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THE GARLAND•
sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
Lines on passing the grave
of niy Si4ter.
DF FLINT.
On yonder shore, on yonder shore,
Now ardert with the depth of shade,
Beneath the white-armed sycamore.
There is a little infant laid.
Forgive this tear—a mother weeps—
'Tis there the faded flower sleeps.
She sleeps alone, she sleepialone,
And summer's forest o'er her wave;
And sighing winds at autumn moan,
Around the little,stranger's grave,
A s though they '
murmured at the fate,
Of one so lone and desolate. •
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In sounds that seem like Sorrow's own,
Their funeral dirges faintly creep;
Then deep'ning to an organ tont%
In all their solemn cadence sweep.
And pour, unheard, along the wild,
Their desert anthemo'era
She came, and passed,' "tati I 'forget',
How we whose hearts had hailed her birth
Ere three autumnal suns had set,
Consigned her to her mother Earth;
Joys and their memories pass away;
But griefs are deeper ploughed than they.
We laid her in a riarroW eell;
We he..ped the soft mould on her breast;
And parting teal's, like rain drops, fell
Upon her lonely place of rest.
May angels.gnard it—may they bless
Her slumbers in the wilderness. .
glie sleeps alone, she sleeps alfne;
For, all unheard, on yonder shore,
The sweeping flood. with torrent moan,
At evening lifts its solemn roar,
As, in one broad, eternal tide,
The rolling waters onward glide.
There is no marble monument,
There is no stone with graven lie,
To tell of love and virtue blent
In one ;almost too good to die.
We need no such uselesstface
To point us to her resting place
She sleeps alone, she sleeps alone; :
But amidst the tears and April -showers,
3 he Genius of the Wild bath strown
His germs cf fruit. his fairest ft:4m,
And cast his robe of vernal blo ,m,
Iu guardian fondness o'er the tomb.
She sleeps alone, she sleeps alone;
But yearly i her grave turf dressed,
And still the summer vines are thrown,
In annual Wreaths across her breast;
And still the sighing autumn grieves,
And strews the hallowed spot with leaves.
Tim TEN cOMITANDDIENTSVERSIIPIED.
1. 1 am the Lord thy God—serve only me!
2. Before no idols how the impious knee
3. Use not my name in trifles nor in jest:
4. Dare not profane my sacred day of rest:
S. Ever toparents due obedience pay,
O. Thy fellow creature, man, thou shalt not
slay:
7. In no adulterous commerce bear a part•
1. From stealing keep with care thy hand,
•
and heart:
p. All false reports against thy neighbor hate;
10. And ne'er indulge a wish for his estate,
Att OLD FROVEriII EXPIAINID.
A fool does never change his mind'—
And who can think it strange?
i'he reason's clear—for fools my friends,
Have not a mind to change.
SELECT TALE,
THE EMIG RA 4T WIXD
THE ;UMW
A FACT•
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Anon'? twelve years ago a person of
the name of M'Dougal, a native of Argy ie
shire, who had emigrated to Upper Can
'a - few years before, wrote to his
frie'rulsln Scotfand, giving an account of
Ins forfunes in the new world, and among
otherthingifailed. not to snake honorable
and grateful. mention ofthe following truly
romantis'incideht. - In a section of Ar
.gyleshii e the story wai told iee'veri par.
tor, Spence, and booth, by the sheperd on
the hill, and the fisherman on the lake;
and a military gentleman who happened
to be nn the spot allergy after the news
arrived, was so much struck with. the
circumstance the he collected the partic
ular's from head-quarters, and is ready to
vouzli . for their accuracy.
M'Dougil, on reaching Upper Canada,
from anxiety to make the most of his scan
ty capital, or some other motive, purchas
ed a location where the price of land was
merely nominal, in a country thinly peo
pled, and on the extreme verge of civili
zation. His first care was to construct
and plant a cabin in the wild, and this
task finished ha spent his whole time early
and late, in the garden and the fields.
By vigorous exertion and occasional as
'siatance, he brought a few acres of ground
under crop, acquired a stock of cattle,
`sheep slid' hogs, made additional inroads
on the glade and the forest, and though his
toils were hard, gradually and impercep
tibly became in a rough way "well enough
to live," as compared with the poverty he
had (abandoned at home. His greatest
discomforts were distance from neighbors
the church, markets, and even the mitl;
and along with these the suspension, or
rather the enjoyment, after long intervals
of time, of those endearing charities and
friendly offices si hich lend such a charm
to social His cattle pastured in
the neighboring ffireit, /nail after a little
training returned in the evening of their
own accord particularly when they
heard the well-known voce of their mas
ter and his dog. On one occasion, M'-
Diiugal had a melder of corn togrind, and
as the distance was considerable, and the
roads none of the smoothest, this impor
tant part of Ms. duty could. only be per
formed . by starting with the sun and re
turning at toe going clown of the same. In
his absence the care of the cattle develved .
on his spouse, and as; they did not return
at the usual hour, the. careful matron
went out in quest of thein. Beyond its
mere outskirts, the forest was to her ter
ra incognitia in the most emphatic sense
of the term, and with no compass or notch
ed trees to guide her, it is not to be
wondered at that site wandered long ; and
wearily to very little purpose. Like Alps
on Alps, tail trees rose on every side—a
boundless con gutty of shade, & fatigued
with the'Search, she deemed : it prudent to
retrace tier stays while it was yet time.
But this resoffition was much easier for
med than executed; returriliti.Wasaedan
gerous as "going o'er," and after Wander
ing for hours, she sunk on the ground, her
eyes swollen and filled .with tears, and
her mind agitated almost to "distraction.
But here she had not rested many min
utes before she was startled by the sound
of approaching footsteps, and anon an In
dian hunter stood before her—"a stoic of
woods, a man without a tear." Mrs. M'-
Dougal knew that Indians lived at no
great distance, but as she hail never seen
a member of the tribe, (omne ignottnn pro
, magnifico,) her first emotions were those
of terror; quickening, it may be said, ev
ery pulse, and yet palsying every limb.
But the Indian's views were more compre
hensive; constantly on the out-look in
search of Alit quarry, and accustomed to
make circuits comprising the superfices
of many a Highland mountain and glen,
he hiid observed without being observed
himself; knew her home, recognised her
person, comprehended her mishap,
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. LIENEDICT : PiTBLASHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6,18 A
•ned her errand, and immediately beckitn
ed to her to rise and follow him. The
unfortunate woman understood the sig
nal, and obeyed it in as far as terror left
her power; and after a lengthened sweep
which added not a little to her previous
fatigue, they arrived at the door of an In
dian wigwam. Her conductor invited
her to enter by signs; but this she sternly
refused to do, dreading the consequences,
and : preferring death in the open air to the
tender, mercies of canibals within. Per
ceiving her reluctance and scanning her
feelings, the hospitable Indian darted into
the wigwam and communed with his wife,
who in a few minutes also appeared, and
by certain signs and sympathies known
only to females, calmed the strangers
fears, and induced her to enter their lowly
abode : ,, Venison was 'instantly prepared
for supper, and Mrs. M'Dougal, though
still alarmed at the novelty of liersitua
tion, fqund the viands delicious, and had
rarely, if ever, partaken of so savoury a!
meal. Aware that she was wearied, the
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rern „ •,,,
o
Indian vedfrom their place near the
roof two beautiful deer-skina, and by
stretching and fixing them across, divided
the wigwam into two compartments. Mats
were also spred
. in bothi and next, the,
stranger was gven to understand that
the farther dormitory was-expressly inten
ded for her accommodation. ' But here
again her courage Wed her, and to the
most pressing entreaties she replied by
signs as well as she could, that she would
prefer to sit and sleep by the fire.. This
determination seemed to puzzled the In
dian and his squaw sadly; often they look
ed at one another, and conversed softly
in their awn language, and at last the red
took the white woman by the hand, led
her to her couch, and became her bed-fel- j
low. In the morning she awoke greatly
refreshed, and was anxious to depart with
"outfarther delay, but this the Indian
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y,:plit on, no ‘ account permit. Breakfast
wasisrepitred:--- . another savoury,tind well
cooked meal—and then the Indian accGin
panied his guest and conducted her to
the very spot where the cattle were gra
zing. These he kindly. drove froin the
wood, on the verge of which Mrs. M'Dou
gal descried her. husband running about
every where, hallooing; and seeking for
her in a state of absolute :distraction.
Great was his joy,' and great hie gratitude
to her •liiilian benefactor, who was invited
tO,the house and treated to the best the
larder airorded, and presented on his de
parture with a suit of clothes. •
In about three, days he returned, and
endeavuored by every while to induce Mr
M'Dougal, to follow him into,the‘ forest,
But this invitation the other positively de
clipetf, . and thel'poor Indian went on his
way obviously grieved and disappointed,
But again he returned, and though words,
were wanting. renewed his entreaties, but
still vainly and without, effect; and then
las a last desperate Oka, he hit upon an
expedient which none save an Indian hun
tel would have thought of. Mrs. M'D,ou
gal had a nursling only a few months old;
a fact the Indian failed not to notice— I
and aftei,his pantomimic eloquence had
been completely thrown away, he ap
proached the cradle, sei7ed the child and
darted out of thnhouse with the speed of
an antelope. The alarmed parents in
stantly followed, supplicating an!' impre
cating at the tip of their voices; but the
Indian's resolves were fixed as fate; and
away he went, slow enough to encourage
his puriuers. but still in the van by a good
many paces, and far ,enough
chieve the secret purpose l#e };ad formed;
like the parent bird skimming the ground
when she wishes to wile the enemy from
\ter neat. Again and Again, Mr. M'Dou
gal wished to continue the chase alone;
but maternal anxiety baffled every remon
strance, and this anxiety was if possible
increased when she saw the painted say.
age enter the wood, and steer,., as she
thought, his course towards his own cabin
in the hart of the wild. The Indian, how
ever, was in no Ifficry. 'occasionally he
cast a glance behind, poised the child al
most like a father, threaded his way with
admirable dexterity, and kept the swan-
dling clothes so closely drawn around it,
that not even the winds of heaven were
permitted to visit it too roughly, It is, of
course needless to go into all the details
of .this singular journey, farther than to
say, that the Indian at last called a halt
on the margin of a -very beautiful prairie,
teeming with the richest vegetation, and
extending to several thousand acres. In
a moment the child was restored to its
parents, who, wondering what so strange
' a proceeding could mean, stood for some
minutes panting for breath, & e I eing one
another in silent and speechless astonish
ment. The Indian ou the other hand, ap- 1
peered overjoyed at the success of his ma
' noeuvre, and never did a human being
frisk about and gesticulate with greater
animation. We. have read or heard of a
professor of signs, and supposing such a
character were wanted, the selection could
not, or at least should not, be a matter of
difficulty, so long as a remnant remains
of the-aborigines of North America. All
travellers agree in describing their gee.
tures as highly dignified, eloquent, and in.
telligent; and we have the authority of Mr
M'Dougal for aaying, that the hero of the
present strictly authentic tale, proved him
self to be a perfect master of the art. The
restoration of the child, the beauty and
wide extent of the prairie. and variou s
other circumotances combined, flatbed a
cross our countryman's mind, operating
conviction where jelaousy and distrust
had lurked before; and as the Indian stood
before him, his eyes beaming with benev
olence and intelligence, his arms extended
and, along with his body, thrown into th e
most varied and speaking attitudes; lie be
came more and more satisfied that his
speech, if given in broken English, would
have run very nearly as follows:—"You
doubt Inciio; you think him treacherous ;
you think him wish to steal the child. No,
no; Indian has tribe and child ofhis own ;
Indian knewyourlong tips; knea , you when
you first-came, and saw you when you not
see Indian; saw you poor but hard working
man; .some white men bad, and hurt Indi
an; you not bad; hurt no one, but work
hard for your wife and child; saw you
choose bad place; Indian pitied you; never
make rich- there; saw your cattle far in
forest; thought you come catch them; you •
nut come; your wife come; Indian find
her- faint and weary; Indian take her
home; fcango in; think Indian- kill and
eat her; no, no; -Indian lead her back; In
dian meet you; very sad, - then very glad
to .see her; you kind to Indian; give him
meat, drink, and better clothes than your
own; Indian grateful; wish you to come
here,- not come; Indian go again; not
come; Indian very sorry; take the child;
no.; run fast; knowyou would follow child,
Look round! plenty grouncl--,rieli. rich;
Indian love the deer, and the birds and
beast of the field; the chase make him
strong; his father' loved • the chase; if In
dian fat in, Indian farm here;look round!
plenty of ground—rich, rich; many, many
cattle feed here; trees not many on that
side; make road in less than half a moon;
Indians help- you ; come, come--Indi
an. ya,r friend—come, live here." Mr .
M'Dougal in a trice examined the soil,
and immediately saw the propriety of the
advice given by the untutored, but by no
means unintelligent -or unobserving sav
age—if savage, in• deference to custom; ,
lie must still be called. By a sort of tac
tic agreement a day was fixed. for the re
moval of the materials of our eountryntans
cabin, goods, and chattels; and the - Indian
true to his word, brought a detacinent of
his tribe.to -assist in one of the most ro
mantic ..flittings'' that ever was under
taken, whether in the new or old world.
Ina few days a-roomy loghouse was fash
ioned, and a garden formed in a conve•
nient section of the beautiful prairie, from,
which the smoke was seen curling, and
the woodpecker heard tapping at no great
distance. Mr. M'Dougal was. greedy
pleased with the change;.and no wondCr,
seeing that he could almost bOiia i r of a
bodyguard as bold as the bowisian of Rob
in Hood. His Indian friend speeilly be
came a sort of fosterbrother, and his tribe
as faithful as th. most attached tail of
gillies that ever surrounded a Highland
chieftain. Even the stupid kine lOwed on
finding themselves suddenly transported
to a boundless range of the richest pas
ture, & upto the date of the lasl adviees,
were improving rapidly in condition, and
increasing in numbers. The little garden
was smiling likes r . Ose . in the desert; grass
over-abundant, gradually giving way to
thriving crops; and the kine so well satis
lied with their gong, that herds and •
closures were alike uni?eeded tri keen
theta from the coin—The Indians con_
tinued friendly and faithful, occaisonally
britiging• presents of venison and other
game, and wee uniformly rewarded
from the store of a dairy overflowing with
milk, butter, and cheese. Attached as
the red. man - was to his mode of life, he'
was at length intlaceiL with his wife, to
form part of the establishment in the ca
pacity of grieve ; or.head Shepard —aduty .
he undertook the more cheerfully, as it
still left him opportunities of meeting and
communing with his friends, and recon
noitring the antlered denizens of the for
est. Let us hope, therefore, that no un
toward accident will occur to mar this
beautiful picture of sylvan life; that the
M'Dougal colony will wax stronger and
stronger, till every section of the prairie
is forced to yield tribute to the spide and
the plough; and that future generations of
the clan will be able to say for themselves
and impress upon their children--.
..Happy they.nan whose highest care
A few paternal acres bound;
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground
• read
Whose herds with mirk, whose fields with
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
Thqs let me live Unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tel where I lie!"
MISCELLANEOUS,
I*art3 Spirit.
The following extract from Washing
ton's Farewell Address, is peculiarly ad
apted to the present clay, when party spir
it seems to govern all motives in the choice
of the officers of the people.
"Let me warn you, in the most solemn
manner, against the hanefnl effects in the
spirit of party generally-..
. "The spirit, unfortunately, is insepera
ble from our nature, having its root in the
strongest passions of the human mind•
It exists under different shapes, in all
governments more or less stifled, con
trolled or repressed, but in those of the
popular form it is seen in its greatest dark
ness; and is truly their worst enemy.
'The alternate dominion of one faction
over another, shapened by the open spirit
of revenge, natural to party dissension,
which in different ages and countries, has
perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is
itself a frightful despotism. But this
leads at length to a more formal and per.
raiment despotism. The disorders and
miseries which result, generally incline
in the mind of men to seek Security anti
repose in the absolute. Power of an individ
ual, and, sooner or later, therchiel of some
prevailing fitCtion. more able or fortunate
than his'ebinpanions, turns his,despotiSth
to the' purpoSe of his own elevatien anti
the ruin , :tf public
"Without looking forward to an ex
tremity of this kind, (which, nevertheless,
ought not to be entirely out of sight,) the
common and continued mischiefs of party
are sufficient to make it the interest and
duty of a wise people to discourage and
restrain it,
"It serves always to distract the public
councils, and en feeble the public admim
istration. It agitates the commonity with
Its unfounded jealousies and false alarms;
kindles the animosity of one against ano_
ther—ferments, occasionally, riot and in
surrection. It opens the• door to foreign
influence and corruption, which find a fa
cilitated access to the Government itself,
through the channels of party passions.
[ Vol.. IY, No. 8
'Vitus the policy and will of one conntry .
are subjoined to the policy and will of
,another.
'.There Is an opinion, that parties, in
free countries,.are useful checks upon the
administration of the government, and
serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
This, within certain limit:, is probably
true; and in governments of a monarchical
cast, patriotism may look with indulgence
if - not with favor upon the spirit of party.
Bet in those of the popular character, in
Governments purely elective; it is a spirit
not to be encouraged. From their natu
ral tendency, it is certain there will al
ways be enough of that spirit for every
salutary purpose. And there being, con
stant danger of excess-, the efforts ought
to be by the force of public opinion, to
mitigate and assuage.it. A flee not to be.
quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance
to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest,
instead of warning, it should consume."
"Lor's Wira."--Mr. Colman, in
Agricultural Address iast..week, illustra
ted the folly of modern fashionable female
eduCation, by an anecdote.—A young man
who had for a long while remained in
that useless state, designated by a "half
pair of scissors," at last serio,usiy deter
mined he would procure hint a wife. He
got the "refusal" of one, who was beauti
ful and fashionable, accomplished, and
took her upon trial to his home. Soon
learning that she knew nothing either
how to darn a stocking or boil a potatoe
or roast a bit of b.ief, he returned her to
her father's house, as having been weigh.
cd in the balance and found., wanting.
suit was commenced by th:. good lady,
but the husband alleged that she was not
'u =to the sample,' Ainq course the obli
gation to retain the commodity was not
binding. The jury inflicted a fine ofa
few dollors, but he would have given a
fortune rather than to be liberated from
such an irksome engagement. `As .wsll
might the farmer have the original Venus
de Medicis placed in his kitchen,' said t!:e
orator, 'as some of the modern fashiona
ble Woman.—lndeed, continued he, 'it
would be much better to have Lot's Wife
standing there, for she might answer ocn
useful purpose; size might salt his bacon.
--ilorihampf on Courier.
Popping the Question.
"What a thing is acquaintance:" said
a beautiful girl the other day to a friend
of ours—‘.a year ags we had not seen
each other—many seasons had Tolled its
course, bringing hope, happiness, per.
chance and sorrow to each, without the
cognizance of the other, and new tec arc
so in(bizate!" Our friend says she look
ed • so lovely he could not help pressing
j her delicate cheekhe asked her if he
had aught to do with the happiness of her
future.. „"You ,are in my dreams of the
coming days," replied she; they are to be
married at Christmas. We consider
this one of the neatest "popping of the
question" ever heard , Of, though, by the
way, we think it ougl:t to have happen
ed in leap year.
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.11teMote
A reverend clergyman of .Plidadel
phia, while on a visit to abrother divine
at Cape May, was invited to accompany
his friend and others or, a fishing excur
sion in a whale boat, When some dis •
tance from the shore, they discovered
a "devil fish,!' .and fastened to it with a
whale iron which they hadwith them. The
fish not liking sick sicking proof of at_
tachment from entire strangers, made off
with great velocity, drawing the boat a'
ter him, to the terror of. the Philadelphi
an, TO &mat delight ofthe remainder of
the party,—The Philadelphian could not
resist asking his• friend the occasion of
their mirth and received for answer, .that
it was enough to make one laugh to see
the Dcvil running away with a couple of
ministers,
Up flew the • De‘il in a rage
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