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mm m X j t \ “ g y m yfesnii 4TQUE D3K^3sir%,g^KO e t E g a o .” KINDERHOOK, 51* ¥ . THlRSBAY, MARCH 2S, 18M. ^ ' '^'t-.' _ r a o ^ PUBLISHED w e e k l y ; P . VAN SCHAACK! ,>un. Editor and P roprietor: T. S. RANNEY, Prifiler. O F T H E H E R A L D . ■ T?HE Hexkld will be issued from the office «.t two 4oUarx per annum, payable half yearly. Papers'wiU not be dispontinued until all ar rearages sh ill have been paid, except at the discretioi pf the editor. Advertisementsinsertedupon the usual terms, »nd those Avhich are sept without orders, will be inserted tintil forbid. (TF Letters to the editor must be post paid. FOR THE HSRAI.D. PEACE TO THE DEAD. 'Peace to tlie dead,—their groans have ceased To torture the hearts Pf those they loVed ; Peace to the dead,—their tears arc dried. And blest are the eyes that wc( P H X N T m a Uf>4‘amphicts,. Handbills, Cards, Justices’ and AttpTpiea* BJinks, &c. &c. .\Styte.itXhe shortest notice. ru», Justices' icutedingood • R umdeehook B ook -S to re . ' F¥1 HE proprietor of the “ Herald,” havin 4L, hpdned a Book and Stationary Store, i jeofi aag-among^ oth e r books, whicl ■ oii the most reasonable terms: Historical, Poetical, &c. Eollin’s An’t History, Josephus’s Works, > P a ley’s Works, Byron’syron’s Workiorks, B W Chesterfield’s Letters, Burn’s Works, Lacon, or Many Things in Pew Words, Ooldsmith’s Works, Pope’s Works, Beauties o f Shakes peare, American Revolution, Reid on the Mind, Beauties o f Watts, Life of Washington, Life of Wallace, Phillips’s Speeches, Sporting Anecdotes, History of the Pirates, Dictionary of W onders, Man o f Feeling, Domestic Cookery, Musica Sacra, or 1 tings's Psalm Hymn tunes. Speeches of the differ ent Governors to the Legislatures of the Dryden’s. Virgil, Homer’s Iliad, Young’s N’t Thoughts Cowper’s Poems Campbell’s Poems Milton's Works Thompson’s Seasons Pope’s Essay on Man Watts on the Mind Lock & Bacon Goldsmith’s Rome Cook's Voyages Edward’s West Indies Mexican Revolution Practical Navigator. Bournes’ Ch. History, Columbia and Greene County Preacher, Jay’s Prayers, Common Prayer, **amily Bibles, Small Bibles, Pocket Testaments,- Dutch Church Psalms and Hymns. Plea for Religion Glad tidings Edwards on the Affec- (just published,) Bunyan’s Pilgrim’sPro- ^octafor, Shakespeare’s Works, Domestic Encyelopedisa ney on Prophecies tt’s Theological of New-York, Kin Scott’s Theological Works Newton’s Works Paley’s E-vIdcnces Rise add Progress Domestic Encyclopedi Christian's Perfection Works of Fiction. Maa o f Feeling Knickerbocker’s Ne-w- York Crusaders Madeline, a Tale Foresters Bir Andrew Wylie John Bull in America Pilot, My Uncle Thomas The Recluse Juliana Oakley St. Ursula’s Convent Scottish Chiefs Romance of the Forest Female Quixotism Tonewante Peep at the Pilgrims in 1636 Connecticut 40 years . ago NationafTales Marriage Tales o f the Genii The adventures o f Sir Launcelot Greaves Rasselas Charlotte Temple Arabian Nights Humorist. School and Classical Books. Blair’s Lectures, in full Berinet’s Book-keeping and abridged Ainsworth’s Latin Dic- -Blair’s Philosophy Tytler’s History; pike’s. Arithmetic, full and abridged Daboll’s Arithmetic, 'Playfa Playfair’s Euolidi- Day’s Flini’s Surveying Conyers tionary Virgil Deiphini Horace, Cicero, Csesar Sallust, do. Cicero de Oratoro [Viri Rom® Historia Sacra Adams’s lat. grammar D a y ’s Algebra Flin i’s Surveying i Adams’s lat. grai \Conversations On Che-^Sh’-evilii Lexicon mistry Hedges’ Logic Murray’s Grammar, in full and abridged Murray’s Reader Murray’s Sequel Morse’s I Grffica Minora Greek Testament Greek Grammar WeNster’s spelling-bk. Bentley’s do. Burkin’s do. Bentley’s Instructor Walker’s Pocket Dic tionary Johnson’s Dictionary Benjamin’s Architec ture or American Builder’s Companion Stationary, BLANK BOOKS o f various kinds, ruled and ’ \ >is-cap do., rea- Holland quills, Is, wafers, sealing-wax, lead peneils, slates and slate pencils, India luhber, spunges, &c. &e. &c. Also, a great va riety of TOY BOOKS. jKinderho,ok,2dJan. 1826. Morse’s Geography & A'tlas Woodbridge’s Geogra phy with Atlas Cumming’s and Wil* lett’sd o . 'I of an execution to me directed and J I f delivered against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Isaac Heermance,Ishall aell pit public auction to the highest bidder for at the house o f Oliver Squire atMillviHe, in. the town of Kinderhook, on Saturday the 1st day of April, next, at two o’clock in the kftornoon of the same day, all that certain Ts jn ine rown oi mnaernoox atoresaid, ana but ted a^d bpunded as follows : northerly by lands <>f the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, ^ s terly by lands of Barent Van Slyck, south erly by lands o f the aforesaid Company and the achool-hou»e-lot, and westerly by a new street opened on the lands o f the said Company, taininrg one acre and forty-nine perches o f xauu, tbe same more or less; together with all the ^S%if privileges and appurtenances thereunto belongiaff orin anywise appertaining.—Dated J4th Feb, 1826. For £ , O, HOLLEY, Sheriff. . )37-6w B. HILTON, Under Sheriff. v m s j m m n K s n t , And blest are the eyes that weep no more, Though the storm of grief beats high and wide On the living tenants of this bleak shore. But soon shall the cruel tempest cease. And tears shall drop like the dew o f peace. Peace to the dead,—their Jiopes all lie Jn the same 4ajk bed, o f theif aUent sleep ; And happier thus than to flutter and fly, And leave the bereaved in doubt to weep ! Yet there is one hope survives to shed Its ray on^he transit—peace to the dead I G. From the Connecticut Mirror. On the death of R. A. W kkqf , Cadet in the JVlilitary School a t M iddletovsn. Lightly hath sprung the yc ung Cadet At morn’s deep rolling drum— Love’s dream for belted bayonet— For beauty’s tress, his plume. His helm is set upon his brow, His musket grasp'd in pride. And ho is forth to muster now That youthful rank beside. ’ But hark ! they change the revoillic— That march is o f the dead; What can its fearful meaning be? SO have fled? ving helm Each manly form hath bent Can one, like these have fle Look ! they are bowing helm and plume, To take the posture o f the tomb— Brow upon musket bent. ‘Aye—it is coming 1—hearse and pall For limb and garb o f pride: He that hath trod the festal hall So proudly—thus dotli ride. His empty helm is on his breast Beside his princely plume,— Laid low with banner, sword and crest Before the conquering tomb. Ah! he was dreaming of the steed Of battle, yesterday— And course of might and glorious speed Painted he gorgeousl}’^— The hearse is for the battle h^r ’o— The pall for the banner fold— The sod for the hoof-beaten corsu— And the bloOd-vvarmi sleep—is cold.— ^ ^ ^ >f. The volley pealoth ! He will wake— Not toTiiid beaten drum— Not to the peal—^theso may not break The deep sleep of the tomb— Earth may be one wide revelry— Grave, by the war-horse trod — lie will not wake—til! earth and sea Heave at the trump o f God. ROY. The following description of Union College was taken from an old paper o f the East, and if the editor of the Herald should hare no objec tion,! presume he might afford some amusement to his readers by giving it an insertion in liis paper. A READER. Taantoii 6 Febbuare 1818, Myslur printur, ime jest a goantcr let yeu no (bein uz how ive bin takin a good- eal Jiv a ride about the wurld, un thinkin like enuff yeu hadent sean aul the curos- ertiz Uv the hull kuntrec out tu the west- erd) i sa, ive un*oshvin tu rite sum- akount uv u.neyun colige, un may be yuve hap pened ter been thare, but moast uv yure paper siners haaijt, so twunt aul be laust. ile fust tel yeu sunthin bout the kunnal thare in snaccady. i spccted ter sea (ac- cordin tu aul kounts) niuarn thurty grate big botes salin loded with wan thin un uth- er, sum on em with fokes un sum with sault un sum taters un other klnes a grain, but i swow ide never sean nothin curiser, twuz chock ful uv ise, un tha roade rite out with slays un aul sich. unt lookt sar- tinlee goodeal like our broock thair in taanton yeu no whare aul the skoole boys pla, but i speckt taarit aulus froaze. Then i toock un osun ter goe un.sea the colige, un i van tis raly markerble, thares f u how’- zen ut air eather on em a darnashun taul- ern our taanton meetin houcc, un i gess yude spose’ thares wunceuna whyle a feu fellers cum out on em. i swan i dont bleeve but whott i seen bura hunderd auluv a roe, tiT thre utwunce, cum out uz the bel rungd, i wunder whott the old nick tha abl du thare soe long, sum sa thasta thare Ihre un fower yeers gittin larnin. its dum curuss, fur we down kuntree -hear, doant kear fur moarn tu thre munco ter sifer un oz menny fur reedin un rifen. wal mi freend axt me tu‘ goe tu the haul (them we caul dinin roomze) tu tee, un by the jumpin moziz fur aul the wurld twuz jest like tranin. tha piled up thare hatts in wuu kauner, un thair clokes, un went at it ham- nfer on. taungs, un the wi|n ut got the moast wus the best feller, un i swager i dident git haff anulffiir.lha aulskampered auf soon uz tha dun, un i dident lufter be left thare like a stra sheap, hut by hoky thares (hay freend shodei me aul the wun- derments) moar leetle gllas stils in wun uv them rooms thare, i raly bleeve, un yeu cood git inter unkic abels frunt room kee- pin up, un rite tuther side out tharesmoarn a thowsen. leetle stuns, i wunder whott the mischif tha jjvaiint on em, thayer aul on shelfs like the teo cups in bur buttre, un then i seed a grate thin^ ut i bleeve tha caulda lectricatiu mersheen,’un i tpokt hoald uva ware, un i swampit, j thaut mj soal un me twood kild me, faurt maid me jump like furee when he turnd the wheal, un thare wuza plagy mess uv miiy curuss kuntrivensiz ter loack thru, un sum straw- nery loockin glaasiz ut vv<?od make yure fase uz big uza bredtra, but icoodent Ista no longger, un soe i cum auf, but i shood sartin like tu goe gin. Yure expedyjpjit sarvent LEEZEI^^UrRINNEL. Anecdote of the Duke-ofJVellingion. During the cam p a ^ ' of the troops in Paris, a French citizetlV who was returning from the country, through the Champs Elyscus, where the troops were encamped, was robbed of his watch by a serjeant in the British army. Complaint was immedi ately made to the (’Dinniauding officer, and the troops w ere paraded before the French man, vvho was thu-; enabled to single out the offender. A court martial was held, and the criminal condeinrted to die on the following morning. As early as four o’ clock, the allied army %vas assembled in the Bois do Boulogne, near Paris, where the prisoner was to undergo the sentence.— The charge upon tvhi'’h ho was tried and convicted was read aloud, and the unfor tunate man prepared for the presence o f an oflended Maker. Not a murmur ran through the ranks.—The justice of the decree was acknowledged by every soldier and if in the short lapse of time between the offence and its solemn expiation ex cited feelings of terror, they were mingled with respect for tlie stern severity oftimir commander; the drums beat and the black flag waved mournfully in the air. The ministers ofjustice had raised tlieir arms of instruction, and the fatal monosyllable, “ Fire,” was half ejaculated when the Duke of Wellington rushed before their firelocks, and commanded a momentary pause whilst he addressed the prisoner:— “ Y'ou have oflended agaibst the laws of God, of honour, and of virtue; the grave is open before you—in a few short mo ments your soul will appear before its Ma ker ; your prosecutor complains of your sentence; the m?iB i^homyofllKlvo robbed would plead for your life and is horror truck with the rapidity of your judgem e n t. You are a soldier, you have been brave and as report says, until now, even virtu ous. fc?peak boldly I in the face of Heaven and as a soltlter belonging to an army de voted to virtue and good order, declare now your o\\ n feelings as to your sentence.” “ General (•-aid the man,) when a soldier forgets his honor, life become.sdisgraceful, and an immediate punishment is due as au example to the army.” “ You have spoken nobly,” said the Duke with a tear iu his eye. “ You have saved your life: how can I destroy a repentant sinner, whose words are o f greater value to the troops than his death would be I Soldiers, bear this in mind, ani may a sense, of honor always deter you from infamy,” . The troops rent the air with huzzas, the criminal fell pros trate before the DukeJ^ and when the word “ March,” was given, ho arose and return ed alive to those ranks which were tu have witnessed his executoin. Don Juan Martin, the Empecinado .— This gallant man was the most famous of all those guerilla leaders who struggled for seven years in the cause of the ungrate ful tyrant, who seems to have resolved that no one who ever served him with fi delity shall Escape destruction. Martin bore a high character for probity and hon or, as well as co u r a g e ; and the m anly re monstrance he presented to Ferdinand in 1815, when terror shut the mouths of others, does him more credit than all his splendid achievements. In the beginning of 1815, when the prisons were crowded with the noblest patriots of Spain, and every day gave some new victim to exile or the scaflbld, Martin came to the capitol and put’ a paper into the monarch’s hands, describing, in the franje and simple lan guage of a soldier, the evils and the dan gers of the course then followed. He told Ferdinand, that he had disappointed his irue friends, and placed his confidence in unworthy men ; that the unwise measures of his ministers had lost America, ruined the finances, crowded the dungeons, and rendered it necessary to convert the churches into prisons; that calumny and espionage Were the path to preferment ,* that arbitrary forms and relfenlJess perse cution rendered justice nugitorY; that or der and prosperity Was Only to be expect ed from conciliation and forgiveness; and, finally, fie advised him to convoke the Cortes, according td his solemn promise, as the first step to restore confidence and credit. Having performedihis last sacred act of loyalty and patriotism, El 'Empeci nado retired to Leon, his native province,, where he continued silently to deplore the lutw VI uuvii a j^ivLvAt iVMUvi Jivi his exile in the ensuing year. This coura geous action.ofa 'man, unsupported by the influence of family connections, wealth, or titles, is still a subject of deserved applause amongst his countrymen; while the power of yirxue and conscious int.^grity over a corrupt ministry is finely illustrated in the forbearance Of the court. Though not professedly ^ liberal, ^artin didnot hesi- tate a moment, when tfie French entered^ Spain in ISSS^.t© take >arms against the invaders. With a small body oFpartisanp, he maintained his ground in the mountains of Leon, after resistance had ceased bvery where else, till hO was overpowered and carried to prison,—from - which he has at last been taken, to’add another to the list of illustrious victims who have been sacri ficed to the ferocity of bigcnjl andjthe fears o f the most? perfidious and base tyrant in modern history.— M. B o livar. —He is a very small thin man, With t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f g r e a t p e r s o n a l a c tivity ; is well formed, but furrowed with fatigue and anxiety. The fire of his quick black eye is very remarkable. He wears large muslachios, and his hair is dark and curling. After many opportunities of see ing him, I may say that I never met a face which gave a more^ exact idea of a man. - Boldness, enterprise, activity, intrigue, proud im p atience, and a persevering and duterniineJ spirit, are ]>lainly marked up on his countenance, and expressed by eve ry motion of his body.— [P r o c to r s JVar. Labour.— There is no general rule more usefully applicable to all the pursuits of life than that which points out labour as the only sure road to excellence. A few names of eminent men may be quoted, who appear to acquire knowledge by a process .something like intuition, who become wise and learned without sacrificing any of the fate of Spain, until a pretext Was found for to suffer oneof them^ ' And what matter^ u:_ x.u_ ----- ; --------- mL.- ------- L jj. hAppejis, sjnce it js una,Voidab]e 1 SpCrates being told that tfieTkirty TytoRfA had condemned him fo die-^‘ And Nature, then,’ said he. WKat a folly it iiaf^ for justd afflict ourselves ab 9 ut a passage that exempts us from all tronble 1 As' pur birth brought us tbq birth of alLthlngs, so' wbbn we die all things to u'S will be dead. Tfiereforp to lament .tfiat we shall,not bo alive a hundred years hence, is’4is. ahsurdt as to^he sorry that we were notin thelantl of the living a hundred years ago. Deatli is the beginning df another life. So did vyp • wpep, and so much it cost us, to enter this; and so did vte put off our former .y oil, when' we entered thisr^res<mt s^tate. can be a-grievahee that is butXor pnee :.amt is it reasonable to be so long in fear of ;a thing thflt is of so short duration 1 A lof^ Jife,an d a s h o r tlife, are, by^death, m ade a l l one'; for there is no long nor short to things that are no mor^ ^ T h e priest should be caVefill not^to act' the reverse of the physician, and in twp most important points. The pbyaiciqn renders the most nauseous prescription pal- ateable; By the elegance of its preparation, and the \rinning,suavity with which it Is re commended ; whereas the priest may pos sibly render'd most\refreshing cordial dis gusting, by the injudicious addition of his own cornpounds, and t h e ungracious hiaii- ner with ivhich they are administered.— Lacon. DRUXKEJfXESS expels reason—drowns the memory—defaces beauty-r-diminishes strength—inflames the blood—causes in ternal, external, and incurable wounds— a witch to the senses, a devil to the soul, a thief to the purse—the beggar’s com panion, a wife’s wo, and children’s sorrow —raalies a strong man weak, and a wise man a fool. He' is worse than a beast. pleasures or enjoyments of social life; but and is a. self murderer, who drinks these instances are too rare to be safely relied upon as examples; and, besides, it will frequently be found, on strict investi- gatrem, that the talent of learning wffhout apparent labour, is merely the power of concentrating the energy of the mind, and thus, what was wanting in time for study, is made up by intensity of application.— The habit of constraining the attenfion, and ti.xing it with accum u lated force, upon* any required point, has been recommended With triumphant force of argument by svery eminent writer and teacher on the subject of mind and its powers, from Locke to the venerable Jardine : but fame can not be the portion of all who study ; amU therefore, it is satisfactory to those who have leisure and inclination to cultivate their intellect, to know, that they will not lose their reward, even though the firiiits of their ^tudy should be wholly confined to themselves, or a very narrow social circle. If airy temporal employment can be truly said to bring with it its own sure recom- pence, that employment is diligent study, with a view to improve the intellectual powers. It rs an occupation suited to all stations, circumstances, aftd ages ; it tends to refine and embellish social conversa tion ; and when good society cannot be procured, it saves a man from the dreadful misery of seeking an external stimulus in debauchery, gambling, frivolous company, or from the fearful alternative of counting the weary moments in the listlessness of stagnant thought. Sic7rncw.—Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffldente in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our out works. Youth at the very best is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler and smoother manner than age: tis like a stre iiu that nourishes a plant upon a bank, and causes it to flourish and blossom to the, sight, but at the same time is undermining it at the root in secret. ^ ♦ When I reflect what an inconsiderable little atom every single man is with respect to the whole creation, methinks ’tis a shame to he concerned at the removal of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after ‘ my exit the sun^ill rise as bright asever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in it? old course, people will laugh as heartily and ;marry as fast, as they used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly express ed in the book of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarryeth but one day.—Po/7C to Steele, July 1712, Loss o f Life .— Why should we fear to lose a thing, which, being lost, cannot be regretted 1 And since, moreover, we are threatened wjth dqath of so many various (ther’s good health, and robs himself of his own. ’• > ’ ‘ Fly drunkenness, whose vile incontinence T ^ e s both away the reison and the sense. T i ll wjth Circami cups thy mind possest, \Lea-v^s to be man, and wholly turns a beast. Think, whilst thou swaliow’st the capacious TlibttJet’st insUasto wreck and drown the soul. Quite leave this’ vice, and turn not to’t again, Upon presumption o f a stronger brain: For he that holds more wine thSn others can, I rather count a hogshead than a laan. A Query .—In a late debate on lotteries in the house of fepreseptatives, while a gentleman of the law was criticising, con siderably on the dejinitiori of the word lot tery, and endeavoring to prove by the de finition that it is not gambling, one of the members wrote down the following epigra- matic query:— “ And what’s a lottery ih the law, Where lawyers all the prizes draw, And clients give them fees and thanks For privilege to draw the’blanks?” Singular ckaroeter.— Thete isnow exhi biting at Ditcheat.a remarkable instance of the power of habft to remedy the defects of nature. A farmer, named Kingston, was born without arms, is enabled to accomplish with his feet all those purposes for which the hands are generally employed. He shaves himself with’ the greatest facility, writes a bold, legible character, and .per forms all the manual labours of the farm. He'is an admirable bowler,and for throwing the stick at the snuffboxes, as practised at country fairs, he has no equal, and should' disputes earise during the game, he can dnfend his rights with the power if not the arms of a Crib. He was sometime since married to a second wife, and, as might be supposed, the ceremony was attended by an immense concourse, who were delighted at tfie manner in which betook the hand o f his wife, placed the ring on her finger, and signed the register with his foot. He has had offers of a liberal description to tempt him to exhibit himself; but he values his liberty with' an Englishman’s spirit, and cannot be induced to submit to the neces- sar^confinement on any terms. Algernon Sidney.—yVheii Algernon Syd ney placed his head on the block, the exe- . cutioqer asked him (as was the custom in such cases,) whether he should risel^—^I'he^ intrepid patriot replied, “ Not till the gen eral resurrection; strike on.” A punster observing two deputy'sheriffs* running after an ingenious but distressed author, remarked, that If was a new editionj of the ” Pursuits of Liferaturef vn^ioundt but hot jorcsseef. ^ If you see a mail grossly ignorant'and isuperficial on point^ which youjdo under-; stand, be not over ready tpgiv^ him credit on the score of character wbwh he may, have atlajlned for any great. ability iu* kinds, is it rifiC worse to fear them all* than points whfdi you do net umlerstandi V
