The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-11-22

cording to general rule or law, acts ne
ccssarily in other words, its actions are
so many effects Of causes, which, whether
known or unknown,must have an existence.
| Admit that we cannot determine the nature
Of those causes; what then I? We cannot
doubts its existence We are in utter ig-
norance Of the power which affects the
magnet, as we are Of the affinity which
subssts between that pow er and elect =
ity, galvanism and light but the affinity u
self is matter Of observation IT. so
with human actions and human irs.
! There is only one course which they can
take, aud that course they pursue. Look
to the career Of Napoleon: examine the
circumstances which contributed to his
rise, and those which brought about and
accelerated his fall. Being what he was,
could be have acted otherwise than he did.
or experienced different fate he could
not
Like Hannibal, he reachod the highest
pinnacle Of military glory; like him, he
tasted the bitterness Of disaster and de-
feat like him, he fell a victim 10 the un
extngnshing hatred of an enemy, who,
though victorious, trembled at the terrOrs
of his name. That muster spirit, which so
long held the world in awe, il now quench-
ed bat he obeyed his destiny, and future
ages will find that he has not lived in vain.
--.~Gs"
Deslioyy Noughts.--Opc man marries
n woman because she looks we'll when she
danccs--shc never dances afterwards. A.
mother man marrIes because the lady has
handsome foot and ankle, which, after mar
riage, he never takes the trouble To admire.
a third marries for love, which wancs
with the honey moon A fourth marrcs
for money, md finds that his wife docs not
choose TO die, to complete his satisfaction.
And a fifth, being oldi wisdom as in years,
marries young woUnn,who soon becomes
a suitable match for him, by growing old
with grief. Thousands do wrong because
others have done the same before them. no
on the grand principle that many Uacks
make whiie. Many embrace opinions
| different from those commonly received in
order to show that they have mind able
| 20 think for Itself and superior 20 what they
call vulgar prcjudices, wi'hcnt considering
whether erroneous prcjudices are better
! than those they have abandoned. Al
worldly cnjoyments, and yet many purchase
them at the expense oftheir souls. I!ypo.
cr,es have a strange taste, neither TO enjoy
this life nor the ncX'.
Many write for religion, speak Cor it.
quarrel for it, fight for it, die for il, but few
live for it. II is not uncommcnly remark.
ed that such one is " religious" by way
of rcproach, and that too by Christian, at
n tea party of Christians Millions Of pco-
pie are most anxious about what they least
require, and, after teozing themselves and
others for many weary day, they die
leave their cash to those who have no need
Of it-and are, for the first time eulogilcd,
when the praise Of man can avail them
nothing.
-..ere"
"During my stay at st. PetershurCh."
saws Mr. Holman, +" the following singular
story was spoken of as having occurred nj
this place Two gentlemen had contract
cd , hitter and irroconcilah euuity a.
guinsi each other A servant of one hap
pnncd to die, was buried within 81 hours,
after the Russian custom, when the other
determined to CRAFTY his revenge upon
his adversary by accusing him of the mur
der Of this man. To give color TO this
accusation, accompanied by some of his
confidential servants, he prodCeded 10 dis
inter the corpse. with n view of intllctlng
marks Of violence upon it. The body was
removed from the coffin, and held erect,
that it might undergo a severe flogging :;
when TO the astonishment and dismay of
the party, aftera few blows had been in
iiicted. animation returned, and the alright
cd resurrection men ran oirwith the utmost
precipitation. The corpse at length recov.
erng its animation, was able TO move offin
It's shroud, anil regain its masters hahta
ton, which /, entered, to the great terror
ofi,s inhabitants. At length. however, his
reality becoming certain, they were re-as.
sured, and the supposed ghost communica-
ted all that he could remember of the state
he had been in which was that his sen.
ses had not left him, Notwithstanding he
had felt so cold and torpid as 10 he incap-
able of speech or motion tlll 'bc blows had
r,Stnrol him This lpd Z, tho dptc, tion of