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BY CHARLES DAVIS.]
VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.!
~~ ~ ~AGI2NTS.
Bibb County. Alexander Richards, Esq.
Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski ** Norman McDuflie, Esq.
Timsfgs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
H'uyne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
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Boat Notice.
Passage fromHruns-
Uarcifs Ferry.
The new and superior Steamers “FORRES
TER,” Capt. Drake, and the “ISIS,” Capt.
Pearson, will run regularly from Savannah
to Florida weekly, always stopping at Bruns
wick and St. Marys, going and coming. For
particulars apply to
DART, BARRETT & CO.
jail 12—Urn Brunswick, Ga.
fttennier Florida.
REGULAR CONV EY A NCE.
THE elegant steam
week, alternately, tor St. Augustine and Picola
la, always touching at Brunswick and St. Ma
ri son her way to St. Augustine, and at Bruns
wick, St. Marys, Jacksonville and Black Creek,
on her wav to Picolata. She will also touch
at the above intermediate places oti her route
back to Savannah. For further particulars ap
ply to W. A. HOWARD,
Yeb‘2 ts Oglethorpe llouso.
Sica in Boat Wood.
ONE HUNDRED
CORDS first quality
seasoned Steam Boat
SaSfiSsSMSfiBBB WOOD, for sale by the
subscriber. The wood is at a convenient land
ing, within five miles of this place. The sub
scriber iniends to keep the above quantity con
stantly on hand. JOHN FRANKLIN, Jr.
Dec 13 3m
Watch-Raking and Jewelry
Business, in llarien.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THE Subscribers, having united themselves
together in the Watch-making and Jew
elry business, under the firm of Dray & Har
bock, respectfully offer their services to the
citizens of Darien and the surrounding coun
try. They, hope by strict attention to business,
to merit a share of public patronage.
JESSE DRAY,
AUGUSTUS W. HARBOCK.
N. B. J- Dray, having had a practical ex
perience of several years in manufacturing
Watches at the establishments of Charles
Craig Smith, 116 Bunhiil Row, Moorfn id, and
Gowland, Chronometer maker, Royal Ex
change, London ; and late in the employ of
Benedict, in Wall street, and Whitney A Hoyt,
under Holt’s hotel, in Pearl street, New York,
P els confident that iie can give general satis
faction to all those who may honor them with
a trial —Their establishment is adjoining the
Mansion House. feb 1C ts
All Ordinance
'To prevent Pedilling at the ff harves , j
BE it ordained by the Mayor and Council j
of the city of Brunswick, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passing of this Ordinance,
unv person who offers for sale or sells any
goods, wares or merchandize, on board any
vessel or boat, or on or near any wharf or land
ing, in this city, without license for that pur
pose, from the Mayor and Council, shall be
subject to pay a fine of not less than thirty nor
more, than one hundred dollars, for each and
every offence; one half of said fine to go to
the informer and the other half to be paid into
the City Treasury for the benefit of the city.
And be it further ordained by the authority
aforesaid, That the City Clerk shall be and
lie is hereby authorized to grant licenses to
persons wisning to sell goods, wares or mer
chandize, on board anr vessel or boat, or at or
upon the wharves or landings in this city, and
that for each of said licenses said Clerk shall
ask and receive the sum of thirty dollars which
ho shall pav into the city treasury tor the ben
efit of the city, and one dollar and twcuty-hve
-cents for his fees for making out the same.—
And no license shall be granted for a longer
time than six days from the date thereof.
Passed Dec. 17, ItiM.
Attest. Cii vs- Davis, e. c.
jan 12—6 w
Notice.
Four months after date, I shall apply to
tho Court of Ordinary of Wayne Coun
ty, for leave to sell a negro man by the name
of Caleb, part of the Estate of Richard W.
Bryan, deceased. MOSES S. HARRIS,
jan l!>
Collif.
BAGS St Domingo COFFEE, just receiv
ed from Boston, for sale by
jan. 12 RICE, PARKER A CO
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAT MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2,-1839.
ShcriflPs Sale.
ON the first Tuesday iu April next, will
be sold before the Court House, in the
city of Brunswick, between the usual hours of
sale, all that tract or parcel of laud known as
the Hog Crawl Traet, containing three hun
dred and fifty acres more or less. Levied on
as die property of Jacob Moore, to satisfy a
fi. fa. issued out of the Supreme Court of
Glynn County in favor of S. A. Hooker, and
against Jacob Moore.—Property pointed out
by plaintiff. JOHN FRANKLIN, Jr.
feb 23 Deputy Sheriff, G. Cos.
Wayne t o. Sheri IF* Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court Houso door, in
the said County of Wayne on the first
Tuesday in May next, within the usual hours
of sale, tlie following property, to wit:
Lots No. (209), whereon a iisaw Mill, a Grist
Mill, and other needful buildings are situated;
also lots No. (210), (239), (175), (172). Also
Fraction Lot No. (240), to satisfy a scire
facias issued (rom the Superior Court of Wayne
County, in favor of l’liney Sheffield, against
Albus Rea and David Burbank, the property
pointed out by the plaintiff's Attorney.
LEIGHTON CAUSEY,
Sheriff of the Cos. of Wayne, Ga.
Administrator's Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, will be
sold before the Court House in Glynn
County, the following property, belonging to
the estate of William Mein, late of the city of
Savannah, deceased, viz.—“ all that undivided
third part of a tract of marsh land, adjoining
lands of Hamden Mclntosh, situate, lying and
being in the County of Glynn, originally gran
ted Lachlan Mclntosh, bounded southwardly
by his one third of said tract., belonging to
Hamden Mclntosh, and eastwardly by Freder
ica River, and nearly opposite to Pierce But
ler’s plantation called “Experiment,” which
said undivided tract is supposed to contain 333
acres more or less.—Sold by permission of the
Hon. the Court of Ordinary’ for the County of
Chatham. JNO. BALFOUR,
Adm’r. on Estate of
feb2 WILLIAM MEIN, deceased.
Aotico.
THE copartnership heretofore existing un
der the firm of W. & S. STREET, is
this day mutually dissolved. All persons hav
ing claims will please hand I lieiu iu and all
indebted to make payment to either of the for
mer partners. W. C. STREET,
S. M. STREET.
Darien, Jan. 1, 1639. j 12—ts
tii eorg ia—ln Iy mi t oim ty.
WHEREAS Alexander W. Welly lias
applied to me for Letters of Adminis
tration on the Estate and Effects of John A.
Wyi.i.y, late of said County, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable H. F. Grant, one of
Justices of said Court, this third day of Jan
uary, 1839. JOHN BURNETT, Clerk
jan 12 C. O. G. C.
(scorgia—tslyiiii Fount y.
■YX7"HEREAS Mrs. A*nn Pettigrew applies
j tv for Letters of Administration on the
Estate and Effects of Jives W. Pettigrew,
late of said County, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred and creditors ol’ said deceased to be
and appear at my office -within the tune pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable Henry Dubignon,
one of the Justices of said Court, this third
day of Jan. 1639.
JOHN BURNETT, Clerk
jan 12 C. O. G. C.
Notice.
FOUR months after date,' appliration will
be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Wayne County, when setting for or
dinary purposes, fur leave to sell the land ly
ing on the Great Satilla River, being part of
j ilic real estate of Sherrod Sheffield, de
. ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi-
| tors. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD,
j jan 12 Executrix.
Notice.
| riYIIE undersigned intends keeping a com
-1-- plete and general assortment of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD
WARE, CROCKERY, BOOTS
SHOES, &c.
|at his store in Darien. Persons wishing to
j make purchases will do well to call and exam
ine fur themselves.
SAMUEL M. STREET.
Darien, Jan. 1,1839. j 12 —ts
NheriflPs Sale.
ON flic first Tuesday in-April next, will be
sold at the Court House in Jefferson,
Camden County, at the usual hour, a negro j
woman named LUCY and four children, levi
ed on as the property of Richard T. Keating
on the foreclosure of a mortgage iu favor of
Samuel Clark. Terms of sale cash.
WILLIAM BARKER, Dep. Slif C C.
Camden County, Jan. 19, 1839. t». j 26
Notice.
■YTTILI. be sold the first Tuesday in March
VV next, at my house in Wayne County,
the following named perishable property bo
longing to the Estate of Richard W. Bryan,
deceased, to wit: 1 bay Horse, 2 Bods and
lurniture, some plantation tools and Carpen
ter's tools, some house-hold Furniture. &c.
MOSES S. HARRIS, Adinr.
jan 19—ts
NOTICE.
A I.L persons having demands against the
iA Estate of the late Col. John Bl knett,
late of the County of Glynn, deceased, will
present them duly attested within the time
prescribed by law, and persons indebted to
said estate will make immediate payment to
S. M. BURNETT, ) „
A G. BURNETT, j Executors.
Nov 8
Nail*.
4/k CASKS cut NAILS, superior qnal-
J 4k" * it v - assorted sizes, for sale by
I Dec 20 RICE, PARKER AVo
POETR Y.
[From the New York Mirror.]
WHAT IS LIFE?
Say, what is life ?—a feeble flower,
Declining as it blooms ;
Which bears at heart the withering power,
The canker that consumes !
A w’intry cloud, an April beam,
A stage for empty strife,
A waking thought, a troubled dream —
Ab, such is life !
A web of checker’d hopes and fears,
A bubble on the wave—
A shade, composed of smiles and tears,
A pilgrim to the grave !
A bark upon the waters tost,
(The sport of storm and strife,)
Her rudder gone, her anchor lost—
Ah, such is life '.
And what is deatli ?—u dreaded doom
To pleasure’s silken slave;
Who fears to sleep amid the gloom
That wraps the silent grave.
To quit this scene of earthly joys,
Oh '. who would yield his breath ?
Resign ambition’s gilded toys,
To welcome death ?
The soul that feels affliction's pang,
To life's dark 'ills a prey,
Soars to the source from whence it sprang,
And spurns the cumbrous clay.
No more may terrors shake my breast,
Or waste my feeble breath ;
Death rocks the cradle of our rest,
Then welcome death !
MISCELLAIV V.
THE GRAND DUKE AND THE JEW.
A ROM AN C OF REAL LIKE.
The following singular story, which
tvas current among the English residents
in St. Petersburgh, at the coronation of
the*present Emperor of Russia, has been
narrated to us by a person newly arrived
from that part of the continent.
In the early part of the year 1820, an
English gentleman, from Akmctcht in
the Crimea, having occasion to travel to
France on business of importance, di
rected his course by way of Warsaw, in
Poland. About an hour after his arrival
in that city, lie quitted the tavern in which
lie had been taking refreshment, to take
a walk through the streets. While saun
tering in front of one of the public build
ings, he met with on elderly gentleman of
a grave aspect and courteous demeanor.
After a # mutual exchange of civilities, they
got into a conversation, during which, with
the characteristic frankness of an English
man he told the stranger who he was, where
from, and whither he was going. The
other, in the most friendly manner invit
ed him to share the hospitalities of his
house, till such time as he found it con
venient to resume his journey—adding,
with a smile, that it was not improbable
hut he might visit the Crimea himself in
the course of that year, when perhaps, he
might require a similar return. The in
vitation was accepted, and he was con
ducted to a splendid mansion, elegant
without, and rich and commodious within.
Unbounded liberality on the part of the
l’ole, produced unbounded confidence on
the part of the Englishman. The latter
had a small box of jewels of great value,
which he had carried about his persou
from the time of his leaving home—find
ing that mode of conveyance both hazard
ous and inconvenient in a town, he reques
ted his munificent host to deposit it in a
place of security till he should be ready
to go away. At the expiration of three
days, he prepared for his departure, and
on asking for his box, how was he amaz
ed when the old gentleman, with a coun
tenance exhibiting the utmost surprise,
replied, “What box?’’ “Why, the small
box of jewels which I gave you to keep
for me?” “My dear sir, you must surely
be mistaken: I never really, saw nor heard
of such a box.” The Englishman was
petrified. After recovering himself a lit
tle, he requested he would call his wife,
she having been present when lie received
it. She came, and on being questioned,
answered in exact union with her husband
—expressed the same surprise—and be
nevolently endeavored to persuade her dis
tracted guest that it was a mere hallucina
tion. With mingled feelings of horror,
astonishment, and dispair, he walked out
of the house and went to the tavern at
which he had put up on his arrival at
Warsaw. There he related his mysterious
story, and learned that his iniquitious host
was the richest Jew in Poland. He was
advised, without delay, to state the case
to the Grand Duke, who fortunately hap
pened at that time to be in Warsaw.
He accordingly waited on him, and
with little ceremony, was admitted to an
audience. Ho briefly laid down the
case, and Constantine, “with a greedy ear
devoured up his discourse.” Constantine
expressed iiia astonishment—told him lie
knew the Jew, having had exteusive money
transactions with he had always I
been respectable, and of an unblemished
character. “However,” he added, “I will
use every legitimate means to unveil the
mystery.” So saying, ho called on some
gentlemen who were to dine with him
that day, despatched a messenger with a
note to the Jew, requesting his presence.
Aaron obeyed the summons. “Have you
no recollection of having received a box of
jewels from the hand of this gentleman?”
said the Duke. “Nover, my lord,” was
the reply. “Strange, indeed. Are you
perfectly conscious,” turning to the En
glishman, “that you gave the box as stat
ed?” “Quite certain, my lord.” Then
addressing himself to the Jew—“ This is a
very singular case, and I feci it my duty
to use singular means to ascertain the
truth—is your wife at home?” “Yes,
my lord.” “Then,” continued Constan
tine, “Here is a sheet of paper, and here
is a pen, proceed to write a note to your
wife in such terms as I shall dictate.”—
Aaron lifted the pen. “Now,” said this
second Solomon, “commence by saying,
‘ All is discovered! There is no resource
left but to deliver up the box. I have
owned the fact in the presence of the
Grand Duke.’” A tremor shook the
frame of the Israelite, and the pen dropped
from his fingers, but, instantly recovering
himself, he exclaimed, “That is impossi
ble, my lord. That would be directly im
plicating myself.” “I give you my word
of honor,” said Constantine, “in presence
of every one in the room, that what you
write shall never be used as an instrument
against you, farther than the effect it pro
duces on your wife. If you are innocent
you have nothing to fear—but if you per
sist in not writing it I will hold it as a
proof of your guilt - ”
With a trembling hand, the terrified
Jew wrote out the note, folded it up, and
as he was desired, soaled it with his own
signet. Two officers were despatched
with it to his house, and when Sarah
glanced over its contents, she swooned
and sunk to the ground. The box was
delivered up and restored to its owner—
and the Jew suffered the punishment his
villainy deserved. He was sent to Siberia.
Celibacy. —This disease is spreading
to an alarming extent in our city; and un
less checked in its progress, depopulation
must certainly ensue. Multitudes, from
the gray hairs of sixty down to the raven
locks of twenty-five, with shame be it said,
are living single, solitary and alone, much
to the inconvenience of society and an
noyance to the ladies. These misanthro
pies seems to forget that there is such a be
ing upon the stage of existence as woman,
and that there is ‘one mould for every two
designed.’ They tug along the pathway
of life, beneath a ponderous pack of cu
pidity and selfishness, casting their frowns
upon all that is fair and beautiful, till tired,
weary and exhausted, they sink by the
wayside, without one to cheer, to aid, or
sympathise. They then look upon them
selves as having been mere cyphers in
creation, of no nominal account while
standing alone, but of tenfold value when
united to one.
An old bachelor may well be termed
‘the jest and riddle of the world;’ he shuns
the society of the fair sex, through the fear
of encountering such insinuations on the
subject of matrimony, as may prove goads
to bis sensitive feelings. lie performs bis
daily avocations for the appearance of in
dustry or business, without knowing the
why or wherefore of his toil; he returns to
his lonely abode at evening, but no smiles
welcome him;
‘No children run to lisp their sire’s re
turn;’ no wife to prepare his accustomed
meals, and none to contribute to bis hap
piness, comfort and convenience. lie
looks upon the female kind as mere wild
flowers of the forest, destined to bud,
bloom and decay, unseen, unpluckcd, and
unnoticed, while lie fosters iu bis own
breast a lawless ambition, understood by
none but himself, and wears a false ex
cresecnr* of pride, equally mysterious. Iu
short, he eats—he drinks—he sleeps—
treads his solitary round of life, and drops
into the grave without having accomplish
ed that for which he was designed. ‘Who
is there to morn for Logan?’ Not one.
The evil should be averted, and meas
ures ought to be taken accordingly. We
recommend that every bachelor be subject
to an annual tax (with the exception of edi
tors, they being a separate and distinct
species of human kind); and that the reve
nue arising from such tax be distributed
among single females over and above a
certain age. If this plan were adopted, we
feel confident that celibacy would exist
but in a slight degree, and that many ol
our young maidens who are now goinpelled
to see themselves safe home (or somewhere
else) perchance at midnight, would even
tually become help-mates for inan, and
ornaments to society.—[N. Y. Whig.
The Indiana Sun says that when a
traveller stops at a hotel in that State,
his horse is weighed and when taken out
is weighed again uu<i the bill is charged
according' >*
“BOARDING ROUND.”
Annexed is a humorous description of
the country pedagogue “boarding round”
with each individual in his district, as wan
the general custom in bygone days, and
we believe this usage still prevails iu some
portions of the country.
Monday —Went to board at Mr. B—’s;
had a baked goose for dinner; supposed
from its size, the thickness of its skin j
and other venerable appearances, to |
have been one of the first settlers of
Vermont made a slight impression
on the patriarch’s breast. Supper
cold goose and potatoes; family consist
ing of the man, good wife, daughter
Peggy, four hoys, i’ompcy the dog, and a
brace of cats, fire built iu the square room
about nine o’clock, and a pile of wood
laid by the fireplace; saw l’cggy scratch
her fingers, ami could'ut take the hint—
felt squeamish about the stomach; anJ |
talked about going to bed; Peggy looked
sullen; and put out the fire in the square
room; went to bed, and dreamed of having
eaten a quantity of stone wall.
Tuesday. —Cold gander for breakfast,
swamp tea and some nut cakes; the latter
some consolation. Dinner The legs,
&c. of the gander done up warm, one
nearly despatched. Supper —The other
leg, &,c. cold; went to bed as Peggy was
carrying the fire to the square room,
dreamed I was a mud turtle, — and got on
my back and could not get over again.
Wednesday. —Cold gander for break
fast, complained of sickness, and cat noth
ing. Dinner. —Wings, &.c. of the gander
warmed up; did my best to destroy them
for fear they should be left for supper, did
not succeed; dreaded supper all the after
noon. Supper Hot Indian Johnny
cakes, and no goose, felt greatly relieved,
thought I had got clear of the gander, and
went to bed for a good night’s rest; disap
pointed; very cold night, and could’nt
keep warm in hod; got up, and stopped
the broken windows with iny coat and
vest; no use; froze my nose before morning.
Thursday. —Breakfast! cold gander a
gain; felt very much discouraged to see the
gander not half gone; went a visiting for
dinner and supper; slept abroad, and had
pleasant dreams.
Friday. —Breakfast abroad. Dinner at
Mr. B ’s; cold gander and hot pota
toes; last very good; cat three, and went
to school quite contented. Supper —Cold
gander, and no potatoes; bread heavy and
dry; had the head-achc and could’nt cat;
Peggy much concerned; had a fire built in
the square room, and thought, she said, I
had better sit there out of the noise; went
to bed early. I’eggy thought too much
sleep had for the hcad-ache.
Saturday. —Breakfast, cold gander and
hot Indian Johnny-cake; did very well;
glad to come off so. Dinner —Cold gan
der again; did’nt keep school this after
noon; weighed, and found I had lost six
pounds tho past week; grew alarmed; had
a talk with Mr. B. who concluded I had
boarded out his share.
Not Slow. —As a train of cars was
passing along one of the railroads a few
days since, under full headway, the en
gineer observed an old woman running
towards the train front a house he was
about passing, waving her hands and ex
hibiting great anxiety lest the train should
go by without stopping. Supposing that
her errand was important, he checked the
locomotive, and moved slowly along un
til the old woman—who had run herself
nearly out of breath—gradually approach
ed within hailing distance. “Well inarm,”
cried the conductor, “what do you warn?”
“I want,” replied tho dame, screeching
at the top of her voice, “I want to know
if you want to buy any squashes?” The
way the steam was put oh the locomotives
for the next five miles was a caution to
land turtles.—[Boston Transcript.
G aming. —Of all the passions, gaming
is the most dangerous and inexcusable. —
A gamester attempts to enrich himself
with the spoils of those he. calls his
friends. But how many armies are in
arms against him? Behold the mother!
her tears reproach him with tho ruin of her
only son! That father prenounces his,
name with horror and contempt to his j
children!—Pursued by hatred, overwhelm
ed with calumny, lie feels himself con
demned by reason and humanity; and, af
ter wandering long in the mazes of vice,
lie finds nothing before his eyes but ruin
and remorse.
All in the Family.— A few miles
from Derby, England, and but a short
time ago, two brothers of a respectable
family, married two sisters—a third broth
er, feeling disappointed that there was
not another sister determined not to mar
ry out of the family, and took the mother
to wife.
A celebrated toper, intending to go to j
a masked ball, consulted an acquaintance j
in what character lie should disguise him
self. “Go Sober,” replied his friend, |
“and your most intimate friend will not 1
know you.”
LTERMS «,3 IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 39.
Novel Reading. From Dr. Hum
phrey’s “Thoughts on Education,” in the
New York Observer.
Absolutely to proscribe all fiction,
would, perhaps, be going too far. I think
I could select a dozen volumes, besides
Robinson Crusoe, which I should be will
ing to have my children read in their mi
nority. But nothing is more to he de
precated, in a family, than a morbid appe
tite for novels; and all expcrienco proves,
how difficult it is, to keep it from becom
ing absolutely ravenous, if it is indulg
ed at all. Reading one work of fiction,
is almost certain to create in the young
and susceptible mind, a more eager, de
mand for another; and the demand rises at
every step of the progress, till it is pre
pared to break over all bounds, and to
devour whatever comes in its way, how
ever it may inflame the passions, pollute
the imagination, or corrupt the heart.
One grand objection against putting pop
ular works of fiction into the hands of our
youtli of both sexes is, that the world of
romance differs* so entirely from the
rough, stormy, and matter-of-fact world
in which they are to live and be happy
if they can; and certainly to suffer, what
ever pains they may take to shun it.—
Suppose your blooming daughter of fif
teen, could be transported into some par
adise of perpetual spring and spicy breezes
—of odoriferous flowers, and feather* and
harmony, and gushing marble fountains
and banyan shades, and everlasting suii
sliinfc—what kind of preparation would
she be making in such bowers of unmin
gled delights, for reluming, at the end
of five or ten years, to spend her life iu
this cold region where sh« was born, up
on which the curse of God has so heavi
ly fallen? But far worse than this must
it be for her to dwell the same number
of years in the fairy lands of romance,
and then come down to the dull, husky
prose and discordant elements—the thou
sand inconveniences, and enres ami toils
and diappoiutinents of real life. When
the novelist can plant and water and il
luminate sonic terrestial paradise; and
shut out sorrow and pain and sin, and
give our children a life-lease of it, it will
be time enough to introduce them to his
acquaintance; but till then, the less thej
have to do with this class of writers the
better.
In Bosina, India, according to the Rev.
Mr. Walpole, any man of the place who
may be inclined to matrimony, if he
happen to be pleased with any of the girls
whom he sees in passing, throws an em
broidered handkerchief on her head and
neck; the girl is then obliged to return
home, regard herself as betrothed, and
appear no more in public!
Loud Bacon’s Essay on Adversity.
It was a high speech of Seneca, (after the
manner of the stoics) that the good thiugs
which belong to prosperity are to be
wished, but the good things that belong
to adversity are to be admired: “ Bo
na veruin sccundarum optabilin, adver
sarutn mirabilia.” Certainly, if mira
cles be the command over nature, they
appear most in adversity. It is .jet
a higher speech of his than tins other,
! (much too high fora heathen.) “It is
true greatness to have in one the frailty of
a man, nndthe security of a God.” “Vere
magnum habere fragilitatem, hominis sc
curitatem Dei.” This would have done
better in poesy, where transcendencies
are more allowed; and the poets, indeed,
have been busy with it; for it is in elfcet
that strange thing which is figured in
that strange fiction of the ancient poets,
which seemetli not to to be without mys
tery; nay, and to have some approach to
the state of a Christian, “that Hercules,
when he went to uubind Prometheus, (by
whom human nature is represented,) sail
ed the length of the great ocean in an
earthen pot or pitcher, lively describing
cliristiaq resolution that saileth in the frail
bark of the flesh through the wpvesofthu
world.” But to speak in a mean, the vir
tue of prosperity is temperance, tbe virtue
of adversity is fortitude, which in morals
,is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is
| the blessing of the Old Testament, adver
sity is the blessing of the Haw, which
carrieth the greater benediction, and the
clearer revelation of God's faVor. Yet
even in theOtd Testament, if 7°**
to David’s harp, you shall hear as many
hearse like airs as carols; and the pencil
of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in
describing the affliction of Job than the
felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not
without many fears, and distaste; cud ad
versity is not without comforts hopes.
Wc see in needle-work and
it is more pleasing to
on a sad and solemn groun%ffi|n to 6*ve
a dark and melancholy «mt|npsl^l%bt
urc of the the eye.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors;
most fragrant where they are inceisMfti
or crushed; for -prosperity doth best dL
covcr vice, but adversity doth best disco
ver virtue.