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7 V J The Mcse ! whate'er the Muse inspires, My soul the tuneful strain admires.. ..scott. . 'UOM THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. Stanzas on visiting a scene of caiL'ioort. J came to the place of my birth, and said, The friends of my youth, where are they? And Echo answered, ' "Where are they r" Long years had elapsed since I gaz'd on the scene, Which my fancy still robl in its freshness of green ; The spot, where a school-boy, all thoughtless I stray 'd, By the side of the stream in the gloom ol the tit? shade. r y X tnought 01 the mends wno nau roam a w iiu me i. r a. . m . . r f mm f there. When the sky was so blue and the flowers were so , fair ; All scattered, all sunderM, by mountain and wave, . And some in the cold silent womb of the grave. I thought of the green banks that circled around, -,With wild flowers, with sweet briar and eglantine crown'd ; X thought of the river all stirles and bright As the face of the sky on a blue summer night. And I thought of the trees under which we had strayed, Of the broad leafy boughs with their coolness of shade ; And I hop'd, though disfigur'd, some token to find Of the names and the carvings, impressed on the rind. AJ1 eager I hasten'd the scene to behold, j&endered sacred and dear by the feelings of old, And I deem'd that, unalterM, my eyes should ex- plore This refuge, this haunt, this elysium of yore ! fTwas a dream not a token or trace could I view Of the names that I lov'd, of the trees that I knew ; I L:ke the shadows of night at the dawning of day, XJke a tale that is told they had vanish 'd away ! And methought the lone river that murmured along, Was more dull in its musick, more sad in its song1, Since the birds that had nestled and warbled above, Jlad all fled from its banks at the fall of the grove. s T TiQur.ri nnd thp moral ramp hom? to mv heart. i j ' I behold, how of earth all the glories depart ! Our visions are baseless our hopes but a gleam, Our staff but a reed, and our life but a dream ! tkjifjon let us iook lei our prospects ainirc, To scenes" t hat caffkde not, to realms that cn- uure, 3 glories, to blessings, that triumph sublime, er the blightings of Change, and the ruins of Time! THE DARTMOCTH HZ.BI.1X. HJEIiE'S vXOT O.XE TRUE LX SEVILX. The following parody on one of Moore's perhaps be3t melodies, was whispered in the car of a friend by a gentleman entering a ball-room. These girls are all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given ; Their smiles of joy, their tears of wo, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow ; There's not one irite in seven. And false the flash of Beauty's eye, As fading hues of even ; And love ami laughter ; all a e ; And hope's awakened, but to die There's not one true in seven. Poor mushrooms of a sunny day ! Yet bloom and be forgiven, For fife's at best a show. Away, Dull drowsy Thought ! I'll join the gay, And jromp with'all the seven. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. A PEDANT, la dwarf a scholar, that never out s the mode and fashion of the ool, where he should have1 been t. He wears his little learning nmade up, put' it on before it was alf finished, without nressincr or ipioothing. He studies and uses words i limine greatest respect possime,mcre- Vbr their own sakes, like an honest clIIV JCillU OI JillCI CM, cL ev are useful and serviceable to litU ' among tnose ne is Kindest vr gangers, (like a civil gentleman,) V,tre far from their own country, most unknown. He coliects old 'ty'4gs and ends of verses, as antiqua UsVo old coins, and is as glad to pro frthem upon all occasions. He has winces ready lvinc: by him for all -no - . , . , . , soses. though to no one. and talks of irs; as familiarly as of his fellow look 'fir- handles arts and sci- r enccs like t.. sAic .ry a little upon an instrument, but do not know whether it be in tune or not. He con verses by the book ; and does not talk, but quote. If he can but screw in something, that an ancient writer said, he believes it to be much better than if he had something of himself tt the pur- pose, lie is worse man one mat is ut terly ignorant, as a cock that sees a lit tle fights worse than one that is stark blind. He speaks in a different dialect from other men, and much affects for ced expressions, forgetting that hard words, as well as evil ones, conupt good manners. If he professes physic. he gives his patients sound hard words for their money, as cheap as he can af ford ; for thev cost him moncv and study too, before he came by them, and he has reason to make as much ot them as he can. butler. uo.xDEitruL. From a Utica, N. Y. paper. There is not, perhaps, on earth, a more wonderful scene, than in the town of Trenton, county of Oneida and State of New-York a scene that com prises at once the pleasing, the beauti ful, the grand, the solemn, the majes tic, the sublime, the awful, the tremen dous all that can command the de light, the transport, the admiration, the awe, and the astonishment of the mind. Other stupendous miracles of nature, the Falls of Niagara, the Funza of the Andes, the Pistill Khaidr of North Whales, &c. Zzc. have been sounded in the trumpet of fame, attracted the attention, received the visits, and grat ified the curiosity of the traveller: But the more wonderful cataract of Tren ton, though only two miles from the valage of OldenbarneveM, which is on the great Post Road from Albany to Sackett's Harbor, has, because never duly announced to the public, been passed bv thousands, who have jour neyed from the city of New-York and other more distant parts, in order to witness the Falls of Niagara, and who would een have renewed their jour ney to Trenton, had they been appris ed of that extraordinary combination of curiosity and wonder with which that cataract is attended. It is ynjust that so interesting an exhibition of na ture should remain longer in obscuri ty, and the curious traveller be defrau ded of that enchanting gratification, which it never fails to afford its visit ors. It is however vain to attempt a de scription with the pen. Even the in spiration of the poet must prove un successful in leading the imagination to comprehend the reality. SufTice it to say, that, as wonderful as the cele brated Falls of Niagara are, those who have visited both, have given prefer ence to the cataract at Trenton : which, though it does not oppress and stun, thf spniP; with itc nnnnllinrr tlmnrlfr f . r .t - r 11 .1 , nor can uoast oi me waters oi an me ; lakes descending in a sheet of 150 feet , ..... perpendicular, yet extends its diversi-;the fied scenery between two and three miles with several lofty falls, perpen dicular and acute, beautiful, grand and sublime. They are the falls of East Canada Creek. The river has worn i i i r .1 down its oeu ot limestone more tnan a hundred feet has hewn out the lof ty sides in various phantastic forms presenting elevated towns fortified castles, and grand amphitheatres, the pendant roof of overhanging moun tains, concave and convex curvatures in geometrical order, that now wel come the descending stream, npw turn the mad torrent from its course, and force it upon opposite rocks. On a level with its waters, and windings at its side, the visitor is furnished with a smooth pavement, from which the riv er has retired for his accommodation, sometimes retreating twenty or thirty feet, that the large party may walk a breast, then crowding them into small platoons, then compelling them to march' Indian file, then forcing them to climb the side recks, to creep round over hanging projections, when it sud denly opens upon them a most stupen dous and enchanting scenery, where more than can be described arrests the astonished eye where the cloud tow ering hemlock with other evergreens, crowding to the verge, from a station of 150 feet aloft, bend over their tall heads, and reach forward their branch es to witness the wonders beneath, conspiring, by their verdure contrasted to native rocks, to embellish with a beauteous charm the superb majesty of the grand exhibition. But why am I insensibly led to paint what nature a lone is here able to display. I will only add, that amidst its great variety of curiosities are petrifactions of di- vers animals, which thousands of years have sported and swam together in this once yielding element, now converted to adamant among which are fish of several sorts and dimensions, from nine inches to four feet in length, lying horizontally in the- different strata of solid rock, 50 or 100 feet below the general surface. He who visits this wonderful scenery, will desire to visit it again ; and those to whom it had been described, confess, ano crey that the half was not told them. POLAR SEAS. rHOM A FBEXCH PAPER. The Annuary, published by the Bureau of Longitude, in Paris, contains an article on the polar seas, which comprises some interesting details. It appears, from ob servations, that in Behring's Strait the currents are all directed towards the north ; and that, on the contrary, those in Davis's Strait run towards the south whence it is concluded, that at the bottom of Baffin's bay there exists a communication with the Icy Sea, and that Greenland is com pletely divided from the continent of A mcrica ; a point still unascertained. Another very remarkable fact in the history of our globe, is the dissolution suffered by the mountains of ice which descend from the north of the Atlantic ocean, and which sometimes reach even the tropics before they are dissolved These frequently occasion embarrass ments to navigators, of which the follow ing is an example : On the 10th of January captain Day ment sailed from the coast of Newfound land, and in the evening encountered sev eral floating islands. On the following morning, at sun-rise, the ship was so completely enveloped in ice that there ap- peared no means of escape, even from the tops of the masts. The ice, in its whole extent, rose about 14 feet above the surface of the waters ; it drifted towards the south east, and bore the ship along with it 29 successive days. On the 17th of February, captain Dav- ment, being then 300 miles east of Cape Race, in 44 deg. 37 min. north latitude. perceived an opening towards the south east, and succeeded in disengaging him self, from the 19th of January to the 3d ot I ebruary, the brig made only 4 miles a day ; but from the 3d of February to the -i mm. o 17th of the same month, she rapidly in- creased to about a mile an hour. M. Day ment reports, that during the 29 days that this singular navigation lasted, he de scribed near one hundred very extensive mountains of compact and blueish ice, such as sailors call Greenland ice. There are also some interesting: re marks on the declination of the needle. which is the angle formed by the direc tion of the needle with the meridian of the place. By accurate measurement, made on the 1 5th of October, at 9 o'clock in the morning, this angle was found e qual to 22 deg. 16 min.; that is to say, the northern exremity ol the needle, m stead of being directly accurate towards the north, declined that quantity towards the west. At Paris, in 1580, the declination was f eastern, and equal to 1 1 deg. 30 min. In I O O J the needle pointed direct to the north. After remainincr two vears in ii,ann.:,;Afl i r 2 that position, it gradually declined towards we5t. in l678 the astern declina- tion was already 1 deg. 30 min. and in ltna it amounted to 22 deg. 26 min. It is observed, that the progressive declina tion of the needle towards the west has continually decreased, which seems to in dicate that in some time it may become retrograde. NEW CIIRONOMETEK. rnOM TUE SARATOGA FARMER. Since writing the article for this paper which notices some late experimental proofs of the perfection and accuracy of modern science, I have received a letter j from an intelligent friend in England, con cerning a newiy invented Uiironometer, that merits a place in that article. The Chronometer is an instrument for the ex act measuration of time, which is of the first importance to navigators. When Capti Parry sailed on his voyage of discovery, the inventor of what he claims to be a neV principle, a watch ma ker in London, sent several of these time keepers on trial, for proof of accuracy. They were rectified to the true time at Greenwich, and on their return, after a long voyage in Polar seas, and an absence of 504 days, their mean error, on compar ison with the observatory, was only one second and eight-tenths ! This seems in credible ; but he has sent me what would be deemed satisfactory evidence of the fact before any tribunal. He says the in ventors, Messrs. Parkinson and Frodsham, sent the Chronometers at their own risk, in competition with 14 in all, and that the 4 new principle' was fully and fairly tested. All the others were stopped or rendered useless, by the extreme severity of the frost. Capt- P. has now gone on a second voyage of discovery in the same regions, and relies on the new Chronometers for his reckoning. The former mean error did not amount to a half mile of distance. If all this be true, the discovery may be deemed highly important. ron the westeux carolixiax. Messrs. Bingham &. White : In reading the communication of one of your respectable correspondents, on the laws prescribing the manner in which retailers' licenses shall be obtain ed, I was gratified to see a person of so exalted talents come forward for the express purpose of exposing a pre vailing vice, and submitting an amend ment to the present method of obtain ing information of the qualification of applicants. And however different may be my ideas on the subject, from those of the writer, yet I think he mer its the thanks of his fellow-citizens for his disinterested and able performance. I am aware that there is a deficiency in the present mode of obtaining cer tificates of the respectability of per sons applying for retailers' licenses; but I doubt whether the plan proposed would have the des ired effect. In or der to extirpate an evil, you must strike at the root ; but I fear an adoption of ! the proposed alteration would no more than lop off one of the branches. " Will Single" appears to suppose it much easier to give false parol evidence in open court, tnan to procure like written testimony. In this I presume he is not sufficiently acquainted with human nature, to be a proper judge. It is true he proposes that the certifi cate of three respectable persons shall be required ; but what does this amount to ? If the court at present receives the declaration of those who are not entitled to credit, or as WiH" sug gests, no testimony at all, can it be ex pected they would be very particular as to the respectability of those giving the certificate ? But if " Will's" doctrine be correct, how deficient is the law on many im portant occasions : if truth, without a mixture of falsehood, is more certainly obtained in writing, than by the witness appearing in open court, how much ex- pense and trouble would be saved bv , , . ,m -Tr.,. , , ?.a.P"ng "l s amendment on all ""gatea occasions. It " Will" should say mat ine ODiigation oi an oatn is j imposed in the one case ; I reply, so might it be legally done in the other ; and would this not be a more advanta geous alteration than the one proposed ? But as I fear nothing less than legislative interference will deprive u Will's little wasps" of their venom, I shall endeavour to point out the cause of the evil, in hopes that those who may have the public interest entrusted to their care, will lend their assistance in time of need. In this project I am aware that reformation must be pro gressive, believing that no man, or set of men, can at once put an entire stop to a growing evil of such magnitude, especially where their predecessors have so iar mistaken the proper reme dy. In order, therefore, to discover the principal cause of the evil, we shall be under the disagreeable necessity of making the inquiry, wTho are the mem bers of our county court, on what oc casion, and under what circumstances, were they appointed members of that body f In making this inquiry, it is not my intention to wound the feelings of those worthy Justices, who, anxious for the public good, devote, much of their time and money to the service of their country ; on the contrary, I ap plaud their patriotic exertions for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. But can we expect, under the existing cir cumstances, that a majority of the Jus tices should be men qualified to fill the office, either with credit to themselves, or advantage to the public ? I think we cannot. The common practice is, whenever an upstart, destitute of every necessary qualification to constitute a magistrate, wishes to be saluted with the appellation of 'Squire, he, in order to accomplish his design, is uncommon lv active in electioneering schemes, dealing slander out plentifully to his enemies, and extolling the pretended virtues of his favourite to the skies, when, in all probability, the only cir cumstance that made the one his friend. was a promise of that office ; or the other his foe, a conviction of his su perior talents and patriotism. WThat are we to expect from such officers ? Precisely such fruit as we see them bear, not only in authorizing the pests to society to retail spiritous liquors, but in every thing the law has made them Judges ; yes, and in a thousand instances where their authority is self created. How often do we see them taking cognizance of suits when juris diction exclusively belongs to the 1 courts of Justice ; and not unfrequent- fy exercising authority delegated to no power on earth ? From this view of the subject, noth ing advantageous can be expected un til a sufficient inducement is held out to make the appointment worthy the acceptance of men of merit. This has hitherto been withheld, either from mistaken notions of policy, or froru sinister motives in a few individuals. What, then, is the course we should pursue ? Make the office of Justice of the Peace respectable, by appoint ing such men only, as are eminent for learning, talents, and piety : make it, at least, not expensive, by allowing moderate compensation for services performed : dismiss a host of the ig norant, by compelling all who hold the office 'to keep a regular docket of their proceedings : invite the vicious to re tire, by compelling them to give a du plicate from the docket whenever call ed on ; depriving them of their oppor tunity, so much esteemed by some, of keeping secrets for their friends in certain cases. Persevere in this way for a few years, and I dare predict " Will's little wasps," and their zeal ous patrons, will sink into their native nothingness. In writing this communication, my object is not to expose to contempt any individuals ; but to bring into view the vices and the cause thereof, of a set of men, from whose misconduct originate a principal part of the evils in society. A late number of the Edinburg Medical and Surgical Journal, relates a case of tetanus cr lock-jaw, cured by a large quantity of tincture ci opium (laudanum) administered by mistake. An embrocation, consisting of two ounces and a half cf laudanum and two drachms of camphorated spirit and as much ether, w as intended to be rub bed on the breast by the table spoonful an hour, while a purgative electuary was at the same time to be given internally by the table spoonful. Through a mistake, the prescriptions were re versed, and a surprising cure was effected in a short time. TV-eYigiows. THE PRAYER: a fable. A Hermit, vho was honored as a saint? while kneeling with his face bowed to the earth in pious meditation, was thus ad dressed by an Angel " Do you not see that female in a nun's habit, who is pros trate at the foot of the crucifix offering up her prayers ? while yonder city dame, with a smile on her countenance, is busi ly employed in making a gown ? Pray tell me which of them is honoring the Deity ? which of them is praying ?" " Doubtless the one at the crucifix," said the Hermit. u You mistake," replied the Spirit, " she is praying only for form's sake, she is pi ous only with her lips, but the latter is employed in a real act of piety.' " How can that be," rejoined the Hermit, " when she is occupied in making a profane gar ment ?" " She is at work for a poor or phan," said the Spirit, and vanished. Moral It is not the saying of good things, but the performance of them, that renders us acceptable to Heaven. Epistle of TuBLirs Lxntulus, Pro-Consul, to the Roman Senate, describing the person of JE. SUS CHRIST. CONSCRIPT FATHERS : There appeared in these oup days a man of great virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a Prophet of Truth ; but hisown disciples call him the Son of God. He raiseth the dead, and cureth all manner of diseases. A man, of statue somewhat tall and comelv, with a very reverend countenance, such as the beholders may both love and fear; his hair of the color of a filbert fully ripe, plain to his ears, whence downward it is orient of color, somwhat curling and waving about !iis shoulders ; in the midst of his head is a seam or partition of his head, after the manner of the Nazarites ; his forehead plain and delicate ; his face without spot or wrinkle, beautified with a comely red; his nose and mouth exactly formed ; his beard thick, the color of his hair, not of any great length, but forked ; his look in nocent ; his eyes grey, clear, and quick n reproving, terrible in admonishing, courteous in speaking, very modest and wise in proportion of body, well shaped none have seen him laugh ; many have seen him weep a man for his singular beauty, surpassing the children of men. The gamester, if he die a martyr to his pro fession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, und by the act of suicide, re nounces earth to forfeit heaven.
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