Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-11

I okeechess Scraps and Whana- Whans--N No. 4.
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person seldom reads q communication with
pleasure until he knows whether the writer of il be
| bloskhead or wise man-0f mild or chelcric dis
Postion-married or bachelOr-wnh many other
particulars of the like nature, that cenduce very much
| to the right understanding of the reader.
| In rejecting UPON what preparations were requisite
in entering upon this office, we dscerned, that as the
| mind is ever in great degree connected with anu
dependant upon the body SO that the functions oi thc
former cannot be properly exercised unless the ia'er
be In hitting c0nditlon-we discovered we say lna'
it necessary TO devote attention 10 Dictates
as preliminary operation. We therefore committed
to memory the writings of Galea, HPpocrates,, DR..
Hitchcock and Combe, that we might ever nave
them ready TO apply in case OF need. We experiment.
ed en- the human frame by dissectlng nineteen mice
Convinced of the necessity OF exercise we walked
| deliberately five times around our apartment COR
WINGED, Also of the beneficial effects Of vegetable Diet
we devoured the leaves OF two pig weeds. In line, IN
order to bring unclouded understanding TO our
work, we spend upwards of fifteen minutes In these
/ preparations On the third second of the sixteenth
minute We fell that we had gained our purpose. A
Hood OF light rushed through cur bran and the mys-
tcrles OF LITERATURE stood unveiled before US! we
forthwith arranged our books and constructed rail-
way around our library, and had seven engines tran
scrlbng and bringing the extracts 10 reservoir near
the SIDE OF the room the excerpts thus obtained pas
SGD into nall below, and by the aid OF curious ma
chine were arranged in due order for the admiration
| OF the readers OF this paper.
| There was certain Psander, whose name has been
preserved in enc Of the proverbial sayings of the
Greeks because he lived In continual fear Of seeing
his own ghost. How often have seen mine while
arranging this fer your paper! l admit that these
scraps are "begst IN the venrCle OF memory, nour-
ished in the womb of pia mater, and written upon
mistaken in Judgment as to say that | make Of
many words IN making nothing understood-nsr as
| to think me, as ArlstOphanes says,
dv6p0rov dyptoTiov, ai6aJoo-opov
sxour dxaAtuOp, dspariS, d#dA0rov sropa,
| drsptAdAprou, xopropaxsAop6 fpopa
Any subject is inexhaustble If II be fully treated Of
that is If il be treated doctriHay and practically
anal ytcally and alphabetically, historically and NOR
ally, critically, popularity and eloqaenty, phileshpht
cay, eaergetcally and ashetisally, logically, neolo
gicaly etymoogically, archaiooglcally, which is TO
say, summing up ali in enc, Jobonus Lankjaweally.
Now, my good Editor, whether handle my subject IN
any OF these ways or In any other legitimate way,
this is certain, that never handle 1t COW does
rifle.
Bat so many subjects press upon my mind, that I
have belonged for some time, that debaable land
between ereduiy and unbelef. Some one has SAID
that the devils dubitative is negative dubius infde
nfdeiis est; so says Sextus Pythagoras, and there
are cases. as Othellos, in which from the infrmity
of human nature, It IS often seen, that
To be once in doubt, is
Once to be resolved"
You have had great deal TO say IN the spicy CO.
lumns of your paper about the lades-dear creatures
=" God bless EN-" But the subject is not used up
command
admiration and respect.
We find in the Hereto Ages, the most interesting Pc
lures Of conJugal lOve and this sentiment suggested
by nature and confirmed by reaseR still farther
strengthened by the preceps OF religion and its force
thus augmented, became 80 strong and irresistible,
scarcely be conceived by Of the present
day. among WHOM fashion, and vanity, and interest,"
have asurped the place of mere generous and manly
principle. In ancient Greece, womeA were generally
excluded from the occupations of life, bat ad
| N m n q pa YES m
They have been held in the same high estimation, in
almost all ages Of the world down 10 the present
time, except, perhaps, in some Of the dark ages Of
| heathenism, when they were Frustrated, degraded
and made slaves Blu, the spell continued mol long.
The mind Of man arose from its thraldom, where ig-
norance had thrust It. Man began admin the bless.
ed light Of womun's bland smile, her lustrous eye,
her pure affections; and awake from his neglect 70
appreciate her goodness. There have been those,
who, IN the present enlightened age, have caviled
about marriage and attempted to display its horrors.
| My brother, Benjamin Lankjaw, tells me from the
east in an epistIe Of half an hours length of his
marriage and gives great deal Of advice respect
| nag the same. you ought" says he, " as you re.
gard rest before you married. TO learn your
qualities"
| whether she's chas,e or rampant proud or civil
Meek - a saint, or hlughvy asihe devil"
| TIL trse, perfection none ope hsd,
In all this wsrd, much less Ia woman kind
sn her , virtues pr.vs the the larger share.
But I agree with neither him aer Pope. Those
beautiful beings bnt little lower than the angels,
young, beauteous, artless, innocent and chaste,
| must be defended from such wholesale nputation.-
IL 10 not for speak Of the marriage state for the
| good reason that I've never experienced il. In my
next number shall give you description OF pretty
little romance that happened lately in high life. The
parties are, Mr.. P, the pride Of Pearl street
Jobbcrs, and Miss s., Of H street.
CouRr or GENERAL Sgssross.-Monday Sept. 10,
Before Aid. Taylor and Deforesf.
Gilbert Mosier, accused of burglary in the 3rd de-
gres was put upon his trial. The prisoner pro-
we'd To have broken into the store Of s. & Doibear
No. l5 Broome ST., on the Rght of 2nd June last,
and stealing herefrom five pals OF butter Of the val
| ne OF SIS
The Jury found him guilty.
Dancal Cnmpbell was put 10 the bar charged
with sssaulting and beating with intent TO kill John
Trigger on the 4th Of August last. The accused had
been shop butcher. Mr.. Fngler isone ofthe corpo-
ration menias whose duty is 10 harrass and perse.
cute bu,chers dong business in other places than the
| public markets.
This public functionary gave offence to the defend.
| ant in the way Of business, which induced him TO
knock down the iormer and nfiict q wound with q
shoemakers knife in his head II was for this injs-
~ that the present complaint had been made.
II was proved that the prisoner had borrowed a
knife for the express purpose Of inieilnR the injury
alleging NJ reason for so doing, that the complain.
ant had informed az alnst him to the District Attorney
for violation Of the corporation market laws.
i The general defence set up, was insanity at the
time Of the offcRce. Several witnesses endeavored
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