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M I S C E L, L, A i\ Y 



DEPARTURE OF THE PIONEER. 



Far away from the hill-side, the lake and the hamlet, 



Tlic rocli and the hrook, and yon meadow so gay ; 

 From the foot-path that winds by the side of the stream- 

 let ; 

 From his hut and tlie grave of his friend far away ; 

 He has gone where the footsteps of men never ventured. 

 Where the glooms of the wild tangled forest are centred. 

 Where no beam of the sun, or the sweet moon has en- 

 tered, 

 No blood-hound has roused up the deer with his bay. 



He has left the green valley for paths wliere the bison 

 Roams through the prairies, and leaps o'er the flood ; 

 Where the snake in the swamp sucks the deadliest poison. 

 And the cat of the mountain keeps watch lor its food. 

 But the leaf shall be greener, the sky shall be purer, 

 The eyes shall be clcirer, the rifle be surer. 

 And stronger the aim of the fearless endurcr. 



Who trusts nought but heaven in his way through the 

 wood. 



Light be the heart of the poor, lonely wanderer, 

 Firm be his step through each wearisome mile. 

 Far from the cruel man, far from the plunderer. 



Far from the track ol the mean and the vile. 

 And when death, with the last of its terrors, assails him, 

 And all but the last throb of memory fails him. 

 He'll think of the friend, far away, who bewails him, 

 And light up the cold touch of death with a smile. 



And there shall the dew shed its sweetness and lustre, 



There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread ; 

 The sweet briar shall bloom, and the wild grape shall 

 cluster. 

 And o'er him the leaves of the ivy be shed. 

 There shall they mix with the fern and tlio heather. 

 There shall the young eagle shed its first leather, 

 The wolves with thei'- wild dogs shall lie there together. 

 And moan o'er the spot v.hcre the hunter is laid. 



Braisard. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



perfDHiied by jiroxy. Ailciress, po^t paiil, to Miss 

 Amelia Caroline Ada Joscpliina Scrogg-s, Seven 

 Dials. — London Paper. , 



Hints to Emigrants. — By felling the trees that 

 cover the tops and sides of inotiiitains, (says M 

 Humboldt,) men in every climate prepare at ont-e 

 two calamities t'oi- future generations — the want 

 of fuel and the scarcity of water. 



ExTRAORlilNARy LoNGEVITr OF A NeGBO SlAVE. 



— Died at Maryland, St Andrew, the property of 

 Sir Edward Hyde East, Bart, on Sunday the 5tli 

 December last, Robert Lynch, a negro slave in 

 comfortable circumstances. He enjoyed almost 

 uninterrupted good health until within a fortnight 

 of Ills death, walking generally from his residence 

 to the works of the |)roperty, about the distange 

 of one mile and a quarter. This man perfectly 

 recollected the great earthquake which nearly de- 

 stroyed ihn town of Port lloyal in 1692 ; and fm- 

 ther, remembered the ])ersons and equipages of 

 the Lieut. Governor Sir Henry Morgan, Knight, 

 whose third and last governorship commenced in 

 1680. We shall allow for this early recollection, at 

 all events, the age of 10, or 16S2, (the end of this 

 gentleman's reign, \\c may iidd to the present lime), 

 to prove the venerable old patriarch has been gath- 

 ered to his fathers after having lived (during the 

 reign of si.x kings and one Queen, and the admin- 

 istration of 28 governors, 27 lieutenant governors, 

 and seven Presidents,) to the age of 150 years. — 

 HowilCs Seasons. 



The following description of a steed and out-rider 

 taken from a very interesting work, called A Year in 1 

 Spain, is a fair parallel to Roz'mante and Sancho Panza: 

 ' After being iletained a day longer at Aranjuez than 

 1 had contemplated, for want of conveyance, my little 

 friend Jose at length procured me the means of reaching 

 Toledo. Indeed, I was just thinking of the expediency 

 of departing afoot on the fourth day of my absence from 

 Madrid, when .lose knocked at my door, and told me that 

 he had got a horse for me, and that he was to go along, 

 to bring him back ou a borrico, (a jackass.) I liked this 

 arrangement well. So, paying my bill, and packing up 

 my sack, I sallied out into the court-yard, to commence 

 my journey. I did not expect to be very splendidly 

 mounted, but my astonishment and confusion were in- 

 deed great, on finding that I had to ride upon a misera 

 ble rocin, that had lost his hair by some disease, espe- 

 cially upon the tail, which was as long and as naked 

 as the trunk of an elephant. The only flesh the 

 animal had left seemed to have descended into the legs, 

 and as for his hips, his .backbone and ribs, they were 

 everywhere conspicuous, save where concealed by a 

 huo-e pack saddle, stuffed with straw, and covered with 

 canvas. What made the matter still worse, tlic master 

 of the beast, an old man in a brown cloak, held his hand 

 before me, as I was approaching to take a nearer view, 

 and told me that if it was jViiai to mc he would take the 

 two dollars beforehand. I explained to the old man 

 how very possible it was that his horse would not live to 

 complete the journey ; to which he replied, with some 

 indignation, that he would carry me to las Indins, much 

 more to Toledo. As he continued to hold out his hand 

 with a resolute air, I dropped the required sum into it, 

 and o-rasping the pack-saddle for want of a mane, I vaul- 

 ted at once into the seat. The back of the poor animal 

 cracked and tvvi.stcd under the burthen, ani^ as he gave 

 some indications of a disposition to he down, I drew for- 

 cibly upon tl;e halter. 'Thus roughly handled, his neck 

 bent backward like a broken bow, and, making retrogade 

 steps, he backed full upon .lose, who, well pleased with 

 the idea of so long an excursion, was drawn up behind, 

 upon a little mouse-colored ass, with a game-bag,which 

 contained all my travelling equipage, hung round his 

 neck, and hanging from his shoulder. Three or four 

 sound blows from the cudgel of Jose, accompanied with 

 a kick under the belly from the master of the beast, 

 corrected his retrogade motion, which being changed for 

 an advance, we sallied out of the inn, and took our way 

 through the market place, to the admiration of all Aran- 

 juez.' — vol ii. p. 15, 17. 



June 22, ISSl. 



Valuable and Cheap Land — for Sale. 

 The subscriber otfers for sale, 14,000 acres of choice 

 Land, situated in the town of Pinckney, county of Lewis 

 and state of New Yoi'k. Some oi the land is iiiiprovec 

 and under cultivation. The country is remarkably heal- 

 thy, being entirely free from the fever and ague and Irom 

 i!io cumnion bilious fevers which often afflict the towns 

 upon Lake Ontario, this town being 18 ndles east of the 

 lake. The .soil is principally a sandy loam, much of V 

 covered with rich black mould. The limber is chieflj 

 Sugar Maple, Black Ash, Butternut, Beech, Elm, &c 

 The land yields first rale crops of Gra.ss, Rye, Oats, Bar- 

 ley, Potatoes and Flax ; and on some lots, good Whea; 

 and Corn may be grown. To those wishing to obtain su- 

 perior grazing farms, a fine opportunity ftoVf otfers itscM 

 The pioduce of pasturage and hay from an acre of tht; 

 land, i^ veiy large, fully equalling if not surpassing tha- 

 from the same quantity of land in any other of the Black 

 River townships. The land is adnjirably well watered 

 there being but few lots which have not ilurable running 

 streams upon them. The land is well adapted to Orchard 

 ing — the Apple tree thriving very well in this county 

 Slock of all kinds maybe disposed of with the least possi- 

 ble trouble, and to the greatest advantage, the droveri 

 purchasing at the very doors of the farmers, and paying 

 the highest cash prices for their cattle, which will readilj 

 find purchasers at all seasons of the year. Several far 

 mers at present residing on this town, were originally 

 tVom the New England Slates, and some of them fion 

 Massachusetts, who are in thriving circumstances. Thi 

 above described land is oifered for sale at the very Ion 

 price of from two dollars and a half to three dollars poi 

 acre, lor the uncleared land, and from three dollars and : 

 hair to five dollars and a half tor the improved lots. Th( 

 land will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, and from tw( 

 to five years' credit for payment, in annual instalments 

 will be given. As a further convenience to purchasers- 

 the sub'^criber will receive in payment, Catllo, Sheep 

 Perk, Grain or Grass Seed, for which products he wil 

 allow the highest cash prices. The title to the land i; 

 indisputable, and good Warranty Deeds will be given t< 

 purchaseis. Persons desirous of purchasing will pleasi 

 to apply to the subscriber, at Henderson Harbor, count; 

 of Jefferson, State of New York, or to David C.vn field 

 Esq. on the town. JAMES H. HENDERSON. 



March 9. eplGt 



March of Intellect. — Wants a Sitdatiox — A 

 young wouian who has received the rudiments of 

 her education in a charity school, as house maid ; 

 she wotild prefer a place where the stairs are sent 

 out to scour, and where she can carry on an epis- 

 tolary correspondence with Iier friends, and where 

 furniture-rubbing, washing and cleaning can be 



Gallant Daughter.- — Sir John Cochrane, who was en- 

 gaged in Argyle's rebellion against James the Second, 

 was taken prisoner, after a desperate resistance, and con- 

 demned to bo hanged. His daughter, having notice that 

 the death-warrant was expected from London, attired 

 herself in men's clothes, and twice attacked and robbed 

 the mails between Belfor and Berwick. The execution 

 was bv this means delayed, till Sir John Cochrane's fa- 

 ther, the Earl of Dundonald, succeeded in making inter- 

 est with father Peter, a Jesuit, King James' Confessor, 

 who, for the sum of^ five thousand pounds, interceded 

 with his royal master, in favor of Sir John Cochrane, 

 and procured his pardon. 



Wiien Lord Erskine made his dchittdt the bar, his ag- 

 itation almost overcame him, and he was just going to 

 sit down. ' At that moment,' said he, ' I thought I felt 

 my little children tugging at my gown, and the idea 

 roused me to an exertion of which I did not think my- 

 self capable.' 



Legal Pun— As several gentlemen of the bar were a 

 few days since in conversation, one of them, under favor 

 of the wind, received a portion of his neighbor's saliva 



upon his summer coat. 'Mr. R ,' said the suffere ^^ ^_ ^^^^ _ _^ „.„i..,. 



' if this is the way you treat other persons habits, you 1 H^,ya.r"'N.'s.'— p"j. HiTll'and, Esq. Recorder Office. 

 cannot «7)cc( to rate as a gentleman.' Montreal, L. C— A. Bowman, Bookseller 



Jlmmunition ._£3) 



01 the lest quality ai.d ii,uies« prices, for spoi tin . 



instantly for sale at COPELAND'S POWDER STORE [' 

 6; Broad Street. 



N. B. If the quality is not found .satisfactory, it ma; U 

 be returned, and the money willbe refunded. If Jan. 1 ^ 



Hickory. 



Tbi-s asloni.shing fleet horse was raise'l in Montreal, i 

 from an English blood mare, (sire unknown,) is not in 

 I'erior to any in the U. States for speed, action and beau 

 ty. He is a fine sorrel, well built, good size, and pro 

 nounced by (good) judges in every respect a first raii 

 horse ; trots a 3 minute gait, fast walker, and has pace- 

 around the trotting course. Long Island, in 2 minutes, o 

 seconds, and was oifered publicly to match against aii} 

 horse that could be produced. It is considered unneces- vi 

 saiy to say more, as his qualifications are too well knowi i 

 to be doubled. 



He will sland at Abbott's Inn, Holden, during the j 

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