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BOLLINC&ROKE.
t ry 5 r a TV Jla nn. lnn-pr very
Hnt tlft frfnrnf T.ord luirurbroke was no longer I,
:u i": : rrinmniAlicfiJ0
ih the ascendant, tie couianotmmgie iu puuuu
andmthees
shed a fascinating charm, he passed almost un-
a ir wti? ninXj -mrf ha1 hp not I
e&. He was emphatically alone, and had he not
IIUUCCU. ;no.W)U6inpHiUUV " ?rr thio
nj, iuuui luuuiAu mm"" j- :r 1
. have goneown tq the grave a gloomy and disappoin-
ut length found a hohersomxeimppin
tea man.-
He stood alone where bright eyes shone,
Within the lighted hall . j
Antf there no long remembered tone,
Did on his spirit fall. r r
The idolized of other xlays, j I
. Swept by him in the dance
But not for him were words of praise,
, f Or Beauty's thrilling glance. , ;
lie walked alone the path he trod.
Was shunned as if a spell, j
Rested upon the very sod, j
O n which his footsteps fell ;
Xo hand was there to scatter flowers.
Upon his lonely way :
Tliose he had loved in boyhood's hours
They, too, had shrunk away.
He wept alone ! No voice was near
To bid his sorrow cease, : i , s
To dry the mourner's bitter tear,.
. And whisper hope and peace ; i
1 le asked it not : there is a pride
Within the wounded heart,
' That, like the dying dove, would hide
The keen and poison'd dart.
He knelt alone ! What then to him
Were all the scoffs of men ?
T he star of faith no more was dim, 1
And little reck'd he then
Of aught save that bright world above.
Beyond the clear blue sky,
Where all is joy, and peace, and love--
His better home on high.: , '
Oh, not alone, are those who find
That gift of purest worth,
The gems of the immortal mind,
Can meet no home on earth I
Why should the gifted ever bend
Before Ambition's throne-?-
ivna nnq, wnen nie s vain cnanges ciiu.
Themselves indeed alone 1
V , THE PILL TAKER.
1 Whether it was in consequence of an epidemic
prevailing,; or of the season, which was Christmas,
and the consequent repletion attendant on it, that
had caused such an unusual influx of customers to
the shop of Andrew,. Chemist and Druggist in the
i town of Fife, certain,- it ia that he and his boy had
been more than usually employed in compounding
i aperients and emetics for the inhabitants of the good
city ; never before had such a demand on his galli
pots and bottles been made-riiever before had blue
pill -and, jalap been used in such prolusion, and never
before had Andrew felt, more sincere pleasure than
lie derived that evening, from the market house clock
striking eleven, his signal for closing. With alacrity
his boy accepted his permission to depart and left his
master to enjoy solitude for the first time during that
day jj and to calculate the quantity of drugs made
use, of during it. This was not small -14 oz. blue
pill, 4 lb. jalap, besides colyoynth, senna and rhu
barb,! at the lowest computation, had he prepared for
the irood townfblk of Bife; innumerable had been
the cases of cholera morbus, and plumb pudding sur
feits tie bad relieved that day, and the recollection of
ie proportion of evil he had been the means of alle
viatirig, gave him the most pleasing sensations. The
profit also accruing from his' day's labor, contributed
no small share of pleasing thoughts, and one half
hour more naa .passea, ere it enterea nis mina tne
lime for closing had moc than arrived ; he had, how
ever," lust risen lor the purpose, when a stranger en
tered. ,Now Andrew, tliough'an induistrious man,
would willingly have dispensed with any other call
for his services that evening, and not altogether so
obligingly as usual did he welcome his customer, but
awaited his commands Without deigning a question.
The stranger was not, however, long in opening
his icommission, neither did he appear to take An-j
drew's inattention r at alt amiss; he, seemed one of
those happy beings upon whom outward circumstan
ces make little or no impression, who could be either
ciyil or otherwise, as should happen to suit his hu
mour, and who cared little for any opinion but; his
own. His broad and ample shoulders, over which
was cast a large coachman's coat, with its mnume-
rables capefe, and his hands thrust into the pockets,
and hjis round, " riiddygood humoured face, showed
that the cares and troubles of the world had made
but little impresssion upon him. Andrew had seen
many a wild Highlander in his time ; but either
there' was something peculiar in his customer, or his
nerves were a little, deranged by his exertions during
the day : an indefinable sensation of fear came over
him, for wlich he could hot account, and hisififst lm
-pulse -was to run to the door for assistance. But then
he bethought himself he might, perchance, fall into
the hands of some of those night prowlers, who, re
port says, maite no scrupieiroi supplying medical stu
dents with living subjects they cannot procure dead
ones. And more, did he leave his shop, his till would
be left to the tender mercies, of the stranarer ; he was.
- therefore, ' compelled to summon 1 courage, and de
mand the stranger's business. This was not so diffi
cult to hi m perhaps, as. we may imagine, Andrew
having formerly served in the militia; but it appeared
that his fears had alarmed him far more than there
was any occasion, for on asking tho stranger's busi
ness, he in the most polite manner only requested
him to prepare a box; of moderately strong aperient
pills. This at once relieved his feaW though it did
not entirely' remove them, and Andrew quickly set
about the necessary preliminaries. Blue pills and
jalap once more were in request, hut so much had the
strangers sudden appearance aguatea mm ne could
not recollect their places so readily as usual, and he
was more than once on the point of mixing quite the
reverse of what he intended
The stranger observed to him he appeared agita
ted, and politely begged he would wait a little and
compose himself, as ne was in ino hurry. Here all
his hands shook as though he had the palsy, and ne
ver had the preparation of a box of pills appeared so
irksome to him. It seemed as though 'the very me
dicine itself had this evening conspired to torment
him; threetimes longer than it usually took him
Jit fT and though the town clock had
' iJ25imr ght, stiUiAndrew was
-at his po grmding and pouriding; and often, as he
delayed for a moment tlirough rnle inahditv to pro
ceed, stranWr politely bughth nto ret a few
minutes and Vhm
. length his labours drew to an end ho Jrl
labli, pasted it on, W canffgKSh j
t .paper, and presented it to the stranger I
"I will thank yoasfbra glass of water." aid he.
as he bowed to Andrew on receivihg the box and
I see, sir, you have given me a smartish dose. aS
these pills to be taken at bed time : but eo iW.h
better, they will perform their required dutv
X have ere now, mastered a leg of mutton; and some
r writer amrms the human stomach can "digest a ten
nennv tail, so here flroes." " J r
J It was in- vain Andrew assured himhe; had made
a mistake in the directions, and that one pill was
sumcient; in vain he remonstrated with him on the
ganger of raku5 a iargcr dose; PU1 afcr piU disap
peared from his alarmed view, while! between every
three or four, in the same equable qnH polite tone
came, "I will thank you to prepare me another box,
and compose yourself. Sir) I'm in no hurry." Who
could the stranerer be? Andrew was now at the
climax of alarm; the perspiration stood on his
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0" iremoieaBo as to reuuBi
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gmginrau pirong ooses nen
pared after a city least, for the
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nttpridante on it; but
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A man that cquld devour a leg
of blue pills at a mouthful, had n?ver enterea viUajfes on tjie range Gf tne Ohio, is very exten
imaginatioirauchlessdidheerpttose . and for thig6purpose no place could be
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abeingm pereon: Wstranger more favorably situated than Cincinnati. Imme
acram obliged to commence his laoour. i stranger j
-c- -JP . . , , . , J AvwIt-owt hnH rr alter.
"rW aMin. orstare him in the
w a w . . -l. - nir rwis. I 11 I 11111 u it ulma ui vvi
face the latter he could j not do, as his imagination
wvnAw mptamorphosed him into something more or
less than man. Once more, therefore, did Andrew
ply at the
pestle, while the stranger, as il to beguile
the tedium of waiting, oegan to grow more loqua-
cious. riaa uinarew ever Bougm aiier uieruiw-
oi Uo TTniol lTri T7i; fT Afh7
Did he put much faith in Solomon's Balm of Gilead,
nr fiarrinffton'a Pills, or d d he be eve in the Me-
tempsychosia? In vain he assured him he studied
nothmg but the Edinburgh Dispensatory, that hisUhe
shop bounded his researches.; the j stranger took for
tion, and question after question did he put, to which
Andrew assented without knowing their purport.
giauiBuiu; must ue auie 10 ivj of rrueivc miuuua.-
At lencrth he seemed to have exhausted all his sub
jects, sat himself oh the chair, as if to compose him
KP.ll in rIapti. and m a short time frave uneauivocai
proot ol it.! Andrew now began toa oreainc more
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freely, and; ventured to cast his eyes towards his
jtrange customer; and, after all, there was nothing
to be alarmed at m his appearance, except he noticed
the breath from his nostrils appeared more like tne
steam of a tea-kettle than the breath ol a human
beine. Still there was nothing extraordinary in his
face: and a dress that well suited it: to be sure a
smile or rather grin, lurked in the corner of hils mouth,
even while asleep, as if he mocked poor Andrew's
perplexity.? He did not, however j allow much time
for observation he seemed to he intuitively aware,
Andrew had ceased his usual pohte manner. "Oh,
I see you have finished; have) the goodness to pre
pare me one box more; but let me pray you to take
your leisure, and compose yourself, for I am in no
hurry." Andrew, who had fondly hoped his labour
was at amend, now found himselt obliged to renew
Ith visor, while the stranger aroused himr
self, rose fijom his chair, yawned and shook himself
spoke of the comfortable nap he had enjoyed was
sorry he had kept Andrew up sp late, or early rather,
for it was now morning.
Andrew, though internally Wishing him any where
but in his shop, yet constrained himself politely to
answer, that his commands gave him much pleasure.
he ; renewed his toil. Uox alter box did ne
prepare without intermission, and the hours of one,
two, and three, had been told in ;succession, by the
market clock. Bitterly did he lament his destiny;
long before this he ought to have been snug and com
fortable i irt his warm bed. Anger now began to as
sume the place of fear, as he grew more accustomed
to his visitor's company, and often did he determine
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in nimseii to reiuse preparing any more. C5uu nis
courage was not at. that pitch; probably his exer
tions, as I said before, may hae injured his nerves
however,, he could not rally himself enough to do it
The stranger, with his usual smile or grin, stood
looking on, employing his time by beating the. devil's
tatoo on his boot, while at intervals came forth the
usual phrase, " Another box, but don't hurry your
seli." At length, mere inability to proceed any fur
ther supplied the place of courage ; his arms and
sides acued to such a degree i with his labour, as to
cause the I perspiration to stand on his brow in great
drops, and he declared; he could proceed no further.
The alteration in the stranger's countenance told
him he had better left it .unsaid,' and his hands in
stinctively grasped the pestle with renewed vigour,
but his repentance came too late ; the stranger's" hand
was already across the counter, ahd in a second more
had grasped Andrew's nose as firmly as if it had been
in a vice. Andrew strove in vain'to release himself
the stranger held him with more than human grasp ;
and his' voice, instead of the polite tone he had be
fore Used, now sounded to his, terrified ears what his
imagination had pictured of the Indian yell. The
pain of the gripe deprived hirri of voice to assure his
tormentor he would compound; for him as long as he
would wish; still he contrived to make signs tp that
ettect, by ; stretching his hands towards his mortar,
and imitating the action of grinding; but his tyrant
was reieuuess nrmer aia ne ciose nisiore nnger ana
tnumD. iivnorew could not shake himort ; like a per
son afflicted with night mare, he in van assayed his
aiiciiui iuviufJii dguiiicu wiiii iea.r oi losing nis
prominent feature in the struggle. The stranger at
length as if endowed with supernatural strength.
lifted him from the ground, balanced him in the air
for a moment, srave him a three-fold twitch, draw
him head foremost over the counter, and let him fall.
When he came to his senses he found himself lying
outside his bed, the only injury from his fall being a
broken hose.
' - Al CINCINNATI IN 1830.
Cincinnati , is built upon j a plain of about
twelve miles in circumference. The spot is
in every respect wejl calculated for commercial
purposes, and appears to have been designed
by Nature for the use to which it has been ap
propriated. The limits of this beautiful amphy
theatre are formed by the elevation of the coun
try 1 rising into mountains and cliffs, and ex
tending in a band round the city. The hills to
the N. E. resemble, somewhat, the remantic
scenery about the suburbs 1 of Georgetown.
The city commences immediately on the mar
gin of the Ohio, and the communication with
the numerous boats, constantly crowding the
shore, is by an inclined plane, pave with large
and substantial rocks and forming one of the
most convenient harbors in the world. The
trade here is so extensive, that there are fre
quently twelve and fourteen large boats, awai
ting their despatches, and thronging the shore
at the same time. Immediately on the banks of
tne river are the warehouses, some of which
arc commodious buildings. ! The main street
commences as you ascend1 the wharf : its direc
tion iis due north and south, and the industry of
tne citizens engagea in ineir active pursuits,
gives it a most cheerful and animating appear
ance. At the extreme end of this street, the
Miami Canal enters the city,) striking it at right
angles, and winding off hi the direction of the
hills. The private dwellings, in many parts
of the city, are very: magnificient, some of them
indicating great architectural beauty. One is
surprised to find, in a settlement so recent,
and a population so exclusively devoted to com
mercial! pursuits, a taste jso refined and accu-
rate, l he punamgs, doui puouc anu private,
appear to have been constructed with a view to
ornament, as well as convenience : and all con
tribute to the impression which the whole
prospect is calculated to leave upon the mind
of the visiter. On entering Cincinnati, I found
my enthusiasm elevated i to a pitch, which
nothing but national pride, and the deep inter
est j. take, in oil u.4 . fi- i
. ' umi. riinrcrn a ina wfiinrH in
- 1 this distamla h" LTSyB bepre-
I uv tuuuirv. rnnM i, i j i j
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sented ' as a wilderness, the bustle of activity,
and enterprise. I saw 4iere a population ad
vancing in wealth, emulating each other in in-'
dustry, ana presenting indications 01 contem
ment seldom witnessed in any part of the coun
try. It seemed as though, in this hitherto neg
lected obscure region, they had planted the stan-
lecieu umcurc region, uiey iiau pimeu mc swu-
fighting the good cause of a liberal ana exauea
competition.
Th . . , , , towns and
QiaieiV On ine DanKS OI Hie river, IV tuiuinaauo
the advantage of steam boat transportation
which, from the rivalry that every where exists
Gn the Western waters, is found to be the chea-
peast tnat can'be resorted to, as it is decidedly
he most expeditious. The Miami Canal,
fa fe nQw in m operation, and extends; to
t .a 'na(U nf ii inWnd
Uavion, gives ll me ucncui u
produce, without, the expense of wagon car-
naff e. i nc sou oi unio is we i auapieu iu mic
purposes of agriculture, and the products of
interior contribute no small share to the
progperity of the city. The canal has already
Deen productive ot the most substantial re
gards, and Dromises much more when the
population oi tne oiate snail nave aavanccu
ana tne-emarcn oi lniDroveuieiiu mcreascu mc
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farilities of aorritfultural sDeculations. The
prouuee aireaay reanzeu oy mis caum m
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mense. The city has extenaeuiiiseii ior some
m . 1 i t .- j i r :
distance along its banks, and extensive ware
houses have sprung up within two years past,
for the reception of the produce as it is landed.
This has given so violent an impetus to the
enterprise of active adventurers, that the trade
at the north of the city, where the canal enters,
appears almost to vie with that of the South :
and the transient visiter is at a loss to determine,
whence the greatest revenue is derived. Such
- o
is iin imperfect sketch of Cincinnati. WJien
we look back upon the State of Ohio a few years
since, and compare it with its present floujrMh
ing condition, we may calculate on a popula
tion! in a very short time to come, inferior in
the means of wealth to none at present existing
on the civilized globe. We saw hernota great
while ago, admitted into the Confederacy of
States. She was then in the first stage of her
infancy, her advantages unknown, and the
whole face of her extensive and fertile territo
ry, buried beneath the shade ofthe forest. The
effects of civilization have been wonderful.
The wilderness has been levelled, as by a hurri
cane: cartals have been cut, and the proud city
of Cincinnati, which not long since shared the
common obscurity, has grown in strength till it
has attained a poulation of 26,000 inhabitants,
and a trade threatening to surpass that of New
Orleans. The march of improvement is advan
cing with the most rapid strides. No one who
visits this happy region, can leave it, without in
creased con victionsfof the incalculable resources
of our Union; and this spirit is not confined to
Ohio alone ;-it has penetrated into remoter lands,
and is now infusing itself into the whole popula
tion of the West. I
' The Second Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road, extending twelve miles above
Endicott's Mills, is now open, and the cars have
travelled the whole distance. As the stone for
the second tract of this division is prepared,
and is to be immediately conveyed along the
line, passengers, for the present, can be accom
modated only on those days when the working
cars do not occupy the track already finished.
We rode to the upper end of this division
last Friday. Along the whole line, with the
exception of a few yards on emuankments, a
stone rail is laid, apparently in the most perfect
manner, forming certainly as beautiful a road
to the eye, and as convenient for the purposes
of transportation, as can well be imagined.
The embankments mentioned, according to the
plan judiciously pursued, are laid for the pre
sent with wooden rails, as they can be more
conveniently taken up and replaced when this
is necessary from any slight sinking of the em
bankments. Those, however, being', 'few in
number, and not extensive, nearly the whole
distance is laid with the stone rail, which gives
an admirable impression of nice work and du
rability. This division of the road will be
seen by those interested with mtich satisfaction,
not only from its fine execution, but from the
conclusions that may be drawn from it respect
ing the future progress of the work. 1 The
road still pursuing the ravine pf the Patapsco,
of course traverses a granitic district of great
ruggedness, presenting pretty much such ob
stacles as may be expected to be encountered
in the region of the Alleghany. Yet it is curi
ous to see with what comparative facility it is
carried along. Almost the whole way, it is a
shelf cut out of the bank of the stream, there
being, as we have said but inconsiderable em
bankments, and very few thorough-cuts and
the curves though perpetual, appear no where
abrupt. The structures 4 on this part, such as
bridges and culverts though extremely substan
tial, appear to be finished with less cOst. The
second track, also of stone, is likewise in pro
gress. Thus twenty six miles of the road" are
now open. The proprietors along the route
already perceive the vast advantages it will
afford them. To many it will be a saving of
many hundred dollars in the yearj on articles
which they are in the habit of sending to our
market, not to speak of the additional transpor
tation of commodities whose bulk has hitherto
rendered them wholly valueless in exchange.
We are strongly impressed with the beliefthat,
by the time this road reaches its western ter
minus, it will have created in the intermediate
region an amount of trade as great as that which
was originally assumed as the basis for compu
ting its returns to the stockholders. It is im
possible to see this noble Iroad ascending insen
sibly the rocky fastnesses of the interior, pre
serving its apparent level in the most precipi
tous tracks, without being struck at once with
apleasing wonder, and an entire conviction of
its vast effects on trade. At the Forks of Pa
tapsco, gie termination of the Second Division,
the road has reached an elevation of nearly
three hundred feet above tide. Yet the travel
ler over these twenty six miles, fancies him
self all the while on a dead level, as in fact it
is,!for all the purposes of transportation.
The scenery in this upper part of the ravine
ofjthe Patapsco is not inferior to thai with
which we are familiar in the lower part. Rock
and water, hill and wood are grouped with per
petual variety. The freshness of the scene is
delightful. There are few regions better wa-
ucngunut o
tered, and rivulets ana orooKS aescenumgi
abundance from ihe idge." For the dis-
tance of nineteen milej, the valley ot the ra-
tapsco is capable of being transformed by me 10 very n"py- a- 1 OI n.eWs Pa
. , : j ; I ti-c PrAvimis to this oenod. all ii.5-i-r
hand of industry inw as ruuiwuc uu p-h-
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esquc apui, o jk , . -r i
poet to sing. nfl American.
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From a London paper. .
wnrp present last Wednesday at the Argyle
Rooms, to witness a private rehearsal of " a musical
performanceof apecqliaf aatare." as it was described
on the tickets of admisclon. A rather intellectual
lnnlrinir rvrsonae whom we alterwaros unaerstooa iu i
te a &Sf'IfeSneof Vernon, made his ap-
nearance wearing dark green spectacles, auuuciuSuucituij, c - im Kn.
nevertheless apparently blind. On a tablebefore him glish Gazette, which must have come out al.
was placed a guitar iota new consuuuuuu, ""s1"
board being formed on the body of the instrument,
which rested horizontally on the table. Alter ashort
preiuae, a very exiraurumary & preserved in the uritisn Jiuseum.
ofa Wxn, and lfJrfr By this statement it appears th.
1 1 a IT - n-nrk vocomniinu' UlilL I
mouth was heard : and from these materials, vancu
SSKliar whistle of great brilliancy
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and sweetness, the! artist contrived to extract some
verv pleasing melofies. So far, however, we discoy-
ered nothing intensely marveuous, dui buuubiujt u.
cooing ofdolres, thetwittering of birds, the cackling
of hens, the quacking of ducks, the bleating of sheep,
and more especially the short nau-stinea Dreauuug
and querulous barking ot a iat overgrown idp-uwg,
wheezing, panting, and choking with rage and obesi-
ty-all given withfthe most astomsning .,ur
v. &? i' , ,
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convulsed the audience with laughter, and elicited re-
peated bursts of applause.
It is rumoured that the bounty of one dollar offered
hv the New York citv authoritiesfor every dog killed
while running at large, has induced many people to
kill and bring dogs from the State of New Jersey
A hrisk trade in dosr flesh has been kept up since the
nromnlfmtion of the cit v ordinance. One of the New
York Editors is said to have killed three dogs on Fri-
day, with his own hands, for which he receivedthree
dollars out of the public chest. tsoszon com,, ira.
Mrs. WUlard's History of America. Mrs. Wil-
lard, Principal of the TrOy. Female Seminary, has
lately published a history of our country from its first
discovery till 4th July icwb, accompanied witn ex
planatory Maps. This work has met with much fa-
vour from many of our first teachers, and lias been
very generally adopted by them. An abridgement
hf this history has iust been prepared by the author,
at the request of several teaehers, who considered the
price of the larger work as an obstacle to its introduc-
tion into their schools it contains rather a connected
view of the principal events of American history than
a detailed account of them. N. Y. Mer. Adv.
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The Ship of the State. Fancy is one
of Feeling's best allies; and reason is never so
strong as when backed by imagination. There
fore; we are partial to that image, though it be
as old as the island. The ship of the state !
it is an image that presents itself -m many
lights and shadows. See the ship of the state
how she strains and how her seams appear
j to open as she pitches ! Land lubbers looking
at her lrom the shore, swear she is about to go
down. (O! my Lords Lyndhurst, Mansfield
and Londonderry !) But an old tar, like Chris
topher, gives her three cheers as she sweeps
along with all her streamers. Aye, while her
hull is. hid in the hollow, he sees the' "meteor
flag of England" aloft in heaven; and to his ex
cited spirit, those, ups and downs are full of
power and glory! See the ship of the state in
a storm, close-reefed and close-hauled yet
with more than an inch of canvass for she
has not taken in every rag not she, indeed
of her weather-beaten Russia duck but wings
her Way exultingly against the wildest wind. -The
sh ore shrieks 'She will founder!"
But lo ! the Queen of Ocean has beaten for her
self a foamy path out of the wind's eye, even
past the surges roaring along that range of
cliffs, and having a free offing now lo ! how
she whitens as she stands out to sea, herself
her own sunshine in the stornj she lores. See
the ship of the state scudding under bare poles,
and her poop pursued by mountains. Letbut
one overtake her, and down she goes to Davy's
Locker. But her wheel is instinct with spirit,
and sullenly she swings and sways along the
snow crested pitchiness of her rolling path
most majestically as becomes her who holds
in fee the roarings of the Atlantic. See the
ship of the state on a lee shore, close in among
the breakers. She must go to stick now "like
ocean weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore!"
No ! she must not, for who ever saw her. even
when taken aback in the trough of the sea, miss
stays! Her jib fills and now her foresail
there she has it and away she moves on an
other tack along with the sea-mew, as fair and
fearless, while the very air is black as the sea,
and the sea, but for ca'theads, as black as Ere
bus. See the ship of the state with all her
masts gone by the board. Now she must set
tle down into deth ! No ! she is brought up by
her sheet anchor, jind shall ride out the storm
all night while-stretch and spring her cable.
Still Neptune lays his head on Thetis' bosom,
and at morning the bay shall be brigh t with boats,
gliding all round her steadfast shado ws. Or see
her, since the worst will come to the Worst,
driven ashore ! The crews of the whole fleet
have got her off again, (Alas! Christopher!
what fleet?) She floats she floats for what
signifies the bruise in her bottom, and a "few
hundred tons of bilge water? (rotten boroughs
to wit.) Taken into dock and laid down for
repairs, like a hill side in the sun, soon shall
her fore-foot be again in the foam
Her march upon the mountain wave,
Her home upon the deep, Blackwood's Magazine
The Grave.1 Why,' says Ossian, 'should'st
thou build thy hall, son of the winged days?
thou lookest from the towers to-day; yet a
few years, and the black blast of the desert
comes it howls in the empty court, and whis
tles around the half worn shield ! " Then whv
should man look forth as he fondly hopes, up
on the sunny future with the eye of fancy, and
lay up tfie golden visions, which have passed
like sun beams in his pilgrimage, in the hope
ol brighter ones yet to come, when to-morrow
the clouds may be heaped on hi? coffin, and a-
bove his quiet rest the sepulchral views trem
ble in the Wind! Alaaf Jf !
earth which should subdue rjrid wl;,.kVk..i j
?Sr.?e the poor meet
a"u umi me -"Ora is maker of them all'.'
ltisthe Grave! Itis there resentment dies
revenge and ambition are satiated: it is there.
.yV.'jU; uiu ui sorrow, man must learn that
i " Life is a torrid day ;
ParchMby thewindandsuhU
And death, the calm, cool night,
When the weary day is done !" '
-aucr ine defeat
rf Snatiish Armada .intended Yxt Tu:i
v rr7 7, . 7" f ;vu.uJ "uip
of Spain, for the invasion of England, great in.
eresi oeig .pauwu, 1U Viaf& gave rise , to
rr Y 3 V i T j vvs 0f
intelhireuce had been circulated in maha:..
, . rtlif:n remarks which ihc '
r; ; -, . 5ern-
wicint frkiind itsplf interested in addrpao;n
people, had issued in the shape of pamphlets
Rut the peculiar convenience at such a
tur of uniting these two objects, in a period
ical piibicationj becoming obvious to the-mfo'
J time in th.
" ' . " ; 7Sf rr T u UUU1
of April, 1688, the first number of the Engli
mosi uaiiy, wuce u. v cuinesi specimen
of tne worjj now extinct.is dated July 23d, 0f
the same year. This interesting memorial i
, . .i n ... , -m-
- . ' u" t V vw
240 years since the firs t newspaper was pub.
, hv tms statement u auuears mat it ie.
nsneu in r.iigictim. xx10 w 1U me reig-n 0f
Queen Elizabeth.
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, Newspapers. It was Bishop Home's opin.
ion that there is no better moralist than a news
paper.ie says
jThe tollies, vices ana consequent miseries
multitudes displayed in newspapers are sV
admonitions and warnings, so manv W
coi continually burning, to turn others from
1,1 1 U: K ii,.,, K,
the rocks on which they have been shipwreck.
ed. What more powerful dissuasive from sus-
picion, jealousy and anger, than the story of
one friend murdered by another in a duel!
What caution likely to be more effectual against
gambling and profligacy, than the mournful re
lation of an execution; or the fate of adespair-
inar suicide? What finer lecture on, the neces-
sity of economy, than an auction of estates,
nouses and- furniture ? "Talk they of morals?
hre .g nQ need 0f Hutchinson, Smith or Paley.
Only take a newspaper, and consider it vell;:
read it, and it will instruct thee: "plenius tt
melius Chrysippo et Crantare.
Our state in this vale of tears is a mixed ono.
Life may be likened to the winds; ever shift
ing and never alike. Sometimes it appears as
calm as summer evenings, and again storms
and tempests chequer its even surface, darken-
ing every prospect; and rendering scenes once
brisrht and iovous, gloomy and bleak as the
caverns of death. But even over all these
scenes there is bne star that seems to brighten.
In the absence of all that renders life tolerable,
in weal or wo, in joy or sorrow it still beams
out alone, unchanged, undimmed, as though it
had found its way from the third , heavens. It
stands out in peerless beauty, dispensing its
blessed light at all times and all seasons, fling
ing its hallowed though not brilliant rays a
cross the path of the wilderness: and even in
our sunniest moments when it is forgotton, and
we steer wide of its heavenly direction, still it
seems to twinkle near the blazing orb that
burn when prosperity rules at the destiny oi
an hour. This is the star of Bethlehem.
Parents who are ignorant of their duty, will
be taught by the misconduct of their children
what they ought to have done.
j Marriage is the best state for man in gene
ral; and every man is a worse man, in propor
tion as he is unfit for the married state. Johnsov.
A man's own good breeding is the best secu
rity against other peoples ill manners
Chesterfield.
Death is not sufficient to deter men who
make it their glory to despise it ; but if every
one that fought a duel were to stand in the pil
lory, it would quickly lessen the number of
these imaginary men of honor and put an end
to so absurd a practice. Addison.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. ;
Teach thy necessity to reason thus:
There is no virtue like necessity.- JShakspear.
Correction may reform negligent boys, but
not amend those who are insensibly dull. All
the whetting; in the world can never set a ra
zor's edge on that Which hath no steel in it.
' . Fuller.
It is a maxim with me (and I would recom
mend it to others also, upon the score of (pru
dence,) whenever I lose a person's friendship,
who generally commences enemy, to engage a
iresn irienam nis piace; and this may be the
best effected by bringing over some of one's en
emies ; by which means one is a gainer,- having
the same number of friends at least, if not sn
enemy the less. Such a method of proceeding
should, I think, be as regularly observed, as
the distribution of vacant riband, upon the death
of the knights of the garter. Shenstone.
That part of life which we ordinarilv under-
standby the word conversation, is an indulgence
to the sociable part of our make; and should in
cline us to bring our proportion of good will or
good humor among the friends we meet with,
and not to trouble them with relations which
must of necessity oblige them to a real or feigned
affliction. Cares. distrp.sps nnacWmcc and
dislikes of our own,1 are by no means to be ob
truded upon ur friends. If we would consider
how little of this vicissitude of motion and rest,
which we call life, is spent with satisfaction,
we should be more tender of our friends, than ;
to bring thm little sorrows which do not be-1
long to them. There is no real life but cheer
ful life; therefore valetudinarians should be
sworn, before they enter into company, not io
say a word of themselves until the meeting
breaks up Addison. ; f
William Penn on Marriage. Never marry
but for love, but see that thou lovest what is
lovely. If love be not thy chief mbtive, thou
wilt soon grow weary of a marriage state, 2p
stray from thy promise, to search out pleasure
in forbidden places. It is the difference be
tween love and passion that this is fixed, ihat
is volatile. They that marry for money, aD"
not have the true satisfaction of marriage, &c
requisite means being wanting. 0 how sor
did is man grown ! Man, the noblest creaUir6
in the world! As a god on earth, aWd the i01'
age of Him that made us ;,. thus mistake earth
for heaven, and worship gold for God.
- x ne iouv oi ioois." tnat is. th mnkt a
piece of folly that any man can be guilty of, is to pla.v'
the knave. The vulgar translation' nders this dao
a little otherwise. thi fool tnrn5 naM tAfka :ta vade
use of them is a sign that the man eeee not the otP"
way to his end. Tuloteon.
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