lOI.HiY.
I.AtNcit or run hOMm-cAnoUN'A, r.
Coi'imbiA still it fr
Al L th ttr Urrj flag mJwk.l
. 11m g of Lbrtft .
Co, ttU U tkU nicr' a rpct
fc tjrlVfit jhjI!uU4 hX.
Oa, g-vHnt ship on octui'a irtuX
Urn rock tliy (t to sUep .
Aa ark of eufferUg worth opprtst.
Go -glory' lurveet reap i
- IJj fas ik etona shalt tliuu b wrecked "
. Columbia's Cod will thee protect.
Co, gJ-w ekrpt go bear the bme -
WUre f rttdam Uih a
afjjeetie auount the curling warei
V. Secure hm'er you go i j "
' AQ uttoo whk thy thunders iU
f ulCrac, shall tremble and adore,
Co, tnot Mpf th'Iknt art
Shall deathless f lory fiia 1
And UurtU fresh, turner new,
I lucked hvta the raging sn-in I
Kor sWl ihoae Uurt la e'er decay,
Tifl carta aa4 ocean pan away.
' aerret a.as.
raas m raamTtnaauitr.
HOME.
Qotne I the Rasa of aB (hat sweetens Ufa,
it speaks tb warns affection of a wife 1
The taping btha that prattles on the kaee,
la all the pUjful grace of Wkncy i
The spot where fond parental lore may trace,
The gWwLnf virtuee of aa Infant race
Ch, 'tis a word of toore than mtpc ipcO.
Knoasaacrad power the wanderer beat can til
Be juo Uf daunt from Lis aatWe Lad,
jreeiaaiiaaoaaeot nane, um soui cipana,
auf as patrio. buibaiid.lkthar, Wd,
TtUutoWpomtUthoofaisaWiesbena;
ABaRiUBaowaaJwBerrw-A.pnn,
. 1 ' A. . . If. .
life's choicest bksaiopcentra aO AT HOMC
vbom na stswbsu iimisu
PBESIDENTIAL ACROSTIC.
. 1 1 there aaaan wboae nohla mind,
On pubEe good intent,
B aa ne'er to fraud bis hopes eon!gn'd,
. JJ or aid to Intrigue lent f
C an aucbi a anaa be Ibund f Ua true !
" C aa such a na decline I
A round "whose patrlodeview'"-"-" "
' - L ore, troth and virtue shine !
Llllark U. tb aalmaUif aounJ, .7
O n e-ery brfe it tteai
U topla iahaH not here ba found,
If or mad ambition rite.
" torn ttanfy, 224 &p
anuoun ErrrAra
ft ere Cee, cntonb'd, old Roger Norton,
hoM sudden death -a oddly brought en.
. Trying, one day, bis came to now on,
TVraieeaaWcuthiatoeoiL
The toe, or rather what it grew to.
-An tnrlaiwniatkw qnickrjr flew to
The parte then took to prtifjrng,
IFMe woe lAe eoaie tfFfrri dying.
XMISCEIXANEOUS.
PAB80K WEEMS.
- Ou? humorous neighbor, acroas the rirer, the
editor of the Metropolitan, thus speaks of this
lingular character t : - Alt, tfcmld.
rrirAlliherTrorld haa heard ot mason
L. .Weems, that - active tcmtdivtne,
who travelled over this country vend
ing books, preaching sermons and play-
ing the vioiin uoihing came amiss to
thu gentleman 1 he wat emphatically
peaking "all thingtto all mea.w
That he has done much good in hit way
. j: 1 , n:.
we are not uiipoaca 10 uciuvu. 1 n
potion it; much indebted to him for
cmbeUiaF
tHwraiMM
tihld..be:tJhnkui:io
. . JpQjii-jj 1 aTloxr;"' We Tecoilect Te faltowrng ' eopied rwm the Berrmtda
too. the history of poor Polly Fiodlar, Cie. d we dare say rnpai, if not all the
the drowned wife but lately it would M recognize a pretty aoartrit
. appear that he has ceased Trom historT We Miy iia-cTrairiirlitor to a clerk
" ical writing and is now dealing exclu- in a retail country store; who mutt al
iively in Literary Looking Glasses, wayt be vaady thankful, and humor the
" which he frames in a manner to suit capricet, and honor the ' whim-whams
1 ' himself withoat being at all nice at to and opinions' of hit cuttomert. Com
; the subject he aelecta. He hat just pliment, if (he attempted it, may be
finished a moral looking glass j by the mistaken for satire, plain remark for
by, we with he '.would tend two or inuencTo'i the; expression, of .opinion,
I:,T three tolthli of5ce7and a cargo to the 89 bribed advocation of private interestj
r : district, wherein people of all con- a humprous ttory, at a deadly and un
.editions iniglbt have a peep, and par pardonable .crime 1 and the prudential
J... ticularly jhose who are not aware that dullnessrcr vpolMfti J?jf ffyerih .
. " it . ia easier to tret to Paradise than to ence a tyraptom of incapacity. Oh !
Purgatc?ry--take his ovn dcscr
of thit convex mirror., V ; ' r j
them, to go to Paradise than to Pur-1
gatorvi also, to get husbands ini wives
and to keeo them lovers, ire very dif-
fereht things 1 and that while beauty
. "The Moral looking Class is to tolerable only from the probability
convince all but chiefly the marritdt that his quota of torment, in variovis
J that it is much easier, especially for wayt, in this world, will cut a large
i!.t.-riv!ff -
Juitiet tit
art ihartnt
that ui'l fKvrr
He has mit.ufiiiurtd a concave mir1
ror called the P,hlYtftt I.o:li 'jGtutt,
framed in, and gilded with the atwry ol
beautiful Crroltna !j Jj who murder
cd her husband In the taost agreeable
aod iatereatlog manner. ,
' Pleasurt and Profit" Juit finish
ed, the bad wirt'a LOOIlPO class,
or the History of t beautiful Carolina
Lady, who from not resisting tht Devil,
la th case of 10 unfortunate row with
her husband, was tempted to murder
him, which "ahw actually did in h'n tkep
under circumitaucci lingular! inter
' Sad huabaada seed sot inijtr, he
hat ipecial glati for them too, that,
boworr w eoBCtWa uotcciary
anjr commoa jlana married mnlooki
into ihewi a bad husband to promote
the tale of these mirrors, It may be wel
to mention the ? arietj, particularly aa
the tcision of congress it approaching,
when surh articlci ought to It ia great
demand. There ia the " Dad husband's
Looking Glass, the Drunkard's do
the Garabler'a do. the Adulterer! do,
the Duelliit'a do. and the Old Dache.
lor'ado.'
laoM ts isv-taie aasais aa.
Took hit ftM
Upon a widow's joint are bad."
mMmmn wim kit way Anr unfit might tUt
There ia one apology, ia the increas
ing extravagance of the modern lair.
for the ridiculous rage, that czista a
mong gentlemen, after rich sweeu
heartt j and maidens hare nat a less
tenable excuse for makinr sure of a
ruU ourae, tince an empty head is very
Ii,efr t0 $CCOmpaiy it.
Tfo TtM prudent, and aomewhat
I. . ...
home-bred man. fee a ob red to it
inau:,h the ;je. 0r marTi,,.e .!t0.eth
er,or defer it to a late period, because
it is justly considered a hazardous ad
venture to marry.on the icore of up-
portingthe expenses of modem living.
Out thu idea ahall have a separate
Chapter.
The first inquiry that our young men
make now, when a womaa is proposed
for a wife, is, " la she rich I and for
variety, or a salvo- " is she hand
tome I Let a husband die. and leave
a rich widow,"of a rich "heiress drrp
into the market, and. Lard blesa us!
how the beaux schamper,
"r.,,,.., ..M... Hmmd Eke,
la full cry to catch her:
If there it any shame ia this state of
things if sacrificing feeling, that
should have their tource in the most
generout and elevated considerations,
to ".beauty and booty" is worthy of
aonorrence, then, metninas, tne pre
sent generation deserves an uncaviablc
share of 11 blushing1 hoaort."
at a al .1
It it nqtverjJikelyJhat.I thaubavc
much cash to give with my daughters,
and io fact I don't want any to give.
God grant they may have good sense,
a wholesome appearance, unsuspected
virtue, affectionate hearts, indastriout
habits, and then why, if nobody
wants to marry them, they ahall cam
fort me in my old age, aad help me to
bear op ray 8P'rt wen a'K)Ut t0 ' Ttm
turn to him who gave It."
I I am an old fashioned fellow, it is
truer but I recollect when I got mar
rjed I made na account of money, andJ
if I'wat goiogto marry again I would!
look for a poor girl rather than a rich
one. If I have a wife, a good one is
essential io my happiness, and riches
- ri i j I .
1 are not. a ne lineman ucncrai was
fright j I had rather marry my daugh
eautc wruouiOT. .a
tor, ir a poor Country, in poor timet 1
slice from that in the next, aad that
hit tormeoten,actiye here, may become
passive hereafter So that whatever he
jtnay have to counter in thlf presentj
1
fcilgvitnafr. a solace i ilwayi fo-: J in
the liope-e nlnening ejaculation, thatk
(io J, that thirt it another and a bet
icr country. ' 1 hut much at an cc-
ititnalxrj from the Kditor,"
Dnt'MwUSNHSS.
If yeu wish 10 be alwyt thirsty, be
a tirunktrd ) for the oftcner aad more
you drink, the ofiener ad more thirsty
vou will be. . .
If you seek to prevent your friends'
raiting you ia the world, be a drum
ard 1 farihat will defeat all their forts.
If you with to repel all the endc..
?ort f the whole human race to raise
you to character, credit and prosperity,
be a drunkard 1 and vou will moat at
turcdy triumph.
If you are determined to be poor,
be a drualtrd ami yeu will auon be
rarrcd and pe nnyless.
if you with to starve your family,
be a drunkard f for that frill consume
tkc meant of their support.
If you would be imposed oa by
knavet, be a drunkard f for that will
make their task easy.
If you with to be robbed, be a drunk
ard 1 which will enable the thief to do
it with the more tafety.
If you wiah to blunt your senses, be
a drunkard f and you will soon be more
stupid than an ass.
If you would become a fo1( be a
drunkard ) and you will toon lose your
understanding.
If you wiah to unfit yourstlf fr ra
tional intercourse, be a drui k-rd j for
that will render you wholly 111 fit for it.
If you are resolved to kill y ourself,
he a drunkard 1 that being a aurc mode
of destruction.
It you would expose both yeur folly
and your secret, be a drunk. rd j aixl
they will soon run out at the liquor
runs in.
If vou think vou are too stronjr, be a
drunkard t and you will aoon be sub
dued by so powerful an enemr.
If vou would get rid f your money
without knowing how, be a drunkard
and it will vanish insensibly.
11 you would have no resource
when past labor but a workhouse, be a
drunkard 1 and you will be unable to
provide any
If you would he a pest to society, be
a drunkard j and you will be avoided
aa infectious." f trcetter Mast.Spy,
INTEMPERANCE.
At a meeting . ot. the viiizcnt of
Hartford, (Connecticut) in pursuance
o public notice, to take into consider
ation the alarming prevalence of in
temperance in our country, and such
measures as may be expedient to
adopt to check its progress,
Resolved. That we lament that to
much apathy pervades the public mind
on a subject sn deeply involving the
interests of individuals, af familica,
and of the cemmumty.
Resthfd. That we deem it the duty
of all good citizens to unite their ex
ample, their personal influence and
their efforts to discountenance the un
necessary and intemperate use of ar
dent spirits and to aid and encourage
civil magistrate! io the execution of
the law againtt drunkenness.
Resolved. That we highly approve
ef the measures so successfully pursu
ed by the Select-Men to consign to the
work house those who habitually in
dulge in this disgraceful vice, and
thus render themselves nuisances to
society. ;
Resolved, That we view with deep
regret the establishment and mainte.
nance of victualling shops in this city,
o$
p r rcgulaflv KcenBed;taVem TTtx they
have a tendai
mirfrom the habits -of sobriety j arid,
finally, because there is- good reason
to believe that many of them are nur
series of intemperance and vice.
Resohed, That in our opinion it is
the true intention of the laws, aod re.
quired by the public good, that licen.
cea to retail wines and ardent spirits,
should be granted to none but men of
principle and , intecritv. who would
cheerfully contribute their influence toJ
the preservation of good order and
good moralt'''?''"-
Resolved, That it is expedient to
form, an asiocufion in order to , unite
influence and effort in promoting the
objects of .the? foregoing; Tesolujtiops,
Resolved That the several printers
of newspapers in this cityt-te reques
ted to publish the above resolutions. 1
j The meeting was then adjourned to
meet again on Friday, half past seven
o'clock, P; 5L at the same Jilace.
'Wrrr;: ISAAC PEkK1N? CfcrK . '
KlW MIl'TaT iTATW.
fwm the f ititl'w'g RfotJr, Ag. 2.
Tl.t Ilev. lUtert M. La.rd, Utl
the Theological Seminary at Priee
ton, was on thi lth insU ordained in
the Second Presbyterian Church ia this
city, as an Evangelist, to the work of
the Gospel ministry, preparatory to hit
engaging ia a mission, in the tervicc
of the Western Miasiootry Society.
The circumstaocet of the mi.iioo
on which Mr. Laird has catered are
tuchat cannot fail deeply to interest
the fetliogt of the friends ef mlstiont.
He goes to the Soult de St. Marie,
(Fallt of St.' My) on the outlet ef
Lake 3uperior, and but a lew mUet
from itt lowett extremity, from three
to four hundred milct in that region
beyond the furthermost point at which
the Gospel hat ever beea statedly
preached. The population la that
pUcc and its vicinity consists of about
300 officers, privates, he. belonging to
the U. Statea carrison 1 150 to the
British Garrison 1 about 150 settlers
and, at certain seasons of the yesr
from 300 te 500 Indians. Amon
these various classes of persons the
missionary is to labor in such propor
tioo and manner as circumstances shal
seem to dictate and is to mske it one
of the leading objects of his mission
to acquire all the information r.e can
rrsprcting the number, character and
history if the various tribes of Indians
traversing the vast territory 01 the
great lakes, and penetrating into, the
distant and chillmar recions of the
North. Stationed at the extremity 0
the most grand and extensive sheet 0
. a a
trrsh water on the globe, ana occupy
in eround but recently pressed by the
f ot of civilized man, he is to lift up
the voice of silvstt n, and organize a
Christian church not only in the ter
ritory of the prince of darkness, but
surrounded by some of the most in.
t-restiog and sublime objects of nutu
ral scenery.
The application, which led to the ap
pointment pi Mr. Laird to that place,
w as communicated to the Secretary of
the Board in thit City from Lie ut Kic
ker, one ef the officers of the United
States Army at that post, aod a gen
tleman apparertly of great worth and
respectability of character, fn his last
communication on this Subject, this
officer rematks, "A preacher of the
preciou" Gospel of the Lord Jesus
( hrist seems t be more needed than
e ver It ia evident that jmany pertons
wish divine instruction, and I have
good reason to be persuaded that there
are r.ot a few who are not altogether
easy in their own minds on the great
truths of salvation, and I am convin
ced that there are some who are hun
gering and thirsting after righteous
ness. The field of usefulness for 1
mission at this place assumes a more
iavor.ble aspect every day.
Mr. Laird has already taken leave
of his friends in this city and its vi
cinity, and commenced his journey (by
-l r 1 f. .'
me way 01 tne iuissionary station at
Maume) to the place of his destina
tion. We trust that the prayers ef the
friends of Zion, as well as the good
wishes of the Christian public, will at
tend him ; and we hope ere lo&g to
hear that a little flock of Israel has
been collected by him in that part of
.1 M I
ire western wuuerness.
A CURIOSITY.
(To the Editor of the Edinburg Star.)
Sir: Having seen a paragraph in
your paper snMe time ago, stating that
a gentleman in Kiikaldy had trained
two mice, and invented a machine
for enabling them to spin cotton yarn,
making 5. per. day profit,,! take. thev
ijbeny of lhformmg vou'that a: Mr."
Hattoo c tbisio wnta
constantly- employed In making sewing
thread for upwards of twelve months ;
and, that the curious may be enter
tarned--with-a fairstatement-eiHaettj-4 4
hope you will give a place to the follow
ing description, which is by no means
exaggerated, as having often seen his
mouse thread mills, I thoroughly un
derstand the amus'incr operation. The
mouse thread mill is so. constructed,
that the common house mouse is ena
bled to
past offences, fey twitting twining, and
recline, from 100 to 120 threads per
jdyi Sjayt: tipt excepdi) of the
tame length and quality with the en
doted hank, which I send as a speci
men of their work;: for the inspection
of thecurious. To complete his
task, the little pedestrian has to run ten
mulct and a half. -This journey it per
forms with ease, every day. .
An ordinary mouse weighs only half
an ounce, , A half penny worth of oat
meal at iXa per peck, serves cr.c of
i!itt9 Ires WV.ee culprits fortV.e l,r;
period of five weeks. Ia i!..t tin,s 1
makes (110 threads r dav, being the
avenge,) 3,850 thrcaJt of S3 Ut
which it very nearly nice Iccgihs f
the standard reel. A. penny it hm
paid to women for every cut roads i
the ordinary way. At thit rate
mouse earns Cd. eviry five weeks,
which is just one farthing per day, r
7s, Cd. per annum. Take Cd. til f,,r
beard, and allow Is. for maclintty,
there will arise Cs. of clear profit frs'tn
every mouse yearly. The last tiro I
was in company with the mouse cov
pleyef, he told me that he was going
to mike application to tL fieri tors for
a lease of an aid empty house here, the
tlimentioni of which ale 100 feti'hf
50, tnd 50 ia height, which, at a mod
erate calculation, will hold ten thoui.
and mouse mills sufficient room being"
left for keepers and tome hundreds 01
spectators. .
Allowing 200. for rent and tatk
masters, and COO for the interest of
10,000. to erect machinery, there will
be a bal.nee ef 2,3CO, per aanutn.
This, air, you will aay, is projecting
with a vengeance, but it would surely
he preferable to the Old South Set
speculation,
I icanain your obedient servant,
A COXITART tEADUU "
Dunfermline, July 28, 1823.
FROG MARKET.
The greatest aovehy ia Bniewli, to a latyt
tj of Scotch tourists, wu the Frog Market 1 tn
aa e do not recollect teeing it described Ia aay
other book of travab, we will extract the entire
description 1-- y
44 In a lane hard by the 'green stalls,
we fell in with the frog marker, which
was a novelty to us. The animals are
brought in pails and cans, and are told
by tale. The frog-women are arran ged
on forms like oyster-women in the
Edinburgh fish-market, and, like them,
they prepare the article for the pur
chaser on the spot. As the oyster -woman
dcxteroualv opens the shrill
with her iron gulhr, the frog-womaa
thcrwt lest adroitness, although.,
more barbarity, in the exercise of her
scissors 1 with these she dipt off the
hind limbs (being the only parts usee)
flaying them at the aame . time wka
great rapidity, and nicking them oa
wooden skewers, many hundreds of ther
bodies of the frogs, thus, cruelIy.ma-7
tied,- were crawling in the kenatl. tf r
lying in heaps,- till they.could enbear.
ried oil in tne dustcarts. We may
mention that the species thus used as
for-d (rana esculcnta) has acverbceq
observed by us at natives of Scotland,
though it is marked In natural history .
works as a British species. It is ten-i
erally larger and more arched on the
back, than our common frog (rant
temporaria) and the color ia . rather
greeo,. whiIe ourt-ia-Tather yellow
We noticed however many specimens,
perhaps males, marked longitudinally
over the back with three faint yellow
lines;' : - 1-
XXTJUCTI. , .-
Receibt for a Tattler. Take the
vine of a runabout, and the root of a
nimble tongue, of each six handfuls
hlteea ounce! of ambttton theeame-
quantity of nonsense 1 and bruise then
together in a mortar of misapprehend
siont and then boil them over a fire of
wild surmise, until you perceive a scum
of falsehood rising on the top j then
strain it through a cloth of mtsconstrvt
tion, put it into a bottle of maBgnittj,
stop it un with a cork of envu. and then
suck a glass through a quill of tnalevo '
fence, nd you will beprtpsredio
gard to person or character?
Pride workt aome curious things.
Do yeu tee that dandy, tripping along
inhu glovet-tndwhiu ttockisga-i-iig-l
wouldq t be teen following a wheelbar
row, or bringing a bucket of water, or
chopping wood, . for . a ;. dollar- he't ;
proud, and . above it. But there a a
rrjan with his stockings about his heels,
and an old slouch of a hat. and patched
coat, whose shoes arc not brushed,'
nor his beard shaven j and yet he hi'
wealth
lth; and is accented niii of " '
1 1 he'a proud, and above be'iM l. ,
ent
had olmost jaul-wdeccnt. J pijt ? .
saith the proverb, wisdom lies b.ttw?f?-.
two extremes.
An Irishman was once brought u?
before a magistrate, charged with mar
rying six wives. The magistrate nk
cd him how he could be to hardened .
villain. "Plase vour worship," -y
Paddy, I was trying to get go
one
1