Miscellaneous
Selected for the Free Press.
A POPULAR SCOTCH BALLAD.
"Comin thro: the Jiyc."
If a body meet a body,
Comin thuf' the rye;
If a body kiss a body,
Heed a body cry ?
Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
"Kane they say have I;
But all the lads they smile at me.
When comin' thro' the rye.
Among the train there is a swain,
The fed I loc sac well;
But where's his hamc, or what's his name,
I dinna choose to tell:
If a body meet a body,
Comin' from the town;
If a body kiss a body,
Need a body frown?
Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
Nanc they say have I;
But all the lads they smile at me,
When comin' thro the rye.
Among the train there is a swain,
That lad I loc sae well;
But where's his hame, or what's his name,
I dinna choose to tell.
If a body meet a body,
Comin' thro' the glen;
If a body kiss a body.
Need the world a' ken?
Ilk a Jenny has her Jocky,
Nane they say have I;
But all the lads they smile on me,
Then what the waur am I?
Among the train there is a swain,
The youth I loc sae well;
But where's his hame, or what's his name,
I dinna choose to tell.
GAMING.
New- York, Jan. 4. Tito coro
ner's inquest which was held yes
terday upon the body of Mr. Oli
and in the end they are sure to be
ruined. Every faro bank has 25
per cent, in favor of the banker;
and yet, with a knowledge of this
fact, men madly stake their last
dollar on a card, and then come
home to witness the misery and
distress brought on their families.
"It is difficult to check a con
firmed vice, or reform a corrupt
age, but much may be done by
parents to guard against the ap
proach of vice. Let cards be
prohibited in families: let the ris
ing generation have no example
before them, which can excite
them to gamble, or lead to this
deolorable propensity. What
tion of liuman life. Wo are in
formed, that Mr. Ely has gratui
tously allowed the old line of sta
ges running to Greenwich, per
mission to make use of his inven
tion. New- York Ec. Yost.
Canals. li is estimated by
Gov. Clinton that the New-York
Canals, independently of the in
come already derived from them,
exceeding the interest on the cost
by 2 per cent, have increased the
property of the state, to the value
of a hundred millions of dollars.
cannot be remedied, of accident
that could not be prevented !
miscarriages that could notV
foreseen, are often laid upon
government, and whether ri e
wrong, have the same efftL
raising or increasing the popua
discontents. r
The Marriage Question.
few weeks since we inserted
article, stating that the New-Yo
Presbytery had unanimously de.
cided to erase the section of
confession of faith, forbidding
man to marry his deceased ui',
I t j
cf . t A T. nntir ' sif rr rrii( lrr 1MVIVV
snATi m.ifln! server states that on thn fttlfi.
Jits appearance in our market, and; May, the sense of 68 Presbyteries
ment, terminates in
tachment. It must be
without resources, without the
1 Ml J
commences merely as an amuse-!
family !
an amuse-i,is apun auu m uui ununt, - j -"i.ciit:$
ruinous at-kor several days past ii has been; on the subject was communicated
3 a fanfily! plentiful. They were selling yes- to the General Assembly, 50 0f
charms of social converse, without
a cheering fireside, without amia
ble intercourse, without ood
books, that must fly to cards to
terday, at from 25, to 50 cts. each.
which were found to be again
tne erasure, ana iu in lavor. .
Mr. Randolph.- In a recentj bout the 10th of June, the same
debate in Congress, Mr. John; question came up before the Ge
Randolph, inadethe following re- ' neral Synod of the Reformed
pass away the time. Parents marks on the late destruction of Dutch Church, and was decided
should use every rational dibi t to the Turkish ileet at Navarino, by i" the same manner, by a vote
make their homes comfortable the allied squadrons: of41tol5.
and attractive to their children. "Sometimes (said Mr. R.) our j . - j
Innocent amusements of every humanity is up for the Greeks it: A fair hit. The barbers ia
kind should be encouraged to a has not yet, so far as I know, been New-York, it is said, have resolv-
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versation and the society of chaste1 very possibly, be some day up for Adams men to twelve and a half
lemaies sliouki not be lost sight'"10 irojan and wcare calietl to i-uhi, uiuir laces uaving grown so
much longer since thn plnpfinn
pressions, and proper examples, fit powers of Europe over a that it requires double the time
that the tmth thrnnrrli lifo ho handful of setni-harharinns. in the and labour to shave one of tlirm
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rendered safe and happy. harbor of the ancient Pylcs. Sir, that it does to shave the compact
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some fortune, and we shall find I mean of those who had any glo-"."fbr the purpose of improving tiie
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ver G. Kane, returned a verdict, 'bring up their sons to a similar in their favor, they attacked and clone, ladies! you have a hard task
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death from the ball of a pistol, appear to be ashamed of the hon- 'hand, as brave a set of men as the equal attention to morals as well
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to commit the fatal deed, may
perhaps, be inferred, from his hav
ing left a slip of paper in the of
fice of the National Insurance
Company, of which he was Secre
tary, on which he had written the
following:
"iJ7 fate may be read in the
tragedy of the Gamester "O.G.K.
It is somewhat remarkable that
his predecessor in the same otllce,
committed suicide some two or
three years since. Mr. Kane
was a young man of very respect
able parentage and connexions,
and universally esteemed. He
has been married only two years,
and left a most accomplished and
amiable wife, and an infant child,
whose affliction at this melancho
ly bereavement is almost insup
portable. Ev. Post.
The following remarks from
Noah's Enquirer, sucrircstcd pro
bably by the above circumstance,
is judicious and timely. It incul
cates salutary truths," and warns
against formidable dangers.
"Gambling is not an inherent
vice; it is a hectic excitement,
produced by gradual indulgence;
it steals imperceptibly upon us.
Men commence by playing cards
in their own houses, or in the
houses of their friends whist,
loo, and brag: they play for a tri
fle and win, and their cupidity is
excited to win more, and not find
ing the resources in the domestic
circle, they discover and frequent
gambling houses: they arc permit
ted to win at first, in order that
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5. '1 he boys must re we to assist the Greeks for! succeeds, we advise the establish
lawyers or doctors To build up a nest of pirates in 1 ment of branches in our dilTeren
made fortunes
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or houses of ill fame, and ruin fol- are. ...pirates they have been. . .and soil to commence operations with,
lows. Parents who can give their pirates they ever will be. Why,-We should like to hear the no-
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Mjcn ioriunes will not be wasted en in tliat small, placid... .that hal
if they bring them up to be indus-jeyon sea, I might call it. ...to pro
trious and economical. 'tect our own commerce from their
"Employment is the grand se-jrow boats and their corsairs. In
cretand the grand charm to en-'saying this, Mr. R. said, he knew
sure tranquillity, good principles, that he was running against the
and happiness; it is idleness lhat prejudices of the country, and that
is the parent of vice, and the philanthropy which was so much
root ot evil. in vouun. R lit. .1i(l lir wlmt it'nes
1 sent here for, but to oppose
those prejudices whenever it is
practicable!"
Elys Safety Carriage. Yes
terday afternoon, Mr. Ely made
an experiment in front of our of
fice, with his improvement in the
maimer of attaching horses to
carriages, which he calls his Life,
Limb and Property Preserver.
This consists in a contrivance for
loosening the horses from the car
riage at the pleasure of the per
son unviug, ami in such a manner
that the animals arc discnacd
and the carriage stops immediate
ly. What adds to the excellence
of the invention, is the circum
stance that the horses arc prevent
ed by it from injuring themselves
in their flight, and even from es
caping to any great distance. A
description of the invention has
been left with us, but it is too long
for our columns. So far as we
arc able to judge, we regard it as
fill imnmvnmnnt
i i villain u i sjiuul vuiue
their appetite may be whettcdjand importance to the prcscrva-
Thc Times. The people al
ways find fault with the times, and
some most always have reason:
for the merchant gains by peace
and the soldier by war: tlic shep
herd by wet seasons and the
ploughman by dry: when the city
fills, the country grows empty; and
while trade increases in one place
it decays in another. In such va
riety of conditions and courses of
life, men's designs and interests
must be opposite to'one another,
and both cannot succeed alike:
whether the winner laughs or no,
the loser will complain, and rather
than quarrel at his own skill or
fortune, will do it with the dice,
or those he plays with, or the
master of the b When any
body is angi )l( , I v must be
in fault: and U . : : sons which
Breaking vp housekeeping.
In England lately some persons
were alarmed by an uncommon
noise in a house as they were
passing it. A constable was pro
cured, who on entering found a
man, perfectly sobr, cmd of de
cent appearance, engaged in brea
king his furniture, which was of
the best kind, to pieces. On be
ing asked his reasons for such con
duct, he with great good humor
and mildness replied: "Gentle
men, I have used every endeavor
to keep n house above my head
for the last three years, but on ac
count of my wife being a drunk
ard, I find it impossible to do so
any longer." Every article in the
house lay in lQ middle of the
floor broken to pieces.
Names. A rather ludicrous
scene took place in Worcester,
(Eng.) lately. A coach passing
along nearly ran over a servant
gin, wnen the coachman caiw
out, "take care, Sally." The girl
iiowcver, without attempting
escape the danger, looked up
the coachman with n nimf often'
cd pride, and said, "it isn't Sally,
or any such common stuff; it'
Amelia Ann"
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