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FORGET ME .YOT.
You leave me, love, in gldry's cause ;
My sorrowing heart mourns o'er my lot ;
Go? fly ? obey siern honor's laws ?
Be happ)? but forget me not.
Like faithful love, to duty true, \
bull be tliy safety unforgot;
AikJ, crown'd with victory, may you
Be happy ? but forget me not.
But peace may bring no joy for me,
Should you escape each passing ?hot,
A thousand beauties you may sec ;
But while they please, forget me not,
Yes, you shall please and vanquish too,
Conquest and love still be your lot ;
That arm, that eye, shall all subdue?
Be happy ? but forget me not.
VaOM THE BOSTON CENTIN EL*
" THE BONNET.**
Who's the maid with face so fair,
With lily hand and glove upon it ;
With modest air, and auburn hair,
And the 44 curl" beneath "the Boni?et ?*'
With pouting lip, gud rosy cheek,
And modest dimple on it;
And eye of bluo, that seems to speak
. u So kind" beneath 44 the Bonnet
f . ;
The graceful step_pf fairy foot,
With tiny slipper on it;
Oh! who^could mark, and thence mute,
The charms beneath 44 the Bonnet
Where's th t form, and graces too,
To swell tl>e song or sonnet ;
Where's the 44 look" that is so true
As the 44 smile ' beneall) 41 the Bonnet ?"
STEPHEN.
Miscellan eous.
|\1A HUMMED AU PASHA,
The celebrated Bey of Egypt.
(From Belzoni's Travels.)
I was presented to Mahommet All
"Bashaw, who received me very civil
ly. The Bashaw was just returned
from Arabia, where he had conquer
ed some of the Watiabv tribes, and
delivered Hie holy ^cities of Mecca
and Medina from the infidels.
< The Bashaw is in coutinual mo
tion, being sometimes at ? his citadel,
and sometimes at hk seraglio in the
Esbakie ; hut Bourbra is his princi
pal residence. His chief amuse
ment is in th*3 evening a little before
sunset, ~w hen he quits his seraglio,
ami seats himself on the bank of the
Nile, to (ire at an earthen" pot, with
his guards. If any of them i^it it,
lie makes him a present, occasionally
of forty or fifty rubles. He is him
self an excellent marksman, for 1
saw him fire at and hit a pot only;
fifteen inches high, set on the ground
on the opposite shore of the !Nile,
though the river at Houbra is cc nsi
derably widef than the Thames at
Westminster bridge. As soon as it
is dark, he retires intoi the garden,
and reposes, eifher iu an alcove, or
by the margin of ^fountain, on an
European chair, with all his attend
ants round him. Hftfe his numerous
buffoons keep him in coutinual high
spirits and good humor. By moon
light the scene w as beautiful. 1 was
admitted into the garden whenever 1
wished, by which means 1 had an
opportunity of observing the domes
tic life of a man, who from nothing
lose to he Viceroy of Egypt, and
conqueror of the most powerful tribes
of Arabia.
From the number of lights I fre
quently saw through the windows of
the seraglio, 1 supposed the ladies
were at such times amusing them
selves in some way or other. Danc
ing women are often brought to di
vert them, and sometimes the famous
Catalani of Eg} pt was iutroduced.
One of tlie Buffoons of the Bashaw
took it into bis head one day, tor a
frolir, to shave bis beard, Which is
no trifle among the Tin ks; for some
??f them, i really believe, would
sooner have their head cut ofl than
luii Lea til : lie borrowed some
rmk?, clothes of the Bashaw's
npothecary, w l*> was from Europe,
and, afier dressing himself m oorj
costume, presented himself to the
Bashaw as an European, who could
not speak a single word of either
Turkish or Arabic, which is often
the case. Being in ttixr (tnrk, the
Bashaw took him for what he repre
sented himself to lie. and sent imme
diately fur an interpi-eter, who put
some questions to him in Italian, ia
?\bich he did not answer ; lie was
then questioned in French, hut no
reply; and next in the German and
Spanish languages, but still be was
silent: at last, when he saw that
they were all deceived, the Bashaw
not excepted, he burst out in a plain
Turkish, the only language he was
acquainted with, and his well known
voice told them who he was ; for
such was the chauge of his j>ersoii,
particularly by the cutting off his
beard, that otherwi&e they could
scarcely liave recognised him. The
Bashaw was delighted with the fel
low ; and, to keep up the frolic, gave
him an order on the treaguvy for an
enormous sum of money, and sent
to the Kacmbay, to present himself
as a Frank, to receivc it. ? The
Kaciabay started at the immensity,
of the ?um, as it was nearly all that
the treasury could furnish ; but upon
questioning this new European, it
wa9 soon perceivcd who be was In
this attire lie went home to his wo
men, who actually thrust him out of
tWe door; and such was the disgrace
of cutting off his beard, that even
his fellow buffoons would not eat
with him till it was grown again.
The Bashaw seems to be well a
ware of the benefits that may be de
rived from his encouraging the arts
of Europe in his country, and had
already reaped some of the fruils of
it. The fabrication of gunpowder,
the refining of sugar, the making of
fine indigo, and the silk manufacture,
are introduced, much to his advant
age : he is constantly inquiring after
something new, and is delighted with
any thing strange to his imagination.
Having heard of electricity, he sent
to England for two electric machines,
i with a plate, the other with a cylin
der. The former was broken hy
the way >the latter was dismounted.
The physician of the Bashaw, an
Armenian, did not know, though it
was so easy a matter, how to set it
up. Happening to be at the garden
one evening, when they were at
tempting^, and could not succeod, I
was requested to put the several
pieces together ; and, having^lone so.
I made oue of the soldiers -mount on
the insulated stool, charged the ma
chine, and gave the Turk a good
shock; wJio, expecting no such thing,
uttered a loud cry, and jumped off,
as much terrified as if he had seen
tiie devil. The Bashaw laughed at
the man's jumping off; upposing his
fright to be a trick, and not the ef
fect of the machine ; and when told,
that it was actually occasioned by the
machine, he affirmed positively that
it could not be, for the soldier was at
such a distance, tJiat it was impossi
ble the small chain he held iu his
hand could have such power. I then
| desired the interpreter to inform his
Highness, that if lie would mount
the stool himself, he would be con
vinced of the fact. He hesitated for
? while whether to believe me or
not; however he mounted (he stool.
1 charged well, put the^ chain into
his hand, and gave him a pretty
smart shock. J!e jumped off, like
the soldier, on feeling the effect of
i he electricity ; bid immediately threw
himself* on the sofa in a fit of laugh
ter, not being able to conceive how
the machine coulii have such power
on the human body.
FROM THti HI CUM ONI) (OMI'ICF.H.
II A HI) TIMES.
It is (lie fastiicui to cry out Hard
Times ? an age of cmUirrassmnents
? dh unexampled pressure ? and
such like expressions. Let tis see
in wliat wnw these 8tiyitt?s me (rue;
tor, it is right to see things precisely
ns they are.
The limes are hard , snvs one,
bemuse wheat and corn aie low.
The times are very hard , b?vs 1 1 k
merchant, because clothes ha*c fal
len five dollars in the yard? and no
bodv buvs.
* r
The times are hard , quoth the
landlord, because mv rents have
' v
fallen from 50 to 73 per cent.
They are hard , gays the landhold
er, because my land has depreciated
50 per cent.
They are peculiarly hardy says
the querulous manufacturer, because
the British goods are pouring in upon
us, and banishing from the markets
the products of my looms. My
work shops are falling into ruin, and
my family going to beggary. ,
The married man exclaims against
the times, because it is so bard to
support his family? and the old maid
re-echoes tire cry, because the times
are too hard u to marry or be given
in marriage."
_ c
Every man and woman has bis or
her peculiar cause of complaint, as
it was in tire days of Horace, when
he asks Moecenas
Qui 6t, Mceccnas quam sibi sortem, fcc.
Cast your eyes, in fact, wherever
you will, awl you see long face*,
and catch the accents of lamentation
ami despair*
The poor are poofter, and the rich
? but where are they? No man will
wear the cap? nobody has the repu
tation of it, except the adventurer,
in the lottery no less worthy than for
tunate, who draws the prize of one
hundred thousand dollars? But prizes
do not come every day, no more
than "onefiwftllow makesa summer."
The whole country* indeed, seems
covered with mourning; and if you
judge from the universal complaint,
one would think that Ave are going
headlong into the gnlf of ruin.
But let us take a a iew of things in
general ; and ask-? Are we like
famished inhabitants of a besieged
city? No; bread was never cheaper
in the world than it is at this moment.
Is tobacco low ?? It is lower than
it was three years ago ; but higher
than it was some years ago.
Are goods'<lear? No; the mer
chant's complaint is, they are so
cheap, that they can scarcely be Im
ported.
Domestic goods; too are so cheap,
that the manufacturer complains of
being starved by the importe&J
" Every thing then is low ;-r? we
are a^l going to ruin."*? -But pause,
my friend, one moment.? If all things
have fallen, why complain? If you
get less for bread, you give leas for
clothing. If all things are brought
downuq^rly m the scale of value,
(hey are c^dTparatively as valuable as
(hey formerly were.? Eggs, vegeta
bles, bacon, meats of most sorts,
groceries, -clothes, housed most
things that we want, have fallen in
price, though not exactly in the sajne
proportion ; and half a dollar will;
now go nearly as far as a dollar
would go formerly.
" Aye, but there's the rub."??
Every thing may have fallen; but
money has risen in valine. "It is
because that article lias risen in
price (says the unhappy creditor,)
that so many complaints are eclioed
through Hie country. The debts we
owe are to be paid in this appreciate
ed stand a id of value. We have to
pay the same number of dollars,
which we contracted to pay| while
the property we hold, though k bears
the sameceinparhtive value with other,
articles of property,* is worth les* in
dollars and cents. It requires there
fore, twice or three times the quan
tity of jwoperty to pay our debts as
it did at the moment of contracting
them. This is the cause of my own
difficulties, whatever may be the case
with others who are not in debt.*
And this indeed is the true secret
of the embarrassment we hear of,? -
It is not, that the cause is a general
one, but that it is fashionable to em
ploy the language of complainU
riiose who are out of debt are scarce
ly worse off than they were before.
Labour still bears some value; at
least the same proportion ae the other
articles which th? labourer may af
ford to purchase,
M hose, therefore, trfcp ate not in
U i?t, ought scarcely to complain of
?Ik* times. It Js they only who arc
ground down by their ancient eu
^apknfnts, who may complain with
?inme j^race. But why do they com
plain? Does whining ever relieve
the necessities of the poor?. Is it not
rather the part of a uian to put his
shoulders to the wheel ? do t lie best
he can ? put forth all the faculties
which his situation permits ? icork
\nd save ? Are not industry and eco
nomy the two gicat pillars of nation
al prosperity? Some men may thrive
by speculation. Fortune may smile
propitiously upon others. But these
constitute the exception ; and no!
the rule . For one who gets rich in
this way, there are hundreds who
obtain a competency by a labor that
never winks, aud a frugality tba* ne
ver tires. Look around us, and see
tlie pillars lhat have been laid pro
strate. Are most of them your pains
taking, hard-working, and saving
men, or men, who wished to hike
bold strides to fortune? many of
-hem are honest, honorable and
some of (hem industrious men ? bill
ed on, are now enjoying their com
petency in contentment. It was the
tortoise w ho never stopt (hat outstrip
ped the hare. ? The surest path to.
competency is the bid one of
Industry and Frugality.
NEWS?NEWS, 1
Great complaints are marie, that]
the papers contaiu so little news all
the present time, as to be hardly]
worth persuing, much less to be pay-]
ing for. Some declare all papers]
equally <k?6titute of news, because]
iiieir columns are not filled with ac-]
counts of war atid bloodshed, of the]
conflict of armies, and the revolution!
of empires, while others condemn
only those which are filled wail mar
vellous stories, of murders, " hair!
breadth escapes/* &c. James Hogg
in a letter 4o the Reviewer of his
Jacobite Jielicks, in tlie Edinburgh!
Review, which appeared in Black-I
wood's Magazine for October, says]
that " every body knows, wJio ever!
stepped into a printing office, that a]
certain portion of wliat is technically]
called Balaam, must go to fill up
the pages of a periodical work, from
the Scotsman to the Edinburgh Re-|
view inclusive." In setting up ai
newspaper, for example, where]
there is any dearth of public or pri- ]
vate intelligence, of interest, the]
Foremau says to the Editor, ? W?ll
Sir, 1 suppose wt must just take]
enough of Balaam to make out the]
rest of this column" ? and so it is]
done* Accounts of " enormous tur- ]
nips grown- within a gentleman's]
garden in Surry reports of a]
dew mermaid having been discovered]
in Orkney" ? particulars of tlio " pri-j
vate life of Bonapartciat St Helena"!
? curious meteorological facts"?]
" distressing accidents in Ireland"?*]
" horrible murder hear Rouen"? I
" spirited behaviour of Henry Broug l
ham, Esq. M. P."?" charitable dis ]
position of her late Majesty" ? ]
" mummy"?* Roman coins discov-J
sred near Watliog street" ? "la-1
borers wife delivered of three male]
children"? singular coincidence, &cJ
&c^- these are all thjyprts of things]
fat come under titdQpjftmllepart- 1
meat of a newspaper. I
We are not aware that the term]
Balaam is used in this sense, bv]
printers in thi& country, although]
newspaper and magazine publishers]
encounter the same difficulties in this]
country as in Eugland, and yet there!
is one class of readers, and especi-l
ally of newspaper readers, who think
a paper is perfectly barren, if it is
not filled to overflowing with Balaam, \
while another class of another order
of readers, will hardly receive the
absolute necessity of the case as an
artol<%y for a single scrap of him. ?
We could wish that the former would
cultivate a higher taste for reading,
and be willing to be instructed as
M ell as aipused* and the latter might
>ft a ittte ore liberal in their feel
ngs, thai an Editor mi&ht sometime
tie excused for what he could ik<
vtoid.
Connecticut Journal . J
1'rc::". f..e Nc\y-li~mpsh;rc Futr.c'.
1 %
?Moral J i' flue nee of Chrintiamty.
Few nu n susj>ect, perhaps no
man comprehends, < lie extent of t he
support given by religion to every
viitue. No man perhaps is aware,
how much our moral and social sen
timents are fed fiom this fountain;
how powerless conscience would he
come without the belief of a God ;
how phUied would he human benevo
lence were there not (he senso of a
higher benevolence to quicken and
sustain it; how suddenly the whole
social fabric would quake, and with
what a fearful crash it would sink
into hopeless ruins, w hero the idea*
of a supreme Being, of accountable
ness, and of a future life, to be ut
terly erased from every mind. Once
let men thorouirhlv believe that thev
CJ ? V
am the work and sport of chance;
that no superior intelligence concerns
itseli in human affairs ; that all their
improvements perish forever at death;
that the weak have i;j guardian, aud
the poor bo avehger ; that there is
no recompencc for sacrifices to up
rjghtness and public good ; that an
oath fa unheard in Heaven : that se
cret crimes have no witness but the
l>erpetrator ; that human existence
has no purpose, and human virtue
no unfailing friend ; that this brief
iife is every tiling to us, anil dehth
is total, everlasting extinction ; once
let men thoroughly abandon religion,
and who can conceive or describe
the eitteut of the desolation which
would, follow? We lK>pe perhaps
thai human laws and natural sympa
thy would hold society together. ?
As reasonably might wc hclieve that
were the sun quenched in t e heavens,
our torches could illuminate, and
our (Ires quicken and fertilize the
creation. What i$ there in human
nature to awakln respect and tender
ness, if man is the* unprotected in
sect of the day ? And what is he
more if Atheism be true ? Erase all
thoughts and fear of Gop from a.
community and selfishness and sen
suality will absorb tlie whole man. ?
Appetite, knowing no restraint, and
poverty and suffering having no so
lace or hope, would trample in scorn
on the restrainments of human laws.
Virtue, duty, and principle, would
be mocked and spqrned as unmean
ing sounds. A sordid self jptaest
would supplant every other feeTing,
and man would become in fact what
the theory of atheism declares him
to be, a companion for brutes."
h
Christmas Gambols .?
is love like a potal
it shoots from the eye.
Q. 3. What word is that yrhich
by taking away a letter, makes you
sick?? A. Musick. *
Q. 3. Why is a spectator like a
beehive?? A. Because he i% a be
holder. ^7m
3. 4. In whjit month do
a fair correspondent . w
swers this question, adds, " '
men if you please,") talk
scand$Um*?A. February,!
is 4he a&ortest in the year.
' Why are darned it
like heroes of thp last cental
QecaOse they are mendetd*
flpB. Why is a fixed star like
peu, ink and paper?? A. Because If
it is stationary.
Q.. 7. Why is a handsome .wo- ?;
man like bread?? A. tteca
is often toasted.
Q. 8. Why are twolaug
like the two wings of a cnic
A. Because they have* merry
between them.
/
Ceremonies arc different,
country ; but true politness I
where the same. ? CeremonM ...
take up so much of, our attention*
are on!y artificial helps which igno
rance assumes, in order to imitate
politeness, which is the result of
good sense and good nature.
A reverend divine lieing accused
of negligence io his calling, ainl
itylcd an unfaithful shepherd, from
scarcely ever visiting bxsflockf de
fended himself by sayiug^ I p Was .
'always with them it sheafing time . y