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EDUCATION.
nv JAMES MONTGOMERY.
Os all that live, and move and breathe,
Man only rises o’er his birth :
lie looks above, around, beneath,
At once the heir of heaven and earth:
Force, cunning, speed, which Nature
gave
The various tribes throughout her
plan,
Life to enjoy, from death to save,
These are the lowest powers ol Man.
From strength to strength he travels on,
lie leaves the ling’ring brute behind,
And when a few short years are gone,
He soars—a disembodied mind.
Beyond the grave, with hope sublime,
Destin’d a nobler course to run,
In his career the end of time,
Is but eternity begun !
AY hat guides him in his high pursuit,
Opens, illumines, cheers his way,
Discerns th’ immortal from the brute,
God’s image from the mould of clay?
■*Tis Knowledge: knowledge to the soul
Is power, and liberty, and peace ;
And while celestial ages roll,
[The joys of know ledge shall increase.
Hail to the glorious plan that spread
l'his light with universal beams,
And through the human desert led
Truth’s living, pure, perpetual
streams.
Behold anew creation rise,
New spirit breathed into the clod,
Where’er the voice of Wisdom cries,
“Man, know thyself, and fear thy
God .”
TO SENECA LAKE.
BV J. G. PEBCIVAL.
On thy fair bosom, silver lake !
The wild swan spreads his snowy
sail,
And round his breast the ripples break,
As down he bears before the gale.
On thy fair bosom, waveless stream !
The dipping paddle ecnoes far,
And flashes in the moonlight gleam,
And bright reflects the polar star.
The waves along thy pebbly shore,
As blows the north-wind,heave their
foam,
And curl around the dashing oar,
As late the boatman hies him home.
How sweet, at set of sun, to view
Thy golden mirror spreading wide,
And see the mist of mantling; blue
Float round the distant mountain's
side.
At midnight hour, as shines the moon,
A sheet of silver spreads below,
And swift she cuts at highest noon,
Light clouds, like wreaths of purest
snow.
On thy fair bosom, silver lake !
()! could I ever sweep the oar,
When carl v birds at morning wake,
And evening tells us toil is o'er.
NAPOLEON BONAP ARTE.
Extract t from the “ Jge of Bronze
BY I.ORD BYRON.
Hear ! hear ! [J\ apoleon] from his rock
appeal
To earth, air, ocean, all that felt or feel
llis power ami glory, all who yet shall
hear
A name eternal as the rolling year:
He teaches them the lesson taught so
long,
-So oft,so vainly-—learn to do no wrong!
A single step into the right had made
This man the W ashington of worlds
betrayed !
A single step into the wrong has given
llis name a doubt to all the winds of
heaven;
The reed of Fortune, and of thrones
the rod,
Os Fame the Moloch or the demigod;
His country’s Ctesar, Europe’s Hanni
bal,
Without their decent dignity of fall.
Yet Vanity herself had better taught
A surer path even to the fame he sought,
By pointing out on history's fruitless
page
Ten thousand conqueror’s for a single
sage.
“While l 1 rank Hu's quiet memory
climbs to heaven
Calming the lightning which he thence
hath riven,
Or drawing from the no less kindled
earth
Freedom and peace to that which boasts
his birth ;
While Washington's a watch-word,
such as ne’er
Shall sink w hile there’s an echo left to
air :
While even the Spaniard's thirst of
gold and war,
Forgets Pi/.airo to shout flolirar!
Ala's 1 why must the same Atlantic
wave
Which wafted freedom gird a tyrant s
grave —
The king of kings, and yet of slaves
the slave,
Who burst the chains of millions to
renew
The very fetters which his arm broke
through,
And crush’d the right’s of Europe and
his own
To flit between a dungeon and a throne.
staa i/x&auArx*
DESTRUCTION OF THE TEA.
Extract from the * Life of James Otis.’
The history of the tea, sent by
the East India company to America,
in the autumn of 1773, has often
been either partiallv narrated, or
misrepresented. The whole pro
cedure constitutes one of the most
remarkable, and to the inhabitants
of the colonies, one of the most
honourable events, in the revolu
tionary annals.
After, the act laying a duty on
paper, glass, tea, &c. was repealed,
with the exception of tea, on which
the duty was continued, associations
were entered into in all the colo
nies, to discourage the use of it. —
The consumption was of course
greatly diminished, and the tea ac
cumulated in the English ware
houses. The East India company
sought relief from government, and
urged them to take off the duty oil
importation in England. This pro
posal, which would have produced
nearly the same result as to the
amount of revenue received, and
have obviated one serious cause of
dispute, was declined. The minis
try bent on levyinng their Ameri
can <luty, thought this tea the most
useful article for the experiment.—
They calculated that this luxury,
which from long habit and exten
sive use had become almost a ne
cessary of life, would inevitably find
purchasers in spite of all private
associations or patriotic agreements.
In this case, as in many others,
they reposed a false confidence in
their estimate of human character ;
and forgot that some general max
ims, however just in ordinary
times, may be inapplicable in great
emergencies, even among a people
more corupt and effeminate, than
those whom they were now endeav
ouring to subclue. But to meet
the wishes of the company, a draw
back was given in England, equal
to the duty which they had asked
to have removed, and a guarantee
against loss, in the experiment of
making shipments of tea to the
colonies.
Large shipments of tea were
made to the principal ports ol the
continent, and a general ferment
prevailed over every part of the
country. It was not only deter
mined that the tea itself should not
be received, —hut whoever made
use of this (ministerially) obnoxious
herb, was regarded as an enemy to
the country. The utmost vigilance
was employed to prevent its being
consumed by those persons, whose
innocent daily comforts were thus
involved in the vortex of national
contention ; a rigid inquisition was
every were enforced for this pur
pose, that on other grounds would
have been both odious and absurd,
but was justified by’ the necessity
of combatting in this familiar shape,
a principle, which was shortly after
to be resisted by open war.
Long before the ships arrived
with the tea, arrangements were
made to avert the threatened mis
chief. In many cases the consignees
were induced to decline accepting
the charge of it. Very spirited
resolutions were entered into at a
publick meeting of the citizens in
Philadelphia, with which the con
signees complied by resigning their
apointment. From that city and
from New-\ r ork it was sent back to
England in the same ships that
brought it. In Charleston it was
landed, stored expressly in damp
ware-houses,where it was destroyed
by the humidity. In Boston it
was destined to a more violent des
truction.
Two of the vessels with the tea
arrived on Saturday, November
27th. A town meeting was held
on the Monday following, and res
olutions were passed similar to
those of Philadelphia, calling on
the consignees among whom were
two sons of governour Hutchinson,
to decline the charge of it.
[ A vote was then passed with
acclamations, “ that the tea shall
not be landed, that no i.uty shall
be paid, and that it shall be sent
back in the same bottoms.” Alter
this vote Mr.Quincy, a young and
eloquent advocate, and ardent pa
triot, with a strong perception ol the
events that would follow from the
measures now in contemplation ;
—and wishing totry the spirit and
to increase the energy of his fellow
citizens, by setting before them in
a strong light the consequences
that might be expected from their
resolves, addressed the meeting in
the following terms.
“ It is not, Mr. Moderator, the
spirit that vapors within these
walls that must stand us in stead.
The exertions of this dav will call
forth events, which will make a very
different spirit necessary for our
own salvation. Whoever supposes
that shouts and hosannas will ter
minate the trials of the day, enter
tains a childish fancy. We must
be grossly ignorant of tue impor-j
tance and value of the prize foi |
which we contend ; —we must be j
equally ignorant of the power of
those combined against us; we must
be blind to that malice, inveteracy,
and insatiable revenge, which actu
ate our enemies, public and private
abroad and in our bosom, to hope
that we shall end this controversy
without the sharpest conflicts ; to
flatter ourselves that popular har
angues, popular acclamations, and
popular vapor, will vanquish our
foes. Let us consider the issue.—
Let us look to the end.—Let us
weigh and consider, before we ad
vance to measures, which
must bring on the most trying and
terrible struggle this country ever
saw.”
The vote was again submitted to
the meeting, and was again passed
unanimously. A guard for the pro
tection of the vessels was appointed,
which protection, included the pro
tection of the publick against the
landing of the tea. The guard of
twenty-five men were respectable
citizens, volunteers, and acting un
der the direction of the committee
of correspondence.
The meeting was then adjourned
to the next day, when the town was
again assembled, the answer of the
consignees was read: they refused
the proposition to send it back, hut
offered to store it. The sheriff
came in and read a proclamation
from the governour, ordering the
meeting to disperse, which was re
ceived with one universal hiss.—
Votes were passed ordering the
owners and captains of the vessels
not to suffer ‘the tea to be landed.
Attempts v/ere made in the mean
time to negotiate, and induce the
merchants and the custom house to
clear out the tea and send it hack.
All was in vain. At length the
time was expiring when the tea
could remain any longer in this si
tuation ; the patience of the inhabi
tants was exhausted, the anxiety
and watching were too troublesome
to be further endured. A body
meeting was held on the 15th of
December at the old south church,
when Mr. Rotch, the owner of the
vessel which had the largest parcel
of the tea, attended, and after much
difficulty he was persuaded to ap
ply to the custom house for a clear
ance, and the meeting adjourned to
hear the result till the next morn
ing. Ten gentlemen accompanied
him to the custom house, and the
clearance was refused in a peremp
tory manner. A vote of the meet
ing was then passed, ordering him
to protest against this refusal, and
a deputation was sent with him to
governour Hutchinson, who was at
his country house on Milton hill, 7
miles from Boston, to entreat him
to grant a pass that the vessels might
leave the harbor.
In the mean time various speech
es were made in the meeting, to
keep the people together, which
were said to amount to six or seven
thousand persons. Mr. John Rowe,
an eminent merchant and patriotic
citizen, who was doubtless in the
secret of the measures that were to
he taken in the last resort, hinted in
the form of inquiry, “Who knows
how tea will mix with salt water?”
which w r as received with applause.
At length, about sun down, the de
putation returned from the gover
nour, with his refusal to grant the
pass. A few minutes after, a band
of 18 or 20 young men, who had
been prepared for the event, went
by the meeting house, giving a
shout. It was echoed bv some
withiu; others exclaimed the M°-
hav.ks are come ! The assembly
broke up, and a part of it followed
this body of young men to Grif
fin's wharf, (now called Liverpool
wharf,) on the south side ol the
town.
Three different parties, composed
of trustworthy persons, many oi
whom in alter life were among tne
most respectable citizens of the
town, had been prepared in confor
mity to the secret resolves of toe
political leaders, to act as circum
stances should require. 1 hcv were
70 or 80 in all, and when every at
tempt had failed to have the tea re
turned, and the final refusal ol the
governour to interfere was receiv
ed, it was immediately made known
to them and they proceeded at once
to throw the obnoxious merchan
dize into the water. This was done
with as much good order and regu
larity, as if the tea had been dis
charged in the ordinary way. Ihe
chests were hoisted upon the decks,
broken open, and their contents
emptied over the side of the ship
into the channel. A large crowd
of people was collected, who were
quiet spectators of the operation,
which was completed in the course
of the evening. Three hundred
and fifty-two chests of tea weic thus
destroyed, and not the slightest in
jury was done to any individual, or
to any property on board the ves
sels except the unlucky tea, and,af
ter the work was finished, the act
ors and spectators calmly retired to
their several homes. Os all this
tea, the whole quantity saved, is
contained in a small phial still in
existence. One of the operators
on his return home, found his
shoes filled with it; this he put in
to a bottle and sealed up. Not a
pound of the tea was purloined.—
One of the persons engaged in the
business, who wished to preserve
too large a specimen, was observed
by some of his companions to have
the pockets of his coat a little dis
tended. This was treated as an
accident, which was remedied how
ever, in a good natured way, with
out resistance, by the application
of a knife across the waist of the
coat, which left it a kind of gar
ment, that has in later times been
called a Spencer ; and the part sep
arated was thrown overboard to ac
company its kindred tea. The most
scrupulous care was taken that
none of it should be secreted. The
shores of the harbor at high water
mark, were lined with it the next
day, as with other worthless weeds.
A chest containing a few pounds,
floated into a creek in Dorchester,
where it was discovered, brought
into town, and publicly committed
to the flames.
ANIMAL SAGACITY.
Towards the close of the cele
brated seven vears war,between the
Prussians and Poles, Frederick the
Great, who was very near sighted,
found himself for one whole night
entirely alone, and at a great dist
ance from his army. He was on
the borders of the river Pregel, and
had leason to dread a recontre with
several detachments of Cossacks,
who were roving up and down the
country. Conscious of his danger
he quickened his steps, when his
dog, a stout and fiery Dane, who
had accompanied him in all his ex
peditions, suddenly threw himself
against the breast of the horse he
was mounting, evidently wishing to
prevent him from it, and the king
not heeding him, the sagacious an
imal threw himself round to the
side of his royal master, and utter
ing a most piteous groan, fixed his
teeth gently into the lower part of
his boot. Frederick, who had ex
perienced, on several occasions, the
extraordinary attachment of his
dog, was astonished at the agitation
he discovered. Suspecting some
thing unusual, he stopped—looked
around, but perceived no one near
—he listened attentively, but could
hear nothing. With his usual pru
dence and foresight he dismounted
his horse, and retreated some steps,
to the great delight of the faith
ful dog, who leaped for joy, and
loaded his master with caresses.
Selecting a retired and lonelv
place, the king threw himself on the
ground for the remainder of the
night, and listened attentively.—
He presently heard a hollow and
distant noise, which reverberated
along the shores of the river. He
listened in breathless anxiety, and
was soon convinced that his dog
had warned him to some purpose.
He perceived, by the glimmering of
the moon, several horsemen 1
ding a large corps of the tm\w
cavalry, which was stationed i-f.
adjacent plain. Under these J h
anions circumstances Fredtfi.
lost no time. lie sought ref ~
under an arch of the bridge ui,
which they passed a few n.ir.-
after, in the most profound silt!.
Never had this prince found If
self in so perilous a situation;
slightest motion would betray him',
and iu becoming an unresisting;
soner, he would forfeit for cver|f 5
libertv, the reward of his unexam.
pled exploits, and perhaps even If
title to glory. To complete f ■
terror, the poor dog, bursting v ,ip
furv at finding his rovnl master
nearly in the power of the cue
made an tlf'ort to bark. At th,-,
critical moment, trembling (urf,
first time perhaps in his life, the
amiable Frederick Seized his fufi.
ous companion by the jaws, a; 1
pressing them forcibly between hi?
hands, they both remained immove
able, in this singular attitude., uutl
the Cossacks had entirely passed
tiie narrow bridge, and the Prus
sian king, with his faithful compai,
ion, were released from immine;.-
danger.
CO V J UGAL 1 HI E KDSHIP,
Celestial iiappincsl whene’er she stoop
To visit earth, one shrine tne god<k H
finds,
And one alone to make her sweet
amends
For absent heaven —the bosom of a
friend. Young.
While plenty smiles around, and
the festive board is crowned with
all the luxuries which opulence af
fords, man may be surrounded by
flatterers whom he fondly cherish
es as friends. But let misfortune
strip him of his riches—or even
threaten the loss of them —-he may
seek in vain a remedy from these
parasites ofhis prosperity—instead
of the proffers of affection and
friendship, he meets with nothin”
but scorn and repulsive coolness.
Disappointed, disheartened, and
nearly distracted, he returns home.
Then dreadful indeed is his lot, if
he finds there no consolations from
the fond endearments of a wife.
Hope is lost. In sad sullenness he
retires to his apartment —alternate’
ly blaming himself and cursing his
deceivers—and finally seeks *
drown reflection in the poisonous
glass. But oh ! how different is
the case of that man who is met
by the smiles of her, who in glow
ing youth, while he Held her trem
bling hand, with blushing cheeks
and quivering lips, vowed she
would love and honor him as the
partner of Iter earthly happiness.—
She rushes into his'arms—and half
the agony of his and lost ir wis
embrace ofconjt ! -b .'-on la
youth when he n ■ ..i
----ling glances of i • v s,
he thought her b - ‘ae
led her blushing i • us
happiness seeme > u. th
ered round the social, fireside, he
secs her dispensing the bounties oi
hospitality, and the affections of a
mother—then he knows she is dear
to him. But now, in the transports
of love he exclaims, “ Oh ! woman,
best of heaven’s blessings, thou an
man’s guardian angel while on
earth !”
The father of the British Lord Ab
ingdon, who was remarkable for the
stateliness of his manners, one day d’
ding through a village in the vicinity
of Oxford, met a lad dragging a call
along the road, who, when his Lord
ship came up to him, made a stop, and
stared him full in the face. His Lord
ship asked the boy if he knew hire,
lie replied, ‘ Kes„” “ What is no’
name ?” said his lordship. “ Why, lord
Abingdon,*’ replied the lad Then*
why don't you take otf your hat?” ‘y’
l will, sur,” said the boy, “ if ye!’
hold the calf.
On the duke of York's horse Mose*
winning a match at Ascot, his royal
highness was observed to look very
thoughtful, when a spectator asked In*
companion what he imagined the royal
sportsman was pondering on ?
“ Why,” replied he, “you know the
duke is a bishop, and lie is no doubt
thinking on Muses and the Profits-”
Esyptian Bondage.—Diodorus
Siculus says, that among the ancient
Egyptians one of their marring’
contracts was, ‘ that the husband
should be obedient to the wife-’ A
great deal has been raid about
Egyptian bondage, but we
understood that it was carried i
i such an extent.