Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 68, Richmond, Wayne County, 9 July 1825 — Page 4
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Ah ! E , could ray flattering; heart But half its love for thee impart : Could my rude tongue but tell the flame, The lore, which with thy first look came, Then thou might'st feel the constant glow That warms this heart with joy, with woe. I know, fair seraph, it is vain F or me to hope thy love to gain ; Thou art too good, too kind, too fair, I was not born such love to share. Yet daughter of the brilliant morn Reject my passion not with scorn. My heart, dear girl, is surely thine, Yet thy pure heart cannot be mine; Th u would'st not give a wretch like me That lovely form of witchery ; On me that angel hand of thins Thou would'st not with thy love resign. Yet on that smile still let me look, And that displeasing frown I'll boork; Still let me ee thine azure eye, Thy lips bright as the roses dye, The sporting dimples on thy cheek, And I no other heaven will seek. But I forbear 1 know full well Thj breast doth fcr another swell; I know that thy celestial charms Are e tm1 for another's arms; Yet sttll fair maiden ere we part, Give, oh! give me back my heart.
SCRAPS. Electioneering.-- The following communication is copied from the last Arkansas G.izctte: am a candidate for the Council. "N. B. Tailoring Business done at Mr. Sanders. D. BOYER. "Little Rock, April 5, 1825." Settle your disputes yourselves, if you would make an etid of them would you prolong them, call in lawyers. A lady meeting a girl who had lately left her service, inquired, "Well, Mary, where do you live now?" "Please you, ma'am, I don't live now," replied the "girl, "I am married." He who jests upon the deformities of nature, upbraids the God of nature. The earl of Darlington has signified his intention of running barefoot at Wolverhampton Knees, Ei g. Never communicate that which may prejudice your concerns when discovered, and not benefit our friend when he knows it. A gentleman from Boston, on a visit to a friend in the country, speaking of the times, observed that his wife had lately expended fitly dollars for a habit; his friend replied, khere in the country, we don't allow our wives to get into such habits' The following is on a violin makers sign-board at Limerick: "New villans made here and old ones rippard, also new heads, ribs, backs, and hellys mad on the shortest notice. IS'. B. New guts of the best quality , sh. es mended, &c. Pat O'Shognassev, painter."' A certain baron had a son who at the age of eleven or twelve years, rose to the rank of a major. One morning his mother hearing a noise in the nursery, rang the bell to know the cause of it. lt is only,' said the servant, Hhe major crying for his porridge!' Fortune is surely made blind, that she shall not blush for the many fools which belong to her. Irish hospitality. An Irish gentleman having been found one day by a friend practising with his sword against the wainscot before dinner, and being asked the reason for his assiduity at this exercise, replied, I have some company coming to day that I expect I shall quarrel with Hook A thing formerly put aside to be read, and now read to be put aside. Law Anecdote. A wealthy farmer in the county of- and state of N. York, having been sued by Mr. Havens, wrote the following classical epistle to his attorney. "Esq Esq sur ifthatsute of heaven's goes a gin me 1 want you to kerry it up to a higher corlc for God noes I doant owe him one sent."
MISERIES OF LIFE. To fish all day without one "glorious nibble." To hunt all day for a deer or turkey, and just at the clos-e of it, in finding one in shooting distance, to have your gun to snap. To sleep of a very cold night under short blankets and light quilts. Hy a prinUr After sending a paper three years to a distant subscriber, and when y ou are about sending your account, to receive information that he has absconded. To set up, after night, a column oi two. and whilst making up the form, to have a column squabbled ho that it has to be distributed. After working early and late preparing copy to make your paper interesting, to be told that it is exceedingly lull.
Napoleon. The government celebra- j
ted the aniversary ol the death ol JLouis XVI. and it was a grand subject of discussion among the Directors and ministers, whether Napoleon should assist at this ceremony. On one side it was feared that if he did not go, it would tend to render the celebration unpopular; and, on the other, that, if he went, the Directory would be
neglected, and he alone would occupy the attention of the public. It was nevertheless considered that his presence was neccsssary foi political reasons; and one of the ministers was instructed to negotiate, as it were, this matter with him. Napoleon who would have preferred being unconnected with acts of this description, observed, that he had no public functions; that he had personally nothing to do with this pretended fete, which, from its very niiture, was agreeable but to few people; that was it a very impolitic one, the event it commemorated being a tragedy, and a national calamity; that he very well understood why the fourteenth of July was observed; being the period when the people had recovered their rights; but that it might have recovered them, and established a republic, without polluting itself by the slaughter of a prince who had been declared inviolable and irresponsible by the constitution itself; that he did not undertake to determine whether that measure had been useful or injurious, but maintained that it was an unfortunate event, that national fetes were held in celebration of victories but that the victims left on the field of battle were lamented; that to keep the anniversary of a man's death could never be the act of a government, although it might suit a faction, or a sanguinary club; that he could not conceive how the Directory, which had shut up the meetings of the jacobins and the anarchial clubs, could fail to perceive that this ceremony created the Republic many more enemies than friends; that it estianged, instead of conciliating; irritated, instead of calming; and shook
the foundations of government, instead ol4
adding to their strength." I he emissary brought all his rhetoric into play to prove "that this fete was just, because it w as politic; that it was politic, for all countries and republics had celebrated the fall of absolute power and the murder of tyrants as a triumph; thus Athens had alway solemnized the anniversary of the death of Pisistratus, and Rome the fall of the Decemvirs; that it was, moreover, a law of the country, and that every one consequently owed submission and obedience to it; and
lastly, that the influence of the General of
Italy over public opinion was such that it was incumbent on him to appear at this ceremony, as otherwise, his absence might be prejudicial to the interest of the commonwealth." After several conferences, a middle course was agreed upon; the Institute attended this ceremony; and it was settled that Napoleon should walk amongst the members, in the class to which he belonged, thus performing as a duty attached to a public tody, an act which he did not consider voluntary. This arrangement of the matter was very agreeable to the directory. But when the Institute entered the Church of St. Sulpice, some one who recognised Napoleon, having pointed him out, he instantly became the sole object of general interest. The fears of the directory were realized; they were totally eclipsed. At the conclusion of the ceremony the multitude suffered the directory to walk out by themselves, and remained to attend him who would have preferred being left unnoticed in the crowd rending the air with shouts o("Long live the General of the Army of Italy"
Tattlers. This species of raortah are more or less, an annoyance to domestic happiness in most parts of the world. They often go on with impunity frci one tattling story to another, until scandal and defamation constitute a principal part of their enjoyment. Instances of the baleful effects of this kind of gossiping, is at every one's door, and very few escape the malicious sarcasms of the tattler. Unfortunately, we have no statutes in our laws to punish them, but such as are become obsolete. In former times, indeed in England, "the ducking stool" was held in terrorum over such gross offenders; but now, the venom of the human tongue is left to the cognizance of the civil law, which seldom reaches the real offender. Hence, a poor inoffensive man, is often pun
ished for the indiscretions of the tonyue of
his dearly beloved helpmate. Catherine of Russia, through her private life, afforded an ample field for the exercises of this passion; yet she was not proof against its effect, however true the tattle mitrht have been. She perhaps con
cluded that it was no business of the tattler to interfere, and she determined to punish their officiousness. A young Russian lady, of the first rank in Petersburg, married the Count M. who had formerly been a favorite of the Empress. It seems that her curiosity wormed many secrets from her husband respecting his intimacy at court, and that she tattellcd them to her female friends, who sent them as great secrets, through the city of Moscow, w here she resided. Not long after, just as the lady and her husband were resigning themselves to sleep, they were alarmed by a knocking at the door, which the husband unbolted, when a stout police officer entered, with a large rod in one hand, and the imperial order in the other. The Count was ordered to go on the further side of the bed, and to make no disturbance, as in the next room there were several brethren ol this summary minister of justice in waiting. The lady was then ordered to descend from the bed, just as she was, and to lay herself upon the floor; the officer then tied her
hands and feet, and gave her a severe whipping. When he had finished this discipline, he loosened her, raised her up, and said, "this is the punishment which the empress indicts upon tattlers; and for the next offence you go to Siberia," The story soon buzzed about and wherever the tattle of the young lady had gone, it occasioned a titter.
- .j From the TrrM PRIDE K W
From a close and caV of the variety of incid'SJ course of yean pass before X ch 'A men a vast fund of matter ma X e'eK for profitable meditation , and thought always increai them we trace from a thot causes their sure effccts. ,ySand W indolence produces poverty. rahty ends in contempt and I S and that contrary habits leK results. But 1 know )1 X to
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I knew a man whose mind v i fashioned in the finest mould who rose rapidly to honor. ...u. luH
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He grew proud; proud ofhi?mi) tainment.q. hi rnar . . ,,lW
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who bid fair for nmct lr'PN, j
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uThc bigger fool the better luck." I have seen men, merely by noise and fluency, lead the conversation in companies, where there was taste, talent and learning; though they possessed neither of the three. I have known lawyers to gain their causes, by impudence and vociferation, when neither themselves, nor the jury, knew precisely their drift. I have frequently seen men take then seats in the legislature, because they begged suffrages, and gave away whiskey, while those who disdained to stoop to such measures were left at home. I have seen a brainless fop lead to the altar a line girl, and break her heart before the end of the first year, though her hand had been solicited in vain, by the wealthy, the wise, and the honorable. I have seen stupid creatures, who scarcely knew the top of a tobacco hill from the bottom, plod on and get ri(h; while men of real intellect and industry, have pined in poverty. Did you ever sec a part or all of these things ? If you did not, 1 gratulatc you on your prpspects of good luck, for you possess the qualities to which it is promised by the adage.
AMERICAN LADIES. Perhaps there is no country in the world, where the women are more completelv domestic, than they arc, in our own; anil none where female influence is more generally felt. This is a most happ circum stance. And it affords a powerful argument in favor of female education. It is trite,I know, but very important to remark, that when ladies are distinguished for domestic habits and virtues their mutual influence is very great. They mould the hearts, and to a great degree form the understandings cf the future fathers and mothers in our country. Now they, who have in their hands so great a part of early education, certainly ought to receive that cultivation of heart and mind, which would tit them for the discharge of the very important duties of their station. This is no easy work. It demands skill and judgment, as well as attention. Surely preparation ought to be made for it. that it mav
be done well. Look at the majority of
gins ot eighteen, in the country, and see what are their qualifications for the place at the head of a household. But female influence is felt not only in domestic life; it reaches every part of society. Every where it ought to be intellectual as well as sensitive; intelligent as well as affable; goon as well as pretty. No where, indeed, are they more modest, more pure and delicate, than among ourselves ; but if to these graces of the female character were added suitable mental improvement, the effect on the whole community would be most happy. A higher spirit of literature would pervade our state; and young men would spend that time in studv, which now they
waste in dissipation. A loftier tone of
moral feeling would be awakened, and we might hope to witness the purity, without the extravagancies of chivalry.
The rich and the rooit.- The rich have the most meat; the poor have the best appetite. The rich lie softest the poor sleep the soundest. The rich have delicacies, the poor have health. The rich are afraid of losing; the poor have nothing to lose, and so in this respect have nothing to fear. The rich dread the midnight robber; the poor have: no apprehensions of being robbed. The rich hang themselves through fear of poverty; the poor (such as have always been poor) laugh and sing, and love their lives too well to put their necks in the noose.
tainments, his prospects and hi. I s
ana looked on his fellow men u less favored than himself; coat) I saw hat man in the meridian of l) abroad a fearful monument oft!) !")
vcauii t Tnu usurious maniac V mind in ruins; stripped of his hon glected of his friends, and tfil'
all, only spoken of in pity. What tacle! whatanimpressivelesson' cj Pride is folly. ' Once I knew a wealthy and pro?merchant, whose coffers were full l
flowing, who lived in princely HH ) and rioted in surr.ptuou;iiess. month added thousands to his for every breeze seemed to waft riches tr . I 1 4 I . 1
siuio uuusc, rtnu uic nnscnanres ol tit. only increased his abundance. U
proud proud to overbearit llKr
was his very air and gait: and thop
crouched and bowed down tohim.;;
-"7 Vi . i tered him for the favors bis hard sed. Him too I saw, when his fbn had all gone to waste. A single acrj
reduced him to abject poverty. Net tied him, for none had loved him; ar.d
moved about nmongthe ruins of Lis i i. r. .1. i ,.
liiory, a mart ior me m;ger oi sror rags and intemperance. WhocouLi
at such a one and not ejaculate Pr.:;
folly.
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the above. I have seen youth and tea' f
priding itself upon these gay endrwTf
even te the excess of vanity; audit
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marked that youth dwindled into ace,i (
beauty became marred, by theirg'r time; and that its power over their, dissolved and vanished like the cvanescf rainbow on the brow of a broken temjl
I have seen the halo of military gkv rounding the head of the successful
dier: I have seen him applauded, four
flattered and swelled with pride, ins midst of his fair fame; and the fierce : tie, or the wasting malady or the stroke of providence, scattered to the!
his honors, and writ above the grave
motto Pride is folly. All that we enjoy of talents, cr w?" or honor; every advantage we possess? others; is the gift of that power' maketh us to difler one from ai olhe:
Therefore. Pride is follu. There is t,
ing certain in the world; the terue
which all that we possefsis held.iseur, secure; we are all subject to roanjj
vicissitudes incident to a state ol morw. where every thing is in constant profj
sion, from change to change ,,l,c u itself is not immutable, where wcalu winirs and often flies awav ; J
and beauty, are but fragile flowers; J honor fluctuating as the tide, and prri.
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TAXES ! ! ! COLLrXTOR'S NOTICE. THE Citizens of Wayne count fv titietl, that I have commence! "g revenue for the present ye.tr. I pxrfct " the citizens of Wayne aiulCEvmEl ow k , u r irriMr 1TTLY. atul .l u
Mr. THOMAS HARDIN is mithorizeJ oTA tax of Washington Township, J'GJ
1'L.ATTS, Hq. ol JACKSON, tK , ' ,TH and Mr. JAMES IIAUIUSof New-Oak')1- .,
ship. Those concerned areearm -i'; ,inr.
pre .are. i 10 uucnarge inn. .. &T.
1 O. 1 Will lllU'IiH 111 IHL li" 'l tf)P third SATURDAYS in each month nl" ' t: A
of September, and in Ccntervjucand fourth Saturday15. ry SA THOMAS COMMONS, Cel. June 3th, 1CJ.
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