Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-31
POWERS OF CONVERSATION.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.


been levin, o. Bonnypratt, met perfectly
pleassnt--shat is a. theghither enchantin' man IN
a party-and have lang thoct there's nae SIC
thing in existence as poors o. conversation
There's Sir alter wi'his everlasting anecdotes,
nine out O. ten meanin' naethin', and the tenth
itsel as auld as the EildOn hills, but not like
them, cleft in three, which would be great re-
lief to the is.ner, and ablins aloo nap atween
yet hoo she coofs o. a ages sexes and racKs'
beiabor your Iusss with their laughter at every
clause-a,d baser than 0ny slaves that ever swept
the dust with their faces from the floors of East
ern despots. swallow his stale stories as II they
were mamma drappiug fresh fra the heaven o. ina
onation Yet YOU see the crust aften sticks IN their
throats-and they narrowly escape chokin.' Yet
love and venerate Sir Walter abune a'ither
levin men except yourself, sir, and for that rea-
son try to thue his discourse. As to his ever hear
in RIGHT ae the single syllable o. what he may be
savin' to him wi the amaist FRIENDLY intent o
enlichtenin his week mind, you mum never in
dulge ony nowp o'that kind for O. a. the absent
men when anither's speakin', that ever covered
in body's face, without seemn to ken even
what bees lookin' at, Sir Walter is the foremost
and gin he behaves in that gate to man O. orlgi-
nal genius like me, you may conceive his treat
ment o. sumphs and sumphesses that coPose
fashionable society.
Norfh-James-be civil.
Shepherd-Ye take up ony trash o'traves by
ony outlandish foreigner through our kintra, and
turn to the chapter, Visit to Abbotstord,' and
one and all alike-each with the iOathsomeness
belonging to the mode of aduation practlsed IN
his ain kiutra-bein slabberin' and simln' the II.
lustrious baronet fae head to feet till he Is all
over Iaver. Hoo he maun scunner!
Norh.-Perhaps not.
Shepherd-He maun. Then each Tramp be-
gins to ring the same changes on his fools bells
about Sir Walters poors conversation, his end
less stores o. information, his inexhaustible mines
o'intellectual treasures-
Norh-Stop, James-lay your hand on your
heart, and tell me-we arc quite alone, and you
need not look at the screen, for there is nobody
behind it-are you not jealous:
.Shephsm-2 .Me jealous! and o. Sir Walter!-
As shalt answer for it at the great day oo'judg
ment, l am not glory in my country for his
sake. But say, sir-unseal your lips and speak
should he, who of all men | ever kent is the
least GA tyrant, be thus served by slaves!
North-No great man of any age, James, dur
ing his mortal lifetime. ever so lived,by the peace
full power of genius, in the worlds eye, and in
the worlds minds, and in the worlds heart, as
Sir Walter Scott.
Shephera-None whatsoever.
NOrfh-Whys Because never before had gen
Jus such as his dealt with subjects of such univer-
sal and instant interest.
Shepherd. No Shakespeer?
North.-No, not Shakespeare.
Shephsrd. But wull he leeve as lang Shak
speer?
North.-Why the devil should he not? Why,
you and will live as long as Shakespeare-but
It is not mere length of life, James, but intensity
and universally Of life, that constitutes the i'm
mortality of the soul.
ShepkeM-Gude, guide. In ae sense, a.
that's prented may live for ever; IN anlther
sense. amaist a. that's prented dies. Common
owthers leeve but in their byeucks,-and every
time We shut his byeuck, it may be seen that ye
nut a common owther to death, or imprison him
in cell. He is an oblivion. But aimee in ages
an owther is born-Homer, Shakspeer, Scott
wha leeve ma in their byeucks alone-though edi-
ton after edition keeps perpetualy poorn' out o.
the press; but omnipresent in the regions o'Thocht
and Feeling, as sunshine fills the day.
-xse9eaa.
Not Bad at ALA person stepped into our
office, few days since, who appeared about three
sheets in the wind, and very good humoredly
accosted us-.Does thee know my wife BeccyP
w t0lQ MN we uiQ not. ell, he COHlilutu.
she's most desperate ornery woman TO our
inquiry, why he married her if such was the case,
he replied because she makes such good apple
d,mpiins!!' After complimenting him on his
taste, he left US in the same spirit as he came. ill.,
forming US at the time, that he mistook our sign
for an opposite Germantown Telegraph.
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Loue.-Every poet that ever had an existence
has written of it-every minstrel has sung of it.
and every maid has dreamed it; but we much
doubt whether all that has been written. sung,
and dreamed, comprises more than is compress
ed into the following stanzas:
40 love! love! love!
Loves like dizziness
II wunna let pure bodie
Gang about his Dizziness"
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Percussion.-A mechanic of New-York has
gone to Washington for patent, and to submit
to the Navy Board, percussion lock for cannon,
as durable and certain as those for small arms
The locks heretofore used for cannon would
scarcely stand or rounds, the force exerted
fhipp oyorinu the vent of 90 pound-