The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-10-08 00:00:00, page 4

From the Daily Advertiser.
-A farmer residing on the western
side of the Ohio river, between Stu ben
ville and Fort Pitt, discovered on his
ground, a high mound, or constructure
of earth, which his cupidity led him to
believe, contained some precious met
als—perhaps gold and silver! the long
forgotten and neglected deposit of its
original proprietor.
Elated with the idea of future afflu
ence, he hasted to explore the secret
repository of expected wealth—-when
after digging near 6 feet, he discovered
the entire skeleton of a human body,
measuring near seven feet in length!
The head and feet were covered with
two flat stones. Two earthen cups
were also placed, one at the head and
the other at the feet—one of which
was broken—the other being entire,
contained seven large white beads, of
different sizes—supposed to have a
dorned the neck of the deceased during
life. On the pot were some rude, but
curious carvings, serving doubtless as a
hieroglyphical inscription, with the fol
lowing figures 567 clearly distinguish
able.
The figures, which some apprehend
to be the date, or existing period of the
world, at the time of interment, clearly
prove the early aquaintance of the an
cients with scientific knowledge, cotem
porary with the use of letters. $
The undefaced appearance of the in
scription, and the early date, militate
against the idea of its being tyrteddu.
POETRY.
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the
shade,
Where cold and unhohored his relics are
laid: *
Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that are
shed,
As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er
his head!
But the night dew tliat falls, though in si
lence it weeps,
Shall brighten, with verdure, the grave
where he sleeps :—
And the tear that we shed, though in secret
it rolls,
Shall long keep his memory green in our
souls.
The following Latin Ode is suppos:
cd to have been written towards the
close of the fifteenth Century, but
was never before published.
ODA, AD CHRIST. COLUMBUM.
1
VIRUM qute causa impulit audacem,
Rate transire fines Atlanticos,
Et viam persequere intentatam
In Mare patenti?
2
An desideriuni tentare novas
Res inquietum quod regit Spiritum?
An amor gloria? ardens ? aut sordidus
Auri Cupido ?
3
Hunc, nec venti truces, nes furiose
Flexerunt aquae, non indignantes
Socii speratam, neque dira fames',
Linquere metam.
4
Cum per incertam nebulam erupit
Tellus, et novam patefecit formam,
Quo tibi gaudio calebat pectus,
Magne Columbe. G. H.
Translation.
ObE, TO Christopher Columbus.
What cause induced thee daring man,
to pass in a bark, the Atlantic bound
aries of the ancient world, and to
prosecute an unfrequented path thro'
the interminable ocean ?
' Was it the desire of experiencing
novelty, which governs the restless and
unquiet mind ? Was it the ardent
love of glory ? Or was it, the sordid
thirst of gold ?
Neither the rough winds, nor the
furious waves, nor his indignant and
discontented crew, nor even the dread
of hunger, could compel him to aban
don the pursuit of his expected goal !
When through the uncertain haze,
the western world broke forth, and
disclosed to thy view, her new and
fertile form, with what joy did thy
bosom glow, O great Columbus !
G.H.
The following elegant lines as a tes
timonial of the ardor with which he
cherishes the memory of Emmett :
;AMERICAN ANTIQUITY.
" When my country .takes her place
among the nations of the earth, then,
and not till then, let my epitaph be
written." Anacereon Moore has
seized on this last expiring wish of the
brave and eloquent Robert Emmett,
and with " a heart affectionately alive
to the virtues, talents, and principles"
of his fellow student, introduced to
the celebrated Irish tune, " The Brown
Maid."'
From the Quebec Gazette.
sisceiun,.
ROBERT EMMETT. .
Some years since a very learned
Frenchman undertook to prove the
advantages and superiority of the
French language to the Latin. With
In the same book we find an account
of a very brave officer, who never dar
ed to look at a mouse, it would terri
fy him, unless he had his sword in his
hand. M. de Lancre says he knew
him perfectly well.'
There are some persons who Cannot
bear to see spiders, and others who
eat them as a luxury.
Under this article it is our intention
merely to relate some very remarka
ble antipathies, and not to enquire
into their causes, that being a subject
which we must leave to the more pro
found scholar.
The Duke of Schomberg had the
same kind of antipathy.
A gentleman in the court of the
Emperor Ferdinand would bleed at
the nose on hearing the mewing of a
cat, however great the distance might
be from him.
M. de Lancre in his Tableau de V
Inconstance de toutes choses, gives an
account of a very sensible man who was
so terrified at seeing a hedgehog, that
for two years he imagined his bowels
were gnawed by such an animal.
Mr. Vangheim, a great huntsman in
Hanover, would faint, or if hehad
sufficient time, would run away at the
sight of a roast pig.
The philosopher Chrysippus had
such an aversion to being reverenced,
that if any one saluted him he would
fall down.
John Rol, a gentleman in Alcantara,
would swoon on hearing the word Zana
(wool) pronounced, although his cloak
was made of wool.
A lady, a native of France, would
faint on seeing boiled lobsters. Some
other persons, of the same country
would experience the same inconveni
ence from the smell of roses, though
particularly partial to the odour of
jonquils or tuberoses.
I have read of a gentleman who
would fall into convulsions at the
sight of a carp.
Erasmus, though a nativs of Rotter
dam, had such an aversion to fish, that
the smell of it gave him a fever.
Ambrose Pare mentions a gentleman
who never could see an eel without
fainting.
Joseph Scaliger, and Peter Abono,
never could drink milk.
Henry IIL of France could never
sit in a room with a cat.
vian—yet we cannot pretend to aver
its reference to the year of our Lord;
because the probable barbarism of the
age in those remote and uncultivated
regions—and our knowledge of the
aborigines, does not warrant that con
clusion. We however leave the inter
ference to the ingenious reader.
A yellow piece of metal, discovered
near the neck and breast of the skele
ton, shews the estimation which that
article was held by the wearer; it
probably being suspended from his
neck, to denote the superiority, or the
affluence of his station.
The mound in which the skeleton
was found, was of a circular form at
the base; and measuring about twenty
feet to the summit; on which grew large
trees near two feet over, known to
have been cut upwards of twenty years
ago!•
The narrator adds, that a great number
of human bones, have been dug up in
that state of much larger size than
those common to our modern grave
yards—which seems to indicate that a
larger race of men than the present,
once peopled the regions of the globe.
K.
Cardan was particularly disgusted
at the sight of eggs.
If an apple was shewn to Chesne,
secretary to Francis I. a prodigious
quantity of blood would issue from
his nose.
Uladislaus, King of Poland, could
not bear to see apples.
Formerly there were many persons,
surnamed the Devil. Inan old book,
the name of which I cannot just now
call to mind, I have read of a Rog
erius Diabolus, Lord of Montresor.
An English Monk, Willelmus,
cognomento Diabolus.
And another person, Hughes Ie Di
able, Lord of Lusignan.
Robert Duke of Normandy, son to
William the Conqueror, was surnam
ed the Devil.
In Norway and in Sweden there
were two families of the name of
Trolle, in English Devil ; and every
branch of these,families bad an emblem
of the Devil for their coat of arms.
In Utrecht there was also a family
called Teufel or Devil; likewise in
Brittany there was a family of the
name Diable. i
The superiority of the Latin Lan
guage to (he French.
DEVIL, a Family Name.
ANTIPATHIES.
But it is not so in the French phrase,
Pierre aime Dieu, where the arrange
ment marks the meaning ; for if 1
transpose the word Dieu, which is the
accusative, and say, Dieu aime Pier
re, I say what I do not mean ; and
say, Dieu Pierre aime, or Pierre
Dieu aime, or aime Pierre Dieu, or
aime Dieu Pierre, the expression
would be rude and barbarous.
The following elegant passage is
copied from a late English publication :
" At this tremendous crisis, England
—unshrinking and alone—abandoned
by all the vassal powers of Europe—
is still strong in courage and in hope.—
We are troubled on every side, yet
not distressed; we are perplexed but
not in despair; persecuted, but not
forsaken ; cast down, but not destroy
ed. At this eventful period, surround
ed by the wreck of empires, England
is the great Atlas that supports the
moral world. Thus situated, it is
more than ever necessary that she
should cultivate that high tone of hon
ourable feeling—that Moral rectitude
of mind-—by which she stands distin
guished above all the nations of the
earth. These have hitherto been the
noble attributes of the national charac
ter ; I trust they will long continue so
to be." *—
ST. ALBANS, SEPT. 13.
On the 2d inst. Elder Smith of Der
by, in this state, returning home from
a visit at Windsor, where he was for
merly settled as a Baptist minister, was
observed by his family to be in a very
gloomy state of mind. His wife in
quired the cause, to which he replied
that he was under strong temptations.
This, his wife understood, as about
nine years before he had been in a
similar situation, from which having
recovered, he told his wife, that on
such a certain night he became almost
determined to murder her, his family
and himself—of course she supposed
on this occasion, that he might recover
as before, and desired him to pray for
divine assistance. The next day he
continued extremely Rejected. On the
morning of the 4th inst. he arose about
day light, walked the. room a few
times, calling his wife by name, who
being asleep, did not answer him.
(This is related by one of his children
then awake in the room.) He then
left the house. The family arose rath
er late in the morning, and not finding
him about the house, his wife conclud
ed he had retired to secret prayer.
After a while she grew uneasy about
him, and sent to one of the neighbours
to enquire after him, and finding he
had not been there she became more
alarmed. At length two of the little
children went to the barn, and there
discovered him hanging ! They scream
ed aloud that their daddy was hanging
in the barn. The neighbours imme
diately collected, and finding him life
less, suffered him to remain in the same
situation, till after the jury of inquest
brought in their verdict — Premeditat
ed Suicide.-',
It appeared evident that on entering
the barn, he took up an adze, and
struck himself with the head of it, two
or three times; then turned the edge,
and cut a large gash on the back of
his head. From the place where he
made this attempt, his bloody tracks
were followed to the other end of the
barn, where he was found, suspended
By a pair of leading lines.
He was about 36 years of age% has
left a widovy, 3 sons, and 5 daughters
the eldest about 16 years of age<
this view he published a very erudite
work ; but the opinions which : t con
tained were not just, and they were
very successfully combated by most
of the literary men. The most of the
distinguished antagonist which he had
was the learned Bishop Huet, who,
among many powerful arguments, sug
gested one in my opinion demonstra
tively decisive im favour of the Latin.
The number of cases which we have
in the Latin nouus, as in the Greek
from whence they are derived, are not
to be found in the French, nor in any
language derived from the Latin, not
even in the Hebrew. This variety of
case produces a very sensible effect
in the use, and so various and extensive
as to place the Latin beyond all com
parison : one example will be suf
ficient. If I wish to say in French
" Peter loves God, it can only be
expressed by this single phrase—
Pierre aime Dieu; but to express the
same in Latin ; it may be done in six
different ways— Petrus amat Deum
—Petrus Deum amat —Deum Petrus
amat —Deum amat Petrus—Amat
Petrus Deum —Amat Deum Petrus.
The difference of the accusative
Deum with the nominative Deus oc
casions this variety : for as it is placed/
in this phrase, it preserves its significa
tion, and the case is gover ^l, while
the sense is not in the least altered.
The nouns therefore do not admit
of transposition ; and if ever it is done
as a poetical licence, they must be
very wisely arranged, and sparingly
employed.
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 young 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 of 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.
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short dark hair, high cheek bones,
large mouth and thick lips, very much
tanned and freckled, which gives him
the appearance of bgng slightly pock
marked ; he speaks German, French
and English, the latter he pronounces
thick. He wore a black coat, nan
keen pantaloons, half boots and a
black hat; but these he will probably
change.
He had with him and may offer to
have exchanged,
One SIOOO note of the bank of the
United tates,
One SSOO note of the same bank,
Fours 100 notes of the Philadelphia
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Sept, 29.
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