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Hs mind. Grand in conception, lofty in thought, bold in imagery, brilliant in diction, there are few poem* in the Kng- )■ language entitled to a higher ranr, than this. Gray’s Odes arc not generally marked with that vigor that his subject demands, except his “Elegy.” It will nn k in this class of literature as long the claims of real Poe>y are le coo-nized in the sanctuary of Learning, liven the Psalms of David are recognized among this class. In the Lyric he is seldom surpassed by more modern au thors. Asa Nation, England has, per- j m r^ f surpassed all others in Lyric Poc trv. Didactic and Satiric Poetry has j,r >d iced fewer choice fruits than any oilier species of the Poetic family. To this class of Poets belong Horace, Juven al, Pope, and wc may add Longfellow, of America, whose poems are a perfect dream of tenderness, subduing harmony, entrancing us with the witchery of sweet rounds. His memorable “Hymn to the NLht,” when once read is not soon for '•otteu. Os the various kinds of Poetic eompo.Atition, the Epic is thought to be the most difficult to accomplish, and a task winch may battle the genius and rkiii of the most gifted and daring. And yet we can refer to fine specimens of true success. The Iliad of Homer, the .Enead of Virgil, and Milton’s “Par adise Lost,” may be referred to as in stances of complete success iu the com position of Epic Poetry. An Epic, to be successful, must be great. It must select tor its theme such scenes as a Thermopy lae a Waterloo, Manassas—or the Seven Day’s struggle around Richmond. Its heroes should be the living actors on the tragic field. The corpses of the dead should strew the bloody field, and the agonies of the dying be heard with heart- lending' lamentation, floating upon the changing wind. Asa Dramatic writer, we need scarcely mention the name of a Shaksspeare, whose fame exists without a rival or equal in that particular species of composition. In proportion as the Drama is admired and patronized in a Nation or a country, so is the name of a Shakspeare revered and admired. Two peculiar features, worthy of a strict notice and criticism, and worthy too, for writers to copy often, is, that he portrays human nature* nearest to the point, and that lie embodies the most thought and meaning in the fewest words. His “Romeo ami Juliet”’ and “Hamlet/’ and “Macbeth,’’ even to this day, continue to be the pride of the stage, both in Europe and Ameri ca. While English History records a ga laxy of Poetical writers, Ireland boasta that she can produce their equal in the name of Thomas Moofce. Lord Byron observes, in reference to him : “That Moore is one of the few writers who will survive the age in which he so deservedly flourishes. He will live in his “Irish Melodies, and, unrivalled and alone, in that species of composition, they will go down to posterity with the music; his poetry is the thornless rose, its touch is velvet, its hue, vermilion ; and its grace ful form isVast in Beauty’s mould.” Scot land, too, does not fold her arms in care less indifference and apathy, but, in a spirit of a national pride, points to her “Plough-boy Poet,” Robert Burns, who, without a Tutor or Preceptor (except the first rudiments, as taught in a small country school,) has carved for himself a name among the stars of modern date, * I quote from one of his own letters on the start of his life. He says: “Thus, with me, began Love and Poetry, which, at times, have been my only enjoyment. In my fifteenth year my partner was a be witching creature; she initiated me into that delicious passsion, which, in spite of acid disaj/pointnient , Gin, horse pru dence, and Book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys—our dearest blessing here below.” He continues : “My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice, and I apply the Scottish idiom, ‘She was a bonnie sweet sousie lass/ ” which circumstance gave rise to that memorable rhyme dedi cated to his “Blue Eyed Mary.” His Poems, “Man was made to Mourn,” “Auld Lang Syne,” and “John Anderson, My Jo,” will ever be held in high estimation among the critics. On reviewing the history of the rhyming galaxy”, we find most of them have drawn heavenly' in spirations from the sparkling eyes of Wo man, especially since the days wheTi Chivalry enthroned her as the idol of “man’s heart,” or “Petrarch had his Laura ; Tasso, his Leonora; Dante, his Beatrice ; aud Robert Burns his “blue eved Mary~, each and everyone of them his own Dulcinea.” Even “the austere stoicism, the Puritan gravity of Milton, acknowledged the same perennial founts of inspiration.” Under such auspices, we ask, then, what must have been the condition cf society which gave birth to a Homer ? Ages have rolled by”; thou sands have adorned humanity by their deeds and productions, since those flowers of his were first promulgated. Yet a second Homer has not been found; ge nius still admires his unrivalled concep tion of character ; his fresh, faithful, and vigorous metaphor; his graphic descrip tion ; his pathos; his sublimity ;in a word, his union of the loftiest powers of the human mind. In the best days of Athens lie was the familiar spirit of her noblest sons ; at tuned them to the highest eloquence, and inspired them with the most exalted sen timent. We feel we would not be meting out justice to the fairer portion of creation, ,were we to pass, unnoticed, some of those brilliant stars who have illuminated the Poetic horizon by their mighty powers and rhyming genius. In the varied pro ductions of Woman it is peculiarly consist ent with her character, to yield peculiar delight where the themes are Love, Child hood, etc.; the softer beauties of Crea tion, the joys and sorrows of the heart, domestic life, mercy, etc. Hence, her excellence in the poetry of the sensibili- ties. In all pertaining to the affections, which constitute tbs best part of human nature, we confess her superiority, and admit there are offices necessary to the elegant perfection of society which can be discharged only by the delicate and more sensitive faculties of Woman. So her “graceful skill can shed charms over letters which men could never diffuse.” The manifestation of female talent is a striking characteristic of modern date, and a very interesting proof of its moral excellence. The name of Mrs. Hemans stands almost without a rival, and we think most generally admired of the Eng lish female Poets. An extract from a biographical-notice says, “that more than fifty thousand lines have flowed from her pen, among which it would be difficult to find one faulty in measure, or offensive to taste.” The readiness with which she seized upon the noble, the picturesque, the graceful and the tender, designate her, above all English writers, as the “Poet of the Heart.” Her forte lay in Lyric verse. Her knowledge was extensive and various, but, true to the first principles of her nature it was Poetry she sought in History, scenery, characters, ;md religious belief. Poetry that guided all her studies, gov erned all thoughts, colored all her con versations. It was in her “A Faculty Divine.” It touched all things, but, like a sunbeam, touched with a “a golden fin ger.” In 1821, her poem “Dartmoor” re ceived the prize of the Royal Society of Literature, as did her “Wallace’s Invoca tion to Bruce,” from the FT igliland Socie ty of London. The “Sceptic,” houora bly appreciated by the Quarterly Review at the time of its publication, when her laurels were yet in the bud, has an occa sional force and loftiness not equalled by her afterward. Her brief Lyric, “The Agony in the Garden,” has never been equalled in Prose and Poetry, on that sub ject. it has given new thoughts, instruc tive and profitable, concerning the awful mysterious scene. Frances Kemble Butler deserves a passing notice, inasmuch as a volume of her poems was published in 1844, and, having been written and first printed on this side of the Atlantic, belong ra ther to the class of American Poets. Her versification is very bold aud vigorous, and her rytlirn is often melodious beyond any other writer of equal strength. Some of her productions are said to very much resemble Milton’s. Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Norton, and Letitia E. Landou, are both held in high estimation as writers of fine taste, that exhibit considerable talent aud genius. But as our strictures have already ex tended beyond what was anticipated, we must desist, though we leave the field still unexplored. Dumbarton , So. Ca. THE EMPRESS CARLOTTA. The following is contained in the Me morial Diplomatique of July 28 : There is, unfortunately, only too much reason to fear that the recovery of the unhappy princess will be neither so speedy nor so complete as was inferred from the improvement which took place on the re moval of her Majesty from Miramar to Lackcn. Withdrawn from the rigorous isolation, to which she was ordered, by the medical men of Miramar, and having returned to scenes dear to the recollec tion of her youth, and to the bosom of the Royal family of Belgium, where she is surrounded with the most affectionate atten tions, the dejected spirits of the Empress Charlotte appeared to revive, aud she seemed, by degrees, to assume her for mer serenity. Her Majesty beguiled her leisure with painting, and by keeping up a correspondence with the members of the Imperial family of Austria, and other friends ; in walking in the beautiful park of Lackcn, or by carriage exercise in the environs of the palace. She took her mmmm fiw pm. meals regularly, in company with the King and Queen of the Belgians: in short, with the exception of certain little restraints, which are still necessary, she appeared to be in a fair way of perfect recovery. Suddenly, in the beginning of June, on the approach of the anniver sary of the tragedy,of Quaretaro, symptoms of internal agitation manifested them selves to such a degree as to occasion ap prehensions of a fresh attack of delirium, which soon developed itself The Em press is now a prey to the most extraordi nary excitement, aggravated by the exces sive heat, and the want of sleep, to which her Majesty is subject. As at the Miramar she has an invincible aversion to every description of food, although she herself orders every morning what she would like to have al her meals. She refuses to sit at the table, and will not taste any thing, unless it is offered to her by Queen Marie Henriette, her sister-in-law, who takes a seat by her side and feeds her like a child. At bed-time it often hap pens that the Queen is obliged to use her personal influence to prevail upon the Empress to retire to rest. It is alto gether incorrect to state, as some jour nals have done, that the Empress Char lotte seeks an opportunity of escaping from the palace of Lacken, to return to Miramar. On the contrary, notwithstand- ing the disordered state of her mind, she is able to feel the value of the care which is taken of her by the King and Queen of the Belgians, who watch over her with the most tender solicitude, and she fears nothing so much as the possibility of her departure for Miramar. The apprehen sion, indeed, of such a contingency con stantly afflicts her, and in a great degree causes her want of sleep. In physical health the Empress continues to be as well as possible, and her medical advis ers are of the opinion that the only effi cient remedy for the present attack is by all available means to spare her Majesty every kind of emotion. This will ex plain why all, excepting the members of the Royal family, are prohibited from seeing her, and why she is allowad to re ceive no correspondence of a nature to make any impression on her mind, which imperatively demands the most perfect repose, MARRIED. At the Catholic Church, iu this City, on Tuesday evening, August 25th, iB6O, by Rev. James O’Hara, John F. Armstrong and Miss Sallik T. McAndbbw, both of this city. * OBITUARY. Died, in Charleston, S. C., July 21st, 1808, Joanna M. Owens, consort of Stephen Owens. After a long, painful illness -after days and weexs or weary lan* guishing, she is at rest! How very welcome to the tired, fever-tossed spirit must that reloase have been ! Even to the loved ones, who tenderly watched the terribly mysterious parting of soul and body, it mus t have been sweet comfort when, the struggle over, the weary hands were still; the low, weak voice hushed; and the one so truly loved had passed to Life! e tor nab everlasting Life! She died, consoled, and strengthened, by all the rites of the Holy Faith, the prido and glory of her life I That came to her unbroken, through a long ancestral line! That never forsakes its followers Not even when the sod is heaped above the lifeless form, does it forget its faithful child; but, in the “Holy Communion of Saints,” still lovingly, beautifully, links Time and Eternity. Not soon will those, whose privi lege it was to witness the closing scenes of the dear sufferer’s life, forget her sweet patience under all pain; her anxious longing to pass from earth, and all its woes, to the bright Hereafter; when a firm Christian hope assured her, that for her love, her kindness, and charity here, she would soon realize the fulfilment of God’s holy promise, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtaiu morcy.” How she was regarded by those to whom she had often ministered in sickness, or sorrow, was attested in the numbers who came daily with the loving inquiry, “How is she now?”—in the crowds who gazed, with tear-dimmod eyes, on tlio still form, robed for the tomb—in the long train of mourners who very sadly boro her to her place of rest, in blessed St. Lawrence. Time will do its healing work, and then the desolate ones must feel a holy, a triumphant joy, that to the Wife, Mother, Sister, Friend, were accorded the full grace and glory of a Christian death. Prai6c! Eternal praise to God ! “The holy Dead! oh t blest we are, That we may name them so. And to their spirits look afar, Through all our woe! “Blest that the things they loved on earth, As relics we may hold, Which wake sweet thoughts of paited worth, By springs untold!” M. E. M. f Charleston (.S’. C.) Gazette. A DVEI i TISEMENTS. Wanted—Agents. $75 to S2OO. Everywhere, male aud female, to introduce throughout the Southern States, the Genuine and Improved Com' mon-sense Family Sewing Machine. This Machine will stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, hind, binid, and em broider in a most superior manner. Price only s2o* fully warranted, for five years. We will pay sl,QOo| for any machine that will sew a stronger, more beau tiful, and more elastic scam than ours. It makre the Elastic Lock-stitch. Every second stitch tan be cut a ud still the cloth cannot be pulled apart without tearing it W T c jay agents from £75 to2oo per month and expense*, or a commission from which twice tha t amount can bo made. Address S. ML TOLIVER, kOO., Franklin, Ky. Cautiou : Do not be imposed upon by other partieft, palming off worthless cast-iron Ma chines, under the same name, or otherwise. Ours is the only genuine and really practical Machine .manu factured. aug29—tf O’Dowd 6c aSulherin, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, INo. 253 Broad SStreet, AUGUSTA, GA., HAVE ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF ’ sir; AH, COFFEE, TEAS, SOAP, STARCH, CANDLES, TOBACCO, LIQUORS, SEGARS, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, AND EVERY THING Usually kept in a Wholesale and Retail Gpooery. PRICES AS LOW AS Till; LOWEST. mh2l ts Kenny 6c Gray, IS T o. 238 13road Street, rHI‘.LI.KS IN REA D Y-MA DE CLOI HI NO, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL KINDS, And everything usually kept in a First-Class Clothing and Tailoring Establishment. 4Jsf* An exantination of their eitiendxt stock is cor dially iiiYitod. Augttsxa, March 21, 1808. ts SPECIAL NOTICE. STEEL AMALGAM BELLS. Every Scliool and Plantation should liave one. Will sell those now on hand cheap. Those desiring to purchase will do well to call soon. Price, complete, from $7 to $lO. lh MALONE, Augusta Foundry ami Machine Works. MayWth, JBGB. my3o—tf Augusta Foundry AND MACUIN E WOR KS. WRIGHT & ALIXM’S IMPROVED COTTON SCREWS, GIN GEAR, SUGAR DOILEItS, SUGAR MILLS, [/GUDGEONS, ALARM BELLE, AND ALL KINDS OF CASTINGS, DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR OLD MACHINERY IRON, BRASS AND COPPER. PHILIP MALONE. mi ad ts NOTICE. STOLEN, from the subscriber, on the night of the 14th instant, a Black Mare PONY, medium size. She ia in good order, very heavy mane (the mane lies on the left side), long, heavy tail, has a lump ou the back, caused by the saddle, and a scar near the tail, caused by the bite of a mule. I offer a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for the thief and the Pony, delivered at Edgefield Jail, or I offer THIRTY DOLLARS for the Pony alone. MARTIN MAC ARTY, Lott’s Poet Office, Edgefield Diet., S. C. jutg i«, isea augi* College and Convent Agency, No. 21 Commercial Place. NEW O HUSAIN'S, LA. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS eon obtain at tins Office full information, gratis, regarding the locations, terms, &c,, of the best Catholic Educational Estab lishment* in this country and in Canada; also, letters of introduction thereto. CHILDREN, forced by the now Social Equality laws to leave our Public Schools, can here And Academies just suited to tlieir wants. They should be provided if Catholics, with the recommendation of their Parish Priests, and, if non-Catholics, with those of their re sportive Ministers. Long experience warrants the undersigned in promising full satisfaction to all Catholic Institutions that may honor him with their Commissions, Col lections, or orders of any kind. CHAS. D. ELDER, augl —ts P. O. Box 2,034, New Orleans. frEO-P |?OWEU. l (o! Advortiserneßits forwarded to all Newspapers. No advance charged «i Publishers’ prices. All loading Newspapers kept on file. Information os to Gxt of Advertising £aczdtdi«wl. All Orders receive careful attention. Inquiri*-: by Mall answered promptly. Compk4e Pilnted Lists of Newspapers fir Bpt'cial lists prepared for Customers. AdvorLsennaits Written and Notices suctra* L Orders from Dasiuess Men especially soliettod. 40 Paek« B3H SPRING 1808. 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