Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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roteTRY. IffigSK*; T***AST1RK A^S. * "TmIi world's'' not alt ft tieeRj??ta(t? v-'- -??*- " *1 "For ji . given ;' ,?d a wirfoW* ?oe> r wip'd an prpban'? tear, doth kpoxr There'* aomething here of Heaven. jta ?*)*? BfeVjbsnjy vaf ' feeling* calm apd even, path is lit, from day to day, ?'? bright and ateady (ay , something felt of UaaTen. ? ^j^r'ciar^y fCirtg, ?i < eminent k ?a from ?robit?rti,and no friend to strife J ? ot erer soaring fb?Sr$ the wal ks ofliferH Jet ever living: 'midst l he flames and smoke. I NoHBftw'^g bero heffith jjjpft to foke> , gL yet ever UvtiJj'iTrtdst vhe A?e?ftntf SPA life the lowest, yet fowetn^ng His thoughts on hifch, but ncvermeralizing: Be C*i?f tes of Knglfpd wa?-?t is no aatire? A King by naine-l' Democrat by nature. JjutCharleyV rone ! extinguished is his taper* 0Li)d useless lieft hie brush, h? bag, and J| jmscdlaneous . f ' ? ' ' V ?? rJTi . j *rom ike Mtionnl Mvoctfdg L ' DOMESTIC ECOMOH*. That a race of old bachelors are a burthetafcto society? sate fit subjects for animadversion, fur satire, nay even for special taxation, I have ne ver for a moment doubted : I. don't fbean ypur old bachelora vvlio, like myself, have wither talent nor at traction Sufficiently powerful to en gage the affections of K young lady ?we are to be piiied? but 1 mean *our superannuated beaux, vener. ji>le dandies, gentlemen of fashion in their grand climacteric, men hav ing the means t? marry wkhontvthe inclination 5 men Who remain single all their ljves from the vanity of sup posing that' they can obtain any wo *ian by the mere asking for her.? The penny post, a few w eeks ago, ^Wought mea note which ran thai : H Th* Badielorit Club make tteir rm?ct* to fair col/ype. Jfr. Howard, and notify him that they " celebrate their anniversary on Wed wtda# next at the Bank Cqffte Bouse? venison, chqfing dithe*, on table at fbur, together icith a plenti ful supply of Jk 11$ JVtblo'a Jupenty light year r old Madeird."?&hn\\ I go or shall I not? said 1 to my lelf; I certainly dislike old baclie* lord, yw have I no aversion to vent iroti and Madeira moderately?and ti tt ia btit once a year, V 1! meet these Members of the ancient regime, drink with tbeia, Mugh with them, take tin the ctulgels for tnatrimony, and who knowa but 1 faay make a convert, though e<en on the shady aide nf fifty. ;The hope of doing godfi, and striking a pure spark out of rusty ateel, determined me, and tit four precisely 1 was (here. A1 most sraultaneou?ly, a beau of the | old school, polished and polite, a? doming the fair lex, yet still dn " married, nude his entree, and after four or five modern bows, lie sque2? ted na affectionate W by th? hand, and was rejoiced to* see me* II<re thinks I, is a bachelor of unpardon* able cottb* cj? lie is no enemy to matrimony hot has put off the day of marriage so long, that it now pre sents an aw ful aspect, and terrifies him, as the field of battle alarms the acknowledged coward. The rooiu loon filled: there were ^some ol V overgfowii fortuned, of moderate ffosoessions, of fat and jolly persons, , Jkpd of lean and lanthemud \isages **-they were well dressed, yet then Was a certain something about then apparel that had the air of shi^git imuijercnce, as if* their wardroiK. iiftl^d-foc tfca superiatwiding can of some kiocl female; on? frian's pocket hank^irchief wai unhemmed, the ends of aowto nan'* eravat were nibbled and ?ragged; here and there a few holes peeped from ihe cambric tnflles, and a straggling rent was perceptible in the toeels of some stockings ?How much care these " children 6f a4argftr growth" seem ed to reqaire ? bow aontary they ap peared their faces were d ress^Pyfrh smiles. Nibhrs bell soon amra&flprilie dinner, and to H they wenfcAio ceremony , no compliment*? appetite and epicurism united ta pin attention to the well stota) table,- and the poor creatures [in nfl their ihovements, seemed to in dicate the -want of some female, whose daily presence might refine their manners, eontrol their appetites, tlieir actions ? and ? a ?*!?? # T c?vers* The old j t<f#tber Wlth P'pes and segars, Iwli! x "I.'RffWnce } ami as (he JT" weft^W>?lv rouud, and their old ?iajt moistened, revived and in vigorated, each man had something Jway m praise of a bachelor's lifiS ASwrmge, says ?|pld fellow, who owns twenty brick houses in the city iiTr valLlhat mfn wo,,id rf i ?mr S,Ve J,P <he jovs 7 ^'j'wey? subjcct himself to th?4 eternal clatter of a Roman's tongue, and a host of old tabbies in the ?Jk?*r? aUDt8~ie 8t?ned to death ?ll^iesa, sco^ichnients, ? doctor's fi L*^u v8fe,!in?'! Who Wo?ld Ihe happiness of bein* n?l??0IAr0,]ed ! Here "m '' bop" W: as a lord s, J can diinfc as mam bottles of tfihloVold stinco a, i EritM^'ii J*"1?1 hon?e> tumble mv BSSffi*' H0* $*? *U*> n? Wife BSftfe * ab7l,ce' 9CoW ?? PxSr ? iUrD me from m> pillow ^ n'orninK i my ears W not ?ffendedbyhershrilh? ines, nor ^ bl her sdur J^s; mv W C?. toy 8<*alc, makes ?y bed, smookes her pipe in peace, and is always glad to see me, drunk itf sober-? mat's your sort : le,d* * me,ry life ) . Pew folk* that are wedded live better.?* no say ditto ??? No, ,jr, ?Jff 1, f ?;?? Sr?vity,. 1 .m not with you,1 disapprtfv, of jour whole position, I do not ' say ditto, A for ^<ki?ed <he whole company-, here s treason among nB, -~triifiSnVr?Can),J't a" "dvoca,e for Irimony, fine him, fine bim, a - ^ *al* w,t*?| ivrnld hnthi a? PJ,f?'?bBient is too severe for such alarming opinion* order, order fit ^fkimwLthe -chairman! If. U9 jlea1r his defence, Jet us treat Si v. t?* Cotne' Howar<1> ?aid Yan Hnarl, your reasons, tout with rt,,aw<,re,,b"t 1 4 2Br9? bachelors, I was not pre l8fi??^r * P"rty hostile to ma E&Jfc? , ??ysejf am a bachelor,, *U? trae, Us a pity, and jii.'V 'tiaj ? ,iet 1 cnnno* subscribe to the cprrectrilsH of doctrines, such as I have just heard, advanced. Map is a social being by nature: he waa never intended to be isolated, float. SPiSiSt ' w,",a without ties, of affection, of association. or of| [kindred ; he has duties to perform htv'au.'u I-','! nMi lo nu,r f* %jfc ^d, hj ?h,y n,^ i *CTPhs!'e?, and fufflUcd. Vol, Uble ^T1"' ?f ,he J?^ 9 of i M table, of your unrestrained hVriy ?' hLThS' rWhT ytli rever^'?'?"' Utl* t ' 19 e9"*Hy as free, LksTih tntur*? V m> ?2 baska in |he sun beams in dignified "Z'? iNw 80ul feel9 ??? >? terest for you, no soul dares molest pim-so for you art. equal : hut the S6&W 'be ,M9 w,lc hynhis side ; he liimts the fleet tteer, because his wife IjfjHakes of bis sjH.il and praises bin dexterity ; h?* teaches bis Itoya to Ih? ? ome warriors, familiari^ them to ",w ",,d "rr?? ami the pointed n> the savage has aocial i ol?. . ,0,w *v*? in ius moments ofc hruii? I Mixication, be is, therefore, vo?ti| Ua?on,r.9tr jW havQ B. ^ ? ? ' " control ?r direct your movements, you have no friend who feels an ifi teres! for your health and Impjuuesn. who sipis Tor your griefs, who re joice* in your prosperity, who watch es your pillow 19 the hour of sick ness, who administers with tier soft lymd the medicine f nt* your health, and hinds your brows, and soothes ?your agitatious with tlie swet kiss' of affection. If marriage briag^wllh it some privations 4t amply compen sates by the additional comfort, con fidence, mutual respect and influence, which it carries in its train. Why then rail at matrimony ?-* -Instead of reeling home at night, and encoun tering the black visage of your wench as sbeftopens tfiedoor for you, and you sneak through your dark hall to your comfortless and solitary I>edf .* walk op right and soberly home, there meet the cheerful smile and cordial welcome of yquc *ife, as she leads you to the ampts fire, and there enjoy (what you never will if you retain your present sentiments) the social converse and innocent hi* larity of a lawful ant) lovely com panion. > ? 'p i ' ( , : <; . * ' , The faces of the old bachelors began to ? cream and maptle," as' I took my hat to leave them,Jand as 1 closed the door, Van Snarl exclaim ed, Harkee, sir^let us Itevet see1 your rebellious face amongst us again. Howard. i front the Columbia State Gazette, U V; ADDRESS, Delivered bp Mrs* Marks previous fa! Jhe Christmas Vacation of her I Sdfninary. to the Senior Class of\ Yonvg Ladies. ON HABITS OF REFLECTION. Young Ladi**. ; ; -.y ; I 1 here is no one quali-I tyof the mind which ^o^emirtently l distinguishes one human being from J another, as* that of reflection; asj there in no employment which is. atj once so profitable and exerrplary, as! an occasional retirement within oar-j sel ves. It is then that the % riions of I each day, and the motives whichl have influenced those action?, pass] in review before n? 5 that We reflect J on the tollies and improprieties into which we haVe fallen, and 00 the] time mis-pent in m&leaa and tri-| fling pursuits, which vn^it have! been dedicated to objects positively j useful. It is at such roomer tg, tnatj we are either repaid for the rea>$ood| performed, or are reproved by our J consciences for the sins of omission intavvhich we have{allen<j TRhally,] it is. then we fix the^Rrm resolve ofl Amendment and fufijffe preaervancej and appeal to that lleing who looks! downward upon our every action,] and searches our inmost thoughts. J I If it be mind which distinguishes! as from the brute creation around usJ principle in moat perfection, that we! are most removed from the creatures! of mere instinct , and approach to] the likeness of Him who has formed! oa, and given us souls. And you, I Young Ladies of the Senior Class,! to whom 1 more especially address! myself, let me assure you, that it isl not by the mere graces of face arid! form, or of the moat pleasing man- J tiers, that you v illj^e enabled to 11x1 the affections of thos&iwho surround! yoa, and to whom you are connected :| unless to these are conjoined, a judi cious and cultivated mind, a.chasten-l ed and amiable feeling, and that! reflective spirit, which, whether in] solitude ot society, will raise you! in your ?v? n estimation, and the estima tion of others. SBF' ? I What is generally termed conduct A by which .we understand propriety of character, can onlvu proceed from previoiis habits of wfltdtiim. The female who is |H>sKessed of this, can never sink, ^hateVer be her sitqatiori in life. It WUI cover her like an im* penetrable ahield, which, while it Imparls to h^r a confidence in ber own strength, will save fcer alike <r om tlttr attacks of weakness and Jialevoleuce,' and the two frequent spiratiou of her own vanity. Hrflsctisn secures to ua the medi ttion* of others, which thence be come our iriyirir it ffav* u* the w? cords pf other times, J^thI enlarges tlie sphere of our verj/ existence ; ?t Superadds to* our own experience of otKeni ; itivstorrt ttie past. it secures the present, and an tic pates the fu ture ; every thing which is truly use ful or great, has resulted from it; it iJperates through etery class of man kind* and is as requisite in the circle ?if domestic life, as it is in the closet, the cabinct, an^^e field. Now, Youiu^*Wlies, this habit of reflection, applies roost forcibly to the studies in whid) you are more immediately engaged. As it is not by the number of miles which has been accomplished, that you would estimate the merits of the traveller, so, it is not by the number of books which is perused, that we estimate the merits of the scholar. I have 6<rer iqculcated the principle, that! would prefer one original remark, proceeding from previous reflection, to the communication of whole pages which have been but a few moments before transfused into the youthful mind. "When 1 reflect well upon the ideas of others," says acelebra UmI writer, "I make them my own." When you memorize the opinions of others, you acquire knowledge J but this knowledge, when Well digested by reflection, becomes wisdom. ^ ! Be cartifpl,* ny young friffRs, w avoid that flippancy of remark, that fashionable cant, which only proceeds (rom the tongue, and has nothing- to do witjj the head/ " Out U>f the folly qf the heart , the tongue speakeihS' Nothing is truly excellent, but what will bear repetition* - This is a sure test, by which you will judge y6urself and others. But tills Jtabil of reflection. Hot only conduces to the exaltatiofi ofj the head and heart; it also has a; material influence over ourjfiaonersj and amusements. True grace and] elegance^fcre ever the result of mind, j They are the femnatkxis of a senti ment' which. has its origin in a just conception of right and wrong. # It is by no means my wish, my young friends, to recommend a life of exclusive mental labor. While I inculcate the advantages^ an oc casional retreat from the world and Its concerns ; while ' 1 represent to you the benefits resultingfwom a fre quent rfndoften-sodgbt communion with youb own hearts, 1 am but tooj well aware> that occasional relaxa tion is not only essential to health,1 but is absolute requisite to that ejaer gy of intellect, ^nd Miat of feeling, which should go to the fulfilment oPyfrery exemplary duty. The bow ta&iong bent, {says the Fabulist) must lose its elasticity.? ?' The allubiou is a happy one- But, as it is requisite in our studies, to make a selection of those wbiCfh will conduce most to a useful and practi cal end, so in pur amusements, we should select those which have a ten dency to impart a healthful energy of linind and body., ttuch amuse ments diffuse over our feelings, a cheerfulness and serenity, and give to the mind, as it were, a clear hori zon, in whicl^vpry conception if distinct and weHUefliied. * To wsiste tinjey**says a judicious writer, ?is to squander the main ingredient of life ; one of the richest of {leave (& blessings." Let me entreat you, my- young friends, to reflect well upon the solemn truth contained in this observation. Let me impress it u^on you, that the be ing without reflection, is like a ves sel without its helm, given to the caprice of winds and Waves, ami tossed on an ocean of storms. On fijuch an oceaifcjfceach of ua.? -Th^t ocean is Eterflky.? ^nd it is here that freara to adopt those means which will make our voyage pros perous or otherwise* Dram-Drinking*, | There has been in all government a great deal of absurd muting about tne consumption of spirits. Wo Ifo neve the best plan is to let peopl* drink Wnat they like, and wear wh. " tnej like; to make no sumptuary law either for the belly or the back-, 1. I the first place, laws against rum and' wilier arc mack by men v.- ho cau change a wet coat for a dry one whenever they choose* afM^Whodfl not often work wj? to their knees in mud and water: and, in the next place, if this stimulus did all the mischief it is thought to do by the wise men of claret, its cheapness and plenty would rather lessen than in crease the avidity with which it is at present sought for. Again, Ionian life is subject to such manifold wretchedness, that all nations have invented a soothing liquid or solid to (troduce a brief oblivion. Poppies, l>arley, grasses, sdgar, pepper, end a thousand other .things have been squeezed, pressed, pounded and pu rified to produce tliis temporary hap piness. Noblemen and members of parliament, have large cellars full of uteftled bottles, to enable ^heiinne letter te endure the wretchedness of life. The poor man seeks the same end by spending three half pence in girt J but no moralist can endure the idea of gm [Kdinburg Review. - v T-* uJjmv nvi ^^p -mrntor- of offe . f? mf Capos- ? ifflb. Profess?rof chemiHtiT, S??.8 ?h >< a rope of straw he place of metal conductors, The ^nme^whW.lHUmsnu.docon! firm, as he sayB, that the liglilenine enters a rope of straw placed in i(? way, and passes through ft inft il,e Sr^nd3:v,'h,,< "? hftnd?^ person holding the rope at the time dws not perceive it, Mr. Capostolle f^'"g in proof ?f hi, iwsertion..*-?It is well known,** *aya J>?, ? that a severe shock is received ?>y ? person who immediately tr?'uehe? "1 he Leyden vial. ??, if * X? i2^;?rTff8t,'nw' ?]y 9t v?? or Mght iortj.W in his hand, 'and touch, with the end of this rope, a Vjden vial, so stningly charged ti.at an ox might be killed l?y it,.- he will neither seer a snark, nor feel the slightest shuck.'' In M*. Cabos tolle'b opinion, such a conductor made of straw, which Would not cost X)V? ll^er. francs would I.e abfcSpJfU JJJ5& ? & aixt^Ws of ground ??n hail ; and werethe houses and H iD tH,s raa,?ner, &e|. tWn!" ??* lightning could damage 4 itieni* ?' - / Vs-w ?; ?' r- ;V^. J - ** \ , * . clean, and wfiffl the egg k hot fill the cavity witbclear honey, and after s putting; the parts of the egg together, wrap it in fine muslin, and fitter the honey into a clean vessel, care being il ,l e5,clude> d?M,? &c. The honey thustiarited may he dropped from a clean feather into the eye three or fonr times every day, until the disorder is nmoVed. Examples.-*" We should command , by example, not hy authority / Ad, miration forces imitation better than commandment can ; a general,^ lives in indolence, while he tretmi hie ' soldiers with rigor, is their twrunt> not i\\*i9 general. .4 1. ' f ' ' ? > -Ai/, ? .< ' ' 'v/F ? 2'% ANECDOTE. nffi ,),e (wjs Di?. f lrchj I on some exigency horror p<! a sgm of money of jfrl Addison, with whom he lived in terms of fStinjacy atid frienclrflrfp, conversing on all sub jects with equal freedom. -Bat from J1!" ''^Vngreed implicitly to every thing Adffll)ii advanced, and never, as formerly, disputed hie positions. TTiis chenge of hehaViorit, did not long escape (he jwiffc$ of so Acute an observer, to whom it Was by no n^ns egreeabl^ It happened one *? ' started}' on tfhloh they had hetore controverted j hut now Mt, Btanyon entirely ac quiesced in Mr. Addison's opinion; *.thoot offering one word in defence if, 18 ?Wn- Addison was displeas ed, and vented his displeasure W >'ngj wjth some emotion, '.Sin ?v ? w ? -#