found unprepared; for he appeared for many months to be in a very special manner preparing himself for that solemn event. He was, indeed, looking and waiting for his change; and his thoughts and conversation were much on the subject. And though he was accustomed to speak of his own state with great humility, more than once has he adopted the words of Job, I know that my Redeemer liveth; and the words of the Apostle in my text, I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep what I have committed to him against that day. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints; and however sud-. denly it may come, or under whatever circumstances, their end is peace. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. But such is the case with those only, who have truly committed their bodies and their souls, with all their interests for eternity, into the hands of Him, who is able to keep them unto the decisive day." DIED, lately, at Charleston, (S. C.) the Hon, JOSHUA G. WRIGHT, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. In Virginia, Lieut. Col. JOHN SMITH, of the 3d regiment United States infantry. In Maryland, the Honorable HENRY RIDGLEY, Associate Judge of the second judicial district. At Fredericktown, Maryland, Colonel BAKER JOHNSON, of the Revolutionary army. At Wardsborough, Vermont, Mr. EBENEZER FISHER. While hiving a swarm of bees, one of them stung him on the end of his nose, and the poison operated so powerfully, that it occasioned his death in about thirty minutes after he was stung. In Mississippi Territory ABIJAH HUNT,Esq. murdered in a duel, by Geo. Poindexter, Esq. Member of Congress from that territory. In Mississippi Territory Captain PRENTICE LAW of the United States army, a son of the late Honorable Richard Law, of New London, Connecticut. He was graduated at Yale College in 1800. In England, the Rev. NEVIL MASKELYNE, D. D. a celebrated astronomer. and a distinguished member of the Royal Society. He was, also, an honorary member of the French National Institute. In Scotland, the Right Honorable HENRY DUNDAS, Viscount Melville, aged 70. He was an important member of Mr. Pitt's administration. At Granby, (Conn.) Mrs. MARY LAMSON, aged 103. At Philadelphia, Mrs. Eve POST, aged 106, a native of Germany. She came to Philadelphia when young, where she mostly resided till her death. The last seven years were spent in the almshouse. At the same place, within three weeks, fourteen persons of the small-pox. At sea, May 15, on board his Britannic Majesty's ship Gorgon, M. RUFFIN, General of division, aged 38. He was a native of France, has been for some time an active officer in the French armies, was taken prisoner in the battle of Barrosa, in which he received the wounds of which he died. In England, May 27th, RICHARD PENN, Esq. formerly governor of Pennsylvania, and a descendant of the illustrious founder of that state, In New Jersey, in March last, the Rev. THOMAS GRANT, Pastor of the churches of Amwell and Flemington in that state, aged 46. TO CORRESPONDENTS AND READERS. IN the account of the Revival of Religion in Beverly, which was inserted in our last volume, p. 550, it is said, that "within a year, about one hundred and thirty have been added to the churches under the care of the Rev. Abiel Abbot and the Rev. Joseph Emerson." Instead of this, it should have stated that number to have been added to the churches in Beverly. The public are informed, that all the copies of the Minor Panoplist are subscribed for. An abundant supply of the Large can still be had. Mr. OsGooD's communication is necessarily omitted. N. B. Publishers of books and pamphlets are respectfully requested to send us, free of expense, either copies of their publications, or transcripts of the title pages. In such cases, they may expect to see a notice of their works in our pages, under the head of Literary Intelligence, The following article is taken from the Eclectic Review, for March, 1807, vol. iv, p. 193. While the reader is astonished at the splendid talents and attainments of this extraordinary youth, he will, if pious, rejoice that such peculiar endowments were sanctified by religion. NOT long ago we were called upon, in the course of our duty, to examine the Memoirs of an unfortunate son of the Muses,* who in infancy excited the admiration of the public by the prematurity of his powers, but abandoning himself to indolence and sensuality, outlived, ere his youth was gone by, the liberality of his numerous patrons, and the kindness of his few friends (one only excepted, who has dishonored his memory by becoming his biographer) and perished miserably, at the age of twenty-seven years;-affording in his life, and by his death, a melancholy proof, that as the body is debilitated, diseased, and destroyed, so is genius degraded, emasculated, and extinguished, by habits of vice; and that sin is not less the enemy of those noble endow ments that command "the praise of men," than of the lowly-minded graces that ensure "the praise See Ecl. Rev. Sept. 1806, Life of Thomas Dermody, Vol. II, p. 701. VOL. IV. New Series. ED. PAN. of God." It will now be our pleasing yet mournful employment, to review the Life and Remains of a more amiable youth, of genius more than equal, but of fortune far less extravagantly exalted and cast down; who, in the course of twenty-one years, the span of his brief but illustrious career, by indefatigable perseverance in study, unquenchable ardor of genius, sincere and progressive piety, distinguished himself as a cholar, a poet, and a Christian. In almost every point, except talents, Henry Kirke White, and Thomas Dermody were the antipodes of each other. Few, perhaps, of the relics of either will continue to astonish and delight the public, beyond the present generation; but the stories of both will most probably be held in everlasting remembrance, the one as a cheering example, the other as a terrible warning to youthful poets, when struggling with poverty, or assailed by temptation. 13 The contents of these volumes are so very miscellaneous, that our remarks upon them must be rather desultory. We shall follow the arrangement of matter as we find it, beginning with the "Account of the Life" of this lamented youth, by Mr. Southey, who has done honor both to himself and to his friend, by the candor and kindness which he has displayed in the functions of his biographer and editor. We shall offer a sketch of the Life, including some passages from Mr. Southey's narrative, as examples of his manner. Henry Kirke White was born at Nottingham, on the 21st of March, 1785. His father, still living, is a butcher. His mother, during the latter years of her son's life, kept a respectable boarding-school for young ladies. Henry was taught to read by a Mrs. Grassington, one of those notable matrons, by whom children, in the country, are generally instructed in the mysteries of A, B, C. In one of his earliest poems, intitled "Childhood," he pleasantly describes his progress in learning under this ancient Sybil, who foresaw and foretold his future glories. It would be difficult to ascertain at how early a period the human mind may receive those effectual influences, that decide and develope its character, and determine one man a poet, another a painter, and a third a politician; or, in a word, that make every man the man that he shall be through life. Biography and History are, in general, equally deficient of accurate information concerning the infancy of individuals and of nations, though the annals of that age in each, consisting of minute and apparently worthless circumstances, form perhaps the most interesting portion of the history of the human mind; since trivial circumstances, at that time, are of greater and more abiding influence, than mightier and more imposing events at a later period of their existence. Romulus was the founder not only of the city, but of the empire of Rome; not only the leader of a band of Brigands, but the father of the Conquerors of the world. He stamped the image of his soul upon all succeeding generations. The fratricide of Remus, and the rape of the Sabine women, were the first scenes of that tragedy of violence, which continued to be acted throughout the earth dur ing more than ten centuries.— Had Remus, in their quarrel, slain Romulus, it is probable, according to human calculation, that Rome would never have risen in distinction above the neighboring cities, and the Cæsars might have been shepherds on the plains of Campania. But the spirit of Romulus breathed through all his posterity, and never quitted the capitol, till the seat of empire was translated from Rome to Constantinople. As the future destinies of nations are influenced by the genius and actions of their founders, so are the talents and tempers of individuals determined, in a great measure, by the character of their relatives and associates, the lessons which they are taught, the amusements to which they are led, and in literature, above all, by the books which accident may cast in their way, but to which they attach themselves with spontaneous and almost in stinctive devotion. Nothing is trifling or insignificant in childhood, where every thing tends to form the future bias of an immortal mind, and every event that awakens a new emotion, is the certain forerunner of everlasting consequences. Such is the circumstance of Henry being accustomed, before he was six years old, to hear a certain damsel sing the affecting ballad of "The Babes in the Wood," and others, alluded to in the following lines of the poem above mentioned, written when he was not much more than twice that age. "Many's the time I've scamper'd down the glade, "he used to creep unperceived into the kitchen, to teach the servant to read and write."This girl appears to have been chief in his confidence; for to her alone he imparted "the tale of a Swiss emigrant," which was probably his first performance, being ashamed to show it to his mother. At this time he was a great reader. "I could fancy," says his eldest sister, "that I see him in his little chair, with a large book upon his knee, and my mother calling, 'Henry, my love, come to dinner;' which was repeated so often without being regarded, that she was obliged to change the tone of her voice before she could rouse him." What books he read we are not informed; but from some lines in the poem of "Childhood," we find that he was acquainted, at an early age, with Spenser and Milton. Describing his evening walks with a school-companion, (for, from his sixth to his twelfth of a clergyman at Nottingham) year, he attended the academy he says, Any eye might form towers and glaciers in the romantic clouds of evening; but the imagination of a poet alone, fired with the first perusal of Milton, could discern in them the battlearray of the seraphim, and the war in heaven. At this academy, nevertheless, it seems that he passed for a blockhead, among blockheads, who naturally enough concluded that he could not learn because they could not teach. He revenged himself in secret, by writing lampoons on them. Here, however, he remained six years; and mortifying indeed it must have been to the pride of genius, already quick and kindling within him, that "one whole day in the week, and his leisure hours on the others, were employed in carrying the butcher's basket, his father being determined to bring him up to his own trade." Henry was afterwards removed to another school in Nottingham, the master of which, being as wise as the old woman who taught him his letters, discovered his hidden talents, and communicated the joyful tidings to his affectionate mother, whom the false report of his former master had rendered very unhappy. About this time he wrote the earliest of his published poems, "On being confined to School on a pleasant Spring Morning," which not only displays considerable talent, but proves that even then he was well practised in the art of rhyming. It was now resolved to bring him up to the hosiery business; and, at the age of fourteen, he was placed in a stocking-loom, with the view of afterwards obtaining a situation in a warehouse. Here he was so mis crably out of his element, that after twelve months of continual repining on his part, and remonstrance on that of his family, he was removed to an employment more suited to his aspiring mind. He was established in the office of Messrs. Coldham and Enfield, town-clerks of Nottingham.Here, in addition to the exhausting labors and studies of the law, he employed his leisure hours in acquiring a knowledge of the Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages; in each of which he made considerable progress. Chemistry, astronomy, and electricity, were also numbered among his morning, noon,evening, and midnight amusements. If time be computed by its occupation he made a minute of every moment of his leisure, and every day added sensibly to his stock of knowledge. He was passionately fond of music, but had the prudence to refrain from dallying with that Syren art, which steals away the soul from more exalted employments. He had also a turn for mechanics; and most of the furniture of his little study was the workmanship of his own hands. His most delightful relaxation was the exercise of his powers of composition, both in prose and verse.— His first essays in the former obtained for him several prizes, given by the proprietors of a Magazine, called "The Monthly Preceptor;" and his first flights in the latter soon gave him a distinguished rank among the periodical poets of the time in the "Monthly Mirror." He likewise became a member of a literary society at Nottingham, and |