UUtM Tilt >1!>MUI.». A'H 1,1 IM.11 i-lV MACASiN’.
rt(i' uliat is pli-nriro, in wliose char.c
Liii ’s one biicf »l:ty iiiailc a race
()t vaiiit- anil lig-htnf ss ^
A star, to gaze on vho.sc bright crnwn,
M'c wait until th? sun down,
Anil find, when it has o’er us shone,
No warmth in all its brightness.
And what is Friendship ? ’I'hat falfc Fiow’r
^Vhich spreads its leaves at daylight’s hour,
And clos(j» them at cvc
Openinjj its petals to the li{;!it,
ISv eet-brcathin{j while the sun shines bright,
But shut to those who, ’niidst the night
Of doubt and darkness, gric\c.
And w hat is Fame ' the smile that nlaj '4,
The cup in which swett pi('son playiji
At best, the flow’ery wreath,
T'hal’s twined around the victim’s head,
^Vhen, ’nndit sweet flow'rs around it spread,
And harps und timbrclii’ sountig, ’tis led
Mtlodioush , to death.
And what arc Hopes ’ Gay butterfliia
Tlra,t on tlic breatli of fancy rise,
Where’er the sun-beam lures them,
T'or ever, ever ou the wing.
Mocking our faint steps follow ing,
nd if at last caught, perisiiing
In tlie grasp that secures tl>ein.
,^nd our AfTections, what are they >
oh ! blossoms smiling on the spray, '
All beauty, and all sweetness;
l?ut which the canker may lay bare.
Or rude hands fron> the branches tear.
Or blighting winds leave withering' there,
Sad types of mortal lleetness.
And what is I/ife itself^ A sail
■\Vith sonjetimes an auspicious gale,
And some bright sunbeams round it,
ftut olt’ner unndst itnipcsts cast,
The low’ring sky, llio bowling blast,
And ’whelm’ll bcntalh the wave at last,
Vmere never jdainmet scTinded.
H. N.
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Mixing together proht and lelighl.
rv. -t: .
liitracts from the “Hiograp.hy of the Signers to
the Declai’ation of Independence."
MH. JtOD:;EY.
The vivacity of Mr. Rodney’s do*
Uieslic manners was carried into iiis
public lile, ond those wiiose memory is
stored with reminiscenceb of the Old
Congress, and tiie Revolutionary War,
have a tak, to illubtrate tlie ;gaiety and
humour ol Caesar liodney. Among o-
Iheis the lollowinp; one may be reconi-
eil, I'rom an auiiientic source. The del
egates Irom the southern slates, but es-
pt'CiaHy I'rom Virginia, were remai ka-
ble, during the early periods of the Rev
olution, I’or indulging a sectional prcpos-
sesit>ion, not indeed malici lousy, but
often sarcastically. WJien it broke out
in nigh-wrought eulogies and preferen
ces to V'irginia, ovci all the other mem
bers of the confederacy, it was termed
dondnionisin. Among the represen
tatives of that ancient and really noble
stale, there was no one who more de-
iignled or ofloner indulged in this eom-
placent but somewhat mortifying species
of gralulalion, than ^Ir. Harrison ; he
^7as, hovvuver, completely cureil of it by
an incident which occurred, when his
state was f.hreater.::d wiili an invasion
by tin., enemy. He had frequently dis-
piayu.i the “abundant and jiowerful re-
o'ourci s of that meritorious nicrnber if
our rtiion and although he had jiaint-
Otl 11.( in in colours brigliler llian was
cor/cct, he no doubt believed tliem to
be junl. AVhen, liowevc-r, the danger
Tva.' ajijjroaching, the picture was found
too glaring. He introduced a demand
lor supj)iies of arms, munitions of war
of every species, troops, and assistance
of every kind ; and declared the slate
clostitu'’ in every i)(jint and circumstance.
^Vh';''J he sat down there was a momrin-
tai v silencf', all being surprised tiiat,
iuch a development sliould come from
iiini. Ca;.sar lioihiey rc.'-o from his ^eal,
in a style pi cuiiar to him. Jlewasat
tjiat time, an .initnated skeleton ; deco-
raled wTtlt'a bainijge, fi.’in which was
«uspent!ed the green silk co\-ering orer
cn; eye, to hide the ravages jf his can
cer— lie wa« indeed all sj>irit. without
corporeal t‘ gum nt. He was thin, e-
and e\ery way the antithesis
ol ^ friend H:irri>on; who was ]>rrtly,
ire. .'iig; to cui'jiulency, anil of a niim,
con 'Ti’inding, though without fierte.
Ji • . uf tfie niend)ers were really r( pre-
se. • tives of their rP'ii)ective states.
R i.» 3, who was etjdoweil, as we
ha.-- n,( ntioned, with a natural and
iiip,i-ly aniusing v(;in of humour, began,
vviu a ciocodde s_\ mjmthy,. to deph;re
xhe n)( laneh(dy and prostrnie contlition
of his rieighbonring, extensive, and
iiei' tofore ‘•'powerful” state of Viigin-
! iint, said he, in a voice elevated,
aVi higher thaa concert pilch,
-f
' . i.t V !.'■ vi ; -'liC ^
iVicnd ill iKcd : Didaware will take I'icr
niu'er its prutcction, and insure !icr salo-
tv."’ Harrison was ; slounded ; hut join
ed (for ii'j relished a good hit, for or
against him) in the laugh : and the sub
ject lay over to another day.
jriHrf-: viusn.
In the year 1 TfM, some exf^itement ol
popular indignation at lialtimore, occa
sioned a disgraceful riot, in which two
men were tarred and feathered in the
street, .ludgc Chase took on litis occa
sion, a stand highly honourable to his
firmness, and resolute determination to
assert the supremacy of the law. Hold
ing at this time, t!ie oilice of chiel Judge
of the criminal court, betook measures
for an investigation of the outrage, and
causod two men, of very res[)ectabl(!
standing, and great pojiularity with the
ruling jiarty, to be arrested as ringiea-
de»'s.
The court room was crowded With
many who had tak n active parts in the
riot, and hundreds of the same cliai ac-
ter, were a!)out the court house, with
drums and iifes, and wiih colours liying.
'I'he persons arrested, lefuscil to give
security to the judge, to appear at llie
next court—“Then,” said the judge,
“ Y(ju must go to jail. ’’ One of the
most o[)idenl citizens jii'0{)0sed bimsell
as suiety,but the prisoner refused pei-
•milting it, \vhen the judge oidered the
sJierill'to take him to prison ; thesherid'
replied he could not lake him ; the
judge then told him to summon the
posse comitatusto his assistance ; it was
answered, he could get no one to serve,
—ihe judge then said, summon me, sir,
I will be the posse comitatns, 1 will
take him to jail. A member of the bar,
of the first resjiectability, then address
ed the juilge, advising him to pass over
the aflair, and intimating to him, that
he apprehended his life and propei ty
were in danger, “lied forbid,” was
the emphatic reply of the judge,
“ that my crmntrymeri should ever be
guilty of so daring an outrage; but, sir,
with the blessing of God, I will do my
duty—they may destroy my property,
they may pull down my house from o-
ver my liead, yea, they may make a
widow of my wife, and my children fa
therless,—the life of one man is of little
constupiencecompared to the prostration
of thL.- laws of the land—with the bless
ing of (lod, I will do my duty, be the
consetpienees ^vhat they may.” He
gave tlio parlies time to rellect upon the
imj)ortance and jnopriely of yielding,
and appointed the next day to meet
them. It was observed that lli3 mor
row would be Sunday—“No better
day,” replied Judge C^’^-e, *‘to exe
cute the laws of our country, 1 vsill
meet you here, and then repair to the
house of my God !”—Not obtaining
security for theii appearance on Sunday,
ho sent an express to the governor ami
council,on thatd'ay, calling for the suj)-
port of the state. On Monday, he was
waited upon l)y three of the most weal
thy and respectable citizens of Jialtimore,
to recpiest him to. desist, and give up
the point, apprehending serious conse-
(juences to the city—He replied to
them with great warmth, asked if they
meant to insult him l)y supposing him
capable of yielding the law to two ob
stinate men. They left him, and afevv
hours after, as the juilge was going to
court, the persons charged met him in
the street, and consented to give the se
curity. When t!ie court met, the grand
jury refused to find a bill against the
parties accused, and Jelivered a present
ment against Mr. Chase.
'Phe presentment of the grand jury
comj>rises only two s])ecific charges a-
gainst the judge. First, of having in-
>ulted them by openly censuring the
sherilT for having returned so bad a ju
ry. And, secundiy, of’having violated
the hill of- rights, by accepting and ex-
eicising, atthesalne time, twodiflerent
olliccs, chiefjuilire of the criminal court,
am! chief judge of the general court of
the >tatf.
'I'here is much verbiage in the pre
sentment, but it all amounts to no more
liian Ihi.s.
'i’he M’jily of .fudge Chase was !nark-
ei! by torn pel ate inoderalltm and fii in-
ness. He gently leminded them how
uiuch thev had gone beyond t'le projjor
spl',ere of their in nieddling w ith
such subjects as the bedding 1 wo oHices,
iiv justified his censui’c of tiie sluTin', as
well founded, to ih-j e.vtent ihuL he had
actually uttere l ii.
In the conclu.^lun of t.Ms rejjly he
told the jury, “youwdl, gentlemen,
continue* to (hi yi.uir duty, and 1 shall
j)er.'evere in mine ; arul yon may bo as-
sur('d that no mistaken opinion ot yours,
or resentment against me, \s iil ]>revent
my having respect tor you (ts it hodi/.'*’
In the succeeding l)i;cember his
holding the tv.dloh! jinlicial station lie-
eame the suhjeet ot’ debate in the
iioi.'se ol tielegates, and an attempt was
made tc ])ruc’uu his icmyval frum the
pac idci,(;> 01 i!.c Ci.il Cui’.i*'
'I’he attempt did not sucee tl , out
allhongh the vote was forty-one lo twen
ty in his favour on the [uestion of re
moval, yet a majoi il,y concurred in ihere-
solution that the eontitution was infring
ed by the simultaneous tonuri^ of the
t«wo OiTices.
MR. luycorK.
The eye of ('ongress was immediately
fixed on Mr. Hancock as the successor
of Mr. Kando!j)h, and ho was unanimous
ly eiectcd president. With a modesty
not unnatural at his years, and a con
sciousness of the diiTiculty be might
exjieric ' :e, in filling a station of such
high importance and responsibility, be
hesitated to lake the seat to which he
had been elected. Mr. Harrison was
standing beside liim, and .with u ready
good humour that loved a joke even in
the senate house, he seized the modest
candidate in his athletic arms and plac
ed him in the presidentiMl chair, (hen,
turning to some of the members around,
111'exclained, “we will shew mother
lirifain how little we carc ior her, by
making a iMassachusetts man our presi-
(.lent, whom she has excluded from par
don by a public proclamation,”
Mil lU nil [SUN.
An anecilL'to has been preserved of
Mr. Harrison, which, if it aj>pears
somewhat inconsistent with the solem
nity of.the scene, yet serves in nosliglit
degree, to exemplify the bold and live
ly character of the man. Mr. Geri }’, a
ihdegate from Massachusetts, as slender
and spare as i\Ir. Harrison was vigo
rous and portly, stood beside him at the
table, wliile signing the Declaration of
I ndependt nee. He turned round to
him with a smile, as he raised his hand
from the jiaper, and said, “ When tiie
hanging sccne comes to be exhibited, I
shall have the advantage over you. It
will be over with me in a minute, but
you will be kicking in the air, half an
hour after I am jrone. ”
MiiS. JIUMS.
There has been ptestTved a letter
written by Mrs. Adams :o a friend, at
one of the most gloomy ])eriods of the
revolutionary war, in ubich she thus
rxpiesses the noble patriotism which
she cherished in common with her hus
band. “ Heaven is our witness that
we do not rejoioe in the ellusion of
bloofi, or the carnage of the human spe
cies ; but having been forced to draw
the sword, we are determined never to
sheathe it slaves of Britain. Our cause,
sir, is 1 trust, the cause of truth and jus
tice, and will finally prevail, though
the combined force of earth and hell
-•'hall rise against it. To this cause I
have sacriticed much of my own person
al happiness, by giving up to the coun
cils of America, one of my ncareset
connexions and living for more than
three years in a state of widowhood.”
From the New-Vork Times.
ANTIIKACITK.
This valuable mineral, which has but
lately attracted notice, or been in any
degree ajipreciated, is found in various
parts of our country, and may be t-s-
teemed one of the richest'features in its
natural history, lliat it is “in the great
est quantity in sections of the coal re
gions which are most accessible by wa
ter.”
The fact that there are always impres
sions of plants in beds of coal, counte
nances the. belief that it is of vegetable
origin. The manner and progress of
its change, from verdant, ligneous, or
ganized substances, to a stony, metallic
looking mass, j)rcsents a subject of curi
ous inquiry to the observation of philo
sophers'. One hypothesis which seems
j)lausible is, that at some distant era
land or sea floods have overwhelmed
the surface where vegetation was flour
ishing, leaving as they subsided deep
coverings of earthly matters; some of
the voge'tahle principles beneath were
slowly decomposed; new combinations
took their places; and time, operating
with these secret chemical agents, pro-
tluced the diiferent kinds of coal, which
geologists divide into three classes, the
lignite-, the bituuunous, and the an
thracite.
'I’hc is oldest anthracite, which, from
having been longer undcrgoipg iho in-
ihiences of these ojierations, is reduccfl
more nearly to its ultimates principles;
carbon and water. Tiie ni'xl in age
contains h/'fnin addiiion lo Its luti-
male princijdes; while the
\-Jiich is the most recent, contains bitu
men and acetic acid.
Mr. J. I'ierce, one of the most intell-
igeiit conlriljutors to the American
Jourinl of Science, has given in the
No. lor IMarcli an account of the an
thracite and bituminous coals, salt, iron
and other minerals. It is an extensive
tract, spread over an avera?;e width of
l oO miles, crossed by the lilue Uidg.‘,
the Ailei;hany, and nuinercius minor
hlulls.— Ml', P. ‘itates, ihat “in no part
ot the world cati anthracite be more val
uable ill th(i arts 04' for c ;’jngijiioal pur-
culiure ii u ill be a material auxihar) ,
wlierevcr calcarious valleys are iniei-
sected bv canals or navigable streams,
lime, so valuable as a manure, and in the
arts, can be calcined ot a low rate by thy
aid of anthracite.” As it contains no
sulphur or other injurious ingredients,
it is peculiarly advantageous in the
manufacture of iron. Wrought iron ol
every description is more malleable and
and lough “ when fabricated with an
thracite, than with bituminous coal,”
and iron castings are stronger when the
melting is done with this, than with a-
ny other fuel.—“For breweries, distil
leries, and the raising of steam, it is pre
ferable, t’..i heat being more managea
ble and steady, and the boilers less liable
to corrosion by sulphuric acid, while
no bad etfects are produced by smoke or
bitumen.” In no part ot the district
described by Mr. P. “does the anthra
cite occur in such inexhaustible beds as
in the vicinity of a village called Mauch
Chunk, on the Lehigh,' 35 miles from
Kaston, and 108 from Philadelphia.”—
It is obtained from the flatsubmmit of a
mountain which rises 1500 feet above
the level of the ocean.—Wherever they
liave penetrated, at various altitudes,
coal has been found at the same iHslance
from the surface, and “it is not im
probable that it forms the nucleus of
the mountain which rises with a steep
acclivity.” The coal is easily detached,
and from this bed was sent to Philadel-
[)hia in 1S25, 750,000 bushels, and it
is expectcd that 1,000,000 will be for
warded in the coming year (1S2G.) Mr.
P. anticipates the most important bene
fits to the countries on the Atlantic,
from the unparalleled abundance of this
material, which, already cheap, will be
yet less expensive, when the railways,
canals, &c. now under survey, are com-
jileted, reducing the cost of transporta
tion. Among many advantages enu
merated, he suggests the warming of
houses by flues arranged for the purj)ose
in the construction of buildings, dispen
sing with lire places, and large open
chimneys, as no risk can arise from lire,
and no obstruction from soot, or annoy
ance from smoke. The western part of
Pennsylvania is as abundantly supplied
with bituminous coal, as the eastern is
with anthracite. It is in the greatest
plenty near Pittsburg, and f'urnishes
that junior Birmingham with an ample
suj)ply for its numerous manufactures.
Bituminous coal is found also in Tioga
county in this state, and when the con
templated canal is completed, which is
designed to connect the Susquehanna &
Seneca Lake, interchanges may be easi
ly effected, of anthracite, biutminous
coal, salt, and gypsum, highly valuable
both to i’onnsylvania and New-York.
inoM THE tue:vton KMPoitnjM.
HONLSTY vs. IDf.KNKSS.
No man, said my uncle Timothy,
can be perfectly honest, and at the same
time perfectly idle. It was a saying
which had grov.-n into so much creriit
with him that he always let it out when
there was even the smallest occasion for
it. When I speak of my uncle, I speak
ol days long past—of times and scenes
far back in the dim vista of departed
years, to which memory sometimes still
turns with a childish fondness.—and
whither sometimes a sigh will stray.—
I was then young and thought myself a
good deal wiser than my gray headed
uncle—but I am nowold, and my opin
ion of my uncle’s wisdom has been in
creasing and of my own gradually di
minishing every since. Time has sha
ken my theories and established his.
henever I heard the old gentleman
deal out this maxim of his, 1 felt, a
strong disposition to correct an error,
into which it seemed to mo he had
thoughtlessly Hdlen; and one day I took
the liberty of speaking on the subject.
I supposed a case of a man in indepen
dent circumstances; a man who owned
two or three farms, or had a great deal
of money at interest—and I said surely
such a man may take his case, and be
idle if he likes, and yet pay his debts
punctually, and wrung nobody, and be
honest. But my uncle always settled
cavils in a brief way—he was a man of
few words. Look'into the world, 15ob,
said he, and you’ll see how liial i.s. Ex
perience and observation is the mother
of wisdom.
Well, I have looked into the w’orld,
and ever}' year has unfolded problems
which at first appeared mysterious.
^ly neighbour 'rhornhill had a large
estate anrl a large family. He passed a
peculiarly quiet life of glorious idleness,
as a modern lounger would say—and
paid his debts, and was esteemed a ve
ry upright, clever man. liut when he
died his property was insuflicient to
maintain his children each in the ease
and luxury of the paternal home—yet
they had imitated their father—they
were so incorrigibly idle, that they all
sunk iifj^.hing-—and then ThoruhiU's
rriornovy w::5 ei.argcd with tie fou!
dishonesty of ruining his boys. It
a heavy charge.
I have found it to be a matter of fa«f.'
that one idler wouhJ gencrally-do more
mischief in the village than twenty ln,
dustrious men who minded their o\vq
business—and one fellow I remember
who lived at the Swan, on a couple of
hundred dollars as a year allowed
by his father, actually bccame so great
a nuisance that the people threw
into the mill pond one day, and havimr
given him a thorough ducking, sent hira
out of the bounds of the township.
The truth is, that the active exercise
of the bodily or mental powers, in ^
profitable or useful way, seems insepa-
rable from the idea of a right emplov^
ment of time. Every man accomplish-
cs much good or much evil in the
world. If he adds nothing to the stoc!*
of knowledge, or of property in sociotv
though he be not immoral or viciouv'*
he stabs, by the influence of hisexaniplt
the very vitals of virtue and good ordt:!
THIi DKl-NKAUD,
“.4 just reverse of fortune on thc(/rmJcc/du;al!'
Would you learn how like a serpent
drunkenness blindeth, and how like aii
adder it stingeth ? then contemplate tli'o
figure, and deplorable circumstances o'‘
Silcnus. Behold this miserable wrec’-
of man. He is not turned of forty, yci
totters in his steps like on«» offourscorc
See him weakened in his intellect, mo
rose in temper, lost to all affection to
wards the wife of his bosom, and his in.
nocent though helpless chidren. MarV
the stupidity of his countenance, the
morose aspect of l»is bloodshot eyes, h'«;
palsied hand, and the leprous tettc;'
that covers his skin.
Turn now and behold his wife. Sc?
her covered with a thin tallered robe,
shivering over a handful of coals; sec
her pale and emaciated; her eyes diir:
with tears. Hapless woman ! who bu"
can pity thee? Who can but mingle tea: ;
with thine ? Look next on the dc5.'
sufl’ering children. They receive nau:;i.‘
but frowns, curses and blows from IL •
man whom they had been taught to ca!!
by the endearing name of father; ye:
they have a friend whose bosom throb,s
with tenderness towards them ; but her
hand is too feeble to supply their needs.
They* ask their mother for bread, Liu
she has none to break for them. The
storm howls through the broken win
dows, and they say, “we are cold.''—
She answers them only with sighs. A-
las ! she has none to bind up her o’.v;i
bleeding heart. And is this the oin,-;
sensible and sprightly Silenus, fortune !;
child. The same : “ How fallen, iiov,-
lost!” And what wrought this terri
ble reverse in their circumstancos ?-~
What has turned this man into a brute'
What has plunged this woman in the
deepest distress, inasmuch as that \\c
tears are her meat ? What has reu!i:
ed these chihlren miserable? Whr.
fiend has poisonetl and deslroved tho
happiness of the whole family ? I'hat
fiend is drunkenness ! Time was when
Silenus was a kind husband and an al-
fectionate father, when his company
gladdened the heart of his wife; whcs,
his little prattlers used to meet him at
the door and receive his fond caresses.-
Time was when every room in his mar
sion was gilded with domestic happiness;
when he ranked in society as a useful
member, an ornament; and when the
eyes that saw him, blessed him, and the
car that heard him, was perfectly attep.-
live. Silenus looked on the sparkling
liquor, while giving its color and temp
tingly moving itself into the glass, he
tasted; he at length tippled daily ; the
habit became riveted, he plunged ucri'
sionally into intoxication, and bec.mie
at laslte downright sot. His e«tafo is
consumed; and of all poor people tiis
family are the most wretched; “di;;
they are ashamed.” This is not a re-
mance. There arc manydamihc? i'i
country, whose deplorable silnatiou ccr-
responds with this description, ho'V
much arg^the colors heightened
the other sex presents the portrait; io:
the honor of our sjiecies, we could
none such were to bo found; but a
las! the c-vil is so great, that they
may bo found in the highest as
the lowest ranks of life, that olhcr'vi^e
tnighlhea blessing to their families ani
anornament to society.
J1 shreu'd madman.—When the
Hradford was before Lord Chanchi:'-!'^*^
Loiighbotoug;h to be examined upon
plicalior, for a siatule of lunacy
him, the Chancellor asked him—
many legs has a sheep ?” “ Docs >0'*^
lordship mean,” answered Lord
ford, a live or a dead sheep r” ^
not the same thingssaid the ('dianc'^
lor. “No, my lord,” said Lord B'’** ^
lord, “ there is much diflerencc : a H' [i’i)
sheep may have four legs, a dead sh'CP
has only two. There are but t'vo I'n
of mutton—Tl-.e t'-7ofcre icgu art'
der'>.’‘