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11 Y ALEX. Tl, CJLKXX. THE XOTIIKU'S FAREWELL. Allien, Ui o f.uling iverl.l! atlii-n! In other lands my treasure lies, With calm inditl. -.enro I vi iv Thy fertile fiol-U. tliv finm- skiec, To nie no more thy h.-mitv I ring's A single tram oi lc:is,;'rr ,,. . Nor can it tench lire thini-tu.i! vtri:ig That kindle ho; e, or waken fenr. Yet thou art ermiiiM, O rarth! Put whr.t h beauty T'ow to in"! AYhat the I rislit imiiiii r"? lnirjiinir mirth, Or ntiln inn's jnnn n v. 'rv! Away, away, my spirit lli-; Away, away, to re.ile.is rnknoivn. M'liere love utilouchM hv rrrov he, An 1 peace erect !:er thlless tliroiie. I've trieil thre, and have forevl thee vain; ' :rrajiM tlin ami end raeM a shade ; "Why tempt nie tle-n to turn :ii;ni-i ? Whelm not tl.evrnrk th.tt hnpe hae made. Prom year to year in ri-le.s toil I've 1'olIowM on i-i '-;irli nfe:ice, Al'd l'o;:id hut ellv"s er.rnfill Miiile; And i ndivl hut i:i-.vri t !.ed:ie-. Thrrn vvn a time lev tl.en wn? 'out:.-, When iv ry path and :ar.! n unM ; When I Ira lire i'.rs rl the dour- lij.iier, And lif-- with i nd'.i ; ro-j-ri t- l;t aiu'd ; V.:'. like the phniif m of a ilreata, V. itli lll'i '. f. -? dav, :i it pa nl avpv, And i:lik a ei:.k tli ii"-oii ! run" When il irk a i-- -i:;!. the '-tliti; ilav. . ti.c : I IP T .'' ! :: ' .: I i r - :p v In a'i'l) leiier 1 i.o in .f tt V ',, If. i ' 1 1 i -M ' e lie nt,e Icier. 1.. re 'I I. To ,ir ran it to1'-' t 'J hat u i. i o or v. .-till P. .a Ml ' ' Hut v '. it ,T.- a V!,.,t tl.e 1 ii.il I r iini ::;-.:,' i' A v a v. nv. : . l . a; . ;i - a . ' W!.i i r.n'o ; A!i 1 ia':- i : ':! :! O i ti ', T . I. . r, 1 to in"-? 1 iiij mirth, .. - n i . lr ; I ,i rl . I I i ; . nr.I.r.ewr, n t ! v foi r-w lie, - i.er i-r.di" I'.n : ' . . ; t. ec:a uittm: or ri.ATTsr:i;. '1'lic ci.c.ny footi snlvaticoj tip thr. flioic? of the Lake lollrc rii r Saranac. at (lie mouth of which MatuU the vill igc of Plattsburh, backed a: it! ilaiikc.l by the forest, wbo?o dark atul interminableline it sweetly break?, with its neat and cheerfiil dwelling?, overlooking the bosom of a circular b.y, hieh receives the watc.s of llie liver. Coatinnil skiiniistics v.cw tori: place between the enemy atd the i1iiiir parties of militia, f-cven hut, died of which soon col!e ted from the turrounding fori'St. The state c.f Vernu t.t, which lines the opposite side of the. like, then poured forth her inotintaineers. Scattering through a mouiitaino'i routitry, it miilit have licen thouu'nt ditlii ull to collect the scatitv pi pul.uii.ti: but the cry of iinasiop. echoed from bill to hi!!, from village to village. Sonic caught theit liiirso froiii the rlamrh. others ran oil on foot, lcr;vi:io their herds in the pasture, and scaicu i x:ha;iging a parting hleiiig with their wives anil mothers-, as the, handed tb.cm t!)eir mn-kets. From tl.e trav .--ire, whoo tr -mhlitir; hand t,'oiihl hardly"! n. kle on I i hand. To the raw l,o, who-e shaft anil how Were t t fi-arce terror of the crow l'.ach valh-y, ea h se.pie'ti red glt-n, .Iietercd a little han I of nun. Thev met, a? torrent' from the hri:ht la highland dale their streams unite Still "ralheiiii!: a they j.onr alotisr, A voice more Ion l,a tide more strong. Their guns on their shoulders, a pow der tlask at their sides, sometimes a ra tion in their packets, crowd after ciowd no u red into Uai linglon, mid all, as a it iend who had witnessed the scene, dcscriJicd it to me, 'came on a run, wt thcr on their li'-;" r 'heir horses." The. bea'itifal liil'.e (o.vn of Burlington covers the hica-l of a hill on the opposite shore, and somewhat higher up the. lake from HalUburgh. Here every boat and canoe were put in rc-rpiir-iVion; troop after troop hurried to the shore, and as the scattered crowds poured into Plaltsburgh, tln-y collected into lines on the S iranac, to rcr-ir-t the passage cf the enemy, or struck into the wootl-, with orders to harrass their l car. The fleet wa now equipped, and .., t!, .f ,.f ill., riirmv anneareu in It 111 M 411'iV w - j I ii.'ht. moored across the entrance of tin buy, with such a breathless alaciitv h.'.d the American prepaied to inn I me n cont-'er, that one of the vi r-st Is whith then entered into action had been built .....1 niuinncd in tlv: space, of a fortiii'dit. Eighteen days previous to tin n"a"emcnt, the timber of which it w as "in-l i u t tc d had been actually mowing tlie forest on the shore, of the. lake. The British flotilla, under the com mand of Captain Downic, mounted 05 runs and upwards ol one tnousnm; H il.p Atnericans, under Commo jMrt)onou2h. eight hundred men The first exchange of cannon between ,i, i-rt nVH was the sienal for the ar mies on land. A desperate conflict en

TLnilGEl' TO NO P.VUTY Risnsrrv, sued. The British, with daring bravery, twice attempted to force the bridges, and twice were driven hack: then tilling up the river a detachment atfemp ed to ford but here a vollev of musketry suddenly assailed (hem from the woods and forced them I o retreat with loj. The issue of the day was left by both parlies to depend on the naval engagement then raging in sight of both armies. Many an anxious glance was cist upon the waters by thoe stationed near the shore. For two hours the conflict remained doubtful. The. vessels on cither side were stripped of their sails and rigoing reeling hulks, they still gave ai.d received the shocks that threatened to submerge them. The vessel of the American Commodore was twice on (ire her cannon dismounted, and her sides leaking: the enemy was in the s;':ne condition. 'J he battle for a moment rcemed a drawn one, when both attempted a malayuver which was to deride the day. With infinite diliiculty the American ship veered about the enemv attempted (he same in vain a fresh tire poured in upon her and she struck. A shout then awoke upon thr-shoic, and ringing alocg the lines,swtllcd for a momenta" hove the roar of the battle. Tor a short space the British elioits relaxed: but t.iei,. as if nerved rather titan dismayed by lite misfortune, the experienced veteran stood their ground and continued the light until tlaikiurss constrained its saspeiit ion. , The little town of Burlington, dating the i-.u-y hours, displaced a far diff-Tcnl but trot le-s iuteie sling scene. All occupations weie interrupted the anxious inhabitants lining the heights, and straining their eves and ears to catch some signal that might speak the fate of a combat upon which so much depended. The distant firing and smoke told when the fleets w ere engaged. The minutes and (he hours dragged on heavily hopes and fears alternately prevailed, w ben at length (he cannonading suddenly ceased. But still, with the aid of a telescope, nothing could he distinuuished across Ihe vast waters. save the J ist wreath of smoke had died iway, and that life or property were lost or saved. Not a sound was heard; the citizens lro-.-a at ear h other without speaking. omen and children wandered along the beach, with many of the Vermont troops, who had continued (o drop in during the day, but found no means of crossing the lake. Every boat was on the other side, and all were still too busy thereto ferry over tiding of the naval combat. The evening fell, and still no moving speck appeared upon (he waters. A dark night, heavy with fag, closed in, and some w ith madden ed hearts, sought (heir homes; while others still lingered, hearkening at eve ry breath, pacing to and fro distracted Iv and wild, imagining all the probable and possible causes which might occa sion this suspense. Were (hey defeat ed some would have taken to the boats: were they successful some would have hurried to bring the tidings At 1 1 o'clock at night a shout broke in the darkness from the waters. It was one of triumph. Was it from friend or enemies? A 'ram it broke louder ..... it was recognized and re-echoed by the itrnrs on the beach, and swelled up the hill and'Y ictorv ! V iclory". rang through the village. 1 could not decribe the scene as it was described to le; but you will suppose how the dood eddied from the heart young tnd old ran about frantic how they inghed. wept and sung, and wept a'run. in nail an nour tnc town was in lis- t i t , i blaze of light. ,. L. Ibvinc. EAST OF THE TEA PARTY. The New York Star says that Mr. Hughes of Otego, who is now 100 years of age, and is the only survivor of that party which threw overboard the tea in Boston liarlior, passed tlirougti that place on his way to Boston, hem invited lo celebrate the anniversary ol Independence at (hat place. I he I rov lence .Journal contains tnc lonowuig - . . . i . ii : in r. lalion to this venerable, patriot T.nsl Saturday, we had the sadslac lion of seeing and conversing with the only Furvivor of that daring band ol pat riots, who offered the first open rcsisl ance to the oppression of the Brilis crown. He was born in Massachusetts, on the 5lh of September, 1735, and on the 4tl

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of July will want only sixty-three davs of being one hundred years old. IBs youngest son, apparently about forty years of age, and the ("ifiomlh of hfs children, was with him. We have seen many men of seventy who appeared as old as Mr. Hughes. I lis voice was strong, his statue rjuile erect, and his steps comparatively firm. lie was evidently, even at this age, a brave, high spirited, warm hearted man, whose tongue was never controlled by ceremony, and whose manners have not been moulded by the fashion of any dav. IBs etiquette may he tea party etiquette, but it was not acquired at (ea parlies in Beacon street or Broadway. The venerable Mo-es Brown, almo?l his compeer in years, celled upon him and was introduced. The contrast between the mild gentlemanly meinof the patriarchial friend, and the rougii address of the Veteran Hero, was strikingly apparent. The one was an apt personification of brazen fronted war, the other the dignified representation of gentle Beacc. During the Revolutionary war, Mr. Hughes sailed out of Providence in an armed sloop, owned by John Brown, captured three prizes and brought them into port. SOCUA.TES. This celebrated pagan philosopher lived about four hundred and fifty years before our era. lie was a light in the heathen world; but (he people were too stupid and depraved to profit by his instructions and example. His parents were poor, and he bail not all the advantages ofan education in his youth, which even that age afforded. Vet he had the benefit of some early cultivation; enough to excite enquiry, reflection and study. But he aimed principally to knotr hifiifclf ; he is repesented as a close thinker w hereby he w as soon able to perceive the errors of the sophists of his time,'who perverted the heads and corrupted the hearts of the Grecian youth.' He early saw the importance of moral virtue, and it was his great object to recommend and promole it among his countrymen. His thoughts and reflections led him to believe man a spiritual being, and to be lieve in God as the creator and governor of the universe. His meditations and mneitiffs were so intense and conslant that (somewhat like Swedcnborg) he supposed himself lo be specially in. pircd and directed by the Deity. Hut in his conduct, there was no enthu,iasm or extravagance; anu ins omy si iguiari i . I.. : ilty was, that he was more conlern- ,);,-, mrtio cmritiia . mnrf so her. moral and virtuous, and lcas sensual, worldly and selfish than others. The case of Socrates shows that religion is natural to man, if he but exercises his mental powers; that natural religion h agreeable to the doctrines of revelation : and tnal U was tnc w isu anu expectation "... ... .1 I J . of reflecting and wise men in the pagan woi d. that God would (avor men with arlenrerexi.i-e.ssionrfhiswillandcom-r-.c "ho nslritel ni.s of Snrrritot ' IIIIIIIU I. II'-' lin.ll vnvin " -vv ..v were favorable to moral virtue and to . ... . . . .-. piey; leneuevea, uratoymeoi ation atul sell government u was nossioie to lean, more of the true character of the Doit v. and of his holv will concerning man; and he indulged the belief, that ,i cnmnf.iinrotimnHnil un.il.Uend a messenger to enlighten and reform the world. Though Socrates was sensible .1.,. ;,k;.. V,;m f il.P l.ein.r nil j i nit; r 1 1 il 1 1 1 1 1 -j God, and of his duty to obey reason nwl rnturipnro instead of passion and ...V - , ow desire, he perceived his need of f...thnr li.rht :md intmr.tion. and even , .v.... - ; i ; n.,i.i u ir.nhxl 1 ff leirl t'longiug for immortality,' and believed someone would be raised up (ogive nmof of the doctrine. How different this conduct of aa inquisitive pagan, from that of modern inlidels, w ho pre fer darkness, when the light of divine truth is poured around us! Is it owing to some strange perversion oi me in . r .i tellect; oris it that they prefer daruness lo lipht because their deeds are evil? 1 am aware that Ihe enemies of So crates, (his enemies because they could not brook his admonitions and censures) charged him with some immoral prac lices; so um too enein.e .... r r irreater than Socrates. II lfi I llir. gc.s were without proof. Good men, however, if opposed to the prev? errors and vices of their day, and if independent, must expect opposition and reproach from their contemporaries. American Magazine.

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WHEEE'e EU IT LEADS THE WAY." DIFFICULTIES OF AN EDITOU. Ail editor cannot step without treading on somebody's Iocs. If he expresses his opinion fearlessly and frankly, lie is atrogaiil and presumptuous; if he states facts without comments, he dares not avow his sentiments. If be conscientiously refuses to advocate the claims of an individual lo oflice. he is accused of personal hostility. A jackanapes who measures oil words inlo verse as a clerk does tape by the yard hands him a parcel of stutrthat jingles like a handful of nails and a gimblct: and if the editor is not fool enough to print the nonsense '-Slop my paper, I won't palroniz2 a man that's no bctler judge of poetry as if it were really a loss to be regretled, and afler paying four pence half penny for a sheet of paper before it is printed on, together with the expense attending collecting and printing the content-! of a newspaper, certainly a; monstrous revenue exist out of the seven-pence, after these mu:H-bc paid expenses are liquidated. One murmurs because his paper is too literary another because it is not literary enough. On p. grumble? because the advcitrsomcuts engross too much room another complains that the paper is too large, he can't find time to read it all. One wants the. type so small that a microscope would be indispensable in every family another threatens to discontinue (he paper unless (lie letters are half an inch long. One old lady actually offered lo give an additional price for a paper that should be printed with such types as ire used for hand bills. In fact every s-.hscriher has a plan of his own for conducting a journal, and the labor of Sysiphus was recreation when compared with that ofan editor who undertakes to please all. English Paper. EIFE AT SEA. A Failors life is a hard life not so much because of the amount of labor required as on acount of the privation .e sutlers. i nose are notn pnysicai .v r., .1 t . ii and moral, l ie i, called to endure all w eathers. J he times, w hen the (cmpest rages with the greatest violence are the very seasons, when he must brave the storm, and expose himself

without reserve. Jle must then lie .tUoctller different in character and ready to moaut the giddy mast, totread org;iniziltion are selected for companthe trembling yard, and, over the yaw- - ..,ul (he of n,-,ri 'f ;

-N 8' V l,,u e m,; ur:ul . M i i i -u ei oi canvass uiai is sn.v ei mi; in me ' "" ""u "qMl , u,-u l'1,e:uen 10 ''un ".lin n.'10 uie tlccP' I I-. von in orno.l ivp.it mr. 1ns .'irrnmmn. . y , : , r i r"11""' 1UI '""'"s ' oil hoi liiuie; 1 in c 110 111 au i ,- i.uiiiiui. leu small. ronlrncte.L and darkhis berlh narrowband his bed hard ; hehas a nightly watch lo keep on deck, which makes him rrrtam of leinr ;, wakened from hi rou-ih couch every four hours. He has n ...Mnnln.,,,.. " ,o .. in P mocj - - . . 1 lv' ,,v- " H!allier rcuma their common uist; a ft7'7' ai U1C3 ca" ll ;,,,u t acii nt 4 bnnsel. Ill good weather the generI n . ii iii i. r ail Cat Oil UCCK ailU I Have oeeu Olen amused with the patriarchal eim .j;,,.,, f .u c.,, nr p - , - r;-"" from a common dish. J lowever they h, not complain. They are unitormly chceiiul, and, I suppose, natm soon renders thtmi lndilFerent to all these petty inconveniences A SEVKKH CHARACTER The New York Morning Herald, gives an account of a man by the name .J 1 1 of John Allen w iiuamson, wno oeg.in busmes? in Vermont at llie age or sevI . ... . t. i-iilcpti. hr'intr now on v thirty-two. lie married a young woman by the name of M Mary Taylor, w nose lace was w hat marked with the small pox. rtl.... nlborivien n ti'rht (Mil. and "'J "l,,v ' n---7 I,..a .. ..... l rt f-ntv-s and a VOtinff horse left her by her grandmother, horse, The first moid ihiinr mnrmrre Wi am ii 1 1 . fnr l.:,lf their va hie. - son soiu ine .o and . ode off with the horse to see the i i ti.:. tl.o l:wt Mnrv saw o ttiniu. in" -J iim. Mary cried for a week wiped her ryes got married, and IS HOW matron with lour noys , : 4t, l,.r liis next exp.o.i w.w ... w.v , r .i. Hewasteach part ol jMassaciiuseus. tie wns iciuiing school, and boarded around among - . a 1 ii I J ..... I . ' in ,Kia ranaritv he Pie l IF.tlfU..c-. ...v.... y , vailed upon Mrs. Walker, the riuers wife, lo run away with him, and leaye her four children. Williamson carried I ,UU , m n in interior Ot 1'eiinSVl .l,ro 1, Pvenin-T lectures ..nrUmmnrnmlRinrulinn. One morn -IH IIIIHIMV.

VOLOIK U.--XO. 91. mg early he got up and left poor Mrs. H alker asleep, and ran into Maryland with Biddy Licper, who was a nice Outcu girl. This was for love cnlirclr, as Biddy had nothing to call her own, but a bude which her mother left her. H ilhamson sold the bible for a glass of brandy stole a horse in Maryland decamped to western Virginia and set up for a politician. This trade ho found the poorest trade of all. He soon recrossed the mountains, got into North Carolina, and went a digging for gold. He was much pleased with (his business and pictured to himself a Jong vita cf wealth and grandeur. He got up early and dug deep, made trenches worked hard, until his eyes fell upon the wife of a neighboring small loUnceo planter. He got acquainted, with JVIrs , (lle planter's wife, asked her one evening to walk out with him and they did so; both walked away, leaving the tobacco planter (he gainer by a tongue's less noise in his domie.il. Williamson next came up like a duck in Savanna, w here he was captain of a small coasting vessel (hat (raded (o'Sl. Augustine. From St. Augustine he ran away with John Feld's fourth wife, to Tallahasse, from Tallahasse inlo Ihe Creek Nation with a Widow, litre he set up a grocery, married the chiefs daughter got a piece of land, -left it daughter and all, and taking a long dive came up like another duck some where in Oneida County, New York. SOCIAL CIIAIIACTEK OF AiYOI AI,S;. Farmers, particularly, would find their advantage in giving to their domestic anit.ials society. If orscs, sheep. caltle, swine, and poultry, delight in the good company and cheering influ ence of those of the same species. In dividuals of ojthcrof these families cannot be so easily fattened alone, as with a companion, nor are they so rentle and confiding, if solitary, which is a ictramt upon their vivacity; and ullimafelv- health i? nndermii.nrl -nnl ll.o. . .. iMimvM , ,iit, nrt.ma,,i' - i - v ....... . , . , . . ()f ;cf -f lcaimcs?,l0S. of nppcnie,nnd ;l subductl u evidence of it. cnmptimM ,i.p nrnnpn:,v fl4P Brt .... - L 0(.., .,n il re... ilhose of thcir pu n kind 1 . formed on the most solid basis. ' o ' ' " Such ,, ,,ie casc in ird ((J lam!5 wllin, fo!ovv cow?. A (jo,r ami m, t5()irc. and cats, and various feathered tribes .11-1 1 - , . estatiiisn anomalous ircnusnips very frequently. Scientific Tract. Responsibility or Drunkards. It 13 a maxim in legal practice, that those who presume to commit crimes when l" H"K mu sunmil to punisnmeni Wlieil sohcr Ti,is ptalc of the law is not P0' I . 1 i -. r 4.. . 1 .... t.nrtc n .. . . . . , I v "'0 II lllllS. Ill Ulll. 1 1.. II I. Greece, it was decreed by Pittacus, that he who committed a crime w hen drunk, should receive a double punish ment, viz., one for the crime itself, and the other for the ebriely which prompleu mm to commit ir. l ne yuiienians .1 1. : i -a rtM All ubed o(lfenccs don(; jn a,.nt,u,- " ,-,u i.,A c. .ti " - - , ' 7 r T ation in a magistrate was made capital. In our own country, at the present time, acts of violence committed under its influence, are held to be aggravated, rather than otherwise; nor can the per son bring it forward as an extenuation of any folly or misdemeanor which he may chance to commit. A bond signed in intoxication holds in law, and perfectly binding,unlessil can be shown I bar the person who signed it was inebriated usion or contrivance ol those . - th(, ,)ond w:i3 iven. n. ri.e Ttf.,: t.. utt I vaur. m i-inr. i.-r.. i.i iimu n.i. been almost divided between my saddle - and my ocii. i never kiiow wnai it was to ne iatigueu wnen i lived tern'i . .i . peraleiy am went car y to rest: sum a 1110 naue ueiianuu m uisease. t cei ; . . . ........... .f ii.. i..i , enrateu pnyMerm. v- ..... ...sv v.e,.,.,,y ...... 1 l r c fi I . f"v it tt lic nllin.tlc It l!l 11 I" 'lll..."i. MV. 'Live.' said he, "in a saddle. 7 I hat lllling IS Vll "l rnuiir, ,n i- 1 1 , .. . , i 1 . . .1 ..r., r . . . . - . . .. . , ) t 1 I V. ' " " ' ' ------ cises, I nave nine oouoi. j respite - ' f Ol ail me; vi. e tiuu 111,11 nnun ii.- iu.iu down the throat, who ever heard cf a I i I - lious post boy '. A imrors Hunting Tour. Comunpupm. Why is a man v hip- - I'llill ins win: up si.iiii", niv.. '"'- hie man? Because he is above doing f - mean action. First rate, aint it?

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