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vf-r* f'ttT'f *\'t f VV Trow J J oulson's Advertiser. 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