Richmond palladium. [volume], January 08, 1831, Image 1

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VL3Llni4 WEEKLY, 111 SaXtfO BOOS, AT 92 PCK JUT. FA TABLE IS T1IIS MOTH FffeUCI TUS TlaUS OF bill JUttsSV-OV j
Ticra t-i-. irx i lA-isv.f r
Selected, foetrp.
DEATH OF THE JUCJITEOUS. .
World, with tiy cares away!
i&lence trwl darkness reign around.
But lo! the break of day!
'What Wight a lid sudden dawn appears,
To shine upou this scene of tears?
Tis net the morning light,
." Tbut wakes the lark to ring;'
:Tis not a me tsor tf the night,
Nor truck of angel's wing:
2t i an uncreated ream, ,
Like that which tlioae us Jacob's dream.
Eternity and time. "
Met, for a mcrr.ent, here ;
From e rth to hcu en, a scale eutlimc
Re-tcd oa eih'-r f hew,
Whose sfojia a suindy figure trod,
3sV dettj'a Jd hand led home to God.
lie landed u. our view,
Midst axuing hosts above, .
Whoe ranks s tood silent, while he drew
JNigh to the throne of love,
'.And meek!) took the low est seat,
. Yst nearebt h Redeemer's feet.
ThrillM with ecstatic awe,
ilntranc'd our spirits frll,
And saw et wMt nut what they saw,
And heard no toun can tell
v What sounds the ear of rapture caught.
What jt,ry fv! 'tweyo of thought.
Thus far atove the pole,
t
.Jfiuth rcay purscc the iifranchied sou!,
But soon her pinions tire :
. Jx is not give a tw mortal man,
- Ikenaal mysteries to scan. ,
V; KCFI-ECTlONS,
..Written n:ar u Friends' meeting house,
f near this village, after an evening ram
- tie. .. . . '.
tJweet solitude, how southing to the soul,
The li small voice within thy wood-
lal . cast -,-lfow
melting tu ihemindjJlrycontro!,
Wben memory meditates upon the past.
Thc softeucd sounds of evening from afar,
on 1 my earfc irtnecbo'aedvershcU
- fCo hum ef Busy industry can mar
The scene, O solitude, I love so well.
Vithia these silent unembellishod walls,
i: The spirit wakes is aaeditation deep
"J law mack unlike the pomp of grandeur's
'halls,-- ,
That eherms the sight, but leaves the
ssulto sleep.
. - sweet simplicity, thou reignest here
. la all that's lovely to the soul or sight;
No pomp, no pride, to erring mortals dear,
Disrace these walb&xan God in pride
- delight? ,
JBach object speaks sincerity- and truth,
T Vhi.t sum should be- alaf, that he is
.. .'" - V . . '
-Oasne hither, O ye vain and gaudy youth,
Qome with me 6c survey the silent spot.
- .. -
Beneath these aged oaks to fcilence given,
Sleeps many a heart that meditated
here j . - .
The relics too of raaoy a soul in heaven,
Of nrany a soul in piety Mnccrc.
No marble monument adorns the dead,
Or tells the story of a pompous name ;
o let roc di so rest in peace my head,
Unknown to fortune's favors & to fame.
3utO, not all unloved let one kind
friend,
OYr my lone tomh shed pity's tender
tear,
-is ft, perhaps, some gentle form mey
"t bend, 7 -
OVr once lov'd hearts that coldly lunv
bcr here, " J l '
Itovo simplicity in all I see,
ft all ! (eel cnl all that I CD'rV '
Yet strange to think that charm is not in
me, " 1 - '- ; -' "
Too much I trific ith each gaudy toy.
I love to gaze upon the neat attire,
That wafts the form of some fair
friend
What eye can gaze upon her, nor admire
The grace and beauty that tofwttly
blend.
Olsfesvialovli sta sou! IMMS,
Thsjs w the vain, the gaudv, r th
Whene'et I think bow angels look on
high,
I dunk of some fair friend is plain array.
Farewell! blest scene of solitude, again
I will revisit tujT delightful spua " 1
Again awake the harp to sweeter strain;
Xor by the child of song be thou forgot.
M1L1 X)RD BAm.
the jUonAiiismv
Ti truth that sheds a lotOre here. -
Or TUB felrfLE AND ITS AITU02.
This di vine book, the only one w hich
is ir.dipcribablc to tae ChnsUai., need
Oidy to be read, witti rehection to ir.
Slrc love lor its uuLftor; ai.d the most
ardent Uesire to obey its prcce.i&
iNever did virtue speat so sweet a lan
guage; i.ever w as tlie nio&t profound
wisdom expressed with so much energy
and siuiphci ty . No one can arise trcm;
ha perusal without -keliLghimsell bel
ter than be was before.
The majesty of the scriptures strikes
me with astonishment, and tne sanctity
of the gospel addresses itself to my
heart. Look at the volumes of the
philosophers, with ail their pomp: how
contemptible do they appear in com-,
iKinson to this ! Is it siblc that a
can be the work 01 manr Van ne wno
is the subject of its history, be himself
a mere man? Was hisUie tone of an
enthusiast, or of an amli Uous sectary ?
W hat sweetness ! What purity in his
manners! What an atlecting grace
fuliiess in bis iiistructions ' V nat su b
liinity in his maxims! What profound
wisdom in his discourses. V hat pres
ence of mind, what sagacity pro
priety in his answers! iiow greithc
cotuniand over his passiou! Where
is tac man, where the pnilosbpher, who
could so live, sufler and die, without
weakness and ostentation ! Wfce' rla
to described his imaginary goodiusm,
covered with ail the disgrace of crime,
yet worthy of all the rewards of virtue,
he described exactly the character of
Jesus Christ.. The resemblance was
so striking, itould not be mistaken
and all the Fathers of the church per
ceived it. What prepossion, what
blindness mast it be, to compare J he son
of Sophroniacus to the son of Mary t
What an immeasurable distance be
tween them ! Socrates, dying without'
pain, and without guominy, easily sup
ported his character to the Jaat; and
if his death, however, had not crowned
his life, it might have been doubted
whether Socrates, with all his wisdom,
was any thing more than a mere sophist.
He invented, it is said, the theory of
moral science. Others, however, had
before liim put it in practice; and he
had nothing to do but to tell what they
had done, and to reduce their examples
to precept. Ari& tides had been just,
before Socrates had defined what jus-,
tice was: Leonidas had died lor his
country, before Socrates had made it rt
duty to love one's country. Sparta had
been temperate, before Socrates had
eulogised sobrietv ; und before ho eel- j
ebratedthe praises of virtue, Greece 1
had abounded with virtuous menu But
from whom of all his countrymen could
Jesus have derived that sublime and .
pure morality, of -which he only has
gi venous both t!te precept and example ?
Ill the midst of the most iicentiou fan
aticism, the voice of the sublimest wis
dom was heard, and the simplicity cf
the most heroic virtue crowned one of
the humblest of all the multitude.
The death of Socrates, peaceably
philosophising with his friends is the
-most pleasant that could be desired!
That of Jesus ixpirinej in tonnes?
outraged, reviled and execrated, by-a
whole nation, is the most horxihlettat
could be feared. Socrates, in receir
tng the cup ofpotsonbi
inj executioner .wbcror
Jesus, in the midst of excrociatrtor
tore, prayed forlasjuscrciless tcrmii
rs, - ies! ii ihe die aad deaJi of
Socrat were those 1r ge, tc li&
aKideathi'JcsuwweTe thoecfa lod.
Snail we say luat-Chc ovai:goiical his
tory is a mere ficttonl fit does rot bear
tie stamp of itcttor bait, the contrary.
Tle iiutoy Qf&JirJtej'i--ic sobudy
tSnabta) is it,l so? weH aOled u$ that
wf Jesus CiirwC rHialf aitigp in
feet oii'f shilWfSi rif?eu! whtioul
b
fcOm ibf eri i 'sooold
ha we uYshefi t:ie siorjeyt of iu
The J e wijk au os -j? v iacapablc
of tiie diction, iid-1 fcifa-'gers to the
mortality co . tai-.e.J i-4 Kie goepeJ, the
marks of auose irati are so fctrikir.g,
Jjerfectly ini n.'ti!l,aiat the inven
tor would be a more arteiusiuug man
thavt the hcrow -
A nsteTdl. ' ' ;
.The depopulaliag pestilence that
wakctti ;t f9oula-v the carnage of
5:rdef auad deTastavfarcan scarce
y ex!ulit tlieir vic iu more terri
ble array", tiiaaJeAUnfmLiating drunk
enness. 4 have aeea a promising iaxni
ly spring from a parent trunk, and
strelcn abroad tot )Hpka'lunb like a
flowering tree covered with a green
and iHaliay toiiage, 1 heve seen the
unilateral decay jtmDMV.g on the yet
tender leal, and gnawing like a worm
in the u iopened bud, wlule tacy drop
ped olf one by oue, and the scathed
and ruioed shttii. stood alone, until the,
WLads and raiis of many a sorrow laid
that too in the dust. On one of those
holy da when ttie patriarch rich in
virtue as in years, gathered abo it him
the great aad the htde ones of his flock
bis so.'iS with their son, and hi3
daughters with their daughters 1,
too, sat .at the festive board. I too,
pledged them iu the social wine cup,
uau rtjutvca wun mem nuaa tac iiuss-
pidertht aHx.!!4J
tnegwU CtJ. m;ui waryt rf V ge?ial
glow ot youmtul ventiaai t wiped
tae tear of joy from his ghfnir-geyj.
He was hapyy. 1 met witftrraeta itrii
t wuen llic rolling tear broaht tie fos-
all there. The ldd otti ian sighed
as his safibsed tye dwelt . bpou tle
thea unoccupied scat. '' But joy yet
came to his rclieTalSil he vas Jappy.
A parent's love knows no dhautioa
time, distaace, poverty, hamc, but
gives mtensJty aud strength to that
passion before which all othe rs dis
solve and melt away. - Aaitiier elaps
ed. Tlie board was spread but the
guest came not. The old man cried
fwhere-ase my children f u And echo
answered, s-aereXIiis heart broke
, for hey were notu-CWiZea-i
hve spared his grey hat this afflic
tion? -Alas! the demon cf drunkeri-
. ness had been there. They had fallen
victims to Ids speU. And one 'short
month suCSccd to cast the Veil of obli
yioa over the old man's sorrow and
the young ones' shame. Ihey are all
dead. . - .
..." i..--: .' -n'-Tr '
4 The sur. init-H-and the etrth closes
her great ere, like that of a dying god.
Then smoke, the hiH&.likyv altars;
Ou of erery wood ascends chorus the
veils of day, the shadows oat around
the enkindled trarjrpareM tree-tops
and faQ upon the gay gemsle flovrers.
And the hurnished gold st the west
throws heu-Jc a drsd t;oli lhe ctr T
tinges with rosey hgrtt uenoveriag
breast of the tremulous kufc the eve
ning bell of nature. Jean foul.
If a person in whom wo ave been ac
customed to place implicit confidence and
who we do not believe to fcave ever yet
deceived ua, doe so once is the slightest
particular by a falsehood, asubterfuge or
even a mere flattie1 the cbrm is broken
f r ever, ana the person sienw changed
and deteriorated ia all they do, even to
their personal apearance, the very traits
of their counteumce, the hracter of
their eirvressfoa sad the souad of their
voice. . : .frX-- .
cossticrs ie tW.Sffiif ssko
sense to make fre
d3 not tact
aaophnoa ot (hnt&m sMilses
to pot
nswa reecvduiwetr observa
sHewins ssfsm tee mate impor-
wmeh taey do tetkeexwasch
w - - . f- M
I J Yt ti'Jx m new it. nr tiOe f Cv pleasure ir .ifte, Uorernnlent. and tlie
;sssdthejzr7r Crrd tbrt Ct3 O tCr-r, c I L Jtl t tl Lient direTtt rriodi down thai
esesiexU Izt I Cx socii reirxbeta KxT-ja 'i di. lte"Ci-rst of Jamlarv. l:r. t Coi
I ire-wan prcrsjt ir r ; CVV : r iraciaci i-soorts iolt; - I tiocl
Tli ANNUAL
Tb Naieai :intcUigerxerf
ceaioer unssri: . j,, 4 w -? ? :
'1 he ansaai report of thcecretary i
of the ;f reasury was yestcrstay received :
Dy txkh lsouses f Congress. . l;tvm
Uiis report it appears, that Ihc; receipts
h.o the TreaHiry,ln thav year
hwA sixhuadrvtf ai.d eight v one thou-
sand tiihe huxulred and sixty-Ove doi
Lrsand uinety-ooc cents j from sales of
public lands, oce nulliou, hre hitndred ;
aiid sc enteen . thousand one hundred
and tevetty-live dollars and. thirteen
cents; rom divideada on bank stock,
lour hundred aiid rduety thottsaud doi-,
lars; incidental receipt., oue hundred'
and thirty-eighttlKHiMuId four hundred
and eighty-six dollars and thirty -four
cents; making altogether, twenty-four
nulhous eight nuudred and twenty-sev- '
en thousand six hundred and twenty
seven dollars and thirty-eight cents.
The receipts into the Treasury. Ibr
the turee first quarters of the present
year, 1630, were from customs, seven
teen miliioiis two hundred and sixty
eight thousand oue hundred and tweu-
ty -two dollars and seventy-five cents;
sales of lands, one miUion two hu;wlred
and ni net) -three thcutand seven hun
dred and nineteen dollars and tweuty
sevcu cents bunk dividends four hun
dred and ninety thousand dollars; mis
cellaneous, eighty -four thousand one
hundred and seventy-six dollars and '
teyeuty-eight cents ; estimated receipts
for U'e fourtii quarter, from all sources,
nve miLioits and twenty-five ttiousand
dollars; making altogctlier, twenty
four millions one hundred and sixty -one
thousand and eighteen dollars aiid
sevenry-iiinc cents.
If the estimated receipts of the i
Kurth quarter, of the present year be ;
b.aficiftir m
that ofjifcjiy of six, hundred and alxiv.
six thouai:d s:x hundred and eight
'dollars and fiifiy nine cents.
The expenditures of l&9,amounted '
io twenty-five nulhoiis forty-four thou
saiid tf.ree Lnudrod and fifty-eight dol
lars and loity cent. The expendi
tures of the tliree hrit quarters of 130,
u mount to twenty millions seven hun
dred and eighty thousand nine hun
dred andthirt-six dollars and eighty-
four cents ; the estimated expenditures ;
for the fourth quarter, of l3tl, amount
to four iruhions three Hundred and
sixteen thousand and foir dollars and
ninety-t ight cents; making the whole
expenditures of 15i30, twenty-five mil
lions ninety-six thousand nine hundred
and forty -one dollars, and eighty-two
rt-He. -The trxpedirurea for are,
therefore, forty-sevea thousand four
hundred and sixteen, dollars and fifty
eigiit cei.U Uiore than tiiore of 18.
The amount of public debt paid in
1S?J was twelve millions three hun
dred and eighty-three thousand eight
hundred and sixty seven dollars and
seventy-eight cents; the amount paid,
and to be paid, in 1S30. is eleven mil
lions three hundred and fifty-four thou
sand six hundred and thirty dollars
and tune cents.
The total amount of the public debt
on thy first of January, 1830, was for
ty-eight million five hundred and sixty A
a. - - a 1 a a a
nve uiouanu, lour nunorea ana six
dollars and fifty cents, consisting of;
uwuvuiu 1. 11uuu.ru wn nwj nji
dollars and seventeea cents of six per'
cent, stocks ; twelve millions seven ban-
dred and ninety-two thousand, dollars
and twenty cents of five per cent,
stock, including the 6even millions held .
by Government in the stock of the
llank of Ue United States; fifteen
millions nine hundred and ninety-four
tliousand and sixty-four dollars and e
leven cents of four anda half percent,
stocks; thirteen millions two hundred
and ninety -six thousand two hundred
and forty-nine dollars and forty-five
cer.ts of three per cent, stocks; the
balance, consists of upwards of thirty-'
' two thousand dollars of small items.'
The total amount of public debt on
"the first of January, 1331, will he tlitr-
t ryaewuihomooc hundred and twen
ty-throe thousand e ; hundred and
ninety-one dollars and sixty-eightccn ts."
.The whole retxSshu&s amount of" this
deht is reeemaWe Dcarrjc'one half at
.. ' . ,7 I STMK. wwMrnrt!irW -tC7.
.? . 7 I na,uclClrxcrbi , ths tL WriuL :
na,uclClrxorbi
drew drlhu or.3uv
.riSV nDWt wiiBorei.jyi.,!
qtauten ofine year lqrtI
at twetty milLons five hui'dred aul?Z
4 severity - thousiu.d dllair; atd Cfrt
4th quarter at, live 'jnnJIiorjs 'Mx-fc?
dred and ten.thovteand tfollarv-
ne repel! stales thiat,wit U.estunsr :':
tcdthai the accruing duty od . rofie v,r;
&aH mcra. imTwu-trdin ISJ'C'irul r. ' j
muuang ui store -on uieAst vi January,. ;
1631, w ill be' reduced aUut Jtvc liuii. ,
dred thous-and dollars by the ojHrraiiOp v -of
the acts of the lust seion, redueii v ; .
the duties on those articles; and that-'.::',
the duties on coflt-e, cocoa, salt,' 'and
molasKs, accruing in 1S31, and paja-;-.1-.' -
blc within that year, will,upcna like r
consumption to that of be furtb- . ,
cr diminished by tlose acts about tdx
hundred thousur.d dollitrs. 'tThe rr" . ,
l-eal of the duties on fozsagc, which
will take ellcct on the 1st of April
nest wilt further, redact tW rovenne
of tlie next ctr about seventy -livi- u on-'
saiid doUar&T! The subsequetit reduc
tion of tlie duties on teacofiee, and -salt,
on tle 1st of JanuarylS3 'iU
probably lesson the usual iinportaiio&
of those article for the , demand of 7
1831, w HI probably lesson the usual .? -importatiori
of those articles for ths :
demand of 1631. t Hut the ioflucrVe
ol tLee circnmstaficcs upon tlie rcAe- - .
Luc will ue'tn tvtuc dvgree countor
actcd by the increased capacity 01 tie
cour.try" for .consumptie.il, na cvu eed
bv the elurpxd amouut ' of douvCAtic,
tiuoris. the iiCi.eral prosperity ci jr,cr-.
ing of the trade llh the British eofcM 4
lil, III UiC V 11MVP, BOB fiff IJC
Nortn AnierirjmenntihVnf.',vV.-..f'--4. i
Tfce revenoe arisirie iroia the sale'- :A
of public lands will he imoroved bV,
the home general ca.Xto vwUdi tcM '
to improve that from the customs. - -7
, 1 rout a view of all these Ktctv.'aQd "
circumstances, theSccrct&rv- CstimatiS, "
the Teceipts for the year lti3i, at twen -ty-tiiree
miliiou s three hundtcd and V
' forty thousa,! dollars, vii":frcm cus ;
tom-V tweotykmc tailiions,;of ' dollars i
lands, one milhoh seten hundred diou 7 1
sand dollars ;' tack divides,fou
hundred and lanity tnxusand,'rJBllce '
laneou-sone hcikired and fifty thotos- ' ' "
and. The estimated cxpeiiditurcd for V; j
1831, are .twey..tkreitmJhoi,
- nundred ana twcfity-exgri? t taousaric; ty.
and -sixty-tbe dollars?, at jjalrT
1 cents, iriclading ' ten tnilhons of Use - - -,
public dubtA.' f ' ' 1 V ; 'c
Tlie balance in the Treasury xn t
first of January 18'AI, was live mr '
lipns nine hundred and seventy-twe
thousand four hnndred and U.irty-fifc t
dollars and eighty-oj c cents ;".toa the . T':
first of January, lolW, It was fire a- '
ltons seven hundred and fifty-five thou. f r
sand seven hundred . and four dollar :'
and seventy-nine cents; the esuiwiiteJ r
naiance on ine nrsi w January 1 r
will be four millions eight hundred
and nineteen thouvir-d seven h'indred!
ai4hty-ae doUus and scyc-ily-3 -;.f
; v The Sceretart states tfijhe Ravi :
gating ' Interest employed In toeiga
commerce, and particularly in the ear A,
rvimr trade" has suffered a" material ':.'!
depresion ?and he add that "that ror -. ' - .j
tion of the carrying trarte which' i& uur
fettered bv naigatioa laws, will be
cessarily fall into tlie hands crttjosc
who can navigate cheapest: and tlfi
filling off gives reason to apprtliei.d,
that the superiority heretofore claimed -for
American skill and ecortomr,' "
this pursuit, is yielding to taore fcrtu
nate rivalry, and su2gests tbe expe
diency of coa-iderinz hnr fiur that in
terest may, witlrbat Injury to clheff,
be relcivcdfrom its degression."1 " A -"
" 1 le rr-commend a number vfanpift- . ? -tant
rnodiartioTjnlliC mifct syrirUr
m coccmpUtrorT of the approvhins ; i
crifis in ie fiscal' poficy ef the. Coibcd - : -
States.';;; --::"V"r- 'C-V-I
'Wtfh rewtd io the MttL ifiA tatst - ;
material aOssion to It "in x tepctf'w V
remailt ade by the fcretary,? :'g
i houU. it; he cnteatplated wy ; -"y
:grcssj nrake firlhcr rrduc-
Ki -V.