' vi rv....v. i f i i V. TltTJTH Olfjl (217IPE. A KD. 502; mm mm ' EDITED BY ! SAMUEL F. WILSOX yCBLiSHED EVERY SATURDAY, Bt THOMAS WATSOX Tti-Three Dollars per annum, payable in advance. No subscription will be received for a !-. nriod than one year ; and no paper will De .. . it orronrAi are Daidt unless oscon"u , at the option of the publisher p Correspondents addressing the publisher, need not pay postage on meir comnwu'w"""' 1 WTERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS From the Richmond Enquirer. ' SONG FOR THE EIGHT I OF JANUARY. Tusk" Scots w ha bae wi' Wallace bied.'V Morning- comes in mantle grey. Wake ye friends of Liberty, -Hail the EIGHTH, the glorious da. Day of Jackson victory ! , This the day that Britain's power JHiiher came in boastfol hour.; ' Who then taught her sons to cower i Jackson, foe of tyranny J Rise and pledge each other high ; '" Joy should dance in everjLeye, ' ; Orleans, be the exulting cry ! Orleans ! where we saw them flee Hark ! what sounds upon us steal? Drums now beat, and squadrons wheej Cannon roar with peal on peal. Freedom's land artillery j See our banners, waving light ! . See our. Eagle's tow'fing flight I Thus be hoveretb in the fight, ( O'er, the sons of Liberty I Vbo his country's saviour lauds f Who bis deathless deeds applauds ? Who (ike him will spurn at frauds ? True Virginian ! swear with tne By our father's glorious death, By their rights they did I bequeath, We will spend our latest breath. But we'll guard our liberty. Is there one our voice would drown I . Cast on him indignant frown. r Jackson's b the Cmc crown t Jackson, idol of the Frea ! From the Souvenir for 1829. THE PHILOSOPHY OF WHIST. r C. W. THOMPSON. She road of life is but a game, Where some a thirst for power and fame. And some for pleasure feel But every player does not win, Although he fairly may begin, Aod make s proper deal: , Some men assume the part of trade, Some turn the soil with active spade; While some to wealth incline, And making into eartb their way, Bring up before the light of day , The diamond of the mine. In clubs some .take an active part, " Whilei some the dictates of the heart . With eager zeal pursue ; And given to wine, their ruin prove Or trusting else in faithless lore. Their disappointment rue. All have their different parts assigned, And ranks throughout the world we find, Wid people red and black, i Each on the one below him lean 1 Some rise aloft to Kings and Queens, Some sink to bumble Jack. But whether stationed high or low. He who his honest heart can know, Free from reproving thumps, v E'en though he owns nor houe, nor lands. That, man in native glory standi, , The very, ace of trumps. , Some men will shuffle through the day, Unmindful how their partners play ; Unnov'd they seem to stand. And throw their cards with a most bold And tranquil face, although they hold A miserable band. The drying spirits take the lead. While those that in the game succeed, Seem bound to follow suit ; Such play the very deuce at last. Their fortune, character they blast, -And rcapkhe bitter fruit, i How oft, alas ! it is the fate . Of jarring comrades, wise too late, jTopiay a luckless club, -And sadly finding out at last, ' The time for meditation past, A heart had gained the rub. Ey honor $ome their fortunes win, And some by trick, nor deem it sio To profit as they may ' But time will oft the wretch expose To merited contempt who chose dishonorable play, v 1 . lis only he, who void of guile, ICnows that he has a right to smile, -And tells his heart the same I TU only he when fate shall close His pack of chequered ' joys and oet, Has fairly won the game. 4 . From. Life's. full quiver thrown, " Vc While I might gaze on thee, and know ' I should not be alone, -- i - , M I coald I think I could, have brook'd ' : " "E'en for a time, that thou ' J v ! " Upon lny fading face badst look '& With less of love than now ; For then, I should at least bare felt - The sweet hope still my own, ' To win tbeevback and whilst 1 dwelt On Eattb, not be aone But thus jto see, iVotn dayto dffy, Thy bngbtning eyeand,cheekr v And walch thy life sands fade away Unnuuljer'd, slowly, meet To meet Shy smite of tenderness, r And csjteb the feeble tone Of kindness jever breath'd to bless, And fl, ('11 be onc . . To mark tht strength each hour decay, And yet tjjjr hopes grow stronger, , As ffil'4 with heayen-ward trust, they soy, v Jtt larth may not chum tbee longer :'! tNay, dearest, tis, too much this heart Must breakrwhen thou art gone, It must not be, we may not part, I could not live alone ! i ' from the Forget Me Not for 1829. LOST AND WON. ByMissMayRussellMilfotdy i " Nay, but my deaf Lettv ' ' " onn dear Lefty roe, Mr. Paul Holton! Have not the; East Woodha- leven beaten the Hazelby : Eleven for the first time in the! memory of man And is it not en tirely your fault ? Answer me that, sir,! Did you not insist on taking James White's place, when he got that little knock on the leg with the nail last night, though James, poor fellow, maintained to the last that he could play better with one leg than you with two? Did you not insist on taking poor James's place? And did you get a single notch in either in nings ? And did not you miss 3 catches 3. fair catch :s Mr., Paul Holton ? Might not you have twice ciaught out John Brown, . who as ; all the., world knows hits up? And did not a ball from the edge of Tom Taylor's hat come into your hands, and did not you let her go ? And did not lorn lay (or after that get for ty-five runs in that same innings, and there by win the game ? That a man should pretend to play the cricket, and not be able to bold a ball when he has her in his hands! Oh, if I had been there I" You Why Letty r Don't Letty me, "sir .'Don't talk to me ! I am going home!" j " With; all my heart Miss Letitia Dale ! J havejhe honor, maidam, tp wishlydu a good evening' And each turned away at a smart pace, and the one went -westward and the other went eastward ho. This unlover-like parting occurred on Hazelby Down one fine afternoon in the Witsunweek, between a couple whom all Hazelby had, for at least a month before set down as lovers Letty Dale, the pretty daughter of the jolly clfl Tanner, and Paul Holton, a rich young yeoman on a visit in the place. , Letty's angry speech will suffi ciently explain their mutual provocation althoogh, to enter fully into her feelings one must be born in a cricketing parish and sprung of a cricketing family, arid be accustomed to rest that, very uncertain and arbitrary standard, the jpoint of honor, on beating our rivals and tvext neighbors in the annual match for juxta-position is a great harpener of rivalry, as Dr. Johnson knew when to Dtease the inhabitants of Plymouth he abused the good folks who lived at T)ock moreover, one must be also a quick, zealous ardent, hot-headed, warm-hearted girl, like Letty, a beauty and a heiress, quite unused a common journey, she who slops behind is watched him with a strange mixture of Gleanings from Foreign papers, for the New York the object of pity : how much more when! feefing. delighted to hear the stumps rattle. I ? Enquirer he goes goes, never to return, and carries anfl to see opponent after opponent throw Travellfng in France, -Upwards of three with him the tona anectinn, the treasured down his hat and walk ony and yet much hundred public coaches have left Pans dai- hopes, of a young, unpractised heart.. Unhoyed at the new method by which the 1 1 V In 'the year 1790 they were farmed " And gentle wishes long sdudued ohiect was achieved. We should not have out by Government, and protfuced 120,- Poor Door Lettv 1 I vr"" v M"j e.. ., w , KVUUvw .,.. r . J litnnri vtt it knocks down th wirltot most I nnhlir carriaops. amnnnta th! vpnr tn Ofl Three years passed avay, and brought l nrl too Lettv on her nart. had 000. Althoorh th ia mnr- Pvnedilinn, " j j , i -" j I e ' , " i watched the game with unexampled interest now than formerly, yet the prices have not and admiration; 44 He knows how much I diminished for the lat half centmy. For tike to see a good cricketer," thought she 1 1 instance, from Lyons to Paris, the fare in yet still, when that. identical good cricketer) 1760 was $10, and the coach was ten days approached, she was seized with such a fit of shyness call it modesty that she left tier seat and joined a group of young wo men at some distance. Paul looked earnestly after her, but re maineri standing by her father, inquiring wi tb affectionate interest after his health, the bawling. . . r :Ari. , . At lenetn, nesaia. " i nope mat i nave not juii v j waaw as u u much of change to our country maiden and her fortunes. Her father; the jolly old tan ner ; a kind, trunk, thoughtless man, as the cognomen would almost iaiply , one who did not think that there, were such things as wickedness and ingratitude under the sun. became bound for a friend for a lari; amount ; the friend proved a yiliian and the jolly tanner was ruined. He and his daugh ter now lived in a small cottage near their former house; and .at the point of time at nhif.h f havp r.hospn In rpiitip mv' , tlnri the old man was endeavoring to persnadt f na taming over .e game ana in never attended a jcricke. V ,en8tn ne,s.?ifl noPe tnat match since the one which she had sb mucM ar,ven away 1,ss ca- I v I . v - m m . ww m mm cause to remember, to accompany him the " L'all her L,etty, Mr. Holton," interrupt nPTt dav ( White-TnpsHavO m spp thp HskpI ed the old man " plain Letty. we are by Eleven again encounter their ancient poor folks now, and have no right to any antagonists the men of East-Woodbay. her title than our own proper names, old Prav cmp ltrv." a rl thp nlrl fthpr UOhn L'aie anc i) is naugnter ueity. a 4 I can't co without vou : t have no pleasure uoo6 daughter she has been ta me," conti anv where without mv Lettv : and I wantl nued the tono tamer, ior wnen aeots and to see this match, for Isaac Hunt can't plav) losses took all that we had for we paid to to disappointment, and not a little in love and then we shall not wonder, ra the brs place, that she should be unreasonably an- n-rv. or. in the next, that before she had walked half a mile her anger vanished, and whs succeeded by tender relentings and ear nest wishes for a full and perfect reconcile- ation. He'll be sure to call to-morrow mbrninff." thoueht Letty to herself. " He said he would before this unlucky cricket playing. He tol me he had something to sav. something particular. I wonder what it can he 1" thoueht poor Letty. " To be stite he has never said any thing about lik ing m4 but still and then aunt Judith, and Fanny Wright, and all the neighbors sav " " However. I shall know to-morrow though," repeated Letty to herself, and im- mediatelv renaired to her '., pretty flower garden, the little gate of which opened on a path, that, for obvious, reasons, Paul was wont to nrefer and beean tyine up" her carnations in the dusk of the evening, and watering ' her geraniums by the. light of the moon, until it was so late tnat sne. was lain to return, disappointed, to the, house, re peating to herself, " 1 shall certainly see him'to-morrow.T . ' Far different were the feelings of the chidden swain VVIl-a-day for the age;Qi from the lat Albany Daily Adyertiser ; and We chaly i tbe haPPy llIDCS of Kg".1 an re sorry that up account u given of their origin, paladins, when a lecture from a lady s rosy They are the inaplrations-of a gifted muse, and liPl or a buffet from a lily hand would have w5 b?lt ' ,b? ffio M y been received as. humbly and as thankfully rni ia their happiest momenta; The though! T" ' . , - ;tM4 aun r the second verie, a .exquisitely touching.-fiV. Benedicite from a mitred abbot, or -E.Post. .v:."'- the accolade from a1 king's sword I Alas r : THE WIf E.. ; - 7 ior the days of chivalry I They, are gone . Sheflung her white arms round bim-thou art all and I fear .' me 1 forever. For- certain our tat this poor heart can cling to.V- . ! I hero waS nQj 5orn to revive themp; Paul Holton was a well looking and well educated young- farmer just returned -from I could have stemm'd fnisfortunit's Ude ' Arid borne tbefic) one's sneefj i i,: . Have brav'd thVhaogfit Northed aVincieteac'trdt-M' the north, to which he had been sent for agnct)ttural impicemehtanjd now on ibe loQkQUt foiiiaira wdw on account of the death of his mother, and they tell me that the Cast Wood bay men hjve consented to. our taking in another mate who practices the nev Sussex bowling 1 waist to see the hew fancied mode. 44 Do come Letty i" And, with a smothered sigi at the mention of Sussex, Letty consented Now bid John Dale was not quite inge hious with his pretty. daughter. He did not tell her what he very well knew himsel that the bowler in question was no other than their sometime friend, Paul Holion whom the business of letting his houses, or some other cause, not perhaps, clearly de fined even tb himself, had brdught to Hazel by on the eve of the match, and whose new method of bowling (in spile of his former mischances) the Hazelby Eleven were wil ling to try : the more so, as they suspected what indeed actually occurred, that the - Easi-Woodhayiies, who would have rested the innovation of the Sussex system of deli vering the ball into the hands of any one else, would have no objection to let f au Holton, whose bad playing was a standing joke amongst them, do his best or his worst in any way. Not a word of this did John Dale say to Letty ; so that she Was quite taken by sur prise, when, having placed her father how very infirm, in a comfortable chair, she sate down by his side on a little hillock of turf, and saw her recreant lover standing amongst a group of cricketers very neat and evident ly gazing on herjust as he used to gaze three years before.' . " " , Perhaps Letty had never looked so pret ty in her life as at that moment. She was simply drestjjBs became her fallen fortunes. Her complexion was still colored, like the apple blossom, with vivid . red And white, but there was more of sensibimyr; more 01 he heart in its quivering mutability, its al ternation of paleness and blushes : the blue eyes, were still as bright, but they were of ten er cast down ; ; the smile, was suit as splendid but far more rare $ the girlish anx iely" was gone, but it as -repiacea? py wo rn a n ly sweetness; s weetness v and,4noqesty ormed now the chief expression' ol , thai ovel v face, lovelier, far lovelier," than ever. Soapparently thought Paul Hotioh, for he sazed and he gazed with his' whole sout in iis ey es in complete oblivion. of cricket and cricketer, and the -whole: world. :A last be ecollected himself, blasnea ana powea, ana advanced a iewsteps as iff to address her; JmtJ.3 the utmost farthing, Mr. Paul Holton, we owe no man a shilling 1 When all my ear nings and savings were cone, and the house over our head the. bouse I was born in, the house she was; born in I loved it the better for that ! taken away from us, then she gave up the few hundreds she was enti tled to in the right of her blessed mother, to purchase an annuity for tne old man whose trust in a villian bad brought him to want." - ' , 44 God bless her !" interrupted Paul Hoi ton. Aye, and God will bless her," returned the old man, solemnly" God will bless the dutiful child, who despoiled herself o all to support her old father I" " Blessings on her dear generous heart! again ejaculated Paul ; " and 1 was away and knew nothing of this v " I knew nothing of it myself until the deed was completed," rejoined John Dale 44 She was just of age and the annuity was purchased and the money paia oeiore sne tnlH mp f and a ; cruel kindness it was to stnri hprsplf for mv sake x it; almost broke my Heart when I heard the story.- But even that was nothing," continued we gooa tan ner, warming with his subject, compared with her conduct, since. If you could but she keens the house, and how she -w I ... . . ...... B;t nnnh me : her handiness, her cheer- fulness, and all her pretty ways and contri vances to make me forget old times and old .--Ik. . a -- 9 ' . t ' ' places. Poor thing! sne roust miss net neat oarlor and the flower garden she was i j j so fond of, as much as 1 00 my lanyara ana the great hall 5 but she never seems 10 ininK of them, and never nas sponen word since our m istortunes, ior - ' , m m a ' know, poor thing I sne used to De a auick -tempered' I" v f And 1 knew nothing oj mis 1 repeated Paul Holton, as two or three of. their best Wickets being down; the ' Hazelby players summoned him to go in. M I knew nothing of this i" . ' V -v;-;"-; 'jSX : r& Again alt eyes wete fixed on the Sussex cricketer and at first; he ; seemed likely to verify the predictions and confirm the hopes of the most malicious of Vis adversaries,1 by batting as badly as be had bowled ; weljl, tie had not caught sight of the ball : bis hits were weaK, t,nis oeience jinsecure, ana his mates becah t63 tremble and opponents io cMw5iEJycry;bii seemccV likflytoi be his last; lie missed a leg ball of Ned Smith's; was; all but'eaobt out bjf Ssuia wton tod i 1- J Tl . ' j. . . . . on 1 hp mn. n. eama ia. i. nnw but the travelling is performed in less than hree days. a nasty all you little ' Enough it at good as a feast The priglisb newspapers are fre quently filled with notices of the disgusting practice , of (aying wagers on the quantity of Victuals and drink n man can consume- within a gi ven time. . One evening a blacksmith drank. J a gallon of ale in four minutes, and was a corpse the day afterwards. At Brighton, a man named Maxwell offered to eat four pounds of porkr or forty eggs within a gU vtu time, but finding no one. willing to ac cept his offer, he proposed to eat 2 pounds of bullock's Jiver, raw; but this met witb no better reception. He then offered to eat a poupd of salt, which costing but little (only one-halfpenny,) was sent for ; this ha mixed with some ale, and actually tonsamed and be expired about' nine the following day ; on opening the body, the stomach was found to be in a high state ot inflammation Such brutes hzruiy deserve a better end March 'of mind. At a recent drawing of the recruiting list for 1828, in the depart ment of Cote d' Or (France) the following curious facts were elicited : Out of 3230 young men, 1782 could read and write,1 195 could only read," and the remainder could neither read. nor write. -A neighboring de partment, (Saone et, Loire) offered the fol lowing results Out of 4535 individuals, only 1311 could read and write. We should like to see a similar statement from some of the Ingush counties, by way .01 compart son. ' ; - ---'.'.i ' -.v .. , ;rr V" . - 'irwj'uniici a "iiivuifl(jcoMiig, juiueu tne party who had I ca5ivwanajr iriampneti, rizuv sita c iiau vuiHc oii me aouae errana or vtnt. i usemn ra ronnn th b.t. : immbinn Kun aanHHin iiyih.a r 1 ..... oweiSta.nlititmi and lettine two I called." Pfav !" and thfefrnmp rM.oan' watching hi rh Wlti nianifc&r anxip'v.' rp;1 ui UllCC SUlttll nOUSeS xeOrnilV lailen intl) I- r aSI-VVOOdDaV PainPtl th (nu nA mAt I iPd hop, rnmnsanmnc u nrtilna ihrMiirhta before the cked t the ball turnnike. "the muueea to avail nimseif ct tne privilege b 1 striker out no other than Tom Tavlor. Koppice, the pond : pot three, four.'five. at the nope of winning favtfrn theeyer orHhc boast of his parish,, and th best bats- a Wi baffled the slow bowler, James Smith theungrateful ? fair ;pn Accident, mere ac-1 and tin? fast bowleV, Tom Taylor ; got fi1 - character, as well aslier sparkling beauty, 1 cident II7 of course, cried East Woodhav: 1 three-notches off hir own bat ; stood out 11 had delighted his fancy affd apparently won but another, and another followed few the rest of - his side : and so . bandied the his heart, until her -rude ttafk on his. play j could stand against the fatal bow ling, and adverse party when they" went in, that the " . " . If. UK; "aiI,v ' j oiti ic a I " ?c WM H , : 6 i"cn5. panic seizea I vu wbj won ji h single; innings, wjui.six, tractions; . Loye is , mor intimaiely con-Mhe whole side And then, as; losers; will, Pnd twenty runl to spare. i :.l . if i:.. tl.L'n..i. H I : r U I, - . ' . i - . . 1 . ... -4 -. , ,,CVCU w"ose,Mav" VrlTrV ,u. W Y u lo cxca,5n againsr tne system, . Whilsthis nates -were discussing thir o imagine ; and fati.1 rnon s naa oeen caueu u a toss, a throw, a trick r any thing fvictnrv. Paul Holton aain Antiroarhed ihe ii u'a ia i auu any iiuui' uui cr ckpi: ru. rath. anil u . t!.'. mistress's character was mehat.toonn- ed at it as destroying the grace of the at!-, not riinViwai l.-nv ' rf prv nal..... k:. .1- t-. G-. Q,. k. UhHn anH iko kaUn.. nT .1 . . . . ..'I. . , ,V . " V , Puwu ... was greatiy fvr;iHi- j'.1 . V"? V game 5 protesir, he , three r years aro I lost the Cricket but I I come to wive ithanoilv n Padua s and fet l PP"? 01 conaqience; and old crick- I renented. how ei.rnp.ilv Y hav-Wno, ifer father be as rich as hemayi Pll none of eters, hummed, and hawed arid sea-sawed this day! The world has gone well wi h her." (And, mistaking anger for indlnV- quoted contending precedents and jostling me; Letty, for these three lone years. I ence no uncommon delusion in a love authorities, :iPOKeo grave and wise, whilst wanted nothing but the treasure which I quarrel off he set within the hour, think even their Jittte sticks of office Seemed vi- ( myself threw away, and now, if vou would ug so very.much of punishine the saucy orating in puzziea importance, ixever were hut let your father be mv father, and mv oeauiy-? tnat ne entirely torpot tne possioiii-j juuges mure aoreiy pcjiccu. t iasi tney 1 nome your home ! if you would but for ly 01 some ot the pains falling to his o n oia s tne sages 01 mv uencn no in such give me, Letty ! : i . i . 1 : r 1 . 1 j 1 , -1 snare. case icscivcu uiu yumi wi i-v, auu aesir- Ittv's iiniPt t .in r.Porrt . K.,o The first tidings that Letty heard the next ed tkem to ''play out the play ."Accord. it is certain that Pau1 Hofon wBked n0me morning were, that Mr. Taul Holton had tngn xne. roaicn was rcsuraea ; oniy 2 rrom lne cricket prnund: with old Jnhrt v . - - . I i t mm . t - -r ' 1- " - - - departed over night, having authorised his notciies neing gained py, tne cast-wood. Dale hanging on one arm, and Jdhn Dale's cousin to let his houses, and to decline the nayians in meir urst innings, anu tney en- preity daughter on the olher and that a , - r . .1 1 . - -1 c .1 I ii- .tr .u ni j lj 11 i ' i r. ' targe iarm, ror wnicn ne was in trearv; tne iirei iroiii in? uau ui jub uiu waaeioy 1 mnnth affer ihp f HTPlhv rhnrrh . -t . - - Ilia 1I7L!. - I next ihtelligence informepl her -that he wa oowjer, James w nite. were ringinff merrilv in honor of one of th settiea in Sussex ; ana men nis reiauons ten uurine tne quarter 01 an nours pause fa rest and tackiest mtrh that -vor crick.. Hazelby and Poor Letty herd no more. whi):h the laws allow, the victorious man of eter lost and won. Poor Letty i Even in a common patting for Sussex , went up to John Dale) who bad Newspapers', K the in telfectual super! ority of a country is indicated by the num ber of its public journals, the United States of America is the most intellectual country . in the world. For a population, of eleven, millions and a half, it provides 850 iournals bdng in the proportion of "one journal to every . J 3,500 individuals.' England with a population of twenty three millions, has only 483 journals j making the proportion as one to 43,500, But there are many gra dations of the scale between both. Saxony has 54 journals, and her population is only one million and a half, being in the propor tion xf one to 26,000. ' Denmark with a fiopulatipn of two millions and a half, pub ishes 80 journals, beint; one to 31,000. . The Netherlands containing six milions, has one hnndred and fifty journals, being one to 41,000. Prussia, whose populatjoa is twelve millions and a half, has 223 jour nals, or a proportion of one to, 26,000; and be German confederation, a . population of hirteen millions; Issues 30S journals, bein? as one to 44,500. V As we descend, wk fipd ' Sweden, France. SWrrirrlatJBritish Ame ricaf Hanover, Bava-ktu3f,rbscariy, Austria, the States ptpi fVAbraitlisp Russia, $pain fane) Africa, "alt! gracluajly sinking to a still decreased prnportion unVil we come 10 .asiaj - wnicn : ierminares;iho points oTthepo hot happy Asia -where there is a popuJa v tioo of three hundred and ninety rai I lions we' find the: literary periodicals amount to the number pt 37. beingotihbpo ofonejoitra i - v. " 'v t TH ' - W L ,i ,' . f 4 4 i -! Mr''':- w m ml w ri,". M : if; I . r m - Ik Hi' .-. '.ii i ii 'r nil . m m t . I "lu" jV'j 5 l I :: - tt t : . V". V ! ; . 1 Hi-;? 'r?!.r:iM 'Hi - - 4 t

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