Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, October 26, 1820, Image 4
?'??r POETRY.
LQVK jUsm HOPE ? Stvi+i jf*.
BY THOMAS MOORE. .
At moitv, beside yoo ^ucniwer sea,
Young Hope and Love reclined* v
But scarce hid mot i> tide come when lie
Into his barque leap'd smiimgty,
. And kit poor Hope behind,
I go, said Love, to aaft a while
- Arross the auriny main;
then so Aireet his parting smile* v.;.
dream<d of guile,
fStp ?-> An
She ttnget^d th ere till eye&ng^eamt.
Along the waters lay ;
__ And o'er Uie sands, in thoughtful dream,
Ofttrad'd fiis name, which s< ill the stream
, As often washed away.
At length a sail appears in sight,
" And toward the maiden tiioves ; {
?Us Wealth that comes, and, gay |;and
i? i ? ? - * ~ -
. 7". "
- 'inrigWtjj; ? T- ?\ *
Hit Golden T>?rque reJJeete the light?
lUrt ?*2 hitn^'t
Lv..
Another sail? ' 'tw
Mr*
lamp bestow M j
m uvTajiHU uguts that wanner glow*<J?
And whoie, ?la?'.wa*he.
:?? '?"? v---. \ :
Now fast, ar0untrthtf *eiftMshot%
threw her 4arkHngohiiivi , $
Thr' summmHa were been to more ft ' p
pope's morning dreams of i .ore we* e
d ^7^\^^?9l^'CariUBt)aa^n#^ ^ *-5,1
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Selected from ThiebauU's Original Anec
dotes of liederick. the Great King of
f ' i t '' V'i ?'? *' 'y ?' 1
^f^dtiritklt im Jii* private and domestic (ife
? Frederick was twenty -eight years
:^8 <Tour ihoktths old wlien be ?uc
ceeded to tlie' crown,. fot he was
' ^owi jJw *W?,vf /wpary, l7jUf
?id WilHadl diedtheJBlsi of May,
.^?. .. i Jdnsw rj? -ij.aBErr.L v ? - w? *
- _ Tfr <7^ . A; ? p w*F">
joining him to pay; ^i? striiJtest at
tenlbit to the commands contained in
JHtlif '* Jill .? aAui A.I _> .i-.ii .A ^
r^vi
^ ?TT? ' ? ? ~ ,T7!T"? *r*rw**JV* *%W>
<b the persons who should compts*
? :es?ion. For fiimself, e*
? ?po*' his new vocation,
think of nothing hut the affairs
? tie however, soon felt
'^BSjttbeW
L r
miction, fhac each doy,*briugtng
occupation, the t ..
was to make
IffflFWtp
_ Jefeiring till to-morrow
*|nt nboold hft 4l?me immediateh t
toor leas so, that to do a peat deal,
and doJt . wefV ho means can bel
nwire eff ctual' than the observation?
of the moKt rigid ordM^ioundstl on?
the mass and -haltiie of < occupations,
he
at four in
ft-"* st. : .? . a-> u
rs ; iJ tfie day, ip 1^pttwwh)g
nuer ; lie 4*dere<| lus attendant*
to w?ke Itito at t.ie time prescribed }
>erj and it >*?? not without consider'
able mihcsHy^hat he had aoqtupd
the tidbit of rising lietween live and
j'khrtt llheiiwherg } ao that al frrM it'
answered hoi liitte purposi; )hat hi?
attendants awake him. xt four, ?s lie
thd not failMpiinte afcut his e.j ?>? and
guxt j lor A,t
, is ?-^Mlj .ooiWei\e<f. tNkl On tin *e oc
caaiuim lie was much out of humour,
and that he reptovfed atid threatened
hix aitendalfe. iMi w hat was to he
done ? Was he dot the saihe krnn
when four bad *eut l]l?eui a ? itj , oi
lagged them - to lot him alone ? Ai
' 'lehgib the kltighewatne tullj sensible
th a uo one was to bluhie but iumseh,
and that none hut violent mean
Mould r? i?ed> the incolftcnieuce.?
Be liieitliAi onioi't M M?V l^1 t ^ou vs (it
Ivm to awake hioi; ou pum oi hwv
m A common soldier for life, to
npfv a towel (typed ]nxx>)d water
?<? his fare every morning at four
o'clock. In this manner lie coo trad
ed the habit of rising eaTly, which
he preserved till he w as sixty years
of age. At this period he left off
playing on the flute, having lost
several of his teeth; add from that
time hi* private concerts, from six to
?even in the evening, were almost
wholly discontinued, which gaining
for hiih a daily portion of time, em
aided him to rise an liour later.
I scarcely need olwerve that lie
was sometimes obliged by circum
stances to infringe on the regular dip;
tritnition of his time. For exam -
pile, the entertainments 4 given on
great events, the jouroegfe be was
obliged to make, and the annual re
view of bit troops, necessarily
^changed fi^fjKe titnti the orcfer of his
arrangements. In thh manner it
WM, that, having sent for me one
qvenitig before sixVctock, he cast
his eye* suddenly on a timepiece,
and said, "It wants, Sir, but a
quarter to gevetf o'clock; I have a
letter to write, and shall be in bed
b^i^uWock, as 1 must be up at
ope, and on the plain fcf Templolf
before three* I will see you again
to-mom w if I have lime. /Good
evening to you for the present." ?
This was; the evening previous to
hm first day's review of, his army at
> ^ ' '.v' ? " v ? - ?
i 1 hi nothing of Fmlerick*s
ibanner of dressing. His ordinaty
whit put on his5 clothe* the
inmiienijfto wii out of bed |t hat is
to say, be put on Itia boots, his curls,
Conpet, queue, occupying no more
than tw?i or three minutes, and two
or tbrre in addition served to de
plete his dtess. lie ttags neither
slippers tior dressing gown. I ne
ver saw kiflii more than three or four
times in colored ooatv and thfse
were old aml simple. in their fojm;
and perhaps as many titties m assort
of wrapping gown made of printed
cotton; but this he never wortf but
when severely indisposed, and on
touch occasions his hat and boots ne
ver Mled to lie <tdded, ...
When hia dressing was finished,
a (mm brought him a basket of. let
tw to hia address. He employed
the time till eight o'clock in reading
them^r carefully examining the'; sew
of each, to aee if it was entire; for
Mfr;*uepect<ed, and not without rea
son, (hat the cabinet secretaries soflMH
times opened and suppressed letyers,!
the contents of wllkh they feared
might |ie injurious to themselves.
From this (iractice he becatnfc perfect- j
ly acquainted with the different seals j
of families of distinction, and this
enabled him lo' dispense with the
trouble of opening such letters as lie
knew>.he should, not be inclined to
toswef? the only, trouble he girve
himself being to throw them into the j
flp6 Ih winter, and to tear them ini
pieces and leave them on the table
mfummer.
?J The letters he , opened be after
wards divided into three distinct par
cels.? The first- consisted of those,
thai contained solicitationiLhe intend
ed to urant, and were doubled with
the address iuw >rd ; the second con
sisted .of such letters as cbittAined
solicitations he intended to fefnse;
these were doubled with the Mdross
on the outside ; the tbird included
all letters respecting which he wi?h?
ed to uelflierate or consult with hia
?ir others ; these were fold*
ed twice a. stead of om*. .
~aimni> 8 o'clock, when all was
tinisned, a cabinet secretary entered
bis robin, fur the most part only one,
the clUest among (hetfi, he Who was
the greatest favorite, and tot that rei
son considered the principal. The
-ecreury, the three others being in
vvaliing iu an adjouliug, room,' ex
mined the (-.?it:elH oiie after the other}
and while the king breakfasted, call
ed over m UMiiilci voice the substance
?it each letter in a short phrase'of
? Ins kind, much a one tvlfcits such ?
juvaur', and Die king dictated With
lie same coutisenesfehis reply, efc?'
tej. ting w ben some further observation1
??as ui'iewdii}. ? When, lor exaih
4?ie, tne letter was trom a wonniu, he
n ever failed to o1>serve, especially *?C
his answer van to l>e a refusal.? !
?? She is a V6n>an and must be an >
*wered wifh politeness." The *? ;
cretary |mt clown with a single raaii
of tlie pencil at tlte ton -of the leltt
the ^direction lie received} and tin.
secretaries having atimng them n
common cypher, jrtiich each wn
obliged to learo on being invests
with his ofice.^i-T'liere are two cir
cumstance* which" should not l>c
omitted in/Uiis place ; one is, that
(he kiftg*0qtiired all letter* that came
to hhh to contain no more than asin
Jgtepage, so as to spare him the Iron
pie of turning to the uext side, which
pat him always , out of humour, for
he cared very little about the custom
prescribed* ny fashion of leaving
wide space* in letter* addressed to
superiors. ; Tim otl?r circumstance,
is, that every pnstmppter who for
warded letters to the king, accom
panied them with a. sheet of paper,
oa which auch letters were desrrilted
.and numbered, together with the ad
! dress of the persons w ho had wrTt-j
J fen them; for these letters were not
fallowed to be thrown into the com
mon receiving boxv hut were deliv
ered in the office where t'ne address
of tlie persons who wrote them was
'taken down in writing* These pre
cautions had a doube object : the
saving of time, and precluding op
fortunities of being imfiosed upon,
n the first of these points Frederick*
was completely successful, siuce no
order could he ; more perfect than
<hat he had established : but as to
the second,' (he most he could attain
to W*a to be less frequently deceived j
than other people ; for on urgent or
important occasions <~*he .secretaries
still ventured on the^ suppressing ol
letters, which tliey effected either by:
altering the postmaster's lint, or pre I
iendipg he had omitted to send any.
? When the favorite secretary left
the king's cabinet, he divided the
immense parcel of letters into four
iqual parts, and shared them with
his brother secretaries, each of whom
proceeded to write Replies conforma
bly t6 the i^ncii^d cypher ; nor had
tlfiey a moment to lose j for the whole
{were to b* $aU*ti forsigpatutte to his
majesty by four in tlie evening at
latest. None of the Secretaries ever
thought ?f dining; they took nothing
wj
? about. , They had, in - - ????v j
* basket full of ansWera to malt* re
? eveiyday, tbeae, aswellaaj
| K tbatu, flwere al(tlo
cuted by tbeir own hand?
stranger ?u admitted to partake of
the laboar.' Wben the king had
signed ?H the answer*, it sUll '??
mained far the aecretaries to forward
Uiein ; in this, however, they were
assisted by their clerks^ whose part
it waa to /old and seal the letters,
while it it waa that of the secretaries
to write the addiess. "The reason
for this precaution was, that the king
did not choose to have it known to
whom he addressed letters. It
should also be observed, that in sign
ing the le(ters, the king never failed to
read at least twenty taken at hazard
out of the number presented to him,
and iflbe.amaUeet deviation from
(he directions be bad given appeared)
the seoietary whose act it was, was
40 re of being completely ruined. At
five, or ? little after, tm> trhole wa?
d^teered fo a courier, who always
reaped Berlin before bine, when all
{letters in his custody*, directed to
jierttrtM residing in that place, were
punctually and speedily delivered.
Thus if no answer waa received on
the dayof that in Which ft letter bad
been ssdreased to tbe lung, the parties
nkkt he sure ff jnot teceiving any
unless bis solicitation was of a ua
Iture to require the advice of some
fmtaitftr or 'tead of the adnnmtra
I The four cabinet secretaries were
neemrily slaves tor life. ? This king
required them to live in complete
solitnde ; thay wen no where tube
seen in public, nor did they receive
visitors oven under their <rWn riot
TM king, it is true, "took care that
| they should have ft couveoiept bouse
villi a jdeasant-garde n att/KWJ to it
"**& that Ttothing should l>e want'-i
u them with respert to the comlo.
?f life. - rl lieir stipend was for
tiousand livres per annum.
From the A'eiy-ffamftsfiire Sentinel.
In peace there's nothing t>o becomes,,
man
Vs niodest stillness and fwmility ;
15 at when the bla*t of war biows in otn
* ears, "
Then imitate the action of the tiger.'1;
Under this motto, taken from tin
>peech which Shakespeare puts iot<J
the mouth of Henry V. to animal*
his troops before tire walls of Har
fleur, there is given in the Hew?lfa
ven Microscope a wry amusing dis
cription of a Connecticut training .
accompanied with a biographical
sketch' of tiie renowned Capt. Shoold
iThoo (he military hero of the town
of . It appears that the cap
tain, when he commenced his milita
ry career !>ore the undistinguished
name of Tim Shoulderltoo, and thai
he owes his warrior famctoone 01
those accidental occurrences which
have often been the roeausivf elicit*
ing the first sparks of genius, and
th. s bringing forward into the service
of their country Hie greatest he: oes
of anlieut ami modern times. For
tunately lor Tim ?*Ahoulderhoo, tie
; was the ton of ijbtre handed fanner,
atd it was accidentally discovered,
by sounding 'Tim on the au'jyct,
that bis father would give a handsome
treaty to 4lie company, if his son
should he put in tta line of promo
tion. This heing the first requisite
for a good officer, Tim 4as almost
unanimously chosen corpor 1 an 1
the comfmuy were rewarded at hi*
father's liouse, with the choicest li
quors, ginger-bread and pies, when
his fond (mrents had mfctde reader in
anticipation of the event. The goad
jdreer, ami tlie know ledge that thete
j was atwndance in store for future oc
casions* operated wondei fully for
the advancement of the corporal.?
.His flannel knot was soou exchanged
for a Lieutenant'* epaulette,* and
(hat quickly " w he M to thte righ
about, giacii^ instead of ids sinis
ter, hit dexter a boulder. " Tew
long years baa be remained i h etaU
qua, serving.hia counter Mf> Moi
and bia company with ardent fipirit*.
pies and gingerbread, disdaimug tt
desert the4 < causes of patriotism,
.?'* ? ..A **' * - - - ~ -
uy ahull 'foot want for a godd cap
tain ao long as his life is spared. ,j;
? We have (It* following ' accotuil
of the. eve of preparation and com
mencement of wmfkivg day.
** Captain Bhoulderhoo (who com
mands the military forces of the
town of ) when in the garb
of a cltizeuiarme*. isamanof
" modest stillness and humility but
with tlte change of his outward mao
his dispoatiuu also seems to change
?Of (his the eve ; of training day
"give*: awful notejof preparation,
? His military wardrobe (a chest ap-<
pro|>rintely;- painted red) yields up
liis rallied slim and other equipments,
his boots receive all the polish that a
mixture o&tnutton-tallow and lampf
black can give, the splendor of hH
sword and coat buttons is renewed
by a chalked rag, his enormous
chapeau brtw is wonderfully improve
ed in appearance by the alternate ap
plication of a biush and a flat iron,
' the adoni?ation of his person h
leied when his well greased
receives the contents of hi*
dredging box. "86 coy a
dame is sleep to him," that he wooes
her not, and when his men assemble
at day break "to shoot him up,M
they And him fully equipped both as
their captain and landlord. The
(loots Of his house are hospitibly
thrown open to reciprocate their civil*
ity, and our captain with liis sAfd
in one hand , anu bi* bitter bottle in
the other bids them a hearty welcome,
"tfhe ^entertainment being finished,
time hangs heavy on his nands, un
til the hour of. parade, then, he
inarches to the the scene of action )
tn< I woe be to the lucklesa gOoae
that dues not keep at a respectful
waits the arrival of his tar*K men ;
,1 when all wtio are expected, aj>
i, they receive, by their sergeant,
<? order to parade. The aiilous
-k is ^euerally accomplished in sen
? n-io call the roll beture dismitbing
?<e company for dinner."
The company then sit down to a
ainiitg dinner, with the addition of
liter* and punch, and this scene is
' unci tided v> ith Hie Captain's stand
og toast*? "The corpse of Connect
ucut Militia.1'
|L 1^/ ? p\ . *> -
the aftemtoon* if no one is <
vbsent, the labor of forming is great*
v lessenced |#y a remembrance of :
their former relative position; each
individual, when dismissed, having.
,J>een charged to recollect who were;'
M hfcf right ajid left hand men,"-**
?the line of march is speedily taken
np, and " the town street" becdmcs
i he theatre of martial Exploits, not
more gratifying to the superanuated .
soldier than to the school- bov, to
the matron than the maiden. When
they arrive netf "the stcftej" our
captain gives the order " right
whtel/* accompanied wtftli a corres
ponding" motion of his sword-?* -
habit probably acquired by a similar
motion of the. whip whea hatting hi*:
team? Here the .men are dismissed
for a few foments to rest and refresh
themselves*- after which they march
back. It might be supposed thai th**
exercises of the day were now tnusif*;
id, but no! the belter part is still ?
unperformed. The Company are
again, for a few. moments dismissed!
for the ostensible purjnwe of recover
iug fixun their fatigue ; but really to,
give the officers an opportunity**^
consult upon the evolutions to he per
formed. The captain explains to
his subalterns, his itvteiitiofca and
their duty, '? Vs?' \ 4 -M- ?
"Tuo lime (bits taken np make*
it necessary for the curtain to tUe*^
l?ense with half tli^pgtemplnted
I A ?
lit
I
sion, and tbat of toother to hia en*
sign {, he instructs them, alternately
to drivfPane Another, across the par
ade ground at the point of the l?JoT
net. Thai it may receive no further
rents, he takra ibe proud banner of
hia company in hia own band ;
mounta the 'horse block near the
church as either party droop be re,
animates them by bis voice, some
times crying " charge, ensign,
charge," and sometimes ? on lieuten
ant, on." Whenever extraordinar
ry achievementa are displayed lie
waves "high, over his head . hi#
blade'" amHl(udly)> shoots > " har
raw." He fiaflfiftrthousand times,
repeated to his HMMbe couplet:?
? When a fight &c?ne|? chue,
" He wiat the dnpHhrins the race."
Hence both parties m> like so many
fleer,. '
?\B6 swift, no s^unp'rers tre could
match them, '?
?? So awiffa a bullet March could catch
' r- ^y ' TS '' ?? '
? WbfeMLtired nature" admits no
further exerooh, the scattered soldiers
are called together^ 'receHwil&Val*
ediSr
Bed
itttDlnder? - which nli a v* it ??
in the following approved form W?
" Gentlemen officers, and citizen
soldiers ? The manner wbich you
bave e&Hnguiahrd yourselves to-day
demands,, my moat unmerited ap
plause, you are diauiaaed' till farther
??ss,??ssisg
returns home " bearing Iris blushiay
honors thi6k upon him," goes ear)y
<o bed " and eats in drtNtapje ctf?
tarda of the da*"
The inference between a regular
Physician and a Quack.? A gentle
man heing ill, anif advised ft take
advice, said he believed Dr, U.
would be aa well as any one *!????
' By noraeans/sald his friend, ' Dr.
R. is a quark r send for one of th?
faculty.' ' With all my heart,* re.
plied he, * though the Only difference
that I could ever aee between a regu
lar physician and ^ quack, is, that
sou die under' tme, and the Other