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'f nm th? train* the f?yV alio fuUilnnCf1 ofl*'* thouj»lu*» t'- ii lie i- not nnly a ve ty p 'lite Icnolar, bur a man of exUnlive and profound erudition. I wa- Forcibly j ft11u;k with a Hurt, yet bvauufu] charac icrwhi-h he drew of our learned and a fninhle countryman. Sir Robert Boy!? ; hf fpokc of him as if M hi* n» hi- m ni lr?d eten before dcuh, divtfled h: rfliof a!1 itttViefic? firtiW hi; frail tahennce o fl (h ;" and called him, in his pic .Ii rj emphatic ?f)d im-irefftve manner, c< Uu- jMireiiitePi^ence—I he link between mm and angel* !:' This man h?.s been before my hnu'in- bu >n nlmoil ever Ji:ice. A tho >fand time »« I i ode alone, I dropped the reing of mv bridle (IretclieJ forth my hand, ^n I tried to imitate his qn station from Ronffjni ;! o thonfiind Etrpea I abandoned the a* tenpt in defpair, and felt perfmded thrr t!ii:i peculiar minner and power 'i> »ft from an energy of foul which naiun could give, but which no human In i-isy | r-ain, vtz the far^c ryd, \vh!ch i* fitted winter fow:ng, and the imall rye foi piiiig ;tbc lHr^e* nr vvinrer rye, i* the Irongelk arid h.irJiett, and is generally Owen oti no >r, dry, gravelly, or fanJy 'oils where wheat will not thrive. When it is fown, the ground mufr. be try ; for if mnch rain falls, even after it ■•* 1o\Vv-n, before the rye is come up, it i*i I rot in the earth. It will ripen much -ariier on a light land then a cold 11 iff jrjufld, and by contriving to few it on tie fame foil tor feveral yca*s, the crops o'li mervale, and be forwarded fo much .s to \r; Ml a month earlier in three years, (it is bid) efpeciaily if the (lubble i- loughetl m immediate after re; ;;ing, which " ofgrcat importance, as ii en¬ riches the land and increafes the next cr»p. \ little fprinklhg of dung, or even mud, tho* i: be but h.'f the qmn- rlty conioionlv ufed for other grain It.id j villjif laid upon rye giound, giestly j .dvance the crop. endd niftljr copy- ln »tort» he f.eT jj if a harveft crop h expected, it is ab- altoj*ether to lr.-ab;injr of a fwr ner &jj-. jjt 1 .rely neCcflarytn deep the rye ; ilu or of a totahy different nature fro n th. J ted of men. K i\s I recal at this moment feveral r.f j his awfully (irilting atituds$ the chi. ling with which my blood begins to pour <d->:v£ mv arteries, re ninds me ol the c fcvrtions produced by the firfi fight of Gr;v's introductory picture of hu> bard : On a rock, whole haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, PwobM i;i the Fable garb of wo-, With haggard eyes the p-e' (U>od. ( Loolc hi? beard and hoary hair Bticam'd !:ke a metor to the troubled n-r '■) >r.'0:eut-ifor Wiich are only common ill and a-lnm. The fa*t to be put into : .e vvoter till it makes an eg2 fwi n, and | .hen half as m»o!i more t » be added ; and | after twelve hours, the aliuoi to be put in, a.i ounce u» cvv'ry gallon. When the whoiirha^ flood twelve ho«:r$ longer, thr liquor nuift be drawn off, -ind the feed f;>r.a! on the floor, and etivercd llijek •vlrh flick lime, lifted over it, and ilirred c'li the wh.'le h impregnated theiewitli, rifter which it U framed:a?ely fown. There is not mnch danger of rye's blading managed as above, if f-wed early, lie3. haverefuir'd ,n TO tfonntry, aoout a year. Two f hildren have died out of each family fintfpelafl fall, and it h gen¬ erally believed *nat ,ome of their deaths were also occa0onc^ ky the wicked hand ofWatkins. M,,;i Watkfes was dci veredof a flilI-f?orn child a few hour previous to her death. For the dgmmereml Advertifir* « The Chad of Honor's Pride" With Mr. V "i I was not pcrfon- nlly acquainted- As a companion, he might have polf^fled all tbofe qualities which fntereft #n^ captivate the heart ; as a child and * other, the tender affec¬ tions and charities which ever fv*?tef) f.iie lafl moment of a parent, and add z louble pleafure to all the enj »ymenta of horns $ a» a cii^-e", the talmn which would have rendered him a ufefu] and! ornamental me "her of communiry. He Mgone ! !—and far from me be the de lire of waking Ilk /lumbering remain1*, ro bring them before a tribunal upon kvhioli iie mud now look down with the noil perfect iiidiiTercnce, mingled with motions that gFC/Sft only by thoe who liavcr paffed the ^Outii wiu'eh feparate- u'me tu ..i rtciniiV. No—let his allies re!l u idiitorbcdi while the tears of hu manity b.dcw hi* untimely g'jve. It is not a;.;aiiill the man, but again It the dud \lhf—'t Js not tO gratify my p^rfonnl fee»| [lings, but to pio.note the caufe of hu-J •aauity, of rehgion, of morality, nay, oil "ivih/ation itfe f, that 1 wire. Fort whut prr.:i:ce in there mo; : inhuman, ir-l idlgioaa. immoral and baiburoii* ; what ficu1t.es and cnr\^n : XUi, Wf lilteri,! hut wc do not heal* wc lacik, but we do not fee ! ! ! SOCRATES. i :rw>t- -4-»^i1 at vice and o? v'\ jit! nttd to .b.- « I. w : From the New-Tori $p;8a!or. j4 Foundling*—Some rime fmce ^n in-. farJt was left in the eofy of a houfe, in the fifth ward of this citv. The child, was carefullv laved in a bafket, and had' a note attached to its frock, of which the- following is a copy x— •' For fwcci charity's fake receive m^, —innocent, helplcfs, fatherlefs and cold ;1 urgedi as I am, into a world wfthont a friend, Oh, let me not die ; but under y.mi hofpitahle ro>f pTote*^. and I in eta- titude will repay—nourilrj and train n>y rrrowing years to virtue, and I will he your folace in declining years. Mv na¬ tural fathn ha- ivturned again tomoche*' earth.—My natmal mother, wnerhiug witlt convulfive agonies joylvw and def- pairing, fall halienfng tc the tomb Be ■hen to mi a father* and you fhall Ifl noj Witeh'ofe yourrev/ard. The Redeemer A \ tl\? world took little childieu in lii» arm-, and 1 befbech jrpti imitate llw divine be¬ nevolent example- - M y/Jriendlfpy helpkfs nrf>han% agta three days. 99 \ And with a Poet's hand and Prophet1 fire* Struck the deep forrow on hi-- lyre. CJuefs mv ftirpri'e, when, on myarriva at Urcbmond, and mentioning the nam-. of this man, I found not one pvrfui wh" J.ad ever before hrard of Jame^ Waddle It i? not Hian^e that fuch a genftl.i as thi-.. {j accomplhhed a ftho^ar, fo divine an . itrike- at th.- very being of loci-ty, an-.! excepting o.dr from l.cal cades tech Ij ftt5 2t defiance hot ii the law* of God am! is twbtoj bufhes, which ought to beh Man, moitrthan chat of dvlibenc-::lv fh ;o. eradicated from the hordes ot »iH field; j|ring 4^-* B &!foff creature, and thu* ■jf rye, as thty will alfu-ediy b'.i-i-a bl .;l. jifcpdiinr M,n, wiu: all his ih:s noon h;- Dirt if't (hoold appear to bfeil, wh ell *vIII be k lowen on the ■ e..ks rf the 'locks head, iota the av/ful prcCenee < f **U rffen* tided cres:or? Iti«mit thetfrpt .Zc of fee-j bt-giuning to toft, it mall be cut ^wf JiUng, \v\ ic!i iefl-cti' - wonM oven-ome, immediately, a:;d lie til! the fcctn*] hy * " ' ' ' ' }.hardened, which will prevent its fhrink-1 rhe a!»ove p^rtlcy fr-*>m ro'leilions orator, Ciouid be permuted to Ian£iu$hf]ai;d by e«pcriiWCflM is Eioud true. jinc! die in obfcuu'ty, within eight mi-C-jj A. N H FAHRiF.R. ofthe metropolis of Virginia? Vrom Poulfoii's Philadelphia .VdvcrtifiT, In format ton to Fanners. OHervinjj that SPUING WHEAT, ha-, b-.co.rc an inte'dting objcS of late i:i tn^land, a id alfo in this country, 1 have thought that the following remark en it would be uleful, efpccial;y \\ ilic tditors ef.iher papers fhould copy tbetTi from yourr. 11 was fowen here lafl fpmg, by Mw»- frs. Philips and Dewees, a: the rate oi full two b'lilieU to the acre—the crop was luxuriant, tiie cars large and weii filled although rhe fi Id on which it grew adjoi ied the Mulhanon creek, and wv level as Well as low, and pan of it con fiderrd too retentive of moillnre fo? wheat. Thele circumll uu-cs, added to its vincniuir later than th*i wheat which had been fown ill the fa'i, fecmed to fav o;?r mildew ; hut it tfeaped, while rhe for mer \vas exceluvely injured by that di-- eife, in every direction, fo far as my in¬ quiries ha"->e extended, Tiie vefult of this crop accidentally determines thai f>me varieties of Spring Wheat ace vallly mote fnfceptible of in j-iry from mildew ;rrn others—for when tiu- farmer, wh ) was iiiu about too milrs north Weft of thia place to procure iht; fed, arrived in the neighborhood where it was grown, he was informed they had two varietie3, and that the bearded wis fuSj-A to mildew, when the fmoothj chaff a reaped ; he confoujUently endeavo¬ red to procure the letter. However, when the wheat fiiot out into head, a <li glit mixtureuftht bcaided appealed i. every direction through the field, (which contained about four acres of ground,} and every "plant of this variety, was ex offively mildewed, and the grain very fadiy injured, while the fmooth chaff growing in contrail with it efcaped. Yours, refpe&fuHv, JOHN LORaIN. RaltiiCh, (M. C.) April 19 A (hocking murder was cumrmtu-d fnm.- day* ago in Pcufon con..try, in tlti^ Hate. Mr Htttiry Jones had pro¬ vided by his will that a certain favotitc re^roman fliould, <Tu his deceafe, be cm aircipatcd. With tin's circumftancc bis naalUr had imprudently made the negro fccquai-..ted ; and impatient, it ia fupj>o fcd| to obtain his proinilvd freedom, th. fellow dctermiiicd upon the horrid pin- pose of murdering his bcnefadlor. In order to elLA hi- object, hs engaged two of liis fellow feivnnts (a man and woman) as aceomuiicca. ThcV »rS Knocked their isaftvr un the h-ad by ncanj-ofan axe, and liun burned up hi body,bone*and a'.l ! The negroes have bfeti tufcen, h«ve conf. liVj tl.e fact, si:d ] Wa ks'Uv, (Gniestt cj ) dprll 8. Mttforcgkal Obfervatim*— Rain hav- iug fillen on Monday a fcried of thhty- I ne yrar- h^s tlao&d in which it h&3 in- tfatitiOry r.-lned o-» rh,* 1 cjtii or 201I1 of May. Some lime .'? ;ce vve heard the re¬ mark mad- of this occurrence, and recol-j Kcte! iron Monday la!l.— The rcmar-f ker f «me thir-v■one yearsa^o, wis in the habit of pftlyng tile ElcSroii Week With] .'lis friends in Connecticut, and for fever: years lei oiTou hujowmey on the 19th • 2Cth of May, and found that in all ole years in foeCcflion he was compel-j !-d to ride m the rain or fiop. This oc-J fcailoftetl iiin 10 note annually the irate of ,\v th and [or whudi the fai^ty of our nsturelMj16 vvcy '■"OM Jhw'daya, and he ha a kind of excufc, that hifpires th- duel- j {iniXU^ »h;:L_//.- tttiriy-onc years it has inva lift. Paffio ufu-Py foMie^, and rhdj^Hj r»?»«d OH them. The ii^at^r- fital ac~x i*- ti;l;e.- the tefult of realon. o; iScy^ ,,M; * c '•"" ,,,r Tbe fac*l if thev the defpicdble rear of CRC^Ufltcrinff \\\: \fi on of a wofuK whofe aowo'i'tion 5 -.an ; wt have FiiM confidence in the vera the mark of death ; not the death of the body* but of the foul. Nor van the du- ellirt plead th .' the rirciiniS mcr^j w**teh j HoKRi:) MlIRUKR ANDbUICU)E-!{fo dejpentelv U"« him fuvvud, are fu. hi i itv of our informant. the cfov A bout th.-c we !c. frice, the wife of ilasare not within the reach of I Dtr. Abel Watkins, of lui Jdlcbury, j j !ei.t an I prttleftttng hand of* few j :Jencfee c u: uy, died, as wrt3 luppofedJJ Tor, if they are, furelr thtya'rciuch as.. AVw Tori tyfljtor. *\+ Ivi.nuston, June 29, 1816. » • * • . 1 1 oi, ii zwrf arc, of af-vcr; ia confluence of wlucli War [jtrnly n-'ible an 1 gentroua mind ! -----#-------------------1------------------------ — | i / .....--------- C^ti # S' \*%i |il k:u= perfuuded a neighbor mid intimate||feel itfeif dr.-va *;yl to aoti.x ; won M or, if svt)> J mm the i jri- C\i -„:-tte of June i 2. De'.r'riK-s have becfl received hyl il;-. Exce le icy rhe Lieurenant (lover ■o>-, no.ifyi j liis !t'»yil Highnefa the Prinre iieger.i,« pleafure that the Seal .•Mended him the remainder of the ni^ht,]; tafg? ilw King of H-aven, and forfeit ..nd Perry died the next d.iy. Mr. Rr try and Mr*. Wi'kiiH bei'i-r a; ? ,nder' •ith limilar fymptomsiii their ftclr-u-^ j together with an appearance of fan^i'iji J ity between Watkin, and P rry's wife, jjoon created a fufpicion that Wat kin 1 had poifoncd b ith his wife and Perry Inquiry was made of Dc. Sheldon, (or tvfrotne Wilkins purchaled his medicine) •f he had purchafed any p'-iion of him ; and it was nfcertain-d that he purchafed 1 »z. of arfenic and !omc nux vomica Dr Shcidon and oth.r perfoua converfed with Wat kins refpefllng ii, who Hated that he bought the arfenic for a m in, but could not tell his name nor where he liv¬ ed, but faid that he gave the poilon to a Certain do#, (which is yet alive ) Sufpi ciou increaled and Welkins was advifed o have the bodies taken up and examined for the purpofe of fatlsiyi-ig the mind of he populace, and clearing his own character.— A_cordingly on Friday the jth intt. foot teen phyficians appeared a> the graves, Tlie body of Perry wa> dug up and examined., the ftomach wa t iken out and carried into a houie, where the phyfician-tried many chemical ex- ■•erimeuti* Oil the contents, and it wa- jicertained beyond a doubt thatthrewa- ■I coniideiable quantity of arfenic in the Homach, which was much corroded Hie phyficians reported that his death «'ng occalioned by arfenic. Watki.'i was informed of the opinion of the phy- Ucians about llt.ee o'clock the next morning; he fhortly after went out of his houfe, and in about -an h©m and a half wa^ fjun-i in the woods fifteen or I vventy rods from his houie fufpeuded by I i handkerchief to a final 1 bulk his leg-. part of his body, and his hands en tlu Tiound ; on examination he was found to e dead. The phyfiuaus proceeded tr .examine thd body of Mrs. Walking .nd reported nnanimouJIy that her dca h was < ccafioned by vegetable and mineral KiO/ion. r\ coroner's inqurft was fum i jail thai i$ precious in life, t!ie hop«a tif Kapph'.-fsh ^- ,n ! theprave. laftmg as c- j«-emity and pe/fefl as its amhor ? Hon Oi' ? Strange pcrveriion of tcrur, ! Hotl- ■r tor D.s-hor.or—ThlS bids you to ! meet in the rh!d of death a (tranter, and! \ j to embrueyjur hands 1.1 hli blood—that] 1 iys, that 41 Slrunger is a iacrcd name : 44 Guidaiice and re!l and food and lire, The \Tf»»ii1rntes and Militia officer; of the Pilt.icA of Goie, have prefented j.m ..ddrcis io Kis Excellency the Lt. Govei nc-.-—to which his Excellenc Melancholy Atci L Killed in .Sophfafbun-h by :ht f "i >-f a tree on Saturday t lie 17th ,ntt- : 'r- l Jacob Heirington, a^rd <*ljout Go :'e [ha* formciy carried papers from thi of- • fie • " " ^ Melancholy Orcurr:t\ce,—A ^^ "'"- treSing and fatal accident hienrredj by the burfting of the hoi;fr on h'^r.a fleam boat at Marietta, o^ th? Jth inJl'. Tiie particulars of rhis ca'amiiou-* ^venr I are contained in the ioihwing letter, j which was lecive at \V^fhfpgt*u» on Mon¬ day and p'i)h'flied in the National Inre!- liVencer of Tuefdav. The commander and Engineer of the Stram boat misft have been eithci Totally unficiile<" in iheir voca'Ki!i#or prcfumptuoiilly t»»d erimi- nally ne^Ieftfid of their d«"v : Commercial jjtlv. Marietta. June 6, 1S16. An accident of toe m It rhilielling natuu- todc place yellerday. The large |lieam boat built at WhecPr.p, came to and,or heie day b- fore yelletday at eve- lUitg. She had let out with ;:t being prepared for the purpofe, and w«i. de¬ tained during the night for fon*c i< .-i vvork. They raifed she fitam too \:ivh Ufore (he Ihrud, and while the hands were all called together in ih-rafl i.f rai¬ ding the anchor, the boiter exploded at the end 1 eit to them. It was ttr.ihle beyond concepuo ; almoft r.)l were c»r- [ikdovci board, and dreadfully--buroed. 'One wa* drowned, and iy or \6 much injured, 6 died !a(l 1 ight, «r»d two or 3 mo;e naid die. 1 Married, In RyeT-atejVr. Mi. David Retfl, 3ged 70, to Mrs. IVy Kifhraid, Pfr^d 38. 4- May (he, when time has fj'.k iiim into years, '■ Love her old man, and chcrifli hij vvhite Iihi'is ; iC Nor he perceive her charms through ;tgc decay, " But think each happy ftm their bri- dal day," In Gi)e% Vir. 20ih Nov. by the ^»v» J. Cook, ^^r. George We. 1, »g£d crre hundred and fx years, t- \lv% Mary Jaruicr, i'f >tonr> e, aged So ! January and fllny. — \v\ia rrraricd, at St. LvonarrJ'^ CI lurch- Shored ttd), to ni3 fecohd wife, Ale- George Maxwell, .i rtffpe&ible t?ilor. in the K?lh f£&t of uis age, to a btooming m&tden of a-J. OW bf54e-.5i * fi ^pjk^el M Bl .;.te •nfl full of fpi-it on the occafion, thou- h he i' father, grand father anj great- Jfrnnxi-fether to one hm rhtd and cr c children.—London Pi$rr* m ad e a iep!y« i n • u vain he never mull recntre**9 ! a*e now in jail, awaiting tite feutccce tn j j no^ed ro ^t on the body of Watkin. Wt law. [Jwhoihattly rttorucd Wirh 3 verdict r> "------- J ; f • idem Yeue<d".y Mrs. Perry was take« FmOJK t.'/F A\ .7. Se Vr/.VSX I ! ='o cuUodv, and is ihis dzy io be ex tm Wkrc the* m t«tf teti 9t to.1, Watkllw ind lor,V' withthar f-m. i lus points u> your enemy and cries, *" re anguage oi Sir F. P. Robin Ton and Jvtfitcd the falls of Niagara, j their leaving thia country, y family have previous to veug • a-.d Iiavoc"—The I; m Paris* ffley 7. The feeonH c mnt& of w^i of tne firfl •li" y d-.if;cn, v-;il to-n-.^-r. * * t r NOTICE. rHE (ale of Sir Fredc-k R. bfn- fon's Furniture and tdect?, will lake place on the 9th July next, nt the rioule of Commander in chief, at ten o'clock precifery. Biih of thea.-ttcles will be diflribtltcd previous to tire faic. Kin:ston. June z8,l8l6, a 61 i< iYi.ii ' A WAY from off the Common 01 or ** about the fifteenth of April .all, a olack horfe with a white lace and white Fretlocks, and abont ieven yc^ra Old. whoever will re'urn Said horfe to the Subfcribcr, will be rewarded for lhM Mubie. Johx Link. K:n?ito7i, jut: lis: 1616. #-» 1 jiutciher votaries,and ftains it tr theirk{«•&>*« t.f^H --• < ■-• » *m !hihi tZt" -d""vnf"i r:,!i! Al" —,It:- kf- ™>»* fa Bnid on ois Deo outlaw, .uechdd or ior-| Adrertisement. ..'... i. 'tis the voice oi /.^ndfhip— -the but jult now broken with priaj i» tiu led with }>y ; mU: rnurning health r-niks "p— his emanciatsd j>03y< [r huortlin' 'he ioipirin^ Renins of" the luellift : Brutus flew his friend—the aci canbejallificd inpoa no;;i .und, but ii,-.- atTaOta^ cLotigh be though; thtfofoa&n Oi his country d-mjnjcj the blow. nur modern iivutufes, urore honr'Ghls men, to l>e fw, than he ()f Pome, flay tl liei n -j, ou. C.:mbi-onc left ^aris yeftcrdayl - j rtiorumg 10 proceed tr, Nain_ fm embar- J ■ '!*' ejww] of Aran announce*, that fev- .1 exiled iM-enchmm, win had fixed! the;nfclve8 to the brjjecii^ nf the Uni r.-l States of Atnctu-a, hnve rctii d into the inferior of the New Continue. 1 1 fih!at!ch\ Fads—in a Ropoit of were tM 'Jia^.r, w|,0ftf elorjuence icld the lirndtli Wf his audience, wlviW] convjaiun fixed njpon their nodcrftaiid- io^s,aiidtruth penetratedtheir hearts? VVhere the ftalefi%ant to w},un, „ nitj(>„ "««« ,ts ey«s>»:-ljCO furryunded I'V dtf- hsid heen ced 10!?o»c!tybythrii»;ees. -Tl,,,.. addetl," 7000 i.r-i ad1.: • a ii i> auu*ai» 7uoo perlom ate ia.\ed more hm 4000 D.jUars by the vices cfi thtit iiMj'liiif'iirs." Were a G nilaT invt-fii-.T.iuM «,f f,,c\, f [lijcfc; on foot in this ciiy. with a nul.n- ii rHI- :"d.fer.'ber oITers for fale the folic wing Lot? of Lands, Lots No. 14. 15, 17, i£, 25 and zS 10 the vth conoeiJ.on of the town (hip of .... . r 1 nurlow. No. 4, in the 8th conccCion of Hun- tingdon. No. 9, in the toth concelTion of Row- den. No. git Eaft half, :d concefflbn of Sidney. 2GO acres in the ^th and coo \i\ the ^'h conccflion t»i the Gore between Hr- ncft Town and Kr<*derick&urfjh. No. 18 and 10 \\\ the 8th cOCCtfiion of Murrhy. No. ?j. md \i in the^rh cobcefiion of the towii'iiijj oz Vaiigbm. ALSO, Three Town Lota in the town of i Kingston; of one fifth ofa> ace each. 1 Wm. CRAWrOKD. F'fderiek^hnrpji, 2fi h |nt>e» iSirt. 4 j OK iJLEi A Valuable Lot of Land, lyfrip hi the ^ *• firft conceffi jn j*f Loa^hboionj^h with 25 acres of improvement, a line ftreatn of irater runniny through it, with otht r ctdvan'pjtffffc 'i'he ubtnc lot w'l the difpoied of ft! public hde on ivi.-njay the fixtccih of Se;)tcml».'r i.ext, unhfs "old previonfly -»t piiv/.tc fale-