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jgoetrp* from the National Journal. T h e moon o’er the mountain Is shining afar ; Her path, like a fountain, Flows lo ■ ely and clear. The «ky i® unclouded, Not a shadow is sailing Where the moon walks unshrouded, Her beauty revealing. See—the clouds gather round her— The lightning is flashing ; Loud rolls the hoarse thunder— The wild storm is dashing. O h ! a moment has banish’d The beautiful s c e n e ! Like a dream it has vanish’d The storm-clouds between. Thus, Life in its morning O f Vfay, is serene ; Hope’s sweet smiles adorning, In softness are seen, And the glass that we look through— Is clear and unstain’d, And the scenes that we look to. Young Fancy has train’d. Joy danc.es before us— Not a cloud intervenes— A blue sky is o’er us, Hope flushes our veins. But the dream is soon over, Like the scene which has faded f Realities hover— The picture is shaded. T h e storm whirls each feature Of splendour away, But the moon o’er glad Nature W ill again cast her ray. But when Ueason has blighted Young Fancy’s bright bloom. The path she once lighted She ne’er can resume, under pretence of “ crushing rebellion,” 1 must, and will meet you as an enemy.” i his conver sation was immediately reported to Washington : Who, with his accustomed prudence rem a rked, that, considering the jealousy of the times, it h a d better not be made public. iB igceH lan r o u ^ 3irtwK e£, ________ I nteresting .— We tied the following anecdote in the New -York Daily Advertiser .— It was elic ited by Gen. La Fayette’s visit to Bunker Hill, and is given by a respectable officer who was on the spot and knew the facts. It will be seen to relate to Putnam ’s having saved the life of Gen. Small, (who was his former inend and companion in arms) in that memorable battle. Not more than a week after the battle of Bun ker Hill,and while Gen. Putnam had his station on Prospect Hill, a person in a horse-cart, bearing a flag of truce, brought to the American lines a hamper of porter, addressed to Gen.Putnum from his friend Major Small. This led to some COnvef- sation in the marque, when the General remark ed, Small remembered the service he had done him ; for.(said he) 1 saved his life by restraining a •few shots that would certainly have killed him 3 two or three marksmen were in the act of level ling their pieces over the breastwork north of the redoubt,when I came up to it from the left and re cognized Small. I stopped the fire, and he es caped—let us drink health and life to him. H e is our enemy to be sure, but he is a generous hearted fellow, and I could not see him killed in told blood. j The day before Washington joined the army at Cambridge, Gen. Putnam received from Major Small a note importing that he felt himself under great obligation, and wishing for an interview on the lines the Sunday following, that he might ex press his gratitude in person. This note vvais sub mitted to Washington, who advised a compliance -on the part of Gen Putnam. They met under the shade of an oak 3 and after a friendly conver sation of half an hour, in which the transactions of by gone days were recalled, Small said —“ You must know, Putnam, that you can never succeed in this daring opposition to his majesty's govern ment. You have seen enough of British valour,and know enough of the strength arid power of Brit ain, to convince you that this rebellion will he crushed 3 and what then will become of you ? I know you are a brave man, and may fall inglorious as a Rebel— but, as sure as yon survive, a halter will be provided for your neck ; Your service in Canada with our army are remembered,and they aM respect you. The government is desirous of conferring on you a reward, too long, and too un justly withheld ; and 1 come now, with full au thority from Gen. Gage, to assure you., that if you will leave the service in which you arc. enga ged, and which from (he nature of it must be trans ient, and join his majesty’s standard under which you have so often fought, you shall have the same rank in the British army as you nominally hold o- ver a mere rabble.” [(ere, taking the General hy the hand and laving the other on his shoulder, he continued— “ Putnam, 1 know you will fight, hut who have you to support you ? i hadl terrible witness of your daring spirits on yonder height, and I own my life to your generosity— let me then never meetyou again as an enemy. Gen. Putnam replied— “ You konw, Small, that we have had recent conversations on this subject, only a short time before hostilities commenced, and how fully I ithen stated to you my perfect conviction of the justice of our cause and my firm determination to etand or tall with my country. This determination remains unchanged :— I know indeed the power o f Britain,and the strength ol her arm ; but, there is a higher power, and a stronger arm, which will sustain me, and save my country. While there fore, I shall continue to love you, individually' as a friend, if you mingle with those who come to trample on rights which God and nature gave, C o ral R e e f s , — Captain Bazel H a l l , in his voyage to the Loochoo Islands, remarks that “ the animation of a Coral Reef, during the different stages of one tide,is particularly interest ing. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedin iy hard and ragged : but as the tide ri ses, and the waves begin to wash over it, the cor al worms protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which are moved about in rapid motions, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of a d.trk color, and from four to five inches long, and two or three round. When coral is broken about high water mark, it is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches everyday, it is found to he full of worms of different lengths and colours,some being as fine as a thread, and others resemble snails, and some are not unlike lobsters in shape, but soft, and not above two inches long. The growth of coral ap pears to cease where the worm is no longer ex posed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highests tide, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of Course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession, re*ch the surface, and j here stop, forming in time, a level field, with j steep sides all t'ound. The reef, however con- ‘ tinually increases, and being prevented from go- , ing higher, extends itself littcrally in all direc- j tions. But this growth being as rapid at the Up per edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved.” The accumulation of habitations thus formed by these apparently iusignificant animals, some times reach to an immense extent, and con st! tue the basis of many islands in the China seas, and in the Pacific ocean. To rear a stupendous fabric from the very depths of the ocean, and raised itseveralffeet from its surface,is a task which might appal the most powerful and civilized na tions * yet it is performed with < ase by a insect so small, and to appearance so helpless, that we are at first inclined to discredit the fact. But this is not all 3 —in preparing their own habitations, these seemingly contemptible creatures prepare a future abode for man. When part of the coral reef is once raised above the reach of the tide, and is thus secured from the inroads of the sea, the in sect abandons its labours in that direction, and el evates the other parts of the mos.s until the whole has reached the same height. Sea-weeds, which are then thrown on the barren and rugged mass, decay, and aided soon after by the dung of sea fowls, become the ground work of future vege tation. Mosses succeed ; manure and seeds are brought at the same time, and by the same indi viduals ; until at length a bed of vegetable mould is formed, capable of producing plants and trees. The simple process seems lo be that by which nature enlarges the land, prepares a place on which man may fix his residence.— M i n e r v a . nay, it may determine in everlasting issue. Con sider then the employment of this important per iod as the highest trust which shall ever be com mitted to you ; as, in a great measure, decisive of your happiness in time and eternity. As in the succession of the seasons, each, by the invariable laws of nature, affects the productions of what is next in course 3 so, in human life, evry period of our age, according- as it is well or ill spent, in fluences the happiness of that which is to follow. Virtuous youth gradually brings forward accom plished and flourishing manh -od ; and such man hood passes of itself without uneasiness into res pectable and tranquil old age. But when na ture is turned out of its regular course, disorder takes place in the moral, just as in the veget able world. If the spring put forth no blossoms, I Shinn’s Panacea. T HE subscriber having discovered the com position of Swaim’s celebrated PANACEA, has now a supply on hand for sale 3 he has redu ced the price from $3,50 to $2,50, or by the do zen $24. All charitable institutions in the United States, and the poor, will be supplied gratis. If the citizens of the principal towns will ap point an agent to order and distribute this medi cine to the poor it will be supplied. The medicine is celebrated for the cure of the following diseases : scrofula or king’s evil ulcerated and putrid sore throat, standing rheumatic affections, cutaneous diseases, white swelling and diseases of the bones, and all disea- in the summer there will be no beauty, and in sf i s ^enera^y ° f al1 ulcerous character, and cronic . p ■ 1 . c * • r 1 1 1 j . 1 n iS A a c o c n r p i i p r a l l v n r icin o * in H ,aki ------ autumn no fruit; 00 , if youth be trdled away 1 without improvement, manhood will be contemp tible, and old age miserable. From the Agriculturcl Almanac . CHEAP METHOD °F FATTENING CATTLE. Communicated by Mr. Nathaniel Landon , of . Liu h f eld. | in numerous instances, within the last three yearei There is a way to fatten cattle, in the absence •, an(J have ahvaJ5 foan’d it extremely efficacious e s p e c ia l ly in seco n d a r y sy p h ilties and m e r c u r ials , , , t disease. I have no hesitation in pronouncing it a ted an ox and a three year old heiier, the winter metiicine 0f ........................... past, without either corn or potatoes, for less ex * diseases, generally arising in debilitated con stitutions, but more especially from syphilis, o f affections arising therefrom, ulcers in the larnyx t ^•c. and that dreadful disease occasioned by a long and excessive use of mercury, &c. It is also useful in diseases of the liver.” CERTIFICATE. I have employed the Panacea of Mr, Swaim, of the common means, scarcely inferior to the best, as the following instances will prove. I fat- P o l a r S e a s . —-The theory that there are open seas round both the earth’s poles, has received strong corroborations within the last few months. We have now on our table a letter from a Naval Officer at Dronthcim, who notices the fact, that Capt. Sabine had good weather, and reached 80 dcg. 31 min. north latitude, without obstruction from the ice. so that the Expedition might easily have proceeded farther, had its object so requir ed. And we have also had the pleasure to meet recently w th a British officer, who, with two, vessels under his command, last season, penetra ted to 74 deg. 25 min. south latitude in the Antarctic circil, which is about three degrees be yond Cook’s utmost limit.— Here he found the sea perfectly clear of ice, and might have prose cuted his voyage towards tbe Pole, if, other con siderations had permitted. There was no field ice in sight towards the South 3 and the w a ter w a s in habited by many finned and humpbacked w lm les. The longitude was between the South Shetland Islands, lately discovered, and Sandwich land ; this proves the former to be an archipelago, (as was supposed) and not a continent. The voyage is remarkable as being the utmost South upon re cord, and we hope to be favoured with other par ticulars of it. At present we have to only add, that the variations of tbe needle were extraordinary, and the more important as they could not readily be explained by the philosophical principles at present maintained on the subject.— Lit. Getz. To Y o u t h . — Let not the season of youth be barren of improvements, so essential to your fe licity and honour. Your character is now of your own lorming ;—your fate is in some measure put iuto your own hands. Your nature is as yet pliant and soft. Habits have not establisl ed their dominion. Prejudices have not pie-occupied your understanding. 7’he world, has not bad time to contract and debase our affections. A l l ') our powers are more vigorous, disembarrassed and free, and they will be at any future period. What ever impulse you now give to your desires arid passion the direction is likely to continue. It will form the channel in which your life is to run 3 pease than even that of common keeping, by a preparation of cut straw, &c. as follows :—I boiled about two quarts of flaxseed and sprinkled on it cut straw, which had been previously scal ded and seasoned with salt, together with some oil-cake a »d oat*meal, working them together in a tub with a pitchfork, till the whole became an oily mush. Ffattened the heifer first. She was of the common size, and in good order, to winter, 1 gave her about three pecks, which she ate vor aciously, and in the course of four days, when the seed was gone, she was visibly altered. 1 fed her regularly in this way about two months, in which time she had eaten about one hundred bushels of boiled flax-seed with other ingredients in propor tion.— VVhen she was butchered, she weighed j 584 pounds. 84 lbs. of which was tallow. She would not have sold, before fattening, for more than 16 dollar*—M sold two quarters of her for $18,13. She cost me not more than $10, exclu sive of the hay she ate, which was chiefly scalded as above. On the first o f February 1 began with the ox. I ied him about four mouths, but not al together as well as I did the heifer. He digested about one pint of boiled flax-seed a day, prepared as acove, which 1 suppose formed half the fat in these two cattle. The ox was short, measured inestimable value. W. GIBSON, M. D. Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania. JOHN SHINN, Chemist. Philadelphia, Feb. 17, J 824. N. B. For Saie at Smith and Pensall’s, N . E. corner of Third and Market Streets, Philadelphia,^ 0 Each publisher o f a newspaper in the U . S. is requested to publish this advertisement once a month for one year, and send their accounts for payment. Ia m lyl 4 INVALUABLE DISCOVERY* PROSSER’S L I N I M E N T Cure lor the Spavin, p r e p a r e d & sold by J. GRIFFIN, T HE Spavin is a disease which has long been incident to horses, and has hith erto defied the attempts of the most skilful to re move, and many valuable horses laboring under this complaint, have been rendered but little bet ter than useless to the owner. A remedy is now offered to the public, which.^ in repeated instances has been applied with abun dant success. The proprietor is well aware thatin this en lightened age, the current of public opinion is ^ “e V ^ 7 wr inch « v » 4 ; r e ; ,k,‘ii;d,,r j gT e d ; “ f t - \ - ? 1028 lbs. had 180 lbs. of tallow. He cost me j !he W(:tl fact that the country has already while fatting 25 cents a day. He had previously ! cost me 35. My net gain in fattening these two : cattle was more than all 1 have cleared before in « { been inundated with “ the said to be infallible cures, &c.” and although this is an age in which the credulous-aie dupfid and the w ito sametimoK deceived, let it be remembered- that it is also a day of deep research and investigation ; and not withstanding the many obstacles the proprietor may have to encounter, he is ready to breast him self against the torrent of popular prejudice, and thofofhr* the . rely with confidence upon the candour of the t o ?r!of, above preparation to b)j jd h th thi&WOSr VALU A B L E the attention of farmeia as a good substtute for VR E M E D Y , deserves the stamp of imposition— corn. 1 kept my cows 011 it alone m the month o .. P , , ,, • r , r c of March for one third the exoense of hav It buffic? ]t theu t0 say’ that d?15 remed>b from the . • u 11 a 11 tl r? 1 experiments already made, is offered to the pub- makes rich milk and excellent butter. Farmers! ,. 1 . r „ , a • 1 m x , .. ,• 1 i/* /• lie under a full conviction ot its beneficial effects, by a proper attention to economy, one half of , r _____ , ____ A_ L_ your corn may be saved, to produce abundance in the land, and your garners shall overflow with fattening oxen, and cows, in 15 years ; and this is owing, 1 think chiefly to the use of flax-seed. 1 never fattened cattle that appeared so calm, so hearty, and digested all their fare with so much natural ease and regularity as these* I would oil and fatness. 1 shall pursue this method of feeding, and endeavour to improve it, and I trust 1 shall be enabled to say, the half has not been told. Litchfeld , (Conn.) and its further efficacy remains only to be tested by its general use. Although it is not pretended but there may be instances of this disease having become .so confirmed and obstinate from long standing, as to render the cure at least doubtful, yet no experiment has been made within the knowledge of the proprietor, in which the result has not been highly favourable. The proprietor J r s S s s s ^ s n m *• ;r; nr ft counts in a village in Staffordshire the three fol- • . 1 r j -a! 1 „ 1 variation, has been applied with equal success m. lowing curiosities appeared :— One of the over-' . . . ’ roiM P d a m p coo.-c V.o.t 1 - , 1 1 obstinate cases of RING BOlvE. sceib iiaa made sixtu-ihree weeks m the year.* an 1 r^, , . . r ,, y 1 * c ’ Ihe above remedy is carefully prepared ana item in the other overseer's account was for mo- , . ... , , , , ey paid in aid of the country rats; this caused ' P“‘ »P bott! f much merriment, in which n one mined more i e ?ch> df \J.'ch * to be agP' ed t0 SPa’ ’ J it * \ r* n t \ / i i t i n i / i n r n r v I F x n r t s r v n a c n n n o I C A o A A A heartily than the constable who immediately after producing his accounts, in which was a charge for holding a Conquest over a man found dead. T r u e A n e c d o t e of a B a r b e r .— A gentleman a few days since, with a handsome pair of whis kers, stopped at a barber’s shop in Philadelphia 1 1 1 . 1 nr» 1 * t * * - vins and which to Ring Bones, and also, accom panying each bottle, directions for applying the same. (£7 mPMIC $ 1 , single bottle. Druggists and Wholesale Venders will be furnished on liberal terms. All orders and communications address ed to J. Griffin, Westerlo, Albany county, will be promptly attended to. JAMES GRIFFIN. * to get shaved. The barber had proceeded to ; ft™ ? 1'? atienae« , -X# shave but a short time, when the gentleman dis- O f numerous Certificates that might be :> gentleman covered, to his utter shagrin and astonishment, that the barber had taken off one of whisk ers. “ Zounds and fury ! what have you taken off my whiskers for, you rascal,” exclaimed the gen tleman, as he rose and advanced to chastise the barber. 4 , Visare, de Marquis La Fayette vear no visker,” replied the night of the razor, with the utmost composure and' self importance, indi cating a conscious triumph. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL v v L rT p H E subscriber informs the public that A he has, for the convenience of bis friends and his customers, taken a stand in Van Guysling’s Row, No. 6 , Fttrrv Street, where his Patent Machinery is in full operation for manulacturing tin ware CHAP FO R Cash , superior to any manufactured in this city. H e also continues business at the old stand in Church-Street, where all calls will be punctually attended to. C. FELTHO U S E N. Schenectady, July 24, 1824. 5 the following only are subjain<rdf This may certify, that I have cured a number of Spavins and Ring Bones, by the use of Pros- sePs Linament, and in no instance have I applied it without success. H E N R Y PRO S S E R . Westerlo, June 4, 1824. This is to certify , that two years ago, I had * Mare so badly diseased with a Ring Bone, that i was unable to use her in any way. As she was 9 - valuable animal, 1 was induced to try a variety cu remedies said to cure every thing, but found n© benefit until 1 applied ProssePs Linament, pre-; pared by J. Griffin, which performed a complete cure in a short time, and have no hesitationin re commending it to the public as a safe and infalli ble cure for the Spavin and Ring Bone. D A V ID H A N N A Y . Westerlo, June 8 , 1824. This is to Certify, that I have used Prosser * Linament on two Ring Bones, and performed cure by it. LU T H E R H A N N A Y . This is to certify, that 1 have frequently cure Horses of Spavins, Ring Bones and Disease Joints, by the use of ProssePs Linament as pre pared by J. Griffin. Z . W. L A Y , V For Sale by B. /. M Y N D E R S E , Drug gist , Agent, State-Street. Schenectetdy. 3
