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POETRY.
From the -Baltimore Morning Chronicle.
THE SOLDIER'S VOW.
.When the "clarion's shrill blast thro' the a*r,
And the cannon's loud ecKo shall rattle ;
O then will I think, on the fair,
And laugh at the dangers of battle.
-'Remember ye not when at eve,
1 gazed on thy pearly blue eye ;
When softly ye whisper'd, deceive,
And chid the rude word with a sigh ?
O then, by the moon's silver beam,
Eternal attachment 1 swore ;
While life thro' the death shade should
. gleam, > -
And the heart beat the bo scorn no more.
'? "? * ?' i
' -Then doubt not thjr soldier's sincere, *
And dear to hi* heart are thy charms ??
K o form but (hy own can endear,
Nor receive the embrace of his arms.
* SOLDIER.
Miscellaneous*
_
. TtOM TH? KtWKtT MIICVM. ' '
8ELFES11M A1TON.
However it maybe decried by
Awning flatterers, and cringing ?y
'Cophsiils^ is not an
idle and supercilious topick
for declamation*? It is attendant on
/ virtue, and stanch m a guard and
oentinel on the conduct.? A man must
l>o lost to all sense of shame and re
proacb, before he can prostitute to
popularity, to ambition, to self-in
terest, or to any of the sordid Fas
hions, tbe dignity and majesty of Ms
own mind. Ben. Johnson has said,
with some truth and propriety, that
; " IV Uarned fiatcy
ft Duck* to tho golden fooL *
111 otlier words, literature is often
> prostituted to public affluence ; and
* the mtn of genius often humbles
himself in tbe dust, before the splen
? Jar of momentary greatness.-?
" These tbiugs ought not so to be.*
?It may be said* without any exag
geration, that we commit an oftence
against the majesty of Heaven, and
fling the Meetings in the face of our
^Creator, \v lieu we make our reason
subservient to our interest. No man
ii pon earth has a right to ooerpe opin
ion, or to enforce on the meanest
particle of humanity, sentiments ab~
torrent to the convictions of his con
' ?"m7: \ # ' .
science. Such a character, whether
""decorated with riches, power, or
popularity, is, ought to be, andeter
n&Hy. wHl be an object of the most
fariidiotts contempt. \
tie may receive Hie crouching adu
lation of the day ; lie may be flatter
ed and courted? but this is aH;
mockery and grimace. GrtatnessJ
built on the unsubstantial basis of
hypocritical adulation, will vanish |
into nothing when the hour of trial;
ia at hand. When the worthless
body moulders in the coffin, many
M indignant flatterer will walk care
lessly over the grave, and wilt ex
claim?here liea the remains of a
Tyrant.? Dot these sovereign bene*
factor* of mankind, these proud can
didates for public applause, have
an infallible way te perpetuate their
numee to posterit v ; and tlmt is, by
having their ideal excellencies caned
on their grave-atones.? Often and
ofien have 1 'passed, with a kind of
indignant pity, the tombs of those,
who abounding in riches or power,
never perpetuated their names to pos
terity, but by the pitiful falsehood of
a grave-stone inscription. Often are
?nch characters displayed to the world
as patrons and benefactors nf man
kind, when their lives have been a
continual and incessant lihel on the
nsseitinvu? The orphan, the beggar,
and the * poor in heart,1 99 pass bv
with a glance of Hie most transcend
ant contempt 4 while spaniel Ant- 1
terers and sycophants applaud ? 1
btu*h, 1 could shed t ears over (lie
depiavity of our common nature.-?
Never should I with a prouder
epitaph than this : ? Here lies a man,
who, though dispised T?y the world,
??'ill had the fortitude to respect him
^}f.
Principles, formed on I he matures!
conviction, should always be hu?
Z*>i\ to the heart ? If they are popu
lar, rise with them; if unpopular.
*ink with them. ? -"Whether the down
of a palace, or the straw of a dun
geon, are your portion, let it !>e en
graved (not on a tomb-stone.) hut in
the hearts of posterity, that in the
struggle, between fi*tuue and virtue,1
virtue was triumphant.
Without self-respect I pee nothing
that there i9 to prevent the pride and
arrogauce of wealth from trampling
the humble son of poverty to atoms.
This is equally a guard and a man
ly guard against the austerities of
fortune. It is in fact the only pro
tection that genius cau have, frum
the tyranny of insolent riches.? lCow
it is possible for genius and integrity
to debase themselves for a moment,
so far as to crouch to lie insolence of
wealth or the grandure of ambition
is difficult to conceive and indeed
wonld be incredible, did not-' every
day's experience convince us of the
fiict ? Genius ought to look with m
unblenched majesty to the son and
should declare, that nothing below
it, will ever satisfy tor aspirings for
permanent {lory -*nd renown ? S he
claims, not merely tlje admiration of
tta present age? posterity will have
its snare of applause. It is a tribute
not to genius -only, but 4o ourselves,
to applaud.? If wealth is to be con
sidered as paramount, let us give up
all pretentions to pre-eminence >l ?;
Reflect, and retire with (he solitar
satisfaction, that riches and respect
and poverty and contempt, are terms
altogether synonimous. Let us then
firmly resolve, that with a decent
respect for the opinion of others, we
will never lease to reverence our
own. Q.
From the New- York National Advocate,
Extracts from the Port Folio of m
Man of Letters.? JVo. i.
In the 40th age, Pope Silvester
II, was considered a Magician be
cause he understood Geometry and
Natural Philosophy ; and the cele
brated Apoleius, long before him,
labored under tlie same suspicion. ?
It is not much above 4 century since
a learned Judge? Sir Matthew Hale,
then at the head of the profession in
England, actually condemned sever*
al old women to be burnt alive 611
an accusation of witchcraft, ami
'what renders this case the more re
markable- is, that the learned Hir
Thomas Brown, author of ja work
written purposely to expose " Vul
gar Errors," being present in court,
and asked his opinion by the judge,
declared his belief in witches.
i&mpedocles' ami Plato asserted
that trees and plants possesses ijot
only a vegetative soul, but affirmed
thai they were animals. The Mau
chees went farther, and attributed so
much of the rational soul to them,
that tliey Considered it homicide tcV
gather either thier flowers or fruits.
This reminds us of the Irish jury,
who brought in a verdict of man
daughter against a person who had
the misfortune to kill a cow .
Strabo was of opinion thai ih*
combustion of Hodora, and the for
mation of the lake, was occasioned
by hot bituminous water*, which
burnt out flamitig from the earth at
the time of an earthquake. Tacitus
entertainecta more orthordox opinion.
The ancients believed the world
first began with Spring, but the
Doctors of the Church have aiace
greatly differed on this subject. Ad*
cient historians record accounts of
particular and extensive deluges hap
pening, and that of JDeucation is
spoke* of by several of them to
have been universal. Lucia n ex*
pressly says that Deueailioo, for his
piety, was |?re*erved in an ark, witlf
bib wives Mid children, and that all
njankiud sprung from him. PIJH
larch makes particular mention of tlie
dove sent out of the ark by Deucal
lion. These are all evidently tradi
tions from Noah's flood.
Tlie famous Library of Alexan
dria; containing 700,000 volumes,
and afterward* burnt by Julius
Osar, was founded by Ptolemy
Philadelphus* and by the assistance
of Demetrius Pbalerius, the rhetor: -
cian, it was furnished with all the
valuable books that could be collect
ed. ? Having beard of the fame of
the laws of the Jews (who had been
made captives by his predecessor) he
procured a copy from Eleazar the
high priest, which ? be- appointed
seventy two interpreters to translate
into Greek. Tina waa the origin of
the Septna^^jpHnonr of (he bible.
Zoroaster was aalsdiau philoso
pher, and reputed of great antiquity ;
he is said to have lived 5000 years
before the Tiojan war. The Chal
dean and Egyptian books are held
to be very ancient, and to have car*
ried up their history and astronomiv
cal calculations into an incredible
length of time; some of them are
held to have been considerably older
than Moses. . The pretensions of the
Chinese in this respect go still farther
back. *
J Enoch's PiUars . ? The tradition
respecting these monuments mention
ed by Josephus, w as that Enoch or
his father Hetli, having been inform
ed by Adam that the world "w as to
perish once by water, and a sccond
time by fire, caused two pillars to be
erected, the oue of stone and the
other of brick, and that upou these
pillars was engraven an account of
all the learning and inventions of
mankind. Hence this was not lost
to the world ; for although the flood
overthrew one of them, the other
remained entire, and was seen tty
Joeephus evenTstv late as his days.
The art of printing, the matuJ .c 1
ture of gunpowder, f?nd the mven-i
tion of clocks, are all ascribed to
Germans. The first is said to have
lieen the discovery of a soldier, and
the second that of a monk ; profes
sions very opposite to their inventions,
but which would have been exactly
suitable had they been reversed.?
Printing, and making gunpowder
were practised by the Chinese 1500
years before tliey were known in
? m
it? * ,.-i , .i?. _ i . j
W ere a geiusrai estimate made -of
all the heroes mentioned. in ancient
and modern history, tfiere would be
found little reason to depart from the
judgment of Pope, that
Heroes' are much the same, the points
agreed,
From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ;
The whole, strange purpose of their lives
to find*
Or rouke an enemy of all mankind,
Several of the ancient fathers
scrupled not to consider Socrates a
martyr approved of by God. His
principles and practice wight put the
best of us at this day to thtf blush.
In the 7th century, Virgil, bishop
of 8altzburgh, was invoked in great
difficulties, liecaose ho avowed bis
belief in the anti|>odes. He was
treated m. impious by Boniface,
archbishop of Mentc, who censured
him from the pulpit. Virgil com
plained to the Pope, on which Boni
face represented him in such a light,
that Virgil's faith was suspected, anil
he was ordered to l*e degraded from
the priesthood, and sent to Rome to
answer for Ids conduct* N ot withstand
ing Hie infallibility of the Pope, no
one runs any rink in these day* for
believiug that there me other men be:
low ns, or that there is another world,
or another planetary system. .
Prom Crawford'* Hiitory of the Indian
jWtltta- Archipelago. v
SPORTS WITH ANIMALS.
Among t!ie . Javanese, the inmt
interesting <f three ie (he combat of
I be tiger era buffalo. The Imiblo
of the Indun Islands ie an animal
nf greet axe and strength, ami of
no contemptible courage j for he ie
an over tjiatcb for the rojitl tiger,
hardly ?*r failing to cMte off vicio
rione in tfw fight Witlt, him.
Neither an pos seated of much
active c<*rage ; the tiger, indeed, is
a cowarty and fights only perfidious
ly, or tjfoogh necessity. On this
account, It ia necessary to confine
them wi^in very narrow limits, and
fsrtlier, to. goad them by ? various
contrivar-je.. A strong cage, of a
circular torn, about 10 fceiindiame
ter, and 15 feet high, partly covered
u (be top, ?* for litis purpose too
struted, by. driving stakes into the
ground, which are secured by being
Inter woven with bamboo. The buf
falo is first introduced, and the tiger
in afterwards from an aperture. The
first rencounter is usually tremendous;
the buffalo is the assailant, and his
attempt is to crush his antagonist to
death against the strong walls of the
cage, in which he frequently succeeds.
The tiger, Foon convinced of the
superior strength of his antagonist,
endeavours to avoid him, - aud when
he cannot do so, springs insidiously
upon his head and neck. In the
first combat of this nature to which 1
was witness, the buffalo, at the very*
first effort, broke his antagonists*
ribs against the cage, and he drop-!
ped down dead. The buffalo is not
always so fortunate. I have seen a
powerful tiger hold him down, thrown
upon hi6 knees, for many seconds;
aud iu a fe w instances, he is so torn
with wounds that he must be with
drawn, and a fresh one introduced,
j :n nineteen cases out of twenty, how
ever, the buffalo is the victor. After
the first onset, tiiere is liltle satisfac
tion in the combat ; for the animals,
having experienced each other's
strength aud ferocity, are reluctant,
to engage, and the practices used to
goad them to a renewal of the fight
are abominable. . The tiger is rous
ed by fire-brands and boiling water,
and the buffalo, by pouring upon
his hide a potent infusion of capsi
aims, and by (he application of a|
most pcisouous nettle, ( ktrmady ) a|
single touch of which/ throws the
strongest human frame into a fever.
FROM THE V7LLAG& KECORD.
Dear Mr. Printer ? ?
I now sit down to write to you, to
lei you knotv that I am well, and
hope these few lines will find yoti
enjoying the same blessing. Jtyy
good man is in a quandary; arid
says I, Richard, says I, let roe
write to the printer about it, for I
have more learning than Richard.- ?
80 the matter is this, Richard laid a
wager on the election, that Governor
Findlay would get it, for 'Squire
odling told Win he would get the
wager <0 a certainty ; and on the
strength of it, Dick bought me a,
new gown, and himself a new coat;
for the wager was twenty dollars.-?
Now 1 want to know if 'Houire Tod
ling can't be made to pay Uie bet for
Richard. It's bard enough not to
country ? and we used to live right]
clever, and keep the children tidy.
Then at crowing of the cock, you
would hear his hammer ring upon the
anvil, and all day long the hammer
and sledge went, " Ga penny, come
pound ? go penny, come
and how happy we alt .were!? we
had enough, and enough, to eat,
and lud ! how cheerful
get the twenty dollars ; but to pay
'era out, and pay for the gown and
coal, ft is too bad ? it never can be
justice ; and my man swears he will
protest the electiou. Dear Mr Print*
er times are hard enough with us
this fall. Richard works at smithing,
and can shoe a horse with any lad
that wears an apron in the whole
<lrink and werejTrnnd free from con
stable or duo. But 'Squire Todling
used to come along, and filled lys
head with politics and notions; and
told biro, that if Fiiullaj got it, he
should Jtie a Justice of the Peace,
So my good man neglected his shop,
twisted up his apron, stood at the
corner, and talked and disputed
about Governor, like any lawyer;
and when 1 told him it would never
m, " Deary," said he, (for lie had
Vpays a funny way with liim,)
"deary, wouldn't you like to be a
'Hquire's wife ?" 80 I couldn't say
another word ? but it made me sad
to4bink how he would set up till
midnight, swigging beer, and talk
ing politics : then in (he morning he
would lie till bud up an hour, go into
bis shop half asleep, the hammer
ami sledge going, " Go pound, come
penny ? gci pound, come penny."
O it is too much ! for mjr little ones
look like singed cats, that have iainj
all the live-luug wiulcr, half starved,!
Matilda Anvil.
N. B. ? Let my wife say what
she will, I care not a cinder ? I
wouldn't give a brad for your ad
vice. * It. A.
[In reply, we have to advise Ma
tilda not to make her husband angrj
? to complain as little as possible,
and to endeavour by kindness to lure
Richard back to life shop ? A few
months of the same tune, " Go pen
ny, come pound" will put all to
rights again. We would jrivise
him to pay his bets this time*; out
for the nitare, to go to the election
and vote as he pleases, but never to
lay another wager* We. have sent
l>y the post* boy some picture hooks
for the children.] Ed. Rec .
in the aslies ? without a hook to
learn them leMiims, in ? then tcx)
along comes the constable, and makes
mmI work.
Now what shall we do? my mau
io a democrat ; l?ut I am a federal,
and don't like his carryiu^s on ? So
T told him 1 wouldn't write to you,
for you were a federal too, and
would liel|i out of the scra|>o the un
fortunate Richard Anvil and his faith
ful wife, and your friend.
RELIGION.
The following sentiments of an
able divine deserve attention.
u It k an error to believe that de
votion nourishes a spirit of severity,
in judging of mannera and characters
of others. Under this reproach, in
deed it haa so long euffered in the
world, that with too many, the ap
pellation, of devout, suggests no
other character, but that of a sour,
recluse bigot, who delights in cen
sure. But the reproach b unjust ;
for such a spirit is entirely opposite
to the nature of true devotion. The
very first traces it imprints on the
mind, are candour and humility.?
Its principles are liberal. Its geniua
is unassuming and mild. Severe
only te itself, it makes every allow
ance to others wbich humanity can
suggest It claims no privilege of
looking into their hearts or of de
ciding with respect to their eternal
state.? If your supposed devotion
prodcce contrary effects ; if it infuse
harshness into your setftiments, and
acrimony into your speech, you may
conclude* that under a serious ap
pearance carnal paasiona hiri And^
if ever it stall so far lift you up with
self conceit, as to make you eatablisli
your own opinions as an infallible
standard for the whole christian
A brace of lieutenants, one
val, the other a military hem;
ing and firing their squibs
brain at each other, ttiered
tleman, taking <mt his pock*
said, ? I will shew you what
have not seen since the conclusion
the war," and immediately prodi ^ _
a hank note of SO/. ? Very good,"
said the otHer $ " but look, here is
such a sight as yon never saw In your
life (taking a paper from his side
pocket) here's a taylor's bill with a
t eceipt to it.,f '
, i. .'i
Freight or Postage. ? An illij
" I rise, sir, far information >v adfeflj
a very grave mfmlnr of a legisll*
tive body, who then made no gre^t
figure in tne liusiness in tvbich to wte
engaged, but bat since far outgrown
io |H>litical im|>ortaace both his owti
and his neighbors' expectations, ? I
am very glad to hear it, raid * by*
sUuder, " Jbr ny man wants it mare.*
i ^
shop-keeper, having an empty M
which he wished to dispose of pffl
it before his door, and with m Jj
of clmlk wrote upon it 4 tor oH
A waggish Bailor passing that w*p
shortly after, and perceiving the
mistake of the < Vf nder of wares/
immediately wrote underneath, ' For
frieight or passfcge* apply at tfifc
bung-hole/
(world, and lead yon *o
perdition, all who differ
either in some doctrinal '
in the mode of exoi
ypn may rest assured
pride yoQ have joined too
uorance of both the natui
tion and of tlie Gospel of