"POEIR “THE FAREWELL. - Oh William ! donot say farewells: Tho’ we he doomed to sever; >Tis like the sullen passing bell, Ot picasure gone for ever, Ab ! find a gentler langnage then, The mournful truth to tell; g Bay, « parted [ricnds may meet again,” But do not say farewell Oh! do not say farewell. Dryden's, est plan's monde were wiition to jis odd ape © Bo Joimeon | apiiicd bimseliio ithe Dutch language buf | a few years before his death. But on this oo head the Morgais do 8t Nuiaire may be | regarded us la prodizy sat the age of se= veuly Le began to cunt ts Muses, ang, they crowned him with theic sweetest flows UE ers, His verses ave full of bie, of delicacy of and swecthess. © Voltaire says, thal Apas © creon, less oid, produced less charming compositions. The observation Is not: o unjust. oi > overshrecdd-g inckelse of sich ¢s are peru cious abd LESTRCtive. : A more remarkable proof of this we cannot have than 4 the cuntour of Peru which, happily fot mankind, is rare, and seldom found; for was the increase of the species large, it woula spread universal havee 20d devastation. ~The coniour, of condour, is of the eagle kind, aid a naive of Soul America. Capt. Swong shot une of ‘themsiviug on a cliff by the sea side, on the coast of Chil cot far from Mocha, an island in the south sea, which measured, from Gp to tip of ‘its wings extended, 16 feet! (see Phils TT. No. 208 )—The Jargest {eather ‘of the wing measured two ice tour inches—the quill pait ive and three quarter inches——and ‘the circumlerrence Jan inch and a hali~and weighed three Jdrachms seventeen graws. {Garcilasse de la Vega, thus says «—* Sev- Jeral of these fowls fave been killed ‘by the Speniards, and miasared from-end to. end of their extended wings 15 or 16 leet I Nature, to temper and allay ther herce- ness, bath denied thom the talons which are given to the wagloy their feet being tipped with claws ikea dunghill fowl —however, their heek 13 strony cnough (0 tear off the hide and rip up the bowels of an ox! Two of them will attack a cow or a bully and devour the animal quickly—- and it hath 6ften happened, that a condour hath assoulted and devoured boys of ten or twelve years of age.” y : I: Quito-and Pera, they arc. sometimes seen hovering over a flack of sheep, but “are casy frightened away by the whooping of ‘the shepherds. Gircitasso further adds that their colors is grayish or brownish, a mixture of black 50 lad white ‘that they huve in the forepartno ¢ffoit to detain her. of their heads, a comb not pointed ov ser-ily unfortunate in a thousand other ins! rated like that of a cock, but exactly inces; and involved ¢ven in Worse duicul {the form of a razor; and that when they ==all of which might bave been atone come to light frem the air, they make ‘had he possessed one spark of cour: A 2 4S n - - ; - } FY X , ’ : on ~ 5 F re A Lost Son- {ouch a prodigious neise with their wings, This quality, though perhaps In a degre: asis enough to stun on¢’s eats. “UH i ya Ey L Carrcinr, Just [the gift of nature, is yet undoubtedly a sub- BzoRer LATIMER. LATHCART, azo ject of education. Fopthetied muned of 14 years of age, leit my house} Labat, who often lind seen this oad, et ow. ne by supineness and on the 19th of October last; and to avoid {PaY® the bodys as large as that of a sheep, ©, Ge apis Independence is naturally the painful circumstance of his clopement and the flesh tough and as disagreeable wiih ot all} ‘yet who ein Be indepes. being made known to his Parents at Cadiz, [48 CAFO It 1s never seen in forests, nie pe slave of cowardice, and de- where his Father resides, as Counsul of {On 2cGOUDt of the great length of Its WANES; 0 og through fear, from speaking his the United States it was concluded, injbut It frequents sea shores, and the banks, oo ? The ord i a short and casy the first instance, not to publish his going of rivers, where it is likely to ond 1s Ines yet navy veil rearing re Fark away, 80 long as there was hope of his prey: LR jo thumpers, becouse whey had not fori return. After 3 or 3 weeks unavailing What a blessing it is to mankind, that tude enough to mak: #te use iamiliar; it search (only hearing of his having been {there are but few of (his moustr in the iff become easy by hut, and ibe adventa a few days in Alexandria) it was found|feathcred cication! and into what call Wo ogg would be as great on the side of intet- advisable to make the circumst Ace of {resolve this rurity of a species so exceed get as of virtue. hts going off more generally koown, ib ingly pernicious, Lut lito the wise andi Yypen you are urged and presscd by the the foliowing, manner: = overruling care of that adersble Provi- sharper, to purchase articles of finery, atid ~ tOn Saturday, the 19th/of ‘October last, (dence, which we are asured by the mouth ghow which you do net want, though he as: a Youth whose Parents are absent left lof uncrring truth; extendeth its Concern gy;eg you they are very cheap, l2arn to say is Grandiathe:’s house (Mr. Lead, his{not only to man, but to the meanest ofthe zo, When you are urged to engage In jnstructer, not keeping school that day;|feathered tribe ; ordering it so, that, “not schemes of speculation, with ereat hazard being sent upon an errand to Georgetown {a sparrow falleth to the ground, without apq uncertain gain, learn to say 70, When He di not Feu 3 ard hs our heavenly father 1” you are pressed to engage in the midnight 3 ee ! . ao Those who as weakly as wickedly, en- revel, the nightly debauch, or the noontide 20th, he went to Alexandria in the smalllge vor to attribute all things to chance, excess, learn to say 70. When flattering steamboat, Van Neas’® wharf; since which bee “ond second cause, would do well to friends and fawning sycophants tempt your Ie has not been heard ofy alter much un-ficoion io how it comes to pass, that the generosity, supplicate your bounty for their availing search. =. vastand destructive condour is so sel. guilty plcasures, and endeavor to wheedlc ¢ Any person bringing the truant Youths! om found ; is so slow in increase : whileiyou out of that which is necessary for tic to the 6 Buildings, shall bo paid all rea-jyhe fowls of a useful and beneficient comfort of your own family, learn to say 79. sonable expences, and may eijoy the sat-lsort multiply soamazingly ; and so plen-| When the artful and designing flatter your isfaction resulting from having an agencylfully contribute to our support and de-| follies, and_praise your foibies, while they. in restoring an inconsiderate Youthto hisijopt, Why should the hen, or the tur-lwould extract your secrets, learn to say nearest Connections, and be a meaniyey, the duck, the goose, or the partrige, no. And ye, O youth, when the syreu of alleviating the distress under waichijead forth such a numerous brood ; while, voice of pleasure lulls the vigilance of rea- they are now laboring. i the lonely terrer of Peru sits desolate, son and drowns the peal of conscicnce, learn ¢He is near 14 years of age, ratheriyic its single offspring on the top of a to say no, Witen the magick spell shall short i stature, but SEE yell setibarren rock ? : have bound your imagination, to the card ir skin, some what Ireckled, dork hairs 4h mg we nowalsoirenurk: tiie nood- t.ble, and your vapouring companions shail Had on his common school Best OF iirc. n pros tine os hu challenge you to stake your fortune on the : cow were » a » . 3 - ~~ Civil Courage. Ya There is a kind of courage. that does not much cousist in whiskers, and is pot always known by them. 1 mean thal kind of courage which comes iu course in tho comnion uccuvrences of life, aud enables person to speak his ind under all cir cumsiahces, and to all persons, when ne- cessary. It ig of great advantage to the possessor, and enables bim to be an hon- est and independent man, it he pleases, But without it he is continually exposed lo the encroachments of the designing, and must resort to evasion and guile if he would preserve his own. There was Jack Easy, who would almost as soon cut his fingers off; as say AO. He had not courage enough to speak his mind upon any occasion if Le thought it would give offence to any person. Peter Caley, who was well acquainted with this loible, often turned it to his own advantage. He was coniinually besetting bim fo. the lou ob soine article or other j—and althougl, Jack was naturally free hearted, yet Lis va. tience was exhausted, and ie would gladly be rid of Peters’ importunities. But what could he do? He had not courage enough to refuse him. He would invent an hundred falschoods to prevent the loan of an arucl. hich almost always proved uscless afer all, : One morning, Peter came to him to bor- vow his socrel mare. Jack told him she had gone on a journey : but Peter went di rectly to the stable where she was quictiy champing her oas, and led her out. li was in vain to remonstrate ; Peter said i was impossible that this could be his marc as she was then on a journey. Jack was wmovtified at this detection, that he madc And he was equal mnstan fies d, ik . are y & ~ por wes —— Me. Monroe President of the | United States, nas leit Washington for his ccats 1 Virginia, preparatory to bis intende tower to the cast. We understands Gem © Swift and Commodore Poirier are to acs. company the President, and that they will #5 probably reach this city the latter ead of} + the present montis {A Y.Gaz © Yttells of pleasure pasecd away=-- Jt tells of future sorrow j— The summa smil’d on yesterday, And winter frowns to mOrrow. Around the heart it seems to throw A melancholy spell ®t mingled memory and woe :* Oh! do not fay larewell— : Oh! do not say farewell. = : val Lorp Byron, 2fter spending some time it Venice, relinquished his design of yo ¥ mg to the east, and ut the last accounts, = was in Switzerland, en his return to England. * hy tad anger chilled, or doubt misled, That word than both were strongers ‘Twould sound like voices from the dead, That can offend no longer, But when upon the parting hour No harsher teclings dwell ; When love and grief alone have power, Oh ! do net say farewell— Oh ! do not say farewell. mw Capt. Jeweit’s privateer the Chul sill remained at. ancchor off Tybee om’ Wednesday Jas; having in company a © 0 Polcacre ship her prize. It is reported’ # that a considerable sum of money has seen landed from her. Her object ‘ig supposed to recruit men; the crews of i several vessels at Savanna had deserted, and are supposed to hove gone op borad her. Captain J. is well known in this city, Laving formerly commanded 2 vessel cut of this port. ‘At once, and quickly, let me part From all that's worth possessing : Ner fold its treasures to my heart, And hear that b tter blessipg— On | then a soften’d colouring give, Toills I know too well ; Nell me I have not long to live, But do not say farewell— : Ob ! do not say farewell. “a1 mi Charleston Courier. — oma worse “« THOUGH LAST, NOT LFAST I” i" L ro, > Chambers Colhoon, TAILOR, INFORMS the fashionable, the plain, ‘he whimsical, und the eccentric, that he, after expelling the serzps and pairings fron the domicil lately cccupicd hy Win. C. Welch, cordwainer, removes, has ‘been reprularly appointed io succeed him as the aucapant of aid tenement, dwelling, ot ol- 1G. Coruoon, though he cannot boast of having taken his degrees In either Paris, London, sweet Dublin, or the city of Lre- therly Love, yet, from his studious z1plis cation to the higher branches of the sciens : tific profession to which he hasthe i ; It may be str # ¥ tv belong, and which is coniessediy tigh = most ancient, and, sone of its admirers aly firm, the most necessary of the polite arts, he feels confident he has attained that hap- uy command of his ficuliics which enables him to suit his measures to men of all par- ties, of all sizes, whims, caprices, peculi- ariiies and particulaiitics, Indeed he has made it the great study of his life to set off Nature to the best advantage-~to straighe ten her abberatious—+to correct her extras vagancies, to compensate for ber neglects and to give to. her nod cxqlisite models of beauty, the indispensable accompanies ments of fashion, ¢age and grace. As punctuality has, ot late become 2 des sideratum in the polite world, as well as among men of business, Calhcon has de- termined that his promises shall be honor: ably fulfilled and his cngagem ents rigid. ly executed He deems it indelicate 10 his brethern, to sey any thing ofthe superiori- lue eyes. cua Iv man species from those rapacieus sons! '®3® of the game for God's sake say NO. dress, viz. a grayish cloth coat hight N y . 3 colored pantaloons of Bennet's cord, 2 of ambition, who are so rarely produced; and who, when they appear, may be term- vests’; the under one blue stripe ; the up- ed condours. pernicious, destructive to ber one cross-barred buff and brown. mankind ? Alexanders, or Cecsars, (or Bo- “His shirt and stockings marked G, L. C. ; naparte’s) spreading death and devastation, “He took no other cloths with him.’ Six months having elapsed, and by let}, pe “condours of the human race. ‘ters received from his disconsolate Parents!’ rs : * # dated at Cadiz in Janualy and February Too little ‘acquainted as the world 1s ast, we find that our fond hope of ‘his with peace, set the madmen of this class, having gone to them is not realized ; it is SHEN sey BFpan ¢ ke, a5 Snivereal atthe earnest request of his Parents that he ia fs 8 Jy oh DS0 dq of Lint the present callis made upon all who canj, rs ; ye ne x Si be sympathise with Parents and other con-| C4 'g Pace : Houphiyour. pride rections thus ciréumstaced, -and who absurdly attered on earth : though your would be happy is being, instrumental in ilo ee, prandeus are, Yecotded wie the alleviating poignancy of the distress to 4 y £ i Re which they are reduced, by assisting in heraldry of your families painted out with the discovery of the lost Youth. gore ; though your fame be re-echoea to the skies, with the groans of the expiring From such as can. give. an account of}. : ; 3 : the ficld of battle, stop! stop your fur be Youth, from motives of benevolence pine’ y Sop = PY y ! yy front Jevolence i, driving ‘the chariot of death! reflect communications by mail will be thank-l, o aie’ an account yer st hereaft fully receved ; and such as look for pe- ie oor fos: a cuniary reward, will not be disappointedfe’ "0 have fre g vil J 1o05¢ the if they expect no more than what 1s rea- sh Ta q iY Je toa scHable « {agents of pale ruin, and Leart dismaying ’ havec; ye who have frequently spread universal misery upon Jiations, on parents, and their helpless {geprogeny ; of whom such as’ survive, stand up; and to bitterness of heart, are heard to curse the day that gave you birth! eps + C— The Convention Of the protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland, will meet at Frederickstown, on Wednesday the fourth of june mnsxt. : JOHN WOODSIDE. Washington City April 24. RE The Coalnur of Pera, . The goodness of the Creator is evident: ly discerned in that pleatiful provision whicii he hath made of creatures bene- ficial to mankind ; nov are the foot steps of his gracidus wisdom less manifesty In the care which he hath taken, £0 the ; : O-liv of his ciyle and manner ; and it might —And you, worthy matrons on Whoin i=}, ous of egotism to produce any of volves the intercstng duty of fearing the those personal acknowledgements with fairest flowers of hature let your minds be which he bas been honourcdy by numee impressed with the importance of duly 1-4. , oonijemen, who are indebted to him structing your tender 0 ig o the gro: {or their all of elegance and fashion, and consequence of the word no el who, through his ingenuity, have be injured rue the day when they neglected} © vo the prandi flora of the par 35 useful aid ; and oft has the giass waved terre,~ch icf ornaments of the socictyin green o'er the premature tombs of the vic-§ Li} they bloom. He will therefore tim of precipitatc consent. conclude, in the language of tbat great : : FoR , captain, General Smyth, Come on horse~ Progressof Old Age in Mew Studies. haeks Co Sie ot foot Come in troapee Socrates learnt to play on musical in-lcome singly—Come any how, bu armed struments in Ins old age: Cato, at eighty} «Tis not ours to command SUCCESS, thought proper jo lea Sxsek and Pin-{ But we’ll do more-~we will deserve it starch, almost as late in lite, Latin. 4 : Theophrastus began his admirable work Bellefonte, May 5, 1817. an the characters of men at the extreme age of ninety. He only terminated his lit erary labors of his death. Peter Repsard, one of the fathers of French Poetry, applied himself late to stu- dy, but by the acuteness of his genius, ana continual application, he rivalled those pe- etic models he so much admired. Henry Spelman neglected the sciences in his youth, cultivated them at lifty years of age, and produced good fruit. Fairfax, after having been general of the parliamentary forces, relive to Oxford to take his degrees in law. Colbert, the famous French minister, almost sixty, returned to his Latin and law studies. i x Tellier, the chancellor of France, learnt logic merely for an nmuseinent; 10 dispute with his grand-chudien. SAMU EL BARD, TAILOR, ly informs his friends-and the public in generdl, that he has removed his shop next door to Mr. Came bridge’s Store, where by strict attention to business, and keeping the best of work men, he hopes to merit a share of the public patronage. : : Bellefonte, Afiril 21, 1817: N. B. All persons indebted to the siube scriber are requested to call and settle hei respective accounts. Orders &4 ironworks will be taken in lieu of cash. © Bamuel Bard Respectful .~ - TOE TRE ET em al Ha a 2 % Vo 2 e
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