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* * TWL AI.EXAHDRXAW. W%en Jirtft, Young Bosoms Swell. Wmeh first young bosoms swell L With love's impassioned flame, The tongue daues not to loll | *ls unutteretf name. Within the heart it glows, ?? I . a ^ ^io^ wartn *rtd pwe, And with every pu!s.it?pws E> W^?re {trJem than before ; 'yM?M | OK ye?.J with every pulse,, ii grows ; More fervent than before. ~ *?- . Kvska i vetrjto jaisev' ?on the cheek,^ v ^ofubcto sp^k, iveiysigh; to lips rc- i'use to speak every sigh. tur.-tf thirst for blood ami pillage, -determined then 'Without scruple to Wake i nunrsi ons "upon the nttrtlmm fr.?rrtier*, whef? ifrcy spread terror and desulntion. - Tto wo* rulMess chiefs that guided them in these san for the common cause; ihey tnek ?p arms ami Hew to succour then coun try. " Hut neither so many advantages, nor even the retired situation of these unfortunate colonists, couhl exempt diem (Venn I he baneful influence of party spirit. Although the tories, jus they called them, were iwi so nu jinerous as the t partisans of liberty, lyet they challenged attention by ihe arrogance of their character and the] extent of their pretensions. Hence, ; not only families, bur even sons sided; against their fathers, brothers^ brothers, and, at last, wives a; husbands. So true it is, (hat (rafts proof against the" " ion^ aml j no the litical divisions, ides, exasperated in the incursions ISe their habitations, were come to cl^ hospitality, then ?0; m u c h i n honour a*hui>& M'* Ame-i lis suspectejl per J rkftns.and been ai and to tofce ^ llPfe ids bat ??ds became continually more and more rancorous. The tortus swore revenge;: they^ coalesced "with the Indians. The Ume iva^ favorable, as the youth of Wyoming were V the army, b order the JjeNet' to se cure success, and to surprise 4heit enemies before they should think of -?iaud>ng upon Ibeir defence, die; resorted to artifice. They pretender the most friendly dispositions, \>hde (hey meditated only war aud veB geance. -'^P " A few weeks beftn-e they pur posed to execute their horrible en terprise, they sent , several messen gers, charged wi'Ji protestations of their earnest desire to cultivate peace. These perfidies lulled the inhabit ants of Wvoming into * deceitful se curity, while they procured tjie lories and savages the rae*us of concerting with their partisan#, and of observ ing the immediate state of the colo* ny . N ot withstanding the soleinn as surances of the Indiana, the colonists, as it often happens wheo great ca lamities are about to fall on a people, seemed to have a sort of presentimetii (of their approaching fate. They wrote to Washington, praying him to send them immediate assistance*? (M^inti did not nreach him t; they were intercepted by the Penn sylvauUm loyalists ; and they jvpuln. ^^^?SEBarrived too late. Tin ages had already made their np frbntiinrs of the _ bur of tlie imies, ami ubs prr it up. * ithont -resistance, at the first aj?.j proach of the enemy. The second, 011 Ix'ing vigorously assaulted, sur rendered at discretion. Tim savages spared, it is true, lite women awl children, but hutcliered ali tijfciest without exception. Zebulonf&en withdrew, with ail hi? "iteople, into1 the principal fort, called Kingston. ?The old men, thetromen, tlui ci;ii dren, the sick, in j? word-all that iWere unable ,to liear arms '.repmwl thither in throngs, and uttering la |mentable crkj^- A to the last refuge where any hope of safety remained. The position was susceptible of de iftiuce; and if- Zebulon had held finu he might I rave hoped to withstand the enemy until the arrival of suc cours. But John Uotler was lavish qf promises in ordcrto draw him out, ill which he succeeded, by persuad ing him tlmt if lie would consent to a piriey in the open field, the siege Would soon he raised and every thing accommodated. J ohn retired, in fact, with all his corps 5 Zebulon after wards marched out to the place ap pointed for I he conference, at a con siderable distance from the fort ; front motives of caution, he took with him lour himdred-mefr well armed, bc iug nearly the whole strength of liis garrison. If this step was not dicta ted by treachery, it must, at least, he attributed to a very strange sim plicity, paving come to < the sj?ot agreed on, Zebulon found no living being there. Iteluctant to return without an interview, he advanced iotyards the foot of a mountain, at a ill greater distance from the fori, noping he might thvre find some |ie? ' tain to confer with. The farther he proceeded in this dismal solitude. more he had occasion (o remark that no s token appeaitid of the pre sfhee or vicinity of human creature*. But far from halting, an if impelled hy an irresistible destiny, be contin ued his march. The country, mean while, began to b$ overshadowed h\ thickioreste'jlat lenglhr; in a wind ing path, lie perceived a flag which seemed to watt him on. Tl* indi vidual who bore it, as if afraid uf treachery from hi* side, retired as lie advanced, still making the same signals,- But already the India*]*, who knew tbe^ountry, profiting of the obscurity of the woods, had, com pletely* -surrounded him. I he uil foitunate _ AmeriCiin, without suspi cioii of the jieril he was in,- continu ed to jwess forward, iu order to -as sure the traitors that be would not betray th?m. He wa? Awakened but ttm soon from this dream of se curity ; in au instant , the . savages -prune from their ambush, a*d >1) upon him with hideous yells'. Qe formed his little trqop into a compact column, and showed more pWserice of mind in danger than be bad manifested in the negotiations, r hough surprised, ih* Americans Exhibited such, vigour and resolution that the advantage was rather on their side; when a solder, either b rough treachery or cowardice, cried out alond, " The icoloucl has order ?d a retreat." -The Americana im mediately break, lira savages leap in among the ranks, and a horribl, curhage ensued. The fugitives fall hy missiles ; the resisting hy dubs and tomahawks, The wounded overturn thus* that are not, the. dead and the dying are heaped together jiromlgcupusly. Happy those who expire (lie ?soonest ! and the infuriate lories, if other arms fail them, man gle the prisoners with their *alls ! Never wagfoul sb deplorable} ne ?w.wA^Btm- accompanied with ko many^Rnrors. Nearly all the Americans perished ; about sixty es caped from the butchery,' aod with Zebulon, made ftieir w ay good to a rodonht upon the other batik uf the ^usuuelmnna. The coiKjuOTerfi invested Kingston anew, & to dismay lelios of Uie gar rison hy the most ***rViihle spectacle, they hurled into the place above two hundred scalps still reeking with the ?>lood of tlifir slaughtered brethren. X'olonel Dwnisson, whoeommartitecl he fort, seeing the impossibility of defeocet sent & flag to enquire oi | Duller what lerir.s wogld he allowed the garrison, on surrendering t he Jbrt { He answ.vied* w ith all I|k* fell ! I mess- of I: is inhuman diameter, and I A / y t ? | in a sa^lt1 word? Hie hauhei. Re 'dnced to this dreadful extremity, the ? y colonel still made what resistance he could. : At length having lostnlmost [all his soldiers, he surrendered ati | discretions The savages entered the Sort and he^mi to drag out the van fqnHdied, who knowing the hands they were m, expected -uo merry. ? jliut im|mtientof the process of mur der. In detail, ihe barbarians after wards bethought themselves of en-' closing the men, women, and chil (ken, promiscuously in the houses and barrack?, to which tjiey set tire and consumed all within, listening, ?delighted to the moans, and shrieks ot the expiring multitude. \ The fort of \\ ilkesburro still re maincnl in the power of the. colonists of Wyoming. The victors present ed themselves before it ; those with in hoping to find mercy, surrendered at discretion, and without resistance, But if opposition exasperated these ferocious melii, o* rather these tigers, insatiable of human blood, submis> siou did jiot soften them. Their rage wqs principally extrrisUsd ojmii the soldiers of the garrison ; all oi w horn 'they put to death with a bar I barity ingenious in torturer As tor the rest, men, women mid children, who appeared to them not to merit any special attention, they burned them as before, in the houses and barracks. The forts beiug fallen in to their bauds, the barbarian* pro ceeded without obstacle, to Jibe de vastation of the ctwnlry. They em ployed at, once fire, sword, and all instrument* of destruction. ; Tbe crops of <*ver\ description vrercuCon si^ued to the flames. The habita iiofts, granaries, and other construc tions, the fruit of years of human industry. sunk in ruiu finder tike des tructive strokes of these canibals." From t e New- Hampshire Gazette* ' IF I HAB MW\TEFt< ; \ 1 would pay of all my chills. I would not lei the industrious man suffer. 1 would not be annoyed my self by having a bill thrust into face e\ery other hour; nor would lj annoy the diffident feelings of a wor thy man, by compelling him to Ira portuneme for the money he wanted* and which he ought to have." If 1 had Money , I would relieve the wanis of the poorfn* my own neighborhood. 1 v\ otild endeavor to reconcile the. unfortunate to the lot of thfe sick and aged* The depressed^ the Rejected, the miserahlex, should iind a friend* and if I could not pre? vent their misfortunes or alleviate their distress, 1 would at least en* courage them to the practice of vir tue, by such assistance as 4 could ren-| der them, were it nothing mtfre than good advice anil kind treatment. If I had Money, I would deliver tlie orphan, tl^- widow, and the op pressed from trw fangs of the cruel* the mercenaUNaud unprincipled.. I | would h??ar tne story of their wrongs and rhey should find redress. ? -f3 If 1 had Money,. I would not spend it in vain ostentation. I wonlci not spend it at theatres, or horse r*? icep; taverns or billiard tables; train ings or routs ; hut after paying my just debt*, I would devote what I ji bought 1 ought to to the real practical purposes of aiarity and mercy ; lo the afflicted ; to the smit ten; to tlie poor in heart; to the good and; the unfortunate of the hu man family; apart fro u all motives of interest, all prfrfo of di^lay and bigotry of opintoo. ' ^ iJ If 1 had Atonry, I woOld not spend it ir* dissipation, making myself the object for Scorn , to point it* u tin moving fin ge r" At, I Would not spend it in dress; in gambling, or lottery ticket* ; nor would 1 hazard the wln>le m a single speculation, how ever flattering the prospect might ap pear. I)ut,l would remember, that a virtuous and temperate life, is the true hnppinfcss and glory of a ration al being; and that all enterprises, though they be planned with the u> mo*t bkill. are subject in common' with nil other things, to cbancc and to change. [ JJ I had Money , I would not give it to Foreign Missionary Societies, I bo long as our countryman at home, <aud in our own slate too, were de barred by poverty from the privilege of hearing the gospel preached to theui and their children.? r-But I would assist in enlightening the minds of my own countrymen, and in promoting their temporal and moral interests, and of course the interest of my country, before 1 should give iny uiuuey to benefit any other nation ou earth though my name w ith the amount ot donations sliould not be published iuttiQ Panonlist," the " Boston Jiecurder," or in the report* :of Bible Societies. If 1 had Money j 1 would give a little to some poor child of thy neigh bours to whom it would be mote necessary in its education, than it would be to a Hindoo. I would eudeuvor to promote his prosperity in, the world, anti if its good con duct entitled him to a reward, I would reward him ; but I would not call him by my own name ' out tif charity , because 1 should fear that he would laugh at me when be should w in years of riiscrettonr-aftd cribe.'my charity to ostentation. if 1 had Money, | would loan some to young and industrious me chanics ami others w how ere recom mended by. honetj^ jumJ gogdJpi Jf.I&rd Money, and wegeajn old bachelor, would make tjfBpftOfet of life t could, .and be wMflPWi^n joying in their Meawm the IffVof providence* and blessings of domes ijc felicity* find not eke out a solita ry and miserable existence like a *u},r rannuated popish frikr. J f J had Money, and were an old H^aid, 1 would be cautious of young bcaus and old widowers. >$ .ff i had Money, ' and were, a young lady, 1. would keep my eyes in my bead mil the time. Zi-MlA had Money, I\Would pur* chase a select library. The books should consist of (he best works on History, Philophy and Divinity ; of Poetry, Travels, jpc. t would not exclude novels or plays; as there never was a book written not coo ainingaw^ useful moral, I would b|ve a little of fevery tiling. Y Jf 1 had Mqsney, St seems' to me, tltfit I Would* not lord it overtfaefeel iugs of those in humbler lite ; I would not ring 4iy purse in their ear out would It iftember, that >e all are but mortals) thai the oh)> rual distinction is between the worthy and unworthy ; , that we must $ all lie down together; for with otir torn mon maker \*f there is no respect of persoua." /Tv.*- x 1 ?VAv < BlMONtr , ? i 1 ' M>-< '? 1 1 ?? * LOST, AS I suppose, near W alert' Store, in South^C arolina, in the month of Jufly last, about th*$th or 6th, a lied Morocco Pocket Book ; ntaminjr two telt dollar bill#, signed Elli ott , president ? a five hundred dollar note oti J. C. Moore ; a ninety dollar tibte on | Michael Montgomery ; a sixty dollar note on John Fitxgerald ; a two hundred dol lar note on Wm. F. Watson, all - due the lalf April next. The dates when given .iot remembered ; nor the No. of the bank notes. The pocket book contained a i ?umher of other papers, and a letter di? rected to Mr. Little, or Litle. \ The reaaou I have for thinking; I lost them near Waters* Store, is that I saw a wagon loaded with wheat in the straw pas* sing about half a mile from (he croi* roads* r his circumstance mav lead the driver oT the wagon to know what neighborhood it was in. Soon after being out of travell ing money, I alighted, and took out oftb a pocket book what money bore my expfcn sea home, at Which time, and not till then l missed it. My conjecture is, that f laid it clown* and forgot to cake it up again and put into eijr saddlo-bags. This |s to forewarn ail person from trading for the said solely or the gentle men against whom they- are drawn from pay ing them to any person but. myself.-? Any person having found the same, are re quested to deliver them to Gen. Daw kins, Capt. M. Gafliiey, Mr. Cleveland, at Spar tanburgh C. H. or the Rev. Mr. Moprev-f Either ol the said gentlemen are rcquesr ted to pay to the deliverer, ten dollars out ? said money* . , Daniel M'Kerttiie* JUncpJn V. H. Aug. 1. 1820, ? ?