Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 June 1827 — Page 4

Poetical.

JTrom the utica sentinel. BETTY BROOM. A country girl was Betty Broom, That went to live in town ; And never felt she so much ufi9 As when she first came davjn She had a pretty face, A heart above disguise. And yet she could, at any time, Throw dust in people's eyes. For Betty was a chambermaid, And swept her mistress1 room : And her mistress said she ne'er before Had found so stout a Broom. A fireman, ycung, and straight and tall, To Betty courting goes : Was it not strange, that being in love, He should neglect his hose ? ftuoth he, " I am a fireman bold ; And isa't it a shame, That all my engine unity, Cannot put out this flame ?' He swore that loss of zvagcr'd pelf Ne'er put him in a pet : And yet he swore he'd hang himself, If he should lose his Bet. And he declarM, come weal, come wc, From her he ne'er would part ; For though he leng'd to ring her hand. He ne'er would ring her heart. Whene're he talk'd about his love, So much on vows he ran, That all his friends declared he was A promising young man. "Besides," said they, " his constancy, No trifle can impair,

He loves good living, and of cours

mind ivas so much agitated, that from this moment she could hci-

thc intention of the Spartans to reduce them to the condition of

ther eat nor sleep ; supposing it j the Ilclots ; but they fought des

to be in her power to save the

lives of thousands of her fellow countrymen ; but not knowing how she was to convey the information to genl Washington, not daring to confide it to her bus band. The time left, however, was short. She quickly determined to make her way as soon as possible to the American outposts She informed her family, that as she was in want of flour she would go to Frankford for some; her husband insisted that she should take the servant maid with her, but to his surprise she positively refused. She got access to genl. Howe, and solicited what he rca dily granted a pass. through, the British troops on the lines leaving her bag at the mill, she hasten-

n fmvnrnc thf A mpnr'nn Iimpc t

encountered on her way an American lieut. col. (Craig) of th light horse, who, with some of his men, was on the look out for information He knew her. and en

quired where she was

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: 'Tis tnie he was a farmer bred. And that for lack of pence : But then he is a gentleman, For he had learned to fence I wonder how young men can bear To promise, sigh and flatter; 'Tis plain that matrimony now, Is made a money matter. And so it proved, for he was false : And then you know what follows, TUiss Betty sued him, gained the cause, And chang'd her grief for dollars.

lie rav'J and stampM in useless rage, Made many fiery speeches, And swore 'twas a degen'rate age. When women sued for breathrs. The following anecdote is quoted from tlie Philadelphia Quarterly. The review of American

Biography, from which this is taken, contains a number of interesting incidents & characters. " When the British army had possession of Philadelphia, genl. Howe's head quarters were in se cond street, the fourth door below Spruce, in a house which was be fore occupied by gen. Cadwalla der Directly opposite, resided William 6c Lydia Paragh, members of the society of Friends. A superior officer of the British army, believed to be the adjutant general, fixed upon one of their chambers, a back room, for private conference, and two of them frequently met there, with fire and candles, in close consultation A bout the 2d of December, the adjutant general told Lydia that they would be in the room at 7 o'clock, and remain late ; and that he wislied the family to retire early to bed ; adding, that when they were going away they would call her to let them out, & extinguish their fire and candles. She accordingly sent all the family to bed ; but as the officer had been so particular, her curiosity was excited. She took off her shoes, and put her ear to the key hole of the con

clave. 6c overheard an order read

for ail the British troops to march

out late on the evening of the 4th,

at attack genl. YS ashmgton's ai

my, then encamped at White

Marsh. On hearing this she re

turned to her chamber, and laid

down. Soon after the officers

answered, in quest o her son; an j

omeer in t tie American army, and praying the colonel to alight, and walk with her. He did so, ord ering his troop to kesp iri sight. To him she disclosed her secret after having obtained from him a solemn promise never to betray her individually, as her iife might be at stake with the British. lie conducted herto a house near at hand, directed something for her to eat. and hastened to head quarters, when he brought general Washington acquainted with, what lie had heard. Washington made, of course1, all preparation for baffling the meditated sin-prise Lydia returned home with her (lour; sat up'aione to watch the

movement of the Ihitish troops : heard their footsteps; but when

they returned in a few davs affer did not dare to ak a question, though solicitous to learn the e

vent. The next evening the ad

jutant general came in, 6c request

ed her to walk up to his room, as

he wished to put some questions

She followed him m terror, when

he locked the door and begged her. in an air of mystery, to be seated she was sure she was either

suspected or had been betrayed.

He inquired earnestly whether a

ny of her family were up the last night he & the other officer met : she told him hev all retired at 8

o'clock lie observed I know

you were asleep, for I knocked at

your chamber door three time? before you heard me ; I am en tirely at a loss to imagine who

gave gen. Washington informati

on of our intended attack, unless the walls could speak. When we arrived near White Marsh, we found all their cannon mounted, and the troops prepared to receive us, and we have marched back like a parcel of fools.

peratcly, and defended themselves

with a bravery and perseverance in repeated wars, and lor a long series of years, which secured the respect of even their cruel cue mies Their cities were razed, their people massacred, and they were pursued by those professional butchers, the Spartans, with a pertinacity unknown to the savage warfare of the last century They were driven from their valleys and hamlets to their dclcnced cities thence to their mountains, and at last so diminished were their numbers, that they all rctir ed. men, women and children, to a strong hold in Mount Ithome which they fortified, and resisted with a most heroic courage This citadel thev defended ten vcars a gainst the utmost force of the disciplined and ruthless Spartan:! , Tiie incidents which are related of Aristomenes, their chief and military leader, (for he icfused to he their king) during their pro traded struggle for liberty & the almost miraculous ecanes which both himself eid followers experienced, awaken our r.ympathy, & startle our credulity ; while thev show the abhorrence in which sla very was held, even in the remot est ages, by those high minded nations. In one instance, after the

whole nation was besieged in I

on, and himr-eif in the van, rh3rched forward, with his spear crcct, to the camp of the enemy. Struck with a kind ;f superstitious astonishment at his valour, the Spartans gave place to bis adventrous band, and unlike themselves, permitted them to depart unhurt. They abandoned their sought refuge with the Arcadians, who gave them a hospitable reception, & assisted them in seeking an abiding place. This they found in theislmd of Sicily, where thev founded a city, and called it Messina, in remembrance of their beloved country This city was established 6.50 years before Christ. Aristomenes appointed their leader, attended the fitting of their ships with patriarchal fidelity, gave them his counsel, and bade them farewel, declining to go with them. II3 tinned his face towards Asia, and visited hardas. the capital of ancient Lydia. Imping, as was believed, that he might induce that rich and powerful king to engage with him iti some enterprise for the recovery of his native state. But it. was otherwise decreed, Arlnomencs sickened and died at Sardas, & found a quiet grave in a distant land, while his beloved country became the undisputed prey of tha tyianical conqueror.

Spanhnrriiiv cmnhusfton. One

of the late

:on.

n M Hianie's

tks

thome. Aristomenes. at the head Journal, contains some imii.i

of three hundred men, sallied forth on lnc subject ot sponi cons and defied the Spartan After combustion which are entitled f the most incredible exploits and Rcral notice. Some erprrU achievments, they fell eantive in- mt"ls v been mad- with i

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to me uanus 01 men enemies According to the spirit of the age, and the character of his adversaries, himself c his followers, were

a cavern,

mixture of lamp black and hvrrp seed oil It was wrapped in & coarse- woollen clnth.'ar.ri laid i i a chest for a few hours. W hen f

ken out and laid on a sfone lh r

The Ancient Greeks As every thing relating to the Greeks is now a subject of inlet est, we have taken particular pleasure in collecting the following from the most authentic accounts, as a real specimen of the Greek character in the earliest periods of their history ; and as disclosing also the origin of Messina in Sicily. The Spartans waged intermi nable war with their near neijih-

knocked at the door, but she arose bors the Messinians who occupi-

only at the third summons, hav ed a small district of territory a

ing feigned herself asleep. Her j few miles from their city. It was

came warm, and in a few hours, upon placing on the mass shreds

of paper, they took fire, and

thrown headlong into

which was the mode practised by 0 m!t:d a vapour, and in a fertile Spartans for executing felons, rnwutes aok fire. Similar expe-

Austomenes craved the boon of ,,m-m wen uieu with hemp im being incarcerated with his shield, Pgnated with tallow and a sma-l and it is supposed the edges of the lUd!u;ly f hemp re. d t.i! This buckler hitting the sides of the ca- nLr11 to smoke in an boor, and in vero. broke the violence f his fall another hour took fire. Wool imso that it did not. take his life Pgted in the same mariner, On the third day he perceived a ton!c ifr(' m a hours Ground fox devouring hts companions, & f n'lt c b.mnd up in linen, took fire suffering it to approach him. he tree quarters or an hour. Malaid hold o! it with one hand while nanV saw dust roasted brown, with the other lie defended him- & wrapped up while warm, took self from its bite The terrified fn e in thi ee quarters of an hour, fox immediately ran towards the Ihndey cofiee roasted bruxvn. becreviee which he had entered, and ing Put into a shallow pot, and Aristomenes. keeping his hold of slightly covered with the lid bc-

the animal with immense difficul

ty reached ttie apertur e, and effected his own escape.

1 The return of Aristomenes was indeed like one lisen from the

dead; his friends rallied around him. and the Spartans soon found their unconquerable enemy ready for further contests. The feats of valour achieved by this ptince have but few parallels iti ancient history. Three times he offered the sacrifite of the IIccathcopompeia, which none could make but those who had slain a hundred of their enemies. At the close often years he was betrayed himself and his brave and worthy Messinians most treachcrously betrayed. The strong hold which he had maintained a gainst the arts & the arms of practised and confederated and savage warriors, for ten years, was nowrested from its primitive possessors, who had inherited those lands, according to Deucalion and Pyrrha (Noah.) finding all was lost, he placed the women and children in the centre of a battali-

knife stuck into it became red hot.

The writer states, for the information of brewers, that in the drying of malt, there is great danger of tlie grain taking fire in the kiln, and burning a Inn while after the operation is finished He notices several mills were burnt down, in consequence of the vapour emitted by the heated flour taking fire wlien a light was introduced. Cologne Wnlcr. --Our female readers who arc disposed to practice a little economy, will find the following preparation a cheap substitute for the Cologne w ater of the shops, for which the pay 3 or 400 per cent more than the cost of this." The principal ingredient is worth 1 per gallon, at retail, by the druggist, and the perfumery costs very little. To one pint of alcohol add 60 drops of lavender, 00 do. bergamot, 60 do. essence ot lemon, 60 do. orange water To one gallon of alcohol, put 210 drops of each of the perfumes.