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F3538HB MISCELLANEOUS GREECE. From Poem by Ralph Ferrars. And whvsits England tamely now? Hath 'fraud, hath fear her arm unstrung, When every hope, and every vow. When every heart, and hand, and tongue, Should rise in svmpathy, To bid a kindred race be free. too long the soul of.. Greece had Her sons too long had kissed the Too lotfher captive daughters Pale'victhus to fcarbaric lust; While faith half aw her lingering fire Beneath the crescent's blaze ex pire. Those times are past A heaven- Hath dawned o'er centuries of shame, And man, despite of tyrant power, His long lost heritage shall claim ; Shall strike, in scorn to be a slave, Forfreedom, orafreeman sgra c. But hark! the battle is begun! From Corinth's rock, frombpar- ta's shore, us of our counienas atrait of rcat and unquestionable pro mise in a political and moral point of view. But with these things I have nothing to do, and therefore leave the subject as I found it. In a respectable village, which was growing into notice, and which was located not many miles from the Susquehanna, some years ago, the inhabitants, being stricken with the preva lent sentiment, erected a press, and procured from the city a genuine graduate 01 me i pu, w take charge of the concern. This was the fifst introduc tion our hero, Will Sutton, had to the country. He was young, and withal an honest and inge nuous youth, of a mild and gen tle temper, and but little skilled in the intrigue and deception so current in the world, with which his hasty transit from the shack Ins nf aimrenticeship to the post of a publisher and an editor, iSU allowed mm nu w shake hands. Flattered by the blaze of what looked like the opening of CHEMICAL AFFINITIES. The following remarks, interesting alike for their novelty and inte rest, are from an introductory Chemical Lecture, given by Dr. M. A; Ward at Salem, Mass. Chemistry is utterly unable to explain the phenomena of vi tality. Indeed the chemical and vital powers are direct an tagonists. The human body maintains a succ6ssful warfare with, and effectually resists the incessant and combined attacks Next came in one of his wor-j thy neighbors with a lampoon in his hand for an enemy of .his, and politely requested its inser tion. Sutton saw a dangerous predicament staring him m the face. If he published it, he should make a powerful man, and a host of .connexions his enemies; he reasoned the matter over with himself, and conclu ded to refuse it an insertion. The author became outrageous; ho nnd his friends turned their faces against the printer, and ! 0f ali the forces of the elements, poor Will waw soon compelled often for more than a hundred to add at least a half dozen cy-1 years, and then when the di nners to his already lengthened (Vine principle does at length re- row. Iefore this circumstance tire and j-ield up its fortress, it had come cool on ins memory,! js in consequence oi subjection a flocl of birds flew across the! to a cause widely different from village, and the opinions of the, that of being expelled by the people became divided on the 'triumphant power of its assail aueston, whether they were ants. But when the soul has wild ducks or wild geese. Sut- once fled, then indeed the che- ton published the fact and gave;mical affinities come into play, his . opinion that they werejand the rapidity of their devas tation is terrible. opinion ducks: the him a fool, ceese party called a catch-penny, a jhe civilly says; Mister Land- lord, Yd thank ye lor about i a yard, or 3 just according to the length of the "Red Lamp length of throat. No sooner said, than done the landlord, with solemn step, moves on and reaches down from behind his bottles, the tin yard tube, and measures out a yard, or as the case may be, of the wet stuff oi the O, be joyful" The traveller sends itdowuthe red lane, vulgarly called, drinks it pays down the cash and travels away. Friend Printer, if this is not "whipping the devil round th stump," I don't know what is. N. B. The New England folks have a saying, that thfte Philadelphia Lawyers are a match for the very devil him self, and that they are able to unravel any knotty point, let it be ever so hard Now, I would just civilly ask such three Law yers, whether this man, who sells rum by the yard, instead I of by the gill or half pint, as the ta s shore, . , . . . , r Roused by the deeds their sires have ; a splendid prospect, he, soon at- - ! j 1 ,1 .v, liJa naur Aft. done, icr im eiucieu Un The sons of ancient greatness : reijevetl the original pro- EVnnohcflagoffreedom's flying, ' prietors of their burden, and as- And thousands in her ranks are sumed the responsibility of the dying! concern himself. fotwdVrf ? To become popular, in other Dvine' ave, as their fathers (Ueo, r i Embalm'd in glory's living tomb, words to please every one, is, When, spurning legion'd Asia s perhaps, the first aim and the pride, . freshest hope of every inexpe- The willing victims met their . rienced and vjrtU0us mind. It Exulting' their latest breath, . lis 50 bf Utiful in thery, and That Greece had triumph d in 'the road appears at nrst so plain her death. j and easy that he never dreams . u fon of difficulty in succeeding in the Devoted martvrs! heirs to fame, Ju Jwn AafL;nA That ne'er, "but with the world, practice. Will detei mined, ,t.nii eAa :ihprofnm- to take everv bodv's 9iiu.li laui) J J I Oncemorerevivingfreedom'sflame. ailvice, and, wherever advice; Illumes the shrine your virtues , , , tQ cnoose the medium j And sSvt' themselves must blush between the two extremes. to flee He commenced his paper by While gazing on Thermopylx. 1 giving the greatest variety pos- . . , r sible, and proffering the most But whv sleeps Albion's cross afar? . a . The time hath been when not an , liberal terms, as much as to say, eve pay me when and how you can; Could turn to glory's blazing star, . people were pleased with the But Albion's hand and heart were ; first numDers, and many good lerself disdainful of a yoke, folks took him at his word, and The chains from others necks she sent m their names, he set broke. this down as ample promise of rfv.o0,mcwrc 'future success, and built abun- To Hfitam riMT tn freedom svowsr 3 . In bright Eliza's gallant reign, dant hopes upon it, but sundry Roused at the call, a thousand prows printed, written and verbal lam Rush'd headlong thro' the roar- poons, soon roused him from his lngmam; dreaming: one of his brother? And'rescued Belgium wept to tell . . f . . , , , , How self-devoted Sidney fell. t printers, not iar distant, naci lost i a subscriber or two through his; And nerveless now is Russia's arm, ' agency, and, as his body was out And fall'nisGaul's proud chivalry! J? oh u- nnuhU noiK.J charm j contented himsell with a despe- When leagu'd with Christian Li- rate attempt to slip the noose berty! . round his character, and hang it And Europe's marshall'd valor" to infamv. This was the shield but o'er the crimes cf ifirst move that honest Will saw . kings. j through, which staggered his I , i i r i ! lait" and weakened his credu tho' power, llt In a few days all traces of organization are dc ctfirrlpr nnd a nunnv: in al-1 cf mtrA nnA in n few vears tw( . 7 ' " j::u., says, can ne lined or not most aespau uu auuuu a uu 0r mree gaseous uuui uumu- fined? A 100Q d u f and a half cyphers to theac-ted through the atmosphere;! o.jven count he was keeping. But jsome saline solutions as widely j f concIusi ,ve wi in when he looked at that account jdiffuscd among the waters of the that this busines's ha even now, il "uiu ouwh puvgarm, ana a icw jjitincics uii portion to the population oi tne ' earthy matter, are all that re- country, and ,ie concluded that j main 0f the proud fabric ot man. he would at least eventually ANOTHER SYMMES. please a grea. majority of the people if he could not succeed with all. i Even in tiis. however, he oi sr talk very Mr. Joseph Buchanan, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, lays was un fo rtuna cly disappointed: I claim to the invention of a new election times came on; there steam engine, which throws that were two candidates for gover- of Mr. Perkins, and all others, nor, and Sutton was put com- completely in the shade. The pletely at his wit's end. He whole machine is to weigh no! knew neither of the candidates; more than three hundred pounds to the matter of their politics, aud yet to possess a fifty-horse as they were both represented power. It is intended not only to be plain, honest, sterling pa- as a substitute for all machinery triots, he could not conjure up now in use upon the earth, but an objection, and both parties is to be extended to the naviga demanded his exclusive assist- tionofthe regions of air: "When ancc What was to be done? the winds are not unfavorable," lie stood ncutrsl a little while, says Mr. Buchanan's Prospec until he found himself rapidly tus, " the citizens of Washing going out of favor with both ton may attend dinner parties in parties, The crisis demanded Boston, and return home the a change of policy. He accord- same evening; the mail can be i ... . 1 . 1 1 a 1 mgiy maue a doiu pusn anu si- cairau luuuaj num u; -nsew-Jersey, 18 ded with the strongest party, government to the most distant Pennsylvania, 110 consequently he broke with all part of the union; and our mcr-j Delaware, the others, made a few warm chants may visit Europe, trans-j Maryland, r 'i i-n k:- i : !.,,. N lrgmia, irientis anu very many umer ucl intii uusmcw, uuu iciuwj Carolina, enemies. Will, saw now the nome in a week. S. Carolina, blighting of all his prospects, he When this machine shaU be did not chance his resolution, completed and go into operation, however, but confined his hopes Mr. Symmcs will be able to profi table, that the tin-merchant and the tavern-keeper have en tered into a co-partnership. In deed, their custom increases so fast, that the firm begin already to hold up their heads and talk strongly of ta king out a patent so that I would advise our wise ones in Congress, to keep a good look jut when these sellers ' of rum by the yard, come to the City of Washington for their patent Newspapers. It has been as certained, by the Postmaster General, that there are five hun dred and ninety-eight newspa pers published in the United States, viz. in Maine, 12 N.Hampshire, 1 1 Massachusetts 35 Rhode-Island, 9 Connecticut, 23 Vermont, 8 I New-York, 13r 4 22 55 10 12 Tho' Cross with Crescent be combin'd, God, in his own appointed hour, Shall burst the bonds his foes havetwin'd: ArAl oh! on deeds, on wrongs like thine, An eye of glory yet must shine. THE VILLAGE PRINTER. A doctor, a schoolmaster, and a printer, arc three as prominent essentials to the establishment of a village of the first class, as a 'squire, a tavern, arid a black Smith, are to one of the fourth or fifth. The printer in the primitive times of our country was usually left out. but riro.. age and the general diffusion of lignt Drougni mm gradually in to the service; and increased his character and estimation so much, that he has at least be come of as vital consequence as either of the others. If time al lowed of comments of this sort, I miirht be led to sav. that 1 view this symptom of "thegetii- He rubbed his eves and look ed at it a moment, then conclu ded sagely, if I offend but this fellow, whose motives are broad and palpable, and who cannot deceive others, I may still ac complish my aim; I'll set him down as a cypher. I'll still be popular. Two or three weeks elapsed, however, and the buzz of a hundred busy friends be gan to hum on his ear too much of this too much of that, and not enough of another descrip- tion ol matter; he listened; he was perplexed; it was the me dium he had been pursuing; how should he now act. Heat last made up his mind; wholly excluded the description ot mat ter that had the levvest advo cates, and increased the quanti ty of other kinds; a dozen or two were still left complainants, and as he could do nothing with them he set them down as cy phers with the printer; with these exceptions, he still resol ved to pleastj every body. ( to the plcasinjr of the party prosecute his discoveries to great whose eause he esnnused. Surr- advantage. He mav breakfast 1 - 0 - ly, he thought, as he sighed at home, dine at the poles, sup over these vicissitudes, I shall in his subterranean world, and keep these for whom I have return from his charming excur- made this great sacrifice, in my sion on the same evening. interests, and ensure their good , 'Visions of glory spare my aching will. Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, Dis. of Col. 14 48 12 5 6 18 15 7 10 8 1 8 Total, 598 But the time now drew nigh, when, to please his creditors, it was necessary to collect all the sight.' Statesman. From the U. S. Gazette 1 devil whipped round the money due lrom Ins customers, j v T the coimtv of He owed for paper, and ink, ; Northampton, state of Pennsyl- rent, types, and press; and these -vania, there is a little retailer of . i, . ,i . . .. i. i must paiu iui. iiu tmiLxi- grog (spiritous liquors wiiu nas or was rigged off, and sent on; been lined by the proper autho the rounds; two weeks brought ' rity, for selling by the gill, or him back, with about ten per ; hajf pmt? without license, cent on his accounts, and with) Now, in order to evade the the news that Messrs. A. B.'C.jlaw 1C applies to a tin mer &c. including a hundred or two j ciiant who happened to be there, wisnea ineir naners w in hp n Infii out ot the scrape. The tin-merchant, for the names, stopped if they were to be dun ned m this way. "Alas," said Will, as he sat price of a week's board, soon down in his office door, in utter; taught our retailer what to do. ucsponaeney, is mis tne end indeed, what is u umi a uu-ira- der can't do? They put their heads toge ther, and made a tin lube ex zctly one yard in length, and of the thickness to hold one pint of rum. This they marked off I yard, Z yard, and half 3 just as pedlars of tape and calico have their yard sticks marked off Now, when a traveller steps in to i:icet his ivhistlc," of all my care and mortifica tion. In striving to please all I have ofiended all." But ho nest Will Sutton's is not a soli tary case. This brief chapter of a printer's trials will be re cognized at this day by some of the craft, though A ill is under the marble, and his office turn ed into a liuckstcr s shop. JBmporium. This number is ascertained with the town or village in which each paper is published. There are probably a few scat tering papers not yet reported to the Department. Nat. Int. Medical premiums. The Medical Society of the State of New-York has offered a premi um of fifty dollars for the best dissertation on "the history, causes, and the treatment of tho hooping-cough;" and the like sum of fifty dollars for the best dissertation on "the remote and existing causes of phthisis pul monalis." The dissertation to be forwarded to the Secretary at Albany, on or before the 1st of January, .1825. Hal. Ileg. American Manufactures. Three saddles have been lately made in New-York, for distin guished individuals in South A merica, which,for costliness and beauty, exceed any articles of the kind ever manufactured in this country. The price of each, with the bridle, will be about $200. A man in England wishing to know if an old gun was loaded. asked his friend to hold a light ed candle to the touch-hole, while he blew down the muzzle. He did so, and while he was blowing down, the load was dis charged and blew out his brains'. '
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