Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-03
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breaks up III February, out tne uuratioh VI nigh
water is very unequal, falling sometimes in A.
pril<and at others, perhaps more generally,
reaching till June or even July The people On
board the steamboat, did not think the water
Immediately below Marietta much, il any better
than that between it and Wheeling. From 9TH
ers 1 heard different opinion. suppose the
chief difference consists in the danger when the
river is falling, as then the higher they 20 up,
the greater the danger Of not having enough
water to return. The boat in which came
down has taken this season load OF 6l3 bales
Of Cotton from Nashville to Pittsburgh at one
dollar per cwt which her owner, who wa. on
board, says will amount, by the time it gets 10
Philadelphia, 10 two cents per pound, being a.
bout wha, he has found it to cost, when sent
round by n Orleans. This gentleman has been
engaged, he informed me, for S or years in send
ing co,ton TO Philadelphia through this channel
Freigh,s from Nashville to Pittsburg are usa.
ally from Is TO 100 cents per hundred; from
this place they are so, but have been thi, sea
son as low as so. With constant employment.
il seems to be thought they might come down
10 20 or 25 cents. Heretofore they have rang
ed abou, the same as those from New.OrraDs
here, and perhaps as their season is SO much
sbor,er. they cannot afford to MAKE them lower;
which stands in the face Of all the competition
at so cents The time in performing trip
from Pi,,sburg TO Nashville, is about the same
as what is required from this 10 Orleans, II
days"
Greatness confers no exemption from the cares
and sorrows Of life: its share Of Them frequent
ly bears melancholy proportion TO lis exal'a.
ton. This the Israelitish monarch experienced.
He sought in piery that peace which he could
not find in empire, and alleyia,ed the Dispute
tudes of state with the exercises OF DEVOTION
His invaluable psalms convey those comfortsto
others which they afforded TO himself CON-
posed upon particular occasions, yet designed
for general use: delivered out as services for Is
raeites under the law, yet no less adapted 10
the circumstances of Christians under the gos.
pei; they present religion 20 US in the mos, en-
gazing dress; communicating truths which phi.
losophy could never investigate, in style which
poetry can never equal; while history is made
the vehicle Of prophecy, and creation lends all
its charms to paint the glores of redemption
Calculated alike to profit and 10 please, they
inform the under standing, elevate The affections,
and entertain the imagination. lndited under
the influence OF Him, to whom all hearts are
known, and all events foreknown, they suit
mankind in all situations, grateful as the man.
IA which descended from above, and conform.
ing itself to every palate. The fairest produc-
tons Of human wit, after few perusaIs, like
gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose
their fragrance: but these unfadiug plants oil
paradise become, as we are accustomed to them,
still more and more 5eautiful-their bloom sp-
pears daily to be heightened-fresh odours are
emi.ted-ne sweets are extracted from them
anA we respond in shs sAsf s aSA ana Sr-
get not all his benefits" Horne.
| Poetry is sublime, when il awakeus in the mind
any great and good aft ction, as pie,y, or pa.ri.
olism. This is one the nobIest effects OF the
art The psalms are remarkable beyond all
other writings for their power Of inspiring de-
vout emotions But il is not in this respect
only that they are sublime OF the divine ma
tnre they contain the most magnificent descrip
tons that the soul Of man can comprehend
The hundred aad fourth psalm, in particular
displays the power and goodness Of Providence,
in creating and preserving the world, and The
various tribes Of animals in it, with such ma.
jeslic brevity and beauty, as it is in vain 10 look
Tor IN any human composition. Beatke.
Gringore was popular writer Of, and actor
in, Mysteries, in the beginning Of the 10th cen.
'ury;-and the following was among his most
ap proved passages: "Who well respects him
self we'll sees himself, and who well sees him
self well knows himself; who well knows him.
self but lowly rates himself, and who but Iowly
rates himself is wise"
Tile beginning and the end of honors,-Iphicra-
ties the son OF shoemaker, was rrproachsd by
degenerate son Of Harmodius for the mean
ness OF his birth -"Trus," said Iphicrales,
"the dignity Of my family begins with me, while
that Of yours terminates with you"
An honest Hibernian, whose bank pocket TO
use his own phrase) had stopped payment, was
forced to the sad necessity Of ptrambula,ing the
streets OF Edinburgh two nights together, for
want OF a lew pence 20 pay his lodgings, when,
accidentally hearing person talk Of the lying
in hospital, he exclaimed, "that's the place for
me! where is it. honey! for have been lying
out these TWO nights past"
Ned Shuter the Commedian Ned was of:en
very poor, and bring more negligent than poor,
was careless about his dress A friend, over
taking him one dav in the street, said to him;
"Why Ned, are you not ashamed to walk the
StrPetS with fwentv hot.a vnur tinpSl