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■i/diiitRUL. gh,
-cli’d beneath a hostiJe sky,
io’ the deep between us rolls,
vlship shall unite our sotils
,n fancy’s rich domain,
hall we three meet again.
,*nen around the youthful pine
Miss shall creep ami ivy twine,
'When our burnish’d locks are grey,
Thiim’d hy many a toil spent day,
May this long lov’d bow’r remain,
Here may wc three meet again.
When the dreams of life are (led,
When its wasted lamps arc dead,
When in cold oblivion's shade,
Beauty, power and fame are laid,
Where immortal spirits reign,
There we tlirce shall meet again.
From the Ladies’ Literary Cabinet.
ON THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD
Man is a social being. He delights
■in communicating the emotions of his
heart and in dispensing happiness around
him. He rejoices in the prosperity of
those endeared to him by friendship or
the ties of kindred, end U grieved in
their adversity. In solitude, without an
opportunity of exercising, and conse
quently of improving the faculties, hi:
Blind becomes indolent and debilitated.,
"Ilut when engaged in some desirable ob
ject, in promoting his own interests, Or
the interest of others, his powers become
mere vigorous, and he is stimulated to
continue his exertions with steady and
unremitled perseverance.
The great Creator has made us de
pendent, not only on himself, but also on
one another. Hence the - -cessity of
entering into societies, an^. of putting
ourselves under laws and regulations,
adapted to promote the good of the
ttholt, and to render this dependence
reciprocally beneficial. Thus mankind
?T e divided into greater or. less societies.
Nations are bound by general and exten
sive laws, designed to advance the inter
nal
iers
are
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jury
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iif its
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i sake,
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timent,
,*sj and
mid in
ion and
ntn com-
j it is tobe
orisons.—
rod us with
.unpanion in
Ards children
of love and
inhinod should
addressing the
cr of good, die
>inui|#»ciit ’God!
anaticism, or the
»ral authority; not
i one sect and blcs-
erushing one porti
icvatiug another; but
i God whom you fear
iu approach with con-
art—whom you call up-
blessings with that frec-
from an unsullied consci-
tdeod a luxury; and those
g who think only of dress,
»f folly, instead of encourag
ing pious redectioi.s, while
f worship, lose sight of the
id end of religion. There is
ligion which is repulsive to hu-
, it is alike foreign from thegloo-
ne monastery or the fastidious in
if the bigot; religion is ever cheer-
purity, and there is nothing nppal-
i sacred, character. Should we not
eonrge it? Should wc wait until Ibi
of trihiilalinn arrives? Should we for-
■nrGod until aniietion warns us of our
dess eonditioii?—No.—In our prosperity
us be grateful—in our adversity resigned,
njefnlly receiving the good and ill with
Iiieh our lives are chequered.
These sentiments were aw akened by the
ight of - ’ ‘
church r
er
templating the nature of that Being to
whom their petitions are addressed, that
he sees their actions, and is acquainted
with their motives, and that be will re
ward virtue and punish vice, they are
iffected with a solemnity which seldom
fails to annex a new sanction to his laws,
and to inspire them with more virtuous
principles.
As m<!n in general have no religious
principles, and no rule of life, but what
they learn in these assemblies, an argu
ment little short of mathematical demon
stration may be adduced to prove, that if
these institutions-were abolished, morali
ty and virtue would soon disappear from
among m?n.
Experience has shewn that human
laws tire of little avail, unless enforced
by the authority of God. Look at the
impious attempts which were made in
France to exterminate every part of the
Christian religion, and substitute athe
ism as a nation’s creed. What was he
consequence ! The public peace was
endangered, mutual confidence destroy
ed, and villany let loose upon the world.
Persecution, with all her infernal train,
stalked amid the smoking ruins : rob
bery, rapine, and murder, were estab
lished and perpetrated by law: civil so
ciety degenerated into a den of thieves:
civil authority was changed into a licence
to break down all the barriers of justice,
and that security of life, liberty, and pro-,
perty, which men have by religious in
stitutions, entirely abolished.
Assemblies for public worship are of
vine appointment. As such therefore,
it becomes our duty to attend them. But
had they not been commanded by God,
yet considering the muny benefits which
result from : the regular observance of
them, they should be encouraged by
every individual.
If even infidels allow that they conduce
much to the happiness of mankind, what
shall we think of those who from child
hood were instructed iu the precepts of
religion, and tr.ughi its doctrines, and
who by education are capable of appre
ciating its advantages not only shamefully
neglect them, but exert aH tbeir ef
forts, by precept and example, to abolish
ordnance J4,U3U
Rt. lion. Geo. Canning, presi
dent ofthe board of control 28,620.
C. Bathurst, chan, of Lane. 19,200
W. W. Cole, mast, of mint 57,720
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
Lord Cathcart at StiPetersburg
and vice admiral of Scotland §120,000
Hon. C. Bagot Washington 28,860
Lord W. BentinckTwo Sicilies 02,120
Lord Burghcrsh Tuscany 19,200
Stratford Canning Switzerland 19,000
William A'Court Naples , -o7,9CO
A. J. Foster Denmark 23,550
Frederick Liimbc Batavia 23,550
Constantinople 82,180
U*
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or lTi
ests of all. I hose again are separated t hem altogether. Such behavionr
into smaller parties, as may seem fconve- creatures called rational, is at first thought
Blent for more particular purposes.—-J inexplicable. But if the cause that in
lluenrc their minds were duly serdtiniz
ed ; if the motives from which they act
1 hus we may trace the mutual and uni
versal dependence of one man upon ano-
“lf r . **-* *' e descend to the union of a
-man number, which in the common ac
ceptation of the word, more properly,
may e called a society. From a prin
ciple implanted in us by nature, we are
proud to associate ourselves for useful
parpeses; andthe advantageous effects
sufficiently justify our conduct.
Man is also u religious being. Tl.ere
“Jl P"“ c, P , f , wilh '«b winch forcibly
"••kts the mind with the idea of a reign-
' :ng power. rrL - —
IHIO each.
179 do.
536 do.
,.440
>3,330
84,440
53,330
37,770
h 26,000
24,040
rrester 21,77i\
jlti 19,090
sbury 18,540
; are 16 other bi-
by the ministry,'
i an average amount
(0 each.
salaries exceed $10,
a crowded audience hastening to
»n Sunday. 1 follow ed, in imngina-
ion, the various sorts having one object in
ieiv—listened to the prayer of tlie pious pre-
ati—1 dwelt with pleasure on the discourse
of the able, theologian—I saw the priest
heave high in air, and marked the curling
smoke of frank-inconse hovering over the al-
r; the full swell of the deep toned organ
verheruting through The petted roof, burst
oo the ear—the hymn of the choristers float-
d through the aisles, and even the angels
ml cheruhi ms joined their voices iu sacred
harmony of praise, and devotion, while with
one voice the multitude cried aloud “ Our
atlier which art in heaven, billowed be thy
name.”
HOWARD.
do. $5,000
do. 1,000
•7 whose pensions exceed 10,000 each
56 do. do. 5,000
287 do. do. 1,000
“ Of pensions and grants there are in
the official accounts considerably above
two millions six hundred and sixty-four
thousand dollars, and upwards of eleven
hundred names receiving public money,
among whom are many who have ren
dered and can render no services to the
state. Some of the offices are filled by
w omen and some by children.”
were minutely inspected ; a sordid and
self interest would be found predominant,
nnd biassing them against that, 'to which
(if their passions bore not the sway)
they would immediately accede.
AMALGAM.
Sept eruber, 1819.
Venice, Sept. 21.
Pgypt reviving.—We learn by
private letter from Egypt, that the
j ~ ■ . The “'’age traverses the 1 country is in the most thpving eomli-1 T
’ .rei, v° Unt '! 1 ?’ an< * contemplates na-1 lion; no longer are the rdads infested 1 Sir C. Abbot, chief iust kin*’
e her wildest and ma*<flpijfciikentV by robbers; agriculture and commerce! bench J ‘‘ 8
K. Liston
Gore Ouseley Persia 26,660
Geo. H.'Ross Berlin £8,880
Lord Stewart Vienna 60,700
Sir C. Stuart Parts 25,610
Rrodk Taylor Wirtemberg 18,981
Sir II. Wellesley Madrid 47,100
E. Thornton Brazil 23,550
Viscount Strariford do. 11.550
VV. Hill Sardinia 24,550
MISCELLANEOUS OFFICERS.
Earl Talbot, lord lieut. of Ire
land §133,200
Duke of Wellington, field mar
shal, Sic. 133,200
Mar. of Hastings, gov. gen. of
India 115,100
Duke of Manchester, gov. of
Jamaica 62,160
Sir Hudson Lowe, gov. of 9t.
Helena 63,280
Lord C. H. Somerset, gov. of
Cape Good Hope 53,280
John Baldwin, receiver of the
7 public offices 7,7,770
George Gamier, rfpoth. gen. of
the army 53,940
Earl of llarcourt, master of the
king’s robes and other offi
ces 35,960
Lord Grenville, auditor of the
exchequer 17,760
Viscount Lake, lord of the bed
chamber and pension 60,560
Ruroti Amherst do. do. 17,760
Rt. hon. C. M. Sutton, speak
er ofthe house of commons, 26,660
John Hatseil, clerk of do. 35,520
Henry Goulbourn, under sec.
of state 26,660
Earl of-Chichester, joint p. m.
general 22,220
Lord Aukland, sev. offices and
pensions l‘4,64f>
Edward Cooke do. 17,760
Sylvester lord Glen-
bervie daly # 18,640
Rt. hon. wTuundas, keeper of
the signet in Scotland 17,760
Rt. hotx C. P. Long, paymas
ter of forces, ke. 15,550
Patrick Colquhoun, receiver
of Thames police 30,750
P. F. Finne, dep. sec. at De-
merara 15,000
A new way of fishing for Pick-pockets
On TliurKny, the ——inst.a young mev
chant of this city was robbed at Boggs and
Thompson’s auction ol his pocket-book,
containing cash and notes to a consideral
amount....several others were robbed at the
same time.
The ensuing'morning, an elderly' gentle
man from Albany, boarding in the same
house with the merchant, advised him to
fasten a suing to his pocket hook, and the
other end to his pocket, filled with news-pa
pers, fcr. and repair to the same place. In
lew moments, he felt a nibble, anil direct
ly after a strong bite the string broke....lie
oolly east his-eyes back upon his man, pal
and trembling, and with much presence of
mind, appeared not to notice it. In a monent
he observed bis man writhing from the
crowd, going up Wall-street with quick
step—he soon whistled, and two others fol
low'd! him, all three set off together in .great
glee-down Ceiar-street to the North River,
the. merchant and two faithful friends fol
lowing at a proper distance unobserved. At
the end of a wharf, at the moment they
were opening the pocket hook to diiide the
supposed spoil, the merchant and his two
associates seized upon the three, and the
gentlemen all are safely lodged in Bridewell
This and other expedients we hope w ill soon
rid our city of such vermin.
At ic- York Columbian.
v -
17,760
From the -Vue York .Valional Advocate.
Tlicrc are moments when serious reflec
tion is a luxury: when the gay and elastic
spirits, the sportive fancy, the lively and ex
uherant imagination, delight to dwell on pen
sive subjects—when the eye pierces the
mind, and holds communion with the heart
Then the frail tenure of existence, the help
less condition, the dependent state of man
are seon and felt—thru the monarch, tile
leader, and all those “dressed in brief autho
rity, “ sink into equal stations, and are sense
hie that affliction and death reach alike the
sovereign and the peasant—Whenever such
feelings steal over my mind, 1 do not wish to
heck them: they “come like shadows,” &
leave a soft, yet melancholy trace, behind
which tempers that lively disposition which
should he judiciously controuled, not effec
tually destroyed. Under the influence of
such sober feeling, I was seated at my win
dow last Sunday, and contemplated the
vast concourse of peonic which, in every di
rection, was passing to the several places
of religious worship, as the hells with “ the’
iron tongues and brazen mouths.” callc
them to the fulfilment of that sacred duty.—
What a noble and illustrious institution is
that of Sabbath! Millions of beings scatter
ed over the globe ; shunning at the same mo
ment. the allurements of pleasure, the avid!
tionnrv bnllad, which contains these
homely lines:
" King George for a dish of tea,
Did lose this fine countrc."
Where the principle is important, it
matters not how small the immediate
value of the object in dispute. Tli?
slave holding states consider this s/ia/a
put upon Missouri, to he owing to a
ause in which they equally pjirtici-
pato. Having been a good deal thro’
the southern states, 1 have had fre
quent opportunities of seeing how
quickly they feel whatever tends to in
terfere with their domestic concerns •
and of this the eastern philanthropists'
who arc in the quiet of their closets'
and by their fire sides calmly writing
about it, do not appear to be fully sen
sible. If the condition of their negroes
is to be rendered better, the southern 1
people seem to think that it must he
left to them ; and I entertain little
doubt that the interference of stran
gers will only tend to render the exist
ing slavery more severe. The story
of Don Quixote and the shepherd boy
is familiar to most readers. It is with
reluctance that I have ventured to ex
press my opinion on the subject, but it
is unpleasant to be misunderstood.
H. M. BRACKENR1DUE
Annapolis, Jan. 20, 1820.
A case of considerable interest wins
lately tried in the District Court for the
city and county of Philadelphia. An ac
tion was brought for slander, and dam
ages laid at 10,000 dollars. The plain
tiff had been charged, nt different times,
by the defendant, with seduction and
illicit intercourse with certain females.
The slander charged in the declaration
was fully proved on the defendant, who
pled justification by attempting to prove
the facts. In this, however, the defen
dant’s counsel did not succeed. They
finally, themselves admitted the insuffi
ciency of the proof adduced, and the
platntiff’s innecence ; and recommended
their client to the consideration of the
court. The court observed to the jury
that it was merely a question of damages
—that the plaintiff stood before them
without any defence, and had retracted
all Hint he had said; and that, while their
verdict ought to vindicate the character
of (he plaintiff, it ought not te prove ru
inous to the defendant. Th^jury retir
ed fora short time nnd returned with a
verdict of 5,000 dollars damages. The
court was crowded duringthe whole trial,
which lasted two days, and the verdict
appeared to give general satisfaction.—,
Both the parties were married men.
to Titr. rnrrons or tiie'krauklja oazktte.
The Editor of an eastern paper has
lately done rne the honor to extract a
passage relating to slavery, from my
work on South America, and at the
same time expresses surprize at seeing
my name among those in favor of ad
mitting Missouri into the Union, with
out the famous proposed restriction.
I do not at once discover that aversion
to slavery is at all incompatible with
the opinion, that it it proper to leave
to each state the right to legislate on
tins important subject of internal police.
With respect to the propriety of legis
lating for the Territories ofthe United
Stales, on (he subject of slavery, l have
expressed it as my opinion, that Con
gress has the pow er and ought to ex
ercise it. There is nothing incompa
tible in my hostility to slavery in the
abstract, and the opinion that Missou
ri, having obtained the requisite po
pulation, ought to be admitted into the
Union’; and that the United States are ;
hound in good faith to admit her.—
That I am not so far w rong in the o-
pinions which I have published, is pro-
ed by the fact of the eastern members
of Congress, in the compromise lately
attempted to he brought about, hav-
offered to make the Missouri river
the boundary between the region
vv here slavery is to he permitted, and
that whence it is to he excluded, The
difference is not in point of principle,
but in the adjustment of details ; the
attempt to effect a compromise having
failed, in consequence ofthe southern
members of Cohgrcss insisting upon
.the present territorial line, embracing
a narrow tract of country on the north
side of the Missouri, containing some
important settlements.
I am in favor of admitting Missou
ri for another reason, drawn from my
knowledge of the country. It is this :
it is not likely to become a slave hold
ing state under any circumstances. The
population which flows into it, comes
chiefly from the non-slave holding
states, and no large slave holders set
tie in it at all; those who settle seldom
bring more than a few domestics, who
are attached to their masters. I ain
satisfied that much of the declamation
on this subject to the eastward, arises
from a want of a knowledge of the
country. But it will he asked why
do the people ofMissouri contend with
so much earnestness for that which is
scarcely worth the contest ? That is
question for themselves. This, I
know, that with very few exceptions
those among the inhabitants tvho arc
against the further introduction of sin
very, arc as averse to the restriction, us
those who arc favorable to slavery
They consider it as depriving them of
an essential principle of state sove
reignty. I recollect an old rev ok- 1 To
ANECDOTE.
A widow, who had been taught by
the declarations of her deceased hus
band to believe that he would make a
vvili much in her favor, after his death
found upon opening his testament that
he had acted very different, and ex
cluded her from the property she ex
pected to possess. She made known
her disappointment to her female ser
vant w ho cheered up her spirits by
assuring her that the effect of the will
might he avoided, and a new one ea
sily framed. The mistress desired to
know fcj what means. The maid an
swered that there was a poor fellow
named Tom, the barber, in the neigh
borhood who much resembled her
late master, and that for a small sum
lie would fain himself a dying man.—
If therefore an attorney was provided
and proper witnesses, a will subsequent
to the date of the true one, which con
sequently would supercede it, might be
made.
Tom was sent for accordingly and
agreed to play his part. The parties
were summoned, the attorney attend
ed, and the expiring husband dictated
his last testament to be framed accord
ing to the wishes and interest of his
imaginary wife for some time; but at
length he proposed, that as he had till
then complied with her desires, he
might leave one legacy according to
his own wish, which was five hundred
pounds to Tom the Barber! To pre
vent a discov ery of the fraud, the lady
was obliged to consent to the proposal,
and faithfully paid the money to the
proposer, in order to insure his sc-
crecv.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
SPANISH MADRIGAL-
When stars liedcck the azure sky,
And shine the sparkling goms of night,
Oh, Lady ! oft I wish’d tu sigh,
And wander uoar thy chamber light,
Whose faintly glowing ray discloses
Tlie spot where innocence reposes.
And when the smiling moon beams play
In silver radiance on thy bovver,
In loneliness I pensive stray,
To worship there its fairest flower $
And hope so sweet a rose as thee,
May ever bloom for one like me.
But still thy immage is the shrine
Where all my inusings fondly dwellt
Yet strange, this wayward heart of mine,,
To thee can ne'er its feelings tell;
And though ’twould dare a host in fight,
It trembles iu a lady’s sight.
Then happy ho thy hour of rest,
Though hopeless still my heart must sweU
For one, within whose gentle brnast
h grace, I love so wrll;
my only doom may be
anti to despair for thee.