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($wW'$S* ■mm mrM WiM aas is. ■# m # POETRY. From the Worcester Y coman, THE CHEROKEBS* REPLY. TO THE PROPOSITION THAT THEY SHOULD REMOVE BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI. No, never! we wear not the shackles of slaves, And our fathers* stern spirits Would start frequented by erbwds of visitors fromt t)te, and devoted, they Wore worthy Philadelphia and elsewhere, to whom victims of this blighting and bitter everything is throwu open. Noth- world! Their gardetiwas turned into ing can exceed the kind and cordial hospitality of the philosopher, whose in their graves, If they heard in th eir loved haunts the stranger’s proud tread, Trample lightly the grass that waves o’er their bed. "We own not your laws or your treaties— this soil. Shall be ours, till your armies have made it their spoilt For ’twas ours by the gift, by the charter . * of God, Long, long ere its wilds by the white men were trod. There was strength in the how of th? red hunter then, And the foe fled before the stern Cherokee men. Then far as the eye now o’er fotfest can roam,..... 1 w ,, Wasthe^ldVicl of the free, and our own sa cred home. a welcoming But wo to the day when hand, Spread the bounteous feast for the white man’s band, They came to our shores, a lone shelterless few, They drank of our cup, and they e’er found us true, But the serpent we cherished and warmed at our breast, Has coiled round our vitals—let time tell the rest. ■♦■No, never: if perish we must from the earth, ,, Let us die where we’ve lived, in the land of our birth. .. ... *Tis in vain we are told of a lovier scene Far away. Where the deer rove in forests .• more green, Where the step of the stranger will never intrude, And nature still smile in her own soli tude. Ton oak, round whose head the red light* nings have play’d, Till its withering form is scarce traced in its shade— Say! would you its beauty and vigor re store If you plant it anew on some far distant, shore ? Oil no! while its roots cling to where it once grew, It may linger a life which no man can re* new. eelknt government of Naples, com pared him to Plato on the throne: to which it may be added, that he sub stitutes Poyit Breeze for thrones, without a murmur. Many respecta ble Americans, .formerly, could not think of a Frenchman without aversion, or df a Bonaparte without horror. All such as have become acquainted w ith the instances of both, vyho so quietly and respectably dwells in New Jer sey, have surrendered their prejudi ces, without further effort or influ ence on his part than the ‘constitution al ameuily of his conduct, j-^yuidor of his conversation, and constancy of his principles. Instead of losing by ap proach, he never fails to gain. A- bounding in the most interesting rec ollections of the great events and uien of modern Europe, and speaking freely on all subjectl, halted, anger, detraction, appear to be foreign Id his nature. Among other proofs of a sincere and kind disposition* it is de lightful to hear Imp declare, as he docs, with uniform earnestness,' that the much abused Napoleon was as a- niiable and troll disposed as the grate ful brother who bears this testimony to his character. The domestics, some of them who served him twenty or thirty years ago, are now in his family at Point Breeze, where all de serving guests are welcomed with a reception which leaves none but the most agreeable impressions. The State of New Jersey qtves to Ins ar rival there the repeal, Pennsylvania the modification, arid New "York, (it is believed) also the repeal of the te dious and preposterous common lavi’ preventing foreigners owning real es tate, which is discrediting to any com monwealth where it exists. It is im possible to think of Spain without re gret that so fine a-country should have unfortunately deprived itself of the melioration which Joseph Bona-' pafte’s government would have es tablished there, instead of itd present degr a da t i on.—Poulson. a wilderness; but, like our first pa rents, it Was band in hand that they took their iblitary way! Evil beset them-rrbut they swerved not; the rains and the wihds fell upon their un sheltered licads—but they were not bowed; and, through the mazes and briers of this weary life, their bleed ing footsteps strayed not, jor they had, a clue! The mind seemed, as it were to become visible and external as the frame decayed, and to cover the body with something of its own invulnera ble power; that whatever should have attacked the mortal and frail part, fell upon that which, imperishable and divine, resisted and subdued. If is thus with our raccV we can never a- gain Re-people the forest, nor hope to regain The power of the past. The dark war rior’s form Is blasted and bowed by the merciless storm. Then leave us to die, midst our own native shade, Where we grew in our pride—there alone let us fade. MISCEX.I.AWEOOS. BORDflNTOWN N. J. .Leaving Philadelphia by the Bor- dentoivn route, you pass Point Breeze, as it was called by Stephen Sayre, once Sheriff of London, of whom it was purchased by the present owner, Jost ph Bonaparte, once King of Na ples, Sphmy and the indies. The briusfe'he first built was burnt—some aay by the Holy Alliance, in order to destroy the wriflen proofs there pre served of their imperial and royal meanness. Where it 'stood there is iflnv a very high Bplvidere, which contains a chapel, and commands ex tensive views of the picturesque scenery surrounding it for many miles. A marshy creek that used to creep through the grounds, by let^xig in the river, has becif Swelled to a fine sheet of running water, improving as much fee health as the prospect. The grounds are mined by curious and ex tensive subterranean passages, rihich lead from the present mansion 1 to the Delaware. It stands rather nigh the toad, and consists of a central building flanked by towers. , There are, lit* sides, several other dwelling bouses in the enclosure- About sixteqq hun dred acres of land are attached to it, divided into several farms, and per vaded by roads, cut for rides, along the river, around the lake, through the woods, and otherwise, so os to afford pleasant excursions about the premises. The Count, as he is enti tled, or Mister Bonaparte, as the country people sometimes call him, has expended a great deal of money iq improvements, of which the neigh borhood and, indeed, every body par takes in the highways. His tenants account for their rents in nuking roads,^clearing ttodtip, and the .like: and Brirdentown is greatly indebted ’ fe his residence for its revival. On $jndhy the house and grounds are VIRTUE IN POVERTY. From the Disowned. Glendower bent over his wife.— Sleep, said-he 2 sleep on! The wick ed dp not poine to thee now. Thou art in a world that has no fellowship with tlti?—rA world from which ever, luippmepsug not banished! Nor wo, nor pain, nor meriiory of the past , nor despair of all before thee, make the character of thy present state! Thou forestallcst the forgetfulness of the grave, and thy heart concentrates all earth’s comfort in one word—“Ob livion.” Beautiful, hotv beautiful thou art even yet!—that smile, That momentary blush, years have not con quered them. They are as when, mj young bride, thou didst lean first on my bosom, and dream that sorrow was no more! And 1 have brought thee unto this. These green walls make thy bridal cliarur—yon frag ments of bread thy hoard. Well! it is no pantter! thou art on thy way to a land where allthhigv, even a break ing heart,, are at rest. I weep not; wherefore should I weep! Tehrs are not. for the d.ead, but their survivors 1 would rather see thee drop inch by inch into the grave and smile as I be* hcltl it, than save time for ran inherk t ance of sin. What is there in thii little sordid life, that we should strive to hold it? What in this dreadful dream, that we should feiir to tvake?” And Glendower knelt besides his wife, and, despite bis words, tears cheeks; and, Worried as* he was, lie watched upon her slumbers, till they fell fromtheey^sio which his pres ence was more joyous than the day. It was a beautiful thing, even in sorrow, to see that couple, whom want could not debase, hoj misfor^ ‘fane, Which makes even generosity selfish, divorce! AH that Fate strip ed from the poetry and graces of ad not shaken one deaf from the romance of their green finwithered affections! They were the very type of love in its holiest & most enduring shapb—their hearts had grown to gether"—-their being had flowed through paves and deserts, and re flected the storms of an angry Heav en; , bnt its waters had indissolubly mingled into onot Young, gifted, no- ft INDUSTRY A£fD APPLICATION. Franklin has given you a lesson rich with salutary instruction. Toil, un- remilted and zealous toil; severe, searching, and untiring thought, occu pied both his mind and his body.— You who have read his memoirs—aud who has not?—have only to contrast your own situations with that of this persevering mechanic. Imagine your selves the rudely dressed and ungain ly boy wending his w’ay, homeless and pennyless, through the streets of Philadelphia; Look agaiti, and how is he changed! The materials of his greatness, arranged, and strengthened by years of painful' exertion, have burst forth in all their splendor. He has called about him the elements of the storm, and made, as it were, a plaything of the lightning. Kings, at the head of nations; are doing bondage to his genius. The proudest and the loveliest of earth,The terrible ih iyar, and the mighty in Council, ate bend ing like w orshippers at the shrine,of his intellects Romantic as this may seem, there was nothing of romance or poetry in the Temperament of Franklin. He indeed sought out.ncvv paths, and look ed deep into the'phenoiqena of nature, and the character of man—but it w as no flight of his imagination that over looked the false and limited boundary of science. It was the fixed glance of an Inquisitive, but disciplined mind. Take Perkins for another example. He has acquired a high . reputation in his native country, and in Europe.— Yet had this man contented himself with listless activity—had he relaxed in) the least from his habits of severe stridy and patient investigation, he would have bees at this moment the very reversepf all he is—an ungarded and indolent sojourner on the great theatre of human action. Talk pf genius as you miy—speak of it as un sought for, and ’ipimpdiate revelation of transcendent i f ower--whatever has been called, or whatever it may he, it is useful; and glorious only in those who haveHtrugglcd with pass ion and circumstance, and built-up by slow and almost imperceptible^ dc- grccs the Temple of th’eii; greatness! There may he at times a phenome non of mind which bursts forth at once in the foil possession of power, like Pallas from (he brow of the deity. It may'Hash out like a comet in the starry heaven of intellect— dazzling and’^ming for a moment, but it will leave no traces of its path, no gem of light! and knowledge in the horizon, over-which it has hurried. / . -Am. Manufacturer. $uin$ oftFabylon. Mr, Buckingham thus decribes thp ruins'of that vast city of antiquity : Very few antiquities are nOYv iUs cerqable; two towns, Ctesiphon and Sekmcia, having been bijilt with bricks, taken from the ruins of Baby lon/ The' country all around is’per fectly fia(. and smooth, while the space between the walls presents in evfey part ari undulating and uneven surface, caused by the immense quan tity of ruins; an appearance unequjVO cajly indicating the vast extent of flu ancient city; Amid the general dfeso lation a part 6f the celebrated To wer of Babel; or Temple of Belus is visible. This wonderful y flee, it will be fecolfoeted, is dese ed by Herodotus, Clio, cap. 181, to have been constructed in the follow; ing manner:—Its base tvas art exten *ive stone structure, perfect Ivlsqua about 8000 feet in extent on ev side, & 100 feet in height; on th square base was! erected anothi similar, though smiller square buHd- f ing, of about 600 feet r 1 "** 41, tOO o if™ 52 size Up to the ,top. Four of those stages (if.’we may.so-torm them) still remain, and the ascent is extremely easy on account of the immense quan tities of rubbish w hich has accumula ted from the fall of the upper por tions. In Alexander’s time, this con dition of the ruins caused him, after many efforts, to abandon the design of restoring the temple of Belus, and, it is calculated by Arrian that it would have employed ten thousand men for a year to remove the rubbish, before the first attempts at rebuilding could be made.—There is so muon facility of ascent in consequence, that Mr. B. was enabled to walk to the lop on horseback. The view lie found extremely beautiful, and comprehending a large extent of coun try. The castellated paliice of Se* mirumis, and the hanging gardens, still present traces of their former grandeur. The general ruins are covered with a thick crust, which may be broken, and, in many Instan ces, the apartments beneath may still be discerned. ric, will be inserted, iri order to give va^ riety and interest to the whole; The work is not designed to be of an prosPectus OF THE BIBLICAL INQUIRER. T HE undeisigried propose to publish a work under th'e above title, which Trill be principally devoted to the interpre tation pf the Bible. They do not mean by this; that the pieces which the work eh a contain, will all be merely exegctical.— ;r may contrilute directly to fur- ssigne ephemeral character. The editors aim at comprising in it, what will be useful at any - future period as w?ll as the present. Of course, they do not wish the public to un derstand, that the Biblical Inquirer is tw take the form of a Review. .Reviews of books will be a subbrdinat object with them arid will be attended to more in the way of brief critical notices, than any other. When the- principles of books become matters of dicussion, then, a review of them may be deemed expedient or neces^ sary. At the close of every number, will be - added a list of any new and interesting works on criticism or theology, published, in Europe or elswhere, with a brief desig~. nation of their character, when it is known*, in order that every Biblical student may become acquainted wife what is doing among critics and theologians, with re&r pect to fee interests of sacked learn ing. Every essay will have the name of the -! writer .or translator affixed to it. In this' way, the public will know on whom to fix the responsibility of ^ny erroneous senti* merits or adventurous Opinions.. The editors do not intend to be responsible for# the correctness of all that is published; and i they expressly reserve to themselves the 4- liberty of adding notes or comments on «njr> sentiment or ami Whatever may contra ute directly nish the Biblical student with the mqpns of exegesis, it will be a leading design’of the proposed work feexhibit.- It_Js' well known to every one who has any "considerable acquaintance with Sa* cred Literature,’ that there is extant a great nnmher of essays, critical, philologi cal, hermeneutical,, geographical, chrono logical, historical, etc. in. respect to the Scriptures, which lie dispersed in nuraer*- ous voltimes and tracts, published at dif ferent periods,- and by many different au thors. 1 Collections of these essays, more or less extensive, have not unffequently been made and published on the continent of Europe.' But most df these comprise a ijreat deal which is now superfluous, inas much as it has been superseded by tbf, la bours of recelfct critics,/who have been more thoroughly versed in Sacred Literature. The republication, therefore, of any col lection of essays such as are now spoken of, which was made some time since, pro bably Worild not meet with sufficient en-’ couragement, at, the present time, - to re munerate the expense. Nor would it ef fect all the good which is desirable. There are, however, in most of the cri tical collections to w'hich a reference has now been made, some pieces that well merit a republication, and w T bich would he very useful to every student of the. Bi ble. - If these Could be selected, and em bodied in a convenient work of a booderate price, they would furnishan important ap-. paratus for sacred study, &. save the.trou ble and expense of procuring a great num ber of volumes, not a few of which are not only costly, but exceedingly difficult to be obtained,. 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