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POETRY. " \ TYRE. BY MARY HpWITT. In thought, I saw the palace domes of Tyre; The gorgeous treasures of her merchan dise; All her proud people, in their brave attire, Thronging her streets for sports or sa crifice. I saw her precious stones and spicerie.s ; The singing girl with tlower-wreathed in strument ; And slaves whose beauty asked a mon arch’s pride. Forth from all lands all nations to her went, And kings to her on embassy were sent. I saw with gilded prow and silken sail, Her ships, that of the sea hail government. Oh! gallant ships, ’gainst you what might prevail! She stood upon her rock, and in her pride Of strength and beauty, waste and wo de fied. I looked again—I saw a lonely shore: A rock amid the waters and a waste Of trackless sand:—I heard the black sea roar, An 1 winds that, rose and fell with gusty haste. There was one scathed tree; by storms defaced, Round which the sea-birds wheeled, with screaming cry; Ere long came on a traveller slowly paced, Now cast, then west, he turned with curi ous eye, Like one perplex’d with an uncertainty. Awhile he looked upon the sea—and then Upon a hook—as if it might supply The thing he lacked:—he read, and gaz ed again— Yet, as if unbelief so on him wrought, He might not deem this shore, the shore he sought. Again, I saw him come: ’twas eventide— The sun shone on the rock amid the sea; The winds were hushed; the quiet billows sighed With a low swell;—the birds winged si lently Their evening flight around the scathed tree; The fisher safely.put into the bay, And pushed his boat ashore; then gath ered he His nets, and hastening up the rocky way, Spread them to catch the sun’s warm eve ning ray, I saw that stranger’s eye gaze cn the scene; “And this was Tyre!” said he, “ how has decay Within her palaces a despot been. 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SSZG-aZ hE0(P EP>5 (P.3P4T; ?E- (AAZPcfZ hS(P JhPy, JGif(pff° !G~y Dcf R- A.vtA (PIuSPSA, D3 1 Gc^tV* DhcSye JIk-9T, Dcf GA)*V* Jh-aZAoty, Dcf Gc«)4* Jh6©ofy; SOG.AZ. 25. Dcf (PhGA BO P-tVP Dcf AP>t5P Dcf IfMJ>PM Dcf JArS) Dcf Kill oBAO EGyhffKA ECt,o6l&,iT4T. MISCE LEAJVY. DEATH OF AMPATO SAPA, AND HER TWO CHILDREN, IVho iiperished in the cataracts of the Falls of St. Jinlhony on the Missis sippi. From Major Long’s second expedition. This beautiful spot in the Missis sippi is not without a tale to hallow its scenery, and heighten the interest which, of itself, it is calculated to produce. To Wazekota, the old In dian whom we saw at Shaken’s, we are indebted for the narration of the following transaction to which his mother was an eye witness.-v-An In dian of the Decota nation had\ united himself early in life to a beautiful fe male, whose name was Ampato Sapa, which signifies the dark day; with her he lived happy for several years, ap parently enjoying every comfort which the savage life could atford. Their union had been blessed with two chil dren, on whom both parents doated with that depth of feeling which is un known to such as have other treasures besides those that spring from nature. The man had acquired a reputation as a hunter, which drew around him many families, who were happy to place themselves under his protection & avail themselves of such part of his chase as he needed not lor the main tenance of his family. Desirous of strengthening their interest with him, some of them invited him to a connex ion with his family, observing, at the same time, that a man of his talent and importance required more than one woman to wait upon his numerous guests whom his reputation would in duce to visit his lodge. They assu red him that he would soon be ac knowledged as a chief, and that, in this case, a second wife was indispen sable. Fired with the ambition of obtaining high honours, he resolved to increase his importance by an union with a daughter of an influential man of his tribe. lie had accordingly ta ken a second wife without ever hav ing mentioned the subject to his form er companion; being desirous to intro duce his bride into his lodge in a man ner which should he least offensive to the mother of children, for whom he still retained much regard, he intro duced the subject in these words; “■You know” said he “that I can love no woman so fondly as I doat upon you; with regret have I of late seen you subjected to toils, which must he oppressive to you. and from which I would gladly relieve you-, yet I know no other way of doing so, than associa ting with you in the household duties; one who shall relievp you from the trouble oi entertaining the numerous guests, whom my growing importance in the natiou collects around me; I have therefore resolved upon taking another wife, but she shall always be subject to your control, as she will rank in my affections second to you.” —Willi the utmost anxiety, and the deepest Concern, did his companion listen to this unexpected proposal. She expostulated in the kindest terms, entreated with all the argu ments which undisguised love and the purest conjugal affection could sug gest. She replied to all ,the objec tions which his duplicity led hirn to raise. Desirous of winning her from her opposition, Ihe Indian still conceal ed the secret of his union with anoth er, while she redoubled all her care to convince him that she w'as equal to the task imposed upon her. When he again spoke on the sub ject, she pleaded all the endearments of their past life, she spoke of his former fondness *for her, of his regard for her happiness, and that of their mutual offspring; she bade him be- w’are of the consequences of this fa tal purpose of his. Finding her bent upon tvithholding her consent to his plans, he informed her that all oppo sition on her part was unnecessary, as he had already selected another partner; and that if she could not see his new wife as a friend she must re ceive her as a necessary incum brance, for he had resolved that she should be an inmate in' his house. Distressed at this information, she watched her opportunity, stole away from the cabin with her infants, and fled to a distance where her father was. With him she remained until a party of Indians with whom he lived, went up the Miss, on a winter hunt. In the spring, as they w< re returning, with t heir canoes loaded with pelt ries, they encamped near the falls. In the morning as they left it she lingered near the spot, then launched her light canoe, entered, into it with her chil dren, and paddled down the stream singing her death song; too late did her friends perceive it; their attempts to prevent her from proceed- i ig were of np avail; she was heard losing in a doleful voice, the past pleasures which she enjoyed while she was the undivided object of her husband’s affections; finally her voice drowned in the sound of the cat aract; the current carried down her frail bark with inconceivable rapidi ty; it came to the edge of the preci pice, was seen for a moment envel oped with spray, but never after was the canoe or its passengers seen.— Yet it is stated by the Indians that often in the morning the voice has been heard to sing a doleful ditty a- Jong the edge of the fall, and it dwells ever upon the inconstancy of her hus band. Nay, some assert that the spi rit has been vva dering near the spot with her children wrapped to her bo som. Such are the tales of tradition which the Indians treasure up, and which they relate to the voyager, forcing a tear from the eyes of the most restlessl Triumph of Sri—Great improve ment in Printing.—It is stated in the Times, that that paper is now printed with an improved machine the inven tion of Mr. Charles Applegeth, which strikes otf the astonishing number of four thousand copies an hour, or seventy copies in a minute. The speed is twenty times greater than could be attained with a kind of press, in use a dozen years ago; for with that press, a paper the size of the Times could not have been worked on one side only, at the rate of more than four hundred impressions in an hour, that is two hundred an hour on both sides. It would be curious to make a com putation of the increased power given to rnan by the press of circulation of knowledge, and though this cannot he done with accuracy, we may form some idea of it from calculating the saving of human labor produced by printing the Times, instead of wri ting out the copies by an amanuensis. Tci write out the content s of one of its numbers with a pen, would occupy an amanuensis six days: the extent of its circulation is wo believe, between 8000 and 9000 copies; taking there fore at the lower number, it would require 48,000 persons to write out, in one day all the copies of that jour nal published daily. But this is very defective view of the ease, we have yet no allowance for the great power of compression and the vast utility of that power which the art of printing atfords. The paper requisite for an amanuensis to iVrite out in an ordina ry hand, the contents of that news paper would cost twelve times as much as the paper that is used for printiug.it; the great bulk of this pa per would make it inconvenient to read, and almost impossible to circu late the journal. The importance of compression then is obvious, and if for the sake of it the amanuensis should be obliged to compress his writing into the same space as. the printing, supposing this possible, it would take at least four times as long to perform, his task. To write out in this way the Times newspaper would, therefore, occupy 192’000 scribes. But the press which works off this newspaper is moved by steam, and completes the impression in two hours: if it were necessary, the same press might be going 24 hours, in which time it would do the work of two millions two hund red and four thousand scribes. Yet all the manual operations which pro duce ‘this result are performed by about two dozen hands. Such are the advantages we owe to mechanic al art, that one man can do in the present day, what four cenutries ago, would have required one hundred thou sand.—London paper. Intoxication.—The laws against in toxication are enforced with great rigour in Sweden: Whosoever is seen drunk is fined, fur the first of fence, three dollars; for the second, six; for the third and fourth, a stiii larger sum; and is also deprived of the right of voting at ehictions, and of being appointed a representative.— He is, besides, publicly exposed in the parish church on the following Sunday. If the same individual is found committing the same offence the fifth time, he is shut up in a house of correction, and condemned to six months hard labour; and if he is again guilty, to twelve months punishment of a similar description. If the offence has been committed in public, such as at a fair, at an auction &c. the time is doubled: and if the offender has made his appearance in a church, the punishment is st ill more severe.— Whosoever is convicted of having in duced another to intoxicate himself, is fined three dollars, which sum is doubled if (he drunken is a minor.— An ecclesiastic, if he should .fall into this offence, loses his benefice; if it is a layman who ocfcupies any consid erable post, his functions are suspend ed, and perhaps he is dismissed.— Drunkenness is never admitted as an excuse for any crime; and whoever dies while drunk, is buried ignomini- ously, and deprived of the prayers of the church. It is forbidden to give, and more explicitly to sell, any spirit uous liquor to students, workmen, ser vants, apprentices, and private sol diers. Whoever is observed drunk in the streets, or making a noise in a tavern, is sure to be taken to prison, and detained until sober, without, be ing on (hat account exempted from the fines. Half of these lines goes to !he informers, (who are generally po lice officers) the other half to the poor. If the delinquent has no mo ney, he is kept in prison until some one pays for him, or until he has work ed out his enlargement. Twice a year these ordinances are read aloud from the pulpit by the clergy; and ev ery tavern keeper is bound, under pen alty of a heavy fine, to have a copy of them hungup in the principal rooms of his house. Hanging.—A Highlander was one day brought before his Chief, being accused of sheep stealing. The crime being fully proven, Donald was sen tenced to be hanged. It however hap pened, that a singular indulgence was allowed the criminals in those days, viz. the Choice of any particular tree they might be hanged on. Accor dingly the fellow in office went up to Donald to inquire of him, “which tree he should prefer to be tucked up to?” Donald, with a rueful countenance, shrugging up his shoulders, grunted out ‘V.Oh oich: For I would like a grossurd bush.” A grossurd hush you vool! A grossurd bush is not large e- nuff to hang you on.” “Oh oich I but I’m in no hurry, I will joost wait lull it grow.” Gymnastics.—A writer in thp last number of the American Quarterly; who writes as one having authority on the subject declares in a most dictato rial stylo of recommendation: “Every town ought to appropriate a piece oi ground for a gymnasium, ( large enough to admit all the necessa ry apparatus, with, room for the per- ' formance of gymnastic games - and for running. A teacher should be appoin ted, with a fixed salary, and one or two assistants, as the number of pu pils may require, who dta best taken from the class of soldiers.” Without venturing to doubt the pro priety of the direction, we would sug gest the means of carrying it into ef- lect. To obtain a space ample e- nough for the performance of the con templated exercise, we would include every orchard, hill-side, meadow, and cornfield in the country; and instead of fixing up poles, ropes, and bars, for | little or great boys to climb, tumble and break their-necks on or from, we would provide store of ploughs of our townsman Witherbee’s improved con struction, scythes with Darby’s pa tent rifles, and shovel, pick-axe, hoe and spade, to make up the comple ments of agricultural implements, and then we would require every hand to be busied in those games that may provide bread for the mouth. To supply the want of,a competent teach er with a fixed salary, that most im portant qualification, every town might appoint its highway surveyors to he professorsjof shovelling, and au thorize them to instruct every idle ci person in their districts how to dig f stones and wheel gravel for the im provement of the public ways. For the amusement of o!ir fair country women, peiformances on that ancient musical instrument, the spinning- ivheel, might be revived, and for the exercise of speaking, the formation of charitable societies might be prac tised, and the distribution of benevo lence among the children of pover ty.—Nat. JEgis. The omniscience of God is no grief to the righteous, but matter of com fort. It gives them.pleasure to think that God is every where, and that he knovveth all tilings. It is a consola tion to them in trouble, and a comfort in pra/er. When honest Peter had repented and wept bitterly for what he had done and Jesus put the ques tion to him once and again, ^Simon’ son of Jonas, lovest thou me?” it was a consolation to him that Jesus knew all' things—that he knew his heart. Peter’s conduct had been such that it was difficult for him to give conclusive external evidence of his love.—The p objector might have replied, You say, | Peter, you love him; but are you not | a hypocrite! You said once before, | that if all should deny him, you would i| not even though you should die: and || yet, in a little while you denied him I thrice. And what shall we think of | you now? You talk fair,—-and so you | did before. ■ After all, are you not a I designed, or a self deceived hypocrite? ] And now., what can grieved Peter do? S Why all that he can do is to say— “Lord, thou knowest all things; thou kuowest that I love thee.”—Hallock. Alas! the overwhelming thought of having Jesus, When he shall come clothed in all the glories of Jehovah, ashamed of us! And yet how just, if we are now ashamed of him! But to have him confess us,as fiis friends, brings to view a glory too weighty for flesh and blood to sustain or inherit—/6. Solemn Warning.—A shocking case of the effects of intemperance occur red in this city, last Sabbath! A man who had spent the day in riding, and carousing, between this place and Troy, on returning, not finding he had drunk enough, stopped at a grocery at the upper end of the city, drank his glass, reeled to his wagon* drove a- hout a hundred rods, stopped for a- nother glass, and while the boy war r in act of handing it to him, fell from the bench dead! Albany Reg. Connecticut^—Poets.—Upon consid eration, it will be seen that Connect icut has produced nearly all the poets of our country, who have attained any degree of celebrity. Among the list we may enumerate Trumbull, the au thor of M’Fingal, Barlow, Dwight, Hopkins, Alsop, Pierpont, author of ‘Airs of Palestine,’ Halleck, the author of Fanny, Alnwick Castle, and bet ter known as Croaker, Brninard, Per* cival, and numerous others.—Com mercial. “Where is God?” said a clergy man who interrogated a little boy on bis'oMechism. “I will answer you,” replied the child, ‘ when you have have told me where he is not.”-C. Oh.