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_ r L. T r f C -A M E B I C A .K J O P a X A t — V I H A G B O F I T H A C A , T O M P K I X S C O U N T Y , X J \ y O Y E M U E f ! 2 - t , ' l 8 !«>. THE LEAF. B y Biscay ffbrne, p See the leaves aroundlb& faHing, Pry and withered to the grbifnd; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, In a sad and solemn sdund - Sonseof Ada%onefe-in Eden, Blighted when like as Ife fell, Hear the lectui^ we aye tending; , JTisfalas!' the truth we tell.' Virgins, ranch, too' much, presuming On y our boasted white aiidxed, View us Jato in. beauty blooming, Number’d-now-amongsthe dead- Griping misers, nightly waking, Seethe end of all your cape ; Fled on wings df onr*own making^ Wehavelcft crarowners bare.' Sonsofhowjr, fed on praises, ■*\ Flutt’ringhigh ift fancied worthy Lo ! the ficjde air, that raises, jjringsUs down to parent earths Learned iophs, m systenop jaded, ' ~ Who for new ones daily eafl, pemfcifeil* ;• ha^hfbfelh’ -' Gay in he^thiyafidttur^y grace/ Let not cfoudiessi’skies deceiveyati, Smnmer gives to autumn; place. V^nei^hlesirts,'j^owa haary, ’ _ phher, ym't^hnwillii^eyi^,/ ) 1 .. $ m * r v /• ?- 1 Autumn tellsn vdnterpigk'!- ■ * ; , . *\ *\* * ^ *' r~ rt t - . * Ilesseug« 5 i o f shorted stayt ■ Thus wepreachthistruthooncerniflgi. ^Heaven and-erurth shailptfjsuway.^ ** ., v »/ • > C • v ;> t j * « * * ‘.Olthethaeuffjfeeternal, _ Man/ let all thy hopea be staid, ' ;> WWch atone, fei^er y e l ^ , , ; ^ ' '. Beattaindthjd 1 Sweet circle pf firientfsl^p, how dearly t prise fhy genmoepkasutes !—where free ftpM-di*- % We meet; and tlbeeares ofthishusy world Cease,: Ahdoar heath ains redproca^miugledinpeace. \uni i ; • f i a .i .f/ ii in ■i.wiim.i T E E (M M E M \ • / ‘ ' *• , * * \ . r '* - ' ' j™. ., M M E I f7 • \ X V '■ ' *:• • ■ (P o n itu ie tiftm m r U stifr i % \T munser; his a glorious thing to ho Cnhph J The third/doeviso said nothiugl At last, pressed byrd^r eomradeu: dear tViends/'^said^hr/f^^ vyon hove itPj' high amhition. i\ ^iitie^s k& innuii ahove^yours as Heaven is above the eai 5 t|$ Though I* were possessed o f pH the<riuh«s that the universe eUOtalhs, (hough the- whole universe vve;re«july*SOted to my sove* reign ty, -stili should I be sensible t bat Cliot^' ijj sontetbihg l^perior -to ailtbm / 111 # di^oourse excitetl tlie curiosity o f the o ^ f °fthe d e r v ise s ,W h a f , then^ sfticMi»oy» “ is thy woRderftd treasuif^ wyAhp«iito he^preTerred to oil 'Other treasures4^td grandeurs Nejst tb the gloyy o^.,hui*: holy religion, what I* the most ai^m^dOf sire,” replied the i dervisc^ “ is to |K»ssos| hut one halt* o f the yirtires, the > wisdom^ and the piety, o f a holyt herniit i whora l know of, (he venerahlo Houssam.?’ deed* tkis is the first time wehavofblafid the name of th is hermit!” said - the tjivp; dervtses. i* T h a t -is very possible, toy brethren: you are stranger^; iJop«|am has retired from thd ‘wUrld, and'eve^iiodf the a g e of tnirty he has utterly ti^noaeK ced a ll its vaift plctlsures, to* eon«o4j^it« himself entirely to God, and to :<levote him sell .widiout reserve to the? study o f our hqly religion, Every day. an ipt* mense nymbeV o f men o f all ngtjsy ^Ytsit liim in the grotto which bis own hands have hollowed a t the foot o f a httle liill, sik miles from, Bagdad. There hepreueh- cb the wortl oXV Gpdi With the whieli lie is so profoundly jienfetratoth thja be almost appcars as if h e were if* AU0i4&~ Already the report .pftiie nuvaeles he ha* performed is spi cad far awl nesr,| for virtue, like his, cannot rcniafo iqhg hiddeit.” The tvyedcrvises cspyessetl the stiongest desire to see and h«ar f h is ho!y| ptim,; « Nething is ino»*e e a s y s a i d tlfcir | eom[Hmibn, ‘‘ to-moitow. i*epuir, ut the / fifth hohripttTm”3ay^dr:the idoor. o f ,(he | great mos(pi* 5 Iw*d| meet you ihere, tthd we w ill proceed’ together to the grotto bf Housain.”*; T h e thrc* derviles sej^rutvd^ after having a^polttldNdiedee^e^^ {. thc iiiorrow. _v T lie Galiph t-etnrned To ids? fpalaec, nSlJIcd for rhe grand vizier, and , saidto him.; ri to ihojirow, before the fifth, hour o f theTfay, tlto dbpr o f the j grand mos^iieT'TIiou wiU tliere m eetw ith, a wdrthy'dervise, wltotnt thou tnukt irame- dittt<dVnr,itlg;-Iie'fdre^wo,**': i ^Xfipis order i s oheycd, and the n e x t day | tfie grand Vizier eouduets Into the pi*esencef of til* Caliph, the good dervlse, who,, faitblul to h it promise, had been vvmting; fur h is twb fellow ifavelfqrs., ¥ DerviiP^” : laid Alniiui»m», ^Ihave heard the# make a pompouyealogy of a holy hermit, nani«': ed JHoussaihl J-was at .a loss on Iwhom to ft ih Sjaid the Caliph, mildly j impoi tant dignity is not meaut 4 or thee,' hut lbv* the itmh who' desii'es above nil things, the glo« ty of our holy rtTigion; for this goodlier- wise, who'VoUld have given all the,riches, ( all the dignUie^.of lhe enrth, to; possess a part o f those virtues wliich he snnnoseq exipte^ ip thyhcaH ” ‘ ‘ Tjib hVrmir, overwhelmed with confii- 4ion,' was sent’hack to ■- his grot to, anil the' goefi dervjlse ,wrus |uoclaimo9 first Jman p f P agdad,a grand and suhlitnerfunetion LAif j' _■ r^'a'^ 1 1 '44 *■ * ■ * i s fc\ TrA. ~ o . I lie duties of tThitch h e disoharged during 1»>B whole Jife with such exemplary piety, thahT ^ B .dehtbj po m»e daired, aspire 'fo sncceeu liimr. ° - Vou-mhy Thus pefceivc, my lord, by 'the1 recftftl 1 have given you, sAtd * the sage $|orad,,lM t the Caliph Almanser posspss- -ed cOMTOt kppwledge o f the human hem t, ! g “ Our words,” he would say, “ are often\ dietatedhy fcar, t>y poHey/ by thougHIless- T ~ W^tf,or interest. W cw enot alWay^masteKa ofour owo aetions.; Are welimt oftcn led —;^ower winch sCems to direct e W y tltiitg liere below, nnfiito which out* ignor*/ arice gives..the liam c o f chatlce! Tt is nof, tfien, by words, oor f even hy their aet ions, >thntwe must judge o f ftic tfue 1 value o f >mec; but hy The reM value o f those thing* udttch. f,b*ey tl)^ most esteem.” In ini lowing tlus riiaxim,we a ie never de< ‘ cehcd, foi- ithaS fiodbccptionsl ' ‘ T T could most magnifieeitt lord, “ eon- • ' tmtjedlMorad^ relutcto.yoa a mtiHRu^e * of anecdotes, Which show how well the I __ Caliph Abou Giafar AlmRUscr knew to a p -f I prdciafe men a t their true value , hutf not ! to- weary your higlmess too much*. I will P only add, on® fttW i a those i have already heard, T h e minai’ets o f Bagdad resountied, w ith I the piereing eriesofAlla !AHa! theGremV- Iman is dcad:! The mosgties Were hung ?*with black, and the hidJlaks traversed The sfiW E*rfrpoathi^iu-a^m M tald^^oi^' thwttrand fm art# dead! -TTic whvl« e ity, -w a s i^ a lhmiettt^each ope jijnaaireil o f :: his lieiglihor, who is the man whom the Caliph purposes ip invest ivifti this sub-\ 4ime_digwty ? All the to$M '>«f | l t e ^ ^ icrent mosntt^^rtB,' 8 oHo 1 fh|ii| t o obtain it^for almost all,of thein Trie’nds^t:/; court, i tody to maintain their preten'iiedsV- The Caliph listened to HieiV solipiiations, pCI'CClifCli 3*^® * . * * / 1*1 wla ^ ^’'X -t~ ' • ting around hfhi, and waited to appoint the first ministeir 0 a lSv©iH»ble1 cU'Cumsi anp.c. should rcal^l to him tho naan the most worthy to oleiti-, py a place which requires evely vu tupT During the day apd even dm mg the, night he tioqttOmly went outdmguised,on- tej;ed1nto the caravanseras, frequented the public places, and tque«iiened every one, to enable h m to discover w h o was.]the man ofthe people** choice* and whether/ 4n thisman. wrT^^owibiltedall theviitues; breeds l y tm him who should be worthy to fill the vacant office. . •.,> ; ^>nt night as he was walkmgJtUteC tliohe disguises wlyeh rtndei e d it finipos i sible to recognize him, he hedid tlu'ee po 6 r dervises Wito were familiarly ebnveis- , jhg together. They were loroimg m^g nilieeht projects; and eaofcahrstattajl what would he (he principal ohjret of il he weie tlre inahtei ol his choice. F o r / jny ow n p^i t said one# I ton toss- that if should likeTe«y well io he yiziei. |^J 4 v f i e possible; ?tis 0 fiirte thing to v i e i ! And I , said attptlTer, \\ 1 wue*ihe inasier ot My own desfinj* I Would simply*,, dvsncfo he the Caliph Ahop G>.Mei'.AlWi think him worthy o f it* Go, them, and seek him fer.ineT tell kiwi (hat the fame of his knowledgetand his virtues had ’TrtofwHl Trty-e*rif?-and tho t«an»er-fin‘ which I IntonA to reward his piety.?’ At tne fauih fime^ theCaliphenmmanded'hi* viziei* to aceohipany tlie det'vise with a nnmfe*hia**Ml4^iafii^ , ------- ;• • T h e good dec.vise m a hardly eonfain himself for/joy at Jfte i»tril%ence Which, heis copiniiMioHinl: to - annouttQe to the- venerable hermtf,- for whom lie would be willingtd saerfftee hii llfh# so deep an im pression had the ylt|«e* J N y matr made up on hm s R « wI*li^dtolinvnr; wings>|iht ;he Tm%fit sminer at the ginifto. v AtTcjjgtli heapproached -the sanctiiwy and hermit sh(.rounded by a numei otis audito- T*y* wkdm ho w a s editying /Sy Ips sphlinie iliseoorses., The^di||,Viso rushhif. into ins* armst and showlngliim the grand vM th TieiamiounoedJto^: wiih which. he.Avns chi^ged.by tlie’ commander , Tliolmlyman rais- od hio eyes toward Heaveu*und exclaimed, ‘vWeesed ho’.the uH powerful Al%!.-Alay h li wih he <fenp L” J A ’ , ; ^ 'Jn m ^iai^ Time Tfie -news Tvas spread (among the numerous, assembly hy- whom • the saipt was surrounded, # The air rang jWlth cides o f jOy, and on all ’ nlCUCCl The holy hermit is named t he Grand Irtlan of Bagdad!” T h e multitude dis persed. .and proclaimed throughout, the! set i oundmg neighhorlioud, an event which filled all hearts With j a y ami exultation. ; Iri the nioan tithe, the train ol the her- jmt made (heir entiy into Bagdad* and proceeded direct to the palace oi the i <i- ' hph. AlmOnsei* courteously approached , Itpe venbi able Iloiissain, Und said to him i } u I have heard o f ft;y virtues, .\ad as the tepresentfttiveof the piophel, I am com- ; missioned to i ewaHl thee. - -Answer me, • thch, Hoiiss tin. what is the iii st Object of thy most ardent wishes I Abk it, and it- shall he given to thee,” Houssain fell at th« fcOt ofthe Caliph; and humbly cross ing ,his two arms over hm bjeast, he re- \ phetl\ Magnificent Jojd, hfilljpnt sUn! of ligjhf andwasdom 1 s i n t e j am permit | ted jai fell tltoe what k llie sole object o f tnywmhitifm# % will Confess (hat I TutVe never dewred attv thing so uidentlv 4 s f ,!do fKe office 1 o f Gland Iuian of Bagd.id.” V W b a l' is that all then Uesite«t ?” tephrd tfieTJ^iplTshHhiig^^Y^s,“all7“ I f f so elevated a, &t.mon, a ll mv wishes mil he accqtnplished” “ ’ T is well* rise’”. «»FFM ^ r 4T'flie f c T i , i3,onds, M p i^ g e i*. 'op.4.«uisy,,q(her I . Vvritlogs |ierfei*med,: tlmt* tlieir husTdel* Y ina^l’eqfaiVe, ^lfthi»y w ill give hihitt call. :4he.xuhsCriher about, Q^heT^d'olfEhpwthlier..las*#.’-;> * •■•'Ts . m m s y - . : • : T h ir t y did one’s mid two iaoihs* Sheep, areiharke'd i0Bil»;put eafted a swal low'# tail, lo.n; 4 % t'^ht 4ar, ;a halfpenny , tihller side o f (he saine.an^ t wcjiatk pcnnyhs of; t he* 'jau.l‘ I The, ittfibsjc under *ide of the right ear; -AYboever will gixc information to the *ahsci*ibei* wteTO ihey inay* ho fuuud.-sbnll he hand ■ |F .Y virtue .of .sundt'y executions To me; ^(WHds^ahd ellhifels, Itintfs aftdtenemcnts u f FutyciiUs Champ)iii,l shallcxpose to sate \all the tltlrf oT the suit! fSufyehur in lots ho*dt OeATitt’siplor ofthe y ilkgeoflU iao^ ; also about oneaere. oflandnuw in theo^eujpation ofBenjamin Fi^ier% n otl©ft e b i ^wego and, 'flhaoa tsrssik e road, and south hv lands . . . . personal p it*Pe*iy of the satil Eutychus, on the S 6 th day of Jpire next,»at a o’clock ■ C?* Tl*® above property is jiostponed till flic 26th day o f July n ext, at The same :'pto_and_l» 6 urwfjhe_day..; Dated 'June 28, TSifi. N IC O L t, HALSEY, Sh’ff . The!.tithovu property, is Turthei* postponed till the 5th d a y ’Tetohernoxt, at tlie Sdme plaee uml t ia e > v ' da^. Da* * ted 4^iiiy 28«h iSTfi, *## T h e;above sale isfjytlier posjpom 7fld*7tilF,Tlto'tAGt'; dhfAf-'-^dfeeiiilie^-Tl^# at The Saiheplaeeand hour o f the day. Bated Kov. Tiht,' I 8 ts.,^ \ Vi '-V- N IC G L t H ALSEY, Sh’f , . . By^TueW sBTem ! cxneutioHt^I cxpWfc to*«ale a l l the right ahU Otie o f Al- ,mon W akckan, andNuthim WpkeinaB, to lot no. po^ iri th e town oi'Coveft, also a ll % eir p crsoiM ^ r o p r ty, on .^titoday The 27th day o f Jfovehiber next, at ^ o’clock A* AlVof^aidduyf at thq hpus^ o f Atoion Wakerfaan.: D a ted September 29th, 1819. - .*•.,> KlCOLL IIAJ.SEY, Sh’F, ' t e j f c B y 4 f l I S ; X - -iii. BY virtuc o f a writ of fieri facias, 4s shall exposclor salejull tlie .right and title o f Jacob Swain#:to lot no. 8 , inthetow n of .Giysses* together-with ail lito person^ 4 p r d P ^ T y f^ ' SMurddy The eleventh j?. M.’ o f said day, at *the housc irt Which the said 1 Jacob now hves*on Said premises. Dated Detolmi* 26th, 1819, * N1COLL H A L S E Y , Sti’ffi r’’N0, 115—tds. * . ..nf I,—. ,..-. f Hi ,ir,l.. Ji» J— .>•»> . . 1 ; 1 l-1i i ■ BY Virtue o f a writ ot ti ta. 1 shall e x pose to sale a l l the lig h t and title of D a vid Q uigg, to the north half o f lot no. 4 3 , ip thUviUa&e o f Itbaca> together with his personal pioperty., on Saiuiday the 1st dky o f January next, at one o’clock P* M . ot said day, at the Hotel in the village o f Ithaca.. Dtited Nov* 15th, 1819. 111 ^ 9 —tds- n H a l s e y , simt. -r^-r BY vartMe o f several executions to mo directed and delivered, against the goods end ehatteh, lands and teneineuto o f Foter Hi ip rod, I shall expose to ?alp a s th e law directs, nil the 1 igbt and title o f the said ,Teter, to lot no. 55, m the tow n o f Hector, together with alibis peisomd propeity, on the 18th day o f December next, at AOi o’clock A* Atron the premises. Dated ]VoVeniber TOt b , T P . HAGER, 2d, Under Sh’ffi F o r N . HALSEYj Sh’ff. n ll7 ~ ;20 Hollars Bew^ard I ^ T O L E N out of the pasture o f the sub, O .scriber'on the night of Third! niM* tluee years old last spring; light (mure and tiirl ; h small white spot on the inside* of her right tore leg near the knee jo»ui jj some white in h e r i a e e ; id so, a shiuU^ white spot in Iter felt siife, between liee hip and fianh, and some widte hairs near, j! the root o f her tall. Said iuai e is w e l l J broke to tlje harness; good size, natural trotter}; shod atf oround. AVhoever wiii ap prehend the* ihitlj so that he may! her bi dUght to justice, ahd recover said ’mam so that the owner may have hpr, shail re ceive the above reward; or T E N DOL LARS, with necessary ^ehargds, for tho ihare i * \ JO fi A L E IN G- - Groton, Norembtr 8 th, 1819, L£LL$L A Farm For Sale, jT i ONTA1NING 49 1-2 qeies, under t good improvement, wife a young or- { chard thereon. J t i* situated in the town of Ulyssest, Tompkins county, 2 1-2 miles frpni the Village ol* Ithaca, ndar King’s^ |i*verO,\ahontTO 1 ods fioih the turnpike^ Terms will he i\ensonhhle^ and pajments mode easy. j F<ii toither pm ticul.nh, en- imim u f the*^ubseuhm, in the lowoof' Dhhny,;ot oUElAllekrUtThe Jonnml-O&• j D'ce; Ithaca, JAM E S RINFIELD# , Danhy,. Jyly 26 1S19. n! 02 t f , '.JL- iiihabUaot o f the Vrilage o f Itluiqa# | apd bciiig deyrous. ul reiH]eri!)g hiiu*e|f , lie t t usts they will ho promptly mod ti*aw> ‘soiiahly served* to ihetr iulJsatttfeO ifw*- s HENJAAHN p e l t o n . T.thaoa, Mavch ith, 1813.. .# T 2 in lA E F A U I /r liaviog higOmwte to t 0 .e p^yfuentof 'J l t r l cef£atnluW'orro«>iiey. l>erpt3'-l» * ^HrtsagSbeBriOgdate tfes.eJjchUj A« 8 u*t,o«t ' tbousand ^%fit'liunit!red and ^ evej^o.s exVdtiwT <|»g- Juhii SlieWmato ond Georg* ‘flBPimBii/w UTys^, lit tbfr«oaivty. of WoBipkiin, ta tfeojimtn t?* o f ! tbe.Bawa plaoo, *for port o f to 1 numbcrjKtveiity in-fo» towiroOd coaaty .fort»iW, «!ewdWi|Tnr.BikiiM fet jowlag, to Wit: hegMWiiigst tb* ftouth iveu jsoyiiet of «aij tot nuoibef *eventy»os«i tbeuOd wdatof;' OMt twehtjr .sight tcWlii*.;' thbnei: north fortj chains; thence. vcWt twen^*eight: ehaims.; theaotfU hereby i^ren, thstiboesfd mortgaged premise* Wilt be-soltl a i public vendue, at the Hotel’in the i beretM.-8t9.-, -|HlrS 6 AMiJS F. PBLlDiV'. E. G. PKr.totr, A.u*y» 1 ; ‘ •' 11 117 -BY virtue o f several exeeuiions, 1 shall. consisting of afeoitt 41 u e m o,f smd Lo(,j togelher- with ttll I ih personsii property* Jim said Kfehev* in Jacksom ille. Dated 1 Aug, 1 0 ,1819. . - _/ NICBLL HALSEY, M i % ' Thcjthove sale Is ftirtlier jfostpon- cd”iill1[ilJl»e. 27th Insj* « t t|ie-fiu.me plaeo and Hme hVdsty. ^ BY virtue- o f an execution to hob deli vered, against the real and personal pro- {>erty o r Benjamin FrJsfia, shall expqso to sate about one ifere o f latnl, houiiitett enSt-hyThe Owego tut'nptker6ad,opd south hy lands owned by AfCher Green; E$q. Jying In the soiith p o r t t h e p j u g l ' u f j I thaea, together with a ll his personal pro* j perty*.hnjhe 7tfeday o f D eeemhrr* TiextiT at ofle o'clock in <!io nrirmm.n, on 1 pTeinises* Dated Oet.- 25tli, 1819. ^ N . j ^ P l HAG A R 2di tind* gh* ,for-H E fH Y .B L B B |a;iateSli,’m B it vltiuo ^*-^t!^eqhtIiatt‘.ly:'ih'ii!i .dir^o- ted and.dhlfeeiied^aittst tho goods* ehaf- tcls, lands ahd tenements of Robert Bur- j land, I shall expose to sale all the light and title o f said Robeit. to lot no, 4 2 ,lle c - | tor, togethei witlf a libis personal piopet- ty, on the 46th day o f December next, at 1 o’clock P . M. on the pi causes. Ba-1 ted November 10th, 1819. For N. HALSEY, Sh’ff. 1 P. IIA G E ll, 2 i!, tJm!er Sh’ff* ij-rgfTig^Tiwwi'J ~ —■■-—■» ‘W1\1■■■' ■ BY vutue o f several executions to mo . directed against the leal and peisonal pio-* pp ityof Sylvanus B. Not ton, I shall ex pose tor sale* about 45 aerts o f land nit lot number 85, in Ulysse-%-no\v occupied! hy the*anl Sylvamis B . Norton. (he liLli day o f Augubt next, at 2 o*elock in the afternoon, at the hoteTTirUie village XiT- IthnCd. Dated June 22d> 1819. The above sale is fin (her postpoa- ed ml the 1st day ol January next, at tlto same placp^ind hour at tiie day. D a ted; October f5tk, 4819. ’ : NICOLL HALSEY, Sheriff. _ „ bv SPEIVOER CHARY* dept’y fel.lT*j