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August 5,—14—6m
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UreUiUi e cus.
From the Louisville Journal.
All hail, once more, to cur friend “ Rigel." W e know
not his name, but he is evidently no unpracticed min
strel. We predict, that when bis name shall become
known, it will be found to be the name of one, who has
written his name high upon the rolls of the country s lit
erature. Will he favor us with his name in confidence 'I
We wish it for reasons that wc will explain to aim.
TBJE lIYEVG BTIBENT.
Yes, I must die ! I know the hectic blush
Upon my check tells of my life’s decay,
As truly as the lingering twilight’s flush
Upon the sky tells of the death of day.
The shadows of long night reel through my brain,
And visions of the spirit land are there :
The sluggish blood is curdling in each vein,
And bids me for the life to come prepare.
My languid pulse proclaims that life’s dull tide
Is ebbing fast towards that shoreless sea
On which my spirit, bark-like, soon shall ride,
In hope and strange expectancy* most free,
Why do I shudder at the thrilling doom ?
Why is my mind at times so tempest tost ?
Why should the spirit fear the grave's deep gloom,
Or dread the wonders of the heavenly host ?
Oh, it is hard that one so young as I
Should say to earth and all its scenes adieu !
For the last time should look upon the sky,
And watch the stars fade slowly out of view.
These eyes no more at daylight’s closing hour
Shall see the moon rise brightly from the sea,
Nor shall my steps again press to the bower
Where I vowed love and deathless constancy 1
Fair girl, mv Mary I Mistress of my soul!
My heart is breaking while it clings to thcc ;
I feel, while sinking, that thy sweet control
Could make this world a paradise to me.
But oh, my love ! my lip is ashy pale,
And, like a sick bird, thought is fluttering low—
Yet, till the cloud shall o'er my heart prevail.
To thcc its current ceasless still shall flow.
Long have I struggled in the lists of fame,
And deck’d my brow to wear the laurel’s shade,
And now, when men begin to lisp my name,
The night comes on and glories from me fade.
In vain; most vain, at midnight’s solemn hour
I've bidden spirits from the mighty deep,
And felt, with pride, my own exhaustless power.
Wide o’er mind’s realms, soar with an eagle’s
sweep.
Oh, for one day upon the mountain’s crest —
Oh, for one night beneath the jewelled sky—
Oh, for one hour where 1 have been most blest,
With my heart's love and her wild minstrels}’!
Vain is each wish—these shattered nerves, this clay,
Shrink from the thoughts on which I love to dwell;
Niylit gathers o’er my mind, and I can say
But one word more, and that one word—farewell!
Thus spake the student, as life’s fitful gleams,
Like an expiring taper, rayed death’s night—
Still clinging to the hopes and cherished dreams
Which on his heart had shed a blissful light.
He passed away, and many a manly eye,
Unused to tears, in sorrow fi r him wept;
And many vowed, ’till met within the sky,
His name enshrined should in their souls be kept.
RIGEL.
A PASSAGE FROM THE LIFE OF A
STUDENT.
The following narrative was compil'd from
the manuscript m:d or.il commimic.'tio s eft*
deceased friend. His story, though brief anti
unvaried, is deeply interesting—!;c "tore so to
me, perhaps, from persona! uttucbm; nt. There
are many things it his iif» which strikingly
correspond with the circumstances t o painful
ly described itt the K Eaily Struggles,” by a
late London physician. The same poverty,
neglect and successless effort—the same ear
nest striving ever ag.u. st hope—the same con
sciousness of merit, unnoticed, and a series of
constant disappointments—to which were ad
ded, in the case fmy friend, the fancy of dis
ease, and bitter recollections of the harshness
of those that should .have been hi# support.
Oii r acquaintance began in ‘he year 1801, in
a college of New England. What first attach
ed me to him, was a spotless purity—an entire
freedom from that small licentiousness which
is common to the more opulent stud 'ids o!
public seminaries, and the p ••ssessioti of a no
tably vigorous yet sensitive mi..d. Though h.
had been educated, us I found, amid abundance
and luxury, his nature was too noble to submit
itself to the artificial manners and vices which
generally wait upon wealth. He was unob
trusive, quiet and laborious. Having b::e:r
early.stimulated by the desire of knowledge,
he Dent the whole vigor of his mind to its ac
quisition—allowing himself sea reel v the s’ight
cst indulgence that might interfere with the
then great purpose of his soul. The elevated
rank he maintained i.flits class, testified at once
to the superiority of his application and of his
genius. He seemed to shri k before no ciffi.
unities, as if he had sit out with a determine,
tion to grasp and retain whatever w-s withi.i
his reach. Long after his comptit;iocs ha ■
gone to their rest, the light was still flickeri,.g
from his solitary lamp. But it was cot th
page of romance that tints visited his gnz'?, or
Imide him protract his wakeful vigils far i Jo
the depths of night. He w.is communing, at
these moments of intense study, with the great
est minds—with the loftiest spirit of science
and substantial literature. IL; was endeavor
ing to possess himself of the treasures enclos
ed in lite noble languages of the past, with
those
“High thoughts and themes sublime
Which led the giants of ihecidcn time
Far into depth profound.”
And his actual exhibitions of lean ing and t.d
ent pr*ived that his attempts were not w ithout
success. Tho constancy of his application
and confinement, however, sowed tile seeds of
permanent disc- sc. A constitution naturally
trail, was unable to meet such constant and
endless draughts upon its energies. Ata later
period, he paid the pe; alty of what he himself
has since justly termed ati izziMgA/coas devotion,
in his manner, my trie.id was gentle, unassum
ing, and solitary, even to a fault. He seemed
to have found in himself and bis books .in abim.
dan! source ofexcitomeut and pleasure. He
delighted more in tho lonely walk than i-.i the
mixed cr-mpauv. There was about him an.
almost instinctive aversion to men—yet to sis
intimate associates he wascontidi .g, o.;en, and
communicative. His love ofmi'.mn , a d strong
poetical temp lament, aided by a ready utter
ance, impnited to our evening ramblis a lofty
zest. On these occasion's he was accustomed
o unbosom the fulness of Ins f/ch.-gs. Th re
aas a surpassing rich nss and beauty in Ins
H-scrtpliotiH of iiatuial Bctmerv. Though ol
•quit! uge, I have listened w In t) he poured forth
he strength of his emotions, in rapt astonish
merit and awe, as quo would listen to a Suer of
old. The eff. c’. qf fits eloquence wai# in-
~~ " “WHEHE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IB THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.
creased bv the deep tincture <>f religious feel
ing which marked his composition. At the
period of our fret ii.timacy, lie had not avtiwt <•
himself a firm believer of the prevailing faith
—and I shall not forget the manner pi wmcli
he conveyed to me his cordial and implicit re
ception of the truth. “ I have ever regarded
tlrn principh sos the Chi i-tiao fai’b, saidln.
in full manly tones, while his eye b anmil with
additional light, “as essentially true, lot .--t!.-
them Would be making war upon all the u flu
cnees of education. They were the < 1 >- I ‘-1
my eatliost. clii'dhood —instilled into my stH
centible heart bv the warm and tender ttcce.
nfa n<>w sainted mother- In our momn'.g or
isons and our evening prayers, th y weie
never forgotten—while the scone of our las,
separation impressed them on my’ mind too vi
vidly ever lo be erased. I n her sick ess, tho’
weary frmn want of rest and racked by pai •,
her spirit seemed to triumph over th-; attacks
of death. She was sust lined by a blessed hop •.
The Bible hail r. vea'ed an immortality, in the
prospect of which she smiled. Y r et there was
no extacy—no raptures —no exolta'io t there.
All was qtiietm ss and pence--the quietness o!
nipt heavenly contemplation. She neither sigh
ed or spoko.'hut I knew by the warm pressure
of the hand—a'd the upturned eyo*‘—and
the angelic smile which slio e liii.mgt* her
tears—that she committed me t» heaven. She
his gone—but she is not dead. She his be
gun the ncvi.T-endiig life” St .ppi g ibr a
nu trient to v. pc aw ay the tear which trick 1
< ow’r lis chk, lie co iti ued —■■ But d* tp a •
was the impression then made, lam pursuit-■ u
-ha I huv : i.av r yet--rnbraced th- Christian
religion wi.h heartiness and truth. It has: <■
ver pervaded my entire b.t g—l -isV. i g itselt
to all my impulses—inotildiiig every th .tight,
and wt Idi.ig a high and habitual supremacy
over all my affections. And 1 receive it now
—not because it ia surrounded by an inipreg.
nabki bulwmk of evidence, against w hich in.
fidelity in every shape, for centuries, has level
led its batteries in*vain—not because i* h"-':
won the convictions and hearty support of the
brightest intellects, and noblest hearts of < ve
age—nor because it is the only ark of safety—
heaven’s List experiment and the world’s last
hope—more rational than all other offered
modes of faith—more clear and consistent in
t's principles—more benign in itste: dencit s—
more atfraccve in every aspect—but because
it satisfies all the deep wants of my sou!. Il
tills up ai d cumpk-tes my whole spiiitu. I mi
lure —it makes m iu:ppy—blessed. Oh I ther
are mighty v- ar.ii gs es the heart which no
thieg else can s.-isfy. Knowledge, f
power wealth,are phantoms—cheats. V, h< t-
we are filled with all, we turn away unsatisfied
—wo are restless and distressed. Nothing
but infinity a one can fill up infinite desire. I
have sought the Christian faith with eai’itest
ness and prayer—and now I feel there is no
thing else for w hich I should hope to live or
die. My convictions, feelings, sympathies,
are all fastened to it with an iron grasp ; and
it seems as ii'ueiilti'r the imitations of for inm.
or the contempt of triands, or the sedocti<»..s of
fancy, or the shocks of disease, could iudu> <
me to forego my hope in Chirst.” Little did
he think, at tho time, how the firmness of his
trust would soon be tried.
His father, a proud,ambitious, worldly man,
oft: fid 1 pi eiplos, and deeply immersed in
noiiiici.l stiif , i; d dusli-.ed him to the bar; a
destinalion to v. Inch he. himself, felt the strong
est ropuguat.ce. ?.t first he adopted apon s
sion more consonant with th -g nllenoss of his
disposition a. d the nature of his favorite pur
sues. ben a more decided expression,
h -.vevrr, was given to his religious views, he
relinquished uff former plans, and urged by a
solemn souse i f duty, gave himself to the sa
cred mi is ry. This was a death-blow to his
i.. tiler’s i-mbiti'tu.s I’oges. The desire of lhe
raroiit, before only expressed in w ishes and
Counsels, n»W assumed the form of a pointed
and decided opposition. He looked upon the
choice as involving his son in perpetual dis
•nace. In his mind, the ministry was associ
ated only with the idea of hypocrisy and men •:.
ness. lie regarded it as the device ofk aves
cr fools—or the is strumeut by w hich power
operates upon prtjudice and ignorance. In
lhe sharpest terms he reproached his sot: of
fmaticism and weakness; stating, th it he ’ as
about to cramp and wu hei: his mind ; cni- h
bis futh r’s hope ; i Xjms° himself to th?-s: arcs
of the world ; degrade his family ; and b ■enrne
the companion of ideots ai d fools. He was
about to make himself the hireling of supersti
t:o.; —a laughing -stock and a by.word—pre
cluded forever from the high stations of society
—from places of emolument and honor—and
waste hts m.Liost powers in obscurity and ig
noble retirement.
Mv friu d, though he felt that his f.ithei’s
la: <;u :ge had been hard and intolerant, r< pti* d
w ith a manly moderation and frankness. H:s
whole deportment was of the most iui bearing
and respectful kind. He expostulated in the
mildest terms. He snoke of his convictions
of tru 11, m d the solemn sense ofdutythat was
| ;il I upon him. He said that he was wiili g
to aaeiifiee every p rsoeul predilection, and
subdue every emotion of repugnance. Thank
ful lor the edticutiou he had receiv d, he would
f o.lv comply with every demand tho most tin
bounded gratitude could iirge; but when his
duty was iudieatod as clearly as ii it had been
uttered fi: the ihiind- rs of heaven, there w.s
o' ly one course to pursue. Though li ;■ -li fe
ed with tho greatest pain i’tom those «h>, in
o'.he: ca:’- '' f-I a riglii to dir. et, yet cu d i
ot to his reas -. hts co sei tee.
hid lev I il ; -. Go “xV.'i P thaes,” he
coati u'd, a sti mat o .I, v d and af
fectionate. “ perhaps the profession I prefi r
is not so degraded as al first you supposed.
Certainly Ido net regard it so. I look upon
it as affording the rubiest employmenlto w liieh
tho mind can be turned. The choicest instru
munt of heaven, it is tho greatest blessing of
the earth. It is the most powerful and wise
<>l all benefice, t agencies. Stripped of the
debasing ass'-einiio- s which fids In nd and
malice h v - thrown around it, nothing issoox
ultcd mid worthty. Its obj-'cts mid t -di.-ucies
are of the lofiii s' l-i’ <!. 11 is <:esig-..ed to dis
tribute over earth a knowledge < f truth am’
good ; to lead limnui.ity to its highest excel
lence; t-i bear di,wo superstition and tyram-v;
elevate snebtv ; diffuse joy and gladness; r
cue the oppis osed ; succor tho needy ; dove
line <n ly it! *.tioti of the humati heart;
uud, i .-i.m i, make the entire globe, th-.; v. i \
ver- ib ile ol ir aven. lie tmil engages con
scientiously in the de -.charge of its high fiinc
lions, is among the noblest of mem If it boa
great thing tn dev- to hfu d to om
country, how much greater is it, while the;
country is not t.egteeted, to devote them to th.
World. 1f to sympiai/tse with the tiansient
s.itl'erirgs of hmm: iiy. is ereditablq to the
heart, how much inme so is it to extend th;.;
ey*npi}Shj btyimJ the grave—throun'i cterni’y
SATUIE2JAY, JAAUAKY 23, 2*538.
itself. It is no small thing to move forward
in an enterprise of good, unmoved by the soli
citations vs vanity or ambilioi', ortho dread
scoff of cm nties, or the laugh of friends, or he
depressions of poveity, or the dismal conscious
ness of unmerited m gl< ct. This is a work
which the most generous spirits only can pet
form. In the number of such, I speak it himt
blv, I wish to be fotmcl. I know what ciis
courngt nit'its and Creariness may lie beyotid ;
but the hope is tar too noble lo b ■. chilled by
the fear wt these. If it be wrong to i. dttlge
the desire, the brightest ornaments of the earth
have erred; the reasonings of the mightiest
intellects are false ; the testimony of conscience
a he; and virtue, and heaven and he:t, a
dream.’’
f’-gi the young man plead in vain. Thu heart
of the father would not relent. It was ton
much warped by ambition and this, hoed to be
touched by tho noble motives which w re urg
ed. His 3>riju itces irritated and his pt ide
morftfied, he replied oily by mingled argu
merit and abuse, concluding with an ear.mst
and solemn asseveration, that if' his son per
sisted in his course, he should leave his home
forever, and seek in other places his protection
a. d support.
My f-’i-nd, with a heavy and desponding
heart, prepared io bid the home rffbis infancy
adieu. Excepting a few neighbors in ! ibis
domestics <■!’the house, th re were none to re
ceive his last farewell. And as the ciicnm
stances w hich forced himaway were uuk’iow’i.
to she former, his p rting with them, was ac
eompa .ied only by ihu usual wishe ; ami i ,qui
ri:s of ordii.ary s-paraiio .s. But by the old
i. mates of the fnmiiy, ns they gathered nrotmd
him, a deep couc-.-r.t and pity was manifested
on every fice. With a. full ami almost bu st
ing heart, he extended to each succfseively his
h.it.d ; and when he turned, last of ail, to th ?
affectionate old nurse, the guide of his infant
steps, and the last faithful watcher ut his rno
thcr’s dyirig bed, he con'd restrain himself no
longer—he fell upon her neck and went —like
a child he wept. “Why,” sobbed the tender
hearted old creature, “ w hy, my dear bey, do
you go? Why do you leave your poor old
mother now*. We shall b? alone when you ate
gone—and, perhaps, long before you corrie
back I shall be dead. Oh !do not go 1’ II •
could only answer, must,” and lie ,ura-d
heavily away, for he thought his imart would
break.
“ Disinherited and disavowed on Recount of
my religious principles,” says lie, ii a lettci
w hich 1 subs quenliy found, “ bet- * u me the
wide world in which I could scarcely claim a
friend, and bJimd me a home that was ;io ne
to me, 1 left my f ather’s house tm absorbed
...id full to c. re w huh; r I we. t. I grieved not
because of the sudden reverse uftoriune —this,
I was prepared to nivet; nor because I was
all alone : for I had never sought the fi ie. d diip
<>f itira, and could fi d c. j iymehtm tnsse'f
a. ci God. I was not th- n ii.pressed by a. v
conscious :ess of wrong; I knew th? i .t
of my purposes ai d the imperalive obiigatio.
winch It -i imine dme to ici. ii .C, oh ’i v. ;.s
sad. iiow could I leuvethe hum:; of my youth
forever, endeared by so mans thousand associ
ations. The valiits, and hills, and streams, I
was to b. hdd no more. I had grow up i
the midst of them until they 1:..d become si
part of my btm.g. They seemed ut that time
doubly delightfi l, for bi .uded with ire presci.t
3 mse of beauty, was the dear remembrance <»>
the past. They floated around mo like the
airy objects of a dream, now gliding Into ms
inmost soul. a:.d then drawing away lhe mind
into a sweet forgetfulness of'self, until it be.
came one. with the universe around. I was
sad too, because, harsh and mmaturid as mv
father had been, he wi»s father still. ?.s wide
ly as we diff’.rod—and as deeply as 1 mourn
ed h:s errors —I loved him with a strong af
fection s'iil. In llic midst of his prejudice and
pride, I saw a noble nature. In the licentious
liberality of his opinions, there were the signs
of exuberant but wayward sympathies; of
generous but undisciplined affections; of a
strong mind led far astray into devious naths,
!;y the sti’r: gth ei its'owu impulses, and an ex
cited and misguided fancy. 1 m*.uined that
such should b; his state. I knew he was no;
happy; but I knew also that it was too lute to
hope tor a change. His wii! mce fixed was
as moveless as the pili is of heaven. Then
was nn power, save the Author of his b ing.
coul.i bring him to the percentio:: of the rmlit ;
<n;d to Him, in the fukiess and anguish ofmv
heart, I knelt d >wu ai d prayed. Long, deep,
unutterable was that prayer, and when I ar se
<>the reality of present tilings, it was like re
covering from the deep and passionate excite
ment of a dream.
“ Summoning all my I determin
ed to place tnysclfas farfiom my termer home
as my means would allow. I accordingly
took passage in a vessel bound to a city at'he
fit In'st extremity of the country —expecting
to find some employm ut there w hich would
enable me, sooner or later, to prosecute mv
designs. My resourcescousii-ted of a few dol
lars of pocket-money wh-cll I 11 d retained
With this 1 procured lodgings at an ob cun
retreat: and here my misery commenced. I
found myself alone ai d ui:'m t. iended, maverv
wilderness of men. Ail whom J mat were
nppi'.ieL'tly s e:iguged, and w.-rs cheerful in the
m>dst ot their toil. I was coimei ted with none
either by the ties nf interest or endearment.
There were none lo whom I could apple for
encouragement or aid. Ob ! what a feeling
<»f lonelim'ss a -d desolation <■ mie over me, tho’
surrounded by thous ;. d.s es n> t' ilow b. digs.
Ihe very i .tensity ith which ib' v were all
emp'oj ed. made rm. owe d-st rt.w) feel mure
drear, my ‘.rdor, in the outset; was uu
*. iminished. Ii was only niter many success
less trials that my spirits (lagg- d. Day alt. r
day, I sallied t nth m qu.?st of employ im nt. d
at each time, m van-,, f read a. d’ re; id the
public prints tmiil my very eyes w.-rc w . ary
ut tile task. W h-. rever 1 applu-d 1 found that
otlu.rs had anticipated, or that I wus incompe
tent to the work proposed, f was w i!lm<> t>
undertake any iab.ir, and c. vit d Ih*.* v. rv dru.lg
csinthe street—but all my efi’oris were I i Vai...
When 1 found then- was notbi. g to sustain a
solitary hope, my spirits sank as lead. Th
scanty means iu my possession were melti-d
away, and the perso:, wi<h wh nn 1 l->dv b< -
came clamorous tor his dues 1 had s unti l I
him with promises until he could endure hem
no more. Exasperated by repeated disap
p->iutmetits, I;',- heaped upon me ah’.mtve ami
degrading names. He regarded me as an im.
posior in.d vagabond—prowling and blood
sui ki g viih in—deriving my subsistence frow:
those whom 1 coni I d-Hr:iud--bv f.'ing then
h.ipi's With lies at du< . • it. I i icpre
se. t.i dmy c;.-so—an.: ur■ ir. him m ex-
Ictisioti ol time. Al! in i:n slut s.- ofsoli
eitatloil c::t:h! o- ly :■■■ w ills el: tn--, cv to th?
p.>i tofproemi g ii'-duigenc. -tor n m<> Ih. 1
bi thought ;m- of uimth; r mode of .'Utenipt
irig a livelihood. 1 that my edusa-
tion and talents would i -.troduce me to the pa
ges ot some periodical, tio’m which I might
derive al, mporary suppoit. How deceitful is
hope. Day and night, animated by my ew
di sign, I labor' d with tm intensify which has
si .ee s. emed almost miraculous. Every fa
culty of mv mi id was put upon the sin it h ;
<;i-.d, though s'looti g pains thr.iOgli my w hoi,
sjs'ltm grot* sn.d strongly ag : i -t this severity
of toil. I could lend no ear to b ; cry. l’ ! th
course of two or thr e weeks I hud finish- ■
articles of' various ch .racier and length—trar s
latioi'S, tall s and ess. vs, u hi< h were <l. s atch
id m different din cttutiS. The requests for
femuuer.iiion with which they were accotn
pumed were respectful, but pin ssi. g. law ;rt
©d the result ia mingkd hope and fear. io
some, no answers were returned. I<> others,
the answers W*Te far from er-couraging. One
replied, ho was uot ia the habit of extending
remum-r-tio ito■ ew c<irrespm.de ts—anoth. r
ih tiha contribution was worthy of pr utea'id
pubheatio •, but his etrcitrnsiances did ■ ol ai
low him t * pay—a ihlld.that the f-.nie.l- s w .:'-.
wholly imsuit. dto Ins purposes—a fourth, thin
he would be happv to accommodate m - at
another turn—while a fifih declared that my
conmnu..icuii'jns were who : ly unfit to aim -ar
i i the public eye. But in no case w* s tti ■
manuscrip: retur-,e<l, according to r./qu-st. —
When I again w rote f a ih-m, th- y h-d bee:
mislaid or lust—some of thetn, how v r. as I '
subseqneaiiy found, were i sorted, w ithout ac- |
k owiedgment, into the very culum sto w hi< h :
they had been refused. It may easily b? con i
Ceived that the agony of mv despair was now I
miense. Already the mouth alloted me had
expired-—my linbiliiies accumulated —and my
body suSlri. g under the effects of the severe
discipline to which it had been subj-cted. The
prospect was still more drear a d dark than ii
had been before. My schenn s had failed—
mv hopes were withered—and I s i k dow-i
t bittetuess and utter despair. Whith.-rcould
1 turn or fly? With wii >m could Iti d sym
pathyoraid? A d when 1 commit ,c- tod n>
my landlord the fruitless success of my cfibits,
his anger rose as a tempest. Ail his pr- vious
siispieio sand acecsaions were co n-me.l.
He stalked and rated as a fur;-, ad, w a
threa smi g'eJ w i'h ex-craiion- lie drove nu ■
awav. ii"W dark, him k, dismal was : h -t |
I nigh co . . ms of iit ec !
- ■ V thi g distressed. IVi th |
I "aim smk ' am ami dm. I '- i: ■ .. '-
a bard.-ii and ••ursv, a ti ! - 4 - . - !' :t
th t was a wicked wish. own ...- -r
with rumors -. Vi iiy cnc i not ■ • Dim
who ‘ tempers the wmd to the shorn iamb ; ’
“As the shades of’ CVe i g Ci'JS- - ::: tl d |
me, I foil <! mys I horn I ss. penny-ess. a u i
broken bv discus:—cute, st and alone, 'i here I
was for me, o .tsyltim, no retreat, no home. |
Filled by corroding thoughls a .d exhausted to |
the verge of de .th, I wandered I know not I
wii r. ---a ,d whom I passed or m t. had there I
bum m- dark less. I ecu Id not hve tol —for 1 j
in. d lost all sen..-- - fiime, a cl hfe s. emed con- I
<•.tb.at single moment. The dawn
of mor i g :i-u.*d me a wniide ret still. I was’
sorry to behold the light Would ihat th f -rc
Ikicb e-n ever-duri .g dark. Th- iighf . wak
ened meto thee-; >ci<-us .isi.ftih i 4 w .s.
_ 111, Il S‘l’ u. ~ , m s■' ■ .? 8■; •> ■• 1 •;. -■
hi gs. lel i stiinm .. . es
i.’sp.rute, fi.,.,1 trial. Ecgl'v ul —(G’-d,
Gal! thi. k that eve. 'ill; si.-u.-s m of thl'
should cross n y num ) —a-iu ihu I hought oc
curred that perhaps 1 might borrow—it' not to
satisfy a'! mv demands, a; i -.si lo relit.- e press
i:;g r.ecessitl-.s. C--tild I succeed ia my de- |
sig s. I knew thet the time would crime when
I should be •■bi-;; to reCi.-mpi-iise every assist
at:c ■. Gaih-ri j •tn-: g:h from r. sulutr> .- .
proceeded to th;: prosecution of my plan. But
ciifficulty ehviro.ifcd me still. To whom could
I ap| Iv ? Who v.us there lln.t would aid a
frie. dless ami u..k -own wu-.d rer— v. iiln-tit
recommendation, and without references. No
thing daunt'd, heswever, by the cheetl.ss
thought, and hopi geven »«n-ie, I ad
dress- J n-vsatf*! ; the first place to a merchant
whose opulence was s id to be exh iust! ss.
He listened to my tale with apparent sytnpa- j
thv, vet dismissed me from his door w ilh a cold
complaint of the hanh-iss of the times and the
frequency of such applications as mine. Tins
same man gave an enter’ d .me t the : ext day
whi. h Cost him tipw arcs of a thous *.- u dollars.
Another to w le-ni I applied, though he was i .
the h bit of leudi g money only upon security; !
he could advance nothing o . mere personal j
responsibility. I turned away with ioathi-g
and disgust. A third prrso , whose fnei.dly {
services I sought, supposed there vias no dis- ;
fienlty for horn st and industrious men to pro- ;
cure employment; there were *' uny. Ilk my
self, pretlrri* g any mode of subsistence to h ird
work and righteous gai s. But why repeat
the ii'.suhs a. d ou r gusto which I wasexpos
ed. Mv applications were co .staoi a. d re- I
iterated, and resulted o !y in replies snnii r to
these I luve detailed. Even the ‘ i ’’g msn,
whose feelings 1 hid thou Jit w i- i s’.r-tiv
. ■ ! i.< t c s-s o*’distress, r ?poised t.- ■•:.h. r
by p ' -.e, d n is of'.i:-!, < r .in i.-d.ff. i. ..c< I
that was far more dn-keatt'uii'.e a d ehiil.— ’
Bui I can dwell up-i.-i the dru.uiml remem
brance uo more. Tha sup of bitterness w-s
full.
“The eveni -g of the second day fanid in
a win der, r, as before, perishi g wit;.- hm ger.
fatigue, a d disease-. it was a wii I a d fear
(in night. Darkness lay upon the city as “a
i ban mass—substantial, black,” while the
wi..d on heavy w ings, swept mour. fully along
the streets. The sleet ai d rain came down
in torrents and <lr-••iich. dme to the skin- To
avoid the fury of the blast and find some place I
of rest more (it.ing than the public way , 1 tur
.ed into mi alley and s.i h down upon some
old rugs a d carpeting which had tee depo
sited <> • a s’.-.lip. Hoy. la g t sh p , 1 e:u: ot
b Ii ; Im v. In. 1 a wok.. I loti ■ my- f uno
tlie floor of a • urr. w room, eiaiuinid in vch
twenty or more mis ruble and h .ggard w r tidi
es, ln.de and female—some bruised anil man
gled, and others too u.cbrinte io rats, their
heads. At first, I supposed myself in some
Pimdcmomurn on oauh. There were horrid
curses rm gle-d with groans .n il cries, and
odors p- rv. tk-J th. • . s-• :ii d sullhcati g air.
which v.- , : e. ; i ; . t j le ste , t ,, s( ;
long d to • se- ;> - ir.a loathsome ci m b r
uas too \>, . ),Jy hr .i i v .1,.-v n
deled —mv w h system e;J / -■ I
tiga.o sa k i to i pos.u S.u>;i i v ■
from slumber bv a gruff vi.de,'., :• -i ...iini-’d
along with my i:ight-cnm;-ani > s , h num *
t! te of polic . Hap |, : . t 1,. Ij,
1 me I lu\ hud bw- tii . j . < hat r
w iiii tire crime. . I f o .i
me oil the spot, a .1, i ;■ t n
rungement. ha g . . ... 1)1V ,
pearance ill r . .1, HJ K v
'■xciu d. :ty w ~ a..- y am
' '' ' 1 ’ --cells i.i.j , and 1 v s - n>.i d
ed by tlru magistrate to prison. There were
. n* ne to w hom I could refer. The charge
seemed just—and 1 mils’await a trial.”
It w..s here, on my reiur., from foreign tra
vel, that I first discovered my friend. Th
circumstances which had imp. Hed him to
departure from home w?re cummtmicuti
m- , a d I madedilige t a. d anxious i quiri-s
■ifter bis retreat. My cL sig ' was to take bin
to mv own h.mse, where hr: might be permit
ted to accomplish ail Ins desig s. I travelle
from citv to city m pursuit of him in vain, a: c!
wasi.boiit givi.-gup i’i despair, when my eye
was iiccid -ntuliy u’lracted by his name ou the
records of the police. Hastily ascertaining
hi 3 situation, I made my w.iy to the priso ,
a <1 discovered him in a damp and ch*-erl Ss
cell, stretched upon a low bed of straw—pule,
p in-ciiited, ads. verish. S<> changed w* r
| his features, ihat 1 did not recognise him as
I th- being I once hid .*-.iow .. His eyes were
j rolling u ; J’y—his hair was long at d matted—
a.-d his cnunte.iimce distorted bv the agonies
lof puiu. For T.vern! mi utes I stood b:f->r
th- grate, fixeik.and motionless as a statue.
A crowd of lb..ugh.s rushed over my mind—
-1 could scarcely realize the scene. When 1
advanced ar;d uttered his time, he started like
t frightened deer—then turned his face and
wept, ’x he warm tears were bathing mv <*w
cheek, and I could not speak. Whenever I
?azed upo him, my feeli gs burst out afresh,
j Gradually recovering from the shock of his
| List surprise, he extended hi- arm, (unable to
i rise) and drawing me to his bosom, held me in
I i lo.ig and affectionate embrace. I’he story
I of al! his sufferings and trials I had not yet
learned. Perceiving the expression of doubt
and amazement which at times crossed my
face, and pointing to a lette*r by his side, —
“There,” said he, “there—that will tell all.”
It wi.s a simple narrative—an extract from
which has been given, of what be endured.
I read it with a moistened eye.
I p.iss- d several hours with him. in conver i
sation, uh---.i, the night adva. cii.g, Iv us obii !
god to quit ti.e cell, not, how ver, without a |
pr- mis- to call agiin at an early hour. Hard j
.y hud the daw- come r u ,d. v.;r-ii, obedie t ;
io my word, I was at the door of the priso::. )
Mv f-’n .0 was much war-. *h:> . he ha • been ]
Ith er .a bcf< -a. , d■ f • : h was |
! ->.:.• y ‘ . V outd
- ! le i • !.-■ :■ ■.. ?iJ■ ro. -i. Ltr
H‘ - ■ . - SS-. . C- SCI US-
cess Gia! he hail it tog. . .'.I--,
smite b, amed on his i rs I enter, d, and
graspmg me warmly, bv their: i, *hesnd—“l J
tear you have come too i„te—i fee! th tlam j
ibout to die—yet God is good, a d will sus
i t .1.1 me i ; this ti nil trial, Mv diseiph e has I
j bee;, severe, but not too much f..r me to bear.
I Oh! h - is good, he might have given me up
|to crime,and zAuZ is tar worse than sufl’eri.-g
- and deuth. He will not desert me now.” I
| «h:sp»red a tew words of consolation, who::
Ihe resumed—“ Tell my father, should you ev
j er see him, that I love him still—that I forgive
Imm all. Oh I if I have done him wrong, 1 I
I pray to be forgiven. 1 shall see him no m re I
on eiirili would that 1 could cherish the i - I
lot seeing him in heaven. He knows not wh -t |
Ihe h.is lost—theloveof God--the sweet s a |
jot fuco, r million ti; < .ugh ins So,—l.ov - -
j u .bou .d.-d, exh .usti s-> love—l cast myself j
| up- -i : , '1 mi happy.”
I “i f. ■at o.i lime,” h-i proceeded. ;f- j
1 ‘ 1 -' ’t puns “th t n was hard to die i .
' ua. Oh I I had formed urmy a glori j
Ii us scUeme. L w s the whispering of atribi- >
i lion aoc: v. nity. Heaven is our him. at.d i
j there let tn,.- r. st.” He co firmed these so- j
> i- mn u d delight ui strut s for more th i i an I
I hour, and ' hen laid still and culm—his eye up- |
' iurucd to heaven. Without a groan or a breath, ;
l tiis cios-.d bis lids, and died as gently and us
sweetly us a ehi’d sinks to sleep.
From Biackwood’s Magazins. '
VE3SES T.) HAELEV’S CO.TSET.
BY THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
How lovely is this wildered scene,
As twilight from the vaults so blue,
S.ealr-soft o’er Yarrow’s mountains green.
To sleep embalmed in midnight dew I
All hail, ye hills, whose towering height,
Like shadows, scoops the yielding sky,
And thou, mysterious guest of night,
Dread traveller of immensity I
Stranger of Heaven I I bid thee hail!
Shred fr ni tho pail of glory riven,
That flashes! in celestial gale,
Broad pennon of the King of Heaven !
Art thou the flag of woe and death
Fr?m angel’s ensigncaff unfurled?
Art thou the standard o* his wrath,
Waved o’er a sordid, sinful world ?
No, from that pure pellucid beam.
That erst o’er plains ol Be hlehem shone, •
No latent evil we can dec m,
Bright herala . f the eternal throne !
Whate’er portends thy front of fire,
T; ■ rvi.m ..g ic -..s co it- ely pa!o—
Or peace to man, or judge;:: •-, ..- dire,
Stranger cf Heaven, 1 bid thee had!
W .-re ha« :i :u roam’d tl.ese tiicusand years? >
Why ■ -ugh’ those polar pathsagain,
j Fr-.m wi' Jtrr.ees of glowing spheres,
To fling thy vesture o'er the wain 7
And when thouscalest thy milky way,
And vanishes! from human view,
A thousand worlds shall hail thy ray
Through wilds of yon imperial blue !
0 on thy rapid prow to glide !
To sail the boundless skies with thee,
And plough the twinkling stars aside.
Like foam bells on a tranquil sea !
To brush the embers from the sun,
The icicles from c-(T the pole :
Then tar to other systems run.
Where oilier moons and planets roll!
S rangerof heaven O, let thine eye
Sm e on a wrapt enthusiast’s dream ;
Eeceii'.rk- as -.hy course on high,
And airy asthine ambient beam!
And long, long may shy silver ■ -ny
O.:r r. r : r ; arc!: at cv. .. t;.
Then wheeling to the c i .. . ay.
Seek the grey portals < f die in -rr.!
I- The Ce-tnef. — L- r -t vr-i .1 u: •' vast c>. ■
th.il this «,i and u ‘vv orb 11 s !:
.g su tftt-r th:* the sa .< c-i non b u
1) the dim relms of space si c- -u
nr slept i - lhe m.'.nger at Be.hl hem, a..u
tar i.i the east lit its ti''*« forth
aeves? Is it nut like D: vi it i, ,1. -v
■ i’Astro <"i ic pr .ph cy. tilt.ch pi 1
*■-.1 > sol tli-fuii. ,-i il fireto'i the eve...
I i ' 1 zi * g w.iri . ? L ks it ii.,t lik
j !’ 'l'll’ sv. ;*!. O a 1., i. , a ; <-j r
>' God ? ?1 d win- ■ thi- go i 'alio s ■
j u.i.buri :g i i the dust, that predicted o: b v>,..’
again stream its “horrid hail” ttcross out sky.
Vol. V-xVo. 87.
When the lover who has now looked hi it with
his rnietiesa shall become a patriarch among
his children; w hen the child now lisping i’« 'ax«
y inquiries of the wandering star, shall tell tha
al. i after yours, to some grand ba be th»onvd
■n h r knee, the o the comet will come again!
■ i n;A changes, u h..t rcVCillltio-s, What convuL
sins of states aiid empii- s— w ill chance ere
then ! My soul expands into a sense of subli.
nd»j., as I refl..ct on the vast world of events
between. How many tits w.l! be severed—
how many hi.art.sbe broken—how many te*r«
br- shed ! Yet while on earth those vicissitudes
will advance and vanish, in that far element
above and around us, this lutni: ous globs shall
wander with its train—flashing and glowing
through the field of immensity. Thought itself
—imagination io her boldest flight—sinks with
wearied wing, unable to grasp the stupendous
b u’.dLss theme! Tiuly said the si.cierft
minstrel : “When I survey the heavens,lhe
work of thy fingers —lhe moon and lhe stare
which thou hast ordained— then I say, what
is man, tint thou art mindful of him, or lhe son
of man that thou visiles’ him.— Knickerbocker•
SANDWICH ISLANDS
The Cincinnati Evening Post, alluding to
the establishment of a newspaper at the Sand
wich Islands, gives th<- following remit.iscerr
ees concerni g the first visit of an American
vessel to these Islands.
It is now fifty years since the ship Colum.
bin, Capt. Kendrick, and the sloop Washing,
ton. of only sixty tons burthen, us tender to
the ship, were fitted out at, and sailed from
ostoti, on a voyage of trade and discovery
round the world. This was the first enter,
prise of the kind, ana was crowmed with suc
cess. There are circumstances attending it,
that arc fresh in our memory and worthy of
record. When the expedition arrived on the
north, west coast, Captain Kendrick turned his
i back on his cou try —prevailed on a numb.T of
I senmei; to join him, took possession of lhe sloop
: Washi g’o , a ,d refused to return, Capt. Rob
ert G; -v [ h ■’> ,o °k command ot the Columbia,,
and continued lhe voyage, O>l his retur ~ho
cai ed at he diff r n t c’us'ers ol Islands io the
Smb S -*a, and, -tiwi- g the rest at the Sard
wich, wn.-re, us vV< 11 as io uthur ph.ces. he
w i:h th- iin si fin ndly at Ow\hee; where
;ii i king resided. Such was the coi fidetice
i ■ Cam. Gray, both by king and people, at.
te: tin. s fronrthe natives, pariicularly that they
pe: mnted him to bring u way with him, to Bos.
-on, theircrown prince, fully relying upon his
promise to return him to them, 'l he ship
was absent upwards of three years, and had
not bue-i heard of for a large portion of tho
time, when in the summer of 1790. one efier.
nou , we hud just arrived in Boston fn m Wor
cester, w Sieii a strange ship, bearing the stars
and stripes of <>ur country, arrived abreasi of
the Custie. and fired a national salute, which
wns promptly returned br that fortress. The
tin distinctly heard ai d seen from 80a
t0.., but ; ;> one Could imagine what ship it was,
bearing our country's fig, and doing a d re.
ceivi,.e such high honor. The inhabitants
w*-r : motion, ai i crowding to the long
wJia'i by thousands; in the interim the ship
was rec->/. -tze , n.d the artillery ordered out.
As th.' cm..-- t<> .chor, off’ the end of the
wharf, th* d iicbtid mu lilude i< nt the air with
: j-iy I’ui acciuinaiions, while salvo’s of artillery
j shook th neighbor!: g hills, and tke astonished
people hurried i .to the city to j im the general
i joy. The ship having returned the salute of
, the city, the custom house b irge was maimed,
i nil 's the venerable Gen- Lincoln, collector of
: ii: - r . with the owners of the Columbia,
• repaired biKud, and after biddi' g a hearty
j w-.:l'- me lo Captain Gray and his princely
pass: ugei. they all returned to the wharf to.
getlier, when the air again rang with loud ac.
clam.ttio. s, as d the artillery again poured forth
i ina thunder, The prince, who was an Appolla
' in p; rso al symmetry and beauty, wasdn -sed
: in personal symmetry and benuty, was dressed
I in a helmet of the a icient Rmn m form, cover.
’ed with small feathers of the most b-aiitifi*!
j phunag*. which glittered i i the sun, while on
hi body lie wore a cl-se dress, not visible, ex
cept the sleet e, and over it a large flowing
rob :, in the fiu m of the toga, made of cloth,
( covered with n athvrs precis ly like the hel.
met. Li this sple: did costume, he took th»
arm of Capt. Gray, and a procession being
formed, they marched to Governor Hancock’*
who sent bis Adjutant General to bid bin
welcome. After a residence of some mm.ths
lhe ship was refited, and with the sains com.
intruder, returned the prince in sufi-ty to his
cou itry and his friends; from thence sprung
all that friendly intercourse between those hup.
py isle ders and the U ited Stites, to w h>> x
ih-.-v are i d* bled for civilization a: d the us*.
/fui arts, which are making such progress a
j mo.'g -hem.
From th* Nantucket Liquirsr.
Peruvian Antiquitet.— Capt. Benjamin Ray
of:his town, commander ot ship Lsgan, recent,
•y arrived at New Bedford from the S >uth
Seas, procured while on the coast of Pent
1 some singular re ics, ih-Tcii* t n sti ucts timer
i whit h they w ere foiiiul rendr ri g them pecu.
i hariy curious and i ten sting, his ships touch.
led at th port of Guarmey in Truxiilo about
I l it. 10 S. lhe i iliahitm.ls of w hich have dis
covered ia their im.n. diate vicinity, the sub.
terran an r< mtii ;s of an ancient citv, front
which they had dug out many remarkable ve*.
tiges of former generations—and co.:c<-r.;it g
whose history or fate no remembrance or
even traditio i suivives. He visited lhe site,
w here the excavations were still in progress,
and personally ex '.mined such p rtions of tho
, ruins ns had already been pe jt trated. Tim
, walls of edifices were still starring, several
| tinman bodies hud been exhmned, and matic
lious hold implements and other articles <*f
various descriptions brought to light. The
bodies were in a wo, ikiiiil state ofpreserva.
tio i,thu hair, th; nails and intcgumei ts re
tn -i i g entire as i . nl'-, ar.d the muscular
ii'ture but mile sliru: k, through perfectly
>x iceaie-!—th» t h cis. possibly of the nitrous
prrperti-s of the cucmnj iceut soil. Tho
-iti-in io which th -s* mummies were found,
ne o<l übt that the population, who are
-1'" sed to have - utnb red si>m - 30.000, were
iv whelmed ill the mid tof their ordinary
iccup :tio<-s by some sudden and terrible con.
vulsi not i iiture. Ths corpse of a man wav
mu .d in a erect a'titule, amidst whose dress
were sundry cotes, which were sent to Lima,
e. 1.. a was iecid I t-fter mi >turc inpectioii,
Lit .-*. :v.ist 25.1 veats must have transpired
.>i ,ce ih»- <>* <-ii r • c : of the fat i! e tas’r-ipho.
.r.-f’li- b irind boost s Capt. B. saw ths
1 I.fin 1 • i >i si' i! p 's'ure wrapp. 1
. r■■!>--. w “ I. weronvarwh-huej
• . .-ii o i. ' .e.uty t hiv he*‘u e:.
g-.d in V- .-vi'g. w ith tho in t--ri .!s of h r
vocatio-i tn diet hands a:i I aiotii-d her. A