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POBTRY.
The Giaius of Death is beautifully re
presented in the Giewes a Winged Boy, his
weeping aves covered with his left arm,
and trailing a torch reversed in the right
hand.” The style of the tilustration, by the
Rev. George Croly, resembles one of eur
Elizabethan poets, and henefits the design,
Jieing one of grace, not gloom, and of tens
derness rather than of tervor.—London Lit.
Gaz,
What is death! *Tistobe free! -
No more to love, or hope, or fear—=
T'o join the great equality: ; i
Allalike ave humbled there!
'The mizhty grave ;
~Wraps lord and slave;
Nor pride nor poverty dares come
Within that refuge home, the tomb!
Spirit with the drooping wing,
And the ever weepingeye, = '
Thou of all earth’s kings art king !
Empires at thy footstool lie!
" Beneath thee strew’d _
o Thewr multitude
Sink, like waves upon the shore; 3
Stormns shall never rouse them more!
What’s the grandeur of the earth
T'o the gradeur roand thy throne!
Riches, giory, beauty, birth,
To thy kingdom all have gone.
Belore thee stand 1
The wond’rous band;
Bards, heroes, sages, side by side,
‘Who darken’d nations when they died!
Earth has hosts; but thou canst show
Many a million for her one; -
Throngh thy gates the mortal flow
Has [or countless years roil’d on:
Back from the tomb
No step has come;
There fix’d, till the last thurider’s sound
Shall bid thy prisoners be unbound!
MISCELLAINEOUS.
[From the New-fngland Farmer.]
HINTS TO YOUNG FARMERS.
Consider your calling the most ele
vated, and the most important; but
never ‘be above it, nor be afraid of
the frock and the apron.
Put off’ no business which ought
and can be done to-day, until to-mor
row. .
As soon as the spring opens and the
frost is out of the ground, put your
fences in order. ;
Plant no more ground than you can
well manure and cultivate to advan
tage.
Never hire a man to do a piece of
work which you can do yourself.
Every day has its appropriate du
ties, attend to them in succession.
Keep no more stock than you can
keep in order, and that of the best
kind. ‘
"~ Never “run wnto debt,” without a
reasonable probability of solving it at
the time agreed.
.. Remember that economy and indus
try are the two great pillars of the
farmer’s prosperity.
Should you take the New England
Farmer or any other periodical journal,
pay for it in advance.
Never carry your notes in your
pocket-book, as the desk or trunk is a
more appropriate place. Keep them
on file and in order, ready to be found
when wanted. :
Never buy any thing at auctionbe
cause the article is going cheap, un
less you have a use for it. |
Keep a place for your tools——and
your teols in their places.
Instead of spending a rainy day at
the dram shop, as many do to their
rain, repair whatever wants mending
—post your books. 3 2
Should you be fond of the. chase or.
the sport with the hook, indulge occa
sionally, but never to the injury of
more important concerns. | :
By driving your business before
you, and not permitting your basiness
to drive you, you will have opportuni
ties to indulge in innocent diversions.
Never trust your money in the hands
of that man who will put his ownite
hazard. e oo
When interest or debt become due,
pay it at the time, wliether your eredi
tor wants it or not. Never ask'him
to “vait till mext week,” but pay it
Never insult Him by saying ‘‘you do
not want it.” Punctuality is a key"
to every man’s chest.
By constant temperance, habitual |
moderate exercise, and unaffected |
honesty, you will avoid the fees of the |
Lawyer and the Sheriff, gain a good |’
report, and probably add to your pre- |
sent existence, at least ten years of '
acti™® life. , g _
When ‘a frird calls to see yon,
treat him with the utmest complai
sance, but if important business call |
your attention, politely excuse your- | |
self, and he will excuse you. v
Should you think of building a house, |
be not in a hurry, but fiest have evervy
material on the spot, and let your
celiar be as large as the frame. -
Keep a memorandum book-"enter
all notes whether received or given—
all monies received or paid out—all
expenses——and all circumstances of
importance. '
In December reckon & setile with
all those with whom you have accounts
—pay your shep bill and your me
chanies, if not promptly doue at the
time, which is the best of all. 4
On the first of every January reckon
with yourself, and reckon honestly—
bring into view all debts and credits—-
notes and accounts, ascertain to what
amount your expenses were the last
year, and the loss or gain—make ont
a fair statemeat and enter the whole
in a book for the purpose. Having
arrived at this important knowledge,
you will imitate the pradent traveller
who always keeps in view where he
is next to move. Youwill look for
ward and caltulate how and in what
way you shall best meetand prose
cute the basiness of the ensuing sea
sons.
And lastly, when the frost of win
ter shall lay anembargo on your op
erations, and the chilling blasts of
Boreas shall storm your castle, let
your fireside be a paradise, and let
the long evenings be consumed in so
cial glee, or in the pursuit of useful
knowledge. 5
From the Am. Manufacturer.
7ANTIQUIT!ES
. A mantle of feathers, a shroud, &ec.
. | taken irom coffins, found in a cave,
~[ vn the marginof Cumberland River,
| have been recently deposited in the
= | New-York Museum. There were 2
bodies discovered, whose mode of
burial render it nearly certainthat
| they could not have been of Spanish
| origin; or of any people mentioned in
- | the oldest Indian tradition. They
were found in a cavern onthe river
bank, and one of them was examined
| by Dr. Bedford, who in company with
another getleman, visited the spot.
| They gave an interesting account of
| their examination, part of which we
copy-. ' ~
| *“The other, that of a female, which
| appeared in a state of high preserva
tion, and seemed to have suffered no
| recent mutation, was raised entirely,
with its coffin and wrapping. The
coffin, rather more than four feet in
length, was manufactured of split
reeds, neatly polished, and interlaced
in the manner of wicker or basket work.
It is suited to the dimensions of the
body, when enveloped in all its inte
rior - coverings, and surmounted with
a close lid or cover, of the same ma
terial and workmanship. The outer
wrappings were Deer Skins, soft and
pliant to the hand; dressed to retain
their thick coats of hair, and by a
li:occss of which I know nothing.
he next, and much more remarka
ble envelope, was a mantle of feathers,
abeut six feet square, of a bright,
glossy surface, and of redish brown
color: The feathers were short and
soft, and if of their primitive hue,
were the plumage of some bird of
which we know nothing. The woof |
or web to which they were evidently
attached ~in the manufacture, and
which disposed of them all in the same
direction on-hoth sides, appeared to
have been fabricated of the fibre or
lint of the wild vettle, which is pro
hably the growth of most countries of
the globe. This mantle, when held |
up to a strong light, and gradually
varied in its positions, presented to |
the eye a glossy and varying surface— |
not much inferior in brilliancy to.that |
of changeable silk. The inmost enve- | |
lope of shrouding mext to the body, | ¢
was apparently of the material and | :
‘texture Which characterised the web | |
of the mantle, ample inits dimensions, |
and -of a coarse but smooth fabric— |
and whether woven or netted, neither | |
the Doctor nor myself could satisfac- | ¢
torily determine. It was of light | t
flaxen color; and seemed to have |7
been softened by artificial means. t
““The body itself, when divested of | v
its envelopes, and exposed to a clear | ¢
and strong light was of a faint, brown- |
ish hue, and the limbs of very delicate
and feminine prop. tions. The bony,
mitscular and tendenous structure’ of | (
the frame was near entire, even to
the joints of the toes and fingers.”
STUPENDOUS WATERFALL.
The Edingburgh Philosophical Jour
nal mentions, on the authority of Dr.
Christie, an enterprising traveller,
who visited Hindostan in' 1826, a
waterfall, situated in the district of
Darwar; in the Scuthern Maratta
country, about latitude 18 degrees 20
minutes North, and longitude 75 East.
lis name is Garsippa. “‘Upon ap
proaching the falls, you emerge from
a thick wood, and come suddenly up
on the river, gliding gently among
confused masses of rock. A few steps
more, over huge blocks of granite,
bring you to the briuk of a fearful
chasm, rock, bare and black; down
into which you look to the depth of a
thousand feet! Over its sides rush the
different branches of the river, the
largest stretching in one huge pillar of
white foam, to the bottom. The wa
ters are, at the bottom, by the force
of their fall, projected far out in strait
lines;end at some distance below the
falls, form a thin cloud of white va
r pour, which rises high above the sur
roanding forest. The sides of the
chasm are formed by slanting strata
of rock, the regularity of which pre
sents a striking contrast to the disor
' der of the tumultuous waters, the
broken, detached masses of stone,
and the soft tint of the frowning
- woods.
i “The effect of all these objects
rushing at once upon the sight, is
~awfully sublime. The spectator is
~generally forced to retire after the
first view of them, in order gradually
o familiarize himsef with their fea
tures; for the feeling which he expe
riences upon this sudden contempla
tion amounts almost to pain. -
“The chasm is somewhat of an
elliptical form. At its narrowest and
deepest part is the principal fall; and
over its sides, smaller branches of the
river and little rills are precipitated
and almost dissipated in spray before
they reach the bottom. 'The width
of the river at the precipice does nat
much exceed fifty or sixty feet, but
it containsa very large body of wa
ter.
“The falls ecan only be seen from
above, for the precipices on both sides
of the river afford mo path to admit of
a descent. The spectator canvery
easily, and with great safety, look
down into the chasm to its very bot
tom. Some large plates of gneiss
project, in an inclined position, from
its edge; so that by laying himself
flat upon one of these, he can stretch
his head considerably beyond the
brink of the precipide.”
WHO IS SHE?
From the Massachusetts Déily Journal.
|| There is not a question that hetrays
greater anxiety that ‘“Who is she?”
' Any thing beautiful in a fair stranger
instantly strikes, and inquiry is ever
| lastingly hummed. The ideas of
| beauty are almost as various as the
| different lines of the human counte
nance. Feeling does not follow at all
| times those ideas, but the secret spell
of sympathy influences the heart, and
we are oftentimes in love without ad
miring. Some amateurs there are
who preler the display of a well-turn
ed ankle to all other considerations,
while many are in raptures at the
“‘dignity of love,” of action, the grace
ful “step, the beaming eye, or the
heavenly smile; but there are thous
ands whose sallen souls, like “lamps
in sepuichres,” are unmoved by either.
Peace to all such! the power of at
traction grows with the intensity of
heat; and those that have it not cannot
expect to be entertained when they
cannot contribute to enjoyment.
Who is ske? rushes into the tender
bosom when she views a dangerous
vival. . Who is she? glances from the
eye of the gallant, when cheered by
the prospect of an agreeable ,ong,
or a charming variety; and the tune
‘hunter, when a hint is dropped, teaz
es you with importunities. ~ “ Who is
she?” repeats the scandal bearer and
the newsmonger, that he may enter
tain the next acqpaintance with his
fresh acquisitions. < Who is she?”
flashes from the poking stare of the
dandy, when he pops his eye through
the quiz glass' upon a strange char
mante! and ¢ Who is she?” rushes from
the eager gestures of old Teazle, |
when his shrivelled up heart is sub
dued by graces that despise his imbe- |
cility. g |
From the Southern Agriculturist.
ON THE CULTIAATION OF
THE IRISH POTATO.
Brunswick Co. Va. Jan. 17,
Dear Sir,—l now,_ proceed to re
deem the promise [ gave you at the
Virginia Springs last summer, that I
would forward to you a communica
tion on the subject of raising the Irish
Potato. It has been delayed longer
than I intended; but hope it may reach
you in time for experiment in the ap
proaching season. ‘The mecthod re
commended enjoys. several important
advanlages; it requires less labotir in
rearing the crop, while it is as abund
ant, if not more so, than the result
from any other system which bas
been pursued in this part of the coun
try. The certainty of obtaining a
crop is also greater. The land for
planting the potatoes should be well
prepared by spading, or any other op
eration in use with you, and manuring.
That manure is best which is far ad
vanced in a state ¢f decomposition.—
The surface should then be rendered
fine-and level. The land is now pre
pared for the seed, which should be
placed#in rows, about fifteen inches
’wide, with an interval of eight or nine
/inches in the row, and as light a cov
‘ering of earth as practicable thrown
over them. One other operation, and
‘the labour, both of preparation and
cultivation, is complete. Cover 'the
whole patch in straw, about one foot
deep. Many other articles of a simi
lar nature might, I presume, auswer
as well.* Whether a lhicker cover
ing would' prove useful in your climate,
your own experience will suggest.—
Under this system, as soon as the po
tatoes attain sufficient size for use,
they may be taken up by examining
carefully with your hand under the
straw; while aM, which are not fit for
use, are left uninjured to grow.—
When the proper season arrives for
taking up the potatoes for use in the
fall aud winter, raise the straw, and
remove all except such as you wish to
remain for seed, in which situation
they are preserved sound until the pe
riod for germination again arrives.
If you think this worthy a place in
your work, insert it, otherwise do not.
Accept my wishes for the success of
the work.
Very respecifully, yours, &e.
ALEXANDER Bropwax.
To J. D. Lecare, Esq.
* Pine trash—J. G.
Fromthe American Farmer.
SWEET POTATO.
Mr. SkiNNER.~I discover in the
last American Farmer some observa
tions upoa the culture and propagation
of the Sweet Potato from the sprouts.
As the editor of the Southern Agri
culturist, requests information upon
this poigt, I am induced to give the
result/of an experiment which [ made
the last season, of planting the sprouts
of the stveet potato. In planting my
crop, I found, after I had commenced,
that I should not have a sufficient
quantity of seed (o plant the piece of
ground which I had set apart for thot
purpose. - There was about one half
of anacre left, which was not planted,
and [ resolved to try an experiment,
which was novel to me and unheard of,,
to plant the remaining part from the
potato after it had sprouted. Accord
ingly, after the potato had come up to
a sufficient height, I planted the re
maining part of my ground with the
sprouts of the potato. Although the
potato crop was not as good the last
year as it was the preceding years,
the crop which I made from the sprout
was fully as good, and the potatoes as
large as those from the seed.
~ Notwithstanding I made the experi
‘ment in a small way, it convinces me,
that if it had been conducted to a great-:
} er extent, it would have resulted with
‘equal success.
I am well convinced from the trial
which I made, that one half of the seed
which is generally used in planting a
crop of potatoes, can be saved by
planting from the sprouts of the pota
toes, and the yield will be equally good
and the crop as abundant. i
The potato crop is one of the most
valuable which a farmer can raise,
and as food for stock it is especially so,
and every attention ought to be paid to
the culture and propagation of that
useful esculent. §
Yours, very respectfully,
-~ JAS. W. JEFFREYS.
An old gamester, in hiopes to make
a prey of a young gentleman, who came
to town with his pockets full of mo
ney, took him to a gaming house, and
there, to encourage him to play, show
ed him several topping sparks that
were born to no fortune, who, by play,
had purchased great estates, and lived
in pomp and splendor, by success in
shaking their elbows.
“You show me,” said the young
gentleman, ‘‘the winners, but I pray
what has hecome of the losers?” To
which the old prig making no reply, a
third person, overhearing the conver
sation, told the ycung gestlemian that
since the other was silent and - con
founded with shame at the question,
he would oblige him with an answer:
“Many of those losers,” said e, ‘‘ta
[king the highway to repay their severe
losses, have been hanged; others are
gone to sea, to earn their bread: some
have taken up the trade of beiug bul
lies to bawdy houses, others, that have
not hid themselves as servants under a
livery, are begging or mumping about
the streets, or starviag in jail for debt;
where you will be ere long if you fol
low that rascal’s counsel.” . ‘
Mammoth Newspaper.—ln conse
quence of the act of Parliament, re
quiring an extra stamp for every sup
plementary sheet of a newspaper, a
mode of giving the required addition
al matter, without incurring a further
stamp duty, has just been adopted by
The London Times newspaper. In
stead of giving a supplementary sheet.
' The Times of Monday is printed on
‘one entire sheet of paper measuring
four feet in length & three in breadth,
containing 48 columns of matter, of
which rather more than 30 are filled
with advertisements, being considera~
bly upwards of 90,000 words. There
are 15 columns of reports and news
of different kinds, printed in small
type, and containing more than 45,000°
words; and about three columms in
the larger type, containing more than
6,000 words: so that there are nearly
190,000 words in the paper. This
quantity of matter would form consi
derably more than a thick ectavo
volume, of any of the modern works
as they are now printed.~— Liverpool
Paper,
A washer woman of Bergen-op-
Zoom, lost, in the great flood of the
year 1757, a few days after her mar
riage, her wedding-ring. Her hus
band set out, a féw days afterwards,
for the East Indies. This woman,
who is nearly 60 years of age, about
a month ago, bought in the Fish-mark
et a Whitinz, and on opening it she
found the ring which she lost 70 years
before. This was not all—a letter
from the Indies arrived the same in
stant, and informed her that he hus
band, who had lived at Chanderna
gore, had recently died, and left her
a fortune of several millions. The
good old woman was so affected she
died on the spot. This large fortune
has fallen to the inheritance of five
coilateral relations, who are very
poor, and wlifo reside at Bergen-op-
Zoont—viz: a tailor, a barber, and
thwrée carpenters. Oh, blind For
tune!=French Paper. 3
At a court-martial, a young Trish
officer, when questioned whether he
had not given the lie to a certain per
son, replied, “No; I only said that
either he or the colonel had told a liey
and that 1 was sure it wasn’t the
colenel.” . Binglish Paper.
Pelitical lying can conquer king
doms without fighting, aud semetimes
with the loss of a battle. Tt gives
and resumes employments;—can suit
a mountain to a molehill, and raise a
molehill to a mountain; hath presided
for many years at committees and
elections; can wash a black-s-mioor
white; can make a saint of an artist,
&a patriot of a profligate; can furnish
foreign ministers with intelligence,
and raise or let fall the credit of a na
tion.— Swift.
Qualifications for @ wife-— A% bride
should - have nine qualifications, be
ginning with the letter P, viz :-Piety>
Person, Parts, Patience, Prudence, -
Providence, Privilege, Parentage, -
and Portion,—but that which should®
be the first of all, and most of all i’
consideration, which is Piety, is now
the least of all, and with many, none’
at all; and that which should be leas?
of all, and last of ail in consideration,
which is portion, is become the fiirst’
of all, most of all, and with many al¥
in all. 1
ey S THE EYE.
A beantiful eye makes silence elos
‘quent, a kind eye makes contradictiory’
an assent,an enraged eye makes beay«
ty deformed. The eye spealks g
language in which there ‘can be no de«
ceit, nor can a skilful observer be
imposed upon by looks, even among
peliticians or courtiers. 5
.. LAWS
@i, \o#'THE
. CHEROKEE NATION,
for the years 1826, 1827 & 1826 Sfor
#ale at this office ¥
