Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 97, Richmond, Wayne County, 25 February 1826 — Page 4

From the Southern Intelligencer. GILEAD S DALM. Go f the dime where spices crow Where rajrrh trees bleed and spikenard are, Anil encas of richest odors flow, The precious ointment to prepare. Nor bairn like Gilcad's can be found, So pure, to cleanse and heal a wound. Go! seek the precious boon afar, And distant lands with care explore; Pursue the light of guiding star Across the deep to farthest shore : Nor G Head's balm can there be found Nor does it sprinj on earthly ground. Of brighter clime of richer mould. It tlourithef ou hills of love: Nor can it be procorM with gold, Nor genu all price it is nbove : Yet Giles's balm i frcclj ci ven To humble soul?, the heirs of heaven. This balm, like dew on Zion's hills, fttfrwshin::. brightening all thir face, Its precious healing drops distils On broken hearts through matchless gracf; Come bleeding sinner, try the cure ; Nor longer pnins of guilt endure. Let thousands come, nor fear defeat. This sorei;n remedy abounds; With every virtue is replete To wipe all tears and heal all wounds; Then Gilcad's balm our song shall be, Sweet, sweetest llow the melody. Thi balm no other than the blood Of Calvary's sacrifice for 5in Purer than water of the :!uod, Can heal the soul of man within: Then Gilcad's balm our song .hall lc, hout, shout the eucrcd melody.

of a stranger. Oh, how his heart will sink within him ! Have you long hecn enchained by the irresistible charms ofa disdainful fair one, raised almost to the pinnacle of hope by a smile, and then plunged in despair by a frown, burned long and devouringly by the sure fires of jealous), distracted by day with sickening thought, and tossed by night on maddening dreams, and does she at length look upon you, smile, siah. return the gentle pressure,

blush when you talk of love, and finally ;

acknowledge a heart your own i uut you j must stop the full-rising tide of joy; no; extatic emotions must swell your bosom,! no pleasure beaming countenance answer! Ar rf h:irt. and. most I

IU lit I ) Uill inuuiuv w. ...--.--t 7 naturally too, Augusta, chagrined at our stoicism! regrets" having committed herself so far, changes her course, and plunges you in a gulf more Tartarian still! To this unhappy landing docs Ambularnr m.ivim load. It is too much thus to

kill the deep scaled scions of the mind, when neither religion, morality, nor con-j venience demands it. Does Heaven shower down choice blessings upon us ? j Is it not tinctured with ingratitude to the j Author of all cood, to maintain a sullen;

insensibility to favors, to refuse proper emotions of joy, to refrain from joining the choius of beatified nature in returning

thanks and praise to the high Arbiter of; all? Others may do as they please, but 1 j must indulge the feeling of prosperity,! nor attempt to kill that liitle plant of my j ft A t

bosom which bids me rejoice when im Rector of nature commands mv joy. STYLUS.

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ORIGINAL ESSAYS.

LFJSITIE MOMKNTS.-No. 3. Manv maxims of the ancient Greeks and Romans are truly noble, and worthy mor enlightened aces. We arc surprised at

that wonderful knowledge they acquired thrt ugh the licht of nature, unassisted by ; the volume of inspiration, concerning the beini:. nature, and attributes of God, and the nature and duties of man. Seme ot their ritiic breathe the true spirit el christianitrfull of admirable morality, abounding with exalted conceptions o! divinitv, and are so well calculated lor in atruction, that St. Paul adopts their language in one of his epUtles. These beauties of sentiment clothed in all the facinations of style, and th" """rrn hlrh U

ponds but little with present ideas of;" amiable personage. ; It was to this seductive reverence for the writings of the ancients, and to the in- j sinuating nature of their study, that I at-j trihuted the motto of my friend Ambula-j tor, T meet with equal in difference loth the smiles and the frowns ot fortune.' ! He communicated to me his resolution to! govern himself hereafter by that maxim, and asked what I thought of it. But 1 j cannot approve it. It may do vt r well j to cherish some insensibility to misfortune,! to prepare ourselves to meet v ith cr mpo- j sure the evils to which this stage of life is j necessarily subject, but to aim at an even tcr.our efsoul when prosperity opens to our fve... is to imbibe too much of the stoic spirit of the ancients 'tis fighting against the dictate s of uncoiruptcd nature. Toj do this we must break every nerve of sen-! sihiliH . and eradicate everv spark of swn- j pa thy frem our bosoms. We must bring! oiirelus to rat.ne the fields of science! without a glowing enjoyment, and Ica-t on the profusion of tl.e muses without a thrill . of pleasure. If we eiiter a rardcn of roses, ' where the fragrant odour ries in grateful ; luxuriance, or an enchanted grove, whose! arboury trcis cast cooling shades up the pleasant green, whose feathered c hoii.-tcrs raise a conceit of delightful discordance,! by this stem motto w e must suppress the I rising emotions-of phasure. Have ru a friend long tcsu-d on the billowy "deep.; now thrown by lw aving waves" to the ; clouds and now j recipilated to the pearly depths of the main, just rescued from a watery sepulchre? You cannot rejoice at his good fortune, you cannot exchange the warndy congratulating gnup. Have you a brother long laid upon a fevered pillow,4 and raving with' dreadful delirium, raised! from the very mouth of the grave, and restored to you with the nearly forgotten smile of former days, with the 'warmth of former feeling? You must balk his expecting smile with the unnatural ap;:thv

SickntE3S. Sickness is a sort cf cz; s old age; it leaches ns a diffidence i:u,, earthly: state, and inspires us with thoughts of a fujure, better than a j, and volumes of philosophers and , It gives so warning a concussion, to t;,,-.,' props of our vanity, our strength, r.. ! youth, that we think of fortify inc ours, j within, when there is so little depends,, (. upon our out-works. Youth at Ibe yerv ! best is but a betrayer of human lift? u j gentler and smoother manner than f 'tis like a stream that nourishes a pl.s;.tu.N I 1 . ion a bank, and causes it to hourish ; . j blossom to the sight, bat at the same tlr lis undermining it at the root in I - i VVIw-.m f rot tv lint :m ir.rrml.i

nble litthatom every singlt man is u; respect to the whole creation, meti.inkv Jtis a shame to be concerned at the rern.v val of sue!) a trivial animal ns I am. Tiic morning after my exit, the suu will ri-j ;i, bright as ever, tho tlowcrs smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world v.;li proceed in its old co:irsc, people will 1 :u,h as heartily and marry as fast, as thej to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the book of V isdom; p asseth away as the remembrance cf a guest that tarrieth but one day. Pvpc 'j Steele, July 1712. THE REFORMER.

1 rrplin uosiz" of thi work is to eGse the c!cr;c,l pr-cnt , tn; I r preti ncr of promotm-; rc!:.;, : , ;in.l t th.it (hoy areirrecuncilfal.lt; uill. t.. - .-pint :imJ prunripliH f tl;c Coa;(!. The reul :'..- s:onary operations hich rauuncncecl tvu-.c yj :? MMConri-.l the nmuerou? Thrologk al St-nur.n. which K'utc Leon erecting in very part Ot our (- jn-trj-, h-i c ta n only ;ui:: j;:ry t true ruugio;:, iiu L have ten. led tt ex. ill anuMcroi" inn l' a L,:.';: nut warrantt-tl by the New Tt lani n. The :.-!. ,::;- 1T3 ami iti.i-iencf an rapi My er.ten'linz t i i r o t ; r, ? ; t all pfrts (i th corurmiiiitj , ami threaten the ',ctructi' n of our civil and reii;iou librt ;e?. ' y mean;, ( ithrr dirt-ct or nulirect, the art- stea-'iiy fiilva.-u i: ti.t f c.iu.p, an I the:r a?c c?.! t c:y dv. r tho tni!i!s of the people: ami no !:-: ant peri t.

should their inlltit'iire continue to m Tea: ly an ir.Jivriu il will be t'.or.J wilim- to linrard c.-f r- r tf" :::. of tl ir -c ! a r:. s.

uictoiH t!T -its of i i; rical don ii. ifjca xti ll.i.- ecu: tri,ai:ty be infern ! Jrm tht historv ofoti.T ciur -Irie. amloa'l.t call; t be -a ir.l.d a-aiaft. There are itlready lew v.lo havi- i-ir.uu nt Jirsuness t rccut these la- aiaH-re the ; uhiicin tl t ir true rr lo'K? and hence the prpecl of their success ai.J our Jnrtcr ;s rcatly iiicn-.e Truai these en :idcrr-1 io!i r.nd to C5r-oee the corrupt, pompous and fad.ioi ;nh!e r licion inculcated ami sapportcJ l y V.r.i ptnio:::d oittcr of mc n, the KcroiiMCa wu? cutaiacnce.l. The extended eirculntiuti of the work araong the rril'-ctinr ar, I ;.t tier .p art of the conoiitmity , Im convinced tl.e Kditor that his views on these ?uhkct arc not ; ecuhar; and, that the publication u.ay he nu re generally knoxvn, and concfpu ntly be more u-if.il, he has been induced to present ions- notice of if :i a more public way tlnn was first done. - neith er under the jur;dietio:i nor influence cf unj particular sect the Rnroavca will not b- na.le an ujitrumeiit for advancing the i w - j: jrikreifof ai:y, hut will rebuke evil wherever :m t with, a:u! pursue the line of truth in ulied out h the prercj U t Irvine ilevelatiop., reir vi the i.-ewn or the censure? of th .e, ho, frcra intere-t, pujuuice, or

r r.ir.b,.- ... , TTIK r,KFOn.Mr.U i puhli-hel in yfr-r,..--. uumher.. of Mitten octavo jar, t! e :..:t ot moi.lliat One."... liar axear, payail - v.i uv; .v.. Th -ivth ;.r : n.v.v eorrrv'ted, ar.J t:.e ci - : coa.uun.-ed Ja;.tnry 155. Scire to(:eu.av p. had from the he;:n:in: of the work, hut i't ,f,.':,i hhc-tv t.. caif.fu.nce at any jtri(, I

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Cmversatioii mil. out into licbt what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul; by occasional hint und incidents it bring old useful notions into remembrance; it unfold and display the hidden treasures of knowledge with which reading, obscrvation,and study, had before ftirn'hcd the mind. By mutual discourse ihe soul is awakened and allured to brine forth its hordes of knowledge, and il learns how to render them moU useful to mankind. A man of vast reading without conversation, is like a miser who lives only to himself.

Justice. There are some amusing Dories told about the mode of bringing justice home to every man s door, in the country. A few years since, it is paid no man vas competent to discharge the duties of justice of the peace n certain parts of our country, unless he was first rate at listy cuili. Almost every law suit terminated i a battle, cither with the justice or betnn the nnrties. and not unfrcquently

th, throne of justice was overthown, and ; hr representative thrown out of doors with a pair of black eyes. A cause had been heard by one of our tuiref, who concluded to give justice contrary to the wihes ofone of the parties thUt as usual occasioned a row and a fight. The dissatisfied suitor turned the justice of the rccm, locked the door on bin:, and taking the vacant seat ot the justice, very deliberately entered judgment in his favor. We have all heard of .Silgrrave's Law,' by which a justice is directed to'cow skin' a rc factory partv until he behaves himself. Upon Ihe spit it of this law, another cf our justices turned an obstreperous and hecU' out ofthet hice and after bur

ring the doe r, gave judgment against him ferdcf:tult cf appcarat:ce. Misur! Jetnn.

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cent a f. w insertion?, and forward h paper containing it to the Reformer -I hi! id Iphia, thutt receive The tha:.ks of the Editor, and the r.uruLets h oejrar. JOSEPIIpTFLUmMER , HAS jiift received frou Philadelphia, in aduitiufi to las former stock of Good., P I UWV FliATS A: GIPSIES, C II APE LEECE, 3-i f!-4 BLACK MO HE, Mmlcd Keuzahi Bombuzin Sr Bombazitts, A vatriety cf 3Iorocco snots pumps, Lavcntine &c changeable sarsinet fdks. Large white and colored Casmcre Shawlf, ' " black silk llkfs. Super blue Casinctts Broad cloth, 6-1 COTTON DlAPr.U, White silk cloves and silk braid, . ma TV

Lenoes Cambrics, ic Uok muslin tlUl. O A7;f.V SPECTA CLLS. SADIXRY & CUTLKRV. ALL of which he ofler on ren-onable teruiS. Hichmond, lth mo. 17, 18-3.

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give him a cn!L Itiehumr.d, Ere. 2d, 2',.

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