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From the Bunker Hill Aurora anit Masonic Mirror. 



We liave beoii furnished by our respcrfh-d fel- 

 low-citizen, Nathan Webb, Esq. with the foJlovvinsr 

 Ode, which is intimately associated in the minds 

 of some of our oldest citizens with the revolution- 

 ary times. It was written by Nathaniel Niles, 

 Esq. then living: at Randolph, soon after the coin- 

 meni;c(nent of the revolution. It w;;sset to mu- 

 sic, and afterwards engraved on copper by Paul 

 Revere, well known in our revolutionary h itior 

 as having given information of the movements of, 

 t le British troops to Hancock and Adams, then at 

 Lexington, which was the means of saving their 

 valuable lives. In 1783, when iMr Webb first 

 came to Boston, this Ode was one of t\ie. fashion- 

 able songs of the day and was sung on all fe.stive 

 occasions, at the conclusion of singing nieetint's, 

 &c. A gentleman of Boston, now 56 yejirs of 

 age through whom the present copy is procured, 

 used to sing this song during his apprenticeship in 

 Virginia — indeed, it was as popular as Yankee 

 Doodle, all over the country at that time. The 

 plate has probably been lost, and it it not known 

 that there is a copy of it in the print of oh en 

 time, now in existence. It has been ])reserved in 

 a copy taken from the printed sheet by Mr Webb, 

 in the M'Keen family of Boston. We publish it 

 at this time, for we are sure it will be |)erused with 

 interest by our readers. It is full of the pure and 

 burning patriotism af the times, when no individual 

 sacrifice was too great for the protection of rights 

 and the preservation of the liberties of the peo|de. 

 Major Russell, of Bos:on, has informed us that he 

 has heard it sung in the .American camp at Pros 

 pect Hill, in Charlestown, by several thousand of 

 the troops. 



BUNKER HILL, OR THE AMERICAN 

 HERO. 



A SAPPHIC ODE. 



Why should vain mortals tremble at the sight of 



Death and destruction in the field of battle. 



Where blood and carnage clothe the ground with crim- 



FEBRliART 33. 18 fr. 



Then to live wisdom of my Lord and Master, 

 I will commit all that I have or wish for : 

 Sweetly as babes sleep, will I give my life up, 

 V\;hen railed to yield it. 



Now, Mars, I diire thee, clad in smoky pillars, 

 Bursting from bomb-shells, roaring from the cannon. 

 Rattling in grape-shot, like a storm of hailstones, 

 Torturing ^ther. 



Up to bleak heavens, let the spreading flames rise. 

 Breaking like Etna, through the smoky columns, 

 Low'ring like Egypt, o'er the fallen city, 

 Wantonly burnt down. 



While all their hearts quick palpitate for havoc. 

 Let slip your blood hounds, named the British lions, 

 Dauntless as death stares, nimble as the whirlwind, 

 Dreadful as Demons. 



Let ocean waft on all your floating castles ; 

 Fraught with destruction, horrible to nature ; 

 Then with your sails filled, by a storm of vengeance, 

 Bear down to battle. 



From the dim caverns, made by ghostly miners. 

 Let the explosion, dreadful as volcanoes. 

 Heave the broad town, with all its wealth and people. 

 Quick to destruction. 



Still shall the banner of the King of heaven. 

 Never advance whore I 'm afraid to follow. 

 While it precedes me, with an open bosom, 

 War I defy thee. 



Fame and dear freedom, lure me on to battle, 

 While a fell Despot, grimmer than a death's head. 

 Slings mn with serpents, fiercer than Medusa's, 

 To the encounter. 



Life for my country and the cause of freedom. 

 Is but a trifle for a worm to part with, 

 But if preserved in so great a contest, 

 Life is redoubled. 



Sounding with death-groans? 



Death will invade ua, by the means appointed, 

 And we all must bow to the King of terrors, 

 Nor am 1 anxious, if I am prepared, 



What shape he comes in. 



Infinite goodness, teaches us submission, 

 Bids us be quiet, under all his dealings ; 

 Never repining, but forever praising, 

 God our Creator. 



Well may we praise him, all his ways are perfect ; 

 Though a resplendence infinitely glowing. 

 Dazzles in glory on the sight of mortals. 

 Struck blind by lustre. 



Good is Jehovah, in bestowinrr aun shine 

 Nor less his goodness in the storm and thunder ; 

 Mercies and judgments both proceed from kindness. 

 Infinite kindness. 



O then exult, that God forever reignr-ih. 

 Clouds, which surround him, hinder our perception. 

 Bind us the stronger to exalt his name, and 

 Shout louder praises. 



lOVERTY IS NO DISGRACE. 



Not many days since, we rambled a short dis- 

 tance from the more compact and thickly settled 

 part of the town, both for exercise and to breathe 

 a purer air than can be found amidst a dense pop- 

 ulation. We saw by the way a little urchin, ap- 

 parently six or eight years old, busily engaged in 

 |)icking barberries. His clothes were neat and 

 clean but patched with many colors. His coun- 

 tenance o[>en, frank, and the emblem of innocence. 

 We stopped a moment to look at and adujire the 

 apparent contentment and industry of the little 

 fellow, and while so stopping, a very respectable 

 and line looking middle aged lady, with a lad of 

 about ten years came up, who like ourself, were 

 walking to take the morning air. On seeing the 

 little fellow among the barberry bushes, the lad 

 of ten with fine clothes but a coarser heart, ab- 

 ruptly accosted him with " I say, boy, what do 

 you wear your clollics patched up so lor ?" With 

 a countenance bespeaking his woimded feelings, 

 he readily replied, " I have no father — my moth- 

 er is poor, with four smaller children than I am, 

 and not able to give me better clothes. I work 

 in the factory most of the time, but the water is 

 so low and I have no work today, so I am pick- 



ing barberries to buy a new jacket with." A tear 

 coursed down the cheek of the lady, who was 

 not an inactive spectator of the scene. " Georre, 

 my son," said she, "is it not nidund in you, thus 

 to address this poor boy, who is not as you are, 

 blest with an indulgent father to provide him food 

 and clothes ?" The kind hearted woman had 

 touched a tender chord, for George was not des- 

 titute of a noble and manly feeling. He burst 

 into tears and entreated his mother to give the 

 poor boy some of his clothes. The barberries 

 were immediately purchased of the little fellow, 

 lor which he receiveil enough to buy hvii a jacket 

 and trowsers. Nor dhl the kind-hearted mother 

 of George, confine her good offices to the boy 

 with his barberries. The poor boy's mother has 

 since shared liberally of her munificence-, which 



she ever receives with the utmost gratitude. Fall 



River Monitor. 



Female Expression. — The celebrated Judge 

 Paine, one of the signers of the Declaration of 

 Independence, was induced by a friend to go to 

 an assembly to see a noted beauty who was to 

 grace the meeting with her presence. When he 

 arrived there, on being asked how he liked her 

 appearance — "Fudge!" exclaimed the cynic, "do 

 you call her handsome ? she has do more expres- 

 sion than a boivl of milk ."' 



SEKDS KOU COrWTUY DEALERS. 



Trader.f in the country who may wish to keep an assort- 

 ment 01 Genuine Gaideu Seeds, lor sale, arc inlormcrl thev 

 can be furnished at the New England Farmer Ofilcc, Nos. .'il 

 andoi North Mark.t Street Hoston, with Imxcs containing a 

 complete assortment ol the Seeds mostly used in a Kitchen 

 Garden, on as favnralile terras as they can he procured io this 



country, neatly done up in small papprs, at t! l-4ceuls eacli 



warranted to be of the growth ol 1136, and of the very first 

 quality. A liberal discount will be made to dealers. Orna- 

 uiental Flower Seeds will he added on the same terms, when 

 ordered, as well as Peas, Beans, Early and .-jweel Corn, etc. 

 Oroers should be sont in early. Catalogues supplied gratis. 

 Jan. 18. 



^ GARDENER WANTED. 



Ona who thoroughly understands his l.usinrss, pailicularly 

 greenhouse culture, will Hud eniplovnieiit. hy addressing 

 Marshall p. wilder, 3 Cem'ral Whail. 



Jan. 11. 



GARDENER WANTS A SITUATION. 



Communicaiio.is lef at this Oifice will be attended to. 

 Feb I. 



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AGENTS. 



iVtic i'ork — G C. Thokkuhn, 11 John-street. 

 Fli,jlung,N. Y.—V,'m. Princf ^. Sons, Prop. Lin- Hot. Gar. 

 Alh.imj — \Vm . Thorburn, 3-i7 .Markel-stieet. 

 Philudelylna—D. Sf C. Landbeth, 85 Chesuul-strc«t. 

 /lul'imorc — Publisher ol'Americaii Fanner. 

 Cimiilriali—S.C. Pakkhu tisT. 23 Lower Markel-slreot. 

 MiiUlklmry. IV. — Wight Chapman, iMerchaut. 

 Taunton, -V/nss.— Sam'l O. Duxdab, Bookseller. 

 Uart/ori! — Gooiiwi.v tf Co. lii.okiellers. 

 Ncwiiuiyport—V.vr.xv.rvn Stfdma.v, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. //.—John W. Fostek, Bo. ,. seller. 



XVotHhtOck. IV.— J. A. I'RATT. 



Diatlleboro' — Jus Stee.n'. nookscller. 



liLinc;nr, Me.—Ww. Mann. Druggist, and Wm. B. Harfow 



llalifax.N. S.—F.. Brown, Esq. 



LouisDillc—S^Mavr.L Coopeb, Bullit Street. 



Si. Louis— a. L. Hoffman, and Wm.lis &. .Stevem. 



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