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rOE T R Y. W THE RUINS. JVE ieen, in twilight's penfivc hour, The roofs clad dome, the mould'ring towY In awful ru'n (land, That dome where graceful voices fling* Tha: tower whole chiming muiic rung, Majestically grand ! 5\e feen m;de fculpair'd pride the tomb "Where h.roes fiept w filtnt gloom, Unconfcioua of ;heir fate— Thcfe who with iaurcrd honors crown'dj Among their fens iprer.d terror round, Arid gaii/d—an empty name 1 I've ften in death's dark palace laid, The ruins cf a beauteous maid, Cadaverous and prle !— % That maiden, who while life remain'dp O'er rival charms in tiiumph rei^n'd The n.iili efs of the va!e. I've iVen, where dungeon damps ahidc? A youth* admir'd in manhood's pride, In fancied greatnefs rave ; He, who in Reajbn's happier day, Was virtuous, witty, noble, gay, Leam'd, generous and brave. Nor dome, nor tow'r, in twilight fhade— Nor hero fall'n, nor beauteous maid— To ruin all co.ificrn'd 1 Can with Rich Father touch my bread, Ai (on the maniac*3 form imprcft) The ruins of a noble mind- DIVERSITY. J need etc of Professor "Jvkker, OF THE VKIPFRUTT OF HALLS. MANY, who were perfcnally acquainted with this celebrated character, have frequently heard him relate the following anecdote. Being profefibr of anatomy, he once procured, for diflbction, the bodies of two criminals who had been hanged. The key of the dif¬ fering room not being immediate¬ ly at hand when they were carried home to him, he ordered them to be laid down in a clofet which o- pened in his own apartment. The evening came, and Junker, accord¬ ing- tocuftom, proceeded to refufne hi- literary labors before lie retired to reft. It was now midnight— all his family were faft aflccp,whcn he heard a rambling noife in his clofet. Thinking that, by fome miftake, the cat had been ihut up with the dead bodies, he rofe, and taking the caudle, went to fee what had happened. But what mull have been his aftonifhment, or ra¬ ther his panic, on perceiving that the fack which contained the two bodies was rent through the mid¬ dle ! He approached and found that one of them was gone. The doors and windows were well fecured, and he thought it im- poflible the body could have been ftolen. He tremblingly looked a- round the clofet, and obfervedthe dead man feated in a corner. Junker ftood for a moment mo- tionlefs ; the dead man feemed to look towards h*m : he moved both to the right and left; but the dead man full kept his eye on him. The profeflor then retired, flep by ftep, with his eye ftill fixed up¬ on the ^object, of his alarm, and holding the candle in his hand till he reached the door. The dead man inftantly ftarted up and fol¬ lowed him. A figure of ib hideous an appearance, naked, and in mo¬ tion—the latenefs of the hour— the deep filence which prevailed— every thing concurred to over¬ whelm him with confufion. He let fall the only candle which he had burning, and all was darknefs. He made his efcape to his chamber, and threw himfelf on the bed ;— thither, however, he was purfued, and foon felt the dead man embra¬ cing his legs, and loudly fobbing. Repeated cries of leave me ! leave mo f rekaicd Junker from the grafp of the dead man, who now ex¬ claimed, "Ah ! good executioner !. have mercy upon me I Junker ibon perceived thecaufe of what had happened, and refunu ed his fortitude. He informed the reanimated fufferer who he really was, and made a motion in order to call up fome of the family. "You Willi then to deftroy me!" exclaim, ed the criminal. " If you call any one, my adventure will become public, and I ihall be taken and ex¬ ecuted a fecond time. In the name of humanity, I implore you to five my life." The phyficiah ftruck a light, de¬ corated his gueft with an old night gown, and having mads him take off a cordial, requeftcd to know what had bro't him to the gibbet. " It would have been a truly lingu¬ lar exhibition," obferved Junker, " to have feen me, at that late hour, engaged in a tete-a-tete with a dead man, decked out in a night g0Wn*" t • r if* The poor wretch mrormed him that he had enlifted as a foldier ; but having no great attachment to the profellion, he had determined to defert ; that he had unfortu¬ nately entrufted his fecret to a kind of crimp, a fellow of no principle, who recommended him to a wo¬ man in whofe houfe he was to re¬ main concealed ; that this woman had difcovcred his retreat. Junker was extremely perplexed how to fave the poor man. It was impoflible to retain him in his own houfe, and keep the affair a fecret ; and to turn him out of doors was to expofe him to certain deftruc- tion. Herclblvedto conduct, him out of the city, in order that he might get imo a foreign jurifdic- tion ; but it was neccilaiy to pais the gates of the city which were ftriaJy guarded. To accomplish this point, he drefled the man in fome of his old clothes, covered him with a cloak, and, at an early hour, fat out for the country with his protege behind him. On arriv¬ ing at the city gate, where he was well known, he faid in a hurried tone, that he had been fent for to vifit a fick perfon who was dying in the fuburbs. He was permitted to pafs. Having both got into the open fields,the deferter threw him¬ felf at the feet of his deliverer, to whom he vowed eternal gratitude, and after receiving fome pecuniary afiiftance departed, offering up prayers for his happinefs. Twelve years after, Junker had occafion to go to Amfterdarn, and was accofted on the exchange by a man well dreffed and of the bell appearance, who, he had been in¬ formed, was one of the moil ref- peclable merchants in that city.— The merchant in a polite tone, in¬ quired whether he was not Profef- for Junker, of Halle ; and on being anfwered in the affirmative, he re- quefted in an earnefl manner his company to dinner. TheProfeflbr confented. Having reached the merchant's houfe, he was mown into an elegant apartment, where he found a beautiful wife and two fine healthy children; but he could fcarcely fupprefs his aftonifhment at meeting fo cordial a reception from a family with whom he tho't he was entirely unacquainted. ^ After dinner, the merchant ta¬ king him into his counting room, faid, " You do not recollecT me ?" " Not at all."—" But I well recol¬ lect you, and never {hall your fea¬ tures be effaced from my remem- brance. You are^ my benefactor. I am the perfon who came to lite in your clofet, and to whom you paid fo much attention. On part¬ ing from ycu I took the road, to Holland. I wrote a good hand, was tolerably expert at accounts ; my fio-ure was fomewhat interefting, and I foon obtained'employment as a merchant's clerk. My good conduct,and my zeal for the inter- efts of my patron, procured me his confidence and his daughter's love. —On his retiring from bulinefs, I foon fucceeded him, and became his fon-in-law. But for you, how¬ ever, I mould not have lived to experience all thefe enjoyments. Henceforth look upon my houfe, my fortune and myfelf, as at your difpofal." Thofe who poflefs the fmaltelt portion* of fenfibiiity, can eafily im¬ agine the feelings of Junker. M - " MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. SLEEPING, or rather trying in vain to fleep, at an inn, on an aiTembly night, your chamber being immediately contiguous to the ball-room, and your ear& ^failed, till the time of riling, by the coniiant din of feet and fid¬ dles ; not to men'ion whole herds of bucks, blundering into your room, full of jeit, and roaring for rtrfre foment 3, &c. Neither lock nor bolt to the door. The flap of a Umber faddlc rolling up, and galling and pinching your calf, juft above thf! half boot, through a long day's ride. At the moment when your Korfe is begin¬ ning to run away with you, lofing your ftir- rup, which run^ away too, and bangs your inllep raw, as often a3 you attempt to catch it with your foot. Being mounted on a beaft, who as foon as you have watered him on the road, proceeds Very coolly to repofe himfelf in the middle of the pond, without taking you at all into his council, or paying the flightcil attention to your vivid rcmonftranceson the fubjtft. Trying on a new boot ; after tugg'ng and draining for half an hour, your foot fud- denly flips by the flicking place, and a tack, which the maker has carelekly left in the fo!c introduces itfelfan inch or two into your heel. No jack at hand. Solacing yourielf upon your good luck in getting off an antiquated piece of goods, that has been your firm friend e\er fince you commenced bufinefs ; when behold ! enters Mif? Pert, requeuing you to exchange the pattern, as her friends conceive it to be very unbecoming. No alternative, bin to em¬ brace you* old friend, or lofe her cuilom. After driving a man out of your ihop, by {ha^-p anfvvers, whom, by his manner and appearance, you fjppofe not worth attending to, you obferve him in a fhore tune after* wards, in a (hop diredtly oppor.te to you, laying out fifty dclkr9, " more or hfsf* Briikly {looping to pick up z. lady's fan, at the fame motaent when two other gentle¬ men arc doing the fame ; and fo making a cannon with youi head again It both of theirs ; and this without being the happy man, after all. C. W1LLISTON & Co, Have lately received a new Supply if Stocky and now offer for fale, on good terms, ANaffortment ofGENTLEMEN?s and Ladies' SADDLES, which are warranted to be well made and of a fuperior quality. also,, Harneffes, Bridles, and various other kinds of work in their line. Repairing done on fhort notice, and ev¬ ery favor cheerfully acknowledged. Kingston, April 15, l8il. CANDLES. THE fubferiber has Jaft received 75 Boxes dipped, and 16 Boxes mould CANDLES, which will be fold low by the box or lefs quantity. Also—A few Fur Caps, weavers' Viteis, Clever Seed—and a complete ailbrtnioit of Dry Goods, Lijucrs and Groceries, Crockery and Hardware ; which will be fold as ufual ac the Montreal prices, and till kinds of produce received in payment.--------(£/• Cn/b pmdfor >-.nf hinds oj Produce. S. BART LET. Kings ten, February 26, 1*1 1. 2^ Writing and Wrap¬ ping Pma- for ule at this Office, , . TO BE LET, THE HOUSE no* occupied by Mr. Samuel Hov/e, carpenter. Foj farther particulars apply to the fubferiber .ALEXr. MACDONELL.' Kingston, March 26, 18 11. _____27 ROMEO WADSW0RTH7" Has received ly the late arrivals ft'fim JLindon and Liverpool^ a frcjh fupply of Drugs & Medicines; Which he offers for fale on better term$ that) they ever have been fold in this <-J^£*i» Among ivtihb ar&tbefolUivirg'articte^,,' % Tuns Ailum 100 ib. An.imony exude 1 Arnatto Aloes Aq iafortis * - Nitie Foriis Gum Camphor • Carithaiiiss - Caifia - Cloves Tons Copperas Ib. Crem Tartar 3000 lb. Flor Sulphur 50 - ico - 300 - 100 - 100 - 25 • 400 - 200 • 3 200 300 5° 5° 100 75 5° 40 *5 30 60 z% *5 30 20 30 ib. Gum MyriL" 15 - Gum Scammonj, A'eppo Gum Thus I GumTiagacaatb Mace Magr.efia Manna ^ Netmcgt Opium Peruvian Baik Jalap iiz - PowderMRhifcatb ico -. Sago in,grain,' 7 c '»' do- in powder 3 Tons Glauber Sala 75 Ib. Spermacetti 60 - Tartar Emetic Soiubil II» - 5° " . 5 - 200 - 150 - 100 - 50 - 200 - 200 - Fior Chamomile Fol Digitalis Gum Ammoniac Gurn Arabic Guir* Afla/'cetida Gum Ben2om Gum Elem'i Gum Galbanum Gum Guaicum - GuttGamb. Gum Juniper Gum Seed Lac Gum in il Lie Gum Maltic PATEi\? MEDICINES. 25 30 - Vitriol' 56 - Tapioca 30 - Vermacilla ** 300 - Vitriol Romad 56 - do. Alb# 3000 - Salt Petre 300 - P^arl Barley AnrJerfon's Pills Balfam of Honey Balfara of Gilcc\d Bateman's Diops Boftock'i Elccir B.wdenMtJue Piaifter Brit ft Oil Cephalic Souff Corn Piairtsr Court flicking Piaifter Daffy'bEl x.r Daloy's Caiminative Eari's P.emedy for ihe Hooping Cough Eflence Coltsfoot Do. Peppeimmt Do. Pcnnyioya'l EtTenliat fait of Lemon Do. do. Vinegar COLORS, Blue, Block White Chalk Red do. Carmine Flake White Frankfort Black Indian Red 1 >dian i I; Ivory Black Lamp Black tfiatfe* M^gnefia Godfrey's Cordial Gowland's Lotioa, Hooper's Pills James'Analeptic Pills do F.vtrPowdcr Jcfuit's Dnps L'quid true Blue do* Na.ikceri Dye Losing sToin lUa^iefia L-^enges Ormfltirk Medicine Refined Liquorice Steers** Opodeldoc S(uughton'& Elixir Tia&i Bark, Huxheffi'* Turlir.g on's Balfam EfPnce ot Muitaid 1 EfT. Anchovies Quince fauce S iuce Royal C a vice L.tiiaige Yellow O.ibre Pruflian Blue, No. !**»I Role Pmk m Pumice Sionc Rotten 00. •S.tanilli Diowa {Vci million «»!# Whivc SAUCES. Chen kec Sducc India S- y Mulhroom K.evch«p Apothecary fcales ana weights Camel-hait Pencils Gallypors in fores •G:>ld leaf Ivory Syringes Lozer.ges Peppermint ParentComp. Mortars SUNDRIES. Pewter fyringes * Teeth Bru/bes ' Vial Corks Bottle dj. Wafers, lupcrfine Wax, fealing luperflni do, foi TV»ne Whits leathei Skias Pewter Ounce Mcafures Windlor foa ALSO, 100 Kegs White lead, Chocolate ground Spermaceti! Candles 350 do, Spanifh brown do. do. Oil 50 Green do, Caflc Raifins 50 Yellow ) 50 Slack Box do. . I 200 buxes Window Glafs Fi-?s, Olive Oil atT ned, 6X8, 7X9, Currants, Almoads 8X10, 7fX8$. Wrapping & Writing A general *flbrtment of per aflurtcd ihop furniture, viai^af- f*iefs 6c PiimePark forced, a variety of fur. Plug & Pigtail Tobacco geon's inMruments. Pepper, Allip'ce ON HAND, CofTcc, Loaf'fugar C-unpowder, ^ Together w:th a Gene Hyf,;.i, f Aflbrttn. < f" Dyrstuft, Yuung Hyfon, t«np^C Hrcss Papers, Thn- rtn H^oks, Jacks, &c. &c- &c. p*. ■J Hyfon /kin, ( Hyfon Chuian, j So.'ch'ng, J TEAS. %% Commjss;on Business tranfa£erj on the ufual terms, and Ca(Ti advanced on any kind of Produce and other property left with him. Montreal, Sept. 15, i8ro. 1 | tf 03*TO BE SOLD, THAT valuable rtand for a Merch ant orTAt- eb,n-K.£ep£R iu the towr.lhip v.i Frederirkf burgh, bordering on the Little Creek, near Brad/haw'i Mill. The property confifts in a neat Dwelling- houfe, painted Spanimbiown, forty-five feet in Ur.gth and twenty-fix feet wide, including a gallery in f;onf, which runs the whole length of the houfe ; the wails and partitions are all built of found burnt brick J a good brick chimney with two rlre-pUce<: there are five rooms on the lower floor, and one btd room on the C<cond. Likrwife, a good log (tore houfe and a horiV (table, a»H ucwards of two hundred acres of mofl EXCELLENT LAND, bounded'on ihe v^ft lidt by me Littlr Creek, ai«d on the eall fid* by ".be eali half of lot No. ;*;, extending from ihe King's highway foutherty, d.;wn acrofcthe Big Cr.ek. *»* For fu ther particulars apply to Joseph Pot- syth. Efa. K i^itoojorto the rtibfciibera*Trirrl"NS. 14th Nw. 1S10. JAMES McNJFB. ftTNTXD AN" i>in»n«H<") By CHARLES KKKDALL. By urfiom Subfcriptions and AdvcrlifcmtnU fr this Paper rvill he received? tf«//r**te for Printing promptly performed* f