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BYRON AND SHELLY.—The followin
yciscs on Lord Byron are not the happiest
ii.oitiiction of Shelly’s muse, vi t not. perhaps
ot the subject or the writer. The
last stanza speaks a volume.
Dead ?—He is dead ! Upon the V.iJc worlds
ear,
Fraught with what mule uml sorrowful sur
prise,
\ot uncommingled with a kind ol h er,
That answer fell. There were no piercing
cries.
As o’er the lost forever—the young flowers
p.Timely shaken from their summer bowers.
<j ( , terrible was—(Earth’s greatest mind
To have, departed)—that the common doom
Which leads-rcsistlessly all human kind
Sooner or later to the downward tomb,
Appear’d prodigious and u tiling to call
\ crowd of strange emotions trom us nil.
Dead ?—lie is dead / flow that mysl: rious
word
Grew more so,spokcn|of a bei.ng.whose
Doep thougiils, in free hearts tenanted, had
stirr and
Conceptions there to life they cannot lose,
Becoming cenotaphs and breathing urns,
Where his great shadow silently returns.
C:i?t like the signal beacon from a height
Where Jettis are to be done, his spirit broke
A.iiwart the darkness of the w aning eight,
id hail the coining dawn. Tile world
awoke,
And saw bis noble forth beside tlie flame
I It. had kindled ere the morning came.
.W, when the Sun -of Freedom shall up
spring,
Os Truth and Justice, shall life light decay ,
Far there is rear’d a column that shall fling
Intensesplendours, as more brightly play
noonday's burning j t . dins against
j lie adamantine plates wherewith Us fenc’d
|Yes’ most immortal /J ill at a time
When there were fewer of the sacred few
j Arrayed against Oppre sors, thy sublime,
Illimitable genius, upwards flew
Fearless ami imperishable song
Denounced the guilty,—bade the weak be
strong. •
Avl other voices answered -llis in chief,
The younger Brother of thy fame, v\ hose
love .
llid strewn far brighter flowers, add not with
grief,
flat with head thrilling summons trout
l,y honour’d a -lies sphere —in words e. h‘gl),
’road consolation, to the passers by.
lit it grew silent sooner, and the wave
is mourning now the victim ot its wreck
Enough ;—Yet over thy am:* trial grave,
Though distant far, this head, great Byron
hath
laz’d as beside a mother’s halt deny and,
)ecaying coffin, thine was lowly laid.
,rl ? He is dead I But yet his thoughts are
here, . ,
And thought is life, and death is but a name
allow what it touch.-. O’er his bier
Let England bend with mingled pride and
shame, .
ride that he was her offspring; shame be
cause \
ler condemnation is m lus applnuse.
Ml S QftC I al* AN _
ebdomedary of Jlr.Suoofcs t'ie Grocer
<1 worclcr they were caught l>y Soulli sea
schemes,
i ) u;>r enjoy’d a giiinra, in dreams ,
i) wontiiM’ (hey their third soul,
nr millions ot’ imaginary goal ; —
to infract them ail m\ reasons fail,
uey diverted t*y lhis moral tale.
(Swift's Fspisllc ttf. .//'. Thomas sninc. )
Monday —Received a visit irom Mr.
dacitab, the attorney, vvlio paid me
line hundred po&nti, being the amount
fthe legacy left to my wife by Fanner
ihnnpfmd, ol Ipswii h, Iter bit*’ uncle,
Hi which tvc gave him our joint dis
urge. Took (tint into the parlour,
phind the shop, when Mrs. S. hail rc
kiined up stairs, ?.*"! rnrwirttcd as to
ic employment ed this huge sum;
r!ien lie informed me that all the w orld
lore making fortunes in Sunt!) Ame
ican and rt’i ouicnded me
it try my luck ; for whirh purpose, lie
lie red to introduce me to ins particn
lr friend Mr. Mnnasseh Mnrdetaija
tninrkbly prudent young gentleman,
tho find recently cutereu the Foreign
leek Exchange, and, as he assured
re, was already comfottable tiled in
•the | hrase is. Put on my best coat,
fhl Jem to look alter the shop, and
ecu mp; nieil Macnab to Mr. Mortle
ai's counting house, whose tilbury
as at the door, a bright pea-green
ickpd out with red, and brass inould
-6g3 piebald horse, and harness cover
<1 with brazen nrimmeuts; a boy
rnom in the gig, in a sky-blue livery,
tli silver shoulder-knots, varnished
and, silver lace, and cockade ; altegeth
r the genteelest and smartest equip*
y 1 had ever seen. Went up stairs,
iul found the young gentleman afore
llh! damning his clot k*s eyes because
e had forgotten to order ttn* turtle
“upand pine apples to be sent folds
uutilrv house the day before, w hen
•hi XJubbleton dined with him. Took
j i into an iuner room about six teel
“'toe, and upon being informed tin*
Mure of the errand, declared thu s
| p r V man was a cursed ass, it lie hail
little m|>ner in his pocket, not tu
M.ICO.V, (GEORGIA,') WRIKVRSR.YY, VV.BUVARY 10, IS2:>.
m.tko his fortune as he had done ; that
it was plain sailing, a hollow thing,
clear as iluv light, and sure as a gun ;
lor Hen Rubbleton had called in New
Court and ascertained that Nathan
meant to make an immense purchase
in Puynis, w hich lie had no doubt would
run up 10 or 20 perct.in consequence,
and was out and out the cheapest tiling
in the market for a buver. Desired
him accordingly to invest n v nine
hundred pounds i.i that stock ; when
lie exclaimed, with a contemptuous
look, “ I’slia ! what will you get by
that ? If it runs lip 20 per cent, theic
is a paltry hundred and eighty profit.
No, if you are a fellow of any spirit
and talent, you will lodge this money
with me as a security, and tft me buy
you a lot for the end of the month, be
fore which time I shall probably be
able to sell it again with a profit ol
some thousands/’ Thought it a pity
not to be a fellow of spiritpand talent,
and consented accordingly to his prop
osition ; when lie inquired whether I
had any more dibbs, any more blunt, or
stumpy, which Macnab explained to
mean any more money ; and I replied
that i had saved nearly six hundred
pounds in business, which l kept in
Exchequer bills. “ Exchequer bills,”
exclaimed Mr. Mordecui: “.vhatfoily !
Make up the fifteen hundred pounds,
lodge the who!,-sum with me as a secu
rity', since I have not the pleasure
of knowing you, though, as the friend
of Mr. Macnab, 1 doubt not. you are
perfectly respectable, and I w ill buy
for you fifty Royais Scrip for the end
of the month.” Fifty thousand Pov
ais ! ! what a magnificent sound !
there was no resisting it, so 1 de
posited the fifteen hundred pound-,
and received the broker’s memoran
dum, “ Bought by order and for ac
count of .Simon Snooks, Esquire,” ike.
I he first time I had ever been dubbed
Esquire, but thought it the least that
could be appended to the proprietor of
fifty thousand Poyais Scrip.
Returned home, when my wife scold
ed me for wearing my Sunday coat :
told me there was a Inal of sugar to
break up for Alderman Dewlap, and
handed me my white apron, which 1 in
dignantly threw behind the counter,
exclaiming “Damn white aprons/ 1
shall never wear another.” Mrs.
Snooks insisted ; and though I make a
point of alwavs being master in my
own house, 1 thought l might as well
humor her, since she is a very worthy
woman, ami hang it before me —but as
1 was determined to show my inde
pendence, l took it off the moment she
went up staus, and desired Jem to tiu
ish breaking the sugar for the Alder
man.
Tuesday—Went to fapel Court itn
medjatelv alter breakfast all in a
bustle—Povais stock rising e\ciy
minute, alt buyers no sellers; the
knowing ones laying bets that it wdi
he. up, 10 per higher. Iwo per
cent, on my fifty is a thousand pounds
profit. Wear an apron indeed l a clev
er fellow lias no occasion tor such an a n
dendage. Resolved to take time by j
the forelock, and make my fortune at
once, now that my hand was fairly n.
Met my neighbor Mr* iby, anil aske<l
Ins opinion of South America.i Securi
ties, wlit n he observed they might be
excellent thingsto purchase, but. u mbt
ed whether they were so good as the
Chinese Turnpike Bonds, wbicli b ii
been lately introduced into market ;
and it was whispered there was short
ly to be a general election m China,
which by the additional travelling,
would prodigiously increase Hie tol
money, he had no doubt pi ices won
rise considerably. He recommended
also to my attention, the Patagonian
Loan of whit h l bad beard nothing, m
fm n.ingme that the agent they had sent
over ua. nearly 1. Ivvt Ingl., I r.t tl.e
contract was drawn on on a sneet o
foolscap, above two yards square,tha
the Script Receipts was nearly o lect
long, and that of course the prj.fi *
would be proportionally large. •
a Mem. to speak to Mr. Mordeca. o
tllc subject. Asked his opinion about
the tunnel under the Thames when
he told me he doubted whether I t
scheme, would hold water, and tlut
to wait for your protits till a hole was
burrowed under the river, must at ail
events be a great bore. Said he
IS,allies would seive the con i,u o s
, .Lt if it gave them a sound sousing,
aoding, t hat lie would do the same and
ilav ‘ml uniter/ti bed.
vUnesday —Cupel Court ngm
ir r e a ter hubbub than ever—the bea
all ,V,,!,ten*'.l out us then wits, am the
I ‘'our ~er cent-
ii>v un. is tw” Hioujwl r**>-
fib Reromended by a friend to sell.
not such an ass. No doubt they will
he up twenty per cent, before the ac
count, and twenty per cent, tij.on my
: hlty will be ten thousand pounds.—
j “ e,,t U P the Royal Exchange, and
| savv t,le kyeat man, said to he worth
two millions, higgling with a broker
|or an eighth per cent, upon a bill ol
100 pounds. Looked up to him with
suitable reverence, and thought him
qui to handsome enough for a great capi
tali't. D o n t see why I should not ul
timately he as rich as he is, and come
to have a hmise myself in New Court,
Switliid s Lane, since l have begun
with a much better start than he did.
Dn my return home met Mr. Aider
man Dewlap, who saluted me with his
usual condescension-—“ Good morn
ing Snooks;” but instead of taking oil
my hat, and bowing with my cu-toma
iy “ i hank ye, Mr. Alderman,” I was
determined to let him see that times
were altered ; so, egad ! I gave a fa
miliar nod, and exclaimed, “ How goes
it Dewlap?” Saw he was offended, but
wliat do L care ? A fellow with ten
thousand pounds in his pocket is
not to have his hat perpetually in his;
hand, like the city, Sir Waller. Af
terwards met un o Id acquaintance Jer
ry Fayle, who had got some inkling of;
my successes, for lie touched his hat as i
lie accosted me, and called me Sir,
which I thought quite unnecessary, foi ;
after all l am still nothing more than I
a plain citizen. Thank God ! I have ;
no pride, though l am perfectly aware j
that a man with ten thousand pounds!
in his pocket, is not to be addressed ,
with the same familiarity as a common 1
shopkeeoer. Jerry told inc that he had
just been ruined, completely cleaned;
out by an unsuccessful speculation in 1
the funds. Serve him right! It requires;
some talent to make a Lit in this man-j
ner.—Such simpletons as lie is had
much better stick to the shop, and
work hard to support their wife and
family, and so l told him. i bought
he lookeil as if lie wanted to borrow
money, so pretended to see a trierul,
and so bolted down Finch Lane,
Thursday —Dreamt last night that
I, saw the Cacique of IV ais, a digni
fied looking copper-coloured pei • on
age, with u bow and arrow m his hand,
golden shoes, silver gloves, and tall
plume of peacock's leathers upon his
bead, who i.fter giving me an order
for a pound ot eight penny Mn-*covado
Sugar, and a quartei of eight fdiiihng
Souchong, made me a grant of twenty
thousand acres ot land, the sir f. •© ol
which was so rich in gold and snver
ore, that it perfectly dazzled mv eyes.
A customer came into mv shop white
I was pondering over my liriam, un.i
inqured whether l baiKauy rice, wii n .
I replied, Yes, sir, a rise of five “ per
cent, already.”—“ P*>ha!” continued j
the gentleman, ‘ l mean Carolina rice,}
—have you any ground :— ‘ Ground 1 j
I ejaculated, ‘ yes sir, twenty thou
sand acres in Poyais !’ when the
stranger, thinking probably tiijit I was
rrazvg walked out of the shop. Same
day Mr. Deputy Dump’s servant
brought me back a bill, wherein l hair
nut down to his master's account Idly
thousand loaves of sugar! Lu.hc.nuti
enoijoh, but Imw can one attend l”
these”paltry affairs when the money
comes rolling in by thousands ? In
deed I shall probably give up the shop
after this arcount.
Friday. —The rise continuing, and
it heirm- now certain that I must real
ize a handsome property, I commun.
rated the whole affair to my wife,. who
had hitherto known nothing o tt.e
transactions; when site rated me
soundly for deciding upon any meas
ure without first consulting her, but
admitted that it had been a moat cle
ver and fortunate speculation and in
stantly stipulated for four things.—
first, that we should do n more wash -
inat home-second, that she should
wear white gowns on the week day
third, that we should never have lush
ed mutton for dinner,—and h.uith,
that we should give Mr. Day,.on. our
lodger, notice to immediately, as
she* 5 was determined to have as gram
part y as Mrs. Tibb. and we should
ol course want the first fioot for tlie
purpose; to all ol which propositions
willingly yielded my consent. Mis.
Anouks wa decidedly of-ptojon that
I should wait till there wa tlintrper
cent, profit, whirl, would be> b.teen
thousand pounds gam, and which, a
del to the money t \
broker, would constitute* a vel > ‘
some independence ;nd *
me she had always set her heatt upm
a country house at Howerton, with
- front, greet, door, and bias*
plate, having our name engraved in
large capitals. Hie is certainly a wo
man ot tasie, —indeed, she has a right
to be so, since her connexions are ol
toe fust respectability, and tier uncle’s
wife's sister would have bet ii Ladv
Mayoress, had not her husband died
o| a surfeit at a Grocer’s Hall dinner,
only one week before the ninth of No
vember; but for my own part, l must
suy 1 particularly hate 1 loinerton.—-
Sliding her, however, inflexible, 1
withdrew my opposition, not by any
means ol deference to her opinion, for
every man should be the master in hi*
own house, but because I think peo
ple ol properly and respectability
should never be seen wrangling and
jangling like vulgar folks. Upon the
same principle l abandoned the idea
ot our setting up a gig, like Mr. Mor
detai’a, and yielded to her wish of
having a one horse chariot, like Mr.
Lancet the apothecary, which she ob
served was truly keeping a carriage,
and she resolved that her fust visit
should be to Mrs. T’s, on purpose to
mortify her.
Hie herself now laughed heart ily at
1 the. idea ol my uevei again putting on
a white apron, and though site admit
ted Alderman Dewlap to be one of our
; best customers, she thought 1 had
’ treated him quite light, since her fa
mily was as good as Ins any day m
i the year, and people whose heads are
I a little tip in the world, have no occa
; sion to keep their nose on tine grind*
! stone. I'his day wr mutually agreed
! that in older to distinguish ourselves
i from a herd ol poor relations in very
grovelling situations, it was absolutely
i necessary to change our name, and as
; our money was nude in the city, I
’ proposed to take the addition of ville,
; observing that Suooksville had a very
; famvlish sound ; but my wife though’
i that a termination in veal of any sol
would only suggest the idea of a butch
er. In confirmation of this,she remind
ed me that cousin Tom, who had been
to Calais in the Steam Boat, had there
seen a large building, called the Ho
tel do Veal, because, as be was credi
bly informed, all the calves were
slaughtered therein. I (lieu hinted
that We might append to my palruny
mic appellation toe word scrip, which
was the foundation of our fortune,and
would form the very pleasing tom-
pound of .Snook-scrip ; but as Mrs. .*s.
thought that the founder >•! their pro
perty ougiit to take* precedence, it was
tiuaily agreed that we should be
thenceforth culled Scripsuooks, w hich,
as slie shrewdly remarked, was no
change of the initial letter, and would
coo o quently require no alteration nij
ih • marks upon our linen.
Saturday. — Found Capel Court this!
morning in what is technically called
a panic—Pvyais falling one per
cent every iive minutes —ait sellers,
no buyers ; the knowing ones who had j
been laying bets that it would be up to
10 per cent, this week, proving to
have been secret sellers, and hanging
the market without mercy ; while tire
Bulls w ere running about in great con
sterTiation seeking in vain tor purcha
sers. All my imaginary porfits hav
ing disappeared in about null an hour,
i*determiucd at all events not to sac
rifice the money l had deposited with
Mr. Murdscai, and scampered to hi.-
oflice in great perturbation ol mind,
that he might sell my Scrip at any
price lie could get. Not finding him
at the Counting house, l hurried back
ina proluse perspiration to the Stock
Kkcimngc, and after repeating the
process live or six times without
catching a glimpse of him, had at last
the unspeakable mortification ot being
informed that lie was a lame duck,and
that he hail not only waddled but bolt
ed ; or in oilier words, that this re
markably “prudent y.mng gentle
man” had run away, after having lost
every thing,a,id had left nothing what
pvei to Ins numerous creditors, but Ins
bright pea-green tilbury, upon which,
however, an attachment was lodged
nv the groom in the sky-blue livery
with silver shoulder-knots for arrears
of wages!
Sneaked homewards, calling in my
wav to countermand a pipe ot Port,
iuch l had been ass enough to order
upon anticipation. Kntered my shop
as if 1 were going tube hung ; took up
a ditty apron ot join s, which 1 tied
round me and began cutting up a su
j/ur loaf with great humility and coni
nunction of spirit; My wife breaking
into the shop as she beheld this appu
i ition from the hack parlour, l began
to break to her our misfortune while I
vvusV'caking the sugar, when sue flew
into such a rage that I verily thought
she would have finished bv breaking
my head. Hie would not liaye mind
ed it so much, she said, but that she
had lost die opportunity of mortifying
>lrs. I ibbs and that our best customer,
Mr. Alderman l)e\\!ap, had sent tor
his bill, declaring his intention of giv
ing his custom toanother shop.’l his she
attributed to my impertinence, and in
sisted upon my writing him a subnL
sive apology, which 1 sturdily refused
doing,declaring l should In* the master
ol my ow n house, and that though I was
i (lined, 1 would not he humbled or hen
pecked. \ cry angry words ensued, but
I carried m v point with a hand,for
instead ol writing to the Alderman as
“lie ordered, 1 called upon him,and
made him a very humble apology iu
person.
Lon. AVic Monthly Mag.
Longevity. — [. ('.onion, who died
near 1 urilf, Banffshire, some time
ago, had attained the remarkahlc
age of 132 years. All the trav ellers
who chanced to call at the neigh
boringinn ol I’nriff, were uniform*
lv directed by the landfculv, l\lrs.
Wallace, to the cottage of the pa
triarch,' 4 where they would see(she
used to say) the oldest man in
Banffshire—ay, or in the wot Id.”—
Among the visitors one day, at the
close of the harvest, was a young
hnglishman, couihig up to the door
of the cottage, accosted a venerable
looking man, employed in knitting
hose, with “ So, mv old friend,can
you see to knit at your advanced
period of life ? One hundred and
ithirtvtwo is truly a rare aged*
“ Deil’s i’ the man ; it will he my
grandfither ye’re seeking—lni
only 73 ve’ll find him round the
corner o’ the house.” On turning
round the corner, the stranger en
countered a debilitated old man,
whose whitened locks bore testi
mony of his having long passed the
meridian of life, and whom tne
‘Urangor at once concluded to he
f ohn Gordon himself. “You seem
wonderfully fresh, my good sir, for
so old a man ; L doubt not bur von
have experienced many vicissitude*
in your long life.” “ What’s vour
wull, sir t” inquired the person
addressed, whose sense ot he* uvg
was jonrewhat impaired. The ob
servation was repeated. “ o,vc'll
he wanting my father I reckon ; he’s
i’ the yard there.” The steadier
now entered the garden, where lie
| found tiu* venerable old man busily
[employe, in digging potatoes, and
humming the ballad of the “ Hattie
of Harlavv.’, “ 1 have had some
difficulty in finding von, friend, as
[ succes ,ively encountered your
grandson and son, both of whom t
mistook for you ; indeed, they
seem as old as yourself. Your la
bor is rather hard for you at your
advanced age.” “It is,(replied
John)but I’m thankful tha tl’m able
for’t, as the laddies, pair things, are
no vera stout now.” I*he united
ages of the worthy trio amounted to
upwards oj three hundred years!
Rowell lving,juu. Kscj. han politely
•.eut us a few specimens ol (lie Bevev'ti
ingenuity, perseverance,and won ler
ful powers in architecture, Phese spe
cimens consist in several logs of hard
wood, cut by (lie Rover lor tlie con
stricting of a house ; one of these logs
measures two feet in length, girts six
teen inches and weighs fourteen
pounds ; this was one of the side io;s
of the house ; another of the sum* gut,
is half the length of the former and
was one of the end logs of the building;
the others are smaller and were
as rafters. It is evident from the
marks at the ends of them that they
have all been cut through with the
teeth; and cut in a manner so as to
lock when laid upon each other, the
same as logs formed by human indus
try for the constructing of log house*
<> often met with in tins State, liut
where these animals lound strength or
how they raised purchases to lilt the
hr'S, is a question that wc cannot
smve. The house being two stories
nigh, and each story being eighteen in
ches, must have cost no little labor to
the architects in placing those heavy
logs one upon the other.
Ihtvien Gazette.
Philosophick Courtship. —Sir Isaac
Newton was persuaded by one of
his friends to marry ;he excused
r*k\ AQ.