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.From the Philadelphia .Album.
THE DESTROYER.
There’s not a thing in earth or sky,
Or waves that breezes fan,
That feeleth not by Heaven’s will
A wide and lasting ban —
The curse of ravage for ages done.
And the spoiler of all is Man.
He goeth unto the good green wood
Where pleasaunce is early born,
And he eutteth the trees that there do spring
To evening from red morn— [boughs
And the wood-nymph sighs for the good green
From her merrie altars torn.
And aye he piles the young boughs high,
And he joy? to hear them hiss —
For the crackling roar of a blazing fire
He doth not take amiss—
But aye the nymph of the forest sings,
He shall burn himself for this.
Mar, taketh down his great cross-bow
And right earlie doth he rise,
Ere yet the flush of the virgin mom
Hath broken on the skies:
And fleet of wing, from the spoiler, Man—
The bird through the forest flies.
lle killeth the bird of jetty plumes
That he taketh in the mesh,
But the ravens seream o’er the spoiler’s form
And the blood is warm and fresh:
“For this we will gather around your corse
And peck at the bleeding flesh.”
Man talketh of God right frequently,
And singeth full oft a hymn,
Yet he crusheth downs the harmless worm,
With a smile on his features grim.
“But for this,” saith the voice of the little flesh
“Hereafter we’ll riot on him.” [worm,
Beneath the wave, the rippling wave,
The fish right pleasantly lie;
Yet man he cometh to crush their joy,
And he angleth with the fly,
And he drawetli them up upon the bank,
At his feet to gasp and die.
Yet dead men go to the wave, below,
And on them the fishes feed,
And‘the sea-snakes coil round and round about
Till the rock-bruised corses bleed —
Ah! ’tis a vengeance rightly ta’en,
The fish upon man to feed.
And vengeance comes .to him whose hand
Hurts even a simple wren—
For many will bum when to dust they turn,
Some die in the darkened glen,
Where the crows may prey on the corse that lies
Far from its fellow men.
CHAMOIsIiUNTERS..7bv c. swain.
Away to the Alps!
For the hunters arc there,
To rouse the Chamois,
In his rock-vaulted lair;
From valley to mountain,
See! swiftly they go—
As the ball from the rifle—
The shaft from the bow.
Nor chasins, nor glaciers,
Their firmness dismay;
Undaunted they leap,
Like young leopards at play:
And the dash of the torrent
Sounds welcome and dear,
As the voice of the friend
To the wanderer’s ear.
They reck not the music
Of hound or of horn—
The neigh of the courser—
The gladness of morn:
The blasts of the tempest
Their dark sinews brace;
And the wilder the danger
The sweeter the chase.
With spirits as strong
As their footsteps are light.
On —onward they speed,
In the joy of their might:
Till eve gathers round them,
And silent and deep—
The white snow their pillow—
The wild hunters sleep.
THE NEEDLE by woodworth.
The gay belles of fashion may boast of excelling
In waltz or cotillon—at whist or quadrille;
And seek admiration by vauntingly telling
Of drawing, and painting, and musical skill;
But give me the fair one, in country or city,
Whose home and its duties are dear to her heart,
Who cheerfully warbles seme rustical ditty,
W’hile plying the Needle with exquisite art,
The bright little Needle —the swift flying Needle,
The Needle directed by beauty and art.
If love have a potent, a magical token,
A talisman ever resistless and true—
A charm that is never evaded or broken,
A witchery certain the heart to subdue—
’Tis this....and hie armory never has furnish’d
So keen and unerring, or polish’d a dart;
Ut beauty direct it, so pointed and burnish’d,
Ami oh! it is certain of touching the heart.
Be wise then, ye maidens, nor seek admiration
By dressing for conquest, and flirting with all;
You never, whate’er be your fortune or station
Aiqiear half so lovely at Tout or at ball,
As gaily convened at a work-cover’d table,
Each cheerfully active and playing her part,
Beguiling the task with a song or a fable,
Ainl plying the Needle with exquirife art.
THK MACON ADVERTISER, AM) AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER.
sosaa&’ki.N'S's
THE PIRATE.
Confessions of Gibbs the Pirate. —The
criminal who stands convicted of the murder
ot William Roberts, mate of the brig Vine
yard, on the high seas, on the 23d of Novem
ber last, and who is to be executed on the 22d
inst. is a native of the State of Rhode Island.
As the name by which he is known to the
community is Charles Gibbs, we shall accor
dingly designate him by tliat name, in the his
tory of his bloody atrocities which is here
subjoined.
Soon after his arrest, and before his trial,
he expressed a desire to Henry W. Merritt,
one of the Police marshals, to make some
communications to a magistrate respecting
his career and crimes. The officer made
known his wish to James Hobson, Esq. one
of the Police Magistrates of the city. The
disclosures made will be found in the sequel.
Hie other details presented in the following
narrative, were communicated to Mr. Merritt,
Police ( ifficer, the deputy keeper of Bridewell,
and another person, aUdfrfferent times, and
were committed to paper by tjipm on the spot,
very nearly in his own language. Some of
them are so strongly corroborated by circurn
tanccs, as to leave hardly a doubt on the minds
of the most sceptical.
His father obtained a situation for him in
the United States sloop of war Hornet, Cupt.
Lawrence, in which vessel ho made two crui
ses : in the last of which she captured and
sunk the enemy’s sloop of war Peacock off
the coast of Demerara, after an engagement
of 20 minutes. Capt Lawrence was then as
signed to the command ofthc frigate Cheasa
peake, lying in Boston harbor, and Gibbs ac
companied him April 1813. “ Early in the
month of May,” says he, “we received a chal
lenge from Capt. Broke, of the frigate Shan
non, and we instapjly made preparation to go
to sea, and risk a battle. We stood down the
harbor about 11 o’clock, .and commenced the
action about 3 P. M. off Cape Ann. It last
ed about 30 minutes, with great slaughter,
especially on hoard the Cheasapcake. I esca
ped miraculously, with only a sabre wound up
on my nose, the only wound I ever received
in my life. The loss of the Chesapeake was
05 killed dead, and 100 wounded—one half
mortally. We were taken into Halifax,where
I remained about four months. ’
After his exchange, he went home to Rhode
Island, and remained there a few months,but
being unable to conquer his propensity to lead
a roving life,lie entered on board a ship bound
to New Orleans and thence to Stockholm. On
the homeward passage they were compelled to
nit into Bristol, England, in distress, where
the ship was condemned and he proceeded to
Liverpool, and returned to the United States
in the ship Amity, Capt. Maxwell. Shortly
alter his return home, the death of an uncle
[nit him in possession of about two thousand
dollars, with which lie established himself
in the grocery business in Boston.—This
undertaking was far from being profita
ble, and he was often under the necessity of
applying to his father for assistance, which
was always afforded, accompanied with good
advice and his blessing. The stock was fi
nally sold at auction, for about 900 dollars,
which he soon squandered in alehouses and
unong profligates. But his father hearing
of his dissipation, wrote affectionately and
earnestly to him to come home, but he stub
bornlv refused, and went to sea again, in the
ship John, Capt. Brown, bound lor the island
of Margarita.
After their arrival, he left the ship, and en
tered on board the Colombian privateer Ma
ria, Capt. Bi 11. They cruised for about two
months in the Bay of Mexico, around Cuba,
but the crew becoming dissatisfied in conse
quence of the non-payment of the prize-mo
ney, a mutiny arose, the crew took possession
of the sc'ir. and landed the officers near Pen
sacola. A numher of days elapsed before it
was decided by them what course to pursue.
Some advised that they should cruise as be
fore, under the Columbiancommison; others
proposed to hoist the Black Flag. They cruis
'd for a short time without success, anil it was
then unanimously delirmined to hoist the Mack
Fluff, and declare war affainst all nations.
They hoarded a number of vessels, and al
lowed them to pass unmolested, there being
no specie on board, and their cargoes not be
ing convertible into any thing valuable to
themselves. At last one of the crew named
Antonio, suggested that an arrangement could
he made with a man in Havana, that would
be mutually benefited—that he would receive
all their goods, sell them and divide the pro
ceeds. This suggestion being favorably re
ceived, they ran up within two miles of the
Moro Castle, and sent Antonio on shore to
see the merchant and make a vessel. Anto
nio succeeded in arranging every thing ac
cording to their wishes, and Cape Antonio
as the place of rendezvous. The merchant
was to furnish drogersto transport the goods
to Havanna, which was done by him for more
than three years.
The Maria now put to sea, with a crew of
about 50 men, principally Spaniards and Am
ericans. The first vessel she fell in with was
the Indispensable, an English ship, bound to
Havanna, which was taken and carried to
Cape Antonio. 7 'he crew was immediately
destroyed : those who are resisted were hewn
to pieces : those who offered no resistance,
were reserved to be shot and thrown over
board. Such was the manner in which they
proceeded in all their subsequent captures,
A French brig, with a valuable cargo of wine
and silk, was taken shortly after : the vessel
was burnt and the crew murdered.
Gibbs being as remarkable for his coolness
and intrepidity as for skill in navigation, he
was unanimously chosen to be their leader in
all their future enterprises. It was unani
mously resolved to spare no lives and burn
and plunder without mercy. G ibbs states that
generally every unhappy victim disappeared
in a very few minutes after they gained the
deck of a vessel.
He now directed his course towards the
Bahama Banks, where they captured a brig
believed to be the William from New York
for sonic port in Mexico, with a cargo of fur
niture; destroyed the crew, took her to Cape
Antonio, and sent the furniture and other ar
ticles to their friend at Havanna. Sometime
during this cruise, the pirate was chased for
nearly a whole day by an U. 8. ship, supposed
te be the John Adams ; they hoisted Patriot
colors, and finally escaped. In the early part
of the summer of 1917, they took the Earl of
Moira, an English ship from London, with a
cargo of dry goods. They crew irtre destroy
ed, the vessel burnt, and the goods carried to
the Cape. There they had a settlement with
their Havanna friend, and the proceeds were
divided according to agreement.
Gibbs then repaired to Havana, introduced
himself to the merchant, and made further ar
rangements for the successful prosecution of
his piracies. While there, he became ac
quainted with many of the English and Ame
rican officers, enquired respecting the suc
cess of their various expeditions for the sup
pression of piracy, and made himself acquain
ted with the speed of their vessels, and all
their intended movements.
On his arrival at Cape Antonio, he found
that his comrades were in a state of complete
mutiny and rebellion, and that several of them
had been killed. His energy checked the
disturbance, and all agreed to submit to
his orders, and put any one to death who
should dare to disobey them.
During the cruise which was made in the
latter part of 1817, and the beginning of 1818,
a Dutch hip from Curacoa wascaptured,with
a cargo of West India goods, and a quantity
of plate. The passengers and crew, to the
number of 30, were all destroyed, with the
exception of a young female about 17, who
fell upon her knees and implored Gibbs to
save her life. lie promised to savq her
though he knew it would lead to dangerous
consequences among the crew. She was car
ried to Cape Antonio, and kept there about
two months; but the dissatisfaction increased
until it broke out at last in open mutiny, and
one of the pirates was shot by Gibbs for daring
to lay hold of her with a view of beating out
her brains. Gibbs was compelled in the end
to submit her fate to a council of war, at
which it was decided that the preservation of
their own lives made her sacrifice indispensa
ble. He therefore acquiesced in the decision
and gave orders to have her destroyed by poi
son, which was immcdiatelv done.
The piratical schooner was shortly after
wards driven ashore near the Cape, and so
much damaged that it was found necessary to
destroy her. o. new sharp built schooner
was in consequence provided by their faith
ful friend in Havana, called the Picciana, and
despatched to their rendezvous. In the ves
sel they cruised successfully for more than
four years. Among the vessels taken and de
stroyed, with their crews, were the Belvidcre,
Dido, a Dutch brig, the British barque Larch,
the other vessels enumerated in the list fur
nished to Justice Hopson, and many others
whose names were not recollected. They
had a very narrow escape at one time, from
the English man-of-war brig Coronation. In
the early part of October, 1821, they captur
ed the ship Lucius of Charleston, took her to
Cape Antonio, and were busily engaged in
landing her cargo, when the U. S. brig En
terprise, ( apt. Kearney, hove in sight, and
discovering their vessels at anchor, sent in
her barges to attack them. A serious en
gagement followed; they defended themselves
for some time behind a 4 gun battery, hut in
the end, were defeated with considerable loss,
and compelled to abandon their vessels and
booty, and fly to the mountains for safety.
CONFESSION TO JUSTICE HOPSON.
Quer. —Gibbs,why were you so cruel as to
kill so many persons, when you had got all
their money, which was all you wanted?
Ans. —The laws are the cause of 30 many
murders.
Qnes —How can that be? what do you
mean?
Ans —Because a man has to suffer death ‘or
piracy; and the punishment for murder is no
more. Then you know all witnesses are out
ofthc way, and [ am sure it the punishment
was different, there would not be so many
murders.
Qucs —Have you any objection to tell me
the names of any persons who have been con
cerned in piracy, or who received the gains
of pirates?
Ans —There arc many now in the United
States, but 1 will not mention their names.
I know that when 1 was cruising, the Govern
or of the Isle of Pines was concerned with
pirates, and I wont mention any others.
Fist of vessels taken by Gibbs while cruis
iiiff, given to Mr. Hopson.
Brig William, of New-York; vessel and
crew destroyed; brig Larkin, of Ixmdon, do.
do.; brig Belvidcre, of Boston, do. do.; two
French brigs on the Bahama Banks, do. do.;
a Genoese brig, from the Straits, do. do.; a
Ncw-York brig, name forgotten; a French
ship from Europe, do. do.; Dutch Ship, on
South Cuba, dry goods, do. do.; Dutch Ship,
Dido, do. do.; Dutch brig from Europe, do.
do.;
Providence of Providence, took out 810,
000, and let her pass because the crew were
his townsmen.
Bark Transit, in the year 1824 or 25, car
go molasses, vessel and cargo destroyed.
Dutch ship from Curasoa in 1919, vessel
and cargo destroyed.
Commenced in the year 1816, in the priva
teer Maria, Capt. Bell, of the Port of Magari
ta, in the Island of Santa Martha. Capt. Bell
was from somewhere up Forth Rivet, at or
near Hudson. Took the vessel from the offi
cers, and set them on shore at Pensacola.
The Piccinia was sent to Cape Antonio for
them, from the Havana; wont tell by whom.
Confession to Mr. Merritt, March 31st.
1831, at the request of Gibbs.
On one occasion Gibbs states that he cruis
ed for more than three weeks off the Capes of
the Delaware, in the hope of falling in with
tnc Rebecca Sims, a Philadelphia ship, bound
for Canton. They knew that she would have
a large quantity of specie on board, but they
were disappointed in their booty. The ship
passed them in the night.
Sometime in the course of the year 1819,
lie states that he left Havana nndoame to the
United States, bringing with him about S3O,
000. He passed several weeks in this city,
and then went to Boston, whence lie took
passage for Liverpool in the .ship Emerald.—
Before *he sailed, however, he hud squander
ed a large part of his money by dissipation
and gambling. He remained in Liverpool a
few months, and then returned to Boston in
the ship Topaz, Capt. Lewis.
He subsequently returned to Boston, sailed
for Havana, and again commenced his pirat
ical career. In 1826, he revisited the Uni
ted States, and hearing of the war between
Brazil and the Republic of Buenos Ayres, sail
ed from Boston in the brig Hittv of Ports
mouth, for Buenos Ayres. Upon his arrival,
he made himself known to Admiral Brown,
and oommunicated his desire to join their na
vy. The admiral accompanied him to the
Governor, and a Lieutenant’s commission be
ing given him, he joined’a ship of thirty-four
guns, called the Twenty Fifth of May,—
“Here,” sav - 3 Gibbs, “i found Lieutenant
Dodge, an old acquaintance, and a number of
other persons with whom I had sailed. When
the Governor gave me the commission, he
told me they wanted no cowards in their Na
vv, to which I replied that 1 thought ho would
have no apprehension of my cowardice or
skill when he became acquainted with me.
He thanked me, and said he hoped he
should not he deceived; upon which we drank
to his health and to the success of the Repub
lic. He then presented me with a sword,
and told me to'wear that as my companion
through the doubtful struggle in which the
Republic was engaged. 1 told him I never
would disgrace it, so long as I had a nerve in
my arm. I remained on hoard the ship in
the capacity of sth Lieutenant for about four
months, during which time we had a number
of skirmishes with the enemy. Having suc
ceeded in gaining the confidence of Admiral
Brown, lie put me in command of a privateer
schooner, mounting 2 long 24 pounders and
46 men. I sailed from Buenos Ayres, made
two good cruises, and returned safely to port.
I then bought one half of anew Baltimore
schooner, and sailed again, hut was captured
seven days out, and carried into Rio Janeiro,
where the Brazilians paid me my change.—
l remained there until peace took place, then
returned to Buenos Ayres, and thence to New-
York.
After the lapse of about a year, which he
passed in travelling from place to place, Gibbs
states that the war between France and Al
giers attracted his attention. Knowing that
the French commerce presented a fine oppor
tunity for plunder, he determined to embark
for Algiers and offer his services to the Dey.
He accordingly took passage from this port
in the Sally Ann, belonging to Bath, landed
at Barcelona, crossed to Port Mahon, and en
deavored to make his way to Algiers. The
vigilance of the French fleet prevented the
accomplishment of his purpose, and he pro
ceeded to Tunis. There finding it unsafe to
attempt a journey to Algiers across the de
sert, he amused himself with contemplating
the ruins of Carthage, and reviving his recol
lections of her war with the Romans. He af
terwards took passage to Marseilles, & thence
to Boston. From Boston he sailed to New-Or
cans, and there entered as one of the crew of
the brig Vineyard. To a question why he who
had been accustomed to command, should
enter as a common sailor on board the Vine
yard, he answered that he sought employ,
ment to assuage the horrors of reflection.
Gibbs was marriedin Buenos Ayres, where
he now has a child living. His wife is dead.
• Real name James Jeffreys
THE HUMAN MIND,
Like the human body, without exercise,
becomes enervated. It is like water, requir
ing motion to give it salubrity and beauty.—
A rippling rivulet, however small, is more
delightful than the most spacious pond that
is stagnant and sluggish.—So it is with the
mind ; however feeble may be its efforts, and
humble its productions, still it deserves anti
receives our approbation for using its ener
gies and producing its proportion of thought.
The faculties ofthc mind indicate, by their
nature, that they were not intended to remain
inert. Indeed their activity is the only pos
itive evidence of their existence. The sim.
pic faculty of perception raises us nothing
above the grade of brutes; for they, too, have
an equal number of senses with us; but rea
son, memory, and imagination, make us great
indeed: for while these faculties are rich
mediums of happiness to ourselves, they may
be subject to our guidance, and made auxilia
ry to the happiness of others.
Consistent with duty and health, it is in
cumbent on every man to exert his mental
energies to their fullest extent. Few know
the powers of their minds until experimented
and it is well known that practice is sure to
produce facility of execution, consequently
the advancement cannot be calculated.
There arc motives, both selfish and social,
forexerting our faculties, and recording the
results. He who is learning to write clearlv
and methodically, is learning to reason logic
ally and promptly ; for method always insures
perfection and speed. There are many min
ute beauties in composition, which cannot be
known, except by tht.se who practice it.—
The variety of combinations of words, unity
ofrsentenccs, emphasis and cadences, strength
and harmony, are not to be learned by sight.
A knowledge of the meaning of words may
soon be acquired, but the science of uniting
them in such a manner as to express our
thoughts with clearness and elegance, is only
learned by practice.
“ True ease in writing comes from art not chance.”
And in the practice of recording our thoughts
wc arc apt to give them a discipline, and ar
range them according to their natural rela
tions. We reason by consecution ; but not
unfrcquently we skip over a link to a more
distant one, which is suretomake our mean
ing confused and incomprehensible; but wri
ting rectifies this error, for it mostly supplies
the deficiency. Thus we are enabled to give
both a fullness of feature, and a natural” as
pect to our theme.
Butin this republic, and this era of news
papers, every man should be able to transcribe
bis opinion—lie should he able to speak of his
rights both as an individual and as a mem
ber of the community. Every act of govern
ment concerns him, and it is his prerogative
to discuss it; nor should ho be silent because
may appear to want depth and
greatness : no man knows what congeniality
of thought he may find in the world; and as
for the circulation of’a thought, or the benfits
it may dispense, they arc unaccountable.
“Mirth, that wrinkled care derides,
“And Laughter, holding both his sides.”
“To what base uses may we turn Iloratio,”
Hamlet.
We never see the labors of an author,
whether m the newspaper or book-making
line, employed to light a pipe, to wipe a ra
zor, or cover a pic, but the words of the Da
nish Prince rush forcibly to our mind—“To
what base uses we may turn, Horatio!”
Matters which have taken days, weeks, and
months of laborious thought, to be made the
receptacle of the filthy shaven beard —to be
carelessly twisted up, lighted, and thrust into
a foul tobacco pipe—or to be thrown irrever
ently over a patch of pastry—Oh ! it is too
much ! Did the world but take into consid
eration how much ink has been shed, how
much foolscap employed, how many grey
goose quills chewed up, and how many brains
rendered addle in literary operations, surely
they would reverence them more, and would
never think of putting them to a more igno
ble use, than that of lining a bandbox or curl
ing a lady’s hair.
But we arc assured by an experienced pas
try cook, that hot political papers are very
serviceable in baking pies—making a saving
both in time and fuel. She however, re
marked, that some of them communicated so
strong a smell of “scoundrel,” “villain,” “li
ar,” and such like foul and ungentlemanly
terms, that she could not dispose of her pas
try, and that in consequence several very
promising batches nad been entirely lost.—
Even a decent looking dog, which she had
coaxed to the door by holding out a minced
pie baked under au abusive political paper,
as soon as he got within smellingj distance,
turned up his fastidious nose, and refused the
off ered gilt. But this is only the slander of a
pastry cook, who does not know a politician
from & pole-cat.
“To what base uses may we turn, Horatio!”
be degraded to light a pipe, to wipe a razor,
to cover pics, and—be slandered into the bar
gain !
Burns’ Head. Another proof “to what
base uses we may turn, Horatio,” is the exhi
bition of the head of Rohert Burns’ on the
signs of our grog-shops. He who was endow
ed with the divine spirit of poetry, is hung
up as the representative of the spirit of rum.
Notwithstanding it makes us grieve to see
the head of the sweet bard thus abused, we
cannot help relating a laughable incident
which occurred the other day respecting this
same head. A broad Scotchman inquired of
a blundering Irishman, the way to the Burns
Head. “Will ye be kindenuff,” said he,“to
inform me whereabouts is the Burns Head ?”
“Whereabouts you’ve burnt yer head?”
said the Paddy ; “sure, and if you’ll take off
yer hat, I’ll be after telling you.”
“Tak aff my hat, d’ye say?” replied Saw
ney in a passion ; “and wherefore, ye brogan,
should I tak off my hat to such a bogtrotter
as you ? I ask ye to tell me the direction to
the Burn’s Head.”
“Oh, ho! the way to burn yer head, is it?”
provokingly returned Pat; “and sure its aisy
enough, that same—if you’ll jist stick it into
the baker’s oven on the other-side of the strate
it will be burned to perfection. ’
“Ye’re a fule, Pat,” “said the wrathy
Scotchman, “and dont ken your right hand
from your left. It is the hoose which they
ca’ the Burns’ Head, that I speer at yc.”
“Och, me darlin, the house is it, where
the jewel of a Burns is hanged up before the
door ?”
“Hanged indeed ?” exclaimed the indig
nant Scotchman—“you bogtrotters are al
ways thinking about hnngin.”
“And why not, honey ? has’nt an Irishman
as good a right to think about hangin as any
body in the world ; sure, they’re as well used
to it as their betters.”
“But, my friend, will ye tell me where I
shall find the Burns’ Head ?”
“Ay, that I will in the twinklin of a pratic’s
eye. In the first place, you must kape strate
ahead, and turn to yer left up Broadway, and
then to yer right and left, and then to the right
into the left side of Fulton-strate, and then
on strate ahead turning into Cliff-strate, till
you git to Beckman, jist opposite his honor
the Mayor’s, and there”—
“Thank ye, sir, thank ye,” said the Scotch
man, “I’ll be ganging noo.”
“And sure now,” said the Irishman most
provokingly, “You would’nt go to look for the
Burns’ Head there, would you ?
“Didn’t ye say ’tw’as there ?”
“The devil a word on’t. I was jist goin to
tell you that when you had got there, me dar
lin, you wouldn’t find it. But tell me now,
honey, which of the Burns’ Heads you would
be after goin to—the Mister Burns "in Nassau
strate, or the new Mister Burns in Liberty
strate, or the to’ther Mister Burns there at the
O’Cormell’s Head in Chatham-strate ? Which
of the Mister Burnses would you prefar! and
then I will tell you where he is, that same.”
“Robert Burns, yc maun ken, is the monl
want.”
“Then folly the direction Pm after givin
you, and when you find the house, you cant
help seein it.”
“Gang awa,’ gang awa,’ye noodle, you, I’ll
find the hoose sooner wi’ my ain head than
wi’ a’ your lang-winded Directions, and I’ll
none o’thcm. Gang awa’.” gang awa’.” So
saying the Scotchman trudged on to find the
Burns’Head-where he could, and left his
blundering director to go on his own way.
Upsetting of a Dandy!— -There is no
creature that takes to himself more airs than
a city dandy—none that pretends to more wit
and wisdom, and none that betrays a greater
want of them. One of this class of bipods,
who had escaped from the city a few weeks
last summer, to inhale the country atmosphere
and astonish the natives, betook himself to
the stage-coach as the most economical way
of travelling. Lest, however, his motives
should be suspected, he invariably informed
ns fellow travellers that he preferred this
kind ofconveyance for the opportunities it
afforded of studying human nature.
It so happened that during our exquisite’s
travels, lie was thrown into cornpanv with a
Jack-tar, fresh from the forecastle, and bound
on a short trip to his native village to recruit
and make repairs. Jack was seized upon fav
our cockney-philosopher, as a rare subject of
investigation—one from which might be { v
traded the material for tinny a precious story
on his return home. He accordingly eoui.
mend'd his examination by a variety of j n ,_
pertinent questions, to which Jack answered
with apparent good humor. Emboldened by
his success, our student next proceeds to quiz,
the honest old tar, and finding his jokes not
resented, he plies themwirh increased rude
ness.
At the next stage, Jack was the first to a
light, while our young philosopher, who b\
this time began to suspect that his inquires
into human nature might not result so satis
factorily as he iiad expected, was the last f<
leave the coach. No sooner had he alighted
than Jack made towards him—the dandy rc
treats—Jack follows him upland him
by the collar, exclaimed—
“ Now vvc’ll square accounts, you land lufa.
her?”
“Oh! Oh ! —let go my coat, you’ll rum
me,” cried the dandy ;“what do you want to
do with me ?”
“Just to pay you for that soft soap you have,
been giving me, you rascal!” says Jack, giv
ing him a lee-lurch, by which the terrified
dandy was thrown flat on his back into a mud
puddle.
Jack was proceeding to further extreme
ties, when the other passengers came up and
interfered for the relief of the fallen philoso
pher. The old sailor was easily prevailed up
on to desist, and our soiled dandy resumed his
seat in the coach, with little desire to renew
his investigations into haman nature.
Co)l8tcl.
The Bar —The Bar is emphatically the
school of eloquence, says a distinguished no
velist. Let us present two or Three exam
ples. ‘Behold him ? see him! look at hint
gentlemen of the jury ?” exclaimed one of the
legal fraternity in a moment of inspiration
4 * here he stands, walking about, the cloak of
hypocrisy in his mouth, trying to withdraw
three oak trees out of my clients pocket.’
‘Sir,’ said another, ‘a man who could do that
sir, must have a heart, sir—gemmen o’
the jury—as black, sir—as black sir—’(a by.
slander saw- his distress, and thrust out his
hat towards him—‘as black, sir—as your hat,
gem’men o’ the jury.’
“ Other employments and arts serve for the e/-
belhshment, but Agriculture is necessary for the
support of human life.”
M’e have lately been presented with a sam
ple of Sugar, manufactured by the Rev. Mr.
Eason, of 1 attnall Uountv. The machinery,
by which it was made, is represented to us to
be very simple. The rollers or cylinders,
used in extracting the saceharind juice, are
made of seasoned sweet gum and the power
of only one horse puts them in motion. The
process of boiling is effected by a small krt
tic—capable of containing thirty gallons. We
are informed that neither alum, lime or other
ingredient is used to produce the granulation;
which is entirely voluntary. As regards sweet
ntess, dryness, cleanness or color—we can
sav it equals any sugar offered in out markets.
Whether wc consider the soil, on which the
Cane is cultivated, its productiveness with the
least favorable culture, the simple process of
extracting nd boiling down the juice and its
universal use among all the classes of society,
it is surprising, the planter does not devote
one acre of his cotton land to its cultivation.
To the planter of capita!, the example of this
Rev’d. gentleman may not be a useless lesson;
and all other agriculturists, who will permit
their daily wants to indicate the necessity of
experiment in some products other than cot
ton—they too should especially profit by the
example placed before them. —A ug. Courier.
THE PEACH TIIEE.
From a desire to encourage the culture of
the Peach Tree, we offer the following as
the result of experiment and observation:
It is generally known that worms, near the
surface of the earth, destroy them by eating
the bark; the object is therefore to find a pre
ventive, in order that the trees may become
aged in a healthy state.
It is evident that these worms pass through
the common change, and assume the form of
millers, early in the summer, and depositc
their eggs in the bark as low as they can find
access to it; and that the worms proceeding
from them, begin to operate in the latter part
of the summer, when they have been found
the size of a common pin. If suffered to re
main they grow to the thickness of a rye
straw; each of them girdles the tree about an
inch, and the wood from the wounds to the
heart dies.—Hence it is, that a single wound
impairs the vigor of the tree, and a number of
them kill it. The point to be gained, is to
protect the tree from the millers, and bv a
Simple method, we have suceedcd for sever
al years, which is recommended with full
confidence.
About the first of May remove the earth
from the body of the tree, and shift it to the
height of 15 or 16 inches, in such manner
as to exclude the millers, burying the lower
part of it in the earth. We have used straw
cut to Jhe length and about half an inch
in thickness, bound on with twine. This
should be removed about the first of Septem
ber, as we have sometimes found the young
worms in the upper part of the straw, being
then readily discovered on the surface of the
bark, covered by a little gum. The process
should be commenced when the tree is young
—they have been found in a rapid growth
the first full after it sprouted. Thus a few
minutes in a yenrdevoted to a tree, will pro
tect it against this cause of drear—a very
trifling expense compared with the value of
this healthy and delicious fruit.
JONATHAN BRACE,
JOHN T. WELLS,
WM. If. IMLAY.
Hartford, (Con ) Sept. 3,1836,