Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 87, Richmond, Wayne County, 10 December 1825 — Page 4

AGRICULTURAL HYMN. Great God of Eden! Hwatthj hand Tbat firctcUd earth in bloom, And shed upon a smiling land Nature' first rich perfume? Freh from thy glance the fluwn sprain, KisM bj the fun't fimt ra; While plain and hill aa.d tallej rang With life and joj and praiie. Otd of the Clouds. Thj hand cau ope The fountains of the kjr. And on th'ei pedant, thirst j crop Pour down the rich supph. The farmer, when the seed time's oVr, J.v in the merci Rifrn 7hinks on thj promised harvest store, And.srailmf, looks to heaen. God of the Sheaf! to Thee alone Are due our thank and praise; When hnrTeit' grateful Ialcr's dcce. On plenty glad we g;tle. Then shill our hcarti on he ? en reft. Thy price we will adore. And thank that God whose mercies blert Our basket and our store.

From the African Repository. TOTHF. FIRST SLAVE SHIP. 3ln Au5t, IWU ltch man of war landed 20 ru-r fur ale, at Jamestown; the first slates Oter brought into the country " First of that raee, which curst the ware. And from feu nfled cabin bore, Inheritor of woe, the slave, T bleu his palm tree's hade no more. Oirr .-fitine! o'er the troubled main, B riv on in unresisted stfite, Ci.-.w'-t th-u within th dark domain, Te horrors of thy prisotietl freight! The ttrd chieftan's Durum tear, Thf parted lot ers mute despair, Tl.r rh.!';;' mother's pane severe. The orrhin's a cony are there.

He ,rt thou their moarii wht.m hope has fied, t

Wild rrji-s and aomxin 'tirtt T Cnosv'st the ii thy humid ailf are spread With ceaseless suh from breaking Lvarts? Ab! r.;uUM thou from the scroll of rata The mi nes read of fature t an. Stripe, tortures, unrelenting hate, And death tasps !rownM m caekss tears, Down, dot n beneath the cUavm? main, Th. u f-iin ould'st plunee, uh re monsttri he, Rathi-r '.ban ope the cte of j; ain, Tor time, and for eternity . Oh Afric! what h sheen thy crime? That thus like Kden fratricide, A mark i set ujH)n thy clime, An l eiery brother shuns thy side? Tet are thy wrong. thm Ion; distresl. Thy burden hy tlie world unwi irh'd, iJu 'e ill th lt CroKGETrUI. HMT Where all the in ol earth are lui. The -un iii on thy for head frowld. Hut man, more cru I fur tau he, P rk fetfert on thy nt bound. Lo k to ihe mansions rf the frre! L, k to tkt realm nh re rh-iir.s unbind. Where .rmeriH fall the threatening rod, A d where the patient ufft rers find, A friend, a father in their God. L H.

From the Trentor. V.mporiuin. THK iN50L.VKNT. I have a matter to mention to you in Confident e. airi young Mr. Git to hi neighbor P.mt Wince, onr morning. Y-ti met- I have g together a very handsome

property, tw. farms, thrrc or four hou-?.j

and with all enough to support me during; the remainder of my days, in peace and I DlMt. I

It give? tne great pleasure to learn,' said the old man,that my young friend has been so fortunate as. in a few year?, to realil' what I have been aiming at for forty and have hardly gained an independence; arid all hy honest thrift doubtless.' Honest, aye, you know 1 always sustained a clear reputation; hut there is one grand point to gain yet; a finishing stroke to put to the buiineis,nd 1 must have your iSMIance.' At vour service, (said Mr. Prince,) what

shall I do for for jouT j M debts my debts, Peter, they are: in the way; I murt apply the brush to; thern, or I 'shall never be worth a groat. j The insolvent act, you know, will fix this! matter, and for the 'present I wish you to! take a conveyance of all my property,' ?nile 1 slip through the crucible.' j Mr. Prince was a purely honest man of j the old school, but he had lived too long in the modern world to fall into the hyster-! irs, at the bare mention of -uch a proposal, j He neither started, nor turned pale, norj pricked up his ears. But modestly told j Elr. Git, that he was sorry to hear such! O proposition from him; and suggested in!

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f!iortliepurpf5S3 of defrauding honest credi

tors, Ned Gist, like a good many other fashionables, considered rather as aivactcf superior wisdom, than as a scandalous anJ degrading crime, and that a man deserved praise for it, instead of deserving a room in a state-prison. Acting on this theory himself having long held it, and seeing moreover, numerous instances around him in the world honored an J courted, it was scarcely to be wondered at that he should importune Mr. Prince to assist him, for even these fashionable rogues seldom venture to trust one another. And what then, asked Mr. Prince, will you do with tout creditors of the Great

Spring Factories V They must all have a cut, replied Gist, 'I intend to deal with perfect honor and fairness in this business, and it shall never He said that I made fish of one and flesh of another.' What, then, cut ofT the widows and orphans, the poor day labourers, and mechanics, will ou have no mercy on them Mercy!' replied Gist, rather astonished at the singular turn the conversation was taking 'you'll allow, Mr. Prince, that

mercy, like charity ought to begin at home,

(through the streets in gigs, who leaves his

debts unpaid, although Ircquenuy demanded; never do ' - - marry him, for he will in every respect make a bud husband. When you see a young man who never engages in any affrays or quarrels by day; nor follies by night, and whose dark black deeds are not of so mean a character as to make him wish to conceal his name; who docs not keep low company, nor break the

Sabbath, nor use prolane language, nui

ment, in piUlioni anfj remonstrant. .

, gair.it British slavery. The cause 0 ? j mancipation calls for something more it t eisivo. more efnripnt that

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upon the real friends of the poordeirr J j and oppressed African to bind th.'. 1

- , i"tiii!eive by a solemn engagement, an irrevnr..,i

j vow,to participate no longerintbecrimo If ; keeping him in bondage. It call? tml

them to "trash their own bands in innocwu cy;?' to abjure for ever the miserable hr.

! whose face is seen regularly at church, 1: pocrisy of pretending to commiserate the where he ought to be, he will make a good : slave, whilst, by purchasing the prluc j husband. I lio,lS of his labour they bribe his master ((" ' When you see a young man who is be- 1 keep him in slavery. The great Ap.-stl 0f low you in wealth,' offer you marriage, the gentiles declared, that he would ( lt don't deem a disgrace, but look into his j, no flesh whilst, the world stood, rather 'character; and if it corresponds to these , than make his brother offend.' Dn VoQ I directions, take him, and y ou will get a j make a similar resolution respecting , god hush and. j India produce. Let your resolution U " Never make money an object of marriage, ; made conscientiously, ;d kept invi(1)a. for if vou do, depend upon it as a balance My; let no plausible Virguments whir k

to the good you will get a bad husnana. j may oe urgeaagainsi n rrom witl.out,uo When you see a young man who is atten-! solicitations of appetite from within, nvAft tive and kind to his sisters, or aged mother; you from your purpose, and in the cour who is not ashamed to be seen in the streets j of a few months, slavery in the BritUU

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iTTith thi urnmnnnnn fiive nun uniii i iihiuuusi'iiiijc miimiimn.u,

. ...... ...w n ! nursed him, supporting her weak and totitering frame upon his arm, who will attend !to all her little wants with filial love, affec-

:r. ihfstrt nmahout takintr in absolute

ly necessary to preserve mv property; I ; tion and tenderness, take him girls who must take care of ms-lf first therefore.' ! can get him, no matter what his circumKieellent reasoning, said Peter, wait j, stances in life, he is truly worth the winuntil to morrow, and I will be ready with hiring and having, and will in certainty,

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an answer. . n uiit' a uuu huju.hiu. It is well, said the young gentleman !j Lastly always examine into character, lather out of humor, that his 'neighbor conduct and motives, and when you tind

i should be so scrupulous, but remember, if: these good w a young man, then may you

you decline the honor, I can easily hnd a:i be sure he will make a goou nusoanu.

Don't dk disc ouraged if in the

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They parted, and Mr. Prince, after piv -j The following is extracted from a pamingthec:ie a thorough consideration, took phlt t called Imn iii ite not gradual Aboup his determination. The next moron g : f f,avt. The author ptroIlgl) his friend called on him again, and found, J . him willing to undertake the trut; the jj recommends abstinence from West Indian deeds were regularly made out and ac- j productions, as an effectual means of doing knowledged and Mr. Prince became the ; away slavery. But this plan, it is objectlegal owner of all Gift's property. ! would ruin the planter, which she enTo complete the game was an easy task. ; . . . . , . i r ii-iii i deavors to prove vroJld not be the case Gist put on a long tace and while he laugh- 1 ed in his -leeve, plead perfect poverty ; i aIU l,en 5a,V9 went on the limits; swore he was not worth jj But were puch a measure to be ultipounds, iK:c, and came out a new member! 'match injurious to the interest of the

ofs xiet ; able as he boasted, to snap his : planter that consideration ought not to j li Hirers at the wrld. as he owed retiring. !s wifh a feather in the ralr nrainst eman- I

But the Devil sometimes cheats his cu-tcin-1 f H)ation. The slave hag a right to hi ! 1 lc,r fvorable ; and as it would be J

ers when they little dream oi it. j liberty, a right which it is a crime to vithA few weeks after hi liberation. Gist j! ,()Jd jet the consequences to the plancalled upon the gentleman to release irirnptcrs he what they may. If I have been from his agency, by making a final settle j deprived of my rightful inheritance, and tnent d the property in his tanrih. Mr.fftl, usurper, because he has long kept posI'rincemet him with a grave face, and in j session, a-serts his right to the property of answer told him that he could not by any i which he has defrauded :ne; are rny jusl means acknowledge that his neighbor Git ;Laim9 to it at all weakened by the boldhad any interest or right whatever, in or to If ru.ss cf nj? pretensions, or hy the plea that the propertv in question, because to enter-' restitution would imnoT?ri5.h and involve

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i of life tilings do not go on smnothU. u

, seldom happens that the hopes wc cherbh ; of the future are realized. The path of life, in the prospect, appears smooth aIi(j level enough, but when wc corno to trawl it, we rind it all up hill, and grimily I rough enough. The journey n I,th , 1 1 mj5

ij one, and whether poor or weabh, 1 .jjj ' i -w.u r....i i

if vrr mkiii iicu n ?, u our 0 lappointment, if we have iiuilt on any t,)!er calculation. To endure what i to n- , .n. dured with h much cheerfulness ;( p, j, hie, and to elbow our way ns easily ,t Wt. can through the great crowd, hoj ii (r little, vet striving for much, is perhnps th& true plan. But, Don't be discouraged if occasionally vorj slip dwn ty the way, and yur i .ri ghh,r tread over you a little: in oilier won'?, don't let a failure or two dishearten v o accirinnts happen; miscab iilatir.i vili

' sometimes be made; tnings will turn rut j differently from our expect tions, and ve

may be sufferer. It U worth while fo remember that fortune is like the skies in April, sometimes cloudy and omeiirr9

tain such an idea, would he to charge him directly with committing perjury , when he swore lie had no such right or interest.

him in ruin? And to what inheritance, or

i birth-right, can any mortal have preten

sions so just, (until lor;eited by crime) as

a man ol his nest earthly mhei nance, tears him from iris dearest connexions, and condemns him and Iris posterity to the degraJation'and misery of intern i able slav -

And that turther, as the properly reaiiv i; to liberty? What injustice and rapacity

in fact belonged to other people, having j! c:in be compared to that which defrauds

hern purchased out ol their money, he ivn it his duty to put the true owners in possession. Mr. Gist was thunderstruck; and after in vain attempting to persuade himself and Prince that this new idea was all a joke, he abandoned the ground in utter despair; and after two or three fits ol melancholy, turned himself over to labor, for a decent livelihood. In the mean time Mr. Prince called the creditors of the insolvent together, & made a fair digtribution of the whole citato among them.

TO THE LADIES. H)V) to choose a good husba7id. When you see a y oung man of modest, respectful, retiring manners, not given to pride, to vanity or flattery, he will make a good husband, for he will be the same kkind man" towards his wife after marriage that he was before it.

When vou see a young man of frugal and i

indutrious habits, no "fortune hunter, hut would take a wife for the value of herself, and, not for the 6ake of her wealth, that man will make a gaod husband, for his affection will not decrease, neither will he bring himself or his posterity to poverty or want. When you see a young man, whose manners, are of the boisterous and disgusting kind, with "brass"7 enough to carry him any where, and vanity enough to make him think every one inferior to himself, don't mar y him, girls, he will not make a good husband. When y ou see a young man, who is using his best endeavors to raise himself from obscurity, to cedit, character and atlluence.

the aost polite terms nis (lounu as iotne!M ", ....... .. tntire correctness of such a course as he j make a good husband and one worthy of .,t;.,A ! having.

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V hen you set a young man uepcnumg solely for his reputation and standing in

In the Treat question of emancipation.

; the interest of two parties are said to he in

volved, the interest of the slave and that of the planter. But it cannot for a moment be imagined that these two interests j have m equal right to be consulted, without confounding all moral distinctions, all j difference between real and pretended, j between substantial and assumed emancipation has (properly speaking) nothing to j do. The right of the slave, and the inter

est of the planter, are distinct questions;

they 'belong to seperate departments, to

because to day is stormy , so it is ui n if 1o ink into despondency, uhen fort u re frown, since, in the con. mot coure of thing5, she may be surely expected to smile again. And again, Do.-Ct If discourni(d, if vou are deceived, in the people o the w aid; they art very

; rotten at the core, r rem sources such as j these vou may be m st tmexp ct: di deiceived; and you xv ill naturalh t V -! vrc i under such deceptions; hut to thec s-i 'must become ueri; if vou faie ;'S n st people do, they will lose their novelty f ci fore you grow grey, and you will b'ain to trust men cautiously, and examii e tlv.r characters cjoseh, before suw allow ti era ' great opportunities to ii jure you. ' Dont be discouraged under any rirrurr.stances. Go steadilv f rward. R-'dl er i consult vour own consc ienc e liian the ej i 1 ions of men, though the last is not to 1c ; disregarded. Pe industrious; be Iiul' I; i be honest; deal in perfect kit di ess with ; all who come in your way, exerrisii'g a neighborly and oldiging spitit in ,iur whole intercourse ; and if you do not pr v peras rapidly as any of your neiuMHjrS , depend upon it vou will be as happy.

"I pass with haste by the coast of Africa, whence mv mind turns with ii digs-

different nrovinces of consideration. If! tion at the abominable tratic in the nurruu

the liberty of the slave can be secured not ?Pt ct('s from which a part of our cou- try- " ' ... ..j-i,iil4

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Hut Gist, however had hecn taught in r.r h.c rnnripntous school. What the

a i ti irss. wnt iii""- . . i.i r l f .i .i last generation would have called swind-1 socety upon the iccnlth of his father or other

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ling or theft, or downright rogu-ry lie i

had learned to di-tinguish by the les grat-! ing appellations of cunning shrewdness,! eri criifU To cake anav oucs property i

relations, don't marry him tor goodness

sake, he will make a poor husband. When you see a young man, one half employed in adorning his person, or riding

only without injury but with advantage to the planter, so much the better, certain

ly ; but still the liberation of the slave ought ever to be regarded as an independent object; and if it be deferred till the planter is sufficiently alive to his own interest to co-operate in the measure, we

may forever despairof its accomplishment. I

i ue cause oi emancipation has been long and nobly advocated. Reason and eloquence, persuasion and argument have been powerfully exerted; experiments have been fairly made, facts broadly stated in proof of the impolicy as well as iniquity of slavery, to little purpose; even the hope of its extinction, with the concurrence of the planter, or by anv enactment, of the colonial, or British legis latute, it is still seen in very remote perspective, so remote, that the heart sickens at the cheerless prospect. All that zeal and talent could display in the way of argument, has been exerted in vain. All that an accumulated mass of indubitable evidence could effect in the way of conviction has been brought to no effect. 'It is high time, then, to resort to other measures, to ways and means more summary and eifectual. To much time I ;s already been lost in dcclarjiutivn and argu

men dare to derive their most inauspicious

i wealth. Sugar, it has been said, woula i be de ir if it were not worked by slave? in j the western islands; as if the most laberf- ! ous, the most dangerous works wi re it ! carried on, in every country, but chieliy In England, by freemen. But let sugar bo j as dear as it may, it is better to eat rx' (, ; to eat honey, ifsweetness only be p;htatable, better to oat aloes or coloquit tidi, ! than violate a ptiman law of nature, i

pressed on every heart not imbruh d M :,v arice, than rob another of those rihS which no laws upon earth can jul) li,k0 from him." Sir ll'm. Joncs

The follow inrr anec dote was related by

chief justice Esten, of the Bern tid e. ;,taf meeting held in London, on the 28tl

April last; "Wc have a slave of the i'"1' of Edward Frafer, who is only 25 y eai-o age, and has received no education u in the house of bis master, and yet he l.js made himself master of the first six bks of Euclid, has read the writings of lc and most of the standard rihines el He. church of England; and great as the P'1ers of his mi- d are. his heart is equally interested, aid 1 do behevebim tohe rcfl christian."