you know an active officer, and hot a little vain ofhi exploits tonga aul bottles He once ob se ved to a young; lady of South Carolina bottle k tongs that he wished little tong ar.d little bottles he could once see the famous Washington--Great tongf and little bottles 6 you might have seen him,' replied the young Lily, 4 if yon had Uwntd your head at the battle of the cow pens'-great tongs and little boU tie. When tV laughter which followed this anecdote ha l rca-ed Pitzpatriek exckiime i," A good t by G . colonel, only vou spoiled it with that fd -d bot'f1 anfl t ns, M Oh, (4nwered

the colonel) that was in the p'ace

of i a

S P

p i m?t rile to say

had quite as m::cb sensed

England fitif fw theie tfrudifai of wiits" exc!aimed lord Evm )uth in his fetter toke dry

vi 1 .t : i 3 )i v .;s m. :u ).

ry must he very trea vher

Did not Engla id war mstavr-

a e!y wYi the cif ies of Washington an 1 Ae.a fdria? Itd?9henot

war wit cl . 1 U .

Boh more

v-Oi a is ? be f re which

however, Iter a: ms recei i.cd a sip nal ;ir! sa'"ta v cliex'k. Not n!i-

back our stem: we must revert to the frugal iivmg , , , , A, n M; c . 4 u r: iy did s e war with erne, hut de of other times when frugality was the highway f , ... V, b J fenceless towns and vi Pa-re-, cit

to esteem.

leit

4 '. a 'ni..-' W P ! .. L -

Along with the necessary branch of reform, tv i 7 4 , - . 1 . , , Hid n,)t AuTUnal Cohrane c.ementioned above, another one equany ne-e- av. . . k . , j . 1 1 ! 4.' r 1 t c!a;e that mslorders wc;e u to lav i I - I work. V is hard work tnat feeds and . w ... f . , 1 a - r waste every town which he

lli t trc lilt I IV : I I 1 1 I 1 lulUll ' 1 t ' .'. . Kll I; -

eious comrflodity, there is Hir too 'itt?e am in

a I

an i its Quantity must be very roucn m

It is high time for tho

BWaml who are now saiTing gaily down the pf ram without putting a and to the ear, or nayi aught for their pasae it is mgh time for them to st themselves to work, or to be set to w rk. Tiie hjney is consumed in te liive ; there must be no drones to eat up the remainder : all ti e commonalty must be a working bees. Our men a d our boys must all he industrious in seme honest way or other ; and n )t our men & our bovs only: the number of Ja lies now catingthe,6ra 1 of id eness." must be ahtmdantly Reduced, and the num ber of plain Woman and girl j - labouring with their hands and working; mat which is g od,M must be aJpunda itly eulaiged. As extravagance and idleness have, at least in no inc msiderabie decree, occasioned thesi hard times so, contiay wise, frugality and industry will greatly meliorate them.

lease

us,

id lei's fai ioumeraWe

might find apsailable and did n a he and his followers execute (; err orders to (ho orv extent of their ability lie exploits of Cockburn and his banciitii in the Chesa teake hay. and the tsansactioji of Prene.htowri, Ilavre-de G a:e. Hampton, &c. See. will forever attest to the enormity of th.eir conduct. At Storongtort, howev er, and many other places,

tu aui y , i re iii! zens fro-tcj'u-I nem from Iitish a-a ity notwithsta idirig tlte fearful o M$ against w hichtl ry In : to ennu nd butfHllae, ra can 1 in rderwer tiie order of the day, upon aU must every occasion, ana oi?s:ht to h.ave been impressed on tl e soldiers of every B itisb regiment a?ui on the ensign of every snip sailing under tiie Prince Regent's commission Bmt Put.

f3 .VII K Cii va

About thelf se of the revolutionary war in this country, several officers dined together at the house of col. P .a gentleman distinguished for pleasing manners and p;ood sense. The buu I

tn.e anecdote, the laugh and the song went round. nsouno Uwin3o him Dnou A uv

Lieutenant Pit z pat rick related the following lit- -xuj 6avn piU aip uuuj itiuaxa nm tie incident, very much in this manner : At the 3 Hd4oo iuejo paqpa qi i battle of Bunker's Hiihw ichd-n their hi!!, was Xl ,noD xou "1 u,nl-vo.r :p B.-eed s Hilh a Scotcnman, named baze". a m st ,n ;v,n,, ,Ta ,h.,h q

a fond, by G of rhyme as of rum, and as brave ioj pajmbau qi'Aups ij ipuog r;B a fellow, by the L as if he had been an Irish- i auwna oj. Jonbii anoiiids pun man. and Gd n me, if there aie braver on anv flPwjo fR Suij :iwipa

continent this d- d fool, stood next me in the nnLclznM1UiAianA,nA

t this i

l .1" W . il I ...J...... t . . i I

raiiKS, (Torx vas cnen a yamcee imiium. a- h u iS n Al ;Vi'f josabp , n , -

of tiht irtfhe Ttfl : and after we had fortified unoD uosqi) ui uo;uu:i i n with .nvrnVh.iN- hv thf f, Fruer. who had -l io!'S P M.l. a f h

n v ciiargtd deep wuh hogo that moruing bawled out as tht British were aoVrancing Now d n it s;ive us fair play, u And down weH mow 'em like bay." And mow 'em, by G , we did, till their red

coaU, G d u cm to beU, were dyed over a-aii

v. ') i ir.u a y.v oj .v o v a i o

jo s v , .:ioj oqi jo iireiiqiin

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