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THE GARLAND.
SVITRIIW KVKNINC, 1)K('KMliKU 16, \H2b.
' An Appeal tor Sutfeiing Genius, a poem for
the b<* i»* 1 \ t of the Boston Bard, by Daniel Br\ an,'
has recently been issued from the Washington
prc-s. and is now ready tor subscribers. A vvri
ter in tiie la-t \ ir;dnia Free Press, noticing the
work and it- benevolent object, mak*-s the fol
lowing neat amt forcible appeal to the liberality
of lie ladle- : —
“.Shall the present npportumtv of contiibutin.r
to the left t’ of the distressed andafii‘1 1 ha:,!#
and Ifs widowed mother, be pernuttrd to p.i^s with
out *><-ing embraced in the humane am! ga-nerom.
of Jefferson count\ 5 ,it lrn*t will not l!,e /■;-//■ , to
whom uu-ibrtune natm'alh looks \ >r acts of k.ml
Hes-s, ava.l themsehu - ot it ' I'heir eh an tv, though
ioi its own sake it would sffk no remuneration, will,
in the proseiit iiivance, find a rich reward n the
a- apfiMtion of a poem, it-alf n <t onhi the ojj), ing <•/
- hiintt/y '.’(f jj unnj; >,f /•//?/>, and a monu
ment not on!\ ot .:s aiiuahle and gitu d author’*, be
nv-volciH'e, hut ot m- lasting tame. The renowned
t hi sen-, who peopl'd \thens, never could have
e\ploi'd 11 * *..* 1«nth of Crete and escaped un
timely death, had not the compassion of the fair
Ariadne mUi posed in his behalf; nor could the
gi'e-at Jim a-, the founder of the I.atm kingdom,
have pursued Ins voyage, m quest of Ilium, tin
home ot h;> destiny, had not the “heart of the
Beautiful Dido been opened to melting charitv.”
KflO.M THE l INCIN.WTI I'.H.MF.il.
Mr. MhmIi T. riint, sum of tin1 author of
* Prancis Jit i ruiu/ has pi 11>1 i>|kmi a small volume
(if Poetry, which evinces considerable poetic
taste. 'The principal poem is the *• limiter,"
and the scene is laid in the west The follow
iiig extract contains a description of a scene
familiar to the woodman. A party of Indians,
who had just made an excursion into Kentucky.
and after mussnereiug the individuals of a small
settlement, carried oil the lovely Panina, the
betrothed hride of the Hero, the Hunter, lie
pursued them with a small hand, and recovered
Ins mistress by stratagem. Hr, in turn, was
pursued hy the savages, was overtaken, and all
h.s party, with the maiden, was murdered. He
was spared for greater torments; he was tied to
his dead mistress, to di«* hy decrees, in the wil
derness. lie thus describes the scene the morn
ing after tin* bloody deed :
A* length, with cool and fragrant hrcatli,
I’he ro-y morn came tripping !>y ;
\ i i smiled .ivmv the film of death
\ moment to :n m\ languid eye.
{ s.iu tiie carrion birds once more
Ground me m*•J, in dark divan,
t*o In>111 tin o h ast of triumph o’ei
l ii isc tainted wrecks of lordly man
<ome mde aloft on outspread wing,
And wheeled in litany an air? ring .
\t ode others plucked their dainty
t ro.u those poor, unresisting cheeks;
Or, mounting on some dry branch, stood,
\n I, satiate, wiped their gory beaks.
J :eir sooty pinions seem’d to wave,
Kike death's dark banner o’er the grave.
And yet »o methe\ proved as for,
\s ever tanned the ambient air.
l *i to the woodman':) practised eye,
fhose raven wings a signal Hew ;
\n t well hy that da k sign, lie knew,
That murder had been busy nigh.
k length, by -• ic!i rude beacon led.
A bold ot hardy woodsmen came r
They found among the mangled dead
On warm, tiiu'igo du n nt.v urint frame ;
Ana roused once more the vital Dame,
Whose last faint spark had almost tied.
It was as though some magic charm
Had fixed once more the fleeting breath ,
As though some strong, ret unseen arm
Had torn me from the grasp of death :
Il.ul stayed the spirit’s parting flight,
And called it hack to life and light.
VARIETY.
(Hit)(.!.’ A I’l IK \l. lH'.SCIill’TlON Ol ISA< !lli
I.UliS' ISLAND.
Bachelors’ !'l;.nd is situated on the burning
-nods of the deserts of I'ollv, where even the
savage inhabitants ol (he lores! seldom venture
to treai!. It is hounded on the Hast liv the re
gions ol \liectation, \ unity, and Deceit. On
the North, by the territory of Fear and Cow
ardice. Outlie South, by the burning zone of
Remorse, Disease, and Death. And on the
\\ est. hv the, dead lake ol Oblivion. Hence it
is easily to he supposed, that the air of this
! Island is sultry, enervating, and pestiferous;
| exposed to the perpetual scenes of storm, hur
j rieane, and tempest; and its climate, like the
minds of ils inhabitants, is never settled for an
hour. The Spring of Bachelors' Island totally
differs from that of any other I have hitherto
read of; as that Imre is the season of the most
pernicious heat, and in which the generality of
ils inhabitants are possessed with a kind of mad
ness llm most destructive to themselves, the
most injurious to every civilized country, mid
the most subversive of unguarded innocence.
I heir inter is truly despicable indeed; since,
among all nations upon earth, you cannot ex
i press your contempt nt a m.,n more pointedlv,
i than by calling him ‘'An Old Bachelor"—a
tiling that lives only To, itself—a thing that lias
no social harmony in its soul—a thing that, liku
a mushroom, delights in I ogs and morasses, hut
hates the generous warmth of the noondav sun.
'1 hough the natives of this niixcnthh: Island make
those of the Island of Matrimony the constant
object of their ridicule, yet there have been
n mnhei less instances of their stealing from their
own Island into that of Matrimony, where tin y
have prevailed upon some good natnred. ease
creatures to become their nurses and restorers,
after tln irconstitutions have hern nearly ruined
in tlu-ir former miserable abodes; for in the
Isle of Matrimony, though clouds nmv and then
gather over it. yet they serve only to render the
remainder of the day more brilliant and cheerful.
In Bachelors’ Island l.nvv is a thing much
i talked of, hilt totally unknown to the people,
w ho are hated.despised, robbed, and plundered,
by the objects of tluur miserable embraces. If
cards are the usual diversion of people on the
Isle ol Matrimony, they are considered only an
( amusement; hut on Bachelors’ Island they are
; productive of the most shocking r i-es, such as
the grossest scenes of drunkenness am! debauch
ery, the total ruin of their private fortunes, and
! even murder itself is sometimes the consequence.
How many have quitted this Island, and tied to
l that which they have so much despised, m order
to repair their ruined fortunes. by seeking a
| ri»*!» ami amiable puitner. BaclnloiV I >!«* is a
mere desert, iliraj>a!»!•* til’ producing ant tiling
but nettles. thorns, anil briar-. llerc arn no
bloating lambs to please tin* • \ e of innocence
Here no dove> cherish their voting, nor does
the use!nl lawn bound ovrr lb«*ir barren plains .
but wolves, tigers, and croeudih ■>. are here seen
in abundance. Hero are neither wife nor ebd
dren to weep over the ashes of the deceased ,
but owls boot, ravens croak, and the reptiles ol
tin* earth crawl over their grim s. In short, ol
all animals that nature ever produced, an Old
Bachelor must be tbe most contemptible ; be
lives a useless being on the earth ; dies without
having answered the end of bis creation, in op
position to tin mandate ot his (ir« at Maker,and
is at lit -1 consigned out to oblivion
77m/t.s, out of tlu It ,\r .Vrn of (iri'crr.
\ sophist wish ini'* to pu/./le bin*, with difficult
questions, the sage (it Miletus replied to them all
without the least hesitation, ami with tbe utnu 1
precision.
What is tbe o/drtt of al! things ‘ (.on, be cans*,
he always existed.
What is the most hrmuijidTlie world, be
I cause it is tbe work of (.od.
! What is the g/vu/e*/ of all things ' Space, be
cause it contains all that lias been created.
What is the most cjnsfunt of all things ' Hope,
because it still remains with man, after be has lost
even thing else
\\ hat is the h> . f of things > \ irtue, became
without it there is no’hing* good.
What is tbe t/’/ic/rd of all things > Thought,
because in less than a moment it can fly to the en 1
of the universe.
What is the .strung sf Necessity, which makes
men face all the dangers of life.
What is the rash*!? To give advice.
M hat is the most difficult To know \ ourself.
DcSCl'Illhltlts (>f (ircat ill'll - Mull- .1 I Ko<
span, tin' last suniiing member of th>- luinilv
of d. .1. Roseau, lias just 11 <I in (irncva ai an
advanced aits'. It is a remarkable tact, up lie
I lieve. that them am scarcely anv piillatpral kin
' ilroil ut nion ut genius in lormer tunes, mm re
maining in Kngland; and not a single lineal
j descendant, except a loriiah' (1110,11! Shaksp, ;,m
In Kii“land. tin- cullati'ral branches appear to
lio routined tu tin- families ut Drvdcn. Parnell,
• and Samlvs. the lino, old, ml,sliing translator
| ut Ovid, j ( haiterr, Spencer, and Milton, have
loll none ; Pope has h it none. Not a single,
other poet is lineally represented luckilv, pet
haps lln linn ; nor Baron, nor sir Isaac, nor 'ii
.loshna Reynold', nor Hogarth, imr Pureeil. 1101
Steele, nor Swift, nor Addison, nor Johnson,
nor Marlborough, nor Peterborough, nor ant
of tin- worthies of ipiepn F.lizalieth s reign. 11 1
scarcely a wit of Charles the Second. Was the
tire too bright and sell consuming. and so du d
away .’ Many of them had no children at all
. and of otln rs, the progeny was hut sorry am
'pare.— Truth Tiller.
' Up who, after a loss. iminediateK . w itf,c>■ ■ f
staying to lament it,'set- about repairing it, ha«
i that within iiitnsell which can control forrunr