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POETKY.
From the Baltimore Republican.
Oil! POOR IIAKRY CLAY.
Tune "l.ucr Neal."
The whigs have out for President,
A man whose name is Clny;
But he cannot come it quite, we think,
for so the people say.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
You never cr.n be President,
For so the people say.
You've tried it twice before, sir, Hal,
And found it was "no go;"
The White Ilousejne'er was made for
you,
We've often told you so.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
You never will bo President,
For you have had your day.
Four years ago at Harmburgh,
You wily, cunning ell'5
They found you unavailable,
And laid you on the shelf.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay;
The people did not like you then;
Why was it, can you say?
But now for fear you'll leave the track,
And brook no more delay;
They think it most expedient
To let you have your way.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay;
You cannot now bo President,
For Polk is in your way!
But you're no better now, I ween,
Than when you run before;
For you were unsuccessful then,
And will be now, I'm sure.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay;
That you will e'er be President,
Is an "obsolete idea!"'
Whene'er you run, you're left behind,
Althnmrli voii've ha.il fair olav:
But now you're broken down and blind,
And cannot win the day.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
fill! nnnr llnrrv Clav.
You're ring-boned, spavin'd, splint
and blind,
And cannot run, they say.
You're good at 'brag,' and 4loo,' and
'wlnst,
And 'all fours,' too, they say;
But you must lose this time, old Hal,
For you cannot 'Poi-k-ek' play.
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay;
You cannot win this time, old Hal
For you cannot Tolk-ek' play.
You've tried to head John Tyler,
But 'twas more than you could do;
For instead of heading honest John,
John Tyler headed j ou!
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
Oh! poor Harry Clay,
The way that 'lWler headed you
Was laughable, they say.
And now you'll both beheaded,
For so the Locolocos say;
They mean to head John Tyler,
And behead old Harry Clay!
So clear the track John Tyler,
So clear the track old Clay;
For with our Polk and Dallas,
We mean to lead the way.
MR. BANCROFT'S A DDR CSS,
AT THE GREAT POUGIIKEEI'SlE FAIIL
Mr. Bancroft, of Massachusetts,
arose, and as soon as the very warm
applause with winch he was greetec
had sufficiently subsided, spoke thus:
Mr. President, and gentlemen of the
State Agricultural Society tanners
of the State ol je w 1 ork : 1 he hour
of separation for this dazzling array
of beauty this vast multitude of men,
is at hand. i ruits nc:ier than ever
graced the gardens o Pomona; collec
tions of flowers beautiful to the eye
ay those which bioomed in Eden; needle-work
of most delicate fineness; man
ufactures of all sorts of lace and cloths
of the finest quality from your own
looms; horses, fit to win prizes of Ol
ympus; cattle, such as never dreamed
of in the highest of Dutch painters
have to-day arres'ed our gaze and fil
led us with wonder an I delight. And
now, I am commissioned to tell you,
and through you to the people of this
mighty commonwealth, iu coii,- :.nd
join us. and under the auspices of this
State, render that honor wh'u h is about
to be awarded to agriculture and the
fanners genius. A scene like this a
round me for peaceful virtue cannot
be surpassed in the world. In this
hour, hushed be party spirit, let it be
truly exercised and banished from this
enclosure which is consecrated to the
peaceful agriculture and industry ol
the State of New York. Applause.
We yield, on this occasion, to no nar
row sentiments of class or party; the
love of our common country collects
and unites us, and now invoke the
blessed illuence of that bountiful Prov
idence which watches over seed time
andnatures the harvest. (Applause.)
The them for this occasion is the agri
culture f New York. But what need
is there of words to press it on your
attention? ,. Look around you. The
cultivated earth is its own eulogy.
The teemincr vvc: 1 h that comej from
its bosom, those farms that in f.iir per
fection are presented to our never wea
ried g'ize, are the evidences of its
niiumilicence. The trees on your wiuu
lians and lofty hill tops arc older than
i
tha settlement of civilized men
in a-
merica. Those ploughs on the Batiks
oftlie Hudson are witnesses ot a re
cent day, wlfeii you first stepped down
to cultivate the river s edge, wnen uie
glebes and praries of t'.ie west were en
cumbered with useless luxumnce.
Behold the change of two centuries.
The forest has fallen belore the axe;
the stubborn glebes are adorned with
the white spires of churches; beautiful
villages spring as it by magic nom inu
nrairie and the hill: "ele.rant and spa
cious towns are nestling in every val
ley; whilst superb cities are growing
within vpur borders, wr.icli compete
for the trade of the world. And by
whom has these marvels been wrought!
By the fanners of New York. Loud
applause. And as I turn my eyes
northward, along the banks of the Hud
son, my mind reverts to the memory
of one of vour ancient land holders,
who died before the declaration ol
Independence. Join with me, farmers,
in calling to memory R. Livingston,
the elder not the chancellor, hut taih-
er to the illustrious man who bore that
office. With a mind of tha highest
order, he was alive to the interests of
his country, yet not passionately de
voted to the public service; tha father
ofan only son and daughter whose
names shall never La forgotten; and
so lovelv was his nature, it seemed
if the fragrance of spring, the mild mu
sic of its birds, and the softened reflec
tion ol the majestic scenes winch he
loved to contemplate m your river, had
melted into his soul. 1 ence to ins mem
cry. Now let me draw the attention
of the farmers uf New York to the
treatment of its soil the great works ol
internal improvement and inland com
munication, wiiile I tell them iiuu i.icv
were commenced by the enterprise ol
the fanneis: were undertaken when
farmers held all the power in their
hands. Call to mind the immense
structures which make this slate tho
wonder of the world; among the rest
that canal which unites Lake Ontario
w ith the Ocean, and brings the produce
of the Western countries to your mar
kets,overthc surface of that inland sea,
This was the work of tiie people, aru.
prelected bv those who were but the
servants of the public mind. Yes, the
great mind of Gov. Do Witt Clinton
urasncd its extended limits a mind
whose encrpry was like that of t:ie po w
erfui mill-stream, dashing on, and pro
pellingthe wheel of vastest dimensions.
But the farmers of New York are
not content with the improvement v
the materia world alone, iron them
springs your system or free school
they have proved themselves the liber
al friends (if colleges and academies
they have fuunded and matured socie
ties for improving the science of agricul
ture. As a specimen ol virtue m pn
vate life, 1 w:il name to you the spot
less Jav. Side bv side with him 1 wil
name the friend of his youth, R. A. Liv
ingston, the younger, whose genius sc
cured the uncontrolled dominion for our
llag over the Gulf of .Mexico, and whose
remembrance is perpetuated in every
steamerlhat skims the Hudson. In this
day be remembered the virtues of Mitch
ell; of Stephen Van Rensselaer, who
was the first to bring Durham cattle in
to this State, and diffused the breed
through its borders. Join me in a gen
erous tribute of gratitude to jesse Buel
who was the first American agricultu
ralist to join science with fact; who
taught the truth that a barren soil could
be made fruitful, and who showed by
his hie, by example, and bv precept
that he was the farmer's friend. (Loud
cheers.) To Willis Gaylord, who was
an agriculturalist, and on that subject a
standard authority to every American,
and an honor to his State. Uhcering. I
lo James Wadsworth, lamed as a cul
tivalor. but more so lor his liberal ex
ertions and the dedication of his wealth,
as well as his genius, in favor of the es
tablishment of primary agricultural
schools. And 1 should be wanting, iff
did not tender my sincere regard to a
gentleman now present the President
or your State Agricultural society; to
your agricultural journals; to your State
fairs, and the exertnns made through
your Secretary towards the introduc
tion of works on agriculture into vour
schools. 1 am happy to be able to state
to you, that ell'orts are now making to
have ngncultui'3 as a science, taught,
as it should be; as a necessary branch
of education, in one of your universities.
Applause. J have named to you the
names of some of the benefactors to ag
riculture of the State 'of New York.
This profession lasts. The affection of
the farmer binds him to his home. Oth
ers may cross continents and oceans
the farmer dwells contented on the soil
which he cultivates and fertilizes; his
fortune is there, fixed and immoveable.
1 he scene ol his youthful labors is that
of his dec'ine in years. In life he en-
oys the freedom of his own plantations,
and at death takes his rest beneath his
contemporary tree. Applause. But
the farmer is not limited to the narrow
circumference of his own domain. He
stands in a relation to all nations and to
all climes. Your Society has. done
wisely to urge upon those who bring
th knnwlpdrra of the Gospel to the
Ieathen, to study the agriculture ot
those nations among hom they so-
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jouin. All nations an dimes, uiu
contribute to your improvement.
ery year adds to the fruits and the
seeds whu-ti are centres ior tne exist
ence of the human race. Tell me, it
you can. in what age the cereal grains
md grasses were nrst tounu capauie oi
making bread? When was that uselul
inimal, the cow, domesticated or the
gallant horso tamed into the pride ofo-
bedience? lhe pear, the apple, the
cherry, when were they improved from
. I II . . l ' -I r.,-.
tneir wuuness in me original iuicsis
and who first changed the rough-skinned
almond to the luscious sweetness of the
poach I For you, farmers, the sons ol
science traverse the forest wild, and
vast prairie, to see if some new grass oi
root can furnish a new object for the
lands ol culture, lor you, larmers,
the earth reveals its mines its beds of
marl and mineral wealth. I he inex-
austable beds of gypsum and loam have
remained for your use, since the hrst
day of Creation. For you, Africa and
the islands of the Pacific yields beds of
guano; and lor you, farmers ot Long Is
land, Old Ocean heaves up its fertilizing
sea weeds. (Applause.) And as the
farmer receives aid from the whole ma
terial world, so also his door is open to
ill intelligence.
What truth is not welcome as an in
mate under a farmer's rjof? To what
pure and generous appeal does the far
mer fail to give response? The great
poets and authors ol all times are cher
ished as his guests. Milton and Shaks-
peare, and their noble compeers, cross
in intimacy his threshold, and keep him
company. For him was the harp of
Israel's Minstrel Monarch strung; and
lor him were the lips of Jeremiah the
Prophet touched wi.h the glow of fire
from Heaven." (Enthusiastic applause.)
I he Social Angel when he descended
lo converse with men, brake bread, if
you remember, with the husbandman
beneath the tive. The beauty of this
sentence, and the emphasis with which
it was delivered, struck asil by electrr
city the whole assembly. Many tlin.i
dering rounds of applause followed it,
and seemed to break out spontaneously
aiaui and again lor an unusual length
of time.! Thus the farmer's mind is pu
riiiod and exalted, and his principles
stand as linn as your own highlands.
His good deeds llow forth perennially,
like self-moving waters. Yet in his
connection with the human race, the
fanner never loses his jatriotism. He
loves America. He is the depository of
her glory the guardian of her lreedum
He builds monuments to greatness, and
when destiny permits, achieves heroi:
deeds in the eyes of his race. The soi
of New York, which he has beautified
by his culture, is consecrated by his
victories, to whicn 1 bow in reverence
for with my eyes do I behold the grown
ensanguined by the blood of rustic mar
tyrs. Where is the land to which then
lame is not waited! Who does not
know the lavs and the narratives of the
batiie-fijlds of New York? Not
rock that juts out from your buld moun
tains ihat is not inscribed with them
not a blade ofgrass that grows at Sara
toga but has a tongue, and proclaims
the indomitable valor of the patriot hus
bandman. Longand continued cheer
ing. Here be the name of Schuyler,
the brave, the generous, the unshaken
patriot, long remembered; and that of
the glorious George Clinton, a man of
the soundest heart,anda soul of hones
ty and honor; the lover of his country
and of freedom. Nor do we now for
get him the gallant .Montgomery
tw in martyr with Warren, who left his
farm on the banks of the Hudson not
as it proved to conquor Quebec, but to
win a mightier victory -over death it
self. Cheers.
I could say more to show that the
farmers of New York have done good
service to theircountry and to mankind.
They were invested with sovereignty
and they abrogated it. Glorious exam
ple; bright instance of disinterested jus
tice! tiiey themselves renounced their
authority and transferred the power in
this republic from its territory to its
men. (Cheers.) May your institutions
endure and may the spiiit of improve
ment prevail. May everv Bound influ
ence be in your legislation. May your
illustrious example show of the dignity
of labor, the shame that awaits idleness
and the honor that belongs to toil toil,
the road to fame. Bo happiness the
companion of your life, and may the
plough ever be found in the hands ol
its owner. Applausc.J lhe farmer
is independent. With the mechanic and
the mnnufacturer as his allies, he makes
his country secure from foreign foes,
for it so becomes perfect in its own re
sources. Our exchanges at home ex
ceed our foreign trafic; and if at this
moment our ships were driven from the
ocean and the highways of the world,
merica is competent to delend herself
she has less to fear from war than a-
ny other nation in the world. She shall
pursue her career and vindicate her
rights and call forth all her energies in
conscious security. Hut do 1 say this
to loster any spirit ot defiance? v ar
otherwise. Let us rejoice in our
strength, but temper it with a spirit ol
ove, and desire to see the boundless
and rapidly increasing reeources of our
country developed. Forests of New
York, under man s skilful liana are you
shaped and fashioned into tho. beauty
and might of naval architecture; the
genius of humanity holds the helm,
We at home shall water the tree ol
peace till its roots .strike to the very
icart of the earth and its branches far
to the heavens. We shall so protect
it that it shall bo preserved; no spiiit of
enmity shall sway it branches; not even
a whisper of discord shall rustle its top
most boughs. (Cheers.) One word
more and I have done, but with that last
word 1 am bound to address, but in im
agination, the assembled pcopleof New
York. It is tale olt repeated that to
do honor to agriculture, the Einperorof
China is accustomed, in the spring ol
every year, to hold tho plough and turn
a lurrovv with his royal hands. Under
tho American republican institutions
(ar more than that is achieved. The
State itself is in a great measure consti
tuted by the larmers. lhey them
selves are kings who hold the plough
.md drive the team every day in the
Empire State. (Loud cheers.) These
constitute the State itself; these socie
ties the agent of the people. I he whole
commonwealth watches over the farm
er. We are assembled at their call to
witness with honest exultation the pro
duce of the farm and the workshop.
Go to the old world and you walk as
over catacombs you travel among
tombs your steps are upon the dead.
Here the living of the present day out
number the generations of the dead.
Since the day your land was discover
ed, all that slumber under tne soil ol
New York do not equal you that move
upon itssurface now. Is it not bur then
to say that this Commonwealth will in
time as far outstrip in power and in
wealth the old countries of Europe, as
its living does in proportion to the gen
orations of the dead I Look what the
men of the past have accomplished.
See what they have achieved. Heboid
the beauty ot their farms the length ol
their canals their canal boats their
shins. 1 say then,onee,inore what have
the men of tiie present day accomplish
ed in comparison with these mighty
works? Concentrate m your minds
what each cl you have achieved, and
what has been achieved belore vou;
and when you have collected till this in
one thought, hear me when 1 say that
you of these living generations, as you
outnumber all the dead, are ouun l he
fore your eyes are scaled in death, to
accomplish lor New lork more than
has been accomplished for New York
in times past. ,vell have you taken the
device on your banner, the sun emerg
ing from the horizon, and rejoicing in
the east; well have you chosen your
motto "Excelsior." May die common
weal lifl up your hearts; let your sun
ascend with increasing splendor, to
wards its zenith, an J so may you be a
light to humanity a light to the nations
and the glory of the world. Pro
longued cheeiing followed the conclu
sion of tho address, and every manifes
tation of approval.
AQUATIC SCENERY A MAN IN
A FIX.
During the "hardest of the storm the
day before yesterday, (says a New Or
leans paper,) we took a lounge down to
the steamboat lauding; while standing
on the brink of a deep gully that empti
ed its torrent of wa'er into the bayou,
our attention was attracted lo tho bot
tom of the gully, where a drunken loaf
er was stemming the torrent, holding on
to a root fast anchored in the bank.
The poor feilow, not knowing any one
was near him, was combatting his fate
manfully, and in cr.eulating his chances
ol escape, gave utterance to the loilow
ing:
"Haynt this a orful sitivation to le
placed in nohow! If I was a steamboat,
a rail, or a wood pile, I'd be better
worth filty cents on the dollar than I II
ever be again. Unless I'm a gone case
now there haynt no truth in frenology
I've weighed all the chances now like a
general, and find only two that bears in
my favor, the first is a skunk hole to
crawl into, and the second a special in
terposition of Providence; and the best
chance of the two is so slim, if I only
had the change, I'd give a premium for
the skunk hole; thems my sentiments.
If I could be a mink, a rat, or a water
snake, for about two minutes, perhaps
I wouldn't mount the first stump t'other
side of the Bio, and flap my wings and
crow over everiastin' life, skientifinaily
preserved. But what's the use holdin'
on this root? there haynt no skunk hole
in these ere diggins, the water is getting
taller about a foot, and if my nose was
as long as kingdom came, it wouldn't
stick out much lonokk.
"Oh, Jerry ! Jerry !! you're a gone
sucker, and your marm don't know
you're out; poor woman! won't she cry
the glassess out of her spectacles when
she hears her darlin' Jerry has got the
whole of Buffalo Bio for h'.s coffin?
What a pity 'tis some philanthropis, or
member ot the humane society, never
had foresight enough to build a house
over this gutter, with a steam engine
to keep out the water! If they'd done
it in time, the might have had the honor
and gratification of saving the life of a
feller being; but it's all day with you
Jerry, and a big harbor to cast anchor
in. it's to bad to go on in this orful
manner, when they knows I oilers hated
water ever since 1 was big enough to
know 'twant whiskey. 1 feelrlho root
givin' way, and since I don't know a
prayer, here's a bit of Watt's Doxolo-1
gor, to prove I died a Christian:
" 'On the bank where drooped the wilier,
Long time ago.' " '
Before Jerry got to the conclusion he
was washed into tho bayou, within n
few feet of a large fiat 'that had just
started fe r the steamboat, his eye caught
the prospect of deliverance, and lie
changed the burden of his dirge into a
thrilling cry of '-Heave to! passenger
overboard and sinking, with a belt full
of specie! the man what saves me mikes
Ma lortune! ' Jerry was bshed ashore
by a darkey; and to show his gratitude,
invited Qua-hy "logo up to the grog-
gery and liquor. '
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Jonathan Iloivarth, esq. the well known temper
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sleeping in damp sheets.fhat seemed to have settled
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matter, and his cough was so hai rassing and inces
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the other two years of age, who were much troub
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cured him in a few minutes. '"
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tween 8d and 4th, opposite Gazette Office.
Orj-Solo Agent for Cincinnati, Ohio, and of the
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Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
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heal I mill e, Monroe county, Ohio.
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ora Plaster, are entitled to one of SHERMAN'S
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ULANK DEEDS, ;
For Sale'at this Office.
' A NEW ERA OF,' i i .'
SHAKSPEAREIN AMERICAN-
The Cheapest and most splendidly Illuminated
and Illustrated Edition of the Bard
ofJlvon, ever published. .. ,3
Edited hy the
ifojv. gullw o. verplajhcs:: ' '
ROREHT W. WEIR, Esq. will design, aelecV '
and arange the illustrations, of which there will be
about 1400, executed on wood, in the very beet
style of the modern school of that art. ., .
In submitting the Prospectus .of tho Editor to the
public, the Publisher has only to add that he will
spare neither expense nor pains to make this edition
of the World's Poet, superior to anythat has her" '
tofore appeared in illustrations, typography and
paper. The form will be royal octavo, and will btf
issued in weekly parts, price 12 and a half center
which places it within the means of persons of tho.
most limited fortunes, whilst on accountof its pecu
liar beauty it will gain itself admission into the lil
braries of the rich, and there prove to be one of th
choicest ornaments. ' "' '
Those who wish this work in the most perfect1;
state, will only be sure of it by taking the parts as
lhey appear, which will contain the early proofs.off
the Engravings. .
The Tragedy of Hamlet is now in press, The
first part will be issued in March. , . ...... i
. PROSPECTUS.
The Pictorial and Illustrated Editions of
Siiakspkahe, lately published in England, rtf
amongst tho most beautiful specimens of lhe recent
and remarkable improvement of the art of Wood
Engraving, which by combining great excellence
of execution with economy of price, has given an
unprecedented diffusion to the most useful us well
as the most exquisite productions of the Arts of
Design.
The designs of Kenny Meadows for the illus
trillions of Tyas edition of Shakspeare, express the"
character of tlie-several personages, and the spirit
of the scene, with wonderful truth and power
whilst the wood engraving oT Knight's Pictorial e
dition, combine with the highest merits of art and
I istc, such a learned and minuteaccurocy as to sce
nery, costume, architecture and antiquity, sc as
make them a perpetual and most instructive com
mentary upon the Poct's text. It is now proposed
to embody in an American Editios, the admi
rable illustrations of both these editions, engraved
with equal excellence of mechanic! execution, to
add to iliese.otherciiKravinesfroin eminent artists.
as Reynolds, Fuse.li, S. Newton, &.C., and to ac
company them with a beautifully printed and cor
rect text.
liut the publishcr.anxious that his country should
pay some pai't of the homage due Irom her to the
greatest of Poets, as to one w ho bclong3 not solely
lo England, hut to all
Who speak the tongue
' That Shakspeare spake,
Could not content hinisell with a mere republics'
tion or compilation. He has therefore prevailed
upon Koiikrt W. Wkih, whose reputation as an
Artist is already identified with his country's histo
ry, to contribute a series of Oriental Designs, to
gether with such advice and assistance in olher de
tails of art, as his tasle may suggest, for the illustra- "
(ion and eiiibclli biuent of this publication. From
the same reason, the publisher, instead ofrcjirinting
the text and commentary of any popular English
impression, was desirous that his Edition should
have the supervision ofan American Editor. This
task has been undertaken by GULI N, C. VER
PLANCK. The plan proposed to himself by tho Editor is to
furnish the reader with a carefully prepared and ac
curately printed text,unencuinbtred by any notes or
comments upon the page itself; as however useful
they may be else-wliere, they are too apt to divert
the mind from the power of the Poet's thought, and
to disturb lhe magic of his scene. Such notes a
may be thought useful for the explanation or criti
cism of the text, will be put ii.to an Appendix to
each play. .
The text of Shakspeare' dramatic works, drawn
from old printed copies in his ago, which had never
passed under the auihor's own eye, was conse
quently di-ligured by many errors and absurdities.
It passed during the last century through a succes
sion of varying editions, until the revision of Ste
vens and Malune. whose text, (or rather that of
Stevens.) has become the standard from which most
of the English and American editions have been
printed, with various degrees of accuracy. But
w ithin the last twenty years, a more minute and fa
miliar acquaintance with old English idioms, hab
its and modes of thought, guided by an intense and
constantly increasing admiration for Shakspeare's
genius, has led lo the strong conviction that very
many of the numerous though slight deviation!
from the ancient text, appearing in modern editions,
are u-elv.-s i r erroneous iutcrnc'.atioiitf, sometimes
weakeuii g the ser.ae, and often substituting an ar
bitrary monotonous, metrical regularity, to the Pe
el's o.vi. native melody. Accordingly, very many
of these emendations have been rejected by the last
and best English editors, especially Mr. Knight and
Mr. Collier, ai.d the readings of lbs old folios and
quai l have been restored, unless where some er
ror of the press or manuscript was undeniably man
ifest. Yet there arc many such passages confes
sedly corrupt, requiring conjectural emendations;
there are also difference of reading between the
several old impressions affording grounds for some
diversity of text and warm controversy, between
the more recent editors.
Upon these, the American editor thinks it due to
the character of this edition, to decide himself,
w ithout implicitly following the text of any one
modern edition. As the industry and learning ot
prior editors have furnished the collation of various
readings, and the authorities upon which they may
be supported, the task is no longer that of laborious
investigation, but, as it were, of judicial decision,
enlightened by contending argument.
As many of these variations are of nearly equal
probability, and as some of them are doubtless the
author's own alterations at different periods, all the
more important readings will be presented to the
reader in the notes, for his selection. Those notes
will also contain so much ol commentary as may be
useful to explain antiquated words and phrases, ob- '
sturdy expressed passages and illusions to obsolete
opinions, or the habits or history of the times; the
w hole in as condensed a form as practicable. But
any commentary upon Shakspeare, however brief,
would he imperfect if it did not present some view
of the higher criticism employed, not on the inter- .
pretation of his language, but upon his thoughts,
his character, his poetry, passions, philosophy. The
only difficulty here arises from the abundance, the
the magnificent variety of the materials contributed
during the last half century, by the most brilliant
minds of Europe. Still it is believed (hat this duty
can be satisfactory performed, without swelling1
the edition to an inconvenient bulk.
II. W. HEWETT, Publisher,
281 Broadway, New York.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
ON Monday (he 4(h day ol November, 1844,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock
P. M of said day, at the door of the court-house,
in the town of Woodsfield, Monroe County Ohio;
will be sold to the highest bidder, the following
real estate, as the properly of Abel Atkinson Dec'dt
to wit: the uorth part of the north east quarter of
i-ction 12, towr.drp three, and range four, bound
ed as follows : on the south by the lands of Sarsfieldf
Clark, on the west by a quarter section line and the
lauds of Stephen Atkinson; 011 the north by a sec
tion line, and on the east by said section line sup--posed
to contain sixty acres Terms one half the
purchase money in hand, and the balance in 12
months with interest from date. To be sold sub
ject to the dowerestateof Mary Mays.
MARTIN TROY, Adm'r.
October 4, 1844 . 82:5t
Stuti of Ohio, Monroe county, ss.
JY virtue of an order of (he Court of Common1
Pleas of said county, to me directed, I shall,
on the 9th day of November next, between the
hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. at the front door of
lhe Court House, in said county proceed according
to law, to sell at public auction, the following tract
of land, to wit: The south west quarter of the
south west quarter of section No. 5, of township
No. 6, and range No. 8, and the north west quar
ter of the south west quarter of the same section
township and range, lying and being in said coun
ty. EDWARD ARCHBOLD,.
, " - .' Guardian of John Holdrsn, 1 lunatic. ,
October 4, 1844. I32T ,'
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