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BY V. S. JOHNSTON. VOL. S4--NO, 16. NEC DEESSE, NEC SITPERESSE REIPUBLlCvE PUBLISHED WEEKLY. COLUMBIA, S. C. APRIL 81, 1838. $3 PER ANNUM. ? ? ' *':r. THE aOLT72?3IA T3L3S0CP3 is PUBLISHED BY A. S. JOHNSTON, Every Saturday Morning-, i?i> EVERY WEDTKSD Y AM D SATURDAY MORNING OTfclSG THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. TERMS : Thr?e dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Fo#r dollars at the end of the year. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per square for the first insertion, and 37 i cents for every suhseqnent insertion. AH advertisements ordered In the i aside every publication? 6r inserted otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for every insertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them will be contin ued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. A Catalogue of reasons for using BR. PETERS' CELEBRATED VEGETABLE PILL: 1 |: ?? BECAUSE they are exceedingly popular, which proves them to be exceedingly good . Because they are composed of simples which have the power to do good in an immense number ?of cases, without possessing the means.ro do injury 3L because they are not a quack medicine, hut the scientific compound of a regular physician, who has made his profession th?* study of his lift 4. Because they are not unpleasant to take, nor distressing to rel ain, while they are most effective to *?^5^Because tfiey are recommended as a standard medicine by he regular faculty. 5. Because by keeping t he system in a natural state of action, they cure almost every disease which is incidental to the human frame 7. Because they are cheap and portable, and will retain all their virtues in full vigor, in 3ny climate, And for any length of time. 8. Because, notwithstanding their simplicity and mildness, they are one of the speediest purgative ?medicines which has yet been discovered. 9. Because they are an unfailing remedy for pro curing a good appe.ite. 10" Because in cases of spleen or. despondency, by their heakhy influence on the excited state ot the body, they have a most happy effect in calming and invigorating the mind. ' It. Because they effect their cures without the usual attendants of other piHs, sickness and gri Because as well as heing an unrivalled purifier the general system, they are a sovereign remedy for sick head ache. . . 13k. Because they differ from the majority of me dicine. in the fact that the more they are known the more they are approved. * 14. Because as their application creates no debility in '.he system they may be taken without producing any hindrance to business or the usual pursuits oi . everyday life. _ . , 15 Because when once intn*lnced into a family, or . a village, they almost immediately take the prece- ! dence of all other medicines in general complaints j 16 Bemuse a number of the wonderful cures they aave effected, can be substantiated without any indue means being resorted to, to procure invalid cstiraonies. ... ? , . , 1 17. Because their composition is such, that they je equally applicable to the usual diseas -s of warm, ^old, oi temperate climates- , _ . 13 Because two or three are in genera* sufficient or a dose ? so that, as is the case with the generality of patent medic.nes ? the patient is not compelled to make a mea! of them. , 19. Because each individual pill is out up under the immediate superintendence of the Proprietor, so that no mistake in the composition or quantity '-an ?possibly occur throurh the carelessness of a less in '^AfA^tPu acrpnf 20. Because they purify the frame without debili tating the system , . . 21. Because, notwithstanding their immense pop ularity, no person has ever ventured to raise against them the breath of censure, which would not have been the case, if envy could have discovered in them a single flaw to cavil at. 22. Because ? (and this facj is of the utmost lrn porta nee ? ) ladies ?n & certain situation ma\ take them, ;not more than two or three at a time howev- ; ever J without in the slightest degree iiK-^r ring the i jaxard of abortion. Were the virtues of PE ? t-K> , INESTIMABLE PILLS confined to this desirable and alone, it would give them a deeded advantage over the medicines of all competitors, as in no cases \* there more danger to be apprehended, or for which . 30 few remedies have been discovered, as the one ; referred to. . 23. Because while they are so efficient in -their speratiom with adults, they may at the same time be administered to children, and even to infants, in ! small quantities, half a pill for instance, without the ; slightest danger. 24. Because their virtues are acknowledged to -stand pre-eminent, for their soothing influence upon j young ladies while suffering from the usual changes .of life, as directed by the laws of Nature. 25 And lastly, because rhey are acknowledged to be an almost mfaffihie remedy for Bilious Fever, Fever and Asrue, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Jaun dice, Asthma, Dropsy, Rheumatism. Enlargement of idfcB Spleen, Lowness ot Spirits, Piles, Colic, Heart 'bum, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach and Bow els, Flatulence, Habitual Costiveness, Loss of Appe tite, Blotched or Sallow Complexion, and in cases of forpor of the bowels, where a mild but effective me dicine may be requisite. * T? ?h?rt. the eeueral voice of the community has de^ecUhat Dr- PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS one of the happiest diecevcnes of modern days snd altogether unrivalled as a general soother ot bodily afflictions. ^ ,, 90" Be careful and enquire for Peters \ egetable Pills ? they are sold in Columbia by pjTCU March 34. 12 lf Peters' Pills* FOR sale, warranted genuine. Likewise BECK WITH'S .ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS. For sale by ^ OGIER. March 31, 1838. ( 13 eop6t Sealed Proposals WILL be received until the 14th of May, for repairing the COLUMBIA CANAL. The MMtrs required will be to clean out the Canal to its o-jgHyil bottom ; repair all breaches in its banks, on the Dlan of the first construction, of earth or stone, as the case may be ; all the culverts to be perfectly ooened and cleaned, the waste wears repaired, the taw-oaths repaired, where necessary No part of tL earth taken out of the Canal is to be left upon the tow-oath, except what may be necessary for re The proi>osals offered will be sealed and left ? the Treasurer's Office in Columbia, and on ray in Columbia after the time limited for re Sff? "told security will be requ.red lor the faithful penormauce of the Superintendent of Public- Works. Columbia, April lyth, W38. Ten Dollar* Reward \WT ILL he given for the apprehension of SAM, ? ? who left my premises a few days ago, ami who is now, in all probability, lurking in the neigh borhood of Columbia- He is a very s' ort negro, (4 feet 1 1 inches high,) about 35 year> of nsre, sharp vis age. But what will immediately identify him, is a remarkahlr. (scrotal hernia) enlargement, which renders his walking extremely awkward 8am has a very ong head and high forehead He had on, when lie ) went away, a snuff-colored frock coat and high crowned far hat, both much worn The above reward will be given, and 1 11 reasonable expenses paid, for his being delivered to me, or lodg | ed in any jail. Sam ran away about 5 years ago, and was found 1 in Augusta He may make his way to that city or 'Charleston. ELIAS MARKS, >1 D. Barhamville, near Columbia April 14. 15 Books, stationary, J l' ST received the following articles, viz: Leila, or the Siege of Granada, illustrated with splendid engravings; Scrap Book, illustrated with I splendid engravings; Lady Blessington's Works, in : 1 vol. complete; Bulwer's Works, in 1 and 8 vols. ; Paley s Works; Rolhn's Ancient History; Hannih : More's Works, in 2 vols ; Waverley Novels, jn 27 vols.; Goldsmith's Works; Home Book of Heal.h and Medicine; Burns's Works; ToddV Student's s Manual ; James's C hristian Professor ; The Young j Wife s Book, a Manual of Moral, Religious and Do | mestic Duties; The Young Husband's Book; The I ^ oung Lady's Gift; The Laws of Etiquette; Com , plete Farmer; The Fellow Commoner, or Rcraarka j ble Escapes of a Predestinated Rogue ; The Young J Laud's Friend, by a Young Lady; Woman as She i should he; Book of Flowers : The Pickwick Clttb, in ? 2 and 5 vols.; The Mourner s Book; fine Albums ; ! Flora's Interpreter ; Flora's Dictionary ; Col Crock ; ett's Songster; Sbakspeare, Byron, Milton, and P?pe's Works, in fine and plain binding ; Pocket and [ Family Bibles ; Cap and Letter paper ; Blank Books ; Music and Musical Instruments; l>lack, red and fan cy Sealing Wax; Glass Seals, Shelf Ornaments, &c. j For sale at the store lately occupied by Mr. B. D. ! Plant. E. JOHN HUGGINS. Columbia, April 14, 1838. The Subscriber tenders his thanks to those per i sons that have patronised his establishment, an.i so I Iicits a continuance to that of Mr. E.John Hoggins. B. D PLANT. Columbia, April 11,1838. ]53t * onianercial Bank. COLUMBIA, S. C. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank will be held at their banking house in Co ? lumbia, on Monday,! he 7th of May next, when there ' will be an election for thirteen directors for the ensu ing year. JOHN A. CRAWFORD, Cashier. April 14, 1833. Notice. FIFTY DOLLARS will be pa:d by the Subscri ber for the apprehension ai*i delivery in any jail in the State, or at my residence in Clarendon, of a mulatto man named DA.NIEL. Me is about five feet ten or eleven inches high, not more than 20 or 25 years of age. He left me on the last day of May, 1837. When last heard of he was said to be in com pany with a mulatto fellow from about Columbia, who had followed Dr. Briggs's negroes down to the plantation purchase*] from Dr S. Cox. It is supposed i hat Daniel is still with said mulatto man, and proba bly gone up to Columbia. The only distinguishing mark recollected is a small split in one of his upper front teeth. He inclines to swear, and wears his hair generally lon^. To the above reward I will add 100 dollars more tor proof sufficient to convict any white person or free person of color of harboring or of aiding or abetting him to escape. WILLIAM BROCK. Clarendon. Janesville P. O. ) April 6. 133^. ) 15 The ttoiisliern Agriculturist And remster of rur\l affairs.? Adapted to the Southern section of the United States B R Carroll, editor. Vol XI., April, 1839. No- 4 Printed and published by A. E. Miller, No. 4 Broad-street. Subscription, five dollars per vol ume, in advance. CONTENTS. Part I ? Editorial and Original. Proceedings of the Monticello Planters' Society of Fairfield District. S. C. ; Report of the Committee on Manures; Report of the Committee on Cotton ; Re (>ort of the t'ommhtee on Corn ; Corn, by Home spun; on Ploughing Corn, by Colleton; on Hay, <fec., by A * onsumer; Monthly Calendar of Horti culture, &c for April. Purl II. ? Selections. New Zealand Flax Lily, by Dr. Henry Perrine ; of the benefit derived from Draining in general; De- 1 crease of the Trade of the Southern and Increase of that of the Northern Ports; Marl; on mixing Lime with V anure; a few Suggestions in regard to plant ing out Fruit Trees; on the Wanting, Pruning, and Management of Buck Thorns for Hedges or Live Fences, by J. W Russell, Superintendent at Mount Auburn ; on the Culture of Ruta Baga ; Experiment" in the C dture of Carrots, by A.' Ford, Jr ; Setting Milk for Cream, &c , by Elias Sprague ; the Manu facture of Silk a Healthy Rmployment; Successful Cultivation of Roots, by John Sandford ; a descrip tive Account of the Origin, Culture, Progress, arid Productiveness of the celebrated Black Hamburg Grape Vine, Hampton Court, England, by Edward Sayres, formerly an Apprentice in the Gardens; Si berian Spring Wheat ; Charcoal for Hogs Part III. ? Miscellaneous Intelligence. Improvements in Pumps for raising Water; Ma chine for Mortisiug Posts, and sharpening Rails for Fences; Substitute for Soap; Cure tor Rheumatism ; Cordasre of the fibre of Aloes; Durability of Timber in a wet state; iFhe Mount Vernon Farmer; Supe rior Johnny Cake ; Potato Flour for Children ; Three Great Physicians. Charleston, April 14. SOFA AND SETTEE BEDSTEADS. AT E. Brittin's Furniture Ware-Room, a hrnd some and convenient article ? which are offered on reasonable terms, with a great variety of High Post, Field and French Bedsteads ? also Fancy Bas kets, Floor Mats, Toilet Work Boxes, Opticks with i plats, Chinese Table Cloths, Willow Cradles and Chairs, Cotton reels, &c. &c. ALSO, Mattrasses of Curled Hair, Wool, Moss and Cotton. Nov. 25 47 tf Laurens District, S. ?. GEORGE ABRAMS tolls before me a bright sorrel FILLY, three years o'd this spring, one glass eye, her hind feet white, blaze in her face, thirteen hands high. The owner is requested to j come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take her away. JOHN WHITMORE, J. P March 23, 1838. 15 Brandy, Holland Gin, CLARET, VINEGAR, &c. OCT DIRECT IMPORTATION yS^HE Subscriber has constantly on hand a large ? assortment of the following articles, of his own importation, and offers now for sale, on liberal terras, Cognac and Champagne Brandy, in pipes, half j pipes, and quarters. Very superior Cognac Brandy, 20 years old, in I quarters and barrels of 20 gallons. Holland Gin, of superior quality. Claret of all qualities, in casks and boxes of 12 b. Muscat, Frontignan, and Sauterne white WTine, in 1 boxes. Champagne Wine, in quarts and pints. White Wine Vinegar, in barrels. Superfine Clarified Sallad Oil, in baskets of 12 b. Cordials, in boxes of 12 bottles and baskets of 2 bottles. Swiss Absinthe; Fruits in brandy ; Pickles; Mac caroni; Vermicelli; Sardines in oil ; bottle and demi john Corks, in bags. EMILE LARRONDE, . 60 East Bay, cr. Magwood'n Sth Wharf. | Charleston, April 14. 15 List of Lei tors REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbia, on the 1st April, 1833. Anderson, J H 3 McGuinnies, for B Quig Boss, Peter It 2 McCcskill Blair, Messrs W & J Martin. Daniel Barker, Savannah McGowen, Sarah P Barclay, W K Murphy, Mrs Sarah Brenson, Ed. Martin, Mrs Susan Belton, II Naylor, Wm Butler, H Owens, Miss Mary Brown, Jos Pace, L Colvin, Col G B Price, D L Cunningham, Rachael Pratt, H Cresia, CammelJ Prescott, Mrs Mary ! Cline, John Pickett, Julia I Clarke, Harriet Pierce, James i Cherry, D Rawlinson, Jno. 2 j Craft, Caleb Rutledge, James Drake, J C Russell, Jno. A. I Dyson, I, M Raoul, Mrs Sylvia Dupont, J B Raoul, F 4 Devault, M Robertson, Sarah Eavans, Martha Rapdale, Sarah Entzminger, Ezra Rawlenson, Samuel Futal, Jos Roark, Wm Fetm*, Arch'd. Randell, Eliz. Fairbridge, Robt. Smith, Wm. Fetner, Geo. Stoukal, Geo. Freshours, A. Smith, R G Fuller, James Shadrack Fetner, Aberhart Simons, P J I *Gibbs, Jasper Stowell, H Hood, L Threewits, J H Howell, H Tyler, Lucretia Hardley, Thos. Thompson, Charles Hood, N B Threewits, Mrs Mary Hawkins. J C Timberland, Jacob Henderson, IsaaJ Thompson, J W Hoy, I) J Worthy, W Horrell, Thos. Wraring, Rebecca Jones, Wiley Woods, J W Kaigler, Geo. Watts, B T Kaigler, Eliz. Wright, Sarah Kelly, John Weeks, E C Kelly, Eliz. Watkins, W B Kelly, Frances, Miss Wages, Jno. Love, W H * Wells, Sophia Livingston, Sarah J Wadsworth, J C Lynch, John Williamson, T T Laretz, Mr Wrages, D Lee, R H Williams, H Lane, Franklin Williams, Martha Lovel, Mary ? Young, A D McKesson, W F Yancey, C P McNabb, Daniel 14 BENJAMIN RAWLS, P. M. Secretary's Office, ? Columbia, 30th March, 1838. $ TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Beit known, that Daniel Hurtz, of the city of Washington, lately appointed and commissioned by his Excellency the Governor of this State, a commis sioner to take the acknowledgment or proof of any deed," mortgage, or oi her conveyance of any lands or tenements lying in or being in this State, or of any contract, letter of attorney, or any other writing un der seal, to be used and recorded io this State, did, on the 23d day of March, 1833, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before I. We'les, jr., a justice of the peace in and for the city of Washington and Dis trict of Columbia. "That while holding t"he said ap pointment he will perform the duties required of him to the best of his skill and judgment,' according to the directions of the act of the Legislature of this State, passed the 17th December, 1834, entitled u An act to authorize the appointment of a commissioner or commissioners to take the acknowledgment of ( deeds and other instruments of writing under seal, and for other purposes." 14 B. H SAXON, Secretary of State. JS'egroes Wanted. THE Subscriber is desirous of hiring 50 or oO first rate Negro Men to work on the Louisville, Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, in the vicinity of Columbia Liberal wages will be given. Per sons wishing to hire will call at the Rail Road Office back of the Commercial Bank. WILSON NESBITT. Columbia, April 7, 1838. 14 Choice and Rare Articles. THE subscriber has just received and offers for sale at his Store, No. 3, New Brick Range, . j 1 Pipe choice Cognac Brandy, 5 1-8 do do. 2 1-8 do. 24 years old, 1 do. champagne, 17 do. 1 do. fine flavored Holland Gin, 1 do do. Jamaica Rum. WINES , All of the most approved brands, in Wood and Glass Madeira, Sherry, Champagne, Tinto Ma deira, Claret, Muscat, Sauterns, Malaga, Old Port. French Cordials , assorted. Maraschino and Curaco Cordials, Superior French Syrups, assorted, Bitters and Absinthe, Lemon, Raspberry, and Rose Syrups. Underwood's Pickles and Sauces. Capers, French and Spanish Olives, French Rose Water, Assorted Preserves and Fruits in Brandy, Sardines in Oil, French and English Mustard, Slices of all sorts, u Milk, Wine, Soda, Sugar, and Butter Crackers. Smoked Beef, Bologna Sausages, and Bulluck's Cheese, English tf alnuts, Almonds, Raisins, Currants and Citron, Loaf, Lump, crushed, and Brown Sugars, London double Brown Stout and East India Ale, in quart* and pints, Prime Green and Manill \ Coffee, Gunpowder, Hyson, and Black Teas, Sperm Candles, Soap and Starch. 20,000 superior SPANISH CIGARS, Fine cut, Plug, and Leaf Tobacco. CROCKERY, CHINA, and GLASS WARS, Comprising a complete assortment. HALL and ASTRAL LAMPS, and BALANCE BALLS. Knives and Forks, Waiters, Dish and Plate Covers, Sugar Boxes, Spittoons, Nursery Lamps, Andirons, Brass and Green Wire Fenders, Shovel and Tongs, Brass Candlesticks and Lamps, Nut Crackers, Spoons, Brooms, Whit -wash Brushes, &c. <fcc. AJ^o ? An assortment of Tin Ware. I. D. MORDECAI. March 24. 12 tf Chairs. THE Subscriber has just received, arid will sell at reduced prices, 30 dozen Windsor, Cane, Rush, and Maple Chairs. 4 do. Settees. 2 do Fine Mahogany Rocking Chairs. 1 do. Large do do. 1 do Small, do. do. 2 do. Children's High Chairs. I. D. MORDECAI. March 17. 11 Polishing Liquid, FOR cleaning Brasses ? a new supply iust receiv ed. This is an invaluable article which every family will find to its ndvantage to purchase. Di rections accompany each Bottle. A. FITCH. March 24. 12 tf MAPS. "IWBWPS of the State of South Carolina can be had IT jL at a very reduced price, by applying at the Treasury Office in Columbia. JOS. BLACK, Treasurer. 3farth 5, 1838 10 [^Yom Landor's Imaginary Conversations.] Perilla ! to thy fates resign'd, Think not what years are gone : While Atalanta look'd behind, The golden fruit roll'd on; Albeit a mother may have lost The plaything at her breast, Albeit the one shftcherish'd most, It but endears the rest. Youth, my Perilla, clings on Hope, And looks into the skies^ For brighter day ; she fears to cope With grief, she shrinks pt sighs. Why should the memory of the past Make you and me complain ? ^ Come, as we could not hold it fast. We'll play it o'er again. THE ART OF MAKING POETRV. * editor Richelieu reported to have he vtoplclmake sogianyfd?kes that it shoufd be a shame to be one and & shame not to be one. It appears, however, that he changed his mind afterwards, inas much as down to St. Simon's time there were only thirteen dukes in France, besides the blood royal. At present they are more plenty, though it is even yet some distinc tion to be a duke out of Italy ; and in Poland there is an express law against the title being borne by any man who has not a clear in come of three hundred dollars a year to sup port its dignity. But what Cardinal Riche lieu threatened with regard to dukedoms has, in fact, been effected by the progress of the world with regard to another title as honora ble, perhaps, as that of duke, though few of its possessors could retain it if the Polish regulation mentioned above were to be ap plied to it and enforced. I mean the title of poet. To be a poet, or rather, for there is still some-reverence left for that name, to be a versifier, is in these days a shame, and not to be one is a shame. That is, it is a shame for any man to take airs or pique himself on a talent now so common; so much redticed to rule and grown absolutely mechanical, and to be learned like arithmetic; and, on the other hand, for these same reasons, it is a shame not in some degree to possess it, or to have it for occasions at command. It is convenient sometimes to turn some trifle from a foreign language, to hit off. a scrap for a newspaper, ro write a squib or an epigram, and for all these emergencies the practised versifier is prepared. He has, very likely, the frames of a few verses always ready in his mind, constructed foi the- purpose, into which he can put any given idea at a mo ment's warning, with as much certainty as he could put a squirrel or a bird into a cage he had ready for it. These frames may consist merely of the rhymes, or bouts rimes , being common-place words, such as would be easily lugged in apropos to any thing ; or thev may be very corr mon-place verses ready made, upon which an appropriate travestie could easily be superinduced ; or, finally, their place may be supplied by the actual verses of some author, who should, however, be, if possible, but little known, which may be travestied impromptu. This will be bet ter understood by an instance, and as I am now making no secret of the matter, I will take those well-knwn lines of Moore. " Vain was the man ? and false as vain, Who said, were he ordained to run His long career of life again He would do all that he had done. It is not thus ihe voice that dwells In < oming birth-days, speaks to me ; Far otherwise, of time it tells, Wasted unwisely ? carelessly." Now suppose I wish to make love in poetry. I am a despairing lover ? or will suppose my self one for the present, and my griefs may be poured out in this same measure, and with so mauy of these same words as to leave no ground for any claim to authorship for me, in the following stanza. Vain are the hopes, ah ! false as vain 'I hai tempt me weary thus to lun My long career of love again. And only do what I have done. Ah ! not of hope the light that -dwells * In yonder glance, now speaks to me, Of an obdurate heart it tells. Trifling with hearts all carelessly. And now take the same stanza, only change the circumstance to something as different as possible. I am a flaming patriot, the enemy is at our gates, and I am to excite my fellow citizens to arms. It will go to the self same tune and words. Our country calls, and not in vain, Her children are prepared to run Their father's high carecr again, And may we do as they have done. In every trumpet voice there dwells An echo of their fame for me ; Ob. who can hear the tale it tells. And pause supinely ? carelessly. "Again, I am disgusted with an unprinci pled mob orator, some indescribably low, but gifted scion of perdition, one of whom no prose can reach, why have at him with the same arms, ? they are always ready. Thou bad vain man, thou false as vain, If Satan were ordained to run A free career on earth again, He would do all that thou hat?t done. It is of him the voice that dwells In thy gay rhetoric speaks to me, Of horrors scoffingly it tells, Of crime and suffering carelessly. Or, lastly ? for one may get too much of this ? I am enraged at a bad singer or musi cian, and waut to gibbet him,-r-lo, is not Moore my executioner ? I stop my ears, but all in vain, In vain to distant corners run, He imitates the owls again. And will do all that they have done. Of roasting cms ihe voice that dwells In such discoi dance spPaks to me, Of Tophet up in arms it tells. With doors left open carelessly. % There is absolutely no end to this, and any man may practise it to any extent, who has musical ear enough to danc" a contre danse in correct time, or march decently after a drum- He must not take his imple ? meuts or frames out of Moore, he would do better to tax his owu ingenuity lor the mak ing of them ; or, if he have none, he can do very well without it, if he only possess a little memory, and a competent knowledge ol the dictionary. The examples given above are intended to prove that the words and the ideas have but little to do with each otWer. and that anything can be made out of any thing else, and that, therefore, in composi tions of th? kind, it is perfectly legitimate procedure to cook vonr dolphin before, vou catch him. Make your verses, ? and look about you afterwards for ideas ? any^-man who has two, and there are many such in society, will give you one. But. I must exhibit the whole process, for after ail, there i? nothing like example, ? and with the' assurance, gen tle reader, that up to this moment e no more notion than you have of what they are to be, I shall proceed now to make eight lines of verse, and endeavor to makeyotftul derstand, as I go along, how I do it/ And; as 1 have shown already how the ideas may be inserted or change^ itv ready made*terse, I propose now to-^hdw how th^v^rsBfltiW be worked up when fhe ide# is readyr??d to begin at the very beginning, /I wilPsljpw also how I got the idea.* This'verjg efemng a highly gifted and beautiful faip has been teiling me of some conversation or 'Cincxfta stance, in the course of wfiTcii she twis com pared to tjie mofcg ? a eorfU&rison upon Jjhich the corflment arppe 'o.f ilfljj iqos| wfctirally to my lips ? that, .not* tow crrticise^jfcflBlWer, 1 the lady had at* least the?i&4*antage^i^Kfci? expression ? for which th# moon is not re markable. . Very well, we will try to versify this, and we wilJ Succeed too, after some sort of a fashion, aud that by virtue of intelligible rules. The subject is a lady's face, and a ques tion of resemblance ? ? face is a good word for a rhyme, and trace comes in very well with it, and has also some sort of bearing on the matter in hand ; the moon is to play a part ? there is light, and night to rhyme with it ; sky also, and eye ? for the deuce must be in it if we cannot get these words in ; fair, also, is very appropriate, and for a rhyme the word there, which has an impressive, pointed sound, and is a capital word to rest on at the end of a rhyme or phrase. Now let us try ; I should like some one to stand by with a watch, and we would fill up this against time. It is evident that the difficulty of this is nothing to a game at bouts rimes , for there the words are expressly chosen for their difficulty and incongruity, things as hard as possible for any sense to link together ? here they are so easy that, for fault of bet ter, nonsense might do it. Allons ? Oil, lady ? would some spirit trace, Upon the moon's unmeaning face. That goes of itself ? if we had shaken a dictionary over the paper the words would have fallen into their places, ? but the eye must come next, as we are to tell what the effect would be ; and after eye , sky is indis pensable; night and light must follow, as next in order of thought ; and fair, and there , which, for the reason given above, must come in at the end. But we must begin anew, for I have not confidence enough in the effect my instructions have yet produced, to trust my readers even to put together the disjecta membra poette. Oh, lady ? would some spirit trace, Upon the moon's unmeaning face, Such lineaments as thine ; mine eye Should grow a gazer of the sky, And often in the cloudless night. Should turn to her ethereal Tight, To hail its beams, 'so bland and fair, And greet thy rich expression there. Here is some scope for criticism,? as in the sixth line, the word her does'not seem to have any strict antecedent; it. might, by the construction, apply either to the night or the sky, or possibly, to the moon, as it is intended. It is easy to make this right and say, Vj Turn to yon orb's ethereal light, &&: I quit here, for a moment the subject of rhyme, to say a word or twb upon blank verse. There is no more difficulty pr skill in cutting up a given quantity of' prose into blank verse, than there is in sawing ftp a log into planks; both operations certainly reflect credit on their original inventors, and would Immortalize them if we knew their names, but fame would have her hands full, and her mouth too, if she should occupy herself itf these days with all the handicraftsmen ill both or either. The best way, perhaps, Jfif settling this in a clear point of view, is to ex emplify it; and, for this purpose, it woufff, not be difficult to pitch upon authors whose whole writings, or nearly so, would bear be ing written as blank verse, though they were given out as prose. For instance, there is John Bunyan, the whole of whose works it would be easier to set up into verse than to restore some works, no\tf held to be such, to their metrical shape, if by any accident the ends of their lines should get confused. Let the reader try his skill in reconstructing, with the visible signs of poetry, the following ex tract from " Samson Agonistes." from line 118, omitting the next three, and going on to line 130. " See how he lies at random, carelessly diffused * * * * in slaving habit, ill fitted weeds, o'erworn and soiled, or do my ; eyes misrepresent? can this be he, that he roic, that renowned, irresistible Samson, whom, unarm'd no strength of man or fierc- I est wild beast could withstand, who tore the lion as the lion tears the kid, ran on embat tled armies clad in iron, and weaponless him self, made arms ridiculous," &c. But to return to Bunyan; take the follow ing extract, which is verbatim from his 44 World to Come," ? it is more correct me tre than much that we find written as verse in the old dramatists, though it is always printed as prose. 44 Now, said my guardian angel, you are on The verge of heU, but do nol fear the power Of the destroyer ; For my commission from the imperial throne Secures you from all dangers. Here you may hear from devils and damned souk The cursed causes of their endless ruin ; And what you have a mind to ask, inquire. The devils cannot hurt you though they would, For they are bound By Him that hns commisaion'd me, of which Themselves are sensible, which makes thetn rage, And fret and roar, and bite their hated chains, But all in vain." And so on ad infinitum, or throughout the 44 World to Come." But not to seek eccentric writers and far fetched examples, let us take a popular and j noted one, even Dr. Johnson himself, ? every j body will recognise the opening sentence of j Rasselas. 44 Ye who listen with credulity to the whis pers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope, who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the eficiencies of the present day will be sup plied by -the morrow, attend to the history ftf Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." This is prose, iacontrovertibly,? in two Minutes it shajl be as ificontrovertibly blank Terse. " +' ' , , , & \ .* Oh ye who h?ten with incredulity. . "To fancy's whimpers, or with eagerness * Phantoms of hope parsae.orwho expect '*/ Age tfill perform the proaises-of yoath, ?? Or that the present day Is deficiency# V( , SliaJl by the morrow be supplied, attend To Raaifelas, the Abyssinian prince, His history. Rasselas Was worth son, Ac. I do not suspect any person of stupidity enough to find a difficulty here, or of frit enough to imagine one ( the process speafcs fqj itself, and so far requires no comment ; but in carry iiigit a step' or twofarther, we shall see*by what alchemy gold may be trans united into baser Petals and into tinsel, and how th* rogue who steals, or thepodr devil [' wholfcfrrrows it, may so thoroughly disguise it as Jo run no risk at fast in taking it openly for-his o#iC : I take th$ first sixlines only of the alcove, and tipping them with rhymes, the v .suffer a little violence, and read thus,* Phantoms offeojMpoEsne, expecting still Age will iho promises of youth fulfil, Or that the morrow will indeed amend The present day's deficiencies, attend? Now in tins shape they might do pretty well, bad they not been taken purposely from a notorious part of a notorious work, for one might borrow even from 41 Rasselas," in the middle or any where less in sight, and few indeed are the critics who would detect and expose the cheat; but the next stage of our progress would distance the major part even of these. That a scrap from "Kasselas" should be set to "Yankee Doodle," is an idea which seems to have been reserved from all time to be first broached in the present article. But if not the same, there dre simi lar things done hourly, and if the written monuments of genius, like the temples and palaces of antiquity, were themselves di unw ished by all the materials they supply to new constructions, how much would there be remaining of them now? Imagine a chasm - in Moore or Byron for every verse atiy loVef has scrawled in an album, or any Julia oi* Eliza in a newspaper; or reverse the case. .' and imagine the masters of the lyre and of the pen reclaiming, throughout. the World, whatever is their own, in whatever hands aii<i in whatever shape it might be now fefcisting. The Scotch freebooter was warned upon his deathbed? rather' late, but it was the first time the parson had had a chance at him? that in another world all the people he had robbed, and all the valuables he nad robbed them of, sheep, horses, and cattle, would rise up to bear witness against hrm.^ ^Wbv '? then," said he, in a praiseworthy ^eifr of res- ? titotion, "if the horses, and kye, and tt' will be there, let ilka shentleman tak her ain, and Donald will he an honest man again." Now I should like to be by at a literary judgment, when "ilka shentleman should *ak h5 ain,1' to have righteousness rigidly laid to the fane, and see who would ill fact turn otit to'be-'r " shentleman, n and have a balance left that was "her ain," and who'wsrofki be a Donald, left with nothing ? a destitute blpes infjfltfJ mis. Then, arid not till then, will Ijjwe back the following piece of morality to Ras selas; and indeed,- intbftahajje into^Wbfetf f am now going to put it, i think it will nor be till then that he ot any body for him' wiH" lay claim to it; ' \ 4*.;T Am?1 wYatdue DootUr listen, 7? who trust a?true> ? **' All the dreams of fancy ; , - -;i'< Who with-eara chase pursue , ; , , Each vain hope you can see ; Who expect that age wjDjiay 5 All that routh may berrow, * ? . And that all you want to-day - Will be supplied to-morrow. { . ... . I trust I have now said euough fo prove that there is nothing new under the t un,r that a reproduction of old ideas will pass for new, ? that songs may be made out of ser mons, and sermons out of songs, From the Baltimore Price Current. ? The first steam vessel that -ever crossed the Atlantic ocean, is now in oui? port? She is called the "City of Kingston*'? is schooner rigged, spreads a very large sqnskresail from her fore-yard ; is in every respect well found, and apparently fitted for sea navigation. She is a handsome vessel. > v . This vessel was built in London, about 1 1 months sinoe; is 325 tons, British measute ment, and her construction long and buoyant, not unlike some of our steamers on the At lantic waters. -v Her wheels and^rmsare con structed of wrought iron, and heir buckets of oak plank. She has two low pressure en gines, each 50 hone power, aod her machi nery is fitted rbelow. Her cylinders are 40 inches diameter, with 4 feet 4 inch stroke ? has two boilers, and consumes half a ton of good Liverpool coal every hour? can carry 65 tons of coal at a time without inconveni ence. tP1 **r The City of Kingston was intended as a mail packet between Jamaica and Carthage na, and with that object in view Jeft London via Madeira. Her run from Plymouth to Madeira was made in seven .daya, five and a half of which she was under steam, and per formed well. Failingin her object after ar riving at Jamaica, she left for New York, and put into Norfolk as mentioned moor ltt?. She again left Norfolk: for New York, but . encoun tering at sea the gale of Saturday aod Sunday, I aod failing in all efforts tp succeed with wood or anthracite coal, and the gale continuing, it was deemed advisable to put baclt and into this port, where she now remains waiting ad vices froin.her consignees at New Vdrk. Djstaoit, Ma*cb 21. Another sub- Treasury Exploded. ? We learn that Allen Hntchins, the Receiver at the Ionia Land Office, has taken to himself wings, and fled, leaviug Uncle Sam minus some ten or fifteen thousand dollars. ? Ad vertiser. An exchange paper mentions the marriage of a Mr. John Sweet to Miss Aoo Sour. It is probable they mean to set up the lemonade business. They who will abandon a friend for one error know little of human character, and prove that their hearts are as cold as tb eir udgments are weak*