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P O K T It Y. From the Democratic freas. " IHbRh IS AN HoUR." TheHs i? an hour of inward joy, An hour to mirtfc sndrpleasure gfren, W lien ntan enjoys, without alloy, The *leep ot earth?the calm of Heaven - , ' i * I *' * i- S7'^ " - VvPtPQ i T ne re is an hour of happiness, v\ lien man can revel free from pain frjJ An hour of pure, unhallowed bliss, v VY hich e\ery mortal strives to gain* ji|f . ' * iK * *?' But ah I there is a solemn hour, W hen dead reflections wake the toul ; When man most owd a higher power, God supreme? who holds coirtrof. * Tis if HjfljjPft ^ ^ ^ ^ 'ow? And sorrpw dims the closing eye"; When tyrant death, mai|*a mortal foe* . . Proetuittw alas i that we must die I 4 Ye* J-W, we feet and^i, Ou i' heiplcstt lot? our vnetohedfete ; C?yft>r fci'giveneM? loudly Sgpftn, ' ? And sorrow o'er our dying'state. D. . JliwveUaneous. rz ' ; i'l: - - : , ?? - JProm the -London Monthly Magazine. t- ;f TIDIES PAST. Oli, -for the days that afegone !? , the golden age of cooked hat? ; tht Augustan era of country -dance ; th< apothesis of minuet ) How welldo 1 remember tire 'first night I "Ventured Upon the latter genuine relic of <thf old French court. What an awful recollection have 1 of the trying mo ment, when with a slow and grace jful curve o!f my fret deposited tin- trUngQtar beaver upon my pow dered loeks, pressing it 4k?wn upon my forehead, with .a Arm de terui illa tion to look tierce and lancinating, and yei vith a" tender and sympathy tic regard for the economy of my 'elaborate curls ; sumew'bat in the atile reaMwmendedby old Isaac' Walton, when instructing you to Impale a worm for angling'; lie bids you han dle htOa tenderly withal, and treat liim like a friend. , The scented pul Jplip, wliicb the untwisted hairs re ppoachl'ully effused, still seems to salute my nose, and flutter between my eye*, and the dipping and ew im iiijgli?ilre of my partner. With what pinde 1 led ber to her seat, arid what ? bewitching bowjgfQattered myself 1 had made, wboPshe blnshed into her chair ! In those happy days' the next operation was 4 regular and deserving set to, at the genuine old' English country vdance; and tbe a musements of tbe night* were invari ably w ound uu by theBonlanger, or feir Roger de Coverley. One of my nieces played me tboife exploded tones a tew days ago, and what a fiaMi of ro-y recollections did they conjure up ! Their music seemed to . |*ueirtetuto the quiet caves aud grottoes pf memory, awakening ideas that nail long slumbered undisturb ed. Methotight they issued from their recedes like so itiany embodied t>pm s : and, fastening tSieir flowery wren ibs to the spokes of Time's great Wheel, they dragged it rapidly back Ward until the days of my ytiuth be came evolved before me ih ail the fi delity and vividness of their first ex istence* 'then did I again behold the rich Mistt JB ? -t the sugar ba ker's daughter, whom my patents in variably urged me to engage for the supper dances, with many a shrewd hint that h partner at a hall often he* came a partue.i for fife; ? nor was *iier corpulent mother omitted, who canied vanity as for as even to affect a degree* of palsy, that the ot he; bead might giv?% a more d lustre to tbr magnificent diaiuouuv with which it was thickl> sludded. I see Tier now, at her old i.acf in (lie <? ill room, shaking ant: -parkling like an aspen-tree in th-: ?unsbine ??f a while frost. lhehohi also* the hustling little old man het father, receiving the tickets of td mission in all the pomp of offict.j v ith hia snuff colore^ suit and the1 powdered and pomatumed peak earn ing to a point in the centre of ijw lmld head. 1 hear him boasting at the same time of his wealth and hii drudgery, and declaring that with II the hundreds he had spent upon bis hot-houses rind plantations at liackney, he had never seen tlieni except by candle*jight. As for the daughter, thank Heaven, I never danced with her but once, and my mind's eye still beholds her webby feet paddling down the middle, with the flouncering porpus-like fling sin gave at the end, only accomplished by bearing half Iter weight upon her partner, and invariably out ot turn . Often have I wondered at the pati ence of the musicians* jm muting ro sin and catgut upon 'lier timeless sprawls. 8he was obtuse in all her ?perceptions^ ^tnd essentially vulgar Mi her appearance ; in the' conscious ness of her wealth she sometimes strove to look haughty, but her fea tures obstinately refused to assume aoyexjrffiiion beyond that of inflex ible-stupidity. Moreover, 'she had thick ancles, pudding hands, with short broad nails, and in laughing she showed her gums ! She was too opulent, aoccwdiug to the sapient calculations or the world, to marry any but a rich man ; aind' s^e suc ceeded, at length, in- realizing Iteii most ambitions'. 'dreams, * Her hus band is a yellow little nabobs rolling in wealth, and half suffocated with bHe. ; She has three ricke ty children, w hom she is ashamed to produce.?. \V ith no more eta than a fish,, she has a box atthe Opera, end giveswjvate concerts. .? In sliort, there ift ifolux ury she is ihcapable ofrettdung. which her fortune doestiot enable her to command ; and no enjoyment re alty adapted to her taste, in which her imagiued gentility doe* not de ter her Rom indulging^ What a contrast - Witts the accom plished, the fascinating Fannj w? , with her lovely features irradiated with innocent hillarity, yet tempered with sentiment and deep feeling. She was attinfeiligence? spiritual? ethe rial ; at least, 1 often thought so, as her sylph- like . fbrin seemed to be treading npon air, While it responded spontaneously to every pnlsatum Wf the music, like a dancing echo. " The course of true love never did run smooth." F anny was portionless? 1 was penny less; yet even despair did not prevent my loving her; and, though my tongue never gave utter ance to the thought, 1 am well a ware that she read it in my eyes, ami gave me iti return her pity. . .With this I was couit-nieu? iii iuc romnnce 01 a first love, jl thought it would be de lightful to die for her. Poor Fanny ! rite fell a sacrifice to one of those pests of society, a dangler, a coquette, who paid her his address, won her affections, changed his mind, and married another ? the scoundrttl! her pride might have bornie the insult, but her lover could not be recalled? her htiart was broken. Her fine mind began to prev upon itself? the swoid wore out the scabbard? her frame gvadaally faded away, and a rapid decline at length released her from her imcoraplaining misery. 1 follow her to tlie grave ; and how ofteh did 1 return to the spot to be dew it with my' tears I Many a vow have X made to suppress im unavail ing grief, and retrain from visiting the place of her burial, when, in the very midst of my resolutions, n?y feet have unconsciously carried me to it again. Most truly might I have exclaimed with Tibbullus. Sfc '' Jui-avi (jijotius fediturum ad limina nun* ?' quam ? * Cumtxne jttVavi, pea talten ip?e rtdjt." V eats have si net' rolled av\ a\ , and II can ovw tltmk of fraouy w illn u ??Forgive me Mr. Kdinf, Inn ur has fallen upon the very spot here X was about to make a Ivoas' of my stoycism. 1 iuay, however. ? *ion declare, that of al; * lew, Fanny 1 I will not write the subject. [/Vom the jirQ.\lmetfcan.~\ A FARCE IN HEAL UFE. We understand that a pleasant farfie Ws played ofif, not long agb, upon the good people of a certain; village, within a few miles of the! sapUol at Albany. I in the village, and relations. They w ? lUMf 1 ?, v _ -r-, a-; ;?r..v ho him, and he exi sure in the recognition. tionsbip was incleeoQ mote; hut ontheir pai more and mo^e "inl portion , as -t bis pro closed. In accents] ly brightened by IrSyf ? informed them that [was bnUittle blest* long as Tie resided in county) bad gone over {accumulated a fortune < 8100,000? at a suital died* and left it all to " ful son. Their l diminished on its latitude increased. jptominence of the ey rent, and pleasure * upon the grave and tenance. ^|Tbe < cepfcon was ao Mluctance iinf?ted?by with hisrj ufMB who W? thousand ness is '<8i Caution soothed inheritance. The mai is draw n mdre closely, .... kens as k meets his languishL |?rid she sweetly smiles the si .welcome; for what he against forty thousand r caah ? It is true that he lias II and blue eyes? bnt so has'fl tie is beardless ? *o is- JoL dolp: is tail and slender? bt- ~_? Doctor emfrse, be i ** beauty. Beauty and Wealth! who can withstand it? He attends a ball, and wears his hah The managers, with as much caution as if they wer tbe GnKYiiier,; bre tion of its impropriety. ly tells theM./in reply, , a nwyir m w aterfonl hae an ele gant cbain with abour nine seals, And other fashionable appendages to bis watch. He is employed to buy up mortgages for the young heir, wbo, iu the mean 4ime admires the trink ets, buys them, at ' a good round price, and agrees to pay, as gentle men should-** when convenient. He Vasts his eye upon a large brick store, and is about to commence merchandise. A keen old wiseacre hires it for him, in order to induce Him to receive bis son as a partner.? It is done. A clerk, too, li vfanted. A young man is In good and regular employment ; but better offers induce him to leave his patron, and lie is engaged by the man of wealth. Generosity, however trifling in amount, fo always highly valued, if the hand that bestowed it is rich. ? Our adventurer bows with cnmplais< ance, ahd promises with liberality. He is ready to patronize all who )ook to him tot fcuppotU amlJMvffh Jifl small adroitness, contrives to lay those under obligation from whom he purposes to .jjpiive contributing. ? Amidiugly. aftei measuring <irt lis kiuilues? to bis numerous li 'm ils, l.e a> great coat of one, a suitout jSf anolWiy 8,1,1 ? dt^ss coat of a third? not because he"1 want a, but because lie fancies Alicni ; exchanges a silver watch for a gold one, and borrows a quantum sufficient of money ? oultj because lie huwens to be out of chavge / , Having thus replenished bis ward robe an.} bis purse, and rioted a month or two upon 'the fat of the laud,' be is ready for his departure to draw the dividends due upon his stocks, and to purchase his goods. But, that uo malicious wight may raise a suspicion to his disadvantage, he solicits two of his relation?, a tmmau and a tanner, to "attendliim to New-Yoik. They comply, and the trio arrive in, this city. lJut here, alas! the heir .of forty thousand pounds suddenly disappears ! Whe ther an envious mist has obscured him from their sight, or a malignant demon has spirited him. away, no one can tell. ox atra circumvolat USm ' i And now the tinman tfndtlie tan ner wind their weary way to their | native village, 'the old maid de plores the profligacy of tbeage ; the young maiden unbraces her - corstite ; Slyboots pays rent for a vacant store, and the tea-table fa: supplied with a fruitful theme for many a month to LOtae- r,M low grciaAA, w$l drained,* having ^rofl fencing to mftke ttinto convenient fields, and having buildings of into Kind* tk*t i* \ common on frcouptry farm, pith aW>ppie and pench Orchard, a Grist. Mill, a Cotton ' Gin that goes bjr water, a Blacksmith'* Shop, The above will be sofd oh reasonable terms, by making the payment sure, a ere- ??? dit will be given* If not sold before No vember next, it wilt leased for a term of , ye&rs. Any person disposed to purchase, will call on the premises, view the land&t themselves, and hear of the terms frorrv James Trt^vftidm. - 1 N. B. TJie situation is as healthy as any In the United States, having .numerous. Springs pf tfoc pwWt water (n different quarters of the tract* . j ( June 28. 6? CLAHET WINE. 25 Doxwfcauperior CLARET WINE, for sale by NEIL SM IT H tc CO. Auguftt 9. t I t-il 3, ml * ??? - ' 1 '? OlimWM iilti TO KENT. The (ftO%P&E formerly oecttpted by Mrs, Hay?- For terms appty ^ ^ f James Clark, August Is. . * . '