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POETRY. ATHEISM. Keen was the search, and various, and wide, For hardness. Take one example more— Su stranga, that common 1'ools looked on a- maze'; And Wise and sober men together drew, AtiU trembhng stood; and angels in the h* avens G ew pale, and talked of vengeance as at hand— The sceptic’s route—the unbeliever’s, who, Despising reason, revelation, God, And kicking’gainstthe pricks of conscience, rushed Deliriously upon the bossy shield Of the Omnipotent; and hi* heart purposed to deify the idol chance. And labored hard—oh, labor worse than nought! And toiled with dark and crooked reason- ing, to make the fair and lovely Earth which dwelt In sight of Heaven, a cold and fatherless, FVsaiien thing, that wandered on, forlorn, Un lestlned, uncompassioned, unuphcld; A vapoV eddying in the whirl of chance, And soon to vanish everlastingly. H* travailed sorely, and made many a tack, His sails oft shifting, to arrive—dread thought! Arrive at utter nothingness; and have B ing no more—no feeling, memory, N l-.ngering consciousness that e’er he was. Ga.lt’s midnight wish! last, most abhorred thoughi! Most desperate effort of extremest sin! Others preoccupied, ne’er saw true hope; He -eeing, aimed to stab her to the heart, And W:th infernal chemistly to wring The last sweet drop from sorrow’s cup of gall; To quench the only ray that cheered the earth, And leave mankind in night which had no star. Others the streams of pleasure troubled, he Toiled much to dry her very fountain head. Unpardonable man! sold under sm! He was the Devil’s pioneer, who cut The fences down of virtue, sapped her walls, And opened a smooth and easy way to death. Traitor to all existence 1 to all li e! Soul-suicide! determined foe ofbe.ng! Intended murderer of God, Most High! Strange road, most strange! to ^seeK for happiness! Hed’s mail-houses are full of such; too tierce, Too furiously insane, and desperate, To rage unbound ’mong evil spirits damn ed I [PoLLOK. EOKJ &»• From the Youth's Journal. STOilV OF A LIVING FACT, My nearest neighbor, when I resid ed in Connecticut, was a man moving in the ordinary walks of life, and was a prudent, careful, honest, and indus trious husbandman. He had a pret ty numerous family, one only of which remained in unmarried state. One of his daughters was married to a man Who was uy trade a tanner, currier, and shoemaker, and lived more than f/ur miles from her father's. The old gentleman has often related to me an incident which 1 thought worthy of particular nonce, and calculated to make a deep and lasting impression on the mind. Being at a certain time on some occasion at his son-in-law s, one of the boys of the family wished to go home with his grandfather: it not being convenient at that time, the grandfather told the boy that he could .not very well carry him at that time, b'at added, “Next time grandpa comes he’ll carry you home with bim.” The boy was pacified. The old gentleman not thinking any more (as, alas! many careless and faulty parents do) of what he had said to the boy, was several times to the bouse and shop without fulfilling his engagement; and, perhaps, without once having it come again into his mind. But the boy was not so for getful; he recollected well the prom ise of his grandpa. In process of time the grandfather took the boy be hind him on his horse, and was con veying him to his paternal abode.— On the way the boy began to remon strate with his grandfather on the sub ject, by saying, “When grandpa tvas at our house one time he said next time he came he would carry me home-and giandpa did not.” “Why,” says the old gentleman, “you don’t think your grandpa would lie, do you?” “I don’t know,” says the boy, li what does grandpa call it?” This confound ed the old gentleman, and he knew not what reply to make. This anecdote has convinced me more than almost any thing I ever heard, of the irnpor; tan^e of regarding strictly and consci entiously what we say to children.— Es lecially, it has shown me the evil of trifling with children, and making them unmeaning promises or declara tions which have attached to them no (futli or signification. And it is my deliberate and fixed opinion,' that oft parents, by disregarding, forgetting, unu neglecting to iuliil what they de clare unto children in promises or threatenings, are chargeable with the pernicious evil of teaching their chil dren lo lie; and then perhaps inflict ing punishment upon them for the crime. This is hard, this is cruel,— this is an evil of a monstrous size, prevalent and triumphant to an alarm ing degree, and which ought speedily and effectually to be corrected.— The mischiefs are incalculably great, numerous, and destructive. O what solemn responsibility rests upon heed less and careless parents who regard not what they say to children; and though spoken in the plainest and most positive terms, and with an air of fix ed design and determination, never theless unheeded and considered by them of no more avail than “1/tc idle wind which they regard not.” Such pa rents do not consider that they are for feiting their own character, doing es sential injury to their children; weak ening and well nigh annihilating their family government; trespassing griev ously on the rights of community, ex posing themselves to the mortifying griefs and depressing sorrows of neg lected and insulted old age, and bring ing on themselves and their posterity all the mischiefs, and all the pining agonies and tortures of undutifulness, unkindness and filial barbarity. It was an old and correct maxim among the ancients, and even in heathen lands, “Maxima reventia debetur pu- eris;” i. e. that the utmost deference is due to children and youth. Light, vain, and trifling communications ought not to be held with them, or before them. “Evil communications corrupt good manners;” and he who sports unbecomingly and vainly with children and youth, may, in the end have something worse than children's play in return. Watch then, and re member—remember I say once and a- gain—do not forget, and on no account neglect, to make good what you say to children. Do not threaten with what you have no business to exe cute; such as cutting off ears, taking- off skin, &c. In this way you weak en your own hands; render the truth doubtful, and train up your child for falsehood and crime. Whatever else you neglect to teach them by precept and example—have an inviolable re gard t'jfi the t) nth. PlllLALETIIES. should never have a ship lage enough to navigate a duck pond. ♦While residing in one of the large cities of Europe, a family from a neighboring town came to pass a lew days in the metropolis, and took a suite of rooms next to my own. They inquired of the landlady who occupied my rooms. She replied, a gentleman from America. “From America, and are you not afraid ol him/—No! lie has done nothing yet to excite alarm. “1 am almost atraid to slay here, are you sure he is harmless? She ob served that I had resided there some weeks, and had behaved as well us other travellers. As a door opened from one of my rooms into the first of theirs, they still thought there might be danger, and requested her to fasten’ it. This, however, was not a suffi cient defence. The trunks of the whole party were piled against the door, to prevent my entrance. Un fortunately for the fears of this fami ly, the chimney sweepers came at early hour the next morning, and commenced their sooty employment. The party were suddenly awakened by the strange and incomprehensible noise of trowels and scrapers coming in contact with dry brick. They rose in great alarm, and called out to the mistress of the house, begging her to come to them. As she entered their room they wished to know if that American was not the cause of it, mistaking, probably, the noise of the scrapers, for a sharpening of the to mahawk.—Dwight's Travels in Ger many, lei me pay you for your milk?”‘‘I uever sen milk.” “But,”saiu I urg ing him, “I would rather pay you, 1 have money enough.” “Well,’ said he, “I have milk enough, so we're ev en; 1 have as good a right to give you milk as you have to give me money.” -—Judge hall s Letters jrom the West. European Ignorance of America.— Many of the Germans appear as ig norant of our country, as the Parisians and Italians. Madame , the la dy in whose house 1 have my rooms, mentio/iied to me to day, that as she was recently visiting one of the neighbors, she observed to her that an American gentleman was lodging in her house. The good lady, who had always as sociated the idea of cannibalism w ith that of an American, asked her if she did not fear to remain m the house with me. She replied that l was perfectly harmless, she had yet dis covered nothing to excite her tears. She then w ished to know if l was not black. While at Cologne, a year since, on entering one of the churches, I discovered the statue of a black saint near one of the altars, whose name if my memory is accurate, was Si. Gcoron. On inquiring of my guide who he was, he replied that he was an American St. Upon my telling him that there were lew’ saints of that color there, he replied, “you mistake, sir, the Americans are all black.”* I have been very for tunate since my landing in Eun pe, in pitching my tent in very agreeable quartets, and have found the families who have furnished me with rooms, often manifesting an interest in my welfare, while suffering from ill health, that at times has made ine almost forget that I was in a land of stran gers, This has resulted partly from a desire to know something about America, and still more from the circumstance of my being so far re moved from my native land, which appeared to them as distant as the moon does to one of our seamen. The middling classes of Germany are so unaccustomed to travel, that a thousand miles appears to them as far as China does to me, and when they hear that I am four thousand miles from home, they lift up their hands, roll their eyes, and exclaim. “Oh! that is terrible.” Those w r ho live in the interior are as fearful of the ocean as a hen is of having her chickens approach the water. If Yankees were made of such stuff we PUNCTUALITY. A mechanics promised to do a piece of work for me at a certain time; I called at the time—it was not done— he had forgotten it, but promised to do it by 10 o’clock the next day: I called again—It was not done—“could not possibly get it done.” 1 discharged him, and left what he had done to- vvaids it, on his hands. I engaged another mechanick to do the same piece of work at a certain time— called at the time—it was not done— I discharged him. These mechanicks had violated their word, disappointed me, (by which I sustained loss, in mo ney, and in lime) and lost a customer. So much for want of punctuality. I went to another mechanick—he promised to do the work at a certain time—called for it at a certain time —it w as ready for me. This me chanick enjoyed the consciousness ol having kept his word, performed his contract, and done justice to Ins cus tomer, by which he secured not only my work in future but my good will, which gained him many customeis. So much for punctuality. It is hut ten years since the occur ence of these things, and during the interval 1 have marked the progress of those three mechanicks. A crisis tow ards which the affairs ol all these have been gradually approaching, has just been reached: the two first have lost their business, their little proper ty has been squandered, they have lost their characters and their lage and helpless families are suffering lor the necessaries of life—if you would know their persons, seek them in grog shop—their names, seek for them in the reeoids of insolvency. The last has retired with a comforta ble independance to a large farm— is Llessed by his family, admired by his friends, and possesses the w ill of all.—Baltimore Patriot. good American Rustich Hospitality. Re turning from one oi my excursions, I was overtaken by the night, and found my path obstructed by a deep inlet from the river; which being choaked with logs and brush, could not be crossed by swimming. Observing a house on the opposite side, I called for assistance. A hall naked, ill-look ing fellow came down, and after dragging a canoe round from the ri ver, with some trouble, ferried me over, and I followed him to his habi tation, near to which our boat was moored for the night. The cabin was of the meanest kind, consisting of a sin gle apartment, constructed of logs, which contained a family of seven or eight souls, and every thing seemed to designate him as a new and thrifty. After drinking a bowl of milk, which I realy called for by way of excuse for paying him a little more for his trouble, I asked to know his charge for ferrying me over the water, to which lie good humouredly replied, that he “never took money for help ing a traveller on his way.”—“Then INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMY There are several recorded instan ces of the powerful effect, which the study ol astronomy has produced upon the human mind. Dr. RittenaousC ol Pennsylvania, alter he had calcu lated the transit of Venus, which was to happen June 3d, 1769, was ap pointed at Philadelphia, with others, to repair to the township of Norriton, and there to observe this planet until its passage over the sun's disk should verify the correctness of his calculations This occurrence had never been witnessed but tw ice before by any inhabitant of our earth, and was never again to be seen by any person then living. A phenomenon so rare, and so important in its bear ings upon astronomical science, was, indeed, well calculated to agitate the soul of one so alive, as he was, lo the great truths of nature. The day arrived, & there was no cloud in the horizon. The observers, in silence and trembling anxiety, waited for the predicted moment of observation, it came—and in the inslant of contact, an emotion of joy so powerful was ex cited in the bosom of Mr. Rittenhouse, that lie fainted. Sir Isaac Newton, alter he had advanced so far in his in thematical proof of one of his great astronomical doctrines as to see that the result was to be triumphant, was so affected in view of the momentous truth which he was about to demons trate, that he was unable to proceed, and begged one of his companions in study to relieve him, and carry out the calculation. The instructions which the heavens give, are not con fined to sholars; but they are impart ed to the peasant and to the savage. The pious shepherd often feels a sud den expansion of mind, while attempt ing to form an idea of that Pow r er, which spread out and adorned the heavens with so many worlds of light. —Pres. Chapin's Inaugural Address. Barbarian Magnificence.—In an ac count of the funeral of the late king of the Madagascar, we have the following passage: The tomb was constructed at a small distance from the catafalque, and, according to the custom of the country, precious articles, such as gold and silver vases, crystals, and porcelains, valuable fowling pieces, a golden powder flask, magnificent arms, trinkets, lvatches, clocks, and linen, and the portraits of Louis XVI. Louis XVII, of Geoge IV. of Bonaparte, of Frederick the great, in oil colors were enclosed therein, as well as several engravings of Napo leon, of Kleber, of Massena, Marbot, Dessaix, Bernadotte, Eugene, Beau- harnois, Poniatowski, &c. and other engravings, several of which were colored, representing views in Eu rope, and land and sea baUles gained by France, from the begining of the revolution, to the fall of the emperor Napoleon. To these were added 150, 000 dollars in gold and silver coins and ingots. Six of the finest horses of the stables, and 20,000 oxen were sacrificed to the manes of the king. All these offerings were estimated at a sum total of 350.000 dollars, includ ing the coffin, made of 14,000 Span ish dollars. This coffin w r as eight feet long, and four and a half feet high and nearly a line in thickness.” Chinese Execution.—In January last, seventeen men were executed in Chi na, for the murder of 14 Frenchmen in the Ladrone Islands. The culprits were brought to the place of execu tion in baskets, each having his name and sentence written on a slip of wood and fastened to the back. They were then made to kneel about eight feet apart, when their heads were rapidly stricken off by six execution ers, armed with long heavy svv6rds. The decapitation was' effected by a single blow, excepting in two instan ces. One executioner boasted that he had been 30 years in this employ ment—that he had taken the lives of of at least 10,000 criminals—and in one year, during the time of the pi rates, he executed 1000. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, P UBLISHED in the City of Washing. ton by Gales &. Seaton. The Na* tional Intelligencer is an old established Journal, at the seat of the general Govern, ment, It publishes, originally, regularly and fully, the proceedings and debates of Congress; also all the state papers and documents of public interest laid before Congress, or originating in that body, and all the acts passed by them. 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It iV read in every capital in Europe, and pos seses sources of information exceeded by no other Journals For the first time, an effort is made to enlarge the subscription to it by sending forth this Prospectus, which our adversa ries in politics are expected to deal so generously with as to let it be seen, and our friends so kindly as to farther our purpose with their aid and countenance, Heretofore, we have hardly wished to on large out subscription list. Intending hereafter, however, to devote ourselves wholly to the newspaper, and to a proper improvement of“the condition of the Prey 1 * we invite sildi farther subscription as, be ing punctually paid, will remunerate our labor and expenses. The National Intelligencer is publish, ed daily, at ten dollare per annm, pay able in advance.—It is published, also, for the more convenient circulation where a daily mail does not penetrate, three times a week, at six dollars per annum, payable in advance. 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Another circumstance which raises our expectations is, that no publication of precisely a similar kind has ever been atr tempted in the Western country. It may be deemed the height of arro gance for us—without the endowment of talents or the advantages of experience— to attempt to offer to the rising generation any thing like a source of amusement.— But we hope our endeavors, however un successful, will not be mistaken for vanity or presumption. Young ourselves, (hav ing but little more than centred our teens') we intend to devote our exertions to the entertainment, if not instruction, of the Youthful part of the community; and al though we have no pretensions to literary eminence, we may occasionally offer some-; thing not entirely unworthy the acceptance of more advanced age. We will not promise too much, lest we should fail; we, therefore, only add, that we will endeavor so to conduct our paper as to meet the approbation of its patrons^- and that whilst it is a source of pleasure to them, it may be a means of improvement to us. |CF* C ommunicatiohs will 1* received with gratitude, and' attended to with promptness. Conditions.—The Juvenile Museum will be published once a week, on a half sheet' of medium paper, at $1,50 per annum, payable in advance. To be commenced as soon as a sufficient number of subscri bers are obtained--