The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1843-04-08

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hnd an apology in The proyocation re-
EcelYed. n earlier life i might have
called about me no, spirlts--repafrcd 10
ihe printing Office, demolished tie press.
es' scattered the types in the streets, and
gwen the sheets TO the four winds al
Elleaten Age and .mlsCortuna have
laeng y me better philosophy. know
I l9il vet liHsi he who wresiies win the
pfi9sef's r., devil y sure 10 gelsblack ball,
IL tt'7 io'lasipg be alludes 10 the prai
Jadlce existing against him:
"PIeindiee has always been ihe curse
4 OF The land, and BY the last New York
t Herald Teceiyed, notice an account OF
the town council qf liverpool having,
] by large majority, denied the right of
/ public educstion in worldly matters, to
unoiiending children Of Catholic parents
age, born as pure and spotless as the
lmonnlain snow. ! am not a believer in
Eoriginal sin. The unfortunate Jews
have been persecuted al over the world.
| The first coonists Of these u. States,
the Puritans, fled from religious persecu-
lion 10 the wilds Of America, encounter
Ing the. savage and enduring hardships
and PriVatlons Of every kind They 10
ifnrn became prosecutors themselves,
hanging the Quakers for witches. Thei
Catholics and the PruteStants, rs they
found themselves in the ascendant, per.
secuted each other. All this is wrong
The unfortunate effect Of intolerance and
prejod.ce. ! consider all true religion
TO be republic N eyery mans bosom
a secret converse with his Creator. do I,
not interfere with any ones religion, nor
allow any one 10 interfere with nine |
leave all men to 80 to heaven in their
own way"
We have peruscd With much intetes',
several sketches of the life of t'Honest'' i
Jacob Baker, as he is called, in bur
sesque; and With all his faults and foibles,
we have concluded that he is not 50 bad
as The PablicwouId make him oul.
/ an or a niigraioTy Eliminating TEN |
permanent, and oIien draw on imagina-
lion Cor a repast, where material objects
do not present themselves. It is my !
hobby, and custom with me on JOUR- |
uey, wherever ! halt, if only for one
day, to ascend the highest tower, and 10
visit The chufchyard. thus blend the
contemplation fthe ways and dwellings
Of men, with the certain termination OF
all their strife, their Iealousles. their
love and hatred, in this last silent rest
inc place, where, side by side they lie,
the high and low, the oppressor and op- Il
pressed, GlflUHuuGu ioSsGtiiCI'
have sud that am wanderer-I
bur a few months has elapsed since | was
sauntering in the golden meadows OF
Florence, on the margin Of The Arno,
under the shade of lofty pInes-today
| / recIine on the bank Of ripping brook,
near the almost unknown village Of En-
Iinceburch. There, cheered by the
briohtness Of the climate, and the ever
elastic gaiely Of the people (of the love-
" Stella Of Florence | am silent,) here,
! thrown almost out Of the haunls OF men,
! imperyious woods around me, aud a
northern sky, and northern inhabitants,
/ clouded with thoughts and scantiiy light
ed with smiles-l was absorbed, and fol-
loved unconsciously the meanderlng
course of The rivulet, which at every
step seemed TO lose its inlanline murmur-
inps. and as it increased in breadth be-
came sensibly siiler, deeper, sadder and
more striking-a very epitome Of life!
| wandered on till | had deserted the path
along the river, and found myself IN the
I.heart Of deep wood. had ascended
some height, and suddenly found myself
on the brink Of a rocky Preclpice, from
whence a view of deep glen presented
!, itself. On the other side arose a steep
height thckly covered with beach trees,
4 and along the side could discover a
path winding upwards, 50 narrow as
scarcely TO admit Of passenger. JIG
!, attain this path was compelled y slide
! down by the natural columns Of the crag
! on which stoodjI had something e dol
! and before reached ny oblses, Che
: dr6alnef was thoroughly awake lhs
i sun was fast declining, the shadows
II heightened and he lops zee tfees on.
civ wefs glded by his tls paFslns
+ was by 10 means ny ease Pre-