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rW3>* P O E T \l Y. THE DYING MARIANNE. BT MRS* M.liHANNF. BIKR. Ali! Why ao 1 iccfc repi In vain I clofe my eves ; In vain I cmitt tlu*C, balmy deep, Rx.ll-fs and pale I lie and weep, While gentle fluml>Lr flies. BT MK$. M.JRIANNF. BCKR. ill ! why this 'ong and liutf*»ing p&in ? vrhy do I feck repofe in vain? Thefi- tedious days and niqhts of grief, Theff months of wo, and no relief, Ah ! when will th y be gone ? Wlirn will my tears and Hg'hing cesfe ? When (h dl 1 greet thee% fmiWng peace ? And vvh^n will plcafure dawn i Ahs ! the chpiccft balm no more Can this my wafting fiJh reftore ; t mult rcfifrn my breath ; No more the healing art can give Th»> dying frame a power UJ live, Or ftay the hand of death. Adie'i, my friends, a long adieu To peace, to friendship- and to you ; Ah ! crijcl fale of mine ! Mttft I befnatch'd from all that's clear, Prom cv'ry friend and comfort here ? Yes, I mud all lefign. No more the fun with phafant ray, Looks down ftom ho^v'n, to che^r my day ! Tn me in vain he fmiks. Darlcnefs and doubts my pence controul, A dreary gloom o'erfprcads my foul, And cvVy plcafure Spoils. Bui wblt, (hall I a worm complain ? Or charge my God with ounfclavain ! Or (lull I dare repine ? Afraid to die, too vile to live, My God, a trembling wretch forgive, And let tby mercy (hinc. O Cor a chtcrmq vmee from heaven, ** Daughter* thy fi»s are all fovRKcir* u Thy crimes arc vvaflVd away i" Then c iuld 1 clofe in p:v:c my eves, And f i. ■ t:*i in-.phr.nt t ^ the ikies, Wil.r. fiu-.es eternal day. B*it cm f) vile a finder find A j ill .. ;! holy Gael f> kind ; \n«j can I tniu his [fvaoc I Y\*, fily R.1 '.o:t.cs lives! I.: \\w$ ' J -• l^ my fonl; my \w\ e revives ! i ;-.' l.'s finilmg face. < h t r" (lie fun m fky Cercn^ Ttu patting clouds l,e look-; 1 ;ti\vecr., $ • I bids rnv fi-irs remove. With | Jen fore now I iruft hls^-ace, A - !"'»;• to cud my mortal race, TJ i&lii lus precious love. - more on D rath my foul Curprifcj ] : / ftca I?" iVIlUon God ftttU'Sj And all ;s peace of mind ; i c no mo:e in things h low To tempt my Uiy ; with joy I g€»j And I* '.'. tl.cn all behind, vlu.:1!, ";' fiiend^, a long adicll, i leave the | iys ol ruth \ ilh yoi3, J feck a hrav'sily prize. ; lay rut tnjeCftfttbo be Ib-md, .\; I ivfoeu tlu't'i-mp of God lhall found* h his bWft image rile. "Parivpelti my child and partner dear ; H aught on eartli could k>-ep me here, ^TvvowM be my love f >r you ; Rut Jcfiw calls mv foul away, Jd"u« 1 ivbids a longer lla}, My dean ll friends, adieu. Thus Marantic with raptors Cong ; Tlvis fl >w'd the mufic From her tongue j She closed her eyes in peace. The ipirit leaves her honfeofclay, 'I'o realm'* of blifs Ihc wings her way, When; figbs and furrows ccafe* Surviving frisnd^i her virtues claim S me iv.ixt memorial of her«.amc, And white llu H. opsin death, Ti. yours with pitxus care to tread s iv.r llcpa as far as Joins led, 'Till lieav'n demand your breath. 'I In n may you all In peace rcfigh ' :i ond its joys for blifs divine, ;vmi wu '.i Jut loul above, V. ||Gr4 v/.nhliiipr ha«ps a*id fengsproclaim g-teat RcdetUici's [jlorioua nar.::, And Ipeal; his boundlcfti love. Epitaph on a Taylor. HERE lib a Snip, "Wli->m iKjih did //•/;, And ah ! cm wi too clever; Willi hi- l-it^ Jfh'ars I Ic ciifl liia vrars, An J e ..i' v 'J him forever, • DIVERSI l'Y. FROM THE GUKANLlt, * • • * From the Dcjk of poor Robert, the Scribe. If your children you'd conmanc!% Parents, hup ajkady band. OUR p;irion ufeJ to fay,"juft as the twig is bent the tree's in¬ clined," and therefore every little fellow of ns, rag tag and bobtail, ti'fed to be obliged to fay our cate- iilook would awe them into fner.ee, and a word was fare to be follow¬ ed by the ftiicteft obedience. If it was convenient they came to the table ; if not, without a murmur they waited. They grew up pat¬ terns of filial obedience and affec¬ tion, and added to focicty the molt correct, ufeful and refptdable members. Li lien to old Robert. Never flrike a child while you arc in an¬ ger. Never interfere with your ment as well as the education or children is a matter ol the moil momentous concern. Mrs. lufty is as good a difpofuioncd woman as you will find in a hundred, but {\vlc don't keep a Heady hand' with her children. Tommy, laid flie, let that clock cafe alone. Tommy turned round whifiled half a min¬ ute and went to wc rk at the clock again. Tommy, Cud flic, I (hall be aiVronted,if you dont let that clock alone, and lecrtainly will whip you. / never did fee fuch a b<-y in my life, faid the mother, he dont mind a word I fay. She cuiuinued on knitting, while Tom continued :it the clock cafe till Over it tumbled and dafhed the old thing to pieces. The mother \\ ^U tury tip wjUj Liic tongs and knocked poor Tom i'pr.w- li rig among the ruins. Tom roared like Bedlam, and the kind vomui took him in her lap—fiid ilu was forry (he had hurt him, but then he muft learn to mind hi s mother, and giving him a piece of r.>kv- to ftop his crying, pkked up the ruins of the clock.—*What was the eonfequence i Why, if Tom, who with a iieady h;uul ;o rovern him, v ouicl have become *' c - i l r a nian or worth, lurncd out a Ival- ty, iil niUurcd villain. Mrs. Softly, good woman, don't Whip her dear little children, how¬ ever bad they may conduct, for they cry fo loud and to long (he is atV.iid they will.go into fits* Yet fhe keeps a rod hanging over the mantlcpieccthrcatenuigthem every hour in rticdiiv; Old Captain i'tii) 'lwore his children Ihouldbc well governe«f So he hud by a good hickory, and for every trifling offence, thralhed liis cluldren till they were beaten into hardihood and lhamclellnefs. When they appeu-edon ihe thea¬ tre of life they vyerc <mly fit for robbery and the whipping polt. How dilTerent was the govern¬ ment iii my friend Aimwell, and his wire. If one corrected a child •, i lie other never interfered* When the drift ravof knowledge bcaran to dawn in their infant minds, they commenced aftcady courleof pro- cccdinir. They never dirceled what was improper to be done, or mTunder- ftood, but fo long as the child re- iilted through temper, they con¬ tinued to punifh until the temper yielded. A fteady hand, a mild but a firm manner of limine; their commands, were always lure to produce obedience. It was an in¬ variable rule with them when they were in a paffion never to punifh their children. Never to promife the minutelt thin? to them with* out performing. And yet their children loved them molt tender¬ ly ; wantoned and played their lit¬ tle gambols around them with the •' trcolt freedom. Yet at anv time piuouny runii v. uat you uo p iic. Begin early with your cl-il- dr-n. JJreak their temper if it is lii:--!i, vvhilc vouiiy ; it may cuft you and tiicm a pang, but it will five you both fifty afterwards, and then be tteadyin your government, Ufe the rod fparingly > it is better and ealier to command from their love and refnetf t ban by lear. K.ep thele rules, and my word fa: it, your children will be a happiuefs to you while young, and an hon¬ our to you when iliey grow up. her death inevitable; me herfelf formed a refolution to put a peri- od to her exigence. M. KleiR, the poet, and a friend of her family, had alio long determined to kill h.imfelf. Tiiefc two unhappy be¬ ings having confidentially commu¬ nicated to each other their horri- bis ixfohition, refolved to carry it into ciX'.u at the fame time. They repaired to the Inn at Walhem-- fladt, between Berlin & Potfdam, on the border of the SucrcJ Ltihc* For one ni;:ht and one day they were preparing themklves for death, by putting up prayers, fm nm\ dvir.kina; a number of hot- ties of v.inc and rum, and hit ci all by taking about id cup; ofcof. fee.. They wrote a letter todVI. Vogcl, to announce to him the refolution they had taken, :md to beg him to come as fp-redJly as pi- fib'le, lor the purpofe of feeing their remains interred. The Setter wu lent to J5ulin by exprcf<, 'ibis l\ovc^ they repaired to theb.uvks of the Sat red Lake, where they fat down oppoikc to each •'.' :r. M. Kkiil tools a loaded pi'toi,..aJ mot Mad.o.ie Vogcl Uircughtas heart, who iVll luck deai ; he then reloaded the piiloi, and '. '■ himuli through the h:^\. ■' <w after M. Vccci a.rle.-d.;: : i I 't ^ venerable arid maadlic. TIMBER IN SCOTt-AND. AN /Mb of remarkable dimm- fions is now ftandins in Ihe church V■"■•! of Bonhivl, in Uiir-bart'n- tliire. Its trunk is about nine iect hi'lu and where fmaliefl upwards of i8 feet in circumference. Of l he three principal arms into which it branches, the largeft is eleven, and the fmalleltnear ten feet in cir¬ cumference. The brandies iprcud in every direelion with uncom¬ mon regularity, covering an area of near one hundred Feet in diam¬ eter, and tlie general rc.fnecl. is lin- guJarly lln.-re are no crrounds l.om which its aore can be conicctured. Near ego years ago, it was remarked uy Mr. Mariham, of Strafton, near Norwich, a celebrated planter, as one of the Gneftafhes iie lead ieen, and a tendency to decay, ii; (otr.e of the boughs, feems to indicate that it has flood there for teVer?3 centuries. in tlic woods on the banks 01 L.ic.i- lomaud. On the ill and of Inehlo- naitTi there are faid to be fever d thoufand of them* <1^ of conftder- able lizc. A yew of Rofcdoe mea¬ sures upwards of i.: feet in circum¬ ference, and is very high. A frill more extraordinary tree of the lame kind growsat Stuckintibbert, in the parilh of Arroquliar : the trunk, though, very fhort, is no left than 28 feet in circumference, and the top fprcading in proportion ; but it is now in a Rate of rapid de¬ cay. Londo". peper. From a Lac Lonilun ptiber* MOST HORRIBLE C laCUMSTa tl C E. The attention of the people of Berlin has lately been very much occupied by the tragical adventure of .VI. kleift, the celebrated Pruf- lian poet, and Madame Vogel. The reports which were at arft cir¬ culated with regard to the caufe of this unfortunate aBY.r, have been ftrongly contradicted by the fami¬ ly Of 'lie lady ; and it has been particularly denied that love was in any refpeet the caufe of it. Ma¬ dame Vogel, it is faid, had fuller¬ ed long under an incurable diior- * |V» » . them both dead. far from admirirg, or ■.'- • o •-■» proving this act oi infainty. AS Pegudhcn, Couniclior at vTar, l:.is excited unanimoufl}- indignatiuq among ail wltO have the principles either of religion or mcrautv. The Cenforfhip has been blamed for having permitted the circolattoa of an account of this tragedy, ia which the filicide and the mUfdcc were reprcfcr.tcd as fa'dimc acts. Some liavc even gone id tar as to exprefs a willi to ice M. pEguilhea r'miiln-d, for having, as a public functionary,preached up inch pria- cipics. The hulband has alfo beai blamed for having given eclat toa c?faflrophe over which it would h:tv-j been hctUT to lIimw the lar ..• eft veil Nor ice. ^Ti 0 i>.c let, mid pofll-ffion g^en ti* G • '} A. day of April u-:::t, from *ly$t Ui if- bj ■ FA UVi, in ttie fu'll conceffion sj'ld^im- al Frcclfrfckiburjfh, There are one L »;.,! ;\ aci*i of i;npr'jvf. ment, a good r,,r.. Sow and (iiv,un.-| on ft, a g-'iod frame Vj;vx\ and Hmfcg the pvcwuf.'s 'iix' well Ittuatcd ?nd calcttfa?tj for :\ K>ito'-r, itiH*clvant t>r iiuj !"vcj)'.:, by en* lamhj the houfl'—For fin titer pavJicolirs appl/ to x\w p'oprlcLiir and fubfuviher, at ilu- lionff of Mr. Florence Duit.n-vnn, iu FiVrlcncfcfl Mrolij or to Cbw*M SliUTt, Efij. 111 KfrigOiin. " MICHAEL COYLE, J**i if, j -:t.\ ajjjtf ro be "Livr, " • t - f'l-ril] HOUwE in n <\'M\A jrart pltW town, Lantiitt> (if t * * * - fiiV.L-riLor. F. X. RCCKLEAU. Kb lagitrn, ?.$d May, l8i2 .-' .-: For fttk by tic fuhferibd» ■ Three SCOWS,' &1CIIARD ^in" ft r, ,y 12, • 312. 1 Caili paid for efcetr. CoTtfvK & Linln RAGS r.tD:s GlEce. ___ "Blank Ei lis ot Lading For &}* m rfw O^^icODia'. dcr her phyaeians had de:larcd zi~.~-. V. '...' ,r:.l ;'..■ ."••/ Dv STEPIJRN' tin.?*. St.hi /'•< ■■ ■'■■■■' - ■■ ■■■ (>'■< -':-! •• ' " izu ■* Mlij&UJ'-.tUZ.'J? '-- -