Newspaper Page Text
POBTHIT.
FrOiii th^ Atlantic Souvenir for 1B-2&.
THE. CONSCRIPT’S FAREWELL.
Farewell father,
l had hoped that I should be
In thin*; age ^ staff for thee:
But when vearshavc marked th> hr ,
tV'hei. thv step i* weak and slow,
When thy ha r is thin and white,
And thine eve hath lost its kgt>
I shall never «eek thv side, .
And thv faltering footsteps guide.
Wher*» my country’s banners 1 y
proudly * heath the distant sky,
To the battle forth 1 speed,
There to light and there tn bleed;
Not I ecaus’e the foemai^’s lance
Gutters in the va!e> of Fiance,
Net because a st*anger 5 s mirth
B s-'S round my father’s hearth;
Not ut glory’s trumpet call,
Nor in freedom’s cause to tail,
But because ambitious power
T ar* 1 me from mv peaceful bower.
Y#»t anti i-t tlu battle strife,
In the closing hours of life'
Think not that my Imart shall quell,
Sp rits droop, or courage tad
Where the boldest ded is d one.
Where the laur°l wreath is won,
W here ttm standard eagles fly,
There thv foil diall proudly d.ie.
Though pei haps no voice may tell
flow th'' nameless conscript fell.
Thy blessing, father.
Farewell mother,
ft is hard to part from thee.
And r:iv t°ars are flowing free.
Wh l° a ound thee gloom and night
(J jencli’d religion’s blessed light;
Still thou heard«t mv lisping voice
In the evening livmn rejoice,
An 1 mv childish prayer was said
Kthou bln .M mv pillow’d head.
Oh, 1 el« 7 leave thee now,
Place thv hand upon mv brow,
An 1 with ov epy treasured word
That mv infant years have heard,
Bless me, mother.
Farewell lirother,
Many an hour of boyish glee
1 have pa«-M in joy with thee;
If w*th careless word or tongue
I have ever done thee \\ long,
Think upon thv brother’s lot,
And, he all his faults forgot;
Thou mavM drv thy mother’s tears.
Soothe our sister^’s anxious fears.
H • their sh'eld. their guide, their stay,
'Phroughout manv a coming dav.
Freely w th thv father share
All his secret w eight of care.
B * w hat it were mine to he,
Ida i ! still remained with thee,.
And love me, brother.
Farewell sisters,
Yonder is our favorite vine,
You iiiU't now its tendrils twine.,
And when’neath ita leafy bower
You are met at even hour,
Think how oil in l>\-past tiavs.
There we waked the song oi praise.
Till y.vir beaming eyes are wet
With th' t°ars of fond regret,
Then fugether fondly bend,
And your gentle voices blend.
Pray for me, sisters.
I TTII I IH JM mil p.Mjiu..r^ B a T ^ w1 | ITWn g^ riw|Hm
‘ THE MIND.
It is the best prognostic of a youth
to be louiui occupying himself with
thoughts beyond his present pott ers,
ana above his present place.
immortal; vigor sold in anticipation, its ttje interest excited some time ago. by
subjecting the body of Johnson the
jjL'ui’tKerer to the action of Galvanic
eIncitement; a tluid in many respects
li'semuimg Electricity, and by some
philosophers supposed to resemble, or
indeed to be the &nne, as the \ ital oi
ls ervous tlnid. Supposing the follow
ing Experiments will be generally in-
iiibpiration is irretrievably lost, arid
vivacity, freshness, and life, sink into
heartless and unmeaning stupidity.
The private correspondence of the
suffering and elegant poet, Cow-
per, throws a few additional rays of
light on tins subject, and reveals some
of the motives to authorship in that
feeling and singularly constituted man,
tvhicii, however common and offensive
among grosser spirits, received from
the fellowship of iiis, a polish and sim
plicity truly exquisite. The love of
praise and the desire of fame are pas
sions which, in some degree or other,
pervade all virtuous minds, and their
total extinction in any human bi east
teresUng, we venture to extract them
from the last number of “The Amer
ican Journal of the Medical Science,”
published at Philadelphia:
Of the numerous experiments which
have been instituted to verity the A-
naloxy between Galvanism and the
nerv ous action, those of It cinhold are
not the least interestin'*'. He behead-
does but prove a total moral degcnc* ^d a cat, and alter pulsation and nius-
raey. Cow per's confidential inter
course with his friends, of a kindred
spirit, lays open the secret tablets of
his heart, and it is refreshing and de
lightful to look at the inw ai d spirit of a
man so pure, frank, ami intellectual.
He loved the praises of those few
friends with whom he had “garnered
up his heart,” anil he told them of it
with a sweetness and modesty which
instead of offending the ear, can
not fail to thrill the heart of the
most indifferent reader. To this all
powerful motive of action, in him so
ardent though secluded, the world is
indebted for some of the most
chaste productions, and some of the
sw eetest poetry that was ever penned.
His larger and perhaps more useful
efforts grew out of that stubborn and
afflictive melancholy, which most
dreadfully preyed upon his peace, and
robbed the world of the presence of a
highly gifted and pure spirited man.
While his mind, as he expresses it.
was employed in presenting a pretty
thought in a pretty manner, he forgot
that wretchedness which, however
ideal, was to him reality, and which
laid waste his earthly comforts, and
to his view desolated his eternal hopes.
The single object the writer of this
lias in view is to teach young men that
the human mind is capable of tow
ering above the calamities uf this ex
istence; that even its own inherent
darkness will yield in time before the
blaze of its also inherent and inextin
guishable fires. A fair intent, and
zealous and persevering efforts, will
conduct to usefulness, and ensure the
meed of a well spent life. Let this
be the motto—“what man has been,
man can be
igatn.
?>
Sir Waller Scott, who has so long
am used instructed, and astonished the
literary world, by the fecundity and Lieut Amos Abbott, of Concord, on ns
strength of his mind, has declared that part os the hill where our state Pri-
Thc follaring interesting facts were sta
ted before the JWcrrimack, «.V, //. Jig-
ricuftural Society, Oct. 15, 18J8.
•‘One of the humblest of our Alps
af&rds the richest iron ore in the
world, already furnishing employment
for thousands, and so far advancing the
population, industry and wealth of the
stale; and articles not now dreamed
of, will hereafter become sources of
wealth, and subjects of exportation.—
Permit uie to mention a single fact
that will tv a rant this prediction.—
the most happy and powerful sketches
of uis pen were struck off with the
gieuiest rapidity, unlabored and un-
levised. The writings referred to
bear internal evidence of the truth of
son stones are quarried. The whole
oi tins hill was considered by the old
proprietors of that town as of little
value—and 1 believe the sections own
ed by Mr. Abbot cost him less than
the declaration, and vindicate the fame 1 50 cents per acre,
of the author as a man of extraordin- ' In July; 1823, he sold from his tract
ary power. Those productions which i a single rock in its native state for
have a sort of spontaneous birth, fresh j $105. Mr. Parker, the purchaser,
and lively from the mint of nature, ! sold it rough split, in the yard of the
can scarcely fail to please, and, by i State Prison, to the Warden, for
their gushing fulness and sparkling vi- $1300, who realized for it in Boston,
gor, compel a warm and lasting admi- $6*129. This single rock made 10,-;
ration.
cular action had completely ceased,
he removed the spinal marrow and
filled ihe spine wilii an amalgamum oi
Quicksilver, Zinc, raid Silver. Im
mediately the throbbing of the arte
ries recommenced, and the muscular
actions were renewed, which could
not be distinguished from these pro
duced by the influence of the spinal
marrow; the animal made many leaps.
&.e.
Pie filled with the same amalgam-
uni, the scult and spine of another cat.
which did not give any sign of life; the
■animal became during JO minutes, in
jsuch a state of vital tension, that it
raised its head, opened its eyes, look-
jed steadily, and attempted to walk
jam! endeavored to rise after falling
down frequently. During all this time
jthe circulation and pulsation were ve
ry active, and continued for a quarter
of rin hour, after the chest and belh
were opened. The Secretion of the
Gastric juice was evidently more a-
hu lid ant than formerly, and the aiimal
heat was perfectly re-established.
Attempts have also been made with
partial success, to imitate the process
|of digestion in dead animals, by the ac
tion oi Galvanism.—A*. 1. Jldv.
these creatures that had been long j
kept by pere Carbossan, and was ex
tremely attached to him. He ioiiow-
ed him, if possible, wherever he went;
and, one day escaping the father s at
tention, who was generally careful to
coniine him when lie wished to get rid
oi his company, lie slily attended him
to church, and, mounting on the sound
ing-board above the pulpit, unper
ceived, he lay quietly till the service
began. As soon as the preacher com
menced the sacred ceremonies, Pug
Shoe Blacking.—Large sums are
anqually paid by our fellow citizens
for the article of shoe blacking, a con
siderable portion of which goes to en-
j cod rage foreigners. In confirmation
this assertion, it is stated on good au
thority, that there is annually import
ed imu this country from Lngland.
!5h#»e blacking to the amount of $J,-
;000,000, ihe chief part of whi h is
made by Day 4* JUartin, of London.
Ti,iis large sum might easily be kept
m liiis country, and even in the pock-
j ets of those who have heretofore keen
■ in me habit of paying their portion of
it ,* by each family’s 'making their own;
which can be done with very little
trouble, and at a small expense. Day
A Martin s blacking is preferable to
any other, as it gives a high pslish,
and docs not injure the leather. It is
! made m the following manner:
l o one pound of ivory black, in
which has been mixed half an ounce of
! oil of vitiiol and an ounce of sweet oil,
add one pound of pulverized loaf su
gar; mix the whole with a gallon of
.vinegar, and let it stand three days,
when it is tit for use. It should be
stirred often, and kept from the au
to prevent evaporation. The cost of
a gallon of this blacking is 75 cents;
ana it
is retailed at the stores for
dollars.— iVMiamstovm Advocate.
i
AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES
.Near Circicville, in the State of
Ohio, is a circular fortification, com
prehending a square one; the walls of
which latter are so accurately adjust
ed by the cardinal points that it is dif-
500 feet of facing stone and ornamen- 1 ticult to believe that the constructer
But the mind whether of a genius
or of a common man, is unequal in its
efforts, and will at one time, and un
der certain circumstances, break
forth with a strength and clearness
which at another give place to a rnur-
kiness and lassitude “dull os night.” . XT
The experience of every man Who 1 vann£| h, and another in New <
nukes, or attempts to innkc, a daily have already been constructed
use of bis mind, can attest this asser
tion Even Johnson, the great giant of
English literature, confessrs as much,
when he says, that “casual eclipses
of the mind will darken learning, and
that a writer shall often trace his me
mory in vain, at the moment of need,
4or that which yesterday he knew with
intuitive readiness, and which will
come uncalled into his thoughts to
morrow. ’ Especially does the mind
!dhe and abhor ctHapilika; aad
hence it is that we see editors nf news
papers. who. from the strong necessi
ty they feci that they should daily pro
duce something worthy ©f perusal, oc
casionally fall beneath mediocrity, and
licucc it i» when the efforts of the
a»md srohsrtored before hand, and its
I
tal work; and the aggregate weight
of all the block?, smooth hewn, was
550 tens, it having lost only 50 tons in
being prepared for the market after it
was brought to the yard of the 8tnte
Prison.
•-'file walls nf one church in Sa-j
Orleans, j
of oui; i
Concord Granite. Twenty years ngq*
we should as soon have thought of ext .
porting gold dust and diamonds from
the sands of Soueook river, as a rock
from Rattle-snake Hill, to build up
and embellish tiny <*ities of the South. *
‘•Our New-Hampshire Granite is
a more valuable mineral than the sMd!
of North Carolina, or any other gold:
ns the granite requires hardy toil and
industry to prepare it for the purpo
ses needed. Neither docs the thirst
for its possession, or its preparation
nod use. prove an incentive to viced
hut on the contrary the best correct- j Straights
iveof the vicious in the pursuit of ihe ” r ’
of them was destitute of astronomical
knowledge. A few arrow-heads, and
the remains of some very fine pottery,
in which traces of glazing arc visible,
a he all that has yet been discovered
in these placet:. The tumuli are of
various heights; some only four feet,
Olliers exceeding a hundred. The
bodies over which they are heaped
set-m to have been previously submit
ted to the action of lire. There have
been found in them some copper studs,
(dated with silver, fragments of scab
bard?, a copper and silver hilt of a
sword, a mirror of mica membrana-
acea, and some stone kniv es and hatch-
ids. The idols exhibit only an un
formed trunk, and a head of the coar
sest workmanship. 'The mummies
have nothing particular about them.
It is Mr. AssalFs opinion that the peo
ple who have left these remains cainc
from Asia by crossing Behring’s
London New jMonthly
>tb«
r.
G UAANISM.
Jlpp ent rtnr ml of life.—Many of
owr reader* will no doubt recollect
^Magazine.
lakes is so singular as to deserve ^
special notice. An article which
should have been headed “Ilcnesty i a
Politics,” was put Honey in Politics.
Now, we do not know what has bee&
the experience of of our readers i R
this respect, but we are obliged tg
confess that we have found in Politics
but a very small portion of the above
ingredient.—-Jluguslci Courier.
ANECDOTE OF A MONKEY.
A droll story h related of one of
Unprofitable Theft.—A person,
are told, lately went to a dealer i E
crept to the edge ol the sounding- 1 wool to purchase about twenty pounds
board overlooking his master, imitated ; of that article, carrying as is usual,a
sack to put i.t in. When the sack wai
filled, the steel yards were not at hand
to weigh it. The dealer immediate
ly went in pursuit of them. While h #
was gone his customer looked with aj
evil eye upon a lot of fine cheese in the
same room with the wool, and hastily
put one of the finest, weighing nearly
mimic, above his head, continued to [ twenty pounds, into his sack, mixinr
imitate every gesture with the great- j it up with the wool, as the expressioi
est archness. The people could not j was, supposing he had obtained aval-
compose their countenances; but, in ; liable prize. On his return, the deal-
spite of their utmost efforts, their ri- J er quickly perceived, by the weigh!
every gesture with such a solemn air,
and in so grotesque a manner, that the
whole congregation was in a general
titter. The father insensible of the
cause of such iii-tiaied levity, re
proached his audience for their im
proper behaviour, when commencing
the duties of Divine worship. The
sible muscles were set in motion again j of the sack, that his honest fiicnd hal
and again. The preacher now began !
to grow angry; and in the warmth of '
his tiisnlf'asm p l prlnuhlpfl his vn/ itpr- ;
l - _
and again. The preacher now began j put a cheese there. He said nothing,
f but quietly weighed
it. His custom-
his displeasure, redoubled his vocifer- | er said nothing, and as quietly pai4
ations and his gestures; he thumped j him fifty cents a pound for his cheese,
the pulpit with earnestness, raised his under the denomination of wool.
Providence Journal
successive
preacher stood aghast
hands on high, and accompanied iheir
motions with a corresponding nod of
the head. The monkey repeated ail
these gestures with the most gro
tesque mockery; till, at last,*the con
gregation had no power over them
selves, but burst out into one loud and
fit of laughter. The
at this unac
countable folly and disrespect, and
would probably have left the church
bad not one of his friends stepped up
to him and pointed out the cause ol
this extraordinary behaviour. On
looking up, it was with the greatesL
tlifficulty he could command his own
countenance, and preserve the serious
aspect of bis sacred character, whilst
the officers belonging to the church
were employed in removing the com
ical intruder from his situation.
To male fine light Biscuit.—To Ivy*
pounds of Hour, add one table spoon
ful ol blitter, a tea cup full of cream,
a little sour, small tea spoonful it
pearl ash—make them as soft as poi«
sible, roll very thin, cut them out and
bake in live minutes. These cokes
are very far superior lo ordinary kinds,
and save all that tedious process of
beating, beating, beating, till the cook
maid s shoulder is almost dislocated.
FEAR OF DEATH.
Courage is incompatible with fear
of death; but every villain fears death;
therefore no villain can be brave.—
lie may indeed possess the courage of
a rat, ami fight with desperation when
driven inio a corner. If by craft and
crime, a successful adventurer should
he enabled to usurp a kingdom, and to
command its legions, there may be
moments, when, like Richard on the
field of Bosworth, or Napoleon on the
plains of Marengo, all must be staked;
an awful crisis, when, if his throne be
overturned, his scaffold must rise upon
its ruins. Then indeed, though the
cloud of battle should lower on his
hopes, while its iron hail is rattling a-
round him; the great coward will
hardly fly to insure that death which
lie can only escape by facing. Yet
the glare of courage thus elicited by
danger, where fear conquers fear, is
not to be compared to that calm sun
shine which constantly cheers and illu
minates the breast of him, who builds
his confidence on virtuous principle;
it is rather the transient and evanes
cent lightning of the storm, and which
derives half its lustre from the dark
ness that surrounds it.—Lac on.
Postmaster at New York.—S. L.
Goverkeur, Esq. of New York, has
been appointed Postmaster of that ci
ty. Mr. Governeur is the son-in-law
of Col. Monroe, and though a gentle
man of high respectability, to whom
the attention of the Government might
well be drawn for his individual and
estimable qualities, the appointment
lias no doubt been made with a partic
ular and kind regard to the feelings of
Col. Monroe, to whom it will, with
out doubt, prove a source of comfort,
Gazeltt.
TRUE POLITENESS.
There is much truth and beauty in
the following remarks of the late Dr.
Thomas Brown, of Edinburgh, “Po
liteness, in all its most important re
spects, is nothing more than the knowl
edge of the human mind directing gen
eral benevolence.—It is the art of
producing the greatest happiness
which, in the external courte»ieR ot
life, can be produced, by raising; such
ideas or feelings in the minds of those
with whom we are conversant, as will
afford the most pleasure, and averting
ns much as possible, every idea which
ruay lead to pain. It implies, there
fore, when perfect, a fine knowledge
of the natural series of thoughts, so
as to distinguish not merely the tho’t
which will be the immediate or near
effect of what is said or done, but
those which may arise still more re
motely; and he is the most successful
in this art of giving happiness who sees
the future at the greatest distance.—
Our paper often abounds in typo
graphical errors for which wc plead
headache, <kc.; but frequent apologies
arc due to those who do not know how
difficult it is to have near half a mill
ion of little metal pieces ol! in their
right places. eC ear mis-
Ccuucellar Lamb (an old man, at
the time the late Lord Erskine was in
the height of his reputation) was t
man of timid manners and nervous dis
position, and usually prefaced hi*
pieauings with an apology to that ef
fect; and on one occasion, vGien op
posed to Erskine, he happened to re
mark that “he felt himself growing
more and more timid as he grew old
er.” ‘ No wonder,” replied the wit-*
ty, but relentless barrister; “ever/
one knows the older a lamb grows th&
more sheepish he becomes.”
William Lyon, a strolling pbjfr,
who performed at the theatre in Ed
inburgh, and was excellent in the part
of Gibby the highlander, gave a surpri
sing instance ol memory. One even
ing, over his bottle, he wagered &
crown bowl of punch that the next
morning, at the rehearsal, he would
repeat a Daily Jjdvertiser from begu
iling to end. At the rehearsal his op
ponent reminded him of the wager, im*
agining that, as he was intoxicated the
night before, .he must certainly bavt
forgotten it, and rallied him on his rid
iculous boast of memory. Lyon, pull
ing out the paper, desired him to look
at it, and to judge for himself wheth
er he did or did not win his.wager.—
Notwithstanding the want of com#*"
ion between the paragraphs, the vari
ety of the advertisements, ajid the gen* -
eral chaos which marks the compost*
tion of any newspaper, he repeated it
from beginning to end, without lb®
least hesitation or mistake., E/on
died in 1748, at Edinburgh, ;
A letter from a Mayor of a certain
Corporation:—*
“DearZur—As 1 he to-day to be
made a Mare plez to send me zoni-
thin viltin for the occasion, as I be to
ax the old Mare and the rest of tbe
Binch.”
DearZur, Your humble Zarvant^
the answer:—
Sir—A greeably to your request, $
have sent you per waggon, 3 busbeh
of oats, and as you are to treat the
Old J\Iare, I have added some bran,
that you may make a mash.”
Xiam, Su\, Yours, Itc.
