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POETRY.
^From the Evangelical Intelligencer.)
Reflection! in a Church- Yard Ot Midnight .
TO THE MEMORY OF THK
Rev . ANDREW FtlMh) D. D.
Late .Pastor of the Second Presbyterian
^ Church, of Charleston) (S. C.) who
died on the 24th February, J 820.
"himc ill* lacKrym**"
ii Invidiout grave ! hovt dost thou rend
asunder^
a Whom love has knit , and eymf lathy made
one .'V ? blair#
AT this still hour, when million* sleep*
Nature attracts my footsteps here,
Where pale grief retires t* weep,
And memory her mournful tear.
Where'er I tajte my pensive view
Around this awful silent scene,
These rising mouthjs, impearl'd with dew,
Announce impressive what they mean.
?
Their slumb'jing tenants peaceful rest,
Unconscious of the falling tear,
Cold as the clod .upon his breast,
The shrouded pilgrim moulders here.
/Lnd ah ! within these sacred walls,
Where hang the.fbournful sables round,
The Pastor of this hallow 'd fane
Now sleeps, to w*ke no more again,
Till the last trumpet's awful sound.
? ?<" .
Departed worth 1 around thine urn,
Thy weeping fibek will oft appear,
And off' rings of sweet incefnse burn,
Enricli'd by many a balmy tear.
And friendship too, at lonely hour,
Will sit bjBsidO thy grave and sigh';
"Resigned to that unevring pofr'r,**
. Who dwells above beyond the sky*
. ???< ' ? ? ' ' .if.,
k ' ' VJ " ' ' ' . . - W ,
And as they fondly linger near / , .
Thy cold iremiuna, with downcast eyes,
^he star of faith thegkxJm will cheer, *
And o'er the shades of death arise.
Hush, hush my harp I me thinks I hear
A sigh responsive, whilst I sing ;
' Twas echo sure? -for pity's tear
Ha* fall'n upon thy mournful string.
' 7* ' ? '? E. J,
Charles tony March 4, 1820.
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Miscellaneous ?
ABORIGINAL (^INlOKS.
FROM THB NEW-YOB* COURIER.
t letter from & all aw A*ch*can, an In -
dian Chief \ to hit people.
In my last letter I gave you an ac
count of my journey, from our hap
py and favored country, to this land
IfcAariahs. I found the whites
i* imost deplorable state of ignor
ance. Very few know any thing
about the art of hunting, and none
{Mirthe it for a level i hood !? Strange
as it may seem, it is a fact, that
^^M?meii are fdmest entirely ignor
ant Of the use of the bow ! 1 expect
to establish a school for the purpose
of instructing them in archery. *Thi?
ignorance of the civilized arts, I
presume, la owing to their devoting
thotr attention to audi useles ^ labors
aa building fine houses, making fine
clothes, aud laboring perpetually on
t)& earth, making books, &c. nil
which it labor qpd time spent for un
necessary purposes. Tliey think
ftOthftfg of spending whole weeks to
%n*ke ajfoft bed to lie, oh, instead of
4iatog a bear ski&T^t jfyfcnd to make
an engagement to supply these desti
tute Aim unfortunate creatures with
aevdNA thousand bear and buflalo
skiu*. Tliey will oflfen spend the
wealth which it has coat thfcm 30
years to accumulate, . merely to build
a fine fiouse to live in ! The reason
of this folly is totally unaccotftitablc,
and atill more astonishing, because
they do not seem ignorant of the art
*1 miking tents or even1 wigwams.
Their mode of living is very extra
vagant in every resptch Thehr ta
bles are loaded with a variety of
mefctS and herbs ; hut t hoy are either
bad of themselves or spoiled all cook
ing. Thtfy have obtained tlie art of
making homihy from some of our
t*ople, but they are destitute of all
the other luxuries of oumation?~
They, all seem to be very sickly,
and for that reason take physic dur
nig and after dinuer; when they
drink the physic they bow to one
aucther, ami say " your health sir,"
which means, may your physic make
you well. I believe it operates as a
puke generally, and 1 suppose cleans
their stomachs. The intercourse of
the whites with the lmliaus has been
of great advantage to them.. They
have in several particulars adopted
our manners, especially the ladies*
Our mode of dress is adopted by the
women, with some alteration ; liitt
us they go partly naked, but uot so
much as ourselves, owing, I sup
pose, to the rage for surrounding
themselves %^ith fantastic finery. ?
They also paint iu imitation of us,
but with less taste. AVe put a great
er quantity of colors on our faces
than flic white women, who use on
ly red and white.
Ttap women have also imitated
our practice of wearing feathers in
their caps, trinkets on their arms and
necks, and rings in their ears.
Wliat is very curious is, that th<u|
wear none in their noses, wheretbeP
can be more easily worn, and wHfct
they appear most conspicuous. This1
no doubt is owing to a practices they
have of using snuff> or tobacco pow-<
der. A ring in the nose would be
very much in the way of these snutf
takers. It may also be partly owing
to another practice which prevails
among the whites, namely, Hie prac
tice of kissing or joining mouth* to
gether. A ring in the nose would
be somewhat iu the way of that oper
ation ; besides die women* unlike
our squaws, are incessant -talkers,
and a ring in the nose might in some
degree obstruct , the notion of the
upper Hp, and proi>abty blister .it
penpetual rubbing. - * 1
You will scarcely beliemjM when
I assure you that the men ate iu a
state of the most abject and pitiable
slav^ to the women. They make
the men work like brutes for them,
while they are perfectly idle^pr only
engaged in some frivolous and ex
pensive amusement. The men wait
on the women like slaves; help
them at table ; support them *ft they
walk the streets ; fan them like a
servant boy ; fetch them water ; heln
them in and out of a carriage, ana
1t is said they haye gone so far as to
luf their coats in a puddle for a lad v
to walk over on. In short, they
perform every 'menial service which
the Women requires them. ? (will
do every thing in my gower to ame
liorate tKe^feudition of the*e wretch
ed barbarians, and have a strong no
tion to hive some of my warriors1
sent on to learn them the use of the
how, and iqgrat theqi in the art of
hunting, mafeTf^ wigwams, mocca
si us, breech clothes, &c. We haW
great ri\son, my children, to rejoice
at our situation, when we com|iare
it with the state of these barbarians,
bet us be thankful to the great spirit
who has cast ;l our lots in a land of
civilization, happiness and freedom.
The great spirit bless you'.
W^LLAW ASHECAII.
.
*aoU Tft R VILLAGE RECORD.
Some account of the Family of Jhjlt.
JVbity
Mr. Recorder, I
I had occasion, during the fine
sleighing of the last month, t# go
into the neighbourhood of the city ;
and being within a mile of a jpiily
that 1 had been acquainted witlHonle
years ag6, 1 made Hp mV mind to
give ttieraacalL
Archibald Noisy, the good man
of the house, was die oldest son of
John Noist, by his wife Ed*, (he
daughter of Solomon Shallow, ?sq.
who, I dare say, you will recollect
to have heard of, as formerly a, dis
tingribhed politician in town*
That I should receive a cordial
welcome, I had no doubt ; but, un
less the faVnily bad much changed* 1
tiad little cause t* expect that qhiet
liess which I love so well, and
Which is so necessary for' me after
Wft*> i %
As I approached the dMf, the mas
tiff #tiicfi lay on tHf^cfp annoiine^d
mo witk a tremendous roar, not
iuijpry bin loud. T-he door presently
Jew open : three or four diildreu
calne out, and instantly set up their
pipes ? <? Mother, mother ! here is r<
gentleman come." ? ?? (iet out, tiget,
get out!" cried I he e hies I hoy, am
gf?c the djg a Kick in (he Vale
which turned the hark to a dism; :
howl. 1 he Guinea Lens around the
yard joined in full chorus, and u
noise U style, the Emperor Alexan
der himself could not have been re
ceived with louder marks of distinc
tion.
We arrived, however, at .the fit
ting room, ytnd Mrs. Noisy at leas;
ten times had told mo " how gkd
Air. N oisy would he to see me,**
intermixed with loud reprimands to
the younglings for makiug so much
disturbance ; when the oldest son
took- down his trumpet, and blew a
blast,, enough to deafen the waves at
,L*i)g lhanch, to ascertain, as he
said, -whether, like the horn told of]
by fiarun Munchausen, any sounds
were frozen within it. My nerves*
still trembl* wiflt its vibrations. The
Unother, wjiile she scolded Ben foi
Want of politeness, assured me
lie was an arch boy? full of wit and
-just like his father ? no twin
fley corns could be more alike.
1 he lad by this titue had awaken
ed at the door sounds upon the tretiau
lous air, powerful as those which
leveled the walls of Jerico, to call
his father from the barn.
At length Archibald arrivrd, and
to he suid^eetned exceedingly glad
to see -me. He had been . aiimirad'
in the regiment, to which I formerly
belonged, and I had .rendered him
some services. He wart'* faithful fej.
low and a good soldier ; and had.
percei\ed, his old companion honji
up jn one corner, of (lie room. J
' ould not help asking if it was the
same drum which lie had in. the set*
vice. The very same, said he}
has improved its tones, I
think ; and yon shall see, continued
Archey, that, old as I am, my hand
none of its powers. Nothing
would do, burl mast step to the
floor and hear him play one <or two
of the ancient tunes, 1 used to be
5Q fond of. ' ' ?:
A veiy comfortable repast was
pretty soon upon the table; and I
'ben 4jo})ed <for a moment's quiet t
but a Ikroncing girl, -twisting yarn
ripon a large wheel in the Gh "
p>f the room, as if to drown il
to arouse herself, or annoy me, sun^
'n * voice by no means remarkable
twits sweetness, ti?'
>* There via* an old mm came&tr ihe.ea;
ffat ft * ah?hah? and I vSirf have him i.
There v>a* in oilman tame A courting me
W, th hi* old grey heard newly shaven."
> P* V /'10 ?U(1S *l?? sons through,
I should 'not liave minded itso m?ch
fcii ,,lnwj '?lT>ken verse Repeated
again and again, was not particftlar
ly agreeable.
It was 4 o'clock when we finished
Rir repast j but I insisted on having
y horses geared, although Mr.
Ndhy promised to regale me with a
feast of mdsic, as Ben had been
taking lessons upon the trumpet, be
ing about to join a troop of horse in
the spring.
. '?*v? ?f my kind friends,
I rode directlyKo tbe city; took the
old apartment that I have occupied
these SO years, and retired early to|
rest? but I started half ont of my
bed two or three times in the night,
Jroused by the imaginaiy blast ofl
Ben's trumpet, which still rung in
my earn.. Toward* dayT however,1
I I got a sweet nap and wis at length
awoke, lone after my usual time of
riMftgjj by tbe gentlo call df my old
boat? ? Sir. Harwood, Mr. Har
wood ! are yon ill this morning?"
THE Olrfl^PRCTAToRr
Dutch Method qf noticing Butter.
? After having milked their cows,
the Dutch leave tbe milk t04ct quite
??)!,? 'Tfrr,1*"" 1"
[When plated therein, they do not
permit it to eland for the cream to
ri* mote than about four hour*;?
Ti ^ *' 'op ' her, more in
timately to combine the milk anil
cream, and continm thus to dFal
leiet two or three times a day. *Jf|
it be aujMkd in this manner, as oc
casionally happens, till the whole
be' quite thick, the butter thus ob
^incd is the more highly esteemed.
Vs soGn as it attjuiies the ir*Ua'? v u
istency. it is churned, comraoi.ly
y >out nn hour, till t lie Initier bepn.*
to ftxm ; cold vater is titer. added,
roportioned tathe quantity of milk,
or the purpose of f rt<; i I ? ( a I i i * i;?e m
oration t?l* the buitcruiilk. L ite.
I fitter bein^ properly ci.uu', i! is ta
from the?churu, and. repeatedly
*?* allied, and kneaded in fresh w ater,
ill the buttermilk is all expressed,
and it no longer retains any tinge of
white. % this simple mode, not
only far more buUt?r is obtained from
the same quantity of milk, than in
auy other way, but the butter itself
is firmer, sweeter, and* continues
longer fresh than the generality of
Gutter; while t lie buttermilk is infi
nitely more agveeaMe io the palate.
Extract from Dr. Lathroys Set ?
mous.
- Let me advise art lo treat nil!) ?r.
"on and teudernesMbose who an.
pear attentive to the great interests
?t eternity. There may he e
who have had' stronger convictions
w?sin. a more pungent sense St un
worthiness, and more alarming ler*
rors from divine threatenings than
y? nave fel'.. Impute not these lo
superstituiion or eutbusiasjn? much
less to. hy,>ocrisy and djSimulatinn. .
I he methods of grace may be differ. *
ent in different subjects. ??The
wind bloweth where it listetji."?
Never ridicule that which has the
nppeiirance of godliness, or looks
like a-real change of heart from sin
to holiness. You will thus give
others cause tofcar that you are ?tran
Sera ; yea enemies to the pofoer of
religion., Wheu yon he$r. pthers
area k of- those powerful ? cxqrciscs
which you have not experienced,
you perhaps think that these ai* not
essential to conversation? that a^alm
influential love of truth and riscbteous
ness is all that can ^ *L ' S
he it so. Hut your
hCTrts? revie# your lives : enquire
whether yon have.this calm inAuen.
ttnl love. ?If your hoarts Condemn
yon God Is greater than your heyts,
and knoweth all tilings."
r If is too much (he digposituai cf
Ithc careless to talk lightly of ihfer
|nal experimental religion, that they
?nay better pacify their consciences
in the want of it, It k wise to keen
your minds Open to conviction of the
?ruth. For tius purpose,* think se
riously, and speak reverently 0f
righteooswbjects Never treat them
with levity. In thu there is impietv
?f heart as wpll as rudeness of man.
j?1*' ., in "le Jtla.vs uf the
-Apostles, so it is ikw. There are
some, who think it strange (bat their
[!lTftrf*?'ici*<e8Liu vnghy and vice
have forsaken them, lid run not
with there to the same excess of riot,
"peaking fcvff of them. But remem
ber, that botl* apostates and their
seducers must give an account to Him,
who shall judjge the quick and tba
dead. I
I
The Journal detjkimes, at Paris,
informs d* that in several fashions'
>ie nouses in Paris, a new arrange
ment has been introdnced in placiiijr
Vinner,*b!e- Th?
ladies first take places^ leavingimter
vals for the gentlemen ; after 'being
seated, each is desired to call flfc a
gentleman to sit bfcside her; and
thus the lady of the house fs relieved
from ?I1 embsrrasments of etiquette,
as to rank and pretensions. With
out doubt, thia method has its incon
venience. It may happen that a
bssliful beauty dare not name the ob
ject of her secret' wished, and an
acute observer may determine, from
a single glance, that ihe elected is
not the cfwjtsn. . Nat. Adv.
A regular physician htMfc gent tot
by a maker of universal specifics,
grand salutariums, 4c. expressed
his surprise at being called iu on sn
occasion apparently trifling. "Not *
so trifling neither," replied the quack
? ** for to tell yon the truth, I have
l>y mistake taken some of riy own
pills." -4 , m