'1
9-
onn mqvmnn.
',OSE BUSH.
verdure fled 1
ms dead,
. wont to shed
ispers’d in air ?
met? a leaf,
r thy grief,
re but brief;
.'is now despair.
lsty reign,
iloom again:
eturning trains ,
/lore fresh and fair.
‘tr-rtroke of death 3
all grace the heath,
3' balmy breath,
Nor zephyrs bear l.
.neath thy shade,
.er’d flowers I play’da'
nirds above my lwatls
Disported here.
.n yout'n’s fervent hour,
vning love’s extatic power,
Jt dawn to pluck thy llowera _
And give my fan‘.
Yes, wither’d bush ! thy flower hath press’d
My lovely Charlotte’s snowy breast;
And by the ruby lips been kIss’d,
. Of Charlotte dear.-
But thou hast lost thy damask plume,
The willow shades mY Chafloltcis Wmbv
And Heaven hath call’d her_ home to bloom
5 ~ ’ In bliss fore’er.'
Yet-though on earth no trace he shown
Of Charlo_tte’s beauties or thy own,
Shall memory, till life_ is fiown,
- Your image bear.
And when I see abeauteous maid: __
in heavenly charms like her‘s array’d,
Or view fair spring in roses clad, '
’ Joyous appt’/«'-1'-
Fond fancy. in its rapid Bight,
. \Vill call up Charlotte's image bright,
And seek thy consecrated scite,
And linger here !
T
4.4-.A
Miscelliiy.
rnozst THE VILLAGE nucoan.
-The Specultztor--By John Harwood.
7 -:',I'_oo proud, or too lazy, to weave him a net ,-
Nojlyfor his supper the spider will gct .-
? _’Tz's ‘right——for the lab’rcr’s entitled to bread;
giglle deserve to go hzcrigry to bed.
' pd it is no matter gentle reader, whether it
two, or four legged spider ;—-one with two
‘pr six. Girls did you ever look at a spider
‘gh a microscope ?—a-You would not, per-
if you should, discover all the strange
_ escribed by Lovuenlzoeck ; but it is acuri-
"‘1mal, well worth your minute examination.
'6» "a‘s_six beautiful eyes, and the tcnuity of his
surpasses belief. The microscope un-
the wonders of a new world; and if a sur-
or the heavenly bodies tends to awaken in
' lheimyintl exalted notions of the Deity, the close
A nsptlfctioti of His minutest works, is not less cal-
" - ctilatecl to impress the soul with admiration rev-
erence and love.
"But my subject runs away with me. My in-
tention is to point out a remedy for an acknowl-
‘edged evil. There is a great complaint of dull
‘times, , and the stagnation of business. It is
‘true the times have changed. VVe have been do-
, - ping the business of Europe for 25 years—buying
.1 J.--,se'llit)_g—-and carrying.
tlre.,jaspe‘c't of commercial affairs; Europe is a-
Peace has changed
-hl,e}“to..n1anage her own concerns---and we have
~.in”fth‘fejcountry as well as in the city, double the
ziligands employed in trade and speculation, or un-
’ _.’er_np'loyed altogether, that is necessary. Profits
so much divided become insufficient for a gener-
-ous support, even to the industrious. As for the
«i_dle—-the drones in society—~the spiders that
wont weave their webs-—it is no matter how soon
the starve. '
little resolution,_ and the work is done.—-
lVIother earth is kind as ever. Prolific of every
good gift, when wooed and courted, she offers
to repay our attention-—the whitest bread--the
fattest beef—-and a profusion of good things.-
Now my notion is, that every man who reads
this, who is gaining nothing, or going behind
hand, should turn his attention to Agriculture.-—
No matter whether he is a merchant--without
customers : at physician-—without ' patients : a
lawyer--—without clients : orthe idle man--un-
lesshe has ten thousand in bank stock, or a tick-
et in the lot_tery.——'l'he cultivation of the earth
is an empiifyment respectable as delightful and
productive. ‘ The name of Cincinnatns descends
to us thrice honored, from his labors in the field.
\Vashinn'ton loried in the pursuit. _‘
Nor ias it,gas some would believe, a business
in which learning would be so useless, that the
man of education could find no exercise for his
knowledge in the employment. _ ' The complete
farmer should be an accomplished scholar.-—
His acquirements in chemistry, geology, math-
ematics, and even astronomy, might be render-
ed serviceable, for though ‘ ignorance may sneer,’
the influenceof the planets upon the products of
the earth, is not unworthy the thoughts of the
wisest: A metephysician the farmer need not
he ; itis a bewilderiag path, and leads to darkness
anti doubts. Of law, he should know enough to
keep clear front its toils : and of physio, toda-
pend more upon temper-.~.nce and exercise, for
health, than upon the drugs of the apotheéary.
A few years’ ago there was in our neighbor-
hood a young man of line education, lively and
enterprising. ‘ But he longed-to be a merchant
and grow rich faster than his father had done on
his farm. He ‘removed to the city—entered in-
to tr:.t‘.e-—married a cliarming_ girl, lived genteely
but not extravagantly, coinpared with his asso- ‘
ciat__es. For’ at time, he was imputed prosperous
—-nay, rich.. -But when .I last visited him, in
town, I could discover an occasij’-al sigh, and
flitting clouds of gloom, shadin -"his sprightly
countenance, and was satisfied, Lat even when-
his face beamed with smiles, his"heart‘ was the
seal: of anguish.‘ Time confirmed my conjec-
tures. After struggling with insurmountable
difliculties, he closed his affairs without a stain
upon his honor, and retired to a farm.
No .v, reader, it would do your kind heart good
to go and see-him. The house is small but snug
and neatly furnished. The barn is crouded with
hay and grain; and fifteen head of cattle feed
in the barn-yard. Milk flows in abundance, and
Mary tells me she can make as excellent cheese
as she used topound cake. The ducks and geese
swim in the pond below the house; and turkeys
roam in the lields ; and an hundred fowls display
their glossy plumage before his door.
Frank does not toil like a slave; but he sees
to every thing ;—-rises with the robin, attends
to his concerns; ‘and labors if necessary until
dinner. The afternoon, unless business presses,
more especially during the winter, he devotes to
reading and social converse. A happier fellow.
you never saw; and he insists upon it, labor
is not an evil——but that it gives to food, and soci
ety and repose, an exquisite zest, to which the
sons of ease and idleness are entire strangers.
It would be a happy day for our country if we
could see thousands following the example of
Frank Woodgrove. Many an aching heart would
then beat cheerily. Then would farming become
as it ought, the firstamong the most honorable
professions. The science, which is yet in its in-
fancy, "would be highly improved-—-ten acres be
made to produce the present crop of twenty ;
and happiness be sought, where alone it can he
found, in a middle fortune-as far below wealth
and splendor as it is above want.
. ~ -€-
FROM THE REGISTER.
T 0'!/ze Laboring Class of Community.
In my last number, [considered the second
and third grades of ldlers—-and in order to find
the fourth, we have only to take up the charac-
ter of the third, and view him in a still more de-
graded sphere. We have seen that his business
was ruined, and with it,_ his credit. We have
seen‘ him open the flood-gates of misery and
want, upon a virtuous and helpless family.--Deaf
to the demands of justice, or the calls of mercy.
Like the whirlpot which sucks the mariners frail
hark into its vortex, he draws others into ruin
with himself. Despised by the good, shunned
by the virtuous, pitied by the pious. and con-
demned by his conscience, he seeks the haunts
of vice and immorality. His dress bespeaks
his poverty, and the bloated cheek‘, and /zurjzle
countenance, warn the beholder to {ice the place
where debauchees delight to meet to pour out
libations to Bacchus. Compassion for the snail,
ferings.of his olfspring impel his connexions
to deeds of charity, who, whilst they teprobate
the conduct which has reduced them to a state
of want and despair, yet they still -love the pa-
rent for the children’s sake—the ties of consan-
guinity are strong, and for wise reasons-—reasons
not only wise, but merciful—-for, as said the good
man of old, ‘ if our relations refuse to succour
us, who can we expect will afford us aid.’
This rcfiection should knit together those of
the same k°ndred and family, and though pride
may teach u to look upon a poor sister or broth-
er with disduin, and induce us to treat them with
neglect, yet we‘ should ever hear in mind, that
our holy religion admonishes us to love, comfort
and protect them. It -is a melancholy reflection
however, that parents too often withhold their
aid to their children, inproportion as their rela-
tions and friends lend theirs. The reader may
say, ‘ is -it exftcdient then to afford relief in cases
of this nature?’ Let me answer, by inquiring
whether it was expedient for the Creator of all
mankind, to shew mercy even to those who
grieve his Holy Spirit, by obstinavy rejecting
the offers of eternal salvation? .
If the subject of this number, is forced by ne-
cessity,of any kind, to earn a few shillings, how
and where does he spend them? Do you see
him purchasing a load of wood to keep his fam-
ily from freezing, or a little food to satisfy the
cravings of his half. famished children ? Do you
see him carry to his home a frock for this, a‘ hat
for that, or a bonnet for another—-or something
to gladden the heart of his wife? No-—uo ! If
you wish to know to what purpose he puts his
earnings, enter the door of a dram-slxojz--the
haunt of corruption, profanity, lewdness, deprav-
ity, drunkenness, blasphemy : dens where icllers
are rrltetamorphosed into drunkards.
' Ye guardians of the publicpeacee-of the mor-
als of the rising generation-—nay, of religion it-
self--read your neglect of duty in every tippling
shop which now disgraces community ! ’Tis
there you will find him draining the very dregs
of the poisonous cup——his reason drowned-—his
passions .‘ bearing rule—-noisy and clamorous—
disturbing the peace of neighborhoods. Here
is 2. scene which chills the blood of the moraltst,
and wrings with grief the christian soul. Be-
lmld the Bacchanalian, reeling and stagger-
ing through the streets, mocked by thought-
less children——the sport of anunheedin; bble.
\’Vhat a picture for the friend, the relative, the
nrig/Ibor :-—but above (all, the child, the wg'fe.—
Oh! could the idler» but behold the conflicting
passions which convulse lier bosom I with what
stern resolutions would be bid adieu to those
paths which lead fo certain ruin !—-to those haunts
which make bankrupts of thousands ! -.How
cautious should parents be to instil into the
minds of‘ their daughters, the danger of throw-
ing themselves, whilst under the controul of a
momentary love spasm, into the arms of ‘men
of no fixed principles, either of morals or reli-
gion. Although the proverb says ‘ fine feathers
make fine birds,’ remember young l'ad.ies, fine
beaux but seldom make good husbands. In se-
lecting a partner for life, be sure" you choose a
mind as he does his :body. . '
~ But to return. -Having ruined his constitu-
tion, and wasted his very means of-subsistence,
we at length find himonujmbered among the poor
of the town‘; His connexions though still wil-
ling to assist his family, have lost all hopes of
reclaiming him-—He is therefore sent to swell
the list of paupers at the Alrns-house——the' great-
er part of whom byfar, have been brought to
this last extremity, by pursuing a similar course»
of conduct ,—--the probable cause of whose ruin
was IDLENESS. ‘
Reader, had you seen this pauper when he
the first in the esteenrof his young companions,’
perhaps the first in the ball room—-had you seen
him commencing business with such bright
prospects, endued with a good constitution, fine
talents, and possessing the advantages of a good
trade--would you not have thought that man
mad, who should have predicted this miserable
end ? We beheld him tlggn temperate and enter-
pl‘lsing'—-11070 beastly in his habits, an infidel in
his principle, an outcast from society, and for-
ced to eat his scanty pittance in some filthy cor-
ner of a common poor-house.
Oh, IDLENESSI how many thousand and
tens of thousands, compose the ragged throng
which follow in thy train !
Ifjzolilics should not swallow up every other
consideration, and fill the columns of the paper
to the exclusion of myself, I shall next week
consider the fifth and last class of mcnns, viz.
those who are so from inclination. Lanomzn.
.422 Em/Ieror’s Dream.-The Emperor Charles
Vth. having one day lost himself in the heat of
a chase, and wandered in the forest, far from the
train; after much fatigue in trying to find a route
came at last to a solitary hedge ale-house, where
he entered torefresh himself. "On going in, he
saw four men, whose mein presaged him no
good ; he however sat down and called for some
thing. These men pretending to sleep, one of
them rose, and, approaching the emperor, said
he had dreamed he had took off his hat ; and ac-
cordingly took it off. The second saying hehad
dreamed he had taken his coat, took that also.-—
The ‘third, with a like prologue, took his waist-
coat. And the fourth with much politeness said,
he hoped there‘ would be no objection to his feel-
ing his pockets, and seeing a chain of goldlabout
his neck, whence hung his hunting horn, was a.
bout to take that too. But the emperor said
‘ stop, my friend, I dare say you cannot blow it,
I will teach you.’ So putting the horn to his
month, he blew it repeatedly, and very loud.—-
His people, who were searching for him, heard
the sound, and entering the cottage, were sur-
prised to see him in such a garb. ‘ Here are
four fellows,’ said the Emperor, ‘ who have
dreamedwhat they please-—I must also dream in
my turn.’ Closing his eyes a short time, he
dreamed he saw—-flour thieves hanged : and he
immediately ordered his dream to be fulfilled, the
't_past’er_ of the Inn being compelled to be their
executioner. .
Yankee Trick for an English one.-—A little be-
fore the commencement of the late war between
the United States and Great-Britain, two Yan-
kees, on a trading trip, crossed over to Montreal,
and put up at a public house, where a British re-
cruiting ofiicer was stationed. The Yankees, for
convenience in that inclement season of the year,
had hoods to their top coats, resembling those
worn by women on their cloaks. Shortly after
their arrival, the ofiicer, who had a wishful eye
on them, watched hisopportubity, and dropped a’
guinea into the hood of one of their coats, as
bounty money, and unobserved by him ; but
which was fortunately seen by his companion,
who, without being noticed, communicated the
secret to him. Presently ‘after, the one who had
the guinea, called for their bill, and on receiving
it, put up his hand, and deliberately took out the
guinea ; and with apparent surprize, exclaimed,
‘ I have been robbed; for I had two guineas in
the hood of my coat,'when I came into the house,
and now I have but one !' . To which his com-
rade replied, ‘ I saw that gentleman,(pointing to
the officer,) just now put his hand into the hood
of your coat.’—Upon which he immediately
challenged him for a thief, in the presence of all
his companions. His Britannic Majesty’s oili-
cer, finding the situation in which he was placed,
haviing two Yankees to deal with, one to charge,
and the other as evidencefto prove the fact, after
a few flourishes, proposed a compromise, (and ac-'
tually paid him twenty guihétis on the‘ spot," to
get rid of so troublesome a bargain. '
Clzarzty.-—A deaf and dumb man, some few
days past, called at the house of a respectable
lady of this town, well known for her acts "of be-
nevolence and charity, and by impressive ges-
tures, ‘(soon convinced her that food was his ob-
ject. Having no meat cooked in the house, she
ordered the servant to give him some bread and
a piece of raw moot, supposing that he could ea-
sily get some person to cook it for him ; when,
much to her astonishment, he sat on the steps
and immediately devoured it ! after which he
went away. The next day, precisely at the same
hour, he called again. The lady’s larder being
exactlyin the same situation it was the day be-
fore, the same‘ food was given, and the poor fel-
low was compelled to breakfast on rawmcat a-
gain. Nevertheless, the third day, atathe usual
hour, he called again; and again the‘ meat‘
was produced. This was more than; hegcbuld
withstand—his patience was exhausted--he lost
himself, and exclaimed in aloud voice—-‘ What !
are you going to feed me upon’ mtw MEAT al-
ways 1--—C'ajze Fear Recorder.
Relic of Barbe;-ism.--A London papers says a
person at A-ltringham, last week, after expending
L ten pence in the purchase of a haltar,- tied it round
the neck of his wife, and led her into the market
place, where, after's~hewing her, and expatiating
on her good qualities, he sold her’ for one jzcnny!
man, that takes as niuclx pains to ornament his "
was young, dressed in clothing neat and gay'—;
_ ‘moitma. , ,
The following brief notice of Florida is taken‘ ,
from Rees’ Cyclopedia. In a few days we shall
furnish in a series of numbers, a more particular.
account of this delicious region, now about to
form an integral part of our Union.
_ . [W'as/zingxon City Gaz.
“El°,Yi(la.is bounded on the north by GeOt‘- -
giaa on the east; by the Atlantic, on. the south by
the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by the Mis.
sissippi. The country is said to have been dis-
covered by Sebastian Cabot, in the year 1496,
18,years before it was known to the .‘~‘.pauia,~ds ;
but received its name from John Po1_»g;e._ whr,
sailing from Porto Rico in 1513, landed here in
April,_when the country appeared in full vep.
(lore and bloom. Florida lias-frequently chan-
ged its masters; in 2564 the French took pus;
session of some part of it, but they were driven
from their settlements in the following year by
the Spaniards, Who then began to form‘ establish-
ments for themselves. In the year 1763, "F10,-i-
da was pedcd to Great Britain in exchange for
the Havana, which had been taken from the Span.
iards. ‘Whilst the English were in possession
of it they divided it into two governments, viz.
East and \Yest.Florida, separated by the Apa-
lachicola. During the American waiv,'.bot], the
F loridas were reduced by the Spaniards, and
guaranteed to the crown of Spain by the’ defini.
tive treaty of 1733.
Although this country was of little utility to
Great Britain, the possession of it would be vat.
uable to the United States, more especially since ''
they have obtained the province of Louisiana.-—
0n_ the part of Spain, the cessien of it would be
Polltica 38 it might serve to divert the attention
of the States from the riches of the west, and i
as a means of amity. \Vest—Florida, inpartic-*
"la" *5 °l‘‘°flY Useful asgpresenting avenues of
commerce. East F loridr. extends much farther
south than West .Florida;'t‘he gulf of Mexico
Washlng the western coast from ‘ north latitude
25 ‘O 30 d°3fées;‘~whereas the mqstsoiiithern
part of ‘West Florida is in north latitude! 2.9.de. .
grees 30 minutes. The form of Ease.-.F}m»idat--;,-
triangular, the base towards the north being.-J..6O
miles in breadth, from ‘east to west, near. :the
southern extremity about 50, and about-‘S50 from
north to‘ south. Along the coasts the bays and
small islands are numerous.- The soil near the
‘A
sea coast is sandy and barren, but further inland, J} - ,
it impl‘0VeS- Theproductions are chiefly rice
and indigo. West Florida’ is about 320 miles
from east to west, andfrom 40 _to 80 in width
from north to south ; on the west it is bounded,»
palachicola. ‘The country is" pleasant and the
soil is exceedingly fertile, so that the inhabitants
have sometimes two or three harvests of maize
in the same year. Towards the coastit _is flat,
but rises gradually into hills, which are covered
with verdu re and large trees, such as white and
red oak, crab oak, mulberry, magnolia, hickory,
pine, cypress, red and white cedar, &c. . Orange‘
and lemon trees grow here without c‘uJtivatib-n,
and produce better fruit than in Spain and Por-
tugal. They have vines which yield grapes e-
qual in size and flavor tothe best. muscadine ;
and they have abundance of other fruits of ex-
cellent flavor. The Cabbage tree furnishes a
food that is pleasant and wholesome. Cotton is
produced in great plenty; as well as flux and
hemp. Among the richer productions of the
country, we may reckon cochineal and indigo.-—..
The coasts furnish oysters and amber. The riv-
ers abound in fish, but are molested by alligators.
"In the western parts are numerous herds of cat-
tie‘ and flocks of sheep: hogs also, whose flesh
acquires an excellent flavor from the acorns‘
and chesnuts on which they feed, are numerous.
In the forests and deserts are found several spe-
cies of wild beasts, and also a variety of birds.—-
In summer the air is very hot, but in several pla-.
ces it is pure and wholesome; the winter is
commonly temperate, though _the cold some-‘
times destroys the orange trees. The ‘rivers
are covered with ice.
St. Augustine.
Fish, Lumber, &c.
Qnintalsbest quality Codfish,
6 bbls pickled Sword-fish
2o,o00.feet Mercht. Boards
2 000. do. .reffuse_ do.‘
2:000 _d,_o.- ‘clear do.
1,000. do. yellow Pine do.
1,000 do. Clapboard (siding) -
RUM and 1l,{0I.'./ISSES, by the hhd. or retail,
for sale by _ T ,VVM1.fJ. iTR£ZE'1‘._n
fig» N_._B. hoseindebtet or um er wi
please to remember, that 60 days was the long-
1:
est credit given or} that article.-' Accounts not
puuctually paid, are entitled to interest from (late.
The principal town in ,
VV est Flor1da,is Pensacola, and in East Florida,
The interest will most -certainly be required on ‘-
such accounts as are fairly due, unless they arc.
immediateb’ attended to. -15". J. 6'.
Norwalk, Jan. l5. 38___
Domestic Manttfactures‘.
HE subscriber‘ offers for sale, (\Vholesale..-
and.R'et'ail,) at his establishment in Nor-‘
walk, Sheeting and Shirting Muslin of asupe:-ibr’
quality, Stripes and Chambrays, ;with"a general
assortment of Yarns,‘ suitable. t'ur--lledticking and
other purposes, of the very bé'st'quali‘t_y, both-
blue and white, from No.6 to 18. ‘ ‘_ '
Also, Patent Composition for the axles of car-
riages, an excellent substitute for tar. grease, Ste.
for sale as above.
The" Cionltlihflsfrengtliening‘
Plaster,
AN admirable remedy for ‘Nervous,Rh6|1.*
matic or Gouty pains, and the Tooth Ache, ”
for sale by the subscriber in Norwalk near thqt’
bridge, at I2 l-2 cts. the roll. Areasonable al-
lowance made to those who buy to sell again.
- AARON NASH-
Norwalk, Feb. lst. 40
c AARON N-ASH; -
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by the river Mississippi, and on theieast by Ap-“T
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