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ERUKSW2CE, CUBORG-Xii, TEUIISDAY BSOMTSNG, 5,18 CC.
POE TRI.
BOAT SONG
Hark ! brothers, hark ! —the evening gun
(Pull away steadily—all pull cheerily,)
Booms from the land at set of sun :
(Pull away readily—all pull merrily.)
Bend to your oars, for the night breeze will soon
Ripple the wave to the silvery moon ;
So happy are we,
And fearless and free,
Pulling our boat o’er the moonlit sea.
;
I Pull away, boys, with main and might,
! (All pull readily—pull mates, cheerily,)
■ Looks that we love, are here to night;
| (Pull,brothers, steadily—all pull merrily.)
i Our boat, like a sea-bird, skims swiftly along
jTo the and p of our oars and the chime of our
song;
So hearty we be,
Arid jovial and free,
j Pulling away o'er the dark blue sea.
i Ladies at best hold landsmen cheap,
I (Pull, lads, readily—all pull merrily,)
Beauty ’s smiles are for sons of the deep,
| (Pull, boys, steadily—pull away cheerily,)
; And beautiful eyes, let them say what they will,
j Beam ever brightest on blue jackets still ;
So happy and free,
And glccsomc are we
Pulling our boats o’er the tranquil sea.
1 Merrily, when we reach the shore,
(Pull away, readily—all pull cheerily.)
A can we'll drain to the lads of the oar ;
j (Pull, boys, steadily—pull away merrily,)
And fro I '. • and fun shall be ours, till v,e
Arc." bcuiidinir again o'er the dark blue sea;
So happy are we,
And fearless and free,
Pulling our beat o’er the moonlit sea.
iii
.73 IS CE E Is A Y Sl .
Extract prom “Ether Churchill.”
It was a very bit of Arcadia, the scene
that the lawn presented. A few late (low
ers lingered among the shrubs, and the
rich colouring on the autumnal foliage
supplied the place of bloom. The gar
den was laid out with exquisite taste, and
' the groups scattered around, seemed ani
mated with the spirit of the place ; for
{they placed themselves into little knots,
just where they were calculated to pro
! dace the best effect. There was ay elc
| gaut collation ready ; and while Pope
; talked of
‘flis humble roof, and poet’s fare,’
i he had neglected nothing that could please
Ids assembled guests. To Lndv IMuroh
mont he was the most interesting object
jof all, although It is j/etifs suing were ad
dressed to Lady \V order Montague, who
received them with that encouraging c >-
Iqnetrv born of flattered vanity.
' “I’latterv is like champagne, it soon
! gets into the head ; but in Pope’s flattery
: there was too much of the heart, hong
after hours of neglect and mortification
dearly atoned for that morning’s pleasant
delusion. There is something in genius
! for which fate demands severe atonement,
hi some things Pope’s was an exception
jto the general lot. lie dwelt in that ‘let
! tercil ease’ to which his own taste gave
; refinement; his talents pined in no obsci
ritv, but earlv readied their just apprecia
tion : his friends were those whose i'rii ud
j ship is honor, and he lived in a very
j court of personal homage and flattery.
But fortune only neglected to do what na
ture had already done. Dwarfed from his
birth, that slender lrame was tenanted by
acute physical ills ; which acting upon a
mind even more sensitive than his body,
made life one long scene of irritation and
suffering. The lingers were contracted by
pain that yet gave the sweetest music to
their page : satire was at once his power
! and (the sense ol power is sweet to us all)
l Ins refuge.
I “The passion and melancholy of one
!or two poems, just suffice to show what a
'world of affection and sentiment was
jchecked and subdued, because their in
dulgence had been only too painful ; hut
j to-day was to be as flowing as his ow n
j verses :he was at her side on whom he
{lavished so much passionate and graceful
! flattery; and Lady Mary paid him back,
| not in kiud, for his heart went with hi.;
i words, but hers was only sweet lip-ser
vice.’’
“There is a cruelty in feminine coquetry,
! which is one of nature’s contradictions.
• Formed of the softest materials—of the
gentle smile and the soothing word, yet
. nothing can exceed its utter hard-heart-
I edness. Its element is vanity, of the
cobles", harshest, and most seltish order;
it sacrifices ail sense of right, all kind of
feelings, all pity, for the sake of a tran
sient triumph. —Lady Mary knew—for
when Iras woman not known !—her pow
er. She knew that she was wholly be
j loved by a heart proud, sensitive and de
j spending. She herself had warmed fear
into hope—had made passion seem possi
iWe to one who felt, keenly felt, how
(much nature had set him apart. If' gc-
’ nius for one moment believed that it
i could create love, as it could all else, hers
j was the fault; she nursed the delusion : it
was a worthy tribute to her self-love.
“‘Truly her ladyship,’said the duke
of Wharton, -‘parades Parnassus a little
too much. Does she suppose nobody is
to be flattered but herself? Come, Iler
vey, let us try a little wholtfeome neglect.’
Forthwith they devoted themselves to La
dy Murchmont: Lady Mary’s smiles
were unmarked, and her witticisms fell
dead weights so fir as they were concern
ed. 'Phis was too much for a wit and a
; beauty to endure. Os What avail was
flattery that she only heard herself ! She
{grew impatient till the collation was over,
| aqd was the first to step out upon the
lawn.
“Pope did the honors of his garden,
which was a poem in itself. He showed
them his favorite willow—fittest tree for
! such a soil—s-so pale and tender in its
green, so delicate a lining within the
leaves, so fragile and so drooping, witli so
■ mournful a murmur when the wind stirs
its slender brandies. The whole scene
was marked by that air of refined and
tranquil beauty which is the charm of an
English landscape. The fields had that
glossy green, both refreshing and cheer
| lul; the slight ascents were clothed with
.trees —some retaining their verdure, oth
-1 era wearing those w arm and passionate
■colors that, like all things colored by pas
j sion, so soon exhaust themselves. Yet,
what a gorgeous 'splendor is on an att
itumnal landscape! The horse chestnut,
with its rich mixture of orange and
| brown, the sycamore, with its warrior
{scarlet —the coral red of the small loaves,
of the hawthorn, mixed tog: flier with an
oriental pomp, as if tire year died, like
the Assyrian monarch, on a pyre of all
precious things.—Winding its way in "bro
ken silver, the sunshine (lancing on every
i ripple, the Thames lay at the edge of the
! grassy sweep. The blue sky, with the
. light clouds floating emits surface, was
mirrored iu the depths of the river; but,
-as it is lost somewhat of its high tranquil-
I ity under the influence of our sphere, the
reflection was agitated and tremulous,
while the reality uriis calm and .-till. It
is but the type of err restless world, an and
the serene one to which we aspire : we
look up, and the heavens are above, Holy
| and tranquil': we look down on the mir
ror below, and tliev are varying and
itroubled. — But fe.v flowers, and those
pale and faint, lingered in the garden :
these Pope gathered and" offered to hi
i fair guests. Lndv M arcliuiont placed
hers carefully iu lmr girdle. “1 shall
keep even the withered leaves as a relick,’
said idle with a smile even more flattering
than her words. It was well that slje en
grossed the attention of her host from th«•
' dialogue going on between Lord iiervcv
and Lady Mary.
“You learned the language of flowers
in the En~f,’ said he ; Mint 1 thought
dwarfs were only the messengers.'.
“ ‘And such they are now,’ replied he
listener : ‘here is one flower for yen.’
“ ‘The rest the gods dispersed on emp
ty air,’ and she flung the hloj's ims care
i lessly from her.
, “ Pope did not see tho action, lbr he
■was pointing out a beautiful break in the
view. ‘1 have,’ said lie, dong bail a fa
vorite project—shot of planting an old
Gothic catherdal iu trees. —Tall poplars,
'with their white stems, the lower bran
dies cut aw iv, would serve for the pillars :
while different heights would form the
aisles.—The thick, green boughs would
shed ‘a dim religious light,’ and some
i stately old tree would have a fine effect as
the tower.
“ ‘A charming idea,’ cried Wharton :
‘and we all know.
■•That sweet saint whose name the shr tie
would bear.’
But while we are w aiting for the tem
ple, can vou not show us the altar ? We
want to see your grotto.’
“Pope desired nothing better than to
show us his new toy, and led the wav to
the pretty and fanciful cave, which was
1 but just finished. It was duly admired ;
hut while looking around,Wharton observ
ed some verses lying on the seat.”
“A treasure for the public good/ ex
claimed he ; ‘I volunteer reading them a
louil..’, 4
j “ ‘Nay, any, iifat "is.very unfair/ cried
Pope, w ho, nevertheless, did not secretly
1 dislike the proposal.
“Oh I” replied the duke, ‘we will allow
for your modesty’sNsiveet, reluctant amor
ous delay,’ but read them I'.must and
shall. Then, turning towards Lady Ma
ry, he read the following lines :
“All, friend, ti.» true—this truth you lovers
know,
In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow :
111 vain fair Thames reflects the double’ scene
Os hamring woodlands, and of sipping green :
Joy lives not here ; to happier seats ittHes.
And only lives where Worthy casts iicr eyes.’
“ ‘Pray, ‘fair inspirer of the tender
strain, let inelaythe offering at your feet.’
“ ‘Under them, if you please,’said she,
her fine features expressing the most ut
itor contempt ; and trampling the luckless
coniplnnent in the dust, she tpok Lord
i Herscy’s hand, and, exclaiming—‘The at
j mospliero of this place is too oppressive
for.me,’ left the gfotto ': but past of her
j whisper to her companion was meant to
be audible—
, “‘A sign-post likeness of the human 'race,
| I hat is at once resemblance and sfisgrace.”
“Lady MarcluuOnt was left atone in the
■ grotto with its ill-1 a*‘d master, and every
kindly feeling in her nature was in arms.
Affecting not to have noticed what passed
she approached where Pope, stood speech
, le*, pale with auger, and a yet deeper
| emotion: the said, in a voice whose usii
jul sweetness was sweeter than ever, with
its soothing and conciliating tone—‘There
,is one part ot your garden, Mr. Pope,
which I must entreat you to'show me.
I l have a dear, kind unde at home, who
owes you many a delightful evening. lie
I will never forgive me unless I write him
j word that 1 have seen
i"• • 1 lie grapes long lingering on the sunriv
wall.’ ,
“Pop" took her hand mechanically and
{led her forth : but the effort at sell’-con
j trol was too much for his weak frame,
i'he drops stood on that pale, high brow,
which was the poetry of his face, and he
leaned against the' railing.—‘No !’ ex
claimed he, passionately, after .1 few min
ute’s silence, ‘your conrtspy, ladv, cannot
disguise from me that you, too, heard the
insult m that heartless woman. Let me
speak—l know I may trust your kindness;
and, even if you turned into after ridi
; cub' tilt: bitter outpouring of this mo
ment’.; umary, you would but do as oth
i<*rs, in whom l trusted, have done. Hea
vens ! how imdly I have loved her—mad
ly, indeed, since it made me forget (lie
j gulf that nature has set between us—she
so l>c;mt;iul, and, 1, as she has just said,
who only resemble my kind to disgrace
|it 1 \et she sought me first—she led me
j on—she taught me .to think that the utter
prostration ot the heart was something in
I her eyes —that a mind like hers coul l ap
preciate mind. Fool, fool, that 1 have
! been ! .What have I done, that I should
. be thus set apart from- my kind —disfigur-
ed, disgraced, immeasurably wretched?
Oh ! that I might lav any weary h'vul op
toy motile; earth r.r.d die I”
“ ‘We e.u’ild not spare vou,’ exclaim
( 1 Lalv M archill out, taking his hand,
nlleeinonately, dm tears starting in her
ey s; ‘bur not for this moment's morlifi
i cation must you forget your other friends
! —how much even strangers love and ad
, mire you. Think of \ our own glorious
\ irentns, ami tlie happiness which it be
stow a 1 have but one relative iu the
world ; !:■ is an MJ, ;olit ;ry man! and I
, think of li.iu with cheerfulness, wltcuevi r
l send liuu anew page of yours, t speak
hut as one of iii my who m cr name v >u
hut with admiration and with gratitude.’
“Pope pressed the ham! that vet re
mained in lus own. *(od bless vou, nv
dear, kind child ! Ith mk v>u for c-:i
--ling inv jH>wer to my mind, him shall
.lean; ! I.at the worm on Uiiudi she trod
i has a sting.’
' and b' v bd; red awhile, fill the irrit n and
host was equal to joining ins guests. Tho
boat was re.adv ; and the whole party
joined in laughing at Ladv Marchmont
for her long 7 ift-n-ttfr with Pope.
•• -I siii not jealous,’ iTw i Lad y M irv :
‘Go triumph in a lu-art.that: <«n>-e was .ninel"
“ ‘i think, said Ladv a! rchmout, poin
tedly, there has been as little heart in the
matter as possible: but you shall none of
vou laugh me out of my cordial admira
tion of a man of first-rate genius; and
whose personal infirmities call upon us
for the kindest sympathy.’
“By Jove ! you are right,’ cried the
Duke of Wharton : how much vanity
may he pardoned in one who lias .such
cause fur just pride ! Tie is building up
a noble monument in bis language, which
will last when we, with our small hopes
mil influences, are as 'much forgotten as
if we had never been.’
“ ‘I s«e no great good in being remem
bered,’ retorted Lady Mary: ‘1 would
fain concentrate existence in the present.
1 would lorget in order to enjoy. .As to
memory, it only reminds me that l am
growing older every day ; and as to hope,
it only [itits one out of conceit with pos
session.’
“ ‘All tills is very true of our cqtfmion \
yp/jee t'vijptejM'i J?' replim? huh March-;
mmit : ‘but the gifted mind has a diviner:
i l"inmt.’ 4
••(low charming is dirine philosophy—
• -Notharsii and ruggi ■!, a- dull ton's L.• i. ve,’ ;
'exclaimed Lord Ilervey, with armor.
“ ‘W it'u the single exception of Ladv
Marchmont,’ ‘we all behaved shamefully
to-day. How 1 will admire the next 1
tint Pope writes ! and, what is more, l
will ride to Twickenham to tell him so :’ \
and, having made this compromise with!
his conscience, the conversation drop-!
i 1 1
ped.
“From that day, however, all friendship'
was at an end between Lady Mary and
Pope. Hoiv he revenged himself is well
known, nis lines yet remain, stamped
■with all the bitterness of wounded vanity;
and mortified affection. Strange the pro
cess by wjjich love turns into hate ! I
' pity itjeveu more than I blame it. What
unutterable wretchedness must the heart
t have undergone ! what scorn and what
sqw-o'.v must have been endured before
rtwenge eould become refuge and a re
source !” *» *
Thomas Juh rson. While this dis
tinguished statesman and patriot was Vice
President oP the United States, it was
cuiffomary for the individual holding that
Irigff office, to attend to business more in
person, titan the refinement of more mod
ern limes w ill allow. It happened on one
occasion that some important matter re
quired his attention in Philadelphia and
some -other places distant from the Capi
tol. In those days a journey to Piiiladeb.
phiunvas not to he performed in a few
hours—it was two or three days travel,
and not of the most pleasant sort either.
On his return he stopped in Baltimore; it
was about -four or five iu the afternoon,
when they ice President rode up, suiteless
andunattemlpil, to the tavern. A Scotch
man by the name of Bovdcn, kept the Ho
tel, of late so much improved and now so!
hand Namely sustained by our worthy
townsman Beligiioover. The bucks of
tne loan were assembled in the large hull,
smoking, strutiing, cracking jokes, and
oluvrw.ise indulging in that et cetera of
tho and ry. Hoyden was at the bar examin
ing liis hooks, and doubtless making cal
culations in reference to his .future pros
pects. .fefferson had delivered his horse
to the hostler, and walked into the tavern
to make arrangements in regard to his
l ire. Someone touched Hoyden upon
the elbow and directed his attention to
the stranger, who was standing witli his
whip in his hand, striking it occasional!)
upon his muddy legging Hoyden turned j
round and surveyed him from head to'
loot, and concluding him to bo an old
banner from the country whose compa
ny would add no credit to the house, lie
said abruptly, “Wo have rib room for you,
sir.”
Jefferson did not hear the remark, and
a>ked il he. could he accommodated with
a room. 1J is voice, which was command
ing and attractive, occasioned another
survey of his person, by the honest pro
prietor of the house, whose only care was
for its reputation. lie could not find,
however, in his plain dress, pretty well
coveted with mud, any thing indicating
either wealth or distinction, and in his us
ual rough style he said—
“A room?”
Jefferson replied, “Yes, sir, I should
like to have a room to myself, if 1 can get
it. ’
“A room, ail to yourself? no—no, we]
bale no room—there's not a spare room
in the house,—all full—all occupied,—
can’t accommodate you.”
The Vice President turned upon Ins
In i!, called for iiis horse, which by this
rime iv. is sing in the stable, —mounted
and rode off. In a lew minutes one of
the most wealthy and distinguished men
of the town came iu and asked for the
gentleman who rode up to the door a few
moments before—
“ Gentleman!” said Bovden.
“Yds, tim gentleman who came up this
instant on horseback.” j
There has been no gentleman Imre on,
horseback this afternoon, and no stranger
at all, but one common country looking!
fellow who came in and asked if he could |
have ;i whole room ; but I asked him out]
of that, mighty quick, I tell yon, — 1 told
him I had no room for such chaps.”
“No room lbr such chan.-!”
“No hv tho pipersp no room for any
body that don't look respectable."
Why, wint are vou talking about man!
He's the .Vice President of the United
States.”
“Vice President of the United States!”
exclaimed Boyden, almost breathless in
astonishment.
“Why, yes, sir, Thomas Jefterson, the
Vice President of the United States, and
the greatest man alive.”
“Murder ! what have I done ? Here
Tom, Jim, Jerry, J ike : where are you
all ?—Here fly you villains and HI that
we’ve forty rooms .at his ser
vice.—By George ! Vice President—
Thomas Jefferson ! -tell linn to come back
and he shall havo-my wife's parlor—my
own room—Jupiter ! whal have I none '
'Here Harriot, Mary clear out the
family ; he shall have the best room and
all the rooms if he wants them. Off you
hussies, put clean sheets on the bed. BiO
take up this mirror. George, hurry up
w’ith tin: boot jack—by George ! what a
mistake.”
• For fifteen minutes Boyden rayed like
, a madman, and went fifty times to the door
to see if his wished for guest was retiiro
' tng.
’i’he Vice President rode up to Market
•street, where he was recognized by many
!of bis acquaintances’: ntwl by them di
rected to the Globe tavern, which stood
'somewhere near the corner of marketami
'Charles street—bore Bvmleh’a servants
NUMBER 3X.
' came up, and told him their master had
provided rooms for him. .
i “Tell him, I have engaged rooms,” said
I Jefferson.
1 Poor Boyden’s mortification can be
better imagined than told ; the chaps who
{ were loitering about Mhe bar-roora' and
hall, and had laughed heartily at the dis
appointment-of the muddy farmer, had
recovered from their astonishment) and
w ere preparing to laugh at their "down
cast landlord. After sometithe be
vailed upon someffriend to wait upon Mr.
Jefferson with his apology, and request
that he should return and take lodgings
at his house promising the best room, and
all the attention should be given him,
Mr. Jefferson returned t the following
answer: “l'ell Mr. Boydeti j appreciate
his kind intentions, but if he had no room
for the muddy farmer, he shall have no
room fir the Vice President.—[Balt. Ath
enaeum. '
A Maxaoinu Wife. Some * women
are never happy Unless'when they are
scrubbing, brushing, sweeping, or ether
wise toiling in household affairs, although
they have to do all that they re
quire. The Honorable Henry Erskine's
first w ife was one of this class, and her
extreme nervous irratibility and eccentric
ways, it may be supposed, did not contri
bute greatly to Henry’s domestic happi
ness. One of her peculiarities consisted
in not retiring to rest at this usual time;
She would frequently employ half the
night in examining the wardrobes of the
family, to see that nothing was missing,
and tint every thing was in its proper
place. The following is told as a proof
of her oddities. One morning, about
two or three o’clock, having been iiflk
successful in a search, site awoke MrEhi
kine fi om a sound sleep, by putting to him
this important interrogatory, “Henry,
lovie, where’s your white vvaiscoat ?”
A Heavv Fortune. The late Duke
of St. Albans has left Miss A. Burdett
i‘ I ,‘‘00,(100. TJie w eight of the enor
mous sum, in gold, reckoning sixty sov
ereigns to the pound, is 13 tons, 7 cwt.
3 qrs, I*2 jbs, and would require 107 men
to carry it, supposing that each of them
carried 239 lbs. (equivalent to the weight
of a sack of flour.) Couuting at the
rate of sixty sovereigns in a minute for
eight hours a day, and six daya a week,
it would take ten weeks, two days, and
four hours to accomplish the task! In
sovereigns, by the most exact computa
tion, each measuring in diameter 17-20ths
of an inch, and placed to touch each oth
er, it would extend to the length of twen
ty-four miles and 2(JO yards, and in crown
pieces 112 1-2 mrios and 240 yards..
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An English Frolic. The devices by
which wealthy Englishmen labor to get
l id of their incomes, are sometimes amu
sing enough. Our last English papers
bring us an account of one which had
something new in it. An Englishman re
cently obtained permission to occupy one
of the houses exhumed at Pompeii a fort
night. Before going into his new, prem
ises, lie caused the building to be com
pletely restored as nearly in its original
style as could he done, and then dressing
his family, and his servants in the ancient
Roman dress, imitated their mode of lir-
and made the Latin classic his sole
reading, for the fortnight. [New York
Suit. IfP
Three Great Physicians. The bed
side of the celebrated Dumoulin, a few
hours before lie breathed his last, wa*
surrounded by the most eminent Physi
cians of Paris, who affected to believe
that his death would be an irreparable loss
to the profession. “Gentlemen,” said
Dunoulin, “you are in an error— l shall
leave behind me three distinguished Phys
icians.” Being pressed to name them, is
each expected to be included in the trio,
he answered, Water, Exersisr, and Di
et. [Mer. Jour.
Diplomatic Brevity.-*— Talleyrand ad
dressed a letter of condolence to a lady
who had lost her husband, in the wortb
“Oh Madame ?” In less than a year We
lady married again—his billet of eoo
■ oratulation ran—-“Ah ! Madame !”
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I <>D.v. :>:t!ON' co- a Gf.vtlemai».— *
Gentility is ndi'her hi birth, manner, DOT
fashion, but in the mind. A high sense
of honor, a determination never to lake a
mean .advantage ot another, an adherence
to truth v delicacy, and politeness towards
those wit’u whom you may have dealings,
are the essential and distinguishing char
acteristics of a gentleman
a
Fair Trade. I have a Jittle advertise
ment in your paper this morning, Mr.
Printer, you can let me have five_Qr.sixof
your papers, I suppose, and not -charge
|me any tiling ? “Certainly, Sir, when a
. man goes into your store and buys a rest
pattern, 1 presume he gets a hand saw
1 gratis.”