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POETRY. Froxu thr Northern IVhig . THE STREAM OF HOPE. In Sprine it raurmur'd sweetly, And sparkled bright and fair; Its waters rippled fleetly. As breath'd the balmy air ; The sun-beam gilt with brightness Its wave of placid blue ; And hearen's clouds of whheness Their shadows o'er it threw. Soon came the Summer hours, Withall its blooming pride ; Then sprung full many a flower Along the ebbing tide; Ah! then decay was nearest, i "When all was brightly gay ; For joys the beat ? the dearest, Are first to flee away ; t For Autumn's day of sorrow Came sadly moving on ; And on that darken'd morrow we loqk'd, the flowers were gone : AH gone-? the oudswe cberish'd, "When youth And love were new And e'en the items had perish 'd On which the blossoms grew. | And Winter brooded ovey, ? "Wrapp'd in a stormy cloud ; He came tto-blifeht and cover A 11 nat u r e with his shroud : No toore the Wind in mildness JJlew o'er Hqpe's ge&tle rill ; L The tempests rush'din wildness? The frozen stream was still, ? SET FLORIO. .? BCSBIANFlSHIN'G. Account qf Ruttian Ftihing on the River Ural , from- Bordaiux't Mercantile 'ouuft. ' The river Ural is one of the best stored with fish in the whole world, atod the Russian -government has left the fishery in It entirely to the Cos sacks, nnder the condition of their sending to the army, when they are xequired, a certain number of regi ments, which are equipped And mounted at their expense. The Cos s&cks are very riciw and they are in- . debted for their v^ith chiefiy to the fishery in this river, and the sale .of the fish. The river Ural flows into' the Caspian Sea; when winter ap proaches, the fish seek refuge in the riverfrom the- storms, which at that sssaon visit the Caspian. They as* cend the river in such immense rmm bers, that It is hardly possible to form an idea of it, and stop at dif ferent places where they and suffi cient water and food. The Cosiacks carefully observe, beforehand, sU the places where such s mass of fish has collected, and wait there patient "" nver is- frozen over. On * nuary the fishery begins .. -Jle river, from the capi tal town aSrsleki, down into the Caspian Sea. Above and below the Several banks of fish, the Hetmani first cause* the river to be blockaded by means of large double nets exten dsd across its Whole breadth, which is eflbcted by catting ia the k* s ditch, If H may be so called, two Jfoet broad. As soon ss it is certain that ths fish cannot escape, the gover nor of Orenburg and tlie Hetmann of the Cossacks repair to a certain place on the bank of ths liver, and on both sides of it sboVe 80,000 Cossacks an ready, each in bis own sledge, drawn by a strong and swift footed horse, and armed with a harpoon and axe. By the ordoc of the governor, a cannon is fired as a signal for beginning, hereupon the Cossacks all rush upon the river, and drive foil spsed to ths fish-bank enclosed with nets, which is usually some wersts dietsot. Those who mive first, are praised not only for the swiftness of their horses, but al so for their courage, for this racing is attended with no little danger; because, if any ons should he so un skilful or so unlucky as to overturn bis sledge, all tbOM Ibat followed Would infallibly drive over him.? As soon as the Cossscks reach the 8 lace where there is such a bank of sh, they immediately cut a hole in the ice with their axe anil thrust in their harpoon, and the quantity uf fish is so great, that they never fail to strike one every time. The terri ble noise caused by the driving of 30,000 sledges over the frozen river, naturally terrifies the fish, which try all to escape at once, but are hiuder ed by the nets. The greatest diffi culty for the fishermen, is to draw out the fish, and thej are often obli ged to call their comrades to assist, for they sometimes spear fish weigh ing 150 or 200 pounds ; but in such cases they must divide the fish with Kim who assists them. This fishery continues the whole winter, during which the Cossacks dwell in tents on both sides of the river. They! proceSS successively from one bank1 of fish to another, down the mouth of the river. During this time, the river affords a very peculiar specta cle ; both its surface and its two banks are covered with a countless multitude of men, who are in con stant motion. Traders come from! the remotest parts of the empire, to buy the fish immediately from the Cossacks, with a great train of sledges, all loaded with shit; they constantly attend the fishery in its pro gress down the Tiver to the sea. ? Every evening the Cossacks sell to them what they hav? caught during the day, and receive payment on the spot. The merchants send 4he fish Sbich are frozen ^uite liard) to oscow, Casan, &c- and also an incredible quantity of fhg salted roe of sturgeon, known under the name of caviar. It is astonishing what a great number of different kinds of ush are fouud in the Unhand they all attain an extraordinary size, par ticularly the sturgeon, salmon, and pike. The very best of these flsh on the banks of the Ural not more than a half penny or three farthings a pound. The day when tbi fishery begins, tire governor has the which the Cossacks a$ml as a sent to the emperor, choeen among the whole number, andjL^. them without delay to St. Petersburg, quite TIm> quantity is fixed, and is said to be very considerable. Tn summer, Jb6 the Cossacks sa and send them towns for sale. rly study and terror, and as no 4? J ever a grater run th?u r-~ ? and popular musical entertainment that bears the title of Blue Beard,; ,our readers will no doubt be gratified in persuing the following character of that being who really? existed, and who was " " ' ' d, in horror and derision, ?lation. ? Col. Tel. He was the famous Gilles, mar quis de Laval, a marshal of France, and a* general of uncommon intrepi dity, who distinguished himself in the reigns of Charles VI. and VII. by bis courage, particularly against the English, when they invaded France. He rendered those serv ices to bis countiy which were sufficient to immortalize his name, I tad be not forever tarnished his glory by the most horrible and cruel murders, blasphemies, iuid licentiousness of jevery kind. Hie revenues .were princely, but bis prodigality Iras sufficient to render an emperor a bankrupt.? Whenever he went, he had in his suit a seraglio, a company of players, a band of musicians, a society of sotceren, an almost in credible number of cooks, packs of dogs of varieua kinds, and above two hundred led horses.!/ Mepeirsy, an author SPllie highest repute, says that he entouraeed ami maintained men who called themselves sorcerers; to discover hidden treasures, and currupted young persons of both sex les to attach themselves to Him, and [afterwards killed them for the sske of their blood, which was requisite tit form his charms ami incantations. These horrid excesses inav l>e be ? j lieved, when we reflect on the age of i^uorance and barbarity in which they were certainly but too often practised. He was at length, for a state crime against t lie duke of Brit tanny, sentenced to be burnt alive, in afield at Nantz, 1440; but the duke of B. who was present at his execution, so far iuiiigated the sen tence, that he was first strangled, then hurt aud his ashes buried. ? Though lie was descended from one of the most illustrious families in France, he declared previous to his death, that all his horrible excesses were owing to his w retched educa ticn. The Magjrie . ? This bird lias a peculiar facility in imitating the hu man voice ; it pronounces whole sen tences iu the ttiost*plajn and articu late manner; and is particularly cautious to pronounce them well and distinctly ; then it will sit and con over what it has learned, and when it recollects its lesson will almost scream with joy ; while it strives in vain to remember the sentences it formerly used to repeat, it is ready to die with vexation, and its tongue obstinately refuses to learn any thing uew. The magpie will imitate the sounds of the flageolet and the trumpet; it mimics the bleatings of the calf, or sheep, and the cries of several other animals. Plutarch relates a circumstance about a magpie which possessed va rious talents, and appeared, on a sudden, to be struck quite dumb, froja hearing a loud flourish of tram* pets. Those who have been accus tomed to diMh themselves with his prating were much surprized with this uulooked for change ; but they were much raoreso when some time after, the bird executed the flourish he had heard, with the. exact modu lations, movements, and precisions as it was peifortned by the musicians. The magpie is ra^ber a rapaciou# bird, and is a thief by nature : when it jp tamed ,it carries off and hides every tbiug that comes within its reach; pieces of money, plate, and other vatyables are often missing where these birds are ahout at large in a house. The operatic farces of the Maid and the Magpie, is no fic tion; nor is that' the only instance where a fatal mistake has conducted an innocent servant, accused of theft, through a wretched magpie# before the tribunal of justice. IK* I If ye know thete t/iitut*, haftfiy are ye \f j/au do them. ? J6hn XIII, If., <5oh?ider lint the necessity of knowing these things; and secondly, the necessity of doing them.? In every art, trade' or profession, we must first know what, we are to do, before we can do it. It is so in Re ligion; but, Gon he thanked, the knowledge of religiop lies in a very narrow compass. Though it take op time to-learn an art or profession, yet the lowest amongst us may easi ' lain sufficient knowledge of re E, for all the purposes of Ufa. jreat difficulty lies In the second point we are to consider.? Not in knowing these things, but in doing them.? In every thing, as well reli gion, practice is the end of know ledge; without it knowledge is' use wss^? But what is singular in 'reli gious practice, it is the first Way of gaining religious knowledge. If you apply every Tittle knowledge fiin, to practice ; you will soon e a greater proficient in reli knowledge, than ifyot^had d yourself with the greatest attention to the knowledge of it, and left the practice of it out of the quea tion. If any man will do God's will, be shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.? Besides, we are not so liable to error in prac tice as we are in knowledge. ? Eight and *rong are touch clearer Ideas than truth aod falsehood. ? A well intentional mind may be led in to enthusiast); or superstition, bat csnnot Id easily be led. into wicked ness. ? ? r j ROMAN TYRANT. Caligula, the Roman Tyraut, wa$ frequently heard to lament, that hi9 times were not distinguished by some signal calamity. Seusible that his tyrannical conduct made him an object of universal detestation, his common maxim was " Let them hate me, provided they fear me aud once, when the people hissed in dis approbation of his pursuits, his rage burst out in the horrible wish that the Roman people had but one neck, which he might cut off with otie blow. This monster sometimes attempted wit in the midst of his butcheries. ? Even iu his most pleasant moods he thought oT nothingbut blood. When kissing the neck of his wife or mis tress, lie frequently remarked u pret ty as this ueck is, off it goes the mo ment I order it." One day at a sumptuous banquet, he suddenly burst out into, laughter, upon which the two consuls, who reclined by him, politely ventured to demand the cause of his imperial merriment* " I was only thinking,9' replied , Caligula, '< how easily by a single nod I could assassinate both of you/9 ' His jest with Appeltar the tragedian, was more serious, whom lie ordered ; to be Hogged tftost unmercifully* that he might hear, in their native excel lence, the tones and inflections of the voke of that actor. - : .'A, . v. ? ? From tha BaUimort Federal Re publican. In order more clearly to under {.stand the following account, it is ne cfcssary to state some of (he promin ent circumstance* upon wbicb it was predicated. A military gentleman lof. slender circumstances paid liis addresses to a lady no less desirable for personal beauty and fortune, than remarkable for ber shameful coquetry. Her arts Were so well exercised a* to seduce the affections of this son of Mare, whilehe ^waa on a visit to a town where he was stationed. They exchanged minia tures, were" finally* Sher , ? ? ? lady to her own home, where he bad no (fcubt she would spontaneous ly consent to teceive him as her friend and partftejr through life. So soon, however, aatbeUdy had no farther occasion for the gallant ser vices of Jier admirer, 6he gave him. what she facetiously oalled bis fur lough for life. Finding that bis ex penses in courtship bad been enhan ced beyond the limits of his pay, be thought it would uot be unreasonable toybfAisb an account of them to the lady, who generously remitted the money, merely observing, that like many ethers of her sex ? ? Par more brave than wUe y i ^ She conquered fbr the triumph not tht ..prttit*'*' '??.%*; w 1-1 Mii?*^? ' ' ?- s To ? ? ? ? ? Dr. Cash paid for wliitnlug to clean spurs, buttons and sword. go 50 I pair corsets, (steel plated) 5 00 [Paid washerwoman, extra cryning and washing 7 50 Ditto paid boot black O 75? To cash paid ferriages and turnpike I gates while attending On you 0 88 I Admission to te^eral balls, do. 1 4 oo Hack hire and Oufr ctionary 7 25 1 pair black top boots, worn exclu sively in your service? v? . OO Paid fees to Mr. t?7 ? . ?? U servants, $ 38 Paid Mr. ? ? for my miniature like ness, given to you as a pledge of [ affection . SO 00 To passage and expenses to? wkere I expected to be married 15 00 To passage and expenses on my re turn) after receiving my furlough for life, extra grog See. included 19 00 Credit Mkur likeness, cost 810 00 By sundry dirnierxand aup r*rs at Mr. ? ? ? ?'s when Should have otherwise ^ paid it a Tavern ?, 21 00 ?106 26 31 00 Balance due me g75 oo Errors excepted* 1 L A person named Jane Webb, at tended divine aervice at Lavington, Walts, attired precisely in the game rait of inotirnittg for the late King, which ahe wore for King George II, 60 years ago. ? London Paper.