The Greensborough patriot [February 23, 1841]

              THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT.
VOLUME III.
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1841. NUMBER 2.
rn.
PUBUSHKI) WKEKLY,
BY h-M 41.11 &. MliaWOOD.
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COUNTING TIIK VOTKS FOR I'RKSI-DENT
AND VICE PRK8IHK?""
Thia ii the day appointed by law far
opening and ruunliii(| (he voles of Ihr
Electors of Preaidenl and Vice Presi-dent
of 'tho United Steles.
By the lat lection of Ihe 2d article of
the Conililuiinn of Ihe liuitid States H
ie preacribed " thai the Preaidenl of the
Senate shall, in the presence of the Se-nate
and House ol Representatives of
the United Stales, o|>eii nil the certifi-cates,
and Ihe mice ot the Knclors ol
Prosident and Vice President shall then
be counted."
By the act of Msrch 1, 1702, il is en-acted
that Congress ahull be in session
•n ilia second Wednesday in February,
179S, and on ihe second Wednesday in
February succeeding every men nip of
Ihe Electors, and ihe certificates ol ihe
Electors, nr so many of Ihein as ahal!
bare been receiv* d, shall then be open-ad,
the voles counted, ami the persons
who shall fill the officea ul President and
Vice Preaidenl ascertained,and declared,
agreeably to the Conatituliun.
On the 3llili of January ultimo, tin-two
Houaea ap|H>intcd a Joint Cninmil-tee
lo ascertain and report a mode ot ex-amining
the voles for Picsuleul and Vice
President of the United States, and of
notifying the persons eleclt'd of their 0-
lerlion.
On the report of that committee the
two Houaea came to the following reso-lution
:
Resolved, Tint the two Houses will
assemble in ihe Chamber of ihe'House
of Reprcscntativea on' Worltieecn*, the
lOih of February, »i 19 o'clock, and the
Preaidenl of the Senate ahall be presi-ding
officer ; that one person' In- appum
led a teller on the part of the Senate,
and two on ihe purl of (lie House ol Re-presentatives,-
io make a hat of the Hotel
as ihev shall he declared j thai the re-
Bull shall be declared In Ihe President of
ihe Senate, who ahull announce ihe state
of the vote, and Ihe p, rsons elected, to
the two Houses as aforesaid, which shall
be deemed a declaration of ihe. persons
elected President and vice Preaidenl of
Ihe United Statea, and together with »
list af voi' - ho entered 011 the journal!.
•f the two Houses.
The 'Honorable William C. Preston,
Senator from South Carolina, WBI ap
pointed teller on Ihe pail of ihe Senate;
and
The Honorable Caleb Cuthing, Rep
rescnlative from Massachusetts, and Ihe
Honorable John W. Jom-, R. presents.
live from Virginia, were appointed tel-lers
on ihe pan ol the House of Rcprc-aenlalive*.
At 13 o'clock to-dav, the following or-der
waa moved by Mr. Briggs, of Mases-chnsetta,
and adoptctl by tho llouae of
Kepresentnlives:
Ordered, That a message he -ent to
the Senate to inform Hut body that this
House is now ready 10 receive the Sen-ate
anil lo proceed in opening lh'- ceiti.
Scales and counting the volea of the K-lectors
of the sev.ernl Slates in ihe choici
of a President and Vice President of Ihe
United Stales, in pursuance of Ihe reso
lutinn of the two Houses.
The Senate cr.tnc into the Hill of lln
House in Ihe following order: The Sec
geant-al-Arms in front, followed by iht
Vice President ol the Uuitid Stales and
President of the Senate, with the Sec-retary
of the Senate on Ins left ; then
the pnneipsl Clerk of the Senate, hear-ing
the volea of the Electoral then the
Senators, two anil tun.
The Senate was met at the south door
of the Rotunda by the Sergeani.at-Armi
of the House, who conducted ihe pro.
cession down the broad aisle. The \ ice
Preaidenl was received bj the Speaker
on the sleps of his stand, ami conducted
lo his seat as tin- presiding officer of Ihe
joint meeting—the Speaker taking a seal
ol his left. The Secretary of the Senate
was sealed at the right end of ihe table
of the Clerk of (lie Ifnuse, and the Clerk
at Ihe opposite end. The tellers took
Beats at ihe Clerk's table in front ol the
presiding officer ; Mr. Preston, the tel-ler
on the part llf Ihe Senate, in Ihe cen-tre,
and Mi. Cusbing and Mr. Jones,lel-li
rs on Ihe purl ol the House, on hie
right ami 1« ft.
The Sergeant-at.Armi of Ihe Senate
occupied a leal at 'he right of and he-low
ihe Vie*. Pr- siilent; the Sergeant-ai-
Arms of ihe House a corresponding pn-
■ilion on Ihe left of the Speaker.
The Senators look Ihe lent* set nparl
lor lln in 111 the bad) ol the Hull, on the
lilt as II ta entered, so aa to be on use
right ol the presiding officer. The mem-bers
of the llnnse were seal, d within
ihe bar—ibe requisite number el" eeeia
having been provided and placed in the
open spaces.
YVh 11 the Sen.ne entered the Hall,
die Spcaki 1 and members rose, and re.
■named aiauding until the Senate were
seated.
The ladies' gallery was filh il, almo.-i
exclusively, with ladies; and, as II
would not contain all, nearly Ihe whole
line of front seata was fill, d wiih them.
The entire gstveries were crowded with
spectators.
The joint meeting being organized,
the, presiding officer (the Vice President
of Ihe United States and President of ihe
Senate) rose and announced the purpose
for which Ihe two Houses of Congress
had assembled in joint meeting.
fl- then proceeded to break the seals
of ihe envelopes in which Ihe totes ol
the Electors weie enclosed, commencing
with the Stale of Maine, and, having
merely broken the seal, he rose and
handed ihe paper to Ihe tellers, saying,
M I deliver 10 yon, gentlemen, tellers,the
volea of ihe Electors of Ihe Stale of
Maine for President and Vice President
of Ihe l'n Hid Stales, that the same may
be counted."
The same ceremony wag observed by
the Vice President in opening mid de-livering
to Ihe tellers the voles of all Ibe
Stales,
The superscription on the envelope
and Ihe certificate of the votes of the K-le'ciors,
together with every piper con-tained
williiu the same, were read
throughout hy one or oilier nf Ihe tel-lers,
taking il alternately, the teller on
Ihe pill of ihe Senate having comtiieu
ced with the Stale of Manic.
The tellers having read, counted, and
made duplicate lists of the voles, which
lists thev compared with each oilier, and
being found lo agtee, they were deliver
ed to the Vice President, by whom they
were read lo the joint m-eting, and are
ss follows :
Lilt of Vctet for President and Vice
Pre/idi nl of the United States for four
yean, commenting Monk 4, 1841,
For Pre- For Vice l'rc.-i-sidenl.
dent
5 ? 4
Stoles. =c3
I 7
f 5
S I
Maine. IK 1(1
New I lamp-lure, 7 7
Massachusetts, 11 14
Rhode Island, 4 4
Connecticut, 8 »
Vermont, 7 7
Now York, 42 42
'New Jersey, B H
Pennsylvania, 8(1 30
Delaware, 3 :\
Maryland, 10 10
Virginia. SI 22 I
N. Carolina, 15 15
S. Carolina, 11 11
Georgia, 11 11
Kentucky, 15 15
Tennessee, 15 15
Ohio, 21 21
Louisiana, 5 5
Mississippi, 4 4
Indiana, 0 0
Illinois, 5 5
Alabama, 7 7
Missouri, 4 4
Arkansas, . 3 3
Michigan, 3 3
384 fK» 234 43 11 1
ReiiipUulnUon.
Whole number of totes given, 204
Necessary lo a choice, J4s
Of which, for President,
William Henry Harrison, ol Ohio,
reeeivi d 234
Martin Vun Burin, of New York,
received 60
204
For Viet President,
John Tyler, of Virginia, received 234
Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky,
leceived 49
Littleton W. Tazewell, of Virginia,
received 11
James K. Polk, of Tennessee, re-ceived
1
204
The Vice Preaidenl thin announced
the rcsull to ihe joint meeting, anil, in
compliance with ihe luw of March 1,
1702, and the resolution of the Itto
Houses of ihe 2d, instant, made, thu fol-
1 lowing declaration :
" I do declare that William Henry
1 ll'imsoti, of OHIO, having 11 majority of
I the whole number of volea of ihe Elec-tors
of Preaidenl and Nice President of
file lulled Stales for Presidt ut, is dolt
elected President ol Ihe United States
for four ii urs, commencing wiih the 4til
day of March, in the year 1841.
11 Ail I do lurlher declare that John
1 Tyler, of Virginia, having a majority ol
I ihe whole number of votes of tin- Elec-tors
of Pr. sident and \ ice President ol
I the lulled Slales for Vice President, is
Idulv ejected Vice Preaidenl of the Uni-ted
Slates f.ir four years, commencing
u till the -till dav nf March, in the year
, 1841."
Trje Vice Preaidenl ihen anuounci d
that, aa the business for which ihe two
tinuses of Congress had assemhlid in
joint meeting had been gone through
mill, he declared ihe inciting dissolted;
and, thereupon,
The Senste withdrew in Ihe order in
which it had entered ibe Hall; the prin-cipal
Clerk bearing Ihe voles cf the E
lectors, sud one of Ihe lists, to the Sen-ate
Chsmhei, lo be deposited wiih tin
aichivee of that body.
Whilst the Senate was retiring from
ihe Hall, the Speaker and members ol
the Home remained standing.
Tie Senate being withdrawn, Ihe
Speaker look his chair, snd Ibe House
resumed irs session; and
Mr. CUSHING, from ihe joint com
millee appn.tiled 011 the 2d mat., sub-mitted
the lolI .wing resolution as sn ad
diiinnal re-pori from ihsi commillec :
Resolved, That a committee ol one
member of ihe Senate to join s commit
tee of iwo mcnihei* of Ihe House of Re
pteseiitaii HI be appointed bv ihe House
to wail on William Henry Harrison, ol
Oh!•>, and lo notify him that he has been
duly elected President of Ihe United
Statea for four years, commencing with
the .|ih day of March. 1-41.
The resolution wss read and sdopted.
MISCEL L AN Y.
From the IJUU - Book.
THE SOI-'T IVSVICH.
ST T. s. AK rnca.
"I'll give him him law lo hia heart's
content, the scoundrel!" said Mr. Sin-gleton,
walking backwards snd forwards,
in a slate of angrv eieilemenl. «*>
"Don't call harsh names, Mr. Singles
•on," said I. iwyer Trumsii, I okiug ii|l
Irom lh.- IMNSS of papers In-fore him, and
■galling, in a quel, benevolent wsy, that
was |M'c\iltar to bun.
'■Every man should be known by his
true name. Williams iaa scoundrel, and
so he ought lo be called!" responded lot
client, will, increasing wariulh.
'•Old vou ever do a reasonable thing
11, your life, when you were angry!" ask-ed
Mr. Truetnau, who.e age and reap c-labililt
gate him ihe license lo apeak
thus freelt Jo his young friend, lor whom
he wa« endeavoring lo arrange some bu-siness
difficult! wiih a former partner.
"I can't say thai I Inter did, Mr. Trin •
man. But now, I have good reason fui
being angry; and the language I us* m
reference to Williams is bul Ihe esprit
sion of a sober and rational couviclioit,'*
replied Singleton, a little more calmly.
"Dni yuu pronounce him u scouodre,
before you received Ins reply lo your
last letter?"asked Mr. True,nan. , ^
"Nil, I dirl mil. Bit thai letter con-firmed
my (jr. vioiisly lorillid Impressions
of Ins character."
"Bul I cannot find in thai letter ant
evidence proving your late partner lo he
a dishonest man. He will uof agree 10
your proposed mode of sellletni-iil, b» •
cause he does not sic 11 lo be the most
proper way."
"He w.iu*l agree toil, because il is an
honest snd equitable method ol settle
lin nl, thai is all! He wants to over,
reach me, snd is determined 10 do so 11
he can!" responded Mr. Stngiclou, slili
excited.
"There you are decidedly wrong," >au:
the lawyer. "You have both allowed
yourselves to become angry, ami are both
unreasonable, and, if I must speak plain-ly,
I think you most unreasonable 111 the
presenl case. Two angry tnmi can nev-er
settle any business properly. You
have very unnecessarily increased Ihe dif-ficulties
in Ihe way of a speedy solid -
inetit, hy writing Mr. Williams an angrv
letter which he has respond, d 10 in a
'ike unhappy tempi r. Now, if I am to
settle this business for you, I must write
all letters that pasa to Mr. Williams in
future."
"Bul how can you properly express
my vii ws snd feelings?"
"Thai I do not wish lo do, If ynur
views and feeling? sre toiemain aa they
now an-, for any thing like an adjustment
of the difficulties under such circumstan-ces,
I should consider hopelcs," replied
Mr. Trueman.
"Weil, let me answer lliia letter, and
after that, I premise that you shall have
your nwn way."
"No, I shall consent lo no such thing.
It is 'he reply lo that letter which is lo
modify ihe negotiation lor a settlement
in such a way as to bring success or fail-ure;
and I have no 'dea of allowing you,
in Ihe present slate of ye.ur mind, lo
write such a one as will most assuredly
defeat an am,cable airangi lln lit."
Singleton paused for some time, before
making a reply. II h.id been forming
in his mind a most Bulling and hitler n .
joinder to Ihe leller just alluded to, and
he was very desirous that Mr. Williams
should have the 11. ::• fit of knotting ihal
be thought him a "tnckv ami delibi rale
scoundrel," with other opinions of a si
milar character. We found it, therefore,
impossibh lo make on his mind to lei lh
in,impassioned Mr. Trueman write Ibis
most important epistle.
"Indeed I must a/rite this Idler, Mr.
Trueman." he ssid. "There are some
iluiiga thai I want to say to Inin, lh.it I
know you won't wrile. You don't seem
lo consider the posilton in which he ha.
placed me by dial leller, nor what is ob
ligaiory upon me ss s man of honor. I
never allow any man to reflect upon me,
directly or indirectly, without a prompt
response."
"There is, in ihe Bible," ssid Mr
Trui man, "a passage thai la perfectly ap-plicable
in the present case. Il is ihis—
A soft answer turnetk away wrath, hut
grievous words stir up anger. I ban
found Ibis precept, in s lite thst hss num-bered
more then double your years, lo be
one thai mey ha safely and honorably
adopled, in all esses. You blame Mr.
Williams for willing you an angry leller,
and are indignant al certain expressions
contained therein. Now, is it any more
right for you to write an sngry leller,
with culling epithets. Ihan il is for him?"
"But, Mr. Trueman—"
. "I do assure you, my young friend,"
said Ihe lawyer, interrupting him, "lhai
I am acting in this case for your bentfn,
and not for my own; snd, ss your legal
.nl user, you must submit to my judgment,
or I cent ol consent lo go on."
"If I will promise nol lo use suy harsh
language, will you nol consent lo let me
write ihe letter?" urged ibe client.
"You snd I, in Ibe present stale ol
tour mind, could not possibly come at
the same conclusion in reference 10
what is harsh and what is nnld," sard
Mr. Trueman, "therefore I cannot con
sent that you shall wrile one word nf Ibe
proposed reply. I stuff write il."
"Well, I suppose I shall have to sub-mil.
When will it be rcadyi"
•'Come ibis evening snd I will give
you ihe drall, which you can copy and
slgll."
In Ihe afternoon Mr. Singleton «SMI<-,
ind received the leter prepared by Mr.
Triieinan. Il ran thus, sfles-lhe dale
anil formal addrcaa-
"I regret thai my proposition did not
meet your approval. The mode of eel-
'lenient which I suggested wss the result
of a careful consideration ol our miiiuai
interests. Be kind enough to sugg> si 10
Mr. Trueman, my lawyer, sny plan winch
win tlnnk will lead lo an early and ami
cable adjustment of our business. Y'oii
majl rely upon mv consent to II, if II
uieels Ins approbation."
"Is it possible, Mr. Trueman, that you
expect as> lo sign such a cringing leller
is that!" said Mi. Singleton, throwing it
down, snd walking backwards si.d foi
wards with great irritation of manner.
"Well, what is your objection to it,"
replied Mr. Trueman,mildly, for he was
l>ri oared for just such su exhibition ol
feeling.
•' Objectinn ! Hew can you ask such
.1 a question? Am I lo go on my km- s
to him and beg htm lo do me iuSI'OVI V'
I'll sacrifice everv cent I've got in Ihe
win Id first, the scoundrel!"
"You wish 10 have your business a, I
lied, do VOU noli" asked Mr. Truitiiiin,
looking him steadily in the face.
" Ol course I do!—Honourably set-tled
!"
- "Well, lel me hear what yon mean by
-in honourable Bcttleinon'!"
"Why I mean—"
. The young man I,-sit,,.. .1 a moment.
1.id Mr. Trueman said,
"You mean s settlemi nt in which your
interest shall be equally constdcrd with
thai of Mr. Williams."
"Y««, certainly. And lhat—"
"And thai,"continued Mr. Trueman,
"Mr. Williams, in iho settlement, ahall
consider and lieat you ss a gentleman."
"Certainly I do. But 1l1.it is more.
1 In n he Aas done !"
"Well never 1 d. Ix-t what is past
go for as much as it :s worth. The prin-cipal
point of action is in Ihe present."
"Bul I'll never send that mean, cring-ing
teller, though."
"Yon mistake Us whole tenor, I do as-sure
you, Mr Singleton. Yo 1 have al
lowed vour angrv feelings lo blind you.
Yon, certainly, carefully considered, he-lore
you adopled ti, tin- proposed baais of
a settlement, did you nol?"
"Of course I did-"
"Soihe leller which I have prepared
for you, slales. Now, as an honest and
honourable man, you are, I am sure, wil-ling
lo grant lo IKIII ihe same privilege
which yon a kid for yourself, nz: Hint
ol" proposing a plan of sellleillenl. Your
proposition does not Seem in please him:
now it is bul fsir thai he should be invit-ed
to slate how he wishes tin settlement
10 be made. And 111 giving such an in
viiaiiuu, a gentleman should use gentle
IMnly language."
"But be don't deserve to be treated
like a gentleman. In Met, he has 110
claim to Ihe title," said Ihe young man.
"If he has none, as you say, you pro
less to he a gentleman, and all gentle
men should piove bv their actions and
their words that they arcffrnfVrincu."
••I can'l sav, that I am convinced
bv what von sav, but, as you aeem so
benl on having it vour own wav, whv,
let me copy Ihe thing and sign it," said
• he young niBii, suddenly changing his
manner.
"There now," he added, p using across
the table Ihe brief leller h. had Copied;
"I suppose hu'll think me a low-spinied
lellow, alter In. gels ihal. But In 'a nils
taken. After it's all ovei, I'll lake good
care lo lel! him, that il didn't contain my
sentiments I"
Mr. Trueman smiled, as he took the
leller. Slid wenl oil lo fold and din ci il.
" Come lo-morrow afternoon, and I
I,ink we'll have things in a pretty fair
way," he said, looking up with hts usual
pleasant smile, as be finished Ihe direc-tion
nf the leller.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Singleton," he
said, as ihal gem U man entered his office
on the succeeding dsy.
"Good sfleinoon," responded ibe young
man. "Well, have you heaid from lhat
milk and water letter of yours? 1 can'l
call il mine."
"Yes, here is the answer. Take a
seat, and I will read it to yo," said the
nld gentleman.
"W\ 11, let's bear It."
"Dear tleorgt—I hsve yout kind,
ressonable, and gentlemanly note ot yis-teidsv,
in reply lo my harsh, uiiiessona-ble,
and uiigentlenianly one of ibe dat
before. We hate both been playing Ihe
f*ol; bul you sre ahead of me 111 becom-ing
ssne. I have examined, since I goi
your note, more carelully, the tenor ol
vour proposition for a a. illetiu nt, and il
meets my views precisely. My fooll-h
anger kepi me from seeing H In fore.—
l.ei our iiniiiidl friend, Mr. Tn1eun.11, ar-range
the mailer, according to the plan
mi-niton, il. and I shall most beailtly ac
qniesce. Yours, C£C."
"He never wrote thai leller in lh,
world?" exclaimed Single Ion, starting to
his feel."
"You know his writing, I presume,"
sii d Mr. TriKiiiau, handing him Ihe lel
ler.
"It's Thomas W illiaras' own hand, as
I livo'" ejieuieassiBingleinii, nu glancing
al the letter. " W» old friend, Thomas
Williams, the best nalured fellow in tin
world!" be coulir.ued, bis feelingi under-going
s sudden anil entire revolution.—
"What a fool I hate been!"
"And whal a fool / have been!" said
Thomas Williams, advancing from an
adjoining loom, al tin same tune extend-ing
his hand towards Singh Ion.
"God bless you my old friend!" ex-claimed
Suigleion, giasping bis hand.
"Whv whal has been ihe lieu lel wnb us
holh?"
"My young friends," ssid old Mr
Trueman, one of ihe kindest hearted men
111 the world, rising and advancing lo
wards Ihein, "I have known you long.
snd hlrve always esteemed you both.—
Thia pleasant meetingand reconciliation,
you perceive, is of my arrangement.—
Now lel me give you a precept thai will
bulb make friends, and keep friends.—
II has been mv mono through life; and I
don't know thai I hatu an enemy 111 the
world. It is 1
"A soft firmer tiirncth aaMJf irruM,
hut grierous words stir u/i ringer."
Fan Its of Convernal Ion.
[From Swilt's celebrated E-say. ]
There are two rauffa in conversation
which appi ar very diflerenl, yet arise
Irum Ihe same root, and are equally
blameable; I in, an an iiupatii nci. lo in*
lerrupl others, and the uneasiness uf be.
nig interrupted ourselves. 'Ihe two
chief ends of conversation are 10 enter-lain
and improve those we sre su g, or
lo receive those benefitsoutselves, which
whoever will consider, cannot easily run
iiiloeilher of these errors; because when
any inin speakelh 111 company, it is sup-posed
that he doth it for Ins hearers'sake,
and nol hiauwn; so that common discrc.
lion will leach us not to force lhi.tr at-lion
if they ire mil willing to lend Itj
nor on Ihe other aide, to interrupt him
whu is 111 possession, because ihal la the
grosseal maun, r lo give the preference
10 our own gnod sense.
There are some people whose good
manners will nol auA'nrihcm 10 Interrupt
you; hut, whal is almost as bad, will dis.
cover abundance ol impatience, and be
upon the watch until yon have done, be
cause tin7 have aland sninethng in
then own thoughts which tiny long lo
he delivered of. Meantime Ihey are so
■arfroin regarding what passes thai their
imaginations arc wholly turned upon
what Ihey have in res, rve, for feal il
should slip not ol their memory ; and
thus ihey confine their itemiou, which
might otherwise lauge over a hundred
things full as good, and thai might be
much more naturally introduced.
Tin re is a set nf Hide familiarity,
which some |Mitipli , hy pn cs ng among
ihcir intimates, have introduced uiln
thoil general conversation, and would
have it pass for iiinoceul fro, doin or hu-mor,
which is a dangerous experiment in
our northern climate, where all the little
decorum and politeness we have are
puiely forced by art, and are so ready In
lapaa into barbarity. This, among thi
Unmans, was the railcrv of slaves, ol
vthch we have so inmv instances in
I'I.IIIIIIS. It so, meih to have been well
■■ itodueed among us bv Cromwell who,
by preferring ihe scum of Iho people,
made it court enlertaTnnv nt, of which I
have heard ulliiv osr'ieular-, and cms, I
uring all things went turned nptide don n,
11 was reasonable and jutl'cious: although
it waa a piece of policy found out to ridi-cule
a point ol honor in lln oilier extreme,
hen the smallest woid misplaced a-moi.
g gentlemen ended in a duel.
There are some men excellent si tell-ing
s story, snd provided with s plenti-ful
stock of them, which ihey can draw
nil upon occasion in sll companies; and,
considering how long conversation runs
now among OS, il is nol altogether a
contemptible talent. However, it is sub-ject
to Iwo unsvoidable defects; frequent
repetition, snd being loo soon exbsusted
sn ihal whoever valuelb thia gift in him-self,
hath need of s good memory, and
ought frequently lo shift his company,
ihal he may not discover ths weakness of
bis fund; for those endowed, Asve sel-dom
any other revenue, but live upon
•he mam sinrk.
Great speakers in public are seldom
igieeable ill pritate conversation, whe-lm
their faculty be natural, or acquired
by practice and often venturing. Natu-ral
elocution, although it may seem a
paradox, usually spriugelh from a bar*
renness of invention snd of words, by
which men who have only one slock of
niions upon every subject, and ooe set
of phrsses to express them in, swim upon
-no,, 1 her i, and oil' r themselves upon es-say
occasion; therefore, men of much
learning, and who know the compass uf a
language, are genera'ly Ihe worst lalkera
01, a sudden, until much practice hath
inured slid emboldened them, because
ihey sre confounded wiih plenty of mat-
• er, variety of notions, sud uf words
which they cannot readily choose, but
are perplexed and entangled by loo
great a choice, which is no disadvantage
in private Conversation, where on the
oilier side, ibe lalenl of haranguing is of
all others the must iiisuptmrtable.
Nothing hnlh spoiled men more for
conversation than the character of being
wils; lo support which, Ihey never fail 01
encouraging a number of followers and
admirers, who lift themselves in their
-cruce, wherein Ihey find Ihcir account-.
.111 both sides by pleasing their mutual
vanitv. This hath given Ibe former such
an air of superiority, and made iho latter
so pragmatical lhat neither of them are
A-i'll to be endured. I say nothing here
of the slate of dispute and contradiction,
telling of lies, or of those who are trou-bled
with the dis, ate called Ihe wander
mg of the thoughts, lhat are never pre-sent
in mind, al what pastelh in dis-course;
for whoever labours under sny
of these possessions, is as unfit for con-versation
as a mill man in Bedlam.
t-- - . m
THE PRINTER,
There are dark spots on the fairest
features nf existence, and the printer,
though subji cl in Ins location to more
crossis and shades mid Idols snd hhirrt,
mid press-ores, and false impressions
1 Inn most other men ;—yet he has inauv
proofs a( the kindness ol patruua anil
It tends lo cheer hini in his course; a
consolation that he distributes useful
knowledge lo thousands, chases Ihe trrti-kles
from ihe brow o' care, corrects tuo
errors and removes lh<- Ise impressions
of the public mind, planes dowt- iho as-
[letiiius—smooths the prejudices of life
—and though he iaa poor type forihe oh-servance
of others, and does not sapire Mo
lead ihe way,' yet he even strives to
make his paper an index to point lo an
u/iriiA( line of conduct—IhereceprUr/e
ol opin'ous and sound moral ssnliiuenis
dial all may copy. For ihis he asks but
ihe approval nf good men, sud the en-couaagemenl
of kind palrnnt; and though
when he. ahall be struck off from tke file
of life—a jitriod put to Ins earthly r x si-
.•nee, snd the coffin becomes the rece/ita-cle
of hisform, no column or imposing
stone shall imir* the spot where is fixed
Ins narrow clayey hed; yet he 'trusts his
memory will remain imprinted on the
hearts of his frinds, snd no BCOISTN of
his faults being recoidcd against him,he
inav slant! at the final recital, justified
before ihe grcst HRAD and FOUNT of sll
mercy and goodness.
The Alpine Horn—The Alpine Horn
is an Instrument constructed with ihe
bark of Ihe cheny tree, and which, like
a speaking trumpet, is used to convoy
sounds to s greet distance. When the
last rays ef Ihe Mil gild the summit of
the Alps, the shepherd who dwells high,
est on those mountains lakes his horn
and cries aloud, " Praised he the Lord !"
As soon as he ia heard, the neighboring
■hi pherdl leave their fulls repealing these,
words. The sounds last many niliiules-''"
fur every echo of the mount,ins and gr
los nf the rocks repeal the name of In
How solemn ihe scene! IniarTnore
cannot picture to ilnell any trn.it sue
sublime. Tie profound silofnp, ndoiia
ceeds—the sight of Ibofiolt of hear.
mountains upon which.fing excites the
eii seems to rest—evg„ the mean while
I mind 10 ,i,ihusiasuri,.,r knees sud pray
j ihe shepherds be',;, after, retire to their
in open air, nff ,,,„„,• of innoci lice.
huts lo enjoy
j-wis XI. nsedlos-v, "When
Ki3oVl m ibe saddle, uiischtof and
"''!,: sii upon th» clipper."
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