Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 40, Richmond, Wayne County, 19 March 1828 — Page 4

THE GRASSHOPPER. Happy insect! what can he la happiness compared to thee? 1VJ with nourishment divine, The detey morning's cintlc wine! N-iture' waits upon thee still, And thy t fdant cup does fill; 'TisfulM whercve r thou dost tread, Nature's st !fs thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, r.nd dance, and sing, Happier than the happict Lin! All the lipids which thou dost see, All the plants, lvlon to thee; All that summer hour produce, Fertile made with early jaico. Man for thte dves row and plough, Farmer he, nr.d I n h'ord tl.ni ! Thou doet innocently yj ; Nor does thv luxury destror. The shepherd gladly kcurcth thee, More harmonious than he. Thte country hiiuls with gladness hear, Frophet of the ripen" d year I Thee rhoeSus love?, and does inspire; Phcrbits is bimelf thy sav. To thee, of all things upon earth, Lifr i; nr longrr than thy mirth. Happy insect! Happy thou!

Dot neither are nor w inter knoxr :

imnl. that abuses its best friends and is ev

ltv way the most loatl csome in the vrorld. Drunkenness, says Thrifty, is the most expensive of all the vic e?. For the roan is not drunk for nothing,' says lie, 'who pays hi 3 reason for the reckoning.' It coats him the pi ice of a good character the price of his health and even his life. Tor the drunkard. Thrifty adds, continually assaults his own life. Bacchus, says he, drowts more men than Neptune--The drunkard generally ends his days in beggery and want. For. he has a hole under his nose, into which all his money

1 Iv turns the out of himself, cad leU It Shs eueciew ;s "

the heart in ; a noisy and quarrelsome an- I cony ol speeco, ... i h . Hd ilinnilV.

S!e distorteth her features to nppsar

lovely; she laughcth at nothing, to thou

runs.

The Tunisian Fair. Turkish ladies are not seen in Tunis by the men, either strangers or citiz ns except by members of the same familv. Thev occasionally pass the

! streets to visit each ether, but aic to tnuf-

tied up that it is absolutely impossible to

jj tell whether they arc white or black. 1 ; met three while in the city. They an P.srcred to the accounts I had received of f; them. Had black handkerchiefs bound a-

hout their foreheads, coming d'Wii over

up tha cabbage, bat in vain. Tk length coRipelled to apply to5N succeeds in theattecfp I t1, t.mo, -quid, and cranks J" T " U

r fraiuuar:;r

tko Kn ititv of her teeth.

Berare,0 daughter of beauty ! lest thou art misled by Affectation , for thou wilt he neglected by others, till by reflection thou discovered the cause, and art led to despise thyself

MODESTY. 'Behold the daughter of j

innocence! how beautiful is the mildness iof her countenance! how lovely is the diffidence ol her looks'! Her cheek is died with the deep crim-

f ii . ... . I .. . . is nlviri :ml . I . t hft fit rrr llm cimn .

son oi me rose; uvi cj- i - , ........ uimcuities are eir ' rene, and the gentleness of her speech is ; enced in taking it into the bouse ,v

exhaustible hurhir .n1. , ' C4S aadin.

concave nide? But th;. ;. katetf.

j cabbage must be lifted from th : tl

thii is not effected nithout tie ; ar1 of levers, and the same anueir i5:rtHnce tor though they were 1, Hrpn fhrkiia-.twl '"'no ,11-

-. ounas weight. j keep calling out to the oxen afl 1, 7 ! road, at if they had to drag a wlS j times above their strength. a'' T6

as the melting softness of the tlutc.

is delivered up to the women to

w il I : ; . . r role : nJ f L. . WUJ

llnr crr.llil riri 714 lllf I'lllll C&iillLl IUt9 I 4.ILU1C1IL U lllf HOlin ! . u

of the sun; the beauty of her presence as th y perform with as much bu5tb -V

13ut wheb tbou'stt!rui.k, am! dane'd and sun? m their cvclids : ethers around tiitir cheeks,

Thy H, tLel!-wtry h aves amour,

(Volupttmu?, and wie TiitLul, rpicurran aniatal!) S.ilt't! with ihv suuimt r ft ast, Thou rttir'st to mhHvs rest. . 1 . . .. 11 " ' 1 r ,1.1 Kr-ui tl.e Npmt York Mirror. BOTANIC EMBLEMS. THE JLSSAMINE Hill! LI M OF DtLKMCY.

ccmifig quite up to their eyes, so that no-

j thit.g remained but a mall opening tor the ji pupil of the eye. Over this was a bonuet ' and thic k vi il. A m in may live in Tunis for years and iinnt ?ee the lac e of a Turkish lady. They j! are n ver seen at the nindws, but spend their w hole lives in concealment. They !; are quite a contrast to the Spauili ladies,

lVliat a beautiful .im:litud ! Ore of 'i who sw trni the streets with nothing but a the m--st aptivatiiiu traitofthc hum tn ij thia v i! to shelter their heads from the mind and pt is n. is ly pi. ally charactt i iz.d '. burning sun. by a coir.pnrii n wish the swe. t t ria- It m iv be asked by the curious, how are mrr.t of the nVwrr ;-T!en. The d htit.u th ir courtships conducted, if young men perfume o ti e j irr:W" is ln:! illb-tr.- and women never fee each ether? fiul tivc of that breath:: g n.r at it n 1 1 the ! nt ai!. That word has no use amonz the sou!," that purity ot thought, ard w oid. Turks. The aged women get together, and action, that constitute the peculiar,' and do all tnc busiueu. The parties nechaim of deii a-y. ! ver see each other till after marriage. This brautitul s!irul with its slei dcr i' The ceremony consists in signing u writbranchts. U d licnte tlowers, and its fia-1: t.n covenant Net even the Bey is algrntit edeurs. loidU - the air with sweet- ! lowed to seethe candidate till she is his nc??, is a ms! appn priate enddem of a ; The marriage is then celebrated young aiid luvtly fVmale jut ntc li.'g 1 1. i by feasiinc nanic, and dancing; males ox ti.e enjr.men ts of the world. wh n life ir:'fomiles bciv aetnbled in separate abut a f iry dream, aud all ari.ui.d her partment. Each man ma apply for and breathe the atmosphere of de-lit ac ; !. receive f.mr wives if he can support fo 1 An l Oh: thatth Korhl had 1:0 ; icture tut thi j many; nad if any of them do nut please he

.at:-.!! tU I r'.lt lorn.f Hhich Lave gil.lt d ha' . mav put them away at pleasure.

Lllcr$ of an .ivurican. FrirndlyAdzicc. Take a paper. Ot.c th-it is not conducted by an unpiintipled madcap in politics, nor by a sectaiiau bigot in religion. There is o estimating the

iw oilu..r ti of the moon. parent ratifrue a-tnnihU ;

illO m ' (' J I Her attire is simple ; her feet tread with i caution, and she feareth to uive offence. i An Irishman tvKo had but sixpence w-h The young and the old are enamoured ; ing to buy some whiskey, went into a l w ith her sweetness. She carrieth her for that purpose, and having received' own commendation. j iv scall d on for pay. After ?crch:' So becoming is the behaviour of Modes- ; his pockets for some time, be exc!a'-r tv! So lovely among the daughters of wo-j t-Och honey, my money i like a wiSjV7.

I Dave to drive it up in a corner to ctlU it." L-

men!'

Farm and Mills."

! The Three Poisons. physician cf Ken

England of a factious disposition, who

had long practiced according to the cus- ' torn of the day, giving and receiving wine and. spit its in the social circle, became con-

' vinced of the evil of such a course about

I a year ago, oi took the following method of1,; Wnjne county, Indiana. T !' arretinC the influence ot custom. av j; mill itrram, and in nce

ing several friends one day at his house, t he sai to the company, "geii'lenicn, will

t ii hlr vmir uluJ hnr. is wine, and ti dwehine, and oUVr builditiei. Tl.e ?

; i 11 . . M will be sold tortthor, or sen.-i.raoly, cr an? r;--' brandy, and nwemc all are poisons some , . rarm wlU be sold witn'the M.nV 1

I slower in their operation than others, butij

i equally sure take your choice.

' nilK Subscriber will tll, nn r r n t.'-t ; A hit FAIUJ, GRIST nd i.iJi r

on Noland'i Fork, 6 milvs iurth-'vn-! a'l: ...u.'J-

' - - .Jiii1 r,

lie Mill? -.irf ;. r.-J

XCt'llt'lit rjf i-;,tnr!.ovi

! Thr Faro is an excellent oi,c, Ci.r.faiiiir.j . ! of which 120 acres nrt-under fence ; aui t. .. ; , n tunerior yuui)'' ordiard, a rfMtir.iuiio:;; r i

TV-.

;tzve through itihowert rvn.l t:Mc rf i! Ui, "

to a family. It is at lrat w orth live times

;? the ordinary cost of it. The difference hetnrt na fnmih that takes a good paper, it anl one that takes none, is alas per-c-ptihjf; and that difference, so far as fnUll irei.ee arid moral elevation are comerj i:ed, wiil generally follow childien through life.

Vet fail be as pure as tl c j iiuQiinr fljw t r !" WORSIWOGD EMRLLM OF A.Gt'!H. The peculiar qualities of the wormwood plant are prcverbi.-.IIv . II kiiown, and

fcave pstahhshtd it ;i the in-igr.ia of bitter ! .idvatitage of a well conducted t iiud:cal

sorrow, ol anguish dee;-, heart psertii L' ' Cuiili. In this sense it ha- been used b) an old w riter, thus modernized: 4iFor Tfh.it shall I ?.i ish !.attf h sorrotr, Or iwrttit w .rtnv coii" lilt t r ill! AVh?r? hall Htlhrtion crn f.rt L rri w, To Lid thee ar.gu;l.-tl tl r.!) Lr Hill?"' Medicinal virtues have brcn ascribed t

the dococ ticn of u oirnw c f! ; and mai. a j thnfiy housewife Iuh hr unlit it qialitii's I An interesting debate hag been gfdng on to the test inh r domestic pharnary. A I in the Houe i Representative?, for some w ine produced fr rn this dar t, in a pro , dats, and Ins r:ot yet terminated, on the per state of preparation, has been f und of subject of the power of the General Govintitite serv: e ii arrcstii -n tlj- progr ss f ernment in regard to Internal Improvepulmonary affections. Thu i" the worni ;j mei t. It would be well if some fpiesionsf wood, whose bitter distillation affords re-'! annually nzitated in Congress, could be lief lo the attenuated frame of the invalid, j furly put to rest: of which, this is one, and like many efthe bitter ailhctions of the ij the expediency of the Military Academy is woild, that rninistcr to a mind di?ea?i d ' j another. With regard to the pioecution nr.d have a tendency to restore it to 4pris .j of internal improvements, such as embrace tine health Ij ureat mam post roads, military roads, and such canal-! as arc obviously necessary to maxims ami uv:ce or soT.oMov TtiiuFTv. ' the defence and supply of the country in a

state ot war, it is gratifying to the friends

' A Scotchman and an Irishman nere sleeping at an inn together. The weather being rather warm, tin Scotchman pdt his foot out of bed. A p rson se ii g him in this situation, gently fixd a sj ur on . Sawnev ii' l, who, drawing his h.-t into : bed,s '. :-hed his companion, th.it he cxclaiv.' ', .irrah, my dear hoic, have ! care. It ; i my shoul you have fractured ! the skuil ioi,e of mv shin with these nails i of yours, 1 believe." The Scotchman being sound asleep, but restless in l.i- dreams, ' still scratched poor Teague, till his paI tience being quite rpent, he succeeded in ! rousing Snwny ; who, not n little turprised at finding a spur on his heel, loudly ex claimed, the hostler has ta'en (tl my boots , last night and I ft on the spur'

RICH AIID W. UIEE5MAN.

January 22, IC2U.

TO PIUITTSnS.

! TYPE FOCXDRY .LYD PA7.V7L ! WAREHOUSE. Corner of Vine Sf Centre streets, O.r.?;:!., THE Proprietors of th: Cinci!,Mti Ttl .: dry have lately made coiijuli-ral !c .. : ! ' to their establishment, and ;r:a -.v ni.tto:.r x. on demand, or yrry siiurt notjoi-, 'Y Yl'.J'rz cteen line Tica to Nonpareil, mot'.'.y o.f mt; u: as reat a variety of F.inry Job 'i Cut'.

any t oundry in tl.c Uiutf a tt;dr, :ir. ; :t tre prire n at the l-nstern rountirn s: .. i'r I Chate. Case: Tv i-e-nit lal lleiU t, c:ist ti :

I . . T ' . ,

i'r ef is t:or

:r:r.'.T.:

JOPD.LV. The Jordan, the celebrated river of

Palestine, the only considerable one in the country, ris s ia Mount Hermon, pajses i through lakes Morom and Genesareth;!

j bodies. Brass Rule of every

' Ink, of New York and Pbil:drlhia mrtkr, LMf ! Skins, Parchment, Ac. Ice. We dl i.l-a :r r:i: Slereotjp Plates, to order, fre ni J. Iio K c 7, ! Philadelphia, and deliver thv. san e rt C.:: ' U

frif of charge for tran ortatior, -? rt'. v..t . ( Printpra whn ilr.il :it this Four.. frv ii : ;,

sert thi Adertiseraent eonpicuuus!y, i' t:n 5-

: forward their bills lor payment. , r

MJVIIIIIU I If v v a w a FrwM Trees.

CfnHE Subscriber has, at his farm, rrr : ii :i; JA mond. In. a variety of Ctdtivate.i i 1 ' 1

4.7 diunkard is a ziluntary mcrfmcn. There is iiothing, says 'Jhnfty. for which p- oph- gfpm tr entertain a gieai:r terror, than a st.nfe cfii sanity. It the n fore appears strange to hitn, that a n a: should volu' tarilv become insane. That he should ft n il tl poir nous drug on purpose to make him' If a nriniac. That he shoe Id puf an enemy into his mouth to steal aw ;i his brains!' Uut thi - is net all. A man who becomeinsane frrni the Mutation ( Vrt id nt e, has our stronge st mp -thie in hi f ;ur is t -ireful!) guardeil fr ni haim. and i'

liehappt-n t do an injury toothers, i not

then llowinc almost dne gouth, through an n7 fJ. Cr' : . ... . . j. which he will ili'imu' of as lulloirs: cidtn ; j extensive plain, till pnsSI ng to th east ,ix aH, a fwUrth mils per tree, and ruturr. it 1 of Jericho, it flows in to the Dead Sea. cents per tree. Produce of most kin h :l j Near Jericho it is deep and rapid, wider hnen, beeswax, tallow, -f!-mV I .u - .1 . .. r ..u navoent. WILLIAM H

I l,,lu 1 ,opr "l ivome. ub leugui is a- , Wo? ne county, Feb. 4, 182.

fkniTT rro int r ri rttti iiirv T- 1 1 x a ii

j banks are steep, about fifteen frrt high; so ji

I II '44 V II 19 UllllUUIl IU UUHIC III 11, triillll.

however, curiosity or superstition impels j

almost every pilgrim to do; Rome vainly ;

1 rr.nrri ni 11 cr fh:it il rlonitc ttttn fmm !!

...... t . ... . ...WV W til V III .IWIII MIA J

of this power in the Government to find that it comes out of every contest with renewed strength. Considering il as almost the only beneficent power of the General Goven ment, tve are rejoiced to see itsurvivo the assault- of its adversaries. We cannot believe that thi Government ;ibocr desigfied as a mere machine for taking money from the pocket of the peo ph , to maintain armies and navies .md forcign em!as?ies. Such otablishments arc neces-ary to the public ih.'fence; btit to give to them any real utilitv or value, it is

necessary that wo should have something

THAT well known

sin. , . a. . inv

4tl had surveyed," nays Chateaubrinndj purchaser.

"ine greai rivers 01 America witn uiat pleasure which solicitude and nature impart; I had visited the Tiber with enthusiasm, and sought with the. came interest the Eurota and Cepbix.us; but 1 cannot express what I felt at the tui'htof Jordan.

Not only did tho river remind me of a ret

conned antiquity, and one of the most celebrated name that the most exquisite poetry ever confided to the memory of

man; but its chores presented to my view

In the town of Richraond, lately 1

! tinn of Win. H. Vauirhan. A har;:un so

1 . : ih if iii.1V ?U

en, unci possetuou ui auy iiaic j

F.rilRAlM LAC

Richmond, Sep. 2Slh, 102

PROPOSALS,

BYJOSIAHSXOV,

Tor publithin;, in ProTidetice,

dies' Paper, to be cuui.

THE TOILET, Or Ladies Cabinet )f bwtfE!itro, Oweu G. Warren, & a bu ,

It i the intention of tho publisher ij cf,i.

a cKim:. rate, a choice and valuable ?

seer n

only excused, but pitn il. Not so with a worth defending. Let our Government,

the , m every thing they can, constitution, ill) , to hen lit agriculture, commerce a:-d manufactures; and to facilitate corn merer and intercourse among the States. Toward? these objects, the Gencial Government, in its national, parental capacity, can do much, and we tust will nut halt in its policy. Aaiitmnl Inh ligeiurr. March 1.

drunkard. He makes hini?elf th

11 -nt- .

ni.u uerision 01 an : ijuamtano ; ;i5ui ,;

i-. held responsible for :! he mischief and injury he does. And Thrfliji win hn fxamtuod with tDtr.' attention tl e criminal j 11 1 ispiuden e of our country, devhireji that three fourth of tire ciimes and misdemeanor that dis gr.ice the records of our count!) , origin ii'r ti oid, or are in fume way connected' with intoxication- Drunkenness, sjms he. is the f g fr.ni whi this whole brood of crimes and vices are hntched! One would suppose that a rn !. proud vf l is iea n uciii'd ful like to be turncl into a biuie. Vcl the druukardj says Thrifty, voluntari-j

AFITXTATION. Who is she that e- Tiieih tripping with nice, mincin teps; whose tongue lipeth sweclnr. atui whose form is not hei own? Shu hath put oil" herself, and decked her w ith the burrowed plumed of others by whom she is despised. '

me ineaire 01 me miracits at mv religion. " ucu roiciarorwr - . . j.di' ltlV Judeais the only country in the world ! 10 lhta .1 . . . ' , , r to i:en a nohl fur ln ciroaun .rX'rl that revives in the traveller the memory of j, nili; ,vhit.;w unprovided with l'l,.anile.;ir::. human afTtirs and of Celestial thincs, and of exertion, mi;ht forever tlumUr i ,,.;ne

which by this combination produces in the soul a feeling, which no other religion is capable of exciting. Worcester's Sketches.

Marriage Custom. A very singular custom exists in the country of the Manges, department of the Maine and the Loire, and nUo in the commune of Jallais. three

or four leagues from Labendec. The day

... rt

I It uill contain the san;e v-ru l. t, and ihitrurtion thnt i fon! i'1'"!" ycri; M!i j Mich ii the Philadelphia Album, . and Hoetoti Spectatnr. rt-r!f,, ,rin 1 TI..MubliM.er ha procured a " ; I ...a., !.r.fr..nwWfi! taste amit.U" ' hf c-

not f.ul in th. ir endeavors to rmri poWio patronage, and umler K . nii 0 -h.preent himself to ti.e pnbac, c.- v-t the r encour.-i-prnrnt than hn on " est in.ation of an enli0htencd cow 3 J

1 1 '

niter a wedding, in the morning, they take I THE TOfLKT will he i""";" uu:u y;, the host cart in the farm, and piitto it all ! qrt f-rm ..f fr.ar Ps;;t ti ";t

he oxen the, can find. All the company ulZt to who attended the wedding then po into : - p;.ahlcnn the receipt o( the mt t u,e , field of young cabbages: they then walk ''' expiratir. of r'

ouviuiiy over the nrouia . hidL.rovcr t he - " 1 ;.ihet:lth g""r mi

u.iesi plant; and when thi

one of the company opens

instance, and l.v ,l.-r.,ej l ' -r-i.nrs m. n ,n r

. uiLitsj 11 luiimiiiu I lit . .j, it r.rlMVW " - t .,i 1 .-"

plant, but slowlv, and with the none nr-;j rWubicriptioi ttcJ

li is found, l inururations relntivt to the P l t Iinii,. fi a trench at a id "r-it?ri of the Toilet ; lb. , .4, Kditnrs ho wdl V,scrl,,nV in rr.

f ' '

anee 01 great labor. When the earth j

round it is sutneiently cleared, each man;j with pretended clforts of strength, to pull

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