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How soon may the tempest be o'er,
And placid become the mad wave ;
How happy again on the shore,
Or his fears finish'd in the wet grave.
The snow and the rain will be gone,
Andthe beggar's eyes soon the light bless;
Perhaps he may find in the morn,
Sweet mercy relieve his distress.
But the wretch that is doom'd to adore,
To love, and be lov'd not again,
May wander the wide world all o'er,
And shall never abscond from his pain.
To the Algerine oar to be chain'd,
To be toss'd on the rough, raging sea,
With hunger and frost to be pain'd
Seem almost but pleasures to me.
For I look on the maid I admire,
And I gaze with an eye fix'd as death,
Tilt the throb of my weak pulse expire,
And forgot is the use of my breath.
On the sad aching pillow when laid,
Her image before me will gleam ;
And I rave when I wake on my bed,
And discover 'tis only a dream.
Again would I feign full in sleep
The hours that my sorrows compose ;
But anguish, his sceptre to keep,
Suffers not these stiff eyelids to close.
Whenever the fair one I see
Trip by me so easy and light, *
Her eyes throw a slight glance on me:
'Mine follow her clear out of sight.
At the dance, my long pains to beguile,
Whenever 1 happen to be,
On others she'll constantly smile,
But she never will smile upon me.
No music I find in my song;
No wit in the smart repartee ;
With decay the fresh lily smells strong;
And the rose has no fragrance for me,
The color, my cheek that o'erspread,
< Has faded away to a pale,
From my bones the plump flesh has all fled ;
And my slender frame waves with the gale.
E'en hope too has taken her flight.
I sob and I all alone sigh:
Sad nature sinks fast in my sight;
I shall certainly, certainly die.
In St. Pierre's voyage to the Isle of
France (where Negro slaves are used
mare barbarously than in any other
part of the known world) the writer
§ays, " Blacks are frequently unable
to endure their hard lots, and give
themselves up to despair ; some hang
or poison themselves ; others will get
into a little boat, and without sails,
provisions or compass, hazard a toy.
of two hundred leagues, that they
return to Madagascar. For the
most part they secrete themselves in
the woods, where they are hunted by
parties of soldiers, and by other ne.
small pot; is hung over the ball, with
a hole in its bottom, so small that
water put into it will only fall in small
drops. By this the rope is kept
constantly moist, a circumstance nec
essary to the easy admission of the
.young roots. In about 3 weeks it is
supposed that some of the roots have
struck into the rope, when the re
jnainder of the bark is cut, and the
former incision carried deeper into the
wood ; it is repeated in three weeks
more. In about two months, the
roots are seen intersecting each other
on the surface of the ball, which is a
sign that they are sufficiently advanced
to admit of the separation of the branch
from the tree, which is done by sawing
at the incision, taking care not to cut
the rope, which by this time is rotten,
and the branch is planted as a young
tree. By this means when the branch
es are large, three or four years are
sufficient to bring them to a state of
full bearing : Timber trees, it is sup
posed, may be advantageously pro
pagated in the same way.
Me sometimes her presence will bless,
And sire'll deign for a moment to stay ;
Her hand e'er so soft if I press,
She scornfully draws it away.
The Chinese, instead of raising their
fruit trees from seeds or grafts as is the
practice in Europe, adopt the follow
ing method : They Select a branch fit
for the purpose, and round it they
wind a rope of straw besmeared with
cow dung, until a ball is formed five
or six times the diameter of the branch.
—lmmediately under this ball, tltey di
vide the bark down to the wood, for
nearly two thirds of the circumference
of the branch. A cocoa nut shell, or
What horror the seaman dismays,
When the rocks and the tempests alarm:
And the blank moon, emitting no rays,
Increases the woes of the storm.
When the cold wint'ry wind and fierce Snow
Beat all night on the bare beggar's frame,
What mis'ry the wand'rer must know;
For no happy home can he claim.
At last may sweet liberty' bless
TheMave, and his chains disengage ;
Or habit his torments make less,
And the habit oflong hours assuage.
HOW great are thepains of the slave,
Confin'd to the Algerine oar;
Condemn'd, as he ploughs the wild wave,'
To expect his own country no more.
Propagation of Fruit Trees.
UNPITIED HENRY.
gXscelUnp.
POETRY.
groes With dogs. Samp of the inhab
itants fore parties of t^ure tor
this purpose—put up a negro as they
would a wild beast, and if they cannot
hunt him down, will shoot him, cutoff
his head, and bring it in triumph to
town upon the end of a stick !"
The following accident which hap
pened at Glasgow on Thursday last,
suggests an useful warning : a boy, of
about three years of age, was left sleep
ing in a folding bed ; when a servant
coming in to arrange the furniture and
clean the room, negligently folded the
bed without taking notice of the child.
About a quarter of an hour after, the
mother came in airs missing her child,
turned down the bed and found itcom
pressed and smothered by the bed
clothes. Every means of resuscitation
was instantly tried, but without suc
cess.—London paper.
Dayton, (Ohio) June 23.
Melancholy Occurrence. —The fol
lowing melancholy occurrence hap
pened near Troy, Miami county, on
Saturday the 17th instant. A boy be
tween nine and ten years old, the son
of Mr. Joseph Beedle, was found in
an elm tree, suspended by the neck.
It was supposed that in ascending the
tree, and attempting to force himself
between the trunk and a branch that
grew almost perpendicular, he lost his
foothold, and was caught by the neck
between the trunk of the tree and the
branch. One of his arms was confined,
being and thus unable to extricate him
self,his own weight soon choaked him to
death.—The child's parents were at
meeting about two miles off. His youn
ger brothers were at the house, which
was near; they heard the noise and
ran to the tree, and from thence to the
meeting ; but before the unhappy par
ents could come to his relief, their child
was no more.<
A stroke of wit, accompanied by a
delicacy of insult, was played off by a
lady, who was engaged shortly to be
married. The intended bridegroom
perceiving her talking for a consider
able time, and 'with much apparent
pleasure to another gentleman, said
to her, " I will be revenged of your in
fidelity, & <how the letters which you
have written me." " Do," said the
lady, '' I have nothing to blush for
except the direction."
A Gentleman having observed in
company, that a deceased friend, a
lawyer, had left behind him very few
effects ; I can readily believe it, (said
a female wit present) he had very few
causes.
A certain rich physician, was lately
complaining in a coffee-house, that he
had three fine daughters, to whom he
should give ten thousand dollars eacli ;
and yet he could find no body to mar
ry them. " With your leave Doctor,"
said an Irishman, who was present,
stepping up and making a bow, " I'll
take two of them !"
St. Pierre adds, “ These unfortunate
creatures are, however, indulged with
dogs ; but it is an undoubted fact, that
these animals know perfectly, even in
the dark, not only white man, but
even a dog belonging to a white man,
both of whom they fear and hate ;
howling as soon as they approach.
On the contrary, dogs of white peo
ple seem to have adopted the senti
ments of their masters ; and at the least
encouragement will fly with the utmost
fury upon a slave, or upon his dog."
A learned gentleman, in one of the
Eastern States, who professes himself
master of six tongues, advertises for a
wife. He may possibly meet with his
match.
A man carrying a cradle, was stop,
ped by an old woman, & thus accosted.
So, sir, you have got some of the fruits
of matrimony." Softly, softly, old
lady," said he, " you mistake, this is
merely the fruit basket."
Much like our folks.
Charles ll. —After the death of
Charles 11. fanaticism was so high in
England, that there was an order of
the privy counsel, " that no beer
should be brewed on a Saturday."
This very singular order being the sub
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the king then was—One of the cour
tiers wondered what they could mean
by it ; when 'Charles quickly replied,
" You may depend on it, the reason
why they will not suffer beer to be
brewed on Saturday, is for fear it
should work on Sunday."
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House of Commons. Here there was
a general cry of, Name him ! name him !
' No!' says Mr. Fox, ' I don't choose
to name him, though I might do it as
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