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Weiits of men
,’ ‘has discliargcd the duty . _ _
.morality require towards his child, while

 

Lines B_Y CAMPBELL.
On visiting agscene in flrgylesliire.

..At the sile“i,i‘_'L,,‘__ V .‘twilight’s contemplative‘ hour,
. I have rnus’d' in a sorrowful moods

 

‘ On the wind-shadeu weeds tliat emb_os0m’(l the

‘bower,
. Where the home of my forefathers stood.
_.All ruin’d and wild is their roofless abode,

And lonely the dark raven’s sheltering tree ;
And travell’d by few is the grass-covet'd. roafl. —
"3.Vhe'ij’ggpe hunter of deer and the warrior trode

To lnsliills that encircle the sea.

Yet wand?!-ing, I found on my ruinous walk,

By the dial stone, aged‘ and gre‘-.-n. .»

i rose ofgthe wilderness left on its stalk, 

"To mar_k~;§§liere a garden had been.
Like a brotbierless hermit, the last of its race,
All wild, in the silence of nature, it drew
From each wandering sunbeam a lonely cm-
 brace; ' » 
For the night weed and thorn oversliadow’d the
place V V ‘
Where the flower of my forefathers grew.

Sweet bud of the wilderness l--emblem of all

That remains in this desolate heart 1 ‘
The fabric of bliss to its centrc may fall,

But patience shall never depart- _

Though the wilds. of enchan’tment,all vernal and
bright, . .

In the days of delusion by fancy combin’d_ .
‘With the vanishing phantoms ollore and delight,
Abandon my soul like a dream of the night,

‘ And leave but a deserrfbehind-

Be hush’d my dark spirit! for wisdom condemns
‘When the faint and the feeble deplore ;

Be strong as the rock of the occan, that stems

A thousand wild waves on the shore !

' ,Through the perils of chance, and the scowls of

disdain,

May thy front be unalter’d, thy courage elate l
Yea, even the name I have wot-ship’d in vain.
Sh:-ill awake not the -sigh of remembrance a-

gain—-

To hear is to conquer our fate.

_.....
65 Quid pro Qua.”

A sprightly lady, young and frir, '
VVi'.h arms all nude, and neck all bare,

At dinner near a Quaker sat ;
And feeling much disposed to joke,
In playful accents thus she spoke :— A

5 see, friend, I toast t/iy broad brz'mm’(l /tat.’

The Quaker s-mil’d, arid said, ‘ Thou know’st
I ne’er use healtbs, nor give a toast ;
Else from-thy challenge I’d not shrink:
Inclinkl to-please so kind a lass»
I cheerfully would take my glus-“u
And to (Iii; abxrm ’kerc/iicf clriii/6.’

 

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1~‘R0‘.vI‘TH}’-2 BOSTON GAZETTE.
, THE (‘..-<!SU.4L r:;cMARKs::.

The innumerable improvements in the hu-
siness of education, which the present times
have witnessed, afford delight to philanthro-
pic minds; while‘ the uncxampled ubiquity
of ‘the means of in'struct.ion, provided by
law, are offered by Charity to the children
of every faniilyin otiiycoinmiiiiity, makes
us proud of the country, in which the success
& rewards of patriotic: exertions are so man-
ifest and abundant. But though much has
been done,~.mnch remains to be accomplish-
ed- ' Our attention has been too exclusively
devoted to the iinprovemciit of the mind,
while the culture of the heart and of the mor-

als has been in a great degree overlooked or

disregarded. Parents often suppose the
whole of educa‘5ion is to be obtaiiied at scliool-s

. or in colleges 5 and the moral discipline, the
kindness, justice, teinpcraiice, _

abitsof piety,
the circle of amiable and durable virtues,
which should be unccasingly taught AT
I:IUM.E,are grossly iicglectcd. llcflcct up-
on the learned-men of your acquaintance—-
How inany bright ‘scholars have bad hearts?
{low is the lustre of learning tarnished by
moral turpitude? How often genius is deba-
srd by vice, and splendid talents become the
polished instruineiits~ of crime? Men are
‘more gratified by the proud distinction of be-
ing great, than by the more permanent but

less ostentatious pleasure of being good.-—-4

This is reversliig the proper order of things,
if life is a state of probation, a preparation
for to superior mode of existence. Few at

illt) present day doubt the inimoi'tTality.of the
. soul ; yet from the conduct of parents in gen-
- oral towards their ofliizpriiig, it seems that

the condition of their children in the future
state of rewards and punisl_un'cnts is seldom
"the subject of their tlionglits. To a reflect-
mg pM.mt such QQ1]'tQtnI)lfltl()llS’aI:e sources
of solicifude, and -make the‘ fountains of pa-
-rental affectioii gush in perennial strcains.
There. are few objects more iiteltglitftll to
piety‘. 'I‘~hii.;ngicit§,.L‘e-
neas has for many ages been the tlie_ino_o‘f the
poet’s praise for *l2_llC_l0V(?. he borelus itliZllEI".
‘If the gratifying‘ spectacle of. filial affection,
and of 311 the moral virtues is not common,
" ‘cuts in fault? 1‘+.rc‘ not the hearts
are not pat

- of their children as much undertheinflucnce

of education as their intellectual faculties?
Is not the moral charactcr ‘as worthy of as-
siduous attention as tho iniprovement of -the
mind? does not the happiness of society de-
pend nowniorc on the virtues than on the tal-
l C,an any parent believe be
which religion and

.through indolcncc or criminal neglect be per-
- inits the vices of the heart to take ro'ot,;and

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thrive in an unchecked and r':tnk~ exuber-
ance? Ah, how. many are the parents now
-suffering the stings of ingratitiide, the insults
of disrespect, or the cold contempt of neg-
lect, from beings whom they have brought
into the world and suffered to become ill na-
tured and vicious ? How many are the fatlicrs
and mothers, who have been the agonizcd
.witnesses of their children’s crimes and spun.-
ishinents, which might have beenprevented

in the world to come we are permitted to re-
. cognize one another, .how.many heads of fain-
ilies will behold their offspring involved in
sin and misery throughptlie neglect of the
dutywhich God and nature imposed on their
parents ? .

The business of life and the constant av-
ocations of parents are often magnified, and

these‘ indispensable attentions to "the moral
education of ‘their children. But if they
can find time for their pleasures, they can al-
so for their dutic'.s. The example of M.
N cckor points out the obligation, and pi:cves
the practicability of its pei'lbrmance,in.tlio
busiest stations.‘ It is recorded of him that

France, were, not su_fl‘crcd to .c1ic_roach.in the
least degree, on his attention to the improve-
~ merit of his daughter,‘ who afte-rwardsibe-
came the celebrated wife of tlic_Baron~ dc
Stael. If he ever should be allowed to see
or knowwhat since his deceasc Madame do
Stael has written, there is a passage in her
posthumous work, which willexcite emotions
of parental pleasure, which I wish every pa-
rent may have cause to feel, as 1 would do-
sireevcry child might. entertain so exalted
a filial reverence and piety.
says she, that M. Necker has said, is iii-in
in me as a rock 5 what I have gained my-
self may disappear; the identity of my ho-
ing consists in the attachment which I bear
to his memory. I. have loved those whom [
love no more; I have esteemed those whom
Iestcem no more; the waves of life hare
carried all away, except this mighty shade
whom I see upon the summit of yonder moun-
tain, pointing out to me with its finger the
life to come.”
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From late London papers.

.€lrctic Gm'ipsities.-——Amoiig the collections
made by Capt. Ross, one of the most rcinar '-
able is the sludge used by the nativcs,wliich is
simple in form, and so slight that it appears
alniost impossible to, bear the weight of :1 hu-
man being. It consists of two pieces of bone
be-tween five and six feet long, about tiring:
inches i‘rom the ground, which are ltopt ‘to:
gether by five pieces, about X8 or 20 ll1Cii£J':
in length, and placed at iiitcrvr.ls of 9 or 3;!)
iiicncs. At the curl are two upright pieces
of sea elcphant’s skin, producing rather a.
curve, which forms a seat for the person,
without any other support. "The whole of
this curious carriage, which is ,entirely of
bone, is bound together with pieces of skin
and whalelione, and is so’eixtrcinely. light as
to admit of its being cart-icd from place to
place with the greatest facility. To tlieforc
"part six dogs are affixed, which are fasten-
ed together, two and two, with a species of
harness made of slips of skin, and they di*:=.._w
it with much rapidity. The whip for Inf".‘.1-
aging these useful animals is about three
yards in length, made of skin, and which
the natives are rrpre.sented as using with as
'much dexterity as. any of the Members of
the London ‘Whip Club.‘ The handle is a-
‘ bout the length of those used by postilious,
consisting of six pieces of bone,_,one plat.-_~.d
transvei-scly at‘ the handle, to prevent its
slipping, fastened together by “skins and the
sinews of birds. 5

Tlicrc are also several stiilfcd birds, the
pliiniage of which is very remarkable, to-
gether with some very curious star fish, and
the apparatus bywhich the natives catch the
seals and sea elephants. The whole of the
curiosities have been very properly sent to-
tbe British Museum.

of that Extraordinary Productioii of
.N‘ature, the liiission Lamb. _
The most extraordinary of the ciii'ios_';tir.s
of Little Tartziry, is the Lamb of M-use-ivy,
which grows bctwceii the two great I'll-'~'3f‘8,
the Don and the Wolga. This plant is re-
inarkabl'c for possessing a great [)t)l"tib‘*-‘t-1 of
the animal naturc.._ Itis for this reason rall-
ed the animal plant ; as also Zooph_vtos.-—-

Account

it has gore of a sheep, all -the liiitbs 2-?’
which are discoverable. It is t'ztstciuvl.t.<>

fcetfin length. It always leans towards the
ggralss and plants that grow round it, and
chaiiges its ptzice as much as the stump will
siiffér; .When the fruit comes to mate;i'it_v-,
the stalk dies; it is. covered with a hairy
skin, frizzlcd like that of alamb just lamb-‘
ed, and this skin serves it as a for to defend
it from the cold. I} is further observed that
this plant’ nevcrdies, till it can no longer
find any grass to nourish it. The fruityields
a juice Iikewblood when it is taken front the

stalk.

An article dated Zwalle, ‘Oct. 19,- men-
tions‘ that a Bridge has been discover-c in a
marsh, four feet under ground, in the district
l of Dienthe. ‘ It consists principallyof. rough

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by time] y correction and early assidtiityi If-

insisted upon as excuses for the neglect of

theliigli concerns of the fiyst minister of

“-Every thing, .

The fruit is of the size of a gourd, or melon-'; ‘

the earth by-thgnaval, upon a stalk ct‘ two ,

‘tr

furs, neatly laid together,‘ but no nails. It
‘has been uiicovered for a length of .a league
and a- half, and the end of which is unknown.»
It is generallybelieved that this is the bridge
of Germanicus, mentioned in Tacitus, and
whicli-was laid about that place, by 48 R0-
man coliort, on occasion of a hasty retreat,
15 years after the birth of Clirist.

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The Good .N‘cighbors.----The following droll

the metropolis. A lady, probably very ig-
norant’ of what was passing in her own
house, was, as she thought, and had reason
to think, perfectly well acquainted with‘ all
the domestic economy of her neighbors. It
happened that bya long and diligent ob-
servation of the proceedingsliii an opposite
niansion, occupied by a foreign Nobleman,
she had ascertained beyond a doubt that the

be convinced of error and to lose no time in
cori'ecting it, is the grace of virtue. _ A let-
ter cliarged with these suspicions, was im-
mcdiatclydispatclied to the-count, who wrote
her a vei-ypolite answer, stating how much
. he win jobliged to her for the lively interest
she took in the morality of his family, and
that he would forthwith institute an inquiry
into the ma'ttor,"and put‘a speedy ‘end to any
impropriety he might discover, but he beg-
ged leave to observe, that he had hitherto un-
derstood that it was the custom in this coun-
try-—--for man and wife to sleep together.
T—€a-}l!~~lD-——-
FROM Tins CATSiiILI.' RECORDER. ‘
~ DERIVATION S.

The Isle of USIIANT, on the French coast,
was sometime the retreat of the famous En-
glislfoutlaw, Robin Hood. Whenever any
vessel approached the coast, in dread of its
being scntlto take him, he would take his bow
and arrows and_ run down, exclaiming ‘ you
s/unit, you shunt ." Hence the lslaml was call-
ed Yousliaiit, and the Y and 0 being super-
fluous they have long been dropped, and it
is now spelled U-Ishant. '

'1‘he SCHELDT, a river in Holland, obtain-
ed its name from the noise it makes in fall-
ing over some rocks. The first settlers
thought it‘ was scolding them for coming
there, and so named it the Scheldt, which in
English means the scold. A

The city of Coax, it is supposed, was so

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built of Corkwood. "
Corenunnn was originally called Coop-

cansed the inhabitants to make their hen-
coops inthe inside of tlicir liogpens,,.-in or-
der that the lions might feed on the grain
which the hogs spilt out of thci:rt.i'oiigh.
l\'lA.D!!.-1-D: (f°1'“1.9-l'l"_,.’"; '5): obtained
its name from the follb-" _ ‘firistance 2....
‘When the wall of the city was nearly finish-
ed, the chief inquisitor made a bet of a sup-
per of oysters with the French ambassador,
that he could gallop round the city in half an
hour. In the attempt, he broke his neck, and
all the spectators exclaimed, .‘ a mad ride!’
‘ a. mad i'id_e." . » ’
.Whilc- the masons were building the city
of Gmscow, they made it a point to have a
good drink as often as pay-night came round
»-—-Tlie chief builder usually sat at the head
of the table, and as they all drank out of the
same glass, would frequently exclaim 6 let
‘ the glass go.’ Hence the city was called
Glassgo ; butwlien, or why, the W was ad-
ded, I cannot find in any ancient author-
not even among the notes of Walter Scott.
Some twenty years. ago, a-fat English la-
dy,ha_ving visited Paris, obtained from a_ ‘mil-
liner a certain article of dress, much in vogue
at present among belles and feiiiiiiine beaux.
On her return, all the fat ladies of her no-
quaintance, were smitten with envy, to see
her shape elegantly improvedinto that of an
hourglass. She lost no time in exhibiting
her exquisite person at a ball; but in the
middle of a waltz swooned away. Her clothes
were soon unlaced, and the cause of her faint-
. ingAdisc.overcd. ‘ 0 la !’ exclaimed a dozen
of her female friends, ‘What is this you
wear 3" 0 O curse it !’ replied she, and'imme‘-
diatcly hurried out of the room. ‘I’ll lay
niylifc,’ says lady _‘i:l:llrt'addlc, ‘ that it was
that same Cursed which so‘ much improved
her shape. and _i"~ll have one made to-mor-
.row.’T I.ati3' B‘. being of ‘Fas/iionables the
most f.’i3fl‘l0'PlI.gf}fB, her word was ilccisive.—-
Curs.'(ls_((i1' as t.lie§?"are now termed, Corsets,)
_ls~.—;c'»:.in.5 tho ()i'§_lc1' of‘ the day, "and although
inary a siniple‘ girl has since had cause to
" give them their original appclla-tion, they ap-
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SELECT THOUGHTS. A

Propriety is to "a woman what the great
Roman critic says action is to an orator; it
is the first, the second, and the third requi-
site.‘ A-woman may be knowing, active,
witty, and ainipiysingg but without propriety
she cannot be amiable. Proprioty is the

greeablepess meet. . It is to character, what
proportion is tofigu re, and grace to attitude-
It does not depend on any one perfection,

~ but it is the result of general excellence. .
t The custom which fashion has establisli-t

ed,‘_wlaen they areinot in opposition to what
is right, when they are not hostile to virtue,
§l'.~'_ould uirquestionably be pursued in the ed-'
[ucation of ladies. Picty maintains no natu-

I

circumstance lately occurred in the north of

footman went to bed in the maid’s room. To’

called because the first houses in it were

in-Hogpciz, because an ancient Danish king_

Key to the Exercises-
Child-’s Instructor——Spelling Books, &c. «Sm. ‘’

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rgl war with elega'nce,and Christianity would
beno gainer by making her "disciples una-
miable. _, U i ' _

Letjnot the "sprightly and the brilliant re-
ject industry as a plebian quality -to be ex-
eI'.Cl8ed onlyby those who have their bread
to earn or. their fortunes to.make.~. -But let

them respect it, and adopt it as a habit tb - _V
winch many elevated characters have, in a;’’*_ i ~'. "

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good measure, owed their distinction.

An early habitual restraint is peculiarlyiii ‘

important to the futurelcliaracter and happi-
ness of women. ‘ ‘

. She who has the best regulated mind will, A

other things being equal, have the best reg-
ulated family. ' - ,

Women who arose puffed up with the con.
ccit_of talents as to neglect the plain duties
of life, will not frequently be found to be woe
men of the best abilities. 4 =

If the female tongue will be in motion, Why
should it not be set to go right I? Could -they
dispoursc about: the spots in the sun,-it might
(ll\’t}l'lI them from publish'ing the faults of
their neighbor ; could they talle of the differ-
ent aspects and conjunctions of the planets,-
they need not he at the pains to.comment_ up.-
on oglmgs and clandestine marriages. .

The artifi’cial- aspect is as wretched asub.
stitute for the expression of sentiment, as‘

the smear of paint for the blushes of health. '

No woman can be handsome by the force
of features alone, any more than §lie can be
witty only by the help of speech. 

Pride destroys all symmetry and grace ;

fine faces than the small pox.

slanderers; as we usually find that to be
the best fruit, which the birds have‘i,«.-3..
picking at.

:-—@-e'_:--i§—_.

‘ A Quaker residing at Paris, was waited ‘

up by four workmen usually employed by
him, having for their object to make their
cpmplimonts to him and ask for their New-
lears-g..cs. ‘ Well my friends,’ said the
Quaker, ‘ here are your gifts—chooso 15 fr.
or the bible.’ ‘ I don’t know how‘ to road,’
said the first, ‘ so I take the 15 fr.’ ‘ I can»

wants.? I-le tool{‘' the 15 fr.
made the some choice.
f01lI‘ths a young lad about 13 or 14. '1‘h¢_~.
Quaker l«ipl;c.(l at him with an air of good-
110-'3_-9- ‘ Vlill, you take these three pieces,
wlilcll you may obtain at any time by your
labor ‘and industry 3’ ‘ N o, as you say" the
book is so good, I shall take that, and read
from li‘..tO my mother.’
opened it and found-between tlielcaves a gold
piece of 40 fr. ’i3lie,otlicrs liung down their
heads, and the Q-‘_‘tl2.l-E(’l" told thcui he was gay.
ry they had not izzaile a better choice."

An Irish recru-it was lately asked by his
sergeant, if he was a good shot? 6 That I
5““s_(C1‘l°(l Pats) I can hit a target. at one hun-
dred and fifty yards, and a Frenchman at
any distance. ‘ .

‘-755* A 2-.
New supply of School Books;
Music‘ Books, 85's. ‘
. For sale at this Oflicc, _
The Young Lady and Gentleman’s Monitor,
by J. Hamilton Moore, price 75:’ cents.
Mu:-ray’s English Graminar, (large)

Do. do. abridged) .
Morse’s Geography-—Daboll’s Arithmetic,
W alker’s Dictionary--Golumbian Orator
American Orator--A-merican Reader
English Reader .
Introductiop to the English Reader,
Murray’s .Exercises—--d-3. Sequel,

Bibles, ']jestame‘nts, Psalm Books, Com-
mon Prayer Books, New-England Primer,
Episcopal Catechism, Dr.. Watts’. Cattle-
chisni, with p1_'ay'crs, hymns, and spiritual
songs, for cliiltlrcn, History of Little Henry
and his Bearer--Als'o, a great vac icty of Toy
Books, for children.» ., . A -
LlTTLE & SM['I‘H’S collection of Sa-
cred Music, price St, «
COOKE & l':lALE;"S Gamiit, with blank
lines for favorite music,‘ price 25 cents.
Dean’s much approved Copy-Plates, for
the use of schools and acailcmics. price 25_ACts..
. Day-Books, Lcdgers, andnblank Cypher-
mg Books. i ~ " “ 
Common-Place Books, very'.noa’t.‘ » ~

ing-Wax, Ink Staiids‘, &c. &c.'

"The subscribers ‘liavinr; in-ads ar-.
arc constantly‘receiving .additiop,o, to their
assortment, and will be €ll‘.ii)ii‘.(l to furnish

Books on the most. 1'8-8St}l‘.{tlJl0 tcrnis, by the
dozen, or retail. Orders for any description

tended to. h 1‘-il{}H(}LS :5” PRICE.
"Wood. and most kinds qf country pro.

‘ AL llflAf\lACKS, foij

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,For sale‘ at this Office, by the doz. siiiglen

and affectation is a. more terrible enemy to '

read,’ said the second, ‘ but I have pressing’ 
The third also . Ig},
He now came to the . ‘

He took the Bible, .

Ink Powder. i cad Pencils, Wafers, Seal 

rangeinents with Booksellers in New-Yox'k,* 1-‘i’

ofllooks, not on han:l,wili be iinniocliately at'- ~

duce, will be i'ecc2'.ue(l in exchange for Books. \

The worthiest people are most injured by