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? ? !? I I _ POETKY. % From the Bunion CentineL AMERICAN SKETCHES* MAUOCKAWANDO, ?f Nonridgevcock Chief qf strange and . wonderful memory ? Around his neck terrific hung A huge and brindled akin, And fish bones o'er his bosom swung,' , As thrice be danced and thrice he sung And strue^^is war -club's din. The Bear he strangled in bis denf The brindle Fox pursued, And yeltod ihrout<h many a poisonous fen, That ne'er was trod by mortal men, , And many a pathless wood* The hill of Rattlesnakes he sought* And choaked them one by one, The Mountain-Cat pursued and caught, And down the valley swift as thought* The tall grey Moose outrun. Jle built a car of flaming fire, The dreadful Indian shook, T<6 see his kingi his chief, his sire, v ? Ri'Ie flaming up careering higNtr* Than mount Ajococbook. , lit made a sledge of hickory* He drove ami joiai;-, |T /'jVllkc one who Iflhl It dice* J The weeds ihall gt*i his burial And round fedbl U eh*s shall sing, I At midnight's hour a spiritual race, | And as his wondrous deeds they traces 4 Psle ivy o'er him fling* A. K. THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. The following remarks on the na tural advantages of that portion of iBm eastern country which is about to form a co-equal member of the Union, are extracted from an article in the Alexandria Herald. The ?oil of Maine i* generally of a superior quality. Her fertility Was not tested till the late war ; and lie* tore that period Ha. excellency and its luxuriance were almost wholly 'unknown. The inhabitants, until [ that period, were generally employ - ed in the lumber trade anil in the f* fisheries, aodagriculture generally neglected and the soil Considered un fit Tor cultivation, 1> war putting an end, in a great measure, to this business, a great part of the people were thrown out of employment, and obliged to cultivate the earth for * Subsistence, and the r abundant I crops tbey realized well repaid ttyeir labors. The productions of the soil of Maino are excellent in jtbeir qual ity> and this district is one ot the finest grazing countries in the wori#. The mutton raired theie is of an ex cellent and uncommonly deleCious flavor, and the pork aml beef- not inferior to that or - any other portion of N. England. 'Hie butter of a superior kind; and cheese, with 9 little more attentiou to the making of ; it, would rival,, if not excel!, an$ of the dairies of Rhode Island and Conuectkut. Appfo orchards are. thriving, and yearly planting, and the craer made from their procure b uncommonly good and equal (o that ot New Jersey. And to tliese the fisheries, an a the nearness of M ains. to the fishing ground, and the Ml pe* rior faculty with which vessels for that purpose may be fitted out from her sea ; orts. Her rivers are noble and mnjestic. They al*oond yith the finest salmon and l>fcss, at well as other fish, which, at proper sea sons, are taken in the greatest abum dance; and the people, with little iabor and trifling ex pence, may k> in, during their leisure hours, a part ? ?f iheir winter and yearly provision for theh families, especially during, an unfavorable season and in the event of a scanty harvest, as was the case in i&iti, though, since that |knod, the crop* have been uneoni' fuonly plentiful and ?1?on<iant. The .mtwis of Maine are, in general, large, deep, safe, and capacjou%:1 and, on account of the cheapness 01 timber, vwwls arelllilHlto for re sidents hi other parts of the country, and the mechanics employed fur this purpose are inferior to none, in point of skill, ingenuity, and industry. In utancifactareg *s well as in agri culture, Maine has lately made con siderable, and is still making rapid improvements. Her citizens are bardj, robust, active, and e ~ prizing. In short, the Distr* Maine abounds with all the siries and comforts of lifie^ and inhabitants have' every prospect becoming a ric^ lM) happy In an unreserved con? present governor of 1 after his return from his that district, being aske Ion hje had formal of attiong other remarks, in that it, " was the b>ck % country, and would become cess of time, the Ireland of ca. yy r.fnm the Com THE CI , ? Ru tiai Uttle i? know^V^W rope or Awe"04* 4 JP-- gH I *ji * customs of the inhabitants of tli? " Celestial Empire," or of the arts, sciences, literature or religion of that singular people. The prying eye of every other roitn j (urns from China | smallest gmtilica the caution, jealousy " ? of both the gov pie. Prom ihelit H learnt, however, it certain that time seems to] stood still with the Chinese, tod them, (says the Quarterly ew) neither improved in learn ing, nor in morals, nor in the sys tem of government ami legislation, nor one whit more enlightened in re ligion or the sciences, than they were, three thousand years ago. Thecut of their robes, the plan of their houses, the form of their fkmiture haVe not changed in all that time. But as hu man nature is every whert pretty much the same. China appears ne vertheless to have its male and fe male elegante#, as well as other countries^' |n a Chinese novel oali Poug-hrtw-Mungs or the Red Chamber Dreams, part of which has heeu translated by a JVlr. Davis, two characters are introduced, whose costume may life amusing to the belles, and beaux, dandies nifyexquixitet. of this ,cqfcntrgr. < The dress of the lady,' who is denominated a Lautze, (something sharp or pungent) is thus "described : ? Ou her )iead her knot of hAiy was adorned with gold anu silk* and eight precious stones pen- 1 dent.'-4 It was fastened with a pin of pearls dropping from five little eagle*.. An ornament of virgin gold, enliven ed with insects, embraced her nedfit her%ai*t was an apfiHtre*-. of deep red cofohd silk.on which were embroidered a fr hundred gold butterflies, fluttering among the flow ere.* Over this wo* a narrow gar ment made of Ihe shins of stone Colored mice, and silk of five differ itnlcoluis^ Below >H wa? a petti coat of foreign crap, of a green col or> with flowers. She bad a pair of most bewitching three- cor - nNtal eyes, and two eye brows curv ed like the young willow letves: her person was slender, light and iiby; . The gentleman was ?ls? co vered with butterflies, fluttering a monzfloA.rqpf gold J his beautiful nose was full and round, like the gull bladder of a <pia<lrtiped * nixl he had a face like, a moon in. the midst of antumn? covered with white paint, MM ip< tinget^ with Vermillion.? K rom his head to the end of his tail,* which dangled to ihe ankles, hun^ four strings of precioo* stones set in gold, 'v JPpr upper tunic was pink spangled with flowere t his troweis ami stockings were emliroidered am1 his s!?mm were of a dt ep red color with thick white soles. This irtel sistible youth is sakl to have ti i i holism n I thoughts of love cdlecio in the corner of Iim eye." ? ? we pre*uti?. ~ From the TJxtato. ^ The fallowing beautiful line* were dHwt of the aide of a common Liverpool pitcher: ? ' WASHINGTON, [The ihfrjiiliii if fos Country the [ founder of liberty, Pile mend of Man. and tradition are explored in for a parallel of character, auofris of modern greatness He stands alone 9 the noblest names of antiquity their iostnre in his presence, le benefactor ofiaankind, he ted all the qualities necessary to aa illustrious career. / made him great : He made [ himself virtuous. -J Called by his Country to the defence t of her Liberties, be triumphantly <1 Vindicated tlie rights of humanity ; And on pillars of National Indepen dence laid the foundation of a great Republic* Twice invested with supreme magis tracy, by the Voicc of a free people/ He sucgassed in the Cabinet the glories of the l*1eld ; Ami voluntarily resigning the sceptre and the sword, retired to the shades of private life. A spectacle so new anrtno sublime, Was contemplated with the most profound admiration ; Afld *he riamfc of Washington, Adding tiew lusture to humanity, teschinded to the remotest regions ofthe ea,Hh, Magnanimous in youth, glorious through life, Great in Death. His highest ambition the happiness of mankind, His noblest victory the conquest ot < himself. Bequeathing to posterity the inlieri twnfce of his fame ; And building his monument in the hearts of his conntrymen. v He lived, The ornament of the Eighteenth CeAxry ; He died, Regretted hr a mourning world. ' > E* "? * ? .jmmmt- E- j"" Front fyr. Charmer'* Srrmon on Universal ; \T Peace, the' fascinations of war. Thelj^^gsiat obstacle totlie ex-, tinction of war > the way ? in which tte heart of man js carried off from its barbarities and its Jiorrari by the eylendor of Its' deceitful accompani ments. The^e is a feeling of the; btthlime in c^ntempl'Uing the devou^ ing energy of a tempest, and this so elevates and engrosses the whole man, that biq eye is blind to the tears of bereaved parents,, and bis ear is deaf to the piteous moan of the dy ing, and the shriek of their desolat ed families. Their is a gracefulness in the picture of a youthful warrior burning for 'distinction on -the field, and lured by this generous Aspiration to the deepest of the animated throne, where, ^ in the fell work of death. The oppoHincsons of valor, struggle for a retyeimance and a name, and this side of the picture is so much the exclusive object ef our regard as to disguise from our view the man i&lwt carcases of the fallen, and the writhing agonies of the hundivd* more who have lsiji on the cold ground ; where they are left to lan guish and to die. There no eye pities them. ; No sister is there to weep over them. There no gentle hand is present to ease the dyixi? posture, or bind up the wounds, which* in the maddening fury of the] combfet, have been giveti^ and re ceived by the children of one torn ifeon Father. Tber^ death spread* its pale ensigns over every counten - ance* and 'when night comes on, and [d*rknesa around them, how many a despairing vrretch must take up with tin* bloody field as the intended bed ?f his last sufferings, without one friend to bear the message of tender ues*. to his distant home, without on* cdfapanion to cloae his eyes. 1 nvow it: On every side of roe I see * tune* at work which go to spread a t ii ust delusive coloring over war, and o remove it* -allocking barbarities to 14^ liack ground of onr contempla K|hi altogether 1 fee it hitwIjiHy which iethi ne of the supevb ap pearaucetff (he troops, ami tin* bril liancy of their charges. 1 see in tlx* poetvy whi^li leuds the magic of its numbers to the narrative of blood, and transports its many admirers ? as by its images, aud Us figures, audits nodding plumes of chivalry, it thrown its treacherous embellishments over a scene of legalised slaughter. I see it in the*music which represents the progress of .the battle ; and where, after being inspired by tbfe trumpet dotes of preparation, the whole beau ty and tenderness of a drawing room are seeu to bend over tbe-seutimental entertainment i nor do 1 hear J be ut terance of a single sigh to interrupt the death tones of the tlrickeniug contest, and the moans of wounded men as they fade upou the ear, and sink into lifeless silence. All, goes to prove what strange and half sight ed creatures v? are. ' Were it not so, war could never have been seen iu any other aspect than that of un mingled tiatefulness ; and lean look to nothing but the progress of Chris tian sentiment upon earth, to arrest the stroug cuvrent of its popular and prevailing partially for war* Then only will an imperious sense of du ty lay tl^e check of severe principles on all the subordinate tastes and fa culties of our nature^ Then will glory be reduced to its right estimates ?and tta wakeful benevolence of theggfpff, chasing away every spell, will be tutted liy no treachery or delosion whkteyer from its simple but sublime enterprises for the good of thelfrsleg. Then the reign of truth and ^uietneas will be ushered into the world', and war, cruel, atro* cious, unrelenting war, will be stript of many of its bewildering Casein a tions. -i '? A young woman had livedYpit vant at a respectable farm-house, at the village of L? ? , in .Northamp tonshire, whose sweetheart was an honest rustic of the same place, bu! whom cruel late had at length destin ed-to move to a distant part of the couutry,; which, instead of diminish ing, only served to increase their mu tual rsgard.vTbey were ftiow? of cOdree, obliged to have resort to cor- 1 rospondence; but alas! bow was) this to be carried on ? for poor Mary j could not write; but it was aot long: before she received a letter from Wil liam, wherein lw declared the in creased, ardor otjpla love, and im plored her to mffrn>? She was now compelled to have recourse to a con fidential female friend to assist her h> reading the letter, and who readily offered to write an ans^pr; but n<s Mary could not evCmto her friend impart the main secret, and declined the profferq^jervice ; yet as true love is seldoHK^ loss for tlie means of iovenUen, Mafy Adopted the fol lowing oonuse method : ? Having procured a sheet of writing paper, with tbeend Of a burnt stick from off tbe hearth, she formed 4 he little top t, and enclosed ? small /piece of sheep's wool, which comprised Ma ry's significant answer, " 1 wool."? Her mend wrote the superscription, and the letter was sent off, posthaste; it was an well understood, and re ceived with as much real pleasure aa arty &ellf>? Lettr s could havo beeto. Banna were anon after published, and tlicy were married with as little delay as possible, and, it hi hoped, rendered happy for life. ./.'>? ' * ?' fjmdon paper. Wnsp Eafor^- A few days since a fellow in tbe neighborhood of Frim- 1 ly, named Fisher, whose gluttonous; propensities have long since acquir ed him the name of the Cormorant, and undertook for I trifling wager, to est a dozen live wasps, with their stings in them, audi' demolish two poouds of raw salmon, in the space of ten minutes. This , he achieved with comparative expedition, not withstanding be was sorely perplex ed over his first course. He after wards offered to eat wasps by whole sale, at the rate of sixpence per dozen : this be continued doing till he had consumed nearly two dozen VtmtHA ^gestures, when his throat and month from their stints, l>ecan& so dreadfully swollen anil inflamed, diat lie was obliged to desist, in a state almost bordering on madness and suftocatiou. i^ondon paver. I V ' I Comets.? A German Astrouomer, of the name of* Hayer, has recently published a new theory of these cu rious luminaries, lie maintains, that the body is composed of water, and that the tail consists of solar rays re fracted through this medium? Hint an impure atmosphere collects around it, which isilippersed by aproxima lion to the sun ; ami that when a comet comes near the earth, it puri fies the air, and promotes vegetation. Another Astronomer, M. Olbus, of Bremen, lias calculated, 68,000 years, a comet will approach the earth as iiear as the motm j lhat in 4,000,000, it will come wtthia 7,770 geographical miles ; and, if Its ' power of attraction be equal ? to the moon, will cause a rise in the ocean of 13.000 feet, which must make 1* deluge. But, what is still more frightful, the same philosopher savs* that ?30,000,000 yearn, a comet will com* it) contact with the earth, and ; produce consequences, which can only to imagined. - - Singular Forgery. Two racn > were lately convicted nnd sent to the state prison %ew-York for forgery. Soon after they appeared publicly at liberty. This produced inn in* quiry by what means they obtained their pardon. 'One of the judges of (ferkimer dfcntry common pleas m-rtSto the governor for information. The* governor returned him a peti tion for their pardon, sign rid by tlie judge himself and many other re spectable characters. It was aacpm pnnird by a statement of the occur rences at the trial, ingeniously drawn up and calculated to make a strong case in favor of a pardon. The whole proves to be a forgery, made for the purpose of imposing on the governor, and to obtain a pardon, which waseasily effected. L' -w -* ? India*.? A* In dian of Peru, wbo had lost a hone, diacowml, after diligent search tlmt a Spaniard had stolen it. He com plained to a magistrate of the place, find the parties were entered to ap pear; when the Spaniard offering to swear that the horse was bis own, the poor Indian waft on the :>oint of losing his cause* by t suddenly throw ing a cloak over-* he horse'** head he said to the Spaniard: ? If it be really yoor horse, yon can surely tell of which eye be is blind." The Spaniard after some hesitation and depending a ties* oo the chance of the guess, said the left. "May it please your worship, w said the Indian, and taking the cloak off, " he is Mind of neither" The Judge perceiving the roguery of the Spaniard, and admiring the natural accuteness of the Indian, ordered the horse to be restored to him with costs of suit, and committed the thcaf to prison. Original. ~ Two milk-men, some few days since, Hading cents very scarc* were aatfdi ttp^tded ln mak IJnited States BreoSTin this city ard pet twenty dollar* in cents. After the cent* were delivered to them, on their way to the ferry, fhfc sU'PP<tf 'at a Porter- House to get some ponch, when they deposited the l?g contain ing the money on the table, " Ah ! " sbid an old man who sat in the room, '< if all that was in that bag was half joes, it would be something hand some." To which remark, one of the milk-men said, " they are half Joe's ;" upon which the old man of fered a bet of ten dollars. The stake-money was put in a third per son's hands, when the. mi Ik -man, making the bet, called the other milk man, whose name was Joseph? - *Joe," says he, " are not those in the bsg half yonr's. ? Yes," says Joe. -u There," says he "I told yon they were half Joc,? /" and ac cordingly took the bet. Jf. yfl. |