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" Come JTUriraftort from thy hermit seat, "By mortals seldom found.'1

selected. MY SEA SIDE COT. Obfl will make mj lonely home Upon the wild and distant shore, Where rolling waters murmuring come To wash the rock my cot hangs o'er. There the ring dove shall gently sound Its mournful warblings o'er my head, And with them echo lightly bound

From rock to rock, through caverns dread.

And nought my roting eye shall see But mountains wild unsealed by man; Nought hear but ocean's minstrelsy, Soft rising o'er the boundless main. On this lone spot my soul shall rest, By man forgot by man unmoan'd; Here, she so dear to guiltless breast, Loved contemplation, sits ecthron'd. No sorrowing friends shall seek my cot, No being o'er the steep shall dare; Until some seaman, near the spot, When shipvvreck'd, seeks a shelter there. And when my tranquil days have pass'd, And death shall claim me for his own, By all unheard, I'll breathe my last, From honours free, to fame unknown. Caroline.

SPRING. O Spring is now tripping thro' woodland and grove, She's whisp'ring her soft little legends of love; She peecs' in my window, she breathes on my brow, Cries "Wake, h&ppy ploughman, go burnisS tby plough." Tbo sweet kissing black-bird, with damask-tipped wings, Still restless his measure, of ecstaey sings; Young lambs on the upland frisk, wanton, and play, All raise the glad burthen "Rude winter away Though down the deep valley bleak snow-banks appear, Though leafless the trees where the streamlet flows

clear; The snow shall decay every vista look fair,

Gay Beauty shall gather her freshest braids there. Yes, Spring with her dancers and singers comes on,

Her mantle of leaves o'er each cluster is thrown; V share the moist chaplet that circles her brow, O then shall the ploughman still burnish his plough. SlGMA.

A PUZZLE FOR TIIE LADIES. I see I she read see that me Am may love are up you'll I'll have In you but you and then have you'll Love as one and down and you if

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SrZISCELLANEOUS SELECTIOA'S.

"profit blended with amusement.

THE PRIZE. Rap, rap, rap, went the knocker at Jere

my Martin's door, one Christmas eve, just as

the girls had drawn themselves round the fire, one armed with a hammer, and a huge basket of hickory and butternuts, another with a ladle to fish the fine brown doughnuts out of the lard, in which they were stewing over the fire, while the eldest was busily engaged at the table, cutting out dough boys and girls, and birds and horses, to fill up the long row of hungry stockings, which adorned the wooden pins around the room. Without stopping, as was usual, in

Jerry's house, to decide by dint of a sharp controversy, who should go to the door, one and all set up the shout of "come in," and a couple of sprightly looking beaus entered, evidently decked out in their very best, and with span new coats on, as might be known ;rom their carrying their arms a little dis

tance from their sides, something after the manner a 'chicken carries its wings, when run out of breath; one of the visitors proved

to be an old acquaintance, and the other

was a bouncing country lad, from the pine

ilats, a nan a dozen miles distant.

As fashion had not yet crept into plain

ur. martin s iarniiy, sUCh a thing as introduction was entirely unnecessary, and the vouii men seated themselves quietlv bv the

lire. Robert, who was intimate in the fam

ily, having broke the ice for his friend, with the girls, by kissing them all round, which was a signal for him- to do the same, took occasion to whisper Mr. Martin aside, and they held a long discourse together without the door, while young Blythe soon had the girls all in an uproar, which rather increased than diminished, when the good mother was cal' 7 away to join the secret conclave, and thw merry spark was left alone with the delighted girls, all of whom seemed ambitious which could engross the most attention of the smooth-faced, laushter-lovinjr

stranger.

through with, and an unwithenng observer

would have needed all tne powers oi tne second-lighted seer, to have been able to see through the weighty matters that were in embryo. The elder Martins at length returned, evidently in even a better humour than when they retired, with young Robert

chuckling by their side. More wood was piled on, the fire roared almost to the chimney top, the table was spread out, and the ponderous holiday pitcherwas brought forth, filled to overflowing with fine clear cider. The stranger beau grew into esteem with wonderous rapidity, and when the gleeful group were at the highest pitch of animation, Mary, the oldest daughter, was called out of the room by her prudent mother, and in a short time returned, her hair drawn up in a pig-tail on the top of her head, tied with a pretty n,ew ribbon, and her blue homespun, changed for a domestic white, in which she

looked, for all the world, like a clean bag of!

well-packed meal, with an arm dangling down at each side. But Mary was, nevertheless, aQomely, pleasant looking girl ; she

had pretty black eyes, fine rosy cheeks, and

hps that did not look as it they could be read ily worn out by kissing.

Hot buttered beans, and hunt the button

were introduced and played off with won

derous agility, and these ended in ponds and

jumping the broomstick, to which succeed

ed many stories of matches, made on :

Christmas eve; and Martin gave shrewd

guesses that there might be more such. He

told the young people that he was older than

they, the customarv way all the world over

of giving weight to advice, and that he never

knew long courtships make happy matches;

matches should be jumped into, and for his

part, his girls should never cost him candle

light or wood, even though the last was

plenty. Young Blythe evidently understood

the meaning of all this well, and any one

might have seen that Mary understood it

even better. But there was a puzzlin

question to be asked, and who should ask it was a matter of no small moment. Bob at last undertook it "what's the U3e of palavering," said he, "here's Blythe, he wants a

wile, and Martin, can't we persuade some o: the girls to have him?" "Faith," said Mar

tin, "they won't want much persuading, I

warrant ye ; the boy shall have his choice."

"Well,77 said Blythe, "I'll take sue then.'

The mother looked cross. "Sue befiddled;

Mary can knit six pair of stockings to her

one; she knows four times as much, and is twice as industrious; take Mary, I'll recom

mend her. 7 Blythe looked grave, as if real ly weighing the matter, but as soon as de

cency would allow a change of opinion, he

nodded a formal assent, and bouncing across the room, pulled Mary on his knee, and be

gan to coo in her ear something about half

intelligible.

At this signal, ofTpushed Mr. Martin got K 1- A- j" 1 A. A

ms iuu, unu in auoui icn mmuies came in

with the 'Squire, a lively shrivelled-up look

ing man, about an inch and a quarter from cheek to cheek, with his book under his

arm, and a kind of smile between his teeth

They were seated things began to look se

rious, but none of the parties evinced the least disposition to flinch and while the

'squire wiped off his spectacles and fixed

them on his nose with all the dignity ima

ginable, Mrs. Martin huddled along side of

iur. martin, ana whispered to him quite au

dibly, "I hope, Jerry, you'll behave decent

ly now," at the same time drawing forth her

old ragged handkerchief, and pulling her

nose ana running ner eyes very hard to make them look red and weeping-like, while good

Mr. Martin obediently did the same as near

ly in the same way as nossible: and iho

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others looked a little frightened at this sad

beginning, not knowing, perhaps, as much

about the decency of such matters as the

old folks.

The awful pause past, the man of author

ity rose, and bid the parties "stand" "You,

Mr. blythe, right there by that there big pumpkin on yon side of the room, and you Miss Molly on his left his right, no, his'left side, and you 'tother folks in a string on both sides on 'em; set still Mrs. Martin and vour

husband, the law makes no requirement that you should stand up now" and he went through the ceremony quite admirably; then giving Molly a hearty smack, he sat down to a mug of cider, and amused the party with an account of the age, weight and profits of his fall pigs, &c. until bedtime, when he retreated, making a low but magisterial bow, as the door creaked on its hinges behind him; and we may as well go too, for the night, for doubtless our readers can fancy what followed as well as we could

tell them.

so father," said he, "and I hope I shall deserve all you are pleased to bestow on me;" "Bestow on you why you're able to buy fifty such fellows as I am;" ;No, no" "why did'nt you draw half of the twenty thousand dollar 'prize? Bob told me you had just returned from Philadelphia with the money in your pocket." "Poh, no, I only learned there that you had drawn it." A thunder cloud came over poor Martin's face. "The devil and death; did you cheat us then? 1 draw the prize; a cursed lie; I never owned a ticket in my life." Blythe in his turn grew pale. "Are you in earnest ?" asked he : "In earnest," replied Martin, "I never speak in jest, and I won't be trifled with what's the bottom of all this business, tell me or 111 test the strength of your calabash." "Weil

then, don't get in a passion," said Mr. Blythe,

"this is the truth; I had a ticket, 1 was m the city and found it had drawn blank, but that a Mr. Martin, who I supposed, was most certaidy yourself, owned half of the forty thousand dollar prize. I innocently thought by practising a little art to better myself by your luck ; I told Bob to tell you the sto

ry, that I might have a small claim on your

purse, before you knew your fortune. e are both deceived, but we had better make the best of it." The business was unravelled ; the storm raged dreadfully awhile, but at last it cooled down; Blythe, chop-fallen enough, took his wife to his fathers cabin, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin were able to shed a few tears apiece, without resorting to any artitlcial means.

not verv lon, but forked. His look innocent and natural. His eyes grey, clear, and

quick. In reproving, he is terrible, in ad

monishing, very courteous and lair spoken. Pleasing in conversation, mixed with gravity. It cannot be remembered that any have seen him laugh, but many have seen him weep. In proportion of body, most excellent. His hands and arms most delectable to behold. In living very temperate, modest and wise. A man, for his singular beautv surpassing the children of men. Publius Lentulus was President of Judea, and Tiberius Ca?sar was Emperor of Rome. B. Pal.

be conquered by the feeble power of indo

lent habit?, you are sinking below even mediocrity, however vanity may persuade you otherwise. How infinitely more pleased with yourself would you have been had yon exerted your strength of mind, shook off the feeble habit by which you have now been overcome, and spent the time which you have wantonly destroyed, in moral reflecml ' tion or scientific research. For what arc you placed on this beautiful earth, with powers superior to the brute creation? The animal of the wilderness knows the value of time.

The humming of the busy bee was heard

around the rose the chirp of the robin fill

ed the air with melody as he was building

his little nest the wild eagle was winging

his way through the blue sky, and the verv

mole was clearing his path through his sub terraneous abode and where were you

Snoring in the hot air of your chamber?

stretched in disgraceful indolence upon vour feverish pillow; "breathing and taking back the breath" of foul disease. Narrow must

be your mind, and your soul in a miserable

condition, if you are willing- to let the high attainments which distinguish man from

brutes, slumber in slothful inaction; if you

are contented to pass through life slowiv.

like the snail, without his industrious and

honest exertion of the, powers which each

possess in stupid ar unhonorcd medioc

rity, you should alwl near in mind that he

who rules the tempest, who thunders from

the clouds, and whispers his greatness in tlu

hollow murmurs of the windhas placed you on trial in the field of life; that he sees von.

and hereafter will be vour iuitee. Rutnilntp.

therefore, your conduct so as to do what he

will approve; guard carefully against indolence of bodj- and mind; earnestly strive to

prevent that sluggish inaction of the mind,!

that dangerous stagnation of thought, terri

ble as

" Tbc green mantle of tLa standing pool." Beware of the allurements of the world.

However imposing they may be. they are

calculated to deceive; and like the storied

syrens, they breathe forth the sweetest fas

cinations to win you to destruction.

VARIETY. Humbug. An intelligent female witness having been much perplexed by a barrister in a long cross-examination, happened in replying, to use the term humbug. "Madam" said the man of law, "you must not talk unintelligibly: what is the court and jury to understand by the word humbug?" The ladv hesitated. "I must insist, Madam," said the barrister, (anticipating victory,) "that you proceed no farther, until you state plainly and openly, what you mean by a humbug." "Why then, sir," returned the lady, "I don't know how better to explain tiry meaning, than by saying, If I met a company of persons who were strangers to you. and

snouiu icn mem mat wnen iney saw you they might prepare to meet a remarkably handsome, genteel, agreeable looking man that would be a humbug.'1

TO TIIE IDLER. You awoke this morning with the sun, but a love of indolence induced you to remain in bed. You thought the day was cloudy, and the time dull, as if youMiad not duties to perform when the sun did not shine. What a shameful reason you assigned for not going to your studies, and how poorly must you think of yourself for resting con

tented with it? In permitting yourself tolfor instance, you either order them to lie on

Qalifications for Congress. "Whv do you not present yourself as a candidate for Congress f said a lady the other day to her husband, who was confined to his chair by the gout. "Why should 1, my dear?" replied he; "I am not qualified for the station." "Nay, but I think vou are," returned the wife; "your language and actions are truly

parliamentary. hen bills are presented,

rise;

the table, or you make a motion to

uiuuii ui icn uui oi oruer. ou are sun sup-

ported by the chair; and you often poke your

nose into measures winch are calculated tj destroy the cciuttiutiviu' '

Sparking. A spruce buck was boasting of his success with the fair, and among other ngs declared that he might have sparked it with a lady whom he named. "Yhtv, then," said his friend, "did you neglect such a golden opportunity ?" "Because" answered he, skv beggctl "to be excused, and I was such a deuced fool that I excused hqi T A gentleman in Ireland having built a large house, was at a loss what to do with the rubbish. His steward advised him to have a nit dmr lare onnunli

A O O V VUllUilll i

"And what," said the gentleman, smiling "what shall I do with the earth, that is dvout of the pit ?" The steward with great

gravity said, "have the pit large enough to

hold all.

ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.

(attorney and counsellor at law.) HAS removed to Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, where he will attend to any buim

confided to his care. His oilice is cn Hi"h Street, near the Court House. &

Laicrcnct burgh yJIarch 1, 1825. 9 tf.

(attorney and counsellor at law,) CONTINUES to practice LAW. in 1h

Oilice formerly occupied by Lawrence anr

Hitchcock, and will attend punctually tm

any business in the line of his profession.

January 7.

Next morning the happy family gathered

around tne DreaKtast table, at an hour rath

er later than usual, and a more smiling

group eyes never saw. But Mr. and Mrs. Martin's minds were absorbed in one rcat, and as yet unbroached matter. The old gentleman took the first opportunity of turning the conversation thitherward; "Son,"

. 1 , . r- w iu uivme, wiui a most benign smile. Almost an hour passed away before fceluLavebeenra

Letter from Publius Lentulus, to the Sen

ate of Rome, concerning JESUS CHRIST.

There appeared, in these davs, a man ofi

great virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is yet

living among us, and of the Gentiles is ac

cepted for a Prophet of Truth, but his disci

ples call him the Son of God. He raiseth

he dead, and cureth all manner of diseases.

A man of stature somewhat tall, and comely, with a very reverend countenance, ex

pressing both love and fear. His hair is of

the colour oi a chesnut full ripe, plain to th

ears, whence downward it is mere orient

cuunjg ana waving aDout his shoulders. In the midst of his head is a seam, or partition of his hair, after the manner of the Nazarjtes. The forehead plain rnjd very delicate. His face without a spot or wrinkle, beauti-

iui, with a lovely red. His nose and mouth

are formed as nothing ran . r.n.uj .cllCia r tanmronicuiOM to the editor

His beard thickish, :n cTku7 iur m

INDIANA HOTEL.

THE subscriber bavin- taken the largo and commodious brick tavcro bouse, fbraierlj occupied by Jesse Hunt, wishes to inform travellers and others, that he is now readv to attend on those who may give him a call; and that nothing shall be wanting on his part, to render thmr t

him agreeable and pleasant. His table and bar will

uC luruituca wan me best that can be procured in the western country. His stable will always bo supplied with provender of all kind, and an attentive and careful ostler.

r , JAMES A. riATr. Lawrencdurp:ht Jan 7, 1825. 1 tf

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