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BARKTSTABLE PATRI OT
I U I I M I f . l l KVKRV WKII N KSHAV MoKM.NU
j f i H K HOUR *.AST (U' Tllf POST or'KK'E
ai | 1HII MltKCTI.V ()|TOM-Hnii( )n KiH'«s :ind hii —
And lliinc <.hnl| lie glo ry
Forovrr—nmc ti '.
P O E T R Y .
.111/ wanes ij . i.i/ ni u.
Oh stenl ihou not mv fi iill i au - nv.
.
Noi li'nipt in ilmtlit llic fniMin x mind ,—•
l.fl :ill di al (mi Ih can y iidd do :i v ,
Bnl lru ve this lu'iivcnlv g il 'i lirliind :
Our lifr is bill n in ilror gleam ,
Lit np iiinid mirronndin ^ ' {.
-loom ,
A lij inc Inni p, n fn ful ticani ,
Quenched in (he cold find Mlent loinli.
Yet if.is hol y inrn h.-ivr s:iid ,
There lie licyoncl tlmi drear y lioiirn e
Soni " reg io n where the fniiliful dead
En-rnnll y fo rget to mourn ;
Welcome the scoff , ihf snord , tin- cli nin ,
The hu rtlin g wild , the hliirlt al> v»s ,—•
I shrink not fio m llic j ,
-i tli of piii n,
Whi ch rndclli in ;
i wo rld like this.
" But , oh ! if nil llml nerve * us here ,
When gri ef n«snili nnd suiro -v slic. gf,
Exist hut in llic shndowv sphere
Of Fa ncy 's weak inin ^ iiii ngs ;
If hopi s , ihou p li chciUhi d Innij and dcr p,
Be ruld n nd b.iselrn morkci ict :
The n welcome (lint eiomal kleep
Which knovvcth not of dreams like Ihege.
" V>'l hu sh ! llin ti trouhled hem I ! bi: still ,
Hc nouiue th y vain phil osop hy ;
Li l.e. morning on a mist y hill ,
The Iif:nI of Trui h shall hreak on t hee.
Go—search (he prop het 's dr athlev * page—
Go—q uest ion ihou the radiant skv ,
And Ir ani from Iheui , mistake n sage !
Th e g lorious words— l: Th 'iu s hall not die
O il! ST B A L T1ICM ! NOT MV
FAITH A W A Y .
/ STANZAS.
iWhere 's Ilit- man who seeks lor Faino 1
' Haste !—The lauri -1 fiiv e him—
Unfol 'l ihe scroll and wri le liis name ,
'Tis all tl io grave will leave him !
Wl'rrc is he who toils for gold ?
Gi ve !— let noug ht allow il—
*\ h>-n ji few brief days are t old ,
•^o more can he enjoy it !
there's the bosom swelled with 1
' iid*
Spare !—I would not wound il—
for death shall l» me at even lide
¦lis iile nn sound garui 'Mil round il '.
Where 's ihe heiirl on Pleasure bent ?
i our—a double measure—
Health and life 's to morrow spent —
Gone will be the treasure !
Where ',the ,out ,h,, ,ookj ,bov (.
Pleasure , gold Rnve _
S-ich a* lire in itory >
Take eurh cup of joy Hway
To others fil led nnd eiren
Oh, w hat are all these b«ui,|e, s
To him whose home it—Ht » ve.. i
By 6'jr Huiup lu ry Davy.
'
'.ike ih r lumol t uiiu k li.ll i\\ » u! li.c ¦i- > l
^ii( ( e»d Ihe geni'i aiiou > ol i.
' iai .k iod j
¦iiif iu ut .li* i'ni-) -^ rt ' in: ^ pa-. s a^ av ,
Aiid le ave llK) \au ^ n
ol
ttu.ii lives behind
Others , like tho se proud waves which beat
shore ,
A loud anil iijo uieiit. irt murmur ij ii*c ;
But soon their 1i.iii>m ii( f. !oiic « nre un more
.
No lutiiie npej echo with their prnise .
Lik e \ nil proud m, k« nniiil «t tl.e sen nf lime ,
Supi 'ii rioi , si- oiuiu j: nil tli o liill.iu 's ta y e ,
1 Ik livin g Sun s nf (irtii u* stnnil soliliuie ,
1 h iminu i (a! clnUliou tif auothei ni>e. "
SONS OF GENII'S.
r rum flic l i n y Se ntinel.
TH E CONTENTED I,A IIOLREIt .
Sii me hmisl of the ir ri ihr* nud mnie ol hig h
lili - ;
J Innist ol « lint ' s heller , I mean n good wife ;
With he r, (hou g h i
i shillin g l' »i Mii rcc al cum-
in.ind ,
I' m as happy us iiuv g ient mini in the laud .
T-> «nlk I go rall y, mid chee rfu l nil dny,
The same when emplo yed us 1 am nlu n al
piny ;
A nil « lieu In inv collage a( eve I repair ,
I' m met nilh a smile bv a tood imiured lair.
The su pj ier is read y, il mailers no) uhal ,—
If thi ii , il is i ig l.l , nnd die same if 'tis di nt ,
Coiitculineii t 'ii it fen »t , and what unite ran |
v\ t >11 .
'
A M li>h il g i ves lo (he homeliest dish.
Vc hai hcl 'irs list , and with care now attend
To ihis mi ndvii e , lor il coiue * from a friend ;
II \ on noillil lead hapj iy nod peacen lile lives ,
lie good fnM y oui s elve * , Hud you 'll all luive
flood wives.
'
II T.
AHSTRAC'TION OR A IISE NCE
OF ]\IINI > .
Mii ny curid iis iiinTilnd 's nil (his suli j c rl
.li e ir lali^ l (if ll n' lti 'V. (ii-or t rr H.IIVr .sl,
him 1 (it llii ' niinisli 'ts nf 'l" li.it m-.s ;il Dillon.
Sn C(inl |jsf (l on sonic occasions w iti " ilir
id" ;i s n| tliis siii LMiliir niiin , tli ;it In' li.is
Iiitii liim n n In wi ill ' a )¦ III r Id our pi'i' -
snti , addic ts it li) ;uinlli< 'r , :inil si 'inl it In
;i ilii nl . He \v ;is once un lln 1 cv i>l !)«• -
in" ni.iri 'nil lo llic Ui\llo |i 's (iiinj ililn ,
wIh 'm , Ii;iv 'iii i,
' {four si ^ iiil ^<'im fi s liiii (.
', In-
fn i L'ul ilic (ii rnnis iiinrc and ov i'isi iiiil llic
cano nic il hour , wl i irh so o |l-t )ili-il lln- la-
ti< •< •( , in Iioj k- s ol
rcccivin " ;tlms , \\f wo nhl inakv him a
how , til! hi m h<' was his must humble
sc rv.ii ii , ami walk on. He Ims heen
known on Smulnv IO foi y t 't tin* ilay nu
w liich he w as lo nll'ic 'ia li* , and would walk
i nio rlimcli with iiis ;miii und er his ami ,
In av cciiaii ) wnat lllr j j« •» t| j 1¦* wan ted llli re .
Oni e when he was j ilavint; al l>;»ck »;\ni-
llio n , he tion red out a
^
lass of win e , ami
il heiner his turn lo throw ,ha ving ihe hux
in one hand and the o.la.ss
° in llic iithc r,and
Iwing i xireinely dry , an d iniivilliti^ lo
lose any lime,he .
swallowe d down hi>lh
ihe t)iff ,aiid discliart'ed llic wine uj ion
llic (licc-l)(iiir<). ' Anoihi r 1'iiie,
' says ihf
narraiivc which has been published of his
peculialilies ,' in one of his sibsetii fits, he
mistook his friend's house; for his own ,
rin d went iuin i
l,the door happening;lo he
iipcii ;no ser vant being in llic way, he
ram bled all over tin; house , ti
l
l coinine/
into i
i nuddle room ,where there was an
old lady ill in bed of a quiiicy, lie stu mbled
over a nij»lil stool ,liiic w a clothes hoise
down ,;
md niigbl not ha ve ended (here,
ha d not tin* affiij,
'li|ed patient ma de a
tioi.se at his inti us ion,which broug ht up
the ser vants ,who , finding Dr. Haivcsi in
llic room instead of lln: apothecary thai
u.
-is momentaril y ex pected , quieted the
old lady's (cars ,
"who by lliis time was ta-
ken will; such an immoderate fit of I.iiil'Ii-
te r at her cmifu.ion, 11111 it broke the
quinsy in her throat ,and .she lived many
years afterwaids to thank Di. Harvest
for ihe luck y mistake. ' ' His notorious
lu'fd lesMif ss was so apparent , that no
one would lend him » horse , as he fre-
quently lost his beast from under him, or
aI least from out of his hands ; it beinc
his frequent practice to dismount and
lead ihe hoi se , puiiinj/ llic bridle under
his arm, v.lii< h the horse sometimes shook
oil"
,or t he intervention ol a post occasion-
ed il to fa 11 ; sometime s it was taken off
by the boys w hen the parson was seen
dragging the bridle after him ; and il a-
ny one aske d him fiflcr lh'- annual , he,
could not give the least account of it ,<>r
how he had lost il." In short the blun-
ders which he committed were endless,
and would be considered incredible,were
t hey not authenticated by incnnlesiible
evide nce. Yet notwithstanding all this,
Harvest was a man of uncommon abili-
Ui y- and an exce llent scholar.
M I S C E L L A N Y .
Astonishing powers of the animal sys-
te m in tcs i>ij n>: Ilit* iiilhuiice of heat , as
well as llie wonderful mechanical inven-
t ions which have fur sometime past
e xcited the cuiiosity and wonder of the
old wo'ld , me now elii itmn almost an
equal ileprce of vtouder and amazement
will) us ;but when submitte d to the pen-
etiai iiie sciuiiny of the western hemis-
phere ,me miciii diwsinl nl'tlu'ir uppnrent-
Iv .
«upci natural phenomena ,and as soon
lilt i I with Micccsslul imitations. The
automa ton chess pla ver encounlered a
ri val iVoin ihe I.iimI of steady hiiliits ,ere
Iiis re ijjn ||.nl faiilv com menced ; and our
attention h is receutlv been directed to an
Aiiieiican !•'ire K'ni-j ,who vll'
eis lo per-
Iiii in all the uondei ful I'eals of ibis impor-
ted pote ntate , and mav, perhaps cap ihe
climax by proposiner to devour Monsieur
Chaubrtt Uinisrll ; be that sis il may ,
whateve r di si»ns he may have on his per-
son ,it is clearly evi dent he would relish a
sl'io' ol his ttro lits.
The power of ihe animal frame in bear-
ing wiili impunity liiyli decrees of tem-
perature ,has been the frequent subject of
expe riment and observation ;entertain-
ments have been t>ivcn in ovens where
the quests have remained -.%¦ tilt impunity
while (hi' pioce.
ss of cooking ihe meals
was going on ; in ihe more extensive
baking establishme nts on llic continent ,
chil dren , havi ng on wooden shoes ,arc in
llic practice of rally ing and depositing
the loaves of bread in the different pails
of ihe oven. Dl's. I-'oidyee and l
i
l ^'deil,
without any previous prepailion ,endured
the temperatu re of an oven healed almost
to redness ;and the latter exposed himself
in an oven to a heat of '2')J degiees ,in
which water boiled,thoug h cover ed with
oil.
This power of icsistiiig (jrcat degrees of
heat , seems lo depend llpmi a law of all
living su bstances— \ i'A. lliat the Inn
pcraiurc ol living bodies cannot he raised
a bove a defiuile limit. (Vnain animal
liinc tions — (he iim j -,1 im pori iii l in these
causes is , (ic ilia ps , lit * - free ami co p ious,
peis p iralou th at i> induced— p reserve the
ImhI s al a cei"lain et p iililii nun as il 1'i'g .ii (I s
i ls leil '] iel ,|I ui e, and to prevent tile a i -
ciimul.itioi i id he.il ; water , il c oiili urd iii
a close vessel , m ay be r.iisc ri to a re,| heat ,
hu t il the Me.mi or va poui !>¦ • su|] 'i i i - d to
esca pe , its leiii peialuii ' is limited.
The secret ol fire eating was made pub-
lic ,it seems ,by a ser vant lo one ivich.ird-
sun, an |-'
,nL'li^lri).m, who appeared in
r'ran cc about the \car l<>()7, and wasih"
(list performer of the kind who ever
e xhibited in Kutopc . Acco ' diug In his
statements it consists in rubbing lite hands ,
and thoroughly washing the mouth ,li ps ,
tongue, and other pails that are to touch
the fne. with nine siiii iis of suliihiir :
* —
the die , with pine spirits of sulphur ;
* —
th is biiins and caniori'/.
es the epidermis ,
or upper skin ,till it becomes as hard as
thick leather , and every linn* the exper-
iment in uictl it is easier than lielore ,
Hut if, i
ifier ninny icpeatetl trials ,the
upper skin shot.Id grow so callous and
horny as lo heroine troublesome ,wash-
ing the pans affected with \i-iy warm
water or hot wine will bring away alllbc
shrivelled or parched epidermis ; the
flesh, however , will Ciilllilfile ten der and
unfit for fuiilier experiments until it has
been frequently rubbed over again with
the same spiiits.
In broiling veal cutlets ,in his mouth ,
he first laid another Vi ry thin slice im-
mediately on his tongue,t hen the red hot
charcoa l, and upon t hat ihe cutlet ,to be
broiled,
so t hat the coal could not burn him
before it was extinguished,on t in: under
part ,by the saliva.
This preparative may be rendered much
stronger and more efficacious by mixing
equa l quantities of spiiits of sulphur,sal
ammon iac , essence of rose-mar y, and
j uice of or,ions. The bad eifeel which
swa llowing red hot coals ,melted sealing-
wax , br imstone , phosp horus , and other
ca lcined and infl iiikii.iMc mailer, ini^ht
have had rpon hi-, stomac h,were preven-
led bv drinking pl'-ntifully of warm water
and oil both before and after swallowing
the hiibstances. — As soon as he left the
com pany, he vomited all up again.
My author further asserts, that any
person who U possessed of this secret
may safely walk over burning coals,or
red-hot ploughshares,( as Queen Emma
is said to have done ) an>l strengthens his
assert ion by tli« exarn^e
of
blacksmiths
and JorL't
lh-y
will
ca11 u
^^^^Jkp b ir ol iro i from ill ' In -
nact^R th^^
arivil , iu th'ir n.iked palms
w iiho^Fpain. M-
• Spirit of sulphur is a coiiibiualion of
crude sulphur,essence,alcohol,
and oil.
K. mil llic \r »v VniK \ni .k him to lend
me yesterday 's paper again , or th e d.iy
heroic or the day before that i ululating ;t ftienil who
had around him a blooming family, I.nil
l oj ' i t h e r in ill 1" v ( r o i i (/ e s t ii ( f e(t i o i l . ' I
can ni- .h you no belter lot ,
'said In- w illi
eiiihusiasin, ' than to have i
i wife and
children. If you are prospei oi^ , there
they arc lo share your pio.speriiy ; i/
otlmrwUe ,they are to comfort you.' And
indeed, I have observed dial a mawied
man falling inlo misforiunc , is more apt
to retrieve his situation in the world than
a (togl
e one ; parily, because he is more
Stimulated to < X 'i li'wi l>v the necessity of
the helpless mi l U loved l»«-irr»s who de-
pend upon hiu l<> r Mi^-i'.tan cc ; but
chiefly became Iiis spiiits arc soothed
arid relieved by domesiir endeai incnl,
and
his seli'
-rexpect kept alive by finding,
that tlioii^'li all abroad i»
darkness and
huuii!i.iii"i) ,yet then- is still a little world
(> fl'ivc at home ,of wliich he \% |h« niori-
arch. Whereas a sing le,man is ii.pl lo
[ i ,u to waste and self neglect ; to fancy
hiriisi il loiM'ly and abandoned, an d hH
lieait lo (a l
l to ruin like some deserted
maujiuii,for want of an inhabitant.
* Mil.ton ,(\. C.) December 7.—T)ur-
m<: a \ isii whic h the editor ninde tt» Itock-
iiii'h.in. < ••in i house a few dnvs since, lie
lear nt from several respectable ciUBens of
that place ,thai there was ii limn by the
na me i.f James S.inders , l
iving: within
ihree miles of the court house , who ItHtl
nlliiined in the reinai kablc age of one
linmlnd ami sn 'ciitrni yrars. From
Mnj . W. n i-nnidion of Mr. Sunders , tn
w hom ihe editor w as inlrodiu'eo1, he lias
leai nt the follow in:1 p-irtii 'iilars of ibis ex-
M.ioi diii.n v individual. lie Was born , i
l
l
ihe lower p.ul of the Pro\ iiice ,(now ill"
Slate of \ ii-oinia .
) iluiim' ihe v i-jit of
(^uei n Ann. ||e has he
n twice married ,
his lav! wife died iiiaiiv yeiir< since. Hi*
lies i;ine children ,ihe'oiilest one upwiirds
of ei .
ohi v , the youngest one forty five
years of ngc . lie was so fur advanced hi
life during the icvohitionury war as no lot
pei Cum military duly. He formerly us-
ed spectacles in rca'
diug, but am now
rea d the smallest print without them.—
His ba il ,a fter having heel! almost while.
lor nioie iii.in thirty yea rs,bus latel y tu r-
ned of a din k color. lie has a distinct
lecollection ofoccui reiiecs that took place
in Iiis voiith ,but mil nf late events. lie
is iu llic enjoyment "/ ' L'o,n| health ,anil a-
Me to walk ;¦11< ii11 (he plaulalioii on which
he lives. lie was ncvei iiitempernlc ,
111 ¦>11 •' 11 ofcas innall v drank spiiits. lit*
was the hisi settler ol' Itocking hiini coun-
ty ; before l\e sidled there he used to nl.ik(J
11<'<11ii '111 Iiii iiii i i i* cM iusioii H into ihrit see -
lion nf this s| ate ,an d llie pail of Virumiu
hot dci iuir oil ii,(Iiiiiml' one of wliich he
built him a small hut lor a temporary resi-
ileiice n. ai where he now lives ,and nfliM1-
w aids settled llie place. lie has I
I great
in,my descendants living, the precise iiuni-
ber the editor could not leurn.— [S pecm-
lor. |
Sririi/i/ ic /lints. — Ice. is the natural
stale of water ,i
l is only by the addition of
caloiic (heal that il becomes fluid. Tilt;
iciison wh y witter in freezing biusts the
c/ose d vessel in which it is contained,or
rises iu (lie (01 iu of it blub iu nil open one,
is because in- is more porous than water ,
anil iherc<(*iiM- occup ies more room. A
sing le cubic inch of wate r, wh ile fire/ing,
expands w ith i> force equal to thirteen Unlit,
The porous nature of ice accounts for its
sw imming nn llic .surfacenf witter. Were
it not for this beautiful exception ,lo the
common law o f nature ,by which nil bod-
ies contract on the application of cold ,
success ive layers of ice would be formed,
iind sink 'to the bottom , t ill the whole
fluid mass would become one solid hotly
ol'ice ,by w hich all evaporation would In?
prevented , and vegetab les deprived of
t heir nourishment would wither and decay
au iurds would pci ish from thirst nnd celil
ami t hi-* single dunce in the laws of na-
ture wou ld he sudicieiit (o destroy all liv-
ing substances ,
The e iily and Honic-wlmt premature,
ap proach of cold weather ,(Iocn not gen-
era lly precede a very severe winter. We
have heard it rctiiai ked by those who '
'ob-
serve w inds,and regard the cloud*,
" that
llie mosi .severe winters have been those
in which the winter weather did not com-
mence unt i
l after ChriMnias.
The Cluilvr n.—The Liverpool Timed
of Oct. 25 ,says— 1There i* now only loo
much reiHon io fear that it will reach
this country iu a few weeks . The pro .
IM'css of ibis most singular -iiid dreadful
disease ,from ihe banks of the Ganges lo
Ihe mouth of Kibe, has been no stead v
and uninterrupted, mid ni
l means to
clu ck its coiii'm* liiive been so totally un.
availing, (h.K we ccc no rational ground
lor hoping that this couoiiy will escape.
Ihe scourge. Our insular positions ren-
der il just possible ,f>r we believe there is
no we ll authentic case of the disease hav-
ing crossed the sen,ut least in Europe j
but alter having it mnd« it- way ovur
immensely chains of mountain*, and n-
cro.s uninhabited deserts , extending for
huiidieils of miles in length,we feur that
a mere arm of sail water will be no pro-
l< ci ion to this country.'
Shorhinir CuHunlly.-~O\\ Tuesday
' vening the 5th inst. the wife of Mr.J. V.
Barnes, «..f South Naiick , was burnt to
death. She,with her only child, a little
hoy two years and a U.AdAd , was alone
in her dwelling.houv,and is supposed to
have fainted,or fallen into the fire in a
lit. When found by her brother nnd iis-
tc r who lived in a house opposite,licr
hi ad whs IvinL' in llie middle of the fire.
and \\n ; reaier pait of her body was lil-
tcrnlly n rJuced lo nshes. There was no
appearance of her having struggled at all,
or mull- »"y "'fforl to extricate herself.-*.
The Jinle boy was l
ying on the floor,at
;he back part of the room,nenrly suffoca-
led. The next evening, from the effect of
llie c;i:him on his lungs,be illiio died,lea*
vin",ilie .dfeciinu.ite fe|ve.>
fftrfi»,the oilier is lUe |i'JCtionof our yct y
mak*
M K C I I A M t ' S .
• A por tion of the woild profrss (hosi
.indi viduals who have a l i v i n g alliirdeii
ti n in without ni.inual lahor;—hut lelv on
il oeulle leader ,lhal piu lion is a \ ei \
.small iiuil a \ei \' we .ik iu
h;. INo ni.in i>|
sense ,no due ucnlleniaii ever dicw this
line. A n.l 1 ,un linld lo iisseri , that in
iioiul ol science moral viiluc iiml e\ eii iu
praciteal polileness , the operat ive me-
eh.inics o| the I' uiicd Stiites are second
lo no class of peop le . The woik'shjip has
proilnced as many |>iea| men as ihe col-
feire hall , it his dune iis nun I
i for natur-
al |>]iil"Mi|iliv , and more lor rcligipn 'lli an
tile ciMinlin;; ronin ; and has (U'
liie as
liitich to develop int ellect , as 'h oarded
wVallh.
r rout tin- worlc-bnieh ti> Colfi'trr , ami
frii m Colleg e, hitch, a^rn'ii to imrh /(fiic/i.
The A ui'iistii (,
'onrier says ;()ur iO'I/JIi-
liour /•'. has llie ii::lil iiolion nf. lliiii'os.
[|i- is a niecliimic ,an d hns acciiinul.ited .i
cuui p' lcnl Ioiiune by miuiliu<> Ins oui;
luisine .
ss an d Idling ulher peop le 's alone .
lie has I'.in pi'oiiiJMiio ami j udusii ions
sons , who m lie is able to educate al t' ol-
leL'e. ()nc is no w piir.suing a course of
education al College ,and llic oilier is pre-
paring io lollow Iuin soon, Du.iing vnca-
tions ,an d ill nil leisure seasons ,ihey find
lluir places at the win k
¦
bench with their
fuller. Alier securing the honors of Co|-
li'!.
( c, (hey will not become ininisleis ,
lawye r--,unr do'-lors , bui tnec/itniic >t. Ac-
(|uiiini.
> in schools an d iu '
colleiic , the
esenli.il princi ples o f 111•
¦if Inline oi'lip I-
lions ,when they will (ininli their et/itrtn 'itj ii
as a pprentices to socie wo rth y mechanic.
And even now we venture (o predict of
the m,they will obtain a belter living, and
rive to more envia ble distinction iusi oci-
et y, than the major ity of then class males
who enter th'* learned professions. An
education not reducible — pardon llie word
—to practical, put poses is ol little worth ,
and oiiL'lil lo confer but little honor on il-s
posse ssor.