' merated. THE YEARS TO c0.ME. My transient hour, my little‘ day, Is speeding fast, how fast"! away 3. Already hath-my summer sun. Half its race of brightness rim. Ah.me, I hear the wintry blast, My is life of life’? will soon be past; The-flush of youth will all be o’er, - ~ The throb of joy -will throbno more. And fancy, mistress of mylyre‘, - \Vill cease to lend.lier sacred.,fire. . My trembling lieart--prep_are‘, prepare _ For skies -of gloom, andtliouglits of c.al?e- _‘ Sorrows and wants wi_ll_make thee weep, _ And fears of age will o’er thee cif_e_ep. Health that smiled in blooming-,‘ pride, Will cease to,—warni thy sluggish tide. The sliaftlof pain, the pOlnt\¢._f‘W'Ua \Vill bid the current cease to flow‘. And who, alas, shall then be nigh, n e "To soothe me with affectionfs’ sigh" ? To press my feeble hand in theii_'_’s’ -To plead for me in silent prayers, 4 - Am] cheer me‘ with those hopes that shed Rapture o’cr a dying bed. ~ A Days of the future cease to roll, Upon my wild affrighted soul ; Mysterious fate, I will not look .\Vithin thy“ dark eventful‘ book ; Enough for me to feel and k_n‘ow, That love and hope mll_St.Sh0l‘llY. go ; That joy will,_vanish, fancy fly, _ _ Add death dissolve the closest t_ie.; . _ ‘ E’én now while moans my pensive rhyme, I list -the-warning voice of. time ;A And oh this sigh, this start of fear !~ Tells me the night will soon be here... Miscellany. ' I . _ F7"om tlie IVIas‘sac/tusetts Sjzy. Mn. EDi'roit,, _ _ V ’ If you think the following letter from a friend, will be of any use to the readers of your paper, you are atilibcrty to publish it. _ Yours, A. Z. “ Dcziiit SIR, - _ ' _ “ In our familiar conversations, I have often heard you intimate, that the mode of living at present adopted by a greatmajority of the peo- ple in this country could not‘ long be supported. The subject has often occurred to my mind, and I liave'refléct_e'd upon it with much concern and u.pp‘reliension. Melancholy mustbe the situation A and prospects of a state, when a ijiiajor'ity' at its citizens spend, annually, more than their income. Considei'able observation has induced me to fear, that such is the ease in this Com_inbnwea‘lih.-—'_- Perhapsl am deceived; I sincerely hope I am. Appearances as . you travel the country, ‘I well- know, would naturally lead one to a very differ- ent conclusion. You see fine liou'se's, barns, and out-buildings, and farms well cultivated, with ev- ery thing" neat and convenient about them. If you en'ler the houses, you see them well furnish- ed, andthe wife and his daughters‘ welldressed. All tliisis pleasant and delightful, and where it- can be jafforcled, and is not carried to excess, is not improper. But in how many instances will you find", that this is but the appearance of wealth, without the reality. Inquire into the circum- stances of the‘ owner of the house, and, tenito one, you‘ will ‘be informed his place is mortgaged, and that i_t is withmuch difliculty he can preserve his credit. You will find, that to pleaselhis fam- ily‘, ambitious to appear as well, or alittle better, than their neighbors, he has expended every pen- ny he could save from his hard earnings; and finding _t_hat insufficient, has been obliged to bor- row, and for security, mortgage his estate. It requires not the spirit of ‘prophecy to foresee, that in ‘a few years his estate must be disposed of ata sacrifice, and. he must either remove toa distance where land is cheap, or become a mere tenant on_the ‘best terms he can obtain. How many instances, within ourvown ob_servation, sim- ilar to the one I have ‘mentioned, miglitbe enu- I I H "How many more are travelling the same roadto ruin, a ‘few y_ears will disclose...-— That there are many,‘ too many, who are wa'stiii‘g_ their estates by'a'fool_ish extravagance in dress and living, is a‘f-act notorious to every attentive obsei ver. Possibly my old-fasliioiied notions,my attachment to what I cannot yet. help ‘calling “ good old rules,”. have reiide'red me too splene— tic to judge fairlyupon the subject. 64 But how, let me ask, is the me‘chanic', admit him to be indust_rious, to support a family, if he dresses them as many mechanics do, making free use of spirituous liquors, the great curse of the country, and indulging them in every species of luxury ? The same question might be asked with respect to the farmer, and almost every class of men in the community. Th-is,I well know, is not your case. You have had too much wis- dom to exp_ose—.yourself and family to wantin old age, by a foolish extravagance in early life. But you possess benevolent feeling.s,and uish for the. happiness and ivelfare of your. neighbors and of society at large. Your inquiry is, and it ought to be the inquiry of every man, How shall the c- vil be remedied 3 This is a d-iflicult and delicate inquiry. . _ ' “Habits once formed are not easily shaken off ; and he who undertakes to combat them, however evil they may be, is likely I to get more kicks than thanks for his interference. “ I will, however, venture to suggest a few » rules, which ifadopted, would produce more re- al, and less apparent wealth, than at present ex- ists. ‘ ‘ '“ lst. Let every man, especially if he has a fam- ily to support, adopt as arule not to be departed from, that his annual income, shall exceed his an- nual expenditure ; and let him make such aceti- rate calculations, that he may be assured he is not deceived. ‘ A _ . I “ 2cl.- Let liiiii=teach»bis famlily. that industry is better .tlifian'-iidileness ; that d_iligent.atteiition to business is more 'r.es_p_ect‘able _than "att‘aclirnent to fashion andhigh 1lif_'e’; and that nothing will ren- der them more ritlfeulous than ‘a scrvilc aping of ‘ travagant. the manners and customs of the rich and~eii- T“ 3d; Lei -chase on credit any articles except those of ne- cessity. - I ~ - ._ - “ 4th. As example,-is better than ‘precept, let men of wealth and influence discountenance by theirconduct and conversation, every species of? useless and unnecessaty extravagance. “ Thus, mydear sir, I have given you a hasty sketch of my thoughts upon an interesting sub- ject. Much more might be said, but_I have al- ready swelled my letter. toa greater length than I intended. Accept. my. assurances of esteem, Sic.” ~ _ _ @Good and Batl.Sigiis._ . . It is a. go‘0d_.s*ig'_n.tO see a farmer i‘ise,upef.ir.ly ‘and go about his own business—-but it.is,a.very bad one to see him rise late and dive into his neigh,bor’s affairs. A s V . . I n - - 3. . _ It is a good “sign to see a Mechanic in his shop at eight in the evening--but it is a very bad sign to see him in the grog shop for-a dramat eleven, or at thegaming table at midnight. . ' -~;_v ’Tis avery good sign tovsee a.landlord«in- his bar waiting upon traveller-3--but quite abad one to see him there waitingupon himself. . ' It is a good sign to_~hear a whole neighborhood speak in praise of ‘one ‘man--but abad one _to hear one man decry a~-whole village. ‘ " . ' lt , is a goodsign to see.--a't,own'with but on _1awyer—-a better still-if there 7be none--but the The PRESS, (says the eloquent Curran,) is the j public Monitor'—s-its duty is that of, the historian and the witness-—-its horizon shall extend to the furthest verge of truth, and beyond that limit it shall not dare topass. ‘ ‘ The man possessed of constancy andfortitude of mind, is prepared for every event, armed in all fortunes, fores'eeing wi_t|iou"t' fear,‘ enjoying without satiety, and suffering without impa- tience. ' * ‘ Social dispositions produce all those amiable and endearing connections that alleviate tlie_sor- rows of human life, adorn our nature, rifid"‘ren- der us happy. 1 » , ... _. Easy conversation, goodbreeding, neatness of person, and genteel, carriage, are the best letters of tiecommendation. V . j g _ V, _'Pg_tiencc.——With,tlie sweets of patiencc,.we season the bitternessof all adversit'y.., Presence q/'1l’1z'nd.—-I laughed hear’til'y-".,tl'ie other day, at the ingenuity and‘ pi‘esence'_of'rr_ii_ml_ by which an English sergeant at law, celebrated for bullying and brow-beating witnesses, saved himself from the indignity and corporal pain of ‘a good flogging. He had, it appears, on the western circuit, most grossly insulted a respecta- ble gentleman in court, in the course of cross- examination’. The next morning, very early, the insulted party proceeded to the. lodging of the advocate, with a good horsewhip in his hand,~and requested ofithe clerk to see his master, alleg- him.—_ The clerk shewed the gentleman into his bed-room, where he lay fast asleep, and upon his’ awaking, was addressed bythe visitor as follows: ¢ Sir,I am the person whom you so scandalously treated yesterday in court,.without any reason, and I am come personally to chastisetyou with this horsewhip, for your insolence.’ ‘ Are you, indeed, replied the. barristei-,« ‘ but surely you would not strike at man -in bed.’ ‘No, sir, I pledge my honor not to do that,’ said the gentle-. man. ‘ Then, by my merit," exclaimed the ser- geant, ‘I will lie here till doomsday.’ The lio- moi‘ of the thought disarmed the anger of the affronted gentlem‘an,.and bursting into a fit of laughter, he said, “ 'I‘here,vyou may lie as long as you like’; Iwill not molest you this time; but let me recommend you never again to hold up a person of respectability, whose only object is to tell the truth, to the derision of a court of jus- tice ;’ and left the man of the law to console him- self.-—_-London jzajzcr. , . - --—-¢.-:(:--1—... ‘ From a Paris /za/Ic-r. , . ~ Horrible ./Itracitg/.——Aii horrible crime, which presents in its details the most astonishing cour- age, and singular presence of mind, has been lately committed in the vicinity of a little village’ of the Brie. It all together forms a drama, the ‘episodes of which possess great interest. A pedlar and his wife, a- short time since, pre- sented themselves at nightfall-at the ‘door of a- ,little farm-house, a short distance from the high road. They requested of the farmer‘ permission to sleep there, whose wife was still confined to her bed. having lately lain in. A small room was assigned to them, where they passed the night quietly. The next day being Sunday, the farmer and his servants went to mass to - a neighbouring village. .The pedlar also expressed a wish to go there, and there remained in the house. only the wife of the farmer, the pedlai-’s wife, who com- -plained that s-he was not well, and a child six- years of age. . t _ ~ The people had scarcely gone out, -when the pedlar’s wife, armed with a-knife, presented her- self at the bed of the lying-in woman, and dc- manded her money, threatening to kill her in case ‘of refusal. The latter, sick and weak, did not op- pose the slightest resisgance, and delivered up the keys of her drawers,‘ at the same time desir- ing the little boy to conducttlfe woman, who had to look for something) in them. She rose softly from her bed, followed, the pcdlar’s wife without being heard, and having beckoned the child out of the room, locked the robber in the chamber; she then desired the child to run to the village to apprize his father, and desire him to bring as- sistance. , I ’ » The childdid not lose an instant; but by an inconceivablefatality, met on the roatlthe ped- lar, _Who had left the church,’ no doubt, to. join his wife. Having asked t‘he child where he was going, the latter answered ingenuously he was 4 him adopt as .a rule, never to’ pur-' byfive in the morningand to hear his hammer. worst-of all signs to. see a dozen}-—JVZ 11am/1. ‘Sen. . ing that he bad business of great importance with "ter the voice of ‘ forgiveness, and to wish for per- - tentions 2 How -many mistakes may there have ‘good qualities as well asl 3 Vi/hen we shall both going to seek his father’, as at} attempt was made to rol: them. The pedlar. said it would be unne- cessary, and that he himself would go and pro-,; tect his mother. .\ - A n so . .They returned to the farm-where. the farmer's wife was sliutup; he knocked ,_at the door, but tliis-woman, not recognizing the _voice of her husband, obstinately refused to open it; the ped- lar,,made,vain efforts to induce her to do it, and being unable to attain his end, threatened. to cut her ch_ild’s.i.liroat, if she did not instantly decide upon it. Ferocious at not being able tofprevail‘ upon her, .llt:..CXCClllC(l his horrible threat, and killed-the child, almost under‘ the eyes of its mother, who heard, without being able to give succour, the cries and.l_ast sighs of her son." - _ After having committed this useless crime, he ..endeavoure(l to,penetrate into the house to save. his wife; time. pressed, they might each moment return from mass, and he could not succeed in getting adi_nission,_ but by mounting on the roof and desc_end_ing, dow-n..-the chimney.~~, During all this ti_me,.he exhausted his rage in menaces and imprecations against tlie.far_mer’s wife, who, a!- m_ost»fainting,,saw nothing todeliver her from certaindeath. f.'1‘hi_s_.wretchliad already got into the chimney, and was about to enter into the chamber, when the.farmer.’s wife, collecting all he!’ force, drew by sudden inspiration, the pail- laise of her bed to the.edge of the ’hearth, and there set it on'fire. The smoke in a few min- utes enveloped theassassin, who not being able to re-ascend, very soon fell into the fire, half suf- fo,cated.'. The courageous farmer’s wife lost not her presence of mind, but. struck’ him several bl0Ws..tv.ith the poker, which put him beyond the chance, of recovering his senses. Finally, ‘ex- hausted with fatigues and mental agony, she fell senseless_on the carpet of her chamber, and re- mained in this situation till the-jtmornent-when the-farmer andhis servants returned from .church to be witnesses.of~this horrible occurrence. The dead body of the. child at the gate of the farm_- house, was the first spectacle that struck the eyes of this unhappy. father. _ They forced open the‘ gates, and after having recalled to life the far- mer’s wife, they. seized the two culprits, who were-delivered up to justice. Itisbelieved that the pedlar will survive his wounds, and be able to receive the punishment due to hiscrimes. They will be immediately brouglitbefore the Court of Assize of the department, where this affair is -in preparation for trial, which excites the. greatest‘- interest through the whole country. " ' ' - 'Morali'st. in A AUT UMN-—A BEAUTIFUL‘ ‘n‘iri-’*rii.tt:'.'i'. I‘ T he -wi:ber’,d framc—tIzc ru_z'n’d mind, V The vvreckbyfzassion lrjfi be/u'nd—— Tlie 8/irivell’d scroll—it/ic acalter’d ‘leaf Sear’d by Autumn's blast of grit .” . Every where are to be seen‘ the preparations for . winter ; there is one place where wefear .they' are too often forgotten-'-in the heart. In ;our figurative Autumn we forget that life is soon N to . cease 3 we areindifferent about our prepara- tions for the winter of death. 'VVe hear the blast of time howling around our heads, and quench- ing our glories in the dust—but we attend not to its warning voice, nor take counsel how soon this cumbrous coil of mortality is to be shaken off. Uncertain is the tenure of life. Those who now experiencethe loss of a companion that but yesterday like them was vigorous and hopeful ; who were called to view the lifeless remains, the solemn mournful procession, and consign to the tomb. a partner and a friend; have r--::a_son aw- fully to pause and seriously to reflect, -that what- ever may be their present conditiona-however health may invigorate their frame ;7 however for- tune smile, and-worldly pleasures promise long enjoyment, to-marrow may behold them sweptas a flower before the hand of death—their youth, their beauty, wealth, and worldly pleasure, ‘bu-_ ried in one common grave,’ their spirit where ? pleasures of the world to be but glittering vanity, which disposed before the mirror of truth, with- out virtue, a chaos of darkness’ and fearful re- morse ensue. virtuous. Temperate are their pleasures ; "inno- cent and exhilirating their amusements ; their employment rational and useful. Gliding on in an even tenor, their lives are contented and com- paratively happy ; , and their end glorious-.-—‘ _View the dying Christian ! cheerful and serene- ly happy, he yields his breath, and in his Sav- iour’s arms, his soul reposes in the sure hope of glorious immortality. Vast are the works of the Almighty! sublimely beautiful the appearance of the Heavens! ‘orderly is nature in her course if and wonderful the structure of the earth ! More ,vast—-more beautiful--far more transcendently glorious is true virtue in its operations and ef- fects I more valuable than the ‘ gold of Opliir,’ is religion ; and more to be prized than the plau- dits of mercenary millions, is the testimony of approving conscience. = Is there _a man‘, who. if he. was admitted to stand by the death bed of his bitterest enemy, and and behold him enduring that conflict which hll-J man naturemust sustain at the last, would not he_ be inclined to _of’f_'er the hand of friendship, to ut- fect reconciliation with him before he left the world? Who is there, that, when he beliolds the remains of his adversary deposited in the dust, feels not at that moment some relentings at the remembrance of those past animosities which mutually embittered their life 3 3;‘ There lies the man with whom I contended, so long, silent and mute forever. He is fallen, and I am about to followhim. Where -are the fruits of all our con- been between: us ?_ Had he not his virtues and‘ appear before the judgment seat of God, shall I i be found innocent and free from blame, for all the Their conduct must determine. vAn hour may F change the scene, and a death-bed prove the Serenity and peace attend the v . . Situjl . Prepared by.JoIm. 1’. Wliit-well, Gliemistaiid ~ “Druggist—-Boston» ~ " " ~. (Com/zosed ‘[21-irzcijzally of Roots, and dramatic Herbs )-—,1’atc-ntcd and f'V(f1‘l'd71I£’d. — .' 'EVV or none of the snuffs in ordinary use- tatory, which Tobacco, combined with other in-' gredients, is capable of producing. The common S_cot_h snuff is not only destitute of line flavor, but- is universally allowed to be injurious to the head andstomach, and sooner or later effects the . transparency-, and colour ofthe skin; Tl‘-he ¢0,,,.s-c~ ‘black snuffs, instead of clearing and stimulating‘ -.the-olfactory nerves’, serve but"to obstruct and deaden them ’; and in‘ process of time, by slop: ping the passages, has-an evident effect tlpoflilllil‘ speech.‘ ' T lie Volatile’./lromatic Snz1_fi will, by :55}: Pell9nF3€i be found not liable to these objectionsél-3 itsflavor is fiagrant and delightfula-[tlie ‘effect pleasing and salutary-'-it opens and puigesihie head—sensibly stimulates the ‘spirits, and‘ re-4 moves that drowsiness which on some occasions will prevail in‘ spite of our ut'most7effo_rts to hafllet it. , By repeatecl experiments, it is known’ to be 0'9 }=55€I_1tial service to those who are troubled with ‘ms’ <19‘!-. nervm.s..11¢as1e=ache-t» and, will be. fetnfld far ' Sllpe!‘l0l"‘fQl‘_l"l|lS purpose io,tlieCe‘pli’a'lic‘ snufifii In -cases‘ of c'atarrh,'oi' .what’is ..comnioiiiy'acaliéd a. cold in the ‘head, agpinch_ or" tw'o~ takeniafnighe» on going t9,b"e,d. will. _by¥,itn'¢1i.s_t'<.-.x_i‘ing the. mucus,- effectually ifeinove,allobstijirctioiis before morn- ing.‘ All tliose' t_ro‘ub_led"svitlijtliejhypocliondria‘ or vapors," will find in i this: chemical preparation, a complete. antidote. " Buringea t“e’d_iou’s ‘¢:_'oi,fi_g_,¢. merit in] a c'rov'v'ded_lio_us'e, orja warm. a_t'ri'io§plieie, §‘fte_l‘ ajfatjguinguwallzi,-or_‘ a ’lc'ing"rid¢_:',fa pinch or s~°° 0*" "‘.‘.§:5.“"**‘ vill1>.'Y’it.s.sfati=liil’and enliven- ing' qualities, richly v‘repay;"_ilief_.purchaser mg‘ "9“b1° °.f,¢°flSlaI_Itly having’ it in” his pocket, and a0SW,e1_‘, all the p‘urp'o_ses_of a smelling bottle".-‘-1. F roam’ its great antiputresc'ent_ qualities, nu’¢_6_jn.. position is better fqualifiedeto resist icont_ia_’gi,6n_, ;“‘i'hi: use of it therefore is*_indispensab’l'e for allilifosfe . who watph ‘with, or visit the sick. All sedentary and studious persons of either sex, will find byfits occasional use, a cheap and cheeringrelief frciii that lassitude which invariably accompanies a long sitting, or much reading. This snuff, "the fragrance of which is derived altogether} from the naturalilavor of the principal articles of wliichit is composed, is well stopt in a handsome square bottle, made expressly for the purpose, and which gill b6 found 10 unite all the advantages of a soul!’ ' ox- ’ V ‘ r - Ccrtfficateffom 1395;. Benjamin l'l'?zterI2oua'e, low of the ’ ._/l7_n'erican ./Icadcmy of ./Iris and and of the National fl’I€t/560} Sc/Joe! of 1v‘rance--i and late Professor of _t/ze T/teary and P1'actfcc q/'i ’I’/tysic in the University qf Cambridge. , __ .Bo.s-ton, Jlfilk-Streei,’:March 30, 1813.’ _ H_Si_1t—,=In answer to your letter containing an en- umeration of the articles, composing your snuff, togeth'er.with a sample of it. 1 would remark, that although I havefound no reason for changinginy well knownopinion of the pernicious effects of the inordinate useof tobacco, in any form, Inev- elftheless cannot perceive the same objection to‘ yours. n The articles are certainly innocent in their qualities. Those liable to nervous and oth- er head-aches well know that fits of ‘these dis- tressing afl‘ections,_most commonly subside on a spontaneous sneezing towards night, andfif this relief can be expedited by a sternutatory, I should Agivegthe preference to your snuff over that of powdered tobacco, or even the imported Cephalic Snufi‘,_- the ingredients of which are unknown to us. ' With this view I have used your composi- tion myself, and recommended it to others. ,_ Iam yours, &c._, , j-B. VVATERHOUSE. TOJ. P. Wlzil-well, C/Icm_i_st and Druggist.‘ _ For sale-by «ST.-JOHN & ISAACS.’ Norwalk, July 7, .l_6l8.. ly10 . s it \\:.\”.'T\” NFORMS the public that he still _conti_iiues_ the‘ business of j _ _ ' _ Stone Cutting, At his stand, a few rods north of the bridge‘,- where may be had Stone of every descr_ip_tion, at short notice. He has just received a good’ as-' sortment of White Marble, of an excellent’ qual- ity‘, suitable for Head Stones‘, and keeps constant’-_ ly on handa general‘ assortment of Scotch Grey, and Jersey Free Stone, suitable for I-Ieartlis, Chimney-pieces, Grave Stones, 8:c. ‘ Also, Soap Stone, of every description ; all of wliicli will be well finished, on terms as reasonable as‘c‘an be‘ afforded by- any one in the county, those who are in tlie'habit of peddling their stone, not excepted. Norwalk. June 3-. 5 A’ ‘ . T JUST PUiiLisiii«:D,- .and for sale; at this Ofiice, and also by Post-Riders, THE HISTORY OF LITTLE. HENRY AND HIS BEARER. . . Blank Executions,“ For the Collection" 01' Military Fines, just flit-‘ enmity I have borne‘ him, 2’ - printed and for sale at this Oflice. . Aug. 18.- ’ . .w'hi_ch, when well‘ secured,’ will, for a longtime, * 1_’¢.‘.f".f encelv---_-a11¢z'¢‘y"'t/Ie Medical Society in‘Landbh-i?-‘ii unite those advantages as an elegant ste'rnu- , .95.;
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