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• r POETICAL. FROM THU BALTIMORE WKEK.LY MAGAZINE. A short hit comprehensive circular to the unmar ried Ladiis. Your blooming* skin I don’t so much admire, Nor the fair features of) our virgin face, Your bright black eyes that beam celestial fire, Nor yet your peerless form's bewitching grace; K’en when in stifT unyielding corsets laced ; If in your inind no min lest virtues dwell, No studious culture has improv’d your taste ; If no kind sympathies your ’bosom swell, But all your business is to flirt—a pretty belle! Give me the maid whose uncorrupted heart Ne’er lcarn’d in folly’s giddy round to stray ; .Who does not pass her time in idle flirt, To meet our glances in the public way; Whose inind, unsullied as the morning ray, The stoics of useful knowledge loves to share;— And spends industrious, each revolving day— For none but such a single groat 1 care: Tell me—am I deceiv’d r or are they very rare ? MONITORIAL. DEA’UI. “Trust me, Julia, that elegance of person, that beautiful regularity of features, that majestic air which strikes every beholder with love and admiration, will avail thee nought against the cold ravages of death ! The gay, the wise, the humble and exalted, the beautiful and deformed, must all moulder in the same native clay. Thou hast seen iho sun rise in all its splendour—nature fresh- dtnee conducted him to triumph, ens at his reproach, the morning of its reign is all smiling beauty and perfection, it gains strength as it acquires its meredian height, it faints as it sinks beneath the western hills, the glimmering prospect fades on the vi • v, and the day is closed in the dusky shades of night forever. Such is the emblem of life— Man comes into existence as the dawn bursts from the womb of darkness; bis youth is beautiful as the morning sun, all smiling i»- no' ence ; his puberty is at the noon, endued With strength and vigor, open to new scenes, impregnated with new desires, animated with liope, and pleased with enjoyments— but soon the evening approaches, and all the transitory scenes of time are closed in the allotments of eternity ! Man though born with faculties to reach through the death of time, and powers to flourish through the great chaos of nature, starts back with hor ror at the dreadful uncertainty of futurity. He. becomes enamoured of his habitation, earth, and wishes to dwell on it forever ; ev er} art is tried to support his frail and totter ing fabric, yet it must very soon decay, and moulder into its native earth. Yet a little while and every breast now warm with hope, and busy with design, shall sink into the c dd and senseless grave ; the eye that is reading these lines shall he closed in dark ness, and the young hand that writes them shall sooner or later he crumbled into dust.” Reflections on the gruve.—“Here is the last stage of Life’s journey. Here is the collecting rendezvous of suffering mortals : here is a safe retreat from the barbed shafts of malice, from pointed p: rils and from misery’s rod : here, after noble and ignoble views; after every ardent wish; after pur suing every flattering object, we find the ob ject of them all. Here, from servile bon dage, and oppression’s iron hand, rests the wretched negro, whom chance had made a slave ; here lie forgets his galling state, and with his lordly tyrant sleeps equally accom modated. Here tjic oppressor and the op pressed moulder together. Here sleep the meanly saving, and the riotous profuse. Here, prostrate in dust, lay the degraded relics of soaring mortals ! lie,member, then, the transient visions of terrestrial greatness; | low, the great and the obscure, tiie good connected with him from oblivion ; and, in the language of llrucc—“ while ever, the situations of magnificent cities are forgot ten, we are familiar with the insignificant village, that sheltered some humble philoso pher, or the rill that quenched the thirst of some indigent bard.” From an attentive perusal of the American history, and a close examination of the char acter of Washington, it appears to me that the principal faculty of his mind was judge ment, which always led him to avoid the dan gers of precipitancy, and the errors which sometimes result fro in a more vivid and brill iant imagination. The dictates of that judgement constituted the line of his con duct, which was, ;;f course, marked with the most consummate prudence. This virtue never seems to have deserted him, either as a statesman or a warrior, in a public or pri vate capacity. Ilis prudence and caution wore particularly observable in his military career, and, like Pericles, lie never willing ly came to an engagement when the danger was considerable, and the success very un certain ; nor did ho envy the glory, or im itate the conduct, of those generals, who are admired and applauded, because their rash enterprizes have been attended with success. He had many difficulties to en counter ; but these diiliculties lie readily surmounted. Patriotism animated, and pru- Willi a limited education, and little patronage, he pa* ed his way to greatness, and, by his vir tues, cast a Irlaze iff glory around his char acter, that time can only increase, and that posterity must contemplate with enthusiasm and rapture. There is no parallel for such a man in the annals of the world ; so singu lar a combination of virtues, with so lew vices ; such disinterested patriotism, and such unimpeachable integrity, with so many temptations to swerve, and so many induce ments to betray , were never before united. Immovable in the hour of danger, no difficulties could shake, no terrors appal him. He was always the same, in the glare of pros perity, and in the gloom of adversity. Like Faiiricus, he could not be moved from the paths of virtue and honor, and like Epam- inondas, he made every thing bend to the interest of his country. His country was his idol, and patriotism the predominant feeling of his mind. Personal aggrandise ment and individual resentment, were alike sacrificed to this overwhelming passion, which no difficulty codd weaken, and no neglect destroy. Washington was reserved without being bigotted; great in allstations, and sublime in all his actions, whether he moved in the sphere of obscurity,or employ ed bis energies in wielding the destinies of his country. Antiquity would have made him a god ; posterity will make him more Every nation ran boast of its heroes, its statesmen, and its bards, but there arc few that have produced their Washingtons. He stands alone in the history of the world, and will be. venerated while virtue and patriot ism have an influence on human action. You will, no doubt, be astonished to un derstand tbit the remains of this great and excellent iiian still repose in a humble se pulchre, on the estate at which he resided, and from w’hich, like Cincinnatus, he was several tiroes called by his country. The Americans are certainly not ungrate ful, but. they seem to have ail aversion to per petuate. a man’s name by “ monumental brass,’* orto express their gratitude by splen did tombs, or ponderous and magnificent mnusolea. Your long acquaintance with Westminster Abbey, where the high and the tion generally to the depositories of their dead than almost any other nation : they seem to be no sooner laid in the earth tliai they are forgotten, and the tear of sorrow and the hand of affection neither bedews nor’ decorates the sward under which the friend, the parent or the relative reposes. Among the ancients you will recollect this was part of their religion, and we owe to the tender ness and affection of a Corinthian nurse for her deceased charge the rich and splendid capital which r jautifics the Corinthian shaft. It is in vain to look in the burying grounds of this country for the pensive cypress, or the melancholy Willow, the virgin weeping over the urn of her departed lover, or the mother hanging over the grave of her darliug child ; no flower blooms, bedewed with the tear of affection ; no zephyr waffs the odours of melancholy love; all is waste, and dreary. and dead as the sunken grave over which you pass; and a few stones, on which are engrav ed, the a$c and name of the decease^ are all that yemain to manifest the affection of the living to those who have passed a^vay and are no more. Bushrod Washington, the present propri etor of Mount Vernon, is the nephew of L- general. lie seems to be about 50 years ot ago, is below the middle size, and apparent ly nervous and feeble. His complexion is pale and cadaverous, but his couidon lice lias tlie. lineaments of benevolence and good nature. lie has long been one of the judges of the supreme court of the United States, and has, during that period, discovered no deficiency in his acquaintance with (lie law. His decisions arc, I believe, generally eor- rert, though not very remarkable. L know not whether he was ever distinguished for his eloquence at the bar ; hut little seems to be known of bis powers as an advocate or a lawy er, and that little does not tend to place him much beyond the grade of mediocrity. Satisfied with the respect w hich the reputa lion of his uncle, the situation he holds, and the wealth he possesses east around him, li feels no motive to exertion, and no desire t render himself illustrious by his own efforts. He appears to be one of those men to whom the pleasures of the domestic circle are more seducing than the fitful though captivating splendor which surrounds the temples of the statesman or the warrior; and lie prefers what the world terms the. inglorious repose, of domestic felicity to the feverish agitation and sickly turmoil of public lit’-. Mount Vernon lias become, like Jerusalem and Mecca, the resort of travellers of all na tions* who come within its vicinity ; venera tion and respect for the memory of the great and illustrious chief, whose body it contains lead all who have heard of his name, to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of patriotism and public worth, and to stroll oVer the ground which has been hallowed by the ashes of he roism and virtue. A twig, a flower, or even a stone becomes interesting w hen taken from the spot where Washington lived and die ., and no man quits it without bcari ,g with him some memento to exhibit to his family and his friends. repaired to their different posts. The d re fill conflict commenced. The first „fB that fell in the 9th regiment was cant H«D lighting gallantly, atthclicad of hi 8 comw —the second licul. Turner—the third 5 Burgctt, all displaying the most undaunted mil determined bravery—whilst cantai! Berry, as if fully to complete the predict!™ was taken prisoner by the enemy, and car’ l ied captive in to the British camp > Sostri king a coincidence of circumstances occurs : and these instances have freii™, ly been the subject of conversation and re! mark, among the American officers, since the ever memorable battle of Bridgewater Pittsburg’Metcurv.’ NOTICE. ^ N INE MONTHS after date application »iu be made to the honorable the inferiorcourf of Morgan county t when sitting for ordinirvpar- poses, for leave to sell one half lot of land N" 242, fourth district, lying in said countv,it the real estate of Fanny Rogers, deceased r the benefit of the heirs of said deceased ’ W DRURY ROGERS, adm’r January IT, 1818. NOTICE. “\T INF. months after date, application willkj i ^ made, to the honorable the Inferior Court of Morgan county, when sitting as a Court of Or. dinary, for leave to sell one hundred and fifty cresof land, lying in said county, known by* lot 513, for the benefit of the iieirs of George Tlioiap. son,deceased, wm. oili. Adm’r, th i davis, Adm’r, in light of his wife. Morgan cottntv, May U 1818. ,N (>T*C L. '•VJ INK months after date hereof, applicatioa JlNI will be made to the 1: movable the Courtd Ordinay of Morgan county, for leave tu sellh ilivid a Lot of land, tin property of Andrew Brown, late of said county, deceased, wherduth subscriber now lives, for the benefit of the hr JOSEPH MORROW, ad^ in right of hissife, Dec. 1G, 181T. and art so as to lie prepared to pay the mo mentary loan of heaven’s great lender.” MISCELLANY. FROM “ LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON.” VISIT TO MOlfNT VERNON. “ Lord B—Since my last, 1 have been to visit Mount Vernon, memorable for having once been the residence of the illustrious Washington, the savior of his country. It is now in the possession of a near relation of his, of tiie same name, who is one of the as sociate judges of the supreme court, and a very amiable man. It is beautifully situa ted, on the right bank of the Potomac, which is seen from it as far as the eye can reach, pursuing its meandering course to the Ches- ap'T.ke. I must confess it was not without feelings of deep and intense interest, that 1 strolled over ground consecrated by the ashes of one of the greatest and best men the w uid has produced. The richness, and beauty of the landscape, were lost in the gloom of melancholy recollection, and i gazed on the humble sepulchre which con tained his mortal remains, with those feel ings which I know you would experience in beaolding, on the fair famed plain of Troy, the tumuli of Hector, Achilles, and Patro- clus. There is a singular kind of pleasure in contemplating the ashes of the “mighty dead,” who slumber beneath you. It is a pleasure which resembles the sensation pro duced by the Heavenly tones of the Eolean harp, heard amid the repose and tranquility of night. The mind is thrown off its poise, and floats along the stream of time, nullow- eo an*l . hastened by retrospection. The fain* of a great man preserves every tiling mail and the viilian, are alike honored by their country or their friends, may perhaps Iraw from you a burst of indignation, at the imaginary apathy and indifference ol this great republic, to the memory and past ser vices of its illustrious dead ; hut 1 question whether it be not correct policy. To begin would be to have no end, and the erection of a monument to Washington might terminate as in Russia, with a monument to a dog'— Since the invention of writing, and the pre sent extension of knowledge, the “storied iirn and animated bust,” have become almost useless. History will record with fidelity the illustrious actions of him w ho has deserv ed well of his country, and his name will be as perpetual as if Pclion had been piled on Ossa to preserve his memory. It was doubt less owing, to the want of this art that the humble tumuli of the Celts and the massy pyramids of the. Egyptians were formed ; they had no other inode of expressing their gratitude or of perpetuating the memory of tlteir dead After all, my lord, perhaps the best monument is to “ read their gratitude in a nation’s age.” On storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call fleeting breath ? * Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death. It is but justice, hdwever, to state that tin*’ the American government have refused to erect a monument to the memory of their il lustrious hero, liis countrymen have not been quite so fastidious ; and the citizens of Bal timore, with that enthusiasm and public spirit which have done them so much credit, arc now engaged in building a monument that will at once evince their gratitude, their pa triotism and their taste. It may be safely asserted that the Americans pay less atten Onginal Anecdote—It has been remarked that frequently the human mind, in die last stages of its earthly existence, lias been en dowed with something like a prophetic spir- itof the future. Whether that was the ease in the striking incident now about to he re corded, it is not pretended to say. The farts are, however, unquestionably true; and are well known to many of the officers of the American army. The coincidence of circumstances is, indeed, very striking and the facts deserve to be recorded, not on ly as an evidence of the undaunted bravery •if t?:e American officers ; but as a signal instance of the actual fulfilment of their ow n predictions. About two hours previous to the ever memorable battle of Bridgewa ter, news had arrived in the camp of tiie 9th regiment, that the British were advancing. A number of the officers of the'Oth, among whom were captain Hull,limits. Turner and Burgett, and captain David Perry, had as sembled together in a little squad ; were chatting in a friendly and jocular manner ; and were commenting upon the news they had heard of the approach of the enemy. One of the company observed—“well, we shall haic warm work to-day—some of us shall he killed—who shall they be ?”—An other in the Same tone of jocularity, replied —“Captain Hull,” and held up his hand. The company all joined in bolding up their hands, and captain Hull, amongst the rest.— “ Who next ?”—rejoined another.—“ Lieut. Turner,” was tiie reply, and the vote taken in like manner. “ Well, hut there must he more than two—who next ?”—w as asked— “ Lieut. Burgett,” was the reply, and t ar ried by a similar vote.— •« We want a repre sentative in the British camp—who shall be our representative ?—who shall be taken prisoner ?”—All eyes immediately turned to captain Perry, who being quite in bis dish abille, had excited some raillery.—“ Capt. Perry,our representative,”—was the unan imous reply and unanimous vote. Captain Perry immediately retired ; and in a few minutes returned, shaved and cleanly dress ed,& in a jocular tone, asked whether he now made an appearance suitable for their repre- sentavivc. The order for forming the line of battlo came.—The different gentlemen IMPORTANT INVENTION, > jjjMlE undersigned having obtained a Fata A for the invention of an horizontal ani pi peudicularly moving water Wheel, ami beingst* sible that conclusions drawn from theory alt are not always confirmed by experiment, al '.'tough supported in his opinion of its operitii power anti general utility, by the most cogent lb oretical reasons } yet, rather than obtrude il the public notice, supported by theory only, determined to make a full and satisfactory eip rinient of its operative power and general utilit ou a scale that would test the principle berm the possibility of doubt. He accordingly to built and erected in the edge of Elk River, (ui Klkton, Giles county, West Tennessee) a raid w heel on the Shove plan, 32 feet diameter; 12 arms, to Which the floats, 8 feet by 4 in sun lace, are suspended by two hinges, and support ed by rods connected to the lower edge and lit arms that follow, in a way not to prevent the m» turn of the float, until fully unfolded. The Cut begins to fold up on the eddy or that side of Ik wheel returning against the current, and is cii* ried easily over an inclined plain, by means ol. a small wheel or roller, fixed in the lower edged the float, and pass of! the float so soon as it auk acted o.t by the current. T he inclined plain cm lie I'jpenset! within tidewater; the ebb ami flood acting alternately on the diffluent side* d the wheel, and Without changing or alteringia motion. The wheel is suspended by twos" ,,, rdi l indented on one side and passing tnro.ig'i iLeb on the arms of the cog-wheel 'ami retained if catchSs and is raised or lowered by levers to nil the different stages of the water, or to inaoist or diminish its operative power. The inclined plain rises and falls with the water. The currtrf in the part ol the river oil which the above tvW is erected, is far from being brisk ; yet the wi.ed perttirms one a..d a Half revolutions in a miMi&i driving a stone of four feet diameter with power and with a velocity of one hundred twenty revolutions in the minute. The proprietor will have .in full operation u ensuing summer, two pair of stones and asa'jidT attaciied to and driven by the same water ulw. The great anil important advantage arising ft® this invention, is the substituting the com*# current of rivers, for the usual quantity of sd* acting under a head, or falling under an heigH and without a dam or any other obstruction# the current in rivers than a small ti iangulart'iiw extending from the bank above, to halt thedis®' eter of tiie wheel, to protect it against drift-woo«j ice, See. There are few rivers that do not afTord a situ*' tion every mile or two for tin* erection of a ,”. e * on the above construction, and thereby affoiwflj to farmers living on such water courses a lacrtb of manufacturing their own grain, sawing up** rendering profitable, timber that otherwise prove an unprofitable incumbrance on ground ; and in short is well calculated to P® pel all the various kinds of machinery, wh e ®* on a large or small scale, by increasing orfli® 111 ishing the size of the wheel. . The premium for using the above desert** wheel, if obtained of the proprietor, will b® L hundred dollars ; but if an agent, some *“j higher. To a priviledged right will be aft* 0 a schedule, containing a full dud aocurate l j MC T tion of all the parts, sizes, &c. composing® wheel, so as to rentier it intelligible and comprehended by the most ordinary ca pscity. 11 being extremely simple, when seen of stood. WILLIAM PUKNEIJ* Elkton, 22d March, 1818. PUBLISHED WEEKLT, BY J. B. HINES, THPP.E POLLABS PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE