Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 90, Richmond, Wayne County, 31 December 1825 — Page 4

SEDATED POETRY.

SCOTCH AIR. BT T. MOORE, ESQ. Ore in the stillj night, Tro lumber's chain hat bound me, ' VqtkI csem'rj brings the light O' other dnjt around me. Tb smiles, tht tan, of boj hood's fears, The words of love then spoken, Ths ejes that sbined, now dimM wnd gone, The cheerful hearts now broken. When I remember all, The friends so link'd together, I'tc seen aroond me fall, Lik leaves in ftmtrj weather. 1 fed like one who treads alone Some banquet hall deserter1, TV'hoie lifbts are fled, whose garlands dead, AnJ all but me departed.

THE WILDERNESS. BT SEI KCK OESBOR5. There is a wilditess, more dark TLn gro?ri of fir on Huron's shore ; And & tNat -heerlffs rttiioD, hark! iluw serpents hiss,how monsters roar! T cot acnof)g the untrodden islet Of it SMifiors's stormjIake, Where social comfort nt-ter smiles, If or sun-beams pierce the tai gled brake: Esor is it in the deepest shade Of India's tjr$'T-hanntrd wood; Nor ftrrn forests, uwsortej'd, Wl.err crwuching pantrri lurk for bloodTiin the dark unrnltnrM soul, B education anrrfin'd Vfc-n hiifi: malice, Tires fool, AnM :i!l thfbatrful passions prowl The fnrhttal wiMerneM of oiind.

ORIGINAL ESSAYS.

FOR THE LLC ER.

hit excel'rr.rj, tin (1 oTt-rnot, m!ic? -t . buth Huu'fi of th Gri,, r ,ii As.ecclfj in an eloquent ; ana l, to ri de :r: . . r ' ;

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rOR THE FUGLIC LEGE&. We arc prone to attribute to other!? the propensities we find in ourselves, as if all were just such poor creatures as we. Still, something of this is proper and necessary, as by similar ineuHg all classification of the subjects of creation was effected. It is thus by attending to the operations of our own minds, and by Fending out whole nature, that we may, tho secluded from intercourse with men, become well acquainted with mankind, as to their general characteristics. In respect of the gen-

! ume principles of human nature, such uniformity obtains as justifies us in deduc- ' tions from individuals to the species in I general, and vice versa. For instance, if I : find in myself a love of society, which I bcj lieve is natural and not the effect of education, I may very properly attribute this propensity to the whole kind of which 1 : am an individual, and conclude we are all gregarious animals. But in these infer- ; ences the greatest caution is necessary, as ; we are continually liable to be deceived by ' the effects of habit on others as well as on

ourselves, and led to take that for nature which is but the production of education. Hence the blunders of the novalist and dramatist. Hence the mistakes of the poet, the orator, and the essayist. Meditating the other evening on this propensity of the brain, 1 diverted myself

i in fancying how dishonorable traits are thrown over the whole human species, by

those who in reality possess tin tn. The coward fancies all touched with his prudential, unadventurous. disposition : the

; knave imagines all men inclined to thieve

ry in the dark; the intriguer conclude! none restrains from falshood on principle; the tatlcr, that all are pleased with her company, arid would be the same as she, had they her brass and volubility ; and, among the children of men, some few on the contra side, innocent in themselves, with generous charity, suppose the hearts of all free from injury and cuilc. Reclining in (lie midst of these ruminations in my easy elbow-chair, suddenlv sleep, in the

nnza, "covered me - nil

r ZX'OS

Methoughl I

pr:tc ai .tin -i - J t. n L ut the senate. M ' did commence, sometime ago, capin printer, wat dry chII de GuWerner's Messi.'f. Me did set down in me log cabin,

, , h . j j otit like a cloak, and was taktn tn, not n,' ,iDin nrn.ter. de conduct mctits he so 1. ..... ... '

,,',. .. , . 4 , , lor deaj, nui by a drt-in). Mc

in. all ro 01 rr.eur.K rouei ut- muare- , . c ? . , i . an old lather, who had been a "ten

nov ;n" Ixint to criiirise : Vvll, the ii.duccmrnts i be to little, me liky fell in de fire, r if it be so soporific, wid mr nc?e rite ober it too, makev m' snore. So me let cm o widont readit! h.im; but 'dont

g'' up uc tlup, tougM I, so meal cm ngsin; but me be repuls secon time. So m'- dron cm. and pick up nother fr m de

samt mm; it be a naugrel ndrtl. Dip br j shorr, strd 1, nd mirabile dictu (isigt r kv.o lHtn',cnc he herd em sfore,) me run him i 11 ober, hut me tin): him no clarMC. Wat ! Guherner rite di ! nn! dn he be rio tiim-

t ra.- l. ?i i : r

j, uriiiau oi mr oar, rnniT nw;ij irr iiic

at disappoiiitmeiits, which he said had very unaccountably befallen him in youth, & j embittered his whole life. On listening i to him, talking with the chaiacteristic garmlity ofedd age, I soon discovrd that he was. or t l-at b:rl h-n. ni.e of those lit- : tle-souh'd emmets which 6eck to plume ; thcm?eTes alone with the beams of the ; rain-bow, without receiving the more genial and prolific rays of the too. 'J'hii man. on selecting the truly honorable pofesion

Diirian, no pooty riter; e 1 i -iger heat

him. Hi sentr'C he loo iov.Z' nv! ni

er it nut of breath fore he get thro.

winder how he p ak ero widout fintin for breath dare he only two tenter. ( in dr j one hide colum. He gir tvid an if, and; de; he sa if See., ( See., if Sec, ar.d so moe j choke him id so many if; and d1 nex sen- j tens be like unto him. Joe tink sometii.g: great c min wen he see dese; bat twas ! Do thin 4 till wurt readin. j H no speak pcrspieus: wat he mcen j bv lomethin udescend with me beyond the j

Tale?"' 4kThe admitted fact that more, Szc, ' lilac k man ki, admitted bv hoom? He sar his "feeble abilities:" he need no telle d tt. He say toder Guberners 44are as lights to my path, whilst I work my' way through the troubled elements, me tink dis hunglin figer. He say "J fear that it will be mv misforiune, in common w ith

Oaokind, to err:'1 me ge6S he be like oder t:en, don't no. He say, "whenever I can C?e light I will embrace it, without enquiring from what body it :vas emitted me Call dis rong tense. He say, -dl ought to ttand upon an extended level, entitled to cqu i privileges and respect, only when

they forfeit them by basi conduct: me sa,i he rood find better word dan only; for me j tink at first, he mcen dey mus have dc6c li k a . ' lift !!

tings onh wen dey fortil em liy nau condnc. Head him over and see. He say, "antidote against necessity, M &zv.: me say antidote only good for poison, and it be rem'di, not preventativ. He say "obnoxiuux to tvrant:" me wih he leve out de ob. He say, "I can hear the approving ccbo f public sentiment, and carry my oU 'trv,s confidence with me in retirement. Sec: m tell him, (if Gubrmer here black man; he so big,) to rite can t arry ; it den be more classical, and read better.

"m retirement :" he fin gay "dclineaUd

Ki.iiifl.ni. . marled out: (IIS roil IT Vf'U all

see. He say, "to scrupulously avoid:' take rare how" he uee adverb tween prep

osition and finitive mood dis olend Murrv. But Je ci tired tellio Wat de big Guberner av rong; f.rmecoud tr I heap Xttre; but den before me stop, I link how A.. C.nUnor better eo to seo .l little hit

more.

of the lr.w,had fed his fane and distended

his lieai t, during the honcv-nioon ieason of anticipation, with nothing hi t hit own m-

ytr' tcnfr displays i with his own bdfish, per:i-

niary enjoyments, n ltd uc.i me.in views with uch bae motives, w ith such a narr w

soul, disappointments were to have been expec ted. Hence he ndvied every oue

he met to kee p clear of that 'detestable

trade. Poor man! with

t

ngni

true na-

And den too he say ue rong preposition.

; ture, lie imagined all who enter that class of gentlemen to enter with the snmc ignoble sentiments and feelings aa his own ; were. He forgot that the very cir of this ! profession is inimical tosuih bitterness, & nourishes hut the most liberal and exalted benevolence. He forgot, or rather he never felt, that glowing prescience of noblest honors, festooned w ith gay wreaths of never fading laurel, the harvest of virtuous deeds, reconciling men and purging socie

ty, which warms the generous heart of the true tyro at law. He forgot to 6ccure an earnest of the greeting prayers of widows and orphans, and "of him who had none to help him.' But soon the "old father' grew so great in the enthusiasm of his disdain, that tearing his grey locks, disappointed in not boing honored with the judicatoria! wig, nnd stamping wth his foot in impotent spitefulness, he excited my

propension to ruiniliiy, anu broke tnc charm of my somnial revery. JUAN.

now nppnar like vr.nUv. fnaerd, it ia

impossible ever to arrive at the very pin

nacle of knowledge, but we are prone to j

argue, from this consideration, that as our !

knowledge will always he imperfect, why should we further endeavor to add to our acquirement? But when Science concern trates the task' in the tyro's view, keeping innumerable obstacles and difficulties he-

j hind the veil, he proceeds with his prUtimc

avidity, deluded up the hul by the expec tation of every moment reaching its apex, from which he hopes to look with jovful glances, and with a bounding heart. Notwithstanding this, we are apt to gain an imperfect sight of the vast exertions we are

yet to make, on which some droop in n i moment, and settle down where they are; l others, who have been pursuing the enpri-

I cious object with the speed which belongs j ! to unwearied application nnd undivided j attention, arc too obnoxious, on this occn- ; sion, to look back upon their attainments, j and pride themselves on them. But itj j were better that we look forward upon j

! what wc have not, than back upon what j wc have. The first would give us an humble idea of ourselves nnd spur us on with ! redoubled vigor.

When, however, there is nothing specious to stimulate us onward, when every

; pleasing object before us fades, when we j arc conscious of the imperfection that will ; always accompany our attainments, nnd j we are about to acquiesce in our ncqumt ions, then let the consideration of the ut il- ! itv to ourselves and to others, which will

arise out of our assiduity, the thought of the maxim .issiduitas durisimn vincit.

t I weigh down every thought of retarding j our progress; and let old nge argue for itself; for it requires something to fill up the vacuity of its thought something pe- ! eulirtt; tor, as the facetious Ilochefaucnult j says, ui ld age forbids the pleasures of ; youth, on pain c f death." The alacrity T ; many is converged into languishing, by the thought of the preternatural facultie s of tome, the value of whose acquests, how cj er, is small: how then, think they , can w e presume to excel them? I know no bet- ! tcr return fortius argument, than what my l friend Aliquis related of himself, with j which 1 shall terminate my essay. I was : stealing aloi'P mv oath, said he. with the

utmost sprichtlincss, and gradually leaving . distance behind mr, when suddenly nil my cheerfulness slunk away, leaving me to finish the history of the "learned child of ! Lubeck." But when I considered that Heinckin had rendered no bcnct toman by his astonishing powers, that, consequently, having nothing to support his name to posterity. and that the history was even now almost forgotten, and not like the names of Franklin, the industrious, nnd Hittenhouse, obedient to the recollection of nil, because their works have c mbalm-

! ed their titles. 1 again strurgmy nerves j for action, and went shouting on my way,

"Glory i? not but to the industrious, w hose

works will bear their names down the stream of time, even to its conjunction with the tide of etcrnitv." P.

neccscsr ih.:m rr.r.ro Ltauty. 1 wr uki is soon cut of the fruit which grow on tin: shores of the Dend Sea, which is grntefu? to the sight but rotten at it hearths marry the woman whose only rccommei id.-.tici ii external excellence. If nature has i given you a perfect form, and a dice ivi-r from every defect, do not attempt t. mu ply a deficiency or remedy these ekfcl C

by artjlicial rr.cnr;?. i lu re are fpo vn the face of the H!n,nnd then: are blcmihe in the countenance of the most beatili-

iui wouiiiu. Dras, Taste is as requisite in dress as in adjusting light and shade in painting. There is much art in know ing what colour agrees best with your complexion, nnd not a little tact in arranging dress with neai ness and effect. The regulations among the Athenian? were siifiu iently rigid o:v. this subject. "A thousand drachm w levied for the sin of a head dress ill arranged; a robe that was not strictly commc tt

faut, incurred a similar penalty: the name

of the offender was inscribed on a tahalet exposed to public vicuv, and such an expossure whs equivalent to a complete loss of character in dress that should be observed. If know not which is the most ridiculous, the miss in her teens assuming the garb of age, or the matron dressing witU the gaiety ot seventeen.

tor the ruDLic leocc. All i? the yift of industry; wlintc'er r.xalls, einbi lliljr, or remU-rtf lifo l) ilkjltful. TinMl'ON. It has been remarked by an Knglish poet, that we set out from the foot of the hill of Science, with a full determination to reach its summit, imagining it to he just befoie us. But as we wing our wai,the

-same apparently provoking repetition of

distance, spreads itselt to our view. Lve-

ry youthful itinerant will perceive the justness of the simile; and 1 cannot forbear considering there is an advantage arising from thts.t slow discoveries which arc made to u., as we urge forward on our way. For, were the whole distance thrown within our conception, we would faint away at the sight of the difficulty we

JOE EBOiN V. " wished to overcome, bet Id attempt which,

Mooosiiine. If an animal, fresh killed, be exposed to the full effulgence of the moon, it will, in a few hours, become a mass of corruption; while another animal, not exposed to such influence, and only n few feet distant, will not be in the slightest manner affected. Fruits, also, when ex posed to the moonshine, have been known to ripen much more readily than those which have not; and plants shut out from'

the son rays, and from light, nnd consequently bleached, have been observed to assume their natural appearance if exposed to the rays of a full moon. In South America, trees cut at the full moon split almost immediately, as if torn asunder by some external force. All these are remarkable and well established facts, buj have never, as yet, been accounted for.

From Ihn Botcn Galftiy. CRUMBS OK l)V!('F. FOR THE LADIF.S. I)f ISRAEL IZZAHO. Albums.-X have no opinion of Albums. They are the pounds where fugitive thought?, stray sentiments nnd scraps ol poetry, that are found running at -large.

are inclosed. The original poetic effusions 'indited in them, are horribly flat,

and the selections in miserable taste, or; threadbare. They abound in the most 1 palpable flattery and extravagant profess- ' ions of esteem and friendship. They me I gilded hooks, which ladies full with for j compliments, wallats w hich they hold out j for crus of praise. A request to write j in an Album is a species of begging that i

admits of no denial. Books of this description, ought to be deposited, as charity boxes are, at public places, so that those only who have a disposition might contribute.

Beauty. Beauty is, indeed, an estima-

Ide pearl; hut bolornon, who knew womatC,

so well, hath said, "a a jewel of gold in a swine's mouth, so is a fair woman which is

without discretion.' Something more is term j, nnd on the shertpjt notice.

"RAGS.1 Our motto over this article may be considered of hut little consequence, and our subject at best but a rapped one. flags give to some people aninvolunan disgust and many arealmo-tashamed to av er meddle with an article so revolting to their pridf and to feel proud of that for which we should hluth and be a.-hamod. Now, 12 ounces of rags will afford stock for a qoire of writing paper (J ounce for a spelling book o' ounces for a te stament one pound and a quarter for a common bible and four pound? and a half for a larger quarto bible. Should not the prudent matron, then, v. ho might in a short time save rags sufjeierit for one or all of these, feel a concious patriotic pride in the reflection, that she hag contributed ho much for the benefit of the country, to the great stock of information ? And ought not the wasteful prude to blush n a" ho ai!rirrvd,who wantonly iweeps the same quantity of rnateti.il into the lire.cr through indolence throws them out of the door to rot? Most certainly and we arc almost persuaded that many of them would he cshamed, did they but rationally consinV r, that the preservation of nil our republican institutions our civil and religious liberties the arts and sciences and even the rapid spread of the light of the gopel through the dark and benighted corner? of the earth, nnd are all dependent upt-n IUGS or the wise and patriotic policy of sa ing thera. The individual pecuniary profit on saving rags appears indeed trifling yet I' is something, and "a penny saved is as got d as a penny earned.' But when wc coi s;der the amount colectivclv it bwtlls i; to l handsome sum. The fact that double the quantity of RAGS might be saved with a little o.vro, has led us t make the bovo remai ks : Mi d with all due respect, we would beg leave

to recommend cur ragged sul ject to the speciiil attention of the lad u s. Yowsc rnrir tkfib. To diminish the growth of we eds round fruit trees, spread on the ground round the fresh transplanted trees, as far a? the roots extend the refuse stalks of thts, alter the fibrous parts have been separated. This gives theni very surpisirig vigour, as no weed will grow undcrthe refuse of flax, and the earth remains fresh and loose. Old trees treated in this manner, when drooping in an orchard, will recover, and push out vegerian shoot.. In place of flax stalks, the leaves which fall from trees in autumn

miv be substituted, but they must be covered with waste tv igs, or any thing e Ue that can prevent the wind froia blowing them away. JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at the oflice of the Public Leger, bv the grofcs, dozen, or single, THE FRIENDS' AMIilNAC, For. TIIF. VK.VR OF Ol'K LOltD 71 T Containing, besides the u.-ual astronomical cah illations, the limes of holding the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings wilbiu the hounds of Philadelphia and Ohio Yeaily Meeting, nnd the Quaiteily, Moithly and Weekly Meetings within the houi ds of the Indiana Yearly Meeting, and a variety of other useful matter. Richmond, Sept. 17, ICCj. PniK TING . ' BOOKS. PAMPUUrj S, BLANKS, IIOILSK BILLS, CAKDS, LABKLS, &c. &r. Neatlv i xei uted at this office on reascrahle