Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-09-20
THE ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL

lie hhhf AND NAVY JOURNAL.
we observe that proposals have been i
SUED oy messrs Thompson & Romans ~
'h,s city, 70 publish an Army and Nasy jour
hai, upon ,he plan contemplated by OUT uros.
pectus. which has been Tor some Ioon,L p's
fore the public. II is probable thar ,h oe
gentlemen supposed that we had reIios,,,sssses
the work 80 far from doing So We 49,.
obtaineda sufficient Subscription 10 ;ns,;r.
the commencement, aud have contracted 81,
4 press and paper large enough to publish
sheet containing sixty four pages, and intend
to iss'ie u as an ertra from the TeIepranb.
thus reducing the postage to one and bali
cents per sheet OF sixty four royal octave ma
ges. The first number viii appear about The
hrst OF December or before Editors with
whom we exchange will do MS favor bv
copying this notice.-U s. Telegraph.
Corn C'oos-It is stated in the RALEIGH
Register Of the 24h ult that the late season.
rains have had a most beneficial Influence
upon the crops of corn We have rearly seen
that beautiful and luxurient production Of
our helds 10 more fourishing condition.
We learn from Capt Coffin. of the shin.
rankin arrived last evening from Amster-
dam that the Cbciefassas raging Al 2otter.
dam and at Texei, but had not reached Am.
sterdam when he left
SIR Watfsr Scott "A star Of ,be first mav
nitude is setting IN The literary horiz IN. The
mighty magician. who has called up so many
delightful pageants, has lard aside his wand
OF power, and drawn around him the man.
tie OF silence, to lie down id his last sl,,m.
| befs NO one, IN an equal space Of time. ha.
delighted more hearts, with less produc-
ton Of evil. No writer may bass from the
Garth with brighter fame and n,ure unsul-
lied regret. As narrative poet, be has rarely
been excelled,--no poems in the English Ian
guage, OF their kiad, can rival the Lady of
The Last Minstrel and Rakeby As prose-
writer he stands. alone, the Shakespeare of
Romance Cervantes, lie Stage. aud Snoi-
iet' haze hao longer, but not a more Ger
tain or brighter fame HIS lavish hand has
scattered tie pearls OF delight for thousands
IN both CONFERENCE.-The poetry has delighted
| without corruptns. and his romance amused
without misleading the heart. His strains
! have afforded cGaal delightio.the inmates Of
The cottages to Lords and ladies gay,
| Other bards have their peculiar admirers,
| but Scott IS the poet of ALI hearts. What
Shakespeare Is IN the drama, Scott is in re.
nance 1ee lame OF bothS is universal. with
this difference that while sSbakspeare il
most Praised, Sect with be most read. He
! passes ffoth the earth. but, like the setting
sun, This glory remains His day has been long
and pleasant, but now
J The MinstFeiis i,fifnl and old
J his harp strings sound no more, when teucb.
ed by ms ageds fingers, and with Ossian tA
may say, "'Fhe shadows gather around Bal
cintha'" His departure will call forth the
Sigh % the maiden, and the regret of the stu.
dent the tears Of the learning viii be shed
thick and sacts'over his honore,i grave. and
! the tones of bards' will he herd, peaiing his
requiem Of peace. The hills and the streams
VIII lament for ht2 for to use his lang uage:
Can Il rot pa,n-- they do not err.
Whe say that when The poet dies.
! Mute Nature mourns her worshipper,
land celebrates big o'rseqn,es
| Boston Traveller.