OFFICE OF THE STAR, CIIAMBEIU3BORO STREET, A FEN P DOORS WEST OF MR. FORRIC'S ADVERTISEMENTS Conspicuously. inserted FOUR, times for ONE DOLLAR per square—over }bur times, TWENTY-FIVE coati per square will be charged. aDV3I2:2 Wto ataopaalum. At S per annum, hal&yearly in advance. G 2.0T-Laglo --iilk--" With stocetest flowers enrich'd From nariouslardenst ull'd with care." AIIIAI'SODY. Fair girl! - Thine image in my heart Is constant as the peerless run,_ Which bids the shadowy night depart, And melts its envious veil of dun; When stars are quenchid in floods of light, As morning gushes on the4o,, Bathing each tossing billow bright, I think of thee! ' In dreams of ovening—thou art there;• The purethe beautiful—the kind; Thy face Hinnies the haunted air, Touch'd with the kindling rays of mind; Thy soft the eyes—their mildest beam Rests with a spell of love on ine, Till 'rapt in one transcendent dream, I think ofthee And oh! When sunset fires the west, When gold and purple clouds aro there; A holy transport fills my breast, - A smile like thine invests the air; And in the fragrant sighs of eve, A kiss like thine is borne to me; While winds o'er flower's their whispers weave, 1 think °Nice! UL.z.fli . 223 l 3iol.kig. Of all the virtues in the world, that o pure and philanthropic charity sends forth the sweetest incense. It is a lovely trait in the character of the aged—fin it argues a tenderneof feeling, an expansive mind,and a warm and benevolent heart, existing amid the desolation of years; and by this we know that time, which freezes up the flowers of beauty and the perrennial fount of youth, has not been able to reach the springs of hunianity which flow from the inner bOsom. We admire it in the middle aged and active but - from these we expect the-ready - und ac- two benevolence which is due from man to man—they are the. bone and sinew of socie-' ty, and owe duties from which their fathers are in a measure exempt — flut - th - e — eharity - of the young is that which- mingles present pleasure°with all the fullness of future hope, and sheds around the character a more than earthly-glory. • Every poor family in AleSbury knew Lucy Mar, of the Sweet-briar cottage, over the brook, by the meadows; where her father lived on a snug little farm which he hiad bought out of the hard earnings of his young days, and where he long lived in good cir cumstances, honest, and industrious. There were many pretty girls in Alesbury, in those times, but they were, as now, too much, de voted to pleasure, too fond of gay dress and gay company, and spent - to 6 much time with the beaux, to have a great deal to devote to better purposes. Among these Lucy was called the little basket girl, from the circum stance of her frequently bringing up to the village small presents in a, basket, which she carried round to those families who, through misfortune, sickness, or .4i i kent.ii, were struggling with,clistress. Her father, when she was-quite-a-ehild, gave her a spot of garden ground. Lucy, said he, this shall be all your own; if you are a good girl, and industrious, it will yield you - Many good things, and you shall dis pose of them as you like. Every summer she paid constant attention to its cultivation —her brother assisted her in the moalabo-- 1 rious part of the business, and in process of time it yielded abundantly. She had a pre - sent also once, of two - pretty lambs, and from this small stock in a few seasons came a fine little flock-:—the wool - of - these she spun- for • stockings and mittens, for the people about her neighborhood and- in the village, to whose relief also the' produce of her little garden went.- - From resources such as these, Lucy was many times enabled to cheer the spirits of desponding poverty, andoften did her small . presents, well timed always in their applica tion, dissipate the gloom that was 'gathering round a widowed or an orphan family. A mong the poor, and there were several fami lies of such in and about Alesbury, she was idolized; and she early; very early, had the joy of knowing that it' the prayers Of grey headed, dec re pid, desolate age, were linable she was rich in such treasures. Beyond her, circto of measurably dependent friends, she hairlisw intimate companions—and secluded amid the retired shades Or the Sweet-briar cotta e, she passed' ine first _sixteen yeariSf - her tranquilitylite,,in and innoaence. [think Lucy was about sixteen,. wlien the lawsuit between her father & the Laskrence-s took place, which ended in the loss of his es tate, for the court decided that he had bought the Sweet..briar property under a bad title. I! was a severe stroke to the family 7 --ccir in 'this kirm the good man lost all:that he was worth, and foubd himselfinvolved in debt be sides—having devoted -all- that he made jrO many years to enrich, and beautify, and irn= prove his delightful ,situation; and the ex penses of the unexpected suit. haVing been considerable: , . W hen Mr. Mai , returned from the' court, on the evening of tete• day in which his for tune had bow decid!di affecting scene took place., Altis lost, sai i !hepoortnim as l i i s ' wife opeaed,the door to , receive him— ...pH is lost! Mary; we4itni4 tem* to others thi4 pretty , retreat vihrbk wv bait' &OAT THE ST atirainys Count? satteoraziwae.°zpace acianutxlia.. 0824).742 471 az. azaa. so snugly and comfortable, for our old age, and on which we so long fondly hoped our children would succeed us—hut it is the will 'of heaven—we must bear it with the resig nation that becomes us. The kind mother clasped her hands silent ly-, and --turned pale—but when she saw her husband affected almost to tears, she put on - the - natural tbrtitude of the woman, and en deavored cheerfully to encourage him under his misfortunes.- The children gathered round their parents, and with tears in their eyes listened to the &tiler's sad account— and then we must leave the Sweet-briar cot .. tage, said triey all, sobbing, mid in the same breath. Yes, repeated the unfortunate - fa ther—the tears ran down his cheeks, and unable to restrain their feelings longer, the whole family were bathed in tears. Misfortunes, suddefi and deep and unex ' Tpecfed- misfortunes, made sad inroads upon' the hearts even of the most seber-and-philos ophic—and the young and unfortified, often bear them with less of firmness. But Lucy who had been sitting long silent in one cor ner, at length spoke. 'l'hey will take my pretty garden spot then, and all my lambs, but, though I shall have to leave my poor friends in the village, without my aid, it will be even, a sweeter task to woik, and earn something.-lbr,au . dlielp„.ave.ryday, my poor parents—yes, we will all work to help you Pa, responded each of the affectionate clhil dren, and touched with thispathetie appeal to his affectionate heart,another burst of tears succeeded. Just then a gentle rap was 'heard at the door—Lucy flew to open it; and a traveller entered, and asked for lodgings. There was a moment of - hesitation, and all eyes were turned to Mr. Mar. I never yet, said the good man, turned a stranger from my door, and while I have a loaf of bread, I will not deny a share of it to the needy. Plea sure returned in every ,countenance at these wordS, and, the unknown visitor was shown to a seat—supper was prepared by Lucy, and the stranger feasted. He was a young man -of a fine figure - and countenance;-intelligent and affable—and ever and anon, his eye was caught straying towards Lucy—she discov ered it, and blushing, seized an opportunity of retiring. Methinks, said -the stranger, as she left the room, I saw that pretty blue eyed girl in the village, two years ago, carrying a basket of food to the poor old woman who lived by the turnpike gate; is it not her they used to call the little basket girl?--The father smiled and assented. Then, said he, I know more of her history than you imagine—we must become better acquainted. The conversa tion wont on—in course Mr. Mar mentioned his losses—and spoke with a full heart of his past life, his prospects, and his family. The evening was spent—and next momng the stranger left the cottage,- saying lie had some business to transm't and would return .in the evening. The evening carne—Carroll returned, and presented to the astonished family Mr% Law- - rence's deed for the farm. I give it to you, saidlie, on this condition, that you allow me to remain a member of your family for a few weeks; the condition was accepted; a new era opened; the six weeks was prolonged to sixteen, and at the end of that : time he led young Lucy to the altar. He was a wealthy landholder, from.an eastern town, and..had been on a visit to his tenants, when this e vent took place. Thus - didheaven reward the virtues of the lovely - daughter - of Mr.. - Mari at last,' — and when it was least expected with a flow of unexampled prosp(rity. NIAGARA, Sept. 16, 1831. An incident of unsual interest befel a little girl last evening, between theianding wharf of the • steam boat Great Britian and the Youngstown Ferry. She was of the num ber of poor Scotch emigrants, who had just disembarked from the - haat and had huddled their utensils on the wharf.. By some acci dent she was precipitated into the river.and sunk, apparently to rise Ito more. . Never was more confusion, and never such incon siderate remissness, in adopting means of recovery. The men stood on the fatal spot as though 'expecting to attract the little un fortunate by the' intensity of their gaze.—' Fortunately, at this moment, a strange ge,% tleman 'appeared, and moved by the heart rending. shrieks 'of the unfortunate mother, Slipped his goat, watch-and shoes, and plung ed to the bottom in pursuit. He soon re-ap-, peered, bringing' up the little , Highlander, swain . with her to the shore, and ran with her to an adjoining out house, where the means of resuscitation wore immediately and successfully adopted. In lesi than two hours, thechild had entirely recovered, and was 'delivered over, to the mother.. The `deliverer is an entire stranger. All that the einigrants knew of him NV ag that he embark._ ed on board the Great Britain at Qsw.ego, bound to the westward; that he spoke to them very kindly while on beard, gave some crackers to the children, mid was dressed in black, and they'think "was aVery "christittn. kind of a man'," We-understand the same gentleman:left in the' stage at Youngstnwn the next 'morning: Such acts: of; decisive benevoieno. nl4=_ . recoriled, And wo hope yet to leaf it the nal) and •habitatiOn fir the strange. ''.. .' • KNIOI Ittpublicatt nanntr. VARIETY. Various; That the min of oresultoryinan, studious of change And pleased with novelty, may be indulged." Mr. Tanner, of Philadelphia, has publish ed a map of Virginia, Maryland and Dela ware, which he has put up in the neat - and compact "pocket form," so convenient fbr travellers and for general reference. The New York City Inspector reports the death of 166 persons during the week ending on Saturday, the Ist inst. viz: 40 men, 36 women, .50 boys, and 40 girls'. Of whom 40 were of or under the age of 1 year, 24 between 1 and 2, 23 between Saud 5. Logical Illustration.—A layman in Pro l v. idence, who occasionally exhorted at evening meetinas thus ex wessed his belief in the existence of Deity: "Brethren, I am just as certain that there is a Supreme Being, as I am that there is !lour in Alexandria; and that I know for certain, as I yesterday re ceived from there a lot of three inquired brit.- rels fresh superfine, which I Will sell as low as any other person in town."—New Bed ford Gazette. The Hagerstown Herald says: our dorms. tic affairs, like the currents of "true lover do not rtin very smooth at the present mo ment. Thera, is a considerable commotion between the rival powers of the Tariff and Anti-Tariff. In order to obviate the bad 'ef fects which might possibly result from - the "Convention of Free Trade," about to as semble in Philadelphia, the friends of "Manu factures and Protecting duties" intend to have a grand convention in New York, on the 26th of this month. Success to their efforts—it is the true cause 'of American In dependence.: -Take-this with you as you go along; (}* - the enemies of time American System are almost entirely the advoCates of the re-election of Jackson to time Presidency. An under "officer of the customs at the port of Liverpool, running heedlessly along the ship's gunnel, happened to tip over board, and was drowned: being. soon after taken up, the coroner's jury was summoned to sit upon the body; one of the•jurymen,returning home was called to by an alderman of th& town and asked what verdict they brotight, in arid whether they found it felo de set "Aye, aye," said the juryman, shaking his noddle, "he fell into the sea sure enough." • INFAMOUS CRlME.—Robert Clarke a large negro man, of the apparent age of 40 years, or more, was, on last Friday, con victed in our court of Common Pleas, of a rape committed on a female black child of nine years °rage, and sentenced to the pen itentiary. for 15 years; This audacious crime was attended with circumstances of appalling outrage. We aro sorry tbat the court {lid not extend his imprisonment to the utmost limit of the law, twenty years. Ohio Monitor. - STUMP ELOQUENCE One of the best criteria to judge of the eloquence of a speaker, is the effect he pro duces upon his audience. Every4udicions speaker will adapt himself, - both in his lan guage and illustrations, to the capacity,-the taste,--and-the prejudices -of his audience., To address a fine speech, clothed ale A -terms, to- a backwoods--hunter,: absurd—and most certainly the desired effect. Nobody uederstands this subject better than the stump craws oil the West. We find the VloWing specimen of real KentuckycloqueEce, in the Cincin nati Chronicle. It is part of an election eering. speech;"lleh:.Vered by,Mr. Davis the Congressional candidate in opposition to Mr. Daniels, whose inconsistency in regard to the Maysville turnpike. he thus exposes "Here, fellow citizens, said he, we have a man who professed great, friendship for this turnpike previous to his election—and afterwards, when a bill Was bet* Congress to make an appropriation for it,, he made speeclicia in its favor—voted for it--and it; was passed and sent to the president for his signature, but returned with his veto. It then came before the House again, when lo! 'this ardent supporter of the bill turned and voted 'against it r "Now, gentlemtm;Whaf . would you think of a dog,' that:would go tycoon hunting with you—fellow the track: well—bark well-run well—catch the coon—bite well—hold well, ---and just as you had got up withbite, and wore in the very act of seizing hold of the coon, would let him go and turn and lark -at you? I say, gentleman, what would you do with :such a dog 1" "Kill him / by thunder !--.S'ho(g him I by jingo!" was the universal shout of the audience. COinPLIMENT TO TIIR AURRICA.N From the Washington' Globe: • .(I\Ve consider it highly honorable to the mercantile part ofthe community of Charles ton, that none of them could be fpund so re- . garilless-,of the sentiments et propriety as well as: patriotism, -as E(erlo6Bls/ to-question the fright of the goveretnent of the. Union, to tpui Collect. Alice 'on imports. No MEM effrontery could be found equal to this effort, but that of a practised Attorney: and we do not believe that any one, even -of this class, would - have had the hardihood, but that he knew he might expect the support of a Vice President and a leave of Lawyer politicians." „ A new edition of Mr. Wirt's British Spy has been put to press at New York. It is to he enriched with a- biographical notice of the distinguisehd author. One month's work by the City Thieves.— The New Y ork Daily Advert iser learns from authentic sources, that during the month of September the people of 'NeW York; and" strangers visiting it, have been robbed of $5,918 in money, 16 watches, 272 silver spoons, and almost an incalculable amount of jewelry, clothes, cloths, household furni ture, ar.c. ktc. A young fop ordering a seal, expressed his'desire to have something engraved upon it to denote what he was. "You cannot - have any thing better," observed the jew eller, "than a cypher!" JEWELS IN THE EAR.—We are apt to laugh at savages for wearing jewels in their noses. But :we .every- day:KO: foll4l.les civilized society, with nobs, rings, drops, pendants, and other ornaments in theif ears. Now which can boast r the greater reline vent of taste—tte saVaie or the fashionable lady? Do not, trinkets show to quite as. good ad vantage dangling from the nose as the ear ? The nose is certainly the more prominent member, and deserving as much regard as the ear: The- truth is, that the wearing of jewels is a relic of barbarous -taste; all savages are excessively fond of ornament; and the pre ference given to the ear over the nose rather marks the difference, than the improvement of tuste.— , -N. Condellation. A military chaplain, unfortunately addict ed. to drinking,, one morning preached an impressive sermon upon the vice ofdrunken• ness; at its conclusion, an associate enquired,. how he, of all men, could choose such a sub ject 4 "Ah, my friend s " replied the divine, "if you had such a confounded head-ache, as last night's carouse. has Alyea the, you would preach against it too." ,; • A grey Eagle, says the Oswego, (N. Y. • • • : • [ - met-zoom nyA which was taken on the borders of the Onon daga lake, in the town of Salina. lie was indeed a noble looking bird, and measured fromed tip to tip of his wings seven and a half feet. In a certain town, not more than filly miles from Boston, as the clergyman was. holding forth in his usual drowsy manner, one of the deacons, probably influenced by the . narcotic qualities of the discourse, fell into a doze. The preacher happening to use the words, ".14(hat is .the price of all earthly pleasures?" the good deacon, who kept a small store, thinking the inquiry re specting some kind of merchandize, immedi ately answered--"seven 44ixpenee ado z e ! " MARCII OF IMPROi'EMEpIT.—in good old puritanical-tin-ConnecticuA would line a man for kissing his wife' on •nday; but few revolving years have •ful changes. We. learn by _ Palladiuyn of the 6th inst. that at the late session of the Supreme Court in that city, "Clara Bissel," ofgaitchtiela, Ibr concealing-et-destroying her infant chit(% ) plead guiltyouul was sentenced to imprison. rpent in the county jail, for three months, and to pay a f use of e. 50. • If this is sufficient punishment to inffiotoon a mother, for. ,martiering her child, what length of con:Olean - ant, and what saw of mo ney, would settle the account in' 4140, state if one adult should kill 'enotherl Mr. OgilNy, a Scotch Clergymen, ,at Lu man n Forfarshire, had a great deal 'of cc centncity in his chaVacter and manner. On Sunday, when he was in the middle of his sermon, arrold worm:, who kept an ale-house in the pitrislg fell asleep: her neighboir jog ged her, in order - wake The parson seeing this, said 'IV waken her, I warrant you. Phew—(whistling):Janet S a bottle of ale and a draml*—"Coming Sir." REMEMBER TILE PlllNTER.—Appended to the notice of a, „ marriage published in akt Easton,Md;, ne'wspaper ' are the following remars—which Should be generally dire* , lated for the information of ail„young candi, dates for the favors of Hymen—and for the benefit of the craft in general:— Accompanying the above notice of the, marriage; was a bottle of enellent wine, a chunk of pound cake • a; big . dropr Wes.% balk, with divers bunches oFmisins; and Weans of nuts. To the generous couple, who ; in the midst of all - their happiness, did hot forget the poor ; printer, we 'tender our sincerest. wishes for it happiness and prosperity. After the detnoli of the good things, our decil anxiously inq ired, as he wiped. his mouth, ' if there would be any more wcddinis 9 , 40411qh 84W c _ Whole Nutobert.So COUNT LEON.-The-Buffalo Journal— ' states that the Belgian Count, .Leon, wifh his csountess and forty-fire attendants, arri ved in that Village on the 20th ult.on hid Way to Rapp's settlement, twelve miles bet low Pittsburi. — li is said ; the Coma lef .Belgium through _diesatisfitction at . the* cession of ail» cigit Prince to the throne.'- , He proposes to purchase 100,0110 acres or land, in a budy i , and to people it with two thousand of his-countrymen, who will em: bark for Anierica, to ,follow his fortunes. Coi , - • MOM payable half- yearly in akhritnce# Nti aub scriptions taken fox' less than sii tut& none discontinued until all a.rreiriirta, Paid_ —A failure to notify a discantintutace, Will be considered a new engagement and dia Oyer forwarded accordingly: - - Jount Leon is said to have brought otit with . him funds to the amount of five- millions of dollars. THE U. S. REVENUE.Ve ---- tmders - -- stand from Washington sayi the N. York Enquirer, that the United States Revenue fir the present year will exceed the estimate! by eight millions of dollar& It was 88tif mated.nt $2•2;000,000- . --it WiltrtitaelfiaMfl $30,000,000: And yet we are told by the! Nullifiers and Free Trade party," liat the Tariff is ruinous to our commerce Baltintore Patriot.. The Hagerstown Free Press says.—Thsi"" following letter from the "Onandago Re: pubtican,"shews that there is a serious a: wakening among masonic members of the churches, to the will _ principles. The prospect is truly wawa: ging, that the pretended•Handirdeid of relic pion will soon be stripped of her ltiftriti4 cal robe, and driven from the teraplesof the Most High. . LAFAYETTE ( Aug, 11, il3sl. Messrs. Editors eteeediegly,red joiced to learn that the Presbyterian Church - at Syracuse, in conjunction with their Poi tor, (Mr. ADAMS a nia.son) did at a late itieet.7 ing of their church severally- and callective. ly pronounce_ the institution of fraemasonry r. a uselese r iftiot-wiched-institutleit4 • • the rules, ceremonies, and obligationipectli liar to the lodge tooiii, -- form no pia .01.114 --- duties and obligations, due from . a devoted Christian to his Creator. They, therefore wished to dissolve all connexion with the institution forever,' adopting in a ifliellNUE • the resolutions proposed by the. Oneida Presbytery which you published , .hr your' paper sometime eincef MURDEIC AND ROBBEItir. trai' tilling book pedlar, named George Powell/ was at Coshocton, Ohioinn the Wight of the* • lath ult. , and disappeaVed in a manner tbs excite'' • rong suspicions. A genera sektelV *as-made through the country, and - birdragir ging •the river, but without effect. A. mu named Smith, was, however, arrested oral, suspicion, who fi nally confessed that himself, and twcoothets had murdered the pedlar; uld' after robbing hiin of 600 dollars, bad &Wive the body into the river: • ILLNESS OF THE i'ILESIDEkt:. The PRIMDENT &Whig the last weektai/ a sharp attack of intermittent. fever. . was somewhat indisposed on , his return' froir his visit to Carrollton, and ,he promptly 8.0..! plied efficacious remedies before the* Ole*, assumed the form-of the epidemic ~ whieVila now prevalent in the city. By' thus it in anticipation, the fever recurred - only twice with violence, and the third chill' Wait entirely prevented. He has been rapidly recovering ,since,, and was able to -kide-eutr on Friday.—:Giebc, and . a.! The-Chillicothe Supporter-stafetihat-ther-- Ohio Canal had been filled. with Water...UV.* point very neat• that town, and that• by the finishing of a small piece at work there Wixild--- bp continuoustavigabie line of two hundred and fifty miles opened' Betwetw and-Lake Hydroph'oia.--Aninterestinglittle girl, aged about six years, the daughter of Mrs. Russell, who resides in Long Island, about . two'miles from Williamsburgh Feny, Neil" York IV bitten by a mad dog nine weeks' ago. The , child oficd a feisi days tqp•-40te: actly eight weeks' after it was bittenof hYdrophobia- , Pac,companictiby all the tent ble symptbnur of this appalling malady.. A ., The same dog after biting. the ehiltk at' tatked a bull—the animal sheittly after bev come mad,. and beat his own brains' (*se gainst the barn waif of his owner. , • We haie heard it stated, thit spmf of • the first calls that will be made at 'the naming' , Sessionot Congress, will•beYdbr inkematiter as to how Mr/ Livingston enormous. andi long standing defalcation has been • the Treastny? This call will come' dnekson member who thinks die' Nation!, ought to bo' put in possession of the - magi% operavii in•this offline - and mysterious sinews. • VALVABLE . cows.- At die Alit cattle show and Zmjnier'irFair, in 4tlgdol , e r f (.Mass.) Iwo" Cents 71 , 04 exhibited; ann "or which, with feed- WM. a centime- pailtiiir s ,' had given from the'ad•ofMay to die,' of Jeitteleiller 586 Otani Ofsoperior • , ;114te mg !tar - average preducez pfkaut . Ii . 'lent • day. "the other gave in AO month' , fil ~ • month' , 7, quarts a 'day, and there wait ' imidit her milk in one montlirn poupdie . ' c butter, - , ' ' "~ FEES , i .„ : ..,. 111 CI
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