ipstfltt ffimdifltmb pudushfid by krider & bingham s-aaassyavi tct&fcda jy\a 18 1s&0 o \ 3vo fc the wr.steiijr cvnot.nn.vn is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the end of every six months e haste and correct style of speaking as vou have never had an opportunity of seeing anv of his speeches 1 will send you a few extracts from one of his specimens of oratory in the case of aaron burr who was tried some years ago for treason the orator after describing the character of burr proceeds to give the following picture of blannerhasset an irish man who had come to this country to avoid what he called persecution and who had re tired to a beautiful island in the ohio : but he carried with him says mr wirt " taste science and wealth and lo the desart smiled possessing himself of a beautiful island in the ohio he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy a shrubbery that shenstone might have envi ed blooms around him ; music that might have charmed calypso and her nymphs is his ; an extensive library spreads its treasures be fore him ; a philosophical apparatus offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature ; peace tranquility and innocence shed their mingled delights around him anel to crown the enchantment of the scene a wife who is said to be lovely even beyond her sex and graced vvith every accomplishment that can render it irresistible had blessed him with her love and made him the father of her children in the midst of all this peace this innocence this tranquility this feast of the mind this pure banquet of the heart the destroyer comes ; he comes to turn this paradise into hell ; yet the flowers do not wither at his approach and no monitory shuddering through the bosom of their unfortunate possessor warns him of the ruin that is cornhg upon him blanner hasset is caught in the toils which the arch traitor has set to insnare him anel he becomes a willing accomplice in the conspiracy the result is thus described by the or.itor : " no more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat anei insipid to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside his shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air in vain ■ he likes it not ; bis ear no longer chinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trum pet's clangor and the cannon's roar even thc prattle of his babes once so sweet no longer afl'e-cts him ; anel the angel smile of his wife which hitherto touched his bosom with ecsta cv so unspeakable is now unfelt and unseen his enchanted island is tlestined soon to re lapse into a desert ; and in a few months we find the tender and beautiful partner of his bosom whom he lately ' permitt el not the winds of summer to visit too roughh ,' we see her shivering at midnight on the winter hanks of the ohio and mingling her tears with the torrents that froze as thev fell yet this un fortunate man thus deluded from his interest and happiness thus seduced from the paths of innocence and peace thus confoundeel in the toils which were deliberately spread for him and overwhelmed by lhe mastering spi.it and genius of another ; this man thus ruined and undone and made to play a subordinate part in his grand drama of guilt and treason this man is to be called the principal oiten der ; while he by whom he was thus plunged and steeped in misery is comparatively inno cent — a mere accessary sir neither the hu man heart nor the human understanding will bear a perversion so monstrous and absurd ; so shocking to the soul ; so revolting to rea son tn their deeds of glory we gaze on them as ob jects more to be admired than imitated while in thc ruin wrought by their lawless passions wc view them with feelings more nearly allied to dread than to detestation in the sketches drawn from the domestic circle we hail our intimate acquaintances : the little foibles the mild and unobtrusive virtues and holder faults all betray them what is amiable in them certainly ex cites our emulation ; and that wc clo not profit much by the evil consequences of their failings is principally because we are loo familiar with them very different from what thrv are with a father to direct and train the infant mind every thing that hope couhl wish ambition covet and perseverance win would have been wilhin my grasp fate forbade it ; and i an uncurbed or phan took my way where fancy pointed and p.hsion led what could be expected from a wild boy cast anions strangers who cared not i how he guided his little canoe so as it ran not i loiil their vcssals course j some year have elapsed since i could first pride myself un the title " man ;" and it is now no difficult matter n point out the errors of past life anel the faults ot present character iu despite of self-love 1 can see them ; and why nut tell them . justice to hose who may hereafter through mv mirror be held up to the public eye demands he record 1 wince not at the tri d to proceed then : thc prominent defect in my character is its want of fioint the desultory manner in which i pursued the studies assigned me and the works 1 si lected for my amusement have left a vague confused anel undefined impression on my mind that re collects but by halves grasps hut at intervals and pourtrays ideas and incidents only hy twilight feature character certainly depends much on mind in me thence tlie former assimilates to the latter " kvet'y lliing by fits anel starts vet nothing long 11 df soldier half statesman veitii a superficial knowledge of ihe principles ol nl most every employ ment and profession in life my attainments throw no lustre on my own repu tation for every man understands his calling better than i do add no new light to that already experienced fori am not master enough of any to reason without aid one great fault and rather a consequence of lhe defect just men tioned is my propensity to day-dreaming i his lis a flower sprung from the seeds sown by ro mance its fruit is ripening vvith age and i fear vvill only die with the spirits that guv it ideal i body and existence how difficult when man to eradicate habits formed in youth that have grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength ; till like the instinctive appetites i of oil i nature tbey become imcontrolable untess from time to time indulged ! i is fault as it lis has become meat antl drink to me 0_jfno paper vvill bc discontinued until all arrearages , are paid unless at the discretion of the editors , whoever will become responsible for the payment of nine paper shall receive a tenth gratis j ai>veiitisf..hk.>'ts vv ill be inserted on the customary terms no advertisement inserted until it has bcen paid fur or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity c__/*a11 letters to the editors must he post-paid or they vvill not be attended to vice a a monster of so frightful mien as to hc hated needs but lo be seen : lint seen too oft familiar with ber face auilvh vt 31lali ave first endure then pity then embrace ron to have thc desired effect then names should bc suppressed that wc may not allege as an excuse the conduct of one in this instance er ring but in many others perhaps worthy com mendation wc arc too apt le forgive jitr ex cesses because others have been guilty of the like not reflecting we do not possess those shi ning qualities that ensure a pardon for a momen tary eclipse titles ilu i-cfore are no object — tis not the acquaintance bul the example ofthe individual we are to shun or to follow vet it 4 not expected nor is it desired so entirely to met amorphoso lhe character as to elude the discov ery of the most acute l)ismtii.e tiie countenance as you will soul still beams in the speaking eye anel the heart still glows on the trembling lip — all ihat is wished is so to shade the portraiture as to make it a pleasing employment to seek through the light coloring the well known features of a friend among those held in my mind's eye for the j purpose expressed in the preceding remarks then is a bevy of odd beings living in the neigh borhood around mc whose good qualities faults and foibles i intend delineating lor the instruc j tion and amusement of lhe community not having arrived at that age when i could wilh strict justice be numbered among them 1 feel some fear in freely descanting on their charac ters ; hut when i reflect that die worst they can wish mc is that i may be as one ol them a soli tary isolated being in the crowd feeding on ' spleen and drinking the bitter draught ol lonely existence 1 cannot be deterred from tearing the curtain aside besides to deprive them even ol a shallow to ground a murmur un i have deter mined to commence vvith mysell ; hoping from them as well as from your readers candid loi bearance when i am faulty and forgiveness for the mass of egotism that follows i have ever thought that man blessed in tem per who conscious of his own defects envies not thc want ol them in othei and aware ol his many foibles can good humoreclly join in lhe laugh at their expense i am one ol those rare kind of men who with a tolerable share of the above happy qualifications carelessly win my way through a bustling world neither so lied to its pleasures as to depend on them for happiness nor so linked to its miseries as to sacrifice to them my case and epiict ; and well satisfied il the crowd by a light jostle arc barely reminded of my existence friends i have tis true ; al least in my acceptation of the term around me are neighbors with whom 1 can spend an hour nay an evening in social chat mid conviviality but i ilo not mourn that there is not among them an achates for i am no sneas friendship of lhat exalted kind of whieb fiocta efieak i revere yet expect not in real life it might possibly have existed in ages generally called fabulous bill ill this time to look i'or it wouid be the mad ness of infatuation there is a degree of per fection required in the human system before tne inoculation of friendship will freely lake lihat perfection in this age is i think merely ideal ■ some may suppose my life has never iuriusbed incidents calculated to intetestthe feelings ol u friend whut pray kind sceptics ate with you objects of confidence ? petty intrigues with giddy females i too could boast yet am odd enough to think that favors conferred should be only known lo the parlies hopes of paltry ambition f i too have been flattered by lhe ignis futum ; vet foolishly thought it wisdom to conceal it lest an ill-natured world should laugh at my disap pointment thinking that no man's secrets ate so well secured as when locked in bis own breast i have carefully avoided trusting my caies and troubles in a bosom friend true 1 bavc no mysteries of my own no hair-erecting tales ol j others lo hide from a prying world but 1 am conscious that my folly conceit and ignorance have led me io tiie commission ed mu:iy com mon-place faults which would do me no credit to disclose to anv one the errors that already glare te the public eye arc sufficiently numerous without adding one tetter to the number 1 love the esteem of friends that are so lenient as to forgive them tf:o well to risk the joss i y a silly disclosure of my own sh;..-i and disgrace i w .». unfortunate when young,to lose my j.tr ti.'s and with them many prospects in life cal culated to flatter cheer and bless the _«** to me was un important one i fori have no doubt ri my character views : . life and general fca ....... .♦■ .. • , ,. ... ..» v .. -.. i uh ♦ .... . been like the first mortal blest is he from debts and usury and business free with ids own team who ploughs the soil ii inch grateful once confessed his father's toil from thk plough boy to clean flax-seed mr southivick : i will give you my plan for c leaning flax-seed you are at liberty to publish it in your valuable paper if you think it worthy of notice make a comb of wood similar to the wool comb only one row of teeth : a boy of ten or twelve years old will comb ott bowls enough in one day for any farmer's seed when this is done take your wheat riddle and riddle the iv hole leaving the bowls by themselves clean your floor thresh the bowls after which run through the mill ancl your seed will be perfectly freed from all kinds of foul seed any mechanic can make a comb for 25 cents take hard wood six inches long ; split it half or three quarters of an inch square ; try out two inches for the butt ends ; taper from this to the point in the shape of a band-saw file only the point verging upon one side so as to leave one side perfectly flat and straight ; set the teeth in a mortar or groove cut on purpose with the flat ides all one way this done put a stem or handle in thc piece of wood which has the teeth in chive this stem in thc post fas above firm with the teeth inclining toward the post a hi-bits arc soon assum'dj but wlie-n we strive to strip liicm oil lis being tlay'd uli _■ cowrun of its dangerous effects on weak and romantic minds perhaps many of your readers are aware ; of us influence over the hopes and joys ancl am bition of active real life none but one vvho has indulged in it to the excess thut i have can truly and feelingly speak it is too important and too copious a subject to bc included in the bounds ed ibis piece ; and shall therefore lie laid aside for sonic future less busy time another defect in whieb i believe 1 have the general countenance ofthe world is vanity i am vain of my littler personal anil mental accomplishments although conscious of their inferiority to those of many | around me " the scarcity of an article says smith is what renders it valuable where there is a demand for it 1 leave thc application to others pride i have anel lhat displayed in a rude and impolite manner in a cold and forbid ding carriage towards those whom office or prop erty fix in a higher sphere my heart is ihe seat of strong passions though few or none are aware of ii a continual struggle to control them has mcl wilh success and i now bear the reputation of " good-humored temperate and unfeeling i hat i possess an evenly temper 1 candidly ac knowledge is owing to strenuous exertion ever since reason taught me the absurdity antl danger of giving anger full headway the elements lie nl rest because no power bath with a master's hand given them motion the time may yet come when they may spring into action a raging tempest if temperance bc a virtue i have cause to laud mvself for my inclination leans to its op posite habit in this instance has been called in to aid in checking the propensity ; and that with a sense of its degrading effects will i hope keep it in bonds " unfeeling 1 yes in ono sense i am my tears are not at my bidding ; anel i avoid scenes of woe because it grieves mo not to he aide lo alleviate the miseries of the wretched true i make no call on the sympa thies of others : my grief is of a more sullen un yielding kind — it loves not participation does this suppose heart of marble ? i can feel though i e!o not weep this is a starting assertion to those who have made their estimate of my char acter bv outward appearances they dissect the skin and decide in triumph that the breast is nerveless the surgeon cuts deeper ami finds no want of sensibility in thc heart despising hypocrisy my language runs into the extreme of blent candor hating servility my independence verges on haughtiness and my manners on in suit with little te praise and much to blame my character now stands forth prepared to re ceive with resignation the punishment justice may assign for its faults and hoping pardon for its defects some more might bc enumerated were it necessary to complete to minuteness tho sketch there is enough to satisfy those who read with no evil intentions--*the malignantly cu lious might look for orer to turn the favorable idc of the pic it c tothe i v m ■••. j o r.i •■-• }* --. »;' l t •• use • p s if any farther description he necessary i will endeavor to explain more fully 1»©1vt1\a1t\3ui from " letters from washington from our la the subjects in which mr wirt excels md in which be displays the best specimens ol his style of writing are those of elocution sind oratory which may be found interspersed throughout all his literary works his style of speaking bear a strong affinity to his style ef writing aud blazes not unfrequently with v e effulgence of curranicn eloquence ; but tbc splendor of curran is only calculated for the modern rostrum and at the bar in the pulpit or in the senate can only sparkle on the fancy without exciting the heart and play mound the imagination without rousing the feelings or convincing the judgment i am sorry to perceive so strong n propensity gener ally among the virginian orators for this spe cies of glitter ancl rodomontade curran with nil his genius founded a school on false elo quence to which many in this country wish to belong ancl glory in being considered as pupils philips has carried in ireland his mas ter'n style to an unnatural pitch and what was exuberance in curran has become intolerable fustian in him into this absurdity and tr ior some of the virginian speakers have also fallen from extravagance of admiration want of judgment and badness of taste as ar example i was lately present in the house of representatives when a virginia of some reputation made a very inflated and gofgeous apostrophe to the common law but instead oi exciting tears as he supposed on so pathetic and occasion the reverse was the case and lhe poor orator's swollen apostrophe fell dead horn from his mouth to his infinite mortifica tion by comparing these passages with some of curran's crim con speeches you will discover a strong similitude and an evident imitation ; though tlie american orator falls short of his irish prototype in picturesque effect and in splendor of painting i will detain you no adieu-m ri»i thk wksti.lt v c l!l()i.is'ia v . messrs editor : it has been truly remarked that every neighborhood i.s in itself a little world self interest there as in the more expanded sphere of public life exercises the same pre dominant influence over the human heart dis played in a multitude of amiable or indignant passions that want but the theatre ofa turbulent stud warring universe to display bonapartes in ambition arnolds in perfidy and washiugtons in magnanimity a delineation of the glaring specks as well as the brilliant point in the prom inent characters on the stage of life does much to check evil propensities and encourage virtu ous actions \ ; sictuie of what i faulty or praiseworthy in private character has less it it t > attract but may h ive a equally powerful < fleet inc i is brought more immediately home to ourselves tbe vice f eminent men are pub llc : misfortunes : their virtues j-tibiic b.-i:i'"t * whatever were thr rro.s into which mr wirt may have fallen at the commencement of his oratorical career from false imitation and m brilliant fancy his good sense i..*r ctntt na bl-.d him to sunn them and to adopt .-.; 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