From the Lycoming Gdztite fy Chronicle. In laying before the public the following beautiful and impressive poetic efTimons from "tho pen of a young lady ofthia boro' Miss Juliet, daughter of the Hon. Ellis Lewis, itniaytidtbd 'unliicrciting to utato the facts connected with their production. 'Somo time since, it was ngretd between Miss Lewis and another young Lady 'of this place, whom it ia 'hot ncc'esVary to name, that each should select from, the indcr of Mm Hbmass' works, a subject, 'and ' -Without reference td her article write an original es say upon It. "llio fcno chosen for this purpose by Miss Lewis, is of a peculiarly solemn nature, and wo appeal to every unprejudiced mind to say whether it is not ably and eloquently 'Handled. To illustrate more fully the perfect originality of thought, and the dissimmilituilc of style, we insert the article of Mrs. Hcmans, at length, immediately following it, the. "6nc above alluded to. Lovers of good poetry, will no doubt, bo delighted by a careful perusal. Itlusic Ht aDcatn tied. II T MRS. HKMANS. faring music! stir the brooding air ' With an ethereal breath! Bring sounds my struggling sohftb bear "Up from tho couch of death! A voice, a flute, a dreamy lily, Snch as the southern breeze Might waft at golden fall of day O'er blue transparent seas! '.Oh no! not such! that lingering spell Would lilto me back to life, When my wearied heart hath said farewell, And passed tho gates of strife. Let not a sight of human Idve Blend with the song its tone"; Let no disturbing eclio move 'One that must die olono! Rut pour . solemn strain" yiiicd with tho soul of praycr; Let life's conflict, fear and pain, And trembling hope be there. Deeper, yet Deeper! in my thought foes more prevailing sound, A harmony intensely fraught With pleading rridrc profound; X passion imfo" mOsic given A sweet yet piercing cry, A breaking heart's appeal to heaven, A bright faith's victory! Beeper! Oh! may no richer power, Be in those notes enshrined! Can all which crowds on earth's last hour No fuller language find! Away! and hushr the feeble song, And let the chord bo stili'cf. For in another land ere long, My dream shall be fulfilled. Music at a Death Bed. ST JULIET U. LEWIS, (aGZI) 14 YKiHS. 6h! sing" to me sweet sister, Bing The- sorrg.I loved to hear, And when I'm go'rife, oh sing it still And think I'm lingering WCdr; Oh! let me hear beforo I leave This world for yonder skies, , The trembling tones of hy rich voice, On sighing zephyrs rise. ftwhiUt wo've wafche'd the weary sun BefiinJ the mountainrfjmfcj Casting his soft, and parting light On Susicxnut9Aii's tide, And standing by our mothers side, Or by our father's knee, That song has risen on the breeze; Oh! sing it mow for rile in fancy then will rise" the" sccn'cV Of my loved childhood's home; Again I'll pluck my favorito flowers, And through' my loved' haunts r'oaW. Tnb fom of those hr childhood dear, Before me I shall sec, And present sorrow'll bo forgot; Then sing that song for mo.' 'The deep rich" tones so sweetly roso Upon tho evening air; They seemed to stay the hand of death', And angels lingered there. The song now ceased the wall of grief Succeeded 'tli'at s-wect lay; tot. with tho loved antf dyhrg- strains Ilcn SPIIIIT PASSED A WAT. NARATfVEv Of an Aerial Voyage from Fair Mount, Baltimore. I must be permitted to prelude this hasty Sketch with' a defensive remark against any imputation which might be thrown out on a seeming departure from the more delicate iiutios appertaining to my sax. Chance having made mo repeatedly a witness of aeronautic dijplay both irr this Country and Europe, I imbibed an ardent desire to' par ticipate in the pleasures which seemed to me peculiar to such a mode of travel, 1 wished to look down upon our fair earth from' such an eminence as this means only could command you may say it was curi osity if you will,, for that is said to be a char acteristic of our sox .however, in tills Jtl; stance, I trust it was a pardonable one. All opportunity piiyrua lur mu iiiimmciu ui . . rr rv.irti . f ,jmy long cherished design, iiHhe fall of '2(5, when I contemplated a journey to-the skies; ! but one of those accidents agains. which it Was impossible' to provide, frustrated my Jliopea tlio balloon burst almost at tne 111 felait of inv intended departure- XMortincti 11. (jnrl, a VAttlllt n nitpnn vi npml thflt lllC mill titudo without the gates was highly incen sed I determined it should not be for the want of nn importunate appeal, if I did not avail myself of the first opportunity to grntify my own desires, and convinco irly 'fri6fids thht my MiVfctt'lons were sincere, though doubtful my success. This opportunity did not occur until Thursday la?t, which day Mr. Michel had 'appointed for an ascension. Tho day was fair, the atmosphere scarcely moved by a breeze, and but a few 'fleecy clouds checkered the face of the sky The balloon was'partly inflated, when 1 reques ted Mr. Michel to allow me to take his place; he was incredulous I assured him I was in earnest, and after much solicitation he 'consented to leave the point to the deci sion of tho assemblage. The dissentient ibices (if any) were lost in tho shouts of as sent, and the car being attached; I prepar ed for the voyage. At about twenty minutes before 5 o-clbck, the cord wa3 severed) and the balloon arose to the height of about 100 ft of. Elated wilh the novelty of my situation, I failed to perceive that I was descending, till on a level with the top of the Medical College, when I attempted to cast out ballast, but loo late to avoid coming to tho earth, and the car pbsdritly rested on a cloathes line, in a lot adjacent to the enclosure whence I departed. I now deprived myself of the barometer and thermometer, and a Quanti ty of liallast, retaining but twenty-five pounds for the emergencies of the expedi tion; and desiring the gentlemen to release the car, the balloon moderately ascended, and was borne in a direction almost central over the city. At a height of about 4000 feet, I attempt ed to liberate a pigeon, which had sd fat1 been my compagnon dit voyage, but the' poor bird seemed reluctant to part company; it perched on the hoop, arid gazed with" apparent consternation into the abyss be low. I took it again in my hands and cast it into die air'. It fell like' a stone, and I have since been infoimcd by those who perceived it, that the bird appeared to have lost its self possession till within one 300 or 400 feet of the earth, when it made' use of its wings to some purpose; for to keep out of such a scrape in future', it has not been seen at its old quarters since. I was now alone beyond the' reach of the world, its praises or rebuke, and I deter mined io "see what was to be seen." Casting out more ballast, the balloon rose rapidly, and presently encountered a cur rent of air, which carried me over Federal Hill,- and now rcelrnrng trpori the' edge of the car I enjoyed" in no ordinary degree' the pleasure of that inimitable scene, sketched in skilful m'i nature below, yet gorgeously sublime in the magnitude of its excess. The city had dwindled into Lilliputian dfmc'ntions', and the' anipitheatre which I had lately left seemed to occupy at least five square feet. I could pcfc'elvc that it was deserted; turning to look from the oth er side, in an instant a film came over my eyes; I rubbed them, but to u'o purpose; I could sec nothing but the car and its con tents, and h'c'aT nothing but the rustling of the balloon as it seemed to struggle with some invisible' antagonist in upper air. A moment's reflection taught mo' that I was enveloped iif a cloUd, from the feathery edge of which I emerged just as I became aware of my situation, and again that picture of th6'lair and lovely earth, from' which I had isolated myself, burst upon my viow, beau tiful in its indistinct minuteness, 10,000 fret bolow the point from which 1-gazed. I now felt the breeze increase, and as I still rose, it became more southerly, and ciossed the basin, passing over Fort McIIenry ta the Lazaretto, continucing that course for about fifteen' miles, unconcious of an incident not worth recording, when a slight hissing in the air made me start to my feet; it jncrea scd' and scarcely had I secured the end of the valve cord in the wicker of the car, when- a flaw 6f wind struck the balloon" and its motion became rotary, the car ca rccring rather more' rliari' was pleasant in its prompt efforts to follow in the etherial waltz; it lasted about thirty soconds,- and having become some what more tractable, upon referring to' the sun, I found that the wind coming from N. W. and knew that I was rapidly nearing the bay, though unable to distinguish land from water at the eleva? tion 1 Had attained, wlilcii l suppose was a bout 20,000 feet; 1 therefore thought i imost pfildcnt to' retain the gas, (as f hud i now no ballast to dispose of but the grap nols,) till considered it probublo thai I gai ned sufficiently upon the opposite shore of the bay, to allow for tho action of tlio eas terly breeze I conjectured "would bo blow ing rather brisk licar the earth. I was for tunate in the calculation I had made for up on discharging gas, my descent was not so' rapid, but that J was carried due west for the last fifteen minutes of my voyage, di rectly in aline over a narrow strip of wood lamiin which tho anchor secured itself at abont ten minutes after 0 o'clock; in this situation I was observed ty a negro, who was, as he said, in search "op some pig ting dat he seen Might on do treess"." Perceiving me as I leaned from the car, about to ask aid, he exclaimed, "Gorry mighty", if dere balnt a wax figgcr in de b'iopn, may I nebcr." I assuicd him that tho figure was. composed of flesh and blood, and as ho was casting about which Way1 to help mu down, a number of gentlemen had come up, to whoso courteous assistance I am deeply indebted for the facility of my descent, and the complete security of the balloon and its appendiges; effected by the promptness with which several trees were felled by the negroes at the suggestion of the proprietor. The spot where I alighted was ori the property of the late Benjamin Ricaud, Esq. of Baltimore, hi the vicinity of Chestertown, Kent county about five miles from Rock Hall, and two from the shores of the Ches apeake Bay. In concluding this lengthened statement, I would avail myself bf tho opportunity to return my sincere thanks to the hospitable inhabitants of that vicinity for their kind at tention, and also to Captain Kenny, of tho steamboat Governor Wolco'tt, for a pleas ant passage home. JANE WARREN Baltimore, Sept. 10, 1837. Ancicnt not superior to Mo dern Eloquence BY THOMAS BOWMAN, ESQ. Reverence for antiquity is natural to the Kttman mind. We love to contemplate that which is ancient. The Fancy associates with it, a fsj6sty and gnuideur which arc always delightful. Time throws around it his venerable garb, aird it becomes consecrat ed. Hence the astonishing celebrity which the productions of ancient genius have ac quired: and, hence also; tho erroneous idea that, the world, instead of becoming wiser ltd better, as it has grown older, has been constantly degenerating; that the human mind has been shorn of its s'fength, and has lost all its former glory; that the genius of eloquence, especially, has long since been buried in the common mausoleum of Time, arid has cC'as6'd forever to inspire the hearts of men. That such aBontiihcnt shoufd have exist ed in the middle ages, is not at all surpris ing. During the decline of learning, men caught, through tho gloom which surround- ctl them,-the' dim outline of the Spirit of Eloquence which once breathed on the lands of Greece and Rome, and arraved it wrth a thousand charms, which it never possessed. As the mariner amid the dark ness and terror of the storm', gazes wilh more' intense interest upon the beacon lights from which the tempest has driven him; and, in imagination, surrounds his" peaceful fireside with a thousand delights, of which it is, in reality, destitute; so, during the Dark Ages, when Ignorance swayed her sable sceptre,- arid" the storm of human passion blasted every thing beautiful and lovely, the world gazed with a kind of adoration upon the glimmering glory winch it had lost, and clothed it with a brightness, much of which was entirely imaginary. Nor was it to have been expected that this delu sion should be dissipated at tho revival of letters. Amid the vast and impenetrable shroud of darkness which then o'crhungthe intellectual horizon, ancient literature pre sented tho only bright spot, and to this the nations looked, as the day-star of their glo ry. But' that this unqualified preference for the ancients, should atill prevail, at this period of light and knowledge, may well lead us to suspect the justness of the con elusion, and the solidity of tho fdundation on which Wrests". I would not disturb the ashes of the mighty dead: I would rather strew them with never-fading laurels.' But let us not refuse to pay a just tribute pf re spect to tho illustridtis spirits of our own days; let us not. pluck the chnplot from tho brow of the meritorious modern, to place it upon those already crowned. I would not detract the thjip of a hair from the just anil weii-oarnod lame of those ancient ora t6r of renown, who, through their produc tions, still speuk to tho world in tho true accents of gciiiut,; but why, in raising them to 'the skies, should we, drug othors down? TV. ilin nhsnlnffi merit 6? the' ancient ora- tors wo concede all praise. We are willing to admit, thai, tljcy attained all their .cir cumstances would allow. But that tlioy were superior to their Wodern successors we cannot grant. For why, in the nature of things, should this superiority exist? Is no the human mind, in its grand distin guishing features, tlio "same in all ages? And had the ancients any facilities for de veloping it, which we do not possess? Had they republican institutions to secure the rights and foster tho qeriius of their citi zens? Wo have a constitution, in compari son with which, theirs would dwindle into utter insignificance. Did they possess a greater variety and extent of territory than wc; and 'did it abound more largely than ours, in the sublime and beautiful of nature, to awaken and enliven their mental ener gies? Did they offer greater and more ho norable rewards to eloquence than wc pro pose? No! in all these respects the ad vantage lies with us. Compare the specimens of modern with those of ancient eloquence, and see if they will not bear a comparison. Do they dis play less extensive learning, less power of comprehension, less clearness and co gency of argument, -less depth of thought, less brilliancy of fancy less sublimity of cdiiccptibn? But, wc are triumphantly asked, is not much of the beauty and force of the dead languages lost in a translation ? True; but it is a beauty of the style merely, a force of words, and not of thought, and every one, who has cvr-r studied a foreign lan guage, knows that tho most common thought appears more striking, when pre sented in a foreign dress. Therefore we most strenuously maintain that no man, unlets tho classic tongues are as fainiliar to him as his own, unless they arc tho lan guage of his very thoughts ami dreams, is capable? of deciding impartially on this point. No! This is but a flimsy and de lusive effort made by the devotees of an tiquity, to wrap their deify in a veil of mys tery, and thus palm upon the world the fu tile idea that ho is immaculate, and cannot bo approached by the degenerate men of modern days. And, unfortunately for the world, the manoeuvre has not been without its effect; Multitudes', impressed from childhood with the thought that there never have been, and never can be, orators equal to those of Greece and Rome, have been content to set down' in listless inactivity, & drone away their existence in ehaunting ther praises. Nay; in their enthusiastic de votion, they erect their intellectual Jugger naut, ami multitudes more, in the blindness of their worship, cast themselves before his massive car, and are crushed in hopes and spirits forc'vcT! But we are called to another and still stronger test, and we are significantly ask ed, did not the ancient orator produce great er effects, than have been produced by moderns? Let the French Pulnit answei! Let the English Parliament reply! Let the American Senate thunder forth its negative! Tho truth h, the history of the last century is replete with proof that eloquence has lost mine of its omnipotent energy. It is true, a Cicero could exasperate Ronrair Senators', accustomed as they were to be swayed by passion, and arouse to a pitch of frenzy the rabble multitude of Rome, against the vile traitor of Catiline, who had plottcif the ruin of the State; but a Sheridan could excite' to such a degree, the indignation of a grave and philosophical House of Lords, as abso lutely to deprive them of reason; and that too, against the governor of a' mere distant' province. A1- Demosthenes, also, when tho Macedonian conqueror hung upon the Gre cian frontiers, and was' about! to burst upon them with all the destructive fury of war, could arouse the fickle Greeks, and nerve their hearts for battle; but, a Henry could excite to rebellion, a calm, reflecting and quiet people, when tho cloud of oppression appeared but a' speck in the horizon' Consider the subject, then, as we will, there is no reason for elevating ancient a bove modern eloquence. And I rejoice to behove that tho world is beginning to view the question m its true light. Truth must ant! will prevail. As well might men at tempt, by stamping on the ground, to check the heaving earthquake; or with the hand to veil the sun and shut out the light of day, as to fetlor Iho progress of Truth. It is a plant natural to all climes, and of an irre- pressiblo, indestructible growth. It will strike deep its root in the most barren, ami inntlanipimtci anil A 1 .1. .1.- r"""" "" u uiuugn uiu germ from whieh it springs, may be-, deeply bu. lied beneath the dust and rubbish of Er ror; yet its branches will .shoot forth in strength and beauty and rise high towards icaven, aim uounsu in pcuiiiai bloom and fragrance. Like tho mountain torrent, as from rock to rock it leaps and foams ia madness, it may be checked, for a moment, but only o gather increased strength, anrl hear away wilh a more irresistible power the feeble obstacles which oppose it. I re joice to believe, therefore, that the time is not far distant when Justice shall resume her throne; when die wrongs which those master spirits, have suffered, who have conferred an lioiior and dignity on their race, and upon whose lofty accents aston- shed nations have hung entranced, shall be repaired; when a hitherto ungrateful world, convinced of its error, shall trans late llicm to a place in the skies, where they shall form a galaxy, resplendent with brightness; beaming on the world and light ing up the path of man 'o fields of beauty as yet untrodden by human feet, and to prospects of felicity and glory as yet un seen by humaneyc. Their fame shall nev- er pcrish. Their name.?, durable as the everlasting hills, shall survive the wreck of systems, and the decay of empires. In character bf living light, dioy arc written in tile heavens; nor shall the foul breath of prejudice ever pollute, or tho withering blasts of Time ever deface them. S.mili:s. "Modesty to the female char- ictor, is like saltpetre to beef, imnartinir a hdiah while it preserves its purity." The above is" orily eqiialled by Ollqpod, who saw: 'Female lips arc but the glowing gate ways of so' much beef and cabbage." A Nic-i: Distinction. In a cause' re specting a will, at the Derby Assizes, 'evi dence was given to prove the testatrix (an apothecary ,s wife) a lunatic and, among other things, it was disposed that she had swept a quantity of pots, lotions, potions, &c. into the street as rubbish "I doubt,' said the learned judge, 'whether sweeping physic into the street be any proof of insan ity." "True, my loid' replied the coun sel, but sweeping the pots away certainly- A Second Elizabeth It is related of Queen Victoria that having expressed a wish to appoint to' one of the highest stations about her person, Misg Jenkinson, a daugh ter of the late Lord Liverpool, who had been a personal friend of her Majesty from earliest youth, it being intimated that tho young lady was not of rank sufficiently ex alted' to be entitled to the honors, the Queen said with energy; "Then I will make her so. The Tortland Times thinks (hit somo folks' hearts in that vicinity would make' good lap sloticsl A village is like that subteranus cave, called the car of Dyonisius; nothing passes in it or near it, but it is instantly known. Vanhce Coilrtship Jonathan Dunbat- fcr saw Prudence Fcastall at meeting. Jonathan sidled up lo Prudence arter mee- tnig, and she kind a sidled off. Ho wont closer and asked her if she Would accept' tliA1 i.: or ... m.u u lu.i uiuuw. one resolved she would, and plumped her arm richt round this. Jonathan felt alloverish, and said ho liked the text; "seek and ye shall find." was purty good rcadin. Prudence hinted, that "ask and ye shall reccivo" was better. Jonathan' thought so too, but, this axing was a puzzler. A feller was apt to git into a snarl when ho axed, and snarlin warnt no Am. Prudence guessed strawberries and cream was slick. Jonathan tho't they warntso slick as Pru's lips. "Now dont," said Pru, and she gave Jonathan's arm an involuntary hug. He was a leetel started', hut thought his farm Avantcd some female help to look1 artcr the house. Pru knew now to make rale good bread. "Now dont," said I'm, "May bo you would'nt, " and Johailian shuck all over, and Pru dence replied, "Ifyoubo comin that game, you'd bolter telt foythcr." "That's jist what I want," said Jonathan, and in threo weeks Jonathan and prudence were "my old man" and "my old woman." Why in the evening tho best timo to' take up a bill! Because it then falls due (dew.) N'hv is alovc-lellor HLn n ' give it up? Because it is a Warrant of a -i i " ' lacnimni. I
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