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MISCELLANEOUS.
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FOR TUG MUSEUM AND GAZETTE.
.WsM. Editors
By giving the following a place in vour
“poet's corner ,” you will oblige a friend to the
fair sex, as it is from the hand of one. T.
to EDWjmn.
“IIOW tedious and tasteless the hours,
• When Edward no longer I see;
Sweet prospects, sweet b’rds and sweet flowers,
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
The mid-summer sun smiles but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay ;
But when I am happy with him,
*******
EPIGIIdM.
WHEN Gulliver, in days of yore,
To Lilliput did waddle,
The ladies said (and ’twas no bore,)
That he a painted wash-tub wore,
To grace his empty noddle.
Hear little souls—how would they stare,
In Chesnut street once landed,
To see upon the tow-ring (air,
Who daily flounce and flutter there,
A lobster wherry stranded ? ! !
JPhtlad. Union.
Bon Mot. —A person was joked by his
friends because that, at an advanced age,
lie married a young woman. The old beau
* replied, That he would rather have his
heart pierced by anew and shining blade,
than by a rusty nail.”
AFFECTIXG AXE CDOTE.
The following interesting and affecting
little story has been communicated in a let
ter from Mahon, dated July 16, 1812.
The writer had heard it from the lips ol
the officers ot the Swallow: In the gal
lant and sanguinary action which that ship
mai ituined against so superior a force, close
in with Frejus, a short time since, there
was a seaman named Phelan, who had his
wife on board; she was stationed (as is
usual when women are on board in time of
battle) to assist tho surgeon in the care of
the wounded. From the close manner in
which the Swallow engaged the enemy,
yard-arm and yard-arm, the wounded, as
may be expected, were brought below very
fast; amongst the teat, a messmate of her
husband’s (consequently her own) who had
received a musket ball through the side.—
Her exertions were used to console the
poor fellow, who was in great agony and
nearly breathing his last; when, by some
chance, she heard her husband was woun
ded, on deck ; her anxiety and already
overpowered feelings could not one mo
ment be restrained ; she rushed instantly
on deck, arid received the wounded tar in
her arms; he faintly raised his head to kiss
her—she burst into a flood of tears, and
told him to take courage,“all would yet
be well,” but scarcely pronounced the last
syllable, when an ill-directed shot took
her head off. The poor tar, who was close
ly wrapt in her arms, opened his eyes once
more—then shut them for ever.
Pldlad. Mag.
The above anecdote cannot be read with
out exciting the most lively admiration, in
the man’y bosom. It presents to our view,
a picture of conjugal affection, calculated
to awaken the tenderest sympathies. e
see a female, bred in the humbler walks of
life, and actuated by the pure impulse of
love only, rushing to the very > erge of Han
ger, to assuage the suffering of her woun
ded husband.
Previous to this misfortune, we find her
employed in administering comfort, ; ro
mucuotislv, to any that sutl’ered in the con
flict, in the moment the news of her hus
band’s injury readies her, she rushes upon
the deck, driven by the powerful impulse
of affection, anti in spite of the natural ti
midity of the female character, stands a
mid the terrors of the battle.
Is there a human being so devoid of feel
ing as to read this simple story, without e
motion ?
For the honor of humanity, I am willing
to believe there is not. Is there a civilised
man in the universe who wears the ••hu
man face divine,” that could have beheld
this scene, without admiring the excellence
of the female character ?
If there be one, he hardly deserves a
friend to close his eves. The wife of the
jHMir sailor had imbibed no romantic idea*
of heroism, from a high wrought education
—She risked her life for the love she bore
tier partner. She was hurried on deck by
the pure impulse of nature. They died
in each other’* arms; their kiodred souls
fled together, and were borne into etfcrnity
on the wings of the cannonXthunder.
° Balt. Pal. Mag.
MOXTGOMERY.
The N ational Advocate m detailing the impor
tant services of the gallant Montgomery, dur
ing the war of our revolution, remarks:
With a small army, poorly equipped, he
penetrated the wilderness, and marched
through the snows and over the mountains
into that inhospitable region—he surmoun
ted the most perplexing difficulties', and
animated the drooping spirits of his men
by a brilliant example of patience and for
titude, and by a mild anil persuasive man
ner, for which he was eminently distinguish
ed. He arrived before the walls of Que
bec—Part of the detachment was comman
ded by Benedict Arnold, who got posses
sion of the Lower town, and was so unfor
tunate as to survive the combat. Montgo
mery pursuing his march, in a narrow path,
under cape Diamond, a small masked bat
tery, consisting of two pieces of cannon,
opened its fire upon him—one was loaded
with grape shot, which cut him down:—He
fell, exclaiming, “ Rush on, mes braves ! I
have only fallen in a ditch—the town is
our own!” A second shot struck him in
the face, and also killed his tw r o aids, and
part of his staff The army retreated to
wards their camp. Thus fell, near the
spot where also fell the gallant Wolfe, the
no less gallant Montgomery, both in sight
of the town and in the moment of victory;
for Canada would have been ours, if the
general had not fallen on the very onset.
Richard Montgomery was an Irishman
by birth, and of a distinguished family—
his attachment to liberty induced him to
be among the first who took up arms in be
half of our country —He died in the prime
of life, being but 35 years of age. Hi 9 res
pectable widow still survives to see her
country pay the last honors to him whose
worth and services have been so long es
teemed and acknowledged.
LITERARY.
We learn that major Noah, late consul
of the United States, at Tunis, is preparing
for the press an octavo volume of Travels
in England, Spain, France, and the Barba
ry States, in the years 1813-14 and 15, to
gether with a history of our war with the
Algerines, and a general view of our rela
tions with the regencies of Barbary. This
work we have no doubt will be extremely
interesting particularly as it is contempla
ted to embrace a detailed account of the
Ca-thage, Utica, and the surroundingcoun
tey. It is gratifying to perceive that Amer
ican travellers are now giving to the coun
try the result of their experience and ob
servation ; and their country in return is
able and willing to hold forth due encour
agement. This is a sure method to estab
lish and perpetuate a literary character of
our own. Those sketches of the Barbary
state? which were published in the Demo
cratic Prpss, in the fall of 1816 anil gener
ally republished throughout the union,
were from the notes taken hv major Noah
on the spot. Bern. Press.
FROM THE NF’VltnnYPOllT HIiRAtR, .fUTJT 7.
Prodigy. —We last week mentioned a
remarkable child which had been exhibited
atCastine. The following extract of a let
ter, handed us yesterday, gives a more par
ticular description of this phenomenon :
•* I cannot close my letter without giv
ing you the description of a remarkable
child I saw in the town of Prospect a few
days since, in a parish of which, called Po
verty-shore, it was born. It weighs sixty
pounds although but eleven months old.—
I measured it, and find it three feet in
lieiirfitli, two feet five inches round the
breast, two feet seven inches round the bo
dv, sixteen inches round the thigh, fourteen
inches below the knee, ten inches round
the arm i it is well proportioned, its flesh
solid, and is a healthy child ; and what may
seem remarkable it weighed but seven and
a half pounds at. its birth.—Let the advo
cates of emigration never more say the
district of Maine is destitute of fertility.”
TIIE MAR FELLO US.
The following extract of a letter, from the
vicinity of Fayetteville, detailing tile wonder
ful cures effected by a newly discovered miner
al spring, near that place, we have copied from
a late Raleigh Star.
Extract of a letter , dated July 6, 1818,
“At present I am at the Bladen springs,
much on the recovery; I have seen and
heard more than I would wish to tell to a
stranger. 1 have recovered more in one
week than l had any idea of in three
months: the cures arc incredible: amongst
many instances, was a child of four years
old, who had fits from its birth until lie had
neither sense nor feeling, cured perfectly
in 14 days. I have seen the gout, dropsy,
rheumatism, consumption, in its last stage,
wounds and old sores, twenty years stand
ing, cured in from 10 to 20 days. The
town of Fayetteville alone can convince the
world of Ue good effects.”
MORAL. |
FROM THE FUANKLIN GAZETTE.
“This world is all a fleeting show.”
THERE is an hour of peaceful rest,
To mourning wand’rers given;
There is a tear for souls distrest,
A balm for ev’ry wounded breast —
’Tis found above, in heaven !
There is a soft, a downy bed, •
’Tis fair as breath of even ;
A couch for weary mortals spread,
Where they may rest the aching head,
And find repose in heaven !
There is a home for weeping souls,
By sin and sorrow drived ;
When tost on life’s tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise, and ocean rolls,
And all is drear but heaven !
There faith lifts up the tearful eye,
The heart with anguish riven ;
And views the tempest passing by,
The evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene, in heaven !
There flagrant flowers imunmortal bloom,
And joys supreme are given ;
There rays divine disperse the gloom :
Beyond tlhjfconfines of the tomb,
Appears tm dawn of heaven I
SATURDA Y'S SELECTIOX.
We ought not to envy any man on ac
count of his external appearance-*-on ac
count either of his fortune, birth, or person
al qualifications. Could we certainly
know the hearts—the true state of the
minds of the rich and the great: often
should we thank God, that our situation
and condition was more eligible than theirs.
We should see cares and mortifications at
tending their elevated stations, which are
strangers to our more retired and humble
conditions. The advantages which they
enjoy, and after which we are So apt to cast
a longing cyi* would appear to be of far
less importance and consequence than we
now judge them to be. We should see
that they partake far more of the shadow
than the substance ; that they are no way
necessary to our true happiness, and conse
quently we should be freed from unreason
able desires, and become more contented
with the alotments of divine providence.
A man may possess all outward advanta
ges, and still be a vicious, and consequent
ly, an unhappy man ; but the time is ad
vancing and soon will arrive, when all
these distinctions will hie lost in the dark
ness, and in the silence of the
grave; Then we shall realise the vanity
of external and all personal advantages
whatever; that these are of no avail in the
s ; ght of God, and will stand us in no stead
in the day of our trial, when we shall pass
in the presence of our Judge.
As outward appearances are such uncer
tain marks by which to determine our judg
ment, it becomes us not to be too hasty, or
absolute in censuring others. Many tilings,
as the real motive, the intention, and true
design of the person, may in some cases ex
tenuate, and in many others, render our
neighbors conduct, for which we sudden
ly condemn him, quite pardonable, and e
ven commendable.
Things and circumstances, which not
being duly weighed and examined, we may
consider as exceedingly criminal ami base,
may upon cool and deliberate reflection,
after examination had, appear quite honor
able and praisew-orthy. And, I doubt not,
but, through hasty and rash judging, and
through ignorance of the true iutention of
the agent, many an action has been consid
ered as base and criminal; .which other
wise would, and deservedly, have been
judged most reputable and benevolent.
Self interest is often at the bottom of our
censures ; and this often leads us to con
clude, that tl heart of the man whom we
condemn is corrupt anti vicious. And how
often, is it true of us all, that wc condemn
and reprove, in others, those actions, which
we allow oarselves to commit, without
shame or remorse. But, what right have we
thus to judge another man’s servant, and
to pass an absolute decree of condemnation
when wc must, of necessity, be ignorant of
many, and perhaps very material circum
stances, necessary to a just view and right
opinion of the case ? Who lor himself,
would like to have his own character thus
tried by partial views ? Let us never forget
that the judge of all in Heaven is the mas
ter to whom we must all stand or fall— he,
looketh on the heart not on the outward
appearance. It hcconietli os, therefore, to
judge not, lest we be judged, and to con
demn not lest wc he condemned, but to at
tend carefully to our own behaviour and
conduct; to correct and amend what
is smith in ourselves, and tube very cau
tious how we suddenly censure our neighbor.
Out ward prosperity will not recommend
us to his favorable regards. However men
may dilter in this respect—however rich
and fortunate some may be, and however
others may be, poor and distressed, these
outward accidents will make no difference
in the favor of the deity. Virtue alone
will attract his regards, whether in high or
low life, as we proudly express it;, & the
most splendid villain will no more escope
the just judgement of God, than the petty
thief and lazy, beggar. No man has a right
to expect the favor of the deity, but who
seeks for it in the paths of religion, and in
the ways of a wise and virtuous conduct.
This is the wise and viriuousconduct. This
is the only ornament of great price, and the
pearl, for which it beeoines us to sell all,
in order to our purchasing it. This is the
distinction of character which Ire cannot
but approve, and which he is gracious to
reward. Without these virtuous disposi
tions, let the world applaud us as loudly
as it may, and say ever so many fine and
kind things of us, we may be assured, that
he who knoweth and trieth the hearts of
the children of men, will not except us.
A large part of mankind are entirely
guided in their judgement by caprice and
folly, and their applauses and censures are
equally bestowed upon those who do not
deserve them. So that it is impossible to
distinguish the worthy from the worthless,
a man of sense from a blockhead, by the
judgement of the world in general. What,
therefore signify the commendations upon
which some set so high a price, and of what
value are the censures, at which some in
nocent hearts are so much troubled ? When
a man is conscious that he has no title to
the extravagant praises bestowed on him,
and when he knows himself to be innocent
of the faults, with which he is reproached,
neither the one or the other reaches the
heart, so as greatly so rejoice, or sensibly
to afflict it. When, therefore, the world
have applauded us beyond our merit, we
ought not to be vain and take pleasure in
it; and when it has c< * sured us, being in
nocent, we should not regard it, as a mat
ter of any great concern. —Praise and re
proach; being thus uncertainly and improp
erly bestowed, it must be exceedingly fool
ish to neglect and act contrary to our duty
in order to secure the one, or to avoid the
other.—And yet, this popular applause is
the only Subject which some pursue, and
for the enjoyment of it will give up all oth
er considerations whatever.
Fisher's Sermons.
SAV.fl*S*Xll[,
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1818.
§6I.OOO—SPECIE!
On Wednesday last, the schr. Friendship,
bound to Charleston, Irom Jamaica, touched at
Tybee and landed some of her passengers, be
sides the handsome sum of sixty-one thousand
dollars;
Port of dariex.
The city of Darien is situated on the river
Alatamaha, in this state* 11 inilesfrom its mouth,
and 16 from the sea. It contains about 60
dwelling houses and 30 stores, with a popula
tion of 300 white inhabitants, and 150 slaves
It stands on a high bluff, on the north-east side
of the river, 62 miles s s w. of Savannah. A
letter in describing this new and rapidly in
creasing place, says : “ When we consider the
rise of property tor the year past, and the ex
tensive rivers, branching out into the heart and
vineyard of Georgia, by the rivers Oakmulgee
as far as Hartford, and Oconee as far as Milledge
ville, and the amount of 17.000 bags of cotton,
which came down this river the present year,
its rich vicinity, the immense islands for the
cultivation of the long staple cotton —why
will it not vie, at no distant period, with one of
the most flourishing commercial cities in the
United States ?’*
The Connecticut Courant gives an account
of a number of decisions w hich have been had
in that state before the supreme court of errors,
under the new order of things. Among other
things, they have decided that the Lord’s day
does not begin before day-bieak in the morn
ing, nor continue after the light disappears in the
evening.
The people of Connecticut having discover
ed that their supposed existence for above one
• hundred years as a body politic was altogether
an illusion, that they had all this time been a
1 mere stalking shadow, without “ form or pres
sure *> —and awakening to all the horrors of this
state of fion-entity, have wisely determined to
Inn e substance and a conformation like other
bodies, that like them they may enjoy a real
existence, and for this purpose have chosen del
’ egates in the several towns, to meet in conven
, tion at Hartford, hi August next, for the pur
’ peso of framing a constitution of civil govern
ment. Salem Gas.
Important Recipe. — X man in New
’ york, after imprudently drinking cold wa
ter, was seized with very alarming symp
toms, from which lie wns relieved by nir.
John de Alton White, who dissolved hall
an ounce of camphor in a gill of brandy ;
of this, three parts were made ami given
at intervals of three imimtcs— which soon
gave the patient relief.
FOURTH OF JULY. A
From no part of the United States that we have
yet heard, has tins day been celebrated with
so much splendor as at Newark, N. J. The
following was the order of tho procession,
preceded by the military ;
Tailors at work, on a platform erected
on a waggon, and drawn by one horse.
Stone cutters, brick layers, anc\ mason
tender, having platforms on two waggons
lashed together. On the first the stone cut
ters were chisseling and grinding stone ;
on the second the mason were laying up a.
brick fire place ; and in a cart in the rear
wa3 the tender, working and handing mor
ter. • *
Carpenters at work making doors and
sashes, having on their platform a ’work
bench, saws, chest of tools, &c. The
whole drawn by two horses.
Bakers,on a platform drawn by onehorse,
having a tin oven, tables, and the men at
work moulding dough and baking.
Cordwainers, on stages erected on two
waggons lashed together, on which was a
handsome exhibition of boots, shoes, trunks,
and four hands at work,
Curriers, having five hands at work on
the sliavcing beam and finishing table, ex
hibiting a variety of kinds of leather.
Carriage makers (D. Beach’s establish
ment) having platforms erected on his
steam-boat waggon, and a smaller one at
tached to it, drawn by four horses. On the
first, carriage making, trimming, painting,
and harness making, were all in operation.
On the other, smitliwnrk was going on, the
sons of Vulcan having an anvil, hammers,
bellows hung, and fire on the forge.
Saw Pit, two stories high, on a platform
drawn by one horse, and two men sawing
plank for carriages.
Lace weavers, on a stage drawn by two
horses, on which six hands were employed
in weaving, quilling, &c. In front was a
motto in large letters, “ July 4,1776,” and
another on the sides of the awning :
“ All arts shall flourish in Columbia’s land,
“ And all her sons join in one social band.”
Plane Makers, having two work benches
erected on their platform, a variety of tools,
and the hands at work making planers.
Watch makers and gold and silver
smiths—their stage handsomely exhibiting
watches, gold w'ork, &c. and men at work
at their respective branches.
Silver platers, on a platform drawn by
two horses, six hands being at work, having
a rolling machine; two vices and other tools
in operation. In front a motto, “ Silver
plating manufactory.”
Tin and coppennanufacturerp, their plat
form furbished with a smith’s forge and
bellows in operation, work bench, beek
irons, horse head, and a variety of tin and
copovr ware.
Hatter's establishment, drawn by two
horses, nine hands at work around the ket
tle, smoking hot; bowing stuff, &c.
Cabinet makers, well provided with ma
hogany stuff and tools. Before the proces
sion stopped, they had erected a handsome
breakfast table and field bedsteads on their
stage.
Chair makers, a number ol hands busily
engaged in turning stuff, bottoming chairs
and painting.
Candle makers, their establishment
drawn by two horses, men at work dipping
md weighing candles, and prepairing
wicks.
Trunk and harness makers, exhibiting
articles in that line of business, and two
hands at work.
Boat builders, having a skiff with her
sails set, erected on a platform, and the t
S. flag flying. ‘
A cooper, with a new’ cask, driving the
hoops like all the world.
Orator of the day, and reader of the de
claration of independence.
Female scholars and teachers.
Citizens in general.
The procession being thus arranged and very
long, marched from the lower common, to the
north point of the upper common, thence round
that common to Broad-strcef, thence down Broad
street to the south end of it, thence back to the
Ist Presbyterian church.
The commissioners of this state met tlte
chiefs of the Penobscot tribe (’27 in num
ber) at Bangor on the 24th June, and bought
of them all their claim but four townships
and the islands up the Penobscot river,
which the Indians reserve for their own
use. Our commissioners were lion. F.da |(
H. Bobbins, hon. solicitor Davis and lion.
Mark I* Hill. Alter dining with main
other gentlemen, with the free masons, wha
had a celebration that day, they formed in
procession, with the rev. .nr. William*; jjJ
itary officers, magistrates of the count ,
citizens and strangers, and went to
in eeting how*t, which was occupied bv snw