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' i : - ' * t ’>-' Pv POETRY. liXSSSONS. BY MARY ANN BROWmi. iLetus gQito the hall, wher^ the red wine flows. And roses and myrtles are gayly wreathed; Wiiere many a cheek with its deep joy glows, And the sweet, sweet musick of lutes is breathed. Ere morning comes, the scene will be fled; Faded will be the dyeara o f bliss; The song will be hushed, nnd the roses dead-^ Is there nought to be learned by this? Let us go to the shore where the sea-shells lie, And the sand with weeds and wrecks is strown; Where over the rocks the cold waves fly. And make their hollow and sullen moan. These desolate things were cast away From the false breast of the raging seas; And there are they sadly left to decay—. Is there not a lesson in these ? L e t us go to the wood, where the hawthorn blows, When its leaves in the scSt spring time are green; When its mantle around it the woodbine throws. And the pearly flowerets peep between; Ob, we shall find a moral in them. Thus with the leaves deceitfully twined; pecking awhile the thorny stem, Yet dropping off with the first rude wind! Let us go to the fields, when the storm is o’er, And the rain-drops sparkle like stars at eve; When the thunderpeal is heard no more. And the ocean’s bosom has ceased to heave; Then we shall see the rainbow bright, From the gloomy cloufis and sunshine wro’t. Shedding on all things its coloured light— Something, surely, by this is taught. Let us go to the graves, where our loved ones are, And let us choose the midnight time. When the heavens are glorious with many a star. And silence and grandeur raise thoughts sublime; As we look from the mouldering dust, Up to the cope of the beauteous sky. So shall our spirits ascend, in their trust, To the Holy Spirit that dwelleth on high. T H E H E R O I C K A F R IC A N . BY SEnnECK OSBORN. Tremendous hangs the angry blast! The boldest hearts with terror quake! High o’er the vessel’s tottering mast The liquid mountains fiercely break! Each eye is fixed jn wild despair. And death displays its terrors there! Now plunging in the dread abyss, They pierce the bosom of the deep; Now rise where vivid lightnings hiss. And seem the murky clouds to sweep— Through the dark waste dread thunders roll. And horrors chill the frigid soul! The storm abates; but shattered sore, *The leaky vessel drinks the brine; They seek in vain some friendly shore, Tfeir spirits sink, their hopes decline! But lo! what joy succeeds their g rief! Kind Heaven bestows the tvished relief. See, on the deck young Marco stands. Two blooming cherubs by his side. Entrusted to his faithful hands, \ A mother’s joy, a father’s pride;” Though black his skin, as shades of night. His heart is fair, his soul is white! Each to the yawl with rapture flies, ' Except the noble generous boy; Go, lovely infants, go,” he cries, _ “ And give your anxious parents joy. No mother will for Marco weep. When fate entombs him in the deep! Long have my kindred ceased to grieve, No sister kind my fate shaif mourn; No breast for me a sigh will heave, No bosom friends wait my return!” He said, and sinking, sought the happy shore, Where toil and slavery vex the soul no more. MISCELLANY. JFiom the Episcopal Register. T H E STO R M ., It was a balmy evening in June when an anx ious and devoted wife sat before an open win dow which overlooked p art of a beautiful bay that formed the harbour of the seaport in which she resided. Her C’e 3 had never rested on a scene more lovely. The pure blue sky without -a cloud, and the calm clear water sleeping be- Tieath it in its loveliness like the baby boy that was pillowed on her own fair breast. But it was not the beauty of the scene that made it so attractive to her. Hers was not the delighted ga^e of one whose feelings are all ab sorbed in the ioveliaess of nature. On the 'Contrary, her anxious, eager eye told that she ^ a s not satisfied with the scene before her, though SO fair; but then she was looking for an object of greater interest than any that appeared. But not a speck was to be seen on the silvery expanse before her and she turned away with a -disappointed and . t heart sickening feeling. Emma had looked forth many times, in the •day for several weeks on Jhe same scene, some- timi'S fair as now, and sometimes deformed by -storms, for the ship which contained her dearest treasure. Still the husband and the father came not, and her thoughts grew troubled and her^ heart sad, and now the tears fell fast on the dear* face of her sleeping infant. But Emma was a Christian, and the sweet promise, “ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind, is staid ^ n Thee,” came over her spirit so soothingly, and with a power so divine, that her heart at once rested on the promise of her Almighty Father, ami her perturbed and anxious feelings were bushed to repose. While she still sat at the window, her little boy of about ten years ran info the room ex claiming. “ 0 mother! dear mother! father is coming!” *• What do you mean, my child?” said Emma, turning very pale. Why look, mo ther! don’t you see that pilot boat? Well the men on board of her say that the ship Anne, is in the offing and- will be in the harbour before 'morning,”—0 my dear bpy,” said Emma, tegrs of joy now filling her eyes, “ what gratitude do we owe to our heavenly Parent! But are you Bure, are you quite sure it was the vessel that contains your father?” “ Oyes, mother, the men said they could not be mistaken—and see one of them is coming this way now, I do be lieve, to tell you about it himself ” It was as William had conjectured; the man soon arrived with the blessed intelligence that the vessel would undoubtedly be in the harbour before morning. “ What do you think father Will say to you, little Charley,” said William to his lovely little ’brother, as he opened his soft blue eyes and smiled upon him; “ I am sure he will give you so many kisses as to make you cry, for I don’t think you like to be kissed much.” “ Don^t you believe,” said he, turning to his mother, that father will think him the finest little fellow he ever saw? 1 expect he will love him even better than I do, added he, pressing his lips. tenderly to his soft fair cheek. The grateful mother smiled upon her precious boys while hei heart was lifted in adoring.thank- >fulness to Him who has bestowed these gifts, -and was about restoring to them and to her the life of all their earthly joys. William’s exuberance of joy continued to overflow at his lips, while the mother’s chastened hut far more deep, kept her silent and thought ful, though she listened with complacency and would now and then reply to the playful remarks of her.child. They were sitting in this way wfien a peal of thunder long and loud rolled over theirheads, and in a moment Emma and her boy were at the window. Their ayes hav ing been directed only towards the water^ they had not observed the cloud which had arisen in (the east and which they now perceived had near ly eoyered. the heavens—.God in mercy pre serve the father!” exclaimed Em m a ,‘‘ f o r i fearistorin is close at band.” Oh! if”—the shecked herself and only added. “ He who has hitherto preserved him can still keep him in. perfect safety,” and “ thou in perfect peace if the mind is stayed On me,” was whispered by the blessed Spirit. ’’ Compassionate father,” she responded in wardly. “ I will lean on thee, I will trust thee, I will repose on thy faithfulness.” Again was her spirit calmed, and the painful throbbiogs of her anxious heart quieted, although the storm was evidently fearfully increasing. In one short hour how bad the scene before her changed.— Dark and heavy ckmds were driven withfright- ful rapidity across the heavens, and the water was lashed to foaming fury by the violence of the wind. It seemed indeed impossible that a vessel could live fora moment on the heaving billows of that stormy sea. What a change too in the joyous feelings of William’s little affectionate heart. The big tears chased each other down his sweet pale cheeks, and all his childish prattle was forgotten. “ Kneel with mo,mydearhoy,” said his mother taking hishand, “ and let us pray for your dear father’s safety in this dreadful hour.” The mother and child sunk on their knees together, and with the eloquence of a woman, whose fears for the beloved of her Heart were all awake, and with the devotion of a Christian Whose trust was in the living God, she poured out her soul be fore Him. Such a sweet and holy calm was diffused over her spirit, and so absorbed were airher feelings in this divine exercise, that the continued ravings of the relentless storm were scarcely heard, and when she arose from her knees and looked abroad, she almost expected to see the sky and the water as serene as her trusting heart. But its fury abated not, and so weak and faithless is the human heart even when it leans the most confidingly on God, that her agitating forebodings in a great measure re turned. It was npw nearly bed time, but poor Emma thought not of retiring. Her unconscious baby laid to rest in its little cradle, was softly breath ing and sweetly sleeping, and William wearied with watching and weeping, sank beside him on the floor, and for a while forgot his sorroivs in the profound slumbers of childhood. But. not to the wife and mother came this soothing balm. Her aching head pressed not that night the pillow of repose. How could she bear to recline on that bed where she had so^ often rested on the dear bosom of him who was now perhaps stretched on the rocky bed of the ocean, with the cold and stormy waves for his covering. The long, longliours of that dreadful night were passed in walking the room or kneeling in prayer. “ 0 my Saviour!” would she cry, “ thou hast the same Almighty power, and the same compassionate heart that thouhadst while on the earth, and by thy sovereign word thou didst tben-still the raging tempest. Glisten! listen to the importunate cry of an agonized wife, and save, in mercy save, the beloved of her soul! Or else say “ peace, be still,” to the tempest within mylownbpsom, and let me rest with all the confidence of a redeemed child on thy faithfulness and love! Sweetly soothing to her heart were some of these moments of pray er: calmly and quietly could she stay herself on God, and praise him even with tears of grati tude that her precious husband was a Christian, and that the sea as well as the earth would yield its dead, and she again behold him Clad in the vestments of immortality, and adorned with his Saviour’s likenesd. But O! there were mo ments when even prayer afforded little relief, and.shein the anguish of her spirit refused to he comforted. The sun which had so long gazed on the fair est scenes of earth, never looked forth on a lovelier morning than that which succeeded thjs night of storm and tempest.—The balmihess of the soft air, the serenity of the blue sky, and the beauty of the bright water, were never ex ceeded. But when the glad rays of that glori ous morning penetrated the sad. chamber of Em ma, she covered her face and groaned in the bitterness of her heart; for where was he in whose arms at this very hour she hoped tohave been enfolded ? The mother’s deep agonizing groan broke the slumbers of her boy, who start ing on his feet, exclaimed, ’^has father conse?” “ Gh, no! my child” answered Emma, bursting fot the first time info a passionate fit of weep ing, “ nor will he I fear ever coine again!” Several weeks passed, and as nothing w.as heard of the ship which contained the husband of Emma, and as more than one vessel was known to have perished during the storm, the faint hopes that were entertained for her safety entirely vanished, and Emma felt that she was indeed a widow. On much such an evening as that which closed with the fatal storm, she was sitting at the window which overlooked the water, sad» very s-ad, but quiet and resigned, stricken to the dust as to her earthly hopes, hut sweetly resting on Him who is the widow’s God and Judge.— Her eldest boy was pensively leaning his head on his mother’s arm while his baby brother was Using it for a play thing, and twining hjs tiny fingers in the silken curls which adorned it, the only joyous one of the group j for William was still sorrowful when his thoughts turned as how to his lost father. The mother’s eye, as it was sadly bent on the water, rested on a group of .men who were standing on its very edge, and at this moment one of them raised a spy-glass to his face. Em ma, shuddering, turned hastily away, and a sick faint feeling came over her, but she almost im. mediately compelled herself fo look again, ashained of the selfishness which would not permit her to rejoice in the safety and happiness of others, while herself was bereaved and des date. Some beating hearts thought she, are waiting with tremulous joy the approach of the dear objects of their love. Shall I not rejoice with them? ’ Run, William, and see what vessel has arrived, for those men are watching, I am sure, the approach of one.’ William, obeyedi though reluctantly, -for his little heart was grieved whenever his eyes rested on the water, His mother watched his tardy footsteps as he ap- pyoacheilthe group, who at this moment spying him, one of them went forward to meethim.— Scarcely had they come near enough to speak, when, as though words of a magical, influence had been pronounced, William who before scarcely moved, now tossed iris arms high in the air, and iurning his face towards his mother’s ^dwelling, seemed borne along by the wings of ’the wind. The man as swiftly followed, and almost breathless they both entered at the same time the abode of Einma. *’ G mother! moth er!’ exclaimed William; ‘ Stop my boy,’ said Ills compaidn, ‘ let me speak to your mothei- first,’ and turning to Emma, ’ he added,’ ’ Be calm, madam, for we have glorious news, won derful news for you—the ship Anne is close at hand!’ Emma spoke not,hut her heaving bo som, and wildly rolling eye frightened her boy, who running to her and throwing himself on her neck exclaimed, ‘ Why, I ihought yoii would be so glad mother, that father after all is alive and coming to us, but you don’t look so at all, what is the matter, why do you look so strangely?’ Emma buried her face in the bo som of her child and relieved her bursting heart by weeping aloud. Locked in each others arms they mingled their tears and their touching thanksgivings to God for his unspeakable mer cy, while the man who stood by, though quite unused to the melting mood, himself wept like an infant. ‘ But how is it'?’ exclaimed Emma her recol lections returning as her agitation partly subsid e d ,‘has the ocean given up its dead?’ ‘ No doubt,’ rpelied the man, ‘ they were driven out to sea, and have been detained at some port to repair damages.’ Soon to the waiting eager eyes of the wife and child appeared that state ly ship, her white sails filled by a gentle breeze and bearing her majestically along over the soft ripple of the sparkling waves. Soon'.was she- safely moored in the quiet harbour, and a fa miliar, beloyed form seen to step from her decks and approach the house. Soon were they fold- ed to that heart which hut an hour or two be fore they had thought no longer beat for them, and .dear little Charley praised and an hundred timee kiesed by those lips Qiey had deemed cold in death. And oh! what sweet and blessed notes of thanksgiving and praise ascended that night from this abode of joy and love to that God who saveth, all those who put their trust in him! P atrioxick S entimeitts —from Dr Ram-, say’s energetick and elegant address to the cib izensof the United States:— ’’ Cultivate justice, both puhlickand private. No government can endure which does not pro tect the rights of its subjects. Unless such effii- cient regulations are adopted , as will Sf^ure pro perty as well as liberty, one revolution will fol low another. Anarchy, monarchy or despotism, will be the conseque.ncA If you continue un der one government—built on the solid founda tions of publick justice and publick virtue, there is no point of national greatness to which vou may not aspire, with a well-founded hope of speedily attaining\ it. ^ Cherish and support a reverence for government, and cultivate an uni on between the East and the South, the Allan- tick and the Mississippi. Let the greatest good of the greate8fnumber,be the pole-star of your publick and private deliberations. Agriculture, commerce, and manufactures are your proper bu siness. You have ample scope for the employ ment of your most active minds in promoting yoiir own domestick happiness. Maintain your own rights, and let others remain in possession of theirs. Avoid discord, faction, luxury and the other vices which have. been the bane of .commonwealths. Cherish and reward the phi losophers, statesmen and patriots, who devote their talents and time, at the expense of their private interests, to the toils of enlightening their fellow-citizens, and thereby rescue citi zens and rulers of RepublickSvfrom the common and too often merited charge of ingratitude.— Practise industry, frugality, temperance, mod eration, and the whole lovely train of republi can virtues. Venerate the plough, the hoe, and all the implements of agriculture. Honpur the men who, with their own hands maintain their fomilies, and raise up children who are inured to trial and capable of defending th.eh' country. Reckon the necessity o f labour not among the curses, but the blessings of life. Your towns will probably ere long he ingulphed in lUxiiry anp effeminacy. If your liberties and future prospects depended on them, your career of lib erty would probably be short; but a great ma jority of your country must, and will be yeo manry, who have no other dependence than on Almighty God for his. usual blessiog on their dai ly labor. From the s:reat excess of the number of such indepeqdent farmer? in these states over and above all other classes of inh-abitants, the long continuance of your liberties may be rea sonably presumedv Diffuse the means of edu cation, and particularly of religious instruction, through your remotest settlements. To this end, support and slrengthen the hands of your publick teachers. Let your voluntary contribu tions confute the dishonorable position, that Re ligion cannot be supported but by compulsory establishments. Remember there can be no liberty without morality; and that there can be no morality without religion.’ A F ine M im ,-Y ard .—Massachusetts once owned almost all the western part of New-York —the whole region west of Seneca Lake, ex cepting a tract of a mile in width along Niaga ra river. In 1787, Massachusetts sold these lands, six millions of acres, to Oliver Phelps, of Granville, Mass, and Nathaniel Gorham. In 178S ,Mr. Phelps penetrated the wilderness to Canandaigua, and purchased of the Indians (among whom was the famous chief Red Jack et, who is still alive,) all that part of the tract, which lies east of Genesee River, about two millions of acres, and a space twelve miles by twenty four on the west side of the river. The land on the west side of the river was obtained in the following manner. Mr. Phelps proposed the erection of mills on the west side at the falls, (where Rochester now is,) and told the Indians that he wished for a competent space around them for a mill yard. The Indians final ly assented to his request, and gave him- a tract about twenty four miles long, rmd twelve wide for a mill-yard. When the Indians came to see the first mill that was erected, and found out what a small thing it was, and how much land was requisite for a mill-yard, they uttered their expression of surprise,and added kaus~ konehicos! (signifying waterfall.) a name by which they ever after called Mr. Phelps. This mill-yard' includes the present towns of Gates, Greece, Caledonia, Wheatland, Chili, Riga, Ggdeii and Parma, and the flourishing village of Rochester.—JJiifwiJsAire Gazette. A m e r ic a n R u s t ick H o s p ita l ity .— Re turning from one of my excursions, I was over taken by the night, ami found mypalth obstruct ed by a deep inlet from the river; which bfeiiig choked with logs and brush, could not be crossed by swimming. GbServing a house on the oppo site side, I called for assistance. A half naked, ill-looking fellow came down, and after drag ging a canoe round from the river, with some trouble, ferried me over, and I followed him to his habitation, near to whjeh our boat was moored for the night. His cabin was of the meanest kind, consisting o f a single apartment, constructed of logs, which contair:ed a family of seven or eight souls, and every thing seemed to designate him as a new and thrifty settler. Af ter drinking a bowl of milk, which I really called for by way of excuse for paying liim s, little more for his trouble, 1 asked to know his charge for ferrying me over the water, to which he good humoredty replied, that he ’’ never took money for helping a traveller on his way.” “ Then let me pay you for your milk.” “ I neversell milk.” “ But,” said I urging him, “ I would rather pay you, I have money enough.” “ Well,” said he, “ I have milk enough, so we’re even; I have as good a right to give yon milk as you have to give me money.”—/wolge, HalVs Letters from the West. T he G reat T en of K onigstein ,—Gne of the greatest curiosities in the neighborhood of Dresden, is the Great Tun, erected at Fort Konigstein, by General Kyaw, the height of which is 17 Dresden ells, and its diameter at the biing, 12 ells. This vast vessel, which is always replenished with excellent wine, is ca pable of containing 3709 hogsheads; and on its head, is a plate with a Latin inscription, to the following purport. “ Welcome traveller, and admire this monu ment dedicated to festivity, in order to exhilar ate the mind with a glass, in the year 1725, by Frederick Augustus, King of Poland and Elec tor of Saxony, the father of his country, the Titus of the age, the delight of mankind.— Therefore drink to the health of the sovereign, the country, the electoral family, and Baron Kyaw, governor of Konigstein; and if thou art able, accordiUg to the dignity of this cask, the most capacious of all casks, drink to the pros perity of the whole universe—and so farewell.” P rotection against L ightning ___ \We extract the following directions on this head from our commoii-place book:—Places of the greatest safety in a thunder-storm. In case a thunder-storm were to happen while a person is in the house, hot furnished with a proper con ductor, it is advisable, not to stand near places where there is any metal, as chimneys, gilt frames, iron casements or the like; but to go into the middle of a room, and endeavor to stand or sit upon the best non-conductor that can be fotind at hapd, as an old chair, stool, &c. It 18 still safer to bring two «r three matresses or beds into the middle of thetoom, and folding them up double, put the chair upon them; for they not being such good conductors as the walls, the lightning will not choose an uninter rupted course through the air of the room and the bedding, when it can go through a continued and bettey conductor—the wall. The place of most absolute safety is the cellar, and particu larly the middle of it: for when a person is low er than the surface of the earth, the lightning muststrikfi the surface of the earth before it can poisibly reach hltfi. Butwhea Ucaii he had, a hammock, or swinging bed, suspended by silk cords equally distant from the walls bn every Side, and from the ceiling abpve.;aad be low affords the safest situation a person canhsve in any room whatever, and what, indeed, may 'he considered quite, freo from danger of any Stroke of lightning. If it storm happens t^hilst a person is in the open fields, and far from any building, the best thing he can do is to retire within a small distance of the highest tree or trees he can get at; he must by no means go quite near them, but should stop at about or 20 feet from their outward branches; for if the lightning should fall thereabout, it will,very probably strike the trees, and should a tree be split, he Is safe enough at that distance from it; besides, from repeated observations, it has been ascertained, that the lightning by no means de scends in one tindivided track, but bodies of various kinds conduct their share of it at the same time, in proportion to their quantity of conducting power.—Jour, q f Com. A n A ddress to R oyalty .—James the se cond, being on a tour, stopped at Winchelsea, where it was resolved that the mayor should ad dress him: but his worship being nogreat schol ar, it was Settled that the town-clerk should be his prompter. Being introduced to his presence, the town-clerk whispered to the trembling may or, “ Holdup yoiir head, and look like a man!” His worship mistaking this for the beginning of a speech, repeated aloud to the king, Hold up your head and took like a man /” The town-clerk amazed, whispered to him, “ You are stupid, what do you mean?” The mayor, in the same mantier, ^*-You are stdpid, what do you mean?” The town-clerk whispered Still more earnestly, “ Zounds, Sir, you’ll ruin us all!”—which the mayor sti.II imagined part of his speech, thundered out, ''Zounds, Sir, you'll ruin us all. ” A sure cure for the S tavin .—Take one pound of angle worms, fry them well in a pound of butfor, and after it is cool add one gill of spirits of turpei.tine. Take one ounce. Grigamim Oil, (sold at the Druggists,) which mix in one gill of spirits of turpentine. Every morning rub the Spavin with the angle worm mixture, heated in a shovel over|the fire. Every evening rub the Spavin with the Ori ganum Oil mixture. By the time these are used, you will begin to see the horse improve. During the operation, it will often appear to make him worse; but this must n o t be regarded as injurious. It does uot remove the lump but the di'-ease is e x tirpated. [This recipe was communicated to .the Edi tors of the Philadelphia American Daily Adver- lis'-r, by practical men, on whose integrity and judgemen t we can fuHy rely, and is here ofered as a service due to a noble and useful animal.] G rasshoppers .— We doubt whether any better remedy can be found against these In sects than subjecting them to the operations of tnrkeysand other poultry. It is true, turkeys, hens and, chickens are troublesome tenants on a farm, and whether they will not do more mis chief to the crops, than they will do good by putting grasshoppers in their crops, is a thing to be thought of. Moreover,it is Said that poultry fed on grasshoppers is nor very good eatingdur- ing the season in which the insects furnish their principal food. But ifJhe fowls are kept up on corn or other farin.iceous or vegetable food, a fortnight or three weeks after the grasshoppers have disappeared, it is probable they will baas palateable to an epicure as if they bad been fed altogether on substances last mentioned. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. ' I ndustry — ^The Jews are said during some periods, at least, of their existence as a people, to have educated their children, universally, in active business; and to have adopted, proverbi ally this aphorism, that he who dots not bring up his child to useful industry, brings him up to be a beggar and d nuisance. It is to be fer vently wished, that all Christian parents would adopt the same maxim, and thus prepare their children to become blessings both to themselves and mankind. It has been repeatedly observed in these discourses, that industry and economy are not natural to man, and can only be estab lished by habituation. These habits must both be begun in the morning of life, or there is dan ger, that they will never be begun successfully. As no man, consistently with this plain duty, can be excused from being industrious and economical himself—so no man can be justified for a moment, who does not effectually commu nicate both industry and economy to his chil dren. He,, who at first made labour the ena- ployment of mankind, and whp afterwards com manded to gather up the fragments, that noth ing might be lost, will admit no excuse for the neglect of these duties, whether they, respect ourselves or our offspring. In this subject pa rents and children of both sexes are equally con cerned. - Both parents are bound to teach their children; and their children, of both sexes, are bound to learn to be industrious and economi cal; to fill up tbe|r time with useful employ ments; to inethorlize it, that it may thus be filled up; and to feel, that the loss of time, the neg lect of talents, and waste of properly, are all serious violations of their duty to God, The qiarents are bound to inspire, and the children to imbibe, a contempt, an abhorrence, for that silly worthless frivolity, to which so many children, of fashionable parents especially are trained; that sinful waste of the golden hours of life; that sickly devotion to amusement; that shameful, pitiable dependence on trifling, to help them along, even.tolerably through their present tedious dragging exislencev Few per sons are more to he pitied, as certainly few are more to be blamed, than those who find their en joyment only in diver.sions; and cling to a ride, a dance, a visit,a play, or a novel, to keep them from sinking into gloom and despondence. In- dustrious persons who spend their time in use ful pursuits, are the only persons whose minds are serene, contented and cheerful. If we wish happiness for our children, then we will carefully educate them to an industrious life.— Dwight's Sermons. th e next day the teacher was the ^rst in the school tootn; the children as they canie in, eyed the shilling still lying in the sanie place, and a few appropriate observations fixed the moral impression. When children are taught in a manner so suited to their age, can we wonder at the happy change which takes place in their characters and dispositions? They themselves are aware of it, and bear their ample testiinony to the efficacy of the system. Teacher, said a little boy at the BrightoH school, I used to fight before I came to school, but I never fight now. — Com.'Gax. BENJAMIN SHERMAN, I KAVING received the latest fashions from E l New-York, for all kinds of Gentlemen’s Garments, respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he still continues business at the shop adjoining Mr. Thomas Limbrlck’s Dry Goods Store, where' all those who will favor him with their custom may depend on having their work executed in the most fashionable, genteel and durable manner, and at short notice, as he keeps none in his employ but faithful and experienced workmen. Hd solicits a continu ance, of public patronage. CUTTING promptly attended to, and war ranted to fit if properly made up. MILITARY GARMENTS of all descrip tions, made agreeably to the statate of this state. Catskill, June 5,1828. 55 INSURANCE ___ Against loss or damage by Fire. f’H'IHE Howard Insurance Company of New- A York (with .a capita! of ^300,00.0 all paid in)^has appointed (he undersigned 3urveyor & Agent for said Company, with powe,r in ordina ry case.?, to issue policies immediately after a survey shall be made. Applications for insu rance on property out of the town of Catskill must be in writing, and specify the construc tion and material of the building to be insured or containing the property to be iasured ; by whom occupied ; whether as a private dwel ling, or how otherwise; its situation with res pect to contiguous buildings, & their construc tion avid ihaterials; and whether any manufac tory is carried on within or about i t ; and in re lation to t he insurance of goods and merchan dize, the application must state of what de scription they are. Applications from residents of this village for survey and insurance will be personally attend ed to by WILLIAM H. COIT, Ageni for Howard Ins. Co. Calskill, Feb. 24, 1829 __________ , 93 SADDLE AND HARNESS M A N E F A O T p E Y f I I H E subscriber hav- A ing purchased the eskablishment, together with the stock of Mr. G eorge B oyd , he .has removed his former stock to the shop lately occu- pied by the latter, where _ he intends in future to carry on. the SA D D L E ^ H A R N E S S and T R U N K , making business, in all their vari^ ous branches.. All orders from the publick will be gratefully received, and attended to with a promptitude which shall deserve their patronage. - No pains will he spared on his part to finish the work in trusted to him, in as good style as can be pro duced at any other establishment. N. B. Carriages trimmed in the neatest man ner, and all other work connected with the bu siness, executed to order, without delay, ’ SEDGWICK PRESTGN. Catskill, January 15,1829. 87 C llfto Nl/lfeSERY: O AMUEL ADAMS, respectfully informs his old customers and the country at large, that he has taken much paijns in selecting the most choice Apple Trees that have ever been intro duced into the country. He now offers them at the reduced price of j^l2,50 the hundred, at his old stand, at E. Blackman’s. Large early harvest Apple, Ripe in J u ly Street do do in Sept. Yellow Sweeting do do in dp Ox do do in October Esopus Spitzenburg do do in March Seek no-turther do do in do Priestly do do in do Newark King do do in do Siberian Crab do do in do Winter Pearmaine do do in do Vanderveer do do in do Taiman Sweeting do do in do Fall Pippin do do in Sept. Large R. I. Greening do do in March Newtown Spitzenburg do do in do .Tfii'sey Sweeting do do in April Green Pippin do do iu do English Russet do do in August Mouse do do in March Swaar do do in do Stoutsbiiry Russet do do in July Roxfaupy Russet do do in June Winter Pippin do do in do Cairo, Gel. 10.1828. 73 I nfant S chools .—Among those moral feel ings which I have known inculcated with the greatest success, is that of scrupulous respect for the property of others. When the Spital- fietds school was first established, it was found that the children were habitual pilferers. They constantly attended tlie markets, and levied heavy contributions on the fruit sellers. The master of that school succeeded so well in sub duing tliis propensity, that though both flowers and fruit were within their reach in the open space appropriated to their amusements, they scrupulously abstained from picking a single currant and plucking a single leaf. A lesson given by the same individual at an- other school, will serve to illustrat<^ the manner in which these moral impressions are conveyed. Just before the dismissal of the school for the day, he assembled the children around him, and putting his hand into bis pocket, asked—whqse shilling is this? Yours, teacher, was the gene ral reply. Has any one a right to take itirom me? No, no, it would be thieving. Then drawing it out of his pocket and displaying it in his hand—whose is the shilling now ? has any one a right to take it from me? Then (suiting the action to the word,) if I throw it on the ground, whose is it now? Instantly a score of little ones sprang forward to seize the prize __ The practical moralist was on his guard; he cov ered the glittering bait with his foot, motioned the little trespassers to their seats, and again ad dressed the elder ones—whose is the shilling now? Yours, teacher, yours. He repeated the question till every voice exclaimed. It is yours, it isyoiirs. Then said he, if 1 choose to lei this shilling remain all night on the floor, has,any one a right to take it away? Nobody^ Robody, was the unanimous reply. Go home then, and to-morrow morning we shall see whether my shilling is left ia its place. CLOTHING EMPORIUM.') Y A a S just received from New-York, a gene- JLJL ral and well selected assortment of blue black, olive, green, mixed and scarlet Cloths Cassimeres—also, nankeens, brown drillings, striped bombazines, silk, camblets and ducks, a com p lete assortm e n t o f vestings,.hangup cords, stockings, gloves, stocks, handkerchiefs, whh a full supply of first quality trimmings of every description. J. P. D. has just received the latest and most approved fashions.'from England and New York, for Froek Coats^oaU, Surtouls, Cloaks, Great Coats, VestsandPantalpons. He will keep on band a gooff assortment of ready made clothing, such as coals, frock coats, cloaks, surlDuts, pantaloons, vests, shirts, draw ers, of substantial fabrics and workmapship, at low rates. O ’ Military garments mad? according to the statute. Cutting proihptly attended to. Orders from his friends in the country grate- ully acknowledged and punctually executed. (He has removed two doors above A. C. Hall, to the Ibuilding lately occupied by Thom as B. Cooke, where he has fitted up an elegant shop, and furnished it with a splendid assort ment of goods appertaining tp bis line of busi ness, nnd suited to the season, which h e will sell and make up in the most approved style, at the lowest prices. Catskill, May 7,1829. 3 NEW STORE. XKTILLIAM H, COIT.(late dt the firm of V V Porter, Coit & Tappan,) has taten the store formerly occupied by. Haight & Van Voorhis, (next dooi to Croswell & Brace,] where he-is opening a general assortment of FANCY and STAPLE DRY GOODS, com prising all Ihe variety of articles which are usu ally wanted, selected particularly for the retail trade; a few of which are enumerated. Super blue, black and fancy colored cloths Cassimeres, satinets, flannels, baizes blanxets Tartan and Caroline Plaids Goat’s hair and common camblets Italian Lustrings, Sarsnels and Sinchews Blue and black Gros de Naples Blue and black Marcelines; Bombazines Bombazetts, Circassians, lace veils, laces Ribbons, Calicos, Shirting, Sheetings, &c. &c Also an assortment of CHOICE GROCE RIES for famiiies. Catskill Oct. 23,1828. 75 HARDWARE STORE. Sign o f theJPadlocJc. r p H E Firm of T. B; Cpoke jA St Co. is' changed to G O O K E , W BLSO N & G R I 6 GS 3 who are now opening a large and handsome assortment of Hard-Ware Hollow. Ware, Cutlery, Sad. dlery, JYails, Glass, Tin, __ Iron and Steel, of recent im portations, which they offer for saig, wholesale and retail, at the lowest New-York prices. PLOUGHS and PLOUGH CASTINGS, of every description, kept constantly on hand. Catskill, Jan. 1,1829. 86 T FOR SALE, A f a r m in Kiskatom, about six miles from - l A the villageof Catskill,containing about 130 acres, with a small farm house and barn on the same.' Said farm is well watered & has a suita ble proportion of natural meadow, arable and pasture land, and the soil in general remarkably favorable for the use of plaster. About 100 graft ed apple trees, besides a number of natural fruit, are now in a bearing state. The fences are out of repair and poor, but a sufficient quantity of stone may be obtained on the farm to put it in good fence. It will be sold reasonable, and liberal terms given for payment. For particu- larsenquireof H. & P. WHITTELSEY. Catskill, (Leeds);Feb. 19,1829 92 For Sale or To Let, A ND possession given immediate* ly, the building recently occupi ed by the subscribers as a store and work shop. ARMSTRONG & PORTER. Catskill, May 7, 1829* ' 3 REMOVAL. ^HE subscriber respecttiilly informs the publick that he has removed to the build ing formerly occupied by Orrin Day, as an of fice, a few doors above the store of M’Kinstry, Day, & Co- where he continues the Cabinet ma king business in all its various branches He will keep on band, of his own manufacture. Sideboards, Secretaries, Bureaus and Book- Cases, Mahogany pill-qr and d aw Tables; Ma hogany Tea and DiningTables in sets; Pies and Card Tables &c., and all other articles in his line. The subscriber tenders his acknowledgements for past favours and solicits a^ continuance of the same. All orders punctually attended to, and thankfully received. P. BOUGHTON. Catskill, May 14,1829. _______________ 4_ STOVES. C O O K E , W I L S O N & G R IG G S , Y~1 AVE just received and are now mounting I.A a large assortment of Franklin, Cooking, Oven and Box STOVES, of the most fashiona ble patterns, which they, will dispose of at very low prices. ALSO, .Sheet Iron Stoves, Stove Pipe and sheet Iron Work of all kinds manu factured and for sale low. Catskili, Jan. 1,1829. ___________ 86 HENRY LANE. ^ D R Y G OO D S , 113 Pearl-street— Hanover Square, NEW-YORK. March 2,1829 _____________________ 94 BADLEY & W4TSON, A T T O R N E Y S & COUNSELLORS A T L A W , DURHAM. November 12 ,1828. 78 BOARDING, BY GEORGE TAYLOR, JVb, 26 Broad-Street, NEW-YORK. April 30,1889. ___________________ 2tf ATTENTION!! f I'tH E person having in possession, whether JL by intentional or accidental theft, or by one of the usual inodes of borrowing —vtilhoul leave —the second volume of Pitkin’s History of the United States, belonging to the subscri ber, may confer the favour of returning it either slyly or openly, without fear of interrogation. M, CROSWELL. Catskill, May 7, 1829. 3tf B J L Z r S W Q T Z S T .A .B Z 1 S . Corrtcttdweeklyfrom Ihe Hew- York papers, Disc. JV, York Holes. Jefferson co. bank 3*4 Wash. & Warren 1 1-2 Barkp’s Exch 65 Middle District unc. Plattsburgh 87 Niagara 95 Utica S-4 Auburn do Geneva do Canandaigua do Rochester do Cherry Valley do Catskill bank 1-2 Greene Co. 75 Chenango 3-4 Bnk Columbia unc. Albany banks under jj [20 1 2 Troy 1-2 Schenectady 1-2 Ithaca 1 Orange 1 2 Franklin 75 Connecticut. N. Haven bank pat Bridgeport do do Norwich do do Thames do 3-4 Norwalk do 3-4 Eagle do 98 Derby do no sales Harttord do 1-2 Phoenix do 1-2 Middletown do 1-2 All other banks 1-2 a Rhode-hland. Bristol bank 1-2 All others 1-2 Massachusetts. Boston banks 1-2 a Nantusket banks 1-2 Ail others 3 ^ Maint. Wiscasset broken Hallowell&Aagusta do Castine do Passam'aquoddy do Kennebeck do All others 1-2 jV ew-Hampshire. All the banks 1-2 a Vermont. Allthe banks 1-2 a Canada. Bank of Upper Canada S 6 . of Canada, Quebec 5 Allothers 2 a Hew-Jersey. Jersey bank 90 State bank at Cam den 1-2 Salem S .M .& B. C. Cumberland bank 1-2 Mount Hotly Disc Far. Bnk Bucks 1-2 Harj'isbnrgh bank do Easton bank do Germantown bank do Lancaster bank 1 Gettysburg bank do Chambersburg do do Carlisle bank do Bank ofPiltsburgh do Farm. &. Me. do Silver Lake 10 Greensburg bank 5 Brownsville bank 6 New Hope hank 62 do signed 1 . Q. Leake, cashier 25 Other banks 15 a 95 Delaware. Laurel bank 30 Farmers’ bank 1-2 All Olliers 1 Maryland. Baltimore banks 1-2 Port Deposit ' 30 Somerset &Wor. 75 Somerset Branch 75 Bank of Somerset 75 Cnraberland bank 55 All others 1 Virginia. Bank of Virginia St Branches 1 Far, hank of do &. Branches do Bank of the Valley G B. bank, Leesburg do do Charleston do do. Romney do N. W .bankofV a. 6 District o f Columbia. Mer.bk of Alex, broken Franklin do of do do Bank of Columbia 25 All others 3-4 a 1 Horih Carolina. S. bk& Brnchs 2 1-4 a4 Newbern &C. F e a r d South Carolina. Charleston bks 11-2 a 2 Georgia. Bk o f Augusta 2 s 2 1 4 Bank of Darien 25 a 3 State hank 2 a 2 1-4 Planters’bank do Ohio. Bank of Cbillicothe 5 Bank of Marietta 6 Bk ot Steubenville 5 Far. & Me. bank 5 Lancaster do 5 Bk of St. Clairsville 5 Bk o f Mt. Pleasant 5 W. Reserve bank 5 Kentucky. Bk of Ky. & Brnch. 34 do Bk Commonwealth Bank of N. Brunswick under $20 1-2 Patterson bank unc. S. B. a t T renton 95 Lombard 60 Franklin bank 98 Monmouth 90 Hoboxen Gra. Co. 93 Pennsylvania. Tennessee. S. bk &. Brnchs. £5 Nashville bank Louisiana. N,Orleans bks 2 a S Mississippi. Natchez bank 5 a Alabama, M obile bank 6 a Philadelphia hanks par'Tombickbebank ’iro* Bank o f Chester 1-2 Bank of-Delaware do Farmer’s bank 3-4 Michigan. Bank of Michigan 10
