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Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul,
Follow thy friend belov'd;
The spirit is not there.
Often together have we talk'd of death,
How sweet it were to see
All doubtful things made clear;
How sweet it were with powers
Such as the cherubim,
To view the depths of heaven !
Oh! Edmund! thou hast first
Begun the travel of eternity.
I gaze amid the stars, ,
And think that thou itt there
Unfettered, as the thought that follows thee.
And we have said how sweet it were
To watch the friend we lov'd ;
Edmund ! we did not err.
Sure I have felt thy presence ; thou hast
Given a birth to holy thought,
That kept me from the worldunstam'd&pur u
Edmund! we did not err.
Our best affections here,
They are not like the toys of infancy ;
The soul outgrows them not ;
We do not cast them off.
Oh! if it could be so,
It were, indeed, a dreadful thing to die.
NOT to the grave, not to the grave, my soul,
Descend to contemplate „
The form that once was dear;
Feed not on thoughts so loathly hoiTible.
The spirit is not there,
That kindled that dead eye,
That throbb'd in that cold heart,
That, in that motionless hand,
Has met thy friendly grasp.
It is but lifeless, perishable flesh,
That moulders in the grave,
Earth, air, and water's ministering particles,
Now to the elements
Resolv'd, their uses done.
ISAIAH TIIOMAS, Esq ; the
author of the History of Printing,
which is now announced, has long
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Communication. —A number of
those valuable animals, the real ME
RINO SHEEP, have lately been im
ported into this country from Spain.
They bight to be considered as a trea
sure of the first magnitude. It is
therefore respectfully and earnestly re
commended to agricultural gentlemen,
who may become possessed of these
sheep, to discourage crossing the
breed, and to endeavour to perpetuate
the real Merino race in this country.
If these hints should be promptly and
generally attended to, we may expect
a few years to see the Merino sheep
excluding^! others. #
If, however, crossing the breed is
persisted in, a few years „, serve to
cause the raceofNerffloslo beno long.
iNot to the grave, not to the grave, my soul,
Follow thy friend belov'd;
But at the lonely hour,
But in the evening walk,
Think that he companies thy solitude;
Think that he holds with thee
Mysterious intercourse;
And, tho' remembrance wake a tear,
There will be joy in grief.
Sept. 1810.
MR. BEALS,
The following singular, as well as
beautifully sentimental stanzas, were
lately handed me by a friend, and are
now communicated for publication.
Whence they were obtained, or wheth
er they have yet met the public eye, I
am alike ignorant; but they certainly
struck me, upon first inspection, as un
usually plaintive and elegant, and the
pleasure has hot been diminished by
any subsequent perusal. C.
FROM THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
THE DEAD FRIEND.
^iscellanp.
POETRY.
=%*> =-
Newburyport contains 16000 souls ;
of this number upwards of 2000 are
under the age of 10 years.
The population of Salem, amounts
to upwards of 12,000 souls.
By the new Census, Beverly con
tains 5693 inhabitants —viz. r
Males. Females.
Under 10 years, 860 980
Between 10& 16 509 460
16 &26 462 413
26 &45 602 590
Over 45 326 488
Written by Judge HALE, Lord
Chief Justice of England, and wa%
found in his closet amongst his oth
er papers, after his decease.
HE that feafe the LORD of Heav
en and earth, yplks humbly before
Him, thankfully lays hold of the
Message of Redemption by JESUS
CHRIST, and strives to express his
Thankfulness by the sincerity of his
Obedience : He is sorry with all his
soul when he comes short of his duty.
He walks watchfully in the Denial of
himself, and holds no Confederacy
with any Lust or known Sin ; if he
falls in the least Measure, he is restless
till he has made his Peace by true Re
pentance. He is true to his Promises,
just in his dealings, charitable to the
Poor, sincere in his Devotion. He
will not deliberately dishonour God,
although secure of Impunity. He hath
his hopes and his Conversation in Heav
en, and dares not do any thing unjust
ly, be it ever so much to his advantage;
and this because he sees Him that is
invisible, add fears Him because he
loves Him; fears Him as well for His
Goodness as His Greatness.—Such a
Man, whether he be an Episcopalian
or a Presbyterian, an Independent
or an Anabaptist; whether he wears
a surplice, or wears none ; whether he
hoars Organs, or hears none; whether
he kneels at the Communion, or for
Conscience sake stands or sits, he hath
the life of Religion in him ; and that
life acts in him, and will conform his
Solid to the Image of his SAVIOUR,
and go along with him into Eternity,
notwithstanding his practice or non
practice of things indifferent.—On the
other side, if a man fears not the eter
nal GOD, he can commit Sin with
presumption ; drink excessively, swear
vainly or falsely, commit adultery, lie,
cozen, cheat, break his Promise, live
loosely, though at the same time he
may be studious to practice every Cere
mony, even to a scrupulous exactness,
or may perhaps as stubbornly oppose
them. —Although such an one should
cry down Bishops, or Presbytery;
though he should be rebaptized every
Day, or declaim against it as Heresy ;
and though he fast all the lent, or feast
out of Pretence of avoiding Supersti
tion ; yet notwithstanding these, and
a thousand external Conformities, or
zealous Oppositions of them, he wants
the Life of Religion.
As the Lombardy Poplar is now
much cultivated among us principally
for ornament and shade, it is asked —
May not this handsome tree so easily
propagated, and of such rapid growth,
by Inoculation and Grafting become
very useful tons : become a Tree from
which we may gather Apples and
Pears, if not also Peaches and Plumbs ?
—ls it a fact, that none but a seed stock
can be made to bear seed Fruit ; and
so, ofa stone stock ?—Perhaps not.
We know, that the apple and pear
may successfully be grafted on the
thorn, and may it not also -on the
Lombardy Poplar, which has a deli
cate smooth bark, and much sap ? In
due time, let us try the experiment.—
It is now the season for inoculation.
HINT.
August, 1810.
^known. A few hundreds of Me
rinos must eventually be lost in inter
miximg with the thousands, of other
' sheep now in the country, unless a
complete separation of the species is
patriotically persevered in. The im
portation of Merinos cannot last long.
Either France or Spain will soon put
an end to it. It were to be wished
that the Agricultural Societies would
take this important subject into con
sideration.
^The printers of papers through
out the United States, are requested
to publish the above, and make it as
generally known as is possible,
Fr. Jour.
2759 2877
People of colour 57
Wenham contains'BSl inhabitants —
266 males 277 females —people of col
our 8.
Hamilton contains 785 inhabitants
—males'377 females 392—people of
colour 16.
Ipswich 3698 inhabitants—males
1694—females 1950 —people of col
our 54.
Newbury contains 5202 inhabitants.
THE SUM OF RELIGION.
CENSUS.
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Cordwainer, deceased, represented in
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their claims, and that we shall attend
that service at the house of Maj. Ben
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P.M. ENOCH ROWE.
EDMUND PEARSON.
JEREMIAH DOW.
Exeter, August 30th, 1810.
Watch Lost.
T OST in Kensington or Exeter,
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Kensington, Sept. sth, 1810.
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The blanchy was sent from Algiers
to Marseilles with the French consul,
in consequence of a misunderstanding
between the Dey and himself.
The Blanchy has brought a fine Ara
bian horse for Dr. Thornton, erf Wash
ington, and some choice sheep for the
President of the United States. She
also brings dispatches from consul Lear
to government.
[LATE OMISSIONS.]
Cmthe MEDITERANEAN.
The Brig Blanchy, Capt. Cotton,
arrived at Baltimore on the 9th, in 55
days from Algiers. An embargo was
laid on at Algiers on the 14th July,
in consequence of an Algerine frigate
and brig being about to sail for Smyr
na ; the brig Expectation, of Philadel
phia, would go under their con
voy; five French privateers laid there
with their sails unbent.
An arrival in Philadelphia from Lis
bon, brings accounts to thellth Au
gust. At that time no new event had
occurred ; but it was expected an at
tack, or general battle would take
place on the 15th August, the birth
day of Napoleon, who had given posi
tive orders to the Prince of Essling, to
be in Lisbon, by the 30th of August,
and be crowned King of Portugal.
The accounts from Cadiz mention,
that 1500 troops had been landed at
Ayamonte, on the Portuguese frontier.
The bombardment continued ; but no
impression was made on Cadiz. Ad.
Keats commanded the fleet in the har
bor, which consisted of 8 English and
6 Spanish sail of the line, four English
and four Spanish frigates, three prison
ships, four bombketches, a number of
gun-boats, and about 45 sail of trans
ports.
The above named Henry Hausman
came from New-York in Capt. Vand
eripp's packet, to New-Brunswick, on
the eleventh of July, in company with
a voung woman about 18 or 20 years
old, whom he passed as his wife, but
who was not so. It is believed they
remained in Brunswick for two or
three days. He had been employed in
a grocery and wine store in N. York.
The above reward will be paid for
the apprehension bf the said Hausman
and recovery of the money, or two
hundred dollars for his apprehension
only, and' confinement in prison; on
application to JOHN HART.
No. 104 north Fourth Street,
Philadelphia.
HENRY HAUSMAN,
A German, about thirty two years old,
five feet eight or nine inches high, stout
built, dark complexion and dark eyes,
short dark hair, high cheek bones,
large mouth and thick lips, very much
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the appearance of being slightly pock
marked ; he speaks German, French
and English, the latter he pronounces
thick, lie wore a black coat, nan
keen pantaloons, half boots and a
black hat; but these he will probably
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