Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-16


Ajcwel, richer than the ruby's price;
A Bohun Upas, bearing deadly fruit.
ETHEREAL fire. impenetrable ice:
The good supreme; OF every i'll the root
guardian angel leading To the skies
demon, with the worm that never dies.
Teach not your children then TO shun ambition;
Nor quench the flame, that must forever burn;
But, ia the days Of infancy, their vision
To deeds OF virtue aud OF glory turn:
OF man, their mortal brother, the condition
To mend, Improve, aud elevate to learn
Then, all the means they ever shall employ
Will point to endless bliss, and boundless ioy
The Poem, of upwards of 1000 lines, thus closes ::
And here hang my harp upon the willow;
And will no longer importune the Muse;
Nor woo her nightly visits TO my pillow
Nor more iInplorc her favor or abuse
Brave sous OF Erin, DER the Atlantic billo,y
The harp is yours! will you TO hear refuse
Take, take II back-yourselves the strain prolong
And give your Dermots name to deathless song
For oh! if ever the roll of Time
Since man has ON this blessed planet dwclt
soul existed saturate with crime
Or the deep curse OF after ages felt:
Yours was his country, Erin was his cline;
Nor yet, has justice with his name been dealt
My voice. alas! is weak and cannot sing
Touch, touch yourselves the never-dyng string
The attempt il at history in verse. 1t Of course
blends fiction and fact The fiction is confined persons
and things naturally incidental, and in these invention is
INDUCED to advantage The verse lined with the dig
nifty OF Chide Harode, and the freedom but not the lce
uousness oil pencil that nvigorates Don Juan u COM
bnes gravity and Withdrawing pety and TASTE But the
history is perhaps guilty OF unnecessary fidelity
mention Had his American successor, with Burke for
companion, followed in this respect the orbearng eaan
try oil the bachelor historian would he have done
more 'to please the ladies? Lngard and others are a
thory for the idct but for what purpose of history or
poetry was the statement of it necessary! Indignation is
better excited without it. IL is a fitting recreation for
hands that have swayed the rod Of EMPIRE to
dignaton the living Tyre The conquest of ireland may
he betting theme. But to be Shocked, unqual-
hed panegyHc upon Henry H.. is be shocked at what
Hume, Dr. Lngard, and Edmund Burke in their respcc-
tive histories, (not TO other historians of England
substantially concur in olncing. Whom Wooddeson
cas one OF our best princess Hume describes almost
whouta bemish, and desgnaes 'the greatest prince
OF his time for wisdom, virtue and Abilities whom Burke
denominates the greatest of kings Yet has Humes ma
negyrc qualification? Does he paint without shaded
He refers certainly 10 the character of Henry for resem
bance and records in the last paragraph the reign what
rs said by ancient historians of Henry H. To be
at the careless indifference with which Mr. Hume tells
this tale oil wickednesS and VICE. is perhaps forget the
lme ana me people he wrote about The genius of the
age, was barbarous and Violent Too frequent then were
such incidents TO revolt from their wckedness aud too
neral TO excite sympathy for their woe Irish tribes
people Called and perhaps Indian tribes are
much better Europe had not emerged out of barbarsm.
The barbarsm of the Irish, Burke must have
very great since exceeded that OF the of Europe
Men, says ST. Anselm, changed their wives, like horses
freely aud publicly. 'Libere ct pubice suas uxores
uXorlbus aIorum commutant, steut equum equo Can
the historian OF such time and people be expected 10 i'm
dugc III elaborate and extended expressions OF indignation
at barbaies? Hume states that Dermors exploit 'was
usual among the lrsh, and rather seemed proof GAL
ianry ana spirit Is not this bare statement abundantly
enough TO excite TO the utermos the indignation of every
civilized community? To say mOre unphosophical-
y 10 distrust civilization Hume too calls Dernot "a rnf
nan lhis rutilan was the founder of cries. Is
'ruliian ephet of careless indifference" With the
poets padon his shock the Indifference or at the
panegyrc either may have been confined to the time when
he 'isped IN numbers, or 'hrs read Hume's History
Pleasures Of .1gJiculiuTe-The emplovments of acr;
culture Independently of their profit congenal
ana pleasing ohuman nature. An interrupted unfair
nsed mind sees in the progress of vegetation and in the
habits and dispositions, and of those animals which
man has suhugaed TO his sway, charms and beauties
winch the objects OF art seldom aord-The occupa-
uos oil husbandry are most favorable too health 10
plenty TO repoe and innocence. Can the pursuits oo
and vicious qualifications, luxurious induIgenccs can
the restless cares The fears and anxiees of the ambous
be compared with the abors of him whose
days spent in superintendin the culture of his fields
MS hgbs III quiet and refreshing sleep? Such life not
inconsistent with highly cultivated mind 1t is by no
means necessary that they who engage in rural abors
should contract coarseness of manners or vulgariy of
sentiment.
The superintendent of garden is another source OF
simple and innocent pleasure. Nothing is better caIcu-
lated TO crafty the inherent passions novelty for nature
Is always renewing her varicgaed appearance She is in
hne III her productions and the life many NAV come IN
close before he has half the beauties which she is
able TO display.
the source OF every sensible innocent pleasure But
he who engrossed by vice. by business will live half
lie without admiring the beauties OF blue sIy
ia the vetna sunshine, inhang with any conscienti-
business OF real delight, the balsam of western gale
In proper intercourse and behaviour among fellow
creatures VIII be found however, consist our
and most constant delight To do good, TO prevent
evil far the sphere of influence or activity en-
tends, is an inallibe method OF inspiring in ourselves
Peasurable emotons.-Jomndl Of Health.
In copying the following extract from the Danville Re-
porter we avail ourselves of the opportunity to invite an
extension OF its subscription list in Norfolk and Portsmouth
winch Is due we think TO the Jealous advocacy of the in
terest OF the two towns, which the highly
editors of that journal have always evinced Tobose of
our citizens who interested in the Roanoke trade tho
Reporter will be found useful vehicle of information and
must become more so as our relations with the section of
country IN which 1t is located eXtended-and 10
end the best eXerOns OF its editors WILL we are sure he
directed We are happy TO perceive that the Reporter is
much improved IN its dimensions and appearance as well
as III is editorial department since it has passed into the
hands OF its present propretors, Messrs. CABELL and
MEGGGNsoN, who have established for il rank anong
the best provincial papers ia the State. The Reporter s
SO per annu'n-Subscrptions will be received at our Of
fce.-.NOrfolk Herald
From the Danvie Reporter Nov 81
ne following extract OF letter from highly esteem
ed correspondent IN Norfolk Borough will be read with
much interest by all who proper regard for c
prosperity and adyancemenof that Borough and of The
Roanoke country We regret that il has been unavoJ,
bly, delayed for time
"Ihe Cholera is 'clean gomez the refugees have all
returned ana our town again begins look cheerful and
BUSY our harbor too looks unusually lively; there being
seven or eight English aud French square vessel
here waiting for cargoes Of lumber and provisions
81 am pleased 10 learn, too, that there are several
building at the ncighbOrng landings in North Carolina
intended expressly for the Canal Tradea proof that hat
branch OF our trade is extending itself beyond the reach
our worthy neigbors Of North Carolina should share the
dement's OF this great work of internal Improvement with
us; Tor then they will take as lively an interest i'm H. az
we do-and Jointly, think we may defy all rivalry.
lhe Directors OF the Portsmouth Rail Road have com
menceu Operations They are clearing away the new