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FROM THE NEW-YORK EVENING Pn5Tl

His face had lost tl e bloomOf reckless childhood, and his eye, its brightness.There was an earnes\* fixedness of gaze,j&enoting that the heart" beneath had lostIts buoyancy—and its fantastic dreamsHad given place to pensive thoughtfuiness.The sprightly gait, the laughing lip, were changedT-o_calm and sober serious of mem .CJou s hung above bis youth—forsaken hope Bereaved affection— and the broken chain.Of ardent feeling—and the blighted budOf youug enjoyment, like the sombre pall,Hung o'er his heart, and all beneath was dark—Dark as the deep and midnight lonelinessThat reigns within the vaulted sepulchre !And.now, no more his fancy revelled onThe morning cloud, that spreads its golden fringeAlong the; east, and brightens in the sun 5—2Tor on the virgin blushes of the rose,Opening her bosom to the summer gale;Sor on the varied colours of the bow"Which bends its;blue and crimson arch in heaven.Kp! but when lempestSTCxed the brow of night,Ana ihe dark angei ofithe storm went forth,Upon his wild and desolating marchThea'glowed his spirit with strange exstacy,And held big!} converse with the elements. '

And often would he cull the cypress bough,With the sad leaves of the sepulchral yew,Arid round his temples bind the joyless wreath-How different ;rova the gay and floral crownWhich bloomed upon his brow h\earlier days IThere was an air of stern and proud endurance.As if bis spirit, though it ceated to strirsWith its harsh destiny, bad learned to bear ;As if it scomsd'to raise the sad lament,And broken-heart d wail o'er ita misfortunes,-And spurned the false and hollow sympathyOf human kind—but chose the'uobler part.To wrestle with its agony in silence.

i? S Y&GH THE NSVr-VOBK ST&TBSliAK:'

^:-m%. WOMAN...Our prospects how joyless, our pathway how cold,PfHad Woman no fellowship here; -*The blossoms of life would expand and unfold.

To die, were it not for her tear.

Like dew drops that freshen the flower of the wild,pWhich else might too early decay,

That tear is the strength of mortality's child,. The cordial that sweetens his way.On1 the pillow of anguish, bewildered and weak,. What balm is'so welcome to woe,As the full gush of feeling, that m&istens the cheekAiOf mercy's fair agent below.

FrotectresB of childhood! who rouses like theeOter life's early innocent hoursi ;pp

AtJd trembles when helplessness clings to the kneep~To think how futurityjowers. ¦ - .Adviserof youth ! to thy counsel we owe,pOurnobleat, our holiest joys.And when thy mild accents no longer can flow,"PThat counsel the fond heart employs.

Companion of man! the first, latest, and beat,vOn beingYdari.:, turbulent sea,

-Oh! where could the storm beaten wanderer rest^¦ Without an attendant like thee!

7HU,0S0FHICAE EPIGRAM.

. Say» the earth to the moon, "you're a pilfering jade :What you steal from the sun is beyond all belief."

TftrirCj ntbia replies," Madam Earth, hold your prate ;Toe' receiver is always as bad as-the thief."

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MAXIMS OF DEAN SWIFT.Superstition is the spleen of the soul.An idle reason lessens the weight of the

good ones.V - ^

jEvery man hath just as much vanity as\l»e wants understanding.

. \I have know men of great valour, eow-^ ( f 6 s to their wives.

^;phe reason why so_ few marriages are" osPRjv

^is because; joung ladies spent! their

j ime inN^

king netsj; not iii making cages.^&ve ov"NfiaUejr^n| rri08t

men proceeds

from the m»^^ij |!oa|men have of them-selves; in -AOtnca from the ooatrary.

, A SKETCH.

MlSCELhJtirr. -'¦¦ P ^

CREDULITY.CREDULITY is an affliction; It ' is the

sign of ignorance—the source of alarm—-the prelude of danger. Sueli is the coijta-gion of speech—-so ' easy" of' 'coin alid of ut-terenee are words-i-that the air is alwaysfull of counterfeit rumours, poisoning thewholesome condition of society. If menwould tell only what they know—if womenwould not listen except to the iruth-U f bri-dles were put on the tongues of tfiller's, andseals on the ears of the easily alarmed,much more happiness and tranquility wouldprevail in populous cities.

As it is, however, the tongue, the sign ofperspicuity, which elevates man, as hethinks> and will tell you boastingly, abovethe brute creation, is as often the source olmischief as it is of good. There is in hu-man nature, a melancholy, but an unreflect-ing propensity to communicate marvellousstories—to excite surprise and wonder andalarm ; there is also in human nature a me-lancholy, but an unreflecting propensity tobelieve in what is strange and sorrowfuland ominous and destructive. So do weplay upon each other—ami so do we makeourselves unhappy. -Let the rule be to lis-:ten to nothing but what is true, and to men-tion nothing but what is known , and truthand knowledge will circulate instead oferror.

What a pity that there is not a peculiarrule of moral gravitation, w hich woul^cause a lie to dirop dead from the speaker,•whilcthe tteetaess of the wind should beenjoyed in the dissemination of truth.

Char. Cour. '

J¦-¦ Avarice.—Ztmo said, that an avaricious[man was like b:arren, sandy ground, which¦ sucks in all (he rain and dews tvitli greedi;ness and thirst, but yields no fruitful herbsor plants to the inhabitants.

PAKiiXE'l OP TBE SEXES.i Man is strong—-woman is beautiful. Manj is daring and confident—woman is diffident;and unassuming. Man is great in action—woman in suffe ring. Man' shines abroad—;'woman at home. Man" t ilkS to convince—woman to persuade and please. Man has arugged heart-—woman a soft and .tender one.Man 'prevents misery—woman relieves it.Man has science—woman tasie. Man hasju dgment—woman sensibility . Man is a.being of justice —woman of mercy.

Nat. Pilot, j* !

CONNUNDRUMS."Why is a homely girl like a blacksmith's

leather apron ?Aiis.—Because she |.;eeps off sparks.Why is a handsome woman like a patent

Printing Press ? .' ,•fins.—-Because she .makes a strong im-

pression.What word is that , the two first letters

of which represent a made, the lim e first afemale, the four lirst ai great man, and thewhole a great woman./

Jlns.— Heroine* j

A Walpole wit observes, that the late in-vented method of in akinar iron-bound bootsvented method ot making iron-bound bootsand shoes, is actually putting mankind upona f ooling with hoivies.

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A lottery is advertised in Delaware, forthe purpose of drawing comfortable birthsin a bury ing ground.

Among the sights exhibited on Independ -ence day, in New-York, we are told, was alearned pig, who can inform the maids whenthey will become wives, and hen-peekedhusbands when they will become widowers;he is said to be as clever at figures as thesecretary of the treasury, and can actuallytell when (hat great financier will be ableto pay off the national debt.

The Bastile—The keys of this once ter-rible prison are ire the United States, theproperty of Judge Washington, heir Co thegeneral.

. A few grains of salt, dropped into thewater in which flowers are kept, is said topreserve them greatly from fading, keepingthem in blo^tn more than double the periodthat pure water will.

An Irishman in the Patriot service inSouth America, writes to his friend in Bos-ton as ibllows : » We compel the: two ar-

mies ot royalists la run in different direc-tions : one we drive before us, while theother is close at our heels."

Short Sleeves are all the fashion. OurIadi«!Si»ow have a fine opportunity of expos-ing a neat plump arm, like a pillar of polish-ed ivory, and a small lace frill close -to theshoulders ; but they must beware oflmus-quetoes, who have sufficient taste to preferthe rich blood which courses through thetransparent veins of a lady's while ami,and the Utlh fluttering insects have such aprovoking habit of leaving a mark behind ,which if frequently repeated, is apt to leavethe aforesaid polished arm scratched , blur-red and bloorfy, blue, yellow and green.—Give me loose muslin sleeves down to thewrists, while these insects are our visiiors. !

> -JV. F. Adv.

A few days ago a woman in Quacake val-ley, Northampton county, observed a rattle-snake coiled on a log near the house ; shetook her husband's rifle out to shoot it, butselling the gun near the end of the log, con-cluded to kill it with a stick, which she ef-fected—then reaching for the. rifle, anddrawing it towards her, the Jock slruch aknot, the gun went off, and the ball enteredher left side, and came out near the Shoul-der—she did not fall, but took the rifle intothe house and set it up—took her infantfrom the cradle, and bidding one of theolder children to press her hand on thewound to cheek the effusion of blood, gavesuck to her child—thus exemplyliing " theruling passion strong in .death"—the lastthought of' the mother was associated withthe comfort of her lil tie one ; a few hoursafter the woman was a corpse.

Speaking of maternal tenderness, bringsan anecdote to mj mind , related a shorttime ago to me by a gentleman from thesouthwest, which the reader cannot perusewith indifference, although he may not seehow it grows out of the story just told. InMississippi there was a hunter who used toallure the Doe within reach of his riiie, byimitating the . cries of the fawn—a simplecry like I hat of a young lamb—-and whenthe mother was led to the spot by (he sup-poseti voice orlier young, he would kill her.When the fact was known, a general burstof indi gnation broke forth against the man.From (he most elevaled in society to thehumbiesi negro on the neighbouring planta-tions, there was an universal exclamationagainst the wretch who could t reacherouslybetray to death, by an appeal to I hat mostsacred of all instincts , the affection of amother for her offspring The hunter wasobliged solemnly to promise to do so nomore, or to abandon his home and his hunt -ing ground. The feeling excited ,-and theinterposition , were honourable to humanity.

Heavy rains have fallen in (he vicinity ofWindsor, Vt . whieh did considerable data,age to the roads, and to the hav which hadbeen mow n a .few days previous. The sea-son has been warm* and the crops of corn,potatoes, and vegetables, are very promise

In our preceding number, we commenced somestrictures on Cattle Shows, &c A friend has placedin our hands some newspapers, not only from a differ-ent section of the country, but from different states.—It appears that the evil we complained of is genera^as all those societies seem to be conducted on a likeprinciples ; and as the feelings and opinions of thosewriters are so much in unison with the ones ire thereexpressed, we publish them in preference to any thingof our own.

Bo Agricultural Soeieties lestow their pr e-miums on prop er objects'?

FROM THE PBOVIBENCE JOVKWAI..

The exertions that are now making inNew-England for improvement in agricul-ture ? nd manufactures, arc truly commend-able / for, whoever engages in a good cause,deserves credit, whatever may be his suc-cess : But it is very much to be doubted,whether the Societies, organized for thislaudable purpose, use the best means to ef-fect their object. If the object of the ag-rieulturarsocieties be what it seems to be,namely, the promotion of the general inte-rest of manufacturers and farmers, it .ap-pears that notning ought to be encouragedwhieh it would not be for the interest of allto practice, who are engaged in the samebusiness ; but upon examination, .we shallfind that those societies manage upon a fardifferent plan. And- to elucidate this sub- ;

ject, let aeverai tlungs be noticed, not withreference to any particular society, butfrom a knowledge of- several, in differentstatesP ¦

It is the common practice to promise apremium to him who shall raise the iikeli~est tialf—a;farmer who can ! afford it, givesthe milk of two or three of his best cows9and whatever else will promote the growthof the calf, and thereby obtains the reward,besides some credit, which is probably nota secondary object ; but the fact is, the calfhas cost three times as much as he is worth.Now, what advantage has society or thefarmer derived from this management I Isit a method of raising cattle to be recom-mended ? And if not, why encourage it ?—A premium is offered in the fall for the Jarrgest spring pigs, and a wealthy farmerkeeps several on milk and meal—(the caseisgnot a supposed one) his pigs are found thelargest, and he is declared the best handfor fattening hogs j hut is it, in reality thatkind of economy which ought to be recom-mended to our farmers ? By feeding an oxat the stall for seven or eight years, ant!not working him, he may doubtless be madelarge, and will command a great price, butwho (hat has had any experience in thatmode of making beet', will not say, that thecost far overbalances the profit ? It cer^tainly is not good policy for a farmer toturn one kind of produce into another, un-less that last made be of most value. Ifthe farmer who makes an ox worth a hun-dred dollars, expends what would havebrought him an hundred .and fifty, he is notonly a loser himself, but he is doing an in-jury to society. Upon the same piin. i;,lomay it not be doubted, whether the ladywho spends six month of a year in workinga counterpane, which is not worth half thelabour bestowed upon it , ought rather to berewarded, than she, who. in the same time,manufactures several hundred yards ofcloth ? or, is it the object to reward thosewho make the finest things ? If so, thosewill obtain the reward who have most lei-sure and money;

Again : It is the general practice, in ag-ricultural societies, to reward him who shallraise the most grain on a given quantity ofkind ; therefore, farmers are induced to ex-pend their labour and manure on a smallpart of their land, and neglect the remain-der. It is well known that many farmersundertake to cultivate (00 much laud , and,in the end , by not doing enough, lose wh atthey have done : so, in the other extreme,by doing too much, the profit does not payfor the labour. The farmer will alwaysthink that the best nisiiiageuienl which pro-duces the greatest profit , in proportion tothe labour bestowed ; not- will tie ofte n wantsagacity to discover it, or reward s for adopt-ing it , when it shall appear ; but we do netfind that the mode of cultivation which is

I recommended is practised, except in parti-j cular cases, where a premium is expected,j or at least the name of having raised a great; crop—Would it not be belter, in this case,I if those who would encourage the indusu irous and economical , would require all thosethat are ambitious to excel in the art ofhusbandry, to till a certain " proportion oftheir arrable land yearly, 'fixing the quan-tity by a just rule of jtillage^and estimatethe manner of cultivating the land accord-ingly ? This would,, encourage farmers tohusband their whole farms well, instead ofpart , and every farmer might enter the list*whether his farm was as large as Job's, opno larger than that of Cincinnatus. :In somesocieties a reward is proposed (b hiniwho shall produce the best, cheese,' or th&best firkin of butter : now, it would be &little singular if ypU ; could not find a good]cheese in a poor dairy, , nor- would it bestrange if a person should make a very good!firkin of butter wjio eommorily. makes .verj^bad, or possibly none at all except on par-ticular occasions: Why not, in this case,.let the number of cows be known, and thedairies which they make, and give him thecredit who makes the largest and best dairyfrom the smallest nurner'/'of cows ? Thiswould encourage the making of dairies, nota single cheese. Much ;the same might beaaid with regai'd to the effeetof the encour-tigement given ; niahufficUwcris^ they makea solitary effort onc| !a! ithing of a superibr| aiit^S^Bp1wBa blysucceed, but ft hey dp|j f^t^ppu; aVplaawjiich flliejf can^eomh&nil bihers for itsutility ; in fine, thefeyij^leeaii^ to

be; that

encouragement is givenVto' that kind of mai/nagement which is hot of "-triiblio ? utility: '*7

AGRICUL TURAL.