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POETRY.
THE TWO HOMES,
BY MRS. HEMAKS.
Oh! if the soul immortal he,
Is not its love immortal too?
Seest thou my home? *Tis where yon
' woodsare waving k
In their dark richness, to the sunny air,
Wheare von blue stream a thousand flower
. banks laving,
Leads down the hilis a vein of light—"tis
& there! : ‘ 4
Mid these green haunts, how many a spring
lies gl~aming, .7
Fringed with tne violet, colored with the
skies,
My boyhood’s haunt, through days of sum
mer dreaming. ;
Under voung leaves that shook with melo
s udies, .
My home t—the spirit of its Jove is breath
ing .
In every Wind that plays across my track,
From its white halls the very tendrils
wreathing
Seem with soft links to draw the wanderer
back;
There am I.loved—there prayed for—there
i my mother
Sits by the hearth with meekly thoughtfal
eye s
There my ;rmmg sisters watch to greet their
brother;
Soon thair glal footsteps down the path
will fly ! ;
There, in «wont sirains of kindred musie
blending,
All the home voices meet at day’s decline;®
O:e are those tones, as from one heart as
cending—
There laughs my home: Sad stranger!
_where is thine? - ,
b
Ask k&;l of mine?—ln solemn peace ’tis
lying :
Far o’er the deserts and the tombs away;
»I'is where I too am loved, with love undy
ing, $
And fond hearts wait my step—but where
are they?
Ask where the earth’s departed have their
- dwellings,
Ask of the cloud the stars, the trackless
air!—
1 know it noi—yet trust the whisiflr telling
My lonely heart, that love unc anged is
there. ’ |
And what is home, and where, but with the 3
~ loving? 7 I
Happy thou art, that so can’st gaze on
¢ thinel
My spirit feels, but in its weary roving,
"That with the dead, where’er they be, is
mine, : -
Go to thy home, rez]']oicing son and brother!
Bear in frash gladness to the household
scene! )
For me, too, watch the sister and the moth
. er,
T will believe—but dark seas roll between.
INTEMPERANCE.
From the National Intelligencer.
TO THE EDITORS
A Few Facis.—When a man takes
a vlass of ardent spirits and puts it to
his lips, or wmvites his friends so to do,
‘that they may drink mutual -health,
let him think of his reputation, his
family, his business—Let him think of
his debts, of a jail, a poor house.—
Let him even think of the penitentia
ry.~ One of these last mentioned
places I recently visited—the poor
house in W;xshhfi:(m. After making
some inquires, which were very kind
ly answered by the worthy Intendant,
I came to the conclusion that prRINK
ING AND POVERTY are pretty nearly
allied; that the poor house was indebt
ed in its existence and continuance,
mainly to the unchecked and licensed
sale of ARDENT spirlTs; and that, un
less some energetic measures are a
dopted to arrest the evil, 1t will not
only continue, but wax worse and
worse. It will triumph over the
peace, order, and prosperify of the
community. It will open many an
‘early grave, leave many a bereft wid
ow with her hungry children to be
cast on the uncertain mercy of a cold
and unfeeling world. There is a
double taxation in the case {o sup
port intemperance. 1. Thousands of
dellars are paid by those who drink.—
2. Othé&'{housahds are paid for the
support of the drunkards, after they
have %ank themselves into beggary
aund disease: Then there 18'a vast a
mount of time, (“Time -is money.”
said Frankling) which is logt. The
time of tipplers at fl\veri}‘f'tl other
places to whichdrinking naturally leads
them—the time spent at. the poor
‘house or elsewhere, aftér w%;is
disahled by disease-—the time of at
tending physicians, who get nothing
from those who drank themselves out
of money into. disease—the time of
those valuable citizens who are of
ficially gbarged withkind services to
them——the time spert in rectifying
mistakes committed by drinking men,
in settling criminal cases at law, aad
in jails &c. and various other losses
of time, consequent on drinking, would
in ten years amount Lo an enormous sum
Thirty men, taken into the poor
house as the vi.tims of intemperance,
have been lately discharged. Before
they left, the number of those shelter
ed there, who were addicted to drun
kenness constituted about three fourths
of the whole! The number now at’
this refuge is about fifty. Of these,
twenty two are decided cases of hab
itual drunkenness.
" The first case which occurred to my
observation is a man fifty years of
age, whose limbs are in a shockingly ‘
diseased state, the result of drinking.
The Second is that of a man seven- {
ty years old, with inflamatory sore
eyes, one of these horrid signals ‘
which abused nature holds out in a
nother form.
The Third is a young man of thirty
two, with an ulcerated leg, and im
paired constitution. The very bloom
of his life seems_to be blasted.
Fourth case. A man of seventy—
rained—his thirst for liquor inordin
ate. s
Fifth case. ~Fifty years old; a crip
ple. His corstitution, originally
strong, shattered by ardent spirits.
Sizth case. Forty years old. In
flammation of the lungs, &ec. c
Seventh. Age thirty seven. This
man was an excellent carpenter. He
is partially cured from insanity in
duced by drinking distilled spirits.
Eighth. Sixty years old. Swol
len limbs. A cripple.
Ninth. Seventy three. Lame,
from diseased leg. Has an inflamma
tory cough.
Tenth. Forty. Mentally derang
ed. . Very nervous.
Eleventh. Forty five. Ulcerated
limbs. This man is pronounced in
curable. ;
Naturally strong constitutions, and
the exercise of labor, have kept some
of these men along to a considerable
age, but they form exceptions.—
Drunkards generally die.prematurely.
The habitaal use of ardent spirits
weakens the powers of animal life—
draws deeply on the native strength
of the human constitution—creates a
predisposition to disease: it violently
concentrates into a few hours that ex
citement which kind Nature intend
ed should be nearly equally diffused
through the whole existence.
' The happiness of these men is de
stroyed, as well as their health.—
Their minds are embittered by the ‘
poison, their tempers soured. They
all drank temperately once, and this is ‘
what they are brought to. If others
would avoeid the same end, let them en
tirely abstain from ardent spirits. i
CIVIS REIPUBLICA. |
MISCERLLANTEOUS.
"I'ICE;NESE CHRONOLOGY.
The Rev. W. H. Medhurst, a
missionary of the London Society, who
has paid much attention to the Chinese
hieroglyphics, gives the following ac
count of a work which he has lately
prepared:— :
“The work is a comparison be
tweenthe Chinese system & our own,
from the earliest period till the pre
sent time. 'The page is divided into
two parts, the top of which is occupied
by a sketch of Chinese chronology,
and the bottom by one of ours. The
two .sysicms or made exactly to cor
respond together, year for year; and
the similarity between them, particu
larly in the earlier periods, is remark
able. According to both systems,
the first man had three sons or suc
cessors. Notices of intercourse be
tween celestial and terrestrial beings,
~or good and bad persons, occur at the
‘same time; the accounts of the flood
“agree nearly to a year; ten generations
of men seem tohave passed away be
tween the creation and the flood; and
wine was discovered nearly’ at the
same period. The seven years of
famine in Egypt have seven years of
famine in China exactly corresponding;
and Sampson’s strength has its coun
‘!flgrpart in China, where a strong man
ourished nearly at the same time,
who was likewise deceived and ruin
ed by a woman. Ifwe add to these,
the well-known tradition among the
Chinese, of a sage who was to arise
out of the west, and the Emperor
Ming-te’s actually sending. ambassa
dors to search for him, about the pe
riod of the christian era, we shall g’nd
that all these circumstances exhibit a
striking coincidence between their
chronology and scripture facts, which
seems to indicate that' the former is
borrowed from the latter. In this
work, I have not asserted that the
events spoken of by eastern and west
ern chronologists, are the same; but I
have placed them in connexionwith
each other in the same page, and at
the same period, leaving the readers
to form tlfgir own conclusions. I have
"been led to «lraw up this work from
the consideration of the practice of
the Chinese, in boasting, so often as
they do, of their high antiquity, look
ing with contempt upon the appar
ently modern dates of Europeans; and
throwing out the hint that we have no
records older than the christian era.
I have, therefore, endeavoured, by a
regular exhibition of dates, and by the
production of incidents connected with
every remarkable period, to show
them that we have a system of chriio
logy that can be depened on, more |
‘authentic and ancient than their own; 1
that the world has stood so long as the
period assigned to it by that chronolo
gy; that Moses, by divine inspiration,
gave "an accurate account of t})e cre
ation and of subsequent events, long
before the Chinese had any writers of
note and eminence; that those works
which they had, were nearly all de
stroyed about the time that the Pen
tateuch was translated into Greek;
and that' thus, while the authenticity
of the one was more thap doubled, the
genuineness and very existence of the
other was brought into the greatest
doubt and uncertainty.”
SENSATIONS BEFORE AND DU
RING A BATTLE
From Shipp’s Memoirs.
I have heard some men say, that
they would as soon fight as eat their
breakfasts, and others, that they
‘‘dearly loved fighting.” If this were
true, what bleod-thirsty dogs must
they be! But I should be almost il
liberal enough to suspect these boast
ers of not possessing ordinary courage.
I will not, however, go suv far as pos
itively to assert this, but will content
myself by asking these terrific soldiers
to account why, some hours previous
ly to storming a fort, or fighting a bat
tle, are men pensive, thoughtful,
heavy, restless. weighed down ' with
apparent solicitude and care? Why
do men on these occasions more fer
vently beseech the Divine protection
and guidance to save them in the ap
proaching conflict? Are not all these
feelings the result of reflection, and of
man’s regard for his dearest care—
his life, which no moital will part
- with if he can avoid? There are pe
riods in war which put man’s courage
to severe tests: if, for instance, as was
my case, I knew I was to lead a for
lorn hope on the following evening, in
numerable ideas will rush in quick
succession on the mind; such as ““for
aught my poor and narrow comprehen
sion can tell, T may to-morrow be
summoned before my Maker.”—
‘“How have I spent the life he has
been pleased to preserve to this peri
od? Can I meet that just tribunal?”
A man, sitnated as I have supposed.
who did not, even among the cannon’s
roar and the din of war, experience
anxieties approaching to what I have
described, may, by possibility, have
the courage of a lion, but he cannot
possess the feelings of a man. In ac
tion, man is quite another being, the
softer feelings of the roused heart are
absorbed in the vortex of danger, and
the necessity for self-preservation
give place to others more adapted to
the occasion. .
In these moments, there is an in
describable elation of spirits; the soul
rises above its wonted serenity into a’
kind of phrenzied apathy to the scene
before you, a heroism bordering on fe
rocity; the nerves become tight and
contracted: the eyes full and open,:
moving quickly in the sockets, with
almest maniac wildness; the head is
in constant motion; the nostrils extend
ed wide, and the mouth apparently
gasping. “If anartist could truly ge.
lineate the features of a so'dier in o
battle’s heat, and com7are them with
the lineaments of the game man in the
peaceful calm of domestic life, they
would be found to be two different
portraits; but a sketch of this kind is
not within the power of .art: for, in
action, the countenance varies . with
the battle; as the battle brightens, so
' does the countenance, as it vers,
0 the countenance becomes g oomy.
:l have known some men drink” eno
~mous quantities of spirituous liquors
‘when going into action to drive away
little intruding th‘ouihts,‘ and to cre
- ‘j 1 v 3 ’ t
ate false spirits; but they are short
lived, as the ephemera struggles but
for a moment on the chrystal stream,
then dies. If a man has not natural
courage, he may rest assured that li
quor will deaden and destroy the lit
tle he may possess.
From the Providence evening Gazette.
ECONOMY.IN A FAMILY. ~
There is nothing which goes'so,far
towards placing young people beyond
the reach of poverty, as economy in
the management of their domestic af
fairs. ITt is as much impossible to get
a ship across the Atlantic with half a
dozen butts started, or as many bolt
‘holes in her bottom. It matters not
whether a man furnish little or much
for his family, ifthere is a continual
leakage in the kitchen, or in the par
lour, it runs away, he knows not hoy,
and that demon, waste, cries more
like horse leech’s daughter, until he
that provides has no more to give. It
is the husband’s duty to bring into the
house, and it is the duty of the wife
to see that nothing goes wrongfully out
of it, not the least article, however
unimportant in itself, fop it establishes
a precedent; nor under any pretence,
for it opens the door for ruin to stalk
iny and he seldom leaves an opportuni
ty unimproved. A man gets = wife to
look after his affairs; to assist him in
his journey through life; to educate
and.prepare hi%'*children for a proper
station in life, and not to dissipate his
property. The husband’s interest
should be the wife’s care, and her
togreatest ambition should carry her no
further than his weltare & happiness,
gether with .that of hér children.
This should be her sole aim; and the
theatre of her exploits is in the bo
som of her family, where she may do
-as much towards making a fortune as’
possibly can in the counting room or
the workshop. Ttis not the money
earn>d that makes a man wealthy; it
is what is saved from his earnings. A
good and prudent hushand makes a
deposit of the fruits of his labour with
this friend; and if that friend be not
true to him, what has he to hope; if
he dare not place confidence in ‘the
companion of his bosom, where is he
to place it. A wife acts not for her
self only, but she is the agent of ma
ny she loves, and'she is bound to act
for their good, and not for her own
gratification. Her hushand’s good is
the end at which she should aim, his
approbation is her reward. Self-grat
ification in dress, or indulgence_in ap
petite, or more company than his
purse can well entertain, are equal
ly pernicious. The first adds vanity
to extravagance, the second fastens a
doctor’s bill to a large butcher’s ac
count, and the latter brings intemper
ence, the worst of all evils in its
train. - ¥
Beauty.—llt has heen said by some,
and if not said, it shall be said now,
that no woman is incapable of inspir
(ing love, fixing affection, and making
~a man happy. We are further influ
enced by outward loveliness than we
imagine. Men speak with admiration,
and write with rapture, of the beau
ty which the artest loves, which, like
‘genius in the system of Gall, is as
~certained by scale and eompass; but
in practice, see how they despise
those splendid theories, and yield to
a sense of beauty and loveliness, of
which the standard is in their own
hearts. It is not the elegance of form,
i for that is often imperfect;it is not the
loveliness of face, for there mnature
has perhaps. been neglectful, nor is it
in the charm of sentiment or sweet
words, for even among women there
is an occasional lack of that; ncither
is it in the depth their of feeling, nor in
the sincerify of their affection, thyy
their whole power over man springs
from. Yet every WOB%n, beautifu!
or not, has thatpewer more - £
Y .- X or less;
and, every 2% yields 10 its influence.
tifi'}l}‘he ‘I":Om":“ of 2} nations are beai
« Yemaly, beauty, in the limited
sense of (he word, 1s that outward
for';;, and proportion which corresponds
l with the theories of poets and the ru
les of artis{s—of which every nation
has examples, and of which every
woman has a share. But beauty, by
a more natural definition of the word,
is that indiscribable charm, that union
of many quali ies of person, and mind,
and heart, é:ich insures to man the
greatest portion of happiness. ®
I have looked much on man, and
more on woman. The world presents
a tistinct image of my own percepgion
of beauty, and from the decisions of
true love T could lay down the law of
human affection, and the universal
sense entertained respecting female
loveliness. « There is no need to be
profound; there is no occasion for re
search; look on wedded society, it is
visible to all. There a man very
plain is linked to a woman very love
ly; a creature as silent as marble, to
one eloquent, fluent and talkative; a
very tall man to a very little woman;
a very portly lady to a man short,
slender, and attenuated; the brown
weds black, and the white the golden;
personal deformities are not in the
way of effection, love contradicts all
of our thevries of loveliness, and hap
piness has no more to do with beauty
than a good crop of corn has with the
personal looks of him who sowed the
seed. o ’
EAST INDIA COMPANY.
__Among the papers published in
England a few years ago, respecting
the renewal of the East-India Compa
ny’s charter, there was a concise -his
tory of this commercial body, from
which we have taken the following
sketch: “The stock is divided a
mong about 2000 ladies and gentle
men, who elect twenty-four direct
ors, six of whom go out in annual +ro
tation. These directors have under
their immediate employ, a body of
book-keepers, clerks, and porters, so
numerous that they have formed three
complete regiments of volunteers/—
There are, in the company’s service,
115 ships of different burthens, which
are navigated by about 10,000 sea
men, and it is stated these vessels
furnish employment to a population
little short of 50.000, in London.—.
The amount of their commereial cap
ital, is estimated at 21.000,000{.—
Suchiis their home establishment.—
In India, the Company have under its
control, a lerrilorywqf 380,000 square
miles peopled by sixty millions & yield
ing an annwal revenhue of. seventeen
millions sterling. an army of ene - hun
dred and fifty thousand men, and a
numerous and splendid establishment
of governors, judges, diplomatie resi
dents, fmerchants;’l&c.
PARENOLOGY
Mr.. Abernethy, in his late course
of Lectures, made the following re
marks on this science:—*With respect
to the supposed -possibility of ascer
taining men’s dispositions and charac
ters from the shape of their heads
and faces, I will make one observa
tion; that I have seen various skulls—
here is one, for instance—in which you
see several considerable elevations on
the outside surface, without there
being any corresponding depressions
on the inside. T need not tell you,
that where there is' no hollow in the
“skull inside, there could have been no
\ enlargement of the brain; and this
was an argument used against the.
~phrenologists by Dr. Barlow. Now
1 don’t use it or any other argument a-
Sainst them: I don’t let my mind thick
of the subject at all. You may do as
you like, but I don’t care about it;
but as I said to Dr. Spurzheim at the'
very outset, ‘“Why Doctor,” said La
““it may be all.very true what you say; -
but I'll not enter into it; for I think it
a very unhandsome thing, to judge'a
man’s motives and intentions by his -
outward appearance at all. Judge
of a man by his actions; look to his
conduct; see what that is, and you’ll
nof go astray in your opinions. Ah,
there is a wise piece of advice, “Judge
not, lest yourselves be judged;” and
for you to take it upon to infer the
motives and disposition of any man,
upon any less authdn'ity than the tenor
of his actions, is a thing {het | am sure
you have no right to do.”” ;
7 T
WONDF SeUL CHILDREN,
e two children, Susan & Deborai:
who are now at the Museum, are
the most wonderful beings “ever'seen
in Albany, and exceeded by none,
probably, inthe world. The oldest is 5 +
‘years and 8 months old, and weighs
203 Ibs. the other is 2 years and 10
months, and weighs 119 Ibs.—They
are active, and their gate resembles
the rockingofa 74 in a storm. Their.
countenances indicates health, and
there is no reason to be given for their
remarkable size. The sight of them
strikes the spectator with the great
est astonishment, forno one can pre- -
viously conceive a proper idea of their
appearance.—They were born in the
town of Freedom, Dutchess county.—-
, Hb. daily Adv. ‘
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