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POETRY. "V^FRO%THE MORTOLK MKRALD.J LINES, ? 0? tearing qf the death oj Com . PERRY . * He should have died another time-? '?> Ami in another way? ' , ? Torn from his country? in his prime, Like one of common clay ! But hue* Here? true and tried, The bay was on his hrow ; And fiourish'd there in living pride, Entwin'd with cypress now 1 YtJ long ?.hat wreath of his renown jphall bloom to ev'ry eye. < a j Beyond the brightness of a crown, Atyfrall too fair to die. " - ? ' i? : k ? l-"> -i*\ ' Jt<-- \ Fqr never can our heart! forget Those few eternal hours ' On trie's walcr? ^ We have met The foe, and they arc ours." - vBut Glory knew not to increase *i} H^'Peffect orb of fame : ; So. psve hei* order? 44 Die in peace, And leave the world? thy name." ???!)!?! i ' ' ; . Miscellaneous . ?L - ' . ? . ? 1 ? ? I ?' 11 1 1 ' 1 ? TlfE CITY.OF tlMBUOTOO. fr<?tn Lieut Col, JFitzelarfnce's Journal. .%On returning from Alexandria in Ilia Miyesty's ship Tagus, the au thor was fellow passenger with Muly Alii and Muly Om afc tvo soim of] the emperor of SIptmcco, who lmd heeji on a pilgri >\age' to Mecca, un der the charge of Harijee Taluh Ben Jelow. a Mirtessful merchant of itiimeQ?e projtfrjy. He was mild ahd a>mraunic,<Uive, an<1 imparted loine very striking information rela tive the celebrated jcity of Tim* buctoo, of which the following ac count is given " But what has caused mo?i inter eat amonzat us, is it discovery we have In&dfi that Hadjee Talul* Ben Jfciow, as well as several otliers on board, have Ueert several times at ? TJimbuctoo on. commercial specula tions; and aa the governor is very communicative, he Ims snswered a number tf tyMtffitrt put to Win by Captain Dnndas and myself. As yre Were well aVvare of the diversity of opinions poet ins the size and situation of th*t city, it wm the firat subject to which we dr*w his atten tion.?Upon inquiring about Tom btictoo, the hadjee laughed at our pronnnc iation, the name of ihe| city being Timbuctoo; it i* situated about tWo bouts' journey from tlife treat riven . He says* the king of Tim buctoo, is a negro, and rejmles at ^Kahra, which h tlifr. port of Tim buctoo, tains; upon the Nijer. Tim booses, he state*, are low and men* ; the inhabitant* have no shops, but ... there are stall* for selling the neces sarie* of life undet leather tents. The habitation* are tlWTl of clay and loose atones, though some of tb$m must be two stories high, from ththr haitug stairs, tie says there* are mosques atTimhuctbo. which agrees w|th the evidence of Hadjee Benata, who assert* that there are Mabo metauts there ^ and some of " tie religion at all while HartjeeTnlub's account Is, that all religion ?i are to lerated : The ntajofity of the inha bitants are, accor<lins to his disscrip tion, negroes. The cow tft Tim buctori ha* a,hnmf?upoH it* ahotilder, and appears rather larger than the Indian cow; these the nati%#es ride ?>n. In 1807 the king9* name was Roohkier, that of the queen Katima ; the dress of the latter i* represented to be a short blue petticoat with a atri|>e of lace ; his wa9 said to cost 100 dollar* at Timhuctoo. With resjiert to the Nijer, he states that it run* ton ard* the east, or as be terms it, toward* Mecca. He baa invari ably called it the Nile, but another Kirson (hi l>oard, of ,the name of adjee Renata (wlmse had st^te of health for a length of time |>revenU cd our joining much information from him) call* it Dan, but confirms1 Hit* interesting fact which was so long coute- e-L of the river running to the ea?t. The Nijer is re|>orted to a qiarter of a mile I > road at Ka liri, hut in the summer it is much tu ne considerable, Hadjee Taltib has understood that the river pins into a lar^e fresh water sea in the interior of the country, ' which lie calls 'tehnr Soldan; that from this sea the Nile of Egypt takes its rise, so that he calls it the same river ; and thtf ^lf way to Cairo there are j*reat fallf and cataracts which pre-, vent bonts from passing. This ac count of the source ofr the Nile may however, be reasooal/ly doubted.! Hie boats on the river are of a mid-J dling size, flat bottomed, having no sails, and being constructed without nails. They are formed of the bark of trees, aad some of them are as large as a frigate's launch, or about 28 feet long. Our informant Hadjee falub, adds, that crocodiles abound in the rival are very voracious, and are taken ny being Imrponed with an instrument with 5 prongs. There are vast quantities of fish in the Nijer, which, from, their color and size, are supposed to be salmon. Hadjee Benata states, that Timbnctoo is tjiree times the sipe of Alexandria; and Hadjee Talub receives the po pulation to be about uj,000, and re presents their cliaracter as being good and friendly, though he has heard of people being shot for theft, aud of offenders being beat on the back with the skin of an animal dried '{thd cut into thongs. He says there are cocoa nuts and dates in abundance* jniid water mek ns in great plenty;' [but all grow wild, there being do garden Whatever. ? Tl?e wmidf ^in the neighborltooA of Timboctoo, are described as being full of game, and lions and beasts of prey are often seen . in the qeighborbood of " the town. Hares and rabbits are in vast aaantitiea; and the only dog tliev have is a gr? bound which is trained to catch animals ; cats they have nope. Thf city** well supplied willi every Wnd of proviJ sions, and' it is customary frr the natives to eat elephant's flesh, which animal is stated to exist in immense herds in the vicinity. fTlieW; 41esli appeared palatable to Hadjee Talub tasting like beef, hut- being quite white. They are ferocious animals, and will attack single persons, which obliges men who ride alone to carry a horn to frighten them away. There ar^iwo methods of iinnting the elephant^ one by driving them into the river, where men by swim* ming, get on their Imrks. and cut and destroy them;, the other by driving them into pits and butcher ing them * a few arc^laimed. . > ' 4i Aa to their commerce, it i* caf riad on l?etween Fi% and Timbre too, generally by caravan**, tvliich leave tile former p\ntt> in March and October* at doe* that of Meeca at the lame season. The articles which s$ 11 t>e?t at Timbuctoo, are Milt, tobacco, European scarlet cloth, and English prioted cottons, besides pistol* and gun a. This traffic returns elephant's teeth (of which two are 10 large aa to be a loud Air a camel,) slave*, an# gold. The gnWt i* gen erally in small bQgsj in each of which is an ounce valued at fifteen dollars; it is extremely pure 4ml fine ; they have also pieces ot gold weighing alvout five ounces. This previous article is very common, ami c^mes from the sooth- west, where it is foui l in ?reat qua itities. The negroes wear bracelets aud other or naments of thia metal, and H^rtjee has presented Captain Dumlas with some gold articles) consisting of part of a necklace, a pair of ear rings and some braids of the hair, ainulai to the filagree work of the archipe lago of the BaateraBeas ; which he states that the ?Hkaen manu factured a* they do HKra find Su matra, in tl?e house wuieit employ er, by whom they are hired like journeymen. The |>rice of a male slfcve n from sixteen to jtwenty dol lars. " He speaks of a tribe called Sliul talis, who ate a savage race, Jiving tin leather tents, and of a warlike and biave. spirit, They are armed w itli a long sword, sharp oa both sides though some of them carry a javelin. For defences they have a shield made of leather, about five feet long and four broad, which covers their whole persons. ? Their dress consists of a blue shirt an^ white trowsers. He represents the Women as being very fat, and having a portuberance be hind like the Hottentot women, of whom we hare heard so much. The Shullabs receive a certaiu tribute from the negroes of Tiuibuttoo, and never cross the river. During the summer they remain two days' jour ney to the east, but in the winter come close to the city. The women per form all the agricultural labors in tbe fields. * ' "We made inquiries respecting the caravans from Fez to Timlmcioo. and ?from Timhuctoo in various other directions* He says be travelled by the regular caravan in three months and ten days from Fez to Timbucfoo, but they ear after he went the same journey with a guide and two guards in twenty-nine days, on a herr\? per forming foyr days' " journey . in one. There mTihi v?snt of water during tbe winKfcjA& ; but liords ofcArabs at tack tr^41eii at that seaaffi. The herrie ft mentioned hs being the fleet* est animal, that can be conceived; it is like a dromedary, but ia as su|>eri or hi speed to the generality, ?ia the race hortya is to a cart horse. i [ " t'here runs a tradition that there was at ooe time a regular caravan from- Timhuctoo to Cairo, but tlie distracted state of tlie country has at length rendered . it so unsafe as to prevent.it altogether. ludeed, as two ShuIIahs accomp. itiied the cara van from Fez to Mecca, having cotne from Timhuctoo for that purpose. Captain Dundas thinks, in which Hadjee Talub agrees with him, that there, is po direct communication l>e Jween (hat city and Cai$>, "With respect to intercourse toward the east and stfuth*eaat, our traveller speak s ? f U oussa I >e ing a considera ble city, but at such a distance from Timbupteo that the latter p|ly is onlj half way between it and Fefc. It is described to t?e a place of greht traf fic^ where the clotb^iaed by the in habitants of 'F imbue too is tnauufac* Itired. Neither he nor Hadjee He nata know *?iy thing of Wastaua, although they are acquainted with a large place, 80 days journey south-, ea t ffoarTimbtic(tm called Mnssana ? indeed the latter states that his mother came from thence. Beyond' this place, to the south-east, are a people who eat their prisoners. - j i ** Dtirihg our various converse* tions, Hadjee Talub nieutioned, that eleven years ago, when at Timhuc too, he heard of two white men. who came from (he sea, haviug Leeri near J hat city. This wan the year Wore he arrived at Titnbuctoo, and he un derstood that Hi* white men s<Jd Iwada, as they had no money to pur* chase grain, lie adds, that they went down the Kite to the eattward, and that genera) report stated that they had died of the climate. This; appeared to-Captain lhindas and mV- ; self to allude to, and ctrtainly all cir cumstances tend to prove thatthese persons were, Mr. Park and Lieu tenant Marty n, who would have ar rived there Shout that period. How* ever* the pacific CGntfuct and friendly intercourse mentioned hy Hadjee Taluhlltsagnees witnllie journal of Araadi Fatouma, who speaks of hos tility taking place off Thtthuctoo, ^hich is not on the Nyer : and in wliaUregards the fate of these gen tlcmen, they difier as to the mode of their death. " It was nafaral that we should at 'tempt to ascertain if it was practica ble for a Fprak to pass from Fez to Timhuctoc? and if he thought the Emperor of Morocco would assist 'the views of any Englishmen in 'reaching that city, which he answer ed with the greatest confidence in the atArmative. Am to any danger will rhe caravan, he expresses a convk I tioa that there is not the slightest I bm singly, he thinks, that threat risk I would hefcqganlcd. JL further askeu* him, whether, ft iluly rewarded, W would accompany me to Timbuctoo to w bicli tie nsaeuted with the utmost readiness; aud added, that w&couln ! reach that city in forty -seven du%* from Fez on horseback. aud (hat lie would forfeit his life if he did not bring me bark safe. ^1 conveive from this, from the universal renown of our uatiou, and from the friendjy terras on which we stand with all the world, that a Bri tish agent properly accredited/ and his objects fairly stated, namely, com mcrce and rational curiosity, could not fail of being not only safe, but well received, and put in a situation to solve the great geographical pro* - lem of the course and termination cf theJWjer" [From PouUon'a Daily j1dvertistrS\ A young merchant, whom we will call Morton, was united a few years since, to a most amiable girl, whom he sincerely loved, and, who return ed his affection with all the warmth aud ardour his many virtues deser ved. At the time of Hie nuptials, Mr. M's. business was lucrative and apparently increasing,.! so that lie could indulge in reasonable anticipa tion, not only of eventual indepen dence, but also of attaining that tieai ralde end, without denying himself and family the fashiouabie gratifica tions of the day. Accordingly he furnished his house in a style of con siderable elegance* kept several ser vants, and iu other respects conduct ed his family arrangements on a lib era I scale, and which Itis forefathers would* perhaps, have deemed idly extravagant. ~ His wife too, thinking to do cralit to her husband, paid lit tlo attention to eebnomy, and rather made itMfcf study to gratify his taste, than toTOgprd the expense it might occasion. * , There was a time when such a general prosperity prevaded this country, that prudence herself seem* *d almost to justify extrav^gftnoe. ? But these times had gone by, and, on those countenances wheite former ly beamed hope and < confidence, now sat disappointment and despair.? No longer could the Merchant en gage in schemes of enterprise; for he saw that the more extensive was his business, the more extensive where bis losses. ? No Ke. place reliance upon the stability of hi* neighbour ; for experience was daily teaching in painful leiwonn, that the foundation* of credit Were loosen* ed ; and thoike who had withstood many a atom, now bent and yielded to the calamities of the times. -But still the storm howled only without the dwelling of domestic, peace? it had hot yet wounded the merchant in his tenderest concerns. Soon, however, Mrs. M. saw tlx* gloom that misfortune was gathering on her husband's brow, and which neither her cftn affectionate solici tude, nor his children's sportive play fulness, could chase away. Day af ter day passed, and she sighed in silence. At length she extorted from him the cause of bis dejection, and learned that hit business had declined, and that he had sustained multiplied losses*, which bad depri ved him of nearly all hit earnings. There are women, and thote whom the world calls women of sense too, who would bav# contented them* selves with sympathising with their hu?hands, and supposed affectionately sharing his regrets, tliey had discharged their duty. ? Not Such a woman was Mrs. M.? She felt deeply her husband's mis fortunes ; I Hit that feeling was an ac tive principle, which promoted her to do what was in her iwwer to as siat ahd relieve him. Hhe immedi atele commenced a rigid syfctem ol reform? retai ned only a single ser vant ? her table was not as before loaded with luxuries, ami the win* was banished from the sideboard.? Her two little children were neati ;?ut simply tlressed, and she* gazeo tpon them with more heartfelt <lt ight than when covered * itli ribanr nd expensive, useless finery. HI. jiplied. herself to domestic avocr liona witdy^abatin^di liquor, ant r rarried economy inlo every depart ment of her All this was not done, liowever, ?\ ilhoot thg opposition, and in soma nstauces,?he sneers of her ac quain tances ; but happily the suggestions f pride and iudelence fell harmless y on the ears of Mrs. M. ; for she Neighed them against her duty to her to stood, and her affection for her children, and the scale mounted iu the air. Her husband, in the mean time, although, per hap?, he would i?vave perished rather than have pre c.ihed such a conduct, saw her thus employed, with new (Might spring vit^j in his heart ? and in his approba tion, she found at onw a reward for past exertion, and an additional in citement to new. From the much decreased expenses of his family, he was encouraged still to struggle against misfortunes, and his l;usiucss soon began slowly to revive ; and aj though he cannot as before anticipate speedy wealth, yet, from the pru dent care of his wife, aud his own industry aud application, brighter . prospects are daily opening to his view. To his partner, he is now attached by a new and tender tie of affection, for he has seen that she can share and alleviate the distress of adversity, as well as adorn and dig nify the prosperous station. Happy I M. who has such a \\ ife, and thrice happy aju} lovely the woman w ho can thus act! From her example , [may every American fa T ea in what course of conduct lies the true dignity of the fema)e character. ? Mny they learo, that they were in* tended by Providence, not merely to float on (be surface of pleasure, or flutter like butterflies in the sun, but to be the swept soothers and con solersof man, when misfortune clouds ? his prostiecU* and presses heavily upon his spirits. A. M. J. ? ? j Female Excellence. Propriety is to woman what the great Roman critic tajg action in to an orator; it is the first, second, and the third requi site. A woman may be knowing, "active, witty and amusing? Imt with out propriety she cannot be amiable* r Pitmneiy is the autre in which all the lines of duty and agreeableness meet. It is to character, what pro portion is to figure andtgrace t6 atti I tude. It doea not de|iend on any one [ perfection, but is the result of general excellence. Natural History qf the Monkey.? Lei a monkey be chained, (says tha Gallia Gazette ,) so that you may ob serve hi* motions miuutely; loj>k him hi the face, and he will turo it from you ; hold his head still, and he will torn away bis eyfe* ; approach him so hear as to Jbrce yourself upon his viftion, he immediately covers his eyes with his hands. Just the samo pouter has prejudice to blind the hti* man mind to evideuce: so that, <m viewing the conduct of some people, one might be teiupied to exclaim ? >4 Men art but Motikif of ? forger growth*0 A ready cure Jbr the bilious or tframp Cholic. Take a small quantity of Brim* atone ; dissolve it in Brandy, teraner it with Water, and drink it as often as you can, until the pain, is removed, which will be after the second or tliird drinking, fthould the third not effect tlie removal of the pain, con tinue the dose,? Experience baa caught me this, who sends it to th& press for the good of the community at large, * M, The following easv remedy to counteract the effects of frost on ten* der vegetables, has been communica ted by a gentleman who baa tried the experiment. The method ho takes is to water t lie vegetables on a frosty morning, fofore the sun shines <i|>on them ; for it is to be retnembei4 ??d, that it is tlie sun which com ?iletes their destruction, ami not tliQ rost iUelf. A woman named Elizabeth Psrry, lateljr jed in England, at the age of 109 year** < ho never had been two hundred. y?i*d& ltbm the aj>ot on which ahe wa^ bori). i