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flnft'rmg of rvfi:,. which he thrashed 'and finished as before,* Thus he continued his labauFa until heJiad Jtbcashed fave floor*; fugs, and on returning from throwing down the sixth and' hst, m p a s s i n g over part ot the haymow, he fell off where the lwy\lto been cut down about 6 feet on to the h>weF part of it, which awoke bun- “ e at nrs imagined himself m his neighbour s earn, a - ter groping about m the dark fora long time, ascertained that he was m his own bun,..and at length fqund the 1 idder on winch heMe^ scended to the floor—closed his barn which; he found open, and returned to his house-r on comiog’to ths light. fount! himselt in such a pr-ofesev perspiration . that his clothe j-wsere literally wet through—he went to bed* and the neXt morning on going to his b irn, found that he had thrashed, during the gignt,-fiye bushels o f rye—had raked the straw off in good order, arid bohnd it up and deposited riHroir-tliergteitbeanas^ md-shoyedJxpdlmgrslQ. to one side of the floor, all in a workmanlike condition,withoubthe least consciousness of what he was doing, until he.fell from the hiy. Mr Dean was disposed to have con cealed these extr lordinary foots, until his ' neighbours inqui red the cause qf his thrash ings a nights, when his family disclosed the particulars. ; Eoeriing Pesi, Jv!M2.] . - i ■ , - PIRATES. /.. ‘ .'' • _. armed, and took fiom him 4 hales p f blue; eoltotfs,' 2/ hats* and 1 ;fcoili df pew Tpp^* She wrispilot-boatbuilt,hadfwo.tepkailsanri. t*#*gttUarri spjls, and ^ Jils, ribpp&fjdjtotr painted black, with two white streaks round, -her! \AU'fhaLcamd'pU'haaPd spoke Sp.ai\isg> and there is no doubt of her being a vessel of that nation. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1825. The Great State lio'ad.-r-Yhe commission- ers appointed to survey the contemplated State Road from the HudsdnJo Lake Erie, commenced, on Friday tne 3d instant, the examination pf a route, from Athens on the Hudson, and' proceeded as far west as OaK- ripectable citizfefe, R» ■pEftT, thq .'ijpifee ofiLainbert, Brothers, & .poi^ias Rilfefl yesterday morn- atid Idg id the u p ^ ^ ' o f ^ t S w a y , wtiile * the way to his residence in Bond-street, by a party of riotous persons. From .vvhat we can loam, itappears that the deceased was. returning on foot from a visit to the house of Edward Lytle, Esq. a c companied by his brother;Mr. Samuel Lam bert, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ogden,^and,Mr. Pell, jun* who were also o f the visiting par;-, ty. When near the corn er of Art-street, in Broadway, between T and 2 o’clock, a carriage passed, the driver of. which stated that a gang of noisy hen feen near, had assailed hi in with a shower pf stones/and begged the \gentlemen to take notice of them. Immediately the rioters came up! set the gentlemen at defiance, and treated them with, great insolence. Seeing that the assailants were eight in number, and appa Accounts have readied Norfolk from, St. Thomas, that another gang of pirates had been hung at St. John’s, Porto Rico ; ma king in all 36, including the I t , of whose execution we /have had previous intelli- gence. . Tnforpaation. had also been received at St. Augustine from Key West, that Com- ■ ^oddrff Warrington wis there with a part ' ofthe U. S. squadron, all well, and that one of the pi nates recently sent to'Havana,, had hee'n- trihd,. convicted, and sentenced to be fliurig,?|dR ;that immediately after'his fcoa- > fiction, two rnerchants at Matanzas-shut up theiiAstoYes and decamped* ^ Capt^ Cpville^ U Boston, ffb’m SL Thomas, informs that , Capt. Bloat, in tbeU. SrJsdioonerGrainpas,’ Jvho Portp Rico,, spoke in high praise of the, governor- Of - thpt Island, for his conduct io putting down the pir(ates,: He had executed all that had been/taken, ancL 3 or 4 persons charged with’ being concerned ip setting fire to St. Thomas. Complaints were made of the - tardy proceedings/of the Governor of St. Thomas relative tp the. persons in bis hands accused o f piracy! „ NotwithaiHUdiog these,eJfort8 to root out the. freebooters/ w e Scarcely, open a paper jirl&ted/ra ritir 'ri*»£8rt tovvns, hut we meet with some appalling narrative o f aqts of piracy,which seem to multiply in the West Indiaseas'. in the Bridgeport (Connecticut) GonTieriofyu^terdayT'vo-tind-tho-fojlowing particulars:— “ Mr.. Daniel • G. Wright, -a resident of Boston, and now. on-his . way tkither; called hpon/ris yesterday, and re lated the following .distressing incidents lie took passage at NeVv*Xork in the month Of December test, inthe brig Edwhfd, Capt Ferguson, for Havana, where they arrived s a f e h a t on the homeward passage on the 17th February, was captured * by a piratical schooner of About 50 ton?, commanded by ra'Ameticgn,- wlteuhe be hefieyes to be Wm* ,PaulrformerIy.of, Baltimore-, with between 40 ripd So! men jTmriediately oirhohrdmg (he brig they e.Ommenced cutting atid.slash- ■ -iog'-ajnqog. the/ ccent; but wreaking, their vengeance principally oq Capt. T . whom . they Soon foufflerad,by-severing his head from his body—in, the mean time most o f the crewandqar informant made the best de fence. 'they could with hand-spikes, &c. when catching'a mothentaryglance from the eyesof theRiralical captain, he instantlyor- deieeaacessatiokofhflstillllesjafterihostper- fect of them had been severely wounded by hill ii> Green Co. On Monday, of'.last week, I hey were atCatskflhmtHncfflrire^^ state,theg^tlemen south, about 12 miles. They returned to Catskili ; and ori Tuesday left that village) taking tbe^course of the Ciitslull and Susque- h;mn.i Turnpike, calculating to continue their examination of the various route con nected with, and intersecting that road. As they have so many routes to examine, their progress westward must necessarily be slow, and it is difficult to-conjecture, at what time we shall have the pleasure of seeing them here. aiafl brought the brig to ah <iuoh°r, when Mr* W. aiid two men named Pillsbury and thevvihflvvardtef Matattzas: here they remain ^flseveraLday3riu_a state o f al most-perfect .Shbeking occurrence .—On the 8th instant, Captain Jehial P. Parsons of Waterlpo was instantly killed by the bursting o f a field piecej which had-been improperly lojideiL We expect the bachelors of our village will pay some little attention to tbe com plaints of Eliza, and either plead guilty to her accusation, and promise to reform, or show some good and substantial reason lor continuing in a State of celibacy. General L a Fayette .-—We learn from the western papers, that the General arrived at Buffalo on Saturday the 4th instant, in the Steanpboat. On Sunday morning, lie left Buffalo, and proceeded to Black Rock, the Falls, Fort Niagara, Lewiston, .and Lock- port. On Monday he left Lockport, in a canal-boat, and arrived at Rochester on Wednesday morning, the seventh instant.-— Thence, he was escorted to Mendon, where he was met by a deputationfrom the Commit tee of Canandaigua ; and arrived at that vil lage at evening. He left Canandaigua at six, the next morning, accompanied .by the citi zens and militia of that place, and-was met by a Committee’ from Geneva, about half way between the two villages. He arrived at Geneva about 10 o’clock, where he dined; and proceeded on, by way of Waterloo, Seneca Falls, and Cayuga, toAubarn. He travelles-With great expedition, on account ofbis engagement to be in Boston on the ‘17th ikstant, to aid in laying the corner stone of the Bunker Hill monument. Sumpiuous en tertainments were given tbe General, and great attention paid him, in the several vil lages through which he passed. Two or three gentlemen from this village went as far as Geneva to view the physiognomy o f a man, who, at the cge of 19, could' leave Ins family and friends, sacrifice his personul ease, and appropriate his fortune, to hid in a for eign and unequal contekt,in which there Was ^apparentlylittle probability of success, FOURTH OF JULY. destituffoBji^Hlilthey ware fortunate enough to obtain passage in a small droger to Gape Florida, Where they were hospitably enter* . tained By the wreckers until the iOth of May, at which tithe they look passage in the sloop Janet Capt. Knightk, bound from New- Qrlean¥'m Phtladelphia, and~were' landed at Egg Harbour, where the tiiree-sufferers sepat’.ated for their several homes. 1 A t Egg Harhohr Mr. Wright' ohtained a passage in. a small schoouer„ belonging to Greenwichj aisd landed .at G/eenwieh Foint on Monday . Since their capture nothing .has been heard 6f the remainder of the crew whom they left on boilrd, :nor of the vessel, which he thinks has 'beeri destroyed, together with the peppleibhg Amca*/’ ' ‘ In addition to the above, It is stated in a letter from eaph -West^pf The brig Jesse , of Jfe'ijiiF’oife *i|Is owner in this city,, ttikMh T|ie ttih hl.L *on his passage fromNf^Dripahs to Richmond, Virginia, and heiog then ia sight of Cuba, lie fell in with k pirhtidai schooner which .hoisted sometimes French, atld sometimes English , colours, and then fired a gun for the Jesse »fo heave tp. Finding that Capt. West par- / sued his course, the pirate hoisted the ■ black flag and fi red again. A shi p appearing ahead, which proved to be the London, Capt. Anpan, from Jamaica for London, the latter sent a boat with part of his crew to the, assistance of the Jesi’e^pn observing which the pirate gave up the pursuit. The, London had seen another pirate, which at tempted to board her the night . previous; but she hauled off on observing that the . ship tvns well nrmcd. Capt. VYest, states, that lle! w.as ail tliis time in sight oTKey . IFest, but saw no American cruisers. The C ipt. of the brig Adairiant at Bos ton, from bt Thomas, also reports that on the 18 o f May, ht 26, 30, long 67, 30, be was boarded by the crew ot a piratical schooner, under French colours^ who were very pruddntly,'after a slight remonstrance, endeavoured to avoid them-but this appa rently only increased the insolence of the rioters who how attacked them with vio lence. The patty made the best defence in their.power, and called aloud for aid.— The watchmen sopn came up, and on their appearance the jiht’ers fled. Mr. Lambert was found lifeless on the ground, and appears to have been killed by a single blow of the fist,. Two of the other gentlemen were wounded, but not seriously. Thus lias one of our most esteemed and respected citizens, who was but yesterday jn the enjoyment of health, affluence, and the affection of numerous relations and friends, been suddenly cult, off, and hurried into eternity. The event is universally lamented. for arty, detail.^ of. military prowess, as.for- the evidence it affords of th it most arduous con summation-—the ti l-imph of the law, m an infent stujO OTfcr t t t spirit of chscot d mdm su#ec,rioi)^r\ 'CoIbcotroni, tfie four DehjAnit the two.'Nota.topouili, and others were ship, ped off troui .Napoli In the open day for_ Hv- ,dra, without <a mu-rmur from the people, but with every apparent mark of public joy ap'd of confidence in the strength ofthe Govern ment. A 1-titter from - Egypt describes ](ie Pacha to have been throijghdu|.i|j!e .whqli-pf: his late expensive and. ^unfortunate cam- .paigns, the flattery adrWFnisfered tor hiurityFuropearislhs Turkjshpay , who’.pronounced him the’ Na poleon of Africa. A French gentleoian, saidto beof the name of Boyer, has recent ly joined tbe Paclia, and.\obtained a chief commanilovcrhistrdqps.” V , Letters were received yesterday From Lisbon tothe 16th inst. insludirg- Prom them w learn, upon thd Best Authority,! that theTortuguese Government had of a gentleUmn of tliarplace, a hen’s nest which captained an egg, was taken and kept m possession by a cat, * until she brought fprth-her biter of young mewers-* m the mudsfi ot which the egg remdmed, until it hatched a beautiful -and_;fine white chwken, qll of Which were found nestled together By gotpe member of the famdy, who accidentally dis covered them. a A genilemap of Bdsfen baspreseh^j|;|^ the University q; coljecfieg o f I0D mo le)s of chrystals, made d u p q ^ f T m ® ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ T i r i4*arwrf<>r*thatdistiagaisbe(l rnmeralogi^t, ^ diijif Boutmou.- From the Democratic Press. Hi§, Excellency Governor Clinton and Mr. Barbour,the United States Secretary at War, accompanied by the Mayor of the city, the President and Managers o f the Delaware anf Chesapeake Canal, &■ other distinguished citi zens, left this city this morning,in the-Steam- Boat Trenfcon to visit the Canal and Fort Del aware. W e regret that the day is cheerless and rough: we fear it will prevent our dis tinguished visiters from making those excur sions and examinations, ^hich are so much desired. , G o v e r n o r Ct.iKTON.f-~rhe movements of thfe gentleman excite some interest in other states than that over which he presides as chief magistrate, By another paragraph it will be seen that hq has been invited to Ohio ; and a Philadelphia paper of Tuesday states that he was expected in that city on that day, and that lodgings had been taken for. him at the Mansion Hoiise Hotel, We have beard it said, but w e rannot vouch for the truth of the assertion, that he js shortly to be in Boston,-attd’tohe present at the laying of the corner stohe of the Monument on the 17th o f June.—_S osL Count, T.. • Massachusetts Legislature.— Governor Lincolu delivered his introductory address to the General 'Court of Massachusetts, on Thursday last. It isaplain, Sensible dpeech, confined principally io general practical re marks on the domestic concerns'of the com- monwealth, on cabals and fail roads, agricul ture, manufactures, the militia, literature, education, Sic. His Excellency pays a high cornplimeot to the foresight, the talents, and patriotic exertions o f Gov. Clinton, *and the distinguished support given him by our ie gislature, in carrying into effect the stupen dous and magnificent canal system- of this state. N , \jl. States. DEBEN D ENCE, Will be celebrated at Ith- -aea, oa the 4ih of Jilly-next— -The. order of proceedings will be as follows: A National salnte will be fired at sunrise The procession will.be formed at the Hotel, precisely at 1 1 o’clock A. M., and -will pro ceed from thence to the Presbyterian. Meet -mg- House,-runder-the_clirectionof-.iYM.';lt G regory , -Marshal of the -'day, and So?c- KulN B. Muss, Jun. Assistant Marshal, in ' tbs following order: Marshal, Cavalry* Artillery,- Music, Light Infantry, Standard, Clergy* - , Orator and Reader, Committee, Eagle Lodge, Corporation, Officers off Duty, Strangers of Dis’t. Citizens. An Oration will be delivered .by Charles G. Judd, Esq. and the usual exercises will be perfermea. After the close of the exercises, th.6 pro cession will return to the Hotel, where a din ner will be providedin the new hall in Mr* Gere’s, brick building, by Mr. Spertcer. \ A Matioiul salute will be fired at Sunset. Militia officers are requested to wear their uniforms. The citizens of the adjacent towns are invited to attend and celebrate the day ivith the inhabihints-'ofTlns rillage. - LutriiER G ere , H enry A ckley , D avid W oodcock , W illiam R« G regory :, S te £H e N .B*.11 ujjn , J an. A. D. W. B ruyk , B w J ohnson -, „ ■ ' F , J ohn J oh X son , ; '; . “'A ugustus S herrill . Ithaca, 7Mae l 4,1825* -------- — The Legislature o f Connecticut adjourned on Friday last. The House, having re-con sidered their vote against the Sharon Canal Bank, agreed to the- bill from the Senate for granting banking privileges, which .they will novrpjjs'sess. ~ AbilTto increase.the Counec- with.ir part ta he eiaployHd-in biwftirig, iiar also passed. A biii for taxing hunlc and in surance stock owned oat o fthe state 12 1-2 per cent, on the dividends, has also been en • acted ; ,and also a bill prohibiting Circus or equestrian performances in that State.— II, The Court o f Errors assembled this day. at 12 o’cloclricnhe 'Ccinrnon Council Cham- <0 ti t v ! [From the Jv. Y.Mcrcantile Advertiser, J vm 24.j M 9ST MELANCHOLY QCGURBENCE. Gag city has which hae depriyed us 'ia, a yu.ddea had manner) of one of our most re- ber attlTe City Hall, all the members -being present except Chief Justice Savage, Judge Sutherland, and Judge Woodworfh, and the following (Sen 5 ft°rs, v[z . Messrs. - Crary, Greenly,Nelson, Ogden, Spencer, and Ward. After the organization of the Court, several motions were mader^nfftbeir the Court ad journed until.to-morrow.— lb. Grand Island .—B y thfe- steam-boat Chief Justice Marshall, we learn that Mr. Noah of the New-York National Advocate, yesterday purchased the celebrated Grand Island at the public sale, by the Surveyor General at the Capitol in Albany ; on which Island, he thinks his ppople will find a desirable resi dence beyond the reach of European op pression.-— Evening Post. Greece .-—The hewsir_omGreeca*says the’ London Sun^affordq strong evidence of'the unconquerable ,spirit' of the nation, and of their unanimous feelings against the Otto mans, whatever maybe their private ani mosities.. As soon as the invasion of the Morea by the Egyptians was publicly known, 33,000 volunteers answered -the appeal of the government to' arm3 and the,Egyptians have been repulsed in every direction and compelled to take rip a defensive position near the spot where they landed. The Greek fleets and aririies are everv where on con- ; sented to recognise the Independence of Era- ‘ zil, and that .the' preliminary aVrangenaents with that view had been concluded witfa Sir Charles Stiaart. W& understand that the temper aiid disposition evinced by the. Tor- tugues Ministry in this affair have f)een highly satisfactory to tlie’ British Arab ass a-., dors* The intelligence had transpired in Lisbon, and the utmost joy and confidence ^prevailed aanong the mercantile classas;— How can thamtatqated Ferdinand persists,in . his seoseless refusal to accede to irresistible events,, with the prudent example of John VI. before feim, to admonish hjm of his in excusable folly! The London papers contain)the official ac count of tfie total defeat of the. Burmese Grand army itijndia,^amounting -to upwards bf 50^000 men, by the British 'forces. The Catholic emancipation bill had pass~ edthe Hourse o f Cornmons by n riiajority o f 27. This majority is-too small togiveany- reasooable hope of,the success o f the bill in the House o f Lords. Corn Elachdnge, Tuesday, Jlprih 2&. The Indianapolis Gazette gives ap account pf a singular phenomenon which appealed ir That, Stale o.n.'the 30th of April About 8 o’clock, A. M. a heavy soupd, like a dis* charge • of 'Artillery, was beard, apparently 1 descending from the Heavens This wagl followed by something like a discfipfge <ffjj -muslxetryrffiring in-dehie-rad ia regular sue cession. An intfimiesm o f i moment thetri took place, which was succeeded b\ a long •and distant roll, as correct is the coll of q j drum, and accornp mied by something like a | feu-de p i e ,-—The sounds aie said to havet heen Iveard.ia towns fifty miles apai t , an? the evidences of the fict arc stated to h? ' some of the most respectable citizens o f In diana. v •. A law has pasacd the Senate otnColumbie, j by, which hro Columbian .man, who has - .completed his 21st yeai, md no Columbia woman who has not completed her 18th y can contract marriage, without the expre cpnsent of the fatner and mother. Since o u t last, the imports qf every^kmd7 RlferOTcrt^befr^ of Grain have been small. .The denennds for Wheats continue to improve, and the fi ner qualities have advanced in valuer fully 7d,—Flour, also,'2s. deareT^—For Oats- there was stlso a-good demand, at prices last noted.,—N'c* alteration in butter,. Lake Erce.—At thebeg'rtining of tliq late war 1812, w e all knew there was a lake call ed Erie, fox’ we hqd seen it liud down o n the map, and some 'feiy 'pefsons had 'visitecl it—■ but its sohrihBrn ahciEe, for many miles in the interior, was ft perfect’wilderness, Oxc«[>tas to a few acres of land - adjacent to ’ tvvo' o r three little villages, the chief of which whs Buffalo—a point more distant then frotxi'Bal- tTmfffellian* Ft. Louis now'fs. \ rft was a place on the boreier b f the civilized World I It i s now a large town and will soon he a great city and there are many flourishing towng on the bordexs of the lake, end its’snore is rapidly, populating 'with busy and industrious^. iiieo. Many cotficnercial vessels are sailing o h the lake— a. steam-boni .pUds ’ every week be tween Buffalo and Detroit, stoppLng at sever al towns—three other stea'm-boats are- build ing'”'at Black Rock, one at Erie and one a t Cleveland. These will be launched i a a few weelcs. T*he great Ohio canal will soon h e begun ancd speedily finished, and then whal aa interior voyage’inny be nlade from New-York to New-OHeaiis 1 No cousatry in the world can present any thing like it. „ •' ■ . Niles* Register. Cotton J¥«rfeet.—-The prices o f Cotton a l Liverpool, remained about the same as al the last clajes, and very extensive sales had been made -pE rOttiifa Palladium o f Liberlj ] STATE BANK AT TRENION Q ^ T jie public are requested to susjpena any opinionun.favourabld to individuals hpv\ ing accoynts in. the State Bank qt 1 renton I pledge imysell, as speedily as possible, exhibit a stafenn nt of their conditionjwhicli will, I trusf, prove entirely, satisfactory m _____ _______ r * . i t 1'—? J*- - 1 ii J my own*. /. LAiMRERT R l O K f e '| Trenton, June 4., I825r >' ^ IrtSuprejne CaurfyFehriearij Tfen%T82feJ : Ordereid—Tjhatyfter the present terni. rid this cpurt) norao|e 6e cMerqdfiti the caltiptbm of enumerated inotipnS) unlessri n0terif4bie|M sue be filed in the clerk’s office of this cburijl at the place vhjieei'tiiri fore the Tuesday next precedifig the teriii., (A Copy) J m & r i Y E S PAlGE^ CFk ' Iftica, Wfiy i^ r ; - “ v';. _ * v * -'-. 'J . fo r xafe.irHACA -* m ' W hy is this' Christi,ip village infe'sted’witll 'so many Old ' Bachelors T is a quesfioa I J »_ _ _ 1 ______ ' 1 . . 1 „ . 1 ■I1- _______ • ^1 Mr. E v ^ hett , minister to Spain1, ^Jenvhs this country,in the packefEdward Qriesnal, for Havre* the 15th inst. ' . ■ , . Aprli2G, 1825.—To-day’s market was b a t ^fndrferGntly attended by dealer^ Tr6 an t h e Gountry, Gut they bought \rith freedom a t the advanced prices, which are 6d to per bushel on VVheat in general/ ~dto ldonodts, Is p e r qu avter o n beans,.and l9to 2s p e r sack on flour. ' The demand'has revived forflou in bond, ftrr exportation to-Spain, and it ir a little Higher. . -------- - A t tlie L e v e e held on the 28l.li, Mr. Rush, our Minister, had A private 'audience, and took leave of the King, ‘prior to his depart ure from England. ' , the alert, Sfirl th§;fortnitiabie armaments of fhe Tu.rks and Egyptians do not inspire them with theleasf atariu. . . ^firi dlY^rinteiligertceTrOm Grriece, eX- tTactefeffeih the pffibial journal publisjied at a -cfieeringririfer^) riot srimuch Reaiarkuble Animal.— A geatlemari(Mr. J. C . Hyde,)direct frorri Oxford, called o us .last Saturday, and informed that iivo brothers, «one about 18, and the othev only 1’2 years off age, went in to the Vvoods about 5 miles below Oxford, on Thursday the 12 th inst. 'wilh tiieir rifles and discovered a strange animal about 3 0 yards ^ distant \from theinV The oldest b o y fired, and wounded h i i n i n the breilst and shoulder, He turned ancl madle fupioasiy towards the one who shot Irim-— The. oldest boy then called for his brother’s rifle* who wal about 5 rods distant. /The youngest brother started with his; rifle toiv- al’ds him, but findibg the ahiuial would ibe too quick for him, *he levelled his rifle hainself and brougbt him to the.ground with .a ball througlkhbs head'.^H'e' wfis' brought tri and' measured* when Ke was found to be 8 feet in length frpttath.e. end.of the'nose \to tho root of t h e tail Which was three feet long, juiake- .in'g, Jtf f e e t in the w h o le.\ IJe was 3. feet 4 inefies liigb- wheft standipg, bis body hbdixt th r stze o F atiiartV tody/ .; was o f a re^l' dun cskffli; hhd rffedelike a feodkey, bbd^r like ri.paatfi’er*\'feet like irdeer,.-anu tajlTilte. a Wolf Mr- Hyde saw the anifeal himself. ■ . S a h g e r f i e l d I n t i M a y 18, S in - gular FACS’.—The Warrentun R epor- ter q f fee 10th jult. sfates/ thfit ifi the celjqr in the. space o f a fevy narinlhs* . VYitlrijj^ troubling myself to' asceriain'tlie /prebije 4 number oF such kind of.faeidga in this placed or without investigating the question, vyhe-l ther there ere in fact, nadrp Jhere flifet itt| ether places o f equal population, I shait .as-, same the position that we Lave at all events,* “ manyjadto spare;” and proceed to make j some inquiries .to what oadtrri;W etiiftbitta-^ tion of.causes; we rite tq asctibe thSs-^uperi- abundance.' ^ It cannot be on ,the score qf economy, that men choose tlie disgraceful state o f stoicl celibacy; for it is a weH-established fect,! that a prudent wife3instead of beiriga source'; of additional expense. to a maij/ genejallfd retrenches his expenditures'/ Sritfeer-caij they have persuaded themselves that the! thread o f their lives will be ridortied ivithi flowers o f more beauty or permanence ; be- j Cause Nature in a vbice sufficienlly audibleJ declares the married life to be the mqst hap- ! py, Nor can any local Cause be' adduced to. account For their rirevalefite,. since* iff alj/, probability, this inctease of old bachelors j f aot at all eonfitied to this particular, place.. I will not clo my sex: the injustice to sup^j females have degenerated-—t o t they, do fieL -possess a ll the virtpeS as well as gracesr they. did in “ auld lang syne.” .. 1 • ;! - Were I'to hazard a conjecture, as to the/ capse of the increase of old b.achelors :at this time, I/would say a,perye.rteil'nnd'vilia ted taste will amply eccorint for it.. '< Men’s nolions of love and females, .are •altogether /too wildj^taoL ^ why is then* taste corrupted, especially ati this lime ? ‘It must bo retncmbered this agel is distijiguisfied above all tothefe, for; thsl number o f nofeels and novel rejitlers* 'Tffiu 1 w.orid is literally inundated feifh uoi?-eIs. rb- mrtnces, and that'sjphcieb o f poetical writihgv j calculated to create fiilse and chimerical* ideas of women. The' pens of Lord-Byron* ] Moore, Percival,* the Lab rent, &c. have I etriine'nfly contribriCe]| to; fernisli the\lsqr* hid appetites of mankind with1* thisa|erf nicious food, while the prolific brain ofScoit is almost monthly-delivered of a novel, To these names might be added*. Cooper, Mitchell, and-many others On this side the Atlantic. Their writings are graspfed atand! devourecTw.ith avidity.- Yhfing toeh ('those / particularly/who haye naturally a romantic.; disposition) are fascinated and bewitched.'— They fancy themselves an Edwin* a Dorn Juan; and are looking in vain for some fair ; heroine, whom’ they-invest with thousands.) of charms which exist only itt t-heir dispr* j dered imagiuatioris. . They 'are gazing in-, tensely for. some .angelic figure; some Venus,whose skin.is alabaster, adorned with blushingoroses-—whose eyes aie fire- vvlios&/ “ A-Utoirn.waviB down to her neels, Floiy like an Alpine lorient wli cp the ‘•unt Dies ivith lus ifi’orniug beauit.” u This Itipfl o f -writing does not however* always produce the same effect on fee pund3 of young nien ; and perhaps » til netdoto frequent the society of fenaaies, hut is cop*’ staiitly eaamoured. with the fury nyiftph created by his own distempered brain At the shrine of her transcendout bfeauty* lift ORIGIN A L STAINED
