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rFrom the RaJeleh Register, .
Mb.
Gales At the last meeting ot Hie
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one,), the enclosed extract was road, and,
on mouoo, iv w uunuuuiy uicu
that tho request be rcspoctfuUymide of the
liouare 01 our puu.iu j.ui nu. lu
fore their readers. i
Upon reauing it, you win ot m sur-
prised ai our requesi, as you win no uuum
appreciate our, motives, and be glad with
us, to give publicity to so remarkablo a
production. I say remarkaote, indeed
1KoadyjyTaUaiJu4MJdVed
idenncai principles woicn wo are now co.
tending for against so much opposition from
the learned, and the wise, found so.noble a
champion on the floor of the British Parlia. j
mem as me great uom vhe3tbkmlu. uui
more, wonderful still, that afr a century
more of woeful experience, that these pnn-
ciples should meet with such opposition
from those who profess, so inuch admira.
tion for the noble Lorg.and who claim to
be as great philanthropists and pairiots as.
he shows himself to hove been.
Extracljrom a Speech of Lord Chester,
field, dttitered in Jfie Home of Lords
in 1743, on Ike 44 Gin act."
Luxury, my Lordsj is to be taxed, but
vice prohibited ; let tho difficulties in exe.
cuting the law be what they will. Wgud.
you lay a (ax upon a breach, of tljfren
commhndmchtsT Woyld notuchi a tax
be wicked-and scandakustBecause it
would imply on indujgffnce to all those who
could pay theJtoxFvicc, my Lords, is not
properly Je'be taxed, but suppressed, and
heavy-foxes are sometimes the only means
hf which that suppressiorvcan be obtained,
Luxury, my Lords, or me excess 01 jum
which is only pernicious by its'excess may
: .1 v r U
jnore difficult. But tie uso ot those tilings
Si ire simply hurtful in their o
Se anain cSyd
if Nle my Lo?dgs, ever heard 1n any
1 ? j'-a .A.,ur J.
cause a lex implies a license granted for the
useof that which is taxed to all who shall
be willing to pay it.-
" Dronkenntss, my Lords, is universal,
and in all cfrcumstnnces an evil, and there,
fore ought not to be taxed hut punishi'd.-
" The noblo Lord (he went on to re.
maVk) has "been kindly pleased td-inform
us, that the trade of distilling is very ex
tensive Hho1 -tt-emloys- great-numbeMr
and that they have arrived or exquisite
skil), and therefore nolo well tho consc
quence the trade of distilling is not to be
discouraged. Once more, my Lords, al.
low me to wonder nt tho, difleront conccp.
tiona of different undcrstapdings. ; It ap.
pears to me, that since the spirits which
the djslillors produce are allowed' to qnfoe
bleo tho limbs, arid vitiatet the blood, to
'pervert the heart, and ob?curej,he inTellect,
that the number of distillerMould be no
argument in thoir favour ; fofcl never heard
that a low against theft was repealed or
delayed becausathieves were nunicrous.
It appears iom my Lords, that if so for,
midable a body are-confederated against
the virtutor the lives of their fellow-citi-tensit
U time to put nn end to theliavoc,
and to. interpose, while it 'our
Im destruction. So little,
nnimn rr n I n w linriii riiiii, ui unuiivi i
my Lo'rds". om I affected with the. merits of
.the wonderful skill which the distillers are
said to have attained, that it is, in my
opinion, no fucility of great use to man
kind, to prepare palatable poi?ons;,nor
shall I oyer contribute my interest for the
reprieve of a murderer, because he has by
lone prWice obtained great dexterity in
his-trade; If their liquora areso delicious
thnt the nebritBT are temDted to their own
i i . .
ruin, let us at lengin, my joiu, v-.
ttwm frnm this fatal draucht. bv bursting
iVio v;nt. thnt pnntnin them. Let us crush
t once these artista in slaughter, who have
reconciled their countrymen to sickness
nd to ruin, and spread over tho pitfalls of
debauchery, such baits as cannot bore
aisted. J am very far, my Lords, from
Jhinking,thattherejre.this year any jkj.
uliar reasons for tolerating murder ner
can I conceive why the manufactory should
be held; sacred now, if it ia to bo destroyed
hereajjier.1! '
I Opposition."! thiflk,' said a plain
titan fi-Am iKa min1rv thn other dav. "that
---- a v M iv .wj 0
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there rnust be something catching n tempe
rane. for a man no- sooner begins to op
pose it right smart, than lie turns right
'Hon round and advocate H 5 the best
speakers is have in the neighborhood, a
little while ago, , were making all kinds of
nn of temperance, . - . , Ll.,-
' London. The city of London ha ten
licensed liquor houses for, each cburchi
Hew long will it take the churches of that
citv to christ ini7A the neoolo at thit rateT
" General causes of Diseases.
Many pedple wjure their health by drink
ing, who seldom get drunk. , The continued
habit of soaking; as it i. caned, though fc
eflects be not so violent; is not less 'pcrni-
tin. . .1 - i ' "
cious. nun uie jresseia are KepiTWr-
staotly full and' upon the stretch, lhflt)ifle
rent digestions can neither be duly per
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lormed, nor the humours proper v nreuored
Hence, most people of his character, are
afflicted With gout, graver,, &C If these
disorders do not appear, they are seized
witu low spirit8,Jiypocondriacal ofibclions
and other symptom of indigestion. . V
J ioeunoitqt drinking proceeds Irequently
iiuui nuaionuiio in 1110. ji ue miseruuie uy
toll for mlipf. It nffurrta lhm Initcnl
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BhQf. uvpa nnrl whon it u nr itm snirli.
8ink os much telow ,hejr usua) ,one ,ney
M,nq oeiore oeen T"isea ooove it. . iience a
J rppctjiion 0f tho-dose becomes necessary,
i mA pverv fresh d086 makes way for an.
othcr tiI ,k) ,in)nppy pfePSon becomes a
i slave to tue boiiln, and at length talis a
Tacrifico to what at first was taken only as
medicine.- No man is so dejected as the
drunkard, when his debauch has gone off;
nenco it lithat those who havo tho greatest
flow of spirits, while the glass circulates
frecy, orc of all others thejpcjyTielanu
pUTt Bn end to
thojr own exigence iir a fit ot spleen or ill
J humor.
Drunkenness not onlv Droves destructive
t0- Jalth, but fikewi'jo to thefacultics of
the mind. It is strantre that crenfures who
value themselves or. account of a superior
degrco of reason to 4rmt' of tho brutes,
should take .pleasure in sinking so far below
i)em Were such as voluntarily deprive
themselves of the uso of reason, to con. 1
tlnue cver af,cr ,n thut condition, it would
socm but a just punishment ThoughjWs
toxicntion, it soldom failsWsucceed a
course cf it. By a habifof drinking, the
greatest geniusja-cften reduced to a. mere
idiot. "
- Intoxication is peculiarly hurtful to young
persons. It heats their blood, impairs their
strength, and obstructs their growth ; it is
not only iu itself an abominable vice, but
is an inducement to many others. There
is hardly any crime so horrid, that the
drunkard will not perpetrate for the love of
liquor. . We have known them sell their
clothes, and even food, to obtain the c
cursed draught. Uracle o; neaun.
Ituinscllcr' Doings.
Extract from Mr; Samuel Qhipman's re-
niuu,.,,,. , -
no poorhouse that I have visited
have I failed- of finding the wife or the
widow, and the children of the drunkard
In one noorhbuse. as ?my certificate will
-
show, of 190 persons received there tne
past year, were jiineteen tcne of drunken
husbands and seventy one children of drunk,
en fathers! In almost every goal were
husbands confined forwhipping their. wives,
or for otherwise abusing vheir families. In
pne nine, in another sixtecny-itHd been in
prison for this offence the lust year ; in nn.
other, three out of tho four who were, then
i prisan wefe-eonfined for ehrjping their
wives. nurwiTcrr wo runcci, mm um u
very small proportion of these brutes in
human sha Je.are thu-punisuedT, the amount
of. misery and domestic suffering arising
from-this source exceeds the powers oi mo
hnmnn mind to comnute ; and yet the sale.
of that which causes all this is noUtfrty
toleruted, but is authorised byljite,
, f Could we collect thewiveS and children
of this class id agreof amphitheatre j place
in an outcititle mo manutacturers uno
tho renders, end fix them there until. each
mother and child had told the history of
their griefs'; of their downward course
from affluence or competency ; from re
spcctabiliiy and domestic happiness -to
poverty, to misery, ana wreicneuucM ,
. . . J- J .I- J: -A kn alt
could the scenes oi-aomeswc uiv.-uiu
nctod over : could the blows of the sworn
and once loved and cherished protectory! .
now transformed to a maaman anu a. uuv,
be made to sound in their cttrs, with the
shrieks of these wives and mothers, and
the wailing ot their innocent children ;
could they, for the occasion, be furnished
with powers of language to describe their
days of toil and misery, and'heir"nights of
unmitigated,"' unmingled;- arid unavailing
sorrow and anguish ; could they throw into
their countenances al the agony which has
so often wrung their souls, all the terror
and trembling, alt the disgust and loathing,
which the conduct oi tneir iiuauouuo uU
fathers have caused them ; couiu inese mcu
hear the. prayers of these wives fofhr
husbands, that tho temptation uim u
besotted and enslaved them might not again
k- ik-nn in thnir wav : and finally, could
fc- o,ot (mm which thev have shed be
mo .viv. ----- - , .
made to flow h full view ot this circie.oi
. kor. and dealers that surround tnem ,
all this ha done, is there a soul not
i..ni,ifBlu in lnnctie with the" ereat Adver.
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sary and Tempter himseii, wno coum u.
another day or nour continue in w uuuij
business! - - "-'
" A Rdinotjs Tram- A fewyears since,
Mr ttprrit Smith, of Peterboro", N. Y.,
mnHfin namination in his own village
to test the effects of the spirit trade upon
the man who sells. He tound tnai in iwen.
ty.two years, twenty.nirie.persons had been
-j in tV. trmdesia that town. Of
the'se'rve had discontinued the sail without
loss or gain." 1 wenty-were am.
nnor an J drunkards. Four had died, ai
poor and all drunkardii
iVsiiEviLLE, n. o, Friday; December 22,1843.
From the Rural Repository,
Hindofttau.
There is m country on earth whose his.
tory forms a more pleasing theme for coo.
temptation than Hindustan, its population
nas oeen variously estimated at from 130,
000,000 to 150 ,000,000 of aouls. .
Though the Hindoos have been for aires
suujcuicu iu b lorcign power, iney nave re,
mainedas a nation almost without excep'.
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not; unmixca ; even to the present time
they1 retain, mi a good degree unaltered
their ancient Institutions and customs. ,
This' immense population is eoverned bv
about 60,000 British soldiers, who, with
the speculators are constantly preying upon
the substance of the Hindoos ; who, be
ing naturuly a simple and timid people, are
fit subjects of European duplicity!
Hindostan is .mostly comprised .in the
four presidencies of Bengal, Madras, Bom
bay, and-Agra; over, which the East
India trading company hold jurisdiction,
and until 1833 they monopolized all the
commercial advantages: since then tho
commercial privileges have been extended
alike to all Ornish subjects. -
n Bengal lies orj the northeast : it is a 6e
iighlAJteountryndis-repidlyimpTOvingTT
it is watered by numerous streams, of
which the many mouthed Ganges, the Bur,
ramapooter,and theDummuda, afford im
mense resources. 11 fell to the inglisn in
1756, when it contained about 3,000,000
inhabitants, and now is said to contain 40,
000,000. .
Madras, at the south-east of Hindostan,
is scarcely inferior as a country to Bengal.
Thfr.cityjwas'taken by the French in 1764,
k, rirti4 tniKnP.nnii.hnm,in k it,s
- oTAix - laChapcll. Tho territory is in a
prosperous state, and contains 15.000,000
inhabitants. . A
Bombay is the seat of Government of
all the English possessions on the west,
which contain 7,000,000 inhabitants. It
came to the English by thejrmarriage of
Uliartes ll. .witli uathanne of jrortugal.
As early as 4688 it passed into the hands
of the East India trading company.
Agra,-a province and city, on the north';
contains a population of 38,000,000. In
tho 17th century the great mogul often re.
sided at Agra ; his palaces were prodigious,
his wealth immense, and his subjects many.
It afterwards declined rapidly, through civil
wars, and in the war with the Mahrettaa
in 1803 it was taken by the English; it
has since become a flourishing colony.
- The Hindoos are of the Caucassian va.
riety, (or Blumanbach,) they are more
effeminate than the European, more deli,
cateand symmetrical in form, and have
finer features, and wouldbe more beautiful
were St not for the fact that the climate has
rendered them'olack as tho negro, but as
implied above, they have in other respects
nopo of the negro aspect, . Those lb, at in
habit the" mountainous regions are said to
bo hardy and warlike.
In their manners they are remarkably
engaging and graceful; polite and courteous
in, their intercourse, and generous and hos
pitable to their friends. Hut whenever, on
the contrary, they hnve'thc jlighlest .con
j tcntion, their duplicity and sclfishnesiknow
no bounds.. Perjury and gross" deception
is said to mark every deposition taken at
the Hindoo courjsEvery witness has his
party, tojwWcn he.is so attached that it is
uuiteimposible to elicit tlw truth. " Thus
rfhey are liemarkably1 obliging and kind to
friends, to their enemies they are as re
markably hateful, designing' and deadly.
This extreme either for or against, is par.
titularly characteristic of the Hindoo.
Respect for tho aged is considered by
them a fundamental duty, and to neglector
even disrespect the old is to merit the se.
vercst desecration ; hence parents and old
people are never allowed to become a pub--lie
burden while childreajor friends survive.
Happy indeed were it for mankind if en.
lightened nation8wouITmore(, imitate the
Hindoo in this respect, in anomer par-
icular aIso;would an imitation ot tnem oe
virtue, and that is their temperance. Mar
riages are held as quite indispensable among
them, and although polygamy is, tol left ted,
few are to be found that seem willing to
support two or more wves. The marriage
ceremony is held very sacred, and much
pomp is usually exhibited; though the wife,
...l:L I : kit lillln rtartnrnA
she is indeed) treated jittld better than a
alnvR. ahe is nbt nermitted even to speak, to
r
her husband, to eat in nis presence, i
or write, or, in hort, to know anything
that is passing in the world about ner ; an
of which ignorance is considered as. highly
ossnntial to her respectability, and in com-
parison with the husoana; sne is ireuicu
of quite an inferior order of beings ; nev
ertheless she is faithful in her attachments
to the . last-Her extraordinary attachment
is demonstrated by the willingness witn
which she offers herself an immolation on
the funeral pile of her husbanoV .-
Their religion is a system oi mymoiugj
founded on the belief in oiie grand prevail.
ing spirit, Brimh or IJramn, a ueing oi m.
finite wisdom, power and goodness, wno
j .utnnil mointipd!lvr)ver crea-
presiuaa wiuhj "i 1 -j,-- j
tinn. Prom this spirit all things (say they)
proceeded, not by an active creative paww
' .. - . .r irr . K,, k thfl nutet
tne nai m. nw iwoi - -i
kronlliinora nf SOirit.
" . ..... L -iM
their sacred triad, Brahma, Vishnu, and
; nrocefcded from the great supreme
in thrpn successive expirstions. Those
.1. a. m thn nhiecti of esnecial pr.
ship. Vishnu, the most active of the triad,
Ws already passed through nine incarna
lions, and is daily expected to fulfil his
tenlh and Inst. Sometimes he appeared as
a non, a Doar, a tortoise, a cowr dec.
His object has been to deliver oracles for
the instruction of mankind, and to deliver
them from evil spirits, giants and monsters
His wars with their Titans, and Ms amos
rous adventure form grand subjects for the
Hindoo poet's muso,' . '. '. '
Besides these they ha ve their inferior dei-
tm I .) ! . L . I ft I I
uc -uru is me King oi iieaven ne main
tdios his place only bv a constant and viei
lantwarfuie. Though powerful as a cot
he is liable at any rmmient to be deposei
byibe godijand demi-gods Ihat threaten
him.
Innumerable others have been named by
travelers:, such as isurya, tho sun ; Korti-
keya, god of war i Varuna, god of waters :
Paiisna, god of winds; Yam, judge of the
dead; this last is a green god, and is
clothe J in red, he holds his courts in the
deepest mountain caves,
Dieir worship of nmmals cxhibitathe
lotvest form of suoerstilion. The cow. the
tortoise, the hog, the lion, and abovear, 1
,
tne monKey is celebrated in their sacred
books; this animal is considered one of
'groat emprise," and oneoT the most pious
acUf-heJIioojejTCOnsisls-in expending
isrgo sums ci piuuuy in ceieoraung munney
marriages !
Jugsrnaut onn of their inferior deities.
The humeri Sacrifices . and bloody scenes
at each periodical festival of the car of
Jugernaut, are too well known to need a
repetition here. The number of, human
beings that pvish to anncase the wrath-of
their blood thrsty gods, is said to amount
to more than. 10,000 annually. In the
western part cf ilindostan formerly lived a
race who weri in the habit of immolating
all their femae children. Nor have'ilie
exertions of clristians and philanthropists
holly annihihted these horrid practices,
heir yariousforms of penance are also
shocking. , Tljeir four religious books, the
Vedas, they suppose to have issued simul
taneously frort the four mouths of Brahmn.
But what to us "seems passing strange"
is, that they sioutd believe such strange in
consistencies hnd prove their faith by their
practices, wlicn in many respects they Die
so Intelligent.' In mathematics, algebra in
particuhir till very recently, they are said
to have surpassed even the Europeans.
Their drama is also very extensive, and
many of their morals grand. . Palpia's fa
bles, interspersed with maxims and morals,
possess merits equal to, those of any Ian-
guageand Uaa Woady ton traoalated in.
tcrraost oi tne rennea languages.
lindoo architecture has latterly very
mum degenerated ; tneir most ancient
wes, towers, and palaces, rival in cx-
tentand elegance of proportion even thoie
of ancient Greece. The common dwel-
ling, are but rudely constructed hovels, suf-
ficicit, however, for the demands of nn.
lurqin so worm a climate.
'Ihe manufactories of Hindostan are
conjiderablc. .borne ot tne hnest ot SDK
and! cotton fabrics have been Avr'ought up
witl such adegree of ingeniousness and
kirps'8carcely.4o be rivaled in Europe,
andjhexjqujsjtdyJieautUulhaw
at push me re from flie wool . pcculinr
to tlo goats of Thibet, are quite unrivaled
n tie wdrldi The vestments of the Hin.
dook are generally made of cotton, light nnd
floviing, and suited to the climate. The
rtiity of the soil, like most well watered
tropical regions, is immense. Agriculture
is ira ru state; they "plough with 'oxen
tfhdfbufftiloes, merely scratching the soil,
aridthey seldom make morethan one crop,"
whtroas they might moke two or three
crops yearly, l ne- precious mpiais nave
beeh obtained in abundance from tho mines
of Hindostan, but th.e diamond mines are
thoanost celebrated, though not tfs valuable
now as they formerly were.
7he forests of Hindustan are very ex-
tenjsive, and luxuriant with the thick jungle
of -canes, the gigantic groves of bamboo,
which sometimes attain theheigtit ol near
ly a hundred feet ; and above "all with the
wide-spread LJanyan.-irec ; wnicn,
"Branching so broad and lone, that in the ground
The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow.
Aboul tne motner tree, a piuarea snaue,
High overarched, with echoing walka between."
A branch vof the celebrated banyan on
the banks of me Nerbuda is said to bo suf-
ficiently extensive to sneiter ,iu,uuu mm.
viduals beneath' its spreading branches
Even fhe rocky hills are covered with vegct
ation. and nature seems lavish oi her boun
ties, throughout almost the entire extent of
Hindostan. . . ..:
Tempebaturb of Rooms. The Salem
Obseryer publishes some timely cautions
from thenen ot Jjrr Bates, oi iiorriage-
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wock, which are wormy me attention oi
heads of families and persons using stoves
The Doctor recommends that a therrpome.
ter be kent in a room warmed by air-tight
stoves, ratner man trust hkj wnut; i vm
feehngs for its regulation. The tempera
. .i r. n r
ture, to preserve neann, snouiu not exceeu
65deg. If a comfortable warmth is not
secured at this temperature, it is ocuer iu
put on more clothing than to increase the
-heatThcse remarks apply to every other
method of warming rooms, a tempera
ture of 70 deg. will debilitate a person in
kihn - In the sick room it is often 10 deg,
.IV . , ... ,-. .e
higher. No wonder then mat me sick are
D. . .-J Tk. marvel m thpV
m hnn nrasiruicu. ..
."B I-' . JUiiln,.
ever iret well. A room j
.i.Q K well ventilated.br the atmospher
will, very soon become impure and promote
disease. .
Short Patent Sermon.
. BYDOW, JR. y - ;
The words of my text are as follow :
1 here's beauty on the earth.
there's beauty n the air,
There's beauty ia tho skies.' .
''" There's beauty where,
My ' hearersi-on ' whichsoever sioo we
turn our eyes, we behold beauty adorned
and unadorned, animate and inanimate;
beauty in its original simplicity, and beauty
beautified ,by ingenuity, skill, and art
Even ugliness itself beats the ii ipress of
beauty and there isnothjng whic i appears
uncouth or horrid at first sight , bulunryue-1
velone something wotthy of admiration Up
on a longer and closer inspection. That
beautiful specimen of ugliness, the to;
has a lino figure, a cunning eye, anq a-Rnow-
ing look espfrat the asseiiien of Shak
spc-are apd the fastidious fnste of poets in
general. In factjy friends, there is but
little dincrencefas "far as real beauty is
conccrnedfTjetween a worm and a woman,
or anrtfn and a monkey, f he glow-worm
Lahfning upon its lowly, grassy couch in the
dusk ofvlho evening: looks handsomer to
miihan abeautiful Wttman jglittering'in the
dark v&le of vice; and a decent looking
monkey is moro an object of admiration
than u man wit
out morals or modesty. It
matters not -how fair and comely is the ex
terior of the human formTVf tho interior is
filled with corruption, if will work through
and cast sueh leprous stains upon the sur
face as can neither be covered by rougo
nor removed bv turpentine, hot wutcr and
hypocrisy.
My friends the earth is continually put
ting forth new buds of beauty amid its mil
lions of blossoms. Look at tho landscape
that lies spread before us. To-day it looks
beautiful in the newness, greenness, and
freshness of its nttirc to.morrow it looks
leautifulerin the heighth of its bloom and
next day, it looks the most beaulifulest
when, like a dying dolphin, it exhibits its
most gorgeous hues beneath tho Onconge
niul rays of an October sun. The' natural
world hath charms enough to captivate the
heart of a hypochondriac, although partial
ly concealed behind ihe curtain of careless
indifference. Though it may, at first sight,
ppcar as barren, sterile, and gloomy as n
gooso pasture in August, yet if you will
but search for the beauties that do actunlly
exist, you will find them anse up before
you like a regiment of gsaSsJlQjjncrs from
the ground, when disturbed by the footsteps
of friend or foe. ihe wardrobe ol Uie
earth is beautim, even- when faded brthe
frosts of autumn ot torulj tho .ravages of
wintry storms.- i he distant ium with thetr
bonnets of blue the trets-with their man-
ties of varied gree-the flower-fdnged
held the blooming mends and the velvet
lawns, are-all stamped with beauty.ti.Na.
turewhen stripped of hat, shawl, an Jfrock,
bythe rude hand of November, still exhi
bits a beautiful embroidered petticoat, and
looks, if any thing, lovelier in her half
nakedness, notwithstanding she may be
nut At the tries nnrt lina ft hnlrt in ttm hpal nf
.... ,.
My dear hearers there's bcautyin tho
lypr cascade that leaps Inughing from rock
txMrock-pSpBf kltng- with joy fill iTTeticlics
the calnr and peaceful vole below ;m the
mighty' cataract that continually pours its
mad bellowing into the deaf tar. of earth ;
the limpid lake that sprves as a looking-
glass for the moon lo-behold her greasy
phiz ; in tho ocean that-froths and foams
like a mad dog at the mouth, -nd dashes
its 'surges against tho windows of ihe sky,
as though they hadn't been washed for a
month of centuries. Yes, my fi'ir.ds-there
extravagant'benuty in all these: and I'll
venture to say that this dull, dirty,fooking
globe of ours , is as beautiful a little picture,;
taken as a wholo, as can be loundnn the
grcnt book of creation. There s bejjity in
tho air. - Birds, bees nnd insects are frag"
ments'of; beauty floating hither iindlhilhcr
that boundless terial ocean which sur-
rounds this little island of earth we inhabit ;
and there's beauty even in the dragon-
winged-bat that , dwells with demons in
desolate places, only I haven't discovered
wnui pari ui ilia minimi, u jics.
My hearers there is beauty, in the hea.
vens of the tallest order. It shows oil to
advantage in the dark, portentious thunder
crouds that rise in tne west, whoso silver
trimmed peaks assume such a changing
variety of fantastic forms j in the light
nig s blazing car, whose tljundenng wheels
roll over the rail-way of heaven in less
time than imagination could run down hill
on a wager; in the evening twilight, when
the gods scrape up the dust ot decayed ,
rainbows, and smothyr the sun witn giory
ere they cover up its fire for the night ; in
the firmament, too, there is beauty when
theHJWort is in eoad trim, and every ecles
rial jamp la lighted, as it lor some special
nrWsion. Ave: doar friendsl there is a
beauty every where;, nutyou. non i Know
anv more how to appreciate it than I know
. j :
how to describe it, and that is just about
as much as a pig knows of politics, or a
sinner ol the sweets oi saivanon.
There is oaf ticuiar beauty, my irienas
in a virluoua,nd well cultivated mind in
mind too elevated to be spattered with
filth whenihe stones of bad example are
thrown itto then various ponds of vice that
obstruct the. paths ot us poor pilgrims in
nnr iournevs to-the tomb. I wouia lniorni
H vounff Tadies mat tne.nowers wmuu
' .. .
snrinirfrom the heart are far more beautiful
than those which they wear on their hatstir
entwine in their hair ; -and,, as far as thei
Mirnnitv ia concerned, the former will
bloom amid the snows of penury and affile
WHOLE ior i7c.
tion; and-remain untouched even at the
door of death', while the latter perish In a
day, and dissolve into dust. The wings of
the christian's soul are beautifully plumed,
and they sustain themselves easier from Ihe
."! . -I. . . .l II .. .. . ' ..
wicKcaness oi tne wonq tne higher they
.n . :, r... Mn .
piety ai you would loon beautiful irtthe
eyos-of the good and the just; and it last
when you feel that the spirit vs about to
take its flight iota nothcr worfd.iust borrow
for it the swift and strong piuons of Faith,
and it will arrive atTts destination aa safe.
and sound aserry boat.
So mote it be L .
Sybilllne OrarlcsK
xtrat-ted from an old edition oPMalin's
prophecies, supposed to havo been written
ajwm a moUKind years ago, imprinted
ijonuon, oy joa Hawkins, in the year
1031. For an nc0unt of this extremely
valuable and scarce look , ee Swift 's works,
vol. 1, p. 214, edition f 1760. '
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When the savage ii meek and mild,
Tlio frantic mother oliall stab htr child.
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tVlien the cock slihll woo the dove,
The mother the child shall cease ia iove.
Wbtn 4near4ike mules, work under grooalt
ilia non a virgin true snail wound.
When the dove and Snc'k'llielion shall fight,
The lion shall erouch beneath their might.
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' When the eock shall guard the eagle's nest,
Tho stars shall rise all in the west.
vt.
When ships above the clouds shall sail,
The lion's strength shall surely fail.
...When Neptuno's back with stripes is red, -The
sickly-lion shall hide his head,
vnl
Wlien seven and six uliall make but one,
The lion's might shall bo undone.
60LVTIOS.
Verse 1st. The, settlement of America
by u civilized nation ia very clearly alluded
to in the first line. The frantic mother is
Britain America tho child.
Verse 2di The cock is France, the dove
America Columbia : their union is the
epoch when America shall cease to love
liritain ; for so I understand the prophecy,
in which is one of the most striking char,
acteristics of the ancient oracles.
Verse 3rd. Tho siege of Yorktown,
whereXapproaches were carried on by
working under the ground, we are told
r. Addison, in his Spectator, that a
ion will not hurt a true maid this at first
seems contradicted by the prophecy ; but it
willi) lopnd, thatett the epoch referred to.
the virgin, or Virginia, (as all North Ame.
rica was then called in Europe,) shall wound
the lion, viz: Britain which shows the
rccise time when the oracle shall be ac
comphshed.
verso 4lu. Alludes to the alliance be.
tweehXrance and America, before whose
ight Great Britain crouched.
V crse 5thv lhis certainly refers to the
period when France (the cock) guarded the
ome ot Americans, (the ncle s nesti and
assistedlhe states (the sfarstoatiaiti their
dependence ; that is, to rise in the west
ern- hemisphcTCT''" " r
Verse 6th. It is very remarkable that the
roperties of mllamaule air by which bal
loons first traversed tho upper regions.
were then" first discovered, and they are
here evidently called ships.
Verse 7th. When tho American navy
c'overs the sea with red stripes, Britain's
will be hnmbled. v
Verso 8th. The thirteen states first con.
federated. ' . - .
The Difference.
Let jt man of standing 'and influence1
-commit a fault and how soon it iff over
ooked. If he is, wealthy, the improprie
tics of his conduct ore considered no re
proach. and he is as .much honored and
caressed as ever. Let a poor man be half
as guilty, and he is condemned and dcspls .
cd, and ills next to an impossibility to re.
fneve his character. Such isjhe course of
the world. . Honors, property , and Tiigh
landing, make nlf the difference. We
are for calling villany by its right 'naie, '
wherever discovered, whether beneath a
costly and-fashionable exterior, or in halls
of Congress, or in a shanty. 1 he pretend,,
ed righteous judgment of the world is
wromr. Worth, and worth alone, should :
be caressed and honored respeclep and
imitated, while vice should be detested and
abhorred; in whomsoever discovered. If
this should be0ur criterion o judgment,
in selecting men lor our various ollicers,
thousauda nf the humble-a nu the-unobl r
sive would be elevated to posts where their
virtues would slnne and their examples be
salutary upon the whole nation, while those);...
who now disgrace their station would sink
in the mire where they have delighted to
wallow, and cease to exert their pernicious - .
and blasting influence. In our choice of
men to fill our scats o&hooor and trust, let
us have an eye to the virtues of the heart,
and if strict integrity be lacking, we should
never uft a linger to put such men in ofhee.
war
LrJaFEHS. Different nations have dfffe
rent kinds of loafers. The ltailian loafer " ''
spends his time jn sleeping the Xurtisn.3,
loafer in dreaming the Spanish irj--ray.:--j. '
!n tltn pMndn it 1st nrrVt rer tV TeNr-Hol
llljj-itl3 iv)tvii "f3w,Jo w juuiiau v -
in swearipg the Russian in gambling
the German in drinking, And the Ameri.
can in talking politics. Which of these -different
kinds ot loafing is the most in
structive to morality 1 I ', .. , '
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