Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-15
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SATURDAY MORNING, JULY Is, 1926.


established at Providence, R: l. AS well as we
can Judge from the specimen before u, the
"CADEr" will prove an acquisition TO the Pub
lie, and assume station among its contempo-
rsries highly creditable to its conductors. The
Editorial capacity is Of no ordinary cast and
the Mechanical arrangement and execution is
equal 10 any we have seen. The publication
is weekly, al two dollars per aunum-a price
far below its real worth either as literary or
political journal.
Ts The Editors will oblige us by transmit
ting their previous numbers; and we bes them
TO accept our good wishes for prosperous ca
reer as ''CABEr" and a speedy promotion TO
higher rank.
The news Of Mr. JEFFERsoN's death was re-
ceivei by the citizens Of Boston Oh Sunday even
ing. with all the manifestations Of regret and
gratitude that had been extended TO their own
lamen,ed Sage. The papers Of the following
day,-of. every school Of politios,-speak Of
these departed worthless, as grateful Americans
ought to speak.
The following is an extrrct of letter from
friend of the venerable JEFFERSON, who attend
ed his death bed:
Gle called in his family day or two before
he expired, and conversed separately with each
of them. He expressly desired that there should
be no pomp or parade at his burial. AS you may
well suppose, the fall OF SO great man haspro-
dnced a deep Impression on all around him.
The Professors and Students Of the University,
citizens Of Charlottesville, the Inhabitants OF
the adjacent country, strangers in the vicinity
ali will repair 10 the family burial ground, to
witness the interment at O'Clock this eveping
THE still. One among mary affecting circum-
stances attending the closing scene OF this great
man has reaCh-d me. Some time before his
death, he presented TO his daughter small
morocco case, which he requested her TO open
Immediately after his decease On opening the
case il was discovered to contain an elegant and
afec,iona,e strain Of poetry on the virtues OF
his dutifu and Incompatible daughter Eng,
Subscribers TO the forthcoming Poems ofthe
BosroN BARD, will be gratihed by perusai oil
the annexed notice; and many who have not
vet engaged copy, we trust, will be induced
20 enrol their names among the patrons OF the
afflicted COFFIN.
Oriental Harp, Poems of The Boston Berd -"This as
mn ovn m y nQfire land Precedence II. l., printed
md published By Smith g Parmenier, 1926.
1t often happens that when a man acquires
considerable celebrity by occasional produc-
lions, that he is induced by motives of vanity
interest, or persuasion offriends, to collect them
into volume, and by so doing, nine tunes ont
nj ten, he loses three quarters of his reputation
Occasional odes, songs, elegies, and addresses,
catch the eye like he lamp in the watchtower, <
the effect on the vision is long remembered
when the distance elevation and magnitude have
never once been thought OF. Or to use another
simiie to illustrate our meaning-Nothmg Is
more lovely than the wild flower or the esldn
tine by the way-side, but transplant all you Can
find and make flower garden OF them, the very
traveller " no was delighted 10 view them II
their native bed, would probably think but Int
tie of them when seen in regular order. he
botauist would know their qualities TO be tht
same in every place, but the cursory observer
who only Judged by his sense oil sight or smell
would hardly remember them to be the same II
their collected form. With ioreboGings OIL TIN:
nature. we sat down TO read the collection styl-
ed the "Orcntal Harp.
MANY of the fugitive pieces OF Mr.. Coffin We
have read with pleasure, as they toated on The
surface of the day, and passed from the pages o
one newspaper TO another, but, although with
others. we had considered him clever with hi:
,,use we could not exactly say on what crit
rism our opinion was founded; bur on turning
over the pages of this volume, we were greatly
relieved. There is spirit and character abou
Them which is not lost in group Many OF th'
productions are playful, pointed, and witty
some are pathetic, and complaining, but there
: more noe,rv in most of them, than is gener
aI,y found in collection of pieces from ont
Dcn. At times he is capable OF very higf
airh, Of genius, which is infused into some o
the compositions in the volume. amonss
others we would name the ode "LisH and itdsh
;neton." beginning at 10th page. Loss me U
S. ship Wdsp, is another, but noI SO good as 'n'
first. The GrGveof Dennie is not another orisi
nal, butt is sweet, delicate, classical, and po
et Of the highest order would not be unwilling
IN be considered the author OF such lines l.
IS however idle 10 point out those parts oil nj;
writer we happen to think among the pest U
his works, for others may have different opin
ION. and select other parts as best sultlng thtl'
tastes. On the whole, we are glad 10 see this
volume from so respectable press as that o.
Smith s Parmenter. The author stands before
rhe public now ci1imins patronage from his 'ner'f
l.