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POETRY- a
, LINKS BV HENRY NKEtE.
“ Hun’s will set and. moons will wane,
Vet they rise and wax again.
Tee* that winter's stortns subdue,
Their leafy Every rSnew ;
libb and flow js ocean's lot,
But man lies dawn and rises not.
Heaven Rtt,d earth shall pass away,
Ere shall wake his slumbering ufay.
. •
Vessels hot to haven steer,
Paths (Innate a resting near,
Rive-s flow'inlo tlie main,
Jce falls to rest npon the pftihi ;
The final end of all is known ,
f‘an to darkness goes alone.
Cloud, and doubt, and mystery?
Hide hi* future destiny. *
Niles,whose waves their botinfl'rle* burst,
Slake* the torrid desert's thirst;
I)kW deseeuuing on the hill*,
Rife in Nature's veins instills ;
Showers that on the parch'd meads fall,
Their faded loveliness recall ;
.Man alone sheds tears of pain.
Weeps, but ever weeps in vain !
— 9o©
LINES
* ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG I.APY. j
‘l’i, eyerfliu*— Vis ever thus, when Hope
has 1/Mi!t a bower,
l ike that of Eden, wreathed about with ev. i
ery thornless flower,
To dwell therein securely, the self deceiv
er's trust,
A whirlwind from Ihe desert comes—and
‘ u.l is in the dust i*
;Tis ever thus—tis ever thus, that when the
, poor Leapt clings
>VUh ail U*fcfies*U*udrilw-witb alllffcfrev
ile rings—
t hat goodly thing it cleaveth to, so fondly
and so fust.
Is struck to earth by lightning, or shattered 1
by the blast.
!", ever thus —'tis ever thus, with beams
of mortal bliss—
With looks too bright and beautiful, for
sud): a world as this ;
One moment round about us, their ‘ Angel
lightnings’ play,
Then down the veil of darkness drops, and
ell hath past away.
Tis eler thus—'tis ever thus, with sounds
loti sweet for earth—
Setapiilc sounds that float nvvav, borne I
heAi’n ward In their birth ;
The gotten shell is broken—the silver chord
is note,
The belts are all silent, and hushed
Hie vovoly lute.
■'Tis exer thus—'tis ever thus, with all that's
be>t g. low
Ihe devresl—noblest—loveliest—are al- ,
waysgrsl to go ;
The biid Iknt sings the sweetest ! —the pine
that crowns the rock,
The glory of the garden :—'the flower of I
Hie dock.’
‘Tis ever thus—’tis ever thus, with crea- :
hires heavenly fair;
100 flue!;, framed to bide the brunt, more
earthly natures bear;
A little w nile they dwell with us—ldest :
ministers of love—
Then |pread the wings we bad not seen, j
above.
IZmzSCEzTauy. “ I
iVo/tt the Western Month?;/ Ruiaiv.
KLNICCKY COpjfITSHIP.
“ The business was enacted, as we j
have said, by moon-light, and whether
fate SO ordered it, or whether the bull,
frogs weie obliged to suspend their inel- i
Jody to wet their whittle, we dare not
pronounce ; but so it was, that when die j
lovers commenced in alternate strains,
They were as hushed as death, and not;
the slightest noise washeard, but the ne- 1
vei ending croak,ngs of the catv-dids. j
Thorou Jhgrabh saw that it he did riot i
take up the strain, Violetta would have!
the first speak. Therefore, after diverse
manual movements, and flourishes of
oratory and pathetic, as preludes of what
-was to come, he laid bis right hand on
hh left breast, standing a little inclined
towards the fair maiden, and resting tiie
greater weight of his body onlu> left foot,
wit >an accompanyiug cast of his eves,
Tut towards Heaven ; lor they were too
keep for such a movement; hut towards
the shaggy parapet of his’eye-brows, ut-!
ti and the follow mg words in a tone of se
pulchral tragiqplity : Violetta Ihllietta
vahitlia Killbear, perdition catch inv
-soul but Ido love thee.’ More said he
r.or, but more essayed to say. Violetta, i
hicontently impatient, waited not to s e
if there w ere more behind ; but forw ith
artpliCd'in alternative verse: O! Tho
toughgrabb, art though not fickle as the
rest ? Men are lighter than floating cork.
But, Thoroughgrabb, mind you, lnarri
-age is a serious business. Is this foolish
Talk one of your flourishes, or am I in
jgood truth, to receive it as a declaration
■*>{ love ? lam for no sham in this mat-
T“.r. I‘lease to tell me in pi: in English,
what you want of me.
Th. Immortal powers, forgive the vile
necessity, that clothes the high thoughts
—it love in plain and common words.
Vi. Vou are right, Ulr.TlioToughgrabb
if you have any tiling to say tome,say it
in plain Kentuck English.
Th. Well, Tab, I love vou, and want
to marrv voti. Will you have me or not.
ki. 1 reckon, Mr Thoroughgrabb, 1
wii!. Jjtil th* white mtn are vert/ uncer
tain. as the Indians say, I waut you to
put it dow non paper or say it afore evi
dence, that 1 can take the iaw on you if
* oiulout keep your word. I reckon one
imuTße sharp to deal with such as you.
Th. Why, as to that, Tabitha, 11 1
war’nt in the mind, 1 reckon, 1 needn’t
“ivr so. As to taking the law of one like
me, that is right funny. Excellent
wench! I 80, lore thee.’ Let the stars
Hsftr it, ‘4ti4 the sra.
J i Call me,wench again, vonblack
gjiHti.’ and I'd throw y OU t j je
,[* me, in do yon ax me, if I
“ill marry you?
iVo Dear angehcmaiden, 1 do; i'll
s " ear *• Del tire situs hear it, and the
#e;t.
Fi fjUounmng) t say yes, 1 w ill mar-
T s „
* iptujjh. Oh ip on as the morning stars, were
\i.J yea more treacherous than tbe stormy
Hi constant, you more fit kle, than the air
let would I live, and love, und die mill
Th. Kav isl.i ig words! Peerless maid
en! How* base i* the gold! How rm-cra
thcet an “ l< IKin ® ,,tH ’ compared with
, V J u Mr. Thorough era hb.
I hen’s another thine I must know. 1
‘** you now, if you mean to make me
*ot. w itcr like a Ih-gro, and dig the ta
lus; and tend the babies, and work like
* Boon and jut.
rj,u you behave, Tab, 1
,n !fi ‘U and tlida agi.tn, I movn>ht ;,01.
77m; Devil. —BiSliop Lutitncr, speA
ingefths clergy, hays, Mpses was a
Marvellous man, a good man ; - Moses,a
wonderful fellow, and did his duty being
married; we lack suph as * Moses was”
And again, “ Now I w ill ask yen a
jtrdnge question-. • Who is the most dil
igent bishop or prelate in till -England,
that passetli all tntgrest in doing offices?
I can tell you, forS ktsoty who it is: 1
know him well. But now l think I see
you listening and harkenirta, that I should
name him. Theft it is one; that passeth
all the other, and is the most diligent
preacher and prolate in all England
and will you know who it is? i vwll tell
yon,—it is the Devil. Ile is the most
diligent preacher ami prelate of all oth
ers; he is never out of diocese: he is nev
er from his cure ; he is never u his pu
i ish; there never was such a preach
er in England as he. In the meantime
the ptelates take their pleasure ; Ihev are
lords and no labourers; therefore, ye
unpreaehing prelates, learn of the Devil
to be diligent in doing your office. Learn
of the Devil, if ye will not learn of God
and good men ; loam of the Devil, I
>
Extract of a letter from Calcut
ta, :n the weekly review.
Singular residence of an English Farm
er and. his wife on an uninhabited is
land.
“ The next circumstance that presents
itself to my memory, was our touching
at Tricon d’ Aeunha, apparently the
largest and most fertile of a group of
the three islands xvhh h are situated be
tween the Cape-of Good 1 lope and the
•oast of Brazil. Tristan d’ Acttnba is
about eight leagues in circumference.
The shores of the other islands are so
wild and dangerous, that it is impossible
to approach them, except in the calmest
weather. The one is called Nightingale
Island, and the other Inaccessable. The
north-east aspect of Tristan d’ Aeunha,
(the only navigable side of the island)
is very striking. At the foot of an al
most perpendicular mountain, about
!>OoO feet high, and thickly covered with
brushwood, is a fertile plain of consider
able extent, that stretches along tire
shore. We had scarcely cast anchor,
before two men in a small boat, were
seen hastening ft wards ns. When arri
ved oh board, they expressed the liveli
est pleasure at our visit, as no ship had
touched there for many months. They
informed ns that they were the only men
residing on the island, and that the wife
of one of them was the onlv female in
habitant. The husband wasan 1 t.rVtsh
man, and was at one period of his lift a
respectable and wealthy farmer in York
shire; but having been utterly ruined
bv a long train of misfortunes, no and
his wife were persuaded by an old ac
quaintance, the captain of a merchant
ship, to accompany him, passage free,
to New Holland, and try their fortunes
in that distant colony. The ship having
occasion to touch atTeis d’ Aeunha, the
farmer and his wife were so charmed
w ith its appearance, that they determin
ed to remain on the island, instead of
proceeding on their voyage. After
vainlv urging them to the contrary, tho
captain liberally supplied them with a
quantity of Emopean seeds, two cows,
a few sheep, and poultry, and such oth
er provisions as his ship could afford.—
Being pressed for time, lie soon bade
them a melancholy farewell, and left
them to their fate.
There was not a human being on the
island except themselves; but it is evident
that some person had resided there some
months before, as they found a decent
hut ready for their reception, and seve
ral acres of land bore traces of recent
cultivation. Our adventurers had been
nearly a year on the island w hen a
Dutch trader was compelled to touch
there for a fresh supply of water, and one
of the crew being persecuted by the cap
tain, concealed himself on the island
until the departure cf the vessel. He
was kindly received by the Yorkshire
farmer, and had remained with him to
the period of our arrival. Tim Dutch
man, however, was now weary of the
life lie had led at Tristan d’ Acunha, and
entreated our captain to let him vvorkhis
passage to Calcutta as a comnmnsailor.
No objection being made to his requests
the man seemed as pleased as if he had
escaped from a prison. He expressed
nevertheless, great regret at parting with
his companions, to whom he was evi
dently attached. Alter presenting the
farmer a fe-.v amusing hooks, some wool
len cloths, a barrel or two of gun pow
der, a supply of flour, rice and biicuit,
accompanied him onshore, and were de
lighted with an air of comfort and pros
perity around his dwelling, llis wife,
a good looking woman, very neatly
dressed, met us at the door-wav. Inre
plytoour questions, they assured us,
that they had no children, and few rela
tives, they had not the slightest desire to
return to England for some years; but
w hen the infirmities of age came heavily
.upon them,they should gladly quit their
solitary abode at the first opportunity,
and spend tiie evening of existence in
their native country. They were now,
however, in the prime of life, and per
fectly contented with their lot. With
an honest pride they listened to our ex
pressions of surprise at the flourishing
condition of the land they had cultiva
ted. The climate being remarkably
temperate, and the soil light they had
brought to perfection a variety of fruits
and vegetables, both tropical and Eu
ropean, which, perhaps, were never be
foie seen mingled together on the same
spot of earth. In their farm yard they
had the two cows-before mentioned, a
considerable number of English pigs,
sheep, and goats with poultry enough* if
necessary, to supply their table daily.
They seldom, however, killed any of
these, as vuIU boars, wild goats, and a
species of black cock, abound on the is
land; while in the deep waters among
l he rocks there are fish of almost every
description. The mountains are literally
covcied with sea hens, petrils, albatros
ses and the various other feathered tribes
which haunt the southern Atlantic. As
seals are very plentiful, our islanders
hud preserved a quantity of skins to bar
ter fir other goods, with any ship that
might happen to touch at Tristan d’A
cunlia. Having supplied ourselves with
water from a clear mountain spring, w e
hade farewell to this romantic little isl
and and its two interesting inhabitants.
Woman —To a young man whose
i doling. are freeh and ji* unbiased > ,
‘
worldly experience, there is a ehuitri
even in the most uiftnpasskmed inter
course w ith the other %ex — Wyman !To
him how vast a charm is comprised in u
narrow conmass ofa word. In this sin
gle abstraction, however tmouunected it
may be with, any individual reality, are
united all his purest dreams of happi
ness, all his brightest conceptions ofim
aginary beauty—with it no thought of
grossness or sensuality gobies to contam
inate his fancy or heart.
Irish Hydrophobia. —-What did you
kill that dog for 1 Bekase lie’s the Hy
drophobia” How do you know that ?
Did’nt you see him standing under yon
der gateway, out ofthe rain ? It he had
not hated water, he’d never done that; so
I thought I had better just knock his
brains otit.
FOREIGN.
London March 10.
In a serond edition of our paper on
Saturday we stated from the Baris pa
pers of the 7th inst. that the French gov
ernment would send 10,000 troops 6,000
of w hom were to sail from Toulon and i
4,000 from Cadiz 5 that Marshall Mar
nmunt was to command them, and that
it was expented that they would be join
ed by a British force of 0000 men. The
rest of the intelligence was equally im
portant. Theft rst act ofCount Capo d’
fstria, as the head of the Creek govern
ment Ipis been equally advantageous to
country and to European powers—
the destruction of the Grcok pirates.*—
At his request the English and French
squadrons had attacked the Carabusa,
the strong hold of these Freebooters,
who have done so much injury to the no
ble cause of Greece, and notwithstand
ing the most obstinate resistance, had
carried the place, and destroyed 10 ves
sels.
The declaration of the Allied Admi
rals immediately after the battle of Na
va tin, had thus been executed to its ful
lest extent. The fleet armed at Con
stantinople to rescue Scio, from the
Greeks, by whom it was beseiged, has
been deterred from sailing, by an inti
mation from the allied admirals that they
would oppose its progress. This new
check has probably increased the hostil
ity of the Sultan and the fury of his peo
ple, for the new overture of the Austri
an Internuncio had been declined by
the Turkish minister under pretence
that they could nottven be presented to
to tbe Sultan, and persecutions have
been commenced at Smyrna and l’era.
New Times.
Liverpool, March B. — We have had a
fair demand for Cotton this week from
the trade and prices of our last quota
tion have been maintained. The sales
amounted to 8,870 hags consisting of
1270 Bowed at 5 S-8d to f> 1-2 (10 at
6 S-4d) chiefly at 0 a-1 to 5 7-Bd. for
middling to fair.
1260 Orleans at 5 S-fltl. to 7 l-2d.
(30 at 8 1 -2d.) chiefly at 7 l-2d. to 7d.
for good fair to good.
1 890 As ibania and Mobile at 5d to Pd.
590 Sea Islands at 11 l-2d to 18d.
130 Stained ditto at fid to 9d.
COMMUryiCATIOSTS.
hints n\ Dancing:
It has been a question m the minds of
many well disposed people, whether
dancing is a sinlul or an innocent a
niusement-, and why it remains unsolv
ed, must be owing to their not tracing
its demoralizing influence.
1 lately read an essay upon this sub
ject vindicating its cause in the most
plausible manner, and producing argu
ments to prove its utility, from sources
calculated to create in’ the Christian
heart a just indignation. The writer
has brought forward David's dancing
before the ark, as an example to justify
irs practice. .But how his gesticulations
of holy joy can hear any affinity with
these modern exerci.es, l cannot ima
gine. It appears like profanity to make
tec comparison, and bringing the exer
cises of spiritual affection* on a level !
with sensual enjoyments. Does it infer :
from scripture authority because it is
written there is a “time to dance,” that
this amusement is approved by him who
“upholds all things by the energies of
his power,” who holds the keys of life
and death in his hand ? Certainly not.
Though sin is Suffered to exist, yet it is
no proof that it is pleasing in his sight,
for lie looks not upon it with the least
degree of allowance. The ceremonies
of worship under the Jewish dispensa
tion were singular, and suited to that
dark age. But when Jesus Christ came
they were abolished, and this bright
■■ morning star,” ushered in new li'-ht
from heaven, which dispelled the gloom
spread over the moral world. In the
New Testament there is not a single in
stance where this word occurs, which
would give any room for an argument
in i's favor. But in the very commonoe
liie.'l of our Lord’s mission upon earth,
we have a striking example of its effects
m the case of John the Baptist, which
all its advocates would do well to take
into consideration. ]t was upon a fes
tival occasion, when the nobility of
Herod’s court were present, that the
daughter of Hcrodias was called to
dance before the king; and so pleased
was liis heathenish corrupted mind with
this display of female accomplishments,
that he offered to reward her even with
half liis kingdom. What was the conse
quences : Behold “ the head of John
the Baptist brought in a charger,’* to
heighten the triumph, as though it was
not enough basely to take his life but his
head must be, severed from the lifeless
body and served up to give full evidence
of the conquest. If we do not see at tin
present day anv such public outrage up
on society, yet could ,ts deleterious ef
fects, be traced in all their affinities, w e
might discover evils innumerable, which
escape the cursory observations of man
kind. The philosophical mind is ready
to attribute to the indue,me of educa
tion most of the happiness and misery
exiting in society. And who has ever
he < n made wiser for the cultivation of
this ait . and where has the happiness of
one individual ever been increased by it.
And certainly if it has no tendency to
improve the understanding, or meliorate
the heart, it ought to be discarded as un
profitable and vain. Domestic felicity is*
considered bv the most intelligent as the
crnti.il sou of social joys, and no man
ot sense w ill attempt to prove that it ev
er shone with increasing brightness bv a
. 'vi>c # oi daughter’s proficiency jn this
I w *x j
art; but many a fomilyort the
has had its peace and (fTi.-tip-ss th.situ&j
ed by thosa taqreuses attended
and assemblies. Aftd ndtetfT^Wy'ujg
the vanity of some him
shine, it has cost iQsuvya DittefL Z „ i. v
wakeful hour tQ.’supfiysetoJpekjriJtai-,
gance. *. ‘
The delicate senailTnjtflw of ihjfrjcr
male heart are soon Blunted hpApjpb,.
tion ; and I do.not'belief* tlTerqJ> 4*
acquisition so complftety*
fix this principle in tho tyinPif
dancing. Tbe love ofprwernal (jeWy?
tions immediately succeeds, and intrl
lectual pleasures cease to fttract. If
they possess beauty, they will of course
expect admiration; and when they re
ceive it, its effects are visible in that van
ity so often betrayed and censured. Ap
plause operates like magical infflience,
and steals upon the affections unawares.
It captivates awhile like the strains of
music, but leaves the heart at last to
contend with discordant passions. Ri
valship follows, with its attendant train
of evils, which in the state of nature, it
is impossible to resist. For a plain and
I homely woman dancing can have no at-
I fractions. If she exhibits herself, she
knows it is in vain, for every eye is fixed
upon beauty. If she aspires by an ill
timed vanity to gain admiration, she be
comes the subject of ridicule, and must
retire disgusted with herself and all a
round. Oh could man but behold the
heart of the fair one at her toilet, full of
expectation and hope, secretly contem
plating a triumph,which she is conscious
the superiority of her person must gain
at an anticipated ball, and then sec the
contrast after her return at midnight,
exhausted by fatigue, what a field would
open for the moralist and metaphysician
to explore ! The desparing looks, the
harsh and angry expressions to those in
waiting, all denote a disappointment she
knows not how to brook. The unex
pected appearance of a rival beauty has
dashed all her hopes and prostrated them
at once. She feels almost determined
to quit her post, and hide herself from
observation. Could these scenes be de
veloped, which are constantly transpir
ing in the gay world, no writer would
attempt to prove the practice as inno
cent. It is true the various attitudes
which accompany dancing, are admira
bly designed to exhibit those, graces of
‘he fe.niale form to the best advantage,
but then who that professes the princi
ples of real delicacy, would w ish to dis
play their charms at so cheap a rate, and
submit themselves to the glare of those
foolish admirers, whose impudent looks
would cause a blush upon the modest
cheek ; and none but those who uie
“ Bred only am! completed to the taste
Ol fretful appetence: losing, to dance,
To dress, and troll the longue, and roll
the eve,
Yet empty of all good wherein consists
Woman’s domestic honor and chief
grace,”
could yield to become the object of per
petual gaze. How many fashionable
females of the present day, not only
sacrifice their time but health at the
shrine of folly ? but the above mention
ed writer observes, that it is an “ exer
cise which greatly promotes health.”—
Alas what a mistake ! Who ever retired
from the pestilential air Os a crowded
hall room refreshed and invigorated as
from a morning walk in the open air ?
Every attending circumstance is dia
metrically opposed to it, and more dis
eases are founded fatal to the constitu
tion by this exercise, perhaps, than by
any other. How many mothers in ele
vafed stations acquit themselves of their
maternal duties to attend these scenes of
dissipation, am) leave their tender off
springs the entire care of nurses as un
qualified to take charge of thorn as the
ignorant natives, trusting the most inter
esting, and 1 might well say, important
period of their youth, to the direction of
uncultivated and sometimes corrupted
mir-ds, to fix prejudices which future
years never can eradicate ; and these in
nocent ones, too, are taught to dance al
most as soon as lisp. I have seen the
child of three years old w ho could keep
time w ith the piano w ith great accuracy.
Now if a child so young is capable of
perceiving harmony, in sounds, certainly
it is capable of some moral improve
ment. 1 have, known those at six ex
cel in learning, but then they were taken
from their private lessons, devoted to
useful instruction, to acquire at those
pernicious schools the external graces
thought indispensable to a polite educa
tion, while they progressed but slowly in
their studies, with their frequent inter
ruptions, for the mind of a child is hut
poorly qualified to return to a dull mo
notonous task, after such scenes of gay
ety and show . But all these movements
were directed by those called accom
plished women, and some, too, profess
ing Christianity. 1 have seen those
who thought it criminal to dance them
selves, vet would allow it in their chil
dren. How incompatible with reason
and good sense, as well as religion, and
how perfectly do they call in question
tlie sincerity of their own profession.—
Ask the accomplished gentleman who,
perhaps, rolls in wealth, if ever one sor
row- of his heart was lessened by these
vain accomplishments, for “ man is
born to trouble as the sparks winch fly
upwards,” would not one hour of refin
ed intelligent conversation, in the bo
som of his family by his own fire side,
be more gratifying to his soul than all
the show and splendor of a wife or
daughter in a ball room, even if they
excelled all present. Every candid
mind would acknowledge this truth,
however devoted it might be to fashion
able pleasures. A woman of a cultiva
ted understanding cannot fail to draw
around her those calculated to appre
ciate true worth ; and though they may
be comparatively few, yet that few will
contribute more to her happiness than a
multitude of foolish admirers. It is im
possible for a female in this short life to
enter into such diversions, and cultivate
her mind properly, even were they ad
mirable; for the time spent in adorn
ing her person produces a disrelish for
mental abstraction, and perfectly thwarts
its design. If mind is so valuable, and
intellectual accomplishments of such in
finite importance, what pains, what la
bor is required to give a right direction
to the thoughts in early life, and pre
serve the fountain nitre from corrupt
streams. A woman may have an ele
gant person and graceful manners, with
“ heaven in her eye,” who has never
learned to dance. And happy is that’
w oman who lias it in her power to influ-
A . wtuv f’ n ixrib
a fttjjnmffiffererwN'.,
STndUe *'Jase.tira)y pfgfyr iliatydtulue
“Masmbs. tseptaj,rjsuurttei|
tt#'HiJ ijpd pyipY ifnpi*iWpif* yfaft
’ relapi.ijjon sensiAh* woma* liqrf
eqilik lo tit#t - rtf I j.hr ii
knowledge*in the sociaf cirej^r-whid*
‘S.imd in hp jrs
The writer has dusewise observed that
the restraints imposed by Uie cliureh up
on this innocent reeremion, renders it
sinful by reason of its prohibitions,
and that some are prevented from its
enjoyment only through “ecclesias
tical fear.” Whereas others break from
their bondage, and gain to themselves
■hat additional share of happiness by
the acquisition of a cheerful and lively
spirit, whiflh such a past time is design
ed to communicate. But we would not
rank such professors among those who j
“ worship God in spirit and in truth j
for pure and unueiiied religion never i
had nor never w ill have a gloom v as- >
pect, nor be unsocial in spirit, although I
it composes the mind, and gives it such i
a cast “as the world might mistake for
the want of joy.” Benevolence, mild
ness, and cheerfulness of disposition are
its peculiar characteristics. Notwith-
standing, like its great author, it is nev
er found with those mixing in the “ wild
mazes of the dance,” but visiting the
fatherless and widow in infliction, and
gqinl about doing good. It is active in
principle, and friendly in intercourse,
and the fountain from which all happi
ness and contentment spring.
A Friend to Christianity.
WIVES.
“ Believe me man, there is no greater Mlsre
Ilian in the quiet joy of a loving wife ;
Which whose wants, half of himself doth
in rise ;
Friend without change, playfellow with
out strife,
1 ood without fulnesse, counstfile without
pride,
Is this sweet doubling of our single life.”
Sir P. Sidney.
There is no great need of enforcing
on an unmarried lady the necessity of
being agreeable ; nor is there any great
art requisite in a youthful beauty to en
able her to please. Nature hasmutipli
ed attractions around her. Youth is in
itself attractive. The freshness of bud
ding beauty needs no foreign aid to set
it oil; it pleases merely because it is
fresh, and budding and beautiful. But
it is for the married state that a woman
has need of the most instruction, and in
which she should be most on her guard
to maintain her powers of pleasing.
\V ith this object in their minds, let poets
now and then extend their views be
yond the wedding day, and teach ladies
how to make themselves attractive even
after marriage. No woman can expect
to be to her husband all that he fancied
her when a finer. Men are always
doomed to be duped, not so much bv
the arts ol’ the sex, as by their own im
aginations. They are always wooing
goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.
A woman should therefore ascertain
what was the charm tlmt rendered her
I so fascinating when a girl, and endeav
or to keep it up w hen she has become a
wife. One great thing undoubtedly was
the chariness of herself and her conduct,
which an unmarried female always ob
serves. She should maintain the same
niceness .and reserve in her person und
habits, and endeavor still to preserve a
freshness and virgin delicacy in the eve
of her lmsbapd. She should remem
ber that the province of a woman is to
be wooed, not to woo; to be caressed,
not to curress. Man is an ungrateful
being in love; beauty looses instead of
winning him. Thu secret of a woman’s
power does not consist so much in giv
ing, as in withholding. A woman mav
give up too much even to her husband.
It is to a thousand little delicacies of
conduct that she must trust, to keep a
live passion, and to protect from that
dangerous familiarity, that thorough ac
quaintance w ith every weakness and im
perfection incident to matrimony. By
these means she may still maintain her
power, though she has surrendered her
person, and may continue the romance
of love even beyond the honey moon.
Ikvi.vg.
Tobesaufky, April, 1828.
COWCEZSS.
AIBAU LT IN THE CAP l'l 01..
.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the U. States.
Washington, 17th A nm,.
In conformity with the practice of all
my predecessors, 1 have, during mv ser
vice in the office of President, transmit
ted to tlie two Houses of Congress, from
time to time, by the same Private secre
tary such messages as a proper discharge
of my constitutional duty appeared to
require. On Tuesday last he was
charged with the delivery of a message
to each house. Having presented that
which was intended for tiie House of Re
presentatives, whilst he was passing,
within the capital, from their Hall tothe
f hainber ol the >Senate, for the purpose
ol delivering tlie other message, he was
waylaid and assualted in the Rotunda,
by a person in the presence of a member
of the House, who interposed and sepa
rated the parties.
I have thought it my duty to commu
nicate this occurrence to Congress, to
whose wisdom it belongs to consider
whether it is ol a nature requiring from
them any animadversion : and also
whether any J'urthei laws and regula
tions are necessary to insure securiiv in
the official intercourse between the Pre
sident anil Congress, and to prevent dis
orders within the Capital itself. In the
deliberations of Congress upon this sub
ject, it is neither expected nor desired by
ine that consequence should be attached
to the private relation in which my Se
cretary stands to me.
JOHN QI INCY ADAMS.
I’BinxT, April 18.
Assault within the Capitol.
The V ice President communicated a
letter received from KusseV Jarvis, rela
ting to an assault recently made by
him, in the Capitol, on the Private Sec
retary of the President.
f Mr. Branch asked if it was intended
to read the lettur.
The Vice President said it would be
*houljl£>e o ttw .. V
,.J\lr. ItraffdMuti he jAvs not disponed
14 consult j*the letter at all, even by read
<|.it. 11c wish,--if however, tiwt the’
Ndiole subject misfit b* examined f iWio.
He thought it better that a’Joint Select
AJodiuiitlee of the two Houses le tip*
mpSitetl to take die subject into conside*
ration, and repoij, vriiat in their opinion,
if m ltvceSsivn. for ns to do, in lltri i
*flt’.'jfcf! vot*Hl fljtt ßll *"*” le
\irgmia*UwY mdining. he’.jig
by tiig gentleman’s remarhs,
that it was proper to act in unison with
the House of Representatives on this
matter. Here was, lie believed, but one
opinion as to the propriety of examin
ing the case ; and of taking speedy mea
sures to do what may be necessary to la
done in respect to ourselves, having at
the same time due regard to the rights
ofthe individual. lie moved flint the
letter be laid on the table, without read
ins.
The motion being withdrawn,
Mr. Berrien said, before we take anv
step, it was desirable thßt the letter
should be read. It was necessary to
know on what we were called to act.
Mr. Smyth of Maryland, objected
strongly to the reading of the paper.
The question feint put, it was decid
ed that the paper sliould be read to the
Senate.
To the Senate of the United States.
Learning that the President of the IT.
i States has made a communication to
j both hoftses longre-s, srSting that hi<
Secretary, while passing’ from the Hall
ofthe Senate, anti while charged with a
message from the President to the Sen
ate, had been waylaid and assaulted.—l
am induced to believe that such commu
nication related to an affair that latefv
occurred between Mr. John Adams and
myself. Asone ofthe parties concerned
is an officer ofthe General Government,
and as the transaction may be supposed
to involve the rights of both Houses of
Congress, or of the executive, I feel
bound by a consideration of respect to
that body, to offer to such House a brief
statement of the facts which induced the
course that 1 have pursued.
1 lately accompanied a party ofladies
and gentlemen on an evening visit to
the mansion of the President, among
whom where Mrs. Jarvis, her parents,
and too young ladies, her relatives. As
all the ladies, excepting Mrs. Jarvis,
w ere recently from Boston, and for the
first time in Washington, they were de
sirous of paying the usual tokens ofri i
pect to the President and his lady, and
made tills visit in pursuance of thte eti
quette usually observed on such occa
sion*. While they’ were in one ofthe
drawings rooms, with other visitants,
Mr. John Adams, the son of the Presi
dent, declared in their presence and
hearing, “ that their being at the Presi
dent's involved an impropriety, and
that if 1 knew the estimation in which
1 was held in that house, I would not suf
fer myself to be seen there, and that he
intendend the lemark to be heard by
those concerning whom it was made,
and hoped it was*so heard.” , The ladies
and the father ot Mrs. Jarvis, who was
j apolitical friend ofthe President, deem
: ing this a gross indignity to themselves
| and a violation ofthe hospitalities of a 1
house to vi hose inmates they were pav
ing a complimentary visit, immediately
retired. From reject to the lady of ,
the Mansion, and of the company pres
ent, I forebore to notice, at the time t|‘
conduct of Mr. John Adams preferring
to seek an explanation after the excite
ment produced hv the outrage had, in
some degree subsided. I afterwards ad
dressed a note to Mr. John Adams, sfe
tingthat I had heard of his having made
the remarks above mentioned, and that
the gentleman who delivered the note;
was authorised to receive his explana- [
tions, believing that, 8n reflection, Ire
would be sufficiently sensible of what
was required by commop civility, f
ofi'era satisfactory apolcrgv. After read
ing mv note, he affirmed that he did
pronounce our presence atthePresident's
on the occasion above fnentioned, to be
highly improper, considering the politi
cal relation* which I bore to his fa
ther; that he had no explanation to
gift, and that lie should decline all cor
respondence with me on the subject. I 1
will here observe, that I understood the
drawing rooms of the President w ere op
en, upon certain occasions, to all who
w ere disposed to honor him and his lady
w ith their civilities, and that the even
ing when the visit was |
paid, was one of such occasions; that i
had, on coining to reside at Washing- j
ton in Jan. last, paid to him the usual ■
tokens of respect; and that, while at his
house on a former occasion, I met there
the most distinguished gentlemen ofthut
political party with which I have the ho
nor of being associated.
After receiving this answer, 1 did not,
see \fr. John Adams until Tucsdav
last, when he appeared in the Hull ol!
the House of Representatives, charged j
with a message from the President to
that body. After he had left the Hall
and while he was in the Rotunda of the
Capitol, I accosted him and asked if he .
had given his final answer, to my note: |
for I still hoped that he might be induced j
to offer some apology or explanation.— 1
On saying that Ins final answer lu*l been ,
given, I was excited his continued re- :
fusal, and by a recollection of the pf-)
fence, to commit an assault upon his j
person, which consisted merely in pul- |
ling his nose and slapping one side of j
his face, w ith my open hand. In do
ing this I disclaim any intention of in
flicting upon him any bodily injury; for
I was totally unarmed, and assailed him
merely in the manner above described,
while he was provided with a stout cane.
I also disclaim any intention of waylay
ing him, for our meeting at the Capitol
was accklentiul. More especially do I
disclaim a.nv intention of infringing on
the rights, of assailing the dignity of the
President of the United States, or of ei
ther House off Congress, or of any public
functionary, or any intention of obstruct
ing an officer of the General Govern
ment in the discharge of his official du
ties.
When I accnstpd Mr. John Adams in
the Rotunda, I supposed that lie had dis
charged his official duties, and was on
his way from the Capitol. I was not
aw are that he was charged with a mes
sage to the Senate, or was on his wav
to the Chamber of that body. I viewed
Ibe Rotunda as common ground, as a
pulli? passage, hot particularly -itbifi
ITc;:. r J
i i.tPd’.ftt nv| ty no n j £ I
Y JUjtJtthned to tire rights or TI
\ ■UJ ptlbhc # !ftreet or i*g|, Wav _ t! i
r Uiat ißiVssrtdt upon an iudif, ‘I
• jn i.H vio| aik J|
t Jan si that . ‘ll
si mum JihvOeen offered to I
i JadiM niriu iiij protection ‘ ‘■
• I’V? y greeted
*. civil,n,
an oflrnce agri,,,, |
: yunnoray.-vf.i ii i hope that | j
alw avs (list ceA to maintain
i and peaceful citizen. Ji ll( J
. House of Congress shall consider!
have unintentionally or inadven ‘
ojated its rights or dignity, or
Executive, by resenting,
W alls of the Capitol, a grievioos l
to the ladies of my family, „j,
suit I chose to consider entirely J.
vatc character, I am ready and.i !
to offer anv atonement tlmt shall and
to such bodies. HLSSE), J \j;i,
Mr. Branch said, I wi s j, t 0
ow n opinions on the subject. MvV
I shut), from no consideration, , n l
It ap.peai-s to me, from the ii ( , s ’
in the letter, that it is the dun ol ‘j
cress to enforce, on this occa M „ c
parliamyitarv law, having ieard
same time, to the rights of the ; H il
al. Believing that the | a „ j.'”
better, and with more effect enft
b v the joint operaticn of the two if
es, lie wished tha f subject (o t er ,,'’
to a joint Committee of the mo p c
, Mr. Van Bureti said that err L
; the message related to paiticufa,
I sault, and another part to tl ; r E l
police of the Oapirof. ‘Jhe latltr*!
could he attended to at anv time. f|
former demanded inunedialc n tt„ T ,‘
The matter and the source of
inuniration, entitled it to the
ate attention of this body. The t
question was. as to the manner i n i
we should act. That question v as
of gieat difficulty. He was struck
■ the remark of the gentlemanhomt
gima, that it was improper s ot
House to act on tlie matter at the •„
time with tlie other House, as that *
be a double trial for the same off-;”
He Lad, therefore, voted with the .
tleman for laying the message on ifci
ble for the present. The suggestionrx
made by the Senator froniNouiil,
liixa, would belter meet’ his views, t
it would not wholly obviate the fiiftj
ty. lie wished time to consult, as ly
measures proper,to to Le aflupff?
11 hen the Senate meet again v
take such measures as may appear a
cessary. He hoped the paper would’
laid on the table.
31r. Macon thought the subject re
seated many difficulties.’ H t dli! I
recognize the Parliamentary law ofl
Britain. That law was undefined. J
our laws were, and should be defiu
No one doubts but disturbances ini
■Capitol shftnld be prevented, and 4
the communication between the Pm
dent and Congress should be mailr n
and free. But the manner in whichi
should now act was by no meant a*
tained and settled by law. It is aids
from the ( message, that the Preside
foresaw this difficulty. Mr. M. r aid tq
some general regulations on the subjt
should he adopted, to he applied toi
cases of tips sort here alter attune.
Whatever w as done, he biipeiUauki
done in strict conforniity ma w
pou t rs. Many of Mr. M's discivati';
‘were lost to us,
Mr. BratuHi had no wish to press lb
immediate consideration of hi* preps
sition. He had not said what the Li
liamentary law was in this eountiy. V,
Imvc, however, a legislative body topr
tect ourselves in the discharge ol a;
‘duties. He wished to do vrhat belong,
ed to justice, to the Piesident, mu
I (ourselves.
On motion of Mr. Woodbury, tht!
ter was hud on the (able.
April 17,
The Senate passed a bill making im
propriations to enable the I’lesidcm#
send Delegations of the Chnctae
Chickasaw s, Creeks, Cherokees, ar
other tribes of Indians, to explore th
country West of the Mississippi.
House, of Representatives.
On motion of Mr. Lumpkin, it was
Resolved, That tbe Committee on tl?
Post Office and Post Roads, bedirerid
to inquire into the expediency of ev
landing the mail route now in ofetatre,
from Augusta, Georgia, to Madi-.i
Morgan county, via Covington, Newtek
county, to Munrut, in ilia county i
Walton.
Tht Tariff /fiV/.—The House tit
resumed the consideration of there**
tkm of Mr. Randolph, indefinitely s
postpone the Tariff Bill; w hen
Mr. Pearce again took, the floor, ar!
resumed rim speech Which hid ! J
broken off by the adjourrmenSeSN
day. In the course of his remark.is
made some animadversions on a (k|
Jation submitted under oath before ! *
Committee on Manufacture*, by “
Keese, which led to an unpkasaat t
tei cation between those gentleman.
-Mr. Pearce concluded by declaiic;!
his intention to vote against litebill"*
its final passage, should, it then rrt :
its present lortn. But lie would, in’
| mean while, xote against the wdrfu
i postponement, in the hope, that the l
might vet he re-cofWrnitled, und react
ed less objectionable.
Mr. t'ainbreleng then rook die f
in opposition to the bill, which Ire
stdered on its general merits, emnn ‘ ■’
ing, as lit proceeded, on a [ ait 1
testimony taken before the Conitii’'’
of Manufactures, particularly on tL ; **
Mr. Schenck, a manufacturer in ,|1 ‘
Htatc ol New York, w ho, when inqU-’ ■
of as to the price at which he sold ‘ 1
tain descriptions of cloth, had put 11 ’
price much lower than the good*
sold by his Agent in New York. : ‘
lower than they had sold rt utu fire
the bale ; and farther stated, t^ l ’’
S. whife testifying before the Coal*”
Dee, that the business was depressed. •
must stop unless farther protected, t 1
at the same time, been applj'ielt 1011
Legislature of New Y ork, tot
corporation of anew coinpant. *
large capital. Air. C. oyßtthoed he ’
marks for a consideiable time, and ■ •
having concluded them, op motion 11
Mi. McDuffie, the Horse
the further consideration of the fdi 1 -
til tie-morrow morning.
ArU^
Ou motion of Mr. Smith of luiL* I**’ 1 **’
I Resolved, That, the GompnttM