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POETRY.
THE ISLE OF THE DEAD.
Ill passing Lake Cham plain, they informed
lis of a small freen Island, where ihe
_?ra5je_ineiLWcre -buried, who fell on the
*-' +? 1 Uh Sepierober, 1814.
A round ; he (air Isle the wild bird* sing,
And plunge in the lake the sparkliog wing,
Above the fair lale the wi)d flowers bloom,
To-deck the sod of tA^^Mtrfiore'
Cold aud damp ?s the warriors' sleep,
And above their grftie the wild flowers
weep.* fc
As we passed that Isle^lie wind blew fair,
No murmur, nor hearse, nor shroud was
there,
But we viewed ihe sods on the dead thai
la>V, , '
, And we thought of the crimson battle fray.
Cold and damp is the warrior*' f^ ave,
Aud heavy's the tuifthftt bides the brave.
"When the light of their souls grew dim
in death,
No mother watched o'-er thuir waning
Ureathj
, Like the stars oiv* summer night they fell,
* And glory proclaimed tlieir parting knrll.
Cold and dump is the warriors' bed,
Bpt, glory is hovering around the dead,
To soothe their slumbers the wild birds
" V ? ? ? -v' , .
T o hyitor ilxir sods the fair flowers spring.
Ami man* ? da> ?nd many *,) ear?
flhall scatter with wreaths their lonely bier.
In darkjftees and death the ?warriors' lie,
, But olohy and hon oa eha tl never die. 1
, . JfssO E/ ' ? <r . v. ? ~ . T ?
Miscellaneous
From BcliV Weekly Mcssciiger.
AN ENGLISH MlsKK.
J Biographical Skefch qf tht Rev. JVlllium
Uniting*, of Hertford*
In the wight of the 25th of March,
18&0. died the K? v. William HolJ
ling*, of ttt. OwvnV-street, Here
ford, in the 7?th year, of his age. ?
He was a native of that city, Ih- ought
Hp in the (-? rammer bchdot thrre,
I , and afterwards graduated 10 Braze
noze College, Ox ford. Taking ho
]\ orders he officiated several years
b as Curate of Ulingswick, in that
*, country, under Dr. Ta!l)6t, but tjefi
L 4he situation in disgust, and -under
?yi vow that he would never resume
hts clerical functions. This restdu?
; fmp w as strictly adhered to during
<:;? tin- rewuiuder of Iris fey and ori
ginated in the ^hsapfmintiuent and
mortification which he experienced in
the refusal the patron to appoint,
him' to the vacant he notice, on thd re
comme wdaliou of th? parsish toners
ill the y**r 1789- , ?;'* <? . ?$ .
Hi* uiularfttHuding wan good; his
educ ation restpectable ; arul.his con
servation not- unpleasant. * Cleanli
ness did not distinguish his |M?T*on,
and his dress was singular and si ah
%. Avarice was. the ruling passion
jdF bis ininil, "and its s w ay' was ne\er
disputed hut in the instance already g
mentioned, of his voluntary derelic
tion of professional en,o<nm<nt. His
house and furniture strictly corres ??
ponded w lib the appearance of tlieir
master; no domestics of any des
cription were admitted within his:
walls, lest 'they should roh him ; and
,everv office, culinary or otherwise,
was performed l>v himself, 1 1 is diet
was cheap and no *ly ? p few |>en
tiy- worths of trip?, Hm\ n .quart tot
the water in nyhich it had been bail
ed* occasionally constituted, u ith.
the aid of a s*X|? nny loaf, lwotiaeals
pt more than usaal indul^erite.?
"SThe cookery was simple ?ud efli
ciei{!Y'^^5nftis^,l M? soaking the -
cruinl- hollowetf wlfr frum the loaf im
the liqtttMr of -the tripe for &
daj's feoast;? and in placing die
tripe itself iu the canity of tiie loaf,
for the next day's junket, A steak
from the butchery was iln extrava
gance of very rare occurrence ; his
gtfoJtnd |>is fishing-roil afforded ;v:
casual supply 5 but his principal re
liance was on tin; bounty ?f his r?
latives, tit the donation* of (he iu
me run* friends, who, from their ov.
. assiduities, 01 fl^m Jus pi<,(\nm(m ?,*
considered themselves reasonable e\
pcctants of his property. fie left
Ms )>ed at the earliest houig, in
search of some kind of game or
other : if he was observed in a wood,
bis gun wan his excuse; if near a
river, bis' rod ; w hilst the fishing
basket on his back answered the
double purpose of containing his
plunder and concealiog the bole in
his coat.
On one of these marauding expe
dition* (When iiarcs were often. mis
taken for rabbits, am! tame ducks
for wild ones, he had the good for
tune to discover, in htn favorite walk
ou the banks of the river Lagg, the
mutilated remains of a large sized
(like, which, after glutting the ap
petite of Hie otter, was distined to
be the prey of our hero, aAd sup
plied him with & t least half a score
of dinuers of unusual splendour,
(jji another occasion of a similar na
ture, he wa# apprehended w hilst sit
ting near the confines of a wood,
and watching for game within a cir-j
cuit of the adjoining field, which hej
had carefully marked out by sticks
placed In the ground, to show thej
distances at wbiclHie might depend
on the effects 4of his gun, with the
least possible risk of discharging it t'<>
no purpose l>ut the loss of his petty -
|der antl ?bot. Tlie gamekeeper
conducted him in custody to tb# JLord
I of the Preserve; mutual congratula
tions ensued on the apprehension
of the grand poacher who had so
Jong eluded their vi^lauce. and his
capacious aryl dister^d pockets were
unloaded Ik? fore li.e party. ' Great,
liowevetf, was their soprise'and dis
appointment, *v heir instead of the
game ex|iectpd, these ample pockets
were fonniV to contain a miscellaneous
collection of potatoes, sticks, tmdips.
glass phials, and hogshead bungs,
all purloined from a neighboring cot
t ttppi in wlijch he had obtained shel
ter from a storm. Thus, if feather
and fur an?l fishes failed, his resour
ces were not exhausted ; the turnip
fields or the hedges could always as
Mst him, and on his removal from one
house to another he filled three hogs
heads with the luoke u sticks which
he had thus acquired, and he near
ly jH**ervedt fiat quantity in bis gar
ret to tb^ time of his death, by his
almost 4aily or rath^f nightly 8 up*
plies, *? ' ^
In hi# rural walks lie formed ma*
ny intimacies with the cottager of the
district, and under the pretence of
rememh?rtrig them in his will, he of.
ten put them to t^e expenre of main
taining him for a week, From his
more *Me friends he frequently soli
cited the gift of hare,v which lie
turned good acccount, by fixing a
long residence with those to Whom
tot {Htsenfed it. An imjdeasaut re
btjffonce attended an application of
tfife kind. The late Mr. I), of Hin
ton, made it an indispensable condi
tion of complying with his request*
(hat the applfcant should prove, that
on some one occasion of -his life he
had given away that whkh cost him
the value ^if tho hare. It is super
fluous to add, that the condition was
impracticable, the request was un
successful, and Mf. D. w as never for
given.
The nppearanro of \fr. Holiinga
was grotesque in the extreme: the
capacity of the pockefs seemed to be
the principal object in theoonstruc
tion of Id* coat ; it was Tbrmcd of
cloath of/ the coarsest texture, ori
ginally of a black colour, but the'
effect of time had strongly tinged- it
with the verd antique, so va1ual4e
in the eye of the antiquary. His
waistcoat was of similar materials ;,
and being prudently flttecj up, with
long Jackets, in compliment to kl*
coat, was met above his knees fay a
pakxjf worsted hoot stockings, *ud
thus bappHy spares the dewintion of
arty intermediate garment. jlis hat
was ,ro(ind and shallow; his hair
was sandy, and despising the vain
? fHitrol of a Idack ami bnahv wig,
squired for him the appellation of
" Wul tcith the golden whislcers"
I Juis adorned, a^d equipped too
ith his ml and basket, a miniature
<ortriate of him was last year taken
i; jVr. Leerofrgv of Parle -Street,
with the usual ability and success of
that artist. The mother of Mr.
Holl'mgs lived with him to the tim
of her death, which occurred a bom
thirty years since. Bhe left a set of
chemise* nearly new, and the cir
cumstance of her sou's wearing an*l
washing them .afterwards, might
have been concealed front history,
had he not often been observed to
place them on the drying line in his
garden. Other parts of the wardrobe
of hi9 father and mother, which even
Mr, Holling^ ingenuity could noi
adapt to his own personal uses, w ere
fonnd in the house at his death, and
afford no bad specimens of the cos
tume which prevailed in the reign
of George II.
His garden has been alluded to
? that garden contains a pear tree of
unusual merit 3 and to prevent ac,y
injury from complying with the wish
es of his friends for a supply of its
grafts, lie regularly procu^jd at the
proper season, a large bough from
^ome inferior stock, and substituted
its branches for tho38 of the favorite
tree. He once, possessed more ex
tensive property in land, which be
ing Situated in the front of a worthy
.Baronet's demesne, was purchased
at a price nearly double lfe worth ;
but Mr. II. long repented- the sale,
from an idea, that under all the cir-l
cumstances of the case, a still great
er.price mis^ht possibly have been
extorted. ,
j , ? ? , f
Mr. Hollings was never married,
but, notwithstanding all his eccentri
cities* he had the mqrit of great de
vption to the female sex ; and the
fa ih less promise o f bis mother's
blacksijkxloak has inducpd many m
fair danipbio indulge . him with her
society. '
?' ? -r r ?
This long, and (it is feared) te
dious sketch is now drawing to n
close. About six weeks since, he!
abruptly and harshly pressed imme
diate payment of interest and princi
pal from a fradAMki^who had assis
ted another |>erso#with his name in
hoi rowing a hundred pounds. Tlie
interest was paid, and an acknow
ledgment given on unstamped paper.
The parly feeling, hunself aggrieved,
laid an information against him, and
the penalty of five pouuds >v*s ex
acted. ;
Tlds was his death blow ; in his
own word*, u from that moment he
could neither eat, nor drink, nor
sjeep^ -tJndcr this mental depres
sion tie lingered about -five week*,
gradually declining in health and
spirits, until tha moriwig of the 26th
of March, wherf*^Hig street door
being forced) he was found <lead hi!
a miserable bed, without attendant.
withontflref without sheets, without
curtains, and" without any other visi
ble comfort. The -scene which suc
ceeded bids iterance to description :
none bnt'^hey who have witnessed
tkjfc effects of a London hoax, filling
the street with applicants oP slides.
criptions, canrform mtHdea of what
now occurred. v Wives, widows,
aifd maids* urged the promises they/
had received^ parsons and proctor**
lawyers and doctors, assembled on
|k sjppt? nne person required remu
litatton for dings^-another for dram*
? a third for dinners? and a fourth
for cider. In ahort, *he demands,
the expectations, and the confusion
teemed universal? and on ttnfylding
his will it appeared that, with the
exception of a few trifling legacies,
his relatives were wholly excluded,
his .expectants disappointed, and a
property of about 300 Of. was divided,
W llpfc great surprise, between a XZ**
j edable yeoman in the country and a
gentleman ifrthe oity, wtio had man
a^dhfa pwmnlary concern?. Of the
hospitalities of the former he had oc
casionally partaken t and fy* favour
towards the latter was particularly
excited by the r^tnrn of a 51. note,
which Mr, Hollings had deposited
in Ms hands beyond the sum intended.
On this occasion Mr. II. emphatical
ly exclaimed-^ Then there is *>ne
ft)one.?t man in the world."
Tbos lived and thos died the liev
William Hollingn 5 lie Iras burfe<
i( Wilkinson under the salute of fii
ffcerry peal of bells, as directed b;
his will, and ordered to he repoatcu
(on a suitable endowment, during|
rtt'lve hours, on every anniversary
jof his funeral; if he be unentitled
?> the credit of much positive good,
perhaps Jic cannot be charged with
i he commission of luuch positive evil.
VULGAIi ERRORS.
1. That the scorpion does not
stin? itself when surrouuded by fireJ
and that its sting is not even veno*
mous. Keysler's Travels,, Mau
pertius, Hughes JJarbad&es, HauiiU
ton's Letters on Phi > - ?)
2. That the t Mantilla ix not poi
sonous, and tfceiit music has no parti- J
cular effect on persons bitten by it,
more tljan on those stung by a wasp.
De fa Lande's Travels, Nnj^Jes;
ibbe Richards' ditto.
3. That the lizard is not friendly
to man in jxirlicular, much less does
it awaken hit\i on the approach of a
serpent. Hughes* Karbadoes. ?
Brook's Natural History.
4. That the remora has no such
power as to retard the sailing of a
ship by sticking itself to its bottom.
De la Lande, Alii passim.
.5. I hat the stroke of the cramp
fish is . not occasioned by a muscle.:
'Bancroft's , Guiana concerning the
torporific eel, . /
6. That the salamander does not
live in fife nor is it capable of bear
ing more heat than other animals.
Sir T. Brown suspected it. Key*
sler lias clearly proved it.
7. That the bite of the spider Is
not venemous. Resume^ That it
is found in Ireland too plentifully.
That it has no dislike to fixing its
web on Trish oak. That it has no
antimtlW to the toad. Barringtnn.
Philos. Trans. kc,> Hwaramerdam.
8. Tt is an error to suppose that a
fly has a miscroscopo eve. "Dragon
flies, bee*, Wa?r>s, flesh, flies, will
turn rtff and avoid an object in their
way, on the swiftest Wing, which
shows a very quick and commanding
sight. Tt is probable, lhat the sight
of all animals is in quickness and ex
tent, proportioned to their speed,
9. The porcupine doe* not shoot
out jts qn<H* for annoying its enemy ;
he only sheds tJtem annually, as
other feathered animals do. He has a
tnuscular sk?n. a*d ^in shake the'
loose one* off at the time of moult
ing. Tlnphes et alii pantrim.
*0, The jackall, commonly call
ed the provider, has no <*0^
ne*mn at *lt w jth the lion. Re is
a <?ort of fox, and is hunted in the
ea?t as the fox is with us. < >ba\v,
Sandys.
It. The fable of the fox >nd
grapes Js taught us from our child
hood, without Once reflecting that the
f?*es we are aoq?<unted with, fa
not *at grapes^ This fshle cam*i
from the east, the fox of Palestine is a
great destroyer of grapes. Hassel
qoist, 8haw.
I 12. The fcye of htrds is not more
agile than that of ^otHfr animals,
though their sight Is more quick.
On the contrary, their 'f$$ is quite
immov&rhle, as is that of most ani
mals and insects of the ouickest
sight. Brit. Zoology, ftcif ?'
13. The tiger* instead tif being
the swiftest of beasts, is a remarks
My sluggish a |Mow animal.?
Owen's Die. in e&mo9 Experimtit \{
Windsor Lodge.
14. Sir Thomns Bt&tfn, wrote
against Vnlgar Pl.rors, 'maintains
that apes ag&efcphant may be taught
to spoak, ISpir. Gent, Mag, \
? >m,m 1 , *
On the florae.- ? From an eminent
European furrier, we have the fol
lowing remarks on <his animal. The
signs of agnodhnrse are ? The eVM
set far apart, tflaff and bright; the
qnirl high in theforehead, and one
or two on the n&fk is a good sign ;
the neck high, and well set on; the
shoulder blades high and converg
ing to n point; the breast fuH and
large, and so also behind ; the bod;
?found, for flat sided (torses arc weak 1
'hedock stiff ; stepping wide liehind,
(or if tlw gnmhrils I knock together it 1
indicates weakness. Chewing the
Vit, when brovoked is a goml sign.
V short hacic hone, curving but little,
and twminaiing^-ward of the liip
| bones denotes the iior^e 10 be hardy
a nil good for busiuess. A lim'?cr
dock iudicates weakness in the back.
The pulse of a horse in health
beats from 36 to 40 times in a minute,
and may be felt by laying the finger
eud on the artery which is about an
inch and a half back of the fore
comer of tho eye. When he has
been over ridden, bloody spots may
be seta in the whites of his eyes.
Nat having the faculty of pukiug, or
even of belching wiud, the horse is
for this reason, more liable to wind
cholics.
For the cute of horses troubled
with the hots, this writer directs de
coctions of oak bark to be given ;
this, he says, kills t^iese insects by
tanning them; and that (Lev will
S? * ' 4/
then be voided in a very small aud
shrivelled state.? Floug 'Boy.
Scoffing at religion. ? He who
treats sacred tilings with any degree
of levity and scorn, is acting tho
part, perhaps without, his seeing or
knowing it,' of a public enemy to
society. He is precisely the mad
man described iri the book of Pro
verbs, who cnsletii fire-biands, ar
rows, and death; anil sail h, am 1
not in sport? VVe shall hear him, tt
times, complain loudly of the uu
dutifulness of children, of the dis
honesty of servants, of the tumults
and insolence of the lower ranks;
while he himself is in a great mea
sure, responsible for the disorders
of wliicli he complains. By the ex
ample which ./.lie sets of contempt
for religion, he becomes accessary to
the manifold crimes which that con
tempt occasions Among others.
I u? scoffing at sacred . institutions, ho
?? encouraging the rabble to uproar
and violence, he is emboldenig the
false Witness to take die namettf
God in rain; he is, in effect, pot
ting arms into the bauds of (lie high
wayman, and letting loose the rob
ber on the streets by night. .
'. * ? '< t ^ Vv ?lN ? J * \ * ? y , X
Ji new 8j)kciee nf ffumqpe Society?
fir the extinction of Old-Maid-inm.
The following is from the Cabaw
ha Press, an Alabama paper. ?
Every day we, hear of the forma
lion of new societies, for the en
couragement of Agriculture^ the dis
tribution of Bibles, colonizing, Ne
groes, &c. but none, we. tbink^ de
serves more praise and credit, thaii
one which has been recently estab
lished in this place for the promotion
of the cause of Cupid and Hymen.
Some young men, taking into con
sideration the great increase of old
maids, and wiafifn^HQ promote ma
trimony in general, Aid |%ticularly
with this class, they hare , formed ii
society, and entered into igreo
nient to pay to any of the members
tho sum of one dollar, who shall
marry a woman ope year older that)
himself, 10 dollars if she is five years
older, and 100 dollar* .if she is ten
years old,
t 'To the one who gets the greatest
scold, shall be gjven in addition to
thea bove, a wild filleyj for her to
visit her friends on.
. (To him with ibe oldest &g.
lW8t *(Sfe, a bed, becjstea*^ curtair n,
*S&. 1 broom, 2 lbsv tastile soi p,
i tooth brush, 1 pair corsets, 1 sticky
pomatum, 1 bottle Cologne wateiy
and half a pound of starch and po.W
de< ; to lie attended with servants,
and a house furnished with the best
provisions during the . whole honey,
moon. , ' 7
jPoubtless (lie society will receive
the most cordial prayers for its pros
perity, from the fair damsels who.
have taken their exit out of their!
teens. , % what name the society w
known, we have not yet learnt?
probably tliey Will call it the * Fe
male Asylum.' We shall however
know when they issue Change Bill*.
An Englishman who wag \ra1king
the streets of Dublin filing London
Porter, cried ** hvM wvn\y drink,
&vd cloaitiivg for you," an liOnest.
I 'ihernian met him, itnd knocked
him in a pool of water, #ftyin?,y
* And there damn yotir blpgld is
ictisirirtgknd, lodging for yod.