Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 February 1825 — Page 4

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FROM THE PUBLIC LEGF.R. The glori'Hissun, with lustre bright, And sparkling stars, a dazzling sight, As through their azure fields they foil The wondrous works of God extol. The silver moon who moves serene. And gilds with beams the midnight scene. In silent majesty declares That she transcendant beauty shares. The goodness of the Great Supreme, Glides in the gentle pensive stream; While rushing tides impetuous flow. And heaven control'd, their limits know. Earth, air, and seas at once unite, And gratitude in man excite, In general harmony to join And praise the works of power divine. r LOUISA.

MlbCELL.LVY.

PERKINS' EXTtt VOilDINAUY STEAm

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V A discovery has been made, 'p-hieh will, in all probability, ad-

iust the account between popula v . . . . . r

(ion and lood in t tie most satisiae torv manner We allude to the new Steam Gun of Mr. Terkins, which promises very fair to send the whole race of heroes to their long homes in a very short time. According to the following ac comv, which we extract from the London Maehanic's Register, the effects of this invention will leave every plague or pestilence at an immca-nrahle distance behind in

compared with that of the prcs-1 ''Drink, my dear babe! dnnk free ent system. Iri Mr. Perkins' I ly thou yet reccivest the milk

Steam gun, one pound weight ot ot a virtuou woman, necessity

coals is found to produce the same effect as fdur pounds Weight of gunpowder, viz. one pound of coals will generate sufficient sttsam to expel, with equal force, as many balls as four pounds of powder. Of the rapidity, which the discharges are made we say little after what we have observed of the mode in which the balls are expelled; but there is another great advantage, which on the score of humanity, deserves commendation. An explosion from

this gun is next to impossible; for the greater the rapidity of the firing the less is the danger, as the

stream of vapour rushes forward, without check, and finds a vent in the open air. How many lives on the contrary, have been lost by the bursting of our common field pieces, and how little reliance is to be placed upon thcygreatest care in cleansing them m the heat of battle. Ten guns ujjon this principle, would, in a field of

alone stabs to the heart: to mor

row, thou wilt drink the milk of an unhappy uher tears fi milled the sentence. The citizen beheld and was moved at the sight; and throwing his purse at her feet, he exclaimed, ''It is not possible to resist so much virtue:" EXTRACT FROM THE LIFE OF OEM. GREEN. On the river Ogechec, in the

state of Georgia, was stationed captain French, with a detatchment of about forty British regulars. At the same place lay five British vessels. Of these, four were armed, the largest mounting

their small escort, anxious to hasten their pace, lest the enraged Americans should advance on them and cut them to pieces. The colonel and one soldier remained behind, with a view, as he informed captain French, to restrain, by his presence, any improper violence, his troops might be inclined to offer; and to conduct their march at some distance in the rear. In the mean time, with the aid of the soldier retained, he took ac

tive measures, to collect, as expeditiously as possible, a body of militia, from the neighboring district. Placing himself at the head of these, who were mostly mounted on good horses, he soon overtook his prisoners, whom he found safe, under their guides, and rejoicing in the generous treatment they had experienced.

A venerable friend and a dashing buck driving their respective vehicles, met in a narrow road.

wnere neither could pass without the consent of the other. After

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point of distinctiveness. Ten of scaring war againsi eacn omer,

is irimq iinnosinff one shot in:" u. icuicuus uu.u

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twenty "nlv to tell, will sweep a-

way 150000 men in a single day! ikYYe were enabled on Wednesday, through the kindness of Mr. Perkins, to examine minutely at his manufactory in the lie trout's P.irlv. the extraordinary

piece of Machanism called the balls j.,rcd 1,1 one muite. and one steam gun. It is simply formed out of went.v to rcach ,ts mWbv introducing a barrel into the "hy,U-n ot such guns would'des steam generator of any ingine, -v dailr' M.r v! n,l hv (h, nrldifinn nf t.ivn nillPS kms COllMdei'S Steam dlSCOVCfV

tnr,UtUn HiamhiT nf thi .Tim. as in its infancy, for he says he is

intro.hic.n2 a quantity of bails; convinced that on engine might i,..7i,u n,.r..,n ,f i,:il,. he made to throw a ball of a ton

to the chamber are dropped into Uc,Sht from Dover to Calais

the barrel and fired one by one, j at the rate of from four to five

fourteen guns. Colonel John White, of the Georgia line, meditating the cap tore of this station, was able to call to his assistance but four individuals, captain Etholen, and three, privates Kesolute in their purpose, not

withstanding the disparity cf

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battle, be more than equal to 200 ' ",,ce un wouia ne omigeo u. ...- u..u s mcn snouia 1 1 t il r. 1.1 I I fivtt titr. Aiif I ..... 1 . ,1

encounter, iiiese live soiutci ui i mm um, mc uuck urevv a

fortune, boldly advanced on the newspaper from his pocket, and enemy's post set about perusing it very diligen-

Having arrived in the neigh tly, upon which the friend with

bourhood of

died numerous

which reached

arranging them, as to represent, when thee has done reading the

hy them, the lines ot a consiuera one in my nana, i would thank

ble camp. To render their strat agem the more imposing, they then road hastily about, in various directions, in imitation of the stall of an army disposing their sentin els, and issuing their orders in a loud voice.

The artifice succeeded, and con

M. on the present system; and a ves

sel of only six guns would be rendered more than a match for a seventy four. ' If two rulers of the earth were to know, that in the event of

blast both armies and sweep them from the face of the earth, they would pause before they made such a declaration; but what plague, what pestilence would exceed, in its effects, those ot the Steam Gun? Five hundred

hundred in the minute. The expulsive force of the steam which rushes from the generator and expels the balls is about 700 lbs. to the square inch; with their force a

The fallowing affecting anecdote is

from i he French of Anna Maria Porter:

A sailor of Martinique married

a young woman, as virtuous as

she was beautiful; and she having expended all the little money her

husband had left before he em

rrived in the neigh ny, upon wnicn the tnend with it at night, they kin- characteristic composure asked, ins firesC the light of 'Friend, hast thee another paper ed their adversary, so in thy pocket?" 'No,' ''Then

thee to loan it to mc!"

mucker b ill fired against an iron . , . . , kl, r . nni r barked, had recourse to a wealthy nt thi iiict!itii nl Kill iPPi . . 1

! n . , i citizen, to whose protection she from the mm, is ll ittened, and , , , r , , 1 ri1l

ivii i oeen conuueu. i ne ciyzcn. intlimcd with the charms ahe fair borrower, demanded, asthe

wocn a force of 810 lbs to the Square inch is applied, the ball is actually driven to pieces in such a way that none of its fragments can be collected. As the gun is now fixed, having a direct com

Pawn ie A gentleman, (says a Liverpool paper) by mere chance strolled into acofiee house where he met with a captain of his acquaintance, on the point of sailing to New York, and from

vinced captain French, that he w,lom "e icccivcd an invitation w as menaced by a large body of to accompany him, which he acAmericans. Accordingly, on be ccP,cd- taking care, however, to ing summoned, by colonel White !n,orm ,lis wfe of it which he did he surrendered his detachment, 141 these terms: "Dear Wile, I am the crews of the five vessels, a- SoinS 10 America, yours, truly." mounting to near fifty in number, I.ier answer Was not at all inferior with the vessels themselves, and t',,,ler in laconism or tenderness-

one hundred and fifty stand of "Dear Husband, a pleasant voy

age y ours etc." National Pbejudice. An Englishman and a Dutchman discussing about the goodness of their different countries; says the Dutchman, ' Your country, thinks of nothing but guttling, and even

the. names of vour nlnrpc hm n

price of his services, the snsnfri der of her virtue. Relying on the hope of her husband's return, and shuddering with indignation

tl...n.vli rt I1ril (t'lfll

r r i - i ' at the proposal, the insulted wocm of Mr. lV-.-ki.is' ens.ncs. t i mall rcfHSt, whhou, ,legiutioil ca.mot of course be rcmoynl Irom . , ,id . d .

'i-'-y ."--'." ; a tow davs all Ilie resources of

Su,l-e,,.m,eo. auera...n; mi, ......c : lhij ulla wife ,vere cx,au even, of the invention bci..R a,, WiJ00 cU.ar, made ,)cr D ied to purposes ot warUre, it , ri -J . r , , . 1 tl . sensible of her situation; she was

arms. But the difficulty of the enterprising captors was not yet terminated The Britihh soldiers and sailors, might discover the imposition that had been practised on them and attempt a rescue:

ana live urmeu men, were not

sutlicient to

iflicient to restrain, hv fmc "" vour

near a hundred, w ithout arms. ercnce w it; you have your The same Senius. however that 1 orl80,,,H. your Plymouth, had planned the first part or the 'our iarmoul. .vour Falmouth, adventure, was competent to the '0,.,r Dartmouth, your Exmouth.

Miction of it. an" ou "re a mouihs topcthcr." ;:.h a,, 'A'.C ,eP,u's ,l,u Englishman,

would he easy to lttach a porta

ble steam engine of small dimcntions, which could be removed with as much rapidity as any

in use

a mother, and dreading to behold

one intant perish at her breast, w hich nourished it. and the oflfRfcr

whose maturer age demanded

com

U ith great seriousness, and

some emotion, in his manner, colonel White' told captain French, that, in consequein e of certain recent enormities, perpetrated by a

(letactiment ot ijiitish and rova . . . . j

"and you have your Amsfcrdam.

ana your Kotterdam. and dn you all togetlier, say I." A Relic A leaden ball ex

tracted recently from a Revolu-

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piece oi oni Mi inre m um". i . . rt 1 r i i !. A r . i ... ,,ii bread expire ol hunger before her; The cotot such a machine would " 4l '

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be compai itivelv small, and as NTr. Perkins is about to construct o 4 pounder which can be moved about with great facility with two horses the public will have a w good opportunity of judging of its practical merits, of which however there can be no doubt, after the experiments already made at the manufactory. The most extraordinary part of the a Hair is the smallness of the expense in chai ning artillery uf this nature,

hope of softening him. But pray ers and tears could obtain nothing from the barbarian: she was forced to capitulate and vanquished by necessity, she permitted him to come to supper with hsr; after the meal, which was spirit

less the citizen pressed her toNtd

til her promise; the poor woman took him to the cradle where her child was sleeping; and then pressing it to her bosom, her eyes suffused with tears, she said to it

lists, his troops were so deeply ex- tionary soldier, has been shown asperated, that he was afraid they in New Yoi k, by his son. It an-

would advance on the captured peared that the father was a solparty, and in violation of his com- dicr of the revolution; and at the mands, put them all to the sword: battle of Springfield, while loadthat he had. already, experienced ing his musket! the' ball struck great difficulty, in restraining Ivm on the elbow, entered his them; and, should they be placed side, broke two ribs, and lodged as a guard over the prisoners, he in the cavity of the stomach, was convinced their rage would w here it qiuetly reposed 48 years' become ungovernable He, there The old soldier lately died, haw fore, directed the British captain, ing given previous orders not to to lollow. with his whole party be buried with British lead in captain Etholen, and two of the him; accordingly. Dr. Ward of

Mmuci, cruioes, wno would Bell vi lie, .N.J. extracted it.

conuuci mem, without delay, to a

,... oa.c.j a.,u Buuu quarters. One of the dailv nanrrc m

lor his i kindness and humanity, tions the falling d.,wn of an emocolonel hue received the thanks ty house, and gravely states that of his pnsoncis, who immediate- none of its inhabitants were kilty marched off, in a body, with led.