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homes iii ii y settlement in the west indies ought by all means to he because it would lend to the rapid ill f the black over the white population a whidi it i lit lo the to reverse as much as nd the trade might be no object to the r n iii ii wm y on the h he st were even a free int ss articles of commerce permitted between tht of am and the west indies it might c attended with to both run do trade winds would be aod y though the return to africa would require a much longer the being to clear the as are until reaching a proper latitude to bear away for the coast the idea of a commerce between the two places started principally with a view lo vessels rs being duly height and in to the of property in account of the rs the of all and the produce of west india estates being consigned to the country alone would of continue to be enforced it is to observe that by opening as many sources possible to african commerce we the way for a true develop ment of in r and more a interest ti that the british trade to india first confined lo a factory on the of scarce a mile in w by degree in extent and importance until merchant the sovereign of tlie and an empire greater than of the for wealth in all that s the po se rewarded the labours of a ny zeal in its th h qualities leading to success and may not the imagination conceive at some future day another asia emerging from amid the i und that i africa the means are ready to be the exertions may similar the important of and on liberal a native force sealed the of and proved to be the of splendid ments which extended the british empire over all the province from tile on the one hand to the of on the other the mutual of the native chiefs served only to each other in cheek and their separate opposition whilst it constant ground of foreign and interference hie reign of in short yielded to that of wi foresight and vigour at length the mighty torrent of power rolling on as the its rapid course swollen by streams swept before it establish ments reared by superstition and worshipped by a false idol from the moment of t ie tide of opinion in of the of the british from that m the of a ia i t to be dated it is mj in most who shall say to the r which a now groans to the of princes and in human flesh accustomed to engage in war solely to p fit hy the sale of prisoners ih not meet the of a if the friend and fill r persuasion to engage his assent let it lie e if generation of africa is not no hopeless as to u ar that is represented lo sacred history to l sent el i i hundred to the holy land that who aa a commander of blood and was an african lave let him te that in the the n ns from the of advancing from brutal towards habits of order and decorum that po find their way into the interior the and from the north their ca trade in vast expanse of internal and teach geography by their example by their glasses and their powers it in to the travel f of of w and u being struck with the vast resources of commerce and wealth throughout that immense tract of and promising abundantly to reward the enterprise of the s introducing a brief account of africa in his of the war describes the soil on the sen coast as grain in abundance and good pa ture for its attractions even in the time of the appear to have been duly appreciated since we that the ever had an c c to africa as an important and so in honour of his great achievements in that and i deemed it a field worthy of the l ot their exalted rank and abilities in considering the various articles of produce which may be cultivated with advantage in africa our attention is particularly drawn to cotton as it does so into the uses even of the themselves as well as of in europe with the mode of raising the tree the natives of the western coast of africa arc almost universally acquainted although one particular species of cotton cultivated there and from which they manufacture cloth of an excellent fabric is so to the european market that the price which it would obtain would not repay the expense of r ii ink it nd conveying it to a foreign port seeds however of the as well as cotton have been introduced into the country and as it requires only six or seven months from the time of to it to maturity there is every reason to expect that tlie growth of a superior species of this plant will become general the process of preparing it for sale is short and gold is found in many parts of africa sometimes in small in a state but for the most part it is procured by merely washing with care sand from the l d of the river this circumstance proves tlie of gold mines in in r ihe war i u ip ll f i f sod lu ar and s from w tl ui a s mj i on the tc i the which it ii be found advancing civilization of admit of thai which would give m to european of exploring source of has hitherto formed lo slaves the branch of african commerce and will of course not be in the new | 48 |
circumstances in which africa ist placed ben r may be obtained iu every part ut and in some places particularly the rivers and it a part of the it of course be great if increased by encouraging the of of various kinds including bar ind t tut arc the two first in from africa requiring no but only to be cut down in order to be to market and thus a present temptation to exertion the commerce in articles of description has not been affected by the v trade as the commerce in those articles which require previous culture and the profit of which are without doubt however when the of africa h ll more open and secure nut only may the trade in the woods be d but woods will be l kinds of timber are likewise produced in africa which are supposed to be well adapted for the use of cabinet makers aod even of of an of likewise abound indian arrow root are produced in ties and are imported from africa into in a quantity nearly equal to he and might l c more procured besides there arc many other guns in which if properly examined might prove useful both to our and as was observed in the of woods require no cultivation and hardly any u i hour to prepare them fur market i ou which in the manufacture of soap may be a in considerable quantities grows wild tn every part of ihe african coast ht therefore c he brought into cultivation almost the which is now consumed in europe is imported from the t indies under the of a voyage mon thrice n as thai from africa the i there is another plant which the natives a blue which appears to a more colour and which should it stand the test of might im cultivated forms the principal food of the might t become an of for the supply of west d lor in the former part of at has erected t a saw mill to go by water a mill for i i i i i on the air rice both of these and the are lu h li l i to the colonel thai all in the n l of l busily i m which he be in almost any quantity and as the rice is ol the best thinks that if ing erected at african rice might soon become an ck of con l le of tht c one of a kind inferior it b tu the mo ha arc found growing wild in the ol the of tliis article has been begun i l and to succeed it be to every i of the continent sugar of an excellent quality grows with hardly any in of africa its existence and luxuriant growth to show the of the an article in demand grows wild in great abundance on the a of other species including the i r and are found in africa and might be cultivated with in cultivated on a small in various parts of africa and might if it were desirable be cultivated still more ex few arc now imported from the river the number will an cattle can be securely reared may be procured thence but l the articles above as already existing in africa there arc others of a very such a which might be transported thither the and tht might be reared in it may be mid there arc no produced between the may not be in that part ol africa which hitherto been the theatre of the slave trade it i hardly necessary to add that all the fruits and which grow in raised there such as pine apples nuts indian com the which h been mentioned however be made to form any part of the return cargo on account the of the voyage except in the shape of or t on the sea roast for the purpose ot the interior where it is in high demand and the quantity be much is a place never e in africa for sugar grow wild in to any in the west i i i i on ac sec for the interior country behind the ra it be en account of he quantity of rice and cloth bring down the or travelling carry the of the for from the neighbourhood of to every part of the even to and in an account of the in neighbourhood of to which i added an account of the of medicine among them sold by i contained much information on the subject of the which arc found growing in africa the language has been extended by means of the o cr a large p u of the western coast of africa knowledge of thi language by resident on the greatly tend to our intercourse with tlie interior while i would a ready means of spreading knowledge throughout africa language too generally spoken in many of the provinces i and easy of a that should encourage in acquiring it tor a more detailed account of productions of africa particular reference should be to the ours the company african the african association to discoveries in the interior of the continent of africa in works of those writers before will be found matter of the highest interest to every of tliis important and interesting cause but there are to success of any plan of still existing which have long prevailed and upon all good men to aid in the removal so as the in slaves to and shall continue without the of other countries will as to africa the object of our solicitude be ineffectual to produce the f she needs desolation continues to mark the of the trade and not until its final by a general of the system of hired pr i and rt can any hope be formed of africa and | 48 |
all the arts of industry are discouraged by the of persons and of property why should i labour inquire the why wealth i must still be a slave my profits may still be seized and sold to the white men similar reasoning was by in mon by in by in the precarious state of m n the of checked the industry of individuals in those countries what v ii treasures hid deep ill lie is of all golden mil f l peace er the l thoughts on the see i the i uke of the cr il force u u hi be world r to equal rule ol and all i name dignity these arc to impart so described by the poet to africa will be one of the happy consequences of an extension of british ind the of british laws in the interior that va st the day may yet appear when in and at ion surpassing her in the a of to europe a new empire shall the special object of care and protection order and i and securing to its subjects the of their the man who take the lead in this great work under providence a depressed and unhappy land will ber e the gratitude of millions and the of his country from governor to the earl of liverpool secretary of state dated a iv the of tlie smaller i were formed in times when of the lived upon their estates and the white population was in instances perhaps ten a i numerous as it now is of the few white who remain self created lawyers self educated and adventurous merchants with little real capital and scanty credit compose the greatest pan the of education among many of this description of persons arc very unequal to the t i k of n in the the of moral or is al io fear not to be fairly calculated from the repetition of the of which an use is frequently made in addresses and on all occasions meant to meet the public eye at home to collect from a state of society men fit to be judges or i individual interest personal in ii of party weigh down die and divert the course authority into acts of arbitrary and power under the semblance and dignified with the name of constitutional run during the of the war a considerable number of slaves the of citizens of the united states em to off r n tt f w entry of c into e the foi induced lo do no by by r promising them in the name of hi ty and freedom at the conclusion of the d two it u stated were carried in british from island und ib in the uie of and a number perhaps still greater from in the of virginia art l of the of christ into the dry off by h of ur present number is with an of this justly from a copy taken by mr we are indebted lo the politeness of for this privilege as well as for permission to copy hit great work landing of our on tht at than which there can scarcely be any for a picture more interesting to our countrymen we must content ourselves it with he key as a necessary to the and propose when wc arc to give the landing of our fore to enter into an examination of both these subjects the names of west and the amateur artist whose labours form the subject of our present do honour to our n and our tn to the example of ever enlightened government have wisely resolved to encourage a to works of taste by affording public employment for development of a rising genius for the fine arts the occupation of on a of his subjects of the principal events in the ever memorable era of the revolution by order of affords a pleasing evidence of attention prevailing in favour this department of excellence which wc hope to see extended to the association of some of those artists just mentioned he sentiments lately d by an in the of representatives display an of feeling with the of wc all who wish well to the progress of national taste permit me said mr of virginia to congratulate my country on her rising fame the genius and skill by our celebrated masters secure to each an fame and to their true renown a new epoch has commenced its progress is the french and schools will be and in time by our own i co those who are endowed with genius but whose means are too limited to enable them to seek in distant th to form and fix their judgments and to give to their the of and on the prospect they have of studies in r n land under give genius scope and the of that to a i i i l l i the of its powers kindled d made will bestow on their works cr can di li ht and the and soften the mr is a self genius and influenced alone by a love of the arts in the of his pencil b ing a gentleman of fortune he is the brother of m m cm and author admired patriotic it im that mr has executed fine paintings his have been little noticed out ul boston he i nut it is true an artist by profession indeed wc have witli regret that subjects of general interest are confined to particular of the union information might be dis bv the of in the different i will always meet a ready notice in our and we shall be high m ly indebted to all such friends to knowledge and to their country explanation of r ia more part taken from lar m to tht a p we i chapter of st i | 48 |
aod ike mi and r any mm ia w and n be e u at descent of the di be in rejoice and witb u for all i had n il il b the king in um at ia iu i iii tbe near tbe centre of the is intended to t i person ur christ u o l e a oa never rode the animal is to be directed by will of its rider having neither er other visible of lion the of around bead of and whole figure at right band of is who a time the into had i raised from the dead the next to liim with raised over her right ii the sister the full length with dark hair is to the right with ix head is st peter with his head bound is and in the a or thrown sword at the feet expressive of hia entire to m will act of is intended as a i id that of a in lie corner of the picture who in the moment whim one has hb dagger tha other near arc his and family i the extreme comer of this part u ia one oi told r up leaning bit staff a or ro ia in company with th f i i i the woman bearing an olive branch is one of the r ti followed behind is a f a c t of m t t i l u j entry of christ her a ruler o d and on near the frame i ar from the are men of showing h arm to the iii ia winding over he in back il i finally lost o he t by iu many ic under o on u loo great to be un the other tide picture und in the are c females on their knee u having thrown her outward garments the next with her i d i fer the of s with mary the mother of james and women who bad been healed of evil and in unto christ their and who after the thai liad risen the and went and the ap the a little above mary it a a of the worshipped u in the tiiat went lo him hy and said him rat bi we know that art a teacher come from god for no man can do ihe that except go l be with him sec a jn front has ought up the garment of christ to put it to her lips below near the feel of one of the multitude himself tn he ground of entire devotion a blind who is lame in l his aged wife who la near him has one on his while the other ia raised in the moment of expectation that should be be able to touch the of the be will be made to sec she is supposed to informed him of the near approach of christ be full of tb and hope with his hand in full of he light on the light a tall figure and with a certain who had come up lo to worship si the feast of tlie they had a wish to sec and applied for thai purpose to one of lie philip of who bear them on the extreme right at the left bond of is john thomas and other his a man with a thin pallid countenance who has been raises his in the joy of the moment that he is longer a on bis left a female with a is pressing forward with her child to touch the garment of christ as was the custom for those who were troubled with any malady next to the child is seen a man with dark having a on his forehead he is one the cried out from multitude master rebuke thy to whom answered i tell you if should hold their peace would immediately cry out others who cannot sec for the press raise their hands or their children and shout with the over the man with the is seen the high priest who with a few attendants arc s ai at a distance on the ruins of a wall beyond view of the city of with its temple towers he multitude are seen collecting the and in of a temple here also mountains and rise on castles overlooking the whole the city is obscured by tht of he clouds a rising storm i anecdote of i art x anecdote e of c a hit narrow escape from in interior of america in and i he treatment by is to be ascribed to spent among the crow u at enmity with the et and them in one of upon latter his ton in this did not escape the recollection of indian memory and when he came the his depended on the of the indians in this case may be traced moreover to the circumstance of one of them having been by they arc on the whole n tribe now friendly to the united hut like the the a they a part remote from the white od the head waters of the this came to st louis in may i a in a small from the bead waters of tlie u three thousand miles which be in thirty days i saw liim on arrival and i from of bis after he and s one of these from its i relate on the arrival of party on the bead waters mis observing the appearance of of he got to remain and hunt for some lime whidi he did in company with d man of the name of w bo had traversed the immense tract of from st louis o the head waters of alone soon after he | 48 |
separated from and in company with a named and aware of the hostility the indians of whom had been killed by set ir at ni and look them up in remaining concealed during ihe d y were traps c one morning in a creek about six branch called s fork and were in a when suddenly heard a great noise the of animals but nut ascertain ns the high on bide of the river their view immediately tt to be occasioned by and advised an in ix but was accused ol by who insisted ib tl the noise was by nd on in a few minutes doubts were l y a party of indians making their appearance on both of the creek to amount of five or six hundred who beckoned them to come ashore as impossible the e to the shore and at the m of its an belonging lo but who ts a remarkably strong it and handed it lo h remained in the and on receiving it pushed off into the river he bad scarcely quitted the shore when an arrow was nt him he cried out t am remonstrated with bim on the of attempting to escape and urged him l come ashore instead of he instantly at an indian and him l on the spot this conduct a he mi j wm v w been an of w but it w the but sound reasoning for tl taken olive he t h c d to be to to their h wm pierced with f m tu the of ar a a thej now il him to on the in which he be put to death they to net him up at a mark to at but the chief int and him by the shoulder asked him tl he could run fa t who had been time amongst the u had in a degree acquired and wa well with indian be knew that he had now to run for hfe with the odd of five or six hundred and armed indians therefore replied dial he wai a very bad although lie by hunters at the now d the l to remain st and led out on the or four iti t l yards and him bidding him him fl i ht could at that the horrid war sounded in the can of poor who urged the hope of life ran with a at which he was me proceeded towards pork having o a plain six in breadth with the on which he wax every instant treading with hit naked feet he ran nearly half way i the plain he l to look over his shoulder he perceived that the indians were very much and that he had gained ground to a considerable from tlie but one indian who a spear ma much before all rest and not more than a yard from a faint gleam of hope now cheered the heart of he confidence from uie belief that escape within the bounds of possibility but that confidence was nearly being fatal to him for he himself tu such a degree hat the bi from his and soon almost the part of hi t he now arrived a mile of the river when he he appalling sound of footstep behind liim and every instant expected to feel the of his again he turned his head and saw he twenty from him determined if possible to avoid the expected blow he suddenly round and spread out hia arms the indian surprised by the suddenness of the action and at the bloody of also attempted to but led with running he fell whilst endeavouring throw his spear which s tn the ground and broke in his snatched up the pointed part with which he pinned him to the earth and then continued his flight the foremost of the ii on arriving at the place stopped till came up to join them when they set up a yell every moment of this time was improved by and exhausted succeeded in gaining the of the cotton trees on the l of the fork which be ran and plunged into the river for him a little below this place there was an island against the upper point of which a of had lodged he under the and after several his head above water amongst the trunks of es l smaller wood to the depth of feel scarcely had he d when the indians im the and i i pressed it like so s they on the and were the b r himself on his escape until the u wc that might mt oa fire in horrible until night no more of the he from under the ai d silently the river to a considers bit distance when he and all although in escaped from the indians his was still dreadful he was completely under a burning sun the of his feet filled with the of the he was hungry and bed no means of killing game although be saw abundance around and was at days from s fort on the branch of the river these are circumstances under which almost any man but an american hunter would he arrived at the in days having on a root much by the indians of he now known by as f after the preceding extract it seems but justly to add the following testimony m favour of m same no people on earth discharge he duties of with more cordial good will than the indians on entering a lodge i was way met by the master who first shook bands with mc and looked for hia pipe before he time tn a bear skin or that oi a waa spread for me to sit on although ihey on the bare i when the pipe lighted he smoked a few then handed it to alter which it | 48 |
went round lo all tlie men in while this was going on prepared which when ready was placed me on the ground the in some examined my dress if any repair was ih a small leather bs in wh ch she kept her and split and put it to rights after as well as we r ould by if it was near night was made to understand a bed waa al my service art xi or of j and f on the arm oi brandy which die has lo lie the of went of in pure and his neither th l tl e i simple ii n take lt well d u by steam and let them be to a n ite in the mean tune of an into the hack aa pour on it twelve at lap water ts b to ta in lo a beat n thk and a to i d in tn two t its sail they and truth al die service ef b jo oe oa ram a i n e m u n i i to i i a he i n i in lad w u till of hit u with liquor or i i lit of u to i ci li f ic r of n i r lu or of to r ri b id bo b to a of brand the back be ia a room to be kept by of a t a of tu of t ic be to hi ml tin back bo l n r to the mail to or if il i i ir ii m l d out and when il bill a little back ti k l is b it ia or tim n ii bj its being t tbe c aid die i of the b ck his b bad u b with a o ou the of the of the ii uie from ever r in and u of i ood tf h put ad witb the u hi from de n and of i to wo i thia im b ad if dan th r f for of t of four cattle pi all i l at it when jim p ow about i pe r ix one i and wo l jl ba fro b l il c my m on ihe above it be pint a ve and hai d d in be back oi for it bark aa l rt jo l tbe may be baked or if i be mode of it b a a fix io the ground or iron with a oo the of the tb fire place it below tlie oc and up un one of be il b ui b the with a h iu a a of water or in a a bon ii in of bend fill the with fill with water or make it foil roll on tbe fall of with bead make uie water tim pane the and in an fir are cooked or tin have ready head and when one n roll h aad roll oa potatoes inn und like r will d a now tbe of to on in the n or ia into r and by of aod yoa it ix or to forty per of potatoes du ni well i y per i i su well of on fo of crop of a and each of r e then of on an be and tl may forty or of or into let an acre be ed at each s the of b h h a tbe will i ir t w ik il v i ri r be bet oil u e merit i i t c j i ft ram on p vi t m of a if ij ic will i lie x i r cf i of made i i after o ex the t i i h j j o n tl f l tu i u in l i x in r il n ix lo i il i li ii nod il ft to mt tl i i ae l i n begin ui m b ih of t or i from the r ik very mu not only r ill of n ot to but to au l at i old tlie bis to va the where cut m ri m ra d y n h a or a i to be id rot t ll c r hi um t c r i ii i ion k and r b r were hey in air the must ta a aa r if i be m and j t ik ia a vol xi be u mn it m then the t be r two li i be i a to tlie and i after i line in i tlie name of uie t are aad va ble he i then in k bat until h uniform in jl h h and white on tbe ui h face in it the m u m the et i line rd lor land to be planted witli in h an re with at one fool i t j n h per al h or r a m l c h this produce of t am ii the give of of t f so ten tu fifteen per l of no all at by it h i af acre ul or a m exceeding of uie crop il of mil th in | 48 |
belt in of the ex o the a above every i ix k per acre i limit of f ii ireland by s tbe will free m lu foe which the la war un a v la to la c of mil it w area and m of of io md cur r i win ill early i m rf i il du me l l fc of r it j ih i m ml ft l y ra un l not ll l a i h wi i in lu who i i i wn io thai i lu a body of in ut iu became m i hai fell off in io a who to b mar i op ml and ii lo him aid in r i a few after tlie young man waa hj to ot ia imperial m a f the mu io uie l o a nd mr a m td ci a w lu to r l two lu i ai a tons v on l for ha be hy i is of t ia i be lu wm b if tu aad ha hail t u c i i r rt i ii i u ot urn im fi you io i f the wa and h io ei cry court aud a k whit i m ik am i of a i ml of my ib now r v oil and ns but now b ik and by have l ai ur w hat lord v tm a boil new are with r hy p ery m m when i i ft k mi i un of hit ml when a la j hia lake af m ni ii v a n ban any bad been into ba of it by r in at e a body of ut w n a mom n bin own ami ud ii a e am t b o mr t au work win aim u i l in el lo hands at tim u n by bu am and by lie b mu t r ba lu u the t m i boon hi l with to the ten m a cl of cut iii tt f i ui in ri k all l i aa hi be h mo if and r i r b of ui n to fur a i lo each tin i s in in bo i o if i war tim work t ci il mil bo ben j tu lu i a par ui than i or uie l run t of j a in or um o t born and dumb ii ri i r in ok i p i i i w i ui o ii u i bi b if af p ill oil to thi it lar ram f im i m n a f t i the ra in b r worthy t of a oi o at die or cow ui a ban per i you u r mj of it ap k of my ber and of tho u if milk it k l tb t milk will h no plain and ib i i i at nay ba of milk be may b a ill ny t ol a lor or w i b of bow m such ir of milk a i bo no ly aad it l of am in of he cream f upon it will bo equal f b of of he milk th i of about tn loaf in a n a line it d by tho tu il ie at e i aim up to of a cow is hu in ihe cream upon ihe milk iv by li l rt i m i nt o ii p p vent ol i il given by a it a l it or h tl ii os cream tbat float m ik r of of r r h f a i i that the produce v i t it i i e may i in l i h im i b n in an at i l i ii ith ai n mi t b ii b ihe li iv uie frail liar ot kick it not ai l ill hj he ow i m j tie it in ma be the of on the hut y cream ha a line m deep m m upon n x u t im lt tm while then a j ii hat the of m cream or from hit uie of fitting from of i bj a and it an caution il ith a to mis die cream and milk n the i it dial milk in mt be bj the of in ob bt way by hat the milk in deeper end it from r by a il in ct ha of u of it h a died in aged i william he v a i and a on b r of the latter of life about ai a he bit wife the tint the an met and it h now whether i r i ii live wai d ring he | 48 |
lu i ru of k i ai ble be fully of ue r di and lor follow he for and ordered it do t ii of h and a n of n ar e ot v uie aad he fee ordered a to be for him dirt wan neat for and a upon in uie yard of made the u lie j the om u ir to a certain and nut it a be te m he i m nut to b lu few in the full mental power in be expired a nd a man of oe and up hu the fine thine tl y a u a ba lar p an half and to a in a wai m ut mu ty r tp k p of and in mu ft bond r and other and to a very t amount in the property to wm will was found old u hat ml of hie property to be divided hia at it required to ve hi of fail death and to make for fail funeral he lay ia da v place where be wa mere u than room where hm send lock op dead ia to iii funeral were an i hot whole ae bat except a md m hi were attended by in their ban an of uie he ai p cr and to the younger e o a lar barn a of wa exhibited a i i f r ji p the us witb i or of i on l not r l mu er r ill the if not thin ni to ao la r aud i i i ui mill al l it i fr i i of the b and s ihe ire all n up to tbe link iq hm u or mom of not i ire but iii l nm minds in he tbe it p d ai r li ui m i r mn i of a i i t a or of i f of t ii not mm ft h u d bite i d die of but of i ta ei of and da i tim b r the u ra tu it ia or in and mj r w ml can be ot mil ui fear give a tim of um ii ma i b ad every if or ia im u people will l e and not of ike people till at th ad u and in of rebellion d aad te kin aad ui il waa in at of the king of and ot m i of arc daily am aod to ball not b od o hi if we may a ten if id or in thi win abject be la don a man tint to a j ai of of men will they on b d by of it a portion aad people arc a portion of ty and alike depend on happy of in tbe of t the of the of my defects i met look tbe hut year day nor u an il from my m ir and m to lo a how all i to be or la il but an of foi i um i call mv la th t e not yet taken noted by lo il is men i l had h t la the at ur of u w mt r m ad mi tt ti j there if bo what n ay not to a i ml of aiid c ll all the of df lo witb fulfil thi of j wilt h and mj ou the of your na i f n arc are tn be and the ot rt k ti unfit a be to on ll l c n tu p ri m lit pen of n l o and i li by the false id and si l y upon tour the aid of i ear mood j we the aj f r ie ti our al tbe of but b liim tu hare been iy ta tlie by iii notice mu al dow to liis tlie p the on and ill ihe th of the f and ma al bv to lie if ill t in the road al a f ai i ii i mi bo aw u r at of tlie road leading to h u mr s nod bi li a ill i ri i bu i the en l ter bt add el l with r to lu and e mine no will be mode ton ui tu die place of in of the a al i br placed i l h i i ll there are vi p w l u m and de m id a i t f i or a lor an a fur ha and l f to ii ah ui tu place will ib he if line witb ii i ia r of n ii l a i with he la late that l af be on u t i ii i i x y m en ihe d i n january loth january i ih january hia t tend fur im ae un of r tin al it id an b of ind yet b iu i tr w k of the al do to m tt l m piece ih piece t i nearly e ui the tf of beat iron t in | 48 |
o tu l i f it w do s i i if b t f i f n e u n i h r un t ti boat iii l w l ii it b e t rf id f l no to it two of l mill tint ic i m be ui in trim be h b il aa n ta nt e of to of air m iii ii un thai tbe iii u a of v j ih i to th tt b b ot in m m l o dock ki mine time the mm u to mr n on ike butt and vi h working if i ii the ur the t hb d d the boat b m tn l ml haunt lo i ou ne r o br td and light ud i iy f lu i r ut i li l i ni or they m u tbe ll be fully to tv an lo a of a life u i of er of n w st ef ti i r hu of m no im of u u i to b r i li the or iii wa fur of bu and far relief and a f tl train ill lo im l y at tl e order f of of or quality t a man of g ib bj who bad built an nine place it to i v aad it lo st john tbe a man of a t ry to tlie tj to hit b bread ol ht to the b t he narrowly ob at length in uie ry act he n and carried h the with hi burden of ca the d were an were n tbe o lie on the day l ed u if it were in nt v take m and i is ef four oe there u ui e nut i ui of r tlie fin b of tbe prove in pro i of c lo u tbe they wear a of gold iii of u the im of far tbe part nut wc t a o tlie of lt arc n of upon and of i from fourth and tail it of g or of to far r and and but m n i i ia ma am at w ate ml a of mm n h v y it m ti mm hy l if n tn a r lu n a n a a a fa i me t mt an tha tf r i to w mm mi ad b p r ma r hia ai p i j to d bar i r ml ma n u ah m is am a mat and la ei l ef thk m a be lai ib ti la at a f a mm to in mr warn tbe m j a b hardly ta b ta u s ni urn wai a be l d m a b l a r p l who a nor been an fool la im life b mat and wind a to dial hi on rt rs t at p a im and a bet tbe t j on oe ea i w mr d y i tm the tf it mr aod ba to bar lit ba m i not da on l f april ber u toil twelve t and t n y rf h li l di n m f t l in hu a f ih na bi ud at t ta in lo tent of bin ha r l into band lu ban an it so door u it t ni to b no a r wiu ed line o t l ia a h ti i iu i and il in ho w u ca very well ou wiu l and i jou mil i i wiu brown b ma fire mi ui and ha a ark c v tha it s u d ud with um it more a a da bat m i i n r it men she if lo a i id bit i d r in m iii il a ia r i ik ii toe tin few was ir i ri her v if mn h i it i owing ui ig been a cur ai ti la til i y ail i j t lu n lo c ii t it o i c it n j u in ran it a mile hat r nor or an of a man th mi be but ber la m tor li k ji ok ru she i l iu b l t at a oi in m d ta far at ia of mil of it ti lt aad on di a and and ll e t in is a ti t the un on l r or pork and bat her la milk n her drink iu i m b ra oa tbe mill july of do l i id followed b m i m cl ac rf day ri r m ii tl ia m n r it li k mu ni a of b ni tt la n of in re fl j nd ta walk b g i over ot it a to i by ma il lady | 48 |
n over of tu be out hand to b r tlie tail of ma l u ie l u tv t h tlie n uie at m l bo b r vn of the and m i do to tlie were very be the and o madame do star e ril of h ia b it ot every and of all age la to ro the pan b the of m ti ot ct after the burial a tho of m ao awful r ill during tbe the tu tomb a lion m e to il e poor of place l de bad and ib de t of private life of rather ar dearly ar in ia and v vi mr m a of u pr for a theory of the to the r of d d ol and on true aud al pin in in i to the o ci of ou globe of in tiu at l as far u it arc the po n wliich in a t u of pot of in the between the and l of thi aw i ind u in vl i ti y ar i nt ike m im mil raw ox l i l n wi w t the negative l t n ion ih k tbe lot u s e t lie s u l l from and of tb mi or pole hid ut i m and lu tbe ne ax n l k w p all is mill ft b d s d e from nd plan oc moan the on the i till dip i n i it m hai t r i iv m ist of th of to uie ol d by i il t front h h a to ib a oil hu l v n into country it may be i to ed at a for p au aa it it r bum flame and ti ur smoke it in soap the finer n of and i likely o a of mat in lad of tu i c l i s lt m town may it a td oil nap or at u t l he by food m it ir j u al ihey ta nay tbe publication by m t li ti of iii of i n o und i are li to the d on ic lu a the te at fr i i f i v f i f t i i plate are ii ij at ta l be ad a k in i l ho by of ea of ti at to far it to it li r and m to bo by aa f in latter of t ie of is a of thi by of time the of and uie aud and il or of plant yet lo tbe of baron von lo u of are a i ua aa lu an iii europe h i ii u am um in t i aud the j in od of m fm in er i j td sun a ri pe i i o i r l ii n a l the n u ny lit a i b oil r i r ihe i and in tour aiid i am r r lo r ar f and r i k r medicine iii of li i l and i i i in c all lu tlie in h d br r i c iti la y id in n i ni i i i u o u a tl c al in ri all of ij p la a t attached to an i a and time o bv i k ml it now ia ii it e r i it and ii works with thin library i i i and t ia and p by in and l tn i i lit i ad d o tlie m aa ff m of of j r u and f i are j the m in order in i mi with many m tl in and an f n part r used ai at i ui of band t c ol ni n of or tiie side h i i b aod by l the ma in pro fu and n in late and too ot in ward la yearly ir li an tor tlie and n tn i under the or public tt o i th number la not in at at aad in of s a egyptian m van ten of l in x com bo d tbat a hat produced in f en from bo to to i each tide i i ro ts even w result of produce ft f i m o l i l l f oi tm j li il i to the id r il l work each tf by ik ji l n l y dr ami ti ni to ma the of li t y h u v to thai i ye tt will t s of v the th time of li j fin to tim bu ir li i r and oi ci t it be i l l c m m am r uie east india and be i i of will a an a l of tim in t ai l hall of i ia and will fl to ul and ke dr will st | 48 |
to an til i v i t i t an in ii ti tu lis li i a a l t n of i ir of tea will in oi i t cr on e t on aod of timber ic n ui die il military academy a will t d i i th ur on a c y of i i m r ra of re will an former i ex he by and t a h of i in africa by mr he iii of f ct all and by of ft m of bo it it laid c l ns ma to li ihe and i ruin to t t i of africa ib tbe r ite of ik it a in ib of m from in at lie of life of author of and other of ia far i i and valuable ih i and on men b literature and ik ace l u in i ai d italy in the latter part of tha and hi he of and ih with n of of of tt at the work in li of ti i will the hia r i own t r now to world it will m from of john and k air di ard lord v ur f ward and richard brown the ei of tbe whole w will of be i i n w lu iii ill i i ii be i i l y tb from uie i e t l m u i b ft i wn pat rum it toil dot in wiu of a r or dr o by u a d d ii d lo of by hill of i will id and le tbe au ac on a d i for tlie ai court but ha lie tu ui on a cane a who m i l had it id a to n mm b m r if he bad he v f ni l ed m mid i use a not to p td in ii d die lo b tb a plant m with a certain it m imperial aye after af s a by or of of a mark ve a t a cook xi a m lie found ia o a bi nm lit bo mm will w it viii lo con l lit l i bi hid h look it ni bin lu lo mm ml i li a an i v he da the of to to beat ni a after al a and a a which tint a by ike at literally it broke a it an um of it into at ood e a mail from a remote came lo a play b a a m t cruelly it and the bald a in it author burnt h lu and of and i a celebrated of an in a public r my heart and into fever who died of hi to a lie pain which one inflicted all the he r c i e a ram whom we the and arrow o an been ft a sir w when ai in in hit of n by a took in court yard be hia window sir r ao lu am the be inquired of im who hia room what it v wa f t turn a full aa h w i i i i i lo l d i on sir liim if had to be on in the hj u from the l i out b third and u g v t im from tke wo no walter be to d il r on good laid bo w how it i aa o al any i in ii i which hare n l i n t obtain a li li ni during tut ha it a hit be threw tlie neatly of hia j a fourth tor part from tho n tl u l tha that on rd of which a to l if tow wai ha aa n va during the r we believe that bat not with aad that ik the dew planned mid tn ia that b iu lo which me the learned the latin j n il it in l nm d the of r tlie of france lo tlie purity of lo be an f mon lo hill report on than to thai ts m r i ii il that be to the to the and a ble to of til are in an wc nod french the be applied n be the were never in i aad by lo bin friends w era rid ii ad m lion be n doubt of the piece c en if ii i the hat lord a t of the mid directed tliat him the in production are and li re cm lo tliat few poets who hare i d ia there ia to aad minded in hi t to call lie of a that we not lo i the by which be in the of merit u out by the be drawn of and u our in colour of wo the on the of bt i i ye have the car with deep on poetry f who could in that a and yet leave it lonely and dark at it whose round him heir while fed bj the his iu time fan whose vanity with quick scent for the dead like | 48 |
french and ingenious of the iu the merit of new n lit m arch ii l ed of a or four mil id i ot to a ut i o c nod a t being from tea and to at n ai nt t had in r w i t id m her richard la the capital n w r d c ra b d out the commercial b t von in hit r turn from lo al tu m a ia m i and or to b no in the with an and of the j with th great b h it cf to the of and of lie t n mt only a to nod c of tim of bill ui her and the ion to il ki did nd ti her ber are capacity for n to lo ai i ho it who nt a and of and u am the i fur of land wm n h hit by i b did ami fill i iti r ck ii in period far of t re hi to e i m ib i would impress ua with hu d had d n people an em pin that the which peter wrought hu were previously ready to his hand the trade the wealth to which he succeeded were by the ip of exterior relation and the personal travels h f his study of the mechanical arid im foreigners into and encouragement to of description materially to call forth to instruct her to her her introduce new modes of policy and teach of the land to improve cultivation he had decide for himself and hy a searching knowledge of men appreciation of the causes tliat lead to eminence in other and devotion to the welfare of his own he showed what can when they apply themselves to the of station if from this truly great man we turn to his successor paul wc must sec reason to regret that among other to his country the great peter had not to it a to the of a frail happy had it if some power armed with experience ai authority had existed to interfere between the impetuous of call rice and the concern of the realm but its whereby if some good has at least hai arisen to interests of the the of in one man will be rarely found existing in a degree to supply fully the public the of will b the dawn of her power must be before it can become effectual when wc have seen travellers detained at in until their could be signed by die emperor then in what t we think of the of in one individual and imposing on a the duties of a private secretary if minor inch as these beset the mind of supreme power what room can be for other interests ity and is it to a of d is origin that we are to attribute of native the of a reliance m foreign sources to supply the common demands of medicine and all the more useful necessary to a foreign talent has indeed done for russia and may do far native capacity till it felt md incapable of successful the of climate was to account for the le fact of a in genius and in thought industry scented wanting as in the absence of ki w be w a to amount almost to an im v ui i in but ihe in the th but doing imperfectly n were not in pursue the im iii m of foreign mo i u fur perhaps were to and direct interest to iu when ingenuity was found to imitate and to be ta the copy bill the contracted policy of the k in on ite attention to st und partially the mi nation of improvement in rapid through the french german sh engineer are employed in the interior mid to be supplied from abroad till are opened to afford a knowledge of the e if thin devotion tn how can hope to talent to rank among the enlightened of the earth does she e k to be a naval und neglect the reward of its native when the of tlie fleet command at on the with great britain of which he is a subject use in the of un fighting against hut country the loss if felt at all must the of a of home experience and the development of that views with solicitude the growth of power in may be inferred from her with the her her to procure the of the to the of powers that the key of which would he the grand of russian in the the even of himself in betrayed fore sight and distrust of anew the with which it is but which if with care and guided by may one day dispute the empire of the on a soon after hi return from this great man who certainly had his vices and his observed to a few by but with bis usual seaman like non those young said he the will have placed on my ship a d as we arc with russia we them into the fleet but they have served d appointed und they come to me for a i take care how recommend to h stupid fellow i give a when we consider the situation of this its in the and in ia productions furnishing t vi r for construction and of vessels we cannot a belief that under administration soon i its and its her its pitch its of and thia m this to all and hu itself a so arc the drive a region of hundred wooded ihe resource ia d with he of its to commercial naval purpose will to be felt it produces timber in vast and of at | 48 |
age u appeared by the rt of tl c must al who was purposely to examine the of country the provisions the arc equal of ireland ami from low price of both cattle and salt in and the hey may be at any of the ports on the black sea half a cr than they be procured on the spot in ireland fur sail cloth tar may be ob in supply i t what not of or trade those for ever to n is this icy or have the of been directed to the est tin of commercial to settlement as well as to discovery their object have commercial been secured from m in tlie to her as the of efforts to be contributed for their for b term of years l the expense the would be followed by advantage to the enterprise the ex i of the people for the first time upon a new of the globe it is not the bare calculation of profit and loss in an adventure of this kind thai should of but the habits to be by a new commercial by an into that have other by the portion of another asia in the west if we torn to the and resources of empire we shall find the genius of the go the habits of tlie the political institutions all the profession of war country where the army is sole to distinction i rank in uie becoming the of the where and order for the of merit descend in to ever rank acting as a t excitement to good conduct a ins population might in lime become truly formidable but when russia ia viewed her over forty two of subjects from the to the pacific and from the white to the all lodging the absolute will of one to whom swear how is tlie engine of power how ready the means offensive and at disposal waiting oo the nod of pleasure to execute its summons we over the events of a war in which the of an io winter quarters on the into the winter to k b t in victim and an victim to the ambition of ig his from ancient of the an ally in he of the gigantic s of ii provinces poured forth their to swell the army of he north the of the mountains from the don to the at the call of the beloved the cry of to to from young to old the remotest as the are the regular try and cavalry arc highly no tn europe a nobler appearance a air the step of grandeur and dignity not the levity of mark the of ever member of the the are the or relatives of the nobility absolute command over their whom l no discipline is spared no of omitted to render the private a model of and grace in movement the ms experience the same ri id in their and of person and conduct the whole to prescribed lord s admiration of the perhaps the finest in the world did not go in the london is a being seemingly by nature with the principle of few when he will march to the cannon s mouth ai though of perhaps a superstitious of the of paradise awaiting the departed souls of heroes slain in may contribute to a temperament and not to be diverted from its we learn that the troops were pronounced even by m to be soldiers he the will not fall back one step while his r bravely keep his ground he contents himself with a almost and with very slender diet he is always cheerful and thirsty he the heavy sands of the deserts under the load of his without murmur or complaint ever nothing impossible ok too does every thing that he is ordered without any danger and is of a thousand means for his design what may not be performed with such an army when led on hy and in whom they have confidence let ihe hut see tliat he i spared us much as possible he himself with all his to his commander and almost well might the the an obedient and powerful people in general it may be affirmed that no in europe coats so little and in upon so little pay as the for what other soldier will on an annual y not to more than seven or eight or when ti oa only that sum and the allowance of out to him with utmost i materials alexander may direct his vengeance and r remotest hy the potent and d l y the s l power with one hand he the north with the other he the south the of acknowledge hit will to tbey call twice have they entered the capital of rejoicing to taste the countries more than their own the east may next and the of philip s son arc perhaps to be a alexander the british empire in the east as her now views it the prize of future war she did not hesitate to lend her to a project afterwards from various motives of an army to and thence tn in order to drive tlie english from the indian at this day we nd the count d despatched on ion tu with a view to for the of he provinces on the and the free communication of the with the through the states it is to direct a more ready attention to these objects that tlie court the winter at now risen from its ashes in splendor but lo return to northern let us inquire into their aspect or what may be secret the press has so an influence over public opinion thai all and especially in this reading age have t it not attention the tlie the echo from | 48 |
though not quarters the will of oi ma city in upon hy a l er a i of i i ci tn ih t on the of hu i that i bat or of i in the sad i fell a a a to i va l i iii or he tht cm ni l to to sod to the w of the of now vii pile of three in a few ih work n u b i u os in fi re lo k been lo or the mirth and ba o now them ot have at are la m lo once man the ta t ud bi ht ii n v or wliich ti what it of a ui mj m g scene ci i r m f ta n m l these ni of th of business and politics in iu to a certain prince net his the of must perceive that i h if he he will follow the example of the fifth and retire he into life happy in having done all i wisdom could devise for the of his the reign of k in europe to bt universally and are the supposed to in a to prepare us for the fate of another ma ail recollect before the press dry announcing ft the news of arrived to cot firm l is to sec a family lor the calamity of f ie ton of is at the court of the king of i his cousin he is an accomplished of a e and of the religion h is besides of the alexander the organization of successfully conducting under the present crown prince will the value f a xiii aged and by a continued course of early cannot be expected to leave the ri ht of much r open force would speedily decide that the of in the last w r given to the command of but the the diet the of the will render thai the seeming of popular which has its source in man hidden springs since the attempt to the crown prince of two of the dr and professor have to one fur life for having drank the of i v as king of the heir connected by blood with the of russia and receiving his instruction under her is in some of the as prince royal of and if he should e throne would be v after the death of the king now in his th year it is not that authority will urge the claim of to the throne he is of age to reign according to the of europe on the other hand acknowledged by and moat of the other powers of as royal of and heir apparent to the crown having the chief command of the army and at the head of d c of he will do doubt adopt measures to e proclaimed king and the oaths of to himself to be taken by all the le he has already his son now nearly old m of when the peace of i again disturbed it probably will be on of the of d s i i m had w main tc od y a in to ni that which might exercise the rights of in before it the of the ocean in holland it would find ports lo witli of and it was a capital stroke of policy to secure an alliance tliat naval and power whose and van once rode in the with a at their threatening to sweep the from the and whose may yet be revived by the more power of the it but part of i series of matrimonial lu connect the heir of with a the dutch trade is intimately blended as of old with that of and the hereditary cannot but feel a mortification at the refusal experienced on his marriage to princess england especially after the encouragement he had long received her acceptance of the hand of prince of mi upon the could not but be co a mind and if it produced the resentment felt in private life may not cease with occasion that gave it birth but was the all powerful hand of russia here directing a change of in tjie present husband of the grand sister of alexander if so it the existence of n principle of action still more powerful the of family we shall find them from motives at times yet the result of plan and object in arrangement the marriage of the grand anne to tlie king of extends russian interest through germany to the the troops it should be recollected furnished under one of the finest to the ih alexander moreover as a brother in law the hereditary duke of and by the recent union of a of the king of with a russian prince the grand brother to the emperor we may consider the between the courts of and m till more intimate and the friendship of the two whose feelings and whose interests long since in t c expected to be drawn still closer by this event was formed under circumstances that ally mankind moat warmly because to each other both had endured the most both had sustained the oppression of a tl enemy heartily for in the field they had animated their joint forces by the energies of and example side by side the first in the advance the last in the return in the lent they shared the soldier s the day of triumph they joined in vol xi to the of a mr m of th at c and crowned u iu paris m as it m the of alexander to ate ruined for no longer upon in ranks of the army evinced a of the great these tended to unite the two sovereigns in views of | 48 |
the supposition and on this ground tlie of the british to to the treat may be accounted foi the balance of power might be affected a fi of political reflection is under the only free government in the world by apprehension of power modem of or the of of the pre the greater the greater ia a the traveller by not faint in our recollection may the modem of another with such suspended in over him wc could not expect an publication from any writer in england since the n ion of his liberties with that act it is aa this account wc have chosen to disregard in our views of question he authority of one who to on pain of ruin from the truth to claim an attentive hearing however is privilege and though th is much of to m i oi we will admit facts and we may from author situation to alexander to throne with tied in bin fi s good qualities of all approached him and a th of was b t capacity for tlie not then with in his by q endowed with intelligence and exercised the of to as of hit an im e f m of hit he d he or palace with economy and applied to the useful ei the of the ei of i ami of temperate active and he the of government through direct or l and familiar with the and various people his extensive empire he cherished the prosperity by a policy adapted to the and all speaking of bis conduct on the march through germany when up the french army it is stated that he was constantly at the head of hia troops and forgot no occasion for their in his attention was not limited to discipline objects il to were ry every who presented with powers of utility was immediately engaged and were employed to discover his notice though not the commander in chief ot the armies he great influence and received the principal homage of the to which the of his manners greatly gratified in his hut not with he after and acquired by his and the of all parties to the he was the guardian of the royal to the he was p er of the integrity of p and to the he was the of a government but in this moment of triumph he never forgot russia and added largely to former for the advancement of the arts science and industry in that his xx men at astonished the the other armies of europe at the review by an of excellence never before witnessed in such a large body of troop each seemed a chosen one and yet there was no preference all were et commenced his reign in year over thirty six millions t f subjects but his armies were not then numerous for his extensive u and the of the several great states of europe his system wanted organization which was but imperfect ti j ie of v i enormous tier which a the nm of could be heard tn the pole ai ai saw wire neighbours the in a t were lo struggle for tht recovery of the which were not a s throw the in europe occupied and uie in check on the r file of the were of hostile and by the of the province of a and frontier from which it fed a war that cost the great sums of money and ed much waste of life tile were and the government in the province was expensive with out being productive to what extent alexander has accomplished all his without forgetting the interests he was bound to m y bv difficult to prove since there is no direct mo le to ascertain th opinion of his by the ion but as r as the of tranquillity in every province his sway aa far as improvement in military economy and order in all branches of the can presumption an extraordinary have taken place bodies of of which three used to h in the journey now arrive with no more than common aod n far from the spirit of the being worn down by for military service and of patriotism has c and the state has not found it to enforce any additional burdens upon its tlie ground on which the ton n of now did not contain in the year one house or now there are one thousand houses of stone and above forty thousand near the mouth of the don in the sea of is no less prosperous at the mouth of the by the last treaty with which the exclusive of the sea to the russian flag has obtained equal the internal from the white and to the plan and black h u been improved by great and others are in progress the city o pe t has been ell ii the expense of so of the am if t mn l he itself has the most in the for its its its ui waters of the impulse not n confined to the but l to which such mt w d the of its ind lu of iy and ua is become a i c la c un i i i inhabited j ii t them ki only of by every n luxury into a very at the a hurt and our miles from ad ar from the of become the of a and are open in all even to the fort st and si paul at the distance by in he o ami nm e w are regularly received from every government and arrive il the n day of at the same ur the world is cheap or r l t and tlie last large a hare been | 48 |
under the of emperor at all the can i of all ha e been e and particularly wliich is with a delicacy rivals the any country n which heretofore were from i tr now the original instruction of and li good cheap aa to render the of a matter of no i arc receiving great from the arid events on the continent added largely mn i u and population the ports of a and have not only again to the trade with all europe but america a of such as to render russia no longer on the english market the preference by peter the great when he addressed william t c third in holland ill year and c have been or on an alleged principle of general at the time the doctrines by la not been neglected in has not only been of many but great progress been made iu by as well a example of the emperor of have lately declared at the of a few years for to the as well proprietor slavery shall no longer exist in their aud is every to a more general of policy will not be long a by the emperor iu introduce preliminary for the of a was by the who declared for the of an if the at time had been as liberally as the e li ml b tliat the c oi arc by mm be o m w would two water nm t in the j the ine f r a t ve keep pace with the m while such the of the indications of g r i in her d arc qui has from the mountains is do ion hostility of nature and bar she has advanced into the plain hia ih l her with ar it is true instructed by french officers of the of napoleon by louis but it is not pi that have with them feelings of ill will to no a t towards england hat thi y would he frozen join in an expedition to share spoil of asia and in the ca t their in europe to reach n the capital of the the columns have to march only hundred miles and by the of the can be within one hundred thus an army mi t sail from the through an internal from to and landing on the southern shore pitch their within four hundred of the gulf from whence the to is only fi four to thirty days and to but eight or ten da longer after force be in l on the frontier of in thirty on the of as man in and leaving a reserve of o to sustain these armies possesses still a force of about two cavalry and one guns for service than any or the an army than which there in more brave which no can march starve or physical natural site moreover a population c to needed supply and to a great pi of whom the habits and of war are familiar while no power in europe can or maintain their forces with such disdain of the price of blood t such is a such has been her gigantic growth within a short the of her greatness no doubt previously existed but like the in the of the earth they were when produced were still too full of fur use without preparation ability and audacity have guided the engine fortune and the errors of enemies have contributed to its action the work under notice is the production of a superior stored with more ancient knowledge and reading than unite in a general of with some it affords information accessible ih only to those who have travelled and inquired in russia for this part of tf all the re c i l wi n in i ii l i k ii ai tail is dot half a a mo i tn i m we than for will when the of s u th style is of an energetic and luminous brilliant ami forcible some reflections on is much informed a as much omitted the friend i and will view n ith the of order art improved government and true religion over dark regions while he the po of dominion should be regarded as of the of power may busy itself to devise to and to ambition the true philosopher will consider all aa to some superior the moral advancement of the world so long as war not against his protection more than human may favour proceedings if sensible of r mt from being by may derive a benefit from her late i treasures of science and of an have been unfolded in her the improved of enlightened nations have been to her it remains to profit by and to a wisdom from ex alexander must have witnessed the influence of learning and good impressions on a people he must have admired the v of from a freedom of on and liberty to search and encouragement to truth by t and mature reflection on what or the of nations he will discover much to reform reverse the freedom of the press he will be told if his are is the step to public improvement but of all the t can bis deepest interest in this time of peace f a close attention to the of the great of education among his people the arc gone by when to rising merit to the of to the understanding were supposed fa constitute the secret of governing mankind if indeed we turn to modem and search the of an sitting in judgment to sentence mental illumination without the we may trace the relics of appalling its victims m horrors and teaching since ignorance is best tis folly to be wise but the enlightened of fresh from the glowing and generous lessons of wisdom had studied | 48 |
books and men to little purpose if for a moment he had listened to evil persuasion in his ear the ways of darkness as opposed to the light of with spread of the in the error cannot stand the test of prejudice before broad day of intelligence and e car h i in school at all bible societies have and id every province w know to b for these peace proceeding no doubt from the just tliat crime to when the mind and the heart if continue the of in the inter of or he will not rest content with for the condition of his people hu will ex into actual sufferings and wants re on the one hand the of the subject and on the other the implied of the cr he will repose his in a few and those tried and servants he will abuse by vigilance in its he will i complaint not by inviting its but by i its as he the good opinion of foreign power he respects himself he will select faithful of his own character and conduct in the persons of men qualified to convey to distant the most impressions of his rigid in their of laws a regard to the opinions of dignified respectable by their and with the just interests of a mighty empire the time may come when called upon to the sword the eyes of the world arc to mark if in conquest he be guided by a beneficent policy the proud while he the i oppressed ct c revolving may afford to the poet and the historian for hu f glory or ac t ai era ot dine a pacific policy will secure to bin the approbation of the good it the more him in a war pro pursuing these general a the guide of his administration he will acquire the grateful a people between whom and his immediate cares no minister will dare to he will hi respect abroad by being careful to establish it at home and far from exciting the suspicions or of will be regarded now and friend the protector of public virtue and the benefactor of the human race b tl l id and hare o tbe at ow tht s lor art ii reports e in the supreme court of with some select cases at i pr and in the circuit courts by he honourable i ol court of during a life of six wn t b patience of and lion remarkable even in thai calls for it he was a of extensive law reading of sound judgment of a minute and accurate with the legal history of his own and of u bring all these resources into daily who w him know witli what he formed hia duties to almost the lust hour of his life and in how a degree the bodily was permitted by him to the exercise of his functions or the of hia temper above all was he distinguished and worthy of distinction for his uniform and to precedent to the of his v rs to the law as he understood it to be and which no vanity of striking out new opinions could ever induce him to give up this most wholesome which is not in greater harmony with the duties of a judge than it is with the interests of society is by some with and by others with contempt a the attendant of a mind unable to stand or by itself but when we to the nature of our complicated system of and the constant reference which the actions of men have to it it is to deny that thi most qualities in a judge afford no compensation fur m ignorance or liis defiance of as common law is it must be admitted that some of its rules and those of very arc in tl c highest degree that is no good reason can be given why tliey might not ive ik in the bi very different from y arc of such rules is matter of positive establishment and not of in many cases where the is not so entirely positive but claims to be a from acknowledged principle of the is so distant from the original principle that it is difficult to discern their and it would be no offence to sound reasoning nor indeed to parent principle itself to adopt a conclusion entirely opposite to tliat which has been in cases though certainly few in number tlie in early times to have been turned out of the path of reason perhaps by the impulse of that maker of bud a hard i and has never b en able to get back to it in each of these will readily occur to the j reader and it is in reference to rules of this description long since perfectly settled men buy and sell and make provision for themselves their and their posterity what more then can arise in society gi t a y who ot ignorance sets up his i m v i the settled of land und because he i unable to the reason of a rule or thinks in u able to make a rule more r under fool is by the of such ever thing i uncertain a el a m hit aunt it is good fortune of that her ia now filled by judges all of whom arc above the aim reach of thin reproach and it i the l te of that he habitually lived above it he followed the and no one can go wrong who in the steps of the great men that have adorned the common law of england one fruit of industry and of certainty in the administration of the law wc sec in the reports before us made for his own guidance | 48 |
and which arc now given to the press by his mr smith they contain in regular series all the of the supreme court from the time he was called to that bench in until the commencement of mr e reports together with several cases decided at ni ti the circuit courts some time since and according to the estimate of the will probably occupy volumes the accuracy of all the cases in point of statement is and they are reported witli great if the authority of any of them be doubted it can only lie of a few decided at those decided in b the great body of the reports arc supported by their merit the names of the two chief m and and of himself of chief justice m it is already the business of our history to declare that he a man of vigorous intellect deeply in the constitutional law of this country and remarkable for both the force and of his ments chief justice was perhaps his superior in commercial i and decidedly mj in all the practice and process of the courts of reason and history of which his knowledge was accurate and extensive neither of them however had more of the than mr justice or was better entitled to the praise of being the of these men gave value to the first volume of that was published in the united states u work that added something to reputation abroad and has led the way to a improvement in our for it cannot admit of th it the us american which have followed mr s first vo have not only promoted a knowledge of the law and given it certainty and where it would have to but have also the ambition of the u ind thus the judges of america to advance the to consideration and respect of to what in the ni u l law i the his new is an sion not to thi and private pro iii from the south written during on in the summer of by the of john bull brother c etc i originality of thought the brilliant of happy expression but above all correct liberal truly opinions of this writer u on our affections and i he ban talents fitted to the literary fame of our country and extensive than usually belongs to those who rely upon the powers of a fertile imagination in works of this nature if he can bring the of fancy under strict control if he can his of study and inquiry with the same happy success as he in composition wc regard him as the future pride of our a support to lu by fixing his attention upon domestic interests he has wisely the most proper sphere of his utility and by directing his argument to matters that come home to every man s bosom and business he is the more likely to be attended to on with ix lo tlie walk of letters and to confer upon it that just value of which wit has fi w charms eloquence is ct ct in more than one place has summit of his to who mingle the witli the duke and to more than common merit for encouraging at his parties conversation of a rational kind instead of gossip about neighbours he that do not belong to us author has much merit for his classical allusions which will always find admirers wc would recommend ancient literature lo his frequent as the foundation of a just taste rather than himself about the opinion of modern or equally his notice addressing to an american public he has no need of a foreign copy without which he has ability enough to ik independent and it f satisfactory to observe that all the pro s of writer breathe the same genuine spirit and wc recognize in this the same that heretofore marked him ai a pure native genius it is honourable to the public that have a favourable judgment upon them indeed few works of tile day i we for our part wc e imaginable if inclined to depart from die of truth for tbe purpose of any work we mean an entire coincidence of opinion the author upon of thi subjects he has in the of hi decided patriotism ht powerful national thorough con for little local a the high romantic opinion of hia that throughout must gain the approbation of all good citizens and will probably make many friends in every stale where hi reach following will justify praise from every reader i taken up an odd people of led one at nation that whether a be born east or south he it bom within the limits of our country he is still tin american it is much o be h i the people of the the united were a little more acquainted with each br i would one another the better for it at like tenants o one of those in that accommodate several families li living as it were under tt tame roof have scarcely a speaking acquaintance the im they long since look up on trust with respect to each from ignorant or traveller in deceiving or ing their the stories of racing drinking and on one band and of and burning on the other th current for a century or more arc still received as of manners though even at any lime they were of and very many of e are extinct th changes which succeed each other i i this country more in any of the world have it would seem pass and l while the d still to and tremble the impressions of the here with to those of the arc the and not n pious dame in our northern that not for son coming with one eye left from an into the back of the m iii i rt | 48 |
states such foolish prejudices arc of john bull who time believed that his french eat and arc destitute of i aa well as of every manly and virtue but our people read and write and and re some ri ht others wrong ought t be ashamed of themselves to bi so badly of their friends and neighbours it is a foolish even the product of national or to assert that and neighbouring people having the same lights of r u living under similar laws and enjoying equally the of education should b su c different in they may it is true iu i but there is no philosophical for their a of morals or that one should be so wiser or better than other believe if we place them fairly no lo us astray and no tempt us from truth we find that an inferiority in one will be met by a superiority in that though they various there is no general ami on tha ok equally from the south ill i when wc examine an american the l look to b whether he author has model or not if he has wc then ha to ind he has drawn his characters views an l opinions from the me and wc confess hat our good opinion of hint ts not if wc discover that he has our in the literary walk are due to our own and wc consider ii a breach of duty to the republic of letters in america to assist by the for thing foreign in prevailing the apparent of such a ta le i a state of of intellect and the critical opinions of the once mother country arc by some deemed binding upon us in whatsoever it us to and is taken abroad a t an proof that we want both talents ud at the same time if we deny the fact it almost any one of us to give a good oo why two arc always called upon to govern us in matters of a literary nature the notice of new in our great cities uniformly opinions of every work from the f or review may be said in defence of this that it is exceedingly and the americans the trouble of thinking and that we ought to be much to mr my body else that would take so disagreeable and a matter off our hands to f e just we seem to admit that the is reasonable enough for whenever mr sends us a that a book is to be read with safety we give our perusal perfectly and it is not a amusing to hear how exactly in the public ex and the english and scotch are with regard to most matters of a critical nature an awkward state of feeling sometimes however as in the instance of a work such is the before u ly looked pleasantly on american productions but the wo to the author who to think as he pleases on the subject of or who by name the review and speaks of english button makers and the offence cannot be forgiven and we have no doubt but that the when he comes to notice these letters will compare the of the author in provoking the attack to that of the i irish gentleman who undertook to stop the explosion of t cannon with his wig at i received a letter from dated a month which answer in tbe nt place accuse me of ji i i people and literature because i coming feeling of attempts of a great i i writers lo injure the of our am in the eyes of the world i he of other but at same assure you i am o n u u of r e iii ii t at nor afraid o ef at lay whether of the ol his and literature u a popular subject or or whether to the t i of i am not to say but it is that ti a newspaper or in that country favourable to the that in some it contain a of against us if the get of an it ll made use of merely as a pretext to us in some way or other i om of lie must of the to have been for hardly any other to america and france ll ii called the review being an obscure con of a pi o ion would hardly merit were it not foe it to general and of any body he in t enlightened than present political satire and abuse confined to wi and and he title of the article with the sub it is ihe peculiar of this age that criticism hav been entitled into the service party a critic can vent his upon n people or p in a i which has nothing to with die what is perhaps still extraordinary many of he most enlightened people of his country pay o the judgment of these impartial critic not make up their minds as to he merits of a book he decision of these competent judges don t mistake me in sup that mean to say are never founded on ihe merits of a book will do them the justice to say that if they an subject of his does i mi the remotest degree the or go to advocate the of the office of general of pipes if in short the work has no to do with the of th it is just likely as not that he will give a tolerable judgment provided he t forget the book altogether in the pleasure of hearing himself abuse th i americans great ns well as the more enlightened portion of this try is now rent divided into two great of the two great one carrying the sway the other over d and the first sometimes mis i taken but to lord | 48 |
the latter always ten o in opinion especially when he is in the wrong and only to bo red from the repetition of old by tlie temptation i new ones this gentleman once a cabin boy in a and disdain to mention this to bin not he desert his cast and become the enemy and of the very class ol whence he derived his birth ever he became of pipes and wrote to his name there was lately i u c under whom the served bis hip who told several anecdotes of little fellow matters he mentioned his in sticking to a once he had given it invincible with he resisted the of a rope s end which was generally get the out if him the honest captain moreover that be was the little i i had in his his to ai from bit having by a v at w to that he h ut i will do him tht lu ay tliat amid all the of hit he aged to cultivate learning he at th the of some who sent to the e be n not so much for being a scholar w being a f he wait brought up a cabin boy who mere with at such a was p a who being rich had for any extraordinary of li struck his loi ly i was a most thing for a man who was a lord nor bom to have either common cr feeling so lie look him under brought c and continued his i tn end of his tlie moment be y he i to a all the air of a man of high birth tu n expressed his fur and common people thi ia ever tlie ca c with men low and minds are us their former by ill bred when smiles he wrote a now down lo one of which acquire not from own merits but the of those are aimed at it gave finishing to the however and the about in tt like a little boy when he made the duck heads and be by a in a pond or more like don when ik liad utterly the wool clad host of about lime be made a attack on the french while over review where be played tlie to mr sun by light he he came before the public was as the of in order to make room for this he began by finding fault with all being i suppose to his own work b others below iu level the of worthy t ic editor of the which nut it from a fellow feeling arising i of character or because of wa at that editor of the review the world has t tea r it is a peculiarity of this writer thai ho alter pi a temporary indignation or quietly into oblivion or is only brought into public by some more he a whose petty are brought to light by more serious which at last hint to all out in his dying speech since or rather unfortunate has h priest of public opinion in the i of tobacco pipes he has attracted of tlie people of this ry pretty much in the same way would probably never heard in this wide western aud certainly never would t honoured bj contempt of a great majority of the w t to hear ot him bo out w iv w a himself into oar ike a iii i cur by t tl a n a n n tm barking ana biting o r we are cm in t m p r ill nature every by thin don i marked the of r sm arc ar e it n true his c j of genuine coal hi il i i ke l rf fur rather than merit u a lie neither by his di nor by his st wi it from uie i of opinions to us of a i would wi h to mc my entirely i feel i fi r the instruction the pleasure tlie ij ht i d still from the productions h while i to the of former as fi un from whence my its earliest i neither consider tu extend to a respect for opinions of a and or to a in his abuse ti h be is the and white i reverence and these i do nut sec any il reason why ail the writers of receive our admiration nd challenge privilege of us merely because they to be their in good truth our author much to care is said his ut i k fur let the subject be what it may be gives hid views of it hesitation charitable tis all one tu him we love him er for very am ss for his good humoured way of giving us ta and he gets upon the subject of his own or in other his by we cannot resist the to tip behind him stiu however it i when he is serious and local tliat we his greatest power as a writer his descriptions of nature and the feelings arising from the of her striking features are given with a force and highly poetical and the subject is touching or what is called a tender one the is always true to himself and never or ii tame some of letters have already appeared in this vol under the tide of letters from virginia and to we readers for more ample specimens of the s style in this production the extract may serve to show ills prevailing cast of description the third and i think the finest view of all is from one of the green hills bark of little village on which is a small wooden called the it the b of the above where it becomes a stream clear and ih ith | 48 |
its rough course below and a view of the with a of mountains far in the west ri i i one above the other and in il wing shades outlines of peace to the mind in tin midst of wreck of ia a canal wi side j bank of oo side a moat walk rendered interesting by li i of the river on mil broken till l of c e i a small cot vi as to n ii is built in n pretty j tl by of rock ui iv on top of il in i l m l rom a of flower before it in a pint bordered by canal will of new world you day or other awaken in these beautiful and in will make classical at ome future of greece italy ami scotland tame beauty ou to the every where aud same will m later produce same as yet w not the harp in the of our hearts th awakened in our country ts not the of america ta in his and ol poetry of the country with tlie and of the for l c affects to write but ihe time will come when will end the secret of a reputation the duration of this country not so much by writing better other n as by the addressing his lines lo the of liis he who for a lasting fame for hi i countrymen and not for foreign critics some of the author s remind us of s papers in the spectator they display similar capacity of a talent for ia common amongst us the city of es to have a about it as well as hill where lived a iti l o land ud were i a it im ut it hours it is situated just on the line of division between of of river aiid at the of river above the river rocks it winds gently and sweet e of and i harvest it was once ind until inhabited principally by a race of most ancient and hi estates in the who it fur their tor the sake of social enjoyment they formed a society wliich sorry to say it now to be met with in any of our cities i a of people not by mail i i pursuits i lit of liberal liberal habits i both leisure to those t pursue which our rather than our i am however one of those who honest all things happen best and that this ii the bed of all i r worlds i t i with t ie all our cities to ihe utter ji l iv of literature except so far aa it is necessary to i it makes men il nut liberal wealth i with and ii may i know answer in of i shall never il i u ei your his knife and one i i at his table that the a j bj t at a the credit ut i lis letter from t u was ii intellect and action no better a ths l t looked at me a if i l or and have never at the good table since exactly with i r that yet profusion which in live people of our gi cities lo the of even pursuit and all e i may venture to lament its in days lie shone in gold and precious stones bid ti of the but he is seen clothed in ragged k l every where in the city lu now no where a of people of moderate sit in the l enjoyment of social ease ur nation of and science free the of tar i pi and and all the t of if they a moderate they are beset by greedy beggars who by of perseverance at length tempt them to engage in some draws the gradually from former and for ever lu of in fact no young man now a days at least in our commercial place thinks of sitting down quietly in the enjoyment of and the tion of elegant pursuits which adorn and a sometimes indeed lie becomes what is called a r that is t he every useful or honourable pursuit and either contemptible in doing or in doing what hi i ought not to have done but most common fate of i i our pan of the world who inherit great is lo s t greater they seem never lo that independence which is the lot of of who of been him by his they i lo think there is no between absolute idleness and l to nor do they appear to the noblest l of wealth is to do good with it and employ the ii s in pursuit of c than riches which they will not bestow on know how to enjoy themselves i these sentiments arc in of our two i u and d both of whom at about the age of three twenty inherited fortunes that would have been ample in any part the world and were well educated h who was always turning penny at school his eyes once at lo g a sixpence k crack in the the school on receiving his an out for and put himself the one of ex cr of the city lo all the wretched arts he trade in this way grew and richer m and ter if he gave a great dinner from pure he his while he was eating the dinners given him in he a carriage but il cost mm more in than in hay and he saved th i hi t in his kitchen he became at last a mar i according to t ie city for l e e company and bank body looked up to him not be f cause ho m ould but because he be of service to and of one of the | 48 |
which has the atlantic still it has exhibited a little at finding the same kind of dish sen up by american without the alteration of a single and that when no boundless a of home was before them the be and of our majestic aud than heaven the contrast between the extreme civilization of the atlantic and the wild b of our western frontier and the splendour of our history offer for a poet which unfortunately the taste of the natives considerably improved by foreign and by the residence among us of the distinguished of and i still h si d to admire hut all these we have in this matter of fact country neither nor nor nor nor nor we have neither knights nor po s nor nor black white or gray and our though sufficiently rot are not exactly nor are our quite in short c want all he oi poetry and as in venturing into ocean he could derive no from from and mark our author has very wisely wc think to the shore of the as he is to express it it is that no mean of praise on of his own who had the courage cl yet when it is considered that in so doing an author would t e breed to give up all he old of materials which are ready lor his venture upon what may turn nut fr il of his edifice we must acknowledge that it is the safest in to tread in the beaten track it has lo authors to be y m with their own merit and u w vol i cold of the denied when thus e of his poems who known in his day as a blind and a in confident terms his final au the ht however of such in favour of a modest confess wc were l of of by the s opinion of without reserve in the thi candid confession he he states not by way of but to give his renders t to firm am that he i i yet a youth and among the of the day a in a legal m well aa in a poetical e of the term now as according to our understanding of the word a knight both in a legal and poetical wc fi cl con ii apprehension some of the critics of t ie day whom our author pleasantly describes as who never d should be inclined to require farther proof his mere s of his having obtained tht honour of poetical we however he will not cast down hy such ill natured satisfied aa he is to intimate that if there any of the he must be il t by which wc pre he means something of tlie same kind an did when he of the and outward of wit poem which follows this display of learning is divided into each four scenes to each of these is an written with the manner of those in the being from a study aa the painters call it of the noble leader ol the present scene which the author has we think with t judgment as it is to to and such con is the island of the time wc from some loose hints to be about the twelfth century wc also take lo ik a proof of the poet s art as many useful personages the race of which h is since become extinct are supposed to have flourished about period to the great benefit of many of the writers of this age but the authors great talent we think is shown in the conception and management his plot of which wc shall present a brief outline to our readers a certain peasant of it seems had the misfortune to be the father ot a very and son with huge feet crooked legs and eyes at he describes him this interesting being in pure despite to nature entered into articles of agreement with spirits of du mountains by which for a valuable consideration and s t over to them all his right title and interest and by their magic is of n f i about him d hfe but liable to a di by of the the church having put on the man it seems he was very in his amount with the r of count tht opens with a song of the spirits who a m for the of a charm which as usual is by means of a tile of which arc pretty much tjie name with those generally employed on the of our author s hero we are sorry to say he does not ri from the cave next or scene as the author to the acquaintance of the fair it was kept awake by love or something to forth and walk a while during her by the ea shore he has a glimpse of a vision which turns out tu be ft kind of prophetic magic at which she much turns in again and soon drops her love it seems or whatever was the disorder being relieved by the b by which we sec that and a gallant knight named are for the lady s smiles the latter appears to be tht favourite but unfortunately comes off second best in the combat and leaving the id to his rival takes a pensive stroll by the river side where he in with a fair page who a plausible story and remembering that he is engaged to dine with somebody and having we suppose a pretty good appetite after hie exercise breaks his conference abruptly tlie second part open with an account of this at which we find our old friend who merely fur asking miss to dance with him is we must say rather rudely by i who in the presence of the ami several him to a the next day which v | 48 |
accepted by the next day however instead of the conflict to the great disappointment of the fair wc presume the is not to be found and his character as may be supposed not gain by the the heroine who we suppose was of old opinion that but the deserve the fair it l ie offer of a j h tu have yielded with singular facility to the addresses of enemy of lover we find her in a very critical situation in a t with him when the unfortunately enters tlie lover in the mean time had been suffering all the of vile having been carried off the preceding the intended by sin ir in with arms and shut up in t where he in the neighbourhood of strange and some ot the discovering inter thai his old enemy is a member of the x at length relieved by a very convenient forth in of his former ac i w i i s i i im i he with old who sing a very i about tho of hut own hy which w he in the fa of in mean lime it was oil point of for her r but did not much j the of the parson by whom they were to be made the general aspect of in the wedding room and we my that her apparent temperament great prudence the priest turns out to be a sham one being it h one of s friends up for the and the service is about being performed in u very l style when another earthquake we believe ii the j priest and finds herself on the plain f by two stranger who of tan be no other than her j old lover and ni ballad singing acquaintance in la i now for again to the con bat and having grown a little wiser since his former non suit no requires his rival to swear that he is not assisted by magic which i he refuses to do a conflict between and the j on one side and his of devils on i the other when having bent of ij in changed to his former state of a j in a the story with the union of with the tender hearted who indeed seems to hav had no particular to committing matrimony with any body i i tile plot which our author ha t contrived that part of tht who love to late at night and to time place and circumstance wit the horrors of their book to such we can with confidence recommend this little satisfied tliat tliey will either much to their taste in its contents or that after it the will enjoy that repose which the author seems to anticipate when he wishes and which we heartily join god to on m speak seriously however of the author and his book the and with which the of is we still think it dis lays some power of and considerable talent for i n trod tor ties where he speaks after his own manner and s not copy foreign poetry are the best part of the book and in one of them he respectable powers of description we recommend to him in his next poem to the of and to affectation of language and to be less in he is capable of and representing our natural scenery all tliat is i to give it a moral interest at present our is unnoticed and landscape neglected i ib ie i w i art v the or ac af a a romance ut rd from he into v philadelphia a the or tm actor part ii ii tht or tke old woman a novel by ko s author of th new york knight of st n a romance by maria porter author of the l from the cape of good hope in to mr from the great work for under the of napoleon never was a in which such a variety of dishes was presented to the literary as at present r wc may think of the and the current certain it is that no need now remain for of a choice from the history and ponderous down to the lighter kin s imder notice and which may perhaps not he termed the side dishes of the ever de tion of english book is in this ind not a month passes over our heads without an addition of at least a dozen to each course ten years ago we believe it was considered a very thine in a to an work unless it were or a gi a list well filled and the previous sanction of the english now scarcely a book on any popular subject is published in england but on its here it goes lo the american press and is ge in the h of the american reader in less than three months after its first in when so much is out it is natural to suppose must be a considerable difference of quality and it is sometimes our fate to poetry which nothing but the patience of a could sometimes to endure what is intended for wit but which certainly must have been in an english foe on the whole are creditable to the the public und to the good sense of the we are tu observe from some late in die newspapers indications of a demand for the more useful and substantial works of good old times f the the titles of which wc have to this tlie is intended u far as wc have been able to the author s meaning for a humorous satire on certain which were formerly in great request at the unfortunately however for die author the jest has come too late horrors like as acres says have had their day the public h n taken md a i to miss lie | 48 |
of the and of the mighty v had faded into nothing before the u of the and we now no more to ace a ghost when open a novel than in a yard we fear too that uie author of the hero ot for there is no kind of more but ai the time more difficult to manage properly and wc can conceive no more than for a writer who thinks he has been very find his readers of quite another opinion such wc will i the fate of the author of the hem we have met wit a work quite ho dull and of the t remote i wit or even humour wc are truly that it is of foreign are persuaded that the ver worst of our would be ashamed a production the is the of a work imder the same was a few years since and to be an account life and advent a t been and through life to little purpose wc hardly know however whether to it under the head of real or on the one hand the author is very liberal in his descriptions and anecdotes of many living persons of with whom appears to have had in j and indeed gives us letters from several but are so many unnatural incidents long romantic id that wc are half inclined to the whole a piece or the truth is wc suppose that the frame and many of e materially are but that mr being in w ont of a number of to out his three volumes has little with for the benefit of his purse whichever w y it is considered the we think is an amusing one players indeed have gen rally been of incident entertainment nature of their situation their tlie of their lives abound in for the which is lessened by the theatrical language in which they are often con the of of of w well as some other come under this mr not holding so high a rank upon the stage as those actors appears to have mixed many persons whose names are familiar and has collected some amusing traits respect ng his theatrical his of fortune too being l one moment in vile at another or and at a third time dining with tide lords ladies hi accounts of which are told in a lively though her manner aa a of his manner of relating his t as well a of the london pick pockets wc extract the m m i i tt i sunday engaged under b promise lo act u i to l t peter whose of sight rendered ihe but too mr celebrated tn world of ut the and the day a literary treat such as never before upon it indeed a mental und i it with and pride greater and pride had fc with noble sir front all sorts ol food even i i and ti and very in his yet these his a picture of dr was in high glee by same token he rs liberally in the vice of of this fault and a il is p in a man who in no of such resources there arc those would be wholly but from thai cause i say of this peter is animated and highly liberal ui his opinions and blessed with great of manners after dinner mr read well i he doctor s full of and sc i was going to say but if u you may word the time tor arrived there was only one vacant in be stage in which i placed the bard my coat prepared for a walk the evening was fine though moon was at ihe full and i ever partial to tu a mode that carries with it an of and heaven continues be use of my legs hope and it always have preference i bad proceeded near half way h ox when a decently but very old woman in street being run down by a coach was advancing very rapidly when i ran to her a and with all the strength was of dragged safe to uie foot path a d o appeared faint from and weak from exertion i did not leave her but my support a few longer l e unnatural as it may appear i ht fell her hand coat pocket direction and my pocket book was gone containing and all my pro received the day before from messrs and a old with the and was in lie act of seizing her she took under arm a boots nd turning comer t down swallow street such expedition tliat a good i was nearly losing sight her this must have been the case bad not l aided by live lamps rendered it nearly as light as the reader will why i did not give tl e and by hat procure aid in my the fact is that at the such a never occurred was too much with the one object to mind any other and as a elapsed between the robbery finding myself in which my gentleman in left at the very fir t i was still too in pursuit to think of the only lu render tl and it was not till found m w that i il out foi firm lime stop thief bu etc lion was nobody to stop the v et i i s br i well t ii part town he led mc to the spot where a would implored in vain and wi up my cause b lost when bit pi much in my favour from an tripped up all my remaining i oo my prey and now dim a man a very few paces behind i to him i related mood between me aiid my i a a he willingly entered to my cause i the ai the same time upon my book being restored | 48 |
t demand not being complied with was in my the t upon my bed mind with a that nearly overpowered it and hope into the u r indeed were looked up the street and dot the i did the from a motive but co only perceive one being he at too great a distance to i grown desperate from i gave my voice l pitch was instant knocked down by the villain in of remained and that i exerted so tliat s by heaven to my ue rushed ai laid be man c n upon his mother earth which the other y took to his by his lime i hail my feet and c the of the fugitive and the ion i had sustained my w like lightning after him and when i came up the was in safe and hesitation restored my book containing the whole property except a little ol s w r after my this powerful cr of consented at my to leave he wretches to their f all my duty to society i am sorry to was a minor moment were at an end my about five feel built i his address ai the common in l a few points he so strongly minded mc of came ford that an in him of the k t service he had performed and requested to know name john what street the sir i lull be proud to sec you suits your this circumstance was matter of interesting conversation in but i waa to making the public because i attached shame to for suffering two such hardened to escape it is doubtless every individual q h prefer the to his own feelings and in yielding mine i rot only but ac against th laws and my fellow creatures by the former and turning them loose upon he latter it is possible that i may eventually be the of bringing to the gallows when ha d ii taken up for this crime a might lo h and an of h of comfort to be an attempt to settle the the of or that of matrimony u i ta h by u person is as may be much urged on h of notion and the are carried out in n very tu il and like m as far however as we can uncertain the like most of have tempted to decide it that both situations have their comforts she in favour of he tin and some very and we reasons for a at least previous to ing its free condition for the and restraint of matrimony all which we presume will about the young ladies and gentlemen aa tlie le their grand mothers have taught them on the same subject mrs the heroine is made a very respectable and pleasing and the opinion that unmarried ladies who have passed a certain age arc like an old f d useful when we are sick an unnecessary piece of lumber finds no support in volumes we consider them a t highly entertaining with a greater degree of originality than is usually to be found in novels and displaying a good deal of in the of character the advice and reasoning too though somewhat common is and sensible and we can recommend the work to and wives as one as full of as or the in the knight of st john we think miss porter has evinced talent and judgment although the book rather in tlie second volume her style is rich and attractive and the she has chosen for her adventures and the names she im introduced into are a and interesting as they remind us of the best days of the italian and tlie men who were connected with them wc the admirers of will be gratified by the perusal of these volumes in his present situation at st cut oft from the rest of this world by an immense space of ocean the waves of which aa ur justly remarks are like of time in the effect they produce deprived of his influence over society and no longer in a situation to benefit or mankind to be already considered as in hia c and his exploits of ever description to have become matter of history the shadows clouds and darkness which passion and malice have to throw round some of his actions are rapidly and are few we believe of those who most hated him in prosperity who have not felt the h of their opinions wi bv some late excepting the the violence and whose abuse of him and france arc only ct d by their of all that is dear to us in our own institutions and the i causes of the which was at one time excited against him c of the duke u the c and his i mu i iso i e set hot r and his soldiers at e we have bi in light by mr in hi which we do nut are in substance correct relations of his conversations with napoleon as wc find the chief facts by the in one of the last numbers of the review of the conversations between the emperor and a nobleman much indeed as has been respecting him the public curiosity seems to call for more jn h had hi de si h line and i in some of them palpable others well feigned though in europe of all wc have the from cape o hope which appear to bt written by n certain lord c addressed to hi in england author would have us believe that he was a fellow passenger with napoleon in the and at st wan in company with him and the members of his family by which means he access to he great work said to be under his direction and gathered in conversation with his a to the former occur of his life | 48 |
he speaks with the and of apparent truth and yet we think it is less apparent that the who c work letters and all was composed in the interior of one of the goodly that street there is nothing in the book in fact which has not l known to the curious pan of the political world ever since the events hap except a few minute details of names which might have een obtained from the records or journals of france we see besides in the nothing of peculiar energetic abrupt and striking manner which has heretofore the style of the celebrated individual whose exploits they profess to relate they dull and wc think and upon the whole we consider the work only by the tone of and liberality which the author speaks throughout and by hi manly against a of the system of and heretofore which if late from st arc to be depended on bids fair to put a premature end to the life of this great captain w tr of rub and of from black wood s magazine f as th m expecting of and his u known to till we o with or up by io quarter of lie hi t all arc it ed it bo of hot on lu v f has i a f v iu lie roll wm f the natives of the of scotland had long resisted the of the kingdom at d lived t i i b ro state of and the which the of the dan only be regarded as u wretched picture of government aad hat age which could act of such this occupied th and at period the inaccessible valleys of aiid the ii of the of il and and the country of the the an l d aspect of their and the deep nt of their wood secured the sudden of as well as from the immediate of the and though they were not more to war than the other of the their and rendered them terror of surrounding countries and from a drew upon the vengeance of the it was their to an situated the countries of two might each of whom was jealous of and eager for an occasion v to d of their lands and themselves and to the influence of the chiefs and with u and monarch is to be attributed the dreadful d long visited this devoted the peculiar constitution of formed a bond of union which no could tear nor overcome j the obstinate of this compact those fierce and fl which so often from mountains and and among the of hostile tribes from whom various were or humiliating h lions required h the during this state of had become formidable in all the evils which arose from manners und from their local situation on the of the were more closely i j to the vigilance and of the border of the opposition of their southern neighbours among those region t in former ages the benefit of were almost unknown to the who chiefly lived upon animal food but of were often deprived by the of winter so that the mutual of cattle became a regular especially during ttie period of the moon ind in some parts was to their preservation the pursued this plan in common with other tribes though not under more but from their border station and the dread with which they were always regarded they d the tax of as the price of m their own and under the promise of protecting those who paid it from the ms of other parties from whom the also engaged to recover whatever was c away species of warfare was t mate i hi to bo the time am decree of well known that t am i u r to be out w re were found until by y h of tht ir ihey tr and n s the cm of t in c not allowed to l were od the earl of il with determined i the and woods children remained alive destructive slaughter e time the of that of seemed to promise the w c of to which had long pan it wa only a short lived gleam oi hope mc tjie part of the flattered these of them the of took a friendly if die thief of the a man of promising y paid a visit to ll in his of where t as received apparent but after this bed chamber at night he win hold of out of the house the first object which presented it to in the morning was the body of his j on a tree opposite his window filled with f at so base a breach of hospitality he tn the mansion determined on revenge which he had an opportunity of by through e so followed up were not restrain the spirit of a and tlie descendants of murdered people ceased to remember to their su the of hit race arose robert turned red from complexion and colour of as a among his kindred a practice which in still throughout the he was die end son of of the of le a in the king s service by a daughter of of and a gentleman birth he received i n at that lime considered liberal it least suitable to the which he was to appear of strong natural but rude of tlie age of native by a robust and he the broad with such irresistible or of his could yet of rob was of manners when l l by but he was daring and when cr appeared and he no remarkable for his knowledge o human nature than for of his it was tn days as it is at present tor of property aa well as their to deal in the trade | 48 |
held the laws m contempt as they were wholly from their so thai nothing appeared too nor loo for them to perform had been set down some time before any sally from it had given annoyance to and the number of soldiers which it generally contained were no it in his estimation yet they were a sort of check upon small parties which he seasons sent he therefore l to garrison or to make the military abandon ii he had mentioned his plan and secured the of a of his own who served in the fort ha ing supplied her with t of of which the were very fond she contrived on an appointed night to he and while he lay overcome by the potent dose she opened the when rob and his men who were on the rushed in with loud i of and set the garrison on re in places and it was with difficulty that the escaped with their lives though rob was suspected to be the there was no immediate proof and the damage wm quietly repaired the steady of the to the house of was go well known and so much dr by every who succeeded them on the i ri i h throne that n eye was kept over their motions and they were to hold all which related to the affairs of the in the most secret and manner some lime subsequent to the attempt of the under at a great oi look place in pretence oi r of rob deer but in reality for the purpose of the it of each other respecting the cause opinions were j and a bond of and mutual support previously w t n was signed by the of a to whom bond was it fell into the hands of captain of then ut fort william who from with many whom names were did not immediately the but from the deserved which was attached to dial person from d party who the infamous of he was and c ven by his nearest friends and when it wai known a man of such feelings held this bond those who signed it were seriously alarmed and various plans were for recovering it rob who was at this meeting had but on his own account he was indifferent as he king nor government h was however urged by se chiefs particularly his patron to exert himself and if possible to recover the bond with this view he went to fort william in disguise with his usual number of attendants and getting access to who was a near relation of hi i own he discovered that out of revenge for the con in which the now treated the c he had put the bond into the of the governor of the garrison who was resolved to forward it to the i and rob learning bv accident the day on which it was to bv sent took his leave went home the despatch which contained the was made up by governor hill and sent from fort william escorted by an s command which in those always accompanied tlie messages of government on the third lay march and of his men met d is iy in and ordering them to halt demanded their the officer refused but rob told him that he would have their lives and the together or the alone the ferocious looks and appearance of rob and his men no i packet was g up and rob having taken out the bond he wanted he begged the officer would excuse the delay he had occasioned and wishing him a good journey left the military to proceed by this many kept on their heads and the of many estates were prevented moat enemy that rob had to guard was the of who had harassed his and whose were even more than the of the law had no doubt given cause for this enmity for lie had the of carried away cattle and put every man to the who attempted resistance and all this he said was to the committed upon his ancestors but he once nearly paid fur his the having sent a party of horse they came upon t him own house of of rob in he wa on to be conveyed to in going down ii steep he le i e j oft up a wooded hill where the could not and on another sent twenty men from to lay hold of he saw them approaching did not them though he alone his uncommon size the of his countenance and the posture defence in which he placed himself them so much that they not b o near him he them that he knew what d hut if they did not quietly depart of them should return lie desired them lo tell their nt that if he sent any more o his race to disturb him he would hang them up to feed fc and violent of still continued with all the which marked the rude character of the and a contest having arisen the of and rob was ty to lake part with the latter and was no favourite with him he readily agreed to his as he would undertake any thing to distress having assembled sixty of his men he marched to castle with seven playing the were already on the of the and the and marched to attack them but they no sooner recognised whom they considered as than from the aiid were pursued to the of their own although rob from his great and tlie of his mind which in the most and difficult never him was the dread country where his name was known the and of his manners to his gained him the good will and services of his whole who wire always re to submit to any or to undergo any to protect him from th e of enemies who | 48 |
drive away all the cattle found on the land but the came hastily to the gate for the of the to his good friend rob took him into the paid him his demand and they parted good friends i i i life f the irish orator art vn lift of orator io of lain air and io um bar i ic l pen of mr an d k in hit u well i ti r by u d i aad uie of s k been with io w i the h tt ill no doubt bo excited b of work that o of a l in i t to to n mark in the i n r ij d at place he right hon john n last so that around him could thi of mr count of cork his to bestow upon him of classical which he completed in shortly af ter he called to the bar he married o a lady re family but slender fortune with whom he became ae on circuit his splendid talent soon brought him in notice in in which he obtained a gown in th of duke of in we find him seated iu tile house of of ireland and with much humour every of the part for the of the country and the of commercial freedom and political independence during the and t period in which mr late of fill ed the of he was one of the leading men and of came into frequent collision with that er ihe high tone of defence upon legal tions the attorney general endeavoured to bear dow was more frequently by the wit than com by the arguments of mr c if in this mode of contest he did not always the blow he at least iu force and although he could not on every boast of victory he at i escaped of me of these the issue was mo d hut with no to either any this happened in the t of the lai duke of the of and a large party o her female friends were present in the gallery during the and excited by the of mr s wit it may be easily supposed was not by a presence as a lawyer he wa not particularly distinguished by extent of hit knowledge or the depth ol his he stood in this respect only on au equality with hia it was as an ad that he them and no advocate ever made cause of his so much his own so and the of bis that a jury h ad the j h h life of i of listening to his ad t i and into the box upon powers of his ii in di of many of his have published and afford specimen eloquence next to his eloquence in nt ii witness public ad hi than more polished than sir w his d the excellence which marked hia they were and irregular lively and conceived more in the want of than the exertions of his mind strokes of satire flying shafts of wit instead of profound and his to the popular cause rendered in the of of a subject of care next to the late lamented mr while the latter was made ch an arrange the late sir michael smith then master of the l which mr was appointed in hia place a situation in which be particularly i himself for clear and correct happened in tlie year his that his could not be better consulted but he was of a opinion it did not with the particular course of his knowledge and practice and he would have preferred the once of y which he thought would have led to the chief seat in the court of king s bench he lived to be convinced of the weakness of this it served however to and afford much o his latter mr enjoyed a of pounds a year settled upon him on his his in li in favour of sir wm m the present master of the rolls in ireland his was of a peculiar species it was completely et the hidden burst of strong and passionate feelings which seemed to rise in proportion as his mind became more more illuminated by the of hi the lightning flashes of a vigorous and highly poetical imagination mr was one of which the of human nature ami of its intellectual delights to contemplate he rose from nothing derived no aid from rank and and ascended by his own ent r to an eminence which throws rank and into comparative scorn he the great ii f the bar and in has certainly ii exceeded in modem times his was the pure of his spirit a and li up of the soul thai conviction and astonishment on his hearers it in eye and m the melodious and powerful accents of hia voice his wit was not than his and il was the of mr wit that even when it took i if a play on words it ac dignity rom t s ve tv that it eveiy t wa w t t i o f y the great charm and power of mr ci lay in its mr it was hy this he animated his n appalled his enemies and the which he thus excited was the child and brother of love it that a whose mind was thus constituted should not be a and certain i no man in modem times ever loved his more passionately than mr loved ireland tlie name sincere and came heart attended mr through all his he wa and in his and friendship public and private he began his political life in the of mr fox and never from it for a moment and made no alteration in him if he ever from that man it was tliat he | 48 |
and obvious line of his u out both by the consciousness of his own and nature of the task he has assumed is merely to review the merits and defects of published books however he sore modestly to his and where there it as dr there may be virtue art l of the non f from the a magazine i died at his seat at the hon h at nearly the same moment the former and ornament of the bar as well as that of the irish the hon j p has p id the debt of nature mr i henry f was long the dean of faculty to which he was by his from their respect for the su of talents and his uniform maintenance of the dignity and in of the bar on he return of the to he ap pointed lord advocate of scotland at the same that his i brother was made lord ain devotion to the cause of civil and religious liberty was ardent and he was only in liberal opinions in all the relations of private life he was most and it wa peculiarly honourable to the family of that at one and the same time and for many the two brothers o the noble earl should be the of the and l both equally eminent not only for he with which they maintained the and die liberties and properties of their fellow but for th brilliant wit perfect integrity and irresistible of the of mr i hon henry were of the first prompt g and luminous his flashes of wit countenance while his left no sting behind his and bon innumerable many of them are on record and we trust that the elegant of his muse and hia at table will be collected by the of his honourable lift the following admired tribute to the memory of the deceased u from the pen of p the mr was called to the bar of which he was long the brightest ornament in the year and was for several years dean of the faculty of he was twice appointed lord advocate in and in under the and the during the years s and he sat in parliament for the and districts of in his long and splendid career at the bar mr was distinguished not only by the peculiar brilliancy of his wit and the ease and vivacity of his eloquence but by the still power of keeping those qualities in perfect to his judgment by their assistance he could not only make the most repulsive subjects agreeable but the most easy and intelligible in his profession indeed all his wit was argument and each of his delightful illustrations a material step in his to himself it seemed always as if they were recommended rather for their use than their beauty and unquestionably they often enabled him to state a fine argument or a nice distinction not only in a more striking and pleasing way but actually with greater precision than could have been attained by the forms of reasoning in this extraordinary talent as well as in the charming facility of his eloquence and the constant radiance of good humour and which encircled his manner in debate he had no rival in his own times and has had no successor that pan of eloquence is now mute that honour in as a he was eminently distinguished for the two great virtues of principles and invariable gentleness and in his manner of asserting them such indeed was the habitual sweetness of his temper and the fascination of his manners that though placed by his rank and talent in the station of a leader of opposition at a period political were carried to a lamentable height no individual it is believed was ever known to speak or to think of him with any thing approaching to personal hostility in return it may be said with equal that though baffled in some of his pursuits and not quite handsomely disappointed of some honours to which his claim was universally admitted he never allowed the slightest shade of rest upon his mind nor the least drop of bitterness to mingle with his blood he was so utterly incapable of that even the felt that he ought not ta be made its victim vol xi eminent that deep of revealed and that zealous attachment to the which had long been hereditary in f were strictly and and in the part of his life even though the life and the of ever society into which he red he was always t happy and most at home the of spirits and the kindness of his heart found all ai they of exercise or enjoyment and without taste for expensive pleasures in his own person he wan ever must indulgent and to his and a liberal benefactor to all who depended on his he finally retired from the exercise of that profession the highest of which he had at deserved about the year i s and spent the remainder of his days in domestic retirement at that beautiful i ia which had been formed by his own taste and in the improvement and of which he found his latest occupation passing then at once from all the bu and excitement of a public life to a of comparative he never felt one moment of or but retained till within a day two of his death not only all his intellectual activity and social but when not r the immediate affliction of a painful and disease all that of spirit and all that and kindly sympathy with innocent enjoyment which made him the idol of the young and the object of cordial attachment and admiration to his friends of all ages art x i of the cultivation of fruit trees of and with accurate of the varieties of and foreign and in the middle of hy hundred kind | 48 |
of fruits of the natural size intended to explain some of the errors which exist relative to the origin popular names and character of many of to by accurate descriptions of their properties and correct of the full size and natural formation of each and to exhibit a system of practice adapted to our climate in the successive stages of a orchard and w esq of new philadelphia m son vol vo n a book on a very subject in this country not but composed by a practical man acquainted with the by the perusal of the best works that have been on it and better from the results of his own expert ence mr s nursery at in new has to our knowledge had the reputation for these thirty years of being among the best if not the best in the united and it not the reputation it ki from a gentleman of such long will be duly by the public t the work on subjects chap i of the fitness of the of the united for tlie of the ii on the of a fruit nursery iii on urge trees iv on v on the of new varieties vi on the duration of vii on ill e sap viii on ix on the situation of x on the planting and cultivation of xi on the of xii of xiii experiments on to ascertain the le of planting and xiv on the properties and of xv of the of frost xvi on the nature and management of xvii of xvi on xix of the building and connected with a xx of of spirit from xxi of and cleaning xxii of of apples xxiv of xxv the xxvi xxx general c such arc tlie treated on and they are discussed briefly without details or any to l f neatness and precision as ui example of c character of the book we extract liis chapter oh orchard there is no branch of the of less or more performed than of a of lis i is so general that even the careless wilt seldom it i is the want of in of o that total would b less than their performance of it if done h and early is and will a tree in vigour long after tlie common period of its duration contributed more to the im knowledge of operation than the and unintelligible systems which been respecting it in a mere practical system it is unnecessary to lay h on wood branches and fruit branches which however well understood by an observing gardener can scarcely be comprehended by the employed in the business an from the rapidity of which is generally l to ihe nature of our climate ex is very apt to an number of from the limbs of apple trees which if to grow are more to production of fruit he branches which are great heal and dry render close less here than tn england whence we derive most of our lion on this point a good general rule is never to the branch c unless to improve the figure of the tree and then tu lake them t the separation very wound may and soon the shoot as much as in as from the common a little upwards by which means the will be more impelled and the should not approach too near lo ve ol the rays of the sun it to the product ot aw v maturity in off a a i i i i i i m c te on fruit u c as possible i w ii iv m v l iu bv m lai c r i r mill or iti l will be u i i t from i ic ml u il aj p ic c a c or when ire much an apt m out from bought in ft l n these l o l r or i l c or while young ii j lo r much in their form nd cr nt t in it may not lie ik in our warm to trim f i e so u in but great cane be to off every limb or i o to do at a will fit i the the them n will from not br the lime of which in am the tree i have been in the ha it of to my after they l been out about or us growth with pro cr at i it then to any natural defects in i to he corrected with b tree and their the p of ki ti which character kind in then and of shape may be more easily attained apple ti in to allow a man and lo them b this f the while ii opens the ki to of ih sun on the of grain ai d grass ul than an anxiety for early in an it is generally obtained at the expense of much profit and by a gi cat of the and vigour of the believing early to be injurious lo vigour and of plants i am always to from the of early in tlie stages of their it wo a practice years to apply mr s celebrated composition to large wounds by that no like many had its day and t its popularity from n general belief f its mr nt a later l as a new discovery what ha l been in this part of our country that an of cow hung and waa in healing trees than i in the climate ul england in america our winter fr it and our summer dry it tip so as u render it useless for the m i the on cm to the value of the between the trees the superiority over which to the ant the inferiority of the of old | 48 |
or la for new in hit for the of we do not find ii no ice i f the pr of r m in land w i their to m all it br r m i on fruit tree st i v r was made hit t l k fit for v tlie when ii it w s in th of old a well wan in of thirty of u was d bi ni in thi i i f went on very low iv ly in die n il wm twice ill nt the ind of it was a very to drank it may worth to experiment was back of w ht ri not to he l of were ordered from a common country made of common ware wire so made aiid was expected they were po ill f the common of u country a l m tn them over with fuel w is in the for common soft t came out the they were for the in question iv ti ive been for oil of and for y by id experiments we know hat any kind of the i n ware made to strike fire with steel and i d alone ware burnt over a with a hi l ih hint be useful to e nt from towns especially the makers of when are n the of the may not be correctly made the be cork cut off even with the of the neck wiped very dr and dipped in a hot mixture ol three parts of wax and one part pitch or then the mixture is yet warm mr of a plan l i i m for the n h of the it in has made any of the r here he has i on the i tt j dire tions concerning are very brief indeed an no fit for in america that wc know of they arc all raised fur the in it lit a liquor to the best and little inferior to champagne the made from the of this country is superior to that ni i i are four not cultivated in america for which furnish of the first quality arc i fit for which should when have a small fine br or mixed with it and be kept for or four ar m the i the g which t champagne wine m real only in or the travel ti vii h founded in all his ri tt i j r g which a strong rich wine s i of t on wc doubt about i being the most or that it the better because it separate the will and remain dissolved in the liquor ol h from a c as a cannot be used of spirits the spirits from grain arc bi coin on less than e from i of the information is imperfect ere long the will go far to supply its a family always lie kept in use for the purpose the of the back of draw a of ir out of their and then put in n of good have always of good quality the country people want to be reminded that i made by exposure to air liquor should be repeatedly drawn and returned into the from page to page is occupied with descriptions and wooden cuts of the kinds of apples and the the fruit of the natural i he kinds proper for purposes and the seasons when they arc noticed too little is known here of beyond all comparison the first of the tones somehow this fruit so exquisite in england and on the continent of europe has not succeeded here wc believe it would succeed if trained against a wall sheltered from the north and north west winds and not over we may safely recommend this book as containing information d with all the marks of experience and good sense c art xi the battle of s near l ta tim a u takes a sketch mi nt r of t c mm it d to loan of d ia o of of it all at in it to b if been by brook r hon mr sir o uie to the mi tn defend dr on th pointed of h of war id lie be could n an a ii ha been mary in order to the ii d b tlie mi to oar at day the ur can b t a the i he traveller who visits boston can scarcely fail to associate in his mind the where the early heroes of the character of that event marked as it was by i the offspring of a the state house of seated on an eminence the eye over a that flow boston by a bridge m battle a mil will scarcely himself a view of this impressive ui by a monument to the memory of who fell on that occasion at a distance of about two miles some hills arc discerned prospect hill hill breed s hill and s hit as you advance on the road in rear of ihe navy ut breed s hill iu venerable brow on the left here it was that a from tlie american army of one thousand men colonel began at twelve o clock in the night of he of june to throw up some works extending from l to the river which that town from boston proceeded with such and i that the officers f a ship of war then iu the river their astonishment in the they saw reared and fortified n the s ce of a hours where from the of the least expected the americans would look them in he face the alarm being immediately given orders were issued that fire should be playing upon the unfinished works rom the ships the floating in the river and s hill i post of the british | 48 |
in boston directly opposite the american but with ver t continued to strengthen not returning a shot in noon when a boats and filled with regular from boston approached the day waa ex hot ten companies of ten of light proportion of held landed at point the whole commanded by major general and w having formed remained in that position joined by a second of light and companies the th regiment aud a of making the whole near three thousand men i americans had not a amongst them not one being p arrived from the southward nor had they any rifle pieces they had but common and these mostly without but then they were almost all being to sporting of one kind or other from their youth a f troops was posted in a and in part of breast work nearest it left of the breast work and the ground stretching beyond its point to the water side along hich time did not admit of the work were partly by the by the under captain of and the new t ea future inquire ii i of glory in our i oil hit in j or bi in ot lu world mi ml and on day by the iti of our a under start he whole tt about ont five t n by n of the tt l ie open fi und pulled up the post and i m to of the i ine kind grass formed n defence in some p n a now ip tied lo the view tt e british re formed in two lines advanced frequently in time for the to the were dire force the left point of the breast work and tn take the america line iu flank the rs advanced in attack in front two b i under general while under general inclined iu right of the as the advanced r and nearer to the was discharged from p h hill which set on fin an old and the flames quickly to at die eastern end of were m i on fire by the the whole town of three hi dwelling and nearly two hundred other became involved in one e timber the meeting by ith a of fire above the rest the and li in were covered with spectator of hi anxious the surrounding hills u occupied by the slow movement of the british troops advancing to the attack afforded to the the advantage of a and more deliberate aim the wind d the from the in a direction that the british had not the cover of it in their approach tlie destruction of he however served to from in houses whence they might have annoyed to general who had been appointed by in their armies only days before was er where und his men general a an l general a brave and officer directed the whole on the of general v it troops were ordered to reserve their until the of the british they obeyed with a and that would have done honour to the most approved and when the enemy had arrived within ten or twelve re poured in a discharge of small arms which arrested and so their foes that they could only for a lime i ii advancing a step i in ting the stream of the american fire incessant aa to down whole m they retired in disorder lo the cr w well as their extraordinary loss of would admit of the british again advanced with an of forcing way whatever io of il c l them the americans a ain reserved i ill the arrived within when di ir which were l threw int i m with lit w of s m i of tht li forces in o w perceived l of over joined just in to be ind of the nt were ag n and the columns wire a third lo attack with a desperation f they it is probable from the of ri i i l vm every lo c he americans would been not on sending u none could be ed there was a and a in the thin deficiency prevented them front the same defence as before while the british enjoyed a by bringing to b ar so us tu take of from to end upon which the ami were compelled to retreat within their the n iv a decisive movement covered by the fire of the s and i he americans disputed of the work with the butt end of their until easily and attacked on three at once wan taken and their the labour of only a few hours had been by these were ing the work and were engaged in attempting to force the left point of the former h the between that and the water that they hi take the american line in flank the n they met with was as d e and fatal in its as experienced in the other for here also the by command their fire till the enemy s approach poured in a discharge so well directed such execution that wide were made ip every rank some of the americans were slightly guarded by rail fences but others were altogether exposed so that their bravery in close combat was ut to independent of defence neither formed by military rules nor workmen the determined of their regular who were now brought to the ch u with fur could not after all them lo retreat till they ed their main body had left the hill when they but witli a regularity that could scarcely have been expected of newly embodied and who in never before saw an engagement overpowered by numbers and seeing all hope of cut off by the of the ships across a neck of land that separated from the country they were compelled to | 48 |
quit the und opposition of this band of saved their comrades who must have been cut off as the enemy but for them would have been in rear of the whole while these brave and taking up every new position that admitted of defence their leader the gallant unfortunately received a ball through the right side of tbe skull and to the wound i i i is battle of s the british taught by experience of this to respect their contented thi with taking post ut hill which hey the of men determined to be free did the upon hill a in it was here that the remain of hi army after with several of beer owing to unaccountable error tjie parties who had been incessantly whole of the j night were neither relieved nor supplied with h but left to under this battle wan generally admitted by experienced of die british army who it at n and throughout the in to have for the tim it d and the numbers i n there was a d lu cl of fire from the lor half an hour and the action was hot for about double th it period in this short space of time the loss of the general amounted to of whom s were killed oft were d ra including a colonel and u other were wounded the battle of in the former war with its glory the was in the of as this of an american the work of but a few hours the fact was the americans ace to aim with precision and to select objects directed thi principally against the officers of the british army justly o that much confusion would on their fall nearly the officers around the person of general were or and the general himself narrowly escaped at the battle of where the british sustained the force of the whole french army for a time the number of killed including two who died soon their wounds h the wounded the total loss of tlie army on that was vi in killed and wounded british acknowledged the of their which thou h by no means to them on thin occasion what could have been expected of an ot a as they ed them under officers of little military knowledge and stiu experience whom to hold in contempt pretended to that many of the such by singular bravery on the plains l h died in the arms of victory were of the bay when was and the force was greatly by the arrival of the new troops the british commander to the of the island to a happy issue a part of the troops being sent on an lo the new health had by service and the climate were embarked in l for their native country with a view to their recovery aj ii of t s fore they ted voyage tliey found themselves ordered the h n about for the arrived when the british were too much we success and by their contributed to the surrender of the place their fidelity and good conduct were such as to g in the a and unbounded confidence of the british officers of such principles were the of s hill composed it surely a to rouse the of men made of a so fertile in great as could rot but attract the notice of the president of the united states his late our to the it was precisely where fell that hia met the citizens of on the occasion und them a follows it is highly gratifying to me to meet the committee of upon a theatre no inter sting to the d it is to approach hill where the war of the revolution with so much honour to the nation without being affected the blood here roused the whole american and united them in a common cause in defence of their ig hu union will never be broken whether indeed we consider the action of the th june in it or as the to succeeding events wc must pronounce it tt he the most glorious of our for the engaged nd the made use of if we except tliat of new no parallel is to be found to t in the extent of impression produced upon the enemy but time had been lor the works which ere under the of skilful d extended a that could not be k hours only were gained for those on breed s hill formed a great part of the time under a heavy fire from the s ships a number of floating beside poured upon them an incessant shower of shot and shells left owing to the hall this account as of the with from s i in the temper of the the deliberate attack on st breed s hill the of june im under the orders of general tlie signal a general u peal to arms these times which tried men s but they p away and er be the per of ever to the of ee secured ld inspire on the of by m r i fc and to uke a view of s that here ties of and the tlie colonies to tiie late is brief dr arrived on the where had t anxious ei oc o r un ami of each i d tlie or i and va ud the work up on ll c beach of core our t paced the di to po whence light three successive gallant es were i examined the the the l li of aiid every point of and defence r ing on the nine before s self might stood appalled i surveyed the whole d at a f and ca the by with s throbbing breast stepped from ground of c farmers for the rights of nature ft i their wives and children and to where a i | 48 |
the delicate manner in which this was paid to the talents of dr was not lost upon his feeling and grateful heart he ever afterwards acknowledged tlie patronage of his benefactor by act of kindness in his power and by the expressions of filial affection if there was one trait more eminent in the character of dr than another it was the kindness of his feelings in every part of his conduct in his voice and io his manner and his gratitude for benefits conferred was only by his anxiety to confer benefits on those whose appeared to his attentions and to ve the promise of future utility o their fellow citizens cease of dr dr was appointed to fill l friend d it even while dr s w v i brief late dr contributed in no small to keep tip the reputation of the to which he belonged to the great and of dr rush dr i i owing the standing of tiie medical school of philadelphia and their may be found in knowledge and heir utility as the of the of v i i always place them at the head of the of this they marked out the age of medical science id america a period which we firmly believe anxiously hope u not yet likely lo pass away but which may hereafter soften down into the age of unless great care be taken to keep up the reputation of the institution by the choice of professors who public reputation to add to that which the these great men has already in i j dr was elected member of the literary and philosophical of new york in he was elected of the american philosophical society mr having declined a re election to that honourable chair owing to his advanced age and the distance of his residence ur was too engaged lo appear often in the character of an author but his remarks on the fever of his on the bone and on the an animal of the species were well calculated to his at the lime of his he was fast rising into as a comparative and had with and other eminent in europe his of published in two and the head of his course is a most useful embracing not merely the but the of the parts noticed according to the l est views at present known of that branch of the subject although dr did not publish many works he was among the most active to knowledge of all kinds tliat we have seen in this country by his meetings at his own house which was the place of resort of all rs who had information to communicate as well as of friends who were engaged in any scientific pursuit his house was a centre from the beams of science in all and were through our country dr had for some time apprehended symptoms of which however went off st he was occasionally troubled with of the pulse which indicated in the source of circulation in fact it was found after his tliat he had under an of the of the the immediate of his appears to have been a low fever caught as wc have reason lo by visiting a poor family id in the city where ihe apartment was close a stove hot an l want of due m in the room he complained of great oppression in but of the vi sl his charity led him to o again the next day the day he ui a ii i i brief of the late dr r to deliver his lecture at the on hu n home lie was loo feeble to go up lie supported to hu bed out ot which he rose no more lie died on i ad of about put eight o clock aj lu ss of t seven we tliis account better than by the brief the next day in one of the public papers of this city drawn up one of his friends who well knew his worth and greatly d the of this kind hearted and useful man died o evening at half ci ht o clock aged at h house in fourth street philadelphia dr can tar many years a physician of the first eminence in the city philadelphia and professor of in the university of the loss of thin gentleman will be severely felt in by all classes of the community his great i and attention u physician the of his tones the of his manners his careful attendance upon the poor who could not l equally ax upon the rich who could will long him lo who knew dr in most character as a professor of he has not been equalled in this and he been in no other perfect master not only of the of his profession but of the ed modes of teaching it lectures were always crowded those ho were not to for the sake of a degree were to attend lor the sake of information hie skill and care with which his subjects were prepared and brought simple neat intelligible style of his the kind and of hi voice and his ly to m his fully tu learn and his in these have long been admired and will long remembered as a scientific man it will be difficult to replace him in m i i society here his aim to knowledge ol kinds in all ways his house was resort strangers from every quarter of the world his weekly through tlie winter were the means of and every kind of useful intelligence in the philosophical world nor will his friends who usually met there ever forget the elegant hospitality of his parties or of hi own conversation tliat dr had for some years been by in the chest and of the about a week ago he was seized a fever not as | 48 |
a ty but which with his deprived bis friends of a whose will li be replaced and the community of one of its brightest ornaments t c dr was married first in to l whom he no the time nineteen year to his nt widow a of governor ii he hat left two children ly xiii ar of p and the an f from e l mr the um n of d m a m t a and m a time far j it when mn tow it i bum i at the of um tt tj upon c m od met tbe of hia iu rocky is an a ll fr n wore wa up will f m r j mud and out m tlie m aa oak ii ii g ad l iu r tim ii ij not tut half an hour n r a i and in a ha lo the ts lu im ai in im work of mr on t l of by ba been to iu of tb after b iti from america into u about ut t c into t ll wiu bo e np there fuel i m tu than ui i of h cr m will probably be but m k n tbe i and tbe l n be und uie i tile be i in m ar lit ill n r am i m ki lo it v fc be m blot lo point out now one individual in i it are an for tbe of for ail in a hundred other having of thirty jt r ago though it any h at hit say m n i no af which a may appropriate to be o l of ami which ta on by u w t that in i m h be a of hit it al and i d tbe whole interior of bin aud with by from lo lie lamp lie a in da where m ei the dame white and of the eye could tl not profit from his that bi ample waa not and tbe waa ll ia in thai it hu and oa a at aad from england il ii now d to it into a named by bo ike lo inquire into tbe ly it m il cannot be eligible for private oa account of the t tbe bat number are will be and when tbe are can bo no o tha and of the light of and be l all in tu of four si i i i as of bj m ills a h d m bim of mo om ss o p in bom ur per liquor c oi s fr i w s of ti to of h i ow of v the hay u u o io on new and ii of ike the k in u n a e red it ua la u of ten is and in a of to l t hie of n ii of b j of and all the and outlet and are to and t a made bv and lamp ii n io tbe ab or on at die power of i ot m a t uie of i jf mv rome been in a a ir power motion of two tlie applied io a io of tb way tlie front um of bo u oa of a and tbe of t and a m l the tame in tbe hum io om t oo ti an die old on tin l or r a i rs m k c of he b on nt h and applied with than tl e ami bear r i it with more mn with further i tf iu o a b part of n wai part in and out of b be of a weight was and b up or the at the it n moat to all na om b a i bundle or bar and will a and in l ever made by an e a new organ or of r tbe uie be in by all it e many new and in l r and to many new par and li and t bj making au that dow in depending npon a r more and cure hj and bo i hate be di too thb tf motion tar tbe ot be i i on or u m t lie ml h u i c iii b m ma in earned id in be wm bo i ml by oi luck ink if u id to p i ti j k il a u of lie tint tb um by um to line a now t lu lie of la cur tn of i ia f ha i wa of ut ill n ia be al bo n bore far th id l f li bv i i mm id tha re ou it di fu a with a or ty ink ao bat arc a m ir a it c all of not m d r if ba ui aad it will to tlie drawn by and ui r i l by a r tb t a with water ui i none an i li w er and a h cl or n um y co will b tu il a lie d i i m adapted to of a go f ah of march tha ah tj is a rapid m a ten of and m d for it a a hare we under tbe au aad | 48 |
a to ra for under l care il rival ia c of nod a of by now tb ef a of d nt kind of which nay be la th and the and art an ei ban fail to our r i a made r aim i mid b perfect i ii thi mo and tor un the bat traced o he of aad he n and a if il had not b ir i done lo la a proof upon alone may be any length like the i a of a va ham an of in a of mat of execution and wo not in tbe due of aad of old in the i il m with an in over i y ll u it it for an the plate i a plan cat in a very and lie of may be at a of in thia way the ia a a cm t sa ut tv w t i i i t of and i iu tl t im or n l ii td by of oi letter or k drawing an in bt nm p tu by it aod ttie r ii ready to i oil a all it ii b into public b ill or jo ou nation in f b taken and b fan tlie i v n bo io of t m far tliat will any witb it i difficult to fix the ol iu application or wo d it a for art to arrive t t t a men i of a loo iq to ll c in t in hon i the f tu ho of our in cry aod ul i of io sir t r dr an had been bj lie af t of a of tlie at ho bad on but p n n of l of and io of n u of ir and lad l in u uie of au wit tu xl hill fur a i i i n a a ao made to r t ho t for the ot of natural for that might be to ha ra al lt d of n i ii and m to to be d n r d from ay a io bt l i u mail au io iii rt m we am p tm u i object in will bo to all tbe of and t and to be by la b easily by an in u from a and tt p by of a the of li gi aod are to b left hie brain bad io lie th akin in order thai it may be be rubbed on tm oat of fo n i l it bark rail and one part burnt and in n to tie well ed d wall dried and one burnt add to i a of and ht r an of ir b no or i c a be m i to b kept wn in and p r i i be in lid of la be up m lie f in p p r h i p it ia t t d in of wise nm im lie i li hit he o h r h l k y jt or bar j la be if id bv two or i hie n or o be d bv or the ik a be preserved in tbe v li bim f h om build in brain li d p r bu of of known under ik n id uie t o tbe o au ot are n d valuable to t an to f r en ihe of in ot of man t the io or and it h iii r tj tbe tlie of m it lo expose co he air m i off the r to be u afterward lo b l l by a rum ur m a f male and if lu lie i d i ami mi au th u or and ar c li d all ui tie in and in im lu bo the pin if be the t by m an of a la oi and th of the of s ur b h t every lo be put into ha uie real of animal be or th of k u t by tbe not only on but th i r a to rock of the best art collected by of a net n by if de i h air not too are up by the io anchor tbe lu and ta after a nay b picked up on wa or a th of tlie ocean in a native and on the hare shell hit hare about by the wave are of ra bill e when other are not to be o to be am in end and occur on e of land or in which it i in be into hot water the of whidi may be to by the n p ted of by which tbe animal will be killed the are allowed lo cool or and i ben hi ci out of are of life patting water which injure ha or any dark which arc with fine down or hate not be to but are if a and f in a boiling time when are ui p m at bat n been in he water he to ihe air and inn fir a day or two until perfectly dry lt ia be d in s um be m ot r mb bo bj or til and and it u | 48 |
ue b and be expanded d can he takes tbat or te bj of hot tu be bottom m box lined or of aft or ton wood to be nut box the or beat in la we or net are mb or in and an fine are and a pair of mt it u of or due open made a four r el down the middle bout be o the ii le w h to a die n wed in uie of bag m k all i ii c be once the rim of the net it on either ei ie n by the of or the edge of ik may io dried m sun in water ta j be d b of ud when laid between of p and in a box a la ot pa n in are to be by l lo be and ton or ii tj o u id i th l tbe ld u j m l i u put together i a and be e well retain ve e better if op in or in any and packed np in and in part of there r of a u b never be pat in tbe box tbe witli and b to be put into om dried the greater put i piano dry easily w o her paper if of paper di r b without but a the an be und die dried tbey are plant are very of te he killed iv the of a bet web ia wed fat tliey an l io and iu lie n ui aa and i the clay or lo gen ought ti be collected specimen of h aa r be and ml generally decayed in the one r la tbe of by the in another the rock in iu of when tbe of or contain they ought tu be in in and m fold of ur if to be bu four is a h i and inch in and of a square ai b ihey have been tbey be u and wrapped in fuu of t cannot mo or vegetable ray be g tbe k u river ought to be the of c ui ii i r i md to lie he of sod oa i and an k me la e ten m pre i of in tail an in and boom and of and if im rocks of to r i i h r ib aw of two dove and i i i it lie ta pro of xi i and with a ct a ar t i to port of the an wm y for nor a bt ib thai of a covered tbe ot j li b ar ft d and ii i b h la m aad of the mi ri of o l or tha or of ra gait the d mb a i ia tiie r or lie be a oa l ad ll y of aad plant af and fifty half et and had to in a own u an lu io a u d ben b y hat ia p n h oh europe la aad io the of and it tha at for a she arrived t nm tb r m a aad a u i a um ot um year the whole of and and on the heir will io of brace ot and of mr bj of mr took ike lion of r m de ha en another hi north with to into we in will take from the death of who tho in of nd a tom a privacy will ever to he lu pan tr tier ice te on ji ay de tea ale for the able and d tlie in and ia hu time tne li d tha of and rt f women rod a at lately vo e ms v ill t o lent vn a ik in th of hare hare been imder and um hu h die in tbe i in and f i in t a on hi e and in the the tn r d ia i u m lodged mt to be h bi s h and m ia mil s mi f thk b r ta be tim aren of ke ih about l n b about um about o but receive to for lo given at of pour ia m l lo in o and nay bo a term or the teu of m on the gi n to a fine ef of in a ia tho a of of and a by a body of or aad by a of of men he l ed by tbe tn l w of tbe m bi by th in tbe r of th i jou and um ao j tlie portrait of there in i nt af the in a bum ber of i and wall a y or in c of th ir l him aod witb tbe li ood ti wa u bad y l but all m the of tbe li id mn f now you of s ih i k mo o and a lo tbe be i dagger i lad in tbe mis of tbe it nt tbe as to tlie id when the all made a pi day after ail tbe in i uie witb tbe to by til of ave j m ap hint a tim o tbe pot delivered a king upon tbe o l j m i manner after the | 48 |
a tbe fm tin il to and then the by lu of wiu to thai u velvet and ed with were v he a in p o i and bj h a a a vi to uie on of i or her ten the of also i a in d in ting iv aj of aa m tbe d i l m i m i p a lift of virtue and f wm in calm for the of re hit him by and to bo a it witb hi bv if mid ho i d hb be carried to b ib poor the of hu wept i ii r and the mine of the hen a it be tor a u ill xi u nod the ion of me l p lied in ai a t of in u the n down lo p the fame writer in with m von ko bu r l or tbe of c ii tu tt tu m aa hai tu the n i o y s to t in the n bj w y dry lo a to an t ic w to ui for thai lu oil and are lo be or in of r keen lit pan a lift mr of uie ha a fur of the w h p n la tall at tea the ll u ou t o u i t the i ni if the hi i m oi tn to lo for a tbe of tbe thereby vol xi out id the a el can h lent tm wednesday b t ta of sir k c b sir arc i jt on it ia to have uie at t m tt an waa at t a hip of a newly b ii to inter mb a of the aod a ter and tl and a half a proof of its ll the of m on sir s lump by w m in the article a ai of now well m country and ii a lone a the mind d a tu at u it lu my tbe t tu tlie a of it wai naturally b chance alone could and by a er of wa regarded a a purely branch of inquiry but since o place lo um and of tlie of tbe wan known new with d e view of tin he to know od art of which and the have l science inter c lier been even the h bar power to i men w many tlie ii of life of i i in terrible and of be or plan by the ct of a are draw n die r but which from of m ve no of sir tl for or more be of ia r li it i im only na by it to it mm c in lump ber of an ire hope will be adopted in in the l din that lid ag we have in l e h at x vi ry nod will n and t in r ha been led a on lie name of j k at too m given to for bi sad nt to promote tl of a of and with he up the of return to l to ee the lu nor b t o promote the of the o c t j not wai really li r in m i at once a ot j is order to make food the t tar m the hu been a ai ihe ef are in din d a re been tor tlie a i and a granted to tlie ef and io that bo nay pan abroad a are to h al far ih h mere om are tame as at tbe of it bare d mt to at tbe public to t of aod era about it in country it the emperor of ur advancing u tv and to bit the of the and departure of an hem to to a ef men of who witb of tbe king of are to the of thai country to of and to en rich of hi m hat granted the for h expedition and ihe o it lo the to le n and ot at pr m lo um of l m m gardener al the palace ef known by works en m painter of and m a the from iu fr te me and and the other at arch m f imperial cabinet of l hi is lo the and ra of tbe academy of at have ihe d the ef p t in o i of whom m very of iii mn k u h the ni o the the l one a by a by in for other hold hi fine and edifice ii from ruin of the one put o which and other for i il ma l td r ed by worth and ni a in or n ai iii nd a r with all tho at and m f l academy prior to the adopted a with for th hi i md tn produce all r bad been iu t to br tbat in and n ny if won the no the at it b pint lo in to o il r k l r an to mj at it in ir ii it ld readily day onr of f the h wiu of that walking on the if of loan and narrowly o er r ok rf other | 48 |
one of bit and t relieve tbe ti of that sir thai a wliat do you ly ix be iii l ii and uie of at know what ar sir i very that il u not met and then paper it worth four hold tbe poet here pence foe il yon in lo t m h you your i give ou thirty po summary it will ap lo be in l the old of i who of been in at lately to the and n i hit the n and u th o for hit to on hi from to tan im now been lo liberty br a full pardon from tbe the pay particular to duke of ly waa not well received at and he mt for bout trade b the of tbe f l of tbe public of the to the i affected hit as la but been to ia capacity wo no new if we of the hereditary of the command of tlie army a of a dispute uie of war arising of be public o the memory of tbe of f ni und who bad threw court after if ed ia honour of the l ti in and went to public ball to be equipped in the of i to aid the ia south america one on board fully and u to form a t in b tt tn t i i m of a i tlie are all n who have ie n mid ar from to the in j o they will bi ready for un in lip in t in to go on to direct for tint by l h i l mv aiid will of for the and are id of uie i f and well j t the of by the united stain a nothing to be ot by a im a i io t i to be id thai quarter n arc il i will u them u the mil powers to in h i tt ai and c ot upon i society hi li and abroad lord vo tha with uie be or hon tu will ba an y on the ufe of by of beauties of airy poet aad l to which will be b replied u ay on f li y of hope work will a of little have been but partially e and in i tf r and o them never into an of in the e i tbe oi bit and f aa an author in little aa fl and d a tin h and at n be ab of ta i age of of kind i the en tlie plan of ui and of t ted lime mr ot city i to of rt in em and a more as to the of aa oa it t under each every branch into i ot e of c e at period of lime thai belong to il will the of am will wn be on more and than have hitherto in work nt m a jam f by john mi by h li h pf u a well call e ul i in the lu treaty the t state and i n had to ue the by oa of ihe ia ou july i bo i li b on um iii on import into the of be b tt by t with i m tbat of our in a m a r i i i of i r r are in the will f it m aud b to be p aod i to of it in e a hate id the title p b a for it ts upon hi work that which may it to of m find ome dip iii and that al in of ex and are rt of white s art of e la i l i i a s of n m i in l wc not t o r pr f ind a d report f hip library of i on ami of he no w n to air pr of a brief of or in the of j s of the mr a on of the mr i oa the of mr death of bi character a of tliat the h ul vii matter a talk cut a little ho may to not im from of are re p but tho of lie and he ct of u tf lit a ac north ac a view of with an by and ib this work will b referred to at aa of the important it will do to imitate of mr in th m tho of which they appreciate on a all who have in of the late wiu an doubt bo of a of and br n at a day be in h little volume we hare a of don u r they account at be late cm and little new we b r a in the london m the by early in the firing of whole of the of r plate with heir of ma tt n wliich in l of n r ra u after t from al hit r sir fc c jou from tlie of go art a t r ti of aod t p n to altar h may g from of an r of so r tim lo c v au f a ten d ri si after f ir re barrel f bim w tall w fa i mail about i of of arc ly at of of collection w of all of t by ae of v li c i m | 48 |
of emperor of or a of vo by a of ru j on bj oa i c bat in tbat lo m print ri t r ihe work bj die moat and all bj be belt en thb of plate i of thrown it hire thai after a r of b bad e to ai to pro li tint u in the bnt at as b of any or l o u plan j it lo the a i k or ur iv h or m o lu it in b popular ai lo of poem hai b mr of a of he hat r i it of four long each and ii aid is by b in hie year the of ii a war in a of of i or to of tbe are mi ab un of by r it in of rf im many ai t r of bill ii h f mr at il hi poetry i dot i ri i i ea ui i t in to can hit ii d i ou ihe all ib she i u u il in in f d maid l d glare ihe y to bo y i tu not aod d tin body f bar d tv by r o er bit bead tbe d in ton i im i with b to c u am mb ma lip wc f nd a be mil tim la a ua be v long an mai d m i j n i t tn till br r p d ui m lies mj i n ed mt v in t w battle will m lo e lad o m in satin ni ta can in am mm ol aad tor ha hall i bj a tin and word d im hi no lad l c at tack a le te defy of aw m it tu th j lad h i ll l i mm ba l i for mc im i dire tm ob mt and tea me o a mc mm it di rail mt a all tb but mid and to ui a liim tomb to with a ht noble maid tr h the am md l b mm ite die like ike ii and ot d and la ud m d b n d and an d bar am be mm af it ob id ban lo i la o au and aft of bar relate o tr der i aud l ar aye u loi d maid la ij i af b hi maiden will it the pour die feet of i iii ur aud da r her wound deadly and bit of till mom hid li i d si gi d la ai al k of to in ideal to y of new aud papa bit t c id could i n mine then my how t jt m w bow how f low or al die dawn t m pain led io be we ll rot with j ing ll be went ho turn out be if old bi mat a b mode men and lull would bit mind recall ii o t l la ho f d b i now son a boon of b c hi ot l i tu ta on will b in or d in w tb m on tha ll part at on um rt was u tall a g aad in he can the mn l r no ml ni one who n l no other than hat and e who ihe id a am m bow na beyond vm but a rare air in ar profound like lie of i at length en d b ti ri n iv o due and the n w but ben of e hit ht dow of but and ee m s l t the u aad t h am and lad da bit tj f bj a and b i tb of mm people in moan aa ad la o er lake a dow r of ho l i for or white of and bo lame bad once b til a in h i cm j non dan a i o ll b i t men slower b ad an p m i aad pro h from i l ti ihe on aad w he m other act a tail and loan in pan hit h v j la loi you ll bill be a tr my but ui but wai an om ab a di lu all u he or or br n h i ii li he bit tim ma ot ihe with and in aad per all are bid bead and i wild ive aad mi beheld hia a and d bi a r ha hun now devoid f sang in hit elbow he hi he ti hu all on he will m em b now o rf in point of of o er u iv or in ry l and ai lo o te me impart oh mj l mr to iy n and b i e er me i ur a er al le the magazine march l i art i an on grammar the principle of w are in an english grammar by p d d st church iii the city of philadelphia ct lit est r ia the foundation upon which all literature properly so ought to be hit of our nt as well of n as any other | 48 |
in an leads to the correct o ly when the models on which it farms are pure it ly happens tliat these such is tan be relied upon the of we arc told were on thin careful to confine the of wn to persons a pure and would cm no a count permit a dialect to with his intercourse the a of the f tt is recorded spoke the of rome which wait considered an requisite for the imitation of the future orator but in spite of every error will and be adopted from which so a of oar knowledge is derived are not free construction while speech is ever to from m and corruption it in i r on this account to some standard fur the of ll who pretensions to a and a a defence against which s who seek to themselves with propriety and accuracy the mind the assistance of rules to enable ii to c of and forms of any of and to have these rules bv examples in order to the utility of the labours of the on the other band a critical skill has sometimes been wasted in cases where the obvious of and good sense needed nor of l to i tt such had tt in n fe it becomes an able o know there rt things worth his dr it l l e t y ia in part a from the principles laid by in the same path vo home c in m i when is a collision of s he the merit of improving up briefly and the left us by the most eminent of ancient and modern in this he been of practical service to render their s available in quarter where otherwise they have remained probably unknown wc have as yet too few public in which such writers ought to have place and from a variety of causes they seldom nod their way into private principally ik little encouragement is given to the cultivation of this branch of knowledge and the belief is not sufficiently established thai money can he better expended than in the of a considerable portion of the work under notice is devoted to tracing the of speech from a comparison of the of different dr as a scholar may be expected to be intimately acquainted with the hebrew greek l in and english languages and his c eminently fitted him for this k it would have swollen his little volume beyond the present intention of the author perhaps to other source of inquiry still further of some important points but it is won hy of his to remark that other tongues present fertile to hia investigation such as the the the e of the sir vm jones has said it is more perfect than the greek than the latin and more refined either the which it to other languages is thus by that great philosopher critical knowledge of the languages with all the varieties of dialect his opinion to a degree of authority which the present is far from claiming the race r and indians to whom we may add the and the ami old or originally spoke tjie the same faith is in of proof tlie jews and tl e race the people spoke a of used primitive dialect is believe i im sure e to this proposition would require all the that celebrated writer which it is not attempted to supply a few are before us that may afford an idea in of his position i i mb our limits do not admit of extension of thia branch of m a i of s with uie greek and of in as well aa words r ff of feminine and arc the same in and the signs of comparison arc essentially the same as io the latin and lai m heavy tar if and the ancient et he correct in g the latin as a of the or if as we read the tl both in the and on the of many of the in the wilt be found to include the greek also in europe ive meet in moat of the witli professor of hebrew and the oriental languages we know so qualified for such a chair in this country as dr it will be found on investigation that as remarks most modem tongues are clearly derived from the greek the latin our language with greek md l i ther of it and with a mixture oi saxon and imparted to it by successive into the of our ancestors and during the and of the was a roman colony the of established the administration of the laws in the and contributed to upon a nation then ind devoid of a for articles of m e fresh and m w characters imported with the to which they were applied the conquest similar and later effects how much farther the origin of our language may be traced is perhaps in too much obscurity to ik of interest beyond the indulgence of a literal s j to the who introduced ol i from h only iu from thai by ihe of greece k consisted of letters to which ai and of the from thin introduced into greece by at least thousand years ago and from c dispersed over western part of the thi n known world il the now ia are d tn l r the moat hat is method of the existence of characters is bv reference to antique such us un the ni and the n m the british with the dug from the of are standing evidences to any other tradition of a ace greek in on arc at once striking to e in in an upon he mind an s ti the discovery of by a coincidence of conclusions tn science to follow the doctor | 48 |
h the of in languages which are the of his investigation would ik deemed more curious than useful by the general reader grammar is a subject not to be inn few pages nor don i jl admit of view in its it to those who will not take the trouble to profoundly on the subject of quantity and accent there arc do let practical guides than the ad the greek the and s attached lo the in dr johnson s dictionary a work now in this city i habit renders ihe acquisition of the proper iu our language difficult of than in the dead languages yet have led to numerous which no j tan remedy and arc only to be p bj refer ring to a work adapted to the different cases that in latin the of youth to the composition i nt d by the aid of the ad m after ome in these extending the exercises to the various measures that occur in the poets arc the best methods tliat can be for the of in which hu commonly occur in school on this it may not he to notice th of grammar in our and few ever enjoy the opportunity of carrying their be on grammar the p of teacher s ri and often to it is of tliat they bo us ex as the fort grammar is the m t to the but it in too to in the hands of the i h greek and latin the best that have appeared level to the capacity of the and found by extensive lo meet the wi of the more any others ko s s which have been here are inasmuch as they do not carry out tlie of the leaving the young for whom such of arc intended without guide to help through the various termination ti the article too instead of being placed first as in the and accompanying the of the us it to do for the sake of is postponed die subject of i di in i m d though lit it are drawn ihe of the greek and the latin yet his conclusion point to a of grammar to hi work in which he has chiefly the correct views of his and will no doubt still continue to be used in it w a a philosophical inquiry that this essay on has its merit the given of a ia too when it expresses that ii time it an attribute or n action or he desire of th ul l never tempt an author to disturb settled that he can introduce much better is that simple in our common founded on a the being doings or of a at i no idea of time altogether till we arrive at the of the ana none of with which the seemed to to bi till happily the and their rescued us from we to to particulars we might give of of an attentive study of the philosophy of the human mind tu with the operations of si to all who s subjects of but wc must hasten to another branch of inquiry to such as arc desirous of pursuing so as tn a more complete it into the origin and nature of i e ch with we would recommend dr analysis of adam inquiry into the r f language his theory of moral sentiments lord i of s bim t or of s of man his ii m ha s n a v s n r on u aiid the writer may be consulted with by professed ith and and will be but of authors have treated oi excepting here and in the former part of thi article it may be observed that to much time hi their and would scarcely be in but those destined to the of the gospel or devoted to the of youth to afford a illustration of the principles of wc shall now proceed to their application to our own which it oil to and u to against the of a and the of a false grammar words arc divided by into certain called of speech under the following article r i pre and the well laid down by and to vary them would be but to novelty and hazard precision every subject about which our minds can be employed in or which can be a of our knowledge must relate to the objects which l either in reality or in the imagination or to actions operations or energies which these produce on themselves or on one another now the sole end of language being to communicate our knowledge its divisions of must correspond with the divisions of our knowledge the business of which is reduced to two heads first to exhibit names for all the objects with which we arc acquainted that wc may be to and recognize them when mention is made of tht iu by or others and to the actions operations and energies of these objects the are expressed by what call from the pr word which has its root in the creek t the operations are by what they term latin french other parts of speech explain extend connect or the and the the and the then are the main pillars of discourse while the other of s arc their only before we can communicate our knowledge we must have names for all the objects which our knowledge is exercised and the same names by must be imposed on the same ol the work of all languages is the contain and a language is perfect in respect of them when every substance material or which tlie people who use the language have occasion to speak or write has ob dr tt the l m a lu cf of our n h a i ui n i i i i jl i | 48 |
reader must collect from the which of these it is pro er to prefer he can receive no assistance from the words themselves the greek language would distinguish the first sense by words p mt v i th second ia f t vi t the third by o n ru m and the last by tlie french would express the first meaning by im t second by un ami du the by du c and the last by again the phrase may be either give me bread is bread in opposition to sugar or nine or give me the bread which is used at the table x e greek language can dis these and to convey the former employ the words i n i but to convey the latter the words iu til if t the french would the former by du pain the latter by le pain between ad lai and there arc these that the latter have their roots in the nature of which and the additional idea of time accordingly are divided into i present and past as expressive of the present or past time serve to exhibit the i and attributes und to define or meaning of the qualities of men are white black young old good bad c which qualities express attributes tending to describe or distinguish the object of which wc to e it and to it from all others of its all that qualities susceptible of or and almost all arc wi s k v vol xi j w p m of h v died upon three of comparison the being the simple of u without com which i signified hat of one is greater other ana v ir d i ne is among thi t i ha r for all the an l i lu twice thrice times greater it was thought rattle to them by words rather to bt r by more stages of n than were requisite ancient i es ss these of cr m on chiefly by u the h es the modem incline more to th m by words a their name und for bring sc used in order to prevent too frequent and di a and disgusting hence are a source very great convenience and variety in language without which the of all languages would much less of than they possess of he following sentence were to w expressed ou the use of loved hit country s his family and s hit friends but hie passion was and he to ambition s and all i hit duties repetition of would have been and again in addressing the to to couch a letter in the following terms to c sm s my army provided will order c b ar s enemy to dismiss s aw army cannot come to rome in safety without s my army while he s army near the it that would in such cases have been to the bird part of the they now possess they could have retained only the to the third pi of the singular and il numbers because then the re the third of the to follow it and the bring repented without any of the the tt and k r would have been and of course must have been banished from of their is said o be of the first person tu e he or the ii to and to m di agreeable repetition of bin name thou ist d ik un of thi person because the or tin writer em tl to he person or thing for a like son he site it are called of the third person some third person or which has formerly but is not as the s rs the j on grammar i to and spoken of may b many m each persons has a we ye they for the x ni rs of together the we must re cr th h ti which contains far in we know the most account of di sen of now the of and their depend ent k which first great branch of our knowledge the and the the objects that t in matter or in the mind we take vii w of the and its which it branch of our c the and their of object which they exert in inspect of themselves or of one another radical ch of the is action or energy i read think wall etc are all of some operation or exertion in that which is the to the hence simple but appropriate to be to do or in in the form i that in various energies we find a division adopted by into moods or more properly modes i at and io the mode the actual performance of the action u y write the the power inclination or obligation of agent to it as may or write the the agent as or commanding the per of the action as write you the represents the in without with or reference to any agent or any power or depending upon him oa to write all time is divided into past present and future hence the formation of to express each of these with their lions a new an l ingenious method for arranging them in the of youth has been devised by a mr j of this city on a scale expressive of the several distinctions the mechanical u e of the ri i or of the might here be ly introduced by teaching youth after uttering the to turn back and fair a view after which to forward to marking in each the stages of time by the t in i tu t n b came at i a in a n to ii rim and tc that in of sad bv a far a th ml r to | 48 |
description in thia country i volume ia i on in own merits b nothing to by ne i s of a dignified where of text i of here arc no splendid no coloured l k it is m volume wherein we may venture to ay tliat there are more new related in fewer words than can be n in any other of the american press the plates i and wherein tlie objects arc with the must scrupulous accuracy chiefly under the of one of the best of natural that europe has ever produced m le the scientific associate of in the french of discovery to and the southern ocean the in her ing upwards of ninety distinct t i the volume itself contains more new information in history any volume of size collected and published in europe within the dame period and it is with sincere wc record attention it received from men of science in france and germany in which it is now considered at a compliment of value to be a member of this institution to quickly and so has its reputation risen abroad a disgrace it will be o the american public if they should ve the mournful the that u prophet honour save lu his own country and amongst his own household that this society may be better known and its value d wc shall give the table of contents and a paper of mr say s on the character and description of the i n specimen of the work which wc recommend to public notice and support because we sincerely believe it calculated to da honour to the american nation i c of six new species observed b messrs i c and in the sea in tbe of april l o by c a le account of a north american supposed to belong to the g description of seven species of american fresh water and land noticed in the systems by thomas say the same concluded of several new species of american insects by say on the and the natural order of by notice of the late dr on tlie be a new and descriptions of three new species wliich it is formed discovered i the atlantic ocean in months of march and april fi v a le new species of tbe by c a le some of tbe insect known by the name ot v j j it v on the in tt to hy i say a account or by an f the of united by say c a o ire new by mr l e in tlie i by c a le two new of the by description by an account ot an american of t not in v be a now i of fishes of the order under name c character of of tu me an of the of the states t it new of c concluded an of two new of plants and of of t h ma and another of i recently il on the banks of lie de in the vicinity of by i of new species of land and t of die states by say of four new and two varieties of the c a on of the india from bar to by vm ol m on several species of the by fi by c a le all account of the united on ii of the t act of c catalogue of to the l d of to the list of to the i the and on it hy th mai k t a l ir c of j and c au oar i of l and joints i hairy h r ent c head and black ai base f ct pale covered with b hair the and middle with ck head block an body the tip separated by a and polished colour of the rounded behind rounded at tip colour ol the u extended upon the nerves paler and i academy w before the longer than the i long al ai tip m very acute pale nearly as the with a ui than the the not by men oval above with a and buck by the or w i acute in he dead in is ox inch i p k lam y w t acute abruptly and attached hy the mouth above a x beneath with g which in the perfectly nine on la advance o i mi a to exhibit the of near the extremity the of feet or ere when t from the it is exhibiting very little to the eye length e of an breadth one the mature but is of a dark brown colour and appear perfectly this well wn jet of the has re the name ol un fly in of an that it was imported in some straw ti i the mar the truth is it ia absolutely unknown in and to a entirely new to the bring now for the m time described the by mr y in the of lend vol iv p and named by him is ut of same with this but distinct the history of the changes of this insect is probably briefly the s arc deposited by the female in numbers to and more upon a k plant of wheat and so doing parent another instance of care for the welfare of her which is so evinced by many of the insect race the egg b not placed at the of either of the leaves but some portion of ay her between of the mr and the nearest tu the root of the plant the when excluded from the e i will be in immediate contact with the from which alone its merit | 48 |
d and u have in china than a iti europe variety i dot now to lie in fact at an earlier period the the liad almost in detail every ic ct of popular inquiry the of seeing that which have read or heard but such will l c lo he of the subject and on i confess that china appeared to me eminently deficient china in il extent produce and want energy and ihe chill i f and the for my own i had again undergo aod among of or the of than sail along as we may expect in comfort on the waters of the imperial whether the view taken be just or ignorance of the language the state of under which e shall probably travel will be complete to enjoyment and the will consist in lo and im able to ay with mr von hu it would appear that author was as judge of ch f nation as a chinese who did not n word of and who openly professed to despise tlie country and inhabitants would ix to judge of the p moral character and manners of the united states from ha ing been n up the from to some and again let see he judges after such an as we have just quoted the are so in their principles action so in that the arguments arc thrown away upon denying both your general and your facts ad the chinese all at yet that and deceit arc him and he has no in the e of i i is ui il by others and it must ik constant practice of vices gives them a in the semblance of in with i k arc t pf our friend a taste and wc are t it f i i i i i in ihe case with men of education in china mi h ui occupation at t a nd this opinion he notwithstanding his of of were fully the ri of nt any thing like natives which if it could have with mr i mm have been us wc have already entirely to we r to subject one upon which the may he as possessing a competent knowledge w object of the this he i with and wc think hi on the propriety of the of the or of are marked by great good sense it is to perceive that tne chinese in the course of the on tliis mo t interesting subject an and that would not have disgraced the most an their over his ts evident and not contented with succeeding in their views manifested a to make his hip feel the between a people and aa were to term the li h it is impossible not to consider the following account of an of the emperor more to the of the than the tou with its nine sir collected oft ive respecting us to the it y the return of y after describing us ns in se our stopping or going on shore were o forbidden o us b r at to sell us books or articles of were ordered tu usual i particular to the them to keep of an sl s throws u the ui repetition a party of tor un ix to some tribes passing l country od t occasion to pr the women of villages on the route as arc alike by ihe chinese until known cf equal it mom be tliat the freedom allowed able this mr has his revenge n he describes the chinese and before we our notice of this work it mill be proper to state that there is one general idea impressed on our minds by this man with more than ordinary pains it i if we comprehend the author rightly on of manners for it is certainly under that lu ad that we arc to place il that wc have derived from the of this uninteresting work the to believe mr arc a people wc should ra a people the sustained by mr from want of cleanliness on the part of the natives must have been extreme indeed our author on one not to be considered u u ae m m a the of the school of who the of of sources of this to the of the work have been deemed fit fur in this country so many productions of press arc suffered to unnoticed by rs for this obvious almost unknown and unnoticed by the m public we can we no good reason why we should ha all ti of li literature bestowed upon ui some of the e be the cane though were twice as much we recommend o their attention ihe remarks from the pen of one of the most scholars among us hope it may have due ht future it is this kind of on the one hand and p on the other which our solid advancement us from our true level in the of europe i prefer that our taste and intelligence be tested by the n among us although these too been and scant our seem c been governed by the of english and t of a book as by the number of without making allowance for ihe influence of or party spirit in those and the that in so vast public m the british no kind of can fail to have a er eager hence we have been with have no other than tlie worst of effects on american taste an must either produce or an intellectual in h h i bill ha o m f to ihe of mr s id u x it a fair of x work n il ci of jt i iy lo mr m t w im at lo he in t w il a i to account of iti but mr f of die i r pf | 48 |
wc i f l from u u t a m n oil our a number or u the t mad un to ri old ck im face of a hill io t w y of about n aiid a half ul a l thai like ihe ua e in ui old fa a ment was now made the company s re lo the stood over for purpose jf of the result of mi w k th tt our of this of the world are the land taken for continent is in fate into innumerable islands and that the ri xl line of t of a hundred high and dry up the country lo the existing it in somewhat curious to compare former such for instance as in n a with that in mr s h of execution to oi m of what mere and science is sometimes up i he l cluster of was named sir james hall s the n here exhibited by signs and gestures the greatest aversion to the binding of a art from the making motions by drawing heir their and the boats away from the l but they offered no serious violence by the representation of their dress habits of life and dwellings given in an plate it would that these enjoy the and some of luxuries of life and from of the work it would appear not improbable that s and repulsive gestures were only to their own if detected in holding communication with foreign un the of september the vessels cast anchor in a line buy formed by the main land to the and in front of a village with u town ai some distance here were by a chief witli a numerous one of whom to the great amusement of our countrymen received a smart and as the a number of companions standing him joined in the howl these behaved with great and carefully examined and noted down every particular to the when the boats were d with rowed for the shore the agitation of the old chief was and when they he exhibited all the signs of extreme and grief it as well it could be done that no injury was intended and we were friends lie pointed to the and describing its revolving course four times he drew his hand across his throat and dropping his chin v m shut his as if l that t a a v t a v i s be in danger of hia head if he further the party an to hi hy of hunger but failed of fur though it brought in procured no invitation into their they w re therefore rejected by w r of hint thai was not mode of invited to return id the they dine meet every the old man who liad observed ai and perfectly to comprehend the of the answered by through the of eating and with much of and patting afterward to all w b very then looking grave he drew bis h ar his neck shut his eyes if to hat your good when i must lose my head he on board the wrote some on a of to which ite re an the paper was retained and when shown at to mr turned out to be i don t know who ye arc what s have here a very inquiry and to which it would not have been easy to give a reply he appeared tu captain m for not u going into the town and received a bible which he carried on shore with much care likely supposing it to im some official communication when they left this place w was named buy to the southward through innumerable and lofty and of extent the outer group was called the i and the inner the the inhabitants w rt on the whole friendly but averse to intercourse with the to them to depart and making the usual with their hands he or is to the emperor of china and in acknowledgment of a majesty may well be king often have been very much by our visit to bis except in the late and present no ships ever into the sea lion had kept the coast of chin on y and liad touched n the nor side cook and others h d well defined the bounds on the coast of this but the i ii bad laid down on tlie ram the m k from a and thirty to a hun and y miles farther to the eastward bad led us to believe language of is affirmed to have no resemblance in to language of china though the the chinese written character after from tliis of tliey passed u of which at the distance of two or miles the smell waa strong in their approach tu islands of the of chains the ship w l m i ome danger the one th t terror of ma n a strong wind on a ice shore i m l ra indeed could not have in a and w t al most loo near o wearing bi th on with every carry on tack to the much at moment on te for the fate the r their to of and rolling with force u i the b und a press mil at i the and up through a formed by the and i let to much to of all and she wan followed by the the view to the the refreshing of a highly shore and the approach of from the them and fresh water und pointing out the safest the ships made sail in the direction pointed out and came to m front of a considerable town with a of vessel at anchor under it in a the mouth of which m hy two | 48 |
pier heads tlie natives to m the sight was altogether new crowded to the shore and the ships were speedily visited by the people in office who made the usual inquiries the answer to this was correct but wc arc to say that it waa judged expedient to practise deception on good people by informing them that the ship had sprung a and by turning the cock in the hold filling the well and setting the to work the natives gazed with astonishment ind at the volumes of waiter thrown out on he main deck and without delay collected a strong party of their and brought them on board to assist in the damage when this kind offer was with an intimation that fresh provisions and water would he moat acceptable an and supply was furnished of pigs fowls eggs and other articles with abundance of sweet potatoes s fruit then in and even and fire wood i or all these were taken but though was repeatedly none would be accepted after a short period they were visited by a man of rank was handsomely entertained and bv whom were in return a to walk over the city was however put aside na it degree of caution was at first very properly towards the new comers who attributed much even of the slight d upon them to the interference of a native ao termed by our from his md peculiar and m his supposed inclination to keep them at greater the lower orders conducted the great e t courtesy when the left the public dinner the natives up on both sides of the way to their curiosity m the tlie row formed of the bo kneeling the second of larger children the next rank of men and the behind or i oft t w moat confidence was u a k m s y to und hi for and to his and os various kinds at con of shore they provided all of lo the i of hi ir power and wood for and m i ic of l i mile long and broad and i he of a group of thirty to the lu early history is as usual in d iii and f aiid the few m ain points on which cut be placed contain very or variety it is in the id the the scenery u the people healthy and apt in instruction one of die most in hu to our n is described as a finished gentleman he paid great to every word be heard spoken wrote it in his book and in a few weeks made a in the english language as lo converse without an the read and of this people altogether when the of the king of f was drunk in a r at s table a r rose and the captain through the ver expressed his gratification at the compliment and precisely m a european would have done under similar circumstances in a to the king of the though much of the volume et lies before us we cannot refuse space lo an extract or two in further illustration of the t and tf after describing the m in the neighbourhood of the ships mr m proceeds ai follows at a the traveller i bj a to wliat seems only a which under an way hy in i of he a t here and there by not far from each r on of these walks small doors are observed on o ci any of which he is surprised the appearance of a and with the and all he usual e i about e a f some and mr ho la in fact in middle of a but invisible while the were here a young man whose case had long been hopeless died and while the english made his coffin the natives dug his grave when the funeral was in a number of the principal in their mourning habits white robes with black or blue were observed to be in waiting while the were making for the ceremony they were closely attentive to the proceedings and when they had ascertained the plan by which they were took place in the procession exactly where less than the mo t propriety them the dead mail s bore il e with the two and hi the tear of it the i i m a the the tain tn of t kind the i s who been in and tlie order tj lo ht ihe u m bein but with which when the pr lo a r in if co n marched slowly to th r took the for the i u b placed at the head of a tomb which aa of already t ui to erect o cr the ind of the ent h drawn with indian ink ihey hi of their cut out with much ai which explained them seemed to be ik i i all t di of i t it j i if im ao the day the they to the with priest and performed the funeral service according lo the of their own ion their skill in medicine and is their is i their is on one foot only in is that the whole creation here it of size though all are excellent in kind and pigs arc small and the lords of the on are themselves reduced to the height of live feet two but at the time sturdy built the of rs h decidedly chinese but rather c they are of fair complexion seemed to be cr without weapons of war the effects of arms excited their and they begged that their birds might not ik killed as tliey were to sec them flying about their houses language ts a dialect of the a few days before the departure of the ships a man of high rank | 48 |
and their talents ly to the advancement of public every in of this object demands our warmest ac ments a to a charitable mu t proceed from no common in the for though be the performance of a deed it is rarely the attribute those who enjoy the the design of at once in he of helpless infirmity school of painting arts here tn their infancy but of an attachment and for the soil of one s is worthy indeed of a mind big with feeling the moral of these on lis arc capable of the lesson they display for the imitation of others add a weight of consideration to the of our venerable man west after a separation of of half a this eminent artist at the head of his profession tlie labours of pencil are sought after with by the crowned heads of europe turns fund recollection to the of his fathers and in the of a pure amid surrounding considers the efforts of his pi an eminently due to a pious and benevolent object for no ly r but his country s benefit a i i m i i i k a painting g y will be from most spectator with of the before he proceeds to an opinion upon the in detail which so much has been anti s little but such these are in i o to screen the painting from full aod free as a work of the production of liable as all arc to and as commonly happens not from because with excellence the general effect in the t place i striking to ihe and that which in tlie whole may be considered an evidence of general merit in a performance such as believe no one aware of mr vm s estimation among artists will be found b dispute the rich glow of colouring the relief by the groups that the solemnity interest and of the scene all to awaken those higher emotions which it is the peculiar glory of a master in the art to call forth the principal object that attention is our the superior dignity of his mien above all men points him out at once aa he ought to be the chief subject of notice if any objection were to arise in contemplating the which in character is so material an index it is perhaps that a sufficient degree of interest is not manifested in the presented the appears too little marked he was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and though his features were no doubt regular as wc from ancient writings yet the of the forehead the m r s of the do not present those occasional strong lines accompany and and arc always more of the highest under midnight praying on the and in the wilderness must have tliat cheek with care and anxiety which our sympathy with suffering the eyes expressive rather of than of it is understood thai representations of our arc upon the traditions of the fathers have not all ex themselves on this subject in an uniform manner st believes that the lustre and majesty which shone about our s face were capable of winning all it was that drew the of his with so much ease to it this majesty that struck down who came to seize him in olive garden st be relates that the people followed him and were attach ed to his person by the of the several graces that in him by the sweetness of his conversation and and the lustre of his there is a majority in favour of e opinion supported by art than of men is sir sl y that the people a t fc ur and never weary ot m na vol xi i i i i west s is of opinion that st tlie christ the virgin and the a and that by this meant their to the life were scattered over all the it is certain that ha i always a tradition in the church the and stature of our and our i rd is thus described after the images which are believed to have been painted h st lie very in the face and about seven or six hi h his hair wm to be not but a curled his eyes brows were buck and did not form exactly eyes lar e lively his nose his buck and pretty short he wore bis hair for never been upon his mr had hand of any one him besides that of his mother the in when he was as yet a child his neck was stiff his carriage or proud h stooped a little with his head his complexion was almost of the colour of his round nor but like his s aiid pretty much ii n the gravity prudence and were in f c tin r c in the countenance of christ it y be that great must have been exercised the imagination of painter could satisfy itself with its own creation of all the part of the subject it is the most nice and delicate it is for the painter or the m to of the of such an occasion when a happy moment may occur or be wanting on which so much depends when success is given not to labour or but to inspiration of genius when it is a fortunate conception in formed of he most exquisite as s in the mind that the merit of the execution it is so in poetry il is so in painting both nearly allied to each other the hands of spread out in an attitude of arc exquisitely wrought the right seems as if starting from the canvas the left is contracted which has given it the appearance of being smaller in size than the | 48 |
other the is perhaps rather too gaudy for one who like truth no immediately on the right of our i the john whose of if to or traditions yet seems scarcely to accord with his character in divine works and attitude in the painting it is in to effect m striking purpose tliat the indulgence of the painter s imagination is allowed and admired he must sometimes improve upon strict historical truth in pursuing the grandeur of his design flow much the great style such as that before us from ith professors to conceive and their subject in a manner confined to mere matter of fact may l r seen in the of in all the pictures ic which that painter has represented the h has drawn them with great lie has given as much dignity as the figure is capable of re i i re west s all this u not ing the fact it is taking an allowed poetical a painter the individual si a of the by a tt the natural ol his art ue has but one to utter but one moment lo exhibit he like the and the mi d with great veneration for of the he re tire the has no of conveying an the dignity of mind but by that external appearance which grandeur of thought do s though not s impress on the countenance i and by that correspondence of figure to sentiment and situation which all men wish but l the painter who may in this one particular ea c what desire in vain ought tu give all that he can since there arc so many circumstances of true greatness th il he give at all on the of christ i peter whose rugged aspect may with an idea of the he had as a to follow his master farther on appears the thoughtful a man grave and well qualified to bear witness to this miracle and whose is the text of the picture is seen behind the upon the scene with a look that all the dark principles of his nature which tlie painter with infinite skill has admirably with tlie open expression of zeal in the next a younger mai who appears in the act of encouraging tlie father of an l y to come and submit his son to die healing here is one of the many hidden beauties of this extraordinary work reveal themselves more on an attentive study the man in of lust mentioned is an admirable copy of nature the more true the nearer wc compare it with real instances his hand grasping a stick appears th t of one living his son is represented to us by the happy power of the the all dutiful child and by the inclination of his head the cast of his eyes and even the attention of he hair as though m hope yet taught to expect the from the intent look he raises to regard the figure whence it is reported to flow beneath is the group of all others that most the on account of the singular felicity with which the of a sick nigh unto is represented with hands uplifted prayer on his lips and earnest in the strain of every feeble muscle of the lace i lie pallid hue die the of the veins the joints of the hands and the accuracy of the the in short convey so true a likeness of age to the of which tlie white linen the gi ey locks number of figures interested and importance given by l the of two have added we ire to dwell upon u next to the of our the object of attraction m j i c sick man holding his hat look of ex mouth gently open the i ia thereby d her neck with it her countenance in pale with long attendance on the sick couch her emotion too evident to be care suited od her brow with the gaze of i boy about years old accompanying her beyond these on the right a is seen kneeling in an of adoration and in faith awaiting the of the on the extreme right ii un female apparently struggling with who by the of the and inclination of the body seems striving o partake of the she is supported by two roman the taller of whom is a remarkably his limbs admirably h countenance noble and with he roman nose were no doubt derived from choice models of the italian above is seen an aged man a who presents the of lost reason in all its horrors mr west has no doubt taken from for the wretched being appears in the extreme of aspect what the mind a horror of it can rarely bring to admire but though under the e of such a feeling ti will on merit of i from an original if such here was in the case it will acknowledge that spare diet confinement of pa all contribute to a livid to the flesh which with the shaved head necessary where the is affected and eyes not the of mental ft was necessary to introduce human in its most degree in order to convey an adequate idea of the power of christ as well as to re the monotony of wo in elevated situation this object is a young girl the loveliest perhaps that imagination could paint which agreeably the scene to the eye but it is still more assisted by the amiable looks of the two of the one of her hands the agony of her mind and a peculiar sympathy in the on the right of the picture a woman kneeling ds a sick the complexion of the little r wi ll malady and in an posture it its head on the bo om of the mother who is well described as a by her above her is a young girl | 48 |
blind with a of linen around her head which with the flush cheek im of the the artist has been very happy in this but the though a fine head expresses in the countenance too little earnest for the occasion tim old woman next him must strike all k exact representative of within their in i a painting p p stand the high priest and the malice of their one of calling the attention of the other to his a idea of doubt and jn the perspective arc seen the who sold in away after rebuke they had received on our lord ft into the of prayer of the of die holy temple is above them such is the general outline of this a of one whose of genius in composition profound skill in design and with excellence in all that t the painter s art have combined to produce an work for our study und no t of the could be more appropriate for a hospital none better to excite ii religious lo serious and to exhibit a ground of the feelings of t man arc not to be envied whose piety would not grow in meditation u on the scene the artist may perhaps discover that the line of heads might have given way to a more by the distribution of the scene and chiefly the of our u th key stone arch but nature to follow which is never to do amiss a level in crowds as well aa any other it is difficult to do full justice to a composition of between and figures occupying an one hundred and sixty mind a great part may be truly said to be common place it was with this impression that sir in from the very chair now so filled by mr west delivered his opinion in relation to minor objects it is not says he the eye it is the mind which the painter of i desires to address nor will he waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only to catch the sense to divide the attention and to his great of speaking to the heart it is not our intention to enter upon an analysis of the properties of this suffice it to observe that a want of many of relief or of judgment in colouring would lie felt did and it ia fur e who view it to whether in this respect they are had such been die case it is not likely that the vigilance of the painter would have been or the of friends have been blind to its defects prior to completion we leave those who have tu the great productions of the celebrated masters michael a let il of the in for on be pi mr of not l ni a oar in d poetic t i ii we into be of us k be moved and i ia t v m d if ami he and it is v w v om i i i and to draw their own conclusions founded on just from an attentive study to a ho little can be or positions drawn objects to the majority our population would k scarcely with and on the grand merits of mr there can be but one opinion on his relative rank with the it is for masters to decide his honour among the living stands by station et iu judges have pronounced the verdict of his we read ii in his works its is sufficient to that it has not been upon r thread of fashion nd but bound tu the human heart by of sympathetic tie we consider this an in the arts of our the era of the dawn of a rising animated and d by the successful example of u as such it was creditable to the judgment and feelings of to pass a bill for the of the duties on th of this celebrated painting and doubly so considering the object to which it was to be applied mr of v in the introduced this subject with his taste and the object of tlie bill he observed was to to the hospital the duties on a painting entitled christ in the temple healing the sick presented to that institution by west the british nt with a and that does honour to it ever charge incident to the the receipt of it in this country would mr n observed he trusted be met by this government in a spirit not less gracious liberal the of this celebrated a the i of which belongs only to genius of a superior order and extensive would he hoped be acknowledged in such a manner as to manifest the dense this government of the respect shown by him for this nation the painting mr n added is considered us the tt of his pencil i present is designed as a love that illustrious man bears to his native land it is also to the and judgment of this nation he painting moreover honour on tliis country an l extends its fame as it is the production of an american in order that our readers may be enabled to estimate the value of this we are d to from the th it mr was red in london sum of o o for l to exhibit it during a given period in new york boston n l after which to li cr it into the of the of the hospital but li e ot p l tm vo an in a d r far lam b hat i r it hi lime lo li west s painting s mr west altogether declined considering it a sacred c to this affectionate memorial direct to be applied exclusively to purposes of open thy band wide to ud to c v we owe it to the favour of the worthy president | 48 |
of the hospital to be enabled to announce the earliest returns of the exhibition so far as die same could be made a document we believe that will prove highly interesting to many of our readers the following are the moat remarkable days d november of exhibition visitors fast day observed in the state of in consequence of a of governor to that effect christmas day in the morning in the afternoon s january n w year s day general summary total number of visitors in november december in three months there were visitors producing tickets sold to life admission at ten dollars each total in three months s f remarked the in which coupled with short days and long distance to the are weighed with this return it is with to view by sm of the art art vi on the of in relation to ihe scientific and of a extra a delivered on the opening of the institution november by esq i or is it to the of gratitude and religion thai we are to attribute the of which arc expressed in works of literature and forcibly interests the of man may be esteemed a current cause of the wliich he makes to communicate to i other hi own peculiar impressions to sublime wc mi in all ages attribute the most affecting and refined productions the human intellect the intimate which si between literature the arts is in no instance more apparent than in con origin and the with which they may be referred to principles of human nature those emotions of of gratitude or of love which call forth from the of warm and energetic language excite in another person the desire of the resemblance of the object of af or of recalling those scenes which had afforded him so much whilst the poet in elevated language the deeds of his hero the painter his canvas with the same subject and whilst the former relates to us an impassioned narrative the latter brings the transaction immediately before our eyes the course of improvement thus begun is en by applause and excited to a still h er by tiu at length not only individuals but nations become by their superior in these pursuits a state of general tranquillity and a which of the free exertions of the mind arc to it improvement but these arc only negative though the blossoms may a e the and the warm and showers are requisite before they can ex and their fruit it would in fact be in vain to expect that the arts and should flourish to their full extent in any where they were not preceded or accompanied by t m certain of wealth and so as to h its occasionally to withdraw their attention from the more laborious of life and devote it to in and the pleasures derived from works of art any state has attained tliis pre eminence blessings of civil and political liberty letters and arts are n t indeed as a positive of any people but as natural and result nor has the cultivation of studies been injurious to the the morals or the character of a people on the contrary they have usually exhibited a reaction favourable to the country where they have been cherished not by opening new sources of wealth and exertion but by the views the moral taste the ana even the physical powers of the human race and of the fine on the nation where they hare once a rank and a in the of the most honourable and the most can be nor arc the arts d with as and to be considered as a on the of i wealth or as u x n of a on the r they have been encouraged they h ve in an eminent degree not only to honour but to the state how shall we estimate the of into the of italy in the sixteenth century or into holland and the low countries in the as for works of art which though hi on appearance have continued to increase in value to the day and form at this time no portion of the permanent riches of si e the productions of their lu lists ought after by the sovereigns and most di characters of the who were to be by their and ask whether ihe re in d on their la was exceeded by the obtained by and individual in any other if it be that the person who can produce an article of the greatest value from the the prize from his who can compare with the painter who with a fi w and a sheet of coarse canvas may if endowed with the genius of a west produce even in the present day a work that shall be considered as by a sum of three thousand guineas od that at the same time the taste the moral and honour on the artist and on the country of birth i trust it will he clearly understood that it is not as a matter f pleasure aiid gratification mi rt ly or in common aa an object of luxury that i venture to recommend tlie cultivation of fine arts my purpose is to utility and to show that where they are no country must expect to its full advantages even in a c point of view much less to arrive at a high degree of civilization and to itself in the of mankind attended in the t degree to this must acknowledge how the improvement in have kept pace with the made in the arts of at the same time there arc in which the arts have by own sole and contributed to the wealth and reputation of a country as m the instance of nor can a be made in the lowest de ml i aim bid b one rf n di li | 48 |
i of the or il xl m the fine arts without an with uie t one source tim be a when it he through ble channels i in f i be and that in thus on the to t from lie of the ant i in a r unworthy of you of shall b old it s in or an i u a ol si i ing those on it n to th and to nd them down to in dull round of my in t if un ut all the result which have a void able if you will the arts tht will and ought to you to that an to be encouraged u m n some disinterested plan from all idea of utility shall l e n to that a building can be erected without a foundation i hen is not a greater error than to that the can upon th of tht they arc willing to repay whatever ib devoted to their but they will not become if in the infancy their should be n such a long exist the arts can only where command i ill an artist con produce a of aa to some to prefer it to its value he ought not o expect a it is a and a and in its effects to and not to encourage he art u hut should think of giving a to the author of a worthless poem by way of and yet is generally from both in and that the tints of the want of public patronage it was not thus with the great masters of former times i speak not of those whose i fit md on th summit of art which add to their i value merit of and are when met estimated gold and gems of a or n i io da allude to those whose works are well a a a and a long train of other eminent artists in italy m i s and even in france who a favour as often ai they a picture and by the dignity utility of tlie art the that to fin o hi v c till i lie i t it at a h arm m i i e hi v vn i k of a biography of i given iii length and to ct l p after upon of ind in bi him and respecting a id which he vm involved with s view lo off her husband the on st mark s in order to detain him at should be agreed upon great britain and ami wc have now a copy of these letter in a recent h ma to thin during particularly one of dr and mother of the polish lu n o one from ess of which never in print two letters of were in the newspapers ai the time hut nut in any or accessible the name of paul jones in remembered with terror a day ng th co m i he was the ami of a small farmer a few from and impelled by that love of n e hich is w to be met with the of that embarked in the cause of the against mother country whether he iv is by a of the of britain towards america at outlet of career or a ho e of himself of the opportunities in warfare ho greatly to from obscurity it is now perhaps to determine and to inquire it will be seen from the following th il in the of his he well inspired with the that from a mind iu the of ny and that he was honoured by some of its warmest in both it in not to admire the md gentle that influenced his conduct towards i ko opposite to the he was represented to be and the ver manner in which he repaired the injury by the adopted for s the of the there are instances among who have the in which paul jones was originally ul enlarged generous a disinterested conduct than these letters exhibit combined u they are with sentiments of hostility ds the claims of hia native country such w of which the view is at all refreshing ought to lie held tip to the eyes of those who ore now engaged in similar struggles on an adjacent theatre o hi policy in the of higher motives induce who direct and the movements of warfare as well as those who arc impelled by the to in some measure by of and generosity for the injuries to which the helpless ant tile innocent arc peculiarly exposed in the a people and their rulers in the t of war paul of with which in ht undertook lo ro i ts great britain on the he al and in january rt to with the w arrange with tht american and in he v the bay of and on his return to hill j l in lo admiral n who afforded him of il lie left l and sailed the channel without giving any alarm in the of the d april he made an attack o harbour ol w in which there were sail he succeeded in et ling fire to several vessels but was nut able lo any thing decisive before day li lit when he wan d to retire i he next transaction which took place o the same d iy wiu invasion of st i s isle near the town of i ml s house n situated the particulars of und of the action which succeeded tut well as ihe u which jones acted are well given in the following letter wh he to lady il m man i t he t k much lamented that in the of arms ok fine feeling and of real sen ny should necessity of | 48 |
plate to he with which without doing any other or asking for ties jewels or any el w is odd he men off there is reason to think that there were some h among with and in particular one supposed to have been once a waiter at a inn the leader of the party who was not of die that their intention was to lor who is in london it appears haul actually plate and tr the unity after peace to it to lord by the letter of ul i my i have just received a letter mr at l th instant a letter to him from your l rd on of the was taken from yo u t pie when r long time post in mr n k care a time before left lo to america mr w wrote me lo i ut he had at my request seen and con with in ri the he that i should restore it and it might he m the c re of j in law the o in in i now send lo mr to the immediately to her when i receive l mr alexander s there was no or vessel ai l that i trust with a charge of so delicate a nature as plate and i g reason to expect i should h ve to l within ix month after i for america but im in america prevented my to europe during the war i had constant of it the long delay t at hu l to the of your has mc much concern and l a in my first intention my motive for landing nt your i in was to t ke ha an for the and liberty f of the citizens of who had been taken in war on the ocean and to british act of parliament as fr af ont you to mr alexander that my idea was a you were not as i had in favour with the british ir who knew that you favoured the cause of on that i am glad that you were from your when i d th re as i k ii no but the contrary you had thi to r my citizens from britain by means far more g than through the medium of any as i have endeavoured to serve the of liberty every of the american and sacrificed to it mv private a pan of my and some of my i could have no motive in permitting my pi to and carry off your mv sole vi a to turn attention and their rage from breaking out and on your house ana the too wanton and desolation that had been against and fellow citizens in hy the of which i you you would have felt the consequence had i not fallen on an expedient to prevent it and my people before they ha i time for further as you were so obliging as to say to mr alexander my people behaved great decency at your house i ask favour of you to announce that circumstance to the v s a of m lord wi you always perfect freedom md s nt and m mt humble d paul to the right the ar of in scotland his combat ith the paul sailed round tl north of on the th of was f vn i r did no damage however to the poor he then proceeded cost of in tlie middle ol september he up the of forth and o the th nearly to tlie violent west wind however having drove hu i o rapidly down the as to be soon out of night he taken and stripped u few i he sailed next to the which he carried as two lt vessels of war the and the of which after an engage ment he had captured near head on this he british minister made urgent d that tlie as j u paul himself and his m should be delivered up t i his the dutch however on the came to thin tlie could not pretend to judge of the or of the of who had taken on the open sea vessels not belonging to themselves thai merely given them shelter from and would them put to ht a ho tliat the british might an of taking them to this resolution tlie warmest of the minister during the of jones s stay at the he thi following letters to lie dutch admiral baron v on the at the my lord human nature and america are ver obligations to you for your patriotism an l and ted every grateful sentiment for your generous and polite letter agreeable to your request i have the honour to c of my lu his dr containing a liar account of my late expedition the of britain and ire by which you will see i have already n praised more f than i but i must at the time beg leave to i observe that by the other papers which take the to in close particularly copy of my letter to the of dated the day of my arrival at from e irish sea i hope you will lie convinced that in the british prints i been waa indeed bom in britain but i do not inherit the spirit of that nation i at once lament and despise it is far beneath me to reply to are strangers to the inward approbation that mates ana re wards of die man who draws hi only in port of the dignity of freedom i i i of j nt i america has been the country of my from the a of thirteen when i first it i had the honour to with my own hands flag of the first time it was displayed on the and i have attended it v n ever o i the ocean | 48 |
i we it respected even here in spite of pitiful sir joseph and wi h rd hope very to exchange n with the of thin i but the two join and they will give peace to the world highly to worthy of your i have the honour to be my your very j and t on alliance at a ov mt loud since had the honour to receive your second r i have had occasion to and h ships my return to tlie i l or lo t or your letter i s remember the ue it vi l t whether to lord i he accepted my if have a french i answer i never had any o tion to lord for his good nor s he know me or mine except by lord wrote me an answer to my letter to the but uie detained it in ai post in london for a long time and n returned it to the author who ds wrote to a friend of mr alexander an acquaintance of dr b then at i giving him an account of the late of his letter to me and desiring him to his and myself if ihe w ts restored by or by any public body he would it hut that he not think of accepting it from my ihe plate h s however been bought c ble to my c u and now lays in at her as to the third i never bore acted under any other than h it have ri the of the united states of america am to vou my lord the honour you do rat by pro tn i ent you in my l i ti but it u tn honour i decline i cannot my letter to th ii lady and lady s consent and i have a very opinion of my writing being they arc not of value tn claim the notice of ihe public i you my lord it given me much concern lo an extract of my rough d in print and that loo under e it of a i friend will mc cautious how t my i have the honour to be my wit i f re u c and he paul jones in the american cr ice during the remainder the war and on the th the to him an address of and presented him k at peace of t s j it wm t d i t i vol xi j s of paul turn some or the taken during the war but a pecuniary to arrange this he for and arrived at he received with great cordiality in the of hu residence there he the following letter from dr s de k offer of which i would give the particulars wan made tu y mr le de the c ministers he said he was d to m ike it it win to give us the of ten p i sterling a i a for having d up to the i did ni l accept it ic much too small a they having valued to at thousand pounds i wrote to mr on an in i re ting he would procure of the sums on those canada ships his answer was that he could no trace of such and he believed was made for that the government on whose account they were to be loaded military stores never but by die be t judgment he could make he thought they be worth about or thousand pounds each with great esteem i have the honour co sir your most obedient and most humble b we have also iu our an original card of invitation to dinner from l a which shows the esteem in which he was held by that eminent character he was satisfied an to his claims and returned to america but in we him offering hit services to the by whom ihey were readily accepted the following is the copy of a letter addressed to him by her imperial occasion co of a her the of the to paul paul jones a messenger from paris has just brought me from my in france m de the letter to count de as i think that this letter may contribute to confirm the truth of what i have expressed to you i it to you ant beg of you to return it to me because i have not caused a to be taken of it having so much hastened to let it reach you i hope it will doubt on your mind and that it will prove to you that you are about to be concerned under one who is very disposed towards you i entertain a confidence that on your part you will perfectly justify tlie high opinion wc have of you and ou x to maintain the reputation and high name your well known skill on the element on which you arc about to for adieu i wish you and happiness d i i madame on tht of the circumstances which disgusted with the cr i of hit imperial but it appears that in he was engaged in a lu for entering into he cr t a appears from the following ver document an letter from ko ad dressed to the honourable vice admiral paul written more politely in english mv df k six i had to write you the st or the of i do not recollect but i gave you the information to to the minister of at or at for the according to what mr d me had order to communicate you wish with all my heart that could your i am totally ignorant they arc but i would you to fight against the and me the of e cry thing am dear sir your most humble and most obedient servant t cm | 48 |
write tne if you please who is minister from america at paris i want to know his name this not m to have succeeded and jones in vain m i from france he died at paris in in poverty obliged to raise sub to the expenses of his funeral the national assembly vo a of their members to attend upon that occasion viii proper and of by la de the magazine the fi i last a into mr he m a or h ir at it in own from i it io m ny hey c v im jt e in o r r ta r n a o from one language into another the excellent pro of human genius is the greatest benefit which can be on t world of letters for perfect works are so few and invention is ho rare that were ever nation tu content own there it no nation in europe which would not deserve to be called poor is no commerce in which the risk is so small and the pro t w great us in the commerce of in die age of the of letters both tlie learned and the poets agreed to use of no l tn the latin so they might have the of bein undo stood the of and this idea l i m or madame de on the of so far as can very be without the f i but n were tlie t i of the ut ot the fur l any from scientific of th count since the accurate knowledge of ihe latin tongue was at all an confined to the f w moreover the latin e very in of the which it was thus tor the improvements of science wc h perpetually calling for the creation of new words and thi very soon i h it the of which they were i ea i indeed not the poets on the other hand liad a greater regard for and the consequence of this that very seldom lo depart either from the words or the phrases of the ancient italy gave to a race ne whose writings were m on n da s considered merit with those of and such as and but now if the fame of authors be not entirely their works at have fallen into utter and are read only by the number of learned and the curious so narrow ana short live is that in founded only on imitation these latin poets translated into italian hy their countrymen for it is at all tim h that the age to which we arc accustomed from oi cradle and of which we make use of in all the situations of active life should be preferred by us to that which wc are taught by and meet with only in books i um well aware that the best means to l e independent of ir would be to acquire all the languages in which the have written greek latin italian french spanish and german but then what what leisure what does this require who can hope that such should ever become and universal improvement m ever be the chief object of who is a well of mj kind i will say more even although one should have a very au knowledge of jn languages when he lakes up a of a foreign poet into his own tongue he will receive pleasure yet more intimate ami domestic any which he previously received from these writings in the those new colours and ornaments which his tongue receiving from the of beauties to which it been a stranger when the men of letters if any are d to be all and often guilty of repeating same ts the and he phrases it is h trial thi soil is the best of ing it is to the illustrious poets of other in the work of if wc would have our to pro to our countrymen we shall above all things to avoid the sin of french in manner a lo ot all traces of de a of which we he who turned he touched gold was very soon reduced tu such a method of a intellect the which it ought to that which is imported abroad still the which wc arc accustomed and we have by to the stock of our home error of the french admits indeed of many with them is and are have do variety v of no of the poor t i hut up within ao narrow a circle that he is perpetually the of if not to the same thoughts at least to similar the of french a wearisome monotony and if fault may he avoided that must always be in tlie free and of original in ever argument is pre arranged every of feeling has to be copied there is no room for of a character so victorious and no the french accordingly have scarcely any such thing as good poetical except tho c of by the our arc indeed very excellent whatever they meet with abroad into good french with va much that no one would ever suspect their productions of being any thing than the original writings of wc have however tr mt which is at once excellent in french and stamped with the character of origin ik it is impossible we shall ever have such if indeed with reason admire the of de the reason of hia success must be sought for in the resemblance which our still preserves to the from which it is descended ana the felicity which it can still the pomp and majesty of its original i he modem languages on the hand are all so different from ours that we imitate them closely the greater part of those which arc i our own the english who enjoy a | 48 |
much greater of as well as of might have easily become rich in at once exact and natural but the authors of heir nation have been too proud to stoop lo the fatigue of and pope the has two beautiful poems fi om the and he has retained not one that antique which wc the t and of the style ol it is not that for three thousand years the world has be er produced any poet of genius e to that of but in the traditions in the customs in the opinions in the whole of the age is preserved a certain charm of simplicity which affords us an inexhaustible delight in we are carried back to the youth of man to the of ages and our minds are perpetually agitated with pleasing remembrance of the and t o k m a n madame de on tf early years this ta tt is age renders it net thi moat should at all times be the most f remove this of an infant world y w ts characteristic and i more into a level with the productions of after times it is a favourite notion among the scholar of the were not one individual j the and a collection of separate many k in which had celebrated the rapture of and the return of conqueror it to mc that it ii no very difficult matter to this opinion and tliat the unity of the plan of the renders the supposition that poem was composed at different times and by different person why the of perpetual theme of the poets incidents which occurred iu the above all the h capture of the itself which brought about the of v could scarcely have failed to be the subject of some of those had these been the of authors and to have formed a part of any poem which was intended to be n of all that had been composed by the bent of the greek h poets concerning the fate of i o one only out of so h many events and to in nation to this all the other accidents which fill up the to be evidently the design of one master spirit who was likely to into other hand t the execution of his plan i mean not to enter into any dispute on this subject t do tliat would require an to which i make no pretensions all i shall say is thai if any other to the they must have been of the same age with himself it would be easier to mc that it was composed by hands under the direction of one chief than that any spirit of an after a could have caught the true tone of times and manners so widely from his own but if the have on the one hand done all in their power to deny the personal of they have in so far at least for insult by the labours which they have on the writings the translation of is by his men to bear more resemblance to the than any version which in any other he say they has made use of the measure and his follow word for word the of the greek original am very willing to believe that such a method of may be the most effectual way of introducing ihe reader to a precise knowledge of the of the ancient poem but i have great doubts whether a writer capable of following such a plan in it we hope tu lay of tlie ii de are wh m madame on the of s i ive can be k to into hu native that of never be either taught hy rules or ly his may the in number wit those of but how can the of his be he same the german poetry may indeed lose much of its by so strict a of the but it i altogether that it ever the music of that verse which was originally intended for the of the fl among the modem of europe the italian is certainly ihe best adapted for expressing all the varied sentiments and pas of greek it po se not indeed the h hut in truth nothing worthy of the name of verse can possibly exist in any modem language for he whole of modem is founded upon principles witli which e of ancient have no never h s the sound of the italian language may of a v harmony which has no need of and and in iu construction it is capable of all the of the greek in the blank verse of italy where the of rhyme is absent flow of thought may be as free as in prose e at the same time all the grace and majesty of measure europe has no translation of which so near both to the strength and the beauty of the as that of this writer has discovered the secret of pomp the most ordinary transactions of life are elevated to a poetical dignity by the unaffected grace of bis language i the truth of his painting and the facility of his style enable him o before us the and the men of without them of that which is the peculiar of their original age no italian will ever in lime to come attempt to for it would be impossible to reconcile italy to see of tile clothing in which invested him to mc it appears certain even in the countries of such as arc incapable of in his language will both know h m best and enjoy him most by of the italian translation it li to ii with the same accuracy which au can copy a building a poem well translated should resemble a fine piece of music repeated upon a different the harmony will lose little | 48 |
of its although the tones be different in my opinion the best thing the could do would be to the poets of and germany un ir have great need to be shown something new for arc still satisfied the use of the and do not perceive how anti these appear they have been altogether abandoned by the other europe if the of the wo i i car b on tax ef ey be often directing their attention to the other i du nut to assume foreign but they at least know what these arc i do not that become but am that i rid that system of ancient ol which been as iii n to literature as the set of society among l been to the natural wit and c of but if they might derive much advantage of the is no doubt tliat they mi most of all by of are translated with the most exact resemblance tl e pen of been represented on tlie of in thi same that he would have been had he been bom the of thi procure n n benefit for themselves for tlie approach as near to the italian as does to german mode of nor is it to as to the feet which would it on the beautiful of and in its b the mu tc ol italy it may be tn all this thai go to the in italy not to hear but to company i know nothing so likely to the intellect of a nation of listening for five hours a day to such at are called the in an italian opera but when composed his comic and m adapted his and graceful to musical accompaniment their men made no thi ir were diminished during the present reign of which all the private and public of italy he who should d in something of instruction with the popular would do mr c to be called a of his he might j something of serious and into italian breasts i d his nation from the of doing nothing at the present time in the italian literature there is one class of writers who do nothing hut dig among the ashes of the dead in the hope of finding hen and there a grain of gold and another of writers who have no other capital than a great confidence in th i harmony of their language and do every thing can to h the patience of their readers b a repetition of line sounds of meaning and exclamations to which our hearts are always shut because we can perceive that they do not proceed from the heart of those who them la it a thing be all hope that a desire of t c ng applauded on the stage shall ere long conduct italian to that which is the on m seems l in a d c tm my op nt id hand t h br of te m m ear h n of j of iy source of invention meditation and to that truth in and in language without which there can be no such hung as a good literature the want of which is to render useless all the other elements of which a good literature must be the drama is a favourite italy it is td be hoped that it would not become less so were it to acquire a character of greater seriousness and usefulness at the same time am very far from wishing to see banished from the italian stage spirit of wit and mirth which once it all good things ought to be on good terms with each other the ta of the in the arts is simple and noble now language is one of the fine arts and ought to have the same ties with the others it is indeed an art of more than any other to the essence of man for we can do much better without pictures statues and monuments than without those images and feelings to which pictures statues and monuments are consecrated the admire and love their own language in the highest they may well do so for it has been by writers of the and the italian nation has never had any glory or any pleasure except what has been derived from the exertions of its genius an individual may indeed be disposed by nature to exert his intellect but he requires to obey the voice of nature to some this is furnished by war to others by politics the must look for all their distinction in arts and letters but for these they must long since have fallen into a sleep of obscurity from which there could be no possibility of them t t art ix further of and some of his rom the and uncertain by which in the field their lands and supported their consequence for many ages had even at this late period of their history scarcely been subjected to any material those laws formed for the of individual right were in those regions but regarded as their distance from thi si of government seemed to place them beyond legal without therefore any reliance upon to enforce justice or vice the most powerful were the most successful in inferior and grasping vast for which frivolous and unjust were often sufficient for the purpose against such acts of violence and though by the indifference of government did man fully and openly draw his sword he was the opponent of ever deed of cruelty or breach of faith especially if committed upon those under the pressure of misfortune the poor the orphan the widow were those for whom he stood boldly was the and lest his own t w nt e xi i m not be to ends he entered into with for mutual | 48 |
and founded ri basis was entered him in of in and with the o and the of ss jt called were a f in the many owed ti by tlie undue advantage taken under the supposed of those many ous means were and the cf the proprietor nd from the which a superior claimed over his during the it was seal ct iv possible for the r to resist his or ts defend his against such upon k e if bonds wire the of n rob s m a of the had lent a sum of mom on in way which if not restored in ten im were to be the though the sum was half their knowing th t ever advantage would be taken of the a gave his nephew the money and he went to retire the born the period of was exhausted lo a few w under pretence that the l could not then be found the was refused rob in the had been in other affair and the matter ha ing bin over the bond was to ex ire the of it sent a part to take of i estate in his got on it m the common for and the owner young was ordered to remove and cattle in would not r such and having assembled his g set out to make i ic nobleman he was then in ll hire whither proceeded but he met him travelling in took him and carried him to a small mn not far he told his he would not part with him he the of and desired that he end for it to his castle his knowing tub s and of agreed to give it up when he got home but our hero put no in his promise and he was to two men j with two of s were and at the end of two du i returned with the bond when it w u delivered his his money but would pay none telling him the sum mu too a fine for the outrage he had attempted und tint he might bi thankful if be escaped m a sound skin r to this transaction and before was noticed by them the family of like some other chiefs were desirous of the within reach to and seized upon the lands of those who did lid them by subordinate for this purpose i ii m of ms r the family s was appointed and which he had by to the of was situated in sent lads to to whom having secured him towards met them he the with his injustice and him sign a the t i the right owner and n he had done this he took him to st tliat and him heartily told him that from established virtues of that pool a in it might improve the knight s honour ao that he would not again ml a poor man of hi t land to supply the wants of the poor will the means of the rich was our hero s greatest delight and an appeal to his generosity v as never disregarded on way to meet of of as before stated he r a poor in n money to pay three years rent of which he was deficient und when the man afterwards to repay the loan he would not receive it ts he said he ha l got it that same day from to a widow who was also in for n ni of her farm he gave a receipt in name of which was su as that nobleman found it convenient sometimes to smooth rub s by overlooking the estate of a man of rob s occupied a oa regular lease hut the of took occasion to break it and the tenant was ordered to hearing the story went to castle to this grievance on his arrival early on a morning the first be met was in front of the house and knocking him down without speaking a word w on to the gate who saw this from a window immediately appeared and to s gave him a cordial welcome he told he wanted no how of hospitality he insisted only to get the t ck which his h d been deprived otherwise he would let loose his upon hi waa threatened into compliance tlie was restored and rob sat down quietly and with the earl cause of provocation which sustained from by tlie of his estate of as formerly was by the to his by m his absence and it is not surprising thai he did thing in his power to annoy them in the gentle punishment he gave the latter for his outrage we must admire his forbearance but t ie which those to have made on his mind constantly kept that pint of opposition with which he regarded them and though he often had in his he never intended lo take revenge preferring on their in his cattle and meal appear to have been the thief articles of his attention he c va o bj i on his own farms and he or any of hit people or ib f poor person u in want of he to a bum c i had at u the keeper a fl for ii and made with carry it to his i or wherever it was wanted deliberately to entry on those he and hi men fur he had twelve ll occupied a at base of ben on the of tlie lake r l h iu entrance the water s edge hu v of rock broken from mountain and by the of heath and plants in the de solitude but rob favoured by j could not always to get with and hav m ing many things in hi i own way he at length too hard m that he | 48 |
was constrained to call a of bu people wh headed by a confidential and by some military were cent forth to lay hold of rob and his band to be absent when the his i but learned tlie course he had taken and by day break next morning arrived at a public house where our hero and his men had taken fi the night he in the house and y in an did not wail lo gain to the but open the rob was on his feet and lis them by man as they came to the door hia own lads by th attacked the in the m witli such hard that they to ing behind of their part sorely and having his men with a s of the hi towards the expecting to obtain advantage over followed at a little till rob s inn shot some of the and drowned one soldier in a mill when the proper lo after this trial to overcome though with five times the number of men se ceased fur a while to give him any until rob now own if possible more than ever made a descent into the plains and away cattle and every article from tlie round and other and this was commonly called the of this to have been tlie greatest mi d of which he stood accused as it attracted the notice of and the western were marched into the to the insolence of rub and as ihey were these went lo but their entertainment very bad and the people they lay upon their all the night ine approach of the who were a few miles of to number of but they were not to peace several of however f over tlie to rob and reward r his obliged for t lake and m cave at the of t he was only attended by two one day n travelling in n d place the de of m by bo d their names and what they were to which but n our hero s great dress had no doubt of hu being the ought desired him surrender was no time foe and sprang up hill i by the rob rapidly mounted the where neither the horses fire ol ri h r could touch but were not to were overtaken and being it he fired upon the in and killed torn ef hen and four of their ii when they galloped away i having continued to from place to place somewhat l not broken in spirit he became the safety of his and had privately removed to a remote lion the head of among the mountains of ll solitude of his him nd soon erected for their which being finished waited on his protector the duke of to inform him of what he had done from this place he and his people paid frequent visits to the lands of and from whom they supplied their w mt but when understood ki l bad an from he wrote him that the might be n moved from his castle and given up to justice am for having gi him any replied tliat the which occupied he bad taken without leave and that he supplied him only with wood for and for ui d he believed that with ever thing else would supply himself ii ink found new retreat though secure and distant and and their ha relaxed in their pursuit left the bleak hills of and again took up their residence on the soil of their the various to wliich rob had been upon the of and his were not dictated by malice or u m for spoil but continued as a the it in which be was held by that nobleman who did respect hi i although he had often dreaded rob having no from those resolved correct him in person as ill former to subdue him had failed and with this bold intention he ti forward to a large portion of that then u and when he arrived there he summoned the of his who ery unwillingly ta tt iu e as y of them were m o rot their s in hit going for the to ih t on v could have n with such for u he w the of visit and to seemed impossible but with strength of and thought he on tn and out to the he him very graciously and said that he was much obliged to his for having come to his i funeral which was a piece he did not but did not come for that e but to de his company to rob however declined honour as he could not leave mother s but after doing that t to hia parent he would go if upon it said the funeral could go on without him and would not delay a long remonstrance ensued but the earl w and apparently went away the the cries and tears of his and his soul to a pitch of irresistible desperation and breaking the party several of whom he threw down he drew k when he saw him retreat and party by drew a pistol and fired at him felt at the some instant not by the ball which never touched him but by slipping a foot one of his sisters the lady of stout woman seeing her brother believed he killed and making a furious spring at ed him by the and brought him from his horse to the ground in a few minutes that nobleman would have been as it defied the by the ft until rob went to his relief when he was io the fl of several of our hero s friends who observed the suspicious haste of and his party towards his house some evil di i lit the roused iv h sign armed running to his assistance were just as s eye were | 48 |
beginning to into their rob declared had the earl been so polite as allow him w wait his s burial he would have then gone along with him but this being refused he would now remain in spite of all lit and the lady s embrace having much astonished the earl he tn no to renew his orders so that he and his men departed as quickly as they could had they staid till the is to the of the old woman it is doubtful if either the chief or his companions had ever returned to though rob was how little virtues of the family them tn support yet considered their right to the crown as and and x m this conviction he resolved that his exertions should he directed to cause when the therefore began to arm in favour of that house in he prepared the for the contest in concert with his of ic m if i sc of mob i a urge body of were at time collected aiid and and ii whom y nd s having secured all the boats on took of n inland in it from whence they m nt iu over the neighbouring countries to and s aa they proper but being entertained of their for mischief great crowds of and their ii m and they were and forced to join a of from in but not till after several struggles with king r troops different of n hich d the progress of the earl of witli hi of greatly alarmed the government and immediate were to to secure such n were thought to the l ing and among others wan specially named he however conducted himself with some caution on this and waited to observe the of matters he should proceed farther hi i friend had the part of ting a which greatly him in a state of he proceeded to the lands and hovered bath armies prior the battle of without any declaration or to join and u h that ci he remained an spectator this unexpected conduct arose from two motives a wish not to i his the duke of l should he join the earl of and he might not act contrary to his by his king the issue of this trial eventually about the of the army the continued but unwilling to return home without some au display of conquest they marched to and the ancient palace of that places when much ceremony they from the king s friends here remained till arrived at when they retired to their own country with the spoils they had acquired but they continued in arms for several years thereafter to the no small of their neighbours in tlie pursuit of usual habits those daring seem to have been the reason why in the subsequent act or free pardon the were excluded from mercy in these words all of t i name and of mentioned in an act of made in in the of the late king i the mat name he or stay have or do assume or ci pass under and consequently our hero s name attained as robert bell called of in the of black mail rob wm in some if not by net of at e m bv or institution ra h w f for some lime a for of in duties to the other ol police were nearly the same not like the succeeding the origin of the now d regiment rob who was in a great degree supported openly h s and took strong measures to enforce pay his attack on c of that description the o was absent when went to claim his right which hi d been withheld on s not to l e allowed he look possession of the fortress and when the owner returned he was refused until he would pay the of lion but he refused and having ascended the wi child from the threatened to throw it over the w which speedily brought the at of ms lad to an agreement when our hero restored the of the and took hi leave rob had ever paid to religious duties t what might have the extent of his creed i part of his life is not certain he wm i a hut he was at one reduced so low in that he left his farm and lived in a small hut in a in this humble abode r affected by for his irregular life or whether hi had come the persuasion he might overcome all his by the in position of catholic priests from their power of ab all species of sm has nut been to but had the resolution of becoming roman and he went to a mr alexander an old i of that who resided at castle what the nature of rob s were or the penance which his require been concealed but if we may judge from the account himself gave of his interview with that the i old man groaned crossed and a i it s crimes must have been of tion it was a convenient religion however he used to i which for a little money could put asleep the conscience but whatever this from the of h might have effected on our hero s of morality which were previously loose and it is that the and active temper of his mind did not long allow him to re the quiet r of his new f and a in lie north been pro d by his nephew he requested to take tlie command tired of lift to he had never been accustomed and willing to do any thing to re his decayed circumstances he readily consented and ik out at the head of twenty men it ha been affirmed upon that these with other n ire of rob on the north west in and with | 48 |
lu li of that and his party al ti a o hip being to en which w rob th u he to the of for a tc period a ur the the of w s very precarious particularly in the ui districts where the long struggled for their ni was often l by the and being ill paid it ih ing customer for thi to fix the of them on ih ir who were aim mad fur any of the incumbent might obtain in the of our hero mr had been appointed to the of hut his in was np io i d by the whole bo ly of the people and be would i t be admitted until he promised not to apply for tin of i however he could not live on so b hum he t x k the usual legal an but put a speedy to the he got hold ol thi minister forced him into a public house dear ht t own church made him drink of and to a paper ever future claim of but he g ive at the same time his own obligation binding himself to m nd the every year half a score of sheep u f il cow which during his life regularly done in hit trade f in n re travel lu parts of the and last lime he visited e w w to recover a debt due him by a was but who had in the of the ey went and saw his n but the of the did not protect and although he a strong man laid hold of him across the line of safety and some of l iu wailing gave over his charge to b hich means he hi mi i ey the power which possessed in his arms was very it was scarcely possible to any thing out of hb hands and he was known to seize a deer by the horns aud hold mm fast his were long to as when h hood erect he could touch his knee with his fingers some of might indeed say that he had but he honour and was much respected the men of his country with whom he and though it may appear that he did not in partial warfare in to the justice thi iu r number of hu errors were yet and in his own the fair and of injury which he or others had the family of he had been at for more but he the hurt they had be an which he never j tn vol ci the tomb of mid which had i ih wax l a y a strong tn iti e that which he had so long pursued the as in to that took r l h the hand merely to ma him an of o fame of had travelled far and ov many countries achievements were where as d of th i s could not be at all times to have been occasions strictly yet the f tenor of i was admired in his own country ax it with an saying which marked the well of t he j not turn ai t nor an ei yet he t d of his strength nor hm courage and did not look on his exploits with the pride of a victor t with the exultation of supported ihe of and opposed the devouring tide of si n principle he never w only took up a r u un j consciousness of own powers he unwilling to a ii m r i al yet he was often to single it he never refused hut on the two trials he was w he threw down sword and vowed he would never take it again for then he was nearly blind and hi had the decay of years ai length w m out with the of a restless he sunk calmly to his end at the farm of in his remain in the church yard of that h with no other monument to mark hit than a simple stone on which some kindred spirit has ed a sword the appropriate emblem of the man j c lu t and he aid t art tomb of here is a solemn sweet satisfaction in contemplating the tomb of the brave i he recollection of their deeds to supply the of curiosity and to the mind with no me sentiments but how many proud reflections are l we regard the turf that covers remains of the honoured dead to freedom s who fell contend ing for whatever could bind a cause to themselves and their posterity j at the price of whose blood our independence all the rights and blessings we enjoy as were though won their merit the frail of the tomb fame is in the memory of their men generations shall the gallant of a handful of to the tried who disputed the of that day when the of native burst of patriotic enthusiasm was r the ef h an to tliis was joseph for l lor n nt of and whatever he and he was eminently o he was to to at a period even the might cautious lie afraid but was fearless when the public hu d were in question t i for great tn that which with the with its own which springs at the call of no too to no hut tn be overcome it and the magnitude of serves but to excite higher energies to meet it such in appear the instruments in the hands of providence of great they occur rarely in an age an if their virtues were to be he more fur this but for heroic and examples their directing guides what have been the current of many of the happiest events thai the of human them how the of liberty with life of | 48 |
at cambridge general some urged that they ought to be relieved after the of the d that the works required to be with fresh troops the expected attack to this proposal colonel waa op oi ed no said he men who ere the works will defend them it was determined to request other three companies of bridge s regiment to be sent us a rein captain was despatched to cambridge in per of this duty a service not a on n incessant by the and gun t neck which it was necessary to pass ward to his force by more troops from cambridge it could not be done in his opinion without and risk of tliat important the whole plan o tlie could not be a might be at tempted in aid of the main operation and a general attack be by any larger portion of the means oi defence he thought also that a number was already od the field whilst on this subject richard esq of had an interview with the general in the of he what he understood to be mr of the n ct i i c ar il from hu su decidedly d a pre he companies were to proceed general was captain of n in colonel regiment that regiment n new went the ground on the i ih an the british troops were from their position was at the hay fence on the american left does not know b whom or when it w ir constructed there were but few men ut that post when it l v ihe new i n ii n he describes t h d the u and in that part of the line as in all the published accounts he d the british the or go distinguished at the b of se he knew by uniform having particularly on ut boston in u when a prisoner at e in with an officer of the british l i regiment who n of the blunder in ending shot from boston during the action of larger than of the field general that a diversion might and ought id have been made by the officer in command on s hill who had fat the and that it would have had the good of in some degree the pressure oil those in the lines an opinion bj t of colonel in his remarks upon this subject to several of his friends ge h entered field on that to no military corps he wa i young and in tlie in cause md yielded to feelings which impelled liim to be on the sec his dr wn a of the battle from the maiden side mystic river situation was particularly favourable to a view of what took place on the right wing the light and twice to the upon their second before they ag tin the pulled off t coats and marched up t i the final attack stripped of that garment it was at this period that laid down part of the load with which says t icy were with three days was a soldier in s company of s regiment from the county of wh le regiment contained about eight mm this regiment marched to the just the action commenced he at first went into the which was of men and they c not wanted at that place they then repaired to the work and hay fence l u they were wanted t wiu an in s company s regiment the division of the regiment to about three hundred men he ment ob at the commencement of the and wm m x c w vol x da i battle f bill fence but no of any not known od i he given of s hill after it took arc meagre imperfect la i monday thi the i of u paragraph and so the state of it wn where he was that the editor speaks of the lu continuing wh n p p t waa put to press at nine o clock on ran hm refer to occasionally exchanged n the two the occupying s hill and the americans posted oo in is an article of the new york of june s r the action brought by express to that city it states the troops t ng g rd at about nd the americans l d of posts and rails is said to have been by captain four hundred of the forces with an now ven by mr who live in that part of without the n ck and at whose house s was he the company went on the hill in the evening of l by order of general there were between eighty and ninety men in the com after their return they mentioned m to among other the pulling up a string fence ing it to other fences filling the interval with newly and fighting t of them behind this slender pro captain and his lieutenant were m officers having served in the french war which ed with he device of ir hie loss in that company was three d md the same number wounded the following article copied from a providence newspaper of july though it m ty not be as respects the number of killed and yet to show the several to the troops engaged tiie an return of the killed wounded and of the american army in t e of jane at h ki s is i gen ward a col s bridge s s s h s s h h s t s lo carried battle t j up ma col a e t s k ff w gi s gen m s s h about so of i t it and j by this account it that th three mu ll m d the hill and were in the the most | 48 |
new forces arc next to in amount of loss was of his men u is were not on the hill hut engaged on the shore without the neck the gun hare been and opinions as tn the of men engaged in this important action judge states the british force at about three and men the flower of the t the american force he was the country m fifteen by some h has been supposed to be considerably larger they who embrace a more extended calculation probably the troops the neck who bore no part in the action ought not to h be con as a portion of the force s account of the employment of the field pieces on the british side is very different from de t for he represents them os in td ance and is their by a marsh from the of the as by it would require but little progress forward to bring the pieces in a line with the breast work and this opera life of hj f oar ire r l jim troop i it w l t thai l ere d n ii i u been in ii th all il e of mid ir ji n j su ik rum r iu u tlie in li in life u alteration to o of oar wilt mo doubt ho m w tl m im t j of v ke v u o s would with the given by l ic mn thai the enemy to in in such aj manner as to the inside of the from one end of il q the other the breast work was forced bj the and opposed to il according to account it nt this place probably th it one of captain s company ic i a the of one of ihe whom h killed or in the act of the an f brought it from the field to his quarters at mr s the of this man lt to arc lo hie general wo t i ma i a tt he t w hon r n oa li o m i ci id to the of o i june i mv i am to of an that on die tb between his s and a urge of ihe rebel an f at break of day on the by a from the lively of war and advice soon thai rebel bad broke and were a on the of of the town u they were seen at work and in a hours a of placed up iii their work p i ai were for a body of men to oft ten of of light with the i l and d bat with n of under the of major il and general were embarked and d on ihe without iti m under e of some of war armed and by whom fire the were kept within their works the as soon as the light the right and upon their left he up in the re ar of corps and the d and j a bird line the upon the heights were perceived to be lo great force and strongly ed a thrown up on the t at night with other lull of men defended with a large in in their aiid their ami left were covered by a breast work part of which reached from left o ihe tu v river now tbe term rt brave b it ft n true that so ant tlie l nt of uie taken th i he hare alter capture c ci to ii im in all life on i lo m ll i mt i u i al ii j rank turn aad in a sub l w a a n e as ti i of tbe ik tbe lu pouring in to for he to be with of l the r h ik i m or t ig whole il c m a of above q men these iii and tbe stuck be o by a from pieces and the the l r to time for tl c to th light to he left of tt c take the rebel in and he to in front l r the and d were with under a heavy from k vast numbers of tbe and various before the could reach the and though the under general i engaged also with the at which at a was set oil lie pursued bis ai carried the the were hen forced from other strong holds and were driven clear off the fire pieces of can rod behind them tbe loss the sustained have been the great numbers they carried during il e of and in holes since exclusive of what suffered by the k and boats near hundred buried the ai d wounded in the e d of which arc since dead i your a return of he and wounded of hit s troops this action has the of king s under very attacked and defeated above times own strongly posted and covered hy breast the conduct of major general was conspicuous on this and hu example the troops in which major general who followed the and in t general i am to ad l tliat lie a of day must in great measure be attributed to his and gallantry and bullet smelt and short and tbe of he british officers soldiers in general was at no time more than in have tbe to be be thomas return of total lots in non of and killed and w of his majesty s troops at he ol and on the heights of th june tj t captains i s i rank and killed i captains ou and file published the following of the action in obedience o of a lu ce into | 48 |
at our bt among the of cambridge has since died ol vi s wo i n v ca of m and prisoner in three major m who ik f in the of i toe which re ni some ers of l worth though inferior in were killed whom w y but and soldiers in f who were way of recovery the town of i were large aod and which contained effects belonging to in boston to a very great amount and its and now present a to americans exciting an indignation in which can sacrifice of who have introduced horror and into once y of liberty and w wish if he freedom and i america can be secured without ii but if it mu t be w are determined to wc life without liberty ob be wiu for yourselves before it is too late and secure a friendly intercourse with he american your put an to this war and suffer not any ra to amuse you with the of your right it and the most and ous trade y hi hare is be c f r aud americans prosperity j l extract of a letter hill wai id a n cr t i lt i it will r in i now il j i aad in i i ut iu ne a t of has b n n l r l i il c li ti w i are old thai he of l t tim to whom the letter waa of a l a lord ml as boston in a joined to the main land only by a narrow neck which the first arms of th tea the hai surround the rest on the other one of to the north is or rather waa or it is now rubbish and over it a lai e hill which in al o to south of he is a still larger scope of containing three hills joining to the t y a tongue and l or neck the above north and in the soldier phrase the town that is give an opportunity of above any that you can against them and much more it wait absolutely necessary wc make ourselves ma of these and we pro to ti witli from the particular of toe to and to you if i did il ted any loss every was accordingly disposed my two and myself who by the have differed d one oi bad in m officer by a hall on the retreat t r ta ra i battle of t hill s j formed the an c wm o die t aa on ha c ill am i wa u t ic dr to take of the been very w s been executed on the un the th t dawn da we had with iu the on the height of charles mid wc that every hour give ar p and at wi in detached no landed oil the i f the covered hy i he wai to advance up the where the ii ih of the lay he un him took our bland fur kind not fixed o t in a large battery iv and it reaching the hei ab e im attack a p was exceeding like in it was t an army advance hill they met a from ik fi s m d were tiny ere exceedingly hurt by mu from h i did dot ii till is by a and desired to to the which done we threw a parcel of and th in battery afterwards up an ii ro on the it was by a number of a and one ship of the and now ensued one of war that can he conceived if we look to the the hill in the face of i and on m very ground was rd to the k fi the enemy in r sh troops by over tl c in the arm of the and them before us k large town in one great the church being ol were fire above t i rest behind a the heights our own camp covered with of rest our ai which not the hills round the country covered with the enemy all in anxious the roar of the ts in ruins lo the car of ms with the objects described to that perhaps a defeat was a loss to of empire iq america to fill the made whole a picture and a in the or b an tlie arrived t and not t in the u many to r ble with m a h did it too a in the w aad la con tempt own an had to in if oa part o nook iv tl um and li i r ad lu an l a il up an n bj b plan of ti d hill i t l a iii t li v o t of horror and any thing ever fell to my lot be lo tom s absence w for young o th t at service may again and he been with he l have been om ol for except hi win went an hundred yards over oar we were not in any of the direction of the t a t of the day i left were wn liad been sent to but we on the beach ly in cm mi nt what way o march then next for business took the part waiting for to throw himself into a i lo head he arrived in time to be of the day ended with ki it d the was considering the it gave but the lust was uncommon in for was untouched but his ud wai killed u | 48 |
friend of s who dr it ir to m e a of on board the and who acted a aid c i wounded w but be behaved a you will see the of j died yesterday his wounds pour old friend arrived but the day before ai d was to d with me on the day of action also killed his was ui on the field at the time r is but very slightly hurt he is out already s d ii also slight lord s regiment has ri the best bis himself j in the to a charm hia name u for life i a the account boston formed upon of those who in the action ami who had the honour of pointing out to the president the ground on his late visit contains the of their j bursting in the main points the ht already given the of is d on the north by rid mystic or on the and south west by river which it from boston by a about a mile and m east by harbour on rises an eminence called s near l breed s hill this eminence has an easy from the is steep on every other at the of the hill and on the side towards boston stands the s hill the w io c of and is near the town to it with a the iti the hon lord a id i o l in in majesty i nd nobleman l the letter h in aad m by hia ihe lord il u u of l and the i at n place the la um e a i an iii i r of l of t in east bud r o ib battle t fill i of wa an object ot t importance to who were i at nod who h d oi under u the new moved on from in the hi passed th and took ut he hill or war and almost surrounded the it from tlie took ion l r breed x hill ot t mill wliich had been in the and it i which in in the sketch hill und on the action in took place here threw up a small about eight rods and an to the of the towards river th e works were nearly completed the ni lit of the i th of june and were not by the clay light when given by a which commenced upon the american the lively l ip of war off the h were put in and a opened upon from hill in a from the army of one of light one regiment of and the di and s d of the army were upon the eastern ot the under the command of gen ami gen with tn di tlie americans aud drive them the the british troops formed alter i in six pieces of but so formidable was the ap of the works that the to send fat and tu their arrival but in the mean to continue a upon the americans who took advantage ol this delay tn kind of of and rails mt in two parallel near each other having the filled full of hay which been just cut lay spread on the g und at length the consisting of the regiment and a body of landed on the south of the on the east of the town immediately formed to receive their the whole of he were then put in motion the accompanied by three companies of moved in a direct line towards american works on the hill and the light tr in companies by double along the beach to attack right of the which the americans had extended to the shore of the by a marsh o the lull and being to proceed further in that direction took motion near an old whence they attempted to annoy the e n but with very little the tight along the shore until they arrived within about twelve ul the is when the americans ned a very heavy destructive fire upon them which threw them into much confusion and caused them to retreat they however recovered and formed a line in of aiid parallel to the a tiu m the hundred yards where they kept up a well directed fire with four companies ul on their while tl e was tu force the aa and forming their line in front of it tha formed the line or l v f i mil tending i of on lie the w tune in of oil tlie of the al of lit on ri then ai il bt i ii i were il three at of b force to ni ht hi r major c left by i l q force al ihe i men pr m were the of link f om s point the were by the arrival of n of vo o ed n under the of and twice been b but as they k iu their i in u io ti lo ft hill and the in t a warmly renewed the to the town on fire and lo tlie at general hid d over from and on attack iu i bj came i but a hid arrived very uie wc hi the powder of tlie br an to fall and the force tire w very ul the moment when it would the de the british pushed forward the of t work carried them both ai the point of the and ri the butt il c many not at moment the which of about five appeared in one r and die firing a hill the thrown of were covered with of the and h who had a full of all uie and at once the of capture of the the retreat of the over neck they | 48 |
were by the w man of war and two t which had i ear neck for that lo the am the t ill killed and and the lost of the it and wai among the former of wn it l ve british to the and die d there the the lo own t tp d y the h threw up a on f hill r the x to it the i crossed into the of s called battle of i hill which on the i of june ts and wa t important look place in that in which to ua tlie word of mr deprived the of britain i f cl and created a great and we l tf summary ant ii t i i ml of ui l none at h n j ar tion l r of r u d in ii w or t ie i in l of and ij ti portion li i in it d tj to i ho of not t of ui upon t it oat for i u and a of f in ood ol the to li ite of will la of lie it u b of h to ii r t made w ta the bj i i r bj ii lu r ol mt lo c mt id hi a j for u t n will in kill be to tlie it t u it an ob i of tu die l on ik of fir nt u n st of ao iv mi i on the it b late war by a m i o and mil at he br l on n j i un ma lu with it ii and die a north and fifty oi id lie at ot a ri k i and i are in il tbe n of tbat fi t nd the of of the it ru i o i r tlie oo the ml about two and a un and near it ii l n w the by tbe atlantic m uie b and by oa k ami nd a far to ihe oath at ri cr red it r by the name of c i l ih world in an ry of the o l ei be w tl a it tt in a and of of will nd ber a wo bare no direct the of at be winter co oat m for hi lie tn in of ihe much mat from this if with the to aud r t of boat we to bear that t co aad of in great in the and thai tr or the d k of at have bee there h va been u i i i a of j an k ir w ib ot bat ol b o im the to be opened u the m i of of ihe young thin method in m of ti ck ui id uie th i i in i ruin u b to t w w n willing tu de to um o u la ihe b lord on n will an lull hurt ii doubt on la o a fin ab c to be r the t t liim ti on idea o of it bi that in oi ihe bat m ml n the mm and j tbe u h go lis i u ui add la the of the of ia i u tt pa men duties u it n a ra and the of iu thai have il c ol ll i i ji la v bj tin we i ut be ij u i ti or b t i u ii iu ij ii ii or l tiu ui l ud a are t u t d l d v i ii t iso lor he of at ihe tar a add hid and of he d x amounted oa an to st du si m par aad j oo dealt m whole s u o ix u of feel o again la the nation at the of ihe and to c in m rf be he vi a port ot to the of the a late r ts i u i toe of or of he extent our iu order excused a in ll e to ttie of l f h y be w the cap r and he extending he cf to v m o take off produce to mi oo hi of her and what a en with veil port of it already of n rt s o ni ha v been le hj the in a of all ia a it iii aad t credit t and o are i arc per hi r u war in j ui em u t il i in u n to amount ol i m r a tin of tbe of ba no h we arc i late are r c i ta it tbe i i not of in lar t lo naval t m of i u a i to benefit but all al ur die of and to f il country m be public t ll p m not r f and who ma b oa in of i wilt entry facility on l t tl l t iu of thai m u well at the will r from the of and tu all i in ti m the un ui r and i will and if | 48 |
ti bit ud iu il u l te a lasting tu r in f of wc im regard them a arc uie m u l b the last ed and nine wore lu tie tin city am l ir n a c l rally growing on an ha been ca happily for of the lu u tbe of active life id in in il lo il id in the for attracted by i maid i b that the iu m proper li tl i oa d tu infer ram linen o the where fine t made of the went fur want meant lo ad the king od the report of r at the the tt dutch be lo great of k ih u e to require our of r aud it is to treat at on among thi leading articles of a future number ui it out i ii or of f c the me tlie following a ui tlie j of of him iu e public in l di wliich might i f are the i of made lu am by bit more per mv um and the tor the of of in which our arc ib a ou jt ra tooth and lo be earlier any m n in the in it tlie which ia ih mi oat il mill gain in rich but late h and ill ii for the latter f it it not o o to ih in and il like it va i s a society sir um i ml for the w k d l l r th in iii native it ia id report m dr mm h f jo it it u dr r u it d or iu into if horn la uie hm n n f d ill w till for bar for w of w n b j i i uke of d with a or k fur and oil lu mm i to im and i ld h mr j c aa far t a an the of ui ri he ha beat oil m bo it it in and il the shalt by hair the n a aa much in the c ki oil ha a uie beat for knife th ht will h in th and tho i l la v lu he of in the u ui i aad native b a of the iu aid to of r f r b tv l u with it p in int n l aj mr i ff l vm in o ii k lake bit a i t r p it lo ii of hb not paint a of tr a d uie till da and want a i t it went to aad him of a lie w painter a in the of the o h look hit for t ic at to a and the jo a b on ii i wm t ai uie of the l im lor ihe a on and court n it ed o army and y of l d with of d m ul can in ihe united wall ai britain and fi it alike ap to aa d of l aw and l r iii c mm r i ith rob by author of manner ing and the m second philadelphia with a for om lie the and should r i can to l la of a powerful intellect applied to works of fiction confer a value nm our lighter ri if of which is calculated tu it attention instruction new in its lessons and to ally the mind by charms to what ia generous and great in sentiment correct and n action such may be the uses of these popular works if guided by on and sound principle and it is only to their abuse that we are to attribute i to minds welfare of those who them a class of ha of late sprung up from the of historical fact with the imagination and by the hand of a genius might adorn any path of letters has established a rank in all the properties of good sense and good writing with the walks of tlie understanding since the days of of and of johnson who by his that he did trot deem this species of composition unworthy of his grave we have seen no parallel to the searching satire humorous descriptions the morality and indeed in the work before us but for which we look in each of these writers separately if la and le sage tn france derived from their tales a literary immortality if upon a like foundation and have of a lasting fame the merit of that combination is an aa it is which seems to attain various excellence we admire in these vol xi i i n of r il li the of the standards in which survived the test of time their portraits from the life were not in the colouring te the of our satisfaction in dwelling upon them it is because they seized the weak and the strong of our placed them in ted nd if not precisely actual beings at least they embodied faithful of composition if c look farther and seek their more distinctions we find them in this that beside su of wonder and and within bounds they on dignity by establishing moral oi their it was for an to these few plain of and a h skill to he u rise that wc could not but remark in of i pen it a work in exquisite of thought that belong only to a mind of the highest order it touched the of heart the same of manner of wholesome aims and in has f | 48 |
wild scenery in the lovers of nature no the i could now remark the which the country exhibited from through which i had hitherto travelled the streams now more deserved the name ft r instead of tliey along beneath the shade of natural were now hurried down now more leisurely but in active motion through little lonely valleys which opening on the ro d from time to lime seemed to invite the traveller to explore their the rose before in majesty not the variety ol rock and which a boundary h n n review of rob of the r but round ii ie i and clothed kill u m t by tl extent and an wliich a own the abode or fathers which i now a wan m d or narrow which ran tip a ng those a towards hall the seat of uncle sir brand our pilgrim s at lent ion is by the approach of a of hound i followed by a party among whom were his accompanied a lovely i related to the who by that amiable charm which belongs to frankness the of her companion c into a ground of her name an in mate of he family the daughter of sir n wife s brother from the of an already had a distant of a large and edifice peeping out i grove of oaks arid i directing my course towards as r and as speedily ns the of a very road would permit when ray tired as ho wan pricked up his cars i the notes of a pack of hounds in full cry cheered by ihe bursts of a bom which in those days was a constant to the i made no that the pack was my uncle s drew up my horse with purpose of to pass without notice aware that a hunting w is not the pro m r scene to introduce myself to a keen and when ihey had passed on to proceed to the at my own pace there to the return of the proprietor from his sport on a rising ground and not unmoved by the sense of that species of sport is so much calculated to inspire my was at tjie moment very accessible to u this nature i expected with some the appear of the the fox hard run and neatly spent first made his appearance from the which clothed the right hand side of the valley drooping brush soiled and trot proclaimed his fate crow which hovered over bim already poor as soon to be his prey he crossed the stream which ihe valley and was dragging himself up a on the other of its wild banks when the followed by ihe rest of the pack at full cry burst from the by the and three or four the dogs pursued trace of with instinct and the hunters followed with reckless haste broken nature of he ground they were tall young men well mounted and dressed in green ik red the uniform of s sporting association formed under the old sir my cousins thought i as hey swept past me the next was what is my reception likely to be among the worthy of and how improbable is it that knowing or sports shall find myself at ease or happy in my s family a vision that passed me these it was a ly of whose striking features wan by the of the chase and the ow u m on ul horse jet m a c s by of the foam which n its i iu of rot ware then a coal hat of a u since a the hail was in france and was i now to mc long black hair on the iii of ct the it through which she her with the of mind lier m ah her to mc than any ol had p i had therefore a full view of her uncommonly line face and person to an charm was added l y the wild of the and the romance of her un and tlie bone made iu i an irregular move white once more open ground ve was a ain him to his speed it aa an for to ride up her a there was however bo for t m it not a nor a aiid if ii had hai too much self have been by il thanked intentions by a smile and i felt encouraged to put horse to the same pace ami to keep in her immediate the of dead dead and the corresponding bom of the french horn noon announced to us that there was im more for the chase was at a one of the m whom we had seen us waving the brush of fox in i as if to my fair companion i see she replied i see but m ke no i about ii if she said patting the neck of the beautiful animal on which she rode ba l not got among the you would have had cause bout ing they met at she spoke i observed both look at me converse a tn an under tone the lady the to do which he and with sort of she instantly turned her s wards mc saying well well if you wont i must that all sir she continued me i t to persuade tliis cultivated to make inquiries at whether m the of your in these you have heard any one mr fr for some days expected at i happy to acknowledge myself to be the inquired after f lo express my thanks for the obliging inquiries of young lady in sir she rejoined as my s politeness see lo he still you wilt permit me though i it ii f i cr to mistress of ceremonies d to present to | 48 |
young squire your cousin and die von who has also the to be your ed cousin s poor ki woman there was a mixture of boldness satire and simplicity in the in which miss pronounced these words my knowledge was to enable me to take up a corresponding tone as express ed my gratitude to her for her condescension and my extreme pleasure at met with them to say the truth that lady might easily appropriate the greater share of it or seemed an country awkward shy and he shook hands with me however ann then i ml of r y s il his intention ot mc that he might h the ii to couple up the a which lu rather by of to lu apology to me a description of the the fourth and of tub reception by sir und his sons open i the next the of a fox hunting arc well and miss n herself to be of making a deep sion though apparently in her first aspect u tt half co half is the youth for whom ic honours of e arc in and by s information it appears that calculating him for he elevation in hu about grounds the new comer falls into conversation with the old scotch r who it appears well read in the history of the family his opinions with a and intelligence quite of hu country men becomes the subject of it and from him frank with no slight degree of t the information that site is of the catholic persuasion and a it necessary to remark that the times are to be after rendered by his to od and persecution of the religion had been obliged to fly and the revolution of t b brought about when william of orange was invited from holland to fill the throne ot england i he l succession was and maintenance of its religion is now the principle of ihe house of the family of sir appears to have warmly attached to the of king james as indeed the of those b s were nd on tliat account to the language of the times to have as or of james s party the morning following his arrival at the hall our hero the usual hunting and takes his station l miss upon the hills she points out to him the adjacent of scotland where it is separated from england by the t order at a distance s and anxiety that more moment recommended him to retire into that of no unusual occurrence at the period where l e be from the hands of justice the laws on tlie one side then taking no of acts on tlie other francis surprised eagerly the object of advice and to his utter astonishment is informed that a warrant is out for his apprehension on suspicion of being concerned in one a s with whom he on the road down into the bearer it appears of a large sum in ca h and bills for the p ment of the troops in scotland with the confidence that belongs lo a conscience void of offence the thought of k tbe lie in took oi treat h to seek and to the cl he from the field to the of the justice of the peace where somewhat himself but soon after no said you ire accused ot this man and my believes il ah well a upon my honour am obliged to my friends for their good now do not if you can help it and and the wind and look so exceedingly a startled there s no such a you are not with any petty or by no means this fellow was carrying money from to pay the in the and it is sa he hat been robbed of some of great consequence and it is high treason then and not simple robbery of which you know has been in all ages the crime of a gentleman you find plenty in and one not fu from your elbow who think it a merit to distress the by every possible neither my politics nor my morals miss are of description so i really begin lo believe that you are a and a j in good earnest but wliat do you propose to do h instantly o before whom i was this laid before old squire who had il he sent to my uncle i suppose that he you away into scotland out of reach of the warrant but uncle is sensible that his religion and old render him to and were he caught playing would be and probably dismounted would be the wc evil of the two as and suspected person i can conceive that sooner than lose his hunters he would give op nephew nephew niece if be had and said not to him oven or a single but make the best of your before hey can serve the i shall certainly but it shall be to the house of way ii lie about five miles off in the low ground behind yonder you may see the tower of the clock house i wilt be here in l few said i putting my bt mc will go with y t aud show you the way her also lo the trot l o not think of it miss i permit me the freedom a i is not proper scarcely even delicate in you to go with upon such an errand as i am now a ing her haughty brow i is plainly spoken and after a she added and believe kindly it is indeed miss can think mc of the t review of v oi n or for i i more have to i n rd yours is meant for true best it of i for your own sake for | 48 |
of lo pursue uie of f thin u no it u like an open a x if it i court of do you k not it to a have no lo you arc s and in the of l ic kin country do odd link no desire lo in your af were he there is ik ki which side lie might the rest are all more and another will go with ami do not fear being to i am to be with law books hard or big bull my but my mr be patient and t uie and let me uke my own way tor when i take the bit between my here will me flattered with the so lovely n creature seemed lo take in my fate yet vexed at the appearance i make by of eighteen along with me a an and for the to wliich her might be i to combat her resolution to accompany mr to s the self will d t told me that my were in thai she a no not even that being able to do but little to him friend and i my on the might be very well fur ram a own m hut did not apply to who u ai accustomed to mind nobody but tier own while she spoke thus we were advancing hastily place us if to mc the of drew a picture of the magistrate bis clerk was accord to her description a white that is one who having been long a non like most ul the other gentlemen n country lately himself to act as a justice by taking til government he had m she said in compliance with the urgent most of hi brother who saw with re i that live of the game laws were likely to into for w ant of a magistrate who would ce the acting justice being mayor of and he as being rather inclined lo the consumption of the game properly dressed than to t preservation when alive was partial of course lo the cause of the therefore that it was expedient some of their number scruples of to of the the country the duty on who being very in most of his and might they thought with creed without much having thus procured the body proceeded continued miss to to it a clerk by way ol soul to direct and its y they got a sharp i w i v vol i o k i my my finds it to at i of squire lu own on the of which he i he h ol in principal for a treat more in the than tl c honest lad ever for bo t no apple wife within lie circuit of ten can settle her account with a r without an if the reluctant justice and hit alert clerk mr joseph the occur when come before him like mr lor which do doubt he ha his own is for the religion and a great friend to the iii church and now hi principal retaining a i pf instinctive i to opinions which he openly til be relaxed his political ck with the patriotic of the law un i f and la peculiarly when the zeal of hit in in proceedings connected with his earlier faith and his he seldom fails to oppose to it double dose of and lack of and this does not by a ty meant c actual stupidity on the contrary for one principal delight in in and drinking be is an alert joyous and lively old soul which wit the more so you may see on such occasions like a bit of a broken down l til to an cart and tu get the justice put in motion while the wheel and slowly the great ami pre pondering weight of fairly the efforts of the and pre vi it brought into a of actual pi o nay more tho i ui has l een beard that this car of justice which he finds it so hard to put in motion on some occasions can others run fast enough down lull of its own accord dragging b u reluctant self backwards along with it when any thing can br done of service to squire s and then mr talks big about his principal to the se of state for the home department if it wore not k t his p regard and friendship for mr as concluded on we found selves in front of a though old building which showed of the family i miss as tripped up a few gloomy steps a twilight and entered a sort of hun i with old maps and trees a pair f folding doors opened from this mr wood s sitting from was heard the end of an old by a which had been in its day fit for a song o in io ii but a bill weather and im that say a p y i i hey day said the tl did not it had been so iii i review of s it m mr ii i wood s appetite been by lie i dined at twelve of o clock general dining hour in various of the our after hour to the of the four mid and he had not ne the stay you here mid the and i will call a your sudden might the old even to ai d h escaped from me me whether i ought to advance or retreat it was me not to hear ome part of what the dinner apartment and particularly several apologies for to in a dejected the of i conceived not new to mc not ing sir hy our lady but you l you h cracked my silver of and ell me that you cannot sing sir | 48 |
sack will make a cat sing too so up with a merry or u yourself out of you you are lo take up all my valuable time with your d d and tell me you sing your worship is in rule said another voice which from its conceited accent be t of clerk and the party must be he hath in court up then said i ic justice or by st you shall the nut full of salt at d water according to the for such made and provided thus and my i fellow traveller for i could no cr doubt he in uplifted with a voice similar to that of a criminal singing his hit the md a moat to the following le all i pray p ear a v hear tn of it an a true and bit fa too i l lis men with c dine each man ut of wine when bam with man l id my vou your live or ta i question if the honest men whose is c were more startled at the appearance of the l old than w ts at mine for of waiting for ne o i to announce me and finding my situation as a rather awkward i myself to the company just as my friend mr for i seems was his name was the fifth slave of his the note with which the started died away in a r of upon finding himself so near one whose character he to he little suspicious than that of the sh review of int l and lie with a mouth a tc i had i i r in hand tl m und under ihe of the i up in ii nd stared with at which hid r ii his were in clerk i f l lo be his t wiu for opposite to mr ii f tu him h he not why j the per of in those as in later periods arc id the character of the justice s one a man its its c i to own en in hi innocent and we acquire of its in the h as d bj v t at ihe examination m are the d and an aspect of fearful do the that we seen to tremble for the and to fee innocence suspected more than wc are tempted to give the examination at large as it is u of its kind and for humour and of his ion may the e a judge i broke the silence of by entrance my mr is francis understand scoundrel has t a before you charging me will concerned in n loss which he he has sustained said the these ire matters i never enter upon after there it n time for thing and justice peace must cat as well a other folks the goodly of mr by the way by no ai s lu suffered by any whether in the service of the law or of for my ill timed visit sir but as my is as dinner appears lo be it sir replied the magistrate man as well an food and protest i cannot hare from my unless am two of leisure with harmless mirth and a circulation or the bottle l your will me said mr who had produced ami his implements in brief space that our as this is a case of ami the gentleman i the is n ii said the impatient justice i it no to say so but it s enough tu make one mad to be worried in this have a moment of my life for orders acts bonds and i to you mr i m nd you ai d tu the devil one so day your honour will consider the dignity office one of the and an of which sir edward the christian world hath not like of it m it be executed am review of ro key he reconciled o tlie of hit town the red of hi in n o r of m lo gear then and get rid of it s hu here you ir you of the fill in mr j ou with rt nd pan of i sir replied who e scattered wits bad hardly yet i charge nothing say nothing the gentleman we dismiss your complaint that s all an l a good the mr help however was di d bat not out of the scrape so ca what do you mean mr i your own the dried you would it in manner how do i w ihe other in a tremulous lone how many are in house to i have of in s lives of the i protest the door opens and it did open and entered you keep fine not a to be or heard ah said justice up with an alacrity which showed that he was mil so engrossed by his to or to what waa due to ab ha die bell of and blossom of ihe come to see the old bachelor n n girl as in may a line o mn hospitable house you do keep that im not a soul to answer a ah the they reckoned themselves of me for a e of but why did you not come your cousin dined here and ran away like a after the first waa but have n t we ll have something nice and lady like sweet and pretty like yourself tossed up in a i can t may i c with my cousin here and i him the way again to the hall or he ll in t sits the wind in tint answered the justice bin he way and she d him tbe way | 48 |
be way to w no luck for old fellows my sweet bud of the i none but if you will be a good kind i justice and despatch young s business an l let us home i ll bring my uncle to dine with you next week and we ll ex h t merry and you shall nd them my pearl of last young fellows their rides and unless when come across me but i must not keep you just now i supposed am quite with mr francis s here hai been m mc which can be cleared at leisure me sir said i but have not heard the nature of the yet yea sir said the clerk who at the of mist had up the matter in hut who picked up o to review of on him self supported whence he ex sir he who u as a not be d upon man a but be held lo ball or com mi i paying the ol ihe peace the or o the thus gave mc at a word of it the tricks which i had played to ind made a strong on his for found they had been arrayed af e mc in with the exaggeration which a and heated im i t it appeared on the day he parted from me he had hue n o a and c of travelling companion the by o men well mounted and armed having their covered with one of them he bad much of my and air and in a con which took place the free l oo be the other apply to him the name of the tion farther mi forth upon inquiring into the principle of the family ao he the informed that they were ot tlie description the family in all it been and as he waa en to understand by the clergyman at house be after his since the days of william the conqueror upon all and each of these reasons he me with being to the committed hi person he tlie said then travelling in the special of and ha vii of certain papers and large sum to be paid over according to hit to certain person of ul i and dignity in having heard tliis extraordinary accusation i replied to it that the on which it waa were such as could warrant no or in any on my i admitted thai i had a little upon the terrors of mr while we together but in such trifling particulars as could have in one who wo s one whit less and jealous than himself but i that i had never seen him since we parted ai d if that which he feared had really upon him i waa in no ways to an so unworthy of my character and station in life that one of the robbers was called or that such a name was in the course of the them was a trifling circumstance to which no weight was due and concerning the alleged against me i was willing to prove lo the of the justice the clerk and even the witness himself tj st i was of the same as his friend the clergyman had been l as a good subject upon the principles of the and as such now demanded personal protection laws which had been assured by that great event the justice took snuff seemed considerably while mr attorney with all the profession ran over the of the edward by which of peace arc allowed to arrest all those whom t find by or suspicion and to put into prison the rogue turned mj against mc that since i had upon i review of my own allowing bearing or of a robber or ms i mj to w of which t the t ol a t my conduct with all colour livery ol i ai f and his with tion aud scorn nod that if l ail of my which i conceived could be without the me my good pardon said clerk this i i a case tu which neither t ail dot can he received the i liable heavy not being under of the oil king there being in act an i ess exception of an be of command or force and aid oi to and he that his do well to were do way ix by common writ at period ul the n servant entered and delivered a letter to mr he bad no run it over be with the one who in appear much vexed at the interruption and the lu a man good why at rate have neither time to attend to the concerns nor my own tiu no l wish tu heaven gentleman in our line would settle here god said in a of d v ce of have enough of one of the tribe tt a ot life death if your worship pleases in ood s name no wore i hope said the alarmed mr very c hm i old of is d for the next world he sent w express lor ur to put in another lor n e to worldly a ain away will you then said mr hi may not be a cane under the you know or mr justice death not like the for a main or and yet said ji on a lie moved towards die door if here be could out the warrant for in a moment and is and you have he said lowering hia voice mr a opinion the lo t in whisper the justice i tell thee rd man we ll do till man tis but a four mile come push bottle mr don t be cast down mr you my c of cup of et to the bloom of your started if from a reverie in which appealed to | 48 |
have been while he held no justice should be afraid ii the bloom to a part of my face where it would show to little will pledge you in a cooler and a glass with water she drank it while her hurried her assumed i had not much to make i upon her however full of vexation at the interference of fresh to mi nation of the and chat e c j against mc but there was no t w c b of ke f up ui absence of his clerk an j j iu much as a lo a he in his to inspire into a of which i j with reference to each other to their respective i were by no inclined ig mirth not the man that s been robbed i ne er back lost and you mr frank arc not the first bully boy lo a n n there was jack win in my young kept the beat company in the lit races and who ui hand and glove waa i with jack push bottle mr it s dr many have i cracked and thrown many a merry with poor good ready wit quick ai honest a the deed l c died we ll drink to his memory poor jack and wc talk of him and at of things and since thai d clerk of mine has taken his t elsewhere and since we re snug among mr if you will have my beat mi vice i would take up law s very poor jack ui york despite family and t all for a fat west country of the price a few now here is honest mr has been frightened aod m d n it man let the poor fellow have back his aod end the nt once i eyes brightened up at this and he began to forth an that he man s blood when cut he short by the justice s as an insult lo suppose mc of the very crime which i had come to his house with the s of di wc were in when a servant ing the a strange lo wait upon his and the party he thus described entered the without further ceremony a stranger echoed the not upon t fin bo his was cut short by the of the man my business is of a nature somewhat and particular said my acquaintance mr br it was he the very i had at and i must your honour to give consideration lo it i believe mr be added fixing his eye on that person with a look of i believe ye ken what i believe ye cannot have what at our lam on the road t jaw r became the colour of his teeth visible signs of the utmost consternation take heart of man d sit your jaws there like a of i think there can be difficulty in your air justice that ye have seen me of and me to be a of fortune and a man of ye ken fu ye bv w me time resident in my vicinity when i may have the power aa i will the inclination to do as good a believe you to be man of as you a man of yes mr he added dealing bis really believe this gentleman to so nd what s s with lam the i review of rob l ly man like in tliat built and t get y peace or con v c nation both shall be yours c ni t in a brief period of to your mind from a of duty not to make to it body o me you arc welcome was to england but on lets hear you have got lo at once continued the north told you there wa a of the name ol with him when he lad tlie o wm he has nut such a from to end of the ah i i conceive replied mr were kindly of a into collision with the forms of country a i my ci ii to of here mr t been most i will with the will therefore please mr justice whether we did not travel several own anxious and ance and at in the evening that we were ai and there declined by but afterwards accepted when overtook ye on the near and was prevailed oi by you to resign my ain intentions of pro to and for my misfortune to accompany you on your proposed route li s a truth answered down a he gave assent to the long and leading question which put lu liim to which he with and i presume you can also to his worship that no b better i am to bear in this case seeing that i was by you and near you the whole occurrence no man better ed certainly said with a deep sigh ai d why tlie devil did you not assist him said the justice by mr s account there were but two robbers lo you were two to two and you are both stout likely men sir if it please your said i have been all my life a man of peace and no ways given to or mr who as d or hath belonged to his s might have used his pleasure in be u understand with a great charge of treasure but for me who had but my own small peculiar to defend and who am a man of a pacific occupation i was unwilling to commit myself to hazard in matter looked at as he uttered these words and never w have seen a more singular contrast than thai between the strong daring expressed in harsh features and the air of and simplicity | 48 |
own yoa are out my t t v a review of rob he and mi and took an l r kind farewell i f to be k f ood tight ia mr frank and er h r he my play fc tow at lad ride w j it and i with on king i all he ar bound lo under and it s ill on matters of and here or pie a mid un the i ride and left lo ride wa run k r at her own pi be careful of die or c ad t will b young on the purpose t own it be a great deal of trouble and now ci ye gone and i me lo my pipe of tobacco and my n i for what the leaf so doth i to wi mm u fire of are like n dry and while of at yon lake tobacco i the feeling from the justice li the of him of my respect lo and look a friendly well of the and hospitable mansion we found of sir who had taken our horses at our and who had been a he by mr to wail and attend upon home we rode a way in for to nay truth my mind was too much bewildered of the to permit mc to be the first lo it at mist exclaimed as if giving vent to her own well ia a man to be feared and wondered at all but loved he does whatever be and makes all other hat a player ready to perform every part which be and an and for emergency you then i answering rather lo her meaning than lo the made c of that this mr appear d waa lo and who up and carried off my act a a was an agent of mr a do aa as much replied and that be would hardly have appealed so very much in the nick of time if had not happened to meet in the hall at the justice s in tliat case my thank arc due to you my fair to be they arc returned and suppose paid and accepted with a gracious smile for i do not care to be with hearing them in good earnest and am much likely la than to behave becoming in short mr frank i wished lo serve you and i been able to do so and one favour to ask in return and that is wa you will say no more it u who comes to meet us fiery red wi haste it ia subordinate man of law no than mr ji mr it to be in great and u it two j ur m of s ap i in in extreme bad humour he up to us and to bu were to with s t i w well li put in during mj i l like tu know who lie hu s if e form of often him to get another clerk s all for ll or he get his pre nt clerk to bin mr mid would not th ii do a and how mr hope fuu found bim able to seal deliver this to increase the wrath of the mm of l w he looked jt mi x with an recent as laid under a to ck hint hit tbe of mj whip which i only in of hit iii ii said ihe clerk so soon as his i to articulate is in a his health as ar it s a bam ma am all a bam and a bite that affair of his illness and if did not know you know it now ma am la you there now replied miss with an extreme and simple wonder sure you don t ay so mr but i do ny so m am lie and say that the old called me ma and said came to hunt for a job ma am i have no more fight to have l to mc any other of my profession ma especial ly us t am clerk to the peace holding mid office under and j i ni first of ma am of glorious and memory our immortal from and wooden shoes and warming s sad s i wooden shoes ai d warming the young who to lake pleasure in his wrath and it is a comfort you don t seem to wai at mr i am afraid has l confined his to arc you sure he did not give you a ben ling ma ami no very shortly no man shall beat me you ma am that is according as you happen to merit sir said i for your mode of speaking to this young it so thai if you do change tone think it worth while to you my sir me do you know you speak yes sir i replied you say yourself you arc clerk of peace to and say you are a and capacity are you to be to a young lady of la laid her hand on my arm and exclaimed come mr i will have and battery on mr i am not in charity with him to permit a touch of your why ho would live it for a term at bi i ev wi i i i vi j hurt hi have ca l ea mv c i i i i review of i don t value h said the u but i t u in il c highest degree and thai i will know lu his and all repeat same to the breach of the public peace the of my private od name never mi said mis you know where | 48 |
ia your own allows the king himself must h e the away good name the who u wi b of losing it with all my very well ain good evening mn i have no wore only there are laws against which it would w well i m land were executed there third and edward vi r i manual legends p and that have such in s ver non and s of to take the and there arc under the first of present ty ay and there are for hearing mass see and james first twenty and arc to be d and and wills to be and double be made according to the acts in that case made and see the new edition of the at lar i careful of joseph jo on clerk of the peace said n and above all i to you not being a and being a are bound to repair to your own ing and by way under ol being to the and to seek for passage at common and to there but one ebb and flood and you can have it in such places to walk every day into water up to the knees to pass over sort of penance for my catholic errors said miss laughing well i thank you for the mr and will hie me home as fast as i can and be a better housekeeper in time coming good night my dear mr tor night ma and remember the law is not to be and wc rode on our separate ways happily from the of lam and francis returns to hall in conjecture on the events of the whole an appearance of design and which alone is to chapter x opens with account of state of at the a room that now the peculiar resort of francis in some degree from the circumstance of to its her late and early hours in wide by not wm ai le slid fc and earn the at hall was a gloomy room antique bent beneath the weight of the ponderous so dear from l r be u spoken we review of ro matter our ma and which once more the f ii u til l our ion be than be still reduced into and wan ry of tin as n a ancient history all it w in order the b bad acted i t im nt the hall for year tie only who entered its until s thirst liad led to disturb the who liad lie of presses with their his early for church rendered bis conduct absurd in bis s eyes than if ny of bis other betrayed so a and ir til the room s so as to for a sitting air of as obvious as il as uncomfortable pervaded the lar e and d tbe from which which its walls contained had not the tbe worm eaten ti e huge and clumsy yet tables and chairs the le by coal or intimated the of the lords of for learning and the its treasures vou think this place somewhat suppose said t glanced ray round the forlorn apartment but to it e k little paradise for call it my own and no intrusion k was ji int proprietor with me while wc were friends arc you no longer to was my natural t we are ir bound like other powers by mutual interest but i am afraid as wilt happen in other cases the of alliance has survived the dispositions in which it bad origin at any rate we live less together and when he comes door there i vanish through this door here m having that wc two were one too many for a i large it seems whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere la generously made a of his rights in my favour so that now to alone the studies in which he used to c guide and what are those studies if to ask science and history are my principal but i also study and the i ic do you read them in the original unquestionably b who is no contemptible scholar taught e and latin as well as most of the languages of modem europe after beautiful view of instruction wc has c the of thus depicted more learned than soundly better acquainted with men s ninth than ith the moral principles ought to be had which t have rarely seen equalled never ex of this his manner implied some consciousness at least it appeared to that he had studied hard to improve his of a melodious voice and happy apt language he waa never loud never never so with his own as either the patience the comprehension of those he with vi a review of ey e i each other witli gentle but ow of i have heard r others a ni h along like the from the of mill pond and at it who ai nigh ere i from a so and h ti t gained ii it co i me no m tl effort to r c l to my mind of a i had pictured him to this a l le so my dear sense of being pi d and blunt our of perception and ol i can only compare it to the of certain fruit once ami h our unfit foi or the are subjected ill the adventures of a visit protracted for many reasons much to s true character in the course of it becomes more and more developed he had lone been ing to ac an over the mind of his fair pupil fo not unusual where prescribed but an to till a discovery of his views aroused her ami intercourse the jealousy i arises out of the visible attachment of francis lu and | 48 |
the suspicion on the part of dial the his conduct to her had been represented in die course of their frequent i meetings fill up the that ue each the one evidently endeavouring to preserve what he might though the other to use the ground he had gained in the affections of the lovely that and which should preserve it my dear how very on many i counts a ed residence at t have been to a young man at my age and with habits it might seemed natural that i should pointed out all these to my f h ther in order to obtain his consent for leaving my mansion no thing however is more certain than that i did not say a single word u in my letters o my and if y hall l been in all its glory and learning and by heroes and poets i could not have experienced less to leave it if thou hast any of salt of left in i thou will be at no to account fur my silence on a topic seemingly so miss s beauty of which she herself seemed so little conscious her romantic and mysterious the evils to she waa the courage with she seemed to lace i more frank than belonged to her yet as it seemed to from the her innocence all the obvious and distinction which she in my favour over all persons were at once calculated to interest my best feelings to excite my curiosity awaken my im and gratify my vanity i dared not confess to myself the depth of die with which miss inspired me or the which she occupied in my we read together walked together ai d the studies which she h r a review of rob y ber quarrel with the now ihe i a whom were more though hit y tr s fur more limited in i was br im to tl her in the pro ef ev studies which s ic bad commenced with bt which at i to me more fitted for a than for beautiful female neither can i conceive with what view be should have d u of the which called h ri or in e though more certain il were to break down and in her mind the and di between ih and n her to of by which he might ai lime that which was wrong with the colour that ia it in same spirit in the latter case tlie evil j was more obvious that the of ra h had hiss in at naught and the forms and limits which arc dr wn round ft in modem m c it is from all female company and could learn th of decorum m example or such was modesty and accurate sense of what was right and she w not of herself have adopted the bold which struck me with so much surprise on our st the not been led to that a contempt of at superiority of understanding and the confidence of innocence her had no doubt his own view in which reserve and caution erect around virtue lot fur these and for hb other crimes he has long answered at a besides the progress which miss whose powerful mind adopted every of offered to it had mode in more science i found her no and well both with ancient and modem literature were it not that strong will g farthest when they seem to have lust assistance it be incredible to tell the rapidity of miss s ii and it was still more extraordinary when ber stock of ac from was compared with her total ignorance r actual it seemed a if she and knew every thing except passed in world around and i believe it was this very ig e and of thinking upon ordinary subjects so ty with her fund of general knowledge and which her so g and the said or since it was to e whether her next word or action was to the acute or most profound simplicity the degree of danger necessarily attended a youth of my age and keen feelings from in close and constant intimacy with an object so amiable and peculiarly interesting all who remember their own sentiments at e may easily estimate never was affection better better traced through its springs or more l x it iy told in this part ol the ry and how greatly it in though simple of the of h t vol xi hi review of rob body o put by bad writers into the of too lovers in the ii garden scene occurs and and the old in the broad dialect of country again agreeably relieve graver matters in the mind francis hy a humorous and to the of certain great house the house of in england which h well known minor concerns in serious di when they ought to be discussing others for more worthy of their time and consideration the affair of the robbery of l king s messenger it by his information from travelling the principal of in early times had been the iu of their v a x nt the bar of the house ascertain j of then in were believed to be in s d the affair had n handled on both sides as to ascertain temper of the members duke whose family name is and whom the o the generation to day pretend to claim a common is represented in the true colours of pride according to the ancient spirit of a one a supposed on the ground that the ho of a was not to be on the of a man as the messenger appears to have been in evidence from a cross examination unusually severe the ti of the or of the which words we trace for the benefit of such as have | 48 |
their latin i to the latin james and the of the under king he is called p struggled in the and the latter appear not to have possessed sufficient strength at that period of principles to establish the charge which fell to the ground this was the same whom francis on his down to the north fell in with at inn upon the road in company with and from the of his being provided with a of good character from i duke of and his appearing as the in favour of francis at the examination before the justice is every reason to conclude taking other circumstances into that the robbery was in some degree a concern of the days in which the catholic were involved the sha of guilt is m lu reflect upon francis by the contrivance of his cousin k to the plot by his conduct throughout the proceedings with a view no doubt if it should settle on an that it might be met and by whose father as a of days n most interest with the court or not as consistent wi his known policy to him the only obstacle in to of the uncle s fortune d review of the it appears had ar y his deep laid schemes of all his letters to father to have been hy tlie of that di n character ami in no liim received advice thai by ttie of thi of the on a in holland rush had u u d to take certain hills ut francis loses no time in k p city with a view to meet the head clerk who wi to arrange matters with n scotch house relative o these and with fur his guide who ly the tion to with a favourite of young squire in full of debt due for money lent said squire a proceed with all to the place of i ic d s of m i in scotland is a most faithful picture drawn with singular u was sunday and whilst engaged in listening to the discourse of the preacher at one of the churches a voice whispered into the ear of francis to take care f f for that his life was in danger and bids him an unknown friend at a spot adjacent to the city with this punctual to the appointed and after passed of u led by the stranger i a promise of introducing to him a prisoner from whose lit le is to learn the risk in which he stood within the of the ail ot is the tenant of t ie whom he r lo visit a instance of the uncertainty of commercial hopes with this the first volume to as have not had un of making themselves with the events in the history of scotland before that country became an al part of die british empire many of transactions and ms in the second will somewhat unintelligible as the tales of one hat a strange tongue for the necessary illustration wc our readers to the i ih and mist pages of our present volume an supposed lo be written by walter is gi en if rob m and some branches of his to these ire shall add a few i in order to where it seems deficient leaving those who feel curious to farther the details of those times to s history scotland work on the same subject a singularly primitive and original in their government and as frank describes them have in the features of their something common to all b the state id society whom luxury and refinement have lot and the nearest idea that any w we are presents itself in the descriptions of the of this in so as it to show the i y of those habits and principles which mark the early and rude of society the contrast is curious and not without o of j y their in ihe mo t the a time prevailed to a later ri tin of scotland than ally other part of the inland by which a spirit of pr served that tended to unite inhabitants of district und the of their warrior to obedience was invariably yielded and at their such a were capable of l caring arms were required to completely equipped and m ith u l and fire arms to the sound of that popular ti gathering of the each was generally kindred bearing the same name from the nearest to the de e of for one or tribe rarely will another w that an effect resulted in ing a remarkable d u of features to degree that a may to day at fir t be a a a by any one accustomed to the hi he was the or bird to e the more peaceful who the largest number i followers into the field heroic and on all and devotion to the will of the chief was to of the first law of infancy and the confirmed bit of manhood this peculiarity the reader will find marked iii the character of a faithful of the ml a applied bv to their in order i convey by the use of tke article an idea of distinct and appears to have been most daring and in opposition to the long after the union of the two on which account os well as for a known attachment to the catholic or james s pa ty it was at one lime of late years the british g has wisely adopted the policy of these in to and them with the establishment of the empire and it i i but just to observe that on occasion they liave greatly l themselves no by their conduct in field than by the of their and the regularity of their the chiefs hav been raised to military and honours and by al measures | 48 |
of us well as positive a of that system have di in which a power was permitted to reside in hands order now throughout the and a most valuable of troops has been drawn from them in aid of the re sour of the realm the gallant sir win the same rob and whose exertions hav been so devoted to the great cause of american is now co in a like struggle though on m to that which his her si amid all early history and r of her conquered who gave to the the i of see while ihey penetrated along ihe of the coast were compelled to all attempts upon the strong holds and r into which their op retired aod where it to follow have thought it to much order to the temper and genius of the people upon whom to considerable a portion of attention is bestowed in the course of the second volume familiar to our readers and shall now resume the thread of the narrative witli a view to the of is protected by his genius who at the instance of and her concealed father watches over all his and i by him led into an apartment of the prison where he finds poor old head clerk of father s house it appears having a small share in the firm and therefore liable for ite debts was arrested at the suit of certain correspond in as soon as the was discovered who u on an immediate deposit of to cover their and for want of he was imprisoned the of this interview was an unknown but by his own confession an extraordinary and dangerous it as he said at no ordinary risk of own he had calculated upon making l his retreat without observation through the agency of the faithful who coming to to seek employment had procured the situation of under in in order lo favour the f e of or as we should say a happening to call upon the distressed at an late hour past on a night presenting him from his before aad causing the prison doors to be shut threatened to deliver him into the hands of justice appealing to his for such the out to he his mother having a and promising to settle a debt long due from him to by his artful eloquence and temptations in persuading the to allow his departure in the same entered a voluntary the power of ship great and gives important information respecting the property the business of was to console poor as well us to investigate the state of i in the mt of a good heart as fur might be prudent to relief tile it appears is for want of for his appearance which is speedily supplied by the worthy whereupon he h ea and to attend to the of the house property in bills is traced to the of certain chiefs and it is determined lo avail of the powerful in of in the recovery of them w ith this view the never backward in a g ood cause and francis set ml on horseback for the country of the m it e d i and a hit i v ni i d os of i a place in which ns the with are committed the from the south ward for the s all iron to th plain th of a on who proves to the affair without serious consequences and party are permitted quietly to take up their abode in for th night on the following morning u of king s enter i the tavern in search of and others connected with him j and in the execution of orders to arrest per on found on the spot march off hit newly appointed groom and the latter is compelled to act as guide to the haunts of the and to lead them purposely into a where the is met dispersed and by a band of among s wife is con whilst among the hills news is brought that himself had been surprised by a party of supposed to have been by fell by some means into the hands of the and according to the ferocity of times when revenge held le is thrown into a neighbouring lake and at length is released after hi innocence though found in such company and i suffered to depart the being detained with the commanding officer of the party taken prisoner at for the security of rob on to the nearest post finds in of a body of cavalry from which he to e whilst in the act of ting a ford on the march their search by down the stream about this time falls in with who had been called to accompany her father to upon some secret tions and m her hands he receives a which had been compelled to give up containing the property in search of which the perilous adventure had been undertaken privacy which the nature of the schemes at that time on foot in scotland for tile restoration of the required imposed the of her her presence to a short interview and francis is left to muse u on the occurrence of her presence and over his he next seeks the worthy who is s his wife had arrived before him and the of past in ix fortunes now in the of a the news of the recover of the ai is received by the with all the jo that was to be the interest he had manifested io the search next day forwards his friends on road back to and frank has happiness on his arrival of in i review of i o j appointed correspondent of fit co in reward of his exertions on their the house who justly their former by were informed on being paid the balance of account that with all its numerous advantages that | 48 |
leaf of their was closed for ever taking leave of and its worthy m tr the travellers bent their way towards london the rebellion of broke about this time a d the d tt down sir with his sons and the catholic families in the north of england joined the standard of revolt cause fully as the reader will find in and although the rebel army penetrated into yet thai was the of their advance one of sir s sons fell in the struggle another received a mortal wound three the one killed in a another from a third by a fall from his horse sir himself being taken prisoner with several leaders of the conspiracy is lodged in a state prison where he soon after dies in hia will had been excluded from all share of inheritance in favour of his children with remainder to his nephew and being now deceased the nephew s tide is clear whereupon francis goes down to take possession in this him and by to have issued a for the of sir s who had taken refuge at the hall and of francis for and concealing a traitor the warrant is by the but is he and r were in the act of conveying away their attended by officers with a body of being then in that part of he and learning the intentions of effects a is shut m the and le entry is made by the heir of hall and her father were conducted safe beyond the reach of enemies by the rob and for france where the fair is placed in a her father dying soon after she becomes the wife of frank ne i says frank the state or mj to my who was not a little startled the idea or my marrying a roman be was very to sec me in life as he called it and be wa sensible in joining him with and in hi commercial labours i had sacrificed my own inclinations af brief and several asked lo his satisfaction he broke out i little i ht a vm ia mine hare been of and far less thai he should go to a french a but o dutiful a cannot but prove a good wife you worked the lo please me it it but you t please how sped in my i need not tell vow x l v know loo how long and i lived with u i a i m r view of but you do ont know be s sorrow i more of adventure to thing i communicate the latter incidents ui my life are m shared with the moat friendly the aa well as the sorrows by which m have been i scotland never again saw the bold who ad influence on the early of my life learned time lo time thai he continued to maintain hit among the mountains of in of ht i enemies and that he i obtained to a certain degree the of to jf elected of protector ol the in virtue of which he black mail with at much regularity at the did j i rents it seemed that life should have i a died in old a c and hj de sometime about the year and is still i his country ns the robin hood of the dread of the wealthy but of the poor of many l of heart which would a less profession which hit condemned him old l air whom you may as gardener it hall used to my that were many things b br blessing and ar like wc have thought it necessary to detain our readers whilst is with we traced this outline of the events of the narrative which may serve and connect many that might appear less clearly in the main but in order to form a just idea of the of the it must he read and we vi to think time not ill employed ill the perusal the author is a and subjects of history are hia there is besides a simplicity a native conveyed in the use of that language in situations which assist the effect sought to be produced yet we must regret in some measure he did not consult more a southern ear for of his writing with i purity throughout his english style and his perfect i powers in any without recourse to scotland it must be acknowledged that his volume has charms superior lo of the second in the estimation of all excepting those bom north of the i as strangers ir of scotland excepting inasmuch as ii love of the the ran be said to improve the acquaintance now become almost we should have reason to regret this locality of incident and of dialect were such the happy of the author s genius such his faculty of the foreign and far fetched allusions that wc are as prone to admire him in his rude as in the an b ri a price oi die it iron the other j d tu aad review of rob attire of highly civilized life on occasions he display and nature in their shapes and under place and circumstance in characters not the less for the tlie or the of the situation magic o pen give to the most from us and the way with flowers but he addresses himself to the und feelings of his who alone can enter fully into the and force of of the not only from a more of their but also of those operations and energies witli which the use of is associated to supply the defect of a in the the has procured one drawn up by a native of scotland in this city which has assisted us on a of the second edition in many which we were exposed to in the first what we have h id reason | 48 |
most to admire in the author s manner is pleasing and natural description of the objects he presents to the reader for instance in frank s interview with his on his return from we seem to have a perfect picture of the old gentleman tying up his letters with a piece of red and of no less busy again in the hunting what painter could better have employed contrast than in placing a fair on a jet black snow white foam falling in upon the bright sides of the animal and the bridle besides a multitude of for the of which we have not space we ought also to notice among the author s merits his good taste as well as the and value of his purposes in choosing to illustrate historical events by their effects upon individual character it is an agreeable way undoubtedly of letting reader into the facts of those times on which indeed the narrative sheds no small light and probably him to look by winning him as it were to the acquaintance it is on tliis ground tiiat wc estimate the value of the author as the founder of a new school above all those in mere fiction whose however dazzling to the imagination like uie of a leave but on airy and confused impression behind the ingenuity nd with which characters are is another striking feature of die book from which we cannot withhold our approbation ever expression of sentiment that is to a perfect of and of conduct with their effects falls into iu up place with the ease and address of natural existence and this minute attention to the due of and k lions has enabled the author to seeming vol i review of with which it must be some of his circumstances arc ten ne medium do di p l nor is il the least of praise that there is no part in which a can l i wanting to the car no of such as wc find their appeals to even into the popular pages of tom of and not excepting the g h d of wc would not be understood however as an praise where not entirely deserved and it is with a guarded of his intended ih t we receive the let scarcely to be in more i one place lessons adapted no doubt to serve a purpose and though they may not a ail to repress and tumult j in the country described at least work the into the notice and patronage of the powers dial be wc have no to all this being placed to the r and should have been disposed to omit the task of did a more appear to claim notice one which il is to be hope will not escape author s ere he again appears before the his to surprise by unexpected to produce effect by extraordinary and striking have too much magic ll by leaning greatly too far to tht ly in a good by his own account n too should h it in the manner he did to low the fortunes of a young wanderer without further evidence or secure advantage is conduct scarcely becoming an his trade but we allude more to the appearance or rob at the ii before in he was concerned his subsequent attendance at the romantic agency of miss his entrance into the jail with francis when the mention of owe there would have the packet of the young frank s with at an presence of just hence his in rash s designs the or rather glimpses that pass frank and in the and fain the and presence of ro with his herd cattle at the gate of hall when sir is in all these their sign and bearing may be traced and accounted for still over in application and easy to satisfactorily in the we do not say that these points arc not well cleared up only it perfection in works of this kind when little mental effort i i review of sob ic les t doubt tliat w the the ii ib ri t thai this disposition ad is perceived in ta writer a recourse to critical won in li moved let one consider the dialogue ei and in he will not fail to remark a of the argument bent to exhibit design of naturally and easily from premises beyond a of ia too far in dwelling loo long upon the u in mid air while down the high land a theme repeated than fitting to please s du not take delight in iu as a specimen nearly the whole of tile following extract ye re said the mad t ti march hare wherefore a bare be mad at march than at u i can say out the web the craft made ye ll spin d wind yourself a and young that re and ml the road to the gallows and will his help him here c than your deep oaths drawn ye thai ye are will tu as they ca it tell him where is or ind all hi ai d gait a glasses and your to boot procure mm five pounds to the bills which fall due ten days c they a ai the cross i and ten days i answered und instinctively drew out a and lime being which i was to keep the seal i broke it a seated letter fell from a blank it the with i opened the a alight current of found it way through a broken pane of the to mr s feet who lifted ii examined address with and lo my handed it to bis here s a wind has blown a right owner here were ten thousand chances against its coming to hand making due for to some of | 48 |
the of the ideas of the among tlie modem torn of political economy the now in not a system commerce founded up m but a of on and subordinate to manufacture commerce for we are persuaded that the moat ce and permanently productive source of national wealth and is the cultivation of the soil to which manufacture and ought always to be subordinate the most extensive mc of all is the of grain into of grass into meat and of into that these give ti to improvements of a permanent nature which no foreign tion im change of fashion am deprive us of and that we c by this kind of manufacture to support i greatest number of healthy human bein ca ble of tl i blessings of life and of defending the nation and the th i them to procure these blessings but it is also manifest that the of the ing system in particular requires so much aid from science in its branches that cannot flourish to extent not also the manufacture of which iron ij he material in all iu complicated varieties that depend on leather on silver copper tin ant i those that furnish glass painting ing dying s c the application of the mechanical laws of the the mill the loom the press ever variety of arc to the perfection of the every improvement bearing upon them is id constant e it to ave labour increase consumption profit in nations thus wi incessant competition and enterprise knowledge of all w more generally more pursued more respect d better rewarded than in countries thai merely among such nations societies for tlie improvement and for the of this of knowledge will er i win i of american society more and more frequent and will abound for the purpose of thai kind ot knowledge by which the luxuries the and called for in each of civilized society are furnished more lily and earned more easily r this is the effect of superior knowledge of properties of and the laws of and although science may be i desirable for ii sake as exhibiting more and of nature than can possibly be enjoyed by the ignorant and it not proper duties unless it be employed in the of human o that hi who po sea it may live a blessing lo who possess it not hence there is hardly a great city in europe which not of iti where the rays of knowledge that would be and di are collected and and where the members who compose them are to exertion by mutual collision and similar views have given rise to the philosophical society c we arc about to examine which promises in the due and course of social improvement to hold its rank among without being by comparison with any to the in such an interval has taken place since the publication of the last volume and why are not dis by some such brilliant discoveries as have marked the progress of of late years in england and in we may answer that commencement of white population for this continent can hardly be traced more than two centuries ago that during two thirds of this time incessant lai our been necessary for the bare ae of comfortable that our views have hardly extended beyond the demands of till about twenty years ago that wc are yet a mere agricultural depending upon the of europe and few of our own that time has not yet furnished the of wealth which gives rise to leisure that our laws the usual privileges of render this that science not being so much needed in a country purely will not be so steadily pursued or so amply as in a community m no scientific improvement fails of producing u upon the public because there are so many ready to which it can be implied hence it is not to be expected that we can have so many here engaged in scientific as in europe because the motives to the pursuit arc fewer and its in fame or fortune more precarious the lime indeed is at hand when this state of things will necessarily be reversed in the mean time however let us expect effects whose causes lo exist the present volume of the american philosophical is a creditable specimen of what our countrymen ate c w a xi if society under their iti and it will be found superior in of the w the have preceded it the of nineteen pages is occupied with the of the lists of officers and the ma and report of the historic branch of the respecting an notices first cr of volume the longest and as we not n anew edition in fact paper on oft lie united formerly published in the transactions i this by william esq the subject of ma be con re l ai he and pursuit men of in europe lis great importance has begun of to be universally felt the riches of germany france and have constituted w very large proportion of the national wealth that the of c body are turned upon this branch of both in its and it interesting practice for what ran be a more useful branch of knowledge than that which t a man to say when he looks at the ground he on what are the within the of the earth in that district of try and whether they ore within the human t al s founded on the supposition first suggested fact that the various the crust of our globe in every known country in the same relative each ao that they rest upon and rent under within hem the same of and the many and exceptions there are but the general observation is on facts so i and extensive its truth at a leading feature of the science seems daily to gain ground | 48 |
t f equal extent with that which mr j al observation nor is there any part of europe of equal where the rocks lie so or where the f can be so well illustrated as on this of america mr has and described an extent of country actual from boston to and has marked far f than we could expect from any single observer the lines that the primitive and secondary the t boundary of the rock salt when it is that mr has travelled over all europe as a and twenty years of his life to this study the great of this will be readily perceived it i by two very interesting coloured maps the ai leading features of the country described is a present worthy of it man of to make to hi country it in hoped that persons in authority will use their en l to procure a of every state by dis l so that we may form some rational conjecture of the mine j riches which we eat within the of the earth and acquire some efficient means of getting at them the next paper a c by esq is not of a nature to admit of any j interesting to our readers no of to l if of thi in the n by william tliis lion has been determined by by means of on and mean result of gives the distance of the from ob near london equal to t jo v time no the figure of the earth and the ra hi by principle upon which the author proceeds will be understood from the extract now it hat hi of several eminent m i particularly by d u on e of the earth by la place in his ni fix of gravity in from ua lor to the note ia as the square of i lie l force arising from of the on i to very in that the of the earth vary in and to any function of hie distance from the and the parts of the are so as to obey the compound gravity or the joint action attraction and the force aod as the length of the in a second or in any given time is directly as t gravity the length of the follows the same ti with tlie gravity in parting from the lo he pole aud pre table may be considered lu a able o ia let be the length of the y an unknown fixed co efficient j any and the length of the in then agreeably to the law gravity just state we have the e r n j y sin x a which x and y are found we stall have the value of r or thi measure of gravity in every latitude it is certain that whale numbers we substitute cur r and y we cannot such v for r as are exactly with those given in the table according observation though the are not and may justly be ascribed to the inevitable errors ment in perhaps with a small in the of the earth from the conditions that have been as the basis of the physical and l a place since therefore it is to reconcile completely the theory with the all that can bo is to such for x and y as will cause the y sin a to with the numbers in the tliis is by a rule published by the writer of this article the no y in and which applied present us to discover such lor x y as will render the sum of the of the between several numbers of the aiid corresponding of r y sin a the least possible no s on leaden bv william jones this ia proposal to substitute of lead oi paper on the grounds of more security in handling and firing made of lead than those of paper and also will k and the better pi ore strong marks practical good sense in p i the seems worthy the of who direct our tv f the j no tables of the of mountain in tht cf and from and of by a ci tain of the corps of no of the used or the or he of and were to but wc presume from captain s situation aad ch that none of these were neglected should be checked by the on the temperature of water whether the ther observations here alluded to were of this nature we know not any supplied in the which ih in the ie no on the and of the of north america in a from h to mr from the number and extent of and of ii people from the up used a population in former times for the north american continent far greater than what wc now it the is curious and and will well an perusal to u reader who feels interested in the of continent it will be fo in thi number of the magazine no an made on a h a for and from that hy j cloud mr cloud the ore of in and it in the by the exposed to a white heat a gray which was by the om b ow first invented by mr hare and greatly and improved by mr cloud many years before dr s pretended discovery the thus obtained was rolled out and proved to have a gravity of the in the remaining solution were by mixed with four of silver and in which took up the silver and the the silver was by and the by of and then with of the the and gold were then se by and the remained in the black powder which when and by the was of for further details we refer to the itself which is very creditable to this able no an to ascertain the re me by ji | 48 |
cloud tliis ih an ingenious to the c of the compound of attraction of and their specific gravity the the here no an into the ii m it o a et fir than l are ma state s su the poems o hy q h cloud it been assumed that the fact it stated from tl c of solid when thrown in iron it an cloud the fact and accounts for the from i at the of not yet overcome i the and d the of radiant ascending from the melted mass no and conjecture on the and mature of the s il of by de this ik an attempt to account for the great of the tract in from a of vegetable matter on the whereon it and which undergone without ik to the pressure of while the coal region ia accounted for from a similar deposit of vegetable matter while ocean t die lower forming the floor of a coal mine and which vegetable been gradually under the pressure of the various tliat cover the coal that in the first case many of the of the vegetable deposit have escaped into the and the formation of coal while in the latter case they hate been re turned upon the vegetable and entered into the new which has given origin to coal beds the learned this by forest extending from the h of the to in england of which he gave i account in the philosophical of london no an easy of an problem in by this u brief process for finding die turn or the of the of any number of given and to the calculations required in of tracts of l no on the formation of the bridge h virginia by francis w tliis remarkable object is i for by the gradual operation of water on the which was formerly connected with the present arch no of the iron earth of by m this substance has ii been considered a or a of from the experiment here related it cannot now be deemed the one or the other for boiled on it produced no blue with iron and the when dissolved in and show no of of lead on the addition of of lead the author considers it as u to ie continued iii an original of and other who in the same age and by john iv r volume more th ui a year old has wc believe recently reached our shores it is said to be brought hither for wn by tht learned and have great to be obliged to them for such a proof rails q h the fi i of ist and and thai the collection with the of the wild of must be yet the is object of nd ii of m a ven in the an of ho k making aiid a of a d l of the c hundred contained within the binding w y half that number are devoted to redeem the of the title hie rest of the book b list of names which alone fifty nine of st c etc i his it must be h showing skill in wc wi h us much could be in favour of the editor s for poetry wc are u iu to say the list of is the least j of the production wi are aware in speaking of we l su er who admire bard as as napoleon is said to do will scarce forgive an of name while i oi ii few of our renders are as to the reality of his existence but whether the attributed to his or what be said he only tr ii s c those who sincerely and warmly admire and therefore began the perusal of messrs m s collection with f from our thoughts than that of laughing at iu at the very first glance the names appeared sufficiently and when we found such personages before us as m hi and together with supply of mists and and and mountains wc did hope for n fine display of splendour but our readers will judge of our amazement when we met with sentences as the following what do we ee in chariot in that chariot we wc the white small clean high headed silk broad i m high spirited stately formed wide horses covered with brisk as comely nice wild leaping in t o chariot commonly called du p v mild hero approached us but at length to our vexation his face was incapable of the emotion of terror and he strongly u battle of dog than the rays of the sun was his two cheeks of the colour of his body any snow though his h la he black p beautiful was the form of a dog the hair of his wai far from his head his middle broad breast low joints bowed and crooked the feet of were of a yellow hue his two black and his belly his back green about which the beasts of the chase often lay his steep folding cars of the colour of purple they set the nose to nose and was shed among the host i vol xi the new o us steady was the friendship of he ever b tu high rage hia a hero of mild white who never friend when the saw his forces down at hint he darted the sharp that w s in hi hand and pierced him between the and c p a virgin the beam of the waa the upper part ol her breast under her handsome ir c turned to my mn who fought quick high hero p measure the hour many feet are tl and it i heel c i he of of heavy foot measured the l oar an i expedition indeed the m r pierced the of the hero who was | 48 |
battle p many were the of lions and on the mill of the great a long broad and was upon the side of the great victorious hero his and breast plate arc bright bound by melted silver with of ii a behind him there is another man marching without ch im sense or shame fury are up l cars of real dog opening his gaping hard to tear my armies to pieces before he shall top p t the last of these as they arc called heaven save th mark is put into verse by way of upon and is followed hy what is termed a whether bv or m we are not informed it is however so in as to taste and spirit with the preceding i one to infer ills b he same author modem wc can hardly suppose however that the men m intend to persuade the world tliat their was composed by o or any other b who in the same age as and the battle of arc into it the battle makes a grand war n in iii big witli f i t li i lion t w oa nd t your we wish we make some a more favourable to the work of the a m but all is not ridiculous the book is and the collection be of genuine will not pretend to conjecture not being at all acquainted with spirit of that language i he list of seems to show k degree of confidence in the of the thia we can safely that if he in question were posed by they only add another that the same man ho well at one time may write ill at another m i r t i s tf art iv of a i h in the for this month a of the in t of on lake drawing by mr u is a f to the readers of our early was one of t iu e i which in the dawn of the revolution and subsequent liave attached to i a interest by the decisive victory of l in late war it n situated about fifteen miles i f crown and about north of hall where wood into lake it is formed ry a sharp in the waters of the lake and an of lake to the westward which receives the waters of lake george at the foot of a fall of about feet which lakes makes a considerable cur to tl e west in the distance of two over of rocks about three hundred feet the of the level between the surface of lake george and that of lake furnishing a of excellent mill accessible lo the waters of lake george forty anti to of lake and the river sore which itself into the si about one hundred and thirty miles from this die of on will readily be perceived was long con an important post as tt commanded in times n the country wait little and still less cleared all the between canada and the other provinces it wan fortified in the lime of the french long prior to the war of i on die rock that margin of the they established a barrier post named a c work with regular t a of in during that war it was rendered bv the re of general bi it after sustained a loss of near xx men in l and wounded he might by taking possession of a neighbouring height called mount have easily carried uie place tne i officer who commanded m when he heard of general s approach found it to the defence of the post to take of an elevated ridge on the route to it from the landing at lake george which at u mile entirely overlooked the works his ridge is summit and about half a mile lo the nt the perpendicular fall before mentioned where it in still ground called hope on the south it ts a washed by the strait and u the north it until it sinks into a plain which is extended an hun l to the shore of the lake where d e sank is ten or twelve feet high the of this at thi extremity nearest the fort the threw up an ditch which was j of tht f ht li in front and ih y into an i i or wm h tl n during four hour ii ihe must was r and immediately retreated without on the of iti with a su force the french r l from with main t a the and himself oi i he opposite side of the by und point opened i s d july the place was and blown up on the th at die it was con firm e t to the british i and the forth were repaired and placed in a of in progress of as and it of inferior consequence as on which i wa i in some e neglected though a lor the of indian whom the policy might to lake up arms on this account it the early attention of the l adjacent states of and on the breaking out f the the revolution and colonel alien at the head of two and thirty green as w tc wo appointed soon after the of he of m to under j take the the place ii as to the of wa s by means of un officer who land entered the fort in the character of a j t shaved in searching for a be allied n number of rustic affected r ana night he his party and at an early hour in the morning guided to tht most point colonel arrived opposite to on th th of may j boats were procured with i when he over witli men and ru ar the colonel headed accompanied by | 48 |
the who to act aa guide and entered the fort leading to the works early iu the a snap m d his piece at colonel alien and then retreated through the to the l by the i st captain ue la place the commander of the place wiu surprised in hi bird colonel the surrender of the and upon the captain asking by what he replied demand them in the name of die great and the continental had the been in time could have made effectual m the w of repair and so called m r ll i i of i l ni e r i t d th t lu cow ii f o vm of ass in it did not exceed men he have g he a si john s but i conducted that i ut the suspicion of thi in the pro ss of the the revolution we occupied hy a f the american employed in old i and new m the ol the lake and also on mount independence which is fr by strait poles wide general omen had his head here and wm succeeded by major general si on the under general in it judged proper to the owing to the very superior of the enemy and the want of adequate of defending l the i mount independence possession of the latter being essential to the of the former at that p it was impossible to o i to the re the services of every individual of the main army in the course of the war however after the surrender of t army at it to the of the army the view ia from the cottage seen at point and bears a aspect the arc in a state of ruin hut the stone w of the arc standing and from the i of the materials likely to remain in a state of good preservation for a l le time the wing of apartments being built of brick ii and supplies the house below on the shore which i inhabited by a farmer with building materials house was a store of the and bridge once stretched across from the fort to the opposite shore the of the on the rocky under which the it seen and which commanded the of the lake are still existing i he character of the adjacent country it will be seen is the side it is level it is remarkably and many of the attain to the beau ty of the situation and curiosity excited by a recollection of the events on lake now peacefully by the steam boat which carries passengers at a very moderate rate contribute to attract the resort of numerous in the season to attach more than an ordinary interest to the scene the captain a s i ami file ami to of tiu i ten i r i lu turn at m a i ii i full oa mi l e w ib barrel oc pork and i a m ef tie v on the and a america in a letter n h m read is the ot the ant july i rom a knowledge that into the history of primitive of america is one of your i take the of making this communication t f i j to subject was first aw on reading l the contained in the on virginia and it hu ome with me a favourite theme of speculation i often j tile and other remains of indian in the net of my native town attracted by a inter of which scarcely knew the cause and afterwards with delight whatever related to these monuments of the first or rather earlier of my native country since th year without previously intending il i have every thing of kind of note on the and and from examination and reflection something like o the ii has taken the place of the vague wanderings ol fancy following u a sketch of the result of i throughout what ii by the valley there exist the traces of a population tliis extensive and fertile portion of the continent is have greater than could be of tha present white inhabitants even with the careful in the mo parts of europe of n to be found in tlie of inhabitants by whom it was formerly occupied like those of their for its only object their own no was demanded for commerce with foreign nations and do part of the soil of culture was devoted to yet extensive f filled with wild animals would remain the of the country might be less but that of particular greater we mu it in this way account for the the of when known to the perhaps equal to any district of the same extent of climate astonishing population of and must be for in the way arc certainly many the and equally favourable to a ia when i contemplated the beauty and of spots i scarcely believe it possible that they should have supported a numerous population such a fact would form ur exception to what has usually occurred in every other part th globe i ii in the valley the there are a traces of two distinct traces of people or periods of see vol ii m north america i i ine more than the other th traces of the last the but mark a population k m in in fact belong to the race existed in the country when the and f effected their on this p n of tile hut the intercourse of m people with tlie ite and their astonishing in numbers many of customs into it is not more than hundred and twenty the of the population which left the of the d h change the of of which so much has aiid which have been to a | 48 |
colony of are nothing more than the tr of or villages the first mention this custom of surrounding their with the was thrown up a feet and placed on the top i have seen old volumes in which they are represented in the and villages arc fortified in this way the traces of these are numerous in the western t should not if i were to say that mo h a i might ik found some of them more an hundred acres from some cause or other know that there are enough which might suffice to effect it the population had been diminished immediately before re became acquainted with them and yet a ton n of the tribe at present with the containing a thousand families the or general of the dead such ns examined b yourself may be with the towns though they are much more they are in fact to be found in almost ever corn field in the western country the or are often met with where there is no oi villages or or of iii the first and more ancient period is marked by those extraordinary or reason to believe thai their antiquity is very great i he oldest indians have no as to their authors or purposes for which they were they were formerly i might almost say instinctive y in habit of using them for one of the for which they were at first designed to wit as places of defence the old chief du told mr jones that the in the american bottom had been fortified by the in their warn with the an old work by a which i met with at new contains a curious plate in which one of these fortified by the top and large beams extending to the is by enemies sc as well an are to be found at the of all the considerable in the moat eligible positions for towns and in the most ex arc must of en to ha found is v put of the worm aw on the and it fertile land their the li w than in l and out hundred in iii si r dame of ing ol induced lo think nt thi when were constructed there on the n m that which once i the or of the or of and tv the numerous an well as the t n these remain are found in the part of thi l of a might he for to the mouth of the on the ca l side of mi pi i to the is river on the west side from the st i ae i am satisfied to tht l f of several hundred have kin thi part of the opposite st there tile traces of two i in the distance of five oa which crosses he american at thi there arc not than one hundred in two di ent t ol c of the falls little short ol tlie when examined it in i ed that this monument of should i traveller i afterwards d an la l pa er at st louis describing it position etc but this which i might almost he con a discovery attracted w notice and yet i it tn in eight hundred paces in the ex size of the mid of and one hundred feet in height the creek are of the second or third at st louis at new and at the of are all larger than tho c of the ring i an of the moat oo and on the the greater part i with such attention a t the short time had to spare would permit at great creek at at at at new of them m the j bottom fifteen miles below st at st the su louis one with two another with mouth of the on the in two groups sec lie ou tu j of il c u li of oc ii i t forth mo twenty miles l two groups but the of m ta jt oa the back oi a lake formerly hi bed of the river near washington m t i feet in height t on the of near lake u chiefly composed of shells the taken aw ay great of e fur the purpose ot making the mound on black river of two stages with a group around it at each of these places there are groups of ind at ea h there probably once city on the con which are to the and in state of territory c are equally numerous but the principal city and of population between ihe and have been informed that in ho plains between the and st francis they arc aiid some ver large they the in these important features i in their positions the cardinal points are observed with considerable the larger have several in every group there are two larger ttie others the smaller arc around a closer examination would show a resemblance in other particulars it is doubted by whether advantage had been of some rise in the formation of the of with respect to the mound of there can be doubt for it stands in the midst of and is no natural hill nearer than two such are the appearances of in the western country which i consider proof of an and numerous the to of new spain would render probable the existence of the arts and of an the distance from the large mound on to the nearest in new spain is not ho great but that they might be considered as existing in the same from the description of the as the are called it highly probable that the on the were for the same purposes tells us that every place had a of them upon which a kind of tower was erected and which gave rise to the belief of those | 48 |
who first the coast of new spain that they had seen cities j t from which they bestowed upon it the name of their native country the four great cities to which ihe general name of was two thousand of these or at the first ance this vast um o t of spain i f i s us ac vou ii n york edition t mr who n lo every sa t y to la ihe at a v xi i i i t iso on the population and of the tion equal to london or appeared to be crowned with innumerable towers and was too much in its infancy to enable them to build to any great height s was ruin d and a building erected on the top il in tliis way the of at was erected and the of the m d class arc solid and probably the bi being pi of adoration tlie ah they were usually the last places to which the inhabitants of the cities conquered by resorted after having been driven from every other quarter they were m position form and the tower on the top to defend themselves in these situations to great ai e i from the bottom to tlie of the mount by each other they as in his animated expresses it to a living and at first judging only from the experience of their from the oldest book the we see in instances the for to for the purpose of this prevailed amongst all n tions and the t di to the was u elevation of earth tlie next was the placing a temple on it and finally churches and built ith this having prevailed in all countries may be considered as dictate of nature the m ancient temples of the were erected on artificial or natural at the present day almost every part of europe and asia these remains of the though j the most lasting of human works tlie generally holds the next place to the temple and what is remarkable all in their wars have made the bit in the consecrated to their gods and near to the of their ancestors spain like all works of the kind answered the three purposes of the temple the and he can wc ent a doubt but that thia was case with those of the i t i antiquity of these is certainly very great this u not from the growth of trees which prove an antiquity of a few centuries but this simple reflection a people capable of so much labour must be and if numerous advanced in the arts might therefore look for works of stone or brick the traces of which would remain for at least eight w ten centuries the great mound of is evidently constructed with as much regularity as any of of new spain and was doubtless with brick or and crowned with buildings but of these no traces remain near mound at st arc a few but which may have casually ih re of in the n pan of the of unknown to the first and discovered a was still c ib i north america with we be u i in considering of the more the n worthy of notice although tlie still plain in some of them ac or steps have disappeared in the of time the rains having washed off i pieces of or flint arc found in great quantities near them us is the case with the some might be if i should say that the mound of ts as ancient as those of the possessed but imperfect traditions of the construction of their their attribute them to the or to the who probably at l from the will pretend to with certainty as to the of he races of men who have flourished and of the thousand which like other parts of the globe it has undergone the philosophers of europe with a of mind have endeavoured to every thing which relates to it they have called it the l us n its formation was to the rest of the globe a few facts to u is idea the of her mountains the remains of the tracts the wearing away of c and the number of primitive languages greater perhaps than in all the rest of the world besides i ic use of letters and the of the s the invention of and of have produced changes in the old world question much whether before those periods comparatively l there existed or could nations more ed than the or in morals the and in their most days were not superior to we arc told that these people sacrificed human beings to their gods did not the sacrifice their unfortunate prisoners to their and wicked pleasures compelling them to kill each others was the sacrifice of to obtain a favourable wind an act of less than the sacrifices by the of their prisoners on ir of their gods the were from crimes the and people that ever li ed and in the arts an much advanced as were the ancient or and not only in the arts but even in the was e cr any work of the old world superior to the two roads from to pardon me sir for troubling vou with this long and perhaps tiresome letter dictated probably by the vanity of personally communicating my crude theories to one o holds so distinguished a place in that temple of science which belongs to every age and every country of the highest respect i am sir your most obedient humble ant h m s o black o g t account of david the of dwarf all n ir in mb boy c b lie i ii it le ck i mr l y ma i r to to | 48 |
do more i he singular of whose and con w i lo a few has already and d to the of the in no the of t ir ul of s the real of that we do nut profess to shadow of that view he has been described evidently from high authority in the review and also in thi monthly magazine for june by torn to us some further curious and which c i general his former and which with materials from other sources ta present our readers with the following david commonly called bowed wiu horn at in the parish of about his father william a man was an for many in the at tliat as waa one of his sons was older than david the name ol hero s mother was david to say that his was to ill g tn in his childhood but tliis was no and he is understood to have been mis from hi peculiar tc arose entirely from this lor from original disposition it at least to have and his used to observe that he waa born either to or b slain he was never more than a few months at school but he learned to read english very well he was sent lo when young to the trade of a but his extraordinary attracted so much notice that he soon left this in disgust and retired to his native bills how he on his return to the country wc have not heard hut some lime afterwards probably on the death of his father he attracted the notice of sir and being now in the parish of he the plan of a for him on grounds of that gentleman whose permission d seems to have readily obtained he fixed upon a spot of ground at the of a steep bank on the farm of the benevolent proprietor d his servants to lend him what as he might require and gave him possession of the ground required but little with labour and w iv v ct to be by bit and a i w v nm o i a urge recess in th side of th hill which rising abruptly oo the one aid a natural wall to g rest of u van partly by a wall of con height by the cottage which occupied another of the sides the walls i and hut himself of such materials as the spot afforded i without mortar they were very solid and were formed of alternate of large and turf having covered the with a neat and constructed a small door and a few rude pieces of household furniture he to the cultivation garden in he considerable taste as well as industry in a time he contrived to stock it with a few fruit trees and with all sons of flowers and which could he procured in the neighbourhood his manner of working is by persons who used to visit him as exceedingly being unable to make any use of his feet in digging he h d a ao contrived that he could force it down wi his breast the rest of the labour was performed entirely by means of his and hands in which he possessed great strength he also procured and d a r of and tree and by his little exhibited a very striking to the of the neighbouring and more like a fairy bower than a s den it soon to be retorted to by bring accounted with its one of the most interesting of the country the late venerable fi sometimes to visit and also it h h ran the and showing on this little spot his chief occupation and greatest pleasure he reared a great profusion of for elegant and other for homely he supplied the tables of some gentlemen in the with honey ih along with a dot and cat of all which he was very fi nd formed whole of his live stock this original cottage sir james ordered a new consisting ul i o separate dwellings under one roof to be for him and his sister in at a short distance from the former this was constructed by n i imder s direction k but he the garden wall almost entirely with hi own hands his sister to have one outer door common tn both but he insisted on having two separate aa they appear at the house divided by a complete door is about three feet and a half and he could stand upright below the it has a small for n window with wooden shutters he would not admit of glass in it mr ball mt ne the of enlarged the garden at the same time which addition it took year lo put in order to hit tt t v x oil feet a l a ul c j he h t a s black took place these two lonely the i ter no way in her was never capable of regular from a degree of t y were long the persons in the parish who from the poor s funds tile dwarf r derived the chief part of his from the of the neighbouring und gentry most of whom he occasion ly visited s meal also hung constantly in the mill and every on who had a ground d u portion of it for use resources together with occasional presents front who visited his dwelling and the vegetables which he produced by his for all his little the pecuniary he received were chiefly on which was almost his only luxury and one in which he indulged to excess he kept a bottle too and occasionally sold little for some years but was never known o be too free in the use of it he died in december an of three days according to his own account he was about l years of | 48 |
have referred mention another anecdote which came within her own knowledge and which may tu the resolute aiid dogged perseverance of the dwarf he to mr for a branch of a tree which grew in the neighbourhood to serve some purpose of his own mr always very ready to oblige but told that on the present occasion he could not his as it would injure the tree made no but went away grumbling tu himself next morning some of mr s i happened to be going from home so early u two o when to their surprise and terror they through the gray twilight n strange figure struggling and in the air w the said tree upon going up to the place they found it was who had some means to fasten a rope to the branch he warned was swinging with all bis weight it to break it down i hey left him and before he was again disturbed he succeeded in bringing it to the ground and carried it home will him he had a sort of strange pleasure in wandering out in the dark md i said to have sometimes spent whole among the ruins of old buildings and other places where were believed to haunt and he used to much of his courage and in these adventures with all this he is known to have been extremely and to protect himself from he had planted a great deal of the tree or mountain ah around his dwelling upward forty of trees were cut down in his garden after his death it does not appear that he bade any pretensions to or that there was any strung suspicion of that nature respecting among his although a knowledge of his disposition impressed both young and old with a certain degree of fearful and awe of him spent much of his time in solitude and when his garden did not his care would lie whole summer days by the side of a well the t lie read a good deal when he could get books and what is was very fond of i some of s pastoral which he could repeat i by heart the sort of reading however in which he took k delight was the adventures of and and other po about heroes the c he a copy of milton s paradise lost some of which read much me had also got hold of k and had hi i head xv of the his t to great when he i mv t i i original of black the mill or he com cr ni an his vn c was here much hich the hound of he or the fore hammer he visit lie county but very went he won i ii to some peculiar on but those who were intimate with him thai he would now and then a future state great and and on when hit feeling were would into appear to have had some ambition of honours perhaps i e pi him with a thirst of or had pi sentiment of his under die of a mighty mon extraordinary and personage than one who not only up of departed but by them of the ra t of their and wi and poetical qualities has restored to the world in guise thousand times more pleasing and true to nature than the reality but poor l the second ur not it ia certain long expressed a desire to be buried on a particular spot which pointed nut and not in the church yard among the i as he expressed il one of the motives by for this singular wish was his aversion to have the clap down upon him by such a fellow as the man this person he always detested and would scarcely in his company probably from a secret feeling of disgust suggested by a the grave to himself in personal he appears ut have portion of in the of his burial ground it is described in a little tract before us n a beautiful mount called the which from a plain ne in the of the parish of a number of venerable old trees and by an and lofty covered tops with he an having their broken and by deep aad rocky this hide hill rising abruptly in middle of a delightful plain with its deep green crowned a circle and its while m sheep the links of water winding at its l through fertile and fields of grain the aged trees here d there along die bottom of the hills abode of the goat die the and the f the l of die mountains towering over all present t of not unworthy of the of d even although it h never possessed the a been the residence of the illustrious oi su well th dwarf of r water the eccentric same r d that a oi tree mi lit be above his grave on a promise to this given him but he his oil his and was co his fathers a decent m the a t w tm the of and i in hid and ii lu n r feel in ii ur li ti i n a r death of the and the l nd of and the consequent murder of the his own head the future of retired to the of hoping he hid him in the woods with which that country is covered and imagining that it would not l e difficult to the to revolt at tlie tyrant had always averse to the yoke at thai was not one good town in the whole province and hardly any thing villages situated on t ie borders of the forests or on the banks o and rivers some of these villages depended on the noble men of the hut most | 48 |
belonged to the crown and were gi hy the the elders the h co of s and captains the national i du n n bend troops or into this province nor did the ever enter it in a legal manner till they had given in the to retain their privileges on these people ri placed a firm confidence himself as a he set on his way to da accompanied by a who was to be his guide he crossed over the whole country of passed between and and after of a long and dan safe among the mountains he had no the province than he was abandoned by h a guide him of all the he had provide he wandered up and down amongst these deserts destitute of friends and money not daring to own that he was even a at inhabitants then more civilized than savages proposed to him to for his to conceal himself from discovery and t nature he accordingly hired himself o labour in the mines it and for a long course of time did he toil in these a im f ii m l n in i ui il j w with not r t r t i i v i li o ri v anecdote and breathe hit common th air one deemed to bring me the summons of death near f on a little hill st a very habitation so simple lecture that you would have il u hind cottage instead of a place that in of old had bi en ti of nobility it consists of a long bam structure foi of r covered in n strange fashion with odd oi in the carved wood but the was d by the of it heroic mistress who saved by her of mind the life of the future of her the fi re the alluded loi and most of them wi to mc under the very roof having by an evil accident been discovered tu t mines and after being narrowly by a nobleman bent his course toward house then inhabited by a person the of or whom he had known in he hoped from the ni he had formerly laid on the officer that he should at i find a safe retreat received him with every mark fi nay treated him with hut and i noble mind are proud the truly great when robbed their he seemed more afflicted by the tunes of than that prince for and with such vehemence against the that instead proposal to take up arms he to try the a of the and declared that himself and hit v would be the to m t an example and turn out under the of his beloved general was rejoiced to find that he had at last found who was not draw his sword in the defence of his try and endeavoured by the and prospect of a for the personal i he t n confirm him in so generous a resolution wit repeated of be named the gentlemen and among the whom he hoped to engage the relied on his and promising to name himself to any while he was absent some afterward saw leave the house to put his design in execution it wm indeed a design and a one under the cloak of a zealous for the traitor his ruin the hope of making his court to the at the expectation of a large reward m de this son of to sacrifice his honour to his lor the sake of a the most sacred of b his guest in u ce of hat base resolution he went to one of s officers commanding in the province informed him that was his prisoner having this treachery he had to face his victim and to surprise the who he said l him u lu be under of a friend to manhood i dare lo that he could betray such a he proposed t while they y ti to it of it will ca y said he not even my wife that it is ly the officer st the head of a party of soldier marched directly to the place men in the house while the leader abruptly entering found o s wife according to the fashion of those employed in preparations at distance from her sat a young in a r off the know from the of a tree the went up to her and told her he came in king s name to demand the rebel who he knew was concealed under her roof tlie d never changed colour she immediately the man whom her introduced as a s son to be the hero the door blocked up hy soldiers in an instant she lied without once glancing at who sat with if you mean the gentleman my has had here these few days he has walked out into the wood on the other side of the hill some of these soldiers may readily him as he has no arms with him the officer did not suspect the easy simplicity of her manner and pan of the men to go in quest of him at that suddenly turning her eyes on she flew up to him and the stick out of hia hand exclaimed in an angry voice wretch what sit before your don t you see the king s in the room c et nut of my sight or some of them shall give you a as she spoke she struck him a blow on the back with all her strength and opening a side door there get into the cried she its the place for such company and giving him knock she flung the after him and shut the door sure added she in a great heal never woman was with such a of a slave the officer begged she would not | 48 |
disturb herself on his account but she great reverence for the king and for prayed him to enter her parlour while she brought some refreshment the complied perhaps glad enough td f t the side of a and hastened to so strongly was i impressed with i w history of great in mind than in that i looked on the house had once him and in which female bad also with of we entered this place attended by an old woman who lives ing for the purpose of showing this r of room in slept with hit bed is most the hero s couch it a huge square frame of fir with a straw tie h d no softer pillow the pre sent proprietor a from the fair ds these with scrupulous of the of the no l can had it from the first authority i pre b a of the ef whom she had bolted in and by of n conducted him in a moment to an out which pf side of the house close to the bank ol the lake the s she lowered and giving him a direction to an t the lake com him to providence while he made his way to a boat it and swiftly towards the so hiding himself and their the lady to the laden with and amused him by a well spread table till the back the that their had t at of the officer aud his new the heroic woman of the of her husband and when he appeared whidi was shortly to him she kept true in her statement that gone out into the wood the of the ti j so insignificant to the officer that as it had occasion ed in him no suspicion he never mentioned it and as guilt easily believes tu ij acknowledged with i to the that he had no doubt had suspected his de being aware notwithstanding their mutual friendship of bis fidelity to liar j and had ac taken the opportunity of his absence to escape a j none were in the lady s confidence the new retreat of remained till as by the good and i to liberty he openly nt the of the brave d and gave his country freedom s k i a in ami i viii some on the of ihe climate tf britain an to point out it of science and um art j hat for several centuries past the climate of undergone a material change for the worse demon by the nor can then indeed be a doubt that the s now later and the shorter and that seasons are and more they were tn the youthful days of many and those not ver aged who arc now alive we from old that has been in england for manufacture of wine but wc now know that even with much care and it can be brought to a scanty crop under exposed to the sim from cold and in every respect in moat favourable and it would be folly to attempt its growth in the method of a as a of this luxury of more genial wc have so been deprived that we trouble ourselves little about those golden days smiled upon our hills but what may be d training more home to the vn v o nt is that na i t w s that on where once the apple has ol tl indeed mc upon that it h now sixteen h the or a plentiful crop t is really ly to think that at no remote period our posterity may in all he in the in regard lo that we are now in with to the apple tree like the vine will only afford a supply of sour will be cultivated in forcing houses to supply the tables of the rich lest however wc should be net down among the of mankind whose race wc are to say no r and who make it business to the little comforts and the short pleasures of our condition by painful of the past or melancholy of the future wc hall now l leave to give our u few facts connected with this change of climate which may perhaps throw little light upon the subject and tend to exhibit the cause of those which we have just it is that in the northern part of our the mean annual is on the decline and on to the accounts of modern travellers it appears that in mountain parts of f the of ice and snow is very increasing i particularly the easily in the vicinity of and the which from the of that and the adjoining in the adjacent valley of y are making progress as to threaten at no remote period to der the heart of that inaccessible to the traveller in a recent number of the di i el des art us that the des has very lately advanced much to dismay of the neighbouring villagers but if were to more northern we yet more of great increase of snow and ice and of tliis of perhaps the most remarkable facts upon record know that that country which was probably first from received its name its ver t appearance and that the original colony continued to prosper to carry on an e commerce until the beginning of the i which period all communication with and what was once known respecting it ts almost buried in oblivion since that period too the roast of which was perfectly accessible has become by an immense collection of ice so that tin these few months i o vessels could approach enough even to see land in that direction the following quotation from will we presume furnish proof of the great ut tt va m and seems w y y v m j s of the ice in is one of | 48 |
most re phenomena in and to extent far other hitherto known running one end of the country to the other and covering it witli an eternal ice leaving only of which ri c black und naked it when you any of the highest free from ice on the view is presented a far m eye in direction nothing is seen but surface which the of an ic ocean the ice ia extending every year increasing in height aa well u breadth and has already occupied the greatest part o the country when it with high it is checked in its pro till it s reached an equal height and then further without an experiment has been made of placing pole in the earth at a considerable from the line of i and that place has been found occupied by the ice the following l its progress is indeed so rapid that who are living remember their fathers hunting rein deer among mountains which arc now completely covered with ice hare myself seen foot paths leading to tlie inland of this part of the country which arc now by it is in tha j tliat the ice is and where these reach the sea u c inner part of the bay the ice projects in large blocks over the water part of the to be even and smooth in the middle but a of it very the towards the naked land and in those places small have been covered but if you proceed further oa the ice that which seemed to foe even consists of with tc there arc a number of rents of different and so that eye seeks tlie bottom in vain that which appeared to be is nothing but locks wit deep where it is impossible to proceed ud which bear the appearance of the c i in most violent motion in if you look down into tile rents or observe ice at the you find the lower of a blue which is darker towards the but towards the surface colour is lighter the having its natural the noise of water f du is heard in some of the rents and a thundering sound ts frequently heard under your feet when new rent is made on the extremity of the ice when ii is forming in low places you will find it the ground and pushing it aside as if i were by a plough j liis lies collected in heaps all along the hides ol the ice like walls at the breaking up of the ice is sunk into it for ever in places entire lakes arc filled and stopped the ice nothing the blocks of ice that form a of the land ice and project over the water in the inner parts of the ba s are the sea throws its waves over and makes n h that m ur poles of ice are lies at i of the of britain z s ih down at the s having the appearance of pipes of organs and jn places it s in proportion e st t heavier and the arc k are into the many an really deep to receive such ice as one f ills down that which is behind n carried al lt it and thus one the with a tremendous noise like a ht ai i he as is easily is thereby put into a violent motion and the to a it hei it and is at the distance of miles it has even pitched m a considerable distance from the sea have carried away and the people have perished are also in eat danger such of ice are at first deep in the water and to the surface continue for h long time in motion sometimes they are united to the flat ice in ba s of and thus remain surrounded by it for a time or they in fall ice which is already formed there another which mountains is that in some places there large takes the ice blocks discharge their n through under them round the edges of the takes are pieces of ice which in al i manner are into them they arc then driven to mouth of the opening through which the pieces arc down into the sea but the larger ones block up the opening by which not only the water is d but the other masses of ice the water rising higher still more of those pieces and the lake ia at la t o lull of them they break a new channel thus the ma that m one upon the other are hurled into the sea bv a continual noise tl c sea is put into terrible commotion and inhabitants in the when hear this roaring expect to see the whole bay blocked up with ice if the ice remain for some time under the projecting blocks of ice which depends on the state of the wind and the current their size is then increased and to a terrible height assuming the most curious shapes at last are driven from one bay into or they advance into tlie sea and boat about in o strait till by moving they are in more temperate f do not mean to say that all ice in s strait have their origin in fur ome of them came from more distant regions but i think it most that the greatest part of this sort of ice has been from western coast and from eastern coast of which they call old from this and other evidence which might be it b clear that the quantity of ice in the northern has a considerable and even increase and of opinion that circumstance is sufficient to account fur that of our climate which wc out with ii ov v is vol xi i i thb causes to act is to our at ent more fortunate | 48 |
neighbours the a europe it now becomes a question whether there are any hopes of am ment whether matters may not take turn the other way whether by the gradual breaking tip of the ice the climate of t part of europe may not regain former state in favour of i idea in the first place hi ly improbable from what know of the of nature that there be d remedy or provided for so an evil secondly it ki that within the last year a very i tion of the has actually taken place east as i have before mentioned has not been inaccessible but invisible for a long period but last year it bv one the that the ice had there suffered a that about two thousand square had and that land was again we learn too from intelligence wa there received in august last that the ii which from time had interrupted the with east had vanished t is further probable that of is going on to a yet greater extent north for the tee met with in the atlantic arc conveyed thither by the southern current which runs in s strait and they were last year much more mi than usual and large ones were even seen id south latitude in the summer and autumn of and we by no improbable that the extreme of that sea may in great measure be referred to these the no for the south west winds could not but have been chilled by p sing over these frozen masses we think there is one cr mark worth though we would not be understood to any stress upon its reference to or with tlie pre state of weather that we now look for it is that at the very time wc heard of the of the ice and a consequent probability of the return of these regions lo their former state the westward of the needle begun to and it has already some degrees toward art characters of a william the preach we believe have boasted that they were the first the merits of milton and those great i on the continent white their names unknown in their native land whether this be it is certain that the at the mi time the t admirer of is the german i to j h loo in ca it i i ce f h bi n r in new and w taken in the t c ma w y o j j of ai in his excellent lectures die he has more fully and deeply into th subject than any of before him who have held their can lies to th sun of the peculiar of this his profound intimate with nature in her hi and lowest his humour and his of character and absolute the minds of readers have never been better de e i or d fur than by this german writer and yet there is scarcely a book in the current english literature that we should suppose less intelligible to foreigners in tiu of the of many of the words and the of local and allusions the divinity however that stirred within him has over obstacles and the of nature ii as well on the borders of the as on th banks of the mr it seems feeling a little that a foreigner should have all tlie credit of a philosophical upon an english author set down to pro c that his arc able to give reasons of their own for their he has accordingly produced book before us and although wc think that he in instances pushed his religious to the verge of and in others displayed no yet upon the whole it is an eloquent and book containing perhaps next to s the best analysis of the characters of s heroes that has yet appeared each play is separately pointed out its compared and contrasted with tlie preceding and subsequent ones new lights are thus frequently shed upon the characters whom wc had been d to contemplate in a different point of view and although we are often disposed to think tliat this many others sees in more than knew yet he has given still such good reasons fur his faith that wc rise from the perusal with a much higher opinion of the genius of the poet than wo had before entertained of mr s style which is peculiar to himself and two or three others of the school of hunt wc do not know exactly what to say it has a kind of simplicity and freshness al out it and at the same time a profusion of i which remind us of the writers of the age of but unfortunately the effort at simplicity and natural expression often an appearance of labour which renders it awkward and ludicrous the sentences furnish a fair example of the manner in which this author s ideas each other as he says of when the stream of natural expression is a forced out he is comparing with no one could have more depth of ui observation im ni to lay o a or the human heart with name radiant i v i vi y a oe fine or profound the a we w v a effect of v i t i i e mind wm ui lie al aw l y ti at he could one at once lie i lai work hi n mis kept l d in fi in and not play into one s l tl i did not n act upon an li in c s n t compared note or his following is a t wo to ai d it is founded i on n b a and a who can or for one had of of life or pf must be | 48 |
as a by in such a at such a time to hare heard and seen something of what ing on here we are more then we have not he outward and the of grief but we hate that passes we read the thoughts of tbe heart wc catch passions aa other writers give very and of nature but together it ith us the original text tliat we may judge for this is a very a novel the writer of this production is wc told in i sentimental world by his former wliich have duly muster at the and given great sat to ingenious j gentlemen nm had tlie good luck to them wc are of course unable to decide he equal or inferior to to tell the plain truth wc hardly competent to form bit upon tlie work before us an not all our to the the overpowering of had ed up our faculties before wc had finished the first volume wc would recommend to the author the propriety of mixing in hu fu l ture works some spell or by which the power of cunning may be defeated like he been a vile thief this seven year and wc think it advisable honest that he should be comprehended as a manners a novel in this is ot e of th se work t which can neither be praised nor blamed in the degree author has i knowledge of nature but it appears to be r r m upon books than upon mankind is reserved only for a fortunate the rest must he contented to pour from the of their into their own characters arc accordingly and i w very new neither are we u a mother to a t aught r rt ml by the touches of the pathetic id it the book u and would not its lor twelve under a very high if the ion be allowed yet we have doubt it will bt considerably admired for a time the of all english french and latin are uncommonly numerous and suspect from the number of he and he tu of that the author is of and an acquaintance of those matters of john a mother to a ty airs i and jane i of thi i useful little work have heretofore done great to a considerable part of the reading community by the plain and morality ud taste and good sense in till ir the one now before us is of the same lu ture and has the same if the rising be not the nearest to perfection of any that have existed since tbe golden age it will not be for want of information and advice in ever shape no have been spared to the on the high of instruction and die by ways and short cut to object arc innumerable children arc now taught heir letters in the most way h the medium and even and games in this age are made the of philosophical ideas the great doctrines of morals too arc in a way to suit all cap and carried through a thousand channels into the public mind me chosen by these authors for the conveyance of their ideas is a very good one and wc recommend it to our younger readers as far more useful reading than the which the dwellings of the poor are the a tale by b we believe tliis to l c miss s first appearance on and if she will take our advice it will be her last encouraged wc presume by the success of miss more and miss she has that and wc think more weapon tlie needle and left the of figures oa a for that of characters in a novel she should remember however that as non so s not fall to the lot of every female to the talents which elevated tlie ladies of spoken to the highest rank in the of and the love imitation hav e spoiled many a good m s and diverted to tbe composition of that would have been more employed in the of in the very work of the old fashioned mrs which we fear our author is not in the habit of it is to her readers to purchase or procure the articles intended to be previous to hat operation upon them i would seriously advise l a undertaking as in the present she has displayed an of ignorance of thi ami of tlie e i s ii ha t d to attempt to n bt ing nt in thi r t those touches hy a character is often sue hit off to the of making their in order to the public attention to them appear to be miss lest s case and her book was intended as satire or a ne think it has equally d n h e ij by thomas wa not a very new amusing and full of of the great man whose life is recorded a well ns of and gratifying in many other particulars to the of the drama to the latter and all who n fond of light we it as a very entertaining of wonder of and of sentiment iy and vol promising says ry air o the time pe a great sickness on him that i iu if be true the judgment of the physician for we arc not certain that we ever met a book contents of which were so plainly ut with its title opened the volumes with great of to for the tu which our ot us and closed with a strong desire of ideas these ladies attach to the three they have in the title page of sentiment we arc so old fashioned to know the at least as we find it in many of works of the day of humour been unable to discover i slightest traces and the only wonder excited in our mind | 48 |
is td this book could have been composed or at acknowledged by maiden ladies the tale in the h called under which of the the s it wc arc at a to di cover we presume however it is of the sentimental order as find many the old was sit the of which are ie l with becoming warmth as a of the manner with which the c english treat of the of their hero wc refer our readers to j of the wc have indeed no less than three in about the number of pages what in not indeed in these t les i veiy commonplace i ic i too dull to be but nevertheless wc cannot help i pressing for the time ir that such books ore in country while no many and valuable volumes arc inaccessible the great majority of n l ii enormous price t u on the late dr r t an in of ir bit nt of in society held at fur useful delivered before the to m in the church in in city of philadelphia on of march i i by hon ih supreme court f the of on of the vice pre of the society published by order philadelphia an on d t f m d history in the university of delivered by before the of the philadelphia medical at their request philadelphia i and sun m e loss of dr as it excited in the learned societies to which he belonged regret l forth at the same time a correspondent to honor his and record the lu by which he was such of character arc with the he t effects to youth they afford an insight of studies and pursuits by ence is attained to age tliey confirm the benefits of and the hope of its reward i acting in both cases as an to exertion the mind of man is prone to value good opinion of others to point out the means of acquiring it is therefore one among other numerous of public to departed merit in order to promote a just conception of th ne of which they as well as to encourage imitation the french academy long since adopted the practice on the of a of one of its body to an on the literary or scientific character of the if on these occasions praise has in any heen the uses of a are not diminished in a singularly select and limited in its composition and it cannot be that by it much valuable information on the different pursuits of literature and science has been much history of the human mind and of the influence of events in uie impulse and determination of genius has been affording light to successive generations on the true sources of intellectual distinction it was with much satisfaction therefore that we the of the le societies before whom and a numerous and fashionable audience th sc were delivered to ap one of their to such a the of the learned judge is with judicious ana feeling it is written of classical and contains many just and striking truths on the dignity of philosophical j v h out the loss of him v t b met tn and the oi v on the of the vol xi on tht late dr deeply with merit of it the have und his virtues shall ire up to view to him tliis is now of no concern th m to no longer but iii in n it is be to not by example of tea l but the for is our nature tliat we arc i c l the desire of even after it has n ht and by the republic iii pronounce the dead if iti them it it no oh m ill us indeed wc need of thi than tliey front the of our we have to noble actions wc admit of no or hereditary hut the ancient had we arc not without of too the of often by and it conduct it ua to influence by refusing it any tlie of character thi can be in no way better i fixing a in which wealth shall be no and in ih of this will be a engine wealth will no longer he thought when it i d to be an object of praise i am aware of tlie of a ted that this kind of although productive good had an evil tendency in the truth ut this will on the uie which is made il if employed i ir i the purpose of or unjust it will be an evil if used n good our society this honour has not with sound judgment but with a hand we shall not be of integrity when i i i known that but three l een by our order and that the objects of these three were i house and indeed it has been the opinion of and par of him whose virtues we are about to that wa hare been too of o a i e at the lust meeting of the so which he ho expressed regret that of our had been suffered to sink into oblivion on subject of medical practice the judge h himself with a s of opinion thai ion to every student in the profession of entering immediately into the practice of he determined to avail himself the advantage to be found in the schools of london and e h at time tlie first in the world in this he his usual judgment it been remarked thai with f who have been great in the learned professions hav from practice at an age the cause is obvious tm elements of lie deep to be attained without long and re es retirement ami u powers of i to their full extent are with the the the of active life ttie | 48 |
of natural science asserted the t a ai v l and from tht w p v a on the late dr ex i the it it hu hat of lo even id in to the ol would be worse th n of time at we witli it iii r ol be a words in o popular objection it ia n lo my if be in the of our u example worthy of we point him a light it te uie t l the pit of ic shall say little for were to permit e on l ui i my own strength and your patience hi the scripture the of the will of we find it that g not himself among the that is to a visible works bear witness to existence aiid and it in m u the t ai art struck acknowledge tlie ce of a power ui lo man but works in silent do not half their testimony to an it tn nay if not there ia danger of being by them the d the splendour of from the of its rays the growth of the beauty comfort lo the world m nature ha il aa an intelligent being it as a god would be hit could the of his mind be by how great his al that this the object of his lion as no more brute earth oi he with and and awe would h that great fixed the sun in his and clothed it with light if we past from the savage to man increased knowledge will be of the same the most ignorant among us e un was created by god to every one it is a ty of the existence and power of its maker hut and in sun but the source of light ami now their minds to he with a e u ail its power suppose to view it at round which in rapid ceaseless the immense bodies which form the all bound by it force to one path void e them moreover to be informed that ll e stars which the arc other an and supporting er of inhabited suppose y of mankind to have ideas like not the bodies to m bear stranger of the mighty god and the argument is to ever thing and in thin from man to the moving mm towering oak to the ivy the sparkling to the coal from the rock lo the fine tbe ocean to the glistening from the loud to the whispering white ver air or in w or on its bed on earth s green surface or w m t c all tlie with n to maker t u s m are and better li t v ns h tt ing can it b that u b um i i i i il not id human poorer to but it ui been said that the of man u c rat that with hia own link be foi maker with the in hia heart it no iii this nor it ll in tact thai there arc melancholy of intellect d l ia not to be and would tu that the to a late l an rare on the contrary the instance ate where has maintained her seal and the belief in god h been to the at once i mention in i ind and our own the maker ta to i ave with in might bis and plain and nor ia it that knowledge pride this ii proved by the two great men i hare named aa for aa for depth of it ill only the half learned who are t are be cause they arc from these the tenor of the may be the whole the attentive perusal of friend to knowledge and must be j gratifying to the members of the american philosophical society la highly creditable to their iti selecting for public one who so amply their choice dr consists chiefly of view which aa a in the faculty of the university of i he to the students of that and to the medical society at whose request it was pro i or some particulars relative to late elsewhere a brief of the origin and progress at the medical in this city we refer our readers to a notice of the character of the at page of this volume communicated by one of the art xi or mi of literature es c ni ji iii r air o i af lo r i tlie ur the t t l f and aid him in t ie ot pot who merely to book ta in the library t where bo m all i t till h ut t bo vi t t at part o the aa labour and which hardly bare to n de n of ti this mr ia not only into a of tall lo hu tl e of iu law ill on lam ia ul in i i s i i i r hie and p law r i f v il r v law i a a of uie of k original i to ia t who bare f i of y i of bar in latin ii is who ia ink of it u i l ia and cf be w of j in the i ow j ii u wn oo by th of hu ao of ti to remove or to a of la aa at il lo in been it fur pre raw long and ir of merely bill not or i a of of iu aided hj for mat of a u b of ar ic air with view i na a li to ba o ba d aa to | 48 |
aa of the air and for it h of raw neat ol dry and tbe lid the in ba tin were placed in a cellar far mere ht tbe i april le ri four of wm on be th ami inn and were in all he rest ha fat and uie lean were alike good he raw meat bad m j uie appearance it tbe some of tbe and and bo a kept after out of the aad mt become after tbe had that ef dried mt li ao meat entirely mt that il ii my to and bo a new tn b r any with the et il od of meat by r it ta plain of t the mode lo be ea en the l but be with practical utility il h cheap t aad i tlie w if t m a o net in it i i i i i i of um ni h c that to b jt u one ob d and co lor ad of the tile b the ii of the ho id not i ik the pale m ll r a in of m of h deep and a r in ike of the aa im porter two of to the f it about even nigh of ri bin im of r la tht exceed hy pale nail and probably on ac of in al about half ii that the porter an tor th colour aod of their ai of im com of ir the price of thin hm of the mutual i o the t r hm m m io alter not r i of the and colour of by the wm or i other mi in an d by it o or rapid and bringing on e of io correct om bit and l i to ci of tlie it au is far quantity of iu i forced ue se m b ot lit mc ot add il on branch of hu all oo mb and il it um discovered thai by to a ti of io il a dark aad ii m in water either m or ci m thai with mail in the of e id the liquor perfect and of porter il uie by four of and of a port of may a r liquor from ht of of and two b th i ho public the will be the in th of tbe porter and tbe and of m h worthy q notice of and of and in whom counting m an of y contain note and d of im tbe aod of i lock in which tbe of be public ba o long ed a t oi al tlie of the mr and a and bt own upon it la he every one wn the y of ic i i tho a of are made do than i d l or t number making or at may bo made i bo a the in of late int the of hit be my be r m j an mi or in u m u hie of uie lock tim ia a of which with ladies or been named to o a o ve t ir ol real fruit or it a also to c w ain thai i i n be be with that tl ii ten than half r of ut m bt ta l m y all hai appears in the newspaper id a t r of a woman at liverpool po io the or m of i d a work han been by a on the tlie o power are not to di nd an nor n im of feeling but upon the an is of th band c she is tu the hour of tbe day plate a and tn colour and ob l r by a der eye and lie r to be no ih z in f p hai traced an fibre aad by ut for th u we yet on j mu id of a and hai an for the and not two u a thou he md om but t n one in each of her n ia bank of h ud and cheek to be an we are newly an ns and lor ire that d book being pre to hav blue on one aud oo tbe felt p rt t and it and on being turned tlie hook w at lu it f fl then it wa yellow v be do hat mid a ie net with mr an ch ii to tbe rum two of tbe ud and the time between the be can within live tiie ihe of tlie place the aod be of the to the common of for by i be o ia die of instrument ii not it been tried in example and be found very new the if a front her by or and tlie h s with in and a in a few minutes the hit on the n with an of utility in of from tb i con country a in printed of of rare be ii part year art from the t new ta at i i no to dr the following u from tbe it ii not to find poets i but ih ir an and their flights of are in th of of a character it of ideas and a o the subject would not d a poet had never b en the of the will b readily admitted who had the of an with the much lamented | 48 |
to left an tbe mind or the ah to the d and t too at either id i mil were t iv ai the a which do all aad cue knew or and for ha d b all ana in of yet the and oa the w l and the a fate grief or to to look on i date mu or our a or man a poet and a thb but d ii b ow art and d a to thy ab youth too d or cordial ti p how poor was d tbe of and it io el ii no the to i i v n here b mine to an til roll h d bat more still e kind ud i b k the magazine art i guide to the and a il and of the states of mis i s e and of and the western parts of virginia and new york ith a complete list of and river west of the ns and the connecting from new york philadelphia and washington to si louis and the whole ing a more comprehensive account of the soil productions and present of improvement of the regions described an any work hitherto ui accompanied by a united including projected and engraved for this work by william member of the new york historical and a map and account the state of and tlie region and r new in our extended upon the interests of the nation in a manner somewhat to the systems of the european powers we do it i true to our own ports we throw open the benefits of free trade to all possessions by treaty have been as to their rights and privileges and which to their were in a state of dependence and lion we do not intercourse tu our own flag the principles of general liberty on which constitution is founded extend equality to every member of the social compact yet the of are alike felt rapidly fills up the void of every new and the of the population the speedy development ut its resources ihe of lands affords to our substantial objects of tl c demand fur im f ta tbe of s ami ere b i hare im fc of uie m or at ic xi s on of articles of convenience all that the ci lakes for t ic an i pro occupation for the merchant to render the familiar wc will ihe example of the long under the dominion of old spain which since its our has given to numerous vessels of the a new and the industry of population in the articles of supply while at the same lime arc derived nt ni it in return for the consumption of presents a market id this carrying trade the interests of the older are essentially promoted for it is that can be ui i much more d in new districts il not be diverted to ship building at least to any extent and what be the is more that the and of the eastern middle continue to b ally l upon to provide freight for the crops of the holds true we believe equally in the j ia in the country it be more decidedly felt its powers of production are brought into at present active and energetic population must be given to it in order to realize those hopes and to the conveyance of with their the supply of every in short of ex i the employed in the trade will be principally confined as cultivation becomes the labours of the resident i and the arising from demand shipping will be still i more engaged in across the ocean the va in in this a linen is and employment its influence om of most useful classes of the community the ship the the ship the mast maker the sail f the boat the provision merchant and of the farmer but more especially the that precious of his the all these arc maintained in full by additional sources of employment if we examine the f of the we shall find such an of mt to the business of the large in which they fitted out as the most satisfactory assurances of a solid i basis to our literature and science h r with the extension of the american name and to the refinement and the arts resort will ever be had m supply a liberal curiosity with its richest stores by an of ideas of and of good o wants be supplied and a mutual commerce of minds as of the union of the whole lu the strong of general interest a joint advantage one and i t though so situated as to seem by space yet connected by the same of policy members of this great nation will found their attachment on i n provision for their good in the good of each and all i i on it to where o er our and tb a t in thia view of results are to be included all those co s which their produce by the the the and streams has general interests of his country and d attentively the c of its commerce cannot have failed to remark he vast quantity of freight attracted lo the port of new and occupied in conveying die annual wealth of those immense and fertile communicating by the of the his farther and tracing the extraordinary of trade and intercourse on that river since the of to this government he will sec in new and necessary vent for their an source of to the and of to tlie treasury perpetually the increased quantity of our will of course extend the amount of on which high duties are collected our ruling policy at present is not framed for domestic manufacture but in of from abroad | 48 |
our ships and are and a profit to those hands the business is conducted there is view on which we arc disposed to dwell with complacency in the advantages of our new the tendency they have in keeping down the average prices provisions our already equal in some states to the ordinary demand is and without some outlet this would have the natural effect of the value of the necessaries of life were extensive wants of europe in the article of flour to which will be supplied by only so long as the of our prices arc the of the european and it without an of our agricultural the population over that which is in towns this branch of our with all its attendant consequences would cease it is besides essential to welfare the comfort and happiness of the community that should be and within the reach of industry to command on moderate terms whilst there remain such vast quantities of land still in the new districts and in a state of high always to he procured at a reasonable price it is not lu be expected that on the atlantic it will attain any height we arc aware that the distance market and the consequent expense of will prove an obstacle to the of agricultural productions in any very great degree but in proportion as new roads and improved water communications are this objection in force and we i j r know ii to be a fact that at present is a very d n current article in our stores it n d for some u u tc m ai on fur it is hoped to witness the of those treasures which according to report of traveller some of the new but even now a is derived the lead mines and iron and coal wilt ly for working a inhabitants the land tax a of with new lu it i comes in aid general purposes of the sc s a safe to public credit and a sinking fun j for of the national debt in fact the of interest and which are with the the various parts of this great whole are ao and multiplied so intimately l and promise in their cf ii so consequences to the inhabitants of this highly portion of the e that the mind is in the probable eminence we may attain as a nation by a judicious use of the united means at our di d farther may soon to us the will approve when the arrangement is not only to us countries which are to be materially by the transfer influence of good example the opinions of thinking men and the beams of civilization spreading over those regions will it hoped any lingering of error and just prepare the mind to sec more clearly the true interests of its nature wherever the march of good i has held iu over thia continent the advantages attending on its progress have been acknowledged and adopted and with its jealousy have given way to more views of thinking and acting vice is when it ia accounted odious and public opinion it is just becomes respected to the of the philosopher these new presents field of extent to their latent resources will be an worthy at once of his powers and of the and value ot his pursuits on these he may erect the structure of an honourable fame while he to advance the prosperity of his country numerous arc the political advantage which attend the tion of new it countrymen with new activity it the sanguine to useful adventure it the and t te ardent to extend their view and realize schemes it gives scope to invention and offers the success to ingenuity beside our power acquiring to it an accession of physical force increasing that wealth of states which consists in the produce of the earth so to a nation is the parental process of planting and the hopeful of its native stock the and with which france applied herself t settling those regions extending her and the valley of the the importance to new springs for traffic t o i i on the distance of on from the mother the expense a ol them effectual support against from her formidable rival led subsequently to their but while the motives exist to us to the pursuit of channels which put into effective circulation our active industry wc by our and of position have nothing to apprehend from attack stale in reserve forms an ih of and each frontier state is a tu its ct the immense value of our new possessions appears not alone from a review of their productions their great and resources and their employment for our die of other european nations respecting their importance and above all the conduct of france in the various made to possession of american clearly how highly she estimated their though deprived of her yet the anxious wish of possessing a portion of the american continent may be traced in the following extract from a curious written during the of in by a very sagacious and profound m which while it tlie and of the country in question the desire for the oi the object at the same time thai it an extreme anxiety for the removal of lo its possession nor it les t dearly lead to an u to the true value of the acquisition to us our nation m to had tain honour of name on a portion of the globe not exceeded by any other of it in all the of the climate and soil it is an immense valley watered by a deep and river this ri r t importance hi the of north it flows in a about two thousand miles and enters bay of by many mouths in latitude is the temperate which has been deemed most | 48 |
favourable to the perfection animal and vegetable nature this advantage is not by the and influence of y of or the of plains throughout the whole extent there is not probably a bill a or a eminence this valley is of different the ridge which bounds it on the cast b b some places nearly a thousand miles from the great mi k stream from this ridge secondary rivers of great and row towards the and the arc an paradise on the west the valley is of similar the are c large and and the condition of the equally delightful so after l xiv un at m v on we must first or c in of hi c hall on a desert e be he removed fore ire the m to present and the the lo and tho are to a future there cannot in firm place a more to in addition to a genial climate and soil there am the of communication and commerce the whole dis is the k t of a h run deep and ble which begin their course in the borders and in central of the longest in uie world is remarkably by its it i into a which a number of islands i these islands arc s that tl of europe not only part of the is if by means of rivers but the same are ready to the of every to most t the flows in a climate through a long and narrow the which its produce two three either side of it the arc to by the neighbourhood of sands over k c intolerable heat and and which a ran and this river bestow rich worthy of the greatest of the nation to i and du of be neglected a tl e of egypt twenty its si a valley wider than m the to flows the most se nd which is skirted by a civilized nation on side the other by extensive s over which the tide of growing spread itself without or danger luxuries of europe arc sugar and tobacco useful materials of clothing are cotton and silk all these a either natives of the valley congenial in it the of and the to market art as aiid easy as the most ardent can desire the whole extent of tho river will be our own and in the lower and most portion of its course the banks on both sides will be our the friend of health and useful pleasure of human species and of the of france could not devise a better one which enable every of to half a pound of sugar a day to the the carriage and distribution of m much t now scheme is no other than the possession of the american i pass over many other articles such as tobacco and the for which france and the test of will supply an unlimited consumption and hasten to articles which more importance and these arc cotton and provisions spanish america tha of ui area not of are the w a e ai rf w i tm n t on r k i i l the most production of it it vas more than th caprice of l went to the mi tc of cast in search of for there ii of a number of ol various colours its e mo most beautiful ui or best the the of the cast have it and them bu ii i been brought to the um oi it to have been limited by nothing but the power of it like the use of it hai since it hai i een i to of america the has in like eager to the the american states hive of late become i f tke value t ie in and t us with a new example and in pan the of lo the same but now comes the bead to charming to great achievements in his fancy lie the ih of the way the of lands of a climate to which constitution and habits of ihe are of a soil pan of which and that accessible and most valuable um under a sun and is now all these are imaginary they arc real in relation a r settlement they lit to be taken into a strict account if our extended to new holland or to in all real cases these have been y by reason of the injustice and of the and the could not totally ex though they would greatly lessen and easily them is not a settlement it is one of the oldest in north america ml the labours of discovering of setting the first foot on a desert shore were and accomplished long ago the must be aware that their power in exists by ess and division of their and by and of their european enemies unwise and as that nation has generally appeared in latter times the admission the french to y may br lo if of and their i table is a folly loo even for them to commit and of which the most of their counsels has not hitherto afforded an example if spain should refuse the there i t an end to our golden views our empire in the new world is in its cradle or at the of our must wait tor a more season the trade which en lies chiefly in the of foreign climate but her indian produce nothing which the not as easily produce the a a extensive its as well as those of he arc in the tame these rivers same soil only in space and to lest than great but the in its the regions of tbe temperate as well a ihe tropical and le in accessible to us out u c n w ft canada will in due season return to o wh to t v | 48 |
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