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POETRY. Frira Poulaon's Daily Advertiser, 'TIS TO THE EAST* 'Tis to the Eaat the, Hebrew bends* When room unveils its brow, And white the evening rite ascends, The East receives his vow ; Dear to the exile is the soil, That reared Jehovah's vine, Dear to the wretched heir of toil. #i.Thy memory, Palestine 1 *Tis to the East the Hebrew turns, The clime to prescience dear? When kindling recollection bums, ^Vhen memory claims the tear. Land of the Patriarch 1 he recalls The days of Promise, when The timbrel rang along thy halls, And God communed with men. Where Babel wept Judea's wrongs : The banished Hebrew sighs? Where Zion swelled his holy songs, His tribute seems to rise : And Hope still wings his thought afar, .It tells to those that roam, That hfl^yhn rode the cloudy car, . Will guide His people home ! Miscellaneous. FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS. The revolts of the Spanish Pro vinces have caused such displays of energies, and such developements of resources, as have called the puHlic attention in an eminent degree toward a country which has long been buried in sloth, slavery and superstition.? Much light has been shed on its na tural and civil history, and much re mains to be shed* Among the Ame ricans who have generously, and at great sacrifices and much suffering, devoted themselves, to the emanci pation and " independence of the Spanish Provinces, is Mr. Wm.D Kqbinson. His imprisonment in Mexico, in Cuba and Old Spain, fcave excited much commisseraiion and not a little cariosity. His oppor tunities to acquire knowledge have been considerable, and those who ~ are acquainted with Mr. Robinson, know that he does not suffer such op poitunities unjHrofitably to pass. ? These circumstances have combined to induce this gentleman to issue Pro posals foi an authentic narrative of the Expedition conducted bv the late General Mina, in aid of the eman N cipation of Mexico, to be illustrated by notes ?nd remarks on the moral and physical resources of that inter esting mod extensive section of the American Continent. < This book is just about going 4o * press, apd will Vrith all convenience speed be given jto the public* We have had the gratification to read a portion of the Manuscript, and we have no hesitancy, in saying it con tains much n$w and curious matter. . The Biographical sketch of General Mina is interesting, and the reflec tions upon opening a communication between the gulphof Menico, and the Pacific Ocean, will command at tention. We have been permitted to make for publication, the follow ing extract, touchirfg the Supetvti tions of Mexico. W e had not sup posed that any portion of the Chris tian world, at this day, exhibited such scenes as those which Mr. Ho bin son declares fell under his own immediate observation. J Mexican superstitions. As we have mentioned the appari tion of the Virgin of Guadaloupe. and as it is one among the numerous evidences of superstition, which hat* so long prevailed in Spanish Ameri ca, it may not be uuinteresting to give some detail ^f it. We know from authentic records that the superstitious terrors instilled by the Spanish Priests into the minds of the ignorant aborigines had, at the commencement of the conquest, been of more service to Spain than het- arms. The images an ({pictures of the Saints, which the priests had previously hurried or bidden in such places as to be easily found by the Indian^ are at this day to be sden id Imost every village aud town in the vice royalty. ? The discovery of these images was ascribed to the interposi tion of Heaven. Every town ha* its tutelar Saint, upon which are lavished immense sums of money in dresses, gold and silver ornaments, diamonds, and other precious stones. To all of these the Padres have giv en names, and to each oue is attribut ed particular miraculous powers by the credulous Indians, and indeed by many bigoted Creoles. The H0I3 Office has most studiously cherished the superstition, and have hurled their thunders against whoever dared to question the sacred origin of those Im ages. It would fill an immense > number of volumes, were we to at tempt detailing the astouishing cir cumstances attending those discov eries, and the miraculous virtues as cribed to each Saint. ? They have b^en transmitted from one generation to another, and have received so ma ny embellishments and cov firrnation&i while passing through- the hands of the crafty and credulous (the latter of whom imagine that the surest way of propitating the favour, was to magnify the powers, of the Saint,) that even some of the Priests of bet ter judgment have been led to believe ill those wonderful attributes, and are ready to testify to miiacles per formed by virtue of their prayers and supplications. It is true that many of the Priests are perfectly aware of the deception, but never theless they find it their interest to compose books for the express pus pose of proving the lime and man ner in which their great miracles have been performed, and in so do ing they conceive not only their own interest promoted, but likewise the most effectual mode of nresevering the power of- the Church and the dignity of the Spanish Monarchy ! ! ! ? Hooks of the description just men tioned, are almost the only species of litetature allowed to circulate through the viceroyalty. They are sought after with avidity by the on fortunate Creole, and make an im pression on his mind, not easily to be eradicated* About ten years after what the Spaniards call the conquest, the celebrated apparition of the Vv?giv\ de Guudaloupe made its appearance in the following manner : ? ' Adjacent to the city of Mexico is a hill entirely barren $ an Indian ac cidentally passing heard sounds of music, and at the same time saw an aerial female figure in a praying atti-j tude* The Indian, alarmed at the vision, fled, but passing near the hill a few days afterwards, the same strange occurence again took place. I The figure called him bv name, and! told him to repair to the- spot on a| certain day, and he wonld find hjerl picture buried under a heap of roses;] he aid so, and /net with it as deiect-j ed. The Indian carried this mys-j terious picture to tbft Bishop of Mex- 1 kay who was of course in the secret. A solemn conclave ofrflie clergy took place, and the Bishop, with the most \ profound veneration, knelt before the picture, and named it JSTueairo ,en-\ ara de Quadaloupe. A magnificent church was built for her reception, and she received the exalted title of Patroness of Mexico , yvhich she en joys to the present day. J .This is the origin of the Virgin of Guadatoupe, conformable to the re cords of tne church now existing at Mexico. The original picture is still exhibited in the Virgin's Church. It is painted upon a Cloth of linen manufacture, called uavgochi, com posed Of course threadspun from the liUres of the aloe, (Agava Ameri cans,) and wove very wide apart. ? The Indians and Creoles say the picture is miraculous; because as you approach it the painting becomes less visible, and when quite close, all traces of the picture disappear ! theii blind superstition not permitting them to discover that the open texture oi the material upon w hich it is painted is the cause of this disappearance. A priest told the writer anothei circumstance respecting the Virgii which b* deemed the most important part of the miracle, viz. that the pic ture nas fouud under a heap of roses in the winter season, and on a s^km where those flowers had never bloom ed. It never occurred to the prie^ that a few leagues from the barren hill the climate was quite different, and where roses grow throughout the year. Consequently th? persons who had painted the Virgin did not require aid to procure a bed of roses. In such veneration do the Indians aud lower orders of Creoles (and iudeed many^ -ef-the 4?kldtiog and higher classes) liold their p&reuess, that they have paintings of her in all their houses, invoke her in all their prayers, and implore her assistance in all their difficulties. During the religious processions which take place in the Mexican Em pire almost every day, for the pur pose of celebrating some rites of the Church, or to offer homage to some of the Tutelar Saints, there is a solemnity and magnificence display ed) admirably calculated to captivate the viil|;ar, and to gratify the vanity] and^lQpose on the credulity of all classes of the community. The simplicity aud purity of the Chris tian Religion is lost in these pompous and mystical exhibitions. The poor converted Indian (as he is called,) knows nought about the Catholic Religion beyond its ceremonies. ? To the images of baints and other external symbols he offers his daily homage, but he is as utterly unin formed* on the merits and precepts of the ChristiaiLdr>ctrine as any of the Pagans of^Whernges. The writer was present in a village during a procession when the images of the Virgiu and some Saints were taken from their respective churches into the square before the principal one, and w here, according to annual custom, they were to meet and ex change salutations. Tlitse images were, by the aid of internal ma chinery, made to stretch out their arms, to nod their heads, to embrace each other, und to give other evi dences of being alive ? and the mul titude were in reality taught to con sider this ceremony as it miracle wrought by the intervention of the Priests? li is however, an impor tant fact, that during the last eight years, a wonderful change hafe taken place among the Creole population, and indeed from what we have re cently observed in many parts of Mexico, we think there is more dan ger of the Mexicans running into ir religious excesses, than of their con tinuing much longer under the influ ence of superstition. In the Richmond Compiler we find the following weighty reasons why matrimonial connexions are 1*89 frequent than formerly " But there is another reason, why marriages are not more frequent. You ladies are rather too extrava gant in your expenses. Your dress is enough to scato' an honest man from marrying you. Your merino shawls, your lace veils, your coals flounced up to your knees, (modesty excuse me) your corsetts, your false curls, your elegant Leghorn bonnets, your Canton crapes, your satin gowns, your love for converzations, your squeezes, your taste for carriages, and for equipages? why, these are enough to daunt the hearts of the bravest among us. Remember too ray dear Clarissa, what a host of new expenses this business of ma trimony brings along with it. Let me refresh your memory for a mo ment; there are cradels and caps, and cofals and bells, and nice frocks, and fur bat?, for masters and minsfes ?and brfettd and jirilk ; and there is schooling of all ports and sizes ; the Latin school, and the dancing school, and the French school, and the Vlusic school ; so that bv the time we fulfil the last requisition of Phi lip the 4th, and muster half a dozen brats at our thesides, the expenses of our children, added to our own, constitute a heavier tax than wa* over laid by Augustus C#sar upon his refractory old Baclielors. Bnn<; (hen to yoor aid a* little economy. Come down in the scale of your ex* oenses ; be satisfied with less 6how, trul I'll answer fur it, this reforma iou will carry more bachelors to market, thau ail the laws of Philip or Louis 14. Take my advice, then, Miss Clarissa ? or if you are too far gone lo use it yourself, preach it incon tinently amon^ all your female ac quaintances. ? fell them to beware' )f being coquettes. Tell them to practice good humour, and carry if not a pretty face, at least a pleasing one, about them. Advise them to practice economy and simplicity, both of heart and manners; to avoid all idle show, all ridiculous exhibitions. Tell them to study house keeping more, dresses less. A good house wife is the first step towards making a good wife. Tell them to read the Spectator carefully ? particularly the number which inculcates upon all young misses the necessity of making counterpanes. &c. & c. I have a word of advice to the Bachelors ? Which I will beg leave to reserve to another occasion. I must confess, that for most of them} I have very little mcrey. A MARRIED MAN. THE ENGLISH A FOREIGN TONGUE. " An etymologist has lately pub lished tbe following analyss of the English language. Its vocabulary, he says, is composed of 6621 words of Latin origin, 4361 of French, 2068, of Saxon, 1288 of Greek, 660 of Dutch, 220 of Italian, 117 of German, 11 of Gaelic, 89~of Spanish, 81 of Danish, 18 of Am-' bic, besides many others of ancient Teutonic, Hebrew, Swedish, Por tuguese, b lemish, Russian, Egypt ian, Persian, Cimbrian, and Chi -nese ! ! The same etymologist pre tends, that in Shakespeare, Pope. Swift, and Milton, there are not more than a hundred word s purely English!" r ' 9 . So that it would appear, that when we meet an acquaintance in the street, and accost liixi with " how do you do this morning?" and he replies " pretty well, I thank you," we are probably speaking half a dozen lan^ guages at once. What "learned Thebans" we must be ! In this way. a man who has a tolerable under standing of Dilworth's spelling-hook must be no inconsiderable linguist; while one who can read Johnson at sight, must be a perfect Polyglot.? + '1 he poor Bourgeois gen tilhomme was quite amazed to find that he bad been speaking prose all typ lifp without knowing it } and we are jno J ess as* tonishe'd on di&coverins tjiat we had been talking Human, Egyptian, Persian $ Cimbrian , Teutonic, and Chinese, for years/ without {laving ever dreamed of it. There have been great controversies among the learned, as to what was that fcjrinid able dialect, which arose at- JBab$l, out of the confusion of tongues, but after this discovery we can have np doubt that it ig that vejy English which we all speak; and instead, of High Dutch, which some have sup posed was the language used by A dam in paradise, we do pow verily believe, that \t was that pure Eng lish,, of which sp fpty traces have been left !? Advertiser . FROM T?E LANCASTER JOURNAL. CKOSS HEADINGS, Messrs. Editors.? A Newspaper may be read frequently in such a manner as to afford amusement, al though at first sight it may not be supposed to contain any thing that is funny. Take t)^e following as a# example : Tlje subscriber offers for sale a large assortment of? accounts made out and settled. Fifteen Dollars Reward. Was ttolen on Monday tbe 16th instant, Iron? the door of a shoemaker, a gfCat quantity of lumber, consisting w chesnut rails and locust posts. For sale, 2000 copies of whiter washing report, universally admitted to lie the best medicine that can be used in expelling worms. Runaway from the subscriber, liv ing in Gjfermahtown,* a gold watch; who is an excellent account, J cat arrived and for sale, a large qunntity of French, Spauisl), Italian ami English lauguag^. To let, a wet nurse, who Las been In three pitched battles. To be sold, the time of a genteel mulatto man, who is broken winded, and has had the bots these seven years. Married on Thursday evening last, Mr. K. to a two 6tory sand-stone house, and tanyard, consisting ot 20 vats, besides handlers, latches and pools. Came to the plantation of the sub scriber, in ltapho township, a num ber of persons afflicted with the King's evil. Notice ? All persons having de mand against a negro man named .Moses, are requested to meet at Car lisle on the 4th of March, when the last mentioned e\ ils shall be cured gratis. Ranaway, on Monday morning the SOth instant, the supreme court, with a plantation or tract of Lime stone land, containing 1(51 acrcs and 93 perches, be the same more or less. We understand a pamphlet is pre paring 011 the subject of _a bright bay sorrel mare colt, rising three years old with a bald face. FOR THE CAMDEN GAZETTE. An extract from the Life of Mr. Phi hp Hcnry, the father of Matthew Hf-nkt, who wrote the much admiied Commentary on the Bible. In conversing with his children about their spiritual state, Mr. Philip ?1enry frequently reverted to their infant baptism, reminding them that they were born in Cod's house, and "frere early dedicated and given up to Him, and therefore were obliged to be his servants. " I am thy ser? vant, and the son of Tiiine band* maid." This he used to illustrate to them by the comparison of a person taking a lease of a faluablp estate for a child in the cradle, and putting his life into it. The child knows nothing of the matter, nor is he capable of con&pting; but still he is maintained out of the estate, and hath an interest in it, Soon he grows up, and becomes able to <;hoo$e and refuse for himself ; and if lie theu go to his landlord and claim the benefit of the lease, promising to pay the rent, and do the service, well and good, lie lias the benefit of it j if otherwise, it is at bis peril. ? N o w, children,? would he say, 44 our great Landlord was willing that your T^ives should be put into the lease pf heaven and happiness, and it was dpne ac cordingly by your baptism, vvJiich is the seal of the righteousness that is by faith ; and by this it was assured to you, that if you lyill pay the rent and clo the service, that is, live a life of faith and ^repentance, and sincere obedience^ you shall never be turned out of the tenement. But if now yon Afflw the terms, and refuse to pay this rent-*~tbis chief - rent, as he would call it, for it is no ratik-rent, ? you forfeit the lease; ho ever, you cannot but say you had a kindness done you, to have lyour lives put into it,?' Thus did he frequently converse with his chil dren, and qven travail in birth again to see Christ formed in them, And from this topic he generally argued, and would often Say*-' "If ihfant baptism were more improved, it would be less disputed." \ The pious instructions of this most excellent man were Jblessed to the conversion of all his children, llis lour daughters, early in life, became decidely serious 5 and the religious character of Matthew, his only son, is beyond all praise. The invalua ble commentary of this able divine, is deservedly esteemed in the Chris tian world, - r Whimsical Coincidence . ? A Cler gyman win# was reading to his con gregation a chapter in Genesis, found the last sentence on the page to be, " And the Lord gave onto Adam a Wile.'? Turoiqg over two leaves to gether, he found written, and repd in an audible voice, u and she was pitch ed within and without.'9 He had unhappily got into the middle of the description of Noam's ark.