Marietta Pioneer

              niAIUISTTA vsmi
VOL. II.
"TO  PATOB  THE A r.V A7«CEM ENT  OF SCIENCE   *,n THE  DIFrUSIO^   OF   t >F.. R M > T ION.   AS   THE   K KST   ALIMENT TO  THPE   L< HKHTY ."--Modison.
NO. 37.
]u A. B. Sc n. K. GROSH,
';  If , s! cjrneriij  t/ie .)lui k-ct .Si,iir.re.
Ilitrraru Dcparrmcnr,
h'lcrc everv .^Tusp md d'l !h'' virtues meet.'''
MARIETTA, (PA ) THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1828
Pacofp*
rr>r alarms ihe brewst ; the cinnelv tear Is o'er the cheek r oreNe tli   c )inc Muhc s 'o tlic w )rl(l a p.cviire of I'self. rai-^es sly the fiir ropurti.il iaU'.^l> "
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MI :il \F,L WIGtilNS IN Dl'ilir. ii'h Ilk'- a innisctriip wlicn you once bef in lu'U fl (l il no ).'reat  maitcP lo }^et in, But r:iUicr puzzUnc: to g^'t ou' ugain ; "rtjis fuc'one Midi.el Wi^-gios touiul so true That he iletei-mined to jret out of vie*', *   So to )'; sii'i^ iodg.iijrs la a secret lane.
"HGre at iiis win.low pi;.c'J, the cunning d'g, jSlttg^inp; iiiiiiicif on being ttun  inco;^, i.^, iLflcctc-d on tlie horrors of the fleet.
*True," U'- t'xchii.n d " Ihese 1 .Jg-m^s are but mean,
And.ill the d ly I cannot well be spcn,
Si.jJl liberiv, dear liberty, is ever sweet.
'   1 .« >¦ i
But (Jnickly broken  were  his reveries, Fot In!  I'hwart tli? dusky street he sees _ wpi :chc<l, siiifiil and >i'spairin(j eif, [lin^r A rop? the iron lanip-;)osl round, mil.J tl c steps :i!)d witli a fatal bound ¦ iuHi.; 111,^ to take usw iiij^' lo hanjj hitnseif.
,U^ 'i^iclriel  starts, compassion   lends   him
 rin^S Ru»]ie«   clown   stairs, the   door   wide open
Aii'd Willi hi.s dies the neighb irhood   a-
) {¦'••'lirm^ ;
fcArri^ig'j ..^l in time the rope to grasp, .Vnti^ the  l.'atii-ilispcnsing noose, and clasp Tic M |'il1.^' victim in his <ipen ar;ns.
¦"Ah'." crivs tlie prostrate  wreicii iu deep
¦• disi'fss, «' Fl'jtir c.iii I eVr my gratitude express,
Sav'd to myself, my cfuldr-n .ind my wife. Oh'^'that inys.-U, my wif^ and cliild.en st ven Bila.iy pour   your na.nc   in   players   \n leuven • [ctt mc, oh icll lo whom 1 owe my life '. "
fiays'Mictiael, with a blusli of modest sense, rm but the ms'ruineiU of I'rovi.-l'ii^e, Wh^ch   mij^hty   ends   by iiumijic   mean- • JJi*-'   iprocurcs.  *
To'ttibS^n alone your j^rati'iide ^ou!d tend, Jrt XI^\%o\';iiS(:v, view your fn'ine friend ; lA$  name   is   .Micli.ad   Wig-j^Mus-     What is} ours .'
Qiltek startin;.^ up, and seizing Michael f.ist, •So'^'cru". the Di m, 'I've found you nut at hist, I'keiv's no mistake ; I've nabb'd you now, hy—!
9ljfa« ynu ai-e, at len.i,'-th you're fairly bit, 1 all a buililT—ihis lure is a writ;
.Mas'.er \V"iq-;_Mi s, come alo.iij lo quod !
-i\ TUB i.os r s r.vu — u« l. k l.
4^1i{rlit. has gone from yonder sky,
V A star has left its sphere ; HJIir beautiful—and do they die.'
In \'in b-iL^ht world as here.' Will t!; >t star leave a lonely place,
K llu kness on the nii^^ln ' Jf9 ! lew will iX\\<i Its lovelv face.
And none lliink heaven less brij^ht!
\irliat W(>vl thou star of' vanished one ! \V ii.it mystery was thine.'' y hc'aut\ from the east is cr.inc : What was thy sw ay and sij^n ? erl thou the star of opening youth ' .\nd IS a then for thee, .s frank ghui lhoui;lus, its stainless truth, Sj early cease to be .¦'
Clf II >pe .'—and was it to express How soon h.-pi's sink in shade: ' "^Or else of human lovelinc-.s, /' In si^n how it will fade ? Bow w.is thy d\ liij^ like the song, .' Ill nuisic to the last. An ec;e) fluni^ tne w.>ods among, And Iheii fn-ever pasl .'
Or dulst thou si'ik as stars whose li^ht The fiir mo.in reiulers vain ? ^.^B^le rest snne foith the next dark niglit, Th )U didst not sliin'j ag.iin. Vi'ilWtls' tiiou fad? gradual from the time Tl.    fi.'St great curse was hurled, ill .1=1 in sorrow and in crime, tar of our early Warld .'
oltcn and departed star ! thousand glories shine Aroui.d the blue midnight's regal car,
IttTh ) th.-n remembers thine .'' Steve when some mournful bard like me
Orcains over beautv gone, And in liie fate that waiteii thee, . i^cads what Will be his own.
Hood's Whims and Oddities.
Sally Holt and the Death of John Hayloft.— Four times in the y«»ar--- twice at the season ol the half-jearly liividendss, ami twice at the intermedi¬ ate (jiurters, to make her slender in- vo<ttineiit8---there calls at my Aunt Shakerly's, a very plain, very demure maiden, abiiut forty, and makes her way downward to the kitchen, or up ward to my cousin's chamber, as mav lappeii. Her comin'^ is not to i\yj ciiar-work or needle-work---to tell fortune-i--- to be<|;, steal or borrow. Shed.ips not come for old clothes, or for new. Hor simple errand i?. love--- pure, strong, disinterested love, pas¬ sing; the love ot" women—at least for woui'jn.
I think it is not often servitude be¬ thels much kindliness between two re¬ lations ; lier's however, »rew from tliat un'.;eiiial soil. For the whole family of (lie 8:iakerly's she has a stron;^; feu¬ dal attachment—but her particular re- <;.ird dwells with Charlotte, the latest Dorn of the clan. Her she d lats upon —her she fondles—and takes upon her lon;;in:j, lovely lap.
U let not the oblivious attentions of the worthy Dominie Sampson to the tall b:»y Bertram, he called an unnat ural working! 1 have seen my cousin a ;iooil feeder, and well ijrown into wo- manhood, sittin;^--two good heads tal Ier tiian her dry nurse---(>ii the knees of the .simple hearted Sally Holt I 1 have seen the huy;e presentation orani:;e, unwrapp'd from the homely speckled kerciuef, and thru*t vvitti importunate tenderness into the bashful ?narriage- able iiaiid.
.My cousin's heart is not so artifi ciaily com-)osed, as to let her scorn this humble ailoction, thou;;h she is puz.zled sometimes with what kind of look to receive tuese honest but awk¬ ward enilearments. 1 have seen her lace (.[Uivenn;^ with half a laugh.
It IS one of Sally's staple hopes that, some day or other, when Miss Char¬ lotte keeps house, she will live with Her as a servant ; aud tiiis expectation .Halves her partiLU'lar and earnest to a fault m her imjuiries about her sweet¬ hearts, and oilVrs, liie anil matrimonial clKinces ; quesiions which 1 have seen luv C'lU^in listen to   wiiti half a crv.
I'erhaps Sally looks upon tliis confi¬ dence as her rii^'U, in return for liiose secrets which tjy joint torce of i^no ranee and ailoction, she C'lnld n.it help reposing in the bosom of Iut foster mistress. Nature, unkind to her, as to I) >;jerry, iJenied tnher that knowl¬ edge of reatling and writing wiiicli conuss to some jy instinct. A stiong principle of religion made it a dar!iii; point wilh her to learn to read, tiiai .'Oe might study iu her bible ; but in spite ol all tiie help of my cousin, ami as ardent a desire tor learning as cvei dwelt ill scholar, poor Sally never mastered beyond A 15-ab. Her mind, simple as her heart, vvas unequal to a- ny more diilicult combinations. \Vn tiiig was worse to her than conjuiing. .My cousin was her amanuL-iisis : and from the vague unaccountable mistrust of ignorance, the inditer took the p.iiiis alw.iys to compare the verbal message witn the transcript, by counting the number id" tbe words.
1 would give up all the tender epis¬ tles of Mrs. Artliur Biooke. to have read one of Sally's epistles: but they w;Me amatory, and therefore kept sa¬ cred ; for pliiiu as she was, Sally Holt had a lover.
Tiiere is an unpretending plainness in some faces that has its charm—an unaU'ectod u^^liness, a thousand liim-s more bewilcliing than those would-be pretty looks that neither satisfy the critical sen.«e, nor leave the matter oi beauty at once to the i.iiagtnatiou.— \Ve like better to make a new face than to mend an old one. Sally had not one good feature, except those wiiich John Hayloft made lor her in his dreams ; and to judge from one token, her partial f.uicv was etjually answer¬ able for his charms. One precious lock —no, not a lock, but rather a remnant of very short, \cry coarse, very 3'ellow hair, the clippings of a military crop, for John was a corporal—stood the foremost item amongst her treasures. To her they were curls—golden, Hy- perian, and cherished Knig .ifter the parent head was laid low, with many more, on the bloody plains of Salaman¬ ca.
I remetnber vividly at this moment the ecstacy of her grief at the receipt of the fatal news.—She was standing near the dresser witli a dish, just clean¬ ed, in her dexter hand. Nmety-nine womfti in a hundred would have drop¬ ped the dish. Many would have flung themselves after it on the floor; but Sally put it up. orderly, on tiie shelf. The fall of Joha Hayloft cuuld not in¬
duce the fall of the crockery. She felt the blow, notwithstanding; and as soon as she nad emptied her hands, be¬ gan to give way to her emotions in her own manner. Ailliction vents itself in various modes, with ditlerent tem¬ peraments ; some rai;e, others compose themselves like monuments. Some weep, some sl^ep, some prose about death, and others poetiz,e on it. Ma¬ ny take to a bottle, or to a rope. Some go to Margate, or Bath.
Sally did ntme of the-e kinds.    She neither snivelled, travellcil, maddened, nor ranted, nor canted, nor hung, nor fuiidlod herself—s/ie only rocked her self upon the kitchen chair! I
The action was not adequate t(» her ndief.    S.he got up—tonv a fresh chair —then another—and another—and a nother—tilt she had rocked on all the chairs in the kit- hen.
The thing was tickling to hoth sym¬ pathies. 1; was jiatheMial to behtdd her grief, but ludicmus that she knew no better how to grieve.
It might have been thcmnht that she was in the act of onj-ivment. but for an intermitting O dear! O dear! Passion could not wrintj.uore Irom her in the way of excLination, than the toothache! Ih'r lamentations were always the sauie, even in tone. By and by. .she pulled oui the hair—tiic cropped, yellow, stuntc;!. srnibhy liair; then she toll to rocking:—then 0 dear I 0 dear!—and then l).i t'apt».
It was an odd sort of elegy, and yet, simjde as it was. I thought tt worth a thousanil <d" Lord Littleton's!
'• Heyday, Sally ! what is tlie mat¬ ter f" was a very natural enquiry from my aunt when s!ie came down iiit>) the kitchen: and it she did not make it with her tongue, al least it was asked very intelligibly by her eves. Now Sally had but one way of addressiiii; her mistress, ami she used it here. It was the same wilh which she would iiave askod for a holiday, except thai the water stood in her eyes.
" If you please ma'aio,'' said she, rising up fro 11 her chair, aad making her old courtesy,** if you please ma'am, usjihn Hayhdt is dead !"'and then slie bej;.in ruckin;; azain as if ;:rief was a baby tiiat wanted jogging tu sleep.
Ml' aunt w;is posed. Sne UMuld lain Have comlurted the mouiiier, but iier mode of greiving was so out of toe i o noi.in wav, that .sue did noi know i.nv   to   begin.      lo   the   vioient  siie
• nigijt   have  broagia >* lothing; to   the
• lespondiiig, texts ol jialieme an! le- signation ; to liie hysterical, sai \.iia- lile ; Mie miijht have ask-.d the s, ,ili •noiital for tlie siory of iier u .les .\ g )od scolditig IS Useiui wiM some skig- .;isli griefs-in souie cases a cordial. In otiiers—a job.
If Saily li.id only screamed, or bel¬ lowed, or latiited, or gone stupilied, or raved, or s.iui a coilect, or moped a- bout, it would iiave been easy to deal vvith her. Bit with a woman that on¬ ly rocked on her cliair	
What t!ie devil could my aunt do .'
W'hv, nothing : well as she could.
-and she   did it as
AUlJOrsFUllL).
The recent publication of the Cliron- iclcs ol the Cannongate, antl the avow¬ al contained in them that Sir Walter Scott is theauiiior of it, am! also of Its predecessors from Wavorly down¬ wards, has excited a greater interest lo know more of ihe domestic habits, res¬ idence, furniture &.c. of the hitherto Great Unknown. To gratify tins cu¬ riosity, we proceed to extract trom a late book »d'Tr.ivels in Kogiand and Scotland tl'.e lollowing description of .\bb;itsl'ord, of which we rejoice to learn his creditors have left him in pos¬ session.
The antiquarian reputation which the Scottish romancer has acquired, created in us a great desire to visit his chateau of Abbotsford. Whoever has read tlie works of Walter Scott, knows with what minuteness hedesrcibes the arms, dresses and furniture of his coun¬ trymen. Beyond all doubt he lias made a Valuable collection of these diBorent objects. Moreover, we love to pene¬ trate the home of a man of genius, to visit the places which he freijuents, ami repairs to enjoy the inspirations ot his muse.
-Before the principal doorof the cha¬ teau, there is a small garden, in the middle of which there is a basin ; this basin is ornamented bv rude figures.of a style of architecture belonging to tlie middle ages. The dining ball is large, beautiful, and decorated with paint¬ ings. We remarked, among other things, a magnificent engraving of the tamous ballad of Chevy Chace—Percy and Douglass imiudated on the same day; two illustriou* warriors falling victims to predatory habits.   I admi¬
red a fine portrait of Fairfax, the re¬ publican general ; another of FalstatK with his round paunch; a portrait of Dr. Rutherford, a maternal uncle ot Sir Walter ; Shakspeare, in comedy, holding a glass in his hand; several scenes of the Flemish school ; a tine portrait of the Duke of .Monmouih. and particularly one of ClaveihoUse. calm and dignified as iie is described by the author of OM .Mortality. This picture is so beautitul, tiiat it may ex¬ plain the pretlilection with vvliiih the Viscount of Dundee has been brought into the scene, bv a [)oet who had h'ui so constantly before his eves: ano'lit-r portrait, on the ofijiosite vvall. exiited in me an emotion not less vivid. This was the head nt Mary- Stuart ; but the l)!eedin:j head "f .Mary Stuart, placed m a bis'in ju>t when it was separated from the boly ; the enchanting coun¬ t-nance which alwavs inspires luelan- rholy, made me shudder for the olden time.
" We entered next the cabinet of the Poet, or rather his armorv. This is. ill f.irt, a small museum of arms. Wo entered wi'.h caution into this ¦sajictum .sanctorum, which recalled to us. til it of the  laird nf Monckbarus.
•'D.ivliglit cannot enter here but tlirou:i!i the guthic gl.iss, painted in various colours. On a large table jjla- ced in the miildle of the apartment, there were placed three uf tiie ancient shields or targets, wliich were a part of the armour id" the Highlanders. Tois armour consisted of a h^ng sword or claymore, hanging on the left, and a dagger stuck in the belt on the right, to be used in peis.inal eiuounters when the comU.ilaiits are so closely engaged that llio suord has become useless,
 ' \ I'lsee or a pair of pistols com¬ plete this appar,litis of war. S.iriip- limes the mouutaineers carried a kind of axe ; antl previously to their usinij the tusees, or wlien thev wanted am inunliion. they supplied the'r place bv th Locliaber axe, a kintl ot long spike, teniiiiiated by a friu;iiitul iron, e,|uaiiv calculated to keepotVor lo kiil an ad¬ versary. All these instruments ol v a'- figure in the cabinet id Walter Scoff, thou.;h but one coal »d" mail, an ad !i tion to the Scotti-h costume which was sometimes atlopted bv the chiefs. A- mong the Iu-vh's, there was «>ne origin- ¦.i\'\ belofigitig tu Hob ll'.y .Macgre^i r. r 'ese antiq ie arms are plan vl in the eirners id tlie room, and appear at first s.:;iit like the a icient heroes to w' •;u diev belong, waiting for ttie magician ' » ri'Cor<l their migliiy deeds, and ren- d.M- their names illustrious.
*• From the armoury. 1 passed to the library, tr.lver^ill;c a_ain the rooms wiiich 1 had already visited. Here 1 confess that if 1 had not been appre¬ hensive ul becoiuiiig troublesome, I would have retjiiested permission lode- vote at least one good hour to tiie in- i'pertion ol tills collection. W uh what avidity vvould I have opened tliose vol times, whicii ap' eared to ue most Used ! \N hat an hour of solitude migiii liave been employed amidst these treasure.-. I The shelves of the armory were occu pied by Danish and (jerman b.i iks, those of llie other by Italian and Sjiaii- ish. 1 a-!mired, in the departme t -.ti From a literature, a fine culleci.on i;: our tables and mciooirs, a Moniais;iie, a C'lrneille, magnificent editions, 6:1. I ought lo have seen llacine, who was not there, at least 1 could not find iiim.
•' From the library. I repaired to the apartments in the first story, where I reinirketl several p>rtrats, one of which represented .Mrs. L »chart ami her sister, with Maida. (Sir Walter's dog.) I likewise saw a portrait of Jetl*- rev, the celebrated critic—an excel lent likeness.
" A terrace conducted me to a square tower wliich forms part of the chateau, and to an idd iron grate, dec¬ orated, which seemed to me immovea ble, and incrustetl in the wail. I in¬ quired into the use of it, and learned that it was the door of the old goal of Edinburgh, the Tolbooth, the same door whicii replaced that which had [been ilestroyed b> the mob when thev sou'iiht tlie life of Porteus ; the door which closed upon Eilie Deans. When the Tolbooth was taken down, it was presented by the magistrates of the ci ty to Sir Walter Scott. 1 mounted to the top of the tower, from which 1 en- joved a fine prospect. The music of a baaipipe was heard in the neighbor¬ ing hills ; whether its shrill accents were softened by distance, or the poet rv of the place had communicated it self to the instrument, 1 know not, but for the first time, I was deliKhted witn it. I imagined that it might tie the pipe of Roderic of Sky, the old mu«i cian of the mountains, who had found a welcome iu the domaiui uf i\hbots- ford."
Cl)e l?umauri.9t.
" Cau .Short, that ¦:ern,kf,d Cure ..Wides, .lnd Lanyfiter h'lhli'ig bo'.h his sules "
The late Dr. Baillie, when in a hur¬ ry ot business, was sometimes rather irritable, ami betrayed a want of tem¬ per in hearing the tiresome details of an unimportant story. After listen- ing to a pro-ing account from a lady, who ailed so little that she was going to the opera that evening, he had hap¬ pily esc.iped trom the room, and was dcscendiiii: the stairs, when he was o- vertaken by the lady's si*^ter, exclaim- \nz, "Dr. Baillie! Dr. Baillie, my sis¬ ter wishes to know whether she may eat one oyster .' only one oyster, Dr. Baillie f .
Doctor. Yes ma'am, your sister maj eat one oyster.
Having ccrmcnced his descent, fre was stopped before he got to the f.rst hmding place, with aiiotlu'• cxclama- ti'in from the lady who had ran to t!ie top of the stairs.
Lady. Dr. Baillie, Dr, Riillie, my «;i«ter wishes to know whether she mav eat two ovsters. Only two oys¬ ter^. Dr. Baillie .=
Doctor. Aye, ma'am your sister may eat two oysters.
The doctor then made for his car¬ riage, thinking his escape certain, but as iiis foot was on the step, he waa <ti.pi>«d hv a servant, who re(]uested 4» him to return one moment, as his mis- treis had one word more to say to him. The doctor  returned.
Doctor. Well ma'am, Iks any thing e\raorditiary occurred within tiie last half minute r
Lrily. Oh, Dr. Baillie, my sistei* wishes to know whether she may eat thr-e ovsier-». Only three ousters, D.   Biillie.=
Doctor. Tliree, ma'am r aye a bar¬ rel, shells and all.
A Short Story. A rnbher on a-:»i)'ain pnpt,
I'he valiant captain  tied ; 11-- alterwards ;• doctor stopt,
The doctor si. it him dead. There's nothing rare in this affair,
'Tis pracfi-'d  every day ; Phvsicians still, with courage kill,
But soldiers r-in away.
.Anecdote.—Cardinal Richelieu one day said toM.de Lort. a celebrated physician,'• I am greyheaded, yet my bi\ird is black Your head is black, vet your beard is groy ; can you ac¬ count for thes" appearances, d 'Cti r ?'* "Ivisily," replied de Lort. •• they pro¬ ceed trim exercise ; trom labor of'he }«i»rti. Vour eminence's brains hava labored hard, aud so have tt\y jaws.^*
HOW TO EVADE PROOF.
.\n Irishman, charii'd with a crime. Was told (t would be brought home to him : **No. no." quoth Pat, " It sha'nt thia time— I'll kt "p away from home—and do 'em."
Eclipse oj the .Moon.—On Saturday atternooii, a number of persons were euijaiied on tlie Waterloo lit i,!;, >, lo.>k- ing at the eclipse <ti the motm ; ai'd a- mong them, one of the most infere-'»d in t'le event r'.ppeared to be a poor old wo.na'i. .Vfter watching the phenoni- eiiori with the utmost attention for some time, she v rv giuai naturedly exclaimed in a sympathising tone— '•.Ml! piK.r thing, poor thing! vvliat 1)3111 it must be in !"
.An anecdote has been related to ub, which we consider as too yood to be lost. Wiiile partv spirit was itn height in this State, a gentleman rode u[» to a door of a tavern in a neijrhlioiing town and accosted the landlord thus,
" Is this the tavern of Mr. L, the democrat .'" ¦• Yes sir," said the ob¬ sequious Boniface, "please to a'ight, and walk iu." Presently another guest arrived. •• Is this the bouse kept by .Mr. li. the celebrated federal .'*' said the new comer. "Yes. certainly." was the reply, **J,ie take care ol the gentleman's horse."
' How is this,' said a by-itarrder, •federal to one and democrat to an¬ other r'
'Why said the publican.' in my vounjier davs I attended a dancing school, and! then learned 10 change Mep when the tune turned.'
An ijnorant plebinn having enter¬ ed the apartinetit where the late empe¬ ror Napoleon wa* shaving himself, when ill a little town in 'taly. he "aid, • I want to see your great emperor; what are you to Imn .?' The emperot; replied;' I shave hijn.*