Fayette Observer, Volume 1, Number 36, Connersville, Fayette County, 17 February 1827 — Page 4

POETRY.

THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES. FT JAPfE TAYLOR. ?n days of yore, as Gothic fable (oils.

When learning dimly gleamed from grated cells,

n hen wild Astrology's distorted eye Shunn'dthe fair field of true Philosophy,

And wandering through the depths of mental night.

Sought dark predictions mid the worlds vdTight: When curious Alchymy, with puzzled brow, Attempted things which science laughs at now, Losing the useful purpose she consults In vain chimeras and unknown results: In those gray times these Hv'd a reverend sae, Whoso wisdom shod its light on that dark age; A monk he was, immured in cloistered walls,

Where now the ivy'd ruin crumbling falls: 'Twas a profound seclusion that he chose, The noisy world ditordcd not that repose: The flow of murtmuibg waters, day by day, And whistling winds, that fore'd their tardy way Through rcrerend tn?c?,of ages' growth, that made Around the pile a deep monastic shade; The chaunted psalm, or solitary prayer Fueh were the Pounds that broke the silence there 'Thwas here, when his ritea sacerdotal were o'er In the depth ofhis cell with its stone-covered floor Resigning to thought his chimerical brain, He formd the contrivance wenow shall explain; But whether by magic's or alchymy's powers. We know not indeed, 'tis no business of ours: Perhaps it was only by patience and care. At last that he brought his invention to bear; In youth 'twas projected, but years stole away, And e'er 'twas complete, he was wrinkled & gray

Hut success 13 secure, unless energy fails

JVt the National Intelligcnzrr. Washington. Jcly, 0, 102G. Messrs. Editors: I transmit to you a few lines on the character of Kosciusko. The American People owe his memory much. lie was one of those worthies who deserted his own to fight for liberty iti our land. The recent visit ofhis companion, the good Lakayittte, to our country ,will never be forgotten. Let us.

then, recollect, on every Anniversary, with filial gratitucfe, the name of those whose toils contributed to ourlndepenHence,$nmong these none more deserves our admiration and sympathies than Kosciusko. KOSCU'SKO.

In the annals of the worId,there have occur J red but few instances of true patriotism iV he

roic virtue. It should he our delight to catch

theie rare examples for improvement; they

interest the heart, and present an object of natural dignity, which we can pause to contem

plate in silent admiration. Such an object is Thaddeus Kosciusko, who commenced and terminated his disinterested career in a worthy cause. Horn in Poland, of a noble and distinguished family, possessing a mind capable of rising above the prejudices which lie had imbibed in receiving a royal but vicious education, in liia youth he became the ardent friend of Independence. Having known from common fame that the standard of Liberty had been

thy imitation nml ?lcem. This accomplished soldier and distinguished hero i no more! Rutins memory lives: our country delights to cherish it, and, whilst we venerate laudable actions and patriotic effort., we will recollect w ith gratitude the name of Kosciusko-. The. plains of Sarmatia aie no longer lovolv;they have become the stage of tyranny, wretchedness, and vice, ami we t an but exclaim in the language of the Poet: 'Departed spirits of the mighty dead!

Ye that at Marathon and Feuctra bied'. Friends of the world! restore your swords toj

Fnnninrr utensil. 1 fonr-hoie wagon, 1 one-lioj'5-c wagon, ani A credit of Nine months vr'A) r siveri on i. siuu.s over three dollar. Meciirit) will be i.ci ir cd to secure the p:; too!:?. l 'tii'tile ('n. Jan. J. . K'J?. r APAII CUJT, ,-dmr", of tin i t:1.- i i ril

man,

Fight in hi sacred cauce. and lend r!ie vanlj

;e oV YknrAWcw ;nd. l!v id r of the Foard lJi,i'.)c s J.r II. i . i i.

jt v oi Pay rllr, the Hihscii. .r will cln r .or saw-

Iim: ('Uil Hoiue door Hi t oui.it il.f

Vet for Saruutia's tears of blood alone. And make her arm puissant as your own!

Oh! once again to freedom's cause return j 0(1 Tuesdsi V Ol MliPcli :ir' i

The Patriot Tell, the lirnce of lianuoc.burn.-j ; , , , ' (I AM MA jUiJ) OlL AjAiM). jiving in Wayne, county, br.i.g apart vi'll.:

The onl - gratu:catin a convetous man gives ,eai pianer ocuon --in i o . i ,i ip j j..,; . -i

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-elt is as little better fur w hat he has asthy; 1

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Cornier to il.e. county j i

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cash or ocuii'i curi::;.

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I ipr The certainty that life cannot 1 , . , , 1 iiv , ill ril-r lutil 1.1)1.. 1 M itii jfi li l, if .-..!!!

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otio- -iiii he nrc naoiiii v una 11 111 io im-i.,h .

shorter than nature allows u;iit to awaken

e'vorv man to the activ e wo'cut ion of w!:t-

cver he is dtsir u- to pcrlorm. It i tiue that ,

; ICllOLA hi. A ii A.N, A--. f..r 1'jvtU i uu.nv,

sot of Blacksmith' Tools.

And at length he produced Phihkrr'sScf j fdlmv-ot!i,ir-x,r, . .I, , , ,. . generous heart, he wa V hat were thev! you ak; Tousliall preent 7 see V- r 1 ,r, . ' J - ' sohners tor his bravery.

no diligence can ascertain :uccers; cc tth may, J J f 1 f5V

erected in our land, and that an oppressed intercept the swit'est career, but lie who Is cut;- 1 People had determined to be tree or perish ini.ul'm the execntmn of an h.-ne.-l uudei taking. iTIh? sulcribci "VVJr-il'ri lo ItllC a

the attempt, he forsook Jiis honors at ho:,, has at least the honor of filling in his rank. m. a ; and became the devoted soldier of Freedom Ihas fought the battle though he mis.-ed the vie-.

In this momeutousi caue. he was renouiiod f.r!io;v. ilan.b!er. jf-r tl.e term of ft cr 10 ir.c:,h. .n

his intrepid valor in the riehl, and remarkablel

for those eminent v irtues which dicnifv and

exalt the human character. Respected hv his

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'having nch tools to let. at- r'.":cr'.e n the ir.Klcrsijned without d:l..v.

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w-oll'n-er- for his mental endowments and ! Direction for ravin" t'le hard -vriiirr i an

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;Uo beloved hv t! ie 1 ... - 1

Tiiese scales were not made to v. rir'ti suar fc tea

little by bis peril

ravery. Contributing not a and sufferings to the estah- lC

ours.

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vu,-.u,ut.,,.n.,.crSurWi.n.iroisnw u,ey, iiilicnt of American Independence, he m.ht

HAi quanues, lciir.-s, and thoughts they could have nased a life of nle:isurc io nor l.-,n,l .....

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JJmg those blessing? for which he fought, res

wcirh; Tocrctlier with articlen small or immense,

From nrouotains or planets, to atoms of sense; Nought was there so bulky, but there it could lay, And nought so c-therial but there it would stay; And nought so reluctant, but in it mut 0: Ail which some examples more clearly will show. The arst thin he veijrhed wa- the head otVoltuire Which retained all the wit that had ctct been

earner should shove the prn with' the.

greatest degree of quickness, at. d make evervj

downward stroke entirely straitrlit. 1'iom lii v' to line, and bear heavy, arai equally heavy t lie pen, without lifting it, ingoing thr'-eph ai ';

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ciusko, however, was not content with the ben-'vrorf1' A l Uie car,l;ll!- " v' ll!l

efits he had conferred on a nortion of the !.! liters, shouin l,c entirely tr:ugt.t. hum ia:ite.:

pected and beloved a greateful People. Kos-

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AIm-o; rj acre of -aid f.rM are 'ef:

man family. In the Pevohition. be b.-,d l, hery much, and cjully. and placed r.t piop.-i-jprov ed : th-r; are on the p:. ;:,-e. a y.v,.

come acquainted with the prit demand pow er ,litancfs- 'bc line may be ruk d about cue-jr!e (-n !,:.rd. a nuin! rv of p i;i tu t?, . ul

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there; As f. weight, lie threw ir a tern scrap of a leaf, Containing the prayer ofthe penitent thief; When the skull r;e aloft, with so sudden a spell' That it bounded like a ball on the roof of the cell. One .ime 1 e put in llcxaridcrth deaf.

Poland, his beloved native land, was torn h

fictions, her inhabitants oppressed, and that she had the first claim to his toils and labor-. He was for a long time empbed in irivincr instructions to an ignorant People, and in di fusing alight throughout the nation, by which to instruct his countrymen to burst the chains

which bad too long been lettered upon them.

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ofthe Peonle. and the advantages rosulf;, an "'r!1 :,n" l',c ar.- ano.

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Horn a tree government. J ie countered that i-.i-..,,,. .. ...,,,..,,....,.,,,:,. 'r;.ri.r,

tw cen an me lines, t lie w ords '. a;'. (::". jr-rn: ! J( . .. .

,ar.tct. present,, between every rtner iu.e. if ' , (' 'j an ' Lach of the above eight woi -ds rhouhl be writ -1 ; ten by itself, over one sidt- of a i'virter of aj VviVl' f,' : 000 CovAl doV. i

-beet ot paper, l.y witting three or b';r r:ee! t' jjaper. aceordiug to the abo f - directlf'C-. ' ' very great change can be :i the ted i.i the h'.n.i. writing, in a few hours. ' The coarse hand will look onw thiric )' '

; hf en long anticipated. The united forces of! the work ol tiew hegimior. The 1 j r -it , . g

uusiia, Austria, and Prussia, invaded the king-, teacher should give the hrst line baao "jnf - Ct . do:n. Her weak an i h uighty nobles ingion-j 'n tn ame w ords as the c--arse li.nni : f,.lir"

v.w.-.j . v.x v. hi- i.iiMi iwu.-) .11 oi- 01 in--.. . 5 . - iuu tll. w o; s.o: uerp;.Srt:. in tl;e mrt !i:" of !;i?

enemy, ana u.nsclv, agreed to the onnres-ion : 11 "i-Jul rurcn . 1. . . 1 ' ..orrw. I -- ell.

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erf- " ; ...sniteri irom le arrogance anu uarnaritv 01 1 ne. imok coniamm cveiv m t arv in-, i-m.k :if c,,,.-'. ...ti -., a -

By those mict Uie poor widow dropped into the thesf inva iers. The w retched but innocent in-' -drnrtion. with wood and copperplate M.gi a i:'.,r, v j :,rniv' t j ..

chest; habitants of Poland w ere obliged to disperse.

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vv ith a -annent that Dorcj had mad-, for :c At le.-gth the flame ato;e in Poland, w hicli had

weight, And tl.o' clad in armour, from sandal s to crown, The h ro rose up and the garment went down. A long row ofrdms houses, amply endowed V,X a well rstr erned Ph ri-f-r inuvin.l ,.,,4

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ings, and tlie hand writing tran-U-rred to v 'our, ou tt fj- .J;y of .. : '.euu to ie So! and ttrioted iV'-m it. can be obtained by Po-: 'n '-a tk- -'cr..: ..,;rdar ot" V - r :. .. ;c u -

j resolution of freeiag then -country fromoppt r-

ion. Sojneof them assembled and unanunous-

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Ud ilc w the endowment, not weighirg an ounce Their property was confiscated and their fa-

And dern, down the farthing's werth came with a' milies reductd to servitude. Goade.l by so ' Masters for 'J.' ents in -pecie, and f.ne fourth . iH , ; y''"1 ''' r nia J i e; .il i .: .1 bounce. iminv calaiiities, thev onrt- moe assumed the' deduction, !,y the dozen. '. ' 1 "icr lo l,lC '!"! ": '" ; : '"

Again he performed an experiment rarr; A monk, with austerities, blcfdic.g snd bar, Cliincd into h;c scale, in the other was laid The heart of our Ilovranl, now partly deeayed:

When he found vrith surprise: that iha whole of hi'

brother fothtr.

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Titr price of my Dictionary fir the ne of( 'Ohrvds, i 'lo c . It cat.n )t hi" conv e ed b ; JVln

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Notice.

lv appointed Rociusko their (General, who. ,n.,( without l-n gi fat e-oense. eicei t ia f 'mi-

had already ilispiayed talents, which justly oh-jf,ers,j pacs each; :() number" m.ty be hail', .,,taii:ed 1dm the ciddence ofthe nation, the! jor H dollar, lioth book ma v be had b whole 1

j hatred of the Russian, and the esteem ot 1-u-j or retail of P. L. William'.. Nn. Il.Fi.ai Stwto of fi iiana ) rope. Collecting together his little band. helstrort. New York. An editor n bo will i-ib- ' ' ' " ' '

eirh d lesa br tome rounds, thin tliu lit ot tlie 0(i Tnnr , ,r,,., ;n lvi ,:, .i. , , .. . , i . 1 1 , v (aniniate(i tnem m li.? 'icii u cause in w men nj, an e . H;id t u vvard a fa;er coutiunn .g -i

Ly further experiment?, (no ihattcr nor.)

He found that ten chanuli weigh'd lt.t than or? ccr" f r its iu'.ice

jilovgh: j A tword, vithgilt tmppings, rospupin the st al? Though balanced by only a ten-peru:y nail; i shield and a heiret, a buckler and spear, Wei gh'd less than a wiJuw's unchrystallizcd tear, A lord and a lady went up at full sail. When a bee chanced to light en the opposite scale

Tcndootors,ten lu.vyers two courtiers, one carl'i Ten counccllor's w igo, fall of pwwdcrand curl. All heaped i"u one balance, and iv iuging from

thence,

"Vcild less than a few grains of caiulr and cn$e'

A first water diamond, with brilliants begirt,

they were engaged and appealing to his .Ma. -

the insertion, shall receive two ropre-i ofth-e

'.Oh'. Heaven! he cried, my l.dceiHng country sav c!

I f hero no hnnd no bitrb to cbiehl tho lirnvp-'

l et thougn destruction sweep t! esc loveiy plains, Kise.fellow-men,our country yet rennitu: Py that dread name, we wave the sword on hgh. An l swear for her to live, with her to die.,,

book on vvritir.g. January 12, 1C27

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Admirist ration of all the poods ur.d chattel?, (;,.ari I o.-ro ()f aid t -oanTy, on t; di

rigiits, credits and -liccts ofSimcu irit, la tt: i eal d.iT of th Term afore aid. .:.A .u,i-i r tt -Fayette county, deceased, having, on the Othday f'tmp !:;i:,nnt. r.i'd, cr m dcla-ili ;. ! e r.'-i of this instant, hern granted by the clrk of tl..: ; lull ;n d the matto- and tiaras th-.- oc'li c!

! i'ayette f'ireuit Court, to tin-uiiilorrignod, ui! ; -r v ill i-.. :;rd i i L: j. :-eiiCc, ai.i 1 ."t.ei '.'p-n

NOTICE.

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, . , . sons owing said estate, are requested to tuako on- aecordir- (v.

!r,l"nMim- i.wt.wv-. . ,.......,.. ..ij Inediatf. paym.-nt to tlie nnilcrsigneit.ani'. all er-;

r reuenck and Catharine gav e way to OaniS ot OUH havtior claims against the . state of s .i.l .iu,on; peasants, armed with the implements of hu-j GriM, ar requested to present them duly authen-

bandry, conducted hv the brave Kosciusko.

They were at length overpowered by the nutn-

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Than on ood potato ju-t waslied from the dirt,

Yet notmountainiofsilrer and gold would suffice bers'of their enemies. Neither the talents, the

Uue pearl to out weigh Twas the pturl of grra pried great, Last of all, the whole world wat bowled in at the With the sonlvi i bf ggar to serve for a weight,

When the former sprang up with so strong a rebuff,

7 bat it made a rust rent, and escaped at the roof, Whenbalaiic'd in air, it ascended on high, And sailed up aloft, alilloon in the skv; While the ccah; with the soul in, so mightily full, That it jerked tha j hilosopher out of hi cell. MORAL.

,T)ear read, if e'er self-deception prct ailt. We pray you to try The Philosopher's Scaler. tut if they are lost in the ruins around,

Perhaps a good substitute thus may be found: Let iudmeiA arid emneh-nce in circles ho cut, T o v-hich strings of thought may be carefully put; Let these "oe made even with caution extreme, And inpnrlialdy severe for a beam. Then bring those good actions which pride over rato, Ynd tar cp your motiic in b it b for the weights. Rxrinvtla Gar.

valor, nor the desperation ofthi magnanimous leader, was able to prevent his little baud from bivin"" dorn their arms, themselves nhnost r-

to nicres. He sank covered with wounds, and

w ith him fell the last hope ot llili emancipa

tion, lie, however.survived,and was conveyed to Petersburg, and there placrd in a dun

geon, loaned with chains by order of the F.m-; pres Catharine, whoe more noble and gener-j oii son restored him to liberty. This land otj

servitude was not a tit grave for such a man as Kosciusko. A land of liberty, tiic land of Tell, holds his remains. If the character of Kosciusko is justly esteemed hv all the. virtuous, what should he our feel

ings to him as Americans To him, who aban

doned his native land to tight for liberty in ours,

who contributed by his exertion? to secure our

tieuted for settlt merit v ithm 1 2 month from this.

dale. It i th opinion of the undersigned that tl. ca'.atc aforokaid is solvent.

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TOTICTj is hereby given, that on Saturday. Jof ii.o. te-..i -.u'.-.erihed tor, will be eon ,;dci c-J a

the I i.e oM'nt

independence k. who participated in the battles!( n said county, will be sold all ihepn-e;ul -.ir

and dangers of the evolution with our fathers'. When we view him rousing his countrymen a-

"ainst the oppression of their enemies.sw earin

"ThatinaTi hath yet aoul, and dare he free," j

and, covered with wounds bleeding fir hi" country i liharty, he present an object vror

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at the late resHeneo of Sieiori Crist, la e of P:iv-' '

ette county, deceased, v. ithin three fourths of a mile of Right's mill, on the w aters of FIT ( i ek.

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