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> F rom a Port Folio of \ 807. ' UU ifim ' ? 2b a Sleeping htfant. ^ J9^ the late R. B. JJavi?9 ; " c^Lt ? < On the tend bosom of nuRtatel love $ L ^ Caltn as the lake whosa waters gently ' "move, . Wafting tfre spirit of the idying'wind. 4Porkthae Affection wakes with pleasing Vj/? care..j .'/>/ ? ' "? ... - ? Delighted smiles, and breathes the fervent i : %vA- pra>V- ' 4 \ ^ ' ? t,w'. . ' .? % \ i >.j ar different is skep( when Labour faints On bis hard couch, when restless Ava ?{ c ^rice quakes y-? ' AVhen from the scene of dread that con? science paints/ < ? Affrighted "Guilt with sudden horror v:V.^ waives A\?*' ? " % ? ' . * I ' yVhen from the eye of day Misfortune < - shrinks, V; ? ' ??-}? ? * ' ?* ' ? ? ' 1 ' And on his bed of thorns despondent sinks. ~v' . ? <???*.* f ? -v-.v-. . \ ^ -j kWhenmght recalsthe toilsome day of ' \r\ C?$rcirc, ? f' . ,i * 1 ? ? When hopeless love catches in short re* ??v 'PW5 ;>s\ ; *.. | 'Scenes that alike his aching bosom tear, ! * , i; . Visions of shadowy bliss or real woes. Tor dreams like these, and- nights of anxr* -i ous pain, . Manhood thy peaceful slumbers must r I '^R'lresigj^ <, ,r : And all his boaste^ASedom sigh In vain ; v For the calm blessings of a sleep like Miscellaneous. JEpitoph on a Lawyer. I T^^^cWJakobut Straw, tVh* forty year* follow'd the law, he died * ,i r iy . , 1 . .j s ' -Vf f criet! ? / * ' . "j 1 James, give us your paw. V ' ? >* H r A dragoon was shot in Driblin for Vleserlion, and taking away bis borse and accoutrements at the same time. : ' IWTben onblsfaial, jan officer asked 4kn whatconWWuce hlnj to take : Ins horse away? to which he replied, ' {'-hb ran away -with him. "And sold bim^for?" ;'!<R|E|i^WBliea the fellow with t he utmost Indifference, " ran awny to?*? ?>*M IrJShlad being sent ' to |?oM ' chase a piece of cheese, his fellow, servants did not like the taste of it, and desired him toclutoge it ; it was one half of a Gloucester cheese: He went jbtok^ and - with thcl dther half, but was told npoft tsst ing it, ?JthaC H>: Was the same. ? I'll -m Irfy bibfymth itUjwt," be replied, ? fort saw the W^ive 1 me the other half With My own A A the troops from Holland tvere ' marclring through a little village, the inhabitants all on a gate, one ofi them asked a soldier several ques tions ; athoitg the rest wheth&r W had beeVi treated with hospitality ? 1 " Yes, indeed," replied tha inan, " rather more, than 1 wished, I wag in the hospital almost all tlie time." A young ralcish fellow, having one ?lay taken more Svine than usual, was unable to find his ^vay home. He had been making his visit a little way into the country, and, on hfo re turn, literally fell into a pond ; liow <ifrer? the water being hut shallow, he made shift to scramble partly out ef K ; I say partly, as one of his legs still dangled in the the chilling element. He had, in this state, fal len fast aslee.n, when lie was obser ved by orie of his companions pas sing tne same road, who kindly a woke him, and urged him to rise. 1 he moon at this time shining rc -i 4 , J markably bright, at*d dazzling > eyes at the instant be wpewcd th?ra lie stammered out?** Sow,, do tot me atohpj let i&e sleep ; and if yon will be busy/ pat out that caudle, mid throw some more clothes ou the ?: *VAV v ' j"v' "'? ' >~T~ x -? A good-natured eountry gentle man in his morning ride, overtook a< poor shepherd's Tioy, who having been busied in marking the sheqr with a substance they term rutttfe, was sauntering home. The gentle** mair, kindly imagining he Was fati gued, offered to let him ride- behind liim"; ami, during t lie conversation, gave him many excellent *iuaxims,, and much ?ood - advkg, at every i [muse exclaiming, " Mark me w dl, boy ; " meaning, that lie should pay attention, but which the boy under stood as a wish to be well marked, as die had already been employed so besmeared the poor mall's coat with his dirty composition. ** The frequent Repetition of? Mark me well," at lenghth obliged the feqy to , reply, " I canuot mark ? you any more, sir ; 1 have used alll the rud- ' die," ' v;. -\ly' . ?' < CURIOUS ANECDOTE. *! The following is an extract <>f " kk terfrym&'ari*, dated *lth w>/ay. " A cfflgous anecdote has just ire^cbed us from the country. <*en e%i , commandant of the military division of , bad keen for Home i consul era bio time past, violently in ] love with the wife* of an humble tin- j man, of -the town where the general le sides. Great difficulty attended the meeting oft the lovers, owing to the distance of tfieir situations in life as well as the husband'** vigilance. However* Mrs. l>lock~tin contrived' it with her lover oue night, to-order ? the husband, who belonged to the na-s tioual guard, to do duty on ji pdist at* some distance frofti their dwelling, whicluwould keep hitt-mfaU when the gallant Was to tatc pu^ses sion of the tin-shop and every tiling . in it. All went on as could be wish- "i ed, but while the lovers thought themselves in perfect security, a knock came at the doer, it was the husband ? he was brought homo, where he certainty was not expected, the general had just time to take bis clothes, and secret liimself ,in some |>art of the house, lor out of it he could not go: The husband got into his wife's bed -complaining of Violent spasm*. His wife ^ - ? ? ???m, swui'by hiiu to go himself to the apothecary's to get some medicine, nvlncli he did. Upon his going out, the gallant soon madfe bis escape from durance. The husband having purchased his medi cines, was about to pay for tliem? he put Ills band iitttt his pocket, arid to his great astonishment, he jiullcd out a great heavy purse full of gold which<*rtaihly he knew -did liot be long to iiim> looking^ his naatakmns, he* saw to Ids great grief that they also were not his own. ? Upon reaching home, lie insisted imnti lrtttoWlS ^ ? TTV--H-0 -"'T-r? 4#X w upon knowing who w& tlijc* owner of the pantaloons, winch the wife soon informed hi*. A trial against tlie general amMris f air one/ for adultery, is toMffneiiluted, and is expected that thfc general should he l>e found guilty, tyill be chtsWered, Your tee our notifm* of religion aitd morality differ font ycftirs. J Ikj lieve mi general in England who rt}ri*aW% ^h another man's wife, is'ever dismissed tlit service on that score.* *rT London Paper. HtGH UFA'.? It is stated in a London paper, that an elopement of a most disgraceful nature iiad recent \y taken place. The lady , is the wife (rf a dignitary of i)te Churchy and allied to noble and distinguished families and. has gone off with a; youth, a \v nng nobleman, i7 or 18] years of age. it wag supposed that the young man was about to pay hi s addresses to fine rtf the daugh ters. Ways and Means for Gentlemanly Satisfaction. In consequence of a mi?un?ler standlng hetwot'n lieutenant t * . ? n ami Lieutenant F ? y} of ita navy, a meeting U*vkpla?> in a meadow near Plymouth, <m tlie waning of tbci3tb ?*t, when, ms the peirscjfoV ^ouragu :6( each had befcb witnessed >ou ser war, there wasuo I trial thought necessary standing f%?j or cold steel ? but tl?ey were j I soon provided with sipgte stick v Lwbea atW an hour and ten minutes, well laid on liy both, (be ollemled Geiitleii\ai>- Htrew down bis stick, SWa?S good bumo redly, ithat be had a belly full* of satisfaction. ? They theu shook bands and parted. ^ ' ' ? ? * ? . . <*Jtn Active Sctioofm^ According to a German Magazine, there difcd lately in Subia a 8chool~ | master,' w|m> for forty years bad su t |>erin tended a large Institution with 1 old fashioned severity. IT pon an av erage, inferred by means of recorded observations, one of the Ushers lias calculated that m " the course of bis exertions he liad given, 9U,5CX) catlings, 1^.000 floggings, ?0tf,0QQ private whippings, 136,000 tips with the ruler and 22,706 tasks to get by heart ? It w*s furtjber calculate*!, that he bad mfedg 7(K) boys stand on [teas, J 600 kneel o?i a sharp -edge Of wood, ] 3QQQ_wear ?the fnoPftppV *?<! hold the rod. Ho\rvast the quanti ty of human misery inflicted by a single perverse educator. : % \ ' '-Y - - . v \r Sports of tie West. ? A tetter | from a gentleman" in East Tennessee | states?^* Tliat his neighbours bad a squirrel hunt soine timers spring aiul^feot to tlkMMiiaher^iR^OO squir rels in ^iikv day, aud thought they hail dofiewonders. J3ut their boaM iug was tffopped by au account of a hui)i the people had in Ten nessee, about the sn me ti me. T here was a company took or a bet for *500 dollars, with another company Who should get tbe most v scalps HPhe-y turned out, and in one day the t&jtofcTof them had shut 33,000 suiur. rcfe!" - ? . \ } v ... ... ?. . ? -i*; Makwolh I fog. ? Tl ie foflowmg are the dimensions of the hog recent ly brought from Ireland, and now exhibiting in New-York. ? Length of body, -p feet 6 inches ; heigh', '1 feet B incites ; washing about i pound ; P?' .. - ; , s , A | t Reflections on the Gmve.~?*, ttcrc | is tlie last stage of Life's immicy^? j Here is (he collecting rendezvous vtm buffering mortals '?: lieie is a ai$5 re- 1 treat from the barbed fib&fta of malice, J frompointcd perils and froiuinise- j ry\irod : bcrey after nolile and ig- 1 4ioble views ; aft** every ardent wish } I after pursuing every flattering olnect, J we find the object of uH. U ere, I fro$ sinrtffa boiidaraL ;and omn-c^ J si oil's iron hand, vests the wretched I negro, whom dhaoee bad made it | slave* here It* forgets flfis gallififc 1 state, Ami with ~ ids lord ly sleeps equally accommodated* Here | the oppressor and the oppressed j toowMter taget he#V*Here sleep the j meanly saying nftd the riotous pro- j fuse, j Hero, pr*>*tifcle in dust^ays J the ifegraded rtSBcto of soaring: inor f taisl Remember, then the transient j visions of terrcstral greatness 5 and I act so as to be to \>ay1he I momentary loan of telatfen's great Ibn J der." W- * J /?* ' ' ;r*?f: Mdison says, that a dog has Y>eeti j tbe com|mnkm of man OOOO years, j and has learned! of him only one of I his vices ? that is, to worry 'his spe- I tieswliaii lie finds them in distress. I Tie a saucepan to a dog's tail, and ] another ivilt fall on him ; put a man I in orison for debt, and another will 1 lodge a detainer against him* 1 Unexampled Murder. ?On the 13th ult. a Mt\ James 1 Ajiple^arth, who resided about six I miles froni Cambridge, Maryland, I was murdered l>y a man name of I O' Riley. ; The murderer was ap- I prehended 011 the same evening and I committed to the prison at Cam- I bridge. ? The extraordinary cause I and circ umstances of the_crime, are 1 related in n Maiylahd paper as fol- ? CPWtctYa few wtoks rgo op?ned a bctyool, to.uluch- Mr. Ap ti1uir?vii . ? 1 ' .v , ?i ? *X4 . .'LjJ* j)kg*rili sent two a; .three tUililrw O'Kjfey, w as frequently intoxicated and kcKtt' ? > ? * ? 1 " . >? , - ? -fyjjftV'y ua " tisfietl with hw iiiteiripciTvtc linbiis detenwufd to bcve\Ttert kfo dppro^ifjyxvfcjch w as utk fevemnr; near sun&t, at tbfe house' ,^'Mv. Ca leb LecanCipit, where : lit** ltKJR^v tofcrdetf.* Mty A- wfcfit t6 ^MrfviA. comple. wWir meeting -with ley, lie spokfc to him 1 h?g hftnil. a( \yl?Uh fPRift^e vr4 > ing w I dt> not shaker TnvhdsVv h fi a traitor/' struck him three times ; tfie just MftW^kHle d hint. Tlie jury or inquest helcj overfly body, hiVwgh* ia a verdict of discovered tlmt lie had been stahheii with a penknife iff the clieefe, the jugul|fc$i^*was cut, which caused m*taut death. i, . ?- MP: ?: & % *'' ^ ? " ? ?-,*' ?? " * -1 r^.a; o^.vo d?" /< i riFFti.vs > ''#'-;x). ^6riw08^'vec. . The following pilrilciftnw'ltftt &iv en to Us by a geuttuiiiiui of vera City, who receiv^^em from common i>\ port in the ni^h^baod ^?jlei'e. the "occurences tookpluce. we hope to obtain ? n#ru deUwSll aiid coii*ect statement of the fads. pur mforjimut states that hahiUuits in th? HeighWhood of Black VValer, in A*uu cmtn ty, Wve for same tinniest beeivkept in a state of tdain f by a p^ugtiftles peiate wretcbes, .|Mindj^l^compk>? sed of white* men aud rtHia^ay net ;groe^ M ho g?> about committing. ih& ike *uost fcffrbcious outrages and dep redations oo penums atfd property. This band of ruffins yw& iaid to bo 28 it* number, armed Jrjut <ofl ami - had openly jiforlaimed . ?* "*t$ the iuk&iUmtti p[ So Jwhciihiwi <hej would cuter encloeUrps *" '* " down cattle, hog&ur day. ' A negro umimv of the them while going on i u? ?wuci%hli-. t;nPab i i- i <?< - w* Jduhbl^'A few nights ago, however, the captain of tin* b^iidiUi wu? tthot, ^nd ^evet^ ; be bi* <H>mrade?.take44 -firifoneis ^ a vol>v uuieei gunwl of trie jrobbing a {tuoieu. It tievm^ aiW<t'/ whctMi ' urgiid io |^Uf i^ct, Quired a day to tiiake up hia Uftlttd und^m ^^luiultihg IH? ;? Ufigltw>rft thejf ^ to tlie step in consh^ra iog the rogues. rl he man Aoeor aiil^v bcfcam? a - 1* c^ti^ prft^utesly ooi \ieh)g of'ttiiifr1-1^1 l* '*? MfilM fired on thorn. !Tl in old woman, who Lw ed to tfctfgftng, Mnere killed, and trie rest taken. The piu<wier# Iravo since been comroitted to : ; \ . ' 8 ' .C ts. Upland Ccftitevftot* H - 21 Q% Rice, prime (c*t.) '?vU 7 a 8 . . Pteur, fine* Camden (bbl.J 12 Com (bu?h.) , - ?/ * * 2 Wheat da - - j'A t5 . Tobacco leaf 4- s >Vh?kcy (gal.) ? f . :7b'. 75 Butter (lb.) ?**- , ? ?5 37 Bacon do. . * ?*,/;> 1 .1 ' 14 Lard do.. ? 2o 25 Tallow do. v V ? "/X & *64$ Bee* Wax (lb.) ^ ,r v ?4 23 Stioc Thread do. - ] * : '^vt87 99 Indigo prime d v. , t, ^ g . 87 > 99 Coffee do. _ ' ? . - ^ '23 Sugar, Mnncovado (IK) '? 1G ?fc Salt (bush.) - -? '* / 1 4's Iron (lb.) - - # 6 Mol&ascn (gal.) 8 73 87 .//r r ' rt 1 if 1 1 s 70S Upland cotton + I T2 1 t??r* Flour Corn $1 1 H, S> 1 j-n 1 1 < ts. Molassr- f>G!i Irou l o 3, \\ i 7 >, i