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POiSrilY. l iDK OK I.U K. 1 S.iw, uliilc the cartli wus at rest. And t!io curt:iiiis ot'licav’n were jjlowiiig, A brri'Ze full of balm from the west, OVr till- face of a sleepy hike blowinpf; It nifrieil a w ave on its shore, Ainl the stillness to billows was broken ; The g’ale left it culm as before ; It slept as if never awoken. Not thus with the dull tidoKif life ; One cheek niuy be sorrow’d by wcoj)ing, While fr(.efr(»ni liie bree/;cs ot strife, Another in pe.ice may be ske|)in},''. The wave once disturbed bv the breeze, Can tranquilly slee p ap.ilii never, ’Till destiny chill it, and freeze The calm it had broken forever, J Sj)oken extempore to a Lady on being asked “ V\ hat the world was like The world is a prison in ev’ry respcct, hose walls are the lu avensin common j The ijaoli r is sin, and liie prisoners men. And the fetters are nothing but—womk.n. All ])leasiire consists in Vuruly. TMK TAi E f>F CONQl-'KUOHS. Since Uie rcia;n of Auirusliis, the worlil has seldom been so lV(!e from war and liloodshetl as ni the proent iiioiiieiit. The 'I’liiks and (ii-fks, in a small spot on the oonfmes ol Kitro])e and Asia, are canvin^on a j)etty warfare; hut excepl- infi; in (|u;uUt, Kuroj)e may l)esaid to enjoy iho ino.st profound repose. All tlie a;reat states, that in tlu;ii'tun> hav(- contended for the mastery, are at^jeaee W’ith one another, and most of them are free from internal broils. Asia, Alrica, and America, wiih the exception of a few occasional skirmishes, seem to fol low the example of Kurope, which, indeed, for a^es has not only l>een the gr at theatre of war, hut the original cause of most of those commotions that liave devastated tlie world. ' At the pre sent day, wlicn t!ie hlessini^s of peace are so justly appreciated, one is astonish ed at the madness of the pu^'plc in fol- lowin" aml)itioiis leaders, to war and death, and disjjosetl to ask, what htne- fit ll.ese leaders themselves derive iVoni tlie inisi'ries uf which their in>ali.d)Ie ain- biliun was so fie|iictilly theeanse. His tory, “theijreat niistnss of wisdnm,” poi ts out two rcniarkahli- eirciiDista'iCi'S i’ thei.' late, w hicb cannot fail toslrike the most careless observer. Of all the nii^lity conipi'Tois that have heen jjrais- ed t)V j'oefs, admired hy their ioih;wet.s, and a'iored foi‘a nioineiit hy llieircoun- try/neo—tliat have made haht^s faiher- Jess, wive> widows,, and c.u i’ied rnin and devastation in their liain—how lew liavc fallen in battle, a id yet iiow few have come to a timely end ! Perii ips not one in ten has die.! a natural death.— Tiiey made themselves runspicuons lor a time—they marked the atje in wh.eii they lived ; but they seenied to rise a- bove the stream of time lather as bea cons 'to deter, than as guides to he lul- lowe;!. Poison, assassination, or disap pointed amhition, connnonly j)Ut an end to th'ir dazzliiij' career. Witness the fate '.if those, who, in ancient times, %\-('ie surnarned tiie (ireat, and deemed the first warriui’s of their a>re. C'yrus the Great, after conquerint; Media, Ly dia, iMid Assyria, had his head cut oil'hy a woman, wlio tiirew it into a’vess>_l filled with blood, and addressed it in these words, “(In, quench there that thn>t for blood wliieh seemed insatia ble.’’ Mihiadcs, who commanded the Athenians at Mai athon, and was reckou'- etl the most celebratetl general of his age, was nrcu'^ed of treason hy the ^V- theiiinns, am! comiemned to death. — The sentence w.ts cf)mmuted for a line, ■which he was 'unable to pay, and he died in prison, j^aiisanias, who con quered at Plata?a, and slew ahont .'iOO,- t)0() Persians, w,\s starved to death in the temple of MInerva, whither he had fled to save hini*i‘-lf from the fury of his countrymen. 'I'hcmistocles, \\ho was c.illeil tli(.‘ most wailil.e and coui’a-jeous of all tl;e (ireeks, who dcslroyc d the formidable lleet (d’ \er\es at Salanii.s, and slew and drowticd rountle'is tlious- onds (if Persians, was haiiisj.cd by the cajii'ici.ius Athenii’iis, ch jivered hini>Llf like N ipoleon thelireat, into the hands of his former eiieiiiies, ,ind die(i (by poison, afrnrdinijj to some) in exile. Kpaminondas, the 'I’hehan, by his ex traordinary tileiit'i, raised iiimsclf to the first rank in the st:dc, defeated tlu; Lace demonians at the famous battle of Leuc- tra, w as afterwards accused as a traitor, find about to be condemned to death, when his countrymen pardoned him on account of his former services, and pla ced him at the head of an army, where be was slain in the -ISth yearof his age. Pliilip of Macedoii, by his intrigues and arm'i, conquered alJ the neighl)our- ing stutcb aiul linall^ tlcslroyed tije in dependence of Cirecrp at tlie battle oi” Ch.'eronea, was assassinated at the age of ibriy-seven, when on tiie p(;int of lead- in:; his victoi'ious armies against the bar- ';ai i:uis of the Kast. His son, Alexau- ler the (Ireot, who eonfpiered Asia Mi nor, Euypf, Media, Syria, Persia, and deemed the world too small for his eon- jiiests, was [/rematnrely cut off in the thirty-second year of his age, supposed to hav(r b (11 poisoned at the instigation of his favorite general, Antipater. Pyr rhus, the Kpirot, declared by llatinihal the ic“ :'tes| (jf captains, fell by the hand of a woman. Hannibal bimsell', the prince of generals, after conquering S|)ain, and ictaining povsession of Italv for sixteen years against all the jjower of the liuinai.s, was deft.atcd by Scijiio atZama, fled to Syria, thence to Hilhy- ni.i, where he pois(med himself, to elude tlie swords of his enemies. Seipio, bis eoiupieror, as famous hu’ his virtues as a cili/en as hi> inilitaiy |uali!ies, was ac cused of cxtoiti(ni, aud was obliged to llee fnjrn li(»me. He died in exile at Literiuim, in the lot (y-ei'i,hth j ear ol' his age, and left, as his dying re(juest, iiiiil his b (lies miK'>t i.ol l)i* laid uuli those of bis nni;i'uteruI cuntilrymen. Mi- ihridau-s, K.itiK'oi‘i'(iir.us, by lus skiU jnu bravery opposed ihc Uonian pusvcr lor thirty y( urs,' anl u .is duei^tred by ins eticniKs u lUoif |>(jvvtMlnl uiid indel.i tigable uchcisary tluiii tlu- giea; lUiii- iiibul, Ilj rrlius, Pt-rseus, or A niujt. lins, was doomed to dealli by his unnaUir.il son, iittempted lo pdso:i iiimsidi’, ami tjoi succeeding, fell npuii his s\\ oi (i (Aiili(»- chus was murdered by his I'ollowei s in the temple ol liehis, at -i mu : l*ei - seus was carried l aptive lo liu’iie, ;md ounl in pribii.»u.) Scipio, tlu'youti'n-r, v\ luj went over the ruins of C ai tliag-e, (if v/ldch be had been the.nnu dlini;-cause, was, after the must iisloiii:5luii!.; v iclories, on the pr>inl of beiiiv^ nu.(k‘ diclalor, when he wus found tli ad in liis bed, murdered ill tlie iiisiig.aiun (d‘ ids w ilV. aiul tlie iri- univirs, C’ai bo, (Iracchus, and I’laK.ns.— Citiiia u as •,;.ssjssiiiai'cd b} one ui' his oi'. n otlicei-s. .duiius and Sylla, the most (. rui'l of lli,uiaii ifeiii.'i als, died in their be(.s; but tlieir deaili was hastened by ex(essi\e drinkinj^, in which they in- dul-^ed, lo bmnl the slings of a guilty c.iiscionce. I’or a time the trinm\irs I o:sur, Ponqx'v, and Crassus, goverfied iiie world. Chu.isus was treacherously pul to deuib l)v Smena. Ponqn y ihc.tJreal, the friend of Cato, u ho cuiHjuered .Milbrldales, was defeated by Ccesur in tiu' plains ol' Pharsalia, Sc as- >asiiuited l>y tommand of Ptolemy, whom he had proteried and j)Iaced on the throne, 'riie fate e,f Ca:siir himself is well hii(jwn. iJy his asloiiishin'j abilities he l aised hiJO'-elf lo the first rank as u g-en- ei ai and an orator. Afier deleaiini^ all his enemies, lu' triumphed in one day o- verlive ddlei ent nations, (iaul, Alexan dria, Poiilns, Africa, and Spain ; he con quered tlwee hundred luitions, took eicjhi linndred Cities, slew u inilliiHi of men, was created perpetual dictator, and became masierof the world, lie generously fur- !(a\e his bilteresl enemies, and was assas sinated by his most intimate friends in the lifty-sixtli year oi' his age. Cicero was bcheafled near (iaeta, and Cato stab- ed himself in Utica. IJiulus, Cassius, and Anthony fell on their swords. Ol’ the twelve Cxtars, tliO success-ive mas- tei-s of the world, nine sull'ered a violent death. O Curas Jmmimim / 0 quuntiim csl in rchits Inunt/ Siniilar instances might be produced in modern times, to show how foritine sports with the destiny of mightiest meiij l)ul it will be suflicient to close this mor al catalogue wilh the tragical eiul of two I (jutcmporaries, the greatest conunand- ei s, on their rcspecti\e elements, that the world ever saw. Kelson, by his undiunl- ed courage, his skill and jiersevcrancc, raised himself far a!)ove all his compeers, deleated every Heel tlial o[)posed‘ him, aud when at the sumnul of fame, and the last shot wus lired at the enemy, died, al a premature, age, of a wound whit.li he had received in battle. Bonaparte, the hero of t!ie age, commanded ihe mo.M ef fective and powerful arnues that ever wi'til forth in i)attle, who unde and un made kings at his'pleasure, whs defeated al \Vui('r!oo, l)ani-lH*(l foi- ever from his native country, and died of a broken heart on the dreary rocky island of St. Helena. Old Diogenes, in his lul), with a little sunshine, amusing himsell' with the foi bles and frailties of the surrouruling mul titude. and (piietly slippinir into his grave at the patriarchal age of ninety-six, had some reason to treat with contempt ilif vanity of the (Femi-god Alexander. Eng. paper. ANTX'DO'I E or |{. n. SIIF-IUDAN. [ntoM mootik’s life of siTF.ninAsr.] The Trial of W’arren Hastings still “dragged its slow length along,” and, in the May of Ibis year (17i>4) Mr. Sheridan was called upon for his reply on the IJe- giim Charge, h was tisual on these oc- lasions, lor the Manager who spoke, to be assisted l)v one (d' his I)rothcr mana gers, whose task it was to carry tlie bag that contained his paper.s, atid to read out whatever Minutes might Ix* referred to in the course of the a» jj;uineiit. Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor wr.s 'he person who undertiiolv this (jt'ici; t(jr Sheridan; but, on the moirdng of the sptech, »q>on his asking for ibe bag that he was to car ry, be was tohl by Slieridan that there was none—ueiiher bag nor papers. They nuist nianage, he saiii, as well as they could w ithout tiieni ;—and, when the pa()c!'s wei'e called lor, his Iriend must pul the best coun'.enancc he could upon it. As for hiiubcif, “ he would a- muse Ned Law—ridictde Plumer’s long orations—make the court laugh—.please the women, and, in short, witn 'I'aylor’s aid, would gel triumphunlly ihPough his tusk.” His opening of the case was listened to with the profoundesl at entiun ; but w hen he came to contrast the evidence ol tin; Commons w it.i ihui adduced by Hust ings, II was not long behire the Chancel lor inlerrupKcl hnn, with a request that the pritued minutes to which he ri ferred should i^e rea(l. Sheridan answered thui his friend, .\ir. Taylor, v\ould leud them j and Mr. Taylor alVected to send for the i)ag, while the orator begged leu\e, in tin* mean lime, lo proceed. Again, liowever, his statements rendered a refer- I'ncejtotlu* mimites necessary, and again he w us interrupted b> ihe CMuuiceilor, while an oMte:) alu f SherKiait's bag w..> ruised ifi all directions. At hi st the blame was laid on the Soia I’or’s Clerk—ilien a niessuge was despatched to Mr. Sheri dan’s house. In l!ie mean lime, the ora- toi was proc( eding hrillianily'cuul sui> cessfully in ins uiguinenl; umi, on some fur her iiiierrupwon and exiiosiuiaiion fr(Jin tiie ('iiancellor, raised his voice un:l said, in a (iignihed K;n-, “On the pail (i the Coininons, and as a Manager ol this Impeachment, 1 shall cotVlii'.'t my ca^-c as 1 ihlnk proper. I nu\jn to i)e concet : and your Lordsldps, huv mg the printed minutes I)efore you, wiil afterwurtls see whether I am ri:>,ht or wrong.” During the bustle product il by the in- f]uii ie'i after the ba;;, Mr. I’fjx, alarmed at the inconvenietice whicli, he fc art.'d, the want of it might occasion to Sheri dan, ran up from the Manageis’ rooi.t, and demanded eagerly the cause of this mistake from Mr. Taylor, who, hiding his mouth with his hand, whispered him, (in a tone of which they alone, who have heurd this gentleman relate the anecdote, cun feel the full humor,) “The man has no bug !” The whole of this characteristic con* trivance was evidently intended by Sher* idan to raise that sort of surprise at the rearliness of his resources, which it was the favorite triunqdi wf his vanity to cre ate. I have it (jii the authority of Mr. William Sinylhe, that pre\iously *o the ilelivery of his speech, he passed two or three duys alone at W’anstead, so occupi ed from moi uiiig till night in writing and reading of papers as to compiain in the evenings that he ‘‘had motes before his eye.” The mixture of real labor wilh apparent cai*tlessness was, indeed, one of the most curious features of his life and character. The follow ing will no doubt afford a- inusement not only to the Farmer but to the general reader. It is extracted from the Report of ihe Committee on sw'in!'., of the Worcester (Muss) Agricultural So ciety The committee on Swine, regret that time will not allow them to give some what in detail the history of an animal that has so long been known and esteem ed as the Hog. The chase of the Wild Boar has been from the earliest time the exercise of courage and valour. It has employed Kings and Princes, and the destruction of the Boar of Celvdon, was a proud feui in the chivalrous life of Mea- leager even in the romantic daj's of (ireecc. It was this animal that made the most conspicuous figure in the feasts of the Romans in the luxurious days of their glory. And surely if any one may feel the pride of Ancestry, and borrow importance from his pedigree, it is the Hog, descended as he is from the mon arch of the forest, the play mate of he roes, and the guest al the tables of Lm- perors and K.ings. But for your committee, their duty has had nothing of romance about it.—'riiey went not forth with lance and mailed ar mour to the task assigned them; they wetit not to encounter the Boar of the for est, j^'alous of the approach of man, but to the plain, fat citizen Hog, w hose lair was the bed in the fresh turf that he had rooted out to repose in, and whose only note of defiance wus an impatient snuff at being driven from his soft couch to ex hibit his iorm and proportions before them. They did not, however, shrink from their task, although so little fame or glory attended it, and they went through its duties Avithout harm or mo lestation even in their Siniday attire. And now most respectfully beg leave to offer as the result of their examination, the fol lowing Report:— Tn awarding the premiums, they were thrown into a dilemma, j)leasant and >ei painful, on account of the great numbei of very tiuc animals that w ere hi ought under theirnoiice and consideration,‘and their inability under the regulations oi the Society, of awarding any more jne- miums where so many seemed deserving of them. After the inimitable delineation of the qualities of the Hog, and his traits ol character given by the Committee who had the honor of addressing you the last year, your Cominiltec would deem it su pererogatory to add any thing more than their testimony also, to his possessing many of the qualities that distinguish ihe modern fine genileman.—They would, however, confine these remarks to quadru peds alone. They ditl not consider their jurisdiction asextenchng to any bui such swine as were shut up in pens, according to the rules of the Society. They rejoice, however, that owing lo the progress ol ligiit, und the dissemination of correct agricultural notions, none oiher were of fered for pix'iuium, or were for exhibi tion. Tiie Committee, however, cannot re gret that their piovi'ice was so limited, i'hey were too much interested in what came legiiimalt ly under lh(ur considera tion, lo wish for a moment to enlarge iheir jurisdiction They do not err when they call liie subject of rai.>ing uiul fatten ing Sw iiie, one of greul inlerce t..—In these days, wiien eutiu^ seems to be the busi ness of life wiib'so many, an animal tliui combines so mu(.h lo love iii the way of eating, cannot fail to interest all. Who does not w ish lo feel a kind of moulh-im- lering, when he thinks of the luscious and ienderand roasted the sa vory suusu^c, aud the long catalogue of cakes, from the simple dough-met down wards, that directly or indirecily owe their existence to ihe fat unwieldy por ker, that reposes before him. And w'hen we, as agriculturalists, rellect that all these are not the result^f lender nursing and pampering with rich food, but of the offal of the iarm and the refuse of the dairy room, which by a kiml of alchymj he transmutes into these rich luxuries, our interest in the auimul must be great ly increased. I'or ourselves, we ca^i listen with indit*- ference to ihe praises of the poets who have sung the ambrosial food of the gods and goddesses, for we do not beiieve that there was in the whole cook-book of Jove, a dish that could equal that which any good house-wife of modern dayscati Ibrm without trouble or expense, from the humble animal it has been our duty this day to notice. And the committee cannot conclude without exhorting a'll who would live well themselves, and raise up a hardy race, to fill their places after them, to see to it that their sfi/ej are never tenantless ; nor their/jor/t barrels empty. By order of the Committee. EMOllY WASHBURN, Chairman, DR. CIIALMKRS. * A correspondent of the U. S. Literary Gazette thus describes the manner and personal appearance of this distinguish ed occupant of the sacred desk. We think it will scarcely coincide with the preconceived ideas oTmost who have pic tured him only from a knowledge of his works. “.My first sally into the street, was on Sunday morning, to St. .Tohn’s church, a nondescript piece of archiiecinre, in the eastern part of the city, but the centre of attraction for the many passengers who ihrong the pavement of the CJallowgate, as ihey move onward ‘ to hear Dr. Chal mers.’ The steps were thronged by a crowd of reject applicants for admission; the desire of hearing so distinguished a preacher, inducing many struggles to aliempt forcing their way in, to the no slight inconvenience of the legiiimale pew-holders. We got in just as the preacher rose to read out the first psalm. The reading was excessively awkward, his voice wretched, and his pronunciation so dis figured by national accent as to be some times unintelligible. SiiU ihere was a vein of deep and earnest emotion pervad ing the whole excicise. wliich made it, lo say the least, impressive. His opet. ing prayer I shall remember while I liv^ It wa.s begun in the low husky ulterancc, w hicii he has entailed on himself by tlui excessive exertion of the voice w hich is inseparable from the vehemence of his emotions, and the climax fashion of Iiig inierminable sentences. At first he was barel>';,audible ; but he seenied to gather strength as he proceeded. There was still, however, a kind of hesitancy in hig manner; he seemed to labor with gigan tic conceptions, for which even his ohh lofty expressions were utterly insufFi- cient. His countenancc bespoke a solem- nized fervency of feeling, such as I had never before seen on human features.—- The vehemence of his manner startled me at first—but I soon lost sight of this^ and of his accent, and of all 'that was dis- agreeably peculiar in hiti manner. \ more sublime address to the throne of Eternal Majesty, I haw never heard from the lips of man. The force of the preach- er’s mind seemed to burst through th© veil that hides the spiritual world from ordinary minds, and to be holding inter course wilh liviug and present realities. Every thing that he wished you to per ceive, became as it were palpable to the very sense, lu the conceptions of his grand, but somewhat rude mind, thegro- lescpie I found often mingled w'lth the sublime. What do you think, for in stance, of the following idea in a pray, er } Alluding lo the commercial disU-css ihen prevailing, and interciding for the victims of a glutted market, ins expres- sions were, ‘And now that the surfeited and overlain world is rolling buck on iha heads of its children, the fruits of their frantic speculations,’ &c. But it was in the sermon that the preacher seemed to make his deepest im pression. He began in the same man. ner as in the psalm and prayer, and went through the introduction in a sort of con versational undertone which almost bor dered on the ludicrous. As his ideas ex panded, and his feelings began to pl.iy, he became more and more animated in his delivery; from animation he roie lo vehemence, I had almost said to phrenzji he literally screamed till his voice broke. His one and only gesture was rejieaicd w.ith fiercer and yet fiercer energy, till he seemed about to fling himself from thi* pulpit. Then his corporeal powers would fail; he would make a long pause, and wipe off the copious perspiration which actually gushed from his head and face.— Here a roar of coughing, £cc. 8cc. from all parts of the church, reminded you of the breathless stillness, which had hith erto reigned over the audience. Silenca once more resumed its sway, and tlio preachar began again in his low brokeu utterance. Again he rose, and again he sunk under fuiigue;till at lust he wai fairly compelled to take refuge in dicex* pedient of breaking off and giving out a psalm lo be sung, whilst he was rccovcr* ing his jaded energies. The succession of effort aud respite it the speaker, drew a>vay my attention, sometimes even from the magnificent suc cession of images which the eloquence of the composition raised before me, and more than once, I could not help think ing of an account of an English boxinj match which I had read ; the pugilists had so many minutes respite, in succcs-’ sion, till the struggle was closed. How ever, to speak ihe sober truth, there is a moral sublimity in the spectaclc of a niaa sacrificing his health and his life to a'sa- cred enUiusiasm, and this must be the sum total of the eloquence of Dr. Cli:*!- mer’s delivery ; lor in every other point of view it lias no power whatever. In forec and sublimity of thought Dr. Chalmers has surpassed the whole gener ation of preachers among whom be Ii\cs. I'or liiy own part, I never hud so nianf new and stupendous thoughts brongh- before me in one h'jur, as in the discotii’sc I heard that tnorning. 'Fhey say tlia: l)eople ot every denomination and charac ter, crowd to hear this preacher, i not wonder al tlie fact. Mental excite- meni is, more or less, th«‘ hapj)iness ol all nien ; and certainly it cun no where he hud lo a higher i)iich, than in a sernioa ol Dr. Chalmers. It was observed of a celebarted pliV'S*' cian, that he never said, in company, drink your-heuUh,” bSt “Mv service to yon.”
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