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POETEY. THE VISION.—Fragment. : His form was that of youth, ceect and bright, In boyhood’s beauty; and the fearless air Of pride was mingled with the tender grace That dwelt in every movement; and his brow Was high and fair, and o’er it clustering locks Of ebon hair, waved thick and dark: his eye Was bright and piercing; and its stedfast gaze Was full of lofty thoughts, that seemed to soar Far above earth, and range among the stars. m And He ure.—In his hand anon the strings, ’, r08O upon the ear ied in silence, velvet robe, wore a gorgeous star, ..io rank.—.Alone he stood, 'he workings of his own high thoughts, a youthful god, a thing for men kneel and worship.- _ he vision tame once more, but not the same. Years had passed o’er him, and yet more than years: Deep grief had dwelt upon him, and his form Was bent and faded; and his look of pride And fearlessness was changed to bitter scorn ; And the deep trace of passions, fierce and high, Was on his noble brow: and his dark hair Was thin and silver sprinkled—his keen eye Was sunk and hollow, but. not. dimm’d by age, yet by tears: the once rich bloom that glow’d tjtai his cheek, a few short years had seen Digged—withered to the pale and sallow hue Of h art-corroding care.—He stood on high As o-V lofty mountain, and men turned And onfura gazed with awi and admiration. Some, tp, did hate him: but alike lie seemed ’ teamlpraise,thesameliighthoughts, were beaming in his eye— [k was there—but not alone; had reached his lofty spirit, rightness of his glorious mind, p—’twas with a master’s hand— ;ong: his theme was man; randcrcr from his youth, nations: he had searched ttiryEvery clime.—But ’mid * 'tones, harsh sounds were heard, with hisk song, and wo, scornful mockery, en he ceas’d, and flung used—mmoment paused, jjfd, and shouted “ Liberty t” ed again, that gazed streaming eyes, upon arriorS were there, and tlirig a successor. Indeed, the' which, like the winds of iEolus, had been confined within thqir bosoms, by the mild, but energetic control of their pastor, when freed from this restraint, burst forth with all their former violence. In the course of a year, six candidates were alternately brought forward by either party, and after preaching out the allotted time of trial,.were rejected by the other,—till after another yfear had elapsed, with no better prospect of success, the party That had carried the day against the road, agreed to abandon that ground to its former supporters, provided they would give their consent to the settlement of the candidate then on trial. The road was im mediately staked out, and the minister re ceived a call, not quite unanimous, however, for there were a few honest men who did not approve of this new way of comp’omising spiritual affairs with temporal, and one or two dogged old fellows, through whose orchards the projected road w as to pass, who swore pretty roundly “it was sellin their birth-nght for pottage.” I arrived at E—, as before observed, at n fortunate crisis. Having always felt a strong desire to he present at a country ordination, my curiosity was likely to he completely gratified. The town had so long been des titute of a settled preacher, that in the gene ral jov at the prospect of an ordination, it was determined to spare no pains nor ex pense, to make the celebration worthy the event. Preparations were commenced fortnight beforehand. Every house within a mile of the meeting house, was to be thrown open for the reception of guests, and each seemed to vie with the other, in pro viding the best entertaihtment, and getting things up in the handsomest etyle. Why need I record the deaths of the geese, turkies, and chickens, the pigs, sheep, and fatted cattle, which were slain in hecatombs, to contribute to the festivity of the occasion. Some idea of the havock made in barn-yards, may be gathered from the fact that not ’ . - - *y* . ; . THe clock, struck eleven—the hour appoint ed for that purpose. The bell toils. No minister obeys its summons. Another hour creeps slowly by. • The clock strikes twelve. The- council do not appear. The people grow impatient for their arrival. But of this there are no signs. A false report, set on foot bv tho$e who had stationed themselves under the vindows of the house where the council are sitting, serves only to increase the impatience of the multitude. The clock strikes onei The patieucc of the people is exhausted. Those who had provided din ners, begin to fidget lest they are spoilt, and such as had been saving their appetites for the occasion, feel the cravings of hunger at work within them, and betray symptoms of uneasiness. / 1.1 To allay the tumult that was likely to en sue, the choir strike up their grand per formance. But, though “Music his charms to sooth the angry mind,” what efTeci could it have on five thousand persons squeezed to death in a narrow meeting-house, and. in a state of impatience for their /dinner, bordering on There is And ageASo&iiB^yStkPAwith theirV All, all wMpW^liH > From die gave forth a groan, l. Apd-menfioltfed oneach other as if earth ** as dadfened by the terrible shadowing Of somf all-nameless universal wo, Andjffyrmur’dtJrDeath!”—Lo! he, the lofty one, warrior bard lay there, ’mid nations tears.— a r ble closed upon the clay that oqcc Biros. FROM THE NEW-ENGLAND GALAXY. DESCRIPTION OF A COUNTRY ORDINATION. The country ordinations inNew-England. were formerly celebrated with great festivi ty. Whether the importance then attached to the office of minister, made his induction into it an event to be distinguished in no or dinary manner, or whether this distinction grew from the infrequency of the event, 1 leave for others to decide. Far be it from me, to reflect discredit on that honourable class of the community, the clergy, either by directly or collaterally arguing a decline of their power and consequence, even in this secular matter touching ordinations; but it cannot be concealed that since their so common occurrence, they are no longer accompanied with their former show and hospitality, they have lost the charm which used to attract such multitudes, and from so great distances, to the place of the scene. The customs, practices, and other circum stances which were wont to be observed on these occasions, are extinct, like most of the race of good old-fashioned preachers, that was settled under them. That their memory may not entirely fade from the land, and the unborn antiquarian, in tracing the history of his country, may not be left in total darkness on this subject, or be suffered to grope his way only by the dim and uncer tain light of oral tradition, I have taken the .pains to recal, and commit to writing, and thereby put into a less perishable shape, some of the most remarkable of their pecu liarities. Towards the close of the year 17—, bus? ness led me to the village of E—, about fifty miles From Boston. My journey could not have been accomplished at a more favourable moment. The town, which comprised but one parish, had been destitute of a minister for two whole yem-s,—a circumstance not without a parallel in the country towns of New-England. A variety of interests came into collision in deciding upon the election of a candidate for the pulpit; though I must do the country parishes the justice to ac knowledge they unite with w onderful facility upon the question of his religious tenets,— .at least, it was so during the golden days of orthodoxy. Political quarrels not unfre- quently exert their pernicious influence on iSuch occasions, but the greatest mischief flows from disputes and difficulties uo mat ter how old or long suppressed—on the multifarious affairs of town. In the present instance, the .dissension had its origin in taking the vote oh a pro posed new road, The road was lost; such was the chagrin of the party defeated, that by that tacit combination which is al ways,.,the surest of accomplishing its end. they had ever since perseveringly opposed every measure that originated wm^aheu* Tflctojrs. .When, therein, the" pulpit was Heft vacant by the death pf its formeKncum- bent, -who possessed that happy figgulty of stray pig, a solitary turkey, nor a dungin'! cock, that knight of courage, dared to show his head w ithin ten miles of the place, till the minister had been settled a month, and the parish had returned to their former way of living. 1 forbear to follow the village choir to their mighty concerts, while perfect ing the grand performance,’ on which their whole strength was to he employed, en forced by every description of musical in struments that could be drummed up in the neighbourhood;—such us are curious in these matters can commit the recoids of the ociety, which are still extant, and in which i vote maf be found, “ that* the thanks of this choir be given to theVmusieianer who played on the bassoon ordination day.” That day at last came, and if my readers are as impatient for its arrival as were the inhabitants of E—, I desire their pardon for taking up so much time in the necessary pre parations. Long before the services com menced, people of eveiy description, and in every kind of conveyance, were moving in detached parties to the meeting-house Here a wagon, drawn by two lazy horses toiled heavily along, with a load of children large enough to stock a shaker village; at i little distance, a strong built steed trottef briskly over the ground, bearing on his hack a well-dressed youngster, while a sun-hur6t lass, decked with a profusion of ribbons was seated behind him on a pillion, with her arms tightly clasped round his waist; while thousands on foot, some running, some walking, and some hobbling, gave the road the same appearance as the streets of crow’ded city. Arrived at the place of destination, the children tumbling out of the wagons, the young men assisted their, girls to dismount at the horse-blo* kf and the crowds sepa rated, part into the meeting house, and part among the booths and tents, which had sprung up, like toad-stools, under the very droppings of the ?anctusiry, and offered their various amusements and luxuries, to tempt the appetites of those who came with pockets prepared to gratify them. How the cents jingled, as the little hoys and girls poured out their long saved treasures, and what de light was visible in their glowing faces as they .received, in return a stick of molasses candy, or a cake of gingerbread! With what pride the youngster led his bashful mistress into a crowded tent, and treated her to a glass of toddy! And how the countenances of the old men fell, when after fumbling a long time in their breeches pock et, they drew out a reluctant four-pence-half- penny, and paid for the dozen oysters, which were far gone in a state of putrefac tion, and which they bad just gobbled down with exquisite relish. In some of the tents, a three-strinsred fiddle was squeaking away most lustily to the tune of Yankee Hoodie, while a couple of stout fellow’s with their girls, were dancing a four handed reel. A hand-organ was grinding, in another 1 , a grist of monotonous music, to keep the wrild beasts and specta tors in good humor. F.very kind of show, that could possibly take with a collection like the present, had been drawn to this common point of attraction, by the same sort of affinity that swarms of venders and suftlers follow in the train of an army. ides’which, there was a numerous .soothing, if not reconciling the di ^tempers of his people, the Heads cnurch foresaw, and bemoaned, tl * ». o insanity. ho remark of Dr. Johnson’s that shows a [nore intimate acquaintance with than that where he human nature, than that where lie says “ there is nothing of which a man thinks so seriously as his dinner.” The absence of it at the accustomed hour, deranges the whole internal man, and brings into action those appetities and passions, which he possesses in common with the brute. On this principle, a man and a hog, are equal. Deprive them of their meals, and they are both sullen and indignant, and can with dif ficulty be restrained from taking forcible means to supply their wants. The mob about the doors, not relishing the idea of exchanging substantial food for empty sound, raised so loud a clamor, that the music was completely drowned in the tumult of voices that ensued. When the poise had abated, it was proposed that a committee should be chosen to wait upon the council Amd request their presence. Be fore the proposition could he formally made notice/ was given that the ministers and de legates' 1 w r ere approaching in solemn proces sion. But the majority of those within and without the hous/e, tneir expectations al ready disappointed by similar reports, their patience screwed "to the sticking place, and their appetites so long tantalized, exclaimed, w ith one voice, as did the Ephesians of old, “ dinner! dinner! dinner!” Like as a mighty mass of water, confined in narrow bounds, hursts its barriers, and rushes forth with irresistahle fury, sweeping every obstacle in its course, so the multi tude enclosed in the meeting-house, broke forth with one general movement, and bore in the strong current all that opposed then! The houses in the neighbourhood were soon overflowed, and the tables filled, while the piles of provisions disappeared like grass before the locusts of Egypt- In this man; ner the crowd \yenl round from house tp house, partaking of-Something at every, ta ble, not sparing evm.ib atwhich had been loaded with eve^^Mlfeacv for the express o, I have sometimes nerships, fitted out as a kind of guerrillas. Arrived a| the frowning barriers of nature, they separate.. Sometimes a pair of sworn friends trap together. There are not a few, who repair, each by himself, and as far as may he, from a known haunt of another, tp these solitary streams and mountains. Outlawry, necessity, ava- riqe, and appetite for lawless, unrestrained, and unwitnessed roving, constant exposure tp danger, and a habit of defying the ele ments, of becoming sufficient to themselves, the, absolute necessity of relying alone up on their own personal strength and resour ces, create an astonishing compound of quickness and perception, with a reckless confidence in their ow’n prowess. We have seen more than one person, of this cast in curably attached to solitude of labor and danger, compared with which Robinson Crusoe’s sojourn on his island was but a mere pastoral experiment. They furnish an impressive proof, that there is no mode of life intrinsically so repulsive and painful, but man may become reconciled to it by habit. A lonely hunter, cast upon nature aud the elements, with nothing but prairies and paountains in view, without bread or salt, and in jeopardy from beasts and savages every hour, amidst scenery and dangers that would tend naturally to raise the heart to God, trusting to no divinities hut his knife and his gun, and building all his plans for the future,on traps, regarding the footsteps of man, imprinted ip the 3and, as ob jects of calculating apprehension, and almost equal ly dreading the face of the whiteman and savage; in situations thus lonely and ex posed, he braves the heat of summer, the ices and the mountain blast of Winter, the grizzley bear, and robbers of his own race, and the savages, for years. When he has collected a sufficient number of packs of beaver, he fells a hollow tree, slides it into some full mountain stream, paddle? down the thousand leagues of the Missouri, and is seen with a dress, a gait, and manners, as appropriate to his pursuits as a sailor’s, bus- iling about the streets of St. Louis to make bargains for his furs.—Quarterly Review. \ ; - . - • ’ *>. ,'■ f vehicle^ at truth ; anti tlius, in spite of the old adage, a royal road has been opened . 1 >!***__* -V • A ^..knlnnlint b nn *ir_ to much ledge.—Nor\; and ^substantial kriow- irican Review. Caleb Atwa^qr, fesq. Counsellor at law, at Columbus, Ohio, has published an Ad dress on the Geneial character, and Present and Future Prospers of the State of Ohio* He draws a brilliany picture, faithful, wc presume, in general, hough perhaps some what too highly colored: “ I have visited,” says tis writer, more than one half of the State; of the* Union, and have actuallyresided lkfour of Them, and I can truly say that I havVjouricj^intel- ^ the ligenee more generally diffusesamor great mass of our people, than I liavdVlse- where. It is not uncommon for us to lnvqj even in a small town, persons well informed, and very well educated, from almost cv^ry one of the old American States, and freni almost every country of Europe.” Mr. Atwater mentions that itis by no means an uncommon occurrence in Ohio, where the community is not sufficiently numerous to support more than one divine, for the peo ple of several religious sects to uhite in the support of one minister, of some one of the several sects of Christians, to which the’ community had belonged ; and to remain in a common harmonious worship.—JVaf. Gaz. r •I Though t£jiyererihore patfjcular in matters n taste, than those that have never taken Novel Writing.—This is, emphatically, the age of novel writing ; and as such will he undoubtedly characterized in the annals of English literature. We of the present generation can hardly estimate our own good fortune, in having lighted upon this prolific and entertaining epoch. Thrice blessed is the man who first devised these agreeable factions : which so sweetly, soothe the dull ear of sickness ; exalt the fainting spirit with draughts that “ oheer hut not in ebriate;” brighten the horrors of a rainy day ; dispel the tedium of a winter’s even ing; and even give zest and animation to that saddest of all earthly formalities, a fami ly party. Who has not witnessed th,e- in stantaneous effect produced on the dull, in variable visages of such a circle, by the an- ponranei> of-the novel; the muscles dilated ^ the eye, as theiplfiy^r'^eiij^^lised with the tear of ’ifch&'.Ah# reader, animated hy m themagical.: effects ofhis own voice, ^eefet- ly unites ro^iimseJf.balf the me^t which company of gamblers, allured by the prospect of reaping a golden harvest; and a whole troop* of jockeys, who, havine collected every lamp, blind, and halt animal in the image of a horse,^d»..brought them—for soma wtirplnot ablejiwsany themselves—to ordination, where the most’skillful of the! profession “swapped ” - them for horses of douMje value, with the addition of “a band- some boot.” F.v this time the morning was far ad vanced. and the crowd in the meeting-house ^belong before the pariah would unite in set- J anxiously waiting; for the services to begin. ders;—for what reason, 1 know not, unless it be that the nature of tl eir profession de bars them from the inc dgence of other pleasures, which are pern itted to l|ie, laity. The council had been divided, on some controversial point, and ih the true spnjjtsqf polemical warfare, const med the morning in citing arguments fron the fathers, and the most noted divines rom the days of Calvin, to those of Cott< n Mather. How the question was finally se tied, I. was unable fb learn. The minister, 1 iwever. was set tled, and in due form, th ugh the sermon had not. so many hearers is if it had been delivered an hour or two earlier, and the choir did not acquit thenjtelves with such immortal honour, as they rould have done, had they not been compelled to make a pre-1 mature explosion, by w ich accident th® best string of the bass vie was broken, an<fi the lungs ofthe longest w ided clarionet severely injured, that th< never fairly/got over it. It gives me much sal islet ion to inform such of my readers as are toncerned fo loss of the sumptuous dimer provided^ for the clergy, that a repast! i though sotne- rtot cast in those thorny times, nans it, that our/lot was n Doc tots hight Irrefragable,” Duns/' Scotus. Thomas Aquinas, and others, filled the world with interminable disputes on quiddi ties, and entities, the nngace difficile?, which, John Salisbury assures us, “ were the con- >gtant amusement even of old men who had lo|t all powers of disputation themselves,” but who loved to linger over these, fascina- Itingtonies of dialectics. should hardly Igxpect* mucji diversion from this sort oflight •epding. Even in the golden days of Qfieen Dess, things were not, materially better*, Extraordimry.—Mr. Brady, one ofthe men who were wounded by the accidental discharge of the cannon on the 4th, died on Sunday morning last, and was attended to the grave in the afternoon, by a veiy nu merous throng of our fellow-citizens. He is the fourth member of the family wh> has met with death by the accidental explision of gunpowder. Two of the brothers vere blown up, and instantly killed, at Mr. Du pont’s pow’der works. A third was ujon the opposite side of the Brandywine at Ue time, and the only one there who was hurA*^ hut was so much injured that he dicufin a few days after. The father then came to the determination of putting Terrence out of the way of powder; and accordingly bound him apprentice to the cord wainjng bu siness, at which lie was habitually laboring, when he was called away to the celebration; where he met the fat^which had been so carefully guarded against. How mysteri ous are the dispensations of Providence . 1 Wilmington {Del.) Gazete. L Novel Emigration.—The unprecedented increase of Red Squirrels on the beders of the river in this vicinity, and their v se em!y location in almost every wood-yiV *n this village, within a few weeks, has /*nted no * little curiosity. The mystery, hq e yer,Jujfas within a few days been fully discosea^pand it is now ascertained from occulir demon stration, that these animals, from having be come dissatisfied witl the present adminis tration of the government of His Majesty’s colony of Upper Catada—the honeless pros pect of their ever attaining the privilege of citizenship undet the recent alien law of that Province, orjfrom some other cause— are daily crossjng^tlTe'river St. Lawrence by tens, fifties, and hundreds, and fixing their habitations ih every vacant nook and corner within our own country. We are inform d they may be seen landing, a short distance above and below this village, almost every hour in the day,; and the woods, as we have ourselves observed, along the banks of the river, are literally thronged with these quiet and heretofore loyal subjects of his Majes ty.—Ogdensburg (JV*. F.) paper, 26th vlt. / about five minutes before 3 Yesterday o’cl^cIg^cM. there was a great sensation created in Chesnut street, by the appearance on that fashionable promenade, of a charm ing little girl, with n most graceful form, hut *Those, indeed, who had no objection to a wearing a hat which beggars description. It what more frugal, was finished tavern, by the expense of thi town;—for (so ts thoroughly had the uncerel lonious gu done the work of destructions every pri house, there was not left in ill sufficient to cover one table. SorTy I ai i, however, for the sake of all my fair read< s, whose curi osity will only be excited hy the mention of the fact, to coufess my utter nability to give any account of the ordinatioi ball, for fatigue got such entire possession my faculties long before night, I was Compelled iin willingly to absent myself frqtn this last act in the performance of, the da; pestilential congregation of vapors, Vind abundance of merriment with Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, in the littfe Globe theatre. But plays were not printed in those days till long after they had become stale. And those quiet personages who preferred the pleasures of the fireside, w.e re obliged to extract their mirth from the dis mal affectations of the “ unparalleled Lil ly,” or the pastoral insipidities of Sir Philip Sidney. In later times, when “ civil dud geon first grew high,” polemics* and politics were the only fashionable'staple of the day ; and even in the ripe age of Queen Anne,, although things brightened somewhat, and The Jlfiwopi’? JTrapper.- of the Missouri, Yellow Stoi TviwHnwf ^ colour of the silk, nor the gaiety the ribbons which decked it, nor thsr?hea|ity*of the face it shaded, which attracted the attention and fixed the woq- dcrfcig eyt*S of the«crowd, but the size and sweep of the hai ? -which were beyond any thing we everAavv, oroayer Tead oi' in those fruitful sources ofthe romantic, the eastern* / such adventurous personages as Robinson Crusoe, Captain Gulliver, and Martin Scrib- lerus, began to make their way in the world, yet they were few and longo inter- valla ; while the ordinary bill of fare consis ted of a poetical squib, or a periodical essay, served up with coffee and rolls, and dispos- (not ytyikee) tales. It copld not have been less than six feet arpim&tbe M rim.” Every body stopped to looted* it; sqme put on spectacles, others .4?|pi|put> : tlieir glasses, and' not a few ejaculated *« -prodigious 1” ■others appeared to be infected with the same eager, wish to “ touch it,” which seized the inhabitants of Strasburg, when the “ stran ger with the nose ” made his appearance in their city. Altogether it was an extraordi nary sight, and will be recorded in out me mory as the “ Hat Scene.”—Phil. Pallad. ed of pi much the same time. In is.truly astonishing how our good ancestors, t the sources Platt, White, Arkansas, and Red Rivers, md on all their tributaries, that have course* in the Rocky Mountains, the great object of pursuit of the trappers, white and savige, l is ihh_6tea4 ver. The buffalo is hunted for food, beds, clothing, and furniture ; th? other animal is trapped for money. It is t^e chief,mean of gain to the savages, their/dependence for before the latter half of the last century, contrived to dispose of the long evenings and dull rainy days, which doubtless were quite as frequent, and afflicted the hypocon- driacs of that age as sorely, as those of their supply from the whites of arrps, afhmu4 nition, blankets,.; strouding, trapfe; whiskey, and all objects of necessity, and desi these lonely and sequestered region ted from social nature and man. hy and lqfty mountains, and wide and deserts, repair hund who hunt for subsiste TliCy make their way of white nd trap 1 C in ari fm We live to see a new order of things ; “ ab integro swculorum nasciitir or do.” Mul titudes of witsqf thf first water,* tqil% .day; and nightly “ outwatch the bear,” p),furnish dainties for, oqqepiqjjuean palates. Jri qth- er, words, the preejs-didl^, nay hpiuljr, teems With work? of W W* ’ftjj^jproplibU quality.; the diy precepts pf momlity qre seasoned with tile sallies of a lively \yh; barren historigalj feet fa adorned wjth jgie graceful cplorina*'oT Ifcpte and sentiment; foe muse of histny, inaeijd, lias condescen- ed b}. of Action under ial care ; ‘characters modes of habits of society, are depicted romances pleasin o Love, ill requited.—^Lieut. Yates, R. N. appeared at Maryfebone street office on Saturday, to answer a charge of assaulting his wife; an elegantly dressed female, who staled that'hehad slapped her face, and ac- tually pulled her out of bed by her legs-;— the husband’s defence was, that she had provoked hiiti to it, for as they were lying in bed he complained of its being extremely warm, and yet his wife, insisted on putting her arms round his. neck, whioh induced him to slap her face. The lieutenant gave bail. '/.}■.!:-i . n. 'r- :— .#r:; An English provincial newspaper, giving an account of a violent hurricane, says, that H shattered mountains, tore up oaks by . fee roots, and carried them through the air.to.a great distance, dismantled churches, laid villages waste, and—operfuqaed o haystack! lu / Jlfqarim.—It is dangeroqs to sympathise with a friend in his at^pse of either his wife; his horse, ofjiis professj|pni«iJess. the'first is dead, the second disypnsq^..«l^gqd the third discarded. There. jyc certai thing. which men wJl allow no o^ to abuse,-save themselves. w