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POET R V. ?? * FOR THE GAZETTE.' I SAW the dark sky in the silence of night, lire fair glowing Luna her beauties disclos'd, The stars dimly shone with a faint gleam ing light, And shrouded in darkness all nature re pos'd. \ Me thought it was like the dark night of the breast, When doubt clouds its brightness with wayward controul? When fickle dilemmas its beauties molest,] And gloomy inaction envelopes the soui. But soon the sad gloom was dispers'd and; away, The silvery goddess saluted the eye ; She ro!>e from the East in her lucid array,] And wheeling Serene she ascended the, sky. * ? So does the fair orb of Conviction, arise On the night of the breast, which as soon disappears. So does it illumine the souls darken'd skies, And on to its zenith like Luna it glares. And th' morning it came, when I look'd to the East And saw the bright Sun in his flaming attire, Defusing the splendors of day to the West, ??% And clothing the mountains and wood lands in tire. So may. the bright Sun of Religion, illume The breastosvhere Conviction implanteth her r^jf^ So may it dispe&ev'ry semblance of gloom,! And shine with the blazing effulgence of day. FOR THE GAZETTE. A CHARADQ. My Jtrtty was contriv'd many ages ago, Bv some architectural hover, On which without aid of a paddle to row,| ?" A river with ease toe pass over. My second the Spagyrist tell* you, abounds) Throughout the Substantial creation; By it the Philosopher, vightly expounds The laws of exact gravitation. My whole is inscribed on the pillars of Fame, .v And shines in heroical story; Where Brown gave a wreath to America's | name, And bright<!n*d her national glpry. TROM THE BOSTON KALE1DOSCOPK. Northern and Southern Dialects. WouLn you know who's from North, who] from 8outh, Observe, and you'll not be mistaken; As toon *? each opens his month, , One will gueti, and the other will reckon. ?? i ?? ? ' i" MISCELLANEOUS. FltOM THE PHILADELPHIA UNION. Herculaneum A1SS.?Sir. Hum phrey Davy lias recently discovered, that chimestry, among its other prac tical applications, may l>e employed, to great advantage, in introducing the MBS. of Herculaneum. His first experiment* were made upou some broken pieces of manuscript, which had been presented to him; and, finding, that his process would ef fectually separate the l&mitoa, with out imparing the character, he com municated his success to the Prince Regent, and was immediately en abled to proceed to Naples, for the prosecution of that work. He has drawn up a report of his proceedings, which is inserted in the last number of lue Quarterly Journal; nnd he appears to have returned w ith a full conviction, that lie lias supplied the gr&at desideratum for the separating the leaves of these MS8. without mutilating ? their texture, or destroy ing their contents. hat his pro cess is, k%Nthinks it prudent to con ceal, lest the prospect of its advan tages might be mined, by the abor tive attempts of unskilful operators. The present mode of separating the leaves, is this:?Pieces of gold beaters skin are attached to the up per leaf, by an izingglass paste 5 small chords attach these pieces o( skin to wootlen screws above, and then, by turning the screws, the up per leaf is gradually drawn from the mass. This is a clumsy operation ; fnnd commonly mufillates or destroys three fourths of the leaves* H The number of MSS. found, is 1696. Of these, 88 have been un rolled, and are legible; 319 have been operated upon, but are illigible ; and Che remaming raents, mutilated or crushed. The greater part of the 88 are the works of the Greek philosophers and so phists ; and consists chiefly of trea tises upon natural and moral philoso phy, medicine, criticism, the arts, manners, and life. There are 9 works of Epicurus: 32 of Philo demeus; 3 of Demetrius; 1 of Co lo tea ; 1 of Polystratus; 1 of Car niades; and 1 of Chrysippus. ?I new Theory of the Rainbow.? Dr. Watt, of Glasgow, has account ed for this brilliant phenomenon in a new way. The common explana tion is, that the drops of rain act a* a prism, and divide the rays of the sun ; but as the rainbow is frequent ly seen in a quarter where ne rain is falling, and as the edge of the cloud is, at such times, always observed between the beliolder and the sun. Dr. Watt thinks that the rays of the latter are refracted from the edge, and thrown on the dark sky opposite. This does not seetu so much like n new theory as a. modification of the old. It still produces the rainbow from the refraction of drops of rain : and the fact that the colors are thrown upon the sky in a quarter where (here is no rain, may be considered as an accidental circumstance. From the Ghent Journal. A ltussiaif biographical account of Huwahkow, contains some singular and curious details. Though the general cruelty of his disposition was evinced by the horrible massa cres of Oczakofl', lsuialiofT, aud Praga, (where t50,0()0 -Poles are said to have been sacrificed to his vengeance,) yet he sometimes show ed a more peculiar ardour of feroci ty. To the French in particular, he imre a sort of fanatical hatred?a uige of detestation. A proof of this jiassion was eveu exhibited in exer . ising his men. In commanding ihein to make a charge with the bay .met, they were to understand his directions in three different ways according to the nation which they were sup|H>sed to combat. When te gave the word " march against he Prussians," they chaiged straigb orward with the point of the bay >net?" against the Poles," they ra lidly repeated the thrust-?" agains he execrable French," they turned round their bnyonets after the second thrust to enlarge the wound. Ori ginal in every tiling and even affect ug originality, this semi-barbarian sometimes appeared wrapped up in sheep's skin, like a Cossack, and at other times was covered with crosses, with liadges of orders, and portraits which he had received. These lat er ornaments, joined to his grim Countenance and his lank figure, gave liiiu the appearance of an Italian cluniatun than the general of an Army. Although he gave the world reason to sus|>ect his sanity, yet, from sharing their dangers, their fa tigues, and their frugal fare, he was always tjie idol of the soldiers.? The anecdote of his quelling a muti ny among his troops in crossing the Alps is well known. His soldiers overwhelmed with fatigues and dis pirited with hardships, 110 longer obeyed his voice, or observed their usual discipline.. He ordered a ditch to l>e dug and stretched himself in it, cried out to his mutinous soldiers, " Cover me up with earth, your gen eral desires here to be interred since you abandon him." They all threw themselves at his feet, and followed him with devotion and enthusiasm. The Emperor Alexander has caused a statue to he erected to his name, and the grand duke Constantine has pronounced a public eulogium on his (memory; hut such honors will nut ?\remove the stain of capricious fero city from his cliaracter, or induce history to paint him in any other colors than tliose of a fortunate milita ry madman, enterprising savage. Threshing JMachine. Levi M'Keatt, Esq. of Polish keepsie, N. Y. has invented a tluvsh ing mac hine, which promises to he of great utility. With this machine one horse ?ill thresh, with much ease, as much wheat as can be TaiiT (in it, by one man, (the straw to be taken away by another) say from 50 to 100 bushels in a day, and the saving of grain will pay for the la bor ; for with good attendance, uot a particle of grain can escape with the straw. The expense of the machine will be from fifty to seventy dollars, exclusive of the moving power, which is a wheel, about ten feet diameter, on an upright shafl, to which a lever is fixed to hitch the horse. Into this main wheel, a small one should be made to work, about two feet diameter, on a shaft carrying a drum, four feet wide. With this simple gearing, and drawn by a horse that walks well, the ma chine will give about eighteen hun dred stiokes a minute, and if fully attended, will, without hard labor for the horse, thresh a bushel every three or four minutes. Valuable extract from a late celebrated English publication on Horses. Directed to Blacksmiths in Shoeing. " Let nothing be cut from the sole, binder or frog, except the loose rot re n scale. No opening of heels ou any occasiou?it infalliably causes in time the disease called hoof-l>ound. No shoes to be fitted on red hot. Shoes always to be made of the best, hard and well wrought iron, with, not a conveXjbut a flat and even, surface next the ground so tfiat IKe horse may stand in a natural and easy position. No cnulks for either heel or toe of fore or hind feet. The 4\ eb of the shoe not so wide as usual, nor so thick nor strong at the heel, and never to project t>eyond it, it! order that the foot may stand (perfect ly level, and the frog be not pre vented from freely touching the ground. It is as absurd to pare down tlie frog, as is usually done, as it would be to pare a way the thick skin which nature has spread over thm humau heel.?All horses in Eng land are now shod according to the above directions. < THE MUSICIAN.?A Character. A Musician is like an echo, a re tail dealer in sounds. As Diana is the goddess of the silver bow, so is he the lord of the wooden one: he has an hundred strings to his how; other people are bowHegged, but he is bow-armed; and, though armed with a bow, he has no skill in ar chery. He plays with his cat-gut and kit- fiddle. H is fin^e rs and arms ran a constant race, the former would run away with him, did not a bridge interpose, and oblige him to pay toll. He can distinguish sounds as other men distinguish colors. His com panions are crotches and quavers. Time will never l>e a mach for him, for he beats him most tinmerciflly. He runs over an Italian air, oj>en mouthed, with as much eagerness as some fools have sought after philoso pher's stone. He can bring a tune over the seas, and thinks it more excellent because far-fetched. His most ad mired domestics, are Hoprano, Hicil lano, Andantino, and all the Anos and Inos that constitute the musical science. He can scrape, scratch, shake, diminish, increase, flourish, Ike. and he is so delighted with the sound of his own viol, that an ass would sootier lend- his ears to any thing than to him; and as a dog ?hakes a pig, so does he shake a note by the ear, and never lets it go, till lie ma kes it squeak, lie is a walking pillofy, and ciueifies more than a doz en standing ones. He n involves himself hi dark and intricate passa ges, till he is put to the shift, and obliged tygevout of the scrape?by scraping. He tears his audience in various ways; as 1 wear away .my pen, so dots he wear away the strings of his fiddle. There is no medio rti in him, he is either on a flat or a sharp key, though both are natural to him. He deals in third minors and majov thirds, proves a turncoat, and is of ten in the majority and minority in! the course of a few minutes?He runs over the tint as often as a race hor*e; ?both meet the same fate as the} terminate in a cadence; the differ ence is, one is driven by the wliip TmmT^the other by the how arm ; out deals in stickado, the other iri stacca to. As a thorough bred hound dis covers, by instinct, his game, from all other animals, so an experienced mu sician smells the competition of Hau del or Corelli. , TIMOTHY CATGUT. From the Pittsburg Gazette. *1 TEACHER'S ADDRESS. The following little address was1 read by a venerable teacher of youth, lately deceased, in this city, Januan 24, 1819. " 1 am this day 67 years old ; 1 have passed through various situa tions iu life, and have generally been able to koep what is commonly call ed, good company. I have associ ated with the first characters of my native state, Pennsylvania, who were the companions of Washington. At an early period in the revolution, I embarked iu the war, which termin ated in the indej>endeiice of these United States. I have liad the honor not only of wearing a sword as a soldier, under that great Ynan, i>ut on a particular occasion, of re ceiving his entire approbation, 'by a special message. 1 have generally been esteemed a fortunate man, and as some of you known, have had my share of honor, profit and en joymcnt; yet I have not been with out many severe aftlicdons?but of all ray pleasures and comforts, none have been so durable, satisfactory and unalloyed, as those derived from the Bible. In all my pains and dis appointments, nothing has given my mind so much support as Christian consolation ; even now when vefleet ing on that awful moment which sooner or later we must experience, when I am, by the etmroon course of nature, 011 the?point of being called in t^e presence of my maker. I feel that nothing but confidence iu a blessed Mediator and Advocate, could enable me to bear up under the terrors of death. Never my dear friends, let these thoughts be wholly absent from your mind. Let no one shake your belief, on these points, by argument, by sneer, or by laugh ter, or ridicule.?I do not?I will not deny, that the system to which I profess myself to be a devoted pupil, lias its difficulties; but it is the busi ness of a christian humbly to adore, rather than to call iu question the un fathomable depths of Providence. Whether I am mistaken or not is now wholly out of the questiou-r-1 have made up my mind, and am.re solved to trust my present and future salvation to Christianity; I find it replete with such excellent doctrines, so powerful in its effects in correcting our conduct, and pucifying our hearts, and such an unfailing support in the various ami severe trials of hu man life, that I am resolved through divine grace, never to part from it; and 1 value it, 1 humble trust, be yond all the treasures of the earth. That we may lie enabled to exercise charity towards all men, let us, with meek de|?endence on divine aid, en deavor to adopt Joshua's resolution: 44 As for me sjid my house, wc will serve the L*>rd.M?Josh. 24, 15. Resignation to (he will of Heaven duty of every man; it is also lis interest here and hereafter. He who wishes to be happy, can attain o happiness no other way than by n full ami coipglete resignation to the Divine tvill. By viewing things in but one light, by perceiving the mad eqtiacy of the gratification of every earthly wish to satisfy the restless soul of man, that ever on the winp; for new delights drinks in vain of the adulterated springs of Mammon; as the thirsty mariner on the briny deep views the vast expaftse of water, tasting of whose salt waves serves but to increase his misery. Ask the votary of-pleasure if he is happy? Ask him if, when he joins the giddy dance, the midnight revel. he there enjoys that felicity which his anient imagination had pictured ? He will tell you no ! When thought issails him \Vith the realities of the ,Kist ami the present, gloomy presa ges of the future, remorse puisnes Gun with unrelenting rage, his breast is torn w ith anguish aud dispair, and he becomes a prey to the keenest misery; and what will be liis sup port, should Heaven frown upon him, and adversity (whose bitter blast chills somew hat even the good man's heart) overwhelm him with dismay ! Dark and melancholy is the pictufe, hut not the less true. lie pursued . the phantom (happiness) on the road that thousands still continue to travel; that erroneous road where pleasure, riches, fame or honor, are the mana gers that attract them on to ruin and disappointment. No.?The attainment of true hap piness is simple ; perform all the du ties of life with faithfulness; li\e constantly under a sense of an over ruling Jrrovideuce ; cultivate the seedsof virtue in your heart; eradicate from it those corrupt and viciotis pro pensities w hich render it unclean in the Divine sight, and prepare it for the acceptation of His love which will burn there as its purifier, destroy ing all selfishness, pride, vanity anil sinful passions, and produce in it that peace and content w hich result from a good conscience, and a hope of a blessed immortality the reward which shall crown every faithful sol dier of the cross, who has fought valiantly in the cause of his royul Leader. This is the true and only road to happiness, and he who travels it shall not be disnp|?oiuted.?Satis fled with the lot that his Master has assigned to hira, and having no desire to agitate his bosom, and rob him of that sweet tranquillity that ever re sides in the good man's breast?his heart breaths grateful thanks to his Creator for the blessings he enjoys, and confidently believing that the Giver of all Good desires the happi ness of his creatures, both here and hereafter, heN receives every thing from his hands as favors, whether af flictions or comforts, adversity or prosperity. According to the official list of tavern licenses, published by order of the Guardians of the poor, there aTe &A4 licensed inns and taverns in the city of Philadelphia, and 370 in the country of Philadelphia. The Albany Daily Advertiser numbers ftSM incorporated companies, societies, and associations, within the state of New-York, exclusive of incorporated religous societies. There are 261 turnpike companies, i29 manufacturing companies, 74 toll bridges, 66 academies and semina ries, 83 banks, aud 25 insurance companies, &c. " Two houses opposite each other, at a small lane, in London, being iu a very decayed state, they were se cured by a post reaching across the lane. This was considered by dis appointed reformers, &c. as a very retired and comfortable place to hang themselves, and almost every morn ing there were found two or three of these miserable subjects hanging; ill, at last, it became a nuisance, and the police being very attentive riaced a constable on the spot for ireventing the like amusements.? Scarcely had this * guard taken his station, when a gentleman, with a string in his hand, appeared, and was delil>erately going to despatch himself out of this world of trouble; but being told by the constable that he must look for another place, a* hanging was prohibited there.? " Good God," he exciaimed, " w hat is become of our liberty ?" Tavern Wit. At the breaking up of a tavern dinner party, two of the company fell down stairs?the one tumbling to the first landing place, t|ie other rolling to the bottom.?It was obser ved that the first seemed dead drunk. ?4 Yes," said a wag, " but 'he's not s6 far gone as the gentleman below/"