Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 March 1827 — Page 4

Poetical

your hair any how.' Pat very composedly lifted up the tail of his coat, and spitting upon it, gave his face a wipe that left it streaked like abraded cow. There now' said Phil., blow your nose and hold up your head like a gentleman. 'What is this, aroon sajd he pointing to the first letter of live alphabet. Pat scratched his heah "You dont know what ii is ; small blame to you, for your mother keeps you running after the cows, when you should be at your lai nin ? but look up at the couples of the house, and try if you can't remember it A 'said Pat -Well done, what is the name of the next oner' Pat hesitated again. " What do you call the big fly that makes the honey? ' B ' Oci. you're a gc mis Pat icvdv made.i Having arrived at the letter IT ; 'And what's that Pat? Be my showl. I dont known.' Divil d u your showl, what do yon mae by swearing here in school? a pret tv Gillcirc this indeed ! What is

She told them the sad story of her wo, . , , , .-, . n ,nv'c And how their fatherfdl in freedom's cav.se, ,tUlat hlvLsq ie U .ttllh s

Which made them .orphans crc they knew j gate With all the hat S knocked out. uicloss. except the one is in t-te middle?' They wfccctcaralitdo ; p j j jj , ,T) , 3 Their mother s cheek, ;md, when sac saw , . , their grkf, ! is you spdpcen No on he we t She bade them bow their little (knecs to God illustrating in this manner, until. In nks that he had kit them one dear ; , ltirt t . , fricnJt i he came to the latter O ; having One that would sympathise in all their wees, tried Pal's gVlllWt ith it two o;' And giv- relief. three ways to no purpose, Pud I ' My heart was full ! was getting out of patienee what k And from the tender scene I turned my eyes xvml you gi jf was U) hjt y.)U To ruminate on woman's noble nature, i . . .. God's noblest work, I cried, awl man's best a paltlwg on the ear? (suiting the friend i action to the word 'OP cried

And the great moral teacher of mankind, p ,.i.inn:lV hU ,.Mflfi llfiminfhn

, f, ......v. adhcted spot, which rung with tne blow. I knew you'd find it.' said Phil. v the heln of luis adorn-

yln raft cioonntisrcr.-- m me , nn,on pat struggled ihtoius the midst of his noisy mansion sat rest td' the letierx -Well vou inay

I'lul. Sullivan, wiemmg msnimi sit down now, i n! send unpick . 1 1 . I 1 .

rem iff Philadelphia Jlburt. A SKETCH.

I saw a scene More beautiful by far than e'erc hath grae'd The painter's pencil or the sculptcr's art, A more sublime than e're hath met an ce In sage assembly. O it was a scene Of purest love and proud devotcdness, Where at the shrine bf youth and loveliness The vender mother bovM down indevction. It was a scene as fair as fancy dreams. When at the noontide in the shady grove, Bv babbling brooks, amid the songs of birds She lays her down to sleep. The mother's arms . Cradled a sleeping babe, on whose fair cheek A smile was playing, like the light that breaks At the dawn of day upon the rose-bud red. She pressed the little cherub to her breast, And felt the tender tic cf nature strong, Than instinct far more noble and sublime. Beside her knee two little urchins stood, The same in stature, and the same in age, Both fair and blooming like two lovely buds That grow together. On their white bosoms Many a rinelct roll'd in winding waves.

And o'er their forehead curl'd like grapes of :

gold, hps, They stood and drank instruction from her While she with triumph pointed out the path ' To human glory and exalted fame ; I And as she smiled delightful visions rose Be fore her mind, and fancy drew the scene, Of these her youthful sons in council met,

Or the brave heroes ot succestul war.

mantic appearance, she detcrmin-i bow the damsel was surpised by ed to explore it ; and advancing ! the return of. robbers; hov she onward, soon discovered a spaci I concealed herself, and the shockous vault: that had every appear ing scene she beheld. Ha ! a ance of being inhabited, and that pleasant tale truly exclaimed hc too. not by a hermit, or religious when ti c lady had finished ; yet recluse, but bv one who had a methinks belter for an old crone's taste for wealth and luxury fireside, than a-banquet like ours She next proceeded into an inner I have reason to believe.howcver, chamberwhere she saw a shining returned the lady. that it is not a heap of gold and silver which, on mere gossip's legend, but a fact. examination, she found to consist j A fact V exclaimed several of the of richly chased goblets and other guests 1 Yes: one docs not care costly vessels. & gold coin Con- j to vouch for the truth of stories of tinning her search, she came to a ; the kind in general, but I am

third chamber, where, to her ex cceding dismay and horror, she beheld the temains of human carcases, dead men's bones, and hide ous skulls fche was now err rain that she was in a retreat of robbet s

Without her, happiness wouldjbc a name,

iuaa s lite, a blank. MILFORDBAKD.

as if it had been a sceptre, while

hU little subjects were ranged around on benches formed of sods, that you may still see along the wall. The fire, when any was required, w as made in the centre

Monartv. TMi 'U was rather further on than iu ; he was spelling words. Alter rve'lin; two or three tole abiy ueii. he came to the word w h if -Weli. what does w h-a tmaUe? lAwk was not sine

.of the apartment, the fuel bemg ; about it Y h-a t said Phil,

furnished by each scholar, d.nly . sounds af, but (conscious ot itis bringing a turt with him. The own error in the pronunciation) door was formed offtakes, inter- j when I say ', dont vut say fat. laced with wattles a loop wf which don't youYay fat. bufdo ou'si thrown over a crooked nail served your own av " Have ye all the perpose of a lock, and a rude 'saVl ycr lessons? Yes ah, ail.' N table that the master set at, was all ; oeo p-in the li.e dacentlv and the desk in the school. As they go home Scenes aud kctclics came in at the door, the urchins if a soldier life in Ireland. were obliged to make their best - bow by drowing back the left leg, ! The Secret bandit. - There liv catching the tutt ot hair that hung cdfvrinerl in Denmark a wealthy over the forehead and bring their noble, who had an only child, a stiff necks to the precise math- fair daughter. The maiden Uckematical curvethat eoostitutespol ed not suitors, both for her beau itenssvhile Phil, kept sometimes ty and amiable qualifies, and for talking English, sometimes Irish, the lauds she would one (.las in

to suit himself to the comprehen bent ; but among them all sue splendidly attired, and the lady . si on of his pupils. Of the manner selected one who was no less dis- , welcomed him as befitted oru

in which he accomplished this, the , ungutsueu in ms hanusome per- who was to he her luture lord following is a specimen: Oune son and gallant bearing, nor less As they afterwards sat at the frstip here Tat Greehen" said he to st for his apparent riches, altho' ( ti e board, and the goblet passt d a redheaded boy, dressed in a he was a stranger in those parts, . around, each guest recited scme grey frieze coat, which came down and no one could tell wheie lay legend or w ondrous tale. At to his heels, and a pair of leather ( his possessions, or whence he length it came to the lady's turn

breeches, that only reached half came. In short, the day was fix-i to be the narrator; whereupon

way down to his thighs, exposed ed lor their hetrothment, upon bis measled legs Come stand up 1 which occasion a magnificent enbcre on the table, and lei the boys tcrtainment was to be given by bear how you ran say you letters. the nobleman. Pat mounted with gtcat confi ' It chanced, however, that on the dence ; but when his phiz by be- preceding eve, the maiden walked ing raised into the light, became out. unaccompanied by any atcn more distinctly seen -Ubbaboo dant ; and ere she w as aware of tearin murder? exclaimed IMiil , the distance she had wandered, where have you been wid that i had lost herself in the intricacies face? why. man alive, you've been of a deep wood. At length mrckissing the praty pot, and your ting with what seemed to be a hair too. stannin up for a price like path, she pursued the track, but

inclined to believe this because 'tis indeed an odd circumstance I happen to hae heie the very finger and ring which the rubber cut olV What nv followed may be easily eoniecturcd. lie

and murdeiers, and was about to who had entered the castle as a make her escape as soon as possi- welcome guest was retained along hie. when a 5 und of approaching : with his enmrads as a pi is ner,& footsteps warned her to conceal shortly after delivered up to the herself insfantK behind a kind of arm ot jtJstice. As lor the lady, pr j' .ting pillar at the extremity ; she thanked -Heaven for tuning of tliis chamber ot ileath. Hardly irscued I er in the h.st pkfe f :tn !iad she screened hctsclf before a imminent pe:il. an.d i:i the rexfc rohher entered bead?. gin his arms from a union with a guilty assas-

the de-id hud v d a lady uchi sin.

attired, from which he began to

ship the jewels and aluableornauv'uts. Vritile the b irha: ia:. was thus employed, t he maiden caught a glimpse of his featuies. and a cry of horro'- n arly escaped her lios. as she discovered them to be those of her Iwer lie had now plundered the body of all but a very beautiful rin. when in bis impatience to get it he cut off the finder w th 5.is sword, hut with such iuienee th.at it tltw to some distance, very near -r not w t ie H'emiiden w-ts cnnce.dcd For tuna.ely. h'W"ver. he did no? i-tay to scutch for it. hut having heard a !-ig!ial h -'in without. huniiMt a way to icjoin his comrades. Vw some minute the maiden stood rooted to lb" spot with horror at what she hail thus witnessed, and (head for her own fate ; at leogth, hearing no noise whatever. hc ventured from her hiding plaie. and soon after stole our of the ea ern, having fust picked up the finger' that had been cut elV. and succeeded in finding the way home, where she found her father awaitinn her return in the great est anxiety. She excused bet self by saying that she had wandered much farther than she intended, .but mentioned not a word of the ea ern. or the scene she had witnessed there

On the following day the bride groom arrived at the castle, aiten

ded by several companions, all

the bristle of a fighting pig Is , found that it conducted to a dis

there no water in the stream? and ' mal cavern, that extended for

it would have been no great trou- some way beneath the ground

she began to relate the adventure

of a damsel, who, having lost herself in a tVrest, took shelter within a cave that was used by banditti for the put pose of concealing their booty. The bridegroom Vis-

i tened with the utmost anxiety

" Within the cave (continued the lady) were many fair chambers, in one of which were heaps of gold and silver ; in another were hands and legs, and other remains of dead bodies.' The bridegroom

could scarcely conceal his agitati on ; yet seemed to lend an ear of

unconcerned attei tiun to the

bletodraw your lingers through j Struck with wonder at its lo-jbtory, which proceeded to btate

J'iccdnle - Irish Hulls are

quite plenty in t' e ( vtusing eurn-

er-ot the prints ot tJe dav we g'nethe lolh u ing i ich . e think wdl ,it kt pass' for a Gomuri elf Two Duteb.man nt long since, had ccaiionto go t- a blacksmith on bus:nes.and fuidinghim absent frn)the simp, they eonehitied t g) to the house : h iving reached the done, sod o.,e to the t:-er, 1) m - IbiMise you ax ;bout de smit 4- Nam t am. said the other; but you ea i tell so belter as I can k Very well den,, so I nocks" The "mistress of the house eame to the door. Haunsc theti inijuiied ' Is de shmit mitin?" .ir1' said the woman, ki Is de shmit mitin ?" I cannot understand you 1" said die woman II iuose then balled out " Vot de debil, say is de shmit mitin?" Toe other Dutchman peieciving the woman could not understand Ilaunse stepped up and pushed him a-ide. und said. h it a man come up vot can say sme'ing Is de plackshmit shop mitin dc house ?" Gratitude. Instinctive grati tude, being raised by uninten-' rial kindness, extends to ti e good we may recti e from the brutes, and even liom inanimate objects. The horse who has long earned us; the dog woo has faithfully ministered to our spoils brcome objects of our giateful care In like manner we contract an affection for a tree which has loni aflorded us shade. The s ipv recked sailor, uho would light hie fire with the plank w bieh had just saved his life would be considered as calpably deficient in the praiseworthy affections of the mind. 1 1 "ant of Leisure ' It was ?un. day morniog. ays a traveller; & men women, and childien. were seated or stretched in the Sun be. foiethe doors. n dontyoa go to church ; I asked of a

young while headed rogue Vh0 was ba king himself annarentlv

half asleep on a stone bench I have no time," was the reply and he quietly mined himtelfagain to his repose. Flattery is a Mrt of bad money to w hichuui vanity ivescUircixy