ON A HUMAN SKELETON
Sorrow r cell was life's retreat;
This nairow TOVsteri-
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What beauteous pictures fill'd this
spot,
What dreams of pleasure, long tor
Nor love, nor joy, nor hope, nor fear,
lias leit one irac ui
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye:
But start not at the dismal void !
If social love that eye employ d,
Tf loirless fire it cleam a,
But thro' the dewof kindness beam'd
-nt tr chnll be forever bright,
When stars and suns have lost their
light!
tiere, in this silent cavern, hung
The ready,swift and tuneful tongue
Tf falsehood's honey it disdain'd,
And where it could not praise was
cham'd:
If bold in virtue's cause it spoke,
v o-ontio mnr.ord never broke;
That tuneful tongue shall plead for
thee, '
When death unveils eternity !
Sar,did these fingers delve tli e mine
Or with its envied rubies snme.
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
fon nntViinp-now avail to them:
But if the page of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands a richer meed snail
Than all that waits on wealth or
fame!
Avails it whether bare or shod
These feet the path of duty trod?
If from the bowers of joy they fled
To sooth afflictions humble bca;
If qrandeur's guilty bribe they
snurn'd.
And home to virtue's lap return'd;
These feet with angel's wings snail
vie,
And tread the palace of the sky !
From the Plymouth Memorial.
"Procul 0! Procul esie fircfani!"
We bipeds, made up of frail clay,
Alas, are the children of sorrow;
And. tho' brisk and merry to-day;
We all may be wretched to-morrow.
tor sunshine s succeeded Dy rain,
Then fearful of life's stormy wea
ther, Lest pleasure should only bring pain
Let us all be unhappy together.
I grant, the best blessing we know
Is a friend for true friendship's a
treasure:
And yet, lest your friend prove a foe,
J j , i Mututi itvui xjk a oiiiii u lai uun-
O taste not jthe dangerous pleasure. struction amj tQ wW h a chisel
l nus ineausiup s a nimsy anmr; i.
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Thus riches and health are a bubble;
There's nothing delightful but care,
Nor any thing pleasing but trouble.
If a mortal would point out that life
That on earth should be nearest to
heaven,
Let him, thanking his stars, choose
a wife,
To whom truth and honor are given:
But honor and truth, they are rare,
And roses have thorns that will tin-
And with all my respect for the fair,
I'd advise him to sigh and live single.
It appears from these premises
plain,
That wisdom is nothing but folly;
Thatpleasure'saterm that has pain
Andthat joyis your true melancholy.
That all those who laugh, ought to
That 'tis fine frisk and fun to be
grieving;
And that since we must all of us die,
We should all be unhappy while
living.
From the Newbern Sentinel.
EPISCOPAL COWEJYTIOJY.
The Convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church of
North-Carolina, assembled in
Williamsboro', Granville coun
tv on the 6th May. TWlrUc
the bishop, there were 7 nrPc.
bvters belonging to the diocp.?.
one presbyter from the dioces
of Pennsvlvania. and a deacon
from that of New-Jersey; toge
ther with lay delegates from
ten consecrations. This Con
vention was one of the greatest
interest to the members of the
Church, as the first in which the
venerable diocesan presided.
The Convention was opened
with an impressive ..' discourse
from the Bishop ; and divine ser
vice was performed, and a ser
mon delivered by some of the
clergy till the adjournment oi
the convention, on the morning
and evening of every day, ex
cept Sunday, when three servi
ces were performed. On Sa
turday night, confirmation was
administered to several persons
as preparatory to receiving the
Holy communion; and on Sun
day morning to some others,
who, on the nisht previous were
not able to enjoy the benefit of
this Apostolic rite. Un Sunday
mcrnins: the Holy Communion
was administered to a number of
attentive recipients. One new
candidate for orders was recei
ved, and three new congrega
tions admitted into union with
this Convention. We have
great reason indeed, to bless Al
mighty God for the prospect we
have of the increase and prospe
rity of this portion of His visi
ble church. Oh that every
member thereof may "adorn the
doctrine of God their Saviour in
all things." The Convention
was conducted with the great
est harmony and affection ; and
was closed with singing the 1 33d
Psalm, and prayer and benedic
tion from the Bishop.
Graphic Kaleidoscope. An
invention of great importance
in the arts, and particularly in
Bank note engraving, has lately
been perfected by Mr. William
J. Stone, of Washington, by
which an endless variety of fig
ures can be produced, in a man
ner that we believe to be inimi
table. We cannot give the rea
der a better idea of the peculiar
powers of this machine, than to
compare it to a kaleidoscope, m
forming combinations of the
most beautiful figures that can
They arc formed
of one continued line, crossing
and entangling themselves in
the richest variety.
This apparatus is composed of
two cylinders, on the surface of
which leaves are attached, with
moveable fulcrums in the evolu
tions, which give motion to an
other lever ot a singular
is attached for cutting the figure.
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Jittarhea tnr niltino" ti
Nothing that we are acquainted
with, in the whole circle ol the
arts, presents such a formidable
obstacle to forgery; and we are
assured by the inventor himself
that no two machines of this
description can ever produce the
same work.
Here, then, it is probable, is
the desideratum so long sought
for by the Bank of England, and
or which so tempting a premi
um has been ottered, ihc in
ventor, we are told, is so confi-
dent'of the utility of his disco
very, that he intends to repair
to London, for the purpose of
submitting it for inspection in
that metropolis. Wash. Gaz.
American Bible Society.
The Sth anniversary of the A-
merican Bible Society was held
in the city of New-York on the
13th ultimo.
There have been issued from
the Depository of this Society
the past year, 60,439 Bibles and
Testaments. The N. Y. Daily
Advertiser states that "there
Sth year at the Society's De-
pUSlkUiy III H(,-iuia, (U)UIJ
Bibles and lestaments; 700
Bibles and Testaments, in dif
ferent languages, have been re
ceived as donations from the
British and Foreign Bible So
ciety, and 2000 have been print
ed with stereotype plates be
longing to the Society at Lex
ington in Kentucky making a
total of four hundred and three
thousand, three hundred and
three thousand, three hundred
and fifty-two Bibles and Tes
taments, or perhaps of the lat
ter, printed from the stereotype
plates of the Society, or other
wisp, nhtained for circulation,
during the first eight years of
the Society's existence.
Vnlrirrh. Mum 25. About
three weeks ago, a daughter of
Mr. S. in this city, 7 or 5 years
of age, while sewing, with her
work fastened to her clothes
with a needle, hastily rose to
join her playmates, who came
about her, when sne suuucmy
exclaimed that something had
stuck in her leg. On examina
tion, a red point was discovered
a few inches below the knee, the
needle was missing, but there
was no other evidence of its
hnvino entered the leg. She
shortly ceased to complain of
the injury, and in a day or two,
walked to the A cademy as usual.
For two or three days past she
has spoken of a pricking sensa
tion in the calf of the leg di
rectly opposite the puncture.
On Friday morning a physician
was requested to examine it. He
found a slight elevation of the
skin, whicli he suspected was
produced by the advance of the
lost needle, and on making an
incision, discovered, its point,
with a pair of small forceps the
entire needle was extracted. It
measured something more than
an inch, and was perfectly
black. Register.
Rumford Premium. The
number of the Boston Journal
just published, contains a no
tice of Count Kumiord s dona
tion to the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, made in
the year 1797. The donation
consisted of five thousand dol
lars United States' three per
cent, stock, the income of which
was directed to be granted eve
ry two years as a premium to
the author of the most impor
tant discovery, or useful im
provement on heat or light, that
shall be made public in any part
of the continent of America du
ring the preceding two years.
The Academy has repeatedly
announced the fact, that it was
ready to award the premium to
any person who should show
that he was entitled to it, on the
terms of the donation, but no
discovery or improvement of
the kind described, has ever
been brought to the notice oCthe
Academy, which they have con
sidered entitled to the premi
um. The interest has therefore
from time to time been added to
the principal, which at this time
consists of $7,2G1 19 in sixper
cent, stocks, and $7,050 in se
ven per cents. The income on
the whole sum, for two years,
constitutes the premium now
offered. A period of two years
will expire at the next quarterly
meeting of the Academy, which
will be held on the 25th inst. at
which time they will be ready
to award the premium to any
person who shall appear to be
entitled to it.
The Koran. The Pacha of
Egypt has given a construction
to the Koran, at once novel and
ingenious. His highness main
tains that the part of the religion
of the Prophet, which is suppo
sed to preclude the use of spi
rits is misunderstood that Ma
homet only prohibited the use
of the fermented juices of the
grape or cane, but not of those
liquids produced by distillation,
which was entirely unknown at
the period when he communica
ted the doctrines of his religion.
In consequence of these liberal
sentiments the distillation of
Rum was progressing with eve
ry prospect of considerable suc
cess, throughout the empire! !
An Englishman s view of
the United States. .vc
pool paper gives the following
rnnn;fi VlGW Ot the U. States:
1lf n million of
scholars at the public schools
throughout the United States,
and more than three thousand
students at the Colleges which
confer degrees. There are a
bout twelve hundred students at
the medical schools; five hun
dred at the theological semina
ries, and more than a thousand
ctndpnts at law. There are a-
bout ten thousand physicians,
and upwards of six thousand
lawyers. There are about nine
thousand places of worship, and
about five thousand clergymen.
About four thousand four hun
dred patents have been taken
out for new and useful inven
tions, discoveries and improve
ments in the arts. Between
two and three millions of dol
lars' worth of books arc annual
ly published in the United
States. A thousand newspa
pers are published. There was
more than one hundred steam
boats, comprising more than
four thousand tons, navigating
the Mississippi. The vessels of
the United States by sea perform
their voyages on an average, in
one third less time than the
English. There are five thou
sand post-roads, and twelve
thousand miles of turnpike
roads. There arc three thou
sand legislators. "
Indian War prospect. The
Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette, of
the 30th April, says: "Since our
last we have had an interesting
conversation with a gentleman
from the neighborhoodof Frank
lin, Missouri, now here, from
whom we have learned in addi
tion to items of Indian hostility
heretofore published, that the
general deportment of the sava
ges of the Northern tribes on
their visits to the immediate
neighborhood of the whites,
whether for business or obser
vation, is marked by insolence
and a freedom with small arti
cles of property, which by old
settlers on Indian frontiers, are
known to be the certain precur
sor of hostilities. The inhabit
ants of thin settlements in some
parts of the country, had be
come so much alarmed at the
visible indications, as to give up
their situations and remove in
to more populous districts. Our
informant adds, that th mea
sures of defence best to be adop
ted in c&P&ttacks have fre
quently been the subject of
conversation between himself
and his neighbors, whose gene-
iu opinions, mat in a snort time
they will become necessary
uur opinion is, that the atten
tion of the government cannot
too soon be turned to the situa
tion of affairs in that quarter
and that the approaching sum
mer will not pass away without
much blood shed on the borders
of the Missouri."
Forgery and perjury. A
peculiar case was tried at the
Superior Court, in Amherst, N.
H. last week. It was an appeal
from the decree of the Judge of
Probate on a Will, and involved
not only much property, but, as
the Amherst Cabinet says, what
is infinitely more valuable, the
character of the parties and wit
nesses. The will had been pro
ved by the Probate Court, both
in Middlesex -county, in Mas
sachusetts, and in New-Hampshire,
and it is now alleged to !
have been originally forged and 1
its probate obtained by the de
testable crime ot perjury. One
of the witnesses, after hnvin
sworn in the Probate Court to
the validity of the will, now
swears it to have been, from the
beginning, a vile and wicked
system of fraud, forgery and
perjury. Two others attempt,
ed to maintain the validity Cf
the will by their oaths. The"
Chief Justice, in charnn"
jury, deprecated the wickedness
and depravity brought to
by the trial. The jury found a
verdict against the will; so th5
the .executor and three witnes
ses- to the will stand guilty
gross fraud, forgery and per.
jury.
Charleston, May 17. .4
Canal Boat, belonging to Mr
Samuel S. Saylon, from this ci
ty bound to Columbia, with a
valuable cargo of merchandize
was blown up in the Santee
canal, near the plantation of Dr
Reaenel, on Friday last. The
boat, and most of the cargo, in
cluding an elegant new piano
forte, were destroyed. The
crew, which consisted of five
negro men, were all more or
less injured by the explosion,
some of them dangerously.
From the statement of the pa
troon, it appears that a carbov
of ether, of vitriol, must have
burst in the hold on hearing
the explosion, he opened a slide
between the cabin and the hold,
and on putting in his lantern to
discover the cause, fire was in
stantly communicated by the
candle to the foul air. The
crew hastened to get off the
hatches, but while in the act of
doing so, a quantity of gunpow
der, which was below, explo
ded, and literally blew the boat
to pieces.
Lord Erskinc. This great
lawyer; when at the bar, was al
ways remarkable for the fear
lessness with which he contend
ed against the bench. In one of
his contests with the judges, he
explained the rule of his con
duct at the bar in the following
terms: "It was the first com
mand and counsel of my youth,
always to do what my con
science told me to be my duty;
and to leave the consequences
to God. I shall carry with me
thememorj-, and trust the prac
tice of this paternal lesson to
ihc grave. I have hitherto fol
lowed it, and have no reason to
complain that my obedience to
it has been even a temporal sa
crifice. I have found it, on the
contrary, the road to prosperity
and wealth, and I shall point it
out as such to my children."
The wife. An eloquent au
thor thu describes the solacing
tenderness of his partner in life's
joys and vicissitudes: '-At a
time, alas! when every thing
displeased me; when every ob
ject was disgusting; when my
sufferings had destroyed all the
energy and vigor of my soul;
when grief had shut from my
streaming eyes the beauties of
nature, and rendered the whole
universe a dreary tomb; the
kind attentions of a wife were
capable of conveying a secret
charm, a silent consolation to
my mind. On! nothing can
render the bowers of retirement
so serene and comfortable, or
can so sweetly soften all our
woes, as a conviction that wo
man is not mainerent to our
fate"
If you would be known, and
not know, vegetate in a village;
if you would know, and pot be
known, live in a city. Lacon.
PHntl llg neatly executed