THE P ATRIOT. SIRI ITS SLL TITEL ras ETS ITI Eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. G ISIS P TESTI LLL LLL EET SITE BELLEFONTE, Juvy, 1823. —— EDS OE SELECTED. eee Cn Kop + CR DISSOLUTION OF THE HOLY ALLI ANCE. A DREAM. ‘Extract from « Fables of the holy alliance,” by T. Moore. ¢ Methought upon the Neva’s flood A beautiful ice palace stood; A dome of frost-work, on the plan Of that once built by empress Aone, Which shone by moonlight, as the tale igi Like an Aurora Borealis. In this said palace, furnish’d all And lighted as the best on land are 1 dreamt there was a splendid ball, Giv’n by the emperor Alexander To entertain with all due zeal, Those holy gentlemen, who've shown 3 Regard so kind for Europe’s weal, At Troppau, Laybach, and Verona. The thought was happy, and designed To hint how thus the human mind May, like the stream imprisoned there Be check’d and chill’d, ull it can bear The heaviest kings, that ode or sonnet E’er yet bepraiscd, to dance upon It. And all were pleased, and cold and stately, Shivering in grand illumination, Admired the superstructure greatly, “Nor gave one thought to the foundation. Much tao the Czar himself exulted, To all plebeian fears a stranger, As Madame Krudener, when consulted, Had pledged her word there was no danger So, on he caper’, fearless quite, Thinking himself extremely clever, And walz’d away with ail bis might, As if the frost would last forever. Just fancy how a bard like me, ’ Who reverence monarchs, must haye tremb led To see that goodly company At such a ticklish sport assembled. Nor were the fears, that thus astounded My loyal soul, at all confounded— : For lo! ere long those walls so massy Were seized with an ill-omen’d dripping— And o’er the floor, now growing glassy, Their holinesses took to slipping— The Czar, half through a polonaise, Could scarce get on for downright stumbling And Prussia, though to slippery ways So us’d, was cursedly near tumbling. Yet stil] ’twas who could stamp the floor most, Russia and Austria 'mongst the foremost— And now to an Italian air, This precious brace would hand and hand go Now—-while our Louis from bis chair Intreated them his toes to spare— Call’d loudly out for a fandango. And a fandango, faith, they had, At which they all set to like mad Never were kings, though small the expense is Of wit among their excellencies, So out of all their princely senses. But ah, that dance—that Spanish dance== Scarce was tne luckiess strain begun, When, glaring red; as “twere a glance, Shot from an angry southern sup— A light through all the chambers flam’d) Astonishing old father Frost, Who bursting into tears exclaim’d; « A thaw by Jove—we're lost, were lost ? Run France—a second Waterloo : is come to drown you—Sauve qui peut.” pu oat ” © ’ LS A NIGHT PIECE. From Byron's Siege of Corinth. "Tis midnight, on the mountains brown The cold round moon shines deeply dowa 3 Blue rolls the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung ou high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So widely, spiritually bright; Who ever gaz’d upon them shining, And turn’d to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mig with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air; And scarce their foam the pebbles shoak, But murmur’d meekly as the brook. The winds were pillow’d on the waves ; The banners droop’d along their Staves, And, as they fell around thern furling, Above them shone the crescent curling ; And that deep silence was unbroke, Save where the watch his signal spoke, Save where the steed neighed oft and shrill, And echo answered from the hill, wha ——t tr ED From the NY. Albion, Love once dwelt in a palmy isle, His palace of the green leaves’ shade, A chain of rose upon his wings, ; Whose guardian was a dark eyed maid, They lived in sweet companienship : Enough for him one smile so bright ; Evough lor her to live for him, To watch his chain, to keep it light. But once the Nympe lay down to sleep, ey + ——— & ¥ Leaving the fragrant chin undone ; And Love awakened while she slept, Shook off bis fettersand was gone. —ty From the Trenton Emporium, THE CATARACT SPECTRE. Repeated rains had swollen the Susquehanna to an unusual height, and the power of the tide was so great as to render the passage of it at Burling Ford impracticable, when I reached the ferrying place, on my way to Alesbury, one day in March. It was already moos, and the evening as the sun declined from the meridian’ bore many presages of a coming tempest Yet, notwithstanding, I resolved to make an attempt to complete my journey by pursuing the Indian path, along the west side of the riv- erto the upper or Alesbury Ford, where the river could be crossed at all times. It was a long afternoon’s ride, and now the path was more difficult to travellers than it bad been for years before, owing to the deep gullies which the unusually heavy spring freshets had wash- ed. I journeyed on, however, while the sun lighted up the wild scenery around me, lo: got the distance and the difficulties, in the contem- plation of the rugged mountains apparently piled efion each other, untii their summits ar- rested the flying clouds, and scattered them in showers over the deep vallies between ; of tre- mendons rocks which covered acres, and hfted their bald heads covered with the moss of cen turies, above the tree (ops ; of glens which be- wildered the unconscious traveller as he paused suddenly over the yawning gulfs ; and of the lecp and now boisterous river, occasional! glances of which burst upon the view, foaming 20d rushitfg on, and breaking in upon the reign- ng silence of those eternal hills, with its deep oned roar. But the sun sunk below the horizon, and left me several miles of a broken and dreary road to travel, and now I recollected that there used to be a fisherman’s hut at the cataract, the dis tant roar of which fell already heavily upon my ear. And as to the weary and benighted trav eller, the humblest abode is grateful, the re. membrance of this promised refuge hastened my exertion to reach it. Many years had elapsed since Ralph the fisherman, erected this bumble mansion, and carried to it one of They did not live happy, this I heard before I left 3 Sl the sweetest girls in all the country. Alesbury, and I felt some anxiety to see them once more after so long an absence. A quar: A bright pine light burned cheerfully in the chim- ter of an hour brought me to the place. neys As I threw myself from my horse, I heard ‘he noise of mirth and merriment within, and then the thought first occurred to me, perhaps my ancient friend is no longer the tenant of this romantic spot. The premonition was verified the moment I entered. Every thing betokened that the hut had been tenantless, for a long time, and now a band of half a dozen buntsman, from the coun- try below, had taken up their lodgings in it for the night. They were, some of them, old ac- quaintances,and as they had plenty of provis- [ cheerfully accepted a cordial invitation to make one of their evening party. I found that my old acquaintance, the fisher- man extraction, had been driven from his post by the Spectre that haunted the cataract every spring, and bad taken up his residence many miles above. The story of the cataract spec tre I remember, It was a young lady and two gentlemen who were her be set free, but an old chief proposed to leave them upon the great rock in the midst of the cataract, from whence without assistance it would be impossible for them to escape ; thus their lives would be spared and at the same ion, and a good store of wholesome beverage, man, who, unfortunately happened to be of Ger- this—im the earliest periods of the country the Indians attacked the settlement and among others made prisoners of rival lovers.—The object of the Indians was plander, and as they were pursued they held a council to determine upon the method of dispos- ing of their prisoners. Some were for getting {rid of them in the most summary manner by the tomahawk, others thought they ought to time they would not heé eft to return to their friends, and give ini lligence of their numbers road TOG or their line of ret His advice was adopted, batit proved fatal to the victims, for that night the river rose so high as to bury the rock, and they were cen no more. Yet ever after throughout the first moon in spring a grim and fearful phantom danced beneath the dim light of midnight along the foaming spray, and howled amid the dashing surges. They said it was the discon, solate spirit of the elder whom the angel lady had rejected, and that he came thus once a lyear to yisit the spot where he had last enjoyed Inher sociaty. The story was told, and while some of the move credulous of the company shrugged up their shoulders and shook their heads, the oth- jers deternjined to go down along the falls, at the hour visitation, as this was the time of the year, [I accompanied them. The moon was now high in the heavens ; the clouds thal threatened {nthe evening were gone ; the winds were hushed, and nought but the everlasting voice of the wild billows fell upon the ear. The scene was truly magnificent and sublime. The fog that hovered over the face of the cat aract, however, veiled the lover’s rock from matters before good Squire Trost, Rat te mischief of the affair was, that the time api circumstance detailed by them, irresistable proved that we were the only ghostlike beings they saw, and that they were the spectres whicp sad alarmed us. the laugh, and retreated home, but some busy bodies went to the falls to look for the HITACY~ lous appearance of the diving spectre that danc- ed and douced in the flyod, They came back with the distovery that it wus a Jog of drife wood which had lodged on a ledge of rechs, me end of which was forced up occasionally by the velocity of the corrent. It is some ve years since this happened. The cataract is no longer susp: cred of harbourins ghosts or goblins, and even the Jover’s rock io now considered a harmless thing, 1 have ofico lamented that the least credit should be given to these foolish spectre tales, and offer this as the humble advice of my linle experiences always ascertain what the object of your dread is ; never leave it uncertain, for if you doy though it may have been ever so harmless, you will not convince yeursell tht you have Lecn under z delusion. Lh tr ED 7 ED 1 Wn Mr. Cannon, it appears has within a few our view ; and we only saw the tops of the large hills beyond the rushing river. We wan- dered along the banks until we found ourselves on the border of a cluster of ancient cedafs whose broad shadows inated in the full stream: It was a romantic spot, and we bent our course towards its thickest shades, where a little stream flowed from a spring in the mountain side to the river. My two companions had advanced to this I ran terror alarmed me. towards the place and observed that one of them had {allen to the ground, and the other stood over him like 2 pale statue with alarm and horror pictured in his countenance, and the canse was still in view. Two tall figures glided rapidly up the bank, and in a moment vanished away over the sui- face of the river.—~While we looked after this strange apparition, which I confess unstrung my nerves, weak as had been my faith in super- natural visitations, we observed in the middle of the stream, the perfect figure of a man rising out of the dark waves, for we were here above the cataract, and then sinking it disappeared in Conld this be a delusion ? our affiighted and fallen companion recovered , and averred tha! the flying ghost had snapped his teeth furiously at him, when he~first discovered him ; and that he absolutely rose out of the rivulet upon whose banks we stood. This was enough; we hurried back to the abin ; loaded all the rifles; took a double 1C | to keep a sharp look out \with no little anxiety for the approach of day. |The dogs, however, scemed sadly disquieted i (and finally utterly abandoned their posts; and charge of fourth proof brandy, and bid the dogs while we watched could not be driven from our sides, where they crouched trembling with fear. A short coun: sel was held and without a dissenting voice we agreed that prudence dictated a promp retreat to the Borline Ford. The resolution was no sooner passed than it was put in execu. tion, and in one hour and three quarters we had travelled over thirteen mmles of bad road and knocked up the landlord of the western ferry house, who was entertained with a notable account of our adventure, and who was not less alarmed at its Import than ourselves. Next day I pursued my way to Alesbory, having succeeded in crossing the river, the ‘tale of the re-appearance of the cataract spec- tre or spectres, as it was now ascertained thar there was two of them, spread abroad in. the country far and wide. Our names were quoted as a notable authority, and some of our com panions had already made oath to all the facts When upon my arrival at home, I bad the sat- isfaction to find that some of my worthy neigh bours, who had also been down the river on 2 hunt, had reached the village before day, and were employed in making oaths to the secluded spot, when a sudden exclamation of a moment ; again and again, this was repeated. days, united a Mr. Gun to a Miss Zistol ; and the wits ol tie district have seized hold of the match to fire off a fer de 0CCusion. Jute ot epigrrams on the We have uo great amiiion ta join out frame to the rail of aseu de mor. hut we cons ing tothe ¢ g mot. hut Je 2 not help obse ving tha. the Gun did pnt take peSICSIon. of the Piszol uml alter half an 4 J : : : tour’s Cennonade. Some wags sem to antici pae a progeny of Blunderbusses brom this nnians: we rather calculate an additi ar dock WE I ob ain addition to our stoc ob little Guns. he { i Fie following are fiom the Intellegencer = On the late marriage of Miss Pistol to Mr. Gua by My. Ciunon, It is to be hoped that the late union of Miss Pistol to Mr. Gun as performed by the Rev, Pish i: Me. Cannon, may not produce a blunderbugs. Could Ovid dreain the tike of this In all his meiamorphoses ? It made me think of Paddy’s fun, To learn Miss Pistol’s made a Gun, But that which made me laugh the rather A Cannon was her Reverend Father ! p—— On a late Marriage. It is to be hoped that the union of Guan and distol, 8s celibiated at the Cannon's mouth, may produce a Columbiadyvather than a Dlun- derbuss. Mesers Editors := It 13 much to be feared that Duelling will hereailer become a very dangerous business, if onr ttle pistols are (0 he converted into great (uns, as announced 1a your paper of yesterday. On the Marriage of Mr. Gon to Miss Pistols bv the instrumentality of the Rev. Mr. Cans non. To join (Gum to a Pistol was easily done Since a Pistol is novicht but a neat httie Gun, The name of the priest being purely Ironic, Proves the vite was performed in a manner (une noni. A wedding so martial, ere this jooked no man on, Where emploved were a Pistol a Gu Cannon ! The Bride’s name 16 some persons would cause great alarms, For a Pistol no Dandy wopld take to his arms, May this worthy pair share the best smiles of Heaven, And young Song-of-guns be to them often give en - 7 and a nt § (SD) TD Ae BURKE Burke had once risen in the house of com= mons, with some papers fh Lis hand on the subj ct of which he intended to make as mo- ‘ion, when a rough hewn member rudely start- ¢d vp and said—¢ Mr. Speaker, I lLepe the honourable gentleman does not mean to read that Ja“ge hun le of papers. and bore us with a% tong 2 Lord H adaicted to the bott'e, previous to 2 Laracter be ought toappeat , who was mucl ssnuerade pight, inquired of Foote what new c in? ¢ New character r said the other, . sup- —f. 12 bose you go sober, wy 107d sie: 3 - Ibis was a sad business; I could not stand wr % Po i