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_THE GARLAm
SATURDAY EVENING, MAV 17. 1828.
I'.vpkiis —U> have received three* numbers
of “l rip. Valismav,’* published at Worcester,
»*1-im. It contains eight octavo pages, and is issued
weekly, at >1 per annum in advance—bv Dorr
Howland.
\\ »* have also received two numbers of “ Tin
.LAiin.-N*, or J .allies' ftcpnsitory of Literature,” pub
»shed by C.ilman Merrill, at Rancor, Maine. It
consists of four quarto pages, weekly, at $1 per
annum in advance.
Doth of these papers are handsomely print 'd,
and arc edited with ability. We wish the editors,
is vve do all their co-laborers in the literary held,
honor and emolument.
Our readers will observe that we have copied into
this number three articles from ‘ Tub Raciir.Luits’
Journal.” Ves, fair readers, from a journal con
ducted by bachelors ! It will be seen, by perusal,
that this crusty portion of creation are not beyond
the hope of reformation , for, they now seem will
to K*vc some reasons for their unsocial mode of
hfe. Hitherto, they were provokingly silent on
that point ; and all the witchery and art of the ten
der sex could not draw an avowal from them.
The Journal is conducted by a squad of s'dita
-*’> an<^ U i^ probably be kept up with spirit for a
• ;rne ; but we arc disposed to join in opinion with
ne Editor of “Thk Talisma n,” who thinks “it
must soon be as harmless as a cannon without am
munition, or a camp equipage without an armv.
Disci lion will, vve doubt not, steal awav its ranks,
and their arch enemy, Cupid, will soon march into
ts dismantled works, with H>ing colors.”
T hi-- Bachi.loh s JouitVAi., No 1, is before uc,
printed on a beautiful sheet, ami tilled with valiu’
ble subject matter It is stated in the leading arti
er of Hie Journal that the best talents of ihe'l.ite
rat v I-injiorium are pledged for its pages, as well
as some of the best energies of New-Kngland. The
poetry of the first number is good, and the prose
much better. The brief article headed Old Maids,
IS extracted from a longer one in the Journal, and
will serve to evidence, that even Bachelors will
sometimes get among the women. Altogether, we
ate unusually pleased with the appearance ol this
miscellany, and most cordially extend towards its
editors the court esies of brotherhood.
The following observations on editing are well
put together, and wiil serve as an apology for the
trite and uninteresting matter that may occasionally
creep into our pages —[Album
1 lie necessity of engaging a number in the
management of a hebdomad d periodical, which is to
oe pi mcipally original in its composition, is appa
rent at the first glance. However great may be the
ta.ents of any editor, and however facile lus readi
nes-in the communication of Ins ideas, still, the ve
riest accident m the world will derogate from the
character of the work over which he presides, and
it niiM become unequal in its merit. No man is
ttentper e! idem, in Ins happmess of convey mg ideas,
and few are always in that train of thought winch
legitimately belongs to him. A head acli, a wound
ed huger, or a raging tooth, sends thought out of
the window, yet the paper, tooth-acb, or no tooth
•ch, must be got out, as the printers term it, with
all its imperfections on us head,’ winch very natu
; rally arc charge l upon the head of its half-era/ed j
editor. There is another thing v>Inch operates to .
tiip ilik-ncl%1a:ito^ e ot liirn w]io attempts, alone, to j
give variety to a work of this Xml In the first
place, he ts not always in the a,nod for writing—
next, it Ins sty 1c nt writing hi fixed, there is apiacr
or that which is the same thing, a tameness
about it which palls the taste. For tnst.anoe, v,c
ko Hv of a good triend of ours, who can write i x
ci Hetit sei minis adapted to any ti \t, or texts adapt
ed to any sermon—hut not a word ot' good sense
npon a tty other subject in it dive ntv. Another, tin t
will “ theme ton s’x wicks together, dinners and
sleeping hours exeep'ed,” vet not a sentence of
prose. A third tiiarvel'iMtdv good at reviewing and
cutting ttp the works of others, hot very dull m
those ot Ins own. "1 hen there are vont patugraph
1 v.riteis, story-tellers, humorous or "farcical Mini; i
! sets, all ot w hi oil are ticoessar'. to cononcl mg a lite
rary dis.il to suit the public palate. Hut where will
\on find one who combines in tus mv.i oroper tier
son -til these tplalitications ' \et ail are n ‘et-ssarv.
■ So in the various departments of science—Astrono
my, (icologv, t'liemistry, Mechanics, {«• — ail are
not particularly familiar to any one individual, ergo,
it is better to have more than one to carry on a
journal intending to fight its way with the host of
periodicals which swell our modern mails. .And
. therefore we have concluded, by joining a number
! in the editorial department of the Journal, to have
a stret right to say we.”
MU THOMAS moout:.
■ “ I thought Thomas Moore, when I v • k-.ev
i fun** as delightful a person as one t m;I 1 i.-i.a - i ?
| lie could not help being1 an interesting cue • Vi:
; ,lls sort of talent has tins advantage in ,t, that he',:.,
j of a description intelligible to ail, the ;>n - n
; equally sure of present am! future tame. I n.ve
removed a visit from him Ini' 1 felt as if 1 hat’. Pee:
I talking with Prior or Sir Charles bHIev. It s ac
| qoaintance with f.ord Uyron began hv talking . • :
; duel. With me it commenced m as gdiaot a v.a\
i ’firniigti of a different sort, i ,iu 1 cut up an
: of fes, vthc liiue Storkmg.) as uuworthr of's e
* a vvr- lie came to see me, save ,r I w>-».
i oi dir right ; arid an intercom— took place. wh.cli I
; ""flit have enjoyed to this dav, had he valued Ids
real fame as much as i did. I mean ro us one no
i "> sa.vi,lff tins cither as a dispenser ofrjpu?:.
i *1011, m-as a man of undisputed reputation myself.
I live too much out of the world, and differ too
plainly with what is in it, to pretend to he either
; one or tlie other.
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nich
'Mr. Moore was lively, polite, bustling, fill of
^ “ 11 i i'll K.. 1 vl *s ; I I 'i .;, I’. I til
| ann nities and acqniescenr.es, into which he con
: tuved to throw a sort of roughening of ecu d. afty,
| like the crust of old port 'it seemed a happ'ine-s
to lmn to say “ Yes.” There w as just cm igh of
j t.ie IriHitnan in him to flavor hss sprt*cl» and irian
nt r. He was a little particular, perhaps, in ii - t;:
| thoepy, but not more so than became a poet ; n 1
he appeared to me the last man in the wo:Id to rut
! his country, even fui the sake of high life. As to
[ his person, all the world knows that lie is as little
| of stature, as lie is great in wit It is said, that an
illustrious personage, in a fit of playfulness, once
threatened to put him into the wiue-e.ooler , a pro
position which Mr Moore t mfc to be more royal
than polite. A Spanish gentleman, whom 1 met on
the continent, and who knew him well, said, in !. s
energetic Kngtisli, winch In spi ke none the worse
for a wrong vowel or SO : “ No-.v, t!u re’s Mourr,
I hornas ih-jtrn I look upon Ahuerr as an a uvj
little run. I Ins is true, lie reminds us of those
active little great men who abound so r markahly
in Clarendon - history. 1, ke Uierr, tie would have
made an excellent practical partisan, and it won!.!
have done loin good llorseoack, and a little Irish
I oghting, would have seen t or play w ith his good
| living, and kept his look as juvenile as Ins spint.—
His forehead is boimv and full of character, with
, “ bumps ’ of wit, large and radiant, enough to trans
port a pnrenoiogist. His e . i - are as dark and fine
as you would wish to see under a set • ‘ -, i-:<--*s
>ni'vf I» ip'JUMnus anrt pooiMnimtum' T, v\ :(’i 1
K*-J n >•* S(‘U‘-U \}. p; oniiiu nt, ail,! at the «:r: r
tune t,if reverse ei acud-M**. *| here is a i cn n;■
cultar charaett r in it, as it it were htnking forwarn,
3'1,1 scenting a feast ,,r an or.-h >p,|. The thee, tip-t:
the whole. ,s Itish. n it tinrullled with car,-ami ;n«
s;nn; but festivity u the* predominant expression -
W iicn Mr. Mm,re was a chU.I, he is said to have
ben ominenlly handsome, a ('up, > (bra picture ;
ami notwithstanding the tri-ks \\ Mich both j. v and
sm row have played v- th his t are, ton can time as
much. 1' was a rern’dectinn, perhaps, to this el
tec’, that in-lured hi-, hi- ml, Mr \tki■ son, to s. v
on- at ■••Union, in defending Inin frii-tt the cha-ge n:
libertinism, “ Sir, they may talk ot Mrt-trr as the’
please, hut ! tell yon what, I at wav s consider hint,’
(and this argument lit* thought conclusive,) “I ..
wav s consider niv friend, Tiuunas Moore, as an i.;
tant sporting on the bosom ot \ enus.” t mini i...
in this poll t ait, lea\ e out it is rmtsie. He pl.tv s an
sings ’villi great tas'o on the pi mo hi and e
known »s a graceful composer. His voice, which
is a little hoarse in speaking, (at h—-t 1 • ! t
think so,) t-rfftt. into a lilt alb, like that o; tin
flute, when singing. In speaking, he is cut;,: at;
in rolling the letter r, perhaps out t-i a ,i ,p.ui <0
being aide to get fid of’the national pet nliat tv.”
./. gU/tt .
}hr Ho; id IlfUH Stuarl—l!v rcvcrling :
Ihr iust.iiv ill Ivigluiul, it will In' seen lint x
.In lat.ilily appeared to follow in the (rail
o( tiic iviyal lini- cjl Stuarts. History does no*
record a race lliat were Sl, steadily ui.ftirtuuah
n»fir calamities continued with imabating mi.
cewi ni during .'•■'D rears.
I.i!>•'rt .»,i iir.iko uis heart because his o!.!iv
son Robert wav slarvid to liraili, anil In
youngest .lames) was made a captive, .tame
Is', aftei having beheaded three ol his ncares*
kindred. was assassinatoil bv his own uncle—
"lin tvav tortured to death lor it. .lames d J wa*
•slam hi ilio bunding of a eanilon. -i mm ,h.
"hen living from the li. M of battle, was throw
from Ins horse and munh red in a cottage, in'
" lie ii ho had heen taken lor assistance, danie
■ith til. in » toddeii fend, dallies bill died c
"net, lor the willid ruin of his aru.v at Sol-wav
I titli. Henry Stuart (Lord Ihir:.!. v) was a.
s tssinated, and blown up in his e.i-tlv M.m
Sluart was li.'headed in I.aglrol. J.ttne . i
and (ith, died nut without mi picinn of l>r.:,_
poisoned by hard Biiekinyh.in. Chilli s I-t
was In headed at Whitehall Chailes g 1 wa*
exiled I• Ir many years, .lam. - „’d !n-t his er. w n
anb died in banishment. Van, after r.-iy ,
which, tliuu;. h gloi ii ms, was rendered mih.oen
hv party di .pules, dint i,f Iimki'ii heart, mV ■
seined hy the ijuarrels u !i.-r favorite sen.ml
1 he paste!;tv id dalle's hi deol wretched wan
defers m ioieign land-, - .Sn ' a paper.
1 lie new hook o! Cooper is rntitlrd : A
merit a hv a 1 i a\a. I!iug li re hi and is (o
lie soon published in Piiil.u! Ipiualn Messrs
Cai ry, Lea and ('an v.
bits. Leigh's s vs| f m of cor recline- a sfa m
mering utterance. has been mteoilurcd into
several kingdoms in Mm ope. vvith (hr most
distinguished success. The goverimteni r.,'
the Netherlands has purchased the secret.
Ixn<) Question. — W hetliera wife, hv burn
mg her hu-band’s hous0.be giultv of I lo
ny, is a question reserved for the" decision
oi the 1 welve Judges in i'.ngl.md—a wo
man aged 21, leaving lately been capita!!'
convicted of tiiat offence