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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-04-29
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ERIN, NA-NOuRNEEN, FAREWELL!

Has passed DER my brow
Tue Gt!r Of the ocean
/, ever ne DOW;
! leave thee, my country
Farewell though thon art
The lfc-ruI,e that stir, me-
He veins Of MY heart,
Elin, lin l1V,ruru, farewell
! galc where TIE bright sun
Falls back to the west,
And ,inges the blue clouds
That hang Ger thy breast
The barquc bears me from dice,
10 sail DER the deer
Willie on thy green bosom
gaze, aud | weep.
Erin, nn 1oWner", tvTcw eli
weep, for thy springtime
OF beauty IS DER;
And feel, While my dimm'd eye
Is on thy Ioy'd shore,
Like the mourncr, when, fling
Ills gaze on the dead,
He bends DER the cold earth
Whose spirit is fed.
Erln, ma rotnncn, tIreWcll
The tcar-;; ~: willow
lIangs over ~ i:ie;
The chill bias: hath broken
Each soul stirring wire
Through the gloom OF III, darkness
No day-beam appears
And thy sweet type, Eernc,
Isgemm'd by thy tears,
Erin, ma Eotuurtn, farewell
While DER the deep ocean
The breeze bears my barquc,
My heart, like its bilow,
IIcavcs deeply and dark
Perhaps to my country
breathe the last strain
Perhaps may never
Behold thee again,
Erin, ma roU2tcen, farewell
Though in darkness, Icrne,
Thy sun may have set;
Thy emerald bosom
ne'er can forget;
Farewell for no longer
gaze on thy shore
The mists are between US,
view thee no more
Erin, ma rourneen, farewell
Jollo7ting Is d ha7lslation IF the 18th {
Uoracc, jook ST.
nY STUDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Blandusan fount thy waters clear
More bright than chrystal gems appear :;
Iibatlons Of the mantling wine
Shall flow before thy sacred shrine,
From goblets crown'd with flowers
To-morrow's sacrifice shall bring
The sportiye failing to thy spring,
Whose swelling front and wanton air
Declare him ripe for love or war.
Alas in vain his scarlet blood
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-04-29

Nature often displays hcrma@nfcence with
out any aim, and often with profuscness which
the partisans of utility would call prodisal-Shc
seems to delight in giving more splcndour to the
flowers, to the trees of the forest than To the
vegetables which serve for the food Of man.-Ii
what is useful held the first rank in nature
would she not adorn the nutritious plants with
more charms than roses. which are only beau
tiul? And whence comes it. that to deck the
altar of the divinity with flowers which arc use
less, should be preferred 10 doing ii with the
productions which are necessary to us? How
happens it that what serves for the support Of
our lives has less dignity than beauties which
have no object? 1t is because the beautiful re-
calls to our minds an immortal and divine cX
l>tencc the recollection and the regret of which
at the same time live in our hearts
.)lddame de Staet
In opening the heart to the eye of the world
that is, in publishing ones thoughts-t is with
minds as with bodies the most deformed and unna-
tulal arc those which the multitude are most anx.
ious to behold while the utmost regularity and
proprletl of principle or feature, may be exhibited
without attracting the least attention
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-04-29
NO MONOTO<Y IN NATURE.

an attentive investigator observes little m0rnto-
ny IN nature, Day succeeds to morning: evening
to noon and night to evening" summer to Spring,
and winter to antlmu. Even the sea changes fire.
quch'y in the course Of day. When the sun
shines, it is cclulaan; when it CLEANS through
mist, it is lcllow and as the clouds pass over it
not frequently assumes the tintiags Of The clouds
themselves. The same uniformity may be obsery-
ed throughout the whole OF nature even the Gla-
licrs OF the Grsons present varied aspects, though
clad in perpetual snow At dawn of day they APP
pear saffron; At noon their Whtcncss is that of ev-
cess and the sun sinks in the west, the lakes
become as yellow As FURNISHED gold While their
convex and peaked submits reflect, with softcncd
lnsre, the matchless tintings of an evening sky
Hence Virgil applies the epithct ptup,ueunl to the
sea and not unfrequently to mountains while
Status coors the earth with The purple splcndor of
Aurora The effect is beautifully alluded to by
Mallct. The SUN
-glorous from amidst
A pomp Of golden clouds, tn Atlantic food
Behold obHque, and DER its azure breast
Way'd one unboundcd blush.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29
From late London Papers.

Pneumatic ENGINE. "A. an early hour
yesterday morning, the application OF
Mr. Brnwn's newiy-inyen,ed pneumatic
engine for propel'ing carriage against
me ascent Of sharp ACTIVITY, was sue
cessfully tried upon the steepes, part Of
Shooters hill. The place chosen for
this trial, was where the ascent gains 8
9 inches IN 10 teet, and where the san.
dy surface of the new made road, by at
iording a yielding and clogging bed for
coach wheels, presented every obstacle
10 the success OF such an experiment.
Notwithstanding these local disadyan-
tages, Mr.. Browns engine, which was
constructed upon four-wheeled body,
steadily conquered the ascent, and es-
tablished its extraordinary power to
move EDWARDS against the impeachment
of precIpi,ous surface. Its power Of
motion upon a level plain was never de.
MED. but until this experiment demon
stra,ed he fact, many contendc1 that it
could moi surmoun' perpendicular re-
sistance. We could not learn exactly
INC Weight vi TIC uoIuIuCS Out % ~ 49,
cended the hill seven persons sa, on the
shafts, withou, making by their incum-
brance any perceplible alteration in its
motion Some sailors, who were acct
deD'ally passing a, the lime, surrounded
the engine, and expressed their amaze
ment a, its selI-lmpelling power, and
being better adopts in The production Of
fun than machinery, they placed young
chimney sweeper who was caught on
the spot, upon the board corresponding
with the coach box, aud conferred upon
the urchin the honor which, in the dark
ages, would have devoted his bones to
the flames instead Of the chimney, of
being the first conductor Of a heavily
laden vehicle up Snooter's-hill wlthou,
The agency Of horses. The power which
is capable OF practical application BY
the principle of This engine appears We.
nv considerable, and it's steady momen-
tnm a, he Y nv ,nstan, Of starting, shew-
cd the certainty Of its action. The
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

phere which was the case when tho
sun first appeared after its long absence,
which was visible, by reiraction, three
days before it rose above the horizon.-
Now, considering the great refraciing
power OF water, either in fluid or con-
geaed state, and the prismalic forms Of
its crystals, thus eyiDced IN an INN nse
degree in The formation oil these n, to-
oric appearances, and at the same mo
knowing the exhaling power OF the sun,
aided by the evaporation and expansion
occasloned by volcanic and other s,b-
terranean fires, which raise vapor 10 al
most any conceivable altitude, is II co
great stretch OF Imagination to sup
pose that minute crystals OF ice may be
suspended at a great height in The at
mosphere, sufficiently high 10 even be
exposed to the suns rays, which of
course pass obhquely over the globe,
when the Arctic Circle is inveloptd in
the Earlh's shadow II this could Iake
place, the rays might be refracteo by
clouds oil the concealed atoms towards
the North Pole, and cause the phenome-
non oil the Aurora Borealis and towards
the South IN less degree, proportion
ate to the supposed quantity OF floating
crystals i'll comparatively warmer re-
gion, forming tic Aurora Austrais --
The visible phenom cnoD then, is here
considered 10 be an atmospheric refec-
ton OF the refraction OF The suns rays
through floating medium OF crystals
cation.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29
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Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29
.MlSCEtAkAA.S EDUS.
From the Western Herald.
PEACH TREES.

Richiand co. Ohio, Fe6. 10, 1926.
Mr. EDITOR
ske The liberty of writing TO you to
give you a piece of Information that
think Invaluable.
have observed the peach trees in this
country, and in all old settled countries,
are api 10 die IN the course OF fifteen or
twenty years, and young trees planted ~
old countries will no, flourish but few
years.
The information | wish to give you
Is this: the last season | grated some
peach tree limbs on wild cherry stocks,
which grew as gratis generally do.
think this discovery may be oil impor.
tancs; the peach trees always die with
q disorder in The root, occasioned by the
operation oil a kind OF grub or worm that
does not exist 10 new countries, as be-
lieve The wild cherry is known TO be
a long lived tree, and 1ourishes as well
in old countries as in new ones-now,
by grating the peach on the cherry,
soa.e distance above the ground, SO as To
give the tree cherry root and part OF
the stem, and the top to be peach.
can see no good reason why such tree
will not last for an age, seeing that the
grub never works on the root OF the
cherry.
| would recommend to such as wish
20 try the experiment, to inoculate or t.
engratt in the manner called capilaing,
by horticulturists and nursery men. The
reason why think the usual way OF
splltiing the stock will not do, is, II
leaves too large wound for the gum
will issue al the wounds.
S. GLADD.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

and have detected among them real mo
lions sufficiently rapid 10 become mea-
surabIe quantities, in very short inter-
walls of lime.
Pittsburgh Recorder.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

7ele8cohes.-A great rejecting tele-
scope lately erected al the Royal OBJ
servatory al Greenwich, is the property
oil Mr.. John Ramage, the artist who
constructed IL. Mr.. Ramage Is native
oil Aberueen, where he has eminentiy
distinguished himself by the variety OF
his scientific and mechanical pursuits.
Il : has been remarkably successful In
the construction oil rejecting telescopes,
OF very considerable dimensions, the
mirrors Of which are exqnislteiy finish
ed in color, grain and polish; the me-
chanism which supports bls telescopes
is extremely simple and we'll conlrsed,.
Mr.. Ramage was DESTROYS that ono Of
his telescopes should be placed al the
Royal Observatory, as the place where
rs melns were likely 10 be best apprc-
cialed; and we understand, that from
the trials which have been made, the
most favorable report OF its performance
nay be expected. The same artist has
flashed a mirror OF Sky feet focal length,
which il is hoped the present zeal for
astronomy will enable him to put into
state for observation. He does not at
mpi to give his mirrors very great d.
smeter, being oil opinion, that greater
power and dlstinctness IS to be Obtained
by increase oil focal distance. In this
aspect his telescopes differ from those
u he late SIR VIM. Herschel, who, it IS
veil known, undertook the much more
d ffieut ask Of bringing TO perfection
mirrors Of very large diameter, is.
Comhressi6ikuy Of Water.--Mr. Car
ur, ~ 5ne Of MS iate letters, says: In
WED by the Comforts oil the hearth, Mr.
Perkins entered somewhat at length ill.,
. philosophical and mechanical specu-
3alions, giving The results oil his expert
rents in hydraulics, IL prove The COM
presslbilty of wafer. His Investigations
have led him TO iull CONVICTION, that
the ocean, at the depth of 500 miles
from its surface, ceases TO be liquid, be-
coming, from mere pressure, solid,
tense mass of matter, constituting the
,eniral portions O! the globe. He re-
lated an amusing anecdole connected
with this subject. Soon after his arrival
in London, he wen, one evening to lis
en- TO The Instructions Of Professor oil
Philosophy. The subject Of the lecture
happened to be hydraulics, in which the
,ncomprcssibility oi water was incucat-
ed as an axium. At the close OF the
exercise, the American philosopher en-
tered into discussion with the PROBES
sor, and so fully satisfied him OF the fal.
slty of The axiom, that on the following
evening, he had the cander to retract
MS doctrines, and give another lecture
10 his class upon the compressl5ility oil
water. M. Perkins also gave detail
of his experiments, which were success
tul for converting air into permanent,
visible fluid In shor, he seems to. play
with he elements and above all, has
been the first to bring into complete
subieclion the fiery and intractable pow
err of steam.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

steam-ensine can only be applied TO aid
mechanical power upon a slightly in
cllned plane, aud with the aid of rail-
road; while this pneumatic invention
works al once upon such road as we
have described, notw outstanding the
toughest lmpedments. There appears
to be one important advantage which The
principle oil this engine has over any
other that science has hitherto supplied
Tor practical purposes OF the same ma
lure. The occurrence OF accident can
not possibly be attended with danger.
The force OF steam engine necessarily
depending upon its expansive proper
ties, is capable OF producing consldera-
Bile mischief in the event oil any unto.
ward explosion; but the pneumatic en-
CINE, deriving It's power from the atmos-
pherlc air, only exposes the cylinder,
under any circumstances, to the pres
sure oil 40 action externally. The cy-
Under, from any weakness of the mate
rial, or inequality in Its circumference,
might have its surface bulged innards,
from The external atmospheric pressure,
or become squeezed into shapeless
tube, but there cannot be any explosion,
or scattering expulsion Of its fractured
parts. The experiment 10 mere OBJ
server was certainly curious and salts
factory; and SO far as the power OIL as.
cent was involved, was clearly demon
slrated. 1t is Tor scientific persons who
have leisure Tor these pursuits, toIes,i.
male and assign the degree of metit OF
this inventor.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29
S. GLADD.
GREENSBURG JULY %

Mid Cherry Tree.--f,e pnsoaous
Quali.lss Il tnis ,gee are 100 lltlle known
amongsi farmers, who have met with
som. serious losses IN cattle, and have
attributed their sudden death to some
o.9sr causes. Week before las one OF
NJ J4seph Hershy's nelghbors in
Fl np6eid township, having fallen one
O ats trees, six of his COWS eat OF the
leaves, and died in the course OF half an
hour afterwards When j, is necessary
to cot Tree of this kind down, the
branches and leaves should be burnt
i'm N ediately, as cattle are fond OF them,
and sre liable to die ins,antaneously, by
eating freely.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

astronomy. very important as'ro-
nomical fact has been discovered by j.
w Herschel and Mr. South. The late
Sir William Herschel directed ,he at
tentlon of astronomers to the importance
Of determining the distances and posi-
,ions OF double and triple stars; or stars
which appear single to the eye, or when
seen through an inferior telescope, but
when viewed with one of higher magni
flying powers are found to consist of two
or more distinct stars. Sir w H. pub
lished descriptions and names OF 7o2
such double and treple stars. The abuve
gentlemen Instituted series Of observa-
tiops to determine the exis ence and a.
mount OF annual parallax of these Stars !;
but this object was soon iosl sight OF
amid the more extensive views OF the
construction OF the universe, which graz
dually unfolded themselves They have
clearly established the existence OF bina-
~ systems, in which wo stars perform
20 each other the ffices Of sun and
planet. They have sscerIained with
considerable exac,ness the periods o
rotation o. more than one such pair -
They have observed the lmnersions d
swersiops Of stars behind each ether,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

In the 700 years which preceded lbe
reign oil George The Third, including
tae reigns OF 3 soverelgs, our expenses
as nation were 795 millions. During
the SO years which George III relgned,
they amounted to 2,357 millions, being
about three times the amount expended
IN the preceding 700 years ID
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

Richiand CO. Ohio, Fe6. 10, 1926.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-09-29

aurora Boreahs.-A writer in late
number OF the London Mechanics Ma
Igazine, has published new theory OF
the Aurora Borealis, which has so long
puzzled the philosophers. After speak
ing of the absurdi,y OF the exploded or
absurd theories of preceding writers, he
refers TO the observations Of Mr.. Fisher
upon the subject, who accompanied
Capt. Parry to the arctic regions; and
il is to the work of M. +. thai he says
he is indebted for this attempt at an ny.
pothesis. In his accurate account OF
The various haloes, arcs, psraselonae,
&c. which he saw in the dreary regions
he visited, he tells us that he always OBJ
served during their appearance, floating
particles OF crystals Of ice in the ssmos-
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-20
French Medical Works.

nHYSiOLOGIE du systemic nerveux, par Georget,
9 vols S3 IS
De pIrritation ct de Ia Phlegmase, par Prus, so
Description sur les instruments de Chirurgie, an
c;sns Of Modern. par Henpv, So
Manuel Medic legal des Posons, Par Motmahon IS
Formulare Magistral, ct Memorial Pharmaceu-
tidue, par Gassicourt, revue ct augumentee, par
v. Bally, w
Essai sur Ia Nature de Ia Fievre de Pinhamma-
ton, par Duges, vols. 81
Manuel D'Anatomie par Nickel, traduit de
I.'Allemand par A. J. L. Jourdon, 8 vols so
Tra;,e Elementaxie dies Reactifs, 2 so
Traite clinique ct Physiologique de L'Enbe-
phalits, par Bouaud w
Traite zoologique Physiologique sur les vers
lntestinaux lie Phom me, par Bremser, tradut de
L'AIemand par NJ Grundler, ayec un Atlas de
douze planches, in quarto. 70
Planches anatomiques Pusage des jeunes Gems
aessinees par NJ, Dutrete, Alto
Washington, feb IS PISHEf THOMPSON.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-20
TO be Sold,

IN the third day of March next, before the front
- door of Prince William Courthouse the lot on
which the tavern of william Clayton, in the town of
Brentsvie, is erected, together with said tavern and
all other appurtenances, now in the occupancy OF Mr.
Thomas r. Hampton. The said property will be sold
forcash according the provisions of deed oftrust
ecuted the 9Th October 1884, to the subscriber by
WIN. Claytor for certain purposes therein mentioned
The Tavern is commodous, built of brick, with store
and counting room under the same roof.
The subscriber sells trustee and viii only convey
IS such; but it is believed the title will be made
questionable. JOHN GIBSON, ir
jan 80 Trustee.
The ADORE sale is postponed until the 9Th
of March next. feb1S
0o The Qbove sale as further postponed
ill the FIRST NOND9Yfn april merit march IA
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-20
District Of Columbia,

County Of alexandria, Set:
NOVEMBER TERM-1S25.
The Common Council of Alexandria,
Complts.
George Chapman, Charles !. Catlett : In Caancery,
Sarah Harper, 1'ownshend Waugh,
William Yeaton, John C. Mandel,
and Thomas Irwin, Defs
THE defendant George Chapman, not having enter
ed his appearance and given security according TO the
statute and the rules Of this Court and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the Court upon affidavit filed that
the said George Chapmanis not resident of the Dis
trict ofCoumbia on the motion ofthe compliments by
their counsel, it is ordered, that the said George
Chapman do appearhere on the first day of next April
Term, and enter his appearance to this suit and give
security for performing the DEGREES of the Court and
that the other defendants, Charles Catlett, Sarah
Harper, Townsend Waugh, William Yeaton, John c:
Mande and Thomas Irwin, do not pay away, convey or
secrete the debts by them owning rthe estate or ct
fects hands, belonging to the said absent defe
dent until the further order decree othe courts and
that copy this order be forthwith published fortw
months successfully in one of the public newspapers
printed in the town Of Alexandra; and that another CO.
ply be posted the front door of the court house of said
county A Copy. Test, EDM. l. LEE, C.. C.
ian2o On
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New Books.

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Just received and on sale by
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Come down to the lattice, a serenade, by Meineke.
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90 Dollars Reward.

ID AN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 25th of
10 February last, negro man. named WLLIS,a-
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black, stout made, walks as if he was hpped former
" the property of Mr. William Hutson, deceased, of
this county, and stammers when spoken to, had on
when he eloped pair of Khte twilled pantaloons,
and white twiiled yarn roundabout; carried with him
black cloth coat and dark yarn pantaloons 1t is be-
lieyed he is lurking in the neighborhood of Mount
Vernon Fairfax county, Va I Will give the above re-
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that get him again.
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