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&ring Tome away, but a fplrit of an ami zing lize, according to tbtir account fix. ty fet iri height, itrodeimo the 'water after them, and commanded them tode liver back ?hat they had taken away. Terrified at his gigantic ftature, and fee- s ing that he had nearly avertakm they were glad tOj, reftore- their mining treafure ; on which they were faffered ; to depart without farther moletation. j Since this iacident, no Indian that ihas , ever, heard of it, will nrcr yeaturt ntar the fame haunted coaft. BeGdcs this they recounted to me many other lories of tbjfe tHands equally fabulous. ; The country mn the north aad eaft parts of Lake Superior is very mountain-, bus and barren. "The wea.her being in tenfely cold in the winter, and the fun hating but little power in thej fummer, vegetation there is very flow and con fequentlj bat little fruit is to be found on it more. Ithowever.projducesfome few ipecies in great abundance. Whirtle berries of an uncommon fixe, and fine fla vour, gror on the mountaiasnear the lakes in amazing quantities ; a.s do black currents and goofc ernes .in the fame luxurient manner. : j Oat the fruit whicH exceeds all the others, is a berry refembltng a rafberry ia its manner of growth, but of a .lighter ici, and much largrr; its tafte is fir; mare delicious than the fruit I , have com pared it to, no iwith 'landing that it is fo highly cfteermd ia Europe : it grows on alihrub of the nature of a vine, with Jiar fimilar to thofc.of a grape j and ijam pcrfuaied that waslt tranfplanteJ i.o a varnur and more kiaJly dim if, i vvauld prove a rao'Xrxxt and delicious, -"'a-; Columbian Clniinel, printej at -THE MONITOR. e F farlM CJ iry 4ead a?:4 tun? 3 to day fi May hp. hh to keep toe iu-W awry." "tf r is a common, and wklvfome a very JL faoirite opinion, that at the general r :i'nrrs5rion every one will appear in hz v-y Tim-: body he inhabited on earth. Wuhait iutenling to engage in any tiinlik.a controverfy on this, tome, uYifnp rtant point, I would juit. ftate an rbjc Vi n to th; abov,:-mentioned opinion, ci i ?a from a fa. to 3 notorious to be d'-iie-i. ;Iti. veil known that th". bodies ofiiv i .nimils are continually changing, iJ th tt the very fam2 pinkies of mat ter face enl'3y conftitute different ani mals J fjb:tan:;s, O tha: no mm is die rMl hMnrr to dav that he was ycfterday ; and thofe particles or matter which once entered into the com poation, may fince have made a part or many of their offspring ; not to mention the poffibility of iheir having been alio verted into various kinds oi fifli, fowl in fers and brute animals to fay nothing tof the various forms of vegetation, tre jbloflarnvthe flowers, and the iruit ihjjy mayhave pafled through. Now, iff .tlpe vdrydfeme body rife again, while fcnie men, who have been conftituted of origi nal particles only j aifume igamic forms, by the aggregation of all the particles ot which they liavel been fuccciiiveiy 4crh pofrd ; others will be divided and ftibv divided alrabft ad infinitum, if the prior claim of the ocewpier be not admitted fco, the annihilation of his fueceflbri. j i A rational and ileady belief cf the iifi mortality of the; bul, if" univeri'al and infinite-importance. And onthislubjecT,. more perhaps than any othtr,. we are tempted to extend our enquiries beyond the limits wifely prefcribed to them. dipt, let us remember, that " even that goi'pel which is faid to have brought life and irn mortality to light, allows us te fee only through a glafs darkly. It doih not ap pear yet what we fhalt be. Our know ledge cf a future world is very impr i eel our ideas cf it are faint and cor.fu'jfed-' The anihor and finifher of cur faith is. defcribed in the old teftamenc as hidtn bimiclfV Clouds! and darknefs are (aid to furrbund him -his way is in the (calami his pa;hin the great waters. His foot fteps a: c not known; " What future blifs he gires not thee, to know, But gives thee Hops to be thy blefling now : Hops humbly then, with trembling pinions ibar, Wait the great teacher,. Dtath, an God adore." UAVTIGJL ;V T EL L IGEKCEi IJTRAORD1HARY. A- writer in a "New-York papr thus" fubdivides a fegtllative body into rlst as in 3 niiional n ivy, viz. ' i T 1. Perfons of univerfal knowledge and who area.ttheiame time men of an tp right character, and of a non-fpecala-tive turn ; anJ fuch as poffefs thej gift, or, if you pleafe, tile acryiirement of ge nuine oratory, and th art of knowing when they had faid-enough : individuals , of this defcripuon we will call iiasr rates, or Jtt dollar members. 2. Thaie who fpeak a great de.il, and on occasion can bra little tarillieiiT, have the misfortune t3 deal mizh in, ilr-i firc of ?criphraji: or ctictimlccr.tion, and are " wont to utter twenty thoufand words, to launch into the world twenty ideas4et us fet them down ficond rtstest or Jeur dollar members, r : : o p Well meaning men who never cpei their lips' twicf in 1 a.'-i eilkn indecrt. bm fit qiiiety and patiently to .hcur the c fei vatibns and oratory rf tl eir more It qua -cious bretliren as ihcy do neither jgood nor barm, let u-s pv.r thrrrrdown at a me dium rate, and ra;r.k their; as three cellar members. 4- ( Smart, dapper, ycung fellows, who are commonly put ia as having been fnuU by :he ihte; eit cf friends, aiid talk m a HoWery ityleiupoqi fubjeel even the moiabftruie, evidently wi;h a view to attract the notice cf the ladies in the gal eryLwe will denominate all gentlemen of trlis.-clafsuw 'islUr members, oi fourth rates. ; ' ' ' ' ' , I tfi- Sch asrrc con flan tly engaged during the hours of bui'inefs in reading the ne wlpapers, and ; in taking dewri rot cs, but never fpeaking from thenii tliefe are fiftb rates or ten frilling members. 6. Such as fititiGckifttllin- their pla cei, never Ipeaking, and, to ail appca: ance, employed only in! ealing apples, cx except row and then lifting the aim ifc giv e their vote we may lately put the;n down as tw foiliing nembers, or Jixtir rates. , i" ' Behdes thele are commonly in every legiflaiive body an inferior trbe of m em bers analogous to yatchts, bo)s, tendtisr lomb-boats, barges, cutters and yals. i hefc, without further dub-4iirilions, 1 ciil tvxuiy-peny member j it: i - ... ' FOREIGN jjNTELLIGEKCE, I LCNDON, SEPTIMBia: 4; WE informed ow- readers lately,, that MriSclatbr had been fent off to Mr! Fitzherberti at Madrid, with; the ultimatum of our court. If nothing retards bis return, he fhould be back nt it. Tuefiay or We4ncfday. 1 The recent de eifion of the matipaalkfic'mbiy oi Frapce, and qther political occurrences, have in c'ueed our miniary to terminate the prc ft'nt i ftttpence without; llauher. delay. Thefe deliberationsi-whiih occupied fix private meetings cf j th? cabiaevweic. brought to a final cosclcfioii on Tliurl. day, when Mr. Whn (one of the new ly appointed meilengers) was iramcdi atelv difpatehed to'Mr, iFitxherbert. at 1fJ,:4 -Uk imftrwAIins tor hnTi IU) null liuat i"t , to,U ke his leave of the.?rcurt ofSpn. witliin twenty four hours after liie rf" cript of his ditpktches, if he does imn:e ;(?iu.tclV receive !ancduivo:al: fau&fi:icrt
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