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FOE T H Y.
from the Acw-York Evening Pq*(% I
TO I
OH Mary! there is stealing
Along thy cherub check,
Thai heavenly glow of feeling
hich" love alone can speak ;
Tho* bilent of expression,
What language could unfold J
So well the heart's iifipression,
As by that look is told ?
The Bowers of life may vanish I
Before the wintry wind,
But naught shall ever banish
Thy image from ray mind ;
Intellibly 'twill linger,
Thro* youth's career and age,
Engrav'd by mem'ry's finger
Upon its lasting page. ?
And when thy years are shaded
By time's corroding pow'r,
Still in my heart unfaded,
Will live that bles>ed hour,
When first I Jelt the feeling I
Which love alone can speak.
And saw it likewise stealing
Along thy cherub cheek*
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EPIGRAM.
oays Cynthia to a reverend Dean,
What reason can be given, I
Since marriage is ;i holy thing, |
That there is none in heaven ?
There are no women he replied :-*?
She quick returned n>c jesi
Women there are, but I'm afraid I
They cannot find a priest.
Miscellaneous . I
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?From the Walking- Ion fGeo.J |
THE FALLS OF TALLULAH.
Of all the wonders of nature, few!
have higher claims to admiration,
than the FaUa cf TaUuluh. * The
strtfam whieh gives name to these
falls, is called by the Indians, Tal-|
lulah, and by the Whites, TuroceeJ
It takes its rise in the north-west nan I
of Georgia, and runs a south- westl
course until it forms a junction witi.l
the Tugalo, a principal branch oil
the Savannah. The width of the!
Turoree, cannot be correctly ascer-l
tained at the Tails ; its hanks being I
very high and craggy. The best!
judges suppose, it is, at least, foru I
yards wide. It is likewise, difficult I
to say, what its depth would be onl
an average ; for, the current is much!
obstructed by enormous rocks, which!
have precipitated themselves from
the eminences, and formed several!
large reservoirs along the channel.?]
The whole distance of thedescent'jJ
about three hundred feet. Thequan-|
tity of water discharged offer these {
precipices, is sufficient to form a|
considerable river. ' I
Strange as jt may seem, this sob-l
lime production of nature was un-l
known to the Civilized worid until I
tHrycar ldio.
In point of romantic scenery and!
Sandeur, these, falls will ever mock!
e pride of the Niagara, notwith
standing its vast flood of water.~i-|
N? vet. was the eye permitted to gaze!
on a scene of such wild irregularity {
afttfnwfnt sntrtUBily^ as Is here dis-l
played. Its banks are seen, rising!
to the height of five hundred feetll
their pinnacles menacing th? skies
and their massy clift frowrjing tin
their frightful abyss below ! Perilous
is the descent down into this! suhtar
?ot-an region. > have bad flJel
hardihood to *fa*tpt an enterprize!
?? <l?ngerous. Those who have
Were compelled to effect their pas
sage by craw ling and winding along
he c urvatures of the banks, mak.'nf
use oi every .hrub and tire to aid
|<?w.n* matteir of sur
prise, that some of th<*e hardy sons
of adventure, have not fallen victims
to their cunosity.
Allured by the beauty 0f the sur
rouuding landsca pe, the unwary spec
tator, advances with pleasure to the
very brink of the precipice.- Then
suddenly a most horrid cavern tin . nt
ona t0 devour him ; and from which
lie instantly retires to a cautious
tance.
A profusion of every thing novel
beautiful auci sublime, is arranget
around the ot>server. He feels as il
lie was occupying enchanted ground.
His eves are charmed with the grand
[spectacles of nature, which rise in
review before him, aud his ears an
stuned with the loud roar of water,
whose foamiug billows rebound as if
anxious to ascend the precipice. ?
? hile thus absorbed in the contem
plation of the scene, his mind cannoi
be otherwise, than deeply impres
sed with a scene of that trahscend
ant power and wisdom that created
this world of wonders, and stored
it with so many beacous to invite our
minds on high to the adoration of
the great architect of Heaven and
Earth. Here in this august temple,
the imtfamml White man ma> I
meet, and pay their homage to then
common Creator.
This seems to be a consecrated '1
place, a post reserved by nature for
her own retire raent. The artillery
ef Heaven play their thunderbolts
about it, as though commissioned to
protect it from the polluting touch of
man. If you wish to enjoy the aw
fully sublime, visit this place during
a stormy night in summer. At one
view, you see clouds and vapours
and darkness shrouding it in tenfold
terrors, while the angry lightuings
scour its dismal vaults, and tear to
pieces its nodjng forest. To height-,
en the scene of consternation, the
horrible yell of ravenous beasts art
heard, mingling their cries with the
baleful squalls of the Night-raven !
The credulous may, here, find
an object for his devotion, the Poet,
a theme for his song, the Naturalist,
a subject for history, the Chenist, ait
invaluable laboratory.
Why traverse the Ocean in quest
of Curiosities, and explore distant
regions for prodigies, when there are
so many in the bosom of our owto
country, - to which we are strangers?
If as Mr- Jefferson states, it is
worth a voyage across the ^Atlantic
n* see tbe passage of the Potomac
through the Blue Ridge, it is cer
tainly worth a tour through the Uni
ted States to behold a scene by far,
he most picturesque and sublime of
any yet discovered in the Old, or
New world.
MIHANDUS.
CINCINNATI.
The following narrative, compiled
from the Cincinnati of 1819? reminds
us of the history Qf ancient times ;
where we read of the mbvation of
whole nations in a bodyfwid the
founding of cities,
f "Cincinnati was first called Losan
tiville, but Gov. St. Clair, in 1790,
altered its name. In 1789, the pop
ulation of this, place, consisted of
onlu eleven families.
10 1792, a Presbyterian Church
was erected at Cincinnati; and the
citizens were compelled by law, to
take their ffre arms with them/ w hen
they attended church. The first
school was alsu established this year,
and consisted of about 80 sholars.
. ? In 1810, the population of Cin
ciunati was estimated at about S800.
In 1813, anout 400 and- in 1819,
at more than 10,000, " an increase
truly astonishing." The greatest
part of the population are stated to
be from the middle ant! northern
states? but there is also fe mixed as
semblage of emigrants, u from almost
every part of Christendom f" and it
is uot uncommon to hear three or
four different languages spoken in
the streets at the same time." v
In 1819, in Cincinati, there were
1890 buildings, many of brick and
stone, of two stories and upwards
? 10 places of public Worship, a
College, 0 Banks, Court-House,
Jail, & Market Houses, several
Ma u<j factories, &c.
kotne of the religious Societies
were formed in Cinciftati, with onlj
10 members ? and all h&ve been ere
ated within 10 years. 'I here is also
several llible Societies, a Medical
bouely, Humane Society, &c.
Since the introduction of Steam*
liouts considerable attention has beeii
paid at Cincinnati, to exportation:,
lid from Oct. 1818, tb March 181 u.
. amounted to S 1,334,080, and con
listed or flour, pork, bacon, lard, to
?acco, &c. ; while the amount of im
ports, for the same period, amounted
io only 8300,000. In 1817* the i.n
oorts amounted to &1, 442, 266, and it
1818, to Si, 019,030! They seem t<?
oe convinced that the only way to re
lieve the western states, from their
present embarrassments/' is to ex
port more and import leas , which
will soon effect a rapid change in
their affairs.
AI)out 60 Steam Boats from 25 to
7(H) tons, and many of them finished
in a stile of elegance and taste, are
niyy in successful oporation, and
most of them have been built within
two or three years.
There are 3 Auctioners in Cincin
?ti, 23 Attornies, 28 Physicians, 3
companies of " independent Mili
tary," " handsomely uniformed,"
hose appearance is 44 nowise inferior
to the Eastern military."
Three New spapers are now print
ed at Gincinati, all upon an imperial
sheet.
It is stated that ISO, 000 bushels
of salt, are sold aunually at C'inciu
ati, which at 8i 50, amounts to
8180,000. .The various kind of
lumber sold is estimated at 150, 000
a j
FROM ItI^WnaLECTIC MAGAZINE.
Extracts from " JSlotes on the Mis
souri River."
. The country on the Missouri is
more healthy than that on the Ohio.
Mississippi, * or any other of the
V astern waters. The current of
the Missouri* confined to a deep and
narrow channel, is no where slug
gish ; no acquatic vegetables are gen
erated in tire space between its hi^li
and its low state of water, the decay
of which in other rivers produces
pestilential miasmata; the dryness]
*lso of the immense prairies by which
it is surrounded, and, above all,
the circumstance that this river never
overflows' its banks, contribute to
produce this superior Shlubrity.?
The Ohio rises sixty feet perpendicu
larly from its lowest stages of water ;
the Missouri not more than ten or
twelve? in conversing with emigrants
from the banks pf the Ohio, they
all agree, that here thei* families are
more healthy ; they remark also,
that they are less troubled with rust
and mould, and that liquids lose
m^re by evaporation here than whqre
they formerly resided, owing, doubt
less, to that purity and dryness of
the atmosphere, which preserves the!
body also from disease.
The absence of moisture, howev
er it may contribute to the health,
will be a serious obstacle to the agri
cultural prosperity of the country ;
no inconvenience is now felt, because
the settlements are confined to the
immediate vicinity of the water
courses.
On the Missuri there fe a tract of
country that may average twenty
miles on the North, and ten on lis
Houth side, and extends as high as
La Platte river, which for fertility
of soil, convenience to a market,
timber and salubrity of climate, is
TfftTsurpassed^ or perhaps equalled,
by any in the Western world. Be
yond these limits, however, is a
country extending to the iiockv
Mountains, of a thin meagre soil,
destitute of timber and of water, and
opposing insuperable barriers to the
rapid progress of a white population ;
and although occasional spots of good
land and timber may be found en the
Kanseq and La Platte and other riv
ers, yel thev are very iusigniiicant,
compared with the whole body of
the country, and the impossibility of
navigatingVose streams will exclude
from a distant market any produce
that may be raised there. On (his
'narrow strip of good land upon the
Missouri, our settlements are rapid
Iv progressing, leaving upon both
their flanks numerous and warlike
bauds of Indians, inhabiting these
immense prairies, over which tliej
move with a velocity that will elude
the pursuilijrf any white troops. ?
Already ha$b these settlements pas
,*p<1 Dip Osa^es and Kanses on the
until, anil ili e S. Mm| Jawas on
ue North. Hostility with any of
lese tribes would expose this nar
ov* strip of frontier to the most dig
ressing and irremediable devasta
tons.
Franklin is now a flourishing town,
v illi a thousand inhabitants, situate
jae -hundred and twenty miles l?e
? ond the residence of any civilized
uin in 180y. Settlements now ex.
.*nd up to Fort Osage, one liuu
died miles beyond Franklin.
From ? Thoughts on the Man ners
of the Great.'"
BY HANNAH MOKE.
Nothing, perhaps, more plainly
?liscovers the faint impression which
religion lias really made upon our
'learts. than the disinclination,, eveu
of good people, to serious conversa
tion* Let me not he misunderstood ;
1 dd not mean to wrangle of debate;
I do not mean the gall of controver
sy ; I do not mean the fiery strife of
opinions, than which nothing more
can be less favorable to good nature,
good manners, or good society. But
it were to be wished, that it was
not thought ill-bred and indiscreet
'hat the escapes of the tongue should
now and then betray the <? abundance
of the heart that when such sub
jects are casually introduceed, a die.
< ouraging coldness did not instantly
lake, place of that sprightly aniroa
lion of countenance which made com
mon topics interesting. If these
" outward and visible signs" were
unequivocal, we should form but
moderate ideas of the <? inward and
spiritual grace." It were to be wish
j'd, that such subjects were not
thought dull merely because they arc
good ; it were to tie wished tliat they
had the common chance of fair dis
cussion ; and that parts and learning
1 were not ashamed to exeit themselves
on occasions where both might ap
pear to so much advantage. If the
heart were really interested, could
the affections, forbear now and theu
to break out into language 1 Artists,
physicians, merchants, lawyers, and
scbolaw, keep up the spirit of their
professions by mutual intercourse.?
New lights are struck out, improve,
meuts are suggested, emulation is
kindled, love of the object is inflam
ed, mistakes of the judgment are
rectified, and desire of excellence is
excited by commucicatiop. And is
piety alone so very easy of acquisi
tion, so very natural to our corrupt
hearts, as to require none of the
helps which are indispensable on all
other subjects? Travellers, who are
to visit a ny# particular country, are
full of earnest enquiry, and diligent
research; tliey think nothing indif
ferent by which their future pleasure
'or advantage may be affected. Ev
ery hint which may procure them
any information, or caution them
against any danger, is thankfully reT
ceived ; and all this, because they
are really in earnest in their prepara
tion for this journey ; and do fully
Itelieve, not only that there is such $'
country, but that they themselves
have a personal individual interest
in the good, or evil, which may be
found in it ' ' *
- ?
Jin Infallible cure for Gom$ on
I the toes or feet.?' Take a piece of
dressed buckskin ; shape it to the
part afflicted ; shave it tbin on the
edge*; in the centre cut a hole, as
near as possible to tlie size and shape
of the corn;? should one thickness
not be sufficient, stitch several togeth
er so aa to prevent the Com frbnl being
touched by tbe shoe or boot? Jforti.
(led in this way, thp tighter your
shoes are the better, aa the leather
at every step compresaes the com all
round, and causes it to start upwards,
and in a short time It will drop out.
W hilst under the opperation, wash
the part occasionally, and when dry
drop a little sweet oil on the corn. ?
If the corn is on the foot, make thu
leather broad, sllji the stocking over
it and yeu need no bandage; but if
on a toe, it must be tied with a
woollen or cotton thread, so as to
(keep it steady.