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human life.
The following admirable allego-
IV is hf> exquisitely conducted, so
beautifully descriptive of Human
Fife, its dangers and temptations,
and the necessity of religion for
our guide, that, with the exception
cf otic or two pieces, it has proba
bly scarce a rival in this depart
ment of English literature.
A few mornings ago, as I was
trl ing my walk upon an eminence,
which commands a view of the
Forth, with the vessels sailing
aljng, I sat down, and taking out
rev Latin Bible, opened, by acci
dent, at a place in the book of Job,
is. 25, “Now my days are passed
away as the swift ships. 1 Shutting
the hook, I fell amusing on this af
fecting comparison. Whether the
following happened to me in a
dream, or waking reverie, I cannot
tell: hut I fancied myself on the
hank of a river, or sea, the opposite
side of which was hid from view,
being involved in clouds and mist.
On the shore stood a multitude,
which no man could number, wait
ing for passage. I saw a great
many ships taking in passengers,
and several persons going about in
the garb of pilots, offering their
services, Being ignorant, and cu
rious to know what all these things
meant, I applied to a grave old man
who stood by, giving instructions
to the departing passengcis. Ills
name, I remember, was the Genius
of Human Life. —“ My son, said he,
you stand on the hanks of the
stream of Time-, all those people
are hound for Eternity, that undis
covered country from whence no
traveller returns. —The country is
very large, and divided into two
parts: the one called the Land of
Glory, the other the Kingdom of
Darkness. The names of these in
the garb of pilots, are Religion, J ir
tue, Pleasure. They “ho are so
wise as to choose Religion for their
guide, have a safe, though freqent
ly a rough passage ; they are, at
last, landed in the happy climes,
where sighing and sorrow forever
fly away; they likewise have a se
condary director. Virtue; but there
is a spurious Virtue, who pretends
to govern by himself, but the
wretches who trust to him, as well
as those who have Pleasure for their
pilot, arc either shipwreck* and or cast
away on the Kingdom of Darkness.
But the vessel in which you must
embark approaches ; —you must be
gone , remember what depends on
your conduct.” No sooner had he
left me, than I found myself sur
rounded by those pilots I mention
ed before :—lmmediately I forgot
all that the old man had said to me.
and, seduced by the fair promises
of Pleasure , chose him for inv di-
rector ; we weighed anchor with a
fair gale, the sky serene ; the sea
calm ; innumerable little isles lifted
their green heads around us, covet
ed with trees in full blossom ; dis
solved in stupid mirth we were car
ried on, regardless of the past —of
the future unmindful. On a sud
den the sky was darkened, the
winds roared, the sea raged red
mse the sand from the bottom of
the troubled deep —the angel of the
waters lifted up his voice. At that
instant a strong ship passed Lv ; 1
saw Religion at the helm ; “ come
out from among them’’ he said. I
and a few others threw ourselves
into his ship.—The wretches we
now left were tossed on the swell
ing deep ; the waters on every side,
poured through the riven vessel;
thev cursed the Lord ; —When lo !
a fiend rose from the deep, and, in
a voice like distant thunder, thus
spoke—“ lam Abaddon , the first
born of Deaf ft —ye are mv prey ;
open thou abyss to receive them.”
As he thus spoke, they sunk, and
the waves closed over their heads.
The storm was turned into a cairn,
and v e heard a voice saving 44 fear
not, lor 1 am with you ; —when von
pass through the waters they shall
not overflow you.”—Our hearts
were tilled with joy ; I was engaged
ir. discourse with one of my new
companions, when one from the top
of the mast c ried out, 41 courage mv
trends, I see the fair heaven, the
land that is yet afar off.”—l started
and awaked. * * * *
■ <B> ■
It is announced that the author of
“The Spy,” and “The Pioneers,” has
another tale in preparation which is to
be entitled ‘ The Pilot; a tale of the sea.’
FAT R ACT
From T)r. Grijjlu's Farewell Mil
1o the Students who completed their
Collegiate course at It illiama College
in September last.
You come forward, my dear young
friends, at an interesting period oft he
world—at a time when each of the
learned professions stands related to
anew and important state of things
on earth. Are you physicians, you
come to the profession at a period
when the various sciences which sub
serve the healing art have reached a
point of cultivation unknown to any
former age, and Irom which they are
stretching forward to degrees of per
fection beyond the present conception
of man. Are you civilians, the period
at which you put your hand to the po
litical ark of your country is most ani
mating ami eventful. 1"U find her
independence achieved. You have not
like your fathers, to stake your lives
and fortunes on the tented lield, and
! to nurse her independence with your
blood. You find her constitution set
tled. You have not like vour fathers,
I to stand on the rottenness of the old
• confederation, and invent anew and
untried system of government, and to
balance and conciliate and reconcile
j the prejudices of thirteen states, and
I bind them into a federal union. You
i find all her institutions consolidated
II >v a practice of nearly 40 years, ami
have not like your lathci-s, to venture
on anew experiment, predicted to
’ fail bv the voice of half the world.
You find her honourably started in
the pursuit of science and the arts,
and advanced on the road to wealth
and distinction with a rapidity which
lias no parallel in the history of
nations. And you find her stretching
forward to prospects for the future,
sublime beyond the reach n thought,
Iti this condition you receive your be
loved country. And when you look
abroad to the nations, you see. an un
exampled* opportunity for the politi
cian to learn the principles of govern
ment, tlie rights of man, and the true
nature of those systems w hich make
millions the property of one; and an
opportunity equally unexampled, to
wonder at those volcanick convulsions
which are crumbling to atoms ancient
thrones, and throwing out regenerated
nations upon the field of Europe. Are
you divines, you come to the church
at a time when mighty changes are
taking place in favour of the ultimate
reign of the Redeemer. The armei
has begun his flight through the midst
of Heaven, having the everlasting
Gospel to preach to every nation and
tongue and people. It is the age of
active benevolence, ii is the age of
evangelical exertion. Your hopes,
your prospects, your opportunities,
and your obligations, as ministers of
the Gospel, will be greater than those
of any former age. “Whichever depart
ment you select, you succeed to a fair
inheritance—fairer than that of your
fathers. You will stand a much bet
ter chance taan they, to reach a high
state of mental elevation, and with
equal opportunities, may achieve more
for God and your generation. And
let it never be forgotten that to whom
much is given, of him shall much be
required.
A PICTURE OF THE TIMES.
“ Sitting once in my library,” said
Mr. Harris, “ with a friend, a wor
thy but melancholy man, I read
him, out of a book, the following
passage : 4 ln our time it may be
spoken more truly than ot old, that
virtue is gone, the church is under
foot, the clergy is in error, the de
vil reigneth.’ My friend inter
rupted me with a sigh and said,
4 Alas, how true, how just a picture
of the times !’ I asked him of
what times. 4 Of what times ?’
replied he with emotion ; 1 can you
suppose any other but the present
—were any before ever so corrupt,
so bad ?’ 4 Forgive me,’ said I,
for stopping you ; 4 the times I ani
reading of are older than you ima
gine ; the sentiment was delivered
about four handled years ago ; its
author sir John Made ville who died
in 1371.”
Roads form an index to the cha
racter of a people, and the condi
tion of the one is never at a great
distance from the condition of ihe
other. Ii the former are in a rui
nous state, the latter are sure to he
nearly so. Good roads are a source
of constant income, to every class
of citizens. The farmer reaps his
per centage in the safe excursions
of his family, and in marketing his
produce—the merchant in the price
of transportation ; and no one, even
down to the old bachelor, grum
bling along in his sulkey, ever
found himself a loser in conse
quence of his expenditures on the
road. Cleveland Herald.
JOHN HORNE TOOKE.
No man ever displayed mote
subtlety or coolness of judgment in
the discussion of arguments that
arose in the course of con venation.
Hut when he obtnine and a scat in the
himse of commons, he seemed out
of his element and spoke more like
a casuistical attorney than an elo
quent senator. What 1 acitus said
of Galba, may be applied t* him as
a member of parliament, he was
“ Major imperio, nisi tmperasset
In mixed conversation he was
full of pleasantry, on politics alone
he was bitter and inflexible. Du
ring- the fervour of the French re
volution, he talked as if England
was upon the verge of a great po
litical change. Vfuod volumus fa
cile (r dinuvs. —Conversing upon
the nature of the aristocratical part
of the British constitution, he said,
to a person who thought very diffe
rently to h'unself, “ 1 trust we shall
live to see the day, when the dis
tinction of titles will be abolished,!
and we may eat our mutton with-j
nut being teased with such childish
subjects as ribbons, and stars, and
garters.”
Instead of living loscc his Utopi
an dreams of equality realised in
Great Britain, he lived to see “the
Ch \d and Champion of Jacobin
ism” revive the order of nobility in
France ; and, as if to show his con
tempt for “the Rights of man,” he
decked his satehtes with those aris
tocratical insignia, for w inch the old
court of France had been so much
persecuted by the democrats.
When he heard of some failures
of merchants in the citv, he said,
“ You are not going, you -m: gone.
It is not a slight hurt, hut a mortal j
gangrene.”
Ills opinion upon the subject of’
law vas admirable. “ Law,” he
said, “ought to be, not a luxury for
the rich, but a remedy, to be easily,
cheaply, and speedily obtained by
the jiior.” A pers-n.i observed to j
him low excellent are the English j
laws f because they are impartial,
and cur courts of justice are open
to all persons without distinction. —
“ .yiid so,” said Tooke, “is the
Loijclon Tavern, to such as can af
ford to pay. for their entertainment.”
lie was verv severe in his criti
cisiis on authors. He underrated
the talents of Harris, the author of
Hermes, &c. A person observed,
that Harris was a man of great eru
dition, as appeared by his numerous
quotations, in support of his opin
ions. j “It may be so,” said Tooke ;
“ betas judges shelter their knavery
by pihcedings, so do scholars their
ignorance by authority.”
Het said of a certain barrister,
whom he believed to be a perfect de
mocrat, “That man would rejoice
to see all London burning, that lie
might roust his potatoes by the
flames.”
During the time of his trial for
high treason in 1 794-, one cold night
as he was returning from the Old
Bailv to Newgate, a lady advancing
towards him pulled up the collar of
his coat, and at the same time put a
silk handkerchief round his neck.—
While she was employed in this
friendfy attention he gaily said,
“ Pray, madam, he careful, for I
am rather ticklish at present about
that place.”
lie was accused of being implica
ted with Hardy and the other priso
ners, fin the design of going all
lengths with them in their career of
political reform, or demolition.—
“Tlxgv might,” said he, “ intend to
go a6 far as the king at IVindsor;
but defy my accusers to prove, by
anvfovert acts of mine, that I intend
ed Jo accompany mv friends any far
ther than Brentford .”
The Marquis de Ticrccville.
\ French gentleman, presenting
in a jocose manner this young mar
quis to a lady of his acquaintance,
“ Madam,” said he, “ this is the
marquis de Tierce ville, and he is
not so great a fool as he looks to
be.” “ Madam,” answered the
voung marquis, “ this is the exact
difference between this gentleman
and me.”
A small pressure of the brain
diminishes, a stronger destroys,
the sensibility of the whole body.
T here was seme years since a beg
gar at Paris, part of whos- skull
had been removed, without, inju
ring the brain, in consequence of a
wound. This being healed, he
wore a plate upon the part where
the skull was wanting, to prevent
the brain from being hurt by everv
accidental touch. For a smau
piece of money, this poor creature
took off the plate, and allowed the
brain to he gently pressed, by lav
ing a handkerchief, or some such
light substance upon it; this occa
sioned a dimness of sight, and
drowsiness; the pressure being
: somewhat augmented he became
I quite insensible, with high breath
ing, ancl every symptom of a person
in apoplexy ; from which state he
never failed to recover upon the
pressure being removed. As this
experience was attended with no
pain, it was often repeated and
always with the same,effect.
London Papers
Tight Lacing. —lt has long been
a matter of regret with persons of
good sense and good taste, that
many of the females of this country
injure their health and real beauty
of form by the absurd practice of
wearing tight stays. Ihe practice
seems now to have spread to the
men, if indeed such blockheads
merit that appellation. It is a fact,
that an exquisite fainted away on
Friday in Bond Street, and was
assisted into a shop, where he was
some time before he recovered.
Medical aid was sent for, when
it was ascertained that his stays
were too tight. London Paper.
FRUIT-TREES.
The Rev. Geoi'-e Charles Lewis
Ilempel, secretary to ‘lie Pomological
Society of Atlcnliurg, in Saxony, has
recently published a small work, enti
tled “ An easy, simple, and infallible
Method to force every Fruit I ree t
blossom, and Jo bear Fruit.” Os this
hi;>.hlv important and interesting pam
phlet we present the lovers of horti
culture with a tr;r -lation Irom the
German. Liverpool Courier.
In my early years I saw inv father,
who, was fond of pomology, and skilled
in that science, cutting a ring on sev
eral branches of trees, which already
were in blossom, for the purpose of
producing, by that means, larger fruit
than usual. This was not his own in
vention, but, as far as I recollect, de
rived from a French Journal. Thirty
years ago, when I was a boy, f practi
sed this operation, in imitation of him,
and thereby obtained larger plums and
peals. In repealing this operation of
ringing the branches', which I did
merely for the purpose of getting lar
gprfiuit, f observed that the branches
so operated upon, always bore the
next year. By this reiterated appear
a nee, 1 was led to the idea, that per
haps this mode of ringing the hark
might be a means of compelling every
unproductive branch to vield fruit.
With this view, l cut rings upon a
considerable number of branches,
which as yet showed no blossom, and
found, by repeating the experiment,
the truth of my supposition indispu
tably confirmed by experience.
The application of this experiment,
whereby upon every no ugh or branch
fruit may artificially be produced, is
veiy simpie and easy, and the mode of
proceeding as follows.
\V’ith a sharp knife make a cut in
the bark of the branch, which you
mean to force to bear, and not far
from the place where it is connected
with the stem; or, if it be a small
branch, or shoot, near to where it is
joined to the larger bough; the cut is
to go round the branch, or to encircle
it, and to penetrate to the wood. A
quarter of an inch from this cut, you
make a second cu , like the first,
round the branch, so that by both en
circli ig tiie branch, you have marked
a ring upon the branch, a quarter of an
inch broad between the two cuts. The
-jack between these two cuts you take
clean away with the knife, down to
the wood, removing wen the fine in
ner bark, which immediately lies upon
the wood ; so that no connection what
ever remains between tnc two parts of
the bark, but the hare and naked wood
appears white and smooth. But this
bark-ring which Is to compel the tree
to bear, must be made at the right
time, that is, when in all nature the
buds are strongly swelling or breaking
out into blossom. In the same year a
callus is formed at the edges of the
ring, on both sides, and the connexion
of the bark, that had been interrupted,
is restored again without any detri
ment to the tree, or the branch opera
ted upon, in which the artificial wound
soon again grows over.
By this simple, though artificial
means of furring every fruit-tree, with
certainty, to bear, you obtain the fol
lowing important advantages:
1. You may compel every young
tree, of which you do not know the
sort, to show its fruit, and decide
sooner, whether, being of a good qual
ity, it may remain in its first stage, or
requires to be grafted.
2. You may thereby, “ ith certain*,®
get fruit of every good sort, of
you wish to see the produce, ui
next year. 5
3. ‘This method may probably BerV|
to increase considerably the quantity*
of fruit in the country.
The blanches so operated upon at.®
hung full of fruit, while the other,®
that are not ringed often have nothin, I
or very little on them. This effect’
easy to be explained from the theory®
of the motion of the sap.—For wheg®
the sap moves slowly in a tree, it pro.®
duces fruit buds, which is the case i„ ®
old trees ; when it moves vigorously ■
the tree forms wood, or runs inj, I
shoots, ns happens with young trees. I
Though l arrived at this discoveAß
myself, in consequence of trying the®,
same process with a different view®
namely, to increase only the size of®
the fruit, but not to force barren®
branches, that were only furnished ®
with leaf buds, to bear, this latter ap. ■
plication being before quite unkown 1
to me ; I will on that account, by n O l
means give myself out for the first in. I
ventor of this operation, but I was ig. I
norant of the effects to he produced ly ■
(his method, and only discovered then fl
hv repeated experiments of my own, |
which 1 made for the promotion of ■
pomology. Frequent experience of I
the completest success has confirmed I
the truth of my observations. Nor I
do I think that this method is gene,
rally known; at least to all those t
whom I showed the experiment, the
effect produced appeared new and
surprising. At all events, that method
supposing it even to be an invention
of older date, has, as far as I know,
not vet been fully described by anj
one, and published in print
\lo\jevtson k Gvanbevv^
Are now opening, at the house form
erly occupied by li. K. Smith Esq. atjt
assortment of
GOODS
AMONG WHICH ARE
Superfine Black and Blue cloths,
Kerseymeres,Calicoes, Muslins,
Vestinge, &c.
YV ith an assortment of Gentlemen*
and boys Beaver, Roram and Wool
HATS.
STW.WV VO.\\\ETS
OF THE LATEST FASHION.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
SHOES, ike. ike.
All of which will ho sold low for
Cash.
March 21st 1 ts
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to the sub
, \ scriber for the year 1823, are re
quested to come forward and settle
tiioir notes and accounts by the first
of April or they will be placed in the
hands of officers for collection*
and. MERIIVETHER .
March 21 1 ts
etVevson C o\\\\V\.
VI7IIEREAS Rachel Becton and
v * William 8. Becton applies to
me for letters of administration on the
estate of Samuel S. Becton, late of
said county dec’d.
These are therefore, to cite and ad
monish all, and singular the kindred
and creditors of said deceased to be
and appear at my office, within the
rime prescribed by law, to shew cause,
if any, why said letters should not be
granted. •
Given under my hand this 3d day of
March, 1823.
JOHN
March 21st j—3od
NOTICE.
months after date applica-
TN tion will be made to the honorable
court of Ordinary of Warren County,
for leave to sell
Owe tract containing 250
acres of land, being lot no. IG6 in the
sixth district of Early County—
Owe other tract, containing
4.50 acres in Warren county, adjoin*
dng lands of Little Bryant and others.
One other tract, in Warren
county adjoining the befurementianed
tract.
ALSO—
Vwo .Negroes, Viz. .Marga
ret, a woman, and Anthony a man—all
being the real estate of Samuel Allen
late of said county xlec’d. and to he
sold for the benefit of the heirs and.
creditors of said dec’d.
S. cl L LEX, Jl DiCjt.
Match 20th 1823. m9m