rilo.M 1 liF. (.i:ahi.i>ton coi kiku.
I.OVK IN 1 UK 1 OUi:ST
A^ IM’I VN THAIIlTIoy.
rtvF inovn, witliin a forc't f^lnde,
Tlic rn>v ftirm of- !,ove was sleeping;
~ An oil. oiik’s branches lent a shade,
Ami viiifs iirouiid hisbrcast were creeping!
lie ^vokcl his dreams have vanish’d quite.
Of conquests, power, and smiles, and trea
sure;
l(e feels no more of soft delight,
i'cr *lay dispels the night of pleasure.
Aloi'.e, within the forest lost,
No more arc laughinp eyes around him;
Misfortune's sad clicer less frost,
Has in its icy mantle bound him.
■\Vhat shall he do—no shrller near—
No viands, fruits, or f«od to cheer him;
Hlti heart convulsed by cold despair,
No longer dreams of pleasures near him.
lie nhrieks and paseion marks each tone;
He weeps, the dove’s notes not more tender;
lie pruys, so mellow, fond and lone
Vo -.vildscan nothing comfort render -'
Ob ! ' thy tear,sand *,.ray’rs .irr vain—
Js't-r Ij'.n.an fonn, nor liuun's ari, ncarthcC;
^-Twcrc uselt ss then th'- lung-s to strain.
There is nought humnn tluit can hear thee.
Day wanes upace, and nigl.t ;i]5pears,
Thy flow’ry veV.menl, Summer, lend her;
.Tor '■> inter, worn by weight of ye; i"S,
is still her slave, .'tnd will attend her.
And how siia'd Love a night endure,
Amid a wildernessre])(.si;ig;
Where beasts or birds of prej', will sure
Kcgale upon him whilst he’s dozing.
All these reflection'; sun ly popt
>Vithln his godslii])’s liead, to scare him;
The h:ilf, I’m certain, Mould have stopt
All my desires to venture near him.
Jllov. ■sver, fis ihe gods decreed—
Tor. fello'w-gods, they take good care of;
A Sn_Ke came by, in time of need,
To olT’er Love, his bed, a share of.
Love, at another time, had spurn’d
Ti.e idea of such strange actiuaintancc;
And even now, to say "No,” burn’d,
But lear’d that Time miglit bring repentanct;
3o piuising not, he quickij gave
Assent, without more hesitation;
And we will gently, b} your leave.
Attend them to their habitation.
Dame Night pass’d by, and all was well,
And '1 ime proceeded on his journey;
Together, they contrived to dwell.
And Love, he practised, wooJ.-attorney.
*that is, each qunrter w here he went.
Began to teem with litigation;
This back, he scratch’d with g-ood intent;
And thaty with restless imtation.
>Tliilst he, the only pleader there,
Cci ’rived to profit by their crosses;
Set t. at once, to split a hair,
iiu. c them both lose, then find their—losses.
At length, the countrj round began
To 1, ow, in tin.c, a little v. iser;
Lovi’s gains witJ. ji ulous eye they’d scan,
Aiid tci’d no longer their adviser.
So now f.itigued at nought to do.
And hurfiited with one location,
tove baile his host, the Snake, adit-u.
To seek some other habitation.
Hut first as keepsakes, they proposed*
As they were p.irting, chance for ever,
STliat some slight gitt witli each reposed,
From which, their thoughts should wander
never.
“What will you h.ave ?” the Snake cxclaimcd.
“ Sume portion of thy .sting;” ’twas given;
"That I may wound, wherever blam’d,
“ And n irgle madness w ilh my henven !”
‘•And now,cries Love, “ What’s your desirer”
“ You know my forni to all is hateful,
“Thcrtfurr, that chariii I would reijuire,
“'i hat fascinates with eye of fire,
“And 1 will be forever grateful.”
The keepsake’s given, on either side.
And q\i:.lities, like these, still mingle;
The’ Snal; ’s bef^uiliiig eye is trietl—
J.ov’s sting and sweet are never single.
a’iirirti’. _
Mixing togetliir j.rofit i.iid (Ulijiht.
SKKT( n or I’Ains in ihjo.
i'roin 15laekwo(»d’s Kdinbiirg Magazine,
It h.’i'' hr-on said 'hat Paris is more
frc»* fidin r.trociiiiis ci inies than our own
and that its police is iiifniitcly
better dircctf'd. 'I’his idea has partly
origiiia!:‘1 f' oni llio h:d)it of not piildish-
in'X’hf l''*aiK of ()I1*mcc‘s in th(? Fiench
papers ; .nit a visitor who has the curi
osity to j)^ '!'.iljuhite inurh and frcfjuunt-
ly the v:n Ills darii and douhtrul, as
well ♦'i^' : iflnatin:; parts d’ this j>;ay
•i>d abandoned cily, will sooa be con
vinced that ll:e j'K A’ak'iu’c of criinc,
lhouj;h inoiv hidden, .is as ^rcal in
any part of ftio woi u). No .speiitaclc is
more conviiTcing ol’ this tact, than the
harrowinfi; one so often presented at
the Morgue ; did one, or even several
bodies appear there to be owned by
(heir friends, occasionally only, the
circumstance ini^ht be attributed to the
accidcnt of their liaving fallen into
the river or plnnired in there to l)o rid
of the burden ol' lil'e. But not a day
passes, hut the si";ht of untimely and
violent death draws numbers of p;azers
to the AIorj;uc.
Formerly this place was enterod d}'.'!
lon'i; and daik passav:c, thni condiicU'd
down to the «id2;e of the \vatc;r ; but it
is since removt-d io a hi^hi'r an(i more-
improper situaiion, and stantls by ihe
side of, and on a Icvtd with, the MUtilic
streets on tiie banks of the Seiiif. Tlit;
door is always open, and in passinjz; by
a straii-rtr is induced to follow the peo
ple he sees con!tant!y eiitcrii'i:;; a few
stcjis place liini before a lars;e window,
in tVont of tvhich the bo 'i-s that havt;
been discovered are always laid. It is
a sad and disp;usling scene, and most
improperly placed close untler the eye
of an inimcnso poptilation. A few days
smcf 1 was iii-'.iicetl by curiosity to t;o
thtjn ; it was about t«*n jn the niorninj;,
and the unusual nuinbei- of spectators
denoted tl>:’.t somelhii.ji; extraordinary
had attracted them.—I fhail not soon be
able to chase from my memory the hor
rid spi.'ctacle tiiat presented itself. Two
men were extendec! on their hacks, as
is the custom, with coarse covering;
round the waist—in other respects the
bodies are always naked, for the clothes
are susj)ended on hooks beside t\iem.
'I’hoy had botli met a cruel and violent
death, from the number of wounds with
which they w'ere covered. Oneofthem,
the tallest, had apparently received
two mortal strokes in the head and
breast. On incjuirinjj; into the circum
stances of their death, two or tlirec of
the spectators said they hail been killed,
one of them at least, in a sanfjuinary
duel the preceding; night ; and that t!ie
smaller man, after having slain his an
tagonist had blown his own brains out.
jri’.p duellist who had falitui firs-t, had
evidently died in great agony either of
body or mind ; for his mouth w’as drawn
up, his head dropped on one side, and
his left arm was bent beneath it as in an
attitude of utter despair. His less
powerful murderer who had given the
fatal blows—for the conflict had been
fought with knives or swoids ; tlelied all
investigation of his features, from the
nature of the death he had inflicted uj)-
on liimself. Why was such a scene
thus exj)osed ? It could not be to teach
the Pari“»ians the horror of crimcs, or
the uncertainty of carth(y hopes and
fortunes ; for the demeanor of many
who came was marked by levity, and
their observations wcieofthe most cool
and heartless description. “ What ve
ry fine made men they are!” said a
yoiuig woman beside me to her com-
|-»anion ; and “Quelle horreu !” was
frequently exclaimed in the same tone
that woulil have been used at a “specta
cle.” Here the unfortunate victims of
tiieir own or other’s vices are left and
publicly displayed, till some of their
relatives conic to ow n and take them a-
way. If this is not the case, they arc
interred at the exj)ense of the ^)arish.
I’he mistress of the hotel where I
lodged had an excellent servant, of ve
ry steadj", industrious habits. On a
holiday, about a year amo, he obtained
leave to pass the Sunday abroad with
some of bis acquaintances. came,
and next day also, i*.iid he did rr^t i f-
turn ; and his mistress hi i;ati to enter
tain suspicions of his having nit f v\iih
some foul play, and sent to the Murgue.
where her servant was btdield, fr('.shlv
taken out of the river, ifiio which he
had no ioubt been thrown by his com
panions, for the sakf‘ of the mone}^ he
w'as known to have l»ad in his jiocket.
Hut the fre(juency and enormity of these
crimes are known only to those w'hose
feelings can endure Ihe ordeal of repent
ed visits 'to this universal recejitacle,
the Morgue. The inh.ibitants of the
thicklv peopled streets wdiere it stands,
are so much aticuslomer! to the scenes it
presents, that they visit it every day,
and several times in the day with as
much gout and interest as if it had been
a comedie or a Fr.inconis. Hut no
knowleilgr; is ever obtained concerning
the ill fat(‘(l individuals who are brought
there ; their families and i-elatives sonie-
tlines alarmed ;it their long absc'nce,
come here to gaze \hroiighthe window,
and strive to trace those they have lo.st.
W’hen this is the case, they arc con
veyed away instantly, and with the
greatest seciecy, liut ranks and con
ditions are also confounded here : in
this respect, It may sometimes be com
pared to tlie gen(!ral sepulchre (d' all : ’
\ ou will sometimes see the garments
suspended ov:r the body, denfjte, by
tiieir fasl.ion anu cxccilcncp, tiial tii6
weaier was a gentleman. 'I'iic greater
pait f>l tlio.se who have untimely perish:
are taken out of the river; and when,
in a single night, four or five bodies, of
both sexe.‘, aie drawn up by the boats
employed for this j)urposc, and bi'ought
here, is it probable that they have all
come to their .death by their own hands.-'
The wounds so often discovered jirove
that assassination is more common than
in the l-'ngllsh capital, that fruitful the
atre of crimcs. Vet the number of sui
cides who adopt this easy and quick
mode of tieath, is astonishingly great.
Want, extreme want, fiequently drives
many of the jiooiest class to throw
themselves into the Seine ; for within
the last week, the bodies of several ^1-
derly and miserable looking j)PO]de have
been observed at the Morgue, who could
liresent no possible tcmj>tation to plun-
(It.'r or destroy. Afid the universal fa
cility I'f gambling in this city, and the
flesperation that often follows it, cause
tl'ie siglit of tiie Suine, flowing tranquilly
through the streets, to infuse thoughts
of many a fatal ileetl.
An action marked by peculiar atroci
ty, took place in the I’alais Royal about
two months ago-, that astonished the
Freitch, who ob.-^ervcd with pleasure
(i)«t the perpefrstuis were Italians, and
i.ot of their coiintry. It was j’et day
light, and scarcely six in the evenit:g,
when two Italians passing by the shoj)
of one of the money changers, observed,
as is usual, a rjuantity of silver and
gold on the counter. They formed their
plan of getting possession of it, and, en
tering the shop, rcf|nested to have some
money changed. One of them stood
near the door on tliC look-out, and the
other in changing the money, pur
posely dropt a Napoleon within side
the counter, and while the master of the
shop stooped to pick it up, he cirew’ bis
stiletto, aud gave him several woumls in
the head and neck, while his companion
s^atche(^ up the piles of dollars as fast
as ho w'as able, and quitted the sht)p.—
He was (juickly followed by the assas
sin, and they both made their escape
without being observed by the numer
ous erow'ds who continued to pass on
every side. Jiut the unfortunate French
man, thofigh severely wounded, was
soon after found alive, and able to give
an account of the transaction. In con
sequence, the jjolicc were on the alert,
and twenty days afterwards the two
Italians were arrested near the barrier,
for they were never able to escape with
out the city from the want of passports.
They have been tried and condemned
and are to be guillotined in a few' weeks.
It has a strange efl’ect to pass from
scenes of horror and suspected crime,
such as the receptacle of death on the
river so often presents, to those of out
rageous and heartfelt gaiety, not more
than a hundred yards dist'jnt. In. fact,
this people olfers here, as on other occa
sions, a startling contrast. Look at the
live or six j)Ujjpet-shows ranged on a
Sunday morning on the bridge close by
—the dancing groups, the laughter, and
tha refreshments ate and drank in the o-
pen nir on every side.
From the J.ondon New.Monthly Magazine.
CU VR.VC'LKU OK THE REAL YANKKSS.
They arc the Scotch oJ\/lmcricu.—
Like the Scotcli, they are outwardly
cold, severe and sellish ; inwardly true,
steady, and about as warm as people
who are brought up to be “just before
thc:y are generous,” ever are. Like the
Scotch, too, they are shrewd, Sensi
ble, in(|uisiLivc; sincere, frugal, and h.ird
wf I’l/mg. Like the .Scotch, too, they
,TH e(imated people—educated, to
such a degree as to fit them for all Ihe
('oinnu)n duties of life. And, like the
Scotch, they are grave, moral, and re
ligious, to a j)roverb.
Ah d j)ntj)l(‘, t!;ey have more political
knowledge, (because they iiave more
need of it, having so much political pow'-
er,) and mor(! newspafier knowledge,
than perhaps any oilier people on earth,
not exci'ptipig the l-'uglish themselves,
who have more than the Scotch. As a
jieople, too, they speak better Finglish',
(uld as it may appear, and laughed at
as they are for saying t.o, than any o-
ther body (d' peojdo existing on'^o:ir
earth. Still, iiowever, ;is a pvoj)le. they
are neillier statesmen, scholar.s, speakers,
or write:s ; and tiudr everv-tlay lan-
ginge is so altered here by a piiritanical
lane, and there by the rapiility and viva
city of their articulation, wliiidi is like
tliat of one who is about fo he overbid or
overreacited in ;i b.irgain, as to appear
like had lifiglish. 'i’heie Is not a man
' of their whole number so ignorant as tlic
multitudes of Ktirojie ; hardly a man,
that yiMi would he willing to put among
the boors, the mstics, the jieasanti y, or
the provincials of three-fourths of ilii-
rope ; hut, th(!n, they do not abounil in
very siijierlor men—they ha\e but here
and there one who wouUl be (pialilied
fur wmpaniunsiii]) wlti) ike lirtl men.
of hurope. More they will have ; but
I just now their chief men are but solitary
stars in the gnrataky of their country.
They have all the Scotcli hardihooil,
the Scotch probity, and a good share ol
the Scotch forbearance or submissive
ness, which they call resignation, up to
the point where submission is no longer
profitable ; but nothing of the SVr. ?;r//,y
or the M(icsyco])h(int—sketches, by the
way, w hich we hold to be a caricature of
individuals—not of a nation—a carica
ture, not of the Scotch people, but ot
Scotch men.The Yankees arc,to a proverb
a “moral and religious people.^’ 'I'hey
are obstinate, persevering, and old-fash
ioned in all their ways of thinking and
acting ; frugal, yet prone io a soit ol
old Kngiish hosj)itality. 'Fhcy are cap
able ofany thing, if prepared early ; but
in general are deficient in warnilh, re
finement, enthusiasm, delicac}', and fine
jieculiarity of temper, rl'liej' are chiefly
remarkable abroad for their great good
sense, their industry, j)orseverance, their
sound practical nu rality, cool courage
and variety of resource after the over
throw of,any hope whatever. The true
Yankee is never tliscouraged.
Of him, as of the Scotchman, if caught
j’oung, much may be made : any thing
indeed but a very fashionable man, oi-
that which is indeed a geiitleman, just
now. 'The native New-Lnglander, or
the genuine Yankee, is unleacdiable so
far—he wants the profligate ease, the
well-bred graceful j)romptilud(‘, the su
perb self-possession, the very instinct of
gentility, which the native nude of a
more s( nthern latitude is born to—the
art, in n word, of trifling gracefully, ev
ery where, at all times, in all places,
with an air which nothing can ever dis
compose, and a look which it were in
vain to describe.
'fhe New-Englaniler is not suflicient-
ly tall, or, when tall enough, is too
broail over the shoulders, too still', and
much too sturdy, ever to a.’ jiiiie the
proper undulallon for a hall-rooni. or a
drawing-room. Ills carriage every
where is that of one who would be out
of ])lace in the world of high fashion,
who could not breathe freely in the at
mosphere of courts, and if he should
happen to get there, !ie is apt to Ijccome
too wise and much too thoughtful for
the occasion ; sure to behave like one
who, at the same time, is too awkward
and too conscientious for the ])eo|)le a-
bout him, too grave and too absurd for
theel;gant hypocrisies of high life. He
cannot look j)eople in the face, bow,
smile, squeeze their hands, and sw’ear
that he is glad to see them, while in his
heart he is wishing them at the bottom of
the Red Sea; nor, if you were to talk
with him for ever, such is the stupidity
of the animal, w’ould you be able to
make him pcrceive that such behavior is
either expedient, or wise, or manly.
To gi ve the character a decided shape
—if you are on the look-ont for a friend
—a friend that will stick by you
through good report and through evil
report, so long as you are able to satisfy
him, wdiatcver the world ma}’ say—a
friend of few words and of plain words,
who will prove his friendship, whenev
er there is need of moral proof, as few' o-
ther men w^ould; though, to prove his
impartiality, he would bo sure to abuse
you beliind your back for that which he
would opjirove, were he not your friend:
—11 you are on the lookrontfor a friend
ship like this, and arc willing to wait a
year or two, or an age or two, as the
case may be, until you deserve it; or, if
you have occasion for a hearty steadfast
foe, one who will be sure to*keep you
at work, night and vlay, for the rest of
your life—the “(lenuine Vankce,” the
cold, ujirlght, s(inare-looking native
\ew'-Knglander is your man.—So, too,
if you are in search of a deep theologian,
a severe critic, a profouml l.twyer, a
general (for didending \ ()ii,) a states
man,-a matliemalician, a husband, who,
however much he may respect and love
you in a serious way, will he sure to
lorget you are a woman every day in
the week, and every hour in the dav,
if you behave like a* fool—nay, though
you are not half his 'age, tliough vou
maiTied for love, and are the mother of
his one child ; or if you Are in search of
a w'ife, who will have her own way,
however deai you may he to her, when
ever she believ(;s it herdutv to have her
oun way—goto Xi w-Lngland.
.H DC.MI'NT or I IIK \I{E()i>ACrs.
1 lie dei isioiis ol the .\r« opagites of A-
ihen'', hii'c ht en famous for their
\\is(iom. ihe irariu'd Phucius, in iiis
liihliuilie, with delij^lit on one
decision, whii h shows llial it vvas u wis
dom tempered with nn admirable si/uii
•>1 humanity. The Artopui;itt*s were as-
scnddcd toi^etlu-r on a uiuiititaiii, with
no other rouflhaii the canopv of heaven.
sparrow, pursued l>v a hawk, 11. d in
to tiie tnidst of them for refufje ; it look
shelter iti tlu; bosom of one of them, a
man naturally of a harsh and reiiulsive
disposition, wholaklM;; hold of the Hf.lc
ticinbJcr. tl'.rcw ii fiom h.iiu
\iulcncc, that U 'vas killed on the spot.*.
The \vh le assembly'were filled mIu,
ditcna’.iou at the cruelty of the deed ; ihg
i'uthot V.as instatiilv arrajjjned as an al
ien to that seniiment ol mercy so ncces-
sary to t^e admmistration of jilstice; ami
by the luumimous sutfra^es of hi^ (.q|
lea^Mies, was degraded from the senatori^
al dignity which he had so much dis-
i^raced.
IVilkins' dnecdotes^
MNEMONICS,
Or the art of improving the Memory
Memory would appear to be ilu> act of'
recalling to mitid, impressions, whlcii
have previously been made, in the scnso-
rium commune.
But for the cxercise of this facultr
sensation and pt’i'ception,seem indispen’.
sible. An impression made on an or-.-an
as the ear, the eye, 8cf. hy the actio^i of
an external body, constitutes sensation
]f this sensation be transmitted by tlni
nerves, to the brain, it is perceived, or
fell by that organ : it then becomes mc,-.
ception. In this \tay we form an ideaot’
sounds, colors, magnitude, See.
The whole art of in>j)roving the mcrr,
ory consists, in the proper fixation or lo'.
ration of impressions, or ideas. In or'
dor for impressions to be firmly fixed, oi'
located in the scnsorium, it would sJeni
requisite, that only one sensation b.>
pa^^uted by the sentient nerves, at onrc
For if all the organs of sense be mniic'r.c-
e : at the same lime, we can only acinirfi
(.onfused notions of those bodies whicli
have produced the difiorcnt sensations
we experience, and one particular .md
stronger perception always oblitcrjics
the other weaker ones, and fixes tlu' T-
tcnlion. Thus tlie j)crson who hj,
eye on some interesting olti-cr, v. -ch
jirodiices in his mind a ple./sin^' sensa
tion, is not susceptible to other siniiduib
euus sensations; although impressions
may be made on his ear, op otlier orj,-ms
of sense, at the same moment : nor ilots
he hear the noise of passing carriage?, or
the voice of one who asks him a qucsiioi,
Ttir the location of ideas, it in also ne
cessary, that sensation continue for .s,cm;
linu'; for when a sensatioti is of ,,t
dura'ioji, the perception we have of i'
is so‘weak, tiiat soon afterwards
docs not remain any remembriiice of
having experienced ir. Thus when \rc
haistily peruse a book full of j icasinrj an-
ecdotcs, each interests us for v niJtiMi;,
hut makes no permanent impr.-s-,io'i on
the mind ; and when \vc have completcil
the narratives, we are surprises tuthu!,
that so short have been thcduraJf.n, .,iid
so rapid ihe succession of idea-;, lat nc
have forgotten every thing but lew ac
tions, which served more p irtic il.iti •->
demand our attention. The rem. n. 'jrann;
will be more or less lively, in pr.iporiioa
to the stronger, or weaker imoiessions,
which have been produced in the fibres
of the brain.
Impressions sometimes become ob
scure, and the memory can only givt an
idea ot some of the qualities of thcs*
objects, which have excited such im
pressions. Hut by the exeixise of tlie
sensorium, they are re*produced, wiih
all their connexions, and attendant cir
cumstances. This I e-productive faculty,
is termed imagination. When the brain
combines and classifies ideas, in the
same order of succession that they wers
found, the connexion is callcd associa
tion.
The memory becomes retentive in pro
portion as it is exercised : and some of
the most accurate histories have bee:;
transmitted to succeeding geiieration.^,
by memory alone; or as we say, haw
been handed down by tradition. It u.is
Adam w lio communicated by frequent
rehearsals a true account of the creaiion
of the world ; with all its attenriant cir
cumstances, to his children, ^raticl cl’il-
dren. See. till the day of Met.msei.i!..
.Methuselah handed it down to Noah;
Noah to his children ; and these UKair tn.
succeeding generations down to Moses,
who committed it to writing. Thus did
this nwjst interesting history exist only
Ml memory, for about 350Q years, v ithoti'
sufVering the slightest variation in j-
thenticity.
I'.urope h?.s produced some remar.hi'/-
instances of memory ; hut none to i',
thatol u Rev. Prelessor, in a resptctaL.
colle.i;e in the United States. This gen-
ileman is said to have iiiij)ro\ed ins
memory to such a pitch, that he can rc-
ci’.e the scripture verbatim ; and he feels
con!,dent of his ability to ^^v-'a true,
and exact copy of the hiblc, -.verc that
inestimable V(duni(* entirely uestroyed.
It is worthy of notice, that strong
mental imprebsions, made in early idV,
are very rarely obliterated. Thus many
0 t persons recollect the transactions ol
their youtli, with scrupulous exu :
and will teil a story or relate a vol.ii.iin-
ous history, idly times over wiihoui the
least variation, either in stvle, diction,
or veroosiiy. Hut r.o exceeding dull does
1 H p‘i ception become, in old age, and
so weak are the impressions, made by
'Xtcrnal objects, tluit each succeedin;?
da), destrovH the sensations which have
Ijcen produced the previous one ; and ma-
•'> Old people do not remember irom dav
today, the common occurrences of lifJ.
rumiu^orms.~~\ salve made of hard soap
(called by some, rosin soap) and ging»*r.
•'tbbed on ringworms,, uill cure thenj.