POETRY. tAWKEB PHRASES. AS found as a nut o'er the plain, I of late whittled* chock full of glee : A (hanger to forrow and pain, As happy as happy could be. As plump as partridge I grew, My heart being lighter th^n cork : My (lumbers were calmer than dew ! My body was farter than pork ! Thus happy I hop'd I flinuld pafs, Sleek a< greafe down the current of time ; But plcafurcs are brittle as glafs, Although, as a fiddle they're fine. Jemima, the pride of the vale, Like a top, nimbly dane'd o'er our plains : Wilh envy the lafles were pale— With wonder flood gaping the fwains. She fmil'd like a bafket of chips— As tail as a hay pole her fize— As fweet as molifles her lips—- As bright as a button her eyes. Admiring, I gaz'd or each charm, My peace that would tiouble fo f<>on, And thought not of danger, nor harm, Any more than a man in the moon. But now to my furrow I find, Her heart U as hard a9 a buck ; T<> my paflion foiever unkind, Though of love I am full as a tick. I fought her affcflion to win, In hopes of obtaining relief, Titl I,like a hatchet, grew thin. And ihe, like a haddock, grew deaf. I late was as fat as a doe, And playful and fpry as a cat; But now I am dull as a hoe, And lean and a3 weak as a rat. Un'efs the unpitying fates With paflion as aidcot flnU cram her, A? certain as death or as rates, I ioon (hall be dead, as a hammer. give a legal fanlUon to fuch an ANTI-SO- CIAL Non-Intercourfe. The complainants in this caufe had forgotten that our ftfcn-In- ttrcourfe extends only to the fubjecls of Great Britain—not tothofi of France. Napoleon w loves the Americans ; and it would be end indeed, not to reciprocate his affc&ion with his loving fubjefls. Alas! how grudgingly fome of us diichnrge our debt of gratitude to Trance !—Shall individuals then, as well as republic.-, become ungrateful ? Heaven for¬ bid !-------No. Frenchmen are to be taken to our arms, as lovers and friends /— u vive l'empereur." ! ! ! DIVERSITY. SINGULAR LAW CASE—Reported. L strati of a letter from Mi.'ldlebury to a fr:-.-f:fl in Windlor, (Vt ) dated Mar. 26. u Vic had a fmgidar gaiius here lately, a Mens. La P------, who was travftiing to Montreal—bad been but a few months in America, and could not /peak a fentencc of Engli/Jj. He chanced tojtop at a houfe on the turn¬ pike to warm himfclf and feeing a pretty girl, quite alone, thought him- filfin France, and took the liberty of KISSING her ; after which affection¬ ate ceremony, he forthwith proceeded on his journey ; and I dare fay would never have thought a fyliable of the matter again, had not the friends of the young lady, (fuppofing her im¬ maculate purity contaminated) tho't proper to remind him of it by arrefiing him for an "ASSAULT" In vain he reprcfented, that he was innocent; thai he knew nothing of the charge. Thefe people probably thought, from bis drefs, which was fplendid, that he muji be rich, and that they fliould get fomething of corfequence for the itolen kifs. Nothing would fatisfy them, but Monfieur's coming to jail ; fo to jail he was brought, where he remained about fix weeks. His prince¬ ly appearance and manner won ihe favor of his jailer, fo that he was al¬ lowed the liberty of the houfe ; where he was honored with numerous vifit- on —fome from fympathy, others from mere curiofity. He was the mofi ma- jeftic commanding figure I ever faw. His 'manners were pcrfeclly graceful; and though he could fey nothing in Engl if), he could exprefs a great deal. —He had his trial about a fortnight fince—verdict not guilty. Coft and charges to be paid by theJ'late. " So much for a harmlefs kifs----- Gentlemen, take warning !—He left here Lift week en foot, for Bo/ion." REMARKS. Whatever may be the chagrin experienced by the ffrienek of this unfortunate girl, from their defeat on the above trial, we are confi¬ dent the LA DIES generally will be fattsficd with the refnh. Wt hope our courts, how¬ ever corrupt, are not yet fo ungallaot as to 1 t 1 ET VIVE, TOUJOURS, LE BAISER [ IVafhingtonian, French officers, who ivcrc all failed. The Eagle was then borne off in tri¬ umph by the gallant %pk General Graham charged twice at the head of that regiment) and had two horfes killed under him. I'd. So great has been the defperation produ¬ ced among the French prifonens by the i;.il- ure of the 'negotiation for a cartel, that vntll- Jn thefe few day*, three of them jumped o- verboard, from the Bienfail'ant and Hc&ar prilbn-fhipsat Plymouth, and were drowned. One of them was an officer. M» #drNEW GOODS. —ooo§0§aoo— THf. SVnSCSWJSR ttJS JUST VsZCRirpjy A FRESH SUPPLY OF GOODS hi AMONGST WHICH A«E black worfted Hofe, Caipeting, Vefti:>gs Brown Hollands, Checks, &c. &c. All of which will be fold very low for Cafll or Country Produce. B. WHITNEY. Kingston* tlth March) i3u. Charleston, S. C. May i.—The Unit- ed States' fhip Wasp, Captain Jones, arrl- CANKER WORM. As the fcafon is arrived for the hi- ved yelterday from a cruile to the lomhwai j . •'. J . . ;*,. m$Mtmvm -On the 151 h ult. off St. Mary's (he fell ia fiSs whub produce the canker worm with the United States' Gun Boat No 161, to quit their wintry abode, and ajcend with the United States' Gun Boat No 161, commanded by Mr. Grayfon, who gave lh* following account of a melancholy accident which had befallen him the day before :— On the 14th, about 2 P. M. a fail waa defcried to windward—at 3 (lie bore up, and proved to be an armed fchooner, under En- glilh colours, Mr. G. immediately cleared his boat for a&ion*—at 4 the fchoonei pafled to windward of him, and Mr. G. prepared to tack to the eallwnrd, as he had lugged into a very conliderable ground fwell—While in the a£t of (laying, the boat gave a plunge, and his giMj a 32 pounds, fetched way. Mi. G. immediately ran for¬ ward, where everything that prefenred llfetf l^ his eyes, Teemed to be replete with death and horror—-his gunner lay dead, with ha heid mafhed into atoms—one of his bell hands flood transfixed wilh the fluke of the anchor, which pafled juft below ihe fmall ol lu's back, and came out through his groin— and another excellent man, lay with his legs* (which were mafued into a jelly) under the butt of the gun. The fcene itfelf was fufficieiit to have damped ihe feelings of the molt callous ; but rendt red much more poignant, by the cried of the two dying men, one of whom begged Mr. G. (after finding it would take form' coitfiderable time to extu'eate him) to chop his legs oft" with an axe—they were at length extricated, and furvived about 55 minute? after having their wounds drifted. * Why clear for action ? CURIOUS SPORTING. Mr. Editor—Should you deem the follow¬ ing curious circuinliance worthy of iuleition in your paper, it is perfeftly at your fer- vice, and you may depend upon the truth of it. As James Deeding Efq. and myfe^f were (hooting in his grounds, in Yorklhire, we ob- ferved a large bird in the air, at fome dis¬ tance, which, when we approached we dif- covered to be a hawk. With fome trouble, we contrived to ihoot it, and on examination the craw was found to contain, in addition to numerous bones of fmall birds, a large piece of blue cloth, in which were fewed up two guinea pieces, a feven fhilling piece, and two fixpences. From whence it came, and by what means the bird became poflefled of it, are confederations which have involved the neighborhood in wonder and amazement. quit the apple trees, it way not be amifs to publijh a few obfervations and exper¬ iments made on ihe fubjeft. A neighbor of mine obferved an ar¬ ticle in the papers of laji year, advif ing to inclofe the trunk of ihe tree with a narrow bag made with linen cloth filled with fine fait: but he not hav- ing any cloth ftillable for the purpofe, ufe das afubjiitute what the farmers callfwingling iqwf which he Uinftcd into a large firing, and long enough to go round the body of the tree, putting in fait as he iwijicd it up, fo as to in¬ clofe the tree with fait, about two feet from the ground. This tree was load¬ ed with fruit in the Fall of the year, while the other trees in the orchard appear as if a fire had pajfed thro9 them ; which experiment I think goes far to e/iablijh the fad, that thefali^ ufed in either way, will preferve the trees from the ravages of the canker worm. The caterpillar or bag worm I am covjidtnt may be prevented from injuring iht jruil of the apple tree, by placing a turf in a crotch of the tree, I tried it in a number of trees in my or- rhnrA fb& hul. tyttfftni itul fifwia "zvir w/nt filj 'hi: worms tt> he fern on them through the fummer ; hut one tree which I negleaedy 1 found when the cvorwf <wcrc about h,:tf gro<wn% was like to be injured by that pernicious infeB. I then def troyed as many of them as I conveniently could and applied the turf and in afeivclays there was not one to be feat on the tret.—GoPD- H. N. Tori p.] Yo ux$. C. D. The Jaundice has prevailed in Kentucky, for fix or feven months paft, in an extraordi¬ nary degree. It is thought that more cafes have occurred, in the laft fix or feven months than there have fince the country was firft fettled, or for 30 years ; hence it may be conlidcred as epidemic. SUMMARY PUNISHMENT. A couple of men being apprehended on Tnefday week, at^Briltol, in the aft of Heal¬ ing feveral articles from the llables of the White Hart inn, wete hauled into the yard by two ftout fellows, whither the whole fra¬ ternity of the curry comb were immediately fummoned. The long beards of thefe difei- plcs were then ftuck together with pitch, (their hands being previoufly tied together behind them) and while thus face to face, a piofufion of fnuff, mixed with hellebore, waa adminiftered, which caufed them to freeze in iuch a manner, that by the frequent and vi¬ olent bobbing of nofes one againft the other, a copious ftrcam of blood HTued from either noftril, while the enraged culprits were kick¬ ing and capering about in all directions ;— and it was not until they afked forgiveoefs, and vowed never again to commit depreda¬ tions upon people's property, that they were releafcd from their delegable lituation, by cutting their beards afunder with a pair of flicars. [London paper. In the aSlion of Barrofa, the whole of Victor's fiaff were either killed or wounded. The French Eagle which has been taken was fur rounded bv fix A Divine in the county of Briftol, (Vir¬ ginia) about three years lince, while he was delivering his fermon, perceivtd that the greater part c f the old people in the holy ieats were, for fome icafon or other, (the Miniftcr may guefs what) indulging theai- felvcs in a comfortable nap—and that the children in the gallery were indulging them- felves in playing, to the no fmall difturbance of the congregation—upon which the Pai- fon made a long paufe ; and, looking up in¬ to ike gallery, with a ilem and folemn voice faid—" Boys, be ftili—if you make fuch a noife up there, the old men below cannot fl e ep » What is the reafon, faid one Iriftiman to another, that you and your wife are always disagreeing ? Becaufe, replied Pat, we are both of one mind—Jhe wants to be matter,— and fo do 1. A gentleman not much verfed in literary affairs, once a/ked a fiiend, what was the meaning of po/lhumous works. Zounds ! ex¬ claimed he, don't you know that ? why they are books which a man writes after he is dead, to befure. A French gentleman apprehending him- felfon his death bed, earneftly entreated his young wife not to marry an officer of whom he had been jealous. " My dear foul, (faid ihe) do not dillrefs yourfe'.f, I have given my word to another a great while ago." A Wanton gentlewoman reproached her brother with his pafii >n for gaming, which ihe laid, was the ruin of him. When Will you leave off gaming ? fays she tu him.— When you'll leave off coqueting. Oh ! un- happy man, replied ihe filler, then you are like to game all your life time. z FOR SALE AT THIS Ob'l'ICE, BLANK DEEDS & .Vemorials, -------Bills of Exchange, -------Half Pay Bill* ------•- Biil.s of I ading, --------Note Books, -------SaroiasoDfec for Court of Keqngft*>fcc 2rj Earthen & Glass Ware. HpHE Subfcrlbers refpeftfully inform X their fiicnds and the public, that they have received by the late arrival** from Liv. erpool, a general affortment oi EARTHEN ef GLASS WARE, which they offer £« fale wholefale and retail, at their Store, No. 50 St. Pdtil Street, lately occupied by Jantcs Dunlop, Efq. en as good terms as can Le had at any llore in this city.—Ware packed in the beil mariner, and 2 liberal difcom made for cafn. ffj* Country Merchants and others are requeued to call. 1 GREEN h EATON. . Montreal, July 18to. 26'f j SHERIFF'S SALE. Midland DflriaJ Q Y virtue of a Writ of viz. j O Fieri Facias, ifTixd out of his Majefty'S Out of* King's Brach. at the frit of James Robins, of the town of Klngilon, EfqmYe, ajrainfl the lands aril ten* ementjvof Amds Anfley, of the tovvnfliip of Kingllon, yeoman, to me dirc&ed ; I have fci/cd and taken in execution, as belong j to the kid Amns Anfley, the north half of l*Jt No. 15 in the fecond conceffion of the t'wn- Ihip of Kingllon, containing by admeafW- ment one hundred acres, be the fame more or lefs ; together with a log houfe & framed Urn thereon creeled. 1 do hereby give no'r;c, that the above mentioned lot of land, with the buildings and appurtenances thereunto be¬ longing, will be fold and adjudged »° t!lt?. highelt bidder, at my office in the rown rf Kingllon, onTuefday the third djy of M^cn next, at the hour of ten o'clock in the f^- noon—at which time and place ihe conditions ot iale will be made known, CHARLES STUART, Sheriff: And every pcrfon or perfens having cla^. on the above Jelcn'bed lot of lahd, by m-.rt- gage or other right or incumbiance, are iierl by advenifed to give nonce to the faid Sher¬ iff, at his office in the town of Kingllon, I)1C. vious to the fale thereof, Sherds Ofi.ce, 2d March, 1817.' 28 she:riffI~s ale! Midland DijlrlU, n)Y vhtne of a writ of W%. J X> Fieri Facias, fff:icj out of his Majcft^a Court of King's Btach at the luit of Ooftor Asa F. Rl:d, of the town of Kingllon, again (I the lands and ten* emeats of Andr*w Johnson, of Erneft- Town, inn-keeper, to me direcled * I have feized and taken in execution,;^ belcnrrJngto the faid Andrew Johnfon, the eaft half of lot No. 9 in the firft cor.CiiTion of the toWftllrnj of Erneil Town, containing by admeafure- ment, one hundred acres, be the fame more or lefs j togcthci with a framed boufc and barn thereon erected. I do hereby give no¬ tice, that the abovementioned lot of land, with the buildings and appurtenances there- unto belonging, will be fold and adjudged to the higheft bidder, at my office in the town of Kingllon, on Tuefday the third day of March next, ul the hour often o'clock in the forenoon—At which time and place the con¬ ditions of fale will be made known. CHARLES STUART, Sheriff. And every perfon or perfons having claims - on the above defciibed lot of hind, by mort¬ gage or other right or incumbrance, are here- , by advert iicd to give notice to the faid Sher¬ iff, at his Office in the town of King ft jn, previous to the fale thereof. Sherds OJire, 2d March, IBit. 28 ■ SUCH perfons as maybe difpof- ed tocontutcTt for building 3 BRIDGE over the Little CatAraqju River, on the Second Conccifion Road, are rcqucfted to fend their propofals in writintr tu the fob* fcriber. RICHARD CARTWRIGHT. ' Kingston, May 21, j 81 (. ■^ ~~—— — — ^—_______________ .^^^________________________________________________________________________________________________________________^^"^****^^^ Writing and Wrap¬ ping Paper for fale at this Office. -" — ' — ^-* -— - * ^ ' -mv , ***"*^^^^TT - — rprKTFl) ANN I".R|. UHtD By ciiarlj;:; K&NDALU' By whom SutifiripWin asu! Adwrufmett/s Jsr this Paper wtli be ineivul, and Orders fir Printing prcr;ptfy perf mud.