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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the JVeic York Observer. 



FALLS OF THE MOHAWK. 



The following lines, written by the celebrated Thom- 

 as Moore, at the Cohoes, or Falls of the Mohawk river, 

 contain many beautiful images, derived from river scen- 

 ery. The language and thoughts are characterized by 

 that liquidity and exactness for which all Moore's po- 

 ems are distinguished. The country in the immediate 

 •vicinity of the Cohoes has a peculiarly wild and dreary 

 character ; and when the sun is in the right position, a 

 fine rainbow is painted on the spray, which is continu- 

 ally rising from below the falls. These circumstances 

 explain the allusions in the verses. We wish that all 

 Moore's poetry was as free from an immoral tendency. 



From rise of morn till set of sun, 



I've seen the mighty Moliawk run ; 



And, as I mark the woods of pine 



Along his mirror darkly shine, 



Like tall and gloomy forms that pass 



Before the wizards midnight glass ; 



And, as I viewed the hurrying pace 



With which he ran his turbid race ; 



Rushing, alike, untir'd and wild. 



Thro' shades that frown'd and flowers that smil'd. 



Flying by every green recess 



That woo'd him to its calm caress ; 



Yet, something turning with the wind, 



As if to leave one look behind : 



Oh ! I have thought — and thinking sigh'd — 



How like to thee, thou restless tide ! 



May be the lot — the life of him 



Wlio roams along thy water's brim ; 



Through what alternate shades of woe, 



And flow'rs of joy, my path may go ; 



How many an humble, wild retreat 



May rise to court my weary feet, 



While still pursuing — still unblest, 



I wander on nor dare to rest ; 



But urgent as the doom that calls 



Thy water to its destin'd falls, 



I see the world's bewildering force 



Hurry my heart's devoted course 



From lapse to lapse, till life be done, 



And the lost current cease to run. 



Ob ! may my falls be bright as thine : 

 May Heav'n's forgiving rainbow shine 

 Upon the mist that circles me. 

 As soft as now it hangs o'er thee I 



only liy licr tears ; she had no evidence to prove 

 that slie did not put the property in her box ; 

 and her only answer to the interrogntories was, 

 that she was innocent. The judges had no sus- 

 picion of the depravity of the accuser, whose 

 station was respectable, and they administered 

 the law in all its rigor ; a rigor undoubtedly e.v- 

 cessive, which ought to disappear from our code 

 to srive place to a simple but certain penalty 

 which leave fewer crimes unpunished. The 

 innocent girl was condemned to be hanged. 

 The dreadful office was ineffectually performed, 

 as it was the first attempt of the son of the great 

 executioner. A surgeon had purchased the 

 body for dissection, and it was conveyed to his 

 house. On that evening, being about to open 

 her head, he perceived a gentle warmth about 

 the body. The dissecting knife fell Lorn his 

 hand, and he placed in his bed her whom he 

 was about to dissect. His efforts to restore her 

 to life were effectual ; and at the same time he 

 sent for a priest, on whose discretion and expe- 

 rience he could depend, in order to consult with 

 him on this strange event, as well as to have him 

 for a witness to his conduct. The moment the 

 unfortunate girl opened her eyes, she believed 

 herself in the other world, and perceiving the 

 figure of the priest, who had a marked and ma- 

 jestic countenance (for I know him, and it is 

 from him that I have this fact,) she joined her 

 hands tremblingly, and exclaimed 'Eternal Fa- 

 ther, you know my innocence — have pity on 

 me !' in this manner she continued to invoke the 

 Ecclesiastic, believing, in her simplicity, that 

 she beheld her God. They were long in per- 

 suading her that she was not dead — so much had 

 the idea of the punishment and of death posses- 

 sed her imagination. Nothing could be more 

 touching and more expressive than the cry of 

 an innocent being, who thus approached towards 

 him whom she regarded as her Supreme Judge ; 

 and, independently of her afiecting beauty, this 

 single spectacle was suflicient to create the most 

 lively interest in the breast of an observing and 

 sensible man. What a scene for a painter! 

 What a moral for a philosopher! What a lesson 

 for a legislator! 



The servant having returned to life, recog- 

 nised a man in him whom she had adored, and 

 who directed her prayers towards the only ador- 

 Siiigular recovery of a Female unjustly executed ! ^^^[^[q Being, quitied the house of the surgeon, 

 The following account of the case of a poorj who was doubly unquiet on her account and his 

 girl, who was unjustly executed in 17(>6, is giv 



en by a celebrated French author, as an instance 

 of the injustice which was olten committed by 

 the equivocal mode of trial used in France. 



"About seventeen years since, a young peas- 

 ant girl, possessed of a very agreeable figure, 

 was placed at Paris in the service of a man de- 

 praved by all the vices consequent on the cor- 

 ruption of great cities. Smitten with her 

 charms, he tried every method to seduce her; 

 but she was virtuous, and resisted. The pru- 

 dence of this girl only irritated the passion of 

 her master, who, not being able to make her 

 submit to his desires, determined on the most 

 black and horrible revenge. He secretly con- 

 veyed into her box many things belonging to 

 him, marked with his name. He then exclaim- 

 ed that he was robbed, called in a commissaire 

 (a ministerial officer of justice) and made his 

 deposition. The girl's box was searched, and 

 the things were discovered. The unhappy ser- 

 vant was imprisoned. She defended herself 



own. She retired to hide herself in a distant 

 village, feanng to meet the Judge.=, or the Offi- 

 cers, who, With the dreadful tree, incessantly 

 haunted her imagination. The villanous accus- 

 er remained unpunished, because his crime, 

 though manifested to the eyes of two individual 

 witnesses, was not so clear to the eyes of the 

 Magistrates and of the laws. The people sub- 

 sequently became acquainted with the resuscita- 

 tion of this girl, and loaded with reproaches the 

 execrable author of her misery ; but, in this im- 

 mense city, his offence v/as soon forgotten, and 

 the morwter perhaps still breathes; — at least, 

 he has not publicly suffeied the punishment 

 which he deserves. 



Industry. — It is an immutable decree, that the 

 oil of gladness shall brighten the face of indus- 

 try alone. For how much virtue and happiness 

 are not men indebted to that constitution of 

 things, which imposes upon th.em an obligation 

 to act and to refrain. 



From the Amherst (N. H.) Cabinet of August 2 

 The following remarkable event occurrcc 

 Bedford, on Thursday of last week. A yo 

 girl, of about 14 years of age, was assisting 

 the taking away of grain in the sheaf upo 

 scaffold on the great beams of the barn, w 

 she accidentally fell from the scaffold, a des( 

 of 7 or 8 feet, on to a stake of the cart wl 

 had just been unloaded. The stake entered 

 bodj', passed up the rectum, and ciime oul 

 the left side near the breast, so tliat she 

 completely transfixed upon it. The stake 

 so attached to others by the rave of the car 

 that it could not be removed until the otl 

 were broken off, when it was forced from 

 socket in the cart, and the girl carried ou 

 the barn before it could be extricated from I 

 During all which time the girl held on by 

 top of the stake which had passed through 

 side sufficient for her to take hold of with I 

 hands, six or seven inches at least. A 

 distressing situation cannot easily be imagii 

 The length of the stake which passed into 

 body measured full 27 inches; and in circum 

 ence was 5 inches at the largest, and at lea 

 inches in the smallest part of it. And wha 

 equally remarkable, the girl is doing very v 

 and likely speedily to recover — and has ap 

 ently undergone less suffering than could pi 

 biy be conceived of in such a case. 



Prom the Providence Gazette. 

 A remarkable instance of malice in a hi 

 owned by a person near this town, we h 

 heard related on good authority. A perso 

 few years since was in the habit, whenevei 

 wished to catch his horse, to take a quat 

 of corn in a measure, when, calling to him, 

 horse would come up and eat the corn w 

 the bridle was put over his bead. But 

 owner having deceived the animal sev 

 times by calling him when he had no con 

 the measure, the horse at length began to 

 pect his design — and coming up one daj 

 usual, on being called, looked into the ni 

 ure, and seeing it empty, turned round, xe. 

 his hind legs, and killed his owner on the s 



Webb, the celebrated walker, who was 

 markable for vigor both of body and m 

 drank nothing but water. He \vas one day 

 commending his regimen to a friend who 

 ed wine, and urged him with great earnest 

 to quit a course of luxury by which his he 

 and his intellect would be equally destro; 

 The gentleman appeared to be convinced, 

 lold him that he would conform to his cout 

 though he could not change his course of lif 

 once, but would leave off strong liquors by 

 grees. " By degrees!" exclaims Webb, "• if 

 should unhappily fall into the fire, would ; 

 caution your servants to pull you out by 



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