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T. EARLY STH.LYGE,
At Two Dollars ,ier aimumvpay-
per fitted him. for a secluded retreat
and select friendships His situation
'mi?ht seem to denrir him nf much
prinfed and p..Mihed weekly by j of lnar IKerary stimulusHind that
wide fellowship with the play nf hu
man passions, which is no generally
able within three months from the nefMtary .10 sustain the Heart id
neaiiriiui una .vigorous exercise; suit
ed to the general ! ucluVe of our
moral nature, w juV adapted to
erive his the vignrnus'oxiiansion. His
lcute
receipt of tho Hrst number, or Three
Pllar after ilic expiration of that
' time. 4- -
Not excusing to lim-H, neany in
icrtetl three timps for one dollar, and
35 ceota for every miceeedint; pnhli-
cation ; those ot greater Icntu in uie
ane proportion Letters to the Edi
tor must be post paid.
was certainly inclined to the French
modell. Thomion had more oplen-
diur, Imt" leas of that earnest sjneer-
The pmspeett of. its achievements
ar enough to open all the fountains
of the soul; to make it brpak f om its
f enrihilitip ilirniilr K th
lrom the Christan Spectator.
ON THE GENIUS OF COWrEIl.
. -T' lt90i..the mertls of Cowper it
like aoalvino; the pualities of anjn
iim.ite friend: the rmotiwm ofnr
ifearts toHiiriI hi'i are D(.t so much
ad t.i rati ou' A9ten!ernt"ij not ao much
a rpvertrieo for illustrious geniui,a9
nflVrt.ien f. r the loveline of person
al ehe.ra-.tler. Tho accounts of his
lif-, as norlrnyrd by the hand of
ritndh;p, and exhibited in hi pri
vate correspond. Mte.P, and wrought
in the d s-ri pti'nn of his poetry,
ore tnado up of those leaser incidents
and hourly displays of feoJing which
fonfttitnte the mnteriftl friendship
We feel ourselves linked toliim fy
puthizin? word: he sizlied for the
prtee- on and noiirrghment of tender
chilhood; he wanted to repose on the
b'Mom that loved him with maleroil
fondues, flit gentle and innocent
titfeeiions expanded th melv'S to
ity that Oows.ir.to the heart ike a j tame and proscribed impurity of die
trearrt or liquid patho. He h s a Hon; to pour around Christianity the
more ambitious fancy and while in j litht of every taste, and the charm
Cwper ytnt-trrtr-ttbsorhed by the ! of irresistible persuation. Then mel
lit'auty of the scenery, in him you tin down every obstacle it sha!! eo
thiak ofthe superlative elegance of forth conquering atvd t -eon'quer till
thedj Option. Theone thr ws the every eye is raviilied Villi i's beauty,
-C!i& 'anc 0,1 ,'10 rches of ( and every heart yields it the homage
-VnW ,fnsia.nn tn:t crt- cvenerat ion I
i rith h's pnsOi toe seene which
his t,nre is to draw; while in the
descriptions oi Cowper you have t e
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nak5d and exact impress of the living Of the Memoir $ of Richard It nry Let
beauty which caught his d'icate ana1 0 i i . -
A i , puci a subiert, as the history of
sensitive eye. l here is more loven- fT t 'j " . J,
In A lltilto1 hlulai tm nn li il r A alia
iinn in I hnmann Ami wnnra rmlihi '
1.11 til M t. VHIVU) IIJU1 U ILUIIl
t " . 4l . j n t 'in . . in the rnnc oT sees to be appointed
delicat- a.siduitie,. and as the ten- out burstings of riotous and intoxica-1 . Beginning with the h it st.ps
der vegetable drink, in its life from ted power, the wide diffusion of a! f '7 ". P0,;yof B'ttaiM to
4i i -iL . i l . f -5 i . i . .i '.wards Acserica, in 176, and brurbt
the dews of the evenme: io the heart splrif so plastic and penetrating, that! , ... , . .
o n . i L ... i . ,, ' , ... rt . ,? . - down to the adoption of the Consti
of CoUter haiquHied on the soft efe-it moulds and tires every suh'ect of., . '. .
i . rt u l j i i . r?' i tution and orjcanizition of the cov-
cance of ternale coartesiej. lie enald of the hardest and roughest maUtieli. .. ... b
flliin if hn lAiail am, trith tlia farvAtir mtrt ivprv nhipff. nrwl thill . . P
ardouT of Ttirunar iind umaurrirT entho there is no forced animatio? lhere iseV:'7 ''V t. 10 e-f.vfJP'-i?! V:'
siam With the boundlei e mlidenc1 no overflowing fulness; nothing want-
A . a . as . a .1
of inexperience, he lanped his fri nl
to his inmost self, and bathed and
blagged him in tho oiitnourinff? of his
purest affections.
Domestic seclusion was the clem'nl
in which he lived aid breathed. He
delighted in the contemplation of
human character and manners, as
they displayed their countless hues
to objects of pie sure aui,l"l)itiou:
out they must be ehtstened and mel
lowed by distance; the toil, and cla
ins and nothing to spare.
Cowper was u Cliistian, and I doubt
not, that often has the devout spirit
risen from th; persual of his strains,
rand rapt in the hoty elevation caught
Iroin this mingled Manic of genius tind
piety, poured out the ecsta ies ol his
soul for. such a gift to rugliiou. It has
been the reproach or i..ifor'iine of
its friends that they have cramped
its energies by scholastic dt-iiaitions;
thflkt.inneud of letting its native at
titnaev: we are let into tne secreev
and eanlidence of hi botohi; and i
souls mingle with his, ami flw in
i.l!:rr "!'.') jo rurtcr:t n?
thoughts and jovs anl sadiMs. )
ther poets are borne above ns, and
break away from the sympathies f
the sool, and are wafted in vast el
vxlinD nn the hreftlh of general fftnii':
WC UU llirill Willi rrilll! "i t-'ii rtrnTHrr-rrr win f r r-'-n rWY , Tircr' xr
wonder,- and evory
hrakinsrof this restless and turbid
life he-loved to feel a;d pity" them
til; but it was in the musing quiet
i.i'i'.n(!i:i-.u; O vjt.i A. nr.t- wiu at
a !:M;ine; from th haua's of men,
a'uNir feelings soothed to the mild
nM-o'f an evening sky, listens to the
mingled inurnmrs of a busy and ex
a aa
piruisr uav too heartlessness or an
nately. of the subtil it an I of the
most expansive school; the anion and
reaction apon each other of (he ma
ture political strength of the English
Cabinet, and tho ndolesent energy of
America. It is G 1 1 with charac
ters, wilh an eloquence', like that
which was wont to he hoard in the
storms of ths old coromon-weahbi;
strains of exhortation and resolute -----responses
echo to each other across
the Atlantic; in the !iifu'ng scenes of
the war, alt the races of m n and the
lae;'' of civ lzation are minded, the
have both from the pulpit and' the
ant! tumultuous
heraoaa! Irait. and favourite virtue,
and weakness, are swallowed up in
ihr fall blaze of intellectual gl try.
But Cowptr has descended from the
dar.zliog height and glorious compa
ny f his fellowdumnanes, hovering
orr the dw lling of peaceful life,
lidJi ng down upon them a soft
radiance as imploring the love and
frl.whip of moitality. 'His imas;e
is mineltd wth our visions of domes
tie htis: it dwells amonaf the remem-
ary. ih'e gallant Chevaliers of Poland
I . I V ... . . . . i.. a : '
ore.,, di.tfai.ed it by a n iai.it and uu" ". ,,,c an cr,c,1,i :JBW
lied its lustre by numerous aii'l grins
perveriiuiei of las;.'; they h iv e chil
led itsgenerous and l.)'iy tt?ii b
narrow and spiritless and common
place sentiment. This reproach can
"is". re mjiunfi'ir-er poMjieu
savage. At 'oe m'iment The mighty
fleets of Kuropo aro tfiund-ring n
the Antilles; a lu next, the blue eye
Brunsvvicker, the veterans of the e-
ven Years' War, are i&en
winding.
CAetlutg moot hg of awny which rolled j9epara.ticn bfivveenLtt.sle um;
over hiih. must have e;iven double tion, is u most unnaiurul divorce,
attractions to a scene of elm and Cowper liad a soul keenly alive to
hallowed repose; here hr found rest every beauty of nature and art: and
and healing to his wounded spirit; religion, as invelted with the cliurui
here it flowed even and tranquil like of his poetry, never wore an earthly
the gentle ripples of an ocean after a robe that shone so like its hue of uri
nip;ht of shipwreck and storm; and the giual an I celestial loveliness. Ne
scenery of life comes reflected fmm ver dwelt there iu a human being a
his mind in all its originat beauty temper that mingled so kindly with
and in crystalline purity, the bland spirit of Christianity. It
There-is an indefinable charm touched with its hallowed fire all the
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Y .i;.;;,.. tieman, to efiniiu ate tothe Ameri
pervadiner the writings of Cowper springs of his elegant taste; it breath-
bered pleasures1 of childhood and : whieh the heart only can understand ed its iospiring vigour into all has
Jio we. 1'he spirit., of .his soft and! He has no loftiness of diction, or sur- innocent loves, till every element of
pr'sinc novemes oi luuurrry to ieau ms ueauii mi gemus, unc inv mcucs
captive the fancy. His style Is that it described, wafted nothing but in
of an even and unambitious nhrase-leeose to heaven. .What ! shall man
olo&ry. You see no labour of thought, be attracted to every other of his in
nor sudden impulses of inspiration, terests by the forms of a seductive
w pen ne rises, u is in enue unnu-i rneinrie, aou iur jiuci ui a uninaui
Ution. I here is , sometimes such n and fascinating imagery! halgeti
want of vigour that he almost bord- ius pour forth its praises of natu
ers on the very rerge of tameness. mil the stars above us twinkle down
when some happy thought will awa (with new lustre, and the u Mole eanti
ken a new gleam of poetic fefvoue wske to new beauty, as when it burst
and every reader will forgive him his fresh from the bosom of almigh
error The tone of feeling that per- ty love? Shall viee itself "glitter in
vades his composition is perfectly in- the magic of unwanted melody, and
imitable, it Is so entirely the effusion the. heart be drunken with its sorce
of his native and spontaneous tern- ries? Shall the God of heaven be
perament. The directness and sira- blasphemed ,in colours dipped in Lis
pli'ity ofhis expression, too, no art own glory; and shall religion, the
can equil because art did not pro- joy of angels, the dearest friend of
duee it; it is limpid as water, and the humanity, the bright hope and vis-
sentiment i seen through it as a me- ion of immortality, meet the naked
dium of nefeet transparency, ft is selfishness of the heart without a
A original and Jieculi r so shaped graee to soften and conciliate? Must
Jovcly eharaeter steals through the
re i an os o i ; p r i v aii nie r co u r e anu
social afa ities. .We throw open to
hint the inmost sanctuaries of ourbo
somsYiod he enters a dear and wel
eoue visiter. His very name kin
dl np within ns a glow of human
sensibility and celestial purity. Th
thought of him is like a whispering
Yisinn of paradise. How softly do
onr contemplations repose on this
dearest and most sacred imageof oje
jjiu! how quietly he steals away one
and another of sympathies, vtill t he
enchanted heart Surrenders in -sweet
captivation, and rejoices in his pow
r! ; 'r
There was in the constitution of
Cowper a Jeepandstrons; morality,
a.quiet but inexttngnihahle warmth
of temperament, in which every pure
and amiable feeling sprung; up in
ever-bloomiog freshness and verdure.
oollow. hearted poetry of France had
Spread its elegant aud i frosty incrus
tations wver the fountains of the
Bciliah Hf Jicon; hu t th est reams i i II
flowed beneath and collected in secret
their force, till they gushed forth
efipiiu
cau mililiu; peace is nude; thirteen
republics stand side by side n the
continent, bleeding fronl the wounds'
of war, tremblingly alive for the in-
dependence, which their labors and
agonies.had gained them; the trial of
war had been borne, that of peaeo
succeeds; a Constitution is proposed,
is discussed, is adopted; a new: life
is breathed bv it iuto the exhausted
channels of the nation, whieh starts
from that moment in a career of pros
peril? so rapid, so resistless, so ad
venturous, that the reality every, day
puts our bristliest visions to shame.
And this astonishing drama of events
was the work of our days; its theatre
was our beloved cunt ry; its tmmor-
tal actors were our fathers.
Office Seeking.
'The Georgetown Metropolitan, fo?. '
forms us that a resignation v',onJ
ihe Clerks in the Treasury 0(B at
V'ashlnagton City took place recent- :
ly, and adds, that as soon as the re-
signainn was known, then ' cstne tho, V
tug of precedence in the1anteriam ii ,
her. Memb'ers of Congress 'who.ha'd '
friends to serve, broken merchants;",.
discharged clerks, ruined spendthrifts
and idle boys, msbed in ouepromis-r
cuous mass, until the Secretary found' 1
it necessary, in preserve bis'person 'j .
from beni2 tnk. u by storm, to have a 1
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anee. so impregnated with the warai
and living spirit that glowed within
him, that it seems not collected from
the common voeabuHry of the lan
guage, but the birth of occasion, and
to be" thrown out as a new creation
warm and sparkling in the genius, of from the omnipotence of his fancy.
Cowper ,,. I in many respects Juowper was .a
The original temperament of Cow- contrast to Thomson, whoso geoias
labfl pasted up m the anle-ehamher
ikaAAieii4iM
shaft of Wiethe subtleties of deprav been maJe. We uoderstrtnol that the ' -ed
reason, and the host of mighty plan was highly approved of, and that
pa-sions--but must it also wig-au several HecretariesJiavtf ordcreoT : a -natural
war with those very refine siejn to be )ung up, subscribed o one
mentt and sensibilities ofournature, side..1 Novaeaocies in this 'iTice," j;
which owe to it their purest nourish- and on he oilier. Vacancies filled,"
ment and noblest elevationr It has by whrh it Hill be suited lor any
douo that, for. man, whj eh ought, to emergencies, even that,.. of resigoa-
fill eVerjr heart with enthusiasm, tion. 7 . . '''&r;. - :
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