University of South Carolina Libraries
rV ? r ? * POETRY. V, THfc YOLUPTU VRY. W'Hl i'TKN BY CHARLES FOX. The toils the dangers now of W ar are o'er; The gfeitering sabre Ijviih joy resign : No generous Warrior thirsts for human gore. Boyl' fiM the golden 'cup with sparkling *,* Wink. * ' 'J ~ .... r ? .ft* ? ,K*< . Mi ? ,r J I^et the old Dervish sacred deem His coll, And Waste in moping thought his stagnant ? hours ; * . v ^ \ :4ifg ^ . , . ?? [J With pming Abstihenc* for ever dwell, ,j And shun the p*tb that Nature strews wia>floWer,.- ? To^*?, perhaps, hty more congenial MhsiH ] >J TtwmidriAl^ l&jifcrors of the lonely grove ; Tfeiin J^Kivaued sweets, varied mmm ^ntdrtMro, ad bring 'roe t all run o'er, , and, at all timrl >ai been^sald by a * am\ty obsi : Courier 0? as to nvossayrJSlrtm h?. VJ i ? (JwouRt liafe t) " Tcpahted the ok onewf thirfPl contained thirty-three; citjoaf &*li aclmvtHrtig that ttn> Vol iijljlW naWon/ una K marshes once healthy and dry. I Jut . heafltby the# were never nor docs . an> au then tick record Jirove, tlmt, . from tUt' first attempt to drain them to the last, I'roni Api>ius Claudius to JJtam Id, fine |ialf of tliem * as ever luthitaMy dry. Virgil found thrm ?? a black !*>?{*' and Htliits, filling tip <sn usual tfie sketch ?;f his master, <lt M nbes thqtri exactly a* tluy now j * nR/it < Kaippini, it vxonld nppear, brgati the dppciatious of the late m#ti w ithout carrying lii? level* ou to the ; nnd, ni .an euorfMM* expeti** of hitman lives, he pt.r^urri U\* Lium I 'in (*hlxh ati intrHi^eut-frirtlil Mf mine culls the Lfctea Imp! a) ihrougli the middle tif tit? i9!urrti^?, without sufficient depth to recei^ fetter from the lower parts. A cwwl cut ou a firm bottom ?close to the crescent of the Apennines, ami large enough in convey hH those hilt-st reruns which originally formed and still, feed tin* mars he#* would have left the old canals free for the discharge of those waters which are lodged in the m?&. die. But H rase hi cared little for thef merit v ?ich was nut to he seen. His canal, therefore, runs along his road to court the admiration of traveller*.1 for twenty miles, w hile tiarus7 and scutcheons, and inscriptions, remind Uieni continually of this modern Ajh piga. * *-rb: ? - This road h:is heen ever the sfieue ostentation.1 Here 4 he ns "Contended for the; tice^j and for. tin. iig |liei nitrraesjiTuf P. over works and repairs e^htyisted their fortunes. But noDa^nHb^iimcaptions^ nor anv a i lciwoWrotSeti except Trajan V mile-stones und Theodoric's taldets* remain to dispute your attention w ith Bra*tfii'?? M . A few square miles of meadow, i pf*e9}j ami ftiyijadi f ..?, v Towards the sea the marshes prei a"ni """ impenetrable thicket of reeds " igs,,} wlrich screen every _ 4 Ike Chrceun promontory J ^ jPitls V 1 ? having kept liis road mathematically straight for more than hw'nty miles, would iiotiara^t, as Trajan had done, at a place which cannot he far from the Temple of Ferooia> and wliierejw solid bottom bs found, The Pope, rnw i obstinate than the empcrnur, pursued] at a Tenfold expense his dear right line, to the $nd. /; tye foolishly foty lowed hia Holiness, and wejre obligt ed to d ii ve for half k mile, thro? a tract] of water, which the postilions cat) m i&mvmi.*; Pius lo. : gotlfcrt tUe ancient ei?K??eers .verens fond as himself of ? ejghf line, nor miu?itctWtflex<*l their ways, but , ? lllaiffiy imperious im tuVe." 1 INTER NAl.'iM PR O VEM ENT. ?*< g, INDtTURRSM* JMVRA#tICAM.K WoRKS, aaoNKotB C^u. ' the two (ot ?? wtk mmm Lree, ?' ? ' roam v <>" ?*? ter?e? LW Am tuft, ifc Hntitee D. Irti pfte' Wm actual progress, wjf* | *mI fewKj". Iioat* mi streams, and (tuts* w Ii'h 'ic Waccamaw, l!: " w^m Ly rtd.?s vS&tdra u?.i 'flio contemitlalrtl iwik}^fi <)iiit4iii^ m? # W A&by'wiU -totH ft wiuicatidii #irect and safe. ft> nh Mid tW breams c?$t Ihave m Inland |m?*ftge to ?4mi les |ton, j^twet'ii the island* and the SpfcNfftMt already ftilfedm-lKtat raw (ictwpcti tlicf* Thu*, nh'.U Wf 'of the stn tefe in (lie union Utiur tuuU i jtbi* disMWaiitagf, tlmt lheh- uttratns takfc ft eoWrsc tvhicli divert* their Ajgrkt?hitfn^>fmlcrfcrt from tlifir otv$ ;o uUht niaifcpt*, and rfcndm a re*] uit to exh'utffvfc cmaUi rind exjwo* me turnpikes uece?#ary to couttet act tills unfavorable coarse of trade,! South-Cirolint find* nature aiding her in eve*)' eorjter-yf the state, ?u<( uuly requir rn &mmll exertions touoiK nect lite wh6U-*i?her own and a' Irtirt oft be agriculture ;^f Iter sister Stales with hec* o\Hi comwercf.^lQktl union, which; if^flnly promoted and protected moat b* attended with the happiest resultjr. IttdgSftfnBHH Uiat is neceswte to^wjaifcirjtate alt (lie routine rent! ajxl 4pa?9t*\iv I vantages w lrtdiit#suit and indAjfJJ is smyptablewVT. t ' ? *'< jfre two thiuls of all the market products of *(he stale raised within five miles, and most of the otherj third within ton miles of a uavigttf ble stream? It wiil be ?r collected that in most parts of- the state, ferti lity is only Co be found in the neiglk< borbood of our water course^. .JHP great agricultural interests are?ere seated. In some- pfrt* of the state* it fs otherwise, hut the cxcepttous are Ihmtetf. wiH iie ulso tecol lected, (hat our streams ran nearly parallel to each otfrcr from (We JipulF tains to near the seaboard, as the) approach it, aH hend towihtte SHinc point. That tiflhrcrsing i tire country in a fine witjithj ocean, yoi^ meet navigable streams at 4vera thirty miles, and generally much nearer. I^he result of these facts^ catmvt he mistaken. But that t life re may he no doubt left on the ^ubject, permit me to preset^ a nearer view ?pv Vet Ari* descend to an exaujin^j atiou of each particular district. If maj . have the -eftVct of reconcfhi)g T<Mbe*ex|>euscH>F an tmprovemrtmt ki which ill will feel rati immediate , interest;*^ " -? v. >l4\ lahgDaglPof fcefttibk ehtifle^lj Plans .and Progress of Internal Itnpi'ovfcj meat. \V nich, it is to be rceoUected, peertjl K>j>e almo^wholJ^cxiofined to the open* 1 ing of Rivers. Tw result we all. kno# j| but, we would beg still further to tost i\ by (i further quota; ion from the wme Book: Whomever thrdWOutiof* of Usecost o) transporiiim?lhc prodv^f *qy district oj country to^rket, amounts to the of tUo sum . expended in effecting the im| provefWttSr U^jforteis rftaqqpfrqayrd $41 fcs aw will be constantly aufcfneniy^* a* ^4 ^itbpyfarmur b* this chi .veyaocc or^iwwU^i^rkeu''^. beVpplicd to the extension $pd itpfiyje NQ&f i>gnc.>lmre^^jjjl|-M^ - v, .?.*?/ ^MWV W* ?^"v I'V* MT1 nufn; and, what wow^ Hothead J vantage^ <he town, ir this 3 been the fA overseer, With the labor cf F 50 T applied to the construction of a Ctifcrlcattm ? Tht&teg$a of:<$0 fcNi J&120 each, would have ar and a sixptrlt|l6ml{m>K0l^HaT jj'ww?wi all&7006 per annum. C woutn tfettWn; iV the rate of 440 yards day, or 27 feet 6f ferouftd each, readied Charleston. The foMowinp: observations relative to ? raaMrfcaufc* Mpr^, "Nothhig cttibe tyore liable t? error than an estimation of the^ex ,?* (MHW to Compfctf the ImJ piofement* of lli?' navigation of lliwl liver. present unprecedented^ dry season in tills section of the state, jirrcwlejfeimniMi^f |?y one only a little ImNW, ku rettuM^tlw depth of water* hi' the diannel no ?yt ft? ffiStopf & report, (p Wotrkit Nik maiiy plaees where heretofore | there never had existed such noon* Mtv. The expense necessary to ac VomivVmh these olijeclsj mmft fapertd e mimTter dpi Khali he decided My experience ia too whrru^ve^nekact and lon$ service dntioi wive from error, to give to fn estimate of such works, anjxii^Ue whatever." W ' ' ' wl ^ ' t * >*'#? *?OM WtLSOK'?'?KWTJIOtOOf. KWhto'limM. <?r iinld Kngle. ' This distinguished bjrtl, as fie is the most iieantiful of bis tribe in Ibis |wrt of tlte world* and r the embfrm of onr cotintry, w . . lo particolar notice. lie hat bet'i; Jviiown to naturalists, Iteim common to both continents, and or ' ra*onaHy met with from a verv hlgl afrtherw latitude, to tijg WBWB oi faie torrid ?>ne, hui cbiefly in ciiiity of ihe uea, ami along tlie ami cliff* of our lakes ami % ivers. l<rurraed by nature fog iog Urn satires t cold; fee.iliug ly o|i tfee |>rmluc^pf the aea the lautl 5 ^ riosseasiog pour fli-ljt capable of oq^fiii^oi tempcata themselves unawed I tfcm^but imtn ; attilfroinibe< ibe iUifcifo' self, W half S>\ -r ? Tngranwsa branch, he patches the result. l*o*n, as *n arrow * &iiveO, ^wnttdlijHhe dIMftR* %smm "tjsr *r? sps flight, ?ib ??M avvltf 01 inure emerge, wfrog^lin prev, and moanting iu i -fii ftrns of exuUartitth. These ni Wkwi _. ???*> enefc exerts hie RiM W*o, inst the Fl iwg sf jcJC ' " ~u H "91 *(PA J hrVTVjCi rat * exertion, : the titter 1 ? tiis Ash ; the Eagle poising hii for ? moment, a? if to tifke ft mora certain elm, dweemfaii Uke a Whir? wind, sn?k.-*fea it far his grasp ere i t reaches th? Watet, rod bears *ti* ftp gotten ?m womb. m Haiti Eaglo frequently de>. rtroya lambs and pigs} %i?M wHl" somrtfme* ^attftck;;?j1d? sickly] sheep, aiming fnrioasly at (lijiif eye?.s Ducks, Geese, Gulls, and other aea fowl, are also sciza-d with avidity, ?the most jmtridCarion, wnentrathing better can M had, is acceptable. The nest of thfa species is generally fixed on n very large anil lofty tree, uflen in a aw amp. or morass, ami difficult to Vh? ascended. It la large, being added to and repaired etfery season, until it becomes ft black pro minent mats, oltservatile at a con siderable distance. It is formed oil -?* ? i V - 4JLjC ?--- 4 j _ lllll I W HK-JJJ- buy* ?olor; the young afe- hatched* early hi March. It has at length been as that the Sea or Grr^r Hi pcgM nt f necies, iu a <lrf 9 of color. * Sermon. ? Tins fol Uoityng Sertnon seems to \w the jiro f A uersooacquaiute j w ith i. 1 ii tU>r. Sermon .-^Ibteurge VY ash lingtoo \oliciU the serious laud camliif Steniion of each <aMul Idfeicmiers, who inAhteii to him jfcrteoiv than orie qiafc/^am m??i?inre Mufti may bo found recorded in (lie (latter clause of the ^ili chapter ?f Itbe gospel according to St. I? " Payjne what thou incest." ? In < i i ^cou WB^Vfrem these* words Imrike ,uu divfaion of his matter? (n ?T&hmg &. Ifcept bank notes and to treat the $ub H*ct neither logically, metaphysically, I nor snipturally, nor religiously nor 1HH' . physically; but per tmiraty A? he has Ji momd ?v?| siou tn tmrg-iciHded people ereruH he bogau , t?r collect newfiftper :;8F counts, he ^vill he as<lnef aa-a law yer'* afammoos, .*Ad leaving- his text to. e^&n^tbrolf, cometu. ibe int jprovement. , ,??? .?* , ^A.; Beloved ^brethren! Hearken unto me and attend to th^oMfrof iny mouth ! Pay (he Printer xiuicltly, when thou art in the way witifhimrw. teatut any time the Printer <fcUver ||T-. i'ta> , |< .Aiaft - I, n - - 4 '* and ihJjtHls tV?r?ly!I aa, by.uu mtpn jb<mh*atp* <?hwrf. &#WS iiml itkljruth #f -?la in * r iiim *mH swei Hbte ? way #hcn *'* r,0% ?*:PP"|^P' .Matrimonial punch. ? How CM ri'jLr; tt' like matrimony? ftucli a chai-mitig compound of opposite Ave, my lord 1 ?? the ?<?* pat* ho,, port> "No, my lore, yoa irefW *?>?*<, with a dash <*?,* ic(W, a*d no small pOtHdn of <l& ajpfrii."