Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 102, Richmond, Wayne County, 1 April 1826 — Page 4

ORIGINAL FOBTRTT. THE NOVELIST. As ready workmen o'er the ductile claj Have power at will to draw the vnrird forma That grace the table, or the kitchen serve. Hath that disposing man, that mystic soul, The moral painter, o'er his rising tale. Regions of fancy spreading far beyond Earth's utmost stretch, unlimited by stars, And bounded only by that dark untold, On which creation's spirit bath not moved, The border cf space, are his gaj theatre. In this he moves; and wafted on the wings Of fleetest thought throughout his spacious world, He culls selected stores, ami takes from these, To gild the splendid fabric fancy rear?. At his command the raging storms arise And beat the cowering earth : and at his word They fall. He hvU the Spring ride forth in green To serve his purpose, and the flowers bloom : The moon, to deck with incident his tale,

Looks dotrn her loveliest beams, & tempts Amanda

To share her melting licht, to kiss young zephyr. As by discreetly guided chance appears On the grey turf, to meet her careless gaze, The wand'ring youth she dreads j et longs to met. 'or stops his empire hero stern ruling time, Superior lord, who ne'er obeyed the voice Of man imperatie, save when the chief. The favored chief, who passed the obedient floods

Ofbick-rolled Jordan, saw a twofold day; And ubtile souls, whose promise is to be Till time shall be no more, and then to say, Existence now I ecins, his wand enchains. How great his power! Froud Alexander sinks To simple insignificance, and Cxsar's fame But speaks minuter things; while martial France A captain boast who crimsoned a few plains, Before greit Walter ami Columbia's son Napoleon falls in pou erless impotence. BETA.

Walter Scott and Mr. Cooper. fR TUT PC BMC I EC ER. LEISURE MOMENTS.-No. 7. THE F R. This i;rjt ct, with which I propose to accury one or two number, i m itself interesting to all, hrjt, in the view cf ome, considerably deJ'.rc e ! and unpleasant. Tho far removed from ta individual interest in the le-al profession, and r.ot exp ct!ng r to become more intimate It connected v. ith it than at present, I, as one of the sovereign people, tijbr;r!h state ray views on some jki sitiorifc taken ajj;unt the members of the Bar. Amor,' the objections r.ti-d against tl. lt-.r

rome thi v.ee; ing one, viz : that it is unnecessary . that it i but an institution to afford u certain cIjs I cf men a livelihood. V at it :s injurious, se rin- uri j ly to j retract the administration of justice, and to' a:T -rd a m lit'im for fraud.nh i.t rr trtici. .. ... i

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f.ae ti.ero put .'own. P.i opmior, I t-iiere, i prevalent with manj of u, and tncnUan tnvt .'ligation. We fait tr?t tike into conoid, ration, that the profes-ion of the law obtains at this tune m our country, as in other, rndy established by the anthnritits cf the land and by cur coamion law or cu'cra, and that to abolj.h it would be frilou. Itii-vir dinner. us to destroy, wr materially to '.harge, any lone e-t..blir.ed, important political cubn.. Convinced of this. Great Britain c Loom

tc 1 iborurdcr hrrinror-ruousar.d antiquated rori.t.tution, contaiMf.g what has been termed "the rotten parf." rnlher than permit an alt. ratian. j And, f erhaps iti all nation, the I rated i-tatr. not I exec- trd, are mstanrt of impr r(t ctieni bemc to) r j Rtrd m r r. i rer.ee to h t: tr ling a c :inCe. For this I ar powerful reaious. It i r re.ary for in to en-! tert un a huh reCrd fur our political constitution, I taview it as the foundation of our national em- ( trnce, .: the Ley -stone of our liberty and independence, our charter fur life and happiness. j W herevr t!.j eitt iVn n. ..,..., : .r ..

it. Titc proposed u&c-ucd we do cot know, aud on

adopting it the incongruities may begin to appear,

oar eyes may be opened, and we probably long for

the good old way we had relinquished. We must be cautious in giving up this established profession, not only because ofa doubtful prospect of a better, bat also because of the pernicious tendency of the measure. The method to be instituted on the ashes of the Bar, and it is the only one perhaps that could be

derise l, is to supply the vacancy bv the Bench.

Can this bear the test of examination ? Trials by

jury, in a court of record, nre received as pre.ee .!....- j- , . . . ,

uiui. tiiu expediency 01 mis is ciumfest, tor,

were iney not, on the same point of law would be a

variety of constructions: on similar eases, different

decisions; justice would be precariously adminis

tered, an 1 the people could not know when they i

were in salety. But when a legal determination 13

admitted as a standard, und stamped tirmly and

puonciy on the recoriis ot the court, standing as so

many beacons to eulichten and direct the imblic.

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an men icei as-urance in acting according to the tcnorof that decision. It is therefore essentially

necessary, before any decision be niaele w hich is thus to go into a precedent, that the question leceive the fullest examination. Every principle of law, human and divine, every intimation of reason, every aid that can br drawn from the volumes of vidom and the municipal statutes, must be arrayed before the tribunal, ere the decisive word be pronounced. That one man could, with sufficient despatch, properly perform thi, is not to be expected. Therefore, the Bar must be retained. , But setting aside the necessity for a full investigation, abstractedly on account of precedent, the arduous duties of such a judge yvould not be within the compass of one man's power. It fre mnntlv re

quires the utmost skill to wrest the truth from witnesses. All decisions on matters of fact, adjudicated in a court f justice, must rest on the testimony

ol witnesses. In cases where there is a creat mass

of evidence, when the point in dispute is not directly testified by any, when it is testified directly but

with conflicting testimony, or where there is an e. i-

dent intuition to equivocate in the witness, one or all of which occur almost every day , and all of which it is necessary strictly anddi-eriii.inatincly to attend to, we look for the lawyers to drill the fact fiomthe

reluctant witness and to draw out e xery minutia that can throw any light on the subject. Were it not for their skill in sounding the mind, and in compelling it to yield the truth, fraud would frequently triumph over justice. It is not only nere:-sary to draw forth the testimony, but a ho to arrange it and lay it in a perspicuous manner before the jury, to

unveil its i ature, to trace its various bearings to mark out the pointings ol reason, to elraw its dark an 1 hidden meaning to the lisrht, to detect fain testimony by its self-contradiction, or by its con. t a ll tion of reaon, and to bring to view the dictates ol law, reason and justice, on the wholA case. I it not necessary, for rightly determining uuy question, to consider all that will bav u :'.nt lire on each side? Undoubtedly ii H; otherwise tl.e decision would be e xeeptionp.t.le. In escrv c;.usi lit leant there i& involves! a question, the point in issue Now, according to the foregoing mnxin, indisput.i bly true aatl of universal application, all that car bo s?en mu-t be exhibited before decision is render ed. Mere truth, like a flower -in the forest, lie: conce aled in obscurity , and the-at!dr -s f the law yermutl diaw her forth to the view of men. Mow 'hall one man, whe re thousands are dependinr, life or death awaiting, satisfactorily perforin all the-e? No method, I conceive, cnii ! e better adaptcd to the . arions duties and purposes of thr judiciary elepartmeut than that now ob rvd. STYLUS.

I loui, and Inning mother. I have no lie?i- j

tation in saying, tnai tne minus ana nanus of children are much oftcner controlled, formed, arid moulded by the mother than the father. The attachment of children is generally strongest to the parent from whom they first receive life and nourishment: and this fond attachment lasts till

death. For what man can forget his mother? He that can, is a monster indeed ! Now, since all young females intend to

be wives, the great importance of their being well educated, will not be denied; neither will I deny that the present mode of fenrtle education is not sufficiently expensive; but at the same time, declare it gros&ly defective.

penses and the cares of the rvrir1-.. 4 !

From the Trenton Emporium. MANNERS AND HABITS. I am not of opinion that pernicious hab-

. i t s or bad manners are ever taken up pre;meditntedly, knowing them to be such, j They spring generally from the reckless!ness of mind with which life is entered up- ! on by the young and thoughtless; the corrupting, misleadiag influence of unwise 'examples and false notions of themselves.

I shall not, at this time, speak of the vices

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vt si iiiviisi, 11 nui n 1 1. a i iraii ! T newspaper publisher issues the purpose of giving infonrntio,, honest subscriber; to aiibrri instnhis children, and gratification to , ly: not to amuse the indiviihi;,j

(stoop to the meanness of witir-i :" ' . .. ... . . t . ' ' ' : . -

I pittance of prolit, at the best pr.c' and slender, the only proper arfi, jf, . j change for paper, ink and prirdjn.,

do not sp:nk of the inconveuiciico ed by the subscriber himself, v, ., . quontlvPevcnlcd from derivi: lV efit from his paper, until half n !

gar 'ly borrowers have catisfif(j ; ,. , ; ositv they are willing to indulge, ;. , ; not liberal enough to pay for, becaml' fault is, in some degree, wiih tho P j sive good nature which iiuJurrs ule ' submit to such impositions, a? the , ; partly attributable to the oasim- 0

position, which cannot forbid t!t . ;

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ing their neighbors. Oar n rrjru k

I confined to our own peculiar suSf r.r, j The printer is considered as a pt:),l;L j vant, and as such, is hound to y,r(j

I the public taste ; but wc shout.

belonging to those classes which are legal- ij think ofsitting down at the will r

those which as they are fashionable in a greater or lesdegrcc, pass with the polished of the world as evidences of mind and spirit, rather than as the tokens of human imbecility or corruption. In matters of business, the idea that a man is only bound to be as honest the law compels him to he, is one of those notions which have obtained so universal a prevalence as to pass with some men who

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' relieving hunger, to skull: awav r. , discharging his hill, as to devour tliec . tainment, wccklv provided by the pr;: without making him his stated und t. compensation for his troubh .-.r d txu1-. in procuring and serving up his : d i s h e s . A at ion i f JE'n's .

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From the I'.oston Spectator and Ladies' Albura. FKMALK KDUCATION. Kver female should he so educated, that she will make a good wife, an affectionate and kind mother, capable of giving to her children correctly the first lessons of moral and religion? duties, be a living example to her otFspring of social and domestic virtues. The qualification is indispei sable, and includes no more than is attainable by the ordinary .mean? now in possession of the public. Whatever more may be added, so far as the tr.ind is enlightened and the heart made belter, will more completely finish an education,

and teach ten-government, a complete controul oer all the actions, atsd, in a great measure, the operations of the mind ar.d the affections of the heart. The duty of a female docs not require that she should address the public, or

speak in the halls of legislation, or enter

j The following anccfolr say s the f. dclphia Religious Messenger, we haw -J ceived from an authentic sourre, ;:!(rr t ' be fully relied on as pubtantiall ((rr; ft is the severest satire we have intfh; t " ! upon the liberties of our country.

''Some winters since, while the C:;

gress ol the United Slates was in . 5.;.:;

; a Georgia lavc dealer was driij( p..- ; the Capitol, in Washington, about !. :;. I slaves t hained togf the r. Among t!ie r I was a large negro man, who was not o:

chained as the others, hut was a bo Li! ' jcutled. He was a ven Ca;sar in appearance and spirit, and p(.;sessed an adn.ir.bly fine aiid melodiotis voice for sinrin , 1 he spectacle drew to the door ot th? ek ;?'int and spacious building manj oft;,;,

i i . ! ;i mi- iL-vmuiioii. ii ine mGirr: when these wretched human victim- can. opposite to the Hall, the negro nmn,nvv, mentioned, on a lolly and bold Ley, i.rud up "Hai! Columbia! I.appy land! IT 1 . I I -

i:au yr neroes. skk Tiini ua. i) : at the same time lifting up ids hands boar; together! The voice and action, .o propriately timed and affecting! v yvi forced, drew tears from the eves cf main

land, t ) their honor be it said, they imrr.. ; diatt-lv bought c;i ! freed hhiz.-'

A UoTTL.'.TOr ROY. A Hotter. lot

ana uu una j As tlits custom owes much of its prevalence to fashion, I would recommend to ;new beginners in the world to discountenance it as much as possiblei by paying as fthey go themselves, and as far a? is pru- ! dent, making others do so. The rule it- ; lf is a good ne ; and will always work lout well, independent of the reformation laimedatin society; and besides, it is the

only zcay of beginning the reform a tailor

; taken irom his cradle, and bred en in lie

, rnanncis of the French echini;,!?, vo;r.i to jTr;di, where he engaged in the trade j tor many eais. in tbc louno of hi; a . .i. . . ....

j canine tran-aclion?, he visited the ( .;; v of Go-id Hope ; and naturally desirc u-- c. i seeing thrj spot in which he was bor:., .

j; well as of visiting his relative?, be ucML j! their huts. He there beheld them t l.t 1 ;a

sheep skins, and disfigured with oil; h;, after staying a short time with them, h

. hrrrimc .( ntlrirlwii ii ti-.n vt.t

oruUtole ,;nth,. re ' d Z TW lhU of electioneering; but these sub- i revolutionize the world cf coats and charmeii u i(ll lhe slwvu ly of tlir lives

and manners, that he resolved to quit the society to which he had been accustomed, and to adopt the more barbarous language.

pate tf.r ,v..v for another, o.fjriuld OH. al ,if frr CI ( e tor our b r.d of ur.mn. j.r .i- :. .r .

qi!itofce,tandfriita.buta i. Jded mMrumeot, iccls snouiu he well understood by every ar.d r.ot h the ini-iird,. int ictitle s)Ul cf our ' onc The labour generally is not great to cotiiiiiUTuty One innof,OI, of vital interest ttould hecome well acquainted, substantially ac-

qamted, with the true merits of each catc and be able, without enteiing into the ran-

naiat, fill mo, nj:teraKle confuMr r. As the h it,. !i cor f P-iftV to give a fair and plain sta-

jineofa l!(f,on dtpend.onnbed.rnto pil..-rn j tcment, and to impress upon the infant rr.ent,and tin on th- contention or will .f, pco. ! minds around her, good wholesome, and ! Ie, . v. r wu. mnr, and c od rilix, n ill u! uvor ! practical truths totri-l,tLi.fri.-i,dl)diiroMt:oniiinr,Ktt.,0l.,ml; Woman ha Spectator upon political J.rth,SpI5rpo.cmcrfa.e their rev, recc, n,r th.v h transactions and has means to discover out .n.titution.. Hut to abo!h th. son of' the motives and views of the actors, better t l, and t institute a n.w thod ofa.crt.un- . t-n hapS th:.n those engaged in the heat 4r.?nnd n ,,n,t. r,c ju.ti-o, ivo.,11 require a n ana collision of pa rt ies. She can impart ik: a ol th.- cfn-titition and common liw of our t li. ii i 1 11

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rtf, ii-., vv . i 1 v"" oiu , moral ana religious . r,t f. 11?,. U-nj-i-t alo ruhrt, thatt., aun.t ,l,.fv flP I1Wlli" I .11 1 C 1 1- I if"-.- voidd .!-... . l,ur. n,e ,n,,her has the sole command of i. a.i i.-iZsirdii! the exp run' nt ot I.,... . .1.: I.I rnM ir I l I ' rtiri - an old ni a ,,.11., 1 . , . , iH iiluniren. if she be pious, rational, . uuii .10 oj'i run! w trif t! path for ore with 1 11 r . . - 1 . ,.nur. ar,d well-inlormeH, the force of her exam-

q upon tlni siil,j,.(:t. Hut in the incipient

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1 ... 1 .j . Ii: III I5.lt r Jl'il a p. act nil I.ouj..-, alh.nd by th s; !. nd; I ,xh,hit!ei,s a tv.scv, for for? i;n ebiiii s, hut to mourn aim !-t re-

and well-inlorrneil, the force of her exam

ple and teaching vtill descend to future H'-nerations. Indeed, we have the deckir-

-d!.nor.of far..kn, fnonK or, hhot d h v ,i:iC. ii tluo"s u " I,am uml, w'd, and many c-; r.,;I.(,i-id,.ito!e..ethMrh,,,, ltl :i i'U, ' distinguished literar) am', valuable men, cf-tran-ir: i). c pf e n, idte ar, , wi c. i-iu lifitt.s ij hat their talr for M'ience and moral ex-

ui ii.rM n. rst, eirr readj, v.k.n j ufMiits aflr ! l-ou.t ( iieuiPU encouraged.

pantaloons: a milliner overturn and remod

el the empire of female fashion; hut the nilc tvbirb roverri thr dflit .mH rrodit

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ncpanmeni 01 u,e uune!S uoing commu- manncr3 an, 0(Us relatives. With

nitv are far less mutable than these. Ihe l.i,:, . 1.,. , i i tLr.,ft Mii

Z . . . , n, . , I llI, tVlUI IU lilt V.ll'., 1.I1U reformation, however, it cfiectud, would jl n,hi,;n(f nM ;,(ifmrfl fic ,u f;.,vniflr

jbeamostsaltitatyone; and none would .j thJ9 addressed him: have returi cd

have greater occasion to thank the authors

of it, than the printer.

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v he rtdjrttrd to tho ,a.ii;'i;. lot

by the ir mothers. These men, in tender

)ears, were not surrendered to the Women in the mux i) to he ar even bugbear and lullaby that could excite curiosity and asMJage the peeishi:es of childhtod No! tin) wen- enveloped in maternal atlicliut,, chastened b) sound reason, I will ob:i re, that 1 ha e ft Idem known

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Frauds on mhnters. Among all the vexations, miseries, torments and sufferings those industrious drudges are fated to endure, who aid and abet the circulation of ink, giving vigor, strength and freshness to every fibre and nerve of the body politic, none are felt more keen, than those

inilicted from that numerous and respect-j able class of readers and patrons, connect- j ed with every newspaper in the land, and j embracing the most distinguished individ

uals in community, known and denominated as borrowers. The injuries coming from such kind and well meaning friends, are more cruel than the malicious diliicul-

i lies in which we may he involved by our

open enemies. e might he submissive under the occasional t tea tope, incident to

j from the huts of my relatives, in order to j inform you that I have resolved to re

nounce the mode of life you have taught me to embrace. 1 will follow the manners and religion of my ancestors, to the day ci my death. I will keep this collar aid sword which you have given tne, as a nmk of my affection; hut ail the rest of my habiliments and property I shall leave hehird inc." Saving this, he ran out of the char.iC '

ber, and was uever seen or heard ( fatter

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THE LADIES' GARZsilND, ITS a p:ipr coiitaimr: tnnrellaneotn 1 i t r ! t . ' ii and. .ti its title 11000; dedicated to lh s

! It contains, however, juutti r ot if;t ie-t to th . ' eial rradcr. It puhod.ed utility i!:rp:l'rrj, Virginia, (a pha e rciebr.t 1 tor iH ivvi-i-tic frctivrj,) and it comprises in o.irli o!;;i:m- -;

quarto j.apci of -niali ty; e. The mlwiucc pnteionly 41 ''j, per nntu'ii., 'hirh maki-sit V f tht .;; -

vrt pniaieatma ol the Uirut in the Liuted toti

U, 1 1 ... . 1 " ' 01 t. i- Lilian - trades and professions; hut it is hrycr.d j( It mil bu fanu.ht d, huuiid in loan'-, t .r . human patience to endure, without trvr I,,ii''t-r or otiarn v.hn i..iard, incd t;'!:' meror complaint, a continued series and ii "JT"'1 l vl,utW"A Ut i,aiiU

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unceasing succeion 01 irauus; lor we (!. j ronirs of t! hr i :i..

take the freedom to av, that the pen-on -j pphcntu'ii. The third ul.iuo ivill who avails himself, without rest ive ai d Ii """"hau-lv.

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