The Wilmingtonian., October 23, 1823, Image 4

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The following piece, selected by a
friend, we believe to be a versification ol
Miss Porter's novel, entitled Don Sebas
tian ; but from its having been a long time
in manuscript, may be new and interest
ing.
SF.LASTIAN AND ZARAH.
On Algiers' ma jestic lut ret,
Softly shone the lamp of night,
Slowly roll'd the slumbering ocean,
Silver'd o'er with mildest light.
Through the brave Sebastian's prison
Softly shone a languid beam,
On the floor he lies in sorrow,
'fears adown his bosom stream.
Tint in Seville's holy battle,
Glory lill'd his youthful breast ;
Many a haughty Moorish chieftain
Row'd to him his lofty crest.
Rut the brave are always tender,
Though in storms ; like mounts of snow
They defy the wintry tempest,
Hut at spring soft breathings flow.
Where the foaming Gandaltpiiver,
Through an ancient torest sweeps,
There in sadness lives his lady,
There his lovely infant sleeps.
Husy memory paints his pleasure,
Kre the Moor enslaved his arms,
Love pourtrays a thousand dangers,
Which his weeping bride alarms.
Dear Eliza! must we never,
Never meet again, he cried,
Must this gloomy dungeon, ever
Keep Sebastian from thy side Î
Hah l the keys which lead to freedom,
Hy my savage keeper lie,
1 will seize this precious moment,
From these hated walls to fly.
Now be still my drowsy keeper,
Seal his lids propitious sleep,
Lock the portals of his senses,
While 1 seek the briny deep.
Heaven guide my wandering footsteps,
Lend, pale moon, thy pensiv e ray,
While 1 seek the lofty rampart,
And the roaring waves survey.
From yon palace rob'd in silver,
Lo ! a pensive beauty breaks ;
There she stands, dishevelled, drooping,
Hark! to me she lowly speaks!
Gracious Allai dof see thee,
From thy savage keeper fly ;
Turn! <) turn ! thou venturous captive,
F.lse by torture thou wilt die.
For my father hates thy country,
Great and cruel are thy foes ;
Vet one anxious tender bosom.
Pants to soothe thee to repose.
Long I've lov'd thee gallant Christian,
Ott I've from my maidens sh le;
Near thy grated cell to wander,
And relieve niv aching soul.
From the hour they brought thee hither,
In these hated walls to lie,
I've beheld thy silent sorrow,
Weep'd to view thy downcast eye.
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From the hour they brought thee captive
I have sighed in chains like thine :
Love possessed my hapless spirit,
Anil thy woes have all been mine.
Much it grieves me generous maide n,
Soit the wondering youth replied ;
Far beyond this world of waters,
Lives my dear, my wedded bride.
I can ne'er return thy kindness,
Great and lovely as thou art ;
May some gallant Moorish chieftain,
Win tlie treasures ot thy heart.
Rut from this detested prison,
I dare hardly hope to fly ;
Yet Elvira's Beauteous image,
With her love can only die.
Deeply sigh'd the wounded maiden,
Thrice site bow'd her lovely head;
Ity the rampart lowly bending,
Thus tlie hapless maiden said :
Mild as yonder gliding planet,
is tl-e love with which I glow —
Never « ill it wrong thy lady,
Never shall it work thy woe.
1 deem thy smile as grateful
As the evening's silent rain ;
Pleasant as the shady palm tree,
Waving o'er the sandy plain ;
'1 hong'll 1 deem thy voice as southing
As the sounds which sweet descend,
Y, . en our prophet bid his angel,
Over drooping virtue bend.
Yet I'll strive to make thee happy,
Though I ne'er can hope for peace;
1 will loose tb;- galling fetters,
And attempt thy wish'd release.
Smiles of love, illume each feature,
As thy wife encircles thee,
But alas ! that beam of pleasure,
Zat ah's eyes must never sec.
Near the beach behold yon vessel,
Gently bid the captain stay ;
Let him sec this golden signet,
And liiy mandate he'll obey,
v ifily fly tliou gallant chieftain,
Alla guide thee o'er the sea ;
iial thy dear thy blest Eh .ra,
Shed one pitying tear lor me.
Thanks replied the grateful hero,
Time thy kindness ne'er shall blot :
In Elvira's pure devotion,
Zarah ne'er shall be forgot.
I'.ue-thee-well thou generous maiden,
May some noble warrior's love ;
Win from grief thy tender lnmnni,
Ami all thoughts of me remove.
Now the morn's awak'ning breezes,
Wafting mi the spreading sail ;
To the coast of Spain they bear him,
To Seville's delightful vale.
Slow the weeping maid departed,
Oft she ling'ring turn'd to view ;
While along the briny waters,
Swift the lessening vessel Hew,
bell
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AMTIOtllTV OF CHURCH BKLLS.j
, ^ , ,• ,i invention of a i
The precise date of the invention «,
bells cannot be traced, lhe ancients, ltd
appears from Martial, Juvenal, feuetomusjOety
bula,(usually translated bell) I'
Romans were summoned to their baHts.
and public places. It seems most proba
hie, that the description of bells now used
in churches, were invented about the year the
-tü», and generally adopted before the com
mencement of the seventh centuty. ri
vious to their invention, however, sound
in«- brass, and sometimes basons were
,oa. a,,.
churches have boards, or iron plates, ■
of holes which they strike with» hwn e
• mallet, to summon the priests and ^
one
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others to divine service,
remark, that in our own country, it —
the custom in monasteries to visit every
cell early in the morning, and
u as
person's . . .
knock on the door with a similar mstiu
ment, called the wakening mallet—doubt
less, no very pleasing intrusion un the
slumbers ol the monks. . es t., b -
Hut the use of bells having been esu»
lished.it was found that devils were tern
lied at the sound, and slunk in»haste away; ^
in consequence or winch it was thought
necessary to baptize them in Vje™
manner, winch appears to have been first
done by Pope John XIII. A. D. Jb8. A P
record of this practice still exists in the
Tom of Lincoln, and the great l ont at Ox
ford, &c. î
Having thus laid the foundation of su- 11
perstitious veneration in the hearts of the
common ne.it.le it cannot be a matter of
common people, it cannot ot a ™ l "\ r
surprise that they were sou» ""''"'ft
imcings, and high festivals in the Church,
(for the purpose of driving away any evil,
spirit that mi"ht be in the neiglibnurltood)| 0
.spirit I o r f . /
las well as on the amva of any gr" P
sonage, on which occasion the usual lee
was one penny.
I One other custom remains tobe explain
e,l viz tolling a bell on the occasion of P
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any persons death, a custom 'J''.-to
jtnanner now practised, is totally illltucnt,
from its original institut tun. It appears
!to have been used as early as the seventllj
'rpiiturv * when bells were first gcni'rallyi
century, wnen « ' . , t , ■ !
used, and to have beet, t enonmated tin
soul bell, as it signified the departing olj
the soul, as also, the passing bell. 1 *'USj'
Wheatly tells us, "Our Church in imita
'ion of the saints of former ages, calls in
.. • • . ' » t i it liîiiicï
the minii î er ;and others who.are athaid ;b
to assist their brother in his last « x r
-m order to this, she directs a bell s»lioulilj
his
ler
be tolled when any one is passing out of
When any'
one is dying, bells must be tolled, that the
people may put up tlteir prayers lor him ;
let it be done twice lor a woman and thrice
for a man. If for a Clergyman, as many
limes as be bad orders; and at tbe conclu
sion a peal on all tbe bells, to distinguish
tbe quality of tbe person lor whom the peo
ple are to put up their prayers. From
these passages it appears evident that tbe
bell was to be tolled before a parson's de
cease, rather than alter as at the present
dav ; and that tbe object was to obtain the
prayers of all who heard it tor tbe repose
of the soul of their departing neighbour.
At first when tbe tolling took place alter
tbe parson's decease it was deemed super
stitious anil was partially disused, which
found materially to affect the revenue
The priesthood having re
moved the objection, bells were again toll
ed, upon payment ol the customary fees.
I * Many however consider it to be of much later
adoption. __
Durand also says,
this life.
was
of the church.
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THF. ORIGIN OF TYTHES. in
A certain woman found by the way side
- lamb perishing with cold and hunger.
She had pity upon the land, and took it
nto her house and nursed ri and brought
lit a squill unto lile. And it ctiino to pass
that the lamb grew up and was a goodly
ewe, and had a large fleece.—And the
poor woman sheared the ewe, when lo !
the priest came unto the woman and said,
" the first fruits ol every thing belong unto
the Lord; and 1 must have the wool."
The woman said " it is hard the priest
-aid " it is written:" and so be took tbe
wool. And it came to pass, that soon af-jhave
1er the ewe yeaned and brought birth adhe
lamb;—When lo ! the chief priest canin is
avain unto the woman and said, " the
firstlin" of every flock belonged: unto tlm ul
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«Lord; I must have the lamb, I he
;inan said " it is hard î" the priest said " itj
hs written and lie took the lamb. And.
when it came to pass that tile woman
found she could make no profit from thej
. UC L an _ . t„I
ewe, she killed and dte.sed it, when lo.l.^l
bile chief priest came agatll unto Iter, and|
book a leg, a loin, and a shoulder, lor
■burnt offering. And it came to pass that
'the poor woman was exceeding wroth be
r " nan a ,
i-dUao qt the robbery, and she said unt
jllie chief priest, "curse on the ewe,
that l bad never meddled therewith."
' \ml the chief priest straitway said unto
her, " whatsoever is cursed belongeth unto
• the Lord so he took the remainder ot
'lie mutton, which he and the Levites ate
ior their supper.
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Hie ostentation ot benevolence is b it a
;ina»k for hypocrites, t'harily is a divine
'attribute of the soul, but fo be unpolluted,
it should be secret. When Fame is
i,,„hnil to a wood deed bad men are wil
. ached to a good UCCU ad .ten are w.l
ling to do the good, for the sake of the re
Iputation it brings, and under cover ol this
(lame, they lose all motives to become
better
i Public, charities are indispensable; but
, r _orYn^infod
jtlie members ot them s - PI
by the public authorities, not volunteer,
|an«l thus monopolize the fame ot beuevo-|
without possessing its spirit,
VARIETY.
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Abortive understanding?, endued
i al 'Ser share ot ambition, titan they lia e | crew
^ tif encra || v seek for noto-|,. al
j? public charities—'Thu-sjknew
and lair , P hut
business, at,.f perform it with the same m-| ana
difference, and heart-coldnes«. Such nien
i become a restraint, upon ble
almost always become .1
the dtllus.on of gond^
q Giraffe.—When Naples l | 1
^ ()nc( , c j 0 * e | v besieget!, the Viceroy is
. ôrder, that no man above
t-milil annear on
r:;,,»,5;i"i »' Pi»
■ To enforce his order, he himsell, 1
d d , , lis oHlcel s, rode up and down
^ ^ that n(ine offended.
one of these progresses lie perceived a g
1 1 email without his sword, and immediate
ly ordered him to be hanged on the first
The gentleman plead hard for
He then en
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manner more couson
. . t nersoI1
"S „„ J run him through
^ J ^ wa> ntel |, an d present
^ ^ wh £ haJ been in a gam .
ing house, where having Inst all. he had
» he b|a( , e his fiW ord, and got a
P S , scabb , ml . ()n
,a,n ,llleu 10
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wooden substit , . ' j J
,,l!ike a c,,mmon , executions ot me . „
these anil such like exclamations, he was
eloquent and vociferous ; hut finding all
K Sl , | inu . lv ,,, ,. p ai < «1 himself for the
' . ' .I ....... ...u nestlv in .iv- : 'h
0 *| lce ,ab , ntl h . ' - * bt
ed—• O God ot mercy, li him man ought|
i(it t die, convert this my faithful sword
>, - 1 - bf , n t „ tbe a .,„„isl,me.it ol
L|| nresent drew and brandished his wea-iname
! ; ' . i lro , „ H r» uHti iir-! w
P on ' , 1 ll 1 e cmdemued gentl. man was or- „
iinJdered to be carried in solemn procession | (U
the cathedral, where the sword was
trotibv, and adds another
. 'c U P . 1 . - ' , ,, • , ■ i
mk t0 tke ulig c latno 1' - J 1
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! It is sattl that the intidel wit Rochester, ,
favouri(e CIII1 aI)iim of our then • most r
- „ ra P cnus sovereign Charles
d " * , , . t ," t( , I)r ||„
>■ "> blehhe '' n,e m ' 'V'®
Barrow at Court : he bowed sarcastically |
to him and said—Dr. Hnn ow, yjur burn
;b | e seI . vant „ „ Mv Lord, your most
Ticlient " was the reply that attended a bowjtotallv
» ^ , oast as |^ w «s the noblen.auN.ibe
"I),-; Harrow, your humble servant .low.
to the ground,*'said the earl. "My L«>rd,|
your obedient to tlio Antipodes," replied
the divine. The wit, stung with the idealj'-stic
of being out-witte.1, fled like some would
be wits, to profaneness as a retuge, and
ssiiil, •< 1);-. Harrow, I am your humble ser
vant tn the bottom of h— 11," " I here mv
Lord I leave you," said the Doctor,—" 1
have answered a tool accordidg to his fol
ly, lest lie should be wise in his own con
ceit ; but I answer not a fool according to
bis folly, lest I should be found like unto
him."
sign post.
his life, but to no purpose,
treated tbe Viceroy that be might not sut
ler so ignominious a death, but die in a
ant to his rank, re
who came
being stopped anti told the business tie
was appointed to execute, it confounded
Conscious of the insufficiency of his
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FUANKLIN.
The sentiments of this eminent philo
soulier on war, are beautifully illustrated
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dressed to Doctor 1 nestly, June 7th, 1,8- |
" III what light We are. viewed by stipe
may be gathered from a piece
of West India news, Which probably has
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not reached you. A young angel ot
tinction being sent down to tins world "U lc;
some business, for the first time, bail anhiie
old courier spirit assigned him as a guide ;
they arrived over the seas of Martinico,-''.nt;
in the middle ol the long day ot obstinate
light between tbe fleets ol Rodney and
Ue Grasse. When, through the clouds ol
smoke, he saw the fire ol the guns, the ««
decks covered with mangled limbs, and
bodies tload <»r dying, the slops sin ,r '"«jj
burning, or blown into tbe air, and the
quantity of pain, misery, and destruction,
! the crews yet .1^ ^ "io 'Z
much easiness, deal in ai uun It) ! ne j.
another ; he turned angrily to nis guiile,-^^^
and said, " You blundering blockhead, you u ,
are ignorant of your business ; you under
took to conduct me to the earth, and you
af-jhave brought me into bell. ' No sir, (»ays
adhe guide) I have made no mistake ; this |
is really the earth, and these are men.
Devils never treat one another in this cru
ul manner ; they have more of what men ">
i . . li', 's.,»
wo-:vainly call huinani .
itj — ■*»*.; o,
Gunn MAHt-iiix-n—A pohlicarion has recently
appeared in Paris, called "Remarks on the
French Infant I t " The author stems strongly
impressed with the truth of Marshal Saxe's max
lo.l.^l (1|e aH ot - war b( . s in lh ,. | e g s ."_
Amon „ othep anecdotes, he mentions that a great
&iGcneral having asked a young Colonel whether
his regiment marched well, and having received
be- for answer, that all the inspecting Cirera dech.r
, Ld »hut his maiuruvers were admirable, observed.
Ynn misunderstand me; when 1 ask you if a
niarc hes well, 1 mean, run it march at
t| le ra t u ofthrue leagues all hour.
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Catharine of Russia and Voltaire.
ot Catharine of Russia once sent to Voltaire an
ate Ivory box, turned by herself. This present im
parted a happy idea to the Poet. Having taken
a few lessons from his niece, he sent to the Em-lnut
„ press, ill return, a pair of white silk stockings,!
a kll - ltu .,j by Himself, and accompanied with an
e p-, 3 tl e> in which the celebrated poet informed
the Sovereign that, having received from her a
at-present of a piece of man-work performed by a
wil- w " n ' a ". lle solicited her majesty to accept from
w.l him a piece of w(iniall . s work produced by the
re psnds of a man. It would have been a curious
this exhibition to a visiter at Ferney to behold Vol
taire knitting stockings. But did not Hercules
use h' e distaff' at the teet of Omphales !
but ==== , , ....
A Binpular occurrence' took plane in this city
several (lavs since, at the launch of the ship Cîe*
nera j \v 0 lfe, from the yard of Mr. llell. When
t j, e shores, &c. had been removed and the Hat
]wedge applied, the vessel unaccountably
rior be in
of
of
to
his
„no,, the ways; several fruitless efforts were
l0 t lier motion, at length one of her
| crew half seas over, remarked that ' the G uic
al lm ,, ni)t i,ee„ shaved, and no «.Über officer hr
wou'd ever quit Ins .|uarters without that
operation being first perf.rmed -lie according
ana »rimme.l the General to his own taste, giv
iingllis w |,iskers the most martial cut nriagu.a
ble Scarcely had lie performed the job, when
began , (> a „d the humerons
'shaver halt alarmed at the succe.M issue ol
l | 1 "'slmck wh'icb consigne.! the gond ship to he,
destined element, amidst theloud huzzas of the
mystified multitude, many ot «horn cumpU «; >
satisfied that th launch was effected by tit j •
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THE SENTIMENTALIST.
aid ' Rut change that name,
Bewitching
Thy brilliant charms I'll then adore ;
ardent, constant flame,
Hail liyinen'g rights—and sigh no more !
«Fiona! It is a pretty name," said my aunt
Tihiltia, as she gently raised the lid of her smifl
box, to regale her nose with a pinch of extraor
dinars' fine rappee, the fragrance of which spread
far around, and even reached the comer where
I sat inditing an Ode nt Love, to the very lady in
rpiestiiin. 1 had just finished the first sti
which run thus ;
Av
my
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J *• it isa pretty name, she reiterated, and is as
„ oc i aU .,i with all that is sweet ..I the graces »...I
fimv bllt , some |„>w
self..» like it, because i, is so exclusively..
printed to the jet pi.lisl.nl damsels ot Africa. In
: 'h 1 he slave States, aye im.l ill all the tree states
bt too, lor even here those sooty maidens atv meta.lmher.
, , ( ( releslials; the freiiuent 1 -ad
U) j,. llliim S()I1K . „„.„ul otli.e, . .mv.ta.itlyjveri.l,.—
ol „„nut .i mean and groveiling ideas wi-1. , h
wea-iname ; and ha, dalu-a the most romantic fancies
iir-! w hicU a lover wouUI he inclined to iiululKe in.—
„ h#t „ must be. she cm,elm
| (U . tl llb reat „, U |„ )S ,,f tone and gesture, to
blive ., t , ; „^, ltPr ' iami .d Elnra !" 11 , rr she clused
her box. lapped the lid will, a significant air, and
......i u ... t-,.,
1 felt mv hlunl e'liil at the hare leHectton ;
'rested mv iieail upon mv hand, and said—nothing
, • ,, H aunt spuke, ,m the noint »t cm
r irm - n ,. m \ for i., iira *. . fen t scmelv
km.whow, hut somewhat foolish. I lec.lfe-cteii,
||„ m c-v. r. that mv aunt 1 ihi.ha was an old maid ;
ion.l a h.'le c- nmled bv the tl.inight, ventui-id to
| combat pr , jll(litcs ,
u u t aunt, sud I, wherefore should so <rifling
ube-association of ideas, upon a mere name, so
bowjtotallv independent ol the creatine* who bear» it,]
suflerecl to strew affliction hïtlie puth on.te?
.-^1^ '.V * "öhT^mind''! " r ° J " , "" ea '
Mv aunt ft*li hurt at the implied censure.
|drew herv.lt up to the perfect efev»tion of ma
idealj'-stic dignity; but did not contradict me! "Sure
'>• ? "^on*Tbii,gTu l 7 pm
ju(b , ^ ' lbut wm blive wl .i K i„, though it cannot
ennunund admiration."—1 felt the truth of the
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Oh Flora dear! thon (»oddess fair,
To thee let every zephyr hear,
'lhe sweets of every flower;
Let all the tenants of the field,
Hring all the treasures that they yield
While throned in \under bower:
From me this tribute deign to prize,
A heart dissolv'd in l-ove and Sighs!
■ver could bring niv
■e the weight of the pi eju.
The door of the room opened, ami who should
remark; and still
dice.
and
The door of the room opened, ami who should
; resent herself but Flor» ! " My dear child ! we
lave jus' been talking of you, cried my Aunt!—
and notwithstanding vulgar prejudice, i must say
I love you better than any little liussey in town !"
Flora half blushed ! I rose ami bowed cooly !
I never felt ill tny life so little emotion—and yes
terday, bad Flora appeared, 1 should have trem
bled like an aspen ; burned like a Lover, and pal
pimted like—a girl!—1 nursed inwardly all old
maids, who utter sentences of detraction at ran
| niy , ()Ve> t wil , ,) mv „ u ,. e of Flora.
g|, e is just passed sixteen; and every fascina.
dug charm of person, rivets tbe eye of admiring
love —(da height just to be graceful; a spare
ness ot t rin ju t interesting—delicacy, health,
<.^<.,(,,,,,4, combine t.. throw a lustre over
lc; „ uri e Beautiful, regular and intellig nt It was
anhiie brilliancy of this * fleet that bad enthralled
me—1 nmt listened to her conversation with my
and began *<> wonder at my
^ muc|li yet - sel ., ns Verstund nothing.
Tbere , vas a'vacancy in her mind, which all her or
copiousness ofdiction could net conceal. A kind ,
«« ■*«•»>
FI.« »»that
MSS j on;l t e wiun »njfry »lie never spuke —it
wus becaoae emmion stifled all articulation—she ;
was likewise perverse. Glieck her and she spoke 1|e
KÜ UV« '^tSuhew^
j. vvomaI1 —still lovely-still doatin K ly fond, when
guiile,-^^^ t() | OV e!— A'inre tin* obseivati«>n of in)
u , mtu p 0n her name, I could see naught but her^
(Meets. Her skin was less fair—her eyes less
brillier voice less »weet-her person
F1 J ra was r(!ucllU . (1 at a boar ,,; n(f S( , ll0(ll ot - tb(
| ligbest fashion. Dr. Metaphor insirnc'ed her in
belles-lettres—Dr. Courwel! in French—Dr Tie. ||
tongue in Latin—l.angarelli in Italian. She sings
"> a inost ravishing style; plays to admiration on
ilic harp, piano forte and guitai—Hut all lliesc
acquisitions lie dormant, because imperfect, and
U) occasion calls for their display. She has
"come out," to speculate for a liushantl—she
visits balls and dances—tie most insipid atiioma
'ons do the same. She attends a Concert, where
hired proficients excel her in every thing, «ere
she even permitted to display her accomplish
ments. All private parlies are transformed into
Dances, where it is impossible either to sing or
play. Nobody talks French in fashionable circles,
nor is it understood better than Latin or Italian.
She cannot remain at home long, and when there,
a fashion dile practices preclude, ill like manner,
any obtrusion of her acquirements: thatwould
be termed vulgar. She dare not think for her
self, because F.shion has erected her standard of
«-qually impossible. When confined at home, bj
the weather, she frets in impatience, till it clears
off, and permits her to promonade through Cites
Em-lnut street!—
" Mr. Gorious, you mope, cried Flora, inter
an rupting my sketch. She expressed it, in a tone
ba if mortified, half angry, half sorrowful! Are
a there three halves to a tone >
a " Miss Flora, 1 aus« red, can you make a pie,
or a pudding, or cure meat—or make jelly, or
the ilu ffi goose, or hone a turkey, or"
"Make a man of Genius, a man of sense," in
terrupted my aunt, taking up my words. 1 felt
t b e justness of the rebuke. My inward reflections
Ii.ui Broken nut into language and carried me be
yoml the limits of propriety, or politeness. I ask.
city cd her pardon! She answered roe hy observing,
Cîe* "they are not Fashionable accomplishments !"—
" Fashionable indeed ! cried my aunt! would you
Hat make nil our Ladies of quality mere drabs of
hungj[house keepers and cocks!"
says
of
lers
n folly !—
in
Flora could {)
Vy surmise w as cor'crt.
thing which was usctiil. ami had no opportunity
of doing « hat was pleasing ! "Gond God! said [
inwardly, what a monster is fashionable educa.
tion ! If woman was ordained exclusively for per.
p.-tnal flirtation in the airy regions of lolly, and
of nothingness ; doomed to unceasing celibacy;
to growing selfishness; to peevish solitude of
heart, and frivolity of taste; then indeed, the pie.
sent system would defy improvement ! Hut
companion, wife, and solace of Man ; the friend of
his bosom, the
" Ah! Miss Edgeworth is charming, indeed,"
my aunt, interrupting the tram of
" And on Kuueatioii, she was
cd ; her system is divine," s..id Flo.
11«.
he
said Flora t
ni V reflect"
never surp:
ra with a sigh !
as something wanting to complete my
picture of Flora; and this remark at once fur
nishetl me the trait in full relief. Flora aril Miss
Edgeworth transformed into teachers of Educa
tion, and crea'ors of systems! What a commen
tary on their own want <>t instruction, and wise
discipline in their youth ! Mad they received a
wise Location, neither of them would thus have
presumed, to propound systems, or decide upon
principles, beyond the reach of the most dfeciplt.
lied aii'lacu'e' philosophy! Good Heavens, where
Î Sweet, divine
Ther
meta.lmher.
of.her hand pressed upon mine,
.mv.ta.itlyjveri.l,.— •« Guo.1 bye, cried she, with affect.-,I vi. I
ekacity, I fear jour atm.isphere here ,s loaded w.tli |
due-miasma, so infectious, ami xo . iea.iiv, to
l*ligl»l»oine cheerfulness . Well * i. »o. mu>, I
smcenly Impe you may neve
derot an Asylum fur—Hypocho-nlriaeks! Ami
I Miss Elm-a, sincerely and devoutly pray, that
yon may never become the patroness of a Keep
tael,- fm—old Bachelors !" "liai; ! 1 know your
; meaning sir, You niean eld Maids ! Hut I'll re
member vim tor it! "thanks then to .lias
Edgewnrth, and mod.-rn l-.dur.ir ion derived from
fashionable »«arding S. hnuls!" answered I. a„I
being out of humour with my Aunt, my 1'uem,
; and Flora, retired In my iInset, there to examine
to the L-terary Grim,mils that l had doomed to mne
years solitary confincn.ent, according to the pro
cept of Horace,
so
it,] J\ n Quintal Statue .—An English officer
in Venice walking one day from the Doges
jpalace, thought he observed one of the«
She.gures on the clock tower of nt. Marks
sloop down and tak e up something!!!
|j[ e looked again, and positively saw tlw
')g ure I take a P incl ' ® f S, .' uff ! . ! ! Hc . con -
fussed he was apprehensive he was loos
itig his senses, or that his vision was de
will mv reflections now carry
Miss Kdgewortli ! Celestial, intellectual Flora!
I began to see lier in a worse light than ever —
Love? I never loved lier— I never este« med her!
I do not now even admire her. I think the roses
on In r cheeks arc not natural ! She paints—and a
woman who paint»—"will do any thing," says
the apothegm.
Floia arose and walked to lhe window. I could
not keep my eyes from the amorous graceful^ »»
of all her motions ; the lovely symmetry « »f her
form ; the well-applied assistance of curst ts and
lace, to swell her figure into attractive pn-por
Ah ! this too is a part of her education!
aft
üjf
tuns.
Site was brought up to dress! Hut if she in tr
ill her husband never see her except in full
! This
accomplishment is also deceptive! \\ here it is
most required, it is never exercised towurd» a ihe
proper object and on tbe proper occasion.
" Well, good bye Miss Tabitha," said Flora,
going towards the door which 1 sprang forward
to open, just as Flora bad placed her hand upon
(the lock, and thus our hands encounter« d each
I felt a thrill even to nu heurt. I thought
Mv blood felt tc
ries,
uniform ?—Witt she dress to please liii
&
become the fnun
ranged, when an old woman, observing Ill's I
consternation, soon explained the seeming I
miracle, by telling hint that one of the I
figures that struck the hour being out of I
repair, it was removed for a short period, I
and a man was engaged for a substitute. I
we
say
!"
!
and a man was engaged for a substitute.
Stock Jobbers.— Swift's account of the |
or ,<rj n 0 f the term "Hears," in the Ian- I
, ru ^ (re 0 f this worthy fraternity, diflers I
common one. lie says " he who sells I
»»that of which he is not possessed, is said I
proverbially to sell the beav's skin while f: M
; v |,*,| e tbe runs in the woods, and it
1|e j common for stock-jobbers to make
contracts for transferring stock at a future
time, though they were not possessed ol
the stock to he transferred, they were cal
C( j se || e r8 of bear skins or bear*" An*
. interpretation arises from the gener*
mdfr which agrees with their de
partment of business, viz. to keep dowu
|| stocks.
of
or
in
felt
be
of
The following matrimonial communication,
says the llrattlehorough Messenger, is copied
verbatim et literatim.
Main led in Randolph, on the 10th inst. hy Mr.
Ilulis, Fstj Klcanah Dean Son of .lames L dean
of Bethel to Miss Naoma goulet Daughter of the
great noted indiun doctor woman of tl
place after amost Serious and distressing cou> t*
ship of about two Months day and knight, prim
lers in all other states are requested to insert the
above.
foin- r
This worthy young man a wooing did go
Because his fortune led him So
So Naoma she became his Bride
That she might help him on his ride
This with cure Deliver there.
Huron Van Hoffman, once. more .—By n
lettcM : a received tliis day, this fellow vvaJ
in prison in Dublin, at the suit of Mr. Ja
cobs of this city. It appears hc lias ap
plied to be. discharged under the bankrupt
act there. Tbe letter states, " He return
ed several creditors in New York ; with
Jacob's debt be swears be got no value,
lie also returns in his schedule an estate
of Sclavonia, which on his mothers death
he will acquire worth 2000/. sterling a
year and an estate in Bohemia, value un
know ; also two houses in New York that
cost him 10,000 dollars." So we see ha
is as much a rogue and rascal as ever.
«/V. l'ork paper.
A man named Powers, «-as lately fourni elend I
in a cornfield in South Carolina, lie had been I
working, with others, on the Saluda dam, ana |
being too unwell to walk opto the house with I
the other hands, they left him, thinking he would |
soon follow. Not making his appearance after I
dark, search was made for him all night and the |
next day. He was found four days afterwards in |
a corn field, about a mile from where he «" as
left. The buzzards had partly devoured him.
William Potindee was tried at Montreal on the
3d instant, for the murder of Agnes Morris son.
wife of Donald M'Kcy, shoemaker of that place.
The trial continued three days—during which
time the jury were kept together under the
charge of constables. At the close of the thin
day a verdict of Gciltv was found and the p' 1 '
soner received sentence of Drain.
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