Indiana Gazette, Volume 1, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 September 1804 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM,

POWER OF SYMPATHY.

By Thomas Odiorne. XjrVEET fympathy diffufes trare CorfuIIng when grieved virtue droopi ; Cailei hen prosperity appcara, With cheering hcpei. je pouri fwee t.fragranceo'er the p.bi.

:ju em wiia grief,

Isfirti tnlitenirg jyt refined, Which t re relief. Tl c n all i rnureal, all ;i lots 1 $he w:-.HioJf, entlj.every tew, B) kind r;ideacr tri? iwprstf The un'cn citir.

IrtfPic.a wcrth ,1,11! never rrp,

wa born at Elphin, -in tbc j gladly become an ufher to a

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Kingdom of Ireland, 29th November, in the year 1731, and was instructed in the classsics at the school of Mr. Hughes.. - On the 1 ithoi June 1744 he was admitted a firer of Trinity College Dublin, iSn der the tuition of Dr. Kadcliffe, where he was contemporary with dtnuuiM4urka At college he exhibited no fpecimeus or that genius which diftmguifhed him in

ih.t maturer years. Accor

ding to his own whimfical account of himfelf, ' he made co great figure in the mathematics, which was a ftudy of much repute there, yet he

could turn an ode of Horace

Where r.pr.hy;b!e& poer, ablv'ei, jjrQ fcoghCh v-rfe better than

i t fendiy !vllr the pain tc aliep,

And peafure gi:Ji. T;m- faif'Jy paJi'nj flea!i While 'ytrpatby bti'py dl.-de ; i.kethe oery day in May, When thin j 1 atru. Ah, rcry dsyt, i.y fleetly jlide ! fuy fiiPr cricntrri, flay bde j Let youth there p'eafif, fecnee afcMe, Nr foon trguile. But foon, too fecn, the vernal fie wen, .f uh',pg in every beauty gay. An tlaftsd by iutvmr.il ahewtre And fall at ay. Thn f jriy winter, tleak and drtar. When !! enchanting fcenei ire goste kti failing! proJptcti difappear, Ccsim raining on, With picchlcg frcP.i, wlta lowerirg coudi And c-.intt timrf fifi' J-btt-.

y t . j li bcary robi creation ahrcvdi, Aci all tKrgi ircira. Par lo.the enMfenir.g PlIrt Ar.f' ratute ihinei in verdure clad ! Jyf: la fert Irmpathy revive l ie ciind whin izd.

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jfHECDQIE.

An hsmonft obfervina; the follow. r?t ir.rcnt'ca upon a wai.work (hep, " Lit)- Children mit'e here," fiepcl " and aded th woriian who kept the hi V, if (ht .anted 7,, ctman, An hti.'hrnan went tbothr Jay iD foaCooptr,i fhc?, aa te-fd the 'fr t0 e hio in tmptj barrel e-f tsur.to a:jke hie hrg 1 tentoop

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MJOCRJPhT.

IlFE OIT D. GOLDSMITH. Goldsmith wus the tlsird fon of the Hey. Charles Goldfmith s divine of great fpcftibility, though But in Urrt? circuciftancci. lie

On ihz 27th

oi fe'ruary 1749 0. 1. he ob'-ained the degree oi' Bachfia; of Arts. At this period of his' life he turned his thoughts to the pre Trifion of phyfic ; and a"ter attending fome- courfrs of anatomy at

Dubun he proceeccd to Edinburgh, where lie purfued the ftudy of feveral branches of medicene, under t!ie diiferent profeffors inthat univerfity. At this period of his life, the fame want of thought and circumfpeftion, and the fame heedWs benificence governed that in his later year continuatcd to involve him in difficulties, imprudently engaging to pay a considerable fum of money for a fellow ftudent who failed to exonorate him from the demand, he found himfelf under the neceflity of haftily quitting Scotland to avoid the horrors of a jail. Sunderland was the place in which he took refuge, & there he arrived in the beginning of thr: year 1754- His fudden fiight had left him no means or providing for his prcfent wants, and he was 0 riven to the greateft extremity. U wa at this period it is fuppofed. that he was reduced to an embarrafsmenc which will be beft related in word; of tie perfon who originally gave the aoeftoteto tucpublic.J Upon his fir (I going to

nglmd, ht was m lucli diitrtfi, that he would have

St tayihia (Epitaph. Other irr coonti V'tc9 bt buth.eAdifiVijrnkout prokaWy,)n 171 j. . - . X A Philosophical Survey of Ireland in series of lt'ri to Jchn VVtkieica'M. P. FsWin, io. i-jttiH9

was he of friends to recommend him, that He could not without difficulty obta'meven this low departments Themaster of the school scrupled to employ him without some testimonial of his past life.Goldsmith refered hm to his tutor at college for a character ; but all this while, he went under a feigned name. From this resource, one would

think that little in his favor could even be hoped for ; but he only wanted to fervc a prefent exigency an ufherfliip was net his object. ; In this ftrait he writes a letter to Dr. Kadciiffe, imploring him, as he tendered the welfare of an eld pupil, notto anlvver a letter which he would probably receive with the fame poll as his own from the ichoolmailer. He added that he had good reafons for concealing1, both

from him and the rell cf the world, his name and the rral

ftate cf his cafe ; every circumOance of which he proruifed to communicate on a future occaficu. His tutor cmbarralitd enough before to know what anfwer to give, refolved at laft to give none. And thus was poor Goidluiith fnatched from between the horns of his prefent extremity, and fuffered to drsg out a miferablelife for a few probationary months. 44 It was not till after his return to London, from his rambles over a great part of the world, and after having gotten Tome fure footing 0:1 this flip'pery glebe, that he at length wrote to Dr, Ua'Jchlle to thank him for not anhverinr the fchcolmaltei 's letter, and to tV.fil his proir.ife ot giving him a hiltory of the whole tranfaclion. It contained a comical narrative of his adventures from the time of his leaving Ireland to that time." It is to be regretted that accident has fince destroyed this l j:: .:ie, which the gentlenu to whom it was written, admired more than any part of our author's works. But although Dr. Goldfmith had cfcaped from Scotland into England he could not fecuie himfelf from the fangs of the law. The vigilance of his creditor a taylor, followed him and he was arretted for the money on account of which he had bc come fecurity, From this diicuhy hs was rcleafed by

the Friendship of Mr. Laugh-

lin Maciane and Dr. Sleigh, who were then at the college of Edinburgh. As soon as he was at liberty, he took his passage on board a Dutch ship to Rotterdam, from whence after a short stay he proceeded to Brussels. He then vifited a great jiart of 'landers ; ad after pafling fome time tl Srraiburgh and Lovain, at wliicl? lalt place he obtained a degree of Bachelor of phyfic, he accompanied an Lngtifh gentlcmanto Geneva. - , It is laid, on unqueftiona-, b!e authority-that our, author performed the greatcft part of his travels on foot ; and he himfelf alludes to this cir cumftance in cue of his early works. "Countries," fays he "wear ditferent appearances to travellers cf different circumftai-'trs. A man who Is whirt-d cbro Europe in a poit-chifr,.nd a pilgrim who walks the grand tour on foot, will form very different c 0 11 c 1 u fi 0 ns H&ud i ;ie x per

hcuor." It has been aliened

that he was enabled to purfue his travels., pjrtly by demanding at univerfities to enter he lifts as a difputant, by which according to thecuftom cfmanyol diem,he was entitled to z premium of a crown, when, lukily for hiin his .challenge was not accepted ; (0 ilut ss it has been observed lie cifpurcd his pafsage through Europe. ADVICE FROM A FATHER, TO HIS SON.

! dont mipd your taking -

w rlafies of wine in con-

a fe

pany it cheers -?d enliven? ,

promotes mirth, 'p"i'it, anu convtrlatioa : t:y if- 'ou ranbear it at t! ofe times. Vo n I don: in.nd'a whole bottle. IVwt as you value ycurfelf and as you value mv friendihio beware m

t'other bottle. In all my rxperience in life, ths mifthtehas been done by t'lher bcttlc.

U is t'other bot:le makes drunk, quarreifoine, ftup flay out J ate, keep bad houi , and bad company, and bau rhinr Tlierefore, i

fay agsin, I'om... beware of

t'oiher bottif. . "

.'M. De Wit, being afeed how he could tranfilt fuch a r.f bMfin: s without

confuHon, aofwert-d; that he

nrsr did bvi tne ei