Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 March 1830 — Page 4
POETICAL ASYLUM
From hod's Comic Annual. X NUMBER ONE. " It's very hard! and so it is. To live in such a row, And witness that every Miss But ne has got a beau. Fur love goes calling up and dov.n, But here he seems to shim I'm sure lie has been asked enough To call at Number One ! I'm Mck. of all the double knocks That come to Number Four, At Number Three I often see A lover at the door ; And one in bine, at Number Two, Calls daily like a dun, It's very hard they come so near, And not at Number Oae ! Miss Bell I hear, hns got a dear Exactly to her mind, B si tti:i at the window pane ' Without a bit of blind; Cut I go in the balcony Which she hasnexer done, Yet arts that thrive at N-nnber Five JJon't take at Number One ! 'Tis hard with plenty in the street, And plenty passing by! Th'-re'a nice young men at Number Ten, IVt only rather shy; And Mrs. Smith across the way Has got a grown up son, But la ! he hardly seems to know There is a Number One ! There's Mr. Wick at Number Nir.e, But he's intent on Pelf. And though he's pious, will not love His neighbor as himself. At Number Seven there was a sale And goods had quite a run ! And there I've got my single lot On hand at Number One ! My mother often sits at work And talks of props and stays, And what a comfort I. shall be In her declining days! The very maids about the house Have set me for a nun The sweethearts all belong to them 'That call at Number One ! Once only when the flue took fitC 0 ic Friday afterward. Young Mr. Long come kindly in, A a I told me not to swoon. Whv Can't he come again without The Phcenix and the Sun? We cannot always have a tluc On rire at Number One. I am not old ! I am not plain ; Nor awkward in my gait I am not crooked like the bride That went from Number Eight I'm sure white satin mdc her look As broAn as u;y bunBat oven beauty has no chance' 1 think at Number One ! At Number Si" they say Mis Resell .- slain a s;oi e of hearts. And Cupid, for her sake, has been Quite prodigal of darts. The imp they show with bended bow -I wish he had a gun ! But if he had, he'd i.evcr deign To shoot with Number One.
It's very hard ! ad so it is, To live in s-ic'u a row ! And h'.-re's the ballad singer come To aggravate my wo: O take away your foolish song And tones enough to stun There ;s 'nue luck about this house', 1 know at Nu.nbcr One !"
from the Hu:nrday Evening- Postr.UADDOGlvS DEFEAT. lucre ! a man usually known by the ap! ; a ion oT l '1 lie Bill Slicker,' having beep ears employed by successive sheriffs, now m Ins ninety ninth year, living and moving i trough our streets, with the only support oS a siagie stick Whether his means are cr.migh tor his comfort u unknown that l! ey we narrow is more than probable. Now h- is iir tie thought of, but after he has left the 3; i e. if in the story of his eventful lite it shall ai-p- ilia: he suffered under chill penury, how . n-,y generous souls will b ready to exclat ..; Ala',! poor old Uutleri" and regret thai t M s oppouunity of doing good is gone fo::-...! Such generosity and sorrow, like
march by the way of Cumberland, vhlch cur
troops, with a regiment of Jersey provincials, commanded by colonel Ogden, were to take a northern route; and the two armies were to join on this side of the fort. In 'May i 1755, the provincials from this city took up their line of march, by the way of Reading and Sunbury; thence up the west
J branch to the Big Meadow, when tcy were
to incline to the left until they fell in with Braddock The road even to Heading presented difficulties. To admit of the advance of the army, much clearing was necessary; and, on its arrival there, the French and Indians were seen on the surrounding hills in numbers. ' . The first fight, however was on the island, thereafter called Shamohin, a vicious Indian pronunciation of Smoking'; where the French foit Augusta stood. This was taken and the provincials pushed on. In the afternoon of the 8th of July, 1775, the provincials fell in with Braddock, a few miles short of the place called Braddock's Field, the battle ground; which is about ten miles this side of the fort. The whole of the provincial troops, about 2500, were then put under the immediate command of major Washington, of the Virginia line a tall stripling, who it was said had already seen service. General Forbes, whq lived until the beginning of the revolution, was second in command under Braddock. The army halted for the night, and the provincials under Washington, immediately set to work to clear the ground for its encampment, and to guard against ambush. Soon three parties of Indians with an interpreter appeared, and were conducted to the general. They came to offer their services. Braddock, naturally irritable and haughty, perhaps increased tho infirmity of his temper by the profuse use of Scotch, snuff, taken ever and anon from his jacket pocket. "I have men enough," and he, " I want no Indians to scour the woods," and they returned. In a short time another party came in. The general ordered captain Green, of the artillery, to bring up two field pieces, and charge them with grape and langridge. They were fired, and the Indians again dismissed. Major Washington, whose marques was about a quarter of a mile from that of the general, observing what was going forward, manifested impatience. He hurried, his thumbs in the arm-holes of his jacket to Braddock's quarters, and remonstrated. It is a pretty story,' said the latter, that I am to be told my duty, by a beardless boy. To your quarters, sir.' Washington with modest manner, but with marks of strong feeling, replied, Ho-morrow, general you will not know an Indian from a green bush; but with submission I go: the blood of there men is not on my head. At nine o'clock, the nest morning, the army of the provincials on the right marched. Colonel Fawcet commanded the advance. After a march of six miles, to Braddock's field the attack was begun.
The lire of the French and Indians, from their ambuscade in the surrounding forest, was hot and heavy. They were scarcely seen; but their balls were shot with mortal aim, especially at the officers. Fawcet was shot from his horse. Braddock, who, what
ever were his deficiencies, showed no want of courage, rode up and ordered a brother of Fawcet's to take the command of the advance. He hesitated; the general cut him down, and just on his turning was himself shot down by a rifle ball from the younger Fawcet, who had stepped aside from his position. The slaughter was terrible the yells of the savages frightful. Braddock had five horses shot under him before he received his death
He has always rnaTntaniet! q good reputa. PROSPECTUS.' tion, and arc theie none willing to cheer the of the last days of this old soldier? Date Obolum NEW-YORK AMULET, Bcluario. AND AW The story of Gen. Braddock be- Utcra md Religious Chronicle. ing shot by your g Fawcet is corroborated by r 0o received opinion, in the western part of the grnilF, priman-object of this work will be. tc state, and it is said by Fawcet himself, who is 41 cncck lho Vapid progress of two alarming yet living in Westmorland. Butler made ) evils, so t itallv prevalent in cur, country, viz ; him a visit within a fevt years, pi incipally on Intemperance and infidelity which, like the foot, when no doubt the old men "fourlu all i canker-worm, are strippinc the creen walks cf
o i:r. r .ii ji. i i .i l tj
their battles o ei again."
Viiituf or Young Women's Kisses. " The notion of prolonging tile by initialing the breath ol uun women, was (as observed Mr. Wadd) an agietabtc delusion easily credited ; and one physician, who hud himself written on health, was so influenced by it that he actually took lodgings in a boarding rchool, that he might never be without aVcnstant supply ot the proper ammspere. Philip Thicknesse, who wrote the Valetudinarian's Guide in 1779, seems to h?-.v taken a dose whenever
he could. Iam mvseif (savi he turned sixtv.'l to elevate and enlarge the conceptions toi
id ii though I have lived in various tne understanding with the most exaUcdid
and in gen
ciiuJctcis, and suffered severely, both in body and mind, yet heving always partaken of the breath ot voung women, whenever they lay in my way, feet none of the infirmities which so oiten strikes the eyes and ears in this gicat city, (Bath; of tho&e by many years younger than myself. Wadd's Memors. Milk of the Cow Tree. This tree grows in Colombia, and Mr. Litchfield, the American Consul at Puerto abello. has sent a bottle of the juice -.nd a piece of the bark to a friend at Harvaid University The milk was taken iro :u a tree abou1 7 feel in circumference and 140 feet in heigi t, growing upon a mountain a ew leagues from Puerto Cabcllo It is w he, ai.d beats a close resemblance to cow's milk or rather cream Byexposure to the air, it becomes brow n, and by drying l ' changed into wax, which burns with a pure and strong light. The odour and taste of the n ilk re like our :ream. Hum boldt and other travellers have described the cow tree the milk flows from incisions made in the trunk. 'P natives and negroes go to the trees in tht- tii rning and fill vesels ; some di nk the milk under t ?e tree, and others carry it to their chihiicn. i he trees near the road are full of incisn ns made by travellers who appf -?e their hunger and thirst with the milk. Abriged from the A. E. Farmer,
life of all '.lowers, and leaving the moral world a
leaf.ess desart. To do thi- the more effectually, we shall pourtray in the most vivid c clours, the deformity and delctcricus consequences vi these most deadly evils, by interesting moral tales, sketches, fragments, essays, and scriptural illustrations. We shall endeavour to cherish in the hearts of our readers, the sublime and benevolent sentiments of the blessed. gospel of Jesus Christ to exhibit the beauties and rewards of virtue in all their captivating loveliness to awaken the better feelings of human nature to cultivate the social and domestic affections to lead the mind through the most delightful
avenues, to the bowers ot happiness and peace-
to imbue
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wound, which was between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning. Forbes, immediately took the commandMajor Washington asked Yhat he would have done. The troops were standing in groupes mere marks for the enemy. 'Sir,' said Forbes, I know little of this kind of warfare, do as you think best. A retreat was beat, and the small remains of the army, with the general on a litter, made their retreat good until they met general Dunbar with the Highlanders. Here the flight ceased. A council of war was held. Some of the provincials were to remain; Uiinbar, with the main army continued his
lihtand air, cnt nothing, and are too often ; retreat, the em ulating medium of benevolence. I Braddock expired before it was begun His Cither ca ic to this province in 1662 ; he was buried in the middle of the road, to
and s.''ed n : the gn'l in Chester county, ihe ;ijcc ! Botler's bit h; then, although lcs th:.M '.'ir-'tcen nnles from toe citv. an In-
prevent his body from falling into the hands of the Indians. In 1758, Washington again commanded
dian c untrv; o a ocst a frontier .settlement. ( the Provincials in a second expedition against His mother wa nivc; not a Pocahontas, Fort du Quesne. The entire command was vet the old m.Mi, win: ti-ial ailV ction and with j with general Grant, who was shot in the fort
pn .'. . si setts his title to the honor cf the half-! after it was taken, by a rifle ball from the hill,
since called Cirant s Hill. Such is the his'ory of the mortal combat at Braddock's field, taken almost verbatim
bb.':. In 7r' t-5, war was raging between France on d 1" -e:'j'. and our frontiers suffered the
horrors an-ldmgets d French and Indian from the lips of old Mr. Butler. His narra incursions ' oc province was called on to the clear and connected, his memory retcn raise tfoops for its defei.ee; and Buiier en- j tive, and his physical power considerable
W( iu cjptain lvighru-d, company, colonel Considering the lapse of time, it would ncv
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GrubbS njrint 1 1 1 0f he provincials Fort du Qi'.f soc, th- i in the hands of the Frcrch, was Hie leading object of attack
ertheless be surpiising of his relation was entirely Ircc from discrepancics.
He served also in the war of the revolution;
Th. English, abrui! '500 string, under the j yet, in consequence of difficulty in obtaining
coii-trrMid ;! "general B:addock. had already cei tian proofs required by la w, he was disap-!jjm-. in VirriV; ! i.e plan oi the cam- pointed in his application for a pension. pa.;!. ,v :n thb: Haddock, with his regulars, Whether it has since been granted, is not and a regiment of Virginia troops was to known. His services arc as notorious by tradition he exists.
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Noice is hereby given, HHAT six weeks alter date, application 2 will be made to the Register of the Land Office at Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, for a certificate of forfeited Land Stock for the amount paid cn the south-west quarter ol section number four, in township number three south, of range number one western the Vincennes district, entered on the 29th day ot Juiy, 1814, and liable to forfeiture for non-payment, agreeably to law; now claimed by the heirs of George Bartmess, under the act cf Congress of 23d May last, entitled "An act for the reiiel of purchasers of public lands, that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money;" the original certificate of the purchase of which has been lost or destroyed. Given under ray hand this 17th day cf February, 1820. PETER T.ARTMESS, One of ihe heirs of GEO. B ART MESS, dec. February 20, 1330. 2-6vy To the friends of Humanity. ABOUT the 20th of November last, wts left in the neighbourhood of Vincennes Knox county Indiana, a young woman Who says she is about 22 years of age and calls herself Margaret Ann Hart, her person is agreeable, tall and slim, dark eyes and very black hair it has been ascertained that she was left here by an elderly man who with his son, stated that they belonged to Kentucky Sc came from thence by Louisville, but as their carriage had broken down they were obliged to leave her she stated they were her relations but this they denied sjic has received a tolerable education, and from her manners has been well raised; writes a good hand U when ghe first came, convcised reasonably and intelligently ; on the whole her accomplishments and information wci e above mediocrity. A few weeks alter her arrival she appeared gloomy and dejected, Si shortly after became totally detanked and still remains in that situation 6he said she had friends in Aederson County, Kentucky. We have taken this method of informing her friends where she now is, and her situation. Any information that may lead to the discovery of her relatives would serve the
I cause of humanity, and probably be the means
ot restoring ner to neaith. J. C. HOLLAND, Overseer, cf A. GARDNER, the Foor. February 6, 1830. 52-ft. fpCTPrinters throughout Kentucky, may serve an unfoitunatc fernalo bv giving the
j foregoing a few insertion?,