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POETRY.
From the Hingham Gazette.
RUM.
“O thou invisible spirit of Rum! if thou
hadst Ho name by which to know thee, we
toould call thee—Devil.—Shakspcare.
Let thy devotee extol thee,
And thy vvond’rous virtues sum;
But the worst of names I’ll call thee,
O, thou Hydra-monster, Rum l
P:mide-maker, visage-hloater
Health-corruptor, idler’s mate;
Mischief-breeder, vice-promoter,
Credit-spoiler, devil’s bait.
Almshouse-builder, pauper-maker,
Trust-betrayer, sorrow’s source;
Pocket-emptier, Sabbath-breaker,
Conscience-stiller, guilt’s recourse.
N erve-enfeebler, syr.tem-^hatterer,
Thirst-increaser, vagrant thief;
Cough-producer, treacherous flatterer,
Muu-bedauber, mock-relief.
B isi n ess-h 1 n de re r, splee n-i nst ille r,
Wm-begetter, friendship’s banc;
Auger-heater, Bridewell-filler,.
Debt-inndver, toper’s chain.
Memo, y-drowner, honor-wrecker,
Judgm-nt-warper, bluc-laced quack;
Feud-beginner, rags-bedecker,
Strife-enkinuler, fortune’s wrack.
Summer’s cooler, winter’s warmer,
Blood-polluter, specious snare; ,
Mob-collector, man-transformer*
Bond-undoer, gambler’s fare.
Speech-bewraggler, headlong-bringer,.
Yitals-burner, deadly fire;
Riot-mover, firebrand-flinger,
Discord-kindler, misery’s sire.
Sinews-robber, worth-depriver.
Strength-subduer, hideous foe;
Reason-thwarter, fraud-contriver,.
Money-waster, nation’s woe.
Tile-seducer, joy-dispeller,
Peace-disturber, blackguard guest;
Slotb-implanter, liver-sweller,
Brain-distracter, hateful pest.
Utterance-hoggler, stench-emitter,
Strong man sprawlcr, fatal drop;
Tumult-raiser, venom-spitter,
"VVrath-inspirer, coward’s prop.
Pain-inflicter, eyes-inflamer,
Heart-corrupter, folly’s nurse;
Secret-babbler, body-maimer,
Tlirift-defcater, loathsome curse.
Wit-ilestrovor, jov-impai rer,
Scandal-dealer, foulmouthed scourge;
Senses-hlnnter, vout h-ensnarcr,
CHme-inventer, ruin’s verge.
Virtue-blaster, base-deceiver,
Rage-displayer, sot’s delight;
Noise-exciter, stomach-heaver,
Falsehood-spreadfcr, scorjiiom’s bite.
Quarrel-plotter, rage-discharger,
Giant-conqueror, wasteful sway;
Chin-carbuncler, longue-enlarger,
Malice-venter, death’s broad way.
Tempest-scattcrer, window’s smasher,
Death-forerunner, hell’s dire brink;
Ravenous murderer, wind-pipe-slasher,
Drunkard’s lodging, meat and drink.
U-U. B.
Art of all Arts.—Of all the discov
eries which have been made, we con
ceive the reflecting mind will acknow
ledge that none have tended more to
the improvements and comforts of so
ciety than that of printing: in truth,
it would almost be impossible to enu
merate the advantages derived by all
professions front the streams of this
invaluable fountain, this main-spring
of all our transactions in life. It has
been justly remarked by a celebrated
writer, that were the starry heavens
deficient of one constellation,the vacan
cy could not be better supplied, thaff
by the introduction of a printing press.
The more we reflect, the greater
becomes our surprise, till at length
we are lost in wonder and astonish
ment, that the art should have lain
dormant for so many generations,
(when the principle was so universal
ly known.) without being brought into
general use; still we may consider it
fortunate in other respects; and was,
no doubt, ordered for a wise purpose,
because, had it received its birth du
ring the dark ages, before civilization
began to dawn, it is not improbable,
(considering the opposition it at first
met with,) but it would have been
strangled in its infancy, and consigned
to an early tomb! But Providence
has ordained it otherwise. The first
printers, as though aware of the con
sequence of too early an exposure, ad
ministered an oath of secrecy to their
servants; and these deserving individ
uals indefatignbly labored for the space
of twenty years, until the infant,
which they had sedulously rocked in
the cradle of Industry, arrived at full
maturity; then it was that this noble
invention filled Europe with amaze
ment and consternatin, the powerful
blaze of which lias proved too much
for the whole phalanx of' priests,
scribes, and their adherents, *t® extin
guish. On finding all their efforts in
vain, they artfully pretended to turn
in its favor, and reported it to be a di
vine gift, fit only to be exercised iu
monasteries, chapels, and religious
houses, and the printers were court
ed to fall into their views, several of
whom accepted the invitation: but
this narrow policy was of short dura
tion, the art spread with too rapid
strides to be confined within such cir
cumscribed limits, for as fast as indi
viduals gained a knowledge of the mys-
! tery, they commenced the undertak
ing in different places; by which
means, those who had till then re
mained in ignorance gained a true
sense of religion, and the chicanery of
the priests, from that period, gradu
ally became more apparent, and has
sunk into comparative insignificance,
during the progress of the glorious Re
formation.
Viewing the subject in its proper
light, can we too highly prize that art,
which has, and ever must continue,
(in opposition to all attempts to shac
kle it) not only to amuse and instruct
the young; but also to cheer and con
sole the aged, while journeying to
a close of this vale of tears? It is
much to be regretted, that many of
those on whom Providence lias so pro
fusely lavjshed her bounty, should
withhold their assistance to the labor
ers in this vineyard; in short, the art,
above all others, justly deserves to be
encouraged; because, from it vve de
rive almost every intellectual comfort
which man can boast on this side the
grave.—Abridgement of Johnson's Ty
pography.
Discovery of America.—A distin
guished savant of Copenhagen has ad
dressed a letter, containing very cu
rious historical information, to a gen
tleman of this city. He is engaged in
the composition of a work on the voy
ages of discovery to North America
undertaken by inhabitants of the North
of Europe before Ihe time of Columbus.
He has in his Jhands genuine ancient
documents, the examination of which,
he says, leads to the most curious and
surprising results, well worthy in
themselves of fixing the attention of
the Philosopher and historian. They
furnish various and unquestionable ev
idence, not only that the coast of
North America was discovered soon
after the discovery of Greenland, to
wards the close of the tenth century,
by northern explorers, a part of whom
remained there, and that it was a-
gain visited in the 1 ith, 12th and 13th
centuries, but also that Christianity
was introduced among the aboriginies.
In the names of the northern Ame
rican places, traces, of the Scandina
vian descent of the early settlers
are found. The documents mention
ed above, supply materials for a Map
of the northern coast of America,
which will be annexed to the digest
and commentary to be prepared by
the writer of the letter.
The northern adventures had their
principal station at the mouth of the
river St. Lawrence; aud Gaspe-bay
is a promiuent rendezvous; but it is
affirmed to be clear from the records
that they were acquainted with the
coast much further to the south, even
as far down as the Carolinas. It was
in the year 985 that America was dis
covered by Biaske Herjuefsen, but he
did not land. In the year 1000, or
perhaps earlier, the coast was visited
by Lief, a son of Erik the Red, who
first colonized Greenland. Of all
northern navigators who succeeded in
the same way, Thonfnn Karbefene is
the one from whom the most circum
stantial reports have been transmitted.
From his son Snorre, who was born m
America and left it with his parents
when he was three years old descend
ed in the 2d and 3d generations three
of Iceland’s first and most celebrated
Bishops, Thorlak, Biom and Brand,
and in the 8th generation judge Hank,
so justly celebrated in the literary his
tory of Iceland, by whom a number of
Sagaes were composed. He lived in
the 12th, and the beginning of the 13th
century. Parts of his works in his
own hand writing are now in the pos
session of the Danish savant.—Mat.
Gas.
Constantinople.—This city, original
ly called Byzantium; was founded by
a colony of Lacedemonians, 660 years
before Christ; waS made the seat of
government by Constantine the Great,
328 years after Christ; and w r as taken
by the Turks in the year 1453. It is
built On a triangular piece of find that
projects into the sea of Marmora, be
ing washed on two sides by the sea.—
The lofty wall on the land side is the
same that w r as built by Constantine.—
Several breaches were made in this
wall when the city was taken, which
the Turks have never since repaired.
Dr. Walsh estimates that Constanti
nople has lost more than half its pop
ulation within the last twenty years.
In three revolutions that occurred in
18 months, 30,000 of the inhabitants
were destroyed. Then followed the
plague of 1812, which swept away up
wards of 290,000 mqre.—Since 1821
the Greek population has been reduc
ed from 40,000 to 20,000. In 1827
the Janisaries were extinguished, and
30,000 persons were slain. The
Greek and Russian wars have been a
constant drain on the capital, and
the plague is cortinually active. Thus
in 20 years, from three to four hun
dred thousand persons have been swept
away in one city. Dr. W. supposes
1 hat the same causes operate in eve
ry part of the Turkish empire, and af
firms that more of human life is wast
ed, aud less supplied, in Turkey than
any other country. The vast plain
that surrounds Constantinople is a per
fect desert, where solitude and deso
lation reign.
Utility of a knowledge of Arithmetic and
Book-keeping to a woman—from
Franklin's tcorks.
In 17b3,1 sent one of my journey
men to Charleston, S. C. where a
printer was wanting.' I furnished him
w’ilh a jircss, aud letters on the agree
ment ot partnership, by which I was
to receive one third of the profits, of
the business, paying one-third of the
expenses. He was a man of learning,
but ignorant, in matters of accounts,
and though he sometimes made me
remittances, I could get no account
from him, nor any satisfactory state of
our partnership, while he lived.
On his discease the business was
continued* by his widow, who being
born ami bred in Holland, where, as 1
have been informed, the knowledge of
accounts makes a part of female edu
cation, she not only sent me as clear
a statement as she could find of the
transactions past, but continued to ac
count with the greatest regularity and
exactness every quarter afterwards
and managed the business with such
success, that she not only respectably
brought up a family of children, but
at the expiration of tlie term, was a-
ble to purchase of me the printing-of
fice, and establish her son in it. I
mention this affair chiefly for the sake
ol recommending that branch of edu
cation for your young women, as like
ly to be of more use to them and their
children in case of widowhood, than
either music or dancing, - by preserv
ing them from losses by impositions of
crafty men and enabling them, per
haps, to continue a profitable mercan
tile house, with established corres
pondence, till a son is grown up to un
dertake and go on with it, x to the last
ing advantage and enriching of the fa
mily..
Profits of Ncivspapers.—The follow-
lowing statement from the New
Hampshire Observer may correct
some misapprehensions on this subject.
“When we purchased the Obser
ver, it had about 1025 subscribers;
perhaps 25 fell off immediately, in
consequence of its removal: the num
ber steadily and gradually increased,
until in June 1828, it was 1276: few,
very few, have fallen off during the
summer; aud without any uncommon
exertions, we should expect to raise it
to 1400 by the first of Jan. 1829.”
“The whole receipts for the year
.ending July 1, 1828, when they shall
all be collected, will probably not ex
ceed 1500 dollars: the printing cost
801)—the paper 700—editorial servi
ces apart of the yep.r only, 250, making
1750. The receipts for the current
year, as it now appears; may amount
to 1800, possibly to 19. The print
ing will be 800, as before, tHIt paper
about 800, making 1600, without edi
torial Services. Si that, with strict
economy, these two years will yield no
gain, leaving the unavoidable expense,
of the publisher's time out of the ques
tion. Besides these items, the inte
rest for 2 years on 800 dollars, the
price of the subscription list, would
be 96 dollars more.”
Sharlcs.—A correspondent from on
board the Torch, Sandheuds, writes,
that on Sunday, the 9th ultimo, he
was witness to the catchingwvith the
'look of 50 sharks,, all of considerable
sizo. The following are given as the
dimensions of the largest of them, a
female fish;
feet. in.
Full length, 10 6
Girth round the belly, 10 * 0
Extreme breadth across the jaw, 2 4
Mouth open alter she was quid, 1 8
She bad six or seven rows of immense
teeth, and the liver yielded 13 1-2 gal
lons of very clear good oil. I» her
belly were found alive 49 young ones,
none of them less than 21 inches nor
more than 22 inches long. The weight
and strength of this fish are described
as immense, and, whe» caught and
taken on board, its fury and violence
threatened death to all who came near
it. After being killed, it was put o-
verboard for the night, to be kept till
the next morning, when the jaws and
back bone were to have been taken
out; but six or seven other sharks caine
up and tore it to pieces.—Bengal
Chronicle, April8.
The Way to catch Gulls.—In the
scheme of the Lottery advertised to
be drawn on the 12th of November,
there are, according to the scheme
now before me, 14,190 tickets, which
are to be sold at twenty one dollars
each, which will amount to 283,800
The prizes amount to 227,000
Leaving a profit on sales,
more than Prizes, to the ven
der, of 56,056
Deduct 15 per cent, on
$227,000, the Prizes, the de
duction will amount to 34,056
Forty days interest on all *
Prizes that exceed $20, be
fore they are payable, (. 913
And it appears that the
public suffer by this Lottery
alone $91,729
Allowing that all tickets are sold
and all Prizes are paid, the enormous
sum of ninety-one. thousand seven hun
dred and twenty-nine dollars.
There * cannot be less -than what
would be equal to twelve of such Lot
teries in the year, of the Lot
tery of this State, which would
show that the thoughtless and incon
siderate pay to the Lottery managers
aud venders, a year, the sum of one
million one hundred thousand seven hun
dred and forty-eight dollars more than
they receive back in prizes.
JV*. Y. Daily Adv.
A Splendid Reward for Curing the
Tooth-Ache.—A few days ago a mar
riage w r as celebrated in one of the
manufactoring towns in France, be
tween one of-the richest heiress of
England, who is also the daughter of
a Lord, and a young linen-draper.—
We copy the account verbatim from a
provincial Journal—Miss G- the
daughter of the Lord of that time, had
been suffering for some time from a
violent tooth-ache, for which she
could obtain no relief. She had sent
for the dentist,»but in alarm at the
idea of loosing one of the beautiful or
naments of her person, she fled from
his presence exclaiming, “No, I will
never consent: when the young Adol-
.phe R , who was bringing home
some muslins which had been ordered
by Miss G entered the house, and
thinking that the dentist was some
person about to offer violence to the
lady, interposed; the affair, however,
was soon explained, and Miss G
in an excess of pain, declared she
would give half her fortune to any
person who could cure her. The
young Adolphe instantly flew across
the road for a bottle of the Paraguay
Roux, with which he returned, and the
lady, applying it to her tooth, was
oured in a minute. The gallant and
generous Adolphe refused to receive
any recompense: but the lady pleased
with his disinterestedness and grate
ful for his kindness, a month after
wards accompanied him to the altar,
in spite of the opposition of her parents.
BEHAVIOUR OF SOLDIERS IN
BATTLE.
In a short time we arrived at a part
of the road which was traversed'by a
small battery, on which the French
guns had opened a heavy fire, and im
mediately behind which Lord Well
ington and his staff were sitting on
horseback, in a most perilous situation.
At this place the light <A>mpany of the
regiment to which I was attached was
ordered to strike off into a wood, on
the right of the road./ Several cannon
shot were fired at us during this move
ment, some of which tore up the
ground about our feet, and covered us
all over with earth. We extended
ourselveB along the wood where the
ground beggp to slope down into a
deep and narrow ravine, so thickW J
covered with underwood, as to seem
almost impassable. Upon the opp 0 .
site side of the ravine the enemy were
posted in great force, and kept up a
dropping and destructive fire upon ug
without intermission. In this situa
tion we. remained for hours, neither ad
vancing nor retreating, and losing men
every now and then- Such, however
is the hardening effects of war and
continual exposure to danger, that, un
der a heavy fire from the enemy, and
in the very jaws of death, many of the
soldiers amused themselves by singing
all manner of obscene songs; and when
on^ofdhem, who was standing close
at my right hand, was struck by a ball, 1
•and fell dead at my faet, his comrade,
who standing at his other side looking
at me, said “Never mind, Sir, a miss
is as good as a mile.”
Himilaya Mountains —Bishop He-
ber says at Bhealvvara, lie met Capt.
Gerard. “Capt. Gerard, I found, un
der a very modest exterior, a man of
great science and information; he was
one of the peraons most concerned in
the measurement and exploring of the
Himilaya mountains, had been in La-
dak, and repeatedly beyond the Chi
nese frontier, though repelled each
time after penatrating a few miles, by
the Tartar cavalry. H® himself as
cended to the height of 19,600 feet
or 400 higher than Humboldt had ev
er climbed amid the Andes; apd the
latter part of his ascent, for about two
miles, was on an inclined plane of 42,
a nearer appproach to the perpendi
cular than Humboldt conceived it
possible to climb for any distance to
gether. Nothing, he said, could ex
ceed the care which Major Hodgson
Mr. Frazier, and himself, had ascer
tained the altitude of the hills.”
Lon. N. Monthly.
Palm Wine—This wine, which is
frequently mentioned by anoient wri
ters, is obtained by making an incis
ion in the bark of the palm tree, and
inserting a quill or reed through
which the juice exudes. It is ex
tremely pleasant to the taste, but I
strongly intoxicating: and you are fre
quently much amused in the East by
observing its effects upon the lizards,
which, as soon as you leave the tree,
run up and suck the juice. They im
mediately become intoxicated, and in
that- condition lie about, looking up
stupidly in your face. Parrots and
other birds also sip the palin wine but
have never been observed to be the
worse of it.
The “ Grandfather of all Fiddles."—
The American Traveller gives an ac
count of a musical instrument similar
to a bass-viol, 12 feet high and o pro
portionate power and dimensions.—
The performer, in order to have full
command of the instrument, stands up
on a staging 4 feet from the floor. Wc
sincerely hope the mania for enlarg
ing upon every thing has reached its
height.—Mat. Phil.
Butter.—This simple and estimable
substance has not yet found its way
into Turkey and other eastern coun
tries. The w r ord translated butter in
the scriptures did not mean the sub
stance we call by that name. Cheese
and curd .are universal where there
are cattlb, but butter is ns little
known and used now in the East as for
merly. The Turkish herdsmen a-
bound in cattle, live in a temperate
climate and daily make cheese, curds,
and other preparations of milk, but
they have not yet learned the simple
art of separating the cream and shak
ing it into butter. All the butter us
ed by Turks is rancid, tallow-like
stuff, brought from Russia in buffaloes’
skins.
The Christian Intelligencer, relates
an anecdote of a person living in a
town not a hundred miles from Hallo-
wel, who was a most zealous partizan
in favor of Governor Strong, in days
gone by. One morning he took from the
Post Office a printed sheet, directed
to his name, and on opening, found it
headed^-Commomoealth of Massachu
setts, and looking at the bottom, he saw
the name of Caleb Strong. The
thought came into the man’s head, like
lightening, that the Governor had sued
him; lie turned pale with rage—said
he never owed the old scoundrel one
cent, and now, for all his zeal in the
Governor’s favour, he had been sued.
On applying to a lawyer for advice,
the writ turned out to be a commis
sion for a Justice of the Peace.
Boston Palladium.