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TTII GA It LAND.
"With sweetest flowers enrich%
From various gardens cull'd with care."
ART.
4 V CHARLES SPIIAGUE
Wnsts from the sacred garden driven,
Man fled before his Maker's wrath,
An angel left her place in Heaven,
And cross'il the wanderer's sunless path.
"fwas Art! sweet Art! new radiance broke,
Where her light foot new o'er the ground;
And thus with seraph voice she spoke,
"The curse a blessing shall be found."
She led him through the trackless wild,
Where noontide sunbeams never blazed:
The thistle shrunk—the harvest smiled,
And Nature gladdened us she gazed.
Earth's thousand tribes of living things,
At Art's command to him are given,
The village grows, the city springs,
And point their spires of faith to Heaven.
He rend. the oak—and bids it ride,
To guard the shores its beauty graced;
He smiles the nick—upheaved in pride,
See towers of strength, and domes of taste
Earth's teemingeatTs their wealth reveal,
Fire hears has banner on the wave,
Ile bids the mortal poison heal,
And leaps triumphant o'er the grave.
He plucks the pearls that stud the deep.
Admiring Beauty's lap to fill:
He breaks the stubborn marble's sleep,
And mocks his own Creator's skill.
With thought that swells his glowing soul,
He bids the ore illume the page,
And proudly scoenirg Time's control,
Comruerces with an unborn age,
In fields of air he writes his name,
And treads the chamber of the sky;
He reads the stars, and grasps the flame
That quivers round the throne on high
In war renowned, in peace sublime
He moves in greatness and in grace;
His power subduing space and time,
Links realm to realm, and race to race
THE REPOSITORY
LOVE LETTERS.
By POlllO accident, the death of Lieutenant
Godfrey Carruthers, of the Bengal army, was not
mentioned in any of tho Calcutta newspapers.—
'rho event occurred in a remote district, and
was passed over without notice; a rather unusual
thing in India, where the assurance of the de
cease of a friend or acquaintance is generally
made doubly sure by a full detail of the circum
stance appearing, first in the daily, secondly in
the triweekly, (a pet colonial phrase signifyilig
the publiCation three times per week, and not
once in three weeks,) and lastly in the weekly,
journals of the presidency. It happened that the
Bengal army rejoiced in a second Godfrey Car.
'ntlers, also a lieutenant, hut in no way related
to the first. My friend, who was an Englishman
of- good family, and very fairly endowed by na•
titre with mental and personal qualities fitted to
render him a favorite both with hisrown and with
the softer sex, had been 'creased in love. His
heart had surrendered at once to the bright eyes of
the daughter of the colonel of his regiment, who
came out to India full of expectations of cunquest,
and determined to make as much havoc as she
could among the unfortunate youth exposed to
the power of her charms. Accordingly, by way
of pastime, she trifled a little with the affections
of my unhappy friend, whom she discarded the
moment that a more eligible suitor offered himself.
Godfrey took the °frith greatly to heart; in fact,
he had nothing else to do. No opportunity oc.
curred of revenging himself by falling in• love
web any body else; for it must be confessed that
the unmarried fair, within three hundred irides of
the station, wore very inferior to the shameless
coquette who had sacrificed him to her love of ad
miration. My sympathising ear was the chosen
deposito of all Godfrey's woes, and, during the
continuance ()Utile but weather, a period in which
employment of any kind is not easily attainable,
he came regularly to my bungalow to bewail ov•
er the darkness of his destiny, and the treachery
or womankind. Ono morning, when pretty well
tired of endeavoring to administer comfort to a
person who refused to be comforted, who hugged
his wretchedness, and scorned the idea of tictitig
free, I was agreeably surprised by the animation
of his countenance. Ho came on horseback, but
'instead of approaching, as usual, with melancholy
stop and slow, lie had fur outriddon the panting
bearer who cal-lied an umbrella, mounted on a
long pole, to shade his head from the sun. Die
mounting with great alacrity, he made but three
steps into the interior, and first piernising that
he had soon the folly of grieving any longer about
a faithless wonnimpulled a letter out Wills pocket
and placed it In my hands. It proved to be a
voluminous epistle, written in a neat female hand
and dated from Milan. The contents wore of a
very interesting nature, and cupid not fail to ten.
der the writer an object of sympathy to every
ono possessing a feeling heart. Some of the pas
sages run thus:—"You will not, I am sure, my
dear Godfrey, be displeased at the stop which I
have taken, in consequence of the death of my
mother, and the melanchbly assurance contained
in your lal3•t letter, that years may still elapse be
fore you can have it in your power to make ar
rangements for .my voyage to India. Yuu are
well aware of the nature of tho feelings of your
family, of their unwillingness to sanction an en
gagement which they consider to be disadvan.
tageous to you. Ido not wish to complain of
their unkindness or the unreasonable nature of
their prejudices; so long as they thought that my
fortune would equal my birth, they worn gratified
by the expectation of an alliance with an older
and better family; but when the same calamity
reduced us all to different degrees of poverty,
mine certainly much lower than theirs, they are
desirous to amend their broken fortunes by con.
nocting themselves with richer people, forgetting
that my dearest mother, who might have in
dulged the hope of obtaining a much more eligi
blo match in point of worldly advantages, never
allowed such,selfish considerations to weigh an
instant against your worth and excellence. Be.
Bove - me, it is-painful to speak thus of people who
must be dear to you, but it is necessary for you to
be acquainted with all the circumstances which
have induced me to enter the family with whom
I am now travelling 4s the governess to their
daughters. At my mother's death, the pension
which she received from government wholly
ceased, and you know that we had lost every
I thing else in that fatal bankruptcy which obliged
you to seek your fortune in the East Indies.—
i l Your father's house was not open to me during
this period of affliction; it was not difficult to per
ceive, and their own letters must have forced the
same conviction upon you, that your mother and
sisters thought that you might do better, either
as a bachelor in India, or as the husband of a wo
man who would not come quite portionless, than
by fulfilling an engagement made under more
prosperous circumstances. I could not stoop to
be a dependant upon their unwilling bounty, and
therefore closed will, n proposal made to too by a
family who were about to proceed to Italy for
three years. It was fortunate that I did so; for,
shortly afterwards, your father and mother deter
mined to go to Canada, and, I believe, aro now
making preparations for their voyage. I should,
therefore, have been quite as distant from any di•
rect communication, had they offered me an any•
lum, as I am now; indeed, more so, for the ar.
range:items which Mr. Sinclair hes made with
his agent in London, will cause the least possible
delay in the delivery of your letters. This is a
twice told tale, my dear Godfrey, but I thought it
best to enter a second time into particulars, in
case any accident should have prevented my for•
mer communication from reaching you. Do not
make yourself uneasy about my situation; I shall
endeavor to bear its discomforts with cheerful
tress; you know that I am of an enduring temper,
rind, though I do not pretend that I can be happy
as a dependant upon persons of a very uncongeni.
al nature to mino,l shall make the best of my lot.
You need not fear that the various annoyances I
-have to encounter will induce mo to seek any a
inancipalion, excepting that which the fulfilment
of 0111' OrlVlffellient now promises. I repose the
fullest confidence in the stability of your affection
for mo, and you may be equally certain that the
regard which I have so often professed is quite as
unchangeable. You spoke of three years as the
prohuble period in which you might be able to
claim my promise of joining you in India, and if
I should dwell upon the less agreeable circum
stances of my present position, it will only ho to
stimulate your to such exertions as may abridge
rather than lengthen the term which must keep
us separate."
This formed the explanatory portion of a corn.
municallon evidently intended fur the Lieutenant
Carruthers who had so lately paid the debt of na.
lure; the remainder related to the peculiar tastes
and sentiments of the miter, and was calculated
to afford an Impression highly favorable of her
talents and disposition. The perusal of this let
for occasioned a great revulsion in Godfrey's feel
ings. Though he admitted that it was not ad
dressed to him,he contended that fortune had pur
posely thrown it Into his way, and that there
would be nothing dishonorable in his assumption
of the character of his deceased namesake. Ton.
dornoss (or the young lady, who could not fail to
be overwhelmed with affliction at the news of her
lover's death, he argued, should induce all who
entertained the least compassion for beauty in
distress, to engage in the amiable deceit. For
his part, his determination was taken; ho would
at least afford her the moans of coming out to In
din, and she would of course have the option of
Focusing him. In the mean time, his letters, ho
rusted, would make so groat an impression upon
har heart, that she would be unable to resent his
solicitations. Hore, however, a now difficulty a
rose; though there wore amide directions given
respecting the despatch of the correspondence
through the hands of Mr. Sinclair's agent in Lon•
don, the lady. confident in her lover's recollection
had only signed her Christian name, "your affec
tionate Amy." Godfrey was in despair, and I
was malicious enough to suggest that he could
not be certain whether this wore really and truly
the baptismal appellation of his Duleinea, since it
was often the abbreviation of Emily, Emmeline,
Amelia, or Emma. 1, moreover, proceeded to
display my learning, by explaining to him that
the name was derived from the Latin word amo,
to hive, my authority being that diligent antiqua
ry, old Camden. This last piece of intelligence
consoled him; ho thought that it promised an aus
picious termination of the affair; und•antoring at
once, with the most enthusiastic ardor, into this
new pursuit, ho contrived to possess himself of
the papers belonging to the deceased lieutenant,
which had fallen into the hands of a brother offi.
cor, who not particularly gifted with intellectual
endowments, was easily persuaded that a person
bearing the same name could claim the right of
kindred.
The effects loft by the Into Godfrey Carruthefs,
in the opinion of many, fully answered the de
scription frequently giyen of those which have
strayed or been stolen from the pockets and reti.
cubes of ladies and gentlemen about town; they
appeared to be of no earthly use excepting to the
owner. But his representative found them in
valuable; for, in addition to a rather faded but
spirited sketch of the fair Amy Montague, there
wore packets of her letters, and copies of many
which had been addressed to her by her lover,
who, whinever his other accomplishments might
have been, certainly was not blessed with the
pen era. ready writer. My friend Godfrey excel
led in this particular, and ye gods! what opis , les
. did lie not indite ! lie got a clover native to co.
py the portrait Upon ivory, which 'he had rung ni•
ficenily set. and wore next Ins heart; in fact, no.
ver was any mortal so completely in love. As I
hob before mentioned, nature had been rather
prodigal in her gins to him; he was quite the
sort of person to please it woman's eye, and though
his namesake could not hoist an equally prepos
sessing extorior,they bore some flint resemblance
An each ether; both wore tall, fair,with blue eyes,
and chesnut hair. Amy,in several of her letters,
regretted that she did riot possess any sketch or
portraiture of hor lover, and Godfrey immediate.
ly determined to sit to Hamid Albeo for a mime-
tura, rather rniniaturee, one in the Eu.
BY ROBERT WZITE ICIDIDLETON, EDITOR, P178L1C17211, AIII)..,PROPRIBITOR.
"I NVISIT NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."
V.W..1 1 .21 - CV,VS=OI:I O . 7 .Petta 9 Jab
the ides of the explanation which roust ensue, cal
ciliated not unjustly upon the effect which his
epistles would produce; they would be her comm.
!alien at all periods of distress, and she must inc.
vitably entertain a grateful regard for the person
who had so earnestly endeavoured to create an
interest in her heart. The intense anxiety which
Godfrey felt to secure the comfort of the woman
whom he hoped one day to make his wife, induced
me to offer my assistance in the furtherance of his
plans for her happiness. I wrote to some female
relatives of mine in London, requesting them to
invit,e,Mtss•Mnntague to remain at their house un
til she could proceed to India, representing myself
as the most intimate friend of the gentleman to
whom she was engaged. Amy's situation in Mr.
Sinclair's family proved sufficiently disagreeable
to render this invitation very acceptable. I had,
of course, flourished a great deal about Carruthers
in my letters to my aunts, and they in return gave
descriptions of Miss Montague's amiability and
accomplishments which almost turned Gmlfrey's j
brain. The plea of urgent private afEtirs might
have procured a furlough for Europe for my love
sick friend; but he was afraid to venture; ho
thought that, once in India,Mies Montague would
cling to him as her only friend and erotectorond
would feel less inclined to resent the fraud he hod
practised, than wore his confession to be made in
her own country We had reason to believe that
the fair one was now upon her voyage, and might
be expected soon after the receipt or the letters
which inhumed us that her passage had been ta•
ken on board the Ariadne, one of tlie best sailing
ships in the trade.
Godfrey, of course, determined to go down to
Calcutta to meet his bride elect; but, being ton
neryoos to declare himself without the support of
a friend, he persuaded me to accompany him to
the presidency. We had scarcely made arrange.
ments ihr the reception of Miss Montague at the
house ore female friend, before the arrival of the
Ariadne was announced, and though the weather
was none of the coolest, our kind ho.teis consent
od to accompany us in tho steamer which was
despatched to the vessel to tiling up the plasm
gers None of the three felt perfectly easy, for
by this time Mrs. 11411iday h .1.1 been tondo ac
quainted with the wnole affair, unit could net
help anticipatin, a scene of no very agreeable
description.
ropean, and one in tho native dress. These were
very beautifully executed, timid Allen having
profited by the instructions of a professional ar-
Itist of considerable talents and repute. Godfrey
assured his mistress that these wore very much
Ifluttered, and ho hoped that, though she would at
first be disappointed by the want of resemblance,
she would look upon them with affectionate re
' gnrd, and having become familiar with his coon
tenance,lin would have the advantage of not meet.
ing her as an entire stranger. He did not ex
pect to be able to carry on the deceit during more
than one interview, but he flattered himself that
his letters would have prepossessed her in his fa
vor, and that, after the first shock was over, she '
would look upon him as one with whom she hind
been long acquainted. . ..
I felt sufficiently interested in this adventure
to busy myself with making enquiries respecting
' the temper, disposition, and habits of the deceas.
ed, and all the information I obtained tended to
show that the young lady would ho a gainer by
the exchange. It appeared that, although nato.
rally well disposed, young Carruthers had been
easily led astray; he had, at an early period after
his arrival in the country, involved himself in
debt and difficulty; and, affectionately attached to
the lady to whom he was engaged, arid almost
hopeless of over being able to perform his prom
ise, ho had flown to his worst enemy for consola
tion, and owed his death to drinking. Sharing
in the common delusion respecting India, he had
not sufficient courage to undeceive the woman .
who depended with affectionate reliance upon his
assurances that he would claim her hand within
a given period, and Amy was therefore left in
complete ignorance of the true state of his eir•
cumstances.
Throe years appeared to he three ages to the
impatient spirit of Godfrey Carruthers; one at
least might be abridged, for he was net only per
fectly independent, but master of no inconsidern.
hie MUM, with prospects before him which might
have satisfied any mind less ambitious than that
of the lady who required rank as well as pecuni.
ary advantages. His first impulse was to lodge
money immediately in the London agent's hand,
for the expenses of Miss Montague's outfit and
passage; hut he was deterred by the great desire
ho felt to create an interest in her heart, by a cor
respondence which could scarcely fail to prepos
SORB her in his favor. The romance of this ad
venture invested it with a very powerful charm,
while, half distracted with doubts and anxiety
concerning the issue, he experienced the guilt
est delight in pouring nut the fondest effusions to
the object of his adoration. These epistles were
very managed; they contaiitedjonly just
enough of allusion to past events to identify them
with those of the real Amphitryon, while the re
mainder related wholly to his admiration of the
sentiments she had expressed, and to portraitures
of domestic happiness, which wore eminently cal
culated to dazzle and enchant a young ingenuous
mind, full of hope and confiience. Ho painted
oriental scenes, explained to her the kind of life
she would lead in India, gave her judicious di.
rections respecting her outfit, and, in short, left
nothing undone which could melt, persuade, and
captivate a gentle and feminine heart., Tho ecs
tncy with which he pordsed the first reply to his
own letters was worthy of the chivalric feeling of
the knights of old. Amy had receelved three or
four of them at once, and the innocent expression
of the happiness they had afforded her rendered
Godfrey almost frantic with joy. Although I
had been at first very much inclined to laugh at
his folly, and to reprobate the delusion lie had
practised, the strength and sincerity ofan attach
rent an strangely inspired rendered it respect
able in my eyes, and I began to perceive that it
was not more ridiculona than many of the idle
fancies which loud young men to rush into mat
rimony. In all my experience (lithe tender pas
sion, and I am not one to doubt its influence, or
to disbelieve in its existence, notwithstanding the
numerous difficulties which it has to struggle a
gainst in an age of utilitarianism, I had never
seen more genuine manifestations of pure race.
Linn than those exhibited by my friend Godfrey;
and perhaps there were more solid grounds for
his admiration than twiny possessed, who were
quite as numb infatuated. It is true, that he had
never seen the object of his adorntion;hut her per
son and mind were developed to him through the
medium of her portrait and her letters, and those
were both . so charming, that he could not doubt
that her manners would be equally to his taste.
Godfrey, though sometimes rather nervous at
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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VARIETY.
SONG.
I woo thee not as others woo,
I flatter not as others do,
Nor vow that I adore;
I cannot laugh, I cannot smile,
Nor use, as they, each courtly wile,
But oh, I love thee more.
The rich, the noble, and the great,
Offer thee wealth, and power, and state,
And fortunes running o'er!
Flow can I smile, when none of these
Give me the worldly power to please,
Though I may love thee more?
And yet I hope, because I love
With thoughts that set thee far above
Vain Fortune's glittering store.
Others may deem thou canst be won
By things that sparkle in the sun,
But oh, I love thee more.
I do believe that unto thee
Truth, honor, plain sincerity,
Are jewels far before
All that the others think are dear;
And vet far more than they I fear,
Because I lore thee more.
I love thee more thnn all the train
Who flaunt, who flatter, and who feign,
And vow that they adore :
I love thee 25 men loved of yore—
Ah, no, I love thee more—far more
Than man e'er loved before.
Selections from the Baltimore Visiter
TIIE STUDENT AND TILE MAN OF DIISINE99.
I have often been led to remark the different esti
mates which men ofequii capacity, and strength of
mind, but whose lives have been spent in different
pursuits, put upon the same thing. To the man of
business, there is something intangible about the am
bition of the student—and to the man of lettcrs,whoso
laboratory is the human intellect, there is a grossness
and sensuality connected with the business man,
which he cannot comprehend, when he considers
mind's vast capacities, and reflects upon his own un
speakable delight while penetrating one secret of
science, or intellectual philosophy after another, and
contemplating with astonishment and 'wonder the
thousand new beauties which arc constantly revealed
to him.
Roth too often lose sight of that peculiar character
of the mind, which invests its pursuits with interest,
no matter what they may be, and discovers; by con
tinued familiarity, attractions which it alone can feel.
I was induced to these reflections by the remark of
a professional friend, who said, that he thought I was
growing worldly minded—too much engrossed and
interested in business—less social—more abstracted,
and eiven up to considerations unintellectual. All
this I sin ready to acknowledge, and yet, not admit a
fault, or a falling off. 'consider our natures as two
fold,—the animal claims regard as well as the spirit
ual; and its wants arc more apparent and more de
manding. In the present state of society—and it Is
well that it is so—much the larger portion of our
time' is required to attend to the wants, comforts and
conveniences of our bodies; which wants, comforts,
and conveniences, must be acknowledged and attend
ed to, or the mind will not enjoy any portion of that
satisfaction and delight for which it is ever yearning.
80I3RIETY OF MIND.
I wish you a long life and a sober one, said Ito two
young friends who had just been married. They
looked at me with surprise, and asked an explana
tion. Can the reader give one?
WEALTH IS CUARACTER.
Stephen Gerard once answered a servant who ask
cd him for a new hat, by giving him the one he wore
himself. The boy threw it away—for it was worse
than his own. Now, some think this a precious lee.
ture on pride,—but the boy had more sense than his
master after all;—He had a character to make,
and to command respect from appearance,—all that
he could be judged by—while Gerard had a character
for wealth;and with that his influence he knew would
cm unimpaired—and ho be held in equal estimation,
even if he wore a wool hat and leather breeches.
THE DIAS DE JUDGMENT.
Man is a greater fool than he will at any time give
himself credit for, notwithstanding his boasted inde
pendence of judgment and reason. He is called a rea
sonable animal by way of distinction, but precious
few among us use the high attribute rightly—or not
at all; suffering social attachments—light prejudices,
and petty influences to overrule us to our injury. We
make a great deal of noise about immutable princi
ples, and conclusions from certain premises, as fixed
as mathematical demonstrations; but it Is all too often
a farce. That opinion, for which, to-day, we would
suffer martyrdom, to-morrow we question, and, per
chance, the next day abandon. And so it will ever
be. The light in which we view a subject upon its
first examination, is a very different one from that in
which we look at it after attentively considering it,
--and the more we reflect upon it—and the more va
ried our illustrations of it are, the more will our judg
ment change from its first impressions. This should
lead pets( tin to admit any conclusion or belief with
extreme caution; and never, at first sight, or under
the enthusiasm of first impressions, to acknowledge
any thing, or adopt any course of action, which, if
wrong wuutd involve serious consequences.
TIIE SPELL OF YEARS.
Bow painful to note the change which years have
made whether it be in the outward or the inward
man! So intently occupied as we ever are with Indi
vidual interest, we rarely pause to reflect, or note
how many changes are in progress around us, until
accident awakens us for a moment to consciousness—
then, the work of time seems like the doings of an
enchanter,and we stop and wonder for a moment; un
til we glance inward and find that there, alas! tho't.
feeling, emotion are not as once they were, when life
was in the freshness of early years—and the world
had not chilled the first gushes of nature—nor taught
us the lessons of experience.
NAPOLEoN AND LEWIS PHILIPPE.—The ral3Wirig
comparison bel woon the present despot of France
and Napoleon Bonaparte, is, we understand, gen.
orally circulated throughout the dominions of Lo
Roi Citoyon.
Napoleon, in order to reign, deposed no one;
Louis Philippa dethroned floury V.
Napoleon ruled fifteen years with twelve minis.
tors; Louis Philippe has tried upwards of fifty
during a reign of five.
Under Napoleon, Europe was really in a btate
of agitation, and Fume comparatively tranquil;
under Louis Pintail - 1; Europe is comparatively
tranquil, and France positively.distracted.
Napoleon declared war against kings, but never
made it against royalty; Louis Philippa wages
-SHAHS.
war against royalty,but does notdeclaro it against
Napoleon used his generals only in a limo of
war; Louis Philic9o calla his generals into action
in a limo of peaco.
Both republicans and legitimists surrounded tho
throne of Napoleon; the eamo parties now conspire
against that of Louis Philippe.
Napoleon, a single Corsican, is already enrolled
in the family of the Crows; Louis Philippe, de
scended from the blood of the Bourbons, cannot
find a woman who will wed the heir to his crown.
Napoleon required only a budget of eight hun
dred tnillions,and four hundred thousand soldiers,
to make him respected by all the world; four hun
dred thousand soldiers, and a budget of twelve
hundred millions aro not sufficient to make Louis
Philippe respected by the French.
FROM THE FRANKLIN REPOSITORY.
761 lfor the brave !
The brave that are no more!" [CowPza.
"Who dies in vain
"Upon his country's warfields, and within
"The shadow of her altars? [Mac HEISIANs
Tim' fought—as Freemen ever fight;
They died—as Freemen ever die,
The Indian axe gleam'd keen and bright,
And rang the Indian yell on high,
Where boldly for their country's right
They stood, to conquer or to die.
. .
Afar—from all they held most dear—
Afar, from all who lov'd them well,—
Upon the dying eye and ear
No look and word'hf kindness fell;
No parent— wife—or child was near,
The parting pang to soothe and quell.
Yet, who can tell the grief, the pain,
The bitter tears of anguish poured
From eyes that watched, alas! in vain,
For those, their absent and adored;
From eyes that wildly weep the slain,
No more on earth to be restored?
Yes, they are gone—and these remain
My country! to thy guardian care;
In them thy Heroes live again;
Wilt thou lament, and yet forbear
To aid? 0, foul ungrateful stain!
Do claims like these require a prayer?
Fearless the Grecian Hero died=•
Nor trembled for his lov'd ones' fate;
And the bold 110111211 . 3 haughty pride
Could leave his "jewels" to the State:
Columbia! thou with them bast vied,
Shall thine alone be desolate? B.
CHADIDEASBUIIO, PA. IVlAnen 7, 1836.
PEACE.
It is so seldom that we win pence!. So seldom! Do
we ever win it? The statesman, who devotes his
youth to the struggle of ambition—the inventor of me
chanical improvements, who starves his own genera
tion to bestow invaluable benefits on the next l -the
fond idealist, who dreams restlessly through his
youth, and dies unhappy in his old age—the man of
the world, whose narrow heart is full of busy vanities
—all look forward to its enjoyment : but life passes
(I speak of successful lives;) and when the states
man has won power, and place, and patronage—when
the utilitarian has realized a shadowy portion of some
single plan—when the poet is feted, flattered, and
carressed—and the man of the world has become an
oracle in his own little circle—peace is still a distant
dream! Old age creeps on. Into the narrow bond of
a few feeble years they crowd all that youth's 'fond
energies were to have achieved! The arm of desti
ny urges them forward : they totter to the grave.—
Alas ! Death's curtain falls on hopes half-fulfilled;
plans half matured; energies weakened, but still at
work -it is over! Life is over; and peace is yet un
won!
THE SENSE OF BEAUTY.
It is a curious fact, that children, gifted in general
with the quickest observation, arc nevertheless sin
gularly insensible to the personal defects of their fa
miliar companions; beauty, in the abstract, has no
power to engage either the attentions or affection's of
a child—the ugliest face is frequently preferred to
the most lovely, and that without any apparent cause
in the different degree of notice or kindness shown.
The fact is, that the sense of beauty is the growth
of latter years. A child never admires fine scenery,
nor 4 beautiful face; but all children have favorite
nooks, and trees, and play-places; and all children
have preferences among the familiar faces which sur
round them.
A SHREWD MADMAN.
When the Earl of Bradford was brought before
Lord Chancellor Loughbrough to be examined upon
applicat on for a statute of lunacy against him, be was
asked—
"How many legs has a sheep?"
"Does your lordship mean," answered Laid Brad
ford, a live or dead sheep?"
"Is it not the limn() thine?" said the Chancellor
"No, my lord," said Lord Bradford, "there is
much difference; a live sheep may have four legs, a
dead sheep has only two, fore legs arc shoulders."
SYMPATHY IN ANTIPATHY.-It iscommonly known
that dogs will bark at and bite beggars and meanly
dressed people; but it is not equally known, that dogs
of beggars and very poor people, will bark and fly at
genteel persons. if they approach the habitation of
their masters—yet it is a fact.
WOMAN'S CONFIDENCE —There is something SO
beautifully confiding in a woman's heart,that she will
never doubting she has been taught to do so.
WEST-INDIES: From documents laid before the
Board of Trade, it appears that the tax to the inhab
itants of British West-India islands, in consequence
of being prohibited a direct trade with the United
States in sundry articles, is annually $6,265,183.
ccurrA.—Eighty years since., Calcutta was an
insianificant village—it now contains 600,000 inhab-
ENGLISH AT Penis.—lt ilestimated that there are
now 20,000 English subjects at Paris.
Taileyrand's wife is dead. She was 74 years of
age. Ilis health is said to have improved since, and,
ho is thought to be looking out for another spouse !
Jerome Bonaparte's wife (the Princess do Montfort)
is also dead,
Oh! there is nothing to equal those moments of
desperate awakening when we first become conscious
that we are corrupted ? when some sudden shock
arouses us to a knowledge of our true position, and
shows us that the ground we have so long been care
lessly treading is hollow beneath our feet, the preci
pice near at hand to which we have been blindly di
recting our steps! The sick matt who is told that mor
tific dion alone has stilled the torture of his aching
limb, cannot receive such intelligence with more
chilled and shrinking horror than is felt by the heart
which, pure bcretofore, and fall of earned resole•
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tiOns for the right, has been led away byieuiptati ,
and only wakes to feel the bitterness of its moral !.
gradation; to know that the days of its purity and (awe
nocence ore over; that vice is become a . fomiliae
thing; that all is known of which we should have itteett,l
ignorant; and all forgotten which should - have been
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most carefully treasured in our memories; that lo oar,,
sorrow we have become "acquainted with sin," end 2
have made it our boon companion and fellow travei:3;
ler in the great journey of life.
KISSING:
And if it were not lawful, •
The lawyers would not melt;
And if 't were not pious "
Tho Clergy'would not choose if;
And if 't were not a dainty thini,
The ladies would not crave It,'
And if it wore not plentiful; r '•
Tho poor girls could not have it;
A HARD CASE.
An anxious and faithful father had been Toeitii.;.?:
ing and counseling a dissolute and meerrigiblel
son. After n most pathetic appeal to his feelingkA
discovering no signs of contritinn="What!"_ex.
claimed the father, "not ono relenting einotioAA
not ono penitent tear?" "Ali! father," roplieciAbiii:::N
hardened son, "you may as well leave off boriiiiA
me, you will obtain no water, I can assure
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GEOGRAPHICAL ILLI7STR ATIOPHL
Mrs. Piozzi informs usthat an ignorant •yottig;)
man having asked Dr. Johnson what-and where
Palmyra was, having herird some persona talking
about the ruins of Palmyra. "'Tis a hill in,
land," said the doctor, "with palms growing
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the top, and a hog at the bottom—and so they calf:,
it Palm-mira."
A DOUBLE OFFICE.
A professional scribo (a Persian) being applieir:rr
to by some ono to write a letter, replied that he-'(_
had something the matter with his foot. "Ofwhat
consoquonce is that?" said the applicant; i 4 r do
tint want you to carry the Jotter." "No," return. ",
ed the other, "but if I write a letter, I am sure to
ho sent for to read it—for no ono else can."
A WOIITTILESS GIFT.
Voltaire, in his Philosophical Dictionary, tells
of a bopgir asking alms in the suburbs of Madrid.
when a passersby said to him, "Are you not a.
shamed to follow that infamous emploVment, as
you are able to work?" To which the beige,
smartly replied, "Sir, I ask your charity --not
your advice."
KICK UP AND CAPER!
A friend took home a few evenings since n hot,'
le of Ketchup, and another of Capers; the , girl in
he house Racing them exclaimed• with nstonish; •
ment and delight. "Oh lame! what funny-mtmns
you call your things here, why if there nint,Kick.
up and Caper!"
BAKED BEANS
Do you understand doing this matter, in UM
right way 7 Well, we are lead of it, hut as every v•
one may not understand we would j say to them
put in a lump ofsalmratize as big.,svelnut and
a little molasses, with your beans before baking ;;
and you will find thorn greatly improved.
LITERATVRE.-.AND ART.
Thesuppleinont to "Beli4's Literary Advertiser,"
for 1835, just issued, gfintains lists of the. now • =
books and engravings p4 . ilished in Isindon daring
the past year, with tqfr sizes and prices. The
number of books is about 1,400, exclusive °frills'
editions, pamphlelq,oijoriodicals.being 130 more
than in 1834. The number of engravings is 100
(including 47 portraits,) 15 of which are engrrti.
ed in the line manner,;/5 in mezzotinto, and 10
in aquutinta,
That man may last, but never lives,
Who much receives, but nothing gives;
Whom none can love, whom none can thank—
Creation's blot, Creation's blank.
Tim TitADE OF Prrrsautta.::;:.-The Pittsburg Ad.
vocate of Wednesday says, "Since our navigation
has been open, a period of less than three weeks,
eight now steamboats have left our landings for
ports below. We counted yesterday ten m a rapid'
state of completion. Eighteen now steamboats
is not a bad business for ono winter."
The Legislatu . ro of Now Jersey adjourned on
Friday,llth instant.
Tho Legislators of 'Mississippi has passed nn
act for the establishment of a Penitentiary, and
has appropriated. 875,000 for thr; erection. of a
huiltlinvith ?1000 for the purchase of the land
on which it shall be built. It is to he situated in.
the town ot Jackson, or within two mites of it. •
An English clergyman nt Brussels, has Invent.
ed a motive power, which promises to rival steam,
It is founded on the compression atlutele
pails of water it is computed would be sufficient
to carry a 11'09001W the East Indies:
The Hon; Isaac HA nfthe linked States Se
nate, has been elected Governor or New Ham?.
shire.
ANNIHILATING Sract.--It is stated that I train
of six carriages was conveyed on the Greenwtth
Rail Road, in England sixty miles in au hoar.-4
At the rate ofa mile a minute.
SUNDAY A isoszatavr.—lt is said to be a falrol*l
Sunday Amusement in London. to visit thO
beasts in (ho Zoological garden.
Four hundred millions of florins, it se sea.lniter ( o
been appropriated for the kiundation of tieteirer
liahment for Jeoulta in Austrii. •
The New. York Assotubly Peofds, ll 7:lo,
moue rota, on Wednesday week:,
priming 28,000 dollars per auburn, for bar
fora GitainzisSl flarray ofihe
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