Standard, Volume 5, Number 8, Madison, Jefferson County, 3 December 1835 — Page 4

THE STANDARD

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LITERARY.

SYXG R A M M A . V c-'r inur It will .i - ,-tt . lV'lHI.'"'. it Wiil appear HOill lllc i5 : :t and communication, that the system of trimi, shall we sav butchering, the English ; teunze, is not th bona Jide oil'sprm- of those ui,., lijv? if f.M.;lv fondled the urchin, but the ' ;.amw of, r:irem who Ion- ajo had the sood LdimiH. i. i , -. . sense to tiisinherit it aso, to have r-ee:i a vev e recollect, some time judiciou s review of Dr. Wei -su rs plan cf barlanzi: g the Iving s lMigusn, r-s p . . . - t ' . i. Mid we are uuite obliged to our correspon i.it for . .. . .: 4 !. '. 1 1 1. -1 ib t T1 no":, T ir.? STIVlPiT US B Ml'lMHt.l UI nil--' win- in '""1,-aiitt- , r Ar.d yet this system. ..c Tisnered before us, bear-, nig (I i- c e sanction of a t.amc, which we beg leav to e coniileriii? as authority on auv litrarv - - subjfcf. We pay to his mora! worth the merited tri! ..uie. but liis advocacy ofa system of ruining our language makes his cv.im to profound scholarsl.ip exceedingly .jutMionai le. This plai , as our corrtspondent intimatt-s. may find patrons with tho-e who ii.ay nt-e.l it to hide their ignorance of correct orthography, and with those who are so fond ot novelty that thy 'are pleased with a whistie ami tickled witli a straw,' but we are sure there is too much of that oi l fashioned commodity, called cummoii stusf !ft; yet, to sudVr such jargon to become a sanctioiit d language. It needs no ettoil to !-how the absurdity of this unsightly gathering together of vocals and consonants. I; is in itself a perfect ! urlesijiie, and is quite too ridiculous for grave discussion. Yet we hear some men speaking ofa Griii.ke College:'. lVo!i! homiaum fidem'." We rliould t hen have two kinds of Colleges, one . l.'.i'd for t!j.- promo-iou of letters, and the other, for the t.tiii,c!i:ni j'l(iUrs. For the Standard. 'Ihirdiy. m--ver connect yourselves with a very loquacious or fretful woman; such a partner wiil iecze you thro life. Fourthly , avoid one who ' baz a slanderous tung; slie will keep your family and the naborhoo : ir perpetual discord. Fhiihly, lon.i no contieciion with a woman wbo haz no acquaintance with the kitchen. She wil trust every ' jinii to servants wno wu waste mnn th -f-rv.mts who wii waste more than you: si:e yvil not ki iow bow to reform abuses or govern con )C : the ciothes wi! be ill washed, and too i W!;' I !, ..iiv cooked; you wil be harassed witlidis-oruf-rs c.t; 1 irregularity in tne family; and you yvil : e feshameti of your wife, if she iz not ashamed of :'- ' A tiiasier oi a vt sscl shouhl not cif i,i a! the cahin ic:u!,ic: nor should a man I placed at in:- bed ot an army without an intimate knowied 'e autv ot a private soldier. How then can a . ..e quu-nit ii ioriiie care ol a tamiiv. without Lfi; ;ii acquaint..'. .1 with every part ot domicile l.iin- .' S.AT-.iy marrv. it" io.-sib!e a ladv of virtue un.t itiiiion: lor rciniion is i her l.-est gard tioii, temp ta::cn and t.ie a.iurement ts ot vice. .At any rait-. many. A married ma i especially a father iz a better citizen than a bachelor. His bene voie;u ali't crons are calb'-d into exercize in biz family, and he iz thus prepared to !uv and to bless society in -t-n-ei al." IVtLittr' is lznjg. I lie above extract is introduced to your notice r,o; so much on account of the excellent advice contained in t a tor the improvements in orthography which it presents. The learned writer apprars to have adopted the principle that words houid 1 written as they are nronounced a m inyv ch if universally adoDted would ien.i tn J n.e-t uetieticia result l In the present enlightened age, there i a loud ii-.-man-J tor or.ciiia.it v. The rage is to avoid ail --. rv.,c-:ncK. and "imitative knack" :-.n,l tn nm. uuee son.t t'rr.i; diiiVrent from every thing which precrded it. "This is a truly original work,'" is considered the highest panegyric which the labors of an author can receive. The whole universe is ransacked and tumbled over like a heap of old c'otr.ts for an original thought or an original mode of expression. Ihu here is a boundless field for originality on which it is not necessary that asinp'.e sta'.k of original thought or even of coimuoa terse should prow. Let every one write his words as he pronounces tiiem and he yvil! bp forever different from all who have preceded him and all who shall follow him, ' for r.o two wiil ever spell alike, llow many difiereiit ways there can be of spelling a single word ! idea forexample. One who accents tne firs, .vllable! i ,, ., . , . . ... . - e' w.dspeil.t.i-dy-uh-ar.oiherv.illsigniiybispronun-y t.ie letters i-d y-ur a third will be pleased ' 1 i y r!i i-ih-iir ;,v a fourth it wil be shortened inm ;

i-'iv; while a fifth, to prove the force of habit, if he ,s j T',SUn,'nl'so r as this vital principle is con- . ,, n'1I,ieia,cerned, twenty feet ot atmosplu ric air. Tiiishowi.o, on l sua. d ,d wnte tt on the old plan. What ; ever is a mere illustration of the subject, for the cn.H r, ng proi.ects are here opened on aur vision! ; circumstancessupposed cannot occur, hut it serves V"i,:,t though our geniuses shall copy the thoughts !o Snoxv tne importance of two things, vi7; a large and even expressions ofothers, still thoe bold -nir- i lr00l".a"d ai"")ant ventilation. L'nless attention rf, C1. , ., ,. , ; be paid to ventilation, the air is much more rapid,.o rc',iM to submit to orthographical tram- 1 ly contaminated than is generally supposed. Its

int.b ... sianu lorever grand, original and alone! ; Were the principle referred to adopted, we i fhould remove one of the ereatest obstacles to lit i Iran, r-vrr, ..r, 'ri . , ; , ' ," "c "wiy 1,1 0,,r aay who ; wuuiu mom, autnors, could t.'iey receive assur- , ance that their words would be read. Uut how ever anxious l i . . ue may be to "see their names in

t.l it ' the, e are cn 1 , . 1 ' o r ' "n criisiris iniuill, us OI piii.t t ie.e a. e o n.anj MOiks aheady extant . the change which is produced by respiration and which the pumic have had taste enough to admire j the effluvium from our persons. After leaving on account ofthe ideas contained in them that there ! 0,lr room, if it remains closed, we find on returnis no room for their productions. The market for j t0 il ,llat tlie air is ciose all1 offensive. A . , . ii , ti . steeping apartment should be of the larirest size literary produce is lorestalled. Ihose abominable wllich calllbe commanded, and should be well X o.d writer- had the audacity to fill their writings j ed through the day to prepare it for occupation at with ideas from every quarter. and their works now night. Even at night the health is best promoted weigh like an incubus upon modem literal v effort 1y navin? a door lfTl partly open, and manv per- - ' tA,,c it,,., .i.rt n.i.li,;n.. .' . .,

ihe evil however, can r.ovv be remedied. Hour ?ystem of orthography be adopted, we shall soon te fo Jar in advance ot thrm that their writmcrs ; can no lo.-i-e.- be u mlerstoo.l. Thev wil be a i... ..." . ... . . ... .tumirci times worse than Ciancwstd, and ll.fir i u. liPtjCPj only as affordinir f vi- ' oiowr ai,ctstr,. W e siUf,"Uitelligib'.e language i iuuoe.s, w uo i,av.0 niched our ideas brlbr he them ,n pof.-e.sioo Wp ' , "'"V marv minner ,!,' , , l" '" a MI"1-! narv manner, those ruthless Vandals by anticpa-1 tion. who h?ve dest,oyP(1 our iilerary WQrkg I before yve produced them. ! ThM.. ,L ...... - r.. r., . u. uin a iev ui ilie advan.To.oa , U'lllf,,!,,,,!,...'....! , ' O -""--jsrem. i nave rot time , emiineratetbem all. It would iiave aforded me great pleasure to have been able ,0 fo,. .. ... ii.iiouuciioiioi oursy!tem. I h iow wiepian in tins communication, but inveterate 1

i habtt.s cannot be overcome at one?. The same j apo'ojry will have lo be received which Mr Web-

ster otter., lor not spelling the whole of Ins essays , wronsr I mean right, viz, '-It would hare been a i i. ... i. , .. i . .1... ....i. c laooriouis iu cp i uuit lut mi saic; ui changing the spelling, Nesscno. Mokai. CouKA.iF.. It may he assumed as truej we suppose, that no science was ever doomed to moot ?o much oblo inv as the science of Phremlvgy. i . Lmil recently tew men ot reputation nave ac1 knouieiteed themselves its friends: we say s j i i k tic mil i i compar.fon to tae groat mas- - , in, -o n rio-hi to - proviueu men wno science woulii not filch phrenological i . rtl.. . 4 .! i ;.." iui int-iiiseivea some reputation, eitheras physiologists or metaph ys.cians. We know of an author of deserved celebrity, who makes a r.-at i,ara.J of nnnn;,-, : ... ri , " i 1 " 11 artnii i in enotoi; y, while his whole system of mental philosophy purely phrenological. Perhaps by this opposition he hoped he might escape the imputation of Putting another man's thoughts into his own language. Ifthisbcnot irue, he had not the courage to espouse a science, which till recently has not been jular. May phrenology never have a:i I advocate, who shall love popularity more thar i truth. " ! ' For the Standard. FAREWELL TO A FRIEND. Ves we part, but not forever! We shall meet if not in tfui In that better world, where, never Parting damps the joy of bliss. True, we part, but not for ever: Nay we still are one in heart: Sweet aliection's tie shall never Uurst: in thought, we ca inoi part. .Nf-ic, we part but liol Juren'rl We shall meet w'.iei e other skies Smile on bonds that will not sever. And on love that never dies. Then, farewell, hut not forever! Meet we in the land of sou's. Where the tide of joy's pure river. Endless, unimpeded, rolls. :ii:?.ior v. BV LEWIS F. TUJMAN. A harp whose ev'ry cliord's unstrunsr; A doubted treason prov'd: A melody that once was sun iiv lips that once we lov'd: A Imr.iue, without an oar or sail, Lost on a stormy sea; A dove that does its mate bewail Like these, is .Memory. And O. it is the spirit's well, Its only fount of truth. Whose ev'ry drop sjin.Male can tell, Of bright and buoyant youth. And as we traverse weary years Of sorrow and of crime, We feed that fount with bnter tears, Wept for the olden time. The sun doth dry the spring of Earth With rays from summer skies. Tut feeling's fountain knows nodeaith, Irs current never dries. The rills into the river llow, The rivers to the sea; 3Ionths into years, and years into Lite's ocean Memory. At morn, our little bark sets sail, Hope proudly mans its deck, At eve. it drives before tiie gale, A wreck a very wreck. Our early youth's untainted soul, Our first love's first recrret. 1 hese, storm like, over Mem'rv roll O, who would not forget! Western .Mess Vrouxthe Philadelphia Commercial Herald. AIR INTERESTING. At each breath we draw more than a cubic inch of oxygen or Gf the vital principle of the air, is conSU med : and whe re- t 1,, ,.- i r-i '.lurt.,.,!!,,,....... fourth of the air inhaled ,"if pure 'it forms but a fifth part of that which is exhaled from the lungs, " li,e ntl,n,jer of respirations is about t wentyP,f miUU,e 0r fiflc,;n hud,red, hUrl-V- SuP" po-e then a person to sleep einht hours in a perfectlv close room and tn l,,-e.a,l,e umes oi pure air without any admixture of that ex- :. . a . . .. i ... . .. . . .... P"eu. an l at .ne end ot mat time lie will haveenextreme fluidity leads us to imagine that a body of 'l cannot lor an' considerable time retain its place ,111lislu rbed- 0,1 t!le contrary it is found that, il.... . ear. .....i """v mcie an- u,iuses u. uisiurimncp, air win remain for a long time stationary. Thus, the fixed air whicli forms in the vats of brew ;ers beinr snecifically heavier than the atmosphere, wiil keep us, piace ior an lnueunite period, in tlie case ofa , s eei n.T nnaitiiii'iit ,,.. oncm- . .' ....... ..iui hi,- ..uuiiiuii ci i a turreiii irom .lie window, if at a reasonable distance, no disadvantage. The tiuestion is often asked. "-j koepia tire mi the sleeping apartment dur . 1 Ii (r C oir ... . I. t. I . i . ' . " --"",r. jy ure kept mtrnmg tlirouRh mp "islit is dtcidedlv nreim icial tn r nnrS- ... health: ifhis ,, iin' , m , fer from breaibin.r nn n i,,,n.,,l,.- ne i. . - .... i,,,,..,,,! lie ci.lllllltl. Slll,,lrr. ad he is a gainer by !,eing better prepared to mugs, tne cold air winch he meets J-esides, cold air, being more condensed, wl,ich t,,e KWT$8.n iihin the same space, from color. A fire kept throm;.') a"-l the skin in gisied a. bed-.imo subjects the ro?-' a"11 vantage of a decreasinrr if,II)(ir:. 'i'-ad-the nishf: a source ntvL" ?"AUlT.e ""o'-out vl"",uri anil pva Pr, ''i ui uau " regai n to hres. tt should be i-p li. i .t ""7 - on the atmosphere, Lio01 I" "1 diminishing j, Jm ' 111 mff..p,l C . i ... ihJ r u' , , ' '"""er t,u u''porature of luIolure vvmc-j

it is capable of dissolving; hence the external at- , mospere warded by thesuuV rays, retains its de ,

. ; heated, thire be ins no sunr.lv frnn, JZu ! moisture can be obtained, it. becomes unnaturallv i dry, and from tliis cause ill fined for maintaining ! in full visor the vital processes. Manv nersnns ! Manv persons on entering a liol room, find themselves greatly I

annoyed by this circumstance; the membrane of i wilder f f. reign climes. IVnclr.iiimT tlie inys'.etbe nose is deprived of its? moisture of evaporation, j rirs, wliic.li the canii conceds in her bosom, w-

im un siur,., ,'IUUMClHl Ol (1 I 1 11 C U 1 1 j respiration, as if the nasal passage were obstruct- I ip, . Jo remedy this drvm" nt t ip Mir hv nn.i:,.,oi i . . ,t, ia h ,,t,.i - I lif.af.,llo Tvln has; hppn a.tnnlji,! C 1 C..... 101 near the tire, the evaporation of whic'i m-iv ! i it n ct rn n ti -n m.-. .r. . t . ....... i. u in., pact or mar abstract- j l"' iii.s t.peiiieiii wiil bo lotuxi to answer a . -. B 1 " 1 Vyi ty not air is injurious to -Miii more so to hooks, warpmj; thetr i'iiio inn t )iiiini2 i ne leaves. U o ., l.-o,.-.. : " "n. ('"iii.uiviiiiM) irom meir siiei ves 1:1 consequence ot their vicinity to the hot draught of air from a furnace. " c

, n.n. in. u un i iiiij oaii cio (i in it ins gone lv. 1 While we analvz: tho yorjieous ilhision. an I le irn TRADITION OF THE FOX INDIANS. j .hat i. is no n.oVo ,1, m sunVm.s painted upon ,S Dur ng the times of Froniinc's government of. W(? Wlil It'-'i n lhe moral lesson to undeceive ours .1t.ieCanadas,the French occupied a post at Green ves in regard to most of lhe inookerics of the cxler-

, iicai i v i-jiusiit- uie point on wlncii l ort Jlow- ; ni nvw Mdiiu?. a w o young Jieiioniines of those avs tuieu i wo innebasoes. uie oilicerin co.nm.iii.i oi uie post (lemaiKied a surrender of the murderers. The surrender was nmmisi.d. i:,,. Indians are proverbial! v slow. Pv.-ont i. or tiht. In ail matters coiicernin.r lii.j i ,i i. !

they counsel, and delay to act. landing the in' contemplate world beyond world, and svsie'm b :- ierval between the promise to surrender nn,l t!,. 1 Vond system, revolviim in their i-tormil rn . ,, i!.

, time ot its fu'.lilment, the French officer, becom- , ing impatient, armed himself with a rille aiid ta- , king a servant yviih him, went to the lodije to deI mind the instant surrender of the two young j Alenomines. He .bund the Indians in co'tineill i a negociation was pending There had arisen a ! .liiicu'ty. The two murderers were the adopted ; sons ot an old I-ox woman, who was loth to

them up. Hope was entertained, however, that ! ''ie t,s wo c,m c';ss, if our minds are rightly ember consent would finally be adopted. Thercun- ; stituled, will result in yraliludo and love to liie 1)1-

j o exasperated at the delay, and what he perhaps ' ru-sprcieu wa imiian cunning, lie levelled his I rille at the chief who represented the council a,l shot him dead on the . . ,' pot. An instant rush Was i made on the olficer, to revenue the death of the cliiot. wbfMi a i,nl Ii.t ' I, !.- , rii i. .r ; , .r...: .. ,. . . and lllterierillir: , ' ' ....... .....I unrunniy, i said: "It yvas the delay to act. that killed tl,P rl.iof ; and not the officer. Thev i,wp,I u-!,at l, i i..... ' I l pened to themselves." The party qave back when ' I i the otneer airain demanded the instant surrender, i I of the IWt) Voting Ifenders. An answer was "-iv- I ! en: "We expect to get the oi l foster-mother's consent soon. I lie officer haviiv charged his ! i nc uiuci'i uaving cnargetl us ' . ,i , , . n the speaker, whereupon a vou'v 1 ' . 1 J i ,g by, seized his gun and shot the j i rille. shot i own the sneaker, ti-hnnm, . i I Indian standin ollicer. The n , , ew, -tlie i rencn Camp Was pre- J sent'V iu iinuoii. v ar an t revenue were resolved on. ivemlorcements came in, in aid of the French, from the then powerful Chippewa and Menominee bands. An immediate march was taken up, and the Fox Indians were now doomed to stand alone against the united power of the French. Chippewas and Menominies. The parties met on that beauiiful piece of table land, in nearly the centre of which stands -Le pitit Uutte des .Moris;' The Foxes were surrounded, and a desperate light was fought, which resulted in the killing of vast numbers on boih sides, but in great havoc amoiig the Foxes. The survivors, retreating farther up, and along the shores of Lake Winnebago, were overtaken, and made another stand on the ground on which now stands 'Le grae.de Uutte des Morts.' Here the parties fought to desperation, but the Foxes .vere literally cut to pieces. Tlie tradition says all were slain except twenty; and these, Hying before their blood thirsty pursuers, were overtaken at La Prairie du Chieii, and male prisoner No people regard with more holy feelings the rights of sepulchre than the Indians. It became the first duty of the survivors, undf r the influence of this feeling after the contests, to collect the bodies of the slain that lay scattered over these two baltle fields; and, as is the Indian custom of those regions to this day, they were piled one upon another, with layers of cart'; between, and covered tin. The French named tbese ,n,i.U I tit' and 'Le araade Untie des Moris ' T!,.." i L, . ,, . . ' necause it is tne sm uier, an.l doubt I ess beeau ..... . 1 ms tradition, it true nukes on' a hard case for Hie roxes. hut wno can put Ins linger on a plate in Indian history, or v!io can tell of a conflict of the Indian and the yvliite man, in which the moot is not ion mi , nidi tne w iiue man yy as not the aggressor! I assert, that from the landing ofour Fathers at riymoulh and Jamestown, down to the Black Hawk war. so far as wo have authentic materials, this is capable of demonstration. Knicl.erhoclcr. T 1 1 E 11 KS U R R EOT I OX. . 1 beautiful and descriptive extract from the Scotch Preacher. Twice had the Sun "one down upon t lie earth, and all as yet was uiot as the? Sepulchre; d :iiih held i's sceptre over lh;: Son of (.oil still and silent lhe hours p ifs on '.In: y. ird.-i slood hv their posls lhe rays of the midnight inirin gleamed on llieir helmets and their spears the enemies of Christ exulted in their success; tho hearls of his friends were sunk in despondency and in sorruw,lhe spirit of glory waited in anxious suspense lo behold the event, and wondered at the depth of tlr ways of (Jod. At le.igth tlie morning star, rising in the cast, announced the approach of light: the third day began to dawn upon the world, when on a sudden the earth trembled from its centre, and lhe powers of he iven were shaken an angel of (Jod descended; (he guard shrunk from the terror of his presence, and fell prostrate on the ground he rolled away the stone from the door of lhe sepulchre, and sit upon it. I it who is this lint cometli forth from Ihe tmnh, with dyed girmenls front the bed . death? lie thai is glorious in his appear nice, walking in the greatness of his strength. It it ihy prince O Zion ! Christian, It is your Lord! He li ilh trodden the winepress alone : he hath stained his garments wilh blood: but as the lirst born of the womb of nature, he meets the morning of his resuireclion. He arises a conqueror Iro.n lh.) world of spirits; he brings salvation lo the sons of men. Never did lhe returning sun usher in a d ly so glorious! It was lhe jubilee of the universe. The morning stars sang together and all the sons of Mod shouted aloud for joy !he Father of Mercies looked down from his throne in the Heavens -wilh complacency he beheld his world restored be saw that bis work was good. Then did the desert rejoice; the face of nature was gladd.Mied before him, when the blessing, of the Klernal descended as the dew of heaven for the lefVeshuieiit of the nations. 1 ruth Truth will ever be unpallatable to those wbo are (letermint.,l not to relinquish error, but can never pive offence to the honest and well meaning; for the plain-dealin-r remonstrances ofa friend differ as widely tVoiu .he rancor of an enemy, as the frien.lly proho ofa physician from the daer of an af-issiti :. If. Montague,

XA1i re. '-I will show you the rUv of Cod in his Wolks We .- g(le sll;nmits'or,l(;

' " s. l s.!!ul' ,!,c 0",CIS of ,m'ir W ' ' "'e S'"rn,s lhe ri"""'-' 1' -'" for!n:,I(n' an tle elements ol the thunder that burs's ""' cxMiietimes with the '"'i""1'-' n.i i.ie vuv.iycr w wi ,iKl'i0 a transit oyer its v.ist alnss. ;md survey ihc W 1 1 1 CO ; 1 1 CI 11 pi 1 ! O ifX C !l 1' V St .! 1.-, CillS. (1 1 II 111 ( il .1 S Mild g..l,, j,, their primitive p.rtichJ. We w . 1 ... ill demand 1 and iiiexu,v ilu-"s !:'c c -'"soot iheir cenlra l!;,1,USil h,,?? ;uul ,lic terriiic spectacle if their ' ''" .viu "iii-'miii- lU'Hiiii'i-vuir.n istii.t 11-111111 ,- -r wn ' "" 1 " !yei m uie lurtsiioM ot the r- '-'.. cuing, ii.na.in" tne iresinx.ss el renov.i- " " 11 '"'re, ami iisieii.ng to tne distant t!iund(r, and tlin rriifwc. ,.!,,,-- , i ,., , ripping jiroves, whib: we g zo in aditiiralioii at tin; splendid"" bow, which so gloriously nv.s the licvens from f.,nst to fuie.-t, .1..,. I 1.1. I . I .1 . I n .1 show of mm in existence. "W'hviher with Humboldt we look down from Anlis iu i of the Andes, upon the earth al our feet, and observe and class the f,cis ofnatiir.il philosophy 1 11(1 geology; or I lerschcil forth in the still"oss ot nigh., under the .slar-siirinkled c un.ov. ami : depths o( spi.ee, wilh lhe same unvarymg h irmony from age to age; or exhausted with suauiing our irirro'.v ken to such vast contempt iiions , rcpi.se wil!) the botanist in the mountain glen, and class the j Iribes of trees, shrubs, plants, and (lowers; or murk with the niitur.disi, the races, ihut sour, or walk, or I crawl, or swim; every discovery we can make, all vine 15 ing,and in enlighten ed and thankful obedience lo his laws. IK IVVS I,. . I, .i... .i. ; , V ' ""--"" "in ,i,is, ,iiki uio inseci ,,lt cr(.,.,. I , ave found evrrv ll.,,, IJ-.d!...! ....... il.o ,,r.,,,l -.11 I. II...." . ... , .1, ..... - iv K ' ' ' " 11 " ' hv-iiliiuu; ic, I, VJUil. .. ' . r .... . , ,,.'. . . r i - . i w . on .Mtiurai llutonj, (.colony, Cian'.xfry, Arc. TIME. uv t. s. nv. "),r.vud, and still onward, speeds the fi ght oi'iim- deaf W''il, relentless- IW nothing he stays his win. Iv. er ni! - '"- i'e-,-s on. i-.vems mat m.u'.t Us , , to.ind lhe on, vers,', p. a , , i delay, never melt him. r,se and fill m mutaii . V ' 1 .. 1 ",l ""8'" l"-',e " '" , "-vcr C.lie 'S ra ir an. 1 are s,l : - an-m. '11 1 "."".." i. .w ineir ice-t r .wue.i imonrs s, j, '. Ililv luce f.om !',eir n;i (a ll-,....,..! 1 ,...1. j. u.. i...i.. i ' .. .... ...-ii,,., u.i , ,i , ii-im in their far places barst asunder, and pas away in the buan Iiess,i,ep oi sua,:c and yet, ever imp.au. mu, unpii v ,e: uv ontiei oil;, ins cuurse is on, ano s, ,n on ; I'lipityiii", did I fiiy.' No, daik, bin slandeied 1 i!"y, not U!,,n. . iv.eai miiu.ier ot rovidenee, too . hri, 5e..i peace a, well as a svvor I. All ihat can le spa re I icna'es ui.lii.rnie I by thee; and in thy pad, not only nun ii, s, h i, j,,v an I beauty. It is lay lia.nl lital nursed the haSihlo m, ruses, ripened th har.e..!, an 1 ivare I liu oa.i vV'u i s.n.' id u nine vviih lhe ti aider spring .' W'.io ciatned the callow bad in Ids -orgeous coal, and launched hiai on me b.ee.,-! '.Van Iniu's every object lo as Hue use and pc ifccliun ? W ho swe, ps away piejudice and t-roi ! v I, ) uuvuils .usiroas truth .' .Not all ti.inijs fall b-neuM my scyi.'.e. Waal bhiw has! llio , -i.,c-ken agiinsl Iloaier and Mi i.,spe:,re, uio.e ill in tibiiitin Ih 'ir ra li nice, lo secure llie.r i n u .riaiuy ? I) ics not an th it i.ool and noble inn. nph by iliy aid ! Will not ilie whole ght.' ' elrieinled by l.,ee rovv -vise and hmI .' Will inn war an I sniper. l,:ou, iv l uiny and v ice, i,e uanisa d ; 1 iu, year.; hCxe a bn-alli t.iey iiave passe I ; ol vapour, unuij .,u lhe air, inelis u .t mine b .i.v. o.l ha.e turned a lea! a.i.i Uiey are nae. il i a. , a'.a i.lei, i.n t-Iui-!y rapid shows lhe past. Vestiniay n,dy vi .-ua iavwe were noisy chd he., oa liie green nn.i;rs vv . ie aenia , a bi ihl an I dear ; look yoa now ,v nat a uaa-lo. man ,u '. V o i.uii'iiK.i. i eai s now vv e nnu .v mu a ie du, ..eaeaa.an I in ,.r I, cans. As in a i..eaue i.ie ,.ene is nii.e,. i. Other o'j 'ct., n vv chara. ler.s are b.dore u. l'ney cad u i, diii.-reul nam -s. Idley woa us lo -l..u, e.u, rp, is 's. vd.r i.. lhe baunt ot my b iviio id w ui, yie.ii jir iv .', c.ld la . e, v on. I vv -eaiU'ii and luilancholy lieait; stand am, d Uie caiele-s an i i hapuv foiais that soon liitie lo-clav. 1 oa wi lsinke Uieui, wit,, awe. The unsil.i.lu 1 "lance, ll,e j .'o.n ia .:, the u ,!, nappy sl,o it will be huslu,d udy.iu pass. nick Iro.o lae seamed iv.ir, pe, wilh its l'ooiinaiks i,f ii i tot : ceues I ,,!o "ly ue are lhtf lte-'' il" 1 hlhT.v 1 ol a new vviild. j O. il ibis deii dit yo a not, whicl, we cannot I. c.vevcr wiil : !tiumtb o! jioiv nl lie' conceive, laKe me nouie passive ilescniuive ,i tl. conceive, lake liie nobie nas , iniellec, ilie domanon, the st,v, s:, an I tne i --choiar. ) Ibinder, can yoa i.nt fell and (riu.npli wit', the outc ,t an i ,hl' rxilu ll'tf homeics and ihe hopeless when ide ...j n.ri . jiivii'.c.i aisics in uiiS noiit-i spin re o.n.i an.l uioaucued up in Ins gaif. .-V new sjili of vvi,,-;s seemed Hi mil, il l taeu. selves at Ins saouldcr ; an I s,i,'it voxes, inaudible lo ilie gfKSM'r sense ol ollieis, spoke sweetly in his eais, and ihe s, ale. ol uiorlaliiy leil Iron, his orlis, and tne div inity oi l!,e nasi and lite p.eseut was upon him and vvulu,, linn, ibiauiu.; i,,,i tlie ui.i'.iiiiioc.it ami tmlc.ll globe, he lead its Icons and peneiraied its ;ecrels. On I n hat aie lhe goiter ol vveaidiand liie niide ol" loyally, the pomp of troops and Ilie allurements of sensual luxuiy, lo lhe plain gtib and imuteiiilc.l simplicity of lhe scholar . Visiting no spot hut ilslusioiv is ianuhai ; reading a lliousiud sweet s, creis and el.iq-ieiil t.-ssons m every sim,,le ll iwer, in e. eiy thronged city, in evciy lonely vv nod ; gorgeous is. ms and stalely pliant mis lisiugti.) I), lore I.i u up in every plain, by eveiy ruin ! Is ne not a man , n il ! I toes ne not dwell in Ins own solemn kingdom? Are nit the air and earth, the lieseilsea and lhe gold-paved sky, u, ne lo him tin... lo other men .' Pursnvr statp. of poktrv in Iunglanh. The actual cuiditioii ol poetry in laiglaml, may be interred boa, the following exlraci frenn Ihe Loudon Speelalo,', one uf ihe best conducted vverkly new spapers extant. It vvoul 1 appear that the leign of fancy and ficiion is neaily over, and that the niringing ol rhymes is an nnprnfnable speculation in th, se business and working 'lays, when lhe public mind is loo intensely occupied by political discti-sioii, to rind room for lhe refined amusement ol "fo'iule poesy." JVcw York Jlirror. "I'oeiry is not much read novy-a days, yn it is puUlislied us fast as ever. Though th demand is lessened, the supply continues as before ; and it will be some tune, probably, befoie the production shall adjust iis. If lo the consumption. This age is too t, t , 1 1 1 a i a.l i. Iur purity. A gn at mathemaiician once expressed In contempt for ii, "because it did not prove any thing. " The world lhe Knglish world, at least cares little tor it from a similar feeling. Poetry is the pastime of nun Is at leisure, and di-engaged, in some sort, from the toils and siruggl s of every day existence. Hut wlieie are such minds? The bulk uf the penp'e,of almost all classes, are striving lo wrest from each other the means of subsistence, or are engins'ed with ihe mighty iutetesls inv olv ed iu lhe political w ai fare of the day. In beans so engaged, there are no responsive chords which can be struck liy lhe hand of die poe' ; or, if iheie are, they differ Iron, ihose will, which poetry has usually been conversant. This is the age fur an Klliott, whose povvciful but gloomy strains lin I an echo in many a toil-worn bosom; and while they inspire mutual love, firmness, and resignation, in beaiing inev itable suffering, also rouse tl,e flame of ind ignaiiou again., ihose that "grind the faces of die poor.' It is an age, too, favorable to the popularity of Crahhe, whose picture", dark as Ihey are, of ihe real slate of life in l aiglaud, are now conti ,nplaied with an awakened intrrest winch was but slightly felt when they were first given to the woild. The thoughts uf all men.iH shorl, are now so much engaged on matters of grave imp in, that they have little cure lo bestow on the play thin s of Ihe imagination. Kven in their Mto a is of ease,' when they resort lo poetry and fiction, they find the amusements, of those regions insiii I, unless their attention is excited by stiong and satirical pictures of liie an I manners, , their hearts are stiired by niov ing inci leuts and scenes of intense passion, I, is because it is thus that lhe lales of Scoti and :be poems ol Hymn act lijioii iheir read, r-, thai these pin luc ious t ies, rve llieir popularity ." Ie'. in e now in a few w, nils sketch a year of ih, lit,. ,,f an Irish labourer. allude pailicularly to' those of the pioyinc. of Connatight; ti.it the s,e description may . -iven v. iv

tl , r e',U"e CO""!'-V- 1,1 of spring he "clii.g .oh.s .,,, fu.a.h, II aroi , h.lt aua.re; iu it u-.u.ly sots potato s. ( TIk,.,-, ,,ie, al j a ?maU i;:;1"1;;:1 -n-.) wa,,, , is ioe til(. C;1)1U u iilut 'i' I"" ',y S-'M'U,r.-!- '"aJ to a distant part of ho c,ry, , U l-.,,.;!..,,i, ,,, ollUl, ,.,,,,.,,,. le -.e an i cail.l.,,, g , n, a .:,;;,: pari,!, , bri, l,o,'a ,lian,e of ..en- lKV-,rs wl,..,e Ihoy are ki.,.,vn, an.! are suppnrle,l during lao iin,,:,-,-l,y t:io caa.ey of tilc. faril.,.r a.t ,. , ,

i Si,,a'' s ''" "'' -h.ct, i,olp to make up ,e I i. mi ol ,l,e r ail can-ano. At ll of ,1,R hariest i T "V"" t,,H:r ' '": ' !'-M. I has bee,, successful i I h,s .11 ,.ts ,., o'm ,m . ,n,,loyH l U,e rt, t uf the pulato-round ,s '"' !'"t it..-s ;,r. .Im oie. nn-1 utm.. il..n , , 1m,,. biun-r-miiK, v. he, h can re pr-..,:, tl;e fa.nilv lives in P'Tlc-ct I, u-ness d.-in w,::,,r. Ves i repeat n,he Lisa p.asant li os , pe.L ,:i ,,l!f.,css ,!,i3 the winter, solely I -sen, l,-,M:,,e ti.e.v is thon no way i., l,icl, his lime ami "labour can h .uino.i , . a.U ania. ;t u j.) ,ic lvonh lhl. Considerati.. '." tl -e UvS I .es.less nights, ret-'e.-s becans- f!,m,.; days of inaciion, are lilted far lhe purpose ol lhe i,,en!ia,y and the villi,,,, and hat offect this i)'u .,.u;al id.en-ss must hae up,,,, the charnuer of a peo-jle -!,..fe Ml mi,..,, is f lently fa lefy wri.lcie..tl and is always so preoaooissO-,. P.cscut State olhc Iris'ipoor.' SvnvE r ii i ;s ,,t. ri.i vr.s 1 li.?ve son, crimes heard Uiu p,fst,n ake !, s,ce many of our most valuable plants !'" l-Vt.i'l-s aie no: in iu..us among Us, whence weie lliey.h n .ed? I have ,!.-voie i a:, idle hour t , this .juesuon, an., place i:,e r ult at your d.spo-a', thinking it m,s possibly be into,,--,,,,;; i at lea?l some of lhe .e iders of the Farmer I he toi-a ai, .eofS,,u:, America, and is stii 1 foun i wdd , Chih, IV,, and .M..:ire V.edo. I its native stale toe root .mad and bitter. The ti,-i mention of it by Euro pe.an w,c,s ; is in l.-.SS. It is now spread over lhe world. " '"al a'"' oogiuated i Tartarv and rj.be.ia. where ihev are s!,d iud,-e,,o is. It is believed liiat wheat has had a more import mi n tlamce ,!,e cr.iliz.tio,, of ,liew,ld, than any other plant whatever, and of course may be considered as e-lith-d to the hrM in val.ie. J'he nnly c.intiy where the Out is found wild ,s Ahy-siui.i, and ihenre ma y beconskle.ed a al.ve. l.ni.a,, C1)lll, js ;l ,,., ,. of yK.xlC( ail(j unknOA,, , i urape until after t.,e d,s oy. lies of Columbus W.eh.ral (ruit m-e is a native of ,! Souti. St a Is.a, d-, pamcula.ly Dtahite. In Klh), C-a,,,a, l!il,t tuccee!ert m lel,vei.3 .!.,() :re.s ia a tl nnis s ate m lhe liriush poesli .ii il... VV .... , . i: 1 ........ ... v ., cm inuies, nam win me tiny have si: piead to the oiner ls.an.ls. lea is l,,,n,d n, ,U'. e uowln re exceiit in China and Japan, fu ipan, hoir.wnr I, emu, tries lhe wo, Id is s. i n, ZVZ Ti j? - , .. . J lie -Oir;a '; '"' l-'"'x,a cmume,, and is one of the . s"'"w iiees, as 100 ,1. , thin- and shelter, are aff.rdod by it. CWIeisaiariveol A,;,;,ia I-'.... ;. . ' "Oti, lie l.,-ta:il W.-t I.i i.-s. T ., ..... ... ,-. y a ... ...... . a c mp-'tative y mod.,,, ,acii,e. i; b,-in wl.,.,l, l ti.e (ueeks ni l liom.,11.. -Mai-y vwie the auadniuas p,o-ui.-i it on i.,:r.,..luct,..u i,,io I."i "laud : the follo-.v- , nonuced a .-, r - "o- - i ,. an ..i i s, ii-in: i i.ey cannot vva.t mud the smoke ol the ,, ieinai ngra.s surmund ti.en, but eucompa.. ihem-el . , . vvii.i sm ke .f their own accmd 111,1 ol lol.accjaud ,.,u,k a p aisun winch leihu;, leb'a.k that il mignt bear lie de. ..'sow:, c.l.a." Tne b, st c,a!,e i, brought I, o n .'do, a , i.i Ai ,bn, whence ano., t 1-1,0 Jd.lllilj i p,KUKs aie anuaily ep aud. M D .-uuii-o fiuuislies iio, IKI ,,. TP il !. I.-:. -,' i'.i. I . . . o.i,!,oo.i oi p u.i..s vear y. All lite v ar.eties of t.i are (ie I. el Irom me nun apple, ,A ., h s- f an.d ua '(iv e in iii .-i paits ol the wo. Id. 1 lie i. I r.ve.l l, ii i'e, ,, vv aeie it su.l :.,..ws , a ,.., siai-, sma.l, but. r, a:, 1 vv id, poisonous . a, aline-. i,roi. a nau.e.,1 .M.xn.o ami .--,,.,1, A,e, i,a,, and late.y ,: spcci.-, ne,-,. I dun i ,., .New iioiland. Tobaecrt was In -i in ! i, uiii-e 1 mm i:.,.i !,, .Nurd, Carolina m l.,-,a by U ait, r .e hly. '1 he ip.airiiy exp-uted la Kn-laiM fi.ui 'd.e I nilcd ' tales, is ui.o.it ' IKi.i.lnl . an I me lul ,. . I ; trii'iu e t o ir cxp,,,t5 ;, tms aiiiele I ",tj ,, ,,Ooi. Iinmsiit ir in, A-ii V.ih'.n f a. .1 I, it,,'. - , , ' . 'itii .p (MIL,,,,,,-, :o,u u,,,!. -ii r:e-r,:nis,t h an l tna Vuc- f., on, I. tin, i. put a. -is iron, ilu l.isi Indies and Onions and C'a.iic aie nau.es ol v ,n cms ,iia as boil, ia .-vsia a.,, I i,-ii ;, i i... .juu i a,,- ,- a n ,nve in t. iin,a, and the a, l ol m.tk v ' ... iu- su-ar l,.,u,it.i is 111. ie been j i.a t eed fio.i, tin emoiest antiaam1 lu. s : ,r c me did u.,i leach Aialn i uieii liie l.fm i,.. W!,s '' :- oi.kii.aiu to :. an. lent i'Svpu.,s Jew'.' (M-erksor iio.r.aus. Il was b,, ,,, iV,.,s ; ,'....'.' and n,l.;,l. i'.. i.ii.U an I I',,. i.nlat.a ui,;-, in l;,al ( n. mi, , ios. , a i e in nil, i ia Wea i.es an I I.' r .zil by me S,,a,;.OUi il -1 suia, vv as l.uowii i , ii ui -w i : i j it-u a.i:o a,ts ' !i tl i-v cis. Die Tad-; I ,i v In mi Sy i ia , liie i nee bom ihe ( Till. i.M ,a i..stn'. ;,,,, i (i e I d. i-V i a ., a. i I i ', . i., I .a . a., i I 1111 I I !( ,1, 1 I in ll, -a 1 nan If. ill,,. -.ten AdKNT: .li A! (' m i. i tiu r,t:i,k .'i ... .w ,, l .t ,o, :.', 1 1',' "m. .Col : d. d'a; 1 - t". do. do. do. P..Mr V.'. !;,-, 1,. I.. Lame-. ) ui,l ( h '- aiie . i 1 f'r i Is, V . .. i . !, r 'I.n.ane, :te, ! ., n i 'o ', sen, .1. ,. l!..,n,.-. i:. v. A. U . I'oae. ilev . .1 . 1'. Vaudy kv. J . .'a.; n . K, .. J,,l. r...ss. !;,'.. Fia.eis .Manful. !-Un. Savis (Jaz'iiy. Ue . .1 a mi's I 'or. ) . v ill , uuson. fianic! "...!, is. .1 a iocs ! Ice'e. ivev. Huoj, .M'MilJau. .1 . 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