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POET It Y. IMITATION OF WALLER'S 44 GO LOVELY ROSE I" The following lines appeared some time unec in the tou In delicacy oi jnoral sentiment, and in harmony of ver sification, which distinguished Waller, our .American poet, is in no respect interior 10 bis original. Go idle days 1 Tell her whose youthful heart beats high To future days, That now so fair in prospect lie, fclow soon our dearest transports die ! Tell her whose cheek The blush of conscious pleasure wears, ijSpThat they who seek To-find delights unmix'd with cares, Shall own the fond deceit in tears. while charms j Which Hebe's transient presence fouls, T$e bosom warms ; . Time's ?mrioti8?breath the canker sends, ~ That youth's enclmnting seasons ends. To Jher whom health, With ruddy blushes high illumes, ? Say, that hy stealth r Diseaae to pal)d wiinklesduums The theek that new sq sweetly blooms. Tep her whose form The partial hand of beauty gare, That from the worm f T Xind Pity ? Un.ch shall never save The charms that moulder in the grave ! Go, idle days ! f T?U^her whc?e youthful heart beats high ? That now so fair in prospect lie, Jtow soon our dearest transports die ! ^I$eh softly say, - That when terrcstial joys and pains Shafl melt away, The soul, absolved from sensual stains, ^>7)all soar whe,re bliss immortal reigns ! .i Miscellaneous . t i il, if. n< . ?? -n i .. i ? ? ? . ? HARPER'S FERRY. ' The following is an extract of a letter from a .gentleman of the City of Wash ington, who has, the past summer, made a tour into the imerior of Virginia : ? 1 had traced the Bhenapdoah, from near its source, for one hundred and thirty miles, through a rich and "fertile valley ; through all this course, it had moved silently on, at the foot 4f that mighty range of hills called the JBIlje ridge. Here it is met by the SJjptomack, and their united wa ters, like the coalition of human forces, overpower opposition, and command for them an ample and tri umphant | sage to the deep. This scene is* grand and inconceivably sublime. 'file eye, in a liinitted range, takes in a combination of ob jects calculated Ut impress the mind with wonder and awe of the Al-^ mighty power* who can thus dispose of (he shapeless element of matter, and control the headlong and impe tuous torrent of waters. Standing upon a poitot of land, or peninsula, formed by tjie junction of the ' tyvo rivers, the beholder views with a mazement the stupendous pile of mountains on the North, frowning npoit a pile i?? le?s stupendous, on theHouth, which is separated froui the former by a billowy swell of waters, lashed into a foam by the rudeness of the bed over which they have passed. Ut ja^cs ou the sub lime prospect on his right, till giddi ness seizes on the brain ; he turns for relief to the left, but* alas! al prospect equally overpowering pre sents itself. Wearied with a view of the sublimity of present objects, be sends abroad his glance in search of , some calmer place .of repose ; failing, he raises his eye to Heaven, and silently aidores the majesty of Him, the greatness of whose works jjppe cannot comprehend. Direction his vision through the vista, formed bj the channel of the united rivers, and bounded on each side bj impend ing, rocks, he sees in the distant ho rizon, a 44 small catc h of clear blue sk}," and beneath it a broad ex panse of smootli ai d tranquil waters, ?'nrr.ffled ami calm as tlie azure of heaven, after the rage of the tempes! > j >m *9 1 . Tfie peninsula of which 1 ? ve spoken rises to a promontory : ?i its base, small portions of archie 1 1 ml have heen rescued liy the la ..ours of art, from the dominion of i lie watery element. Here industry displays her resources, and gives life land beauty to a prospect, which na ture had made rude and repulsive. 'Neat cottages are seen, overhung, and protected by shelving rocks, from the fury of the winds. The> are fancifully arranged or street, and gardens neatly cultivated, and exhibiting the nicest divisions of property, are attached to each.? Still nearer the point is situated the armory, where the eye 19 greeted with an immence number of stands of arms, of cannon, balls, mortars, and all the dread panoply of the god of war. Bordering on y?e Poto mack, a few huts of meaner sort, and farther distant a few farm houses, " bosom'd iiigh in tufted trees, f complete the prospect. I v - From this scene of grandeur, and of terror, a road of frightful aspect, on 4he Maryland side, leads by the Toot of a mountain crowned with winding precipices, to a prospect of surprising beauty* From this per spectiveof more tliau Alpine wild oess, a ride of 10 miles introduces the astonished traveller to a region that may emulate the captivating graces of the fabled Yale of Tem ple. In approaching to Frederick town, the country nssnmps an^apect as illustrative of beauty, as that he has left is of sublimity. The earth presents a surface, gently undulating. wheTe the plough and harrow, those symbols of p&tient and persevering industry, have traced in indelible lines, those strongly mavked features, which characterize an active, healthy, and flourishing state. From the Connecticut Herald. 1 MONEY MAKES THE MARE GO." Yes, "money makes the mare go;" and Cite horse and the cow, and every creature subject to the <$ll ef man ; and man himself and woraei* too. ? There is nothing under the *un, which money does not make ge. A great poet tells us, that, 7- ? - w Fortune in men has some small difference made ; - ,%-f One flaunts in rags jf the other in bjocade." Had Mr. Pope lived in these lat ter days or had he viewed mankind in his own time, through any other medium than that of fancy, or had he not feared to mar t lie melody of his verse he would not have present ed tjiis difference as small. Jtf we divest ourselves for a moment, of the prejudices of early education, and weigh custom fairly against common sense, we will not only be astonished, hut alarmed, at the in fluence of money. The first lesson of childhood is,? "Get money." ? When we arrive at years of disore-1 *ion, the respect paid to wealth t?y all afi+und us, shows lite necessity ttf adhering tn this precept; "TP we would he respected. At this stat^ of life, the lesson becomes intlelilvh * impressed upon the mind, and enter* into the very heart. It is never tW-? gotten in our projects; indued it he coins the foundation on which all out tt'hemcs of happiness are based. It directs the passions , controls the it flec tions, forms the opinions, changes the *ian. It is now that money be comes the arbiter of love, the guide of reason, and the dictator of talents. Without it, we see that nothing can be obtained. We look at the man who " flaunts in rags" and see, that whatever gifts of nature Ike possess, though he be wise as Solomon, learned as a sage, pious as a saint, eloquent as Paul, yet rags and res pectability are incompatible. Then is not a rich fool's word, that will' not out weigh his wisdom and his virtue. No wonder then, if, on en tering into the concerns of life, am engaging in business, so many be come. the slaves of sordid interest.-^ Every thing we see and hear, teaches, that without money, we are withot. every tiling which renders tis respect ed in the eyes of the world* A man of moderate capacity becomes r"f?, as lie grows rich. Men 7 ? beforo 11,0 f"01 purple. ?J children J* point tlie finger" . ?i -e sage rag!)> j|ow m ?e named, who now were once tin 'utts and laughing slocks of those , knew them, that are now, from * change of fortune iu U,e addition of a Jew thousands, become \>ry intelligent n.eT,? How many, w ho now loll,,, toadies, with the spoil of widows and orphan* in then [pockets, are regarded as men "of 'r ^ mnnv !kfk*n wretches, bora on the dugh.ll, anil nurture*! in the kennel. -.1 . *?!- would dugrace even] then firtfcaml education, have been th-f/T j1 *?** is. gotM,> from all iv VHS t J> hy this same money?! e may look hacR on the career of such beings, ami think of the filth and mire through .which the tinselled caterpillars, have crawled to light, but dare not apeak of it. - t J "ra no? opposed to the honest ae qWbihon of wealth ; and though a JjoorShop Keeper, envy no man for his properly. I profess to be a Re-I jmbiKan, and would not encourage! w?y distinction of tank in society.? But there ought to be a distinction MHWeen virtue and vice, wisdom and toll}, learning and ignorance. JThrl j?y honest indnuti v. I.*J gg"?n rich, and makes proper usel resnect aC?"1,leme,,t9' ->8 tolilled tj respect. II ho possess learning, he] deserves promotion. Such we'mayl Tfc?!r* ^^?u'^eSradi"g ourselves. . nr* ahooW be an everlasting bar- 1 SSJZX*. and u,e whose ttoly clWm |0 respectability s to he fou^ in his DolUrs. It i8 SjterT' f 'he Brooke this distirtctfoa. Lei them change the! monpv? ,i '^ecctab'li,y froni moneytoow A. The poor dare notj they would. As long as they seel fnuaFi?0per'n in,the walksj equalizes all otlier differences 5 that money makes not only " the mare," tro .hie|l ?\"S?;,, 'hey wm Dot (rouble Uieu. beads about ahaden of! character, or undertake^ gndoale wili'^nf 8 of men- T,,e 9ues,ionl T,[[ H tm w ' M 7 whath?* he f>~ The solicitude of Lycuigus to banish the use of money] M?e ter, that its influence -wouhM t^T /. C- 'H 0i)'e ? ?'?> by wising to othce (he ignorant and the wicked, | soon |m,str.te their liberties. sUre ^ WM Uot *i,boul ' 1:',e experience of every davj VlJl whl ,n.,"verJf government.? >Jen who, without talents, leading, or virtue, have become rich, arel generally the first to offerthemse! v J as candidatea for places of honour. * or ignorance, impudence am! vice, are inseparable companions. The! consequences which must result from success in these iustances are obvious I I he aristocracies and monarchies of ., ! 0,<l "re awful beacons? t e now have too s,-e.-.t a harrier he "" ,lie ?ch and the poor. Unless ?Jp create distinctions among tlw ri.i.l themselves. ,|,js money maitiur.l mjmey loving .spirit, w ill MMm ru?J ?'^"l-MV I >!:<>. UK l.OTH. I From the Orla'ms Ctuzette. Kvery one who serves (lie. public, is (lie servant of a hy<Ua-tmnde<l master, whom il is wholly itnppssi hie to please ? hut whom it is a very easy matter M oft'eml. Of all those, whose vocation it is lo administer to the real or .imaginary wants of the public, the printer of a newspaper perhaps works the hardest, and re ceives the least share of approbation in reward for his services. Is his paper well printed--" t her* is no thing worth reading In \t" Does lie fill it with news and e*t?adi from foreign' prints? something original and local, is called for. Does he ?vt lite two or three column* a dij? , \eiy nose in turned up at hl? home j.on productioiM, wondering that be , cold not aelect something l>ett<* to1 i,|t hi# eoloiBna with. Does lie write |>o1iik'Hr ho " gets into it trou bled MM," fclid drn?? BjjtiB hi? K'?? (lie ennii'y of at leant half the coHi' munitj. Due* he fctva <titi?;uen t? I drama ? (lie mercliant or the poli tic tan exclaims, " What's H ecu ha to \ or 1 to Hecuba ? and so forth. au\ forth*? to the eud of the char ier. He has the consolation of know ing, however, that there is one class, ands-a ?. numerous one, of readers, whom he can scarcely ever fail (o gratify ? anil that is, a set of sage gentlemen, who, having had leisure in their yo^ith to take a few draughts at the Pierian spring, only rea^l for the |>leasure of finding fault ? and, Itjk-ea monkey looking a child's heart, they are never displeased, hut when disappointed in their search. A daily newspaper, prepared al ways in hasto?r c om posed of many, thousands of separate letters ; the misplacing of a single one of which, makes innumerable chances for error, while there is but one chance for cor rectness ? of course presents a daih feast lo- these literati . The detec tion of an r turned upside dow<i, an a too much, or a z wanting, is a treat so flattering to their literary sagacity, tliat they cannot but in their heart* love the printer who affords it to them ; and of course become friend ly and indulgent to him in ever} respect. Tlw printer who consults his own interest, will do well to leave ? few errors uncorrected. If is a very harm let* tub for the whale to play with, asilr. Jefletsun says. After nolicTugllw departure from Naples, of the King of the Two Sicilies, for Layhach, the Editor of the Boston Ventinel , adds the fol lowing JW)te . ? King Ferdinand ctf the Two Sicilies, is now in the 71st year of his age. One of the em presses of the Emperor Francis,, wa* the daughter of this King; and the King's two sons married Austrian Archduchesses. v This monarch has not been celelnated for much talent; and the ^principal part of 'his life has been &|>eut in hunting* fishing &c.? He wad considered one of the best shots and expert fishermen in his kingdom; and travellers say, that he contributed very much by the fares of fish he was in the habit of bringing to market in Naples, to keep clown the price of that necessa ry article of food. They add, that the tbtto wing epitaph on a brother of tfie King, will riot be very unsuitable lor his tablet on his decease : ? " Here !!fcs a glorious Kin^ of Spain ?W hose praises every poet pipes, Rerown'd tor many a pig campaign, And dealing duath among trie snipes : But laugh not, living Kings, I pray, Because his planets so beswin'd him, - This King of Spain, I dare to say, ?* Leaves many a fool with crown* behind him." * AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE. liobert CoXy otherwis *Bob Covey, a marvillously ill-attired and queer looking little fellow, was brought hefpre Hir Robert Baker, yesterday, charged vvitli " stealing, and carry ing away," anushetof applet from a fruit salesman in C*>vent?garden market. The fruit salesman's porter de posed (hat at & o'clock in the morning, '? when the market was quiet as qui et * could he," he unloaded twenty six bushels of apples from a wagon, and placed them op nicely in form of a pyramid, lie. then turned his back tbv a minute about some oilier butfiftesv, aurt when he came back, he saw the prisoner toddling off with the topmost bushel upon his back. 1 Sir Robert?1 u W ell, prisoner what have jrou to nay to tbisr" Prisoner ? "Why, your Worship will please to h4ar me; I'll tell you the whole truth, more or less. As 1 was walking by this here hea[> of tmhels, as he talks of, and thinking bf nothing at all, as your Worabip may natVally suppose, 1, by (lint of accident, rubs me against the top* most bushel and knocks it off the heap. ^Vell, as 1 was saying, I knocked it down; but before it got to )he ground, your Worship, it knocked fne down! Upon which I Ufy 1; MOdd rabbit thee, I hi-v slian't n't serve any body else l uclr a trick for 1*11 put thee tmt ot I . ittm'a v ay." And so, your worship, 'l 2iV etc H up* and way just zoixip to put it gomevlere safe, \*hcn Uiis hcte gentleman came up and took charge ?;f it. Kesides your worship, vhat good would it do me to ihiuk of stealing a luisliel of applrs, uhen I Haw a man lying fast asleep by tha hide of 'em ?,? This posing question was suflVreil to pass unanswered; and he was fully committed, in order that her might try its effects at the Old Bailey Panning Dialogue. ? Snip the tai lor was pronounced a fellow of gieat xxrpabitity, a gentleman of honora ble habits and always suits every one. The shoemaker bristled up at this, and waxed exceeding wroth; s^ore the tailor was hut a half souled fel low'and that it was easy to shew he was not c&t out for a gentleman ? The choter of the tailor was up in a minute; lie swore by bis thimble he would never pocket such an insult, hut would baste any man w ho dared repeat \tf? Honest Crispin said he was determined to give the tailor no quarters , and vowed he would lost* his all but he would gain his ends ; he resolutefa field on to tRtf last, and on his threatening to buckstrap his enemy, the tailor was obliged to sheer o^ declaring at the same time he would have him bound over . ? Meredith, thn sragcr, returning. home from -a concert, wliere he made a little too free with^he bottle, across a field, hi which was a mischevous hull ; lie tell st. asleep under it hedge, and was there found by the animal, which, however, only at tacked his hat that hid fallen from his head, atifl was Tying at a little dis tance. Being awaktfied by the grumbling of the tall; and thinking at the mottkent, that he was still -at the contort/ he called ontio the horn ed musician, whom from his note he took from the bassoon player, " Sig nor Fagdtto, sound vonr A? yo? blockhead, that's B flat." Retort Courteous. ? Wy Mr. B " said * tall fel low to a Ultle?peraon, who was iu company with five or aix huge men* " I protest you irt I did! not see you before." " Very likely, (replied the geotleman) X am liko fwr-ymce-ta'penrty among m? cents, not readily peyojlted, hut worth the Whole of, them. **' i "The whole world d< room enough for those v(c restless spirits who delight in < tion, to pass along, without justling against their peaceable neigbbgra, and disturbing their repose. But, the mart who possesses the ornament of a meek and quiet gpirit, will al ways be ready to step aside out of his way, either to the right band or to the left, to suit the convenience or gratify the inclination of his brother. And in the estimation of the gener ous mind, ill mankind are bmthten. We are all partakers of the same nature; offspring of tbe same Al mighty Parent; fed by the same bountiful hand ; united in the same genetal society, ami sharers in the same enjoyments and hopes. And, shall children of (Be same family, when they sit cjown to partake of the plentiful provision which the. merci ful Farther of all hath prepared for them, contend with each othfer, f the uppermost seat at the feast ; be dissatisfied with their portioq the entertainment, and envieu* the share which fella to snotm^ ? Ifet thus unnatural aiid ridtcu , are most of (lift contentions whir l* happen among mankind. Instead of insisting, with punctilious exact ness, upon every thing whfch we imagine (6 be our due, and thinking ^ it a necessary point of honor to ad here in every instance to our rigb I6t us, then, in cases which da n materially affect our happiness of tnop of others, be ever ready to recede from our lawful claims, and for the sake of peace to. give way to the pre* ju dices and indulge the hmucrs of Others/' 1 Certainty, even on riislreaftfu^oe ca&mn*, in lwii tally ( refer nhfo In i 3llS[?eUM\