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MISCELLANEOUS.
From the (Phiidd.) United States Gazette
GAMBLING.

AAiBBlNG.
Considerations editors of public journals
consider it a sacred duty to minsle with
articles Of general intelligence which they
ate obliged to furnish, such other essays,
aescrp tinns aud reports as tend TO promote
The cause of religion and morality, such ar
fitlps as present UutUe III all her heavenly
beauty, and Uiee in all its awful defarmi-
ties. The length of the following interest
ing extract ought TO deter none 4 ON read
ing it it ought to be read by all. The
christian and the mUralist may read II with
benefit. its au ful details will strike them
y RI h,,rrar, bat that horror Will be sue
seeded with gratitude to Heaven for inter
posing tbs shield of virtue between them
and ruin. The young aud the giddy may
read il with benetit--thcy viii see pour
trased in glowing colors the ttrrihle.ef' ct
Of Welding to temptation, they may avoid
Tie first sep i0to gambling house; for
fhe I'll ST step towards the commission OF d
crime is most generally a removal OF that
barrier " HEB separates an honest man FROM
a villain. 1t may be read with benefit by
shose W ha have already passed the tbresh-
hold of vice, whose initiation Into those
sinks ofipfamy is still fresh in their mem
0fr--lt presents ~ ticill ii u I'M w" w
the slippery pfecipice on which they totter,
and at the same moment opensto Their eyes
tie yawning gsAph Of destruction below,
where misery and despair, crime and
indebtedness, await them. These unfoI
Innate beings may be reclaimed. The
EGddess of virtue extends her snowy arms,
and while she drops a tear for the first alb
CREATION from her paths, consents tn receive
as her votaties all those who with mistaken
resolution determine 70 walk in her ways.
But can we say tlTat such u description as
the following can be read with benefit by
Ne professed the confirmed gambler ?
Win ii make an Impression 90 a mind 50
abject in infamy as his ? Has he not often
altered the innocent and unsuspectinS INTO
MS detrsted snares and pased the way for
their temporal and eternal ruin has he not
Broken the hearts Of many mothers, and
rendered miserable many helpless chill.
mn. does not his guilty heart rejoice nhen
he reflects on the number of families, who's
atiiuence he has changed into poverty and
despair, aud dars not the smile OF Il demon
light up his CHASTITY countenance when he
Witnesses tue anguish aud remorse of his
victims Have we a word for such t
munster: Yes, we hase---we have a ware
tor hun which will penetrate with dreadful
nreh0dhgs into the deepest teLesses of hl'
Black aud hideous soul-we tell him--ntoH
a,er, read the follow ing AND rREMBLE
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POETR. Ky.
THE SODA FOUNTAIN

TIE SODA FOUNTAIN.
There IS not in the city place half 50 sweeI
As the fount where the nir and the pure wa
ters meet;
Oh, lis sparkling and foam are as bright and
as free ;.
As the phosphoric light Of the dark summer
sea.
Yet il is not like vine, TINT, SO dark and so
red,
Wreathes its foul fumes around the wild bac-
chanals head,
Who, maudlin, conlesses his hev'rage unblest,
While it csnkers his peace, his affections and
rest.
Far less like the poisop' all daily pout'd forth
As IA Cause to our land, from the south TO the
north,
Oh no. not like these, for as ether tits pure,
And its fragrance, aud freshness and virtue
are sure.
Sweet Soda love thee, when the summer
sun high
Sheds abroad his fierce rays through the sun
and the sky
When fatigue sinks the body, heat moisteus
the brow,
zhere is uought SO refreshing, SO cooling as
thou.
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~ I'm destined to. I'm not the first
& "0Hiave been wretched-but 10 thInk how
much
lsve been happier Southern.
Never shall | forget that accused
9Th of September ; it is burnt in
upon the tablet of my memory gra-
ven IN letters of blood upon my heart.
look back upon it with strangely
compounded feelings Of horror and
delight; OF horror at the black series
0i"retched days and slrepless nights
oil Which il was the fatal precursor /;
Oh delight at that previous career Of
tranquility and sclf-rcspect W hich it
Vas destined to tel'minate-alas, for
ever
On that day had been about a
fortnight in Paris, and in passing
through the garden of the palais
N"yai bad stopped to admire the
beautiful jee d'eau in its centre, on
which the sun-beams We're falling So
as To produce small rainbow, when
was accostcd by my old friend Maj.
E, Of the Fusilcers. After the
aFst surprise and salutations, rs he
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-15
ROUGE Ell NOIR.


------'' tonId forgot
What have been, | might the better hear
~ nm destined to. I'm not the first
& "uRhave been mretched-but 10 think how
much
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-08-20

which he assembled and looked in at the window
Sir Maurice stood immoveable and silent-he look
ed up, and the man answered the earnest express
sion of his eyes; he is asleep said he. He is
dead ? murmured the father
The servant broke a pane of the window, and
opening the easement, entered the room. The "a
Their changing his gloomy steadfastness for frenzed
anxiety, rushed up the ladder The servant had
thrown aside the curtains and the clothes, and dis
played TO the eyes of Sir Maurice, his son lying
dead serpent twined round his arm, and his
throat covered with blood The reptile had crept
from the faggot last sent him, and fulfilled the pro
Dhecy
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-08-20

FROM THE CINCINNATI LITERARY GAZETTE.
To the Editors

titC A1HttWo.
GExTLEMEN-The enclosed letter, and
another, which shall probably send YOU
have never been published They CON
tain some facts relative to Robert Burns.
which may be new to some of the friends
and admirers Of the poet in this country
Should You think proper to give them
place in the Literary Gazette, they may
perhaps be read with interest, BY some Of
his countrymen in America, and recall to
their remembrance the days Of their
youth, and happier hours, which can re-
turn no more. Y
rpINBuRG, JUNE IL, Is
Max DEAR FRIEND--
My last was addressed to YOU from
London. left that city few days after
| wrote you, and had pleasant Journey
Into Scotland having spent one dav in
tac ancient city Of York, and passed
through number Of interesting towns
aud villages: among which were New
c4stle-upon Tyne, Berwick -upon-Tweed
nd wv pleasant little village Of IIadding-
Iol, we'll known to tine religious world as
Hide residence Of the emincntly pious and
learned John Brown
AT eleven o'clock last night reached
ths city, and have spent to-day in looking
AZ the curiosties and adm;ring the gran
Jeur aha beauty Of ,Scotia's darling scar
Among all that attracted my attention,
and interested my feelings and my heart,
J need not tell You that was particularly
pleased IN having an opportunity Of visit
ing The spot in which the remains Of poor
ferguson, the poet, are deposited, and
reading he inscription On the stone cree.
cd % bis memory by Burns-his brother
in intellectual excellence, as well as in
misfortune and an early tomb.
Ferguson, YOU know, died young. Tie
was scarcely known among the rich, and
had little or no patronage. He was the
child Of misfortune in every thing but
real genius, and ne seemed % feel that his
inheritance on earth was only sorrow ard
appointment, when, ia The sadness Of
his heart, and in the language Of one If
~ ~y-E1t,ra,y
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.3yr, IAnf l5, IS.
My DEAR FRIEND-Herc | am al last,
within two miles of the very spot which
gave birth to our favorite BuRNs. | arriv-
ed about two o'clock, dined AZ three, and
set out Immediately 10 see Z" bis auld clay
biggin." Ii is a neat lttle cottage, stu
ated on the right hand side Of the road
from Glasgow to Por' Patrick, near tie
banks Of the Doan, surrounded is very
beautiful and interesting scenery; aud
within a short distance Of the ruins Of
,dllo7yay Kirk, 50 well known III the Tale
Of" Tam O'Shanter 1t IS covered with
hatch, and just below tie eve, and be-
tween the door and window Of the hay-
iour, is board With this hunt inscrip-
tion: "Robert Burns, the Ayrshire Poet,
was born under this roof on the 29,h OF
January, l159." In the corner Of ue
room stands rude portrait Ut tAe p9e,,
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with nearly the same inscription. I was
conducted to the family apartment, (the
house is now a TAVERN and had the very
corner pointed out to me, in which the
bard was brought forth; and it is re
m arka able, that this humble but honoreC
cottage has never been the birth place Of
any other individual. The inhabitants Of
the neighborhood are very particular in
communicating this singular fact. II
deed, one cannot speak to them Of BURN.
or Of his works, without awak eniEg III
them a strong desire to oblige the living
and do honor to the dead. They seem
anxious to please, and are sure TO tell YOU
all they know Of this extraordinary m an
and really, the more | know Of BURNs,
the more strongly am / convinced that
such an extraordinary genius has seldom,
appeared in the world AS poet Of ma
ture, formed to soften the affections and
to melt the heart, where has he ever been
eXcelled? and as man, even "with all
his faults, who has ever been more uni
versally beloved Those who knew him
best, loved him most, and have, not TN
frequently, been found weeping over the
pages he left them to keep III remem-
brance the happy or more melancholy
days in which they were composed.
lie was a man, take him for all ii a
Scotland shall never see his like again
Having spent some time in converse
ton about the poet and his old compea-
ions in the neighborhood, walked ou
alone to take view of the scene Of
Tam O'Shanter" from the $ cross
ing Of the ford" followed his path
g through the whins," &c. to the " kew
stone Of the Brig" where I sat down a. &.
opened . small volume Of the poems q
thousand recollrctions all rushed ur0.
ms heart at once, and ! felt, most fu.eI-
bly,, that this world is not the rest at
man. How evanCscent and nerishiu
are all earthly things. how quickly a.
men Of the brightest intellect and Of Il.
most exalted attainments, pass away II
a moment they descend into the narlc"
house, and are srrA % more '.Ta
days Of the years Of mans life, arc I--
and e0H He cometh forth rs a flowe~.
and is cut down; he feeth also as 4 sha
dow, and continueth not"
There is something melancholy in tts
very idea Of visiting scenes made dear IT,
Us by one who can behold those accas.
no more here. every thing appeared AL
beautiful and interesting IS Bgazs had
described it;-hut he himself, ails Wa
gone-'' the banks and bracs ci b3rnv
Door" and the very waters Us they ras,
ed, seemed to lament his lbs ;--uil ma
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TO THE MEMORY OF
r 0 % RT Blu RN 8,

~ v ID l. II Is K \ =,
The Ayrshire Bard.
Oh ROBBIE Burns the man. the brother
And art thou gone, and gone forever
And hast thou crost that unknown river
LIES dreary bound
Like thee, where shall we find another
The world around
60 to your sculptur'd tombs, We great,
IN all the tinsel trash O state
But by thy honest turf III wait,
Thou man of worth,
And weep the sweetest Poets fate
Fer lived on earth.
(On the opposite sides
no BERr BURNS,
TuH AYRSHIRE RARp,
was born at Doan-side
ou the 29th Of January, 1852
and d.ed al Dumfies,
on the 22d of Julp, 1926,
D ga.m iaude uirlm,
Itsa gc'm at0r{.
Lo Genius proudly while to Fame she turns,
Twines CuRnlE's i4urels with the wreath Of Burns.
Through the long rank grass in the
church-yard, and among thousands Of thc
sleeping dead, it is not difficult, even for
a,stranger, to find the path which leads 10
tfis sacred spot. It has evidently b, cn
trodden by the foot Of many ! wandcrer.
! spent an hour here, and departed at
nine O'Clock, with feelings shall not at
tempt 70 describe Il is nov late, 4ud
must bid you good night Farewell.
Yours, sc.
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Say, wherefore hath an all-indulgent heaven,
Life to TIE comfortless and weary given
Yet painful and melancholy as was his
fate-stiH, cannot help thinking it bet
ter, fnitely better than TO have been
rich, and sordid, aud stupid, and sink in
to the eaFth forgotten and unlamented.
The Inscription on the stone you have
read in ". Currie's Life Of Burns, and
need not transcribe it here. Some friend
Of genius has recently placed directly
over il, the following appropriate and
beautiful inscription
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-02-19

latest hour of declining age When the once
bright eye has become dim, when the palsied
hand and the lettering foot-step indicate that
the syren voice of pleasure has ceased to fasci-
nate, then will be experienced the sweet reward
Of diligently improving our youthful hours. But
we have higher motive still for improving our
minds-tor certainly the good Creator, who has
our souls viii return to Him improved and bene-
fitted by the many advantages he has bestowed
upon US"
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He dreams of more than earthly bliss
His full red lip pouts forth to kiss
His quickly mantling bushes speak
Like those upon maidens cheek,
When leaning on some faithful breast,
The first kiss on her lips is prest.
And on her gentle brow the while
Is that secret look, half frown, half smile,
Like virgin coyness, that reproves
The very tenderness it loves.
Now DER his face a calmness steals
Oh nothing such bright bliss reveals
joys ecstacy nought else can tell,
A smile, sigh would break the spell.
But Loves bright vision cannot last.
Fen now the short lived dream is past
See ere his eye-lides vet unclose,
Down his fair cheek the ear-drop flows
Nay, hush thee foolish boy and sleep,
If thou must only wake to weep.
Alas fhou scek'st for rest in vain,
Once walked, Love ne'er may dream again.
Nj. n,
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SPARTAN HEROINE.

A Spartan lady, hearing her son complain
that his sword was too short, and that he want
ed one size longer, she made him this answer:
true courage; for advancing one step forward
would make it long enough to serve his pur-
pose"
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THE BENDED-BOW.
BIZ Mrs. Hen7a4a.


1t is supposed that War was ancientlv proclaimed
u Britain, by sending messengers in different direc-
ions through the land, each bearing bent boz; and
hat Peace was in like manner announced by bow
and therefore straight
See Cambriaa antiquities.
There was heard the sound of coming foe,
There sent through Britain Bonded bow,
And voice was pour'd on the free winds far,
AS the land rose up at the sight of war.
GO Heard We not the battle-horn
Reaper leave the golden corn,
Leave it for the birds of Heaven,
Swords must fash and shields be rven
Leave it for the winds to she'd
Arm ere Britain's turf grows red -
And the Reaper arm'd like freemans son,
And the bended-bow and the voice pass'd on
/" Hunters leave the mountain chase,
Take the fachion from its place
Let the wolf go free to day,
Leave him for nOber prey
Let the deer ungall'd pass by
Arm thee Brtain's foes are nigh :"
And the Hunter arm'd 'ere the chase was done,
And the Bonded bow and the voice pass'd on.
"Chieftain quit the Joyous feast
Stay not till the song has ceased.
Though the mead be foaming bright,
Though the fires give rudy light,
Leave the hearth, and leave the hall
Arm thee! Brtain's foes must fall
And the cheftain arm'd, and the horn was blown
And the bended-bow and the voice pass'd on.
"Prince thy fathers deeds are told,
In the bower and in the hold
Where the goatherd's lay is sung,
Where the minstrels harp is strung
Foes are on thy native sea
Give our bards a tale of thee -
And the Prince came arm'd, like leaders, son,
And the bended-bow and the voice passd on.
Mother stay thee not the boy
He must learn the battles Joy;
Sister bring the sword and spear,
Give thy brother words of cheers
Maiden bid thy lover part
Britain calls the strong in heart !"
And the bendedbow and the voice pass'd on
And the bards made song for battle won.
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NEW DICTIONARY.

Jealousy-Tormentng yourself for fear you
should be tormented by another
Learning often knowledge Of words,
and an ignorance Of things; mere act Of me-
mory that may be exercised without common
sense
Loan-A means Of robbing our successors,
for the purpose of destroying our contempt
faries
Logic-Substtutin sound for sense, and pre-
yertng reason by reasoning.
Lorer-0ne, who, in the desire to obtain pos
session of another, has lost possession Of himself
.Na1rjago- Taking a yoke fellow, who may
Tighten the burden of existence, if you pull to-
gether, or render it insupportable if you drag
different ways.
Nelmcholy-Ingrattude to Heaven
[,Ne~ ,'Ioattly Magazine.
Two Of our living poets were conversing on
the actors our admiration of Mrs Siddons
is SO high" said Rogers, that wonder you
never made open love to her, To that mag
nifcent and appalling creature? I should
soon thought of making lore to the .4rch-Jishop
Of Canterb,wy"
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A TENDER COURTSHIP, (Overheard.)
Enter H--E and surprises Miss Ancient at the
mirror, adjusting to the best advantage few fur
rows that Time had ill-naturedy impressed on
her danask cheek.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-02-19
POR THE GARLAND.

A TENDER COURTSHIP, (Overheard)
enter H-E, and surprises Miss Ancient at the
mirror, adjusting to the best advantage few fur
rows that Time had ill-naturedly impressed on
her damask cheek.
Love it is that makes noW*
Vanqush'd at your feet to bow
Let your consent confirm my choice,
And ratfy our nuptial Joys
MISS ANCIENT.
IN this saloon do thou await,
The final issue of thy fate.
Erit Hiss .4ncient to consult her mother.
H--s, (4side)
For money, not for love, came
For who could love this tough old dame
The door admits hollow sound,
And rafting from its hinges bound,
Swift to my earl hear, (.4side,)
SITS high time that you 4re,e bride"
Re.enter Mss Anciens.
MISS AecIENT
Mama asked, for she best knew
What inexperienced girls should do.
H--N
equity demands the parents voice,
Should sanctify the daughters choice"
Miss ANCIENT takes squint at the glass and signs
brettily.)
H-N.
Your humble servant waits you now,
To hear pronounced the nuptial VOW,
MISS ANCIENT.
Humour and patience ever prove
The surest chords to fasten love.
Takes another peep.
In youth, I spurned the lovers voice,
When he preferr'd me as his choice,
And peevish grew, and sick to hear
His exclamaton--Es Oh how fair ~
But a,ozv list with spirits high,
To hear lover in transport sigh.
IN
II is not beauty, but the mind,
Whence comforts flow of every kind
care not for hoard Of charms,
A snowy neck and whitest arms,
Since every pleasure wish to find,
Is in the beauty Of the mind
Miss ANCIENT
think some thirty gears ago,
4 little more, for augM kno1c,
!, the simplest of my sex,
Was ever striving to perpleX,
Coquettng it with every ape,
That strutted forth in human shape;
Not that the coxcomb my taste,
But that It stung my lovers breast.
At church or pl-
Hold, hold, pray hold, my blooming fair,
All this is neither here nor there
Impatient Of your long address,
Be glad ye'd answer quickly eyes"
MISS ANCIENT.
What madness prompts thee to provoke
My wrath, and dare the impending stroke
In vain we stem the tide SO strong,
Which drives our wrestling years along
So, if you prefer the marriage moose,
You hare but little time TO bse
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WEST INDIES.

Tiolent Hurricanes "A violent and
destructive Hurricane occurred in he
West India Seas and Islands on the 26th
of July: At St. Pierres, Mart. the gale
continued only from TO in the morn
ing. Three American vessels were driv-
en- ashore and went TO pieces.--The
plantations there did not suffer much.
Al Guadaloupe, the gale was most vio-
lent al quarter past 10; all the build
ings belonging to the Government were
destroyed. At Basseterre, the town was
almost entirely blown down, and nearly
two hundred persons were killed, and
the plantations suffered much At Point
Petre, several American and French YES
sells went ashore-the latter sustained
more or less damage---the plantations
there received some damage. All the
vessels anchored at Roseaux (Dominick)
were lost. Some vessels also were LOST
~ Barbados, ST. Lucia, and Antigua.
Several boats crews (negroes) persisted
al the latter place. At st. Thomas, two
briggs, seven schooners, eight sloops, and
several small craft, were driven ashore
no lives were lost. At Mayaguez and
gale commenced at mid
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this fraudulent treaty. Inplaih truth, this
&200. 900 was TO be distributed only among
the M'lntosh party and this partial distribu
ton, or bribery OF portion Of the Creeks, at
the expense Of the nation, is openly and I'M
blushingly defended by Gov. Troup, IN his
message of the Sd June, 1925.
"a In order, however, to prevent any examiu-
alton of these disgracefui transactions by the
national government, this treaty was sent TO
Washington with the greatest despatch, and
on the alnefeenth day after it had been con-
cluded in the western wilderness of Georgia, it
was laid before the Senate OF The United States
at Washington, the very last day of lis ses-
sion.
"The treaty was concluded on the l2th Of
February last, and was transmitted to Mr..
Calhoun, and by him handed to the then Presi-
dent, Oh the Cd of March. with his advice, oil
course, for its ratification, as it was fair upon
its face, and accomplished an object which
the United States ielt DESTROYS OF effecting,
when it could be properly done. The next
day, having been approved of by the Presi-
dent, il was sent 10 the Senate, and thus COM
mitted TO that body before the inauguration OF
Mr.. Adams, who received it after his accession
| to the presidency, from the Senate, for his sig
nature, that body having ratified it.
" 1t thus appears, that the managers of this
business transmitted the treaty from the ives
tern part of Georgia with such despatch as to
prevent those Indians who might be opposed
I" the sale of the lands from being heard al
| Washington before its ratification II smoIe-
over asserted by MIR. Compere, the resident
missionary in the Creek ration, that. the
Creeks, confdirg in tn benevolence and jus
tice of our government, were persuaded that
the government would not regard this as a
treaty, because it was not made with the con
sent of the nation.
If this be the case, and there is no reason tc
doubt it, fraud has been practised upon tn
Indians, which il concerns the character Of the
country to disclaim."