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INSCRIBED TO—
. • a >ad alb other gdefs ; when fdo
I . tlie ' twin;*' hern, lono and desolate.”
. >'•; yt, .father days are here
VV.*;•<. • breast enshrin'd;
The ■]’■■■ fotliis heart most dear,
*.r -.Aj fjitv! tlre.'s : wilt'd.
1 .* : s indescribabie,
.. !. !.> haunt my steep,
■ >t for me they gaylv shine,
■. doze, nor weep.
fd hopes are passing by
> A i.ieji once were bright "nd clear,
As m tie gloom of autumn fall
Tmv fitnirets dim and sear.
1' ...i ‘erring rapture dies away
Andi (Ire dreary past,
Ad < ’en the future is net gay,
A dark and joylcs > waste.
i ifa cank’ring lang of blighted hop >
It is a fearful thing;
It steals upon me no perceived
With all ii; withering.
es,.oft 1 smile ; hut smi'ia r here
Is like the crystal scm,
Whose, surface is so calm and clear,
I iitlto i, bright and t'r< <■.
■Who this behold a, beholds not all
beneath ; \vh..: dismal cave,
Jiug.tMonsters, ami the I/o.aoj ofmen
'Thatsleep in unknown graves,
ifs, e'en in ocean’s darksome bed
blooms man}' a coral flower,
And many a pure and sparkling gem
Idumea the sea maid's bow'.-.
And veins like these may still survive
The depth of ocean’s gloom,
And glitter on through unknown years,
In everlasting bloom,
liut pearls that on the shrine oflove
Are uurwp.iited thrown,
Mast wither in unseen decay,
Forgotten and alone. Philander.
'MEMORY.
II r.v sweet to sigh o’er j >ys gone by.
O’er Trier ils that now have ceas’d to he,
( Yr happy hours in moonlight b< w'rs,
\\ hen,mice recall’d by Memory.
Jlow oft'upon the sitniyv green,
lias pier:lire beam’d from every eye,
Ah, who would drown in Lethean stream,
The pleasures,of sweet Mem ry 1
i'/ Oiti tin ( Vw/v /.
DICIN’ AfiLY J)ILL?ARI).
Scene —t Court of Justice in _V. Carolina.
A beardless di&e'ipio of Themis rises, and
thus addresses thece .rt:—-Ala}' it please yojjr j
AVor.-.hib- and you Gentlemen of the Jury,!
since it nas been iny, fortune (goocFor had 1 !
will not say) to cxneise riivself in legal dis-1
quistlions, it Ins never before befallen me to l
bo obliged to denounce a breach of the peace !
to enormoHs transe* mling as the one now!
claiming yotir attention. A more barbarous,'
dircfulgnarlced and malicious assault—a more
wilful, \iolent, dangerous and murderous but
.< cry, and finally, a more diabolical breach of !
the peace lias seldom happened in a civilized !
•ountry, ami I dare say it has seldom been !
* our duty to pass upon one so shocking to <
; ncvolent feeling as this, which took place j
r-ver at Captain Hir e’s, in this county, lint j
you will hear from the witiusscs. The wit-j
esses being sworn, two or three were exam
•ffned.and dopostfd—one, that ho heard the j
raise, tnii did’nt see the fight—another, that I
die saw the row, but "don’t know who struck j
litst —ami a third, tliat be was very drunk, ■
uml could’nt say much about llie scrimmage. I
Lawyer Crops. — l am sorry, gentlemen to J
have occupied so much of your time with the j
vduptdity of the witnesses examined, 1 arose 1
gentlemen, altogeth r from misapprehension
on my part. Had 1 known, as I now do,-that j
I had a witness in attendance, who was well
Lce'jaintcd with all tlie circumstances of
the case, and who i; lolly able to:
jnakc himself clearly and ; it lligtbly under-j
■ tool bv the court and jury, I should not so |
long have trespassed oa your time and pa
tience. Come forward, Air. Harris, and he j
sworn. . !
So forward eo.nes the witness, a fat,chnfTy |
balking man, a *•lreth ' corned, and took his (
corporal oath with an air.
Chops. — Air. Harris, wc wish you to tell j
till about the riot tlyit happened the other day j
at Ca, .ain 11 ice's, and as a good deal of time j
has been wasted in circumlocution, we wish
rou to be as compendious and at the same
lime as explicit as possible.
Harris. —“Kdzuelly,”—giving the lawyer
n knowing wink, at the satire time clearing
his throat—Captain Ilice. he gin a treat, and
consul Sally Dilliard, she came over to our
house and axed me if my wife, she moiHit’iit
. o—l told cousin Sally Hilliard that my wife
was poorly, being as how she hml.a touch of
the Rheumatics in the hip, and the big swamp
v.'as i.i the road, and the hi" swamp was np,
for there had been a heap of rain lately ; hm :
howaxnever as it was she, cousin Sally Dii..-
ml, my wife, si# mongitt go. I told cousin
Sally Hilliard that. Mosc, ho was the foreman !
of the crop, ami tho crop was smartly in the j
grass,; but howsoroever as it was she, cousin 1
Sal’v OHlard, Mosc, he incut go.
Chops. In the name of common sense,Mr. i
Harris, what do you mean hv this rigmarole, j
WMutss.
f ousiu Sally Dilliard, sho came over to our
bouse and axed me if my wife, she mout’n!
go. ! told cousin Sally Dilliard
e Chops. .Stop sir, it you please; wo don’t
want to hear any thing about cousin Sally
jliliiard aud your wife —tel’us ahouttlic by til
at Ri-ic’L
Witness. Well, 1 will, sir, if you will let
me.
f‘.ops. Well, sir, go on.
Witness. Well, Captain Rice,lie gin a treat
Sud Cousin Sally Dilliard, she came over to
uqr housedased me If my wife, sire mout’nt
go- ,•
('lmps* There it is again—witness, witness
f kijv, w itness, please to stop.
Witness. Well,sir, what as you want ?
Chops* We,watrt to know about the fight,
andi you uniat not proceed in this impertinent
story—do vou know .any thing about the inat
• ihe-l'onrt I
Witness. Tube sure I do.
Oiry. yy,v*e* go on amt V ’kid. atnj no
Witness. Vvoil, Captain Rice, .ho g in a
treat—
I 'hops. This is intolerable ! Mav it p!i aw
j the Court—l move that this witness be com
mitted for a contempt—he seems to mo to be
, trilling with flu: court.
Court. Witness, you are now before a court
of Justice, and unless you behave yourself in
a more becoming Manner, you will be sent to
jail, so oegin and tell what you know about
tho tight at Captain Rice’s.-
Witness, (alarmed.) Well, gentlemen,
; Captain Rice, he gin a treat, and cousin .Sal
ly •Dilliard
Chops. I hope that this Witness mav e
j ordered into custody.
( Court, (after deliberating) Mr. Attorney,
the Court is of opinion that vm inav save time
by telling file witness to go o:i i;i Ids own
i.ay 1 ioceod, Air. lltrris, with your storv,
hat stick to the point.
W it.icss. Yjls, gentlemen : well Capt. Rice
if gin a treat, and Cousin Snily Dilliard, she
tamo over to our house, and axed me it* my
; )?<’ ••’]> mout’ut go. I to’ i cousin Sally Oil
iiard tini4 nip wife was poorly, being as ho.v
-lie nad the Rhetnalies in the hip, tind the big
swamp wal in the road, and flie big swamp
was up : but limvsomever, as it was she, cou
.'ia Sally Dilliard, my wife, site inout go
V.' ■3, cousin Sally Dilliard then axed me if
dose, lie mout’ut go. I told cousin .Sally j
Dilliard as how Mo.sc, he was the foreman of'
l ( ' IC! t ro i>, arid the crop was smartly in the
grass; but hoivsomCVcr, as it was she, cousin i
Sally Dilliard, Mesa, he moot go. So on they
goes together, Mow, my wife, and cousin Sal- 1
ly Dilliard, and they corner to the big swamp I
it was up, as t was telling you; but being as |
how then* was a log across the big swamp I
eoutin Sally Dilliard and .Muse, like genteci J
folk- , they walks the log, but my wife, like a '
.I—d tool, hoists up her petticoats and waded,!
and, gentlemen, that's the bight of what 1 !
know about it.
FA9HIOXS OF Till’. FAST .VXD PRESET
TIMES.
*• Manners with fortunes, humours turn with
chines.
Tenets with books, ami principles with times.”
Pope.
When Innocence left the world, astonish
ed man blushed at his own and lus partner’s j
nakedness, and coverings were soon invent-1
(and. For many an age the twisted foliage of
trees, and the skins tif beasts, wet-; the only j
j garments which clothed our ancestors. Dec
j oration was unknown, excepting the wild
/lower, plucked from the luxuriant shrub,
the shell from the beach, or the berry off the
tree. Nature was then unsophisticated ; and
the lover looked for no other attraction in his
bride, than the peach-bloom on her check— i
the downcast softness of her consenting eye.'
In alter times, when Avarice ploughed the !
earth, ami Ambition bestrode it, the gem and
the siikeit fleseee, tlie various product of the !
loom, and the Tyrian mystery of 'dvos, all
united to give embellishment to lieau'ty, and!
splendour to majesty of mien. But even at !
that period, when the east .and south laid
their decorating riches at the feet of woman, 1
wc see, by the sculpture yet remaining to j
list that tlic dames of Greece (the then ex-,
< mplars of the world) were true to the simple !
laws ot just taste. Tile amply-folding robe,
cast round the harmonious form ; the modest'
clasp aipi zone on the bosom ; the braided :
hair, or the veiled head; these were thej
fashions alike of the w ife of a Phocion, and
the mistress of an Alcibiades. A chastened
taste ruled at their toilets; and from that!
hour to this, the forms ami inodes of Greece]
have been those of the poet, the sculptor, and '
the painter.
Rome, queen of the world! the proud die-]
tatress to Athenian and Spartan dames, dis-!
dained not to array herself in their dignified]
attire; and the statues of her virgins, herj
matrons, and her empresses, show, in every J
portico of her ancient streets, the graceful
fashions of her Grecian province.
The irruption of the Goths and Vandals;
made it needful for women to assume a more
repulsive garb. The flowing robe, the easy
shape, the soft, unfettered hair,gave place to
skirts, shortened for flight or contest —to
the hardened vest, and head buckled in gold!
°
or silver.
Thence, by a natural descent, have wc the
iron bodtiice, stifffartliingale, and spiral coif
fure, of the midtdc ages. The courts of
, Charlemagne, of flic Edwards, Henries, i ll
j exhibit the figures of women as if in a state
lof sieg'w Such lines'of circumvalialion and
! outwords; succ impregnable bulwarks of
\ whalebone, wood and stcci; such impassable
! inarms of gold, siltv; silk, and furbelows,
met a muff’s view, that, before he had to guess
i it was a woman that lie saw, she had passed
j from his sight ; and he only formed a vague
, wish on the subject, by hearing, from an in
terested father or brother, that the moving
' castle was one of the softer sex.
Those preposterous fashions disappeared,!
in England, a short time after the Hestora-':
tion ; they liaii heenalittle on the wane dur-j
in if the more classic, though distressful reign
of Charles I.; and what the beautiful pencil
of Vandyke shows us, in the graceful dress of
Lady Carlisle and Bacharissa, was rendered
yet more correspondent to the soft undula
tions of nature, in the garments of the lovely,
but frail beauties of the Second Charles’s
court. But as change too often is carried to
extremes, in this case the unzoned tastes of
the English ladies thought no freedom too
free ; their vestments were gradually unloos
ened of the brace, until another touch would
have exposed the wearer to no thicker cover
ing than the ambient air.
The matron reign of Anne, in some meas
ure, corrected this indecency. But it. was
not till tlie accession of the house of Bruns*
, wick, that it was finally exploded, and gave
way by degrees, to the ancient mode of fc
j male fortification, by introducing the hide*
I oils Parisian fashion of hoops, buckram stays,
waists to the hips, screwed to the circuinfer
-1 cnee rf * wasp, brocaded si f!;s stiff with gold,
| shoes with heels so high as to sot the wearer
lon her toes ; and heads, encumbered with
j quantifies of false hair, cither horse or hu
man, in height to outweigh, and perhaps out.
reach, the Tower of Babel! These were the
figures which our grandmothers exhibited;
nay, such was the appearance of many not
half kconfiiry since t and something like it]
may yet be seen in England at a drawing
room, on court-day?.
When the arts of Sculpture and painting,
in their fine specimens from the chisels of
Greece. and the pencils ofltaly, were brought
into Croat Britain, taste began to mould the
dress of the female youth after mare graceful
fashion. The health-destroying boddice was
laid aside; brocades and whalebone disap
peared ; and the easy shape and flowing dra
pery again resumed tho rights of nature and of
grace. The bright hues of auburn, raven, or
golden tresses, adorned the head in its native
simplicity, putting to shame the few powder
ed toupees, which yet lingered on the brow
of prejudice and deformity.
T'ius, for a short time, did the (Races in
deed preside at the toilet of the British beau
ty ; but a strange caprice seems now to have
dislodged these gentle handmaid.:. li re
stands affectation distorting the form into a
thousand unnatural shapes; and there, ill
taste, loading it with grotesque ornaments,
gathered ( and mingled confusedly ) from Gre
cian and Roman models, from Bgypt, China,
Turkey arid Hindustan. All nations are ran- j
sacked to equip a modern tine lady, and, al- 1
ter all, she may perhaps strike a contempo 1
rary beau as a fine lady, but no son of na
ture could, at a glance, possibly find out that
she meant to represent an elegant woman.
To impress upon the minds of our fair read
ers, that symetry of figure ought ever to be j
accompanied by harmony of dres , and that!
llu re is a certain propriety in habiliment ad-'
apted to form, age, and degree, in the purport
of these observations-— Lady's Boole.
From the Saturday Evening Post.
A SKETCH.
Scarcely had the shades of midnight van
ished, ere smiling Aurora appeared, with
stieamsof golden light, in rich effulgence, to
unlock die orient gates, that the glorious lu
minary of day might come forth to renovate
the earth ami clothe it in smiles. Soon his
bright beams eclipsed all the sons of night,
that spangled t!je azure concave and scatter
ed the floating clouds, that still lingered in
the eastern horizon. He rose in unrivalled
splendour, imparting to all nature a pleasing
lustre. It was a rich morning in June, when
when all things were radient in licauty. Yes,
the sun rose upon a scene, which my pen
hardly dares essay to paint,for it is inadequate.
As he appeared to utnerge from the ocean,
that la;> extended tar and wide, in the eastern
distance, a flood of glorious light, foil upon
the broad expanse of waters, seeming to the
oscular vision, that tn® pearls from its deep
bed were strewed in lavish profusion upon its
host in. Foft were the vphyrs that whisper
ed nc f only through the trees and shrubs that
gcriniuatt and in the grove, but also througii the
sturdy inv rbitants of tlio mountain forest,
whose lofty; ’.uninits, enveloped in an ocean
of bright rt\ s, towered almost sufficiently
high to hoiif it.'ereourse with the shining mil
lions, that glit ered in the vaulted welkin.—
Gentle were tlm inurmnring.s of theJucid riv
ulet, as it meamfered slowly through under
wood and fern,ova r pebbles of various and
grotesque forms, to mingle its waters with
the dark blue waxes of the mighty sea. Over
its mirror like surface, gracefully reclined
a cluster of willows'* whose long and pendant
branches in mournful silence, gently waved
in the odoriferous breezes. Though of them
-1 selves, weaiinga sad appearance,on this love
ly morning not a few of the songsters of the
grove resorted hither, to chauiit their matin
hymn of praise. No concert of the sweetest
music could he more melodious, more pleas
ing to the ear than tht duleet notes of those
little warblers, as they penned tortli in instinc
: live unison, lays even jnore delightful than
the mellow strains of the Avolian harp,or Lyre
;of Orpheus. They were not taught by art,
■ the)- h: 1 received no -ins.ruction from any
mortal source, yet still, how sweet, “ passing
| sweet,” was tire harmonious i. iusic, which the
j glories of this bright morn elicited. lie, by
| whose behest, all these beautii s were called
from chaos ; yes, the great architect of nature
himself, was the one who learnt them thus to
praise and sing, and can wc inarvi 1 that their
songs should be thus pure, and the very seal
of melody ?
| The curling smoke from many neat and ro
! inantic cottages, interspersed here art,l there
over this pictuiesque country, left no reason
; to doubt, that the happy inmates not inclined
to follow the pernicious practice of remaining
fast in the silent embraces of Morpheus, un
! til health, time and talents arc sacrificed, had
1 risen with the sun, to inhale the morning
breeze, replete with the delightful fragrance
| of their highly cultivated gardens, with which
i each hamlet was furnished, thus invigorated
]to prosecute their wonted toils. “The touch
| of the sunbeam had waked the rose?,” on
which every dew drop sparkled like a gem,
and not only the rose, but numerous indige-
nous and exotic plants, which taOS? lovers °f,
nature had selected with taste, to beautlf" 1
their little enclosures. Here , were not tliej
I only llowers, for in the deep green verdure of,
i the meadows, some of Flora’s family of bright ]
! and variegated hues, was mingled in rich ex
uberance, over which the dew wps finely
; spread, similar to a light transparent web,
; thickly set with jewels. The sun rose also, |
upon another fewer, if l may be allowed the j
! comparison, more lovely far, than any that
graced the neat garden of tho cot, or that
, sprung up in rank luxuriance in the fields
aftd woods. Atul Upon this it rose for the
last time while possessed with the mysterious
principle of life. It was a young and charm
ing girl, u hose auburn tresses had been warin
]od with only sixteen summers. Her mild
j blue eyes, bad a more than usual brilliancy,
her small tapor fingers, vied with the lily for
i whiteness ; her Vermillion lips were parched
j they bad the hue of death ; the hurtful, ro
j scatc tints of her blooming checks, were cx
! changed for the ashy paleness and hectic
| flush, which was sufficient to convince even
j a slight observer, that the insidious Cvnsvmp
tion preyed upon her vitals. Slow and sure
had been the progress of the disease and no
thing alarming was apprehended by her doat
i ing parents, until the frosts and snows of win-
I ter, bad given place to the beauties of an ear*
{ ly spring. They had fondly hoped, that as
J the earth was renovat.d, “as the time of the
J sieging of birds drew nigh,” and the wild rose
put forth its buds and flowers, that the rose of
j 'health- would bloom upon the pallid cottnto*
i nance of their beloved daughter, and she
\ would be restored to renewed health and hap
j piness. lint alas! their hopes long cherished,
i were blasted, their expectations perished.—
The genial warmth of a spring sun, rather
I than reviving her faded visage, conduced
i more directly to withcr-the little remaining
bloom. Every exertion had been made, ev
\ cry means used to restore her dilapidated
health and strength. The last expiring hope
that now remained was to prove the effect of
j country air, upon her wasted form.
Early in May, preparations were made,and
| the once blooming Ernestine, left the crowd
ed city of P with all its gaitics, fora resi
j deuce in a little cottage, not very remote
I from the place of her birth; yet still,, entirely
exempt from every thing, like the bustle of
a large metropolis.
The exchange of noise and confusion, for
quietness and rest, was, in a high degree,con
j genial toher feelings, lor she loved l're. n her
j childhood to be alone; yes,she was passion
i ately fond of solitude. Although this caused
. no painful emotion, yet there was something
; that gave rise to sorrow. It was leaving the
paternal roof; her happy home, the seat of
every joy, tiiat touched tho tender cord in her
breast, and waking all those pleasing remnis
ccnces of her years, that were then dormant
in her breast. The recollection of “halcyon
days of yore” that she knew never could re
turn, caused the pearly drops, to flow in lu
cid streams, as she silently wended her way,
through the avenue of the park, for she had a
strong presentiment that it was the last time.
After a few w eeks residence at the cottage
shaded with woodbine and honey-suckle, she!
was so far restored, as every day to walk in
the garden, and with her own hands, cull flow
ers to decorate her room- Those who were j
acquainted with the nature of that flattering
disease-, cons’dcr and it no fuvouraolc omen;
but rather feared .rt might be a prelude to
something more alarming.
The fond parents blinded by more than or
dinary tenderness, vainly imagined that spee
dy restoration would ensue ; that shortly she
would return to their once happy, but now
dcsulutc home*
Thcii former blighted hopes grew green.
Ah fatal delusion ! they were nipped in the
bud : Yes, these ephemeral hopes, flourished
a while only, to receive a more chilling
; shock.
Consumption had indeed marked bersen
! sitive lorni for his prey & was slowly.but sute
j ly making inroads upon her frai constitution.
I This fine morning, otic of the little inmates
;of the humble dwelling, (to whom she had
i become much attached) gathered expressly
! for her, a beautiful nosegay of fresh blossoms
which she presented with a sweet smile. This
. little incident reminded her of her flowers,
j and site requested to be placed by the open
! window, that she might inhale the dewy breath
of morn, replete with the fragrance of the cx
; [landing buds.
1 As she sat gazing at the blooming laud
; scape, that lay extended in tho distance, (ap
! parently in deep thought,) her countenance,
assumed a paler, a more unearthly hue ; a cold
' sweat appeared upon her marble forehead ;
I then she felt she must die- Yes) she knew
| the behest had issued from the Throne of God
! and the destroyi fig angel had come to obey
; the mandate.
! Tears moistened her bright eye, as she
i thought ofher parents ; for herself she had no I
| tears. (Soon, the beams of the Sun of Right- j
! eousness, chased away the half welcome drops j
and her spirit departed to its rest.
Floiiella.
•*&%&(** ;
man.
It has been often made a subject of dispute'
What is the distinguishing characteristic of
man ? And the answer may, perhaps, be
given, that he is the only animal that dresses.
He is the only being who is coxcomb enough
not to go out of the world naked as he came
into it; that is ashamed of what he really is,
and proud of what he is not, and that tries to
pass off an artificial disguise as himself.—
Wa may safely extend the old maxim, and
say that it is the tailor that makes both the
gentlemen and the man. Fine feathers make
fine birds —this lie is the motto of the human
mind. Dress a fellow in sheepskin, and he
is a clown—dress him in scarlet, and he is a
gentleman. It is then the clothes that make
all the difference; and the moral agent is
simply the lay-figure to hang them on. Alan, !
in short, is the only creature in the known
world with whom appearances pass for reali
ties, words for things , or that lias the wit to
find out his own defects, and the impudence
and hypocrisy, by merely concealing them, |
to persuade himself and others that lie has'
them not. Tenier’s monkeys, habited like!
monks, may be thought a satire on human
nature-—alas! it is a piece of natural history.
The monks arc the larger and more solemn j
species, to be sure. Swift lias taken a good !
bird’s-eye view of man’s nature, by abstract- J
ing the habitual notions of size, and looking
at it in great or in little: would that some
one had the boldness and the art to do a simi
lar service, by stripping off the coat from his
back, the vizor from his thoughts, or by dress
ing up some other creature in similar mum'
rnery ! It is iret his body alone that ho tam
-1 ptrs with, and metamorphoses so successful
> ly; lie tricks out his mind and soul in Lor
| rowed finery, and in the admired costurpe of
gravitv and imposture. If he has a desire to
commit a base or cruel action without remorse
and with the applause of the spectators, lie
j has only to throw tho cloak of religion ovdr
| it, and invoke Heaven to set its seal on a
| massacre or a robbery. At one time dirt, at
j another indccencv, at another rapine, at a
J fourth rancorous malignity, is decked out and
accredited in the garb of sanctity. The in
stant there is a flaw, a “damned spot” to be
concealed, it is glossed over with a -doubtful
name. Again, we dress p pur enemies in
J nicknames, and they march to the stake as
l assuredly as in son Benitos. The words Her
etic or Papist, Jew or Infidel, labelled on
j those who differ from us, stand us in lieu of
sense or decency. If a man be mean, lie
sets up for economy ; if selfish, he pretends
to be prudent; if harsh, firm ; and so on.—
What enormities, what follies are not under
taken for the love of glory ?—and the worst
of all, are said to be for the glory of God !
| Strange, that a reptile should wish to be
I thought .in angel; or that he should not be
| content with to writhe and grove* in-his native
earth, without aspiring to the shiest! It •Is
■ from the love of dress and finery. He is the
! chimney-sweeper on May-day all the year
round : the soot peeps through the rags and
i ttnsel, and al! the flowers of sentiment!
! The meaning of all which is, that man is
jthe only hypocrite in the creation; or that
he is composed of two natures, the ideal and
the physical, the one of which he is tilw ys
j trying to keep a secret from the other. He
j is the Centaur not fabulous.
DREAMS.
A man who is the least inclined to super
j siition may bo excused, if at times, lie gives
; some credence to either the brilliant or the
! gloomy dreams which sometimes assail him.
: Modern philosophy, armed with its hopeless
i scepticism, lias vainly sought to banish among
' a crowd of fabl-s, those features which will
‘ prove the intellectual existence of man, du
ring his sleep ; on thcotbtfr I quid, there were
many respectable personages of antiquity,
philosophers, as well as coimnandeisof armies
with the most eminent writers of Greece arid
Rome, who thought it their duty to have
laith in dreams on which might depend the
safety of a people, a city, or an army; so that
without blushing, we might become credu
lous after the manner of Xenophon, Simoni
des, Cassius, Catsar, or Plato. But without
wading back so far through the flood of time,
to search for celebrated dreams, we need on
ly recite a few, which approach nearer to the
present period.
Maldonct, a Jesuit, had formed a design of
undertaking a commentary on tiie four Gos
pels: .for several nights he thought he beheld
a man who exhorted him to go on speedily
with his work, and assured him that he would
complete it, but that he would not livo long
alter it was finished. This man, at the same
time, pointed out to him a certain part of his
stomach in which Maldonat experienced vio
lent pangs, and of which he died, very soon
after his work was concluded.
A man who did not know one word of
Greek,went out to seek Baumaise,and shewed
him some certain woids, which lie had heard
in the night in a dream, and which he had
written in French characters, lie asked him
if he knew what those words ekpressed? Sau
maise told himthut, in Greek, they signified,
‘Go thy ways, dost thou not see that death
threatens thee?” The dreamer returned to
his house, which fell down t!;c following
night.
A learned man of Dijon, being fatigued all
day with studying one particular passage i.-i a
Greek poet, without being able to compre
hend it, went at length to bed, and fell asleep.
He fancied himself Iransported in n dream to
tiie palace of Cliristianna, at Stockholm,where
he visited the Queen ol Sweden’s library,and
perceived a small volume, he opened it and
read ten Greek verses, which solved all the
difficulty ho had labored under. His joy a
wakened him, he r ise, noted down what he
had just read, anti finding the adventure of so
extraordinary a nature, he wrote to Descartes
who was then with the Queen in Sweden,ami
described to him all the particulars ot his
dream- Descartes replied to him, telling that
the most skillful engineer could not have
drawn the plan of the palace better, nor the
library, than he had done in his letter ; that
he had found the book in question on the ta
blet he had pointed out; that he had therein
the verses mentioned by him, and that lie
would send him the work at the first oppor
tunity.
Marshall A illars, at the age of sixteen, was
a cornet in a cavalry regiment. One night he
was on the advance guard in .camp, and was
warming himself before a wretched fire, when
he heard a loud voice calling to him to join
and i.'.ount his horse with his escort. The
youthful warrior paid but little attejition to
this order, but still he heard the voice, and
an invisible hand seized him by his cloak.—
Villars then obeyed, and scarce was he ad
vanced a few paces distant with his men, than
the place he had left blew up with a terrible
explosion :—The enemy, in abandoning the
territory which wag threatened by the French
army, buried some barrels of gunpowdei,
which they were unable to carry awav. The
soldiers belonging to Villars hail lighted their
fire precisely on the spot which concealed
the barrels. The action of the fire commen
ced by drying the powder and finished l>y its
explosion. The protecting genius of Villars
preserved him from this danger, and also sa
ved with him a handful of brave fellows, who
without the fortunate star which guided him,
might, perhaps, have perished.
The writer oiiiiis article has heard related
the following adventure ;—-l)ne night, after 1
had gone my last rounds, I betook myself to
sleep, when nil on a sudden I dreamed timi
one of my hot-housea was on fire. This struck
me forcibly, I rose and hastened to the
hothouse pointed out to me in my
dream, where I had the happiness to arrive in
time to prevent, without doubt, a serious mis
fortune. A fire had actually broke out from
one of the stoves, which Wi re always kept
burning day and night, and seemed likely, in
fallihly to make considerable progress.
Without further search, we may agree in
the opinion, without discussing the cause,
that dre urns art- hot what superstition ha* sta
ted them fo be, neither are they what they
arc defined by modern philosophy.
Counterfeit five dollar notes of the Charles
ton Branch of the United States Bank, are
in circulation at Washington City, so well
executed as to require a Bank officer to detect
them.
Parents who are ignorant of their duty,
w ill be taught by the misconduct of their chil
dren what they ought to have done.
t ' ,
We should give as ivc would receive ,cheer
fully, quickly, and without hesitation ; for
there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to
the lingers.— Seneca.
An English writer has computed that half
of a woman’s chances of marriage are gone
when she bad completed her twentieth year ;
at twenty-three, three fourths of her oppor
tunities have vanished: and at twt'nty six,
seven-eighths. So, gills, we would adv’isa
you to calculate accordingly.
From the United a r
The following Chrmuwe'r, / •
pal Officers of the Fur -i j>tut v V- l,;
der the Constitution, |,. M hwTeo-.e'T'!' 1 "
thentic sources, and may | 1( ' * 1
as a convenient document f ur .’j
Presid-i, ts ’ : ont- t .:
1 TK:t— George Washington, of l*;
171 - John Adams, of Ma( , a
I 1801—Thomas Jefferson, of
1809-Waines Madison, ~f
( id 7—James Monroe, of Vir.S n ;
18-25—John Quincy Adams, of
MB9~AndrewJaefc<on,tfTenn
Vice Presidents— nntaS “a
i7hi)~-John Adams, of Massnrtm.
| 1797—Thomas Jefferson, of vi-,q, fS
; 1801—Aaron Burr, of Xevv-Yor'k
! 1805- -George Clinton of \ v <u/i ,
ISI, Daniel I). Tompkins, of \ on .
! 1825—-John C. Calhoun, of Sou*
I Secretaries of Slate—
-17 J—-Thomas Jefferson, of •
1791—Edmund Randolph of VuJu'
. 1795—Timothy Pickering, of p^‘ ,a :
1800— John Marshal, <ff v\,rj„j"
180!—James Madison, of ViWjr,,\
1809—Robert Smith, of.tfarvh n I '
I.Bll—James Monroe, of Vim j-ij /
■
1829—Martin Van Buren, of \,. u , y .
1801— Samuel Dexter, of Mass o ,
1802— Gallatin, oflVnnsS '
1811—George W. Campbell, of}-' !‘t
181 1—Alexander J. Dallas, of I> 01n S '
1817—William 11. Crawford, of 1 1
1825—Richard Rush, of lYnnsylvan '
1829-Samnel D Ingham, of
1831— Louis M’Lane, of Delaware 1 U
Secretaries off
1789---lßn r yKnoxofM , ssnchl i Sf .tt 9
G9o- nnothy Pickering, of IVmisylv®,,
1/ 90 James McHenry, of Maryland
1800—Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts
I*ol Roger Griswold, of Connecticut
lStU—Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts
1809 \\ illiain Eustis, of Massnchusctu
1813—John Armstrong, ofNcw-York
1815—William 11. Crawford, ofUeouu
181, —Isaac Shelby, of Kentucky, (did no'
t cept.) ■
lSn-JohuC. Calb° ,,n ’ South Carolina.
1825~Jarr.es Barbour, of Virginia.
1828—Peter B- Porter, of New York.
1829 Jobu II Eaton, ot Tennessee. '
1831—Lewis Cass, of Ohio.
* Secretaries of the Nuvy—
1798—George Cabot, of Massachusetts,
1798—Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland
1802—Robert Smith, of Maryland.
1805— Crovvilinshield, of Massachusetts.
1809—Paul Hamilton, ot South Carolina.
1813—VV ilham .tones, of Pennsylvania.
1811—Benjamin W. Crovvilinshield, of JJ
sacimsctts.
1818—Smith Thoirqison, of New-York.
1828— Sam. 1.. Southard, ofNew-Jereev.
1829 John Branch, of North Carolina.'
1831—Levi Woodbury, of Now Hampsltin,
Pent muster Genera Is—
1789—Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts
1791—Timothy Pickering, ofPeimsylvaia
1795—Joseph ilabcrsham, of Georgia.
1802—Gideon Granger, of Connecticut.
1811—Return J. Meigs, of Ohio.
1823—John M’Lcan, of Ohio.
1828— Willjam T Barry, of Kentucky.
ChuJ Justices of the Supreme Court—
1789—John Jay,'of New York, appointed.
1700— William Cushing, Massachusetts.
I.9ti—Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut,
1800— John J..y, of New-York.
1801— John Marshal, of \ irginia.
.ttiorney Generals—
1789—Edmund Randolph, of Virjnnia, ;
pointed.
1791 William Bradford, of Pennsylvania.
1795—. Charles Lee of Virginia.
1801—Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts.
1895—Robert Smith, of Maryland.
1806— John Breekenbridge, of Kentucky.
1807— C&'sar A Rodney, of Delaware.
1811—W iliiam Pinckney, of Maryland.
1811—Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania.
1817—William W irt, of Virginia.
1829 John M. Berrien, of Georgia.
1831—Roger B Taney, of Maryland.
Speakers of the House of Representatives of tin i
. ted Stales.
1780— First Congress, Ist and 2d sessiosMi
New York, 3d session at PhikdeW
Frederick A. Muhlenburgh, of I’cmsj
vnnia.
1781— Second Congress, held at Pbiladelnha
Johnathan Trumbull, of Connwiie*
1798™-Third Congress, held at PliiladeljniS'
Frederick A liluhlenhurgh of feiu
vama.
1795—Fourth Congress, held at Philadelpltit
Johnathan Dayton, of New Jersey.
1797—Fifth Congress, held at Piiiladelpliai
Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey.
1799—Sixth Congress, Ist session at PW<
pbia, 2d at Washington— I Tlrdo
.Sedgwick, of Massachusetts.
1801—Seventh Congress, held at Washing!®
Nathaniel Macon, of North OariiM
1803—Eighth Congress —Nathaniel Mawn
North Carolina'
1801—Ninth Congress—Nathaniel Mac®,
North Carolina.
Tfc.’th Congress—Joseph b Varnmfc
MaßSa,>9eU*.
1809—Eleventh CoilgTe^—Joseph h ' arc® 1 ’
Massachusetts. ..
1811—Twelfth Congress—Henry Clay, ct
tuckv. *
1813—Thirteenth Congress-Henry
Kentucky, until January die *<
1814. „ ,
Lagdon Chevesof South Carolina?
the residue of the Congress. *
1815—Fourteenth Congress —Henry Clay,
Kentucky.
1817—Fifteenth Congress—Henry Clay,eia
tueky.
1817—Sixteenth Congress—Henry ' l3 )’
Kentucky during the IstsMStc.
John W Taylor, of New York m
the 2d session, _ v
1821—Seventeenth Congress —Philip* 3 ‘
of Virginia. r . f
1823— Eighteenth Congo ss—He: ry u ''
Kentucky. v
1825—Nineteenth Congress—John * a J
r Y ork.
1827—Twentieth Congress—Andrew
of Virginia. . , , *,.
1829—Twenty-first Congress—Andrew >-
soil, of Virginia.
•Note —This Department was not
until the 20th of April 1798, being prior
dato a branch of the War Department.
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