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P O E T It Y. FHOM THE BOOTON PATRIOT. MAZEPPJL % - We "yesterday extracted from Bell'6 M essenger, an article giving a bvlef outline I of tbe history of Mazefifia , who was there seated to be the hfero of a w forthcoming " poem from. the pen oi X#ohd Byron . We Since learn that Messrs. Wells 8c Lilly, oi this town have received a copy of the poem, and with their tisual alacrity, have put it to V press. Annexed to the poem is an odf, which proves Lord Byron, to be a legiti mate friend to freedom. The following is the concluding at ansa. It will be seen that it is highly complimentary to our country, and particularly to the Mavy* The name of Commonwealth is past and gone O'er the three fractions of the groaning globe ; Venice is crushed, and Holland deigns to own A sceptre, and endures the purple i-obe ; If the free Switzer yet bestrides alone Hit chainless mountains 'tis but for a time, For tyranny ot late is cunning grown, s And in its own good season tramples down *T he sparkles of our ashes. One great clime, Whbse vigorous offspring by dividing ocean ' Are kept apart and nursed in th? devotion Of F reedom, which their fathers fought tor, and z/ v ? - 1 i Bequeath'd? a heritage of heart and hand, And proud distinction from eacn other lahd. "Whose son's must bow them at a monarch's motion, A i if his senseless sceptre were a wand Full of the magic of exploded science Still one threat clime in full and fixe de fiance, Yet rears her crest, unconquer'd and sub A lime, ? ? , am. >v : . v , Ab we the far Atlantic 1? -She has taught Her Ks&u-brethren that the haughty flag, The Boating fence of Albion's feebler crag, Mly sthie to those whose red light hands ; have bought Hights Cheaply carn'd with blood. ? Still, till, for ever Better, though each roan's life-bipod were i a river, f Th|t it should flow, and overflow, than creep through thousand lafcy- channels in out veins, jDa^im'd like the dull canal with locks and" W chains, And Roving, k'j a sick man in his sleep, Three paces, and then Altering .^better be \ Where the extinguith'd Spartans still are I free, . - In thelr-protid chfcrnel of Thermopylae, Than stagnate in our marsh? oi' o'er, the Jpy? and biSyEurrent to the ocem n add, h&fi spirit to the souls our fathers Itad, ^ freetnan more, America, 16 thee 1 i. Miscellaneous, J ' ? i v-V- ^ I ' ? W Y<* * ?"l 'I*' 1 Ill* ??! m.rn. POMPEFS COLUMN ?? A* you go out of the ?nclo?ute * fef the Arabs, by thte gate of the south, the eye is struck with one bf . lira most astonishing monuments j which antiquity has transmitted to us. pMutt of not having sunk und^r the Wastes of time, nor under the more prompt and terrible attacks of super atitions ignorance, rears its majestic head the grandest column that ever existed* It is of the most beautiful \ and the hardest granite, and is com posed of three pieces? out of vfchW* have been cut the capital, the shaft, ami the pedestal. 1 had not the means of measuring its height ; and travellers who have gone before me' ure not perfectly agreed* on thispohrt. Bavary assigns to it a height of 114 *leet; whareas Paul Lucas, who de clares he had taken fin accurate ittaasurement of it, makes its height i?d more than 04 feet. This last Opinion was generally adopted , by the Europeans of Alexandria. The 'height of the column was admitted tluere to be from 04 to 05 feet ot France. The pedestal is 15 tee* high ; the shaft, with the socle, 7* feet ; Anally, the capital, 10 feet making in all 05 feet. The vneai. tHameter is 7 feet 0 inches. Admit ting these pnfportlons, the entii , iniiss of Jhe column may be estimate lit tiOOO cubiq (vet. It is well know ? that the cubic foot of red Rgyptia granite weighs 158 pound*. TL: weight of the *hole column tlier (bra is 19110,000 pounds. lioweyev hard the sub?tuuce of the itluimi may 1h> it has not \iie corroding tooth ot tiuie. rl hi bottom of the shaft is very much damaged on the east side? aud it is very easy to separate, ,on the same *ide, thin lamina from the pedestal It has bven already remarked that i be hieroglyphics of Cleopatra's needle were corroded, on the face exposed to tliat point of the compass. It is most probably the effect of the wind blowing from the sea. home have pretended, that, on the oppo site face, that to tlie west, a Greek inscription was discernible, ,when ihe sun bore upon it; but with all the attention tliat I could employ, it was not iu my power to perceive my thing of it. ' The ground on whicli the pillar is raised having given way, part of the pivot which supports it has beeu laid open. It is a block of six-feet only in the square; it bears the weight, as a centre, of a padestal much larger than itself, which proves the exact perpendicularity of the whole. It too is granite? but of a spe cies different from that of the column. The people of the country had Uiilt round the pivot, with the view of strengthening the pedestal ; this piece of* masonry, totally useless, was formed of stones of various* qualities; among which fragments of marble, detached from the ruins of some an tique edifice, and sculptured, with beautiful hieroglyphics, attracted no tice. While some were exerting themselves to prevent th? falling of the monument, others, the Bedouins, as I was told, endeavored to bring it' down, in the hope of finding trea sure ander its base, when burst to pieces. For this purpose they liad employed the action of gunpowder; hut very fortunately they had no great skill in the art of mining. The ex plosion only carried away a nart of the mason work so idly intended to be a prop to the pedestal. Paul Lucas relates, that in 1714, a mountebank having got upon the capital, with a facility which aston ished every body, declared it w as hollow at top. We fcave some years ago indications more jiositrve on the subject. Some English sailors con I ttived to get upon the summit of the colulbki/ by moaus of a paper kite; which assisted tliem in 'fixing a lad der of ropes. They found, as well as the niau mentioned by Paul Lucas,1 a great round hollow in the middle of the capita), and moreover a hole in each of the corners* It is there forte certain this chapiter served as a base tor some statue, the fragments of whicli seem to be irrecoverably lost. Borne friends of M. Hoboli, who had been French interpreter at Alexandria, have assured me that he had discovored near the column. pie ces of a statue, which, to judge from the fragme lit*, must have been ot t. prodigious magnitude ; that they ha<> been conveyed to the house occupier by the French* but that, notoittifctand ing the most diligent researches, not being able to procure the ottor piece* of it, lie had ordtftal the first to be i brown into ihe sea, close by that samt house. They were shewn to me ; but it was lm. ossible tor nte to distinguish any thing-? for they a m almost entirety buried under the sau? of the seat t was f:<t her informed that those fragments of a statue were of the mostfceautiful prophyry. ? Ex tracted from C. & . Sonr\inp8 Travels in Egypt. From the foliage Record. We last week hklrvdured to our witter*, r. Heckeweldert account of the Iidmn history, manners, Jkc. Some extracts wen; made, which v* Innbt not were, entertaining. Titer \re a few more remarks ami extract \ hich we feel inclined to make bein ?ssnred that they will be acceptavit The Indian** account of his origin i> s follows : ? t Indian Mythology . The Indians consider the earth ? . ?eirs universal motlier. They be . t've that they were created withii bosom where for ft long time the} bad their abode, before they camel to live on its surface. Among the Dela wares, those ofj the Min si, or Wolf tribe say, that! in the beginning thejr dwelt in tliel earth mider & lake, .and were fortu-l nately extricated from this unplea-| sant abode by the discovery which! one of their meu made of a hole] through which he ascended to tbel surface ; on which, as he was walk-l iug, be found a l)eer9 which he! carried back with, him into his sub- 1 terraneous habitation ; that the deerl was killed, and he and his com-| panions found the meal so good, that | they unanimously determined to leave} | their dark abode, and remove to a| place, where they could enjoy tliel light of heaven, and have such ex- J cellent game in abundance. The other tribes,' the Unamis or Tortaise, nud the Unalachtigas or Turkey, have similar notions, but reject the story of the lake, which! seems peculiar to the Minsi tribe. These notions must be very far! extended among the Indiansof North! America generally, since we find I that they prevail also Among the lro Juois, a nation so opposed to the )elawares, as has been shewn in the! former parts of litis work, and whose language is so different from theirs, that not two words, perhaps,! similar or even analogous of sigritfl-l cation may be fouud alike in both. I On this subject 1 beg leave to present I an extract from the manuscript notes of the late Rev. Christopher Pyriacs,! ?whom 1 am always fond of quoting! with respect, as lie was a man of! great trutn, and well acquainted with! the six Nations and their idioms. I The accounts that he here gives of the traditious of that people con- 1 ceroiug their original existence was taken down b\ him in January, 1741, from the mouth of a respectable! Mohawk chief named Sganarady,! who resided on the Mohawk rivet. The Extract . u Iraixtio.?* That they had dwelt I in the earth wherte no sun did shine. That Ganawagahha (one of lhcm)| having accidentally found a bole to get out of the earth at, he went. out, and in walking aboot on the earth lie found a deer, which he took back with him, and that both on account of the meat tasting so very good, and the favorable description he had given them of the country above and on the earth, their mother concluded it b?st for them all to come ou! : that accordingly they did so, and imme diately set about plauting corn. & c. Mechanical Genius . Counsellor Bockman possessed a laiglgtetronomical clock, constructed by tfl^Kev. Pastor Uahn, which nof only contains the common divisions of time, but hM likewise divisional of ten, of a huniired, aj.d of a thou- j -?and years. The spectator coiiiem-j plates with pleasure, the contrasted! quick motion of the aecond hand . ml the thousand year hand, which ?urns on a small dial plate, not larger than that of a Parisian watch.? -The progress of tins latter in 00 years is very smalt, so that its motion is im perceptiW^JL ' 1 be ten, hundred, and liiousatol^Pkr hands, ate not a mere display of the art of the maker} (hey are of great use^for, on the large dial plate, which contains all the lesser, the globes are described, and the progress of tr.e stars denoted ; *0 that the bauds, by their combin ing motiA^ display the variations, positions, and ap|iearances of the .earth and the heavenly bodies. We saw ft watch made by Mr. Vnch, of HtutgardL a scholar of the minister Ilahn. He is only six and twenty, yeLin the opinion of some, lie alreaiiy^iurpasses his master. . Iris watch contains the divisions ol me, fretn a second to a century. ? >n the opposite side, on a clouded zure ground, is seen the course ol he sun and moon, with its mode and clipses. * The artist means to im rove this watch, and describe the Vmrse of Venus, as a morning and veiiiug star. 1 German pqper* j , SKETCH BOOK, Xo. 2. The second numberof the ik Sketch Baric," contaius, among other arti cles, The Broke n Heart," from which the following extracts are made. Tl?e comparison of the sexes is beautiful, and as far as we know, Just : But the female reader will be much better qualified to deinde 14*00 its truth or falsity than ourselves. Catskill llecorder. " Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth iuto the struggle aud bustle of the world. Love ra^jut the embel lishment of his earlyHtfe, or song piped in the iutervals of the acts. He seeks for fame, for fortuue, for; space in the world's thought, and | dominion over his fellow men. But; a woman's whole life is a history ofj the afTectious. The lieart is her world ; it is there her ambition j strives far empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures J She sends fcrth her sympathies onj adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; aud if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless ? for it is a bankruptcy of the heart. " To a mau the disappointment of love may occasion some bitter pang$ : it wounds some feelings of tender ness ? it blasts some prospects of fe licity ; but he is an active being ? he can dissipate liis thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or plunge into the tide of pleasure ; or, if the sceno of disappointment be too full of painful associations, he can shift bis abode at will, aud taking, as it were the wings t? the morning, can fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, and be at rest. " But woman's is eomparativ?1y a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sor row, where shall she look for conso lation! Her lot is to be wooed and w on ; and if uuhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and 4ac1ted, aud abaudoned, and left desolate," - Curious definition qjf\a lifts*. Extract of a Love Letter, writtcHjn the year! 1 679, translated from the German. " What is a kiss? A kiss is, as ill were, a seal expressing our sincere J attachment ; the pledge of our fixture I union ; a dumb, but at the same timet the audible language of a living! heart; a present which at the samt*| time that it is given, is taken ft om us ;| the impression of an ardent attach- 1 roent on an ivory coral press; the! striking of two flints against one an-| other; a crimson balsam for a lovel wounded heart ; a sweet bite of thel lip; au affectionate pinching of thel tnouth ; a delicious dish which is eat-l en with scarlet spooos ; a sweetmeat] which does not satisfy hunger; a| fruit which is planted and rathered] at the same time ; the quickest ex-J change of questions and answers of] two layers ; the fourth degree of love. I FuneraUt.-TUe peat expense and] unnecessary parade attendant on] funerals* . kasjong been a subject, of] remark, and many persous who have! suffered in their feelings and circum-l stances from the fashion, have with*! held from complaint in consequence I of the peculiar delicacy of the enseal We observe in the last Montreal pa-l per that a meeting is called to cottSuUl on a general refurm in their ptrtKj culars. ' It appears by the communication of a lady in the last National Intel ligencer, thai at Washington CK>, ttie common backs crowd round the door at tlie time and place appoftitcd for a funeral to take u|? all who at tend, and afterwards a bill is pre sented, and a strong appeal made to i lie generosity oi the surviving rela tives.? This, one would suppose, required an instant remedy, ' lu Boston it appears, funerals are regulated by law, and no more than three hired carriages are permitted to attend. \ We do not know that any legal Steps could reach Hie desired re Corn, t? but it ip evident that the com muni ty calls for a change. All will ac knowledge that tkie.se expensive par ities are incompatible with heart-felt grief, which naturally seeks retire ment ? aud doubtless all will be gra tified by a change more consistent with the solitude of the grave. Baltimore American. Reccipe for curt tig the l>ysentary or summer complaint, in its mildest or tcoi'st stages. Take iwo glasses sweet oil? two glasses West- India molasses ? two N glasses West-India rum simmer them well toother over a fire till it becomes the thickness of honey, so that the oil may not se|>erate from the rest. W hile on the fire, keep it well stirred, and when taken oft* con* tinue the same till it is cool. , Then the patieut, if a grown person, should take a spoonful once an hour till ho Suds the disease abating ? then once in two hours, or as the judgmeut may suggest, until cured Children ;o take it in like manner in propor* ion to their ages. , The* person who < lands this for publication, is moved >y none other than a humane motive, tie has ex|>erienced cured in his own arnily, and knows many others of the nost desperate kind, it is a simple nedicine, and not the least injurious o the most delicate constitution. Let hose who are afflicted, try the ex periment ? it will do no harm ? and will certainly , save life ! Let those tvho may read this,^cut it out of the [>aper and carefully preserve it. If tuy one is desirous of conferring with lie writer upon the subject, he will cheerfully comply on notice beiug left with the editor of the Baltimore Pat :i&t, to whom be is personally known. Editors, generally, are desir ed to publish the above, for the benefit &f maukimh UUMAN1TU9. A Cure for Burns and Scales. Apply a plaister compwincled of Buigumly iJitchy Bees wax* and a little Oil ; it w?H afford almost iinine* diate relief from paik Let it remain on some days, and tne cure will be effected. 1 allow onV<fi>ifrth wax, add sweet oil, or rather oltj lard, or fresh butter to it, to reduce it to a consistency not so soft** to melt with the warmth of the flesh, por so hard as to irritate. AN KfcPERIEKCBD BURSE. Vows.? Farmers are not ftilly a ware of the productive value of this animal. If well fed, and suitably treated, they yield an imraeuse pioiit to the owner. A late English jour* nal states the annual product, clear of expense, from a single cow, iri milk and butter, at 41 1, oi. itd; equal to 8180. The influence qf climate on the strength mud, courage of man.-*{ "We may assert with great confidence that the keen .air of Germany formed the ? lar^e apd masculine limbs of the uatives, who were in general of a more lofty stature than the people of (he south, gave them a kind of* strength better adapted to violent ex* ertions than to patient labor, and inspired them with constitutional bravery, which is the result of nerves and 6}>tritK? The severity of a win ter campaign, that chilled the cour<* age of the Roman troops, wac scarcely felt by these hardy children of the Danube, who in their turn were unable to resist the *utnniet,< heats, and dissolved away in languor and sickness under the beams of an, Italian sun. ? Gibbon. Jlnger. ? An angry person should! neither be believed nor opnosed 5 his intellect is deranged .-Mark well how his (Missions sulfide ; on that deter mine for, or against the duration of your intimacy. But never trust the 1 sulky wretch ; malace is in his heart; revenge, hatred and more passions than there are names for. lie )% a spider who spins delicate filament* on all sides, to enmesh his .unwary victim* .