Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-01-21


ortwo al the implicitmanner in which you
suppose, in your concluding paragraph,
that your countrymen ore so tree from
cabals and inlrieues. However" con-
linued the sprite--" ihat's nothing to me
my business now, is, as it was then
10 shew you what is passing in this part
OF The world---that you may tell il to your
folks at home in your own srtless way,
ard let them apply it as they please. II
any of them should happen TO be con-
cerned in similar ransac,ions--that is
not your business, you know, nor mine"
So saying, the little genius pointed out
to me large sheet Of water beneath us,
as the Gulf oil Mexico, which, he said
was Just about as far from the scene Of
action, on the former ard present occa-
sions as was the state Of Illinois. What
effect this equality of distance may have
in producing similar man9uvres"
said, pursuing the subject will not
pretend to suggest. Let your wise men
find ou by their ingenuity | arr GER
tain you (meaning me-Sinon Snorer,
Esquire) will never enlighlen them
much by the protoundness of your spec-
ulatiens--at least without my beip"-
And who are you, that seem 20 ibink
Yourself so necessary to me ?"-cred /;
not Il must confrss il to ny ndulgent
readers)-n without little of some
thing like mortified vanity mixed with
the curiosity which Induced the ques-
lion
81 am one to whom vou have given
the reins in many an idle hour, aud whr
has led you over mountains and oceans
and deserts by whose aid 700 have
Owed TO he coral beds OF the sm io'h
haired sea nyuiphs, and scared lar be-
gond the limits OF your plane airy system.
amid The Infinite sariety of suns AID
worlds whose light has scare, ly reached
he orb on which you dwell But let
US rest upon the rigging Of his 5 aie'y
vessel while ] tell you who am. -
Sui,ins The action to the wore" We
perched upon the slender yard which
supported the "royals" As nightly and
securely as the bird upon bough
and my aerial guide suf red me to con.
template fol moment toe majestic NOV
ing fabric on which we rested. Ii was
shin of large size, and We, beng seated
on the fourth of The spars which, stretch
ing one above another In the air. com
posed the main ~ asst, were consequently |
exalted TO height, which would III AXE a !,
waking landsman dizzy; but men can
do wonders in their sleep. should ts-
light in describing the appearance of The
sails swelling, as in pomp, from every |
yard, and the rigging brsced and tight, |
reaching from mast To mast and spar to
spar, foroing thousand fanfsslicsl Fl.
eures-but must refrain. These arr
things for men to see and no, to dream
Of So proceed with the dialogue.
IS Wnen you have done listening 10 tbs |
long yarns of those sailors" said NY
conducror-'or | was just hen observ
ing circle OF hardy tars who were seat
ed near the csmhoose. cracking tests
and telling stories--"i will comply
with your request, by informing you
who and what am"
EXCUSE mel am now all attention.
Il replied.
/" My name"-reioined he" is Phon
,asma Anima-"
Latin ?"-inquired /, iD'errupting
him, cor to what nation do you owe
your name |, IS rather singular enc
I" Whv, as TO that" resumed he
"men differ. Some would have ne to
be Frenchman-others German Some
Englisbmen claim me as belonging to
their li'.!e island, while others contend
that, wherever may be my orioia shew
partiali,y for the north side ofthe I weed.
In short, all claim me, and l deny the
claim OF none. am cosmopoliie, and
confer my favors without regard 10 coun-
try or climate. When Homer wrote,
traced on the tablet of his mind the forms
of heroes conteDding on the embattled
plain, OF gods and goddesscs enthroped
in celestial splendor and presiding over
the sapgumary contest; and all the rich
imagery which he embodied in the ma
iestic numbers OF the HAD ! taught
the MantuaD bard where to seek the n a.
terials Of his song. Shakespesr, Milton,
Cervantes, Butler, end host Of Others
owe their deathless names TO me. Even
Mrs Radcliffe drew on me for suppl,
OF ghastly spectres, gloomy caverns, and
hsun,ed castles; "the wizard Of the north"
is indebted to meat least, in part
for the celebrity which he nov enjoys in
his mys'iied incognito. Ard am now
come 10 see whether car impress the
image OF an idea on the drowsy faculties