I into the destined haven ?
./\n(l SUCH Lu\..-- ..... ' I
‘Tis there where sleeps a lovely maid;
’Tis there where virtue's lowly laid.
See’st thou yon willow weepingfibend,
On beauty’s grave its shadows send ?
' It mourns a smiling infant’s end.
Sweet babe, enjoy thy peacc-fulrest.
See’st thou yon rising mound of earth ?
Approach and soon ’twill cease thy‘ mirth ;
"1‘is there where sleeps 2. parent dead,-
"fis there where rests thehoary head.
Tread softly on the hallowed ground ; V ~'
Some friendly spirits hover round,
And seem to whisperas they fly,
'1 '/tat life is s/tort, .Ma::’.s- born t-o‘dz'('.
Miscellany.
FROM Tin:-.n1ct~r1uoxn coMP'tLs:'tt.
A scra/1' of 13z'c-gra/z/Iy.—-A resident of this
country, of considerable note, has a young and
accomplished daughter, who sometime since fell
into the company ofa French gentleman, of some
\\ ealth and distinction. -Thc‘ 5 oung parties he-
came mutually attached,-and the offer of his hand .
'w1_2s‘tnade and acccpted._ The F renchman,-how-
ever, had occasion to return to his native coittttry,‘
where httsiness dt-taincdhim for sometime-. On
his return, the marriage t'ites-were to be perform-
ed. The suspense of. the parties may better ‘be
conceived, than described. In the mean time,
the young damsel was thrown,: by the situation
in which her father lived, into a- verymixed soci-
ety of both sexes; among whom, were gentle-
men, vrho made it a point of courtesy to show
some attentions to an interesting young lady, yet
in the state of ‘ single-blcssetlness.’ Among these
gentlemen, was one, who had the character and
manners to make himself ,vcry agreeable ; he
was charmed with the yotmg damsel, and assidu-
ous in his att8Dll0nS- The: prudent father, evier
vigilant over .the happiness of his child, and'anx-
ions to complete the engagement which she had
ma<le,.fin-ally made this proposition—that on the
same day, she should be married by proxy, to the
Frcnclnnan, anti hein Paris married by proxy
to her. Her prudence or her heart asse,nted.to
the scheme ; and the communication of the‘-plan
was immediately made to her_ French’ friend,-—_
The letters flew upon the wings oflovc; and on‘
the some day the ceremonies by proxy were'~pet‘-
formed in‘cParis and in the U. States. But did
not the bridegroom "fly upon .the wings of love,
also to clasp ltis‘bl_ooming bride in‘-his arms ?---
‘ Annihilate both s/tape and tziné to make two'lo'."-
. ers happy 1’ =~‘Did hejnot "cross the Atlantic with
L a lover’s_"im}ia'_tience_\: "and dill not the canvass,
sympathising _with his anxiety, bear him quickly
No--the marriage ser-
vice was performed scvt-,ral months since ; butlto
this moment, it is believed, the parties have‘ nt-v".
cr met ; he in France, she in the United States
'---and singularito say it,-the marriage has never
yet." been consu_mmatc’tl_;. \‘v'hat, cxclztims the
reader, is.this_fiz2'zc’z/, or is-"it factri--—Ar.c you rc-
tz,-ilitig the cpnten'ts»of a romance, or the transac-
tions ofa real history ?——Strange as it may seem,
my gentle reader, though the tale might fu_'rtiislr
the subject of a novel; though in the suafzcncc of
:S,_ll1¢_ imagination of allurncly or an
i might "find;mitterialcnough to furnish
est of a fiction ;, yet it is not less true,
treat out-lines of. the narrative are those
‘e. And all that wejament is, t-he;_en-
'._s of a‘lov.er,_ which As-hould prevent his
himself at the feet:-of his-miistrcss.
' From a_ Lo,n'(loi’i’jza]ter'. i _
zkes a 1lI;zn‘.—-‘Mr. Ijirammond, of V/Vood
ended ‘bc,foré"’t-he si-"t-ting Magistrate at
jautl said ht-,;liad to clai'm"pt‘.dtc—'_c_tion for
i‘, againSt.a;man,wl':o‘ wasfin cusiotly. ‘ ‘
t.Cr,u-mpton, t:l1e.person allud_etl~to, was
;ht.up-, and erit_cred_the bar with the
if a posture masture. Mr. Iflantmond
t on tnatttrtlay last, his mother, in com-
a lady ‘of. her acquaintance, was walk-
Moor-fields, when they perceived the
iatching them in .the most particular
;If they went into a shop, he waited at
ll they came out ; and wlxenever they
ards liinihe bowedand smiled. ’ This
ycontinued till they reached their home
treet, and then stationing himself, on
to side of the street, he paraded back-
'orward the whole day, with his eyes
directed to the ‘windows, and still as
'1 appeared" at them, he smiled, and tak-
I hat, bowed to the ground. On" the
day, Sunday,’ he was again at his post;
he house, andcrornained till dusk, be-
1 the same strange manner. On the
ac again repeated it, and indeed“ every
, with’ very little intermission’; and lat-
_'conduct"iha‘(l attract_ed the no‘tice—of'the
rs, .and.consid‘crable crowds of people
ly gathered about the house. In conse-
his motives‘ became much alarmed; afd
nstrance had no eli'ec‘t' on the prisoner,
tght it right to‘ give him in charge to an
risoner being called on for his defence,
am a sheep. without ashepherd, a poor
5 man; but, nevertlieless, I defy-any man
:rm to my charge. ltis true I did meet
s as (lcscribcd, and one of them smiled
: so graciously, that my heart was touch-
was a smile, I thought, that boded me
God knows I have sulfered the frowns of
d long enough, and it occurred to me
5 smile was a prelude to my future happi-
I therefore followed the ladie_s, who from
timc- looked back and smiled upon me.
t to be supposed that a man in my situa-
uld resist. this. No ; I followed them in-
od street, where they went into a house,
with a beating heart, remained over against
whole day, in the hope they would make
‘e-appearance. Night came, and l depart-
Jut the vision still haunted me, and after
g in vain ll‘-ictl to sleep, I put on my best
:s, and went again to “food street, thinking,
:ly something will come ‘of it.’. After wait-
ing a long time, I saw a young woman, a servant
that I had seen go in there on. Saturday. She
replied, ‘It was my mistress; do you want to
see her ?' I answered that if she was a married
woman I would by no means seek an. interview,
but if she was single I should be most happy.-—
The g_i‘rl then smiled and left me, as I thought,
to tell her mistress w hat Iliad said, and of course
I waited all day for ananswer, but none cam-e,
' and Ifelt myself constrained to go again the next
day, and_ the next, and the next, and there I
‘should have been still, if I had not been forced
away; for I felt, as it were, quite ‘a new man-,
when I recollected the graciousuess of that smile
I first received in Moor-fields. and who knows,
thought I, whatclove and fortune may have in
store for me.” . V ‘ p
_ Theprisoner appearing to become quite inspi-
red-‘with his subject, the tnagistrate interrupted
him to inquire. what he was.
Prisoue‘r : I am a man who gains his living by
carrying. fruit from the different markets to the
houses. of those who purchase it. ‘
The magistrate, after conferring with Mr.
I-Iammondfor. some time, during which the pris-
oner continued to rhapsodize on religion and love,
‘asked him whether he-would promise, in case
-he should order his discharge, never to go near
"Mr.-..Hammond’s house again. The prisoner
:falling on his knees, said be perceived _there was
‘no hope. for him, and therefore he would give the
jrcquircd promise in the most solemn-imantter.-—
lie was proceeding to frame some, tremend_o.us=
-oath, when the magistrate, told l1lfl~\vl18vW0lll(l take-
ltis word, and-he, was discharged. '
An Exquiszve.-«A correspondent‘ fut’nish'es-"us;
;wit_h the following picture of an exquisite, alias a
dandy in distress :--J‘ 'Walking alongthe side of
one of the squares lastweek, it was my fate to
follow an exquisite, stocked and_"sta'yetl, laced and
so slender,‘ so straight, andso still‘, that a man-of
in‘g‘stick. 'I'his’.thing, iflourisliing as ‘very -nice.‘
perfumed ltandker-chief. happened to let it drop;
the question was then how to,get it upa-gain——
stoop. it could not, -and _I;c9n-fess I enjoyed its,
distress: for though for any other female I,would'
have raised the handkerchief with alactjity, I wish-
ed to see ho\v,this,creature would help. itself.—-
‘Then thus it was : having eyed the lmnclkerchicf
askance, somethinglike a magpie peeping into a-
the object sought. Wihat shall wesay to the as-
fsociation o-f,ide'as,~ when Iassure you, that look-
ing on‘ this unmanly figure, brought into my
mind theiknights of old, who, uheu _onc’e‘un’hor—
ised, could not er, from the weight and stiffness of
tltcir armour, hope to mount again?”
N. ‘B. It is found remarkably iconvcnicntin
such alcase, for the exquisite to carry a cane or
fstick with a hook at thciend, as he may fish up
ing his back, or exciting the pity and tisibility of
the spectators.—Ib.
in the house, and I asked her who the ladies were ’
bound, collaretlivandpilloricd, mall the fashion ;:'
t'easonable'strengtl1 might have ‘used it as a walk-.'
marrow-bone, it gently spraddled out its’le'gs-, and '
lowering the body'~between them, as"in a sitting V
—pos'tu're, it brought the left hand in contact with
"any thingihe unfortunately drops,“with'out‘break»
r
Ge-rma7zy,_ tic. _21fte3l',n§¢DlIOlllng, his visit to_\Va'
terloo, and describing the events of the ever I316’
moriablc lsth of ‘June, closes in the following
beautiful strain :—-‘ Thelielduof. V-Vjaterloo is now
htisbandman. What a. ;ce_ne must. it have btjen
when death was the reaper, and gathered in‘ his
thousands of.sltc.a-yes to the garnet‘ of the grave 1
And whata scene u ill itbe ‘again,«w-hen the trump
of. the Archangel shall awake-the sleepetsthat
repose beneath its clods, and thevmighty armies,
that day annihilated, shall start up to. life upon
the plain on which they fell I I never 3heard a
sermon s impressive as the silence that reigned
around me on .the field of \Vaterloo.' -I-‘could
not but connect their everlasting destinies with
the thousands of the dead upon whose dust-I
trod. The eternity that seemed-to open there
upon »my_ view, peopledwith the spirits of the
slain, was an awful‘ scene. - The bitterness of .the
field of battle-'—t-he wid,ow’s cries,--the orphan’s
tears--the agonies of surviving friendship were
all forgotten, I only saw the immortal soul hurri-
cd unprepa're_d. and perhaps blaspltettting, into
the presence ofhits God! I shuddered at the con-
templation, and felt how deadly.a scourge, how
bittera curse is war l’ » . .
./In agreeable Com/zam'on .’----A letter from one
of the American -Missionaries at Bombay, dated
April 18, 1818, contains the following :-—‘ Two
or three‘-days: since,-Rcam. Shunder. a rich I-Iindoo,
was married in due form to. a,Il'ree .’ ‘He had had
twowives, and lost them; he wished for a third,
but the Brahm-ins say that the’ third marriage is
unpropitioust. To avoid the-evil, a Tree is chosen
for th.e~third- wife, and then a Woman may be ta-
the parents. The expense of marriages is very
great. It seems to be a principal object with the
Hindoos to get money, that they may expend it
on the marriages of their children. "Probably
more than half the boys in.our schools are mar-
ricd.’ ”
Cu/zy qfa leltcrfronz xl9l'rs.’Mcrcy Stone to lzer aunt.
Dear ./1zmg—-I must now inform you that I was
last night married to the worthy 1lIr.Gabrz'el Stone
—-and am happy to inform you that thevM--has
to lie sweetly composed in the arms of Jl1ercy.—
\Vhile Iguze steadfastly on the charms ofGabriel,
as the chosen of the Most High, to conduct me
to the realms of bliss,—“I’m lost in rapture and
surprize”. '
Should Gabriel now in Ilfcrcy find
A wife that's loving, chaste, and kind,
And she,—a husband true,
They then would praise the‘God above,
‘Who first had taught their hearts to love,
And he to Ilfercy fie w.
./I Drunkard is an annoyance of modesty; the
trouble of civility ; the spoil of wealth; the de-
struction of-reason, the brewer’s agent ; the
Ale-wife's benefactor ; the beggar’s companion ‘;
the constable’s trouble; his w{/ir-’.9 «woe ,- ' his chil-
dren’s sorrow; his'neighbor’s« scoff; his own
shame ; the picture of a beast ; and a monster
of a man.
./I La=zu_z/er-‘so/zinion q/'La<w.--Counsellor M. be-
ing one day in company, where‘ the glorious un-
certainty Q7‘ tbc Lava’ became the topic of conver-
sation, he was applied to for his opinion, upon
which he laconically observed :—..£ If any man
was to claim the Coat upon my back, and threat-
en my refusal with a law-suit, he should certainly
have it ;_ lest, in defendingmy Coat, I should, too
late, find that _I was deprived of my Waiatcorzt
also.’ '
~0rz'gz'nal .z1‘nc_¢:dot_e.-4-At a. court held last week,
for Fayette: county, Pa. a son of~'Hib'ernia,' was
brought to trialcharged with stealing a shirt from
one of his brother countrymen. After the in-
dictment was readto him, he was asked by the
court, ‘ guiltyor not guilty 3' ‘ Plasc your lord-
-ship,’ says he, "-that’s what. you have got to try.’
The court told him again to answer was he guil-
ty or not guilty ? ‘ By St. Patrick your Lordship
just wants tobc after pumping me, do you ?’——
Thc court asked him~ i-f he‘ hadany counsel?
“Plase your ‘Lordship, I don't ,_know what you
mean.’ The.-court explained and told him he
{must plead guiltyor nor g-ulity. "-‘.I"ait den, if I:
must speak the truth, I am-guilty‘, but prove it :
ibut ifyo_u’r.honou‘r will pay the cost, wc’ll-say no
fmorc about'.it.’. An attorney was requestedto
pu-t in- a plea not guilty, and after an investigation
the jury brought in a verdict pronouncing poor
Pat G UIL'I7Y:.—— l‘1"¢'stc*r7z jtajzcr.
Sir T homns Moore, being commanded by Hen-
ry VIII.'to deliver a provoking inessage to the
:lting of France, attempted to excuse himself, -and
Isaid,‘ ifl should delivoi‘ your m‘ajesty’s message,
‘the French king would ‘take oil‘ my head.’-—
;‘ Should lteprcsume to do it,’ replied the stern
l;Henry, " I -would behead‘ every Frenchman in
‘my kingdom.’ ‘ All that might not indemnify
‘me,’ answered Sir Thomas, ‘ for I very much.
‘doubt whetltor-‘any:Frenehrnen’s head would fit
;my shoulders so wellas my own.’
_'l'rlteWV-inchester Gazette mentions the case of
Ncgro V‘Votnan, born in Virginia, about 40
years of age, originally very black, who has un-
tlergone a change of color. Four parts in live
of her skin areas white‘, smooth and transparent,
as in a-fair ‘European.’ Her face and neck dis-
covertthe veins under-the skin; and the blush of
the rose plays beautifully over the lilly white
skin when excited by’the‘passions of shame or
anger. ’ — . '
Pride -frequently mistakes -astonislrment for ad-
miration.
A decayedcoquette, is like an old gaosc,--ad-
tnired only for ltcrfeaI/m'.s.-
7liVatcrloo.—_-I:§_aflies’, in his Tour (bro-’,F1jq?1€€: E
rich in waving corn,- ripening for the sickle of the _
"stormy wind and tempest, must -all droop and=
km for a i-o‘m.,h 5 j___Man.iages take Place a_[ ready to be severed oil‘, .the piece of cloth ‘desti-
mong the Hindoos very young,‘ between‘six' and '
twelve, and the whole business i‘s:negociated«byj
I of .the earth.- Pause here and think...!-'-—-—re-
commenced; for I havecsubdued the heart of Stone’
‘ ‘blossoms that bloom the ‘air, these gifts are frailt-
' and pl-1-rcnzy to provoke the strongest enemy.
;_
1'tEFLEo:r1o.zvs5s ox _
. . Be-wafe-what cc:r'tIz‘cizl1az Izajz/ziness-‘beware
./illjoys, butjoys t/zatnc-oer can gwfzire. _~
”Expet-ience daily e:\'il]C€S 'tlle.tr§u_t’lr’ of the"po_J
sitiou, that the world in which \ve:_t1}‘e1tiotv placed '
tinuance .111 which’, numberlesstafltotivcfoccurreni
hes will arise to oppress ‘and iii "ou‘rag'e us.-‘-
_Let us survey the world and \vé,s’l-t lbs é .
cod, that all are-,-in one sh'apc’.or‘: _’ tgliéi
‘ed by the unwelcome ,shalis'.of5i'j , ,-
.short,.thc present stategis a»state.oli§tvst° , _
we’ must all expect to meet wit.li_¢]ax)'ge’f;~5-','*’a;’)"d,."c,l_i.f-’
liculties in it. Adversity and disquietude‘a,t"e‘in-"
separable from it. , It.-is the inevitable -lotof ‘hu_-’
‘man life, that these frames, the bodies?w~_c spa,
habit, are speedily to return to‘ their native ole’?
ment; that we are in a few fleeting tlays,1veelfs';
months, or, at most, years, to be withdrawn from‘
the circlesin which we now move, from the ten-j
parent, the tender child, the blooming youth, the
afl'ectio'nate friend, the fond husband and the doat-"
ing wife, will all, in a short time, escape from-the-_
die; {for death regards neither situation nor cir-'
is frequented alike by'_the,humble and exalted 3'
by the dependent rustic, and the titled court‘ier._
Youth a'nd_ag'c, too, are alike subject {to his do-
minion. * Perhaps, reader, thou a,rvt‘stauding' up-
on tbc fverge of the "tomb, perbaps;,t'ltc "shuttle
has passed the ldorn that were ‘thy "winding-
sheet ; perhaps in yonder’ shop lies rolled up, and
ned to be thy shroud. At all events, thou must
soon be brought low. 1 Before .to-mo_r'r_oyv’s sun
shall gild the sall‘ron morn, the number of thy
days may ‘be told, thedart of death" levelled at thy
heart, and thou mayst_no longer be an inhabitant‘
flect upon the uncertaintyof your_du‘t'atio_n-have
belo'w—«.—and let this be._ar"1 tiwfulf jitridlidément
to you to abhor evil, and do goodi I c _ ' I
In the present life every thingipartalfigs
certainty-in the one to whichwe are ltas't'énin‘§,
every thing is steadfast, unfatling, etérna . i
All on earth is shadow ,-~ alllbeyontf '-
Is substance. _ - .-1
Upon earth there is nothing can make us Sufi-"t
stantially happy—-when we imagine ourselves on
the. brink of felicity, the frail foundation gives,
way, and we are carried to the tomb. ~ ,,
Thus forewamcd of the vicissitudcs-.w’hiclr~at'-
tend humanity, parents of both sexes,,you‘have-a
talent committedto your trust, to which is at‘-
tachcd a high degree of responsibility ; consider
this, and shew a becoming solicitude‘-for the e‘-
ternal and temporal welfare of your o‘ll'spring-:
-gion ; and, by your-example and precepts. allure
them to the performance and love of whatsoever
things are pure and -holy. ‘But, children, if your
parents. should either; be called hence, or inhu-
manly neglect your best intersts,‘ to pursue the
uncertain treasures of the world, remember-the re
is one whose arm is omnipotent, to w,-hom-you
can confidently look for protection and support.
you‘r supreme reg'“.trd 2 Do you place confidence
weak : In riches ? they ta-lr.e_ to themselves wings
:are at'ha-nd: In long life? death isat the door :-
In the smiles of fortune? thy.-y," alas lfaife (ion-
verted into frowns ; In the enjoy-mont‘ -of‘ love
and friendsliip? lovers and friends-lob" ‘frequent-
lyforsake us, and we are ‘left solitary wandcrerd
through the wilderness of life’s strangoltistoryé
Thus situated, -the-n,‘shal'l we delay the‘ ‘period of’
repentance andtreformation-Z ‘ ‘ ‘ I ’
I’racras'Ii72a!i072 is the t/2'1};/' of fo"»z‘c'.
VVhilst we hesita_te_,«we die ; whilstiwe promise‘-
ourselves years, perhaps we have notdays. Let
us, therefore, assiduously labour to increase in
knowledge, that our affection, to the Deity may
be deeply rooted and rational, and. by continual
intercourse with Him of prayer and praise, of de-
pendence and confidence in dangers, ofithapkful-_
mass and joy in prosperity,‘let us endeavour to
‘keep ‘Him constantly. present in out; «minds, and to
render all our conceptions of Him r_nor‘e_distinct,-
lively, and intelligent ; for thus only can ,w_e.ob--
tain an assurance of a bright reversi_on. To this
happy state then let us labour io make our title’
indisputable, and in so doing, we shall . lighten
"the burdens and alleviate the sorrowsof life.
-Rtligion .’ Provz'dence .' an aflm-'.statc -' '
Here z's_/irm footing, bore 2",: solid rock ,-y
T /2:29 ca1l,9u[1/for! us, all is s-ea b:c-Sales 5 '
Sinks under us, betvtorms-,~ and men r1_¢-0.:-urs.
'}Iz'.s- lzaml I/tegootl man fax.-tens on the skies,
./Ind bidscart/1 roll, nor_/‘eels lzcridlc so/air];
A
Piety communicates a divine lustre to the fe-
male mind; wit and beauty, like the flower of"
the field, may flourish and charm for a season ;.
but let it be remembered, that like the fragrant
and fading ; age will nip the bloom of beauty ;
sick_ness_and sorrow will stopthc current of wit
anclrhumor; butin that gloomy time appointed
for all, piety will support the droopingsoul,-.like‘
the rel'reshing_dt:w upon the parched earth.
-———@.~‘,.'(-'l$-—-
It is madness to play vvitll the supreme being
—-ingratitude to treat ill the best of friends—-
The world, whiclt we figure to ourselves
- smooth and quiet as the lake in the valley, we.’
shallfind asea foaming Wltll tempcsts, and boil-
ing with whirlpools.-—-Sometimes we shall be 0-
verwhelmed by the waves of ~vz'c-lance, and some-
times dashed against the rocks of tr:-aclw-ry.
is merely a tempory l'eSldEi)cé‘;;f.§l§3fing our con-’ ‘
derest tics of friendship and of love. The aged‘ «-
cumstance. The avenue leading to the,g.rave,=‘
cherish in their mindstheofirst dawnings of reli- -
Oh, my fellow labourers in thisworking day ,
world i what can it present to your view worthy
in your own strength ? behold you-are altogether‘ .
and flee away: In honottrsafltl titles litheyaro ‘
but precarious baubles, inconstant asthe passing '
«breeze : In health? a long catalogue of cliscases
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