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THE MINERS’ AND FARMERS’ JOURNAL. THK MUSE. FllOli TU£ LONDON LtTiaiARV C.UKTTE. FIRST AND LAST HOURS. Lov’st thou the hour, tlic first of day. When the dewy flowers are opening bright. When tlirough ihe curtcins of morninp pray Are stealing streaks of crimson light 7 Hath it not a power, a upcll ? Dotl\ it not to thy warm lieart till Of life, fresh, uparkling, new-born life, And sccnes ss yet too young for frtrifc 7 Lor'st tlKNi the hour in twiliglit time. When every flower is closiiijj round. When ftinter and fainter tlie far bell’s cliimc Com«8 with a motiitnjr, dyinff sound? Hatii it not a spell, though it bo DitTcring from ihe first, for Uiec 7 Doth it not tell of visions de«]>, •Vnd a gradual dropping down to sleep ' Tlicsc hours are types and sijns of tJiinc : Thy first hour brought both smilci and tears. And called forth frtlings half di\ iiie, In tliow who looked to future years. And watchcd how grew each feature’s mould. And saw their little buds unfold, /Vnd trusted sti ifc should never come. To cast on heart and brow a gloom. And thy last hour—'tis tliine to make It calm as twilight's lovely time, A blessed sleep, from which to wake. Will be to the better world to climb: Remember, ’tis thine—aye, thine—to choose. If storms shall take placc of stars and dews. Or if thy spirit shall have a power To make its parting like day's last hour. HISTORICAL. I Alcxaiwlor had ehceted these g;itcs with gold ■ and silver; hi* upKtate son wu!» to v, itness tlieir ruin hj’ tho pliindorin'f hands and ti-ry torchfi* of his I'onian iVionds. ^Vilhin flic quad ran ;it' there was a fuithcr scparafioh, II low wull whifh iliviiled the |»ricbU iVoiii the Iiuelifc.s: near tiiis sti (Hl the f;rcat bra zen altar. Hrvontl, t!ie 'IVniiile ilsclt' rrar- ed it*> ”litt"rinjr front. ’I’lic groat porch of Pro'iyleoii, iiccoidii:" to flu- d>>i^i cf the last, or IIctimI’s Tcniplo, extending to u nnirli greater width than the Teiiiplu it.-?e!f: in addition to the former width «if 103 fi'ct, it had two wings of 3) each, niakinj' in the whole 175. 'I'lic givat gale of this last quadrangle, to which there was an ascent of 1 "J steps was called that of N icanor. 'I'he gateway tower was 13J1 hi«h, 4'2J wide, it had no door^•, but the frontispiece was covorod w itli gold, and tltrough its spacious aivh was .‘i(?en the golden gate of the Tem ple, glittering witli the sjune precious me tal, with largn plates of which it was sheet ed all over. ()\er this gate hung tho celc- br.itod ffoldf'n vine. 'I'liis o.xtraordijiary piece of workmanship had bimches, ac cording to Josrphtis, as large as a man. The Rabbins aid, that, “like a true natu ral vine, it grrw greater and greater; men woidd he olli-ii.ng some gold to make a leaf; some a grape, some a buiK’h: and these were hung up on it, and so it w as increasing con tinually.” The Temple itself, excepting in the ex tension of tlie w ing^ of Propyleon, was pro- b(d>H- the wime in its dimt-nsions and distri- buticn with that of Solom m. It contained the same holy lrea.*;ures, if not of ecpial nug- nilicence, yet by the zeal of successive ages, the fieiiuant plunder, to which it hai been exposed, was constantly re|-laced ; ami with in, the golden caiKlle^tick spread out its flowering branches, the golden table suppor ted the shewbreiul, and the altar of incense flamed with its costly perfume. The roof of liic Temple had bc.'n set all over on the oiiL«ide with sharp golden spikes, to prevent the birds from .settling and defdin" the roof; : and tlic gates were still shccte^l with plates I of tho f ame splendid metal. At a dist.anco, I the whole temple looked literally like “ a inoinit of snow, fretted with golden pinua- DESTRUtTION OF THE TEMPLE OF JERLISALEM. Tlie fbllowine gorgeous description^ftliis mem- p|ej,. orable event is extracted from the third volume of j Looking down upon its marble coin and the Rev. Air. Millman's History of the Jtict; it' on the l'cin(.lc itself, when tljo sun aros"' a- will be found interesting. | Ixjvo the Mount of Olives, w hich it dircctly High above the whole city rose the Tem- faced, it was impissible, even tor a R( nun, pie, uniting the conmianding strength of a not to be stru:-k with wonder, or even fir a cit'idel with the splendor of a sacred edilicc. stoic, like Titus, not to lietray his cmotii«i. According to Josephus, the esplanade on! Yot this was the city, w hich in a few month.«. which it stood had been cotwiderably eidarg-1 t'’ lie a heap cf undistinguiKhi'd rums ; fdlij’ the accumulation of fresh soil, siiK'e and the solid Temple itselt', which sei!inod tho days »jf Solomon, particularly on the' btiilt for eternity, not “ to have one stcmc north side. It now covered a square of a l’ft upon an.ither.’’ furWrf fai:U .ti.le S..l--n.^r> had fiiced tha( Tnf -rr.„., r .ft fiuk. precijMtoos sides of the rock on the east, *nd' ft was on the l(ilh of Aujfust, A. Tt. TO, jKrrhaps the south, with hugf blocks of stone,the day already darkened iu the Jewi.>h ca- Iho other sides likewise had been built up , lcadarb\ tho dcstnic lion of tlie former Tein- with a perpendicular wall to an equal height, pje hv tlw king of Uabj l.>n : it was almost These walls in no part were loner than 31M» j passtil. Titus witlidrew into the Antonia, cubits, feet; biit their whole height was j intending the next morning to make a gen- not seen excepting on the eastern and south-; era! assault. The quiet summer evening em sides, as the earth was hoap^up to the I came on ; the setting sun shone fi>r the lait level of the streets of the city, borne of the ^ time on the snow white walls, and glistening stones employed in this work were 70 feet ^ pinnacles of tl»e Temple roof. Titus !iad squar'. j retired to teat, when suddc.Jy a wild and On this gigantic foundation ran on cach I terrible crj' wa^ heard ; a man came nish- front a strong and Ififty wall w ithout, within | ing in, aniiouncing that the Tempi.; was on a sparioas d.iuWe portico or cloister lif>y-two ; fire. S^.ine of the besieged, notwithstaiMl- nnd a half feet broad, supported by 162 co- j ing their repulse in the morning, had sallied JuiriDs, w'hich supported a cedar ceilitig of j out to attack tho men who were busily em- the most exquisite W'irkmanship. The pil- j ployed in extinguishing the Hrca ab3Ut the lars werr entire bl^clra hewn out of solid : cloiaters. The Koniims not merely drove jriarble, of ilazzling whiteiiesfl, 43 feet high. I tliem l>ack, but entering the sacred space On Ihe south side, the portico or cloi.jter was j with them, forced their way to the do-ir of i Temple. A s>li!ier, without oidets, The open courts were f«vel with vari^s nioimting on the; shoulders of one of his itilaid marbies. Between this oiitcr court,. co.mrades, threw a blazing bi-anl into a gil- ot thi? (hmtiles, and Ihe second court of th 3 j ded small dwr on the north side of the cliLni- Israelites, nin rails of stone, but of Ijeauti-j bers, in the outer building or porch. 'I'ho ful w jrkmanriiip, rather more than five feet ■ flaim-s sprung up t>t onc'. Tht- Jews utter- high. Along these, at n^gular intervals,! id one simultaneoii:- shriek, and rtfxxJ pillars with inscriptions ii^ Hebrew,; ihoir Bwork, with a furious determination Oreek and Latin ; warning all strangors j of revenging and p.Ti;ihing in the ruins of and Jews who were unclean, from entering, the 'IVmplc. 'i'itus rushed down with the into tlie Holy Court beyond. | utmo«t six?cd ; ho shout'll, ho niiide signs to An ascent of 14 steps led to a terrace 17J | hi^soldiers to quench the fire ; his voice was ftet wide, Ijeyonil which an>se tlio wall of; drowned, :uH his signs unnoticed, in tiic t.ie inner t-Durf. This wall apf^ired on the blin.l confusion. Tho legionaries cit!.er • utside 70 fi-et, on tho in>^i,le 1.3^ ; for b"- couM not, or would not hoar; thcv rush.-rl f:d s the av:cut of 14 steps to Ihe tcrracc,! on, trampling each other tl >wn in'their fu- ihere were tive niaro up to tlie gates. 'J’hc | rious haste,or .stumblingover the crumbling In.Kjr had no gnte or opening to the ! ruins, perislie.l with tho (.nemv. fCac!! ex- wesl, Ixit lour the »outh, two to the ea«>, ^ ho, ltd the other, and cach hu'rlod his biaz- K'fV' of vwiich was for the women, foi whom ■ ing braitJ into Uie inner part of the ctlifico, a }urt of the Imicr f lurt was set apart—j mid then hurrivd to his work of cnm.ige. mu! l»oy^d which they might not advance ; I 'i'he unarmed ami dt-n ncblcss pooplo wen; to this they had access likewise by one of «ivin in th'-nsands; tlicy hiy ho.'pcd, like t^ southern (fatfcs, which w^rc set a|«rt for I sacrifices, mund the ijtar ; tho step« of the their u«. Around this court run another j Temple ran with blood, wuich wp.sliod dov. n Hple;Khd range f,f porticrK's or cloistors ; the the UkHos that l.iv alxml. fo!umo8 were quite cpial in beauty and ; Titu=, fouml it’ impf^-jihU; to cli. c k th" workma.L-hip, th.mgh no! in size, to those , mgT of IIk) s^d-li^rv ; ho crifor;-d witii his ofltH^ wter portico. Nine of thc.4e gate^ ■ odioor-, and .-ur%o\ed tho interi..r of the or rather gateway tov.ers, were richly a-1 s,cn.d edifice. 'I'he splendor fi]|.,-d th.nn don«d with gold and silver, on tho doors, uhh wonder ; and es the flames had n-U vet tlK? d«>,r-posts, and the lintels, fi.e dr^rs |K-netraled to the holv pbue, he made a Ix-t •Irh If .1 . '‘r "iT forth, again dtKl half that breadth. W illmi, the , OThorted tho sohliors to stav tho pror-n ss of ways 'w?ro f. a wioc nnd deep, with tho conflagration. The cl-nlurion, Liber- r.>ornb.,n each s:.do, soli,at the whole lo-k- alis endeavored to enforro ob-.-dience with ed like lofty low. n : Ihe height from tlio his .stHffof otru e ; but . ven respect for the l^se to the summit was 70 f.- t Eudi .ate- e,n,H-ror ga^ e way to ,bo furi.H.Is animosity way h:ul two lofty pillars ;>! foet m cirrum-' rgain.st the Jew., to the fi.-r^c excitement of , I nnd to Ihe in«iti?.h!e hope of phinder. . the greatest ad. Th" s^d.lier-^ s,iw evrrv tliin-r H!o.;nd th m tl.0 dixu'—tho whole btiilding was in flumes in an instant. Tho blinding smoko and fio’ foireJ the otl’cers to retreat: at d the noble cdificc was loll t.i its fate. It was an apixdling sppoJaclo to the Ro man—what was if to the Jew I Th; w hole summit ot' the bill, which coniman(U'd the city, blazed like a Volc.nno. One afler an other the buildings fell in, with a tremen dous i-rash, aiKl were swallowed iij* in the fiery abyss, 'i'he roofs of cedar were like sheets of flame ; the gilded pimmclcs shone like spikes of red light; the gate towers sent up tall columns of tlanio and smoke. The neighlioriiig hills wen; lighted up; and dark grcuiies of |>co))lo were seen watching in horriblo aaxiety the progress of tho destruc tion ; Ihe walh and heights of the upper city were crowded with faces—some pale with the agony of dospiiir, others scowling una vailing vengeance. The shouts W the Ro man s«.>Uliery, as they nin to and fro, and tho how ling of the iiimrgents who were |)erish- ing in tite llamos, mingled with the roaring of the conflagration and rho thundering sound of falling limbers. The eclu)es of the mountains replieil or brought back the shrieks of the jieople on the heights; all a- long the walls resimnded screams and M ail ings ; mon who were dying of famim;, ral lied their remaining strcnuth to utter u cry of anguish atul desolation. SLAl Gnxm AXD SACKlNfi. Tho slau^ter within was even more dn'Rdful than ihe spectacle from without. .Men np' .vonjoa, old and young, insurgents and priests, those who fought and those w ho entreated mercy, wore hown down with in discriminate carnage. The number of the slain exccudcdthal of tlic slayers. I'ho |e- tfionanes had to clamber over heajisof dead, tocarry on the work of extermination. John, at the he.id of soino of his tnHp:s cut his way through,fir»4 into the outer court of the Tempk*, and afterwards into the U[>por cit\'. Some of the priests upon tho roof wronchtd o(l’ the gildea sjiikes, with their tickets of load, and used them ns missiles against Ihe Romans below. Afterwards they fled to a [,art of Ihe wall, about fourteen fl-et wide. They wore summoned to surrt;nder; bnl two of them, Mair, foa of Belga, and Jost'ph, son of Dalai, plunge*! headlong intu the flames. No^iart ostnp.^.l tlie fury of ih,. Rom?\r.% The treasuries, with all their w«lth of m >- noy, jewels, and cosily robes—the plunder which the Zealots had laid up—were totally destroyed. Nothing rcinaineJ but a small part of t!ie outer cloister, in which abi>ut six th^'usand unarmed ;md d'ftncoleus people, with women and chilJrc.i, huU taken refuge. Thr.so p'or wrctc lies, like niultitnd«’s of oth- arsj, had been led up to the 'I’emplo by a false i>rupln;t, whu-Lad proclaimed Ibat (Jul com- mauuM ttll IW! Jnfch to to mr t emptr, iL. where he would displny his Almighty jxiwer '"♦’re brute stnmgth—b*it bring mind, anl to save hid peofilo. The soldinrs set fire to I’tan, and system, end experience, I j fjcar ed by tho e.xercise of a simple and generous hospitality. His character assumes a lof tier iiitcrost by its influence over the public liberty. It may not be fort-told to what dan^'crs this country is destined, when its swelling itopulatioii, its c.xpiinding territory, its daily complicating intorest«, shall awake tho latont pa.^sions of men, tmd reveal the vulnerable points of cur iiiKtitiifions. But whenever there perils come, its most stoad- lust security, its unfailing reliance will Ik; Mi the column of landed proprietors, tho men of tho soil and of the country, stand ing alocf from tho passions which agitato den.Ter communities, well etliicalcd, br.tvo iumI inde|)endenl, tho friends of the govern ment without soliciting its favors, the advo cates of the people without descending to Hatter their jKissiona; these men, rooted like their own forests, may yet interpose between the factions of the country, to heal, to defend, and to save.’ FARMING. Tlie follow iiig hinti fium Hin»'. Western Re view, contain a portion of tliat practical good sense which must conmii iid itself to the judgment of e%cry luli^htciicd n.iiid, tliat eccWs the highest Wilt'are of tlie country. If one-half the zeal, energy, and c.xpense, that blot so many gazettes with coarse and low afHiso, selling Ihe community by the oars for the sole gain tuid the ptiltry pur poses of a few demagogues ami office seek ers, were bestowed on the lulvaficpment of agriculture ; if tho |icoplc were half as am bitious to improve and beautify thi ir fields, as they arc to settle tliu nation ; and half as angry with thistles, thorns,and poorfenccs, monsters of pirates. The conspirators hav ing pioi>ared the plot, and several of them having dressed thcmsei^’ea in sailoni’ clothes, the alarm of the ship bein^ attacked by pi rates was raised, tho parties flew to their IMXits, and the first act of the hoax com menced. Upm Ihe dock the deception was carried on by the firing of pistols and tho clashing of cutlasses; whilst two gentle men, disguised as sailors, and render^ fero- cious-lx)king by bushy whiskers and sliag- gy hair, rushed down into the cabin, armed with pistols and cutlasses. There they found the hero of tho hoax, who, on seeing hisr assailant.^, rushed into the ladies cabin, tho fair one»keepingup the dccejrfion by scream* ing«noHt lustily. Here he was seized by ttio stipposnd pirates, who, nf\cr pulling him a- bout ainl frightening the poor simpleton nearly out of his senses, ran ofT. A loud cfMior was now raised on tho dock, to mark the defeat of the pirates, the leader of whom, it was affirmed, liad been shot dead iu at tempting to roach the schooner's boat. Tho sccond act-of the hoax was played off tho iioxt day. Our bt'ro, who hal been con gratulated, by all his fellonr pass;ngcrs, on the courage which he had displayed in de fending the fair, was ushered into the pre sence of the lailijs, who, with the ceremo nies altoiMlant on the boKtowal of knight hood in the timos of chivalry, made him kneel down before them: they then liestow* ed on him the honor of knighthood, plating on his head a crown of their own manufac ture, and giving him a medal, made by im pressing a dollar on a piece of leather, on the n!versc of which was an iii!>cription, commemorative of his lieroic and knightly conduct on the occasion of the packet ship as they are w ith their political opponents, j being attacked by pirates. He took the who prolKjbly wish as well to tho country as captain’s placc at the head of tho table, woar- thoinsrlves, we should have more productive fields, less complniiits of poverty, more abil ity to bech.iritablo and miuiificont,nndubun- ing the crown on his caput, ami pmpcwed tho opening of a sultscription to reward the crew for their heroic courage in doferehng dantly moro good feeling. From Pittsburg the ship, h.inding out his own ten sovereigiu to New Orloans, tho s-m phnghy as his ; towards the fuiKl! The farce was kept up father did Ix fi>ro him, ami the groat mass of ■ from that day to the end of the voyage, tho farmers aro as stationary to their theory as j poor simploti/ii believing, all the time, that they are in practice. Nine in ton of them the Oeorge Canning had lieen actually at- bc'liovc, at tins moment, tliat book farming I tackel by pirates, and that he, by Ins own is tho mere useless, visionary druaming of | pr rs.Hial courage, had saved the ladies from men that know n-'thing about practical ag- l>cing munkr>.-d ! He rolateJ tho story ncv.iiiirt.' Wo woiiU tfil them that F.iigland is the Caiil«'n of Kurope, simply because ahnost every acre of the grouiivd is cultivated sci- etuijically, anti on principles which have boon bnniglit to the test of the most rigid fjrpcrtnu'jU. We would tell them that New linglantl, of who«; soil and climate they arc accubtoined to think, as coniignod by Pio- vik!ncc to .sterility awl iiiclcmency, is Ihe garden of tlio L'nitod States, only bcc&uM! the industhoiis bnd calculating pec^e do rot tlio building: every soul peri>heJ. THE AMERICAN FARMER. Wc catinot tcfrain troni presenting our reidcrs with the fbllolrtng bcaulifuf and elj]ucnt ;>Qssagc from Mr. Uidolc's Addrc.^t before the Philad'l|>liia Society lor prwnoliiig .\gricullurc, which is prin ted in tlic foui^ Toluinc of the Anterican Fanner. ‘ If I hnvo-fliiled to prove that the pui suits of agriculture mny Ix.- as lucrative us other employ mcnts, it will bo an eajsior task to vindicate tiieir pleasures and their imp*’r- truico. I need not dwell on that retirement, one of the purest enjoyments of lliis liR', and the bo)>l preo^tion for the future, on these healthful onupations, on the calmnCHS of niiiul, on tliat high spirit of manliness and indopondi ne*, which naturally belong to that rondition. 'flHscare allraclioas which must hafc deep root in the human heart, since ihoy have mall linjcsfa-scinalod at onoo thf imagiiiatijn and won Ihe ju.lgmont of men. Hut I may ^ albwcd to say, that in this nation ngrica!turc is probably dostmed to at tain its highest honoi.-t, and that the cotmiry life of A.nciica ought to pfjs>-0Js peculiar attractionr..,^ I'hc pure and splemlid in‘litu- tionsofthi.-i ^>plc have emljodiod the bright est dreams of those high R[irit«, who in oth er linijs and in other lands have lamontfnl or strupgloiJ ftgainst oppression ; they have roalizod tiicMuK' conception;* wliich s|)c ii lative men have imagined, which wise m*'ri have planned, or bravo men vainly [»orish»!d in attempting to ostaWish. Their influc.ice in roclaiming tho lost dignity of man, and inspiring tho loftiest fcoling.'iof personal in- d«!pcn'lenco^ i.'i.ny bo tracod in every condi lion of our ^^izuns ; but as all objects are .n C5lia;f})y irKTuIativn, tljvir clT’cts arc peculiarly obvious in tlic country. ‘The Acicrican farmer is tho exclusive, ai>iclulo, uacontrolled proprietor of tho soil. His ‘enure ia not from the Government; tfie Kovernirient derives its power from him. There is aliovo him nothing Init God atid the laws ; no herodit.iry authority usurpini; the distinctioiw of p(,THonal genius; no ea- tablishod church spreading its dark shadow lietween him and lieavon. His frugal go- venimont n'^ither desires nor ili;ros to op press the soil; and tho albtrs of religion an upon their naturally hanl and lhankle« soil. );i everj- side tho jms-ing traveller sees ver dure, an.l gras?, and orchards, in tho small .irul frequent crifiloFures of imperibhahk: rocks; imd romaiiis fertility w.)n from the opjwsition of the elements ami nature. Af ter at» aLsonce of ton yearv, on our return to lliat c untry, we wen; struck with this pr(.ud and noble tnumjth, conspicu^HJs over the whole ngion. The real licncfactors of mankind, as St. Pierre so beautifully said, am thoae, who cause two blades of wlioat to nuiture where ono did before. 'I’he fn-lds ought to be the morning and evening theme of .\incrican!!, who love thoir country. To fertihzo and improve his farm, ought b(j the prim" tom- fK>ral obj« ct of tivory owner f the mihKtan- w here lie went; and to crown the hoax, the Morning Herald, of Thursday, contained an account of the piratical attack on and plunder of the packet ship (ieorge Canning, on lier passage from New York to Liverpool. M'e subjoin tho aceoiujt given of the above occurrencc, in the Herald, to which pa|jer, doubtless, it was furnished by Sir John S—. “ We give tho following \rxtniordinary statement, which was obtained from one of tlie passengers of the George Canning, without note or comment: raitnin({. Capftiin Allyn, bound to Livor|K>ol, from New York, wa« boarded at sea on the night of tlie ‘.iliit of June, by pirates. Six of them kc|>t station on deck, and four entered Ihe large cabin. One fellow presented a pistol at the head of a gentleman (a |4usenger) who placed hinvtelf against the door leailing to the ladies' caf)in, and thus prevented tliem efietting an entrance. Tlic pirates threatened hnn with immediate death if he did not mort out of the way, when anotlier of the paity, dressed as a sailor, came dow n, and looking at the gentleman, desired the fwrty hokling the pi.stol not to fire as he knew him. Th»- pa.songrrs and crew armed theraselves, and fired at the pirat(;s—two or three of whom were wounck*d. 'I’hoy stia;oeded, however, in regaining their lx>al, having obtained a small amount of money from one of tlie pas- s;nger-. Thismu.st luue taken place very le English coast. The ladies liavo lialsoil. All national aggnindizenK'nt, pow-[nt’ar the er, and wealth, may lie tracod to agriculture, wlwcribed a sum of money, in order to pro- csiliultlm.nto source. Cummerc; .'uiil in.m- the p-nllenian by whom they wen; so ullielurcs arc only .siilKinlii'ate rc-ults of this' gallantly d^d'ondeil, w ith a cold nnedal, which Us now manufRcluring in Liverp»>f*l. Liverpool paper. supported only liy the voluntary ofi-';rings €>f sincere piety. His inirsuits, which no jior- version eun render injurif>us to any, ure di rected to tho comm'in U:nerit of all. In multiplyiiig the bounties of ProvidfJiico, in tho iinppn^nient and Cinbelli^imient of tho soil, in the care of tho inferior uniiiials corn- mittod to hia charge, ho will find ever vary ing n*id interesting employmciU, dignifiod main spring. Wc consit’er agriculture a'- every way ^^lbsi(ii.^ry n^.t rmly to abtindanco, industr>-, comfort and health, liut to goofi morals, ami ultimately even foreligitjn. We shill always say a'ldsing, ‘Sj«eed the plough.’ ^^'e shall always regard tho Amoriccji far mer stripped to his omployrnonl, and tilling his grounds, a.s belonging to tiio first order of noblemen among ih. W'c shall a'ways w-ish hill) b'Miutiful haivo>t'J, jffyxl l»oor, nml rmrNns or the ixiox. Amon;»*t the men »-hat dire divivions ris/*, tol “I. ni/in" one, and one “ Disunion” cries. Shame on the se», wilh which llitse fi-uds began. The f'irli are all lor Vnion—to a Man. -\n old gentlonwin used frequently and strongly to recomim'ml pnideneo in cmver- mojleralo aso of cider, ami if ho will n ar | sation. “ Vou should always think thrro It himwlf, of the grape, but none of ihoji.nies Ufin- you siwak once,” was his th- vorite maxim. One evening a nogni ser vant, to whom this advice had often been [.enii'ious gladness of whiskey; and we‘vorite maxim', shall iuvoke upfin his laliors Ihe blessing of' (iml, and say to him “ p-ace Ijo within thy walls.” NATTICAL IlOVX. .\ir.ong till' p.T*v;ngera on b'.‘arJ t!ie pac- ket-s!iip tJeofgo Canning, on !icr lato v ly- ago from Now Vork, was a gcntlernon who had resided some years at New Orleans, in the capacity of agent for Ihe groat Jjrvia- than, of tho London Stx-k Exchan;;^. For given, mid somolimes rafh«'r sharply, thin proved his olx-dieiifre: “ .Massa, l’ think onee M.XSSJ1, I think twice .Mus-ai, I ihinlt thix:c times you w ig is on fire.” V:^ful prescription.—'riic f.iliowing ju dicious prcacription for calnmny, given by some ar.cient plnlcsophoi, nlll upplyequRj, - ly well to the prestint day:—If you would some action of this gentleman, his Adlow bo well spoken of, loani to mioak well of iKL'ttjcn^fors rfinccivcil that ho would Ik* a , , • . . Irorxl -Tbject on whieh to play a hoax. 'I hoy doleimined, therefor»-, to g«.t up ono on tho them, endfuvor likewis; to do well first fkvorublo opportmiity. A huspicioiis lo them, and thus you w ill reap the fruit cf looking schooner having oiiocv.ming pnswd „(■ , cIom; to tho pricket, a fo ir was t' igiieil by w)ino of them that tho w luKjner was a pirate, and that an attack miglit porimps Ix; made by the crew, in Ihe coiirjo t»f the nii^hl, on the tjoorge ('aiming. Monsun;s won; ac cordingly taken to tjivo the [liialo a v/jirm recc|)tion, should tho P-igiicd attack actn illy 1x3 made. Wh'l-if tho passengers gomTilly were to as.-i.-.t the crow of the pacKot, the gentlf!imn in question was to remain l.u'ow Kindness.—’riion.' m e two ways of put ting down and |uiei|iMg op|M)Kilim—the law of kindness and the law r.f force. 'I'lio law of firco is resf)rted to by desjx/ls and tyrant-i—tho law of kiiidnciv, witii an a- iiiendiiienl of nil evils causing conipluini and op(x>bili(.n, is that which is alw.i} s i innli v ■ by the tti;i -i of libcrsil studies, nnj cnliv’tj-1 to guard thv l;i'Ji ->.f:ve i;i !r.!:n'icr, IV :n ‘h ed l.y tl;'- viitM >us and tir
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 27, 1830, edition 1
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