l/Vowi ihi Muyithly Magazlnt.]
A r\i{ 11N. suN(;
Wli( n «ill ' I- think of me, n y frit nds ?
"U lu II ill ye til.Ilk of m- ?
■>Vlu'tiiln. last rid liglit oflijr siminM r day.
From fti«- rock uiul tin ri\i-r is pusH'ng-kway
>Vlic n ilie a'lr with :i tU c ptning Imsli is
Atul tlic iicnrt grows bunkncd with ttnder
tllOllglit ;
Then li t It lit-!
%Vlicn will v( think «r me, kind fricnds ?
^Vlun will y think of me i*
Vhi n the rose of tlu rich mui-summcr time,
Is folded with the hues ofils jjlonous prune;
"When we jf;ithcr its bloom, as in bright
hours tU il.
From the walks where my footbUps no more
may tn ad ;
Then let il be !
liV’hen will ye thijik of inc. sweet friends ?
When will ye think of me ?
When the siulJcn tears o’erflow your eye,
At the sounii of some olden melody;
■\Vlicn ye hear the voice of ;i mountiin btrcam;
lien ye feel the charm of a poet’s dream;
1 hen let it be !
Thus let my memory be with you, friends!
Thus ever think of me !
Kindly and gently, but as of one
For whom ’tia well to be fled and gone,
As a bird from a chain unbound ;
As of a wand«rcr whose liome is found=-
So let it be ?
raviftin
Mixinj!: ioj>» llu r pvt fit ;iiil m li^^lit.
From the l.itt rary Mi'gni t.
f Mijrihtfr f'un IVodtn-
Q'hc Muri't H.i'h '-y J I'
bloik.
Thi-ro wan not a |iuichni.in why did not
111II I I i»t th- siK*''-
h'li.ckt bockf''s free Trumlation.
II.' win. i.us I). . II ji K-.i'cKL.n., will
ri‘ii rn.l)i c a In uM’ of iwo stones, which
B'oU'K III lilt' suliiM t)-, jtist acljdiniiifj tl’.c
b..>. II ul the c.iiKil that tuns betwet-n that
ci.y the L >(lfn and oihT
pi I s. 1 s.iy he will lenietiiber i*, for u
iiMist luive h» t ti p'iif»t( il out to him, a>>
ha\ int*; hi i n once iiih;d)ii( d by thi' inosl
it frrnioUN ariist that Huiiiuiil ever |)io-
duced,—'() sa> noilutij^ jf Ms (laut;hl‘r,
the pretiifsi nms'lt n t'%*T Lm ti wulun
htaring ul ihc ci^’aktii^; ' I a If. sj. It is
rot with tlu't'.iir liuutchc, luil'i i tutiately,
lliat wr havt- at piesj-nt iu\y Uuii;;' loiio ;
il is with the oUl }»omU'mcvi her rathei.
Ills iirdV‘;..i(jn wan flia*. dl' a surr^iv i.l-
instrumfiil inakcr ; but hi.-, fume pnnc:-
pally rested ot\ the Aiimii aMt; skili wlt!i
■w bich hr cofKi'.rtKK (i V. ucnlen and cork
Jcjjs. So gicat was his reiniiatiuii in this
departnjt'iii ofhunvan stiuru'o, that they
v.hotii n Uurc or acciiknt had curlailcd,
caricuturcd, ami di.^al)l>oinu•d in f.u very
iiecessnry an appciuJat;e to tlic hody,
came to h\n> in crovtds; and,
hovvcvcr (Icsperalc ti'-'-t ease might he,
wet-e vt'iy soon, us the vulgar bay in is,
“setfpon t.htir les^s again.” Many a
cnpplc, who had looked upon his tie-
lorniiiy asv incut ahle, and whosf otilv
consolatioTi coi.'iisii d in an occas.ional
sly hit ai l*roviiiciicr, for haviti|; eniru'.'-
cd his niukm/' to a it.nrru'yni;m, fouinl
himself so uf’ui.ral-.ly iiited —so eh ;;i,,ily
propped up l)\ Myiiiu.-r 'I’urningvort,
that he alinosi hr^'aii to d u^t w hrther a
timber or cork iupporler was not, on the
vhole, supctior \u a motf cotniiion-piare
and Irou'ilesonie one d 1] sh and blood.
Ai.il in gijod so()!n. ir)i)U had se-n how
ve! v hah(I-..)nie and d‘>'lioate kvere the nn-
lashi .til'd by this skidul
at-tdii I r, N> "c .id ii-ive hccii jjtr/zled lo
settle (jii’^tiMM y.nil self; the nkoic
esp'cialis iljitt V )Ur 'Cal >ouwcic
ever loiinented with tlie i,^out or corns.
Otu* moiniiiii; Master ’I'urnin;.'-
Voit was t,. .inj^ it->[itiul ismoothtiess and
po''sh t,t .1 rail and anrle, a Tnesst'n^^ff
€iiUT- (i vi> •irx’al; elassirally,')
and rc(; i'-.It'd I'.uU hv vvf.ulci imniediatoiv
an jiTM).i'i\ liii.i lo th.* nian«;ion of Vlyti-
biei \'M> Wi k. It 'vas the
n-\atisiiiii Ilf th.‘ ri(.hi’*.t merchant in Hot-
teid ini ; so the ai usi put on Itis Ix'St wii^
atid M t foiih, \\i!h his t hree-cornercl
luit in ono hand. unJ hii silverheaded
■tick in the ^ther.
It sn Sji |)f’nrd tl.nt Myniiv'T V:>n ^
\\ o'lt nli'or k ii.iii 1,( tti V f-i) em-j
pl(,-.ed, a few days Ij; fui e, in mrrin?; '
pcov fphMifin out, ol dons; hut iiieli-j
de:iVofiticr to ha'-.'cn tin* odious UTetc!)’s 1
procuress .'own staM'*:. hv a sli;rlit im-|
pulse, (I jifi.slt rive Mvi-heer seUloni i
stood tipi r> ( iT.-m.,nv u irh pnrr rel.ition',') |
he had 'ir t‘.,r tui r.ii Iv lost hi'' balance;
and tuMi^’Iin:,'' he. dlons^ I'roni tlie top to
thel)ptT(*n. he loumi, on tcco\ei in;.^' his
senses, hat hi' liad h'oken his iiy,lit h';^,
at d that he was .iiinns three tiM-ih He
liad at li'-sf sntiie ihou-'hts of having his
poor i rlutinn tri.'‘(] I'or iniirih'f ; hut he-
itig tiii'ii'jMv (. r a merciful disposition,
he otilv sMi' hitn to ga.)!, on acctninl (d'
some vii'paid c]rl>t ; It av ini; him there to
erijoy the roMifi.rtahle rellection, that his
wife a»id ehildren were «tar-ving at liome.
A detittst so()ti ‘•ii|jplied the invalid
^vith three teeth, wliirh he had i)u!!ed out
ol an ind'gert poet’^; head, at the rate o(
toQ siivrca _u-piece, Lul for which he
pru lently charf3;c(1 the rich mrrchar,?
'went) guineas. The cloclor, upon ex-
niifiii g his h g. atid recollecting that -In
.is ju^i then I aiiier ill want of a subject.
' ul It tar» fully c.ff, and took it away with
n) in hiscaniage, to lecture upon it to
IS pupils So Mynheer W’cjdenblock,
aw arr that he had been hilhei to accus
onied lo walk, and not to hop, and being
p* rtiaps, somewhat i)rejudicel in favor
.f 'lie former mode of action, sent for our
friend at the canal basin, in order that he
iiii^ht give him directions abca;t the
uhstitute with which he wished to he
•'UppUed in the plact of his lobt mctn-
hei.
'I'he artificer entered the wenlthj
liurghcr’s ajiartnitnt. He was reclining
on a couch, with his left leg Ioiking as
respectabli- as ever ; but with his unhap-
pv right 8tump wrapped up in batidagts,
as il conscious ofils own littleness.
“'I'ui nui,-,"vort, you have heard of my
misfortune ; it has thrown me into a fever,
and all Uotlerdani into confusion—but
let that pass. You must niake me a leg ;
and it must !)C the best leg,sir, you ever
made in your life.” Turningvort bow
ed. “I do not care what it costs,”—
Turningvort bowed yet lower—“provid
ed it outdoes every thing you have yet
made of a similar sort. I am for none of
your wooden spindleshanks. Make it of
cork : let it be light and clastic, and cram
it as full of springs as a watch. I know
nothing of the business, and cannot be
more specific in my ilirections, but tiiis
I am determined on, that I shall have a
leg as good as the one I have lost. 1
know such a thing is to be had ; and if
I get it from you your reward is a thous
and guineas.”
1 tie Dutch Prometlifus declared, that
ti* pleuse .Vlynheei Von Wodenb'ock, I e
\^onld do more than human ingenniix
liail ever done fiel'ore ; and underio(di to
til ing him, within six. days, a leg whic ii
vv (Mild laugh lo scot II the nu re common
h gs possessed by common men.
This assurance was not meant a?, at
!(!!(■ boast. 'I’uiningvort was a man of
speculative, as well as practical science
ar.fl there «as a favtjriie discover), which
he had long been endeavoring to make,
and in accomplishing which lie imagtn( (i
he had at last succeeded that very morn
ing. Like all other manufacturers (>f
terrestrial k‘!;s, he liad ever found the
chief ditVic.ulty in his progress tov.'ard '
perfection, to consist in iis being ap
parently impossiidc lo iiitroduci* inio
th( m any thing in the shape of joints ca-
p,d)le of beinij regulated by the will, and
ol perforning those important functions
u'Miieved under the present system, by
means of the admirable mechanical cnn-
siniction al the knee and ancle. Our
philosopher had spent years in endeavor
ing lo obviate this great inconvenience;
and though he hud undoubtedly math
greater progress than any body else, it
was not till now that he believed hiniselt
completely masier of the great secr» i.
His lirst attempt to carry it into execuuon,
was to be in the h-g he was about to niak^
for Mynheer \'on W odenhlock.
It was on the evening of the sixth da\
from that to which I have alre.uU allud
ed, that with this magic l« g, carefulh
packed, up, the aculc ar isan again made
his appearance b« foi e I lu tXj)i‘Cting ano
impatient \N oi'.enblock. I'neic was ^
proud twinkjeii. I'urniiigvori’s gre\ t \t.
rthich seemed to itidii ate that lu valuM,
even the tliousatid guiiitus, which l.t
intended lor iilancne’s nutrri ige portion,
less than tlu‘ ceiebriiy, the giory, tht
inunoriality, of w huh he was at leng h
so sure, lie unind his precious i)un-
dle, and spent some hours in displaying
.itid t xplainiiig (o the delighted burgher
the numbt r (d additions he had made to
theiniettial iiiachiiu'ry, and the [iurpose
^\hich each was intended to serve.
The (Veiling wore away in these dis
cussions, coricrning wheels within
heels, .'ltd sjii inga acting upon S])rings.
W hen it w IS lime to retire lo lest, bo h
were efpially tsatisiit d of the p» i lection ol
the work ; and at his emploxer's earttes:
reciuest, the artist con:.ented to remain
where I'.e was fur the remainder ofl!ie
night ; in order that early next mnMiiiij;
he might lit on the limb, and sec how a
performed its duty.
: prircipali!ocr, lie r.r.w his old friend, Mynlicen Vcn Vv cde
ynheer \'ahoutein, waiting to receive have all moulaered a
the
M>
him. He quickened his pace, and both
mutually held cut their hands to each
other, byway of congratulation, before
ihey were near enough lo be elasped in a
friendly embrace. At last the merchant
reached the spot where Vanoulern stoodj
hut what was that worthy man’s astonish
ment to see him, though he sti'J held out
his hand, pass quickly by, without stop
ping oven for a motiieni to say, “How
d’ye do i" Yet so it was ; but it was no
fault of our hero’s. His own astonish-
me'ii was a thousand limes greater, when
he found that he had no power whatever
to determine either when, where, or how,
his leg was to move ! As long as his own
wishes happened to coincde with the
manner in which the machinery seemed
destined to operate, all had gone on
smoothly; and he had mistaken his own
tacit compliance with its independent
and apparently self-acting powers, fora
contmand over it which he now found
he did not possess. Il had been his most
anxious desire to slop to speak with Myn
heer Vanoutern ; but his leg moved on,
and he was under the necessity of follow
ing it. Many an attempt did he make
to slacken his pace, but every attempt
was vain. He caught hold of the rails,
walls, and houses ; but his leg tugged so
violently, that he was afraid of dislocat
ing his arms, and was obliged to go on.
He began to get seriousi) uneasy, as lo
the consequences of this most unexpect
ed turn which matters had taken; and
his only hope was, that the amazing an(i
uriknown powers, which the complicated
(onstruction of his leg seemed to pos
sess, would speedily exhaust themselves ;
of ihis, however, he could as yet discover
no symptoms. He happened to be going
in the direction of the Leyden canal ; and
v\hen he came in sight of Mynheer Turn-
ingvorl’s house, he called loudly upon the
artificer lo tome to his assistance. The
jI tificer looked out from his window with
a face of wonder. “Rascal!” cried
VV'odenblock, “come out lo me this in
stant I You have made me a leg with a
vengeance !—it won’t stand still for a
moment ! I have been walking straight
forward ever since I left my own house ;
and unless you stop me yourself, heaven
only knows how much farther I may walk
Don’t stand gaping there, but come out
and r( lieve me, or I shall be out of sight,
and you will not be able to overtake me.”
The nicchanitian grew pale ; he wus
evidently not preparecl for this new dif-
ii uliy. He lost not a moment, however,
111 following the merchant, to do what he
could towards extricating him from so
uwkard a predicament.
I'iie merchant,or rather the merchant’s
h gwas walking very (juick, and Turn-
ingvorl beitig an elderly man, found it
no easy matter to make up to him. He
did so at last,nevertheless ; and catching
him in his arms, iified him entirely fiom
the ground. IJut the stratagem (if so it
M.ay bi (aileci), did not succeed, for the
iimati ptopeliiiig niotion ol the leg hur
ried him on along with his bunhen, at
the Same rate as before. lie set hin*,
. her» hiie, down again ; and stooping,
j»iess(d violently on one of the springs
mat protruded a little behind. In an in
stant, tie uiihaj)py MytihcerVon Woden*
IjIik k V as (.fl like an arrow ; calling out,
in hv iiiosi pileous accents, I am lost !
I am lost !—1 am possessed by a devil,
ill tht sh..p. of a cork leg ! Stop me !
for Heaven’s sake, stop me ! 1 am breulh-
h ss !—I am fainting ! W ill nobody
shatter mp leg to pieces r Turningvort!
Tniningvort ! you have muidered my.”
'I’he artist, perplexed and confounded,
was hardly in a situation more lo be en\i-
ed. Scarcely knowing what he did, fell
upon his knees, clasped h s hands, and
with slrainon and staring eyeballs, looked
alteathe nchi st merchaiii in Rolinrdam,
running with the speed of an enraged buf-
lulo, away along tlie cand, towards Ley
den, ahfl heliowing for help as loudly as
hia exhaustion would permit.
I.ejden is more llian ’vventy miles from
Kottetdam, but the sun had notyet set,
when ihc Misses Hacksneider, who were
siting at their parlour window, imme
diately opposite the (aolden Lion drink-
ng tea, and nodding to their friends as
i’tiblock useJ to wear published in the London .^.cw Mor.ilily
away ; the flesh
has fallen frcm his bones, and he is new
a ski leton !—a skeleton in all but iqecorK
leg, which still, in all its original rotun
dity and sive, continues attached to the
spectral form, zperpetvvm mobile, drag
ging the wearied bii.es for ever and tor
ver over the earth !
May all good Saints protect tis from broken
leirs ; and may there never nppear a mecbani-
like Turningvort, to supply us with coik
itutcs, of so av^ ful and mystewous a power.
cian
substitutes.
ufi aiige .lor's were CDMipletcd; and Myn
heer \'tjn W'odcnblock walked forth to
the street in ecstasy, ble.ssitig ihc^ inven
tive powers cl one, who was able to mukc
soexc(dle'il a hatifl of liis leg. It seeni-
t (I, indeed, 10 act lo admiration. In the
mere haul's mode of vvalkiii.?; there was no
s.illnesu, no rtVort, no cunstraifi:—all the
joints performed their oluce, will.oni
the aid ol'eilher innc or muse'.e. N'obo-
dv, nui even a connoisKcur in lameness,
vM.uId have su'.pect( d that there'was any
thing uricomn.on, an;, gnat collection of
accuraie!y-adju-,:efl cluck-wurk, under
ihe lull, wt'il-slashed pantalooiis of the
suh.-^tantial-l'XKjiig Dutchman. Had ii
not iieoti ior a slight trcii;ulous nwjtion.
occu.doiu d by t’ae raj>id whirling of about
iwe tity small wheels in the interior, and
a I. iistam clicking’-, ilke ihRt of a watch,
though somevvlial loudi r, he would even
himself have forgotten ih.i: he was nol in
all respects as he uved to be, before he
Idled his right loot, to besiow a parting
hen.du lion on his poor relation. ”
Il vtalked al»ng, in Uie, renovated
l)Uo>aiicy of hi~spiri!s. till he can.e it.
sigh, o* the Siad 11 u^e ; and jusi at the
c of llic lliifht ol bUps i!ut le«ni_up u»
Early nt"xt ntoining all tlie tieccssary '.hey passed, saw some one coming at
iui ious spead along the street. His face
was pale as ashes, and he gasped fearful
ly for breath ; but without turning either
to the rigiit or the left, he hurried by at
the same rapid rate, and was out of
sight almost before they had lime to ex
claim, “(iood gracious! was not that
Mvnherr \'(jti Wodenblock, the rich
merchant of Rotterlamr”
Next day was Sunday. The inhabi
tants ol Haarlem were all goint>' to
church, in ilieir best attire, to say their
pravers and hearftheir great organ, when
a bimg ruslied across the marke-place
like an animated corpse—white, blue,
told, and speechless ; his eyes tixed, his
lips livid, his teeth set, and his hands
 letiched. I'very one cleared away for it,
in silent horror; and there was not a
person in Haarhm who did not believe it
a (lead body endowed with the power of
motion.
On il went, through village and town,
towards the greiit.. wilds and forests of
(termany. \\ eeks, months years past on ;
lint at intervals the horrible shape was
seen, and still continues to be seen, in
various parts of the north of Europe.
1 Uq (^lo‘hi^'iVhich lit who was oncc
Fancy ball at Philadelphia.—^Ve have
been oblig'ngly furnished by a friend,
with the following extract of a letter from
Philadelphia, containing some account
of the late Fancy Ball at that place.
“ The assemblage consisted of be
tween three and four hundred persons,
selected from the supreme bon ton ol the
city, the greatest precaution having been
taken lo secure a salutary exclusion.
The most splendid and becoming cos
tumes that could be procured, were dis
played by the wearers to the greatest
advantage, either in dancing to cotillions
executed by an orchestra ol seventeen
musicians in a room, in which the ef
fect of eight hundred lights produced
brilliancy calculated to eclipse the sun
h mself, w hen under the influence of one
of his most sublime efforts. To those
unaccustomed to sights similar to that
piesented on this occasion (and we pre
sume it was familiar to none, it being the
(irst attempt of the kind in this cour.lry)
the illusion of being suddenly transported
to some region of fancy was complete.—
For a long time scarcely a syllable escap
ed from the lips around w hich wreathed
the most soul Speaking smiles of delight ;
but after the overwhelming impressions
of the entree had subsided, the time thus
lost was soon made up for, and tiie dan
cing which now commenced continued
with the greatest spirit until near five
o’clock in the morning, ah hough the
hour of assemblage, at half past eight o’
clock, was at the riqiiest of the mana
gers punctually adhered to.
Among the dresses of tne gentlemen,
the most admired was, one consisting of
a white satin tunic and waiscoat, with a
chaste embroidering of gold, w ith cap
and plumes, sword and shoes correspond
ing. Lord Leicester, to whom our read
ers have been formerly introduced in Ke
nilworth, was 80 accurately rej)resented
in costume, manner and t(jut ensemble,
as almost to transport ihe beholder, in i-
dea, into the actual presence of his lord
ship. It was gratifying to observe that
amidst all this scene of gaity and thou
ghtlessness. the profound scholastic char
acter of the present day very ably repre
sented, and sustained under the garb of a
Cambrid ge student, who had every ap
pearance of being equally accustomed to
the society of peers and proctors—the
halls of the great, and the cloislcrs uf the
university.
If I aPovved myself to listen to the dic
tates of my gallantry, by alluding to the
ladies, who of course con.stituied the es
sential charm of the evening, I ought not
to omit mentioning the bewitching en
chantment of all, from sultannas to shep
herdesses : but I dare nol enter into the
description j although I cannot pass over
in iilence the “Fairy of the Star,” who
was perfectly divine, and seemed—no,
not seemed, but actually did glide thro’
the mazes of the dance resting on the
thin air alone, supported by her beauti
ful wings and subduing ail around by the
magical enchantment of her star span
gled wand—at least so it appeared to
me.
No person was admitted into the room
but in costume, an indisjiensible requisi
tion towards the success of the enieriain-
ment. A number of ladies who did not
choose to participate in the revel were
admitted to the orchestra as spectators,
where the attractions of the scene detain
ed them to the excessive disappointmptii
of those to whom a transfer of tickets
had been promised.
N. r. Ece'ng Post.
EI.KGANT KXTRACT.
Woman I thou balm of life, soother of
my sorrows ! How dost thou lessen the
load of human misery, and lead the
wretch into the valley (jf delight. With
out thee how heavily would man drag
through a weary world ! But if the
warmly pressed hand of a loved and
lacinating female be twined around his
suj)porting arm, how joyous, how light
ly doth he trip along the path ! The
warm and tender friend, who, in the most
trving situations retain her fondness, and
in every change of fortune preserves her
unabated love, ought to be embraced as
the best benison of heaven—the com
pleter of human happiness. I.et a man
draw such a prize in the lottery of life,
and glide down the stream of existence
with such a partner, neither the coldly
averted eye of the summer friend, nor
Ihe frowns of an adverse fortune, should
produce a pang or excite a murmur.
Magazine.
His mother was the daughter of a
French n)erchant, at Martinique, who a!;
the age of thirteen, sent her to Maraeilles
that her education might be complt-tpj
in France. The vessel on board of
which she had embarked, was taken neav
the gulf of Lyons, by an Algerine ship of
war, and carried into Algiers, where Uio
young Creole was immediately sent to
the Harem of the Dey. Her extreme
beauty appeared to the Dey to render
her peculiarly tit for a present to the
then reigning Sultan Abdoulhammid,
who soon judged her worthy of being
honoured with his notice. She bore
him a son, the present Sultan, who en-
deared her to the life she led in the
seraglio, inson.uch that she declined a-
vailing herself of any of the opportuni
ties of making her escape which her
indefatigable and wealthy friends, who
had discovered where she w-as, threw ia
her way.
The education of her son became ihf.
only object of her cares and occupation ;
and her counsels, joined to those of Se~
lim, who evinced a strong partiality for
the growi^g Prince, prepared him for
the important duties of the throne. The
principles of the system which he adopt,
ed, and has since pursued, may iudcecl
be considered in some measure applica
ble to the temper and habits of his peo
ple ; but generally speaking, a policy ter;’
ding to the diminution and destruction
of the population .of an empire, to say
nothing of tlie natural odium it necessari-
Iv excites, must be looked upon as cal
culated to defeat its own object. I shall
not here specify the number of Janissa*
ries, who, it is asserted by all well in.
formed persons residing in Constanii-
nople,have gradually disappeared ihroiif^Ii
mysterious means, from 1808 to 13C1.—.
Suflice it to say, it is not less than tho
amount of population in one ofihe second*
rate kingdoms of Germany ? And if the
waters of the Bosphorus were by sotiif,
miraculous operation, suddenly with
drawn, the heaps of human bones which
they perhaps still serve to conceal, wcjhi
fill one with horror and amaaement.
MAIIMOUD II,
The Heigtiing Sultan of Turknj.
He was born July 20, 1785, and is the
son of Abdil Hamid, who died in 1789,
and nephew of the Selim III. He was
proclaimed lunperor, July 28, 1808.
1 he following account of this sovereign
13 from ‘‘Uccollections _to Turkey,”
The Interior of a Printing Office.—Of all
the shops, into which variety creeps, a
printing ofTice beats Old Nick. In pops
one with a pickled peppered phiz,sayinp
“ stop my paper if you can’t leave it moro
regular at my house,” Well, the ques
tion then follows, ‘Where is your house:’
“ No. 965, Ague fit-Lane, up five pair of
stairs, in the S. S. W’est corner.” The
answer ensues, “it shall be attended to,”
and out he goes to be succceded by thoso
who come to subscribe, to pay, or to dun.
In the midst of this, walks round the
prini» r’s dnxU as big as a Sexton at a fu
neral, crying, Copy Sir f” Then the
compositor rcr.pectfully asking whether
certain hieroglyphics in manuscript,
spells c-l-a-m-s, or a-I-a-r-m-s—the click,
click, click, of the typs, as ihey clap
them into the composing stick, and the
rat tat, rat-a-tat, of planeing down, as it
is called, of the types—the entrance of
foreign or distant newsppers—‘ half sup
pressed whistle of workmen as they set
up iheir task perhaps of your favorita
wv.hz—amidst all this to write poetry,
prose, sentiment, sararsm religion, and
common sense, requires a little beyond
ordinary genius or abstraction. Whaiu
there better than when the press wa;tJ
for its editor’s pen, in this swarm of evils
than to have some good natured frictul
pop in upon you, and hold you by the
button for a two hours social chat, upon
what ought nol to be done by you, as ir>
your editorial course ! It is enough to
Hiake one laugh or scold, to be thus craz-,
ed. with such an odd concatenation o‘
bothering circmstances. And yet,if(mo
line of the above written descrijiiion
should prove to pe ungrammatical, wc
should find a dozen critics like bull dojjs,
fastened at its throat, harking grov. lin^,',
bulling as if they had a legitimate right to
murder it.
We congratulate^ our readers on the
termination of ihe discussion on Mi'
Chilton’s resolution, as we arc, in cour
tesy, bound to call it ; although there is
nothing of .Mr. Chilton’s, but the w(j;(i
“Resolved” belonging to the preposition
as It has been adopted. Ti will be p'--
ceived by our report, that some sh;;l.‘
altercation took place towards tl.e cios-^
of the evening, bit the resolution.
amended by Air. Hamilton and Mr.
sey, was finally carried by an nuaninioir
vote. Upon the discussion w hicli took
place on this resolution, we have, at thi'
late hour, but a asingle remark to make-
1 he friends of the Administration have
reason to congratulate themselves upoit
tl.e superiority in point of decorum which
they have obtained. While there
scarccly a speaker on t.ac opposition siii'
who has not lavished abuse on the Exccu
tive,or some or all of the Secretaries, tht
friends of the Administration have wis"l)'
and discreetly refrained from a retalia
tion, ihe only effect of which could be to
irritate feelings and protract the di^'
cussion. The resolution has been tniC'i
inwush/ adopted ; and w’c have only to
hope that the examination will now b
fully gone into. If abuses exist, let tlicin.
be exposed; if not, let the Administra
tion have the full benefit of an investif;i'
tion which will only render thcii puri'y
more apparent to the people