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When. , nil arri,e u 1 1 4 . 4 o'cloelk,_do,l the oger. 41" , r sle4tiong to•re Hul arnee at P: If C . 6 //Wel, Ili SUNlll'itY, // .it NOR L.C.D. Ludy fit U. nil Lilo, to take the tcis el The other rihrte:frum Coo/or/la, will proceed to Brady•s 11,1r1, at l'ATrAt% VIII rc IF Nlll arrive likev.lae at 11, tune to take the ('ouch Iu Bluornallurz. (ler wit It, :11Di lir:, R E 11210 I NOILI'llI'M• BF.RLAND at N o'CluOs 111 the onorD , lllZ, Inc .01 the PbrTdvILI.E 11nd DAN IAI1r1:04D at SLID :Airy at hell 11/.1 9,..proecv 1 I, SDA,MoI:I , : I•sr auttarrive the tua iv. tun,: at Poir Frt') (.% rr Iteturultirz, t ,,,,,hecra 4111 leave ut 9 A.. 11., dine at ('o r ot VILLE To inters Cl the 'lust rcorhatog l a tliyuatttut. Coact, to Philadelphia. ii~rEs IZ From , Ph il.td'a. (bro . to Vol titoothei la nd, S.• - ; Oti " ,do to 1.. 4 11.,w14.1, " Putt4o, die to Sootyl,', r lirotti Mt is 1./.1 :- lo Si amok ID • " do' ! to Stiotoirv, gyp., 1'.. , t , %ii1e ~ , & lll.osolle It It ''''' '• do , to Northointafrlarid, .. do 1 to l'attuA 1. , 4 "J Wt)l-1 Kk \ll ..Se. C.). SainoLin. ..ill:Al:Hi ii I‘l kl El. & C., P , ,tracille. • 10SE.Wil t".tX' lON & C* - ' (.itiorr,..7 • l'IH T )1 . 1(11::7.14•'. For qeal. in Pki , l,l , lohi i. a ~Iy• at :-..10d, Not, Maul, , tilt Si., 11,0 mo V,,,,,,,, ii,,h,, ' - gress flail. :it: St s l'o s ited Stat. a litatij and Marshall 11...ive, Clivianut i9r, et. daily In l a-i:I I, .I.e cbtut,!iht (Fun the above- route. Qt.; —tf PultsviNe, Jund 2.D EXCHANGE HOTEL, TsviL It illin in G. Johnson 'II ;‘, ks t.,l[..cri 111,4 Collllleol/10UN establish A c .!.,. utent retlently occupied 1 ry , Joseph 11e.,ver, 1t....q. •a lOC ' Ntt/11.11 MAO, .' L./flier 01 Cr.elll and Cultuwhill stree , and has materially Int i a,,,et: it, arrangement for 4tie accummt.ciatmn ni cu%to tiers. 1 he. situation is irle,sant and central, ititr,z C l llllltt 0,115 to the l ' t/td,.1 . 1 11, 11110 1 . 0 1, r) 11,11, and in Me business part or f l it.: bornuzli ; andt the Dt; re.,y. Llfiew 1.) or Stages arrive r .: id-part Iro tr. the Ex. bande t o and Irina Resdiii , N4,1L:1...11116t.,1Li11d, D.. 1111 Ilk and Cattawassa PRI VA rE 1 F )1141E- , Ave, iti•st re spending the summer months jr. the C•t,t I li., ; zed, a tit be Inrinsned with parlours 11 1 1 erldllllo , 1•.1.044 :Chi thl plea -e he fancy and render enntrwet.,le the ,u .st la-tittmus guests; and I'ILA V ELLERS withalws vs find tlotse accommodations; which are in lief dtsired, and tilt strict attention 'Of servants. . ~. It were SUpellilOOLIS to sly I.iat hli TANA , . anti BAR will alwayis he furni4h..d %lin l'ill)ll,[tt viands end aqudre ; and .1 , ;; a N tsn and.. t, rt.i ,nom to kintify his gilebts patr,olilgt: dt the public. Pottsville. spoil 13, I -51 Davy's SACety .ILainps, OF the beat cin.ktruel tort, an t 1 d ) ,1.1 pio o% t•d Enid RIM) make. ri,w eau to ,2 1 lid nlhrr epairs done at the koh.c•rtfko 's. CHo k and alt.. Maker Shop, tot nt Sane 1, V-tts J0,'.11111 tic l'sW1)“.111. F(H SALE. A 'MVO s . rout• 13rtr1: 111 ter: -Norwegian tiireet. of roiss.lle, •111111• , the aifloinmg hale lot of ground. lately sass u occup•ed by stronfe Painter. i-r.j The - house is well built, will, good accorrinaoda ions for a zam,ly remclntice. For terms, which will he reasonable. a,y.ly to May Itith 20—if G. \V. FA Itt.itril IR. • or to A• UNDF.:!;.IIII..L, 14 Piot Sheet, N, w • 20-3 t A CARD. 4Pentisy I van 114z1.1 REFECTOOII.• 011.11 - SILrER, - 1111ROPRIEV)12, Respect 11 and custontera wilt acevltt hta .nteore thattl,‘ .or the great encouragement hit hes reectvt d trout them Nonce he opentid the ahoy; e,t.,bll,llcicnt. In making this requebt, J •I,,ket. ty inform them lie has iktrimice :mat . mentn fur the Summer Bu...iiiwta. ..11.1 cuusiam ly be supplied with all the au l earti.-Irs which the Phdadelphia Market tau afford . during the Summer Season. • : WINE*. • Old Maderia Wine, per bottle.. 2 110 do. Pale Sherry, t do. 2 00 do. Brown do. • i do. 2 00 do. Port, . do. i do.. 2 00 dn. Ltebon, do. t do. 1 00 Champagne Henry Cloy Wi e; . 2 00 do. Napoleon, 1 . 200 do. Woodcock, I . en 200 do: Victoria, d . 2 00 d o . , Palmetto,. d. 200 Pepper's, Smith's, and Srchel's X X Pale Ale on Drought. Apartments ails ars iu . readiness . for supper parties, &e., and those who dell may erect• to receive every attention 'July 6 , • 4.- - • -- `— •.;?.o,,''i ir .1 , f•i'. ' 4 : 7 -1 T . - _IA , #--'- '. , -- • . . • . . - s ' 4 1 "`" : i.i\-- - N - •;••• •....-.- • . t z , , (. , '\:4' - .k - tio o '"' ' '-' ~. -- -•-- - • .• . . ..... . • .• . . . AMID POTIC SVILLE: GENERAL ADVER e rtsviß . will Leach you to pierce the bo web, of the Earth and bring out from the Caverns oldie Mountains, Metals which will gire strength to oar Hands and subject all Nature to our age and pleasure.—Dl JO /UMW( VOL. XV THE TOURNAMENT. FGL 'T' ON, WrUCE•DAY A FTERWriON, August 2 0 —At length the day 'Nu anxionsle kinked forward . 11 b y pseudo knights, indolent- ftra.finerats, and all the fashion rut England, as well as by thousands and tens or ihnnAandA of the inhabitants of the south of Sends rod, has dawned, but not auspiciously. The sky as overcast, and threatens ruin, and a wind -blows which would be inoro seasonable in %lurch than in August. But the anticipaUoile , of urifavnra ble weather have bud no etilct in keeping away the erowd of spectators. Glasgow and Greenork, l Edin 7 burgh and Driner e. have been pouring forth their rho sands, and the little port of A rrirossan hits had greater rpottituries in it, narrow streets worhin the hat three days than it ever saw befre. It all its , visitors for the last thirty years were congregati d into one mass, they would not, equal those of thy week. “Wattsters fray 'lCilmarnock"- - Paraley ho lies"—“Gtecnocii folk," and —Glasgow hulk," arrive every hour be hundreds. The costumes deserve particular mention. The F..irl of Eglmmo has intlwacrd n wish that all who can appear in any enatume of the middle ages will do so ; and al tie it is-a matter of astoneshment to re. murk how tastefully the ancient dress is imitated— how little awkwardness and incongruity of attire there is, arid how total is the absence of art thing approaching to caricature. . The Ilighland costume i 4 the favourite deridertly—the hilt Ilan its hundreds of wearers, arid the trews its tm.,Cisantio.- Military and nuval cumin - nes are lese abundant, but there are many in the sober burgher attire ot elle dais of James the FC:11 an'd lit the Etalith.—Thy re are ;ew la with the blue mown tio.f black hell of an earlier rico ',id None but tho.e who mre to fig,..re in the li.la wear artienir. Tior I cc o'clock.— rhart Wn , the hour fired for the carol:l,lff ar t at ar r the prrierStllyn, bill the relic, W/11111 iliS Intl ir threat , irisr . E! n:I H' Inorninv. ha. ;raw be .•rin In rare , 41, anal th rtit'ands o lurnhrcllas are on furl, at in etc cv port ncithe Rround, one, the feudal aypearance nt the dpplay in corrtolrn • lv avul.•d 1.11(../e 1,, 111101111 Z chivalrous about an nuttier , lln ! Bill the rain writ drive nobody away. People w ha have br en I.e.k , nrz forward to tips driv sht nano ht. past., and who have rum( fifty miles to tier ttiershnw. are nut tunic to he 1/1•011.1 ,1 teell 111 IV, ',ern should ri l e; abruits open and nungled rain and hail vtut." all Hoerr fury upon thou lir.orit. It Has past t wo o'clock, and in tPiest at a dre r ncli. In 4 f th r ower, when die pr.reestrion starttrd !roar the =I of In consegneree of the rain ac.nnsideratile part the cercinimoil was dispensed with. Aim Queen of Beauty and the halos of her tram were in close ear• riadvn, atid nothing it them could Se, s. in 1.1•• t the to head d It is a veil pity, after !Al Illicit CX• rel,r, a rid so Maw, and such arixouis preparations, hat the display shuuid he toilet!. Even should !hi. %vat hot 0, a r litchi is very imioubable. it will be andrn of three-fourths 61 its aqraclion—the L froupds arc a per .et ass atop, and all in gloomy aid The orranremente Int the display seem to he c z ' renew!. ; tato,. •I'tie 11-ts Sr, sititaled on a firm mere of even ground, rist u n derneath .a gentle bill, upon whirl, there le averitmoodution Mi. at least Mu t) thousand people. wit hoot j or CTOSt time !even o'i ba..k) at le'list Malt that.noim her have ussemhlud, and the stands set apart 'for th.eik! to who,. IlekSia have issued are rapidly fillink tronpal stand for the . king nod queen ot the tournament and tlsir cortege are h dideomely &cora , ed. The with is ly c•iVert it wish scar t cloth, fritig'esShi gold lace, and the canopy over -toe heed or the queen is decorated with cur tains of M..1'1401.1 hloe damask, (ordered stilt silver• The ',de of the k n ight. are al tourer Ixtrenint dilly,. bet.; and are 4/11111.01e cu 01/IeCtII the t aupe Doling the morning the hand of toe A ,r-hint. Vemnab , its, o 1 6,1, 11. , n ,ilrl//y litts 4 c/11 L'ierti an or c tenni tif this kind, tt 'me the .tucc.S•al it - s in I Itti,sl,:t in . all of if - at, aninioctullaracts.r, It wool.. he destreable 'hat the 111,s11. SlltoLtill /It sortie ti g Itstrtsce of li, and that old Scott ism atns should tie litay ed. to the eFelusion ol * Rossint's and Be Pon's. Men-at Arms, in deal suits of armour an.c. cuq tome, on horseback. Musicians, in ,party costumes of silk, rie.hly ern bruldered—thelr horses trapped and caparis ned Trumpeters, in full co•lume—the trumpet arid ban tiers emblazoned with the arms of the Lord of the Tournament. Banner Bearers of the Lord of the Tournament. Tvm Deputy Marshals, in erlathilleS emblazoned with the heraldic arms of the Earl of Eglington, on horses clpnri-oned, attended by a party of nom I= .2„:(1 1,73 OE at arm+, on h,nt.• nie lltralol, with his tabard richly ern br.iidered will) the arn , s i t the Earl of Ei.rWloll. TWO 1 tr£lllValii6, rn enurcre magnificently eioiihrz med. TII E J LK; E PEACE, ( Lord Sa.toun In his rubes, and bearing tiwand, on a horse richly ea pa ri.oned. Roamers, on foot. iu CIAO Tea, car7ying hens y stei I battle axes. 0 :fleet of the Ilalbenlrors, mi lon.e track, in a suit to demi armour, will, a gilt iiartitril min loot, in liuiaa of the Lord, carry. ing halberds. Mn, at Arms, in dem) sous of armour. The Herald of the Touriettnem, w rib ht. tabard, 'Addy etithlizoned w ith hera'dic de vice.. Til E KNI'•IIT 1IA12:01 k1..0F E LISTS. Gro gym. (Sir Charles Lamb, Bart ;. In a still n' black annual, richly eintio..ed and gilt. covered by a surcriat, richly emblazoned wish the betaldtic rataring,-111s horse richly minarisimed. ki I'o. ViaCmil.t Chelsea. 7‘1. , 1 , r M'LL,wa;!. I. Aticuduuts mil the Knight Mar.hal mil tita colours, bur, white amid gold. licaborch.ra of the Knight Mar-hal in leterii.a of his colour., with their halberd.. Ladies Visitors—Lady ninigninery, Lady Jane Moolgoilery, and the !lon NI an NI iscdonahl —on hurres c.iparls..med w ills blue and ai line ink, t ut d with : gold and .ihmr, cacti kd bi grams 111 eiltlillllll' of their rob eras TIIE KING or"rilE TOUR N A M ENT. A magnificent Mille oh. gratis Viliel, d wino gu•J, cover e d b) a crimson velvet clunk. trimmed w tmgold and ermioe, having a crow',, with ei ml.Oll velvet. harries. or tins hurtle criati , on E-cpire. E-quire. Colonel %t Irvine, E,44. lLilherdiers in ',eerie., a. beibre. fll E.: QUEEN OF ()EAU Giturtn. (Lady Se) Moor), IJir..cd in a robe of violet, with the Seymour crest em broidered- 11/ a il ve.t, on blue violet, the kor-get or tipper part of the bodice ornamented by a ina-a or irrtetoun atones and gold; a cloak or cerenie eel vet trio d with gold end eriome ; bead dn.., ring part of neck, barred with gold, each bar tieing ornamented with a row of peons; and riding sin a horse superbly caparisoned; a drapetscd canopy oome rlver her by attendants in costumes, attended by four petit pag.a iu costly cumulates. Ladies attendants op the Queen in rich COidUILIL . P. F. ( hatter is. E-q The hitter, in a charaeteristic partpcoloured (blue and yellow) coin urne, beating higaceptre, on a mule caputlitoned in blue and yellow cloth, and,trapped • wills belle, &c. - lietaincrs on foot in liveries of blue 'and', yellow the' colours ed`the Lora of the Toueuament. The Irvine Archers, in co!tutnes of Lincoln green, bisak velvet baldsic. modelle. &c. 'Claude Alexander, . .Lord Kelburo, ' A. Ogniainghern,•E-q. Sir Robert Dalai. C. 4. Buchapnan, cap - tain Blair. Sir,A. Hamilton, Bart. Stuart tlay, - Esq. Captain Moutgoruerie. , lIIIM 27 -tr. _ Weekly by Benjamin Bannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SACTICTRD.A.Y MORNING. OCTOBI_III 12. 1539. J. Brownlow, Esq. J. Burnet. E.g. Hamilton, Esq. Hon. J. Strang wars Captain Blanc. Genre., Rankin. E-q Retainers of the Lord of the fourimineoL Halberdiers of the Lori, in liveries of lire colour's. Man-at Arms ' The Gonfalon Man-et Arm.. n nett-Armour. ' 'in half-arinour, borne by. man...worms. TUE LORD OF TUE TOURNAMENT (Earl of Eglrotuuo,) Groom, in a suite of gilt armour, nobly chased ; on a boarded charger—cap:trim:Ms, Sc of blue and gold. The Banner, borne by Lord A.Scy.nuor. Empire, F. Cavendi.h, Ripka, G: Dundee Retainers of the Lord,' as before. Halberchers of the Knight or the Griffin, in Liveries of his colours. Mart-at-Arms the fit lun, In halt arcuuut Man at Alms, in halt armour. borne by a man at Arms. nen followed, supported by their esimi es and at lendan.ff m armour. THE KNIGH OF THE GRIFFIN, (Toe Earl of Craven ) TUE K N IGH I OF •111 E DRAGON, , Maroolu of Waierlord.) THE KNIGHT OF . 1 LIE BLACK LION, • ( V...count Alford.) THE KNlGirr OF GAEL, (V,s(muot Glen 000 THE KNIGIi OF THE DOLPHIN, (Earl of Cto.outit,.) • ' THE KN II ai OF * *PIIL CRANE, (Lord Cramtoum) THE K.N IGH OF THE RAM, ( al,e Hon. Captain Gage.) . 1 HE KNIGHT, (Julio Cantel, THE K OF I iii; SV* AN, (Um) Mr. Join monto.) THE KNIL: DT OF TDE t,OLDEN (eitptain J. THEANIGH I , OF HE WHITE ROSE, (Cliarlem Lawn. E..': THE KfiN DJ II OF IHE Au'.S HEAD, (captain /tertian rd.) Tf/E K / OF THE BUR DER, air F Jub~reto e.) THE KNIGHT )I.' THE MAO. ING (Sir P. 11.ok TILE KNIGHT OF 71/E I(ED ROSE, ',W. J Ler;inete. T HE . KNIGHTUF THE I.IUNSS PAW, maly. E-q. TIIE U.\ 1 6 / 1 7'S ORS, a sicie ILL curt times. wurtl:4ll<zi in charactesi4tic costuum, un fuoi, ascii bearing u two-handed sword tat, rigot. et,uulder. Bowmen. ‘Vtth thear hood. and bows. 7 hr ts.,o•2o_lleil 01 lily. Catale, in his costume 01 °thee, and bearing has wand ' ' Two Deputy !finish:Lis. in co. , t um s, .MA horseback, us•b, foto. Aticiidautbof the Deputy Al.ibl;.Lls. (Immix r ams (Wait iiouseholn, in costumes o 4 office, etch hearing his key. Set-% nors of the Irwin, on lout. • . Men , fti-Artna, ss buthre. . The gallants, having entered 'the lists in a regu lar and intt.restiog order:eafli having a lady; under his piutection, and other pr liminruy matters .ha,- mg been settled, are to begin their .cutr:.es uubjict to ttie-rollowing fetes: .1. Nu . Knight can - be perMitted to ridc Will ni baving.on the wf. dle of paces. Y. ?it. Knight to ride inure than sit eolfrses with the earns,-opponent. • 3. It is' y the Earl of Eglin tiln and must be ai.lb.Clly w underNtouti by each Knight, upob ecgagiog to run a ennise, that he is to strike his opponent ,on no other part' than the and that an attetnt Made elsewhere, or the ' lance broken across, will be adjudged foul, and ad yantagea in foriner conrseS fUrleilvd. 4. Lances o(cqual length, substance, add dual'. ty, as far as can be seen, will be delivered to eacti Knight, and none others a ill be allowed. Pariii.u. lar attention is must earnestly fey.i sled to be uani to this injunclion lor the general-good and credit of the rolrnament. The name.' o' the knight@, esnuircv, &c. are as ot the Tournament—The Marquis ot Lonihn (terry. E quite.—t'ubund Wood, Mr. I:l,ine. DEEM Earl of,Eg,lintoo,.. Marq of WaterforJ, Earl Crave Earl of Cassi.lis, Viscount Alford Viscount (ilenlyon, Hon. Capt. Cage . Hon. M. Jerninghain Captain larhe, .Sir Fred Johnstone 6tr Francis Hopkins Cat tan' Bcrcstord Mr. Chlirles Lamb Mr. C. Buotbby Mr. Lecheinere Mtn= Lard A. Seymour, Mr. G. Dunas. Str C. Keut, Mr. F. Cavendish, Mr. 1.. Ricardo. Pages—Lord John Beresturd, Mr. M. White. Bon. F. Craven, Hon. J. Mo:cdonald. Mr Cu,t, Mr. T. 0. G. GabeJigue. Sir Duvia Dundas, Mr. Balfour. • Mr. A. Murray, Mr. R. Ferguson. Captain Stephenson, Mr. G. Campbell. Capt. Purvey, Mr. H. Vt tllson,ta pt. Pettit, Mr. Cos Vis.coiint Diundanrig. lion A V ViscoMik Maidstone, Mr. Lumley. Mr , R. CrauforJ, M. J. Gordon. Mr. Cuirv, Mr. J. Ilorlo4, Mr. J. Fanc. The 'Duke pf BeaufmA, :.;ir Frederick ll..B:ith urat., Lord Cran.tone. Mr..C..oriphell, and die Hon. Capt. Ma)nanl, have tlt•clitted. • .• UNITED STATES SIIIP pe THE LINE, I'H NORTH CAROLINA. i. rr\ i, A gentleman fro' England who has a t cry inti mate lalovrledge of aval affairs, and has seen the finest ships in the Br ish, French. and Russian 11.1- vies, paid a visit ou Sunday last to the 'United States ship of the line. the North Carolina, now la) Mg in pur‘hirbor, an after examining the ship an every Part. re.tiaineii to be prei:esit at the muster of the men and boyaHand at the morning ae.r.ice of pray ers, by the. ship's chaplain. We have :reason to know th it ho expressed his high uditurian of this noble ship au4 her equipments, and that he consid ered her superior to any battle stailaa'nftrie same class in any of the navies of Europe: .while be thou.4ht the ay-stem...a training for the men and boy's, pursued by Captain GALLAftLIBiI," and so ably su-itamned by his-officers, ti be the best 'ever yet adopted in any country, for the making able sad obedient seamen, and fiting them for that union of courage, skill, and subordination, which constitutes the great perfection of a Man-of-war's crew. Captain Gallagher, unit ing in himself the example of a thorough bred sea man and gentlemanly officer, and having great de cisionof character joinedito mildness of manner, ap pears to be pctuliarly adapted to the task of training ills rowel materials supplied to the service by the daily entries of green men and boys—and fitting them, by a firm yet moderate discipline, for the dis charge of their duty in the ships to which when thus qualified, they arc transferred. Incteed, the ship and tier equitnnen i ts. the training of the 'men and the education of the boys, the c.ire of the sack, and the whole system ;rationed, might serve 4a g model wor thy the imitation of all the nasal isiwers of the world. —.V. rut* Cum. Ado. , QUALIFICATIONS OF C...NDIDATES SIX- 1 Y-111REE YEARS AGO Jo4y 2i, 1776.—•• Near nine P. M. went to meet the mut:melee bf pnvates, with others, Thorne's school room, where three pe.-sona, v z: James Can non, Titnotay Matlack, and Dr. Young, flourished away on die necessity of choosing eight pi nions to be proposed to the people for their concurrence in electing them next aecond day for our Represents ttves in Convention. The speakers expatiated great ly upon the qualifications they should be posi,es--ievf.of, viz: great, !earning, knowledge in' our history, law, mathernettes, &c., and a perfect acquaint.ince with the [At; a, manners, trade, constitution arid polity of all flatlet:l.s, men of independent fortunes, steady in theet integrity, :zeal and uprightness to the determi nation and results of CoMtress in their opposition to the tyranny of Great Britain.“—Christopher Mar shall's Reioetnlirsiivc:r. Groom F.,q;lire, U. M'Doual We were net apprised of the deeiase of t!,is gen tleman, until a friend informed us on Monday even t. at h had just returned from his fuuerel, else we should have noted the event in that day's iinpres -41011 For inure than a year past he had been suffer ing twin I:fc site, ts (al a severe stroke of at LI long and useful ~,e uu Saturoay.. it .+ate nut 1.11.1.11 a hire period of hia hie that W had tue I,,ea.sure ul forming lusaequdintdime, at..l with the txception ol a single case, v.t. !hoe sl.a) had 11,, 1i 1., rO t 4arti turn as a man of beileNnient pint and uf great Itintioesb ol feeling. That eACI. LOU Was Lund in hi., exceeding and undying, t ityr utas tmesid the seberable Cclunel rrunibuil,us wan , itesteu ut .us !mugs, As un artist, Mr. Dunlap occupied a respec . Lti le rank, and as a man of Inters a distinguished one. ile early turned his Liar lawn to painting, and his portrait o! V 414/Irn g tui t—a tray MI Sketch , -- tiCises - ed w tie t.,e widest picture of that illustrious man ex tant latter aril greater works of art were he Llfirist Rejected, " and the Lrucitixon," painted after the designs-of West, from the etched outlines, which only he had seen.- Some of his portraits had considerable merit, as for example that of the lute Ftioinas Lod), panned for the ew York Ilu;pi.ai. kits Jack Lawton, painted us an illustrauoir of our of Coopei's 'characters in the Spy, is also very deter. Re had a strong kive for the drama, and did nit:eh tdward to elevation-- in thin country. lie was fur yeas tVe manager of the old Johu *Street Theatrir, and we belie,d, shy for a time, of the Park. But his reputation as a man of letters will he the moat 'enduring. The pri.;dueuous of his pen have been numerous, and lily works are to be found in 04 e•CS era! et partments of tite.draina, biograptiy, , history anu fiction. His fir.,t biographies' work, we belt. ye, was the life of Coal-les Broaden Drowii—w hich,wits soot, followed by his life of Creorge Frederick Cooke. More NsJumble still were his 0..9 able works ot min gled history and biography, the History of the Amer ican Singe, siM.the History of the Arts of Design in the Lotted States: His more recent works, with like exception ot that ele%er and w liolesonie tic talon, The Cold Water Man," hare been About four ,years ago he puldisheka valuable compend of the history of the state of New York,bor tne use of schools, and at the time of the attack of paralysis, snbich has esentually carried him off, he Was engaged upon, and had almost compl ted a large hrtory 01 the en pire state. The firizt volume of this work has jtiav teen pULdished; and the se. mid we are told-is neatly out. We think it will be a valuable acquisition to our -tore of histo•y= especially as a repository of facts. —lt was as a collector of these, rather than as a brilliant writer, that Mr. Dunlap excelled. Ilia dili gence and his patience in research were remarkable ant. untiring. Ills • mind' was clear and vigorous down to the time of his tittack by disease, and his memory was a grand-store-hOuse of farts and Anec dotes, personal and historical- Hence he was one of the most interesting companions in conversation often to be met with.—New York Cum. Ade. A Nal fur the Genhogisls. —lt is stated in the llrookeville, Indiana. American, of late date, that Messrs. Cummins Sc. McNutt, who are digging a a ell for their steam mill ittUnton town, of thut coun ty, when about 35 feet below the surface of the earth came upon several pieces of wood, limbs of the neva, leaves, &c. The wood was of the swamp cedar, none of which is supposed now to gross in the West. That paper says: The town of Union is ht aflat, beach country, far removed from any stream or wa ter course, and near the well is the stump of a large oak, which has just been cut`down, and which has stood the storms of many hundred winters.—Whon were these leaves and limbs deposited 35 feet below the roots of this sturdy nab The Seducer and the Avenger. lie eteril coasts of Scotland possess few situa tion's; which surpass in pomt of (keenness the stela of Duitscansby.Uastle. This u.assy pile ot architec ture situated in a barren plain, upon the extreme north-eastern point of the kingdom caposed to the bleak blasts of the North Sea in front, and the heavy drifts of 'MTV from the mountain in the rear, oilers but few indimements es a habitation of mankind. Nor does the castle relie‘e the dreariness of the heath that surroundsat. Amass of frowning tow ers and battlements, half dilapidated, and overgrown w i t h mow an d ivy, skid on which a century has showered its dusktueus and decay, sung to by naught save the howling wind; the shrielling mew, or tLe .moan 121 `the North Sea, as it dashes against the rocky shores, is a sight fully calculated to cheer or enliven the feelings of a spectator. The last rays of the setting sun were gilding the dark stone lowers, and lighting its gloomy halls and galleries through the fretted casethents,.when a per son attired in the finest garb of a hunter, and follow ed by a brace of hounds, issued from the ca s tle ga t e . and bent his course listlesslp toWirds the shore. There was the void of an unocopied mind in the expressioci of a handsome countenance, which was slightly tinged with the effects' cf dissipation, and seating himself upon a rock, he directed his atten tion to the graceful swoop of the sea-bind, for want of a retire - interesting and engaging subject. Pres- ILLIAM DUN LAP W,' ently another figure, whose 'apparel bespoke him a fisherman, advanced, and touching the hunter, to ap prise him of his presence, be exclaimed, •• Eden is dead. " The voice was stern and tremulous, and the bhie eye of the young fisherman lightened his melancholy features with a deep and troubled emo tion ; but it passed away and he stood calm and col lected, awaiting his companion's reply. The hunter started and grew slightly pale as his eye fill upon the fisherman, but quickly recovering his ' , quern:l ll 4, he said, "Pan l iu any inanucr uilay your grief ! Messes 'Mall be said fur her repose, and here, Paul, is gold to discharge the funeral taus; Like it, man, and tf mis not sulfa:4 ut you shall have mure. " ..No, Sir James, returba the fisherman, with a repulsive wave of hcs hand, and a smile of bate' uess upon his countenance, we have en.mgli from the hard earned saving of uur .dally toil, to klets , sit the victim of youi seduction in the basuin ut our er earth.'' Paul, nad Elleu lived, I should Lillie yet redcmn ed her honor, '• said the nobleman, nimbly affected by the deep and Impassioned tones of the fishermen, w hr. b seemed to issue from has inmust soul ; •• has.. ficquently meditated reparation, and rcaulsed upon ; it is truth, Paul, the honest truth. " The descendants of Dukes ai:d Earls, the Li it to a princely name and lortune, connect himself with dm„!ncr ! said Paul., sternly r• eine; his companion ; •••Sir James, tt is useless to add the epithet of liar to that at vvillian.•'. Peal, these ure hArtl terms for th) lu,d, and roa•ter." eiclairneeithe nuhleman, visibly rebu ked; - but .your feeling* are aruilAed, and L for. give then' as thd workings of• a heaitd and uhbled imagination.'" tlir James," returned the fisherman, 1 hate had enough to•ame me mad, stark staring mad; but thank (hal that I bay(' :rut retained my reason." I acknowledge that 1 have not acted honorably towards your sister,' resumed Sir J ames, ut [ OW a tiling to make every rep tration to you at.d your old tattier." Reparation! "exclaimed the fisherman, altile, his eyes gloat-ti a ith indignation, what r• partition elm restore my sister's honor—you have murdered her—allied her fame with a foul and bla s ted reputa tion—sent her before her God disrobed,of her virgin purity— with the glow of shame upon her cheek— dragged the grey - hairs of her old heart-broken father to the verge of the grave—stabbed my peace of mind for ever in this world—and you now talk of report'. tiou! 0, fiend ! fiend ! I wonder that the,light mug of heaven dues not blast you to ashes'. Paul ! Paul !" paid the. nobleman, while his lip quivered with emotion, ..this t• o uhto to endoi ed *; it is indeed I, Paul, recollect your ststion and mine t think on that Paul." Fool," shouted the fisherman vehemently, .• do you think the fortune and fide entailed upon you by your ancestors license you to clOde the virtue ui those who though depised by theikristocratic, exceed you in generosity, have souls r rual will sit as high 113 heaven. Draw sir i draw—you must tight ;•the spir it of a murdered sister cries revenge " .• Paul, I am u.aster 01 the Weapon, and could spurt thy lite at pleas‘ure;" said the noblemat home and we %ill talk the matter over when you have recovereu your self possession, recollect, Paul, am puvverlui and can itvenk;e, hut I will forgave ., thee this." Sir James, - resumed the fisherman, cooly, o I am not to be trifled with by -a cold hearted and un principled vdliau,. draw, • and defend yourstlf or by God 11l run you through. " "Then y our blood boon your own head," shout ed the nobleman, unsheath.ng his rapier. Both planted their feet firmly upon the bard earth, 'measured and crossed• their shining rapiers, they were perfectly cool and collected, and each parried and ibrM.t with the nicest precision. For a long nine, during which but light i;erattlies were inflicted by either party, a victory, remained undei.ided but then as Paul attempted tl lunge, his sword flew high from his grasp Sir James had disarmed him, the fisherinan offered his heart to the victor's weapon, but the nobleman turned proudly on his tiCel, ex claiming; young mum I gise you y our lift, and for give you your insults." It was Late in the night ?hen the fisherman re tuiticd to his wretched abode after his discomfitun: he had sought the wildest quarter of the shore, and there seating hims If upon the rocks, he listened to the angry roar of the wave, as it combed agNiii4 the bench, and the.heat mg of ills bur..olui V. a' quit to. d, his ups quivered no longer, for there was something' the wild and fearful moan of the troubled deep, that allayed the storm in his bosom; ideas dawned upon him there that -seemed to makins future destiny, and point out a bright star in the prospeett , e vista of his existence. 11 lignver Lis thoughts were that night, they seemed-to have affected n cempletertvo lotion in the young fisherman's Mind: for he arose calm and unthourhed,and with a deep resolve upon his co ntenanee that seemed-to thlow alititiuly noble bleness over his soul, he entered thegloomy wig sor rowful ab.-de of the poverty strickon and limit brc. ken father. Paul. Pant," fuletitned the aged .parent Ilk 40 had been informal of his son's encounter with the noblkinan “has not misery enough this day fsticai upon our house, but that )ou should add mote to the insupportably burthen by insulting hint whose gen erosity• sffords us a shelter froin'the itoi - to. And whose sillany has broUght disgrace .upon our name !'' exclaimed the son. oo Oh father, it is imbecility that prompts you to speak thud of your child's murderer. Can you sit there and chide are• from seeking revenge I " Pgy," Mterrupted the parent sternly, •• leave revenge to beavin ; Sir,Jamed id a peer of the realm, and mutt not be iiisult4 by a serf like thee; he has wronged me deeply, I allow; but it is ltstt for thy hands to avenge tbaCwrdng.7 Old mam'froM ►he bottom of my soul .Ipity your infatuation," said the son. Peer of the rAalml and does that empty title, which must pass awac like othee eanhly strings, prillege its wearer to seat ter death, deeolati'on and u4isery upfin the thieshold Of the unfortunate I Hy heavens ! did be sit on the throne, surrounded by all the ensigns and pomp of immaculate royalty, I wOuld act the same. s ac rifici my life, my hope, my tip, for one single monument of revenge ! " • Silence! impious boy," thundered the grey heir- crowdilin - entrilitee - ind ed parent, ..-for Ulna cannot 'hush your treason, out he e i e latmed: of my louse and speak it to the air. " 's. To the beach, iny •• Be it so, father, ^ said the young man ruing , us quit this land of tree and moving towards the 'door," I nould Min i•ee in) By th e t i me the offs sister laid in the atoll, Itut I will torego the sight at calm, andtall traces of thy command—may tial'grant thee It ealthond hap- I countenance, his Order pines -- farewell ." 'lnd the young fahermati hur- tcmied`coolnitrayend.m rigid aural. al4wag news of the night. Paul shoetta in bisAsoto for the and obediont oun—cnum hurt thq ft-pings;Mid:if an old heart4rikeu fother with misfortune? Patti to. mad I' 4 -1 he ideman.; restless Ne'rth'Ses aasthe; Paul; *hen l hi!sipdxs,h !cote prevaded as before, anti sunk.littek exhausted, and al , : There is ao interval of gain introduce the young it iernat neceisairythat be Ail all the depressiee and exal attended his indefatigable - st A country. hadthrown off sin; thithei he hastened liberty and iuttred•ef apphet• self in the rani, of the intne., fought and bled'nrith prienced aucimadenot ho heroic valor,.patiloile leA an gettereus nation entibl hate a •1N o. 41. One niorning a lOtty ; the Pnitett tates, anchored eld man aloud upon the the proud,barque th gallant npon the wit iiitt s Rod po the tnig .nighty people that repel king;“ muttered the old ma lion. They say•there's no di the poor man and the rich, much respected Mid protect thousand poutirle l ." Here hi &boat was seen pulling fro towards the shore. WO awe and respect the strange people, ae they I's —nue of them. who appea -superior officer, stood -fur old man,. ho shtunk from t Do you:not remen own flesh and Wood I" said Jo )ou forget )our truant Pa BEI The old man was stupifiec the figum of tlie handsome ti c .llection. was thrown back u, For a moment he doubted his hand across his brow, wtt grad u a'ly the identification be itanding. and clasping the of claiming.! t. Welcome, my.. old tALer's heart,'.' Ili can wordsrould convist no idea of of Jured them ; once he wept laughed immoderately, fur tht light at the old man'ileart. i rlace him on board, his cunirades; and in a few pasq - d the deck 'of a ship co hrs‘e utid Itinti lost son. The officer; acCompanied i•rocceiled towards the otitis James, tie was shown into m an rose ut big entianee, an { o wed his vi:iter to he seate •• You do not recognize mel officer ; tune bath eff.eetl your 1111:1110r) s If ever 1 hell the pleasure it has rettunril, ' said the - not ly at the features of the offic Look again, Sir may perceive in the hard co now- colifiouts you, line Paul ---- --," fie ! I recognize you," husky voice Vllkde his cheek ness, and his band grew treu tumn ; twice he essayed to s his voice failed bin], but, at effort, he broke forth—. Ye_' well ; but you have been for As the nobleman concluded cent smile; but it was üborti on his thin and colored lip. - For a time the officer rem' his companion, who semi:tett etrattng.eye that pierced thl soul ; at length breaking the inflation, that his voice alWh i he said, "And I bless it, the! power of orevengifig her wl I your treachery. Sir James- I Fight! ' echoed the nu it not better,,Paul, that the It can never be recalled, an us would . not asaiWthe case have fallen• over that transc 11106 . papaw') ; then why of a cimuinstanee, which WI Painful feelings • without a them." *Sir, James,'? answered t' seemed to heave from his ex perieueed many vicissiTh this slitqe, and Encounter(' and E alms of life to efface , t o.currencee, but that one my equanimity, engrafted plaLeo tiie hand eniphati there o as a moment of Pa ft sunted, my strug I been instigated partially th l e W hi n we vi ere weapons; there was ddis lions; you were a peer of ly mum and 1, a pour des -has effected a change in lain your title and distinct to command in the nits .1 comprising the Republic are removed, and if you a l the. satisfattion I require. The nohleinal.was s. but there was silk , nething CULOIRLIIIIOI,I a Colllitetpmee less, anti changing the su your' Ther,you will Paul. Whatif I ling for rather asked the noble. the tuuntenance of his of such arvivent... 6. : 111.y fo:lowers guard the officer calmly. Sir drop. and for a moment grace stupefaction, but he rushed to the d ly exclaimed, Then b what you so earnestly ' The marines station (lash of steel, which iO ehtt 'lon not AAA rbeeip bead-has tinik lie heck or wit! Bo a,-and the °moan of the derepose to his speettt: t the samizeperhttatto the miserable, old tessFi. est inanimate. - -. 1 y- years berme . ** i.-; . . mama to our readers: 1 uld be trteed through • circumstances, which . ggles for disiinithin:" . 6 Y_ steel by ~ ateu by the "love Of . .; o.n. He ringed MM.- F d kid hardy colonials: nd init dear years ei one, which la ilkth i ng but ~ rove of a plights and ~ ardOd. . ''''` .. • 1, bearing the flag at t l lif Dunseafisby Beall. ,* beach, winching with &sled io gracefully It ill a yeaterar eti the soldiers of . out: ;.-they area great nd [Unction there between nd a fishermen is as , as the master of s musings - were hushed. 'the ship, and headutg old malt gazed upon.- l epped upon the bead Sc hiedresa to be the einem confronting the deep gore of his blue , r the child of posh the uttcei.." /other 1 1' , his eye roamed over leer, and then his re ion his wayward boy, is senses, and passed a bewildered air, hot ming upon his undo.- cer to his breast, es , to m, welcome to pine i !d peak 'no more— ', his feelings, and Ins ikt a child, and theh re nias vanity' and • dc- tho officer to onii of °meow the old man i nmand,d by his osih a file m marines, then on enquinng fur Sit oratory ; the amble , bowing, t_uuticuusly tqr James," said th 6 y recollection from of your acquaintanie, gazing earnestr !inmine well, end vitt umunre of him whil tits of the: injured.' !aid the nobleman to -a lassumed an ashy pale lugs as a leaf of--eu• eak again, but as often, ngth, with a desperate Paul I reieullect you II nate in your absence' e attemptedrplti e, and died gh stly up- :ined sulentyl gazing at o shrink how the peels inmost depth. of MO silcnpe, wfra low jn— when EEM 1 it has given me • the 1 . sleeps the victim of L e moat fight.' .leman, solemnly ; " is .ost should he forgotten! i the death of cithet of . la particle; many years Lon, and it sleeps ak". aken the teconectimi. 11 only serve to call forth: i attendant to allniatia is oftrer, end his votes inmost chest; I have les of fortune epee I fled enough of .the t§tofuts 1 i.. 'remembrance of many s deeply, too deeply for . ere." . .As' he spoke, he fly on his breast, er.l Irtful silence, He avail les fur distinction have •t we might .meet on an both'younger, ae crossed repancy then in our isti he realm, , beir to a prince / serf fisherman ; but time hat regard,; you-still re= on, and I have the hem& of the Thirteen' States, 4mcrica—all ob)eetions • a man You cannot refuse in about to remonstrate, lin the expression of his that told lion it was 'Use jsct, he said: coLeent W engage with suplwse I will not ish unresustinglY: • iistid y attendantit.l" acid_ or , for he gazed deeply M mpanMn to mark the effect the entrance," answered James suffered his arm to ood ' regarding Paul. with away recovering -himself. d grasped his rapier fierce my soul you shall 'have' • k. iin the gatery heard thi, i ' few moments was sacred. !nother moment their officet /.. before them.—There-wai his eye,' ail apparent. rib .nce,bis cheek was as pals which grasped his !ridged ty. v , Give wayi there 9 1 1 , . domestics -who began to I. en,turning to his killeintni ed by IL%etay fall. • In • opened the door and a haggard rildernela •. 1 stractiou in his counters . 1 as marble, endlita hand award trembled violen staves!" sinintedlip-to pen-';-on to the bout, end lit hery and oppressioh r regained his slap, he was ecent ' passion bid fled his -were - telivered with areas • remained of thelierdib
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