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POETRY. "" TI1B BUTTEKPLTO WJNBKAL. Oh! ye, who *o lately were blithsomo and guy As the butterfly's banquet, carousing awny t Your feasts ami your revels o& itttsure are fled, For tike soul of the banquet-- the Butterfly's dead t No longer the Flies and the RmmeU advance To join with their friends in the Grasshopper** dance,' For seo his thin form o'er the (kvorite bend, And the Grasshopper mourns for the loss of his friend I Ami hark to the Amend dirge or the Dee, Ami tho Beetle that follow* as mournfal ?% he i And see where to sadly the green nuhes wave, The Mole is preparing the Butterfly's grave t The Dormouse attended, but cold ami forlorn. And tho Gnat slowly winded his shrill little bom ; And the Moth who was grieved for the loss of a sister, Dent over the body and silently kiss'd her. The corse was embalmed at the set of the sun. Ami er.closcd in a case which the silk-womvluid spun i ily the help orthe llomet the coffin was laid On a bier out or myrtle and jessamine made. l'i weeper* and scarf* came the Duttecfliea all. And six of their number supported the pallt And tfic Spider came there in his mourning so black, llut the fire of the glow-worm soon frightened him back. Tito Grtlh left hi* nutshell to join the sad throng, Ami slowly led with him thebook.worm along i Who wept his jioor neighbor's unfortunate doom, And wrote thc*c few lines to be placcd on her tomb > EPITAPH. At this solemn spot where the green rushes wave, Here sadly we bernl o'er the Butterfly's grave ? 'Twm here we to beauty our obsequies paid. And hallowed the ground which Iter ashes had made. And here shall thedaisvand violet blow j And the lillydiscover her bosom of snow. While under the leaf in the evenings of spring. Still mourning her friend shall tl?e ()ras<thop|>cr sing. LITERARY. The Siege of Corinth, a Pbenu Varhina, a Poem. Though Lord liyron has not chosen to give his namo to these poems, the public cannot entertain any doubt of their legitima cy ; since, in addition to the voice of report and tho testimony of the publisher in the ad vertisements of the work, sufficient internal evidence of tho fact is furnishod not only by the general style and character of the com ^positions, but by various particular expres sions and references contained in them. Nor do we see any sufficient ground for sup posing (unci tliis is the most material point to the reader) that the circumstance, to which we havo ulludcd, has arisen from any consciousness of inferiority in these compar ed with his lordship's former productions $ because, even if they should bo judged to contain nothing quite equal to the be*t parts which might be selected from their prede cessors, they possess the same vigorous con ception, and brilliant and successful elicita tion, which have been by general consent as cribed to Lord Byron's muse. On the general merits and defects of this noble author's poetry, we have had so many opportunities or expressing our opinion, that we shall not on the present occasion detain our readers with any such discussion. It will only be necessary to repeat that the greatest merit of the writer consists in his jaklll in dissecting the human character, and in drawing and contrasting the effects of tho more violent passions ; while his most general faults are a want of variety, * p^r petuatgloomincss, and an unpardonable li censo1?oth of phraseology and of versificati on. Ills pictures exhibit the bold and deci sive line* and striking contrasts which, in the sister art, tir* to be found in the wtarlu* of Rembrandt, accompanied by the same depth of shadow, and the same br Ullancy of the few bright tints whicn tliey contain >, Ajar they seldom display any of the breadth'# light, and tho gay variety of coloring, wnich characterize the Italian school. We cannot better express our general ideas than by the above illustration, since these poems arc too original to bo compared with any o therproductions in the same art. Of the two tales which are at present be fore us,*the first is, in our opinion, endued .with the'Jeast Interest and merit; and the story is extremely meagre. It is well known that, in the year 1715, the city of Corinth underwent a siege and storm by tho Turkish army which was led by the famous vizier All Couroougi) and this is the action which the poem describes. A|p,a Venetian rene gade, ha? a high command in the vi*ier*s army, and is incited to a vigorous prosecu tion of the siege not less by,his thirst of re venge agatait his injured country than by tho hope of possessing himself, in tho assault, of the person of Francesca, the daughter of of Minotti, the governor of the town ) to whom, In earlier days, before his crime, .he had been a favoured suitor. Having wan dered, in the night beforo the storm, thro* tho infidel camp to tho very gates of the town, the .renegade encounters tho form of Ms mistress, who earnestly warns him of ?the danger In which he stands of immediate and everlasting perdition: but he refuses U>' listen, and returns to the camp to prepare for the assault. The town is carried'! and in tho conflict Alp encounters Minotti, a gainat whom he hesitates to raise his hand, eagerly mentioning Pranccsca, but he re ceives for answer that she died 'Yester night.' Horror-struck with the recollection of tho vision which at the same moment he had himself witnessed, the wretched warrior recoils, and immediately receives his death J>y a shot through his head. Bach of our readers, as are acquainted with this portion of history, will recollect that a dreadful ex plosion of gun-powder took place at this Storm, whicn lord Byron has worked ujp In to a flnc incident for the Conclusion or his P?rm' We Sfcalf now quote ft pari of the deacrip^ tlon ofihe rcposo of the nlght-scenc, when Alp commences his solitary wjiIk0 ' J 'The wart* oneither shor? lay there Calm, clear, and aafcre a* the air t And scarce their Ibem the pebbles shook, *. Bat murmured meekly M the brook., The wind* were pillowed on the ware* j ? The banners drooped along their staves. And, aa they fell around tkMl fttf ling, Above them shone the crescent curling t And that deep alienee waa tmhrtkt, ,* . .> Save wheie the watch his signal spoke, ' Bare where the steed neiglied oil and ahrill, And echo anawercd from the hill. And the wide hum of that wild hoat Hustledlike leave! from coast to coast, Aa roae the Mueaaln's voice in air In midnight call to wonted prayer? It rot*, thai (Haunted trnvrttful itrain, JJbt Hm hm thrift e'er iht pkdn t 'Twat mttical, but todljf ntett. Such m when WneU and harh-etringi mtti, At%& take a hng unmenturta fne, 7V mortal mintinefnj unknown. It aeemed to those within the wall A cry prophetic of their fall t It atruek even the besieger's ear With something ominous and drear, An undefined and sudden thrill. Which makes the heart a moment still, Then beat with quicker pulse, ashamed Of that strange sense its silencc framed s 'Much ns a sudden passingdiell Wake*, though but for .1 stranger's knell.' The simile printed in italics ir extreme* ly beautiful* and indeed the whole is excel - lent. The contrast to this stillness in the a gitatiori of tlte hero is equally well-drawn : ?His Itead grows fevered, and his puis? The quick successive throbs convulse ; In vain from side to side he throws llis form, in courtship of repose 1 Or if he dosed, a sound, a start Awoke hint with a sunken heart. The turban on his hot brow pressed, The mail weighed lead-like on his breast, Though ofl and long beneath its weight Uponhis eyes hart slumltcr tale. Without or couch or canopv, Except a rougher field and sky Than now might yield a warrior'* bed, Than now along the heaven was spread lie could not rest, he could not stay Within his tent to wait for day, But walked him forth along the sand, Where thousand sleepers strewed the strand. What pillowed them ! and why should he More wakeful than the humblest be t 8inee more their peril, worse their toil. Ami yet they fearless dream of spoil i While he ulone, where thousands passed A night of sleep, per chance their last. In sickly vigil wandered on, And envied all he gated upon.' This is followed by another fine passage* in which the author* describing the sur rounding objects, (< Lepanto's gulf the brow of Delphi's hill/ Ac.) is led to a |x>strophize their ancient .glories : but we liave not space to extract it. Hitherto, the metre has been regular: l?ut the reader must prepare Ho find In the tubsequent extracts a change in tl cular, which not oven their utmost can withhold us from censuring* It seeraa u strange perversion of taste* that when the Mubjcct is rising in interest* and the inci dents are becoming more powerful and af fecting* the verse should on ft sudden be changed to a style which is removed the fiur thrst of all from dignity, and scarcely sus ceptible of it in any hands. The faults of this poem are of the name character which we nave described as be longing to lord Byron's writings in general j and it is perhaps the heat praise that we can bestow on-him to sajgtliat, in order to exhi bithis beauties, we pa led to extract whole passages, While to - snow his faults we are fawedtopiek out individual lines Ac expres liOHh On that ungrateful labor, we do not feel ourselves now obliged to spend many moments: but we cannot forbesr to censure such expressions as that which occurs nt lino 910, which describes the Madonna?and the Boy-God on her kneo ;* and we hope that the author will, in the next edition, ex punge or alter the four lines from line 957 to 960, the subject of which will scarcely be deemed proper for such ft poem as the pre sent. Parittina, the second of the talcs beforo us, Is on tho whole one of lord Byron's hup. piest efforts : but, from the nature of tho story, wo doubt whether )t will, in general, meet with the admiration which It appears to tis to deserve. This tale is written throughout in the octosyllabic metre, to which lord Byron lias in most of his works given a force and dig nity that were before unknown to it. In j phraseology, too, this is, with very few ex ceptions, not open to censure. It is in fact the most equable of the writer's works.? Though It is occupied with some of the most violent and fatal of the human passions*, and describes some of the most distressing situ ations In which human beings can be placed, the nohle author has dealt with them more calmly than his usual custom would have led us to expect. The picture is Indeed all gloom, but tU* keeping is good, antl the ge neral effect is as pleasing as any dinplay of pf such .tracks! circumstances can be made^JVbttlft(|f Review. The Eclectic Heylew thus concludes its examen of these two poemsj ?It Is surely a singular circumstance, that ILord Byron has hitherto confined him self to the narration of crime, and to the de lineation of vicious character, llis spirited ?ketches, for they are after all sketches* ex quisitely spirited and powerful, but nothing more, ftre all devoted to tho illustration of the energies of evil, litis certainly evinces either ft great deficiency of taste, or very li mited powers of conception. The gloomy phantasmagoria of his pencil, thourt differ ing in fo#m ftnd costume, arc all of one cna ractcr, or rather of ono cast j for ttoo senti ments and feeling* which lord Byron attri butes to the personages In his poems* do not constitute them charadtrt. Thero Is no In dividuality of feature In his portraits, lie describes admirably a certain class of tlons Jbut thc?o should havo been imbodlcd in-character* rather than described j| and his characters should have been developed by their actions.' As there is to Individua lity in his conceptions, so there Is little va riety. It should seem that one strongly imagined personification had taken possessi on of t& poet's mind, so that whatever be the scene or the story, this ideal actor is still the hero of tho drama. We arc fur from depreciating lord Byron's genitiM. In energy of expression, and In the power of giving to words the life and breath of poetry, we think ho is almost unequalled by sny contemporary. We conctudo that his powers are circumscribed, from tho way in which he has employed them, rather than (Tom nay other circumstance. To go down to posterity, however us a great poet, some thing more than genius is requisite. There must be a high and holy ambition of legiti mate fume ; there must be a moral disci pline of the intellect and feelings : the good* the true, and the beautiful, must, as Idepi arehety|>es, occupy the visions of the |?oet f and he must be the partaker of an elevating and purifying faith, by which his mind may be brought Into contact with " things un seen" and infinite. All these requisites must meet in a grent poet ; and there must be an nppearance at lenxt of npproxiinution to them, in the character of sny one that as pires to maintain, by means of his writings, a permanent influence over the minds and sympathicM of hi* fellow men. Thero must be at least tho semblance of virtue, or of the love of virtue." VARIETY. INTENSE STUDY. Demosthenes' application to study was surprising. To be tho more removed from noise, and less subject to' distraction, he caused a small chamber to be made for him under ground* in which he shut himself up sometimes for whole months, shaving on purpoae half his head ami face that he might not be In ft condition to go abroad. It was there, by the light of a small lainn, he com posed the fUfoirable orations, which were nlW thoM who envied b|m? to smell of the oil?to Imply that they ^rei* too elabo rate. ? It is plain/' replied lie, " yours did not cost you so much trouble.? Ho rose very early in the momingt And used to say. Chat he was sorrow when any workman was at his business bvforu lilut. llu copied Thucydides* histyry eight times with his own hand, in orderao render tlie style of that great man fanunar to hiin. Fredrick Morel had so strong an attach ment to stodv, that, when lie was inform ofhls wife's being at the point of death, he would not lay down his pen till ho had fi nished what he was upon; and when she was dead, as she was beforo they could pre vail upon hint to stir, he was only heard to reply, ? 1 am very sorry, she was a good woman.'* Sir Isaac Newton, it is said, when he had any mathematical problems or solutions iu Ids mind, would never quit tho subject on any account. Dinner has often been three hour* ready for lilin before he could be brought to table. His man often said, when he has been getting up of a morning he has sometimes begun to dress, and with one leg in his breeches (.It down again on the bed, where he has remained for hours before ho has got his clothes on. HIGHLAND ANKCDOTK. In ages past, the M'Leans of Lock-Buy wore absolute momurlis or the south Hide of Mult { and in those duys limiting deer was their amusement mid support. Loek-lluy commanded a great chase, nnd gave strict chargo to an attendant named Gore (God frey) not.to suffer a stag to escape through u certain pass ; and at the same time de clared, it such a thing did happen, Gore should forfeit his life. Gore took his stationj but notwithstanding nil his caution some deer forccd the pass, atid made their escape. Gore did not loose his life : hut he was lg nomlniously chastised in the presence of the chieftain and his assembled clan* on tin-sum* mit of the peak. The proud Highland blood of Gore boiled at the indignity lie had sus tained in the face of his chief and clan.? Death in his opinion, would have been hono rable, but the sting of disgrace was more than he could bear* Young and old were assembled to nee the chase and poor Gore's shameful chastisement* Among the rest iih a nurse with the infant son of the chjef in her arms. Gore watched his opportunity snatched Lock-lluy's child from the arms of his nurse, and with him ill his hands, Iea|w1l amongst the rocks of the peak, to n shelf far below the astonished spectators. Gore Came safely upqn his feet, with the babe in his hands, and there held Ids victim in triumph. Rcwardfc and honors were offered t tejirft and entreaties were poured forth by the dis tracted parents to Gore, to save and restore their only son* At length he seemed to re lent, and declared, If Lock-ftuy was brought within his sight, and chastised In the same ignominious manner that ho had been, he should be satisfied. The parent for the eako 6tthe child* rcr tlily submitted to b6 treated precisely as Gore hart been, and th.en required (lie rcsto ration ofhlssoii/ ivoro with a sintlo of tri im^h'and contempt rateed tho child in hit hand at arm's length# and with a about throw niwa'eif over the |uak. Both (torn and tlio child were dashed to pieccslong be fore they reached if he selu ;' PKMALB INGENUITY. The following curious anocdoto him given rine (o muchiplcusantry and amusement in (ho fashionable circle of Paris 'Throe young ladies, nearly of same age, and brought up fVoin'tlkeir infancy in the board ing school at 1'aris, had contracted so strong an affection for each otke^, (hut (hoy form ed (ho involution of remaining together for (heir lives. A very painful idea, was mar riage?which, should (heir parents insist upon, (heir contract would inovitab)&prc vent tho eternal union they so ardently sigh* ed for. The youngest suggested a remedy* and proposed, that as Polygamy was prohi bited in Franco they should write to the Grand Signior, requesting hint to take them all three for his wives. A letter accordbfc to that cflVct was accordingly written* aim signed by trio j but bring put into tlio post with tlio address, ?? lb the Grand Turk fit (Constantinople," it excited niiHpicion, and was carried to tlio Minister who opened and read it, to Ills great diversion and tint of his friends. The anecdote has been productive of many witty epigrams and humorous ro* marks in Paris, and has been made (he sub ject of a petit piecet which is actually pre paring for tho Theatre Louvois. dashincTnotice. ? St. Helena, Feb. 81.?To the Public.? ?Stolen or mislaid* a devilish good silver hunting watch* made by M'Cabe, tantlon* (number forgot) with a dashing gold chain* and two magnificent seals, without inscrip tions. Whoever lias found the said watch and seals, 6t will deposit them at the bar of the tavern, or give any information relative to them, will, besides tho thanks of the ad vertiser, receive any reward he thinks proper. Gnrrick used to tell the following story : lie was walking in liondon', in Company i with Weston, the celebrated low comedian. Thoy passed two young chimney-sweepers* with soot bags and other professional accom paniments on their shoulders. Ono of them recognized the two actors, and with an arc}i sneer, said?* Isay Bill?playermen*?* Don't insult 'em Jack, (said the other) thee doit not know what thou mayst come to J' flattie of Waterloo*?-On the night of tho 15th of J one, 1815, (say 8 (he Quurteity Re view) (ho Dutchess of Richmond gave a ball at Ilrussels, at which the Dukes of Welling ton and llrunswick, and Lord Uxbridgc* with many other officers, were present; there they received intelligence tiiat the work of death was begun $ and manv of our ofllccrs, who were .dancing till midnight, were, withiu a few hours, in action, ana re ceived their death wounds in their ball room dress. I 11 I, .11 III, II I HKVBN HUNDRED DGLLAR8 REWARD. WIIP.HKA8 a most atroc.oUS murder WM committed it Mr*. Carter's, in Edgefield district, South-Ca rotin*, on die 28th April last, ?>y DANIEL LAND, who without provocation or known cause, deliberately ?na wickedly with a rifle, shot a nun named Durgcs Hay* white quieting sitting in tliepiaiza of the aforesaid Mrs. Garter, and thereby almost mstuntly put on end to bl? existence?and whereas the sa.d Daniel Land has sinco absconded, and a number of the citirens of Edgefield, de sirous that so foul it deed should meet tho reward this laws of the html direct, having made up a subscription by winch die aho\c sum in securcd, and will l?e paid to any person or persons who will apprehend the said Daniel I .nid, and lodge him in Edgefield Jail, to take hi* trial in due course of law s I therefore dec in it proper to give public notice, that the subscription paper for this pur j>ose is lodged with me, ami that it will l>e delivered to any person who will bring me a rcccipt from the Jailor In Kngt field, for the said Daniel Lund t und it is 6ell?wd I so, that an additional reward wilt bo offered by ?tho governor of South-Carolina, for apprtliending die tamo person, lie is about 22 or 23 year* of age, .5 feet 8 or 9 inches high j has dark hair and dark eyes, thin dark heard, ami down lo 't; when standing his kneej appear to bend buck more than common f he has a small mole on one side of his face e:i" his mouth i Is of a middle sta ture, und supposed ? -'.>e of about 160 pounds weight ? ho was liuni and ra.seil in South-Carolina, about ten W twelve miles from August* j is of a tolerably fair stdn. The amount subscrdwd for his spprthension is some* what shore the reward offered, and may have some fur ther sums added?but the entire subscription will be $i veil to the person securing him. nKNj. iiir.irrowF.fL Edgefield C. II. May 17th. ? ' Oilier papers will gise die above a ptace fbr th? ptibl.r good. PROPOSALS FOR PI'HLISIIING nt n tKrmrno* URPOHTfl OF CAUFM dceidcd in lite Court of Chan cery of the Htnte of South-Carolina, from the Revo l?itiott nearly ?!o\vn totlio turnout Mnr?Abo in the Ruili' tv Cotirt Of Appols?by IIKVIIV \VM. DKHAUSHUfti:, Henior Judgr of the Court ?l Chancery, and presiding Juibr* in the Court of Appeal*. 1 Ilia work will !?? published in two volume*, <* tavo. each containing fd*>ut ftOO pagi'?, on good papvr, and ,witli n new type The printing will Ik? commenced in a few week?, and will !>c finished W '.pcoddy m po##i bib i probably in tl?e court# of the jre.tr. 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