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*~^HB *0*4»YwHNBM. /il— So*. Ai tnt *f«*Mourtt of Hfhf, .od dliptiiM r of nMt , i Enlhroiwd bpon noth ing, I \u»p my own MM y While world * f" «"«" or'l#r ¦ '•?nd me '«»••»«» Ami all would 6e chao* w«r* I to dWsolve. 2H—Vtr.ncofir. To the (rre at king oflay frtV place I* to near , That I rfniih tny coiirfc four llmei in a year ; I've »evcn timefcihe Heat of the earth—so you Cold wa ter locltltei nre not fouhd on me. 3d—Vr.no *. My light in no brilliant, 10 dazzling and clear , 'flint oft in the day-ti me to enrth t appear , I' m tke'prhle ) of the rfiorn , nnd the gong of the iihade , And well answer the end for which I wm mode. 4t h— F-aiitii. At ninety three million* of mile* from the inn , Hound him once a yenr my journ ey I run ; Of all in the world * in the syslom yel known , The faie*»t of pcop lo I claim for my own. f tth — Moon. Ala* I 'lit with me an the people of earth , 1're ever been changing |lncc\ the tiny of my birth ; \ Anon I withhold my borrow ed light , Then rlao in lull ipliudourt on earth '* .inhlc night. ^*r* '\ filli—M ar *. I revolve in my orbit in nearl y two yenrt , When ngnln it is said , " old Mars rcnpp nnri ;" On my my disk there nro »pol» nnd liulta it ii Raid , And tlit light I reflect i» remarkabl y red. 7t h—Vr.sTA , J uwo , Pai.i.a * and Ckhf.s., We four 'lid luppo scd , were once joined in one world , 'Till by sonio dread explosion , niundcr were hurled ; /" Now parted and scnttcre iUmc planet * among1, We each are discovered jHonn In the throng. 8tll^JUPITKR. In Rice I am Inrge st^n (he system yet found , Two hundred and/ninciv-aeven thouiand mile* round ; / I'm allowed four attendant *— 1 auk for no more , Eclipsed , they give distance , by ica nnd by •horn. 9th— Satohn. Distinguished I am from the tra in of our king, By being compassed by a Uupinoui ring ; Round me arc acvenihnt ^nstanll y blaze , Cnlled Moon * or Snttolftcg, just a* you please. lOtti— Uhanu *. The place of LJ rhnim in hid from our tight , Or only discovered by telescope light ; We find him surrounded t>y six shining moons ; Each , njiparmilly, a retrograde! motion assumes 11 Ih— Comets . We go where wo will , nnd nonn can restrain us, Fro m Mercury, Io far beyond distant Uranus ; We are known from the rest by a long lucid tail, Which of yore caused the people nnd the prop h- ets to wail. And some apprehend that in some revolution We mny cause with the earth a most drcadfu! collision ; ^ Tint lul them remember tha Uftft system* above Arc supported nnd governed by the grand law of Love. f Astronomicu j. Easthnm , 1831. • , Wo have seldom read an article which con- tain * a more forcible illustration of the effects of general or fixed principles , than the following. Almost every individual ha* tome ' general princi ples,' which are to him a standard by which nil of hisren soiling is governcd ,nnd by which ev- ery thing is mcmurc jl; If any thing come* down and squares with )hcsc princip le*, it is, to him true ; otherwise ^ it is false. But these princi pics are as dUlercnt , in different individuals , ai black and while. Hence , if each carry out tlieii own principle *, they must , of cours e, arrive ¦>' oppoiile conclusions, We. must not juris - ^ the rational dictate * of reason un common stnse j but by norno iimchinory •*' UP b> '" '¦ man invention. Such is «b' "-nle in " pnrlial ma\intr With controversi< -lo"> of ever y denom inntio n, nt the prc»e '- lln/- Ench one IlR" il8 particular prin ri u>< fr om\whi ch they deduce their ptirlic-™1" conclusions \jnd it is, by each, consider ,"1 sacriti gious to •venN' njmVe whether lhc»j princi ples are correc \ or otherwise. GENERAL , PRH ^IPL ES. One half of the world snys thut bluck is black , and the other half snys that white is white \ ' and hereu pon issue is joined. The parties are not only right , hut so intensely, and .exclusively right , th at no position hut theirs can be true by any posslbilUy .wfyjrteyer, They have not only taken uj* .a true prin ciple, but a princi ple lliut indues all truth ; nnd all . . . t i n «n. m.l . . . ' . . I. l l . K • . wnu mi. nui wiiii incBn nre against tnem , and ull who arc nga$»st them are at en- mity with truthsyjw^ce, goodness, sci- ence, logic, and «ll th&t ig decent and cor- red. This see'tos wye the very germ and essence of party rfjIcHythelife-blood of controversy , the StiliJ of squabbling — Can you* deny the general principle ? That i§ the question. .' These general principles) ort 'brtk wals . to try the ¦ trength Of ^Wyi»d«*ffl d many are thetift&Iei thdt/griNMlheaa»against them. Mftchirwy thrpwd people out of work, and whepwtople MB out of work, (heyInuit either'Iftg,fteot. or starve,and these alternative*•»*« Very uncomfortable to the contemplationof those who arc in ii comfortable condition themselv es.— People who are comfortable .doflYlifte the sight of beggars , are terribl y afr aid (if thieves , nnd cannot enjoy their dinn ers when they see or hear of their neighbor s perishing with 'hung er. And theref ore they denounce machinery, calumni ate steam-eng ines, satirize spinning-jenni es, and depreca te all the appar atus of time and toil laving ingenui ty. They have laid hold of a general princi ple, which i* to their own minds, as clear a* mud , and to that ihey swear fealty and allegiance, defending * it thr ough thick and thin , and endeavouring to fill, rule, nnd regulat e, the world by one great bouncing tiuism. On the other hand , machinery multi plies the accommodation s of life, giving us cheap calico, cheap silk , chn;tp dra pery, chenp every thing ; piving cheap luxu- rie s to all who can afford to pay lor tho rn —and what can be n greater blessing than cheap ness ? If cheapness be a good —and who can deny it ?—and if ma- chinery pr oduce cheapness , is not ma- chinery a good ? and if machinery be a good , can it he.an evil ? Her e is a rcduc- tio ad abtmr dum. Here is a demonstra- ti on of general princi ple. A theory, es- peciall y in political economy, is a kind of water-proof clonk , and argument makes no more impress ion upon it than water up on a duck' s back. •' A the ory is a coat of mail , which no wep rrt in can penetra te. The celebrated iMa JUNUKi. Kant , who enli ght ened the riA4apl(ysicians of Ger- many with a da rk lantern , most ingen- iousl y (UMiionstrat ed all the great tnins - cendent itl questions in two opposite di- rections ; he proved most irrefi agably (lin t the will is Cree^im), quite as irrefrag- abl y, that man is mbvjrfl in ull Ii is actions by an irresist ibleymipiiUc of necessity 4 and , in either c*nc, there was no deny ing his general principles. Now , if a ma n who is a philosop her , will not agree with himself on generul pri nci ples, how is it Io be expected that the nials of mankind , who ar e not philo snp beri , should agr ee with onennolher ? Can it bo supposed , in the nature of things , thatl a whole world , or a whole peop le, should be unanimous , when we find that one man cannot rea son himself into unanimity r Is it wondrous th at the world should hi; of fifty minds , when one man can be of two minds ? Hut the wors t of the matter is, and Air that we can scarcely sec a remed y, th at the very thin g which a^uld make us most mercifu l to our inlUleotijal and the- oretical antag onists , gedita ll y make s us most nnmcrcilul and mfpt Ditter ; for the more closely we hug \r own theories , and the more blindl y \ve\J ink about our own dark lanterns , th e more heartil y a nd mal ignantl y do we vituperate those who give precisel y the same exclusive atten- tion and , djcvolion to their own several and separate crotchets or general pri nci- ples ; and .while we lire occup ied in ad- miring and adoring our own dulcincas , we marvel much th at others , whose at- tention and adoration are elsewhere di- rected , are not ciuwiiored of the same idols as we are. f Thetf is, however , somewhat of a goo% in (t nfter all. It prevents ment uTwgiViioit^ and keeps the wit s of man in exercise, nfid seems bet- ter for the species to have the sport of pursuit than the indolence of possession. A pr overb (here is which suys, th at that which is not worth seeking for is not worth having : true ; but the convers e of the proposition is not true , viz. —th at that whi ch is not worth having is not worth seeking for. Theoretical unif ormity on debated top ics is in all pr obability more worth pursuing than possessing, A pro- position fairl y run down is run to death , and it dies like a frighted hare , before the dogs will touch it; but a disputed poi*< is like a fox,that he has baffled the bounds and may give sport anoth er diy. Top ics which cease to be co«(esi<-u , cease to be thou ght about , '^noug ht is to man what empir e is to princes , n glorious thing to fight nbou * So by means of certain gen- eral p««icip les, whi ch go by hereditary (]er~cnt , or professional pur suit , or place , or want of place , or by any othei modifi- cations of human interest , the mi nd is kept in perpetual activity , admiring its own wisdom and penetration (hut it can see so clearl y what the rest of th e world , or the opposite party, has no/Mlm sense to see. It enj oys also the ^loquence of rebuke , and the virtu ous contempt with whi ch it regards those j/110 ar e wrong, and in all the fervou r Aw) fury of its zeal against the contra ry pjmy, it feels as the conqueror felt,who sajA" My enemies are my best friends , f owlmy show ine my failings." I ' »ata.»Ato5t^ BOSTON , April 30, 1831. ASHES—per ton , 2240 Ibi. l\«rl - - 513? ft 1 * | pol . 113 a J 16 BARILLA— per ton , - *> » ™ BEEF—per bill. • Me»«, 8 « » 00 BEANS per bushel , . * > » > ( '5 BUTTER—per Ib. No. 1, • 1* ¦ »* CHEESE—New milk , • « • » CAi\DLES—Dipped, - 7 1-2 a 8 1«2 Mould , - » • 9 hi CORDAGE— Russ ia , short prit c 6 a fi C. American , dull 10 a 11 OFFEE— Wm In.liB , . » a 10 St. Domingo , 0 1*2 a 10 OTTON— New Orl eans , 11 a 12 Si;a Island , 20 a 21 DUCK—Nominal. U. X. bolt. none Rnvvns , heavy, 8 60 a DIAPERS—R ussia , per piece 2 25 a 2 28 FRUIT—Ra isins , Malaga , cask , 7 00 a 7 12 Firs, Tuikey, - 6 a 6 FURS—H air Sral Skins , ssiltrd , each 60 a 76 FLOUR— Alti inn dria . bbl. 0 20 a 0 37 Baltimor e, Howa rd-it . 6 60 a Frcdcrick sburg, ft 25 a 0 37 nrne sser . - 0 75 a 7 00 Philadel phia , • 0 37 a 0 60 Richmon d City Mills , 6 50 a 7 00 Cannl , good, fl 25 FISH—pe r (|uin lHl , 112 ll>« . Cod, Ban k , • 2 76 2 87 Bay, 2 75 a 2 87 Labr ador 2 76 a 3 00 Mackerel , No. 1, pr. hi. 0 00 a 0 60 No. 2, 5 60 a No. :<, 2 b7 a 3 00 GRAIN— Com , Norther n , b.ish. SO h 82 Southern , 75 11 78 Outs , Ni>rth i.Mii , 40 a 44 I'.vn , North ern , 80 a 84 HEMP— Clean , per ton 2 40 a 2 60 LARD— No. 1, BosI. Iu». per 1b. » a 9 1-2 Western , 8 a 9 LEATIIF.lt — Philadel phia , Ib. 26 a 2ft ISalliinni c , 2'i a 24 Dry H id.- , 18 a 20 LUMBKR — Boards , linngnr , lit , 2d , 3d and 4th (|iiulity, per in. feet , ^f 18, 14 10 Saco , 8 60 a l> Ki!nni ;bec , Clapbnard , snwrd , best , 18 a 20 Shing lrs , 2 25 a 2 30 J.mlis , Miucd , 1 25 a Clear Boards , Slicmlhing Boards , 9 a 9 50 'J'uii Timber , bent 4 a 4 60 ordinary, 2 25 a 2 37 LIMF. —rns k , 90 n MOLAS SE. S—Ciuadaloupc , '2o a 26 Porto Itic o, 27 a 30 Hav ana mid Malan /.us, 25 a 26 New Orleans . 27 a 28 NAVAL STORES— Tar , bbt. 1 60 a 1 60 Rosin, t 37 a 1 60 Spiiil s Turpentine , 28 n SO NAIL S— ntsurted sizes , llv 6 1-4 a 6 1-2 OIL—Li nseed , forei gn gnl. 00 a 00 Sperm , Winter , gallon , 90 a 95 Summer , 72 a 75 Whnle, in lingsliead s, 30 a 4"i titicei , 31 a 32 bnrrcU , 33 34 PORK—Na vv Mr ss,bbl. 13 00 a 13 50 ' ('luar , 17 a 18 No. 3, a 8 SPICES—Prpp rr , Ib. 13 a 14 Nut megs, 1 40 a 1 45 Pimculo , 16 a 16 1-2 SOAP—Caiiilr , Ib. 12 a 13 American , No. 1, 6 a 6 SALT—Turk * Mand , none. St. Ubcs , 3 12 a 3 25 Cadiz, 3 60 3 75 Liverpool , 3 75 a 3 60 Lisbon , none , SUGAR—llavnna , white , 10 a 12 Brown , 6 75 a 7 a 37 Whiskey, 34 a 35 TALLOW—Nominn U American , Ib. 61-2 a 7 TEA—H yson , 85 a 92 Young Viyson, 72 a 82 Hyi>n ,t Skin , 40 a 60 Souchong, 02 a 65 R ohm , nono TOBA' J CO—Kentuck y, 3 1-4 a 6 1-2 Cuba, 12 n 20 VENETIAN RED—100 lbs. 4 23 a 4 60 VERDIGRIS —senrer , 33 a 34 WOO1 Snxohy, clean , Ib. 60 a 95 American , full blood , washed 60 a 70 WINES —Madeira , 1 60 a 2 60 French Madeira , 50 a 63 Mala ga , dry , 57 a 60 Sweet, 68 a 92 Sicily. 85 a 90 Lisbon , 80 a 90 Claret , cask , 14 a 20 WHOLKSALE PRICE S CURR ENT. THE subscribe r has on hand , and will make to or- der, Furnitur e of eve- ry descripti on , war- ranted to be faithful in workmans hip, and as eFpgant as any from the city. Those who wish to purchase , will do well to call before they purchase elsewhere , at his Cabinet Warehouse , a few doors west of the Post Office , Darnslnble. CALVIN STETSON. OABINST FUR2V1TU HIS. TO th e Hon. Nymphas Marston , Judge of Probate for the Count y of Barnstable. MM HE Petition and Representation of Jj Obed Brooks, Executor of the last will and Testament of BBBitmam.brooks , la te of Har wich , in the Count y of Barn * stable , esquire , deceased , humbl y shews , that the per sonal estate of said deceased , is insufficient for the payment of his just debts and incidental charges by the mm of two hun dred and ninety dollars nnd sixty six cents. He therefore prays tha t he may be licensed to sell so much of said deceased 's Real Estate as shall produce the sum aforesaid. OBED BROOKS. Dated at Ha rwich , March 28th , 1831. BARNS TABLE SS—At a Court of Prob ate, holden at Har wich , withi n said Cou nty, on the twenty eigth day of March,Anno Domini,1831. UPON the petilinu of Obed Brooks , Ordered, th at the said Petitioner notif y all persons interested therein , to appear at a Court of Probate , to be hoidi-n at Co- t nit Village , within said County, on the thi rd Tuesday of May next , by giving th em personal notice of the petition ;i- foresaid , with thi s Order thereon , or by adveitism cnt thereof lliree weeks succes- sivel y in the Barnstabl K Patri ot , a news- paper printed in Barn stable , tin: last pub- lication to be previous to the said tliini Tuesday of May next , when and wheru they may be heard respecting the s;uihk NYMPHA S MARSTON , Copy, Jud ge of Probate. Attest , ABNER DAVIS , A pril 20 Register, A TAPKIl DKVOTKO TO LIGHT l.tTF.I lATUnE , F.X- TKIlTAININa KJ5 C KI. I .ANY , AND TH E fil-IKIT III' TIIK XKWfl . PU BI I SHKD WK F .KI.Y IS THK Cl TV or kkw youb, at Thttt Dalian tk h annum , IN ADVAKCK. This publication has now been estab- lishe d inor .tt tlinn a year , and the objects piopnsed , nnd the course pursued , arc two well known , to require a word from, us on that subject. Our only design at pre set) ( is to solicit that increase of pa*~ roniige which we. trust our work de- serves , nnd which we shall continue our endeavours to.me it. Testimonials in favour of th e Constel- lation are d.nly returning upon us , in the shape of numberless requests forex- changi ; from our brothers of the press , in flatte ring notices of its quality, and copi- ous extracts from its pages. Out with nil these demonstrations of regard which de- light the ear and please the rye, some more tang ible proof of admiratio n—a pr oof which especiall y commends itself. U» th«* sense of fueling, in the shapo of silves diilliiis or bank bills , ncotjm nnving the command— ' Send me vour paper !'— would be most uccevAable. I n say ing this , we would not be under - stood , as comi-,|,,ining of a want of patron- age. On the. contrar y, we are hound to say it is v,-ry flattering, «nd is steadil y on on ill** increase.. But like a man who tm- pai'.f.itl y watche s lite cjrowth 0/ a youn g •tn'.'i th rift y elm, which is to afford him Shelte r and cgmfort , we wish it to increase faster. Th« form of the CONSTELLATION was chan ged at the commencement of the present volume , from the folio to the quar- to, which renders it convenient for preser- vation and bindin g. It is also printed on a lar ger sheet than durin g the first year. With these improvements and tlut engagement of an additional Editor of ao kn:iwlcd ged talent , we cannot hel p think- ing our paper at the low price of thr ee dol- lars , as well worth y of patrona ge us any other now before the public. LORD & BARTLETT. New-York , March 26. Subscri p tions received at this Off ice. THE CONST ELLATION. WRITING- BOOKS —for Sdw>tt. J UST received and for sale at the P atriot Office , a few dozen Writ- ing Books, ruled and plain. Account Book* may be had a* above , with uch other articles usuall y found in theiSlation- rtl Lint. Nov. 4 EOR SALE at the office of the Bos- ton Dail y Advertiser , No G and 8, u ivss- »lreel , Boston, A MAP of th e States of Maine , New Hampshire , Wrmonl , MussHc himettk , Rhode Island and Connectic ut ,—with the adjoining parts of New York , Lower Canada and New- Brunswick , On a scnlc of eight miles to an inch—exhibit- ing the situation and boundaries of nil the towns —the princi pal roads , streams , brid ges, mouii tains , churches , villages , he. Compiled fioin a careful comparison of all thn published Miips and Charts , and all the sur- veys, drawings , and other documents which would aid the unde rtaking, known to the com- piler , in the public offices, or in tha hands of ndividuals , nnd from personal examination from many parts of the countr y. And carefull y engraved in the neatest and most approved style, by skilful artists , who have devoted the most ussiduou * atte ntion to tht work. Bv NATHAN HALE. Price six dollars for copies coloured and var- nished , on cloth and rollers , or folded in sicase, and five dollars for plain copies put in the lame manner. eptf J 10 MAP of New-ENGLAND . SH>KBY AXN8WORTH. CHAISE MAKER , (Opposite tlit Cuttom Hoiue , in Banutable ,) CHAISES and WAGONS repaired and painted. June 26 QUOULS. A FEW hundred excellent quality QUILLS—purchased at a reduced price , and will be be told loir,at th« Patriot Of- ficr , Barnstub le. No*. 4 How imp o/fnnt it is, nmid st the chang- ing scenes or life that we should learn to be content in thut station which Infinite Wisdom shall place us. The A postle Paul says, < I have learned in wha tsoever state I am in , therewith to be content. '— A very important lesson indeed. That Being who created us has placed us in a world where we must meet with trials nnd afflic tions. Every thing is transito- ry and uncertain. To day we may be surrounded with friends ; tomorrow they may be hiid.away in the cold grave.— Since we know not what u day may bring forth, it becomes us to be submissive and resigned to the wUI of Him who orders «very thing in Infinite Witfom ; and to remember that He bafr satd'H* will never leave or foriakt ui;' that although He cause, grief, yet Hi will have coin- passion according to/he multitude of his mercies.' How often do we meet with those who can exclaim with the Psulmist. « U U good for me that I have been af- flicted. ' It has taug ht me to be content- ed, kn owing that He who gave my bles- sings has a right to tak e them when lie sees best. It is a mistaken idea that rich- es bring contentme nt ; whereas they in- crease our care and anxiety. Content- ment arise * not from outward conditi on bu t from inwar d disposition. It is a dis- positi on of mind in which our desirei are confined to what we enjoy without mur- muring at our lot, or ard entl y wishing for more. It is a true proverb , ' n contented mind is a continual frast. * Having food and raiment there fore, let us be con- tent. ' Let u*, hs we. pursue our jon rey thro ugh life, be satisfied with the wise Providence of God as to feel content ed that ho should govern the world in such a manner as he flifill th ink best ; looking forward to the time , when that which now appears dark and myster ious will be. made plain ; for ' now we. sue throug h a glass durkl y but then face to face.' K. S. Written fur the Uarmtable Patriot. THE INFIDEL. It is a dreadfu l commentary on the doct rine of Infidelity , that its most stren- uouons supporters have eitlier miserabl y falsfu'd their sentiments in the day of tri- al , or terminated th eir existence in ob- scurity nnd wretchedness. The gift ed a nd liik'iit rd author of tin: Age of Reason is said to have passed the last year s of his life in a manner , which tin* meanest slave tii:il ever trembled beneath the task- master would hav e no csiuse to envy. — Rossciiu mi ght inde ed be pointed out ns in some degr ee an except ion , but is well kn own that this enthu siastic philosop her was a miserable and disapp ointed man. Hi.* met death it is tru e, with t>ometliing like calmnrss. Rut h:id he any pure and excellent hope beyond the perishing things of the n:it t n al world ? He loved the works of God for thei r exceeding beauty—not for their manifestation of an overwh elm- ing int elli gence. Life become , to him , a liDitlwn ; but his mind recoiled at the dampness nnd silence of the gr ave—the cold , unbroken sleep, nnd the slow wast- ing away of mortality , lit? per ished , 11 worshi per of that beauty which but faint- ly shadows forth the nnchangableness and unimag inable glory of its great crea- tor. At the close of the day, when the broad west was glowing like the gat es of Pnrndi.se , and the vine hung hills of his beautifu l land were bathed in the rich light of ti n; selling sun—he depart ed. — Th e last dim glance of his glaze d eye was to him an cternnl farewell to exist- ence—the last homage of a godlike intel- lect , to holiness and beauty . The blackness of darkness was before him—the valley of the shado w of death was to him inescapable mid eternal —a h ! the heller land beyond was shr ouded from his vision. A. B. Plymouth , A pril , 1831. Some mischievous wags , nnr nj glit , pulled