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V i . 5 1 h i. A' i u .. it , r It it 'V ft:-: The Mm S w hateVr the Iw iiwpirc, My soul the tuneful atrain admire i....mott. VI MOV JOOSk I id IB MKLOItlll. Co, let roc wecp there's bliu in tear, When he who abed tlicm, inly feci; Some lingering-iUia of early years Effaced by crcry drop Uiat steal. .... .ihe fnthlew shWcrs of worldly-wo " Dill dark to earth, and never rise ; While tear that from rrr.T4r flow, In bright exhalcmcnt reach the nkics. .. . The varmcit sigh that plcawre heaves - I cokl, it faint, to those that swell The heart, where pure repentance jrrievr O'er hours of pleasure, lovM too wrll '. Leave me too sirh o'er hours tliat fhu More kily tlian the summer's wind, AnJ while they paVd a frajrranee threw , And left no trace of sweets behind. ABSENCE at CAiraELL. 'Til not the loss of love's assurance, 'lis not doubting what thou art, , 'Us the too, too lonp endurance Of absence that afflicts my heart. The fondest thoughts two hearts can chcrUh When eaclfis lonely doom'd to weep, Arc fruits, on desart isles, that perish, Or riches buried in thc.dcA.-p.- What, thoujrh untouch'd by jralout madnes-, Our bosom's ire may fall to wreck ; Th' unduubting heart, that breaks with inducts. Is but more thwly doom'd to break. Absence ! is not the soul torn by it, From more than l'ght, or life, or death : 'Tis Lethe 's gloom, without its quiet, The pain without the peace of Death. Liter ary IVxArtieta, &c. Variety's the very spice of life, That jnves it all its flavor. DEU.1T1XG CLUBS. We insert the following extracts on the utility of De bating Societies, at the suggestion of a friend. We do it more willingly, as there is an institution of the kind in Salisbury, which was organized some time since, by a few spirited voting gentlemen, who are ambitious to be come distinguished in something more laudable than m suaf gratification, but which, owing to the remissness of sume of its members, the inquisitorial and prying curi os ty, and officious prognostics of wiseacres unconnected with it, is now in rather a languishing condition : Dr. Franklin was always a warm suppor ter of Debating Clubs, and was one of the fit-st who advocated their efficacy in this coun tiy. He founded one of them in this city which existed upwards of thirty years, com posed of a. numerous body of respectable citizt ns. "Societies of this nature have been fre quently objected to upon a plea that they arc beneficial to none but professional Laivyen, &c -but this unwarrantable prejudice can not be indulged for a moment in a reasonable mind, ifthe leaist consideration is bestowed upon them, I affirm thaTthey are ad vanta geous to every person. It is n t exclusively the oratorial powers which may be improved bv thim ; the intellectual powers of the mind are expanded commtnsurately with the im . proyrment of the, voice, action and gesture. And who, in public or private life, vill deny ' thv n'pfiiiMr rf mMih! tmnrtwpmint In thTdiscusston of Historical subiects considerable benefits must arise ; the mind is necessarily led to history for information which would not perhaps otherwise be acquir ed. Self-resolution to study does not prevail. And without that animation which a spirit of contention always excites, we frequently be come .languid, and disregard the essential knowledge of literature. Debating Societies fertilize the . ideas add fluency to the speech promote confidence in the timid speaker and, in . short, to i take them fpr all in all, they, represent to us a mass of information, with out a counteracting objection, which the most sceptical understanding cannot presume to deny. ' "In the various vicissitudes of life, it is not unnatural to suppose that nearly every in dividual at some future pejiod, will be under the necessity of promulgating his sentiments upon matters of public or private import ; for where is the person, who could f 7ci.listen -1. . ... ;ui r..iit..- Ir io unc unrriisuiiduic unu jauaciuiivuiLUuea ui OTl$a"vi the reflecting 'friinoto lth of young - Gcnilura 'inir tlirmtliT a. ill mental qualifications. It convinces us that they arc exalted with a superior sense of the infinite bounties of their Creator anil that their minds soar above the elements of mediocrity It is an old adaee that Marge oaks from trifling acorns grow which is very obviously exemplified in the exaltation of the human mind. Let the above maiim be verified j and let every young person persevere in a cause of so much utilty. While success and pros pcrour precedents "point out- the path, let us steer upon the unerring criterion arid the auspicious zephyrs will waft the bark to thorc of prosperity and fame. amicus. KXTIIACT. T hc K, agridi2cmcnt, decline, and fall of the Ito num power, are included wUhm 'the coiiipav onWile rniluries. The mighty empire, like tin- maj' tic tern i.Uv. llut adorned hercaiitl, was broken into fragment, and -tlividrd ftnwmg nunM-rous natioiw. At tlu: end of that period, by the incursions of foreign armies, the lirst foun-htions of tlimc kingdoms were laid, wh'u h are now tlie ivmt diMinguishcd in the history of th western worlJ. Tlic Saxons contended successfully with the na lives for the possession of Uritain. Caul and Spain were divided between the Franks Visgoths, Sucvi," axul Uur- irundians : Africa was exposed to the Vandals and Moors ; and lUly was filletl by an army of northern barbarians. Constantinople, which continued for some centuries alter the reign of its celebrated founder, to give an imperfect representation of imperial splendor, was finally taken by the Turks with its dependent territories. 1 he Uoman empire resembled the Danube, which, after pouring a grand and impetuous flow I, and receiving the supply of large rivers, is divided into various streams before it mies with the ocean. The Romans illustrious as they were for the dignity of their character, their martial prowls d ,M' ' f their cmtiire, hold forth a splendid light for the guidance tf mankind. Their virtues in the prosperity of the Com mon wealth, and their vice iii its decline, furnish am- iIls and cautions to persons of all succeeding times. In those kings and emperors, who were remarkable for pu rity of character, monarehs may find examples worthy of their imitation ; and commonwealths may be taught, from the disorders of their factions what limits to prescribe o the ambition of the wealthy, and what cur!) to impose upon the licentiousness of the populace. To be con- ersant with this important history is to view mankind niraFed in the fullest exercise of patriotism, courage, and talents ; or to contemplate them enervated by lux- ury, debased by corruption, and sunk into the most ab ject disgrace. tl Luxury : Itane of elated life, of affluent states What dreary change,. hat ruin is not thine ? How doth thy bowl intoxieatf the mind. To the sofventrance of thy rosy bower How dost thou lure the fortunate ami great ! Dreadful attraction! while behind thee gapes The unfathomable gulf, where Ashur lies OVrwhchiud, gotten, and high-boasting Cham, And Efahi's haughty omp, and beauteous Greece, And the great Uuccn of Earth, imperial Itoine. DTI.' FLCCC E. rnoM thk T.w-iuMrsniiic patriot. .7ir V.iul tiiiti, 1st tlu'rc be light ; ami there was light. Light is one of the most astonishing pro ductions of the creative skill and power of (iod. It 13 the grand medium by which all his other works are discovered, examined, and understood, so far as they can be known. Its immense diffusion and extreme velocity are alone sufficient to demonstrate the being and wisdom of God. Light has been proved, by mam" experiment tatravelutUieastonishin; rate of 194,188 miles in one second 01 time : and comes from the sun to the earth in eight minutes 1 1 43-50 seconds, a distance or yj, 13.794 Lnglish miles. On the nature of the Sun there have been various "conjectures. .It was long thought that it was a vast globe ot lire, l.,384j4() iliiWs1 iarirer tharr the-canrrr-and that i t w as continually emitting from its body innumera ble millions of fiery particles, which being ex tremely divided, answered for licht and heat. . j . , - without occasioning any ignition or burning. except when collected in the focus of a con vex lens or burning glass. Against this o pimon, however, many, serious and weighty objections have been made ; and it has been so pVessed with difiiculues, that philosophers have heen obli eed ta look for a theory Hs repugnant to .natu je" jmd probab Dr. Hersthel's discoveries, by means of his im mensely magnifying telescopes, havef by.getiT eral consent of philosophers, added a new habiuble world to our system, which is the Sun. Without stopping-to enter, into detail, which would be improper here, it is suflicient to say, that these discoveries tend to prove, m ... 1 that what we call the sun is only the atmos- phere ol that luminary ; tnat tnrs atmospnere consists of. various elastic fluids, that are more or less lucid and transparent:'' that as the cloud.s belonging to pur earth are proba- compositions of the clastic f" tf t!. I: t are of a phosphoric nature, end tre tttcr. ;!r J bylucidappcaranccs.Lygtvinjjoutlit, llr body of tne Suit he considers as hidden gtn trallfrom us, by means of this luminous at mosphere hut what are called the kucuIjc cr spots on the Sun, arc real opening its this at mosphere, through which the opanue Lmfy U the Sum becomes visible-that this atmos phere itself is not C:ry or hot, but St is the in strument which God designed to act on ca--ricor. latent heat J. and, that heat Is cnltr pro duced by the solar light icUng upon and cum- uiuiuu wiui uiv iivi wi - ' ' 1 . r , tained in the air, and other substances wk'cn J tu-wjvtttiwi.-.-- 4 vv w mm. mmmmtxim-m? im vast atmosimcre ot tnc sunfeimuaraeccjmiipsHions may laxe are heated by it BALANCE OF TUAPK. -TliS'-KewAVk fitwaiiiI.Bck-ntje tbtpmtmjf for April, 1HCI, contain a review of new rr.ti. tletl " An Examination of the new Tariff projwnl In the Hon. Henry llaldwin, rrprrarntalitc la Ctta , from w hich we liaVe iefccfctl this fuDo 1ft J ft aurkl a Mibjcct which hu been productive cf njuch niody de bate and gloomy prophecy, via. huLne traik: Quit a different view it given of the subject from that e!ihi ited in the peechca and writing of the advocate of a farther incrcaac cf Uic duties on foreign manuCtcturrs. This balance of trade, although tn object of unceasing alarm to statesmen of a certain in scription, can never be delected by its actual pre sence. We are generally directed to search fur it in the books of the treasury department ; and if we there find our imports to exceed our ex norts. we are confidently assured that tUU ms terious influence is exerting itself hostilely to our interest. simple illustiation ol the applica tion of this theory, will how the wUdons of this mode of estimating national profit and loss. A vessel clears from IJaltimorc for Liveriool with a cargo of cotton, the firu cost of which is leu thousand dollars : A wc retain a sutlicicnt cuan titv of the article for our home consumption, the surplus is useless to us : In r.nirlainl the cotton is sold, and the proceeds lain out in their manu factures, which are taken to Lima and there ex changed for copper, which is brought to this coun try and sold for 20,000 dollars. Now, the great er the profits of the voyage arc found to be, the more theimports will exceed the exports; k the balance of trade is thus nude out to be against us, in the same degree that the voyage has added to the agreate wealth of the country. I he whale and sea fisheries, and the foreign carrying trade, in which no exports appear, and their re turns are all profits, are proved, by this ingenious theory, to be the most ruinous of all possible commercial adventures. We refer the reader to the perspicuous view of this subject, which the work before us contains. We extract his conclu ding remarks. It would be an endless task to follow the cap ital of this country, winding its way through a thousand channels, borne on the wings of enter prise, and guided by profit, until it finally reach es that spot upon the lobe, where it may be profi tably vested in the articles which arc most want ed in the United States, and where the best may be bought at the cheapest rate ; or seeking through the medium of exchange, that nation, among the nation3 of the earth, to which theUnited Slates may at the moment be indebted- And is it in the power of any Secretary ol the Treasury in the world ; is it in the power of any man, to as certain w hat become of the cargoes shipped from the United States, after they hac left tlie coun try ? to watch a thousand ships on every ocean and every sea ? to follow every bale of cotton, barrelof flour, bushel of corn, or hogshead of tobacco, umll u "reaches the marketr where- the American merchant parts with it for ever ? Is it in the power of man to collect from a million of traders the nctt amount which each invoice produced in the foreign country ? Until the A- merican merchant parts with his goods, the prop- t!.? c . it .5 11 - ' ' ' u i i t e .v -: i t U ' - a e t; n. ! ttju!.:. - t ....- rfi;t U 'vJ c-"s- nut faf.U'jts V kitt a t:rr t :i . .: thattWrt art tiu. fe-mt t j r i t - otscnrr4 ' taat il Ol al tU 4 ai! that au'.L-f LtUu IrrJ -t t., . n ?. in (tn. Mr. InLu aws lt i limttZ. . it Vrwt ait!iatewu aew MrV v t'-t turt recently pAritti tj mm inn: .Mr. (;. S Ncwtun,aal kI t?!' f ; , U t ... con, tas Let So aairtl, tSjd a t-a t .t, coocat,histaU cartttl7M4iUU4 a. tits who appn! 9 lim tm ikat twpm O a of the public it ioc U ustkift (W 9tivU t . painting o!rte that it Ajti birr H ,h ct .t. try where the author was tnra al l tk I cUc!. when fc wi ftlacalei" 0 . uji: ii4. m urn u (Uttu In the volumes of sscrtd Uaory Uert a mrtitthtu of njrratire, wUkh is an UisiUrJ rKtetiUk ol truth. If wc rtadlLll4W I'ia larch, or the IIitory of LivTv wf toon Mwgrser that' these writers composed tU If sruVt the influence of many prrits&rt b Lscur cf their respective countries. A seii.ls lixawn over the defects of their heroes hut t)at sirtus are placed in a strong tight anJ paiatcl b colours. In the Scriptures on the ccctrary,lK! of the Old and the New Testament, tl surktrit impartiality prevails. The vices of Da U Ski mon, and their successors, are neither concealed nor palliated. There is no ostentation of ranfya no parade of panegyric : virtue charms Ua htt native beauty, and rice acqwirw mm digmm , conceal her deformity. The characters of per sons are sketched, and the c Recti of the passkes are represented without reserve or conctalmeat ; and the moral to be drawn from each descriptka L . .1 - . is so oovious, as io account wr uxc irequcnxoiau sion of remarks and applications. The abject condition of the Jews, when prohibited the use of weapons of war by the victorious Philistines j their relapses into idolatry , their pcrrerseness of . disposition, and their various defeats and captivi ties, w ith every circumstance of private as vtlL as public disgrace, are recorded without pa!u tion or reserve. Always rising superior to the motives which induce other authors to violate the purity and degrade the majesty of truth, these writers keep one great and most important end constantly in view, and show the various method by w hich the providence of God e fleeted his gra cious designs ; how he produced good from evil, and employed the sins and follies of mankind as the instruments of his gracious purposes. Ta peruse the- holy Scriptures is one of the first employments of childhood. We carmot fail to congratulate ourselves that our time has been thus ocGupiedrwhen our judgment is suflicientlf : mature to form a comparative estimate of the va rious nroduaioiis of litrature, and we are fully a irfv U sitill his. it still is a nart of the nrobertv I "hi 'tnd'termine thcTruscT And it will be- of his country. And is it not folly, after this I found, as life is verging towards its dose, property, under the direction ot Americans, has wnen every other book begins io oc uisipm a..- been translerred from place to place for years, uninteresting, that the Holy Bible, which in (probably accumulating some profit on each voy- eludes the most ancient records of time, the clear-: age,) and is at last received into the United est evidences of a divine revelation, and the joy Suitcs, is itnot downright folly , ta make up our . fol promises of eteroal.h'appine$..MIliJ! accounr with the world, and charge it against more and more, as old- f ge advances, and will a ; . commerce, as augmenting the balance of trade ford us that divine solace and inexpressible saU against us ? faction which no other writings can got- . In taking an enlarged view of the business of duretappearo'the,etfra-ntJ."'' this nation with" the world", there seems "tobe ah readerr that there is no history so pleasant a ih absurdity in the very idea of a balance of trade sacred. Set aside the majesty of the mdiici against,.it. It is admitted by all that this is the nonc can compare with it for the magiuv most flourishing country in the world, and that and antiquity of the matter, the sweetnessof corn its wealth is Increasing, in a ratio to its capital, piling, the strange variety of memorable occur ... .. .. . r .i . .. . ... i i.i u xvUnt shall t"e . more rapmiy man tnat oi any otner nuion. rences : and it tne .aciigniuc suhd " - When we see her doubling her wealth"; when proru be esteemed of that which avs written wti knhw that shp. it receivinir an annual increase ri fnr thi rlvntiort of men? I confess no .. -- - --(3 - . - itinie of population and wealth from the. old nations in thoughts did ever more sweetly steal mcanu . . . favorable balance of trade can exist.' subject : and I borte nonc can equally )C . . t t years. thcMcp"n.rufoni ?
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