DETRACTION cannot fail of hurting a delicate mind; the missive shafts of slander too surely wound, and even the cheek of rectitude will redden with indignation to find itself branded with vices which it abhors -- it is thus that calumny is capable of inflicting the keenest anguish -- for a season it will sink the spirit -- but innocence will soon uprear its head -- it will appeal to the all searching ken of deity -- but from the lip of truth it will expect its justification -- it will know that its God acquits, and it will soon wipe from its eye the tear of despondency.