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,j Br RoBEiiT N. VEnEtt.T SATURDAY, Ora MAY, 1835. VOLTTME VIII NU3II3CR Y ."-.I.; . nj.uunwu.-tt. every oaiuay morning at Three Dollars per annum, parable in Advance a Square, inserted Three timey for Si i Ar. or ronc .J 1 . . Subscribers cannot withdraw their support until arrearages are fully settled. w wvuwiui tqgn viommuance 1 . ' V "' POETRY. To the editor of the Albany Argus. u&-You will greatlj-oblige a lover of : poetry, if you' wiir be so kind a to ' publish .ti)e following lineef ' Tlieytcame' into 1 my I fcossesrion several yeani kgo, ami though dccwledjy clever, fdo n'o, recollect having ' ever seen them in print since that time..' ;Tney will be new to .many of your readers. ' 1V0XDERS AND MURMURS. ' ay s. c.'niiLr.i" itr'ango, thatthe wind ahoul J be left so free, . ToplaywitU'a flower or tear a tree; Tp range or ramble whereVr it will, . And as it lists be fierce or still. -' " Above and around to breathe oflifo Or to mingle the earth and sic y in! Btrifc j . Gently to whisper whh nornin'3 light, ' Tet to growl like a fettered'fiend ere night, : Or to love and cherish tnd blcs3 toJday ; t What to-morrow it ruthiesslyfrenqs away ! , Strange that the sun should Call iruo birth ( , AS th fair flovers ".nd Jfruits of edrth, f ' . Then bid jthem perish, and see tjiem die,' I while they cheer the sotti '& gladden the eye; -vAt morn its child ia the pride of spring, ' ' At night '& shrivelled and lonthsome4thing; Toafheir is 'hop aiiJlife'jri 'ita breath . ToLmorrow it shriaTts J& a useless death-. Ctrnne"doth it seem that the sirn should joy 4 To give birth"aloite that it may; destroy. I Strange, that the ocean s hould come aod gp, , -AVitliits daiTy"-an(Lnigutlyebb nd.flow- !To bear on its placid breast at morn J The bark that, ere . night sli&llbe - Umpest I - .. ."torn; ''-" '!'"' : "Of clierish it all tho way it must roamt To leave it a wreck Within slghf of homo, - Td smile as the mariner's toils are o'er, And gently ...ripple, aloag the strand ; To watch the widow behold him land ! Bat stranger than all, that man ehould tiie When his plans are formed, tShis hopes are bigH, He walks forth a lord of the eartli today . And the morrow beholds him a part of its v. clay . - .j- V ( lie is borne in sorrow and cradled in pain, And from youth to age it is labor in vain; Aod all that seventy years jean show Is that wealth is trouble ana wisdom woe That he treads a path of care and strife, ; Who driaks.of tho-poisonedt cup oflife. ,i Alas, if we murmur aj things like thtscy Which reflection tells us, are wise decrees That the wind is not jjver a, gentle breath; That the sun is often the bearer of death That the ocean wavejis not always still,- And that life is che'qupr'd with good and ill: If we kno w, 'tis well such change should be', What do we learn froira the things we see? That an erring and siiining child of dust ; Should not wonder nor murmur but hope and trust . .- 1. MISCELLANEOUS. CROCKETT'S TOUR. Messrs. Gary and .Hart, have in press, a new work by Col. Crock ctt, with the foil pwig title, from which we give a short extract: An account of Col.' Crockett's Tour to .the Noi th and Dojwn EasU in the yea'r of our Lorcfone thousantt eight lumdred and thirty faur "., fl9 oh ject being to exaitiino the country; una also to find out fh condition of its commerce; and .Hie" practical o prration of "the expeii-neiil." When thou does j-ead a book do not turn the leaves only, but gather the fruit," Written by himself. . ti Lar'y: next- m)ininr I started for Philadelphia, ti; place where J had never beep. ' I sort of felt lone come as I went down to the steam iboatl , The idea of going among a new people, whero 'there are tens of thousands who would pass me t)y without knowing or caring who I iva., who are all taken up with , their own pleasures? or. their own usiues, mude me feel- small: and indped, jf any one who reads thjj " book has a grand idea of his iinpor- Tance, let In m 110 to a big city, and )e will pee he is not hijrjor vaUVrd than a koon skin j i nesieaTi boat was the Carroll 01 uaraiton; a tine craft, with the rum old commodore Clayton for , head man. A good fellow he is all a. - C . ; : 1 1 . oi'jia ui a iwuii oowing ana scrap- iug to the ladies; nodinj to the gen tlemen; cursing thecrew; and his right sition 0r CfiUp0"the.PP0 Ime, j all at the same time. us go , sa.d the old one, and "Let Off we walked in Drimn sstvlp. j- - T Stewart Nicholson,; Newcomb and others during the lat war tly after ue passed No where the British - landed what they never dared, an attack on r 1 . ua 1 11 mo re. ' Our passage down tho ;iC hesa pea kewas" very pleasant; and in a verv short sun we came to the place where we vere to get on board the fail road cnr. This was clean ivaa clean new siSlit to .mc: about n rinzAn hi f.. 1 - . a to of ges hung on to a machine and start up hill. After a good deal luss we got seated and j moved way went with ai streak HO I hn IVhtfkJn 4ir. .ki, : . . . - uiomiivc 13 Btvcll. teen miles, and it was run in 55 -minutes . , ; ;, ' . hile I was wh.zzjng alonff, bur$t out laughing - Una nf the pas sengers asked me Iwhat it' was at '! ii" pays I, "it's nu. wonder the fellow's horse, run. ofi.,, A Caro-Jina-wnggoner had jt ci ossed Hi rail road,-from. Charleston to Augus. taj'when the engine hove in ight with' the cars attached, It was rowingdark and'lparks were fly. ing in all directions. 1 1 is horses riiuoir, broke -his Svaggon, ' and smashed his combustible . into a teiiis. -' : - J : ' ; t; He ran to u house for help, and when Uiey asked Inm what scared his horses,! he did npt jist know, but it must be hell in harntss, i At Delaware city, ;1 again embar ked on board of a spleudid gtearn boat.which ran to Philadelphia. V , '. '' :j ' ' ' ' ... ' , - ' From the London Herald. .; ADVENTURES OF A FEM ALE SAILOR. The following adventures of a young Jjerhale, l'ie subject b( the pre sent ar.ic'e, arc ?o trul y genuine, and so extraordinarily marvellous, that wo cannot refrain from recom- mundmg the perusal of them to fhe attention of our readers. An ineor- rectttementj of the facts appeared in tho papers duriug the early part of the week, but tho annexed account being publicly adduced before the lord Mayor, leaves no doubt a.i to its authenticity. His Lordship ha ving read j the statement dfrected McLean, the inspector of; the city police, to'make inquiry into the cir. cumstanccsV in order that, if the girl require '1 assistance, it might, be rendered to her without subjecting her to annoyance. M'Lenn thought that the best thing he could do, after haying heard the story of the gril from her own lips, was to bring her to the Munsion-house, and introduce her to hi3 Lordship. He according ly appeared before the Lord !1 ay or, accompanied by the girl, the captain of the vessel in which she came to London, and several gentlemen who lelt an interest in the remarkable details of the' fact , ' Captain iM'Entire of the Sarah, from Belfast stated that he met the girl, whoso name! is Anne Jane Thornton, at St? Andrew's in North America. she was dressed in sai. lor's clothes, and had all the appear ances of having been brought up to that employment. He engaged her at nine dollars a month, t- act as , cook and steward, and Consider- ed that she; was whnt she seemed to be, until a tew days belore the am val of tho vessel in the Sport of Lon ti T..wV v- o w .airucK dv some oi tne sai ors, McHenry, justly .ce ubrated f..r iu caU5e he cdttld not work- a, We imitlPfiintP v ft r- n'oo "TV.-. i . ITT ' - 1 - " sinwiv fin rno on m nr u- orr , .-, rm ou j : .. . . . I.. .L.l . I . t ' . . -. u' onsuneren greatly; rom the wet; r mg; the appearance t of u V uuu.ujr sue Dut.sne bore tt excellently, and was1 pledge yourself to perfoi u.. iu M man urewns, ana a- j a canital sflii,. ? - rihl ri.,i;D, . . don. . Jt appeared that some of crew had suspected her before she was seen washing in her berth, from the circumstance of her having repeated ly refused to drink grog. , ' The Lord Mayor. -It has been reported that she 'was ill-treated by nef captain iand th crew. 4 wish particularly to be informed upon the point. I : - . . . ,- ; ; Captain1 M'Entire. said that he wonldcall ojion the girl to eay who. ' ! k ? ' ' IT - ther' he had r'he had.' udt uniformly -treated ; in 6lch latter vessels she sailed io take her lihenes$; and many propo .with kindnea! and whether, when St. Andrews, where she fell in with sals were made by Derson who her her sex was discovered, the ,. degree of kindness and care was not in creased? ': The girl declared that Captain m imire naa aciea towards tier humanity and had desired her to complain to him if any of the crew treated her baishly. She had hly. She had been, in the course 6f her vovaflre. - O be- hard hingshe found it diffi. . VIM 1 . . CUil IO dO tn ft ffn A ftf Winrl- knf.ha 1 ho I .nrfi lovnt ' k n rts.. ' ; fn , ana snor- did not tell thL'ijmtin n-Se. wearv of ;WpIi . ' -j .O .v, wuk o 1 "j- . i wi . ivy VILA liUfc .! nn iroinl. ltrmtnpH . pnnra ml.k i. I'h wTn V;. 1 ' ! . tot- IO .maiCe. Kihfp.Uiitlv.ni nI.r.kI;M..; 1. . ... -fv, rrr kArhn il 1 1 l J - 1 tit A i' "The Lord MflVnr. Tt ia ' irnnnalfalher Will InrtrivA mil 'fnViho- inT.; siblethat this mere girl -for sheV'pw I have, caused. I have had my cannoi be; more than sixteen' or 0wn sorrow 160. seventeen ears of age performed th fltlllPA nf fl cenmont . t . L upium rntiie. it is my Liord. Sha nprfnrmAd thom or;-of: j- iiwiu u uuiiiii tit iiJii. : cu'. . u : 1- l j .i . . ; : She would run up to hand the-, top gallant-sail in any so rt of weather, acrJHve had severe ; passage. Poor girl she had a hard time of it. - ' ' v - J (I T if I 1 1 1 I nn i . . w ac - COun Of til e romantic pursuit of 'the person she was said to be, attached well as I could. 1 underwent a to correct? fait true thatsheentod-dealj I -traveled from East to 1 America after th. prrir--:.: Wno PortV-in iVorthSimerie - tcr 1 S; An wns said to be her sweetheart?, i i -'(drew's by myself adisfance pf 70 M ' Led n said that the account she'f miles, through the woods. ? I walked nr.a 1 ven-10 nirni cor respo ndett wit h that which appeared before the; rpab-: IIC, DUt She Would herself mnt , vn. Captain JU'Enti re seated 'tmrt had no doubt of the ,'correcthess of her statement She was not at alH Piven to loauneitvr on ih ...nt sne aid the duty of.a seaman with out a; murmur, and had ".infinitely better use of her hands than of her tongue. '';''-; ,';''..'. ; :: , This description of the female sai. Jor seemed to : be accurate. qx hands appeared-as if they were- co ve red with thick leather, gloves, and it was by repeated .question in . the Lord Mayor . got from the facts of which the following is the suh tance: ' . , . ;,: '.. - 1-'- v Anne Jane Thornton stated that she is in the seventeenth year, of her 1 o . 1 ' - was six years old. was the owner of stores in that part of Ire. rand' whs' always affectionate to her. mmi,unu in gooa - circumstances?, She regretted that -she had; quitted her home for her. departure, of which she had given no previous notice to her father, must have cau- sed him many a sorrowful hour When she was only thirteen years old, 8,1c met captain Alexander Kurke, whose father resided in N. York, and was the owner of vessels there; and before she was fifteen they became strongly attached to each other. Soon after Alexan- der Burke was obliged to g to New York, and she took the resolution to follow him. She quitted her father's house, accompanied by a maid ser- vant and boy, and having procured n ToKln k l . a u a cabin boy s dreskshe exerted her- ?elfto obtain a passage to America. upon her emlarkinff, the latter 1 ,;nir charsred with a messafro to UV,' her father, informing of her intention. rr r-, TO By degrees she became reconciled to the new employment; but she beheld with joy the city pt N. York, where she thought her labors would, terminate The moment she lan ded she went off in the cabin boys dress to the house of the captain Burke's fl ither nnrl snirl .thnt nht hnr! xnrtpfl nnrW ih rntaJn'a nroro ! and wished to bo f-naired bv hinVa- gain. It was bvlthe father of the young man that she was in a - young man that she was mtormed of the event which placed the eter-. nal barrier between' them, and she mtx'A fVr.v tuL j:. solate. America war howe- ver no place to look for sympathies. Ik the belief that the sea, which no doubt her affection . for Burlc e '- re-' commended her, was a more proha- ble mode of existence than she could, adopt in tne aress oi tier sex, sne applied for and obtained a situation as a cook and steward in the "Ade- laid, and subsequently in tho Uover, age; ner lamer wtia is now a widow- and humanity of the captain, who in er. took her and the rest of his fa-Utantly paid her all that was due to mily from Gloucestershire, where her. she was bom, to Donegal, when she 1 -The Lord MaVor. I shall five iur. m entire: '.The captain of Rp. ver hid engaged totake her to feel fast, but he received an order from the owners to sail from the West lnd return to her father as s eible, sue refused to" v him. For 31 months 1I1 ics: ana as sne WAS rpsn rpd n ; - - iWVW mM I soon as pos. accompanv v him. t For 31 months ihe had been encaffed in these 1 rpmarfcnKli A w& , - ventures, and participated in the most severe toils of the crew, of which she formed part. ? Uaptain M'Entire I am anxious tn Tt Lma . I . . ' .it ner me wages 1 owe' her; and 1 ne ; vAiwintf i.. i . w auu uii w iura 111 yiv iiiy iirr it?tM . than I agreed to pay. 'The ord Mayor. Ho h'artpen that you fancied th .l" . . . . r low did it the sailors v dress, well .knowing that bv nssum- one you rm su6h ter- j ne girl." 1 could "not think of any other wav. nd I did the' duties all the way. - f - CTntniniVi Itt t "J. lJr. 1 knew lw tunf-tureceiTea - rrane. pea rry me th rotigK cafe,- andlf?"5l Andrew's-1. wet Captain MLntire. unpiain JVi entire, it was but a - few days ago I learned that; we; had a girl on board. I was the last- per son in ibe vessel who; was informed of the ' fact, Hand, I could .scarcely crodit the mate wjien he told me of it. 1 bear testimony to the extra, ordinary propriety ' of her conduct, -and 1 ask heV again whether J have not acted'pfoperly towards' her, 6f particularly from the, moment I be. come acquainted Xwith the secret which she was So anxious not to' have disclosed, c A I : . - The girl said she was in . gratitude bound to ackuowledire the kindness j directions thatybu be taken care of j until I hear from your -father to whom I Kll -write tb-hmht: .You ( have done him greafwronff bv abnrrrV jdoning jhirn under : any - pretence, t but you . have suffered bitterly for ' your disobedience, and I trust that you will, by you - future attention arid cart prove to him that your filial affection is as strong as your courage Jn such circumstances of danger and toil ayou have been placed in, ha been so immeasura- bly beyond that of rest, of your sex in modem days. itlany gentlemen to whom I havetpokenon the sub- ject looked upon the case as the coinage of btherain but theinvestiga. tioh has, if possible added to the in- tere3t of the story. . j . captain iVFEatire mentioned to , r. 1 ., t . J? ,h.e VmV. 1 in 1 ir'w ' r unurn I r u. T7f 1 1 1 tt rr. woman, was lodged, is a respecta- : ble person, in" whose house she ! would be properly taken care of, and his; lordship desired that she should remain in that asylum. ... The girl then retired, after having gratefully acknowledged her thanks for the humanity and solicitude of LordMayor. She is of small, Stature and limbs are very firmly knit to- gelher her face is comely her eyc3 are dark nd brilliant, and her teeth "are extremely while. ,The hardships 4 r W ll I O Vl eka ka knan' cr' 1am - TT ' -,vus Pose(f; V,ave, completely tanned her face and neck, but the sailor who accidently discovered her sex de clars that thepaural colour of her ",n,,.,u rffWv - i The female sailor, Ann ThonUoo, whose romantic history has. aDnear. ted.in the papers, is nllt the go io London. ; Tile proprietor .of a mi- nor mea-.re nasj onereo to; pay ther "a guinea a night to appear in a character got up for her in a piece already prepared ID bo allowed to by person who offered her. to pay largely to exhibit 1 -., j SCENE INI A school room; Jerri,?- said tho master, you were not in. scroll. yesterday.' "No, sir, here's 'scuse mother sent ve: the samo timft hrdrlincr J v -v W aslip ot paper, on whicn were ' Avr'it ten the following seemly Kgytfari ' hieroglyphics atom to go a taturing. 9 , Jern," said the rnaster.tail examining it for some time, what doyesterdavrv.- 'Du& tatUfSL - - , : .! XMOh yes!-fiTepr at home to go -4 pctatoering.1 '.. ?- '-sJ' i Worcester Palladium. I iW- 1 A new riilejcr Subtraction, f -A laboring man purthaed a covt ofjsl farmer in the State of Mainejfor thirty dollars?, one half to be paid in cash, the other half in labor. , One day while at ! work threshing in q farmer's barri," not knowing that inf one was nearj.hrm, he; began to soliU oquise' in ihp following manner Take one I rom two leaves three; and .two from two leaves four; and three' irom two. leaves nve. . l hat s het case, and I am .afraid, my master'a cow never will be I paid lor, .JVo farmer overhearing, the , soliloquy stepped intojthe larn,.and ,told iho laborer if hel. would prove it to ba th case he would ve him; the cow, arid. r payhimtorwhat labor he had done. : IThe Jafit' rsi jr.ed il v ag ed to xlo ; jauo negaiuiUj : ine. loiro wing manner 'Iave:fiojbeen'W four years, - the first' yeai mv wife had child, that's one from - two , leaves three; he second she . had another.- . that'is two ' from two and leaves four; the third ye&r she had another w hich is three from two, and leaves five.-r-No I have to support, and .; I learX shall never be able to pay for the cow. The (armer Iminediataly paid hun for his labor, andavo up , his", noto for the cow; . ; -- j-. (ttA Diamond weighing upward! of 5 dwts.;was found on the planta. tion of JVI r.j Philip Biooks, inlho County of Prince Edward, by one of his children, who, .it, is supposed, was attracted by therays of light e milted from; its surface. " It has been examined by several "tcientific.gen I tlemen, among: whom was the Pro- j lessor of Chemistry atHareni-! lcy uliCSc 0,1 01 waoin prouounCQ h the pure carbon. The discover? of this great treasure appears to havo been the work of Providence; for Mr Brooks was a very poor min, and) besides, is much involved. Since tho discovery, however, he may occupy, the station he formerly did, as re ga rds ihe riches of this world Mr. Brooks is disposed to sell. v . Richmond Enquirer, ! ' '.' ''"'. .A Knitting Machine 1 ; Those who have curiosity to et amine new and ingenious machinery! may be gratified by calling at the' Ag ufi.'.ld,..! IV- U...Z.- .L .1 iicuiiuiai i arenuuse, wnere inej may see a rnachino for knitting stock ings, the operations of which are per formed with surprising accuracy and facility,. IT is , the invention of a Pennsylvania Farmer, and has beer patented. We should think it would be a mcut advantageous machine introduce into all public institutions where it is desimhle tn rrivr nrofifn- hie employment to children) 1. Boston Courier. OCT The Earl of Dundona.J, Ion familiar to the public for his. radical politics in England, and for his na val exploits in South America, when he bore the title of Lord Cochrane, was called upon, during jhe last sef-; sion of the, British Parliament, tr give his opinion, before a commit tee, on the practicability, of k-nrrt navigation to Iridin, on which ccca sion he made an extraordinary state ment. He said that " he had disfce- ' vered in quicksilver a' substitute fiir steam, and that it possessed superior advantages. It would not,, for in stance, requirea Urge qua otitycf 5 fuel, and the ships, in which it should be employed, might v be navigated with sails, and would not differ in an pearance frepj other Testis, Ihd ' ; ' . ; ; . - '1 -1: . . - .-- i it 1 ) - fj
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