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KKW& CIUHLTOX. • '
TWfcmtig.
thk fount.
TO ANNA,
Too confident in hr, charms and dm dutiful
of her love.
’ l l* true, indeed, those eyes, whore light
Now bunvs within my moiling soul,
Shull lose their Ins're in the night,
And shade them in its mantling roll.
Each amrtious moment passing hy,
'I ho youngest progeny ot day,
Shall steal aapurklc of your eye
To light him on his weary wav.
And as lie n s's him joyed and weak,
A,nd flight to linger longer there.
He drinks the crimson of your cheek—
Tli'en sails away upon a.hair.
gh, Anna, thus the blooming rose
An unresisting victim dies,
The impatient Hec around it,glows,
Thou wrapt in sweets the wanton flies.
Ami trust me, tho’ your tyce may frown,
Ami yll their little ligbtenings play—
itav bend a trembling Ipvei down,
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Or drive him from your arms away.
Old Time will fe?sl upon your charms,
And languish on your dewy lip—
Euc’ose you iu his wrinkled a ms,
And like a loathsome dotard sip.
Black with eternal fire*he’ll come,'
l.ik ' burning Vulcan, hideous power,
I'ress his reluctant Venus home,
And wither all her roseate bower.
AVlftfV.tAi.W ttOVS w.
n VIiSOHY THO'TOUTS and ST HI IT.
ING UINFLECTIONS,
j From various Authors.
The rfrntim which the emperor Adrian
often rfpeaud in the senate, dues him
he, to govern t«6 mmiiW-d'-’-TO'O't -
tdiow I never fmppt it is the people s, fc.
not mv own property - Ha «• nnUmhbcam
reavvnm, nfe>r* wiinc, non fin.
priam." Tins maxim should be engraved
on the hearts of all princes.
Books which p' of.-ss to tench the law of
nations, should over he received by soc iety
with g'ltli tide an 1 apnlmse j h»r nation,
nmv be properly soul <» have no appeal
bui to those books, when private con
science fails to direct 'hem Such per
fnrmnnces increase every bon ' m the so
defy of states. Equitable laws hid down
bv philosoplic"*, wit out partiality, and
wi'houl fl nr, Serve as open reproach to
those nalions, who, neglecting j istice,
have recourse to arms; they second the
-complaints of the oppressed, and give
might to national recrimination.
“The general ro'ice, fsivs Volt nice>
Bitpportcd by numerous standing armies,
leaves us no longer an\ er-se to f.-a" the
return of those t>mes of anarchy. w''on
Pve'cs'ant bo - is, and Ta'lin'ic peasants,
W'ci'p hastily ral'm 1 from the ' ibours of a-
P’icultnre, to wield the S"'ord n<*'drwt
eac'l others lives ”--A 'several police,
supported hv nr.m von« standin'* a'ipie«.
is hathiniam itself; ''nd 'he expression
never could have f 'le front anv hot n
F nch author, the inn mi as i of a tyrant,
who drscnrv'ed his subjects', and hul'led
them into politeness.
Almost every writer is pra’sed, either
ton irtle or too much- if he h.ipnen *o
mis' -, f popii’anty bis very cx-. it.-ncies
ar bs egard Me tb'*n can duty hone
fur s.'f'tv in ohlivin; fv-v 'hind that
blows, i >B'ead of W’lfilna- hi n to rort. will
be m re apt to threaten sliipwrpi k ; for,
as the I* ili ui proverb expresses r.a v s
rot'a iirpi vento e eontwio: hut hap - y
the nv»' w'\o rets within the i»ales of pub
lic f nor; in those oropii'o is latitud e'
the open' only -ni 1 s <o the bar
b »nr with greater dispa'cb and more secu
rity.
All ,rees have a character analogous to
that of m.m ; aks are, in all respects the
perfect image of the mnnlv cbaracte #
Ai a brave mauls >iot suddenly elated b'
pc isn ‘eitv, or leor-ss. d by adversity, s
the n'k lisplavs not its verdure on tin
s in’s fi -<t approach, nor drops it on ■’
first de larture.. Add to this, >ts majestic
nppea'xnce, the rough tr andnur of rs
bark aui the wide p : fusion ol i
branch's.
Win l a pleasure it is to pay one’s debts I
it sc m< o flow from a ■: .n.lunation
ci -cum. auc ea'll of 'ucll is pro In
liv a tea-ire. Ii 'li fl- ipl.ee, it r
miv. .hu ane,ivn.ss wi-P •» ime spiv
foe's fr-.in I-pendenc m I »bl|gatioii. t
aflur U .uen'sn e to 'ln* cr.-ii or. and the.,
fore . fit fi's our sort,* tt'l'ec i' ■:
it iv*-un U'W a t flu ire confidence .hit;
is si ve-r ilTie vsting i*» «i h< S' diiiul ,
i’- >p ■* is a hV-.sp ; ;t‘of t» ‘ng l»
p! I v i w : ul we win' ,i fitpi.e oc> •
sinus; ii ! *av~s a oousci >n »ess of on
n- w aid it is , tin avir.- we kno
to be u-ghc, bmh n > »mi j* justice ando
soph econo ny Fmiyit is a main sup
fart of sinsnle reputation.
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Zelmis , or ihe TUI ml Man.
a tale.
“Ah in*! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history.
The course of true love ueve. did rim smooth,”
3HAKSHKARK.
The horrors of a civil war had i*uig ren
dered the Gnomes miserable, when the
Queem of the Genii, whose chief l.apD'-
iie-s consists in maintaining the* most per-r
fid bftt nuuiy net ween tlie. beings v. ho, uc
know h dge her empire, elected Niizaytlie
mo it arable ofthe I‘eris that adorned her
emir', to s' tile, their disputes, and to pour
upon them together with the bh Srings of
peace, every rich gift her power could
bestow,
'ihe cilia'ming fairy descended into
the deepest recess' s of the bowels of llu
e-.ith, where the Gnomes inhabit ; :ip
peased their troubles, disj.eised the
tactions that excited them, and ss'.is
fic-.cl n itli having re-estahliiihed tlieir
tranquility bv hu-ing i cstoredlo tlicse elg
uiemary Spirits ti eir tenner union, she
quitted the ir snbteranvan dwellings •and’
bent her rapid fl'ght towards the ir liiiant
regions wl.ere Iter queen bad fixJd her
veign- * >
During her ascent towards the ethereal
i anil, Kirzn, nu diluting in'her chariot,
suffered the miM..\vhite ch ves that con
ducted it to wander at their pleasure.
These beautiful birds, dazzled by the
splendid raj s of the sun, to which ’they
had been for some time -unaccustomed,
directed their flight less lofty .than usual,
and by degrees approached the earth.
The Teris by chance c: at down her eyes,
and found herself soaring over a romantic
and retired grove, in w hich two persons
of different sexes, seated at the loot of a
sycamore tree, were engaged in earnest
conversation. They both appoared'to be
plunged in the deepest ufllictior,; they
mingled their tears together; and it w;.s
easy to he perceived, that the same source
of grief was common to them both.
Nirzu felt herself much moved: her bo
som was ever alive to the soft dictates ot
compassion, and as she esteemed it One
the luigl.test prerogatives empower to e
uact r od, and to restore happiness to
ihe afflicted In art, she instantly guided
,her car towards the earih, ami, during
ils gr dual descent, she ai'entirely con
sultfil a talisman, in which, as quick as
though', every ol.j rt she wished (o know,
wus raced; and in whicli she learnt the
following parlicultus r- filing to tile voting
couple, who hud so forcibly excited her
c Hvoiso ration.
N 'diiui, the daughter of a priest of Oro
muz les, bud been educated within the
preejnes cf bis temple, with Ze'mis, whos ■
p rents wer likewise consecrated to ttirt
God. Upon the faith of an OraoV', from
the instant of their birth, their union tia i
been projected ; they were permitted to
be with each other without constraint;
t .is liberty from an early date disposed
'll ir hearts to the soft emotions of lo e :
iVadi'm, In loved by Zcimis,tenderly n paid
bis pssion.— For two years they anx ousfiv a
wailed (he return of Alibec, usage much
revered in their country, who had left (hem
in order to procure an enchanted waerdha:
wa sto put a period to the only obstacle
which at [.resent opposed t’hdr marriage.
Ali'iec was, alas! no moie.—lgnorant of
..is death, the lovers still evpected his
reliiru. ZeJmi", endowed with every vir
• Immunity, had never*seen l/io su’n—n"t]uck”
ve.ji concealed ii from his sight —Hj s ( ~X H
closed fiom his bin h, could not behold the
charms ofliis mistress » but his soul had
atlaclicd itself to hers by .hands more in
dissoluble than those of which frail beau
ty form the links. Her sweetness nf dis
position, her kindness, her equanimity,
bv r‘lnlt it s, and noble sentiuums, lu!<i
gamed he. a heart fully capable of appre
ciating her every excellence—and fully in
return did sin* appreciate the merits of
the youth. Thus tar every thing appear
ed lo favor theii' 1 , innocent attachment;
hui Superstiiimi, (hat cruel enemy to fu
man happiness, too soon, a'as! found
mentis t • throw some imp. dinienis in the
way ol their union, ’llu moihertofNa
dinu, initiated into the mvsieiies of Zoro
aster, had nauirally imbibe 1 uli the super
stitious ideas connecteu with the
o; the magi. She looked on the bbudnes
efZvUmsas amuik of divine rap. ob ,u n.
•i ,e sun lights afl ’hose wiinm.he loves.”
saids.ii ; “ without dmib . he Z :i
lufi; let him appease'his anger; let hi
recover his sight, oi renounce die baud
of m daughter.” The votaries of Oru
ui.vzdes had applauded, and ratified this
cruet sentence, and the lovers would have
be n insti nlly torn asunder, had not an
Oracle, long since consulted, predict* d
tnnt ’J,- linis, before his twentieth year,
mould be blessed with the faculty of set*- I
ug, and with the hand of Nad in a . Tfu;
vage Alibec, who hail promised to pent -
.ate to the sourc-; of Zetma, to bring
rom thence tlie miraculous waters of a
light-restoring spring, was not reuirnevl
rids day, the- last of their dearest hopes,
was aboiu to vender the interesting cou
■de miserabl’, lor over. In a few short
hours Ze'.nvs was to reach the fatal age ;
and his eyes were not unclosed. Tin.
.bests of Oi ''mazvles were on the point '•>)
u riving, baibarously to seVer tluse Ipvei f,
and io oblige them to say to one another,
■ I absolve th e Irom thy vows.” After
having thus dissolv d the ties that bound
them to each other, they farther lueaijt to
force them to conseciate thems- U* s to
h< service of the altar. In dreadful ex
i. -eta ion of this fatal moment, the unhap
py couple wept, wrung their hands, and
swore eternal h>v- ; and di-.enniu -d to
he utmost of tin ir power, to ic-isi In
y .mny of their parefils, and the ohdural
aagi. Ni. za had no* need of further lu
sii heiurn ; s »c wished to take the form of
v* f«; c, kml immedia'ely fii ’d herself
tiK-iainorphosed into the appeal a.:cc of a
nerable okl man, whose eyes, replete
viih wisdom, whose placid countenance,
■ary locks, and snow-white heard, were
ocuiated to excite respect. Under what
■r shape :t pleased the Peris to appear
'«• morals, she ever preserved the advan
tages attached to her celestial origin.—
■ r soul, superior to that of grovelling
. in, t v r enlightened and guided her
samasketl person before a niirrm', not
.thsumling he beholds a face different
fr m his, yet perfectly recollects his own
■a'ures, and is p- rStiaded of his own iden
ty ; thus the fairy. under a strange form,
-poke and acted as the person she repre
sented, without forgetting one instant
that she still was the intelligent Genius
Nirz.i.
She advanced with a alow and majestic
pace to tlie spot to which her benevolence
attracted her: its soou as she came w id-in
If
sight of KaToia, the intereslinjf girl joy*
Tufly ran to meet her, exckiminp “ O A-
In c! O favoured of Haven ! is
t lu e whom 1 behold ? Art thoi indeed
'•ettirnVd ? Am I to hope the urcMwplisk
mcnt of our designs ? An thou come t
crown ou* wishes with succeis ? O
speak! Dost thou bring us the (f vine re
medy, (lie precious watcis of fle light
resforirVgspring? hliall wo at l,n£ h b<
Ah! how many tears Ihy long ah
bus caused us to shed! Mne m<-
mpre, and Zelmis was lost to mef>
'cvriv’l V* iiilst thus speaking, site led tin
firtifidfs A'ibec towards tier lover. Nirza 4
contemplated him with delight; the flov.-
u'> hloom o!‘ youth adorned his cheek ■;
bis form w<Cs lofty, graceful, an I digmli
'•I; his fat tires regular and manly; long
clitanm I a'.;*, natu a'ly curled, waved u r >
on In shoulders: the name of Alihec ;
lbs hop. s which.his return inspired^;)n »<l
upon iris co'infcnarico the vivid of
the ft?sh b!t> "n fose. The Peris wouM
have leelared hint t!ie most beautiful of
toe 1 Oiildiei) of Ad., if, bad - not the charms
of Nalina Miisp* ii.'ed iier decision The
-f uiy at. hers, if do m hcl.ween them on a
bunko! moss—site ohx d their fears, and
whilst a benignant sonic played on hot
■ eneijible countenanc •, s!ie addressed
•Ihetpaa'foilinvs:
“,l l irt ofyour wishes, my beloved chil
dren, sf.'all be accomplisncil ere night shall
have covered the h ‘pvens with it s veil
The olis'iclcs that o| pose themselves to
your desms shall van sh ot my command.
--Hymen h.r you shall light his sacred
totcV. Biit, amiable Kudina, sintee lam
desirous to fiVfil thy utmost wishes, thou
confite them to me w;ih sinccri-
Ty— consult thj true interest. I can bind
i you together in*he chains of matrimony,
, without restoring thy love to his sight. Is
it his (mm), or the vu'tninatiun of bis blind
ness, w hich thou l eodres'. ? Iftliis blind*
ness cease, dost thou not run the danger
i of losing some thing bvit ?”—“And what.
1 could 1 .use by it ?” exctaioied tile aston
ished maid.-—More than turn imaginest,”
. replied the Peris: “Zvitnr,' deprived ol
sight, > 111 always love ilue 'rhe virtues
which gave birth to h s passion, will ect
. j;reserve il,—Thy husband viy/l stilh be
iby lover, and Iho t shdll r >tainUn eternal
youth for, him. Your y-avs v* i« pass ir
continual tranquillity —Mi, will'mg th<u
Ins rVi ry ins ant of pleasure,—His com
forts, his enjoyments, his hapuness >< i.
depelul on thee alone ; and when til
\tit|io" of the Univ rserhaii refill thee >
Ids celesta l habitation, *hou vjlt npriv e
ihere without hav.ng ovei mo 1 lum
cruel pairs those pavoxys ;.'S of despt .
■ liiell jealousy,llie des< rtio* if ;n ungrate
i'n I husband, or the shame of still Im ing an
nconylani ores*' ui io a feeling mind ”
*' And, Zebras/’. ,ui <l Nadinn, ‘lf he re
main deprived of sight. wv'l he id the Imp
pier fpr the loss?” “No,” retimed Nir
2i, 4 in poss-eisliijr tlii'c, he wu assuredly
oojoy a great blessing,‘hut he can r.evm .
know its full exten'. —lie vvillflie.mnabU
to contemplate the charms of hy person ;
to read in, tli'me eyes the punt sec inja oi
Ihy soul, the sight of which fpuld eVriy
ii.st ui’ increase Ids feflei y. fever ca a
smile from thee fill h-a bosnin wit lithe
height ( f joy.— He never c n.by experi
ence, know'that thou an beautfui; hut. In
will love thee, and thou s'jit be com
pletely happy.” “ She sb;»|, she shall,
he c'unp’etcly happy,” suddejly exclaim
ed Zebras. “Ah! then 1 hatj my utmost
JWf.tadLlttWVUJot what I may lose in re
mamingtn ciiJsci'iiTy ; mu.' > : uimm,
me her hand, and 1 shall have nothing to
regret Let me i ver hear the mt lodious
sound of t tat beloved voice ! Lei rue ever
ton ;h tint soft hand ! Let her, in return,
press mine ! Let her love me, ana tell mt
so, and repeat it a, thousand thousand
times! Let her guide my steps, aiid feel
ingly describe the beauties-die beholds,
whilst I listen to her g! wing narrations,
and, enraptured, catch the honey ilia'
flows spontaneous from hr tongue! Is
there i greater hbss o »:i ibis? Are die e
sjili o*li ;r bless’igs.? Ah ! if there be,
Zelmis cannot conceive th on, and fl siies
not to beconn acquainted with them!
[ 7 u be co - tinned. ]
Characters of 3lodcni Na
tions.
/■Vow the French of. l/, cl? Fha’.enuhr, ant.
How many cbqisiotevis;ic f-ai.tpt-s ,o
dern nations offer to -be uiqu :ugeye !
II re, we bebofr! f e G» niaus, auongst
whom the corruption of the g.eat has
lad noinflutuice upon the Ipw.-r chases
p.ijid where the inditlWence of the first
ranks for their native land is well reja' d
hy the love of inferiors for ilu ir country.
I’here, the chargelul spi.il of rebellion
and fiiitelily, of slavery .md iudepond .ecc,
has never ceased to exist since tiie days
of Tacitus. On this side, contemp'.ite
Hie hard-labouring Dull h, whose wit is
founded on sense, whose genius springs
from industry, whose virtues are the fruits
of a cold temper, and whose passions
are the offspring of reason There, Ita
ly, with her bundled princes, and the
rich harvest of remembrances she pre
sents, contrasts with the republican obscu
tily of Swi'z -Hand. Separate from other
nations, Spain offers to the historian nine
oiiginaL f aluves; her present stagnant
slate nwy one day prove usetul; and when
ad o.her European people shall be worn
out with corruption, siie will re-enter, with
i vv splendour, the stage of the wo.ln,
because the p.inriple of good will not
;en extinguished among In r sons.
A mixture of Ft cue.l and German
blood, the English show us plain marks
of their double origin: their cous'itu
.ion, which admits of royalty and uist,.-
cracy; their religion, less pompous than
die catiiwlic, but more brdiiant than that
• f f.tuh r; their army, Ii ary, and yet
active; their arts and liters.ure. in a
word, the language, the features, and even
the bodily shape, . intake ot the nature
.if the two nations whence 'hey proceed
they unite with thecal upess, the sinijili
oils, the good Sense, and slow in si cf llu
Germans, Fie eclat, t ie impetuosity, tin
uniahle nonsense, ibe vivacity, and tin,
el< gancc of the French.
Orient.i’ TVh. —As a woman was walk
nig ainan looked at. unj followed b u
‘ttli_\*, said sue, 4 do you follow nit!’—
• Because 1 bai’e f.lh-n in love with you.'
‘Why so? my siste - who is coining after
is much handsbm-r than lam—an.
e.ake love to her.’ The man turned back
and saw a woman with an ugly face, ab
being greatly displeased, returned
said, 4 why del you tell me a story ?—T ■
woman answered, 4 neither did you t-.
the truth; fpi if you are in fove.wi'li »u
why did you ieok lot 1 .uiotder woman ?'
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From the Washington Gazette,
KUiiSUUY TALKS.
In the last number of the National
Gaz tte ue meet with various e»
tracts, from a series of letters b
E Ilowut, an Kttglisli Qanker, o
•igmbttr of the Society of Friend-"
written during a tour in the Unite
States in 1819. The object of llu
work may be guessed at from this
pari of the title: dtsc*ipnve »f the
su fer ng of emigrant* and the state
of agriculture.” We extract some
samples lor amusement;
He ins been but a few days iti
New York- where be landed, when
he writes—“ the emigrant will find,
when lie goes to make ids purchases
lor his j iKi ney, that the Yankees
;re prepared to take cvefY advan
tage of hip ignorance or Ids haste. An
i' nulisliir.an is recognised in a mo
merit. The wantol the real Yankee
niatig or tone is sufficient; but their
app'nirarce is a s ! ilI prior Informant
—You immediately distinguish Kn
jjltail from Arnet ic ans, who are gen
erally dressed in light clothes, D ow
sers down to their heels, and broad
brimmed chip hat> ; mostly toll, \hin,
yp.lluw looking men, who have stood
tiie test of a parching:climate.”
Mr. Ilowitt generalizes about ui
in >i fine vein of compliment, as (he
following extracts Isitali testify :
'• .Such is the pride of Ame- i/ans,
all things originate v\ith pros
perity or distress, vvhereever it is
found, flow (com the influence of
iicir all potent country. 1 lie same
conceit which teaches a Chinese to
make a map of the world, be delin
eating their country at lar/te, and
sketching a Tew outlines fin- a few of
the rest, causes the Am rican to
give ld> same portion on tue polit
ical chart.’ 9
' The v nterican farmer are com
posed of men, or the d scemlants f
diein, who i aine over (he water."ar ■
; ficers of all ki tls. and e iii Hit nced j
u band men. The; i" ow the prac- i
fit of the fir.-t- settlers, which was 1
i-a•; et.ongu, impiicitiy, anti in spite I
of reason ami the • if d (3 of jl.e .uiost
• liglitened oi then* Cyunlryinen,
who preceive the e il, and nave es
tablished gro ullur.d ' ocieties to
■ ointeract ir', hut id(h*Tto without
Sgc.r. T|liev fol ow them with th.it
se f tiri e ami consequent iind onm
iifrcfe . b-finacy, which chara (to
izi’s (he vulgar of Ameiica, and few
tie the minds, which surrounded
hy them, can long resist (he univer
sal I. .ugh and gibe, tlvat attends a
distent from tlioir notions. Ah I
you'll teach us something, I goes-;
Ltd him alone; he shall .re! he’ll
4 l‘.‘ S“'va'(hi.nfr ilrendfill clover iti ~
while" is the language a fai
nter hears on all sides, who presumes
to act different from the sagacious
omniscient American. Besides no
body will assist surli an heretic, th*
ban is upon him, and he is as ef
fectually under the interdict of hi
neighbours’ fire and wafer, as th
prescribed II irnan, till ho comic
bcends toamalg mate
“The real Y.mkee deejnfe him
self authoiized ro i idulge iiis ow,
wili and (»> break t!ie slavish bounds
of decornn and respect, f ike the
Mt iss peasant, who, at tlv point of
'•'•.(h, avowing 1 is enmi'y to- his
m irdt rer, and being asked b\ flu
priest if he incut to go to hell.— in a
passion extinguished life, exclaim
ed,‘lam a free Switzerland can
go wh re ( please.’ the confirmed A
inencan is without hounds to his li
cence and his > rifle”
“ i'll. is love o. freedom shows it
self iii (heir vulgar eftront v. Con
sidering their opinions as the oracles
of wisdom contradiction (o them is
intol, ruble; yet ihy will contradict
with furious impetuosity Their
conceit is incredible, and of conse
quence their opiniatreinvincible. Do
as you will, you are almost certiin
of giving offence, especially if yon
afe known as an Englishman, for he
is watch* d with an envious and malig
nant eyv.”
“Smoking anti spitting ate the
luxuries of lile and 1 verity believe
an American could not enjoy the
thought of heaven, .if r, were not
sure to find there, his w i-key and
segur.—But this odious custom
pi-evados all ranks ai d places.' An
elegant house, in carpeted rooms,
you aie happy if you escape spilling
upon, for an American is free, anil
cun-pit where he pleases.”
Mr. Howi't ptoceeded to Wash
ington, and as s.may be supposed,
floes not spate (he seven league cap
ital. “It stands,” he says, “in an
unthankful desert. Ihe country of
i great distance is one weak and bar
!en wiidennss A hostile army
may advance to it an<! behold at a
flist.inc as w placetaen dy
ing before them.” His nird’s eye
iew of VV asuingtofl) is t ier.ib'.y
graphical, A few scattered houses :
n isolated giant building or two;
.ad a wide extent of projected, bu
ct ideal streets; —commons clear- d
•t trees and parched with the sun.
md herds el cattle wandering ovei
•t m— fd\v discontentetl emigrants
td a horde of slaves— will nf
■ ji d you a tolerabio n;ea of this city.”
On his way to Niagara, he found
myriads nf gras* hoppers devouring i
the iaml “ Kill millions and mil- 1
ions supply their places, for mil- 1
lions nf acres are full. Kverv step '
vou take, they startup by thousand#, '
ind if yon arm not careful, jumping
aito your mouth. If a man only lavs
down his clothes in the sun, they are
'levcured immediately.
Friend Howitt appears to make
no disc immalion b tween that blind
rnuiiy which characterizes the ig
•iornnt class in all countries and
that decent dignity \fhich*l>elo gs to
o.e of a superior cast of mind, and
"xtensive information, lie tav Is
hke SmelKungos, (Dr. Smollett.)
I-, disgusted'with almost every thing,
and exclaims.‘til is barren ’ Would
i traveller find the vuLar English
devoid pi prejudice? if/ riot, why
hope to meet mirks ot rbfinement
mdng unrefined, uneducated Ameri
eans? Is it, fair to iu ge any coun
try by its worst grade. of inhabit
ants? ‘*A caricature (‘tis sai«l) al
ways preserves some traits of an or
iginal.’’ Had Friend Howitt car
icatured «s with a little more mild
ness. he might have reformed some
pfonr bad habits, —as mankind are
vyon by liberality and thus indeed
i light every people profit by the les
sons of saga.ious tourists; but he
is mure desirous to repel than per
suade. lie forgets that the British
ministry, a short time ago shameful
ly expelled a respectable French
gentleman fordanngto wri e an ui
thentic account of the brittle of Wa
terloo, —because it • cmndcd the na
tion d vanity by an exnibition ol rig
id truth. Yet Englishmen'at home
preposterously continue to honst of
the habeas corpus act. <§v. tjfc ; and
t>« many of'them abroad, sit down
to sketch “ uijjjjijhtly” portraits of
people whose manners they have not
had tiin’e to study. In line, it is
mise a: ie -and haritarous work to
employ one’s sell in ext •■riding pre- j
;j ilice and-oa iiiit naf’ial inmmsity,
i when it slmiild be the study of all
j ei,lightened men to eradicate both,
and tins draw mankind nearer to
e :eii other.
Persons who migrate fmm mon
archies. are offended at the ‘•c m
ceitednesa” they encounter-, m.mg
republicans; never reflecting th.it a
differ, nt genius is inspired by dis
ferent govci rmients. Rep blics ex
Ht -y equality, by the diffusion of
knowledge, and -elf espeot among
the people; monarchies oy inequal
tv, privilege and prescription. As
reasonably might/ end Howitt ex
pert to gather in Winter the fruits of
autumn or tee flowers of spring, as
look for like habits under d ss milar
institutions. Men are imitative;
they iniciii' thegwod as well as the
*ad. . VS here we find religion, we
find, hypocrisy ; and boastful igno
nice is next neighbor to conscious
ji ide. It is coin and counterfeit
But, is it not more agreeable to ob
■erve citizens regarding themselves
• s Hie«, than to behold cowe ing
nbjec • shrinking into the attitude
I sloV'K? Tiles.- miserable# Will
aunt nt their emperors and kings ;
ho e of their representatives govern
ment?, and perhaps of themselves.
The one regard themselves as no
■h.iig, ifeii rulers as all in-all the
.-ther divide th ir respects between
agents and principles. Admitting
all po»s bie excess m t*-e latter, theii
egotism must be a thousand times
more tolerable titan the base subser
viency engendered by despotic sys
tems. *
■i- . - a.« MnwaMiiramMai^Mjaw-CTnamaai.KiMn.’a
DOMESTIC
Military General Order.
The following order (s ys (he Norfolk
Herald,) from the comrr.ahhmr General
of tie I'r.it eel Slices’ V rtny should have
appeared in our paper srton-n : it is never
too lute, h.iwever. to give publicity to a
document, having - so decidedly in view the
w.-Kkre of the naiioh a« Weil asoftli. pur
dculur hranch of its defence inimediaicly
u I erred 10.
On assuming die new duties pre
scribed id him by the Department of
War, die Major Oeneral considers
it due to his situation to direct tin
attention of the army to certain
(mints relative to discipline and du
ties,
The state of the military esta
blishment is ol a nature to excite a
deep concern for its interests. The
minute divisions which ithas suff’ied
from the necessity ot furnishing
gtrrisous fir the numerous posts
that line our inland and marine bor
ders, and tne al ridgement of the
sources of competition, inseparable
from its dispersed condition, are
alike unfavorable to its disci] li> <»
The principle of en>ulatiofa, which, in
combined forces, has an iiresistible
operation by a force inherent in
is lost upon bodies which do net lee),
the influenceof contact, A can find »
substitute only in the increased de
vot on of those who are inyeste
with command. Discipline, no long
• r nourished by a pi inciple o*'con
-tituti nal activity, becomes in a
great degree det endunf for existence
on the application of authority by
hose in command and on the rin
• ipie of obedience in those of sub
ordinate situations. Viewing the
I
subject as lie doe?, the *V O .. r 1
ral canm.t, -.press a solicit"!
tlie prosperity ot the army-* 1
etude which is relieved • ou , v n
confidence in those, by wiu •]
operation his own efforts are ill
sustained. Subordination i u
ruy is the essence of military J
vernment. and it must be f ’ *
ny that respectlul deference Vr]
is due Irom all officers to cached
m their private as well as in q le : 1
iiciul comspondeuce. 1
Ti.e Major General feels it huJ
tv iorcibly to enjoin on the uffi. J
ot the army the
taming a spirit of harmony a,,!!
themselves. InaddiJion t./thed
si deration that personal , f i; I
tend directly to the subveiriLl
military order and discipline I
be obvious to them that thoirV,,J
sion imposes obligations) *4], 1
not exist in the oilier walks o| I
H’.sscntions and controverts 1
mong private* gentlemen affect ,J
the characters ot fnc individual,, J
ties: while those among military I
ticers impair the reputation ul J
body of which they are me u|
and it is hmjustto expect that eJ
ry gentleman of honorable se J
ments will sacrifice, tne gratificatl
oj Ins personal enmity to the consitj
ratien that the reputation ot )■
will necessarily be'iuvoH
t'd the obloquy whicii lie draws ml
bis own. Although it may be I
I edged that the distinction ul,l
ha-, been made beiween the unlit J
ard the other d partments ol auj
tv is mi artificial one, and (hath
ducible rather from the populai 1
lousy of military institutions, pJ
from any principles of reasonV
justice; an admission of then
would form no argument against I
existence ol the propensity t dial
upon the errors of Us constitutfl
parts; and while propensity nM
it is the duty of all tuallord no
text for its action. I
Mie prev 1. nee of desertion I
deeti an •*v l l of serious m gintul
and it does not appear tob. jmt.fl
by a view of the pa-t coud.tiotiß
the military establishment Ai.l
sear* h in this th Id lor its causes I
beeiLunsalisiactoi . fixe cliaracl
of the military profession is h.nul
Me; the solder is as well pruvifl
wi h comforts as the citizen in cl
mmi fife, and his occupation is isl
then more offensive nor mure lafl
rious. Theie are restless, disfl
ted spirits in every sphere ol fl
vviqch no indulgence nor kimlifl
ca bind to stability; but these I
am tea do nut exist in sullitfl
nun her to justify the ranged ** ■
has taken in the a my. Tin ■
ust e referred, in a degit-e tul
un.lue mve-ity, ..r to the ahsentH
ystem in the conduct of oil cenfl
wards their men. I
The office is the despnsi'arv ofl
rights of (he soldier, anil i •*
ga’ii.n of his office, as Well as !■
< f honor and humanity, clan J
faithful ►■xecution of the trust. ’■
tiie soldi, r ce is s tore.:a: (1 the o B
as ids protector, thrautlipr y B
which tli isvy- inve.s' th* la/oi'B
es its t ffiracy in hi* estiaaß
I'he surest remedy hit tin ’»B
cle- rtmn iscotitainet ii argioß
steady discipline lo he -.1
it inu-t possess both ties; q i.ilitH
but no violation of law an h ikH
ed essential to it - ent >c meiit. H
eff’ cl ui on the soldiei b'como'H
paired the m nnent h feels t
system which govern? hi"-
tuating in its ci ui se. or ! at 1 H
o ! the principles upo" vv.icM
is founded. !he cert.i nty oi H
constitutes their principal clff®
and, however sever'-, resr' i*
may be. thev are ob yed so ninfl
they are dispei sed by the fa <B
justice, and not ol oppression B
Ii should !><* the study "f uffiß
to i nltivate intimate re ation? fl
society.and to attach the couiimiß
to the inter ests of the army. 'fl
giiijg, with circnniSj t:rtim a'■> B
ch nee in those so lal c 1 nuel* ul B
in the svmpall.ies of individual B
turaily flow. The (e jects ot "> fl
ry services are of natiotml c,,n fl
.uni it is but rational # bat tfl
should be an intl uacy betwy’iiß
nation a nl ,; n*agents to wmciß
external defence is entrusted ■
ftVc'ions of tin- natio" cn,|S B
the only certain and pe inarn fitH
sis upon which the mililaiy ( B
lishment can ou.ld its icputaß
Under a gn’'ci nment whose
efficacy is derivative, it' s .
that evert sulmidinate
must participate ijf tie* genera ■
iiendeade upon tl>e cenim n ■
tain of power. To the cuu«
then in its most enlarged sense
army must look for the ,ewar lB
its cesses,' and so siipp o ’‘ , >r ß
hourof adversity; and i' is l ß
deed* of arms in. war, awl <n’'W
to duty in p. ace, that its
be atta lied H
The nation must he convincf' 1 *
the* army i- progressing »n all B
improvement#, and must be Wj W
led that it is conn-eted ' B
sa , i*t\ aid honor, in ,B
uffi ers cumi I i l ' t' ie " ,fl
sis a lyevet* ei# H i» ea
by th/ higher ■