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NEW ENGLAND i AIIMER. 



June 8, ISar. 



MXSCEZ.IIAKIES. 



TO AN INDIAN GOLD COIN. 



BY DR. LEYDEN. 

 [Thtse lines need no eulogium ; tlicy are warm from 

 he heait, and must come home powerfully to the 

 eelings of every reader. The autlior, a nativeofScot- 

 And, had gone as an adventurer to India in starch of | least one hundred thousand dollar 



ibrtune. 'When at last it was within his grasp, h 

 found that he had gained his i)rizf too late ; health had 

 forever fled. He died a few years ago, a victim to the 

 peculiar diseases of that c\imile.]—Analeclic Magazine. 

 Slave of the darlt and dirty mine, 



What vanity hath brought thee here? 

 How can I love to see thee shine 



So blight, whom I have bought so dear : 

 The tent rope's Happing lone I hear, 

 For twilight converse, arm in arm ; 

 The Jackairs shrieks burst on my ear, 

 Whom mirth and music wont to charm. 



By Cherlcul's dark wandi'ring stream. 



Where cane-tufts shadow all the wild, 

 Sweet visions haunt my waking dream 



Of Ttviol, loved while still a child ; 

 Of castled rocks stupendous |)iled, 



By Esk, or Eden's classic wave, 

 ^ Where loves of youth and friendship smiled, 



Uncursed by thee, vile yellow slave ! 

 Fade, day dreams sweet, from mem'ry fade ! 



The perish'd bliss of youth's first prinif, 

 That once so bright en fancy played. 



Revives no more in after time. 

 I'ar from my sacred natal clime 



I hacte to an untimely grave ; 

 I'he daring thoughts (hat soared subliiuo 



Are sunk in ocean's southern wave. 



Slave of the mine ! (hy yellow light 



Gleams baleful as the tombfire drear — 

 \ gentle vision conies by night 



My lonely, widowed heart to cheer ; 

 ITer eyes are dim with many a tear. 



That once where guiding stars to mine : 

 Her fond heart throbs with many a fear ! 



I cannot bear to see thee shine ; 



For thee, for thee, vile yellow slave, 



I left a heart that loved me true ; 

 I crossed the tedious ocean-wave, 



To roam in climes unkind and new, 

 The cold wind of the stranger blew 



Chill on my withered heart — the grave, 

 Dark and untimely, met my view ; 



.\nd all for thee, vile yellow slave ! 



i!a 1 com'stthou now, so late, to mock 



-V wanderer's banish'd heart forlorn, 

 .Now that his frame the lightniMg shock 



Of sun-rays tipt with death has borne — 

 From love, from friendship, country, torn — 



To memory's fond regrets the prey ? 

 Vile slave, thy yellow dross I scorn ; 



Go, mix thee with thy kindred clny. 



' I am worth one hundred thousand dollars ? 

 I was just sixty-five last Chri>tmas. 1 am yet 

 hale and strong. Go to : I'll withdraw from the 

 bustle of the world, and the busy luira of the ex- 

 change. I'll retire and enjoy myself.' 



' Good !' continued old .Tacobs, manfully striving 

 up the mountain's side — ' Good ! I am worth at 



Aye, here 



I'll build ine a warm m.Tnsion — there I'll plant my 

 orchard — on tliis side, I will have my summer- 

 house — round yonder angle we'll run up the sta- 

 ble — and here I will difj the icehouse. What ! 

 must I have all those unsightly woci'en houses 

 blocking up my view ? No matter. I can purchase 

 them of my brother merchant, Mr Hicks ; and 

 then every one of them shall come down.' 



"Consider, sir, for a moment," observed old .Ta- 

 cobs' land agent, consider what will these poor 



people do, if you pull down their huts ?" Do ilo ? 



let them do as they can ; 'tis no concern of mine. 

 And hark ye, Mr Agent, do you sec that mill, that 

 makes sucli a noi.sy clack ? do you see, I say, how 

 its wheel obstructs the stream that waters my 

 grounds ? — Come, no words — that shall come 

 down too. 



So sagely determined old Jacobs, and he v.-ent 

 homo pleased with the project of his brain. He 

 supjied heartily — ho took his hot punch — cracked 

 his jokes — smoked four cig-.rs — and went to bed. 



A fit of apople.\y came o suddenly at night, 

 and old Jacobs never more voke ! 



Two Cotton IVagons meeting on the road to/ 

 gusta (Georgia,) the following dialogue took pl^ 

 between the drivers. " Wliat's cotton in Aug 

 ta ?" says the one with a load. " Cotton,'''' si 

 the other. The enquirer, supposing himself i 

 to be understood, repeats, " what's cotton in A 

 gusta ?" " It's cotton,"' srtys the other. '■ I kn. 

 that," says the first, " but what is it.'" " Whi 

 s'lys the other, " I tell you it is cotton ! cotton 

 cotton ! in Augusta, and every where else, tl 

 ever I heard of." " I know that as well as yoi 

 says the first, " but what does cotton bring in A 

 gusta?" "Why, it brings nothing there, b 

 every boijy brings cotton.'" "Look here,' 

 the first wagoner, with an oath, "you had beU 

 leave the State ; for I'll be hanged if you do*"^ ,' 

 know too much for Georgia" 



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i ChaUenp:e. — Some yea^ since, Judge , of 



1 Rhode Island, received a ch ; enge from Gen , 



of which ho took no notice Soon after, he met 

 the challenger in a public company, and tlie fol- 

 lowing dialogue ensued between them : 

 j General. Did you receive my note, Sir ? 



Judge. Yes, Sir. 



General. Well, Sir, do you intend to fight me? 



Judge. No, Sir. 



General. Then, Sir, I shall consider you a piti- 

 ful coward. 



Judge. Right, Sir ; you knew that very well, or 

 you would never have challenged me. 



The Reu-ard of ll'ai:— The Duke of Marlbor- 

 ough, observing a soldier leaning pensively on the 

 butt-end of his musket, just after victory had de- 

 clared itself in favour of the British arms, at the 

 battle of Blenheim, accosted him thus : " Why so 

 pensive, my friend, after so glorious a victory 

 "It may be glorious," replied the brave follow, but 

 I am thinking, that all tlie humrin blood I have 

 spilt this day, has only earned me four pence." 



Influence of the Seat of Government. — Duri' 

 the time that our Legislature held its session 

 Cahawba, tliat town was almost every Winter i 

 undated by the overflowing wnters of the river- 

 town property was held enormously high — prov 

 ions of all kinds were high — labour was high- 

 party spirit ran high — and the citizens (some 

 them at least) carried their heads very high.- 

 Now, the scene is changed : The last session 

 held in Tuscaloosa, and immediately on theii 

 scmbling, and even before, town property ti 

 great rise — provisions of every description ro! 

 labor rose — our spirits rose — whiskey rose- 

 as if an acknowledgement of the suproraai 

 that august body, and as a token of its proft 

 respect, the Black Warrior river has risen 

 height previously unprecedented, not only 

 'lilt twice — yea, three times has jt been abovi 

 usual high water mark — and for aught we k: 

 will continue to do so, as long as the seat of 

 ernment remains with us. Now mark the i 

 ence. Since the removal, the Alabama has fal] 

 we hear of no freshets — no canoes running (i 

 one house to another — property has fallen — trw 

 has fallen — provisions have fallen — countenanci 

 have fallen — and many of the good citizens a> 

 completely chop-fallen. Such is the magical ar 

 powerful influence of a State House I 



Tuscaloosa pa. 



In Amherst, Mass. the two militia companies of 

 the town were lately called out for the choice of 

 officers, a captain in one, and a lieutenant in (he 

 other. The company that was deficient of a lieu- 

 tenant was called first, and after choosing thirli/- 

 fimr individuals, who all for various pithy reas.ins 

 declined, were dismissed. The other company, 

 after choosing tzi-enti/stven captains, none of whom 

 would "stand," were also dismissed, and all went 

 Old Jacobs. — 'Thanks to my lucky stars 1' ex- ! ])eaceably home, well satisfied with their day's 



claimed old Jacobs, standing near a lofty mountain, ' work, and ready to parade again at short notice. 



and looking with infinite complacency ni the prop- ' Military honors are becoming pretty cheap. 



erty which he had puichased at the Tontine Cof- 1 At a late military training in Pike, Bradford co. 



,'lllum and Rrfned Salt I'ctre. 

 Constanllv for sale in lots to suit purchasers by ii 

 COPKLaIN'D, jr. .\o. do Broad Street. 



Shott — Ualls — Flints — and — Percussion Ci 

 oflhe best quality at wholesale and retail. 



Roman Vitriol 

 of s superior quality, for sale as above by the cask! 

 l^irjrer quantity. 3m March 



J. S,- ,1. Fates'' Fatent Hoes, 



Constantly for sale by f'rench k Weld. 31 & 32 So«| 



Market street, sole asrenis for vending the same. ] 



POWDEK, Phot, halls, Flints, and IVrcussion Ca^ 



Wholes lie and Ivetail, Constantly on hand at 65 Broai 



Street. . E.' COFFJ.ANU. .1 



BELI. FOUNDER. This celebraieri horse, 

 bright Ray, with black legs, standing 15 hands high,! 

 celebrated trotter, and a true descendant of the Fire 

 awai/s, will stand at Col. .laques' stable, in Charles- 

 town, during the season. Charge §20, and gl.OO th« 

 groom — see "New EnglHud Farmer, May 4, 'iiV2ti. 



fee House, — 'Thanks to my lucky stars ! I am i Pa. a man named Everts, aged 73, was killed liy Williams 



worth one hundred thousand dollars 1' said he, one Piatt; previously to the murder, Piatt had ! 1^"= P*"^ •'t'""' 'ht manj 



'fairly scraped together! I think I will buy a nearly gouged out both of the old man's eves.— I ^"S'""'^ ' armer, . lay 2.j 



ship for Jack ; To.ii sliall be a counsellor ; Patty 



ves, Patty shall marry the English -Embassador. 



I RO.MA.W This elegant, full blooded horse, .H iTigMH 

 'bay, with black le^s, mane and tail, of high spirit ;ii 

 I jood temper, will stand at the farm nf Mr Stephe 



n N'nrthborough (Ms.) at 4120 'he s--as. 



s are laki n awav See Ni 



, Another melancholy instance of the erils arising r,.,^j, j-^p_,ier is published every Friday, at $2.50 pf 

 from our niilitary farces. ' annum, if paid in adrancc. 



