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* jpocty&L TANARUS“ ODE .tng at the Btrk&ire .Igrienltural Celebration BY WM. C. BRYANT, KSq. Far back in the ai;cs she plough w ith wreaths was crown’u, l'h<‘ hands of kin.;s and sages Entw in <1 the c haplet round : ‘J ill men of spoil Disdain'd tin- toil Bv wltich the world was nounsli'd, And blood and were the -oil In which their laurels flourish and. Wow the world he r fault repairs,— The guilt that stains her story : And weeps her crimes amid the cares That formed her earliest glory. Hie proud throne shall crumble, The diadem shall wane, ‘The tribes of earth shall humble The pride of those who And war shall lay llis pomp uway : The fame that heroes cherish, The glory earn’d in deadly fray, Shall fade, decay and perish. Honor waits o’er all the earth, — Through endless generations, The art that calls the harvests forth, And feeds the e xpectant nations. f.I.NES ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND. Oh, who through lile’s luxuriant fields, Regardlessly can staay ; Or mark the charms that nature yields, And heedless turn away ? Who hath beheld in nature s wild, A fragrant flowret bloom, Nor sigh’d to think such sweetuess smil'd In so obscure a doom ? Or who in scenes where strangers dwell Math met an angel mintl, And bid that lovely one farewell, Nor left a wish behind— A wish of sympathy —u prayer With honest feeling fir'd, Which many a day still lingerd there Where it was fust inspir’d. Yh me ! in this lone cheerless heart, A feeling still remains, Which would to life a charm impart, And smile amidst its pains! Rut yet, when e’er a joy appears, To baffle inward woe, ’Tis wash’d away by sorrow’s tears W hich seldom cease to flow. When e’er amidst my gloomy cares, A genial thought I find, Away, some pang, the kindness tears And leaves a sting behind. And scarce a sinile lights up mine eye, Scarce is a pleasure known, Before (hey vanish in a sigh, And leave this heart alone. The wriest trifle that I prize, With feelings too sincere, I am obliged to sacrifice, As soon as it is dear ! Thus, dearest frirnd. when first we met, Yl hen first I saw thine eye, Although thou wer’t a stranger yet, Tuere seem and a kindred ti**. But ’twas not lore 1 felt for thee— Xo caprice* of the mind— , ‘Twas nature’s own warm sympathy, That feels for all its kind. l'or t have, stood with feelings high— With heart a truth sincere, And wept to think I couU not dry Misfortune's every tear , Aad *,Viien I thought that we must part, And meet in life no more Ah ! then a chill came o’er iny heart, W hieh was too cold belore 1 Misfortunes yet. met bought might rise, Around thy pathot life. And tears may lade those lovely eyes, Or thou inay’stsink in night— Or years may pass away, and we May meet again, in grief, And sink in mutual misery, A mutual relief Rut thou art gone, and I am left To mourn iny hapless lot, Fp.r from the spot win re first v\e met, \nd soon may be forgot. I et that is nothing—as l’or me I Iml sojourn awhile— -1 ask not human sympathy t 1 seek not pleasure’s smite! I or it b is been my lento roam, A stranger, from iny birth— To feel this world was not my home— To l’ecl a'oiie on eiv tli! Dim through the mists of future years, Uncertain prospects rise— And here and there a hope appears,— AH else in sorrow lies. Yet Oh 1 while life* i> left t me, W hile feeling still ri-mains Oft, oft, shall memory turn to thee., Sw eel friend of her wno mourns. 1.. F. The lights are fair in my father - hall, The red wine is bright to *ee : But 111 flee like a bird and lc a\ e them all, My Ocean Love ! for thee. There is gold around my silken robe, \nd white pearls are in my hair ; Ain! they say that gemsauci the broidered rest Are woman's chicfcst care ; Rut dearer to me is one silent smile 1)1 thine eagle eye than them all ; And dearer the ibck of tbv hark to mo Than my father’s lighted kali. 1 have no IsAme. now, but thy arras And they are all the world to me ; And l* thou but true, I'll never regret All, dear love ! 1 have left, for thee. I Minion Literary Gnz. CfirtllM, “ rrHy, merrily peals the horn, ’ R bile sweet the birds are singing “ And gaily blooms the waving corn, “ Yud the woodsman sme is ringing.” THE SETT LERS. There are two words in our language which serve as finger posts to point \ out unerring the road to fortune.— Guided by them do one can ever fail; with magic power they balilc the storms of fortune, and turn “back the flood of ill upon its source: their result- are sure, though every thing else in the world is measurably uncertain; their reward ui.iv be calculated on, while all other calculations depend upon vague and variable, circumstance. Shall I name them ? they should be taught to lisping children. Shall I comment on them r They should be practised from youth to age. Hear it —Industry ami Perseverance combined is the far la med Philosopher’s Stone which, turns whatever it touches into gold. It is the basis of fortune —the pillar of use fulness and the key stone of wisdom round which all the virtues move. The family and relatives of an an cient inhabitant of H. had assembled at iiis late residence a week after his decease, to hear in what manner he willed the disposal of his property. — lie had a large and lucrative farm, and three children, grown up to be young men, The eldest was decreed the estate, and as was much the cus tom in those days, the two youngest brothers were left a small legacy each; “ a sum sufficient, with industry and perseverance, to found a fortune on.” “ Our father,” said Charles, unmov ed when he heard the sum of his lotnne; “our father leaves us a valuable portion; it consists not only in the best advice but in the strongest motive to put that advice in practice.” The brothers had been brought up to the occupation of cultivators of the soil, and held it unwise t.o leave bu siness in which they were well versed lor any other; they therefore set about preparing to make their en trance in the world as agriculturalists. Their plan was soon laid. To pro cure comfortable farms in that coun try, for it was not far from Philadel phia, was impossible without involv ing themselves in debt—They resol ved to emigrate to the Susquehanna, and chose a situation, where their in dustry might avail them more, and where their means would be sufficient to enable them to make a beginning with perfect safety. They chose a spot of ground, after considerable re search, and settled down in the bosom of the vast and untodden forests. They left the ancient home of their father, now the rich possession of their elder brother with cheerfulness. They knew that all depended on their indi vidual exertion.*!, and strong in the con sciousness of their own powers they went. The spot they chose was one of pe culiar beauty. It was a lengthened ▼alley, gently declining to the river.— Around it on every side, nature had piled her mountain barriers, as if to protect the natural foliage of its ver dant soil, and add grandeur to the beauty of die scene. Tliere, now to the peal of five already'located hunter, answered the axe of the woodman and the song of the plough boy. The forest bent beneath their efforts, and green fields of waving grain, in a year after, greeted the vision of the travel ler, and added new delight to the ru ral splendors of the quiet vale. The rein the bosom of the wide and uncultured wilderness, with their own personal exertions alone to depend on they pursued the even tenor ot their wny. It led to independence. Year after year passed on, and each return ing spring, saw vegetation springing from 1., wly cultivated fields. The scene indeed, was lar removed from the influence of fashion, and the haunts of pride ; but the earth yielded her luxurious treasures in as rich abun dance, as it did beneath the sunshine of wealth’s proud splendour ; it was as ready to make rich its vigilant luis buudmen there as it was within the or bit of the sun of civilization. The bold enterpi isiug brothers laid here the foundation obi rich and ex tensive settlement, and peopled it in process cf time with a virtuous and industrious progency. Their child ren brought up to labour, inured to fatigue, and taught to be (economical and careful, followed closely in the path of lichos beaten by their parents. I'he eldest of the brothers died at last; his survivor lived to a more venerable age. And it was when the snows of more than ninety winters pressed up on his head, that he sat one evening in the door of his neat cottage, looking at a kittle company of his great grand children sporting on the green before bis shaded door. The sun was retir ing behind the western mountains, and faintly threw his last beams upon the blue waters of the silent river. The bleating of numerous flocks of sheep and the lowing of nu tnerous herds fell like the music of ant umn on his ear. His thoughts wandered back to those early days, when in the con fidence of youthful vigour, and the blessing of providence lie first struck an axe into the ancient oak of the thick forest. It was on the very spot. He recalled to memory, the house of his father, which he had not now seen for seventy years ; the recollections of an elder and a beloved brother who had once inhabited it. The goodly heritage had lon , since passed io stran gers. His brother was in the rest ap pointed for all the living, and his family scattered to the four winds of heaven. As he gave w ay to these tender and sad associations his brother’s origi nal circumstances and subsequent life ranged themselves in view with his own-—and he called his little fam ily around him and thus addressed them : Listen my children to the voice of age for age giveth experience, and experience, maketh wise. You are most of you the sons of comparatively wealthy parents, as I was. Put for tune frowned on me almost as soon as I had become familiar with her name ; she may frown on you. It is beneath the dignity of man to bend un der diappointments ; heaven has made ample provisions for all. The world is wide and, furnishes to each who seeks it a congenial spot. I bent not —you must not bend. Go and bear with you the remem berance that, you must all either build or support the foundation ofyour happiness anil res pectability-—depend not on others.— He only is wise who applies himself to gaining the means of an indepen dent livelihood. Go, then; in your young days provide for old age. Y our time of labour is come—m : c is past. I have found in iry life the truth of three maxims—hudustry and Perse verance is the roa Ito wealth. Depen dance on the estates of others, is dan generous, and Virtue is the only secu rity for happiness. Go, and remem ber you had an uncle who began the world rich, and ended it poor and a grand sire who began poor and ended rich ; because the. former depend on aninheritar.ee without care or fr-i ----tlence, the latter pressed all the ad vantages of human (Economy into his service depending wholly on himself. And he, who in temporal matters Jeans on another person will lean upon a bro ken reed, “ And oft a spear On whose shorn point hope Meeds and peace expires.” There was a pathos in the old man’s tone, a sanction in his history and a commentary in his circumstances.— They produced the wished-for effect, and the families of die Kdgars are to this day the wealthiest in ail the coun ty they inhabit. ■— CHARLES THOMPSON, F.SQ. A gentleman from the west who has long cherished a high regard for the character of that irreproachable patri ot and Christian, the late secretary of the American continental Congress, had a few weeks since no small grati fication in spending several hours with this venerable saint of patriar chal aspect, now on the verge of heav en. Many are still living, who well remember with what confidence ev ery act of the old congress, to which his name w as attached was at once re ceived by the people of these I nited States in times of peculiar trial. He is about six feet high, remarka bly erect in his gait, neat in his per son, dignified in his deportment, inte resting in convesation, and has out lived nearly ail his cotempoiaries, being in his ninety second year. lie resides about ten miles from Phi ladelphia, m an ancient and retired, but spacious mansion, a very exten sive and weil cultivated farm, to w hich he Iras given the name of Ham ton. The traveller called early in the day, and louud Mr. Thompson read ing Young's Night ‘Thoughts, lie paused a little after entering the door before he discovered himself, being surprised and charmed at the distinct, audible, cmphatical, appropriate and feeling manner with which the good old man pronounced one of the finest passages in that admired author. Alter u due introduction, Mr. T. made the following rematks in refer ence to what he had just read : “ I am a stranger in a strange land : I am looking about me to- see what 1 am, and to see what there is for me to do.” The traveller was much pleased w ith his miscellaneous observations, inter spersed, as they were, with anecdotes of former times. He was surprised to hear him at his advanced age speak with so much intelligence on various subjects, ph(logical, religious aud po litical ; yet occasionally he noticed signs of a second childhood. it appears that he was the third son of John Thompson, and that he was born in the county of Derry, Ireland, in the town of Gortede, in the parish of Maharaw, in the first week of Nov. 1731,but the particular day cannot be specified, lie came, to America with his father, when about ten years oh!, accompanied with his brothers. Dis father died on board the ship in which they were passengers, after en tering the Capes of Delaware ; and by an act of injustice, his property, of considerable amount was withheld from the sons, then in their minority, in a foreign count; v, without kindred, without friends, w ithout money, left to folios, the leadings ofDiw.e Povi dence : yet they amply experienced the protecting care of him who is the father of the fatherless. Charles had a great taste for learning, and was so fortunate as to secure the patronage and instruction of that distinguished scholar, Dr. Aliison, and became one of the greatest proficients in Latin, Greek and French,in the country. The longevity of his family is wor thy of notice. Taking the children ol John Thompson, in regular order these are their names with their respective ages —l. YY illiain who died at. the age of 93; 2. Alexander who died at die age of 80 ; 3 Charles who is now in his 92d year; 4. Matthew died at the age of 91 ; 5. John who died at the age of 79; and 0. Mary, who is in her 84 th year, aud makes one of the fami ly of Charles. Mr. Thompson, in the course of con versation, saiit, it was strongly im pressed upon his mind, that he should live until he entered upon his hund redth year. The traveller asked him how he felt under such an impression, and whether he was willing to be so long from his father’s house, in this wearisome pilgrimage ? lie promptly replied, “ I have no will about it. 1 have no will about it. 1 leave it all to my blessed .Saviour, lie has been a good Saviour to me,” anti the tears ol gratitude started into his eyes. Atone time lie mentioned with ten derness and respect, the two worthy ladies who had been his bosom com panions in life. He then made this re mark :“ I have been a happy man. I have always been a happy man, a very happy man. My family always loved me, and I always loved them;” the tears of affection glistening in his eyes. At dinner he asked a blessing with uplifted hands, and a solemn and rev erential tone of voice, using nothing more nor less than the Lord’s prayer. Recollectin'; his own criticisms and version, instead of saying, “ lead us not into temptation,” he said, “bring us not to trial.” He was an intimate and warm friend of the late Dr. Franklin, and agreed with him in every thing except reli gion. To counteract the deistical sentiments of this great philosopher, , lie devoted more, attention to the Rible, and with a critic’s eye, than he other wise would have done. It was his di ligent searching of the scriptures with a view to the conviction of his distin guished compatriot, which first led him to contemplate a version of the Septu agint. ‘ The traveller had mentioned to Mr. Thompson a gentleman, with whom, many years since, he was w ell acquain ted, general IL A****, now of Md. who was one of the revotutionary officers, anil who had held a depatment under the order of the old congaess. Mr. T. recolected him well, and as the traveller too his leave of hint he said, to reference to general A. “ tell him L wish his prosperity and happiness, peace with God and peace with the world. Mouey, money, money, is the god of this world.” The last sentence he had several times uttered w ith great emphasis, in the course of the interesting interview which the traveller will not soon for get. An Irishman just landed on pur shores, was straying about the wharves near the Fulton Market, and observed the fish in cars which were floating in the dock, and occasionally saw their owners open them and take out a quan tity to expose for sale in the market. The Irishman not being aware that the fish are emptied in these cars from the smacks to keep them alive, and supposing them to be public property, he enquired if there were any game laws in this country.—lfeiiig informed that there were none he immediately supplied himself with a small drag net and opening one of the cars he hauled up a large mess of fine fish, ami ia the presence of several persons, was con gratulating himself on his good luck in living in such a country, and was proceeding home with his prize, when the ow ners, to his utter astonishment stopped lum and gallanted him to the I’oiice,where he was charged with stealing the fish. * Staling fish ?” said the Irishman, “ Sure l cotch'd them in the river, all alive and kick ing.” Rut they are in floating cars, and are private property” said the magis trate. “ Private property ! ’fhe fish of the ae to be private property ! 1 ax’d if there were game laws here, as there were in Ireland, and they tould me no; and by the powers says I, this i> the very country my jewel; and I Imp’d inj self to a good bunch, and the people all look'd at me and laughed ; staling fish indeed ! I’m an honest man, your lionauc, and never stale at all.” As it was clearly apparent that no robbery intended, lie w as dischar ged, with admonitions not to be again found fishing in troubled waters. .A*. York Jhir. Books by weight. —The Turkish go vernment, it is said, has ordered the nuc by w eight, of all the . 8 Constantinople. This is oei ;i |, H Dutch governour’s sumtnaW', B Hal lancing contested acc,’, Ull , ■ weighing the books of the )!| s !■ and giving his decision on t| lL *', H the most weighty one. I The following matrimonial .cornu i. H i.*> cu|>ieti n rbuthn it titerntim. B Lralttcboro ,1/t; r , Married in Randolph on tit / |fl inst. by Mr. Dalis Ksq. Mr. jq ‘ B Dean Non of james L. (lean ot in B to Miss Naoma goutlet the tl*ate noted mdian doctor..jß of the former place after a mosts B ousand distressing conn.hip B two Months day and knight. H in all other States are , cvpy the above. B’ ‘1 111*— worthj > oung man a wo..i U o Because his fortune led him 0 ‘ 1 ‘ bo Naoinaa She became his bride That Sim might help him on his rid.- B’ This with care Deliver there. B Old Huggins ask'd his ‘prentice, Lev; B How long lie meant to serve the dn'i'i’* -h. W hy, ijuolh the lad, w ilh looks tk-voi • B “ ‘ on know, sir, w hen iny time i* 0 , 8 —b On Cutting of Steel by Soft j ro , S Extract of a lut'.er !o the Editor. lro;a*l B Herman Daggett, Cornwall, Conn. ‘ B “ ! take the liberty to comiin M jp l .,B to you a fact which has lately <,B my know-edge, and v.hich, 1 may be of considerable in meet ” I ics, and pei Imps in philosophy.’ jB may not, however be new to y< lU )’ B “ Mr. Darns (a cabinet-maker place) had occasion to repair a not B cut saw (a saw to be used by two tier'll sons) of a vt ry hard plate, which waa!-;| require considerable labour in usual way of filing? lie recoliectfß having beared that the Shakers soiikß times made use of what he called B buzz, to cut iron. He thereforemadeH a circulr plate of soft sheet ir,m B piece of stove-pipe) fixed an axis to ,B and put it in his lathe, which gave itfl very powerful rotatory motion. \\yß in motion he applied to it a cosuinefl file, to make it perfectly round a!h } smooth ; but the file was cut in by it, while it received itself no is*, pi ession. He then applied a piece of rock crsytal, which had the desired effect, lie then brought under it the saw-plate, which in a few minutes wu neatly and completely cut throng, longitudinally. When lie stopped the buzz, he found it had received nowea; from the operation, and that he couhl immediately apply his fingers to it without leceiving much sensible heat, “ During the operation, thereappr e ed a band of intense fire round tin buzz, continually emitting sparks witi great violence. He afterwards mark ed the teeth, and in a short time ctn them out by the same means. It sew ed evident, that the buzz, in effecting the division, never can e in actual contact with the plate. Mas this lire the electric fluid ! If so, might it no; be obtained, in greater quantity, and be made more effective for chemical pur poses, by some such machine, than in any other way r” Silliman’s Juur. On the certainly of Death If mankind were so vain and fooll -to Hatter themselves tl 1 1 the dura tion of their present state would b eternal,nature and providence have ta ken such care to undeceive theino 4 the importance of the point requi: Scarce one day can pass without ex hibiting sad spectacles of morE 7 jto the public eye. As mists and pours, w hen exhaled, descend n rains as fountains and rivers pour their luT urns into the ocean, where thev are undistinguishably lost; as every morn ing sun rises but to decline ; by t‘ ■ same necessity, the same inviolable of der of nature, man is born to die.— When the sacred writings treat ‘d human life, they consider our exo tence here as an unsubstantial vap' ur > which floating through the boundless fields of air, is at last absorbed n> ‘ ,5 maternal element, nor leaves the dis cernible vestige behind. They f'-'fl* sider it as a flower in the field, which, opening on the ravished eye, dispel’ the fairest colours of nature's inimi table pencil; but soon the nip| ::n £ frosts or chilling winds blast, all’ grace ami beauty of its blooming ver ‘ dure, ami leave only its mclandio’J ruins behind : that from these the contemplative gazer may, with octj fV*lt regtel lament the beauteous wp' c • while lie presages his own. “Hutn*\ luu has not left us to learn our fate i'"” remote and ambiguous call - ■ load, how universal, how empnn ,| -> how intelligible, how incessant alarming is her voice ! It assume* ery form that may engage our a • 111 tion, it darts upon the soul * n , l , thought, it speaks in every r cl addresses ovary sense. It is let *•( ties of consanguinity when broken, 1 is seen in the widow’s tears, - heard in the shrieks of orphans- ‘ tomb, the insensible tomb is ever i’f’ to devour its prey ; while multd 0 of every sex and ac, fn"n ; clino are constat tfy n*[d f,Vv !‘ the tiuik and silent domains of andf a Maddo”