Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-17

and I have done.-Ten ana ei8n' arc etsh'ee"
and two are twenty. There Us as clear as
DAYLIGHT. Twenty thousand every copper OF 1t.
And not a sixpence yields rue less than 'weive
DER cent. HA!ha! ha! I may laugh at Inc world
now, | think!
And at your heirs, 100, Jameson said the
keeper. .e., h,,,ds, sx.
.,.;med The miser sthey would have clapped
o,s in a mad house for having dropped a dol
~ ~ The moor. box after listening 10 a Charity
.ormon Tbry pronounced me- mad and unfit 10
lake care ormy wealth. They wished to become
nv stewards: ,he devil thank hem But the
lows have reason. A hard round dollar In the
charity box was a symptom, TO be sure, but
hen look there, twenty thousand al Twelve per
cent Could they have done better as me
times go, mad as they pronounced me! lie
smiled and chuokled in a SATISFIED lone al me
idea of his imaginary POSSESSIONS ana as l Fi'
him I inyoIuniarily exclaimed wherein does
the happiness Of this deluded wretch differ
from tina, Of The miser who worshiPs his hoard
of gold in secret. Their joys are equally i'm
apinary, and he who dreams he Is worth thou
sands, provided the dreams be never broken.
is in fact as wealthy as be who IS possessed OF
thousands, and spends his life in dreaming over
his poss, ssions. How many maniacs OF this
description do we daily see, who are not only
,ermit.edro run at rye ,bu, whoare pronounced
10 be in The full possession OF their mental fdc>
ul,ics?'
NV attention was now attracted by a young
man reci,ing Homer in he original The mu'
steal numbers flowed from his tongue with ell
! oquenoe; his counlenance was animated and
his ges,iculation imprisoned When he con
cluded the passage he exclaimed, Wen, that
is poetry; and will remain so, lei them say OF
my epic what they please
your epic?' I exclaimed
yes. Thcy pronounced me mad for having
WRITE q poem that the critics had neither
taste to relish, nor sense 10 comprehend IT
hrs be the fac Of all authors who experience
timilsr condemnation let them CONVEX, the
| whole world a, once INFO a beClam-your pris-
on house will be too small to hold US. And
who is here 10 draw the line tween INSANITY
and reason. II my imagination be so vigorous
as 10 soar beyond the reach OF hose who can-
not dissolve the influence Of this grovrliing
world, which draws hem back with magnetic
power, musi | NEEDS be- mad!-lf their waxcn
wings fail them in heir attempt 10 follow me
through the Ut ravelled regions OF light ardl
glory, and whiie | keep o. with steady win6
and eagle eye, hey, for their iemerity, share
ihe fate Of la?cas ~ for this msy they pronounce
me mad? And yet ii is so. Bu, who is there
10 draw the line ? Sophoclrs IN his age
was accused Of being insane BY his h~eartirss
srns. But wnen before hir judges he produced
his last tragedy, and asked if "a mailman could
write such verses, he was dismissed with fresh
honours, and MS SONS we're punished as mad
men for making me accusation Were l now
To write az Q prdus Colontus, such is The re
volu,ion ,ha. taste and literature has under
gone, that the critics would pronounce it CON
elusive evid, nee Of incurablr insanity. The
line between madness and reason changes with
the age | have lived a century before my time,
and posterity will enjoy tho epic tina, has con
signed its author to beGlsm.' How many au-
,hors do we see al large labouring under SINH
lar delusion!
At a short distance from the poe, was a
painter bu.ily engaged in his art. We'ap'
preached him, and the Ike. per inquired of him
what he was about.
Drawing a map Of the moon was the reply.
And what do you mean by that palace upon
which you have bestowed so much care?
sThe residence Of tae man in the moon 10 be
sure
is the drawing accurate
AYE; even 10 the smoke that you see ascen-
ding from The chimney. Behold l have laid
down with precision, all The rivers, oceans,
mountains, and ~ildernesses; and l will sake
my reputa'i n that the picture is as faithful
as many Of the repre- sentaiiors Of the globe
we inhabit.' Not being prepared to dispute
pute the point with tie maniac, | passed OF and
he resumed his labour.
He worked with intense earnes,ness, but in
The world we daily see hundreds as busily en-
plnyed and to as little purpose.
The nex' we came 10 was an astronomer,
looking through a telescope. 'What, Lawson
will you never have done with your astronomi
cal researches" said the keeper to him.
Never unill death puts a period to them
Had | been cr' ated al the time tina, the won.
derous fabric was first put in motion, when
each sphere rung forth is frs, faint note as it
slowly moved on lis axei, snd had l studded
daily ur' Ill the pr sent hour, still the know
ledge | might have acquired, compared with
that beyond the grasp Of the human mind,
would have been as an acorn compared with