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POETRY.
BEAUTY'S GRAVE.
Tread softly, stranger .' this isjroufid
' Which no .rade footsteps should
im-
press, " ; ': y -'
With tender pitygraife around,
'Let sidnesi all thy soul" possess,
soAW rwihrvj crush the flowers
, ; That o'er this turf are taught to wave,
Vs..,-; ' ' ' i - ! 7 .1
Transplanted from Vmit native bowers .
To sJVd thiir sweets o er Beauty's
And stranger let your melting heart
;Iaik weU this :fresh and verdant sod ;
And ere yoilfrom the seen; depart, '
O l.lzt vour soul commune witltGOD.
Th't fads ttke fragile "buds of earth,'
Tims fade tlte lovely and the brave !
Come here ye
thoughtless sons of
mirth,
And pause
a wliile o'er. ' Beauty's
! ' - .
Grave,
c - H s - i il - t
r" .jr r;.v uWlu
"i Call tears ir
to the Virgin's Qy&l .
O may the prospect of tins tomb
Remind he fl that live must die P
And warn her, in Ihe days of youth,
! To think ofhim who being gave,..
? And bid her seek the ways of truth, !
1 i Like her who efeeps in ' Beauty's
r . . Grave' 1
FOR THE CAROLINA CENTi:4EL.
Tiip REFLECTOR. No. 12.
diuces morion rcwJ.zis$ilui argos.
. V. ' YllKJIL.
AT) PTEH. '
Declininc; age with man v a sicrh
Hecah sweet youtli to "meaioryjs eye.
AfteY ally: give: me 4AutiEmn: give me
the mstli.ig ot hatve.Siamt the. querulous
note of tlie partridge---therelis a music H
thein tht reminds me of lang syne' en-
joy'mcnts, wlien llfe wasyoimgandprom-
is;d t be happy:' The weather at this
.son seems to throw,; an illusive charm
over every thing!, and my '.mind embracing
with iirdor-tlie agreeable decrptiojr, Jives
over my boyish, days onee nidrb, an23 'finds i
jo tjiese shadows of departed jo7sta mel-
anch-'dy plea's-ji? : ' .) .;f -.j;' i
' i ' U . tnCMGftafiifs piu chedt sp'sraKza'
the result rat'ierlof remembrnjnciAthan an
ticipation'. I liiil trie arrivals of A utumrr
as th;it of an old frieiuJ, with vhom l have
prised tlie hey! day of this tri:iitorydius
tle, in .all the tliVnighd'ess; gaiety, of youth,
a id view :-it: dqiarturc whh a melancholy
fir;boding. tint ;vve shall meet no more'
We, that are journeying down the Vale of
Kt, ard view th period as nt far distant
when die .seasonsji'with! alt. Thehtcilanges
a.id beauties, will he? alikq indiflereiitj feel
; a strong dispositiwi to en joy lotlle utmost
tills remnant of the waning yfcaf arid ; to
ilvaw from t:i2 skji t s of the" Goddess's man-'
tlo,what virtue h cqii tains.' ;j
Sticli wore the reactions (f Senex, one
of'th-i Kite pleasant moi-;iiigs lie vas in
a tr.vrn of iniiid! fifioiy attuiied to melan
ciiolV impressions,, when the aioto of a
bird or tiie aypect; of the heftvens gives a
vibration to iiie heart and fills it with seiu
siti::is . ' pleasing but mournfiil to the
so:il."' Ilewas musing alone 'hi his Wtudv
waeir Fidslius suddenly locked in and
proposed a ramble. With iill my heart,
a Hit . t'iiex, ve v.jiKi;iJii uaij uiiu 1 1
stic:
'and joined hiih at;the ifoor'..-:'-;
U'w.as a day that ent into the li$Av
A Jnrjuncr fe'din even ttie-iiisell s;: inns
From tiicir dvrrk nooks and coverts issued
! forth
For one day of existence more and joy
J he solitary pninro.se onriiie baik
See.n'd now as iiioili it had io ca
lie to
?.JoiU'i it bleak aututnijuil birth-r-'
Their walk extended along the banks p(
the;Neuse to the adjacent voods, where
the occasional barking of tjie squirrel& the"
pi dative note of 'Ahq redbreast, enhanced
the interest ot tue scence. luanv a tune
: v) oft have I, on sudfa dayj, said ,$enex?
sallied fortji with my dog ttnd gunt and
coursed tW dear Scotia?s liighlSndt-and
reaching some : ; proud summit,- loitered
j to admire the f jlistant undulating hills,
while the lp.y afinosphert; would throw a
fa: lit and tendettiot over the whole ex
panse, mqllowing down and blending the
; rich and gaudy vivacity of colours that
decorated the wnherinfoliageU-feut it was
nature' d$ng smle uhectje llasij that
minded me of bnvied happiness. .Ah!
my boy, you are yet in tne spring of life,
your blood lknvs cheerily through f your
yeins, and all . nature . smiles woom fy a
round you to me wliosb Spring and Jam
mer are past, and whose Winter is fast
approaching, there ,s a tranquil pleasure
- in this decay of nature that U delicious
1 nave joiiieu uuuu-u a worm vnere"rood
anu evu aru siuuuurniv mingieti--vherp
. . i 'sin. v i in , i e
interest and pride can dissolve all th !
. ! -I 1 J.I !i
cial sympathies of our natu
Suppose weVeturn to i
and try aglassof his cordial interrupted
) FMellus Sucb contemplations as these
continued- Senex, have a wholesome influ- j
ence on Jhe mind, I and tend to wean it
from the thraldom' which enchains the
devotees of worldly nleasnre indeed
when: I view the caducity that stamps this j entitled, it cannot be denied that the
season of the year, and, look back on the . Knowing Club, as public censors, have
revolutions and changes that the world )
has undergone, and the Iiavock committed ;
among my own acquaintance within a!
fewfieeting Years, I am lost in wonder
that man can fcei cheerful amid the ruin
around liiro, and devote so Iare a share
of Kis time ami aflectionjto this frail ekht
enceJ Think, O ye thouglrtlesstriaers,
wiii spun in live u!isiii 01 uissipuiiun,
hnti snnn thf hriorhfnps nf nnnnrla 'vKvill
be ifollowed by "darkness. Remember,
ye voluptuaries- In short,", rejoined IF
iae-
liusl take heed ye wbrdly minded folM,
3e
generation of vipers, that hencefort
l.ve
neither eat, drink, nor sleep, inasmuch a?
t,he time will most certainly arrive, that
shall prostrate you and jyours with km
and cabbages- popes and peas -tyrant
andj turnips oysters and onions--arti-cliokes
and archbishops sages and saus
agesprinces and parsnips snapbeans
snafcpiiie'T6rdes andr'slanwhangers
" corn, palma jchristi,. potatoes" and Sir
Proteus, in one promiscuous heap of
jsapje:is nonentitV. To have ?een our wor-
thv friend Senek at this moment, t ittenus
assures us would have cured any one of
..I . i . . . i n i : x i
ll,e fP,ee! W7 , t L i ,
ou u, Milan iiuwn, num uiiiui e viewcu
. i I i ' i I - i
with raniurex
y' ! the last smile t
Of Autumn Iihgering o'er the yellow woods'
white a tear of gratitude to Heaven1 par-,
tlally dimmed his eye, tie was yielding to
reflections naturally suggested by the
scene, and expatiatitig inj his feeling strain
on t le transitory nothingness of this stale
when he was suddenly thrown all aback
by. the volubility with which Fidelias ut
tered his incoherent nonsense surveying
himtfor a moment with ja.stonisiime.nt and
displeasure he bolted off in strides that
put in requisition dl the activitv of his
volatile i-'cohip'anioti to keep in his wake.
Indeediyidelius, though jfollovving him was
. : praximus std lono intervallo
and their unsocial aspect added a stron
illustration to the proof aftorded by the
retjof their excursion,, that vouth cannot
always sympathize with' age.
L
t .
w e are sorry mat tne nature ot our a
league compels us to reject the suit of
Foiemos, although we are flattered by the
application, and arp satisfied 1ft? would
prove an acquisition to jour Club. We
should regret very much if inxoiisequence
ef oikr rejection, he should be led to remit
his (attention to literary pursuits his
communications on any stkbject will al
ways be received with pleasure. '''
As we have not befen favoured with any
fnrtHer notice from Publicola, , we are left
to conclude that our
suspicions were not
.groundless.
w -
The -.Knowing. Club.
A
FOR TltE 'CA ROIilN -i CE N T 1 N EL
1 -: 4:
JTfhJ r inn r ttt- -rrr cimt h'cvc f 4
TO
I' f SPfPLV YE WlTilBJlAIXS r77
There is a' certain 'class of " literati,"
t who have such an nrtconqucrable aversion
to every thing that ;sav()urs of pedantry,
as to appear totally LlpidevI to all. the
iieantie.s of classic lore, and affect to hold
i;i the umost contem it cyery author who
is in tl
ie habit of qudting the Greek, Lat-
in, or any other la;
not Understand. O
gunge which they do
tins, doscnption are
those hi witless critids?7 who have dared to
Vent the malevolence of -their spleen a-J
ganpt tr.e harmless pssav.s of tlte Know
ing Club, merely beauisj? they, happen to
betnay an awkw ard ostentation of need
less earning. If such persons would w ise
ly confine their petulerit ! aiiimad veribns'to
that; small portion only bf the Keilector
which cpmeo within'the narrow bounds of
theil" cohiprehensioO, the justice, of their
Criticisms would be universally admitted ;
but when tiiey attempt to pry into the un
intelligible .mass of ambiguous ex press ions
and cahaiistical sentjsnctjs with which it a
boun -s, they will find obstructions tooTm
peryious for the human! understanding to
surmount. Let them, tHen, be persuaded
to follow Appelles' advice to a kniglit of
the lapstone, who very justly found ault
vith' ah ill-painted jslipber in one ot his
pictures, but' extending his remarks to
other parts of the pamting, displayed the
grosses ignorance, j " He sutor ultra cre
pidab,7 said, hew " Let not the shoe
maker go beyond his last."
The object whic-i the writers of ihe
Reflpctor have in view id their third num
ber, is one' of vital importance to ithe
mod jst & unassuming citizen; inasmuch
as by a proper mortifkadou, or perhaps,
the otal suppression of. an overweening
vanity-, hichJiaVspread like a pestilencfe
in sojne dfur- little towns, alid swelled
several iiuiiiuuaisaunosi to iurstinj, re
al worth and sterling merit may be, res-1 torietv, that occurred during the late'war 'L . envio"s miscreants .have sacri
cued from the danger Jof its infection. should "have been overlooked. A militia iN10usly asserted, profound master of
Asthelabors of the (plubjare prompted by j
ly bordering on crimihaliU' to expose evei
tUo i n ' -.i," i i
tne most trivial fault either in the manner
n. L. .. .. . v i , i .
genuis aiid tale
.j 'i . I yt-wvii .niai pMUJ, iiie uosi ,ol sah e f am?p s whn hlcwkc r"w r"""")
lArZZ .t'' -ri'ic!!"!- T?y y eve? avenue' woUM have warmn.ed ''.
,ik"tf irt v iiii ii it! a w u k.w m i -v . j : & i tr e : 1 1 1.11 w aiiiiiiii 111
...x f "i ic duuiuott 01-" mgroque simuuma
nt. .woulcr be praise too no IJ ' f
faint lo - bestow on such Invaluable pro-
auctions. - 1 , ;
Solono-as a disposition m evinced, ei-
;ther by communities of individuals, to as- j
sume a consequence to ! which they are not
an undisputed right to
their selfish arrojrance.
Those who ren-
der themselves conspicuous only by the
indulgence ol an unwarraniaoie vaimy,
are most certainly, the fittest subjects for
castigation ; and it must afford infinite sat
isfaction to the public, to see the blows of
the Club levelled at the towejring crest of
ostentatious pride, whereever it ffiakes its
appearance. Alreadv are the citizens of
II. writhing under the weight of their in
fliction ! The Stone Fountain sinks to
a paltry well ! and its once proud cover
ing might be takep for a sentry box What
n trn.r nnd nvl,?pn mftamornhosis f i
and aif this by the Club ! The 11 Star i
Buildings,'7 which, it has been thought, de
rived their name from being located in one
of our sister planets, but which, in fact,
were mere " castles in the air," have been
reduced to an ordinary looking tenement
of two stories high! The " Ogilvian So
ciety," on the display of whose oratorical
talents, both the physical and moral fate,
of oux country might, perhaps, have de
lepended, Has vanished in the form of a
poor tavern-keeper ! , The ' Museum,?7 &
the superb Theatre'! of this greatj city,
the character of which had been raised 'to
an unparallelled pitch by ther pompous
ness of puffing paragrapliists and ihe bom
bast of boasting braggarts, are battered to
the ground by well directed blows pand
all the out-works 'of the " host of sable
damsels,, who closed up every. avenue7 to
the last mentioned noble pile with ram
parts of gingerbread," iiave been carri
ed at the point of the pen ! What, in
deed, can withstand the push ef such val
orous veterans, who can ' ?un a tilt at pure
space" with as' much dexterity as the
knights of yore" ? And what frailty of hu
man nature can escape the penetrating
ken of these' scientific ir arksmen, who
perhaps " slioot," with equal skill at pas
sive foibles or " folly-as it flies ?"--Their
encounter, who will dare? Their atttack",
who can Withstand ? Their defiance a
loneis so appalling, that the bare mention
of their, "cask of ill-omened fluid of a
most villainous compound" strikes great
er terror than even Fulton's torpedoes !
Their language, too, gloWing, (if not, wirh
fervor) at least, with an the beauty of
patch-work, ."from its formidable incom
prehensibility to most bf their readers, has
served full as much to appal as to enlight
en them. If three words, merely, could
put Fidelius u hors du combat,77 how
much might not the novices in literary
tactics find to fear, in the niala venter,"
the " jet d' eau," the " puteus commu
nis," the u cori)s drapatiqne,"' and the
tout ensemble" of " rara avisin'TERRA"
with " vox et pirETEitEA nihil," which fol
lowed in almost solid column, had not the
commander of the pen that marshalled
them in dread array finally " debouched r"
it has,-heen insinuated ,bv a citizen of R.
that vox et praeterea nihil" is much
more applicable ;to this efTusion of the
Club, than to any rhapsody that ever o-rigir.-ated
from the puffing propensity cf.
his fellow-townsmen but so far from en
tertaining the same opinion, I wilPyenture
to repeat, that as lung as they continue
their labors for v res publica,-? (the com
mon weaj) without regard "to that obsolete
style, which, . in the language o(' Horace,
may be termed ' simplex munditns, (or
more, vulgarly, ' simple in neatness,'7)
they cannot fail of commanding the high
consideration tc which their latinisms so
eminently entitle them JVor will 'any one
.wh'ohas a knowledge bf the leash" of lan-
guages with which this Jhumher of their pa
per is most. beautifully' studded, ever a
gaia )resume to call in question the pro
fundity 'of their learning, .or bestow on
them the odious appellation of ."-stupid
chdl dots :r? For, if
" These are the trappings and the suiti,
; j you know'
" There must be that within which pass-
eth show lT
Our " plodding citizens" must derive in
finite satisfaction frcm learning, that the
small, portion of this wonderful produc
tion; which the Club have condescended ta
give them' in plain English, may possibly
be understood vitlibut recourse to a
" slang dictionary," althougli one or more;
interpreters will be required for a transla
tion of the remainder, unless its aulhors
should thimV!proj)er to furnish a.glossary.
And as they, have avowed their intention
of yriting merely " pro bono publico,'7 it
is confidently expected they will use every
possible means to enable the public to un-dei-standthem.
At all events, they -shall
have the tender of my feeble assistance
Jt
is much to he regretted, that whiff
lashinz what thev have been pleased to
term ". the characteristic virtue of thecity"
vi VJit til llllJl.".LailUtT. wi itii il nil IU ll l
; ' : r ' - ; -
correct
rrcl
S
i ' llitifuotation from Uvid is applied IfT, T ". uaejaeucious scraps
tnthP ' iPntM -K;fi ifthtx .i,A-:0.'-',"ul-w''" "1U" inieriardest thv -dis-
, must indeed be a stravge i cwr. ;es. But could they see asT do,
. w .... v w. , ... .
officer of that place, it , appearsr, tenaerea
luc ac' v A ut " . r , .
junieersiuiue govemui ua i"f'i;-s
state, although , be had not -a man raisea
the purpose,
the popularity requisite tq draw them into
service, and the ability to command them
had they taken the fieldf The newspa
pers ofthVday teemed with his correspon
dence on the subject ; and the press actu
ally groaned under the weight of his high
sounding addresses il. to the young men of
North-Carolina.,, - His patriotism was the
theme of panygericdiroughout the union
--and it was thought by many, not initiat
ed in the f art and mystery" of puffing,
that pur citizens would flock en mass to
the standard of this magnanimous military
adventurer. ! But, not to conceal any part
of the truth, I have beenlcredibly inform
ed that e man did actually turn out,
completely equipped ; so that this formi
dable corps, the services of which had
been pompously pledged on paper for a
stipulated ti oe, may be said to have con
sisted of one efficient; soldier, rank and
file,!- the whole under the command of
a major general !--Whp knows but the
cbofiasrration of the capitol at Washington
might have5 been prevented. tndj general
Ross with his army taken pnscn-rs by
this gallant body of soldier, had he been
timelv ordered to that quarter ! -'j, r '
: Just as I had concluded the above, my
two doughty . squues, wlio ai-e' ajwa's on
the look out, brought .me a Centinel con-
taininir an address from my little ".thum
peter' observing, at the i ime time, ve
ry good naturedly, tliat it w-as of such a
" villainous compouKd," as to leave no
doubt of its having been" filched from the
" left hand cask" of the Cluband that
they had accordingly ," cleared the way,"
for fear of being be-spaVtered with the
"lll-omeivd fluid." j Oir examining it, I
found their opinion correct its language
answering exactly in description'tto that
of Sir lludibras, which was ;
" A Habylonih dialect, -
"' Vhich highdearn7d pedants much aflect.
" It was a party-colour d dress i -
" Of patclrd and pye-bali'd languages :
" 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin,
il Like fustian heretofore on satin.
It had an odd promiscuous tone,
" As if he"d talk'd three parfSih one;
" Which' made some think, when he did
" They'd heard three laborers of Eabel ;
" Or Cerberus himself pronounce , s
" A Igash- of languages at odce. ;
"This be as volubly would vent,:' ' ,
" As if his stock would ri. 'er be spent ;
" And truly, to' support that chaigej
" lie had supplies as vast and large :
" For be could, coin or counterfeit f
" New words, with little or no wit-;
"' Words, so debas?d ayd hard, no stone
" Was hard enough to , touch them on:.
And when with hasty noise hespoke "em,
"The ignorant for current took "em,"
"i" SIR PROTEUS.
FOR THE CAROLINA CEKTINEL.
TO SIR PROTEUS,
Hard in hand ! hard in hand f Sir Pro
teus Etrad we ride at siich a rapid rate
Vin almost out of breath Alas ! your
worship, ' Pm prodigiously j afraid ' all
our puffing and blowing will be to no
account., -Truly observed Don Quix
otte, that; " benefits conferred on base
nundccl people are like drops of wa
terthrown into the sea." D'ye think a
vailct I passed just KOw Jrad the, impu
dence to hmgh at thy Uozinahte. for bolt
ing off "the turnpike to t immortality.-7:
He knew not, silly goslnr, that i?ven the
unrivalled steed of La "Manchai, on his
first sally, " took the path tha led di
rectly toiis own stable" ' Fori my part
I am delighted to see l how eaj:tly thou
hast followed his fctepsU I am charmed
too, with thy genuine Qui xoye fancy.
But for thy glowing imagination the beau
ties of the Refit ctor; 'would never have
been discovered. Even I, thy j learned
squire and fellow candidate for immortal
ity, should have pass them unheeded.
But verily J I doubt i thou woutdstnfcon
,v ir.ee Sancho Paifta himself, that wmd
njills are fighting gianisj & sheb3 rogues
in buckramVl-' Wilt thou believe me, I
was absolutely so bleareyed . end add'e
pated that I never once saw that fullbot
tomwis, that threadbare .coat, or those
darned stockings of Cle.ru3 ; but took it
for granted, oaf that I was, that "Fashion,
who governs all, had made her "innova
tions even here,, and- except by jhe
gravity of his deportment he could hardlv
j be distinguished iron- tlie rest of his gen
teel fraternity." " . ike shame to my
Sflf,77 however, for n.y stupidity. Had I
jhalf thy discrimination in " beauties," I
jshould not ! only have ; seen the darning
jpauper and his borrowed scratch , (although
jl1" a,re.nolt in the Reflector,) but been
jur ed aIso ofthat e!cmt couplet in
i ------ ir -
tfnin.e - that thou' hast :'stQope4 .tq imitate
the sublimity of thy
the refined delicacy of
nf frrtllt. mirtfir .1: - 1- 1 ' .1
:--". j rJi a'lu, acKjiowieqye ine
haUowmg presence of' the immaculate
. ' . ' 7 '"'unpft
cinia del Toboso. My ardor id kindled"
my whole soul is on fire, at the gallant
prowls of thy. hero. While watchW
like SanchoPanza, the eventful contrti
i a uuiouic, UlClUUUgUl XJiySClI Wert ffintp
ing the han'est of giorv before me a "
thereyererd hero cast his relig on asi(?"
ana k deliberately77 addressed himself t
"'j viiuavy.iucuiuugiH. i ceneld ttk.
toft thy threadbare coat, and bare th .
inewy arm to meet the biillvinn.
the Reflector. The battle thickerM u
r T m I -ae. .
iuic uc. ; a gaeu mi my eye grew H'
with anxiety, and I: almost swopned Wn!
agitation, when suddenly the clash of
mour subsided, the Biscayan took to flight"
and thy victorious Km:ghtshipTroSe ff0
the field covered with dirt Biid glrv ajJj
honourable bruises. Yes, valdrous V
tpusf I honor thy broken nose;tliy swop'
blackeye and thy visage bathed Sn "-ore'L!!
and perish the. envious scoun'drel wJT
dare think lightly of; thy prowess and
now, thou half divinity, I beseech thee
dismounted from my quarternad & on n, '
very marrowbones, 1 beseech thee l lcs?
me thy heathen interest.. Bonow, O moft
penetrating Proteus, since thou art of the
selfsame family, pray borrow some fifty
of tbe eyes of Argus not for thyself, tU
hundred eyed hero, but for thy dmsi"htt i
follower. Fain would I " deliberatelv"'
aid thee in inspecting the Reflector aii(l
doubt not our .united ondes, spie : of the
maledictions of envy or the opprobriu'n
of conceit,77 mifrht possiblv disrnv '
oeauues- in every iumber.
'lhine tel'deth.
TEmiPETEIt TO
: ; 1 Tuoteus.
Proteus is well known as a! heathen
deity
elf into all manner of. shapes.'3 6
INTEREST IXC ANECDOTE OP CUIUUy.
- It was at an early-period of his lile thaf
an incident occured, which moulded 1! 5
fmure fortunes, and which he. frequently
Aised to relate to his friends in nearly il :
folio winjr words :.; I was then' said he
ali t'e ragged apprentice to every Vm&
idleness and mischief; all day studying
wliateyer was eccentric in those olcer and
half the night practising it for the. imusc -ment
of those who were younger thm ni(v
Heaven only knows where it wouli have :
ended .' But, as my poor moth r said
I was born to be a great man. One morn
ing I was play ing, at marbles m tie vil-,
lage bali-aMey, with a light heart and a
light pocket. The gibe, and the jest, and
the plunder went gaily round ; tho.e who
won laughed, and those who lost cieated,
when suddenly there appeared anonpt
us a stranger of a "very.venerable an veiy
cheerful aspect ; his intrusion was rat U
least restraint upon our merry line assemblage-
on the contrary, he'steaifd
pleased, and even delighted ; he was a
benevolent creature, and the day ofmlan
cy (after all, the happiest we shal ever"
see) perhaps rose upon "his , lrjennrv.
God bless him I I see his fine from at the
distance of half a century, jusa? h stood '
in. the little ball-alley in the days Df ray
.11 11 r t' . ' . .
cnuuoooa ins name was Coyse he
was the Hector of Newmarket ;
took a particular fancy : I was
to me he
and was full of waggeiy, thinking every
imiig uiai vyas eccentric, and byjnomear.3
a mier of .my eccentricitie's eveiy one
was. welcome to share them.; ane I had
plenty to spare after having freighted the
company. Some sweetmeats easiiv bill
ed me home with him. I iearncH; from ;
poor Boyse my alphabet and jny gram
mar, and the rudiments of the cljissics ; he
taught me all he could, andtlsen ser.t ice
to the sdiool at JMiddleton in short, nr.
MADE' A MAN OP ME. 1 I rCColI(ct, It WaS
about five and thirty years afterwards,
when I liad liisen to some eminejneeatthe
bar, and when I hd a seat in plrliarccnt,
and a rood hOuse in Elv-nlaro. In mv re-
I turn one day from court, I for. id an old
geiuieman seatecl afone; in the f drawing
room, ins feet familiarly placed on each
side of the Italian marble chinnley-pieee,
and his - whole air bespeaking the. con
sciousness oX one quite at home. Ila
turned round it was my 7iien) of the
ball-alley J , I rushedfinstinct)vely into
his arms. I could not help buiitilig inta
tea'rs. Words cannot describe tie scene
which followed. You are right 5ir,vp
are right, tlie chimney-piece is
the pictures aro yours- -the housdis yours;
you gave me all I have my friend, my
father I He dined with me ; anfl hi the
evening I caught the tear glistening in his
fine blue eye when he saw his pfor little
Jackey, the creature of his bouujv, rising
in the House of Coramonsj to refo to a
RIGHT HONORABLE. Pqor BoYsi . lie h
now gone ; and no suitor had a l$rger de
pbsit of practical benevolence in the Ceurt
aboye. This is his wine let L j drink
his memory .J Such is a very flint and
very humble imitation of tbe ; mlnner cf
which 31 r. Cuiuian used'to relafe tbe
most interesting era in his histoiy ; and
he never recurred to it without w jeping.
! I v IjjjShn C: Li ter.
FOH SALE AT THIS OFf
'ICE.
aaventure oi thv own muse, n snfA A .