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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL . 7.
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From Douglass Jcrrold's Magazine.
Bread from Brain.
Where the iron of our lives
Is wrought out in fire and smoke, ,
There the mighty Vulcan strives ;
Hot the furnace, hard the stroke:
There the windy bellows blow,
TJnue the sparks in millions glow,
There, on anvil of ihe world,
the clanging hammer hurl'd.
Hard the labor! small the gain,
Is in making bread from brain.
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Where lhat nameless stone is raised,
Where the patriot's bones were placed,
Lived he little loved and praised ;
Died he little mourned and graced :
There he sleeps who knew no rest,
There unblest by those he blessed;
Here he starved while sowing seed,
Where he starved the worms now feed.
Hard the labor! small the gain,
Is in making bread from brain.
In lhat chamber, lone and drear,
Sits a poet writing flowers,
Bringing Heaven to earth more near,
Raining thoughts in dewy showers.
While he sings of nectar rare,
Only is the ink-bowl there ;
Of feasts of gods he chants high trust,
As he oats the mouldy crust.
Hard the labor! small the gain,
Is in making bread from brain.
When the prophet's warning voice
Shouts the burthen of the world,
Sackcloth robes mu be his choice,
Ashes on his head be hurled.
"Where tyrants live at ease,
Where false priests do as they please,, .
He is scorned and pierced inside,
He is storied and crucified.
Hard the labor! tunall the gain, , ,
Is in making bread from brain.
Patriot! Poet! Prophet! feed
Only on the mould- crust :
Tyrant, fool, and false priest, nned
All the crumb, and scorn the just.
Lord! how long! how long, oh Lord!
Bless, oh God, mind's unsheathed sword ;
Let the pen become a babre,
Let thy children eat who labor;
Bless the labor! bless the gain,
In the making bread from brain.
Scblime. " Did you observe the sun set
3;it evening?" said a nice J'oung man to a Iadv
:t day or two since.
" I did not," i,he replied ; was it particular
ly fine V
" Oh ! it was splendid ! Perfectly beautiful !
The most fascinating appearance of Nature 1
rvcr saw ! It was similar lo the waiters or sal
vers that are in some oj the windows in Washing- j
ton street."
'fhe sun hasn't dared to set since, but mert
iv retired behind the cloud. Boston Bee.
A new Rio Wc saw a lady in the street a
few days since, says an Exchange paper, with
a black silk overcoat on, "all buttoned down be
fore." Singular Marriage. The Barre (Mass.)
Patriot of the 30th ult. record the marriage, at
Athol, of a colored preacher of the Wesleyan
otder, to Miss Elizabeth Holt, of Salem, "whose
fkin of unblushing whiteness contrasted most
strangely with the ebony color of the bridegroom."
Kev. Sidney Smith 011 Bulls, &c.
A bull is an apparent congruity, and real in
congruity, of ideas, suddenly discovered. And
if ihis account of bulls be just, they are (as
might have been supposed) the very reverse of
wit ; for as wit discovers real relations, that are
not apparent, bulls admit apparent relations lhat
are not real. The pleasure arising from wil
proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discov
ering two things o be similar, in which we
suspected no himilarity. The pleasure ari-
j sin8 from bu,ls proceeds from our discovering
iww uiiiigs 10 ne dissimilar, in wuicn a resem
blance might hare been suspected. The same
doctrine will apply to wit, and to bulls in ac
lion. Practical wit discorers connection or
relation between actions, in which duller un-
derstandings discover none; and practical bulls
j originate from an apparent relation between two
j actions, which more correct understandings
t immediately perceive to have no relation at all.
j Louis XIV. being extremely harassed by the
j repeated solicitations of a veteran officer for
promotion, said one day, loud enough 10 be
heard, That gentleman is the most troublesome
officer I have in my service.' 4 That is pre
cisely the charge (said the old man) which
your Majesty's enemies bring against me.'
' An English gentleman,' (says Mr. Edge
worth, in a story cited from Joe Millar,) 'was
writing a Inter in a coffee-house ; and perceiv
ing that an Irishman stationed behind him was
taking that liberty which Parmenio used with
his friend Alexander, instead of puiting his seal
upon the hps of ihe curious impertinent, me I
I English gentleman thought proper to reprorej
the Hibernian, if not wiih delicacy, at least wiih j
poetical justice He concluded writing his let-'
ter in ihesa wnrrl, . T -!, , t,.., . I
" I would say more, but a j
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damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoul-!
der every word I write." !
' " YouJie, you scoundrel," said the self-con- i
victed Hibernian ' i
..... "
The nleasure derived from ,bn fi,ct f tl,... !
stories, proceeds from the discovery of the
lion that subsists between .he anient h hnrl in
view, and the assent of the officer .0 an obser- j
ration so unfriendly to lhat end. In the first j
rapid glance which the mind throws upon his
words, he appears, by his acquiescence, to be !
pleading against himself. There seems .0 be !
no relation between what he says, and what he j
wishes to effect by speaking. !
In the second story, tlie pleasure is directly'
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I he reverse. The lie given was apparently the '
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readiest means of proving his innocence, and,tnem' we nd were possessed of unearned
really the most effectual way of establishing
his guilt. There seems for a moment tn hi a
w i
strong relation between the-means and the ob-
ject; while, in fact, no irrelation can be so
complete. ;
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"Perfect 3h1Is."
Pope, in his translation of Homer, in speak-
1 ing of an eagless and her young, says :
" Eight callow infants fill'd the massy nest,
Herself the ninth !
Also, in his Essay on Criticism :
" When first young Maro, in his boundless mind,
A work to outlast immortal Rome design'd."
Dryden says :
"A horrid silence first invades the ear."
Thompsou also sings :
" He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conccaVd."
Virgil also knew how to make a bull : J
iuynamur ei in meaia arma ruamus,
" Let us die and rush in the middle of the fight."
But the prize hull belongs to Milton, who, in
his Paradise Lost, sings :
" Adam, the goodliest man of men since born
His sons, the fairest of her daughters, Eve."
Plain Speaking. Mrs. Elizabeth Peters of
Boone county, Indiana, thus notices her ab
sconding husband :
" Left my bed and board last fall, thereby
rendering my expenses lighter, my legal hus
band John Peters, without cause or provocation.
All the old maids, and young girls and widows,
of all ages and conditions, are hereby forewarn
ed against harboring or trusting him on my ac
count, as I am determined not to be held ac
countable for his debts or more especially for
his conduct, because he is a loafer, a drunkard,
a gambler, a liar, a thief and Locofoco."
A lit'le girl hearing it remarked that all peo
ple had once been children, artlessly inquired,
"who look care of the babies !"
Unearned Moiaey.
However common may be the desire of sud
den wealth, yet it may be safely affirmed that
money is never so much enjoyed, nor so pleas
antly and judiciously spent, as when hardly
earned. The exertion used in obtaining it is
beneficial alike to the health and spirits. It af
fords pleasure in the contemplation, as the re
sult of effort and industry, a thing which un
earned money can never imparl; and the natur
al alternation of labour and relaxation tends 10
preserve the body in health, and keeps the mind
from the injurious extremes of either parsimo
ny or prodigality.
Unearned money, on the contrarj-, as it is
obtained without an effort, so it is often j-nent
without a thought. There is no healthful ac
tivity used in acquiring it ; no putting forth of
those energies, the use of which tends c-o great
ly to elevate and purify ; no skill or persever
ance called into action ; and it is seldom that
it is possessed 10 any great extent without in
juring the possessor. It induces a distaste for
labor and activity; it lulls to ignoble rest in the
lap of circumstances ; it allures to float along
with the stream, instead of the healthful labor j
of stemming the tide of difficulty ; and he had
need be something more than mortal who can
possess much of this unearned money without
being in his moral nature somewhat paralysed
and debased. Naturally rampant as are the
weeds of sloth and sensuality in the human
heart, that condition of life in which there is
. ....
Anu -Vel now 0Uen 00 ,00"h" P"en,S eDar
themselves of almost the necessaries of life, and
drudge on 10 ,he la,esl moment of existence, to .
o..j ..f ii, .,i.i , . i J
i,l"'u ,"" 1" " !
Sood '"PP1 of ,lns m,earned mone' 1 How
fle"' ,n rder 10 aecure 10 "e member f a
fani51y lhc COVeted ",ie f a 'g'eman,' ' :
greatesl Hliberaliiy and injustice are exercised
rela-i,OWards,heresl! No1 urifre(lUenl,'' howeVer' !
doeS 11 hPPen hal ,i,CSe ' '"n ou '
.lr.L:r.:i 1.1
",e '"USl U"SC"' ; e poor,
unPrtmded members, who had nothing but their
Wn e"erg' 3"d mAwu 10 look t0' r,Se 10 a j
leVe! f resPec,afall,ly ad "sulness far supc-
"r ! ,he ready-lade g"l"y heir envied j
!
1,1 glancing orcr the glittering list of those
who llare made ,he grea,esl achievements, J
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wne,er in art, science, or literature, how lew ,
money! iney were lor the most part men of
single purpose and patient perseverance ; and
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thls was ,he,r onIy weal- Their genius was ,
nursed in lhe cra(1,e f 'oil; and we may safely J newer ones: and is also, consequently, one
assert that, with respect to the most of lhem,jgreat hastener of their downfall. In young
had they been born in the enervating lap of in- j countries men have to earn before they can
(dependence and abundance, the flame of their
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genius uulu ine ucun emici uimmcu 01 ca- business 10 the body, an independence to the char
tinguished, and the works of a Haydn, a Burns, acter and an devation to the mind, highly ben
and a Rembrandt, might have been lost to the! eflcial to whole community-. In old countries,
world.
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I Among business men this thirst for unearned
j money often produces the most disastrous con-
I sequences. A bubble company makes out a
j plausible statement of certain profits, to an
amount double or triple those which the plod-1
ding tradesman obtains from his ordinary busi-
ness and h(J consecueulv Jesnises those aains !
which have enabIe( ,)im Jf) b - & f.
in sufficiency and respectability. Business is
neglected, customers are offended: his thoughts
and energies are bent in a new direction ; and,
loo late, he wakes from his dream of affluence,
(0 find his hope a bubble, and his prospects
ruined.
Even when speculations are successful, how
seldom is the unearned money acquired by them
a real blessing! The mind becomes restless
and unsettled; habits of gambling are formed ;
with the increase of money comes an increase
of ambition; and generally ihe spirit of specula
tions become more hazardous, till the hundreth
one, proving disastrous, dissipates in an hour
the gain of the ninety-nine preceding fortunate
ones. Or if the speculator has that rare com
mand over himself to stop at a given point, sat
isfied with his success, hoiv seldom does his
prosperity provo increase to his respectability,
comfort, or usefulness ! Too often does the
history of such men furnish-a striking illust.ra-;
tion of jhesentimcnt of Guleridgo
" Sudden wealth, full well I know,
Did never happiness bestow.
That wealth to which we were not born,
Dooms us to sorrow or to scorn."
Seldom is money so obtained spent wisely,
and not unfrequently in some absurd manner,
that only provokes the contempt and ridicule
of all right-thinking men, endued with better
taste and sentiments of greater prop riety.
In the disposition of property much harm is
often done by thoughtless and ill-judging per
sons, in leaving a mass of unearned money to
one individual, for the foolish gratification of
keeping it together, or the selfish one of pre
venting it from going out of the family. How
much more judicious, and, in many cases, more
just, would it be to consider the claims of poor
er relations, to whom a small sum would be so
great an assistance, rather than surround some
one individual with what too often proves a
temptation and a provocative to idleness and
dissipation ! As long as we can help others to
help themselves, our help is a blessing ;
when we heln them in such a manner as
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supersedo the necessity of their own exertion,
we injure them morally more than we assist
them substantiallv.
There is also a satisfaction and relish, so 10
speak, about money hardly earned, which can
never be found in unearned money. The weal
thy merchant, whose income has scarcely a li
.... . .
silver sixpence which he had earned with such
difficulty. How it was looked at again and
again; how carefully it was deposited in a place
of security; and how, ever anon, it was anxious-
ly visited, to see lhat it had not, by any strange
chance, escaped from its snuggery! And then
the pleasurable anxieties as to the most desira-
ble way of spending i.-the book, the cakes,
lha nresent-how difficult it was .0 nhnn h.
, - . . rMniVfi!1 anri
re-resolves were taken before ihe important
Point was sa.isfactorilv settled Oh. the nos-
sess;on q har(,y.earncd 8ixpence produced
far grea,er p,eMuro lhan any hundre(,.pound
note since ! Such a fresh sweetness is there
abmn lh(. ,.hoesome air of poverlv, for which
(he luxmlous almf)sphere of independence and
competence is a poor substitute; and the period
0f jjfe wi)tM, ,noey was hardly earned, will
oenerally be found, in the retrospect, the purest
- .
and peasaniest of existence
Undoubtedly the prevalence of unearned mo
ney in old countries is one principal reason of
he greater amount of profligacy, luxury and ef-
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feminacy of character found in them than in
spend, and the habits of daily toil give a ro-
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jhwv.uij iii,iv un.iv, uiv ui"J IIUUIUIUUJ UI"
j dividuals who are above the necessity of toil,
and who live only to .pend, habits of luxury
are insensibly formed, dissipation fills up the
unoccupied hours, and society becomes listless
and enervated. Such are the effects, both on
men and nations, of unearned money
Moriev seldom makes men butter. i.hRr nhv
sica of mora anJ ofien makes lbem wQrse
Seldom does a man become healthy in his body
as money increases; seldom does his mind be
come more poweiful as his purse becomes hea
vier: not always does his heart beat more be
nevolently as his wealth accumulates. But if
money, even when laudably gained by whole
some exertion and enterprise, be of doubtful or
injurious effect upon its possessor, doubly haz
ardous and baneful must be the possession of
that money whfch is unearned and untoiled for,
and which only leaves the disposal of time at
the mercy of idle dreaminess or ingenious mis
chief, and cherishes ihe growth of those rank
weeds of the heart which are most successfully
checked by wholesome exercise and occupa
tion. The Government has enlisted at PiliBburg a
company of forty-three mechanics, of rarious
trades, who are to receive a compensation of
$42 a month, besides a ration a day for subsis
tence. They arrived at Cincinnati on the 1 7th
ult., on ther way to Mexico.
mit, will sometimes look back with something "wu,u "J"'" " """"-
liko a sigh on the time when he was an ap-as s()011 a his friend ,ho"h' he e,,,0l,,d ,1,e la'"
prentice, and feel less pleasure in a hundred j ter " i)IJt om" two' He who first Inf., .n, in -pound
note than he then derived from the briHht I a zi8ZaS c"rsR. returned ; but instead .,f going;
Tlie Ulan lliat Use Mnle lUckctl.
Many are the anecdotes and Moris which:
our volunteers lell, the scene of which lus been v;
the Rio Grande, and many yet remain to jm j
told. The following good one was yesterday,,
related to us, says the New Orleans Delia, by
our friend, Sevvell Taylor: On a certain .!ar
Irss night, in the latter part of July, two voluu- ?
teert living editions of Damon and Pytnnirs
so siuci-re were their friendship', s mutually;
strong were their attachments were silting mi
some-lumbar in .the neighborhood of .S&wkII's
(the stiller'.-) tent. They had given pretty
strong proofs during the day of their abhorrence
of the water of the Rio Grande in its primmvn
state, by mixing with it a liberal component
part of Sewell's brandy, which, ai Burn says,
made them " unco happy." Thev sat there for t
a considerable time, and talked of old iitnos"
and new limes of times past, prcsurit and to "
come of ihe indomitable courage and invinci- ,
I ble power of h United Statet volunteers, and .
j0 j of the cowardly, craven Mexican. Indeed,1.
from the mood they were then in, "they,could." .
as they expressed it, " walk into Ampudia and-,
his whole pusillanimous host !" . , ... A
One of them had occasion to withdraw for a.
few minutes, and after making in advance- due?
apology for his temporary absence, he assured .
his friend that Ititle time would clapie before
r rr trimn riiiinn ttin nj raiiirnitiff nfiiiriit'iir
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up to where himself and friend had been sit
ting, he approached 10 where a vicious Mexi-
; can n,llle was naileretl-
" Co,ne' B,1I" said he lay'"S his hamI on .
1 l lit
! ,he hi,,d luar,er of ,1,e n,ule' " ,et us S lo our
tent." " Wee-ee-ee," cried the mule, letting
fly the left hind leg at him, striking .him in the
abdomen, and sending htm on the broad of his
back in among the neighboring chaparal. At-
! er recovering, he picked himself up, and ad,,
j vancillS agai ,oward3 ,he tnnle, said, V Look,,
! "' : Bill, this is d d shabby conduct! I
wouldn't treat a Mexican so, lettino alone anr
old comrade. If you have any pue against,
me, just say so, and I'm your man ; but don't
strike a fellow that way, with the butt end of
your musket in the dark. 1 tell you, I felt that
last lick just as if a dragoon's hore had kicked
me. Come, now, no more of that let) us hake
hands" and again he went up within kicking
distance of the mule.
" Wee-ee-i-ee," growled the mule, and again
he gave the intruder a kick, which laid him flat
on the groun.d
"Murder! murder!" he cried, "I'm shot
I'm stabb'd he has run his bayonet through
me he has broken my head with the butt end
of his musket I'm shot I'm killed ! Guard !
Rounds ! Grand Rounds !"
Attracted by the noise, a crowd instantly
gathered round ; lights were brought, and the
Great Kicked was picked up out of the chapar
ral. Two of his ribs only were found to be
broken, and his friend and comrade, Bill, was
the firat to render him assistance. Of course,
although he could not at the time be made to
believe, it was at once seen lhat his enemv in
disguise was the peevish mule, and not his
friend and comrade-soldier, Bill.
Proper Resentment. A mild tempered,
old gentleman was going down hi cellar stairs
with a lamp and an old brown pitcher, on a.
frosty evening, and his feet slipping from the
first step, he was precipitated 10 the botlom !
His wife, a nice old lady, hearing the noise,
ran to the cellar door and called out:
" Why, husband ! have you broken your
pitcher V . .
" No 1 han't yet," replied the old man,' "but
I'll be darned if don't do it now," and immedi
ately smashed the pitcher against the "celiac
Wall. . y.
Hope thet may do him good. A thtef
picked a clergyman's pocket at Boston 'the
other day. His prize consisted of six Ifran
new sermons !
" Why is the letter D like a ring V aid a
lady 10 her accopied, one day.
The gentleman was as dull as a hanvmer.
" Because," added jhe lady, with a. modest
look at the picture at the other end of tha icqox
" because we can't be wed without it."