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P O E T It Y. T ICT" Wl*l recollected tliat attempUj have been made, ill the L~e.rislalui es of Maryland and Ncw-Voik, to lay tlvt most, popular ? if any art; popular ? ot all taxes ? a lax oil bachelors ; ? Boston Centintl. FROM THF, HAVKlUllLL GVZKTTE. the humble kemqxstraxce of 1 UK 13 AC IIELOR'S ILL'H, oy IIavkuhill. To the H'gh^ and Mghty Legislators oj or k and Maryland. Fathers most noble, honor'd learn'd and , sage I Lights of o\lr land, and wonders of our age! descent May every purse be fill'd, each heart con Your Gjand Canal finish' d, bank-stock rise fe*, And crowded.commerce bless your longing eye*; Each envious rival at your feet be thrown ; If ye in niefcy hear our piteous moan. But if your Legislature e'er enacts That vile, malicious, loolish, dirty tax, May, like youriiogs, your Cashiers all run Your bank-stock low, and purses lower be; Your auctions multiply < your rivals gain ; And your dull Belgian* blood, through 'every **'? ? Flow in *i stream, as black and slow as *tyx; Ye next, degenerate sons of Catholics . If Maryland this hateful law decrees, ' May ail its sous be dortm'd to walk on peas; Do penance at the whipping post, and last Long as this tax on Bachelors shall last. But why this malice to a harmless race, W no can their line of predecessors truce. Through every a^e, till by creation a bounded . Nay farther back, till masonry was founded? In quiet garrets we contented dwell, And truiy wish the whole creation well. Witlnii one loom our furniture is laid ? Two Y hairs** one table, book case, and a In d ; A wash-stand ?c a broom one corner gracfc; Hats, boots an<l shoes adouT another place ; Old coats and towels. shirts and nigjit-caps lie, Statter'd around to gratify ^he eye; a iwi'ovv hearth supplies a modcratt hcaty To warm our limbs, ,-boil onions, or roust mesPl :*?/ * A lialf- served cat our meals and lodging ;* shares ? Puss an<f*ourselves have all the household cat car, While thtu^wit live, malicious boys will kill Our ciUs^fQl<|^niakc e'en us their sport at o will, Tjfi*. Ouv >vindows break, whole pecks of onions "i>l?nder, And fl|>oul(l they steal our night-caps,, 'twere no wonder. ? There U'uo mercy in the men and boys; But women are still louder in their noise. They mock our manners, though we strive to please ' ? La\igMfe us, stun us, jilt us, plague and > tcaze. Then pitv, pity our unhappy lot, Be jitHi and merciful, and tax us not ! Is it our fault no marriage bond is tied ? Hum' oft, to win some rich and blooinitfg biide, Have we employed for hours the barbel 's skm. And swelled Cbe laundress* and the tailor*-; bill ? Slept ih ough whole weeks with lotions on our face. To cure some pimple, or improve some jvraee?. With stay* and corsets evtry member bi ac'd. For graceful shoulder**; or a slender waist ? Wiiu sti ft' cravats, and lashionabje shoes, Piescvvtd our heads erect* and pinch'd our ^oe?? # W& tf" | Then with a snuff- Wox gilt, and crooked i cane, LoungM self-admired* through every street and lane ? Far !.?? k fioin in celibacy to boast ; } \\ c n-\e '.he ^iris ? perhaps their money j most. jm But should this pica 'no piteous feeling ? raise ; - 1 Think ! what is marriage, which you so| much praise ? ThinK on a hfe of troubles, plagues and strife ; _ i Or squalling children and a scolding wife ; J Of aii the ills, on man which woman pours; /J* hen U<> 1 i t peal your tax on Bachelors! ? liy older of t he Society, ("CILLICliS, Sccrctanj. ? I * The tin ft Heat ion of this article is rjuitt\ Unneee/tior:/ ON A r A I ? llt'T WOKTHIiP.SS WOMAV. Did ' ? tn ? v?n ;u.ii l\< r nvnul agree, W ? ?a' it ?' ? ? ? < ?<\i id behold ner and be' fit c? f^ut ?v.lir< i.. s, in pitv t<> mankind, 1 niicb'u liic imat^c, i?ua dcfaced the min d A iiscclla neons. [j "/K 111 1 : ( AMDl.N l,A^K. I I K 1 PrvjHivatviff ?A oti s to thy Jhciaru - iiott of BACHELORS1 HKiliTS. BY \\ HM.LEj KSQ. The public will probably remem her a declaration of (hi4 Rights of I >arhelors, published in tin* column* [of this paper some year or two since. It was aiiven to the world, bv ofilei C1 7 % of the convention at that time assem bled and it was contemplated to as sociate themselves together, in a se parate and distinct body, but v\v eing to the dereliction of a distinguished member of that assembly, whcfcvvas (I blush to speak it) married, within a fortnight after,* a considerable damp was cast over thc'spirits of the fraternity and the project was silently abandoned, with the hope that out miseries would be relieved l>y time i\m imfm>ving sense of tlie age. But alas ! the overt act of rebellion, manifested by that declaration, has excited a spirit among the sex, thai< no submission on our part can mili gate, and we were obliged, tofself defence, once more to appeal to the world and our own energies. 1l? consequence of w hich resolution, a meeting was called and the following declaration of rights w as ordered to he published, and ;t committee of three was appointed to draft some rules fur the regulation of our frater nity> to report at the next meeting. DECLARATION. When in the course of hu m it events, it becomes necessary, for on? class to dissolve the bands yvhii i have held them in subsurvience ?< I another, am! to assume, among tie ; orders of Society, the separate anti equal station to w hich tlie laws oi ! reason entitle them, a decent aiui 1 proper respect to the opinions of tin I world requires that th<*y should de clave the causes which impel then: i to the separation. We hold these truths to be sell evident : That all persons arc created equal, arid are endowed hv their Creatot with certain unalienable rishts. ? ?. J That among these are lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ? That to secure these, governments were instituted and subordinate to them forms have been adopted in Society, deriving their just power? from the consent of all. That when ever these forma become destructive of these ends) it is the right of part jet to alter or abolish them, and to insti tute others, upon surh principles ??> to them may seem most likely to ilVect their safvly and happiness. Prudenc e indeed might suggest I hat customs long established should not he changed for light and transient! causes,* and Accordingly, experience hath shown, that men are rather dis posed to bear, while evils nie bear able 9 than lurzutl an infraction of those usages their fathers have suc cumbed to. Jiut when a long train of pitticoat usurpation, pursuing in variably the sinne object, evinces a ? v 7 design to reduce then) under absolute jerry istu, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide for themselves ? ^uch has been the patieiw sufferance of Bachelors and such is now the neces sity wliich cons'rains them to abolish the former systems of courtship ? The historv of the present race of Belles is a historv of grievances and ?. 1 ? coquettries, all having indirect object the establishment of an ai>solute gy neoocracy over 'the urifonunate race of Bachelors ? To prove this, let fac ts be sul quitted jo a candid world ? They have established forms and customs contrary to reason and sub versive1. ot tl?? legitimate ends of social intercourse. % They have forbidden us to adopt usages without lliteir assent, and have uniformly withheld that assent, there by leaving us to be controied whim and circumstance. i * 1 have tluj satisfaction to he able to state, that he is likely to be punished foi his transgression, tor he lias had twin1! up ready awd there is a but num.! They lia\o u- filled the n:!. i if! lor < ?ut -i 1 \ ? ?? :hmI (vHitl ? n thr ( oiu Mi i*?)iou oi' toiiiis uhhur-! ten I to reason. V They have placed us under the' tin n "of tl ieir displeasure, lor oppos ing with tnnnly firmness their inno v u lions of our rights, for the pur pose of frowning us into a compli ance with their measure*. They have adopted a multitude of ne?,F and unheard of fashions, caT culated oi^y to provoke airitiense us. '1' hey have assembled H#|)MH;es and corners of rooms uncomfortable and uucomfetable, thereby excluding us from their converse. They have endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose throwing iihataclcs, Jn the way of marriages, v whereby the country suffereth much. >?-. ? -i ? ? They have a fleeted to make female authority independent of and superi or to every other power. ? They have comhinetl, wives, widows and maids, to subject us" To .ilrjp* power, foreign to our natures and unacknow lodged by our laws. They have endeavored to suspend the operation of our reason^ and; uave declared themselves invested with power to think and act for us, in all cases whatsoever. They have dictated our religious faith and declared to what sects we shall adhere. They are, at this .time, rearing ? race of new tormentors, to complete ? he work of terror, tyranny and jerry ism, already l>egun under cir u ms trances so diatressuig. They have plundered our pockets, by running us to expense hi their survice, ravaged our hearts, destroy ed our * leep and speikd our appetites. In every stage of these oppression '.ve have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms ? to our petitions hey have answered by reproach and added to our snfleringft insult ; to them therefore we w ill no longer sub nut. Nov have we been wanting in at tention to them ? e have warned, intreated, begged and plead will. them: but no good purpose was an '5Were.il 'by these acts. AVe therefore, Bachelors in con vention assembled, conscious of the rectitude of our intentious and ap-j pealing to ihe w orld for the correct I ness of our conduct, do, in our own; name and by our own authority. Hereby publish and declare, that, we, are and of rigid ought to be Free and Independent, and that we* a** absolved from all duties hetberto ex acted by the fair stx, and that, as free and independent bachelors, we have full power and authority to ride,1 walk, talk .and laugh; drink grog, chew tobacco, smoke segars-and (ake snutT. w hen where and bow We please, aud 10 do all other acts ano things, w hich man, woman or child ma) or can do, and for the stip|ii>rt of this declaration, we mutually pledge our pockets, our credit ami our honor. My order of the Convention, rEKEGRINE SINGLE, Secretary. [ FROM THF. 11 \ I.KIGH HF.OlSTKRr OP COT J OA' , ITU CULTIVATION, UISF.JSJ'S, &c. Mr. Oam. s. ? The following ex hat t on an interesting subject of ag riculture, is from a communication to the American Farmer, by "A Ulan - lev of Johnston County, JY. C." ? The u l iter, unless 1 am greatly mis taken, is well known to both of tis and to the state, nod it Is to he re gretted that he should have thought proper to withhold his name from the communication. In all cases the authority for facts ought to he known, and in this, they wotild derive great! additional weight from that know-j ledge. With these remarks, I sub mit to you for re-publication, the] concluding part of the tassay, which relates to the cultivation of Cotton , and its Diseases, containing faCts and opinions new to me, and which appear to he important. As to his preliminary observations, - thfm^h 1 admire the zeal he manifests for the just fame, of \. Carolina, yet 1; caul by no means hi bscvibe to the send-' -> i-v? v. ivii leaped to] ?ni i ? . ? ? ? i n .? I 1 tMpiuN ; except-' inii -i) !; v t Ma \ it' % a It- tu lh?' em l!u;,u li-wiN which lui\e been t'orceil jtulo im nntiuu'lv existence. A neat ly r<; iii'eit paragraph has oftentimes 1 1 lie force ?ml efiect of h syllogism. I >u t iii this case, fucts will soon speak .1 language tliat \\ ill impose silence] ? ipon both wit and argument. CALVIN JONES. THE EXTRACT . "From what little 1 liave-scen of| the rot in Cotton, I am unable to; form a satisfactory opinion as to its probable cause. In a crop of about 200 acres, 1 nave sustained very little injury by it, and this is (he fir*t year,. 6o far as my information ex [teuds,* of its appearance in this state. Neither was 1 much troubled l>v the worm, jvhich i believe lias now atsi> for the first time infested our col ton., by entiiiginto the pod when about half grown, which utterly ruined it. Our summer has been usually wit and warm, which, we all know, i> that state of the atmosphere most1 favorable to the generating insects. I To this in a great measure,- do ] attribute the large quantity of w onus, ! that have apjieared this season.-?-; They are of the game genus and species as those which make their vvay into the ears of Indian* corn at the tassel end, while in Jta' milky state ; 1 planted this year about four acres of Indian corn, and cotton to gether ; the corn was planted in the same ridge with the cotton, one stalk Mi a place and six feet apart, the i dges or beds being 5'1 feet apan. \ saw no difference in the grow th of ihis cotton, and the corn, so far as i could discover, was equally good #?*> hat wliere no cotton had heen plant ed. But in these four acres, vol a worm had presumed, to punefvre a | siigle pod, the' e were several in the i *arstf torn , ami I saw on this com had the rot. Cora planted with cotton, nd at the same time arrives to that ^tute ;<) which the worm has the rreatest fondness for it, some time before the cotton forms its howls $ a lijilf grown cotton howl, alor abowt which time the worm attacks it, is full of juice containing considerable saccharine matte* ; so has corn in the milky state, and this it is which ai tracts the worm, And as the corn soonest perfects that foodforahe worms, 1 support from this year's observation, that it protects the cot ion from their ravages ; for after they v'nter an ear of corn they will not leave it to feast upon another plant. Again, the worm^ destroy but a small part of an ear of corn. If corn injures cotton where planted with it, the small trial that I have made and described, does not prove it. I should 4>e unwilling, however, io risk a whole crop upon it in that way, hut 1 intend to plant the next1 year fiftv acres in that maimer, anil to observe it minutely in every stage of its growth, and its efiects upon the worm, and the rot.-. If the rot* in cotton is occasioned, as is gener flly supposed, by an insect, why will not some other vegetable, when planted with it, in a mode that will not injure its growth, protect it from this insect, as securely as wheat will the turnip from the fly or flea? j I applied plaster last year and this, to the-half of* a field of cotton, containing about 20 acres ; the Hurt year was extremely dry, but thfe plastered cotton imbibed sufficient moisture from the atmosphere to keep it of a dark yeen colour, while that without plastet was very yellow and grew slowly ; yfet I could discover no difference iu the product. That without plaster, yielded as much cotton wool to the acre as that with it. The same observation has held good this year, except as to color: the wet kept all the plants green un til frost, no*visihle difference in their product; this warrants me in ai? opinion I have long entertained, that plaster as a manure, adds to the growth and size of the plant, but nothing to its fruit or seed. J doubt very much whether clover, upon which it siml to have sttrh wonderful efl'ect, produces any more r: ? -eiM lu \\.C a- 1 ;? 1 ? V I )C i < I liavi* uirtl i 'hci n.aiinics, airl [niiillv (!?| v'w of j<r \ e?;i\lal in^ p i.iriiMO, :vm! ilu-y not cir.ly * tl t J : e ^ u. o ??!' il-< !. ti t ili?i poiN ( obtaining 1 1 ? ? .wool." V lnj the In d's lira. \ Iclt < J' thu n the II A -Vr mn >/ This is a pi ii !,omom%n which hai ^iven ri>e to ct nsdvra !>U' tli-i ns-i-n. The f tct is uudouhitd ? am! what has made it more suiprising is the lact, that black sti v? ;;c i*s exposed to 1 1)1? SUll^S rays l vill i t 111* TP lu I ? Kl T1 white surfaces : as evinced l?v Hr. Frank iiirs famous exnrtiu.tnf .it* dif ferent coloied cloths Ivi: ;- *prcad ? n She snow. r ? 1 1 ik Mac!; would - ::!v 1 1) to the snow, whim the while woti; : scarcciv dissolve ai,y of it. ** %> Sir Kverard Homo has presented a paper to the Uoyal Society of Lnn don, giving certain cNpeiimcnN u pen ?he matter. Kxpos^ the back of your hand to the son's rays ? if li e hand be covered with a thin white linen, it becomes irritated and in flamed ? freckles first appear, and these are followed by a vesicular se paration of the cuticle. Cover the liand^ however, with bl.vk crape, and though the temperature of the skin exceeds that produced upon Urn bare skin; \ct there is no scorch! us: i , - 7 %? j or blistering of the hand. It thus appears, says 8irE\erard, that tlm deleterious effects of the sun's rays arc prevented by an artificial black enitg of tjic surface of the skin. ? The perspiration becomes more cnyi ou*t as is especially remarked in the negro ? and in short, that the con vention of the radiant matier of the sun into sensible beat, which con version ij?*effected by the black sur face, tends to prevent the scorching etf&t?,^and to promote the cuticular 8?ecihetion. It is, in fact, because a. {^gjW^rspiration is in some way or othei* produced by the influence of tbeMillftck'fprfiice in the skin of the tiegrft, afftKhetause when this per spiratibir %vapoia tes, it carries with other cases of evapora ting^ the caloric or heat, that the t#3?k^iri? jot much better able to etf?4 heat. This is also the princi pal Cause of the strong effluvium which distinguishes the race. ? Rich wontComiriler. - . : ? ? - Is one of the fairest attributes of Deity. It is the boundary, wliicli separates vice frail virtuer? the line, which divides heaven from hell. It is the chain, w hich hinds the man of integrity to the throne of God, and like God to whose throne it hinds him, till thin chain is dissolved, his word may be relied 011. Suspended on this, your property, yout reputa tion, your life are safe. But against the malice of a liar, there is 1:0 se curity. He can he hound by nothing. His soul is already repulsed to an immeasurable distance, frtiSi^Hift Divinity, a sense of whose prcsenoo is the security of virtue. He ha* sundered Ate last of those moralVi ^aments, which bind a mortal to hiti duty. ? And having done so, through the extended regions of frnnd and falsehood, without a bond *0 check, or alimit to confine him, he range** the dreaded enemy of innocence; whose lips pollute even truth itself as it passes ' through them, an4 whose breath, like the pestilential mists of Hades; blasts, and soils, and poisofis as it touchet. person prais ing the affection of tl?e widows of Malabar, who burn on * funeral pile in honor im tl band's memory, Foote, who was present, observed, ? that the Women of England claimed a higher honor ; for thev burned before tnarfiage foj their first husband, antl aftorwardf for a second. ' ij Sj ^ Mage. ? To l>o InnnM' to superiors, is dilty ; to <<;uih councsy ; to in * oblcncss; 10 all, safety ? foituiie ftiay l e.^in a man'* t^v^.tnessj but it is virtue [must conti.me it*