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ihuj0 jg
:ik tho seed time of
- - JSvich ;> pleasure is not
_ »d by a consciousness that
;ear.d'perseverance have heen com-
i effectually resisting the temptations
.of idleness Which might have sapped a
foundation laid with industry and anxiety.
Looking back .upon days which we past
and gone, we find our minds almost involun
tarily recurring to the moments which have
been devoted to different employments.
While patiently pondering.on such as were
added as an accelerating force to the course
wo are this day endeavouring to pursue
our bosoms throb with emotions of grati
tude towards those Venerable sages who
have gone before and set up beacons to
• guide us. , .
The arrival of this day has called us to
gether.' and as its sun rose in splendour,
dispelling the dark gloom which brooded
over the eastern horizon, so has it driven
from our minds dim conjecture about its
coming, and lights up in our memories
fresh recollection of the first dawn of our
union. The car of time, on its ponderous
rollers, has this day completed for us an
other annual revolution, and gives us the
opportunity of looking back on the mixed
variety of occurrences that have charac
terized the past JTCUT. - I3a.-c.ll slmiloi in
volving period brings to recollection events
some pleasant others unpleasant
We have met, and are again suffered to
strike the harp of joy and gladness upon the
return of our (twenty-sixth) anniversary,and
to banquet upon the bounteous favours of,
an indulgent Heaven.
Yet in viewing the past, though we have
few reasons for sighing, our mirth has been
mingled with some little pain. Some who
once held our stations are cut off from
sublunary existence, never more to rise
amongst us! They have left us for awhile
in sadness. While the broad-bladed grass
is waving in the.air over their tombs, we are
sporting in pursuit of what they once ob
tained. Having already derived a moral
lesson from their sad destiny, let us turn
our attention to the prospects which lie be-
f fore us. \
It is an instinctive principle m all ani
mated nature to endeavour to anticipate
-what is to come. The smallest worm, while
it disembogues from the obscure and en
tangling crevices near tl& trunk tra
verses the verdant foliage w the rose-bush,
exerts all its powers of perception (mea
suring in every direction) in order to ascer
tain what is to be .the ne*t incident in
ephemeral exisjgncf^
weaving^he^ver ~ e *
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paid to lake tht^ersight of their public-in-j and poverty of resources forbids the idea;
orconcdrSl* . ..
i3es, it WQtiftl be unjust to lay a pen
al (yupon Bachelors, promiscuously, merely
because they are- unmarried. ,It ought to
be ascertained, before the punishment is in
flicted, what is the ‘cause why each indivi
dual is found in tb^d'-scription of persons
One,‘may have loathe object of his early
and should,those of the latter class be driven
into wedlockj it would be the death of many
of thein.
Resolved, In the opinion of this meeting,
the measure now before the Legislature has,
been introduced through the influence of
those whose daughters' have become old
maids, and are now withering and blighting
FobV T&hGEORGIAN.
Love, the night time is nigh*
Cerulean and fair
Looks-the moon and the sky,
And the stars sitting there:
Look' out and behold me,
Tho moment’s at hand
When, blushing, you told mc, v
You’d fly from this land.
Love, the night time has come!
And the green forest trees,
Which encircle thy home,
Are at sport with the breeze:
My harp is unbroken,
List! list! to its cry;
This, this, was the token,
To tell I was nigh. .
’Tis the time when my love
Did fondly declare,
From her home to remove,
And my fortune's to share;
The perils of ocean
Were nothing to me,
My bosom’s devotion,
Defied them for thee..
Then wake from thy slumbers,
Fondly fly to me, dear!
The softly breathed numbers,
Which I pour to thy ear,
Are, love, from a warm heart,
Fond, faithful and true,
Deeply anxious to start
Over ocean with you.
fAom the new monthly magazine.
THE PAST.
his leg which the splints squeezed,’and wish
ed to rise from the chair; his friends, how
ever, held him fast, crying out, “ Unfortu
nate man! stir not—you have received a
dangerous contusion. We had scarcely
^ __ ^ fhllen asleep, when, attempting to go down
affections, and found it impossible to ovter-1 upon Jheir hands, after hairing played the | stairs, you fell, broke your leg, and fainted,
come the feelings whi<'
event has occasioned.
fractured. They then sprinkled w_.
his face, and gave a fearful thunderic
The sleeper started up—seized ins
Another may Have
used every effort in lira power to extricate
himself from, the solicitude of single life,
but has found ft impossible to accomplish
this object, ft is well' known that it re
quires the united exertions of at least two
individuals to bring such a desirable event
to pass, and lie may never yet have been a-
1 ble to secure the aid of more than one in the
jenterprize. A third may have been for
years endeavouring to find an object wor-
[thy of his Entire devotion of feeling and
attention through lifot but*hitherto without
[ success^ . Jtnd a fourth may labour under
the embarrassment of invincible modesty
1 and diffidence, and with every wish to quit
I the community with which he seems doom
ed to associate, his courage fails him at ev
ery attempt, and he is now as far, and in-
farther removed from his purpose, than
he was fifteen w twenty years ago.
i suc-h a melancholy j coquette for ten' or fifleenjears, and refused J We awakened, raised you up, andjeaused
ten or twenty excellent offers.
Resolved, That the bill removing the tax
upon Dogs, and laying it upon Bachelors,
in the opinion of tbis meeting gives a de
cided preference to the former, and is de
rogatory to the high standing of men, as in
tellectual beings, and meets with the indig
nation and contempt of this meeting.
Resolved, As the opinion of thi$ meeting,
that if the Legislature has any particular
aversion to having Dogs taxed, they might
with propriety levy a moderate tax on Cats,
the fund arising from which would enable
the State to raise sufficient revenue to sup
port the poor, and thereby rendfer a resort
to Bachelors unnecessary.
you to be'tlressed. In Heaven’s name, stir
not for your life! We have ordered a litter,
and it will be here immediately to carry you
home.”
Bonnard was delirio.is—rliis fancy mag
nified the pressure of the splints to the pain
of a real broken limb, and never once im
agining that he was deceived,' permitted
himself to be borne home lamenting.
There, his family received him, as was
concerted, with' tears and wailings. For
four Weeks he continued to be visited by the
surgeon, who kept his leg squeezed into, a
case, so that he could not move himself, and
did not doubt the reality of the alleged Oc
cident. So long an imprisonment was
Resolved, That the members from , this J tolerable—he cursed wine as the
tity in the Legislature, and particularly Jthe
Bachelors, not only from this city but the
State generally, be requested to use.their best
his misfortunes, and made a solemn
never to get drunk in future.
At the expiration of a month, the s
It is not improlable that theHonorable nio- laying a tax on Bachelors!
fexertioris to prevent the passage of the Bill informed him the cure was comple
A resolution was passed unanimously, i
went as if upon eggs, to save Afis?Vrol,ei
leg, and his first walk was to the house of
I that a committee be appointed to draft a his sweetheart, whom he anxiously entreat-
memorial to the Honorable (he Legislature, j ed to forget the past, and once more to re- «
T„c Vi,.,, of*. 1 - S
son when honest men are - asleep, and de
fend their dwellings against the midnight
ver of this measi^e in the Assembly, was |
actuated by sarctstip feeling, when he se
lected the animal from which- the tax is to I
be transferred toi the Bachelors. That it Ion the subject of the bill introduced by j instate him in her affections. She,
may have been linjust, at first, to lay a tax J Gen. McClure to remove the tax frpm Dogs | both, on condition of a temperate year’s
upon so faithful and affectionate an animal ' *
as a Dog, is probably true. They watch ]
Than joys the present hour can give, than present
; .objects are—
I love to dwell among their shades, unfolding to my
view
The dreams of perish’d men and years, and by-gone
glory too—
robber, and the dark incendiary, who fires
the peaceful abodes of the innocent, and
leaves them in the dead hour of night, per-
and lay the same on Bachelors,
The following gemlemen compose the
committee, viz: J. L. Dickinson, Abraham
LeFoy, G.W. Betts, M. M. Noah, J. G.
j Bennett, J. W. Walker.
A committee, consisting of thirteen gen
tlemen, Was also appointed as a committee
probation. He kept, it manfully, and thes
became the husband of His Laura, and con
tinued during the rest of his life, an orderly
respectablo man, who never, at any one
time, drank more than he couldearry.
After several years, Bonnard, for the first
time,-discovered the trick that had bbtA!
its
The fates are'fast
eb of our destinations behind
uturity, but we are none the less
For though such retrospect i3 sad, it is a sadness haps in an inclement season, no canopy but Bachelors generally.
-In--if—>— — J no home but the wide n ~ w —
of vigilance, to watch over the interests of I played upon- him; he thanked his frie
the v . , ...
boun^Tfor individual and combined exertion
application. Our way is made plain by
ose who have gone before us; it is render
ed pleasant .by the sanction and encourage
ment of surrounding experience; whether it
is to be profitable, is a problem left to be
solved by the' use of our own energies and
faculties.
That virtud is an indispensible requi
site to tail human pursuits, is a principle
which has been verified within the limits of
our own observations. It is unchangea
ble and immutable in its nature, exhibit
ing the same moral beautyjand excellence
wherever it is found, tt) npeds not any
preconcerted preparations or Requirements
to give it a more nqble Appearance.—
It is self-based, and is the main material
in the ground, work of all extensive and
successful (human) operations.' With
out it, did Babel quake to its base, and
crumble into dust. Without it. have nations
sunk under the ruthless arm of the assailing
enemy. But with genuine moral virtue, in
dustry and assiduity never fail to be re
warded.. JThen must it also attend the ac
quirement 1 ! of useful science. Man may
give play to the fires of his imagination, and
suffer his Hopes and anxieties to be wrought
to the highest expectations about, future ac
complishments; but unsupported by virtue,
he has o£ly fancied an airy structure which
must soon come down. Like the Eagle
despoiled of its wing-feathers in the storm,
thenceforward not being able to strike, the
air below with a force equal to its weight, but
only drifted in (he clouds by the wind, be at
length inevitably descends to the surface of
the earth.
With a firm assurance that a fair allow
ance is always made by a generous com
munity for the foibles and instability in
separable from youth, we may proceed in
cur career in honest confidence that our
exertions will meet the approbation and be
rewarded by the applause and encourage'
ment of the aged, the experienced, and the
wise. Yon are in a station of great respon
sibility. The care and indulgence of pa
rents are to be remunerated, and the calls of
your country on yonr services will be loud
Those who have long and faithfully wielded
the helm of government must ere long be
come enfeebled, and of course obliged to
give up their posts. Where then are suc
cessors to be found, unless among those
who have profited by pursuits like yours ?
Shall they be called from the wilderness?
Shall they be selected from those who have
grown old in the corrupt principles, and fled
from the usages of other countries ? Shall
they be chosen from those who are now
turning the curoberous clod, and bedewing
eirbrow? No!
sweet,
The forms of those whom we revere in memory to
greet, ..
Since nothing in this changing world is constant but
decay, ,
And early flowers but bloom tho first, to pass the
first away.
The waves of the present are mingling fast
With the hopes of the future, the light of the past;
And the joy-breathing moments, ere yet they are ours,
Give place to the weary and sorrowful hours 1
But time, the destroyer, yet kindly shall bring
A charm for each suffering, or balm for each sting;
And the tear drop of anguish While yet in its flow,
Is dried by the warmth of Hope’s heavenly glow.
And our joys and our sorrows still blend as they fade
In the rainbow of life to one mellowing shade;
For the sunshine that glistens on Grief’s sullen
streams,
Atones for the darkness it girds with its beams,
| the Heavens, arid
world.
Bachelors. In their solitude, they frequent- J the -National Hotel, fo- the use of his su
ly have ao other companion thatt the*'trusty I perb rooms.
heartily for it, and began once more to tread
r. i.. i .1.- • • _ _£■
On motion, Resolved, That the thanks]firmly on his right leg, the straining of
But even-this tax falls heavily upon [of this meeting be given to the proprietor of] which hie had always, until then, most care
fully avoided
J- P AULDING, Chairman.
mastiff, and for him they cheerfully pay the
exaction required by the government. But
they cannot patiently
ig are you ?”
Fan. 26th, 1&27
MEETING OF BACHELORS.
A highly numerous and respectable meet
ing of the Bachelors of the city of^New-
York, convened last evening, at the Ex
I onsidmtioil wouldonly Mi to the Resent I ner, and in the erening he not always I
Legislature of this state by Gen. Meclte. ~ > fact > he “ * so “ of l
* chairman and secretary were appointed. b 1 0ard “W “■*“ thereby support a large
7 - J class of worthy persons who, hut for us,
submit to take the io the chair, enclosing a l
Dog’s place, and be loadod with the tax J log the following insc ^
which is now laid upon him, whilst they are J McClure’s Dog; whose
necessarily subjected to many burdens from | Neiv-York,
which married men are exempt. To enu
merate them cannot be necessary; and it
would be a laborious task, as every man I enclosed pattern Collar£ which can be af-1 them
has his own calamities; and that which
burdensome to one, 'might be a pleasure to
another.
When we take into view the grfeat distress
which now prevails in the World, we cannot
but consider the present as/ a most unpropi-
tious moment to compel men to increase
their expences. Legislators rimst be fully
aware that it is a very costly matter to main
tain a wife in the city in times like these,
and that such a measure as the bill under
LibrUi'y of the Kin* of India.—Dabshc ■
The following letter was handed I Urn, Ring of India, had so numerous a libra-
her collar, bear-j ry, that a hundred Brachmins were scarce-
I am Gen. j ty sufficient to keep it in order, and it re
quired a thousand dromedaries to transport
. r -,t~ 7 . it fram one place to another. As he was , t
Sir—By 1 exhibiting to\the meeting over not able to read all these books, he proposed A
which you have the honour to Reside, the to the Brachmins to make extracts from Jj
id pattern Collar- which can be af- them of the best and most useful of
cheap and in any quantities at the I their content^ These learned personages/
shortest notice, by orders being left at the set themselves so heartily w<qk/ (fiat iri
Bar, you wilt confer a favour on a brother Iessihan twentj%ear^ they comped of all
ntl 1 Respectfully, I these extracts alllWlqencyclopediayf twelijej^ --^
^ rv ' CT ’ 7 * 1 ^ thousand volumes, widqh thirty cametppftulct
Bachelor in dull times,
yours; THIRTY AND OYER.
P. S. They can be made of gilt leather if | carry with ease.
1, & the inscription to fancy and taste.
The Broken Leg.—Bonnard appeared at
all times, and every where before mid-day, I thirty camel loads of
a prudent and amiable man; but after din
the mowing bowl”—and of emptying out a
flask of good old Hock, as an accompahi
ment. Had he been satisfied with
one
From the thousands assembled it was! 0 woruiy persons wuq, nui tor us, urummg, diiu Knew no gr
defined necessary to kdfonmtottnNation- ^ 1^^ *
al Hotel, when aifer some pertinent re. , ” J ° 7
, c . , *v v t n • j this fact, and our own conviction of the gen- tlwsjfcharm of life”—“With laurel crown
maAsfromseeerd^nflemen.thefonow.ng r ehelers, is one ofih.
preamble and resolohone were offered to the riBci al , ' 0
meeting, and passed unammously. ^ a ,^ ^ frosts be)ow 2er0
THIS meeting have seen not merely with and to subimt to many privations and corn-
surprise, but with 1 indignation, a proposition I forts winch are enjoyed by married men.
in the Legislature of this State, to take off Therefore Resolved, That in the opinioh
the Tax upon Dogs, and to lay it upon Bach- 0 f this meeting the tax proposed to be laid
elors. It is a principle recognized in the I upon Bachelors is' erroneous in its charac-
great charter of the Independence of this j ter, and in direct violation of the great
nation, that “ all men are bom free.” If this I charter of our liberties, which declares man
bo true, it is of necessity equally frue I to be born freehand leaves him In free exer-
thatthey all have a right to remain so ; cise of Iris own inclinations,
and every attempt, on the part of a legisla- Resolved, That as Bachelors are best
five body to. restrain or, circumscribe (his I acquainted with their own circumstances
inherent privilege, bythoifoposition of taxes [and abilities, and consequently with the
or any other extraordinary political burden, proper time to marry, the tax proposed will
is an unconstitutional, and of course an op- if it becomes a law have a mbst pernicious
pressive. and tyrannical interference with effect upon Society by hurrying Bachelors
the rights of those more immediately affect-1 into wedlock, and thereby producing many
the ancient Germans so often reproached
for a love of drinking, and knew no greater
edn-
, They had the hqtiour to
present it to the King. ] But howgrqftt was
their amazement, on hs giving them an
swer, that it was impossible for him to
> »ks.i They there
fore reduced their extracl| to fifteen, after
wards to ten, then to four.Ahen to two dro
medaries, and at last there remained only so
much as to load a mule* of Ordinary stature.
Unfortnnately, Debsh^llim, during this pro
cess of melting dowr^his library, was grown
old, and saw no Divisibility of living to ex--
haust its quintess«S^») to the last volume*
Illustrious Sultan, said the Vizier, the sage
Pilpay, though I have but a very imperfect',
knowledge of your royal library, yet I will
flask, nobody would have had a right to say I undertake to deliver you a very brief and sa
aught against him, especially as his income tisfaCtory abstract of it. You shall read it
permitted it; but one flask was sure to call through in one minute, and yet you will find
for another, even to a sixth or seventh. matter in it for reflecting; upon throughout
The mother, sisters, and brothers with the rest of your life. Having said this, Pil-
whom he resided, had the mortification of paj r took a palm leaf, and wrote upon it with
seeing him retuVn home, Six evenings In the a golden style the four following sentences 1
week, perfectly intoxicated. Their most 1. The greater part of the sciences com-
urgent^emonstances were fruitless, and I prise brit one single woTd. perkaps; and the
they begarf to think that his drimkepness was | whole history of mankind contains no more
incurable. Laura, his Sweetheart, thought that three, they are bom, suffer, die.
so too, for, after innumerable quarrels, a 2. Love nothing but what is good, and do
breach was at leftgth made between the all thou lovest to 'do; think nothing but
lovers, who indeed, were almost as rtiuch as j what is true, and speak not all thou thinkest.
betrothed. K‘ v ' i
ed by it. Taxes, to be just, must be gene- hasty and unhappy matches; of which there
ral. They may, with propriety, be laid up
on luxuries. But it does not require the
labour of an argument to prove, that taxes
upon Bachelors, if laid at all, will not be
imposed, under the idea, that Batchelors
are luxuries. It is to be presumed that the
Honorable mover of the measure in the
ate already a sufficient number for the good
of society.
Resolved, As the opinion of this tneet-
ing, should the bill pass, it will have the ef
fect of instantly causing a very large num-.
her of the Bachelors of this State to migrate
to other places, riany of whom are men of
House of Assembly, did not himself view extensive wealth! and Influence, long dla-.
them in that light, as his proposition goes to tinguished for tliiir benevolent acts to the
relieve a different species of animal, and I widow, maid, and orphan, and who hpve
to ^ansfer the burden to those, who in the J abstained from uniting themselves to one,
common opinion of others, are already a I on the very ground that they could be free
burden to society, ifJiot to themselves. To I to exerejse their charity and benevolence to
increase the calamities of those who are pon- the manj
sidered (however mistakenly) by others, as Resol
the subjects of the greatest misfortunes, is ] that Bac
both inhuman and unjust.
fellow members.
will
recei
survey
-Crec
Xhiqfo \
^ ' also appe
them in
i|
of our beloved
turned towards
ised in stor-
tical know-
disappointed,
our nature be
reiving on the
HlwiMne Voice
on-3 of future utility
try, and the world.
WM J
If it is considered immoral for men to re
main single till they are thjrty years old,
and upwards, and the tax is. tobe laid as a
penalty upon vice, it is difficult to discern
d, In the opinion of this meeting,
dors are a highly useful class of
society, and So acknowledged by all except
a few sou^and crabbed old maids:—And
that by living in “ single blessedness,” they
are frequently enabled to accumulate great
weafth,' and being known for their liberality,
with what propriety-1hip fmiing is singled I m times \|whW femilies find themselves
out for punishment, among the vast variety straightened in their circumstances, never
whiph Rre wellkoown to exist among men^ I fail to step forwaril tb relieve their necessi-
Gaming, drinking, *%. J^re confessedly H* | ties; but who, ; fromrthe noble spirit which
ces ; but there has never
to lay an extra tax upci
in them. Indeed, it is b<
either ofthese vices shoul
among the Honoi
gislature, that it would
or constitutional to subject those individu
als to any exactions of this kind different
from those imposed on the rest of tho com
munity. If the people of any district choose
to be represented in the Legislature by a
gamester, or a drunkard, who . would have
any right to dispute their taste, or to inflict
any extraordinary penalty upon the object
an attempt J actuates them, * although ready at all times
Is for defence,” wfll
1 a Cent for tribute.”
o indulge I to contribute l‘tho__
d, that if never conseritVo pdy
Resolved, That we consider the law un
just, as there are many in this community
r between the ages of 30 and'45, whose busi
ness lias led them to spend a large portion
of their time abroad, or whose misfortdnes
have confined theifrnf home in situations
which placn it beyond their power to marry ;|
that there are others who are postponing
the happy union until their circumstances
will enable them to maintain a wife; others
Who have parents that call for all’their
of their choice, or the delegate whom * they incans; and other^, whose physical strength
Romantic Adventure: or the Doctor out
done—-Some three or four sleigh loads of
3. Q Kings, tame your passions, govern
Hitherto, he had, from a respect to Laura, I yourselves, and it will be only child’s play
maintained at least the outward appearance] to you to govern the world. , w,
of good mariners,:'but now he became a I 4. O Kings, O people, it can never blfc
shameless and notorious drunkard. Al- often enough repeated to you, what the half
most every night he either had a scuffle with wittedonly venture to doubt, that there is no
watchmen, or slept off his intoxication in a happiaqss without virtue, and no virtue with-
round house. His health thereby began] out therear of Gojl.—from the Arabic.
visibly to be injured and his fortune to melt
away. In fshort, he Was upon the brink of
’ <1
Two of his friends, who although they I tads and lasses halted at one of our Hotels,
" ' * * “* on the first instant—among the number was
a loving couple who were about to com-
Weie much grieved' at hi9 conduct, and re- j mence the new year by a matrimonial con-
sblved to reclaim the drinker by a method nexion ; the rest were to witness the cere-
not the most common in the world. ’With mony. A worthy divine was sent for—
this view they one evening accompanied | ushered into the room among the company*
Bonnard to a public wine cellar, and ap- and the groom and bride pointed out to him.
perired in particularly high spirits. Old Somewhat surprised to see them atopposito
Hock was called for, and they encouraged sides of the apartment, the minister asked
him to quaff as much of it as he liked, and the man if he wished to be married ? “No V*
that was no small dose. He drank himself| was the reply, in a gruff and determined tone
irito-the clouds.
At this the bride fainted—the girls screara-
Aborit midnight, the two friends began to | ed—-the young men were confounded—the
yawn, shut their eyes, seemed to fall asleep, holy man withdrew, and all prospect of joy
Bonriard was delighted, for he could now and merriment vanished. Convulsipns suc-
drink another flask Without being reproved ceeded the faintingfit, & adoctor was sent for
by them. Before, however, he had finished --he was of the Thompsonian, school—he
it, intoxication reached its highest pitch,] tried his never failing prescriptions, steaming
arid heat length fell, deprived of reason, ] and hot drops—good remedies, in their way,
into a Sriund and deathlike sleep.
for bodily complaints, but of HtBe benefit to*
His friends instantly started up from their] “ a ra i n d diseased”—ap would uriT46.*‘and
pretended slumber, shook and jogged him, the poor girl was evidently growing worse,
and, to their great joy, found that he ex- j At this juncture a sage magistrate 6four
hibited no symptoms of wakefulness. By I village entered—he knew something' ofhu-
a sign which was previously agreed upon, j nian nature, and had no faith in steam doc-
they now called in a surgeon, who was wait- tors, especially in such cases—assuming
ing in the adjoining apartments. He im- authority he cleared the room of all save th%
mediately entered, bringing with him splints ] love sick damsel and her quondam lover—
arid other implements lor a broken leg, arid gave them a little friendly advice, and
soon laced.up the right limb of the sleeper, retired—foe knot was tied, and so
as tightly as if it had bmttmcwf dangerously ladvettture.—Johnstown Herald.