Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 20, Richmond, Wayne County, 24 July 1824 — Page 4

mat?er the mead or foxcery field, The grotto, grove, or garden yitld, Ofusefulifragrani, choiceand rare, We still select."

TFrom Bayly's Lyrics. DEATH OF AN INFANT. Oh, say not 'twere a human blow, To loo?e a child of riper years; You do not feel a Father's woe, You cannot check a Father's tears. The girl who rears a sickly plant, Or cherishes a wounded dove, Will love them most, when most they want The watchfulness of love. Time must have chanjr'd that fair JS J. And might have chang'd that iPf harl' Years might have taught deceit but now, In love's confiding dawn we pari. E'er pain or grief had sown decay , My babe is cradled iu the tomb; Like some fair blossom, torn a way In all iu purest bloom. With thoughts of peril and of storm, We seek bark first touch the wave; But distant seems the whirlwind's form A distant as an infant's grave : Though all is calm, the beauteous ship Must brave the whirlwind's rudest breath; Thuugh all is calm, 0 e infant's lip Must meet the kiss ofdeath !

Tron the Woodbury Herald. THE RAGE TO LIVE. Perhaps the following little history may not be altogether so acceptable with your from the tnct adherence, in the

The adornment of her person xA the first object of her attention, her walrobe plentifully furnished, her fancy, YA de-

exhausted, unu

sires

had mistaken herpursuit, fine clothe Aould mve her but little satisfaction witkut a handsome suite of apartments, amHvery article of accomodation answerable j her

personal appearance. A whole house

purcnaseu, ana no icntuj uiujui.

was

.v.'uuo bj ouiuinciiu to iorce them on trie j mind of sensibility, and when that is want- j ing, all the elegance of literary art can only j play round the" head without making a sii - j gle impression on the mental (acuities. j In the west of lived a gentleman of j that inconsiderate eood nature, that pro- i

vided the present moment is enjoved. can I,

be unmindful oi the future, and greatly cii ; dain to inspect loo closilv into their cir-j cumstances Ie?t theird' i lit ing -tat" should J awaken them into indu-try, aiid incite them to timely avert the impending ruin. His

lamily was large, iut lasyoungt girl engrossed the most considerable share of his affection; if that plavful attention can come u ader the denomination of atT lion w hich we might bestow on an.v pretty at iinal, that was capable ofamuse.tr us, without ever remembering that it depended on us for protection and support. The exultation, the insult of the little minded was most severely felt by th poor girl, whoe life hud been one continued series of indulgence and p.wer : she drooped, she languished for ii dependence; and frem tumiitg her observation wholly on the advantage of riches and the miseries of poverty, she conceived the former to he the most desirable of;:ll human acquisitions. Fraught with this idea, and anxious to guard only airai- st the inconvenience of narrow rirumstances, she moh establised it into a belief, that eve mm the married state

no uneasiaess could reach her, if the article of finances was to her u ihe. A man of an unfavourable appearance but good heart mar.v veari older than herself,and diametrically opposite, in his sentiments, from admiring her person, and conscious of his recommendations, with the

interested fair one solicited her acceptance i

of him. lobe the superior of the place at least in externals, was irresistable. She consented to become his wife, though in her soul she desjU d him. His family having re ceived some mortification from hers in its day of prosperity could not suffer the opportunity of retaliation to pass unimproved ; an opposition was formed, the dignity of that figure which was scarce a remove from deformity exalted with a high hand; such unheard of generosity; such a fortune as he might demand. The humble Beautv felt the severity of the strokes, but, had not courage to let her indignation appear. She might never again have such an advantageous

otfer, and she should have the power of!

punisning tnem wnen her interest could not be wounded. But many delays occured, and some friends of hers upon the point of going to ; she eagerly embraced a slight invitation to accompany them from the double motive of amusement, and quickening her lover's advances from the apprehension of losing her. To she went; entered with infinite vivacity, into all the society, the gayety of the place; met with several accomplished young fellows, who only served to increase her aversion for the man to whom she knew herself engaged, and who still retained his claim to her preference, the superiority of circumstance, to all that addressed her. Having finished her inconsiderate courseshe returned to the spot of her nativity, a d having waited with unexampled patience a six months delay, was put in possesion of what her soul had so long thirsted after. The man was really good natured and beheld her with abundant partiality: nor did he restrain her in the minutest point.

the bustle of adjusting the china, piurcs, and every other appendage! hut fpm a succession of time, the work becane accomplished, and she found it impossble to derive the pleasure she had promisel herself in rooms devoid of animation. Company and diversion she was then convinced could alone satisfy her, but neithercomoanv nor diversion were to be met with in

that partof the country. Whenever her husband left her she was in tears, and thenpvp.r ho returned still the complaint was

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tin welcomely urged,that she was not i rmed for solitude. Resolved to give tranquility to her bosom though by the interruption of his own, he proposed to her to take a journey to ; her heart bounded at the sound, but at she found but two sorts of people, the proud and the refined; with the former she could give herseQno consequence, and with the latter sheVas held in contempt; she wrote to her husband and entreated she micht goto- , as the last favour she would ever ask. To , she was permitted to repair with all expedition; there, and there only, she conceived that she had found what she had so long sought for. She gave into all the dissipations of gaming, &c. Sec, and dreade 1

her being called home as the stroke c death. In all this expense of spirit, thi dissatisfaction of mind, her health imper ceptibly -declined, and the fatal summon: did not a little contribute to hasten her dissolution. She returned home in a languishing condition, which was for a long time mistaken for ill humor; until the last stage of a consumption convinced both her friends and enemies, that they would soon be relieved from the fatigues of attendance. One day when they had invented some new scheme of amusement, she cast her eyes on her emaciated figure, and bursting into tears most pathetically lamented the errors she had fallen into. 4Alas! said she how have I hurried myself out of exis-,

too late, how insufficient externals are to give contentment to a rational mind. Friendship and violin, with all their delightful train, never oner captivated my imagination, until the grave was yawning to receive me, and I must be satisfied with becoming a proverb to the giddy and mis-

! judging instead of answering one worthy

e ,d of mv Creator. O, my husband! can you pardon the. gross dissimulation I have practiced? O, will my God graciously erase the formidable register of my daring perjury! I only met you at the altar, to entitle myself to your possession, and had I beheld you expiring the next minute at my feet, I should have considered my happiness as completed! but, my punishment is death, unpitied and unlamented!" I will not sir add any reflections of my own, but inform your readers, that at three and twenty this lively, this beautiful girl fella victim to her own folly. "FALSTAFF."

were called, pickerel, lurking near, and seein what he supposed a fine bait, made bold h mnn's nose which happened

unfortunately for him to be uncoly

red, and unusual dimensions, i J huntsman suddenly throwing back his head drew cult a pike, which weighed three lbs.

! four ounces!

is a literal transcript of a

letter actually sent, a short time ago, to the mistress of a school at Hendon, by the father of one of the boarders:4 As 1 Had a good heddication myself, 1 am intirely ashamed in what manor Lucy his bitt by the buggs; and it is my desire for hur to in thphed that she always do; and

not to slepe sum time in wun, and then in annuther: or to feed all the bugs in the ouce, for I think that it be not nght,neither shall she do it."

Of all crimes that ever disgraced Society, that of swearing admitsof the least palliation. Nothing can be offered to justify an impious oath; and yet it is the most common thing. Visit what class of people you may, from the votaries of the midnight stew to the most elevated walk in life, you hear imprecations that would astound the ears of a stoic and wound the feelings of the least reflecting mind. No possible benefit can arise from profanity; nothing is held forth as a temptation to commit the act; nothing but the pcrverseness and depravity of human nature would have ever suggested such a thing as thi9 crime; yet such is its prevalance, that by many it is mistaken for a fashionable acquirement, and considered as indicative of energy and decision of character. Fatal delusion! Reflect young man! Has not the same imposing mandate, which says, "Thou shalt not kill," said in terms as strong, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain P Pause then, before you suffer the dire oath again to pollute your lips, or before you have uttered the imprecation, an avenging God may call you to complete the eentence in another world.

Pike Fishing. In the latter part of the winter of 1791-2,two men in Enfield, in the upper part of Keene county, New Hampshire, were crossing one of the numerous ponds in that state in pursuit of a moose. One of them being thirsty, and perceiv ing a hole, which some fisherman bad cut through the ice for the purpose of fishing, stooped down and inserted his head in the hole to drink, A hungry pike, or, as they

A player performing the Ghost in Hamlet vcrv badly, was hissed. After bearing

it a good while, ne pui uie auu euv. good humor by stepping fdrvyard, and saying, "Ladies and gentlemen,I am extremely sorry that my humble endeavors to please are unsuccessful; but if you are not satisfied, 1 must give vpthe Ghost!

"The black Catalogue, -uuuc. head a western editor publishes a list ot his runaway delinquent subscribers "the dose, (says he) to he repeated quarterly, until it shall have the desired effect.

Do you take?

Boiling Potatoes.-An Irish Jour

gives iuc JKiri-( notatocs: "Put them in a pot or Ul

vvithout a lid, with water just suft-cW

them After the water is comers

v ' . w 1 . . l I

ly to boil, pour it oil, replace it with cold ! water, into which throw a good portion u

salt. The cold water senu& uie neat frorA the surface to the heart, and makes the ft. rt A I 1 1 ,

tatoes mealy. Aiier uiey are uouea arj

the water is poured on, lei mem sundry

the fire 10 or 15 minutes 10 ory.

Some enterprising Swiss, it is well kno J have caused "the desert (of Indiana) blossom as the rose," and have brought y rrreat perfection the culture of the grap.t f vine. Several other emigrants from Swit-1 zerlandhave recently arrived at Charleston? whence they will proceed immediately t3( ii.:.onnn(rvmnn at Vevav. IitrHni ?

lOlll HICII V,vumi;- j 7 ""St

and pursue tneir pnmiuu iiiiupuums the culture of the vine. Their appear ance, in the pastoral costume of their r' tive country, as might he expected, v ted much interest and attention in Chuib

ton. Patriot.

The Chops. Since our last we hare) received information from several parts if j this Parish and the Parish of Natchitoth:i of the great destruction the cut-worm jj making in the Cotton and Corn crops; fI1 some plantations on the Bayou Rapid a:.; the river above this place, whole ticldsn;e) swept of every vestige of the growing cro Alexandria Hrrdn,

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