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THE POET AND PAINTER COMPARED.
[One of the most admirable of
Drvden’s prose performances, is a
grandeur, of sublimity, sink derpci
into his soul. His heart, estimated
accordingly to its noblest examples,
considered in every view of mental
or manual ability, appears to be tin
most arduous enterprise of taste.
d( dication to the Duke of Dorset, without injustice, to other pur
in which runs a very elegant parallel
between the sister arts ol Painting &
Potsv. We earnestly advise the
polite scholar, after he shall have
finished the pursuit and meditation
of the ensuing i ssay, to refer to Dry-
den’s celebrated tract, where may hi
found specimens of beautiful lan
guage and brilliant imagery, and of
wit, always sparkling, if not of argu
ment, and always convincing, But
although this far-famed parallel is a
a splendid monument of the genius
and acuteness of its author, we think
its glory ts not a little eclipsed by
the talents of a more modern writer,
who has maintained the superiority
of the- Painter and the Poet, we think,
with a force of logic which cannot be
defeated. The old, and as it was
imagined, the settled opinion among
the amateurs, was the very reverse
of tlu* present thesis. The reflect
ing reader will please to remark,
that the author of the subsequent ar
ticle is one of the most eminent of
tlie* royal academicians,* that his re
putation as a painter is singularly ex
cellent, and that in a late literary*
publication, the legitimate offspring
of taste and genius, his poetry emu
lates that of Pope, and his prose is
not less eloquent than that of Burke.
He paints and speaks and writes with
consummate ability. Wc’think him a
very impartial judge, and he is indu
bitably- a most eloquent advocate*
H e who is not convinced by our au
thor’s reasoning, will certainly be
dazzled and delighted by the* splen
dor of his f ancy, the beauty of his il
lustrations, and the elegance of his
style. For our own part, we do not
hesitate* to declare that it yvould puz
zle* all the poets, in verse either logi
cal orepigramatic, to successfully de
molish, or deride the hypothesis of
ouraccomplished painter.—Editor of
the Port Folio.)
What has been said of madness
may also he said of painting, there is
a pleasure in it which none but paint
ers know. The painter enjoys mo
ments of delight in the practice of
his art, if he truly loves it, which
more than compensates for its anxie
ties, and cheer with a ray of consola
tion even the gloom of neglect and
obscurity.
Accustomed to direct his attefition
to all that is picturesque and beauti
ful in nature or in art: in form, cha
racter and sentiment, his ideas are
exalted, his feelings are refined be-
v ond the comprehension of common
minds, or the attainment of ordinary
occupations ; he is, as it were, led in
to a neyv world, and looks around
him xviih an eye conscious of the
wonders he beholds; he is an enlight
ens d spectator in the vast theatre of
the universe, under whose critical
eye the* great drama of human life
is performed ; he observes with dis
criminating accuracy, the actions,
passions and characters, the manners,
scenery and situations ; and thougl
the w ants of nature, and the duties
of society oblige him to mingle occa
sionally in the busy group before
him, yet the xvorld is not his element;
he is not at home on the stage of ac
tive life ; his mind is ever struggling
to escape the chains of common inci
dent, and soaring to those heights of
abstracted contemplation, from which
he ntav view the actors and the
scene xvith the calmness of a look
er-on.
The painter derives pleasure from
a thousand sources which are not
only unknown to
“ The plodiling herd, of coarfer clay com
po.M
but even generally unappreciated bj
tlu* most enlightened minds devoted
to other occupations ; his heart may
be said to furnish him xvith a
sense, through which new qualities
appear to exist in things ; objects
are invested with new splendors, and
the whole face of nature seems to
wear an appropriate charm, whether
dressed
Jn fmilce or frown?, in terror* orin tears.
suits, may he termed the most cxtrn-jture ! who becomes familiar with all
ordinary operation of human genius ; her beauties, who learns by heart all
mgs of tiic ancients, to comprehend
,hcir beauties and compose in their
language he the proudest attainments
of the scholar and the poet; how
much more worthy ol admiration i
the skill of him who pours forth hi
ideas in the glowing language ol na
in its theory and principles unfold
ing the most subtle refinements of
the intellectual power, in its practice
displayingthe mo stdextrous achieve
ments of mechanical skill.
The onlv character, indeed, that
can pretend to rank with the paint-
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A House and iutn a re Lot.jWiil allow a liberal price in Gcio&,
for good mixed, deep coloured and
xvide
Striped Homespun.
Peter Menard.
May 15. 29—tf.
her characters, though numerous 8c
varied to an extent that reduces the
amplitude of the Chinese tongue to
contracted alphabet ; and xvho can
trace them through all her combina
tions, from the simplest blade ol grass
in the field, to the most complex ex
and mm
situated on Waynk
?trtet, near the niar
ket ; at prtfent oocu
pied ly Doctor. Wil
son.
Alfo, a House and
half ac re l ot, joining
For terms apply to Mesne.Hill
and Ponce of Augufta, or to
A. M. Dev ereux.
Milledgeville, March so. 31—tf.
er in the great scale of human inge- ample of her power, in that Alpha &
nuity, is the poet: but he lias not been Omega ol her hand, hieroglyphic mi-
satisfied with equality, he has com-jracle, man.
monly contended for a higher station,| Such instances of premature excel-
and having been usually judge audience as we often see xvith surprise
jury in the cause, he lias always ta-|in the other pursuits of genius are
ken care to decide it in his own fa-jentirely unknown in the annals ol
vour. Yet an impartial investigati* painting; the difficulties of his art,
on, by abilities compe tent to the task,'while they condemn the painter to
of the powers displayed in both arts; unremitting exertion, at least spare
of the qualities from nature andedu-|him the mortification of finding him
cation xvhich they respectively rc- self outdone by rivals lrom th»
quire, xvould, perhaps, amend thc school-room or the nursery : no
record, if not reverse the decree.jspring from inspired infancy, no sal-
VVhat is there of intellectual in the o-jlits of premature vigor can snatch
nerations of the poet ? What is there from his astonishing hopes those
of mechanical which he does not sur- vvreaths xvhich arc never yielded but
pass ? He is also one “ cui sit in-,to the patient energies of time and
genius cui nens divinior.” The toil.
“os magna sonaturum” indeed, isl The citadel of an art is not to he
not his ; but he has a language more:takcn by a coup do main ; no forced
general, more eloquent, more ani-jmarch of the faculties can surprise
mated ; as men more arduous in its it; xve must besiege it in form, pro-
attainment as it is more extraordina-jceed by regular approaches, and de-
ry in its effect. Where
resemble, the painter keeps li
GEORGIA, Putnam County.
WHEREAS James Singleton of
said county, hath filed information in
my office, that John J. Jones of
Clarke county, did fraudulently and
trarv to law, enter his name in
said county for a draw or draws in
the first land lottery, whereby he
drew lot No. 96 in the third district
of Haiti win county, (formerly) now
lying and being in the countv of Put
nam, and whereas it appears from
the sheriff’s return, that the said
John J. Jones is not to he* found in
Clarke county ; all persons therefore
having any interest in the land in
question, are hereby required to be
and appear at a Superior court to be
held in 8c for the county of Putnam,
on the second Monday in Septem
ber next, and to make themselves
parties in said suit, to answer the
allegations, and shew cause if any
they have, why the proceedings had
under such fraudulent returns, or the
grant itself if it be issued, should not
be set aside and made void. Given
, . i , • • -i Minder my hand this 17th dav of
their artS'Pend more on persevering, vigilant „ , • *
lis level,investment than sudden or violent as-! 1 ’
with the poet ; where they differ,'sault.
lie takes a morel elevated ground. I The head and the haml are requi-
The advantages which poetry pos- red to act xvith such equal influence,
Wm. Williams, Clk.
March 2 7. 22 Gm.
GEORGIA.
sesscs over painting, in continual nar- the intellectual and mechanical to Baldwin County Inferior Court, in
ration and successive impression, combine in such cordial co-operation,
cannot be advanced as a peculiar me-jlhat the most exalted genius must
l it of the poet, since it results fromjsubmit in the arts to be indebted to
the nature of language, and is com-Jong and laborious application for
me characteristics of matter and
mind, the powers of soul, the perfec
tion of form, the brightest bloom of
colour, the goldt-n gloxv of light ?
Can the airy shadows of poetical
imagerv be compared to the embodi
ed realities of art ?
mon to prose.
Tlie eye of the painter is required
to be as much more sensible and a-
cute than the eye of the poet, as the
acuracyofhim xvho imitates should
exceed that of him xvho only de
scribes. What is a verbal expressi
on of a passion compared to its visi
ble presence ; the narration of an ac
tion to the action of itself brought
before jour view. What arc the
“ verba ardentia” of the poet to the
breathing beauties, the living lustre
of the pencil, rivaling the noblest
those powers, xvhich no precious
bility can attain.
Chambers, May 2d, 1810.
Present their honors,
A. M. Devcreux, J
Robert Rivers, it? I Justiccs.
Elijah Oxvens. J
Upon the petition of Daniel Stur-
If xve remark the different periods'gcs, stating that he is confined the in
at which poetry and painting have'eommon Jail of this county, on a ca
respectively adorned the progress sa. in favor of Arthur Cheetham for
of society it may still further illus-jthe use of William Schly, praying
trate the characters of the two arts, the benefit of the insolvent act.
Poetry appears to be the first power-; On motion of Mr. Rutherford, at-
ful product of human genius, paint- torney for the petitioner,
ing the last and most delicate of its' It is Ordered, That on the ele
offspring. The one is a plant that; ventli day of June next, the said Da-
shoots up, often to its greatest niel Sturges xvill be brought up he
luxuriance, in the open field of socie-Jfort* this court, and all the creditors
ty ; the other a flower never produ- being notified agreeable to laxv, and
productions of nature, expressingjeed till the soil has been long labour-|no suggestion of fraud being made
Where the poet cursorily observes,
the painter instantly studies. What
the one carries loosely in his memo-
ty, the other stamps upon his soul
fhe forms and combinations
things, the accidents of light and co
lour, the relations of distance and
degree, the passions, proportions 8c
properties of men and animals, all the
penemena of “ the visible diurnal
sphere,” the painter must treasure up
in his mind in clear, distinct, indeli
ble impressions, and xvith the poxv-
ers of a magician call them up at a
moment’s warning like spirits from
“ the vasty deep” of his imagination,
“ To do his bidding, and abide bis will.”
From the nature of the medium
through which the poet operates, he
lms an advantage over the painter,
which considerably facilitates his
ed and purified, till the field has been
converted into a garden.
Poetry attained to its greatest per
fection in times comparatively sim
ple and rude, xvhen man xvas little
more than emerging from the shep
herd to the agricultural state. He
siod poured forth his strains xvhile
tending his flocks on Mount Helicon,
and Homer exhausted all the trea
sures of the Muse some ages before
0 j* the combined operations of Nature
and cultivation had produced an
Apelles, a Parrhasius, or a Zeuxis.
The xvorks of taste seem to be per
formed by the last and highest pro
cess of the human intellect, xvhen in
by any one of them; the* said Dani
el Sturges will be allowed the privi
lege ol the insolvent acts.
Extract from the Minutes.
Fred : Freeman, Clk.
May 8. 28—2t.
Sheriffs $aled.
WILL BE SOLD on the first
Tuesday in June next, at the Court
house in the town of Monticello, be
tween the usual hours,
One Lot of Land,
No. 110 in the fifteenth District of
Baldwin, now Randolph county, lo
don as the property of James
Wood, to satify an execution in fa-
vor of Alexander Steele, deed, pro-
pert)* pointed out by the defendant'.
Also, Two Negroes,
to wit, Gundy and Matty, as tlu* pro-
icrtv of William Foster, to satisfy
an execution in favor of Anderson
Mize, property pointed out by the
plaintiff. ALSO,
One Waggon Sc Two Horses,
levied on as the property of Robert
Lumpkin, to latisfy an execution in
favor of Giles Tompkins, property
pointed out by plaintiff’s attornej*.
Also, One Lot of Land,
No. 12, in the 17th district Baldwin,
now Randolph count)’, three feather
beds, bedsteads and furniture, txvo
shot guns, one bay horse, and onr.
bay mare, one saddle, bridle, and sir-
single, levied on as the property of
James M‘Kleroy, to satisfy an exe
cution in favor of William Hnmner,
property pointed out by the plaintiff.
ALSO,'
2 Feather Beds & Furniture
levied on as the property of Elijah
Banckston to satisfy sundry execu
tions against him. ALSO,
About 20,000lbs. Deer Skins,
levied on as the property of William
Hammett, to satisfy an execution iu
favor of James Dickson. ALSO,
One Lot of Land,
No. 71, in the 13th District of Bald
win, now Randolph county, levied
on as the property of Thomas War
tier, to satisfy sundry executions a-
gainst him, and pointed out by the
plaintiff. ALSO,
The 1-2 of a Brick Kiln*
containingabout CO,000 bricks, levied
on as the property of Josiah Gools-
bec, to satisfy an execution in favor
of Augustin Harris, and pointed out
by the plaintiff. Conditions, CASH.
J. Evans, D. S.
May 1. 27—tds.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAYVAY
from the subscri
ber’s plantation,
ten days since, a[to satisfy John Chapman’* execution.
Sheriff’*} ^alr.
W ILL BE SOLD on the firft Tuesday
in June next, at the Court house in
Laurens county,
Lot, No. 176,
in the 1st Diftrift of Wilkinfon, now Lau
rens county, as the property of Levi Buffi,
Mulatto Bov,ca!-l Conditions Cash.
led
ABELAND,
slim built, about 5 feet 6 inches high,
the full maturity and expansion of;' ^ >’ ears p* a S e > an a,, dul fellow—
its jiowers, sifted and refined through , as * n Savannah, and from in-
a long succession of ages : they are ^P rmat * on ’ ^ ex P ec t he has gone up
enjoyments only to be obtained, , e countr . v —had on xvhen he left
when a full supply of all our coarser lomc ’ a blue great coat and yellow
necessities has impelled us to look nan kccn trousers. W hoever will
higher gratification ; when long* oc ^6 e h’m in Savaunah Goal, or re-
session of the useful has excited ;tu,n to t ^ e subscriber’s plantati-
May l
ISAAC KIRKSEY, Shf
C9 td
progress. As verse-,, constructed;,,,,. eariv dwn of cultivation ; great
ol language, modified by number and; iu , hc horizon f s £-
measure, the poet may be sa.d to |.ur.l on]v mrri ,|; an H „ e .
_ ^ ^ ^ 4 trousers.
for
possession
a demand for the ornamental, and ^ r >’ an county, Great Ogcchec
case has left us leisure for elegance.'^ ec L shall have the above reward,
Great poets, like the stars of the " * ' "
morning, are often seen to shine in
sue, in some degree, a
only in its meridian blaze.
f P re P ar,t01 > 1 he influence of the poet is more
more commanding, more
never talks but he max’be consider-i;.«« * •
and charges paid.
May 8.
Joseph Sill.
28—3t.
Caution.
Ail persons are hereby for*
p warned from trading for FOUR
rcises his faculties in a way that ap
new j pears to have a direct reference to
his art, and to be a prelude to his
performance.
The painter, on the other hand,
makes use of a medium that has no
analogy to speech,no connexion xvith
any of his ordinary habits or acquire
ments; his arts speak a language
Beyond the poet in the strength of of the most uncommon construction,
lur, conceptions as well as in tlu* force
a ul fidelity with xvhich they arc ex
pressed, he is more alive to what
p. sscs around lmn ; external objects
igei hold of his imaginaii-
impiessions of bcautv, of
ike a stron;
n ; the
Martin Arcbcr Shce, Esq.
and most apprehensive influence; de
manding the unremitting application
of a life to produce that facility of
expression, that fluency ofgraphi’c ut
terance, bv xvhich only he can hopi
to address himself effectually to tlu
passions and unticrstandimrs o: men.
It to become familiar wan thexvri-
bination of natural and acquired poxv-
I he painter may be said to unite
the talents of the poet and the actor:
he composes the scene, and fills up
the characteis of the drama ; lie re
alizes the visions of fancy, and not
only recalls the exploits of antiqui
ty but revives the heroes by whom
they were performed.
His are the superiorities of limita-
tation over description, of Sensation
over Reflection ; he writes in tin
characters of nature tiu* language of
Action and Expression, and ap
proaches nearest to the powers of tin
Creator in the noblest imitation ol
his xvorks.
district, No. 253, Wilkinson county ;
as there appears to be other claims to
the land. I am therefore resolved
not to pay said notes unless I an
quieted in my possession.
Martin Hayes
May 15. 09 3tfi
The Elegant Horse
Caution.
ALL persons are hereby forxvarn-
ed from trading for a note given In
Bird Pruett to Charles Nix, on the
10th November, 1808, lor a lot of
Land, No. 356, 4th district Wilkin
son county, as the said Nix hath fail
ed to make titles.
Bird Pruett.
May 15. on
BRYA.N iJ’iLYNK,
CImported by Governor Turner in the
Jail of 1803, J
WILL STAND the ensuing season,
at my stable in Greensborough, at
Twenty Dollars the season, (to com
mence the 1st of March and end the
1st of August)—notes for the season
payable the 1st of December, to be
sent xvith the mares; Thirtv-five
dollars to ensute a mare will be' with
loal ; should the property of any
mare be changed, the insurance xvill
be demanded. If a mare insured
should not prove xvith foal, the mo
ney xvill he returned. Ten Dollara
the single leap, to be paid down
with liberty to continue the season
by the payment of Ten Dollars
more. Good and extensive pastu
rage gratis, and the greatest care
shall be taken to prevent escapes or
accidents, but I xvill not be liable 'or
either. Wheat lots well enclosed
lor marcs xvith young colts—servants
sent xvith mares hoarded gratis. If
requested mares will be fed with
gtain at the market price. Where
any one becomes responsible for five
mares, the season will be Sixteen
each, hifty cents to the
111 ^ every case, to be paid
(For performances and pc-
see bills.)
Benjamin Weaver.
dol
groom
down,
digree,
GreensbarouHi,
Jan. 23 1809
M
9. j fj
13- 2t
from 1st March 12: