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POETRY.
THE BELL AT SL A.
liV ME.S. lIKMANS.
i When tho tide's billowy swell
j Had reached its height,
j Then ]>ealed tire Rock's lone Beu
Sternly by night.
Far over ciitF and snrere,
Swept the deep sound,
Making each wild wind's dirge
Still more profound.
Yet that funeral tone
The sailor blessed ,
Steering through darkness on
\\ ilh fear less breast.
E’en thus may we, that float
Ou Li Vs wide sea,
Welcome each warning note,
Stern though it he!
I iour the N. Y. Constellation
DOG DAY RHYMES.
iiow can a man write poetry
r i his dreadful 'dog day v ealhcr?
How can he put words, thoughts and rhymes
In the same suing together?
All day oppressed with lassitude,
I wish the hours aw ay;
1 roll and tumble all th • night,
And wish again for day.
Again I wish the night would come,
That it may cooler lo;
Ten pocket handkerchiefs a day
Are scarce enough for me.
Six handkerchiefs, all wringing wet
With perspiration's dew,
I've thrown aside this verj day,
And it is scarcely two.
To shave, to eat—ah! there's lire rub—
For eating is a bora;;
And as for shaving—by the mass'
The thought of it is sore.
Tl«v o«»lv tavsk ihut'd r^a>U)JP,
Is sitting in the shade;
The only pleasure hearable,
is drinking lemonade.
f would that Ia nabob were
In spicy eastern clitne,
With twenty natives armed with fans,
All fanning at a time.
I wish, of ail inventive schemes
For labor-saving, [
ilad some ingeniously contrived
Machine for breathing by.
Then would I calmly pass away
Tilts dreadful dog day weather,
And neither head nor hand employ
In stringing rhymes togother.
FAI.LSTAFF.
THE PEDANT AND THE SAILOR.
A man of learning lived upon the banks
of a river: he was not one of those amiable
sages who enjoy in solitude the fruits of
their studies, but a real pedeiit, overflow
ing with Greek and Latin, who incessant
ly tormented- every body he met, with
quotations, metaphors, rfce. If he had
but contented himself with addressing
those who were able to understand him—
hut he was surrounded by poor peasants,
who knew little beyond their field and.
plough and yet lie accompanied them iu'o
to their huts with Homer, Horace, and So
phocles w ithout even translating his quo
tations. “Sir, said the peasants to him,
let us till our fiehls, and plant our cab
bages—-if we spent our time in filling our
heads with things which we did not under
stand, your cook would find no vegetables
in market, and you would not have such
fine fruit upon your table.” Rut instead
oi seeii v the trutlwof this observation, he
exclaimed with much self-satisfaction.
“/nibor improbus omnia vincit .”
Not lar from this pedant lived a sailor,
a droll fellow, who was alwavs merrv and
happy, constantly singing, and was con
sidered very skillul in his profession.—
One day the pedant had occasion to so to
the other side of the river, and went on
board the sailor's boat, who immediately
took his oars and pushed off. On the
wav the following dialogue took place
between them.
“Friend,” said the passenger to the
boatman, you ser in to be very cheerful and
happy, and 1 suppose vou are very well
satisfied with yourself 1”
“And why should I not he satisfied?”
said the boatman ; “I make good use of
my time, and have no cause of sorrow.”
“Ah ! you make good rise of vnur time !
Truely 1 should should he glad to know
whether you deseiNe to be so happy.—
Can you read?”
“No, sir, not a letter.”
“Poor wretch ! you cannot rend, and
vt: you sing ! Why, you have lost a quar
ter of your life !”
The boatman dal not answer, but con
linued to sing. Soon after the pedant
continued—
“f an vou write ?”
“Why to be sure not ! I tojd you 1
l ooithl not read, so how should I write ?”
j “" hat! you cannot write, and yet so
i cheerful ? N ou have lost another (jnurter
j of your life!”
i he boatman shrugged his shoulders,
hut did not seeiu less cheerful than before.
Presently tin* pedant began again
“Lontinnu, do you understand miner
alogy, ornithology, /.oology, nstrologv,
physiology and psychology, &c.”
“ l he deur;e take all your foolish long
- names! " hat Jo I want with them !?
“How ! you know nothing of these fun*
things, and yet fattev vourself lmppy 1
! Why, you have again lost a quarter of
, your life.”
During this conversation, a storm had
‘■suddenly arisen, tiie waves tossed the
’ I*L r ht bout, and at length drove it oil a rock,
j on which it could not but oerislt.
“•Sir,” said the boatman to his corn
panion, at this critical inoiueut, “can you
i swim I”
“No indeed, I cannot; I have had more
I important matters to attend to.”
“Well, then, 1 fear you have lost your
whole life." 3
Thus saying he leaped into the waves
] and swam on shore. lie spflered the pe
i diint to struggle a while in the water, and
pretended not to hear his cr.cs for assist
ance. At length he took compassion on
Hi Hi, helped him out of the water, and
j took him home half dead with fear, drip
| pmg wet, and trembling with cold. Since
1 that time the pedant is said to have lost
: most of his pride.
WASHINGTON.
Tiie defender of his country, the foun
der of liberty, the friend of mai. Histo
ry and Iraditou are explored in vain for a
? parallel to his character. In the annals
■ ol modern greatness, he stands alone; and
| the iioble.-t name of antiquity lose their
: i astro in his presence. Born the bene
! factor of mankind, he united all the qual-
I ;ties necessary to an illustrious career.—
j Mature made bun great: he made himself
I virtuous. Called by his country to the
j defence of her liberties, he triumphantly
I vindicated the rights ot humanity ; and
mi the pilurs of .National Independence,
• laid the foundation of a great Republic.—
I I vvice invested with supreme Magistracy
hi* Ibe «l's» t'r, e ru.oi.lu I— ..',l
in the Cabinet the glories of the field; atH j
*oluntarily resigning the sceptre and the
sword, retired to -the shade of private
life. A spectable so new and so sublime,
was contemplated with the most profound
| admiration ; and the name of Washing
ton, adding new lustre to Immunity, re- |
sounded to the remotest regions of the ;
earth. Magnanimous in youth, glorious !
through life, and great m death. His 1
; highest ambition the happiness of man
kind : His noblest victory the conquest 1
of himself. Bequeathing to posterity the i
in be ritance of his fame : and building his !
monument iu the hearts of his country
men ; he lived, the ornament of the eigh
teenth century ; ni: died, regretted by a
mourning world.
The Devil, a strong fuller.—A
young negro boy about twelve years of age
belonging to a gentleman who resided in
town, was, for some unknown cause, in
the constant habit of running away, anti
vegitatingiu the woods till he vvasbrougl.t
back. He bad repeated this offence a do
zen times, and had always been forgiven
ou his promising not to commit again.
At length, however, he was brought back
from one of hi.* excursions, and summon
ed to the presence of his master, who
strongly suspected that,•as lie was so
young, lie must have been led astray by
one more old in iniquity than himself.
• His master addressed him:—“Well, l’la
[ to,” (you see, reader, lie had the'name
| without the disposition of a philosopher,)
j “ so you have been running away again.
1 am sure their is somebody who tempts
j you; now, •f vou will tell me who it is, I
j will forgive, hut if not, I will flog you.,,
“M ell, Ma.-sa,\ teplied the young sinner.
! “ if you i.o liek (floyr) me I go tell you
true. \ou sahe (know) my daddy da
sleep wid me; Massa, one night bout ten
o,clock, the debil da come he whisper,
‘Plato, you run away,; my daddy hear tie
debil, he say, ‘Plato, you no run away.’
Well, Massa, de debil say one ting, my
daddy say anorh r, me no sahe what for do,
■ den tit; debil pull me, so iny daddy pull
too, at last, Ma.-sa, de debil pull trouger,
and me mu away.”—Plato ceased, and
was forgiv en; hut Plato isincorrigible, and
still runs away.— HayUy's Four Years
Residence in the TVest Indies.
A plain hut interesting looking girl, ac
companied hygyoung man, both appear
ently from the up country a few days since,
after some scruples about danger, expo
sure, ladder, <V<:. took their seats on top
ot one ot the Baltimore Rail-road cars,
and looked with wonder and admiration
on the prearatious that were making for
departure. When the car hail got pretty
well under way, the following dialogue
took place:
“Now this amt slow, is it Betsy;”
‘Dear me ! I recken not—it’s a little
better than riding in un ox-team. Can’t
we heve rail-roads up in our country, I
wonder V
“We have plenty on’ern hut they,re
, made different. Did’nt you never pass
l>v Otter-swamp ? The people there hai e
torn down all the Virginny fences and
laid them lengthwise on the road to keep
the cattle lroui stalling.”
“Jiinminy ! how we struck along! what
would our folks say if they weie to see us
uow ? I reckon cousin Sully wishes she
was along. flow I would like to be stand
iitg out yonder looking at myself riling
along in this ’ ere car.
the WOLF OF -\ODLE RACE.
A young wolf, who in his first cam
paign against the leopard, had shown the
white leather, and shaiuetully scampered
uiFat the first appearance of dangr r, was,
in consequence, dragged before the judg
ment .-vat of king lion, and by the
airman li, sentenced to receive a dozen
stripes aud to lose one of his ears.
‘Ami must I sillier such indignity,’ i v
claimed the kneeling culprit, *l, whose fa
ther once, in a dangerous emergency,
sustained the throne already shaken by
rebellion, and who was, for his services,
created a nobleman of the first rank?’
‘ You are in the right,’ interrupted the
lion, .smiling: ‘lhe sou of such a father
merits some distinction, Let him receive
two dozen stripes, and have both his
ears cut off.’
t ram the Englishman's Magazine.
KILIXNKI.
the shoemaker ok Warsaw.
The new constitution of the third of
May, 1 < 1)1, was hailed by the l’ohsli peo
ple with delight. A uew era had com
menced—the citizens were placed on u
level with the nobles, and they proved
themselves worthy of the trust' reposed.
Their expectations of public lutppiness dc
improvement, however,crushed in the bud
by a perjured king; who had joined the
worst enemy ot his native country, in a
conspiracy against its independence.
lire Polish capital, at this time, exhib
ited a singular spectacle. The second
iniquitous division of Poland had -tocu
perpetrated, and what remained nominal
ly independent, was little better than a
Russian Province. Ihe faithless king,
shunning the public eye, had retired with
his mistresses into the recesses of his pal
ace. iuimmoning, lor his protection, a
hodv ol Russian troops on/J. -.. y
i .—-.laßelrTlie Polish rugi
ments then in Warsaw, and intrusted the
command of the small remnant of troops
called the Polisli army, to Ozarowski, a
phant aud contemptible courtier. Mean
while the brave General Madulinski had
raised tiie standard of revolt iu a province
swarming with enemies, and Kosciusko
had issued at Cracow, a proclamation,
calling upon all Poland to rise against its
oppressors. The Russian troops in War
saw, now found themselves in a situation
of imminent peril; being hemmed in hy a ,
large and hostile population, and depend
ent on a treacherous and vacillating king
for sanction and support. Conscious that
they could only escape destruction by
prompt and vigorous measures, they de
termined to avail themselves of the Em
press’s orders, which authorized them iu
ease of need, to lire the city, and put all
tho inhabitants to the sword. Before,
however, their intention became public, a
master shoemaker in Warsaw determined I
to intercept it by revolt. He lost not an
instant, hut, diffusing his own energy a- !
moiigst the people, accomplished a gener- j
al insurrection in Warsaw two days before j
the intended plunder and distruction of
the city. General Inglestrom and his
Russians were compelled to make a busty
retreat; the constitution of the third of
May was re-established, and the honest
shoemaker, who had been the head and ‘
front of tins timely revolt, relinquished |
his command to another, aud declining!
ail distinctions and rewards, contented i
himself with becoming an active member i
of the upper council of the regency, ap- i
pointed at that time. At a later period, I
when the enraged people demanded the!
head of their perjured monarch, the shoe-!
maker again interfered, and saved the !
king’s life at the risk of his own. He did
more—for he shielded even the king’s
minians from the fury of the people, and
prevailed upon the multitude to patiently
await the event of a regular trial before
the appointed tribunal. In after limes
the patriotic and highiuinded liilinski ex
perienced much persecution, and was
often taunted with his occupation bv lhe
oppressors of Poland, llis fellow coun
trjmen, however, revered him for the
generous nobility of his soul, and the pat
riotic shoemaker, who died about 1810,
was lamented throughout Poland.
A memoir of this extraordinary man,
drawn up by himself, was circulated bv
numerous companies in manuscript, but
never published, iu Warsaw, until lately,
having been forbidden by the censor.
From the printed work, which is accu
rately copied after the original manuscript
iu the hand-writing of Kdinski, we have
made the following extracts:—
“Having been informed against hy some
spies of the Russian general, I received
one morning a |»er< tnptory summons tc
attend him. The bearer was u Russian
officer, who told me i should lie dragged
through the streets hy horses if I did not
readily follow. 1 immediately dressed
myself, and put a dagger into my boot
unobserved. I found the General I glut
trom, waiting for me in the hall of audi
ence. ’Thou art KiliuskP' ha began. |
VOL,. I.—VO. 49.
‘Yes, your excellency!’ ‘Accursed rebel,
villain, traitor,’ dec., he pursued, until lie
Duel exhausted his catalogue ofntwae,and
at Angth h" told me that lie w ould have
me hanged upon the new gallows before
the Capuchin monastery. This torrent
of abuse inude me so indignant, that 1 felt
strongly disposed to plunge my dagger m
to the tyrant s breast. Recovering, how
ever, my scil-possessioii, l told him, that
I had mistaken his spies for real Polish
traitors, and hurl designedly drawn them
to get a know j< dge of their intentions,
with a determination to apprise him of the
conspiracy. 1 reminded him too, that
tin l niiuiieipalitv had received his express
orders lo visit all places of public resort,
anti to report all suspicious words or up
pcarmces. This explanation pacified
him considerably, and when 1 assured him
that nil the syndics were well disposed to
wards Russia, ami determined to preserve
• rider, his anger vanished, he brought a
bottle ol brandy from his closet, and made
me drink with him. Growing more cor
titol with every glass, he put many ques
tions to me about the. state of public feel
ing in in saw, which I answered to his
satisfaction. At length he inquired if l
bail many friends in the city. Seeing no
danger m a frank reply, 1 told him'that
even a rumour of my arrest would soon
show him how many friends I hath nor
did I hesitate to say, when farther ques
tioned, that, through the workmen who
had chosen me as ll;.*ir cyndic, I could in
a lew hours raise thirty thousand men.
I lie Russian smiled at this intelligence,
hut 1 could see that he was startled, and,
indeed, he almost instantly dismissed me,
fearing, probably, that my arrest had
transpired, and would collect a numerous
body of my adherents around his hotel.
Thus did 1 escape from a situation of im
minent peril.
“Soon after my return home, I receiv
ed a vi.-it from the patriotic Abbe Meier,
who came to concert with me a rising of
the people against the Russian garrison.
" ithoiit loss of time, we drew up the form
ot an oath to be taken by all w ho joined
our cause. 1 hen, after an earnest prnyef
to the Almighty for assistance, we sallied
forth. J called upon many citizfens and
nrtizans or, w hose. l»atrfiV.L<}„,//*!& to
sound the nobles resident in Warsaw, a
niongst whom were many brave and
high-minded men, and of these only one
refused to join us with heart and hand.”
After detailing many instances of op
pression and cruelty, inflicted by the sav
age Russians upon the citizens of War
saw, the narrator thus proceeds:
“Meanwhile the festival of Easter was
at hand, and our preparations were far
advanced, when accidcut revealed to me
a diabolical conspiracy, which was almost
ready for explosion.
‘*i had sometime l>een acquainted with
a brave and warm-hearted Russian offi
cer, who stemed to take a pleasure ir.
conversing with me, and occasionally we
took a glass ol brandy together. On the
Tuesday before Easter, he called upon
uie to buy a pair of shoes, and alter some
conversation on indifferent matters, he ex
acted of me a pledge of secrecy, and then
earnestly advised me to take my w ife uud
children out of Warsaw without delay,
and not to return until a fortnight had
elapsed. J entreated further explanation,
and heard that the Russians intended to
plunder the city, and massacre the peo
ple, on the following Saturday evening,
at eight o’clock, when most of the inhab
itant would be collected in the churches,
to celebrate the resurrection of the Sa
viour. Thunder struck at this intellr
gencc, I plied my Russian friend with
brandy; he became more communicative,
ami informed me that the infamous Bish
op Kosankowski was the contriver of this
plot, and that the dastard Oznrotvski,
commandant of Warsaw, had received in
structions from the King to join the Rus
sians as soon as the massacre commen
ced. lie added that preparations for the
attack were in rapid progress, that many
Russian soldiers out of uniform were al
ready in the city, and that they would he
provided with arms from the depot in the
suburb of Prugu.
“Soon after the Russian officer had
quitted me, I hastened to every man up
on whom 1 could rely, and happily then
were very many Poles who could trust
each other. 1 apprized them of the ap
proaching |K'ril, and as they were too nu
merous to he concealed in my own dw ril
ing, 1 told them to meet me at four o’-
clock on the following morning at the ar
tillery barracks in the suburb" I knew
that the Polish soldiers would join us to a
man, hut I doubted the superior officers,
many ot whom were young nobles of cow
ardly and effeminate habits. 1 did not
hesitate, however, to trust the subalters,
who readily engaged to bring the privates
over to us in the hour of need.
“When the conference took place at the
barracks, the assembled master-tradesmen
and subalterns offered tome the command
of the Polish troops and people. Doubt
ing much my capacity to undertake the
charge, I hesitated awhile to consent.
Pressed, however, by the whole assembly,
and recollecting the bright example of the
Roman shoemaker, who, without milita
ry science, had defeated the enemies of
his country, I took heart and accepted the
command, trusting that courage, patriot
ism, and reliance ou the aid of Provi-