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months after the said bank shall cease to be em. ployed to receive the public moneys. It is agreed, however, that if the amount received by the bank shall be so large, as that the expense of remittance shall exceed the benefit of the deposite, the sum which is to remain on deposite in that bank shall be proportionally increased.

to, by the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank we 2. That the bank shall pay, at sight, all drafts congratulate our readers on the certainly of the which the Treasurer of the United States may return of the "silver age"-Whew! see how draw on it: and shall from time to time, transfer the rags flitter down the wind! to the bank of the United States or its branches Since this news has gone abroad, we are given to (in such moneys as will be received by it as understand. that a strong excitement exists in cash) the excess of public moneys remaining on the minds of our traders who, indeed, have a deposite after such drafts are paid, over and above powerful voice in all financial operations, to call the sum of 100,000 dolls: which sum of 100,000 a town meeting previous to the important 4th dollars shall remain on deposite in said bank of July ensuing, a day "big with the fate of" during the continuance of this arrangement, and rags, and there determine to coerce the pay-shall be transferred in like manner within six ment of silver change at least, should not the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, then have made its arrangements: thus, co-operating with and giving efficacy to a law of the land, which must have remained a dead letter, without these aids.) [Ohio paper. Extract of a letter from General Harrison to one of the Editors of the Cincinnati Gazette. 3. That the bank shall render to the Secretary Washington, March 9, 1819. of the Treasury and to the Treasurer of the Dear Sir-The state of the Circulating medi United Strtes, duplicate monthly returns of its um of the Western Country has been a subject account with the Treasurer; and shall, also, ren. to which my attention has been constantly drawn der to the Secretary of the Treasary monthly during the whole of this winter, and I have been returns of the state of its affairs: which latter anxiously seeking for some remedy to this great returns will be considered confidential. In these and increasing evil. I had expected that the latter returns will, also, be noted the sums standBanks in Cincinnati, when they suspended specieing to the credit of any public officer or agent. payments, would immediately have made a proposition to the Treasury of the United States, for the change of the deposite of the public money from the Branch Bank to one of their institutions; none however, was made until the arrival of colonel Davies, in January, as the agent of the Far mers and Mechanics' Bank. He immediately commenced a negotiation with the Secretary of the Treasury, which was suspended by a trip to Philadelphia, where he was unfortunately taken sick and did not return until a few days ago. Although it would have been more agreeable to me to have given my aid to accomplish the object of placing the deposites in one of the state institutions, if all the Banks in Cincinnati had been brought into the view of the Secretary, yet ha ving no authority from those banks, and learning from colonel Davies, that one of them at least knew of the purpose of his journey, I neither thought myself authorized to oppose colonel D's plan, nor indeed to withhold my aid to its accom plishment. I have accordingly given him all the aid in my power, under the conviction that the interest of the country would be as well served by one institution as the other I herewith transmit you a copy of the agreement.

Conditions on which the Secretary of the Treasury is willing to employ the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank at Cincinnati, as a depository of public moneys.

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If those conditions are accepted by the bank, it will immediately give notice of its acceptance to the Secretary of the Treasury: and the Receiv. ers of public moneys at authorized, upon receiving from the bank an official copy of such notice, to make deposites in the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Cincinnati: Provided, however, that the said bank shall previously have resumed specie payments, and shall have given notice thereof in the Cincinnati newspapers. Treasury Department, 5th March, 1819.

The banks referred to in the first article of the foregoing articles are:

Bank of Cincinnati, The Miami Exporting Company, Lebanon Miami Banking Company, Dayton Manufacturing Company, Urbana Banking Company, Bank of Chillicothe, Franklin Bank of Columbus, Lancaster Ohio Bank, Bank of Marietta, Belmont Bank of St. Clairsville, Bank of Steubenville, Western Reserve Bank, Bank of Kentucky, and its branches. Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, Lexington, Bank of Georgetown, Ky. Newport Bank, Ky. Branch Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana at Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

From the Darien (Georgia) Gazette, of March 22.
THE PRINCE MAURICE.

The notice taken in our last paper, of the cargo of this vessel, has been partly confirmed by the confession of Van Allen to one of the editors. 1. The bank will receive from the Receivers of He stated that John Smith, residing on the Grand public moneys, and others having moneys to pay Bahama, had received a quantity of Catalonia on account of the Treasury of the United States, wine, from the pirate Beatty, in exchange for the notes of the Banks, a list of which has been || provisions and some other articles; that part of it deposited in the office of the Secretary of the had been sent to Nassau, part elsewhere, and the Treasury by the Cashier of that Bank, and credit remainder put on board the Prince Maurice, the same to the Treasurer of the United States as which he (Van Allen) had freighted in Savannah cash. The bank may, however, discontinue the at two hundred dollars a month. We have seen notes of any of the said banks whenever it may the register and clearance of the Prince Maurice, deem necessary: but, in such case, it shall give and find that her ostensible destination was St. immediate notice thereof to such Receivers and Johns, East Florida, but entertain no doubt that others who usually deposite public moneys in it: the true purpose was to receive a load of plunder and the notes of any such bank, which may have from the Hornet, whose owners are said to rebeen received by them before such notice shall, side in Savannah, and which has lately been comnevertheless, be taken by the "Farmers and mitting depredations on the vessels of every naMechanics' Bank" as cash. tion sailing through the Bahama passage. This

management thereof is entrusted, and particularly of the Chief Magistrate.

Mr. Monroe evidently considered it his duty to attend in person to these objects since he was elected into the present office, and particularly to measures relating to the public defence. The late war obviously formed an epoch in our history, and furnished the motive, if it did not impose the obligation, on the Chief Magistrate, to

Corsair has lately captured a Spanish Guinea man, and from intelligence given by an English vessel (recently robbed by the pirate) arrived at Charleston a few days ago agreeing with information which we have received through another channel, we expect hourly to hear of some attempt being made to introduce the slaves clandestinely into this part of the state; but feel confident that the outlaws with their booty will be secured and brought to justice-understanding that the gene-give to those measures the utmost activity and ral of this brigade intends, on the earliest information, to assist the civil authority with the militia, and that active revenue officer, captain Jackson, is on the look out.

vigor. We have not forgotten the imminent perils of that momentous struggle; the desolation of our coast, throughout its whole extent; the great number of our citizens who where called, The Prince Maurice's cargo was landed or even from the most remote parts of the interior, Thursday last, and the vessel cleared and sailed to its defence, and the waste of life from disease, the same day. Great exertions were made to which followed. Had the coast been fortified, have the property shipped on board a coaster for one tenth of the force would have been more Savannah that evening, but the timely arrival of adequate to its defence, and more than ninethe Spanish consul defeated the intention, and the tenths of our citizens and property thus lost goods are now in safe custody. It would, how-would have been saved from destruction. We ever, be injustice to conclude without remarking, all recollect the ability and virtue with which the that the collector showed every disposition to citizen, then at the helm, sustained that struggle, detain the vessel and cargo, and took legal ad- and his persevering firmness in moments of the vice (no doubt conscientiously and honorably severest trial. Mr. Monroe then acted under given) on the occasion, which being against a him, in the Department of War, and having witseizure, induced him to allow the Prince Maurice nessed the difficulties of that struggle, he thinks to depart. it incumbent on him to exert every means in his power to carry into effect the salutary laws and provisions of Congress, since adopted, to avert like calamities, in the event of another war.

From the National Intelligencer of the 31st March,

1819.

The Secretary of War sat out with the President, and will accompany him until he leaves the coast for the interior.

Amendment to the Constitution.-Since the deci sion of the supreme court of the United States on the subject of the insolvent laws of individual states, the following resolutions have been submitted to the House of Assembly of New York by Mr. Yates:

Such, obviously, are the motives and the objects The President departed from this city yester-that, in the opinion of the President, impose day, in the steam boat, for Norfolk, with an in- upon him this arduous duty, which he commenced tention to proceed by Pasquotank, the Albemarle soon after the national concerns were confided to and Pamlico Sound, to Wilmington, Charleston, || his hands, and which he is now prosecuting. and Savannah, having in view, in reference to public defence, a careful inspection of all the inlets from the ocean. The reports of the Board of commissioners, consisting of officers of the corps of Engineers and of the navy, relative to a naval depot, dockyards and fortifications, point out the objects peculiarly deserving his attention. From Savannah his course will probably depend upon circumstances. The season, it is expected will be too far advanced to admit his passage by land to New Orleans, if indeed, it were proper, to take that ronte before the late treaty with Spain is carried into effect. Should he not continue his journey towards New Orleans, it is said that he will proceed westward by Augusta, through Tennessee and Kentucky, to the new states, or to some of them. In that section of the Union, many objects of the highest interest present themselves to view, a correct knowledge of which, it is believed, would be useful to all employed in the public councils. Our relations with the Indian tribes, under the immense ces sions of territory obtained from them by the treaties of the last year, are of that character. The game on which they have principally relied heretofore, will no longer furnish them with a subsistence. New efforts will be necessary to civilize them, and effectual regulations must be adopted for the purpose, or they will perish. The great amount of the public lands, which constitute an inexh austible source of wealth to the whole nation; the disposition of our troops to protect our frontier settlements and preserve peace with the Indians; to protect the Indians From Cadiz-Arrived at New York the brig themselves from injustice; and to secure the Helicon, captain Bernard, in 49 days from Cadiz public lands from intrusions; are subjects highly Captain B. informs that an expedition, consistworthy of the attention of those to whom the "ing of 5 or 6000 troops was to sail immediately for

Resolved, In Senate and Assemby of the state of New-York, that the eighth and tenth sections of the first article of the constitution of the United States of America, be so construed, as to reserve to the states respectively, the right of passing laws on the subject of bankruptcies, in the absence of the exercise of that right by the Congress of the United States also, the right of passing statutes of limitations to all or any civil suits, on contract or otherwise-also, the right of dissolving or discharging the marriage contract for such causes as may be specified in such laws-also, the right of passing insolvent laws, by which either the person or the contract may be discharged on a surrender of the debtor's estate for the benefit of his creditors.

Resolved, That our senators in the congress of the United States be instructed, and our representatives requested, to obtain the said declaratory amendment to the constitution of the United States.

VARIOUS ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE.

Lima. He also states, that there were 18.000
troons in Cadiz anli's vicinity. Of this number
12,000 were reviewed a few days before the Heli-
con siled
Preparations were making for other
expeditions to different parts of South America.
A contract had been made with an Englishman by
the name of Simpson for the supply of transports
at 20 dollars per ton-he contractor had gone to
England to procure the vessels

If it had not been for you I would have sent that rascal to h- who bore witness against us. I would have murdered the villain, and then he could have told no tales. But you, you cowardly scoundrel! persuaded me to let him go. You dog, if I be hanged, you will be hanged with me, and that is the only confort and satisfaction I have. But, good people, if any of my profession be among you, take warning by my example. If you rob a man, kill him on the spot; you will then be safe, for dead men tell no tales: I have

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Captain Bernard also informs, that a decree was issued at Maririd on the 14th of January, declaring that "All foreign adventurers who shall be appre-robbed many persons, and I may escape from prihended with arins in their hands in his majesty's son and rob many more; and by H-ns! the Uitra Marine dominions under the flag of the said man I surely will murder." 5 May God visit the insurgents, or furnishing them with munitions of blood of the man you murder upon my head,” war, shall suffer capital punishment; and that such || said judge Caulfield. "Go, Mr. Sheriff, procure persons shall not be comprehended in the par a carpenter, have a gallows erected, and a coffin dons which his majesty has conceded or shall made, on the very spot where the monster now hereafter concede in favor of his natural sub-stands; for from this bench I will not remove un. jects."

Captain B. is the bearer of despatches from the American Consul at Cadiz to the Secretary of State.

Extract of a letter.

til I see him executed; as for the young man, whose heart, though corrupted by the influence of this infernal wretch, still retained the principles of humanity, he shall not perish with him: I must; indeed, pass upon him the sentence the law requires, but I will respite him, and use my influence with the crown to pardon him. This hoary villain shall not, therefore, have the satis

"Buenos Ayres, December 12, 1818. "We have no further news, except the change of a supreme executive director, ad interim, in the person of Don Jose Rondeau. Mr. Puerry-faction his malignant heart has anticipated." The don having had the misfortune to lose his right hand by the explosion of a powder horn in it."

Extract from a Lisbon Price Current of January 23, received at Boston per Onslo.

sheriff obeyed the order-a gallows was erected in the court house-and in the presence of the judge, the jury, and the people, the unparalleled monster ascended the scaffold, cursing and blaspheming even to the moment when he was lauch

"Our market for wheat and Indian corn keepsed into eternity. declining, and no sales of either are now making; but the holders of corn still look with anxiety to- By the arrival at Charleston on the 22d inst. wards the spring demands. For a recent arrival of the ship Robert Edwards, in 50 days from of Flour, now afloat, the annexed quotations have Liverpool, several commercial letters of the latest not yet been realized. English codish is steady, dates have been received. They all agree in the and the quantity on hand rather limited. Fish oil || gloom and depression of business generally in is dull and nominal, nor has any alteration been England. One of these letters of the 28th Jan. made on the duties, which yet continue the same says "We wrote you per Ann, advising sales of as heretofore. The stock of American corn on your Sea Islands at 2s. 10d.-and since then our hand is very abundant. Flour, super, (Philadel-markets are extremely heavy, and considerably phia, Baltimore, &c.) 8 a 9600 reis per bbl. Corn, Indian, American, 4800 a 5000 per qtl. none. Staves, pipe 70 a 80 each. Naval stores dull, and only saleable in small parcels." [Prices on board

lower; but how low they will go we are at a loss to conjecture. However, to day, we bought real good boweds at 164d. Sea-Islands, especially, are uncommonly flat, and prices quite in a state of uncertainty. The principal holders are very desirons of selling, whenever an opportunity presents itself"

Another letter of the same date, adds-" Never did we witness such distress in commercial matters"

New York, March 27-We learn from captain Rose, of the ship Atlanta, that many crews of Portuguese vessels, bearing Artigas' flag, have lately arrived at Lisbon. They all report that the captains, officers, and crews of the privateers || were wholly citizens of the United States, and By Mr. James Corneal, mate of the schooner acknowledged that they were owned and fitted || Contradiction, of Baltimore, we learn that the C. out of the United States. This had a most unfa-under the command of captain Southcomb, sailed vorable impression on our national character in || from Aux Cayes for Baltimore, 20th February; on Portugal.

From a late London paper.

The following very remarkable anecdote was referred to by Mr. Williams in his speech upon seconding Mr Favell's motion for a petition to the legislature to revise the criminal code:

the 24th, off the Platform, was brought to by an armed felucca under Artigas' flag, sheered along. side, and sent 10 men on our deck, each with a boarding sword and a brace of pistols cocked; one of them ran below and bringing up a Spanish flag spread the same, and accused the captain of cover

Two men were once convicted of highway rob-ing Spanish vessel and property. bery before judge Caulfield, the lineal ancestor The captain told them there was no such flag of the present archdeacon Caulfield. When the on board, until brought by them; they began abusjury brought in their verdict of guilty, the eldering the whole of the ship's company, with loud of the two felons turned round to the younger, and, with a countenance expressive of the most diabolical rage, malice, and revenge, addressed his companion in the following manner: “Dn seize you, you hen-hearted villain!

imprecations and threats, flourishing their swords over their heads, and presenting their pistols: they robbed us of all our clothing, &c. and talked of despatching us as they liked our schooner much-(they then threw over our boat and told

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us to jump into her—though scarcely able to live, and filled before reaching the shore) threw in one bag of bread, pointed to the shore, then filled away and went off with the schooner, and on reaching the shore were apprehended by the soldiers on suspicion of pirates, and marched to cape N. Mole, thence to the cape.

yard of St. Paul, Covent Garden, close to the spot
which contains the remains of Butler, the cele-
brated author of Hudibras.

The Cotton Factory of Blackburn and Son, at Walpole, N. H. has been laid in ashes. Loss estimated at $12,000.

The crew of the above vessel consisted of a English Seeds. If the reader will turn his eye to one of the advertisements in this evening's pagang of desperadoes, of all colors, and of the most frightful appearance. The captain appeared to be a Spaniard, and spoke many languages fluent-per, he will be struck by the extraordinary fact, ly. The crew spoke a lingo of all sorts, but Spanish appeared to be the principal. The C. had a cargo of 7 or 800 bags of coffee.-M. C. H. Brooks.

Extract of a letter from a Baltimorean at Aux
Cayes, to his friend in this city.

that Mr. Cobbett has just imported, for sale, no
less than one hundred and fifty-four barrels of
field and garden seeds. What an extensive bene-
fit to the country this must prove, if the seeds are
selected with the same judgment and care that we
are warranted in believing is the case, from former
importations by the same person?

"This coast swarms with picaroon pirates, which have escaped out of this and the neighShad-The day before yesterday two fine shad boring ports-and as no other punishment than were taken in the North river, opposite this city a few days imprisonment is inflicted by this go vernment for that or any other crime, (passing-and this morning seven more were caught which counterfeit money and being detected as a spy, sold in our market for three dollars each. only excepted,) their numbers are daily increas ing. It is now almost impossible for an unarmed merchant vessel to enter and clear without being overhauled and plundered by them-and I am de cidedly of opinion, that if the American government does not send out some fast sailing armed vessels to protect the commerce to this island, the merchants will soon have to abandon it.

The steam boat Mississippi has commenced running between Havana and Matanzas. She arrived at the latter place on the 9th instant on her first trip, and left there on the 11th.

The Bridge over the Miami at Dayton, says a letter to the Editors of the Cincinnati Gazette, dated February 26, is now completed. It was commenced about the middle of April last, and although the water continued high to a later period than in common seasons, the pier in the middle of the river was sunk about twelve feet below low water mark, and the abutments on each side of the river completed through the summer, the frame raised on them, and the whole completed for crossing in less than six months.

The bridge is supported by two arches, formed out of curved timber, each one hundred feet long, and erected on two stone abutments and one stone pier; the pier is about thirty feet from the bed of the river to the woodwork; the length of the bridge is 250 feet, wagon way 17 feet wide with foot-ways 3 feet wide on each side, making the whole width 26 feet, including the timbers. The whole is weatherboarded and roofed.

When this bridge was projected the attempt was considered visionary; that neither pier nor abutment could be erected in the Miami so as to stand, from the nature of the bottom and the rapidity of the current; but, from the manner in which the foundation is formed, I feel no doubt but it will resist any natural power that will come in contact with it-the stone work and superstructure look strong and firm, and appear to be done in a workmanlike manner.

The projector and builder of this bridge is a Mr. Hunt, and this is his first undertaking in the state of Ohio.

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The Board of Directors of the Bank of the United States, on the 16th instant, appointed James Casey and Enoch Parsons, Esqrs. to fill the vacancies of the branch bank in Middletown, Connecticut.

Boston, March 27.-The United States' sloop of war Hornet, captain Reid, having on board the honorable Mr Forsyth, our minister to Spain, and suite, sailed from this port yesterday forenoon for Cadiz, but in consequence of the unfavorable appearance of the weather, put back and anchored in Nantasket Roads.

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$70,000.-The British schooner Friendship, from Jamaica, put into Savannah on Monday last, in distress, having on board 70,000 dollars in spece and ballast.

The Bank Question-in Congress.-We are authorized to state, that colonel R M. Johnson He held, as trusavoided, intentionally, voting on this subject in the House of Representatives tee of colonel James Johnson, 4,000 shares in the United States Bank, which fell into the hands of the latter on account of securityship for James Prentiss.

The infamous reports, springing from the blackest heart, that have been circulated concerning any agency the two colonel Johnsons' is said to have had in injuring the old St. Louis Bank, are [Ken. Gaz. all susceptible of being proved entirely false.

The Jeffersonville Canal.-The directors met at Jeffersonville on the 9th instant, and we are happy to learn that arrangements have been made to commence working at the canal at an early day. We are told the directors expect to procure a manager and many of the undertakers from the state of New York, who have been engaged in The first the stupendous canal of that state. Monday in May has been fixed upon for commencing the excavation, and from the rapid sale of the lottery tickets, it is expected that the drawing of the lottery will commence on the first Monday in April. We hope the public will soon see such evidence of earnestness in this business as will banish all apprehensions of its final and

Dr. Wolcott, better known as Peter Pindar,
was buried on the 12th January, in the church" speedy accomplishment.

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Irish Bulls Out-Bull'd--A Yankee newspa- amongst the articles there are many pieces of cotper, one side of which had not been printed, ton goods, and nearly a hundred plated Castors. apologised to its readers by stating tat "being filled with advertisements, that side was left blank"-we have now an account from the Philadelphia Union, of a letter from lord Erskine to general Washington being found on a blank leaf of paper. If this is not a match for the Hibernian'smington (N. C.) informs, that on the 8th of March, empty keg of whiskey," we know not what is This bullmaking propensity scems to be fast overspreading the land, even the grave legislators of Ohio are not wholly exempt from it; they passed a law, at their last session, regulating proceedings against banks, in which they make it the duty of the sheriff in case there is no bank, to return his writ to the county where such bank is!

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Captain Miller, of the brig Ann, which arrived at Providence, (R. I.) last Thursday, from Wilat 8 o'clock. P. M. in lat. 38, long. 73, he saw a light directly ahead-at 12 midnight, approached so near as to discover it to be a vessel wrapped in vented us from ascertaining her character-but by flames-the wind heading at that moment preher apparent length, she was a vessel of some magnitude. In a few moments after pas-ing her the light disappeared, which authorized the conclusion that she had burned to the water's edge, and that the waves had extinguished the fire, as it was blowing very heavy from the north east.

The British ministry, by late advices from Eng

cerning the execution of Arbuthnott and Armbrister. That ministry had better apologize, in the first instance, for their own conduct, in clandestinely conniving at the machinations of those miscreants in stirring up the Seminoles to war with [Nat. Register.

the United States.

Upon the second restoration of Louis XVIII the allied Sovereigns determined to have a Spy in the French Cabinet. The person selected by the Emperor Alexander, was the Duke of Rich lieu, who was accordingly appointed Prime Min-land, would seem to wish to make a pother conister. In that station he remained until the Allied Armies had left France. So soon as that event took place, changes in the ministry were talked of and negotiations entered into; which negotia tions have resulted in such a state of ill health of the Duke of Richlieu, that he has retired from the ministry and the whole Cabinet is now made up of the party formerly called Bonapartists, but since the restoration Liberales. This is the first fruits of the evacuation of France by the Allied Armies. The world have much at stake in France. Rashness would be fatal. Patience and Perseverance in the good cause will secure its triumph. That it may triumph is the sincere and anxious wish of every heart which beats for Liberty. [D. Press.

Promotion of Midshipmen.-The Navy Department has issued a general order, announcing, that midshipmen must undergo an examination before they can be promoted.-The order also adds "an examination will take place at the Navy Yard, in. New York, on the fourth day of October next. Those only whose warrants bear date previously to the 1st day of January, in 1813, will be entitled to examination All who intend

to become candidates for promotion, will report themselves to this department, on or before the 1st of October next, and appear at the time and place above mentioned, for examination."

The terms demanded by Madame Catalani for her talents at the Opera-house for the ensuing season, were, a sum of 50007, a benefit to produce 1000! a coach, a dinner of 14 covers daily, and liberty to sing at concerts, &c. as she pleased. It is almost superfluous to add that these extravagant terms were refused. [London Paper.

Restoration of the ship Beaver.-Intelligence reached town yesterday, that the ship Beaver, owned by J. J. Astor and Son, which was taken some time ago and condemned by the Spaniards at Talcahuana, and afterwards earried to Lima, had been restored to the owners by the Viceroy of the latter province.—N. Y. paper.

We understand that a quantity of goods were found last week concealed in a barn in Elizabethtown Whether they had been smuggled or stolen is not yet ascertained. It is said that

SACRED EFFUSIONS.
From the Catskill Recorder.
THE ROCK AT HOREB.

Why is this world a desert drear

Of complicated woe?
The keen desire--the fruitless tear,
Await us all below;

We're born and hurried to the grave,
And none extends an arm to save!

And thus did Israel's countless band
In parch'd Arabia weep!

Though led by him whose marv'lous hand
Whelm'd Egypt in the deep,

But nourished them with Heavenly bread,
And with a fiery pillar led.

"Say, wherefore, hast thou brought us out,
From where the river roves,

In deserts to consume with drought,
And with us all our droves?
Our wives are faint, our offspring cry;
Then give us water, else we die."
See their dread captain lead the way,
And bear his wond'rous rod;
In eager haste the hosts obey,

And follow where he trod;
From all the boundless plain they flock,
Surrounding sacred Horeb's rock.
He smote-and bursting from its side,
Through plains the torrents sought,
Dividing its meand'ring tide,

With life and pleasure fraught;
Eager they drop-infants that gasp,

The vessel seize with desperate grasp.

Then why this life a waste so drear

Of fruitless sighs and woe?
The Rock Divine is gushing near,

And streams through deserts flow;
Then, desperate mortals cease to sigh:
Taste Heaven's stream and never die.

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