wants much land; only a spot sufficient for the supply of his household.'

A Hoax in Princeton - Here I found good sweet bread, like the English, and hot corn-cake, and supped, on what I supposed fine pork steaks. This meat," said I to Mr. Ingle, "is most delicious."- Well, then, you like it, do you?"-"I do indeed." "What do you think it is?""Why, pork to be sure."" Well, we thought we would not tell you until after supper, Iset you should fancy it was not good, and refuse to eat bear."- Oh," said I, "if this be bear, give me bear for ever."'

Bears.. The bears, during the summer, are lean and hungry, and seize the hogs and eat them alive. It is no uncommon thing to see hogs escape home with the loss of a pound or two of living flesh. These creatures sleep all the winter quite fat. Rattlesnakes abound here. Mr. Ingle killed four or five beautiful snakes of this species this summer, and one or two vipers.'

Tea. The China leaf, or tea-plant, has been propagated at Princeton, in Mr. Devan's garden, and at Harmony, from seed brought from China. It is said to grow luxuriantly, yielding more leaf than is used, and making a useful decoction, similar in flavour, though not so pleasant, as that procured from the imported plant. It is manufactured by sweating it in an oven, and when taken out, it cools and curls up, and becomes fit for use.'

Mr. Faux does not give a very tempting picture of the Western States; the people are almost without a government, and entirely without any of the comforts of life. The stores, or shops, receive their stock but once a-year, and are often without tea, sugar, or butter.

Duelling. At breakfast, this morning, Mr. Flower, regretting the habit of duelling, said, that a lady of Lexington, finding her nephew not inclined to fight a duel, encouraged him to go out; and, immediately on bis departing for the fatal spot, said, to her "John, light up and get the large drawing-room ready for the reception of a corpse." This order was given with great sang froid; and, in less than an hour, the room was occupied by the corpse of her nephew!'

black servant,

A few particulars, respecting Indiana, will afford our readers some amuse

ment :

the judge ordering him into court to pay a stance of drunkenness among then during
fine of ten dollars for some former offence,
their stay here. The circumstances which
the present indictment being suffered to
led to their visit were singular. A mission-
drop.'
ary, who had been amongst them a few
Mr. Maidlow states, that Judge Wag-years back, on renewing his visit recently,
goner, at the celebration of the 4th of June found an old chief, with whom he was ac-
last, at Evansville, was chairman, when, by
quainted, degraded from his rank, and an-
some gentlemen present, it was proposed, other appointed in his place. This led to
that due provision should be made for the inquiries after the cause, which proved to be
coming day in the form of a subscription.
that this chief having, during a considerable
This, without passing to a vote, was amend- absence from his tribe, visited some of the
ed by another rising to say, "I motion, that the cities of the whites, carried back such a
as some cannot command money they report of their houses, ships, numbers,
should bring vegetables, such as beef, mutton, wealth, and power, that they disbelieved his
venison, and pork!" which amendment was account, and degraded him as a man un-
put by the judge, and carried in the above worthy of being longer their chief. They
form.'
inquired of their missionaries, who confirni-
Sunday, 26th.-At noon, this day, Co-ed the statement, and they met in council
lonel M'Greary called at Mr. Canson's with with other tribes, and resolved that a depu-
Major Hooker and others, and demanded tation should, in company with the repre-
whiskey, either to be given or sold to them. sentative of the great father, "see if things
They were quite drunk, and armed with ri- were so," and if they were, the chief should
fles from their camp, in which they had lain be reinstated. They have returned, saying
all night. Mr. C. refused them; when they the "half was not told them."
attempted to force the door, threatening to
kick Mrs. C. out, and whip and shoot Mr.
C., who had treated them rather coarsely,
and with great impolicy. Hooker wished
to shake hands and forget it. Mr. C. re-
fused. They then became more furious.
These Rowdies do not always mean vio-
lence. They only want whiskey; and there
is little to fear from them, if properly treat-
ed. Mr. Canson applied to 'Squire Russell
for a warrant against the Rowdies for the
outrage.'

I called to warm at 'Squire Russell's, who makes his own shoes, in a one-room log-hole, where hung a wild turkey on the find a man to serve the warrant, at the suit chimney-piece, for dinner. He could not of Mr. Canson, on Hooker, and means to impauel a Rowdey jury, and try the matter before himself."

'An anecdote is related of one of the

chiefs (a Pawnee), which is a well-authenticated fact, and recorded by Dr. Morse, in his account of visits to the western regions. The tribe of the Pawnees had taken a woman prisoner from a neighbouring tribe, with whom they were at war, and, as was their custom, they made every preparation to offer her a sacrifice to the great spirit. Every thing was prepared, the wood, the green withes, and the fire, and the victim, when this chief suddenly flew and seized her, carried her under his arm to a neighbouring thicket, where he had prepared horses for her and himself, and riding away at speed, he, after turned her in safety to her tribe and friends. three days' travelling through the woods, reThis event was considered by the Pawnee tribe as an interference of the great spirit in her favour, and, on the return of the chief, 'Jan. 3rd, 1820.-I supped and slept at no questions were asked him on that subJudge Chambers's, a comfortable house, ject, nor has a woman been offered a saand saw again the judge's mother, of eighty,crifice by that tribe since. As a compliwhose activity and superior horsemanship, I have before mentioned. I smoked a segar with Mrs. Judge, while she sinoked her pipe (the first pipe I have seen here). She, as well as the old lady, is a Quaker. The judge was gone to the metropolitan town of Coridon, being a senator, on duty. The land which I passed over all this day, seemed poor, but full of wild turkeys and

bears.'

Judge Waggoner, who is a notorious Mr. Faux gives a good and familiar hog-stealer, was recently accused, while sit- account of the constitution and laws of ting on the bench, by Major Hooker, the the United States, with sketches of some hunter, gouger, whipper, and nose-biter, of of the most prominent public characters, stealing many hogs, and being, although a but these we pass over, to give a coujudge, the greatest rogue in the United States. This was the major's answer to the In 1821, some Inple of anecdotes. question guilty or not guilty, on an indict-dian chiefs were, under the direction of ment presented against him. The court Major O'Fallan, taken to Washington laughed and the judge raved, and bade at the time Mr. Faux was there, and he Hooker go out and he would fight him. thus describes them :The major agreed, but said, "Judge, you shall go six miles into the woods, and the longest liver shall come back to tell his tale!" The judge would not go. The major was now, in his turn, much enraged by

All of them are men of large stature, very muscular, having fine open countenances, with the real noble Roman nose, dignified in their manners, and peaceful and quiet in their habits. There was no in

nient justly due to his gallant exploit, a number of ladies in this city had a meda! made, and presented to him in due form, in the presence of all the Indians; on one side of which was represented the preparation for the sacrifice, and, on the reverse, the chief running off with a woman under his arm, and two horses stationed at a short distance, surmounted by this inscription, "To the bravest of the Braves" (the Pawnees are also called the Braves). These Indians excited so much interest from their dignified personal appearance, and from their peaceful manner, that they received a great number of rich presents, sufficient to fill six large boxes, in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington; these were forwarded before they left us.'

Although Mr. Faux is somewhat cautious in expressing his own opinions, yet it will be seen, they are not very favourable to emigration; his book is sufficient, we think, to enable every one to decide for himself. It gives a plain unvarnished tale of what he learnt

and saw, and exhibits American character and American prospects in an honest and impartial light.

NO FICTION-ALL FICTION.

ro of the novel-Douglas, are forgeries.be of the slightest interest to the public. The characters of Douglas and Lefevre She is described as an amiable and piare strongly contrasted; the one a per- ous woman, who would naturally be fect saint, just such a being as we much esteemed by her friends, and enshould suspect Andrew Reed represents sure the ardent affections of a brother; himself; the other, Lefevre, is guilty though we confess it is not every brother 1. No Fiction; a Narrative founded on of a host of vices, and is even made to who can paint them in such glowing Facts. 7th edition, 2 vols. 8vo. appropriate the money of his employers language as Mr. Reed has done. It is, 2 Martha; a Memorial of an Only and in order to discharge debts incurred by however, much to be regretted that a Beloved Sister. By ANDREW REED, dissipation. Mr. Barnett, who pretty man of talents should resort to any meaAuthor of No Fiction,' 2 vols. 8vo. clearly proves that he is the Lefevre,sures which, by the strictest construction, 3. Memoirs of Francis Barnett, the Le-repels, with honest indignation, the should have the appearance of artifice. fevre of No Fiction,' and a Review charges made against his second self; Had Mr. Reed rested his popularity on of that Work; with Letters and Do-particularly so far as relates to Lefevre's works of mere invention, he would not cuments. 2 vols. 12mo. embezzling the money, and declares, have been involved in a controversy what our readers have perhaps already from which he certainly does not escape suspected, that the very amiable person-unscathed, but would, we doubt not, age Douglas, is the Rev. Andrew Reed have gained as much popularity as he himself. has done; for, although his work of No Fiction' seems to rest its principal merit on its being a narrative of facts, yet it is remarkable that the only uninteresting portion of it is in the slight facts connected with Lefevre, and that it is only in the scenes of pure invention that the talents of Mr. Reed (which are certainly considerable) are displayed. Waller said, poets succeeded better in fiction than in truth, and the same remark may often, with equal justice, be applied to the novelist at all events it is the case with the Rev. Andrew Reed.

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4. A Reply to Mr. Reed's Advertisement
to the Seventh Edition of No Fiction,'
with a Review of Martha.' By
FRANCIS BARNETT, Author of Me-
moirs of Himself.' 12mo.
It appears that Mr. Barnett and Mr.
WHATEVER progress real religion may Reed had formerly been very intimate,
make in the world, we feel assured that it and that when the latter wrote his No
does not at all keep pace with cant and Fiction' he thought the prototype of the
hypocrisy; and that if the established hero dead. There would have been no-
church be openly more lax in its disci-thing, perhaps, very culpable in this,
pline than formerly, the Sectarians are had Mr. Reed made the amende honora-
by no means immaculate. The follow-ble when he found Barnett living, and
ers of a Whitfield or a Wesley no longer that the distorted character he had given
confine themselves in reality to the of him was injurious to his interests.
'straitness of the sect,' but have disco- This he has not done, although Barnett
vered many means of wordly enjoyment declares that, under the character of Le-
not known to the founders of their faith. fevre, he has been gibbeted; that crimes
Among these may be termed what are call- have been attributed to him of which he
ed religious novels. We are aware that is not guilty, and that Mr. Reed has vi-
John Wesley recommended one. novel to olated the sanctity of friendship in mak-
the juvenile branch of his followers, but ing the facts in his life, of which he
one only-Brooke's Fool of Quality,' had in confidence been made the depo-
but he would have disdained the idea of sitory, the basis of a libel on his charac-
inculcating religious truths through the ter. The affairs of Mr. Reed and Mr.
medium of fiction.
Barnett have made a great stir in the
congregation of the former, and they
mutually accuse each other of falsehood.
With their squabble the public has lit-
tle to do, but should our readers fecl
more interest in it than we confess we
do, and read the works, the titles of
which are placed at the head of this ar-
ticle, we do not think they will have
much difficulty in deciding, or that their
decision will be in favour of the author
of No Fiction.'

Within the last few years religious novels have been rapidly on the increase; and one, by no means the least popular, has been given to the world by a Mr. Andrew Reed, a dissenting minister we believe, but of what persuasion we know not, nor is it of the least consequence to our present purpose. This gentleman gave to his novel the name of No Fiction,' and assured us that the narrative was founded on facts. The incidents were striking, and decorated in specious language intermixed with religious observations, the work became popular; when, from some motive, which perhaps it would not be difficult to explain, Mr. Francis Barnett comes forward and declares that he is Lefevre, the hero of the tale; that his motives and conduct have been perverted even to the injury of his character. He proves pretty clearly that the best features in No Fiction' are all fiction; that the letters which are given as having passed between Lefevre and another he

The Military Exploits of Don Juan Mar tin Diez, the Empecinado, who first commanded and then organized the System of Guerilla Warfare in Spain. Translated by a General Officer. 8vo. pp. 174. London, 1823. THE difference between a hero and a robber is not always so strongly marked that a positive line can be drawn, though we should be sorry to stigmatize with the latter epithet any man whose services were devoted to his country. It is this which constitutes an essential difference between the present constitutional guerillas of Spain and the bands of the army of the faith. In their maraudings they very probably do not much differ, but the one plunders in alliance with a foMr. Reed is very fond of introducing reign invader-the other carries on a himself in his works, and Martha,' destructive if not a very regular warthough avowedly the subject of the work fare in order to destroy him. In the which we presume is another No late war when the Empecinado so greatFiction,' scarcely occupies a more pro-ly distinguished himself, the guerillas, minent place than her brother and bio-whatever excesses they might commit, grapher, the author. The life of Mar- had the strongest provocations; and if tha, (to whom the author ascribes every they wreaked a terrible, it was not an virtue under heaven,') though detailed unmerited vengeance on the French. In with singular minuteness, is extremely the present contest the guerilla system barren of incident; nor is there a single has not been so well organized or so efcircumstance in her life, from her birth fective, though the brave and active on the 2nd of June, 1793, to her death Mina, whose forces have never exceeded on the 16th December, 1821, that can 5000 men, has kept three or four times

that number at bay in Catalonia, and has in all probability made 10,000 Frenchmen bite the dust.

Another of the Spanish leaders, less celebrated than Mina in the present campaign, but nearly as distinguished in the last, is the Empecinado whose memoirs are here given, though in a somewhat questionable shape; nor does the author afford any clue to ascertain their authenticity: on his veracity, therefore, and that of the General Officer,' and we are not sure they are not the same person, their fidelity must rest.

Juan Martin Diez was the son of a peasant, and was born at Castillo de Duero, near Valladolid. Naturally robust, and invigorated by bodily labour, he longed for a military life, and, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the but was, on the entreaties of his parents, discharged.

army,

much assisted by the peasants, who, though
unarmed, helped to intimidate (by appear-
ing in bodies) and were not backward in as-
sisting to destroy the stragglers.'

of this chief, one in particular deserves noAmongst the early and bold operations tice, the capture of a convoy, in which was a carriage conveying a female relation or friend of Marshal Moncey. This coach was escorted by twelve soldiers, in the centre of two columns of six thousand men each, about a mile asunder. The Empecinado with eight of his people was concealed close to the town of Caravias. He allowed the leading column to pass, then boldly rushed upon the convoy, put to death the whole of the escort, seized and carried off the carriage; and when the alarin was given, Martin and his prize were in safety in the mountains, and he effectually eluded the long and strict search which was made after him. He was only able to save the life of one of the only saved, but as she was with child, he men-servants and of the lady, whom he not sent her to his own house that she might reWhen war was proclaimed against ceive care and attention. The convoy France, at the commencement of the turned out a prize of great value: it consistFrench revolution, Martin again entered ed of money, some jewels, and a variety of the army; and, as a private in a regi- ornamental trinkets for women, military efment of dragoons of Spain, he distin- fects, such as officers' epaulets, gold and silguished himself by his bravery and dis- ver lace, and sword blades. Martin divided cipline. At the close of the war he was a great portion of these things amongst his discharged, and it was during his retire-served for the government the principal part, men; he took a share himself; but he rement that he received the name of the Empecinado. When Napoleon, under the insidious pretext of being the ally of Spain, was meditating its subjugation, Martin openly declared that the French troops ought to be considered as enemies; and when he was told that King Ferdinand had passed through Aranda de Duero, he exclaimed, the French are an infamous people; Napoleon is the worst among them; and if Ferdi-sion he is said to have thrown himself nand once enters France he will never French journals are every day telling us down a precipice, a feat which the get out of it until we go and fetch him.' When Ferdinand had reached Bayonne, Martin, with two companions, one of whom was only 16 years old, determined to make war against the French, and soon killed one French courier and intercepted the dispatches of another. His associates were afterwards increased to twelve, and with these he intercepted couriers and seized large convoys, which he distributed among the inhabitants of the neighbouring towns :

During the months of May, June, and July, 1808, the enemy was harassed or attacked by these gallant men amounting now to twelve in number. There is no doubt but that, in the course of these three months,

above 600 Frenchmen were put to death by

Martin and his gallant comrades. They could give no quarter, as there was no depot to which prisoners could be sent. In one day alone, in the beginning of June, ten sergeants, and eighty-three soldiers fell by the hands of these patriots, who were often

which he placed at the disposal of General
Cuesta, in Salamanca; thus giving an une-
quivocal proof of his disinterested feelings,
for an order had been issued by the govern-
ment (the central junta,) that every thing
taken from the enemy by the patriot par-
ties should exclusively belong to them.'
The Empecinado had, as might be
expected from such daring courage, ma-
hair breadth escapes.

ny

On one occa

he had got a respectable force, he sin-
gled out the French commandant and
they engaged.

Mina now does. In another affair, when

nado by a thrust of the sword, which ran
The Frenchman wounded the Empeci-
through his arm and penetrated into his
side. This seemed but to increase his cou-
rage and double his exertions; he avoided
another blow, seized the French commander
by the neck, dragged him off his horse, fell
with him, but kept the upper hand: both
were disarmed and struggled violently: the
Frenchman would not surrender; the Em-
pecinado collared him with one hand and
with the other snatched up a stone and put
him to death.'

The Empecinado's forces did not aug-
ment very rapidly, but, slender as they
were in numbers, they did good execu-
tion; his promotion, however, was ra-
pid enough; he became a brigadier-
general of cavalry in the national army,
attended the Duke of Wellington to

Madrid, and was by him appointed to an important command at Tortosa. The Empecinado is a man of true courage and tried patriotism, on whom Spain still looks to no ordinary efforts in enabling her to resist foreign invasion.

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton
and Charles Cotton: extensively embel-
lished with Engravings on Copper and
Wood, from Original Paintings and
Drawings by first-rate Artists. To
which are added, an Introductory Es-
say; the Linnæan Arrangement of the
various River Fish delineated in the
Work: and Illustrative Notes. 12mo.
pp. 471. London, 1823.
SOME books,' says the author of the
Characteristics in the manner of Roche-
foucalt's Maxims,' 'have a personal cha-
for the sake of the author. Thus we
racter. We are attached to the work
read Walton's "Angler" as we should
converse with an agreeable old man,
not for what he says, so much as for
his manner of saying it, and the plea-
sure he takes in the subject.' This evi-
dently proves that the author, though
no bad critic, is not an angler. It is,
however, one of the peculiar features
of Walton's work, that it is praised and
admired even by those who confess
themselves not merely ignorant of the
art of which it treats, but even averse
to it. Dr. Johnson, thinking it a work
that ought not to be dormant, suggested
to the Rev. Moses Brown to revise a

new edition of it; and this gentleman, in executing his task, observed, that not only the lovers of this art, but all others, who have no inclinations in the least to the diversion of angling that it treats of, have joined in giving it their mutual suffrage and commendation.' Sir John Hawkins describes Walton's Angler' as having scarcely its fellow in any of the modern languages, in the simplicity of the style, the humour of the dialogue, in enchanting pastoral poetry, and fine morality. The Rev. Dr. Zouch speaks of it as an exquisitely pleasing performance,' which the lovely lessons of religious and moral instructions,' which it inculcates, will ever recommend. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the orator, the poet, and the dramatist, declared that he never desired a better companion for a post-chaise than Walton's Angler; and a living and elegant writer, Washington Irving, bears testimony to the fascinating style of honest Izaak Walton.

Thus it would seem that the work before us is reviewed to our hands; and we confess, after such testimony in its

favour, our humble praise can scarcely |ter of the ceremonies at Bath or Chel-
be necesssary. It would, however, be tenham; this book, then, will teach
an act of injustice to the present editor, him, and, by knowing the servants' du-
if we omitted to state, that, while this ties, he may learn some of his own.
edition contains all that obtained the
admiration of authors, anglers, critics,
poets, and moralists, for the last century
and a half, it contains many new at-
tractions. In the first place, we have a
very well written introductory essay,
which contains some interesting notices
of Walton and Cotton. They clear-
ly establish, what indeed Mr. Singer
proved, that Walton was a poet of supe-
rior attainments, and that the beautiful
poem of Thealma and Clearchus, as
well as those charming effusions in the
'Angler,' were the production of Wal-
ton himself, and that the supposed au-
thor, John Chalkhill, is altogether a fic-
titious personage. Then we have, by
way of appendix, a Linnæan arrange-
ment of the fish from the best authori-
ties. A variety of ingenious notes, il-
lustrative of the Angler,' many of which
are original; and, last not least in our
dear love,' we have nearly a hundred
embellishments on copper and wood,
admirably executed.

Agreeing with those that have gone before us, that, for simplicity of style, elegance, delicate pathos, and sound morality, Walton's Angler' may take the first rank; we recommend Mr. Major's beautiful edition of an exquisite work, as an indispensable vade mecum for anglers, and as a treat to every one who can be allured by the seductions of language, the amiable character of an author, or who wishes to have the lessons of morality inculcated in the sweetest manner. It has been said, that one of Sir Joshua Reynolds's lectures was once read as a sermon; and an excellent discourse might be made out of the Complete Angler' by the fishers of

men.'

Phantoms, a Poem, in Two Parts. With Myrrha, a Fragment, Translate:[ from the Provençal. By J. H. ST. AUBYN. 8vo. pp. 116. London, 1823. The Footman's Directory' contains A LONG dedication to Lord Gage, which, useful hints on the arrangement and we doubt not, would have been very acperformance of the work, rules for set- ceptable to his lordship as a private letting out tables and sideboards; the art ter, and a preface, explanatory of the subof waiting at table and conducting large ject of the poem, precede it. The auor small parties; directions for clean-thor disclaims all originality, though, ing plate, glass, &c.; advice respecting to say the truth, we suspect that he is behaviour to superiors, useful receipts, entitled to the full merit of his productables, &c.; nor are the moral duties tion, and that it is an honour of which neglected to be inculcated in this vo- he will remain in undisturbed posseslume, which we recommend to faniilies sion. Phantoms,' it appears, origias well as to servants. nated in a dream, and we think them not unlikely to create one, since they A New Grammar of the English Lan-are quite somniferous. A few good pasguage; including the Fundamental sages might be gathered from this poem, Principles of Etymology, Syntax, and but it is excessively prosaic. Prosody. With Notes and Illustrations, Critical and Explanatory. By T. O. CHURCHILL, Translator of 'Herder's Philosophy of History,' &c. 12mo. pp. 454. London, 1823. IT might have been supposed that a WE understand that Zelinda' was writsubject so universally studied as gram ten when the fair author was not more mar, would, long ago, have reached all than fifteen years of age, and certainly the perfection it could possibly attain; it is a very creditable production for so Mr. Churchill has, however, proved the young a lady. It is a tale of love-but contrary, by the many very essential what should a girl in her teens think and importantant improvements, cri- of but love? and, indeed, what should tical, theoretical, and practical, which any body write tales about but love 2 he has adopted. Taking Lowth for his A more prolific subject cannot be se basis, he has raised a superstructure, lected, nor one more attractive to the correct in its principles and permanent great body of readers. The versificain its materials; in fact, he has not only tion of Zelinda' is smooth and harmoextended the objects of English gram-nious, and may certainly be considered mar, but has exemplified its principles as a promising effort for so young an and facilitated its study.

Byzantium; a Dramatic Poem. By
EDWARD RICHARD Poole, Student
of the Inner Temple. 8vo. pp. 142.
London, 1823.

Zelinda, a Poem; and Cardiff Castle, a Dramatic Historical Sketch. By M. G. LEWIS. 8vo. pp. 144. London, 1823.

author.

A VISIT TO THE MAHAW INDIANS.

In the spring of 1822, the Rev. Samuel Giddings, an United States' missionary, made a tour among the western Indians, and visited the Mahaw village, which he describes as situated on the banks of the Elkhorn, on a high Prairie, surrounded by a beautiful and rude country, but destitute of timber, excepting a small quantity on the margin of the river.' His reception was kind:

IF the present age is not eminently dra-
matic, it is not for want of effort; for
we every year have a host of tragedies,
tragic poems, dramas, and dramatic
poems, &c. The author of the present
poem, whom we suspect to have met
with in print ere now, has selected a
good subject for his muse, the siege of
Constantinople, and he has adhered
'I was,' says he, kindly received, and in-
pretty closely to the narrative of Gib- vitet to four feasts within an hour. The
bon. The story possesses a high degree first was the flesh of an elk, boiled without
of interest, and now that the Greeks salt. It was placed in a large bowl or
are struggling with the Ottoman Porte, trough, around which four or five guests as
its publication may be considered assembled, each taking his knife, and using his
fingers instead of a fork. If any remains,
seasonable. Some of the scenes are
you are invited to carry it away with you.
animated, and the language though not You may, if you please, give it to the mas
always vigorous, is not tame. Byzan-ter of the house, and he gives it to others,
tium' is a poem which is calculated to who surround the bowl to eat. The second
create an impression by no means un-feast was corn, which was also boiled with-
favourable to Mr. Poole's talents. out salt. In eating the boiled corn, spoons

made of buffaloe horn or wood are used. The other two feasts consisted of corn and dried pumpkin boiled together. I have been the more particular, as the customs, and the manner of treating strangers, among all these tribes, is similar. These children of nature know not the use of bread; and have but one kind of food cooked at the same feast. The man, who gives the feast, never eats till the guests have finished. These feasts are considered as the highest honour that can be conferred on a stranger.'

buried by laying the corpse between two
former mounds, and over this is reared an-
other mound, the base of which rests upon
the tops of the two former. In this burying
ground, which has been used but three
years, there is one grave and mound resting
upon two more, which are to be distinctly
seen; and the top of the highest is between
eight and nine feet above the level of the
adjoining ground; and many smaller mounds
resting upon others in the same manner.
Supposing this tribe tɔ inhabit their present
village but a century, and pursue the sanie
method by burying their dead, they would
raise a mound forty or fifty feet high, and
many rods in circumference. May not this
account for the various mounds found in the
Indian country?'

In all the western territories of America, there are numerous and extensive mounds, which have given rise to many enquiries and speculations. That they are the work of man is evident, from their construction, and various theories have been formed, as to their origin, none of which seems so plausible as that suggested in the following description of the manner in which the Mahaw In-hour, save in his own country,' is an dians bury their dead :—

I visited,' says Mr. Geddings, their burying ground, about eighty rods distant. It is situated on the top of a bluff, about one baudred and forty feet above the level of their village. The ascent, however, is gente. Here I saw several of the tribe collect

DR. CHURCH, AND THE NEW PROCESS

IN PRINTING.

two types at one process, all the parties continuing to cast even hair spaces singly and separately to this day!

Whether Dr. Church will be able to

play off his piano-forte printing foundry, case, press, and parliamentary reporter, to as good a tune, Johnny Bull and he must determine.'

Original Poetry.

LINES

Written at St. Helena, November, 1813, by a

Naval Officer, returning from the East Indies, where he had been Shipwrecked.-Addressed to his Wife.

WHEN I tore myself from thee to cross the wide ocean,

And kissed the sweet babes whom we both hold so dear;

THAT 'a prophet is not without he- No charm was there left that could sooth my

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emotion,

Save those blessings of Providence-hope and a tear.

flout it,

And prove it ridiculous, too, if they can; think he who leaves such endearments with

observation in Scripture, which almost
every day's experience confirms: and Yes, a tear, let the great ones deride me and
thus Dr. Church, whose new process of
making type dance into words and sen-
tences, to the tune of Bob and Joan,'
on the piana-forte, is treated rather con-
temptuously in the United States, his
native country. A few years ago, says At sea, when the dance or the song was pre-
the Charleston City Gazette of June 5,

out it,

Must be something much more or much less than a man.

vailing,

With the thoughts of your absence my bosom would burn;

Those thoughts which had always suggested bewailing,

ed, and mourning over the graves of their departed relatives. They pulled their hair, rent their clothes, beat their breasts, and howled in imitation of different kinds of wild beasts. At times, they made frantic gestures and sung mournful songs. Their manner of burying is various, according to the directions given by the person before his death. In some instances, a grave is dug three feet deep, and the corpse placed in it, and covered with earth in the usual form among white people. Others are bu-ceeded to London, and offered his plan When the clouds of misfortune again appear

ried in a sitting posture, partly in the earth
and partly above, with a mound, three or
four feet high, raised over the corpse. Some
are laid on a platform, made by driving four
forked sticks into the earth, laying thereon
two poles, which reach from the head to the
foot, crossing these with shorter poles,
and covering them with grass or leaves.
This platform is raised from four inches to a
foot high. At the head and foot, a forked
stick is driven down, and a ridge pole laid
in the forks. Against this, on all sides,
sticks and bark are placed, and the whole
covered with earth, generally clods about
two feet thick. Others are laid on the earth,
and a mound, seven feet high, and in the
form of a cone, raised over them.
coffins are used; but when a grave is dug,
flat stones or split sticks are placed beneath,
on the sides, and above the corpse. The
property of the deceased is disposed of ac-
cording to his directions in his life-time.
Sometimes a part, or all, is buried with
him. At other times, it is given away to
relatives and friends, who come to mourn
over the grave. All who come to mourn,
if they are not near relatives, expect pay in
presents. The graves are placed froin one
to four feet asunder, and the mounds often
come together at the base. Another is

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an ingenious mechanic in New England thought he had invented a sort of manifold type foundry, or method of casting many types at once, or whole words or lines of them, instead of the tedious manner still in use of making them one at a time. Full of this idea, he pro

'Till hope said, 'cheer up for a happy return.' On that awful day, when the leaks were fast pouring,

'Till the ship could no longer the torrent sustain;

to the Caslons, Wilsons, and other type-
founders in the British capital, for their
examination and purchase. After de-
liberate, repeated, and satisfactory expe-
riments, the Englishmen gave the Yankee
ten thousand dollars for his right to the
discovery, and he returned home with Sweet Hope, like an angel, my feelings restrain-
the money in his pocket. A few years
after another son of the punch and ma-
trix visited the London printing houses,
where he obtained from them the art of
casting stereotype plates; and among
other curiosities of the place, had his
attention directed to some small pieces
of printed paper pasted against the walls,
which he found to be nothing more nor
less than proof impressions of a few
lines of type cast by the aforesaid ma-
chine, headed by a label or inscription
stating that it was a specimen or me-
mento of Yankee ingenuity, for which
ten thousand dollars had been paid in
London!-But it appears that all the skill
of the inventor and the purchaser had How can you forget how enchanting her smile,
been exhausted in the first effort, as
neither of them had been able to extend
it so far as to the successful formation of

And cease thy insulting repinings at fate,
Thou know'st not what blessings for thee are
in store ;
Let content be thy motto, whate'er thy estate,

Know that God often humbles to exalt one
the more.

The love of thy Ellen thy cares will beguile, Whilst the true paths of honour you strictly pursue;

When she said, 'twas not riches she wedded, but you.'

*The writer had been shipwrecked before in the West Indies.