University of South Carolina Libraries
POETRY. TUOM THR OHIO PATRIOT. v ?JLET ME:* I ni'eh on fha? lijj tor a. moment have gae'd, But a thousand temptations beset me ; And I've thought, as the dear little rubies you rais'd, How delightful 'twould be? if you'd let WW, Then be not so Sihgry for what I have done, Nor say that you've sworn to forget me ; They were buds of temptation too pooling to shunt And I thought that you could not bub? ? let n ir ? - ? When your lip with a whisper came close to my check, ^ Oh I think how bewitching it met me ; And, plain as the dye of a Venus could speak. Your eye sett&'d tosay?*you would let me, t j % t ? V w/ ? ? n % i Then forgive the transgression, mnd bid me remain, ? ? a,. , K, For, to truth, if 1 go, you'll regret mc, Tben, oh! let me try the transgression again, a a Xy . , ? , And I'll 4o all you wi?h-*-if you'll let m$% jnOM T*1 WtMC**ITBR GOTSt LLATIOM. J +PLL LET YOU.u ^ In drawer to " LET ME," fi-om the Ohio ***** . if a kiss bfc delightful, so tempting tny lips That a thousand soft wishes beset you, J vow by the ntfetur that Jupiter rips, ^ On certain conditions? Vll iet you* >'%4 \ T-4 *? .',*?? ? , * If you'll swear by my channa that you'll .ever he true, And tjhat no other damsel fchall pet yc*i, By the stars that uow roll round ton summit ofblu* , Perhaps, ur~~/ierhafi9f tit*? Til let yen; ? n 1 t If, not urged b f* passion as fleeting as wild, That makes all theirtrtues forget you, But affection mfcuUied, soft, fervent and ? ' MW' ' i You ask for the kiaa-?why? TU let you . ? . *. ? fcW-i v? ' " * . * ? ? . - ? ?'"*$ And Oh I should you seek it, a seal for the You intended when first, sir, I met you, flfo pledge me your faith andfoake me your spouse,'*}* Why theu?-then, indeed , lo vc?J'Uletyou. LOU IS A. I %'? t <! ' ' jS , ? 4 ? 7?%a . II ? > ? ? "" . "? ? ? . mr\'" T ? Miscellaneous. FROM THfc HATHJNAL ADVOCATE* DOMESTIC ECONOMY. >+ (Seated on my Couch a - few days ago, in a meditative mood, my old aervant Nicholas brought me two ^printed letters, having the character qf circulars. ? The one was as brief an a possy on a ring? but not quite ho affectionate, it merely stated that a Scntleuian of our H*\r na? a scoun rel, and auotheir gentleman of the Bar signed his name to It; meaning thereby, to stamp it with features of authenticity, as if the assertions of We nmit^couTd prove (to other to I* a scoundrel. The other letter wan likewise printed, and gavs the ori gin and progress of the difepute, which, in my mind, placed the gen tleman who ventured upon the broad assertion in rather an awkward pre dicament ; but lis I esteem it imper tinent for individual* to troable the community with their petty disputes,: , I gave them to Nicholas, leaving i( entirely to his fancy as to their dis posal. 1 could Dot, however, but . reflect on how many sevimis disputes, attended also with fatal consequences, are produced by a want of courtesy, by an indolent, domineering aful haughty tpne among men assembled for business or pleasure. ? It has always ap|*eared extraor dinary to me, why mair should be so perverse as to adopt, a repulsive or insolent manner, in his intercourse with his fellow-men.* Surely, if to be esteemed, respected and lieloved, be worth tin effort, that effort should be a courteous one. AV hatever dif fcrwut exists in ttie rank iff indivi duals, there is in, m^n an innate spi rit which cannot brook contempt, and he who can tamely submit to u i* unworthy of the name. Men in jpowcr^ men ill wealth and hi^h pre '| tensions, ate loo apt to forget &ste ' spect due to those to ubom fortune lias* not been so bountiful, tbey a c* quire or assume a fteititious air ol superiority, which tliehr power ami wealth c&uuot bestow $ this leads to disputes, and dispute* ^ frequently produce fotal results. There fo'liut one mode which has presented itself to my mind, whereby a proOd, con tumelious, or impertinent man can i be fairly put dowp, and that is, by shunning him, having no intercourse , with, such a person, and if the prrs ling pall of business brings you in contaot with him, treat bim with un common politeness, shunning in all cases, .every Jhifig wearing \he ap pearance of tanttyity, and termin ating, as soon A possible, all con cerns between you ; this is a whole some and safe regimen for arrogance and dictation. jProscrUe the man and solitude will cuie hitn |* for harsfi measures and retaliation are danger ous experiments, yon ruffle your own temper, produce unnecessary excite ment, and throw yoqrself in (lie breach of danger by placing yourtelf on his level, to show* what is vary unnecessary, that you posses equal spirit. j*Of all the despicable . shift* bv Which one mm, to accomplish selfish objects, wishes to injure another, that one, familiarly called posting, is most contemptible. Your declaration that a man is a| coward and ? scoundrel, because he will not fight vou, does not necessa rily make hirii so. I have known! many coward* to fight du< Is ; plain, palpable, unconditional cowards, ? with hearts no bigger than a pigeon's ; men actually afraid of the sneers of some dozeu^andies, who tremble at tlie cold gflnces of the beau mondt, | and ft* pert toss of the liead of Mi6Sj Nancy, who can't abide the fellow* because lip wouldn't fight Master] Jackey ; and these heroes have gone? to the field, very ridiculously called ' the field of honor, shut their eyee, fired their pistols at random, and, if a bullet grazed their skins, they, have fainted at the sight of their own blood and been carried home, and ever after have passed for valiant men. " Ma Conscience," as Bailie Nicol Jarvie says, that the world is so blind as to attach consequence and character to such fictitious effort of bravery. The man of true courage never insults or receives an insult with irominity : he is too proud, toft honorable, to say any thing hurtful to the feelings of another ; and if he is treated with arrogance at ins tance, be resents it on the spot ? the feelings of nature are outraged, and nature's kind mother furnishes the redress : lie does not go home, me ditate and ease his Wiling fury with writing a note, sending it to the printer, and declaring that he whf> insulted him was a scoundrel. Such a mode of redress is, to say the least of it, very harmless and iueffkient. But, it may be asked, do dot men of courage sometimes fight duels?. Yes, but it is. not tlie proaf of courage, for cowards also tight, and the tri vial causes which so frequently give [rise to these meetings, are argumeftt^ against fighting, for there is just as much merit in killing your antago nist, because he soeezecl too loud, as wootil exist for a deep and cruel in* [jury, the redress is tlie tame in both [cases, aftd the consequences are like wise tl?e same; this iv equality In [causes and equality in effects, snows I too plainly, that there is no reason or justice in such appeals. We hear much said about religion, laws of [the land, distress of families ; these Lreat considerations appear to have but little weight, the order of thinp must l>e#cl?anged, duelling must be Considered a cowardly resort and be brought into disrepute; and we maj task, where is the courage of a mau, Kv ho receives an insult and does noi [resent it on the spot, who suffers hi? (aggressor to escape the eminent dis IgrnCQ of a blow, be it ever so slight, Innd who takvs * cool method of eas lirig or redressing his wrongs, In I penning a challenge cautiously, to I tvoid the law which hnjear*, and lwhOj if his opponent will not fight, ht fmif a? % fcowartjr witl^l infinite gratification, and then flaps his wings, and "urowt like a Chanticleer.-* Noj Una it ftke honor, tu all your: intercourse with mankind, whether official or panonal, be mild and conciliatory, temperate aud firm, and if by chance you come in contact with a rude, iy mannered and insolent person, and be treats you ill, ever after shun that person ; and if man kind Would unite in adopting this course, the punishment would be greater than pride could bear. rr\' HOWAKD. J ^ JVUPOLEOJV. Nfom Original Anecdotcs by Madame Du rand.* k 4 On the Emperor's reaching the Saxon territories^. he enquired whe ther many fugitives had been seen there, and received t'oV answer, No, Hire, you ara the first/ 'lie was fond of splendor and magnificence on all public occasions, though it was bis wish that economy should lie observed in the interior of his household. As he was once journeying to Campeigne, finding that his carriage Mid not proceed ra pidly as he wished, he let down the window and exclaimed to the lance men who accompanied him, i Plus vite ! Plus vite P Caulaincourt, who, in quality $ grand squire, preceded the Emperor in another carriage, thrust his head out at the wiudow, and declared, with an oath, that he would dismiss all the laucenten if they offered to quicken their pace. The horses acc ordigly proceeded at a moderate trot. W heu the Ernper or reached Campeig;ne, he com plained of the hardiness of his jour ney ; 4 Sire/ replied Caulaincourt, Very coolly, < allow me more money for the maintennce of your stalls; and you may kill an many horses as you think fit/ Napoleon changed the conversation. * One day, whiktkhe was break fasting with the Empress* he a^ked one of the ladies in waiting, what might be the expence of a pate , which was uprhtt the table. ' Twelve trancs to yo%yMajrsty/ replied the lady, good numoredly, ?and six franca to a citizen of Paris/ 4 That I w W ' " ereigns , to pay more v than their sub jects/ * I do not understand that/ exclaimed the Emporor, emphatical ly, 4 1 must inquire into this busi ness/ In short, he frequently; eta tered into details of domestic econo my, which are sometimes neglected by private individuals. On another occasion, being in the Empress' apartmenls, he found he had forgotten his handkerchief, and one belonging to Maria Louis*, which was elegantly embroidered aud trimmed with lace, was presen ted to him. He asked one of 4he ladies what it might cost 'Sire/ said site, ? it is worth between 80 aud 90 francs.' lie made her repeat the u onkLMNbcond time, as though he misun^Ksod her. 4 Well/ said lie, < if 1 ime a lady in the serticc of the Empress, I. would steal one of these handkerchiefs every day : why it would be worth all the emo luments of your station V 4 It is foi tunate Sire/ replied the lady, with a smile, * that her Miyesty is sur rounded by persons less interested than you seem to emagioe/ One fcoruing, that one of his Chamberlains, related to the first nobility of Francs, was in the atili chasftber of the fimpeter's closet, the latter called him, and asked for a hoql^ ? Sire/ said the Gtiambar lairij^fie Valets are gone out, bat I Mfill cM them/ 4 I do not ask I hem/ implied Napoleon, <1 ask you : What difference is theife be tween them and yen ? They hare a laced green lively, and you have an erol>roida)red ted/ VV hen Bonaparte, then first con sul for life, wished to take the title oT Emperor, his brother Ijocim op posed himself to the project with all ins power; and finding his efforts ? Vf ad uflj^Dumnd was one of the ladio of the l>c<?rMteubov ot Maria unavailing^. 'Yoer ambition knows uo bounfl^ snid ho; 4 you an4 ma* ter of France, you wWh to be n vas ter of all Europe. Do you kuov what the result will lie? You wilt be smashed to pieces like this Wretch ? < Hinging his watch violently u[K>n the floor. EXTRACT. j From JB rackenrulg* ' ? Voyage to South Arctic a. "The emigrant from -almost any country in Europe, in moderate cir cumstances, would better his fortune by removing to Brazil. Hut the American, educated in the ideas of a governmeut so "different from those which fit a mau to live under a mon archy, would flud himself exposed to many vexatious. An American who has been accustomed* to a libei ty apparently without controul, who knows not what it is to he eternally hedged with bayonets* or to meet at every step with tlie display of military pbwer, wonld fiisl his situation ex tremely irksome. Tlic frowns of haughty lordlings, the abuses and oppressions practiced by persons, dressed in a little " brief authority," must either keep his mind continually disturbed, or break dow n his spirit. There are so many restraints on per sonal liberty, and so many naked swords to enforce tlurn, that he feels a repugnance to tike a single step, through fear of having his pride wounded by some insolent mercenary wretch, who thinks himself prlviledg ed to be a tyrant. Those who are minutely acquainted with the ways of the country, may possibly stear clear the likr i?. unification!! to which the stranger mtist inevitably he exposed. How different from this is our conn try, where the coersive power of the government is so studiously conceal ed f and where the laws anjl the forte uf public opinion, are infinitely more powerful than all the bayonets of depotism? The stranger who lands on our happy soil, carries within his own breast the guide of his actions* ? | a guide which will euable him with! confidoigBfe to'avoid giving^offen$e, or inoti# displeasure, by following the golden rule* of "doing untrf< others as he would that others should1 do unto him," By simply following this rule, he may go wheresoever he pleases, say what he pleases* do what he pleases, without fear of being arrested1 on malicious suspici ons, or of having his proprtty taken from him, by despotic avarice. Baltimore American* , TIIE TWIN SlSTEItS. The remarkable circumstance of (he cxisteuce of (wo persons posses sed of the power of know ids the thoii^htaJ^ each <Uher$ although placed w iny distance, waa first noticed about two years in the Peterstairgh Intelligencer; and va* rious accounts have since heen pain I is bed in corroboration nf (his singu* lar phenomenon of the human mind. We are well acquainted with two gentlemen who lately visited (hese Indies, for (he express purpose of ascertaining^! correc(ness of the reports wbiclfnave been circulated. ?The place of the twin sisters is in the county of Flnvanoa, abont.eight miles above Colombia. After ouftftends were introduced to the Missool? it was agreed that one shoafd stay in the house with one fiater; while the other should accompany the second to the garden at a little distance from the boose. Our friends were distinctly made to understand that they only knew the ideas of each other $ when tboe^kk|M arose voluntarily in their own mfflis, and were not forced upon tbem from othefft ? That a stranger might suggest a general sub ject; hut the particulars must proceed from them ; for example, one of our friends asked the sister in (he house (o think upon something about his person. ? She looked at him and re plied ahe waa thinking upon the morning gown in which he waa dres sed. The sister in the garden wbei; ?ntenranied gave precisely (lie sanu* ausw^Mfctoe was tbelf requested to think something about our other friend t she auswered she \^as think ing about his hoots. The sister in ihe garden exactly re-echoed the same words. The first was then requested to think upon some |>erson in the city of Itichmoud. 8 he re plied she would think upon Mr. M H? ? , who lives in Rich mond. Tiie second sister precisely agreed. ? T'he first was again asked to fix her attention upon something about Kentucky, Hhe answered she was thinking about a gentleman in Kentucky, w hose name she mention ed, that had lately visited their neighborhood for the purpose of get ting married, but was disappointed. The sister iu the garden gave precise ly the same reply. In this manner they were interro* gated about seventy questions, ami in their answers never varied, and our friends who visited them, are of opinion that tliey would have an swered any number that would havG been proposed to them, mentioning the goneraf subject and permitting them to select the particular object* It is proper to add that the general subject is only mentioned to one of the sisters, but not to the other* In the conversation which took pbcn with our friends, the general subject was only mentioned to the sister in the bouse; and the one in the gar den made the same reply as her sis ter in the house ; without having any information as to the subject proper* aed. The powers of sympathy which these twin sisters possess, are re presented to .us as truly extraordjn-' ary, and well deserving the notico of the public# Perhaps such a su pernatural fatuity of ihe mind was never before witnessed. Petersburg Inieiligcnccr ? SOtXATJV XKFLSCTIOM How futile are all oaf efforts to eviule the obliterating hand of time ! As I traversed the dreary wades of Egypt, en my journey to Grand Ca iro, 1 stopped my camel a while, and contemplated in awful admiration, the atupenduoua pyramids. An ap palling silence prevailed around? such as reigns in the wilderness when the tempest is hushed, land the beasta of prey have retired to their dens. The myrads,ibat had once been employed in (eiHig these lofty mementos of human vanity, whose busy hum once enlivened the solitude of the desert, had all been swept from the earth by the irresistible arm - of death? all were mingled with their native dust? ?all wt-re- forgotten I Even the mighty names which these sepulchres were designed to perpet* uate, had loiig since fhded (torn re in fin l>r? ncc ? history and tradition afford bnt vague conjectures, and the uyramida imparted a humiliating lesson to the candidate for immortal ity. Alas 1? alas t said I to myself, how mutable are the foundations on which our proudest hopes of fhture fame repose. ? He who imagines he has secureed to himself a meed of deathlesa renown, indulges in delu ded visions, which only bespeak tho vanity of the dreamer. The storied obelisk ? the triumphal arch? the swelling dome ahall crumble into dusty and the names they would pre serve from oblivion, shall often pass away before their owe duration i? accomplished. i? W" i ' i . Jjfc* w 1 Electioneering Mdreee. We are told the following is a I t. eral Copy of a handbill, posted up in a neighboring State, by a facetious old Frenchman who keeps a ferry. 44 My name Johnny Cent r 1 44 1 candidate for de'sem^ly 44 Any one he rote for me* 44 He pasta my ferry tree \H A lady asked her husband what Hie difference .was between - exporta tion and transportation. u My <lear," replied the goodnatured husband, u there is a difference, atid I will en* devor to bring it as near your under* landing an |>og*ih1<* ; Htippose that you were exported) 1 certainly hlioulrf be transported." > 1