i-iii .
and 1 It.-
iV
- w v - w' ',
.fO't TUB STAR.
?ru i.i rn.ic.UExr. ; . ; .
'J if bj.i in s- uut :k1 scatters f-sgratiee round. -
Ti : t.u ait l j'.ami with swrdant ttswers we crowa'd 1
.'I ;. l.-..Utr'd chorister perc!i d on every tree,
; .. e tJiat Naturc'a nrt (tf ut fcH free ..
1 , n Wuiter'f UyjPtin. 1 ' lii rtaound, '
-Tlie j.yfnl tt'tiio btk lUe iound !
The ticaa no more dekghunjj in tlie fold, .
A when oppreai'd by aad Dreemuer'a cold .... a ...
The spodeaa lamba, devoid vf wry C4p . .
Vah gladnoroe b!cutingi biltle rinin;; yew. ' :
'l li. I the aeam When I love U rove
1. !e tlio brook meandering thriMtgh the grove,
hi-n in tiie tree th fimnt; it pliii!ny
And t'iulomelatiisgt depart i - day.
ALEXIS.
ilicd in psge 76
'' Y to "I WOCtD IF I COULD,"
; . , H UiC sur. . ...
" O, we would, if we could," ,tj many mem, '
" l.i i married," but this surf, in spurting . vr.
J't-r 1 si ire there's plenty ot r irts, mid then, "I
ik me ! they don't wmii so much owirtMig, -
O, fa ik Uiitn, dear sirs, seti and wool ..t . ,
They'd noon, if they miht, fly to you. -
..... . v .... ; .. .
N-y, prnUemen, don't be ashumed! no, no, ' .,
i Anu don't be afraid nay, fear not s , k' . "'
tmU cd it's no slmme, and don't you all know' '
, Tis but when j 'jU're filent we Ikar not. ' 4 "
0, why thy? 4j wliy don't you Woo,
O.tluiik, we ir.ust wait till you do. ' ' '.'
, I wish you'd all we1 1 tor then, 1 foresee ' , '
. My joyi woul.l defy fancy's summing ;
.'I'm sure as Tin bum ii.t:'s a mute fur me,. " ,
But O! he's so mighty long coining.. , ..-...;
V Will you come w.tt you come O, do I ' ' . . , ' 1V,
Sweet sir 1 would soon By to you. " .
.-v " ., - . : .. t, -
Ah thus, wliite j ouV trifling from day to day,. " ....
.Nw pay nor thmi" lit your steps hasung, S -h
J'm wailing bid u.n my hfe aw?y, ' '
An I inyy vyh 'id nsy be.iu'y waiting.
. Wdl yuii'i ome will you come , do! .'.. ' 1
, . O, tome! I'll he kind, come and woo. ,
, ... , '. . KATY.
LiTEiunr.
. Vo?m .e E-ittton Anthohgy.
WXRSTEU'S ratAM.M Mf, niCTIOXARV, &.C. Ike.
Ia my former n"'" 1 .r, I submitted tonic
remu: !;s on rlr. vyvUstti s ; 'nner. ot irttro
tluci v- his Disrjvrries," i.ad concluded
with a promise to investigate t'e matter of the
fli sf.rtvp.rie themselven.. On t!ii heart f m'urht
- . . . .... . vaff .q.
Ayiih propriety be silent ';. as the-Heviewen,
.ivno are aounuanuy , more arie, nave ' already
: apenmniifthprl fhar tasri cut, inrlM'ri I ,.! I
, , might be on another accoimt g? for ia the great
, acquirements oi , which; r.ir. . can uoasrf l
i am deficient id the nrooortion. as a nirrnv
.:.'.'' . l. ..1 . . .... " 4 .
r r-jwcrssioius, me attempt will, perhaps, be
..'uwviuhvuvi me was mat oi tne asptr.
., - lug frog in ihr fable. Bat in truth; an incur
- , ftble caccctfo hctlbendi has , so greviously af.
flicted nje on this occasion; that -it 'will be a
" vonVraf I do not, to use the precision of Mr.
veosierk nil "ten or, tiiteen pages." The
" , fereat grammarians and refiners of language,
. ' who ffouriahed among the Saxons, the Goths,
the Celts, theTuctones& the Mohawks, from
u .wnom lur. w, extracts those marjy Bowers to
I"-4"" ' .rdeckthft Darterrtof the A mrrlAn
, fanguage, have rieyer honoured me with their
v , acquaiQtance. . ''- ' 1
; v At the very ttireahdld of hU edifice Mr V.
1 1 - , appears to me o have wofully stumbled. . In
" the first page of the preface to his Dictionary,
, ' - . - he remarks : " To mtn wim (no h.n
Vi tomed to repose almost implicit confidence in
; the authors of our principal t dictionaries and
grammars, it may appear; at first, incredible
,. . . that such writers as Johnson and Lowth should
have mistaken many of the fundamental prin.
J ciples' of 'oar language btit that such is th
, fact will appear certain to man hb will
" read a few pages in a Saicm author." Now
, I think; it will require more iogenuUy than
. even Mr. W. possessesjto ci(?lain, why those
' . t learned and profound men, Dr. Johnson and
V, . , ?sh?P, kowth", themselves, '"who have-given
1 t us such' pro6fs of their having read more han
, ' V a 'few pages in a Saton author" should not
f' t, have discovered that the fundamental princi4
-r. i,vb ?f the language had Keen mistaken, as well
- aa the a'i? man" alluded to by him. The
, ' (ruth is that thcii. acquaintance with that lan-i
, ' 1 : guage, together, with their extensive know
; ; , ledge and great judgment, not Only satisfied
; them that hresenf nn- 1 : .
: .with the .principles, of the language, but that
; changes and innovations with. regard to the
; division iq the parts of grammar, and to the
terms, were unnecessary, and ought not to be
. ' 1 ittcmpted; and Dr. Johnson has left us his
' T op'n'on on this subject, Conveyed with a force
; , , ; of language which might well have depressed
the ardour of any common man, who panted
' - 'lot revolotions in grammatical systems; At
; the very commencement of his grammar, pre
. v fixed to hi dictionary,' Dr. Johnson' has the
j fpllowing remarks i In the divistorj and or'
-, , der of the partsof grammar I follow the com.
Inon grammarians, without enquiring whether
! ; : ft fitter distribution might not be found. " Ex
; '. perience "has long show thii method to be so
- distinct as to obviate tbnfusion, and so com
. : prehensive as to prevent Unjr inconvenient
7 , omissions. ' I likewise Use the term's already
' p , received, and already understood, though per.
; . i'i faPs others more proptr might nometimes be
. invented. ui:mriius and other innovators,
. . whose new terms (one could almost believe
' that he here spoke, prophetically, nn:; '
tct.l.
ir Icirnln? into
ri...n
ih r) have t
av !. ft sufficient warning agitntl the
til "i cf tcacIiL-g arts ia a new iao-
t was one cf tse last men
.runic from the task of alterin:
irl. .
our
i bo .ie. ," Should any man douVt about 3 "ia - !.c s in
ad tus kkepucum , wou'd
: aare.
" Dr. J: -
rimman, if he f ! cause to believe that any
real utility, nod i t larm. would result from
it. He was possessed of the ability to judge.
the courage to attempt, and the power to en
force. His decisions were like the fiat of
Jove g (or . ;
. . Critii k " attentive, trembled ss he t; ke.
lie perceived that lhouh, crArr", terra
more proper might sbmettmes be invented,"
yet he evidently considered this to be uncer
tain g and as those already in use were well
understood, ne -was aeciaea against eucn an
tntartoui innovation. '. . .
" - .... . A.
It was a reasonable remark ol terne that
he had M do objection to hi friend riding a
hobby-horse,' provided he" himself was not
compelled to get Bp and ride behind. -' And
Mr. Webster WuoUl have met wiih no obsta
cle in prancing his various nags for he ha
rode many of them all the days of hi life if
he had not most: tmreasonably and uncourte
ously applied his. whip to t!5e shoulders of his
less aspiring; country-men, for not mounting
To borrow the manner of Mr. Webster,
f I am prepared by a minute examination of
this subject to affirm"(and surely one man
has as good a right to affirm as another) that
the great revolution which the present age has
witnessed has not been productive of more
evils in the political world, than the revolu
tioas which such speculative men, give them
full scope, would produce in the literary..
though I cannot also say with Mr W that
" a volume' would not contain the truths that
I might unfold on the subject," yet I trust
that in a few pages I can adduce " truths"
enough to show, first, that, the tendency of the
innovations which he proposes will be the op
posite of improvement and, secondly, that i
improvements are to be accomplished in Ian
guage or in grammar, Mr. W.of all men pos
sesftes the fewest qualifications for thoseobjects.
I do not deem it necessary to ' clF.r many
reasons to convince any reflecting mind that
the tendency ot.such innovations on "respec
-11 .'v .', . t mm 'nii ' I '
taoiei national, ana present use, ' . is to place
U on, an .ocean that has ;no, shore., To the
genuine principles of orthography, grammati
cal dortstructipn, and,' the ,v interpretation . of
words JMr. W.j 13 in direct hostility j.llis
plan. tor re-racing, our steps pr, -,as he ac
KHowi.-iig- j that he himself has doue, of un
learning what he has bjeti taiight, to conduct
us back to pat huge tower, wher "was con.
ibuai'ed tHe lancrirtre nf nil the earth." ' - '"'
critical Pronouncing Dictionarv, observes.
tas uur nguag? nas acpartcd trom its Sax
on original in a thousand instances. I knnw
not why we should encumber it, by preserving
a"uu ituuaruics, wnen 6ucn improvements
'ib m ui cuiuvation ;oi tetters
enable us to class wprds in a clearer and more
analogical manner.;', ; '
v Murray also id h'is recent edition of the
grammar in two volumes octave ha
ably and satisfactorily discussed this subject.
If fanciful or learned etymologists," says
he, are to decide for us by thejr remote re
searches and discoveries, our improvement
i c ena. y e nave nothing to do but to
inquire what was ' the practice 1 of ancient wi-L
teis, and to submit to the rude phraseology of
nilthrir. . urkn r.- f !f. ........ . V
....v., ir uiicnourio us in science
and literature. But durino- thi
should be plunged into a state of uncertainty
and fluctuation. The various opinions and
contests, of our Saxon etymologists would per
plex andwnfound us. This however. would
not be our onlv emharrascWiAnf. fn
. . , V v ... .v n Villi
time a deviation from the: Saxon must correct
present usagei at another, a more, , recondite
examiner Would be able to show, that in the
points contested, neither the Saxon nor present
usae is consistent, with the Gothick or Teu-
tonick. trom which the Saxon itelf wn
rived. ' There would indeed be no boundary
to these, re mote and obscure derivations ; and
we should have no decisions , upon which we
could rest with satisfaction.; Etymology,
when it is guided by judgment, 'and proper li
mits are set to it, certainly merits preat atten.
Jion; it is then highly conducive to perspicu
ous and accurate language.' . But' the sugges
tions of fancv. or the far fetched ,15
of learning, should not be allowed to super
sede the dictate of common sense , and rati
onal improvement.; Ancient usage is not the
test by which the correctness of modern lan
guage is to be tried. ' Our ancestors were cd-
vcrucu ay .taeir.own ugrtt, we must 'be go.
verned by our." : ' , . ; - , .
English Words; whatever mav fivi hh
their origin, claim now, by prescription, the
right of being considered as English,, - If not,
why ha Mr. Webster deviated from "his rule
in many of hi definition in his dictionary f-
ucu ine mountain, now in th nnncr nfio.
bour, shall brinir forth foot a mimw lM th.
terrifick volume with which we are threatened,
all will doubtless be correct, all will doubtless
be consistent. We shall then find that a" but
terfly is defined to be chrysalis, and a frog a
tadpole, because, forsooth . it la certain tliaf
these animal proceeded from a chrysalis and
a tadpole. .. ,: , -.;
JNow to my second rrfinoifinj Mr
Webster is of all men
lualifications for the great task of improving
the EcgUi
this fjxt.
could h but take a survey of the scene whk!
the table, before roe1 exhibits. It is leal. J
with the literary lumber of Noah Wtbster,
j'la, Esq. Spelling Books, Old Grammars,
New Grim mars, First Paru, Second
Parts," " Third Parts," Elcr nt and
again, their First P?ns," Se, , vA Parts,"
Third Parts, iteru.cque, itcrumque t puns
direct, puffs . oblique, puffs collateral, with
plans fur suppressing all projects but his own
in New York Spectators. Boston Centinels.
Albany GazeUes; and Hartford Courauts
octavo volume of Fogitir Peeces ritten t va
nout . times az wil aopeer in th improved
mode of spelling two octavo volumes, oo
Pestilence, another on the English lanpMaffe s
one letter on religion, another to Dr. Karasay
oa the f llotten,tot" Johnson, a his f wretch
.',1 ' .... 7 "
end.
roceeJed a
; upper
le r -1
From th
Tait run
: centre cf
let cf S
t:.;
edyimperfect",dittionry a,CpMfEKDiODsd7in the fonn and size of a large goose's
v legionary wiui jive thociakd words more
than can be found in the best English, Com
mends g a Utile Dictionary not tf ; and pro
posals for anoiher,a qreat deal bigger
i confusion worst confounded" I . J
UTHE ARTS.
- - TOR THE STAR. ,
MettrH Editori.m-1 send vol! for rjublicaifcn a
New Invention of mine b JDisdlling Bmndy, for
whkh I intend making sppUcauon for a Patent
Kighu , As the season for disalling fruit is now at
hand, snd believing that r aimers will find a consi
derable advantage in pursuing this method. I i.m
willing that those who ure desirous of carrying it
into exertion shall do so, provided they consider
themselves bound to "pay the price of the Putent
right Qa case the same shall be obtained) whenever
called on. 1 7 This notice is therefore given to all
who may wish to make the experiment, andt the
same time to forwaru all persons from making an
application fur the rijht which I claim as my own
Have two tubs made of the same size, 03k tim
ber and very thick staves) place these tubs not ijrvore
than 4 or 6 inches a part f the tub that contains the
rouodiogUii itile.a; pcanng to iv, :
bottom of a Unnel, Lie a skein t e
ITus funnel was formed bv the ci"
about one inch and an half bcW 1
petals,' sr. J by candle-Ught it apje. , r
beautiful pea-green. Th fiower wa,
ted on an imbricated sulk, 6 inches k
from 3-4 to 1 inch diameter, hairy, and f iitr
sharp-poiatcd leaflets. It shot out herizen.'
tally from the plant which is not more ' ,
half an inch diameter, and is 5 feet luh,
ing'insome parts 5 in some t angles. I,,, ,
the prickly pear ( cactus opuntia J it has r
leaves, but is beset with dusters of tpi.c-.
The flower was observed in its full beauty an 1
vigor till after one o.clock, whenJie"cjmpanv
rrl 1 1 Y m M Aam s a-h m m. St.. L. 11 .1 '
eE5siJnHJ'L;Vl5.coure ot tne dav wiuieitd a; 1
shrivelled up. VTtoTairctTctJTlts intcrn.1
organization excited as much admiration s
iu etternal beauties had before Salem C ,
k 'Jtlanvfu'fure f Paper- pleasant enct
to conbidir the changes that a linen frstm
undergoes in the manufacture of paper, '1
finest piece of holland, when worn totau r
assume a new whiteness more beautiful 1
their first,' and often return in the shape ol 1
ters to their. native, country. ( Alady'shy
kerchief may be metamorphosed into 1,.
deux, and come into htr possession a si c :
time. A btau may peruse his cravat a'.. .-
is worn put, with greater pleasure abd.advn
tage than ever he did in a glass., i In a word,
i
r :
a ptefje ol cloth, after having othciated lor torn .
years as a towel or. a kncpkiMi may by tl'.i
means, be raised from a dunghill, and become
the .most valuable .piece ot furniturst'ia a
Prince's Cabinet.lwwn. , ' '
i , , THE BOOK OF JOfl.' - -f- --i
This book is the most astonibhing of r.U li-.
terafu nhjnnmcna. I ra ntithniir it tola h; tin-
worm of the still, in the usual Way, should be ron-, kn' It U not cven known in hat :' r f
IT hi , wSl IT "toP"f fo the worldit was written. Mosesis supp. ; , 1 f
majr be donti with a head croted' in after the wormts. ' . s .1. 1 1 e '
is fixed in ;th) tub, or k may be dob.; with aUdT?. w.r,ae" -ftf wht? l0?1de', X,liad tl
something like that of a churn, and can be taken oSl M,t,,an But Josephus tellsus that M oses w. 1 h :
should it be neccss The othe Jn th - ' f
no worm, should be axed in the same way.'T U theie ' I,",'
side of theso two tubs,' new the bottom pipe ori a resemblahct; of st) le," between the ' songs" of , i
tube-must, be fixed, that will convey the cider orlthe Hebrew lawgiver and any part 01 the boo!;
moouy you are about to oisui, irom one tub to the of Job, it must be but a taint one. Uoth a:.-
liusis to be made use ot to keep the sjii-iuno-ed wiih the same, cloomv hue of antiquity.
. ..!.: . . - .1. '..r v. . k. r. t
I UOlfilDg CISC SIC llieY Ulna. 11 ia uciitvtu
au in the botk ertiiUd Job," there is not
one decidedly evi!h 4lUusipn, unless the hit t
of the ceneloirv. EKhii. the son t.f Baroclul
othct.
uiuraxtk uni in h uraww tsiiifw tha ndii mik .idd 1 . ... - ;-i
::: ;sz'r"':?..xu:. ' .""u -w.o tu book enmkd
JVU MIU3L III! UJ UIC IUU UIM I1H IIU.'WUI Ul,
which will immetiidtely carry itself into the other tub,
fHiatllrrK tiina awil rilt TAts ,4 Ansn.T I.a!..1.s
"V5V puw Trass is. vv tUUftl Hiuiiw IU , - . - 1 j- t sl
both tubsjumil tlwynie filled.. . In the tub that con- thc Huzite ot the kipored ot Kam, ii m b I:
lji.,...,; r... t...T - i m, ,r -mf .ryriifjrjprL y, hi re w;is the lard of Uz s At n
lusher Uian tiiU ton Of iouC kiltie. whirl Mi l. ,.., llidiiirhf 1 i'A r 1 "T . ""TTi A f t W"V I ,?
hn,i uiu iub Wi, uiyvut nine, w nic.n ts ttii nn
JUtle simple conveyance,., n ill -carry your hot cidtr
iiitouie.Keuie, wi tn it vuu bo almost ready to boil
by the. time .you fll up your Mill (I mean after the
fi.at suU.full-js run pflf.) This is .to be done in
making the fust gunnings,', which is the piincipjl
partofdibtilling". Whe.n you. double ycuy spirits
you must use .water in both tubs in the, same wav.
any more tlian to let it out on the ground instead of
tunveyini; it into tne Kettle. K -3 w r .
By follow ijig the above plan a, saving of Rt leak
one third of the time will be made much less wood
or water will be required y atVci what will be a gie'at
er advantage to most farmer, is. that tl.
of ttils motle enables them to to save their cron of
r..: .....l. r i ...a .1 a, . . -
hiui wun icwer stanus, me want ot which not un
frequcntly is the cause of the loss of great portion
of the fruit. PETER ARIUNG I ON.
AaH county, July SO, 1 8 10. .
j4 Jt A-- .
. 'A "Mv. Manufacture', We understand that the
true fietuHse and (the earthy substances used
in tne manui icture ot China) have been discovered
in the United States j i,r,d that China, eriual to that
impone.q irom tne jcst-indies, has been made.
. . ?? M 0 - .Jlurwa.
19
Ar".. . '".I4v ail
'pa
" Omncs undiqul flosculos, carpamus atque delibem1
us."
TAe Night .blooming Ctreus.
The flower of this plant expands in the
evening only, shuts up Jbefore morning, and
never opens again. .
Several Ladies and Gen tlemert were crat-
ified with a sight of this rare,' magnificent and
beautiful flower, which displayed itself on the
night of the 9th inst. at the seat of Mr. Eze
kiel Hersey Derby, in; South Fields, Salem,
Massachusetts.' It be Ran to ooen about 6
o,clock, P. M. in the green-house, and was
soon after carried into a large room in the
house, to accommodate th company with a
view of the progress of its evolution. It con
tinued lo open till .about 12 oclotk, when all
its beautie and magnificence wet. displayed,
and the whble room was strongly scented with
its perfume. v. Having. been taken from the
hot-house to a cooler place, its progress of ex
panding 'was probably slower , than it would
otherwise have been. When fully blown, its
diameter was about 8 , inches fthls' heiner a
young plant,) : .the pointed leaflets of the ca-
iyx, to tne number ot 76, lormed the outer
circle, appearing like so many beautiful yellow
rays, within which wasdisnlaved another cir.
cleof26 petals or leaves, of a' mos: delitate
wniieiaaiuerent strata ,1 he .leaves were
loaght m Araa. lu ffie SCth chapter cf
Genesis, we read of Uz, the son of Dishan. of
Uhe dukes of the Holites, thc children of Seir ia
sTtiatJpd of Etiom. " In the 25th of.Jerenii..1
we read ol Pharaoh kmgof Egvpt,and his ser
vants, and his princes, uud all hu ' people," an i
all the mingled people, aaci all the kings of th:
iand of Us. Job mutithave been an Jshmalite
ortn Edoinhe. . And yet he appears to have had j
a plainer. revelation ot our saviour ( than ths'
ruost favoured of. the IJebrew prophets. F or I
know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he V
shall stand at the latter day upon, the earth J And
tho after my skin, worm destroy this biidy, yet
in my flesh shall I see' God: whom I shall see
ft)r myself, and mine eyes shtd behold, and not
another. Job xix, 35, 26, 27, , , , ';
Domestic Calatmtyt has seldom, if ever, oc- ,
curred to us, to notice so calamitous a train Of mis
(ortuues as that which has lately occurred in the fa- -.
rally of captain C. of jhe EdSt liudleigh Regiment
of. .local Militia.. An affectionate, anxiety tow- '
ards a nephew, who was seized with a fever, at J
boarfling-school,near his residence, induced captai
C to remove hhri to his own house, but the ell'oi
ofmedicbl cut e were imavuilingi and he fell a vid
tim totle disiii-der. .The infection remaining if ;
the house, capt. C 's eldest daughter; a most excej
lent and accomplished young lady, aboui SSl year!
of age, soon fell sacrifice to its malignity. Ano
ther daughter, 1 8 years of age, had scarce!" follow i
ed her sister to the grave, before she hersell became;
a corpse through the same feyer.' Intelhguiice, af
this unhappy juncture, also reached the wretched
parents, announcing the death of a son, sixteen years: .
of age, in the East Indies; SccbnGrming a prior ac4 A
count ot the shipwreck ot another son (their eldest)
in the Bjy of llengal ; and that this cup .of wool
should want noihinir of its bitterness, it was the will I
of providence that another daughter, a lovely girl
of seven years of age, should be seized with illness b
on Good Friday last, soon after leaving church, ?
where she had been in apparent health ; and on ra' i
turclay night, her ahott and innocent career ot lue'
was also terminated I These iippulline events have
all transpired within the luat two months. The tif
fJicted parents, supported by a correct sentiment o
duty; toward their, few remaining offspring, ani
strengthened by a habitual sense 01 rclnrious h elirif
uphold themselves under their- dreadful vistUuoi
ot domestic misery, with, becoming fortitude a
although the Phlafsot Heaven ore thus fiercely pc
ing upon tliein,. evince' a corresponding since
wriVi K . . 1 .. . ...1 . 1 . : . ..1.;..:. u ..n
nivu tiaai AAbavcu-ltru ejuCUlUUUII, YVIUl-u sa9
I hv will ha done V , - -
in
av
al
A Tew, BUflrjosW himself iniured bv aAi I h
thanti happened to meet him
an altercation -ensued, in which the
L.evite challenged his opponent to me
1 ?.r .'Y a.. Lrfln an
a v.Mircin:iii iiiate, anu settle jhb , , : f
M- ' .' ii tit triAr '
iiuinuiinuic inanner. .,:,,t unau nut 1.
challenge, (said the merchant,) I .
a duel with a Tew. Then vou ? 8e-
ClireJ ( fl!fl Virii'rrihlA rA man.
ver be challenged by any cans