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Pantphletr,eliecke, Cards 41111trof Lading and Ifindbil& of :every leseriptiOnen!atty printed at this o.:icent thelowesteash prdCes.l [From the Token for 1842.3 , • Aguting Song., 131(.1. C. PERCIVILL, Oh! eee how t h e red deer houndeth; As - she hears the horn inlthit morning; lie Inaps, as the blast resound th„ In his.'' flight, the bunter sco ning, And sity, away, Oh away, Ile,fleets tlif:ough the forest rear; 'Tis more wild freedom's pia TharEihe hurried speed 'oft ear. He leaps, as the blast resound th. In his flight,ahe hunter scorning; And away, away, he Ix undeth, — Air he hears the horn in the[morning. . ,Then ohn! oho! oho! Away to chase thedeet— , Olio! oho! oho! The free, the free are Pere. And, on,. through the forest fleeting, Ile hies to the rock-built ft untain. And hears but the echo, retrering To the dells and glens of tl e mountain, itan.ts by the welcome sprang, And looks an the mirror belw— When, hark ! through the gree lwood ring The horn and the load oho •Ileleaps.na the blast resoundeth ; •In his (light the hunter scoring; And away, away he boaindeth. As he hedrs the horn in the r Then oho !phi)! oho Away to chase the de Oho! oho! oho! . The free, the free are From the Magn . bision of al DT. NARLII.' GEATRIIf , .. ; • it,:wias night, the suihmer •it was full of holy i , ellmneis, the lightest hinds is err a sleep in tteir un- I 1 kno w n resting placeit=even the tremulous leaves of the mimosa were still, amid the ( lily's bell of purity hung without 'motion. Them on was nnt,in Heav en, but the innumerable stars wire there—in undim med briAhtness they shone Girt ; not even the tini- est elqu t!iretT its light draper around their born ing thrones. No - -frown hung arkly on the mighty brow of the tameless ocean, fort the sang of the sea nymphs had lulled the storm-spirit to rest in their coral caves . ilia its waters kissefd .he silver sand 8n softly, that 'echo failed to give wick an answering kiss. The green world of wd ids filled not the air with the melanch ,ly music of its unquiet leaves: it was antdasevery other; fold of ature's robe. On this night of undisturbed repose: II was alone. if solitude edn dwell where th million tongues of earth, sky i land ocean. speak a I nguage to the heart which bath , ' amysterious totv4 to calm . its hatigh tiesttpassts. The universal Spirit of stillness had covered Me, also, with his inviable wing, and ?s I yielded to its dreamy infl.ieqe, behold! his twin stater meditation stood before mile. Her countenance Was inexpressibly beautiful, a d a majestic grace dwelt in her perfect form—her ow was peaceful as ei infant's dream, and yet Cher was a strange hright ness about it—it seemed as if t rough its marble and transparent whiteness shone orth the radiance of some acme') source of lustre. She waserrayed in a robe like the_mantle of twilight—half sunshine and" half .hale; and the rays of pn+less diamonds threw their sunny light on the darkness of her raven hair. She placed her hand gently -onlmy head, and turned her thou.4htful eyes on the ocean—mine followed the gaze. Lo ! a change had taken place. Nature had flung aside her drapery , of silence, and the lion roar of the vexed sea came upon ru ear. The beautemis smile of its cairn had disappei red; and its 'waters dashed in foaming waves against the strong sides of a stately ship. One form was alone visible on the wide deck, but . when my eyes l ested on it, it forgot to seek another. He was above the common height of man—strength swelled in his lofty - .proportions, and the hand. of symMetry h d moulded them rill. Oenitis had stamped his princely signet on the broad brow, and Mire also the soaring schemes, had left their impress in .aleep lines. The compressed and arched lip spoke of a On and haughty soul, while its craved lines showed that smiles were no stranger theft.. In the Cleerl light of the oriental eye, the. beautiful spirit. of,, his. mind dwelt as in a diamond shrine, before whose nagi --- c power the com mon hard bowed as to a divini y ; but, deepest :mel ancholy, and the clear olive of !the Cheek was pale as with watching. Though night had now reached her. starry noon, hp was still gazing out upon the ocean and the sky,—naught else met his view, and as he looked on them words of thril:ling soiled came from his lips, and were borne on the night air to my ear. Oh!' 'majestic sea! long, long,-have I, vainly sailed on thy. vast .and unquiet bosom ; long has the wild mug . ; of the crested billows been, to me, as the song of angels, for I trusted they would, ere this, have borne me to.that unknown land toward which the departiog car of day urges. if a weary wheels, that laud whose existence so mi n ty have denied., but which has - been the golden ou , around whose beau tevit 'centre the many worlds., of my varied thoughts have en long revolved, and - vShich I believe 'would have foraied an unfailing basis, on which. to rear the splendid temple of an immortal fame. But naught has been4ny portion but the `sick fever of the heart —hope deferred. Oft has tit i morning risen on the golden wings to meet the day, and no distant shore grown bright beneath her a,. Night after night have the stars stolen with silent steps upon my watch mg-gaze, but the stars of my topee rosenot from her pcean bed, and now. if with t e returturrg day comes not on my-view this long wither] for land, the mag.. nilicent vision of a life must be unrealized, the iron fetters of the Will of comment . men must bind down my alining aspirationa—on [another brow must , be plaied the gem of thewestenkworld, and the rest of my esistence s will'be only lighted by' the sun of . my eternal hope. • 1. As the echo °filen melancholy words was borne from mortal hearing on the 14ht wings of the air, I turned' away ' and when 1 'again looked, another - change had clime. ' , The dim twilight of the ea i t!, dawn, the infancy,of the day, was struggling to fife the world heti' the alreamy arms of darkness, lit in vain, anon dive's laughing childhood: the merry morn sprankup„and threw her veil of sunbeams bn the brow of the sol., _ emu 'night, and darkpess'ild.—The image of that gorgeous veil was roirrpred oil the bosom of the deep, arid each snowy wave blushed' crimson as it reUeci, edits burntog hues. .But tthe ocean rejoieed not alone in the beauty_ of the ning. Lend, fair and unsullied as that fresh from the Maker''' . band, 'pot i • 4.1 C ; . • . my view, and surely never did ocean cradle in its gi ant arms amore lovely creation. My' eye wander-. ed teith delight , from the Majestic woods, whose green and dewy leaves sparkled 'like - emcee'lda, to the glad light-of the sun, to the atreams clear and pure enough to mirror the face of Bagels; from the dark moun tains to the verdant glades, where flowers gloried in their rainboev being. ' I turned from this scene of.en chantment to , took once more upon the watch, er, of the de e p, lwt he was no longer alone, many were around him, and heplood, among them - es stands tho lordly oak amid the lowest shrubs. The night of doubt had passed from his soul, and the bright day spring of certainty had burst upon him. • His right arm of, triumph was extended towards the new world, and the bitty exultation of the flashing eye which drank .in its fair beauty. spoke a language, which my heart fond - it not difficult to read. My kind has added a virgin pagel to the history of a world, and- displayed a new and priceless gem in the C0101:141i of Nature-:--and_the echo of its name will only cease when the last wave of the stream of time mingles with the boundless waters of eternity. Con templating the radiant joy, of this noble sou l; of mor tality, the spell of my beautiful companion caused a - - nother scene to appear. This e.inny land was before. me, but oh ! how changed. The woods had bowed to the power oldie glittering axe, and the sun now looked with uncheck ed eye on the flowery earth. which for ages had been shadowed.. Nature had fl 11 with angry brow from many a spot, where Art had reared the polished structures of architecture.--The vast lakes whose waters had been ruffled only .hy the wing of the hu 'ricane. or the stroke of the light paddle, now, foamed and boiled in the wake 'of many a proud alp. Thylimeless children of the forest, they on,whose haugrtty brow the sun looks with te redder and butte': gaze than on ours, where are they—the scattered remnant's of their tribes which the white man had fail ed to mingle with the dust, had fled covered with vengeance as with a mantle, to deeper wilds, where cih - eir intruder's voice had never echbed. The demon MIN L l ere ! enta. LIUEa ' f war was passing from theland, but his dark shad ow of desolation still hovered i over it. The sons of Ibis infant world as if ditching the inspiration of the free uir which they breathed, had just thrown from their souls the golden fetters of kingly sway—long hail been the struggle, for those fetters were fastened by the iron rivets of superior power, but the Loh! spirit of freedom in their breasts, had; win the over whelming force of a mountain cataract, leaped over every barrier; and now they stood a free and. inde pendent perlple. Once more the scene changed, and the pure star light disclosed in this beauteous land a crowded dwelling plsce of men. The bright clusters of migh ty worlds, which from the magnificent dials of night were waning in the west, as the hoarse thunder of cannon fell upon my ear. Long and loud it swelled, until morning. as if at its cell drawing aside with resplendent hand the curtain of her eastern bed, look -Ed forth with glad and sunny eyes. It seemed as if Natureland Art,-those rival sovereigns of dominion of mind', had extended the hand of fellowship to en hance the beauty of the scene; but neither, had now the power to attract my attention—it was flied with eager wonder on a a multitude as unquiet and almost as countless as the leaves of the forest, which filled the wide street of that,Capitol. The cold North had unchained her gates of ice, and sent forth her hardy sons ; the sunny South had open r ed a passage through budding leaves and springing flowers for her favored children—the bright East, the grand gallery of arts of this new world, gave heriniellectual off-spring, and the vigorous &yellers of the fertile West strode across the giant trunks of monarchs of the forest, shich their strength had laid prostrate with the dust —to swell the mighty number. And there, were gathered many from the Eastern Hemisphere —the lofty ones of the far-famed kingdom of the green and sister isles—the fur-clad noble t I that vast Empire stretching across two ,quarters of the earth, and the gay child of the land tYhere the lily &looms, in embroidered beauty on its waving flag. These were arrayed in princely and ermined lobes chile the sunbeams flashed back from the dazzling rays of the jewels which adorned them, but they who wor shipped at the i shrine of liberty had no ornament'save her princelessimantle, and .he unfading gems of the mind. On, on, swept the vast, throng—triumphant and war-like music measured its stately march, and snowy plumes and countless, banners tossed and waved in the clear air. ,-And now a lofty and mar ble structure rises before me, and at the base of its broad steps the unquiet sea of human beings is still ed. Its waves are suddenly . parted, and behold a manly figure 'is seen. Age 'hes silverfd his locks, and slightly furrowed hie cheek, but the eye flashes with much of the firo and energy of youth—his dress is simple, but the more than imperial dignity of a brave and generous soul regulates his movements. With calm an&firm tread he passes onward with those whom the poople.have chosen to feed thalami) of the undying lamps which burn on the alter of Lib erty. The marble steps are ascending, and now they Stand in a room of state. Corinthian pillars, adorn ed with damask hangings support the lofty while the light,stealis wilt a richer hue through crim son draperies. With noiseless step, and hushed voice the train gathers around him, who stand in the shadow of the outstretched wings of the golden eagle—the thick folds al the star-studded banner lioating above him, and his hand resting on ; the , open page of the book of life. - His browlis solemn and his voice full of awe, as thrilling wgrds Pass from his lips. • They cease— the seal of a nation's destiny is given him, and be passed from that chamber its inaugurated head. Air he roaches the marble platform 'around which the multitudes are gathered, and stands in simple digni ty above them in the zeinith of his power, a stillness, deep as midnight, spreads its wide wings over, the welcoming thousands—his %vice alone is heard, and from it pouts a flood of eluqueuce, full of pasSion, of beauty, and of 'leeling•, - which falls on the ear with the thrilling power of wildest music. The. master chord •olpatrtotism is struck in every breast, and its tones rise to loud and triumphant shouts into the 'echoing air.. I gazed—l listened—,and said, this is the sunshine of life. • Has the shadow already comal. , —Who is that iu tpe distance! A giant - and terri ble form 7 zhis drapery is a sable pall. Tied to his dreaded chariot are the ,drooping .figures 4:earthly hope, end joy„and love, and on the bsniier, whose 'etm and heavi folds fill the'surroundiag ir with darkness, is' described the .one • tremendous Word, D BATH. His mighty bow .is raised—the unerring ar row poised—it moves with the overwhelming power, and the dread silence of !lessee's fiery Atoll!, Who is the mark of this ".King of TM . Dal ing nation apsatets----Hininsiii Sgertnnah! IMiC iIM "I wititeach you toltieree the bowels of the Ea rtb,and bring out from the Caverns of Mountaina,ldetals which will givestrength to ourliaturiaed subjects!! lgatoreto °erase andpleasure".—Dn•Jouasort VOL. XVII. =r===mommwm IMO Ei3SIE i AND POT Weekly by Benjamin , Bannon, Pottsville, Scliaytkill Cl:flinty, Pennsylvania Highly important—the movements in PAID? ament under the new Regime—Sir Robert , Peel's position In regard to the Corn Laws .-Continued Agitation—Blom Failures I Prorogation of Parliament s New Loan • Distress and Stagnation in Trade. The steam packet Columbia,' Captain Judkins, reached Boston between seigin and eight o'clock on Thursday morning, the Flat insi. She had a most nausualy rough passage; and head winds nearly all the way, with very heavy gales. She left on the sth inst., and made the passage in 15 days 16 hours, thus proving these Boston Steamers to be capital sea boats. • She brings us ourifull files up to Oct.'slb, inclu• sive.. She brought out 117 passengers, among whom is Lord Morpeth. He makes a four months tour in the trilled States. The overland mad from India had not arrived, conacquently there io'nothing later from china. The news by the Bntannia of the Reeonit teto, reached Liverpool Sept. 30th, and created great ex citement all over thalountry. Parliament was to be prorogued on the 7th of Oc tober, until January. Trade of moat kinds looks gloomy ; money has been in great demand, the general tendency of the funds is downwards, and no improvement expected at present. The cotton market seems gradually creeping up; the demand has been healthy and good, at a slight.advance. The wheat trade hal been live ly, and at on advance; flour remains firm—the har vests in Ireland and Scotland are bad. The new Chancellorftas advertised a loan of three millions sterling. There is great discussion in the London papers about-McLeod. The "London Times," after spea king of his certain acquittal, goes'on 'to say _ Then, the further question arises, is nothing to be demanded for Mr. McLeod in the way of person al sohifium for his twelvemonth's unjust imprison ment? That it hes been unjust is clearly admitted by the federal government, who earnestly interceded fur his release. That he has been a heavy sufferer by his long incarceration, no reasonable person con doubt. How then is this man to be indemnified for such a protracted term of cruel and arbitrary oppres sion 1 Even if this point were satisfactorily disposed Of, the far more important one concerning Her Ma jesty's power to protect her loyal subjects must sub remain to be solved. In the hands of Lord Palmers ton, who must be held mainly responsible for Mr. Fox's quiescence, this untoward accident, which might have been healed months ego by vigorous treatment, has festered, we fear, into an incurable s2re. The accession of Lord Aberdeen to the for eign seals came too late, unfortunately, to enable-his Lordship's vigilant sagacity to do more than merely to lament and condemn the errors of his predecessor. What could prudently and honorably be done to re pair this mischief has, we doubt not, been already attended to ; but any thing like a creditable issue, as far as regards Great Britain, 'it is new beyond the power of human statesmanship to achieve. The Queen was in good health, but was not to prorogue Parliament in person, for obvious reasons. The' Court were to return to Buckingham Palace, and the Queen to stay there till alter her accouch ntent. Robert Peel and his lady were on a visit to the Queen Sept., 28. Our Minister, Mr. Stevenson, comes out in the Great Western. Prorogation of Parliament.—The first session of the Parliament-which made Sir Robert Peel minis? ter, was to terminate either on Thursday or Friday, the 7th or Bth, by an adjournment to the month of January or February. he principal exploits have been to defeat the plans of the late government, for furnishing the people with a regular and abundant supply of corn—to Bunion Sir Robert Peel in post poning the consideration of the prevailing hational distress until the spring of next year—to - authorise Mr. Goulburn to add some millions to the national debt. Parliament continued ; its sittings, but the new ministry appeared very much at a loss as to, what measures it were best to propose for the relief ofsthe country. Sir Robert Pbel finds' it much easier to pOll down than to build up. , The people were evi dently growing impatient, and were beginning to inquire for the tokens of that public prosperity so loudly promised them upon - the accession'of the con servative administration. House of Lords, Sept. 20.—Lord Brougham pre sented a petition from the British and Foreign Slavery Society, setting forth that British subjects were still concerned in promoting several branches of the slave trade. Lord Cottenham withdrew e ll hi s bills fog improving the administration of justice-till next session. 2:3l—The business was confined chiefly to tt.ct reception of petitions. Adjoarnid, to 27th Sept. On the 22d, Sit Robert Peel said it was the inten tion of government to carry into effect the Irish poor law act, and-also to Maintain the leading principal of the English poor law bill, though he should be ready to consider, in the 'next session, any proposal for its improvement. Mr.Ferrami said that the bill had destroyed-the last government, and that it would destroy any govern cent which would identify itself with its harsher clauses'. Sept. 24th.--On the motion for going into com mittee for supply, a long debate homed on the state of the country. Sir Robert Peel said he would not deny or underrate the present distress, but he lids led it was not so severe as some represent it to, be. The House resolved itself into a committee of supply, and voted a sum of between ten and - eleven millions sterling, to make good the supplies granted in the last session.' The House then adjourned to.the 27th September. - Sir Charles Napier called the attention of Sir Ro bert Peel to the danger of Mr. McLeod, end hoped Perlitiment would -not be prorogued , without means being taken to protect him. Sir Robert Peel could not give Sir Charles Napier any assurance' on, the subject. The poor Itiw bill - was discussed - at Consi derable length; and several motions• were. made to °meml the law; but thti l y were rill' defeated by the ministry. , • Corn Low Agitation.—The agitation on the subject of .the pirn laws atilt goes on t end ban wimp ed . the shape of public Meetings to petition against tiny prorogation of parltsMint until tbt subject bait been dieePeeth SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 30. 1541. BIXTEEY DAYS LATER FRO3II EUKOPE. ARRIVAL OP THE • STEAMSHIP COLVEIBIA. PARLIAMENTARY . • • •'• - - '• 1 C* ‘.? Another Failure.--Messrs. ..W. R. dr...S, old established and highly, respectable Vir* India merchants. and proprietors of.vast estates in Jamai• ca, &c. had tailed, in conseridence, it is said, of the . shortness of the crops. Still Another Failure.—A great failure. invol ving' £70,000, had occurred at Huddersfield, and' thrown's: large number, of persons out of employ ment. • Mrs. Trollope.—Sir 'Archibald Trollops, .er bro ther-in law of Mrs. Trollops, the famous traveller and authoress, had committed suicide. A good deal of' excitement had been occasioned in Lancashire, on account of .a discovered sale of diseased — meat. No less than seventeen persons were violently skit at Whitworgt„ . in consequence of pertakmg of this meat, and several-had died. An investigation was going'on. Commercial Affaire.—We do not perceive that the commercial affairs of Great Britain have amend ed since the arrival of the list previous news. Oa the contrary, almost every species of trade appeared to be weighed down by a,depression °twit without a parallel. There is an evident design on the part of the British press to conceal in a measure the act nal state of the country, lest the.foreign relations and the credit of English merchants, should be unfavor ably influenced thereby. This remark applies more particularly to the manufac;uring districts. But facts will show out involuntarily sometimes. The Mr. James Curtis, an .American from Ohio, whose speeches against the corn laws in various public places in England we have heretofore noticed, appears to have created quite a sensation there, and is, rather roughly handled by some • of the papers in the interest of the corn law monopoly. • The British Queen aria not leave for New York until the spring. Meanwhile ehe is to go to Con stantinople. • The Columbia brings out 12,500 letters. The postage on those to New York alone amounts to 1550 dollars. Many vessels of war are getting ready for service, at the different dock-yards. The object seems to be to reinforce the China squadron. Miss Kelly, the distinguished cemedian, comes to New York for six months. bhe is engaged, we be lieve, at the Park. The widow of the lamented Tower has ado.inis. tered on his estate. His personal property was sworn to be under £ 5000. A meeting was held on the 29th ult., for tho elec tion of Lord Mayor for the city of London, when Alderman John Pirie, by trade a plasterman, was elected. Mr. Pirie, in returning thanks, said he lit tle thought, forty years ego, when he came to the city of London a poor lad from the banks of the Tweed, that he would arrive at such distinction. . We observed a lull detail, in the London papers, of Wise and Stanley scene in the House, last sum mer. The news . of the U. S. Bank bankruptcy and - of the dissolution of the Cabinet caused no little ex citement in England. Lord Honick was shot et, while be was in the act of being chaired, alter his election for Sunderland. France.—The news from this country is of es lit tle general interest as -that from England. - Duller papers we novel looked over, in search for news than the stupid files brought by the Columbia. Several of the leading journals Pads had been seized by the government, on various 'pretences. The press was much excited on the subject. No further disturbances. There is no later news from China, by this arri val, nor from Spain, if we except an account of a bull fight at Lisbon, which ended in a mob, and the loss of several lives. From Portugal we finol i but one important item, the failure of the great house of Cur pas. Gracia & Co., for a very large amount. From the East we learn that Mahemitilli is preparing for formidable opposition to the Porte. A frightful and horrid murder, which caused great excitement throughout London, was committed on the 21st ult. on a Mr. Bandon, the Landlord of the King's Hotel, Eastcheap, by a man named Blokes ley, who had married Burden's wife'S sister. '1 he. connexion did nen prave a happy one, owing to tLe Misconduct of Blakesley, and his wife had returned to her brother•in-law as bar maid. On the evening of the 21st Blakcsley tent into the hotel, walked deliberately behind the counter and stabbed his wife first, and then stabbed Mr. Burden, and made a has ty attempt to stab Mrs. Burden. He then ran out and made his escape. Mr. Hyrdon died immediately. of his wounds, but Milt. Burden and her sister. are out of danger. The murderer was apprehended and examined at the Mansion House, after which he was committed to Newgate to wait for hia trial at the Old Bailey. From - the N. Y. American of Saturday. ARRIVAL OF THE .NARAGANSFM. LATE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CHINA. ILEV,EN .I)ATS Attack on the City of Canton by the Cove. blued Britt" Forces. • • We despatched the steamboat Wave, at en early hour this morning, in search of the Narragm sett, and have the pleasure of laying bef.,re our rea ders of the American, maims vets later news from Canton. " . Passenger in the Narragansett Mr. William. IL Dear Sir—You will see by the inclosed that hos tilities have again commenced—the trade entirely stopped. MI the foreigners haveieft Canton except the English forces. , _ • Several of the factories have been partly demolish ed, and nearly all entirely plundered by the rabble and Chinese soldiers: ' Ww,have news from Canton up to the morning of the 26th—at which time the English were still storming the city, The land for ces bad possession of tbii heights in the rear of the city, while; the men-of-war had possession of the ri ver in-front and •-to the westward.: The loss of life on. the part of, the'Chinese lasi been tremendous. There are between. forty and' .fitty thousand Tester and Chinese troops inside, the city, into which the` men-of-war are pouring' incessant willies 'of shells and rocket, in order to drive them opt to teloire en gagement with the Englieb soldiers on the heights. • The English have 'austained_considerablelosi. A portion of our establishment is here:some on board ship, at Whip:vas. and - Mr. Delano close to the city. . intending to land first oppernmity . in orde r . to look afteethe factort . end property left here; ~_ RTISER. MAcoi. May 23, 1841 We have been fortunate enough to get on board ship, and at this place in safetyrevery book, paper and account that we possess, though we evacuated the factory in great baste, and but a few hours be fore the Chinese commenced the attack. On the 2 tit: captain Elliot issued at Canton ,the following CIIICVLAII "In the presetit situation of circumstances. Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary feels it his duty to recommend'that.the British end other foreigners now remaining in the factories should retire froo Canton before sunset." . OCHATILE.B ELL2OT, s.H. M. Plenipotentiary. oßritish Factory. 21st May, 1841." On Friday the 'list ult. all foreigners left Canton pursuant to the 'thine notice of Captain Elliot, and went to Whampoaor retired on board the boats in the river, with the eception of Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Morse, two Arnericrin merchants. Immediately on the Factories being thus abandoned, the mob broke in. and were with great difficulty driven %by the sol diery, who wetted no shares in the plunder. Extract of a letter, dated Macoa, 30th May 184 i• On the morning of the 22J, an American resident was seized by the Chinese and taken from his facto• ry ; at the same time that a boat, belonging to the American sbtp Morrison, with three passengers and seven seamen„were captured soon after leaving tho factories far Whompoa, and the party carried prison ers into the city. From this, the time was occupied by the EngHA in concentrating their forces near the chi-, until the 24th, at 4P. M. The Hyacinth 18, Modesto 18, Pylades 18, Nimrod 18, Columbus 16, Cruiser 16, and Algerine 10, having taken up their position in front of the city and suburbs, opened their'fird upon every offensive point of the Chinese, who returned it with considerable spiritt i at first, but were soon corn; pelted to desert their guns. At,s P, M., a body of soldiers, abwit 400, were landed at the foreign facto ries, in the vicintty of which I.e Americans, who ..t i had been taken prisoners two day before, and exam fined by the authorities were rele ed. The firing was continued untt bout 9P. M. when the suburbs were on the, in several places, and near ly all the batteries on shore in posses-ion of, or des troyed by the English. While ;his was going on in front of Canton, Gen. Gough was landing his troops, 1800 men, at the foot of the heights, in the rear of the city, and on the morning of the 25th he cmornenced operations; par ticulars of the day's work are not yet known further, than that, with's loss of some forty killed and wound ed, four batteries were taken from the Chinese, and great numbers of their officers and soldiers killed. the heietbs commanding the city taken, and the British forces entrenched upon, them. Tho loss of the Chinese on this occasion is vari- ously estimated at from 3 to 5000, and even as high as 10,000 men; and they now 60 to their cost and extreme disal.pointment, that they are unable to cope with European troops on shore, as they hate before, proved themselves in *twit encounters with British forces afloat. On the Troth . ' the vessels of war. were engaged in quieting and destroying the Las remains of opposi tion, and in the evening, manderins called on the Captain with flags of truce, to negotiate fur the pre servation of the city. Our advice's from the seat of actjnn and negotiii- tion are to the morning of the 27th, when it was said the Chinese had capitulated, and offered a larga sum of money for the ransom of the city,_ which, it was supposed, would then be saved. A ButursreT STUCCO WIIITEW63II.—Many have probably often beard of the brilliant and lasting whitewash upon the east end of the President's House at Washington city. The following is a cor rect recipe for.making it: Take clean lumps of well burnt lime, (say five or six quarts.) slack the same with hot water, - in a tub, covered to keep in the ..team, pass it in the fluid form through a fine sieve ; add one forth of a pound of whiting or burned alum, pulvt rized; ono pound of sugar; three pints of rice flour, made into a thin and well boiled paste, and one pound of clean glue, disi;olved by first soaking it well, and then putting it over a erloo fire. Add five gal lons of hot watefto the whole mixture. This wash is applied where particular neatness is required, with a painters brush, It must be •put on, while warm, if on the outside of the building—if within doors, cold, It will retain its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will com pare with it. About one pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house, if properly applied. If • larger quantity than five gallons is wanted, the same proportion to he observed in preparing. Coloring matter may be added to give it any shade.—Genesee Fanner. JOHN C. CA.T.—The Norwich (Conn.) Courier in speaking of ihe many and diversified statements made by the New York press concerning this in dividual says: Wo wish we could transfer IP the minds of the thousands who so eagerly read .all that was said of him, the one impressive lesson , we are laq/ht. as 'we trace the evil in this case back to its •germ. The germ whose growth has been so bitter, was insubordination from his childhood upwards.-11is whole course has beer. markeil by self-will, break. ing through all the common restraints of the farni— ly, of the school-room, of the counting house, of so. dial life, and of the law of God. • John C. Cult, has been for fourteen years a voluntary exile from the Parental roof. Let the child rho will not submit to be checked and guided, tremble for the cud of his own career; and let the parent tremble for the child who cannot be made to yield to the just au. thoritz, and let him never dare to hope that the youth whom he cannot control; will learn to con. trol himself, and•curb his pwn wild passions. We copy the following article from. the New England Review : GEL GAREDON Posorren.—We have learned from private sources that when - the body of Gen. Harrison waidisinterred, previous to its removal to North Bend, on opening the coffins in which it was enclosed, the head had swollen so ,large as to burst the glass case fitted around it. It was ex amined by medical men, and others, and the con clusion to which they came. left room"for the hoe tibia suspicion that he had been poisoned to death! It is said, that the opinion that Gen. Elrrison was murdered has become prevalent among the people at Waahington. ID Jefferion Griffith. who Was on Wednesday convicted for the murder of a Mr. Bighorn at Bait. more. iethe same man whciwas arrested and tried for the murder of Mr. Laughlin, one. _of the. Mar. shale of the Whig National. Convention, in May. 1841. He escaped then from the incompleteness of the evidence. . Ho has long been a terror add a pest to the people of Baltimore. • gro tile 'Autumn orcot. Resplendeat hues are thine! - Triumphant beauty—glorious as brief f • Burdening with holy love the heart's purstiltrtrak 711 tears afford relict • • What thy' thy deintm be hushed! , More eloquent in handl:est silence Smut.. Than when the Music ofgliid songsteregthaitifo. • From everygreem.tobed,bough. - - Gone from thj walks the Bowen! ' - = °' • Thou arkeat not their forms ihyr paths to Reek; The datmlitig radiance of these sunlit boivers, Their bras emitd not bedeck. • •• - I love teem the Spring, .1 • • • : Rarth.cmiening fittest! when amid thy *Wag' . The gentle South first waves her Wants *Ong. And joy fills all thy glades. , •' In the hot Summer time. *. With deep delight thy sombre airiest roam., • ' Or; soothed by some cold brook's melodious chit**. Rest on thy verdant loam. . - But oh! when Autemn's band 'bath marked thy beauteous foliage for the grate. How doth thy splendor, as entranced I stand.- - My willing heart enslave! • I linger then with thee,. Like some fond lover o'ei his. stricken bride; Whose bright. unearthly beauty tells that she, ' Here may not long abide. NO. 44 When my last hours are come,', Great Gud !ere yet life's span shall nil be filled. And theie warm lips in death'be ever drab, This breathing heart be stilled; " Bathe thou in hoes as blest— Let gleams of !leaven about my spirit play ! So shall my soul to its eternal rest, - In glory pass nosy! • Beautiful - picture. A canx's YISST menzsmos or a sTaa. She bad been told that God made all the stare . That twinkled op in heaven, and now she stoo d Watching the coming of the twilight on, As Wit were a new and perfect world, And this were its first eve. She stood alone By the low window, with the silken lash 01 her soft eye up raised. and her sweet mouth Half parted with the new and strange delight' (H beauty that she could not coraprehehd, And bad not seen before. The purple folds Of the tow sunset clouds, and the blue sky That looked so still and delicate above, Filled her young heart with gladness, and the eve Sto:e on with its deep shadows, and she still looking at the West with that half smile. As if a pleasant thought were at her heart. . Pesently, in the edge of the last tint Of sunset, where the blue was melted in To the taint golden mellowness. a star Stood suddenly. A laugh of wild delight Burst from her lips, mad putting up her bands, ller simple thought °mike fonh expiessively-- Father, dear Ilither,God has made a star!' (From the "Manoeitt ..oct Cubtonte of Society in India." by ittro.Clemenej , Love anb ilcvAnge.. B— entered early into the honorable East India Company's service, and came out to,Madras-ta fine, bold-spirited and elegant youth. He served, through the %hole of the war with the Burmese, which broke out soon slier he arrived in India, with an intrepidity and bravery equal to that of the other officers who where engagedin that hard service, and many-of whom were cut off in tliVi midst of their glorious career. At the conclusion of the war his regiment was ordered buck to Madras, while his heart beat high with gratitude fog having been per. milted to escape unhurt. At one of the native feasts which was held about this time, he became enamored of one of the dancing girls, whose soft mild eye and beautiful figure, for which this particular class is so famed, so completely infatuated his affections, that for a time hQ thought himself completely happy in the possession of the lovely syren. Two years passed away, during wbich time he had become too indolent to &nerd one who was the object of his atTections ; but these affections bad become cooled by habit aid intercourse, and it was not till the arrival from England of the lovely Miss H—, the highly talented and accomplished dough. ter of Captain —, that he found how visionary and inconstant had been his former attachment. Miss Ii was, indeed, all that a man could paint of beauty, wit and accomplishments ; there was the rosy cheek, the fair open brow, the round and polished Mil ; in short all that distinguishes our fair and lovely country-watnen. Lieutenant had many rivals, but he wooed' and won her. The day, the happy day, was axed fur their marriage ; all his friehtla partook in the pleasure that beam. d from hie - eye, save one:— that ono was Mena, the dancing girl. Ho had, u soon as he had become acquainted with Miss H--, sent the girl from him with money and jewels, ac cording to the general custom in India, and Bopp°. end that she had gone to some other protection, or returned to her own country, as he had nut seen her * for two or three months. A month, however, pre vious to hie marriage, she came to him arid told him to beware—that though parted from him she'etilllo. ved ; that she could bear to be seperated, but to see him married to another, that she could not endure. • Ll thought this was only to extort money from . him, he therefore agai _loaded her with TrePents and sent her to her frien4p:_n, The day before the iniVitige was spent in.thei bustle and feverish anxiety which is so natural to'" the occasion, in making his.final errangementa• in his new bungalom, that was to soon to receive its. lovely mistress. All was love and hope with him. The night came—the lust ho was to sleep in his pre. sent quarters.—Meiza, the now hateful Mena. stood before hie bed. "Beware I" said she, ' , beware!. Spurn not the heart and love of-Merzi ; lead not to the altar the fair 'European ; my bitterest bate and revenge shall folbrw. If thie, my second warning, be unheeded, this day month shall see a mouthing widow. Chgose now between my fondest rove of burning hate—beware !" About a week after their marriage I called upon them; the bride's eye was lighted up with love, end her mouth was graced with the happiest smiles; ITS B -- himself looked ill, and he complained slight. 15 of a burning at his stomach. which 'he bad felt,; lie said; for the liwt two days.' In anothey week I again called, and I saw him lying listlessly upon a sofa, with bis lovely wife beside him, • looking Sim. iously in his face. He could 'eat nothing,.and,was eii,dently wearing away. The medical attendant ordered change of air, and be was moved from Pis. hiveram to the Mount, where he disclosed to his sor rowing wife the prediction of Merza, the dancing girl, related his former connection with her'. and ex pressed his full persuasion that his do int wbs sealed. The last;week came; deep was the anxiety of his brother officers, the anguish of his doting wife, L cannot describe; all aid was in vain; the day month_ of his marriage he was laid in his coffin, a senseless corpse—his widow well nigh a maniac, Wbo bad scarcely numbered seveoteen years. Poor body was opened, and it was found that 'intend glass had been administered to' him, which `• completely wore away the coats of the stomach, and - which no medicine that had been given him had been ableur dislodge. Thus died one of the bravest'of the' RIM; goon heroes. With how much less regret Would his brother officers have beheld'him stretched tmongst the dead on the battle Irr The poetry of the Boston post is rather glorious. - take a specimen and try it: . " htiles awry, sixteen months of age., „ le haste halt quit his fay'rite stake; Dry od of vitriol spill rd on him, , He was consumes., by the dame. The child who infrar ed by Misfire: His faihees.nante was Nehemiah, . He wait aright down' godly man; .. His mother's vale was Mary Ann.•_ He, running round in childish play,' Did knock the cupboard shelfaway. 1 .- " Oa which the jar of vitriol lay; . It ran o'er his forta in diTreht Which carried him off betvreewthree dare Isn't that pastier—isn't it enonskui . -.• Draw iron team down Pluto's Oa* r SY N. P. WILLIS. =
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