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From u collection of Scottish 1 J\ti
tiorwl Melodies.*’
VV'hrn winds are still, uwl silent <■ e
Comes stealing slowly o'er the h i .
0 then, leiirinaid. thv cottage leave,
And meet me at the lry*tiii tree ;
I'or ‘neath its shade, in times tone hy.
Hath lovers breath'd their hopes and teat s :
It* leaves have trembled in'their i :h,
Its roots have fed upon tin ir tears.
And fear not, though the stm of tie lit
In envy should torget to shine,
rcrchance the wund'ring glow-worm * light,
M tv le.nl thee to the*<! arms ol mine
Itut if eo light from earth or sky,
1 it guide ti lover’s path, you see,
Then it-e tlie lustre of thine eye.
And bright as noon the eve u ill he.
When thou art there, fur, faraway,
Shall each unruly pas-ion flee,
Ami Tiviot’sStream will littgring stay,
To hear my vows of love to (lire
The winds me still, and silent evt
Contes stealing slowly o'er the lea,
O now, dear maid, thy eotiage {mrve,
And meet me at the tryslin’ tree.
4*
The following bountiful song is hy .lames 11.
Sheys, of Vevv-Jersey, an ttfile disciple of
Kurils, and it well deserve* to he ela-sed
with those of that hard.
SANG O’ THK GUDIi WIFE.
(lit. she’s ta’eu the anid curie vv i’ his head gray
and halt),
An’ she ca’s him her joe an’ her dear!
Oh. she’s ta'eti the uuld carle wi’ lii bluid t'n'm
an’ rauld—
An’ it * a’ for the glitter o’ gear. fwud.
An’ it gars me to greet, an’ it drives me quite
That the truth o’ a lasie should peri ill;
But it grieves me the muir that an honest lad
should
E'er u thought o’ the faithless one cherish,
Oil, she‘s left the blithe lad wi’ his treasure o
mind,
Ah’ she passes him haughty an proud :
Oil, she's left the bravv lad ,wi’ his heart true
an’ kind,
But because it was lighter than gowd!
An why droops the lad wi’ the bright wavin’
hair ?
Re his soul warm an’ gay as the simmer
J.et him sing till he dances wi’sorrow an’care,
An’ gie scorn and disdain to the linimer
Nae nae, Gaffer Grey, ye are silly an hlate,
An’ ye Hirina remember langsyne :
When ye cried ‘ my sweat Jennie, Oh, say not
vc hete,
Or civ peace, hope and life I shall tine !’
>i,.e G. lfer, — tis never easy to scorn
Our youth's choice when the true love was
plighted,
’! lie heart still in anguish, though wounded un’
torn,
Clings the firmest to hopes that are blighted 1
Och ! the Dell tak the lassie who sells her
young hr-art
For toddlifl nuld man an his hoard ;
An’ ill fare the parents wad tvva lovers part
For the dross the mean earth can afford !
Gie me the true love an’ the t och re niav gang ;
Gie me the pure gold o’ good feelin
Gie me the kind heart, an’ it winna be lung
Ere the palace may envy the sheilinf
I'rom the X. I'. Evening l’ust.
THEMARQI lS LA YAVETTE.
The ardent and anxious wishes
so generally expressed that this ve
teran should pay a visit to this coun
try where he commenced his mili
tary career, and whose liberties he
was so zealous in promoting, does
honor to the national feeling.—ln
the whole course of Gen. La Fay
ette’s political life, it has been a
matter ot much gratification to the
friends ol freedom, that amidst all
the changes which he witnessed,
and the tempting offers made him
both by Napoleon and the Bour
bons,that he continued to adhere
to first principles, and now after
all the storms of revolutions which
lie passed through, he stands for
ward to public view, the same in
dexible patriot—the same honora
ble man. In a manuscript poem
of the accomplished Miss Frances
Wright, entitled ‘Thoughts of a
Recluse,’ which we are sorry to
learn will not be publisued, we find
;he following dedication to this il
lustrious warrior, which we prefer
publishing to any eulogy we could
frame: —
To (lateral La Fayette.
Should 1 consider nil your high and
approved virtues—all the great and
ev<*r-duririg services that you have
rendered to the human race, —the hon
orable celebrity (hat your name enjoys
and which it is destined to enjoy
throughout all ages, in evA-ry civilized
country ol the globe ;—should 1 con
sider this, my revered friend, I should
see much prcHumtion in inscribing
vc,or name upon these papers. But
l know that it is permitted me toad
dr3S y ott it: another character than the
“ frather of you? country,” or the as
sertor of the liberl>e* of two worlds*
and that you will receive this little
production of my early youth as a
simple tribute of the heart to the best
and most indulgent of friends.
I have already confessed to you
that the following poem was written
before l had attained my twentieth
year, the greater jnut at the age eigh
teen. It was, indeed during those tv ™
years that, to divert my mind Irom toe
impressions received during a singu
laily calamitous childhood, 1 wrote
most of the works which you li.i'e
honored with vour perusal. It ispio
bable, therefore, that they hear the
impress of a hasty and inexperienced
I hand ; perhaps, too, the present poem
may breathe an ardor of feeling which
cooler reason might have checked, or
at least have taught me to dissemble.
Cpon reconsidering, however, after
the lapse of some years the sentiments
there expressed, 1 find none which
my heart disavows, or which my under
standing does not receive as just. —
But while increasing experience has
confirmed rather than shaken the self
adopted opinions of tny youth, it has
taught me that they are little likely to
be received by the world. It, notwith
standing this persuasion. I have been
announced to make them public, it is
to the few, rather than the many, that
IP resent them. The thoughts w hich
have engaged your attention may en
gage that of other generous minds :
it is the opinion of such that is alone
worthy of regard ; nor shall 1 appeal
to it with much apprehension, tor, if
they are the best, I have learned from
experience that they are also the most
indulgent critics.
i have mentioned the age at which
the present poem w as composed. How
ever unworthy in itself the tribute
there offered to your virtues, it may
not be altogether without its value in
your eyes. Written at a period when
you were to me like one of the heroes
of antiquity, it may afford to you an
evidence of the impression which the
record of your actions will make up
on the youthful mind in after times.
My admiration of La Fayette was
then simply the admiration of what
was great and virtuous ; in pay ing my
secret homage to his character, I lit
tle foresaw that I should possess the
honor of his friendship and discover
that his virtues as a patriot, a soldier,
and ’a statesman, formed only a part
of his virtues as a man, and that the
beauty of his character in private was
in perfect unison, with the purity of
his public life.
Frances Wright.
Paris, November, 1822.
HORSE RACING IN VERMONT.
The Legislature of Vermont has
passed a law more effectually to pre
vent horse racing in that state, by a
large majority. When the bill was
called up for a second reading, Air.
Sutton moved that it be rejected. A
Mr. Pierpont hoped the bill would
not be dismissed. The preteßce for
horse racing, he said, was indeed u
specious one—that of improving the
breed of horses ; but he believed the
practice, degraded the breed of men
more than it improved the breed of
horses.—Mr. button replied and deli
vered the following. Speech insupport
of his motion w hich is not only unique,
but to the point.
Mr. Speaker—As I moved to dis
miss this bill, it would doubtless be
expected that 1 assign some reason to
support the motion.—l made the mo
tion sir, because 1 think the bill both
impolitic and unjust. It is well known
sir, shat every nation or community
are composed of a great variety of dif
ferent classes of men, and that cadi
class have their hobby or favorite pur
suit, but all under the same laws and
government, and all entitled to equal
rights and privileges.
The first class fill, or ought to fill,
the sacred Desk—their hobby is in
Heaven : the second class, compose
our judiciary—their hobby ought to
oe Mercy ami Justice: the Lawyer’s
hobby is tat clients and fat fees.
But 1 and my friends, sir, happen
to be ol another class—the agricultu
ral class of community. We are nei
ther lew in number, n#r despicable in
character; we are not the dregs of so
ciety. \\ e also have our rights ar.d
our hobbies ; w e not only contribute
but contribute largely, to fill the pub
lic chest. Our interest and our hob
by, sir, stimulate us to raise Ihe best
hogs, the best sheep, the best cattle,
and the best horses, that most noble
and useful of our domestic animals;
ami 1 allow, sir, that some of us are
extravagantly ioiul ol seeing their
speed tried.
Is this a crime, sir ? It is our right.
1 believe, sir, that every kingdom of
Europe, and almost every state in
America, allow it ; and even at the
seat ol our national government in the
district ot Columbia, it is not merely
allowed, but encouraged and patroni
/.e>l by the first men in our govern
ment. Indeed, sir, so extremely fond
arc they of the sports, that ill am not
mistaken, most ol them, during the
late war, became their own riders.
Shall we pass the bill, sir,with such
examples and authorities before nsr—
I hope not. It would be, sir, like a
second edition of the old blue laws of
Co’inecticet, where they whipped the
c-’ sk, il the beer or cider within work
ed on Sunday.
Pass this bill, sir, anil we banish
good hordes from this state, and 1 fe u
many who are food ot them, will mi
grate with them fora land of more li
berty. Our horses, sir, will dwindle
into mere Jacks. I highly esteem and
almost reverence the gentlemen who
head the petition, and who brought in
this bill for the good they have done ;
but, sir, they are most ot them in the j
wane of life : they are far advanced, 1
hope, in the road to heaven. Ihey,
perhaps, have no terrestrial enjoy-1
merit; let him depart in peace —hut,
sir, 1 do hope this bill will not pass. —
Is this the boasted land ot Freedom ?,
pass this bill sir, and we strike a dag- j
ger into tiie bosom of Liberty her-i
self.
From the .V. 1. ehnfrieaii. [
.Messrs. Editors. —If you should j
think the following scraps worthy a’
place iu your miscellaneous depart- ‘
merit, please to insert tfiem. They are j
extracted from a work entitled ‘ Table
7'alk,’ written by John Selden, Esq. a
conspicuous metnberof the British par
liament in the early part ol the seven-’
teenth century, and highly celebrated
at that period, as an author of great
learning and talents. G.
Equity. —1. Equity in law is the
same that the spirit is in religion,;
what every one pleases to make it—;
sometimes the v go according to con-i
science, sometimes according to law, i
and sometimes according to rule of.
court. j
2. Equity is a roguish thing; for j
law we have a measure, know what to !
trust to.—Equity is according to the j
conscience of him that is chancellor, ;
and as that is larger or narrower, so
is equity. It is all one as if they
should make the standard for the mea
sure. We call a foot, a chancellor’s j
foot; v. hat an uncertain measure would
this be ! One chancellor has a long
foot, another a short foot, and a third
an indifferent foot: is the same tiling
in the chancellor's conscience.
3. That saying, do as you w ould be
done to, is often misunderstood ; for it
is not thus meant, that I, a private
man, should do to you, a private man,
as 1 would have you to me : but do as
we have agreed to do one to another
by public agreement. If the prisoner
should ask the judge whether he would
be content to be hanged, were he in
his place, he would answer no. Then
says the pi isoner, do as you would be
done to. Neither of them must do as
private men ; but the judge must do
by him as they ha*’e publicly agreed ;
that is, both the judge and prisoner
have consented to a law that if ei
ther. of them steal, he shall be hang
ed.
Judgments. —We cannot tell what
is a Judgment of God, it is presump
tion to take upon us to know. In time
of plague, we know vi e want health,
and therefore we pray God to give us
health. In time of war we know we
want peace, and therefore we prav
God to give us peace. Commonly we
say, a judgment falls upon a man for
something in him we cannot abide.—
Vn example we have in King James,
concerning the death of Henry the
Fourth of France. One said lie was
killed for his wenching ; another said
he was killed for changing his religion
4 No,’ says King James, who could not
abide fighting, ‘he was killed for per
mitting duels in his kingdom.’
]‘arson. — 1 hough we write parson
differently, yet it is but person ; that
is, the individual person set apart for
such a church; and it is in Latiujier
som, and personatus is a personage.
Indeed with the canon lawyers, perso
natus is any dignity or preferment in
the church.
Scripture. —Henry the Eighth made
a lavr that all men might read the
Scripture, except servants; but no
women, except ladies and gentlewo
men, who had leisure, and might ask
somebody the meaning. The law
was repealed in Edward the Sixth’s
days.
Jews. — God at the first gave laws to
all mankind : but afterwards he gave
peculiar laws to the Jews, which Ihey
only were to observe. Just as we have
(he common law for all England; and
vet you have corporations, that, beside
that, have peculiar laws and privileges
to themselves. 1 atk what you will of
the Jews,that they are cursed, they
thrive wherever they come ; they are
able to oblige tire prince of the coun
try by lending him money—none of
them beg : they keep togetlicr.
Evil-speaking.— Speak not. ill of a
great enemy, but rather give him good
words, that lie may use you the better,
if you chance to fall into ins power.
Ihe Spaniard did this when lie was
dying. His confessor told him, (to
work him to repentance) how the de
vil tormented (he wicked that went to
hell. The Spaniard replying called
the devil my lord. 4 I hope iny lord
the devil is not so cruel.* His confes
sor reproved him : Excuse me, said
the Don, lor calling him so; 1 know
nut into what hands I may fall, and if
it happen into his, I hope he will use
me the bet|pi lor giving him good
words.
Howto find a Head.
The following story is copied
from a Nashville paper, and is said j
not to be fictitious, but delivered)
on the authority ot the hero ot it
himself:
“ A young Hibernian, then but
recently from the snakeless land,
and in the service of a merchant in
one of the towns in the State ol
Tennessee, was directed by his em- J
plover to go to the house of a gen
tleman some ten miles in the coun
try, on business connected with
the store. He departed, journey
ed some miles, and inquired the
7cay ot a countryman whom lie met
who told him to proceed about a
mile further, when he would come
to a new cut road, to take that and
follow the blazes. In the western
country, when anew road is made
it is the custom to chip off the
bark on each tree on the margin ot
the road about the siue ot your
hand so as to display the inner part
of the bark, which, being of a
bright color, on the outside of a
dark cast, the scalping presents the
appearance of a blaze, which name
is given to these marks. These
, blazes serve as beacons to guide
i the traveller. Our Hibernian jog
i ged on, came to the new road and
; took it. It was in that season of
I the rear when our farmers usually
| burn the woods.
The w oods was then on fire and
| our traveller soon espied a blaze of
fire some distance on his right.—
Belie\ ing it to be one of the blazes
he was directed to follow*, he
made for it and gained it ; and
i when arrived; discerning about a
mile off in another airection, a second
blaze, he pursued that, believing
he was faithfully following the di
rections of the countryman. When
he had reached the second blaze,
he discerned, “ afar off,” a third
blaze, towards which he bent his
course, and in due time reached it.
In short, the woods were ail on fire
—he saw so many beacons and in
so many directions, that he was
perplexed in selecting which he
was to be directed by. He con
tinued until night, following these
igni fatal , and in the course of the
day had boxed every point of the
cbmpass. Sometimes himself and
horse were almost enswamped in
miid ; sometimes so enveloped in
smoke that breathing was painful.
In short—
“ Up stuid not for brake, and he staid not for
stone ;
” He cross'd tlie deep waters, where fords
there were none.”
And still the blazes led him not
to the sought for house. He had
passed through a poor barren coun
try, uninhabited, and passed not a
single habitation. Night coming
o, he and his horse overcome
with fatigue, he paused to meditate.
The night was dark, yet the red
glare of the blazes which surroun
ded him so perplexed him, as to
what course to pursue, that, utterly
confounded, he sunk down in des
pair.
” Tlie cold cnrllt bis bod,
Tin* smoke hi* drink,
His food ’
That only which his hungered fan
cy pictured in his dreams. He
slept until the morning’s dawn, his
slumbers being accasionallv inter
upted by the invasion f the tires,
which encroached upon his domain.
Just as he was about to nio*’nt his
horse to resume his journey, “ a
good angel,” in tlie shape of a hun
ter of the woods, accosted him, and
conducted him to the place of his
destination.**
flnecdote. —Not long ago,avoung
Irishman, from one of the districts
in that country where animal food
is a luxury rather heard of than en
. joyed by tlie peasantry, was em
ployed as a laborer by an opulent
fanner, in one of our eastern states.
Delighted with his sumptuous litre
• and casting back his recollections
to the potatoe-feasts of the warm
parted friends he had left in his na
tive country, he determined to
write them a letter and acquaint
. them with the great improvement
, ot his fortune. Alter inditing itin
i his own way, lie submitted it to
his friends for correction. How is
this Pat r said the former, you tell
your friends you have meat in this
country twice a week. Can you
deny that you have it every day J
u your honor,” replied Pat;
. 1 I have it three times a day if i
choose—but don t vour honor think
/ want to have /na /rt/rr believed.
X, Y. fmper.
Pope's oath was God mea-*’
A link-boy, to whom he l lat f
sed a penny, looking at his dim;
live crooked cried
God mend you, indeed! it vi , 1
less trouble to make anew 01 k
Barrymore happening t 0
late to the theatre, and bavin-,
dress for his part was driven
j the last moment, when to hei ; u
hm perplexity, die key of hisj 1
er was missing. ‘ I)—n it’",’
he, l must have swallowed iy
Never mind,’ says Jack lianni Mt ?
coolly, ‘lt you have it will , ‘
lo open } our chest.
Some boys at school be in
quired to write an epigram J‘
mean occupation of the poet Bi o , *
field in the early part of hi, |,|
one of them soon brought un 1’
following in triumph :
Bob lilloomfield was a S'ute
Mtilar and Poet too.
Counsellor Lamb, an old
when the present Lord
was in the height of his reputation’
of timid manners and nervous and .
position; and usually prefaced b
pleadings with an opologv to
effect, and on cue
opposed, in some cause, to Erskin e
he happened to remark that
fedt himself grow more and more
timid, as he grew older.”
wonder,” replied the witty,
relentless barrister, ” every o>;
knows that the older a lamb grovis
the more sheepish he becomes.”
YiXocuVor’s Sale.
V ¥ of January next, at the late*,
idence of David Ilollaway deceastd,
in Jefferson county,
T\\e Yersow,i\ PvopevUtf
said deceased, consisting of a stock\
cattle, one Horse, Plantation Tow,
Corn and Fodder, &c. &c.
ALSO—To be rented and hired c
the same day the Plantation and .N
grocs belonging to said estate.
Terms made known on dav of sab
DAVID T. SMITH, Ext.
December 3d, 1*23. tils—
Administrator's Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court-hout
in Bibb counlk, on the fu
Tuesday in February next,
OA K NEGRO FELLOW nan*
Joe, belonging to the estate of Jtn
1). Williams, deceased : Sold uni
authority of the Court of
Bibb county, for the benefit of the it
ditors of said estate.
Timothy Matthews,
itith the will annf.t\
Dec. 3, 1823. tds?
Adnumstrator’s Sale. I
\IT ILL be sold, on Thursday te
T first day of January next,t
the highest bidder, at the house/
Young Allen, in. Jefferson Countv,J
Two Slaves : \i
Willis, a man, and Refus, a boy,t
longing to the estate of Susannah Jt
dan, deceased.—Sold for the benefit
the heirs and creditors of said def
and in conformity with an order ot
C'ourt of Ordinary of said county. „
Terms made known on the day*
Sale.
JOHN JORDAN, Adm i
Nov. Bth, 1823. SJtdt
Administrators Sale.
ON Tuesday', the 22d day of *’
cetnber next, will be sold a!" e
late residence of Willoughby £• * ”
late of Twiggs county, deed
Vavl oV l\\e VersoivaV V*
perty belonging to said estate cuii’* 1
ing of one set of Blacksmith's touK ,f
yoke of Oxen,one Watch, and twoli*
y Colts. Terms made known oil ‘•
day of sale.
.Yanai Hill, Jldvir a
ll m.J. Tharp,
Nov. 4th, 1823. td.-- J<
vo rvc e.
INF. months after date app’
11 lion will be made to the h*’ l1 *' 1
hie the < oiii t. of Ordinary ol
county, toy leave to sell, two l' un
acres of land, lying in Jefferson c®
ty, on the waters of Chav rs ’
U< longing to the estate ot IJanicy 1
don, late of said cauntv, decease*
U'\nvey B. t*ii’Kin• -Jfj’
November 2ft, 1823. ui9in^
WauUhV,
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