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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 1, 1831. 



HYMN TO THE STARS. 



We cut the following lines from a newspaper 

 several years since : we know not who is the 

 author of them, but whoever he was, he has 

 written a hymn which, for sublimity of thought 

 and expression, we do not remember ever to 

 liave seen surpassed. — St. Louis Times. 

 Ave ! there, ye shine, and there have shone, 



la one eternal ' hour of prime ;' 

 Each rolling, burningly, alone, 



Through boundless space and countless time; 

 Ay ! there, ye shine, the golden dews 



That pave tho realms by seraphs trod ; 

 There, through yon echoing vault, diffuse 



The song of choral worlds to God. 



Ye vis'bln spirits ! bright as erst 



Young Eden's birthnight saw ye shine 

 On all her flowers and fountains first, 



Ye sparkle from the hand divine : 

 Yea ! bright as then ye smiled to catch 



The music of a sphere so fair, 

 To hold your high, immortal watch, 



And gird your God's pavillion there. 



Gold frets to dust ; yet there ye are ; 



Time rots the diamond ; there ye roll 

 In primal light, as if each star 



Enshrined an everlasting soul. 

 And do they not ? since yon bright throngs 



One alUenlightening Spirit own, 

 Praised there by pure sidereal tongues, 



Eternal glorious, blest, and lone. 



Could man but see what yo have seen, 



Unfold awhile the shrouded past, 

 From all that is, to what has been : 



The glance how rich, the range how vast ! 

 The birth of time ! the rise, the fall 



Of empires ; myriads, ages flown ; 

 Thrones, cities, tongues, arts, worships ; all 



The things whose echoes are not gone. 



Ye saw red Zoroaster send 



His soul into your mystic reign ; 

 Ye saw the adoring Sabian bond, 



The living hills his mighty fane : 

 Beneath his blue and beaming sky, 



He worshipped at your lo'ty shrine, 

 And deemed he saw, with gifted eye, 



The Godhead, in bis works divine. 



Aud there ye shine, as if to mock 



The children of an earthly sire : 

 The storm, the bolt, the earthquake's shock, 



The red volcano's cat'ract fire, 

 Drought, famine, plague, and blood, and (Time, 



All nature's ills, and life's vrorA woes, 

 Are nought to you : ye smile the same. 



And scorn alike their dawn and close. 



Ay '. there ye roll, emblems sublime 



Of him whose spirit o'er us moves 

 Beyond the clouds of grief and crime, 



Still shining on tho world he loves. 

 Nor is one scene to mortals giv'n, 



That more divides the soul and sod, 

 Than yon proud heraldry of heav'n, 



Yon burning blnz mry of God. 



SYMBOLS. 



In youth the heart is like tl e bird — 



The humming bird in eastern bowers— 



That ever, (take the traveller's word,) 

 Feeds flying, on the dews of flowers. 



irtmanhood. 'lis the eagle bold, 



Borne upward to the cloud, the sky — 



That soorns the rock and mountain bold, 

 Except to build on, or to die. 



The sparkler of the woods is caug/it, 

 The eagle's bosom pierced ere Ion" — 



What symbol s!i;ill for age be aoygut I 

 What bird its emblem lie in sun;; ? 



The mocking-bird it? likeness be, 

 That hath no music of its own — 



TJiat sings with imitative glee : 

 The bird of memory alone. 



CONSOLATION. 



The philosopher Citophilus was endeavoring 

 ono day to console a lady overwhelmed with 

 sudden and unutterable affliction — Madam, said 

 he, the fate of the dueen of England, daughter 

 of tho great Henry, was still more unfortunate 

 than yours. She was driven from her king- 

 doms, was on the point of perishing by ship- 

 wreck and was doomed to behold her royal 

 and affectionate husband lay down his life upon 

 the scaffold — I am sorry '.or her, replied the la- 

 dy, and continued to deplore her own misfor- 

 tunes. But madam, said the- philosopher, re- 

 member Mary Stuart, who was dethroned and 

 imprisoned by her rebellious subjects, and be- 

 headed by her cousin the Queen Elizabeth, to 

 whom she had flown for succour and assist- 

 ance. She was very cruel, said the lady, and 

 relapsed immediately into her own melancholy. 

 You have heard of the beautiful Joan of Naplos, 

 who was captured and strangled by the inhu- 

 man monster Charles de Duras, whom she had 

 educated as her own son. I remember her, 

 said the afflicted lady. I must relate to you 

 the history of a sovereign of my own time, said 

 Citophilus, who was dethroned one evening 

 after supper and passed tho remainder of his 

 life in a desert Isle. I know the whole story, 

 replied the lady. 



Well then, let me inform you of what hap- 

 pened to another great Princess to whom 1 had 

 the honor to teach philosophy. She had a lov- 

 er without the knowledge of hor father, who 

 having one day surprised him in her company 

 gave him aviolentblow in the face. The lover 

 seized a pair of tongs and broke tho head of his 

 good father-in-law, who was cured with diffi- 

 culty and carries the mark of it to the present 

 hour. The princess affrighted, jumped from a 

 window and broke her log sa that, although 

 previously possessed of the finest figure in the 

 world, she has now became a cripple aud can- 

 nm walk without limpiug —Her lover was con- 

 demned to death for the vioienoe offered to his 

 King — You may imagine the slate of the priu- 

 cess when her lover was conducted to the 

 scaffold — I saw her lover often while in prison 

 and she never spoke to me but of her sorrows. 



Why then will you not allow me to think of] 

 nine? replied tho lady. 'Tis because, said| 

 the Philosopher, it is not proper to think ol: 

 them; and since so many great ladies have! 

 been unfortnnate, it ill becomes von to despair | 

 Think of Hecuba. Think of Niobe— Ah! 

 said the lady, if I had lived in their times it 

 those of the beautiful princesses you mention, 

 and if to console them yon had recounted my 

 misfortunes to them— do you think they would 

 have listened, K> you? 



The next day our philosopher lost his only 

 sou. and was frantic with grief. The lady pre- 

 pared a list of all the great men who bad lost 

 their children, and sent it to him wiib her af 

 fectionate regards. He ra.id it, allowed it to 

 be accurate and uue, but was not the less af- 

 flicted for the loss of his son. Three months 

 afterwards they met again and were astonish- 

 ed mfind each other sereno and choerful. — 

 They erected a statue to Time, with this in- 

 scription : 



" TO HIM THAT CONSOLES." 



ROCHESTER PRICES CVRRENT. 



Jan. 1,1831. 



Candles, mould per lb 9 els 



Old Pewter, Brass and 



Col. John A. Dix of Cooperstown, has been 

 appointed by th*» governor, adjutant genera! of 

 Hie state, in place of K. F. Ruck, deceased 



Manufactures of Green County. Tl>e 



Catskill Recorder of the 16th inst. says, on 

 Vlonday last, the sloop Catskill sailed from the 



'wharf of Messrs. Donnelly, Cookes k Co., 

 having on board 10,00(1 sides of leather, worth 

 more than £5^000, all manufactured io thai 

 county. This they say is but a small item of 

 the immense amount uf the products of the 

 Oak and Hemlocks of (heir mountains. On 

 the same day other sloops sailed from there. 

 freighted with the same article ; and from ten 

 to twenty loads of leather have been received 

 daily, for many da)s past, iu that village, aach 



.load averaging in value, from five to six nun- 



Idrcd doll3is. So much for cultivating our 



, ?wn resources. 



Do dipped do 



Do sperm do 28 " 



Com per bushel 44o50 



Cheese per lb U4a05 Do prime 



Clover Seed per bush $4 Cm Do fresh per lb 

 Flour per bbl 4 25 QailU per 100 



Flu per lb 07a08]Rye per bash 



Flax Seed per bush 78<zK7iRag9p«r lb 

 Feathers per lb 31a37|Salt per bbl 



Furs— Otter 100o400jTallow per lb 



Fox, red 50a75[ Wheat per bush 



Copper per lb 14 



Peaches, dry'd booh lOOflCOO 



Pork, oiess per bbl $lSal3 



8a9 



OSaO-1 



S5a3D 



50 



03 .20-* 



$175 



06a0T 



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BANK NOTE TABLE. 



Corrected Weekly for the Rochester Daily Advertiser* 



BY C W. DUflDAS. 



NEW YORK. 



All banks in this slate, par 

 except the following 

 BrokcnBanks. Washing- 

 ton & Wa<ren, Barker's t.x 

 change, Franklin Bank.Mid- 

 dle Dist , Columbia, Greene 

 County, Marble Manuf. Co., 

 Plattsburgb, and Niagara. 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Al banks in this state, par. 

 except the following 

 Broken Bank* Farmers' 

 b'uk of Belcb'-rtown, Sutton, 

 Berksbi e, Essex and Brigh- 

 ton baHks. 



VERMONT. 

 AM banks m ibis -tale. par. 



EtHODC-lSLAND 



All banks in tbis state, par, 



except the following 



Broken Banks Farmers' 



Exchange, and Farmers' & 



Mechanics' bank*. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 All bunks iu tbis state, par. 

 except tho fellowing 

 Broken Banks. Eagle, 



lamaqnoddv banks. 



NEW-JERSBY. 

 Statob'nk, & Trenton Bank 



iug Company, par 



\ll ether banks, 2 per cent. 



except the following- 



Broken Banfa. Salem & 

 Phil. ManufCo., Monmouth,. 

 Hoboken and Grazing Co., 

 V.Jersey Manof & Baokjnp 

 Co. at Hoboken, State Bank 

 jt Trenton, Protection aud 

 Lombard, and Jersfcv City. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Philadelphia Banks, par. 



\11 other banks, %per cent, 



except the following 1 " 



Broken Banks. Farmer.* 

 & Mechanics' at N. So. .Cen- 

 tre, iluctington, Meadville, 

 Marietta, Joniata, Greencaa- 

 tle, Bedford, Beaver, Wash- 

 ington, UniontoUii, Agricul- 

 tural, Sil. Lake, Westmore- 

 land at Greenburgh, New- 

 Hope Bridge Co new emle- 

 »lou,aud Browoville bonks. 

 OHIO. 



Eagle pay'oie al Union bank All banks, 4 to 6 per cent. 

 New-Vork, Derby, and Der-| MICHIGAN. 



by payable at Fultou bank 

 New- York. 



.NEW HAMPSHIRE 



All bauks in this slate, par. 



MAINE. 



All banks, iper tent, 



except the following 

 Broken Banks. Monroe, 

 and Detroit. 



CANADA. 



All bank> in this state, par. lAll banks, 3 to 3 per ctr.i 

 except the following except the 



Broken Banks. Casiiue,) Upper Cans, at Kingston 

 vYiscauet, Hallowetl &. Au- and Unchartered banks. 

 guita, Kennebec, and Pas-| 



U The above table trhen speaking of foreign Bills, re 

 fers to those of $ii, and over, as none of a less denomin- 

 ation are receivable. 



IMPORTANT LAW DECISION 



A case has lately been decided at the eourt 

 of King's Bench for the district of Montreal, 

 which ie of some importance to common car- 

 riers of goods, in (he British colonies. A 

 quantity of merchandise, brought from Que- 

 bec, was landed in Montreal without the con 

 signees knowledge, and lost. The proprietor 

 broaght an action against the steamboat com- 

 pany for the value ot the goods, as there had 

 been no delivery to him or to his agent He 

 obtaiued judgement for the amount with costs 

 The chiefjustice decared that selamboat pro- 

 prietors were liable, not only for the safe pas 

 sage, but also for the safe delivery, of proper- 

 ty delivered to them, although a clause to the 

 contrary might be contained in the bill of lan- 

 ding. Too same principles are also applica- 

 ble to stage propretors, notwithstanding any 

 notification to Ins contrary in handbills or 

 waybills.— V. V , E Post. 



AMERICAN SILK. 



A gentleman from Mansfield- Con. informs 

 .js that i; is computed that at least four tooe 

 of raw silk have been raised in ''onnecticut 

 ihisseason ; and that the Silk raised in Mans- 

 field and the adjoining towns this year lias a- 

 mounted to g.!4.000\ — all of which bas founfl 

 a ready sale.— W, E. Farmer. 



