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The following elegant lines will be
read with interest by every Amer
ican who has the heart ot a patriot
in his bosom. The name of Kosci
usko ought ever to be dear to us, as
•one of the heroes of our revolution —
who volunteered his services in the
hout of our distress, trnd whose only
reward must now be our gratitude.J
From the ,Veiv Monthly Magazine.
KOSCIUSKO.
A sacred grief sublime and bright
Descends on Kosciusko's bier,
It mourns not that his soul of light.
No more confin'd in mortal night,
lias sought its native sphere ;
The hallowed tear that glistens there,
lly purest, loftiest feelings given,
Flows more Iron) triumph than despair,
And fails like dew from heaven.
Tints oft around tire setting sun
Soft showers attend his parting ray,
And sinking now, his journey done,
His matchless course to evening run—
They weep his elbsing day.
Who hath not watch’d liis light de
cline,
’fill sad yet holy feelings rise ?
Although lie sets again to shine,
More glorious, in more cloudless
skies.
A
As proudly shone thy evening ray,
As in that, contest bright and brief,
When patriots hail'd thy noontide day,
And own’d thee as their chief!
Thou wert the radiant morning star,
Which bright to hapless I’oland
rose,
The leader of her patriot war,
7he sharer of her woes !
What though no earthly triumphs grace
77ie spot where thou hast ta’eu thy
sleep;
‘Yet glory points thy resting place,
And thither freedom turns to weep.
The pompous arch the column's boast
Though rich with all the sculptor’s
art;
Shall soon in time’s dark sweep be
lost;
But thou survivestin the heart,
And bright thy dwelling still shall
be
Within the page of Liberty.
And o'er the turf where sleeps the
brave
Such sweet and holy drops are shed,
Who would not fill a patriot's grave,
7’o share them with the dead ?
The laurel and the oaken bough,
Above the meaner great may bloom,
And trophies due to Freedom's brow
May shade oppression's tomb ;
But gh ry's smile hath shed on thee
7’he light of immortality 1
From the New-U am osh ire Patriot.
1 love the memory of that hour
When first in youth 1 found thee,
And infant beauty gently threw
A morning freshness round thee.
A single star was rising then,
With mild and lovely motion,
\nd not the zephyr's gentlest breath
Went o’er the sleeping ocean.
I love the memory of the hou r
It wakes a pensive feeling,
As when within the winding shell,
The playful winds are stealing.
It tells me of my earliest days,
Ere hope went down in sorrow,
Anil the joys of yesterday
Were painted on to-morrow.
Where art thou now r—The bending
grass
A dewy stone discloses,
And love’s young footsteps paint the
ground
Where all my peace reposes.
But where art thou ?—Thy funeral
flowers
Their yellow leaves arc twining,
Yet still upon the peaceful wave
That single star is shining.
Farewell! my tears aFe not for thee,
’T\t ere madness to deplore thee,
Or vainly mourn thy absence here,
When angels halt adore thee.
Thy days were fair and quickly told.
Thy life, a mournful storv.
Hath ended like the morning star.
That melts iu deeper glory.
Hits C'JSILXAirX.
NATURAL WONDERS.
It is very surprising, that two of
the greatest natural curiosities in
the world, are within the United
States, and yet scarcely known to
the best informed of our geogra
phers and naturalists. The one is
a beautiful Fall, in Franklin (Hab
ersham) County, Georgia ; the oth
er a stupendous precipice in Pen-
dleton district, Sdatn Carolina;
they arc both faintly mentioned in
tire late edition of Morse’s geogra
phy, but not as they’merit. Ihe
. I'urcoa fall is much higher than the
• falls of Niagara. The column ol
t water is propelled beautifully over
• a perpendicular rock, and when the
i stream is full it passes down with
• out being broken. All the prisma*
• tick clfcct, seen at Niagara, illus
trates the spray of I uccoa. ihe
] Table Mountain in Pendleton dis
trict, South Carolina, is an awful
precipice of 900 feet. Many per
sons reside within five, seven, or
ten miles of this grand spectacle,
who have never had the curiosity
or taste enough to visit it. It is
now, however, visited by curious
travellers and sometimes bv men
1 of science. Very few persons who
have once cast a glimpse into the
almost boundless abyss, can again
exercise sufficient fortitude to ap
proach the margin of the chasm.—
Almost every one, in looking over,
involuntarily falls to the ground
senseless, nerveless and helpless;
and would inevitably be precipita
ted and dashed to atoms, were it
not for measures of caution and se
curity, that have always been deem
ed indispensable to a safe indul
’ gence for the curiosity of the visit
or or spectator. Every oneonpro
• ceeding to the spot whence it is
usual to gaze over the wonderful
deep, has in his imagination a lim
itation, graduated bv a reference to
distances with which his eye has
been familiar. But in a moment,
eternity, as it were, is represented
to his astonished senses ; and he is
instantly overwhelmed, His sys
tem is no longer subject to his voli
tion or his reason, and he falls like
a mass of mere matter. He then
revives and in a wild delirium sur
veys a scene, which, for a while, he
is unable to define by description or
imitation.
Flow strange it is that the Tuc*
coa fall and Table mountain, are
not more familiar to Americans!— |
F.ither of them would distinguish
any state or empire in Europe.
PICTURE OF LIFE.
Happening to he present the oth
er evening at a social part}’, I met
one of those beautiful accomplish
ed females, who seem born to be
the delight and admiration of their
friends and acquaintance. Her
conversation was chaste, sprightly,
full of wit and good humour, indi
cating a heart sensitive in the ex
treme, and totally void of pride and
affectation. I was delighted with
her society, and congratulated my
self on having made an acquaint
ance which promised me many
hours of social pleasure and instruc
tion ; the more so, because I learnt
from an intimate friend of her’s
present, that she was really what
she appeared to be, truly an orna
ment of her sex—A fond affection
ate wife, a kind and tender mother ;
discharging all the duties of life as
became u woman and a Christian.—
Among the party present was a
number of lad ies who appeared very
assiduous in their courtecies to her.
Meeting these ladies a few clays af
ter, in the course of conversation I
mentioned the lady with whom I
had been so well pleased in the par
ty. “Lord (says one,) she is no
better than she should be.”
“ Humph (says another.) if some
folks knew as much about some
folks as I do, I guess people would
not be so fond of running after her
company. “ Bless me [savs the
third] the creature cannot live with
out flattery, it is the very food she
feeds on, withdraw it and she is in
the dumps in a moment. Dear me
sir, have you not heard what terri
ble stories have been told about her ;
why I thought every body in the
town knew it: to he sure 1 do not
believe there is one word of truth
in them, but then one does not like
to he seen with one who has had
such falsehoods circulated about
them.” Thus they ran on for some
time when I stopped them with,
•pray ladies do >ou know of one sin
gle instance of misconduct that this
lady has been guiltv of?—All an
swer no. Do you believe [I ask
you in the sincerity of my heart]
that she was ever guilty of any unu
sual acts
no. No, very well—l saw the oth
er evening ladies that you were all
very complaisant and courteous to
wards her; appearing delighted
when you caught her ear. “ Yes,
you know Sir she keeps the best of
company and her society is much |
sought after; besides wc Jo not
like to offend one who has the pow
er to do us so much harm.” Well
—why then do you slander her.—
“ Slander Sir—pray do not miscon
ceive us ; we would not slander her
for the world O, Sir we never al
low ourselves to slander anyone
Os all people in the world we think
a slanderer the most detestable. Re
ally Sir, w g think her a very clever
lady, but then”—But then—stop
ladies; good morning.
Such are the scenes which are
daily exhibited to the attentive ob
server, bv people who think them
selves excellentchristians,and who
would fain believe that they never
slander any one.
Surely there is enough of sorrow
and trouble in this world without
increasing the amount by unkindly!
cooling our friends and increasing j
our enemies, by an obliquity of con •,
duct, disgraceful in itself and revol
ting to every liberal mind. In cha
rity we owe to our friends and ac-J
quaintance complacency, good feel- ,
ing and a forgiveness of small andj
trivial faults. How delightful is
the social circle and the select co
terie, where chaste conversation,
enlarges, enlivens and purifies the
mind, and renders earth a paradise’
below.
Yet alas, how often do envy, bit
terness and slander enter these
sanctuaries to blast and chill, .and
freeze the noblest, the most endear-1
ing feelings of the human heart.—
From such scenes the benevolent
mind turns with disgust and a feel
ing almost bordering on misanthro
py* s.
w Many* a man among us,” says
the Editor of the Village Record,
“thinks nothing of 10 dollars in
the price of a horse that suits him
—or of 50 dollars in a gig. There
are hundreds who do nui regard an i
extra crape for their wives—orna
ments transient and perishable—
who would nevertheless think that
six dollars a year (or 12 1-2 cents
a week) for a literary Magazine—
oh, bless you, they could not afford it
at all ! !! This is all a mistake.—
Let the wife have her crape —and
you your fine horse and as many
clothes as you please, hut look well
at the same time, to furnishing the
heart with literary and moral in
struction, as well as the person with
fine things.”
A whimsical old gentleman who
was remarkable for his adder-like
deafness, but took no small pains
to conceal the infirmity, being a
carpenter by trade, happened to be
employed one day in hewing a
large piece of timber near the road
much travelled: and (it being in
Yankee-land, where the natural in
quisitive propensity of the people
is well known,) was much annoyed
by the frequent conversation of
those who passed by, and which
his extreme deafness made him in
capable of enjoying without hin
drance to his work. To obviate
which difficulty, and yet to affect
the perfect use of His hearing, he
concluded to form in his mind a
set of such answers as he judged
most likely to compose the proper
replies to the inquiries ofidlers re
specting hie work.
The first question he calculated
on being asked was, ‘ well, what
are you working at to day ?’—an
swer, Mill-post. Next,‘How lar
will you hew the post?’ —answer,
Up to that knot. Again, ‘What
wages do you have?’*-—answer,
Two dollars a day. To this they
would probably observe, ‘ That’s
too much ; 1 wouldn’t give it,’ —to
which he would reply, Well, if
you don’t give it, somebody else
will.
His formula was hardley comple- j
ted when a gentleman came up and
the following dialogue ensued :
Stranger. Please to direct me the
way to town.
Carpenter. Mill-post.
S. “Will you tell me the distance
to town ?
G. (Pointing to his work.) Up
to that knot.
.V. I say how far is it to town ?
C. Two dollars a day .
Y. (Growing angry.) Insulting
fellow! answer my question,or I’ll
give you a whipping.
C. Very well; for il you don’t
somebody else will! !
Horrid 11 —A pedler who sold
essence, perfumery, ike. called on a
farmer for the purpose ol trade.—
The farmer told him he wished for !
none of his perfumery ; at toe same
rime ad vising him to leave toe town
immediately, as two essence p* ti
lers had been put to death the day
before ; and that he had better es
cape while lie could. Ihe saga
cious and affrighted pedler doubted
the fact. The farmer, to affirm his
veracity, led to the spot where the
fatal deed was perpetrated ; when
j to his utter astonishment, lie be
held most horribly mangled, two of
those essence pedlers commonly,
called — Skunks —[alias Polecats.]
Old times back again. —After the
abdication of Buonaparte, in 1814,
it wa3 observed at a fashionable
partv in Paris, that things were to
he restored to the same state in
which they were previous to the re
j volution ‘Oh! 1 am delighted to
hear that, exclaimed a lady, who
was no longer in the bloom ol
youth, for then I shall be only eigh
teen years of age.’
Thales, one of the wise men of Greece.
A sophist wishing to puzzle him
with difficult questions, the sage of
Miletus replied to them all without
the least hesitation, and with the
utmost precision.
What is the oldest of all things ?
God, because he has always ex
isted.
What is the most beautiful ? The
world, because it is the work of
God.
What is the greatest of all
things ? Space, because it contains
all that has been created.
What is the most constant of all
things: Hope, because it remains
with man when he has lost every
thing else.
What is the best of all things ?
Virtue, because without it there is
nothing good.
What is the quickest of all tilings?
Thought, because in less than a
moment it can fly to the end of the
universe.
What is the strongest? Neces
sity, which makes men face all the
dangers of life.
What is the easiest? To give
advice.
What is the most difficult ? To
know yourself.
What is the wisest ? Time, for it
discovers all things.
FROM THE VILLAGE PREACHER.
* i Father forgive themP
Go, proud infidel—search
the ponderous tomes of heathen
j learning:—Explore the works of
| Confucius ; examine the precepts
: of Seneca, and the excellencies of
the ancient and tKe modern mor
alists, and point to a sentence equal
to this simple prayer of our Sav
iour. Reviled and insulted—suff
ering the grossest indignities—
crownedisvith thorns, and led awav
/ ... *
to die ! no annihilating curse breaks
from his tortured breast. Sweet
and placid as the aspirings, of a
mother for her nursling, ascends
the prayer of mercy on his ene
mies, ‘ Father forgive them.’ O,
it was worthy of its origin, and
stamps with the bright seal of
truth that his mission was from
Heaven! Acquaintances, have you
quarrelled ? Friends, have you
differed ? If He, who was pure and \
perfect, forgave his bitterest ene-j
mies, do you well to cherish your j
anger ? Brothers, to you the pre- i
cept is imperative ; you shall for-;
give—not seven times, but seventy
times seven. Husbands and wives,
you have no right to expeet perfec
tion in each other. To err is the (
lot of humanity. Illness will some
times render \’Ou petulent, and dis*
appointment ruffle the smoothest
temper. Guard, I beseech you,
with unremitting vigilance, your
passions : controlled, they are the
genial heat that warms us along
the way of lile—ungoverned, they
are consuming fires. Let your
life be one of respectful atten
tions and conciliatory conduct.—
Cultivate with care the kind and
gentle affections of the heart.—
Plant not, but eradicate the thorns
that grow in your partner’s path :
above all, let no feeling of revenge
ever find a harbour in your breast:
Let the sun never go down upon
your anger. A kind word—an ob
liging action—if it be in a trifling
concern, has a power superior to
the harp of David in calming the
billows of the soul.
Revenge is as incompatible with
happiness as it is hostile to reli
gion. Let him whose heart is
black with malice and studious ql‘
revenge, walk ‘tluougb t’W tn .
while, clad in verdure, and ath,, { l
with flowers ; to his eye tfi.
no beauty; the flowers to him
hale no fragrance.* Dai k u 3 U
soul, nature is robed in deepen
I Hie. Ihe smile of beauty iiM-’
not up his bosom with jov ; but
furies of hell rage in his
and render him as miserable a ,
would wish the objectdf'his Lnt-
But let him lay his hand up on j]
heart and say “Revenge leasts
from me—Father forgive me ;)s j
forgive my enemies”—and r-,.
■j j * ■ it ,l|l p
assumes anew anti delightful j a
niture. Then, indeed, are /
meads verdant and the flowers f r
grant —then is the music of t s
groves delightful to his ear, an ; [
the smile of virtuous lo\ c |.!
to his soul.
mmxf JKTOwafc
*\tton\e\ Sc Counsellor
AT 1 i AW,
HAVING located lumsilf in (|, e
Town of Macon,, tenders In,
professional services to tile public-.
He will practice in the several courts
I of the Flint Circuit, and in the county
of Jones and Twiggs.
Macon, May 19, 1823. 9——ts.
JVOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to the estate
of Henry Hatcher late of
county, deceased, are required to make
immediate payment: and those havin'*
demands against said estate, to prt”
sent them legally authenticated within
the time prescribed by Law.
JOHN HATCHER, Adin’r.
BATIIIER HATCHER. Adm’x.,
May 19th, 1823. 9—6 w.
JVWimstnvtov’s Si\\e.
VT the house of Vincent A. Tharp
in Twiggs county, on the 24th
day of June next, will be sold
\U the \ievsow<\\ estate ol
Henry Hatcher, late of Bibb county,
deceased, consisting of one Mare,
Household and Kitchen furniture, anil
a number of other articles too tedious
to mention.—Terms made known oa
the day of sale.
JOHN HATCHER, Adin’r.
BATH I Ell HATCHER, Adm’x.
May 19 th, 1823. 9— tds.
Georgia—Monroe C ouot\
It! Monroe Superior Court, March
Term, 1823.
Jonathan Parrish, Informer,")
vs. > Soi. Fa.
Berry Redd. J
fT appearing to the Court by* flic
Sheriffs return in this case, that
the defendant is not to be found : On
motion of the plaintiff's attorney, it if
thereupon ordered that service be per
fected by publication in one of the
public gazettes of this state, that the
defendant appear at the Superior
court to be held iu said county, on the
tourtii Monday in September timet,and
make his defence, and that this rule be
published monthly for three months
previous to said court, according to
law.
A true copy from the minutes.
WATKINS HUNT, Clerk.
2fith March, 1823. mSm—S
Notice.
NINE months after date, applica
tion will be made to the honorable
Inferior Court of Jefferson county,
when sitting for ordinary purposes
for leave to sell one tract of land con
taining twii hundred acres, more or
less, iying in the county of Burke,
adjoining lands of John Pierce and
others, it being the real estate of
Isaac Harris, late of said county,
deceased, and to be sold for the bene
fit of the heirs and creditors of sahl
deceased.
Needham lirya'n,'\
Daniel Green, j- adiu’rs.
John Slily, J . ‘
September 4, 1822 4 niffiiq
\Y<S two autUovised to
announce Capt. Chari.es Bui*
r ock. a candidate to represent this
County* in the Senatorial branch o!
the next Legislature of this State,
We ;\ve auttumscA to
announce Timothy Matthews
esq. a candidate to represent this
county in the Senatorial branch ot
the next Legislature of this State.
SVc\>\\en Wi\\uu\is w lV
candidate to represent this county M
the next legislature of (his State.
We are requested to sa%;
that Charles Ingram Jun’r. is*
candidate for the office of Captain
of this district