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ORIGINAL POETUY,

HIISCELIiAIVY.

'ojr pay. p or preach."1 General Charles JScolt, while a prisoner during the revolutionary war, met an Indian at a spring, when the following diologuc ensued: General, How do you dot Indian, Oh, how do? Gen. Where did you come frerr.t Indian. From tbe lower Catawba tewn. Gen. Where are you going? Indian, To the upper Catawba town. Gctu What are going there krl Indian, I am going to preach. Gen. Aye; stTyou preach, do you t Indian, O, ves, me preach some time. Gen. Wt lh do they pay you for preaching? Indian, Yes little, twenty Liiiinj; each town pay me twenty shillings. Gen. 'Why that is d d poor pay. Indian, Aye, d d poor preach tso. DxriJ. AW of Israel. David wm th mo

del of an oriental prince, handsome in his per

son, valiant, mild, just and generous nun.oie before his God, and zealous in his honor; a lover o music and poetry, himself a poet, Suc

cessful in war. he reduced beneath his sceptre

nil the countries from the borders of bgypi, to the mountains where the Euphrates springs. The king of Tvre was his ally; he had ports on the. ifcd Sea, and during" his reign, tbe wealth of commerce fiwcd to Israel. He fortified and adorned Jerusalem, which he made the seat of government. Glorious prssnrrts of extended empire, and of the diffusion

of the pure religion of Israel, and of happy times, Honied before the mind cf the prophet king. Lardners Cyclopedic The Value cf a Married Mr.. "A Utile nnimaUon, my dear," whispered old Mrs. B. to the gntlc'Susan, who was walking languishly dowo a country dance. "Do leave me to tnanaye rav own business, mamma," replied

the prominent nymph,"! shall not dance my

ringlets out of curl lor a marned man. "Ut course not, my dear, but I was not aware who your partner was," King Otho I, of Greece, as if he had net enough of trouble on hiB hand?, is about get-

ling a wife. The archduchess Maria 1 hcreneice of tbe emperor of Austria, is the. hapjv object of his choice. She isyoungand hand-' eome, and Otho is to woo her in person, but as he wants the "needful," wherewith to pay

the expences of his journey to Vienna, must tarry at Athens, until the 6uppUcs come on. Oh, this money! An English company with a large capital,

nrc establishing at Troy, Terry county, Indinna, on the Ohio river, a manufactory of porcelain and queens ware, on a large scale. It cannot fail to be advantageous to our citizens, as well as to the proprietors; since the transportation of the description of ware they in

tend to make, is now as great as the first cost. f Wabash Courier Conviction of Mail Robbers. We em the Richmond Whig, that Buruick nnd Hoffman, apprehended for robbing the mail beliirhmnna and Petersburg, have been

sentenced to the Virginia Penitentiary by the VrUral rtutrirt court: Burdick. as the actual

bk.r for ten vears Hoffman as the actual

receiver of the plunder, knowing it to be sto

len, for cne year. liuroiCK was muiia gum.) a jury, but Hoffman confessed, and threw

himself on the mercy oi uic .vun.

When a man tells me that he "has an eye

" 1 should conclude that he was m

. KKif rtf ke.eninc one eye shut, or that he

I... : k rtm accident. This way of

a 'trl 11 u iv."Jl . . lL . :lnr instead of the nlural.

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SUMMER HOURS. 'Tis sweet to muse in Summer hours, When tbe sun boams brighter glow I To cult the newly opened flowers. And hear pellucid waters flow! Lo! the tuneHil birds ere singing In (he valley, dale, tod lea; See the timid squirrel springing Frera tha osk to leechea trso. Fragrance from a thousand Tiroes, Borne on zephyr wings awsy; Beneath their shade young Love rfposss, While the nymphs and dryades plaj t New my heart reliev M from sadncssi, Tells me I should not repine; the tiro for mirth and giadneif, Floral pleasures aro diviae ; If er.rapturd by the Muses, Sorow ns'cr corrodes the breast! Their betignant smile diffuses To lueif votary tranquil rest! O! hew calm art Summer hours, Wiicn each scene in beauty glows! Bear me to those myrtle bowers. Let ma coil the opening Rase! INVOCATION. Behold lbs glortous morning Sun,. Bursts from the eastern skies; Let every meaner joy be flown, When" Phoebus doth arise! See, oVr yon wide extended plains, Wh;.t beauties charm the tight! fiature iu verdant glory reigns, And gives renewed delight! O, Summer in thy bowers of ease, How sweet 'tis to recline! For rural pleasures ever plena Because they are divine.

Dtar Laura, if perennial joy t For us couid ever flow To taste the bliss which nover cloys, Would be a heartn below! But every scene must fade away, The world be lost in glooms; Bach verdant lawn that looks so fay, The baud of Tims consumes ! Let us improve the joyful hours, While life ar.d health ate given; The cloud f Fate around me lowers, Tfcere,i nothing true but Heavenln

THE TWIN ROSES. One morning fair, as Delia stray'd, In runl beauty shone the maid, She roved through verdant bowers; There Violets blue delight she eyes, Daisies and Pinks of varied dyc, . The pride of Summer flowers! High on a stem Twin Roses grew, Fragrant, and wet with early dew, So fragile, yet so gay; Quickly the flowers her hands enress'd, She eieied the prize, and on her breast The cdoureus treasures lay. But Delia, gave the twins to me, And in them all her charms I see, Delightful and so rare! They are similar to her ruby cheek, Of damask freshness, and so meek, Such is the pecrlesn fair.

OriginalEssay.

which shed their refulgence around the solar . ... ...

syston. However wonderUl the mighty fa

bric of creation may seem to such a groveling

creature as man, the planets which we see re

volving in immensity oi space, are but atoms, if we consider that numerous worlds similar to our own, exist beyond mortal ken. Even those planets, which we behold as it were, of no great distance from the earth, are millions of miles diitant, inasmuch as it would require

many thousands of years for a cannon ball fly

ing with its usual velocity, to reach the nearest star. Every motion of the earth, ns it turns on its axis, proves that a first cause governs the whole: the gradual transitions of time, the changes from day to night, nnd the succession of the seasons from cold to heat, proves also, that a plurality of incidents are necessaty to

sustain even the meanest insects that creep

upon the surlace of the globe, are liable to change: admitting these facts to be caused by the undevialing order of nature, we must also allow that she does nothing in vain. Before 1 attempt to illustrate the arguments o M.Gerard, who was President of the French Academy of Scieno s, in the reign of unfortunate Louis XVI, it will be necessary to refer to the Hindoo philosophy and to examine those points in dispute, which have occupied much time and patient investigation to determine. The abstruse doctrines cf Brahminism are not wtlhout effect; they have been used by the learned to define those doctrines taught by Copernicus, and which were improved on

by the elder Dr. Herschell.

The Hindoos are not altogether ignorant cf

optics: they are aware that the angles oi inci

dence and reflection are equal, and they com-

ute the place of a planet or star, ns it would

be seen reflected from a mirror or wat r; they think Ihwt the earth is perical, and that Its diameter is divided into 1,600 parts. Hence, they reasonably conclude, that there are other

worlds, far superior to the earth in magnitude;

and consequently, if such worlds do exist, th:y

mutt be inhabited, be surrounded by an atmos

phere, and enjoy al" those natural ana ration

Al blessings that we enjoy. 1 hey also suppose,

that when it is day with us, it is mght in those : distant worlds, and this is accounted for by va

rious phenomena: such as the changes tf the

moon, and the stellar motions, unless it were so, it would be extremely difficult for them to account for the necessity of the earth's ro

tary motion. Allowing that there is much Superstition connected with Hindoo customs, nnd that many of their doctrines are absurdi

ties, still, all who are acquainted with their

history must agree, that no better system ex- iUidy. Mfe are not to suppose, that so gr

author, and Proclus has quoted three verses from that poet, in his imitation of Timaeus, in which he says, that "the moon is a world like ours, which has its mountains, its rallies," &c. Pythagoras, in adopting the sr. me idea, taught that ' the moon is a world similar to our own, inhabited by animals whose nature he did not determine." Ho thought that these lunarians were of a lare and beautiful race, nnd sub

ject to no infirmities. This opinion cf Pytha

goras, might have held as good as that ol Ur-

pheus, without interfering with the curious

theory of transmigration of souls, which doctrine, I think, was taught in India, previous to his time. Strobeus tells us, that Democri-

tus thought the spots on the moon's disc, were

"nothing but shades fcrmed by the great

height of the mountains, he supposed to be in the mosn," and Plutarch accorded to the

same bchei. Aristotle, L,picurus, and Herac-

litus, firmly believed in the plurality of worlds.

as did Anaximenes, Alcinous, (a Platonist,)

Aenophanee, 1 hales, Lucius, Annxigoras, nnd Xenophon. According to Origcn, Alexander

the Great w so impressed with this idea.

that his ambition transcended his judgment.

and he is said to have wept, because ha had

no other worlds to conquer.

Our author coincided with the reasoning of

the great men already mentioned, and very

judiciously thought, that the same hand which

peoj led this earth, could also populate other planets, otherwise we are to suppose that the pwer cf God is not infinite, nnd says, "we have stronger reasons than the ancients had for believing that the moon is inhabited." Modern obseivalions have proved beyond all doubt, that the moon has an atmosphere, seas, riycrs, and mountains, consequently there must be meteors, such as rain, snow, hail, &c. It must also be remarked, that the ancients had not the advantages of the telescope, nor of any other instrument, whereby thev could

obserTe the plar.etivy motions; perspicacity of

mind supplied the detect, and a comprehensive genius, for which they were peculiarly remarkable, led them to contemplate on tiie

mighty works of natur. When ureece reposed on her armc. ar.d the shrill clarion no

more invited her sons to battle, the arts ar.d science flourished, and jave to Athens an enviable name! Astronomy tyas in a manner assccicJed with natural msgic, for it was necessary tcombine it with philosophy, in order to obtais competent knowledge of that distinguished accomplish ment whether Plato taught it to any great extent, lam not inform

ed, but Aristctl certainly ma4o it a favourite

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VCS-tl.in which it wna . .

k.i i- j io secure men. beasts, birds, and reptiles from a general inundatton." Jow, ,t npears to me, that this fabla was raised on Noah's history, as from the deluge, time may be said to have been renewd. '1 he Hindoo Jkahmins pretend that their acred vedns were written before the delude. ut their whole history, founded as it ;s on Iujerstiticn and improbabilities, is very doubtu.. As to the creation of this world, in the pinion ef the ancient Romans, we have very ndislmct conceptions: I have examined the Uaan authors, but can find nolhing but fables, vhic.i cf course are not fn h rV,t.A Tt...

Tie work ofcrealmn is atlributrd tn tfc nA.

i very plain; and Ovid, from whom we mi-ht

iave expected some information on this point, ias Ift us completely in the dark, at to thy lameofthe cod who is supposed to be th

Tenter. In this d.:!mma. mnef i-. it.

cia Urphean doctrine, ns that in which the

Uemar.s had the most fuilh, viz: kthe abyss nd empyreum, the earth and sea. tht o-nA

and goddecscs, were produced by Zeus or Ju-

p.ter. J here is but one conclusion cn this

part cf the subject, and that is. as the heathen geds and goddesses all melt into each other, and leave but one or two, we am to presume

ns. i.ic-.r mythology nIJihJcs merely to th leavenly bodies, and indeed to (he plurality if worlds, in each of wl ich they fancied their ieitics resided. Addison has recorded his opinion of distant planets nnd their use, in the following beautiful lines: 'Tiie spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal ky. The spangled heavens, a shining tram, Their great Original proclaim! The unwearied S in, from day to day, Doth his Creator's power display; Ar.d publishes to every land, ' The work of an Almighty hand!"' The modern writers who believed in a plurslitr f worlds were f;uneruus: Ralilio for darin to ssert tan doctrine, as wI ss other 5oUn, theoie connected with it, wns aty.dged as nuilty r,f .eresy by the Inquisition, nnd would have been burned at the skake, as a sorcerer. h.nl t,o .,t

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For the Weekly Messenger, PLURALITY OF WORLDS. 'Though the plurality of worlds is not a philo-

phical dogma altogether proved, yet the opinion should nppe tr to be more probable, a3 it has for its

foundation, first, that principle of truth, that nature does nothing in vain; and "ccondl y, as.rono-

inical observations which cannot be refuted "

M. tiBRARDi Tho doctrine on which I intend to comment in

this essay, is. as I conceive, of importance lo man

kind inccneral: it is purely philosophical, and

has been tne theme ot eages uotn ancieni ana mo

dern, although it must be confessed, that many in

the old and new schools of philosophy have la

boured in vain to define it. T. o examine minutely

into the mysteries of nature, and to illustrate the

motions cf the heavenly bodies, with their attend

ant orbits, is to approximate to that rehnement in

natural energy, which awakens within us a per

cephon unknown to ihose who buve never studied

the works of liod in their fullest extent. Cicero Imp eiven an excellent definition of genius, whec

h? t- Is us, that it is "lobe strong from nature; to

ie fxciiei by tho powers of tho mind; and to be I - .1 . I- . I.

mspirea, as it were, oy tuo uivinu rpiui. oucn iieinif the fact, in regard to genius, its an intuitive m.tton of the mind, it certainly cannot be better :mpl-iyet than in illustrating the power of God, and proving tho insiirnificance of our own little

j world, compared to thoos rolliug orbl of light

lets, than that contained m their astronomical

shastrus, and that they are as capable of comprehending the mighty wonders of Creation, as any nation of antiquity. It would be unreasonable to suppose that God formed the sun, moon, and all the glittering Stars that gem the firmament, for the exclusive benefit

of this little world! Such an idea wouid net

be only selfish, but an absurdity too palpable

to be credited wherever we turn our eyes, wc behold an amazing grandeus, and a uni

form symmetry in all the performances of Jehovah! The little cells formed by iadustiious bees, the ant hills, and those daik chambers impervious to human eyes, inhabited by various beasts and reptiles, who live in communities, are so many miniature worlds to them, created by their ingenuity, for comfort and security. If we do notollow that the heavenly bodies are inhabited worlds, each containing human beings, and every species of living animals, we must also infer that God was partial; and therefore exhibited much vanity in forming a universe in such a small compass, for it is generally allowed by all writers, 6acred and

profane, who' have touched on the subject,

that the earth is one oi the smallest planets in

the solar system. Man is a creature .f preju

dice he never inquires into cause? ai effects, unless it is his interest to do so. Too apt to be deceived by false theories, he adopts o-

pinions at variance with n-.ason nnd common sense; for no idea could be more vacue, than

to suppose that God t reated this world for the

science could be taught to perfection, when

ar uncial means were canting to hnish what the energy of mind had discovered it vjas reserved for other ages to consummate such

an impel tan: rrl. The. Latin school was also conspicuous for learned astronomers; the pagan ntytholcgy is full of references ts the solar system, and it i evident that the heathens who composed that

vtrv mysterious compendium sf knowledge,

believed in a plurality of distant vrorlds; for

how else could they so nicely define the extensive boundaries cf nature! It is vain to

deny, that they derived most of their knowledge from Grecian and Egyptian fables; the Sabian worship in Arabia; the Peisian emblems nnd types of Mikr, or the sun, and tho adoration of the element of nature; the artificial ehror.clogy of Indian nnd Chins3e origin, were also added hence, the invention of he

roes, gods, f.nd demi-gods, to fill the vacuum ef

those fanciful periosj. Among the beautiful allegories yet cxtsnt, is that admirable one. called Psyche, or the Progress of the Soul;" it is the most sublime allegory that ever was produced by the inventive jreniu of man.

The Indian M,

or as Hindoo writers

plain it, "the first inclination of the Godhead

to dlveisify himself by creating wsrlds," iisaid to he the mother cf nature, and of inferior gods, this notion f a universal divinity was

improved on by Latin scholars, and seems to accord well with our belief in an Eternal Beine, who sustains myriads of worlds, and dilVu-

exclusive purpose of promoting his happiness, ses life, strength, nnd comparative durability

especially when he beholds so many animals jinto all sublunary things. There are many, enjoying the same privileges, and as capable' who wish to be considered Christians, who of appreciating the manifold blessings of Pro-! doubt the first eleven chapters of Genesis,

viaence in ineir ow n way. ii mere ue nootner upon which the whole fabric of revealed ie!i-

world except the one we inhabit, the inference g on is erected. It is true, that book is written

would be, that light was only created, and cha- in the eastern style, but its author Moses was

os made void fori lie pui pose of gratifying man;!acquainted with no other; he was obliged to

this we are morally certain cannot be, for ma

ny of the planets have their attendant luminaries, for instance, Jupiter, has four moons re

volving around his orbit these may be seen by the naked eyes in England, and in many parts of the European hemisphere, without the aid of a telescope. Saturn is surrounded

by a bright ring, which is doubtless his atmos

use figurative language, in ordei to be under

stood by those whom it wfy his duty to instruct. He certainly did not doubt that other worlds existed; although he is silent in regard to the existence of matter anterior to the creation, he was not ignorant that even chaos originated

from some cause, otherwise it could not have produced light. Since animal and vegetable

pbere, and he has five satellites. Venus has,' life cannot be sustained without light and heaf,

no doubt, her attendant moon, and the same it is evident that they were the two essential may be inferred or all the planets, although qualities necessary to creation; andiflhere unknown to astronomers. The multiplicity be no other worlds except our own, light anJ of stars that spread their pale rays, when the 'heat are confined in a very narrow compass.

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i..u ii nvusi do expected in the natural course of events, that bigotry, superstition, and enthusiasm will .-nir.glc iu nil religions, such as were anciently tolerated. Among the eminent primitive fathers, tin ro were many astronomers who secrptlv

hractised ihe science; among these, none wero

mare conspicuous for his assumed levity, than Father Ivirch. r at one time he actually imagined himself himself as an inhabitant of tanous planets, and descriled iheir people in rather a hidieruu manner. Saturn, he believed contained old men of a melancholy aspect, cloathed wiih mourning habits, armed with smoakin torches, walking with he pace of a tortoise, and whose faces are frlid-

t.sr. ar.d pale. In Venus, it seems, tl.ore -.re yo'anfr !:.!!, ,f iU. I i . . .

1v.tta ui me iiiwsi eiii.iiiiiunig Dealt ly ana snap?, some scattersng perfumes and flowers, some dan

cing to She sounds otiyres nnd cymbal?, and others

in postures which cannot be !e3cribed. but no

doubt very proper in uch a region a3 that of Va-

nus. I heae reveries ofa good man, aside from his extravagant mode ofeonveyirig abstruse ideas, msy he fuund in one of his bonks, entitled Iter Extaticvm " in which he a?ks the following curirious questions: " Would it be proper to make use ofihs wine thru is used in Jtipjtei, in the sacritica of the mass?" "Could we venture to innl.-

of the waicr found in tbe moon in the sacrament of baptism." Ate.

Kontcnd'e, a distinguished Frc.ieh writer ofth last century approves and su.iprts the evident doctrine of a plurality of world?, already established by ether scientific men, since the time of Pvihugoras he contended that the planets are bodies similar to cur earth; tint since the arth ie gene, rally a! lowed to be a planet, he could see no plausible rcESr.n why other pin net might not also bo

inuatntcd hy living animal. Every mat. who has studied the most intricate points of uhilosonhv.

(must allow that Fontenelle waa scholar of deep

learning and research. I will pass over the opinions of Wolfios, M. do la Hire, Newton, the Abbe Paulian, and others of less note, ar.d close the argument. A late publi

cation said to le the result of observations made by Sir John Herschell at the Cape of fJood Hope, ia which he was said to have dintcorerd winged human beings in the moon, created much wonder.-

I he said publication, as miht have been exnect-

cd, has been proved to be a bnae imposliion, and a.

miserable hoax; but it wag no well written, and

contained such logical reasoning, that many, even

among the wise, were sennced into a belief it is true. This brilliant illusion has now passed away, and may aptly be classed nsa kind of phantasmagoria, intended to influence weak and credulous minds. Philosophy has now more reason than ever to triumph, that supertiti n and ignorance has been measurably cast into t';e shade, and that the light of science, glorious as the meridhm mm, has shed its benign rnys ovrrn beuihted and conceited world, evincing that 1 arxu is powerful and. will prevail. D. S. B. Print. r Retreat, A "gust 13, 1856.

shadows of night have veiled the sun from our

were

The destruction of the first created world by

ihiikuci "'"unus.ou a flood, ns recorded in Viencsis. is also men-

many suns; and they also believed that eery : ,; )V polyhistor, who-ha substituted Saturn star, hwwever smalHn appearance, was an in-! :ngfead of Noah. I quote the following sen-

habited globe, peopled by human beings no

way inferior to ourselves. Such was the undiigahedj opinieo of Orpheus, a very ancieut

fence, to prove the identity ot the two accounts: "Saturn predicted an extraordinary

fall of rain, add ordered the corrstruction ofa.

A TLAlfTER S REASON F..TI CltnrLTVTO A SL.VVT5. Oh massa! what make you so cruel to ir.t r Why whip roefftny fader and mmlder v:s free;

Why starve meT why cuttec de skin nif u

'uiy back ?

Why, curse melbecaus'e youd d rnscul you1

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