Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 93, Richmond, Wayne County, 21 January 1826 — Page 4

SBXiSSTED FOETUS.

From the New-Hampshire Spectator. During a halt of the army, in their retreat oi th 8th October," says General Burgoyne, 1 received a message from Lady Harriet Ackland, submitting to my decision a proposal of passing to the American camp, and requesting Gen. Gates permission to attend her husband, who, wounded, was a prisoner. Tnough I was ready to believe, for I had experienced that patience and fortitude in a -supreme degree were to be found, as well as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, 1 was astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such an undertaking as delivering herself to the enemy, probably in the night, and uncertain what hands she might first fall into, appe ri d an effort above human nature. The assistance I was enuided to give tras small indeed; I had not even a cup of wine to offer her; but 1 wa told that she had found, from smc kind hand, a little rum and dirty water. All I could furnish to her was an open boat and a few lines, written on dirt wet paper, to Gen. Gates, recommending her to Ins protection. The chaplain who had officiated at the funeral of Gen. FruEer accompanied her, and with one female servant, and the Major's valet, vrho had then in his shoulder a ball received in the late action, she rowed down the river the Hudson to meet the enemy.v L DY HARRIET a ballad. 'Sty, Li fy, tta , the nijfht i dark, Thick Ii,nltms pres the plain; The u.ii are all abroad, and, Lark! I he ir the ru?hin? rain: Anl, rbihed with ridr, our foci may dare Sor.ie wt-rsr th in urate tlrtt And thne sft ey?, that ttam to fair, May plead, yt t randy j lead. Then, dearet Lad tempt not that The Hilary fatrV decree O, think w hat erirt" niut torture m, While duiuer threaten thee." "You nrc in Tain," the Lady cnrJ, 'Why would you break my heart! For It t wrhaUrr ruay betide, Thif uiht I mutt depart. Aid ttll me cot, that daD?ert wait. But srrant me leate to o, To learn my caj.tiv tsjktaod'f fate, And harr or 'uthi his woe. Prr hatice hi wound untented lie; Frohed by the ; jtrcmj: air ; TVl.i his rrch'd Jij in Hgony, Invokt- 1 1 Harriet's cart-. Vairdy hit be ivy je ht turr.i It luert u ftraiifr' The U vrr in hi. Jile blood buret, Am!y( they pnthini by. Atd i.all I if Id to idle fear Wliile he r -tjuin my care? Or wate thi hi ur tm uel teart, Arid ins ' if lit tic "j air Ar,d will our 1 1 rmie, who chcot T tlserr to be freeWill n.e:i of uch prend ioo rcfuta To Er T.t me cnurtey J flow wrll they war I learn from yen; Thr winrTrn your appl-e : Ti e ; 'itritit tra?e re nolle too Their cause it irtue'i raue. Thru ure rue rnt t linger here, Kor tremble for raj weal. The penerou foe I will not fear The ttorm 1 khall not feel." A tear hath dimaj'4 the warrior't eye. Hit cloak he round her flung : God hielj the" wa hit brief reply And te the bott h sprung. 6he did not hrik, he did not thriek, Though wild thr trtnpett beat: The anery foam hath dahd her cheek, The mreet i ed her feet. "Oh, God !" the Chap'ainH trembling tongue The word tenrre fnlter'd forth AhI gentle lady, ure'ti wren; T tempt flu fearful wrath. Bark, oanmen, back! in rain ye ctrire, Omr willt to l!eTeri mut how: Dck! back ! the boat can Deter liTt; I feel her linking humt." 'Oh! blench not here,' the Lady cried, k 'Twill drive me to depair; f trenthle not the 'orm to bide. Fi r (leaven hath heard my prayer: On, on ! when hte and tluty call, N dancer fhould dimy . The Tower who hidi ut hnzard all, Oi;r nff rnif can repay.1 Their rude ear drai.k her filter tone, Lke muic from the k 'Lady, thy biddmp fhll te done," Sfontiirietiut wai the cry. With inewy hanl their oart are plied, Tte hore if ir behind, Aim' o'er the U.uwinz waves they ride, Fleet a the patn'iiff id. In hn'low cutt the form wept by Thick !;i( the dr n hi t rain, The low hurt i l..d that i il the llfj Stt mibglit with the cais.

And darkaets rcin anil, oh! Low drcu Nijht's gloomy sovereign come! The earth was hush'd, and route withrfear Seecietl litt'nin; for her doom. Yet morn thnllrise in smilca of light, And chase her fears away; But thote who bide the angry night Unsheltered, where are they ? The tun lias kissed the wave serene, And every cloud is fled, Tit bright ; but there's a brighter scene Within yon humble sh d. A-dowu the wounded soldier's cheek Joy's glittering dew-drops fall 'My Harriet here!" she did not speak Her smile hath answered all. CORN ELLA. Literary fertility. In Weber's Northern Antiquities, we find t!e following instance of literary application, which, taking all circumstances into consideration, is perhaps without parallel. flans Sacks was bom in Nuremberg, in the y ear 1494: he wa taught the trade ol a shoemaker, and acquired a bare rudimental education reading and writing; but being instructed bv tiie master-singers of those davs in . the praiseworthy ai t of poetry, he at fourteen began the prac tit e, and continued to make verses and shoe, plays and pumps, boots and book, until the seventy-seventh year of his :ige: at this time he took an inventory of hi poetical stock in trade, and found, according to Ids own narrative, that his works rillf d thirty folio volumes! all written with hi? own hand; and consisted of four thousand two hundred mastership songs, ho hundred and eight comedies, tradgedies ai.d farces, one thousand seven hundred l.-.l-h s, tales and miscellaneous poems, and s n.-ty-three devotional, militan Sc l"ve congs; making a sum total of six thousand and forty-eight pieces, great and small. Cut of these we are informed he culh d ns macv as filled three massv folios, which were published in the ) ears 1550-G1: and another edition being called for, he increased this to six volumes folio. b an uni 'idgment from his other works.

his felitnv-rxiiihi Vc are all limbs of one great body. Nature produced us all as relations one to another. She inspired us with mutual love, and made us social. According to her laws, it is a more wretched thing to do an injury than to stiifrr death. "What can one call ii but madness, to carry mischief about us wheievcrwc go; to fill violently upon people of whom wc know nothing; to destroy every thing that comes in our way, and like so many wild beasts, to murder men wc have no sort ol dislike toT '

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In beholding thr custotns of foreign nations, they sometimes surpi ise us b) their strong contrast with llioe of our owu couiitn,&. occasionally shock us h thtir entire opposition to the spirit of Christianity. Hut if we more closely analyse the scenes daily exhibited before our eyes, whose familiarity mav be said almost to blind us. this ronlrast tanihcs. Take, for instance, the deplorable habit of intoxication that has so w idely spn-ad over our land, and say whether there t an be any evil of such incalculable' magnitude? The peace of families become? destroyed hy this demon of desolation. Talent and reputation, ami power, are sacrifice d at his shrine. Kven the magic wand ol wealth is nerveless in the hands of hi i tar, or lie at his shivered feet. Hi children proclaim his degradation hi habitation passes into the possession of another disease and di-gust drive away his friends and, alas! t sum up this catalogue of human misery , many ;i i harming woman, within the walls of polished cit ies, is doomed, like the deluded Hindoo, to sutler tortures on the funeral pyie of he r husband, wh is dead to her, to religion, and to hap(pincs. Sut. Krr. Post.

From the Middlesex Gazette. The Jews. The number of Jews is estimated at G59G,000; of which I million were in Poland, before the division of that country in 1772; 200.000 in Russia, comprising" Wallachia and Moldavia 00,000 in the states where the German language is spoken, C0,000 in Midland and the low countries; 5,000 in Sweden and Denmark; 50.000 in France; 50.000 in England, of whom 12,000 are in London; 200,000 in the Stales where the Italian language is spoken; 10.000 in Spain "and Portugal; 3.000 in the United Stales; 4 millions in the Mahometan States of Europe, Asia, & Africa; 500.000 in Peisia, and the it st of Asia, comprising China and India. The belief of the m nlern Jews is expressed hy the Great Rabbi Maimonides, of the eleventh century , in the following thirteen articles: , 1st. That Grd is the Creator of all things that ho guides and supports all creature-; that he has done every thing; and that he still acts, and will act during the whole of eternity. 2d. That G. 'd is one. There is no unifv like his. He alone hath been, is, and shall be, eternally , our God. 3d. That Cd is incorporeal, and cannot have any material properties; and no corporeal essence can bo compared with him. 4th. That God U the beginning and end if all thing, and shall eternally subsist. 5th. That God alone ought to be worshipped: and no: e besides him adored. Gib. That whatM ever has been taught by the prophets is true. 7th. That Moses is the father and head of all contemporary doctors, and those who lived before, or shall come after birr. Oth. That the law wa given hy Moses. Oth. That the law shall never be altered; and God will give r.o other. 10th. That God knows all the thoughts and actions of men, 11th. That God will regard the works of all those who have performed what be commands; and punish those who have transgressed his laws. 12th. That the Messiah is to come, tho' he tarry a long time. 13th. That there shall be a resurrection of the dead w hen God shall think fit.

Prospects for farmers in 1S26. It is painful t learn, by gentlemen arriving here Baltimore fiom different pans of the state, to attend the convention, that the prospects for a grain crop next year, are more gloomy than they were idaiost ever known to he at this season. Fields which it has been necessary heretofore to cheek, by feeding down, present scan vj a sign of' vegitation; so intense ai d long continued have been the drought and drying winds of autumn and winter. Am. Farmer.

During the revolutionary war, Gen. Lafayette being in Baltimore, was invited to a b jdl. He went a requested, but instead of joining in the amusements, as might be expected of a young Frenchman of 22, he addressed the ladie thus: Ladies, you are veiy handsome; you dance very prettily: your ball is very line ; but my soldiers hae no shirts. The appeal was irrcsistihlr-: the ball ceased, Jhe ladies ran home and -cnt to work, and by the nf xt day a large limber of shirts were prepared by the f.ireat hands in Baltimore, for the gallant defenders of their roontrv.

Coopfrixo r.Y WATJf.R. The Waterloo (N. Y.) Fanner sas 'Messrs. Abraham Person and N. P. L'-e, have errected in this village, a far tory , for the purpose of manufacturing Miner's patent pails by water! Thus one improvement after another is Liking place in our village, gi ing character and consequence to the indimrv and enterprise of our citizens." Cider.. The produce of orchards hi Now England was, perhaps, never larger than at the late season. We are informed that great quantities of cider have been ?ohj in this icinity for 50 or CO cents per barrel. That of superior quality, alter being transported eight or ten miles, sells from 75 cents to 1 dollar. Ifamp. Guz. The orchards in the neighborhood of Baltimoie, almost uimcisally failed, in the season last passed ; and our brethren in the e.tst w ill have a fine market for their apples and cider. fCilcs. "TlST OF LETTERS, REMAINING iu the Tost Oifi at ttichmoml, lsi.it iii:i, on the first of January, IC26, wl.irb il not taken out b thi-first of April next, will bo H-ut to the GnuTal l'vt OiTicc, a dead If ttrrs J. John biirnhnm, Thomus Dulla 2. Joiifithao Krotl.ain, JrJry liamet, Bartholomew Utmouck . Jonathan Cur, William Co, Michael Crawil. F. Jotin Findly, Van Wink Fielda. G. J.M-iah tiiU'irt, Valt ntine GiUon. H. Ann Hauua. J. Asa J. iTrit'S Milbonrn Jacob. K. Jttha C. Kihl.y, William Kennedy, Cobert Kenwurlh y. L !!i'ir? Loner. M. Nathan Miiii-rmc, 'ibo Irrine, Wi!!i3m Maudlin, Robert Montgomery , Jau Maxwell, Marilha MarO., H:iunr.h V. Mocre, Mur.m Q irej . O. F.Jf (!)orn. I'. Jamt 1'.-:, Cary G. Palir.fr, Willinm Flat. K. Georo Kupe, John Hajr, John Ktxl - i?. Jante Sa.iih, Jehu Strut, Juliann iit!Thir.d '2, Vi!?i.itn Smith ;., Jthu rrluart, StiphtD 5inwri-i, Jaaie Selser. T. John Ta!h rt, John Townsend, Hiram M. Trimble, Leonard TlIsOTi. W. Thorn i9 Wiles John Way, Willi 'im Way, Jonathan Wallace or John Caldwell. 52, ROCEIIT MORRISON, P. M. 01 3 joseph p. PLTjraLiEn, H AS just received irom Phil uh Iphia, in adi!tica to his former stock of Good?, STRAW FLATS Si GIPSIES, CKPK LF.ECE, 3 4 k 6-4 BLACK MODE, Mangled Bcnjraisi Bombazin Sr Bombazi:s A variety of Morocco shoks Sc rears, Laventine &, changeable sarsinet silks. Large white and colored Casmere Shawl? " black silk Ilk fs. Buper blue Casinetts & Broad cloth, 6-4 COTTON DIAPER, White silk gloves and silk braid, Lenoes, Cambrics, &. Book muslin HktV. GHKEjV SPECTJCLhS. ALSO, SAD1.ERY & CUTLERY.

ALL of which he offers on rronable terms. Riehmond, 12th mo. 17, 1325.

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LIQUOR STORE. THE ?tihenri r has jmt receiviMl, and bat fer unle. ii quantity of FOREIGN und DOMESTIC IJljUOIlS consisting uf French Bratdv, Peach do.

Rum, Wine, Gin, Cordial, Cherr Bounce,

MiSuongahcla W hiskey, Cincinnati Rectitied VVhtskey, Country Whiskey, Sz, Ousters, Butter Bii nit, &c. ALL of vhic5 bf willeJI, wholesale or ict.ni, ' the loweot tt rm, for cnh. All persons who nre tndt tted to the subacrib r, i thrr by nole r preount, ire requested to nm- ';r ward and pay them, on or before tin I3ih u- vl they will be jut into the handi of a topr ulUtf for ctdjectmn. JOHN SMITH. Richmond, Jaimrj 7, t8I3. M

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