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A*©Z.X.XAN WRSAUfH.
l7>VR AND BEAUTY.
Yomi'l I.nvo tvtts o:i(t a pii'^arr kepi,
Fm' rnnmillg lain in Hcauly s Imworp;
Tile nymph ninirin.il him wliitn ho di pt,
Ami bountl him with ft wreath t»f flower?.
She euanls him with lier virgin train,
They wnti.li In turns while l.ove i'i'i«i»t?;
Or Weave lYrsli iwMi-biiih for his chain,
For joinie i.eve’s chains are matte el
Yh mill l.ove pined, and only reuflht
id hi
of 111
tion; inn!, by tlm law of. the majority 1 , may 1
command the twentieth pnrt, composed of
nil the high authorities ol' the United
Stales, civil and military. These may lie
outvoted by the nineteenth parts with un-
oiitrolulde power, both as to purpose mid
process. Can this formidable array be
wed without dismay? Itwill be said,
that in this association, will he all the con
fidential officers of the Government, Hit
choice of the people themselves. No mar
earth has more iinplic.it confidence than
mvself in the integrity and discretion, of
this chosen band oi' servants; but is
confidence, or discretion, or is strict lim
it, the principle of our Constitution?—
It trill comprehend, indit'd, all the func
tionaries of the. Government, but seceded
from their constitutional stations as guar
dians of the nation, and aet ing, not by the
taws of their station, but by those of a vol
untary society, haring no limit to their
purposes, but the same will which consti-
totes their existence. It will be, the au
thorities of the people and all influential
characters among them, arrayed on one
side, and on the other, the people deserted by
their leaders. It is a fearful array. Itwill
sup-
Tivtis tills—the hale artful elf,
While he anil lleaaly wateh'il tnselher
leitidvM ul mice to free himself,
And hind her in the nelf*Nilne tether.
Fill,-lied will nil dii
And inn inti put yoiiaii l.i
They left him to tlmea
of nymphs had ll. it.
- . „ t in verity
he Find that these are lmnginnrv tais. 1 efutch and show how tiel6i were won.”
EMPTY POCKETS.
lly a Village Beau. '
I would not have my fair readers t
pose, that 1 liave dreamed away nw life
in it “Bachelor’s Elysium” or a “Panulfso
of Coquettes,” or that all my dnys'ltivc
been devoted to “Love it. a Village.” I
hare done the. State, some, sendee, in .he
days that tried men’s soles, and haye lad
my own blistered with many a wiytry
march. This explanation will no doubt
lispel any surprise which may have arisen
in the reader’s mind when the title of this
paper first caught his eve; for if tlicr
any class of citizens in this vast republic,
who arc peculiarly fitted and prepared by
experience to expatiate vith accuracy and
feetingou the subject ofympty pockets, it
is composed of those gentlemen who fol
low to the field a warlike chief. Ii is not
necessary to state to w|at corps I belong
ed, nor will I be called tpon, I trust, to ex
hibit my commission, >r give n counter
sign; it will he sufficient (army present pur
pose to assure my fair rentiers that although
[ now languish at the fee, of beauty, or lis
ten to the inspirations of the muse, l have
nmcil the right ,o “ shoulder my
r Cmml hrwcil nai«li,
Then mn«t
Anthlro .
lie seeinotl, at once, to lie
A* if itrfiiinM to .Sleep’s
know they are so at present. I know it
is as impossible for those agents of our
choice and unbounded confidence to bar
ber machinations against the adorable
principles of our Constitution, a? for gravi
ty to change its direction and gravid* bo
dies to mount upwards. The fears are,
indeed, imaginary, but the example is
real.—Under its authority, as tv precedent,
id: lo llunutYd i
uni dlu had lieu
S Enid of drcaiiii
»o lloaufN watchod him It
Till, ftadiuti rathcTtirrd
Sht’ Mink, horsrll, tin* Ihi
Aiul slept beside tin* emi
ul stupid,
i of Cupid.
Thru hiuh in air, at o
With h>\v, and shat
And soar,up far on w»
lie lieu away, alas
„ j hnmift
ho sprmps*,
id glittciiii
a wings,
MISCRIjTiANEOrS.
1 shall now proceed to relate an adven
j lure which happened to me when 1 was a
young man and a soldier. It was about
| nine years ago. I was then about twenty-
one years old, but nobody would huV' tn-
| ken me for more than eighteen. I utis re
turning homo ljpm a severe tour of) duty
[ upon the frontiers, and wore in my feitnres
— ... i and habiliments thonspect of a “pool gen-
l’uture associations will nrisc, witn objects tlemnll _„ Mv ,-„. c wns callow an/sun-
wilh w Inch we should shudder at this time. , mrnt _ mv cn ' sh low—my coat thrc.vihare
The Society of Jacobins, m anot.u-r com.- , , my • tnnilsllo( | ; _ ns f or J. l„ u .
try, was instituted on prim ,pies and views | ^ %V(>ro nrtyctin bloom,
as virtuous ns ever kindled the hearts of a- j , t ^ nl ,out sunrise in the morn' ig—a
triots. It teas the pine pit i in ism o f i (Joliiflitful morning in October—wljeii a
purposes, which extended their association wn| ’ ( , nit (; ity .Hotel in New Yorkrous-
tn the. limits °f fhc na io» y a.c. tnitutf j ^ mo f rom a souml slumber to nnntuncc
their power within it bauntUns; tutd tl was l]u|t t]i( , y trnlll j, 01t wn5J about to clipart,
their power which degenerated ther pnn- f ^ t hm porter waited for my think.
aptes and practices to siir/i enormities «»| ||nv ; n aisclinrgcd my bill and ma&c ull
before could have been, imagincdjyet I ^ „ rr „„,„, lnen o on the p rfiCed .
POSTHUMOUS LETT HU OF
Mr. JEFFERSON.
To the Editors of the Enquirer.
The following letter from air. Jefferson
to tlic late Dr. Morse, (now for the first
time given to the world,) is ofi'ered to us
for publication, by a correspondent, who
conceives that the remarks which it con
tains, although intended for a Society,
now no more, arc applicable, and with //(£ mw characlc
great, if not greater, force to the Colomza- wM fhgsc n j-. h
tion Society.
A short history of this letter, necom-
paiued by some observations rt luting to
the Colonization Society, will be commu
nicated in a few duvs.
(oOPV.)
Monticf.llo, Myneii (!, 1822.
Sir: I have duly received your letter
of February Kith, anil have now to express
my sense of the honourable station, pro
posed to my cx-brcthern anil myself, in
the Constitution of the Society, for the
civilization and Improvement ol'the In
dian tribes. The object, too, expressed,
ns that of the association, is one vthicli I
have ever had much at heart, and never
omitted nn occasion of promoting, while I
have been in situations to do it with (ffect.
And nolliing, even now, in the calm of
nge and retirement, would excite in me a
more lively interest than an approvahle
plan of raising that respectable and un
fortunate people from the state of physi
cal and moral abjection, to which they
have been reduced, by circumstances for
eign to them. That the plan, now pro
posed is entitled to unmixed approbation,
I atn not prepared to say. After mature
consideration and with all the partialities,
which its professed object would rightful
ly claim from me, I shall not undertake to
draw the line of demarcation between
private associations of laudable, views and
un imposing numbers, and those whose mag
nitude may rivalizc the march of regular
Government. Yet such a line dors crist.
1 have seen the days—there were those
which preceded the revolution, when even
this last and perilous engine became ne
cessary. But they were days which no
man would wish to see a second time.
That was the case, where the regular au
thorities of the Government had combined
against the rights of the people, and no
t fcans of correction remained to them, but
tn organize a collateral power, which, with
their'support, might rescue and serin e their
violated rights.—But such is not the case
with our Government.— We need hazard
no collateral power, which, by a change of
its original views, and assumption of oth
ers we know not how virtuous or how mis
chievous, would be ready organized and in
force sufficient to shake the established
foundations of society, and endanger its
peace and the principles on which it is bas
ed. Is not the machine now proposed of
this gigantic stature ? It is to consist of
the ex-Prcsidents of the United States,
the Vice Presidents, the Heads of all the
Executive departments, the members of
the supreme Judiciary, the Governors of
the several States and Territories, all the
Members of both houses of Congress, all
the General officers of the Army, the
Commissioners ofthe Navy, all Presidents
and Professors of Colleges and. Theolo
gical Seminaries, nil the Clergy of the U-
iiited States, the Presidents ami Secreta
ries of all associations having relation to
Indians, all Commanding Officers within
or near Indian Territories, all Indian Su
perintendents and Agents; nil these ex-
officio and as many private individuals ns
will pay a certain price for membership.
Observe, too, that the Clergy will consti
tute* nineteen-twentieths of this associa-
these were men and wcniulourdeeeudants I
will be no more. The present is a ease,
where, if over,vve are to guard against our
selves: not against ourselves as we arc,
but ns we may he, for who can now imag
ine what we may become under circum
stances not now imaginable. The object,
too, of this institution scents to require so
hazardous an example, ns little as any one
which could he proposed. The Govern
ment is, at this time, going on with tlm pro-
ing evening, I had only to throw on any
clothes ami follow the hearer of my bag
gage, who paced Broadtvuy with rapid
strides. The street was filled with truant
passengers like myself, some yawnirg from
their broken slumbers, some grunbling
from a half-finished breakfast, sotn« fret
ting about their baggage, and some were
in high spirits. All wns commotion in the
street and on the wharf. The bed was
ringing, and the captain of the Steamboat
ot civilizing the Indians, on a , «. L, llfm ?’ like a madman-” I’ll swear I
probal.lv as promising as any one offings , won , , Vllit ,- or nnni mnll woman or child
able to devise, and with resources more
| breathnn—cast oil’ that cable there for-
competent than we wild uxpeet t'o com- |. gtand by t0 dap on , hc Btcam . , f
inund by voluntary tnvn a ^ ,. j people wont come in time I wont wait—if
called into association
Government, are wiser
people
' I dp” “Nobody wants you to wait,”
| thought I, for I Was now on board ; and
as soon paddling her way through
than these; is it that a plan originated by |
a meeting of private individuals, is better
than that prepared by the concentrated
wisdom ofthe nation, of men notsell-eho-1 ^ lu , BOI1
sen, but clothed with the full confidence of G. • Jl" „.„i j-.ii •
the people I Isitthulthcrc isnoelangcrtnae] . .. , ^ ..
l i .. nnd nil, seemed to teel the vmlving efinet
a new an m i y, mat e m „ J J | Q j. beauteous scene and the calm uour.
alnng side the Government in the same line j, r ,
the water.
It was indeed a delightful morning, nnd
passengers crowded to the deck.
and to the same object, may not produce
The soldiers were on drill nt Governor’s
Island, the fatigue parties were nt work,
collision, may not thwart anil obstruct the f 1 111 - . .
’ ■ ■ n (hn the drums were beating—all was bnstl
operations of the Government, or wrist the
object entirely from their hands1 Might
we not ns well appoint a Committee for
each Department ofthe Government to
counsel and direct its bead separately, as
volunteer ourselves to counsel nnd direct
But the water, anil the surrounding shores,
how serene, how lovely ! As the eye wan
dered over the blue expanset—bill perhaps
| my fair reader bus never been nt N. York
has never seen the North River, nor the
, , , , t. Battery, nor Governor s Island, ipr the
the whole in muss; and m'gntvve not no * .. , ,. ..
- ■ • - 1 Narrows—«if so, my poor dear umoitunate
reader, it is utterly impossible to con ey to
thee any adequate idea of the picturesque
beauties of Netv York Harbor, ami the
highest point of my success would lie to
make thy mouth water like that of 'Tanta
lus. I could indeed, if I had not long
since disposed of my instruments, mil al
most forgotten their use, put my little
knowledge of military topography lit re
quisition, nnd sketch the commanding
points of the landscape. I could exhibit
the labours of “the patriotic diggers,” dis
play the Inst scene of Decatur’s glory, nnd
designate the spot where Hamilton fell,
and the monument erected to his memory.
But I beg to lie excused—and to assure
the reader that although I cannotennble
him to participate in the pleasure, all these
scenes, and the incidents attached to them,
were glowing richly upon my fancy as the
steam-boat cleft her rapid way thro igh the
silent vvuters.
But my attention was soon drawn to the
busy, the smiling, nnd the contented faces
—the gay, the respectable, and thedecent
appearance ofiny fellow passengers, Fresh
,7 to the same object j »«<’>“* uf tu, . nu ! t '“«! dangc^-from
®i nw . t u nt tlu- „ r# . th«- dftilv contemplation ot liardv soldiers,
sansTand wisdom and ImVmgborderers and sturdy woodsmen-
* Tlie Cloryy nf the ItniteJ Stntea muy probably
bo estimated at 0000, tlio residue of tliis Society nt
<1(10; but if the former number be halved, tlie reason
ing will be the same.
it ns well for their foreign, their fiscal and
their military, as for their Indian nffiiirs?
anil how many societies, auxiliary to the
Government, may ire not expert to see spring
up in imitation of this offering to assnriate
themselves in this and that of itsfunctionsl
In a word, why not take the Government
out of its constitutional hands, associate
them, indeed, with us, to preserve u sem
blance that the nets arc theirs, but ensuring
them to be our own, by allowing them n
minor vote only?
These considerations have impressed mv
mind with a force so irresistible, that (in
dutv bound to answer your polite letter,
without which, I should not have obtruded
my opinion,) I linvc not been able to with
hold the expression of them. Not knowing
the individuals who hnvc proposed this plan,
I cannot be conceived ns entertaining per
sonal disrespect for them. On the contra
ry, I see in the printed list persons for
whom I cherish sentiments of sincere
friendship, and others, for whose opinions
and purity of purpose, I have the highest
respect. Yet, thinking us I do, that this
association is unnecessary ; that the Gov
ernment is proceeding
under control of the
competent to it in me
inclination ; that this association, this
wheel within n wheel, is more likely to
produce collision than aid, and that it is,
in its magnitude, of dangerous example ;
t am bound to sav, that as a dutiful citi
zen, I cannot in conscience become a iiiini-
ber of this Society, possessing, as it does,
my entire confidence in the integrity of its
views. I feel with awe the weight of o-
pinion to which I may be opposed, and
that for myself I have need to ask the in-
dtilfence of a belief, that the opinion I
have given is the best result 1 can deduce
from my own reason and experience, ami
that it is sincerely conscientious. Repeat
ing, therefore, my just acknowledgments
for the honor proposed to me, I beg leave
to add the assurances to the Society and
to yourself, of my highest confidence nnd
consideration.
(Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON.
If you live according to nature, you will
seldom be poor—if according to opinion
never rich.
Economy, with a contented mind, and
good conscience, will make n nmn luippy
in every condition of life; it is a noble bar
rier against poverty; it brings the mind to
nn accustomed wariness and forethought,
and with a proper degree of courage cua-
ablcs us to bid defiance to fortune.
from camps which though containing the
bravest of men, were surrounded liy the
worst of women,—with a heart sickened
among the gloomy scei/esof the hospital,
and yearning after rept/se, I gazed with de
light upon my coiiiitrvjnen. I marked the
elegance of one, the leatness of another,
nnd the suavity of a third—and contrast
ing this placid nnd cheerful display of na
tional happiness, with the vice, dejection,
and disease which l litul left behind, my
heart wns filled with delight. Cheerful
greetings, and friendly interchanges of ci
vility were circulating round me; I only,
wns unknown nnd solitary—but I rcllectcd
that I too should sotin be surrounded by
warm hearts nnd lout remembered faces,
and should feel a parent’s embrace and a
sister’s kiss.
Strolling towards the cabin door, I how
observed a large hand-bill, containing the
“ Rules and Regulations of this Uoat”
perspicuously set forth in legible charac
ters. It was announced in this dccimicnt,
that shortly after the boat should ipt under
weigh, a bell should he rung to .itnimon
the passengers to the Clerk’s roon, where
they were to pay for their passage, and be
entitled to n seat at the breakfast .aide. A
gentleman who stood near me pensingthis
important information, now turn'd to tlie
captain, whose impatience had liy this time
subsided into n tolerable degree of calm-
'iieits, and observed, “would it not bti bet
ter, captain, to make your passengers dis
charge their fare before they got on board?
You must sometimes lit ‘imposed upon, tin
der your present regulations.” “Not at till,
said the captain, “very few persons travel
in this way, who have not honor enough to
pay—and as for the slippciy chaps, I
watch them, and I know one of them us
soon ns I sec him.”
The hell now sounded, and I hastened
toward* the clerk’s desk, when feeling for
my pocket-book w hut was my eonsterna
linn to find it gone! I felt nil my pockets,
hut found it not—I hastened to my trunk,
hut it was not there—the pocket-hook was
lost. Most people would on such an oc
casion have made an immediate and loud
outcry, hut I had learned from the rules
and articles of war the danger of giving
Uthe alarms, and by my General, who
though nick-named old Jake, was a wise
mar. and a good soldier, 1 had been taught
that wc should not discover our weakness
to tie enemy. I had learned too in tra
velling, that nothing i t considered as a sur
er sign of a slippery chap, than an empty
pocket.
I therefore assumed ns much composurt
ns possible, and returning to the deck
strolled up and down, like a sentry upon
post, revolving what was best to be done.
Perhaps there might be tt buitk-notc lurk
ing in some of my pockets. I was aware
that this wns the worst place in the world
to look for a bank-note—but still, I was a
careless fellow, anil sometimes stowed my
cash in odd places. Upon this suggestion,
my pockets were searched anew, and n
thorough inquisition had through every
hole anil corner of my trunk—a bank
note in my pocket, indeed ! I might as well
have expected to find the Sea Serpent
there! However, my commissariat hnd
not been deficient the day before—I wi.'
not name tho sum in deposit, but it was
sufficient, ii had given all the loose change
in mv pocket to the servants at the tavern,
and the porter who carretl mv trunk—the
rest was in my pocket-book, nnd the pock-
hook was—where ? I hnd arrived nt New
York the preceding day, luttl gone to the
theatre nt night, and recollected having
had it while there. I had returned to the
hotel late at night, and had discharged my
bill, but whether from the contents of the
said pocket-book, or from the loose change
in iny pocket, I could not tell. My heart
and head had been too full of the sorrows
of Juliet to dwell on such trash as bank-
bills and dollars—but now I thought,
“Howhappy coulil the with cither!'’
I was, indeed, weary of the conjecture :—
one thing tvas certain, my money was gone!
—and locking my trunk I walked to the
side of the vessel, nnd leaned over, gazing
at the water in deep reverie!
The surface of the water was unruffled,
and as 1 looked upon it in painful thought,
my agitated mind began to acquire a con
genial serenity. Where now l thought,—
“ Where now, ye lyinit v.initic?nf tile,
Ye ever tempting, ever cite Mint; train,
Where are vo now!"
I stretched ray eyes to the shore, and mea
sured the distance—“On such n night ns
this Lcander swam the Hellespontnnd
whvshould not Lieutenant immor nl-
i/.e himself by swimming the East River ?
I had hut to leap in, a few minutes would
bring mo to the shore, nnd I could march
to Philadelphia—but Leamler swam by
moonlight, and there was a lady in the
case—besides I had marching enough, I
had no provisions, and could not carry off
my baggage—I wns in the enemy’s coun
try, it was true, without the means of car
rying on the wnr—but to retreat and leave
mv bii2gnge !—“ Old Jake" never taught
me that !
The more I thought upon my situation,
the more complicated, the more painful
were my reflections. I wns among total
strangers—there was not n face around
me that I hud ever scon, not nn eye that
would recognise me. I could not boast that
genteel outside which is the common pass
port to civility—my tarnished vestments
presented no very inviting appearance—
my face was red nnd blistered liy the sun—
these might be taken as the indications of
intemperance. I fancied that l exhibited
the counterfeit presentment of one of those
slippery chaps alluded to by the captain.
When my inability to comply with their
lawful requisitions should he announced,
what ungenerous surmises would be formed
liy this rough sailor, nnd his hawk-eyed
clerk ! If my feelings should not be assail
ed by rude remarks, they would be equally
galled liy supercilious looks und silent sus
picions,
Something must he done. I might ap
peal to the generosity of the captain; but
1 was to bo his passenger only to Bruns
wick—how should I get thence to Pliiln-
dolphin? Besides, I did not like his looks.
I paced the deck with rapid strides, and
with n sensation of real pain at my heart.
My profession had led me through innu
merable dangers; I had faced men in hon
orable fight, but 1 could not cope with the
redoubted commander of a steamboat, nnd
challenge the inquisitive glances of a
crowd of strangers.
The passengers were now crowding to
the clerk’s room with open pocket-books,
or returning from it securing their purpos
es, nnd buttoning their pocket flaps. Ma
ny of those gentlemen were doubtless go
ing to Philadelphia; ! might frankly ac
knowledge to one of them my situation,
nnd solicit a loan, to be repaid on my inri-
val.—But he might doubt my word. I
thought of Jeremy Diddlcr a thousand
times, nnd wished for his easy knack of
making useful acquaintances. I began to
scrutinize the faces of my fellow-travellers
—and endeavoured to find among them a
generous, confiding phisiognomr. I found
some cold polite faces—some foppish lit-
ces—some miserly faces—nnd a grent nin
ny common place faces, which said noth
ing. There was one gentleman whose
countenance pleased me. He wns n mid
dle-aged, fine looking man—easy nnd gen
teel in his deportment—with a noble
tlnd thoughtful features. I approached
him, but nt that moment ft couple of fine
girls who bail been lounging over the deck
addressed him as their father, and I shrunk
hack. They were bcautiiul'—the rays ot
beneficence beamed from their eyes; hut a
young gentleman does not like to disclose
his poverty to the ladies, who of all things
have a particular antipathy to Empty Pock-
arts and sciences.
There wns a young gentleman of nn
open pleasing countenance, with whom I
now entered into conversation. He wit
piite accessible, communicative, nnd even
voluble, and I was about to open my heart
to him—but he ran on—became tumilinr,
vulgar, and disagreeable. I turned from
him in disgust.
“Come gentlemen, ho expeditious it you
please,” bawled the enptnin, “breakfast is
on the table.” I turned immediately to
wards a gentleman of respectable appear
ance, whose sun-browned features announ
ced him to have been a traveller. 1 ad
dressed him, learned that we were destin
ed to the same city, and told him my story.
The old gentleman looked at nie for a mo
ment with an inquisitive glance, then draw
ing forth his pocket-boolo presented it, and
desired me to fake what I wanted. I did
so—presented him with my address, re
ceived his, and hastening to the clerk dis
charged his claim in time to take my scat
at tho breakfast table.
This wns one of the petty incidents of
life, but caused me more pain than l have
sometimes experienced under real afflic
tion; so true is it that wc can bear nnv
evils with greater composure than those
which touch our pride, and that ot all mis
fortunes there is none to he dreaded more
than an Empty Pocket.
METHOD OF ENGRAVING GLASS.
Cover one side of n fiat piece of glass,
after having made it perfectly clean, with
bees’ wax, and trace figures upon it with a
needle, taking care that every stroke cuts
completely through the wax. Next, tnake
a border of wax all around the glass, to
prevent any liquor, when poured on, from
running off. Then take some finely pow
dered ilunte of lime, (floor spar) strew it
evenly over the glass plate upon the wax
ed side, and then gently pour upon it, so
as not to displace the powder, ns much
concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with
thrice its weight of water, ns is sufficient
to cover tlie pondered floor spar. Let
every thing remain in this state for three
hours ; .then remove the mixture, nnd
clean toe glass, by washing it with the oil
of turpentine: the figures which were
traced through the wax will he found en
graven on tlie glass, while the parts which
the wax covered will he uncorrodcd. Tho
Ilunte of lime is decomposed by the sul
phuric acid, and sulphurate of lime is
formed. The fluoric acid, disengaged in
the gaseous state, combines with the wa
ter that diluted the sulphuric acid, und
forms liquid fluoric acid, by which the
glass is corroded.
PETER PRY—-Vo. IT.
Mf.ssus. Editors.—Since you have been
so indulgent (indulgent you certainly were,)
ns to publish, in the Morning Courier, the
first communication or lucubration (or
whatever else you may please to term it) ol
peter prv, cousin-german to Pant ol the
same sir-name ns myself; I am embolden
ed to communicate to you n second epistle
(epistle I believe is the proper name after
all,) or ns some might profanely term it, n
duplicate lay-h om ily.
Gentlemen, (ahem) did you ever (“I tun
naturally curious to know you know”) have
you ever seen a man drunk, (1 beg pardon)
or intoxicated, or half sens over, or tod
dled, or funny, ns the phrase is? Ido not
wish to mnlcc my second communication a
catechetical one (for that '•'you know”
wouid be somewhat anomalous;) nor do I
wish to obtrude myself upon your patience,
by asking, what might he considered, a
series of impertinent questions ; although
from mv experience and age, I take the
liberty, or rather assume the privilege of
being somewhat erratic, in thisniy perora
tion. (I beg pardon again, I should huv
said circumlocution.)
But to he serious; for although I have
commenced in a light strain, I assure you
my heart is laden with sorrow. Know,
Messrs. Editors, Iliad a young friend;
nnd shall I say in reference to him, 1 him
a friend as yet? No, that were a proftuia<
tion of the thrilling, sacred term. Ho is
lost to me—he is lost to his friends—he is
lost to himself.
But five years ago, and tlwre lived in
one of our principal cities, a family, weal
thy, respectable in the fullest sense of the
term, (fashionable if you please) and hap
py; if there be any such thing as happi
ness on this terraqueous sphere. But O,
how changed! They nre now “ steep-td to
the very lips in poverty”—deserted by tlie
world, ns a natural consequence—and have
for their attendant, wretchedness.
Alonzo Summerville is one of the mem
bers of this family. Alonzo wns the pride
of his family ; and the boast of the good
and the wise. He was generous, noble,
brave. Ilis acquirements were superior
to those of any young man of my acquaint
ance ; his wit was sparkling and his judg
ment wns sound. lie hnd a profession,
too, nnd one of his own choosing. In a
word, he possessed every bodily nnd men
tal excellence ; and lmd every prospect of
reaping a full measure of renown. Blit,
alas, Alonzo fell! He fell, too, as a fool
lidlcth. He fell a victim to the intoxicat
ing draught, and to the horrible vices
which follow in the train of intemperance ;
and in bis prostration, lie involved the ru
in of his confiding, virtuous and venera
ble parents, nnd nil who were dependent
upon them. O thou invisible spirit of
wine, if thou hast no name to be known by,
let us call Hire devil!" Alonzo wns en
trusted with the pecuniary concerns of bis
father, nnd lie abused the confidence re
posed in him. The last vestige of n large
estate, 1ms “ taken to itself wings” and
lms llotvn.
I saw Alonzo hut a few days since. 1
saw him with inflamed eye, bloated face,
trembling limbs and impaired intellect;
loathsome to the world and hateful to him
self—his companion, Misery! I saw him
tottering toward a vulgar dram-shop. Ex
cuse me, said I, hut whether art thou
? lie was confused ; and strange
may seem, a momentary sense of liis dc-
ratlation caused his countenance to be
suffused with n transient blush. 1 consid
ered it my dutytosny to him, thou art on
the broad road to destruction, turn thou !
He begged fora shilling—I knew for wlmt
purpose lie wished it—I gnvo him my ad
vice; he promised reformation—hut, alas,/if
is lost I
Indian ernr. for hydrophobia and
BITES OF SNAKES.
Department of Win, 1
Oflicc Inilinn Affairs, 23it Jan. 1S2S. >
J. S. Skinner, Ksg.
Dear Fir—Some time ago I addressed,
by direction of the Secretary of War, a cir
cular to our agents in the Indian country,
with direction to ascertain the Indian’s
remedy against the effects of bites from
mad-dogs und snakes.
I send to you, by direction of the Secre
tary, an answer from one of your agents,
& some seed,thepluntofwhich,nsyouwill
see, is said to he sovereign in overcoming
the effects of Kites of tlie former. The seed
is sent to you with the view to have it dis
tributed, in your discretion, for the preser
vation nnd multiplication ofthe plant. If
it shall prove to he a remedy, that feeling
in man which prompts him to guard
against evil, will doubtless, lead to its pre
servation.
I endeavoured, in travelling among the
tribes of the North, and ol the ISoulh, to
ascertain the remedies ofthese natives for
those dreadful maladies,(for it is mo.-t cer
tain they possess them,) but could nt vet-
get any satisfactory answer. I wns often
amused nt their statements of the charms
they used, and how, after some juggling, a
few sounds uttered, after n certain fashion,
and which had, I believe, nothing of the
power of words, the poison vanished, and
the victim was restored—and I saw some
white men who believed in till Ibis, as ifit
hnd been part ofthe holy Gospel.
I am of the opinion tliut bandaging and
suction, me their great resorts, together
with some application, hut of what, they
were too superstitious to tell me. They
think a disclosure of a secret of this kind
breaks the power of its enchantment—
nnd firmly believe that many such discov
eries made by their Manitou and given to
them as sacred deposits, and as evidences
ofthe care which betakes of them in these
particulars, however destitute he may have
left them in others.
I am, very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
THOS. L. McKENNT.Y,
Tlie celebrated Mrs. Clive once gave to
her maid-servant an admission to the the
atre to sec her act. When the gill was
asked how she lilted her mistress on the
stage, she answered, “Hie saw no differ
ence between her there and at home.”
The character was Nell in the farce of
“The Devil to Pay.”
There is no condition which does not
sit well on a wise man. I slmll never
quarrel with n philosopher for living in ii
palace; hut will not excuse him if he enn-
not he content in a cottage.
Canandaigua, Dec. 31, lt-27.
Kir—Your letter of 7th February last, is
now before me, requesting information as
to the cure of hydrophobia, ns practised by
tlie Indians, and also the Indian specifies
against the Kites of snakes. 1 have not
been able to obtain any information on the
hitter subject which is satisfactory.
I have spared.no pains to getjihe infor
mation required, and now send you, en-
loscd, a letter from Horatio Jones, the
Interpreter, nnd also the seetl to which he
refers. The cause ofthe delay is men
tioned in his letter.
I uni, Sir, very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
JASPER PARRISH
Thomas L. McKf.nney, Esq.
Indian Office, Washington.
Gennesrc, Dec 2-1, 1827.
Sir,—The cause of the delay of this
letter is owing to the Indians having been
drunk almost ever since my return from
Canandaigua. By calling there five or
six times I found them sober lust night
some time after dark, ((Joetors Tall Chief
anti Monture,) and received the following
from them:
The cure for hydrophobia is a plant re
sembling the tobacco plant, which is made
use of by the Indians as n substitute for
tobacco, which is planted and cultivated in
the same maimer, and when ripe the leaves
are tied in bundles and put under cover to
dry. W’lien a dog is nfflictcd, it is mois
tened and tied round his neck, and the
dry tobacco put in n pipe nnd smoked by a
person inlo his nostrils; and in case a per
son is bitten, he is to be fronted in the
same manner, excepting binding moisted
tobacco on the wound.
They never knew persons to he mat?,
though they hnvc been frequently bitten by
mad-dogs, because they apply the reme
dy immediately, which, (they sav,) stops
the effect of poison. There nre old und
experienced doctors among the Indians,
Tall chief being about fifty-eight and day-
tor Monture about fifty five.
I took this description from the Indians,
mouths last night. Tho offer of pay was
an inducement to them to disclose the se-
cret, which they wish to come on next
spring, us nu opportunity of proving tho
medicine (they say,) may not occur fop
many years. It certainly will effect it
euro—a mud dog was never known lo die
when they applied the above remedy.
HORATIO JONHS.
Chpt. Jasper Parrish, Canandaigua.