POETRY. An] in te The Folly of the World. All the world’s a mass of folly, Youth is gay, age melancholy ; Youth is spending, age 1s thriity, Mad at twenty, cold at fifty. Man is nzught but folly’s slave, From the cradle to the grave. ia gl What creates the infant’s joy Rattle bells and painted toy : VY hat the youth’s ? the wish to prove, All his fervor, all his love; : And these past-times, when grown old, All forgot ; absorb’d in gold. What but wealth is man pursuing, What but gold is man’s undoing ; 4 Mundane glory’s supposition, Worldly pleasure’s imposition ; Healith’s precarious, life’s uncertain, Soon or late, death drops the curtain. Rear'd in folly’s idiot schoolerie, Ev'ry age thus boasts its foolerie; From the newline infant season, To man’s dotage—want of reason : Then bravo, fool, thy flag’s unfuled, And waves the ensign of the world. mE. $ROM TH? AMERICAN CENTINEL. 1805 and 1817. In 1805, there were two candidates nom- inated by republicans for the office of go- vernor, Mr. Snyder and Mr. M ATSYW// « integrity of principle.” given for supporting he is « unambitious of the honors end emo- luments of office.” —T he fact is he does no: know nor feel what Aonor is, but if ever a man was devoted soul and body to emolu- ments, to the love of money, th: General Joseph Heister. since his nomination he Js seen pa fore his door like a Cenuinel every Oa = , y ay SEE his whole public life is & satire dpon, ported in these COunied Heiter air hardly geta vote over the moattains., You Another rcason Heister is tha | shall hear from me regularly during the summed.” Mr. BALTIMORFS May 19. Astracan Rye. i-A new species of rye brought from Astrecap is now eagerly cule tivated’ in Germany. This grain is descr bed as far surpassing cvery other specie man » nd ever cing be- hour in Now, it will give a majority tor Mr. Findlay—- we will bet the same sum that it will give Mr. Findlay a majority of more than 1000 votes ; and we will wager the same sum that it will give Mr. Findlay a majority of more than 2000 votes. We kiow the county well, we Know its stubborn inflexi- ble integrity, and its devotion to the prin- ciples of democracy, and we arc certain that it will do its duty, jib. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. There has of late appeared much confi- dence and boldness of assertion in the Fed- eral papers in reference to the election for Governor We do not believe that the per- sons who assert that Mr. Heister will be e- lected entertain the convictions which they would wish to impress upon others. Our the day : he attends all raisings, all funcr- als, all gatherings together of the people ; to every man he bows, with every man he shakes hands, and in short, his behavour is disgustingly obsequious —and all this from avarice, from a love of the emolu- ments of office.” It is disreputable to the character of the commonwealth to publisi such truths of a man who is put in nom! nation for the highly honorable office of Governor; but we are compelled to pub- lish them to put well meaning men on their guard against the daring falsehoods which are circulating, and which, it circulated uneontradicted, might be credited by per- sons who have no knowledge of the real character of Mr. Heister. We have no personal enmity to the Carlisle candidate, a n 0 t es An account 1h ishe | of its eks ofit with almost poetical enthusiasm calling it the C A sure method of raising Indian Corn on’ make it very strong. corn therein uni l duce three times the Crops ripe three wecks sooncr than the same sort of corn planted ground of the same quality, and in the reasons for not giving credit declarations are as follow. in this district, where the Holy League is more perfect than elsewhere, standing all the a ficarances of confidence which are assumed no onc will beton Heis- ter’s election. ten per cent ha past, to any one Ww of a thousand dollars, ter, different persons gardless of hi bet a thousand dollars that Joseph Heister will be elected caster county have had a meeting, and as selves Independents. (heir resolutions, publishca in the Aurora such: of this day, arc of the same tenor with’ «hose heretofore adopted, we shall su the pith and marrow of them to our rea- few come here. ders. ernor, will depend the decision of the ques- tion “whhether the principles of genuine republicanism shal forts of corruption, When we remember the 1364 dollar bribe, Fi the bolted doors of the Carlisle Caucus, the ¢ Union of Honest Men,” we entirely towards all men, subscribe to the principle here laid down,. thing to eat and not doubting but that genuine republican- ism will prevail against the efforts of cor- sense of duty alone induces us thus to pourtray his character, * nothing exienua- (ing nor setting down aught 10 malice. en ib. From the Northampton Corresfiondent. {Translated from the German for the De mocratic Press. ] fr is Extract of a letter from Greensburg, Westmoreland county, to a gentleman in Easton, dated the 1st of May, 1817. « { received your letter about a weckj, ago.—I thank you sincercly for your atien- eeded. This tact shews that there is not tion. It gives me great pleasure to. hear man to be found in Philadelphia so re- that the steady goad old county of Norih- s money ard character as to ,amplon continues true to the principles of ’¥6, Many of our neighbours round here were born im your county and they are without exception true democrats, and for Mv. Findlay as the Governor. They often { speak of the steadiness of their old county, The Independent Republicans of Lan- and enquire who those are that call them- Here we have none nor are any to be found over the mountains. The Aurora was once consid- bmit ered as a republican paper. now but very I read it now and then. Its eager desire to be witty at the expense that on of Mr. Findlay is truly ludicrous; and while r Gov- ‘we enjoy a hearty laugh at their desperate attempts to injure, they appear excessively .sad at discovering the fullness of the state ‘treasury and the purity of the treasurer. For what have they produced against Mr. indlay since the stinking sluices of calum- worse than that he is kind and gives his friends some- to drink when they visit him ¢ I assure you the people in this coun- try are not so stupid as to be deceived by ruption, intrigue and faction. such stuff, nor so destitute of penetration They secondly resolve and protest a- as not fo perceive that a character who has gainst ¢ legislative caucusses, as political long exercised public and responsible sta- abominations,” as neither of the candidates tions like Mr. Findlay, must indeed be were nominated by a legislative caucus; it worthy, and faultless, since baseness itself would puzzle wiser heads than ours to de- cannot find any thing against him. Even termine what bearing such a resolution was the federalists look on it as the low abuse intended to have upon the election of Gov- and finesse of the Aurora scribblers. Of ernor. Mr. Findlay was nominated by 113 oldschool men or independents as 1 have delegates, specially elected for that pur- already said, there arc none known among pose; which nomination was made, and us; ifa single one does crawl about, he is the whole proceedings of the convention ashamed to make it known, the public held, in public. Mr. Heister was nomina- voice is so strong against him. ted by 39 delegates, some of them self.e.| «The federalists considered as men and lected, some of them his own relations, all as a party ave respectable in character and assembled in secret, and she nomination|number. Is it not extraordinary that they made with closed doors. suffer themselves to be led by the malcon- They next resolve to support general Joseph Heister on account of ¢ his servi- to the federal We know that { that notwith- : It is in our knowledge that s been offered, for a month ho would procure a bet Findlay against Heis- the money to be staked, ind although have undextaken to pro- ure such a bet yet have they never suc- Governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic Press. Amo They resolvein the first place, he event of the coming clection fo 1 prevail against the ef- intrigue and faction.” and ny were opened sarne qlantity quently buried with a haste chat is highly tiou has often been followed by the most shocking and disgusting consequences; it has irequently happened that persons sup- posed to be dcad, only in a state of lite without have perished in convulsions & dispair as the subsequent inspection of their bodics bag proved. tent oldschool men? A contemptible set of disappointed office hunters. The dregs of in size, beauty and producliveness. agnificent golden grnain, the delight f all who beloid it; the- favourite of eres, &c.” ott poor ground, as experienced by a gen. tleman of the state of New-York, Dissolve salt-pelre in water, so as to ‘ve Soak your seed it becomes swelled ; hen plant ir in the nsval way. Ttwill pro. and will be without soaking on i 2 i N. B. Itis also said'to be a preventa- . ive to its being attacked by the destruct. ve woim. Sn i From the Montreal Sun. — Peraons supposed to be dead, are fre. gprehensible. This blameable predipitas fot who in reality were cthurgy) have covneto being able to obtaih light Repeated remonstrances have not had the effect of preventing the pernicious custom of burying the dead the moment that the breath is supposed to be out of tbe body. It 1s customary to wrap up the corps with a sheet which is sewed from head to tootin sucha way as to prevent the admission of the air The following is a recentand terrible ex- ampic : A nanof the name of Tessier, of the Parish of St. Anne in the district of three Rivers supposed to be dead was carried to Church about twenty four bours, after where bis funeral scrvice was performed. He was then placed in the Charnel House® which is the ordinary custom in this coun try duving wimer. About eight days ‘e after it became again necessary to open, the Charnel Housc, and the coffin was found open, the feet were out, the hands were toren, the left band grosped in the right shoulder, and the body was turned upon the right side. 3 * The name Charnier (Charnel House) is given in this country toa large come mon grave, where the dead are put during the winter, sa not to dig a grave fu each body, : 4 ently TE—— The Election. The election in October rext for gover : nor will, perhaps be the most important E one that has taken piace in Peansyl ania since the « reign of terrors.” It is to de~ cide the character of the state—=whethee we shall remain republican or becom® Bh 4 ¥ TT Ls wee - pe 3 9 Ba PR He oh the democratic party arc seen leading the respectable federalists to the poll. This is truly wonderful ! ces, his qualifications and his principles.” What his services were we have yet to learn, but it is ridiculous, it is an insult to the people of Pennsylvania to talk of the Quarifizations of such a man for the office overnor. The very nomination is a dis- grace to Pennsylvania. It 1s doubted very much whether Mr. Heister canread a good running hand in English ; it is certain that he is in the habit of taking his letters from|candidate only because he is rich the Reading Post Office, the seals, over to his son-in-law to read] them to him. As for principles they have’ always hung very loosely on Mr. Heister'ever the avowed tool of Dr. Leib. run him against M¢Kean. that means. Truly this is a shameful dis grace to the country. Republicans how do not allow themselves to be bough right of suffrage—in 1804 he says «an U- « pion with Federalists I cannot in the « slightest degree approve of ’—in 1805 be We men out of office that have no claim ove their neighbours but money When it ar «As to Mr. Heister, we know nothing of’ him in this part of the state, but that hie is We all know that Leib even in the year 1805 wanted to From all that ‘we can learn Heister was selected as the aud they without breaking! hope he will be able to influcnce votes by ~in 1789 he wished to rob the poor of the! like a flock of sheep: they know their rights and will boldly maintain them, and keep federal——and the union with the federalists which is promoted with all the zeal aud Iperseverence that can be called forth, requires an incessant watchfulness, and to urge every republican 10 at The result will not be donbtful the rood old cause use vigilence by which the overcome their oppo- s period, as it was in 179 9, a struggle for principle. The mer- its of the candidates have already been canvassed with much attention== and that Mr. Findloy has an assendency over Mr. Heiser, vannot but be admiited; the talents and ex perience of the former gentleman are vastly superior - to those of. the latter, and bis most inviterate ence ought his post. if the friends of that energy and have so repeatedly nents. Itis at thi 1 t ~ r sures its readers that Mr. Heister will have a majority of 500 in Cumberland county. We will not merely coutradict this unfoun- ded assertion. but we will shew to convic- ter will not have a majority of 500 in Cum- We will wager 50 dol- Jars that Mr. Findlay will in that good county of Cumberland, have a majority— we will wager the same sum that he will have a2 majority of 500—we will wager the same sum that he will have a majority of 1000, and we will wager othe. 50 dollars that he wi'l have 1500 majority in Cum- hasely denounced the democrats as seek- ing after ¢ an equal distrnbation of proper- ty,” and he has ever since been a Quid or divider of the republican party. The third resolution gives as reasons for supporting Mr. Heister that « he bore an -|« an active part in the war waged for inde- « pendence.” We defy the advocates of! Mr. Hester to shew any mention of him or his services in any account that ever has been published of the Revolutionary War. His name is no where to be found. We are told that in public life he has display- ed « intelligence, zeal, firmness of charac- ter, solidity of judgment and integrity of principle.” This is all mere rodomontade. s| Those who know Mr. Heister know that land sounty. of the state of public opinion in Cumber- he is very ignorant ; or as he says of him- Demo, Presa. self « he is not high larncd in English,” vives to such a state, that men are raised to office on account of their money, our liberties are gone. isso very rich, how came it that during the late war he lent none of his money to the government, but employed it in shay- mies acknowledge him to be, in 2 mMOr- ral point of view, in every respect the cqual of Mr. Heiser. The spirit of oppe