Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 81, Richmond, Wayne County, 29 October 1825 — Page 4

FOBTRY

original. Let preachers preach, and singers ting, This world a world of woe; That ttarsof hear: a malignant fling A bane on all be?nT I'll heed them no pass away A life ofeatbl V J, Tot why should penance sour my day In such a world cj this. In such a world cj Hit, where all, Harmonious cztrr in Y7as made for r ? that at tay call A world h'Tt brings! Is not tr ,!!) Queen eM. , The L ... JiyiiJ fearr.:! -Doth not the forest own cjI: - The Lion thu rererM ! t Then whv inuf man, the lard of all The birds and beat and beef, Let jrv expire, and pjeneure pall, .rn nurth prow cold and freeze? Sur- virtue ncT rdid crnruand Th-if w on uGh-Sb-u'f dwrll and touch not what the hand Of nature hath bestowed. EHCURUS.

(sEr.tcTto. SONG Tune "Hanks .n Rraes. " ,Ol LOVFLY i the morning calm. It frrcrancr, ami its potIe hue, WLrn even thine around i halm The kj in sn. ilt thf flowers in dew. But softer, fairer, far than thee, Or any thin? beneath th- ky, I? the fond look the lover sees G'ance from hi maiden' mt Itin? eye. And (3!ti tweet at even trie. To list ,- will! hinl's n iioiled lay; Wr tf happy, guiltless, i(Je by idc, Thv siiifc'ofjoy on ever spray; But weeter, dearer than tlii song Of harmony within the grove, I relo!) thnt rnplt alone The virgin lir of her we love. - Kroni th' Uiberni ut Miiearine. ON TIIK CIRCASSIAN WOMKN. Hisorv. tr-.iv r-lb-rs, and rematirc, have said nothing d the be. njtv of the Orcadian w-men, wiiirii i rot below the truth. B mtv ban he ro considered as an imaginary being. ;i tiling f invention ; and tojustif this xtr;i vacant idra, it ha? been alleged, that what is beautiful to the eves of

one people. is not so to those of another; that .1 Chinese beauty would have no charm? in Fnvre or Ft tint d. and in like manner, that a French or English beauty would have no attrartior s in the eves of a Chinese. But the heautv of the Circassian women is a sufficient answer to this reasoning, since thryare acknnwle d to be beautiful h all nations. Thev are every where soil"! t after, and are the ornament of all the seraulio of Asia, Africa, and Europe, because the po se tlat phasing union f features, that proportion of all tlie parts of the body, that splendor, thi brilliant tints, that whole that cannot b defn ed, hut whirh exi-ts, and nccessarily (on-ntutes ht-atm, since all men render it '.omaoe. It isonlv it tbi. pc it t of view tbat the inhabitants o On nssia (a country between the Caspian and Black eas.) deserve the att'-t lion (f the oh -mug traveller. It will easilv l.e conceived that the nation which consider women a- merchandize can . ever make tier a companion, for conside m mi a in- as a wnd at d indissoluble u-ion. We fit d, acn.rdingh, that the Cinaian have many wives whom they ch.-.ng- at tM ir plea-uie. hut the first w ife aluaxshaa a Miperiorit over the others, nhu ,..t!.i g can take away, and which fcbv f tail- itil death. I ir In vite, who is usually manied whet., xin,: ., y om .is pun based like the ri it thf publie rnaiketr, where an innurrn r. :do multitude o.f women are exposed t! -.1 - .habited in tnr on-, hidi i-jud;-i in .i-t likeh toox ite thedesireof the huvcji. No injuir i math- with respect to w !.e.ice the Hdinat! w as brought, and if the name d her parent? are 'asked itisonh to areitain whether she derives her birth from a stock of pure and atknowlegcd he oiH. Th,. uual price c f a beautiful

in assian male is thousatal piaster.

W ornen beinjr the jtniicipal commerce in Cirtaia, t-vl t.u in their education and habitual lite ha tor it- object to pre.-erve H eir beauty atd f n ilitate its de- ( loja-ment. All d,m stic o upati fs are abandoned to the slaves women are sol U en. ployed v itb the arts of the toilette and the means of plea;in. Tliey make it a particular to modulate their grace and oici in s ft and inch dious toi.e?, a, d todis; la) c lepra:. c . in ( v rv motion. Tneir haniiati' is ar intci mingled with gardens, a i d form -ti ! village . verv near to each otta r. and c o .-;n: ot about twenty house-rat h. A.t the middle-of each ol these villages is a sunglv luitilicu

totrer in wbict), in case of invasion, they j

shut the women and the riches of the country. These towers, as well as all the houses, arc built of wood, decorated with great art, and finished with taste. The dress of the Circassian men is a mixture of the Greek and Turkish habits. It consists of a pair of wide pantaloons,buskins, a close boddice fastened with a girdle, a kind of domino with open sleeves, and a cap or turbam not very high, broad at the top, and narrow at the bottom. They shave their beards, leav ing very long mtistachios. The dress of the women is more simple and pleasing. It consists of pantaloons, a boddice, and a long robe in the Armenian

j taste, or a large furred pelisse. From the j cap or bonnet, of the shape of a sugar loaf, ! hangs a veil. This bonnet is richly orna- ; mented with pearl. ; The dress is never sold with the women, ; unless agreed for separately. The Circas- ! sian women, however, like the European, i wear, under all a linen garment which they change every day, and this garment the seller is obliged to give with the woman to the purchaser. In this state hcdelivers his I merchandize.

Fr rn the Vermont W.itrhman. "SHE WON'T STAY COURTED." 'Why don't you pay attention to some of the pretty girls who look so invitingly as though they would almost ask for a beau!'' says an old gentleman to his nephew, who was already on the wrong side of thirty. 'Why uncle,r replies the nephew, "vou know that I always laved the girls; and that in other years I courted some half a dozen of them in succession. But while I was seriously engaged in making preparations for marriage, they w ere as seriously looking out for another spark. It did no good, tbev nouhlnt stay courtcl." kAh Bill,"' exclaims a successful candidate at the altar of Hymen, "you always remind me of the odd half pair of scissors. Yu have grown old and torpid by prosing the cold bed of celibacy so long. Spruceup and take a wife and be done with it." 'Rot cm," retorts Bill, "you want to have me jilted again, I suppose. 1 han't forgot the atfair with Dorcassina Amelia Amanda Street-yarn: it is impossible to imagine what a loving time it was, snug bit of a courtship 1 had w ith her. Amanda sighed so languishingly , sung so lovingly upon me, and talked so sentimentally about love, friendship and eternal constancy that I verily concluded she was 'all mv own. About that time I took a trip forsix months, or to see the world before I became bound for life. Well, when I returned Amanda had found a new sweet-heart. She now looked askew at me, as much a to say , "vour cake is dough.' She did'nl stay courted "Report goes. Jack that you've put somebody' nose out of joint," whispers one crony to another, in a very confidential wa, but that's inter nos. "Now I advise you to strike when the iron is hot. Re-meruber!--Once,stcrn tuy vmrtrd." "Is this true?' soliloquist rny friend, with the martial air and w ide rullle, then it '"stands me it) hand to look out, else my Dulcenia will slip through mv lingers. For though I throw myself in her way as often as convenient follow hard after her iti the meetinghouse, yet it is possible she may not stay courted, for all that. Ladies, it is even so? Cases for "Breach of Promise," have become very 'fashionable with your sex. Supposing the 'fashions should alter, and young men should take it into their heads to sue the ladies, what would be the consequenc e? "Why I should have business enough," exclaims a lawyer, the specific gravity of w hose purse would never hinder him from flying away in a high glee.

necessary to express the contract, than to .. " . i n.: : i

draw it tnemseives. i mis pianne, uuwever, is not very common. Most men choose rather to rely upon their own common sense, than to trust the technicalities

and subtleties of the law; and although, as

they discover at the end of a vexatious and expensive law suit, it would have been better to have paid a lawyer a dollar to

draw a valid and explicit agreement thai

they have the word of his grace in r souls, they will do more good than aH 2 dandy-cut missionaries that could stm i v tween Dan and Bccrshcba. be" In addition to the present missions system, a rational eninno nf ' .,n5

; been erects in New-York city, en,h7 1 ed with tl.J title of- KXatimnl Tract SocK j This combination is made un nfP..

an rcm?, &:ptist.u Episcopalians, and MihJt.

to have expended fifty in a controversery j, associated together. The plan bow-J

about one that he has neither shape nor h appears to have been set on foot by t! future, it is as the iotkv said of his blind ; Presbyterians, as an overtadvnr.ro cW :le

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horse, not their fault but their misfortune, jj towards a national religion. The

The following, with the substitution ot

i ai Oilier orders ui their enlistment into this fnuer

mi, uppear 10 nave nccn rather l,0o(? winkcrcd. A circular is now pa-hr nt0 different parts of our country, snid tr.V

by a plantiflT in a justice's court, at which I sent out by the Presbyterians, praised t! was present a short time since. It is ap-i liberality of those sects towards each otUr

parent that it was not drawn by a lawyer, in uniting their strength together in the and has none of the tcchrirnl jargon in ! national combination ; recommending f, -r

sooth the establishment of a national creed and an amalgatton of sentiments. Tw.l

is at once letting us know what thevarp

fictitious for real names, and the, omission of the town, is a copy, verbatim et literatim, of an instrument drawn and produced

which the professors of mystification are

in the habit of unveiling their ideas. "Dew For Value Received I promise to pay unto Richard Roe or Bearer Seven

teen Days work when Cold for as good as

! bout.

to h

. This circular expresses the "desire ave but one form of religion, wlwl!

bight Days at HaxingcancJ the lcst in me i must uc national; me ministers ofw!i,ii

Summer beason and hud myself. And also j must nc educated and paid by the general Seven Days work Dun at Harvest to be a government. The clergy are to aiic.M a

paid in good wheat at Cash price when

Coahl for with use all the above work the sd. Richard Roe boarded himself as witness mv Hand at the 22d of November, 1820." (Signed) "JOHN DOE." The court and jury bad so little common sense, that after hearing four different eX planations from as many different lawyers, of the meaning of this remarkably clear and explicit contract, they could neither make head nor tail of it, and "found no end, iti wandering mazes lost." Courteous reader! are you any be tter off? That you may not be left to warder in the Cretan Labyrinth with this ricketty bantling of common sejise squalling in your arms, without the thread of Ariadne to lead you out, I will furnish you with the plantifTs ex planation of the contract, given after the

jury had come in, and after he bad derived f t Ail tlfoit at no di!ant day, to t:?tahhs!i a

all the advantage which might have rea- 1 national religion in this countrv.than u ; .re

"national costume" which is to he soKmn and imposing; and such as will secure t!ie sacerdotal character that t everau c which ij due to it. Such are the objects bad in view W the most leading party in the A'ati-mal Tract eicty: and such are the pbu s on f t ,it the present day, for the establi-hrm-i.t (f a national religion. We rejoice to that some of the other sec ts are f.t aiHjrr to be thus duped, nor to Jar-rifu v tiufr rights at the shrine of the prirstl amliitim of the Presbyterian clergy The M t;,, dists were never fully satisfied with tu-

plan on which the National Tract St My was organized, nor were thev of u; i:i 7 .with it. The Baptists are already jrjsl u '.of their rights, and have: sounded the ;:!, .mi trumpet. The Columbian Star s.i vfvthuc

may be mote reason to apprehend a pw;

son ably been expected from his perlormance of the principal parts in the old farce of "Fvcrv man his ow n lawyer.' Know, then, that if the plant iff had applied

! to a lawyer to draw the agreement.it would

have assumed something like this shape. "I promise for value received to pay Richard Roe on demand, seventeen days w"i k. Fight of them, as good as so many days in hay ing, and the other nine days, in the summer season, and find myself. I also promise to pay him on demand, with interest, in good wheat at cash price, for 7 days work done by him for me in harvest,during which seven days he hoarded himself. Dated November 22 1320. (Signed) JOHN DOE."

And now, gentle reader, having given

Irorn eight to ten

There is good sense as well as ingenious good humor in the following: Krom the Cooprr?town Freeman' Journal. "Dick. The first thing we do, let's kill all the Lawyers." "Cac. Na that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment being scribbled o'er should undo a man? Some say that the bee stings; but I say 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing,and I was never mine own master since.'' SlfAKSPEARE. The arrival of that joful millennial when laws and lawyers will cease to t xi-t. is a "tonFVTrmu.tkn ritvovlh to l.c viihed." Sorne miserable sceptics m;iy possibly entertain doubts whether law? are not indispensably necessary in every well regulated soc iety, but no person will question the utte r Uselcssncss of hiwyeis. Serne men are so avaric ious and so mm h afraid of a

long, tr"ublrsnme and expensive litigation,! growing out ofau obscure and unintelligi-j bJe agreement, that they will rather pay! a hwyr fot drawing one,, i, those clea'r! and explicit words, which the Jaw sus.are':

'accustomed to suppose."' This b ii f'n j w ord in season. Let the public n.;i,J be on the alert. Let every editor fiirr.dy to civ il and religious liberty , opr::l j intest against the unhallowed project, bet the heralds of free gospel, prnt 1 Vim t;,e

sound of liberty, long and Intnl. j t the slumbering energies oftlic (huiclile.v roused, never to bow their necks to caksiastical bondage. God save the reptil he of America from religious intulciaiHt, ar,d

priestly usurpati

on

Misi'Rivrs. The following i- from

National iEgis, and ncarlv every e

will snhsrnhf to the truth, o the aco;i)

j panying observations: Jgus.

Cf tl. iiiri.lnf.tc it. Ilif !iv(5;i::i!vrl

.1 .. VI "II "IV llil 111' I I

von in strong contrast the production ol : 4 , 4 i -.,.;,.. - r . ; linns the doinirs and j-uIIlih i: t

vvnai is caneu enmmnti stnsc on me one nana, and what is called technical jargon on the other, I take my leave, in the language of Lord Coke, "wishing unto y ou the gladsome light of jurisprudence, the loveliness of temperance, the stabilities of fortitude, and the solidity of justice." Your loving friend, JOHN STILES.

From th Goapel Luminary. CHURCH AND STATE. We confess that in commencing the Gospel Luminary, we did not apprehend so much danger from efforts' to establish a Church and State religion in our country, as we are at present compelled to. But in viewing the figure cut by various societies established in our country, under the imposing name of "religious," we are iiresistibly led to apprehend the period not far distant, when open and violent efforts will be made to unite church and state together, even in this country. This object with its various branches, hap for years been gradually tending towards its ultimate end. Much has been said about sending missionaries to christianize the heatl ien; and the, educating of young men, to fit them for the ministry . For these objects even millions of dollars have been expended, and what has been accomplished ? It is really to be feared, that in many places where such missionaries have been sent,that there is now a less willingness to hear the plain simple gospel, than there was before they obtruded themselves. The reason is obvious; the plan is rotten at the bottom, and is principally based on money. .Mis-

riwii.ii wimi wueis, wouiM pronamy ne less fv .ity"r was the root of all "cxil vvithheld from them in that ratio. There are at present too many elTorts (o support mis-

sionary gmuitty; audit is to he feared,that frequently more of the gat.'i man is sent to j mi-sionate, than there is of the self-denying !

t nrisuan. j tuuian embellishment can never con.-ilitute a .knowledge of the way to everlasting life, vov Qualify a man to teach

it. (live US DOor fivhernwn tv )enicr'l

tax-gtutfurs; if thcLoid send:? them, and j

who provide for public atnu?en:(.-rt iy i!

manufacture of newspapers, h'te are not

more vexatious, than the discoveries tl

sometimes make of the ridirrdc-ti? in their own works, w hich the ii'l

care w ill not always preterit, nor are ':

more amusing than the ebs i -valien otue

singular mistakes in the pnljlier.tio; s

others. Some supernumerary leth r v.. insidiously intrude himself it to a ' i

among the crowd, will elude the

of the weary etes, and when il it t ;( 1 for coriertioo. he Mnoeais staii'Ja" )il ''P

prevent mischievously the true vU-i- i,r meaning of the writer, and soniflimfs cover him with shame. Thus v.t jmiU a late religious paper, a melancholy li'rcI' ...... i crll!

tation over the "inimoraht) ct tiicr-1', age; learn with surprise that an ra' life" is the hitrh reward of earthly M'llf

and find from a 'western' editor, bwn -j thermometer during the present mor.tJ that region rose to OOO above zctOi j

perature more intense man unci ""; , C... 4 i l-.tlftw'rs i "il r

S UIU IW HU I1UUM 3 III . . south. A Pennsylvania paper has M''ed a specimen of another ' I 11 Ml"' printing, more unfortunate than itui ; After correcting an error iclatin lj j

eeoerapbical position of dratid Js.

article furnishes the following d"riri" of its magnificent sceneiy : v 'The Liand purchased bv is thus described in Morse's l7r'lkl ' "Jesse Tpton.of Hand Ij h cec! t? - ' , beat his wile's brains out ''.'"ij

bench, on the 31st of May, ai.il h !-'

escape.

COUONKlvS aA'i:- ,

BY. virtue of u writ !' l'- '1 hcvl,i , r: t!u: VVjivim- Cin int C'unrf, I Vl,-, i I . . I I ... I,. . I.i .I!-"'" . ,

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i:i the town ,V Uichisiuinl. at thf I'""'

Cox, n the !iiy t' Ki.vi i;i! tr m v' :o.d Lot, ,o. 12; aUo. II. Uv b(i(S f

10, in that part t' tlu- ti-nn l:nl "- ' ( , Cox. Al.-o one Hlov- iiu ! VK ,'pV,v.t. 4n, atul oti Chic!: am! ta-'f. l;il, "rii

a-, the property ol' William -1, oi nc l Shute. , n r V'. C joijn wiiirrf.'i A1 r;-!.

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