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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
wii. c. RICHARDS, EDITOR.
Sltijcns, Cicorflia:
Saturday Morning,....Sept. 8, ISI9.
OUR ASSISTANT EDITOR.
We beg leave formally to introduce to our
readers, one who lias for six months past
aided us in our labours, and to whose charge
the Gazette has been confided, during seve
ral intervals of our absence from the edito
rial chair. Gentle reader, we present to
your regard our friend, Mr. 1). H. Jacques,
known to you already under his nom de
plume of Jacques Journot. Mr. Jacques
will continue to be associated, with us until
further notice, and for the next six weeks
the paper will be undei his immediate di
rection —during our absence on a Northern
tour. His articles in the Editorial Depart
ment will be distinguished, as they have
been hitherto, by an asterisk placed after
each. We feel assured that our readers will
not regret this formal introduction to the
Assistant Editor.
GEORGIA.
The natural resources of Georgia are al
most unbounded. It has a fertile soil, a
varied and salubrious climate, lofty moun
tains, broad savannas, noble rivers, flowing
through its whole length, from the moun
tains to the sea-board, water-power enough
to propel all the machinery in the world —
inexhaustible mines of gold, silver, copper,
iron and coal—quarries of marble, granite,
and lime-stone, and a great variety of min
eral springs. It has, also, Rock Mountain,
the Vale of Nacoochee, and Tallulah Falls!
While one portion of our State is adapted
to the culture of rice, another is equally
adapted to the growth of cotton, and ano
ther still to the production of grain. Na
ture has bestowed her favors with a bounti
ful hand upon Georgia. Man has done some
thing, but too little. We have an extensive
system of Rail Hoads, and perhaps forty or
fifty manufacturing establishments in the
whole State. We have, also, a large num
ber of schools and colleges, and newspapers
in almost countless numbers. But have we
developed a moiety of our resources. No
one will pretend it. If Georgia does not be
come one of the wealthiest, most powerful,
and roost enlightened States in the Union,
it will be the fault of her sons This rich
heritage has been entrusted to us, and we
are responsible, in the sight of God and our
fellow-men, for its cultivation and improve
ment. *
HOME TRAVEL.
The prevalence of the Cholera in the
Northern Cities, has operated to turn the
tide of summer travel into the upper por
tions of Georgia; and this tide has been
greatly increased by the reduction of fare
upon the various Kail Roads—a measure
first adopted, we believe, by the Georgia i
Rail Road. Hundreds of the citizens of i
Charleston and Savannah, and of the dwel- ;
lers upon all the sea-board, who have here- |
tofore spent their summers in the North,
have, during the present season, crowded
the watering-places and the beautiful up
country villages of the South. Our own
town has been thronged, and the “ Madi
son Springs” has overflowed with guests.
Clarksville has worn a festival appearance,
by reason of the gay crowds that have, from
day to day, animated its usually quiet streets
—while the rude chambers of the “ Tallulah j
Falls Hotel” have rung with the ceaseless 1
echoes of light-hearted and innocent mirth.
Nor is it in this section of the State only, j
that the influx of visitors has been unusual. ;
The beautiful Cherokee country has wit- 1
ncssed daily accessions to the number of its
guests, until the watering-places and the
villages upon the line of the Rail Roads have
been filled “to overflowing, full.”
It has been our gratification often-times,
within the past three months, to meet friends
from the sea-board, and to hear their ear
nest expressions of delight at the new world
opened to them in this far interior region of
Georgia. They have, indeed, partaken of a
new life in the glorious mountain region
above us. They have inhaled a rare and
delicious atmosphere, which has given their
lungs a freer play, and imparted to every
limb an elasticity unknown before. They
have gazed with varying omotions of de
light, surprise, admiration and awe, upon
the scenes continually presented to the
-view—now at the lovely shrine of Toccoa —
and anon, from the dizzy heights or in the
bewildering depths of the indescribable Tal
lulah. They have stood on Yonah’s “ cloud
capped” summit, and marked the course of
the Chattahoochee, like a vein of molten sil
ver, in the bosom of Nacoochec’s peerless
vale. They have passed from the whirl and
confusion of the “ rapid car” into the pres
ence of one of Nature’s most stupendous
works—the Stone Mountain—trembled on
the verge of its terrific precipice, and gazed
from the summit of its ambitious tower upon
the territory of neighboring States. They
have beheld the wonderful fertility of North
western Georgia, where “ the pastures are
covered with flocks—the vullies also arc co
vered over with corn” ; and they have seen
the little hills rejoicing on every side.”
In all this, we see more than the prospec
tive benefit to result to the dwellers of the
up-country, from the mere expenditure of
surplus wealth in their midst. We discover
the germ of a great social benefaction in
this rapidly-extending intcrcouasc between
the denizens of the soa-board and the dwel
lers of the mountains. The march of refine
ment in a region but recently uncivilized,
will be rapid beyond precedent. Already,
in the very heart of the wilderness, there
have sprung up, as if by magic, mansions
and gardens and fountains, created to sat
isfy the demands of a cultivated and luxu
rious taste. The opulent merchant or plant
er from the sea-board, charmed with the sa
lubrity of its climate and tire beauty of its
I scenery, adopts it as his summer home, and
diffuses around him an atmosphere of refine
ment A demand for high schools and sem
inaries has been created, and in an incredi
bly short spnee of time, “ the desert has lit
erally blossomed like the rose” 1
This is no fancy sketch, but a faint lim
ning of what is already taking place in up
per Georgia, whose destinies, whch all her
manifold and wonderful resources shall have
been developed, and brought into efficient
action, we are not competent to describe.
Let our Rail Road Companies, with a wise
prescience, continue their plan of low sum
; mer fares, (if, indeed, they would not do
; well to maintain them altogether,) and in
each successive summer the throng of health
and pleasure-seekers will increase three
fold, and their enterprize meet with a libe
ral reward. A hint to the proprietors of
our watering-places and hotels may not be
amiss. Let them take for granted, that in
proportion to the abundance and excellence
of the provision they make for their visitors,
will be not only the duration of their stay,
but the measure of their satisfaction. If
the luxuries of a city cannot be procured in
the back-woods, it is, nevertheless, possi
ble, and withal easy, to provide neat cham
bers, clean beds, well-cooked food, simple
amusements, and last, though not least,
pleasant books nnd popular newspapers—
all of which are indispensable to the comfort
of intelligent and refined guests.
©ur ©ossip (Column.
“A Rise in I’on!”
Sergeant Noon Talfourd, the popular au
thor of “ Ion,” has been promoted to a Judge
ship in the English Court of Common Pleas.
Punch felicitates himself and the public
upon what he is pleased to call JI lime in
Von! The merry wag might have added—
judging from the general satisfaction mani
fested at the Sergeant's elevation to the
Bench—that it was a common please !
Original Machine Conundrums.
[The Editor of the Gazette respectfully
begs leave to announce that he is prepared
to supply conundrums, made by his new Pa
tent Self-Acting Conundrum Machine, by
the dozen, or gross, upon very accommoda
ting terms, which will be made knowjr upon
application—if by letter, post-paid! None
need apply who do not know how to laugh
heartily, or who are too dull of comprehen
sion to see readily the point of a joke!]
Why is the State Rail Road Tunnel like a
long sermon ?
Because it is a tremendous bore!
Why is the Fall of Toccoa like a noble
man ?
Because it is of high descent.
Why arc the Madison Springs like sam
ples of goods newly arranged ?
Because they are resortd to (re-sorted
too).
[That last effort broke the machine, and,
of course, put a temporary stop to its ope
ration !]
More Curiosities for the National Museum.
A spool of “ the thread of a narrative.”
A hook from the end of a “chain of events.”
A locomotive constructed to draw “a train
of circumstances.”
A key to unlock “ the wards of Chancery.”
A tune for “ a play upon words.”
A plan for “ a castle in the air.”
Athens Male Academy.
The second semi-annual Term of this ex
cellent School, under the charge of Mr.
John G. Clarke, has just commenced. A
few more pupils, we understand, will be ad
mitted, if application be made soon. We
had the pleasure, at the close of the last
Term, of visiting this School, and were high
ly pleased with the excellent discipline which
prevailed, as well as with the efficiency and
thoroughness of Mr. Clarke’s methods of in
struction. W e feel assured that the School
will continue to maintain the honorable rep
utation it has acquired.
Typographical Blunder.
Judge L ,of G eorgia, whose high opin
ion of the female sex is proverbial, and who
is somewhat given to Latinity—in pronoun
cing judgment in a case recently, which he
considered pretty hard, concluded thus :
“ But there being no room to doubt, the
law must take its course, whatever ruin it
may entail on the parties; while we have
discarded in this country the servile max
im, that the King (Rex) can do no wrong,
as good citizens, it becomes us, perhaps, to
maintain that the Law (Lex), the only po
tentate we acknowledge, non potest peccare.”
The Printer substituted S for L in the latter
part of the sentence, so that it now reads in
the Reports, as published : “ It becomes us,
as good citizens, to maintain that the Sex,
the only potentate we acknowledge, non po
test peccare.”
A Riddle.
We cut the following Riddle from that ex
cellent paper, the American Cabinet, pub
lished at Boston, Mass. Who will send us
an answer
“I’m up and down, and round about,
Yot all the world can't find me out.
Though hundreds have employed their leisure,
They never yet could find my measure.
I’m found almost in every garden,
Nay, in the compass of a farthing ;
There’s neither chariot, coach, nor mill,
Can move an inch except I will.”
The Am. Association of Science.
This body has closed its Session at Cam
bridge, Mass. Its next annual meeting will
be held at Yale College, New-Haven, Conn
ecticut.
Notices to (Corrcspcmilcnts.
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we beg leave to say that, at present, we can
make no offers ot tho kind you mention.
We may be able, ere long, to make different
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! tionally overlooked, for which we apologize,
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©ur Book Sable.
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Books noticed in this Gazette, are requested to
send copies to the Editor through Stringer &
Townsend, New-York, or Carey & Hart, Phil.
A Second Visit- to the United States of
America. By Sir Charles Lyell, F. R. S. In
two vols. 12tno. New York: Harper & llro
thers. I*l9
A successful book of travels is no small
achievement in this age of the world; and
if we are entitled to an opinion on the sub
ject, these volumes are among the very best
of the times. Sir Charles Lyell has shewn
himself to be both a distinguished philoso
pher and a most courteous gentleman—and
his book is a happy compound of facts and
opinions—the former evincing profundity
of knowledge, and the latter, dignity of
judgment. We have read the two hand
some volumes before us with unaffected
gratification ; we have risen from their pe
rusal both wiser and happier for our pains.
They arc among the most delightful records
of travel that we have met with, and we fin
ished them with sincere regret.
Sir Charles exhibits in his work a truly
Catholic spirit. He does not condemn what
is, to him, new and strange, merely because
it is new and strange—but whether it con
cerns the usages of society, or principles of
social and political economy, lie seeks to
discover and applaud the good in it, rather
than to censure and sneer at the bad, as is
too often the case with English travellers in
the United States.
We do not intend to say that Sir Charles
indulges in unmeaning flatteries, thus pan
dering to the vitiated and diseased taste of
many readers. He is always ‘honest and
candid in his expressions—evincing a truly
praisewoathy disposition to do justice at all
times. While he keeps ever in view his
great object to investigate the geological
structure of the country, and to add tro
phies to the already gigantic science to
which he has devoted his energies—he is
not the less mindful of the social, literary
and political condition of our land. He
looks with an admiring eve upon the mighty
design of national greatness, which the vast
area of this continent exhibits; and he scans
critically, but not jealously or slightingly,
the materials with which we are erecting
; the fabric, and working out that vast de
sign to completeness.
With his conclusions upon some points of
our political and social character, the read
er will, in all probability, differ. He will,
I however, none the less admire his candor
and frankness.
Os his views upon Slavery, which were
formed under most equable influences, and
which are uttered with the freedom of a gen
erous mind, we need only say, that more
liberal concessions could not be demanded
of one who, from birth and education, is ne
cessarily opposed to the Institution. He
grants that the actual slavery of the pres
ent time has its compensations in the phys
ical condition of the slave, in his ease, com
fort, abundance of food and clothing, safe
provision for old age and sickness.
Sir Charles has a higher opinion of the
capacities of the black race than we can
entertain, and evidently cherishes the idea
of tlicir future elevation to equality with
the white race, through amalgamation and
other agencies.
Mr. Lyell has fallen into one error which
it may not be amiss to point out. He speaks
of the existence of a statute in Georgia, pro
hibiting the instruction of negroes. This
lie considers “ a barbarous law” —but he is
| hardly aware, we think, that it is merely a
i remnant of English law, enacted before the
j independence of these United States, and
! that it is held among us quite as a dead let
! ter. He must not censure us for a statute
framed and enforced only by his own Gov
ernment.
One of Sir Charles Lyell’s chapters is de
voted to a discussion of the Sea-Serpent
I controversy, in which, after a very pleasant
i review of the whole subject, our author an
| nihilates his snakcsliip ucundem scientiant.
By a very ingenious train of reasoning, he
1 arrives at the—not improbable—conclusion,
that what has been taken for a serpent, is
: only a variety of the “basking shark.”
Sir Charles’ account of his visit to Ilope
| ton, and thence to the adjacent sea-board of
i Georgia, is full of interest and valuable in
i formation.
In conclusion, we commend these volumes
Ito every intelligent reader, assured that
they will yield both instruction and amuse
i ment. It is very agreeable—to our think
ing—to discuss at one moment the glacial
theory of Geology—to examine the furrows
! on* mighty rocks, and trace them to the
I crushing force of vast ice-bergs sweeping
| over them as they lay buried in the depths
I of a new-evanished ocean—and at the next
J moment to join in a most animated and in
tclligent strain of gossip concerning men
and things in every-day life, thus alterna
j t>ng
j “ From grave to gay, from lively to severe.”
i Sir Charles had no spleen to vent —no pre
! judices to utter—but, rejoicing in the “man
ifest destiny” of our country, he delights to
| contemplate the progress of the Anglo-Sax
-1 on race, and to discover in the triumph of
| the daughter, the reflected glory of the mo
i tlier country.
Welcome, say we, to all such travellers as
| Sir Charles, whoso books will do us good,
1 both at home and abroad.
j A Compendium of Ecclesiastic*!. History.—
By Dr. John C. L. Geiseler. Translated from
the German by Samuel Davidson, LL. I). In
two vols. Bvo. New York: Harper & Brothers
j 1849.
An Edition of Dr. Gciseler’s very learned
. work was published in this country some
years since, and was speedily acknowledged
as a work of immense research and great
candor. It was a translation from the third
German Edition, between which and the
fourth, there is so much difference, that
the publishers resolved on printing anew
version from the latter. The edition before
us is a reprint of the English copy.
This work is designed as a text-book in
Church History. It displays a profound
acquaintance with Ecclesiastical affairs and
their chronicles. It is, indeed, a vast re
pository of facts and authorities, from which
the student cannot fiiil to derive most valu
able knowledge. It is not—like the work of
Mosheim or of Neander —adapted for the
general reader, but is eminently useful as
a work of reference. The notes are copious,
j and indicate the defthof the author's learn-
ing, and the vast extent of his investigation
The Maiden Aunt. A Story, by S. M. One
vol. 12mo. Now York : D. Appleton & Cos.
Three exquisite stories, indeed, arc those
narrated by “The Maiden Aunt”—full of
beauty, truthfulness and sensibility. To
be admired, they need only to be read. The
last and longest story, entitled “Edith Ken
naird,” is a perfect gem.
1. Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise be
yond the Rocky Mountains. By Washington
Irving.
2. The Adventures of Cnptain Bonneville, U-
S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Ear
West. By Washington Irving. New York:
George P. Putnam. 1849.
These interesting works arc comprised in
Vols. VIII and X of Putnam’s uniform Edi
tion of Irving’s Complete Works. Being on
kindred topics, they may very properly be
noticed under Hie same head.
The name of John Jacob Astor, the mer
chant-prince and millionaire, is familiar to
every one; but few, perhaps, realize the
extent nnd importance of those commercial
operations to which, during a long, event- 1
ful and active life, he devoted all the ener- ’
gies of his powerful intellect. The compre
hensive schemes of Mr. Astor, in connection
with North-western Fur Trade, so energet
ically and perscveringly carried out, pos
sess, as narrated in Mr. Irving’s “ Astoria,”
all the eliarms of the most exciting fiction.
The materials for the work were chiefly fur
nished by Mr. Astor, ir. the form of the
multitudinous and voluminous documents of
the enterprize—among which were Journals i
and Letters, narrating voyages by sea and
journeys by land, to and fro across the
Rocky Mountains, by hitherto unexplored
routes, together with papers illustrative of
savage and colonial life on tho shores of the
Pacific. From these incongruous materials,
Mr. Irving constructed a unitary history of
one of the most gigantic and important en
terprizes ever devised and conducted by a
single individual. It comprises narratives
of perilous voyages by sea, and adventurous
expeditions by land, interspersed with anec
dotes illustrative of life among the Indians
and trappers of the Far West. Nothing
could be better adapted to a work of this
kind, than the eminently picturesque and
I perspicuous style of its author. The book
needs not our commendations.
“ The Adventures of Capt. Bonneville” j
forms a fit companion for “ Astoria.” The
scene of this narrative is also laid in the
wild regions of the Norli-west. It is con
structed from material famished by Capt. I
Bonneville himself, and is a graphic ac- :
count of the most exciting incidents of a ‘
life in the wilderness—of long, wearisome
marches, and comfortless bivouacs —of fights
and frolics—of famine and feasting—of jeal- 1
ousies, competition and feuds—of gaming,
hunting and love-making, among Indians,
half-breeds, hunters, trappers and coureurs 1
des hois.
We will conclude our notice by again 1
calling the attention of the reading public !
to this edition of Irving’s Works. It should !
be in every library in our country. *
©cncral Intelligence.
The Cuba Expedition. The Cincinnati i
Commercial, of the 24th inst. says :
We mentioned a few days since that a let
ter had been received in this city, by the
Lieut. Colonel of the expedition. We have
seen that letter, and read all hut the last
sentence. There is no mistake about the
matter. The Lieut. Colonel was required to
bring on one hundred men, who would he
clothed and equipped in proper time. The
letter stated that there were $2-50,000 in the
New Orleans banks for the furtherance of
the expedition.
The Washington Republic in alluding to
the party of adventurers assembled at Round
Island, below New Orleans supposed to have
an intention of invading Cuba says i
“ We learn by telegraph, that Lieut. Tot
ten, of the steamer Water Witch, has noti
fied the officers and men collected at Round
Island, near Pascagoula, to disperse imme
diately, or that all their supplies would be
cut off. Every outlet was watched, so that
any hostile movement was impossible.”
The Boston Herald, says :
“ We are informed that the Germantown
is ordered to intercept and search all Amer -
ican vessels which may have on board men
and arms intended for the reported invasion
of the Island of Cuba. Subsequently she is
to cruise on that coast until some other ves
sel be ordered to relieve her. This move
ment is in connection with the anticipated
sailing of several vessels for New York,
which are known to the government as hav
ing been engaged by the Cuban invaders.”
Texas. We have accounts from San An
tonio, Texas, to the 16th. Gen. Brooke,
commanding in that division, in consequence
of the reported continued depredations of
the Indians, has called out three companies
of mounted Texan rangers.
It is said that the United States govern
ment has engaged Capt. Veache's party in
Chihuahua, to protect the country against
the Indians.
Fire. The Wilmington Commercial of Sat
urday says : “ List night about 1 o'clock the
steam saw mill of S. Berry and Sons was
burnt. We umlerstand the fire broke out
about the furnace. The mill and lumber
near the mill were entirely consumed. There
was $6,000 insured on the mill, and $1,500
on the yard stock of lumber. Loss about
$9,000.”
“ Savannah Enterprise.'’ Under this
head the Savannah Republican announces
the launch of Capt. Lubbock’s new steam
boat from Mr. Bird’sship-yardon Thursday
last.
Thunder Storm. The Charleston Mercu
ry of the 3d inst says i
We were visited on Saturday by a thurt
der-storm of unusual violence and duration.
Our streets were deluged by the torrents of
rain, nnd the flashes of lightning were re
markably vivid and frequent. During the
storm, the residence of B. F. Smith, esq. on
the Neck, was struck by lightning, and
slightly damaged ; the family, we are hap
py in being able to state, escaped uninjured.
Against Secret Orders. The Free Will
Baptists of New York and Pensylvanin, have
passed very stringent resolutions against all
secret orders, to expel members thereof.
Robert H'alsh Esq. Previous to the ad
journment of the Hungarian meeting, on the
27th inst, at New York, a resolution was u
nanimotisly adopted urging upon our Goy
ernmcnt the duty of removing the American
| consul at Pari r on the ground that monar
chical tendencies and preference of the mo
narchical cause render him, at the present
crisis, unfit for the station.
Something .Vet r. It is proposed to estab
lish a Musical Professorship in Yale Col
lege, and to give the appointment to Rich
ard L. brother of N. P. Willis.
mm •
SI)C (Plft ill drift.
Two Steamers, the Caledonia and the
Washington, have arrived at New Y'ork.
Hut meagre details of their news have yet
reached Us. We give the following abstract:
The Cotton Market. The unfavorable
; accounts of the growing Cotton crop in A
mcrica, has caused a further advance in the
! Liverpool market, with large daily sales,
i The following arc the official quotations :
Fair Upland, 5 l-2d. ; fair Mobile, 6 5-Bd.;
fair Orleans. 5 3-4d.
1 I
France. Paris and the surrounding dis
i . °
tricts nre at length freed from martial law. i
The French Government, it is reported, j
had received information tlrat Austria had
applied to Bavaria for assistance, and that i
the latter will furnish an army of 50,000
men.
M. Ledru Itollin had returned to Paris,
and would stand his trial.
Hungary. G reat alarm prevailed at Vi- j
enna and Presburg, in consequence of the
expected approach of the Hungarian out
posts, who it would seem were advancing to
wards those cities.
The entrance of the victorious Hungari
ans into liaab is fully confirmed by this
arrival.
It is further reported that there had been
a three days battle between the Russians
ami Magyars under Georgey. The Rus
sians were much damaged, though it would
seem that Georgey slowly retired from his
position.
Letters from Vienna, received in Paris,
state that the Austrians were about to open j
negotiations with the Hungarians.
The Washington brings a report of a tre
mendous buttle having taken place atGros
wnrdein, between the Hungarians and Im
perialists. The result of the buttle was un
known.
l'resburg has been occupied by tha Hun
garians.
The Russians have acknowledged tlicir
defeat in Transylvania.
Bent has beaten Luders, forcing him into
Wallachia.
Accounts from Vienna say that the Hun
garians were defeated near Zegcdin, losing
five pieces of artillery and 400 prisoners.
Poland. The Czar of Russia was con
centrating a strong force in Poland, to guard
against a revolution, which lie greatly
feared.
Italy. The Pope's Commissioners for
Rome were assuming despotic powers. They
had repealed all laws since the 18th, and
had dismissed all persons who served under
the Republic. The people of Rome were
greatly exasperated, and a formidable in
surrection was anticipated.
The famous Garibaldi had reached Vien
na, and been received with demonstrations
of joy.
ottr iltusic Stanii.
Firth, Pond & Cos., of New York, have
just published the following pieces :
Rakoczy, the Hungarian Liberty March,
with a finely-executed vignette-portrait of
Kossuth, the Star of Kurope.
Festival Polka, composed by George W.
Warren.
“ I Miss Thee from My Side, Beloved .”
—A ballad, by Geo. P. Morris.
“ Nelly was a Lady" —a beautiful Ethio
pian Melody, arranged for the Guitar by
the popular composer, Max Zorer.
Excelsior Division, No. IS2, S. of T.
| The Regular Meetings of Excelsior Division,
No. 182, 8. of Ti, ae held, every Friday evening,
nt Odd Fellows’ Hall.
SYLVANI 8 LANDRUM, W. P.
! D. 11. Jacques, R. S.
THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR.
Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Oazette.
Septf.mber 2d.—Lady Lisle beheaded at
Winchester. 1685.
“ Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood.”
[Julius Caesar, Act iii, Scene 1.
September 3d.—Oliver Cromwell died.
| 1658.
“These eyes that now are dimm’d with death’s
dark veil,
Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun
To search the secret treasons of the world ;
| The wrinkles in my brow, now filled with blood,
; Were liken’d oft to kingly sepulchres ;
For who lived king but 1 could dig his grave.”
[Henry VI, Part HI, Act v, Scene 2.
September 4th. —General Moreau died.
1813.
“ This fell serjeant death
Is strict in his urrest.”
[Hamlet, Art v, Scene 5.
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