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Print d and published every Saturday 15Y ISAAC STEVENS, &. Co. TERMS. Tuo I'H.?.r.s per -.minim, it' paid in advance. Two Doi.laks a.s Kn rv Ckxts it paid in six months or Tnui-.K L).).l.i; al the end oi ihe year. Advertisements not cv ceding one square. one dollar lor ihrt w ks, each s i!-eqiieut insertion fweiity-!ie cents, 1 ii-','cr ones in proportion. Letters addressed to the editor, must lie post paid to receive attention. TO NATURE. '"Rara mini, d rigni pluccuut in valubus amu! Fliunina umem, syhuspte, inglunus '' Giikvt daughter of the Sire Supreme! lit w hose, reflective, charms w e sec, Unscathed, the initialled beam Of view less Deity. I), lead me, Nature, to thy shade! Far li om li fe'sv an iug cares and (ears ; AifeClioi.s spumd, aim hopes hctray'd, And naught Ulictlaiig'd,, nil tear.-; And guide me on. ihio sun and iioint. With liunc nnmoit.d steps l range; la variation, uniform; l.nunrable u. chan-c. Oit! teach un, on the sea-be. ;t hiil. Or by tne mountain torrent's roar. Or in tlie midnight forest stiii, Th- gical and awful Lie : '. .V.r it.'es, oeM.i' l!ie calm thai st a. Or, in me i ;.l cool reiitind. V iin tin ne nvv ii g;-een v ood uiin irci-v Ri.sloie a .nicd mind: And gran! my m.uI a blis to own lxynnd earth's mightiest lo b slow, W 1 1 u h Love himself might vvc .:lonc, if loe be yet below. Oil! I have K.vcd ihee fro;u a child! Ai.J miii .uh cinidlioeo's i.'.piutou? Ii.'l!. Tlnneeve of loveliness h uh ,-n.ib ti, i',li a, .-i approving poner: lor in that season bright and sweet. Roams Use blest spit it puie and Iree, Iin1 oiii n's ai t, or man s Jei', Haiti si. lea a thought fr.mi ihce. And I wo.iij be thy child a;ain. Carcie, and innocent, and si ill; O'i : iiau n tne Irotii inineo . n v iid rclgu To he. ti i in, her will! Oil! sadly is liie siil uiibl.st, Tilai Hi ;" i" i'av s.icrcd joys kno.v n. Oi' ttise mm in lliy temple re.s,i Maj. siicaliy ioiie '. iKitil Aiui, mit wiih a celestial love, In set resy universe vviih thee, And hear thee bring them from above Thy wondrous history! How, when the gread Oriiutfic vvoiu Tiirotigh the farhalis ot I'n.ios rang, And life tlie dark cold billows slirr ir Thy charms to older sprang forth danced, thy genial steps beneath, Herbage and llovver; lo weave ihy pall, Campania brought her painted wreath ; Her roseate lieasiiies, (i iul. Kecount thy Sire's unbounded power, Recount his unexhausted love, Who sent thee, from this cloudy hour The shadows to remove And teach me, in thy still recess. To search a clearer page than thine, v here Mercv. W isdom, Faithfulness, Illumine every line! So when I cease on thee to gaae, May I thine author's dory fe. In realms whose voice shall chant his praise, When thou no more shall be! Want merely unites the cords of life hut disappointment, morlilication, emharrasment ot circumstances, rend them with a hard convuhive wrench for the expression of which, imagina tion can nnd no adequate ligurcs. By loo constant association, the sin c.erest friendship and the warmest love may be estranged, or ratherobliterated as the richest coins are defaced by the jrtclion of each other.

MISCELLANEOUS.

From the London Monthly Magazine. lnVT!OX OF MILTOx's TOMB. Extrucl from General Murray's Diury, unpublished. 2 1 ih August. 1790. I dined yesterday at Sir Gilbert's. As soon as ihe clot ti w as removed, Mi . Thornton gave the company an account of the violation of Milton's, tomb, a circumstance which created in our minds a feeling ol horror and disgust. lie had ien one of the visitors lo the hallowed spot, and obtained his infoi maliou from a person who had been a witness to the whole sacrilegious transact ion. He related the event nearly in the folio winy manner: The church of St. Giles, Cripplega'e, being ia a somewhat dilapidated state, the parish resolved to commence repairing it, and this was deemed a favorable, opportunity to raise a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of our immortal bard Miiion, who, it was known, had been buried in this church. The parish register book bore t he followinu entry : "li November, 1674. John Milton, gentleman, consumption chaueeli."' Mr. A:-ccug!i, whose grandfather died in I7iy, aged 34, had often been heard to say, that Milton w as buried unoer tlie desk in the chancell. Messrs. Si l ong, Cole, and other parishinner?, determined to search ior ihe rei ... I j mains, and orders were given 10 me workmen on the hi of this month to dig for the coilin. On the 3d, in the afternoon,, it was discovered; the soil , in which U had been deposited was of a ilcaicous nature, and it rested upon iiioth. r coli'ni which then: can be no oui't v;is that of Milton's father, re mit having staieti me poet was buiieu it his rei' iesl near the remains ol his are.nt: aiid t!e siiine register book contained the enirv. "Joliu Iiitoi.,;cnlicman, lb march, IG40.'' No other cniii having been huritcd in the chan cel, which was ei.tiieiy dug overr there :an be no uncertainty as lo their iucnity. Messrs. St long and Cole having eareluliv cieanseu me coilin Willi a Lisli and wet sponge, they astei iaiued lhal the exterior wooden case, in w hich the leaden one had been enclosed, was entirely inculueied away, and the lead en co'ihn contained no inscriptiop or date. At the period when Milloa died. it was customary lo paint the name, age, ccc. of Ihe. deceased on the w ood en covering, no plates or inscriptions being then m Use; but all had long since crumbled into dust. The leaden eotliii was vcrv much corroded; it ength was five leet ten inches, and its width in the broadest part one foot four inches, 'ine above gentleman, satis iied as to ihe identity of the precious remains, and having drawn up a state meul to that tneel, gave orders on luesiav, the 3d, to the workmen to till up tiie grave; but they neglected lo do sc, intending lo pertoim that la bor on the Saturday following. On the next day, the 4lh,a party of parish ioners, Messrs. Cole, Laming, laylor, and Holmes, havim; met to dine at the residence of Mr. Fountain, the overseer, the discovery of Milton's remains became the subject of conversation, ind it was agreed upon lhatthey should disinter tlie body, and examine it more minutely. At eight o clock at night heated with drink, and accompanied by a man named Hawkesvvorth who car ried a flambeau, they sallied forth, and proceeded to the church " When tvghl darkmis the streets Tfu n zcander forth the sons of Belial, Flushed with insolcnee and ffiinc." The sacriligious woik now commences The coflln is dragged from its gloomy resting place: Holmes made use ol mallei and chisel, and cut open the coilin slant-ways from the head to the breast. 1 he lead being doubled up the corpse became visible, it was envel oped in a thick white shroud;, the rib vveie standing up regularly, but the in stant the shroud was removed, they fell. The features of the countenance could not be traced; but the hair was in an astonishingly perfect state; its colour a light brown; its length six inches and a half, and although some what clotted, it appeared, after having been well washed, as strong as the hair of a living being. The short locks growing towards the forehead, and the long ones flowing from the same place down the 6ides of the face, it became obvious that these were most certainly the remains of Milton. The quarto print of the poet, by Faithome, taken from life in 1670, four years before he

died, represents him as wearing his hair exactly in the above manner. Foun

tain said he was determined to have two of the teeth, but as they resisted ie pressure of his fingers, he stiuck le jaw with a paving slone, and severil teeth fell out. There wcie only live in the. upper jaw, which were seized pon by 1 ay lor, Haw kesw oriii and the extou s man. 1 he hair, vvhicn had been carefully combed, and tied togethr belore interment, w as lorcinh pulled ff the skull by Tailor, and another; nit Lllis, the player, who had now joined tlie parly, told the former, that being a good hair-worker, it he would et him have it, he would pav a guinea bowl of punch, and adding, thai such relic would be ot great service bv wringing his name into notice. Kllis. therefore, became possessed of all ie hair; he liKewise took a part of tne iroud and a bit ot tlie skull; indeed ie was only prevented carrying oil' tlie lead by the sextons, lioppy and Grant, who said they intended to exhibit the remains, w Inch was aiterwards done, ach person paying sixpence ta view ie body, These fellows, i am to.'d. gained neaily one hundred pounds bv ie exhibition, learning put one of the eg-bones in his pocket. My ieiormmt assured me, continued M?. Thorn ton, that while tin- w oi k of j ; ;ianation was proceeding, the gibes and iakes of thee Vulgar (ellovv made Ins iiearl ick, and he returned fi o:n (iv. scene. feeling as if he had w iinesseii the re sist of a vampire. Viscount ('., who at near me. said to Sir G. "This re mind-, me oi the words oi one ot the fathers of the church. " And little boys lave play ed with the bones of great From the Fredtriekshm 'r Political Anna. IN TEH i :STi N G A N EC DOT E. We need hardlv teil our readers, that we have been uniform. and very decided in our opposition to General Jackson; that we did what we could to prevent lis election and re-election; that we have condemned many of the measures of his administration; and that we shall, jrohably, continue; to say hard things of him as occasion oilers. We take not the less pleasure, however, in giving publicity for the first tune, to an anecdote, which reflects signal honor upon General Jackson, and indeed upon the meriran character. The authentici ty of thestoivis unquestionable. We heard it from a gentleman, of distinguished literary eminence, whose wri tings have placed him among tlie firs: of living authors, and of whom any country might be, as his own is justly proud. It was related in a company, of whom wiij another distinguished in dividual, now representing his country ibroad, but. at the time to vvhicn the anecdote refers, holding a situation near the person of its hero, which enabled him to bear testimony, from personal knowledge, to its truth. In the year 1824, our informant met at the table of General Sir George Airev,many distinguished Englishmen, then in Paris. The conversation turned on the pending Presidential election, and fears were expressed that, should General Jackson be elected, the amica ble relation between the two countries might be endangered, in consequence of his implacable hostility to England, ind his high-handed exercise ot power, as evinced during his command at New Orleans. The necessity, on the pari of our informant, of replying to these observations, was superceded by the prompt and generous outbreak oi one of the guests Col. Thokxtox, of the 85th an ofheer well known for his frank and gallant character, and w hose regiment suffered severely in the attack of the 8th of January. He testified, in the handsomest term-, to the conduct of General Jackson, as an able and faithful commander on that occasion, and declared that, had he not used the power confided to him in the "high handed way alluded toriew Urleans would infallibly have been captured. As to the charge of implacable hostih ty, Col. Thornton declared, that in all the intercourse, by flag and otherwise, between the hostile commanders, Gea Jackson had been peculiarly courteous and humane, and, to support this asser tion, begged leave to mention one cir cumstance. He then proceeded to 6tate, that, on the day after the attack, the British were permitted to bury their dead, lying beyond a certain line, a hundred or two yards in advance of General Jackson's entrenchments all within that line being buried by the American, themselves. As soon as this

melancholy duty was performed, the British General was surprised at receiving a llag, with the swords, upaulelts, and a note from Gen. Jackson, couched in the must couiteous language, saying that one pair of apauletts was-si ill missing, but that diligent search was making, and when found it should be sent in. These articles always considered fair objects of plunder were rescued by Gen. J vcksox, and thus handed over with a re.juesl that they might be transmilted to the relatives of the gallant officers to whom they had belonged. This anecdote, and the frank and soldier-hke style in w hich it was given, turned the whole current of feeling in favor of the General, and drew ion 1a an expression of applause from all parts of the table,"! fell a flush on my cheek, and a thrill of pride through mv bosom, and in my heart I thanked ihe old General for proving, by this chivalrous act, that the defenders of our country were above the sordid feelings of mercenary warfare."' SLFFEUIM.& OF A SIHI'WRIX Ki:i l'AUTV, IN nova zi;mbi.a. Sno-stotns soon blockc i up their hut, and llie cold became so intense they could not hardly endure it. Linen froZ;: in an instant, when taken out of w arm water, tiie closeness of the hut neat ly suilocated them frum the smoke : and, if tiie fire be name Sow, the walls were soon covered vviih :hin ice; even the beds wen; lined with it. Except

wneii employeu in cocking, they lay constantly in their beds. Often-litiies they heard tremendous noises like thunder, breaking the fearful stillness of the U'ibouuued frozen race around them; it seemed iike the buisling asunder of mountains and the dashing of them into atoms. Tins sound was probably caused by the fracture of ice at sea. Their clock slopped in consequence of the cold bin they managed to know how the lime went by a twelvehour glass. Oil the oth of December they found the cold so intense that they had no expectation of surviving it. They could not keep themselves warm by any resources ttiey could command. Their wine froze, and Ihey were obliged to melt it every two day s, w hen half a pint was served out to each man. they knew not day from night, the hrighilv; there was no distinction at the time their clock stopped, and they weie perplexed to know what lime of the 24 hours it might be when they set their hour-glass. On the 7tli December, they weni on board their ship for some coals, and made up i good tire in die evening, winch gave them much comfort. They had a nar row escape, however, liorn the vapour, lor, closing every aperture of the hut to keep in tiie heat as much as possible, i seaman, who was indisposed, lusl com plained cf not being able to bear it; and then they were all attacked with virligo, and could scarcely stand, un til the door was opened,, when the first who reached it fell down faint on the snow. Un the rJlh of December, the 'eameu'e shoes were frozen so hard that they could not ba worn, and they made themselves slippers of skins, and put on several pair of socks together to keep their feet in' heat, t he ice was an inch thick on the ides of their hut, and when they went oat in clear wea ther, their clothes became white with frost and ice. They had stormy weather till about the tith of January, during which time they confined themselves to their hut. They heard ihe foxes running over their heads, but could not catch them, which they regretted, as their provisions were beginning to run short. The intense cold absorbed every other sensation. They applied hot stones to their feet and bodies to keep them warm, com forting themselves that now the sun was about returning lo them, with a lit tie patience he would-warm and glad den them again with his beams. Even sitting before their fire, their backs would become white with tost, while their stockings would be burned before they could feel the heat to their feet. Shipwrecks and Disasters ut Sea. During the wet and disagreeable summer of 1820, one gentleman asked another if he evei remembered such a summer; to which the other replied, very seriously, Yes; last winter. Why is the wing of a gander like a man chopping wood D ye give it up Be cause it (?) is a hc-iving, (hewing.) IjowcU Journal.

6ELECT FRO VERBS OF ALL NATIONS. The first chapter of fools is to esteem themselves wise. The longest life is but a parcel of moments. The wise man knows the fool, but the fool doth not know the wise man. East. The sickness of the body may prove the health of the soul. The timid and weak are the most revengeful and implacable. The loquacity of fools is a lecture to the wise. The example of good men is visible philosophy. The fool is busy in every one's business but his ow n. The follies ot youth are food for repentance in old age. The first degree of folly is to think one's self wise; the next to (ell others so; the third, to despise all counsel. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness. To read and not to understand, is to pursue and not to take. Ilulian. Truth may be blamed, but it can never be shamed. Truth hath always a fust button:. Gaelic Truths and roses have thorns about them. Truth may languish, but can never perish. Italian. To a bad character, good doctrine avails nothing. Ilulian.

Vain glory blossoms, but never bears. Vice is its own punishment, and sometimes its own cure. We have all forgotten more than we remember. When you are angry remember that you may be calm; and when you are calm, remember that you may be angry. Spain. VV ho thinks to deceive God, deceives 1 1 i msel f. Ita nan. Wo lo those preachers who lisle:, not to themselves. A little boy, about four years of age. ay very still one morning, after a line night's sleep, as if m deep thought. His parents v alched him for some time. At length his mother said to him G eorge, my dear, what arc you thinking about .' W hy mother, says George, kinds of fee are there? How low many many kinds of tire! why only one my son. Why, yes there is. continued lh boy, there are four kinds. Four kinds! low will you make that out! Well, then, said he, first there is a uoodjire, there i- a cool fire, then there is camphi re, and thou there is there is Well, what is your fourth, my son? There is frc aicay like fury! In the "Heir at Law," Panclosssays to the waiter, "Is the gentleman juve nile !" "No. sir," replies the waiter, he's Yorkshire. A similar instance of lu dicrous misapprehension occurred on the trial of the notorious John Thurtell for the murder of Mr. Weare, in 1 832. The counsel for the prosecution, exam ining t'robert's servant girl respecting some circumstances which occurred after the murder, inquired, "Was the upper postponed?' "No, sir, it was )ork chops." 77 take your measure! At the time when the yellow fever raged at New Orleans, a friend of ours was there; and, while standing at the door of a hotel, a fellow approached him with a yardstick, attempting lo take his length. He was asked what he was about? "On ly taking your measure for a coffin, sir," was the reply. "A coffin! Go about your business, sir. When I want one. I will give you reasonable notice. Amurantn. A Patriotic Dickey Sam. A gen tleman of this town having gone the. other day to a book binder to irive directions about the binding of a book. the binder asked whether he would have it done in Russia, meaning, of course, the leather so called. His cus tomer did not take it in that sense, but feeling a patriotic reference for his own country, and probably remembering recent attrocities in Poland, indignantly exclaimed, "Russia be d d! I'll have it bound in Liverpool. Liverpool Mercury. Oh, Barney, Barney, the eye iv me is filled wiih mortar! murther! murther! "Is it mortar ye have, intil ver eye? Well here's a bit of brick bat, pathnck, jist take and make a :ca eye of it. Lv:tU Times