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mnk,hoW>khM toUhe cottage and
*Welhi& sent to him
ay soon as bo/sbotiTu be weaned.
The Zar/oithfully observed Inseri
gageiuent*yjrovidcd amply for his fu
turn seUloment iri society, and coiitin v
ucd ev<yafter to heap honors up tit
the virtuous peasant and his family.
fvom the Desk of i’oar Robert the
J Scribe.
A y\\ a day—the tiling i clear,
‘JXvenly three gallons makes a year.
Xow this Would buy a cow, and keep her,
‘Two suits of clothes——a score of sheep or
Twenty good things than llrandy cht*|ier.
Old Robert.
There is a pleasant little villiage which
stands on the borders of a small lake in
the western part of ( onnecticut A ta
vern in the town kept at the| sign f
the Gray Goose, entertained the passing
stranger, and in th* winter evenings was
the place where we held our dances—for
old Hubert used to dance in his younger
days. I remember wt 11 the merry even’
ings 1 have enjoyed there, and methinks
1 could still ‘tire down’ the puny strip
. lings of the present day.
Among the companions of our recrea
tions were two, whose vivacity and wit 1
coohl not hut admire—and whose good
nature and virtues I could not but love.
Absolem Active was the eldest of rny
friends; his father was poor, but be gave
Absolem a good common education, and
then bound him apprentice to a respreta
be waggon maker of the town. When I
saw Absolem last, before my last visit to
Applefcerry, it was his birth and wedding
flight. Just 23 years old—he had mani*
ed black eyed Susan, as we used called
her—and she mighi as .we ll have b n red
lip’d Su u an for 1 never saw cherries red
der. Me had taken a shop for Imnself
and having a good journeyman from N.
York, hail added the m. king of chaises
to his old business.
Absolem was industrious— \bsolem was
frugal; above all, Absolem w;- temperate.
* Grog and I.’ ho used to say, 4 are sworn
enemies.’ Not but notv and then he
w ould take a gins of wine or a mug of
fl’p with a fro nd, but he drank sparingly.
Toev do say though that on the fourth of
July his eyes sparkled a little, and he
could not pronounce Sh bob th for the
•on! of him But that‘s neither here nor
th* f: He was a sober man
And what do you think was the conse
quent'*’? V by. when I went to Appleber
iv l ist October, who should I hear ’em
t *lk of but th * good Squire Active—and
1) ac n Active—and Honest Active—
\\ hv he lias money to lend—he owns two
of the best farms on south side of the
1 >k>*—the poor all b'e-s him, he now rides
in 1 b coach, “ti which is painted a Ree an
Jint i Glass upside down , wi h this motto
* Industry— f rugality —Temperance.—
JBy these / ride.’
Edward Kasy, my other friend and
companion received from his father a for
tune of five thousand pounds. At the
of nineteen he took Ins degree at YaJe
VHtli singular honor. The profession of
law suiting best his capacity in 1 inclina
tion, studied the science tinder the most
approved master, and at twenty two he
appe iced at the bar. I never sh ill for
g, ♦ the day when he made his plea. All
Anpleberry went down to hear him, for
F. ‘ward was a fivorite of the people: And
well lie might be, for there was not a sin
gle one in all the village but con’d tell of
Some good and kind thing lie had done.
The cause he plead was for a poor wi
dew woman. You may remember her, it
was old Mrs. Rogers who sold ginger
bread and beer ju-t above the sue k and
whipping post north of the meeting house
She li >d an only daughter, a swe t little
rosebud, just seventeen, who was the so
lace ami delight of her life. An unfeel
ing landlord demanded the sacrifice of
At <’v or thieatened her ruin.
W eH, the court was opened—the wit
nesses'examined- and it came Edward‘s
turn to ‘penk. He rose, O! he was a
handsome mao, but now his cheek lock'd
pule—his lip trembled for feat he would
not go on. By and by his voice rose—
h;s cheeks resumed their color—ho rais
ed bis arm most gracefully, and his eye
Bp trkled You might have heard a pin
fall. He in one moment did stir up the
feelings so against the hard hearted land
lord that every one was in a rage. And
*hen he painted the sufferings of the wi
dow and the orphan*— ; n spite of me. lj
cried like a child, 1 never loved Him half
so well in tny hie. Our Person l remem
ber said * the oil of eloquence was on his
toneu .and the honey of per uasiondis
tilled ft tun his bps.
! left him j-ist on the er#of being mar
ried to Eunice Heartfree. She was wor
thy of him, she danced delightfully—*ung
sweetly—could spin fifty knots a day, &
the parson's wife was heard to say that
‘ she made the best pudding of any one
in the village except herself. ’
Now until the fourth day of last Octo
ber. 1 had not been to Appleberry lor
eighteen years. Just as the old town
clock stiuck four, 1 entered the village.
My heart fluttered. I looked anxiously
around in hopes to meet my friend. A
gloom and solemn stillness pervaded the
village. Presently the vi/lage bell toll* and
a funeral procession approached. la
lighted at the Inn and immediately inquir
ed who was death * Alas ! the day’ ex
claimed the old tavern keeper, who did
not know mo, ‘ there goes the remains of
a mao, eighteen years ago, wa- the most
promising youth in all the country, For*
tu,ie, education, genius all united to ren
der him every thing. But the morning
bitters; the noontied dram anil the even
ing sling have withered the first flower
in iuture‘B garden Poor Easy? God rest
him. Ed vard had been intemprate. In
temperance begat Idleness and legiect of
business; poverty and wretcheioess fol
lowed; and he who might havdreflected
honor on his country, poisoner by grog,*
dieda beggar. But men of Genus tread
iightely on his ashes for he vas your
kinsman, and if you would avoil his fate,
declare with my friend Active that you
and gmg re -worn enemies,*
! Foreign.
LA TEST FRIJmTa/UoTE.
HBW ¥ UK, OCT. 6.
By the ship France , from Havre,
we have copious Pal is files to the. se
one! ult.—Tne reported defeat of
Russia before Choumla, is not con
firmed. Tne delay in front of that
place, seems to have arisen from a
i desire to make the atta* k overwhelm
ing, by concentrating b fre it an
immense army. A reinforcement <f
35 000 men is talked of as about to
join the Russians; —the Turks ar*
said to be Huff* ring f r provisions.
We do not find however, any thing
very explicit on this subject. Ex
tracts follow:
Ti NIION, sf.pt. 1.
Our dates from Choumla, are to
the Bth August, in bulletins. Their
contents we abridge ass ll ws—On
the Ist. the Emperor arranged the
siege of the place, and it was announc
ed that lie would review Ad. Greigli’s
fleet tiff Varna, and inspect the
works mi land, and afterwards em
bark for Odessa, returning thence
to the head quarters of the gm-rds at
Bzardjik. Oil the 31st of July the
Turks from Choumla atta- ked Geo,
Rudiger, to prevent his cutting oft’
their communication w ith the capital
and interior, but they failed, ami he
took p’ st on the road at Eski Slam
bool.
The bulletin of the 7th says, (bat
although the entrenchments are with
in reach of the Turkish cannon at
Choumla, no sortie is made which
shows they have not as much spirit as
in f**rnier times.
The garrison of Varna has made
several strong but unsuccessful sal
lies; and (ten. Suchfelon has estab
lished his position, and is joined by
Lieut. Gen Anclmcoff. The bulletin
of the Bth says, Prince Menzikoff on
the 2<l # drove the Turks from the
heights on the northwest, and occu
pied them. There is opened a rnm
j mmiration with Ad. Greigh’s flee*
jof 8 line ships, 5 frig lies, 5 bomb ves
sels, Ac. On the 7t|i* the Emperor
arrived, with a reinforcement aril 15
cannon.
A< counts from Odessa of the 9th,
say he reached there the day before.
Letters of the lltli mention that he
was still there, with the Grand Duke
Michael.—The surrender of Choutn
la, Varna, and Silistria, was hourly
expected. There were no hopes of
peace.
Invasion of Turkey >
The Smyrna Courier gives the follow
ing statement of the force which compo
ses the hussian army:
General in chief Count Wittgenstein
having under his orders Generate Woron
zotf and Pableri, and for Chief “t toe Staff’
Gen. Diebitsch. ihe army is composed of
3 divisions of Grenadiers, 40 000 men
23 “ Infantry. 300,000
Isl “ Regular Cavalry, 45,000
250 Pulks of Co-arks, 50,000
37 Brigades of Field Art’ly 15 000
450,000
In which number are not included th*’
battalions of the Marine, nor those nfth-
Military Colonies. The Artillery of the
Army consists of 700 pieces.
Os the above 21 and 3! divisions of
Grenadiers and Carabineers, including
25.000 men; eight of Infantry, 100,000
men; eight divisions of Chasseurs of
horse, two of hussars, and eighteen pulk
of Cossacks, making 18.000 men, had pass
ed the Danube.
“caMnetT
wjißßK.\~rox. or r is. ih2B.
(£rNo returns of the election have
been received, since our last, there’s but
little doubt however, from the return
already published, that Gilmer, Wilde
Thompson, Wayne. Foster, Haynes, and
Lumpkin,are elected to represent us in
the next congress. We expert to be ab<e
to give in the next Cabinet, a table shew
ing the number of vet's that each candi
date received in the different counties.
The Rev. Mr. Sheerwood, and
probably Mr. Mercer, will preach at inis
place on Friday r.ight next, on their way
to the Hep’ g.bah A^-ociation.
On Monday the 29th ult. at the clos
ing of a Camp Meeting, in Mon r oe coun
ty, two hundred and six persons joined
the Metnodi t ‘Society. Great Revivals,
’tis said among the Methodist and Bap'ist,
are taking in that part of the slate.
* [Communicated ]
Mr. Robinson,
Perha s many of the reader? of your
paper woo'd iike to hear from the eor
gia Association. I just return, and
t'uin it, a ul would be glad to g ve a more
and minute account tnan what I
feel able to <ty>. Owing to the heal hi ness
of the season and to the g eat relig.ou
rx-ifemcnt which has prevailed and
whi h still prevails in the upper parts of
this state, and especially in the Georgia
and Ocmulg* e A—ociations, there was a
very numerous concourse during it* ses
sion. The sermon introductory to busi
ness was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cal
loway, after which the letters from the
several churches were read, and the uu
al record made of their state. Ihe news
of so many souls turning to the Lord
till and each pious hea-t with sensations ot
gratitude, and it was unanimously agreed
to spend twenty minutes in Mia? k giving
to the Almight. f"t sui h wondeifu) di
play of his nierev towards lost and sinful
man. Many of the ag< and members declar
* and that it was the most happy twenty mi
nutes y sen ire that they bed ever uitn s
sod. The addition to the Association b>
B.iptism. <iu ing the year c en ending,
was 1761, and that of the Ocmulgee As
sociation, (yvhich was a si o t time pro
vious) 1712!! This, we hup*, *is the
lord’s doing' —it is marvellour in<u.
e;. es. It is supposed bv persons who hav
frequently attended large meetings, that
there were npwatds of 6000 souls on the
ground on the Sabbath; and it was thought
advisable to have pieachins: bo'h at the
stage and in the house at the same tin e.
The pulpit in the house was occupied by
the Rev. Iverson L. Brock.-, J P. Mar
shall and Mr. Martin. The state
by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of S. Carolina, B.
M. Sanders and C. W hite. At both pla
ces a collection for Missionary purposes
was taken.
The greatest number addrd to rny cf
the churches by Baptism, was at Bathes
da. in Greene. There two hundred and
seventy one have been baptised -ince the
la-t annual return—most of them since
April! It is thought hy those who are bet
ter judgt s than myself that the revival is
on the decline, 1 here is however, at
Ipiesenta great work of grace going on,
but perhaps not so great as what h s been.
Ot Monday there were three disbur
ses delivered at the stage. The hist by
8D individual whose name 1 do rot r -
member. The second by Mr. Sherwood,
and the last by Mr. Mercer—-Preachug
continued on Tuesday for the purpose cf
receiving members by Baptism. I came
away -on Monday evening aud do nutj
know tne result. O that the bickering
among breilneu would cease forever !-
That the Lord's name might be one in all
the earth ! ! t*
RARE HYMEXEALB.
In Ireland, Mr. Darby Daniel Mas
Clean, of Newry, a pensioner, to Miss
largarotta S. Mackenna, of Rub
fly. The bride was to have been
narried on the same (lay to another
lover, one James Locer; and had ar
ived at an appointed time and place
u Newry, where the cercniuny was
o have been performed. The fa
or*'d swain however did not appear,
ud the lady’s hostess in Bridge street
otnintinirated to her the lamentable
idittgs that lie was already married,
tod to and gone she believed to visit
is wife, then a prisoner in Armagh.
Margarrc tta wep , sighed deeply, and
xrlaimed. ‘Never will 1 return to
iT.afhfly fn Id unmarried; if I do n?t
;et a husband I will drown myself,
md this shall be the last and y of poor
Vfargaretta Maikenna!’ ‘O, (said the
hostess,) I wish honest Darby Mac
Clean was here—he also is crossed
in love; and talks of death; perhaps
he would marry you—’tis better to
wed than die.* A word to the wise
snfficetli: Margaretta speeded on the
wings of I ive to Darby’s dwelling,
who * she found pensively leaning oa
his arm, and ruminating deeply on
his misfortune. ‘Why are you so
sad, Darby?* quoth Margaretta.
*My love has jilted and deserted ms,’
replied Darby, with a sigh. ‘So hath
mine,’ rejoined Margaretta with a
sob. ‘I cannot, I will not survive it!*
q ioth Darby. ‘I will either he
drowned or married today,’ murmur
ed Margaretta. The voice was in li
aison with Darby’s fe lings, he l<>"k*
ed wistfully on toe dork, languishing,
yet sparkling eyes of the lovelorn
maid, and sympathised in her sor
rows. ’ Sympathy begets Love, and
Love is the gentleman usher to Hy
men. The p Tries therefore deter
mined not to drown themselves, but to
marry; the friendly controversy soon
lermitcat and, and the hanpy |>air, now
man and wife, set off
ftT the ceremony, to’ spread the ho
ney moon in connubial j>y at Rath
fry laud.
In Middh town, (Monmouth,) f, f.
I r I limlp.ir Tilton, in the 76 li y -yr
tifnis age, to Miss Mary Lucas, in
her 13tii year. She is the daughter
of Thomas Tilton’s first wife so that
this husband and wife were at least
half grand father end half grand
daughter—-At the same ti ie, John
Lucas, the brother nf the infant bride.
t<> his half .unit Caty Clinton, widow,
daughter of ’Thomas Tilton, bride
gyoom. Qere. It both of the above
peir should be blessed with issue,
how would genealogical renders rank
them in degrees of affinity?
Al Vernon on the 2d Feb. by tho
Rev. Llisha Stebbins, Mr. Daniel
Bints, of Augusta, aged 15, to M*s
h iiz.iheth Mat, toon, of the firmer
piace aged II years. Two Brothers,
opt lßihe other 1! married mother
aud daughter, the mother 36, the
daughter 11.
In Anh st, Mr Abraham Mer
rill, aged 81 years, to Mi-s Iluidah
Rowe; agi <1 81, their children, grand
children and great grand children*
were w itnesses < f tluir happy union.
At Roxhury, Dr Samuel S. Mas
ters, to Miss A’ igal Squire, being
his second wife, her second husband;
his former wife and her former hus
ban ; are both living, and lawfully
married, but *all is vanity saitli the
Preacher’—they lived together ten
lung days and nights, and parted to
meet no more. At the same place
Mr. James Hall, aged 23 to Miss Lu
<y Frisby, a maid of 67 only.
‘lt’love‘s a llrme that's kindled by desire,
‘An old st:ck‘s surely best because tis dryer.
In ilamptonf.dls N. H. Me. John
Sanborn, aged 56 years, to Miss Ly
dia Stanton aged 83.
Lot ma dens ne'er nflove complain,
Forage, or want of Beauty;
S-nre here wr see complaints are vain,
WhiLt Hymen does bis duty,