Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 70, Richmond, Wayne County, 30 July 1825 — Page 4

SELECTED POETRY.

WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM. For mc, oh World ! no chaplet weave. Thy frowns I fear not, and believe Thy winter Emiles, thy summer glow, Deceptive as retiring snow, For all thy pleasures but deceive. Let Beauty, with it? jesof fire, With maddening love the gay inspire; Let War, in panoply array'd, Unsheath the Chieftain's ready blade; Let Glory rear its phimed crest. And dazzle with its glittering vest; Ytt not for me thy chaplet weave, Tby smile9 are false thy hopes deceive. Let the full cup of Pleasure teem With draughts from fair Calypso's stream, Which shrouds the soul's immortal flamo Beneath the brutes' dep-aded frame ; Tho fair the llow'rs that here entice, All, all too co?tly in the price; Such chaplet therefore do not weave, The flowers decay the draughts deceive. Nor weave for me Ambition's wreath, It is the bloody meed of death ; Asp-like, foul murder nestles there, Ectwjn'd with folds of grim despair. And oh! weive not the wreath that binds The brows of sordid, selnh minds, Like this entwine r.o wreath for me, They show too much, Oh world, of thee. Nor the bright wreath of Riches twine, Due from Golconda's purest mine; Nor dazzling stones, that proudly gem An empire's envied diadem. No twine for me the CHRISTIAN'S crown. Be virtue still my best renown---And let the wre ith that decks my brow From pure Remgio.n's branches grow.

THE PRINTING OFFICE. If jou wish to stud) character if you wish to see the world if you wish to know what crudities and quiditics exist in the human race, go to the printing otlice, when

the paper is published, and the morning stage has brought its usual bundle of crimes, crim. con. and congressional proceedings. Let a l.tzv fellow like mvself, one who has little to do, and still less disposition toperform even that little, make a morning's lounge -in the printing office, and he will learn more than he would in a fortnight's poring over his dusty, worrneatcn volumes. I l.ve to secure a quiet nook, and with a ne-p iper before me, peep out to observe thv motley assemblage who llock together to present their advertisements, tir d fault with the editor or printer, hear the latest ecvvs, make their sage remarks, and "spill their judgments'' on the political affairs of this mundane sphere. In come Mr. Dry Goods with a request that a blunder, the printer had made in publishing an advertisement of his the day before, by substituting chintz1 for cheese, making it read a "quantity of chintze from one of the best dairies in the count) might be corrected. The compositor was called, the manuscript produced, and found printed Zf rlatinu and Mr. Drv Goods hastily lei t the office to correct his own mistakes. Mr. Vinegar Cruet, the village grocer, wished that 4,smoked herrings'" might he put in capitals, as he wished to draw the attention of the public to that aiticle. A young gentleman entered and handed a small packet of papers to the editor, and left the office. His manner plainly enough indicated that lie belonged to the class of

idlers who contribute their mites to the i

ephemeral columns of the day. 'Mr. Editor," said a fat old fellow, who sat wheezing in his easy chair, "you give too much room to such idle fellows; who cares for their literature and their essays? I had rather read a debate of congress, or our legislature, than all the literary trash which the whole tribe of scribblers can furnish in a year." "Perhaps, Mr. Grumble-gumption, it may be so with you, but ou will be so good as to recollect there are numerous persons who patronize a paper merely for the miscellaneous articles it contains, and who rarely if ever look at a congressional debate; and we caterers for the public must consult the inclination and tastes of all, so far as is consistent with the paramount obligations vc owe to society." "But I tell you," interrupted Grumblegumption, "that no advantage w hatever is derived from all the tales, essays and poetry, which the present generation has produced; they only" "Mr. Editor,'1 said a young lady, who had that moment entered, "will you please to hand me your last paper, containing the priz essay of the 'Dream of Love,' from the New-York Mirror. It was given her, ami with a smile, and a look, which I would not have exchanged for all the congressional debates in the universe, with old Grumble to boot, she retired. "There,' continued he, "such are the persons tor whom you exclude the wisdom of s ges and the researches of our legislative halls.' A pedlar of combs, sleev e buttons, nee

dles, &c. inquired for a paper, one w as J! lowing it time to repose

handed him, and turning it over, said hisj

object in calling was to examine the bank note exchange, but was surprised to find it excluded, when it was so particularly necessary for gentlemen engaged in trade. He was referred to the city papers for the

information necessary to determine the character of the two dollar bill he held in his hand, and turning on his heel he left us. The door opened, and a man whose important and supercilious air showed him to be a person of authority, entered. "Mr.

j Editor,' said he, "I have called to demand

the name of the individual who signed himself Manlius, in this morning's paper." "When the reason is known for this demand," said the editor, "perhaps you may be gratified in your request." "Mv reasons?' replied he, angrily, "are,

! the fellow has abused me shamefully, and

his name shall be given up, or you must yourself prepare to suffer the consequences of a refusal." "But are you certain, Squire Smellfungus, the article was aimed at you? There are, you are sensible, no names mentioned, and there are unfortunately so many persons to whom the character sketched by Manlius is applicable, that there must be some strong points of resemblance indeed to justify your demand."

"You know," said Smellfungus, "that there are scoundrels in every community i who take delight in stabbing in the dark, ; men who arc more elevated than themselves, and unless a proper punishment is awarded, no man will be safe from their attacks."' "I will venture to say," replied the edi- , tor, "that Manlius was unaware that so important a personage as yourself existed; and when he was wielding the lash ofsaI tire over the political sins and moral crimes j of certain of the community, he had little idea that any person who aspires to respectability in society, would claim the privilege of considering those remarks as directed at him." It was easy to perceive the man of office felt his situation was becoming far from enviable, and denounced the severest ven1 geance of the law upon "all and sundry," 'lie was moving towards the door, with an ! evident intention of taking himself off. j "Wait, if you please, one moment," said j the editor, "I merely wish to whisper in your ear, that before proceeding in this affair, it may be well to look at home. A writer like Manlius looks abroad in the political world; he surveys the mass ot

knavery and folly with which it abounds;

he embodies it and gives it "a substance

and a form," that may receive the lash of

ridicule, the sting of satire, or the frown of

contempt; if any political adventurer j steps forward and says, "I am that knave," or "I am that villain," it is nothing to us.

e have learned that no one is ever hurt

I by that which docs not apply to himself.

"Let the feather of the shaft glance over a sound part, and it will not be frit, but let touch a wounded and irritable place and it

will inilict pain and anguish! Pale with rage, Smellfungus closed the

door with a violence which showed the re

proof as well as the offence was felt. Even

old Grurnblegumption grinned a a smile of

exultation at Smellfungus s mortification.

A young man entered, handed a paper,

and retired It read as follows: "Married last Wednesday, by rev. elder Mahy Mr.

Jon. Hingham to Mis Olive Judca, awl of

this plase." Enough, said I, for one morning, and detouched from my corner, leaving Grumblegumption to conclude his harangue against poems, tales, and newspaper essays, at his leisure.

From the African Repository, Moral qualities of the Africans. The negroes are accused of idleness. The accusation of indolence, which is not without some degree of truth, is often exagger

ated. It is exaggerated in the mouth of

those who arc accustomed to employ lorcc to conduct slaves to labour. But, blacks

or whites, all arc laborious when stimulated by the spirit of property, by utility, or by pleasure. Such are the negroes of Senegal, who work with ardour, says Pellclan, because they are unmolested in their possessions and enjoyments. Since the suppression of slavery, -adds he, the Moors make no inroads upon them. Thus villages are rebuilt and re-peopled. Such are the laborious inhabitants of Axiam, on the golden coast, whom all travellers Iotc to describe. The negroes of the country of Boulam, whom Beaver mentions as inured to industry; those of the country ofJagro. celebrated for an activity which enriches their country; those of Cabomontc and of Fido or Juido, arc indefatigable cultivators, says Bosman, who certainly is not prejudiced in their favor; economical of their soil, they scarcely leave a foot path, to form a communication between the different possessions; they reap one day, and the

next they sow the same earth, w ithout al-

The Portuguese historian, Borros, says, in some part of his work, that the negroes were, in his opinion, preferable to the Swiss soldiers. In 1703, the blacks took arms for the defence of Guadaloupe, and were more useful than all the rest of the French troop. At the same time, they defended Martinico against the English. The honorable conduct of the negroes and mulattocs, at

the seige of Savannah, at the taking of

Pensacola, is well known; ana aiso uunng our Revolution, when incorporated with the French troops, they shared their dangers and their glory. j Henry Diaz, who is extolled in all the histories of Brazil, was a negro. Once a slave, he became colonel of a regiment of loot soldiers of his own colour, to whom Brandano(who was certainly not a colonist) bestows the praise of talents and sagacity. In a battle, struggling against a superiority of numbers, and perceiving that some of his soldiers began to give way, he darts into the midst of them, crying, Arc

these the braze companions of Henry Diaz? His discourse, and his example, says a historian, gives them fresh courage, and the enemy, who already thought itself victo!riou?," is attacked with an impetuosity ; which obliges it to fall back precipitately into the town. Henry Diaz forces Arecise tocapitulate, Fernanbon to surrender, 'and entirely destroys the Batavian army. In 1745, in the midst of his exploits, a ! ball pierced his left hand; to spare the i delay of dressing the w ound, he caused it to be amputated, saving, that each finger of his right is worth a hand in combat. It lis to be regretted, that history does not in- ! form us where, when, and how this general died. Menezes praises his consummate experience, and speaks of the Africans, who all of a sudden, are converted into intrepid warriors. j George Roberts, an English navigator, I pillaged by the captain of a privateer be- ; longing to hi? country, sought refuge in , the isle of St. John,in the Archipelago.near Cape Vert. The negroes give him succour. An anonymous pamphleteer, who Idare not deny the fact, endeavours to ex

tenuate its merit, in saying that the condition of George Roberts w ould have moved a tiger to pity. Durand extols the modesty and chastity of negro wives, and

! good education of the mulattoes at Goree. i Wadstrom,who boasts much of their friendship, thinks their sensibility more mild and : affecting than that of the whites. Captain i Wilson, who lived among them, speaks I highly of their constancy in friendship: ( the shed tears at his departure. Doctor Newton relates that one day he accused a negro of imposture and injustice. The latter with pride, replies, do you take i me for a white? He adds, that, on the j borders of the river Gabaon, the negroes are the best race of men that exists. Led- ! yard says the same of the Foulahs, whose I government is paternal, j Proyart,in his history of Loango, asserts, ! that if the negroes, who inhabit its coasts, j and who associate w ith European?, are injclined to fraud and libertinism, those of ! the interior are humane, obliging, and hosi pitablc. This eulogium is repeated by

Golberry: he inveighs against the presumption with which Europeans, despise and calumniate nations, improperly called savage, among whom we find men of probity, models of filial, conjugal, and paternal affection, who know all the energies and refinements of virtue; among whom sentimental impressions are more deep, because they observe, more than wc, the dictates of nature, and know how to sacrifice personal interest to the ties of friendship. Golberry furnishes many proofs of this. The anonymous author of the West In

dian Eclogues owes his life to a ncgroc, who to save it, sacrificed his own. Why has not this poet, who, in a note relates this circumstance, mentioned the name of his preserver? Robin speaks of a slave of Martinico, who, having gained money sufficient for his own ransom, purchased his mother's freedom. The most horrible outrage that can be committed against a negroe, is to curse his father or his mother, or to speak of cither with contempt. Strike me, said a slave to his master, but curse not my mother. It is from Mungo Park I take this and the following fact. A ncgress having lost her son, her only consolation was, that he had never told a lie. Casaux relates, that a ncgroc, seeing a white man abuse his father, said, carry away, the child. of this monster, that it may not learn to imitate his conduct. The veneration of blacks for their grandfather and grandmother is not confined to life: in mournful sympathy they hangover the ashes of those who arc no more. A traveller has preserved the anecdote of an African who recommended a Frenchman to lespect places of interment. What would the African have thought, if he could haye believed that one da v the v would

be profaned throughout all France tion which beasts of its civilization?3 The blacks, according to tho ar.l .

Stedman, are so benevolent one to J 1 cf that it is useless to say to them, W neighbour as yourself. Slaves, parting ly those of the same country , have IT cided inclination to assist each other las! it happens always, that the wretch t have nothing to hope but from associatemisfortune. u" 5 lrSeveral maroons had been condemned to the gallows: one has the offer of his l;r provided he becomes the executioner cH;' fellows he refuses he prefers deat ! The master orders one of his rierrot$ J perform this oftice. Wait, said he, till 1 get ready: he goes into the house, takeg -hatchet, cuts off his hand, returns to I j master, and says to him, Order me nov; ; be the executioner of my comrade. I We are indebted to Dickson for the f0" ; lowing fact: A negroe had killed a man; another, accused of the crime : about to suffer death. The murderer a ;knowledged his crime, "Because,1" said he I cannot suffer the remorse I must ffe from the idea of being the cause of th j death of two individuals. The innocent man is released; the negro is sent to the 1 gibbet, where he remained alive durir.e ! six or seven davs. 5

j The same Dickson has informed u?, that ! among one hundred and twenty thousai.d j negroes and Creoles of Barbadoe?, ci.lv J three murders had been known to be crrnjmittcd by them in the course of thirtv years. j The gratitude of the blacks, snys Siteman, is such, that they often expose their I life to save that of their benefactor. Cowry relates, that a Portuguese slave havh r i tied to the woods, learns that hi? master is

nrougni lo inaj :or me crime ci cssartir.a;tion: the negroe goes to prison irtead c: ; his master, gives false, though judic i trv proof of his pretended crime, ai.d suiieideath instead cTTthe criminal, j The anecdote of Louis Drsroukuiix. r. i negroe pastry cook, of Nantes, is Uwk known. After he left Nantes, he lived a: the Cape, where he had been a slave ot i Pinsum, of Ba vonne, a captain in the t.e- ! groe trade, who came with great riches to ' France, where he was at last ruined. He returns to St. Domingo. Those w he,

j; iwhen he was rich, called themselves lis

j friends, now scarcely recognized him. L, Desrouleaux, who had acquired a fcrtine. he learns the misfortune of his old master, hastens to find him, gives him lodging ar.i I nourishment, and nevertheless, proposes that he should live in France, where Lis

feelings will not be mortified by thcyghtoi the ungrateful men. "But I cannot f-; .d subsistence in France. "Will anai i.ual re-

I enuc of fifteen thousand frar.cs he s-uiL-cicnt?'' The colonist weeps with joy ' the negroe signs the contract, and there;;sion was regularly paid, till the death ci ! Louis Desrouleax,w hich happened in 3 77-1. The French ough; to bles the ju'.m-'-ry of Jasmin Thoumazeau, born in Africa, h 1714. He was sold at St. Domingo, i j!73G. Having obtained his freedom, U j marrie d a ncgress of the Golden coast, a: (J, in 176G, established a hospital, at tho

Cape, for poor negroes and mulattocs. During more than forty years, he and l i vv ife were occupied in giving them con. tort, and rendering his fortune subservient their wants. The Philadelphia!" Soehly at the Cape, and the Agricultural Society at Paris, decreed medals to jasmin, wiiC died near the close of the century. Abbe. Grcgoire.

"Where has he cone?"-It is written of a gentleman who died very sudden.), that his jester ran to the other scrvai tf, and having told them that their master was dead, he w ith much gravity added, "'J crc' and where is he gone?' The servants replied," Why, he has gone to heaven, to bs sure." "No," said the jester, "he hns u -gone to heaven, I am certain!' TllC SJ1' vants with warmth, asked him boff knew that his master had not gone to ncaven. The jester then replied, Ikcac heaven is a great way oft, and I never kne my master to take a long journey in life, but he always talked of it some time before-hand, and also made preparation for it; but I never heard him talk aw" heaven, nor ever heard him mauirc S parations for death; and, therefore, I aC'

sure he has not gone to heaven.

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