Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 65, Richmond, Wayne County, 18 June 1825 — Page 4

SELECTED POETRY.

THE RAINBOW AT EVENING. 'Twas evening, and the setting sun Broke from the cloudy west, Athwart the misty sky it shone, And gladden'd all the east, Where, on the clouds, which dense and low Hung in the humid sky, A beautiful majestic bow Of mercy met the eye. The thunder peals were heard no more, The lightnings ceas'd to glow: The wind hath hush'd its distant roar Along the vale below, Nature, just bursting from the chain Of winter, fresh and fair, Put on her robes of liveliest green, And fragrant was the air. So may this life of toil and storm, At evening pass me by; So may my sun break out, and form A Rainbow in my sky: May gratitude, and love, and praise, Their fragrancy impart. To cheer the evening of my days, And fill my raptur'd heart. And when life's latest beams recede From earth and time away, May glory, bliss, and light succeed In bright effulgency: Then as the colors of yon arch. Are blended all in one, May I with Christ's Triumphant church, Compose an everlasting Arch, A Rainbow round his throne.

TRNSIiORY BEAUTY. I saw a dew-drop, cool and clear, Dance on a myrtle spray; Fair color deck'd the lucid tear, Like those which gleam and disappear, When showers and sun beams playSol cast athwart a glance severe, And scorch'd the pearl away. High on a slender polish'd stem A fragrant lily grew; On the pure petal many a gem Glitter'd a native diadem On healthy morning dew A blast of lingering winter came, And snapp'd the stem in two. Fairer than morning's early tear On lily's snowy bloom, Shines beauty in its vernal year; Bright, sparkling, fascinating, clear, Gay, thoughtless of its doom; Death breathes a sudden poison near, And sweeps it to the tomb. From the Trenton Emperium. "THE WAY OF THE WORLD."

The world exercises a powerful influence

over the mind. Its manners and customs,

and opinions, its applause and its censures, pass with many of us for a geat deal more than they are worth; whether we are disposed to acknowledge it or not, our habits are formed our modes of acting and living and thinking, regulated, and our maxims drawn in a far greater measure from these resources, than from the fountains of reason implanted by nature in our bosoms. Rational and discriminating powers were given us that we might observe the errors of mankind and avoid them, that we might discern their virtues and practice them. Reason is a faithful guide, and when freed from passions and prejudice, it obtains an honest hearing; it seldom counsels amiss. A few illustrations will show how very apt we are to act contrary to the loudest calls and remonstrances of our reason, simply because it is, "the way of the world' It is "the way of the world" to be IN-DOLENT-Walk in the streets; visit the bar room of the tavern; go to the place of amusement; and how many hundred are to be employed in profitable labor; while the customer with exhausted patience, and the creditor weary of forbearance, waits at the shop for the return of its owner. Or look into the family, and how frequent is the spectacle of dirty children, ragged apparel, and utter confusion presented, while the housewife lolls in noon day slumber or tattles about other people's affairs round the neighbourhood. Mark how many poor, unthrifty fortune deserted souls, fill up society; how many drag out a miserable ex-

istence, to he buried at the expense of the townships, or what is worse, of their creditors. Reason with her every tongue persuades against these follies, by showing

their sure consequences--but "the way of

the world' prevails. The man who is careless in business, will be neglected by business-as the old adage saith "keep your shop and your shop will keep you," so, vice versa. Such an one too, will soon neglect his mind; he will neither study others, nor himself and will lose all the wisdom these might teach him; the mind neglected, like a man's trade, will finally reflect its master, become stupid and valueless. Reason will not. always chide; like conscience, she gradually becomes weary of unprofitable labour. And again he who neglects is business and his mind, will, in the end scarcely fail to neglect al-

so his character; and the man who at

first thought to be honorable, by gradually falling into the loose habits which he sees prevalent around him before he is aware of it, often sinks far, very far, below common respect. It is much "the way of the world" too to be proud--He who abandons reason, if he escapes on error, falls into another. The disease of the mind like those of the body are various. How many hundreds of dollars, are thrown away annually; how many ruinous storebills run up; how many families sacrificed by the single propensity for fine dress; and what folly is this--It not calico as warm as crape or silk, or satin, or the most superb muslin? Is not a coat at eight as comfortable as one at sixty dollars? and if ever I was in love, Messrs. Printers, it was with a pair of black eyes that shone in health and intelligence from under a plain blue sun bonnet But this is growing a gay age; and the way of the world" is not to look into the mind for worth, or in the pocket for respectability, the beaver, the coat of costly blue, the waving plumes and flowing robes of fashion alone fix the character the stamp is valued, not the gold. An expensive style of living is also, necessary, if we set out to follow "the way of the world" in this respect. Truly , fashion is a hard task master. Costly furniture, parades and parties and all the excesses of prodigality must be followed up or we are left behind the crowd. In these cases reason spares not, at least, in the off set she enquires, what industry can succeed in making headway against such a current? How are demands so exorbitant to be met and borne? But how often is it that her cry is vain? It is "the way of the world" and however ruinous, is persisted in by thousands. Nor is this the end of the Catalogue. It is in a measure "the way of the world" to be immoral. When in polite male compa-

ny, a few oaths seem necessary to establish

a character of perfect gentility. The fashionable world swears; and the church is too stitf, too precise, too religious, to be deemed polite; or considered agreeable. In polished circles the path is served up with all the ingenuity possible, and the "devil" and "damnation" presented in their

very best bibs and tuckers, it is true; the middling classes too are a little choice of the polish of their troops and figure; but among the low, the cloven foot, and brimstone language of profanity, garnishes discourse. This is a most ureasonable folly; but what millions practice it! It is inexcusable. True it injures not the persons or the property of men; but it corrupts the morals, destroys the reverence man ought always to feel towards his maker: and besides, it is directly fobidden by God himself; and he who indulges in this practice, acknowledging as he must, that it affords him neither pleasure or profit, renders himself obnoxious to the curse of his maker's broken law. Falsehood is also fashionable. It is brought to assist in putting off a dun --to help out a pleasant story; to round off a joke; it serves a variety of purposes; and strictly belongs to "the way of the world" Deceit, is another of the graces of fashion; Scandal, a common accompaniment. It is lamentably true-That Profanity, Falsehood, and Deceit, are all necessary for form the character of a fine modern exquisite of the first water; alias, "a gentleman of fashion." I migh enlarge Messrs. Printers, but brevity best becomes plain men like me And especially when I tell unpalatable, yet serious and important truths, I would a-

void prolixity; that all may read, and have time enough remaining to reflect, which I pray the reader to do on what I have

thrown together above. Oliver Oakwood. March, 1825.

THE MORALIST.

From the National Journal. "For I, the Lord thy 'God, am a jealous God, vHtinc the iniquity of the fathers upon the c hildren unto the third and" fourth generation f then, that

hate me: and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments." Dent. chap. V. v 9, 10. This passage of holy writ has been much

carped at by free thinkers and others who

have not seriously considered me nature and tendency of the Scriptures. It has been alleged that it is unjust in the Deity thus to menace punishment to children for the sins of their parents, inasmuch as the

former could not prevent offences of the

latter. But a little reflection will satisfy

any candid mind, that the expression here

in the hours of business as well

ation. The mind obtains control over the body; the actions of men are well regula-

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ted; reason triumphs; and Relevation has its due weight in giving us an assurance of

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immortality. Loving the Lord, therefore, is a paramount obligation- not ourselves, but our families; not only for

the benefit of our souls, but for the welfare of our persons. And when the moment of

death arrives, when that separation of spirit and matter, which makes the stoutest of

us quail, is about to take place V f consolation which no more enrthl K're'I5a I ation can afford, that we have f0l fr' best lights which the Almighty V t!,t nature and his revealed wilU has ed to us. and that w e Imvo tA:.Pfese'-t.

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imputed to the Deity are only dec laratery conduct here, a blessed futurity. 'jV fr ,f the luiv of nature: and that it is not only! indestructablo principle of . atniv' t.,S;'5

strictly correct, but absolutely inevitable, out all iter varieties. that like prodVolr

ciuti ii i ii in; hi nit 'passions ;is of

rial things. When the nai, r c ted, no good can proceed fr, m them. y their sole product, w ith all the mUrr' vl

vil engenders. We see thU in ti.Q"i :

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Bv those who disobey bis laws; and by

1 such as love him, is intended those who i adhere to his precepts. Now, all those laws are moral, and conservative of human life, virtue, and purity of conduct. Temnerance. industry, and frugality, be-

! long to , ood morals; and the mercy which j er. VV hat pernicious consequei-crs l,;,v God promises is the fruit which is produ- followed from unbridled ambition' iu

ed by these qualities. How seldom do we ! see persons who practise them fail in their I pursuits. How healthy in general are their children; bow happy are their families! and if misfortune, from extrinsic S causes, overtakes them, they are sure of a happy solace in their own bosoms, and of a I refuge in thebenevolence of soc iety. On the other hand, w here fathers are dissipated, debauched, or prodigal, the effect? of j these vices fall upon their ff-pring, ren

der them frequently dissolute, disperse

them, often make vagabonds- of them, and

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v i rium uin sa iioiii iiie excesses of 1, The finest minds have been debased lvtoo eager thirst for gold. When thi l'J ! emotion lavs stronf? bold nnnn m a n

us to gambling, to speculation, to th- ta. ! king ungenerous advantages of our felU. jcreatures; nat, even to theft; and to a ; multitude of meannesses, which shock tl.e (delicate sentiments of men of piety a.jj honor, and overpower the rationality nfour own faculties. Moderation in all tliin-j i is the suitable rub; of self-govpn m i t.

is consonant to our organization; it U 1

sometimes bring them to shame and igno- jjing the Lord; from whom, in tbatcac.e

THINGS I NEVER SAW. I never saw a printer get two thirds of his subscription money. I never saw a squire get rich by his office. I never saw a mountebank speak in favor of a regular bred physician, nor a regular bred physician speak in favor of a newly discovered medicine. 1 never saw a man get wealthy by horse

j swapping. j I never saw a gambler who would not j tell a fib, IF he was hard run.

I never saw a woman opposed to petticoat government! I never saw an old bachelor offer court

ship to an old maid; nor a young girl accept of a poor old bachelor. I never saw a widow refuse marrying on account of age I never saw a man thrive by the plough, who did not either hold or drive. I never saw a clean hearth, and a drunken wife, in the same family . I never saw a subscriber praise the editor after he was sued for the paper. I never saw a in wspapcr thrive, without a share of advertisements. Carolinian

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minv. 1 nis is a great iruin, wnicn cannoi be too constantly or forcibly impressed upon the minds of parents. How many of

the maladies which afllict mankind are ! the consequences of had habits, in fathers and mothers; how much of the abject povj ertv which we see in society is the result ! of the vilecourses of licentious progenitors ! It is impious, under, the circumstanc e s in 'which we exist, to arraign the ju-ti e ot

j; Heaven and question the decrees of Provi

dence Look at those thfv call unfortunnte : nd, closer viewed, thejr old are unwise." The Deity has given to nature fixed laws, he has given to man faculties to per

reive their salutary operation. There is i no individual of sound mind who cannot distinguish between right arid wrong. ! There are none w ho cannot judge w hat is j wholesome for the body ; and with a healthy body and moderate desires, there j are few who w ill he either immoral or wit kI ed, and who may not, by the application of their talents, whatever it rn iv be, acc-umu-i late a sufficiency to be comfortable. It doj Ience itself is a great vice, and the uroc 1 of a thousand bad habits. Everv particle of matter, for its preservation and to binder corruption, h always in motion; and , men cannot be exempted from this general j law. In idleness the intellect rusts, be I comes enfeebled; and the passions gaining J strength, the heart is led astray into many I perversities. Artificial excitements are 'resorted to, pleasures are sought for with

avidity; extravagance ensues; adversity overtakes the delinquent, and the children of such a father are thrown upon the

S world's wide common to pasture as they j may. This is not all the contagion of j foul example propagates itself, and friends (and acquaintances are drawn into imita

tion and suffering. Fortunate is be who loves the Lord, and is obedient to bis commandments; for they breathe a living Ppirit of morality, which w ell observed, is a safe guide in every vicissitude of our sublunary career. It is by far too prevalent an opinion, that to be governed by the dictates of christian morals, we must give up most of the agreeable tilings of the world. This is assuredly a mistake. All (bat they enjoin upon us is, to avoid excesses. Re

ligion rightly understood, invariably brings us to the same point philosophy does. They both convince us of the nothingness

oi tins evanescent state of existence, tran

quilizetbe feelings, reconcile us toourdes-

, tiny, show us the folly of avarice, and

, ic acn us mat each sur cessive generation, if

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piuuciu,is juuy equal to its own mainte

nance. A rational forecast, indeed, is re quisite to prevent degradation in the com

imunity: out all the rest is superfluous.

v v pass away , and are forgotton. To en

i rich ourselves is, it is true, not crin ii al.

h proportion, nevertheless, as individuuls i become wealthy, it is important for them j to observe the doctrine s of the christian code, since riches corrupt the heart, and,

j w heio impropc r propensities precb mil ate .

give a wider latitude for mischievous indul-

j gences.

The recreations, the pastimes of a christian arc exactly suc h as are consonant to nature. On t rfnlni ss. mental vigor, a u-

uiform suavity of tcrnicr accompany him!

may be confident of mercy , favor and pre-

lection.

SLA VERY. Two hundred and twcr.fy associations for promoting the gradual abc-

i lit ion of negro-slavery within the W.-' dominions have been alreadv funned in

j i i i i; i 'ii. iinu nifiiij i nil iiiji'iiicu U j t ions on the same subject were prr-ei.-tid ; to parliament during the two lat sti ij, ! Ac coiding to the last annual i ? j rt nf tie i London African Institution, h: the Mar

1822, there were hipped from Al'iica for Rio Janeiro 31,240 negroes, ofwl (,m 54 ! died on the passage. Jnto Bahia. ah ve 8000 were imported the same year, h 1C23. the total number shippe d for Rio a-

I lone amounted to 21,472, ol whom i ea;ly

1 COO died on the passage; and there ismson to think that there was at least ar ecjual importation into the other Brazilian ports, attended by an equal mortalih. h the first six months of 1821. the vmrh: into Rio Janeiro alone, was not 1 ss tt ia 1 C.563, with a mortality of 2247. T!s trade for Brazil is carried on noith as w ( II as south of the; line, in spite of treaties Brazil ought to he outlawed by the civilized world, for her obstinac y ii- thus evenly continuing and encouraging tins k'L traffic.

SCRAPS. To wash calic o without fading, put n

table spoonful of com until salt into tie suus.

and the colors will remain as bright as cefore washing. For ensuring the sweetness of fi'b fon" vey ed by land carriage, it is pic pi sed.t! at the belly of the fish should he opened. a d the internal parts sprinkled with powdered charcoal. A London paper notices the bicaku? down of Alderman Wood's rarriapN axletrec of which was badly fractured; but the U ood within was unhurt. If, after having bruised some sprig? ot parsley in your band, you attempt to rinse

glasses, they will snap or suddenly brea j A plaster of gum galbanum, appl' 10 I the chest, cures the whooping-cnugl I Why did y ou not admire my daiipjteri 'said the late lady Archer to a geidlcnwn j "Because." said fir, W am actn J iudne of naintimr " 'Hut sureiv, r,J,,,l (,

i be lady ship, not in the least disconcerted 'you' never saw an angel that was not I painted.'

The wife of a Mr. Davis, who rrsiucnear Baltimore, has had bv two husbai ds, 29 children in 30 years; the youigt 13 seven months old. A Halifax paper contains an advert:? ment for two runaway slaves, a naii a: -his wife, for whose apprehension the fw' or offers a reward of fifty dollars l r tl.t: man alive, or one hundred dollars (er J'18, hcad alone, and no questions asked The following is the superscription ef letter which latc h passed through tlit'l'oilice in Fay etteville, N. C To Thomas Anderson, enquire, This will p( ,y W) ,1, Firr, He's living at, I uncferUirn', Motit-ounTv cotuthuiise, Marjlan Counsel in the heart of man is like (M water; hut a m:in of tn dcrstandii draw it cut.