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tgZSNMrtt&a £ SPAIN. Unhappy Spain ! vvliat ills await Thy bright anil blooming shore ! Os inonarchs leagued,the lurking hate, “Whose voice proclaims thy fearful fate, To bow, or be no more ! How will thou breast the bursting flood Os regal strength and rage ! Os kings who wade through seas of blood, To blight man’s freedom in the bud, And blot life's brightest page ! “Wilt thou unmov’d the tempest brave, Unyielding meet the foe ? Protect the rights that nature gave, Your country from oppression save, And ward the impending blow ? Or wilt thou kneed, and kiss the rod Os purple pride and power? • And shall that path again be trod, Which led thy offspring from their God, And op’d of hell the door ? No—thou hast seen the blessed light. And drunk of freedom's cup ; Hast felt the curse of slavery’s blight, Keen whelm’d in superstition’s night, And heaven hath rais’d thee up ! The day hath dawn'd; the galling yoke ; The fetters of the slave, As lightning rends the gnarled oak, The Spaniard's arm in twain hath broke, He has—he dares be brave 1 And you, yc spoilers of the world, Ye crown’d, insulting things ! In vain your bolts of vengeance burl'd, The flag of Spain no more is furl'd, But to the King of Kings ! The light of soul—of reason's ray ; The glorious march of mind, “Whose course no sceptred hand can stay, Defies the jealous tyrant’s sway, And frees from thrall mankind. Boston Bard. 103 XTJTJML AWX* BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT. [We publish, by request, from the R. Island Farmers and Manufacturers Journal, the following transcript of the primitive judicial code which ex isted in the state of Connecticut, du ring the time of the first settlers, and their immediate descendants,common ly called “ the blue laws of Connecti cut.”] 1. The Governor and Magistrates, convened in General Assembly, are the supreme power, under God, of this independent dominion. 2. From the determination of the Assembly no appeal shall be made. 3. The Governor is amenable to the voice of the people. 4 The Governor shall have only a sirigle vote in determining anv question, except a casting vote when the Assembly may be equally divided. 5. The Assembly of the people shall not lie dismissed by the Go vernor, but shall dismiss itself. 6. Conspiracy against the domin ion shall be punished with Death. 7. Whoever says, “ there is pow er holding jurisdiction over and above this dominion,” shall be pun ished with Death, and loss of pro per tv. 8. Whoever attempts to change or overturn this dominion, shall suffer 1) at n . 9. ’1 he Judges shall determine controversies without a jury. 10. No one shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless he he converted, or a member, in tree communion of one of the churches in this do minion. 11. No one shall hold any office who is not sound in the faith , and faithful to this dominion; and who ever gives a vote to such a person shall pay a fine of one pound. For the second offence, he shall be dis franchised. 12. No quaker or dissenter from the established worship of this do minion, shall be allowed to give a tote for the election of magistrates or any officer. 13. No food or lodging shall be afforded to a quaker, Ademite, 01 any other heretic. 14. If any person turns quake r, he shall be'banished, and not suf fered to return, on pain of Death. 15. No priest shall abide in this dominion. He shall be banished, and suffer Death on his return. Priests may be siezed by any one, without a warrant. 16. No one shall cross a river but with an authorized ferryman. 17. No one shall run of a Sab bath day, or walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except reverently to and from church. 18. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep bouses, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day. 19. No woman shall kiss her child on Sabbath or fasting clay. 20. A person accused of trespass in the night, shall be adjudged guilty, unless he clear himself by oath. 21. When it appears that an ac complice has confederates, and ic* fuses to discover them, he may be Racked. 22. No one shall buy or sell lands without the permission oi the select men. 23. A drunkard shall have a mas ter appointed by the select men, who is to debar him the privilege of buying or selling. 24. Whoever publishes a lie to the prejudice of his neighbor, shall J sit in the stocks, or be whipped fif teen stripes. 25. No Minister shall keep a school. 26. Man stealers shall suffer Death. 27. Whoever wears clothes trim med with silver or bone lace over two shillings a yard shall he pre sented by the grand jurors; and the select men shall tax the offend er at the rate of three hundred pound estate. 28. A debtor in prison , swearing he has no estate, shall he let out and sold to make satisfaction. 29. Whoever sets fire to the woods, and it burns a house, shall suffer Death, and persons suspected of the crime shall be imprisoned without the benefit of bail. 30. Whoever brings cards or dice into this dominion shall pay a fine of five pounds. 31. No one shall read common prayer, keep Christmas, or saints day, make minced pies, dance, play cards, or play on any instrument of music, except the drum, the trum pet and the jews-harp. 32. When parents refuse their children suitable marriages, the magistrates shall determine the point. 33. The select men, on finding children ignorant, may take them away from their parents, and put them into better hands, at the ex pense of the parents. 34. A man that strikes his wife shall pay a fine of ten pounds ; a woman that strikes her husband shall be punished as the court di rects. 35. A wife shall be deemed good ; evidence against her husband. 36. No man shall court a maid without first obtaining the consent of her parents —five pounds penalty , lor the first offence—ten for the se cond—and for the third, imprison ment during the pleasure of the court. 37. Married persons shall live together, or be imprisoned. 38. Every male shall have his hair cut round according to a cap. ‘‘HIGHLAND MARY.” In the west church yard of Green ock, without a stone to mark the place, slumber the ashes of Burns’ Highland Mary. On a late visit to that town, curiosity, and a hope of eliciting some particulars respecting the object of the poet’s love, induced us to pay a vi sit to the mother of Mary Campbell, now residing there. We found her a tidy, bale old woman, of fourscore, seated beside her “ wee bit ingle,” and busily employed at her spinning w heel, with the product of which, and a little assistance from the parish, she manages to eke out a sort of livelihood. Her daughter Mary soon became the subject of conversation, and we found her extremely communicative. She stated that when her daughter came from Ayrshire, she spoke often of the correspondence she had there main tained with Burns, and said that he repeatedly offered her his hand, and told her he would come to any part of the Highlands and marry her. He likewise mentioned that it was then his intention of going to the West In dies, bathe said in the event of this taking place, he would setile a ve.ii y sum upon his Highland Mary until hi returned. Burns’ gallantry by this time formed a theme for gossips, ami Mary almost dreaded a union with one whom her friends condemned as a rake. Had site survived, these objec tions would have been surmounted, but alas ! their last farewell was spo ken ere they were long sepateil ; the resistless arm of death numbered Ma ry among bis victims, and she was mingled with the clods id the vallei, while the Bard, unconscious of his loss, was revelling in visionary pros pects of domestic bliss. Impatient at the delay and silence of bis betrothed, Bur ns wrote repeatedly to the high lands, but could obtain no informa tion to quiet his soul. At length he addressed a letter of inquiry to her uncle at Greenock, and by him the melancholy truth was unfolded. To one whose bosom was so tenderly alive to all the finer feelings and passions, this proved an overwhelming blow —his mental anguish was affect ing in the extreme, and his sorrows were vented in the well-known im passioned address* To Mary in Heav en.” After Mary’s death, several letters from Burns, breathing all the ardour and enthusiasm which charac terised his effusions, were discovered in her chest. These, with a letter ad dressed to Mrs. Campbell, by her in tended son-in-law, were committed to the flames by the ruthless hand of one of Mary’s brothers. The last parting scene between the youthful lovers, as described by the Poet, was extremely impressive—after spending ‘a day of parting love’ on * the bonny banks o’ Ay re,’ they stood on the opposite banks of a limpid rivulet, and across the stream, exchanged bibles, and vows of eternal fidelity. The bible which Burns that day placed in the hands of his soul’s idol, is now in the possession of her sister at Ardrossan. It is a pocket bible, in two volumes.— Upon the boards of the first volume, is inscribed in the hand writing of Burns “And ye shall not swear by my name falsely—l am the Lord.” Levit. Chap. xix. 12th verse. On the 2d vol. “ Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oath.” Matth. chap. v. 33d verse, and upon a blank leaf of each, “ Robert Burns, Mossgiel. W igtonshire Couriei'. Nf.w-York, May 13. A hoax has been played off on one of our knowingfriends of Wall-street, at whicn we know not whether to laugh heartily, or be exceedingly angry.— A tight fellow brought into this ce lebrated street a beautiful spotted po ny for sale. The horse resembled a leopard in the richness and variety of his spots, and attracted universal at tention. lie was purchased by an hon ourable member of our board of bro kers, who having made a lucky hit that day, was in good spirits, and gave a good price for the animal, who was soon caprisoned, and his new master, with whip in hand, cantered him out on the third avenue, and galloped him back. The horse performed exceed ingly well, and was in a foam on his return to the city, when lo ! and be hold, as the sweat oozed from his flanks and the pores of his skin, the spots disappeared and were washed aw ay. The horse had been painted for the purpose, spotted,to cheat the know ing ones in Wall-street, and he stood by the door after the ride, in his ori ginal dirty grey and yellow, “ redeem ed, regenerated, and disenthralled.'’’ Extract from the memoirs of the Court of Louis XVI, by Madam Campon. Franklin appeared at Court in the dress of an American cultivator; his smooth hair without powder—his round hat, his plain brow n dress, form ed a striking contrast with the embroi dered coats —curled, powdered and scented heads of the courtics of Ver sailles. This singular simplicity char med all, particularly the ladies. Ele gant fetes w r ere given to Dr. Franklin, who, to his renown as a philosopher, added all the virtues that tempered benign patriotism, so becoming to the noble roll of this venerable apostle of liberty. I assisted at one of those fetes, when the most beautifu 1 among tinee hundred women was selected to kiss the American philosopher, and place on Ids white locks a crown of laurel. At the very doors of the pal ace, at the exhibition of the porcelain of Sevres, under the eye of the King, were sold medallions of Franklin, bearing this inscription : Erepuit cado fulmen, sceptrumijue tyrannis. The countess Diane, a woman celebrated lor her wit, partook with such great waruipth of this enthusiasm, that Lou is the XVI, to ridicule her extrava gance, in this particular, sent her a put do vhombre from the manufacture ol Sevres, at the bottom of which was the medallion of Franklin, with the legend so much in vogue. “it’s ALL moc* 4 hine.” When I was a boy, and lived with my grand mother at Willow-grove, I remember once walking out with hci among the trees that sheltered our .ricen from tire summer sun, one moonlight evening. M e had not gone far, before the old lady perceived something on the ground that appear ed like a white handkerchief, and as she stooped, intent on picking it up, I perceived that it was but the light of the moon shining through an opening in the branches above us, and called out ‘ La, Grandma its all .Moonshine J’ • It is but moonshine, truly,’ said she, nibbing her fingers in evident disap pointment; ‘but, Oliver, many peo ple grasp at moonshine.’ 1 laughed at my good grandmother then, but l have since witnessed the truth of her remark. XV lien I see a young man pursuing a gay butterfly id a girl, because she is beautiful, though she possesses none of the qualifications necessary to make a good wife, a good house-keeper, or u good mother ; it brings to my mind the old story ; depend upon it, lie is grasping a phantom ; it's all moon shine. W lien I see pleasure hunters, and those who are seeking after happiness, plunge into dissipation, or seek gav and giddy company, or drink deep of the cup of .sensual enjoyment, 1 feel for them ; I know the disappointment that awaits ttiem ; these are not the pearls of price that bring with them peace and content; they are worth less ; theij are nothing but moonshine. \Y hen I see a gambler forever at the billiard-table, with eager hopes of ma king money thereby, and carrying with him the means by which alone Ins fa mily can be supported, to squander it there, I think with a sigh, how sadly that poor man mistakes the path of wisdom, and labours after that which is all moonshine . He is grasping at moonshine, who strives to raise Ins consequence in the world by a suit of tine clothes, or an unpaid side-board ; and so is be who is aiming to build a foundation upon which to elevate himself in the esti mation of the world, of a few thousand of paltry dollars ; for as Burns says, The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The man's the gold for all that; and nane can become truly great but those whom nature has fitted to be so. These are plain palpable cases; I have sometimes thought men were grasping at moonshine, who attempted to live by literature, or make money by printing newspapers; or dreamed of collecting their debts, or of receiv ing legacies in these times; yet as these may be doubtful, I will not per sist in them. Emporium. MATRIMONY. The state itself is certainly more agreeable to the great Creator’s design, and I conceive it to be the dutv of every woman, to accept the first likely offer, and not to stand shilly shaily, waiting in expectation for a better; which in the language of the world is commonly a richer. I may venture to assure the fair sex, that riches do not confer hap piness, though they are in a great measure necessary’ to it. To stand upon an equality of for tune, when the party has every oth er thing requisite, is to deserve, to die an Old Maid—or to be pun ished with a bad husband: the same may be said of both sexes, nor is it confined to the female only. I would have either of them act alike in this respect, and accept a worthy partner, though not equal in fortune. It is a reward due to merit, and it is a method likely to obtain happiness. If you confer it upon others, it then becomes their duty to return it; gratitude strong ly enforces it, and a person with just notions, will always strive to do it, even after the flame of love is burnt out. A man or woman mav he honest industrious, and grateful, without being horn to the possession of an ample fortune ; as well as they may be ill-natured, and extravagant, though their wealth is considerable. The former might render either sex hapjjy, and preserve their fortune, while the latter may render them unhappy, and waste their sub stance. It is true, that poverty does not confer virtue, or wealth vice ; all I mean, is, that for the sake of for tune alone, a worthy man or woman should not be slighted. Lord II — , (who was much ad dicted .to the bottle,) previous to a masquerade night, enquired of Foote ” what new character he ought to ap pear in ?” “ New character!” said the other “ suppose you go sober my lord!” APHORISMS. It is a fault to speak ol unnecessarily to the dibiidv.iat^o e ‘ others. We have only to selves in their places, to feel how > should like such liberties to be tak. with our own character, that consiil*” ration would set the matter always in’ a just light. • Idle detraction is as truly, if no^. ■ deeply criminal, as malicious slain],.'* j and often equally injurious in its con I sequences. jj. It is surprising to sec what groat things may be effected by those wl,, are thoroughly in earnest in their etj. deavours, and what apparently insm-. mountable difficulties may be over, come by those who have energy 0 f character enough to grapple with them. Love is the shadow of the mornin which decreases as the day advances. Friendship is as the shadow of the eve ning, which strengthens with the set ting sun of life. The sash ion of the world passeth away. Reader, thou wilt soon be class ed with those who have gone before thee. Anew generation will occu py the ground you now tread, and a friendly recollection, or a storied urn, be the only relict of the busied life. Thy years,at most, are few! Thy hopes, if bounded by time’s narrow limits how, visionary!— Thy expectations, if circumscribed within life’s little hound, how pre carious ! Thy—but, hold ; u man that is in honor abideth not.”—. Look around. I.earn from what has been what may he. The ten der grass, now luxu riance, doomed by the frosts of tho coming winter to fade and die, may open its ephemeral flower when thy head shall be beneath its sod—. when the sun of thy mortal life shall be sunk beneath the horizon of time, and thy present possessions know thee no more forever. Thou hast other interests than the fleeting cares of the present world. Here thou art a passenger, not a resident. Thou art identified only with the present moment, and a pilgrim and a sojourner, as all our fathers were. Let not the toys of this world be guile you of the more substantial joys which grow in rich luxuriance, bud and bloom in wisdom’s path, and exhale their fragrance at every step. Thou art destined to a world whence the faculties of thy soul, unfettered from the trammels of mortality, and illuminated with the sun cjf Truth, will explore in rapturous amazement the glories of Goodness, the sublimity of Wis dom, and the fervor of Love. \\.\\) VOW StAViVb. lot No 17, in the sth Dist. Monroe, A with a good Store house and other improvements, and an excellent shoal on it. Lot No. 134 in the 7th Dist. Monroe. Fraction “ 161 “ “ 7th “ Baldwin, containing 188 acres, with a valuable plantation in good order. JEHU CAMPBELL. Tw\™s County, Geo. .Tune 9. 12 ot Stvaxed ov Stolen ROM the subscriber, in New'-To vrrt, _ about the first of May, a \onail bright sorrel MARE, branded tl.iusr I) on the right shoulder, has a swab tail, is unshod, and the points of her hoofs are worn nearly square,so that her track can be easily distinguished from that til most other horses. I am inclined to believe she is somewdiere near this place. Any person who will take her up and bring her to me shall be libe rally rewarded for his trouble. If Stolen, 1 will pay Twenty-Five Dollars reward and all reasonable ex penses to any person who shall appre hend and secure the thiet in some safe ail in this state. ISAAC BOWER. Ncw-Town, 14th May, 1823. ftf 13 \*ot\c.e. AN Election will be held at the house of Maj. John Keener, (Ma con,) on Monday the 23d day of June next, lor a Justice of the Inferior Court, to fill the vacancy of Davenport Lawson, resigned. Tarply Holt, J. I. C. B. C. C. W. Raws, J. L C. B. C. May 24, 1823. 11 Strayed IT* ROM the subscriber, a yoke of - OXEN, both red and white pied, one rather darker than the other. — Each of them has a small bell on —■ marked with a swallow’ fork in one car, and a smooth crop on the other. Any information of them will he thankfully received, or it slopped so that 1 can get them, the trouble and expense ol doing so will be liberally rewarded. Claiborn M. Jackson*. May 31.. Swl l