POETRY.
FROM THE ABXKD&tN JOURNAL.
FEMALE PIETY.
'Tis sweet to sse the opening rose
Spread its lair bosom to the sky;
'Ti? sweet to view, at twilight's close,
The heaven's bespangled canopy.
'Tis sweet, amid the vernal grove,
To hear the thrush's fervent lay,
Or lark that wings his flight above,
To hfil the dawning day.
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But sweeter far is maiden's eye
Uprais'd to heaven in pious prayer;
When bath'd in tears, she looks on high,
What sacred eloquence is there !
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O! sweeter far the sacred name,
" My father!" uttered by tbe tongue:
And sweeter when her heavenly flame
Ascends in pious, holy song.
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O, sweet, when on the bended Jcnee,
Hef thoughts, her spirit mount above,
deep-felt exstacy,
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^ P^e^ffasting love.
Miscellaneous.
arORX OF CARAZAM
There is abundant room to im
prove the story contained in the fol
lowing extract. There are Cara
vans in every community, to whom
so purgeut a dream may be very
Useful.
i There is a nobleness of soul, a
grandeur of sentiment, a disinteres
tedness of heart, which soars as far
a!>ove all consideration of self, as
the heavens are above the earth.?
Au hour's enjyyment of that sublime
pleasure is worth more than a Ro
man triumph?more than all the toils
through which ambition toils and
climbs, even though it gains the
luiumit. : There is such a thing as
doing good for the sake of the plea-]
sure it brings ; and ho who knows
not what that pleasure means, is a
stranger to pleasure Let me here,;
for the sake of those who have never
read it repeat the story of Garazan;
and whicn, though 1 cannot reach
the style of its author, and may give
it but imperfectly, (having no ttbok
before me,) may furnish a useful les
son to some who may read h.
'Oarazao was the richest mer
chant in Bagdad, with no children
or dependants; his expeuses had
beemsmall, and, with a prosperous
jpun of business in the silk and
diamond trade of India for many
years, he had amassed immense
treasures. He met with no losses,
his caravans were expeditions, trad
ed with success, and returned in
&afet\. Oue enterprize made way
for another; every successive project
-was formed on a greater st ale, and
all were terminated with success.?
Business was swayed by his influ
ence ; merchants depended on his
will: nobles and princes {envied his
imroifUence, and even the caliph
fe- his power.
? jiut Carazan lived only for him
1 *elf. His maxim was never tb
tnm'c but with a prospect of advan
tage.?He never gave to the poor;
be never listened to the cries of dis
tress ; calls on his benificence were
repelled with a frown, and the pool
bn?l long learned to 6hun his dwel
ling.
k J( the city was suddenly sur
prised u ?lh a great change in hi*
He removeil to a princi
pal square, in the centre of the city
an<l ..ail" proclamation to* all the
poor *o vt'sorl to his palace. The}
?fltit k? (I Together by hundred* and b^
thousands: and what was their sur
prise t<> tmH h& halls set Out with ta
blrs loaded with provisions, am
such things as were most needed
v?re dUpr,r$ed in his porches am
in the adjoining streets. People o
nv . imU-. <>* t re astonished, I>ut con it
f\>'> ?:? ??-.> ? mate of the motive of al
ti.i- l;? ?\ ) \) and profusion.
4 ;>? vcond day Carazan math
v.', i j , ' c / nice, and mouuting a scaf
fold rafsed for Gie pdrpose, be bldt
oned vs itli his baud, and the murmur
of applause aud admiration sudden
ly ceased.
i People of Bagdad,' said lie, 4 1
have hitherto lived to myself, hence
forth I intend to live for the good
of others. Listen attentively to the
cause of the change you see. As
I was sitting in my counting room,
meditating on future schemes of ac
cumulating more wealth, I fell
asleep; immediately T saw the angel
of death approaching me liko a
whirlwind, aud ere. I had time foi
recollection, he struck me with his
dart, Sly soul instantly forsook my
body, and I found myself at the
bar of the Almighty. A dreadful
voice from the judgment scat addres
sed me thus;?? You have lived en
tirely for yourself; you have done
no good to others, and r?r your pun
ishment God ordains thai you fe?
eternally banished from all society/
Uy a resistless ;>ower 1 felt myself
driven from die throne, and carried
with inconceivable swiftness through
the haavens. Huns and systems
passed me, and in a moment 1 was
on the borders of creation. The
shadows of boundless vacuity be
gan to frown and deepen before-a
dreadful region of eternal silence,
solitude and darkness. In another
moment the faintest ray of creation
expired, and I was lost forever,
i 41 stretched out my hands towards
the regions of existence, and implor
ed the Lord of creation to change
my punishment if it were but to the
torments of the damned, that 1 might
escape that frightful solitude; but
my horror was too dreadful for a
moment's endurance and I awoke.?
I adore the goodness of the great
father who has thus taught roe the
value of society, while he allows
me time to taste the pleasure of do
liujg good.'
SLANDER.
The following remarks on a very
common but reprehensible practice
are from a Hermou on Slander/
preached by the celebrated JKarrow,
who died in the yenr 1617:
There is no false coiner, who liath
not some complice# and emissaries,
ready to take from his band, antf
put off his money : and such slan
derers at second hand are scarce less
guiltv than the first authors. He
[tliat/brueth lies may h*ve, more wit
and skill, but the broacher showeth
(lie like malice mid wickedness. In
this, there is no great difference be
tween the great devil, that frameth
[scandalous reports, and the little
imps, that run about and disperse
them. Another way is, when one,
without competent examination, due
weighing, and just reason, doth ad
Imit and spread tales prejudicial to
[his neighbor's welfare, relying for
his warrant (as to the truth of them)
upon any slight or slender authority.
[This is a very amnion and current
jpractice: men presume it lawful en
lough to say over what they hear: to
repeat any thing, if they luJ&rd it.
It is not, they say, my invention ; 1
Itell it as 1 heard it; let him that in
1 ' ?
formed me undergo the blaine, if it
[prove false. So do they conceive
[themselves excusable for being the
instruments of injurious disgrace and
damage to their neighbors. Hut
they greatly mistake therein: for, as
this practice commonly doth arise
from the same wicked principles, at
least in some degree, and produceth
altogether the like mischievous effects
as the wilful devising and conveying
ilslauder: so it no less thwarteth the
rules of duty and laws of equity*
God hath prohibited it, and reason
doth condemn it. " Thou shall
not" saith God in the law, "go up
and down as a tale bearer among thy
people " as a tale bearer, as a mer
chant or trader in ill reports and
1 stories concerning our neighbor, to
his prejudice.
1 lie that by crafty significations of
ill will doth prompt the slanderer to
vent his poison; lie that by a willing
1 audience and attention doth readily
suck it up, or who greedily swaljow
eth it down by credulous approba
tion ami asssint s he that pleasingly
relisheth smacktih ai it, 01 tx-\
*resseth a delightful complaisam
therein, as he a partner in the t.v-4
so lie is a sharer in the guilt. There'
are not only slauderous throats, bull
slanderous ears also; not only wick
ed inventions, which engender andj
brood lies, but wicked assents, which]
hatch and foster them. **
Apparent and true Friendship.
Tiiere is a kind of feeling, pos
sessed by many, that is of! m cu
for Friendship, und cai: be traced,
with few exceptions, ii! ail the walksi
of life. It is the child *>C seitt*Juies>^
?burning more brilliant ax cerxaiu?
times, wheu some desired object is)
in view, but which glows with aiii
incomparable lustre at the shrine of)
wealth.?Its smiles are *ho*e of af
fection ; its professions tf?o::e of ity
pocris^.
The man of opulei ce is generally
surrounded by many friends, appa
rently great, who give him liieirj
smiles?who court his society at aili
time?, aud in all places?who be-i
come his greatest advocates. 1'ut
wheu the hour of adversity arrives
wheu his riches have tatan to them
selves wings, and poverty salutes
him with haggard looks and down
cast eyes ; whe:. care and oppression
follow hard after him; when sor-(
row's sigh escapes his breast, ami
trouble*a tear bedews his cheek;
when he " has not where to Vay hit
head"?will i^kutben he his com
panions, and hold out to him an ad
ministering and relieving hand?
hush all tiis cares, and pour the
balm of'Consolation into his wound
ed heart? No: they will know him
no more, but will leave him to his
fate, unpitied and unheard. They
will be * his friends no longer thaii
they can sit at his table, and dissi
pate upon the luxuries of life?no
longer than they can derive from his
wealth benefits that his liberality had
prompted him to bestow; but will
iseek other climes, and otlier bene
factors, where aad with whom they
hope to feed and satisfy their bale
ful appe tities.
Of what infinite value, then, is
pure, constant, aud unalterable friend
ship? A soother for every woe, a
monitor iu every trial, it guards u**
against every assault?makes fjgin
our path, and easy our progress,
through a world of guilt It talks
to us of Heaven; of the felicity
there to be attained, by an upright
and virtuous course in life; it will
ease the aching head, and mertd the
broken heart?soften the pillow of
death, and accompany us to that
world where pure and uninterrupted
friendship ever dwell.
u Hail sacred Friendship, genial spark,
" Before thy holy shrine I kneel ;
M Protect and guide my trembling bark,
44 As through the storms of lile 1 sail.
* Wheti dark portentous clouds of care
<k O'er my despairing soul impend ;
M Or felt misfortune, fraught with fear,
" And rankling grief my bosom rend :
"Then, sad, benighted, lone, and dtcar,
" Thrice hallow'd Friendship's cheering
ray, *
" Sweet soother of my soul, appear;
44 Dispel and chase the gloom away.
j" Thus when the adverse tide runs strong.
? Let thy efficient power extend ;
M Oh ! shield me from oppression's wrong,]
u And bless me with a bosom ft iand."
LORD -Origin of the Title.
Lord, i* a title of honor, given
to those who arc noble, either by
t>irth or creation. In this sense it
amounts to much the same as Peer
of the Realm, or, Lord of Parlia
ment. The title is by courtesy also
given to all the sons of Dukes and
Marquises, and to the eldest sons of
Jiarls: and it is also a title of honor
bestowed on those who are honora
ble by their employments, as Isrrd
Advocate, Lord Chamberlainy Lai d
Chancellor, The word is
Saxon, but abbreviated from two
syllables into one: for it was origin
'ally illafui'd, which, by dropping
the ispiration, became laford, and
'afterwards, by. contraction, Lord.
"The etymology of the word, says
(J. Coates) is well worth olmerving:
for it was composed of illaf \ (a loaf
of bread) and Jbrdf (to give or af
fort]): so llia^ Utufcrd, now T^ovdA
implies, [ a giver ot bre;wlbecause,'
iif those ages, such great men kept
extraordinary houses, and fed all
the poor, lor which reason they
were called givers of bread, a tiling
now much out of date ; great men
being fond of retaining the tide, but
feiv regdC'jiug the pirUicc (i>c which
it was fast given.*'
If yoi. have any derive to shine in
poliiics, particularly if you should
have any tricing place in any olTke
unJcv gwerctneut, assume a pro;>er
pomposity, and carefully observe two
rules time will always carry you
through with eclat. The tir^t is, if
yeu receive mfonnauoa frc*i a stran
ger ut the earliest iutelligeiice of the
day, pay no attention to hte commu
nication. informing him that you re
ceived tItc intelligence some time be
fore,Troiik one of your numerous cor
respondent r. On the contrary, -.f ke
asks you for political intelligence,
put o\i a gr&vc tact1, and observe that
uiings of ihat serious nature are not
to be drawn from you on everj trilling
occasion ; but give broad hints thai
you are iu possession of very extra
ordinary intelligence though you do
not think proper to divulge it, j
A jateni for five years has been
granted iu Denmark io the inveutor
of a new mode of makii*^ paper,
namely of tea weed. This paj>er
is said to be stronger and whither
thau other paper, and at the sauic
time cheaper.
Sensation?AH the inere pratiflca
inii*, or natural pleasures, that are
in the power even of the most for
tunate, are quite insufficient to till
our vast craving for Sensation; ami
a more violent stimulus is sought for
Iby those who have attained the vul-1
|gar heights of life, in the pains and
dangers of war?the agonies of
gaming?or the feverish toils 01 am
bition.
Beaatiful Allegory Happiness
arul virtue are twins which can never
be divided. They arc l>om and
flourish, or sicken and die together.
They are joint offsprings of good
sense and innocence?and while they
continue under the guidance of such
parents, they are invulnerable to de
cay,
Spartan Oath.?The following is
a curious s|>eciraen?of the laconick
manner in which state business was
dc* patched among the Bpartaillr
(translated from the Latin :)?" We
(hat are as good as you, do constitute
you our King, and if you defend our
liberties, we will defend yon: if not,
not."
? Curious Signboard.?Upon tb<
djnir of a house near Bridge water,
occupied by a father and son, the
former a blacksmith and publican,
the latter a barber, is a signlftoard,
with the following inscription :?
" Burness and Bon, blacksmith and
barber's work done here, horse shoe
ing and shaving, locks mended, and
hare curling, bleeding, teeth draw
ing, all sorts of other farrieiy work.
All wirt* of spiratus lickers akording
to thb late comical trcty. Take note*
my wife keeps skool, and laves fokes
as,you shall; taches reading and
itin? and other lanj;witche*; and has
assist aunts, if required*U> teach hor
ritory, sowing the mathematics, and
all other fashionable diversions/
, London fitfidr.
1
A dispute arising in a public house
between two men respecting a point
(if law, th?^ agreed to refer it to a
thin)9 who recommended them to
the decision of the landlord, who,
he said, wan no doubt well versed
in those matters, having been a long
time at the bar.
JhiecAote.?A punster observing
two sheriff's officers running after an
ingenious /but distressed author, re
marked, that it was a new edition ot
the " Pursuits of Literature," ww
bound but hot prewed.
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y%k ?Casc in Attachment.
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WHERfcAS the Plaintiff in above
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