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POETRY. From ilic American Farmer. THE FARMER. Of all pursuits by man invented, The Ploughman is tlm most contented^ His calling’s good, Ins profit’s high, And on his lobours all rely. Mechanicks all by him are fed, 0; Inin the merchants seek their bread; His hande give meat to every thing, Up from the beggar to the king. The milk and honey, corn and wheat. Are bv his labors made complete Our clothes from him must first arise, To deck the fop or dress the wise. We then by vote may justly state, The ploughman ranks among the great; More independent than they all, That dwell upon this earthly ball. All hail, ye farmers, young and old; . Push on your plough with courage bold; Your wealth arises from your clod, Your independence from your God. If then the plough supports the nation, And men of rank in every station, Let kings to farmers make a bow, And every man procure a plough. NORWEGIAN WAR SONG. From Conway’s “Journey through Nor way.” Sons of the mountain, sons of the lake, Sons of the forest, Old Norway, awake! They come from the cast, ton thousand or more; But lakes are behind them, and foes are before. Shall Old Norway cease to be Norway the free ! Each face to a Swede, and each back to a tree. W ere our foes thrice ten thousand, our rocks should repeat The groan of the Swede, as he falls at your l'cet. Your mothers have nursed you; your fa thers till now, Have filled you with bread by the sweat of their brow; But let peace be around him—the sire of fourscore— And drive the invader far, far from his door. Then down from the mountain, and up from the lake! And out from the forest! Norwegians, a- wakc! 1 And rush like the storm on the thick com ing foe— With hearts for old Norway, and death in your blow. III i SCE EjLAflT EOI [S. OREGON TERRITORY. But lit lie is known of this territory, in this section of our country, and still less of the River from which it derives its name. So extensive is the conti nent of America, and so much of it re mains unexplored, that many, veiy many of our citizens, are more thor oughly acquainted with the localities and condition of Europe than with the climate, soil, vegitable and animal productions of certain portions of their own country. The Miner’s Journal gives some extracts from a work re cently published in French, by a gen tleman who resided several years west of the Rocky Mountains, which gives a more minute and interesting ac count of the territory above mention ed, than we have before seen publish ed. During the three years which he spent in the vicinity of the Columbia or Oregon River, the cold seldom passed the freezing point, and the heat was never greater than 75 or 7G degrees. West winds are more fre quent in spring and the early part of summer—northwest winds in the lat ter part of summer and (irst of autumn —and southwest winds blow almost continually from the first of October til! the bogining of January, which is the rainy season, and mast disagreea ble part of the year. The result of sc\ r eral experiments satisfied him that the land along the Columbia is generally uilit for cul tivation, though the soil is not every where the same; and there were pro bably places which would yield a- bundant crops. Various kinds of gar den seeds wore planted by him in the month of May, but though his garden bad a fine appearance in August, and the vegetables were suffered to re main in the ground until the end of December, si ill nothing came to ma turity but radishes, turnips and pota toes. The turnips were of a prodi gious size, one of the largest measur ing thirty-three inches in circumfer ence, and weighing fifteen .and a half pounds. A dozen of potatoes pro duced ninety, which were planted the succeeding spring, but the second season was so much colder than the first that these produced nothing at all. Cedar, spruce, white pine, hemlock, &c. were the most common trees; the cedars being generally four or live fathoms in circumference, and the hemlocks from 12 to 20 inches in diam eter. An immense white pine tree is mentioned, which seven men, stand ing with their arms extended, were not able to encircle, and xvhich up on admeasurement, was found to be forty-two feet in circumference. Wild fruits in abundance are to be found from the middle of June to the middle of October. Besides the raspberry, the months of July and August furnish a pleasant acid fruit of a blue color, about the size of a cherry, and another fruit which grows in clusters on a small bush like the garden currant,{which has a fine taste, is wholesome, and may be eaten in any quantities without injury. Black berries, cherries, currants, wild pears and crab apples are also found; to gether with a great variety of nutri tious roots, of which the natives make great use. There is one in particu lar, which they reduce to paste by pounding, make into cakes of five or six pounds weight, and bake it on flat stones heated in tlie fire—producing a bread almost as palatcable as our own. Salmon and Sturgeon abound in the Columbia River, during certain parts, of the year, and these constitute the* principal food of the natives. The salmon fishery commences in July and continues until August; in the latter part of which month, and during Sep tember, stergeon of an excellent quality are caught. Some of these are very laig , one of which we saw measuring II feet, and weiging 3IK) pounds. In October and November, salmon are again to be had, though of different species & of a poorer quality. In the month of February, a small species of fish, of a very line flavor, is taken in abundance, but these remain only a short time. The quadrupeds of this territory are the elk, the fallow-deer, the Idack-tailed deer, the roe deer, the black bear, the brown bc.;r, the grey bear, the white hear, the wolf, the panther, the tiger cat, the raccoon, the whistler, a species of marmot, the land otter, and the sea otter. The grey bear is represented as being ex tremely tierce and carniverous. The most remarkable birds are the stm eagle, the black eagle, the tur key buzzard, the hawk, the pelican, the comorant, the swan, the heron, the crane, the bustard, a variety of ducks and several species of geese. The sun eagle is so called from its having a white head, though the rest of its plumage is of a dirty black. H O RRIBLE DEG R A D AT ION. Nothing places in a more distinct point of view the degradation of those poor lcmalo wretches who followed the soldiers ol Bonaparte into Russia than the following occurrence. It is related to have taken place after ihe destruction of Moscow, and while the infantry were flying from Smoleusk. “At the gates of the city, says Count Segur, from whose very iutei- esting work the account is extracted, an infamous action struck every sol-! dier with horror. A mother aban doned her little son, only five yeais old! In spite of its cries and tears, she cruelly drove him away from her sledge, because it was already too heavily laden! She herself cried out that the child had never seen France and would not regret it! and as for Iter, she knew France, and she was resolved to see France once more! The generous Nf.y witnessed this scene, and twice did lie replace the unfortunate in the arms of its un natural mother; and twice did she cast him off in the frozen snow! ‘•This inhuman act did not go un punished. The troops immediately abandoned the mother to the same snow from which her infant was snatched and entrusted to another. The little orphan was then bunded from rank to rank and exhibited both to the officers and soldiers. He was afterwards seen with the forces at Berezina, then at Wilna, even at Rows, and finally escaped from all the horrors of (he retreat from Moscow. His mother perished.” ESCAPE FROM A SHARK. An extraordinary story is told by Captain Wallace, of a lover and his mistress, who were saved in a singu lar manner from the jaws of a shark. A transport, with part of a regiment on boaitl, was sailing with a gentle breeze along the coast of Ceylon, one of the ifficcrs was leaning over the poop rating, conversing with a young lady vvhj had inspired him with the tender pjssion; the fair, one was in her cabin, aid in the act of handing a pa per to ler lover, when overreaching herself, she fell into the sea, and, supported by her clothes, drifted as tern; tie officer lost no time in plung ing in after her and swimming towards her, upheld her with one arm. The sails were quickly backed, the ship lay to, and preparations were making to lower a boat, when to the dismay of all on board, a large shark appear ed from under the keel of the vessel, and glided towards his victims; a shout of terror from the agonized spectators called the attention of the officer to the approaching danger; he saw the monster’s fearful length nearing him, he made a desperate effort, plunged and splashed the ua- ter so os to frighten the shark, who turned and dived away out of sight; the current had now carried the offi cer and lady close to the vessel, when the shark appeared a second time alongside, and was in the act of turning on his back to seize one of the hapless pair, when a private of the i.fficer’s company, who was standing in the hammock nettings, jumped fearlessly overboard with a bayonet in his hand, which lie plunged into the hack of the shark, which instantly disappearing the three were quickly released from their perilous situation. UNITY OF OPINION. Unity of opinion, abstractly consid ered, is neither desirable, nor good; although considered not in ilsclj, but with reference to something else, it may be both. For men may be all agreed in error, and in that case ti ll muniiy is an evil. Truth lies within the lloiy of Holies-, in the temple of Knowledge, but doubt is the vestibule that leads into it. Luther began by having liiu doubts as to the assumed iufailioilily of the Pope, and lie finish ed by making himself the corner si one of tiie Reformation. Copernicus and Newton doubted the truth of the false system of others, before they established a true one of their own; Columbus differed in opinion with all the old world before lie discovered a new one; and Galileo s terrestrial bo dy was confined in a dungeon for hav ing asserted the motion of those bodies that were celestial. In fact, we owe almost all our knowledge, not to those who have agreed, but to those who differed; and those who have fin ished by making all others think with them have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves; as he mat leads a crow d must begin by separating him self at some iittio distance from it. If the great Harvey, who discovered ihe Circulation of the blood, had not differ ed from all the physicians of his own day, all the physicians of the present day would not nave agreed w ith mm. Ttiese reflections ought to teach us that every kind oi poisecution for o- pinions is incompatible with sound phi losophy. it is lamentable indeed lo think how much misery is incurred from liic intemperate zeal and bigot ed olliciousik ss ui liiose who would rather that mankind should not think as tiny do.—Lucon. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. i We should make a principle, (it is a direel moral obligation,; lo extend the hand of fellowship to every man who discharges faithfully his daily du ties, who maintains good order, who munitests a deep interest in the wel fare of society, whose deportment is upright, and whose mind is intelligent without stopping lo ascertain whether lie swings a hammer or draws a thread. There is nothing more dis tant from all natural rule and natural claim than the reluctant feeling, the backward sympathy, forced smile, the checked conversation, the hesitating compliance, which the “ire// of" are too manifest to those a little lower down, with whom, in comparison of intellect and principles of virtue, they frequently shrink into insignilicence. Arguments for forbearance.—If the peculiarities of our feelings and facul ties he the effect of variety of excite ment through a diversity of organiza tion, it should tend to produce in us mutual forbearance and toleration.— We should perceive bow nearly im possible it is that persons should think and feel exactly upon any subject.-- We should not arrogantly pride our selves upon our virtues and knowl edge, nor condemn the errors and weakness of others, since they may depend upon causes which we can neither produce nor counteract. No one, judging from his own feelings and powers, caff be aware of the kind or degree of temptation or terror, or the seeming incapacity to resist them, which may induce others to deviate. Abernethy. Reverse of fortune.—When Amor, who had conquered Persia and Tarta ry, was defeated and taken prisoner by Ismail, he sat on the ground, and a soldier prepared a coarse meal to ap pease bis hunger. As this was boiled in one of the pots used for the food of the horses, a clog put his head into it, but the mouth of the vessel being too small, he could not draw it out again, and run away with both the pot and the meat. The Captive monarch burst into a fit of laughter, and on bis guards demanding what.cause upon earth could induce a person in his sit uation to laugh, replied—‘It was but “^his morning the steward of my house hold complained that three hundred camels were not enough to carry my kitchen furniture, how easily it is borne by that dog, who hath carried away both my cooking instruments and dinner.’ Astonishing performance.—We have seen within these few days a speci men of line writing, from the pen of our townsman Mr. Miller, which we are sure has never been equalled.— within the compass of sixpence lie has distinctly and beautifully written with a pen—the Lord's prayer, the creed, ihe names ol' the Books of the Old Testament, the names of the books of the New Testament, the twelve tribes of Israel, our Saviour’s twelve apos tles the seven wondeis ol the world,the live mechanical powers, the seven primitive colors, Ihe five senses, the twelve months of the year, the names of the governor, deputy governor, sec retary, and solicitors of the hank of England; the writers name and age, and having in the centre a drawing of the Glasgow city arms. THE AMERICAN AIOjYTHL YMJl gazlye. EDITED BY N . P. WILLIS. T HE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAG AZi NE is intended to resemble, nearly as possible, the London New Month ly, edited by Thomas Campbell. It will be devoted to Reviews ol new Books, Es says upon matters ol taste, fancy or feeling Sketches of Scenery, Journals through interesting portions of country, Amusing 'i ales, Poetry, and Miscellaneous Writing of every description, calculated o he inter esting. There will also be a department devoted to a liberal Discussion of the lead ing Political Topics ol'the day, anil a Sum mary, comprising notices of Current Lit erature and the principal Events of the times. As far as can be discovered, there is bul one opinion respecting the fitness of such a work to the present period. The polit ical tide is just turning, and every thing relating to the character ol'the coming ad- liiimsiratiou will bo in the highest degree interesting. There is a call, too, lor a Magazine of the literary character pro posed. The two Leading Reviews of this country are published but seldom, and are confined to the heavier branches of litera ture and science; and though there are lighter periodicals of very cons.derable nier it, there is a wide interval between the ttvo, which may he advantageously filled with out detriment to either. The Editor is a young man, hut he trusts that with the promised assistance of several able Writers, and an entire devotion to it on his own part, the Monthly will be found worthy of I he patronage it solicits. —CONDITIONS— 1. The work will Ire issued in monthly numbers, containing 72 pages Svo., winch, with the title page, preface, and index, will maim an annual volume of Stfl pages. 2. The price is five dollars a y ear, payable in advance. A ‘suitable allowance will, be made to agents who take a large number of copies. if. The mechanical execution of the work shall be good; and the monthly numbers shall be faithfully transmuted according to order. 4. Each number will he published on the fifteenth day of the month of which it bears date. Payment in advance is required for the following reasons:—The expenses of a new establishment make it desirable anil prop er. Some risk is incurred by the publish ers; and it is but reasonable that patrons should afford accommodation of paying so small a sum, at the commencement of the year. In Europe, periodical works are paid for, ■either in advance, or when each number is taken. This practice is fast gaining in the United States, and it is hoped may become universal. In that case, the little debts, which arc often so troublesome to subscribers, and so discour aging, and sometimes ruinous to publishers, are not suffered to exist. May 5. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, "PUBLISHED in the City of Washing. A ton by Gales &. Seaton. The Na tional Intelligencer is an old established Journal, at the seat of the generalGovern- mciit. It publishes, originally, regularly and fully, the proceedings and debates o Congress; also all the state papers and documents of public interest laid before Congress, or originating in that body, and all tlie acts passed bytjiem. These re commendations, in addition to the variety ot other information which is to be found in its columns, connected with the general interests of our own country, with Litera ture an i Science, and t he affairs of the world at large; together with the charac- ! ter of general fairness which the paper lias sustained under its present editors, lor many years, make the National Intelligen cer useful, and even valuable, to all who leel interest in the concerns of this or ol'o- tlier countries. The National Intelligencer is not a par ty paper, but censuses or approves, where censure or approbat 1011 seems to be due to public measures. R supported the last administration ofth c general government, Yvhen the measures 01 that administration "ere such as to mer its approbation. It. avows a determinal* 011 , though it opposed, the election of Gon 1 J ackson, to suppo^ the just measures of this administration,, out as certainly to oppose the unjust or. the proscriptive. It will be in principle, opposed to any administration of the Gov-, eminent, whose measures shall show it to have the interests of a party’ at lieart, rath- er lhan the great interests ol'the country, —it is, in a word, what its title denotes, a National paper. For the independent and impartial course which it has pursued, the National Intelligencer has been denounced, and an attempt lias been made to put it down, right or wrong, by’ the strong arm of power, di~ reeled by caucus agency’. The attempt is as vain as it would be for any modern prophet lo bid the sun stand stiff. Thirty years old, this National paper is not yet iff its prime, but acquires strength and power with every day of its existence. Without ever having sought for popu larity, or courted public patronage, the National Intelligencer enjoys the widest circulation of any newspaper in the Uni ted Slates. It is read in every’ State and 1 ei ritory r in the Union, and in every city and town, as well as in the country, It is read in every capital in Europe, and pos sess sources of information exceeded bv no other Journal. For the first time, an effort is made to enlarge the subscription to it by sending forth'this Prospectus, which our adversa ry’s in polities 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 en large out subscription list. Intending hereafter, however, to devote ourselves wholly’ to the newspaper, anil to a proper improvement o(“thecondition of the Press’* w4 invite such faither subscription as, be ing punctually paid, will remunerate oig labor and expenses. The National Intelligencer is publish- oil daily, at ten dollarc per anurn, pay able in advance.—It is published, also, lor the more convenient circulation vv.icrc a daily mail does not penetrate, three times a week, at six dollars per annum, pay able in advance. A re mittance of ether of these amounts in bank paper, by ma:!, will ensure the piornpt i egular transmission of every paper that may be ordered. 1 hose subscribing will please to signify whether they desire the paper for ay ear only, and then to be stopped with out farther notice, or wish it to be coun termanded. Washington, March, bth, 1329. PROPOSALS pOU publishing, in the town of Nasi a l’*! 101 ' under the title of tli JUVENJLE MUSEUM—to be edited b J! ll,:ins U J mmehill and William '1 JJerry. Periodical publications have b< come so numerous, that proposals lor issi mg (hem are, by no means, novel or ur common. Wtf, with pleasure, witness tli literary taste oi our country increasing and, therefore, cherish the hope that on humble undertaking will meet with sm cess. Another circumstance which raise our expectations is, that no publication c precisely a similar kind has ever been a 1 tempted in the Western country. It may be deemed the height of am Sauce lor us—without the endowment c ta.ents or the advantages of experience*- to attempt to offer to the rising generatio any thing like a source of amu.-cment.- But we hope our endeavois, however Un successful, will not be mistaken for cap it or presumption. Young ourselves, (huv ing but little more than centred our teens we intend to devote our exertions to tli entertainment, if not instruction, of lh Youthful part of the community; and al though wc have no pretensions to litcrar eminence, we may occasionally olfer some thing not entirely unworthy the accoptanc of more advanced age. Wo will not promise too much, lest w should fail; we, therefore, only add, tha we will endeavor so to conduct our pape as to meet thc approbation of its patrons and that whilst it is a source of pleasure ti them, it may be a means of improvemen to us. ECF* Communications will be rcccivet with gratitude, and attended to witl promptness. Conditidfis.-gThe Juvenile Museum wil be published onco a week, on a half slice of medium paper, at $'1,&0 per annum paj al Ic in advance. T» * je commence as soon as a sulfi<y ent numbcr 0 f ■ubawi bers arcoutained.