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The MrsE ! whate'er the Muse inspires, 3!y soul the tuneful strain admircs....scoTT. FROM THIi BOSTON CKVTINJtL. To a young Widow, on entering the cire'es of fash ion, soon after the deceau; of her husband. O Lady ! quit the throng-, and throw Those gaudy robes aside ; Resume again thy garb of wo, 2or vex thy Henri's shade. O Lady ! think how late jou hung1 "With rapture on his arm ; And listenM to that voice, which rung The peal of Love's alarm. O think lio .v oft you fondly met The glance of that dark eye, "Which flashM with love and dear delight, Or beam VI with tenderest joy ! O think how oft, when grief entwin,d Her cypress wreaths with care, Upon his bosom you reclin'd And sought a refuge there ! And think hov oft he warmly kiss'd Away each pensive tear, And to his manly bosom press'd His Wife forever dear. And then thy smiles would bliss impart, And softer scenes renew ; And soothe the throbbings of that heart "Which only beat for you. And can you then so soon forget Those dear domestic joys, And bow a slave at fashion's feet To court a worthless prize ; And spread thy sex's wiles, to win Another to thy arms, To live upon thy smiles serene, And revel in thy charms ? It cannot be. Her injur'd right Let mem or- resume ; And banish those allurements bright, To weep o'er IIenrt's tomb. Go sit beside the marble stone, And with thy sorrow lave The grass which scarcely yet has grown Upon thj- husband's grave. And while Diana's pensive beam Shires through the willow bough, Wildly lament the loss of liim, "Who only liv'd for you. ENDYMION. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. GENERAL. WAKREN'S ORATIONS. Knw -ninnhwi sketrhns." mSt - I Prom published, ' His next Oration was delivered Oration was delivered 5. r He had delivered It was at his own soli- 3T;uch 6th. 1775 que in 177. remembrance. Some British officers of the army then in Boston had pub licly declared that it should be at the pricf of the life of any man to speak of the event of March 5, 1770, on thatj anniversary. Warren's soul took fire at such a threat, so openly made, and he wished for the honor of braving it. This was readily granted, for at such a time a man would probably find but few rivals. Many who would spurn! the thought of personal fear might be apprrhensive that they would be so far disconcerted as to forget their dis- course It is easier to fight bravely, tha' tc think clearly or correctly in d:.:-:". Passion sometimes nerves the inn to fight, but disturbs the reg- ular current of thought. The day came and the weather was remarkablv fine. The Old South Meeting House vas CT ' sv U. Ul tii tin iv iivui . x IK I British n'heers occupied tne aisles, the flight of steps to the pulpit, and sevend of them were within it. It was not precisely known whether this was ac- cident or design. The orator with the assistance of his friends made his en- trance at the pulpit window by a ladder, The officers, seeing his coolness and intrepiditv, made way for him to ad- vance and address the audience. An awful stillness preceded his exordium, E;ch man felt the palpitations of his own heart, and saw the pale but deter mined face of his neighbor. The speak er begn his oration in a firm tone of voice, and proceeded with great ener gv and pathos. Warren and his friend. were prepared to chastise contumely, prevent disgrace, and avengean attempt at nssassitiation. "The scene was sublime ; a patriot 15 whom the flush of youth, and the citation that he was appointed to this 'S114- ny YV1?11"1, , 7 providence o' late ; and how d'ye think duty a second time. The fact is illus- have d " that son' rvvh,ch nrow m I could sit in peace at harr.e, and my f h;c rhnrnrtPr nnd u nrfhv of nies him the means ol 3 comfortable narentsmav be There she cried birterlv rracc and dignity of manhood were combined, stood armed in the sanctua- ... r i . l the sons ot nuerty, anu to nun ueti- ance at their oppressors. The orator commenced with the early history of the country, described the tenure by which we held our liberties and prop erty the affection we had constantly shown the parent country, and boldly told them how, and by whom these blessings of life had been violated. There was in this appeal to Britain m this description ot suffering agony and horror, a calm and highsouled de fiance which must have chilled the blood of everv sensible foe. Such an other hour has seldom happened in the history of man, and is not surpassed in the records of nations. The thun ders of Demosthenes rolled at a dis tance from Philip and his host ; and Tully poured the fiercest torrent of his invective when Catahnc was at a dis tance and his dagger no longer to be feared ; but Warren's speech was made to proud oppressors resting on their arms, whose errand it was to overawe, and whose business it was to fight. If the deed of Brutus deserved to be commemorated by history, poetry, painting and sculpture, should not this instance of patriotism and bravery, be held in lasting remembrance ? If he, 'That struck the foremost man of all this world,' was hailed as the first of f reemen, what honors are not due to him, who undis mayed, bearded the British lion, to show the world what his countrymen dared to do in the cause of liberty ? If the statue of Brutus was placed among those of the Gods, who were the preservers of Ixonian freedom, should not that of Warren fill a lofty niche in the temple reared to perpetuate the remembrance of our birth as a na tion ? THE EMIGRANTS. from -rut s:Frji.i.T inrs. However easy it may be to demon strate the expediency of emigration and, under certain circumstances, noth ing is more easy it is at all times a painful spectacle to behold hundreds of our fellow-creatures about, as it were, to cast their bread upon the waters, and trust themselves to the ocean, in quest of that better fortune which, if, r i .ii-..i r. .1 i iounci at an, must ue iounu aiier me lapse of many days. Men, no doubt, like vegetables, frequently thrive the better, for being transplanted ; but the J I. . preliminary process is always painful ; 1 -va1l i m c f- -i until r - 1 and could we invest a tree with the "sensible warm motion" of animal life,! I it would not, perhaps, suffer more in j i r . i . J s uemgiorcioiy torn up uy tne roots, man . a mLna.V?ellslDI "y su"ers in De,n& . . - ..... or- i ; suddenly divorced irom home, country ami lenusirom me nearer muu- way ?how can you harrow up a heart nesses and tendrest sympathies of our , thals ovrc grk aiready ? i y father, common nature. No matter hov?poor man has met wi'inony across subsistence ; as he has but one father and mother, so he can have but one country; and the unbidden tear that steals down his manly cheek proves j that patriotism cannot be measured by the caprices of fortune, and the acci dental distinctions of this life : " There is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave." And in like manner, there is always some one to take an interest in the for-ling tunes of the obscurest adventurer to a new continent ; and when the emigrant thinks of the attentions of this one iritnd or relative of his proffered convoy to the place of embai katinii of the warm grasp of horny ii. r.u, or choked utterance of the uord " Fare-j well," he feels that he is still an inte - gr in the great sum of human ex;s - tence, and eyes the receding shore - iin .ii tut aviiiLKUUL kji vutLi mm i iierst-it, wnen about to exUiange tne latitudinary manners of a Flench for the unbending strictness of a Scottish court, influenced as it then was by an individual whom she is said to have feared more than a regiment of armed men. Impressed with these feelings and sentiments, I turned my horse's head, the other morning, in the direc- tion of Glencaple Quav, and almost before I was aware, found myself a- long-side of the good ship Elizabeth, then about to embark on a voyage oi three thousand miles. The scene, to me at least, was extremely interesting. The lapse of a few hours had produ ced a wonderful change in the state of the weather the equinoctial gales j-cemed at last to have expended their Jury, and the uncommon mildness of the 4th of April was felt as not the less grateful that it was in some measure unexpected, and contrasted strongly with the angry winds and dashing rains by which it had been preceded. On the one hand, all was bustle and activi ty, while, on the other, the spectator found no lack of those parting scenes which, according to Byron, u press the life from out young hearts." Here you had the light hearted sailor skip ping from sail to sail, and shroud to shroud, with all the fearlessness of the squirrel tribe ; and there numerous rrrouns of noor emigrants, eveincr with great anxiety, the flowing of the tide, and progress of those preparations, which seemed to hurry their departure, and caution them to abridge the tender interview. Among the females in par ticular, every eye was filled with tears, whether of those that went or those that staid from the mother, whose af fection was divided betwixt the infant at her breast and the children at her feet, to the unincumbered maiden who generously strove to assist her in her interesting duties. But amidst all the varieties of sex, character, and situa tion, exhibited in a mixed company of several hundred individuals, one little group, above every other, forcibly ar- rested my attention. It consisted of five persons, namely, a man, his wife, and two children, together with an in teresting youth, who had accompanied the latter to the beach, and evidently appeared in the character of her lover. A few broken sentences, which I acci dentally overheard, at once initiated me into the secret of their story! rhe parties belonged to the class of j intemperance, he said, for some men, ii ,i i ii. . ... small farmers, the father being resolv ed to try his fortune in another hemis phere, his whole family had agreed to accompany him. In the expedition the stranger youth heartily regretted that he could not join ; but still he de termined to see the last of the family so dear to him ; and while the old peo ple began to ascend the vessel's side, he continued to rasp the hand of his sweetheart, with a fervor and earnest ness which, under any other circum siances, would have excited the notice, and perhaps tne ridicule, of the sur rounding crowd. But at this moment every one was ; too much occupied with his own cares ; rous to all men, and even nobly for to attend to the parting of these rus- j getfulof injuries, when they had drank tic lovers ; and perhaps 1 was myselt lhc ly iistener hile the faithful J y , . Thomas exclaimed, "O Jeanie, Jeanie ! if you kent but half o' what I feel at j this moment, you would stay at home, I especially as your father has left it 'a j J J ' -- 1 to voursL.i, and owned that he is laith f trv Cfn ,,c nt r u , vmrM rn. :e . hut voll kcn mv vncv never plait-. ct after anither ; and as' lanir as these ' nands nnd this beart liaud together ye shall never want." " O Thomas 1" re plied jean;e " how can ye speak that Din;ntr for 'want in a iand Q strantrers I lMv motht.r, too, ye ken, is subject to fltg . mv father and brother canna ay be in t, 'house and should she fa' into ane o' their Yankie log fires, and me in a manner a the wyte o t, I am sure I'd never hae anither day to do weel. No, Thomas, we are baith but young yet, and should we live to see happier times, we'll no thrive the waur for hav- done a we could for them that hae done sae mut kle for us." "But Jean- ; ie, (said the lover, interrupting her,) 1 why should you be so much afraid o' your parents coming to want 1 Your lather's a hale stout man o' his age; j he's no gaun out quite empty handed, like mony a puir thing I see near me ; ;your brother, too, they tell me, will !soon be able to win a dollar a day ; and, aboon a', when did you see the iiiuii lux .iitu, vji ilia actu UCli their bread ? Amidst a' your trials, Jeanie, learn to put your trust in Prov idence, and you'll never be disappoint ed. Yet, what right hae I to preach ? I, that was even now wanting you to do what I dare na'domysel' leave my puir auld mother. Yet, fain, fain would I gang xv? you ; w? you every country would be guid, and without ye, ilka ane, I fear, would be ill ; but then my mither comes in there again, and she, as she says hersel', is like a bourtree bush in thecorner o' our little garden, that's owre old to be transplanted. Lang and sair hae I tried to persuade her, but she aye stappit my mouth wi something that made me amaist asham o' mysel'. 4 Thomas, (she woqld say,) you've borne a long time wi' my frail ties, but the end's near at hand now, lad. If it be the Lord's will, I'll no plague you muckle longer : only ay my head in the grave, and then you may wander whaurever you like.' You ken, .Teanie, as weel as me, what she has come thro'; five sons and four daughters lie buried in the kirk yard o' our native parish ; my father's there amang the rest and if the good aulcl christian has a single comfort in this world, it's to hear our minister preach and visit the graves o' her bairns and husband. The last time she was able to wars tie to the kirk, she sat down I upon their tombstone, and I never thought " but Here his voice ianea him, and here also the lovers were re minded, that in half a minute the ves sel would be under way. There was not a moment to be lost. Half pulled, half-carried, the affectionate Jeanie quickly ascended the vessel's sides, and, ere her lover had time to recover himself, the Elizabeth, with every sail set, was bounding proudly over the waves, and clearing the beautiful dot ted banks of Kirkconnel. LXTILMPER-i.XCE. The clergy of Germany, to judge from the following sample, among J others, of their conduct, appear to have j had similar propensities with their j brethren in all parts of the world. In some little town on the Rhine, on a particular fast day, one of them preached a long and eloquent sermon against intemperance, which he con cluded by describing what intemper ance was. It was passing those bounds which nature had prescribed. It was who were quarrelsome in their cups, ever to drink wine. There were oth ers, to whom a bottle was refreshment ; but to whom two caused sickness. They were intemperate when they drank more than one. Some men en livened a circle of friends and were kind to their wives, even after they had drank four bottles; and it was not right in them to diminish their kind ness by drinking less. There were others, more highly gifted servants of the Deity, who felt their hearts warm with gratitude to Him, as the generous i wine circulated in their blood, who were friendlv with their families, gene- eioht bottles. With them intemner- . ancc becran at the ninth. But these. he said, are the peculiar favorites of God, to them he has given the joys of hereafter ; and all his congregation knew with what gratitude, (bowing as W AAW V HUb iV&V4 VW ww m.. he said it,) he acknowledged himself to be one of these favorites. Ho dgs kill's Travels THE PRESS. From the Charleston Courier. The radical .hostility of tyrants to the circulation of thought, is strongly depict ed in the reply of Sir Wm. Berkely, gov ernor of Virginia, to certain questions re lating to that colony, propounded from abroad in 1670. 44 1 thank God there are no free schools nor firinting) and I hope we shall not have these hundred years : for learning has bro't disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government. God keep us from both." What an admirable text for the Holy Alliance ! What a consoling reflection for the ed itor of a free paper to know, that mon archs, at the head of mighty armies, dread the combination and array of the simple letters of the alphabet, subsisting on blood less ink, and quartered on virgin paper ! There is something military in the art of printing. The line, the column and the square do they not belong alike to the nomenclature of printing and of war ? On the other hand, how did the army of France and the navy of England prosper until they resorted to the Press. A COMPARISON. Women, in affairs of love, may be com pared to spiders, who spread their flimsy webs around them, and set watching in the middle, while the giddy flies are buz zing around, until they find one entangled in their net, then they secure the prey : or rather, they are like anglers' flies, that skip or glide along the stream, the fish pursue the glittering bait, which seems to fly their fond pursuit, until one of them catches it, and finds a hook fast in his throat. The most happy women, perhaps, are, those who, without being very handsome, possess those matchless graces which ;!ease even without beauty ; and who, therefore, finding more attention paid them than their glasses can lead them to expect, are in constant good humor with themselves, and of course with all around them. Beauties, on the other hand, clai ming universal admiration, are at war with all who dispute their rights, that is with half the sex- Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matt. v. 5. It appears by no means easy to rec oncile the promise with facts and expe rience ; for earthly prosperity, wealth, power, and pre-eminence, are so far from being the inheritance of the meek, that they seem to be entirely monopo lized by the bold, turbulent, and ambi tious ; and we may say with Cato, This world was made for Cresar. To extricate themselves from this difficulty, some commentators have been induced to look out for another earth, which they at last fortunately found in the words of St. Peter ; who says, u Nevertheless we, according to promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous ness." To this new earth, they would persuade us, this promise may with propriety be applied, and that therein it will certainlv be fulfilled. But in explaining this passage, there is no occasion to have recourse to so far-fetched and fanciful an interpreta tion, nor to call in the assistance of a new world. By the meek inheriting the arth, nothing more is meant, than that persons of meek, quiet, and peace able dispositions, enjoy more happi ness on earth, and suffer less disquie tude in the present life, than those of opposite characters : and this is veri fied by the experience of every day ; they acquire more friends, and fewer enemies, they meet with fewer inju ries and disappointments, and bear those which they cannot avoid with less uneasiness, and pass through the world as they do through a crowd, lcs obstructed, less bruised and jostled, than those who force their way by vio lence and impetuosity. To which we may add, that a meek and quiet tem per is the most efficacious preservative of health, the first of all earthly bless ings, and without which we are inca pable of enjoying any other. Wealth, power, and grandeur, are by" no mear.s essential to earthly happiness ; but should we admit that they are, and are included in this promise, we should not find it altogether unfulfilled ; for, though the turbulent and overbearing may sometimes seize on them by vio lence, they much oftener fail in their attempts, and sink by their own inso lence into ruin and contempt ; whilst those of easy and conciliating manners, silently climb above them, less envied, and less opposed, because less noticed and less offending. It is universally allowed, that noth ing so much advances our worldly in terests, and so much assists us in our pursuits of wealth and honours, as good-breeding ; and what is good breeding, but an affectation of meek ness, humility, and complacency? If, therefore, the pretence to these amia ble qualities can do so much, surely the possession of them will do a great deal more. In fact it does, and seldom fails to gain us favour, increase our friends, and advance our interests. Thus we see this promise is generally accom plished ; the meek do inherit the earth, that is, have the best chance of acquir ing and enjoying the blessings of this life, as well as the happiness of another. MORAL LESSONS. It has been said that men carry on a kind of coasting trade with religion. In the voyage of life, they profess to be in search of heaven, but take care not to venture so far in their approxi mation to it, as entirely to lose sight of the earth ; and should their frail vessel be in danger of shipwreck, they will gladly throw their darling vices over board, as other mariners their treasures, only7 to fish them up again when the storm is over. To steer a course that shall secure both worlds, is still, I fear, a desideratum in ethics, a thin?- un2.t tained as yet, cither by the divine or philosopher, for the track is discovera ble only by the shipwrecks that have been made in the attempt. John Wes ley quaintly observed, that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and go to heaven hereafter was happiness too much for man. to memo nr. "When in far distent climes we roam, How oft remembrance loves to stray To absent friends and distant home, The social board, and purling' day. The scenes of well rejnembered youth, "When all was joj-ous, light and gay, And all u c saw, bore stamp of truth, Those scenes, alas ! are fur away. But time, with swift revolving1 round, Has speeded many a passing year; And numerous friends I since have foua. But none so kind, and none so deal'.
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