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PROSPEc r C s
OF
TIIE MIXERS" JOURNAL.'
TINS Journal was materially enlarged and otherwise
improved at the'eninineniceineni of the year, and will
now rank with any paper In the state: out of Philadelphia.
Its pages will be devoted to a
General Chronicle of ihe Coal Businessi.
improvements in the Manufactory of Iron;
The progress of the Arts and Sciences;
A Sulam try of European Intelligence;
The Current New;s of the Day.
And in id.linon. r 17h ipi ni , ier will he. f.irnished, unlees
a press of local iit.itter should exclude it. with
ORIGINAL TALES,
Thereby m thing it equkl ut interest to many publications
whose subscridtmn prices doobte it in amount.
'Pa those tnterested to the Cnal or Iron business. ss
we ll as the general reader, its pages w.ll it is hoped,
afford valuable inform mon and amusement, and nu
pains shall be spared to render it worthy the patronage
of all classes of the community.
tcr NOT!' ER L 11{6 E:II ENT. _at
in the first week in January, 1810, the, Miners' Jour
nal will again be enlar4-id by the addition of another
column to each page, whicih Will mike it the largest pa
per published in the State, not of Philadelphia, provided
each subscriber will, in the me in time. procure us an
additional one. Those who do not, will be charg
ed $l. SO d er annum after the enlargement takes place.
The Coal Rezion wail then have a •epreseotative abroad
that will add credit to the enterprive and liberality of its
citizens. 13 13 1N N N.
PHILADELPIII A AND PO ITSVILLE
OPPOSITION .
0.2!
YAW' ...*1.157a1'
RAIL ROADS
THE aiihscrihe-rs, having areedrd to the earner
solicitation.. of the travelling community on this
route, respecthilly announce to the public that they
have commended running a .
7
DAILY LINEOI." ACHES
Between, Philadelphia a d . Potisrille,
For the accommodation of th public.. The Coaches
are entirely hew, thillt at r . r.iv, large and roomy,
erd auperror to any now runnitor, in PennsyLvania.
Experienced and accommodating drivers are en
gaged, and every attention paid to t he
. corntort and
convenience of travellers - on the route; by the Proprie
tor), and their Agents.
Er No acing will be permitted on any considera
two whalevet —Gar will llie rates ut fare be changed
if oth:r Lines should- think propei to reduce their
rates, or even run for nothing—it • being the whole
and sole aim oldie Proprietors to acrommodate the
public al a reasonable see of Fare —they therefore
confidenqy look to the puolic to sustain them in the
undertaking.
The Line will leave their office, in the old Post
Office, at Pottsville every ni puling at 7 o'clock, A. ‘1
and Leave Sandersons itolt.t. at 4i o'clock, every
morning, and at 2a o'clock every afternoon. By the
afternoon Lint, 'passengers arrive at Reading the
Caine day, and leave Reading nes: morning at 10 o'
clock, end arrive in Pottsville at 3i ocluck, P. M.,
at the following
RATES OF FARE
From Pottsville to Relidinr,
From Reacting to Follies, Nn. 1 Cars,
Do, D.', No. 2 Cars,
Pottsville to Port Mourn
Do. to Hamburgl Oil
•
From Philadelphia to Pottsville, No. 1 Cars, 5 (01
Omnibuses arc et,gazen to carry passengers
to and from the depot in Philadelphia and across the
Bridge at Norristown, ,tree of additional charges, at
the above rates of fare.
For erase, in Pottsville, apply at their Office, in
the old Post Office
In Philadelphia, at Sanderson's Merchant's lio
tel, North 4th St., Nibutil Vernon Ili aP, 2d Si.,
Congress Hall, 3d St., United Stares Hotel, end
Marshall House,Chesnut Si reel.
In Reading, at Ftnney's Hotel
ET MI Baggage at the rtsk of the owners.
The Proprietors would rnixtelv state for the infor.
!nation of the puplic, that uric Line has no connec
tion whatever With existing Lines, i,or will it bee
fing connection—but or tall on its owe
merits. POTT, SHOEN ER, FINNEY & CO.
Proprietors.
I2—tf
March 23
PENNIiVISANIA. HALL,
in the Borough of
Purrl% ILLE PA
IMUG IL' IVO U T.
ANNOUNCES to the travelling public
15=•sr that he has nefiried his commodious estab
lishment with rtes' attention to the omtort
and cow, -ntene of his patrons: Tne contiguity of its
situation to the Miners Bank and the different Coal
Landings recommends it to the man olbusiness, while
its estenative parloes and well ventilated sleeping apart
ments.give it peculiar advantages for the suminertravel
leror the invalid.
Toe c , dinar yd,part Ivrit is in ex lerienced has dn, and
he Lriier Jut H .to.• ,e.l .vita evury seasonahl e deli
'cacy of viand and liquor. numerous accommodating ser
vants willat all times conduce to the pleasure and attend
the wants of his rue4l.l
The saltrtirity of the Borough of Prlitsville. and the
many sources of aminietnent. leith natural and artificial.
- Which its vicinity afford& render it a desitable place of
resort,and the proprietor pledges his contibued exertions
to make a sojourn thelein,condusive both to somfort and
ratification.
• Pottsville. Pa.lkilarch 30. 1839 . 13-ry-
EXCHAIVGIE ItOTEL,
P-OT TS YILLi.'
II illiam G. Johnvo n
. .
HAS taken this commodionv. establish.
merit recently occupied by Joseph Weaver,
Esq. as the •' National Hotel," corner of Centre and
Callowbill streets, and has materially improved its
arrangement for the accommodation of customers.
The situation is plensaiit and central, being contig
twos to the Post Office and Town Ilan, and in the
business part of the borough ; and three Daily Lines
of Stages arrive and ditpart from the Exchange to
and .from Reading, Northumberland, Danville and
Cattawisaa.
- PRIVATE FA NI I LrEs, who desire spending the
summer months in the Coal Region will be furnished
with parlours and chambers calculated to please.the
fancy and render comfortable the most fastidious
guests; and TRAVELLERS will always find those
accommodations which are most desired, and the
strict attention of servants‘
It were superfluous to say that his TABLE and
Has will always be Kirnished with the - choicest
viands - and liquors ; and with a wish and exertions
to gratify his.gucsts he anticipates the patronage of
the public.
Pottsville, april 13, 1833. . 15-1 y
Ipits Air
Exchange at Neiv rk on London 9 r to
9i per cent. premium.
Present of a Kitten to her Majesty.—A few
months ago, an old woman named Baker, living at
Seredington, near Sleafiird, sent a kitten to re
Queen. It was placed in a haslet, furnished wth
white clothes for it to lie on, and containing
l an
abundant supply of bread and butter for its sit to.
nance-durnig its long journey; the. basket also n
c
Da
mtaed a letter, setting forth how that some tune
fore her Majesty was crowned, the old woman I ad
been informed mm, tier midnight visions that hera
vou rue tabby would have three kittens on the da of
the coronation, and had Seen commanded to s rid
1..
one ot the litter to the Queen : the day arrived,d
wondrous to tell, the cat did bring forth three I it.
tens: the old woman, not at all surprised at the ev t,
selected the fittest of the teline trio, upon the bead
of which her fancy had impresacd a crown, and re
curing it in a hamper as above related, she despat.h
ed It by coach, having appended to it the follow' ig
direction ;—" To the Queen, in Lunnurn or e
where, to be taken great care of." Nothing -
'heard of pussy's journey, and the papers maim
no account of her arrival at the Palace'to satisfy
curiosity of the old woman, who, indeed, had elm
despaired of the cat's having .reached her deem
Lion, when a few days ago a letter bearing thelß
al 'arms was 'received by theayld lady . it was fr
' the Queen:- and contained the important inform
non ot the young kit's having safely arrived,
that she had become a very fine cat ; and in pr
of the leti s er's being genuine, two Bank of Engl
.E 5 notes were enclosed. The letter and the ni
were unintelligible to the old woman, who can
read, but On her being informed Of the mean
thereof, she could not restrain her expressions
gratitude to her Majesty, who had thus been
°mans of affording an accession of comfort to
who. though fantastic in 'her notions, is an
serving object She imeriediately laid in a !toe..
tea, and bought two pigs, putting the remainder
the money in the Savings Bank. Her :Wiliest
generosity will, therefore, in all probability, be . ci.
ducttve of comfort to the old woman to her dy ng
day. Though the good dame was confident that he
migration of puss would produce a useful result, er
husband was nricredulous, and much he feared that
the act 91' his wile would be considered as an insult
towards her majesty. The old people were weeding
on the farm of Mr. Robert Lockwood, of SpanbY,
when the letter arrived and its contents, to then) a
little fortune, not only rejoiced the hearts of both jby
the sudden acquisition of wealth, but relieved the
old man's mind of the dread of expected . punishment;
the old lady, too, had been subjected to the jeers of
her neighbours for what they thought a tool sh
whim, but the arrival of the money turned the ta
bles, and caused the old people to be envied by ha.
ny. .
(The above fact has led to the following funny
effusion :J
PUSSY AT WINDSOR.
(From the Court Gazette.]
Dear Goody, I know.that a letter of mine
Will p!easure afford to the best ofold wives;
l therefore resolve, on invoking the Alas
To tell I'm in safety with all my nine lives.
I've grown up AO finely—my eltiat is so sleek,
That compliments to me are paid every day ;
So you, when at leisure, of pussy to speak,
tce•r inter alone.," air CAT, you may say.
You've heard that,a cat may look up al a king
Wututur much offence
. to the verie4 log head
To look at a Queen is a Much better,thiog•
, Who, blyt_he es a kitten, Ia never seen dog ge
I do not wotk much, but suppose, by-and.bye,
I must, Gar I've learned, in my visits and chat
That vermin increase under royalty's eye, •
Any that palaces otten are peopled with rats
Fs2 00
3 00
'2 50
I'm sorry you let'out about the Bank notes.;
It was not intended more cats to bespeak ;
But now they come daily in coaches and boats,
And average, perhaps, five-and-forty per week
This bot , ier'd Spring Rice—an additional grant
lie thougrit o for atahlea—l brighten'd his vie
And squalled to him, whatever homes might wa
We mousers could furnish all Windsor mews.
N. :2 Car.
ME
New aleihod of Prmtermne Iron-Work from R
communicated by M. laymen to the French
tote, consists in plurigiog the pieces to be preset
in - a mixture of one part concentrated soldtion o'
pure sodu (soda of commerce) and ihree parts we
Pieces of iron Jeff for three months in this liq
had lost neither weight or polish; wallet aim
pieces iiiiinersed for five days in simple water w
covered with rust.
Str T. Stanley's Stewart —On Saturday, a
aon named Biuneell, confidential Steward of
Thomas Stanley, was committed to Chester Liao
He is a defaulter to the amount of £20,000.
bankers and tenants of Str Thomas Stan
are the main sufferers, and many of the farmers
be ruined in consequence, Previous to this a;
he was deemed moat respectable; indeed, the co
dente placed in him by the bankers proved thi:
ut fifty years of age, has a wife, but ',
children.
Emigraii)n io the United Stales.—The tide of
igralion still runs atror.gly towards the United Sta
Must of the ships 'which sail for the States, but
titularly for New York, carry out large number
steerage passengers, Among the emigrants •
many families from Germany, who, landing at I
travel by the Leeds and Liverpool canal to this . i
where they embark. Several boats on the e.
have been whofy occupied by these families.
Grand Match in Four-Oared Gigs—Sagan ,
game England ! The Clyde v. The Thames. —' I
Thames wateruian have been long celebrated for ]
superiority of their pulling, and have been as ,
unrivaled. Some Gentlemen in the West of
land.twell known for their encouragement of age
sports, have now hacked a crew on the Clyde, f
considerable rim, to pull against any tour Lon,
waterman that may be selected ; the match to c. l
off at Liverpool, as soon-as gigi can be built for
purpose. Much interest is excited among the a
tears of rowing, as to the result of this match, f I 1
the circumstance of the Scotch pullers having
er yet been brought into competition with the •
English pelleri;, and who aro, therefore, coinF
lively untried men.
The brig Ann, of Tralee, Trotter, masters,
sailed from that port with one hundred pitmen
for Quebec, principally weathy farmers with I
families,
Fish.—The take of herrings of Donaghadee
the common fishing boats, for these ten days
have fetched into the harbour from seven to,
maze a boat, besides a great number of white
and trout. There never was such an appearanc
'fish on our coast.
The Roebuck —About ten days ago one of
farm keeper's wives was going homeward . thro
the wood, when she saw a roebuck running tow. l
her with great speed. Thinking it was gui
attack her with its horns, she was conside
alarmed— but, at the distance of a few paces, the
limed stopped and disappeared among the bush' ,
The woman recovered herself, and wasp
on her way, when the roebuck appeared again,
tows, de her as Wine, and again retreated wi
douig any harm. On this being done the
time, the woman wee induotd to it
c h you to pierce the bOwels of d i Earth chid bring Out from the taverns of the Mountains, Metals which will gtre strength to o ur Hands and subject all Nature to our use and pleasure.—D&
~I
Ea AND
TO HER OLD hi I•TRESM
IRELAND.
is AND P
Weldly by Benjamin Batman, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Penn*lvania. ,
her to the side of a deep ditch, in whijih she discov.
ered a young roebuck unableto eitileate itself, and
on the point or being smothered in the water. The
woman immediately endeavored tq rescue it, during
which the other roebock stood by quietly, and as
soon as her exertions were successful, the two ani
mals galloped away together.
Fall of Snow in /refund at the end of Ane.—On
the evening of the 27th, betweer the hours of strand
seven, there was a heavy peal of thunder and an
exceedingly great fall of snow on the mountains of
Latera, opposite Castle Osway. The fall of snow
was limited to an extent of three quarters of a mile,
and it was about four inches deep.
Extraordindry Shoal of Whales.—A large shoal of
whales made their appearance in Ringabella bay on
Sunday afternoon. The country people carne in
great numbers armed wish pitchforks...adzes, grif
fons, &e., and as the whales got into the shallows,
they used these with such effect that they captured
no less than fifty fine. They average from ten to
twenty feet in length, and would weigh about as
murh as a good cow. The sea all around was red
dened with their blood. They were of the genus
Delphinus Olobic•ps, Cuvier, D. Deductor, Scoresby
1
SCOTLAND.
Errroordinery Leap.—Last week a filly under
four weeks old, belonging to a gentleman'in Stir
lingahire, while with its dam in 11'6dd enclosed by
a wall ut stone and lime, meatoiring two feet thick,
lolly three and a half in height, with a double rail.
ing on the top ofEighteen inches, making a leap iii
five feet, with a lop or seven feet on the off aide,
in a court covered with gravel: it was seen repeat.
edly to canter up close to the wall, as alto measure
the leap, when, having retiree a few paces, came up
in tine sporting style, cleared the whole at a hound,
and went off scampering and neighing, evidently
much pleased with : the feat. The filly is of great
strength and beauty, got 'by the celebrated 'horse
Round Robin, belonging to Mr. Ratitsay,m . Barn
um, out of a high bred
,mare.
1
Swallowing a Promisary-Noo -In the seconds
ries' Court, a Mr. Wright reeovere £6l from a Mr.
Green, the amount of a promise ry note given by the
defendant and two others, one of whom, named
Young, when the note became due, vnatchedrit riot
the person presenting it for payment, and swallow
it.. For this offence Young was tried, convi ed,
and sentenced to twelve months' unprisonment
Lord Rldon't Memory.—"A singular instance of
his universality, and of the masterly readiness with
which his extensive leaining could be bro.igla to
bear upon any point was once presented in the ar
gument upon a writ of error in the House of Lords.
The:case had run the gauntlet of the courts, and the
most skilful pleOders as well as the most experienced
judges had all dealt with it in succession ; when he,
who had not tor many years had the - possibility of
considering any such matters, and had never st,any
time been a special pleader, at once hut upon a point
in pleading which appeared to have esceped•the Ilol
royd, the Richardsons, the Bayleys„the Abbots, and
the Littledales; and•on that point the else was de.
eided.
It instated by a Contemporary, that Pryiie PrYse,
Es., Member for the Cardiganshire. Borough, will
be opposed by a staunch Conservative aithe next
election. We trust that this dent-official iuknounce
considerment,—for such we to be — wil lnot be
forgotten by the friends of their present long trieci
and liberal Member.
Tert!ffic Thunder Storm —On Sunday nigho one
of the most awful thunder storms'occurred in the
neighbourhood of Blaenportli, in the county of Car
digan, that had been witnessed for a considerable
number of years. The chips of thunder were a
tariningly loud, and succeeded one ano:her in rapid
succession;-and the lightning was also extremely
vivid. A valuable horse, the property ofCapt
ard, of Tyllwyd, W3B ki led by the electric fluid ;
and at a short distance from Tylwyd, where a pow
weaver resided, whose stock consisted of two cows
and a mate and colt, the,electric fluid entered the
roof of the out-house, where the cattle had been put
up for the night—struck and killed the mare, cult,
and one of the cows.
The workmen in making a new road in the par
ish of Llanvaret, leading from Bulth to Kington, re
cently discovered a very itch vein of copper ore, a
sample of which may be seen et Knitho' Mill, neat
Builth.
I
Gellifailog —ft has been raid, though some .
doubt the feet, that a Welsh Bard once wrote in
verse, a description of one of his journies from South
to North Wales. The following translation of the
7assage respecting Gelli fa dog, 'ostween Mei thyr and
Dowlats, is not over complimentary:—
The muse at Gellifailog
Can find no worthier theme,
Except the paltry bridge which there
Bestrides a paltry stream.
DAPID AP GWILLIM.
Surely the poet should have praised the bridge
that carries him over.
The Eagk'sh Chartists.
The National Gazette contains an article on 'the
movements of the Chartists tr . /England. in retiNh
the charter, designs, and numerical strength of this
party are exhibited. The editor states that he has
had opportunities for gaining pi.sitive information
on the subject, and kerns it important to counteract
the erroneous impreamions respecting the Chartists,
which have been produced by publicatiaus of the day.
He complains that there is in America "ac exhibi
tion of monarchical sympathy" whenever the pro
cert4ings of the Chartist' are touched upon. We
cannot but consider this admonition deserved and
well timid. Strong as is our republican feeling with
regard to our own government, we seem to feel that
the British, Constitution needs no change. The
Gazette thus briefly alludes to the "wrongs inherent
in the British Constitution, or attendant on Pe ad
ministration."
" The question of an individual hereditary sov
ereignity we will not touch upon, stating only the
i n disputable evils of the English political system—
indisputable, if there be right, or reason in the A.
merican Declaration of Independence and the Fede
ral Constitution. These evils are:-an hereditary
aristocracy with legislative powers ;—a union of
c h ur ch and state, with a representation of the for
mer in the legislature and certain judicial tribunals;
—the want of popular representation in the proper
sense of the term; —the imposition of tythes and
church rates, and other taxes, of which the inordi
nately wealthy did not bear a due proportion ;—a
lavish expenditure of unnecessary offices of state,
and for the pay °factual services ;—the maintenance
of an immense standing army to sustain the power
of the government against the people;—the want of
limited parliament and salaried members ;—the in
equality of special laws and the generally 'enormous
expense of all legal preoeiedings :--and the want of
public schools and the means of increasing intelli
gence and morality among the people.: -
The Gazette then proceeds to answer the inqui.
ry—who are the Chartists ! Here the enthusiasm
of the writer has probably carried him too far: We
have the addresses of the Chartists leaders; quota
tions from them are appended' to the article in the
G a z e tt e , t o which we now refer, and we think the
quotations do not in all respects sustain the remarks
which precede them. There is no difficuhy in be
lieving that the Chartists have been repregebted as
far more hese, ignorant, and tinprincipkai than they
are, but it is going, fin-Mares them with theAmeu
lean patriots 0f.76 and to say that " they seek by
the due direction. of the intelligence and the wilt 0.
!~
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17, 1839.
WALES.
the people. to establish their political !ugh '." We
cannot . suppose that the Gazette is prepar d to say
that the Chartists should rise in arms an. overturn
the aristocratic system. But it their language is
correctly reported, this is the direction which they
would give the popular will. They say—.".We must
demand our rights, and if the aristocratic govern
mem does bot grant them, we must seize theni by
force of arms !"-. But whenever their numbers shall
become siren as to onions° success in such an at
tempt, the tune cannot be far distant when they will
have gained over to the side of i opular government
the great miss of Englishmen, and when a change
can be eff..cted without bloodshed. We trust they
will continue to rouse the. English mind ; to hold up
in a strong light the absurdities and injustice of
their soci.ilorganization, and swell the torrent of ra
tional repoblican feeling, until it shall become irre
sistible.
THE GLOBE PREACH/NG THE WHIG DOCTRINE•
—Alarmed at the manifestation of popular disappro
bation with which certain incendiary cduncillinga.oi .
Loco paper. to New York have been received, the
Globe of Tuesday evening mays at a profession of
Whig principles, nod exhorts and rebukes its mad
followers in thin wise:—
►Rug[ the GLOBE
No run on the Bunks, and the last news from
England.—We are Mortified to see any portion: of
the press recommending a run on the Banks.
e object still more to the exhortations from some
profligate quarters, that the banks and merchants
should ship all their specie to England.
An attempt of any thing of that kind would be
suicidal to them. Neither Depositors nor bill hail
ers could be expected to look on quietly and see their
only security fur immediate payment torn from them,
and placed up in the hands of foreigners.
On the other hand, we earnestly hope, that while
the banks make proper efforts to discharge their du
ties to their creditors, here, they will be treated with
forbearance and kindness.
Any other course will, in the end, prove as ruin
ous to the community at large, and especially the la
boring classes, as to the banks.
It will not only derange the currency, but unsettle
the price of every thing, and make the poor and in ,
dastrious portion of society a constant prey to sharks
in the form.of brokers and speculators.
Caution,justice, steadiness,aconomy, and reasona
ble confidence, wircarry :di through the crisis, ex
cept the few, whose inordinate rashness in the pursuit
of wealth always expose them to shipwreck in the
lightestaquall.
The last news from abroad, with the exception as
to cotton; is certitialy favoiruble.
• The rate of interest has not 'been raised to six per
cent, as was anticipated ; the Bank of England had
not been eon upon for gold to pay the dividends, as
sortie feared; the rate of exchange with the continent
appeared improving; tltr English stock did not de
cline; the budget had been. opened,and the Fevenue
was improving instead of growing worse; and the
prospect of the crops are good.
Cheer up, then. Persevere steadily in retrench
ment. and industsy. Put our
,own ahoulders firm
ly to the wheels, rather than clog them, and all
wilt be well with those who have any right to expct-
SLICCeSS.
MORE STEAM SHIP'S
A London correspondent of the New York Com
mercial 'Advertiser, Mr. Hall, we presume, one of
the publishers of that excellent paper writes thus :
•• It appears that we are to have still larger ships
than the Queen. The Great Western steam ship
company are preparing to band an rron steamer, to
run in connection with their present ship. • She is to
he named the •• New York," and will have engines
of one hundred horse power."
"The Steam Navigation Company has another
ship to be added to the British Queen. Sheis in a
state of great forwardness, and will be called the
President:" She will probably be ready for sea
early next spring : I have examined her thoroughly.
and I assure you, she is as strong as wood, iron, and
copper can make her. Her extreme length, over,
all, will be 270 feet—on deck 245;—depth 27 1-2
feet; and she will draw 17 feet. She will carry 600
tons of freight, and the same quantity of coal. Her
flooring is of solid oak with five kelsons, four of
which are double and 'Very large. Ever piece of
timber is secured by iron braces at an angleof for
ty-five degree., and also with wooded trusses. Her
engines, of five hundred and twenty horse po'wer, are
building at Lipverpool. This noble vessel, when rea
dy for sea, will have cost eighty thousand pounds
sterling."
It will be seen that the tendency of the British
steam companies is constantly towards an increase
in the tonnage of their ships, thus sustaining the
views and recommendations of a Committee, (at the
head of which was Mr. Alsop) appointed at a meet
ing in the Philadelphia Exchange, to report upon
the size and probable cost of a steam ship, to run be
tween our city and Great Britain. If we remember
well, the Committee recommended that the steam
ship should be of two thousand five hundred tons.
From the Southren Rose
A Tale of Scio.
No spot en earth presents a lovelier picture to the
eye of the traveller than the isle of Scio ; at. least
this was so when I saw it, previously to the Greek
Revolution. Of all the island of the Archipelago, it
had received the most peculiar favor from the haugh
ty Turk. Its inhabitants had been permitted to en
gage in commerce, and the arts of the ancient race
had again visited it. Gardens filled with the luscious
fruits of a tropical clime were spread along the
shore*. Flowering trees and aromatic shrubs loaded
the air with fragrance. On landing, the joyous
countenances I met, and merry laughter heard at in
tervals, cp . vinced me that I had come among a hap
py people. Here, as I before remarked, the sway
of the T ur ki s h Sultan was but slightly felt:, a small
tribute was indeed exacted, but this the wealth of the
inhabitants was-easily able to meet, and a Turkish
governor had been placed over them, but he was
mini in his manners, and much loved, although of an
other nee. Yet even this 'seemed to take from
them the liberty which the young Greek, in reading
the annals of his country,' knew to have Leon the
peculiar possession of his forefathers. The more
pireperity threw its blessings around hint, the more
his thoughts would dwell on that which he possessed
not, the glorious prerogative of.bis race., The Greek
mariner is brave and• imaginative In the highest-de
gree. The rock of Wands' told hint the airily of oth
er days. How could ho but long to'
oral the ashes of his sires,
of their fortnei 644, '
behind a name of fear,.
is itiot4d,quake : to hear
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And the time was at band. Yes, the tin% was corn:
ing when they would burst asunder the iron chains
of depousm. America had given them an exampli
of what could• he effected by an undaunted resolution ;
and. while the 'memory of their fatherilindled in
their bosoms, the fires of patriotism, the)image of
their ancient republican virtue lived again in the he
roic Washington, in the eloquent Henry, the boast
and pride of our western world.
There was a young Greek who came in my com
pany to Scio. During our voyage, ho had forcibly
struck my attention, whether from respect paid to
him by those around, or from a certain dignity and
grace of manners, a cannot tell. Ho was rather a
bove the middle size, taller thin the Greeks usually
are, with noble, commanding features, an eagle eye,
which, when.he was in the least roused, seemed to
flash fire, in short,
A form more active, light and strong„
Neer shot the ranks of war along.'
I said to myself, this is indeed a hero, and one who
alight claim kindred with Alcibiades.
A lively voice and a merry laugh were heard from
a group before mai the young Week stepped eagerly
forward, a glanct?of recOgnition was returned -Irin
some one of the party, and I saw a young girl ex
change greetings with him, in a way that showed
they had met before: I gazed upon the scene and
yet I saw it not; my, thoughts were for a moment
bitty with the happy remembrances of our oon
youth; they hurried the hack to my native village—
I saw thee aguish,. my Mary, in, all thy loveliness.
Thou art now the bride of anothdr, and I am doom
ed to wandet 'over the earth ati outcast from home
and from my kindred. _
Anil is thdt Marco,' she said 'why, how yoti are
changed . ? Li it possible you were once. mrphiy
mate How tall yoU have grown.l When did
you come from Pw.te Do you like the Auttriani.?
Surely not as well as your own folks.'
How Inn Melissa might have continued her gues- '
hens, 'twere impossible to tell ; the young man an
swered by taking her hand in his. and whispering
his replies into her ear, so that they
.were lost to us.
Marco was one who burned for the deliverence kif
his country : he had mat with many Greeks abroad
who- were like hiinself, ardent in the cause of free
dom. He was a member of that secret association
entered into hie the young 'Greeks, an association by
which they were pledged to each other, and bound
by the most dreadful oaths, that they would see their
country free froth Tyrkish despotism or die, Among
the Suhotes, a tribe Of hardy mountaineers of the
'Mores, he hid become the chief of a band as deter
mined asilittrielf. The hotirso long desired was
near at hand, and Marco had mine to his island to
infuse, if possible, into its inhabitants, some part of
the patriot glow of his own ardent disposition.
The father of Melissa was ozie eminent, not only
for his wealth, but for the sway he possessed over
the minds of the islanders. To gains him was Mar
co-'s ollject,'and, through means of Melissa. he had
little doubt of success. When a boy he had passed
much of his time at his mansion, and thus had early
become acquainted with this - young Greek girl. ,(
In eastern climes the passion of love is characterf
ized by a suddenness, a violence, which absorbs for
a time every othel. feeling. Ah ! Haidee, thou per
sonification of this powerful sentiment, Byron in
thee, but too well pOurti s ays the vividness pf eastern
passion. Such a love was not destined to be that of
Melissa for Marco. She loved him only as a sharer
in the sports of her childhood ; her heart was an
other's. Marco had adniired, nay had loved her with
an enduring attachment, and his hopes of future
happiness had been centred hi her. As be grvw up
to manhood, his country had become his idol ;to it
he had sacrificed every telfish,every endearing senti
ment, and for it tie was willing to offer up his life,'
but when he saw Irr, when with her aria locked in
his she walked beside him, the fairest of the dough- •
ter! of Greece.
'Rich in all youth's loveliness, her jewelled hair,
Spread o'erkhe marble throne of thought, in folds
Of graceful drapery, ,
From out the fringes of the snowy lid,
Her intellectual eye its radiance sending.
—Her graceful form
Its fair proportions through her robe revea l ing
In sylph-like beauty.'
'Twas enough to shake the philosophy of the
stoutest heart.
And have you bound yourself,' she said, •hy this
dieadful oath? Are we not happy here Why
make tumult where alLts peace ?'
.T1 ) 1 4 calm is hut detusice,' he replied; the Sultan
only waits to pounce upon his prey, until commerce
shall have sufficiently ennched sour shores, to make
them a worthy prize, and thernAdissa, dost think he
will spare thy father ? Will he spare thy beauty
No! ruthless soldiery will trample on all that is
beautiful here, and thou, 0 Melissa, thou halt heard,
heat thou not, of a Turk's' seraglio '
, Mahommed, our governor, has protected us so
long. I fear these are gloomy thoughts of yours,
and that carried_away.by the desire of chaiice you
are about to involve yourself--oUr country, in irre
trievable cal ,mities: 0 think on this ere it be too
late. Think upon the greatness of our foe—how
small the number of those possessed of the same de
gree of patriotism as thyself!"
'Cease, Melissa, to urge oljertions. I have thought
of all these things. You know not the extent of this
conspiracy; our emissaries have penetrated even to
the throne of the Czar of Russia ; -wherever the
Greek name, the Greek religion is found; there we
shall have supporters. The 'fleet of the Moslem
will be as-chaff befOre the Greek fire, in the hands of
our bold and crafty mariners. My Suliote bands shall
pour from the rnomidains upon the terror stricken
Turk. We fight fur liberty, our altars and our
homes. Their effeminate and luxurious 'soldiery
will yield before the spirit which sits upon - otir ban,
mars, and Inoclaiths in the heat of battle, 'The spirit
of liberty is with you, and will give you victory.'
Well may MatiomMed tremble, and well may Greece
rejoice that her days of deliverance are at hand. But
we approach thy father's house, and now Melissa,
assist and be with me, the deliverer °four country
Marco thought that he Spoke with the Sielitua
of his youth. • He spake with her as one who was
to revive in herself the Spartan woman of old ; he
little thought of the torture inflicted on her by each
word that fell from his lips.
'f' he governor of &id bad ode son, handsome'
person, winning in his address and manners, but
perfidious, crafty and revengeful. He had, by some
unaccountable means, won the affections of the
youttg Greek Melissa—bad promised her to forsake
his seligion-4o become a Christain in name and in
PrinS,,* --- had spoken to her of the ancient glories
of 11 e, and hirk he despised his own in
pariaim al& it, and She
herself, pausing all her d4i . in retirement, ihi inter!
;not of the duplicity of mankind; and her simplicity
Iliad thus made her the dupe of - renioraeless and
heartless villain. . •
Ali Ben Ali, thilhat was his flame—hutd.a.„
her hanging on the arm dale hand a a ata i If ar ao,
{seen them La close conference together. Stung
jealousy and ' insentment, he vented his, rage iryLecte:t
curser, and following them at a short diiitance i ,
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saw them enter We house of Melissa.. -
That evening.shevear; to : have met him in agroye;
of acacias; back other father's grounds; at the Bou t
lot midnight. Re went to the spot long before the .
lime, and after waiting in an agony °lmpatience, ail
the last shadows of evening fell upon the scene, MI:P
tts= came. Veiling his anger under a sidling coul;
Ilona-nee, with the, fond eagerness of a loves, he std:
vaned towards her. .
NO. 33.
Ah, cruel girl, Bost thou knots how lons thou
bast detained me from the lustte of thy countenance!
Remove thy veil, dearest. Why should it tiLite
charms so soon to be my own possession? Why
these tears I Has any grief hefilten thee' Has thy
father discovered our attachment I or lost thou
(look me ! Have 4 not promised- to renounce ail
for thee Pity country, my- name, my religion 4'
•Ah it is fur this t doubt thee; and Fear me, that
'tonne to thew so sacred ties, thou mayest prove se
to me.'
i•Melissa, some one has poisoned thy inind'agaituit
mh ; some one has promised more to thee than I.
The accursed Greek has made thee heat me thus—l
- 7 11 no longer trusted, is it indeed so 1 Cal' Melissa
toubt, ;titer all that I have done,all that I have said"'
Yes, she does, I liee it in her manner towards me.
But ah, let him beware of me.. The love of Ali is
deep, hut his revenge shall be terrible. I saw him
with thee; but now-Marco Boitraini—he crawled
my path when s child, bpt he shall npt now, that I
am a man.'
Listen to me, Ali, this is not eo - -.— thy love, min-
MEI
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*Melissa, rnark me, you shat .rue the hour you
dared fasten this counterfeit up e. I loved yoti ‘
truly, deeply, fondly, but now, may curse! liglyt
upon—'
h, ah, curse' me not, spare me, I los/r. I
hwe ! You ate deceived ,' your passions hurt:red you
uway. , .
Thee, I cannot kill, !Mt March!. AS y. I perish
but I will be revenged:
'Oh, then, t, must tell you all. ;tou say you love
me, 3 ou tell me, you swei.e . to me, that pity will be
one of us—that; in your heart, ou deairmto see again.
.Greece revive and take her ace among the na i lt;ons..
You say all this'; you I ve, and tnist
Even if you engage. t with us, your love for the
Greek Melissa,n!ill i bind you to us. Greece is about
to an ake fronviteilc:ng sleep, to grasp at mdepend
ellen, Marco came not here to sue Melissa lbr
her love, but to see — if maltial fire yet existed in
the loveliest of the isles of Gicece. rcati teliypti
no more.
'And is 'true • Swear it, and I Hill love thee,
dot upon-thee as before.'
• I sneae -- ,by thy ProphetTioinb, by that name
winch the Cfiristian trembles to speak . ! Ibis is
ES
The next mortgpg, ere the aun had risen on that
devoted Isle, a bark loosetl'frorn its shores bound for
Constantinople, and in that bark went one, the
agent of destruction to all that was lovely and beau
tiful iik,Scio. Alt Ben Ali had heard enough to raise
him in the eyes of his Sovereigri, and to gain him
command.
What to him was that lovely being whom Pjovi
dence had blessi4,n is true with beauty of person,
but in that gifthad made ruin her portion!
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Marco had been vs*essful his attempts. He
lc ft Scio, the evening of The nem day, proud of reviv
ing martial ardor in his country m i and full of hope.
Mahomrned fell a victimto rhe.too hasty passions of
a' people, 'suddenly roused, and full of the cause of
their country—heleltig gone,.the *bole people bi
_sled. themselves in preparing munitions of war, in
fortifying the island against attack, and concerting
with the neighboring islet.
The eighth morning after the-departure of Ali, a
fleet 'was observed approachipg the ilsand, and in
coristeination the Sciuties perceived that the Turks
were upon them. A silence, terrible and threaten
ing, pervaded the fleet.. At length Ali Ben Ali
made his appearance do the prow of the Admi=
rare ship, which had approached nearest the shore.
lie called for his father, Alshomined, te, appear.
No answer was returned. • They have slain him,'
he said, •and vengence is what remains to us.'
lie scarce hi.il ceased, when the artillery from thin
ty ships at once broke upon that. unhappy isle.
Houses, temples, all thine beautiful totter and full
before the murderous cannon. The people dispu
ted inch by inch the ground where so much hap:.
piness and prosperity had been* theirs. Melissa
is seen every where mingling among the 'combat
ants. She exhorts the soldiers. to tglt to the
death, for their' wives and daughters. r We Will
perish with you,' she said, their- shall not lead
us into slavery.' But thousands on thousands :
perished Vain was the struggle. All was now
one blackened mass of smouldering nrici...—Scio,
.no longer the pearl of the ocean. Havoc. the cry,
neither age nor si.x were spared, and now where was
Melissa
On the eve of ilxat eyentful day, a-ftively female,
with dishevelled hair, and in all the agony of grief,
might have been observed - leaning over the body of
an aged mall, in a retired part of the Wand. The
soldtery had not yet found her,
'Twas Melissa; her father had fallen early in the
day, and had been borne, by the direction of his
daughter, to this spot, while she eadeavered to fiii
his place in the field. When all hope was gone, she
bad come to lament over him, and by self-destruction.
to free herself from dishonour. • The fuel dagger
was already in her grasp—the stroke ablaut to be
given, Alen her hand was arrested by one whom
she dreaded even worse than death, though once
the object of her love. 'The same smile was upon
his countenance, of eternal love upon his lips, the
most fiendish malice at his heart; he had gone forth
to betray her.
Ah, pretty one !' said he, .thou art- mine now,
end may heaven pardon thee for this attempt upon
ithy life. Was hound fur paradise so soon 1 'l, see
how it is. 'Thou wishedat to join the henries there,
thy sisters in loveliness. W bat a pity to have de
tained thee. But Come, - you are indeed to leave
Scio, but you goon board of one of my males. 'Tta
my turn to command no w.'
Heedless of all things, and mechanic ally , she i
suf
fered him to lead her from • the spot ; word, ilO
sigh escaped her.
'Twas midnight, and the Turkith fleet, after the
bloody scene of the day, lay huthed in profound re.
pose, save the Admirer& galley, where the lights stilt
shone, and the music that came along the waters an
nounced
that the feist there held by the officers, was
still in progress. There had been a wedding there
that night. Melissa. was the bride—..a silent one,
however, for she had not pet opened her lips. Grief
had made her dumb. 'She looked on all Objects -
around, as though, she saw them not. Suiklenly ere
the midnight boor had passed, her 'dreatlful. fate -
seemed to flash across her mind. Sl!eatoiele4 and
fell in agony upOn the deck. . gathered 'around
her,. as we Often sec in our citieeTthe collect •
around the navel end interesting object. •
•'Twas then flak a light hark bore* noiselessly to
ward the 1 urkish ship—it reached the aide of lie
Admiral's galley ; the &sitting irons were
and in a moment the fine ship was inritri . r.
volved with the galley ; one plunge, and,Onmorthei
followed. Bodleoly, a streak of hvid light abet,
GEM