Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-10

which could, in any respect encourage the publication
Of such miserable trash occasionally make. is APP
psarance, there. under imposing form. In the
Sydney papers, FROM which the above extracts were
taken, is an advertisement OF volume TO be published
by subscription. from hs pen Of Thomas Parmeter.
~ D.: to which most Of the people Of rack in the Co
lonv, had given heir sanction II contains poetry
specimen OF which The author appended 10 his adv>r-
tisement Tho following is from piece entitled 'An-
ticpation'
T ro or a Ssd ss. Ss.a sSs iSs
ss p .aSs si Sf ia RsSa s :S s
And eieg would coniiac to the nooler stood, st
What The ,sisd we would own w us mighty %esd
That 0 seS Ii a Ss siss %s.. hs. "s' foo
Whose freedom aud Are VI must all endure
Taoxyai more than rsyS,c !, all my arden. ain,
10 please the faw, not the stool of fans'
II mus not, however. be imagued. that tho exam
pies Of literature, which we have given, are the best
that Aus'raa eau afford We hsve. already, some ex.
cell.nt Geographical and Historical accounts Of the
lony by natives and specienso Of poetry. which
would do honour to their authors in any portion Of the
globe There IL reason, indeed, why that distant
country should not hereafter he fvourite seat Of the
Muses. II is situated in a heavenly climate, and is
possessed Of the most singular anomalies, especially in
the animal and vegetable parts Of tho creaionbirds
without Wings as large Deer their bodies covered
with hair iastead Of feathersbeasts with the beaks of
brds--ferns, nses and even grasses growing TO the
size and shape OF rees-rvers running from the
and lost io interior swamps; this, says colonial wr
ter is New Holland, where il il summer with W,
when II is winter in Europe, and dice Uersd whore the
barometer rises before bad weather, and falls before
COOL whore the North 10 the no, wind and the
Son'h the coid where the burnbest house Is fitted up
with Cedar (Cedreo toona, according to.Mr Brown y
where the fields fenced with Nj ahog,ny (E0cdivp
t1s ro5ssfd) and Myrtle trees (Nyrtdcees) bu mt
tor drewoodS, where the black and the ea-
| ges white where the Kangaroo. an animal between
the squirrel and the Deer, has hive claws its lore
paws and three taons ts hind legs, like bird AMI
yet hops on its tail where the Mole (Ornithorhya
ehus Parddorus,) lays eggs, and has Decks bii::t
where there is bird (.feiiphdgd) with broom in
mouth instead OF tongue: WHERE there is fsh, one
hale belonging to the genus Raa and the Other 10 that
Of Saaal'.s where the pears are ,na!e Of wood txy
and where The cherry (Eroearpus Cttpressiformis)
grows with Tho stone mn the outside
These circumstances Offer novel food to the magma
ton, the ELECTS OF which may sooner or later be per.
eeptible Zv
ssd aa a F. Z . sassn BY s S5''
Thia singular animal the native Of which gsagSas
eai pain bu, i, rarely, if ever, proves fatal. Zr.
There is muc! OF realty nd truth in what may
generally be assumed as merely anciful. in the annex
ed extract from Savannah paper. that lay beor
our readers for ihsr edi6cstion aud own ben e6t
,unrp PI' Dt he Savanna ana Mercury sSy 11yISl
PAINTER AND his PATRONS.
As sat turning the leaves of our subscription
list, the other morning, looked up and our old
friend Fudge Pufendorf before
see you have not yet learnt all the secrets Of Your
trade, (says he) andI have called give you little
! wholesome advice
We have great pleasure in receiving advice
And too little discretion in following it, (sad he)
see how it is; but no matter; will open to you'
But here be interrupted BY a knocking at IN
door, and in moment he sunk behind the screen,
| our patron entered.
Il am sorry Says Mr. AZ that you c,me out
with that pie this m9gse; will play the very de
vii with your have heard several people say
| that they mean TO stop your paper
Can't it; an editor, you know must speak his
| mind
20 certainly! like to see editors independent-But
then i's always best be the right side And 10
tell you the truth, have no wish TO support paper
which pGopagaes such dangerous doctrines Just give
you peice OF my mind Good morning
A" he went out; but the door had scarcely closed
| when ia came Mr.. b.
That capital piece, this morning (says he y
l. jus, the thing. Put my name down a subscriber
like to editors independent Here's long adver-
,senent, keep it in month";
But before had time congratulate ourselves OH
| the event NJ. c made his appearance
'sir, <-ays he) nave called to tell you that you may
stop my paper. can never support editor who
tcstains such absurd opinions.
Certainly, Sir--shall we receipt your bilR
why, as to that. another time will do as we'll Blu.
take the liberty # telling yon that thu tariffs runous
not come out against il, well put you down--thet's
all. like ,osec editors independent
And he departed in high dudgeon. Blu, in moment
Good morning. Mr.. Editor, (says hey have lust
called to let you now that my friend Mr. SpfiikinS
is about to start for Alderman and wish you give
him IN in your paper
Why, to be sure, (said we) Mr. Spiflikins is very
decent man; but should suppose we might select
useful Alderman
True. must confess, there are smarter men than
Mr.. SptfkiDs; but then l have reason for wishing
him elected And certainly you refuse 20 sun
port hs, considering we have always supported YOU
and as we all agree in politics ,
That, 10 be sure, is great Tnaer-but, in the Sc
lection OF public officers ought look 10 the public
good, and not be governed by private feeling
Very we'll Sir, very wellmy practice is support
those who support just stop my paper. am for
an indepe nden editor, who will stick his friends win
out regard TO consequences
And he turned on his heel in great pet, Bat our
embarrassmcnts moi yet =: end. Mr. DIS back
was scarcely turned, before M. T.
understand Says he) tina, old Spifkins has been
put up candidate for Alderman. Now want YOU
10 Icy him out cold as wedge. II may be done in
three lines And 10 you hear? Call him an od--an
old duujerhead--and all that kind of thing Don't
fear consequences There il nothing like independence
in editor
but consider AIR. T., there is something due TO the
feeling Of worthy old man, though ne be So
lomon IL is not every for whom cannot vote,
that we feel free to arraign before the public.
What you won't write against him then Just
stop my paper. | Won't support editor who can't be
indie pendent
You see Sir, (ssid TO friend Pufienlorf, who
rejoned the heavy tramp NJ our last angry ytf
died away The ear how impossible ii is for editor
10 please every body These all equally admirers
Of the independence Of the press And yet either Of
them would in moment sacrifice II to bis own conve-
nience would rample IL under font. whenever IL crossed
his path or interiered with his particular feel
inga praudices You that the sane paragraph
which esctes the admiration Of the one, will prove the
hostility Of the other And thai in contested elections
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