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REFLECTIONS ON THE ‘NEW YEAR.
BY SELLECK Osnoim.
.4 A/'12‘ W YE..1I{ .’ and pray what is new,
\-'Vith him, or her, or me, or you 1‘
Dear reader let’s consider ‘:
VVould it be new if Vice. were still
Riding on Fortui2‘e’s splendid wheel,
With VIRTUE trudging at her heel,_
And Conscmxce up for highest bidder?
Pray what is new? Are any less
Extravagant-, in food or dress?
_ Are Old Ycar’s habits mended ?
Roars Paton less high her towering crest ?
Is NIAIJCE banish’d from each breast ?
And is the reign of Avmucn ended ?
Has Ionnunss been driven hence ?
Has FoLLv yielded to good Sense?
Has vile lN'rEMp'ErtAxcE departed ?
Has VANITY now ceased to tickle?
Are Prudes less prim, Flirts less fickle,
Or Coquetfics more true hearted ?
Does the Mechanic cease to fret
Over the long unsettled Debt,
Due from the rich delinquent I
Can Printers yet escape from care,
And hope for punctual payment. where
Their labor and their ink went?
Docs 'l‘t.-wu-1., with swift and steady pace,
A less unprofitable race
Pursue this year. than all may trace
In years that have preceded ?
_And when he points to that great sea,
A shoreless, vast Eternity,
‘Where we are bound as well as he,
Is the dread signal heeded ?
If not, alas! what is there new,
That’s worth a thought, to me or you",
_ Or cause for gratulation ?
"l‘is but the dull story o'er;
The mom-m’.s new, and nothing more;
TIME has but changed his station.
The happy moment that should find
A heart renew’d, a purer mind,
Improving time and talents here-—
Should such a time reach me or you,
That were a moment, rich as new——
That were, indeed, a blest NEVV YEAR.
1 .
FROM THE BERKSHIRE STAR.
THE ./IIEDDLEII.
‘ Inclustry must Pros-/2er.’—So much having
been said on the 7ninu1ia of husbandry, which, ab-
stractly considered, would seem beneath notice,
but which are in truth of the utmost importance,
that I ought perhaps to be silent. But the noto
rions inattention of some of our Farmers to these
trilles is a sufficientexcuse for the incdclling of a-
ny one. In no manner have I found so much re-
al satisfaction as in ranging the fields of agricul-
ture, where the flocks and herds, and ripening
corn, promised the industrious hu~.-b:-.r.dman a
rich reward for all his toil. And nothing can be
more pleasant than to visit the house of the neat,
careful Farmer, where health and plenty are the
reward ofi.itlustt‘y-—-ivhet-e neatness and regular-
itv attest the character of the inhal)it:tr_its.
[Being a frequent visitor at uncle Z:-.chariah’s,
where every thing is kept in the nicest order-—
the fences substantial—the barn in good repair,
with cow-houses, hog-styes. and wood houses
with not a single shingle or a nail gone—a cheese
house neat as the temple of Diana—-in a word,
where nothing is found to stamp my Uncle with
the name of sloven, or his wife with as dishonor-
able a name--then to visit some few of our Far-
mers is altogether disgusting. M
VVhen I pass a farm and see pieces ofboards,
broken rails, strewed about the yard—dislocated
gates, a leaning bar-post, a screakiug cart, fences
poor, and hugs and cows in the corn or meadow,
Ijgenerally note that man as a poor Farmer.—-
Aud when I enter a house with rags in the win-
dow, and find the lloor strewed with chips, old
brooms, no-bottomed chairs, dirty-faced, tagged
child:-en—-and see the elder girls fleeting into an-
other room to avoid exposing a tattered apron or
a greasy gown, I imagine this house belongs to
that Farm. J
‘ A ‘penny saved is a penny earned.’ Then
how much is wantonly thrown away by inatten-
tion to things more trifies in themselves, and
the attention to which could claim but a mo-
ments time. I was the other day passing a house,
and hearing, a crashing, looked round and saw a
fine ox entering the corn crib, by enlarging an o-
pening which had been there, probably, time out
of mind. 1 called to the window, and directly
out came a woman with one hand covered with
dough and in the other a snuff box, followed by a
strapping girl whose elbows and heels were fully
apparent, and whose hair stood in every possible
direction, while some half a dozen heads of the
same stamp were popped out the windows. I
told the good woman the reason of calling ;' who
said she was very much obliged to me, that her
husband had gone to attend an auction, and Sam
had gone a fishing ; she went to drive the beast
from the corn, and I rode on.
This having taken place in one of those full
and bright days of May, which are the delight of
ruddy-faced Labor, 1 was shocked that any one of
that happy class in society, who live on the boun-
ties of nature, should thus wanton-ly spurn at her
blessings and devote the Saturmzlia of the year to
indolence and trifling. -Such persons not only
waste their time, but by neglecting to improve
the season,thcy prepare for a barren harvest ; and
by their inattention to their fences and buildings,
suffer loss upon loss till at length nothingbut mea-
gre poverty will be theirs.
It is singular that after-so many losses they do
not become sensible that they are far more easily
avoided than remedied." The setting of one post
-—-the replacing of a board or shingle--the dri-
‘ring of a single nail, may, on many occasions, be
the means of saving ten times the labor of doing
either.-—And . an inattcntiou of sawing, planting,
or reaping when the ground or the grain is duly
prepared, may give the hands ofindustry double
the reward of ‘sloth and indolence.
And were I to think of entering into the un-
known mysteries of wedlock, and bid a long and
last. adieu to my dearly cherished old Bachelor-
ism, I would prefer a greater scold than the wife
of Socrates o_r Petruchio, to one of those easy,
la-zy, good natured-clamcs whose ambition ‘is a-
.-
1' pinch of snuff, or (mayliap) a seE‘rc:"cordial. A
_ few of this description of wives are found, and as
my stomach is something delicate, I shall be can-
tions from whose dairy my table is supplied ; and
when I marry, sooner than wed the daughter of
a slattern, Fwill seek a rib among the Antipodes,
among" the squallid belles of the Arctic region,
or, in a word, any where, if she be a stranger to
‘ ths failing I now deprecate.
' -—--up-‘.1!--1_.
‘ The surest Ind:/zendencc.-About the year 1615,
there lived a nobleman in Germany, whose
daughter was courted by a young lord. VVhen
he had made such progress in the affair as is usu-
al, by the interposition of friends, the old lord had
a conference with him, and asked how he Intend-
ed, if he married his daughter,.to maintain her ?
He answered, equal to her quality. To which
the father replied, that was no answer to the ques-
tion. He desired again to know, what he had to
maintain her with ? To which the younglord an-
swered, he hoped that was no question, for his
inheritance was as public as his name. The old
lord owned his possessions to be great, but still
asked if he had nothing more secure than land,
wherewilh to maintain his daughter? The ques-
tion was strange, but ended in this, that the fa-
ther of the young lady gave his positive resolve
never to marry his daughter, although his heir,
and would have two such great estates, but to a
man who had a manual trade, by which he might
subsist,if reduced to extremities. The young
lord was master of none at present, but rather
than lose his mistress, he requested only a year’s
_ time, in which he proposed to acquire one; in
order to do which, he went to a basket-maker, the
most ingenious he could meet with, and in six
months became master of his trade of basket-ma-
kings with greater improvements than even his
teacher himself; and as proof of his ingenuity
and extraordinary proficiency in so short a time,
he brought t_o his lady, a specimen of his work.
manship, being a white twig basket, which for
many years after becamea general fashion among
the ladies, by the name of dressing-baskets, bro’t
to Engiatid from Germany and Holland. To
complete the singularity of this relation, it hap-
pened some years after this nobleman’s marriage,
that he and his father-in-law, sharing the misfor-
tunes of the wars of the Palatinate, were drove
naked out of their estates; and in Holland, for
some Years: this young lord maintained both his
father-in-law and his own family, by making bas-
kets of white twigs to such unparalleled excel-
lence as none could attain ; and it is from this
young. German lord the Hollanders derive those
Cttt'l0SItIcs of twig work that are still made in the
United Provinces.
T-1 V
7'11: l’Vz'l(I Jllan.—-Among the natural curiosities
of Poland must be reckoned the wild men that
have been found in the woods of that country.—-
The frequent_1ncursions of the Tartars and other
barbarous nations, who often bore off whole villa-
women to carry their children into the woods for
safety, and. in case of further pursuit to leave
‘hem behind ; for they are frequently found a-
mung bears and other wild beasts, by whom they
are nourislied and taught to feed like them.--
:-iuch beings have been frequently found in the
woods both of Poland and Germany, divested of
almost all the properties of humanity except the
form. Those that have been taken went gener-
ally upon all fours, though sometimes they stood
upright. They had not the use of speech at first
but were tallflht to speak when broughtinto towns
and used kindly ; retaining no memory of their
former savage lives when they came to be hu-
manized, and made conversable by cultivation.
The Nos. of the‘ 5 Hi-:rtM1'r IN Lotvnou’ are
distinguished for an admirable neatness and pun-
gency of satire. But it isnot in satire alone that
this writer is at home ; he abounds in descrip-
tions the most natural, and in sentiments the most
noble and elevated. The following beautiful a-
postrophe to Maternity is extracted from the 24th
number.-—-Cats/cz'll Recorder.
VVomen’s chartns are certainly many and pow-
erful. The expanding rose just bursting into
beauty has an irresistible bewitchingness--the
blooming bride led triumphantly to the hymenial
altar, awakens admiration and interest, and the
blush of her check fills with (leligltt--l)ul‘ the
charm of maternity is more sublime than these.
Heaven has imprinted on the mother's face some-
thing beyond this world, something which claims
kindred with the skies—the angelic smile, the
tender look, the waking, watchlul eye, which
keeps its fond vigil over her slumbering babe.
These are objects which neither the pencil nor
the chisel can touch, which poetry fails to exalt,
which the most eloquent tongue in vain would eu-
logize, and on which all description becomes in-
ellective. In the heart ofman lies this lovely
picture : it lives in his sympathies ; it reigns in
his affections, his eyes look round in vain for
such another object on the earth.
A Maternity, extatic sound I so twined round our
heart, that it must cease to throb ere we forget it 1
’tis our first love; ’tis part of our religion. Na-
lure has set the mother upon such a pinnacle,
that our infant eyes and arms are first uplifted to
it; we cling to it in manhood ; we almost wor-
ship it in old age. He who can enter an apart-
ment and behold the tender babe feeding on its
mother’s beauty—nourished by the tide of life
which flows through her generous veins, without
a panting bosom and a grateful eye, is no man,
but a monster. He that can approach the cradle
of sleeping innocence wifhout thinking that‘ Of
such is the kingdom of Heaven !’ or view the
fond parent hang over itsbeauties, and half re-
. retain her breath lest she should break its slum-
bers, without a venerationfbeyond all common
feeling, is to be avoided in every intercourse in"
life, and is lit only for the shadow of darkness
and the solitude of the desert. Though a lone
being, far be such feelings from
' Tun HERM-[T I-N Louuon.
From the Providence ./Iinerican, Jan. 2].-
Ducl Extraordinary.--—'1‘|ie following may be
relied on as a ‘ true story,’ which may, perhaps,
furnish some valuable hints for improvement in
the mode of conducting duels :
A duel was fought in Dedham, (Mass) on the
13th inst. in which one of» the parties fell; the
ges, of people into slavery, probably forced the .
between honorable men, we insert the challenge
and acceptance, and also a brief account of the
issue :
‘ Jan. I3, half past 5, P. M.
‘ Sir—From the many insults received, and at-
‘tempts made on my life by you, I cannot rest
easy until I get satisfaction; and as I am about
leaving Dedham, it does not hurt my feelings,
(though mean indeed) to fight with a barber ; so
I shall expect to meet you in half an hour from
this time, atthe back of Mr. C—‘—-—’s shop, when
you shall be met by _ ’
./Insqvci-. Mr. Sot-—Your challenge is accept-
ed. I will meet you at the time and place ap-
pointed. My life, my honor shall pay, or yours
shall be my sacrifice. --—.. ’
The parties met with their seconds, and pro-
-111
case provided. It was in the midst ofthe village,
but the darkness covered the scene from the view
of all butthe actors. The challenger discharged.
his pistol, and not perceiving that it had taken ef-
fect, he immediately called upon his second to
load it again-—not waiting for his antagonist’s fire.
But he soon perceived that a second shot was un-
necessary. His antagonist faltered and fell, and
was borne away by his friend, and others, whom
the alarm had brought to the fatal spot. Neither
party had an accompanying surgeon 3 but as there
were four residing within 20 rods of the field, no
injurious delay could have resulted. But it was
immediately found that the fallen victim could
not be assisted by surgical skill. His murderer
fled, and has not yet been found.
./Jnd now the night extends /zer awful shade,
The darkness /tarts t/zem——be the night obey’d.
But ‘ soon as the rosy morn had wak’d the day,’
it was discovered to be a mere farce. The per-
son challenged, and the seconds had contrived
the frolic, and nothing but powder had been
wasted in the battle. But the challenger hasten-
ed his departure, verily believing that he had kil-
led his man—-while the party challenged showed
himself in full life, and the frightened neighbors
hailed his appearance as the Trojan bands did the
return of Hector from his combat with Ajax—
'1 ‘hair /zrcscnt trium/2h, as their late dos/lair.
./1 I/Vild Goose C/raw.-—At the early dawn of
Thanksgiving day, Mr. Eliphalet Thayer, of Dor-
chester, took his gun and went to Neponset riv-
er with the purpose of getting a shot at gulls.-
He saw seven wild geese In the river, at which
he fired, and- hit the gander so as to break his
wine. The other geese immediately flew ; but
the call of the gander brought them down again,
so that he had the chance of firing again, and kill-
ed the old goose, and one of the young ; the
four others rose, but the wounded gander by his
calls served as a decoy, and they again alighted
by him. ‘ The third shot crippled another. Mr.
T. then took a boat, and from it killed two as
they rose to fly ;' and soon ‘after shot the seventh.
He returned home to his breakfast, about nine
o’clock, bringing his seven geese, which weigh-
ed about eight pounds each, and produced him a-
bove three pounds of feath'ers.'—-Salem Gaz.
Original ./1necdolc.—-'l“§vo clergymen of differ-
ent denominations, were a few years since in com-
pany, when one, with a kind of deep si'gh (which
will perhaps be more readily understood than de-
scribed) demanded of the other whether he held
to total de/zraviiy. ‘ I cannot tell, (answered the
other,) until I know what that doctrine is.’_ Why,
rejoined the first, we hold that mankind’, from
their birth, are totally depraved, and deserve to
be sent instantly to hell—‘ VVhat—from their
birth——innocent babes deserve to be sent instantly
to hell ! for what ?’ For original sin, a'nd their
total depravity. They are not innocent ; there
is not a spark of goodness in them ; they are as
wicked as the devil’s according to their abilities.‘
‘ 0 then, is it so,’ said the other, ‘ well this will
be of some service in reading the scripture.—
\Vhere Christ says, Exec/zt ye be conmrtetl and
become like littlr: c/zildren, ye shall not crztcr into the
/mzgdrmz of/zeaven, we are to understand, that ex-
‘ cept we are converted and become like little dev-
ils, we shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
And in other places, that Christ laid his hands on
little dc-oils and blessed them, and said, ‘.of such
is the kingdom of heaven.’ ‘ VVl-sosoever, there-
fore, shall humble himself as a little devil, the
same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.’
Univ. Magazine.
—a6'>-—
CALCUTTA,(EaSl1-ln(liCS,) Sept. 1.
His Burmah Majesty, the King of Ava, depart-
ed this life on the 5th of June, 1'8 19, at a very ad-
vanced age, and after a reign of 38 years.
The Prince Regent, grandson of the late King
of Ava, succeeded him, and ascended the throne
on the 6th, and on the 7th the remains ofthe de-
ceased king, (attended by his successors, with the
Princes Tauonoo, Prone, and others, - as chief
rnourners.)were with ceremony and solemn gran-
deur, placed on the funeral pile, composed of san-
dal wood, and various other orderiferous combus-
tibles. The torch was applied to this by the
Princes, and the mourners occasionally poured
out costly oils on the fuel until the corps was con-
sumed ; when the ashes were carefully collected,
put in an;urn, and deposited in a Royal cemetery,
for future veneration.
After performing the solemn functions of a
chief mourner, and closing the funeral rites of
his rleceascd pr'edecessor, his Majesty's next care
was to direct his attention towards the security
of his dominions, and to prevent commotion ; 10
effect which, it was thought necessary for him to
adopt arbitrary measures. Having abundant rea-
son to fear his own brother, the prince of Tauonoo,
(who had formed the design of seizing on the
throne,)' his Majesty ordered him to be arrested,
together with the whole of his children, grand-
children, and the rest of his family, and on the
10th, they were [tut into red bags or sacks and
thrown into the sea .’——-an hopprable mode of death
reserved by the laws and customs of the country,
for royal desccntlanls only .’- .’
The Prince Prone, uncle of this present Ma-
jesty, who was leagued in the confederacy, was
also apprehended; and the King, after torturing
and crushing his bones on the rack, committed him
to close confinement, where he was strangled.—-
One of the Prime Ministers, together with the
Governor of the Western Pl‘0\iDCCS, and the
other immediately left the place. As this event,
and-the previous arrangements, show an improve-
Prince Lehgain, were punished nitli death for
be same crime. '
.- .‘
p-._. .._.C.-‘{.
I ment in the summary pro'cess of settling disputes ll
ceeded according to the laws of honor in such
\
The number of the principal personages at.
tached to the cause and interests of the late un-
happy Princes, who sulfered death for their at.
tachment to them.» is said to be about fourteen
hundred, and it is confidently believed that from
ten to fifieen thousand men, of the lowest class,
have shared the same fate .’ I
The property of the Prince Tauono, which ha!
been confiscated, amounted in gold, silver, dia-
monds, jewels, lkc. to about one million and four
hundred thousand ticals offlowered silver. The
property of the prince of Prone, which is of more I
value, the King has ordered to be distributed a-
mong his army, whose fidelity enabled him to
carry his bloody purposes into execution.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
SNITFF TAKING.
If (°sf1c'Cffullyaddreose(I to all inveterate Srzuflltakera,
Every profcsst-(l Snuff-taker, at a moderate.
computation, takes one pinch of Snuffin ten min.
utes: Every pinch, with the agreeable ceremo-
ny of blowing and wiping the nose and upper lip,
and other incidental circumstances, consume a
minute and a half:——one minute and a half, out of
every ten, allowing sixteen hours to every snufil
ta/civzg day, amounts to two hours and twenty. foul-
minutes out of every natural day, or one day out
of every tcn.——(,)ne day out ofevery ten, amounts
to thirty-six days and a half in a year. Hence,
if we suppose the practice to be persisted in for-
ty years. two entire _z/mrs of the bnuff-taker’s.]ife
will be dedicated to tickling his nose, and two
more to blowing it. The expense of Snuff,
Snuff-boxes, and Handkerchiefs, may be the sub-
ject of another communication ; in which it may
be made to appear that this luxury encroaches as
much on the income of the Snuff-taker, as it does
on his time, and that by proper application of
the n_me and money, thus spent, a fondmight be
constituted for the discharge of the National
Debt.
—“""'='$‘-5'-‘$63-‘.'.2-1---—
BANK NOTE EXCHANGE.
( Corrcctetl rueckly.)
CITY or NEW-YORK 8: NEW-YORK STATE NOTES.
New-York city notes par, Bat-ker’s Exchange
bank, 70 to 75 per ct dis; banks ofAlbany, Troy
Mohawk bank in Schenectady, Lansingburg
and Newburgh, par; Orange county notes,
Middle District, Catskill, Columbia bank at Hud-
son and Columbia Receivables 1-2 per ct. dis
Auburn bank, 1 ; Utica bank 81: Utica branch
at Canandaigua, I ; Central bank at Cherry
Valley, 2 ; Utica Insurance compatty, 5 ; Plans...
burgh notes 2 a 3 ; id/ashington and VVarren. 62 ;
Ontario bank at Can-andaigua, l ; do. at Utica, 3 ;
Bank of Geneva, 1 ; Aqueduct Association at
Catskill, 25 ; Hudson bank, 70 ; Chenangu bank,
5 a l2 ', Jefferson county bank, 36 ; Bank of Ni-
agara 75 to 80 ; Hudson Receivables 75.
New-Jmtsi-2y NOTES.
Jersey bank, banks in Newark and in New-
Brunswick, State banks at Elizabcthtown, Patter-
son and Morristown, Sussex bank, and Trenton
Banking Company, par ; State bank at Trenton,
2 per ct dis ; Farmer’s bank at Mount Holly,
and (lumberlaml bank, 2 ; state bank at Camden,
1 a 2
Rhoclefsland St Jllasscchusctis notes. la Spr ct.dis.
1"/Ji/ado’//7/Iia City notes, par to 1-2
-s..
Volatile .Hromat2'c Head-.lIche Siutfx
Prepared by JG/In P. 1l‘lzi:?zucll,Chemist and ‘Drug.
gist—Boston. (Composed principally of Roots
and Aromaticlilerbs)--Patented and warranted.
EVV or none of the Suuffs in ordinary use-
unite those advantages as an elegant sternu-
tatory, which Tobacco, combined with other in-
gredients, is capable of producing. The common
Scotch snuff is not only destitute of fine flavor
but is universally allowed to be injurious to the
head and stomach, and sooner or later affects the
transparency and color of the skin. The coarse
black snuffs, instead of clearing and stimulating
the olfactory nerves, serve but to obstruct and
deaden them : and in process of time, by stop-
ping the passages, has an evident effect upon the
speech. The Volatile ./Iromatic Snufi' will, by ex-
perience, be found not liable to these objections-—
its flavor is fragrant and delightful-—-the effect
pleasing and salutary-—it opens‘ and purges the
head-—sensibly stimulates the spirits, and re-
moves that drowsiness which on some occasions
will prevail in spite of our utmost efforts to bafila
it.- By repeated experiments, it is known to be of
essential service to those who are troubled with
long, dull, nervous head-aches, and will be found -
far superior for this purpose to the Cephalic snuff.
In cascsof catarrh or what is. commonly called a 1
cold in the head, a pinch or two taken at night
on going to bed will, by moistening themncus,
effectually remove all obstructions before morn-
ing. All those troubled with the hypochondria.
or vapors, will find in this chemical preparattpn a
complete antidote. All sedentary and studious.
persons of either sex will find by its occasional-
use, a cheap and cheering, relief from that lasst-‘
tude which invariably accompanies a long sitting
or much reading. This snuffis well stopt in a
handsome square bottle made expressly for the
purpose, and which willbe found to unite all the
advantages ofa snuff Box. _ _
Extract of a C‘er!{/‘irate from Dart. Be-nyamm
I/Vaterllouse, Fe/low aft/ze Ilfedical Society in Lon-
.don-—-and qftlu: JVational Wledical Sc"/tool qfF7'IlI?C!
—-and late Professor of the Theory and Practic:
of P/zysic in the University of Cambridge.
Bostcn, lldilk-Street, Mire/I 30, l8l3- _
‘ The articles are certainly innocent in tlit'lI_'
qualities. Those liable to nervous and other
head-aches well know that fits of these distressing
affections most commonly subside on a spontan-
eous sneezing towardsnight, and if this reltefcsrr
be expedited by a sternutatory, Ishould give tht‘
preferance to your snuff over that of p:')wdered to-‘
bacco or even the imported Cejz/zalit‘ Suufi‘, the
ingredients of which are unknown to us. W 111"};
this view Ihave used your composition myself
andrccommended it to others.’ _
I am yours, &c. B. VVA'rERnoUsi-‘..=
To J. P. Whilvvell,’ Chemist and Drzlggist.
For sale by B. 8: C. ISAACS‘.
‘ *,,* At the same place may be had Dr.Dean_’s
R/iczzrnatic Pills, so famous for this complaint In
the N. E. States. This excellent medicine is ac-
companied by numerous certificates from Judgfé-5:.
Clergymen gnd respectable Physicians. 1’t‘tC¢
50 cents a box.
Norwalk, Nov. soth, 1319. 88
pr ct. ds. ‘*
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