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fllO H i&tff.rZABtIVHGI iTELLIOWCEUi JUit 6.
FLORIDA.
The following letter, to one ot the E(litors (
ve hue no dooot will prove acceptable,
a* well to Ibe friend* ot the writer, a* to
all others who desire correct information
respecting the newly acquired Country
of the Florida.
Pensacola, (West Florida.)
Mr. Yascit,
Sir—When I left Virginia I promised up
wards of fifty of my acquaintances, to write
tin ia nn my arrival here respecting this
Country. Though 1 have not time to pay
them that respect my duty and feelings dic
ta e, yet 1 am in hopes they can obtain their
object* through the medium of your useful
ami widely disseminated paper.
The Ailwise created the world to be in
habited by a race of being? all dissimilar to
esen other, and in lli» benificence formed
it* parts to suit their several constitutions
and wants—therefore, when l inform my
friruds that I am highly plewstd with this
Country, they must not conclude that 1
would advise all of them to move to it, be
cause 1 do not know their respective situa
tions and views, and it I did, it is more than
protiahie that 1 would counsel some of them
t>< n main in Old Virginia. A Country that
has produced a Washington, a Henry, with
innumerable other stars that wn, glitter and
slieii their influence to the latest posterity,
cauo > be bereft ol a:l advantages, it must/
•i least, possess some inducements. Though
we iiiusi couless, that while Wea<ih and lue
luxuries can be obtained, comparatively with
ease mi some places, others would scarcely
be habitable, but by an industrious and in*
teibgiole community.
Ii is not my intentions to draw a flattering
or partial description ol this Country, or.to
make any invidious comparisons, but to
apt alt ol its 1 find it, and it the descrip
tion should appear flattering, they must re*
collect much, likewise, could he said in fa
vor nl tire Atlantic Slates, lima may have
causefl the trunk ot the ancient oak to mi
di igo some decay, while its branches and
sc.. ns remain in a flourishing sis.a ; slid toe
trunk might be able to afford lo those who
Peek its protection, shelter Iro-n a violent
storm. 1 travelled through Aiaoaina, winch
is a fine Male hut very much oppressed by
the great depreciation in the pnccol pro
perty. It lias had a full cup of lue Calamity
Ot the times. File uncertainty ot public
aemunent remaining in a medium, is no |
Where more fully proved, tliun in me short j
lu* ory of Alabama. Af.er it hud been re
presented us the land of promise, and the
lands bidVili at prices exceeding any sides
ev. r uetbre made by government, now it is
frequently spoken ot in die moat contemp
tuous terms. Alabama certainly possesses
many and great udvu tages from climate,
and, and navigation ; and die low price of I
la ids at ' us time, in addition tints polite and
intelligent population, renders it iloubly in- j
ten sung to an emigrant. As evidence, t 1
reier to its population, which lias been more I
numerous trout the Mate ol Georgia, than
any other —a S ate, n not toe first tor lue
value of us agricultural productions, is se
cond to no Slate on die Atlantic Ask them
why diry left so tinea country, and they
wm reply, that with the money they sold
their lands at there, they can purchase in
Alabama, not only enough lor themselves,
but their children likewise, on which, wuh
tile sn in labor, the.) Can raise much more
produce i and then drey have the best na
vigudun rivers can atloid, to transport it to
market.
i lie town of Pensacola is situtird nine
milt* up die Bay, on a level uhout ten leer
above high tide, winch rises once a day a
bout a tom, and never exceeds two, lln
town is tan! off m squares snuuar.y to Phi
ladelphia. I lie streets wide. All the Inis
sulhcierdly large lor out houses, and gardens.
The houses appear indifferent outside, be
iug gem raby old, and omy one a id two sto
ries high, out inside neat and Convenient.
The It .uses extend about a mile on tile Bay,
and a quarter in breadth,
Ihi spring* winch afford water of the
best quality, and in auHion id quantity to
supply lootisauffs, and then turn gn*i mills,
are moated north ot the town, gome of
the bia iches cuter the Hay below, and oth
er* above die town, which branches form
tin tsai a U we»l boundaries of the improv
ed pail* ol the town, it being bounded
•'•nth by tne bay. I'ne water might be con
veiiitiniy conveyed to every part of the
t"»n- I'cntacola at tins time contains about
lAOU na'ive uiliabitama, but houses enough
v Ii mile repair* lor twice that number.
One hall nt its present inhabitants are said
to be officer* wnh dut.r families and die sol- «
fliers- i large majority of me cmz u* talk
ol moving widi them at the transfer. Ihe
level on which die town is buili afford* a
good sort for garden*—during me. time die
i.ughah had possession there were a num
ber m tin suburb*, out die mclosures have
all gone to decay. After leaving a narrow j
strip oi good land ou the day, die country
bccouus hilly and barren, ior7.irif miles, I
the son, rum posed ui white sano aim growth
ahrun oak and pine. Toe in xi hi y miles
Continues pout bui ol a dark. *undy soil, !
gruwiu tail pine, with a little uooeigrow th
ot d g Wood and shrm> oak, ouitormly thick
set with gra**. all nomg excellent range lor
cattle winch ba- mimed numbers to sortie
in o* r. , w iii raise a s.nad crop ol corn ,urd
sw id po aloes : and no Mount cotlou would
Ilk Wise grow. ,he next twenty extend in
t.e neighborhood ol me head water* ol
Pen at uta Ha) in lie sute of Alabama
wiiu-.ii is intersected with some goon land’
TmnrgiibttiasmaoUiv.net b»* been sold
by lie L. S aie*, there Have already several
hu.nlri. ami lies settled on i lie Conecuh ii
vri, me oara ice is now surveying and no
dou'M will be soon sold aid settled. I'ne
roan leading from Pc.i**co.a to A aoauia for
upward* UI one iimdrert mitosis remark*-
b g• d A 111 die rivers all atl'ora tile best
b I navigation almost to then Very *.,u,ces
» neb ta in the vicinity ol a wta.dii and
p pmou se.ik’nieiu.
','! CrC 'u * h '°' Kl m navigation from
St. It ises day to Pensaoma. 1. w *|,
m rat ,n \p„Ucmc„i* must necessarily
a ’ 4t “*• ** lh '-' os ) ts no deeuer
d J ■ no r " Cf that ve. P e!,
ei watercannot
--p xairirrr
would be inland, Flint lover " mch 1
tie. mto die Ap rUdncola, affords et jikn',
navigation ami has a.reahy ~„e i
T' ,mK '" and through
vs eJt Florida, afford the beat boat na*
tion, being no rocks to iflkke falls; their
channels are narrow and deep, and enrrents
clear and amnothe. It is said steamboats
that navig.de tbr Alabama river, can run a
round to Pensacola with safety. And that
the waters o* Mobile, Perdido and Pensaco
la Hays, interlock each other within five
miles, and that canals ol only seven or eight
l mil' s woilltl give go <d boat navigation ftom
Mobile to Pensacola, winch could be cut for
15 or 20,but) dollars; if that was accom
plished, a gooff inland passage' for steam
boats and small schooners, would be opened
from New-Orleansto Pensacola. Merchants
from Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, Mo*
bi'e, and New Orleans, have already estab
lished themselves here ; and people from
every part of the Southern country, have
been and still flock here lo view the place
and make purchases of real estate. It is
supposed that they have already bought two
thirds of the lots, and now lots are held as
high as they sell at in Petersburg, with like
improvements.
Pensacola, heretofore, never has been a
place of much trade ; the surrounding coun
try, until very lately, being inhabited ny In
dians and very poor. As such there are no ,
ways built.—People of the north, appear to
know temperature only by comparison.—
Those who have extreme cmd weatner in
the winter, are apt to cuuclude where the
winter are temperate, the summer but be
intense hot.
rora what I have seen and Ward, 1 be
lieve Pensacola as respects climate, affords
one among the best summer retreats on the
Continent of North America. A cool and
refreshing breeze is wafted on it throughout
the year, and the Sun does noi appear much
more vertical here than he did in Virginia.
Nor is the Town incommoded much by oras
quiloes, they having no place of retreat, but
about the springs, where the waters have
been neglected and suffered to render about
fifty acres on a quoguure. Oysters, and a
great variety of good fish in prolusion. A
bove the Town the Bay is shallow and can
be navigated only by liver boats—as such
P. nsaco'a is sure pf a direct trade by boats
and wagons from a rich and populous Coun
try, and a* such >s a plate where improve
ments can be made without incurring any
danger ol loss, and .f the Country in me vi
cinity becomes settled, and the coasting
trade obtained, be profitable ; and then
should it ever become the emporium of tne
o*l if of M xico, for the United States,
which its trends anticipate, it would he
douhiy pnfl.abie. But that time alone can
determine. Commercial Cities have risen
' and flourished, and then decayed before a
contending world could decide what were
the original cau-e of their prosperity. Ve-
I nice raised her head from beneath the w aves,
and pointed tier compass to every port,
while a tight on a distant eminence, much
more calculated Ibra l'own, directed the
mariner util to a market where he could dis*
pose of Ins merchandize, but to a haven in
to which he might lake shelter Irum an ap
proaching storm.
Yours, reapectfuhy, T. J. W.
I Coutinuatim of Foreign Nevra.
Circular from Count Nesselrode.
sh i Ktoar, May 23.
AVe have good grounds lor he lie v ng in the
authe ticity of a circular dispatch, addressed
Irotn l. iyb.ich to the legations of his majes
ty tiic emperor of all the Hessian, at foreign
courts; ami we communicate with confi
dence tins interesting duouiueitl lo our lea
ders.
“ Slit—lt is now precisely a year lince
we f und ourselves under the necessity of
making known ihe principles which the em
peror had resolved to follow, with respect
to slates which, to the calamity of experi
encing a criminal and violent revolution,
should add that of sanctioning us filial con
sequence*.
•• Since that period, and from the date of
the opening of the conferences at Troppau
and 1-ayhach, our successive tomraunica
lioiis must have demonstrated to all the min
isters and agents ol the emperor at foreign
courts, not only that the principles of his
roaje-ty would nut vary, hut furtner, that
our august master would be always ready
to concur by all the means in ms power, in
the success oi the measures which lie had
agreed upon with his allies, in the general
int. rest for the repose of Europe.
“ By our circular of the 27th of Februa
ry, filth Marco) we informed you that m
consequence of the detenninalions eirtered
into upon this point by Ids imperial majesty
he bad decided to prolong Ins stay near his
imperial and royal apostolic majesty, not
withstanding the close of tilt Congress at
Laybhch.
“ Our dispatches- of the Btli (20th) of
March, very stum shewed to you that the
foresight of the emperor Had been too com
pletely justified, and that, faiitilul to his pro
mises, Itiissiu st the request of Austria and
the legitimate sovereign ot the kingdom of
Santiii a, n»d marched ao army of 100,000
men, m order to avert the calamitous anil
i too probable effects of the military revolt
j wlucn had just broken m Piedmont,
j “ Auspicious events have succeeded those
which the artificers of troubles and discord
provoked. Every thing authorize* us to
i hope that order will be effectually re-estab- !
hailed an the state* Os his Sardinian majesty. I
I he royal government there lias availed it
self oi the proximity of the Coiiibai do Ven- ;
*Um ki igff. in } and it is temporary assist
j » tee ot a corps of occupation, Composed of
t Austrian troops, which it has required to
restore to Piedmont die enjoy neut us an in
ternal, secure ami solid peace.
“ All our wishes seek this go eat nd sal
utary resuit ; hut as the immure of safety
winch it requires anil winch me Sard,man
gnv< rontent itaeil nas solicited, is about to
become ihe object of a direct arrangement
betwien Sardinia anti Austria, under the
guarantee of the wilted c urt»: and as the
presence ol t ur troops would be henceforth
useie*j, toe order to retrograde ha* already
been dispatched to them. On the other
hand, the mote the resolution to make them
i operate was energetic, the more *a.utary
and usetul ha* been the impression produ
ced aoUly by die intelligence dial Uiey were
in movement, and tbc more essential is it in
the eye» of the emperor that all die cabi
nets ol Europe should know anti appreciate
the senou* considerations wluoh induced ins
imperial majesty io have recum-se to arras,
anti tne noble and pure mtentio.iS which
would alway s nave directed the employment
ot them.
“ Ihe experienced of all ages anti coun
tries warns nations of the calamities which
from the inevitable tram of crime ami re
bellion. Bui last year these great and eter
nal lessons were contemned. Catastrophe*
succeeded eacn other with an appalling ra
pidity. Nantes demonstrably evinced the
danger* of pernicious example. Become,
herself, the theatre of revolution, and tli.
entire of the activity of. sects, this State m<
nacad lta ! y with a general conflagration .
and Austria, seeing a portion of iier pr
vinces exposed to imminent peril, claimed,
in the first plac* the moral support of hr
Allies, The sincere friend of his linpena .
Itoyal, and Apostolic Majesty, and convin
ced, like that august Monarch, of the evils
which would once more inundate the world,
if the disregard of all duties should obtain
the apology of a lasting triuni|ih, the Em
peror espoused, with sincerity, a cause'
which his conscience told him was that of
Europe, of laws, and of treaties : He did
m ire. As an intimate union has been es
tablished, by solemn acts, between the Eu
ropean Powers, the B nperor ottered to his
Allies the aid of his arms, in case new com
motions should excite the dread of new dan
gers. already seen how the anti
cipations of his Imperial Majesty have been
verified. Sectarians acting in the darkness,
which they so milch needed to veil their
guilty projects, excited in Piedmont an in
surrection which might, by its consequences*
- retard the prog-ess of good iu the Two Si
cilies, and, by compromising the army which |
was then advancing upon Naples, encourage i
revolt throughout the whole Peninsula. Al
ready alarming symptoms justified disquie
tude for other countries ; and from that mo- j
ment the Russian troops Wore bound 10 j
march. They, in fact, did march, not to ex- |
tend the power of Russia, or to make the j
•lightest infringement upon the bounds of
territorial possession, guaranteed ,o all the
Governments of Europe, by the treaties con
cluded since 1314 ; but to succour the Al
lies ot the Emperor; and this, as we have
said above, at ihe express solicitations of his
Imperial, ltoys) and Apostolic Majesty, and
©1 his Royal Highness the Duke de Uene
vom. They marched, not to overthrow in
stitutions winch have emanated from legiti
mate authority, but to prevent insurrection
from usurping a power which would be a
universal scourge. Finally, they marched,
not to obstruct the developement of public
prosperity, in any State whatever, but to
further the re-eitabiislimeut of order in
countries where the woi kings of evil men
had ultimately rendered the assistance of a
foreign force indispensable.
“ Such has been, sucii will always be, the
sole intention of the Emperor, should he
ever find himself again under the necessity
of putting his armies in motion. No bur
den would have resulted from their march,
or from their temporary presence. They
would have traversed peaceably the im
mense space which separated them from Ita
ly ; and as soon as the object was attained, j
lor which -wo Monarclis solicited their aid,
the Emperor would have issued his orders
for them to return to their country.
“We are justified, therefore, in repeat
ing and affirming that never did the love of
war, never the ambitious tnought of exer
cising an exclusive influence in, the councils
of other Monarch i, or upon the destinies of ,
people confided by Providence to their j
car., direct the policy of lua Imperial Ma- !
jesty.
“ Irrefragable facts now attest the sinceri- j
ty of this language.
“ M a lev© >lence ascrib'd to Russia hostile
views with regard to the. Porte. Disturb
ance* manifested themselves in Ua'lachia
and Moldavia ; ami our conduct, as well as
our declarations, have shewn that we are de- 1
termined to observe the rights of nations
and tl»e fa th i.f treaties, iu our relations
with the Turkish Government.
“ They were pleased, afterwards, to fn
sinua'e, that we had abandoned our pro
jects against Turkey, to invade the western
territories of Europe. A digital contradic
tion has confounded the authors of these
obinus accusations ; and the inarch of our
armies, supported and maintained by all the
strength of the Empire, has been stopped,
the moment we were certainly assured that
the legitimate government had recovered
the plenitude til its authority iu the king
dom of Sardinia.
“ Thus, S.r, it is with the confidence of
having fulfilled the duties of a friend and of
an Ally—it is with the determination of al
ways tu'fllhng those duties, and the consol
tog persuasion of havi g contributed to the
tranquilly of Italy, and of Europe, that the
Emperor is about to quit Laybach,
“ lie will set off on the Ist (15th) May,
and w ill proceed to 3t. Petersburg!), b) way
nt Warsaw, happy to lend his assistance to 1
his Allies, if it should become necessary— j
more happy still to enjoy fur a long future j
the spectacle of a peace, the blessings of j
which Russia feels, and in ihe maintenance I
and consolidation of w hich she is interested
as much as any other Power. ,
“ The political system of our august Mas
ter rot being destined to undergo any
change, all his ministers and agents will con
tinue to follow and to execute the general
instructions which they have hitherto re
ceived.
“ The present Circular will regulate their
language with respect to the events of which
it treats, and the Emperor even authorises
you, Sir, to make known, anti deliver a copy
of it to the Government to which you are
} accredited, &c
(Signed) ••NESSELRODE. I
j “ Laybach, 23th of April (10th May) 1321.”
It is asserted, that Austria also expedited,
( on the same day, a circular of similar tenor
to all It* diplomatic agents at foreign Court*.
*
Wavevl)’.
We have already ailudvd to* writerin-the
Daily Advertiser, who has been occupied,
! ol late, in endeavouring to prove, by com
parisons of style, that Walter Scott is the
; author of Waverly, and of the series of in
teresting novels, which have astonished the
literary world. A* far as quotations irom
Scott’s poetry and ihe novels go to show the
j affinity of style, there may be ingenuity iu
I the attempt; bui, if we mistake not, the
: writer in the Daily assumes it as a fact, that
i in England it is, by universal consent, ad
mitted Sir Walter is the author.— To show
that this is not the case, the following arti
j cle i* published from the Champstn, edited
' by the Mr. Stott who late.y fell m a duel,
i w herein it is boldly conten -ed, that Doctor
| GasxxriaLU is the author. In fact, there is a
corroboration ot Circumstances, which press
with extraordinary free upon the mud to
prove that Greenfield is the author. Sir
Walter never withheld his name from the
title page of a two penny balled of his own
comnosition : witness his Don Roderick, and
the Baltic of Waterloo, and gladly would he
openly w ear that wreath of tame, which,
by supposition and implication, now adorns
his brow in reference to these wonderful
' efforts ofhiir>xn 'ngentitv. ,
TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
Sir H alter Scott declared no: tu be the Author
•f Waver ley, i!c.
Sin—lt seems no* taken tor granted that
\\ alter Scott is'the author of these adir.ira
e Romances, the Tales of my Landlord,
•id the subsequent works ot a similar kind,
which are all attributed to the same pen.
Hut, so far as 1 have heard, Sir W. Scott ha
■ol directly owned it, but is either silent, ot
evades the question when it is asked. Oc
casionally he has denied it. Once, in par
ticular, Sir W. Scott having dined in com
pany with the Pr.nce Regent, when the
toasts were going round alter dinner, th.
l*riccc observed that Sir Walter’s ghss was
not tpll, and pointing to it, said, that it is
not the' Tapel Hen. Sir W. Scott being
thus particularly noticed, considered him
self called upon to say something, and, with
some preface and apology, denied that he
was the author ot the recent Romance fmtli
which the allusion was taken. It Sir W.
Scott refuses die honour, who then, it may
be asked, is the author ? Some have gone
so lar in his praise, as to assert round'y, that
no other man in the present day is capable
of producing such works, arid w ith such
I facility, too, as W'altei Scott. On the other
i hand, many men (and no mean men either)
assert as boldly, that he never wrote a sen
tence of them. It shall be my endeavour to
| show who really is the author, without in
- the least infending to detract front the great
j merit of Sir ML Scott lam aware, that it
Will not now be an easy task to persuade the
public to transfer their preconceived opin
ion from S.r W S. in tav.-ur of any other,
however capable lie may be proved to be ;
for the question with the public frequently
is, Who is the renter ? rather than, What is
■written ? 4
Rut I hope the difficulty will cease, when
I mention the game dt one who was so emi
nent in the Church, and in the Republic of
Letters being a colleague with the late Dr.
I Blair, in the High Church, Edinburgh, (but
a much younger man) and who was, also,
at the same time, Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Rhetoric : a man of very
superior talents and attainments, and high
ly esteemed by all who were acquainted
I with Inin. Literary men of his standing,
and some of his pupils who are wow in Lon
| don, can bear witness of tins. ADout ttven-
I ty-two years ago he left Edinburgh, and
has cversince been in retirement. Although
he has lived in privacy so long, he has not
been inactive, which tiie Reviews and his
anonym, us works might amply estily, Hav-
I ing no official duties to occupy his time, his
! mind, from intense study oil abstruse sub
j jects. would occasionally turn for relaxation
j to higher themes. When he was engaged
in the composition of the celebrated Tales
of my Landlord, and his other popular
works, ite visited privately the south and
west of Scotland, and aso the parts of En
gland where some of the scenes are laid, to
obtain a more sccu.a.e knowledge of some
facts on which history is either silent or ob
scure. Out of the materials thus collected,
j Ins ferule imagination and great literary
j skill nas produced, for the amusement,
j grai filiation, and instruction ,of the public,
I works lar surpassing toose qf any of his con
i' temporaries.
In short, without further preface, 1 shall
Venture to assert, without much feat of con
tradiction, that the mysterious author of Wa
verity, liob Roy, and tiie Antiquary, of the
j tinof My Landlord, loanhot, &c. is no
eth* r ttian Dr Greenfield. Some of the
works were fit so. publication several years
befote they made their appearance; which
may account, in some measures, for the tni
esampled rapidity with which they followed
each .other from the press. If yon deem
these observations, Mr. Editor, worthy of a
place in the Champion, they perltaps may he
regarded as uselui to those who think the
gratification ot a natuial curiosity, relative
to inch as have contributed to their instruc
tive amusement, not without the pale of u
tility. T. 11.
MORE EVASION.
The following paragraph shews that Sir
W alter Scott is by no means disposed to
avow himself openly as the author of Wa
verley ; but, when' hard pushed, still
* gives it the go by :
Eoikburou, June 1,
On Ftiday last, the Celtic Society held
i their second general meeting for this yea:
j )‘t Oman's new Waterloo Tavern. Sir Wal
i ter Scott, one of the Society’s Vice Piesi
i dents, was in the Chair. He was supported
! the right by the Lord Chief Baron, Sir
i Samuel Sheppard, and on the left by tin
| Prince Zchartorychi. During the evening,
several good speeches were delivered and
among ilie toasts, the “vuiknowg author of
Waverly” wa* received with acclamations.
On which Sir Walter Scott observed, “ these
applauses will reach him wherever he may he.”
l T uum Uoftege.
A late hdiii'ess -i Pi t Njct, to tiie
caml date* -»r the B.ccaaurect, in Un on
| Codt ge, has been gieatly and justly prais d.
There are few flowers in the fields if hi, r..
, tore more fragrant, more beau,ifui or more
| deserving attention, than the t011,>w.,,g p ons
j conclusion ot President Nott’s Address.
“! cannie s t<n up all l would svisu tv say
to you, better than by placing tiie entire •
cir.rac er ot JESUS CHRIST before v. u ;
a perlect model, in the imitation of which,
will ahke consist your Happiness and glorv.
On every important question, in every try
ing situation, ask w hat would have been 11, -
opinion; what ll.s conduct; and let the
answer regulate your own.
“ Methinks your parents, some of whom I
see in this assembly, add their sanction to
the cmmsel lam now delivering. Parent
whom I cannot but commend,particularly to
your own ingenuousness, and from iheir !
and solicitude, derm* an argument
to enforce all that 1 have said.
“ Y >t will never know, until the bitterness
ot filial ingratitude shall teach you, ihe eo
tent of the duty you owe them. On vou
their affections have been placed ; on you
their treasures expended—With what ten.
derness they administered to vour wants m
helpless infancy; with what‘patiens■ ,h.y
nnre your indiscretion j in wayward child
hood; and with what solicitude they watch
ed your steps in erring y mth. No care has
been too severe; no self-denials too painful •
no sacrifices too great which would contri
bute to your feixSty. To you the meridian
of life has been constantly devoted, and even
its cheerless evening is rendered supports
r iL • tle l jros P ect °f leaving you the heirs
of their name and of their life and of their
fortune. For ail this affection and kindness
the only reward they expect-the only re- I
quital they ask is, that when you enter upon j
toe world, you will act worthy of yourselves, I
-v). .J,e s*.
« And shall this requital be denied them ?
Will you, by your tollies, disturb even the
i ranquility of agi ; rob declining life of its
few remaining pleasures, and snatching aw ay
trom the palsied hand of your aged parents
the last cup of earthly consolation, bring
heir gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
“It was a noble spectacle, amidst the
flames that w ere consuming Troy, and while
tne multitude were intent only on rescuing
their paltry treasure, to see the dutiful jEneas
bearing on his shoulder the venerable An*
cliises, his aged father, to a place of safety.
Hut, ah ! how rate such examples of filial
piety! My God! the blood freezes in the
veins at the thought of the ingratitude of
children. Spirits of my sainted parents,
vould 1 recal the hours when it was in my
power to honor yoo, how different should be
my conduct. Ah ! were not the dead un
mindful of tlie reverence the living pay them,
I would disturb the silence ot your tombs
with nightly orisons, and bedew the um
which contains, your ashes with perpetual
tears!
“It is in your power to prevent the bitter
ness of such regrets. But I must arrest the
current of my feeling. Your future useful
ness, your eternal salvation, constitute a
motive so vast, so solemn, that were 1 to
yield to its overwhelming influence, 1 should
protect the hour of separation and fillup
with counsel and admonition the declining
day.
“ 1 shall address you no more, I shall meet
with you fto more, until having passed the
solemnities of death, 1 meet you in eternity.
So spend the intervening period, 1 adjure
you, that that meedng be joyous, and thy
immortality which shall follow it, splendid aa
the grace of that God is free, to whom, sur
rendering my charge, 1 now commit you.
Leaving with you this counsel, I bid you an
| affectionate and final FVHEWELL.”
[.Philadelphia paper.
d—..piM .
From the Loudon Literary Magazine.
THE OLD MAID’S DIARY.
Yrs.
15. Anxious for coming out, and the at
tention of the men.
16. Begins to have some idea of the ten
der passion.
17. Talks of love in a cottage, and disinr
terested affection.
18. Fancies herself in love with some
handsome man who lias flattered her.
19. Is a little more difficult inconsequence
of being noticed.
20. Commences fashionable and dashes.
21. Still more conftdr nee in her own at
tractions, and expects a brilliant es
tablishment.
22. Refuses a goi*! offer because he is not
a man of fashion.
23. Flirts with • ■°.ry young man she
meets.
24. Wonders l .e is not married.
25. Rather more circumspect in her con
duct.
26. Begins'to think a large fortune not
quite so indispensable.
27. Prefers tile company of rational men
to flirting,
28. Wishes to be married in a quiet way
wiih a comfortable income.
29. *A I most despairs of entering the mar
ried state.
30. Rather fearful of being called an ol<S
maid.
31. An additional love of dress.
32. Professes to dislike bails, finding it
difficult to get good partners.
33. Wonder*how men Call leave the so
ciety ol sensible women to flirt with
chits.
34. Affects good hutnour in her couver.
sation with men.
35. dealous of the praises of women.
36. (Quarrels with her friend who is lately
• married.
• 3 hiiißs herself slighted iri society.
Likes talking ol her acquaintance who
are married unfortunately, and finds
consolation in their misfortunes.
39. Id nature increases.
40. Veiy meddling and officious. K. B. A.
growing penchant. ,
41. If rich, as a dernier resort, makes love
to a young man without fortune.
42. Net succeeding, rads against the sex.
43. Partiality for cards, and scandal com
mences.'
44. Severe against the manners of the age.
45. Strong predilection Ibr the parson of
the parish.
46. Enraged at his desertion.
47. Becomes desponding, and takes snuff'.
48. Turns at her sensibility to cats & dogs.
. 49. dependant relation to attend f
on dogs.
50. Becomes disgusted with the world,
and vents all her ill humour on this
unfortunate relation.
rJIK Subscriber respectfully in-,
formtt his friends and the Citi
zens of Augusta, generally, that his
- HOOL is how open (over r. J.
Houghton’s Shoe-Store, four doors
above the Market, South side Broad
ireet.l where he will teach Rend
ing. Writing, Arithmetic, .English
Gru sutler, Geography <sj‘c.
I'erms made known on application
at the School Room.
John P. (xrern.
July 17. 3
Bviga&e ihrdeYs.
A N Election will be held at the
\ Court-House in the city of Au
gusta on Monday the 6ih day of Au
gust next, for Lieutenant Colonel of
■ the 10th Re intent Georgia Militia,
I to fih the vacancy occasioned by the
removal of Lieut. Col. George Wat
| kins.
Ry order of Brig. Gen. Thomas Glascock.
sJaoiuel Tarver,
.till de-Camp.
IV. B The whole Regiment will
be entitled to vote.
July 6 2
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