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m&hwwx* j •• Struck the wild waddings of his lyre.” .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,