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THE INIMAN’S PANACEA,
I'XOIt the euro of Rheumatism, Scrofula or
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valuation of Cherokee Improvements; and be
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concerned .-—and having been informed that at
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y BEN. F. CURRY.
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Nov. 19,—29—3t
W A.XTEi*.
A Respectable Gentleman who can come well
recommended as a Teacher of good moral
character, to take charge of Philomathia Acade
my in Ruckersville. The School to commence
by the 10th of January, 1837.
By order of the Board,
J. A. CLARK, Scc’y.
Oct. 8,—23 —tlJan.
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Clark county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to
the Estate of the Orphans of Henry llouze
dec’d., for the benefit of the Orphans of said
deceased.
DARIAS T. HOUZE, Guar,
pept. 10, 19 4m
nw 3 E iWill ' ‘S I'SJly 11 ; !S t l S Fua IMs
From the Knickerbocker.
SATURDAY E VEN I SO
IN THE COUNTRY.
Soft twilight, with a gentle power,
Falls lightly o’er the earth—
Droops with her dews each blushing flower
That sends its fragrance forth;
Slow moving down the sloping hills
In winding lines, is caught
From flocks and herds the bell thqt fills
The pensive man with thought.
Amid this solemn silence, hark
As yonder waters go,
And leap the cliff’mid shadows dark,
Down to their pool of snow—
Hark to the anthem, as it swells
Along the silent air!
The music which in rapture tells
Os Him who guards them there.
Far through the dim, uncertain light
The giant mountains stand,
Their summits melting in the night
Which links the sky and land;
These are the thrones which Nature built,
And baptized in the flood;
The thrsnes unsootted—free from guilt—
And all aloof from blood.
Amid the mist that floats on high,
In circles gliding round,
The speckled night-hawk holds the sky,
And wheels at his own sound;
While, with a sweet and solemn tone,
The modest whippoorwill
Sings to the listening earth alone,
From yonder wooded hill.
Cool is this twilight, the pure air
That wanders lightly by,
Is all perfume— it seems to bear
The sweets of earth and sky;
The wild rose and the clover bloom
Their fragrance here have wed,
With zephyrs from the pine-grove's gloom
Upon yon mountain spread.
Sureiy, this hour was never made
For hearts of hollow mirth—
There’s something in the evening shade
That is not of the earth;
A voice of eloquence—a hymn
Os sweet and soft control,
Which, like the harps of seraphim,
Lifts up the glowing soul!
OLD FASHIONED ELOPEMENT.
In the month of June, 1832, the ship
Fame, Capt. Jones, arrived in this port from
London, and moored at one of the docks
North river. Her commander,
I will pass over light-
!<^M|^lishman, rough, untutored,
a thorough-bred ;
HBLv fitting ti’.r.ii to
NjjMr,iin<l<‘r him.
sF3 ct 11«; 11, the he
ro of the present sketch, was the only and
cherished son of a wealthy planter from
one of our slave-holding States, then de
ceased. He had been educated in the
most liberal and expensive manner by his
fond father, who spared neither pains nor
expense to perfect him in any thing he
wished to acquire. At an early age and
while at College, Charles acquired (unfor
tunately his father thought) a passion for
the sea. which grew with his growth, and
strengthened with his strength, until it be
came absolutely too strong for control.—
i He was of noble, high-spirited nature, very
! handsome for a man, brave and generous
i to a fault, and withal, his whole existence
| was but made up of a romance. He was
i never happy, never contented, except he
j was engaged in some enterprize in which
he could call forth and exercise to the full
extent, all his powers and energies.
He disappeared suddenly from College,
and after wandering around the world for
three or four years, while his father and
friends mourned his death, returned to his
native land, in time to receive his father’s
! forgiveness, and to take possession of his
j estate and fortune to the great disappoint
ment of about 50 cousins. His passion for
I the sea, however, did not leave him, and
' having received an offer of the berth of the
chief-mate of the Fame, he left all his af
fairs in the hands of a trusty agent, and
went to sea, and as such wo now
find him in this port.
! The vessel had been in four or five days,
and the cargo was nearly discharged. It
was a warm sultry day, and the men who
had been at work all the morning were at
their dinner in the forecastle. Capt. Jones
was walking backwards and forwards on
the quarter-deck, smoking, and Charles
was seated aft without his coat, apparent
ly in deep thought, his eyes fixed on the
deck.
“Isthe Captain on board 1” inquired a
soft, melodious voice, which caused Capt.
Jones to stop suddenly and turn round to
gaze upon the querist. Charles arose and
for a moment was utterly paralyzed.
The person who had asked the question
yet unanswered, was a girl apparently
about 18, handsomely clad, but of a beauty
and loveliness that baffles my powers of
description. Iler hat, which was small,
but half concealed the finest head
jet black hair in the world,
in wavy ...
of surpassagK>f , ’ -■
forehe^jk’• p,/
as '■
pit** •’
fill'' i
y(» ’ T >g, that one |
I dfomm, without
fi, f » • * . . r ana almost rc-
vedl 3* A-
board 1” repeated
the Captain and his of-
their eyes upon her
ma’am,” bluntly and half rudely
replied'Captain Jones, puffing his segar,
and walking close to her with a lewd, loose
a i r They call me Captain for want of a
bC “Will you marry me, sir ?” inquired the
lady.
WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NL’LLIFICA'I ION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGH 1 FUL REMEDY. Jejfei SOIL.
! “Well, I’m d dis that aint a good
' one—marry you ! why, my dear, I have a
wife in Liverpool now, and I don’t know
how many children, so I cant’t marry you
for good ; but I’ve no kind of objections to
marry you while I stay here.”
The proud lip of the fair girl curled with
prouder scorn, and her bright eye flashed .
with redoubled brilliancy, as she gazed for
one single instant upon the rude boor. She
curbed her feelings, however, and turned
from him with an expression on her bright,
beautiful face, that made him puff his se
gar with redoubled fervour, and to hide
his shame he retired to the cabin.
She turned to Charles—he was stand
ing near her, his bright, intelligent eyes in
tently fixed upon her. One look sufficed
for her. She saw he was no second Capt. i
Jones. j
“Will you marry me, sir 1” she asked with ■
a firm, steady voice, but downeast eyes.
The sound of her voice aroused him 1
from the statue like posture he had fallen '
into on first seeing her. He paused, he
gazed upon the lovely being who stood be
fore him preferring this singular request,
but his lips refused to utter one word.
“Must 1 go further, or will you marry
me ? Oh God ! Is there no hope ? and the
lady buried her face in her hands and sob
bed.
Charles felt ho was himself at once.— j
He felt his spirit of gallantry and romance ;
rising strong within him. A thousand ill I
defined thoughts rushed through his head,
but he felt he was a man and a lovely young I
woman was before him—perhaps she was
in distress—perhaps—before he had time [
to form another opinion,.the lady had turn
ed to leave the vessel.
“ Stop, lady—your request is singular—
very—let me ask one question. Are you
in distress ?”
“ Distress ! Oh God !do not deem me
crazed. Indeed—indeed, lam not—
think nothing now, but answer—will you j
marry me?” j
“ Whoever you are, or whatever you ’
may be, J know not; can I not serve you j
in any other manner ? Perhaps you may I
repent a resolution formed
“ Talk not to me of repenting, sir, and |
do not waste my time—now it is precious I
—you can only serve me by marrying me
—will you do so ?”
“By Heaven, I will! exclaimed Charles
enthusiastically ; “ There is that about you
that tells me I, at least, shall never rue it;
I am ready, wait but a minute.”
Charles went into the cabin, and put on j
his jacket, which he had taken off while j
working, and in a moment he was at her
side: “Come, then lady, whoever and
whatever you may be, I will abide the re
sult.”
He took her on shore, and placed her in
a coach which was standing near, and drove j
off to a friend’s house. He was shown in- j
to a room; the door was locked and the
lady threw herself on a chmr. She did
not weep, nor sob, nor did she appear to
be in the least affected by the novelty of
her situation.
“ Sir,” said she, rising, “whoever you are,
1 can trust you : you are no common sai
lor, nor am 1 what 1 seem. 1 have now
no time to waste in words ; I will explain
all in a few hours. Trust me, believe me,
serve me, and you shall never repent it.
What is to be done must be done at once.
I have but a few hours to spare, and if 1
am discovered before they expire, 1 shall !
be wretched indeed. Here, sir, is money : 1
go and purchase ail you wish, be quick,
and do not delay now”—
cd him a roll of bills.
“Thank you,
am not indeed whatfc
til I return; you are sa> LvflW. mitt
will return in a few moments; do not De
alarmed.”
Charles went out and left her alone—
b.e went to a fashionable tailors in Broad
way, and in ten minutes was changed from
a rough, dirty-looking sailor, to a fine, man
ly, handsome fellow, and his dress set off
to admiration his fine figure. He return
ed instantly to the lady, and when he en
tered the room where he had left her, he
found her walking backwards and forwards
but not in the least agitated. She had evi
dently steeled herself to the worst, and
w as prepared for any thing.
“ My name, sir. is Ellen Moran—let that
j suffice for the present. Are you ready ?”
[ said she firmly, and without betraying any
emotion.
" 1 am, lady.”
They went again into the carriage, and
drove to the Mayor’s, and in a few mo
ments were man and wife. When they
left the Mayor’s house, Mrs. Barton gave
orders to the coachman herself, but in a
voice whose tones were not heard by her
husband.
•• Will you return with me ?” inquired
Mr. Barton, as his wife entered the coach,
•‘No, sir, we are going to your house,
where your presence will be required.”
Mr. Barton looked very steadily at his
wife for a moment, as she uttered these
words, and for the first time began to think
he had entered upon a very silly scrape.
The idea even entered his head that she
might be a little out of trim aloft, and it
did not make him very comfortable.
feUf he door was closed and the coach was
a word was spoken on either
the whole drive, which was
a t least so it seemed to him.
■ • ■ vas intently thinking upon his
was half inclined to regret
UShness, but one glance at his sweet,
new-married wife, settled that point.
The carriage stopped at the door of a
house of elegant exterior, in one oi the
most fashionable streets in the city. He
alighted first, and handed out his wile in
silence. They ascended the steps and
she rang the bell. The door was opened
by a servant in a handsome livery.
“ Is my uncle at home yet ?”
“No,miss, he is not,” replied the man,
respectfully bowing.
Mr, Barton cast a furtive glance around
him. Every thing wqs arranged in the
most reciterc/ie style, and with the most
lavish expense. She led him into a parlor
(Sumptuously furnished.
ATJIEA’S, GBOE&IA, SATUREDAT, DEEEJIE3ER. 3, 2 830.
[ “All that you behold,” said Mrs. Bar
l ton, as the door was closed, “ are mine,
■ sir. They are now your own. Believe
me, sir, I speak the truth. Remember
that you are the master of this house, and
all in it, and whatever may occur, do not
I forget your own right.”
I “ You surely cannot mean deceit,” said
1 Mr. Barton, utterly at a loss to account for
j the singular conduct of his wife,
“Trust me, sir—try me—believe me.
I will tell you now all I can—all I have the
time to tell. Four years ago, my father,
one of the wealthiest merchants in this city,
died, leaving to me all his property. My
uncle, who will soon be here, was made
mv guardian until I should marry, and he
had charge of the estate left by my father
until that should occur. As he had no
j thing of his own to support himself, he has
I kept me secluded from the world, and in
I confinement, almost closely, since my poor
i father's death, well knowing that on my
' marriage the propertv would pass from his
hands. His conduct at times has been
harsh and cruel, and particularly of late.
To-day I found means to escape from the
house unseen. The rest you know’.”
She then arose and rang the bell; a ser
vant came to the door. “John,” said she,
“ send everv servant in the house up here.”
Mr. Barton sat perfectly stili and said
. nothing, but he was mentally resolving
I how to act, and was more than half inclin
led to think his wife a lunatic. The ser
| vants came up and stood in the parlor,
! awaiting for orders.
“ Mr. Barton,” said his wife,“these are
• yourservants. Every thingyou see around
I you was mine, all is now yours. You hear
me,” addressing the servants. “ This gen
tleman is my husband and your master;
obey him as such. Retire. Now sir, all
I have to request is, that you will assume
and maintain your rights.”
Further she could not say, for the par
j lor door was suddenly and violently thrown
open, and an elderly, hard-featured, coarse
i looking man entered and stood for a mo
j ment gazing alternately at the lady and
j Mr. Barton.
| “ What is your business here, sir?” de-
| manded he austerely of Mr. Barton, who
j as he entered had seated himself, and re-
I turned look for look. Mr. Barton made
no reply.
“Miss Moran,” said he, turning to Mrs.
Barton, “ can you explain why this man is
here ?”
“ She need not take that trouble, sir,” re
i plied Barton, arising. “ That lady is my
| wife, and I am master of this house, and
allow me now to ask, sir, what is your busi
ness here ?”
“Your wife—your house—upon my word
—ha !ha! ha !’’ and Mr. Moran seated
himself and laughed most heartily and
scornfully.
i “Come, sir,” said Mr. Barton, “your
presence is disagreeable. If you have any
business to transact, finish it quickly. We
wish to be alone.”
“Why, you impertinent scotind ”
The word was not fully uttered; Mr.
Barton caught him by the collar and shook
him till he was black in the face. “ Scoun
drel you would have said, you lying, cheat
ing old villain. If you were not so old,
and so contemptible, 1 would not leave a
whole bone in your lubberly carcase, i
tell you again that lady is mv wife—this
iis my bouse. 1 know you and your tricks,
! and if you arc here in one hour from this
1 time, and I sec you, 1 will have you sent to
I the police office, where you mav be forced
some disagreeable confessions.
pack up." and Mr. Bar-
Id of the terrified old
"AfV' i. doran, for he it was. seated him
; | seif to gain breath. “Do you mean to sav
| that you are married to that man, Ellen ?”
■ asked he contemptuously.
She did not deign him a reply, but sat
in silence, awaiting the issue, and he turn-
■ ed to Mr. Barton for further explanation.
’ “ Don’t look to me, sir. That lady, God
• bless her, is my wife. She has told me
• ail your infernal villainous conduct, and
■ i the sooner you quit this house the better it
> may be for you.”
“And who the devil are you, sir, that
dare to speak to me thus in my own house?
Who are you, sir ?” demanded Mr. Mo
ran, arising and coming close up to
Charles.
“ Mr. Charles Barton, str. at vour ser
vice. The son of a better man than your
self, and one who will love, honor and pro
tect this lady, my wife. So be warned in
time, I have said my say, and now be
off at once.”
Mr. Moran arose and moved towards
the bell rope, no one attempted to stop
i him—he rang it. and the servants, who
expected a scene, came in.
“Turn this fellow out of doors at once.’
said he, half choked with rage, pointing to
Mr. Barton, who stood unmoved. Not
one stirred to execute the mandate.
•John,’ said Mr. Barton to one of them,
‘go into Mr. Moran’s room, pack up every
thing there, and have it sent according to
his directions. Be quick too.’
•Yes, sir,’ said John, pnd he made his
exit.
•You see. sir,’ said he, turning to the
astonished uncle, who had seated himself
in a stupop, “/ am master here, do you wish
further proof that my words are true? if
{you do, 1 will have yourself turned out of
the house in one moment. Shall 1 show
you, sir ? Will you then be convinced ?
Mr. Moran cast a look of mingled ha
tred and revenge upon Ellen, who
stood a silent but firm spectator ofthe
whole scene. “And you, you hussy—
you
•Dare to call that lady such names, and
I fear I shall f rget you are an old man,’
said Mr. Barton, again seizing Mr. Moran.
‘ Do not tempt me too far, you infernal old
scoundrel. lam not blessed with much
patience; you are trying what little I have
verv severely.’
•Unhand inc, sir, and tell me by xyhat
I right you dare io use me thus,’ said Mr.
j 'doran, scarcely able to utter one word
I plainly, so enraged was he.
J • Easy done--I. have told you once—l
will tell you once more—l have married
this lady—she was mistress and owner of
this house, and lam now master Does
that explain? You had better be off quick
—I may callfor accounts you know, which
may be difficult to settle. The less said on
that subject the better, I expect
Mr. Moran said no more, but darting a
look of the most fiendish malignity on his
niece, he retired.
Ellen had hitherto said not one word.
She had in silence watched the conduct of
her husband, and she was proud indeed to
think and fee! as sne now did, that he con
fided in and believed her, and would main
tain her just rights. As Mr. Moran retired,
! she arose and placing her hand in her hus
i band’s, and looking in his face with an im
j ploring, confiding look, said, ‘ May I prove
! worthy of your love, and may you never
I repent your marriage, hasty as it was.’
I Mr. Barton pressed his lovely wife to
: h's bosom, and before he could utter a
■ word in reply, the report of a pistol was
I heard. Ellen turned pale as marble—
i Charles seated her on the sofa, and say
; ing, ‘ That d—d rascal has been doing rnis
! chief,’ rushed out of the room, but Ellen
I arose and followed. They went to the
j room of Mr. Moran whence the sound is
! sued, and on entering (for the door was
not locked) he was found lying on the floor
i dead, one side of his head blown entirely
. off. and the room strewed with his brains
! and blood. In one hand was the fatal pis
te!, in the other apiece of paper. Charles
I took it and read: ‘I die cursing you, and
; may my curses blight you.’
Charles took his wife from the scene and
I sent at once for the Coroner. He came,
an inquest was held over the body of the
miserable suicide, which was removed to
its final resting place.
Charles soon made his wife acquainted
with himself aad his affairs, and she was
not at all displeased to find, that chance
had thrown in her way a husband fully her
equal in every respect. His fortune was
quite as large as her own, and his family
connections of the first standing. As there
was no particular attraction for Ellen here,
her husband easily induced her to go south
I with him. They are now residing in the
interior of North Carolina, among some
1 distant relations of Mr. Barton’s, and it is
} said by all who have ever seen them, that
' they are the handsomest and happiest
couple ever seen in that State.
The Bridle’s Farewell.
BY MRS. HEMANS.
Why do I weep! to leave the vine
Whose clusters o’er me bend—
The myrtle-yet, oh! call it mine!
The flowers I loved t > tend.
\ A thousand thoughts of all things dear,.
Like shadows o’er me sweep,
I leave my sunny childhood here,
Oh, therefore let me weep!
I I leave thee, sister! we have played
' Through many a joyous hour,
i . here the silvery gleam ofthe olive shade
Hung dim o’er fount and bower.
Yes! thou and I, by stream, by shore,
In song, in prayer, in sleep,
Have been as we may be no more—
Kind sister, let me wesp!
I
I leave thee, Father! Eve’s bright mxon
Must now light other feet,
W ith the gathered grapes, and the lyre in tune
Thy homeward steps to greet.
• 1t ou in whose voice, to bless thy child,
i Lay tones ot love so deep,
Whose eye o’er all mv youth hath smiled
I leave thee! let me weep!
Mother! I leave thee—on thy breast
! Pouring out joy and wo;
I have found that holy place of rest
; Still changeless—yet I go!
Lips, that have lulled me with your strain,
Eyes, that have watch’d my sleep!
W ill earth give love like yours aggin!
I Sweet mother! let me weep!
From the Edinburg Literary Gazette.
Tile Soldier’s Return,
i The following beautiful instance of filial at.
| feciion,deserves to be handed down to the
| latest generations: —Some travellers from
Glasgow were obliged to stop at the small
; burg of Lanark, and having nothing better to
i ergilge our attention, said one of them, we
; amused ourselves by looking at the passengers
from the window of our inn, which wasoppo
' site the prison. Whilst we were thus occu-
• pied, a gentleman came upon horse-back, very
; plainly dressed, attended by a servant. Ha had
I scarcely passed our window: when he alighted,
; left his horse, and advanced towards an old man
; who was engaged paving the streets.
After havi.ig saluted him. he took hold ofthe
> hammer, struck some blows upon ti.e pave
j meat, at the same time addressing the old man,
I who stood amazed at the adventure:—“This
| work seems tube very painful for a person of
i vour age; have you no sons who could share
: in your labor, and cornfort your old age.”
| “Forgive me sir, I have three lads who in
; spir dme with the brightest hopes, but the
I our fellows are not now \v ithin reach to as
sist their father.” ““Where arc they then?”
■‘The oldest has obtained the rank of captain
in India in the service ofthe Honorable Com.
pany, The second has likewise enlisted in
the hope of rivaling his brother.” The old
man paused, and a momentary tear bedimmed
! his eye. “Ai d pray, what has become of the
| third?” “Alas! he became a security forme*
, ihe poor by engaged to pay my debts being
unable to fulfill the undertaking, he is—in pris
on.” At this recital the gentleman stepped
aside a few paces, and covered his face with
his hands.—After havii g thus given vent to
his feelings he returned to the old man and
■ resumed discourse. “And has tlje oldest—
! this degenerate son—this captain—never sent
! you any thing to extricate you from your mis I
i r z s: “‘Alii call him not degenerate; mv
' son is virtuous; lie both loves and respects his
I father.—He has oftener than once sent me
; money, even more than what was sufficient
j iormy wants; but I had the misfortune to loose
it by becoming security fur a very worthy man
mv landlord, who was burdened with a verv ;
large family. Unfortunately, finding himself
unable to pay, he has caused mv ruin. Thev
have taken my all, and uo.hing now remains
for me.” At this moment, a young man, pass
ing his head through the gratingso; a window
in ike prison, began to cry, “Father' Father!
if my brother William is all ve that is he; he is
the gentiemau who speaks • willi you.”—-Yes,
roy friend it is he,” replie d the gentlema i,
throwing himself into die ok 1 man’s arms, who
like one”beside himself, att empttng to speak,
and sobbing, had not recc vered his senses,
when an old woman, dece: tly dressed,.rushed
from a poor looking hut, ci ;i >g “wh re is he
then? where art thou, iny dear Willi.tm? Com
tome, come and embrace y < tur motht?” The
captain no sooner observed ' ler, than he quitted
his father, and wenttothrov f himself up >u the
neck of the good old dame .
The scene was now < werpoweri ig; th<>
travellers left their room, and iticreas >d the
number of spectators, wi ti .esses of this most
affecting sight. Hr. Wils' on, one of the travel-1
lers made way though tl ie crowd, and adva i. j
cing to the gentleman, tl hjs addressed him; |
“Captain, we ask the ho< io r of your acqu iin.
taupe; it is impossible tb express the pleasure
we have had in being w itc esses of this meet,
ing with your family, we request the favor of
you and yours to dinne r ia the I hi.” The
Captain, alive to the inv\tr dion accepted it wi.h
| politeness; but at tae s< me time replie J, that
;he would neither eat oir. l.i ,k until his young.
I est brother had recovc re< I his liberty. At t!> •
I same instant he deposi.teu' the sum. for which
he had been iucarcer.i ted, a,id i i a very short
time after his brother joined the partv. The
affectionate William in the midst ofa multi
tude who were loadi ig him with caresses, all
of which he returnee’ i with the utmost cordiali
ty-
As soon as there W'as. an opportun.tv for
free conversation,, the good soldier unbosom
ed his heart to his parents and the travellers.
“Gentlemen, said h i,’’today I feel, in its full
extent, the kiadaes s. of Providence, to whom I
owe every thing. My u .cle brought tne up
to the business of ,i weaver, but I requited his
attentions badly; f< >r, having contracted a hab
it of idleness a. <l dissipation, I e listed i.i a
corps belonging the* East India Company.
I was then little: mciee than eighteen. My
soldier like appea ranc-e had b :en observed by
Lord Clifton, this commanding officer, with
whose best effici ancn and exhaustible gener
osity Europe ise.cqusi ited.— My zeal for the
service inspired l.airn with regard; and. thanks
to his cares, I rose step by step to the rank
of Captain, a. d was entrusted with the fu ids
of the regiment. B-y dint of economy, and the
aid of commarc >, I amassed honorably a stock
0f£3,030. At that time I quitted thus .Tvice.
It is true that I made three remittances to mv
father; bat the first only, consisted of £203,
reached him The second fell into th ■ h i .ds
of a man who ’had the misfortune to become
insolvent; and I trusted the third to a Scottish
gentleman, who died upon the passage, but i
hold his receipt, and his heirs will account to
i me for it. j
I After dinner, the Captain gave his father
! £2OO, to support his most pressi ig wants, and
iat the same time secured to him, ns well as
jto his mother, an annuity of eighty pou ids,
■ versible to his brothers. Besides, ha present
ed £§oo as a marriage portion to his sister,
>ho was married to a farmer in indifferent
circumstances; and after having distributed
£SO among the poor he e tertaiied at a a ele
gant dinner with the principle inh ibita its o.
the burgh. By this generous sensibility, too.
he showed indeed that he was worthy of the
j distinguished honors so profuselv heaped up
i o.i him by the illustrious Lord Clifton.
IJehuv or ot females in Company.
Gue of the chief beauties in a female char
■ acter is modest reserve; that retiring delicacy
j which avoids the public eye, and is even dis
; concerted at the gaze of ad niration. Who
i a girl ceases to blush, she h is lost a most pow
j ert’ul charm of beauty. This extreme se-.si
I bdity which it indicates may be considered as
I a weakness and incumbra .ce to the other sux.
’ but in females is peculiarly engaging. A b u *>h
i ing is so fir from being necessarily attendant
i on guilt, that it is the usual company of i mo-
I cence. That modesty which is so essential
to the sex, will naturally dispose them to b
rather silent in company especially in a large
one; people of sense and discernment will.iev
er take such silence for dullness. A person
tnay take a share in conversation without ut
j teriug a syllable—the expression ofthe coun
i tenauce i-hows it, and this never escapes an
I observing eye. Converse with men with that
i dignified modesty which may prevent the ap
proach of the most distant familiarity, and coa-
I sequently prevent them feeling themselves
I your superiors.
Wit is the most dangerous talent which a
female can possess. It must be guarded wi h
great discretion and good nature, otherwise it
will create many enemies. Wit is perfectly
consistent with softness and delicacy, yet they
are seldom found united. Wit is so flattering
to vanity, that they who possess it become in
toxicated and lose ail self command. Humor
is a different quality. It will ur-ke your com
pany much solicited— but be cautious how you
indulge it;—.it is often a great enemy to deli
cacy. and a still greater one to dignity of ch ir
act r. It may some times gain you applause,
but it will never procure you respect.
Beware of detraction, especially where your
oivu sex are concerned: You are generally
charged with being particularly addicted to
this vice, perhaps unjustly; men are fullv as
guilty of it when their interest interferes. But
as your interests frequently clash, and as vour
feelings are quicker, your temptntio s to it are
more frequent. For this reason be particular
ly c ireful of the repu a ion of your own sex.
Consider every species of indelicacy i > c.< n
versation as shameful in itself, and highly dis
gusting to modest men, as well as to you. 'File
dissoluteness of some men’s education nrtv al
low them to be diverted with a kind of wit,
which yet th y have delicacy enough to be
shocked at when it comes f rom the mouth of a
female. Christian purity is of that delic.its
nature that it cannot even bear certain ihj gs
without contamination. It is always in th ■
power ot woman to avoid thes : no man but
a brute ora tool will insult a woman with con
versation which he secs gives her pai i; nor
will he dare do it if she resent the i j iry with
becoming spirit. 1 here is a dignity i i con.
seious virtue which is able to awe‘the most
shameless and abandoned of men. Yon will
be reproached, perhaps, with an affectat o i of
delicacy; but, at any rate it is better to ru i the
risk of o. mg thought ridiculous than disoiisti.ig.
The men will complain of vour reserve- fhev
will assure you that a frank beh .vior would
make you more amiable; but thev are not si >-
cere v hen they tell y QU BQ . h mi£ j lu o „ sotne
occasions render you more agreeable as com
panions; but it would make you less amiable
us women,an important distinction, of which
many ot the sex are not aware
Have asacr d regard to truth. Lving is a
mean and despicable vice. Some who posses
sed excellent parts have been so much addicted
ffi cyffid not be trusted in the rq,
Vol. IV—Ao. 31.
| latioii of any story, especially if it contained
| any thing of the marvellous, or if they them
selves were the heroines of the tale.
1 here is a certain gentleness es spirit and
manners extremely engaging in young women;
not that indiscriminate attention, that uumean.
tug simpe - , which smiles on all alike. This
arises from an affectation of softness, or from
perfect insipidity.
Gut you g female friends nut? perhaps
think that by persuading them tq attend to the
precedi g rules, we wish to throw every spark
of ature out of their Composition, and to make
1 h ‘tn entirely artificial. Far from it; we wish
hem to possess the most perfect simplicity ®f
heart and Thev may posses® dig
nity without pride; affability without mean
ness; and simple elegance without affectation.
A/ Iton had the same idea when he (aid of
Eve—
“ Grace wm in all her steps, heaven in her aye,
la every gesture dignity and lave.**
. I saw a temple reared by the hands of man,
standi >g with its high pinnacle in tfie distant
plain. The streams beat upon it; the God of
b■idjHJhis..thunderbolts against it, and
yet it stood firm as iiaiimanr. • Miuu;.
i i its Ji .Ils—ih ■ gay, .be happy, th; young, and
tho b.utii’ul were there. I returned —audio*
the temple was no more! Its high walls lay
i i scattered rui is; moss and wild grass grew
ra kly there; a-d at the midnight hour, tht*
owl’s erv aided to the deep solitude, Tha
von g a id gay who reveled there, had passed
away.
i I saw a child rejoicing in his youth—th®
i idol of his molh-r, and the pride of his father;
I retur ied, and th it child had become old.
Tretubiiiio with the weight of years, he stood
tue last of his generation, a stranger amidst tho
desolation around him.
I saw the old oak, standing in all its pride
upoi the mou itatn —the birds were carroling
on the boughs; I returned, and the oak was
leafless and sipless; the winds were playing
atiheir pastime through its branches.
• ♦ * -‘Who is this; destroyer?” said I
to my guardian angel.
•’ll is time,” said he, “TFTien the morning
stars sa ig together with joy over the new-mada
world, he comm meed his course; and w-heu ha
shall have destroyed all that is beautiful oftha
earih—plucked the sun from his sphere —veil-
ed the moon in blood —yea, when he shall
have rolled the heavens and earth away as a
scroll, then shall an angel from the throne of
God come forth,and, with one font on the sea,
and one on the land, lift up his hand towarfl
heaven, and swear, by Heaven’s Eternal —>
Time is. Time was, but Time shall be no lony
gerl"— [Pu.uldi.ig.
From the U. S. Gazette.
“The Summer’s Gone.”
The summer’s gone—and every flower,
That waved its beauties to the sun.
Has bloomed its brief but lovely hour.
Has slg'd its fragrance—and is gone.
The summer’s gone—and many a hop*
That budded with the early spring,
Has seen its blossoms brightly opo
To wither like a blighted thing.
The summer’s gone—rand many an yye
’•'fiat brightly shone, in dust is shrouded;
And hearts that loved us, withered lie,
j Or worse than this, by coldness cloudsd,
i Th? summer’s gone—-but soon again,
I Shall blush and breathe upon the air,
Th’ enamored flower, and paint the glen.
But those I loved will not be thero-
QRIQfN OF GENIUS.
Columbus was the son of a weaver, and
weaver himself.
R <b -lais sou of an apothecary.
Cl iude Lorraine was bred a pastry cook,
M diere, son of a tapestry maker.
(’erva ites served as a commun soldier.
H irn r was a beggar,
H “ssiod vas the sou of a small farmer.
Demosthenes, of a cutler,
'l'ere ice was a slaye,
Richardson was a printer.
() i ver Cromwell the son of a brewer,
Howard a«i apprentice to a grocer.
B-mjamin .Franklin, a journeyman printer,
Doctor Thomas, Bishop of Mforceater, son
of a li.ie.i.draper.
Daniel Defoe was a hosier, and the aqn of
a butcher.
Whitfield, sonofan innkeeper at Gloucester.
Sir Cloudesly Shovel, rear-admiral of Eng,
la id, was an apprentice to a shoepaker, and
aft rwards a cabin-boy.
Bish ip Prideaux worked in the kitchen ft!
Exeti r College, Oxford,
Cardi al Wolsey, son of a butcher.
F rguson was a shepherd,
N -ihuhr was a peasant.
Thomas P.iitifi, son of a staymaker at Thet
ford.
D an Tucker, was the son of a small farmer
i i Cardignshire. and performed his jQuypeys
to Oxford on foot.
E Imii id Halley was the son of ft soap-boiL
er at Shoreditch.
Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich, son of a.
farmer at Ashby de la Zouch,
William Hogarth \yas put apprentice to an
“I’graver of pewfer pots.
Doctor Mou itaia, Bishop of Durham, wa|
rhe son of a b ggar.
Lucian was the son of a statuary.
Virgil of a potter.
Horace of a shopkeeper.
Plautus, a baker.
Sh ikespeare, the son of a woolstapler,
Milton of a money scrivener,
Cowley, son of a hatter.
Mallett rose from poverty.
Pope, the sou oi a merchant,
Gay was apprentice to a silk mercer.
Doctor Samuel Johnson was son of a book,
seller at Litchfield.
Ak -'side, son of a butcher at Newcastle,
Colli s son of a hatter.
S irniiel Butler, son of a
Ben Johusmi worked far same time as a
brick'ayer.
Rob rt Buris was a ploughman tn Ayrshire,
Thomas Chatterton, son of the Septan of
I| ed< lits ■ ( hurch, Bristol.
Thomns Gray was the son of a maney scriv
ener.
M itthew Prior, son of a joiner in London.
He uy Kirk White, son of a butcher at Not
ti igham.
Bloomfield and Gifford were shoemakers.
Addison, Goldsmith, Otway, and Canning,
were sons of clergymen.
Person san of a parish clerk.
Saturday Courier.
“Betty, your mistress is sick— get her a bo|
brick.”
•‘Yes, Ma’am! must I b;lc