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POETRY.
PRESIDENT ADAMS.
Juxtract from the Journal of John Quincy
Adams’ Tour through Silesia.
'•Sentiments of ilevotion, I have always
Jfoun-l the first to take possession of the
mind, on ascen "line; lofty mountains. At
the summit of the Giant’s Head, my first
thought was turned to the Supreme Creator,
who gave existence to all that immensity of
objects expanded before my view. The
transition from this idea to that of my own
relation, as an immortal soul, with the Au
thor of Nature, was natural amt immedi
ate; from this, to the recollection of my
native country, my parents and friends,
there was but a single and a sudden step.
. On returning to the hut where we had
lodged, I wrote the following lines in the
book r
JfjVoro lands beyond the vast Atlantic tide,
C?'*;vtial freedom’s most belov’d abode,
Panting, I climb’d the mountain’s craggy
side,
And view’d the wond’rous works of Na
ture’s God.
Where yonder summit, peering to the skies,
Beholds the earth beneath it with dis
dain,
O’er all the regions round I cast my eyes,
And anxious sought my native home—in
vain.
.As to that native home, which still enfolds
Those youthful friendships to my soul so
doar—
Still you, my parents, in it? bosom holds—
My fancy flew,.I felt the starting tear.
Then, in the rustling of the morning wind,
M thought 1 heard a. spirit whisper fair;
.‘-Pilgrim, forbear; still upward raise thy
mind;
Hook to the skies—thy«. native home is
there.
MASSAC 11USETTS CHAPTEIt
OF ACCIDENTS.
The following singular memoranda
are copied from Winfhtop’s Journal, a
tvork little known; but which gives a
minute account of the first years of
the colony of Massachusetts.
“1831. At a court, one Josias Play-
stone, and two of his servants, were
censured for stealing corn from, Chick-
atabot, and two of his men, who were
present; the master to restore two
fold, and to be degraded from the ti
tle of a gentleman, and fined five
pounds, and his men to be whipped.
“1634, (Nov. 24.) About the same
time, one was twenty-one days
and
that
far-
w;s not created in true holiness, for >
then he could not have lost it.
“1638. The devil would never
cease to disturb our peace, and to
raise up insurgents one after another.
Amongst the rest, there was a woman
in Sale*m, wife of one Oliver, who suf
fered somewhat in England for refus
ing to bow at the name of Jesus;
though, otherwise, she was conform
ed to all their orders. She was, for
ability of speech, and appearance of
zeal and devotion, far before Mrs.
Hutchinson; and so the fitter instru
ment to have done hurt, but that she
was poor, and lrad little acquaintances.
She took offence at this, that she might
not be admitted to the Lord s Supper
without giving public satisfaction to
the church of her faith, &c. and cove
nanting or professing to walk with
them, according to the rule of the
Gospel. So as, upon the sacrament
day. she openly called for it; and stood
to plead her right, though she were
denied, and would not forbear, before
the magistrate, Mr. Endicott, did
threaten (o send the constable to put
her forth. This woman was brought
to the court for disturbing the peace
in the church; and there she gave
such peremptory answers, as she was
committed until she should find sure
ties for her good behaviour. After
she had been in prison three or four
days, she sept to the governor,
ami submitted herself, and acknow
ledged her fault in disturbing the
church. Whereupon he took her hus •
band’s bond for her good behaviour
upon Plumb (so spelt in the book) Isl
and, & found by chance, frozen in the
snow, yet alive, and did .well. He
had been missing twenty days;
himself said he lutd no food all
time.
“1685. At this court, brass
things were forbidden, and musket
bullets made to pass for farthings.
“1637. Being about full moon, a-
bout ten of the clock in the evening,
in a clear sky; a perfect moon was
seen about a slight shot northerly from
the true moon. It was seen too about
half an hour, and then vanished with
dim flashings. It was more dim than
the true moon.
“1637. There was an old woman
in Ipswich, who came out of England
blind and deaf; yet her sou could make
her understand any thing, &. kno\v any
man’s name, by her sense ef feeling.
He could write upon her- hand, some
letters of the name, and by other such
motions, would inform her. This the
governor himself (i. e. the writer of
this account) had tried often when he
was at Ipswich.
“1638. This was a very hard win
ter. The snow lay from November
4th'to March 28d. one yard and a half
deep about the Massachusetts, and a
yard deep beyond Merrimack; and so
the more north, the deeper, and the
spring was very backward. This day
(November 4th) it did snow two hours
together, after much rain from the
north-east, with flakes as big as a shil
ling-
“1638. The court taking into con
sideration the great disorder proceed
ing through the country, in costliness
of apparel, and fallowing new fashions,
sent ibr the elders of the churches,
and conferred with them about it; and
laid it upon them as belonging to them
to redress it, by urging it upon the
consciences of the people, which they
promised to do. But little was done
about it; for divers nf the elders’ wives.
&c. were, in some measure, partners
ip this general disorder.
-“1638. Those who were gone with
Mrs. Hutchinson, fell into new errors
daily-. One Nic. Eason, a tanner,
taught that gifts and graces were that
iinti-christ mentioned in Thess. ii. 2.;
that every one of the ^lect had the
holy ghost, and also, the devil in dwel
ling. Another, one Herne, taught that
women had no souls; and that Adam
and discharged her out of prison; hut
he found after, that she still held her
former opinions, which were very dan
gerous. As, firstly, that the church
is the head of the people, both magis
trates and ministers met together, and
that these have power to ordain min
isters, &c. Secondly, tliat all that
dwell in the same town, and will pro
fess their faith in Christ Jesus, ought
to be received to the sacraments there:
and that she was persuaded that if
Paul were at Salem, he would call
all the inhabitants there saints. Third
ly, that excommunication is no other
hut where Christians withdraw private
communication from one that hath of
fended.
“About five years after, this woman
was adjudged to be whipped for re
proaching the magistrates. She stood
without tying; and bore her punish
ment with a masculine spirit, glorying
in her suffering: but after, when she
came to consider the reproach, which
would stick by her, &c. she was much
dejected about it. She had a cleft
stick on her tongue for half an hour,
for reproaching" the elders.
“1639. At the general court, on
order was made to abolish that vain
custom of drinking one to another; and
that upon these and other grounds:—
Firstly, it was a thing of no good use.
Secondly, it was an inducement to
drunkenness, and occasion of quarrell
ing and bloodshed. Thirdly, it occa
sioned much waste of wine and beer.
Fourthly, it was very troublesome to
many, especially the masters and mis
tresses of the feast, who were forced
thereby to drink more often than they
would. Yet divers, even godly per
sons, were loth to part with this idle
ceremony.
“1640. One of the ships, which
came this summer, struck upon a
whale, with a full gale, which put the
ship a-stays. The whale struck the
ship on her bow, with her tail, a little
above water, and broke the planks,
and six timbers, and the beam, and
staved two hogsheads of vinegar.
“1640. At the court of assistants,
one Hugh Bewett was banished for
holding publicly, and maintaining that
he was free from original sin, and from
actual also, for half a year before; and
that all true Christians, after regene
ration, were enabled to live without
committing sin.”
hollowed out, long lappels, and very
broad flaps; nankin pantaloons, colour
ed silk stockings, or white ribbed; and
under waist-coat of colored silk, with
a pattern on a green or brown ground,
and a white cravat.
When an exquisite is full dressed,
he wears buff colored pantaloons of
Cachmere, white silk stockings, a vi
olet colored under waistcoat, or some
times one of blue or brown, of silk
damas, and a blue coat with gilt but
tons.
The forester’s frock of green mer
ino has metal buttons; pockets on
the hips, but the flaps are shorter
than usual, and the waist very long.
Men of the fir^ fashion wear under
waistcoats ofsillA the ground black,
flowered over in ^running pattern.—
The pantaloons arelpf grey uachmere,
or a white tickinjr; a {lark-colored
coat, either of silkW merino, which
latter is generally o\ a bronze color
with a velvet collal. These fash
ionable gentlemen leWe their under
waistcoat very open si that three but
tons of their shirt may be seen, one of
which is round, olheroval, and the
third square.
Pantaloons of black Cachmere, and
under-waist-coats of clocolate-color-
ed silk, or grey striped with black, or
in a pattern of flowers, have taken
place of the usual summer materials.
Surtout coats, wrapping over, and
buttoned up to the throat w'ith a hook
and eye at
which is
which doei
•he top, so that the collar,
ery wide, floating, and
not descend lower than the
surtout coi
ders, whic
neck, may mite exactly. When these
ts are unbuttoned, the col-
ar is then turned down over the shoul-
Fromthe Gentlemen’s Mag. of fashion, &c.
NOVELTIES IN GENTLEMEN’S
DRESS, &c.
Men of fashion pay as much atten
tion to their toilets, when in the coun
try, as the ladies; they dress three
times a day. In the morning they
wear a shooting jacket of drab-color
ed or striped ticking, a pair of panta
loons of the same material, or a pair
of a stuff resembling gingham, with
very narrow stripes; a cravat of In
dian chintz, with dark ground, tj^d
like that of a gardener, a waistcoat of
camel’s hair, stitched and quilted,
with broad lappels; shoes of deer lea
ther. At breakfast or at dinner,
these dashers put on a meriono cloth
coat, with a velvet collar, very much
In the morning drives, at even in
visiting, the horses belonging to a
cabriolet, or any other carriage, have
car-covers of linen, with tufts and
bindings of blue or re,d. These ear-
covers are not taken off, except the
owners of the carriage are dressed
for a grand party.
l discover a simply ele
gant under; waist-coat, stitched with
a standing up collar; and a shirt, eve
ry plait of which is an inch broad, is
fastened by three buttons, one round,
the next oval, the third square. The
cravat is thick, and the bow tied in
many different whimsical ways; there
is now no particular rule for this part
of the dress.
The dress or evening costume of
men of fashion is very similar to that
observed inFrance, at the balls of St.
Cloud. The coats are generally of
Navarin smoke color, with a collar of
the same broad, and almost devoid of
ornament. These coats are flat a-
cross the breast, though they are nev
er buttoned.. The corsage should al
most unite at the trunk, and fly off the
hips, as well to give effect to the orna
ments which cover the side pockets,
as to the light puckering which serve
as a trimming, and at the same time
as a guard to prevent the opening of
the flaps, to which all the coats late
ly were so subject. Dress pantaloons
are of grey Cachmere, or of white
ticking, and the stockings correspond
with the color of the pantaloons.
Men of fashion often wear a black
waistcoat and a black cravat with
white pantaloons.
The sleeves of all coats are now
made as wide as the shouldfcr. Nan
kin pantaloons are often worn in the
evening.
On horseback our exquisites are
seen in great coats, very short, hav
ing a pocket on each side the breast,
and a strait collar.
On white quilted under waistcoats,
are small patterns printed like those
on the last new fashioned cravats.
The newest fashion for coats is
puce colour, with a cloth collar and
silk buttons.
A number of young Bandies take
snuff. To have a change of elegant
snutf boxes is reckoned a great luxury.
Besides their little cambrick pocket-
hand-kerchiefs, nicely embroidered
and highly scented, these gentlemen
have an India silk one, which they
constantly make use of.
One of tho sides of a dasher’s pock
et hook resembles exactly the case of
instruments belonging to dentist. For
we may see in the little recesses,
ranged in order, one after the other, a
tile for the nails, a small comb to sep
arate the hair, a gold tooth-pick, and
little scissors of polished steel.
When in the country, it is a sure
criterion of fashion, to send letters of
invitation by a servant on horse-back,
in an undress livery. This servant
carries, in a small bandoler, a varn
ished black leather pocket-book.
A letter from a man of fashion,
though it may be hut a simple invita
tion is doubled and folded square, and
is put under cover. His pocket-book
is the size of a 12mo. volume, and is
of purple Morocco, with a gold clasp
When any one asks of him the time of
day, he takes his watch out of his side
pocket; it has neither chain nor string
“EMPEREUR NAPOLEON—NA-
TOLEON EMPEREUR.”
On Friday we were present at a
private view of the French child
whose eyes are described as repre
senting upon their iris the letters JVh-
poleon Empereur The little creature
is three years old, with marked and
rather interesting features: of a slight
form, and short for her age. The
eyes are of a bright blue, and from
the external ring of the iris are lines
of a lighter tint, converging towards
the pupil, A casual observer would
doubtless notice that the appearance
of the organ was unusual, but it would
not be without a minute investigation
that he would be able to trace the let
ters forming the name described, and
even then, allowance must then be
made for. a fanciful imagination. Up
on looking as attentively as we were
able, we certainly think vve could
trace the lettersi EMP and NAP, but
visitors will be grievously deceived if
they expect to find them as distinct as
the letters upon their direction cards.
The fact is, they come more within
the verge of plausibility than the well
known spots upon the Greek hyacinth,
“The ensanguin’d flower inscrib’d
with woe,” which composed the la
mentable ejaculation “Ai! Ai!” The
exhibition is an interesting one, so
much so*that the child was not allow
ed to be shown publicly in Paris.
French Paper.
CURIOUS ANCIENT MANU
SCRIPTS.
M. Champoliort, jun. who is about
to embark at Marselles for Egypt,
having inspected a valuable collec
tion of ancient manuscripts in the pos
session of M. Sallier, an inhabitant of
Aix, has discovered two rolls of papy
rus, relating “The History and Wars
of the Reign of Sesostris the Great.”
These manuscripts are dated the ninth
year oF that Monarch’s reign. Sesos
tris Rhanjcs, or the Great, accord-big
to the calculations of the German
chronologists, lived in the time of Mo
ses, and was the son, as is supposed,
of the PhclTaoh who perished in the
Red Sea, while pursuing the Israelites.
This remarkable document, which,
after a lapse of more than three thou
sand years, M. Champollion has dis
covered, as by a miracle, may contain
details, the interest of which will be
readily imagined, on some of the
grandest incidents- of Sacred History.
On the 2d inst. the Academical Soci
ety of Aix received the report of M.
Sallier relative to his discovery. A
third^oll has also been-found, treating
either on astronomy or astrology, but
more probably on both these sciences
combined. It has not yet been open
ed; but it is hoped that it will throw
some additional light upon the concep
tions of the heavenly system enter
tained by the Egyptians and Chal
deans, the first people who devoted
themselves to that study.—Paris pa
per. '
NATURAL HISTORY OF LO
CUSTS.
It is highly interesting to witness the
habits qf these insects on their leaving
the holes or crevices in the earth.—
After’ breaking their prison-house;
they crawl up the twigs of the shrubs
during the night, and remain until the
heat of the sun the next morning has
dried their outer coat, or shell, when
the insect acquires the power of burs
ting it asunder and taking flight.—
There seems to be no regularity what
ever in the time of appearance of
these destructive insects. In the
Southern parts of the United States,
in Egypt, and the eastern parts of
Turkey, they sometimes make their
appearance in countless myriads, com
mitting th$ ^fiost terrible devastation
on vegetation, and, again disappearing
in a few weeks, do not repeat their
visits for several years. These in
sects deposit an immense number of
eggs in the crevices of the soil, but
•the great majority do not form lance
except under peculiar circumstances
of humidity and -high temperature
combined. The eggs in some cases
are known to remain several j'ears in
the crevices of the earth before the
larvce make their appearance.
some tinsMion by a prediction, tbatti
comet of 1832 will certainly approJ
within 14,000 leagues of the eartM
orbit. But Lalande had demonstratj
(says the Athenaeum,) that a com e l
so near to the globe, would produce]
sensible disorder in our concerns. 1
few preliminary questions, howeve]
strike our attention. 1st. will \\
comet come at all? 2nd. Will it con
so very near to the orbit of the earn
3d. Will the earth be in that part i
its orbit which is nearest to the com
et? Because if it happen to be onfli
other side, its least distance will
sixteen, millions of leagues. jy 4 |
should think the German might
well have told us on which side t,
earth would be—and 4th. shall wej
here when the comet comes?
have so many things already to eflV
our happiness, that we think it ratlii
unnecessary to be terrifying us wit]
events which may not in all huma
probability ever happen. Providenej
would scarcely have regulated on]
system, which seems to be character-
ised by such wonderful order, as ti
permit this “fair world” of ours toL
be swept away by a Barbarian cornet,I
The idea is rather matter for amuse
ment, than terror—as it was with the!
famous prediction of Whiston, whiefl
threw England into a panic—and afl
terwards furnished such a jeu d’ esj
prit to the humorous Swift. It is it.
conceivable how many sinners were
reformed during these two or three
days of terror!
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REMARKABLE SAGACITY
DOGS.
A short time back, a gentleman re.
siding in the upper part of Carnarvon
shire, received an invitation from s
gentheman residing in the Middlewich,
to spend a month with him. The gen
tleman accepted the invitation, and
took with him a favorite greyhound.
The next day after their arrival, a
mastiff, belonging to the inviter, at*
tacked the greyhound and gave him a
good drubbing. The greyhound im
mediately took to his heels, and fled
home to Carnarvonshire, a distance of
about ninety miles, and the family
therefore were surprised to see
the dog return without his mas
ter.—Next day the grey-hound
and a remarkably sraal^bull and mas-
tiff* dog, belonging to the same gentle
man, disappeared, and no trace could
be found of eiWer of them until a few
days afterwards, when a letter was
received from the Welsh gentleman,
saying, that his bull-dog and greyhound
had arrived in Cheshire, and both had
attacked the mastifTbelonging to his
friend, and destroyed him before they
could be separated.
THE DICTATES OF CONSCIENCE*
Lortl Erskine, when at the bar, was
always remarkable for the fearless
ness with which he contended against
the bench. In a contest he had with
Lord Kenyon, he explained the rule
of his conduct at the bar in the follow
ing terms:
“It was,” said he, “the first com»
inand and counsel of my youth, always
to do what my conscience told me to
be my duty, and leave the consequent
ces to God. I shall carry with me
the memory and I trust the practice,
of this paternal lesson to the grave-
have hitherto followed it, and have no
reason to complain that any obedience
to it, has been even a temporal sacri
flee—I have found it, on the contra
ry, the road to prosperity and wealth
and I shall point it out as such to my
children.”
Arabian method of Building Arches
—At Bussorah, the inhabitants i»f
which have no timber but the wood of
the date tree, which is not thicker
than a cabbage stalk, they make arch*
es without the help of any frame
work. The mason, with a nail and'
bit of string, describes a semi-circle
on the ground, lays his bricks, fastened
together with gypsum cement, on the
lines thus traced; and, having thus
formed his arch, except the crown
brick, it is carefully raised, and in two
parts, placed upon the walls. They
proceed thus till the whole arch is
finished.- This part is only half brick
thick; but it serves them to turn
stronger arch upon.
A German astronomer has produced
► A Breakfast.—A farmer’s servant
having a cheese set before him to
take his breakfast, and sitting a long
time over it, his master asked him
w hen he intended to have done. ‘Sir,-*
said he, a cheese of this size is pot go
soon eaten as you think.’