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man # o e t r p HAPPINESS. T e ll m e, ye woods, ye smiling 1 plains, Ye b lessed birds around, la which o f Nature’s wide domains Can bliss for man be found ? The wild birds carrolled overhead, The breeze around me blew, And Nature’s awful chorus said— No bliss for man she knew , I questioned Love, whose early ray So rosy bright appears, Anri heard the timid g-enius say His light was dimmed by tears. I questioned Friendship : Friendship sighed, And thus her answer ga^e : The few whom Fortune never turned, W ere withered in the grave ! I asked if Vice could b'.isS bestow ? Vice boasted loud and weli, But fading from her withered brow The borrowed roses fell. I so u g h t o f F e e l i n g , if h e r sk ill Could soothe the wounded breast ? And found her mourning1, faint and still For other’s woes distressed, I questioned Virtue : Virtue sighed, No boon could she dispense ; ,Not Virtue was her name she cried, B u t h u m b le P e n i t e n c e . I questioned death : the grisly shade Relax’d his brow severe ; And ‘ I am happiness.’ h e said, ‘ If Virtue guide thee here.’ H. cient to confirm the blacksmith in the opinion that his custom e r was a notorious counterfeiter , and what to do he knew not ; but no time was to be lost, the counterfeiter had already mounted his gig and drove off with great rapidity, in the direction of this place. The blacksmith ran from neighbor to neighbor, and after summoning a half a dozen of true and trusty friends, they met in council, and hearing the momentous tale, they one and all in stantly pledged themselves to pursue the chase and to take, if possible, their culprit,\ and thus after speeding their way fifteen or twenty miles like hounds, in pursuit of a fox, bounding on the turf, leaving a column of dust rolling in the air, and far in their rear, they r e a c h e d this city between three and four o ’clock in the afterooon, a few m o ments after the pursued had left it. When they alighted, they made known their bu siness, and described minutely the supposed coun terfeiter ; but it so happened, that the gentleman to whom they addressed themselves, recognised in their description, his old friend, the real president of one of the Rhode-Island banks. He however soon succeeded in convincing them of the correct intentions of their fugitive, and ofhis real charac ter, and that their pursuit had been after an honest m a n rather than a rog;ue. The pursuers, after letting their horses breathe awhile, and refreshing themselves with a glass of punch, again mounted and directed their course to wards home, headed by their lawyer and black smith, under the full satisfaction that he whom they thought to be a rogue, had thus far proved to be “ the noblest work of God, an honest man,” and that they had one and all faithfully performed the duty which they owed to the public. well, make no'previous excuses. Ifyou sing in differently, hesitate not a moment when you are asked ; for few people are judges of singing, but every one is sensible of a desire to please. Never touch a sore place in any one’s character ; for be assured, who ever you are, that you have a sore place in your own, and a young woman is a flower that may be blasted in ajmoment. It is always in your power to make a friend by smiles— what a folly then to make enemies by frowns. When you have an opportunity to praise, do it with all your heart. When you are forced to blame, do it with reluctance. Ifyou would preserve beau ty, rise, early. If you would preserve esteem, be gentle. If you would obtain power, be conde scending. If you would live happy, endeavor to promote the happines of others. Shinn’s Panacea. T HE subscriber having discovered tile com position of Swaim’s celebrated PANACEA/’ has now a supply on hand for sale ; 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 o f the following diseases : scrofula or king’s evil, ulcerated and putrid sore throat, standing rheumatic affections, cuta* eons diseases, white swelling and diseases of the bones, and all disea ses generally of an ulcerous character, and cronic diseases, generally arising in debilitated con stitutions, but more especially from syphilis, or , , , r . ■ 1 • i n u ’ r affections arising therefrom, ulcers in the larnyx W ^ h e ^°°or^of ^havmg dam this_peat^Chief ^ and that dforeadfuI disease occasioned by a* T E C U M S E H . Colonel J ohnson , of Kentucky, has long en- From the Norwich (Conn.) Courier. A R IIO D E -ISL A N D VILLAG E . In one ofthe thrifty villages in the western part of the state of Rhode-lsland, which was probably settled more than one hundred years ago, by the johnny-cake and Indian pudding sons of nature, is situated a flourishing banking institution, which was some five or six years ago incorporated with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. This village, which is built 011 a rough, rocky, and sterile town ship, now consists of one public house, two sto ries high, the keeper of which is the Hon. Constant Trusty, who is also president of the bank, and justice ofthe peace. In one corner of the bar is located the strong vault, in which all the precious treasures of the bank are closely locked. There at all hours of the djiy stands either the cashier or the public’s humble servant, the landlord, presi dent, &c. ever ready at a moments warning, to discount their neighbours notes, or to fill a bumper of sling, or a glass of pure New-England rum or real country gin. In addition to this tavern and banking house, three humble dwellings, a grocery store, a blacksmith’s and a cooper’s shop, are all that compose this village. No meeting-house with its lofty spire pointing to heaven, has ever been erected ; and seldom if ever is seen among them an individual clothed in the sable garb of divinity, to point out to these humble villagers the only straight and narrow path which will lead them to the realms of everlasting bliss. In one of these dwellings lives ’Squire Jennings, who for the last fifteen or twenty years has held the office of town-clerk. and who has frequently had the honor tojrepresent the town in the General Assem bly. In another resides the grocer, who is also selectman, constable, collector of taxes, and hog reeve. The third is occupied by the blacksmith and the cooper. These are all cultivators, or rather runners over of the soil *, for tillage among them is in a low state ; not a farm in their society produces the one half which it might bo made to with proper attention. In the blacksmith s snop, the working ofthe bellows and hammer is still but seldom heard, and seldomer still is the raltlety clatterty music of the setting of a hoop oi some musty cider cask, or dry pork barrel, sounding in the ears of the inhabitants. We have been thus particular in describing the village, to show how several of the banks in Rhode-lsland are lo- CQtcd* Our hero, the tavern-keeper, justice of the peace, president of the bank, Szc. is in his person rough and ordinary, gross in his manners, and to appearance, a second backwoodsman. Great must be the imagination of a stranger, to ever sup pose him to be the dignainry that he really is, and not much less so, to think him capable of being an accomplished rogue. But so it happened, that while On one of his extraordinary excursions, in running from bank to bank, (in imitation of New- York bankers), carrying home their paper and re ceiving other funds, that one of the shoes of his horse worked loose. He accordingly stopped at a blacksmith’s shop in Connecticut, to have it set, which was promptly done, and to pay the knight of the hammer for his services, he took from his fob a small note on the bank of which he was president, but which had only been signed by the cashier. The blacksmith received it, and after examining it for some time he looked up with ap parently much wisdom, and pronounced the bill spurious,as it had not the signature ofthe president* “ Ah ?” said President Trusty, “ if that be al!l, I can soon sign it.” The blacksmith accordingly handed him a pen, and he put his signature to the hill; and to further excite the suspicion of this son of Vulcan, he carefully took from the folds, ofhis garment a large roll of those bills ; and said.— “Here is three thousand dollars, which I can soon sign and leave ready for market.” This was suffi RELIGION is a divine principle, that should be implanted in the breast of every man ; it should be sought by all, and respected by those who do not possess it. A man who pays no regard to the subject of religion, and to religious institutions should be considered as “ an out-cast from God;” — an out-cast from man. A person who possess es true religion, which “ like every other virtue has its seat in. 13 heart,” and whose deportment is like that of a Christian, will command the re spect of all, of the bad as well as the good : good works are an evidence ofhis Christianity A tru ly pious person, is always cheerful and happy ;— melancholy does not sit upon his countenance ;— he does not wear the visage of those who are de nounced by scripture ; and who receive the ap pellation of hypocrites. When in the house of God, he is a devout worshipper ; when in the cir cle of his friends, he indulges in all innocent a- musements j believe that there is a time to-pray, and a time to be m e r r y ; w h e n he sees a friend “ straying from the right road like a lost sheep,” he will endeavor to convince him of the error of his ways, and point the path in which he shouid tread. But there are persons, who pretend much sanctity, who would make people believe that they posses a very great share of religion; they will weep over their friends ; but their tears are tears of affectation ; tears ofhypocrisy. They wrap themselves in the mantle of religion; but concealed within this beautiful garb, is deceit, envy, hatred and malice.— Calskill Recorder. in battle ; and has allowed the credit of the ex ploit to be given to him, without contradiction, although he knew it to be due to another. The Hon. Benjamin H a rden has a t length undeceived the public 011 the subject, without any desire to rob Col. Johnson of any particle of just praise, G e n . Blair of South Carolina, in a letter to the Editor of the Southern Chronicle, dated the 18th Septenber, 1824, has given information that when in Congress, he was informed by Mr. Har din, of Kentucky that the slayer of the Hero Tecumseh was a poor widow’s son, of the name, if he forgets not, o i A dair ; a lad in his teens, who seeing the danger of his leader, shot the chief o * dead with his rifle. It ought to be added that Col. J. never asserted that he killed Tecumseh. Regro Wit. A short time since, a gentleman driving on the road between Little-river and this town, was o- vertaken by a ne^ro boy on a mule, who attempt ed for a long time, without success, to make the animal pass his carriage. vt length the boy ex claimed to his beast— “ I’ll bet you one fippenny I make you pass this time : and after a short pause again said, “ You bet? Very well.” The boy \repeated his blows with renewed vigor, and at last succeeded in making him pass ; when the gentle man, who had overheard the conversation between Quaco and his steed, said to him— “ Well, my boy now you have won, how are you going to make the mule pay you ?” “ Oh sir,” says Quaco, “ me make him pay me very w e ll; massa give me one ten-penny for buy him grass, and me only buy him a fippenny worth.” A QUAKERS LETTER TO HIS WATCH MAKER. 1 herewith send thee my pocket clock, which greatly standeth in need of thy friendly correc tion ; the last time he was at thy friendly school, he was no ways reformed, nor even in the least benefitted thereby ; for 1 perct ive, by the index of his mind, that he is a liar, anil the truth is not in him ; that his motions are wavering and irregular ; that his pulses are sometimes so very quick, which betoken not an even temper; at other times it waxeth sluggish, (notwithstanding I frequently urge him,) that when he should be on his duty as, thou knowest his usual name, dcnolcth. 1 find him slumbering and sleeping--or, as the vanity of hu man reason phraseth it, I catch him napping.— Hence I am induced to believe that he is not right in the inward man. Examine him, therefore, and prove him, I beseech thee, thoroughly, that thou mayest, by being well acquainted with his inward frame and disposition, draw him from the error of his ways, and shew him the path wherein he should go. It gricveth me to think, and when I ponder thereon, I am verily ofopinion, that his body is foul, and the whole mass is corrupted. Purge him, therefore, with thy charming physic, from all pollution, that lie may vibrate and circulate ac cording to the truth. I will place him fora few days under thy care, and pay for his board as thou request it. In thy last, thou chargest me with one eighth of a pound, which I will pay thee when thy work deservest it. I entreat thee friend John, to demean thyself on this occasion with a right judgment, “ according lo the gift which is in thee” and prove thyself a “ workman that need not be ashamed.” And when thou layest thy correcting hand on him, let it be without passion, lest you drive him to destruction. Do thou regulate his motion for the time to come, by the light that ru- leth the day, and let him learn from that unerring guide, the true calculation of his table and equa tion, and when thou findest him “ converted from the error of his ways,” and more conformable to the above mentioned rules, then do thou send him home with a just bill of charges, drawn out by the spirit of moderation, and it shall be sent, in the root of evil, to thee. long and excessive use o f m e rcury, &c. It is also# useful in diseases of the liver.” CERTIFICATE. I have employed the Panacea of Mr. Swaim, in numerous instances, within the last three years, and have always found it extremely efficacious especially in secondary syphilties and mercurials disease. I have 110 hesitation in pronouncing it a medicine of inestimable value. W. GIBSON, M. D . Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania. JOHN SHINN, Chenfiist. Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 3 824. N. B. For Sale at Smith and Pcnsall’s, N. E. corner ofThird and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Each publisher o f a newspaper in the U . S. is requested to publish this advertisement onc£ a month for one year, and send their accounts for payment. Iam lyl4 INVALUABLE DISCOVERY. JPROSSEB’S LINIM E NT. Cure for the Spavin, p repared & sold b y J. GRIFFIN, T H E Spavin is a d isea s e w h ich h a s 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 that in this en- „ . . . lightened age, the current of public opinion is A. Rismg Cow. A few evenings since a large decidedly opposed to Nostrums and Patents,from Cow found her way into the fourth story of Yale • tbe wejj fcnown fa(q that the country has already College, to the great amusement of many students, j been inundated with “ the said to be infallible On the following morning, the cow at one wm- j curegj & c /, and aithough thj 5 is an age jn wbJch dow and the boys on all sides, appeared to be ea- j tbe creduIous are duped and the wise sometimes gerly engaged in surveying the scenery ofthe sur- ' deceived, let it be remembered, that it is also a rounding Country. At about noon the cow grad - 1 day 0f deep research and investigation ; and not- wafedjand withoutknowing exactly how she en- | withstanding the many obstacles the proprieii_ tered college, those who saw her exit readily con- may have to encounter, he is ready to breas* * eluded that her salutatory could not have equalled j ge|f agajnst the torrent o f popular prejuditjey ,_ . _ her valedictory performance. N . H . Register. t rejy confidence upon the canddufofihe ^ . 7 7 — , . \ public to decide whether thhM O S T VALU A B L E Wishes Gratified. In order to ascertain the -R E M E D Y , deserves the stamp of imposition.— idea a sailor had of happiness and the compass of his wants, he was informed, that every thing he could wish for in three times, should be given him. “Why, then,” cried Jack, “ let me have all the Suffice it then to say, that this remedy, from the experiments already made, is offered to the pub lic under a full conviction of its beneficial effects, and its further efficacy remains only to be tested rum in the world.” W h a t next ? “ W h y , let me by its general use# Although it is nat pretended 5^ one) txrli o I • . ,t » * • have all the tobacco In the world else ?— “ Demme, if I know ; why, me a little more rum.” and what you may give but there may be instances of this disease having becom e so confirmed and obstinate from longt standing, as to r e n d e r the cure a t least doubtful, yet no e x p e rim e n t has been made within the knowledge of the proprietor, in which the resu& ; has not been highly favourable. T h e proprietor GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY. Harring C o u n t y , V a . Oct. 7 . — A ithin 200 yards from the road leading from Clarksburg up deems it propeCand highly important to the pub- Elk Creek to Booth’s Ferry, and within 5 1-2 miles j Hc, to observe that this remedy, with some little from the latter place, on the premises of David ; variation, has been applied with equal success in Hull, a company has been for some time engaged at intervals, 111 boring for salt; they commenced in the bed of the creek upon a solid rock ; at the distance of a b o u t 24 feet, they struck a large vein of beautiful water, exceedingly cold, and a little brackish to the taste which discharges itself at the top of a small gum, inserted into the rock a- bout 1 8 inches high. At the distance of about 1 18 feet, they pased through a rich vein, or bed of copper, about 4 feet in thickness; and at the depth of about 180 feet, they opened a strong vein of wind, which instantly found vent at the tob obstinate cases ofRlNG BONE. The above remedy is carefully prepared and put up in small bottles with labels attached to each, designating which is to be applied to Spa vins and which to Ring Bones, and also, accom panying each bottle, directions for applying the: same. ftCjrPRICE $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 b& promptly attended to. JAMES GRIFFIN. A d v i c e t o Y o u n g L a d i e s . If you have blue eyes you need not languish— If you have black eyes, you need not leer. If you have good teeth, do not laugh. If you have bad ones, do not laugh less than the occasion will justify. If you dance well, dance but seldom.— If you dance ill, never dance at all- If you sing of water, throwing up perpendicular columns of that element to the distance of 30 feet ! ! Al though the diameter of the well is not more than 2 1 2 inches, it is supposed there is not less than ICO gallons of water discharged in one minute of time ! ! For some distance round this perpendi cular shoot of water, plays an imperceptible gas of vapour so very inflamable, as to take fire when ever that element comes in contact with it. The verge of the circumference of this gas is not per ceptible, therefore those who are not acquainted with its ignitible qualities, in the act of putting fire to this curious lamp of nature, have found themselves enveloped in flame, and pretty well singed before they had the idea of being within the reach of its touch ! it has been tried in vain to extinguish the flame with water. The only effectual method is to smother it with a large cloth, which can only be applied when the spouting and flame have some what abated. The intervals between the times of spouting are un certain, it has been known to spout two or three times in a week, and may be seen to spout at any time, by putting down the poles after the well has been eight or ten days unoccupied. Cash Paid For Rags. of the weli in a tremenduous roaring and spouting j O fthe numerous Certificates that might be offered,. _r 1 ! i i j the following only are subjoined. This may certify, that I have cured a number of Spavins and Ring Bones, by the use of Ptos- ser’s Linament, and in no instance have I applied it without success. H E N R Y P R O S S E R . Westerlo, June 4,1824. This is lo certify, that two years ago, I had Si Mare so badly diseased with a Ring Bone, that I was unable <0 use her in any way. As she was a valuable animal, I was induced to try a variety o f remedies said to cure every thing, but found no. benefit until 1 applied Prosser’s Linament, pre pared by J . Griffin, which performed a complete cure in a short lime, and have no hesitation in 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^s- Linament on two Ring Bones, and performed a, cure by it. LU T H E R H A N N A Y . This is to-certify, that I have frequently cured Horses of Spavins, Ring Bones and Diseased Joints, by the use of ProssePs Linament as pre pared by J. Griffin. Z. W. L A Y . V For Sale by B. I. M Y N D E R S E , Drug < gist, Agent , State-Street, Schenectady. 3
