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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! 01 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.’