Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 June 1823 — Page 4

Poetical.

I. ) M A I a IUU iU i O K T il t. VV . S U N . FARKWKLL TO SCOTLAND. Our n ttivc 1 iml, o-ir native vale A long, a List adieu; Faivu t ll to bonny Tiviot-dale, And Cheviots mountains blue. Farewell the hills of glorious deeds, And streams renown'd in song ; F i v .vi llye hlith -some braes and meads, Our hearts have lov'd bo long. F -ire well ye bonny elfin knowes, W'aere thyme and h uv'k lis grow ; Far vvcU sc hriry h united hosves, Oerhung with birk and sloe. Th" battle iiou-vl The border tower, T.i it S'-.Mtr.i's ann ils tell ; T.ie M irtvrN gr tve, tne lover's bower, A 1 .g, a last far-, well. II ) :ue f ur hearts ! our fathers home! L a . i of the br.uc and free, The s ;il i flapping on the foam That bears us fr from thee.

seek, a wild and distant shore

of many; it was that of one with whom we must abide a moment. It was late in the evening of a summer day. in the year '56. that Mr. M a tradesman in Philadelphia, returning to his residence found wrapped up in an old cloak, and lying on the sill of his door, an almost expiring infant. It appeared to be but a few hours old, and while the good man was shocked with an instance of such heartless depravi

ty he resolved to do for it such

offices of humanity as lay in his power. He had it nurtured as one of his own, called it by his name, and had he lived, it would never have known the want of a father; but he died when it was yet an infant, and the overseers of the poor took charge of the forsaken boy. Frederick, for so he had been named, was in process of time put out to an unfeeling master, and as he early exhibited traits of a high and ungovernable spirit, fared so hardly that at the age of 12 he ran away and went to sea After passing through a varie ty of scenes during ten years, he was at la-t found in the ranks of the British army The history of his early life was engraven on his mind; he knew that he had been cast out from his birth bv

Life is hut a painful heritage at I parents to whom he was to live

be-t Whether horn to prosper-; and die a stranger; he knew that it v or adversity man is still the the only heat t that ever loved him sport of every tempest, and the was mouldering in death; he reslave, in the greater or less degree, membered his unfeeling master, of every pa-si. n There is not and he had sworn vengeance atlut wide and n siversa!v difference gainst the country in which he between tte portion of happi- had thus been born and suffered, ne-s and misery, enjoyed or suf and sought it now under the banfe e l by tlMse whom fortune has ners of that country' foes while pkivd f i- apart, which m my sup- he marches with them to tram-

pose. V u since the enjoyment " pie down her liberties, and aid suffering depend upon the whelm her dearest interests in rusensibility of the mind, rather 'in.

might have effaced that night of themselves with lights, they enterror from the memory of man; tered about ten o'clock yesterday and its deeds concealed as one of morning. The light, however, the dark vicisitudes of cruel war. ; only served to render the surIlere it ended not, that innocent ! rounding gloom more visible, and

and delicate and lovely girl just1 when nearly bewildered, a man in her sixteenth summer, and her' accosted them with a light in his

il.-vor.A the Atlantic m i'm ; Wo leave t!uc to return no more, Nor viev thy chiFs ag.iin. IVit miy dishonour blight our fame, A ul quench oar household tires, Wuen we. or ours, i'oret our name, (ireeu Island of our sires. Our native land, our native vale, lou, a last adieu ; Fare will to bonny Tiviot-dale And Scotlantds mountains blue. MISCELLANY. yRIMTHR THEVTOV EMPORITV. T11K FOU NOLLS G.

than upon the effect of outward causes, the man who rolls in wealth and revels in power may enpy less than the humblest savage that lives by the uncertain fortunes of the chase and quen ches liis parching thurst in the m Miutain stt earn; and the criminal receiving sentence at the bar of his country, may in fact, suffer I'--ss than the humane and tender hearted judge, who pronounces his sentence. So is man constituted w-u being full of inexplica

ble misery and apparent inconsistency. Alexander was miserable when master of the world, when Diogenes was happy in his tub. The conclusion dedncihle from these premiseshowever is not. that there is in reality, no diffeteoee to 1. - . 1 U At. I' ...

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natc a ul the uufnrtuna'e; or that prosperity is no blessing and adversity no evil, Ivcause this very sensibility to pleasure and to pain is is liable tv be born and to row up with the po.r as with the pros perous. There is a time in life when

young heart broken by her only 'brother's death, her sweet blue eyes swimming with tears of anguish unsupportable without one hand to help her or one bosom to pity her became that night the victim of brutal violence The tenderest heart, the keen est sensibility, and the most delicate frame will some times suffer long aiid most bitterly before the thread of life in mercy breaks as under But she was spared from this; two days after when the Bri tish army came up. she was found

a disfigured corpbc. and was bun ed with her brother. The wretched mother appealed

for justice to the English officer, and Frederick was brought to trial. I conversed with one who was a witness of the proceeding The deed of murder and plunder was proved against him by the old woman, who was brought up and examined before the Comt Martial hhe listened to the tri al with an air of insanity, and when she heard the history, which he gave of himself in his defence, she fell from her seat in fits. She knew him; he was her

hand. who. in the most courteous

manner offered himself as their conductor; they trusted themselves to his guidance, and in a short time he led them to a place, where they discovered five men sitting round a light, and playirg at cards on the ground! Their conductor aked if they wished to go back again and of course they replied in the allii maiivc. and he led them away, but they were soon attacked bv a o'an" ofrufnans, most probably the same that they had seen playing at cards, by whom the lights were put out. and one of them was beaten in a shameful manner. The other escaped in the dark, and hid himself. The first man, desparing of life, offered all the money he had il they would let him go; thev then laid him to the side of a hole, reported to be fifteen fret deep, and filled with water, and demanded the fulfilment of his promise. Under the apprehension that he would be killed, or thrown into the water and drowned, he gave up his money, and they pointed to a light at a dis

tance, by following which, they it i .

One dark and rainy night a short time after the battle of Brandywine, he was out with a scouting patty beating up the

country towards the bchuylkill, when, passing through a deep and woody morass, he and his companions came suddenly upon a retired cottage on its borders, and entering found a disabled American officer within, whose fresh wounds a beautiful girl was weep ing over as she dressed, while an old woman sat by holding a candie, herself the picture of grief and wretchedness. The soldiers fell to plundering the house. Being unaccompanied by any ty'icr

and finding a quantity of liquor, they drank freely and solmSl came outrageous. Some of them een abused and insulted the wounded officer,- who however took no notice, apparently, of any thing that passed until Frederick seized the young lady, and at tempted to kiss her This was an insult of another kind, and the American sprung from the bed

where he had lain, and grappled

own, her eldest son; the offspring told him, he might regain of a guilty connexion with the ; his liberty. He did so, and es-

man she afterwards married and . caped; but found himself considmade the father of those whom erably hurt by the rough treathe had sent in blood and distrac-j ment he had received. I lis more

tion to the grave. Thus the course of nmilt came at last upon the guihy - Feeder ick was executed and the miserable parent died in all the despair that an over burthened conscience is capable of awakning, in her old age a fearful maniac It is ma ny years since I was conversant with the scenery contiguous and to the west of Schuylkill the ve ry spot where they are all interred used to be pointed out, about half a mile from the road to Darby.

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iKivtH i Kteniv leu aim wuen mm ny tne throat, i ne uisits winds are peculiarly liable to charge of a pisol followed like a turn the fair sab;e of the mind to Hash of lightning and the officer ruin. That lime is infancy. T fell dead! A loud scream fol-

be ca-t on the bosom of the wide 'world without a protector, to grow up to manhood without a guide; to be friendless, witnout a habitation or a name; to wander cbout an outcast fnni society, shunocd by the virtuous woo too

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' juvii "ii.nu a' ui i i' V.rm, IIV.IJI III Villi I UL HU 1 1 1 i4U II US. 1 1 1 1 U 1 and hold the one doubtful while one part of the room to the other, t e other temaius o, a id to be It w as a scene of horror that dc mocked at by the vicious; this is vils would have smiled at, aud in set y that wants a name on that fancy alone can imagine, earth. Yet Uii has bcea uie iale t Bat, liad u ended Here, time

lowed 'oh my brother! he has killed my brother!" echoed to the distant hid top; and the youir lady fell upon the bed by the side of her murdered brother and fainted; while the feeble old womao ran screaming and calling for

A STORY FOR. TUB AUTHOR OF WAV DULY AND Tllli MCLO DlU-i

MATISTS. A very curious rireumstanceoccuned yesterday morning, which has moie the appearance of romance than ot sei ions truth, and yet we are assured the latter char acteristic may be applied to it Many of our readers may have

"Seen in kBlackner's HiMory of

Nottingham." an account of a cave which runs under a hill cal led Dog kennel hill, on the west side ot the road leading from Ma ry's work house to the Gallowshill. This cave, which is the largest in the town, nearly 200 yards long, and supported by numerous pillaisot the native -rock, was hewn out by one Jan. c lloss; and into its recesses the light ol the sun lus never yet entered. The corporation, pursuing some plans uf improvement they have in view, have discharged the inhabitants of the rock "houses near it and on Wednesday a man attempted to explore "the mvsteiies of the cavern, and after remaining in it nearly 5 hours was eonduc" ted out on paying a sum of money to somebody he met the; em. who seemed well acquainted with its secret labyrinths. Two indi viduals in the town heard of this circumstance and determined to explore it, and having prov ided

fortunate companion, who had followed at a distance, escaped also, and without injury. Rottingham (England ) llvvicw. Tobacco was fust brought into repute in England by Sir Walter Ualeigh. JJ v the caution he took in smoking it privately he did not intend it should be copied But sitting one day, in deep meditation, with a pipe in his mouth, he inadvertently called to his man to bring him a tankaid of beer The fellow coming into the room, threw all ti e liquor into his mastci's face, and running down stairs bawled out, 'Fire ! Help ! Sir Walter has studied till his head is on fire, and the smoke burst out of his mouth and nose ! Prudent resolutions for a man to enter into when he comes to be old. !Not to many a young woman. Not to keep young company unless they desire it. ot to be peevish, morose or suspicious. Not to tell the same story over and over to the same company. Not to be covetous the hardest of all to be kept. Not to neglect decency and cleanliness, for fear of ialling into fi!thines. Not to be over severe with

young people, but to make allowance for their youthful follies and weakness. Not to be too free of advice, nor ti ouble any but those who desire it. Not to talk much, nor of yourself very hard again. Maxim. Never lose sight of the powerful inlluencc of example and be careful in the management ot your concerns, to recommend by your own personal practice; uniform habits of active, interested, and persevering deligcnce, to thye in your employ.