Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 25, Richmond, Wayne County, 28 August 1824 — Page 4

"WliatCer the mead or Jlowery field ', The grotto, grove, or garden yield, Of useful; fragrant, choice, and rare, We still select.11

From the New York Evening Post. WOMAN. Br J. R. SUTERMEISTER. When in young Eden'a bower, Man breathed the v ernal air, Soft fragrance blessed each flower. Which bloomed in beautj there The green earth smiled in gladness, . While danced the sun on earth; And ne'er a cloud of sadness. Obscured the beauteous eky I The streamlet sparkled bright! The smilins mead along; The birds of air wokclightlj, Their sweet and varied song. The tephyr kissed each blossom Which graced the verdant grove; And o'er soft nature's bosom Briehtjiven smiled in love ! Man,n?3U Jras joyless only, Wb;' " jin joy was lressd, His sou.Jas dark and lonely, Tho' earth and heav'n were blessM! Then Woman rose in beauty, Her blessing? to impart, To cheer his path of duty, And share with him his heart! She came in youthful eladne sst Fre?h as the almond bough, To chase the clouds of sadness, Which veilM his noble brow. She was the an?el given, To guide man's erring way: To lead hi9 foot to heaven, By love's delightful sway ! Hail, gentle woman's power! It is her vestal smile, Which glad the social hour Which doth the heart beguile: Without her smile to lighten, Life were a wilderness, Without one ray to brightenWithout one beam to bless!

COLONIZATION OF HAYTI. From the New York Mercantile Advertiser. Thefollowidg is a translation of Mr. J. Granville's address to the meeting of colored people, delivered in New York on the 22d ult. Friends, brethren nnd sisters The commission which I have been charged by my government to execute in the U. States, appears to have been attended with difficulties which have hitherto excited fears and apprehensions in many minds. I present myself before you, in order to obviate, to lessen or to remove those difficulties ; and the more ardious this task may be, the more shall I congratulate myself on having contributed to ameliorate the lotand improve the condition of those families which shall accept, with full confidence, the generous offer of a liberal gotc iiiiiciiU I shall not attempt to conceal from you the unavoidable trials which must attend a removal to a new or foreign country, in which the emigrants will find a difference of manners, of language, and even of religion. His native soil has always peculiar attractions to a human being, even when it is certain that he may find himself better off in anothei situation. The Laplander delights himself in the midst of his snowy mountains and his fields of ice; the Arab of the desert passes his life freely in his region of burning sands, whilst the hissings of the serpent, and the roaring of the lion, excite no fears in the mind of the African. Nature has engraved upon our hearts a love for the places in which we were born. Fatiguing journeys, trouble

some and expensive voyages, a change of

climate, the fear of sickness, (sometimes more distressing than the reality,) the painful uncertainty which the emigrant feels with respect to the fate which may await him in a strange and distant country, a country which is sometimes described to him in gloomy and forbiding colors, these

are considerations which it is mv dutv to

advert to, and on which I hope to satisfy your minds. Of two evils, we should- ever choose the least. I need not enumerate the trials which you have endured and which you still endure. Let the veil of oblivion be cast over them forever. I do not come here to obtain recruits. For more than thirty years the world has beheld us struggling afonc against the tempests of despotism. Though we have not withheld from others, we have received nothing from any; alone we have resisted the storm; the winds are now calm, and our vessel glides smoothly upon an ocean of tranquility and happiness. An efficient government offers you protection ; offers to share with you blessings and advantages which you cannot experience here. It is for yourselves, therefore, decide between these advantages, and the unpleasant circumstances attendant upon the early period of emigration. United together in companies as much as possible, in Bayti, you will scarcely feel the inconvenience of a foreign language. Our numerous relations with the U. S. and with England, have spread your language through our country, and practice and study will render yen familiar with ours. The acqui silica cf c z :t7 knsae adds to the dignity . . S cmrtcncc

Your habits, though somewhat different from ours,have nothing in them at variance with our institutionsand we shall find nothing in them as an accusation against you. Your religiousbelief differs, in some points, from ours, but we all worship the same God. Your prayers and ours may ascend t6 Heaven by different modes, but they all reach the throne of the Eternal. The soil which you have often watered with your tears, is, it is true, the land of your birth. But with what language does it address you. "Gather up, my clildren, your dearest treasures, bid an eternal farewell to the ashes of your fathers, and since happincs does not await you here, seek it among those wno will not blush to call you breth

ren." Every country has prejudices which Cannot he disregarded. Wc also have ours. Those among you who are living in tolerable comfort, must expect to encounter some expense and even losses in the transportation of their goods; something must be sacrificed on the one hand, in order to gain on the other. The voyage may be trying to some, because all are not accustomed to the sea; but it is a voyage only of a fortnight, or at worst of 20 days ; change of climate will not be of much consequence to you. You will be placed in cool situations, until you arc accustomed to the climate. The only disease which you have to dread is intemperance. If you continue sober you have nothing to fear. You may divest yourselves of all apprehen sions, when you reflect upon the offers which your government has made yoQ, & the promises which are held out to you by the president of Hayti, who, like fcj predecessor, has promised nothing in vain. With respect to the declamations that are made against the country. Listen to those who have been there; those who know how to make correct observations and tc act directly. Listen to such as these, and suffer all our detractors to die in their own bitterness. Your children, those precious objects of your solicitude 'our children will receive a good education,and you will have the unspeakable satisfaction of knowing that the education, which is bestowed upon them, will awaken them, not to a deeper sense of the evils they must endure and the degradations they must suffer, but to a more feeling sense of the blessings of Providence. Youth is easilv habituated to anv thing. Men may also endure with patience the first effects of a change ofrcsidence: it remains then for me to advert to the most interesting portion of the human race. The females, being those who will have most to suffer in consequence of a first change, all our solicitude will be directed to them. The hospitality which we exercise towards strangers, is not in us a virtue ; it is a pleasure a pleasure which we are permitted to enjoy in excess. Yes, belov

ed sisters, you will find in your families all the attention, all the kindness which is due to your amiaUe sex. I explain myself without reserve; I have but a word more to add. I know that there are many persons among you,,who may find themselves in situations which will not permit of their emigration. It is not to them that I address myself. It is the unfortunate, those who are willing to labor, but who can find no work, whom 1 invitcTo go. If they really prefer industry and reputation to idleness andcontempt let them come and we will receive them. But if, accustomed to the mark of ignominy, they persevere in dragging on a shameful existence, let them remain lot them drink deep of the cup of dishonoiybut may their feet never cantaminate our shores.

Fourth of July. A writer in the Connecticut Mirror, very humorously ridicules some of the customs attending this - anniversary. JV. Y. Patriot. "The best part of the celebration is on the night beforehand. "Whether the day itself be Monday or any other, the night before it and of course the day should be subservent to the glorious preparations. All the boys, apprentices and negroes? should tucn out about midnight and serenade the town by fireing pistol barrels, and gun barrels,quihs, crackers and such small ordnance. These should alwaysbe fired off when they ViU make the most noise, that is, where they will create the most disturbance and oo the most mischief. The day is one of liberty and freedom entire; it is sacred, and devoted to that cause. On this day the laws aPe disolvcd. We have heard of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act that is but a single Act, and the suspension of it, is not at all favorable to liberty but how favorable to that sacred cause is the suspension of all other Acts and laws all city ard local ordances, and,what to the youthful part of ccrnmunity is still better, the suspension of all family government and household restraint. Let the teamster look to his oxen, and the rider of atkittish horse to his horsemanship: twovVomen should not be found riding in. one chaise on that day!

"As to that day passing without accident, it should not pass without accident: The very declaration of Independence would abate if it did. Accidents are appropriate to the occasion. Codfish is not more indispensable for a Saturday's dinner, or baked beans for Sunday morning, than accidents to the due observance of this National Festival.- Is not every child small enough to lack discretion, furnished with as much gunpowder in some shape or other, as tho fow requires of a Militia man? This is the zzy day rrhen horses should be frightened, stage coac!:?S run away with, wagons upset and boileiJ burst. It has been a standing joke upon one town that

iOi the 2d inst. were muik. icmurus on a small treaties styled Sahation by Chtist, written by the late Job Scott. The wri

ter of that essay has since met with a pamphlet, printed in 1 E07, in Rhode Island,

containing his last expressions, together with his last letter, copied from the original, alluded to in those remarks. You I will no doubt be doing justice to the cause

of truth, by laying said letter beiore the public, and thereby furnishing an opportunity to every unprejudiced mind to judge for'itself of the truth of the statement given by some to the effect that 44 Job Scott, before hi3 death, disapproved of the treaties above alluded to, and wished its suppression.? 44 There is scarce any thing that makes longer life desirable, but to finish the field of religious labor, which I had hitherto moMly thought Avas not yet dene, especially with regard to digesting my Journal, and some other writings. Indeed, I have often felt as if I should probably die in debt to the world, if I did not even make some considerable additions upon some subjects that may have been thought a little peculiar to myself, but which 1 still believe are as strictly in the very life and essence of the Go"spel, as I believe any truth whatever; there is not the least scruple in my mind about them. I trust I as firmly believe in the divinity of Christ,asany man living; but I have no more belief that there are two divinities, than two Gods. It is altogether clear to my mind, that that one divinity actually became the seed of the woman, and bruised the serpent's head, as early as any man ever witnessed redemption from sin, and is one in the head, and all the members he being like us in all things except sin. My only hope if eternal saha tion ts on this ground; nor do I believe there has ever been any other possible way of saltation but that of a real conception and birth of the diiiniiy in men. j It is not now a time to enlarge; there are several tketches of this doctrine in my Journal, and several other very unfinished little essays. On the ocean I wrote over about a quire of paper, which I believe is now in my trunk, at John Elliott's, (of London,) which I was ever a good deal doubtful whether some parts of it, not particularly vpon these points, v, ere not more in a way of abstruse reasoning than might be best for a friend to publish. Be that as it may, I am Very-apprehensive that most cf my writings are far from properly digested, and some of them I believe might be a good deal better guarded. Things have been hitherto gradually evolving, and it may be consistent with infinite wisdom that such a progression should always continue. At the present day, things are considerably ripening, and I have not the least doubt that before a great while, a highway will be opened through kingdoms and nations win rc darkness has long reigned, for the publication of the everlasting Gospel, in its true life and authority; and as what i6 revealed in the ear, is in due time

to be declared on the house-ton y little or no doubt that the tnip

Christum be much belter understood 'th

I may possibly be restored to c0rthute my small mite towards it. In ')'' and all things else, I am not sensible of a ?' wish but that the divine will may be do I think some parts of my Journal aw!!

too much with a repetition of similar orr

cise, services, trials ana tavor, while o religious visit?. In this respect, l

steadily had an intention of makin" w

considerable abridgement; several otk".

things also in the Journal, require avJ ry careful review. I have no rvish a

thing of mine should appear in print, Cwfm o r!-fV? I tr rC 11 cr fill n rcn I L

thought a considerable part of the Jourr might be, in some degree, useful to s,r

minds; but I submit all to the careful i A' -l1 1 1-A

snecuon, correction, anu ueiermi nation r

my friends. The Eye. This delicate and ber.u j.

ful organ is exposed to many injuries, the" protected by several admirable contriv?.:. ces, which demonstrate design and corbie, crate kindness on the part of the Crcatir, A fact is stated in the newspapershir'n ought to be generally known. A perse;., entering a room where a gentleman w;3

sitting, placed his hand over his eyes, ina playful mood, requiring the gentleman te guess his name apractice not uncommon but, as it proved in this case, a dangeron! one. The gentleman made stronge efforts to disengage himself, and, when release, he found himself entirely blind. No visible injury had been sustained by his eyes; bat f. is at least probable, that, in the struj. 5 j.the optic nerves were either ruptured,

or otherwise rendered useless. It is well known that the eye is merely an insftv ment. Bv means of its humours, which an

swer the purpose of lenses, the rays of lisht are brought to a focus on the retina, formingan image of the external object. The retina is an extension of the medullary por-

i tion of the optic nerves, which are connect je.d with the brain. It' these nerves aredij vided, the communication is destroyed. and i the eyes are rendered useless, though oil ; crwise perfect. The following casc,rdat- ; cd by an English surgeon, is in point:

In going through an hospital on the Qua; at Ostend, in order to assist the wounded French officers that arrived from Waterloo the night before, I was accosted by a tall man of about 50 years of age, a Brigadier General, lie was a true picture it the old Napoleon soldier the thick tnustnchio the dark curled and careless locki the stern countenance the round earrings the decoration of the legion of honor all marked him out as one of ti e sc:4 of glory. He advanced towards rr.c bowing, and seemed to fix his full black eyesoa mine, as he asked for my assistance. I besgcd to know where he was wounded: aid he informed me that he had been shot through the head, that his wounds were

nearly healed, but that he was quite blind, I looked at his eyes, and saw no alteration in them from the natural appearances; but on closer inspection found the pupils dilated and fixed. He then showed mc tie entrance and exit of the ball. It entered between the top line of the car and whisker, and having passed across the head, came out exactly opposite between tie other ear and whisker. It was therefore evident.that the loss of vision was occasioned by the optic nerves, having been totally divided by the ball in its passage. Fron the intensity with which I examined lis case, he seemed to gather hopes of relief. I hesitated as I told him of the irreparable loss of his sight; and I saw the tears start from those fine, but now useless eyes, with a sympathy that instantly affected my own. It was one of the most extraordinary wcundi I ever witnessed which did not prove fatal A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. A lady walking across the fields in the neighborhood of Islington, observed tw very suspicious fellows who seemed watcaing an opportunity to rob her. Iieralaric was increased by observing a fellow cl a similar appearance in a pathway at a litU distance from her; but as the case did r.e admitofhesitationhe beckoned him tostcp and addressed him with an air of ccr.? dence; "Sir, you look like a gentleman ; I do not like the appearance of those felloJ behind us. I think they intend to rob ine. "Madam," repeated the man,"I will taW my arm and I will attend you till quite out of danger; ycu will sec when I waver1 handkerchief, the two men will sheer en; they are my corQanions and we intcnof to rob you; but when confidence is reposed in me, lorn not scoundrel enough to I,c" tray it." Be attended her until she cnine in sight of her own house, when she cikr' ed him a guinea as a reward for his VUY tcction; but he refused it, adding, hcbfjP ed he had more honor left than to character to the level cf a lawyers aCJ above taking a fee."

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