Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, August 16, 1821, Image 4
.POETRY.
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/*rotn ike Montgomery Republican
A PINDARIC ODE TO MW^IUTOES,
Wkrtiun oH th* IW| 3/ occ&ion.
fenny lake
O fibrin j
W ho Ioy
, .The Itsy stream and mire I
Ye Utile. bumng, stinging throng,
Toyou I raise the dronish ?ong,
And thhfiEO the hum-drum lyre ! [
The rick man's ct&cb, O ! wtiy attack ?
? ' come" jre shall dot lack *
food lor Wrms;
and so flro'Wpale,
With vengeful malice why assail, *
Or infant beauty's germs ? '
Repentance meek,
?.P'
?Kf '
Go seek some wicked, sland'rous elves,
With tongues tnvenom'd as yourselves?
diretbem yoof sharpest bite? '*
Nor let the miser's eyelids tf osfe,*fmH|
Unur m
ili' OPprCs^a Vtfttelfr
Afa$ajs the widow's mite..
Rowdies,* and all who h*eji* dark, ^
B *e igllft Walks* ?n kSfe home, '
bougbtrfcnhstfkiwM never roam,
them sleep sound all nighty.
JaBSET
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d, mi-i
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iO^XQUtfc |yj
WSS^mtSS^* f?' WB>?|
? <rP|HK' V. ,t.TCr
^ SMTAriJtt IK'A CttURCI* YARD. j
Here lies, alas ! poor Roger Norton,
Whose death tfas very oddly ?brtmgjif on,
one di^hie ewnis to mow effc g&jj
IhI t<ie dff1 *y
to,
Histoe~or
iSrftT irr1
JKti influrnihi
^Which wai t
SHil
[MR^Spl
e?i, tfttf wfttfcd
dtoMtfthtt ?r ?
"novel t
lion, and not a sound was In aril u>
interrupt this pleasing tranquility
We tile bent felt sigh ef tome peni
tent mourner, as the truth of (lie
preacher's remarks applied id his
case with peculiar forced or t lie. sin
cere response of some saint ef the
Lord, whose J?eart was io unison
rz
t boOght^reflecting upon the things
I had jufa heard, r^when I was sud
denly aroused from my agWeahle re:
verie by the boisterous clamour of a
parcel of deluded fiutafichfc If thft
scene I had just witnessed excited
my admiration, the one that was now
presented filled ^e with bortorand
and lively tune somewhaf indie^ile
repeated ^at the end of every Tine;
elevating their voices to the highest
possible pitch, while others squalled
ami shouted most melq|}?oosly in
< concert. 'Jthe men vert bawling
nd vociferating with the vocaLpow-J
fg# of giants, while the won**
amed and shriekc?Fa? if ' Old
j^ OM. mAMM
be general infection, and M if
"xclainatktt was !.4he crii
? hich thtehr penitence or pie?j
judged, there seemed to be e*
M ?ySKSfc.
the shrillness of tbei
44 Xl,.i! s ' -
of their
>cre*ms, a
?*/
TO
WW ?" ^e shouts and h?
?i exasjie rated mob, or the Savagi
* boops and'! y^lls of Indian* at the
fnnrrrtl of tllftll1 rlllpf It ic SrmnALci
Bible
- ?M,
. _ en
I wt
superstitious
magipary cvil^ ?uu w
mining? wrong conceptions of (life
iity } t|?e litter is tfie offspring of
lifts correspondent with the doc
.ines tf the Saviour, as foundrtt
?pon1he > ?W fcasis of troth and
reason. *1^* nn? u n?d ?\ai
Hut when the sun ltd futile below
the we&ternhorr/ftn, and night with
her sable mantle hod enveloped the
surrounding scenery in darkness,
then- was exhibited a spectacle (hit
c?mld not fail to plefcse and interest
every friend 'to the cause of chrw
danty. VTlie discordant .notes and
outrageous clamour of these deluded
fknatkjis or /Intestable,, hypocrites,
who *we eithergroWn hoarse with
incessant baling or completely ex
haust^ With continual exertion," no
KigeFstunned the ear, and the ob
arity of night wSstlriven ?Way by
he light of minierous torches which
gleamed fifth tbtf various ' Stands
constructed within JIm place enclosed.
In place of the hiVWUs uproar,' and
vehement odHhiesof forionsfanatick*,
was heard that sweet and dumriNfc;
mn*ic,> which combined sentiment
with melody and the aoblimest image*
with- the mpst enrapturing strains.
ThnYlllsjMl vallies echoed respon
sive to tflPpUses of theltedeemer,
as males amf females With united
voices. ,sung Hoasannas (o liis naml.
InsteHl of the tomnltuous noise and
clamorous shouts of superstitious de
votees, was hea|^L the sincere fin <1
ardent petitions of the Servants* of
the Must High, whirh rose up lik?
intense be Com the tlunue of grace.)
The gtey-liaired stay, bis streaming
eyes evincing, the fervor awl sinceri
IWJSJ ?*%.%
other down her cbeCH
cession, end while n
ejaculation was waft
upborne by the hear
escaped her lips?*1
sublime and interesting
(kgree, and such a
look upon with delfgl
home impressed With
lion ?f the ^ropiiebr,.
camp-meetinga, climb
to n?ret; "that they
subject to the abuse of
fanaticism.
k,, - 'from the Humder
X NETUtPROifLEM IN
wSVe withih a
nessfd a most singulm
pneumatics, ;t{>p?rei
riment fa* accurately
t.tsusttdned V.n
welghtTWf the
Tbrf-js a mos
fact, thcitupol
tiotfwj
dVing tojometbing
iieiism, or some peculiar effect npon
the muscles wbich induces oncon
3Rus exertion. The curioua and
incredulous hive only to practise a
few times on th?L experiment, to be
convinced it is no delusion, but a
sober reality, and one, too, which
seems to bid defiance to tbe. investi
gation of philosophy. W e consider
the subject worthy tbe notice of thef
learned j and with this view we give)
it pB%. A , I
womvN l al
Nature hat made wfSiua lMfl|
that ahe receive with gratitude the
protectjmi of man. ijTet how often
ia this appointment perverted ! ?
How often does her protectee become
her oppressor ! Even custom seems
leagued against her. ,/ahirn with the
(endereat feelings* HtpPRiole life is
commonly a elUMMkkJ? suppress
them. Placed n^HMpt favoura
ble drcumatnncemRrVinoice ia com
ftnen to* few myects; iuul unlets
where singularly lodunatc, Irtr par
tialities are only a modification of
gratitude. She may rriect, but can
wane wjlF
[Out i&vite, may (ell \\ liat w ot.'if
make her wretched, tint date not
even whisper what would make lit i
happy.* and, in a word, exm'isc*
merely a negative upon the most im
event of her life. Man lia-4
to look around him, and may
at any age, with almost equal
vantage, hut women must impiove |
? fleeting moment, and Jptivrniino
at the hazzard of determin
?fl^hefprirtg tifcn^Hjeg
not last ;ljis
?present oppartu- 1
ted, slie may lie - left
e only species of nils- 1
ch tbtt worlti evinces
How cruel, then, to
miserg* of her uaturAl
How uogenertus to
" V strength, and de
fpoint th ose whos?
ion is favor, and whose
^ir honWyH
__ ? V
ig, or like * long slcn
1 a little Lead cut upon
aired, so that no move- |
id to such as know tha
at neither cat nor clog
ggart""|oo<l 5" ^iis cjtes
nfo his head, ns |r |
;h a ners|>rctire glass, |
nindow*^n a linen*'
; his noslrtiiming np,
?t flat, for the bridge
way hy an inundation
tor he neverafforded
no cofiiTy ma Lad ^ . ins*
t its colour, for fear of -
irfikh, being so ne$k
SBfc devour it for
EHfcth had, many
ed for an ordinary col
chamber, there Watt
K2^
ted, whether he $ <1
JWSSIMfe
(be old blotk."