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CAW
Atncliine I'orli t.
Oil. 'fherp's a rharm in a wnmim'i eye,'
tvrel poinon in hrr tear !
To aei her vvppp and hrnr hrr aiu'i.
Makes a person fi cl about the ii'Tzard rather queer.
Turn steady, Nimrod.
O. young T.orhinv.ir is come out of lb" weal,'
With hrcerhes all torn and no aii;n of a vest;
Ilia lint is most shorkinc nil tutleird hia aliirt.
And Ida fire is di-guiscd liy lung whiskers und iliit.
Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note,
A hia rorise t, the rampnrt we hurried,'
T?ut e hoard the Fqurrl of ihe ruptured shoat,
And confess we fill flustered imd flurried.
Whene'er you loiirn nnolher'a fault,
Bid your tongue to call a halt;
I'm the foremost one to censure.
May finuer in a worse adventure.
We nil are frail and apt to en.
And mnrh mure willing to confer
Reproof than honrat fume.
If we should err, we would expect
Koicivrness for the same drfrrt
In others that we Maine.
CinTTisn IT i k il. The followinii ia from n rohl
water aoriff, written, we believe, hy the !5ev. Mr.
I'ierpoiit. It is good, the wit, at will na the
mor.il :
The sturdy oak full many a. cup
Doth hold up to the sky
To catch ihe rain then drink it up,
And thus the oak "pet h'Rh,"
By havina wtipr in ita cup ;
Then why not you and I !
Col. Iliril AHD M. JOHNSON',
At Wii.i.iamspout.
07 Col. Johnson's reception nt Williams
port iniift have been highly gratifying :
After being addressed in the most flattering
terms, by several gentlemen on behalf of the
.Military, Mechanics, and Youth of that place,
the Hon. F.i.t.is I.i wis, in the nnme of the La
dies of Williamsjiort, made the following truly
eloquent nddress to the Old Soldier for n copy
of which, we are indebted tothe "Lycoming
(iazelte :"
llirhiird .V. Jnhnxnn ! I address you by
that name iilone, ns having more of honor in it
than nil the nppen:!ages titles can give. You
have beard from the military ; from the citi
zens ; from the mechanics ; nnd from the
youths assembled around in thousands to bid
yon welcome. You n re now to receive a kind
greeting, nnd nn offering of gratitude from their
mothers and daughters, wives nnd sisters. As
the carriage approached the triumphal nrch
under which you stiind, this beautiful wroth
was placed in my hands, accompanied with a
letter from a Committee ot the Indies of Wil
liamsMirt. I will read th letter, ns express
ing their object in language far belter than nny
I can command :
To tiik Hon Eli.i I.twis:
You have lipen appointed by a committee
ofladhsof Wiiliamsport to prr-cnt the accompa
nying wreath to Col. Richard M. Johnson. Will
you therefore in their behalf tender him lh'8 lesti
moiiial of their respect nnd he their mouth pircc
on this occasion, to en press the kind feelings which
you ure well aware they entertain fur him. The
f).iwp'8 ami living u'een of which it is composed.
are fit einl't nis of lh um-iraiilbiue virtues which
rlu-ter around ihe hero and we have sought in
the we.iviiiR of it so to wrrani;e the iilpliuhi I i.f flow-
era a- bent to convey our sense of his bravery, his
patriotism, his hciicvnh ncc, bin unimpeachable in
Icifiilv, and his faithfulness in friendship. The
name of Richard M. Johnson touehes a chord in
the brail of every true American woman, which
vibrates in unison wilh the full blnin lyre of pa
triotism. That the brijjhl luloofploiy which now
encircle him may increase w ith every waning sun,
is as sincere a desire of the ladira w ho offer tips, as
the conviciion is y irons 'hal the remembrance of
him will ever he preen in their nicinorv ihe
buy which form a p rt of the wreath.
Signed by the Coinmit'ee.
Lurretia J. Arms, I'ebecra II. Met'lietock,
Mary U. AniiRtiouff, Ko-etta Yan Horn,
M.i rlh. Ii. Amhonv, M iry Ann Hall,
Catherine Campbell, Juliet II. Lewis,
Caroline Campbell, M iry (iirrn,
A. C. Maynard, Maria Houston.
I ntn directed by the Indies to present this
wreath to you as a testimony of their respect
for your benevolence, patriotism, bravery, and
fidelity in friendship. And who has n belter
rioht than our patriotic country women to oiler
the jneed of praise and gratitude to one of our
country's bjMost nnd bravest defenders ! the
heart that refuses to honor our country's he
roes is ripe for treason, and he that would be
tray hia country would forget histoid.
It is a miner uf history and will go down to
posieruv, I nil vnu are inn corn uerer oi inn rr-
' 1
I 'I'l.'l'l' (1 .'l.1! I ft I ... I 'I..-
liow ueil l l,l l .11 .-mm I .vnu no v ur l renin
oh 1 lie wus a Shawnee cltii f whoso nn-
rcstor, gorged wilh blc.rl but not satisfied at
the massacre ot Wyoming, had instilled into
ihe heart ot liiso:i inrxlinguishable ho:.tiiily to
the white pnpululinn of the I'nited Stales lie
tva mrr tiian a rhJ he was a polled Dt
mosihcncs in eloquence, ami by visiting1 the
different Indian tribes, nnd influencing llieir
minds by powerful harangues ngninst the
whites lie united them nil under his comtnnnd
They regarded him na a I'riure over many
tribes, whoso warriors had been Concentrated
by his influence ngninst our countrymen But
ho was more than tin hul inn I'riurr. Mis
brother was considered a Prophet, nnd through
his influence Teciimseli himself, was esteemed
ns linviugn portion nf the power oftho Croat
Spirit. When Ti'ciitnseli led on to battle, the
warriors followed, believing lliey were obeyinir
one who was nid'. d from on .'liijli. When he
pave the word of command till were ready to
do the work ot death. Neither age nor sex
was spared the resisting nnd the non rcist
inrr the old nnd the young the mother nnd
the child were pwept nway in the torrent of
blood nnd carnage which marked the path of
this terrible warrior. The cruelties nt the
River Kaisin were but specimens (if ihe san
guinary stream which overwhelmed the fron
tier. Prisoners who hud surrendered, under tin
express stipulation that their lives nnd proper
ty should be protected, the wounded nnd the
I ,1 I. 1 .1 V i . , I
ineuymg were rumc.i
even ot the clothing on their backs deliberate
ly shot tomahawked in cold blood sen nod
denied the right of burial their bodies li ft to be
devoured by wild nnitniils their bones to
bleach upon the earth wherever they might
chance to be scattered by the beasts of prey
that enmc to feed upon the dead nnd the dvi.ig.
Such was the warfare carried on imriei this
blood stained Indian. Wbeii his voice wns
heard every mother clasped her child convul
sively in her arms ns she fled rind -lirieked in
terror, while every father nnd husband nnd
brother nnd sen, seized his rifle and rushed to
the conflict, in defence of nil that '.vns valued
in life. The path of Teciimseli wr.s a path of
horror the war-whoop nnd the rallying cry of
contending hosts the tears and shrieks and
blood ot mangled men and women nnd children
niurked his course of desolation. AnJ who
wns there to s'.ny the cruelties of the tomahawk
and the scaipiiifr knife ! Fired by indignation
at British aggressions, yon were among those
who voted for the declaration of war. liulniu.
ed by patriotism you were also mining the
brave and noble spirit w ho perilled their lives
to carry on that wnr. At the head of NXM
Kentucky hunters you pursued the British and
Indians, n::J o.ortook them on the banks oftbe
Thames, on t!.o Tith nf October, 11:1. The
Rritish ui:i!er (ion. Proctor -vere ?( strong
situated on a narrow pass between the river
and a deep marsh wh;ch extended in front and
to the right of the Indians under Tecumseh,
11(H) strong. One half of your mounted men
were despatched to charge upon the British.
These T(10 men led on by Lieutenant Col.
James Johnson, came upon tiie Briti.di like a
whirlwind dished through their ranks
wheeled charged them ia the renrand too!;
them prisoners without the loss of n single
Kentuckian. The prisoners were conducted
to (Ion. Harrison, who wan nt the bend of the
Infantry, nt a distance in the rear of the moun
ted men. I't no one understand me as cen
suring (Ion. Harrison. On this occasion In
proved himself a 1 rave man, ami was where
his du'y called him ns coiniuaiiiler-iu-chit f.
But let no one attempt to roh the Hero of the
Thames nnd hi gallant Kentucky hunters of
the laurels which are ju.-tly their due. The
BaM If of the Thames wns fought by Richard
.M. Johnson and 1000 mounted men under his
command. 1 hey received no aid from nny
quarter until the victory was won. While
Lieut. Col. James Johnson, with .r0 men,
were engaged in capturing the British, Col.
Richard M. Johnson, with the remaining r(K
were engaged in bloody battle with 1 100 In-
l dinns. The ground chosen by the British nnd
Indians was most judiciously selected. The
pass of Thermopyl.il, with its water, marsh nnd
mountains, were scarcely bolter chosen for
defence than the pass of the Thames, protect
ed by its water nnd marsh mid dense forest of
trees and uuderbusli. In the ono case a gal
lant little handful of (i recks defended them
selves for day? tiguinst the overwhelming thou
hands of the Persian nriny. 1 n the oilier, w ith
every ndvanttige of position, nnd under one of
the most wiley and courageous lenders the
world ever saw, 1100 Indians were liuatile to
resist your cool nnd determined bravery, nt
the head of only .r00 Kentucky hunters. You
crossed the innrsh on horseback with your
gallant baud. You found it wns ncces.-sary to
drw the fire of the Indians by ofl'ering n sacri
fice. You culled for twenty men to volunteer
as a forlorn hope, to make a charge iqxin the I
j jn)j.(
uis, iu order to draw their lire, nnd with
,i, , , , i i . .
llie expectation ot hi ing shot to pieces.
1 I
Your
cull Was not liiuile in v nin ! Vnenlv of vmir
I i . ,. . ,i .. i . . .T
... . .... v..,,,,. loiiu. , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 liir. loiiiM iiiein-
teKiii mto the juwuiil dculh fol their country'
welfare, instead of shrinking iVoi.i this Icaiiul
,, la
Veil led oil the charge, lnstmitlv more
- j tliar. 'x0 ulle LuIIcti wc:e uuchared nt you
and your forlorn hope. I'very man of the 'JO, ex
cept one, was cither killed wounded, or his horse
shot from tinder him ; nnd yourself were al
most cut to pieces, w bile your clothes nnd accou
trements were pierced by more than 100 bul
lets ! rinding it impossible to charge upon
them effectually on horseback, sheltered asthey
were by trees, logs, and lindcrbush, your men
w ere ordered to dismount, nil. I fight the indi
nns in their own way. Twice were they dri
ven back with great slaughter; but each time
the loud voice of Teciimseli wn heard uhove
the din of battle, leading ilicm back to cunllu.t.
As he wns leading bis men back the third time
to the charge, ynu ndvnnrcit to inert him. You
met you conquered him ! When be fell, his
companions lied, nnd the victory wan won. This
hiillinut nchievment saved thousands of women
nnd their children from the Imrhnriiies of the
savnge. The ladies of Wiiliamsport freely ac
knowledge your claims upon them for the pro
teclionyoti extended to their sex, and tothe lit
tle ones so peculiarly the object of a mother's
regard. The bare robe of Cn'snr, perforated by
the daggers of his assassins, roused up the pa
triotic feelings of the ci'izent of Rome. How
murl n,nrc .,,,,, onr wa.n rurtr(j cn,)ntrv
women be excited with grateful nnd patriotic
emotioos, at beholding nmong them the scar co
vered body of a wnr worn hero, who had free'v
offered his lifts in their defence, nnd Ii Ail seed
more blood than any other man liring. They
are excited. They feel ns ever woman feels
when a good deed is to be done. They come
herewith warm hearts and willing eunds, ma
king no cold calculations of results, to nfi'cr yon
this token of their respect, ntid gratiiude fir
the distinguished services you have rendered
their sex.
They sny in their note thnt you are benevo
lent. When the ymnr fettlrr planted his lr.-t
stake in the forest when he struck the first
blow with his ae in commencing his humble set
t lenient on the pti'Jie lands, he stood greatly in
need of u friend to secure him his preemption
tijlit ; nnd ho Imd no friend more active and
untiring than Richn.d M. Johnson. When
he wiip in danger by forfeiture ot losing all his
improvements and all the money ho had paid,
because he was not able to pay the price
of the whole tract he hv.il selected, you
stoixl by him ns li io last friend und originated
a proposition to secure him land to the value of
of the payments he had made, nnd thus saved
him from being turned out of the house he had
erected, poor, destitute nnd broken hearted.
When the pirlitic U blur, nor but unfortunate,
was confined in prison because he was not able
to pny his debts, yon came forward w ith your
proposition to abolish imprisonment for debt
you loosened his fetters set him nt lilicrty,
nnd restored him to the society of his wife it nil
little ones. When the poor tnhlirr of the Rev
olution and of the Into wnr sought nt the hands
of his country a small pittance s a oompensu
tion for the perils be had encountered anil ser
vices he bad rendered in defence of that coun
try, you were ever his sincere nnd active friend.
No man was more vigilant none more oner
geiic none more indutrious than you inen.
deavor.ng to obtain justice for the old soldiers,
their trhhiir nnd their rhilhrn. W hen nny
act of bencviiletice or imvdeed of charity isto
lie performed no man is mote ready and willing
than you. The ladies desire to honor yon for
your braver) and patriotism. As htnrs bespan
gle the whole Heinous, deeds nf self devotion
and of noble daring jjem your whole life. Your
honors hnve never been derived from I'.vecu
tive power the .narks nf public, coufideiic
which you have received have been conferrr J
by the free suffrages nf n noble hearted nnd
intelligent people. For nearly forty years you
have been kept in the innM exalted stations of
public trust, by the abiding confidence of those
who knew best how to appreciate your merits
The ladies also honor you liir your fidelity iu
ft iendi-hip. Who docs not remember to have
heard of the parting scene between your bro
ther James and yoiirsell when you cume ii
with the British and Indians ? The I!riti.h
were small in numbers compared with the In
dians, nnd occupied ground fur more accessi
ble. The Britishcould betaken without much
or serious danger but a charge tiion the Indi
ans was the work of death nnd carnage. You
mud to him, Brother! you have ; wife and
family 1 have none. If you fall you will leave
u widow nnd orphans unprotected take ball'
the men, charge upnti the Briti.-h youcmitake
them without serious loss. Willi ihe other half
I wili lead on the more dangerous attui k iimu
the Indians. If 1 fall there is none to tiiourn
forme. James obeyed and won an easy vic
loty over the l'nti.-h without the Ins: of a man.
Ynu on, burked iu the Work nf ileath--crossed
the deep martdi dismounted, so that retreat
wns no longer in your power led on your gnl
laut bund against nearly three tunes their num
ber exposi d oiirself lo perils siaicily ever
i quailed lo.-t many of your brave companions
iu tirins, ami when the victory was, v.uu, our
' faithful fctved i xji.rid by ym.r dc, wln.e you
yourself, pale nnd full of wounds, lay upon your
blanket on the ground nlimvt floating in a sea
ofhlooil. Where can he lolilld u friend that
sticketh closer than such a brother .'
Those I have the honor to represent olh-r
you this token of approbation because it is rich
ly deserved by your services, and because '.hey
loo! a glowing consciousness of rectitude in be
ing allowed to render honor where honor is so
justly due. But Ihey also have higher objects in
View. They desire that the youth clustered a
rounri in thousands shall witness this reward to
bravery and patriotism, in the firm hope that,
the ceremonies nf this day will plant a spit it in
each youthful hront which will produce ano
tliT JOll.NSi ). ju the bout of our country's
need.
The patriotic Indies who have honored in"
with the ollice of presenting the wreath state
in their letter, that "the jlmrris and irig
U i'ii ll of which It is composed are fit emblems
of the virtues which clu.-ter around the Hero."
I'.ii Tiiir n are here as a token that your name
will ever be fresh in the memory of your grate
ful country women ; Autumn Jloirrrs are here
to signify that you nie no .sir mmi r friend, de
serting them when the frosts ol ndversitv ap
proach, but that the hour of your patriotism
sends n tuft its brightest flame. The Imiril is
here, lit emblem lo cmwii the brow of the vic
tor. I recog nize nlso in this wre.it'ii the leaves
and lirnnche:: of nn urh'ir rilu; an evergreen
that grewnt the Falls ol" Niagara. The waters
of the Thames. rhnr( d with 'he blood thi!
flowed in torren's fron votir voi !, comming
ling with the mighty inrt-s, titoi timed it.: rents
nsthevsvvp.it onward to the .Vm'ie. The
Ttire bis been nourished bv vmir Mood : its
Iravrt nnd hri'iirht . nre here to hopor v-vi ns
their noble kiminan ; to nihsti'nte for the rovr
of the mighty v v i riirt.i. the ..ot t pi. vi iiim of
a r; ti ti i. pkoi'I.k ; to exchange the beauti
ful kaimiow that constantly crowns thnt mag
nificent cataract, for the bright hai.ii of plory
that piirrouinls the name of KICilAUD M.
JOHNSON.
1. filer of I''rnnU.lln.
The November numberof the Southern Liter
ary Messenger publishes the following excel
lent nnd interesting letter written by Dr. IH:.-
j a m in Fi'.avki.in to a minister of the Gospel
in New-Jersey, among whose papers it wns re
cently discovered. It has never before been
published.
PlIII.AI'CI.PIII v, June fi, l"ii."i.
Hi vh Sin : I received your kind letter of
the il in.-t .nud am glad to hear thnt you increase
iu strength. I hope you will continue mend
in until you recover your former health and
firmness. Let me know whether you continue
the cold bath, and the .fleet it has. As tothe
kindness you sxke of, 1 wi.-h it could have been
of more real service to you; that you would
nlvvnys be ready to fcerve any other person that
may need your assistance, nnd so let good of
fices go around ; liir mankind nre nil of a fami
ly. For my own part, when I am employed in
serving others, I do not look ii)nu myself as
cotileiring favors, but as paying debts. In my
travels, and since my settlement, I have re
ceived much kindness limn men, to whom I
shnll never have an npvrtiiuity of making the
least direct return, and numberless mercies
from (hul, who is infinitely above being bene
fitted by our services. For the kindness of men
I can tlieielore only show my gratitude to (I k!
hy a readiness to help his o'her children nnd
my brethren ; for 1 do not think thnt thanks
und coiiip'mietits, though repented w eel.ly, cm
doclmrge our real old i'.'.it Otis to each other,
and tiiie. h less lo our Creator.
Ymt w ill n'e in tiiis my not ion of goo I work -.
that I do not expect t i merit heaven by them.
By heaven, we iiiidel'Maud ii stale of happn.e s
infinite in degree, and eternal in duration ; v
can do nothing to deserve such a reward. He
that, fbr giving a draught of water to a th.r!v
person, should expect to be paid vvilii a gte.it
plantation, would he modest in Ins demands,
compared with those who think they deserve
heaven for the little good thev do rut earth.
I'ven the mixed imperfect pleasures we enjoy
iu this world, tire rather from Cnsl's gilness
than our merit how much more so the hi;vii-
ness ot heaven : I or inv pail, 1 have not the
vanity to think 1 deserve it, the tolly to expect
it, or the liiiilntioil to desire it; but content
myself to submitting to the di-pnsil nf that hwl
who made r.:e, w hohns h.'herio ore.served hii I
blestCil mo, and in whif-e f ". r'v giMidnesa I
tnav vvoll confide, thnt hi' never lll make mo
iin-erab'", nnd that the ntil cti..u I n.ay at nny
tune sutler, may tend to inv le in-l't.
The faith Von mention has ihiihtless its nre
in the world. I do not desire to see it d.uiiii-
i.-!o d, nor would 1 desire to see it lo'sened in
nny man ; but 1 wi-h it were piodnctive n!'
omre good wnkstha:i 1 have seen; I mean
rinlgis"! works woil.s.01 Kiililness, eliarilv,
mercy and public spiiit -no hnlvilay-keeping,
sernioii bearing, or reading, pei lol iiiiug i hiiuii
ccn monies, or making h eg pr.ivots, idled v. ith
ll.iUvliCi illid loiiin'.iiiiciita, licsi lMd
ivc:i by
wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the
Deity
The worship of (okI is n duly ; the learning
nnd reading may be useful ; but if man rest in
hearing anil praying, (as too many do.) it is as
it the free should value itself on being watered
nnd putting forth leaves, though It never pro
duced anv liuit.
Our (hiod Master thought less nf these on!-!
wan! appentnnces thnn inany of his modern -lis-
ciples. Ho preferred the doers of his word to
the henrers: the son thnt seemine'v refused to j
obey his fit'ier. and yet performed his com-j
ipnndmoriN, to him that pro'es-ed his readiness .
but negle;!ed his work. The heretical hut '
charitable, tVie who give foo l to thp hung! v. j
drink to the thirsty, .n o r.nineet to the raked,
entertiinmerit to the st -a f-r, ". !. . n- v r vnrd
of his name, ho declares shall, ii t'.e 1 ,st d.iv,
be accepted when those u ho erv Lord, Lm'iI 1
who value thMPs"lve on their f -s ; h !n h
great enough to p' rt'orm miracles, but have !;e.
glected good works, shall h" r.eglertfil. lie
professed that he came not to call the riebteoiis
lint sinners to repentan'o, which implied his
modest opinion, that there were f.u! in hi
time sogooil tlirl tliey r.oeded lint to he.ir i n
liir improvonvnt ; le.it tlovv -i-days, w hiv"
scarcely a little parson who does not thiti!; it
the duty of every man w ithin his ref.ehtoi.it
under his petty muiistratioii, and that, win ever
omit- thif, nll'eliils void, I Wi. !i 1 1 such !iloo ho.
i.nlity, and to ymi healtli :itid l'mnro? b"ii: tj
ymir fneiid and servant,
BlJAMIN FlIANkt.tN.
Tim London A' heineiiiii. in a notice of Mm.
Trollope's recent T.itir in Itr.ly, quotes a por
tion of the book in which the authoress de
scribes her ,'isit to Po-. r.ts, the sculptor, tnd
her former ncqtifiintiricr wilh Inui in the West.
The passig quite redeems the old vulgarities
she was guilty of, when her authorship first
wen its notoriety :
"Rather more than ten years ago, I became
acquainted at Cincinnati, in Ohio, with young
man of the name of Powers ; he was at that
time an assistant to a Mods. lorluille, the in
genious proprietor of a whimsical museum in
v hieh curious objects of Natural History, North
American antiquities, and hrt-torical groups of
wax figures, were blended, nnd daily exhibited,
lor the nmnsonient and edification ot the ficnn
mrnle of the westrru metropolis. The wax
figures were moulded, or at any rate tinhed
bv t'ii Mr. Powers, and there was a depree nf
talent displayed in this, that struck us all very
liirciblv, as being something greatly out of the
Common wav. l'ncouriged, nerhnps, bv the
opinion expressed by the Knrop",an part v. or
his skill in modelling, he undertook a bust in
such clay ns he could find, and produced what
struck ns us the most wonderfully perfect like- '
ties wo had overseen. But we moved on, and
heard no more of him. A few davs alter we
nrrived in Florence, we worn invited to visit
the studio of some of the most distinguished ar
tists at present working there. 'A young A
merican, culled Powers, w as among the names
first mentioned, ami the instant 1 heard the
name, felt not the slightest doubt that by my go
ing to bis Minim 1 should meet my old acquain
tance. .Nor was 1 disappointed. There in
deed I found the highly gifted Hiram Powers,
fully emerged from the boyish chrysalis state, in
which 1 had last seetj him, into a full-fledged
and acknowledged man ot genius, in high fash
ion, ovorw helioe. I w ith onh'rt. lioin worthy pa
tioiis of nil quarters ot the globe, anil with hl
r un. i- Ii !e I wi'li aihmpih'e huslr, all of Ihrm
v l ' um'o '"t't'i' ie:' 'e ' ' ii : o' I o'm . h .ot I hee .
V ll ieh w-'i I I - ,t I lo- a -
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I us's ii i e 1 1 'e. , e oi a .'' t .'i
look .st h III Wit': ..;. r W ell .
:i ( ' i e oral: I e vv a v '. : n-
le'ig a: v nt t but !. it' i ' . .,
' vvh
h lei loriin i! the living el e i ores nroii u.l
i leio ; nnd iio'!.:;:;. but that itit'i.t.vo ttcui'v,
j u I'd. .nt vv li.i-h, I pri 'i,no. gi tens c-i,i..ot e.
! i -I, eoiil I iei v e Iiiii rnl loin lor 'A n I t i t n n'ace
n
I, .
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!l l.e h.o1
I !llo1''
Lvng a'
lo show In
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', With equal
to nsk him if
eu ro
ni'i
s'lr-ui-e ti:id ul 'iu'e, 1 eitur'
j he ha I i v er ir.. i! Ins icitnl ni in oy ileal work,
j -In rn irli'.e .'' ho r";i' eil. 'Yes' -S'd I, 'some
i urmin, tn ' eiri i 'v eon-ist inrr .,1' iHir'rait, bu'
niiniel'nnj iuig,"t,tie ' lies., M,; in in-rl.
'Inn mirro d, mi I have two children,' ho mihI.
'For bii-ts have iis nianv order-' an 1 can exe
cute InnM not risk il'. ,,.h oi'ihis lucrative
! business, in order to indulge inv eif m works ol
imagination. If my success continue, I may
perhaps, in time, venture to attempt something
! nf the kind- le't I cannot adiud it yet.' 'But
do vmi tint soiiirtii!ii" inicgiiie rnmposltions !'
s'.nl I. 'Do you ,iot i..m y thing that you
would like to execute ." -Why yes,' lie replied,
i-iulling, I certainly nave laucieu iiimgs mav
I should like t.i c:.ccute am) 1 will bb
ovv
you one nf lle'in.' 1
Cu r rihcii, nnd there
Ihenlodthevvue (llll.
Ih IiuhI U'rv0Mi VVIV!4
fjuie liicuiittJ un a l'cJejUjt uuJ j flw
once thnt it was a full length as large ns life,
though it was veiled from bend to foot with
cHh. 'Here,' said he, pausing before ho uni
covered it, 'it is a figure in clay, on which I
In ve bestowed some labor, and more thought
but I dare not do it in marble I dare not try
my ehisfl upon it, unless I could get an onlef
for the statue, and I cannot hope for thnt na yet
I mean it as a representation of Hre.1 lli
then withdrew the drapery that concealed it,
nnd displayed an nnd raped female figure that
I gazed upon with unfeigned astonishment. I
bn m no wordi of art at my Command which
might enable yon to Conceive all Ihe b'endi'il
dignity and simplicity of this be.inti'iil figure,
'n size, it is net beyond nature, lint is n itit o in
v"v full porrcclioti, and ndtnhahv w-ell nr.
eoids W'ththe idea, that jt ' r ' to
conceive "'"t ie universal no'ln !. i
'le! (.'' vv a she came fric '.
Ct.-at.-r. '. v ftc .lent r, '.,.'. 1 1 -
n:'iM, her 'r.-e! ior. m her rig'
hi his the !.-:tal apph.- "r'li-.v.rt t1" '.
1 :';r
!:'vr en-
ly composure of lo r fair face, on- tn iv tr-'C n
sli'it shade of incipient acxiety, just n.flicienr.
to mal;e one feel that she is pot iltvine, b'lt hit
man. But w lut struck me in the composition,
still more than the grace ami loveliness, wn
th a'most severe simplicity with which it i
cenc(ived and executed. There is in it some
thing that gave me the idea of the pride of
renins that could not stoop to borrow a charm
from look, or attitude, but trusted all to beauty,
and to truth alone, rowers watched, almost
wholly in silence, the impression that his work
msde upon us ; and when at length wo turned
away from it, he threw the veil again over if,
saying with something like a sigh, 'I should
like to do it.' Most heartily do I wish that
some one nmr ere long look upon that Fve or
clay with a sincere admiration as I did, and
with money enough to hoot, to command that
she should immediately receive the immortali
ty of marble, for well does she deserve it !"
Dt'F.i.i.iNo. When Dr. Franklin was in Eng
land, prior to the American Revolution, he wns
one night in one of the coffee hunses of Ixindon,
in company with a number of literary and sci
entific pentlenien, whe greatly admired hiseon-vers-ationil
ro .vers, both for iis force and origina
lity A stranger who was afflicted with a most of
fensive odor, but liked the Doctor's conversation,
came intnthe Imix iii which the party were as
sembled. Franklin proposed that his friends
should remove to another box tn eseapa the bor--rid
Fmell ; they did so. but the strmgr fdlow
lovved them ngvn t Fr-nkliti's instanjiv
thf v rernovd, and sgnin hn f'lore; when,
the Doctor's patience rrfttir.f t! rra Ibsrs, bv
said to the stranger thnt he .vntt'J b obliged tof
him out to follow '.hen train fLr his fcent wasa
so ofitnsive thst it eottld not '. Iwrr.e. lt$
of the smell took it aa a gross insult, and cba'.t .
lengd the Doctor the next naming, w'no re.
plied by saying to the offended party, "if I a -cept
your ch illengs, ve fight, tnd you kill m,
I shall in few days smell r, a badly as you ilo
now ; if I kill, yon will f vosble smell worst
than yon do at present; in neither case can I
see how any benefit can result to ourselves or
others, and therefore decline the challenge.
Law, Poktkv asu Fam v Soap The St.
Ixinis Organ tells the following: On Friday
last, in the Court of Common Pleas, a jury of
men and a large auditory were highly edified
for n cmiple of hours, with the details of a ens'
touching the manufacture and quality of Fan
ev S . si's. The lawyers threw hot shot 0
lee n fiip fUi's, at OS"'' i':er Vi'.autly. ) i
i ol
ri eli of l:,th
P. pr rpi ti
crt:;i if vvc
following '
e al die
w'oi-l) ,
r . one ',
Hlle r i" I (
"P
. . 'v eitt.err '
r n l h e
iu y I .iheii il.
The
N.
'i ii- c '.n ! morn 'rksonie to a goner ftu
ei ii'l Mi in t i ih-eov er that it lialh thrown ava-
:. :i ,ts (',,mI iifuces on a soil that beam no otha r
lVii,t tiian in i a t itu.le.
A young lady named Mary Ann, reccnf 'y
out to u ball Willi a bladder tightly blown up
lor a hustle. A gentieman accidently ran a
L'ainst her iitid hurst the bladder, restorin-g hrr
eliaoiic form in its usual projiortion T,'he re-
i Mrl was heaid nil over the town.
A patent has just been taken nut in rtnn
for cleaning fisii, by giving Hjcm Tiurt when
hey $urc:t their scale off.
1 low to riT M t", ion. "Shall I cut tins
loin of mutton nd.iilevviio V said a gentleinnn
"No," mid one. of hia guesta; 'cut it bridlc
w ' se, for ,'nen I may chance to get a bit in my
mouth.''
'Daddy, why do they cull the war in Rhode)
j Uland a rial war 1" "Because, child, they
u., tk care not to burl each other."