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th ■ an:V \c ' m 'St beautiful translation ol
a anti'm* Spanish peom from the last
nu nli *r of ‘he North \inercan Review.
li wa written by Don Jorge JlJanrique
on the «le»th of his lather. A tos> lilera;
v >rs;ou has been for some time before the
mi’ibc— but if thorn have appealed in tn
Eor.bsh language, lines more nobly sweet
an.I touching, ti has never been our Lt to
yieruse them.
STANZAS.
By Dor. JonGis Al vkuiue.
O I t the soul in-r slumbers break,
L -1 thought lie quickened and awake—
Awake to see
How soon ties life is parsed and gone.
And death comes so f'iy stealing on!
Hsilently !
Swiftlvniu- pleasures gl.de ..way,
Our hearts reeall tlm di.tnnt day
\A’it»»inuny signs;
The moments that are speeding fa^t
We heed not-hut the past—’he. past
cm raters next to the pincers; it is ' the bones. The lips are soft and easyJ evidently impressed with the weight
• * 1 - — »•* »!.-* i»nrwi { of (he subject boioi’C them ond 'In
to turn up with the hand.
All horses are marked in the same ! difficulty of managing it successfully
ly and some I “We have a> rived, Mr. President,’
manner, hut some naturally
artificially. The natural
called begue;and some ignorant per- \ interesting crisis in our deliberations
sons imagine such horses are marked , Htill. rto our views have been as hai
all their lives, because for many moi.iuus, and our progress as great
years they find a little hole, or a kind] as could reasonably have been icxpoc
of void, in the middle of the separa-] ted. Hut now an tmlookcd lor and
tori-' and corner tec h; but when the; formidable obstacle is thrown in ou
tusks are grown round, as well within; way, which threatens to arrest on
as without, and tlie teeth point for- j course, and it not skillfully i emoved
ward, there is room to conjecture, in j to render all our loud hopes ol
. • . I 1 . . ...... . ... i D III inn nl'imit llTia I lift (Tl’ftll
proportion as
year to year, what the horse’s age j which has been taken by the Dele-
may be, without regarding the cavity ! goies ot the lour smallest Stales wan
above mentioned. j Unexpected by me, and as repugnant
Tile artificial manner is made use | to my teelings, as it can be to any
•>f by dealers and jockeys, who make! other member of this Convention.—
their horses, after the age bmng j After wlmt 1 thought a full nnd un
known, to make thorn a .pear only si* partial investigation of ^ the ^subject,
More highly i.r./.e
Our lives arc rivers glu. ng free,
To that unfatliomcd, boundless - a,
2’i.c siiert grave:
Thither ail earthly pomp and boast
Roll, to be swallowed up and !usi
In that ark wave.
Thither the mighty torrents stray,
Thither the bruoii pursues ,ts way,
Aik! thinking nil—
There all are equal—s.de by side,
The poor man amt lli son o. pint -
Ln cahu and slid.
This world is bat the tigged road,
Which leads us in the bright abode
Of peace ab vc:
Bn let us choose tiiat narrow way
V. Iiicli leads no t. aveller’s fool ostrav
From realms of love.
Our b'rth is but ihc starting place,
Our life tlie lUiinmg of the race-
*' c reach the gaol,
\Vhen the mansions ofllie blest,
X) alii leaves to its etci na. rest
The weary soul.
B'dicld, of what delusive worth
The bubbles wc persue on caitli—
i be >dia Its wc chase,
Amid •' world of treachery—
They vanish c\e death shuts ilie eye
And leaves retrace.
Time steals them lirun us—chances
strange,
X)i :astrous accident and change
That come t., all*.
Even in the most exalted slate,
Relentless sweeps the stroke of fate--
i lie stronger lad.
•>r seven years old. 1 hey bo it in
tins manner: they throw down the
sometimes three or our months be
fore tlie next, called corner teeth,
push forth. These twelve colt’s
teeth, in the front of the mouth, con-
.nine without alteration, till the colt
is two years, or two years and a half
old. & which inaki s it difficult w ithout j
•great care, to avoid being imposed up
on during that interval, it the sidle, find
it is interest to make the colt pass
for cither younger or oider than he
-eaily is; the only rule you have then
to judge by, is bis coal, and the hairs
of his mane and tail. A colt, ol one
year tuts a supple, rough coat, rc
send)ling that of a water spaniel, and
tin* bail* of his inane and tail feels
like (lax, and hangs like a rope un
twisted; whereas a colt of two years
lias a II it chat, and straight cars like
! ;v grown horse.
At aboii two vents ami a half old.
j sometimes sooner, sometimes I •ter,
i ucenrd'ng as tie inis been led, a hors,
begins to change bis teeth- I hi
pin"iMs which Ci me first, arc al
so <li;* first to full; so that at three
yens In* lias four burse’s and eight
coil’s tent It. which arc easily known
npatl, t lie‘form or being larger, flut
ter, and yellower, than the other, and
streaked from the ends, quite into the
gums.
These four horse pincers have, hi
the middle of their extremities, a
black bole, very d-ep, wbeioas those
o'' ibe coll are round and white —
mi *he horse is coming lour years
i,id. lie loses lus four separators or
middle teeth, and puts forth four*
others, which follow* the same rule as
i!m pinners, lie has now eight
horse’s and four colt’s teeth, and is
■aliful a horse.
During (his year also, bis four
.■ usl.3, which arc chiefly peculiar to'the iron
horse, come heliin I the others; the
lower ones often four mouths before
the upper; but whatever may lift vul
garly thought, the horse tli.if'iias the.
two lower tusks, if lie has not the | given by .mil uro; with tiles they make
upper, may he judged lobe under live j them sharper or flatter, but they lake
years old, unless liio other teeth show j aw ay the shining natural enamel, so
In
mark is said lie, “at a' very momentous am
they advance from j Constitution abortive. The ground
i recorded my vote in the affirmative
side of the question, and I have not
irse to have him more at command, jet hea d anything which induces me
arid, with a steel graver, like what is to change my opinion. But I will not
used lor ivory, hollow the middle, conclude it is impossible (or mo to
eetli a little, and the corner ones j be wrong. I will not say that those
somewhat more, then fill the holes
with a little rosin, •pilch, sulphur, or
some grains of wheat, which they
gentlemen Who differ from me are
mult r a delusion; much less tvi'l I
cliarg them with an intention ol
burn in with a bit of hut wire, made ! needlessly embarrassing our de.li be ra
in proportion to tin* bole. This oper-1 tuns. It is possible some change in
ation they repeat Iroin time to time, our late proceedings ought to take
till they «ive the hole a lasting black ! place upon principles of political jus-
in imitation ol nature; but in spile of (ice; or that all things considered, the
all they can do, the hot iron makes a majority may see cause to recede
little ydfo isb circle round the holes, : f»*oin some of theirjust pretensions,
like what it would leave upon ivory; 1 as a matter of prudence and expedi-
tliev have therefore, another ttick to cney. For my own part, there is
prevent detection, which is, to make j nothing I so much dread, as a failure
(lie horse foam from time to lime, j ( 0 devise and establish some efficient
alter having rubbed lus mouth, lips and equal form of government lor our
and gums, with salt, and orirobs ol
j bread dried and powdeved with salt.
Tins foam bides the circle made by
Another thing they cannot do, is to
(counterfeit young tusks, it. being out
ol their power to make those two
Tell me—the charms lit U lovers -a k
In the clear eye iv .u tilu -lv.ng cT.ee .,
The hues tliul play
O’ r rosy lip and brow of-now;
W lien hoary age approaches stow,
Ah! where arc lie ’ ?
The cunning skill, the ennuis, ur’s,
The gioriou, sucugtli that \ mil im
parts,
In life’s first stage—
These „hall become a heavy weight.
W iien T.me swings wide bis oulwart
gate
To iv -ary age!
•i above mentioned,
inl’am Republic. 'The present effort
lias been made under lhe happiest nu-
jqiiee.s, and lias promised Inc most fa
vorable results, but should this effort
prove vain, il will be long cro anoth
er can be made with any prospect of
success. Our strength and prospi i-
which are ; jjy will depend on our unity; and th.i
secession of e\en four of the smallest
States, intqrspersed as they are,
would, in my mind, paralyze and
the contrary, for some horses that live | that one may always know, by these rentier useless, any plan which th-
lo lie very old, never have any up- i tusks, horses that are past seven, till ; majority could devise. Should there
der tusks *at all. Tee two lower j they come to ftvelvc or thirteen. ‘
The follow i g historical sketch of 0 f inv honored colleagues have lreat-
a political conflict in the memorable ed too lightly on the other. I am
fore be grieved, Mr. Picsident, to
tusks lire one of the most certain j ff „„ on r , . _ j see matters brought to the lest wliicli
rules that a horse is coming live j INTERESTING I1!S 1 ORlCAL j |, B8 been perhaps too rashly Urea fen
years old, notwithstanding his colt’s ; ANECDOTE. i ed on the one hand; and w Inch some
teeth may not be ull gone.
Ju>'kevs anil hreedcis, in order to, . , . , . , . ...
i Convent ion of the United f’lates, will convinced that it is a subject which
I lie contemplated with delight by e- should be approached with caution,
jveiy clirislain and patriot. Some of treated with tenderness, and decided
jour read rs may have seen it--to otii . <,u with candor and liberality. It is.
i ers it may be new. It was written however, to be feared, tlial the mem
by an intimate friend of a member ol hers of this Convention arc not in a
j the convention, and first published in temper, at this moment, tn approach
the New York aily Advcrli-. the subject on which we differ in lb's
-and
Where are the high-born dames
v h°re
Their gay attire ad jewelled hair,
An t odours sweet?
TVlierp are (he gentle knight- that c-un;*
To kneel, and breathe love, ardent
(lame
Low at their fee; ?
Where is t'e song ofTrouha our,
tVh ere ere the lute and g > taoiheiir
They loved of yore?
Wnere is the m'zy dance of old,
Th * flowing roues, inw ought with gold
The dance is wore?
So many a dak» of i oval name,
iMarquis and count o i- siio<les.s '’ame,
And baron leaf.-,
'J'liat might the sword of empire wild.
All these, O death* h st thnu concealed
in the dark grave?
Their deeds of merry and of arms,
In peaceful days, or war’s alarms,
When thou dost show
O. death, thy stern and cruel lace,
One stroke of thy all-powerful mace,
Can overthrow.
flnaumbered hosts,^bat threaten night
Potinoa andsiandcrd floating high,
And flag displayed—
High battlements, entrenched around,
RaTion, and moated wall, anil mound,
And palisade,
And covered trench, secure -ml deep-
AU these cannot one victim keep,
O death from thee,
Wh n n thou dist battle, in thy wrath
and thy strong shaft pursue their path
Unerringly.
make their colts srein live years edd
when they am but four, pull out their
last colt’s teeth; b it if all tin* coil’s :
teeth am gone, and no tusks appear,.
you may be certain tins ttick lias j
been played; another artifice they use.
is to beat (bo bars every day with a
wooden mallet, in the place where
the tusks ace to appear, in order to
seem hard, as if the tusks were just
jailv to out-
When a home is coming six years
old, the t.v.» lower pincers fill up.
<nd instead of the boles above men
tioned. shorv only a black spot. Be
tween six and seven, ill two middle
teeth fill up in the same manner; and
between seven and eight, the corner
teeth do the like; after which il is
said to be impossible to know cer
tainly the age of the horse, lie having
no longer any mark in tlm mouth.—
You can indeed only liuve resource to
the tusks, and the situation of the
teeth, o' which I shall now speak.
For the tusks, you must with your
finger feel the inside of them from
the point q ite to the gum If the
tusk be pointed flat, and lias two lit
tle channels within side, you may b.
certain the horse is not old, and al liie
utmost only coming ten. Between
eleven and twelve the two channels
arc reducing to one, which, after
twelve, is quite gone, and the tasks
are as round within, as they are with
out; you have no guide then but the
situation of the teeth. The longest
The question which excited so
much a C rim on intis <e ling among the
members, was ou the organization ot
llie Senate. It bad been decided
that the number of Senators I ruin
each Slate should be in proportion to
its population. After the decision
the delegates from the
spirit. I would therefore propose.
Mi*. President, that wit hull ( proceed
ing in tins business tit this time, tin*
Convention shall adjourn for three
days, in order to let the present fer
ment pass off, and to afford time for
a full and dispassionate investigation
ofllie subject; and l would earnestly
recoinmend to the members of this
lid I behold a countenance at oJ
tigmiied and delighted, as wastin'
vVashington, at the close of tU
tress; nor were the members of
Convention generally less atFccte,
i’lie words of the venerable Fi aL
‘ell upon our ears with a weight
.utliority, even greater than vve
oppose an oracle to have bail i|
Roman Senate! A silent admiral
superceded for a moment, the
jiression of the assent and appn
ion which was strongly marked
11 most every countenance; I say
most —for one man was found in
Convention, Mr ——, of
rose and said, with regard tb the
motion of the honorable gcntje
lor an adjournment, he would yj
his assent; but he protested aga!
the second motion for the appoint
of a Chaplin, lie then conunpi
a strained eulogium on the asscmbl
of wisdom, talent, and expert
which the Convention embracrj
declared the high sense be enterti
ed of the honor which bis constitm
bad con.erred upon him, in
him a* member of that respectil
body; said he was confidently ofo;
ion that they were competent
transact (lie business which had I
entrusted to their care; that
were equal to every exigence tv
might occur; and concluded by soyi
that therefore be bad net so
necessity of calling in Ion
i aid!
Washington fixed his eyes upon
speaker with a mixture of stir
and indignation, u bile he utlei
this impertinent and impious speei
and then looked around lo asccrti
in what manner it affected others.-
Tin y did not leave him a momentl
doubt—no one deigned to reply.
take the smalltsi notice of theJpi
or, — but the motion for appointin'!
Chaplin won instantly seconded,
oo i tied;—uiie liter under the i
disapprdion of Mr , or his soli
rij negative, I do not recollect,
motion for an adjournment was
jmt, and canicd unniiiiiiously-aiulii
Convention adjourned accordi
ly.
'Fhe three days of recess tv
spent in the manner advised by
Franklin; tlm opposite parlies mi
with each other anil a free and Ir:
interchange of s r, utimcuts took ph
On the f.itirib day we assembled
gain; and if great additional
not been thrown outlie subject, cvi
unfriendly feeling had boon expelli
and a spirit of conciliation had bi
cultivated, which .promised d b
a cdlni and (hmaisionute rccunsidf\d\
of the subject.
As soon os the Chaplain had cl
his prayer, and the minutes of
last silting were read, all eyes
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was made, the delegates
stnaPcr States, who had iueff etualiy Convention, that they spend the lime; jeet; he saw
remonstrated against il, moved a le- of this recess, nut in associating with (lions, which
consideration, and expressed their
intention of iihdiawing from the
Convention unless the Constitution
should be so framed as lo allow cacti
State live same representation. This
determinuth ti on the part of the mi-
i u. tied to (he Doctor He H
and in few words staled that iiunj
the recess, he had listened alteiilivtj
to all tin* arguments pro and
which had been urged by both *
of the house; that he lied bimscll i
much, and thought more on the wtl
difficulties, and obj«
might be urged by
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party, and devising now j divdunl States, ngjiinsl every scbcM
arguments, to fortify themselves in j which had been proposed; anti he ns
their own opinions; hut that they mix ] now nore than ever convinced w
with members of opposite sentiments, j (be Constitution which they «’«t|
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lend a patient ear to their reasoning, ;
and onmlidly allow them
about to form, in order to be just
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all the j equal, must be founded on ttie
uority brought Hie proceedings ot (lie ; weight to which they may lie entitled.! of compromise and mutual co„oc««
House to a solemn crisis. 1 bo his* | and when wc assemble again, I hope , With such views and feelings,
a determination to j would non move a recon*idcratH®(
toriau rema’ks as follows;
There was much warm, and some
acrimonious feeling exhibited by a
number of the speakers; a rupture
ippenred idmost inevitable, anu *he
bosom of Washington seemed to la
bor with tlm most anxious solicitude
for Us issue. Happily for the Uni
ted Stales, the Convention contained
some individuals possessed of talents
&, viitucR of the highest order, whose
it will be with
form a Constitution, if not sneli an
the vote last taken on the organtz^K^
one as,we can individually, nirvl in all : tion of the Senate. f i be motion
teeth are not always a sign of the hearts tunc deeply interested in the
SrX30SZ.Z.AiffESO Ja
il PL ES FOR ASCERTAINING
THE AGE OF HOUSES.
A horse that is fit for work should
have forty teeth; twenty four grind
ers. which leach us nothing, and six
teen others, which huve lheir names,
and discover his age. As mares
usimly have no tusks, their teeth are
Only thirty-six. A coll is foaled
without teeth; in a few dnvs lie puts traiy, the inside of an
out four, whn*h are called pincers or mouth is lean hotluahove and below,
greatest age, hut their hanging over,
and pushing forward, as their meet
ing perpendicularly, is a certain to
ken of youth.
Many persons, whilst they see cer
tain Hne holes in the middle of the
teeth, imagine that such horses are
but in their seventh year, without re
gard to the situation the teeth take
as they grow old.
When horses are young, their teeth
meet perpendicularly, but grow Ion-
go* 1 nu * push forward w ifh age; be
sides, the mouth of a young horse is
very fleecy within the palate, and
his lips arc fum and liayd; on the eon-
old horse’s
had
oippursjsoon after appear, the four jaud seems to have only the akia-upuu left him au opening, the Doctor rose,
establishment of a new and dfficieut
form of government, and whose pen
etrating minds had already dcploicd
the evils which would spring up in
our new-established Republic, should
the present attempt to consolidate it
prove abortive. Among those per
sonages, the most prominent was Dr.
Franklin. He was esteemed the Men-
respect approve, yet the best which
under existing circumstances, can be
obtained.” [H ere the countenance
of Washington brightened, and a
cheering ray seemed to bieak in upon
the gloom which bad recently cover
ed our political horizon ] 'Flic Doc
tor continued, “Before I sit down,
Mr. President. I will suggest another
matter: au.i ! am really surprised
that it lias not been proposed by
some other member nt an earlier pe
riod of our deliberations. I will sug
gest, Mr. Pr sklent, the propriety of
nominating and appointing, before we
separate, a Chaplain to this Conven
tion, whose duly shall be uniformly
■ }o assemble with us, and introduce
tor of our body. To a in inti natural-] the business of each day, by an ad-
ly strong and capacious, enriched by
much reading, and the experience ol
many years, he added a inanner ol
communicating his thoughts, pecu
liarly his own, in which simplicity,
beauty and strength were equally
conspicuous. As soon as the angry
orators, who had preceded him
dress to the Creator of the universe,
the Governor of all nations, beseech
ing Him to preside in our council, on
lighten our minds with a portion of
heavenly wisdom; influence our hearts
with a love of truth and justice, and
crown our labors with complete and
abundant success!” 1
The Doctor sat down; and never!
seconded, the vote carried, the
mer vote rescinded, nI, d by a * ul
eessfnl motion and resolution,
Senate was organized o' 1 l^ e P re51
plan.
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COURAGE 'ND DEVO™£.
[In the venr 160S. Sidy man H* St
tan of Constantinople,iu-rnnrp 01 ' '
Masriifirent. v.bese victorious ar
bad spread terror throughout
having reduced the Island of R"°J
the seat nf the Knights of St. **
of Jerusalem, sent a powerful
and army, under the cnmmnn'
Mustaplia, an experienced {l pnf i.|
to conquer the Island ofMalta. ,
Island was viroronslv defendedhl’
knights of MnPa under the rpl
mand o r their Grnnd Master La
fit*- After numerous unsueces pl
attempts to take possession of
Island. Mnstnpha raispd the 9ieg p
,rrjl|
Vs H
tbl
•he expiration of five months
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history of that sietre is full of
Jeitnl of deeds of the nrexamp’rd
or and devotion of the knieh's- X2!
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