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Miscellaneous. - ' v*'r'J# ielL' /? FOB THE CJlKoIBK GAZETTE* / SKETCH. Nothing can be more fatal to the ^prospects of a jonn^ mat* who as pires to public distinction, than nn, extreme delicacy c of feew^t Hovy eyer interesting it may render one in the polished circles of private soci ety ; however rich and chaste a glow it may give to all his language awl sentiments ; i|gf a spell that will be numb all his powers in the more con*: tortious scenes of public life. Let him, who possesses it, fly within * favorite books into retirement; for if lie becomes a candidate for public dtstmcfiooy Iks will Be' the victim of every conjtiugeucy jhjk. feelings wity ^l>e continually wounded and his spirits depressed hy tlie idle remarks 4>f ignorance, and the ?contemptuous sneers uf envy -and malice. This is' wh^t cjverj candidate for distinc tion must expect It is the passage money ittto the (Maple of Fame. If lie cannot shield himself in his In tegrity, and bear sqch attack* without emotion 1ft Inm^I say, relire from ihe field, for Hr has net fortitude enough for M. warrior. These re flections were caused by the melan choly, fate of a young Hum, with whom I once associated, i Having been: educated in a most polished fit nml liniiinn . rely in promiscuous society, his it and taste had become too re ? n%m ^T^ToT mou conversation. He could Hot converge oh subjects winch be be> li(iv??l to have no relationship to in tellect and was, therefore, incapa* ble of ei\joying .the society of men of the world, who have -neither the taste nor the leisure to dwell on the wild vagaries of fancy, a?d the cold deductions of philosophy. ? When I first knew my friend in the private circle, 1 thought him almost a 'superior intelligence. His mind had all the clearness of some light. The ft^shiegs of wit, the Jiapjw power of ^ebneating intellectual and moral charMiwr^nd the beautifully expressed seifrnHgit gave a peculiar charm to bis conversation. Wg. tit* drama tbo sttbjectpf discourse^. He appeared to have stodied it with ?U the accuracy of the critic, and nil the feeling of the pott. Was the subject eloquence? His mind seemed to Imbibe (lie fires of his faW orite orators. Hid a political sub ject artse for discussion ? His pene tfatingmind looked through jt at a Ytance, fcml bis. elucidation "would do honor to a Chatham. Possessed of such a mind and such varied accom plishments, 1 anticipated with plea, sure the day, whm*he should dis-k play them to public admiration, and claim the rewards of genius*. Hut whm he, did come forward I w a* ?adly disappointed. . His faculties seemed to have been touched by the torpedo. He found it impossible to engage fa Jbe common con?<wauon ?f the world, he seemed to disdain |t, and the public ilndiug his soot too etherial for earth, made those hitter remarks and observations, which wound the feelings of an in cenuoos roind^M which he wss ?ml fitted .to enduriR After nn effort W two at the bar, he retired in disgust to tbe private society heinul left. Bu t happiness had tied from him forever. Disappointment preyed upon bis spi rits, and melancholy cast her pall over his mind. Much was ihe mor bid state of Ms feelings, that he con l s trued the moot harmless mirth^th most distant attnfeion, into an attempt to mortify him. He permitted mis anthophy at last, to darken the pure region of his soul. He supposed alfhad wronged, or wished to wrong , liim. Such was he, when 1 last conversed with him. * 1 urged him to embark once more on the sea of [ ftlory* 1 urged liim? at last, to seek solace m the caresses of love and friendship, He replied. "You urge me to engage once more in the con tentions of the world. What are my prospects? I?y spirits were Mast ?jd, at the very hour, T tossed my self wpon the flood, which I* fondly hoj>ed would bear me on to fortune and lion or. How dreadful is disap point nient to bright-eyed anticipa tion! The winters, that oriee spark led with hope.-aud animation, have become dark and slimy in the stag nant lake. You know my spirits w,ere crushed, and why urge me to sucfi n pursuit? To run the career sir, the spirits must be light and airy, the mind must swell with high and proud emotion. You speak, of^ the fascination of love. Why should I think, of thb, vyben i ecollection comes armed with pangs? Love require? confidence, and what) confidence can I- have, when I reflect, that love is no longer a refined senti ment of the heart, M f mere bar gain. ||^is tHmwn into market like other merchandise at a fixed price. Give me so oiany thousands, and I pill give you my baud* Nature knows nothing ^ tbia bartering in Jove. Let it npjn^ war 51 recessee of thelieart, leTIt in the eye, ot diffuse a languor over the contenauce that denote! Ate depth. You point outtn . me- tW charms of friendship. But friendship often hurls tl*e first arrow, Hint rankles in the breast, What tbeij is to be my future life ? One continued scene , of melancholy retrospect and gloom; ? nation.; ' " once had; give me the hopes, that l gilded the dreams of earner life; B^vMje feeling^, that would not be I wounded by the sneers of surround ing dunces, and I would-pusb my fortune to the utmost, I Wouldru^fc boldly up the bill, where Jfame lit* beckoning to her votaries. I once entered the path; panting wW* hope I 1 had reachedi|i base ; in imagina tion 1 had alremy entered the port?l of her temple ; the chaplgt was ready on mi brow., when f riis were b%hted, and the fair -fa I, i ic of my holies w? l*id prostrate tSUask. Ambition even now &**?? in tM *last. Ambition even sometime* east beams ? the perspective of my aire but the* gleamings of lightening along thfc cloud, which lor a moment illumine the path of the traveller amidst the howling# of the miduigbt storm." 1 found, that he was not to be influenced to etrter again into *0 ciety, which be was so well qualified t6 adorn, and 1 bad only to lament, that so much virtue, anil m much genius must be sacrificed to a sickly seusibility*^ Y'r ' } DETHRONED MONARCI1S. Fortune never appears in a more extravagant humour than when the reduce* monarch* to become mendi , cants. This ia no uncommon revo lution in her eventfal volume*.? ? Modern history baa recorded many such instance*. In Gandide, or the Optimist, the reader will find an admirable tlroke of Voltaire's. - Eight traveller* meet in. an obscure in% and aotne M them witb not sufficient money to pay for a scurvy dinner, ^n the course of couverskliou; they aft discovered to be eight monarchs of Europe, who bad been deprived of Uieir towu crowns ? s 1/ \ fcv > What adds to this exqaMtc satire, these eight monarchs are got 4>f the fictitious majesties of the poetfcbraife ; imperial shadows* like those that ap pear itr Macbeth ; hot lining mon archs, who wer? yaodpriag *tthat j uiomeut about the world. - /, Tta Kmperof Hwry XV ^ after having been deposed and iaiptiaou ed by his son, jHeiiry Vati^aped from prison ^ poor, vagrant, and .u i ? i- * *? :?*. * without aid, be entreated the Hiahop of Spirits to . grant him a lay we bend in his chuicii. i u I have studied said he, - and ba^e learned to sfag, and may therefore b^?f some ser- 1 vice to y>ou.*V TPae sMuest was de nied, and be died wise lithly nnd ob scurely at Liege, after having dM*. the attention of Jiurojie on bis vido lies and bis grandeur.: He exclaim ed . in dying " CM of Vengeance/ -you avenge this parricide."1 * Alary of Mcdicis, tlm widow of Henry the Ure|t, mother of Louis Villi mother-indaw of three sover? eigne, and Regept of Fra^C*,' fre quently wanted? the necessaries of life; ? The intrtaiiles ^ of. Ricbeliett compelled her to exiW herself, and live an unhagpy fugitive. HerfotR' lion exists,^ WtOi tMssuppHcator V* ? ? 7 > " ??*f ??sa*? ou yniBgiJ SuppJio ?>ia?e, trance $t do Navarre, distant, que depuis le 88 Fe Welle auriate ete JflLi ' 4 -V " 1 ?j5 cbateaiule seeni not yet forgotten bymauj in h? Ferdina^ QoU ^ :vr:T-r ^ven us some cwrrlous anecdotes. - which .paint ^h-jSlStcibl^tbe "singu lar distress of th?t immarch. i 5'A Others ace to be added to this list. I In the yaar of 190, died at Paris, Anionic, King of Portugal. His . body is - intered at the Cordeliers, and his heart deposited^ at the Ave : Maria. Nothing on earth was ea . pable of obfcging thfcf prince to re nounce his crown. He passed ?ver to England and o*m? to France* L Jhe resided ; and died, in great the age of 64 years. ? dethroned monarch was ha thing, Which IS .... . . in all his raiasei ies-he had a servant. yrho proved a tender and faithful friend, Jmd Who only desired to par t ticipate in his milfortbnes, and tp soften his miseries : and igr the re compence of his services "he only wished to be buried at the feet of his dear master. This here in loyalty, to Whom the ancient Romans would have raised altars, was Don Diego I lothei, one if$ the greatest lords of thecoortof Portugal, and who drew his origin from the kings of Bohe mia. Lilly, the astrologer, in bis Life and Heath of Charles the First, pcftvl ? sents us with another instance of. an | [ unfortunate monarch. It is In the person' of the Old Queen Mother of FnMli These are the words ? *ln the same month 5 of Augnst, 1011, 1 beheld tMBId Queen Mo tiler of France departing from Lon don, in comity of Thomas: |fa| Of AruodeL A sad spectacle of mortality it was, and produced tears from mine eyes, and atony other be holders, to see an l?an decre pul, poor mieon, ready for her grave, necessitated to depart hence* having no place of residence in thisworld left her, but where the co?i" her hardp fortune assigned it had Mti the only stately! nificent woman of Europe . the greatest king th?t war Kvdtt. in ? r France 5 mother unto one king auu onto two queens/ ?? v , r H^rae supplies, us with an anec dote of Singular rqyal distress* In informs us^ that 4he Queen of taud, .with her son. ( paries, hau P# . moderate pension assigned her ; but J it WS3 so ill paid, ami her credit ran so low, that one morning, when the Cardinal de Retz waited. on her, she informed hint that , her .daughter the princess Henrietta, was obl|ge<) t* tie a-l*d, for want of fire tfrwarm Uier. To such a condition was re 1 duced, in the midst , of ^Paris, a Cjuern of Engiam) and a daughter ot Iplenry IV. of Frauce. The daughter of James the First, who married the Elector Palatine, in hot attempts to get her husband crowued, wins reduced to the utmost baggarj, and wandered frequently in disguise as a mere vagranft ? A strange anecdote as related of Cliarlaa Y II. of France. King HeniJVihud shrunk bis kingdom into ?tbe town "bf Bonrgss; II. ^ said that having told a shoemaker, af be bad justtried a> pair of bis 45, that bebad.no money to pay ( them, Crispin Sad sueb callous .tefcjipgs, , that be refused to sufictbis ? majesty to take the bodts. ' It Is for ?this reason,' says.Comines, * I praise those princes who are on good terms Vitb th% lowest of their people 5 for' they kiwSw not at what ' hour they ?ay waul 4hem.'? Pet. biteL ^ *HQM TUB SKETCH waS one < mortals, of - foolish, spositions, ? who take th^ world easy, eat while bread or lirftwn, which ever can be got With least thought ot trouble, add would fathw ttarv* on *'jw ;*ny,' than is he rel whistled life UV*J in f|>ef4M*v'CbiiteotiR?nt ; but Ms wifi kept continually dinning in his eai .about his idleness, his fa" ?Ind the ruin lie family. Morning, noon a ft?r iibnguo ^as K <#j t ^ S r i r* r & - \ I and evefy thing he _ ? ... 1 sure to produce a torrent of tiiold eloquewSM had 1 waV of rejdyBtein att hfcr lectures of the kind,- and (bat, Infrequent use, hSd-growtf into * W&. He ^ ged liis> shouhlen xast up his ' nothing,?. I This however, always provoked a I fresh volley from his Wife, so $st he was fain todraw off itii'^lbrcefM aud take to the outsidfc of the house, truth, be ckwttiisbai^^j] 1 .-1.40me" io,' adhere^ | was his dog Wo^ who was as much hen-pecked as his uriftter t for Dante $art Winkle regarded them as com panions in idleness, and even look* ed upon Wolf with an evil eye, as the causrf'bf his muster's so often going astray. True it is, in all mints of spirit befitting an honora dog, he was as courageous an nal as evet scented, the woods-31 I but' What courage can withstand the ' ever-daring tod all besetting terror's of a woman's tongue ? *t\*t moment . tongue 1 Wolf entered lite ho?? fell, -his tail dropped to the ground, j or curled between his legs, he ed about with a gallows air,- ?... .. many a sidelong glance at Dan Van V/inUle, and at the least flour ish of a broom-stick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipi tation. "Times grcW worse and worse With Hip Van Winkle, as yews of matrimony tolled on } a tart temper ? never mellows with age, and a ? tongue is the only edge tool that grows keened by constant use. For a long whiles be used to console him self, when driven from home, h& ' frequenting a kitul of .of the 'sages, philosophers, an$; other idle personages of ttaNilh that held ita sessions on a ' ? <JT. ' ' 'r "''V rl in the shade of ? long lazy I day,' talk listlessly uvef sip, or tell endless stories about.no thiug. ? But it would ha ve been worth ' any statesman^ money to have heard that ?UJ the profound times took pi an old neysp _ hands, from some , How solemnly wou the contents ins " rick Van IJiimi dapper learned into theft pfemlle&ft ?wlte?? not to be daunted by the tic word'Hrtfe&d Pi w nMgt; .i sagely they would deliberate upon Public events, some months after, they had taken pi, tee. ' ?? The opinions oC this jun completely controlled by ] Yedder, a patriach of the and landlord of the inn, at the door of Which be took his seat from morn * |jrro % -jnii moving snfl ?the sun, and keep ?PI ? tree, so' th neighbors a sun-dial. It is true, ~^Mwd*tespt*k,hut ?a??SEg3?r and knew how to gather his Wheat: any thing that was ' related displeased -jWf servedto smoke hijtph and sent forth*?bort? gry buffs; but whet WwWinl plac?d clouds, and sometimes of the agsemblagfe, cull t all to n?Night > ncHrwas the las Tedded h Tadc Reims. FOR Til h YEAR 1819, k. WiU^e received on Monday, t I at Liberty Hill? the at J Store, Better Creek? ?on Wednesday, the 1st ol Merch at Flmr R<* 1 George \V ell's?the 3d at' J*j on Lynches Creek. > , ' x Retfutn* will be received in Camden on til ths first of April. Ipto expected that | vicinity. Ho Wile will be taken n payment for taxes* btiHhOseof theBanlti of thb State. itti&fodt- 1 Charles J. Shannon, Collrctor Ktfthaw JDhtrfct.] s , tno. : - V/ |/||| I il l > ii* ? I is^o. 99 0yife II! I I Remoyal. tr SW l*f A' ?/ C. a C ATONN ET, ttA8 removed his Grocrry and tfanfc#* tlonary St or t, (he Store lately occupi ed by Samuel topee, fc Co? two doors a t>cve the Post'Olotfe^whene he hat fop sale, a general assortment of Groceiu* and (bnfectumaries. Camden, Feb. 3, f82o. 99f$b?