POKTUY.
IHC.M lUE rOBTSMOC'fU JOVUNAl. ^
VAHEWKLL, TO HOME.
''LovM ho'.Jic of my youth! Must I bid thcc
farcwoll,
And greet thy rarcssc? no more ;
Must 1 part, and forever, f:ir, far frcn thee
dwill!
The spot I shill CTcr adcrc *
Mud I leave thee? Fond naiurc dcvixcs the
romnve,
She linj> ers—rffufcs to po ,
liho .turns to the ?ccnt's vhich c'cn ar.^'-cls
might love,
r>id they vkish for ctijoymentbelow.
v-f.puri—Thor, forever, adieu!
I must hasten niy •r’,i|.;ht f^r away!
But no scenes sweet us tliine, bh:ill lay pkas-
urcs renew,
As down life’s lonely vaHey I stray.
rarcwcll! Hill and dale, where I’ve pass’d the
blest hour§,
And so hastily taken their flifht;
i’arcwcll! If furcver—ye groves and ye bower*.
AVhere inemorj’ will stray with delight.
I arewcll, thou loved stream, whose meanders
I’ve trac'd
On whose banks I h»\-e rested in pcuce ;
I'arewtll ! but thy vision shall ne’er be ctfaccd
And my friendghip till death shall not cease.
Ever sacred the «pot, too, where sliaubers the
dead,
The Friends of iry youth ; but tears can’t
restore;
'fVlth their ."spirits, their friendship, their coun*
sels hare fled.
They illume my pathway no more.
But peace to your,sJumbers; no more I return
To weep o’er your ashes at evtn !
3till sleep ye in peace, till eternity’.^ morn,
When the trumpet shall wake } ou for heav-
en.
Lov’d spot of my birth! Fate bids me depart,
But with tear# on the sentence 1 dwell;
Must 1 go ? Ah! it breaks the last string of my
heart,
Blest home of my childhood, fin-evcr fare-
wdiy IJ.
’ \AR1CTY~
All pleasure consirrts in Varhiy.
From Sillijiian’s Journal of Science and Arts.
SKMINOLE INDIANS.
The Seminole Indians of Florida arc
derived from the Lower Greeks, and
obtained their present location by con
quest—they were once numerous, but
have been reduced by wars to a sn)ull
remnant, probably not exceeding two
or three thousand,' who are sociably
grouped in small villages, princij>ally
in the secondary or rolling districts,
uniting the hunter, pastoral, and agri
cultural states of socicty. The men
hunt, erect dwellings, and attend to
their cattle. 'I’hey have many dogs of
European spcries, but rarely use them
in pursuit of game. On hunting excur
sions, they often lie in ambush with
their rifles, on the border of a thicket,
and arrost the deer with unerring aim,
as they issue forth at dusk to graze on
verdant prairies. Fire hunting with
torches is gometimcs r«‘sorted to at night
—Ihe game remains stationary, and it is
easily killed : this mode is prohibited
among the whites as dang^'rous. For
tunate hunters supply their less success
ful neighbours. The Seminolp'j form
erly possessed large herds of line cattle,
hut lost many during the latr civil war.
They have hogs and peultry. The
male Indians regard acrricuMnral hTbour
as degrading,—but every £ettlem«"nt has
its enclosed and cultivated field, often
‘jxtensivo. ^'he ground is prepared,
planted and tended by female'^, with
rtoes, raisng good crops of corn, sw'cet
potatoes, pumpkins, begins, roots, and
tobaec(», on f-jrtiie Mils, and ricc in
swamp?. They milk, make b':tter,
proc:iro wood and water, an-d do nil lli:
iiiid'^-ory. The wive:: and daiii'hters
f cJiicfi arc net exempted from lubour;
:^onie of the princij^al Indians, following
tJie exam]‘lo of their civilized neigh
bours, are jiroprietorr. of blacks, inottly
ocrn in the Indian region, and occu-
■pv separate; villages. They are Avell
^rcatr.d, being rarely rvqulredtodo much
'o’.our, cr^^'L■^r in pressing ser>sons ef
tiliar'’, u'.jq’nred eriM’t ii’doi’pn-
icn hearing -'iiid :-nanncrr, of th"* nhoii-
gln-'s, and arc falthfi;). i:. a rni?:-
cd r:u''C in I'orni and intelligence i^upcr-
ior to the Indian and negro
TheTTiale Indians, in warm v.eather,
are almost dlvc-tod o*' clothing, but fe
males are modestly drer.sed, ordinarily
%vitli short cov n and petticofit, iniitat-
ing the I'ashions of the wblru-^, from
-vhom the materials are procured in ex
change for skins, fur, mocasins, leather,
venison, riut oil, &,c. Females have
ornaments of silver in their ear?, and
around their nccks and arms; marrif d
'vsnica wear plate: cf slivwr or. tlicir
brciitf, sonKlii.*c^ cuspcr.ikJ by
silver chains—tliey btdiave with mod
esty and proprli-.ty ; long slits arc some
times observed in the ears of both sex
es. The men are fond of ardent spirits
and tobacco, the only articles they ask
for importunately; hut if refusecl, no
dissatisfaction is expressed. hen ))re-
sented with a bottle of whiskey, it is fair
ly distributed among the adult nialcs
])resent, but I cbscrved none was oiTer-
ed to the women ni'.d chiUlren, who did
not appear to exjjcct or desire any,
though often requesting tobacco fnd
segars for cmoakin;^, of which the small
est arc fond.
The Tndianr. v/o Iiad communication
with were liOnest and fair in tlu-n* deal
ings, evincing no tliievish disj>osition ;
we were rece:ved v.ilh kindness find
hospitality, Oiir wants supplied, and
tl.*y cheerfully ))ut themselves to o'n-
siderable inconvj-nience for our accom
modation. They are in general'tall
and well formed. The Semino'es dilFer
considerably in their manners from
northern trii)cs, hsing very curio’is,
lively and inquisitive. Our clothes,
arms, knives, umbrellas, Slc. were care
fully examined ; some marked oni the
ground with r.nieh e^^aetness the com
ponent parts of a coat or other garments
they fancied
Our mode of cooking and eating v/as
to the motives a source of much amuse
ment and laughter, eliciting many hu
morous remarks. They arc usually
cheetftsl and the intercourse of relatives
and neighbours evinced good feelings.
At th e 1 n d i a n V111 a "c 0 f Sa n fal asc o, n ot fa r
from the river Santa Fee, we witnessed
the amusement of wrchtiing atid danc
ing. Dances are held ::t night on a lev
el hard beaten central spot; males and
females move in In(ilan file around a fire,
singing a wild song; there is Ijttle diver
sity in the steps, but the tunes are vari
ed ; each dance is terminated by a gen
eral whot>i>.
The chief conducted us to a bower,
where we v\ere seated with some cf
the head men ; the villagers not engag
ed in dancing located themselves in un
opposite arbor. The young men unus
ually dressed and ornamented, liad spurs
attached to thejr showy long mocasins,
and with cheeks blackened to represent
whiskers, and faces painted, mable a lu
dicrous appearance. Sn:all terrapen
shells filled with pebbles aflixefi to the
ancles of the female dancers, were their
only instruments of music; much laugh
ter was excited by the dancing and vari-
.)us amusing tricks. The doi-s resp(inded
o the Indi:'.n yell, and numerous owls,
attracted by the ligl t, hooted from the
tall liickories and oaks adjacent, while
the roar of alligators added to the diver
sity of sounds.
The Indians hold an annual feast,
when their crops are-gathered, at which,
if adulterers, wdio had fled to avoid the
punishment of losing their ears, appear,
they are pardoned. The Indians are
well acquainted with many medicinal
plants. Their dwellings .-tre usually
constructed of logs ; the roofs of bark or
split pine are very tight; the sides of the
best are neatly lined with clap-boards,
but without floors or divisions, and
much infested by fleas. They have lit
tle furniture. Potters’ ware of a good
shape and well baked, is made by le-
males. The chief of Sanfalasco, aided
by a small bellows, anvil, hammer, and
file, manufactures with much ingenuity,
from coin, handsome ornaments of sil
ver. We conversed frequently with
this intelligent old man, through the
medium of our interpreter, a shrewd na
tive negro, who sj)oke fluently Seminole
andKnglish. 'Fhe chief mentioned on in
stance of Indian credulity. I* is behtv-
ed by the nativt's, that u monster, with
a large serpt;nt\s !;ody shining iii.e :;il-
vcr, whos.* l icatii i;: destructive to ai!
that approach, w(.eupies a largo :dnk or
cave in J'.ast i’loi i(;a, guarding a n;ine.
Similar stories are current among Che-
rokees. ■Tli‘ Spanish authoritios n-iiiiic
a fruitlesis search for this treasure a few
years since.
'I'hesc Indian;: no not appear to hav‘
a ff)i'm of worship, but believp in a Sl!-
preir.e Ik*ing. 'I’hc chirf infnm.ou us
that acc(>ri!ing to Indian tradili^-ns, t’le
world v/ns crrnti'd by fhe Gre;it Spirit;
thnt he f(>r:n' d Ihrcf ;n Indian, a
vriiitc, .'’lid a hs-'cl; rr’.nn—the Indian
w;i^- ih'’ t —they were cailcd
i' to hi' jirc: and directed to si'h'ct
thi'ir rinplo} ri'-nts ; the Indian clio’^e a
l)uw and arrow, the \\ hite man a hook,
and the negro a spade. The cltief had
heard of our Saviour, and his suHerings,
ljut supposed ho had been put to deatii
by the Spaniards.
I’lic Indians arc very unwilling to
leave their lakes, fertile hills, and agree-
abki climate, for the southnrn reserva
tion, that hai little to recommend it ex
cept its being so undesira!)le, that the
Indians may remain there unmolc.stc.d.
'i'he cliief said they had chcri.>h‘d a
h >p'j thut thi' whit‘-5 v/culd cu:*Unue
-.tlsflod %vith the cojibfs, and sufT-r them
to retain a valuaMe remnant of then
possessions, but observed that it was the
will of the Great Spirit, and they must
submit. It was with diihculty the Sem-
inoles w’cre induced to assent to the
treAty of cession, and they would pro
bably resist its execution it they h.ail a-
ny chcnce of success. Several ot the
chiefs have reservations, and are per
mitted to remain in West Florida, with
a limited number ot lollowers. Ihere
are now several Indian villages in the
great southern reservation.
SINOULATl rKOi’ERTY OF LEAD.
The following curious article, is ex
tracted from a volume of Ti’avels in Rus
sia and Sweden, by !Mr. Holman the
blind traveller, and just published in
l^ontlon :—
‘‘I went over the celebrated ine
Cellar, an-i the Lead Cell, so called on
account cf the lead used lor the Cathe
dral having fonnt'rly been ph’ced in it.
It has the singuiai ])roperty ol preserv
ing from decay, or decomposition, any
animal matter that is dejiosited in it;
and from the many bodies that are con-
sequertly to be found here, it ni!.*^^^ not
unaptly he termed tlie ‘‘Dead Cellar.’'
This ju-ui erty is salt! to have been ac-
eidentally dibcovered from some jxiul-
try having been left in it, ancrforgotten,
and which were aftf’r\> arils loinul in an
incorporated slate, with the juices drieil
up. A Swedish princess hajipening
to die about tliis lime, it was de
termined to pl.«ce the body in the
vault, with a view of preserving it un
til the (iirectioiks cf h.er family could be
received as to its linal disposition. It
provcrl that her relatives did not think
lier worth a funernl, nor did tla; .Senate
feel desirous to incur the exj;ense ol
one suitable to her rank * and therefore
it was determined to let-her remain in
'itotii and wiiicli she has done for
three hundre(' > ejrs. Since this time
other corpses i.ave been depositecl in
this collar. Amongst the rest, a plum
ber, fifty yenrs of age, who fell from ofl”
the steeple, and severed his head from
his body ; tliis is said to have Iain three
hundred years; and auEnglishcountess,
eighty years of age, belonging to the
vStanhope family, vvho died of a cancer,
and which hij^ bien in the vault two
hundred years; a Swedish general and
his adjutant, wlip were killeci near Bre
men during the seven years’ war ; a
canon shot, wound in t!ie side of the lat
ter is yet visible ; also a stu;^Jnt, who
fell iii a duel about the same time; the
wound of the sabre i' yet pereej>*:hle
on fhe left shoulder, ard the silken band
of the garland made by his fair friends,
in token of his afl'ecuonate fate, yet re
mains. There are also various other
bodies preserved here. The whole
formerly lay carclesj>ly on the g.'ound,
but of late more decency has been ob
served, each body having been placed
in a separate chest. 1 examined some
of them with great attention, and found
the skin resembling coarse hard leather,
under which, on making jMTssure, inij^ht
bj perceived the vacancies left by the
drying-up or evaporation of the fluid
parts. The hair was firm on the scalps,
and the teeth and nails iu a perfect state,
the eyes dried up and deeply sunk into
the crbits, and the nose like a double
nose*, from the cartilage, at its connex
ion wit-h the n(us>-, having- sunk
down to level with the face. There
was a Muscovy duck in full plumage,
which retained all its original beauty;
and also a cat, that was supposed to-
have got in accidentally, and which lies
coilcd up as 11 asleep.
CUKlOt 8 inVEH.
In t);e provluee of Andalusia, i.u
^•ipain, there i.-'> a river of the must ex-
t!-aor(.'i!iary and singular (juaiitlcs. It
ri‘os in ilie Sierra Moretia mmn.tiuns,
enijit'es itslf info the ’\l(:(!Iterruneaii near
the town of Huelva, and is named “ T/iv
Tinln,'^ from the tinge of its waters,
whit'.li are as yellow as tnp i;', hardenitig
the sand and petrit'ying it in a most ex-
iraordinary mamu r. If a stone hap|)en
to fail in and rest upon anotiior, tiiey
Imtli become in a year’s time perfectly
uniltMl and conghitenated. All the
plants on the hanks of- this river arc
witiiered by its \vaU.-:s wlienever they
oveiilow, ns are aho the roots of trees,
wh’f'h It dyes of the same hue as itself.
No kind of verdure will couk^ tip where
its water reaches, nor any flsh live in
its sti-eam. 1’hese singular pro{)crties
continue tilt other rivers run into it and
altt-r its natm-e ; for when it passes by
Nlebla, it is not diflercnt from other
rivers, and falls into the Mediteriancan
six l'-'agu-:is lower down, at the town of
Huelva, where it is two leagues broad,
and admits of large vessels which comt;
up the river as high as San .Tuan del
Puerto, three leagues above Huelva.
Intcmpcrancc and idIfn**ssarct\vo of the
luo .'1 d:;r!P:croui '::.c^
SPEECH
Of Gf.obge Gkiffin, Kstj. of Ncw-\ork at
the ninth anniversary of the Americari Bible
Socicty.
The eflicacy of the Bible in prepar
ing man for the great and de^cisive in
terview bet\vixt him and his Creator, is
a theme which 1 leave to consecrated
lips. Nor will I now attempt to pour-
tray its influence upon individual man
in his earthly pilgrimage—how it ele
vates him from a worm of the dust into
a candidate for the skies how it
smooths the pillow of disease and pain
liow it sustains him in those scencs
of deep afllicticn when the hand of God
hath riven his heart, and nothing but
the balm of God can lieal it. J\ly pres
ent object is to hint at the intimate con-
necticm between the liible and our na
tional prosperity. The destinies of
our beloved country are peculiarly as
sociated with tlve Bible. It was under
the auspices of the Bible that our coun
try was settled : it was the Bible that
conduct-d the Pilgrim to our eastern,
and the Friend to our central, Wilder-
1,ess. If the revolution which made us
free, ditl'ered in n.ilducss ot charactei'
from all previous revolution*?, it wa- be
cause the P.ihle n.ltigatcd its severity.
If our emauripated country has risen
from intancy to vigoivus youth—d she
is now hailed rs the hope ol the w’orld,
the tyrant’s dread, and the patrict'.s
lK)ast,*let her thank he;- statesmen muoli,
—let her thank her Bible m'jre.
A despotic government may r.ubsist,
and perhaps ])ro.sperous!y toj, without
the iiible ; a republic cani’.ot. A repub
lic cannot, like a despotic government,
be sustained by force. She cannot, like
ihe despot, tame her children into
heartless submission by the bayonets
of a mercenary army : her bayonets are
reserved for the invading loe. She
must depend for dcmestic tranquillity—
for preserving her mild institutons pure
and urumpaired, on the wide diflusion
of moral jtrinciple. \Vere men angels,
they would iwed no goverirnient but
the i)recepts of their Creator ; were
they devils, they must be bound in ad
amantine chains ; and as they approxi
mate the one state or the other, their
2;overnment may be free, or must be
severe.
The ni'^lioration of the moral condi
tion of fallen man, has been in^ every
a^e a favorite object with the philan-
ti ro].ic. i'or this object Solon pro-
poun'led his theory, and Lycurgus his
thcoiy, and the Roman Numa his. The
Beii g w'ho made xv.:n\ also eondescend-
eil to propose a plan fur his moral im
provement ; a plan exceeding in eflect
all human systems '‘iS far as the legisla
tor of the heavens surpasses in wisdom
tiie statesmen of the earth. The Bible
is not a schcme of abstract faith and
docti ine ; its great object is to render
n.an virtuous here, and thus prepare
him for h.appiness herer.fter. For this
purpose it addresses itself to all his
tVars, and all his hopes ; it fastens its
benign influence upon him at the dawn
of childliood, and never leaves or for
sakes him unless his conscIencc be
comes seared ; and even tlicn it hangs’
up before his intellectual vision, “a
fearful looking for of judgment”
which, though it (3aiinot melt him into
penitence, makes liini falter in the ca
reer of guilt. Not conlincd, like the
code of honour, to the circles of the
great, it vi^dts too the abodes of penury ;
it sees the orj)han destitute, friendless,
perhaps about to become the victim pf
temjjtation, and kindly provides an Asy
lum for the little outcast, and trains hl-m
up for future usefulness ; it lipds the
sjicndthrift in fortune, character, and
hfipc', “tit for treasons, stratagems, and
sjioilji,” and with a father’s voice calls
l)ack the desperate and starving prodi
gal to tlie rich banquet of virtue; in
shoit, it pervades every depnrtmeut of
S(u'iety, and brings its variegated mass
within t!ie influence of that high moral
principle, which is Jic only substitute
for despotic power. This controlling
and sustaining principle has no substan
tial basis but the Bible ; its other foun
dations have over proved to he sand ;
the Bible is found to be its otdy rock.
A republic, without the Bible, will ine
vitably become the victim of licentious
ness ; it coiitninlj^ ithin itself the turbu
lent and untame.'^le elements of its own
destruction. There is no jwiitical Eden
for fallen man save what the Bible pro
tects.
A republic without the Bible never
did, and never can, permanently confer
national happiness. The renowned com-
monwe,alths of heathen antlqiiity form,
alas ! no exception. Kven classic
(ir('cce—that intellectual garden—that
hirth-{)laco and home of the artist—that
fairy land of cloqucnce and poesy, was
not the abode of wide spread and per
manent felicity. Destitute of the “ an-
'’licr” of the BibI?, ^''vhich ij 'bcth
:uri aJ'd ” t'.nt li!’,'.;,., ■
hapless republic
and finally wuecked on the trou!.^■ T'.
of anarchy. If w e j)a‘:s on v, J*;
plate the republic cf martial
eye will be daz:dcd indccTl with '
ries of her splendid few, but ihe'hr M
sickened with the crimes, and variof.-.vi‘i
wretchedness, of her miserable n?ar--'
In modern times the experiment l'.'
been made of creating a republic
out the Bible ; made too under ev'e-
circumstance that could aid the
of success—the fairest portion of
European continent selected as the a->
pie theatre of operation—the profour*?'
est statesmen, the most learned philps!
ophers, the most chivalrous and able
chieftains, the mightiest combination of
talent the world ever beheld, united in
the daring enterjjrise. The “terribly
republic” was created ; but from jle^
withering eye, and polluting louch, niid
deadly embrace, even the fathers that
had formed her recoiled with cli.sm;.,.
and sought refuge from the worknia’u!
ship of their own h.inds under the brn-
ncrsofan iron despotism. Her rciojt) wis
indeed “the reign of terror:” no
man historian can ade([uately rccoid its
liorrors. But there is an lnstoi'i;ui a-
bove wlio has faithfully recorded tht.ir
and wlien that historiati shall one dav
ojien his portentous volume in du; j rpj.
once of the judgment-seat, and ofar.'>-cls
and of men, and read the r.curd of the
deeds counnitted “on this bail of ih..
earth,’’ jH'rhaps m) part, save that coi!-
t:rning the crucitixiou Kif the
himself, w ill produce deej)cr emotion n
the ran!.;, t.f assembled troatiun, ttiim
the page crimsoned with the ati'ocnios
of tl'.c utd>.'’.; tizcd and Bllj'e-reject;.,'
rej)ub!ic of France.
Let our ov.-n beloved republic clinf
to her Bible. It can “oounst-l i-.-r
counsellors and teacii her senators wL'.
dom.’’ It has hitherto rolled cn the ti ',^
of our national j)rospcrity \vlt!;ov.l rbl)
or intermission. Are there any p:r;-
ots who sometimes cast a forebo
glance at the future ; con’ernpji tinj ti.o^
jieriod so near at hand when or.;- e\-
sivc country, covered with a p 'pulp.::;!
proportionate to its resources, sl'.all i-on-
tain more millions than any other c:vj-
izetl nation can call its own ; conltjp.i-
plating at the same time the mild rini
unpretending cliaracter of our re)j'.;')!i-
can inst'futions, divested as t!u.y ;!!\- if
all the imposing traj)j)ings and formida
ble .ipparatus of despotu’. power: .iiui
comparing the unnssuming jjentlcncssof
those institutions with the inischty mas-,
over whose destinies they nre t j prt-
side ; do these foreboding p.itriots, with
such views before them, sometimes tear
that the government bequeathed to us
by our fathers will not be stronijenouz.'i
for our children—that it will be unable
to lift its maternal voicc to that tone ol
awful dignity which can hush the con
tending elements of faction, and siy
with controlling ell'ect to the stormy
passions of so many millions, “thiisiar
shall ye come and no farther, and here
shall your proud waves be stai.l
such patriots, I would say. Supply any
lack of political force by augmenting
the potency of the ncral jiiincipl'’-
Distribute, with an unsparlr": hnnd,
that Bible which is the alimrrt of tiic
moral principle. ^You cannot, it .'cu
would, sink your ccuidryr.en ii':f^
slaves ; elevate them then to the ninkcl
virtuous freemen. Let the circuir.tioa
of the Bible be' commensurate '‘•■it‘‘|
your population ; place it in ev- ry
'whose smoke a.sccnds from the suhurbs
of your cities ; in every hut thiit ‘i rer.o
in.u))on the stillness of your
^vilderness. 'I’he Bible c.in do i'..
your country, th:iu her ;\hh -.t '
it can })roscrve her domestic
ty, and transmit lur whole ^
hlessing.s to the latest ];o>teritv,
than could hosts of standing uniiics.
The friend of the Bible Is tne
of his coimtry. ills voioe niay
been unheard in her councils, f”;’’
time raid his talents rsc ncycrlii^-^ -
emjdoycd in her hc.5t scr\icc.^
ships may have brouglit no uu’d t't*-'-
cofi'ers, hut he has muUij'hed
sources of her moral treasury.
not have added to the j.‘roduec ul h*
soil by c.'uising “two sji'jars^ol
grow’ were one grew before,’’ hut hi
j)laiited the rose of Sharon in the
of her moral deserts. And that
guished soldier of the revohiton.
lias just been removed from our
into the more immediate
the great Captain of his salvation, " |
50 kindly devoting the evening
pliilanthropic life to the ^‘dcrestso
socicty, whose ninth aiii"
are conv’ened to celebrate,
mating its exertions by his own
pie, and watching over all its
with such parental solicltud ',
the country that gave him birtli>
sple.’.did, indeed, but not h’?"!
service, than when he drc\.’ I"'’ '
ful s'.vor'J ii\ her dvf'-'’.:””