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FROM THE NEW-YORK STATESMANb
THE BEGGAR’S ELE GY.
‘Beneath the dark shade of the evergreen pine
‘Where nods the lone thistle and murmurs the
breeze, ,
Lies Ronald, the last of a fugitive line,
No longer subjected to want and disease.
No longer shall poverty lurk at his door,
Disquiet no longer his bosom assail 5
"_l‘hedrum’s martial roll shall delight him no more,
But silence eternal around him prevail.
‘When bow’d down with age, and with poverty
prest,
At fortune’s gay dome be his wants would de-
But they cried at the gate where he sat down to
rest
Go vagaliond '. beggar begone from my door.
Then he thought on the clays that would never
return, [_“€'-11: 3
He thought on the woes that were still drawing
He look’d round for hope, but his look was for-
lorn,
And grief refus’d utterance e’ en to a tear.
He thought of that season when youthful and gay,
But painful to him was the shadowy traoe ;.
Of his friends-—-they were wrapped in their pum-
itive' clay, _
Ofhis kinsme-n—and he was the lastof his race.
He thought ofthe toils that in war he had borne,
Vllhen erst freedom’s flag was unfurl’d on our
shore ; [scorn,
And (shame on my country) he thought of thy
His portion when trouble and danger was o’er.
‘VVhere now, he cxclaim'd, shall I seek for a
friend, _ ’
Ah 1 who will administer balm to my woes ;
There is none, no 1 not one, my last hours to at-
,_ lend) ' _ .
And put up a prayer for my spirit 9. repose.
in that moment of gloom, when cnlccbled I ll61
Remote and obscure, on my pallet ofstraw I
‘What car, at departing, shall list to my sigh ?
From what eye shall my sull"t-pings a single tear
draw 3’ ' A
Thus spoke the sol wanderer, <le<=P in 3 W0°<l§
VVhile the sun shot its rays on the billows ob-
lique, [3004-
Bnt grief ba.de him pause, and he gazed on the
As if, with the bubbles that pas-.s’d, he would
speak.
’Griefne'er has a respite, toil neier has a rest’,
Pain ’s never abated, want never supplied 5
And while, like a vulture, these gnaw’d at his
bl-east, ' [died.
He plunged in the murmuring btllows, and
Yet there's one will remember that Ronaldwas
poor ; I [crav’(l :
The wrongs that he bore and the help that he
VVill think when with scorn he was dogg’d from
the door, [grav’d-
For the wrongs of the poor are in heaven en'-
¢ Ah l ponder, ye wealthy, and pause,-ye unjust-1
Deny not the boon that a beggar may crave :‘
Remember where slumbers in peace now his dust,
And weep, ye benevolent ! weep o'er his grave.
For although in the heath all neglected he lies,
And man not a tear to his memory bestow 1
Yet his soul is an heir to the bliss of the skies,
‘While mortals dishonor his relics below.’
Here ceas’d the wan Poet. and swift as the wind,
Thatdrives the loud waves to the storm beat-
en shore,
He left the rude spot where the wand’rer reclin‘d,
And ascended on high till I saw him no more,
Around, by the pious and sorrowing strain,
I sought the lone grave where the fugitive slept;
And repeating the numbers again and again l
I knelt o’er the mouldering relics and wept.
And warm were the tears that I feelingly shed,
For on 3 they descended at pity’s command
And ere from the grave of the lowly Ifled,
This hasty inscription I drew on the sand:
Here rests a poor beggar——be sacred the clay,
0 spam not ye great, the uncenotaph’d spot,
For soon I very soon ! shall your greatness decay.
And here shall ye slumber, and here be forgot.’
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DQl\'ll:LS'l‘lC INDUSTRY.
Beautiful description of domestic industry, order
and economy, from the speech of Mr. Clay, on
the tax'ifl_’, delivered in the House of Represen-
tatives, April 26, 1820.
‘ lfyou want to find an example of order, of
freedom from debt, a ti of economy of expendi-
ture-falling short of income. instead of exceeding
it, you will go to the house of such a man as I-
saac Shelby. You will not find him resorting to
taverns, cngattecl in broils, prosecuting angry law-
suits. You it ill behold every member of his fam-
ily clad with lllc produce ofthcir own hands. and
usefully employed : the spinning wheel and the
loom in motion by day break.—-VVith what pleas-
ure will his wife carry you to her neat dairy. lead
you into her store house, and point to the table-
cloths, the sheets, the counterpanes, which lie on
her shell for her Sally, or that for her Nancy, all
prepared in advance by her provident care, for the
day of their respective marriages. Ifyou tvam
to see an opposite example, go to the house of a
‘man who makes nothing at home, whose family
resorts to the store for every thing. ’ You will find
him, perhaps, in the tavern or in the store at the
cross’-'.;u:td:.——he is engaged, with the rum-grog
on the counter, taking depositions to make opt
some case of usury or fraud. Or, perhaps, he is
furnishing to lawyers the materials to prepare a
long bill of injunction in some intiicate case.-—
'.'t‘he sh-nitfis hovering about his farm to serve
some new writ. On court days (he never fails
attentlinij court) you will illl(l him eagerly collect-
ing his *.','itne3sv_-9 to defend himself at-gaitist the
merchants’ and doctor’s bills. Co to his house,
and end the shot". and giddy period that his wife
and daughters have flirted about the county in
their calico and muslin gowns—-what a discom-
fort and (listrcsa is presented you there 3 VVhat
the individual family of Isaac Shelby is, I wish to
see the nation in the aggregate.. But I fear we
shall shortly have to contemplate its resemblance
in the opposite picture. If statesmen would care-
fully observe the conduct of private individuals,
fin the management of their own affairs, they
[plore ;
would have much surer guides in prornoting the
interest of the State, than the visionary specnla.
tions of theoretical writers.’ '
nous}-3' or connzcnon AT coxsnurrixornz.
The following description of the Baguio, or House
of Correction in Constantinople, is extracted
from a new work entited ‘ Anastasius, or the
Memoirs of a Greek,’ and exhibits a horrible
display both ofhuman depravity and misery.
‘ The vast and high enclosure of the Bagnio,
situated contignously tovthe arsenal and ducks,
is of itself a little world—-but a world of wailing !
One part is tenanted by the prisoners made on
board the e'ncmy’s ships, who, with an iron, ring
round their legs, await in this dismal repository,
their transference on board the Turkish fleet.-
This part may only be called a sort ofpurgatory
-—the other a hell in perfection. It is the larger
division filled with the natural subjects of the
Grand Sig-nior, whom their real or supposed mis-
demeanors have brought to this abode of una-
vailing tears. Here are confined alike, the rag-
ged beggar, urged by famine to steal a loaf, and
the rich banker, instigated by avarice to deny a
deposit ; the bandit who uses open violence, and
the baker who employs false weights ; the land
rubber and the pirate of the seas ; the assassin and
the cheat. Here, as in the infernal regions, are
mingled natives of every country, and here are
confounded believers of every creed. Here the
proud and the humble, the opulent and the neces-
sitous, are reduced to the. direst of equalities-—
the equalities of torture. But I err; for should
some hapless victim--perhaps guilty of no other
crime butthat of having excited the Sultan's cu-
pidity, still wear on his first entrance the livery
of better days, his more decent; appearance will
only expose him to harsher treatment. Loaded
with the heaviest fetters, linked to the most loath-
some of malcfactors he is compelled to purchase
every alleviation of his burthen, every mitigation
ofhis pain, at the most exorbitant price, until the
total exhaustion of his slender store has acquired
him the privilege of being at least on a level with
the lowest of his fellow sufferers, and spared ad-
ditional tormres, no longer lucrative to their in-
flictors. ,
‘ Every day a capital, fertile in crimes, pours
new 'ofl'entlr.-rs into this dread receptacle; and its
high walls and deep recesses resound every in-
stant with impreca-ions and curses uttered in all
the various idioms of the Ottoman empire. Deep
moans and dismal yells, leave not its frightful
echoes a ruoment’_s repose. From morning till
night, and from night till morning, the ear is stun-
ned with the clang of chains which the galley-
slaves wear while confined in their cells, and
which they still drag about when toiling at their
tasks. Linked together, two and-' two, for life,
should they sink under their sufferings, they still
continue tznsevered after death ; and the man
doomed to live on, drags after him the corpse of
his companion. In no direction can the eye es-
cape the spectacle of atrocious punishments, and
of indiscrib-able agonies. Here perhaps you see
a wretch whose stiffened links refuse their office,
stop suddenly short in the midst of his labor, and
as ifalready impassable, defy the stripes that lay
open his flesh, and wait in total insensibility the
last merciful blow that is to end his misery; while
there you vievhhis companion, foaming with rage
and madness, turn against his own person his des-
perate bands, tear his clotted hair, rend his bleed-
ing bosom, and strike his skull until it burst, a-
gainst the wall of his dungeon.
‘ A long unptmished pirate, or liberated slave,
Achtnit Rois by name, was the fiend ofthis hell,
who, by his ingenuity in contriving new tortures,
and his infernal delight in beholding new suffer-
ofthis place, and the chiefminister of its terrors.
His joys were great but they were not yet com-
plete. Only permitted thus far to exercise his
craft on mortals, he was still obliged to calculate
what degrees of agony the human frame could
bear, and to proportion his inflictions to man’s
power of suffering, lost by dospatching his vic-
tims too soon he should defeat his own aim. He
was not yet received among his brother demons
in the blissful abodes where torments do not kill,
and where pangs may be increased in an infinite
ratio.
‘ Of this truth the very hour of my arrival had
afforded him a sorely lamented proof! An Ar-
menian cashier, snspected of withholding from
the Sultan, sole heir to all his affairs, the deposit
of a deceased Pasha, had just been delivertd,ovcr
to Achmit’s hands, and many were the days of
bliss to which the executioner looked forward in
the diligent performance of his office. On the
very first application of the rack, out ofshecr mal-
ice, the seraffexpired 1 . .
‘ Two days later, the whole of Achmi’s pros-
pects of sublunary happiness were coming to a
close. Some wretches, driven by his cruelty to
a state of madness, had sworn his destruction.-—
Their hands, tied behind-their backs, could be of
no use to them in effecting this purpose. They
determined to crush him to death with their bod-
ies. All at the same instant fell with their whole
weight upon the executioner, or upon their own
companions already heaped upon the monster, in
hopes of burying his corpse under 21 living tu-
mulus. But Achmit’s good star prevailed: ere
yet his suffocation was completed, soldiers rescu-
ed the miscrt-ant. He recovered to wreak upon
his disappointed enemies his fiercest vengeance.
Theirpunishment was dreadful l’
——-—q.-‘.l1-¢l-——-
From the Edinburgfi Revie:-er;
W'z'ntrr 1'72"!/zr.’ ./17 cm‘ Regions.-'-—'l'hc darkness of
a prolonged winter now broodsimpenetrably over
the frozen continent, unless the moon chance at
times to obtrude her faint rays. which only discov-
er the horrors and wide desolation of the scene.
The wretched settlers, covered with a load of bear
skins, remain crowded and immuretl in their but,
every chink of which they carefully stop against
the piercing external cold; and cowering about
the stove or the lamp, they seek to doze away the
tedious night. Their slender stock of provisions,
though kept in the same apartment, is often froz-
en so hard, as to require to be cut with a hatchet.
The whole of the inside of their hut becomes lin-
ed with a thick crust of ice; and if they happen
for an instant to open a window, the moisture of
the confinediair, is immediately precipitated in the
form of a shower of snow. As the _lrost contin-
ues to penetrate deeper, the rocks are heard at a
distance to s Jllt with loud ex )i03i0TlS. 'l‘hr.-. sleep
1 l .
ings, had deserved to become the chief inspector ,
of death seems to wrap up the scene in utter and
oblivious ruin.
At length the sun re-appears above the horizon,
but his languid beams rather betray the wide
waste, than brighten the prospect. By degrees,»
however, the further progress ofthe frost is check-
ed. In the month of May, the famished inmates
venture to leave their hut, in quest of fish on.the
margin ofthe sea. As the sun acquires elevation,
his power is greatly increased. The snow grad-
ually wastes away—the ice dissolves apace--and
vast fragments of it, detached from the cliffs, and
undermined beneath, precipitate themselves on
the shores with the noise and crash of thunder.
The ocean is now unbound, and its icy dome brok-
en up with tremendous rupture. The enormous
fields of ice, thus set afloat, are, by the violence of
windsiand currents, again (lissevered and disper-
sed. Sometimes, impelled in opposite directions,
they approach, and strike with a mutual shock,
like the crush of worlds, sufficient, if opposed, to
reduce to atoms, in a moment, the proudest mon-
uments of human power. It is impossible to pic-
ture a situation more awful than that of the poor
crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus
fatally_cnclosed, expecting immediate and inevit-
able destruction.
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Prcscr-nation, by the sagacity ofadog.-—-A wid-
ow lady, in the neighborhood of Boston: P039955‘
ing a small Spaniel lapdog, on retiring to rest,-
was very much annoyed by the anxiety of the an-
imal to sleep in her chamber ; she had even to
drive him out ; but he still continued to bark and
scratch for admittance, which was granted. Af-
ter she had retired to rest, she was aroused by his
barking, and pulling the clothes ; and he even
hit her to arouse her—when, to her horror, she
found her child, (offive years of age) in fits, ow-
ing, as it turned out, by having a cylinder of coals
in her chamber. his is another instance of the
effects ofcharcoal. and the sagacity ofthe dog.
__..._
Lord Kellie was, like his prototype Falstaff,
‘not only witty himself, but the cause of wit; in
other men.’ Mr. B--—-——, the advocate, a man of
considerable humor, accompanied by great for-
mality of manners, happened to be one of a con-
vivial party, when his lordship was at the head of
the table. After dinner he was asiteti to sing, but
absolutely refttstsd to co2n;.i3‘ with the pressing
solicitation ofthe company. At length lord Kel-
lie told him that he should not coca‘,/zc; he must
either sing a song, tell a story, or drink a pint
bumper. Mr. B being an al)slet1‘iiou'5 man,
chose rather to tell a story than incur the forfeit.
‘ One day,’ said he, in his pompous manner, ‘ a
thief, in the course of his rounds, saw the door of
a church invitingly open. He walked in, thinking
that even there he might lay hold of something
useful. Having secured the pulpit-cloth, he was
retreating, wben,lo I he found the door shut. Af-
ter some consideration, he adopted the only means
left, namely, to let himself down by the-bell-rope.
The bell of course rang ; the people were alarm-
ed, and the thiefwas taken just as he reached the
ground. \Vhen they were dragging him away,
he looked up and emphatically addressed the bell,
as Ino-Iv address your larcls/zi/I : Had it not been
for your long tongue and your cznjzty lxead, I had
made my escafze.’
One Cent Reward.
AN AWAY from the subscriber on the 6th
inst. an indented boy by the name of George
Rider, about 1?. years old, four feet sixinches in
height. All persons are forbid trusting, employ-
ing, feeding, clothing. or harboring said boy. un-
der tl3_eL,severest penalty of the law, as I will pay
‘ices 0Ifl,_.l"l_‘i_,§-‘._;i.’l._<;'CO11l‘ll. VVhoever will take
' '(ff€f.§J§ft;l)e subscriber shall be enti-
‘ '§it"iit".' ,but no charges paid.
_ 3‘ (: REUBEN Burrs.
Wilton, an;-s§‘gi?.s2o. 42
One Cent Reward.
A-N AVVAY from the suhscriber,on the 14th
inst. an indented apprentice to the shoe-
making business, by the name of Jo/m 1lIcTire.
This is therefore to forbid all persons harboring,
trusting, employing, or paying him wages, on the
strictest penalty of the law. _
CARY ‘WEED.
New-Crxnaan, Jan. 15, 1321. "42
$1‘ B, being appointed by the Hon. Court of
Probate for the district of Norwalk, Com-.
missioners, to receive, examine, and adjust all
claims of the crcdhors to the estate ofJo}nz Keel-
rar, 2d, late of W'iiton, (lt3t)€t;S€{l_, hereby give no-
tice that seven months is :u_.=pointc-cl and limited,
by said Court, for the credi‘.o.'s to bring in their
claims, and prove their debts ; and that we shall
meet, on the business of our appointment, at the
house where the (let:-eased last. (lwelt in said \’Vil-
ton. on the first Tuesdays of i"ebruary and April
next, at ten o’clock, A. M on each of said days.
‘Rock Salt.
J'UST received and for sale by the subscribers,
a quantity of the first quality of Rock Salt-—
A-lso, Turks Island Salt. '
SAM’L BURRALL 8: Son.
Norwalk, Dec. 18.
GROCERIE S, &c.'
-. UST received and for sale by the subscribers
A general assortment of Groceries, which
they will still low for Cash or country produce.
. SAMUEL BURRALL 8: SON.
Norwalk, June 20.
The Conklin .S'lrengtIzcm‘ng Plaster,
N admirable remedy for Nervous, Rheu-
' ‘ matic or Gouty pains: and the Tooth Ache,
for sale by the subscriber in Norwalk near the
bridge, at 12 1-2 cts. the roll. A reasonable al-,
lowance made to those who buy to sell again.
AARON NASH.
IBSON'S Surveying, Flint’s do. Ledgers,
Day-Books, Cyphering 8: VVriting Books,
VVtiting and Letter Paper, Sec. See. for sale by
P. PRICE.
January 52d.
For Sale,
I-IAT valuable property, lately be
*4 longing to Mr. Asa Hoyt, lying at‘
the Village, so called, in Norwalk, near a good
lamlmg, consisting of two Houses, two I Barns, a
Store, an extensive Pottery, and about sixty acres
of Land, well proportioned for Meadow, Plough,
and Pasture Land, and under good improvement.
An indisputable title v.ill.be given. For further
particulars inquire of Benjamin Isaacs, Esq. near‘
the Bridge, Norwalk, orof the subscribers.
JOHN D. Hicks,
SAMUEL HICKS,
VALENTINE Hrcxs.
15-tf
New-York, July 2.
For Sale,
FARM, containing about 80 acres,
well proportioned; with a Dwelling
I-Ionse, Barn, &C- and an excellent grove of tim-
ber on the premises, and is well watered. Said
iiarm lies in the town of Norwalk, about 2 1-2
miles from Saugatttck Landing, and 3 1-2 from
Norwalk Landing. A liberal credit will be giv-
en. Also. about 14 acres in another tract, excel-
lent for zasture, with a Barn on the same, which
tract lies about 100 rods from said Farm. Also,
about three acres of Salt Meadow, lying at Great
Marsh, so called. For terms please to call on the-
subscriber. Tnosms F. 'RowL;mo.
Saugatuck, Nov. 20, 1820. 3-1.tf
, 133- NOTICE. «Q3,
' EBTORS to the late firm of NicHoI.sE3'
PRICE are once more reminded of the ne-
cessity of a settlement. It is sometime since the.
connexion between the subscribers ceased, and
many of our accounts, we regret to state, remain
still unsettled. This is not as it .sho.uld be; for
surely t/ac laborer is worthy of his Ixire. VVc by
no means wish to give trouble to any one, but
i are necessitated to state, that Payment MUST be
made, and that very soon. VVe earnestly entreat, .
therefore, every one indebted, to balance his ac-
count immediately after reasonable notice, we
think no one can justly censure us for any lawful
steps we may take for the recovery of our =just
Clues, ' R. S. N1cnoLs,
Dec. 25tll, I820. P; PRICE.
HEN a cure for one dollar, or at most, for
two dollars, can be obtained for a cough,
cold, asthma, difficulty of breathing, tightness of
the chest, wheezing, pain in the side, spitting of
blood, a strained stomach, &c. must it not be
a matter of surprise that we see the obituary daily
swelled with deaths, occ'asio‘ned principally by
colds ? On an average, at least §fi?=Onc hundred
and _/[fly thousand /ters-one die annually of con-
sumption, originating principally from taking
cold, commencing with cough, then difiiculty of
breathing and pain in the side, at length the lungs
become affected, consumption ensues, and death
closes the scene. Alas I too often does prejudice,
by listening to some, and adopting the opinion of
others prevail; thereby preventing a trial ofsnch
medicines as might afford relief, under the idea
that no relief can be obtained. Scarce a case oc-
curs, bnt may be relieved by the timely applica-
tion of Drt. Ru1.rE’s AS1'}lhlA1‘ltl P1I.Ls! ! I
./is a /zroof o_/'ouI1z'c/1, the jb/lo-wing interesting
cures arc .5-ubvnittcd to ftublic fzerusol :
51;?’ MR. STETSON,
Of Hanover, was 9 years aillicted with violen
pain in his right breast, attended at times with
great difficulty of breathing, and wholly incapable
of attending business ; after having tried in vain
all other medicine, was cure_d, and hishealth per-
fectly restored by two boxes of these pills.
./In elc1crlyLaa’y, her daughter and grantl-daugln
ter, of Boston, were each dreatlfully alliicted with.
asthma and difficulty ol'breathing,wcrc all ofthem
(:tli‘:‘(l and restored to perfect health by?’ boxes.
, of Salem, had been many years
ztfilcied with a violent cough. and dill’:-
. 7".~.'.’..n*c
l\’l.t'I"1'm~:w ‘xi RVIN, Commis-
Jtcssn Sasrrit, sien-
MIAH N0ll'I‘1Il.tUI’, crs. A
\\'ilton, Jan. 8-, I821. *42
NOTICE.
HE Hon. Court of I‘:-o'x_-:22: C:;.»'r D:tr.l):;t‘}* dis-
trict has limi ted the titnz: to 52;: 221032121: :":‘o‘.-*.:
the date hereof, for the Cl‘L-.(llTFi?‘*-.1 1». tin: 5:5!’-.-‘I;
{Jory Dean, late of lliclgelitlci, -;l;.~;.-.::. ‘ '
hibit their claims against .~:;=.id t-:“..t;~'.;-.:.
sons who neglect to preset:-: ti‘-1:.
subscriber, properly attestetl, :\.itl;’... :22: 1::
itetl, will be tiebarred a recovery‘. ..».‘-.1. ,
indebted to said estate are l'Cqu'L‘:'.‘."‘{i l.'.. ;‘-'.'=;.;; -4‘.
‘o
Samuel. STYl.“;..’Z2-L)’.-‘E,
Ridgeiield, Jan. 10, 1821.
T. - -“
.N'0TICE.
V ‘Will’. subscriber requests those * I
-. debted to him on Book prcvi.'.>=.. I
of instant January, to call and soul; 7:... ' t.
the first of l*‘ebt'ttary next, or their :-
In: put in the bands of an officer for ..
Those who have any account on lJ0£:§‘-. ‘-s_‘;'i.f.-I-‘ ‘
sul;nst‘.l'il)(:l‘, are requested to present aé.-. 3
Sgttlement. ELIAS '7. Y
Greenwich, Jan. 8,1821. " "
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3.. <'hi!l::.ss and
t>\;' n::=.1i.;5-uaxit fevers.
in a few hours ;
equally agree-..l..-le
when the lungs are al-
, bf.‘ Rt-lfe’s Asthmatic Pills.
_ . 7.:'*.~.>;.-‘r I2 frills, /'reqzt(.*m.’y rfi}-_-cm [1,-
~;-,‘ mt/zosition the outside printed
af..‘,.)cd ‘ W. T. Con‘way.’——Obscr-ac
~ zinzrs, Illa’: ft
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;-_»..-,ulc proprietor, PV. T. C0N.’5-'.a';'‘.‘‘hem..
’ .1. . I . ’, Butnstead Place, Common-street, Bos-
2 ;.'l reiailed by special appointment by
B. {(1 C. ISAACS, Nor-walk.
*u- /zeal:/2.’ Prepared and sold u-holc- .
Norwalk Chronicler