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waking, Learned sophs, in systems jadedf Who for new ones daily call, Youtlw, though ,? no lta*triq Cay n health, and manly ?ra? J*et not cloudiest skies deceive jj Summer gi?ea to aututin piac l: iw IJeaven and Karti On the time j|lf life et< Man, let aH thy hop THE LEAF . V BV BISHOP HORNE. See the leaves around us falling, Dry and withered to the ground ; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling* In a sad and solemn sound : Sons of Adam once in Eden, - Blighted when like us he fell, Hear the lecture we are reading; >Tis, alas ! the truth we tell* Virgins, much, too much, presuming, On your boasted white and red, View us, late in beauty btaoming, Jtf umberM nbw among the dead. ? V 'Wlt'r i Jb .1 POETRY. 1-nOM THE TRAVELS OF 8 iThia traveller aftim* ;? tiqMW Mexico, <*| 5 sr? ? .< ri- i ri7 ami ?mily Sf \S?S3 no poaseMes alone, on the ridge of 'ie Andea, a property worth *5 mionsof franc a, ({{,000,000 dollars), without including, 'the nine of Val euciABn, which yields, oneyear with ain>tl?er, .a ne^revemie of 1,500,000 M? FrnlH res (%?f l"ho CoW *f?a U\\\\t, at hi* owrt expense, two vessels of the lav^est size, woxlh 000,000 dollars, & presented them to the kjn$of Hpaiu. The ,faniily of Fag (h known forjtlbenittcenco,i, ? and Zeal for the public Mft?? exhi *l?i? the example of tlie gS-eittesI wealth which was ever tlerived from ' limine* A Kindle vein which the marquis of Fagoaga poss ewi, iw the district of Bombredaih, left iu five or. *ix months sll . charges de ducted, a net! profit of 4 millions of dollars* thi Ktiropean refrder will be still more Astonished, w hen I inform him of the extraordinary fact that this family lent, about the year 1800* a sum of more than 3 millions and a half of francs, (700,000 dollars,) without interest, to a friend w hose fortune they believelil would be made by it in a solid manner. To complete ths view of the im mense wealth centered in the hands of a few individuals in Mexico, it is only necessary to add, that, amongst instances of Individual opulence, 9 citT^ymen, only, |>os*e*s an annual income, collectively, of 53G.UK) dol lars ? a sum almfrst equal to the| wiiole expenses of the civil govern ment oi tbc Uutteil States. From the Journal of Gen . Pike . J 1 hail Che curiosity to visit a sil ver mine, (says Mr. Pike,) and eo deavored to get the Squish officers to accompany me, bat always found them backward in those visit*, de ferring them to some future time. ? Attended by my friend Drw Robk^ son, 1 went one day through ijmfttty of the furnaceq near Chihuahua and observed the manner which was pur sued to analyze the Biineatf'atid ex tract the metal. Learnt that the one was brought in bags upon mules from the mine to. the furnace, then ground or pounded into small not larger than a nut, and | tated into 'water in a seive, permitted the smaller particles, iu the course of severar progressive! operations, to escape into a tub.? j From the particles which remained at the bottom of the tub, after it had been purified of the^ earthly partis cles, there was a proportion of metal extracted by a nicer progress ; but the large parts were put into a fur nace, similar to. our iron furnace* $ and, when in a state of fusion, wan let out into a bed of sand prepared Tor iU In thifl^lied the melted silver Jfras formed into bars about the size ?* our pig iron ; averaging in ytijfk dollar* each. ? was' cast into a moult), 8 a bowl, awCitainrted assayers with its value % r or 10,000 dollars. bars of gold and silver ate the king's treasury in through Many of ,the own ing no use. for their their haif>of gold cellars? 'Where it' ir posterity, of no Slvea or the world. product of all the le? amounting lb tlie itof 14 millions of lijfefifty millions in king's nan ?f which is dollars. "T y ry/i f ithstandinf; this ahund ? "cioqs petals, the ne , owirtg to th* fertili I, and the deliciousness tte* are cheaper than in the United states. For v* * r, by theewts 05 talt, V mu^e 3 I Delicious wihe, l>y the hhl. 15 ? Horses, each 11 Mules, each - 30 The price of all kinds of labor is efceessfoely high? lands very coeap ?~largedistrict? heing uninhabited. Anu ngtlie military die following is the annual pity of, tfse respective grades, from a private to a colonel t Private 8288 ttnfNfcl '800 Sergeant 8fi0 ? Knsign 800 ?d Lieutenant .4000 F 1st Lieutenant-, ,'r' v . JdOO Ca^fc S4(I0 Ma P|* 3000 c Lieutenant Colonel * i *t: 4000 (kJonel 4000 WILD HORSfcS OF THE WERT. Tk*JJor*<jf the Columbia River will rank with the finest of his spe irs in th* known woild. Ilk si*e is fiTtprn hands, even in a state of litfimjf iinpnMilwl With food qt shel t^r l>y th^ man. His form xl?il>its much^ne and muscle, but not the riiAss of flesh which is found m the fat European horse. Hi* limbs are clean and slrnder; the neclc arched and rising ; the hoof* round and hard, ' ami the nostrils wide and thin. He is equally dis tinguished for speed and bftttoih. lie runs ninagbr and for a lone time^ rivalling iiMmf resjiect all that wte have heard of the Kn^lish hunting horses. In other, respects, in the docility of his nature, in his capacity io sustain hunger and hardship, in his fiowers to provide food for him* -*e1f and his roaster, he ig Wholly un i iv ailed. He is readily trained ti the biuiuevs matter 's JUe ; thai of banting Awl panning the game with alt the kfesnen of the dog, and with eqnal'aasmcitv and* with not* map. He wiU wu *>?? the , will holfl it with his teeth. jWhen rode after game, be 'needs no ^nidingof the rbridlck.to dirpct him. He will pursue a drove of buffaloes, ut aii iHBk _ wj|j1 thteui, ^e will 'ti||g him with Ins teeth, bitten, immediately _ u4 himself with his horse wheels at the same I? Avoid it ; and at this mo ment when the side of the buffaloe lis presented the Iudi&n lets fly an [arrow, which often, passes entirely through the body. The wounded animal always tarns out afVthe drove to lay down and die. The horse and his rider pursues the* gang to make fresh slaughter. Another horse, traioSHo a serond part of- the game, with Other Indians, takes the trail nf the wounded buffaloe, which is butchered and carried into camp. $bese things seem incredible; but we hi-ve theim upon the authority of Lewis and OLivk, and a great num ber of traders, who have heed upon the Columbia river since the time of their discuveify ; * some of whom ate uaw in this town. ? * ' * iP V *_ i_ *?? * r j-4 s The capacity of .this horse to sus tain fatigue, and to provide food for himself, is equally astonishing.? He is galloped all day, sometimes eighty or ninety mile** in the space of ten or twelve horns, and" is then left to shift for himself during the night. In the sprhftg, summer and antumn he. finds n6- difficulty. Ttye short land sweet grass of that country gives hijn an abundant and nutritious re past. In the winte^ and towards [the mountains, where the snow is aeveral feet {Jeep, his unerring in stinct telU him where to search : *he [scrapes away the snow with his hoof iiill he comes to f he ground, ami Mint ing there with his nose fin^s where with of moss and grass to% sustain Ms life. t ^tH&jfordtti of creeks and rivers he feeds on the boughs of willowa, and^her soft wood, which his master has sometimes the kind ness lo fall for him with a hatchet* 1. ? yto, ? ? . I l'hits fine animal is found ? on the banks of the Columbia,, in latitude 46, hi the great j>laip which lies on th?t>fpders rf ibis river between the upper and lower range of mountains. Hi# origin is traced to Mexico ; thence to Spain ; thence to the north of Africa, ,ivhere the Arabian barb is found in all the perfection of his Species. His fine form; his generous sjorit, and his noble qualities are pre served upon , the Columbia river $ and certainly it is worthy the experi ment to endeavor to .transplant him' into other parts of the United States. Many citizens have ^attempted to do so, hut have always been robbed by the Indians of the Rocky Mountains* Lewis and ( l*rk procured MVenh hree, said by Governor t'tffcto li the most beautiful coll^mni of horses that he has ever seert together before or since ; but the whole hum-' ber wis stolen from them tyy Indians Who followed their ttail and never ceased their operations dntil they had carried olPtlie last. It is to be hop ed that thd military establishments forming on the upper Missouri (vill facilitate the attempts which will no tloulrt be renewed to introduce this fine breed into the settled parts of |<*ir continent. Louis Hvqmrer^ FOR THE NATION AI, ADVOCATE* DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 1 was conversing ft few evening* ago with an old friend on the sub ject of prevailing vices, and, contrac ting the past with the present, 1 im Igined that society had somewhat improved, that morality seemed to be more felt and studied tfibit Was formerly , and that a disposition, generally speaking, seemed to pre vail of doing what was right I' take no pleyure in dwelling on 4h< tliiU side of a picture where therr ue bright touches, and agteeablr nuts to admire ; ooj would 1 censure WWmmh&j for faults which were not apparent, or withbold^^t meed of praise which merit, tflBe surf good actions claijp, ? I therefore, thought, that amottg decreasing vices r might reckon gamHivg, which 1 flattened mvself was happily 8^ttio~ daily into disrepute. Yon are in er ror, observed my friend, and I am '^ry to say it -once gambling Was confined tq a high sphere ? nooe but kiugs and noblemen were authorised to rob their people, ?ml then each other under this friendly and seduc live mask it shortly spread like an epidemic, and infected what was jL cl?sses ? the mechanic, and the labourer, was preserved bv that purity of thought which arfes irom employment and eanmxiy, hut, alas ! the disease has even affected them. Come, said litf, - it is a plea sant ni*ht? take a walk with me, and I will show you how tliis Vice is nourished in the heart of moral com munity. 1 will attend you, said 1, if yon even lead me where no ? lamp burns"? -my powers of Jocohiotion are at least equal to' yours. V We took our dep icture as St Paal'trtshim* ed eight o'clook, tand after cros sing several equares, and passing through, lonely alleys, we entered what seethed to be a tavern, and, on going up stairs in a Ibng room, wc found a large table surrounded by mechanics, dirty labourers and rag ged boys j?ithey were employed atn game called letto or kino ? the master drew tfoe numbers froifi a .wheel, while the Company covered such As Appeared on small placards before them, ?h4 when they obtaihed a wr taiu number, they claimed and took the purse* , Here was high life in miniature J^loud and boisterous mirth, obscene language, end deep imprecations, prevailed among this c an of apprentice boys, who, in stead of being detained at theii hon est labour, stole an hour, and pro-! baby- the means to gratify a vicious, propensity. Masters have the same duty to perform as parents, and while they receive great credit in sending .an honest apprentice forth, they can not escape a grest portion of censure If thai apprentice is an idler and a .gamester. We left this humble ha bitation of 'vice to examine some! f?f a wow elevated character, (for vice baa degrees) and we shortly en-1 tered a billiard room, brilliantly il la minated, and the glare of light in troduced to cur view a number of young men genteely dressed ; they were merchants and attorneys clerks, together with a few who- fad do pur suits at all ; ? J watched them for a half hour~a octuple played a game for oysters ? another set played for WHife?a party was made up for pool, in which gum* several played for rooneyr, while the lookers on smoked segars and (fraok brandy am! waters ?oaths w^re beard in abundant*, and the smashing of maces, bit* cing ?f balls, and cries ftlr the wait, er, gave a dismal coloring to the scene. Here was anrtther picture of v>ce - which debased, the chancier of our city. Could the parents and em ployers of these young men find no purnut for them? Were they so In different to their morality and pros perity as I* pass over in silence these nightly and deadly debauches? If they had no employ ment ? W !%? not improve their ntnid and amuse their fancy with a book? If they bad no mtl ? time wss hravy? - Why not pus an boor with a neigh booting friend, or a pleasant sift worthy ftinaily ? And, if these ad vantages are denied them, and tbev nave no liook^ no friend, but must >valk the streets at night to search for object* of amusement, let them enter those places of worship which are nightly opened, and join m prSver and anthem} there they will And a i * * oo*> who never turns J deaf ear to a sincere applicant.? How much more delightful, would P?ss, than tlnis hurv ng their honor and prosperity, theii nealUl and industry, in an untimely ^rav? if debauchery and excess, rl took my departure from thi* 'cene, as my friend told me then **? yet * higher sphere of vice to ^ i -J visit ? and we shortly entered a largfc brick Imuse, and found a suite of rooms splendidly furnished and limit ed ; several card yy^|^?ur rounded with persons, plavi^^^Lt md faro. We were mtrodufl^l^fcnalU , for ceremouy Was maintained in this tem ple, as they were all gentlemen there ? aU whose dehts were debts of lien or* Ou a side table refreshments were placed^ and I was invited, in the most fluttering manner, to take punch 5, the hospitable host, no doubt, intending to ply me with liquors in order to ? screw itiy courage to the staking ppiut. The wliisl players were arousing themselves with play. tiug for 50 dollar points, a mere trjjle ; and onp observed, that should quit whist and try faro* if he lost mfcre than 85'JO. Finding so little interest in look ins; 0u. I placed my* self near the faro : Mfe were 1 several venturing wji^lthc z?al of a most unnatural and Arctic exciie* ment-? their faces, the alternate pic- * tt^res of hope and despair? fear, jwV| anxiety and agitation prevailed 5 herd was one filling up checks on the bank and losing tnem quickly,' yet going oil lo fill even to ruination? another with a pile of notes and half eagles before hifr, on winch he evrr and anort stole a greedy and delighted * gmnce, w hile his opposite neighbour, who hafl lost his all, fixed MytotVv j qnd sunken e^es cm thfc glittering ? store, in deep despair: here was one striding rapidly up and down the room, beating Ills heail that " let the folly in anil the deAr reason oqt"? there anotlier pouring down glass af ter glass, to drofn reflection? yvhile a third *at gnawing the eikls of liis Angers, and muttering curses *< loud and deep.0 Monstrous infatuation. To what will this avarice? this uauri Micra fnrucfi," lead men to? 1 recog nised, among these last mortals, sev eral gentlemen of family; and respeo* (ability } Several merchants w ho sub sequently stopiied payment) but could give no account of fort} thousand dollars* llerfe they were destroying the hopes of their family, and sink* ing their peace of mind in a gaming house, w Lile the fond and estimable wife counted the sad hours of their absence, and alone, ' in' their sump tuous dwellings, waited night after 'night for their return; pacing the room in |>erturbatio*; raking together the expiring embers; making the | glimmering of the clyihg taper ; start ing at ever^ rustlinghound ; her heart, which sliouhl be traiquil, Keating with alarm, until the truant husband'* well-kuownknock retivesand ani mates her? when his ^disordered dress, his pale&angered countenance, and the deep-drawn sigh jri^misftnv tune draws, from * his hearUhtoken com|>anion, the silent tear of agony ; 1 while cold and comfortless, with aching liead and heart, be tfytow* his listless person du Ills bed, and groans the live-long night with a poor wife, wham hit vices have made wretched. Shame ? shame, that * mad should permit his reason to bfi thus sacrificed by an inordinate thirst of gain, a miserable, misgmd&f in fatuation* No gambler even died rich ? though fortune, for year*, may have deluded him with smile*, yet she deserts bim at his utmost need: and brenvl, w liich honest labourearn*, J Ml sweater to the appetite, and a greater cordial tb the soot, than the (uxoru's purc hased with the gains at play, gains acquired only to be again itist ? gains obtained at the expense of the pcacfe, happiness and pros perity of whole families. HOWARD. A London paper nays, that a di*a. Med oallor, has chalked out the ef!U $ecs of the whole liritiah Navy on ;he brick wall of New(Jardrn?, and placed over each the veaw.l'n name, uid the number of her glint. In this way he ha* diawn about ,8(K> Ve*?el?, from 0 to 0 feet long# occu pvt?f5 altogether a distance of more iiati a mile. Papaing travellers pve Mm draughtsman a few half pence Tor his pains, which Affords hiui 3 majqtenaiit*. W ' v