Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 69, Richmond, Wayne County, 23 July 1825 — Page 4

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SELECTED POETRY.

GOSPEL WORSHIP. BY BERNARD BARTON. How elorious, O God! muvt thy temple have been, On the day of its first dedication, When the Cherubim's wings widtly waving were seen On high, o'er the ark's holy station. When even the choen of Levi, though skill'd To minister standing before thee. RetirM from the cloud which the temple then fill'd And thy glory made Israel adore thee. Though awfully craml was thy majesty then, Yet the worship, thy ?o?prl dicloe?, Less sdendid in pomp to the vision of men, Far surpasses the ritual of Moses. And bv whom wa th.it ritual forever repealed? lint hj Kim, unto whom it ws criven To rnter the Oracle, wh re is revealed. Not the cloud, but the brightness of Heaven. Who havin? onre entered, that shown us the way, O Lord ! how to worship before thee. Not with shadowy forms of that earlier day, But in spirit and truth to atl re thi e! Thi the worship the S iviour made known, Wken she of Samaria found him Bv th- Pitriarrh's well ettinc weary alone, With the stillness tf noon-tide around him. How cib'ime, y ft how simple, the homape he taught f o her. who enquired by that fountain If Jehovah at Sohma's shrine would be sought; Or adored on Samaria's mountain! Woman! believe me the hour is near, Wl.rn he, if ye njhtly would hail him. Will i.eith-r be worshiped xclusitly here, Ner t at the altar of Salem. For God is a Spirit: and they who arisht Would perform the pure worship he loveth, In the heart's holy temple will seek with delight, Th.U spirit the Father approveth, And many that prophecy's truth can declare, Whos'"')0-oiiis have livindv known it ; Whom God hath instructed to worship him there, And convinced thnt his mercy will own it. The temple that Solomon built to his name, Now ;ivee : ut in his'on's story, Extinguished lousf since its altar's bright dame, An ' vaiushed each limiv-e of it? elry. Hut t!ie Christian, mule wise by the wisdom divine. I h pj-h all human fabric, m at falter. Still ii" in his heart a fir holier shrine, Ui, r the fire burns unquenched on the altar!

SCRAPS. In the course of a trial which took pi ace a few davs ago, at the Kirkdale Sessions a living cock was produced from a bag a witness! The noble hirJ clapped his wings in triumph, and crowed defiance to the United bar. "Do you wi-h to cross xani

itu this w itness ?" dry ly inquired the rhair

From the Eastern Star, (Maine.) Origin of the grey marc being the better horse. I had lately the pleasure of passing a very agreeable evening in a mixed company of both sexes, where the conversation happening to turn upon the propriety of that

I power which men usually arrogate to themselves, of ruling their wives with despotic

sway, a young lady ot wit and humor, then present, replied, it might possible be so sometime?, but much oftener "the grey mare is the better horse!'' and very obli

gingly entertained the company with the ! following account of the rise of the p rover- ; bial saying, which is made use of when a jwomVi governs her husband. I A gentleman of a certain county in Eng. having married a young lady of considerable fortune, and with many other charms, , yet finding in a very short time that she was of a high, domineering spirit, and al- ! wa s contending, to be mistress of him and i his family, lie was resolved to part with her. ! Accordingly, he went to Jier father and ! told him he found his, daughter such a tem

per, and he was so heartily tired of her, ; that if lie would take her home again he

would return every penny of her fortune. The old gentleman having enquired into

horc the most useful of them; but madam still persisted in her claim to the grey mare. "What, (said she,) and wil you not take her then? But I say you shall, for

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horse." "Well, my dear, repugn v.. husband, "if it must be so." "You must

! take an egg," replied the gentleman ca -iter, "and I must take all my horses back

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wife."

S whom,hc Msopurcha$MnMfrtiltni' . ! ments in this city, to the value of I

... ... kisi jt.iijTER we noticed ty. . a great rise, in the price of human hi . had taken place at Baltimore. ,.a m'

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was men worth from 1 Mo 17 dollar. ,

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Life. "This vehicle of human life never tops it is always moving;" but man

i does not Know ir. r,vei ... !is like a step in his journey; every day is like passing through a valley ; every month is like a mile ; and every year like a leagtic. Every breath that is emitted from the body of man, is like a stone broken down from the house tf life, for even breath diminishes the time which he has to live. By an- ! other mode of reckoning, every breath is like a step by which we recede farther from the woild,a m! ipproach nearer eternity. The world is in truth, like a temporary bridge, in the road to eternity;

and whoever erects a uwcuiuk i

ippcars, by the papei just :,L,' li:

; tioned, that, since the first day of : last, one hundred and ninetv n.Mi'1

have been shipped at Baltimore. fV u , New-Orleans market. Is it not tirr,c f I the people of Louisiana to bein -i.'.i. F Ait i i- i . " ' ''Wall t to the er.d of these things? The vvor.t f j the bad are those sent there. T f- ; cannot forget that they have been forciM ' separated from their wives, children, or 'J rents, and what was their home lmhh : indeed, and miserable enough, perhaps : but still the place of their ratiit, 'cleared by a thousand pleasant n?i"olU.c!

tioiis, ai.u nome, "tiiougti ever so hoim lv.

bridge, for the sake of enjoying pleasure,

THE AFRICAN' colony. If this celery shall prospri, as it probably will, tl,ou-5 it is too far distant It) have much t dl ct reducing the number of the tree colon

population in the United Stales, wl,

the cause of his complai!it,aaked him, 4 .vhy ' is ignorant and foolish. It i

he should be more disquieted at it than

ianv other married man, since it was the ! common case with them all, and consequently no more than he ought to have I expected when he entered in the marriage state?" The young gentleman desired to he excused if he said he was so far from

giving his assent to this assertion, that he j with useless burdens; for the more the

wise man e-

rects a building on this bridge, he consid

ers that he must soon leave it ; and he does not encumber himself with ornaments ami luxuries; but his mind is set on making preparations for his journey to another World a journey which is long and diffi

cult. He does not wish to load himself

thought himself more unhappy than any-

other man, as his wife had a spirit no way to be equalled ; as most certainly no man, who had a sen-e of right and wrong, could ever submit to be governed by his wife. "Son," said the old man, "you are hut little acquainted with the world, if you do not know that all women govern their husbands, though not all, indeed, by the ame method: however, to end all disputes

rtween Us, I will put what I have said on

this proof, if you are willing to try it; I have five horses in my stable; you shall i harness, them to a cart, in which I shall put

j a basket containingone hundred eggs ; and

if. in passing through the country, and ma

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f the learned counsel who conducted ! lrit 1 enquiry into the falsehood of m

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the defence. "No sir," replied the barrister, I will take his word." In making experiment in comparative Fihr;'noloi,'y, a believer in that science meninnetJ iiuuivm ri mi; tttiti neiilitri tl ir- t ut nor hor-e developed the organ of muic: "That must be very strange, (said art auditor.) since we make music of t guts cf one, and of the fa 1 of the other. ' A Mayor of a email village it. Franc, having occasion to give a passport to a distinguished personage in his neighbourhood, c was blind of an eye, was in great embarrassment on coming to the description of

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assertion, and leaving a horse at the house

'of every man who is master of his family ; hims If, and one egg only where the w ife i governs, you will find your eggs gone be- , f.r ynur hunr. I hope ion will think 'your own case not uncommon, but will ; be contented to go home and look upon your wife as being no worse than your 'neighbours. If, on the contrary, your ; horses are gone first, I w ill take mv daug; - ter home again, and you shall keep your fortune." j This proposal was too advatageous to be 'rejected; our voung married man, there-

re. r'ul ot offending the great lore, set out with eagerness to gel rid. as he pted the following ingenious j thought of his horses and his wife. At the

business of life, the more thought, anxiety

and trouble while he lives; and at death impatience and regret, that he must resign , nis life and leave his property to another. If his property has been law fully obtained, ! it causes him trouble while he lives, and impatience and regret at death; and it it I had been obtained unlawfully, it causes

anxiety in this world, grief at the hour of deaf, ft exposes him in tiie world tocome. This world, is like an inn on the road w ith two doors; those who come to this inn today, enter at one door; and to-morrow

when they leave, go out at the other.'

expedient of avoiding the mention of his first house he came to he heard a. woman

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deformity. He wrote

A writerin the French periodical works, thi: ks that the free m-o of coifeo has a ten den. v to prevent, or mitigate those ditressing maladies, the grazd and then-o?. In a mixed company let your conversa-

: with a shrill voice, call her husband to go 'to the door: here he left an egg you may ! be sure without further enquiry; at the I next he met with something of the same kind, and at every house, in short, until hi? eggs were almost gone ; when he arriv'd

it the seat of a gentleman of family and

tion be guarded; for, w ithout intending it, figure, in the country ; he knocked at the you may say something w hich a person jj door, and enquiring for the master of the

present may consider as personal, arid for

whirl) you mav be obliged to make an apologv. Indian Ink. Isinglass dissolved in water sjx parts by weight; Spanish liquorice one p.irt. When dissolved and strained, incorporate with them one part of the best Ivorv black. Evaporate the sunorllunns

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I house, was told by his servant, that he was

not yet stirring; but if he pleased to walkin, his lady was in the parlour. The lady, j with great complaisance,desired him to i.e seated, and said, "if his business was ur- ; gent she would wake her husband to let jhim know it, hut had much rather not disturb him' "Why, really, madam," said

Water by a gentle heat; and pour the mix- 'he, "my business is only to ask a question, ture into moulds. ! which you can resolve as well as your husIn the circuit court at Ballston Spa, N. jfcarid, if you will be ingenious with me. Y. Phehe Southard obtained a verdict of jYou will doubtless think it odd, and it may 750 dollars, against Edward Uexford, for I be deemed impolite for any one,much more

a nreach ot promise ol marriage. O.ste.vtatiox. Every man of sense that sees another making a show, w ith trirninrs

!a stranger to ask such a question; but as a

very considerable wager depends upon it, and it may be some advantage to yourself

and embroidery, may perhaps tacitly ad ! io declare the truth to me. I hope these mire the fennj of the tailor, but w ill be ! considerations will plead my excuse. It

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sure to despUe the ostentation of the owner. Manners. A gentleman's mien and behaviour are sufficient to discover him, without any great dependante upon our shops and tailors.

The treaty between the United States and Colombia has received the ratification of those two powers; it is a glorious instrument, and one in which moVal dignity the dictates of justice the great principles of national faith, and honor at d humanity are recognized and consecrated. We believe that it will lead to results the most important, no less than a complete and salutary c hange in national intercourse and the study how peace shall be preserved, not by common bayonets, and military fortifications, and frowning severtv fours, but by an observance of fiuth, justice, humanity andJ:oi:or.

is madam, to be informed, w hether you gov-

crn your husband or whether he rules lover you?'' "Indeed, sir, replied the lady j this question is somewhat odd; but as 1 think no one ought be ashamed of doing I their duty , I shall make no scruple to say ! that 1 have always been proud to obey my husband in all things; but if a woman's

word is to he suspected in such a case, let him answer forme here he comes. The gentleman at that moment entering the room.and after some apologiesbeing made acquainted with the business, confirmed every word his obedient wife bad reported in her own favor; upon which he was invited to choose which horse in the team he liked best. A black gelding struck the fancy of the gentleman most; but the lady desired he would choose a grey man?, which she thought w ould be the better fit for her side saddle; her husband gave sub-

! stantial reasons why he thought the black

Frnm the I)ok of t)lir Oak wool!. Eq. Ijvas once in a ball room many, many years ago It was crowded to overflowing, with gallantry and beauty health sat on every cheek and every ey e sparkled with pleasure. The guests w ere

i all voung, all gay , all happy, and sorrow j and care seemed to have flown far away j I leaned against the painted wall, and : mused upon the scene before me till my mind was lost in the dreams of imagination. Then I thought 1 saw a pah; and ghasth i figure,wrapped in thin loose drapery , leanj ing against a distant pillar of the hall, halt 'hid by it- reflected shade, and alternateh i eyeing with piercing scrutiny the moving i group, and making minutes on a scroll he ; held in his left hand. A shudder ran fhio ' me and I shrunk hack, and gathered my j breath and raised my linger to point out

this rm sterious guest, just as rm arm was

seized by a companion. I started thede-

lusion vanished 1 mingled amid the giddy maze around me but the recollection of that singular fancy returned and burned upon my heart, a hundred times that.evening. A year ago, those juvenile scenes were brought again to mind. I passed by the old hall. It had now been a church for a quarter of a century, and a large and filled burial ground was walled in around it. I dismounted and wandered an hour among the graves almost every step I took brought me before some tomb stone, sacred to the memory of one or another who was with me in youth at that ba room and some of these stones bore the marks of dim and dusty age Suddenly the mysterious guest my fancy had so strangely pictured, came to my mind, and a voice seemed to say to me 'that was death he has been faithful to his record.' Who ever thought of death iu a ball room? Trenton Emp. Hayti. The editor of the "Genius c Universal Emancipation" has furnished u. with a proof-sheet of the number of his work about to be published, from which we extract the following paragraph: It has its comment in itself. "A gentleman from Virginia, applied at the office of the Baltimore Havticn Emigration society, on the 24th ultimo, for information respecting the propriety and practicability of sending a large number of .sla:es to the republic of flay ti. Aftei he had received from the agent a statement of the present situation of thing relat ive to the emigration of our colored people to that island, he requested assistance in procuring a vessel for the purpose above-mentioned. This was cheerfully complied with; and the next day, a contract w. s closed with a ship owner, to take out eighty eight slaves, all belonging to the gentleman aforesaid, the nine of whose

parage he pays himself, and fir thtfu-c of;!

i; was the original design of it, it rnav I

: happy effect on the nei hboniii g natio

I or tribes in that quarter of the world, aiid become highly valuable to us on acroui.t of the commerce w hich it will atl.inl. I CotTe, cotton and rice grow heie ,is i. tives and may he cultivated to an extent, i With the.-e lich staples for export, and a 'soil capable of producing abundant my. plies of grain, w hat mighty results mav ; hoped for, when this coloriv of ri ilierl

j blacks shall acqurie power to romriiLnd the j respect of the adjacent inhabitants, forbid the slave trade, ami enter into treaties j with the European and American naii i;s j All these things may happen in less t'.nn fifty y ears, and possibly, at an earlier od; and the hope of spreading liht i. o' I this dark land, should make us Z'-alou? 1 r ! the succ ess of the project, notw iths aiiti; g it may not materially ( if ct the desist, lor w hich the colony was -tablNhed. 'I ie ; present colonists are he. hiiy fcapp'-nrto i he prosperous and w ill be joined by c. filers as fast, perhaps, as the general g ,-nl

will admit of. A verv rapid acce?ioi of population cannot be otherwise than injurious as destructive of lhoe fruits whirl o ptrinve has reared for the safety of ncr

oas and property. JS'ilis