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.POETRY. * /*rotn ike Montgomery Republican A PINDARIC ODE TO MW^IUTOES, Wkrtiun oH th* IW| 3/ occ&ion. fenny lake O fibrin j W ho Ioy , .The Itsy stream and mire I Ye Utile. bumng, stinging throng, Toyou I raise the dronish ?ong, And thhfiEO the hum-drum lyre ! [ The rick man's ct&cb, O ! wtiy attack ? ? ' come" jre shall dot lack * food lor Wrms; and so flro'Wpale, With vengeful malice why assail, * Or infant beauty's germs ? ' Repentance meek, ?.P' ?Kf ' Go seek some wicked, sland'rous elves, With tongues tnvenom'd as yourselves? diretbem yoof sharpest bite? '* Nor let the miser's eyelids tf osfe,*fmH| Unur m ili' OPprCs^a Vtfttelfr Afa$ajs the widow's mite.. Rowdies,* and all who h*eji* dark, ^ B *e igllft Walks* ?n kSfe home, ' bougbtrfcnhstfkiwM never roam, them sleep sound all nighty. JaBSET .SSftU I d, mi-i "MM 'VftHH ' V iO^XQUtfc |yj WSS^mtSS^* f?' WB>?| ? <rP|HK' V. ,t.TCr ^ SMTAriJtt IK'A CttURCI* YARD. j Here lies, alas ! poor Roger Norton, Whose death tfas very oddly ?brtmgjif on, one di^hie ewnis to mow effc g&jj IhI t<ie dff1 *y to, Histoe~or iSrftT irr1 JKti influrnihi ^Which wai t SHil [MR^Spl e?i, tfttf wfttfcd dtoMtfthtt ?r ? "novel t lion, and not a sound was In aril u> interrupt this pleasing tranquility We tile bent felt sigh ef tome peni tent mourner, as the truth of (lie preacher's remarks applied id his case with peculiar forced or t lie. sin cere response of some saint ef the Lord, whose J?eart was io unison rz t boOght^reflecting upon the things I had jufa heard, r^when I was sud denly aroused from my agWeahle re: verie by the boisterous clamour of a parcel of deluded fiutafichfc If thft scene I had just witnessed excited my admiration, the one that was now presented filled ^e with bortorand and lively tune somewhaf indie^ile repeated ^at the end of every Tine; elevating their voices to the highest possible pitch, while others squalled ami shouted most melq|}?oosly in < concert. 'Jthe men vert bawling nd vociferating with the vocaLpow-J fg# of giants, while the won** amed and shriekc?Fa? if ' Old j^ OM. mAMM be general infection, and M if "xclainatktt was !.4he crii ? hich thtehr penitence or pie?j judged, there seemed to be e* M ?ySKSfc. the shrillness of tbei 44 Xl,.i! s ' - of their >cre*ms, a ?*/ TO WW ?" ^e shouts and h? ?i exasjie rated mob, or the Savagi * boops and'! y^lls of Indian* at the fnnrrrtl of tllftll1 rlllpf It ic SrmnALci Bible - ?M, . _ en I wt superstitious magipary cvil^ ?uu w mining? wrong conceptions of (life iity } t|?e litter is tfie offspring of lifts correspondent with the doc .ines tf the Saviour, as foundrtt ?pon1he > ?W fcasis of troth and reason. *1^* nn? u n?d ?\ai Hut when the sun ltd futile below the we&ternhorr/ftn, and night with her sable mantle hod enveloped the surrounding scenery in darkness, then- was exhibited a spectacle (hit c?mld not fail to plefcse and interest every friend 'to the cause of chrw danty. VTlie discordant .notes and outrageous clamour of these deluded fknatkjis or /Intestable,, hypocrites, who *we eithergroWn hoarse with incessant baling or completely ex haust^ With continual exertion," no KigeFstunned the ear, and the ob arity of night wSstlriven ?Way by he light of minierous torches which gleamed fifth tbtf various ' Stands constructed within JIm place enclosed. In place of the hiVWUs uproar,' and vehement odHhiesof forionsfanatick*, was heard that sweet and dumriNfc; mn*ic,> which combined sentiment with melody and the aoblimest image* with- the mpst enrapturing strains. ThnYlllsjMl vallies echoed respon sive to tflPpUses of theltedeemer, as males amf females With united voices. ,sung Hoasannas (o liis naml. InsteHl of the tomnltuous noise and clamorous shouts of superstitious de votees, was hea|^L the sincere fin <1 ardent petitions of the Servants* of the Must High, whirh rose up lik? intense be Com the tlunue of grace.) The gtey-liaired stay, bis streaming eyes evincing, the fervor awl sinceri IWJSJ ?*%.% other down her cbeCH cession, end while n ejaculation was waft upborne by the hear escaped her lips?*1 sublime and interesting (kgree, and such a look upon with delfgl home impressed With lion ?f the ^ropiiebr,. camp-meetinga, climb to n?ret; "that they subject to the abuse of fanaticism. k,, - 'from the Humder X NETUtPROifLEM IN wSVe withih a nessfd a most singulm pneumatics, ;t{>p?rei riment fa* accurately t.tsusttdned V.n welghtTWf the Tbrf-js a mos fact, thcitupol tiotfwj dVing tojometbing iieiism, or some peculiar effect npon the muscles wbich induces oncon 3Rus exertion. The curioua and incredulous hive only to practise a few times on th?L experiment, to be convinced it is no delusion, but a sober reality, and one, too, which seems to bid defiance to tbe. investi gation of philosophy. W e consider the subject worthy tbe notice of thef learned j and with this view we give) it pB%. A , I womvN l al Nature hat made wfSiua lMfl| that ahe receive with gratitude the protectjmi of man. ijTet how often ia this appointment perverted ! ? How often does her protectee become her oppressor ! Even custom seems leagued against her. ,/ahirn with the (endereat feelings* HtpPRiole life is commonly a elUMMkkJ? suppress them. Placed n^HMpt favoura ble drcumatnncemRrVinoice ia com ftnen to* few myects; iuul unlets where singularly lodunatc, Irtr par tialities are only a modification of gratitude. She may rriect, but can wane wjlF [Out i&vite, may (ell \\ liat w ot.'if make her wretched, tint date not even whisper what would make lit i happy.* and, in a word, exm'isc* merely a negative upon the most im event of her life. Man lia-4 to look around him, and may at any age, with almost equal vantage, hut women must impiove | ? fleeting moment, and Jptivrniino at the hazzard of determin ?fl^hefprirtg tifcn^Hjeg not last ;ljis ?present oppartu- 1 ted, slie may lie - left e only species of nils- 1 ch tbtt worlti evinces How cruel, then, to miserg* of her uaturAl How uogenertus to " V strength, and de fpoint th ose whos? ion is favor, and whose ^ir honWyH __ ? V ig, or like * long slcn 1 a little Lead cut upon aired, so that no move- | id to such as know tha at neither cat nor clog ggart""|oo<l 5" ^iis cjtes nfo his head, ns |r | ;h a ners|>rctire glass, | nindow*^n a linen*' ; his noslrtiiming np, ?t flat, for the bridge way hy an inundation tor he neverafforded no cofiiTy ma Lad ^ . ins* t its colour, for fear of - irfikh, being so ne$k SBfc devour it for EHfcth had, many ed for an ordinary col chamber, there Watt K2^ ted, whether he $ <1 JWSSIMfe (be old blotk."