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SATURDAY, Ora MAY, 1835.
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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, :
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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 ,
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' 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 .
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sinwiv fin rno on m nr u- orr , .-, rm ou j : .. . .
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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.
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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.
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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: ' . , . ;,:
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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 ;
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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.
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"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.
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captain iVFEatire mentioned to
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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
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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
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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.
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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; . ;
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(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,
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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
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