Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 21, Richmond, Wayne County, 31 July 1824 — Page 4

"HTiate'er the mead or fiowcry field, The grotto, grove, or garden yield, Of ustful, fragrant, choice, and rare, He still select."

From the National Crisis. Chritopher Smart, translator of Horace, and author of sevc ral original poems of merit, was confined in a madhouse and denied the use of pen, ink and paper his ruling passion was not however to be restrained, and by means of a key, he traced upon the wainscot of his room a regular poem, which be st j led A SONG TO DAVID. Sublime invention, ever young, Of vast conception, tow'ring tongue, To God th eternal theme : Notes from yon exaltations caught, Unrival'd royalty of thought O'er meaner strains supreme. Hi muse, brieht anSel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce, For all the pangs that rage ; . Blest liffht still gaining on the gloom, The more than Michael of his bloom, Th1 Abishag of bis age. He sung of God, the mighty source Of all thing, the stupendous force On which nil strength depends; From whose right arm, heneath whose ye. All priod, power and enterprise Commence, reigns and ends. The world, the clusterine: spheres he made, The '.l riou8 light, the soothing fhade, D le chnmpaicn, grove, and bill The niultitudinou? abyss, When- ecrcy remain in bliss, And wisdom hides her skill. Tell th' m, I AM, Jehovah said To Moses , while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At oner, above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound. Replied, O Lord, THOU ART. He passes to an exquisite exerr-ise upon the season ami their richt uc beginning with ,kticeet is the dew that talis betimes" from which stanze3 the critic ak- whether "Lord B) ron had not seen this? Don Juan otherwise presents a singular coincidence. 11 These Unci are very fins the same strain is then continued - Beauteous the fleet before the gale; Beauteous the multitudes in mail, RankM arms, and crested heads; Beauteous the garden's umbrage mild, Walk, water, meditated wild, Arid all the bloomy beds. Beauteous the moon full en the lawn; Ami beauteous, when the vol's withdrawn, The virgin to her spouse ; BfcUteo'is the temple, deck 'd and fill'd, Whra to theheav'n ofheav'n they build Their heart-directed vow s. Beauteous yea beauteou more than these, The Shepherd Kin? inon his knees, For his momentous tnit ; With wih of infinite conceit. For man, beast, mite, the t-mall and great, Aud prostrate dust to dust. Prrcious the bounteous widow's mite; And rirtinm. fnr extreme delight. The largess from the churl : Precious the ruby's blushing blaze, And alba't blest imperial rays, And pure cerulean pearl. Frecio'isthe penitential tear: And recious is the ih sincere, Acceptable to God: . And precious ore the winnin? flowers, In gladome Israel' feast of bowers, Ii'Ui d on tbt hallow'd sod. More precious that diviner part Of David e'n the Lord's own heart, Gn at, beautiful, and new ; Id all thir.gs where it win intent, In all extremes, in each event, Proof auiw'nng true to true. Glorious the sun in mid career; Glorious th1 assembled fires appear! Gloriou the comet's train: Glorious the trumpet and alarm: Glorious th' Almighty trctrhed out arm; Glorious the enraptur'd main. Glorious the northern lights a?tream; Glorious the soncr, when God's the theme; Glorious the thunder's roar: Glorious hosannah from the den -Glorious the Catholic amen: Glonou the martyr' gore. Glorr us more glorious is the crown Of Him, that brought salvation down, By mekne? eall'd thy Son Thou that stupendous truth believ'd, And nrew t K matrhless deed's achieved, DtttrmirCd, dar'd and done.

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Women. From the creation to the present day women have made mm what thev please. If, however, any particular descrip

tion of persons have been, more than others, their own, we must name soldiers, including th(lieroes ofancientstory. Sampson, David and Solomon, Mark Anthony and Helisnriut, with hundreds more, afford proof enough of this position. In latter times, John Haider, one of the best generals Europe ever knew, and an fine of .the great Gustav us Adolphus, gained his glory by ew woman and lost it by another. While the wife, whom he brought from Sweden, lived, he was successful in even undertaking. She acompanied him every where, regulated all his enterprises, and pointed out the path to glory. Site died, and his despair prompted him at first to follow her. At the funeral, howecr, the view of a lov ely young German Print ess checked his grief, and made him love again. Though late in life, he performed all those pranks which youth alone can rendersupportable. He ran extreme hazards to catch a glance of his mistress; lie consumed whole nights in drinking bumpers to her health ; and when he obtained her hand, he made such extravagantly

noisy rejoicings, that all the country round him went to their dewtions, thinking that a bloody contest was deciding in the field. His second race of love was however very short. He died in six weeks, having first egregiously tarnished his fame as a general, by a total neglect of his military duty. From the Connecticut Mirror. The communication which follows is not a supposable case wrought up by an excited imagination to shew the miseries of intemperance it was sent for insertion by a gentleman who deals in matters of fact. Mr. EniTon The following facts related to me, a few weeks ago, by a high Sheriff in an adjoining state, it would seem to confirm the remarks made in your last paper respecting the diseased appetite of persons habituated to strong drink. The Sheriff had a writ of attachment against a Mr. , of , with instructions to take property, and particularly a pair of oxen, owned by the debtor. He accordingly went to the house of Mr. , who was'not at home. His wife, being enquired of, informed the Sheriff that her husband had sold the oxen a long time before, for provisions, which they had consumed, and that she had not had any meat in her house -for six weeks, and that her family were then destitute of bread, or cven a potatoe the only article of provision in the house being a piece of cheese, which had been given to one of her children. This drew the attention of the Sheriff to the family, which he found consisted of . husband and wife and seven children, the eldest of which, about twenty, w ent on crutches, one of his legs having perished. The son had learned to get out stuffs for chairs, and did much in that w ay towards maintaining the family. He had then on hand, prepared for market, a considerable quantity. These the Sheriff levied on, as he considered his duty required, and then went away for a team to remove them. At evening he returned to the house, prepared to take away the chair stuff.

when he found the father, Mr. , had returned home dnmk. The children being now ready for bed. all huddled down together on a bunk, drawn out from under another bed, there bcirg but two for the whole family, and these in the same rot m, there being but one room in the house. and that a log hut, the sides badly matched, and the smoke, curling up by the side of the log wall, found its way out by a hole through the roof, which in other places was not sufficiently tight to keep the w eather from their children, who lay with their clothes on, and without any bed covcrii g. The poor mother did not I now zccll how to ' spare the chair stuffs. Her lame son was her depend.tnce. She said he propaicd nmc of his work some time before, and they sold it and bought some grain, and her husband took it to milhfc got it ground, but on his way home he stopped at a Tav-

ern, and staved there and drank till the tavern-keeper took the whole Hour to sat-

lisfv his bill and her husband came back

without any thing to make bread for her children dt link.

The Stacks or Human Lirs Are gradual and progressive, each is characterised by some striking peculiarity take them as described by the pen of an ancient physician. " Behold the Child who you lately fondled in your arms now contending with his play-fellows in boyish sports! Again observe him who lately returned from school with his satchel in his hand now panting foremost in the chase! And now see Manhood stamped upon the. downy cheek! Let us likewise remember the equally gradual declension. At length the sturdy son supports his feeble Sire! For he who in his youth was swiftest in the race, is now scarcely able to uphold his tottering limits. The man of war, whose sturdy arm wielded the blood thirsting sword of battle, is now Lending under the w eight of his own body. Kola Id his sinews are dried up, and the purple current that bounded in his veins, now heavily and scarcely creeps along! In every part alike the powers of his wonderful machine decay. The teeth designed both f.r use and ornament, robbed of their beautiful enamel, become unsightly, and drop out of their sockets. The penetrating eve that searched into the very abyss of thought, is altogether useless, or

but dimly discern the rays of light. Manly fortitude is now no more, and wisdom itself retires fi t m the decayed mansion." From the Uintinnatt Literary Gatette. Montesquieu Is a striking instance of great talents ai d astonishing industry at a very early age. W hen only twenty, he had already prepared materials for his great work, by copious extracts from the voluminous writings which compose the sjstcm of civil Law. His modesty, however, prevented him from exposing himselftoo soon to the public eye; and he had attained the age of thirty-two before he ventur

ed to publish the Persian Letters, his first literary attempt. His'travels were planned and executed with the same spirit of prudent reflection. His views in leaving his own country was to study the' laws, constitution, and manners of others ; to see and converse with the learned, the polite, and the ingenious artists of each. For this purpose he waited till study had informed his mind, and reflection had matured his judgment. By the time he quitted France, he had attained a certain age, and his name was already known and respected. He was previously elected a Member of the French Academy: and in order to be totally independent, and be able to devote his whole time to the objects he had in view, he resigned his situation as a Magistrate of Bordeaux. After visiting Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, and Holland, he came to England, where he resided a considerable time. Mr. de Motesquieu had one peculiarity; he never would suffer any painting or bust to be taken of him. His aversion to any such design was long insurmountable. At length, Dassier, a celebrated Artist, traveled from London to Paris, on purpose to procure a likeness of the great author of the Spirit of Laws, which might descend to posterity. But Mr. de M. either from motives of modesty, or because he was unwilling to spare the necessary time, constantly resisted the pressing solicitations of the Artist. At last, Dassier, after employing many other arguments in vain, said to

iiini, xJyf nui juu iniiitv uici pride in refusing my proposal as there w ould be in consenting to it ?" This shrewed and lively question disarmed the severity of Mr. de M. and he submitted. Beautiful Thought. A root, set in the finest soil, in the best climate, and blessed with all that sun and air, and rain, can do for it, is not in so sure a way of its growth to perfection as every man may be. whose spirit aspires after all that which God is ready and infinitely desirous to give him. For the sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him w ith half that certainty, as God the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him. Ancient Til Okies. Cosmogony. Xenephancs took the stars to be patches of clouds lighted up at night, and extinguished in the morning. Anaxagoras considered the firmament an arch of store, the sun an immerse infh.mmahle body, and the stars to be stores w billed up from the surface of the earth hv the circumambient air, ard so ignited. Biogences declared the stars to be hot pumice stones fixed in the sphere of the heavens, serving as lamps in the night, but chiefly designed as ventilators of the world. Others maintained that the sun was globular, hollow, and containing fire; that the light streamed through a cavity on one side, ard w hen this was stopped, the sun was eclipsed. Aristotle thought the universe to have eternally existed in its present state . Lencippus originated the Epicurean plan, that the universe was created by atoms. Democritus laid down that these "first magnitudes" were eternal, ard that they had possessed an uniform motion and celerity. Epicurus cc mpletcd the structure by the theory, that the world sprung frtm a collision of these atoms. Dt scartes' world was formed by vortices. Burnet, Whiston, Leibnitz, Kepler, Cuvier, and a multitude of others, nave been popular for their several theories, & our own country may claim a high share of distinction for the novel and ingenious discoveries of John Clevcs Svmmes and Ira Hill.

How difficult it is for people to leave eff old habits, and to change opinions which have been taught them from their childhood! A gentleman met a man going to mill with a bag of grain on his back, and another bag tied to the former and hanging down before. Seeing that the latter had scarcely any thing in it, he asked the man what he had theie so heavy as to balance the grain. Stones, sir. And what are you going to do with the stones? Nothing; but they save me the trouble of holdirg the grain bag w ith my hands. But would not it do as well to put half the grain in front and to throw away the stones? The man objected that he was used to the other way; but he was persuaded to make the experiment. Next week, however, he was met again with stones in the bag, and said that he found it easier to carry the grain as his father had carried it before him.

The inhabitants of St. Joanna, among other customs, have the following: Thev beg an English name of the sailors who touch at their island; and, of course, names of the first eminence arc given by our tars. Thus, when they come to visit "the ships that tcuch at the island, it has happened,

that the Duke of Richmond hnsl..

IILI It'll lilt; caiiinfe vi mien; t,r,r(jv requested a preference for his v ..... t Lord Liverpool has been detected j.l ing a blanket; and the Duke f , has been known to beg for a tt npc r , ; ; i London PRESIDENTIAL. From the Cincinnati Gazette. Sentiments or the J acksqv pr. The outrageous and anthrepuUiJJV1' ner in which some (I say sunie, fcr j', are many honorable exceptions) vocatcs of Gen. Jackson cnde.-rvt r to-", him.upon the American pf oph l;(,u;iL forth an indignant expression of noraK ' ing from every man in the ccnmnt.hv.v is not to be intimidated by the thmt,' I

ling, or the cry of blood! TJ:e suj. I of Jackson ought to know that r.o (!r ; will be driven to support any nun, u) ! influenced either by their aw Ail itlr. j tions, or bitter maledictions, b these arguments in favor of General 'son, be submitted to the n i; .,';:. ,' ;. , people who hold, as dear to than as i . ' lives, their liberty and their lav.s. I At a meeting of Jackson's friends rtV-

.Orleans, a Frenchman of the nancir,,

seau, said he would vote tor n ,r. Vat; -43Ian of Orleans," and that "Aj ; pared to urite that zotc. with his l'uvi!"t i (uYe gods! what fellows these Fni.dr... arc." II a v ward.)

At Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, a Jdr Vj f n ir.il- lir.iir r-ifn i : "

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blood thirsty politicians may make an.', c:, j periment on you. Your hides inriy beu V

en to cover the iloor oi the 1 rtid :; i house, for these knights, with their k:

"chaste and fair," to dance upon. The Editor of the Columbian Or.?tr; (the future state paper of the Jaikn

ministration,) says IWr. Crawford !.; It ! 44 guilty of murder, forgery end ft;!si : , ! This Editor is the grout prototype (f:r 1 editor of the Republican of this, d1,', ,

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j in the kingdom of Erance, two men c, j to this. par nebile fratrum. Another. Uon paper commences an editoiial : craph thus: "the enemies of Jtuh ..w. liberty ? i. e. these who oppose Jat !.;.:' : elevation to the Presidency. We tl.us the manner in vhich the "hero' i ported for the Pitidency. No mar, i: exercise the richt of sufliage as his j-.:-

ment dictates: he is not to inuiieU- Cr er Gen. Jackson's past life is a sufi V:" Co:r guarantee that the trust v. ill be exercU: trc. ; w i tli mrderath n ai d judgment, ai.-uir; ! .manner which w ill ensure libeity, ard tit & blessircs of cur constitution, to himstlfa;: t his children. No, he must bow with hurt yz j ble su! mission to the military chief, (rh ! is an cr.c my to liberty and must be sku t-:. j Thev will not, cannot succeed. It is::-: 4

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The citizens of the U. S. know Gcrcr:i Jackson's partiality for speedy c xi 1 1: :' tbcv see the spirit thatai inatt s 1 isq ' porters. Let us then beware of an . u' , - reirn more terrible than that which !::;

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JFFFFRSON. AND CoLl'MPIANA CoVMU?. $ Our information fr m these two a u; tlS i is quite gratifying. In the first, Mr. f divides the vote of the county v ith My j Adams here, Jackson has not hftv i0 ? herents. In the latter, Mr. Jtu.m I-j . .. 1 . . . . a . ii : : . 1 , 1 n :it It H

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intelligence, and a decided advocate it1'' Clay, lie further stales, that the r.cates of Gen. Jackson for the push-1 ' in Jefferson, are daily decreasii g.a::J ing into the ranks of Adams or Cla)' , , attributes much of this deckni' i' I01' ' votes of Gen. Jackson on the ta rii-- u especially to his vote in the T(7;nesni (;v rtntivn, wliich was in support ci tl at tocratic provision, attempted to le 'u-' duced into tiie constituticn cf that staS giving the right of suffrage only to Jlanded property a freehold of two hvnr ncres being retjuisite to quaiif) a ii.'r.htv

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