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Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

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From the .Ne~ Hrmpshirc Historical Collection.
EUROPEAN OPINIONS IN 1886.


The following extracts from an European Ma
game Tor 1856, will prove, hope. not unaccep-
table. They show al least the spirit oftfe times
when they were written; and when the views
thea entertained are contrasted with our present
situation, they EXHIBIT in brighter colors the great
Improvements which America has within 80
years effected. | could have har.lIy tf,yrhi il
possible that such language as the following
shon't, IN 1886, be used in their popular and pc
.riodical Magazines. | have made three extracts
one from January, one from August, and one
from December, 1886.
Janwuy, 1886.
" The States OF North America keep rushing
more and more into ANARCHY, confusion AMI no
hticai destruction. Tlsey are said 20 have con-
Guided treaty with the Emperor Of Morocco
much good may it do tiicfn! They will no, find
II very easy matter To feed him with presents.
ani even then they would have more work on
their hands than ever they will be able to per-
forin.n
.9pgust, 1876.
America keeps rccelinc farther and farther
from peace a1l goJi order, PROSPERITY, safety.
ana trahgniiIsy. 81: Dii ali ~ to al these com
Portable Iugccii"nts - ;.s'i,nii felicity ,ylisr
she broke OF ieT relation TO- and COMMISSION
with Great Britain. S.Irryl,.l.l On every .;de
By enemies, by laid tu., lt"r Unable To- ,l,,s;,d
herself AMI protect her trade without 4 friend
TO protect her Or aid her ctfjrts - hcr own je-
icncc, she is left prey TO inc,.i.eJ ;;iyc'rr-
ate Indians AMI rapicou> AZ {. prr.t.cd $: les.
Ths prospect is truly alarming. i:o,rig.s aud
iesperate in the extreme II j. ccr,.,;nL. riri,t
w OR Goyefr'nont TO leave the American, on
TIE ground .; ttejr ci,oasipg. tiat f. Of .,;i
snttiJn from Great Britain ali. lor ds,.e.,{.,
;ies; there let thafn 5c. an! !ct their anb ,., r
20 wherever ha p!eigas. lis departure from is
- Tiatter vi 40 mJnc"t, not 7Qrtpy &c a scd-
Jus conjecture Or speculation oforr 'ncapc,t po-
sticians."
Dec~mjer. 736.
Every account from Amlrict confirms The
''.'Ftc'@'N trd re'eniJ i!'2'e -'atcs, winch. ia
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05
FROM the ArricuI,.rol Almanac.

CHEAP NErHop OF tATTENING CATTLE.
Communicated by .Nr.vN. La,,don Of T.itci.feid.
There is way TO fatten cattle, IN the absence
OF the common means, scarcely inferior tu the
best, the following instance Will prove. l fat
ted an OK, and year old lrpi:cr, the win.cr
past without either corn or potatoes, for less
expense than even that of common keeping, by
a preparation ofcut straw, &C. as follows: boil
ed about two quarts of lixseed and sprInklcd
on 10 cut straw, which had been previously
scalJed AM! seasoned with salt, together with
Some oil-calle and oat meal, working them to-
geihcr in a tub with short pitchiorIS, till the
whole became an oily mlsh. fattcd the heiier
first. She was Of the common size, and in good
ord IT TO winter. gave her about three pccks
which, she ate voraciously, and in the course o.
four days. when the seed was gone she was visi-
bly, aitered.-l fed her regularly in this way a.
bout two months, in which time she had eaten
about an hundred quarts Of boiled haxsccd with
other ingredients in proportions; when she was
bntyhered she weighed 584 pounds, 81 lbs of
which was taow.-5he would not have sold
before iattening, for more than sixteen dollars
sold two quarters of her for S:3,l3. She cost
me not more than ten dollars exclusive of the
hay she ate, which was chiefly scaded as the a
bove. On the first uf February | began with
the OK, led him about 3 months hut not alto
getiier as well as did the h,itar. lie digestcd
about one pint of boiled Raxsecd tlav prcpar-
cd as above, which j suppose formed half the
ftt III these two cattle. The OK was short rnea-
sured feet inches, and when killed weighed
1882 lbs. had $50 lbs. of tailow He cost me
when fattening twenty FIVE cents day--he had
previously cost me 80. My neat gain in faften-
ing these two cattle more than all I have
cleared before in fattening oxen, and cows in
si;een years, and this is owing, think, chiefly
to the use OF iiaxsccd. l never fattened cattle
that appeared SO calm, SO hearty, and digested
all their fare with so much natural ease and re.
gulariy as these. would therefore recommend
the above preparation 10 the attention of farmers
as substitute Cor corn. keep my cows on it
alone in the month of March for one third the
expense othay. 1t makes rich milk and excel
lent butter. Farmers! by proper attention
to economy, one half of your corn may be saved
to produce abundance in the land, and your gar
ners shall overflow with oil and fairness.
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member no other anti American crime of which
we were guilty, than preference of Shakespeare
and Milton over Joel Barlow and Timothy
Dwight. That opinion must still take the
liberty of retaining. There is nothing in Dwight
comparable to the finest passages OF Paradise
Lost, nor is MIR. Barlow ever humorous or pa
thctic, as tho great Bard of the English stage is
humorous and pathetic. We have always been
strenuous advocates for, and admirers of, Ame-
rica-not taking our ideas frotn the overweening
vanity of the weaker part of the Americans
themselves, but from u Nat we have observed Of
their real energy and wisdom.
ReaCood.-Thc following is extract from the
introduction TO Review of the popular novel, Red-
rood, in the Somerset. House Gazette" a London
paper. II is indeed new thing, when .4neri-
can book is commended by an English Review for IA
style and language correct aud pure beyond the
binary standard.
It'll Within a few years, the greater part of the
British public has known nothing of America ex-
cept what to be gathered from the half-inform-
ed pages OF Bfummaecn bag-men, and the suspi-
cious criticisms Of professional reviewers. The
puerilc ignorance and blind p eiudices of the one
were, however, half so hurtiul the proliyate
malevoleuce of the other. The two combined serv-
ed to scatter all sorts of hostile and contemptuous
notions of America amongst " the great vulgar "a nd
the small of country, which have only been
wcakcncd by the Americans in and letters. Ii
ordinary courage of men, whether they are able
to conceive any thing in literature beyond bill of
exchange OF letter Of advice. They have been
pouring forth books of various kinds great album
dance, and have exhibited powers of invention and
combination equal 10 any possessed by those who
were ready to decfy them with their The
fair author-Nvc understand that size is ludy-uf
the novel before us, need not shrink from any
verify of criticism. In of the requisites of
mag naive composition, she is singuarly endowed.
Her creativ7 powers are original, her management
of incident ingenious, her painting of cha racter
and passion delicate aid just. and her sensibiltes
To mon al and natural beauty acute. One virtue
she displays, which is by no means common to the
writer's the highest, of novels Her style and
language are pure, correct, and eloquent; have
been so used to sovcnly composition in works of :-
ton, so long, and by such, sentiment hands,, that
all improvement, had long since been despaircd Of
'fted,rond' is quite prodigy III this way. 1t is
neither careless in the employment of wors,.nor il,
the construction of sentences. Were there neither
interest in the story, nature in the passion il
might be read for ITS style ALONE
The London Literary Gazette, of tho date,
also contains filttcsiag notice OF the work,
in which this county is called :" Englands most at
tractive neighbor." Bosf. Daily .idu.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05
NOTICE.
October 90.

a PETITION will be presented to the mex,
"A General Assembly of Virginia, praying thar a
law may pass, allowing BENJAMIN TAYLOR, a
nan of colour, to remain in the State.
Oct u w4w75
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05
Joel ". Jor,es, Samuel Jones, (.gIajor) .ayDur
Jones and Thomas Read, E,sq.
tn KE .NIDTJ(rE

T.4KE .NO7TCE,
HNHAT on the 9th, 7th and 9th days of Decem--
X Der next, at p. Bookers tavern, JAMESTOWN.
Prince Edward, we shall take the dispositions of
sundry persons to be read evidence in suit now
depending in the Superior Court of Chancery for the
Richmond district, in which suit we are plaintiffs,
and you are defendants-Also, at the tavern of
Moses Trcdway, in Farmville, on the 9th, 10Th and
i'm days oil the same month, take the dispositions
OF sundfy persons, to be read as evidence in the
same suit, where you may attend if you please.
We are yours, &C.
sRoBERT 3. GIBSON,
VIM. HARDAwAY, 81 Wife,
and others.
Nov. 2--Qf
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BLANKETS.
A VERY large supply, Just received Of Rose,
"a Dutiie, and Point BIankets-extremely
cheap, by WIN. NEALE &. co.
Oct. 26--fs79
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~. he camp may have its fame, the its glare,
l nc theatre its wit, the board its mirth;
But there calm, quiet haven, where
Bliss flies for shelter the domestic hearth.
II this be confortless, if this be drear,
ltnecd not hope to find haunt on earth.
Elsewhere we may be thoughtess, gay, caress'd;
But here, and only here, we may be blest.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

s.It secms some difficulty has been made about
receiving the King of the Sandwich islands at
court. We insert a precedent, which we have
been favored with by an antiquarian friend.
which must set these s'sancy doubtsn at rest.
They are in fact, Very absurd. The accidents
of civilization can surely make no difference i'm
dignity. king is a king--thc Lords annoint-
Ell, whether the unguent be the contents Of the
sdiafe dmpouie, or whales blubbcr. The more
savage the race the monarch reigns over the
more the majesty OF the office shines forth; and
the divinity that doth hedge king is the more
necessary where barracks and breeches are un-
known. Still less, if possible should the COM
paratively small extent of the do,ninioms of a
monarch detract from his majesty. If ULYSSES
could have come TO England, would any one
have dared to throw obstacles in the way of his
presentation, We doubt even whether the
King of Men had dominiops more extensive than
those of RHO RHO. Have we not too, the So
vereign Houses Of Germany, SO small in wealth
and population, yet so large in honor, so diIapi-
dated and diGni.led, las an orator would say,) so
ragged and regal, SO pennyless, so iustrious and
ill appo'nted-houses frotn which even SCI much
oi our own Royal Blood may be seen To flow.
We are "frcc to confess and bold to affirm"
that we feel individually as ,nucI, resnect and
reverence for the King of the Sandwich Isles as
for many of the European sovereigns; nor has
there been any thing in his conduct at all un-
princely or insensible. He has slewn himself
amused at the dancing dogs, and thinks Punch
at least as witty as Pi-;l'ro, aud less long; he
considers the Swiss giancss large woman, and
the late Miss Cracha;ni small one.--iIe has
shown more delight at Made,unscIle NobIct's
dancing, which he does understand, than at
isosnTs music, which he does not; and has man
ifested on other similar occa:ions as much of
taste and discretion would enable him To ex-
ercsc the functions which fall to the lots of mo-
narci's in many civilized communities. At any
rate, our precedent, we repeat, is conclusiye.n
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05
ELEG ANT EXTRACT.

From Tales Of 1roreller, Part II, Ly George
Washington FIRING.
Alas! how little do we appreciate mothers
tenderness willie living! How needless are we
IN youth, of all her anxietics and kindness But
when she is dead and gone; when the cares and
GOODNESS Of the world come whitening to our
hearts; when we find low hard il is TO find true
sympathy, how few love us for ourselves, how
lew will befricnd us in our rnisfortuncs then it
IS that we think o; the mother we have lost. 1t
istrae had always loved my mother, even in
my rnast needless days; but felt how nccn-
s'derate and Intellectual had been my love. Ny
heart melted as retraceI the days of infancy,
when was led by mothers hand, and rocked
10 sleep I'm mothers arms, and was without
care or sorrow. "Oh, my mother,n exclaimed
l, bnrsing my face again in the grass of the
grave" Oh that l were once more by your
side; sleeping never TO wake again en- the cares
and troubles of this worldp
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

GA voyage to Cochin China, by LIT. White,
of the United States Nary" has attracted CON
siderable notice in London. The reviewers
speak of it a work, though defective in lite
rary merit, yet furnishing a curious account of
country which has been scdom visited.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

Defects Of the English Iongue.-At our late
county sessions, two men named Riggs and F'os-
ter, were charged with stealing 36b. of hay.
1t was given in evidence by the prosecutor, That
the field from which il was taken had been
moved two days he was then asked if in that
time 1t had attained the state of hay? No.
Was it grass then? No. Then sir, by what ap-
Pellation do you callit? The farmer could moi
answer. The lawyer confessed he was at loss
for cord to name it by: and the indictment was
quashed. London PaDe,-.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

The subsequent morsel Of cutting irony is ex-
tractcd from an English paper, in which it was
published anterior TO the demise ofbis late Sand
wich Majesty, in London:
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Independence, in the estimation of conceited
coxcembs, is to be rude and boisterous in what
ever society they happen to be placed, evinc-
ing a total disregard for the opinions of others.
and those rules of decorum always observed by
well-bred men.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05

He who hctrays secrets Of his friend because
he has quarreed with him is never worthy of
the sacred name of friend; breach of kindness
on one side will not justify breach of trust Oh
the other.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
NEW MEANINGS TO OLD TERMS.

PrrGATonY-Making appointments 10 offices.
PuET-A manufacturer of lines, consisting gen
orally of eight sy Tables; sometimes of ten They
are paid for by the gross, and should be used i'm
meliately, as they will not keep.
PArRoN-A man who feeds needy dependents
with moonshine huge promiser; special ty.
rant, who kills his victims by the slow poison oi
" hope deferred"
AUrnon--A sort of intellectual spider, who
eviscerates from his brain the means to live; q
drudge of opulcnce and Jest of fools. man
who Thinks. aloud, that others may do without
thinking.
pArnloT-A stalking horse, bought by any bo.
dy to amuse the people.
EsauiRI-Any body.
GRAriTuDG-The art of forgetting favors
LIMno-t!aving the power OF bestowing an of
flee, and many powerful and worthy applicants.
DuELs--An interview between two fools.
AnoNis The reflection Of a dandy ina looking
glass
ApsunD-Any thing done or said, different
from what we ourselves would do or say.
ARuNDANcE--in I'm imaginary quantity OF whit ch
every man thinks his neighbor possessed and him
self deprived.
AccoMMonArE,- Obliging a friend in order to
serve ourselves.
REAsoN-The faculty by which man iustifes
his own conduct. Some vain theorists have sup.
posed, that it was given 10 regulate and direct
our aclions but the practice Of mankind has pro-
we'd, that it is of no use, but to vindcate what
we do.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
COLI.ECTANEA.
Rosa's address TO her country-,oome,s
ON NOVEL READING.

A1atrons and maids whoever may chance to
note these lines, read them tor the cause, and ye
who cannot read, be silent that yoI, may hear.
Believe me for mine age, (since twenty years
have thrice passed DER my head) and have re.
spect unto mine age, that you may believe. Crit
icse not my words, but reflect upon their import,
that YOU may the better judge.--lf there be any
among you, any friend TO the circulation of novels,
who can peruse with pleasure the high wrought
tale romantic, TO her say, that Rosa's love TO
reading such as this was no less than hers. If
then this friend demand, why Rosa should object
to works of this description, her answer is, not
hat she loved amusement less tutth she loved
Improvement more. Had You rather novels should
be read to tile exclusion of more useful works,
and die in ignorance than that these should be
discarded as unworthy to employ the time of in
tellectual beings, and live as useful members OF
sociey' If the suppression of novels should
prove injurious to the livelihood of those who
| circulate them, should regret it ifthrotgh this
circulation helpless family gain support, re.
| joice at it; it they are in any way conducive TO
morality honor them; but as many have a con.
trary tendency, and the generality of them are
bni the creatures of an Idle brain which oft divert
| the mind from what is truly useful, | do condemn
them. There is regret for the injury their sup
preston might occasion; joy for the support they
may afford a helpless family; honor for The mo.
raiity they may disseminate, and dsapprobation
Of il.eir ternicious qmsiities. vino among you go
base that would die in ignorance? il any, speak
/ fer her have offended. Who among you so ne
gligent that would not be thrifty housewife If
any, speak for her have offended Whn among
you SO vile, that loveth not her family IF any,
speak, for her have offended. lpauSe not for a
reply, assured that the answer would be, none
then none have offended | have said no more
against novels than you would say upon reflection
The question OF their WORTH must be in every
reasoning mind, the praise of those not extenua
ted which were not worthy, nor the dement's o
those enforced which We condeinn.
The body OF my romances was removed from
my library, their departure mourncd by my neice
who, though she had no hand in their destrc
tion, shall receive the benefit ofa idicious course
of reading, as which of you shall not With this
take my leave that as used my pen in opposi
finn 10 an amusement once fondly indulged in, for
that more useful. have the same instrument for
myself if il should please my coun;ry.women 10
term this scroll unjust.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
STANZAS.

Weep not, though lonely and wild be thy path,
And the storm may be gathering round,
There is One who can shield from the hurricanes
wrath,
And that One may forever be found
He is with thee, around thee He lists TO thy cry,
And thy tears are recorded by Him,
A pillar of fire, He will be to thine eye.
Whose brightness no shadow can dim.
Oh, follow it still through the darkness ofnight,
In safety twill lead to the morrow;
'ris not like the meteor of ear'hs tickle light,
Often quenched In deusion and sorrow
For pure is the beam, and unfading the ray,
And the tempests assal it in vain;
When the mists Of this world are all vanish'j
away,
In its brightness it still will remain.
And weep not that none are around thee to love,
For Father is with thee to bless;
And if sriefs have exalted thy spirit above,
Oh say, would thou wish for one less
lie is with thee, whose favor foreveris life;
Could mortal heart guard thee SO we'll
Oh hush the vain wst-calm thy bosom's wild
strife,
And forbid but thought to rebel.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
DE-. FRANKLIN.

DR.. Benjamin Franklin after the decease of his
father, returned to Boston, in order TO pay his re-
spects to his mother, who reside in that city.
lie had been absent some years, and at that Pc
rod of life when the greatest and most rapid al
teraton is made in the human appearance: At a
time when the querulous voice of. the STRIPPING
assumes the commanding tone of the adult, and
the smiling feature of the youth are succeeded by
the strong lines of manhood. The Doctor was
sensible such was the alteration of his person,
that his mother could not know him, except by
that instinct, which, it is believed can cause a
mothers heart to beat violently in the presence
of beloved child, and point the eye, with que k
and sudden glance to a beloved son.
To discover the existence Of this instinct by
actual experience, the Doctor resolved to intro
duce himself, as a stranger to his mother, and
watch narrowly, for the moment in which she
should discover her son, and then to discover,
with the cool precision ofa philosopher, whetht =
that discovery was the effect of that instinct OF
4ffecton-that intuitive love-the attachment,
| which is conjectured to cement relatives Of the
same blood and which by according the passions
of parents and child, like we'll tuned vio would
at the first touch, cause them to vibrate in uni
son, and at once evince that they were different
chords of the same instrument.
On a chilly day in the month of January, in the
afternoon, the Doctor knocked at his mothers
dosr, and asked to speak with Mrs. FRANKLIN. He
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
FEMALE COURTSHIP.

Two or three looks when your swain wants kiss
Two or three noes when he bids you say yes,
Two or three smiles when you utter the no,
Two or three frowns if he oilers to go;
Two or three speeches, like, all, go away,
Twcbr three times you must hold him to stay:
Two or three laughs when astray from small chats
Two or three tears tho you can't tell for what
Two or three letters when VOWS are begun,
Two or three quarrels before YOU have donci
Two or three meetings to walk here and there,
Tive or three nights to the courthouse repairs
Two or three dances to make you jocose,
Two or 'hree hours in corner sit close;
Two or three starts when he bids you eopct
Two or three glances to initiate AopeI.
Two or three pauses before you are won,
Two or three faintings to let him press on ;
Two or three sighs when you've wasted you tears,
Two OF three hens when the chaplain appears
Two or three squeaei when the hands giuea dcdy,
Two Or three coughs when you come to-o6eys
Two or three courtsies when marriage is over,
Two or thee honeys discovering your lover:
Two or three !asses may have by these rhymes;
Two or three husbands, tho hard are the times
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22

a stranger here, to what distant country do you
belong' J, madam, belong to the city of>Phila
ie'phia At the mention Of Philadelphia, the
Doctor declared he, for the first time, perceived
any emotion in her. Philadelphia said She
aud all he mother suffused her eyes. If you live
in Philadelphia, perhaps you know our Ben 7
Who, madam Why Ben Frankln; my Ben !:
oh he is the dearest child that ever blest mo-
her What said the Doctor, is Ben Franklin,
the Printer. your son why he is my most in
innate friend; he and lodge in the same room.
oh God forgive me! exclaimed the old lady.
raising her wa'ery eyes to heaven-and have !
suffered an acquaintance ofmy Benny TO sleep on
this hard chair while myself rested on good
bed r
How the Doctor discovered himself to his mo.
ther, he has not informed us; but from the ex.
| pertinent, he was fully convinced, and was ofien
heard to say that natural affection does not erist
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-22
A SERENE WINTERS NIGHT.
M PERRY sHELLA.

ny PERRY SHELLA.
How beautiful this night, the balmiest sigh,
Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear !;
Were discord to the speaking quietude
That wraps this moveless scene. Heavens ebon
vault,
Studded with stars unutterably bright,
Through which the moons unclouded grandeur
rolls,
Seems like canopy which love has spread
To curtain her sleeping world. Yon gentle hills
Robed in garment of untrodden snow;
Yon darksome walls, whence lcicles depend
So stainless, that their white and gtterng spears
ringe not the moons pure beam. yon castled
steep,
Whose banner hangeth DER the tme-worn tower
So idly, that wrapt fancy deemeth it,
metaphor OF peacc-all form scene
Where musng solitude might love to list
Her soul above this sphere of earhliness,
Where silence undisturbed might watch alone;
So cold, SO bright, SO still.