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Poetical.
[from THE port folio ]
IMITATION OF HORACE.
• BOOK I. ODE 9.
“Vides ut «!.»,” Ac.
The street* are whitened o’er with snow,
The jocund sleighs move to and fro,
And jingling bells resound ;
The tree* their wintry livery wear,
And see close luck’d old Delaware,
In icy fetlter* bound.
Now stir the fire and bring the wine,
’Twss bottled, anno ninety.nine,
And bought of Harry Hill ;
.Four out a bumper, here’s a toast,
“To those on earth we love the most,
And those who love us stilL”
Let politicians strain their throats
Rout national banks and treasury notes,
What stock or specie’s worth;
Our circulating medium’s wine,
Our hank the bowl—its draughts divine
Are current through the earth. O.
EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND.
BT BURNS-I78fi.
I long hae thought, my youthfu' friend,
A something to have sent you,
Though it should na uher end
Than just a kind memento :
But hov the subject theme may gang,
Lei lime and chance determine ;
Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps, turn out a sermon
Ye’ll try the world full soon my lad ;
And Andrew dear, believe me.
Ye’ll find mankind an unco squad,
Aid rnuckle they may grieve ye.
For care and trouble set your thought.
E’en when your end’s attained :
And a’ your views may come to nought,
While every netve is strained.
I’ll n&e say men are villains a’;
The real, harden'd wicked.
Who hae no check bat human law.
Are to a few restricted i
Bot och, mankind are unco weak.
And little to be trusted ;
IF stlj the wavering balance shake,
It’s rarely right unjusted !
Yet they who fa’in fortune’s stri'e.
Their fate we should na censure;
For -nil tb’ important end of tile
They equally may answer.
A man may hae an honest heart,
Tho’ poorttsh hourly Siare him /
A man may take a neebor’s part,
Yet hae no cash to spare him.
Ay free, aff ban’, your story tell,
When with your bosom crony ;
But still keep something to yoursel
Ye scarcely tell to ony.
Conceal y>>ursel as werl't ye can
Frae cri ical dissection ;
But keek thro’ every ither man,
VVT sharpen’d ely inspection.
The sacred lowe o weel plac'd love
Luxuriantly indulge it ■
But never tempt ih’ illicit rove,
Tbo’ nae'lti ig should devu ge it.
1 wave the quantum of the sin ;
The hazard if concealing ;
But och! it hardens a* within,
A nd petrifies the feeling ! ‘
To catch dame fortune’s golden smile,
Assiduous wait upon h»*r ;
And gather gear Oy every wile
That’s justified by honor :
.Not to hide it in a hedge,
Nut for a train attendant ;
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent.
The fear o’ hell’s a hangman’s whip
To baud the wretch in -irder j
Bui w iere ye feel your honor grip,
Lc that aye be your border.
!ts slightest touches, insiant pause.
Debar a’ side-pretences;
And resolutely keep its laws’
Unerring consequences.
The great Creator to revere,
blust sure become the creature ;
But -»ill the preaching cant forbear,
And e’en the rigid feature :
\ et no »r with wiis profane to range,
By complaisance extended; ’
An atheist laugh’s a poor exchange
For Defy offended!
When ranting round in pleasure’s ring,
Religion may be blinded ;
Or if she gie a random r!ing,
It may be little minded ;
But when on life we’re tempest driv’n,
A conscience’s hot a canker ;
A correspondence fix’d wi’ heaven,
Is sure a noble anchor.
Adieu, near, amiable yonth !
^ onr ^Par* can ne’er be wanting ;
3i3y firmnuss, f irtitude, and truth,
Krect your hrniv undaun<irg.
Jn ploughmans phrase.‘God .end you speed,
otill daily to grow wiser ;
And may you better reck he rede,
Than ever did <h’adviser!
ffI}i0cciIaneou£.
[From the Literary Gazette.]
Thnry .Tf. <ie La / title —In the year
1T I-0, Henry ,Vf de L,n Tude, non of a
knight j» the order of St, Lnuin, wan
sent to the Bastile fot the grave offence
of h ivmg sported with the feelings of
Midome Pompadour, the celebrated
nrntr^s* of Loots XV. With the
thought less warm enthusiasm of a
young m m, he had, it seem-, attached
h;iTuelf to the Cause of this woman, in
deftne-e of hi* character, against the
fanatics of the day, fie wished to d.»
her tome ostensibly good office, and
sighed to render liiroselfof consequence
in her esteem. Having h» aid that she
was unhappy from the apprehension
of poison, La Tude waited on Pont pa
dour, at Versailles, to acquaint her
that he had seen a pared put into the
Po-t-Olfice addressed for her ,* and at
the same time expressed his suspicious
relative to the contents of it, and can.
i tioufd the Marchioness to beware —
The parcel arrived of course, La TuJe
having himself put it into the Posi-Of
ticc; but the powder proved on rbeaii
c«l experiment perfectly innocent.—
The result gave (he muretnoness an iu
sight into La Tude’a design ; and uf
I fended at his presumption, she had
him sent to the Bustile as an imposter.
La Tude with great ingenuity etfect
ed his escape from prison : and feeling
unconscious of any crime demanding
Severity of punishment, ho went uad
voluntarily surrendered hiuiself to the
king. Unhappy man ! Victim of the
caprice and cruelty of a woman ! The
unfeeling marchioness, piqued at his
plaeiug more confidence in the king
than herself, mude such representa
tions to his majesty that ho ordered La
Tude back to the same prison, and to
be immured in one of its most dreary
chambers—a dungeon : Where another
prisoner of the nutne of Delegre, was
also confined by order of the tuurchiu»
ne**« let, even from this impregna
ble foi tress of barbarity, where u»
wealtji could bribe—where no instru
ment of any kind «vas allowed, did La
Tude & hit, companion, without-money
i and unaided, effect their escape.
They had neither scissors, knives,
nor any edged instrument ; and for an
huudred guiueas the turnkey would
not supply ihctn wi h an ounce of
thread. Upou uiukiug the calculation
ol the difficulties to be encountered,
they found that they required fourteen
hundred feet of cordage ; two ladders
of wood and rope, fr..in twenty to twen
ty.five feet long, and another of an
hundred and eight feet iu length. It
was necessary to displace several
grates from the chimney ; and iu one
night to make a hole in tiie wall seve
ral feet thick at the distance of only 15
feet from a sentinel. The wooden lad
der and that of rope, when made, must
be concealed ; us the oilieers, accom
panied by the turnkeys came to visit
anil search them several times a week
They had to tuuke and do all these
things to accomplish their design ; and
• hey had nolhiug but their hands to
effect it with.
The hand, to those who know its
use, is the instrument of all ins'.iu
<nen?s. the iron hinge of the Coble
was, by whetting it ou a tiled lloor,
converted into a knife. \\ i<h tins bars ;
vvera removed, and u saw constructed ;
wood was concealed from the daily fuel
t> construct the ladders; La Fude’*
|j«r manteau cuotuini d twelve dozen of
«iiirts, and other articles of apparel,
out el which they made the tioo feet
nt rope. The bars in the chimney took
i months to displace; und the whole ot
;uese proportion* cost IS month*
work, day and night.
The moment ni attempting their dan
gerous enterprise now arrived ; one
night after supper, La Tude first us
ceutied the chimney, and drew the
ropes, iron bars, &c. up alter him,
leaving a sufficient quantity of the led
der in the chimney to enable bis com
panion to ascend with less difficulty.—
Jleing now on the top, they drew up the
1 rest of the ladder ; and then descended
at once on the platform serving as a
eounlerpois to each other. They next
fixed their ladder to a piece of cannon,
and let it gently into the fosse ; by
which means they descended with their
iron bars, wooden ladder and ail their
equipage. During all this time the
sentinel was not more than ten fathoms '
from them, walking upon the corridor.
This prevented them from getting up
to it. to go into the garden, ns tiny
first intended ; they therefoie were uu
der the necessity ofmakingu.se oftlterr
iron bars. They proceeded straight to
Mte wall which separates the fosse of
she Bust lie from Mint of the gird n St.
Antoine, bet ween the garden and tin
governor's house In this place there
formerly had been a little fosse, a fa
th m wide, one or two feet deep, but j
now the water was tip to their arm !
pin.
The moment La Tmle began to mnkn
a hole between two stones to introduce
their iron bars a* lever*, the round
major pa»*ed by with hi* great lun
thprn, a« the distance of ten or twelve
feet over their head-. 'I o prevent their
being discovered, they sunk up to their
e.hios in water; this ceremony th«y
were obliged to repeat rvery half hour
when the round came hy. At length
one large stoue was removed from the
wall • they attacked a second and af
terwards a third, with etjnal •wccph* j
■o that hefore mid-night they had dis
placed several eart loads of stone ; and
in less than six hours had entirely
pierced the wall, which was more than
four feet and a half thi> k. They drew
the portmanteau through the hole, a- i
bandoning every thing else without re
gret. They then descended into the
deep fosse of the gate St. Antoine ; i
whence, after a n*rrow escape from j
perishing, they got upon dry ground
and took r fogc at the abby of St. licr
maine des Pr« 7.
I.b Tilde fled to Holland ; but on the
dem&Qtl ef the King of France, ho was
given up by the Duteh government,
conducted to the Bustile, and more
clo.ely confined thiin ever.
On the death of M&diktne Pcnipa
dour, La Tude um informed of it by u
writing placed u»* at a window in the
iteet. in consequence of some pupers
lie bad thrown from the Baslile tower.
Most of the prisoner* in the Bastile
were on this occasion liberated. The
minister Sariine, however, refused to
*et La I ude free, except on a condition
which the unfortunate man, thinking
derogatory to his honor, would not ac
»*» de to, and lie was still doomed by the
remorseless revenge of that mousier of
inhumanity, to remain a prisoner 10
teet uti'l* r ground, clad in tatters, with
a beard reselling to his breast—no bed
but stiaw—uo provision but bread and
water, overrun wiih vermin. Such,
aloM, continued for many years the
wti thed situation oi the unfortunate
t.a l ude, whose only crime was that
of having otfeudud the favorite of his
sovereign.
The ultimate liberation of T.a Tude
is uot the least wonderful part of his
•IrOry. A woman named Le Gross,
walking abroad iu June, 17SJ-, saw
lying hi a corner, a packet of papers,
th t n i ; the ujipodruncc of having been
luiit c;J iu the uitt. t>he took it up,
and r turning home, read the conteuis.
It proved to he a memorial, stating
part o? the misfortunes of Sicur La
1 ude, prisoner iu a dungeon ten feet
under ground, no an allowance of bread j
and water, for thirty-four years. The !
g'uid tvouiau was moved with compas
sion at the recital of such cruel su'd', r
mg-, and was incessant iu her appii
cutious <,n his behalf to persons of
ran!-; ; till at last sin* obtained hi. libt*
ration on the 18!h of March, l?si,
through ih<- ii lluence of Baron Bn--*
teuil, wh . ac.conipaaiid the glad tidings
with a grant to La I ude of a peuaion
of four humlred livres.
An hnnest tar, who had well lined
hi* pockets with the spoils of the ene
oiies ol Ins country, ordered u huge
^ohl ring. \Vheu the trade-uiuu had
finished it, he told hiin it was common
to have a posey on it. ‘'Very we.I,”
said the seaman, ‘ what must it be?”
‘•Any thing you pieusc,” said the gold
smith. *• 1 heu,’* said the other, "put
j au it —
j “/I hen money's luw, the tiiig must gc."
l his was done, and the honest sou
i of the waves was so well pleased with
llie execution of the whole, that he or
dered a musaivu pair of silver buckcls
to he mitle, with rims nearly as broad
as the edge of a two inch plunk.—
“And here,” said he, “y oU may us well
pul a posey on them also,
“Jj that won't do, the buckles too."
Same years ago, as Mr Aostee was
returning home with some jovial com
panions through Bath, about three
’■*clcck in the morning, they accident
ly met with the watch, who was regu
larly crying the hour. In the mirth of
heart they were in, this was construed
by some of the bucks to be & sort of sa
tire for keeping bud hours. Mr. An.
-‘tec, therefore, insisted that the fellow
should cry past eleven o’clock instead
of three, and on pain of corporeal pun
ishment. After some remonstrance the
penr man was obliged to comply; but
before be had finished his oration, sud
denly reellecting himself, lie said,
shrewdly, I know the hour I am to call;
but pray gentlemen, uimt sort of weath
er would you choose to have ?_Sun
shine, you scoundrel, to be sure—sun
shine. Upon which, notwithstanding
its ruining at that time violently, the
accommodating watchman grave.Jy cries
out in tho proper key—” I'ast eleven I
?r!ock. and,by particular desire, a sun
shining night.
Mr. Johnson, in flip early part of
!'i« life. wa« particularly fond of play ;
*»’d hud a dispute wiili iIim marker of
a billiard lablp, about ten shillings and
n penny, which ihe latter said he owed
for game*—but Johnson, not recollect
ing Ihe circumstance, refused »o pay if,
though often solicited. While p‘-r
fnrimng Simon on the Dublin Theatre,
where the verses of one of his song*
concluded with, Sing hey dawn derry—
Sing hey down r/erry- to his great as
tonishment, he was always answered
by the marker from the gallery, with,
Pay me Jack Johnson my Ten and a
fenny—my Ten and a fenny. This
curious way of demanding payment
had the desired efleet, and forced the
hero to comply.
An ingenious mechanic constructed a
machine, which he carried to tho house
of a tiohleinan, in hopes of a reward •,
hut could not srPt admittance, until ho
promised the Porter half of what might 1
he given him. Tho Peer gave him
twenty.five guineas.-—VNnw, my lord,
he) bestow on me a hundred lash- •
es with a horse w hip.”— His lordship ;
hesitated ; but at length yielded to the
man’s earnest, entreaties.—When he
hod received fifty of the lashes, he eri.
ed “Hold, my lord, I have a partner
without, who has agreed to take half,**
Ho then told the story, and the porter
being called in, was stripped, and re.
eeived the other fifty lashes, which
were laid on in «f,
Burlington, Hampshire Co.
frequent solicitations of many
Ji per»on», who have been desirous of
establishing themselves at this place,
added to the earnest desire of the sub
scriber to pay his just debts, have at
length determined him to lay oil'some
I te or *0 HALF ACKK LOTS at the
above plane, which will be offered at
public sale, on the premises, on Friday
the 2d of Not. next. Burlington (ar
Vandiver’s Store) is situated 10 miles
above Komney, at the intersection of
the main Western road leading to
Clarksburg, Marietta, &e. and to Pen
dleton, Mooretield, Frankl'ord, &e._
As a place of business and lor publici
ty of situation it is not surpassed by
any country place. Situated in a popu
lous, wealth;, and, certainly, the most
fertile part of Hampshire County, it
oiler- many advantages to young*Me.
chauics who are just setting out in the
world. T o the Merchant also it otters
superior advantages; a store having
been lor many yeSYs kept here, expe
rience has shewn that a capital invest*
ed in that business could not, at any o
t her place, be more proli«ably employed,
i’he attention of Mechanics is particu
| larly invited to the object in view • so
I favorable an opportunity <>fpi rmaucot
ly settlingth-uiselves wi!l,ina!l proba
bility, not soon hr*o oecur. I hero are
cunveuient to this place a Fulling Mill
and Carding Machine.
1 here w ill bo ottered for sale, at the
tiaio and place above mentioned, an
excellent SI IE fora FLOUR MILL;
SAW MILL, or any other description
<>i Machinery. It may, without exag
geration, be observed, that few situa
tions in this eouutry hold out greater
inducements to the capitalist who may
be disposed to engage in the Milling
or Manufacturing business. i'he 6ub
>crib«r will also ofi'er at public sale,
>tl the same time and place, a few
v atuable NEGKOES;—also CATTLE,
dUKSES, and other slock, upon the
whole of which a liberal credit wilt
be given. As the design of this sale is
io enable the subscriber to pay hi„
dcbis with promptitude, those to whom
be may be m any wise indebted are in
vited to attend. The terms and all
particulars necessary to be known w ill
ue communicated at the time if sale.
J ACOB VAN HI VEK.
Burlington, Hampshire county, /
September 1st, 1821. £
ICT*The Editor of the Woodstock
Herald will insert tbs above 3 times:
the lust insertion to be made (iu the
inner form) the week previous to the
sale, and forward Ins account to
this ottice for collection.
TRUST BALE.
JJ DY virtue of two Deeds of Trust.
JB V 'fie suh-eribeis ui!t proved to
-ell ul , i h ile, f„r Cash, FOUR
1 »iACIS OF LAND, containing a
o'Jl 105 ACRES, Jyii'g in Hampshire
county, on the Mooiiield road, adjoin
ing each other, and adjoining the lands
»f James MeVicker, William Ale
\ ,c*ier,s heirs, Sample aud others, and
belonging to John MeVicker. The
sale will take place on Thursday' the
20lh instant, ai the house of James
MeVicker, udjoiBing the premises, to
satisfy certain sums due thereon by
said John McVitker to James Kelso.
Such title nill be made the purchaser
as is vested in the subscribers.
A BK A 11 AM I'Ll ! M B, Trustee,
Y ILL1AM DORK, Trustee.
Sept. 1, iS^t—3t
PUBLIC SALE.
3^V virtue of a deed of trust e*pen.
2 ted to the subscriber hy Samuel
Davison and wile, for the purpose of
securing a debt therein mentioned to
James B. Hall, I ill offer for sale at
public auction for cash, at l 2 o'clock,
before the tavern door of Moses New.
banks on the main road lending from
V( mehcster to Romney, on Tuesday,
the^d inst all the undivided interest
nnd proportion of the said Davison
and w.fe in the following Trncts of
J.aud (of which George J.es$int,er fa*
ther of tne said Mrr. Davison, died
seized which interest consists of one
third part thereof subject to the wi
dow's dower) to wit:
One Traci
containing TWENTY FIVE ACRES,
One Other Tract
containing TWO HUNDRED AND
TWENTY SEVEN AND V HALF
ACRES, which sail! two Tracts were
conveved to the said George Eessingcr
Uy John Lupton and wife.
One Other Trad
containing FIFTY ACRES, conveyed
to said l essingar by Joseph Baker and
wife, and the following personal pro
perty, to wit: two tf aggons, si.r llor
srs. five poir of (leers, two new fore
ft heels for a H'aggon, one Cow and
Calf, two Ploughs, nnd a variety of
Household and Kitchen Furniture.—
A more particular description of the
Land will he fnrnithpd on the dsv or
sale- A. S. Tl REAM, Trustee.
September 1—tds.
BLJtJVK T1EK118
I
fO tf
c,ft r
,4 v vy?? ' fror.
The Subscriber
WISHES to enguge an Overseer
for the ensuing year, Cooipe
teni wnge* will he given. A single
man would he preferred, and proof
( will be required ofhis honesty, iudua
try, sobriety and experience.
HENRY S TURNER.
Wheatland, neat Charlestown, >
Jefferson e«> Va. S- pt f. £
Virginia to wit:
*1T Ifules Itolden in she Clerk's Office,
of the Superior Court of C/uincerij
for the Winchester District the firs*:
Monday in August, 1821.
I Ambrose Barnett an administrator and
in right of his deceased wife Mar~
j rare! Barnett, PlaintiA,
i AGAINST
(Frances Helm, executrix of Meridith
I Helm, deceased, who was an exeeu
! tor of T homes Helm, dec*d. and J u*
seph Helm also, executor of Tbomafl
1 Helm, deceased. Defendants.
1MIE subpoena neirefacias awarded
to revive this suit in the name of
j said Ambrose Barnett as administrator
. of his deceuoed wife Margaret, not be
ing executed on the defendant Joseph
Helm, and he not having entered
his appearance and given securi.
ty according to the Act of Assembly
i and the Rules of this Court, and it
! appearing by satisfactory evidence,
! that he is uol an inhabitant of this
country : It is ordered, That the said
Defendant do appear here on the tirBt
I day of the next term and answer the
| bill of the plaintiff j and that a copy
• of this order he forthwith inserted in
[ some newspaper published in Winches
> ter, for two months successively, and
[ another copy posted at the front door
J of the Court House in the said town
| of Winchester.
A Copy.—Teste,
DANIEL LEE, c. o, c
J August 25.
i ----
40 Dollars Reward.
A BSCONDKD from (he subscriber^,
011 Saturday last, an apprentice
to llie Shueniukiiig business, named
JOHN MAHEW,
about 19 years of «ge, 5 fee| 9 or 10
inches high, straight built, fair eonw
plexion and n little freckled, dark
brown hair with a yellow lock on tho
right temple, sharp voice.quirk speech,
«ith an occasional stammer. His
clothing consists of a durk bottle green
fashionable coat, a striped jean round
about, a pale yellow fancy vest, a
brown cloth do. a pair of brown cloth
pantaloons, 3 pair white linen do. 3 do
mestic cotton shirts, a black lashiona
ble fur hat, a pair i»f bootteeg
w hat worn, and a pair of coarse shoes.
His clothing was tied in a pale yellow
striped Madras* handkerchief. Said
apprentice hud permission to be absent
on Saturday last, and availed himself
of that opportunity to abscond. Ho
was seen on the same day at Middle
town, and will probably make for
Staunton. Ten dollars will be given
for his recovery within tho county, if
brought home,- and if apprehended
without the county and confined in
gaol so that I get him again, the abovo
reward Of Forty Dollars.
BE ATT IT CARSON*
August 2.1—tf.
Public Sale,
virtue of a deed of Trust excen«
•MV led to the subscriber, by (*eorgo
Albert and w ife f> r the purpose of se
curing a debt due l)oct. Robt S. Bald
win, I shall oHnr for sale at public
auction, for cash, on the premises, on
Monday, the 2-yh inst. A
HOUSE AM) LOT AN1)
BLACKSMIJII SHOP now
_ in the occupation of said Af
h<-M, on Loudon street, in the (own of
^ ineliester, 011 whirl) there is a lease
for the lives of t-aid George Albert and
wife and their oldest son John, subject
annua! of forty dollars payable
4k to Mrs. Catharine Mueky.
iiif Also, another HOUSE AND
LOT adjoining (he first uien
_ Honed, now in the occupation
of Ephraim Hawkins and on which
there is a leaso for nine hundred and
ninety nine years, renewable f©rr,*A*
subject to an annual of twenty dolla^f
peyable to Mrs. Catharine Mucky.—
Such title ns is vested in the subsrri*
her by the deed aforesaid, will be made
the purchaser. The sale will takn
place about 12 o'clock A. M.
A. S. '1 IDBALL Trustee,
September I—tds.
iO Dollars Reward.
f *£A^ F-D or S7 OLE1V from Mr,
^ Mauk s pasture field, alimil ihrea
quarters nf n mile from the late Camp
Meeting ground, Frederick eounlvfVa.
during the time of the meeting, on the
evening nf Saturday, the 18th nit. or
on Hur.day the 49th, a LIGHT HAY
MARE, 4 years old, m hands and an
inch and a half high, both hind feet
white nearly to the knee, and one of
her fore Feet a little white, hut not re
collected which, also a white star in
the forehead extending downwards.
Whoever takes up the above mare
and returns her to the subscriber,
living in Woodwork, Shenandor.h co.
shall receive the above reword t.oil all
reasonable expences paid.
Sept, 3t JOHN ROMlioCH.