Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 22, Richmond, Wayne County, 7 August 1824 — Page 4

"Jflcale'cr the mi ad or jloxceryjicld) Tiit grotto, grove , or garden yield, y useful fragrant choice, and rare, W ? rfi'tf select."

WHY DO WE LOVE. I often think each tottering form That limp's along in life's decline, Once bore a heart as younsr, as warm, As full of idle thoughts as mine And each has had its dream of joy, His ownuneouall'd pure romance; Commencing when the blushing boy First thrills at lovelw woman's tjance, And each could tell his tnle of youth. And think its scenes of love evince More passion?, more unearthly truth, rl han any tale before or since. Yes they could tell of tender lays. And midnight penn'd in classic shadei; Of days more bright th;tn modern days; Of maids more fair than liv ing maids. Of whiner in a willing ear, Of kises on a blushinc cheek; -F h ki each vhiprr far too dear For modern lip? to give or speak-) Of prorct too untimely crossM Of pasion "lighted or hetray'd, Of kindret! spirits early lot, And buds that hlosom but to fade. Of beaminc eye, and tre-se cav, Elastic form and noble brow; And charms that all have passM awav. And left them What ice see t'icmnow! And is it o?-j human love So very liht ami frail a thine? And must youth's bri;htet vision m37e, Forever on Time's rettles wing:? ilut all the eves that still are bright. And all the'lipa that talk of blisi And all the form so t'nir to-ni;ht, Hereafter only come to this? Then what is Iove brt mons worth. If we at length mut lose them thus? If all we value mot ori earth. Ere lone mut fade away from us? If that one being- w hom we take From all the world and till recur To all she fan! and for her sake Feel far from jot, when far from her If that one f!rm which we adore. From vnuth to ac in blis or pain, oon wither and i ren no mere.

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scriber or two through his agency, and as his body was out of reach, his equitable neighbor contented himself with a desperate attempt to slip the noose round his character, and hang it up to infamy. This was the first move that honest Will saw through that staggered his faith,and weakened his credulity. He rubbed his eyes and looked at it a moment, then concluded sanely, if I offend but this fellow, whose motives are broad and palpable, and who cannot deceive others, 1 may still accomplish my aim; I'll set him down as a cypher. Til still be popular. Two or three weeks elapsed, however, and the buzz ofa hundred busy friends began to bum upon his ear too much of this too much of that, and not enough of another description of matter: he listened he was perplexed it was the medium he had been pursuing; how should he now act. He at last made up his mind; wholly excluded the description of matter that had the fewest advocates, and increased the quantum of other kinds; a dozen or two were still left complainants, nnd as he could do nothing with them, he set tl em down as cyphers with the printer; with these exceptions he still resolved to please every body. Next came in one of his worthy neighbors with a lampoon in his hand for an enemy of his, and politely requested its insertion. Sutton saw a dangerous predicament staring him in the face. If he published it, he should make a powerful man

j and host of connections his enemies he

reasoned the matter over with himself,and concluded to refuse it an insertion. The

author became outrageous; andfcis friend

propriate in poetry: perchance the following may be considered an exception: Born in twenty-three, but tarried 'Till fifty-eight before he married, Liv'd long and happy with his bride 'Till eighty-one and then he died. But execptio probat regulum, and as ports think themselves above such things, the greatest men have been obliged to content themselves with humble prose in their biographies. However, in the ballad which we are about to review, the history ofa most extraordinary man is narrated in a strain of superior inspiration. It is evidently written by a panegyrist; but as the facts he relates have never been contra-

; dieted, we are bound toconsidcr them true.

It begins in a style which cannot but satisfy the most fastidious critic. "There was a man in our town.1 Here is a distinct anunciation of the subject no circumlocution, no tautology, no

contusion oriueas. ine insmmuaaiuuc convey the information of birth, childj hood, youth, manhood and death. "There was" that affecting and mournful tense of ! the past it tells us that he no longer is ' that whatever he might have been, what- ! ever he might have done, he is not now, he j is gone! 44 There was a man." He had passed over the uncertain path of childhood, the garlands of youth were wasted, 'and the steady light of noon shone in his eye: he was a mem, 21 years old, and upwards. 41 There was a man in our tozen." How fondly the poet uses the pronoun of property "our town" he was proud of jliis town, and no doubt his town was proud

of him, and their townsman whose achievements he celebrates. Here too, we learn

the subject of his song was not a man whose

attending this peculiar wr.y of gou;r We shall see: Hk "Ifcjumpcd into another hush.1 Allah! what madness is there no, j ins in the past; will this man ruH . 1 n: r i "'M il

fresh torture-, miner, iresn wounds v,-' others are still bleeding? Not cont'

Wilt) SCruiflllJig uui ma tjij, is n j.

turned their faces against the printer, and ; e was past " in populous city pent;" he poor Will was soon compelled to add at j; Was a lover of nature, he inhaled the fresh

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From the Neu Ji rsey Emporium. THE VILLAGE HUNTER. Who k to f all men t ach way, At mi not hi mlf ( trT'. IIerM hecrs hi Murk to-d.iv. But God knows when 'twill" ery., Old Fpiram. A doctor, a Fchoolmp.ter, and a printer, re three as promir f i t essentials to the establishment ofa village cf the firt (lass, as a'squire.a tavern arid a blacksmith are to one of the four th or fifth. The printer lr the piiniiiic iiiix.9 or uui ivoinu i as usualk left out. but riper aire ai d the general diffusion of light brought him gradually it. to the service, a: d increased hi? charac ter ard estimation s much, tl at he at last became ef as vital cor.sequnce as cither of the other?. If time allowed ef comments of this srt. I might he b d to say that I view this symptom of the genius of our countrymen as a trait of great and unquestionable promise in a political and moral point of view. But with thee things I have nothing to do, ar d therefore leave the subject as 1 found it. Ina respectable village which was growing into notice, and which was located rot many miles from the Susquehanna some years ago. the inhabitant, being stricken with the prevalent sentiment, erected a press 111 d procured from the itv a genuine graduate of the M pc, to take charge of the concern. This wa the ,virst introduction whic h our hero. Will Sutton, had to the country. He was oung, and withal, ai honest and ingenum outh, oi a mild, gent!.- temper, ai d but little skilled in the ii.triiu. a? d deception so current in the vorld, v ith which hi? hasty transit from the sh.-a kb s i f apprentice-hip to the post ofa publil r and nn diter, bad allowed him no tin-e to shake hand--. Flattered the blaze ot what look(-d like the opening f a splendid prosptct. he, s en alte r he entered on hU tiew duties, relieved the original proprietor- ot their burden, and ntMirned ihe responsibility of the concern himsilf.

To become popular, in other words to :

please nt iv une, j-, perhaps. he tirst aim arid thefre?he-t hope of eve ry inexperienced and v irtuous mil d. It a? so beautiful in theory, and the road appe ars at first o plain ai d easy that he never dicamsof dithc ult in succeeding in prac tice. ill determined therefore to take everv bc ds advice, and whenever advice clashed, to choose the medium between the two extremes. He commenced his paper bv giv ing the

greatest variety possible, and proffering!

the most liberal terms, as much as to sa, pav me when and how juu ran; people were pleased with the hist numbers, and manv folk? tock him at his word, and sent in their names. He tet this down as ample promise of future sue cess, and built abundant hopes upon it: but sundry printed, written and veibai lampoons soon routed him from his dreaming; oneofhi? brother printers not far distant hud lost a tub-

least a half dozen more cyphers to his al

ready lengthened row. Before this circumstance had become cool on his memory, a dock of birds flew across the village.

arid the opinions of the people became di-

vicJeci on the question whether they were wild ducks or wild geese. Sutton published the fact and gave it as his opinion that they we re ducks; the geese party called him a fool, a catch penny, a straggler, and a puppy; in almost despair he added a dozen and a halfcyphers to the account he was

; keeping. But when he looked at that acj count even now, it bore a small portion to i the population of the country, and he conj eluded that he would at least eventually ! please a great majority of the people, ifhe

could not succeed with all. Even in this, however he was unfortu"ti. lUn j'fiiui. U , .,lv v tlun time vuiiii; on; there were two candidates for governor, ai d Sutton was put completely at his wits' end. He knew neither of the candidates; to the matter of their politics, as they were both represented to be plain, honest, sterling patriots, he could not con

jure up an objection, and both partie s de

manded his exclusive assistanc e. vv hat was to be done? he stood neutral a little

; while, until he found himself raridlv go-

, ir goutol favor with both parties. J he j crisis demanded a change of policy. He

accordingly made a bold push, and sided with the strongest party, consequently he broke with all the others, made a fewwarm friends, and very many bitter enemies. Will saw now the blighting of all

his prospects; he did not change his re so-

country breeze, feasted his eye upon the scenery of the beautiful earth, and cheri ished all tiiose fine feelings which are dri

ed up by the smoke of a city. 44 fie was so won Irons wise." What a perfection of character! Solo

mon is only called the"srsf man;" and ! this is deemed enviable, yet this man, how much greater than Solomon! "He was so wondrous wise!"1 his wisdom excited the . poet's astonishment it was a marvel! But some incredulous cav iller may say that ; this is but fulsome panegyric, that mere assertion is no preof, and that the poet may ! possibly he telling a lie. Let such skep

tics read what follows and be convinced: i4He jumpM into a hrinr-b'i'h." Good heavens, thev sav, do you call this a proof of wisdom? What! pimp amidstthe briars like the lox in the table, and tear his clothes all to pieces? Be patient gentlemen, perhaps lie had some motive, perchance it was accidental; nothing is more improper than to form haty opinions. He was evidently under the intluence of seme strong emotion, some peculiar excitement he did not walk into a briar-hush he was not sauntering along, musing in

u deep thought and heedlessly coming in

comae i vviiii me nramnles no iq jumped. as he jumping for exercise, for amusenient, or was he trying his alertness on a bet? "Why did this man jump, and why above all things, did he jump into a briar-hush? Here follows the reason 4'A.nl icratchVl out both his eyes." Now then we have the motive which actuated him. He w as a man of feeling

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luuon nowever, nut connneu l.is nopes to ; ne wns tired of behohlir-r the follv nnrl

; the pleasing of the party whose cause he wickekness of mar; he could no lonrer

espoused. Surely he thought, as he sigh- hvlxr to bVC tho cj,ailCCS ftnd cl)angos arKj ed over these vicissitudes, I shall keen1 ....cnnil r.mvnS j'li.icvil,, irn.i

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I j seen too much for his comfort he had

these lor whom I have made this great sacrifice, in my interests and ensure their good will. But the time now drew nigln when to please his creditors, it was necessary to collect all the money due from his customers. He owed for paper, and ink.fc rent, and types, and press,and these mvsi be paid for. The collector was rigged off, and snt on the round?; two weeks brought

I him back, w ith about ten per cent, on his

accounts, w ith the news that Messrs. A. B. and C. Sec, including a hundred or two names, w ished their papers stopped if they were to be dunned in this way. '"Alas"' said Will, as he sat down in his ofTire door, in utter ch spondency . "is this the end of all mv care, and mortitirath n. In striving to ph a?e all I have etfencied all." But honest Will Sutton's is not a solitary case. This brief chapter ofa printer's trials will be recognized atthis day by some of the craft, though Bill is under the marble, and his cilice turned into a huckster shop.

REVIEW Commendatory of Rhythmical Biography. lv James c. brooks.

Nunc herreiiOa rubi

ArniH, viriii-quo cano. f'iril Fmtwtatus. We seldom meet with biographies in rhyme. The reason is obvhius: the dull detail of actual existence, the heavy mass of facts and occurences, the dates of birth, marriage, and death, all so indispensable in biography, would not be particularly ap-

seen the roses of his youth wither, and the. blossoms of his hopes perish he had seen insincerity, coldness, envy, uncbaritrble- ! ness, and deceit, crowding around bim,until impelled by the madness of his feelings, ; and exclaiming w ith Macbeth, UI11 see no

more. u He jurnr l into a t riar-hn'.h, An.l stratchM out hoth his rvrs." Tiie deed was done, and he was in darkness. Then came his hour of reflection. What was his situation? He was by that act entitled to shake hands with Homer and Milton; navmore, he might claim the

honour of sitting by the side ofa goddess, !

and the most worshipped ot all goddesses. Fortune. Was he contented w ith this privilege? Alas, contentment is not for earth; no sooner had he performed this exploit, than he began to repent his rashness, and to doubt whether he had acted vonderous wisely in thus "shutting out the world." This we ascertain by his subsequent conduct; "And when ho saw hiyes were out. With all hi mii,htand main He jumped - and well he might do so but wretched man! where did he jump! We are almost afraid to b.ok any further, what horrible catastrophe is to wind up this tragic history ? Is he going to jump into a river, and lecomcfilo de e in addition to being already f lu de oculh? Is he going to jump with old Glostcrfrcm Dover cliff into the wave of the vexed ocean? Or did he merely jump up and down from the excessive pain

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Iiap5 lie may imn:suun; lMauliJlG pTtUr . for an action, which, if uncxplahitj"

DC am UMiicu iu iiuiiiuo i "Ami m ratch'd thm in aeain." I Our doubts and fears are at an Extraordinary man! Antiquity cat, ' nish no exploit superior to this, nnd r v ? entimes no parallel. It well deserv be recorded in immortal verse, whil . v spirit of even Napoleon himself mul satisfied to hoar his actions narrated in' plain prose of Las Cases and Oleara From the Connecticut Mirror. An article headed Important Dic;vJ rv, and entitled "A new and trpahwl method of milfangCows" is circulating roujjl the country in the columns of the most re. spectable papers in the U. States. The ' plan is to insert rye straw s in the orifice if each teat and the milk, it is said, will

I spontaneously, and leave not a drop lb j hind ; and this is said to be the nov. land simple contrivance of the son of aMr.1 I Bent, who did not much like the lal.arct

milking in the usual way. It struck usA first as being a very u-eles, if n;t cr-j j contrivance, to save a little trou!!e,L;j one perhaps hazardous to the animal r-f certainly not needed, as the ccn n.oii va? answers every purpose. We have sir.tr ; been informed that it is an old notion, that many a woman, now sixty years cHf ;

can remember having been scoided ir. : ! emphatically for the sly use of these hj hour-saving ne straws. And while ca ; tl lis subject, we may as well take the ci-

j portunity of expressing our doubts as to the

degree of encouragement that thoulJ ht extended to that numerous assortment cf

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, genious is not denied: but their it.rei.ik'? ; has too frequently a tendency to great i.a- ' tional mi-rhief; it encourages laziness a i makes bad workmen. A man vy ill spei.jiQ jy ear of his time in an attempt to make ;

a machine to cut his toenails with;iJ the editor of the CVir.mercial Advc;V- r

has told us ofone who invented a piece .-

mechanism to go by steam, w hich s' ' ui comb Ills clilKli nr lieuOs,ai;U vi v r ; er louse nor nil in the family. Not 1 ij

; since a machine went round the a m,tn, by which people might he taught Gra;:. inarm five exhibitions; and yve have Li . i cog-whee l scholars thickening and buzz:; ; around u-, 4i warping on the cutttin wLj' , I like the locusts that overhung Kg) pt a: i "darkened all the land of Nile."' It w;.s once said that the re was no royal read ts Mathematics; that a King, to le i Mathematician, must study as hard ii? 3 ; Newton: but we shall hear of seine j ate ii

contuation duly attested by numbers v.i o ; have become admirable cyphrrers in two .

weeKS to their own astonishment, and that of all w ho know them. To discount real genius and ingenuity is not our cb ject. Knapier's bones yv cre a good cvi trivanec, and Logarithms have saved much trouble to very good purpose; but Gcc.T. etry cannot be learnt by turning a cnrl', nor conic sections by whitling a stick: No one wants a literary mould into which to run his sentences, or a patent f.L ?" i i : .i iii . i

Miiti pen r.s. ineas. n me printers S u i wanted bis haircut, I should advise l.b i not to put his head into shearing machine, j but to go to a barber. We have been led somewhat atrv

from the subject with which we starts!, but a natural train of thought has fir .dlj brought tis to the conclusion, that there an; too many new ways to save labour ni.d trouble, and that the multiplic ity of tb-c inventions is getting to be a matter of serious alarm. t

Character ok a good Husband. The good husband is one who wcdcIt-J not by intere st, but by choice is coi star t as well from inclination as from, prineij'e he treats his yy ife with delicacy as a noman w ith tenderness as a friendhe attributes her follies to her .weakness, Lr imprudence to her i;::HlvorCr)-he p ses them over therefore, w itiog4X'lturtN and pardons them with indulgence his care and industry are en plo)ed LrLwelfare all his strength and p(mcarc exerted for her support and protect"" he is moie anxious about his own character and reputation, because her's is Ue3- " A wl niw I-!.. .1 . 1 1... l.mwl

v., vim jtisu, me goou iiu5i'i'v--pious and religious, that he may animate her faith by his practice, and enforce the precepts of Christianity by his own example, that as they gain to promote each ethers happiness in this woi Id, they may unite to insure eternal joy and felicity in that which is to come. " ' AMAND.A.