Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 5, Number 219, Charlestown, Clark County, 23 October 1822 — Page 4

JT lie . UuU'.iccr and fun.urs I r,t if!. i.. loom or ai 'rr:-!N. "(l;ul vi' mm ion';' ii x.iiow, Yirw u ilii !nc ;ui1':m:u:'1 t:li''i!i; Lk.nii ir.iin In tut '"ir l tl-' Ic-ij.orr.jK', I); aJ, t r i i . t j - la:i m Ilii: toui'j. Si r- ;iU nature, In.'iii;:, (lif).1 :!'iit :ill thin:;- srcm l mourn ; Lii- (r. i vep'iiciuli liviiri, Calls 10 tiiii.J the nk'uiu'ring urn, Ofl'-n .-iuIii'iiu's tempest rising, .Vi ikes the h;tt idivvt l:oil: Vci in s f nature, how sui pi i'mrT, Kci'l in nature nature's (iud. S, . uur sevVum solo Creator, J ,ive eternal in tin skies; T liile we. mm lab yield to l:ah:rr, l'.locin ns liile, llien fade and die! jS;it lire's fall hy dread Rellonn, Tliroiii.li the tMT.nnv of kie; jht like plants iii pale Pomona, Full to iL-e. in future .springs. 3Ioirnfil semes, v-hen vegetation Dies hy froM. or worms devour Oouhly moMrnfttl, when a nation Tails ley i,eighlring nations pow'r. Death and war mv mind oppress Autumn shows my own decay C'.dU to mind my past distress And wains meol'mv d)ing day.

Strikes dejection through my eoal; il

hil; I mourn my lormer mny, Waves of sorrow o'er me roll. to'! I hoar the air resound in?, With expiring inlet's erie; $ to me, their moan how wounding

Kmhlein of iii)- own demise. Jloilow winds ahout me roaring--N i.v walers roiiml lru- rie, While 1 ret, my tale deplorin-;, .Ttars fast fcVwfmin:; from my eyes. What tome is autumn's treasure, Sinee I know no earthly jov; Lonr I've lost all youthful pleasure, 4 Time must youth and health destroy. rioasareop.ee I fondly roiirtcd, Bloomirir like the h!iihimj r.e; Ah! to me. w I.e. a on: e l'w sported, Now embitters ail my woe-. sre and sorrow since have blasted livery youthful pleasing dream; Qniv'rii; aje with youth eontra-teJ, 0! how short our flowing beam. As the annual frosts are cropping Leaves and tendrils from the tree?, u my fiiends urr yearly dropping, 13 V o!d or dire disease. Former friends, how oft I've sought them Just to cheer my drooping mind-, But thevre pone like leaves of autumn, Driven before the dreary wind. When a few more years are wasted When a few more days are o r When a few more griefs l'w t.utcd, 1 must fall to rise no more. Vast my sun of life's declining Soon t'will ct in endless niudit; Dot my hopes aic pat repining, LUss'd in future life and liht. Cense my fearing, trembling, sicliirijr, Death will break the sullen looin; Boon my spiiit, flut'ring, 11 incr, iMusl be borne beyond the tomb. MISCKLLJ.VLOCS.

J'rom Acker man's Repository for May.

Singular Theological Examination, Grabowski, Piincc Bishr p of Krmland h id manv eccentricities, of which the following anecdote mav serve as an instance : A good living liaving become vacant in Krmland, three candidates ; pplied for it : they had all for an equal length of time tserved equally miserable curacies and produced tqually creditable testimonials and recommendation. 41 Your claims," said the hi-diop, 41 are aqmd, and 1 CJtinot give the preference to any without injustice ro the others: I will therefore examine y.u myself in a lew we ksf and whoever it(uits himself bcjt L?':, Jm vacant parsonage.

Tli three tlcrcvmfn nrsjc!ticus!y i (kvottt! ihf inttrxal bllowetl them to preparation, and did not Jail to PreLnt thc.Hselvc at the appointed time. "You have probablj, .said the bishop .-ddn siii.S t'm tn Latin, k repeated your course ol divinity, and duly ptpaic.ijourstlvtbfor this rjccaMon." They rui.ttd m the afj firmUive. " Well then," contmtd the pi elate, ' n;y aim is attan cd :unl 1 wiil thtrelort , ihtr Mir ex.-;. ph-of our Lord ai d Sv,' iu, mertiy .speak to y(.u in parable kt buy posine," Miid ht. tuiiitDg to the first. " you had to drive a i.r-ivy L den nss, whose lo.d was to In dtliv ered at a particular time and u a certain place, and the as&wrre, from fatigue, to become meapabh ol po eecthng wh n you had ma-iy orriva; at the end ol your journey, vhai would you dor" "I vcutd beat him as hard as I c uhl," rcphed the 'Mnlidate, "to make him go Mc u maining short distance." ' H V1" were a generd" sa.d the bi.dup, 14 1 should approve onr m.;.v-r. And you," rontmued he, tun.r g'o the s. c-ud, " how would y u jet? "I vould hire another beM ot a cart," was the rep'. Moa-l it with the bun run. and hasten with it to the pbceof my deMiintitn.' tv And wh ir would tl en brc me I the ass?" rejoined the bohop. "1 would hire a m n," replied the can didate. " to drive h-m alter me when he had rested h msell." "It you were a merchant," said 'he bishop. and had alwa a full purse at your command, your answei would not

be amiss, nut, he again a keci, turning to the third " bow would you niana&e ?" ' For my part." answeicd he, ' I would rake as much of the load as I could tarry on my own shoulders to relieve the animal, and thus continue my journey." 44 You," cried the bishop, who, regar dless of your own convenien e, are ready to take upon your tfo ul dcrs put of the burthen of him who is weary and heavy laden, you shall have the l'mug."

Novelties in rehuion. where thev

rrgird the essential articles of the Christ;an faith, may be very safely rejectetl witliout exminatit n. Tnat they are new, is a prima facie evideuce that they are false. w Americm.i If I were called upon to fom a catholick Church, I sh uld select tlie devout and humble from every sect. Their uniformity in gd ncss. is all the uniformity I should either expect or desire. 1 heir differences on polo's f discipline, or doctrine, would be no barrier to my communion with diem ; for, ii tney are devout and humble, they must be Christians; and die ca'.holick f : i i t h insnircs. or outtht to inspire, a

! ca'holick spirit, whose Ur guage is. I "Grace be with all who love our

Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth." &

J'ro'H the Ihston Patriot. JOHN HANCOCK. During the stie at Boston, gen. Washington consulted Congress upon the propriety of bombarding the town of Boston. Mr. Hancock was then President of Congress. After peneral Washington's letter was

- read, a solemn silence ensued. This was broken by a nu mber making a motion that tlie house should ics olve itself into a committee of the whole, in order that Mr. Hancock might give his opinion upon the mv pottant subject, as he was deeply in tercsted from h iving all his estate in Boston. Alter he left the chair, he addressed the chairman of the com mittee of the wlv le in the following words: 4i It is true, sir, nearly all the property I have in the world is in houses and other real estate in the town of Bo ton; but if in the expulsion of the British army from it, and the liberties of our country re. quire their being burnt to ashes ; issue tie order lor that purpose immediately." ritOM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. A curious Spectacle. The exhibition ol Mr. Nt id's Kattlesnakesat the Tingle, is too p.' eat a curiosity to be passed over. It is one of the most sinsular bights tyc have yyu witnessed.

!fr. veal(s a frenchman: while

in North Carolina ne aticmpieu uj urrcurc some rattlesnakes, lor the purpose of making out a collection. But seme of the observations and tsperimcnts hbinode, induced him io believe the possibility of turning ,his poisonous npule; he finally ,adc il.c trial. atM has iuccecd in a manner w hich is calculated to as-mni-h every beholder- What ij the process he employed is Unknown to

us m pronauiy ua '' v control over the

iipp. tne of tl c animal gives him he

iballs ve mucn too on me uwiuu of u u -ick : which it A imed by hun-

gt i . ai d irritated by ine application ,f the hot iron, the crcauirt issootht tl unci softened by a slow and plaint ve strain. Mr. Neale has two rattlesnakes the m.de, which is 4 feet 8 inches long, has 8 rattles to his tail, thus pmvirg Irm to be 9 years old-he has had this snake years. I he female is much smaller, and has fm tattles she has been with him 33 rronths. So great is their dociht, that he will take thtm up, after speaking a sort of jargon to them, Mi d stroking down ihtir bucks, as iirny were so rmmy strings he will rn. kt thtm crawl up h.s breast and ha c rartss atui kiss him, coil round hisntck & while ne of tl em isthur har.ph-g around him. he will take up and exhibit the other. The perfect humlessnessof the reptile, even attachmenl to his keeper is truly as tonishing. Meanwhile, Mr. N is himself thoroughly at tase com p'ete'y self-possessed, diverting the spectators with the exhibition of his snake, or instructing them by his explanations. He says, he has no fears for himself ; for independently of his command over the animal fit is satisfi d he can cure the bite of it of the remedy he makes no secret. Wash your mouth first with warm sweet oil, a d tlr n suck the wound nex. drink most copiously of the decoction of the snake root, until it operates as a strong emetic. This is the regimm winch he recommends, and which he believe to be iiif.ilhnl ile-

There is no deception practised upon you- He opt. n the mouth of the snake, shews you his hmgs. They are in the upper jaw alone two on each side, and have thefacul- ; ty of renewing themselves in case they are drawn out by a violent blow

the fang is within the mouth, bent, sharpened and sheathed like the claw of a cat, and turned towards the 'hroat; the orifice through which the poison is ejected is a small grove on the upper side of the fang, be rween its point and the curve; the poison begs lie at the roots of the tangs. But to remove ail doubts ol the poionou3 qualities of these 5i) kes bring uurjured, Mr. N. pr -poesto have a public exhibition this week, whtn the snake will kill a young hare by a slight stroke, and t icn immediately de. our him. Perhaps no one has had so good an opportunity ol studying the habits, of the animal. His remarks vy ill of course form a valuable addition to natural history. He is an intelligent man, and memoir m?y be expected from hirn, when he trrives in

hurope. I he male snake ha just cst his skin; art! the new one is most beviu'iful. The tail has a fine glossy black. He says, thy renew their skins every two months, three times in the year; perhaps bom October to April they remain torpid, and the function is suspended. Most probably it varies in diflerent snakes with the quantities of food they can obtain. Mr. N. generally

icetis nis once a weeK.

prehcr.i ion, until approaching eat-' other, the sntike seizes him. c denies ultogeih.er what somenatur nlists assert, the deleterious qualities of their breath for he has often kissed them, and in blowing their bieath upon him, he has found it uncommonly swtet. Mr. N. has other tnakes in hia collection as a wampom tnake, beautifully streaked, and so callej after the Indian ornament; it is a species of the boa Constrictor, which winds itself round its prey and kills not by poison, but by stricture it even squeezes the rattle snake to death. II has also the common black snakt and the lend ( oh .urcd American adder, of the description of the flat heads. Heh3s all these tinder the same command exhibiting almost the same docility as the rattle snakes. The spectacle is not dangerous, nor even disgustingand is well worthy theat.tention of the curious.

Thev have ahn a rattle rvrrv

year after the first They scarcely ever shake it but when they arc strongly excited, or to strike the at tention of their prey. He contends the use of their rattles is to draw upon themselves the eyes of their victims, w hich generally consist-, of the fleetest animals, as bird, squirrels. hc As soon as the eyes meet, hesays, the process of charming commences. He believes in this faculty, for he has seen it exemplified in a garden by his own snakes; the victim will liop from L.'... to bough, and rock to rack, r" $yi;I;a;.

FromPie American Journal cf Science 41 PUTNAM'S HOCK " " F.xtract of a letter from professor Dana, of Dirthoiouth College, to the editor, dated'rb. 5th 1822. "I have received an account of PutnavCs Rock" which is in ihc liver tppesite West Point. It was given t'-n cbyrry friend Col. Tucker, of Gloucester, Mass. and the history, as connected with the Arnerican devolution, rannot fail to be interesting : I will give it in his own words : as there is a naivete in his manner of relating it. "This famous rock, criginallya native of the highland above West Point, was situated on the extreme height of Butter Mil: when the morning fog was descending from the hill, it had a very beautiful ap. pearance, not much unlike a horseman';) tent or hospital matque riding on a clcud. It was common amusement for the oHicers whtn off duty

to roll large rocks hem the sides ol tho-.e hills. Thcss often set others 3 Koine with them, to the great terror of persons below. One day urhrn tin's Lbnrio:!5 amusement was

over, Col. Kulus Putnam proposed iroinrr un to take a peep of this cuny

ouslv situated rock; it was fount

situated on a flat rock f grcat extent, and near the brink of a consid

erable precipice, and hung vrry much over it. Cot. P. believed tmt it was movable, and if ence rnovtd.

that it would rollover; ano; ainny from 20 to 50 feet, commence its

route to tlie ri er.

A few d iys after we formed a par ty ofofii ers, with our sevants, who took with themi axes, drag icpcs Stein order to procure levers f r the purpose of moving the ro k, which we soon found w .s in our poer. The levers I eing fixed with ropes to the ends of them all, Col. Putnam, who headed the party o dcre-fl us to haul the roprs tight, and at the word Congress to give a long pull, a strong pull, and all together- h'J we did; the le.ivers fell, the rocc rohed over, tumbled from the precipice, and took up its line of mrchi tor the river ! ! The party then had the satisfaction of seeing the most majestic onks and loftiest of pines bowing down in homage and obedience to this miglrv travelkr which never stopped till it reachea the bed of the river, where it ny lies on the rdge of the fUs ano u. enough from the diore for a const'

ing vessel to sail around it. followed after in its path, aod werastonished to see that rocks of many tons weight, and trees of the largesize, were ground to powder; on riving at the river the party cml):,f ed, and landing to the number d b or roon the rock, when col. 1 utnanj broke a bottle of whiskey and nannu it " Putnam's Rock:1 may have lor gotten the minutiae of tlie transactio in the lapse of 4.1 years, but ins fact that the rock now in ne rive was removed from the ex'reine ol Hutter Hill by the officer? o cow Ibjfus Putnam's regiment, in the r volutionary war, in the service o M -f (J. y. some time in the niontii u. June in the year 1778." M'his hill is 1520 feet above t; wnter. :-.nd i r,:r ibove its ba'je,

ccrdir.r: to wJpt. Partridge.'