Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 34, Richmond, Wayne County, 30 October 1824 — Page 4

Wiatfer the mead or Jloicery field, The grotto, grove, or garden yield, Of useful, fragrant, choice, and rare, lie still select." by request. THE LASSIE BY THE LAKE SO BLUE. From Calodonia's climes afar, LTpou the wide deep roaring main, I long sailed in a man of war, At last on leave went home again. Each youthful haunt as 1 did pass, And near my native village drew; I little thought upon the Lass, That lives now by the Lake so Blue. I heard sweet music's milting strains, And merry young folk's giggling glec; Then kindly 1 was welcomed in As if they all had met for me. A damsel fair so neatly danced, And through the reel like lightning flew, Iti raptures she my soul entranced, The Lassie by the Lake so Blue. I saw, while jjazinj; on her face, The roe and lilly close allied, And on each blooming cheek could traco The scented apple's sunny side. Her blush was sweet's the roses bud, Before the sun hail si; t its dew: Her bosom white as snowy cloud, Clear shining in the Lake so Blue. Thru to her mother's house I went, A 'id courted her with love sincere; To m irrv me sheavo consent, When from the navy I was clear. That none but she hou!d be my wife : I left with hermv plighted vow; Me .nwhile he 1 ft the eoat of Fife, To live tu -ide the lake so Blue. It was not lot,: ere I cot free, For smilinc peace acain returned: Then m dear destined bride to -ec, Mv anxiiiMS ben ting bosom burned. N.w Roki.n, sa a trut friend, To lire alone Mill n er do; In flvii.en's silk-n chain's ro bind The Lassie by the lake so Blue. I then set otf without delay. Am" wa in Leith in a ehr.rt time: Ty llolvrttod hou-e I bent my way, And pa-ed teep hancin rocks sublime; To rthur? I t v se.itl hied. Anil ttifti went down it southern brow: When ironi her window I e pied, The Laiiit by the Luke so Blue. We met and heartily shook hands B it by her riulteniig word I lu'ind, In yon cn . hantmc Lothian lam!?, A youthful -wain h r heart had bound. Fane's pierced my b i'om keen as steel; Fr.'m h r embrace 1 Irantir ib w ; ForO! I heved her passing well, The L;..?u by the Lake so Blue. Lat nicht my tr ubli ! dn .tins were thrice, Th it I had eroded th' Atlantic wati-s, 1 U juch thundering' trrns diti rend the ikies, tt I escaped deep y a wniricirraves Me t.'jeu-ht by sweet Miami's stream, Mv trouoled wind more tranquil crew; I hen wakened, irijinsr, from my dream, I a be L.-,ie, hy the Lake, u'hii.

i I-Voiu i l-.cuj.oril.il. .j THE BURIAL. 'And whTeihe? not by her -ide, VVho-e every want he lov'd to tend.'' The morning had been cold ami wet, but as the meridian approached, the clouds began to disperse nntj die sun gradually breaking through the heavy wraiths of overshadowing gloom, sprinkled a thousand clone- amid the dripping grass blades, and spread a plendid rainbow above the drifting scuds that tilled the western skies, as I ascended the green hill hv a path that led t the late dwelling of De iltcr. The three roads that terminated en I .ill top, were lined with persons oa C ;on horse-back, and in various vehicles, all ploddingon towards the already crowded dwelling, and gave: ample evidence of the intimation in which the departed one had term held in the neighbourhood. 1 pushed my way into the house that 1 might look once more upon the face of my voting friend, before it was hid away forever from mortal vision. But numbers pressed toward the lifeless corpse, and the undertaker was alp adv corne to screw down the cotl'm lid. and waited only for the relatives of the d"ceaed to bid a last adieu to hi- cold remain-, so that I was unable to accomplish mv purpose; I only beard them say that he looked natural; that be had died in a rapid fever,tbe a-t Hush of which had hardly worn from hi cheek. A short arid breatldess pau-e ensued, then a momentary stir, accompanied with a voice "-tand back,"' a few low, deep, trembling sobi succeeded, and the lid closed, and J heard the screws driven in. The confused tread of many steps followed the cr .wd gathered round without, and at last the aright polished mahoghany collin was bio-ijht out and laid carefully, and softly down upon the bier. A deep solemnity rested upon the circling crowd for a moment every eye was turned pensively and sadly towards that spectacle, it. the language of many a heart seemed this "Jle is, what I shall he!" The gulph seemed so narrow, that divided eternity from time, that I almost thought, I rA,l !.. ' ....11".-.

and the spirit had gone to its last account. Wrapt up in these contemplation?, I stood and gazed, until the carriers had lifted up the bier, and removed some distance towards the village churchthe glittering spire of which blazed now in a clear sun above the green corpse at the foot of the hill. The sable clad mourners slowly descended from the piazza, and moved with fa ill-

jteringstcp, towards it. The long proces

sion formed in the rear, and the whole began to wind slowly down the village road. The tendency of men to levity their nroncness to forget every warning the

; B mt faithlessness of friendship, began already j to appear. The smile of merriment returned gradually; the affairs of the day 'were familiarly discussed; and the plans 'and prospects, and business of common life, occupied every tongue around me. The ! mourners alone appeared to feel the stroke or to remember with a single sorrow its effect. And yet he who had fallen in the morning of life was an associate, a companion, a friend of these! Why was it so? I know the answer, that is ready. "It is , the way of the world." At last we reached the church yard, and 'the coffin was let down uito the cold damp grave; the loose straw and gravel was thrown in upon it, and the burial completed in a haste, seemed almost to betoken impatience to put away from sight all that remained of the departed one. The relatives had taken a last look the crowd had paused in silence for a moment; the last tribute was paid, and the multitude rolled away more rapidly than they had collected. A few friends only accompanied the mourning family back to the Mansion on the hill; and having loitered a few mo- ; merits by the grave, 1 followed them. I in crossing the farm, now that the concourse of people had disappeared, I beheld the tokens of that sudden calamity, which had overwhelmed its inhabitants, in every direction. A plough lay overturned in the furrow; an axe was rusting by a pile of wood; and a waggon half unloaded stood in the lane. In the general panic every thing had been left in the situation it happened to be at that moment. These had .been perhaps unnoticed that day by any other, but to me; each little incident spoke in a voice that reached the heart. It is sad; it is melancholy ; it is touching; the spectacle of grief's pale messenger, as it is displayed even in the minutest traces of its footsteps or its effects. De Wilter, now lay cold in the neglected trrrive ard. but in hi-e jde;iv.'inf niansimi the table was spread out and loaded with J C.2 luxuries of the season. His friends it seemed had gathered to a feast. The weeping widow had indeed retired to her

solitary chamber, with her inlant orphan s. She felt; ah, ihc felt the loss of all mot ; dear to her upon the earth. But at the doorsat two sage and venerable men. graveIv discussing the advantages that would ; arise from their procuring power to administer on his estate, and the means of so doing. While in a corner 'of the room, earning on an earnest conversation m whisj pers, sat a couple more, planning how they f should contrive to purchase the farm at the

lowest possible rate. I had scarcely turned away from these last ''friends of the family,' before we were called to dinner. Every successive dish, here as it was sw ept away, w aseple!i-

jtifully seasoned with anecdote and'ur th, iand before the last course was removed, i the scenes of the morning appeared utterly obliterated. "It was the wav of the world," I knew, but then it seemed unnatural. How it ' was, I cannot tell, but a sensation, the thrill of which still runs through my blood when jl think of it, came across me and yet I j recollected that so passes the bright prosi pects of the world ; so passes the uncertain Hash of friendship; so passes the hopes of i life; so parses youth and manhood; the ! gallant, the gay, the lovely, and the rich ! so passes man to his destiny. Shall I not

superadd -bic transit gloria mundi. From the Trenton Emporium. SATURDAY EVENING. It is important often to call out selves to a solemn account for the time past of our

lives, but particularly so at the close of days, months, and y ears. And at the close of the week, when our toils are done, and we may perhaps be seated at the door, or jhv the lire-side, with our families around

iis,and the prattling babes about our knees, and a thousand little nameless comforts, which cluster together in our imaginations when we hear of Suturdui ni'rht at home at such a season, if we are people of any serious thought, our minds must, in some measure, be taken up with sober re flection. There is something peculiarly solemn in the eve of the Sabbath, in the return of labourers, and the preparation for rest, and the general feeling of enlargement. And even where we do not observe the eastern mode of CQinmencing our Sab

bath on Saturday evening, yet the Lord's -inV KPems to dawn, and the cessation ot

cares to betoken something peaceful, and , the expectation of approaching solemnities to calm the soul; so that the man must be peculiarly volatile, or peculiarly stupid, who is not, of necessity, thrown out ot the rnnfinn of his ciddv, OV lllS bUSV

thoughts, when the ruddy streaks in the

west are beginning to grow uusny, ami week seems lading away. And what are the thoughts which a conscientious person would have, and which, of course, we all ought to have at such a time? A week is past. Let my thoughts run through its business, and let conscience pass a faithful sentence. Am I a better man, a better hndinml. :i better wife, a betterneighbour

! or whatever be my calling, and whatcv- ! er the duties which it lays upon me? Am i I more satisfied with my conduct than I I was the week before? If I nmnot, I have , lived in vain. What have I done for the ' good of my neighbourhood, what for my family, what for the public good? How I have I been prospered in business, and how ; have I shewn my thankfulness by administering to the necessities of those around :me? Arc there no sick, afflicted, strangers, i in mv vicinity ? If not, is net this the most ' favored spot'under Heaven? And if there : are, what have I done for their relief? If in i none of these things I have been improv- ! ing, I am living for myself, a selfish niggard, ; unworthy of the name of Man or ChrisItian. Ami better prepared for dying than I was last week? And uhen I look forward, how am I going to spend the next I week; and what new project for improvej ment, have I in mind? Aral how am I ai bout to sanctify the Sabbath? And what can I do for the good of others? ! These are, in truth, plain and simple no

li tions, but they are such .as oiten come in

to the head of a A TLAIN' MAN IN TIIC COl'NTUV.

THE DUELLISTS. a fragment.

'Charles Truman was sitting in his study i amusing himself with his little prattling; boys and girls, who had a ce to that part of the house but once a day the hour be-! tween dav-light and dark. His amiable consort had stepped out to a neighbor's, ' and the old nurse sat half a sleep in one

corner ot tlie room, wnen a carriage uroe : : up to the door, and in a moment a'rap was j j heard at the knocker. lie went at the j ! call, himself. and a gentleman entered, and ! enquired if his name was Truman, desired ,

to speak with him in a private room. He i-lmaii intf. iiurh.nr. "Arc we cut '

of hearing o( the family," asked he, " l c. what have you got to communicate.' I 'Here is a note from Mr. Flint. said he.

! "and I am authori-ed to conclude the. ne- , ccssarv arrangemei fs."' Charles took the j letter and perused it. It contained a clial- ; lenge. j uVou had better take it back," said ' ; Charles offering to return it fcvou ought' j to know that by this act you both place; yourselves; in my power, and though I have no wish to injure either of vou, I advise; ! you to keep such temptation out of my: ; wav.' t

"What," said the ether, putting on an!

his pocket and returned to his family, u children clung around him, arid -'wf, him with their innocent gambols, tjv'7: the usual hour. He slept that night as sound and -r..,-. the morning as happy as ever. ( 0. ; '" ing it to be a duty he owed to s put the challenge into the hnml, i States Attorney the same d iv, ;.,,!' " challenger and Ids second were h .',. a very heavy sum. The rr.oncv t. ... . voted to a charitable purp s( : ; i -Truman never received another ;:.,: J " to fight a duel. He told me the incident bin M If, ;r -have written it down simply that J in the conclusion do you nutthhik (' , :'h i, Truman acted wiselv?

rilO?I QL'IN S VISIT TO M'.j. In Seville the houses are n.'stlv cording to the eastern fashion, seld.,;,, , sisting of more than two stories. ( .

structed round the tour sides f ;.M , area, which, as I have elsewhere o! s-',..) is called the Patio. The front door. v.Vi is open from morning till night, loads. t. short entrance which is very neatlv r.;.v, with brick or polished tiles; fn :n t' ;. passage, called the zanmi.) an Arabic v,(-;; for a porch) another door which is gei.:n! ly shut, leads to the interior square', or tios This inner door is sometime? of , or mahogany; but usually i5 formed : bars arranged often in a light an i v t style handsomely painted and gilt. ' ..: this door, any one passing in the street r. y,observe the economy oft lie Patio; v,;.;. , is floored with polished tiles, soiav. . planted with shady trees, but in; re a:-f. ally decorated with vasscs in whir!, most fragrant roses and other nov.vr growing. Not contented with i!a: iiu'n! : of flower pots which they can c ,v,eu : lly arrange on the lloorof the Iiti'i.have also half-ilat vases, which a:,' pended on the walls ail round. h. t! ;v place are al-o sometimes glass cu;;'..xir i. in which all the richesofthe house ia ('.' na-warc are set out, at:d ired can, i: which hooks are arra cd in thesh.ai. . i; is quite reJreshing to pass Iroin the ban streets into one oi these nymph-like , where, ceidness and shade an.- at " be obtained. In some, there arc ;,..;,!- some fountains, ever yb Iding pure ;.ni co( l streamlets ; and the tiles ar? k pt i istautlv cool by sprinkling them nei;.k',iI v tv 1 1 ? i U"i f nr

IT U Ull O (Ut. 1 mf As yet, most of the ir.habitants wr-r' living above :airs, and the rooms on the ir'. .i-- M-.inj w I 1 1 1 up Numbers njight - ly have let their lower apardiu nt, i they preferred to keep them l"or their use, as they would leiaove down stai; bout t!ie Jailer end of.M a v. The coin: : nication .f the rooms alove stairs : :i each other, is usually by an external g I ty which runs all round the squau . 'u the edges of the gallery, ru!;.; a;- :- 111 1 Inched, by means of a !ieh a ca ; -- ;( :.- ii.gmay be stretched over the Y.'j ii; iner. 'i'here is a custom in Seville nLY'. . cliaracteristic of the. ai.cin.t pi Iv ;' pla.ee. At sun-rise, a lare sefi ; : t

bell IK f . 1 1 . i I lr, I......... .1 ... ..

r if , i i - i- --v... ... ivj.iv.vj iiii.ii un l ino oi iiic v ! air of .-ihected contempt, "aie ou disnos- u ,iP. ,i .. r . .. . . . . .a . ,i ..e' . v :. .i ..... , , 1 ; ural thiec times, suminoi.ugall the i:.!:::!

im o soiu: r on io iois ;i, itnu uo (u t

think of taking the law of us is this the i wav to shew y ours. If an honorable man?'' ! i 'Independent,"' replied Charles, "of re

ligious considerations, I know no principle of honor which requires a man to do wron,r will you take this paper back. j 4,I)ut how do you prove that it is wrong;

to give honorable satisfaction for an insult offered to a gentleman?' "Why," leplicd Charles "it is wrong to do what Hod forbids, what conscience forbids, and what the laws cf our countrv for

bids, and render penal. It is dishonorable to commit crime; therefore take back your paper.' "But," said the other, rather at a loss

for a reply, "custom has established the ! (rule, and all gentlemen must adhere to it,!

or loose the character of gentlemen. " "Custom also,' replied Charles, "accredited the Gladiator shows of Rome; the inquisition of Spain ; (he immolation of human beings in Germany. The Indian is

accustomed to the use of the scalping knife the pirate to his lawless plunder. There Ij

is not a vice in tne long catalogue ot crime but has been sanctioned by custom.' "Then you are disposed,' said the stranger, "to question whether duelling be a test ofhonor and gentility " Honor and gentility .'I imagine,' said Charles, "you are an unlettered man go, take this paper heme, and get an Expeitor. Vou are but an indifferent master of your mother tongue, oryou would not put so ridiculous a question.'' The stranger rose, biting his lips with rage; "you are a scoundrel and a coward,' said he, fairly out of Truman's reach. "I shall call you to an account for this interview myself." Charles smiled, as be put the paper in

(ants wherever they are, or hov. ever i pied, to devote a few moments to th? - -ibrmance of a short prayer in honor ei !.: Virgin; called the "Angelus J)onii'r.i." At the close of the evening the bell t. !

gain, and to a foreigner it is curious, ai i not uninteresting, to observe the siiiiJi and fervent attention which is paid in t'c.z streets, within and without doors ia the Alameda, on the river, by every '.e l..'and low, the idler and "the labourer, lite horseman and the pedestrian, infe cvari age, to this solemn sound. The crowds hi the promenade all suddenly stop, and each group repeats within its own circle the consoling pnncr. The lover suspends Lis compliments," the mistress chances her laughing ers to a demure h-ol ! c j so up her fanthe poliiicim breaks ( 11 :: i ' argument, the noting men are nbash-'fi in their gay discourse, and take il'tla i. h;iH, the carriages are diawn up, a. d al! v. , u 1ly business at:d nmus( men's are .vrg. '.;!. for about three minutes, till the cbcerJ-I tingling of lighter bells ai.nouncLS thi'.i the orison is o er.

Il is a cu-tjin, however, coii.;n n t r.rirv "' I'laees,

It is a singular fact thai the. qnai.tit" (number) of ggv imp( rtcil into Iin;:ha : lroin France, in iheyoar J J ' '2 2,w t J'J'j ?; '(' ' ions, and that the duly eolh eud I'V tlx lhitish (j'oen n:ent open the. imp.ortatte!. (lOd. per each 1 :); amjui.'a d to uj).ards of 17,000 sterling.

Wc should net with as much energy. ;:. those who expect every thing from themselves; and we should pray with as much earnestness as t1Cie who expect even thing from Gcd.

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