iioetrp The following verses by Lord Btron, are probably as characteristic of the author's can be made from the productions of bis muse.? The same melancholy, and * we may- add the same sternness, dis tinguish him i n grief as well as in tri umph. The last stanza is eminently beaut till] and pathetic.' ? The break, the exclamation with which it concludes, is equallff the result of powerful feeling . and the most chastened judgment; Editor Southern Patriot. % FAREWELL** FAREWELL i if ere r fondest prayer For others weal availed on high* Mine wtH not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the; sky* 'Twerc vain to speak, to weep, to sighr _ oh 1 more than tears of blood can tell, When wrung from guilt's expiring eye, Are io that word?Farewell '.?Farewell ! These iips are mute, these eye* are dry ; . But in my breast, and in my braivn Awake th? pangs that pass not by, The thought that ne'er shall sleei My soul nor deigns nor dares comj Though grief and passion there I only know we loved in vain ? 1 only feel ? FafewelF t?FarewelT! SELECTIONS v, " J FOB yVrMKM.H HBJOKMt. The vdice of ejfcperience should ever comrtrad attention from the youngand giddy? let the juvenile reader then listen for a moment to the few observations I will make on the dangerous and fascinating practice of gambling. Youth is the season when the mind receives im pressions with the craetett facility, | The spring time of lifeisthe most critical period of our existence ? the -passions tnenprevail with greater violence, than when the principals of tfcankind have been confirmed and inade permanent, by the com bined operation of reason- and ex perience. Pleasure displays gaudy attractions in the most allu ring colours, and employs all her. art, to seduce the innocent mind from the path of rectitude, into the intricate labyrinth of Vide and error. Let the young turn a deaf ear to her flattering voice, or they will doom themselves to endless misery and wretchedness. ? Gaming is a Vice which infuses its pernicious in fluence, under the specious mark of innocent atftUsement. Its hold Upon the mincT is npt easily shaken off. From playing cards* or the various species of gaming, merely for past- time, a youth gradually proceeds to play lor money. His allowance is not sufllcietft to make up hU losses j and he "naturally re curs to dishonest means, to procure enough to compensate for his defi ciency. JThus, he who woukl have shuddered at the idea of commit ting a crime, is gradually led to think it a pardonable and trifling offence. The precepts I would in culcate, will perhaps have more ; influence over the youthful reader, if aided by demonstration. Listen theh to A brief story,. which will e vinci the necessity of avoiding so detestable, and w icked a practice. Charles 1 hornhill was a young man in the bloom of life, and bles sed with ^affectionate parents, but. their indulgence gave him an op portunity of falling into company unsuitable for hini. One evening, he was persuaded, contrary:, to his own opinion, to engage in a game of cards. They played for nothing, and he thought there could stirely be no great harm in that. By de grees he took a greater interest in the game, and when they ceased playing, he went home with the per suasion that it was a very agreeable and innocent way of pasting time. The succeeding evening he enter ed the same company, and began to p*?y with more eagerness than be- 1 fore. It was then agreed *hat the** should play tor a small /^urn. -iS came away successful. Again and again he engaged in the same em ployment, and rarh time for a lar ger sum, asjie was so lucky as to be able to stake more from the sum he had won. Ic was not long thatj he was so successful, in a showtime he found himself without a cent.? His fondness for gaming increased every time he plajqrd, and though he lost considerably, yet through the too great indulgence of his fa rther, he was supplied with more, and attributed his losses merely to fortune, which would soon be more favourable. He was deceived, play ed deeply, and when his fatKef' re fused to supply his extravagance, he took the desperate and wicked clesign of robbing him ! Thus inur* cd to yiou he continued his toad . career ciU~ he was father and mother, woundecLto the soul by his c6nduct, sunt to the grave with hearts broken by iris vicious behaviour. In short, una ble to shake off his infatuation* he continued^his career till he was ru incdf arid finally died in a jtil Take warning my young friends by his example, and, shun gaming as you would destructions the one inevitable conseq uence o fthc { other, It is commonly said, " revenge. is pweet," but surelyitcan only be so to those weak minds who are inca pable ofauppdrting an injurjr. Re venge is the vice of fools. An el evated mind is superior to injuries, ?and pardons them. ' Wm '? ^ ' i*. <*1 * * i PERSONALITIES. ~ When Agesilads heard arty per sons p?ahcd of censured, he remark ed', that it was as -necessary to know ?the characters of the speakers, as the characters of those who were the subjects of their opinions. BREVITY. the Spartans were famed for jhe cauStic spirii^he keenness, and the conciseness of their speeches blit conciseness of their speeches^ hut a style approaching laconic* has in all ages and countries marked the conversation of acute and profound thinkers. :V" f ATROCIOUS VILLANY. A Child Stelen-r-Qn the night Of Sunday ore 10th ofMarch, two men entered the cabin of a free mulatto woman, named Ro. e Lindsay, on Neuse itrarly opposite ^Newbern,] and forcibly todk Vway her female child named Betsey. The perpc ?il?rijp, this villfiny^are believed) [to be two persons by die name of Samuel and Benjamin Sparrow, who hive for some time past been per petrating various atrocities, such ax stealing negroes and^carrying them off? the Sheriff of Craven lately pursued them, with a posse, when the daring scoundrel* fired., upon them, wounded several of thep^ty, arid escaped* they perfect out laws, and their intention is doubt less to carry off the child and sell her. This notice is gi+tn in the hope that all officers of justice and all humane men will keep a look out for these banditti, and if possi ble rescue the child, and bring the offenders to justice. The child is tfbout seven years old, a dark mu latto, one of her lower foreteet grows within the gum. Any {nfi| mation communicated to X H. Davis, Esq. Sheriff of C will be thankfully received. ftul> tgh Mitt fiotanic Gardtn. ? The Ckbinet of Sfcl t ncc ot Philadelphia have formed a plan for eaiablishing a Botanic Cat den near lhat city# *' y \' ' | UK ASF, FwoSt THK 1 MttHOK ALEXANDER. To tb< i Commuted tor the Clerical School* in Russia . - ? H aving approved of every thing that the Committee ior-the Chrrt cal Schools, in their Report of the (j?7th ot last month .(August) have 4aid before me, I -considt r it neces sary to explain my own views re specting the education ot those who^are destined for the church. As in *he first Accademical course of the College of Alexander NefF sky, which is now concluded. 1 eachers&ave been trained for the Clerical ol&pols, in the districts of St. Pct*r$Bairgh and Moscow; it is my wUt^-cbiic the Committee may direct tlieir attention not only to these newly trained teachers, but also to the schools themselves * tha in the firik^r sense oj i * ? ^ ^they may be Formed of the Truth. The true enygntcn- 1 tog of the mind, muse be produced by that light, which shine th in the darkness, hud the darkness eompre - bendeth it not. By following in every instance', this light, those who are learning wiH be directed to the true source of knowledge, through the means which the Gos pel displays to us, in the sublime (beautiful) simplicity, and the most perfect wjsdom ; saying, Christ is the way and tbettuih and, tin, lift Let then the sole object of these ??cbo<*ls be, the educating of the youth to active Christianity; on this may be founded all those in structions which are requisite for the future destination, without fear ing the naisleading the under standing, which will then be sub ordinate to the light of the Su preme Being 1 am convince^ that the Com mittee for the Clerical Schools, will (imploring the lord's assist-, anre) use all their exerriwnsfn ar. complish this itod, without which, no true benefit tan be iboked for. jP (Signed) ALEXANDER. ; native epsort salt. We learn by the Louisville cor respondent;*#? iltyfrf. extensive cave has been discovered tft Indian about 35 miles from Louisville, abounding with native Epsom salt, or sulphate of magnesia. he Cave is apparently inexhaustible ? the salt of every variety of crystal, is arranged in all that fanciful splendor which decorates the grotto of An tiparos. This cave is the only specimen known of pure salt in a solid form, excepting in Monroe county, Va. where it is found un der the surface of the earth. In Europe, and particularly in Eng land, at the Epsom Springs, which give name to this salt, it is obtain ed from water impregnated with it. ' - T' i 1 A* Mr. Vanhif|if it li said) hat obtained a patent from the United States for a new plan for drawing lottetkv " ^ Philadelphia^ fntferS* Hla.%WILD. || A beggar m an, apparently very old and in great distress, with a child in,' his arms came into a pub lic house, Mount-Street, Grosvenor square, on Sunday sen'night, and begged alms with great earnestness. A young ??"> at the time, suspecting all w n not right, took hold of the child, when im mediately the head came off, and discovered it to be plaister of paris. After shaking the old man a little an old red wig fell off and discover ed him to be a young man about thirty. He begged very hard to get off, without asking any damages tor loss of his child and wig, and was turned out of the house J.ondon Pa her ? for s \;.l: ?4T t'. t rUjR.\ On ?' d sjr btlovj ih? on Fi' 'iad-str rr/, ihc J Avowing articles, rv'ucti iviU be tiuUd I j\v J r fc. -Vi, or fi y o P* } ,. /? 'fit fht subscriber informs the inhabitants of ' Clermont that he has -juat m* h y his store on the Hit!*, a choice' and ele gant assortment of DRY" GOODS* consisting of ^UPBttPINE ^e?rof 'EngKna *od common broadcloths ; Cassimeres, Stockinets and Casinets. tidies "Felice cloths. : Bombasettes, Bombasines and fine flannel4* Coarse Cloths and Costings* Nankeens, and Vesting*. Irish Linen and Long 1-awn. - klogant figured, ? plain; ? pinchord, and coloured stripe Cambricks, Leno, Lappet, veined, and coloured strip* Muslins* V- ^ Pine and coarse Dimities* ^ Silk and Cotton Hosiery* Fashionable coloured Levantine, Floren tine,* and Lustring Silks / Silk velvets H and a variety ot rich anil Jkahionable ^Millenary Silks* andlTrlmminga; t Eight, seven, and siW-^iylHer Levantine and Damask Silk Shawls. Bandanna, Frags, Crossbar, New-Orleans Victory, and a gre*t variety of neck and pocket Handkerchiefs. Cotton shirtings, and Hue and ordinaiy Long CllHbs. i Northern and Country Homespun, and *">UK. Earfrliha Tow ClbthT 'Ladies elegant and fashion?rf>le Silk and Straw bonnets and Hats, plain and full !J trimmed with artificials, kt? S5JL?3^ j ladies fashionable Silk Lac^ Crape, Cot* 1 ton Lao?, and M tislin t'*pa and hand- ! ??? _ Together with a number oBother articles in the Fancy and Dry Good Line. ALSO, an assortment of GROCERIES. All which are offered for sale 6n a very moderate ? advance from . t he co?t in d Charleston, for rea.ly money, or Cotton.